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THE SEATTLE STAR os oe (ER AMERICAN HOMES BUREAU: FOR BETTER AMERICAN HO! UT-OF-TOWN FOLKS| A SPECIAL SALE: ~, our complete homefur- BED D AVENPORTS man nishing catalog THRIFT —24 hours a day you can enjoy a bed davenport—during the daytime for the MONDAY, JULY 81, 1922. vellers from CHIEF SEATTLE To Liberty Theater Management | Just a word of thanks for “John Smich,” the photopiay presented at | your theater last week. It marks a new achievement in the “movies” —the filming of a sane and gripping mystery story. There was no cheap, 10-cent melodrama; the tities were in plain United States; the actors delightfully natural; the story entirely logical; the man and the girl DLD NOT clinch in “rapturous bliss aa a crimson sun eank slowly in & Blaze of golden splendor.” And for all that, I thank you. CHIEF SEATTLE. i To My Neighbors at The Wayfarer Dear Folks; You may not have realized it—but Chief Seattle was sitting near to you Wednesday night at The Wayfarer. And he appre ciated your courtesy in lending your field ginsses to the strangers who sat next to you during every scene. That's the sort of spirit that The Wayfarer was intended to arouse. CHIEF BEATTLE. \To Chief of Police W. B. Severyns Dear Bill: 1 hope you luck in your anti-vice crusade—but I haven't noticed any rige in the price of bootleg liquor. CHIEY SEATTLE, e e e is here waiting f or you— ! reason of its comfort and pleasing appearance. You can enjoy it during the sible assistance to you in doing your shop- th ik offeri »veral models at striking price reductions ing, by mail, on credit, It contains repro. | {ne, too, this week we are offering s¢ F ing, by Ps ’ ‘ . uctions of actual photographs of home- ; —==_ To Rainier Valleyites it holds a real bed— jf y| y | Dear Folks: Perhaps you have noticed, in the Rainier Valley cars, You will find in RIFT, ctured and Ne Hi : ae Sitney buses. Of course, the railway company fs purely altratetie Se Lue Geanege samen | © Sausage er cteed stn near mia shoe waaay naa — kitchen utensils — dinnerware — silver- etreet car company. All together, now! CHIEY SEATTLE, sewing machines — e ay gy woh | My Friend: Why 1s it thet so few of you pay 0 attention when aul cin oa ° sol! rame, a TMU rt TANT I 4 | @ youngster halls you with a “Mister, gimme a ride, please?” —colored illustrations of regs with fine quality rown homefurnishings. THRIFT you will find olds all bedding interesting and useful. when folded, | town folks— i : ; | | —fill in at bottom of page; | —we will gladly mail you a copy. / “you will find THRIFT of the greatest pos- night because of its restfulness—becauco it is so luxuriously comfortable—and | furnishings for every room ur home, thone petitions asking you to mign your name as a protest against $ 25 UN ———— aren) ee ea I fil red children, we should all rise and give three cheers for t ainier wars bate ae 49) AG yg iii ah | tree i Sonpany Ait opi no etre peries | To Seattle Motorists —bedding — stoves — ranges finish. Upholstered also hundreds of other neces- enuine g ish feather. And so we say to you out-of- e 99 ur Credit Is Good! To R. H, Thomson } I} Dear Reggie: Your announcement that you intend to run for county “et la ii commissioner is very Interesting. I remember during the last year you werved on the city council, after Oliver T. Erickson had deposed you from the chairmanship of the utilities committee, you seldom attended any committee hearings and were absent at most of the council ses- wions. And for this you were getting §250 of the taxpayers’ money. Much obliged, but I prefer to vote for some candidate who will attend to —solid oak, quarter- sawed oak frame, fumed or golden oak finish. Exactly as pic- tured. Upholstered with extra fine quality uine brown Span- sh leather, Holds all bedding when closed. Lyn sony —good brooms 45c, willow clothes baskets 79c; these, and many oth- er housewares, sale priced this week, for the thrifty housewife. makes any room a bed room any time— $ —solid oak frame § fumed or golden oak i finish, Upholstered with extra fine aR quality genuine ie brown _ Spanish leather. Exactly asf Holds ali ig when fold- —genuine Steinfeld food —choice of popular cut star chopper with complete or cut grape design in 7- Pee $109 Be” $795 tumblers .. —heavy galvanized gar- bage pail with cover. Medium —300 willow clothes bas- kets, your choice of 27- and 29-in. sizes to sell at about half price ..... very special broom _ walue. Selected reezer. A handy size EXTRA SPECIAL! —this ironing board given FREE with HOTPOINT iron. $67 —this week to each purchaser of a HOTPOINT electric iron we give FREE one of our folding “STANDARD” ironing boards. Easily fold- { uart size ice cream unusual sale! S 500 pieces composition French and Pyralin ivory— —one can’t give a hint of their loveliness. But suffice to say in January we conducted a similar sale—a sale so success- $ ful that at the end of the first day not an item was left—we expect similar results this time. Assortment consists of: —cloth brushes —buffers —hair receivers —trays —perfume bottles —combs, ete, —not all items in Ivory Pyralin ig ~~ any MAIN FLOOR — mirrors —jewel boxes —vases —hair brushes —picture frames —puff bores our 6-room model bungalow ed up, and can be attached —built right on our fifth floor and completely furnished is a place you will take to kitchen table. extreme pleasure in visiting. It will give you an idea how cozy and comfortable “a 7 " you can make YOUR home. FIFTH FLOO! SPECIAL! felt base rugs 9x12 ft. amy || +95 L. SCHOENFELD & SONS SEATTLE FOUNDED TACOMA Second Ave. at Pine St L. Schoenfeld & Sons —will be found of utmost asnistance in helping you locste the home you desire to rent. Very desirable houses, flats or apartments are lated from every section of this city. De- tailed information can be secured by calling at Rental De- Partment, where you will receive courteous and efficient at- jention, if you have @ home to rent telephone MAIN 7144. THIRD FLOOR 2 UM ME tear off this coupon » _ out-of-town folks: “Y —these specials are for you! Standard Furniture Co., Dept. 23, Beattie, Wash. ~-enclosed find $ first payment. Please send me the following articles selected from this advertisement; mallto us Om | if I keep the same I wil! pay you $ goods are paid for. | —if you want our NEW 1922 SPRING catalog of homefurnishings, place X here —our beautiful iiustrated 1922 mall order catalog shows splendid vaiues in furniture, rugs, toys, silverware, Jewelry, stoves and hundreds of use- ful articles for the home. —@ special pur- chase of 100 4 very attrac- i tive patterns. Good quality rugs that will give perfect 4 & tiefaction, Special while quantity —to bring THRIFT to your lantn, 80.85. ywn folks only, home fill in this coupon. SECOND FLOOR the people's business! | To Grownup Kids CHIEF SEATTLE. Dear Children; The circus fs coming to town next Sunday. The ol4 familiar emell of straw, the roar of the lions, the pink lemonade, sweet odor of the camels, the pretty ladies in gold tights, will all the be there. Better drop down and let a little of thet ol4-time thrill percolate into your blood. Incidentally, you more sophisticated generation. To Senator Poindexter might take some of the y , CHIEF SEATTLEL Dear Miles: I notics in your Tacoma speech where you me! that you have been « constant friend of labor. That-a-boy, Miles! low fe the time for all good candidates to To County Candidates Dear Folks: You know the ol4 come to the aid of the labor party. CHIEF SEATTLE, saying If you give a man enough rope he'll hang himself. Better be careful of those campaign CHIEF SEATTLE. To Mathilde McCormick Dear Mathilde: I see where you for Switzeriand and that dear old i | To the Wayfarer Now that you are gone for another year, are now on the high seas en route Max. It won't be long after you're married that folks’ll be saying, “Wonder how much Max Oser?” CHIEF SBATTLE. a let's hope tt wil not for one of the most enjoyable evenings I have proud of you. To a Certain Mosquito Hateful Pest: Darn you! I'm scratching yet? To the Hotel Committee Gentlemen: Now that the drive ft quick we can build that hotel |To the Radio Dealers i Banditt!: True, you have reduced | still come lots lower. Don't you think so? No? | |To Babe Ruth Dethroned King your medals, doesn’t it, Babe? Shakespeare didn't say. Must be kind Pri CHIEF SEATTLE, or funds ts over, let's show ‘em how CHIEF SEATTLE. your prices slightly, but they could of tough to see everybody de gpeth before a fall, however, as CHIEF SEATTLE. To the Eighteenth Amendment Ragged One; Say, how does it feel to be so shot full of holes? |To Judge Carey ' Sir: Well, well! 1 |To Home Brewers Wouldn't that jar you? CHIEF SEATTLE. CHIEF SEATTLE, Bolshevists: My gosh, boys! What are you making {t out of now. | adays? Dynamite or nitro? | To the School Kids Pals: Have a good time while month more before the school bell Dear Chiet: (alt under 12). a postoffice clerk, so cannot afford Sunday afternoon at the foot of 4 vard, An Ant That’s Like a Lion By PROF. M. J. ELROD Chair of Biology, University of Montana Ant Hong are insects. They bear |no relation to lions in structure or) appearance, but have habits very similar. ‘The term {s applied to the young insects. The adults are very much | ASF three weeks’ trip. like dragonflies in appearance, with long bodies and delicate gauzy wings They are rather poor fliers and are easily captured. The young are wholly unltke the adults. ‘They very much resemble a soft young potato beetle. They live in sandy places, generally about rivers and lakes The young villian crawls under the sand, flips his head, tosses the sand upward and backward, making a lit: tle pit, at the bottom of which he lies in wait for his prey. His body ts covered, only his large jaws extend: ing into the pit, Along comes a luck: jess ant, dragging a heavy lead, and | topples into the hole, ‘Whe ant scram-day, CHIEF SEATTLE. tt lasts, kids, you've only got @& rings. CHIEF SEATTLE. F SEATTLE LETTER TO CHIE I write to you In the hope that you, or these words, | will reach the motorist who caused so much grief to my seveg babies I do not want to bawl him out, but J am positive tf he had only stopped he would at least have tried to condole the babies with & word of sorrow or the promise of another puppy. T am only another at present. This happened Sth ave. 8. on Mount Baker boule FATHER OF SEVEN. bles desperately to get out, but by vigorous jerks of the head Mr. Lion |throws sand and keeps him falling. Woe to the ant when the ferocious jaws are reached. They close in a | death grip, and all {s over for the ant. The same fate awaits a beetle or oth- er insect that may fall into the pit The ant lion “plays possum.” It takes an expert to find him in his lair, for he feigns death, and cannot |be distinguished from a dozen little |stones, But wherever pits are seen in the sand, there ant lions may be found, It takes keen eyes and sktil to get them, so well protected are they by color and surroundings. Mountaineers Now on Annual Outing More than 106 members of the Mountaineers’ club are en route Mon |day for Goat Rock, which ts the first peak they will climb on their annual Other mountains |to be scaled are Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens, Will Deepen Canal on Lake Washington Because tonnage passing thru the Lake Washington canal has doubled in the past four years, the channel between the locks and the Sound will be deepened, according to Col, 1. H. Schultz, district engineer. The money jfor the project is expected to be appropriated by congress next win- ter. Telegraph Workers Hold Annual Picnic Three hundred Western Union em: ployes and their friends and relatives celebrated at the annual picnic of the telegraphers at Woodland park