The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 8, 1921, Page 12

PAGE 12 There Should Be a Piano in Your Home for Christmas BRANO. Music will add greatly fo the Christmas joy ing down we will deliver a the balance can be entent monthly in- HIGH REPUTA BCT FROM, such scher, Mobart M. nd others. J. & ¢ bie, Lester « We also have some used pianos Of Rood standard makos at very low prices PIANOS FOR RENT C. A. JOHNSON PIANO CO. 1617 Third Ave. Remember the address. for Wood's Music Store. Look : ers Prison to Government Taxes , England, Dec. 8.—Rev. Maurice Turher, rector of Ake- was summoned for refusing ly the poor tax. In his defense clared that recent tax increases due solely to government ex- oes and he would go to prix. ‘Tather than pay, Judgment was he assin, Foiled, a ¥ Own Life NI A. glee. 8—-The unidenti. mh who attempted to as. Prince George of Serbia at railroad station kms com Suicide. epture Like pured Mine” Sea Captain Cured His Rupture After Doctors “Operate or Death” p Remedy and Beck Sent Free ‘Nervy Sailor Saves Wrecked Ship’s Crew LONDON, Dec, After the steamship Calstor Castle had been ked off Linny Head a deckhand named Wood climbed a olift 200 feet i with a rope in tis mouth, Seven men climbed up the repe in turn, Only two sailors were lost Daylight Saving Costs Kids’ Sleep LONDON, Deo. &—A number of Britian educators oppose daylight jeaving on the ground that it has a j bad effect on school children, They | say there has been a lowering of the records, the Qupily being latles# and showing signs of lack of sleep, | pial Boy Thief Caught in London LONDON, Leo, &-<A boy wie ve his name as Charles Hart, hiet age ae 16 and his home as Buffalo, Y., Was arrested at Brighton charged with stealing $1,500 worth of jewels, Me dectared he had ar rived from America two days before | {the theft. | ‘Madman Kills Two on Ocean Liner | ALEXANDRIA, Baypt, Dee. &—~| |Glovanni Lonjint, a wealthy import. | jer, went inswne while traveling trom | [Genoa to Alexandria. He killed two} passengers on his steamer and wounded the captain before he was shot to death { | | | . a Three Insane Dead; Doc’s Little Error} POWICK, Engl, Dee 8A mistake made by a physician of the staff of the Worcestershire asyhim in mixing medicines resulted in three | inmates being killed by poison. The) coroner's Jury returned a verdict ot) “death from ee 7 1 £ Paris Has World’s Youngest ‘Engineer PARIS, Dec. §.—Louts Duoatel, aged 19, has passed bis final exami- nation and been graduated as a civil engineer, Mt ty believed he it the youngest graduate civil engineer. in the world, English Town Has | Smallpox Epidemic NOTTINGHAM, England, Deo. 6 ~“Thirty hours after the had announced the smalipo; Heroic Convicts Granted Liberty PARIS, Dec. §.—Seven military convicts who risked thefr lives to save passengers in a recent train } | B. ENLARGING .WAY { ; | | | | | hee jaf new forma, can only be accom: | { plished within plant family linea,” | jways Diener | }note that circles, A and B in the Richard Diener, plant @u- thority, of Kentfield, Ca holding marvel wheat prod- ucts, and the diagram by which he illustrates his d: coveries in the cross breed- ing of plants, and which is re- ferred to in accompanying story. KENTFIELD, Cal, Deo, §.—In the | hope that American farmers and gardeners may profit by his lifelong study of nateral laws governing it development, Richard Diener ia giving his discoveries the widest possible cirentation. Forvthat purpose the distinguished | California plant scientist consented | to explain for readers of The Star the key to the law of hybridizing by whith be has achieved remarkable re. | @ulta in size, yield, color, form and) quality of fruits, grains, flowers and veretables. _| sae OF the resulting offspring | firare. THE SEATTLE STAR A. DECUNING Way -— JN ov", be PARENT Anau aN soe aise { ow a —X o MAU ree OVULE nee facility in compelling nature to take antic and beneficial short-cuts rossé-breeding, from which new | Varieties arrive and which makes possible an almost infinite number | COMPARATIVE SIZE OF SIX PARENTS “Now observe the accompanying diagram which I have @ketched, and three figures represent the compara tive size of sex parents of flowers, fruit or grain concerned in fertiliza.— tion; aivo that circle C shows the | “Pach of the three ‘figures ‘rep- resents but one fertilization; by using, new parents derived from the off epring C, the procres can be con. tinued indefinitely, “Stve A, upper figure, shows 8) email pollen parent, one-half the size of the ovale parent B. Under such! a condition the feaulting offapring C Will be OM@ half the size of the pollen: bearing parent A. “tt oa be noted that In case the pollen. ing parent A were smatier than the ovule perent B, bat fore than onehalt ite size, the offapring C would be proportionately larger: on the other hand, if A is lets than one-half the sine of B, then C will be propertionatety emailer than shown in the diagram. HOW TO INCHRASE SZ OF PLANT “Wor the purpose of increasing the Mize. the best results will be obtained by using = pelien-andovule bearing parents of exactly the tame size, as shown in A and I of the central If the gimew are the mime an actual doubling of size will be ae Diener is one of the workl’s few socalled plant wizards. Hin experi mental garden at Kentfield in one of cured in the offspring C. “Tt ts to be untervtood that not very individual represented by © wreek at Lyons have been freed as) the show spots of California, And) wilt be doubled even if A and B are a result Collings sailed the seas for |i] Years: then he sustained a bad ure that soon foreed him can use the same method; mple, casy, safe and inexpen- Nery, fuptured person in the should have the Captain Col- book, telling all about how he himself, and how anyone may tment in their ¥ trouble. The ve FR e They be sent prepaid to any mppture Who will fill out tne bbe w But send it right fore you put down ngs (Ine) ertown, N. Y. send me your FR Ruptare Remedy and Book, wit ou aay oblige: om on my part ; SAVE MONEY— TACOMA A.B STRAIT POINTS P AILY AT MIDNIGUT not go to Victoria on rip lekving Seattle Sat. Night) P ANGELE JANIS NE > Mit Pp ay { The Belts are of good quality leather, pliable and strong, assur ing long s#é¢rvice and good appearance. the’ while, 14 COWHIDS | BELTS, priced GENUINE STRAP 50¢. GENUINE BEL COWHIDE (two-ply), priced fc FULL GRAIN BRIDLE COWHIDE STRAP BELTS, priced $1.00, GENUINE HAND. BOARD. ED COWHIDE BELTS (twoply), priced $1.00, GENUINE BELTS CALFSKIN (two-ply), — priced Store of the Christeas Spirit” | favorite. | STERLING | STERLING allover floral designs, cut-out initials, priced $1.00. STERLING SILVER BUCKLES with two 14-karat goldiniaid bands, priced $1.50. | STERLING SILVER BUCKLES with fancy initials, priced $2.60. here various proffivets testify to his The Buckles are shown in a big variety, affording you ample wholce in selecting your There are seven styles “of initialed belts: neat border, priced 5O@. STERLING SILVER FRONT with hammered finish, priced T5¢. SILVER finish and cut-out SILVER FRONT with FRONT with with raised or precisely the sa: Men’s Shop, Just Inside the | PLANT WIZARD'S KEY TO CROSS-BREEDING | se} —— . NT generation the average number of C individuals of maximum size will be 12 out of 100 under conditions etqted ‘The remaining §% in 100 will all be larger than either A or B and will range in sizes between the size of parents and the maximum ze of offapring titustrated. An for the nee. ond and*titer generations derived from C, since the A and B of #ub- eoquent fertilization» are more clonely related than were the original A and B, the percentage of maximum re sulta runs up as high as 40, as T found in my petunia crossings. This will happen only in case of close relationship between A and B. “The lower figure tMlustrates the |result when the ovule parent B is one@half the nize of the pollen-bearing parent A. In thiv cane the offepring C will be stightly larger than the pollen parent A, but no greater in- Crease in ize can be expected from thin method. HOW TO DETERMINE WHAT TO EXPECT “By observing the results obtained under the conditions represented, one can determine exactly what to ex peet out of material on hand, what. ever the relative, wine of the plants A and T may be. “The pollen-bearing parent is al- ways the dominating factor fn changes of form or color, For in- stance, in modifying colors to tr crease the intensity of given color, choose two. colors of the same shade but titke the pollen from the one which shows thé most pronounced coloring. “On the contrary, if lighter shadbs Are @ewired, select colors as before but fake the pollen from the plant which has the lighter shade “Further, In attempting to derive new colors always use a white flower an a f parent with which to break up colors Door Sere: Give the Man a Hickok Belt and Buckle For His Christmas, no gift conld be chosen that would carry with it more lasting joy thi one of these handsome Buckles and one? Every man likes as he desires a variety of theother things he wears. And he will remember the donor with a satisfied feeling of appreciation whenever he wears the “Gift Belt and Buckle.” boxed. We Have an Immense Selection of These For the Boys as are —Men's Shop, Just Inside the Door Famous Hickok Belts and Buckles Hickok Belts and Buckles, Balt. What if he has a change of belts, just All are attractively Well as the Men In our Boys’ Department | jund Alaska by the Arden Salt Works, Salt Works Open Seattle Offices Benttlo hag been, selected an the distributing center for the Northwest |King Likes Ladies, 4 Says Dutch Queen h.—Reports of between Queen Wie olland and the pring veing circulated at tw The name of a Part 18 Mentioned in there SOME COIN | | jor San ANciaco, one of the InrgeRt [manufacturing concerns of ita kind Jin the United States, Offices have ! been opened in the Central buliding, | in charge of Cari Leon. | Inereamed demand Northwert, the \Banker. Recovering | From Duel Wounds 7 the ora thruout development |wubdmtantial market in Alaska created PORT! H.W. New |by the naimon canneries, and Beat- halt, © Bank of Bant | e's advantageous sitaution to water | Port « from wounds and rail transportation were diréetly | inflict & plato duet | responsible for the company’s ehoice with One of the r {of thin efty for a branch house. | ber hier Fred | ooo Alt and the other two were captured |Motnt Baker Fetes West Seattleites Ball to Be Given by the Unemployed | FRM. Dyer, charteg member of tho Mt. Baker Lmprovement club, One hundred needy Seattle families told & committee of the Wet Se will be provi c tn baskets ae ja result of « atte Improveemnt club Wednesday night of the early history of the |formre organization and the step leading to its success, ‘The commit. | tee, headed by 8. T. Hin, president of the Weat Seattle organization, wae entertained at the Mt, Baker club | houne. to be given § | mory, under t | sociation of the Un | |Pole Confesses He Shot German Mayor BERLIN, Germany, Dec, §.—Thi Polish workman arrested for killing! 's largest) Dr. Friedrich Roesner, German may- jor of Lapine, Upper Silesia, has cons foxsed. He says he committed th crime because he loved Poland and hated Germany THE BODY of Mrs. Wliaaneth tong.| Farren Zerbe of Cincinnati land, a8 bie br Suntay, wit! bel ig holding the world’ cremated, following funeral services 7 y is at the Home Undertaking Co, Frt-| CO, an wes pena hist day, at 4 p.m, Fey. Arch Tremayne we. eight, 6 pounds. will officiate, - orth $4. We will give free a fine Camisole in your favorite material with every purchase amounting to $5.00 or over. Be sure and get yours. Take Advantage of Our Pre-Xmas BLOUSE SA We want everybody to get one of these sensible gifts. We are placing a wonderful line .of . beautiful blouses on special sale at prices that will accom- modate the purse of every one. They consist of Mignonettes, Tricolettes trimmed with 10-in. fringe; Georgette Over-Blouses in many shades, beatied, em- broidered and trimmed at spe- cial price of— $1.95 NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY BLOUSES They Are Sensible and Practical Xmas Gifts Wonderful values in Crepe de Chine;-Sat- ins, Taffeta, Georgette, beaded and braid- ed blouses in heavy materials. Very spe- cial Xmas prices. Now " $2.85 and $5.85 NEW ARRIVALS DIRECT FROM NEW YORK TUNIC BLOUSES These tunics are practical and dressy. They are worn as complete dress at one- half the price. They are here in braided, beaded and fringed models.’ A rare value; a fine Xmas gift. Now on sale from— $7.85 to $14.85 Don’t forget blouses purchased now can be exchanged until January Ist. ‘hk ¥ oe Our idea is to help solve your gift problem. Buy nim a Hickok Bett and eo at MacDougallSouth- wick’s. ALSO STERLING BUCKLDS, priced $1.50 to $4.00. some with gold inlaid bands, priced $5.00, $6.00 | and $7.60. To be monogrammed. —Men's Shop, Jast Inside the Door initialed Buckles with Leather Belts, each, GO¢. ‘The set, priced $1.00, And what boy does not thrill to have His Christmas Belt just lke Dad's or Dig Brothet’at —MacDougall-Southwick, Hoya’ Department, Third Mléor D CANAL POINTS 1322 SECOND AVENUE ARR RA RARE RS PERE RARER ry '|Don’t Miss if