The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 19, 1923, Page 11

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 192! _—_—— Eh WING ae Ra ROx WEA CH eR TWAT ETON SLITAN mt isk Dtace AORPUR SP RVICK, ae ee BEGIN HERE TODAY convincing adventurer, arrives In Dallas, goes to the r’s suite A th Gray's ia moment before he answers Gray admitted that he was an ov demanded hotly to know the rest of t man whom he had once befriended him to have anything he asked for manager and went in to dinner, whe house and volunteered to take @ newsrich 8 offer was accepted and then acter named Mallow about it, then w P, first putting in his pocket a stra Old Tom Parker, famous 1 ludge Halloran, Parker's old friend, Barbara Parker, Tom's daughter, w rbara discovers that her father hi put her thru school and de She decides to handle ot} leases. In the meantime, an auto for ¢ thoroly convii t kind. arrives 1 rshal o} des that pe He He ts intetrupted by 3 e daughter then tr Now go on with the story In the case of Allegheny poverty, the drought hardships of these hard-scabt had dwarfed th ¥ woul of young Or so, at least, G' told himself, It was a thought tha evoked profound consideration t r animal, ay ‘ow that the girl was beginsing| se her painful embarrassment, she showed to somewhat better ad-| vantage and no longer impressed him as bovine, stolid, almost stpuld;| pcslaseang Passage ge hy cme guging | Bea managed to get by except/M¥mbled an unintelligible greeting.| variety of moral stamina known aa “backbone!” young figure, her well-shaped, well-/ poised head, and her regular fea tures, and the pity of it seemed ul the greater by reason thereof, ied to visualize her perfectly clad in a smart molded oven a well-fitting with her feet properly shod anc hair dressed—but the task was be-| yond him. Probably she had never} worn @ corset, never seen a pair of} silk stockings. He thought, too, of) what was In store for her and won. dered how she would fit into the new world she was about to enter.) Not very well, he feared. Might not nis prove to be the happiest period of all her new life, he asked hin As yet ¢ r and the glory of the new tate left room in her imagination for little else; the mold| was broken, but the child was not| conscious of its bottle shape. Never- theless the shape was there. When that child learned the truth, when it heard the laughter and felt the ridicule, what then? He could not bring himaelf to envy Allegheny Briskow. “First off. Ma and me are goin’ over to Dallas to do some tradin’," the girl was saying. “After that we're goin’ to the mountains.” “Your mother mentioned moun: tains,” “Yep. Her and Pa have allus| been crazy about mountain: but} they never seen ‘em. That's the! first thimg Ma said when Number One blowed in. When we saw that| oll go over the crown block, and/ arge quantity ent to his room iver of th with | that Pa and Buddy are rust! out. calls on all the leading bankers and to the hotel he nformed by ) see him, The manag hows him y of about the hotel manager Ww ce becomes ashen. There er famou! u in @ tense adventure erseas man and & colonel and then he bad news. “He was informed that greatly owned the hotel and wanted Greatly relieved, Gray thanked the re he met the head of a big jewelry of diamonds to show to he deliberately told a suspicious char and prepared for the dangerous oking object now insurance agent, f the old days waited for the homecoming of | ho has been away to school for four ed everything he owns to to work to help h it as mort she will g oul in Ra co his ger, Mallow mond pro ‘rel of the Now arrive tarts out to his diamonds, is greeted by is Jewels to display to them. ho leaves to get the evening mieal she went on tn he memory set a tragt I'll say tt de and deliberate way shadow over her face. was hard! Nobody but knows what hard times is of bh u went thre ain, and all around plo was starvin’, Grown thin and tired, and children was sickly—they was too peaked to play Why, we took in a hull family wagon-folks. Their hosses died and they couldn't go on, so we kep’ ‘em til we burned out. I don’t know y us it Out v th peo. * was out here and can do more 'n a hired man. never had ¢ wouldn't and bonier ot grass and the tanks And all the time the ablazin’ and the dust was ablowin and the clouds would roll up then drift away and the sun would come out hotter 'n ever, Day af day, month after month, we waited! 18, I think it was, People got so they wouldn't pray no more, and the| Preachers moved away. I guess we was as bad off as them pore fol Beljum. Why. snakes pulled ie « Somehow the papers got hold of it and bime-by some grub wis shipped in and give around, but—us Bris kows didn’t get none. Pa'd die be fore, he'd beg." The girl was herself now; she was talking naturally, feelingly, and her voice was both deep and pleasing. | “The thinner Ma got, the more} she, talked about the mountains, where there was water—cool, clear water in the crika. And timber on the hil&—timber with green leaves! on it, And grass that you couid/ jay down in and smell. I guess Ma| was kind of feverish, We was drier} ‘n a lime-burner’s boot when the rain did come. Fil never forget we all stood out in it and soaked it up. It was wonderful, to get all) wet and soaky, and/not-with sweat.” “Then on top of that the oi! came, | ‘count dryin’ and fina no sun was rr) | that hull lot green } babblir 20ka; she had mention of those wretched the ded ain ng to unexp to let do right get the right prompted by tt r id he shops kow way a Bet mar ring of crown of hiy faded @ head of hair fa f his ‘ n the howed fe 4 hat © mateh h 1 into boot color he y overal A ragged flannel Dy tok ar ed hy man typical of Joseph's coat ce Both the makeup were r shirt andy the except po shrewdest Win Gra were a Br the « toular—P: brightest patr t yea that had ey and rounded by a network of preposses ing wrinkles: Ho me directly then th rs the t his hai dy the wipe By he which instead looked his at an ri 4 behind his fath introduced him ear or two young er than heny, but cast in the same mold, ‘They formed massive pair of children indeed, and, | a sullen, distrust of| strangers was inherent In him, He stared coldly, resentfully,sat Gray,| He All herok a then rudely turned his back upon the visitor und joined his father. and it was evi t he feared to b he sa “I Bud Bud grunted. After a moment he inquired of G *How much is wuth, Mister ndred th “Clone to aol lars." Brother glans the fa a uni sister exchanged red brief 4, “With it wouldn't ditt Jucing 1,200 bar- the hull caboo well p rels a day? ‘Huh! Briskow junior, grinned of teeth ax white and as sound ax railroad crockery, but his next words were directed at Gray: “We got four wells and the p'orest one ts makin’ 1,200 bar‘l.” to the Briskow royalties were in- terrupted by an announcement that dinner was ready, whereupon the father announced: “Mister, it looks like you'd have to stay overnight with us, ‘cause 1 kot important business after dinner an’ I wouldn't trust Ma to pick out no Jewelry by herself—them prices would skeer her to,death. We're "ignorant people and we ain't used} to spendin’ money, so it ‘ll. take when they told us that biack stuff| too. It must have been wonderful.”| time for us to make up our minds, was really oil, Ma busted out cryin’ and said she'd see the mountains, after all—then she wouldn't mind/ if she died. Pa he cried, too, we'd| allus been so pore— You see, Ma's| Closed her eyes, her massive crown! that a place at the table had been| kind of marked about mountains—} “Yep. Now we're rich, And buyin’| di'mon’s and pianos and goin’ to} Dallas for pretty fixin's, Seems kinda dreamy.” Allegheny Briskow| of damp, disordered ‘hair drooped! Kin you wait?* “I'll stay as long as you'll keep) share of the upbringing of the heartily having learned me,” Gray declared, A moment later, fo * his driver as well as him- THE | TWO BUSIN DRESSES ew models of t etly They of blu black seine pr chambray nort ctleally prit and are alway 4 ¢ are made nateen Cynthia Grey: Spineless Youth” ttons or | the delight of |b housewives. At th » of these models has 1 the other a bateau you'll no! a hew cc 6 and an ornan ental row Mother's Problem BY CYNTHIA GREY Mr. Character Builder, please page the common garden Apparently this most necessary furdamental in the main- ‘The elder Eriskow spoke first,| tenance of personal independence is slowly but surely dis- appearing. the day. Too many of his Too Too world. Too ver their own effort. This “philosophizing” arose out of a letter received in| today’s mail. many are unwilling to shoulder respons many seem to be seeking the soft jobs in the earning The lack of it is most readily discerned in the youth of| x have become “dependers.” bility, many are cultivating luxurious tastes which they are y often not able to finance with the funds acquired by It comes from a mother who hag a son of 22. She complains of his being She scores him for spending too much money and then} |at bis sister, éxposing a mouth tull| asking her for cash with which to meet his many overdue bills, | She says he doesn’t show a | self-reliance. She says he is almost effeminate in the way he lets Tho guests’ mental calculations as/ stacles stall his enthusiagm and intent to succeed. headstrong but vacillating. ny spirit of independence and "0B- out, And Buddy, an’ the the more my o's folks shames made th Le fully feat would point f frenzy Jered b: A dingrace ooked upon it facte supreme h del his Idol's iw t at being be aght hich he nd f ed. tremend B i es dd agi kitehen | fingers inter-|"* ously in that acking pastime known po Ady no now; he taug’ mat of strength 1 fea wound up fini of the E nted, fur trlek they r othe 7 1 aides | tabt | muscle-rack jot the tum ™ r : len be t ov | was 1 | Buday how to gain gr rs ng tho position of his\* by slightly altering his cupon the boy's superior told. They ¥ red in out of breath, and soaked| with perspiration, when Pa Briskow drove up in his expensive new tour-| ing car (Continued in Our Next Issue) | by cha | wrist | wri | strength | | the Mrs. M. Martens | ott mi: n p |30 | 4 | Ree 3 mie Have You a Cold or Coug! =) { Jot i |ge | Last Serie 4 teaspoons by | 1 eRe: Site togeth: milk and butter, 5 teaspoons baking powder h?|four, baking powder and salt to- i BOYCOTT SUGAR! of Recipes Today 3oycott of Sugar Will Continue More Recipes May Come Later BY WANDA VON KETTLER id mix thoroly. Add milk and bute affin pave and bake to 60 minutes, GYPSY BROWN BURRS 1 cup fresh-keeping cocoanut, package dat cup C ead cocoanut on a pan and puis Stir frequently, brown. Put dates 1 chopper. Ad@ ocoanut and knead. Shape: one inch long andy ubmitted > a little Is ft a ‘ered he 1 more immed: te c jemand not in find We into rolls about plum nui bo COKN BREAD re the recipes provided| ¢ enthusiasts, who declare of this fruit in| rable to the taste| healthful than . 4 teaspoor baking powder, 4 cup chopped dates, spate teaspoon salt th cup milk s place ro. coope cup shortening. and mix cornmeal, flout, powder and salt, Add mill cl-beaten exes and shorte Finally add dates and bakell greased, shallow pan in a quick Almost Unbelievable You can hardly realize the wonder- BP {ul improvement to your = iy} skim and com: ‘4 move from dates old least five hours. r until strainer juice and fold ogg whites. ¥ baking dist and minutes, id. pits water tender and rub Add salt and in stiff our into but t in pan of in moder until firm. themirror wi toyou after w Gouraud’s O aten bake or it water en 20 hot time. White-Flesh Rachel. 6 Send 10¢ for Trtal 1. Sie rve or ¢ gee HEALTH MUFFINS 1 cup flour. ye Gouraud's Oriental Cream king powder. % teaspoon si 1% cups bran. 1 cup chopped dates, pasar ie ne vue BABAR ABABABAE* Ds 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon fat recipe makes 12. muffins. yur, baking powder and salt Add bran and dates and Add well-beaten egg, Beat until thoroly xed and pour into greased muffin ns, Bake in moderate oven 26 to minutes. melted butter or ver This f x thoroly © a ® x . DATE 1 cup four, GEMS 'ECIAL NIGHT SERVICE} LSP! bs 4% teaspoon salt 1 cup graham flour. 1 cup. chopped dates. 1% cups milk 2 tablespoons her fat. This recipe makes 12 gems. melted butter or Sift ther, Add graham flour and dates Read What This Woman Says: | Seattle, Wash.—‘I first heard ot | In fact, she makes out a very bad case against the father,|and used Dr, Pierce's Golden Medi-| when she indicts the son. Fo | boy lacks are the ones the fa him as he grew up. | | kindness and generosity. we call STAMINA. | spirit, lexs able and ready to cope with life r th ther e very qualities which the ould have instilled into A mother ca nteach -truth, sobriety, industry, fairness,} But a father must inspire in the young lad that something responsibilities, | ts it perhaps because the fathers of today are shirking their | men? Query About been that way since ahe was a girl.| backward and for a moment Gray| self, Gray stepped out to summon| Signature She cuts out stories and pictures of| Was able, unobserved, to study her.| the man and to effect the necessary ‘em. And that’s how me and Buddy came to be named Allegheny and| suddenly, in the space of a few mo-| Was pot surprised to find the chauf-| my signature, Mrs. Dr. Av added| feur with nose fattened against a| husband being a physician? Omrk. But we never expected to} see ‘em. The drought burned us} out too often.” Quaint She had revealed herself to him, ments, and the revelation such poignancy to his previous! thoughts that he regarded her with a wholly new sympathy. There was| change in his arrangements. He pand of the front-room window, his hands cupped over his eyes, Ignor- ing the fellow’s confusion at being Dear Misa Grey: I would like to know if {t is proper for mé to use imith, my A DOCTOR'S WIFE. | It te more conventional to amply [use “Mra, A. Smith,” except when upgrowing generation of Mies Grey will receive callers in her office Monday, Wednesday || 400 ‘Friday, from 1 2p. m., }} and on Tuesday and Thursday }|. from 11 a, m. to 12 m. each week. Please do not come at other tinves as it seriously infer. feres with her writing, } | | Discovery several years ago. 1! was then in a bad state of health, | had a chronic cough and cold that |Rothing seemed to reach. My ap. petite was poor and my siecp| broken, and I felt very miserable. I} | soon knew the medicine was doing | |me good, for my cough was better | and my appetite improved. Several If the sons of today are less virile, less independent in|botties of this splendid medicine | [brought me back to real health | lagain, The ‘Golden Medical Dis. | jcovery* has also been of great help | }to my husband, who was taken | |down with what he believed was| the “flu." Ho was all rundown and | felt mean, but the ‘Medical Discov: | jery' so stimulated and enriched the blood ¢ he soon regained his | health."—Mrs, M. Martens, 524 N. Sith § | When rundown you can quickly jpick up and regain vim, vigor, jvitality by obtaining this Medical | Discovery of Dr. Pierce's at your Cream for the first | | |nearest drug store in tablets or liquid, Write Dr. Pierce, Pres, Tnvallds’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., for |{reo medical advice. — Advertise- —and you'll meet | the various states. Consult the ti- brarian in the reference room, | your husband's name is used with yours, as “Dr, and Mrs. A. 8mith.” eee Allegheny and Ozark. been} nothing dull about this girl. On the! discovered, Gray told him of his names. “Times must have hard.” The remark was intendedjcontrary, she had intelligence and| Change of plan and fnstructed him rich| to drive back to Ranger and to re- only as a spur. feeling. ‘There had been a | I do not believe it wou! be possi- “Hardr* There was a slowly the girl's eyes began ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS Olive Roberts Barton MISTER OWL'S HOUSE “Fie on you, Mr Oh, but the little Ragsies did work hard! The pext place Nancy and Nick helped them to spring clean was Maple Tree Flats, Maple Tree Flats was in Whisper. ing Forest, right across from Old Oak Apartments and dozens of peo: ple lived there, or rather would live thers, when they came back from the places where they bud spent the winter, Mister Owl's apartment was just dreadful, it was so dirty. Nancy put up the windows to let in some fresh air and Nick shook out the ruge. ‘Then all the Ragsies pitched in and scrubbed and pollaled and dust- ed until the place was like a new pin, Just as they finished they heard a flapping of wings and a Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Nancy and Nick hurried into Scramble Squirrel's apartment next door and all the Ragsic#e scurried away until there wasn't a hair of them left. When Mister Owl (that's who it r. Owl,” she said was) set dawn his watehel and took out his keys and unlocked his front door and went in, he blinked and Diinked and blinked. “Hey! he cried, "The place isn't as I Jeft it. It's too clean! Some. body has ‘heen here, Fee, fle, f fum! I smell the blood of—of- somebody. What do they mean by coming here and cleaning up? Don't they know J am a disorderly person and I don't feel at home in a clean plac He was just starting to kick the rugs around and tear the bed to pleces when Nancy came in in her little magic green shoes and pointed her finger, 3 “Fie on you, Mr, Owl,” sho said, “You ought to be ashamed of your. self, You are the mussiest person in the forest and your neighbors don’t like St. Haven't’ you any pride?" Mr, Owl looked sheepish and started to put things ba "Tl try to do better, ised. he prom- “TL guess J was a bit hasty’ (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1923, by. Beattle Stas) 4 pause;! vibrance in her volce ay she told|turn late the following afternoon. to of that frightful ordeal; a dimness|Then he led the way toward the | kitchen. | That stay at the Briekows’ turned out to bo less irksome than the | visitor had anticipated, for the aft-/ | ernoon spent with Buddy exam. lining the Briskow wells and others |near by. It was an Interesting ex- perience, and Gray obtained « deal of first-hand information that he be- lieved would come in handy. Bud- | dy's first mistrust was not long in passing, and, once Gray had pene- the pendulum swung to | the opposelte extreme, and ere long | suspicion changed 1g liking, then |to approval, and at ‘last to open, | | | completely, | extravagant admiration, And Gray liked the youthful giant, too, once the latter had dropped | his hostility and had become his natural self, for Ozark was a lad with temper and with temperament. They got along together swimming. ly; in fact, they grew thicker than thieves in the course of time, The Jelder man soon became conselous of the fact that he was being | studied, analyzed, even copled—the |aincerest, form of flattery—and it | pleased his vanity. Budd | was thirsty, his curiosity was bound. | lews, questions popped out of him at every step, und every answer, every | bit of information or of philosophy that fell from the visitor's lps he | pounced upon, avidly examined, then |carefully put away for future use. |He was like « magpie filling its nest, Gray's personal habits, man- nerisms, tricks—all wero grist for Buddy's mill, The stranger's suit, for instance, wns a curiosity to the boy, who could not understand wherein it was so different from any other he had ever seen; young Briskow attributed that difference to the fact that it had probably come from bigger store than any he had known. It amazed him to learn, in answer to « pointed quos- \ion, that it had been cut and fit: ted to the wearer by expert work: men, It disappointed him bitterly to be informed that there wats not another one exactly ke it which he could buy. And tho visitor's silk shirt, with double cuffs and a monogram on the sleeve! Fancy “fixin's' like this, Buddy confexsed, he had always as: wocluted with womenfolks, but if Gray wore them there could be nothing disgraceful, nothing effemi- ts Ptrated his guard, the boy was won| ‘6 mind) | Wants | Divorce Dear Miss Grey: I wish to obtain | a divorce and would like to know the divorce laws. Is there a book of this {nort at the public library? | Is tt possible for a woman to ob- }tain a divorce without the ald of an | attorney? I am unable to pay the | feo, T have been informed that same |can be handled by the prosecuting attorney. If so, would there be any court costs? MRS, M. There is a book at the public li- | brary containing the divorce laws of ble to obtain a divorce without the} aid of an attorney as there is a regu- lar legal form that must be gone thru with and you must have some onc to draw up the necessary papers. How- ever, I would advise you to consult | the ‘divorce proctor of King county, Eugene Meacham, County-City build- ing. He can advise you, and it is Just possible he might know of some young attorney just starting out tcho tcould take your case for the ex- perience, There are court costs, but they are nominal if the case is not contested. nate about the practice. There was | a decided thrill im the prospect of | possessing such with huge, silken O, B.'s, Life was | presenting wholly novel and excit- | ing possibilities to the youth, When Gray offered him a clgaret, Buddy rudely took the gold case out of his hand and examined it, then he laughed in raucous delight. “Gosh! I never knew men had purty things,. I—I'm goin’ to get me one Ike that.” “Do you like it? te It's swell Til make rod! you a present | Buddy stared at the speaker in speechless surprise, “What—what for?" he finally stammered. “Because you admire it," “Why—tt's solid gold, ain't it?” “To be sure.” “How much a'it cost “My dear fellow,” Gray protest: ed, “you shouldn't ask questions like that. You embarrass me." Buddy examined the object anew, then he inquired, “Say, why'd you offer to glmmo this?" “T've just told you.” Gray was becoming impatient, “It js a eustom in some countries to present an ob- Ject to one who ts polite enough to admire it." ‘Nobody never give me a pros: ent,” Buddy said, “Not one that T wanted, T never had nothing that I didn't have to have and couldn't got along without. This clgaret case is worth more ‘n all the stuff 1 over owned. an’ I'm sure obliged to \' Ho replaced the article in — Oh, I dunno," Gray pondered this refusal for a moment before saying, "Perhaps you finery, all initiated | think I'’m—trying to make a good impression on you, so you'll buy} some diamonds?" | “Mebbe.” Buddy averted his eyes, He was In real distress, | “Umm! 1 ought head.” Gray slipped the case into young Briskow's pocket. “I don’t) have to bribe people. Some day| you'll realize that I lke you." “Honest?” ‘ oss my heart.” The boy laughed in frank delight his brown cheeks colored, his eyes sparkled. “Gosh!” sald he, “I like yout” For some time thereafter he remained red and silent, but he! kept one big hand in the pocket] where Jay the gold cigaret case. | There was a wordless song in Bud- dy. Briskow's heart, for—he had} made a friend, And such a friend! The Briskow children possessed each other's fullest confidence, hence Ozark took the first occasion to show his gift to Allegheny, and to tell her in breathless excitement all about that wonderful afternoon, “He said he'd a mind to lick me, fn’ I bet ho could ‘a’ dono it, too," the boy concluded. “Lick you? Hunh!" “Oh, he's hard-boiled! I like him. He's been ‘round the world ind speaks furrin language like a natif, ‘That suit of clo's was mado for him, an’ he's got thirty others, all better 'n’ this one, Shoos, too! Made. special, in New York, Forty dollars a patr!* “What's he doin’ here if he's #0 rich?” Tt was the doubting female of the species speaking, “Drummers In terrible Hav Buddy flew to the defense of his hero, “He's doin' this to he'p a frend. ‘Told mo all about tt, I'm goin’ to have thirty sults—" “Shoes don't cost forty dollars ‘That's why to punch your)" ment, DR. EDWIN J, BROWN'S: DENTAL OFFICES 106 Columbia St. Seattle's Leading Dentist for More Than 23 Years CHINESE pocron ture Chinese Herbs Remedies M. Hee Wo Chinése Medlet 208 James St. Cor. 2nd Tempus Todd A FEAST OF FUN IN A COMIC STRIP Octavus Roy Cohen with illustrations by H. WESTON TAYLOR Laugh till you ery. Appearing Exclusively in The Seattle Star “Bring home a Box of @w2 Shoe Polish!” ee you get more. It's 15¢ and TALL ALERS