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Let Your Wife Have Her Way! She Will Anyway
r\KT E HAVH received a lon£ and vociferous communication from a person who signs himself "Rebel."
** From it we pick this trenchant paragraph:
"Since reading Ihe Star about Chiet Lang's warning to Ret the snow off of the sidewalks, my wife
insists that 1 clean off all the snow from the porch to the fence. I contcnd that if
I clear a path down the middle of the walk to that the mailman or a neighbor can
reach our domicile, I have done enough."
tj &|" Ihe feminine mind, dear Rebel, is a slave to fashion. It is customary, there-
I 1 HI ,ore fashionable, to clean All. the sidewalk when the man of the house gets out
|- his snow shovel in the morning. It is cuustomary, fashionable, and PROPER'
UnHKI 7*: Not from a mere utilitarian viewpoint, perhaps. It is true, as you main
|tain, that the mailman and Mrs. Jones can reach your hospitable veranda if
* a pathway thru the snowbanks, down the middle of the walk.
Alf 'i But look at this question from an aesthetic standpoint.
MIS WAY Consider the community's standards of elegance.
How much nicer, how much prettier, if. in front of each residence, a broad O* t *
expanse of concrete presents itself, bordered by copious hillocks of dazzling «nal R'
whiteness, and giving evidence that the inhabitants of your avenue are animated 1 N
alike by a spirit of completeness in si dewalk-cleaning—or regard for the 111- v I ,f
timate Beauty of the Thorofare. n|j||WfjfN aUttZfi*
No, friend Rebel, we think you'd better follow your wife's advice, and ' irrW V |
clean ALL the snow off ALL the walka in your yard—like 80 per cent of >/&,' /: * _i
your neighbor* are doing in their*.
Vou cannot overcome the combined housewives of the neighborhood >r
except by an adamant alliance of all the interested husbandry—and we
feel certain the men of our city will not band themselves into protective \ ''\Jt
unions over such a piffling cause. hcr way *
FAMILIAR FORM OF CONSCRIPTION CULTURE AS A VULTURE
is a word which .ill men
loathe.
As if all citizenship were not "conscription."
Being: forced to help work the roads is con
scription.
Being drawn on the jury is conscription.
We shall never be the great people we ought
to be until we act on the great principle that most
social duties are and of right ought to be obligatory.
They are obligatory in morals, and they must
be made obligatory by law whenever the public
weal will be furthered by "conscription."
A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER of Fresno. Cai.
married two brother* last week. Maybe you can figure
out their relationship to one another without yelling for
lielp.
The Crux of the Peace Situation
LONDON TIMES declares that no German ship will be allowed on the ocean until Belgium, France and
Russia are recompensed.
Add recompense for Britain and you have the situation in a nutshell. Barring some unforeseen
tremendous internal upheaval, Great Britain cannot lose, unless all the navies of Europe unite against
her.
She has proved that she controls the oceans.
There is no nation whose export trade can subsist thru transportation by land alone, even in nor
mal times, and England can dictate the trade relations with Germany to every nation having a sea-port.
When the German tradesmen and manufacturers realize this, we shall have substantial proposi
tions for peace. Meanwhile, the more Germany sacrifices, thus causing others to sacrifice, the harder
the terms of peace.
The issue would by no means be settled, with all the Balkans and Egypt in the hands of the
Germans.
CYNTHIA GREY'S LETTERS AND ANSWERS
DMr Mis* Gray: Have Just read
ysur column In Jan. Ist Issue. I
heartily agree with Ella K. Stone,
fcttt—the social evil hae been and
aver will be. It is coeval with so-
Clot/- Our world ethics ars wrong
-r-just •• much now as when, 1729
ystrs B. C.. Tosnor bilked old
Judah out of hla bracelets, staff
and signet. When the old bloke
was discovered he wanted to burn
(ha "woman In the cass."
The truth Is the lami today as
Mian, and If your correspondents
Will read 38th chapter of Qsneale,
thay will discover that both Judsh
and Tosnor were at fault.
If the commercial world could
ba M arranged that young women
eauld receive living wagee It might
Halp to some extent; but the anl-
OLD FOLKS NEED
'CASCARETS' FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
Salts, calomel, pills act on
bowels like pepper acts in
nostrils.
Enjoy life! Don't stay bilious,
sick, headachy and
constipated.
0«t a 10-cent bo* now.
Most old people must give to the
bowels some regular help, else they
suffer from constipation. The con
dition Is perfectly natural. It la
Just as natural ns it Is for old peo
ple to walk slowly. For ame Is never
■o active as youth. The muscles are
less elastic. And the uowels are
muscles.
So all old people need Cascarets.
One might as well refuse to aid
weak eyes with glasse" h* to neglert
thl* gentle aid to weak bowels The
bowels mutt be kept active. Thla Is
important at all ages, but never so
much as at fifty.
Age Is not a time for harsh
pbystcs. Youth may occasionally
whip the bowels Into activity. But
a laali can't be used every day.
What the bowels of the old need Is
k gentle and natural tonic. One
that can he constantly used without
barm The only such tonic Is fag
carets, and they cost only 10 cents
ler box at any drug ctorc. They
work while you sleep.
THE SEATTLE STAR
Ent«r»<l •( floottto. Wool* . I'oMvfflri •• <»nd « toaa motto*
Hy moll. out of oily. ouo yo#r. |1 11, I m <»nth* |l 90. 510 p»i month up to • l»»»o l»y cortlor. oltjr tin o nn nih
mal In both sexes haa to be con
tended with. There le a certain
percentage of perreota—both men
and women—that would not, under
any clrcumstsnces, keep In the nsr
row path. They simply won't—
they want to go the galte—and they
will. No persuasion could or csn
keep them etrslght. Happily, this
percentage Is small.
When any women knowingly rec
ogmsea a man who is guilty of as
eociatlng with the unfortunate
women of the underworld, she but
adda her sanction to the crime of
it all. Let them put their feet
down upon the eo-called gentlemen
of this class and they can look ths
fallen one In the face without
bluehlng from the knowledge that
they knew the man was a Judah,
but permitted him to corns to their
homee as s soclsl equal. If a
puree Is stolsn, the msn Is a thief.
If he stsala ths character of an In
nocent girl—the women say—"Oh,
well—men wilt have their fling at
the world." Now which Is ths
guiltier? J. W. Y.
Q.—Pleaee send me Andrew Car.
negle'a address. SIBIL.
A. —Tho address Is 2 Kast 91st
St., New York.
Q. —A number of young people,
all of age and all good friend*, living
about 20 miles from here, have been
thinking of coming over to the thea
tre aome evening and returning
home by the regular boat after the
(how. Do you think It neceaaary
to have a chaperone for two or more
couplet or even for one couple?
A.—lt 1* customary for n crowd
of young people going any distance
to be accompanied by one or several
chaperones. However, If the mem
ber* of the party are nil of age and
capable of looking out for (hem
selves, a cbaperone In not abso
lutely necessary.
Q. —My husband has a business In
town, and I am with him all day,
helping him. I have no children,
and scarcely any home life at all.
My husband Is very kind to me, snd
we love each other dearly, but at
tlmee I am ao miserable that I feel
life Is not worth while. Sometimes
I am very happy, and then, again,
I long so much for the things other
women have, a home end children
and pretty clothes. I've never had
any money of my own since I've
been married, and as I've always
worked and earned money before
my marriage, It seems hard now to
do without, and I'd rather do with
out than ask for it.
fy HE "C" and the "V" are side-by-side on our
typewriter.
Very often we strike the wrong key.
I his morning we started to write something
about "Culture vs. Education" and we typed at the
top of a perfectly good page of paper: "Vulture
vs. Education."
Which isn't three-quarters bad.
Culture is the vulture that hovers over the
tield of education in this country and makes its
prey of many who lack good common sense.
Guess we won't write that other editorial at
all.
UNDER AN old treaty with the Chippewa*, tiorth
ern Wisconsin is likely to be declared "dry." Cold day
for old Demon Rum when even the Indians begin to soak
him.
My husband doesn't mm to un
derstand my longing for s home and
children. Do I think too much of
these things, or should I Just try
to forget It all? Please give some
of your kind advice to
A.—Would It he possible for you
to "forget It all." even tho you
should try, when a home and chil
dren Is a woman's natural calling'"
It will bo difficult now, perhaps
Impossible, to tusk* your husband
understand. »lnr«» you sre apparent
ly so well settled In the harness of
this onesided partnership It Is
for this r<*as»n that I always advise
young folks, or any one contem
plating marriage. to be frank before
the ceremony; to hare a definite
understanding of finance* above
everything els*. It Is a well known
fart, that a large percentage of di
vorces am caused from wrangles
over money matters.
You am entirely wrong when you
go without money rather than ask
for It. It Is true that you should
not have to ask for what Is by
right* yours; but If you ran't get It
any other way, tt Is not only your
duty to nsk for It. but to demsnd It,
If necessary The bent thing you
i an do now Is to have a quiet talk
with your husband and endeavor to
make him understand the situation
from your viewpoint.
Dear Cynthia: I have just about
come to the conclusion that ex
tremes Is sin—ls the only sin. I
wish to take Issue with Ella K.
Stone regarding the soclsl prob"
lem; the restricted vies district, so
called. In concluding hsr article,
she asks what Is the remedy? Con
tinuing she said: "Institute a sys
tem that will give girls sngaged in
productive work, wages that they
can live upon."
HAPPY
The writer waa In the Klondyke
In early days, and remembers two
young women who csme In from
decent surroundings In Eastern
Csnada to wait table In a local
restaurant at $150 per month and
found. Just across the street, was
a large dance hall, running wide
open. The female vultures of that
place, dressed In the height of fash
ion, and bedecked with expensive
Jewelry, ate where these two girls
served, and were accompanied by
men of all stations In life. These
calcimined clothes horses would
often count up their day's receipts
In language audible to these sweet.
Innocent waitresses, showing earn
ing powers of from fUiO to $210 per
day.
Innocence had no charm for the
A LONELY WIFE
STAR—SATURDAY. JAN. 8. 1916. I'AGK 4
r»nhttafc*4 n«l'F
n» rh* m«r
ruhlllhlnf !'•,
I'hun* Main
NN
men of that community, ao gradually
one could ae« the llnee hardening
about the featurea of theae girle,
until one evening they accepted the
"dare" to go acroaa tt»t atreet and
have a dance. With the Ice of
timidity thua broken, and with no
body to care, theae glrla gradually
"let loo**," a* the aaylng goea. Un
til one fine day they "yumped the>r
yoba" and accepted a poaitlon in
the dance hall.
Wagea had nothing whatever to
do with theae girl* going aatray.
The double atandard Idea that
haa bean Inoculated Into the mind*
of young men by the reatrlcted vice
dlatrlet, which the party algnlng
himaelf aa "Eva." endoraea. la alone
re».pontlble for the aale of women'*
virtue. The moral itandard of wom
en can be gauged by the moral
atandard* of men, for their bualnara
In life aeema to be In trying to |
pleaae the men—thla ia their atock ,
in trade. I don't blame a woman
for upholding the reatrlcted vice
dlatrlet. but the man that will do It
ought to be oatraclaed from the
public light—he la a vlcloua crim
inal. A BEEN THERE.
Weatherman Sallaburv'o dope for
December shown hlKhesi. tempera
tu<e for that month wrts >G. l>e;\
<S, and loweat .1, on Do.''. SO,
BREAKS A COLD
IN A FEW HOURS
First Dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound" Relieves All
Grippe Misery
Don't stay atuffedup'
Quit blowing an<l anuffllnK' A I
doae of "Pape's Cold Compound"
laken every two hour* until three!
iMM are taken will end grlnpe
misery ami break up a aevero cold
either In the head, cheat, body or
limba.
Ii promptly opena clouded up
nostrils and air pataagea; atopa
mint dlarharßn or noso runnluK.
rellevea nick headache, "dullness,
feverlahnesn, aore throat. anacy.luK.
aoreneaa and stiffness
"I'ape'a Cold Compound" In (ho
qtllrkeat, aureat relief known nnd
> onl« only 25 cents at drun atorea
It arts without uMalatanre, tuatex
nlre. and counts no Incnnvanlence.
iJon't accept a aubatitute.
SPEEDING WITH THE CARR'S
NO. 2—LOOKIN' 'KM OVER AT THE AGENCY
Everett Boy Wins
Dollar for Essay
I'erry M Carter, an Everett Or
rlelte. Ii the winner of the dollar
offere-l for tbe beat letter telllri*
why the nam* of Mt Rainier ahould
or ahotild nol l>e changed. Mere
It I*
SHOULD THE NAME OF MT.
RAINIER BE CHANGED!
By Parry Carter
Personally I do not think the
name of our Rlorlou* mountain
ahould b« changed any more than
ahould the namM of Be«tU* or Ta
coma. On the mapa. In the railroad
guide*. time table*, modern Keog
raphlea. In fact ilmoat *»erywh«re
It la known by the name of KalnUr
However. Tamma beln* of minute
alio, ner<l» mini have aomethln* to
chew the ra* over. ao the "booat
t» * of that city brtnx thla dlactia
alon tip Th«- Star. aa heflta a met
ropolitan dally, tuajcnanlmoualr
ram* forth and told the people of
Seattle to l»t the Tecomana hev*
th»lr war. The tone of the editor
ial whlrfa appeared on the flrat page
of The Star Indicated the p-rac*.
maker, tryln* to nettle a dlepifte
between two amall children.
However, If the nam* of th*
mountain Mt'HT be rhanic»<l, let It
b« renamed Mt. WaablßKton, In
honor of the flrnt prenldent of thU
nation and In honor of thin glorloua
•tat*.
LETTER 6 TO UNCLE JACK
FROM BARBTOW GIRLS
Dear I ncle Jack: We received
many congratulation* over the pie
turea, and every one thought they
were very (food, rapeclally for a
newapaper picture
CI.A HA lIARSTO\V
Dear t'ncle Jack I think It'a a
dandy conleat thla week.
ANNA lIARBTOW.
Outbursts of Everett True
oik. <$M/iCMe.
Last Bird Story From Pen of Edwin
Nelson; Read It, It Is Worth While
Thl« I* the Jhlr<l and laat of the
•erle* written by Kdwin N'Hm,
raptaln of the Junior fame marden*
of Kin* county. for t'ncle .lack
Thl* troll Edwin* theme I* "lloo*
ln( the Itlrd* " All ClrctelUw and
mi|«ri of The Star will do well to
read thl* and follow tt.
HOUSING THE BIRDS
By E dwln Ntlaon
To build houae* for the blrd«, to
A HOME FOR MARTINS
hoime them aufflclently ao that
will not be affected by the cold
weather, la aomethlnß that every
boy and Rlrl could do In the after
noon after achool or a few hour*
»on>« Saturday and It I* work thi«t
*111 Klve them aomethlnit to do and
at the aamu time afford a lot of
pleasure.
One of the following llluatratlona
will g|t» you an Idea of how to
build a bluebird'* aummer houae
I'w light-weight pine board*;
>a« them Into piece* II Inrhea lone
and «lx Incite* wide, and make
the«e Into a bo* that *111 be *1*
Inrije* d««ep, Hore a hole IVi Inche*
* id** In th« front board —thl* will
be the door, and bore amalter hole*
Id the bottom for ventilation.
Now cut more pieces of the board
In proportionate »Ue to make a
slanting roof, and alio the floor.
Nail a cleat beneath the door for
the birds to perch on. and the home
la complete.
Martina will appreciate a home
like this, aa they llva tn colonies
and Ilka plenty of room: Secure
a kfg or small barrel about a foot
and a half In height and a foot In
diameter. In this partition off four
rooms
Place a po!« vertically thru the
center of the k'g so that It will
»*tend six Inches from the top.
Prom this build the sloping roof —
shingles cut Into triangular shapes
will do—and nail them securely to
the top of the pole and the edge of
the keg As the top of the keg Is
open, this will allow for plenty of
ventilation. Be sure to cut holes
In the keg so that each room will
have Its door.
The pofe on which the keg Is
perched should he about 15 fe«»t
high, and the farther away It Is
from the trees the better the mar
tins w 111 like It.
BLUEBIRD'S SUMMER HOUSE
Write Snow Story;
First Prize to Be
One Dollar in Cash
The snow is nearly over, nothing
remains but *lu*h, but the children
remember what fun they had play
ing In the suow before the thaw
came.
Some coasted and some snow
balled one another. But whatever
you did, t'nele Jack Is sure you had
lots and lots of fun.
For next week's contest, t'nele
Jack wants you to tell him Just
what you did, and If you had a
gr<'at deal of fun doing It.
The prlxc for the best letter will
be one dollar. Write your name
and address on the back of your
atory. Stories must be within 200
words. The contest ends Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
CHIRPS ABOUT BIRD
HOUSES
Make the btril house comfortable
by scattering straw, <!u»t or excel-
Blor on the floor.
Keep the birds supplied w ith food.
Suet, bread crumbs, berries and
shelled nuts are Rood bird diet.
Never paint the bird house. Birds
keep away from paint.
Make the door of the wren house
one Inch In diameter; n bluebird
requires a door ;in Inch and a half
wide.
Place drinking trough* palls or
pans will do near the bird house.
\\ ATCII TIIK CAT*
Cut Ibis out anil Keep It. It may
come In handy
Birds like to rooat after lonic
PAGE
4
LAST COLUMN
THE COST OF A COLD
Putrlrk O'Hrtan, mllltoiiftlr'-
Family phyalclan --
10 vlalta at $'■ WO.M
{''onmiltlliK niicllllit
On«- vlt |i 25 00
rralnml nur»»
On»> »«•«■!<'* MrTlra 36 00
Prrerrlpllona 16.00
1125 00
Put br|rklay»r
yti|nln«» . 1 .10
jllalf-plnt whlaky 3S
t 43
—Judif.
• • •
Knocker*, don't pan up thla
chance. Congreaaman Humphrey
made a apeech In congreee the oth
er day, putting the aklde on all
hope of proaperity. Hip. hip for
Will. Let'* aend him thla coupon.
'Clip, fcoye, clip, and aend It to Will.
6
»K*n IT TO Wll.l.
""ft sss *
C »»f rrMfitaa \%lll V.. Iluwphrry,
Haablaglvß, 11. C.
I »+mr Willi We ihf
• f fkr H mtfkrru' c-lob af Kfaltlf,
la riprfM oar slimr mp
pr*rlatlaa «f ||if efftna af your*
arlf, Ihr klaf pirn kaorkrr. la
fti ao«-li pru |»« out af proap#r*
Ity. heartily a»re* wlfla yau
that tlie rnaairr •• I»lag la tka
4«iga. V% r h«p» Ibat ftaalc wfefti
you pr»<lfl will ram»• aaaa. W>
JfiMi dot* mm paalra. Ifurrak!
Kralrraallr yaara,
i Nam#
MORE ON HEAT
We note by the pepper* that >i)m»
of (he city dad* are gonna get tha
public service commission to mak«
Superintendent Kempster put heat
In his car* Pine' Alone about
n«*it July tha raae'll be heard. Then
there il be an appeal to the supe
rlor court Then another appeal to
the supreme court, and by the tlma
It's all over, aome of us may Mill bo
living Rome other* of us. on tba
other hand, wl!l find It plenty hot
enough, anyhow.
It was on one of the Alkl car*,
and Zum Waahburn «ai a little
late The car crept along like a
■nail. 7.um called the conductor
over and said:
"fan t you go any faster than
this—
"Sure." came the reply; "but
I have to iitay with the car."
flights. Make a perch outside tha
door of the bird house
UNCLE JACK GET# LETTER
OF APPRECIATION
Dear Vncle Jack I enjoy read
ing the Circle and wish to join.
Will you please send me a mem«
bershlp card?
I am 11 years of age. and In th«
atxth grade I think that the arti
cles on bird*, by Edwin Nelson, ara
splendid.
HERMAN EVEXSOX.
East Stanwood. Wash.
TVar Herman: You do not reed
a membership card to join the Clr."
rle. Your first contribution makca
you a Clreleite.
HONOR MENTION
I«eona Chase. 6740 STth ave. X.
\\\; KYank House, .">223 Russell
ave.; Ann* Barstow, 1524 10th uv«.;
Harriet Ratighman. 515 Kenyon
Muriel Smart. Anbum: Clara
Barstow, 1524 10th ave ; Robert J.
Horv»>r, jr., 157 2fith ave.: Margaret
Taylor. 6004 Sixth ave. X. \V.
Glass of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open sluices of the system each
morning and waah away th«
poisonous, stagnant matter.
Those of us who are accustomed
to feel dull and heavy when we
arise; splltttnß headache, stuffy
from a cold, foul tongue, nasty
breath, acid stomach, lame back,
can. Instead, both look and feel as
fresh as a daisy ul»a>s by washing
the poisons and toxins from the
body with phosphated hot water
each morninß.
We should drink, before break
fast. a glass of real hot water with
a teaspoonful of limestone phos
phate in It to flush from the stom
ach. liver, kidneys and ten ?ards
of bowels the previous day's indi
gestible waste, sour bile and poi
sonous toxins; thus cleaning,
sweeten'ng and purifying the entire
alimentary tract before putting
more food into the stomach
The action of limestone phos
phate and hot water on an empty
stomach Is wonderfully invigorat
ing. It cleans out all the sour fer
mentation*. gases, wsste and acid
ity and gives one a splendid appe
tite for breakfast and it is said to
be but a little while until the lose*
begin to appear in the cheeks A
quarter pound of limestone phos
phate will cost very little at the
drug store, hut is sufficient to make
anvone who Is bothered with bll
llousness. constipation, stomach
trouble or rheumatism a real en
thusiast on the subject of Internal
sanitation Trv it and you are as
sured that you will look better and
feel better In every way shortly.