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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-29
THANKSGIVING, Hunger Festival.

There is a story-loved by all Ger
manic people, and haply by the rest
of mankind who know it-of gold
shining at the bottom of the rushing
river of ages No atom of it was
ever taken away, because it was
guarded by the immortal vigilance.
Mans faith has always been that the
gold of autumn between the shores of
the hills will CLEAN in its place until
the divine forsakes it. He has al
ways worshipped the god OF the vel
low corn.
Thus Thanksgiving Day has per
haps within itself two elements OF
perpetuity 1t is the festival of the
two hungers-the hunger of the fields.
and the hunger of the harvester that
he may himself escape the law of the
harvest. which is to perish. Nun
sey's Magazine
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-29
WEARING SNAKE SKIN GOWNS
oythons and Anscondas Being Slaugh-
tered to Provide Dresses
for Women.

For once fashion has taken direc-
ton which promises to be OF general
benefit TO humanity. Womankind. or
1t least such as have access to the
longest purses. are shortly to use
snake skin for garments for quite
everyday wear One can scarcely
imagine more poetic revenge by the
daughters of Eve on their old enemy.
tho serpent tempter.
Whether the new robes will prove
as artistic as is expected remains to
be seen. They will certainly lend
themselves in skilful hands to the en-
phasizing of whatever graees there
may be in the person of the wearer,
anw If the fashion thins out the num-
Der OF these dangerous reptiles all
aver the world humanity will owe a
debt OF gratitude to the inventor of
The new modes.
We may yet come TO see python
skin sold by the yard over the dry
goods counters, for the python is a
big beast. occasionally reaching, when
fun grown. so feet in length and a
foot or more in diameter Thus, APP
parertly. single skin might supply
enough stuff to make an ordinary
gown on modern lines. What the cost
viii be one cannot yet say. 1t will
obviously be high. for serpents of the
largest size are not TO be met with
every day
The market price of skins. in view
Of the coming demand. has already
gone up 10 a very high figure, and in
Rorneo, Sumatra and all over the
Malay archipelago native hunters are
securing the wilderness. tempted by
the offers of dealers in Paris and Vi
emma. and killing and capturing every
big snake they meet with.
Properly prepared. snake skin is
both soft and durable The anaconda
is already bespoke" for the latest
thing in motor coats aud thus used
makes an attractive novelty. Made
up in delicate shades OF cream color
and brown. and lined with satin to
match. the material forms most at
tractive garments, which are espe-
eially desirable by reason OF their
lightness. They weigh almost moth
ing at all anu. it is reported, never
wear out"
Four fair sized skins make tour
ing coat, but there is some trouble in
matching them perfectly.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-29

with black crayon rude imitation OF
logs, cut slit windows, put on rough
chimney and leave the door half open.
with a little doll, dressed as a Puri-
tan child. peeping out About the
blockhouse group some toy pine trees,
one or two Puritan men, two maids
and maybe a friendly Indian with
feathered headdress. The maids and
child are dressed in grave gray gowns
with white kerchiefs and caps, and
the white men wear buff-colored knee
breeches, red waistcoats and green
or gray tail coats. The good Indian
wears war paint and, maybe, drags a
cloak of fur behind him Dolls for
the purpose can be had at 10 cents
aUiece-four inches Highland they
could be dressed in tissue paper.
They are held to the table with long
block headed pins, or rather to a
board upon which the scene is set
and afterward covered over In suit
able manner One OF the metal tur-
keys, sold now in all the candy and
toyshops for Thanksgiving. could ap-
pear in the scene and also a deer and
a fat goose The birds and animals
can be had from five cents up.
All the things mentioned in these
dramatic times could be symbolized
with pretty trifles bought at the ten
cent store or elsewhere, for favors.
The following things are seen and are
all suitable: Papier mache pumpkin
pies, candy boxes made like ears of
corn. kegs, cannon. Indian baskets
and tomahawks The kegs were al
ways a part of the New England
Thanksgiving. and they held root
beer-made by the Indian women
and molasses, which was used for
the pies famous to this day.
Another amusing idea for a Thanks
giving table scene could be a dem
onstration of the great progress of
the years. This scene might hold a
paper aeroplane, an automobile, little
French bandboxes and dolls dressed
to depict the various races that have
invaded the country. There could be
a negro, Chinaman, a Russian Cos
sack, an Indian laborer. a German.
F'renchman and so on. There should
be little Aniericn flags for souvenirs
or trimmings, flag candy boxes and
plenty of red. white and blue ribbon
tying souvenirs, place cards and
menus.
All the candy holders made for the
season show some red, white and blue,
while the paper napkins and table
covers have just the right things In
their rough picture borders.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-29
All Have JOYS.

While many have SORROWS. all have
Joys. and these are the supreme oc-
casion of thanks. ''Oh. give thanks
unto the Lord. for he is good for his
mercy endureth forever" exclaims
the psalmist. who at another time OBJ
serves: Out OF the depth cried
unto the Lord and be beard me-"
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-29

As there seems to have arisen
some discussion as 10 where Moses
was when the light went out, II might
be well to inform inquirers that he
was in deht-rather heavily-to the
electric light company.-Judge.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-29
. .
A REAL THANKSGIVING
ey DONALD ALLEN

ENO walking TOO far, said old
!. Z: :. !: :: :. !. !" !:
1fJIP Uncle Robert as girl Of
20 passed him on her way
.F.l2 down 10 the gate OF the
I'D. farmhouse.
81 IA And Why not" she ask
~ ed as she almost came to a
- pause
Well, according TO my ideas. it's
going 10 rain and snow and blow and
bail. and when the storm does break
she's going 70 be a buster You live
81 the city and don't know anything
about the storms We have out here.
I've seen # when We didn't have a
train along for four straight days"
Z wanted to 20 TO the postofice to
mail a letter
IT'S three miles there and back,
and if was you I'd put it of Mebbe
aomeDody'H be passing that you can
send it By. Tomorrer Thanksgiving,
you know. and We are going to have
. the awfulest. biggest incest dinner
anybody ever set down to. It's In
your honor. you know There1i be
turkey duck and chicken thezell
be cranberry sass pumpkin pies cur
rant jell. sweet cider and apple dump
Inns. thereH be-
! think III just walk little ways.
anyhow said the girl as she opened
the gate and passed down the highway
towards the village and the railroad
depot
And # you come home as wet as
hen don't say didn't warn ye. It's
going 10 come. and it's going to be
buster
Half an hour later. a middle-aged
woman with motherly face and
voice came out on the steps and ask
ed
pa. do you reckon it's goin' to
storm"
Sure as ducks"
Where's Minnie2"
oh. she's gone for santer. ! give
her warning What's she waHtin' TO
mail a letter for? / haint mailed a
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-29

letter nor got one In 20 years. and I
guess I'm about as we'll OF as most
folks was going to ask her but for
got it"
Don't you ask her a word about
St cautioned the wife as she came
down to him Il guess Minnie's got
something on her mind and it hain't
none of your business. ! reckon she'll
tell me when she gets ready. Least
wise. ! hain't goin' to do any pump
ing
Something on her mind, Ell? That's
funny Didn't know that girls ever
had anything on their minds except
new clothes Is that why she come
visiting us all of sudden"
Meme o your business, guess my
own sisters daughter can come and
see me any time she takes a notion,
and that without writing ahead
What's on her mind. as nigh as can
make out. is about a young man II
don't tell you you'll worry the shirt
OF your back Pa, you got TO be as
poly as an old maid You cant see
pillar-ease topping on the clothes
line bat what you want to know all
about Il Yes; it's about a young
man. They are engaged. and they've
had a falling out and she's sorter run
away from him to find out II he really
cares for her"
And she's got scared about 1t and
has written him a letter to tell where
an L.. l..
Go on Its probably a letter to
her ma. though I didn't see il nor ask
I hope she didn't start for town It's
uoing 10 storm for sure. and there
hahn but one house ON the road
where she could find shelter Look
down the road and see if you can see
her"
Can't see hiCe nor hair of any
girl, reported Uncle Robert after go
ing out TO the highway and taking a
long look
An hour later. with both uncle and
aunt tidgeting about their girl visitor,
the black clouds that had been
banking up for hours began TO advance
before breeze that soon strengthen
I'd into a gale In five minutes the
gray afternoon had become twilight.
In fifteen there was cold rain and live
~ hail, and Uncle Robert was blown
into the kitchen 10 exclaim:
Il told her II was going to be
buster. and that she mustn't blame
me. | started down the road TO meet
her. but Lordy what a storm!
couldn't get ten rods If was to die
for it"
Miss Minnie had reached town and
mailed her letter and started back
again when the storm broke. Before
Il came. she thought she could make
out human figure on the road ahead
of her. but wasn't sure. The very erst
gust picked her up and turned her
around and deposited her under a
roadside tree She remained there un-
til the gale began TO whip the
branches of. and then let go ner hold
and ran for it, There We're limbs fall
ing all about her. and the hail-stones
peppered her until she ran almost
Siindiv Shs hsdn'' zone a quarter OF
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-29
BY ADELE MENDEL.

OW much easier it is for
the hostess of today to pre-
pare for a Thanksgiving
dinner than it was for the
hostess of a hundred years
ago. Then it meant not
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
DOWN
COOKS BOND

The county commissioners yes
terday refused to accept the bond
of c. A. Co.'s, assessor-elect, when
he presented it yesterday for $5,-
600 to guarantee to the county ne
would properly fulfill the duties
of teh office to which he was
elected. This has been the bond
for years but the county commits
sioners announced they would
change it. What they will de-
mand, however, is not stated.
Neither was any reason given for
not keeping the bond where 1t
has been in the past.
The bond was perfectly regular
in all respects.
No other bonds of the new
county officers are held up as 9TH
ers are fixed by statute but the
county commissioners are given
power to fix the amount on the
assessor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
@ o o @ @ 9 @ @ g @ 9 o o 8 9

Rev A. D. Shaw, Pin. D., East
Congregational church, East 2Sth
and e streets, asks this question
and answers it.
If punishment is inflicted with
out reformation being the object
sought, then it ceases to be pun
ishment and degenerates into
Hottentot savagery. The business
of our courts is to fix the extent
of prisoners guilt and the state
makes due arrangement for his
punishment.
If he be a murderer little
thought is given to the question
of reclamation and restoration 20
his normal place in the social or
der.
Society is simply on guard
against him, and sees to it that he
is murdered, in order that he may
no longer live to murder.
The reclamation and rehabili-
ment in character of the erring
member of the household should
be first and dominant in senti-
ment, and should finally determ-
inc our treatment.
But is this the operation we
resort to under our law of CAPT.
tai punishment? l think not.
Our law of capital punishment Is
barbarian, savage, inhuman and
only fit for the age of savagery.
If this butchery produced any
good results, / would forgive the
state. But it aggravates the evil.
1t adds insult to injury. 1t ex-
ecutes legal murder to avenge in
dividual murder. Surely this is
unwise, inhuman. For when in
the name of reason has two
wrongs ever produced one equity I?
The object of punishment by the
state must ever be reformation.
If the state legally murders a
man for revenge, because the man
is small and defenseless, and the
state Is all powerful, then justice
becomes a hideous nightmare,
and punishment a cruel, despotic
monster.
l know that our attitude to-
ward the murderer is largely de-
termined by our fundamental con-
ception of his crime. But we
should at least be human. And
it Is no part of humanity's plan
to punish for revenge.
"Thou shalt not kill" This
Is the court of last appeal, for
this is God. May it soon be the
policy of our state. Then punish
ment will cease to be revenge and
become reformation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
Is DOGS HAVE
BEEN KILLED

Fifteen dogs have been killed
this week by Poundmaster Henry
B. Fuller, most of them at the re-
quest of their owners who feared
the animals were afflicted with
the rabies.
Chief LOOMS has ordered that
all dogs picked up on the street
be held four days in order 10
determine whether or not they
have symptoms of this disease.
Only those dogs which have
been turned in by owners have
been put out of the way, whereas
nearly hundred are being kept
under the four-days' order at the
pound.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
TO RATE ALL
FOOD STORES

II Tacoma food stores are un-
clean a card will show customers
how unclean, after Miss Wimple,
new food inspector, gets her sys-
tenn to working, which she will
inaugurate January l.
1t Is proposed to grade every
food store in the city on a basis
of 100 points. Cards will be
given the store to display.
If the card is not displayed the
customers will know the place IS
pretty bad.
This idea has been worked In
North Dakota, Indiana, Missouri
and some other places and is said
to be winner.
Even the clerks will be graded
on the basis of the cleanliness of
their clothing and hands and
faces.
If the grocer cleans up his
grade will be changed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
SHOCKED TO
TO DEATH

Stumbling over the Puget
Sound Electric railway sidetraciI
at Milton and falling heavily
across the third rail, which was
heavily charged, caused the death
late yesterday of Henry Brown,
1l-year-old son of Captain Brown
tugboat owner of Shelton. The
lad was student at st. George
school at Milton and was hurry
Ing back from a fishing trip by a
short cut. Two companions were
with him at the time and say his
last words were, Il feel awful. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
EDUCATORS WILL
MEET In EVERETT

EVERETT, Dec. 21.-One
thousand educators, delegates to
attend the twenty-sixth annual
convention of the Washington
Educational Association, are ex-
pected in this city December &c,
q and 2S.
The Washington Educational
Association will discuss many top
les of school interest during its
three days session, be entertain
ed with automobile rides about
the city and novel exercises in the
Everett theatcr. Officers will be
elected on the second day and
the next mee,lrg place designated
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21

Stranger, pause aud lend nm ear
To my mOurnfui tale;
Maybe you Will shed tear
Hut twill not avail.
Once they called us "Man's Des,
Friend"
Treated ny quite fair;
Hut that Friendships ut an end
Since the Mad-DOg-Scnre!
Once they kept us to defend
Home and babes and wife:
Or for help, u dog they'd send
OFT 10 save u life.
All, hut that IL different now,
And most everywhere.
sTl<iIl 'em off" II mankind vow
Since the Mad-DOS-Scarc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
VITAL STATISTICS

Died
Davis, Mrs. j. F.-Yesterday at a
hospital. Was a resident of Puyal-
lup Remains are at Mellinger's
awaiting funeral arrangements.
Funerals.
Leo. Mrs. JOhn--Today at 10
o'clock from Mellingers. Inter
ment, Tacoma cemetery.
SeversOn, Pearl Myrtle-Monday
at 80 o'clock from Mellinger's.
1nterment. Tacoma cemetery.
Kirk, PauI-Remains sent to
Wisconsin last night by Gaffney.
Jessemer. Mrs. Achsaii-Died at
her Gig Harbor home Wednesday,
today at 1880 from Hoska- Buck
ley Kings. Interment, lakewood
cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
LANDED In JAIL

The Associated Charities cared
for the wife and six children of
Edmund Brace, 35th and East T.,
until he got work. Then when
his salary was paid he squan-
dered it and left his family with
nothing, which the authorities
thought was going little strong,
so Brace was sent to jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
WATCH; VEST;
UNO ANSWER

While j. c. Holt was oiling an
engine in the Northern Pacific
shops last night, someone took
his vest containing his Waltham
watch from where it hung on the
wall of the roundhouse, and dis
appeared. The police are watch
ing pawnshops for its reappear-
ance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
IN A DICKENS
OF A PICKLE

Frederick Dickens is in a
dickens CT pickle. With a let
ter showing lineage back to the
house of Stewart in England and
himself a scion of royalty, he
entered police headquarters yer
terday to show Chief LOOMS
what an illustrious parsonage the
city contained, whereupon Loom
is locked him up and will have
him examined for sanity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
BRYAN CALLS
ON "WOODY"
lBy United Press Leased Wire.)

lBy United Press Leased Wire
TRENTON, N. j., Dec. Iii
President-elect Woodrow Wilson
and William j. Bryan conferred
here this afternoon IN the gov
ernor's room at the state house
No announcement of the result of
the conference or the matters dis
cussed is expected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
MUST FACE THE
INSANE BOARD

Fred Dickens, an Englishman,
aged 80 years, who was arrested
yesterday by Chief Loomis, was
examined today by DR.. c. j. Bro
beck, who believes the man In
sane. He will go before the in
sanity board later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
LAST OF HOP
CROP is In

The last of the Puyallup hop
crop was brought up this week
by Hugh Herren, representing the
George Bird company, and the
whole crop of 1912 has now been
marketed in the valley The val
ley crop is estimated to have been
1000 bales, which went at an
average of II cents a pound.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21

WAY TO DO 1T

Some person, evidently about
to start housekeeping, last night
ransacked a room in the Washing
ton and made off with a bundle
of sheets, pillows, blankets and
a mattress. Joe Cassell, the pro-
prietor, reported the themt to the
police this morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
9 o @ @ @ o o y @ 8 o o @ o o q
o MARRIAGE LICENSES. &

. (. Q Q . Q . . . . . Q . . . .
Earl Edgington and Georgia
Maitland of Seattle; Frank William
Carr of Seattle and Helen Glare
Bower of Marysville, Wash; John
Jacobson and Karoline Dyro of
Tacoma; C. A. Leeke of Cedardale,
burg, Kas.; A. j. Naylor of Adna,
Wash. and Emma NJ. Kalles of Nc
MILAN, Wash; Charles William
Johnson and Anna c. Swanson of
Seattle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
@ YEARS FOR KILLING CAT

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21.-Found
guilty of killing a cat, Manuel
Pryor, Is years old, was sem
fenced to six years in the reform
school by Judge Wurdeman at
Clayton. Pryor admitted killing
the cat, which belonged to a
neighbor, for spite. He said he
tied it to post and killed it with
an ak.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
Fire Underwriters
Banquet at Noon

The Life Underwriters associ-
alton, newly organized for fra
ternal and political purposes in
Tacoma, banqueted at the Olym-
pic club at noon today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
HOG SPECIAL ON
ITS WAY WEST

The Hartman railway believes
hogs will pay big in Washing
ton, and is running a dairy and
hog special train around the
state to educate farmers how to
raise hogs and what big money
there is in il.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
TOOK GEMS FROM
DEAD DUCHESS

ROME, Dec. 21.-Despite the
efforts of the government to
withhold the particulars of the
outrage upon the tomb of the
duchess of Genoa, the mother of
Dowager Queen Margherita, at
Euperga, 1t is known that great
amount of jewelry was stolen
from the body.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21

Dog and the Cat!
How penetrating Maeterlinck's
insight! He makes his Dog a
hero, who sticks to his little mas
ter when all else have fled;
whilst he has the Cat say, when
reproached for its treachery-"I
will love you as much as you de-
serye,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE
| SENIORS WOULD GRADUATE

Two hundred and fifty-three
seniors have applied for degrees
at the University of Washington,
diplomas to be awarded at COM
mencement time in June of next
year
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21

Ask about "Seventy-seven, ask
your neigh bors, ask your friends,
ask anyone you meet, in society,
in business, at church, at the
opera, theatre, anywhere, anyone,
1t makes no difference, the an
swer will be the same-''If you
will take 'Seventy-seven' when
you first feel a Cold coming on,
1t will break it up, in short order. +"
If you wait until you begin to
cough and sneeze it may take
longer.
A small vial of pleasant pellets,
fits the vest pocket. AT your
Druggist Csc or mailed.
Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co.,
166 william street. New York.
ADV ertisement."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21

When n mans of friends bereft--
When the cupboard's bare;
When there's not farming left;
liz Il dog RIGHT TfiEHi-
When n fellows down and out,
On the blink for fart
That's the WAY Ii WAS, no doubt,
Fore the Mad-DOE-Scarc!
Now, because some poor ki-OOdle
Crnzed by blows, maybe,
Has u madness I'm his noodle;
(Bnd-I will aEree)
liz 1t worthy of you, Man,
HOnest-fs 1t fair
That "rhy Friend must feel tn,
ban
OF the Mad-DOS-Scarc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21

1.-THE Blue Bird" Is the most
elaborate production that has
ever been seen in Tacoma from
scenic standpoint, and more
than 80 (half of them
children appear in the pro-
duction. The house was sold
out last night, and the perform
ance will be repeated tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
TURKEY SOARING.

will take the bigger 50 bill to put turkey
your this Christmas for there to be ndca-
slump price. The birds holding at &c to
> 2S a pound Wholesale
weather, however is keeping the market we'll
with vegetables can't afford turkey eat
!. hubbard squash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
Makes the Nation GASP

The awful list of injuries on a
Fourth of July staggers humanity.
Set over against 1t, however, is
the wonderful healing. by Buck
lens Arnica Salve, of thousands,
who suffered from burns, cuts,
bruises, bullet wounds or explo-
sions. It's the quick healer of
boils. ulcers, eczema, sore lips or
piles. 25c at Ryner Malstrom
Drug Co., 93S Pacific av.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-21
THE PLANT OF THE PURP
BY OUR DOG ROVER.

solitary this planet and amid all the
him the dog, has
him. fear most ignore
us--except the dog-Maeterlinck.