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' STAR MAN VISITS VANCOUVER AFTER 6 MONTHS OF WAR; FINDS 'EM TAKING IT PHILOSOPHICALLY It's (till quite cold night* In the trench** in Belgium, and th« Brit. . I»h *oldier* find that paper vest* are jutt the thing* to keep th«in warm. Here'* a Canadian lance corporal putting on* of them on a aoldier who la about to return to the firing line. U'.if Bp** la I VANCOrVER. B. C. April :3 — There never w»* a 4-year-old with a new toy mor* joyful than will be Vancouver * contribution of men to the third contingent, when It de part* for the front In a few day*. Since laat Novate bar they have been held In readlne**. and have been cursing the fate that kept tltam behind It ha* been hard work. An Easy Way to Get Fat and Be Strong Tilt trouble with most thin folks who •wish to gain waifht is that thsy lasts; an drug*? :* their stom»«*h or gtuffln* It with grsas foods, rubbing an usages "fleeh rrsami," or following »o'n# fool ish physical culture stunt, while the real cau«« of thlnnees goee untom hsd TvU >rsADAt get fst uatll your digestive tract assimilates the food yo* 1 eat Thanks to a rmaikabi* now scientific dts rftierr It Is Bow poeeib'.e to combine Into simpie form the vary s!em*nts needed bjr the di»eett*e organs to help tharn convert food Into rich, fat-laden blood This master-stroke of modern chemistry la railed 4argo| and has hoen termed the great-st of flashbulldsrs larfm alms through its ra-generative, re eoaetruct*-* s powers ♦» the sttmarh and intestines to literally soak up th«> fattening 'lemsnts of yovr f<x»d and pass' them Into the blood where they era car ried to every starve-! broken-down <*ell and tissue of yonr body You ran readily picture the result when this amestng transformation has taken place and you notice bow your rheeks flu out. holiowe •bout your aerk. shoulders and bust dl» appear and you take on from 1« |o J# of solid, healthy flesh Pargol is harmless Inexpensive. effi cient Barteli l>rug Co. *wlf» • Fhar ma* y and other leading druscista of *•- •ttle and virtnlty have it snd will refund your money |f you are not eatlefled. ae p«r the guarantee found In every j>ack age. < aatleeiWhlie ffargol has given n r*!lent results In overcoming nerv-» us dyspepsia and general etomarh troubles, tt should not be taken by thcMse who do not wish to gain tsn pounds or more. 30 DAYS CUT PRICES FRE C examination' 25c Per Cent Reduction from theae regular prices. 22K Gold Crowns.. .85.00 Bridgework 85.00 Full Set of Teeth....85.00 Porcelain Crown 83.50 Gold Filling* $IjOO Silver Fillings 50< We do exactly M advertised Lady Attendant Terms to ault All work guaranteed IS ye*ra. ELECTRO PAINLESS DENTISTS Ist and Pike, Opp. Public Market Laboring People's ijentuta Hotel Baden Grill Entertainment of Highest Merit Entrance 104 Pine I Th»v have been quartered In the I stables at Ifaatlng* town«it«, u«ed | for thorobred horse* during the an ' nunl exposition. Four men to a atall was the al lotment. There thev slept; there they pitted their wit* and the fat«»s against the vagarlea of poker and seven up. There they devoured new* from the front and. In group*. fought the battlea that their kinsmen who had gone before were fighting In l->anre. Kvery day they have drilled. For a few hours each <lay they have been permitted to go home Most of them have dinner every night with their wtvee and babies or with the old folks: then back to their quarters In the stabtea. where they must be bv 9 p m Saturdays they are dismissed at 3 p. m. and allowed the afternoon off Thev receive for all this • soldier's nar They all shudder when they men tion the past few months. There la not one of them who would not rather be In the trenches. True, the bualness of tearing themselves away from the folka at home is something to sober them; but then. Vancouver. In the past few months, has become a changed city. She Is a war city now. and the faces of her people are set In de termlnedly cheerful lines. None of them leta anybody else sua; »ct that be Is anything but pleased to death to see a brother go away—undoubt edly forever 80. to outward appearances, the parting won't be the tearful, heart wringing affair It waa last fall, when the first train load of sol diers rolled away from the C. P. R. depot. • • • A family that had five big Bona when the war started, will be reduced to one aon and a father and mother, when the third contingent leavee. The mother haa decided that the fifth aon shall atav at home. "I think four Is enough," she explained cheerfully to a Star man, with about the same out ward semblance of emotion ahe might have dlaplayed had ahe been dlacuaaing orobabllltles of rain. Two of her soldier boya were standing at either aide of her, with their arma around her. as ahe spoke. "Maybe we'll get a chance to ehoot the kaiser, mother," one of them laughed, "I hope so, my son." she re plied, her voice suddenly vi brant with hate. The two already at the front have been Bending homi- letter* alt i-thrlll with the excitement of the campaign. One of them la In the trenche*; the other In tartillery. Both aay tbey are having great aport. It la aa tho th- y were on a hunting trip! The Star man *aw- a letter from the boy In the tranche* On It wan stamped the O. K. of the oen*or "I am very comfortable." said the letter. "A* I write, the bullets are melting a piece of metal with the force of their impact, about thr>*e feet from where I *lt WE ARE HAVING A GRAND TIME! "We are in a trench formerly oc cupied by the German*. We have been here only a coupl« of day*, | but we have made *everal Iro ; provement*. It la much bettor now than when the (iermana had It ." • • • After the mother of the family ! had flniahed readlnx the letter to | The Htar man, *he turned to the i telephone and, In a pleaHant voice, ordered the meat for dinner. The Htar man win supposing the bot had forgotten himaelf and ! *tood up after he flriliibed that let- I tar! _ Why, he might have fa week or more now! It seemed all very terrible, but the fMitly went on with tlieii dally : taaV;*, apparently unconcern## • • • The other boy In the war zone wax too busy to write. Me had Juat ) *ent one of Kitchener * famou* | *ervlce po*tal card*. On It were printed a half dozen [or more sentence*. And all but j one of th<-» the bov had crossed lout, and had then signed hi* name. AN EARNEST APPEAL FOR HELP! AQV Salf al MUST BE AVOIDED 1022-24 10 A ' iy e muM ( raise $15,000 within 10 days at the cost of our entire stock, if ir,t I necessary. Our creditors are desperate—they demand their money—they ( Ymrr > U - iffi—am 1 ejr ' en< ' no longer time. We must raise the necessary amount ($15,000) Spring ArrtnTiOfi I within 10 days, and to do to we make this final appeal to the public for I And to Back Up This Appeal X \» 7 Ml We will throw our entire $60,000 stock on sale Saturday at a A -*kVjS / MONSTER SACRIFICE jfijß / The most drastic slaughter of new, seasonable Merchandise ever heralded—the most sensational sale of the f2V year. A tale that will long he remembered. Coat entirely forgotten in this great sacrifice. We will raise the necessary amount at the cost of our entire stock if necessary, and here are the prices that will do it: Men's Clothing ™" 010,M .,ic Men's Sboes Men's Hats . , . $100 Horsehirie A Q best makes in the latest Qlovea ucrificed at luC LOT I—2oo pairs A $3.00 Hats, in all shapes St arts yre Spring styles. All patterns and $2.00 Ide Drew /JQ _ and Ends, values to UWA sizes, sac- QQ. 10:00 sites, in wool fabrics. Thousands Shirts sacrificed at Oc/C $4.00, sacrificed at ... wUv nf,ced at A. M. J? \1 of suiu to select from. 2 for 25c Silver Col- O $3.00 Men*. 4 A •££, Stetßon "«» II 192 M.„'. Suite, Dk A || A Shoe,, Mcrificed I]) .. $2.38 M V values to $15.00, ~M It If .Us sacrificed at *SoC I** ■■■ w I ———■————— jBL / sacrificed at . ...%PfcgwU 50c President style Sus- $4.00 Men's #14 Mi% UaITC* ClllfC J/ \ // 320 Men's Suits, Sfc m g% g% penders sacrificed Q Heavy Work \l /IX DUVsJ iJIIIIrd 2x5 r»54.68^29c—-» c V \lSisy qqa sSrcr- 33c :j&r.si.6B \ I IBSIi sacrificed at VWV $200 Wool Under- £7 Heavy Calf Dress 01| MQ $6 Boys' Suits £Q AO \ J VOffln Men's Suits, |||a wear sacrificed it. vI C Shoes, values to %# AX sacrificed at ..iPmiTO 1 j values to $25.00, Vl| $2.00 Heavy Flannel Shirts $6, sacrificed at..|PMil I V ——————— _ IW sacrificed at . sacrificed QQp Guaranteed Work Shoes, values Mjl r*OPflr M * mJty 5'"Hr,58.68 S'H sor"' o C $2.98 ah suit Cases at rp ■VW Men's Slip-on Raino* AQ sacrificed at ZC Men \ AE A OIIC-Half PIICC Ca \ / Coats, values to I UX 25c Wool Sox f\ Oxfords, values to 11 "lfl g $15, sacrificed at. I| V w sacrificed at */C $5.00, sacrificed at. .. .V W They ve got to be sold. A flgM NOTICE-DOORS OPEN AT 10:00 AM. SHARP R \ Our appeal to you u our prices—they will pay you to come—and we guarantee you satisfaction, Li for you will find every article strictly as advertised. Ipr PALACE CLOTHING CO.I W rn 1022-24 First Ave., Cor. Spring Street The sentence remaining told thoae at home that he van perfect ly wall, and that waa about all. The day before one of the*® pom tali had romp to tbe old folk* next door with the Intelligence that their boy hail been wounded, but w.'iN convalescing They are telling the story around here of the Vancouver wife who re ceived the curt Intelligence from the war department that her hus band waa well, "but entirely too communicative!" The Kitchener postals, beside* making It poaaible for the aoldler to get word home when tho pre** of bnttle I* too hot for him to write, lift* a great burden from the shoul dent of the censor* Everybody here knlta socks Stomach Troubles Due to Acidity «0 «% % * I %IIM \T UPKCItIJIIT Po-i ailed ntomach trouble*. wurh ar Indigestion, wind and nt omach-n< he, are. In probably nI miim out of ten, "Imply evident* that fermanta tl"n l« taking plate In tb* food i on tent« of t ir Ntoma«'h. mining the formation of gun him! a» !d«. \Vlnd df*t«-ud* the «toni»« h. mid rHUifH that full, oppre**lve fflinic iomi« limit * Kti tW«i MM ll I t burn, while lit#* M' hi uud Infiinitu ill© dell rate )lolnfc of fttorn«< n The trou ble lie* entirely In the fermenting food <in li fermentetlon In unnat ural. and n't'l fermentation la not onlv unnatural, but may Involve most narloua <tona«>(|U#ne«ii If not r ur r*-«t*<] 'i «» atop or pri •nt fermente tl»>ri "f tfi* f . ,tj content* f t'ir Mom u«h nii«) to neutralise lh« arid. and. render It bland and harmleaa. a tee- Npooriful of blaumte-l maaneftlii ' probably the be§t and moat effective corrector of add Mtomuf b known, i • hould ba In n quarter of * i gin** of hot or fold water Inri-j m'-dlataly aft»»r eating f >r whenever wlnd or a' ldity I* f"lt This atop* j the fermente t lon, and neiitra I lata* tb< i aridity In a few moment*. Kerrnenta tlon, wind and aridity are dangerou* 1 and unne« eeeary. stop or prevent th**m by the uae of a propei antacid, mich an olmiraler| rni«Ku»-«ln, whh h run be obtnlried from any druggl*t and Ihua enable the atom i< h to do Uh work properly, without being hin dered by polaonous ga*ca and <lan geroue aclda.—M. F. R—Alvertlae ment. STAR—FRIDAY. APRIL 23. 1915. PAOE 11. now. Thar# art no embroidery club* any mora. Tho soldiers In the stables at Haetlnge townelte report that the home made socks have put the army eoeka all to the bad. The home made variety laete a week or more, eteady wearing In drill. The government socks go down and out In two day*. • • • An old English mother out Point Gray way workoLln her garden at she talked. ™ "Yes. I sent one boy—a fine boy. too. It was hard, of course. Mv heart was broken. Out then 1 thought of all the thousands of other mothers who were making the sacrifice; and then I was brave Ah, there's Mrs Weiss mann!" A stout, short Herman woman leaned over the fence and smiled greetings, "Any word from the hoy?" asked the Kngllsh mother. Yes, a bullet weut through his arm. But he says he Is nearly ready to go Into It again. Arh, how much dutnpkoffs tlw whole world Is become! Your Johnny and my Heine shootlnt bullets at each other—jtist because for something they don't know nothing about and don't care " Poor Mrs. Welssmann! Her lot ShUect Ifou/tietf! It rOUSTTMM. HOTTIA. ON UtWHISI M HORLICK'S nm owaiHAL MALTED MILK Til* FMd-tfrkik for All Ages. DrJx jrx*. invigorating and sustaining. Keep it on your odeboard Inane. Don't travel without iL A fttck hack prepared ia a minute. Unlnmm yom mmy -HOHUOICS" worn mmy gm* m Smbmtltutm. ill a hard one All the other neigh bor* iihun her now. tho they were once her good friends. They have forgotten her kind nesses and her nelghborllness. They see In her hot a subject of the ilc*[lined kaiser! MYSTERY GIRL IS IDENTIFIED; MOTHER COMES Officials of the Seattle police de partment nr« much relieved today, following Identification late Thurs day of the "girl of mystery" who. for two days, baffled the attempt* of the police to discover her.true name and whereabouts of her fam ily. Telegrams from IjOr Angeles pos itively Identify her a« Emma t'alef, daughter of a wealthy family ill that city. Suspicion that tho girl's mental ity is affected was borne out in ac companying explanations telling of tho times Miss Caief has been con fined in California sanitariums for the Insane. The young woman disappeared from her I.ok Angeles home with 11,000, taken without permission. She spent most of this buying ex pensive clothes to take the place of spparel discarded to hide her Identity. Upon arrival In Poaltle. Mia* C#lef stopped nt the home of Mrs. A. Nelson, 1707 Howard nve. She gave the name of Edith Color. Mrs Nelson reported the case to the police. Her mother Is coming for iier. It has been suggested in England that chewing gum. which allays tlilrsl and wards off the pangs of hunger, Is a sultiible present for the troops. PASCO WILL CELEBRATE OPENING OF CELILO LOCKS ON COLUMBIA Completion and opening of the Ce- Hio locks, in the Columbia river, making I'nsco the head of naviga tion of the greatest stream in the Northwest, will be celebrated by I'bsco and Kenuewlck, In the former city, May 4 Thru the Cellio locks, Pasco expects to secure terminal railroad rat"«. and eventually become the lending distributing point for the In land Kniplre. It Is considered one f the most Important improvements 4H DENTAL •111 OPTICAL t3y PRICES CUT W /Jo Suit the Hard Tlntri No #uch low prices f .»r strictly tilth-class tJB »ental and Optical ork war® ever offered ri or olsawherc. H Vou rtocd not hurry, as ny tha tlmea last. Hard Times Optical Prices s. Call at My Op -x-— — tlcnl Da |i art* mfnt Have your eyes examined and fit ted for you and I will guarantee to sava you from 60c to $5 on any pair of Mlassrs you may rcqulro. lenses Uufnl<ata«i a specialty. Edwin J. Brown, D. D. S. Scuttle* I.esOlnK Dentist ■ Irßtsl l»f imrlmrnt, 718 I'lral Ave. I iilon lllnplt. uollrtl Drp'rimrit, 7111 I'lral Air. \Vn«lilntft«>n lllot'k. ll* Sure null l om# to TIKI and 713 First Air. Open evenings until 8 and Sun days until i fur people who work. ID the entire state this year I'nder the auspices of the cham bers of commerce of both Inland cit ies. h celebration that will continue all day and close with a banquet where visiting notables from every part of the state will alt down, will bo held. These organizations have adopted 5 the slogan. "Embarcadero of the In-j land Empire, Where Hall Meets j Sail," as a mean* of publicity thru out the East. where they are adver tising for settlers and Investors. One of the largest packing plants In the Northwest Is projected at Pasco, where it is anticipated that; building will commence soon after the locks are opened. The locks will place the vast) wheat, stock and fruit section of I Central Washington practically on 'he I'aciflc roast, besides opening up a hitherto t)Ut unimportant field for; the manufacturer. Formal dedication of the big gov ernment canal at Eddy, which will! mtyU the opening of a vast irriga-j tlon system, will be beht the day fol lowing the t'elilo locks celebration.! QUEEN ANNE FOLKS EAT WITH JAPANESE Japanese and Queen Anne Can ftrcKatlonnlists nirt cordially over the banquet t«I>1«* In the parlors of the Japanese church. Main at. and ll'th ave„ Thursday utKht. and dis cussed matters of "International Brotherhood." Tlio ant hems of both nit ions were sung by represent H Uvea of both, and T. Kumnl, In a welcoming speech, referred to a comlnK mag nlflrent change In civilisation." He was answered by U. K. t'otterill. If $5,000 were placed at the die jxisal of the Mrltish government. It would meet the expenses of war on land and sea and of troops in train ing for one minute ami a half. ALBERT HANSEN Jeweler and Silversmith la Now Located at His New Store '1010 Second Ave., Near Madison mm OHIO DENTISTS ONE-PRICE DENTISTS $4.00 $4.00 Best set of Teeth Red Rubber.... Best set of Teeth d» O with Natural GumvC/*W Pal»le«t Extraction Included We make a specially in all branches of Dentistry. Any work that don't prove satisfactory will be made over free of charge at any time. All work guaranteed for 12 years. Painless ex traction. Examination free, 207 University St. Opposite Fraser-Patersoa Co.