The Alaska daily empire. [volume], February 18, 1915, Page 5, Image 5

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rie Grocery stock is nearly all gone but you
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WORK CLOTHES, BOOTS. SHOES and UN
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$5.00 Pants . . . $3.10
5.00 Underwear . . 3.00
4.50 Underwear . . 2.25
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FERR'i WAY, Across from C. W. Young's Flumbing Sbop
IBIG REDUCTION |
ON
BALMACANS j
"The Hub"? |
Wiilougfiby Meat
TViarfcet and Grocery
JUST OPEN'BD?Fine line of Freak and
Salt Meats. Plak of all varieties. Also a
ckoicc lino of Green. Fancy and Staple
===== Groceries =====
M. V. JOHJiSON, Proprietor
Wllloejififcjr Way. End of Plank Walk
DELMONICO
BEST PLACE LV THE CITY FOR GOOD
Oysters, Crabs and Fish of all Kindt
GOOD STEAKS AND CHOPS
0*C* Dinner at Reasonable Price* W
^ Bagjjage and Genera! Haalin^ ^
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% A. H. OUMPHERIES V4]co.i?- Bids. %
^ Telephones: Office 238; Bars 226 ?
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C W. W1NSTEDT
ARCHITECT
. SUPERINTENDENT
0;flce--2nd floor, Neit to atn Pott Office
t FEATHERS FOR MEN'S HATS. |
II An-effort is to bo made this spring!
i to induce men to wear a feather upon
j the hat?a bit of color to relieve the
drab, as it is expressed. We shail wait
! to see what we shall see. not declaim
j with a show of arroganco that the
| thing won't go. When it was an
I nounced that long trousers would
itake the place of knickerbockers the
impulsive yelled their disapproval and
swore by halyard and by hinges that'
I they never would adopt such foolish
raiment. But they did.
. To imagine a full-grown man with a
feather in his hat is to incur a desire
. to do bodily harm to the wearer. And
| yet who knows? Ye humble and In
conspicuous editor may come to such a
fashion. For there are stranger things
| in tho records of tho race than wear
ing feathers; there are more idiotic:
things charged up to man than adorn
ing himself with a hit of color plucked
from the tall of a cockerel or canary.
?(Springfield, Mns3., News.)
The Extreme Limit.
"How did your cake turn out, my
? dear?"
"Pretty badly, I fear. Even tho chil-j
dreu wouldn't havo a second piece."
?(Louisville Courier-Journal.)
The Real Trouble.
"So you missed your train by just
a minute. How was that; was your
watch slow ?'\
"So. my feeL"?(Boston Traveler.)
? ? .
True To Type.
Tho Customer?'"These grand opera
phonograph records are no good. 1
can't get anything out of half of "cm.":
The Salesman?"They are our finest
achievement. You never can tell when
these records will sing. They're so;
temperamontal."?(London Opinion.) '
How Could She.
Mrs. Exe?If I'd been In your place.
I think I'd have pockoted my pride.
Mrs. Wye?But 1 had no pocket.?
J (Pittsburgh Dispatch.)
An "ad" in Tho Empire reaches ev
' erybody. i
cs
Brides" Question
(CH CAGO HERALD)
i'i
of the European belLgorants contin
ues to provoke natural reactions. The
; a one-act play in the Century Magn
zino for February. The author, Mar
ian Craig Wontworth. drives tho point
j home with a skill and simplicity that
suggests some of the shortor plays oti
Sudermaun.
Thoro are war bridos and war bridos
Thoso, for instance, who have long I
beon engaged, who lovo truly and
whom affection impels to an immed
iate union before tho lover leaves for
tho front. Such is Hodwig. She was
from a factory town, and lias ideas
that seem strange to tho peasant
household to which hor husband Franz
led her and loft her. And thoro is
the war bride, like Minna, hurried on
by official encouragoment to take any
sort of a husband, just so ho is a sol
dier and about to go to war.
It faUs to Hedwig, the war bride
whoso marriage is a consummation
and not a desecration, to protest, out
of the unspeakable tragedy ct hor own
position, against tho even greater trag
edy thnt official war marriages im
lieutenant, who recognizes his duty
to become a war husband, opposes
his argument and saves her hesitating
sister-in-law, Amelia, from his persuas
ions. She defies tho important and
officious Captain Hertz and braves
the threats of punishment if she does
not stop her unpatriotic propogandn.
The men typify the all-for-the-state
view. She typifies revolted woman
hood and tho clainiB of tho individ
ual. She says to Lieutenant Hoffman:
"?to crcca a soraier lor me Jslu- ;
pirc; to restock the land. (Fierce
ly). And for what? For food for
the next generation's cannon. Oh,
it Is an insult to. our womanhood.
You vlolato all that makes mar
riage sacred. ? ? ?
"What will happen to Amelia?
Have you thought of that? No.
I warrant you haven't. Well, look.
A few kisses and sweet words,
tho cxcitoment of the coromony,
the cheers of the crowd, some few
days of living together?I won't
calf It marriage?then what? Bo
fore you know it, an order to go
to the front. Amelia will be left
to wait for her child. No hus
band to wait with her, to watch
over her. Think of her anxiety,
if she learns to love you! What
kind of a child will It bo? * * ?
From tho way I feel. I should
think ray child would bo born
mad. I'm that wild with worry
ing. And then for Amelia to go
through the agony alone. No hus
band to help her through the ter
rible hour. What solace can tho
State givo then?"
There is almost a personal note In
Hoffman's speech: "We're going to
the front?the best of us?to be shot,
most likely. Don't you suppose we
want to send some part of ourselves
Into the future, since we can't live
ourselves." But there is nothing but
official foresight in the utterance of
Captain Hortz:
"Our statesmen are wise. They
are thinking of tTic future state.
The nation is fast being depopu
lated. Wo must take precaution
ary measures. We must have men
for tho future. I warn you thnt
to do anything or say anything
which disturbs the plan of the Em
pire for Its welfare?especially at
a time when our nation! aexistonce
is In peril?well, It is treason.***
There will always bo war."
"Then onft dav wo shall stOD
giving you men," Hedwlg replies.
"Look at Mother. Four sons torn
from bor In one month, mid none
of .you ever asked her If Bhfc want
ed war. You keep us here help
less. We don't want dreadnoughts
and armies fighting, we women.
You tear our husbands, our sons
from us. You* never ask us to
hcrp you to find a better wSy.
? * ? Who gives you the men?
Wo women. Wo bear and rear
and agouizc. Well, if wo are fit jr
for that, we ore fit to have a
vSicc In tho fate of the men wo
Hers is the voice of revolted, arous
ed womnahood. But not the voice of
all women, by any means. Tho peas
ant mother, filled with tho awe of au
thority and the thought that Hoffman
Is a good match, willingly consents
to the war marriago. Amelia wavers, 1
but finally rejects Hoffman. In the
strength and vioTence of her protest,
Hedwlg Is almost alone. And this is
truth, as well as art. All women do
not think alike. And no woman is a
complete spokesman for her sex.
It is a good dramatic subject, full of
truth and suggestion. If tho essence 1
f the drama Is "a conflict of wills." 1
i
auroiy hero is u conflict of tho higher
! strictly utilitarian conception of mod
ern militarism?of tho women ngf.iust
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WAR SIDELIGHTS
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is now rcatlhg before rotiirtfljoj. to the
front gives details concerning n now
which Germans havo boon employing
for about u month. "My battalion."
he said, "facotlouHly calls tho missiles
bottles of champagne. Thoy nro cy
lindrical In form and about as long, at
In cbnmpagno bottlo; that is to say,
112 to 1C Inches, and about 5 Inches hi
diameter, Tvo aupposo thoy are flllod
with liquid air or liquid carbonic ac.'dl
! They are thrown for a distance of
from 300 to 400 yards and without any
sregt initial velocity. You can follow
the projectllo through tho air and see
whore It Is going to drop. Thoy nro
apparently thrown by moans of mor
tars. and when thoy fall nnd explode
tho effoct Is equivalent to that pro
of 132 pounds of melinite."
A Paris correspondent of tho Now
york Herald says: "Cornay, I hoar, has
in order to prevent tho French from
entering the town. Thann Is also in
rains, the ci.thedra! alone having es
caped damage. From a Swiss source
it is reported that Thann was destroy
ed because the Germans know they
nover would bo able to occupy tho
Davnrlan minister of railways dc;
clares that Germany's freight is now
only slightly below normal and that
passengor traffic is 76 per cent. n3
<rrent as in corresponding period last
A German war bulletin says great j
numbers of British troops arc boing
landed in Frnnso and that Germany
will "use every effort of war against
them." apparently forolastlng submar
ine attasks on transports in English
Chanuol.
Tho Russians have captured a con
siderable quantity of valuable Turkish
documents, among which are lotters
affording incontestable proof that Tur
kish invasion of Coucasus was a set
tled thing early in September.
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the
British Admrlalty, said Tuesday, "For
tho first time in history England can
soy the sea is frco."
FOREIGN SHIPS IDLE
IN AMERICAN PORTS
The following shows the steamers
.nterncd in American ports, their
gross tonnage and the port of Intern
ment:
Of the Gorman lines, tho Hamburg-'
vmerlcan has 23 steamers of 24S.301
tons, now Interned, or which 14 aroi
at Now York. These include the
Vaterland. 54.2S2 tons, at New Yorkj
nttd the Amcrlka, 22,622 tons, at Bos
ton. The''North German Lloyd has
12 steamers, totalling 147 SS7 tons, In!
United States ports, jot which six are |
at New York and four at Boston.
Among these are tho George Washing
ton, 25,570 tons, at New York, and the
Kronprlnzossln Cecilie, 19,503 tons, at
Boston. The Deutchsch-Amerlcan Pe
troleum Co. has eight steamers, of
4S.72S tons, interned.
Of tho Austrian lines, the Unlone,
Aur.triaca. has seven steamers, of 35.
$70 tons, and the Trivovich Steamship
Co. three steamers, of 13,136 tons, in
United States ports.
Seven steamers of the Dcutch-Aiuer
ikanischc- Petroleum Co. have been
transferred to American registry since
September and^ renamed Cushing, Cn
'orb., Brindilla. Platurla, Llama, Mo
tano and Wfco. Together they -have
a gross tonnage of 27,278.
In addition to the above there arc
oleven Gorman and Austrian vessels
owned by various Interests and having
an aggregate tonnage of 38,884. This
makes a grand total of 532,806 gross
tons.?(Boston Nowts-Burenu.)
AK*ANSAJ> rHUUUV/CS
ONLY "HOUN' DAWG"
?>??
He gets up at the alarm of a Con
necticut clock, buttona his Chicago
suspenders to Dotroit overalls; washes
his faco with Cincinnati soap In a
Pennsylvania pan; s'.ts down to a
Grand Rapids tnbfc; eats Chicago
meat and Tcnnessoe flour, cooked with
Kansas lard on a SL Louis stove; puts
a Now York brldlo on a Kentucky
mule, fed with Iowa corn; plow-i a
farm covered by an Ohio mortgage
with a Chattanooga-plow; when bed
time conies he roads a chapter from
i Bible printed in Boston, says a pray*
3r written in Jerusalem, crawls under
x blanket made in New Jersey, only to
bo kept awake by an Arkansas dog
?the only home product on his'place.
?(Arkansas Democrat.)
ALASKAN FEARS COMING
OF ALASKA RAILROADS
"Your weather here Is kind of easy
on tho trigger." was the pithy com-:
by Wm. Griffiths, an Alaskan since
n nil unexpected shower and thorough- '
y drenched. A stage driver during the
>arly days in Wyoming. Colorado and
Siorth Dakota. Mr. Griffiths, like a
nore modern Daniel Boone, found tho
\lnska, where ho rapidly gained fame
railroads got too plentiful." he said,
'and now hero in Alaska getting filled
ip with them also. I don't know where
i : i ; i i i > ri-i-i.
msBemmixxmmmubu^
1 p|McKannaTransfer
| FREIGHT?COAL?BAGGAGE
[j LljLt and Hca*y IlaollnC uf all Klnda ;
H Qflbo lJ27-12f> Front St., phono 5G
[ will move next." (Seattle Post-In
? ( ingencor;)
JOHN MUIR ON THE
PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
Rather a striking quotation from tho
late John Muiv was made at the bur
ial of this author and naturalist, who
died in California tho day before
?i steady delight," is the remark that
contains tho largest amount of time
effacing enjoymont; of work that Is
a steady delight." Is the remark that
vas made by John Mulr and quoted
by liin friends.
It suggests a point of view that, with
all our stronuous interest In life wo
are likely to miss. Time need not
worry us when we are absorbed with
the Joy which makes us forgot time?
when, becoming unmindful of cither Its
dragging or of its flying, we con
cern ourselves with work that Is a
steady delight. Every now year, wipe
? mots, ought to bo Just as good as
Hoi:iity for us. We can only live in
lie present anyway.
Hut wo have formed a habit of look
lug ahead and anticipating the end of
our ilny or our week or our year, and
of looking back and regretting tho be
ginning. And wo lose a good ical of
hie moments In this rather fu
tile accupatlon. So far as wo knew
It might turn out that time Is only an
Illusion anyhow. Invented by mortals
who are sighing for eternity. The wis
est course seems to be to grasp tho
little section of existence before us
thnt the philosophers have such diffi
culty In defining and live It to the best
of our ability for "steady delight."
This would really end a lot of our dis
may about the flight and passing of
time.?-(Dos Moiium Register and Lead
FEMININITY AND PROFANITY
President Charles F. Thwing of tho
Western Reserve University has teen
inquiring Into tho expletive habits of
one of his classes of girls. Ho reaches
the conclusion swearing is sometimes
justifiable, even by women.
President Thwing explains hlmsoEf
by saying: "Swearing should always
be regarded as a form of prayer, and
if indulged In, it should be In a pray
erful spirit."
Very mat; but it won't do. The
question Ib: "May girls swear?" It
Isn't as to the character of swearing.
If asked "Can girls swear?" the an
swer must most decidedly bo in the
affirmative. Some "can" swear as
proficiently ao tho moot accomplished
longshoreman or composing-room fore
Some of the more pronounced fem
inists. iu their real for ?equal rights for
?> will probably- bo found to
assort that whatever woman "can' do
she "may" do. Still remains the ques
tion, "Should the?"
It probably will be the concensus of
Opinion among the males, tho femin
istB to tho contrary notwithstanding:,'
that for wiving they prefer girrs from
o months jewels fall, not toads,:
j ?(Chicago Hornld.)
LANE SATISFACTORY
AS A SUBSTITUTE]
Inasmuch as President Wilson can-'
not bo in Snn Francisco to take part:
In the opening ceremonies of the Pan
amn-Paciflc International Exposition.
. the exposition authorities have re
quested the President to send a Cabi
net officer to represent him at the
opening ceremonies. On account of
Secretary Bryan's position, he would
i naturally be tho ono to represent the
President at the opening of an inter
national exposition, but it is probable
that, because of the International ques
tions constantly arising at this time, >
he would not be able to leave Wash
ington. In that case, Secretary of tho
Interior Lane, tho popular Califomian,
would be a mocc acceptable and
agreeable substitute.?(S. F. Star.)
. The Source of the Golden Eggc.
"i.; It true that the appendix is ab
solutely useless?" naked the medical
"Useless?" thundered the profossor, ?
! "why, sir. it's a veritable gold mine."
! ?(Phiaidelphla Ledger.)
V'HEN YOU ARE SICK, SEE A DOC
TOR!?and then take your prescrip
tions and have them filled whore Ac
curacy Is a Habit
The Rollnblc Roxall Store.
Everybody reads the Empire. Ad
vertlso In it
| ALASKA MEAT COMPANY John r?i<. Mgr.
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Manufacturers of all Kinds of Sausages Our Hams and Bacon Arc
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in the end.
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