The Seattle star. [volume], August 19, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

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THE SEATTLE STAR
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WttllU »4 <»► I 111 imil'l'l M)HTHW IC*T l» Mill or wicwm* o riii
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t'akllak>4 Daily ir TtnlSr r«kltoM»a Ce. rfc»»»i Male Ml*
"That there should one man die ignorant who had ca
pacity for knowledge, this I call tragedy. t. arlyl<\ .
From the Wedding Cloudland to
tHe Divorce Pigsty
Miss Violet Dove and Dr. Milo K. Hartman were mar
ried recently at Kansas City.
Th«iy wanted a "different" wedding —and they had it.
Thev were united in the holy bonds while standing in the
basket of one of the balloons which were starting in the KT ei **
elimination race. As the preacher said " man and wife.
the great gasbag—we refer here to the balloon —was cut hx>se
and shot up into cloudland.
At the end of a few hours, obeying the laws of gravitation,
they descended, and—sad to relate—instead of alighting in
Same sylvan glen haunted by fays and drya.ls, they landed in a
og pen! , .
So manv weddings are like that! It wasn t so very dif
ferent." after all. They start in the unstable basket of a bal
loon, and thev soar for a short time into the cloudland of ec
atasv. The clouds are beautiful, but they are much more agree
able when looked at from a distance than when used for pur
poses of navigation. Kor one thing they are damp. 1 hey are
also cold. They chill the warm and generous enthusiasms
which thrill those standing in the basket before the word is
given, "Turn her loose!" The dampness makes the balloon
heavier. The gas of courtship leaks out. The law of gravita
tion pulls down toward earth.
And when the earth of common life is reached, so many of
the poor creatures find themselves in the pigsty of the divorce
court! t
The cloudland of the honeymoon should be a part of the
life of every boy and girl. But can't we all do something to
make their landing on the common earth, where people work,
more certain to be safer and cleaner? 'Ihe coming down is the
crisis. And the mutual confidence and trust, and the charac
ters that make trust and confidence inevitable are, aftetf all, the
things that insure against the pig-pen finale.
As to Our Immigration Laws
Isn't it funny how our immigration laws work?
A few days ago a little 10-year-old Scotch girl came to
New York with her grandmother. She was refused admission.
The law says girls miftt be accompanied by their parents. Not
having any parents, she could not comply with the law. so
must go back to Scotland. Our great republic was protected
from the possibility of harboring a pauper.
While this was going on at New York, the immigration
law was working ditferently at another place. These other
workings were first noticed at Lawrence, where, a few
months ago. there was a strike of mill operatives. New faces
began to appear at Lawrence. They were dark, negro-like
faces. There were several hundred of them.
Investigation developed the fact that they are the begin
ning of a new stream of immigration, which was easily traced
from Lawrence to New Bedford and from New Bedford to
the Cape Verde islands. On these islands dwell a race of
people who speak a dialect of Portuguese and who are de
scendants of the early Portuguese settlers, crossed with the
dark-skinned natives who were reduced to slavery by the ad
venturers who exploited the New World discoveries.
These dark-skinned laborers, descendants of slaves, are
cheaper than the Portuguese and 26 other alien tribes previ
ously brought to Lawrence from Southern Europe to work in
the tariff-protected mills. They are cheaper and more igno
rant. They have not learned about such things as strikes, and
they are not troubled about maintaining the high standard of
living of the American workman, which is such an inspiration
to the politician on the stump defending the American protec
tive tariii system.
But the immigration law? Isn't it funny how it works?
Observations
SUGGESTION for a nuisance ordinance: Make purps
atop barking at urnpty a. m.
WHAT an icy shiver must have gone over those passen
gers when the Alien liner last week struck an iceberg a glancing
blow.
HEE, HEEI "Josh" Hillings challenges "Put-the-Clamps
©O-the-Spokane-Armory-Affair" Hay to debate which of the
' two is the bigger standpatter.
DON'T let all this political excitement cause us to forget
the all-important Society mandate that straw hats must be
shelved on September 1.
• _
TWO attorneys in Seattle made motions to strike at the
same time. Such a case, it seems, is not governed by legal
rules, but by stout canes.
JUST so as not to be outclassed by "Jo*h" Billings, David
Perry Rice ought to come through with some sort of challenge
to Will E. Humphrey now.
SEPTEMBER 7—that's the day of the progressive party
primaries. Keep the date in mind. Go to the polls then and
choose the best men for each office.
AFTER reading about the ex-convict who reformed and
became an excellent city councilman in Philadelphia, there are
some people mean enough to say that maybe some other offi
cials would also make good officials after a prison term.
A WEEK ago today the gentleman from Oyster Bay an
nounced that he was going to devote the whole week to resting
up for the hot political battle. Three days later Colonel Teddy
• had opened the campaign in Massachusetts. A whole week
evidently looked like too strenuous a rest.
"LIFE is a game of cards. Some play for pleasure—then
hearts are trumps. Others play for power, and clubs arc
trumps. Still others play for profit, when diamonds must be
trumps But we must remember that the time will come when
spades will be trumps, and those spades will dig our graves."
—Father Bernard Vaughan of London, in Seattle today.
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12 o clock midnight. for Victoria, Vancouver.
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Trl-monthly from Victoria anil Vancouver to
I'rlnca Rupert and local polnta.
i.iiiJirilllAH I" At IK IC ll\ll.\\\t
Paaeenger trains leave Prince Itopnrl Ni>n4iir, Wrlnrnlar and
Nalurriur at II a. m for Skeena River Croaalng <I«4| mllea, connecting
with H. H. inlander for Hazalton, B C., <14; mllea
FM;r. Pt'BLICATIONH regarding Canadian Homestead l.anda
Bualneae Condition*, alio Bualnaaa Opening*
4. H. I.OODIKH. J 11, Hiiiitim,
i.. l ' *J , A .. . Oen'l Agt. i'aaaenger Depart merit.
Phone Main bllit. Urat An. and y eater Way, Heattl*. Waali
Nothing' Serious
VAIN SEARCH
Diogenes was looking for an hon
est man.
"1 want one who will toll • sum
mer clrl he la a ribbon clerk," he
eiplalned
Herewith, none wondered at his
failure.
CRUEL THRU»T
Mlna Hiddoa-Wh## George be
gan railing oo roe ho hadn't a coat,
Mlm No* —And now tie baa at
l«*a*t that much.
A BAO ONE
Bink»—Which Is the moat dan
(teeoua. tha automobile or tha aero
plane?
Jlnko—Well. tha aeroplane runt
ovar mora people than the automo
bile.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
CONSISTENT
"Nature la conalotent la her
worka"
"Sure. For viamplo, always
puta th« bruw of a bill above the
mouth of a at ream." -Ilalt Imore
American.
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* TWO KINOS *
* "Kindly rwturn nijr lock of *
* haJr " *
* "All right. Do you want tbe *
* dark lock or the on* you gave *
* me when yoa were a blunde?" *
* Washington Herald. *
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"Th*r* will be e*tra premium*
offered at th* BeHeysport fair for
whitkar*. Whisker* an' alfalfa
alike do wall In thia county, both
bain' good far aev'ral cuttln'a a
year."
COSTLY PROPOSAL
Mollis —Old you ever propoxe to
a girl In a taxlcab?
Chatll«~-f did.
Moll)*—What was the answer?
Choi 11® "BUteen dollar* and
forty cent*."—Yonker* Htat' mnan.
WILLING TO BE LURED
"John, that man haa lured you
from your wlfo and home. I will
not put up with him any longer. I
have swallowed a R(mkl deal from
him."
"So have I, dearie, and It waa
good atuff, too."—Baltimore Amer
ican.
QUALIFIED
"What did he do to entitle him
to be governor?"
"He reduced the price of pota
toes."
"Rah I"
"Well, what more dlfl any gov
ernor ever dot" —Washington Her
ald.
•
ON PAPA
"Papa, you know that Oeorge,
who proposed to me laat night, I*
coming for hi* answer this evening,
don't youT'
"Yes."
"Oh, thank you, papa! That la
the answer I waa going to give him
anyway!"— Chicago Tribune.
• ________
Mixed In Hi* Art
"I see that the Cfetnpanlle haa
been restored."
"Good! Who stole It?"
THE REASON
"Bongs of tho sea are generally
popular."
"That"* on account of the
whittling buoy*." — IJaltlmor#
American.
THE BTAK—MONDAY. AUOUST 19. 1912.
WELL TRAINED
landlord—Do you think jour «x
perl once » a sailor qualifies you to
work a* a Janitor?
Old Halty—- Buret I've scoured
the seas an' swept It with my glass
an' I've washed ashore
A BLIGHT ENCOURAOEMENT
He If 1 were to uk you to msrry
m«. what would you say*
She 1 don't know Put I'd be
too polite to ssy what I though/.
WON AND LOST
The new telephone hell kept ringing and ringing, but not on* of
the four In the game would answer It
Then * messenger came In with an Important note for Kd Gormley
The meiMtflivr waa motion to keep his distance
The pot *a» one of the kind Uwry talk about around the steam
rndlatora In hotel lobbies.
Kach man knew be would win' it.
Three were wrung, liniwhy waa right.
After dragging dotrn the pot Gormley received the note from the
messenger.
It sahl: "Apparently yot» tra not Interested In algnlng the <0 week
contract l'v* tried to get yot£fe/ telephone for an hour. Now. I have
•tgned up the other waa ** V " •
"What did you win?" ssked <>4.- of the boy* that evening
"I won Juat » bucks le»s Mftw," repll*d Gormley with • not*
of deep dejection.—New York. World
HE HAD CONFIDENCE
"W*ll, George," ab« called frwn the top of the stairs at 1 a » .
"what wan It this time? Did your lodg- meet, or waa It necessary
for you to atay In town to discuss business with somebody who had
to ratrh a midnight train, or did you drop In at the club and get
Into a friendly tittle* game wltb some of the boys, or waa It an eitra
rush of work at ihe office?"
He clnng to the newel post for • moment, and. blinking. looked
up at her. Then he endeavored to tnolaten hla Hp* and said:
"Mary, If I didn't have confldensh In yon I'd think you wer* shush
plcloua of m*— bona*', I would." —Chicago Record Herald.
MODERN CUSTOM
Grainercy •We can't afford to give a dinner In the houae Me
•Idea, we haven't the things.
Mrs Oramercy—l'sbaw' We can borrow the' allver.
Graiuercy—Yea. and have the guests carry most at It away aa
souvenirs.—Jitdge'a Library.
OLOrASHIONED BUOGV BEST.
She-don't car* mucb for cauoeing.
He —Why not?
She Because you bav* to alt tandem all the tlm*.
EATING CORN
We alwava did bell-re (hat peo
ple should wit thrtr corn on the cob
at home. Hut being human, and
•eclng that tempting delight on
the bill of (are In a public eating
house yesterday m>on. we permit
ted appetite to get the hotter of
Kood Judgment and ordered It.
With our face burled In a cob ao
that butter *u smeared a I moat to
the bark of our neck, the waiter
lapped na on the shoulder and
handed u* the following note, writ
ten In Old Hill Wooda' faultless
•tjrlt:
Hay. man. you don't have to In
hale that corn. You know you can
eat It"
We don't know anything about
♦ There'* Only One Way for a Man to Fool His •
♦ Wife, Says Johny ♦
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
BY THE JUNIOR OFFICE BQY
n jr., aug. 19, —roy, my. but « Man 1
git* Into a lot of trubel when h<» (
trie# to »llp aumthlng over on hIM
bettor Vi- 1 1
|K>or clarenae Jorden, witch
In harlom, la a Bad etampel ' 1
being »» inr. and tnra. Jorden Uvea J1
In harlem, of courae they live Is
flat I 1
them alnt nothing but flat* In I
harlem. I
by golly, there I* klda up In that
part of town that alnt never seen i
a regular honae with a porch and a .
yard except. In a picture show
well, anyway, tnr. and mra. Jorden
I hey got a nlo« flat on thy sth flore,
and they been glttlng along prltty
good
inr. Jorden he turns over hla pay ;
envellup on Saturday nlte, and ahe
given him carfare and lunch money,
ami ovrythlng la fine
now cornea the trouble, you aee
clarunao la autch a good guy that
he alut got no leowuy. i
If he goea out, lo play a little
penuckln with n friend, he hua got i
to be In by 10 o'clock, or hla life
alnt worth a nickel
well, the utlier title lie glla out
with a gang and Juat for once ho i
coiuou koiuu with a bundlu
THE aUMTITUTBB
Mrs. Gadabout —I'm looking for
tny husband la ho hora?
l>rug Clark No, madam, but wo
have something *• put up our
snlrcs that's ]UM SB g'M>d.
THAT't HOW
"H'jw'il you lew your front u-«tb.
dental operationf.
*Noyl. AtrideatsL"
BUI Woods' table manners, but
we'll wager now that he'a ao fuaay
be eats watermelon with a fork.—
New York Evening Bun
"Why did you Insist on hsvlng
your wife Join the suffraget club?"
"Because." replied Mr. Meek ton,
grimly. "1 want to see that suf
fraget club get all the trouble
that's coming to It." —Washington
Star.
"Why have you never ran for
officer' asked the reporter.
"Well." said the woalthy citizen,
"when I was younger I waa too poor
to make a campaign; now that 1 am
rich 1 don't dare to."—Detroit KYee
Cross.
the poor boob, he la akared to
dvth to go upatarva like a regler
i feller and say to the wife, here I
am, ralr lady, what about It
not him, ho thlnka he haa got a
■ kerne
there la anuther duck with him,
and ho aea to thla fetter, henry, old
pat, you pull me up in the dum
MHN and I will git In the kltcbln
and aneek in on her
and mahy ahe will be asleep aud
never know what time It la
ao rlarenan glta In the dum waiter
and henry pulla him up, and clar
enae counta 1, 2, 3, 4, f>, ho aa to
hit bla floor
but hla counting apparatua la on
the bum, and he got up to the 6th
before ho told henry to atop
then he got out and begun creepln
a round a dark klchln tryln to find
hla way out
and In about 3 rnlnlta a big guy
hit him a wallop over the knob
with a f hit iron
itnd wtien the poor duck got a
clianae to tell who he waa, they
called hla wife up to Identify hi in
and alio done It
ulao ahe done a few, other thinga
thoroa onty one aucceaaful way
for a feller to fool lila wife, and
that la to be on Uie level with her
Johny
BENITO, OF SORDID SOUL, MOVES HEARTS
OF OTHERS: HERE'S HIS "SORDID" STOBv
■Y FRED L. BOALT
RtnKo't Is • aordld tout. Me
thtnfca only of money. Every time
ho tumi the crank of hie harw*
organ It la with tha thought of tha
monay It may bring him.
Tha music ha makas does not
plaaaa him. Ha only knowa that
tha organ la haavy and that to turn
tha crank msites ona'a arm ache.
■anlto la plcturaaqualy hand
soma. Rough, looaa clothaa cannot
hids tha lit ha strsngth of hla body
A broma nook la sat squarely on
broad shouldsra. Hla faca la ollva,
through which, on althar chaek, a
•pot of ruddy red dhows. A bat- |
tared fait hat trsent. at a jaunty i
angle, a mop of black curia, and ia
daffed to peaaecaby, while the full, ]
red lips widen In a smile of grave j
friendliness. showing rows of '
strong, white teeth.
Hut here the pi*aa!ng picture
end*.
No; here It do»s not end For,
though be la sordid and greedy for
gold, Benito la a public benefactor.
He does not know H. but be la.
Ileulto ram* from Han Francisco
Juat a few daya ago. He cbooaea
for hla work the r»lher congested
district on I/ower Jackson street
and the varloua thorooghfnres
crossing It. Here he flnda appre
ciative critics whose ear* are not
displeased by the mechanical Im
perfect iocs of hla organ
It may squ-ak. squeal. gasp for
breath and aklp note* for all Be
nlto'a patrons care. And ao. when
Itenllo cornea down the street the
children leave the crowded rooms,
which to them are home, desert the
noisome alleya for the broader thor
oughfare, which la their only play
ground.
Uenlto halts on the comer, and
slips from hla shonlder the carry
ing strap Then he grinds and
grinds, staring stolidly, unseelnfly,
at his growing group of auditors,
' hit mind occupied with sordid
I thoughts
Then fest begin to pat pat the
pavement; hands clap softly in
| time to the music. A ring Is
i formed about Benito, the public
benefactor, and into the spacs leaps
Dulcla, daughter of Italia, who
ships lightly and in perfect time,
snapping her fingers the while, pre
tending they are caatlnete.
A colored boy, whites of eyea
flaablng. Joins Dulcla and dances a
hnedown Inherited from bis fore
fat h era.
A China boy squata on his heela
and regards tbn dancers In tolerant
and passive amusement.
Benito atopa and paaaes bis hat
Receipts, 6 cents. It Is enough. He
play a again.
The music reaches Into dark
rooms, where live all manner ofi
people. It reaches Into one where |
sits a woman beside a bed where a 1
sleeping baby lies. All day and;
late Into the night Ihe woman sits
in the room, aewlng. The needle
rises and falls, rises and falls like
an automaton. The toller must not
l>auae, must not lose a moment.
Softened by distance, the music
of Benito comes to hsr sweetly, and
the needle stitches to the time of It.
A foot pats and a head nods to ths
ruah and swing of it.
DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS
This Directory la Placed Here to Advise You of the Various Lines of Business ■
Your Own Locality. Patronize These Firms—They Depend on You for Syppo^
West Seattle
MACHINE SHOP
KING & WINGE
Thi Pooplo Who Con Vt«t>*lr Your tloat
From Top (• Bottom.
Ihooo Wool If. 1«M Alk I Av.
Fremont District
COAI, AND WOOD
McMULLEN & JO.
Phone na for your Coal and Wool
—rao*M-
Offlea, M. aa. Ind. Bed 88.
After « p. m , Green 471, White 440.
CLOVER LEAF DAIRY, Inc.
North 289; White 68«.
CLOVERLEAF DAIRY
Moat Complete and Sanitary Dairy
In the City.
12 Quarts for $100.
The muilr stops.
Benito la going on to the next
roruer, 10 cents richer Hla music
* slm cheaply bought. The rhlldren
■n-turo to the alleys; the diversion
passed. on* la again reminded of
the noise. the poverty and the
trouble—all tha hart! facta of life.
flat the music of ttonllo lire* af
ter be haa gone. It la bummed and
whistled cheerfully.
Bo now you know why Benito la
a public benefactor. You, person
ally, may not care for Benito'a
mualc. You may not admire hit
selections. But thla much you'll
admit: A popular aong haa reached
tha aummit of Ita triumph whan It
la played on Benito'a organ.
RESULTS
"Advertising ta a great thing,"
said the Cheerful Idiot, aa be laid
down the paper.
"How do you figure that out?"
Metal
Larfitt S*U HIGH GRADE Tfm in W»rU
wf Iced Beverage
'/ Ridgway* Tea is delightful, refreshing, satisfying, H
I Brew with hot water—serve in glasses with I
I cracked ice and sliced lemon. Sweeten to taste. |
I Scaled air - tight, pound, half pound and quarter pood I
I packages only. Ridgways Popular Grade "5 O'Qock" 1
A 75c. a pound. ■
l\ All High-Class Grocers M
b\ Oidct Trul Packag* jH
<s " > W^m.
Schwabacher Bros. 8t Co., Inc., Distributor*.
Georgetown
TRANSFER
GEORGETOWN TRANSFER CO,
INC*
SO* Jnrkaon Bt
Fftono V for Qalrk, rrsmpt Herrlco.
Mnln SSff: lnd II«•; Kidney ?4*.
To «a 4 Trow Hoot* »ad Tralnt.
DRUGS
$5.00 BOOK FREE
To any lady who will cull at our
■tore w« will pmaant a copy ol Ho
burir'a Home Raclpas.
FREMONT DRI CO.
Woodland Park
INTERLAKE FUEL CO.
131# N. 46th 3400 W. Park Av.
N. 908. N. 316 N. 409
INTERLAKE FUEL CO.
Wood and Coal. Hullding Material
and Teaming
take*) the Old Pour.
' Hit*'* a mirfwho advertised ft*
a >x<T M M ndiiy. - " replied the
Cheerful Idiot, "and imi Tue&daj kfc
wife presented him irlU ant*
AT THE THEATRES
THIS WEEK.
Moore—Dark.
letropolitan—Dark. j
Orpheum—VaudcTtlla.
Empreia—Vaudeville.
Pantagea—VaudcvlU*.
Gram)— Vaudeville and Mtta
plcturea.
Clammer —Photoplays aat T»
devil)*,
Melbourne —Photoplay* and ta»
da villa.
University
COAL AND WOOP _
FUEL
CORNWALL A »0N
North ft
Ind. (Sr«M If
Ph on* Tow Kul
Orilwt U (7a
CONFECTIONS
Roger's Chocotete
4339 14tS AV. *
Downtown Stort
rioßMr Drur Mora. TV*
PMIMBINO
University Plumbing
Call" »«ad" lf«» fe
Anjrnliar* .J.ViKk *»• **
Can llaadla A«J I" 1 T
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