The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-11-11
Seattle Grew, So Mrs. Foss Sells Her $1,000 Lots
in Woods for $l5O, 0OO--a Story of Progress
~ ELEANOR AppAMs.

Mrs. Elizabeth Fosa IL COINS 20
move
For most OF ua that would be an
event 10 deserve no special com
mont. A few neighbors would miss
us, the corner grocer would notice
our departure. the boy who brought
the evening paper would turn In a
report 20 the circulation manager,
we'd have some scratched and
broken furniture, and a big moving
bill. and that's about all thero'd be
TO IL.
But this moving has been quite
an event for Mra. Foha. She has
lived In the same house for 81
years. That's long time In Seat
tie.
Some 40 years ago. when Mira.
Fnse came 20 Seattle, her brother
gave her four lots out In the woods.
a half hours walk from the bay.
They cost about $1,000, Mrs. Fosb
has lived there ever since.
hut Seattle has grown. aud 80
iaAt week Mrs. Foas sold these four
lots for $4,000. and she'll have TO
move
Thla house up in the woods will
be the site OF the new Plymouth
church. irs ~ the corner OF Sixth
and Seneca Hta.
perched way up on top n rograde
hill. reached By Tt3 steps, climbed
'em IL Mrs. Foaa' home. An old.
fashioned house. bis. weather.
stained From the front porch 10
tho sidewalk estimated u waa
about 1000 feet. though ! suppose
II isn't 20 high an all that
was all out of breath when
rang the bell A uniformed nurse
opened the door
Mrs FuaH has been III for over
year. ! waA told. but maybe
aho'il sec you for a minute"
propped up among the pillows.
sweet faced old lady with pink
cheeks and gray hair, who looks
very much Ike the grandmother IN
tho story books. greeted me yory
cordially She told mo about the
early days
when 80 first came here" she
said. ~thia house wna considered 80
far from First av. the shopping
district. that ws thought wa could
never Eol down iowa oftsnoF than
once a month.
"oar yard used to be beautiful
We had agch magnificent trees and
shrubs that our grounds wera the
show place Of Seattle or course
the house Was on the level then.
but the regfadoa spoiled every.
thing But we cant stand Ia the
way Of progress"
! soon found out that pride
In Seattle ~aa ons % krs
Foas leading characteristics.
"a came from DeAton," she MAln
Hbas I find after visiting
back East that we're pretty up.
to-dats ous here. OF course,
there are people here from alt
over the ~orla--yog can't find
more progressive people any.
where. That's the Seattle
spirit"
Hos do you spend your times
! asked.
7 have the contents OF ali three
paperN~~Nvery word-rrad out loud
90 mo every day. and then ms mind
In aiwAya busy" abe laughed.
I got a trade last FOR Cynthia
Grey from Mira Foes. too
we read every word on the NO.
mans page" said Mrs. Foaa. and
we cut out the recipes and arc
paaunE them IN a book. We cali
u thu Little star We have lots
OF fun trying the recipes. too"
Mrs. Foes lives In that house on
tho hin with only a nurse. a accre-
tary. and n servant. for her husband
II dead and there are no children
Despite her age aud her sick.
meas. Mrs. Fnaa ~ very much alive
She knows her Seattle like a book.
and thero Ia not a real estate
transfer that she doesn't know
about
Real estate men here give her
lots OF credit She knows values.
thoy say. sho has cleaned UP