The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 20, 1922, Page 14

They'll End This Week With Place in History They've Had Some Run Here Are More on ’Em Only three days more! The Great Dumbbell Contest has just three days to run, and then it will pass into history along with the battle of the Marne, Doe Brown's campaign promises, Dan Landon's lemon ade and Malcolm Douglas’ court ¢ailures after the grand Jury had ed, Positively it with wind up Saturday. With the Dumbbell Editor stilt battling for life on his white cot and the Assistant D, BE. slowly succumbing to the influx ef mis- sives, it's possibly a good thing that Saturday sees the end of the ivory hunt, We can't print all the letters, but every one is be- ing read, and the three prises of one dollar will go to the best contribs, No fear or favoritism, We it, Sveu that's that, Now for the dirty work, eee Paul Albert, 1612 Boylston ave. has a dumbbell he nominates as the Insignificant Goofus of the Kingdom of Sappe. This pterodactyl ts #0 dull he thinks— ‘The Arctic club ts an Eskimo skull- cracker. A hare (hair) net ts used In catch- ing rabbits, ‘The Trople of Cancer ts a medical text-book. The Port commission ts a wine testing bureau, Astoria is a patent medicine. Manila ts a flavoring extract Plutarch was a mineral water. Medicine Hat ts a doctor's sky- piece. Counce! Bluffs ts the way city dads ts get the mayor's goat. Crystal Pool is a better game than rotation. eee ‘W. HH. Patrick, 5750 36th ave. N. E., brings to the fore a dud belley ing— Sacramento fs a swear word. Cheyenne is a bashful girl. A flapper is a pancake. Spark plug ts a race horse. A window pane must be cut glass. Also that: A courthouse fs a young people's club and that a city hall refers to another robbery. cee A friend of Samuel McKenzie, R F. D. No. 2, Auburn, things Peart White a color and Violet Ray Char- He Ray's sister. eee Justa Dumbbell, No. 6629—the fig- ures are cosrect—telis of a bird be- From 1419 Grand ave. Everett, Frederick Teske hastens to inform us of the guy claiming: Charles Ray is a new kind of vi- brator. Lundquist-Lilly ts a sort of flower, eee ‘The young nephew of Miss A. M. Stowell, No, 202 14th ave., made a re- mark she thinks worthy of our con- test. He asserted a “skid road” must be one that wheels slip on. eee Another Everettite to come to bat is Oswald D. Campbell, 1802 Baker ave., who tells us of a dumbbell in his burg who thinks— The Rhodes L. C, (Elsie) Smith is a Seattle damsel. eee From Marysville, Wash. Mrs. W. F. Kipple submits the dumb dud who thought a pillow case was a famous lawsult. eee Miss Ruth Karn, 4411 24th ave. 8. knows a gink who thinks all suit- cages should be taken to court. cee ‘The Dumbbell Contest, as we in- timated before, is nearing the end. It positively closes Saturday, You'll have to hurry if you want one of the three prizes. eee The dud presented by Mrs. A. G., 1204 Sixth ave., knows that: Cotton comes from cottolene. You have hay fever on a straw- berry bed. Irvin Cobb, Ty Cobb and corn cob are triplets. Charlie Chaplin 1s a preacher, A hop yard is a dance hall. EVERETT MAN KILLS HIMSELF John Hansen, 63, Once City Councilman, Dead and former member of the B city councl!, was found dead on the] |floor of his bathroom in Everett ‘Tuesday, with @ bullet wound over his heart, A revolver lay beside him. | Hansen ts sald to have been ti! and despondent with an incurable ailment for the past year. With} the death of his younger son, Roy | Hansen, two months ago, his de) | spondency ts reported to have in creaned The body ts now at the chapel on) ‘Wall st. in Everett, awaiting fu-! neral angemonts, The widow and one son, Vern Hansen, survive. During his resid in Everett 21 years, Hansen had been an in dustrious civie worker and had be. come affiliated with several frater-/ nal organizations. 85 Deaths by | Violence, 104 | by Accident! County's 1922 Record;| Coroner Improves Probe Methods Since the beginning of the present year, 14 murders, Tl suicides, 45 auto and motorcycle fatalities, 16 railway and street car deaths, and 43 fatal rial accidents have been re 4 in King count cording to records of the coroner's office. In accordance with the policy adopted by Coroner W. H Corson, Juries have been taken to the scene of accidents, photographs from | all angtes have been taken and pre: | served as permanent records. | A colored map of Seattle and the county is kept showing the location of every unnatural death. | ‘The new policy has enabled the coroner's office to gain more thoro knowledge of the circumstances sur rounding each case and to Interpret | the testimony of witnesses more in tolligently, it ts claimed, GIRLS FORCED TO BE SILENT Sorority women all over the State of Washington are now observing “Bilent week" by order of Pan Hellenic, the University of Washing. ton organization of all women's Greek letter societies, According to the rule, sorority women must not converse with or entertain entering freshmen during the week. Consid- erable social activities have been prevalent during the summer. They will be resumed to some extent after “Silent week” has passed. recent | Charlotte Russe Peach Mousse. eee Our young friend, Reuben Heden- | aren, age 14, of Seabold, Wash, knows a sap thinking: The head of the Arkansas river wears a size 12 hat. Hans Damm is the biggest dam in the world. | A mill race was held for the world’s champtonatip. see fs a cousin to J. L. Hughes, $07 Third ave, writes of a bonehead believing: The doctors in the Cobb build Ing are corn doctors, Eggplant is a chicken factory. Bon Marche means a happy voyage. Rabbi is plural for rabbit. Elliott bay is a shade of “Doc Brown.” (Oi, yot) Zero was a Roman emperor. A bright bimbo in his school draws the following assertions from Johnny Crawford, R. F. D, 4, Box 238, Seat tle: “This fellow wonders why there are no homerun hitters in the | League of Nations, and says a ten- nis racquet is the applause following a brilliant tennis play. LOOKS THE SAME | Wife—When we were married, you | declared that I would always look | the same to you as the years went | on. Hub—Yes, and I meant ft. ‘Wife—I guess you did. I haven't had a new hat or dress since the cer- emony.—Boston Transcript. 5,000 Workers to Take Field in Beginning next Monday noon more than 6,000 Community Fund cam paign workers will meet every noon during the 10 days of the campaign in the Koller Skating rink, Third ave. and University st. The fund campaign workers will start early Saturday morning to canvass the city and on Sunday center their efforts thruout the resi- dential districts of the city. Monday noon will be the first day on which the 5,000 workers will make their re- ports. The reports will be given over to a staff of expert accountants who will announce the totals each day. Each day's totals during the cam. | paign will be posted thruout the city on billboards and, fund officials plan, be broadcasted by radio. The totals will also be carried in the daily news- papers, it is expected. Fifty-thousand booklets, giving 1a report of stewardship and facts of the Community fund and its agep- <8, will be distributed by Campfire Girls and Boy Scouts, two agencies Lay Plans for New Seattle Hospital Plans for a drive to accumulate funds for a new million-dollar Seattle General hospital were laid at the re- cent Puget Sound conference of Methodists at Vancouver, Wash. The hospital, aecording to the plans and the committee appointed, will have space for 300 or more beds and will be better able to accommodate the number of patients desiring en- trance, It is reported the drive will take place in 1923, Chest Drive! of the fund, within a few days, to the homes of Seattle citizens. The |booklet contains the namen of each Jone of the agencies in the fund and its particular function and the amount each agency is asking the |public to subecribe towards the Community fund campaign, || 1922 Record of Pedestrians Hit by Automobiles 49. —Peter ave. N., received a broken |ankle Monday when knocked down jat Fourth ave. and Pine st. by an auto driven by W. Atkins, 1003 Sul livan st. He was taken to the city | hospital. 494 An unknown man was struck and slightly bruised at Rainier ave. and 98th st. S. Mon- day by a car driven by Shirley Nel- son, 910 University st. 49 —Lorenzo Bsoriten bruised Sunday when an auto driven by George Mylrole, 1916 EH. 62nd st., struck him at Boylston ave. N. and Miller st, 496, Norma Thompson, 7, of 4416 Maynard ave, was struck down at Eighth ave. 8. and Bradford st, by an auto driven by J. Walkup, of Tukwila, but was ap- parently unhurt, Walkup stated to the police, Bartell, 615 Crabtree, 2259 ave. N, was lly asked George Channing. THE SEATTLE STAR Jim Got It, but It Almost Ruined Him By James W. Egan After they had spilled a quart or two of water over me and brought me back to consclous- ness, I feebly murmured; “Where am Tr" That was technioally correct. Al- ways is the question permissible when coming out of a swoon. “This is The Star office, Jim: you are amor Hank Clay murmur, “Stand back and give him a’ eried Wanda von Kettler, pulling stock line. “LT had some stuff last week that" put him on his feet in a fifty,” squawked Homer Brew, allas the| “Lone Wolf.” Sam Groff and Cynthia Grey as-| sisted me to my reluctant feet, “What happened, Jim? solfeltous- “Hello!” jsxued the voice of Lao Lassen, “Some sorehead boxer made a mistake and knecked him for ® goal, thinking him the sport tor? Gee, I'm glad I was out—otherwhe I'd be out like him!" Smart eggs, those sport reribblers! “He had just opened a letter,” re marked Seaburn Brown, “Remem ber how the Dumbbell Editor caved under the strain. Perhaps—" “Take it easy, old boy,” sald Eppy Chaleraft, shoving a chair under me and fanning me with « state edition “Maybe he was looking over one of his own stories and found ® laugh in it,” volunteered Ho- mer Brew alias the Lone Wolf. “The shock would keet him over, I remember that happening to me ance. It's a terrible experi- ones, and—" | “Let's get at the bottom of this,” | put In a volce resembling Bob Ber. | mann's Now, Jim, just what/ war—* I found tongue, Feebly I waved a blue slip of paper at them | "He did! He did! Me did! f gar. | led. | “He did? Who ts he?" queried Sam Groff, ever on the alert “Horace, Horace did! 1 uttered. | “Horace™ squawked Homef, the Lone Wolf, “Maybe he means horse, | hot Horace. If it's # horse, it prob: | j ably has something to do with Doc Brown, In the mayor in on this?” “N I was getting stronger. “Horace is—he lb a man 1 wrote a story about last week. Last Wednesday, 1 think. He was burning up in Kansas and want. | ed me to write a yarn about the delights of Puget sound. Said his wife and be would send me their last 37 cents if I did. And | paren ews carerly | | ‘The staff crowded around my biue| paper and me. “You don’t mean—"* the chorus, 1 nodded wordlesaty. Deachable was mine. ’ Incredulous | “In all my years in the newspaper game I never knew-—” THE BON Barcain BASEMENT No Expensive Street Location; No No Bookkeeping; Such Economies Produce Bargains! Delivery Bills Women’s Mannish Coats $19.75 Swaggerly cut of woolly coating, these mannish coats offer the extreme of style and Patch pockets, shawl collars, good economy. some with some with belts and mos' looks, of them unlined. Plaid and Sizes plain back materials. to 42. 300 Yards ‘Beacon Cloth Remnants — Just think! Same high quality material as famous ready- made Beacon bathrobes; double yards, New—Brand N Plain Felt eal $2.49 Plain felts, with and without contrasting bands, with snappy roll brims in crushable shape brown, orange and tile blue. First Sale of Its Kind in Seattle 5c and | Oc Ea. Priced according to length ‘These remnants have bound edges and are especially adaptable for making comforters. WOOL BLANKETS $4.95 1,200 Beacon Cloth Remnants (Seconds) Size 60x76 inches, nearly all good quality double blankets, in with blue stripes, iT meant. igive it up joyously, Styles for women. “What will you buy with it?" In terrupted Wanda, practically. “You can't accept tt; you ain't a sport writer,” averred Leo. “Frame it,” advised George Chan ning. “I wish some of those birds who read my if would send me something,” gloomily yolced Lone Wolf Homer, “Something round, with « thin neck and # thick cork,” “Not a bottle, Homert* | expressed virtuously, “Oh, no; it wan a game of authors | ‘That's what I'd really like,” | was the reply, | Rut I let them alt buss on ax T stared at my slip of paper. Horace had vowed he'd send his 97 cents! and Horace had made good, And Horace is no longer in Kansas, He's back in—but let him speak for him: | self | “Mr. Jim Egan: Dear 8ir— “Kindly to you In remembrance of | your article of September 13 in Star, | as per promise I inclose the 37 cents It's night and the shadows are fall ing here on Puget Sound. It's cool! oh, so ‘cool! —and refreshing. Out! of the jaws of death, out of the! mouth of Hades — well, «brother, 1 Yours truly, for Cynthia the wife and I, “HORACE BERLEW, “Retail, Wash." Merci, Horace, merci! (it means “thanks.”) All I can say ls that T hope the next guy whe promises me anything offers a thousand ba- nanas. And then keeps hie promise! Safe After 120 DaysonP acific in a Sail Boat! VICTORIA, B. C,, Sept. 20.-— Completing « journey of 5,300 miles from China in « diminutive junk, with only bin Chinese wife, amall son, and four coolies as a crew, Captain George Ward, for- mer Victoria sealer, recounted here today his experiences while storm tomed on the Pacific ocean for 120 days. “It it wasn't for my wife we never would have made it,’ said Captain Ward. “She acted ans first mate." Named the Amoy, after a Chi- heen pot, the junk i» construct ed without a bolt, only Chinese cut nails being used to fasten her timbers together. Captain Ward left Shanghal on June 29. Storms and a typhoon carried away her rudder. 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