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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18
No woman IN her
senses wishes to be
merely the female of
man.
The True Secret
of Beautiful Hair

4 famous French actress well
known Ia America recently stated
in an interview Nearly every
woman knows the excellent results
that follow dry shampooinR. bur too
many depend upon orris root alone
90 keep the hair aud scalp IN good
condition. Orris root Will not grow
hair
The best dry shampoo ! know is
made by mixing 4 ounces Of pow
dered therox and I ounces OF orris
root Sprinkle a little 81 this mix
ture upon the head and brush q
thoroughly through the hair The
true secret OF a successful dry
shampoo Is 10 distribute the orrla
root aud therox through the hair
evenly. use sitter top can N you
have H. Then don't spare the brush
This treatment keeps the hair
light. fluffy and lustrous. while too
much moisture on the hair and the
alkali IN most soaps tend 10 make
the hair coarse. dry. brittle and dull
In color" -Adyt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

girl invented urntabc which,
fixed to vehicle enables Il to reverse Immediately.
The Berwick. Pa, organization
to secure suitable husbands for themselves
Stories standards which
90 Of the house to read-New York city Librarian
Blind since Miss Leila Holsrho6 Of
hsh teachers
German working knowledge Finnish,
the woddai made possible
mothers devoted instruction
which
love possibility realizing marriage. but
also the possibility fully itElen Key swedish
fcformcr aud writer
What the good OF bringing my properly white there
IL saloon him recently said
me And replied wish to bring that there
the not be a
him Nathan Meyers
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18
The Butcher Bird Hasn't Regular Butcher Shop. But
Hangs Its Meat Up in Trees

AS little boys sometimes cruelty
kin frogs and other harmless crea.
lures.
The shrike gets the common name
butcher bird" from his habit OF
hanging dead birds and mice on
trees. when he has more fresh
meat than he can stow away he
simply hangs up the extra carcasses.
II you ever see a dead mouse or .
dead bird hanging from a thorn
apple spike or from the sharp hook
Of briar you may be sure a
butcher bird has hung 10 there.
Sometimes the bird comes back
and eats the bird or mouse he has
hung up. sometimes he doesn't.
The shrike Is a pretty good citizen
for all his bloody ways. lie kiilA
more mice than birds. and besides
kills lots Of grasshOppers. beetles
and other Insects In the north where
he spends hts summers. And ne
thinks nothing OF killing half a
dozen pestiferous English sparro~ss
In half day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

We are pretty safe In saying that
'ks fellow Is nonunlon butcher.
he has the unsociable air OF a
born -scab''--seems TO have
Couch on all creation. When other
BIRDS see the butcher bird coming
theJ get out Of the way as fast as
ihsy can. for the butcher bird not
MlY kills little birds. mice and In
kcts when he Is hungry. but also
rhen he Is not Those that be
can't eat right away he hangs mp
Q serve for a rainy day.
The northern shrike. az the
'nicher bird i commonly called In
hooks. is blush ash bird with
slack wings and TAN. about the size
pa robin. lie spends his summers
y canada and bis winters In north
IN United States He isn't classed
a bird OF prey. but there isn't
hawk or an owl that can hold a
candle TO him when II comes 20 Kill
as things Some People think he
Oils things Just for the fun OF Il
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

a hurry
Nothing will take a safety pin s
place In the travelling sewing case.
one OF these will hold all the
buttons aud hooks and eyes neces.
sary for an ordinary journey
a small one makes a good substi.
tute for bodkln for threading rib
bon through underwear
A safety pin also has been known
20 button shoes
a pin catching both sides of the
skirt together ~ each side Of the
front. and then these pins hung on
two hooks In the closet viii do bet.
ter service than the usual skirt
hanger.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

WIoo LWNIoE NFFN ~ " . = =
WASHINGTON. u G.. April is
Mrs. oliver Cromwell has an.
nOuncd the engagement 20 her
daughter. Louise. % Walter g.
Brooks. ir. 81 Baltimore There
viii be a great big June wedding.
Miss Cromwell VAS a bridesmaid
NJ the Could Decies wedding aud Is
a close personal friend OF the young
lady Dccies She and Brooks VIII
spend their honeymoon as the
guest Of the Decics 10 England
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

Dear Miss Grey lii VIII over
skirts be worn this summer tgl
What viii clean BRUSSELS rug ? t2l
Are bands to be worn In the hair
This summer. and would !, BE- all
right for a married woman Of 20.
with two children. TO wear them z
PERPLEXED.
Al Very little GO a
thorough beating out 81 doors and a
hard sweeping after damp cornmeal
has been sprinklsd over g. II u Is
too badly solied for this simple
cleaning. bus soap which Is sold n
drug stores for that purpose. and
cleanse By scrubblng 90 Yes, and
Il Is not only all right for you 20
wsar them. but Il is your duty 20
keep yourself looking as attractive
as posatble for the sake OF your
husband and little ones. as vel as
your own.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

nIEUH InU nUNTnHrN o. uiIINItH0
friends. for remember, she can
neither see nor hear them on
the street by her sense OF smell
she can locate the different stores
when IN the business district and
tell where she g.
Vera ~ cheerful. Of great ambi
ton. luvable disposition. and Ia al
ready becoming known aa the
Helen Keller Of Minnesota
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

In addition, she sewy nicely. makes
all the clothes for the many dolls
she loves SO well. and operates the
typewriter Tier Quickncss OF
mind Is demonstrated Ia the fact
that she had 10 be told the letters
OF the typewriter keys bat once
With her development Ia other
ways has come her wonderful
sense OF smell She thus recug
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18
WHAT A SAFETY PIN
WIILDO

Many women have wash blouHea
from which they remove the buttons
when they are sent to the wash
a safety pin will hold these 10.
gother and prevent that Wild hunt
later Tor the last button that nj.
ways insists upon getting lost
Half q dozen Ions safety pins la
the work basket threaded with but
tons OF different sizes. also hooks
and eyes. wiil be found great con.
veniencc. especially when one IL In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

This great discovery grows hair. pre-
vents badness. bald spots. falling hair,
srabby scalp. sore arslp. daudrnff. hfit
ne hair or any other hair or scalp dls
ease. and changes gray hair 90 Fuuthtul
color and Eioaa No i've o. stain
To prove that our claims aro true. We
viii send You large trial bottle Tree.
90 sou viii s~nd TOO IN silver % siHint s
al hein nay cost of postage ard pack
fur 10 NwiFsso iiair Kennedy Co. asiA,
r.. O square. Cincinnati o.
Esriasra will be found on sale ht AT
druggists and drug departments every
here ~ sor aud 81 90 a bottle
Fnr sale iu Seattle al oxi Drug co
stores
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18
Blind and Deaf, Little Girl
Sees" Hears" and Sews

- = N#NH
marvellous In the
history of hu
manity Is Mabel
Vera Cannon OF
st Paul When
four years OF age
she became blind
through Illness
4 year or 80
later she also lost
her hearing Al
the age Of ten
she was little
more than exist
ing She knew
n OF a single
word
The first day
that she was
placed la the
Minnesota school
for the deaf she
learned tire e.
" o r d 3 ball.
doll, bear To-
day. four years
later, she has q
vocabulary o 7
over 5000 word
and ia " q ! !
yerscd in all gen
q r a / studies
taken by school
girls OF her age
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18
wAsHoAY HINT.


II you wish your clothes 10 .
= be Of a dazzling Wilderness Try q
. this easy way OF laundering .
them Put them 10 soak over =
night In mkcwnrm water TO 4
a which has been added one cup =
81 soap Jelly Sand one cup OF .
melted pnraffln In the morn .
INK look over the clothes and .
. rub any spoiled spots lightly =
with the hands Have ready .
. boiler OF hot water TO which .
q has been added cup Of .
q melted parafnn and one al .
soap Jelly. put the clothes in. .
. and boil 20 minutes. rinse =
q through two or three waters. q
q aud hang on the line
q q . 4 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

Dear Miss Grey WIN you please
uint the following for the benefit
a A Reader 10 your columns Il
4 rather lengthy. bat I SIN sure he
xlu appreciate Il very much
A Reader Are you sure you
sammers Maybe you only stutter
mere Is difference In them.
Suttering Is easily cured. while
asmueTlug is hard 90 overcome.
Sutterlng Is physical. while STAN.
mering Is mental Suffering Is the
haiti Of repeating a syllable a mum.
Ter OF times In other words. you
aat stop when you get started. and
ramrering Is when you cant start
% say anything can't make a
aand. and you have to do some
ting unusual 70 ger started. such as
xklsiiing or pinch Yourself
I Ssh I suffered ] would cure
myself IN two months. but I STAN
ner. and ] have been trying 10 cure
nyself for the last ten years and
fstill have difficulty In speaking
attended one OF the best Institutes
d the United States for the cure
q sfammering and failed 20 be
cured never seen anybody yet
shai was entirely cured OF stammer.
ax only children But Il helped
ne wonderfully and gave me more
eunfidence In myself. We we're
taught to concentrate the mind on
ths manner o. utterance TO the ex-
slssloa Of all thought OF difficulty.
y Jon can do that there IL a posi-.
saity Of your being cured. I never
tpuld- o. J. X.
Dear Miss Grey In SATURDAY 8
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

Three round q - daily Leave Sc
attls 81 m - ia aud p. IN
SUNDAY. leave Seattle Al 11Q m.
~ ~ and 3 IA. Leave Everett 81
tts m. a.ib .. m and 9iit . IN.
SUNDAY. leave Everett az Rfb m. IS
D IN aud LIS o m
steamer leaves fron, Coinan dock
Steamer and schedule subject TO change
Phones sunset. Main 1904 Ind. Tss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

Dear Miss Grcy-Cl What Is the
language OF the sweet pea The
yellow rosef ca What footwear
will be popular this season t3l
IL a black wolfe dress all right for
wear at an informal dance
COLLIDE
Al Sweet pea. departure.
Yellow rose. diffdence GU White.
tan and black pumps or low tics.
Black satin probably leads In favor
90 Yes. II made rather low IN the
neck and with short sleeves. par
ticuIarly " worn over white or a
color.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

mar Miss Grey Please tell me
Nh IS proper for Young widow Of
4 10 wear veil az church we'd
Snr will wear white messaiine
sr.ss a. T. T.
Certainly
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18
Auoid 1t

Leave this tremendous alco-
hol question to your doctor.
The danger is too great for
you to decide alone. Ayers
Sarsaparilla is a tonic and
Alternative, entirely free from
alcohol. ig 6 h!'i No. -.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18
NEWS OF SPECIAL
Cynthia Grey's Letters

star saw a request tnr the chorus
OF the song. We Are or for Baltl
more Here ia one heard at "a
comic opera some seasons ago. aud
maybe it Is the cue
We parted ON the shore boys.
We parted on the shore
| said. Good bye. dear.
We are off Tor baltimore.
Aud kissed her on the check. lad
The boys began TO shout.
Hcighloho' Hoigh lehot
We are of Tor baltimore
STAR READER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18
VINE AWNING FOR
KITCHEN WINDOW

= VINE AWNING FOR =
4 KITCHEN WINDOW q
q A pretty awning for Kitchen .
= window may be made this q
= way Open a large. strong .
4 barrel hoop and nail the ends =
4 on each side % the window =
4 easing. about 8 Inches above q
= the lower sash Drive a ruw =
= Of nails In the top OF the cas- .
. inE and lace strong cords nr .
. wire from the nails 10 the .
h hoop In well prepared a
= ground below the window on .
. each side. plant seeds Of morn .
= Ing glories. cypress vines. scar =
. let runner beans ct any other =
= quick growing vines Train =
. these vines up TO the hoop by q
. means Of cords and then over =
. the network. .
1. a :. . /. 4.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

Dear Miss Grey. Cil How can
clean white net waist t2l What
will remove canned pear stain from
sllkf A READER.
An Put a quart of wheat
flour In clean pan and rub waist In
IL. After flour has covered every
particle % waist. roll up IN a clean
towel and put away for several
days. Then shake well n waist Is
not perfectly clean. repeat the oper.
alton. t2l Use ehloroform.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

Dear Miss Grey 10 you know ~
.uiee girl or elderly lady. one who
las no home. ana would Ike good
heu,e 10 STAY with me Tor a little
rhlle or as long as they ike Some
see who has worked hard and needs
4 rest. will find good place and
4 god home with me as friend
and companion
STAR READER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

Mar Miss Grey I see that YOU
IN Young girls fnd homes, aud
-, reod ladies' often ask you for
sslninr companions I am a Chris
IN Girl Of Is seeking q place In a
49, family % do light homework
LUELIaA.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

OFFERS A HOME.

!. Ut -" ?" =
!. Mrs panulaon. 1910 Boyl 4
: ,,as sveuuc North. offers a =
/. s,~,a homo Go some girl about :
~ an aecd woman There 4
- two UJie boys in the 4
/. nmllv and the helper Is 4
.snt.,d more as a member of 4
/. ne household and companion,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

nnar Miss Grey Us Il all right
A. 4 sln ~ t6 90 50 cut driviug
~ q young man az night
NJ. l.. A.
Certainly not.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

Dear Miss Grey -lloT eau make
liquid soap 60 use In an automatic
jarg 4 READER
A.-The easiest way Is "a save
all small pieces OF good toilet soap
and when sufficient quantity ia
saved. pour boiling water over 10
cover. Let stand a few days. and
YOU will have a good and incxpen.
sivc liquid soap.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-18

Dear Miss Grey Could you In.
form me how Tar a girl must be
advanced In her education TO enter
Pullman college and where ! could
set tull particulars regarding the
price OF tuition aud rules
STUDENT.
A-Addrcss the dean Tor a
catalogue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23

refused to grant such an amendment.
Yet in the decision which is now re-
uorted it is conceding the very point
which the Unionists demanded. How
this remarkable change Of policy was
effected is variously explained, the most
pIausible explanation being that three
or four important members Of the Capl-
net threatened to resign if the Home
Rule bill was pressed to enactment. II
f.. of course. well known that several
members have hitherto been opposed 10
Home Rule. at least In anything Ike
the Gladstonian sense. Whether they
would agree to il if popular vote III
favor of It were given is not certain
If not. a dissolution and reorganization
OF the Cabinet would give an opportu-
nifty for their retirement in pieasanter
circumstances for the government than
would attend their resignation in mid
session. The election, if one is held on
this specific issue, may he marked with
some important changes in party align
meUt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
AUTUMN AMONG THE STARS

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: When next Saturday-fair or stormy
comes and goes autumn has really besul
and King Sol has reached the sign OF Libra
and entered the domain Of the constella-
ton OF the Virgo.
Autumn has really begun with the
planets Saturn and Mars in the forefront
and the planets Jupiter and Venus not
much in evidence The sd OF september
has come, with King Arcturus descend
Ing more and more toward the northwest
ward and queen Vega and whitish Affair
stlll lingering near the zenith Not far
fundamentally from blue Vega and whiush
Affair sparkles the Northern Cross OF Cyg-
nus. with the Great Square OF Pegasus 10
the eastward. and the linelike constellation
of Andromeda at the northeastern corner
OF the Square.
Northeastward Of Gamma. in Andromeda'
rIitters the K-shaped sky outline OF Per-
saus and. westward from Perseus, there
sparkle respectively in succession the con
stelIatious OF Cassopea, Cepheus, Draco'
Hercules and the serpens with Corona and
Ophluchus on the northwest and the south
west side OF dim Hercules. Toward the
north. seemingly revolving around Polaris
as a pfvot. slowly and ponderously moves
the Great Bear. with Canes Ven. Just be-
hind. and the constellation Of Bootes fol-
lowing. ike big kite dragging at its bot
tom the giant first magnitude sun Arcturus'
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
Boston, Sept -, lall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
TIE NEWS THIS BOBEVG.

FOREIGN.-Dmitry Boeroff, the as
saSsin Of Premier St0lypin, was SEN
fenced by court martial, at hiev 70 death
by hanging. the funeral OF the late Pre-
mier was held IN the monastery near
Kiev. = The South Of Ireland was
tied I'D by the railway strike declared
on Wednesday II Dublin; two hundred
passengers arriving on the Arabic ana
the Cedric were stranded at queens
town = A hurricane and deluge OF
rain near Mount Nesuvius caused the
death Of some fifty persons, boats were
believed TO have sunk IN the Bay OF
Naples. =- Seismographic instruments
in washington and Albany indicated ar
earthquake Of unusual intensity IN the
South Pacific - The Jean Bart, a
French 5attleship Of the super
r0ught class. was launched at Brest
DOMESTIC President Taft, in a
rpeech % Illinois politicians at Peoria,
said he was not an extremist, but as
re called himself. a 'middlc-Of-the
progressive" =- A Republican judge
and n Democratic clerk We're arrested III
Baltimore i'm connection with alleged
election frauds. four other warrants were
issued. - Frank Miller an aviator,
was burned 10 death ia the air at Troy,
Ohio @= steamer was ranmeC aIl
sunk IN the 81 Clair River, her crew of
Cabraith p Rodgers, one Of the trans
continental aviaJOrs, made success&u III
flight from Hancock. y. Y. 10 Elmlra' Il
distance OI us miles. = James o.
Ward. The cOast-t0-cOast aviator, met
another uishap and announced his WITH
CrdWaI from the contest =- A woman
six feet tall and weighing five hundred
pounds died iu Weston, Mass a CONN
Of special size was ordered and funefai
services on the lawn were decided upon.
CITY stocks closed firm after early
weakness - Steel issues were again
Tho centre ~ interest, the common clos
ing az a net loss OF 2la for the day ana
the preferred making gain or - the
sales Of common being tllSQO sndEeN
and of preferred $4,000 shares. =- ne
Boxing Commission decided 10 revoke
the licenses of the Madison square ana
s-rtio1al Athletic clubs =- three
Young girls caught In raid on q mouse
IN EraouvOinr said that two olltf sTis
arrested r. the same time had long Deeh
teaching them how 90 steal. -- StN-
eraI unions that are I'm sympathy Wl'g
tho striking marble WORKERS dec-aIt u
strikes ou the new Vanderbilt Hotel
rr.ctically tying up the work Oh Ihtt
-+-r.-rrr -= Pastor Russell. ol lhe
F~ookIvr Tabernacle, lent the ald OF ms
,r-ar.zati0u 20 the sale OF IhlTa'il
wheat" which IS said 20 produce many
rraiue where one grew before. =- A
musician of this city performed two
.uueratious for appendicitis on The 'eluc
fu last night from Liverpool - a
rartv Of men iu a taXicab supposed 20
p strflfrz coal drivers. attacked nrtF
s.rHs. Err9lsors and put them and their
horses .. ~rut i'm Tenth avenue
THE WEATHER indications for 40
DAYS F.ir The temperature Yesterday;
rr.-rre- is DEGREES. lowest. g.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23

We cannot follow the logic Of THE
Evening Posts" argument that Canada s
rejection of the reciprocity agreement
di,creditS the wisdom of the reciprocity
uolic, which President Taft SO yisor-
Cr~Iv cbamuioncd and which Congress
overwhelmingly approved. The POST
said yesterday
To him rtlc President. both person
sUF and POLITICALLY. the effect iu. the
moment must seem absolutely CT usll-i r,
TI.r, i- the one independent and capilei
measure 81 his administration struck
0.va ID the dust For l- Doe rlased
c,.rythiug rent his party ln twain. was
r.glreIied fp accept the AL. %. the Dem
,.....f. h.I To- submit ~ the most h.l.'I
attacks On other words, N" attempted III
l.H stroke which us matter "i polL-
f..H ra.trs nothing but success toul'
-r-ffl,. vraaE.1 himself iU labor IN
s..,.r, -rlrra-s and just as he had APP
I4rruuy uHu Dc. sees n dashto 10 'lr
..-oul.a Tt is misfortune So over
.,.r..r.u- tg fts chief victim that one
can think of little to-day but the
1atr,tc situation iu which he Is ,eit.
such a judgment is narrow. tt rates
the campaign for reciprocity IN this
country as q failure simply because the
o..nadiqu voters decided that the eco
1..riir benefits which would flow from It
,.rr. t1 poo dreaded as iuimical To Cana
dian ideal, of political seif-dependence.
The people of the United states APP
proved tho trade compact because they
believed tuat 10 would work satisiac-
1ari.y. The people OF Canada rejected
!, because they feared that it would
work altogether too satisfactorily. Nhat
reflection can such result be- on the
essential merit Of the reciprocity project
80 means Of promoting freer trade
exchanges and extending friendly inter
g.. ursp among the peoples IF the Amer
jean continent:
President Taft took advantage Of an
o,uarfuuify fortunately offered lin %
hing The United States and Canada into
closer economic relations. lie displayed
vls.-. courage and breadth Of judgment
in improving the chance when 10 came.
Public opinion cordially supported him
s. his Iabors for an enlarged interchange
a. products ON the basis of special rate
concessions If his plans were sound
and beneficial )aud 'The Evening Post
ras repeatedly said that they wereb
why should they have lost their intrinsic
merit simply because the Canadian peo-
Tie voted them down Why should
Mr.. Taft De- blamed for action taken IN
40 alien jurisdiction by voters who mis-
trusted the generous and enlightened
advances Of the United States:
3lr. Blaine gave vitality 10 the policy
of cultivariuc closer remtions with the
nations Of North and South America.
That WAS one Of his mort substantial
accomplishments rs statesman. His
credit az pioneer in that field was not
diminished by the fact that Demo
cratic Congress cancelled the reciprocity
arrangements made al his suggestion
with various countries and dependencies
q, the south Of ms Mr.. Taft has given
l,em force. and popularity 60 The idea
slat TIE barriers 10 commerce among