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THE SEATTLE STAR
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A Base Slander
Sir Thomas Upton. te.» merchant, yachtsman ami baronet,
hat been touring the country, dining with chambers of com
merce. smiling • n dele/ath nv of ''prominent citi/ctis ami
widening the familiaritx with his name. .
In all the cities he visited, society fawned and flattered.
Mothets of debutante daughters dreamed of darling the gm
gled bachelor. Newspapers deacribcd him as the world»
greatest matrimonial catch
All of which is rather sickening—if not absolutely
immoral. , , . - , ,
There is much to admire in the record of this I nglislt-
Bian. He has qualities that demand re*pcct But to paint htm.
iu the sunset of his life, as a buyer of human flesh, ready to
purchase with his title and his wealth the youth, companion
•hip and "love" of the girl on the threshold of life is hardly
a compliment. . ... ~
Rather does it smack of the ethics of that oth*r world
whose denizen- are never mentioned in the "mansion* on the
hiM," having intrinsically the same moral or immoral h,»»is
of though! and action, the same degredation of every ideal
of life to glitter and gold.
Upton is no longer young. He has lived long enough to
wreat front the world a fortune of many millions and to build
up an immense business
He has entered the field of sports and' his yachts have
•purred the imagination and the incentive of shipbuilders in
their search for grace ami speed.
As a lea man and a sailor, the world admires the smuing
Englishman
But to advertise him as the "world's greatest matrimonial
catch" ts only to confess a rather low ideal of marriage on
the part of those who harlnir the thought.
At Last An Honest Man
Harkcn to a Toledo coal baron explaining a rise in
the price of coal:
"We figure that the people are willing to pay 50 cent*
more for a ton and have coal, than be wit. lit it
Pay or freeze.
Ha! At last the honest man who ha* been looked for
with lanterns, and without, since ancient days! Why, if
we were coal inspector in loledo, wc wouldn't even look
at this man's coal. \\ e would just know that every ton
load contained 2,100 pounds or more.
As explanation for the additional SO cents, the ordinary
monopolist would hand us that senile old yarn about having
to pay the miners more wages, or that other about the un
precedented rise in prices of mining powder or mule feed
Pay or freeze! That's truth That's fact. That's honesty
That's explanation that doesn't befuddle.
Folks will pay 50 cents more for coal rather than go
without! There's axiom, corollary, demonstration peeled,
•craped and boiled, run through the collander and put up
in the small can while you wait. There's the attar of eco
nomics. Serve us no more explanations of high fuel prices
and high railroad rates for hauling fuel. Dish out to us
no more reasons for holding us by the throat, t'ay or freeze'
That gets there.
Observations
JUDGING by the way he's
roasting that Idaho supreme
court, for roasting which the
editor of the Boise News is up
for contempt, Mr. Roosevelt
Will visit the coast by way of
the Canadian Pacific next
time Mr. Roosevelt's hunting
books are full of accounts of
splendid shots at long range.
MARSEILLES doctor has
has discovered that if you ap
pear dead, but are not sure
about it, a bee's sting will tell
the actuality. Watch Hiram
Johnson recommend the bee
test for the Republican party!
THIS is the season when
Easterners who arc afraid of
dying rich go to "swearing
off" their taxes.
Dr.
PRICES
CREAM
Baking Powder
Purity in food, lower cost of living—
these are the demands of the day.
i* wV r< * s an d health is economy
fuTfood^ 6 Cannot have health without healths
The most healthful food# are the quickly
faked flour foods—biscuit, cake, muffins,
crusts and other pastry, when perfectly made
from wholesome ingredients.
Dr. baking powder makes these
foods in specially attractive, appetizing and
wholesome form, and for both economic and
nygienic reasons, such food should be mtfre
largely substituted for meat in the daily diet.
But bear in mind that alum, or
unwholesome baking powder,
can never make pure, whole
some food.
SECY MACVEAGH -ays
that bank reserves are "impo
tent;" that we must have
' never-faijing reserves and
never-failing currency of per
fect elasticity and flexibility."
Why! the blasted old green
backer !
ENGLAND paid $1.500,000
for King Richard 1., to Duke
Leopold of Austria, who had
captured him. But that was
in December, 720 years ago.
lhe high cost of kings has
Ixjen on the rise pretty much
ever since.
"The New Baby Nation" i%
what they're sentimentally
calling Bulgaria. Gee whiz!
another baby born with full
beard.
PRESIDENT-ELECT WOODROW WILSON, AS I KNEW HIM IN THE CLASSROOM
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES WRITTEN BY SEATTLE GRADUATE OF PRINCETON, WHO MET NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAILY
Editor'* Not*—Thla la the
**cend and laat of the arilclaa
by Edgar Wheeler, member of
The Star ceportoiial atatf and
graduate of Princeton univer
alty, aattlng forth hla personal
ramlnlacancea of Woodrow wil
•on, former prealdent of Prince
ton, and presidentelect of th*
United States.
By Edgar Wheeler
Tit* editor haa told ma to
liven up thla atory with humor'
oua and p*raonal Incidents con
nected with our president,
Frankly. I am up th* prover
blal atiitup.
"DM nothlnK ever happen to
upaet th* composure of Oo»-
ernor Wilson?" h* asked in*.
"IXdn't th* atudanta aver put
over any Joke* on hint, or up
aet hla dignityT"
I think we never tried, at
least never more than one*.
Hla bearing waa marked by a
quiet eaa* and sclf-command.
and by a confidence In himself
which could not be ruffled. Wa
laughed with him. not at hltn,
and h* returned the compli
ment.
I don't mean to say Wood
row Is lacking In humor F'ar
from 11. ltundr«Mla of humor
oua storle* were at th* tip of
hla tongue Ilia fun waa oiMhe
simple. home-mad* variety
that alwaya bring* a laugh
without hilarity or fare*. ll*
never fall«-«l to see Uie comical
aid* of everything aa wall aa
NOTHING SERIOUS
• *
* ONE YEAR AQO *
# *
(Vrnwr (lo*. uf TeiP
iip(km>. nrri*r« to prepare delMw of
*OU In KtUMltillK C4W
Chief ilannirk repnrta 11.4U ar
rout* made in year ending Novoin
ber 30, ltll.
«**«9**»*****e***e
* *
* FIVE YEARS AGO *
* *
*•»•*»»««««*•*****
(!b*rt«r rovlalou cnmmlUt* hold*
last meeUng
Doctor Matthew* admit* eatintt
quail out o( wamin.
Y MCA director* d<*»>ato quae
tlun of putting In billiard and pool
ttbte*.
Plana mad* for the erection of
the l.cary building
ICdltor Nothing B*rV»ia
The title of the following »nee
may be a trifliotc mUleading. for 1
rail thero Catching a far" which
I didn't and doubt If I could even
ahonid there be an epidemic of ears.
Kevertheleaa:
I ilm at dawn to *rwi the morm,
Whtn'M ror iarm < I«ch ring*;
I hear the milkm*n~* cheer? L"ra
And lha tun* h» alway* »ifig*
I h»ar the Inli" rooetere crow—
Th« >.«•• my neighbor* k«a|»—•
Tt>»)r only purpow, welt I know,
of hrraking up my *i**p
I wan the »kv «m> »*«»riy
Kr« t rajr ci.ffa* *lp.
And «h«n deride It is toe roig
Tu lake my morning dtp.
Ala*. ti>M» loy* of r*ut>»n life
Are mUonlir rut abort.
t h#ar a wht«tla VMt4 the »«end.
Of tha "up-and-al •'*«»" *ort.
1 lnr« my b*rrl»* half uneat,
1 ar.tb my hat and roet.
And find my*#lf 'way up the atroet.
My heart meat In my throat.
Soma day I'll writ# a volume on
A rar conductor'* narve—
Although ha aaea ma coming.
ll* ■hoota on paat the curve.
JOSH WISE
SAYS:
"Bill Kalnlt. our
oldea' inhabitant,
found a $'0 bill
on th' sidewalk
t'other day, but
his hands trem
bled so he couldn't
pick it up."
A Popular Burial Cat*.
ff I* <**««. !h» popular undprUktr
of Wld bull«lln« ;» ri#w
barn on hi* fin* farm Woo*t«r
(O.) KepublU an.
At (his tiro#* la«t year th#*re waa
a aurplua of 20.532 railway ram. To
day there Is a shortage of 50.000.
* THE OPEN DOOR *
* Brotherhood League *
*511' 2 King St. Main 2496.*
* Positions wauled for one *
* stfiiojcraiiber, on# stationary •*
* engineer, one electrician and *
* laborers. *
How to Make Christmas Lively.
A week or no before Christmas
buy h spruce or balsam tree, the
drier the better Carry It to the
basement anil place It close to the
furnace, allowing It to remain there
until It Is taken upstairs and decor
ated. Attach a dozen candle* to
various swinging branches. Select
those branches that will swing with
a weight of two or three ounce*.
Place vevcral pounds of cotton
around the base of the tree. In Imi
tation of snow. I lung a pound or
two of cotton, well scattered, m '.he
tree.
Decorate the (tan fixture* w!th
evergreens. the drier the belter.
Christmas night attire : ournelf in
a Hunta Clans costume, with rolls
of cotton on the coat, and with cot
ton whisker*.
lilcht the gas.
Then light the candlet on tho
Christmas tree
It will be a lively Christmas.
The word "Servian" Is used
by Engllah-apeaking people only
and Ita use grievee the people to
whom It la applied. Correctly,
they are Serba or Serbians, and
their oountry la Berbla.
Yes, We Know It Now
Kdltor Nothing Serious:
Do you know that Dr. I'ullnn la
a deiitlal iu Huffalo? —L. D.
THE STAR—TUESDAY, DF.CKMBER 17, 1912.
1» IMI WI •» \f-*A
AMbtC M WOWU»
com ru ciimci to*
Mli *0 Im4 I&AMiMAIO*
i «tovio •• * wt rui.ii MIH
. .
th* aerlooa stdo.
I remember tb* day we went
to I'rlncetoii as green lull*
freshmen, just cut loos* from
mothers' apron string* Here
and there fond mamma* could
be seen trotting about tb* cam
pus with thuir darlings, buying
dalntle* and pretty things to
make their boys comfortable
and happy, raising their hand*
In horror aa they »aw otbar
young newcomers swimming
along the green graaa oa
th*lr fresh new vests, being
"liorsed."
WOULDN'T WAIVE RULES
EVEN FOR AN ANOKL.
(hie poor boy had failed to
pa** the entrance examination
In mathematlc* The fond
* *
* I CAN RCMCMSCR *
* *
*•***•**•*«*« • » • »
Whoa cable rsrs run oil Plr*t a*.
When the "dummy cam" ran up
Ja mm st
When Doc Cook located the pot*.
Whoa John lllpliuger we* a can
didal* for mayor.
:• :
* I CANT REMEMBER *
* *
******************
I ran t remember why I t«l«l for
Taft.
I can't rrnwrnbrf to pay my bill*
I rant itHMtnlwr when there
any strap* on Jakey'a car*
I cau l remember when every
body bad dmii
A VITAL QUERY
Tho professor ni delivering the
final lartur* of lb* term Hp dwell
with much empb*»i* oa (bo fact
(bat each student should d*vot* all
(ha Intervening tint* preparing for
lb* final examination*.
"Tha examination paper* are now
Id tha baud* of ibe printer. Are
(bare any questions to be asked?*"
Hllem-e prevailed. Suddenly tt
voice from the mar Inquired:
'Whoa tha printer?"—Kvary
body*
English luetic* la being properly
punished for Ita leniency toward
outlawry In petticoat* Rochester
Herald.
When Ibe return# bureau report*
that orer 1.000,000 cow a are to be
found on the dairy farm* of thla
•tale perhaps the Went will under
stand thai the milking industry east
of the Oreat I.ake* la not confined
to Wall street. —New York World.
Col. Ooethals deserves aometblng
besides a monument after hta death
Philadelphia Record.
Ninety two men were mistaken
for deer In the wood* thla season,
not counting those that were ahot
at and mleaed. —Detroit Free I'reaa
Judge* of a debate at the Com
mercial high school In (hi* elty de
rided In favor of the advocates of
the recall of Judge*. It should now
Iw the privilege of the loser* In the
j debate to go ahead on that theory.
J Ran Francisco Chronlcl*.
New York la rid of the gunmen,
but think of the hold-up hotel watt
em.—Atlanta Constitution.
Harvard'* football coach geta
110.000 a year Why tie a professor*
—Toledo Iliad*.
Misdirected energy —
Complaining of the nolae In the
flat upstair*.
Complaining of the noise In the
flat downstslrs
Complaining of the nol*« In the
flat next door.
Trying to regulate the beat 111
a flat.
Kxpecting heat In a flat
Trying to regulate anything In a
flat. K
A flat.
Speaking of geography and the
liosallilllty of Austria playing a lit
tle war, our esteemed contempor
ary. The Cleveland (O.) I'ress, re
marks, "Australian Jingoes to
Cause Conflict With Hervla, Ku
ropo Fears."
The Idca to be Conveyed Evident- .
ly la That It It to Be a Large Ball.
What promla** to ti» the larKrat
l»r«» 101 l of th» m-naon. and alao
Hip laat of the t»**nrflt l>lac affalra. la
the nnr to l»e ijlvnn tomorrow ev«n-
Ime wt the Colonial clilli* for Huron
ruml hoapltal -Cleveland (O.) Plain
Dealer.
Within the pant four month*
nearly 500 auto driver* hnve been
nrre*to<l In New York for letting
their car* timoke.
Familiar Newspaper Stories.
Col, Culler Odd, the well known
multimillionaire, wb» irrMted ymn
ter day.
''Col. (Jnlil admitted hi* aulo wa*
rnnninK IB mile* an hour. The po
liceman aald the alreet was crowded
with pedestrian*.
There were tranaita of Venus
In 17.81 and 1769. and In 1874 •
and 1882, but there will be none
In thla century. The next one»
will be in 2004 and 2012.
A Cincinnati and New York no
doty woman, mo to upeak, tin* hired
a pianist t'> teMk Mr tor $K,OOQ a
year. Our impartial opinion Is that
ho will earn It.
mother waa distracted. ll*
waa Btich a good boy, too al
waya had been diligent In hla
atudiMN Hhe went with th*
boy to the iMglatar'a office.
"Impossible," waa the an
aw*r.
Th** ah* led him by lb*
h»nd to th* president's house
Surely b* would understand,
and make an exception to th*
rule.
Into tb* eara of th* presl
dent the good lady poured a
lengthy discourse on the merit*
of her xon H* waa such a
good boy. ll* n*ver smoked,
nor chewed, nor drank, nor did
any other bad thlnga. ll* had
alwaya been popular and
respected. lie wa* honeat and
square, too. and always
worked hard at hla leaaona It
waa a ahatne that one ulngl*
•lamination ahould atand In
th* way of hla heart'* deslr*.
probably hla brain had been
tired or con f imed when h*
wrote It.
Wood row listened courteous
ly and patiently, with perhaps
tb* sign of a twinkle In Ida
eye, until she had flnlshad
My dear lady," h* answered
quietly, "If tb* b**t angel In
We have no Piano* to offer for sale at le*s than cost, NEVER have had
and NEVER e*pect to have. HUT considering the many friends these Pianos
will make for us we are going to lie satisfied witli a very small profit on each of
these 200 well-known, old-established, standard make of Pianos which we have
agreed to sell before January first.
Guaranteed for 10 Years
Till* Piano I* guarantees! for ten year*, not only by u* but the manufacturers' guarantee
Is cast In tb* meu! frame of tho instrument above their signature.
*j Now this ten year guaranty- doe* not mean that the * r "l only last ten years for a » *■ •«
NO piano of thl» grade will laat for fifty years If properly rared for But the ten-year guarantee | fffDS #!•!){)
. doe* mean tha> If the Instrument proves defective In either workmanship or material within a IT"
nlpiYSt period of ten years from date of purchase that It will be properly repaired at our expense, or Djpf IMm|| j
llllvl Wl replaced with a new Instrument of same make and grade. ■ ffCW
NO INTEREST
No Interest will be charged on any contract made for th* purchase of any one of these
Instrument* between now and December 10th
Regular Price $375
These piano* have been continuously manufactured by their present manufacturers sine*
ISSO, and art- recognised eve« where as standard high grade Instruments and are sold through
out ibe entire Kast by reliable dealers at $376 and are considered and acknowledged to be good
values at that price by customers and dealers alike.
OUR SALE PRICE $262.50
The Rush A Ijine Piano Co. of Chicago, are manufacturers and have a large and well
equipped factory, but their trade this year has been such that they have not been able to sup
ply the great demand upon their factory, and not wishing to lose dealers, whom they have
supplied for year*, they have been compelled to purchase pianos from other factories for their
various agencies, and In order to net these pianos at such prices as they knew to be right, they
being manufacturer* themselves, they have had lo buy In very large quantities, which they have
don.< in thl* case, and which makes It possible to csrry out their well known policy of quick
sales and small profits, and for this reason thl* HT6 piano Is to be sold during the next six *
Terms, $1.50 ~ «•
Per Week TERMS $1.50 PER WEEK Interest
It Is our aim to make It possible for anyone who is deßlrotis of owning a piano to be able to
take advantage of this splendid opportunity and purchase one of these high grade pianos at the
price they would ordinarily pay for a cheap Instrument, and for that reason we have made the
terms on these pianos as low as $1.50 per.week. which Is no more than you would have to pay
for rent If you wore renting a new Instrument of this grade.
Two Years' Trial Without the Loaa of One Dollar _ gA
NO Knowing these piano* a* we do. we see no reason why anyone should wish to make an ex- Itl IllJf fl*w*F
change of thla Instrument so long as an upright piano would be satisfactory In the home, but n 111 L
for " mi * hl ,M> lho,r desire to do so. we will agree, by written contract, to grant the priv- Pflr MfPPK
lf|[PrPSl t0 l'" rr, " lw,r - •' ""y lime Within a period of two years exchange this piano for any »tl HW
new upright. Orand or Player Piano of equal or greater vslue. sold by us at time of exchange.
we allowing all payments made on this piano to apply on the purchase price of Instrument
exchanged for.
MONEY BACK IN THIRTY DAYS
_ - __ If this Instrument is not satisfactory and in every way as represented. 11.
Terms, $1.50 No
Per Week EXTRAS OF ANY KIND Interest
IVI iwn No BXlr| , B of n n> . k | n( | W ||J 1)e ail( j 0(1 fo thi„ pr | ce of $2«2.50 for this Instrument. FREE
STOOL —KH.KE CAKTAOB.
This sale opened nearly four weeks ago These Instruments will soon be gone and posi
tively no more will be sold at this price. It will pay you to act quickly If you are interested.
These Are Pianos Not Disappointments
Wl DO AS WE * NOTICE BRING IMS *•
ADVfRIISt . These are standard Pianos—not stenciled. This statement is backed by $5,000 I WITH VW I
in cash.
push sjnne. |Htino
* " Wm I
Wholesale ■ Manufacturers Retail
SEATTLE STORE, 1315 THIRD AVENUE
STORE WILL BE KEPT OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL 10 O'CLOCK DURING THIS WEEK.
heaven should crime to Prince
ton and fall to paas that *xain
itiation, I would refua* Ur let
him la "
That was the end of It. And
so It ws* always We could
"boot lick'' som* "profs" to
perfection and pa** their •lam
inations oa our looka and
pleasant words, but not tb*
professor of Jurisprudent'* and
Conatnotional Government.
Hutiday morning i Impel wa*
on* of lb* required course* at
Princeton Preachers good,
bad a*d Indifferent did I■ Ir
best each weak to reach th*
hearis of the students, who**
heartH warn very often outside
the door We had them »pot
ted, though. We knew when It
would be policy to take th*
latest periodicals with us, or to
find a comfortable coxy corner
In the back seat
•TUDENTS CHIDFD
FOR IDEAS OF HUMOR.
One day there came a new
preacher ll* was a ranter,
flinging his arms In every di
rection, h* pointed out the
seething furnace of the lower
regions beneath our very feet.
We were a lot of lost sinners,
and with sweat and fury he
waa proclaiming our damna
tion.
There wer* flftoen minute*
of courtesy, but the strain wss
too great. Hotneone let out a
good hearty laugh. Then there
was confusion.
Weepers woke up and Joined
In. The preacher stopped In
amazernrat. got r*d. stammer
ed. and sat down. Tb* closing
hymn was sung and th* servic*
All ihl* tiro* ! > r«wt4«B< «...
altting „„ (h » *»
as t
tlotiß attention.
But bt« («;. Wlw lUtra
Klanc-d occasionally at ,£
■tudfi.u b*low hla. j t J*
*'»» »h« y„„ might «£
f"« r » <' rt «»ir h« w„
far from seeing any htt *J
tU» situation,
I <lo.iht If h« would h»».
'VII If h>- could hav*
far,, of the pr»ut>«r. w» kJ.
that something t u no*uT
At th« CIOM of th*
the |>rrwldent 'onKrntul«t»d th»
I-oor man, (baking hta
h-rllly The nit morZ
h* opened dally chapel M
' deeply l*rr«t that ;»»(-
day »<• appal ently foatd i t i
poaalble to act Ilk* KentWatM
aud t' ••ilitnd the coeru»y
to «*<-ry guest of I'rtnovtoa
he Mid That e»ntle«M * u
doing hi* beat H« could do y,
more I'ngsntiemaaly
of ihl» kind will not U lolnu.
Ed In the ftitar*. That It 111
have to say
That waan't the kind 0? fa
that went with him.