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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16
Turkey
Letter
"sABYs PLEA

Little Bobby Larsen raiaed h,.,
self feebiy from his pillow. The a.
after tomorrow was Thanksxiv,,s
Day. aud. aa be expressed Il @Ths
hospital was 10 have no turkey =
no nothln.." "
The nurses eyes filled with tes,.
when she heard this, for had az ~
been saying this very thing 10 hsr'
self every day for long lima, =,
ways fearful lest the little crionIss
In tho Orphans Home shonld m
II out too soon7 She. Ike iiet,s
Bobby. wished and wished thss
they could have a good Thanks.
giving feast
"Nnrsie." said Bobby. Il so,,.
scheme I kpow1l work lust fIns
Listen n0ws I'm going 10 writs a
the mayor. and that big kind MAJ
what helped us last year. Doo't
you think that'iI DO corker
echeme7"
And. indeed. how the mayor ana
that big kind man did helm ou1
There was to be a dinner party Z
the mayors house. but they m
every thing to the orphans. ~
the guests went next door Il ~
big. Kind mans home for dir
Alter dinner the mayor real h
a slow. faltering voice the note Bok
by had written.
Dear Mayor: am a orfea 4
the home. an am crippled. an 1
ken never get well We amt ~
10 turkey nor nofhln'. Won't Va
lease help as aginy Mebbe that
Big. kind man viii TOO
NELLIE WATSON.
1908 5fth South
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Tho following are che boys and
girls whose essays will be consld-
cred in tho Turkey Contest:
Irene Pynoheon. Marguerite Pol
lock. Grace Hazieton. Agnes Miller.
Lillian Morhc. Harold Smith. Ron
aid Smith. Harry Fnfsold, Ruth
PinkhAm. Dehlla Pinkham. Arthur
scawall. Floyd Hesketh. Milton
Albemarie. Helen Duncan. Kenneth
Brown. Harriet Donnelly. Catherine
Morris. Margaret Jones. Edward
Hooker. James Perkins, Hazel Fem.
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This Wonderful Period

There wonderful period We never before
experienced an ase OF a"a
No part OF yesterday glorious as this hour
seincist Thought INC a"os
was Imply space x only a SMELL
me nrstm icroheh adn hts Identity
battling Oh
man blood would avec carmel padded cell
could from
talow dips spark from hint and steel
Every piece of by hand
only horsepower fouriegged and wore tan ,.,
The the OF
and the had moved only In stephenson
head. -. -. o..,.,
and gets baltimore -.
Ahrahan Pullman
Garfield called a liner" ocean greyhound
automobiles department
salmon arships penny
ansosnastis and power cranes ares tn infant ideas
been hiehed TO wheel
sidered wit OF possibility. -.
word with definition nut
not meaning OF the Is reality today
grandmother
arenf half as world In which you live
The and dins OF legend JUMPED 70
distorted years We Se acoom
Mia hed in he decade
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

Harry Morelsnd has been hob
bling about on crutches. A few
days after be had batsed his left
shin with n hammer. causing n knot
about the k.re or football. COW
kicked him on the same tender
spot The whole affair almost
made Harry mnd.--Little River
tkas,l Monitor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

open 20 every boy
and girl reader OF
The Star, regard
less OF whether or
not they hold a
membership Ger.
tificate. Some
lucky Circle boy
or girl gets a biz
fat ten-ponnd tnf-
key for writing
an essay on
Thanksgiving. not
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Jos. wlss

Misdirrcfed energy
kissing q girl on her photo
graph
Trying 10 scare men from kiss.
Inc girls.
Trylng 10 scare girls from lriiInE
men kiss EN-
Tryins to dodge a life Insurance.
agent
Playing q banjo
Last year Canada built a1s ves.
sels. measuring 27.S5s tons aud
valued Mt si.fss.000
There are tugs on the Great
Lakes that are larger than some Of
the men-of.war In Perfy's fleet In
1919.
A Seattle promoter drew from
his pocket a dozen nuggets which
he displayed TO a man to whom he
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

A Whitman, Mass, man lost his
pocketbook, a girl found It and re-
turned It to him. and they're to be
married this week. II won't make
much difference hereafter whether
he has pockctbook or not.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

show tina, the respective pesdsna, % %
ram $4,000 Tats vote In he eess. ess
wilson
hives hundred progresves
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

IT'S cinch the new president
won't ask VIII Tan TO give him
pointers gained from previous ex-
perience with special tariff sessions.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16
A Little cirrs perplexisv

A little girl climbed ON her faith.
er's knee and said.
Papa, was u wise person who
said: The good die youngy'
Yes" be replied. Il suppose he
mnst have been very wise.
Well" the child replied, after
thinking It over for time. I'm not
so much surprised about you. but
| don't sec how mamma managed 20
get growed mp. - Knoxville Journal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

Or. CREIGHTON seem 10 take the
proposition Of heating Seattle street
cars In an exceedingly cold manner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

PITY the chaps who bet on the
California results. Just think how
often the lump rose In their threats
during the week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

DON'T throw uppercuts at glass
eyes. Patrolmzn bruised bis
fingers ON the pieces. when he
struck q one-cyed man
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

PENNsylvANiA man saved
from gaIlows because he's cigarcf
fIend. Ny. what an advertising OPP
portunity for that lifesaying brand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

FIRST plan OF the new court
house has been agreed upon. II
provides a $4,000 fee 20 tho archi-
tect-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

NO. dear reader. they haven't
moved The Hague to the Balkans.
Not YET.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

; To Marian Meaker The
! drawing of che little Girl was
! the best In my opsnion- 4
UNCLE JACK 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16
OTHER WAY ABOUT

Il We in my time"
But the
the matinee while her he Homework -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

was trying 70 sell sold milne stock.
We've got several tons Of gold
Just HE this. already mined, he
said
Then what DO you want With
money! asked the other man.
Why. NO need money 10 pay
Italians 20 load thls IA shceibsF-
rows and put u on railroad cars.
replied the promoter.
| "Don't you bother about Italians"
shid this other. Give me the job
80 loading Il In wheeibarruwn I'll
do u Tor nothing
One Seattle Greek has decided
TO remain herr and get married. A.
one might say. inntead ~ going 70
Turkey TO fxht.
Some feisuw out 10 Washington
has Invented a seedlcss prune.
This knocks out alI our efforts to
give this country prunelcss. board
lar houses.
What has become Of the old.fash.
/ soncd politician Who didn't return
the big consFibuiionsy
Two hundred years ago there
were fss lakes In the canton OF
Zurich. Switzerland. To-day there
aro only &c.
There arc ..Ist.s70 miles OF pub.
lie road in the United States. Ex-
pergs figure that the loss through
light loads. due 10 poor condition
OF the roads. IL more than $1,000
GOO day.
There are 1881 Yale graduates
living. New York c&syS has the
greatest number. 2.ss2, New Tia
ven IL second. with 800. and Chi.
caEo third. with sf2.
The Bulgarian cheer IL "oorah. /"
So far as can be learned there
liant any Turkish cheer.
Speaking OF names. you'd think
W W. loot was musician,
wouldn't you Well. be isn't Hes
mover.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

Editor The star. Why did Tho
star choose hob Hodge for COVER
nor In prefereace to John G. Law
renceY Mr. Lawrence would have
carried the s,ssc easily. He was
the first man In the state TO De
clare himself n Progressive AFTER
the Chicago convention. and he IN
one of the beat posted men on state
affairs NO have.
II The star had given more space
10 Roosevelt. the head Of the ticket
aud leas 10 Hodge. In my estimation
Il would have helped the Pro
rresslve party Infinitely more. Did
The star think il could throw the
harpoon into the head OF the ticket
and still elect a Progressive gov
ernory think The Star has done
more harm than good for the Pro
gressivc cause.
W. G. KI.ANDER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

Editor The Star: Why bother
about T. n. any moreg The people
are satisfied with the duty he has
done for his country. Such fell
lows as George CreHsey seem 70
think IL Is a mans duty to be king
II this happened. there would be no
chance left for any other man to
do his duty. A SUBSCRIBER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

-
New York's municipal business In
the fiscal year 1914
Only Toiersbie copious
Copious rain u falling in this
aectiou In adjoining counties rain
Is not SO copious. lnl)
News.
The farm lands and buildings OF
the South are valued At 1871 .O0o.,
900. en Increase of s.. 900. 600 900 In
10 years The increase alone IL
about five times the capital OF all
the national banks IN the United
States
Jack Johnson has an Offer to 20
10 Russia. hut the United States
district attorney 10 Chicago won't
lot him. The Z. q. d a. must be q
Russian.
The American spplc brings hlgh.
er prices Ia European restaurants
than home grown fruit does.
Only four years more TN the next
presidential election.
New York Telephone Co. m an
inducsment 30 operators To remain
Ia It's employ. offers a bonus % SIS
at the end Of tao years service,
the amount increasing each year
until the tenth. when the bonus IL
800 for that year aud each there
after.
The Greek army'x full dress uni.
form. VIC see BY the pictures. In.
cludss a short skirt. The fatigue
uniform. we take u. consists prin.
rfnaffv NJ fi~sfn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

Why don't men and women
dance alone aaka Dr. J. ID. Jones
Of the school board Well bite.
doctor Whs don't theyg
Marriage sayu Edna Goodrich.
who In one Of tho en- Mrs. Mar Good
wins. seems 20 be . game OF 'sirr
and take Edna just can't keep
her mind off allmony.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

Editor The Star: Aunt Carrie
had birthday at the King County
hospital last month. We all had a
good time. But on the next day.
one Of the nurses came with a
basket and took away all the eat
ables, which would have been a
great treat for the pafients.
The food at this hospital is very
poor. sometimes even rank. II the
bread has any butter on II nj all.
one is very lucky. There IL no
sugar for the morning mush and
coffee.
DIR. Corson Is very rude and harsh
II ! could talk to you personally. /
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16
The Editors Mail

OF Washington In accepting the
Blcshen chimes for the reasons
stated in the students protest
G. W. NICHOLS. Pres.
JOSEPH r. TOTTEN, Secy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

BETWEEN Jan. and Oct. rs
Uncle Sam took In s6i.12s immi-
grants.
DuTcHERe In Germany are
serving dog meat Germany has
hIgh tariff against meat and also
meat trust Beef for the 5 per
cent; dog for the 90
"olvE us red-blooded mem"
foars Chester RgwelI. donating
editor Of California Outlook What's
eafin' We. Chet7 Wasn't moose
blood hot enough for ye?
WoMEN's suffrage movement IL
almost world wide. says Mrs. Carrie
Gait. president OF che International
Suffrage Alliance. Wonder what
Mrs.. Carries husbands name Is,
WickERsHAM Ii eager to dis
solve the Sugar trust before he goes
out. And, considering Tobacco and
Standard dissolutions. Sugar ought
70 be right eager. too.
MAYBE Lister won't make sweep
ing changes In state appoinfees
But just the same, the tax commits.
sioners aren't feeling alfred com
Portable right now.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16
THE RULES
contest---An essay on Thanks

prire--A ten-povnd turkey.
Rules--Nsnuscripts must be
written neatly In ink on ono
side OF the paper. The word
limit 10 $50. Name, age and so-
oress must be written plainly
~ the bottom Of the letter.
Cioscs-The Turkey Contest
closes next Friday Afternoon. az
o'clock. tnnovncecsent Will
be made next Saturday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16
Mother Was In

Aunt Liza came up the walk and
said TO her small nephew:
Good morning. Willie. is your
mother in7"
Sure she H." replied While
tfriculenily. Dyou s'pose I'D be
workin' in the garden on Saturday
morning II she wasn't ?''-Ladies
Home Journal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

the Thanksgiving Turkey contest.
week, and already "a letters have
tho "a letters. 20 OF them Will be
Friday afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16
HIS FRENCH

Bobbs-How did n Pari
Slobbs-Not
Bobbs-Dont French?
'''
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The bulgarian cheer IL ~oorah. T"
SO far as can be learned there
liant any Turkish cheer.
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etao eta eta eta etao eta
Editor The Star: wish 20 take
exception TO the principle expressed
in the cartoon that appeared In
your paper on Nov. ~. depicting
a loan shark holding In his hand
papers bearing interest at 100 per
cent. The loan shark Is after big
results In short time. Why Is he
more desplcable. however, than his
next door ncighbor. the banker,
who charges less interest and bides
HIS time. but gets the same results,
what Is the difference between the
former, who charges 100 per cent,
and the latter. who charges 10 per
cent for ten years. One plays the
game as the other. but plays Il
moro slowly.
Both these men are riding the
back OF the wealth producer. the
common workman. One cant
blame them. because of the present
social system. whose slogan is
'eat or be eaten" Change condi-
tons so the majority need not de-
pend upon NE consr rolling minor.
ltN lOI IffltfttnN h1N 0ttot tNt
non-prodncers will disappear. Col
lective ownership of currency and
the banking system will do the
work. JOHN SEKAREC.
Auburn, Wash.
Editor Tho Star: The following
resolutions were adopted by the
University Community club at It's
meeting last Wednesday:
RESOLVED, That the University
Community Improvement club en-.
dorses the action OF the 81 students
OF the University OF Washington In
making the protest they did make
against the acceptance of the
Blethen chimes;
RESOLVED, That we endorse
the reported action OF the faculty
OF che University of Washington to
the effect that they refused to in
flict any penalty upon the said 81
students for the course they adopt
cd In the matter of the protest and
it's publication;
BE II FURTHER RESOLVED,
That we regret the action OF the
Board OF Regents Of the University
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

Speaking OF names. you'd think
w W. loot was a musician,
wouldn't YOU Well. he isn't He's
mover.
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1l0Cf


II win coat siesosT.ass 10 run
New York's municipal busineHs IN
the fiscal year 1914.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

There are 1881 Yale graduates
living New York clsyS has the
greatest number. 1.552, New TIA
ven IL second. with 1900. and Chi.
caEo third. with sf4.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

Tho biggest contest OF the year,
has been In progress but one short
been received by the Circle. Out OF
Ia the batch TO be decided upon mex
The e.onfeaf In
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Ruinous

Ruinous
That talk IN cheap she used 10 think,
Int now she sees II puts a kink
In ones bank ron:
For she. poor soull
Once met friend aud stopped to CAB
While riding in a taxicab.
Judge.
There isn't a doubt that this fact
Ia true,
II calls for a lot OF grit.
To stick. sometimes, till the battles
through,
But any old dub can quit.
Detroit Free Press.
Some Unusual "Ads"
III you like your vitals well sea
soned. try us" advertises a New
York restaurant keeper.
AID. offering a motorcar: This
machine Is being disposed OF on &C.
count OF bad health"
In the Mexican Herald: Mice
room to let. beautifully decorated
with German couple"
Milwaukee, ad: promising IN.
vestment for man who can afford
to lose $500"
A Chicago ieweler advertises.
Spoons and forks are new consid
cred an important factor in ones
table appointments" boston Tran.
script
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-16

BETWEEN Jan. I and Oct. rs
Uncle Sam took In s6i.i2s immi-
grants
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-02
"Evil Eve" Based on Fact,

Most people have heard OF the Evil
Eye" and nov we are informed by
Charles l.. Smith, a noted New York
refractionist, that the superstition
arose because everyone. without know
ing it, has one eye that is different in
power and activity from the other. He
designates it the dominant eye" and
according to whether 1t Is the left
or the right children will grow up left
handed or right-handed. 1t Is sheer
cruelty, and may entail lifelong mis-
cry, to force a child to become am
bidextrous. Such a course may result
in wrecking the nervous system. and
can only be cured by a reversal OF the
process so that the dominant eye
may regain natural and undisputed
sway. Men who are a~mbidextrous had
better keep a strict guard owe their
actions lest they should be credited
with the EVIL eye"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-02

murmured: We'll. Dan Blair IL out
Of Eden, pool dear. If be met her by
the gate"
A fortune Of a round ten million
pounds was a small part OF what this
young man had come into by direct In
heritance from the Copper King OF
Blairtown. Montana. For once the
money figure had not been exagger-
ated. but Lady Galorey did not know
about the res of Dams inheritance
The young man whistling in his
rooms in the bachelor quarters of Os-
dene Park House. dressed for dinner
without the aid of a valet. When
Lord Galorey had asked him where
his man servant was" Dan had
grinned. Gosh, | wouldn't have one
of those Johnnies hanging around mo
never did have, can put on my
stockings all right! There was a chap
on the BOAT | came over in who let his
man put on his stockings. Can you
beat that?" Blair had laughed again.
Il think if anybody tickled my feet
that way | would be likely to kick him
in the eye"
Dressing in his room he whistled IN
der his breath a song from a newly
, popular comic opera; and he intoned
with a clear young voice a line Of the
words:
MISUNDERSTANDING"
Out through his high window, If he
had looked. he would have see the
misty sweep of the park under the
faint moonrise and fine shadows that
the leaves made in the yelled light.
but he did not look out. He was
dressing for dinner without a valet
and giving a great deal of care to his
toilet. for the first time he was to
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-02
NOT ALTOGETHER HIS FAULT
Verdict Brought In by Jury Certainly
Was Not F~Iatterin0 to the
Accused.

A Wheeling CIV. Va.) lawyer says
that he has heard many queer YER
1icts In his time, but the q%uaintest OF
these was that brought in not long
ago by a jury Of mountaineers In a
sparsely settled part Of the state.
This was the first cas- for the ma.
jority Of the jury. and they sat for
hours arguing and d%isputing over 1t in
the bare little room at the rea OF the
court room. At last they struggled
back to their places, and the foreman,
a lean, gaunt fellow, with a superla-
lively solemn expression, voiced the
general opinion:
The jury don't think that he done
1t, for we allow he want there, but
we think he would have done 1t eft
he'd had the chanst."-Harper's Mag
azine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-02

dine in the house of a nobleman and
In the presence of a duchess; not that
1t meant a great deal to him-he
thought it was funny"
In Dan Blair's twenty-five years OF
utterly happy days his n grief had
been the death of his father. AS soon
as the old man had died Dan had gone
off into the Rockies with his guides
and not shown up" for months. When
be came back to Blairtown, as he ex-
pressed It. "he packed his grip and
beat 1t while his shoes We're good" for
the one place he could remember his
father had suggested for him to go.
B%lairtown was very much impressed
when the heir came in from the Rock
les with "a big kill" and the orphans
ease did not seem especially dis
how the boys heart ached for the old
man. When Dan Vas six years old
his father had literally picked him up
by the nape of the neck and thrown
him into the water like a pup and
watched him swim. At eight he sent
the boy of with a gun to rough camp.
Then he took Dan down in the mines
with the men. His education had been
won in B%lairtown, at a school allied
public, but which In reality was moth
ing o than a pioneer district
school.
On Sundays Dan dressed up and
went with his father to church twice
a day and In the week days his father
took him to the prayer meetings, and
at sixteen Dan went to college in Cali
fornia. He had just completed his
course when old Blair died. Then he
inherited fifty million dollars.
ITO BE CONTINUEDl
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-02
"Prophet's" Gloomy Forecast for 1912.

"%Prophet's" Gloomy Forecast for 1912.
York, Pa.-"The year of 1912 will
be one of trouble" according to Lee
]. Spangler, who styles himself "the
last of the prophets" and who has
gained a reputation because of the full.
fillment Of some of his prophecies.
Spangler's forecast is a gloomy one
since he says there will be much suf-
fering throughout the land. The strug-
gle between capital and labor, accord
ing to Spangler, will become keener
than ever before, and there will be a
business depression, the worst in
many years. He says the people will
be punished for their wickedness and
there will be much distress in the big
cities.
The prophet says that there will
be trouble throughout the world. Ma
tons will be involved in war. and
there will be much ~bloodshed.
OF one thing Spangler seems certain,
and that is that the world will not
,ene to an end this year. He says
hat I'll can feel safe from the coming
II the end until 1915.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-02
II a Woman Had Done Il.

Trust the suffragettes to make capt.
tai out of the merest indiscretion of
mere man! The following is an ex-
ample, taken from one Of their publ
cations. the Newsletter, for January:
"a lovely little press item floating
up from Chatham Courthouse. Va,
made the editor laugh and laugh. 1t
said that a juror sneaked out of the
Jury room while the rest of the jurors
we're asleep, and went and MIXED his
cow. He laid out to get back before
tue others walked up. but somebody
saw him and told On him, and the
trial had to begin all over. II a WON
an juror should do that out in Wash
tngton or Idaho, wouldn't it be a
proof of the incapacity of the sex fol
the duties Of citizenship"