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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21

With the matinee today and the
performance tonisht At the Grand.
ship AhnY" will close 4 survessfni
week Commencing tomorrow, sun
day ersHink. Ferris Hartman and his
eemrsnY Wiil inauEufats thsir
twelfth and last week u continuous
success With sumptuaus production
nf the faniastis musical comedy
The Taymatsr In witch farfis
Hartman viii b. seen a. johannes
ngFeuheimers tho eccentric toy
maker u luxembourg
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21

The final performance Of the
current hin az the star theatfs will
be given tonight and tomorrow
hs a. follows
James y nalau aHd Ida lsanhAff
In Mr Dollars latest farce. rhs
hiEh Toned Burglars ehfistnaa
Tree the Three Migrants. Italian
street singers liiiis Sharp and
Beatrice Tursh, In novel ainHing
daneins aud dialogue act unfothy
Vaughn. samsdisnuu u much re-
raWn Maude Caswrii and arthur
Arnold the barrel bumper 10 a
ndsaeh IN new illustrated sons.
and motion pictures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21

At Luna fafk tsaisht a. free
attraction Fred Meitlfis viii leap
from an so.feot ladder into small
tank II water. the surface q Whirh
still contaia harnirs oil The act
viii b repeated sunday afterncen
and evening" and all week Ths Il
sauaa eiown band, uaeis Hiram and
MIS- piH and @nedelia. Will be seen
also one u the newest features
Il a sulphut-hottam whale seikhinK
90 tons.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21

FAsHIsGTON. Ang. u. = When
4 hciie neet arrives at Manila.
HI. under the command Of
p Admiral Sehree. an attempt to
4 ne eight afmored cruisers for
laalnx and painting within a per.
Y seven days viii BE- made. ac-
rt,s 70 an announcement made
ss offieea Of the navy depart.
-, iodaT.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21
MILLIONS FOR RAILROAD.
IN. Iuit.a rtes.1

ST. PAUL, MINI. Aug 2L-Rep.
tesenting J. Pierpont Morgan. Fred
II GARNER and George W Stevens
today. at a foreclosure safe. pur'
chased the Chicago Great Western
railroad for ti2.O0o. 900 The com
pany will be reorganized with q
capital stock Of fs6 600 900
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21
WOMEN AID IN BATTLE.

MADRID. Aug. u. - Moorish
women today are aiding the Riff
trlbesmen IN pressing the adyan
tage secured In the fighting against
the Spanish troops. In aud around
Melilla, Reports state that The
tfihoamen had won a decisive vie.
tory from General Marina. IN com
mand Of the Spanish troops.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21
GAS MAY PROPEI.
u. s. BATTLESHlPS

WASHINGTON. Aug. ai-Ths
possibility d the gas engine fsplac-
ins the ordinary steam engine now
In use for tho propulsion d battle
ships Ia foreshadowed In a rapor, to
tho bureau Of steam engineering n
tho navy BY Commander W. W
White and Lieut.. Commander John
X Robinson Roth o. these officers
have made extensive Investigations
and report marked progress in the
construction Of the gas engine on
land.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21
AD|hET OFFICIALS
Ply VISIT To TAFT

BEVERLY. Mass. Aug. a.
hEi<rf Tar was visited today
n ltsss members OF the cabinet
eersHr MAeveash Of the treas.
~, ssrrstary Meyer OF the navy.
Atisrnsy General wlckcfsham.
Niekersham talked over
, proposed changes IN the inter.
- commerce laws. which vill
J orsidsrsd at a conference in
~ Yofk soon. Meyer conferred
= TAFT about routine affairs Ia
, sasy department.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21

Ths new hi a. The fais INCLUDES
the anasact ffama. -Ors Of thr
ulfis" Il was written especially for
Miss Aiii@en May
Martin aud Gresham come with a
comedy skit called The Man from
out There De Hafpaft and scott
have a new musical act HsFelle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21

and isaff are clever ring artists
Miss Mandains phillips siHsa vii
liam haac u trick dAnaer. Eve.
lfu CLARK viii continue tn sinK pie
10 until u ociark
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21

iens Love. the new and popular
measa soprano. will sing the Illus.
tfafed song neat week
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21

the bill At the orpheam for the
coming week. beginning with to-
noffuNs matinee. promises much
-clrcumstantiai Evidence the feat.
are act. IL BY Harrison Armstrong
There are ~ people In this one .art
comedy drama. running y minutes
without a woman In the cast. The
plot deals with the workings u =
larry who are locked up In a iury
room 70 reach a verdict.
IA Nynn And AZ Lee sill present
Fifiit~n Frrshmau Charles
hgnteh. an Furupr1r fuFrirr VIII
augment his Juggling ~ comedy
affects. obtained with the aid 81 Ms
assistant Rosa s,fouch and Os0rss
Weleh will dance. sing and 90 aero
battle work
Harry Richards. well known IL
comic opera fields, assisted by Miss
Dorothy Daley ard Miss Adele Yer.
suson. Will present an operatin
called Love u Mode The Three
Musical Iohnstons promises much.
Mics HHfh stone. a topsy-turyy toe
dancer. will Try 10 outriFai hcr sue.
essses IN Charles Frohman's musical
comedies.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21

HMenstrkei' % This Mystic nail.
an original illusion. IL one u the
fantaEss' hsadlinsfa opening Mon
day. Mefsaguais COMEDY gntkatuos.
troupe Of clever trained birds. will
be a freord f~atnre next seek Mis-.
kei. Hunt a Miller. two men and q
" ne aiss rs ,slt, sSs''9 g,ass
Jones aud iiiilan Walton. IN q rural
comedy sketch. The CeantrY coua-
In will be = comedy eiamsnt %
the show Arthur remlnE ~ black
face comedy. 10 also booked 70 APP
pear. and chaa and Ada khimo. a
team u Hcofch singers and dancers.
viii be another feature Miss lie.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-21
BILLY COAT
! SPOILED HIS
BIC CHANCE
r.,o,i,ion Officials Did
NJ, Like Looks Of the
poyal Butter" and do
No. Join the T. M. A.'s.

=. snai spoiled IDS own game.
~',ler on tln cans, etc, made
~ 100 sleek and when he APP
~ a tho coueesslonaircs pa
a he Pay Streak Yesterday
Z he exposition officials held
" Az hands IN holy horror and
N Az the tall timheu
iss. ulsht As a starter to the 7,
~, tolngs on the PAY Streak. It
:, announced that President Chill.
VI v spa nirrctof General Nadeau
N h given the honorary degree
VI ~ organization and ride the
Wien the time arrived
',r.sr q the exposition officials
~ b heated
Detectives Fat,
nv WAppcns,oin sent his best
=, AZ IN al directions 10 locate
4, ~ hut at o'clock this morn.
:. he oiliccrs returned and simply
e.,,s that neither Mr. Chllhefg
= NJ. Nadcau could be found In
ss'tle
NJ crowd Of theatrical people
! a. spanish theatre waiting for
y Ar event we're disappointed
4 bsfere the hixh iinks broke up
4 / O'Clock this morning rorris
nrran recelted a wireless from
N cAllbsrr. the latter stating that
4 soaht the Intentions OF the T.
las to 90 him no harm In being
,srrsled vas o. K. but he saw the
~ first and Immediately rnt hop
\. wireless failed 10 state where
n chilherr was and up to this
,arncoa Mr. Nadeau has not even
~ lcfated. Roth Of the eaposl
~ officials viii b. obligated when
h slai Is less animated
Dig polnas Begin.
mere was Bis doings on the Pay
srak. however, without the chief
mn. ny II O'Clock the cars ar.
shr Al the exposition brought
lsis Of theatrical people Many
nfAsd there In autos and taxicabs
NJ Spanish theatre vas packed at
rt,ishf then the curtain went up
nj stunts never before dreamed Of
efs pulled off Every theatre In
kat'k ras represented and every
u1panF fafned out bis. From Fer.
= Hartman down 10 the wardrobe
wa. the Hartman Opera com.
~ vas represented TO a mem.
y Many circus performers we're
~ And they went over to Tacoma
y norning 10 be roady for the
Hzis and performances there to.
y
TER were all kinds Of rnosl
lfs 70 eat and drink. Everybody
y The time OF hts life and the
Eni'tees having the arrange.
Eu IN charge worked like Tro.
y 7. NJ, A. day at the EXPO.
- Will be remembered as the
! day By all theatrical people.
The Appeal., 1909-11-27
Phosphorescent Forests.

The phosphorescence of certain,
agaries Of Borneo has more than once
demoralized the superstitious natives
and astonished whites. Some years
ago a party Of English engineers
found 1t necessary to survey tract
Of low lying country which was al.
most impenetrable, and to blaze the
trail natives were employed to work
at night, others during the day. The
former came into camp one night
stating that they could not go through
a portion Of the bush or forest. strange
Spirits on the trees telling them that
evil would befall them if they con.
tinued. The Spirits" proved to be a
magnificent display of phosphores.
cense emanating from agaries< grow.
ing upon the dead limbs of the trees,
These vegetable fire bodies were
traced for considerable distance
producing most remarkable exhibit.
ton, the light in some places being 50
brilliant that it was difficult to be.
lieve that the forest was not aflre. Ia
test the brilliancy the men held pa,
pers near the most brilliant protions
and read by the light.
The Appeal., 1909-11-27

can see, too, a dainty blonde miss OF
exquisite feature and coloring who
seems to have little in the world to do
except to sit just where the passing
throngs can get glimpse of her fresh
lovellness. Why is that store crowded
with customers while another confec
tlonery shop further down the street
languishes for want of trade? The
sweets in the one shop may be no bet
ter than those in the other, but the
Iattractiveness of the blonde saleswom
an furnishes the one thing needful in
business-the initiative.
In these days of greatest competi
ton among merchants, it was a clever
man indeed who first realized the ire.
mendorls attraction of a pretty WON.
ans face for shoppers, women as well
as men. For, don't for moment think
that the potency of these fair young
women is felt only by the opposite
sex.
Bertha, the Beautiful Sewing Ma
chine GIRL can go on hiding her beau.
ty in the dusty factory, where it
seems, after all, she has had a hard
time of it, but if Bertha is really so
beautiful she can be happily prosper.
GUS by giving legitimate publicity to
her fresh, wholesome charms. And
that's what many Berthas are doing
today in Philadelphia, and it's good
thing all around. It won't spoil Ber.
tha if she's the right sort of girl. and
won't hurt the shopping public to look
upon bright, pretty faces"
The Appeal., 1909-11-27
TALKS ON BEAUTY
Employed to Stimulate Indus
tries, Says Hattie Williams.
Actress Says Good Looks Are Asset Il
Business and Scouts Idea That
Ugly Women Are Most
Useful

adelphia.-"This is the age OF
beauty in the business world" says
Hattie Williams, the star of "Detec.
tive Sparkes," now playing at the
Garrick theater.
Mark me, I do not mean the beau.
tiful age, but the age of beauty. We
have come to the time when a sweet,
piquant, a bewitching face is quite
as important factor in legitimate
business as price or quality of wares,
convenience of mart or effective ad.
vertising.
"Woman-good-looking woman-has
at last found sphere of honest en-.
deavor that cannot but appeal to her
the legitimate exploitation of the
goods she is paid to show off, Paris
led the way in this new field of en-.
deavor and Philadelphia has rapidly
fallen into line.
Next to the French capital I know
OF no city where the fairness of its
daughters is SO effectively used for
honest business purposes.
Let me explain Let us walk down
chestnut street. = We drift along with
the stream of shoppers until that
stream becomes jammed in front of a
big show window. There in the win.
dow sits girl of SURPRISING fairness.
Her beautifully shaped head, crowned
With wealth of glossy black hair, is
Dent over a new model sewing ma
chine. She is intent on her work and
we are intent on the picture she
makes. 1t is probably a very fine, up
to-date sewing machine, but it could
stay in that window for many weeks
and not attract crowd.
1.-The man whose business it is to
sell that machine knows his business
and knows it we'll. The combination
OF girl and machine is a pleasing one
and the impression is lasting.
Further down the street there is a
shop with big windows, through which
we see heaps of confections, and we
The Appeal., 1909-11-27
Court House at Reno,

corroboration of the plaintiff and pro-
cedure under court rules are so exact
ing and irksome that the desired re-
llet sought by the applicant is rend-
cred impossible of attainment, and the
client, when consulting local counsel,
is almost invariably advised that he
has no remedy. In Nevada the appli-
cant, without deception or fraud, upon
almost any charge from which lack
OF harmonious relations may be rea-
sonably inferred, may apply to our
courts and secure prompt results by
decree of absolute divorce, valid and
binding in law
Upon the passage of the new law
Nevada promptly succeeded to the
| easy divorce crown that formerly char
acterized South Dakota, the people of
| which state one year ago made it's
| requirements harder and the time of
required residence one year. It need.
ed only the filing of suits there by
such well-known persons as Nat Good
win, Margaret Ellington (Mrs. Daniel
Frohman) and others Of stage circles,
with the consequent wide advertising,
to cause stampede in that direction
of hundreds, many of whom married
at leisure and repented in haste.
Reno is city of $4,000 population,
acting as a supply center to the vast
mining areas of Nevada, and being the
site of the State University, the Mac
kay School Of Mines, big Carnegie
library and other institutions. It is
known as the city of the finest
churches and homes in. the state. It
has every modern equipment in the
way of paved streets, traction service,
waterworks, lighting, etc. Not only
is it a center Of intellectual attain
ment and wealth, but it is a railroad
center and Of climatic and scenic note.
Intersecting it is Nevada's most beau
tiful mountain stream, the Truckee
river, on which the government is
spending millions, and surrounding it
is the richest agricultural land of that
region. --t
With all these and other advan.
tages Reno Immediately grabbed the
larger part of the divorce industry.
The Appeal., 1909-11-27

eight months. The satraps of the Can
non machine will hold a meeting and
pick some man to go to Cannon and
tell him that for the safety of the sys.
TEN he must announce Immediately
his retirement.
The domination of Cannon over his
heutenants is such that any one of
them would rather meet death than to
face the speaker on this proposition,
because Cannon has no intention of re-
firing, and will not take kindly to the
Suggestlon; but he is impossible, and
MS leutenants know it and fear that
II ne continues as a factor he will
carry the system down with him.
"They know that for their own good
me system must be saved. They are
guarding three propositions.
The first is the right in the speak.
ership of inquisitorial recognition. The
second, the power which the system
will do everything to preserve, even
to eliminating the present speaker, is
the power of the appointment of com,
nittees, under which, as is we'll
known, part of the house control
hinges
The third factor of control which
the machine will try to preserve is the
membership of the speaker on the
committee on rules.
The condemnation of Cannon can
no longer be identified as sectional. ]
am in receipt of letters from nearly
every section of the country, official
and private alike, and all tell the same
tale OF widespread determination to
veto the power of this man.
Cannon may not know that he is
gone, probably does not, but his lieu.
tenants know it, and from this time
on their whole endeavor will be to
save the system and transmit, unim.
paired, it's machinery to another per.
sonality."
The Appeal., 1909-11-27

IL is stated officially that upward
OF six hundred persons have establish
ed residence in this city and have
either filed divorce proceedings or will;
40 so as soon as they have been here
SIX months. Every train brings new:
applicants, and every part of the Unit
ed States is already represented by.
tnose who have found marriage a
failure.
The new Nevada divorce law is,
perhaps, the most elastic ever entered
on the statutes of any state. It was
enacted by the legislature to attract
immigration and money to the state
in the popular belief that every new
arrival would make more or less of an
investment in the vast mining and
other industries of Nevada. The plain
tiff must reside in the state for at least
six months. He or she need not live
there continuously, but may leave the
state, at any time, returning and fl
ing suit when six months have passed
after legally establishing a domicile.
Here is what Reno divorce special
ist says in treatise on the procedure
required: 'While the laws in other
states generally contain some provi-
sion for the dissolution of the mar
riage tie, it is obvious that in cases
where extreme cruelty, desertion and
failure to provide form the basis of
the grievance, the laws in such states
offer no substantial relief to the ag-
grieved party because the require
ments of proof, duration of offense,
The Appeal., 1909-11-27

cotton There are more new cOCLOu k1uSS anu
princes to-day than ever before Practically all OF
+hoeo ore southerners who have had an expert
knowledge of this staple Most of them have been
cotton planters themselves large scale, and all
their lives they have been studying cotton, its
growth and it's overwhelming markets.
Almost every day there have been rumors fly
ing about as to what Patten doing in cotton
But curiously enough there has been never a word
said about the real bull leader in the cotton mar
ket the man who has been the biggest speculator
in this staple, and who recently has jumped into
the multi-mlonaire Glass; Eugene G. Scales OF
Dallas, Tex. Scales is the most towering bull
probably, that the cotton market ever has known
Patten is piker beside him. Even the celebrated
Mr.. Sully in his palmiest days never operated on
such huge basis as Scales has been in the last
eight months.
This and mighty muti-milionaire in the cot
ton market has steadfastly kept himself in the
background. He IS amateur speculator, how
ever, for five years ago he in one of the Suly
campaigns and retired from the fight with several
large dents in his financial armor. But he
has won back all his losses and lot more.
Some among the many others who know cotton
and have won big fortunes through Its rise In price
are Fergus Reid of Norfolk, Va; Morris H. Roth.
sch1ld of Woodville, Miss; William P. Brown OF
New Orleans and Louis s. Berg Of Mississippi
Berg had charge of the Chalmette terminals at
New Orleans not long ago and was hard-working
railorad man. little later he pieced together q
them into an effective and profitable system Then,
with modest fortune, he came to New York. and
since then has been making money out OF cotton.
And so the list runs on. Hardly name among
the thousands OF new millionaires is familiar to
New Workers. They are practically unknown out.
side of the small communities they came from in
the west and south They live in the costest suites
IN the most expensive New York hotels Next
summer, If they have no setback they will begin
leasing or buying palaces at Newport, Bar Har-
Dor or other places where the socially elect are
supposed to live. Then they will begin trying to
break through the imaginary inclosure with which
society" surrounds ITSELF There are so many Of
these new milionaires that perhaps like the incur.
sion of a new race they will overwhelm and con.
quer the relatively small group Of people who have
been priding themselves on having their wealth for
decade or more. At any rate, the names Of most
OF these new milionaires probably will be read for
the first time In print in the next years books OF
social registry which form the nearest approach to
the directory Of the peerage that the plutocracy
America knows.
The Appeal., 1909-11-27

v1dually with any degree of accuracy Compare
lively few Of the old band of millionaires have
Jailed to add materially to their fortunes since the
panic. There are some it is true, who more
or less disabled in those days, and the period that
predeced them who have not succeeded in win
ming back their lost money and prestige; some
VINO were In the Inflated trust companies, others
OF the insurance crowd, and on. But those
who held on and were able to weather the storms
nave been lifted up and richer than ever.
Not only that, but large number of new groups
of great financial strength has been developed.
There is the Hawley group, for instance which
has made millions and millions in the rise in val
ues of railway shares. Edwin Hawey, the head
OF this coterie, was not big Wall street figure
until within the last so, but of late he has
added immeasurably to his wealth and to his DOW
er as a transportation king.
Among those of his friends who have climbed
into the chariot of the plutocrats is Frank A. Van
derlip, the president of the National City bank.
He is reputed to have made more than million
out of Chesapeake & Ohio and Union Pacific.
When he assistant secretary of the treasury
a few years ago Vanderlip was of very
moderate means and lived in modest little fiat
in Washington. After he came to New York his
wealth increased somewhat; but only since the
first of this year has he entered the millionaire
class
Another of the Hawley group who is one of the
new crop of multimillionaires is banker named
Scott, who piled up small fortune, dollar by dol
lar, in Richmond, Va, and who has increased it
many fold of late in Wall street. Still another of
the same group is Robert Fleming He was not
poor man when the rise in stocks began, but he is
said to be very rich one now. Then there is
new crop OF Union Pacific millionaires, Southern
Pacific millionaires, Wabash Rock Island and
many other groups of new milionaires who have
become wealthy by the tremendous upturn of the
shares they were interested in. Some Of these
were millionaires before the beginning of this
year; these have now moved up to the multi
millionaire class.
There quite as many who have for
tunes in the field Of industrial stocks especially In
United States Steel common. One of these-more
than millionaire when he began buying Steel
is Frank A. Munsey, the publisher. He Is said to
have started his Steel purchases two years ago,
when the stock was around "a, and to have accu-
mulated total of 100000 shares at very low
prices. His winnings are estimated at more than
$5.O00.o00
These instances, taken at random, give an indi-
cation Of the thousands Of fortunes that have
The Appeal., 1909-11-27
new DIVORCE MILL
Reno, New, Has Corner on Quick
Decree Business.
Law Recently Enacted in Nevada
Makes the City Mecca for Those
Who Would Cure Marital
Woes.
Reno, Nev.-A popular song of the
summer has been changed to fill a
new want and now reads:

My wife has gone to Reno
Hooray; hooray!
The Appeal., 1909-11-27
Noted Old Tavern Still Standing.

The old Whitney tavern in Shelby.
willie, Tenn, erected in 1910, is still in
a good state of preservation. It is
built of cedar logs, which are chinked
and pointed between, and with the
exception of the renewing of the
weather boarding and shingles it has
undergone no change. The large stone;
chimneys, with their broad fireplaces.s
are still in as perfect condition asi
when Gen. Jackson and other noted
personages were entertained there.
Later it was occupied as a residence
by Thomas Holland.
Z, In the days Of overland travel com.
modious stables were kept in connec.
tion for the purpose of taking care Of
the horses and vehicles Of the guests.
also the stage coaches which ran be.
tween Nashville and southern points
in Alabama and Mississippi. Chris.
tian Science Monitor.
The Appeal., 1909-11-27
The Red Cross Stamp.

president of the society. The STAMP
this year is similar in design to the
one used last year. The 1908 stamp
sale netted the society $4,000, all of
which was used in the fight against
the tubercular baccilli.
The stamps are sold to Christmas
shoppers who in their turn put them
on all the packages and Christmas
greetings which they send to their
friends and relatives.