The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-25
RESEMBLES ELIJAH DOWIE
DOES PROFESSOR" M. {. cox
OILY FlNANolER OF fReNzlep METHODS WEAVING wgn
ABOUT FORTUNES OF LOCAL WOMEN WHO ARE FAscN.
Areo eV AIS SONG or FUTURE RlckEs- eULLlsLe DIS.
oIplEs Battle MS FEET WITH BRANDY

"You give me YOUR property ana
| viii elvc you pass 60 heaven
such. ln substance. Is the trade
proposed by John AlyeNandet powie
10 those who follow the apostolic
guide 10 Zion"
All Point has a prophet that goes
bowie one better in Professor"
Marvin Earl Cox. who makes his
Inducements "a trinc mere material
You give ne your property" says
Professor" cox, =and | VIII give YOU
stock in "a sauiturlum which does
not set exist. As an added induce
ment I win make son matron. or
second matran. OF third. or fourth or
sixteenth, AT salary Of iss sifno-
leums per month aud down. ON a
sliding scale. l win make your hus-
band superintendent OF the grounds
az $50 simoieons. and for your son
and other relatives I viii find Jobs
as elevator boys linen maids. etc
This Is Ia substance. the kind Of
turkey that Professor" Marvin
Cox. late OF BARGE \. II. Is talking
20 tho women Of Ak Point. and 20
AstN ~ ~ NA| N ANNtHAsH u aHHHANNEa
Furthermore. the professor" has
a winning way about him. and
number or these wives and widows
are lnclIning an attentive ear and
lingering their check books nervous
~. Il sounds 50 gOod when the
handsome professor tells them
how nice &c would be 10 ret rid OF the
Worrying responsibilities attendant
upon conducting lodging houses.
hotels or apartment establishments.
and, Instead. TO havc nice big block
Of stock and a ioh as matrou In the
~ptpfesser's- proposed sanitarmm.
which II some day 20 be built az
AK Point.
A nice plum which the processes"
evidently deemed al ready Ter the
picking was a certain prosperous
hosiery conducted by a pretty
widow on the shores % Lake Wash
layton. where two tan fiFs. Of exact
size and standing side by side. serve
as a landmark 20 private parties In
search Of nicely appointed dinners
and a row on the lake BY moonlight.
This hostelry the professor said
he would consent 10 take over ia
exchange for a block OF stock In his
proposed sanitarIuu. together with
Job as uafrun IN the same. The
pretty widow listened. but decided
n fAvor u the bird IN the hand. she
t. still running the attractive hes
telry behind the two twin trees.
Practically the same offer vas
a - q
porous widow who conducts a fash
ianablo three-stoFy lodging house
not FAR from Madison street or
nile from the central school. ard
certain widows on upper FIRST have
heard the same stary. SO FAR as can
be learned none OF these widows
have actually exchanged their solid
eeods and chatteis for stock IN the
sanitarium which does not yet ex-
Esf. but the professor says he has
practically closed deal whereby he
viii procure "a acres Of land AZ Ak
Point Gin exchange for stock and
5obs for the Whole family1 whereon
70 build the sanitarium.
Among other things the profess
nor aabbies in hypnotissn and the
eeeulss ard It h. said that his gifts
In these lines have enabled him to
live all summer tuxuFiouely IA the
home Of the family which il to fur
nlsh the acreage. paying little OF
nothing for the privilege. And n il
here II L. said. that the professor
n couaforfed and coasoied and has
his feet bathed IN brandy BY the
women Of the family when he has
returned from a hard days work
IN Seattle wading through this eity's
slush ana getting his pedal extreFni-
ties wet IN his peFambulaf atoms.
The acreage 20 be turned over to
Professor Cox. Il f. said. repre-
Henta the life savings OF an aging
couple. and painful rheumatism
racks the poor old feminine bones
that bend to wash the feet Of the
sanitariurn builder