The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 27, 1921, Page 4

Take It In Tis ! O you know that by tar the larger numbe ailments of women are not surgical ones not caused by any serious displacement, tumor, marked change ? bD° you know that these common ailments p that are very much like those caused bv surgical conditions? D° you know that many women and young girls suffer need- lessly from such ailments? More than that, they — their health by allowing their ailments to cont into something serious. If treated early, that is, within a reasonable time after the first warning symptoms appear, serious conditions may often be averted. sr of the common ; that is they are growth, or other roduce symptoms the more serious inue and develop ‘Therefore, at the THE SYATTI “MAIN STREET” | STAR Why Is It so Popular? Wanda Combs City for Reason. Finds Everybody Reading It. T ypifies Revolt at Sordidness. By Wanda von Kettler How popular is “Main Street”? “Oh, ever so popular.” They all replied that way when T asked them about the popular Ity of this much diseussed novel hy Stvelatr Lewis, The were Geattle wlere in books. . Andeed. 1 waa t Reattle public libre Hbrarians yd at the by far the most popular ¢ the shelves, We h Main Street’ than of anything else, and yet we cannot meet the demand EVERYBODY, YOUNG AND OLD, RBADS IT “Who ree tr the superintend ont of dlret n repented my ques tion. “Ob The young und the old-—it seem all on of people Want to Know of Carol Kennicott at Gopher Prairie 1 wondered why the world was #o sterented in “Main Street.” Truly, 1 knew ft to be fasctnating—rordidly with beauty In tte very Jered how and ybody the life of fancinating: ulinese, but 1 we why that fascination many different typen of people fo 1 as at Phe next few places 1 viw et why “Main Street’ ope we certainty nawered J, Ericksor Hanford's book depe asked him if everybe | Got Main Btreet | “Aw a weiler,” h 18 popular of Lowman & tment, when I Seems as maya, the question fy that comes th added But why? Well t's reni-—ite Lere's another It's been Jing the past » reached the tt had by | |tar outranked alt other booke dur. |) town incidents whieh are made to at | pear more uny an they real | 4o the ¢ to read it to settle the queatic theme Aa boaid Btreets aven stood Mere in the bookstor A wtack of blue covered “Mair two girls eame in from th and approached the table « © bo BREN’ GLAD SHE READ IT ny people have read wan speaking, “and nown men and we in the story, Did * she auked her friend The recond girl picked up a ook and eyed the oughtfully ell, 1 don't know i'e wo different-—it inn't lke books at It made me fee! funn Rut I'm glad—ever so glad, I've read it he replied othe 1 lett ¢ not ¢ Ancunsing by 8 ir 1 viny gif farther hether or ie would nerve and ae a birt wandered ke wt At the Bookmart I tatked with © F. Lewis, who told me, upon my mer tioning thé book, that he waa all out) ot *plén just At present, but that « new ehipment was due within the! next two days ut I don't want to buy it | plained, “I just want to know how a " he repeates h, weil Street i war on it rung In the le ith the Yane Urey novels and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse follow ing clone behind. Everybody it—*on mays ite fe very reads | fo0d-—dauenter | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1921. nt Sale T The Owl Stores enjoyed a remarkable business yesterday on the opening day of their “THREE-DAY ANNIVERSARY SALE.” All stores were crowde 46 capacity. Tuesday and Wednesday Remain It has already become necessary to bring a large part of the reserve supplies from the stockrooms, Shop Tuesday if possible, to minimize the chances of pointment. Wednesday is the last day of the sale. Here is a resume of some of the features: $1.0 Toilet Water — Lilac, Violet, Wistaria ..2 for $1.01 Rexall Violet Talcum ahead eC T 2 for 60.25 Medicated Skin Soap:2 for -50 Klenzo Dental Cream.2 for -25 Klenzo Tar Soap.....2 for 31 -85 Hair Brushes ... first appearance of such symptoms as periodic pains, irregularities, irritability -2 for ntinued \ that everybody | ays it ten't, so dad just has to read) and nervousness, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound should be taken, It is prepared with accuracy and cleanliness from medicinal plants. It con tains no narcotics nor poisonous drugs, and can be taken with perfect safety. The Vegetable Compound acts on the conditions which bring about these symptoms in a gentle and efficient manner, ‘The persistent use of it shows itself in the disappearance, one after another, of the disagreeable symptoms. In a word, Lydia Es Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound acts as a natural restora, tive, relieving the present distress and preventing more se: Why not give a fair trial to this medicine Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound rious trouble. LYDIA &.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. LYNN, MASS, ‘The supply is expected to increase steadily. According to Wickser, « ag will be working by February. With no bother of miners’ strikes, | ‘The tine property ia made wp of | the Jordan Valley Coa! Co, is now OD-| 309 acres, leased for 66 years by the ne eee | empaas. ‘The Jordan Valley Coal Co. is the fesult of two years’ prospecting on the part of J. Wickser, who organ. imed the company and began tt# oper. | Ation with a crew of four men one| Two classes in public speaking | |2 Public Speaking | Classes Organized! | Tacoma Car Men : Fighting Jitneys TACOMA, Sept. 27--Sitating that fitnays operated here by Seattle men were no hurting the street car bust- néas that they were fearful a cut in Wages would result, mambers of the Car Men's unton yesterday fled a petition with the city counctl, asking that the jitneys be forced to operate on streets at least one block distant the car lines, mined from the six veins. One and one-half tons of } have been organized by the untver.| ————— coal a day Is how said to| sity extension service, which wilt | 745 Pp. ™., for 18 weeks, fn 1048, as meet each Tuesday and Thursday, at! sembly room, Menty building. fo of course there's a rush on “Main Street.” | Mrs. Francis Evans, tn charge of lthe Tabard inn circulate Mbrary leona me she cireulated more copies of this book than of any other in her collection, and theidentally agreed with the former statement concern ing the “rush.” OPINIONS ON BOOK DIFFER WIDELY “That just ft,” dectared Mrs, Prana, nin Mtreet’ in being talked of everywhere, and people don't con sider they're ‘In’ unless they've read it It peoma,” she continued, “that some of them don't care a great deal for it—that is, they say they wouldn't care to read tt over again tho they'll always be iad, they tell me, for having once read it thru Others declare tt to be the most Deautiful book they've ever known and buy copies of it to pase around among their friends.” When I arked Edward Leighton, aesistant manager of the Archwa: company’s department of retail books, about the pince of “Makin Street” an ao poptilar novel, he re pied: “The biggest seller, absotutely the biggest seller of the day. on actualities-decause nothing Ike tt has ever been done before—be cause fe human.” “Thon, of course,” Mr. Leighton | added, “curtostty had done a «reat ore say it's the greatest novel that baa ever been written, others my t's Just a tong, detailed account of «mal ‘BROWN i BIGELOW ‘REDI-POINT’ PENCIL WITHOUT EXPENSE They’re Just the Thing for School Work Have you seen the new “Redi-point”? It sure is a dandy. Cannot tarnish, has patented “jump point”—the lead will not break if you drop it—and is so constructed that it can- not go wrong. A generous supply of leads with each pencil. DON’T WAIT—GET YOURS NOW! Here’s How to Get FREE J . Your “Redi-Polat” Just Get Two New Subscriptions to The Star Get your friends and neighbors who are not now having The Star delivered to their homes to subscribe. Have them gign the subscription blank printed below and bring to The 8 and get your “REDI-POINT.” ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BE NEW—That {s, peo- ple who are not now regular subscribers to The Star. COLLECT NO MONEY — SUBSCRIPTION BLANK I hereby subscribe to The Star for Two Months, and there- after until I order same discontinued. 1 agree to pay the Carrier at the rate of 50c per month. I am not now having The Star delivered to me. I hereby subscribe to The Star Name Address Address ...... Cireulation Department after until I order same discontinued, Carrier at the rate of S0e per month. I am not now having The Star delivered to me. ATTLE STAR The “Pony” with ring at end of barrel so it may be carried on a ribbon FOR GIRLS Simply take the order for the paper Our carrier will do the rest \ for Two Months, and there- I agree to pay the Phone No. ........ 1307-11 Seventh Ave. want ft,” he said, “because ft's based | | deal for “Main Street’ some read-| it himself and find out. | Tremembered about this time that I wanted to | to start for home. stopping on the lway at the University library | WAITING LisT 20 WEEKS AHEAD “Any chance,” I Whrary desk «© half hour later, “any chance of getting ‘Main Street? “Main Street?” Mine Mary Raker, ibrarian at the University branch, just looked at me, Then she | laughed. “You might get tt" she | said, “in about 20 weeks-—1 believe | jour waiting list t# funt that far ahead’ | tn mpeaking of the book Mins Raker dectared that she agreed ab solutely with Prof, V, L. Chittick formerly of the University of Wash. ington English department, and now |m member of the Reed college fac | ulty. | “Professor Chittick always said,” Mins Baker explained, “thag we need more stories like “Main St#ret’; that |i, we need more characters like | Caro! Kenntoott, the heroine of the | book, We need more people who are | strugyling to get out of the rut— | more people who are not willing to nettle down contentedly on the Main | streets of the world.” | _ And perhaps that is why the | many who like “Main Street” do | like it, Not beeanse it stresses the sordid, vicious meanness of the small tewn, but beca ie | awakens the spirit of it the spirit of revolt against the | Little, selfish, smali things in life. | "The struggle of Carol Kennl- cott, whe tries to awaken the stupid, goastpy Gopher Pralrie to better things, proves of little avail, and yet that struggle is there, and that struggle means something awake and alive, Should you, any and al] of you, who have not yet read “Main Strert,” decide to look within the blue covers, do not say “I'm going to read ‘Main Street’ to- no It can't be read “tonight.” It contains too many things It Ponsesses too much of life to be snatched off the surface, You'll have to give up pinochie for at leart three nights if you're going to read the story of “Main Art Is Long | The National Plumbers’ pow is establishing a associa home for the aged and infirm of that craft. At the pace they work most of them | will be eligible to admission before they finish the job.-Life. | ° Out-Door Life The woman who can live outdoors Janda take vigorous exercise is usu lally healthy and |wetl, But there | comes a time in ov éry woman's life jwhen her nerves |are on edge. Very | often the trouble fs in the organs easen- |#entially feminine | Worry, sleepless |nights, headaches, | pains, disorders, ir-@ | regularities and Weaknesses of a dis | tinotly feminine |character tna short time bring the dull leye, the “crows feet,” the haggard look, rooping shoulders and the faltering step. To lappearance of youth, a woman |must retain health. 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