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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE TACOMA TIMES
Standpatters Last Chance

accomplish the defeat the peoples will the task the stand
pates of Washington have set for themselves
machine practically admits that Pondexter will the state
believe will all other
deprived Washington and the
politicians going to try to do it.
conference of the andpat forces said held last week in the
hotel laid the the
hodover senators be bomard them from falling
line for In the primaries the stand line
be handled the legislature Candidates like O. W. Barlow
and yesterday who refuse pledge themselves the peoples choice and
like Mitchell who only took the pledge be pushed
office possible that things controlled
When the legislature the first thing that to be tackled before the
senatorial question amend the primary law eliminating the
will not
the repeating that
offer flmsy
legislators for needing the the and the get
ting will
But all this and shemng to be for naught
The people beginning to take interest in the legislative contests
that legislature
gent al well as the
The people want to rule
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
RURAL SPELLnKINS.

For this game, collect a num-
Der of long straws and stand
them up to meet at the top and
spread out like haystack at the
bottom. Now get two good little
sticks, and make "a hook at the
end of each with a big crooked
PIN. Each player takes a hook in
turn, and tries to remove a strw
without shaking or throwing down
any of the other ones.
The one who cleyerly succeeds
in moving straw under these
scores one: and he or
she who gets most straws wins
the game.
Sometimes the straws are
marked to count two or three, or
four, and are called king, queen
or bishop. The king removed
counts four, the queen three, the
bishop two. The straws thus re-
moved should be larger than the
rest, or have a tiny flower stuck
in.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
MAY DEW.

For this game the children di-
vide into two parties, one party
being called the roses, the other
the dew seekers. The children ON
one side are provided each with a
leaf, and advance singing
May dew May dew,
Here we come gathering May dew,
Early i'm the morning.
The roses reply
Our pretty cups are fun of dew,
Full of dew, full of dew,
Which we will GLADLY give to you
EARLY i'm THE morning.
The roses then all bow their
heads. The leader touches one
with a leaf, and the two then take
hands, and try which cam pull her
over to the other side. If the dew
gathsrer succeeds in pulling the
rose over to her side, she joins
that party, and THE game begins
again. in the same words.
The party which draws the
greater number Wins.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
He ADMINISTERED A SHARP
KICK.

Owing to a peculiar buffer, shock
absorbing construction, the wear
er may be thrown from the Singer
building and escape the slightest
discomfort. The suit is perfectly
buoyant, and a compressed air
storage system within the armor
enables the wearer to breathe for
months, even If submerged at THE
oceans bottom. In short, my
dear SIR as ]. stand before you, l
am impregnable, invinclble, indie
structtble. DO you not see the
glorious possibilities of my prop
ositicn?"
]. Glfdden Bondervelt arose
from the desk. 'It sounds wela,' .
he replied, "but I ann a man of
action rather than words. You
have taken some minutes of my
valuable time in explanations. I
shall take but a minute of yours
in tests"
The financier was a powerfully
blIdbt man. Stepping behind Lur-
cher. he administered a sharp
kick Instantly there was slight
ripping sound and a deafening ex-
plosion. Bonderreat and Lurcher
were hurled with terrific force
tihnough a small antechamber and
across q wide corridor. The room
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
DaiWSborfSforv
BY Stuart Ii. Stone.

The pale, red-eyed, aong-haired
man, who had managed to get
past the small army of porters
and secretaries surrounding the
eminent parsonage of ]. Glidden
Bondervelt, approached the ma
hogany desk.
Sir" he asked in tremulous
falsetto, do you wish to have
your stupendous fortune trebled
within years timer"
Bondervelt, sapprehensive of
cranks, reached for a button. But
the invader, noting the action, re-
assured him.
do not be alarmed. / carry NO
dynamite or internal contrivances.
I am merely offering you the first
opportunity of becoming the fin
ancial and physical master of the
world"
Bondervelt, about to press the
button, desisted. your scheme?"
AC AOuhdlIuSu. De DTIeI.
The visitor swept his lean hand
over his own figure. cat this mo-
ment ! am wearing a suit SO com
posed and constructed as to defy
the forces of man and nature"
Bondeyelt scanned the invaders
figure. To his scrutinizing gaze
There appeared nothing extraor-
binary i'm teh shabby brown wor-
sted- The inventor, however,
quickly explained.
THE suit Dis beneath my ordin-
airy clothes and next to my person.
while encassd therein, no human
power can shoot, burn. cut. smoth-
or or asphyxiate me. / can defy
railroad accident, !confiagratiom
steamship wreck, aeroplane mis-
hap-any and all human or earth
ly mischance.
The financier was frowning alb
sorbedly. THE details?" me ask
ed cartay.
listen" said the inventor.
"This suit. on which 1 have work
ed for q decade. Is composed of a
new. secret, metalldc textile call
ID Larcherite--my own name be-
hg Lurcher This substance Is
- such a nature and 30 woven as
20 def@ct amy bullet or shot that
Aiey - a,nrlad against Ct. The
&cttoss Same cannot even heat <.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
Ara bia m N. .....s.
n g h ( S ''': :'. 70, s.' BOYS
SINBAD THE SAILOR

My father was a wealthy mer
chant, and / his only child.
grew up a spoiled, selfish boy
whose only knowledge of none!
was that it was made for me tt
spend. 1t was no wonder theI
that when my father died l very
quickly spent all the money hi
had left me, except enough to fl
out trading ship.
We set sail and steered for the
far-off Indies. Once we anchored
at a little island, and some of us
landed. But while we were feast.
| ing here, the ground suddenly
shook as though there were an
Earthquake. In fright the COM
pany got back on the boat. l.
however, was exploring the other
side of the island. AS / hurried
back, the island moved again, and
gradually disappeared beneath the
water. Then l found out that
what / had taken for an island
was really the back of great sea-
monster. In the meantime, my
friends, thinking l was on board,
hoisted sail and disappeared, and
l was left at the mercy of the
waves. All day and all night /
swan, until my strength was
gone. Just as l was resigning my
self to my fate the waves threw
me againts an island-a real one
this time. I was too tired to do
anything but give thanks for my
escape, and sleep.
After a long time I was awak-
ened by voices near me. All about
me were flocks of sheep. The
welcomed me, gave me
goats milk and cheese to refresh
myself, and in the evening took
me home with them to the main
land. In this place / stayed for
some months. 1t was a curious
town, haunted all night by
strange sounds like the beating of
distant drums. All the towns
people were afraid to investigate,
so one day l took my courage in
my hands and set forth at sunset
toward the drum-noises. All
night I roamed about the town,
and the mysterious noises were
round about me. All night. Il
looked for some possible explana-
ton, but found none, and at
daybreak they suddenly ceased. l
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

from my view point the people
can expect just as near a square
deal" from the man who lets him
self be understood, as the kir5
who assume the "Uriah Heap az
titude" and promise a thousand
things they never intend to do, or
if they do intend it at the time,
they soon find themselves too weak
morally to fulfill the pledges they
make the people.
l think the man who pledges
too much and too often, compares
we'll with the cheap advertiser
who marks down his goods to fool
the public and you find you have
paid 80 cents for the article worth
about rs cents at reputable, plain
spoken firm. A READER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

ONE TRUE which all he In
the world No
son through life is possible normal and
the want is better person you
get than to live lonely
LAURA JEAN LIBBEY Authoress and Vaudeville
"BEAuIlFUL GOWNS should only be by beautiful
men, Stout and middaged height
of fashion They cwn which suit
themselves Then they always charming
LADY DUFF GORDON tNIme Lucile).
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
RetOld for Boys
and Girls

was forced to go back to the peo-
pie as ignorant as 1 had left them.
Long afterward l heard that some
queer kind of wild animals, too
timid to venture forth, made these
strange noises in the deep of
night. l myself have always i'm
agined it to be the reveing of nu-
merous genies and elves and
sprites.
One. day, after 1 had almost
despaired of seeing them again.
my own ship came into the port.
There were glad greetings .on all
sides. After giving the best of
my cargo to those who had taken
care of me, l set sail with a light
heart for my own land.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

There are many games with
which young people and children
may beguile spare moments at the
holiday haunts, beginning with
the favorite old pastime of blow
ing soap bubbles. If little glyc-
eri nbe added to the water the
bubbles will assume most beauti-
full colors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

was practically wrecked.
Bondervelt, the first to rise,
brushed himself and proceeded
briskly back to his sanctum. The
inventro, scrambling up, caught
desperately at him.
lone more chance" he pleaded.
II can repair the rip in the suit
and"
Bondervelt brushed him aside
"Tests - not explanations" he
snapped. Then he addressed (his
chief clerk.
Dawson, unload this crank,
and bring me all papers in the
Atchison DEAL"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
Editor Times:

Editor Times:
/ have been amused lately at
the criticism about the politicians
who are not "pleGging them
SELVES. That phrase, under the
present political "modus operandi"
is merely a joke. 1 have been
watching the smoke of those
who are re-pleding themselves for
some time and wonder how long
they can fool the people with the
same pledge. 1t is like the drunk
ard who 'swears off" and goes
straight into temptation, and, of
course, falls. l am a woman and
have no vote, hut from what l
have observed 1 find politics a
purely business proposition, and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

counts SO much i'm the game. Let
each player hit at the flower pots
along the line with a bag of beans.
He who hits the greatest number,
according to the value marked on
the pot, wins. He who breaks
pot, or by chance sends it ovsp
the wall, forfeits his game.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
Games for Children

in file, and each one bears small
club. The one who knocks off
the first hoop gets the prize, but
he who breaks the barrel itself
receives the chief prize-that of
the barrel king. AS soon as the
contents are scattered on the
grass a general scramble ensues.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
They DO Come Back

whole lot been people things
cant come back It's time that just little recognition be
TO those who DO como back
instance there
Felb Domestica (cat).
The collector
The campaign cigar
The relatives the country.
The lawn
The ancient vaudeville joke.
The sixty-frst
Your mother-in-law.
Easter
The plugged
To nothing
cations. and Santa Claus.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

Turpentine should be sprayed or
sprinkled in the haunts of cock
reaches. 1t will often quite destroy
the pests and will always dispense
them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
THE DANISH GAME OF
BARREL.

Someone in the garden cries
out: ITO the barrel camel" A
medfum-sized barrel is then sus-
pended to bough or between two
posts. The barrel is filled with
sweets, nuts, oranges, apples and
funny lietle gifts = all unbreak-
able ones. The guests are placed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
FASHIONS

At this season the shawl is one
of the most important articles of
dress in Paris.
Many of the new silk dresses are
being made with skirts short
enough to show the ankles, and all
have some kind of overdress.
A simple but pretty belt is made
of linen with a flowerlike pattern
worked on it with rice or corona
ton cord, the different turns be-
ing caught down with colored
washable floss.
The neck of the summer gown
is cut as low as one wishes, but
is rarely high.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

To gain flesh live largely on
boiled meats, bread and butter,
starchy vegetables and cereals.
Eggs are wonderfully good. Take
two every morning before break
fast, raw, adding a suggestion of
lemon juice and salt and pepper to
make them palatable.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

Miss Il. NJ. Hurley, of Roxbury,
Mass, a graduate nurse, is THE
guest of Mrs. Daniel Murphy,
5438 South M street. Miss Hur-
ley expects to remain In Tacoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Armstrong,
713 South e street, are receiving
congratulations today upon the
arrival of nine-pound girl.
Mrs. George Hellar entertained
at the Country club yesterday.
Miss Valentine Grant, 31Of
North Fourteenth street, has re-
turned from three months vaca-
tion trip.
Mrs. 8. n. Mitchell of New York
was guest of honor at reception
at the home of Mrs. S. A. Perkins
Thursday Afternoon. Mrs. Mitchell
is here for a month.
Donald Fullerton of Des Moines,
Ia, is a guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Parsons.
Miss Josephine Rice has return
ed from an extended visit in the
East.
William Davis and Richard
Claghorn leave today for THE
East. They will attend school
this year at Taft's, an institution
for boys at WATERFOWL, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. I'll. H. johnson will
return next week from their sum-
mer's outing at Dash Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. @. Bacon are
the parents OF a daughter, born
Thursday.
Miss CorneIia Danaber has
gone to Lapeer, Mich, TO JOIN her
mother i'm "a visit to her sister.
Mrs. G. A. Pratt entertained the
women of THE Rockford College
Aiumm association yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
GUARDING THE BALLOON.

GUARDING THE BALLOON.
Get am air balloon and initiate
it. Let one player guard lit, whilst
the rest of the players go after it,
each hitting it with a knotted
handkerchief. The one who bursts
1t wins, but If the guardian sue
ceeds i'm warding off the players
the game Is his.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

Coffee taffy is new. Instead Of
water, use coffee to dilute the
sugar. Cook in the usual manner
and pull the taffy. AS it begins
to stiffen, roll in ground nuts and
break into desired lengths.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
In the Editors Mail

Times wi be in this
column when they of sufficient may
write about anything anybody
motive
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

See our ad on Page 1911. The
largest Business College ad ever
run. sss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

Mrs. G. A. Pratt entertained the
women of THE Rockford College
Aiumni association yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
SEEN FROM poru aNor

80 uhls is no town for poor MANI"
No; poor man can't earn anything"
1T must be, then. a good to wn for a rich man >,
oh, no; rich man can't sell anything"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
THE FLoWER-PoT GAME.

Set UP row of flower pots ON
a garden wall and weight the pots.
Mark a number on each, that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
ALL AROUND
THE Horn,
By cynthia Grey,
By Cynthia Grey

Don't throw away soud milk. It
will make sweet, light bread, grid
die cakes, tea cakes and pastry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
THE SOULS ROSES

Long, long be my heart with sweet
memories filed
Like the vase in which roses have
once been distilled;
You may break, you may shatter
the vase IL you will,
But the scent of the roses will
cling round it still.
- Moore.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

Night School opens Sept. at
Beutel College. See ad, page 3."%
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

Entered the postofe
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE OF UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING
PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

Miss Cornelia Danaber has
gone to Lapeer, Mich, TO JOIN her
mother i'm "a visit to her sister.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
THE TEST OF TIME

Are you quite sure this fish is fresh?"
Absolutely. I've held it week to be sure OF II
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26
CYNTHIA GREYS
CORRESPONDENTS

Sarah ]" and Mrs. P. G."
wish to know of something which
win make the bust more firm.
Try daily alternate hot and cold
applications to the bust. Sc of
faradfc current Of electricity daily
is good. A home battery may be
purchased fer 81. Use support
ing bandage. Massage vigorous
by daily, working Tissue constantly
upward.
Dear Miss Grey: ID Will pum-
ice stone take the hair off the face
and neck If / use 1t frequently?
I'D l have a lot of hair ON my
face. What will it cost to have
it removed by the electric needle?
CD My hair is coarse and straight.
What win make DIT fluffy and fine?
(4) What rs the stone for Septem-
Der xxx
A.-(1) Yes, and the skin also.
Cd Consult a specialist. go
Nothing will make it fine and
curly, but you can make it fluffy
by shampooing thoroughly every
other week and giving 1t am &C
casional dry shampoo with talcum
powder. (4) Sapphire. Poppy is
the flower
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

=. SOME DRAWBACKS 1T
mat young man Civ chances
EmHy: yes he positively want am ice cream soda
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

JUST HOW THEY ARE
THE people are again legalized wrong"
quite right. They are up gainst it,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. r.. G. Bacon are
the parents OF daughter, born
Thursday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-26

MIR. and Mrs. I'll. H. johnson will
return next week from their sum-
mer's outing at Dash Point.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-13
HOSPITAL NOTES.

Carl Motter, of Arion, is again q
patient at the hospital. He is hav-
ing an operation of skin grating on
his injured foot. and is making good
recovery.
Adolph Erihen. of Boyer, was
brought in this week, suffering from
g case of blood poisoning in his arm.
Peter Thompson, Of schleswig, who
has been in this country but three
months, was brought to the hospital
on Tuesday with severe injury Of the
spine.
Miss Winkler, the head nurse, will
retum front her vacation the latter
partSof this week.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-13


Granite dish pans, water pals, pre-
serving kettles and other Articles for
s1oe At the Racket Store, Sat, July 90.
Don't forget the date.
WANTED County agents to sell
Mexico Tropical Lands at $3.50 per
acre on easy payments. Wonderfully
fertile. Safe investment. Free trip
to examine lands. liberal commits.
sions. Write for booklet. Mexico
International Land Co. $40 Commerce
Bldg. Kansas City, Mo. 26-4tpd
Mound City Paint may cost trite
more, but! r. Knaul. 2S-52t
Think Of II! 9 and 1o.inch salad
bowls for 10 cents at The Racket
Store. Our store L chuck full Of bar.
gains. Now, come IN and see them.
We have hammoeks at the right
price. The Racket Store. n
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-13
SPEEDING UP IN PANAMA
The culebra Cut to be Finished Before
the Close Of 1912.

=. /. F.. y
WASHINGTON, D. Cone Of the
facts in connection with the, excava-
ton of the Panama canal that gives
much encouragement for the early
completion Of the great waterway is
that the amount of earth removed does
not lessen as the bottom Of the ditch
is approached.
This has been one of the chief
questions in connection with the time
OF completion. It has been generally
supposed that, as the bottom of the
ditch was approached Of the canal
prism, in the official language, the rate
LOT excavation would become much
slower. This is not borne out by de-
velopments.
The latest report of the canal com
mission, as given by Col. H. F.
Hodges, acting chairman, in fact.
shows the exact contrary. All along,
interest in the amount of excavation
has centered in the Culebra cut. The
latest available figures on excavation
are those for the month Of May.
s. The amount of material excavated
from the prism in the Culebra section
Of the canal in May, 1910, was 1.O99,27s
cubic yards. This was the highes. rec
ord in that: section for the month Of
May. the highest previous record for
that month having been in May, 1909,
when 1,Os2.217 cubic yards were re-
moved.
| In the Culebra cut there are about
li3O,000,O00 cubic yards Of material to be
removed, whereas, more than 10000
900 cubic yards have been removed.
This is the backbone OF the canal.
When it is dug out the way will be
we'll open for the transit of vessels
across the isthmus.
Even at the rate of excavation in
May. the Culebra cut would be dug
out by the end of 1912. But, as the
rate year by year averages consider
able better than that. it may be ex,
pected that the Culebra cut will be
dug out before the close of that year.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-13
FOR sALE-NEw PIANO ).

Am going west; will sell my $500
piano at q sacrifice. If you want q
piano, this is your opportunity. Guar
anteed for IS years by makers. Piano
now near Denison. If Interested. will
sell on terms. Address 80, care Of
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