The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1922, Page 9

7 ; ; MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1922 “<P laywrights, Here’s H ope Mme. Duse Needs Vehicle | seen THE SEATTLE STAR New York Portland AND NOW IT’S SUPER VALUES PAGE 9 Eleanora Duse ROME, Deo. 25—American play-}more into the public eye, wrights, here ts your chance. No less a person than Eleanora Duse wants a play by an American dramatist. “I want to go to America because |even on the stage. it is the land of optimism and of the ture. And I want an American Play because I believe in. America the drama of the future is to be found.” ‘The most tragic woman in stage history pronounced these words, her sad eyes lighted by a smile as they looked Into the future. .| and both caskets were draped tn and Romeo Washington, stifling tn a genuine Louisville yawn, goes out looking for « job. He has no place to go, so he takes the nearest path and goes there. ti , & chilling complica » clutching the ? i : F no mysteries, and the blame on the hero. And an avenging Mercury, down several flights of , oe mixed up as the in this sentence, draws as ition and suspicion on him- be spared from the rest tif i Hy i : M of the A terrific storm rages furiously, trees and villains collapse; the heroine catches somebody, while the hero, handouffed, helps; the rest of the characters used their heads for something besides closeups — and then Romeo, nonchalantly heroic, tells them all back home that solving the mystery and catching the mur- derer was about all he didn’t do noth. ing else but often. Seattle Engineers Select Officers Sample ballots are being mailed to all Seattle members of the Ameri- can Asnociation of Engineers for the election of officers on January 5 at 8 o'clock. Those who are un- able to attend thé meeting have been asked to return their marked ballots. A Joint follification with the Transportation club will be held and third Fridays of each Month, Noon luncheons are held howe. af Exchange building. . |aetrenmes?” queried thie great artist Her hair white as snow, her face lined with years and sorrows she offers a contrast to all stage tradi tione—for she uses no make-up, Youth never appreciates tte gift until too Yate,” she said. “One should | never open closed doors thoughtless. } ly. If one must face the future, | one must never look backward. We learn that lesson in the Bible.” The words were strangely signifi cant coming from a woman who for 16 years has been looking backward with morbid intensity. “What advice could I gtve young who has given her own villa as bad | home for struggling women artists. “Why I want to go to America to learn from these young actresses— not to teach them. “But to all actors and actresses I SOUTH PROBED MER ROUGE, La., Dec. 26.—With the bodies of Watt Daniels, world war veteran, and Thomas Richards, victims of a hooded mob, laid to the preliminary work of preparing warrants, expected to draw a large number of people into the cas. Daniels and Richards were buried yesterday on the Daniels plantation here. Military honors were paid Daniels flags while en route to the burial grounds. EL PASO, Texas.—American con. sulate offices and half block of bust- ness offices destroyed by $150,000 fire at Juarez, just across border. CHICAGO—Mrs. Mary Vermett, 111 years, celebrates birthday at Woodstock, Til, Christmas day. Be Yeved to be oldest Christmas baby. The world’s only pigmy ele- phant, Miamba, has arrived coer 19, The club meets the\in New York from the French Congo. Miamba is three years ‘Wednesday at the elub rooms, |ld, weighs 400 pounds and has reached his full growth. Aa Ae Not content with the accomplishments of the year— The last six days will give a new and powerful pleas- ing estimate of the super values “Sweet Sixteen” will return you for your Our New York Buying Organization and Four of New York’s Leading Manufacturers, whose vital interests are centered in the success of this great institution, have assembled for this oc- casion a collection of garments that makes our values of the SEATTLE’S COLOSSAL RESS and COAT EVENT It is fitting that we close the year with enthusiasm. All our pent-up feelings over our success are to burst into a flaming show of SUPER-VALUES that will make all Seattle i and near-by women as joyous as ourselves. We open this week’s selling, dramatizing the realization of an ambition—Leadership—Leadership beyond the reach of any institution in women’s ready-to-wear business. The past quite dim beside them. Nearly 2,700 Garments to Sustain This Unimpeachable Reputation forSupremacy at event ahead of her. Dresses Imported Spangled Gowns, Georgette, Taffeta and Spanish Lace Party Dresses, Canton Crepes, Trico- tines, Poiret Twills, For Women of All Ages—Sizes 16 to 44 Velvets and Velveteens— 1023 Second Ave., Corner Spring St., Seattle If the like of them were available to other dealers they would have to pay as much for them as you can buy them for tomorrow. Buying in such gigantic quantities, often the en- tire output of a producer, for our chain of stores, sav- ing the manufacturers’ profits in many cases through our manufacturers’ connections, and receiving enor- mous discounts for our cash, explains in part how these remarkable values are possible. An amazing contrast stands out dominantly in Seattle’s merchandising this;week—on the one hand what will be urged upon you from old stocks and old fashions with the lure of so-called “Reductions,” and on the other hand this fresh and highly style-seasoned collection of garments with the super value they carry. We hope that no woman in Seattle who has waited for the “Best” values of the year and wants to be in the style of the moment will overlook this great 6-day See our windows--a wonderland. The Coats A classical collection of s' htline and bloused Coats and Wrappy Wraps, lined, with and with- out fur collars; in Bolivias, Veldynes and Velours. Also man-made Top Coats— For Women of All Ages—Sizes 16 to 44 Ten-Year Sentence for Petty Theft Francis Martinez will spend from two and a half to ten years at Walla! Walla for the theft of 35 cents from | Vv. T. Taka, a Japanese, in a desert ed alley on November 14. He wap found guilty by « jury in Judge J. T. Ronald's court, and the sentence was Pronounced Saturday. Martinez is said to have a criminal record, Lynn Lucas and Fred Krueger, companions of Martinez, will be given another ‘hearing Thursday They have no known criminal records, Severyns Will Keep Detective Detective W. E. Worsham will be retained on the Beattle police force unless the civil service commission ors request his removal, Police Chief Severyns declared Monday Worsham was reinstated by the comminsion after hearing of chargen brought against him. Corporation Counsel Walter F, Meier claimed the reinstatement was illegal, Hires Hall for Feast to Be Held in 2,000 A.D. vi ntineee SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 26.—Some) happy time that is coming, birtha,| of true love. Mental healing, prop- night in the year 2000 A. D., 300 live- | which are rather fundamental neces- | ¢rly applied, will keep the machinery ly young men and women, all 100 or| sities under “our present crude sys-| of the body in repair and good order more years of age, will assemble in| tem of maintaining the human race, | Practically forever.” one of the private banquet halls of | will be superfluous, but man will still; TWO INSTRUMENTS @ San Francisco hotel to make the | have the privilege of marrying, altho | OF HEALTH welkin ring, The banquet hall has| Upon « higher plane. already been engaged, and all that|TO BURN FATHER remains to be done is wait until the| TIME IN EFFIGY year 2000 arrives, and then decide | upon the program. C. W. Btarrett, who has engaged the banquet-room, and who declares that 78 years hence he and some of his present-day friends will hold a celebration therein, 1s a scientist with a theory. He believes that eterant life ia not dependent upon heaven alone, but Is possible right here on earth, despite all the germs and microbes, and thitt old age and death are foolishness, unenecessary, and withal ridiculous, If you want to, he says, you can live from now until doomsday, and still be young. In fact, if you do not get tired of being @ mortal, you may go on living and aie ad life forever; Also, in the To prove his belief Starrett and his|tal healing. In his office he has two Gisciples will gather about the festal| machines which he has invented to board in the year 2000 and whoop it| demonstrate his belief, He has a up with the proper spirit of youth|4mall needle, which he rampant and grown-wise-with-years|Cator, suspended from the e enthusiasm. Old Father Time will be| Cobweb in a glass jar. By looking! rett, are merely small mechanical de- hanged in effigy, Ponce de Leon will | intently at this indicator and concen- be exalted, punk sticks and incense |trating your mind upon it you will be burned in honor of the anotent | make it turn in any way you pl alchemists who began the search for | In a way It resembles @ radto ini the Philosopher's Stone, Starrett says| iment, but the motive power {8 the | around, and we stared and stared at he has over 800 members in his oult,| Hertzian waves that emanate from) the back of that person's head until which {s known as the “Indefinite|the human body, Everybody, tt ap-/ he aid turn around, It ie our Hert- be iving in perpetual youth. Child- birth is only a temporary institution, devised to fill the gap caused by the other, and is contained in a P: vacuum jar.. If you want to deter. mine your vital force, you place your hand against the glass, and immedi- ately @ little indicator in the vacuum jar begins to vibrate; that ts, if you have plenty of vital force. If you haven't any vital force the Indicator refuses to act, The manner and de- gree of the vibration shows ocon- clusively whether you are a trane- mitter or a receiver of the Hertsian waves. If you are a transmitter, then your health is not at all good, and you had better oall in a docter to fix you up, These little instruments, says Star- riage will continue, on a higher basis Starrett believes he has solved the problem of overcoming old age and death by coupling sclence with men- vices, but full of potentialities, They are just as potential as you er I would be if we wanted some person in the audience abead of us to turn Life society,” and who are scattered | Pears, possesses « supply of Hertzian | sian waves that do the trick. all over the world, “Old age in a preventable disease,” | shot forth into space, like the rays) mentals of my teaching, The other waves, and they are constantly being! phis ia one of the basic funda- not mere|from radium, tn that the fighting corpuscles of the faith, has found & way to overcome} ‘The second tnstrument ts a vital] blood can cure all disease, if suffie death, and the entire world will soon! force indicator, It by emailer than! ciently plentiful.”