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PAGE FOUR.
EDITORIALS
A Period of Reconstruction
Today sees the beginning of the demolition of a six-story building that
long has occupied a prominent corner in tlie retail district. It now is to make
room for a $300,000 theater aud office structure.
The improvement will be one of the largest in a const ruction way Tacoma
has seen for several years.
It is important in soother way, as it is the first time that one of the largest
buildings in which Tacoma's business has been conducted has been ripped down
to make way for a bigger, finer structure. Tims, the passing of the Jones block
and the erection of the new I'autages theater seems to usher in an era of re
construction, aja well as another period of building activity.
The Times foresaw such a development some time ago, and it was with such
S thought in mind we:suggested that the new Coniiueivial club undertake a
building and housing survey.
The Commercial club evidently also glimpsed the future, when it author
ized such a survey and named a large committee to conduct it.
We used to remark frequently early in 1916 that "This Ts the Year of
_*roinise." Isn't it proving true?
The Love Bug
Ah! ' v"
(lather 'round all ye who are love sick. This is the bug that gave you the
about her, loses his appetite, and wanders along the streets looking in jewelry
and furniture store windows.
Don't try to dodge the love bug, because when he goes after anyone he
GETS HIM!
Tha love hug makes Wm. J. Bunts, the world-famous detectuff, look like
a hitching post.
Big Times, Big Money
The republican press is howling awfully about the "appalling total" of the
general appropriation bill passed by th* democratlc congress.
Outside of the army and navy appropriations —which can be omitted as
they were supported by the republican congressmen —these are the most im
portant items:
Good r«»ads $ 85,000,000
Amor plants 11,000,000
Government ships 50,000,000
Flood control 50,000,000
Nitrate plants 20,000,000
Public buildings 25,000,000
Kivers and harbors 42,000,000
$230,000,000
A pretty stiff figure, we admit, and probably containing much fat, juicy
pork. But generalities don't get us anywhere. Ths layman can't well separ
ate the ehal'H'r. .111 the wheat. If the O. O. P. wants to be a real public bene
factor, let it particularise and, in its Chicago platform, put the jinx sign op
posite each item of the above it considers "pure graft". But then it's nearly
yoting time and we will bet it doesn't do anything of the kind. It will fire a
broadside, of course, but it will aim high, mighty high.
Henry -Ford, who promises to do his "damnedest" to smash the prepared
ness movement, announces that he is working on a submarine that will "blow
the whole ship business off the world." And if the businesslike little automo
bile he fathered may be taken as a criterion, he is likely to deliver the goods.
But the spectacle of the most pacific of all the pacificists tinkering
around on a submarine, with a sting as deadly as Mr. Ford assures us his will
carry, is consistency sufficient to corral a whole herd of goats. Something like
the old western way of breaking up fist fight with the butt end of a six
shooter, eh?
Owifessioiis ofa Wife
I AM OOINO TO OONSILT
THK VIENNA PIIYBICIAN
"I don't like a poet, nohow,"
chanted Jim, under his breath.
"What are you muttering
about, Jim Edle?" asked Mollis
somewhat indignantly, as she
caught a little of tl.e drift of his
•os*ti_
"Nothing, nothing, Mollie,"
hastily disclaimed Jim, "but If
gossip does not He, as she usual y
does, Malcolm Stuart has kissed
many 'Hushes of glory.' and if he
will pnly stop being poetlca
long enough to remember, I am
sure he will find that he had as
sured some of those 'rosy flushes
many timea that his sadness wa
changed into bliss Immediately.
"Do you know Mr. Stuart
Jim?" asked Mollie coldly.
"Never spoke to him In my life
or looked on his handsome face
until that night at Ellene's when
after fee was introduced to Mar
gie It seemed to be all off. As
fsr ss he wss concerned, he had
eyes sad ears for no other."
"Oh, that's It!" laughed Mollie,
•you're jealous, Jim. ! thought
Mr. Stuart one of the most Inter
esting men I ever met"
Mow Isn't that strange, little
fever. A fellow who is in good, healthy condition
may be walking through the park and not have the
slightest thought of falling for some fair damsel."
His thoughts may be far away, overhauling his
automobile or painting a chicken coop until the love
bug alights on his vest just over the first pocket on
the left side and drills through, puncturing the
Romeo-to-be \s carburettor—then keep your head
lights on the poor boob!
Observe how, stricken with the fever, he raves
about some frail. He even tries to write poetry
Henry's Latest
book, that Mollie should have de
scribed him to Jim Just as I do to
myself?
"I also liked him," said Chad
wick, and then all at once It came
to me that chad wick Hatton and
Malcolm Stuart were very much
alike.
Temperamental, imaginative
and poetical, Malcolm Stuart is
the kind of man women always
like and men seldom. I was
dreaming a little about him and
trying to place his character,
when Jim inquired:
"Where is Dick?"
"I don't know whether or not
he Is home. Ring the bell and we
will ask," I aald.
Of course, little book, I ex
pected to find him out. but to my
surprise the maid said "Mr. Wav
erly is dressing. He will he here
in a minute."
"Goodness!" ejaculated Jim.
"Does Dick put on his open-faced
waistcoat when he calls on you
after dinner, Mragle! I shall feet
Impelled to apologize for my lest
year's business suit and make my
adieus aa quickly as possible'
"Can't you ever he serious, I
Jim?" I asked,
"Why sboiild I?" hs answered
Quickly. "Life Is a Joke, you
know."
"Hardly to me."
He came over and put hie hand
over mine. "Forgive me, dear.
You gee, I never can quite remem
ber that you are helpless."
Just at that moment Dick came
in and called, "Friend, stop flirt
ing with my wife!"
"Why stop me when it can be
easily seen from your glad rags
that yop are on flirtation bent."
"I may be going to a stag din
ner."
"Not ln a thousand y#ars."
I waited expectantly to see if
Dick would make any excuses or
explanations about his engage
ment, but he did not. Instead he
aald: "Did you vend for me, Mar
gie?"
"I did," Interrupted Mollie, eye
ing Dick In evening clothes rather
-disapprovingly.
I must confess that Dick is get
ting better looking as he grows
older, and he was looking espe
cially well last night.
"Yea, Dtek. 1 have Just had a
letter from Malcolm Stuart and
he said that Dr. , the fa
mous Vienna specialist, will l>e
over here next week for six
months, lie wants me to tell you
to be sure and have him see Mar-
Igle."
I could see Dick visibly stiffen.
Mollie had the same impression,
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JANSWERS§
g BY CYNTHIA GREY g
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Q.—On the 15th of this
month we will have been
married a year. I want to
celebrate this occasion, but
don't know whether the an
niversary is supposed to be
cotton or paper. Some of my
friends tell me one, and some
the other. Can you tell me
which is correct and appro
priate decorations for same.
"MRS. 19."
A.— Intl...riiies do not agree ln
naming tlie first anniversary.
Some say It Is cotton und others
say paper. If you choose the lat
ter you will find table decorations
In bewildering variety. Cover your
table with a dainty "cloth" and
napkins of crepe paper, or you
may use a complete net of dolllles
which come boxed for the pur
pose. Paper plates, in aU sizes,
may lie obtained. Write namee of
your gu.-sts on the napkins, In
stead of using place cards.
Q. —My husband is in Can
ada, but is a United States
citizen. Recently some let
ters he wrote to me were
opened, also my letters to
him. Have they a right ln
Canada to open mail going
ln from the United States?
W. L.
A.—The government has a
rig 1.1 lo intercept any message
which it lias any reason for sus
pecting. In time of war all mail
is censored, incoming as well as
that going out. The rights of a
government are always superior
to rights of an individual.
Q. —Our son eats entirely
too much candy and other
sweets. This spoils both his
complexion and his appetite.
When he was young we could
not afford to give him spend
ing money, but now that he Is
working he spends money
freely for sweets. Can you
suggest any way of curing
him. lie is 18. PARENTS.
A.—By convincing tlie boy that
Outbursts Of Everett True
for she hastily added: "Mr.
Stuart said that he would Save
written direct to you, but hslfca.l
never happened to meet you*'
"Of course, it's up to MaqUto
decide whatever treatment j tho
ehall have or what doctor B~»'-*il]
employ -I confess I believe ln
Ameiican physicians."
"There, see!" said my nlirt,
"he doesn't want you to get wtll;
he is in love with Carolie."'
"Id like to see him," L'M-d
quietly.
' Then you shall," said I'lck.
"And now, good people, Cj lst
apologize and say good nlghf|* tot
knowing you were coming—*!
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he la Injuring his health yon may
get bin. to control the habit. The
system requires a certain amount
of sugar. Try to have your son
limit himself to a certain quantity
a day. See that he eat* regular
meals. Stimulate him to use his
will power, without which no
habit can lie overcome.
Q. —We are two sisters,
15 and 16 years old. Mother
wants us to work, but will
not permit us to. work in a
factory. We tried house
work, but the work was so
hard and the hours so long
that we didn't like it. la
there any other kind of work
girls of our age can do?
LUCY AND MARY.
A.—There are the department
stores, where girls of your nge
may begin as bundle and rash
girls. Some girls advance to good
positions. You were ...ifo.tuiuit.»
in your first place at housework.
Yon are a little too young to do
housework to advantage, though
if you have been trained in that
line you should have no difficulty
ln finding desirable places, where
the work la not too hard and
where you may advance in wages
as you grow older.
, Q. —Why do we laugh? I
i don't mean what makes us
laugh, but. why do we make
such silly noises when some
thing strikes us as humor
ous? EMIL.
A.—We laugh because "we are
made that way." Laughing, like
crying, sneezing, swallowing, and
winking is a reflex action. When
certain nerves are touched in cer
tain ways, or when they respond
to certain emotions, there is a
sp<>..la..eons action of the muscles
which Is not always controllable.
Laughter is not alway silly. It is
not waste energy. It is really a
kind of exercise which develops
the i.c.-ail.ii.i. muscles and thus
helps to Increase (he amount of
oxygen which enters the lungs.
"Don't worry, wr did not. come
to Bee you. but Margie," broke in
.Mollie, r.ther testily.
"Then I need not mahe ex
cuses," was the cool reply, as he
loft the room.
I wonder if it were imaginative,
hut it rosily seemed to mo that 1
lif.anl Jim Edie say "D tt."
(Continued Tomorrow.)
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WARNING!
The man or woman who falls
or refuses to examine the prices
on our stock of groceries willfully
throws their money away.
PACIFIC GROCETERIA
1318 Pacific Aye.
ON THE RIVER OF DOUBT—NO. 2
TOMORROWS ELECTION
Polls will Ist. open from 1
to H p. in. tomorrow for the
annual elecUon of a park
board commissioner.
Candidates are A. M.
Craig, C. W, Mason nnd r\oit
eric Mottct. The new com
missioner will fill the place
of K. A. Lean, whose term
expires this month.
There will lie 11 polling
places, as follows:
No. Is—Precincts I toll*},
WHERE PARK BOARD
CANDIDATES STAND
Craig
Kill tor The Times:
Replying to your request for a
statement of my position aB a
candidate for park commissioner,
I will say, first, that I claim a
largeness of vision and breadth of
mind and disposition sufficient to
see and recognize the needs and
rights of all sections east and
west as well as north and south.
I believe that every large city,
such as this is destined to be,
should have a system of parks and
playgrounds of such extent and
distribution that these would be
a place of beauty with room for
fresh air and recreation within
walking distance of every work
ingman's family.
This is an ideal not to be at
tained ln a year, nor in five years,
but if the resources of the park
district are expended with this
end constantly in view it will be
an accomplished fact by the time
Tacoma becomes a congested city,
and without burdensome taxa
tion.
I believe in economy of admin
istration consistent with effic
iency, but not at the expense of
the laboring man's wages.
Very truly,
A. M. CRAIO.
_ Wherever there's a
postoffice Uncle Sam
will deliver The Times to
you each day.
_ If you leave town for a
vacation be sure to give
your new address to the
Oireulat ion Manager,
Main 12.
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No. a.—Precinct* 10 to
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No. B.—Precincts 75 to 82,
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No. o.—Precincts 83 to
02, engine house, South 34rd
Mason
Editor The Times:
Since announcing my candidacy
for park commissioner, I have
been asked for a statement of my
position on certain questions re
iating to parks.
In general, I endorse the pol
icy of tlie present board, and
feel sure I could work in har
mony with them. I am proud
of the parks we have and believe
they should be kept up and Im
proved, but I should urgo that the
greatest care be exercised to pre
serve the natural wild scenery.
We have the grounds, waters and
forests and all that tve could wish
for in the way of natural advant
ages, and with careful, intelligent
management, conserving the na
tural beauties, and systematically
developing and adding thereto,
our parks can and should be
made the finest In th) oountry.
I believe we need more small
parks near the center of the city
where they could tie utilized as
play grounds, and where they
could be enjoyed by the tired
mother and father of the large
family without the worry and ex
pense of a long car ride. We
need more play grounds for the
children. I also advocate more
band concerts ln the paiks dur
ing the summer months.
The South End needs a park,
and it would be hard to find a
- spot more suited for the purpose
i than the Wapato district. The
beautiful lake and the eurround
ing grounds are a natural park,
I and Its beauty could be greatly
increased by a small outlay of
' labor and money. It could easily
, be made one of the most beauti
ful parks in the city, and is ac
i cesslble to a large part of the
city.
I would also urge the strictest
( economy consistent with the b^st
. results. I believe in employing
HOME talent and labor in the de
. velopment of our parks. As the
parks are for the people, they
should be so managed that the
people would be encouraged to
make free use of them.
If elected, 1 shall be an actlvo
member and endeavor to serve
the interests of the whole people.
C. F. MASON.
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No. 7.—PreclncU 1)3 to
100, drug store, 23rd and K.
No. 8. —Precincts tot and
P. <-hjle.ii.il (lunch, 1111.
and Proctor.
No. o.—Precincts 102 to
110, engine house, South T.i
coma.
No. 10. —Pie* in. Is 112 to
123, 2317 South (ith ate.
No. 11.—Precni.is 124 to
131, store, North 3 111. and
I*roctor.
Mottet
Editor The Times:
My only promise to those who
may wish to vote for me for park
commissioner will be that 1 will
do my utmost to see that the
people of Tacoma get full value .
received for every dollar of the
park funds spent.
As to my ability to help spend
this money judiciously, I will
simply refer to my 29 years of
residence ln this city, 19 of
which were spent ln active and
successful business life.
I further believe it would be s
great encouragement to the park
board and a stimulus to a great
er park development If the people
would show a greater apparent in- *
terest ln park board affairs. Last
year only 4.".6 votes were cast In
the park board election, out of a
total registration of more than
30,000. FREDERIC MOTTET.
WORKERS OF U. 8.
PLEAD FOR LEADER
•TAMES CONNCU-Y
Representatives of more than
250,000 union workers have
pledged themselves to fight for
the life of James Connolly, Irish
labor leader, in prison In Eng
land, charged with high treason.
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