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ye) THE SEATTLE STAR MONDAY, MAY 21, 1f — 1. THIS KIDNAPING STUNT WOULD BE POPULAR = Re ‘The S = cHuverees enue Vapi Ee EOPULA LETTER ERO }- Py 5 ite ; ate of Washiue it nok (ev Dore BST . : Dear Folke ‘ i It's Baturday morning; I'm trying to write, We folkn The Star bad 4 p night Vo held ar 7 : A Friendly Open Letter | , pa foot he re TO CERTAIN BIG BUSINESS MEN: Dear Sirs: In the recent election you opposed vigorously the Port of Seattle proposition to acquire and improve the U. 8. ship- ping board site. But the people decided, by a heavy vote, against you and in : favor of the project. Now the port commission is preparing to ! S tila, an6 50 eae a exercise its option and go ahead. S remember we're al The Star hears rumors that certain ones of you are busy at Washington trying to pull wires to block, in some way, the carry- ‘ing out of the voters’ wishes. ~ Do you think this shows commendable public spirit? Do you consider it sportsmanlike? The Star does not, and The Star believes that nine-tenths of all "the people in King county, no matter how they voted or would | have voted, feel the same way. Everybody despises a bad loser. _ We must have team-work if this community is to forge ahead Zs | in world commerce as destiny is making it possible for it to / J g | FLAM E - ‘forge ahead. We must pull together. “ me j i be We counsel you to GET IN LINE AND IN STEP with the rest Au eee A cake tn Vai Pof the people. Quit hindering. Help. : Sane Y wore the Woke THE STAR. Z Ina J night; 2 A moth was I i all | 4 Z ~ So soon to die; All About White Elephants Tate ere How gladly I came The last official elephant-drive in Siam has been held. LETTERS i 6 woud have. tathbah, Hesketh and Tim | Unto this flame; Need for economy ends the pastime. Siam ought to call ° 3 ; pds ag requested a number of my And I surely know ff Elephantia. Elephants there are not merely the to the Rh neverl The: 1 His Critics friends and acquaintances to vote Again I would go : ot _m ae thon : for thene candidates. In addition, I blesome carcasses attached to promptly salat with ee oe The Star f Frenchwoman, | |sent out 60 postal cards for Mr If you should light feted by manufacturers of piano keys, or the haples da it | My attention has been onlied to alo q of the wealthy jilted Di ecatine 1 have Po “uphold | letter publiahed in Thursday's Star|*4thbun, because I believed the Another June night, 7 . . Lam Engllab-lrish, Thank|siened “W, H. Smith, Seward Ho-|#tatement on his campaign cards They are in the very air. Little models of them top user 1 Ae anieteet iat FURAN OT rae salccenbe to akameneen: tool aad Mearaiara (is thin apteae TNE he A slave to your name, ry temple and public building. Set in a field of red aay ‘'Porgive and forget;"* sometimes |the council upported by me. I bé-lwas “the beat qualified man | A moth to your flame! bunting, white elephants flutter, or the national flag, | this is very hard to do, eapeciaily |lleve this letter requires an answer, ‘ piabenacla Con tad every mast. f Do Not Be Harsh when one haa seen the terribie| In the final election, 1 voted for| IT have always favored non-parti Ba a being an incubus, they are ° things I have off that actual **heli,’*| ——— ___.... |™Aiship in muntetpal elections, and] A big deal was on. organ! Par from white elephants being an incu bus, they | With France) "x: Ma's LAA.” Sie atrecen nel en "it you break | At thie thme'se io Yeason to change | | My presence was forgotten. less most sought after royal asset between Rangoon and [oo oi }land has been well named be. | tat My vats | 1 have a wonderful memory. More gon. Wars have been waged, treasure squandered [°° Ape ah | boys who have been there ida." | tc | ‘Pertlodlarty when it ete ir oa the sq lives tossed away like chaff to gain neighboring 2 ° t should Hardij ed, agen antries’ white elephants. aren i haye wrecked his firm ident They are sacred, and always have been. They were |! ting t ie Getmany. If ‘ ‘ ny, mhany, ¢ OS th tand all t lk ce aes ae mats renga ris ent thly venerated in the dim and distant Brahman days |! . Ayr be eae Mel ¢ ity ee eht.be J . " ‘ pdb liomsirageh oh pote sos fis keen on them as the monarchs of Siam. In Siam [Prussian war she made France pay| There ts a poem, in which the sol-| knows that of which the speaks. ne knows, jemocrat, eer ee Mine was no seeption to the rule. tor aA they are held to be reincarnations of Gautama | ‘#¢ uttermost Giera of the allies are speaking, in| NURSE JEANNE. * -Y. Te BTS GARETT hops rm des, I needed wrist watch, f tutu! + I was a nurse in France for seven — cou! of a legendary ancestor of the king. iabatee!wonceu “wale the athers a aie There is a Royal White Elephant Stable—no, stable | gan nea Cross. I was in tho first By fes 01 ) was with me 1 vantag ng. Iv found this out. too crude a word—adjoining the palace of Bangkok, | first-aid nut, directly back of the ere there are usually four or five in residence. front-line trenches, at tho first battle ~ ‘ ; / white elephant is not a separate species. Heis mere- | {f,\P¢ Mere. You miy well Muow an albino of the ordinary Asiatic elephant. Some- ever stamped in my memory. If all 4 he is inclined to be blotchy. In the best type he | people could have seen what I did, the color of a pale gray suede glove; his toe-nails | they would not blame France the ‘® ‘ i th it f fi a ake Ge y ry creamy white, and at the tip of his trunk and around | 8" {7f Rishi 10 Iie io oak ears he is pinky white. | rages whic jermany committed ho white elephants, even in Siam, are rare and the ie torohianae cakey Pare bees, Sale ‘ heat ) she [ly forgotten. Many people have the ty of the king, the king “speeds up” the supply by | jaea that many stories told of the ting the captor from taxation and from liability to | German crueltios are but wild stories ital punishment, confers a title on him, and gives | of someone's great imagination. This as much silver money, in a pile, as he can push sisting tp: German” ottlian toe ong a smooth surface with his little finger. which ho’ bumen being could: grant Great are the festivities on the arrival of a young ele- | forgiveness. hant. All Bangkok makes holiday and flocks out, with teeny Peper homes és ca psc: Y ill b king, to see it ferried across the river in its state |p, gat aaron ak ou w : “of * 33 ; aa ; : : 4 cripple Engiand, let e am 8, over which is built a canopied temple. On landing sie ‘the Asbeuans ile Weurdacen . to soe how the use of Bull 4 fis offered water by High priests. Then, escorted by |haa been quickly and very easily Durham will cut down the cost of your smoking. . 4 . iry and gyrating dancing boys, clad in red, the poor | foFmotten, It seems tome, 1 am writ ing this letter mainly to ask the gen d baby elephant in his coat of silver cloth goes |{risupiic to ston and think a mo How Is It possible to give you quality at the low cost up the se to op Loneip ment before they so quickly con of 10 fo q priests doctor them, hold religious services for | #emn France, Do y nts garettes ns eae oe , Hi —and — their massive remains when their |*leve ‘hat it B ban) r 50 ci 2 TREES: ee ee ee S go marching on to the celestial jungles. Country- eng eet Pm ~ q MEER Desde of talive, (8 oligriomee 10 porns ANSWER: The government tax alone on 50 machine- selves hefore them. made cigarettes Is 15 cents—65 CENTS MORE THAN THE Fifty years ago ministers even used to consult them ; 3 state problems, until one slippery customer, advised COST OF 50 “BULL” DURHAM CIGARETTES TO you! the = rearing of the period, excused so ny cabinet blunders by declaring that “anyway, that ie spre roommate i maven’, ae ‘The average smoker saves $1 to $1.50 a week by en t tter bef: ” the i c d ai e matter before ‘them,” that the king for. , rolling his own” from ‘Bull’ —or from $52 to $78 a de them to be used as secular scapegoats. ~ children’s clothes will stay clean several days if you keep them year. : This makes quite a Christmas fund—or pays for the children. eta RS LN The simplest way to end acorn a fine trip. Haye you seen the new earrings that reach the shoulders, and keep 4 ek Stops the pos in- ears from flapping? stantly. Then the corn loosens a aid ne cae mae in coer ares will hang much strai < i ‘ iquid and in thin plasters. The Bs fhigeroall & raighter if you always hit the nail and actos ta the poahig t your druggist Hollow out 2 rolling pin and fill it with lead. You will be surprised then it hits your husband. You can keep the dog from chewing your shoes b; tt and kicking him, Sear paneer ¢ es hea Se yrrererenerrrs fe» ; Book agents are kept away by placing smallpox signs on the door. x y GENUI N E ‘The piano keys hold a good polish if you play in boxing gloves. Sterilized By Experts Wc : ry > The president is certainly doing all he can to keep his RS Aa Ne Western trip from being a political jaunt. S\N } ; The White House says that after tentative plans were 5 VX . ; " y li made, the president called in experts to advise and re ange the program. e These best minds included John T. Adams, chairman " the republican national committee, Postmaster Gen- Do your gums bleed ! 1 New, Senator Curtis, republican whip of the senate, easily? Ifso,takeheed d Will H. Hays, former chairma y ica i i > “ ace Haye chairman of the republican na Pyorrhea is coming. | TO BACC Oo ' These are all expert, professional politicians, and if Itstrikesfour persons they could not spot and eliminate any trace of politics in out of every five pait s program, no four men on earth could. forty, and thousands : Zl : ; ee _ Yes, indeed, the journey 1s now politically sterilized, younger, endanger- iH : zt, : ONT Ld er ing their priceless : Ke mAs os 4 ‘ _ The safest and easiest way 10 © a fire as that in the olf well teeth and health, mat Corsicana, Texas, which has resulted in the death and injury. af py persons, ix with TNT, This may sound spectacular, but it i Brush your teeth wi a abies bernees ere ee rar gt, a wae aman breath and blowing out an oil well fire with TNT. It is just | | lgger flame, and tukes « bigger breath, that’s all, All that is neces: nary is to stretch a cable near the oll well fire, from which cartridges of : Pare suspinded, and then they are set off simultaneously, ow letonators, slectrieally operated from the ground at a safe distance, it of Mines : FORTHE GUMS }. . ‘Sereen doors may be hung properly by hiring a man to hel | | T deena Ae a man to help you and More than a tooth paste 7 of Te ea —it checks Pyorrhea a hily colored shoes are very speedy, and the upkee: i vom fa naentniperins he upkeep is slight com 35¢ and 60¢ in tubes i