The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-01

nagaus0 NoAAta W.
resrles Beekiugham was not at
| es,nv 10 the business for which
81 - aeunty PAYS him 500 a month.
- - ola German woman who
liked. With Tapping shoes and
.slsa eklrts. all the way FROM
80 seattle on saturday morning,
80 two hours la vain ON n
80 n the county commissioner s
- AR the s. allowed her month
: 4, he support Of herself and her
rhildren. aud then. had u not
20 ar the Kindness Of two news.
-, reporters. would have DRAG
rs.s,f home hungry and hopeless,
4 Aer offsprlnK. 20 withstand 4
- ~ starvation that must have
- Il least until Monday noon.
~ the duty OF the county poor
.,mmlsaloner to distribute the char
= e,nas OF kinE county To kink
..usrvss poor. according to the al
.~anee~ made. and 10 do - on the
- day o. each month. II he mes
- to DO 81. King couniy's poor
- 60 hungry and sheltrTieas.
w. because the first day II Anril
~ On a saturday. which nobody
=. ever inquired into. Is regarded
i a general holiday. or at least
| aalfhoiiday By most OF the county
.mpoxes. Beckinghom Was
NOT IN HIS OFFICE
=, - Clerk French, nor any of
- county commissioners The
.oasr-top desks we're closed and
sNsed and only the entrance door.
sssued BY the jAnltur. gave hope 90
- poor on King county > charity
4 when they lined up Tor their
advances.
Becklngham Was away ishing, or
solag something else Of as little
Asaefit 10 King county. all day lonE
k.elephone call at his home brought
- response. out OF town until
nnorrox night
Msanwhile King county hungry
=ogths vent without food
Early in the morning the old Ger
,man woman spoken OF. Mrs kaupA.
rs uoticed By Coanty Auditor AZ
ssx. Who spoke 70 her kindly In
GxmAn aud tried 10 tell her thar
voaid be no use waiting. but
nueh depended on her little s. al
iexance. and 4 couple Of hours later
to reporters found her al alone IN
tAe commissioner office. waiting
pafienfEy on a hard bench and cry
"a softly 70 herself
4 walk all der way BY sout' Scat
IL" she said. ''und haf no eat
slns ehllder be no eat. tee. | make
hast der coffee. but four days been
Euue By nos since my boy he get
ser commee
FRUM DER DUMP.
nd i vas very weak dis morgen
Fsn I make him again. drink der
.olsee. bot Il make no strength.
sans here to 81 the money. vile
~ boz. thirteen. be 20 70 look
again on the Dump.
Tie dumps, Il was discovered
q inquiry. meant the eitya gar
age heaps. and while the Old NO
nan. sick. enfsebied and hungry
ID walked into toNn 70 get the s.
advance made her. the boy was
pfking OVER THE DUMPS FOR
BITS or Food THAT MIGHT
SUSTAIN LIFE FOR HIMSELF.
His MOTHER AND HIS LITTLE
SISTER The "dumps. the old wo-
mAE said. had yielded enough 20
ksep them alive when King county
tounf that q sas all Il could allow
hsF, and when the Charity OrgR,li-
1z.ion society had said Il could do
aesking except take her children
ron her and send her to the poor
Assss.
Repeater attempts we're made By
ssleph0ne 10 discover the where
about Of the poor commissioners. Of
any commissioner. But THE
FISHING SEASON HAD OPENED,
AND NONE WE'RE FOUND.
The Old woman was white and
Ean. and was worrying about her
sAldren. who would be expecting
aef. she said her landlord had de-
handed bis rent and unless she got
.ae money Saturday her little fam
y would Be sheiterless as well as
f1nEy. Her boy has continually
sought for work. but because he
"a too little of size for being
laifteen. nobody had given him
tor@, only seedlings for not being
tsa boks 10 the school She her
IT had been commanded By the
aof'ors TO 20 only IN chair init
saeels. and every time she found
III abe became sick again.
Wien the poor. old woman had
- Der story the reporters set
esoH helping her: both turned their
~ pockets inside out. but fond
nins there but wads Of COPY pa
- anu II was finally. upon the
-ssestion Of Auditor Agnew 10
- her 70 German Consul Geissler
~ hvee In the Adrian flats. that
pfabiem was solved.
miner the old lady was escorted.
Exporter walking on either side
=. ~ Importing her. FOR she was
~ WEAK AND ENFEEBLED
~ she walked only with difficult
IL. = tne trio brought up At the
~ -. q the consul. the eye Of the
\ 81 &c soul. who had found such
-, - anes In an alien country. fell
'Na ths German coat -of-arma and