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4 L...-5-5= Member of United Press. Published Daily by- The Star Publishing Co. Kiii.,-a *i -ieattle. Ween., saatofflre at ae-onJ class in.lter. THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT—WHY SHOULD OTHERS VIOLATE IT FOR YOU ? A man I* accused of murder. A policeman arrests him. A prosecutor tries to unite a Judge and 11 oilier men that the man is guilty and deserving death. The IMge sits back, plays with hts glasses, and takes occasional peeps Into sheepskin-backed books to see what other Judges said about other cases. Now and again he speaks, sententlously. The Jurors try to look as though they understood ail that th* Judge says. -'■■•'•- ■ Two attorneys fight over the prisoner. On* pretends that the man ta obviously guilty. The other pretends thai he 1* obviously Innocent. Each tells lie* In his endeavor to Influence th* court and the Jury to ink that hi* pretense Is mom plausible than that of th* other. . Various witnesses are ciamtncd and cross-examined. lb, opposing lawyers engage In sn orate leal duel. Th* )udg« read* a paper full of "Its" and "buts." Th* Jury retires and Is locked up. The Jut > men argue the pre tense over among themselves. Some think one way; some another. When the minority Jurymen get tired of being locked up they pre tend to change their minds and vote with the majority. The accused Is convicted. Tho case is appealed. Other Judges, who never saw the accused man. read over th* testimony In the case and listen to other duel* between lawyers—duels '<■•» oratorical thai th* first, less human, better calculated to influence Judges 'ban mere men Then some high Jurist, whose Interest In th* case la almost as Impersonal and bloodless as th* "Interest" * stone crusher mat be said to have in the rocks that go through M Jaws, affirms lb- Judg met of the lower courts. It seems thst the man must tie killed. .... . . 8o a judge sebteneea him to be klllcd~*"eiccutcd* Is the tech nical word. ■ i - Presently the man Is bound In a square-leKlted chair—or perhaps made to st.unt upon a trap door, with a slipaoo** about his neck. A prison warden throws a switch or iirrsses n button. After a while a physician etamlnes the man'a body. Pertiap* he lifts an eyelid and looks into an ■••;-..• ey*. > • PLThtm he bears witness that the Job has been don*. The man 1* dead. * i • * • V All this has been done FOR TOO, All then* men— from the policeman to whom you hare dele gated the unpleasant task of arresting he accused, to the warden who perform* for you th* Immeasurably more unpleasant task of throwing the fatal awttch—are working for yon. They do your dirty work. They "administer Justice" for you. vicariously. You couldn't do 1L rot, haven't the nerve i«erliap* not th* heart' tint theee menli*ve be,-* trained—or **-*" *• •** hard ened" ' ■ -to .-administer Jnstlc*.'* The warden, for Instance, can throw th* switch without hatting an eve and can sleep fairly well at night You couldn't do that .; You have a curious aversion to the sickening i smelt of burning human flesh. The sight of a human being dangling • at the -nd of a rope Is repulsive to you. Indeed, It I* trait* likely that you wouldn't throw the twitch If you could. , .... It ts forttmate. for your petse* of mind, thai yen can hire people to it., these things lor yon. Thus yon can play tries reas to the Aim!Klity without being forced to smell the burning flesh of your victim. Were It otherwise It might be difficult tor you to think of the ; fifth commandment as a Joke, as yo* now do. If yon had to execute ■vengeance with your own band*. If your* it was to throw th* switch or spring the trap and watch th* victim din. yon might be eoa * strained to wonder whether, after all, she blond for blood" plan of Justice la all that it has been cracked up to be Tbtfn yon might think tea* lightly than you now do of the** solemn words —TO ME DEXONCETI! VENGEANCE AND RECOMPENSE." .-.- , . ... ._ . ■ - -.-■ ■ ■'.'.• THE MACHINE IN EVOLUTION Machinery ha* driven human labor from m* a field of Indus try, but everybody believed that no machine would be Invented to pick cotton, since only human Intelligence could distinguish between ripe and unripe hoot*.s -. , »fS,:.WelL.eveiyt»o<ly»was ..taken The machine has tome It works. And out of the cotton field will ten the darkey and his song. . What does It mean to King Cotton? Probably i vast fncreas* In .Ma-cage, a lowering of th* cost of production, and th* expansion of his empire In many tMrectlcm* They say It win "knock spots out of the tenant system" and put southern children In school. Good—but who will own '»..■ wonder-working machine and til* land that th* tenants leave* Who will support the children who stop work and go to school? . . Labor-saving machinery makes for national wealth and higher civilization in large ways, but It has no Interest In Individual welfare. i|!MHMMftnßtta93ttßMßHg TODAY'S GOOD SHORT ONE Harold's mother was In th* neat room when he said hi* prayer*, and she heard Mm ask God to forgtre Georgle for stealing a ptec* of cake. On 'he Folio* evening be again was moved to ask forgive**** for hi". friend, this itm* for stealing three pieces of candy. Apparently his patience was exhausted, for th* next tits ing hi* mother was In tho adjoining room when he offered his even ing prayer and this is what sb* beard; . "Gosh darn tt, God. I haTe don* the best I could for George. I gue*a you will have to watch htm yourself.'*— Ex. - OBSERVATIONS HAVE yon figured out your New Year's resolutions y*t? '.w .'.':,.'"-', O" o 0 ■"*'""'' TEDDY'S bust SB on* side of the senate entrance, Fairbanks' on th* other. V^****-*-"" j't that bust you? ..;.'■ o o o KNOX most he wearing a pair of leather spectacle*, or he'd sorely be able to son that Portuguese republic. ","' ■ " o o o• --RESERVED your tabic yet for Now Year's eve at th* Newport? >' Only costs ISO. Nice way to Stan the new year. '»..'.. o o : o x ---...":. " BEING eonncllman in Seattle la going to pay he-tier after this, . but you'll hare to hustle a lot harder to lurid tbe job. ..""•'-'. 0 -1' 0■"*8 '■ • NOW MAYOR GILL want* an INJUNCTION to keep Seattl* I from firing him oat of office. No comment necessary. ...' 'i ti 0 WONDER who Jake Forth will pick for head of th* city street car department when we take over the Crawford line? n IF LINCOLN and Roosevelt and Justice Brewer were In Scattla - now they could be punished for contempt for what they bar* said '; about the courts. 0 o ii AND noW King George of Greeco has got himself one of those set. re** girls of Paris. One of the "divine rights" of king* In which folks or* shooting large holes nowadays. <i .. o ' MARGARET M'MILLAN, English suffragette, who Is lecturing in this country, says: "All money Is made for and sunlit for women." She learned this without once being married, too. oo ; o WE 'lon i know why but some people take "Observations" for an emporium for social duel* and bleeding hearts. Gertrude A. writes: "Am going out regularly with a young man who kept steady company with another girl for eight months. Am I doing wrong?" And, o^cours*. we've got to advise Gert to try him out tho eight months, meanwhile keeping her best eye peeled for the other girl, Drat society, anyhow o q q o o o Bitter Flora Bllklst, a missionary, attacked Salvation army street Santa Clauses in Spokane, Wash, nnd kicked or*r their kettles, because, sho said, "It was a shame to deceive children about Santa Clans." Far he It from us to be violent to any woman, but wo wouldn't stand for Sister lillktnst around our bouse for a minute. >;.-••• ■ •*.-. ■■*.•• '•:■ ... f —-^ 0 OLD HATS matin new. 11 i MODEL MILLINERY j \ PLUME 3 dyed, cleaned Bad curled—Willows made. OUR school of Millinery opens January 2.. In order to get ; ready for spring work you must start now, j MODEL MILLINERY ** K2. People* Bank Building, jj V 527 People* Bank Building, m ,. I'iiif Wnj"^^**** THE STAR EDITORIALS AND MAGAZINE PAGE Christmas Week Is Gladdest and Saddest Time I of Year for Actor Folks/j Writes One of Them Thin low Dergen, Leading Man lor Florence Roberts, in nn Article Specially for Star Readers, Tells About lift Holiday Tim*. "Mew .i.e. an arts* ***l. aaoal C*-rte|. mil i lme. • lien be la away tram bom*'" The Star amnl Thurluw Herges, tier. ear* Huberts' tslenled les.lln* m*n la "I h* Mm." i,.ti.-any si tha Umi, Sa tlergen ami Una article la anaaar la Hi*. question, BY THURLOW BERQEN. Leading man with Florence Robert* in -Th* Nlossr," To '!"• actor. Christmas neck Is ihe happiest and saddest season of th* year. A* a rule he need not b.e urged to "buy eutly vii.l avoid th* rush." If ho Is ii "man of family, nine times out of ten De cember first will find bin starling to gather his gifts for the "deer old girl (tn Osbkosh or New York, as the UM may b.i and for the kid diss Cod hies*. Lhera. The commiseration for the poor actor who must play on Christmas eve and twice on Christmas day I. usually misplaced, slaking others happy I* always a aubconaclous thought of the actor, and many litre* have I heard ' some hearty "old man" of (he company say at a matinee, 'tilt, don't ring up y«t; giro them time to finish their Christmas dinner." On In Ist ma* week the Ingenue forgives th* henry woman for be ing "up stag*"; th* property man make* hi* ji*-*re with the "mutton head" cnrpa-iiter. and the star blot* out her score again*! th« manager. On* very Merry Christ in that I shall never forget was sp«nt here tn tteattle. ,■..-. . all "folks of family" In the egvmpany. Much time -..I thou*lit had beam spent on , the Christmas dinner, and It was hi huge mi re ess, end good stort.s went with every course. Then came the distribution of presents. The property man gave to th* very pi..!**, .ml elegant comedian' n necktie of most marveloa* yellow hoe, with green and rial stripe* | running through It. and the leading woman gave the carpenter a gold headed no**. No group of children round a ' biasing Christmas tree could bars had more fun than this DIANA'S DIARY iii m 1 . ■■■■mi .. im. at Miss DiUptcMa* Co** to Hunt Up a N*fll*ct**° Rslstlv* and Incidents! ly to H*v* a Corking Goo* Tim* by FRED BCHAEfER I "Are you really glad you cam*'" asked Aunt Blanch*, wistful Ilk*. "Sura," I say*. "Ain't your And then sh* cried. VI. t's*d to being stung as I am. I wss certainly broke up when I found, in. Aunt Blanche was poor as Job's turkey. Instead of 10*4*4 down with th* yellow stuff. Bat my troubles ain't nothing to Aunt tllanrhe'a. Aunt liiiinriii.t Is a tragedy. Her* she'd been left penniless sine* her husband died, and never let on to none of her people. And when 1 walker! Into her lac* cur tain laundry with my Up hanging down at finding her so, tin re sh* had everything laid out to give me th* '..I -. ■■!> ..in . hisr beam means could provide. Bhe'd furnished an extra little alcove room with money sh* needed badly, llrrti I waa to atay as long as I wanted to with nut It costing DM a cenL And she'd bought a chicken for my din ner. Poor soul, nnd her working so In her old age. Ho 1 bit my lip Are You Well Informed? Jack Johnson had his brain ex amined because h* forgot things that he thought he had learned. Have you (orfottm^lM answers lo these: What Is meant by the ton nage of a ship? Who was Sum Houston? $25.00 COMMENCING TOMORROW, WE WILL -ELL YOU A BRAND NEW Singer Sewing Machine for $25.00 And guaranteed to be tho latest styles. Remember, v. Inn wo say new wo moan Just what we say. Cull and see for yourself. AT THE WHITE COMPANY'S MAIN STORE, 1101 Third Aye., Corner Spring. Main IS2S. ■I 111 STAR-&JPAY, DECKMBIJR 30, 1910. THURLOW BERGEN. lot of actors, far from bom*. In most companies a goodly per- 1 ..-iitag* of th* »■ lor*. If they »re unable to attend th* services of some church land church Is church to an lector. Irrespective of denom ination), finds time to give some! serious consideration to the day, I i.-i all a gruff old fellow, whom we discharged periodically for swear-' Ing. staging as he "made up" mi bis dressing room, that tat ,so] dear to th* heart* of children,. "Christ was born on Christmas !•»> and In th* manger l*> ' And we all listened. It waa /ally two weeks before be swor* attain A wonderful record for htm. There are many reasons why.th* actor should glv* prntae at Christ- | ma* time. This Christmas bring* ' me much more to be grateful for ; than ever before hi the whole*om«, normally enthusiastic city of So-1 attl*. Here's health to Santa flat** ' here's health to Seattle bard and said. "Aunt Blanch*. I've com* to .hear you up. Ilk* I prom ised." And 1 pat off my good clothe* snd lit Into th* lac* cur tains sb* was washing, and de manded bar to alt down. "Because, I said, "you're going in t.ke a good rest while Diana Dlllplcklc* stay* with you." And I mad* bur do It. too. While I was doing- th* supper dishes I toM her nil the gossip of the family, and laughed and talked and did her a world of good, "Are you really glad you came?" asked Aunt Blanche, wistful like, "Sure." I aaya, "ain't you 7' And then ah* cried. Tonight she showed m* some wonderful lsc« she mad* before her eyes got too bad, and {I guess she IS glad I came, for I saw her lay aside the loveliest piece for me As I said I" fine I ain't'the one to toss my relative*. (Tho End.) Whence comes nmbcr? § Who I* the king of Italy? What ts a ZoUvarttnf • Manufactured porta from th* United States exceeded $800,000,000 this year for tho first in* In his tory. H BANKRUPTS. |H| BANKRUPTS Entire Stock and Fixtures to Be Sold by Order of U. S. DISTRICT COURT r— To Pay the Creditors, Who Will Be.Satisfied With -— .__2s_LP'"**l_R' p**"°*'**^B 20c ON THE DOLLAR ' WE ARE VERY SORRY THAT SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS COULD NOT BE WAITED ON YESTERDAY. THE FULL BLAME FOR THIS RESTS ON OUR* OWN SHOULDERS. A REPETITION OF THIS WILL NOT OCCUR AGAIN. WE REAL IZE THAT, WITH THE BARGAINS OFFERED, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE SALES PEOPLE. HOWEVER, WE WISH TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT FOR TOMORROW 14 ADDITIONAL CLERKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENGAGED, ASSURING YOU PROMPT AND SATISFACTORY SERVICE, w ßW>t* B*»a'*B^ B»*^B^^ *"-***^B--*»PB*»wKPWpB--jw -P-T-n* a_M-M-WW-W-WWHWWB-M-W-88-B-^^ JBtgJggKmmmWK\WmmtmmW}Jmm%mm^^ SUITS-^T. [PANTS- j SHOES SIO.OO Men's Suits, made of I A fine line of Pants, ranging H Note the cut on Shoes— good tweed, and worsteds. I from $2.50, $3.00 andi $3.50, I $3.00 Shoe. ,». o_. ," w ". B". 53.50 S a." 0'0 51.951 ,or s '-35 $12.50 Men's SuiU, made of I You can have your-choice of 1 JJ.OO and $2.50 OKf. fine serges and cheviots, will I the line of $1.50, $1.75 and I Shoe* for V*/": go at the price Oil "ffj $2.00 PanU QCA 1 $3.50 Shoes 01 IE of 04-/3 at 03 G I for &&.I3 $15.00 Men's Suits, made of ex- Silk Mixed Worsteds, hand- Is 400 Shoes OA AC 1 client Thibet*, serges and tailored; values from $4.00 | f or ' * w/L UV worsteds, go OC 7C to $5.00, 01 Erfl 1 ' '*" ZZ T"'*" go 56.75 *. %50°: $2.50 I $450 shoe. CI gc $25.00 Men's Suits, made of Silk Mixed Corduroy Trousers, s for •B",.RS West of England serges and the regular $6.50 01 CA ' $5.00 Shoes 01 AC Scotch tweeds, tft-i APA kind, to go at WfcaUV for V-L.Qv Prsced al « ■ *-vU Boys' Corduroy Pants, cuff We handle lhe ce | ebrat ed $20.00 Men's Suits, made of bottoms, regular $3.00, now makes, including Endicott, fine Thibet., r,ere. nn d' marked MAC Johnson, Florsheim, Packard; worsteds, to go CI A TEL ** iii si-tll Dayton and Wichert & Gard at s]| I 11/. I w Corduroy Working Pants, those iner. $25.00 Men's Suits, made of r„fe fso r,1 30.,..5i.75 $6-00 Waterproof high-cut line English serges and Scotch and »3.50, to go at . fjp|.f i| J^ r a- ■- tweeds, priced ... .SI 2.59 Che iot, Tweed and Worsted ■- g - §-3.85 t . Ol -L.3U Pttnt". valu«-» irom $5.00 to 1l VW,V¥ ! $30.00 Men's Suits, made of $6.50. Take your QA Ar The $4.00 Miners' and Logging West of England silk mixtures, choice ■« 3-&.30 g Shoes cut JA OC worsteds and imported Scotch -a---...---..————————— |to «•**"•* tweeds, priced Cl£ 7^l HATS |We have a line of high-priced at ,* g' • I.:, *W I ■■ i«l I $4,00 Hats OH OC . tf die*' Shoes, odds and ends, A line of uncalled-for Hand-1 hi- Ii Qr - V| s%** | They are so low in price we are lored Suits, all 01C AA I «■» fin v 1 * a" _•* _*• 1 ashamed to quote the figures, sizes, to go at .... fj I 3.11*11 § *^ 0" Hatß §JkK | Come and look them over. SHIRTS- I Ife^on Haußfor.... $2.35 I ARROW BRAND $1.25 Shirts, with and without g $2 .00 Men's and OC. 1 COLLARS— Scuffs attached; Monarch, Stiver 1 Boys' Hats for OB 1* 1. „ . . . - „ . and other lAa I Our $3.00 and $4.00 Stiff Hats, g*" Z" and $hapeß IB CoUa"' makes ...... ltU | l ate ,t blocks, all *1 AC 1 lhe weU-known makes, Arrow' $1.50 and $2.00 Shirts, Cluctt | colors, marked to . . . V 1.0*3 H E. & W. and the |C and other standard makes. H loc Firemen's and Machinists' H Cluett - each ' ' Your choice 690 Caps, take them away 1. SWEATER COATS- I7™r rr< .P? at 'each ' C SWEATER COATS 54.00 Genuine California Han- I , if . «i 8 ncl 01 PLC I CHIT TACFC 1 *400 Sweater Coats, in "*' j Shirts ft 1.03 | 3UI I *^v_>L_s— j roo n, cardinal, oxford and; 1 Fine Cashmere and Woolen | Here is a rare opportunity to get I other colors, JO 15 1 Shirts slashed at following i « splendid Suit Case, imitation at » ▼ " 3 Prices- | ft, i!". tori r <**?,i,« r $1 OK $3.00 Sweater Coats, extra fine 1 $3.00 Shirt, to 01 1C I $3> ° V _rr e '*T '' W quality, will go I*l CC I goat -51.03 I $10.00 Suit Case, genuine leath- at ...... . ? ■l])!*- - I $2.00 Shirts to oi 1C 1 *. r C*,C ' "l cl frame8 _n_ d _i a l — — —' »'-'3 I „lr h v:na d. c.w«i...56.65 OVERCOATS NFfI^TIF^—— 1 $15.00 Telescope Case, extra | An elegant line of odd sites in | lILV.IV I 1L..5 I heavy leather, best grade; they I Cravenettes and Overco.-ts. I Our 50c Ties are marked O. | will go ■*..--» CO OC II Your choice $9 85 1 to the lowest notch ...... OC I at -'OsiOa-l H for *T*'-V STAR DUST Nesrly.everywhere that a senator has been nominated by lb* people the poliili-iiitis hsv* regarded It an ii Joke. Hut tha longer It lasts the more prolonged their laughter Isn't. lioi-otii now own. Its street car Hues. Ilogola I* In be ti i i-iii Houih America, tip here we are so pro presslve that wa haven't come to It yeL Ar* you Well Informed? You probably bar* a dim recol lection of having those things made clear to you. What are th* answers: Where Is Hi- Tyrol? Who fought at Chevy Chat*? What I* a yenten? What Is a cantilever bridge? - Who wet. th* iln en (iaati* men? , Lucky Is the man who doesn't l.» Hove in 'luck. Another thing that doesn't tin press ion with its l-eap and Crip i is ii seismograph bulletin telling of an earthquake after It ha* hap. i pened. • It's hailed a* a wonderful feat ! thai during a recent storm th* wire lea* station at Newport spoke Pan* lint, 1,9(1 mile* away. We wonder j what giant It does In a storm to I talk.to someone 1.911 miles away I fly Mall, mil of city—Bo cents for on* mmuh, *.. cents for two months, 78 cent* for thre* months. Twenty-five cents per month when subscription Is for three until lb. or more. IN LITTLE OLD NEW YORK I BY NORMAN, NEW YORK, Deo. 80.—Merely * i little Incident of life In a Brest city: Scene: West Ride Police Court. Magistrate Ilrcen, clerks nnd offi cers 111 their customary state of toast Enter a beautiful young woman. 1 dad in a green velvet gown of the clinging hind, edged deeply ' with brown fur, a long white silk coat and a huge hat, ■it men! raj with ; Uvender willow plumes. UuslAess of clerks gasping and gaping, officer* crantttg their necks and Magistral* lirecn Sitting up I straight with a Jerk. Win, I* tho vision of besnty and j cram? She Is Ethel Vaughn, sh« says, abiding at the Hotel Algon quin, - and having no occupation, ! f4h* had been arrested by * detect ive on a warrant awortr out by Ed- ; win C. Alden, of tho Hotel Van Cortland l, where «he Used to abide and where th* owed a mere trifl* iof $183 for four weeks' board and lodging. Miss Vaughn had left his bo* telry, said Alden, in a manner to b* described as surreptitious, leaving behind her two e.tromely empty trunks. Magistral* Preen marveled at I the six* of the lady's board bill Ah. she explained, thst wss not alt p» herself; she and another girl htt 12 gentlemen frlcnttg to dinner en Thsnksgivlng~bnt she did I. .... none of tho horrl<l report »r« I* court would mention jliat la their stories. The bill was "c.n_tderab!r more •lull, |SO," which tact at,, hoped would not find Its* *_- Into the papers. None of th« reporters arose to make sny promls«*, either of •>«, recy or publicity, and Mis* - *'irti*. told the Judge sb* liar! no objection to settling her 1,111, and thought th* could do It If allowed to «*« ij_, telephone. It was pUred at her ills. | posal. In a few short minutes there roll, ed up to tbe door of the ivtlle* station an automobile containing g^ good, kind young nun. ll* took si roll of bills thst looked tike a h«*4 of cabbage and skinned off four fifties/ Mr. Alden got chssg*,* after some delay, and hi. bill w_, settled. Then tb* sutomoblle rolled sway "■■ with Ml** Vaughn snd the g'joel,' kind young man la It, snd tbe court went back to sleep. ,>■••-• That lap newspaper which talks war prot-ablr hasn't ***a our ar ray of generals and "slch" corniest. ing at a Was..' pink tea.^j-3 ■ —