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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16
sY AaRAltAM q. eRon.

Al last. after many years. Pedro
GmicciB dream had come trEe. He
found himself on board a slrnmer
bound for Naples Pedro had come
10 America hoping TO gain fortune
and then return 20 Italy. wed one
&c her dusky daughters and bask
a0av the rest Of hts iife In the lazy
ssln Of bis native land.
Like Caesar. he had come. be had
eaen. he had succeeded He had.
by unceaaing attention 10 hlI ha-
mans business. by crying his wares
assiduously early and late. and BY
unfailing politeuew 10 bis custom
crs. amsssed a fortune.
Now. dressed tn his shiny brown
suit. q new pair OF shoes and new
black hat. he sat on the bench on
the Storage deck Of the steamer
dreaming OF the sunny land TO
which be was going
Yes. Pedro had succeeded STA
friends would rejoice with him and
his enemies would be stricken sore
IS with envy. lie would be the talk
Of that part Of Naples In which he
had been born and In which be had
grown np like = weed
stlli Pedro was not happy.
4 wise man 81 Oriental race said
a man without a wife IL but half
a man"
Pedro was but half a man. Gray
was already visible among his black
cnris. wrinkles we're plentiful IN his
healthy brOuzed face But he had
no wife. lie had lived a life Of am
tlcipatlon. Of preparation. II viii
get the money first, and then II viii
BE- easy 20 get a wifc." be had said
Nov he had the money and his
heart was longing for that dream
which had been the guiding star Of
his life
Seated on tho bench. smoking his
pipe. Pedro WAS thinking Of the
homie coming. The ship was two
days out u New York The wealth
sr vas fine and Pedro had nearly
fallen asleep when a chiid's voice
reused him. II was sweet, cheer.
ful voice, and II spoke In italian.
lie Looked toward a little girl who
was leaning on the lap Of woman
In black seated al short distance.
Something in the child's voice
reused memories IN Pedro's breast,
memories Of days when he was a
gay and care free youth In far off
Naples. when flashing dark maiden
eyes looked into his and when his
thoughts were not turned 10 the
serious thing ~ earning a living
lie took bis pipe from his mouth
and listened, while his heart beat
faster he looked with all the fire
Of his eyes rouaed again And AZ
that moment the woman turned her
head
Flee. ye th0nehfa Of wealth; be
gone. apecirea Of worldly prefer
ence avuut. dreams 81 fame. For
love. vino Is greater than You an.
Is here. Pedro was IN that moment
translated 10 he first youth Time
was not Nothing had been since
20 years before when, q lad q ~,
10 bad loved the fair Marie Her
father had not looked with favor
or bis suit and had commanded
per to marry another Il WAS FOL-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

The display OF dolls Is most be.
wilderiug
The national taste. yea. and even
the religious tendency " each child
can easily be- satisfied from the
miscellaneous collection. There is
the French doll whose acquired
vocabulary. a. yet. consists 81 only
mama" and papa. tho nurse
maid. the Quaker. the nun. the red.
cross nurse. and the Teddy bear.
What amused me the most was a
caas filled with an lncongruoua
mass Of dolls % all nations. Here
Indians poked their feathers into
the fighting viaAe~a ~ the irish.
men. Negro mammiea kiasod court.
lY FTenchmen. kaiaerlike mus.
taehed Germans warmly embraced
pompoua johnny bulls and Uncle
Sans olaspcd hands with Japanese
ladies', And GA top ~ this football
tumble 81 legs aud arms. as the
condueror ~ al. sat ifinmphantiy
the familiar form Of President
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Roosevelt. In rough-Fider uniform
with eyeglasses and teeth. not for
getting the famed grin. ~Oh. what
q fall Il this my cOuntrymen
Imagine the manly Ideal OF our
spanish war hero first buffoted
about in tho semblance OF wooIly
bear. and next appearing IN the
nursery as RAG doll. The clerk
told me that his loFdahlp Was a very
popular seller. Mothers said hia
smile pleased "snookuma" and
kept him from crying
supply Dolls Needs.
The modern doll element must
have the whereails 10 feed aud
eiothe II Therefore. tempting
array % miniature glossy stage
foods on Tiny plates are exhibited
AZ the delicatesaen table. cannot
speak for their digsstibiiity. bat
they might suit a sawduat conatifu.
ton. There are fried eggs. which.
though INCIDENTALLY hard. look an
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Well. ia an over. my buY.
sighed Mr. OIdboy. an antiqnated
bachelor Miss DeYoung has re-
fHhed me
iint / suppose abe let yon down
Easy b. promising 10 be a sister 10
you Z" reioined hts friend.
No" replied oIdboy. bitterly
She wouidn't even be grand
dsushter 20 mo"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Fred~-i've only just heard of your
marriage. old chap.
Joe-~Yes. | was married nearly
six monfhs ago
FIRED Well. Il lan't too late to Of
for congratulations. OF courRag
Joc-A little late for cougrntnla
lions. my boz. bat not for SYN
pathy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

like that faded old photograph
which even now was preserved Ia
corner Of his vsfise.
II anyone thinks they we're toe
old 70 blush. let MIN realize rlghi
now his error. A love stlfled fol
years Is a powerful force when n
gets the air OF freedom and bursts
into flame as though n had begun
10 burn In earliest youth. Pedro
trembied a. he looked AZ Marie
Then he arose aud walked awk
wardly toward her
rs II you. Marieg" he asked.
Yea. Pedro. Il is ]" she an
swered.
You are going for a visit Il
Italy, be went on. lump rlsinp
IN his throat. az he thought Of her
husband lie had hated him al
these years. and the thought Oi
meeting him was uDbearable.
Il am going to Italy--to stay.
she replied
The little girl stood BY. wonder
ing And we'll she might She had
not seen her mama 50 red checked
and breathing 20 hard before. Also
the strange man seemed to be
strangely agitated
"3ut--your husband2" asked the
strange man.
lie has been dead two years,
said Marie.
Thereafter tho little girl came 10
liko the strange man very much,
indeed For he was Jolly man,
always buying candy for her. and
besides. her mama had never looked
10 happy as when the strange man
was near And the day before the
ship reached Naples man IN a
long black robe came down from
the upper deck and read ont Of d
book 70 her mama and the strange
man And after that her mama told
her to call the good strange man
papa"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16
wHISgEY FOR LAME BACK

The Increased use of whiskcy for
lame back and rheumatism ~ caus.
ing considerable discussion among
the medical fraternity. II II an
almost infallihle cure when mixed
With certain other ingredients and
taken properly. TIE following Is
the formula
To one-haif pint % good whIskey
add one ounce Of Torfs compound
and ore ounce syrup sarsapariila
compound. Take Ia Tablespoonful
doses before each meal and before
retiring
Il IL surely worth trying by
anyone who may bc afflicted.
This ia published BY the Globe
Pharmaceutical Co. OF Chicago.
manufacturers Of Toris compound
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16
DOLLS OF ALL DEGREES BOW nv
FEAR OF TEDDYS FIERCE GAZE
Santa Claus Has Chance
TO Suit Every Little
Girls Taste.
ON MERLE WANE.

Gruwn.upa are only children CON
atructed on larger patterns.
The old folks Insist on taking the
little ones annually 60 the circus
and later delude themselves into
believing that the children derived
the moat fun out of the autios of
the clowns Neither have they out.
Grown tho fascination az the toy
shop. There is still a tender spot
for the dainty dolls aud droll
aaueaking animals.
No place In the world IL 80 aug
rcative OF Christmas aR The toy
shops during these dayal There
10 no place where one can be better
enihaaed with the ioiilty OF the holt.
days.
Can you be child again while l
tell sou OF my Wait 10 the toy dc.
paftment ~ one OF the big stores
Yesterday. ! saw many gray hair.
ed srnWnsups taking delightfully."-
long time In the selection of toys
Though they would not have owned
a they were getting much amuae'
ment ont OF A.
Il was Ike a mime vaudeville
show,
Dolls Of All Sorts.
Dolls IN abbreviated gay costumes
smiled allnrluwly FROM the cnses
and struck Daphne Pollard poses
Toys with vocal accomplishments
worked overtime. even unto the ex.
hauating point. thereby Mcchani.
cal novelties did continuous series
Of stunts that would have made a
professional acrobat ait up and take
notice And through Il all appeared
the cordial face 81 the salesman as
the eheertully satisfied stage man.
aEer
Ny. how the changing tastes ~
the modern child are catered 20 by
the manufacturer
Il surely must rack the brain u
MT Nicholas Santa Claus 90 provide
new novelties each season Stili
he has done ~ again this year aud
the rich and poor child. alike, viii
be equally remembered
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Wiley was trying 20 cheer him up
Cheer Mp. John. and don't
worry she said. III doesn't Do
any good 20 borrow trouble"
borrow trouble. echoed her
husband. Great Caesars Ehost'
Amt borrowing trouble. We got Il
10 lend
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

lowing this that Pedro had gone q
America.
Twenty years had wrought Z
change In her. But stili her hail
was black. and still her face had
ell those hneaments which he hae
loved and worshipcd all These
years. She looked to him almost
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

He wanted a kiss
From a Boston Miss
Aud she vas as mad as Tuckeri
She poused. but then
Like most young men--
No mistook her pout for q pucker'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

tho visitor 10 G-year-old Elsie. 4
suppose YOU will got married.
oh. there's hardly any doubt
about II. answered the small miss.
Every body says ] am much like
mamma, aud she has been married
three times. you know
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Messa- Ny wife'a front name IL
Emma.
hieeks Well. what II Il isg
MsekH--Oh. I merely mentioned u
for the purpose Of setting myself
Fight You may think I am hen.
pecked. but I'm net. even II do
feel slightly I'm boased al times.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Hreathes there = gtri on earth 90.
day. with hair that's slowly farming
gray, who In the mirror scans her
head and ne'er untu herself hath
said. a. aho lets out a soulful algh !:
= really think ought To dyer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Hariow-whavs skinner doing
noNf
bsrlow-ife'a la the pail business.
Harlow--pAii buaineaa7
Harlow Yes. running a bucket
shop.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Brown--The game of f00l0aIl
seems 20 b. a mechanical business.
Green-iiow'e that7
Hrown--PrlncipRiiy fall and
tackle. you know
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Cyer-scribbics f. engaged In q
novel industry.
Myer-So7 What's he dOiugf
Writing novel.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Little wiiiie-say. pa. what 10 a
strRtcEerm7
Pa--Thc diamond. my son. 10 ono
Kind of a strata gem"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16
BE SURE TO GIVE SOME USELESS PRESENT

Generally speaking Christmas presents may be divided
into two classes-"useiul" and useless"
Each good aud each has its place It depends entirely
on who is TO set the present.
Generally speaking useful presents should be given TO
people who do need them That is the who afford
buy the best and plenty should be given socks and gloves
aud such things The who but little limited IN the
qualification OF her shopping instincts should set present
the and the furniture
But grownups don't make much difference way or the
other at Christmas time the day day for children
The child who have toy almost any day in the
year the upon whom waste at Christmas To
such LEI there given the shoes the Jackets and
similar ueediul things
But let the useless things be given those who have bat
little than necesSares all the year around Let the
with the shiny receive bit OF ewery pipe lei
the work a-day be given trle OF feminine luxury
little useless extravaganza that could not possibly be IN
dulged in any day OF the year except December 2S.
Most Of all let the child Of poverty be spared present
Of something that !, actually needs aud mus, have
What ghastly perverson OF the spirit Of Christmas is
let the child shyer half through the winter that may
have present Christmas Of a coatl
Let the useful things be bought other day. bat for
Christmas itself let the pennies OF the poor go for something
which has but and tina, delight Let the very
iessncss OF the gift such eases love the
flee and the giving spirit OF the holiday
To think Of coupling the spirit Of charity and that o. Christ
giving utterly impossible thing Charity duty
obligation and right while Christmas giving just break
ing down OF artificial social barriers and being children Of
nature and Of God for day In the Christmas spirit
ogne that all children OF the father all
brothers and sseand shall give the little brother Of the
poor Of shoes aud little brother 81 the House % Have
a coaster and his sister a big doIyl
No: however small the gift let's have II real Christmas
gFtot bit OF charity sneaked December 2s IN order
tofsayc money and salve souls with double credit
senator bailey soulant have been the first man to laugh whoa
me president discaimed all graft
-
with the Subway franchise applications
FALSE" linguistic power
shorter ugier words.
Ole should
lengthy lengths
bateshpa venezue.
Yacht
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Hereditary.
And when you grow up." said
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

Senator TO iauEh
nal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

just Ike a Man.
For some time they had beer
holding down q couple Of chairs In
the pafior.
Went Jon play something for
me-" he asked. slancing toward the
piano
4 fear" she said deprecafingly,
my music IL too poor 20 give you
enjoyment"
"Oh. but do enjoy II. he replied
assuriugly II doesn't take much
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

TO satisfy me IN the tine Of music.
you know"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

ubeIOus false linguistic horse power both
nd ugfe
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

underground connection
with subway franchise applications.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16
OSCAR UHD ADOLF GET NEWS FLASHES

Dose choan commedus Pause the Days ooinas
od Form IN Front o. the hemorsslsehss Taesesu Office
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

"A man VINO
wants en- earth
gen rally finds
tht m earth
don't want him. :
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

on form Ole sanE By
lengthy lengths
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-16

bat.esAIpa
Ian Yacht club
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-20

TT ERE is something really funny.
1t was published by an uncon-
IL scious wit in contemporary
newspaper: practically all the wealthy
women in Montreal are wives or
daughters of Frenchmen. This does
not seem astonishing in view of the
great preponderance Of the French
population, until one learns that al
most all the poor are French, too-in
other words, the English Canadians in
that city are between the extremes
There are the Shaughnessys and Van
Hornes and Robertsons and perhaps
a dozen other families in the million
aire class"
The reader with a sense of humor
will not need to be instructed to laugh
at the pleasant mental confusion which
classes as Englishmen the ultra Hiber-
MAN Shaughnessys, the double Dutch
Van Hornes and the emphatically
Scotch Robertsons, the modern repre-
sentatives Of the great clan Dundon-
nachie.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-20
DEFINES SOCIAL EVIL AS
BEING BOTH VICE AND CRIME

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17.-[Editor
Herald: That there is distinction
between vice and crime of course I did
not deny. But that does not negative
the fact that the same offense may at
the same time be both a vice and a
crime. OF such nature is the social
evil. 1t is vice and also a crime, in
the same sense that a horse may be
classed as an animal and as a quad
ruped.
Prostitution is not a crime in the
minds of men because the law so
classes it. Rather the law classes it in
that category because the public mind
first placed 1t there. Law is crystallized
public opinion, and it is elastic because
public opinion changes. Even the
meaning of words, that rock on which
Mr. Severance leans, changes. Webster
had no power from on high; he only
defined words as they are used by the
best authors.
The fact that anti-social-evil law
are not enforced is not because tho
offense is not crime, but because it IL
a crime through which profit Is respon'
sible Again, lawmakers have beer
known to violate the laws against muir.
der, assault, robbery and arson, yet
those offenses are none the less crimes,
My injury from the social evil, az
from all other crimes, is as a part OF
the community. Especially am l in
jured by the crime of prostitution.
which is aggressive and which in
sinuates its agents, both men and
women, into the society where l must
raise my children, with all the prob.
ability of harm it may do them.
G. H. CHURCHILL.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-20
RAILROAD GoUGE

A HEAVY penalization of California
"a industries is involved in the rail-
"A road plan to increase freight rates
on January 1, 1909. Why Prosperity
Week should have been chosen as a
fit and proper time for making an an
nouncement of an unjust and out
rageous tax on California prosperity
would be incomprehensible If we were
not familiar with the railroads dis
dainful disregard of the proprieties'
Perhaps indeed the announcement may
have been inspired by the noise of the
prosperity captains and their shouting.
In California more goods are canned
for preservation or export than in any
other state. Therefore the canned
goods industry attracted the especial
attention Of the railroads.
Canned goods going east now pay 70
cents per 100 pounds, but after Janu-
airy / they will be taxed So cents per
100 pounds-and TAXED is the correct
word. The new tariff applies between
Pacific coast points and all eastern
territory; in general, all points from
the Missouri river to the Atlantic coast
It will be impossible to make a profit
and at the same time pay the proposed
increase. It is certain to have seri-
Gus effect on this important industry,
which should be a great source OF
legitimate wealth to the farmers,
ranchers and workers of California, if
the railroads would allow them to reap
the reward Of their skill and industry.
Dried fruits in boxes and sacks, an
other great California industry, must
pay extra toll to the railroad overlords.
All Industries that use machinery are
affected by the change, which taxes
machinery by an increase ranging from
$40 TO $3.50 per 100 pounds; and not
only will machinery imported for spe-
cial uses in connection with California
industries be taxed, but machinery
made in California and freighted to
other parts of the country will have to
pay the extra toll.
Without going into details, we may
state generally that everything of i'm
portance pertaining to the useful in
dustries or forming in itself a useful
industry Is taxed. Apparently foresee-
ing criticism, the railroad managers
introduced brilliantly ridiculous ex-
ception into their gouge list.
west bound, the charge on cram
berries is reduced from $3.50 to s1.75."
cranberries! At the most, between
twenty and twenty-five carloads of
cranberries constitute the seasons
shipment to local points, while
hundreds of thousands of car
loads of California fruit go east,
and these hundreds of thousands OF
carloads, representing great Califor-
MIA Industry, will pay extra toll to the
railroads. Railroad magnates who give
interviews to the eastern papers, in
which they tell loftily how they are
encouraging California Industries, have
a quaint sense of humor.
This sense of humor is also illus
trated by the manner in which they
inserted a joker in the Prosperity Week
celebration.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-20
Bee BuzzeS Sdrc0SfiCdIIy
on Railways and Prosperity

dustry In California, and so be highly
beneficial to the state. Our shoemakers
will also be cheered and encouraged by
the raise of boots and shoes. And as
for the touching up of the hardware
men and plumbers, no one need feel
concerned
In countries less free than the United
States, railroads are either owned or
controlled by the government, so that
rates are not raised, save through Off
cial approval, If at all, and accordingly
in such oppressed lands there is less
evidence of prosperity. In Canada, for
instance, a new freight tariff must first
be filed with the government railroad
commission before it can go into effect,
and it may be arbitrarily rejected by
that body. But no such obstructive
policy prevails in this couhtry.
1t is true that the tyrannical and
usurping Roosevelt has shouted for
more meddling with the railroad bust
ness by the interstate commerce COM
mission, but, thank heaven; the cleo
ton of Taft and a Republican congress
has put an end to the harassing and
injurious policies known as Roosevelt
ism. There is now every assurance that
Transportation will flourish, unhindered
by visionary and impracticable schemes
of so-called regulation, which is only
another name for interference with the
private business of corporations.
Prosperity has arrived. 1t is here to
stay.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-20
ASTOUNDING

w E HAVE the word Of our es-
w teemed and respectable morn
ing Republican contemporary
for an astonishing story which. if 1t
had been published in almost any other
newspaper we would have rejected and
denounced as a scandalous, libelous.
preposterous and outrageous fake" In
an exclusive dispatch published by our
contemporary is the statement: "Ac-
cording to DR.. Lyman B. Sperry of OBJ
erin, Ohio, Nicholas Longworth claims
TO have caused a great reformation in
the character of his wife. formerly Alice
Roosevelt. He told friend of mine re-
Gently, DR.. sperry said in public ad-
dress in Des Moines. that he had sue
ceeded in reducing the number OF cigar
cites Mrs. Longworth smoked from
forty to twenty a day"
Probably it is true that Longworth
made the statement, because he is an
inveterate joker, and if anyone asked
him whether his wife smoked cigar
cites, Nicholas. instead Of shifting this
interrogation nightly on the jaw. would
be apt to say, ''Why. sure. She used
to get away with forty a day, but
have managed to persuade her to re-
duce her allowance to twenty" But
DR.. Sperry and our Republican con-
temporary both accept Mr.. Longworth's
statement literally, and jointly assert
that Alice Roosevelt Longworth used to
smoke forty cigarettes per day, and
now consumes twenty.
Our Republican contemporary will
probably agree with US that Alice's
early training must have been neg
iected shockingly. And she is setting
frightfully bad example to the young
women of the nation. If she is awake
for sixteen hours of every day. Alice
according to the story published In the
Republican morning paper, consumes
over one cigarette per hour, and used
to burn up more than two every hour.
How did she manage to survive the
ordeal?