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THE T4COMA TIMES
MEMIIEH OK THE SCRIPPS NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF
NEWSPAPERS. Telegraphic Sew* Service of the United Press
Association by direct Leaned Wire.
Entered nt the postofflrr, Tacoma, Wnh., ac aerond-rlaafl
matter. Publhihed by the Tacoma Times Pub. Co. Every
Evening Except Sunday.
PHONES: Business Office, Main 12. Circulation Dept.,
Main 12. Editorial llept.. Main T'M.
OEKIOR—77«-77H COMMERCE ST.
Civil Service for Tacoma
Tacoma will probably have a chance to voto this
spring on the adoption of a more complete civil ser
vice for the city. There is little doubt that it will be
accepted by the people if it is properly gotten up.
The advanced thought of today is unanimous for the
most broad and far reaching application of civil
service.
Chicago has a civil service that has almost com
pletely transformed government there in the last
five years. New York has complete civil service and
while it protects the efficient man in his place it com
pels increased efficiency at all times and drones are
automatically weeded out by the efficiency mark
ings.
Right along with civil service must go an efficiency
test. The work of civil service is not to simply keep
an employe in his position and give him a sinecure
for life, but to give greater efficiency to municipal
service
Portland has just adopted a complete new sched
ule of salaries and a whole system of civil service and
efficiency whereby city employes automatically pro
gress from the low grades up to higher salaries and
better positions as they show efficiency.
This is what Tacoma needs. The salary roll of Ta
coma is a patchwork thing that represents a long
series of grabs, political juggling and persona] fa
voritism. It is time the city not only got down to a
systematic civil service, but to an efficiency basis
and a salary schedule that will pay men for their ser
vice and not because they happen to be friends of a
politician.
Well Meant, But Futile
Astor, Carnegie and Julius Roseuwald, the mail
order prince, are to open banks for the poor, in which
a chap who is hard pressed can get a loan of money
without paying a loan shark interest rates or being
mortgaged to the devil.
Fine.
Banker Dawes in Chicago has already opened a
300-room lodging house in which the homeless can
get a bath ana a clean cot for 5 cents per, with food |
at rock-bottom prices. The first night 200 were turn
ed away.
That, too, is fine. As far as it goes.
The trouble is, it doesn't go very far. Astor's wad
of unearned increment is beggaring more folks than
his loan sharks can ever salvage. The life line won't
reach one in a hundred. And the 300 nightly that
Dawes bathes, feeds and beds aren't a fly speck on the
surface of Chicago's disinherited.
We don't need to rail at these rich men who reveal
the impulse of pity—they're just men, like the rest
of us.
But we must teach 'em, if we can, or, if not them,
then possibly their descendants, that dealing out alms
at the spigot won't amount to much while great
streams of humanity are being wasted at privilege's
bunghole.
Sensitive
Believers in what socialists call "economic deter
mination" will have their views strengthened by an
experience Uncle Sam has had with his army.
When the army canteen was abolished many sol
diers went for amusement to ill-kept resorts outside
and both drunkenness and disease increased —the
latter alarmingly.
Then congress passed a law to the effect that the
officer or man kept off duty by intemperance or vice
should have his pay docked; and at once the morals
of the army improved, as if by magic.
There is less intoxication and less veneral disease
among Uncle Sam's boys in khaki today than there
has been in years; and the pocket nerve has done it.
A sensitive filament, that pocket nerval
It would have been a wanner and merrier Xmas
had more of us been connected with the weighing of
coal for that Western Fuel Co. which is on trial for
defrauding Uncle Sam. What joy to be a humble
federal employe and have a ton of Christmas coal
dumped in one's bin by dear old Western Fuel Santa!
They're putting electric lights in the eyes of Jap
anese gods. Makes it more difficult for sinners to
hide. -
Kansas City merchant has hiccoughed himself to
death after his Christmas night revelry. Missouri
will be fierce to learn what it was he "nominated"
that lasted so long.
North part of the U. S. has two species of wild let
tuce that contain about 2 per cent of good rubber,
which explains some restaurant salads.
Gaby Deslys shocked San Jose, Cal., by dining on
ham and beer, after passing right by San Diego on
ions and gin. l
Outbursts of Everett l>ue-
THE TRUANT BRIDE
* «■ ♦ *♦♦ ♦** 000 <$♦♦ ♦ ♦♦
Miss Dillpickles finally becomes engaged to mar
ry but the hour of her triumph is embittered by
maidenly panic.—A "screecher film" in six reels
by Fred Shaefer.
Here was 1, the bride, ditchl ng my own nuptials.
V.
Well, I came back with Cuth
bert, dear, and told the folks to
cut loose and have the wedding
over with —the quicker, the soon
er. At which there was rejoic
ing to which I did not send In my
subscription.
I had a grouch on because I'd
renewed hope Iv the bosom of Mr.
Hiigginblossom. I think I could
have gradually lost ' him if he
hadn't taken our engagement so
seriously. This thing of retracing
a fatal step, I discover, isn't so
easy when you're being personally
conducted. However, I still can't
get used to figuring Cuthbert as
a daily proposition. It's more fun
when your loved one blunders In
unexpectedly on a rainy evening
now and then, like a fly Into a jug
of cream. I'm not going to like
married life. I've been playing
solitaire so long that I can't bear
the idea of dealing cards to some
body else. And then, again, men
want you to make a home for
them and then stay iv it princi
pally yourself.
And that's how I talk about it
when this Is my wedding day.
Cuthbert tried to act happy and
gay, poor fellow, and was all
dressed up in the conventional
black. . It was to be a home wed
ding. I suppose I ought to have
led him around and showed him
to my girl friends. But you don't
like to do that with things you
have sent up to tbe house merely
on approval. So I sulked out In
the kitchen. '
After the minister arrived und
1 '"" .....,, ill ».'^ioim^^—^'^^^pmmmmmoioO***wmm
THE T4O4KA TIMES.
the 4 hour approached, I got bo
nervous I felt like screaming. A
panic took me, and I ran out of
the back door.
Here was I, the bride, ditching
my own nuptials.
Backward, turn backward, old
Time, stop the clock; silence the
wedding bell; spare me the
shock!
(Continued.)
I aeflve the Lords of Laughter,
|»*jj ' niake the world a dafter
|HK^ When woes grow thick and thicker
BE^lj^iH^Jl A3,d "fe Beon,s '"ky hiack,
H'y^ aqgbfc t! By nia«ic of a snicker
vSg? l drive tho sorrows hack.
■KkKJqjiL^ U I seev«t the I,ord fl of Laughter
kj"vftffi¥ftf3r| II And, oil, 1 love to wake
EsjmK**Kff^ II Th9F°f r that BhakHß the rafter
SfflULJafe^l Ad i makes the midriff quake;
)jo* 1 cftre n°t f»r the flouting
s^s3^* Jr f bards who sneer at me
Wj^^V *ji It 1 can hear the shouting
i \jl 4£a OI great an(l Korgeoua glee!
/L °h' may the •OI,K g * „n 8 y°u
F| FJ^ L,ft every heavy cloud,
fr-£y\ And may I always bring you
rjL4, Clean laughter, long and loud!
IbM So when I pass hereafter
UH&L This truth the world may tell,
f *fu "H* »«rved the Lords of Laughter
SQnnA And alway» served them well'"
I foJSTOi —-BERTON BRALHT.
Lord Ballyrot in
Slangland
They were testing the efficiency
of a new office boy, old chap, nt
a place of business I visited. It
seems he had not been prompt in
responding to the summons of the
various bells and I cuawnced to
overhear him being corrected
thusly:
"Look here, you lazy tyke'
Can't you hear nothln'? There's
the 'phone gong hammering and
the boss' buzzer Is making a noise
like a bee stinging a brick. Take
them boxing gloves off your ears
and get jerry to the chimes. Thla
ain't no place to test out sleeping j
powders, Plow across like a fire
horse whenever one of them
gongs hits you In the lug. Re
member, my boy, this firm nln't
fishing for business with hook
worms!''
MY WORD!
CATCH THE POINT?
Both were beautiful; but the
leading actress was thin. She
quarreled one day at rehearsal
and ended hv saying, haughtily:
"Remember, please, that I am
the star."
"Yes, I know you're the star,"
the other retorted, eyeing with an
amusing smile the leading actress'
long, slim figure, "but you'd look
better, ray dear, if you were a
little meteor."
AX KXCKITIOX.
VI suppose there is plenty of
room at the top in your busi
ness?"
"I should say not! I'm a stee
ple-jack."
For Frost Bites nnd Chapped Skin
For frost-bitten ears, fingers
and toes; chapped hands and lips,
chilblains, cold sores, red and
rough skins, there is nothing to
equal Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Stops the pain at once and heals
quickly. In every home there
should be a box handy all
the time. Best remedy for all
skin diseases, itching eczema, tet
ter, piles, etc. 25c. All drug
gists or by mall. H. K. Bucklen
& Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis.
A / yp^COMJJ . _§JtFfD Et/PflE-TT.
ueedajr, Jan. 13, 1014. Mew York Office: 20-20 West 22d Street. W»«ther: Rain, tonight, Wednesday
Over 400 Room Size Rugs in the
January Clearance Sale
ft____J______W_____\ Three striking examples of the savings are listed — impos-
F IffiSSS^S s^le *° mcnti°n a^- Suffict it to say, the clearance in
\ .fflj-pLggLs^S volves every rug in the department
( f^LW^A $3° °° 9x12 RUGS- SALE PRICE $19.75
Q i&tfPffVjkj 78 Rugs in (his group, in '11 patterns, 9x12 size, including
}'fi "^^ Body Brussels and Axminster, the majority of which ar
\%ffi 4X'**^2M r'V(,(' since November 15th. Very choice new allover and
y/jt^cSf^^Mi medallion designs. In all the popular colorings; regular
t V i^mßS $:}O-00 values. Clearance price" $19.75
\sM.^B $18 T0 $20 RUGS, CLEAR $40 TO $45 RUGS, CLEAR
EX %* mS_ ANCE PRICE $12 95 ANCE PRICE $29.50
gH JP'.^BSD 9x12 ft- Ta Pestl".v Brussels 19 fine Wilton Rugs in this
ti\ ]%___*'-''PiTi ;|II,I Velvet Rugs, 52 in this lot, in 12 handsome designs,
\% t,nß&l_ii '"'' '" '" „'l"',' r patterns, in in rich shades of brown and
r^kiS^P^ floral and Oriental patterns, tin; sizes 8.3x10.(i feet. Some
r^t^^^^^ Some are seamless. $IH.()0 are seamless. Regular $40
|!^>fSS to $20.00 values. Clearance and $45 values. Clearance
price $12.95 price $29.50
WHITTALL RUGS, ONE FIFTH
TO ONE THIRD OFF
WhittaH's famous Anglo* Persian,
Anglo-Tndian, Royal Worcester and
Teprac Wilton Rugs, also Whittall's
Peerless Body Brussels Bugs, in all
sizes. The finest rugs woven in
America and only twice a .year docs
the manufacturer allow the establish
ed fair prices to be reduced.
Clearance Sale Continued in Muslinwear, Bedding,
Linens, Dress Goods, Silks, Furniture, Cloaks, Suits
SPECIAL COUPON SALES
This advertisement must be presented to secure any item.
$3.95 Matting Rugs, 10c Curtain Rods 5c Set Tea Spoons, 39c
$2 35
9x12 Japanese Matting Brass Rods that extend from Rogers' Sliver Plated Tea
Rugs, linen warp, printed 29 to 50 inches. Very spe- Spoons, with bonded edge,
and woven designs. Regular . , ... „, _ _ .. .
$3.95 values. Special to- clal __** this R« **** B],eeM tomorrow with
„,„..■.„„, „.i*i. am r.w coupon tomorrow Oo ..,
morrow with 0n QC * w this couiion, set QQn
this coupon $£i3tJ Quantity limited. of 6 for UwU
Fine White Wool Blankets at Sharp Reductions
100 pairs White Wool Blankets; mill seconds, with slight defects in weave.
Intrinsic value unimpaired. Sizes 10-4 and 12-4.
10 4 size, reg. $3.50 pair, for $2.75
114 size, reg. $5.00 pair, for $3.98
Cases Specially Priced
42x3G-ln. Pillow Cases, soft muslin; 2-ln. hem.
Sale price 11 '..c
45x36-in. Pillow Cases 140
42x36-in. Salem Cases 16c
45x36-in. Salem Cases 18c
What Mother Jones Thinks of
Mexican
"Bandits"
DENVER, Col., Jan. 12.—
Mother Jones, a general in an
army of 44J»,000 miners, came
back to Denver recently, after a
campaign in Chihuahua with Oen
Pancho Villa. She told of the
batUe there In a militant fashion,
in the straightforward fashion
she ever does. •
"I was down there for ten
years," said the 82-year-old vet
eran in the struggle for human
rights. "And it's the same fight
those stalwart fellows are leading
there that's being carried on In
Calumet, in Colorado, in every
place where private greed had ex
tirpated human right!
"They call Villa a pancho—
meaning bandit—they sneer at
his men as robbers and brigands,
hut theirs Is the same struggle
for rights that we fight now 1b
our mining districts! And treat
me well? Why, those soldiers
cared for me even as my boys of
the mine camps do. You ask why
I went? Because I wanted to see
the sort they are. I was in El
Paso and went to the interior.
"And I'm fcolng to help those I
fellows, too. You know, up at
Paint Creek In West Virginia,
where the militia persecuted my
boys, we had a machine gun—l
had it, and It's there yet, too-—
$3.25 AND $3.00 RUGS, CLEAR
ANCE PRICE $2.19
50 Velvet and Axminster Rugs in this
lot, in six choice designs; size 86x63
and :Uix72 inches; $3.25 and $2.00 val
ues. Sale price $2.19
$1.75 SMALL RUGS, CLEARANCE
PRICE $1.19
79 Brussels and Axminster Bugs in
this lot; 15 mod pattern in Oriental
and floral effects; size 27x54 in.; $1.73
value* This sale $1.19
11-4 size, reg. $6.50 pair, for $4.95
11-4 size, reg. $12.00 pair, for .. .$8.95
Sheets Specially Priced
72x90-in. Sheets, soft, heavy muslin; 3-in. hem.
Sale price 57c
72x90-in. Salem Sheets jujc
72x99-in Salem Sheets 7Jfc
8 Ix9o-In. Salem Sheets 73c
Colorado's
"Soljers"
but I'm to send it to the south—
to Mexico, and It'll help redress
wrongs there just as It did In the
fight against the coal barons!
"But maybe you'd better not
mention that. They might hang
me for treason!
"That was an interesting time
I had, though. They were Just
through Backing Chihuahua and I
was interested in the foundries
and smelter places they have
there. They went right on at their
work all the time and didn't seem
a bit concerned about It.
"There were land robbers who
had millions of acres of land that
they had thieved, and Villa soon
put them to flight, believe me or
not!
"I'm getting old now and I've
fought the good fight. Eighty
two, you know; and when I got
back from Mexico the other day
and reached Trinidad those brave
American 'soljers' grabbed me
again. Hußtled me right to the
train at a bayonet's point. Fine
sight I was!" Mother Jones
I *■ 1
' I ■— f
laughed. "Me— -SZ, hair wnite, as
harmless as a 'cheasy' cat, and
eight young fellers afraid to touch
me lest I'd plsen 'em! So they
sentme up here.
"Perhaps I'll go b.tek to Mexico
where the 'bandits' are Kentie
me» "
-» i | is *<
Almost Equal
After 10 men had been excused
from service on various pleas, the
January venire of Jurymen for
the superior court today con
tained 35 women and 33 men.
Seventeen women had claimed ex
emption from service. The new
jury was sworn in today and was
sorted out at once to the differ
ent courtrooms.
ROME, Jan. 13.—The Segna
tura Tribunal of the Vatican to*
I day rejected the appeal of the
Duchess de Tullyrand, former
-1 ly Anna Gould, for a reversal of
| the Catholic church's decision an
nulling her marriage to the
1 Count Bonl de Castellane. In
| stead of the annullment the duch
ess wanted a divorce.
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per box. If y,pu fall to get results
from ORRINE after a trial, your
money will be refunded. Ask for
free booklet telling all about
ORRINE.
Owl Drug Co., 004 O St.;
French Drug Co., 1186 Pacific ay.
•'Swap" the dog for a Persian
cat. See Want Ad page. ••
PITZEN'S
1-2 Price Sale
1332 Pacific ay.