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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
THRIFT

Thrift IL a composite quality. nearly
of the virtues.
Industry prudence. forethouEh sefdcnal.
/ relation niggardliness
their grandmothers the
action be called thrifty virtue carried
to a and longer
take partnership honesty Of character
develo avarice.
the opposite Of hrlessness prodgaly mpoyidence
better better food
toyment essw waste and ess anxiety
Is proportion Of people have
small this
being / making
and the Of they aud
happiness.
few a home, a savings bank any
ment s
grow confidence quckened energies frmer
ndepeudene that lift ames up
to tie true manhood that aspres and achieves.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
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You are charged with going 80
Miles an hour" said The rural Jus
.tlcc. and you are fined $40
Judge" said the mutorist. I
have only got 81"
We'll. you've Eot nerve going
10 miles an hour on a reserve of
s. Hand mo the money ."-kanHas
city Journal
Some Of the things We never read
further than tho headlines;
Weather bureau Promises sun
ahinc
Prosecutor WIN BRING Rich Man
20 Trial"
Railroads Must Obey the Law"
In the interest of good govern.
mont. progressive legislation and
the brotherhood OF man, We de
sire 20 call attention 10 the fact
that George p Baker. Morsans
partner wears uidcW hiskars.
The man who would stand
In the aisle woth each hand
EntwIncd to the back OF his seat.
Deserves 60 be thnshed.
70 have his mug mashed.
And be kicked GU, into the street
For a WelLBred Horse. No Doubt
FOR RkNT--Two Furnished
rooms and barn for one horse. In.
aVire 1867 n. eth st Cleveland
Jewish Daily Press.
What has become OF the old.
fashioned rich man who put suit
OF armor at tho foot OF tho stairs
in his new house'
"vinson Mclean. IN. 500 .0o0. 600
baby. ~ betting taken 10 Florida ON
a special train because he has a
slight cold. says tho Washington
dispatch. with him are n doctor.
a woman expert IN apple sauce and
five nurses 90 sooth him with his
pet titbiL" This ought 20 cost the
socialists few votes in 1916.
Misdlrccted energy
Trying 10 enter building
through revolving doors while car.
rying an open umbrella.
Who S~iped the Ter
The fOrnaitleA OF the diplomatic
lie are We euuogh during the day.
but when Il comes 90 repeating
them by night AZ the forma ogation
and embassy dinncrn and tho IN.
tertalnments OF the Ultra fashion.
able AID office vet that Is another
question. New York American.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
BECKER READS BIBLE
TO OTHERS.

THAT song seemed 10 make a
big BIT with Charley We sang
u over and over again That
was during the first few days
h. Was there. Then be got the
Good Book and read 90 MS
Almost as soon as Charley
Decker got into the condemned
cell. Srohr went on. "ur.
rather. az soon as he got 90
know uH. he beard some swear.
Ing goiug on. lie made a 1T
tie speech and said
Sow. boys. we all have 10
cut this thing out You Eel.
loWall have 10 stop GUESSING.
and you. Larry Spohr. VIII
have 10 keep books on them.
Every time they swear they'r
% be- fined. Put en- down. no
matter who Il is
Every night you'd hear a
couple ~ chapters 81 the Good
Book. then Charley would lead
IN singing The Holy City. and
then wc'd go 20 sleep We
didn't mind even II Muirnncy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
WIRELESS OBSERVATIONS IN HIS NOTE boC
EARTH CUSTOMS.

Prince. have my alone.
And for didsi atone.
shunn.d friendly aver where s~sIsth fun.
didst pioo
since tho fret beginning day
OF the coming yesr
Prince ! promise thee II Is no fiction
contradiction;
Right faithfully I held
righteously
Thon gay eseehsnte. laughing
Her golden goblet qusfflng;
She danced
Prince see thee fro~n and curse tho hseon;
kno~es, thOu I'm o" the Water wssoni
Lutte Mccarty ia Eethg They've
Tho scEng bu, doesn't draw well Lutte
Read that again. Mabel doesn't DRAW as well as-o
all right
Editor Nothing anything do
perfectly disgusting \. GROUCHO
We have several other things do friend
might and throw anowbas bu then when
the snow an gone
form OF amusement So what's The n'.'
There had been a
whole down towns called
rushed INTO BIG But there no blaze
the chief
"someone here" declared the clerks,
ala ~"
No one claimed the honor
said. pointing his finger at them Con
Finally olr stepped forward fiohtenedy admitted she
~ You s,. Tom works n company number
planned pretty 9ood-~el we're close friends
ief
soat a short time ago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
BECKER, THE SLAYER, NOW READS BIBLE Ia
MEN In CONDEMNED CELLS AT SING SING

NEW YORK. Jan. II The
fist intimate story Of former
Lieutenant Charles oeker's life
story IN the condemned cells
at Sing Sing 70 told by Law
renee Bpohr. former corporal
Ina the United States army,
now aWlting hia second trial
Monday ut White Plains for
numbering his weetheart. Rose
O'Toole
Spohr. a man Of education. oc-
cupled the coil next TO Becker
until sent back for a rotflal by
Court OF Appeals decleion,
and his story Is replete with
interest
There was In the first place.
what might be called the usual
ropushance OF a convict for a
cop" he anid.
when he came up. mOst or
the condemned cell men didn't
see him. could. because OF
the peculiar pOsltion Of my cell.
It's rule Of the place that
whom a new man comes In the
black curtains are lowered In
front OF tho other cells. But
could see through crack
VI mine. and saw Becker
come IN Ne waa placed ia the
cell next 20 me.
GOT ACQUAINTED OVER
HARmoNtcA MUSIC.
when a former condemned
cell man (Spohr never spoke
the words death houEeD
left behind him a hArmoniea.
! was allowed 10 play upon IL.
One day. after had been drag
ging aomr tune or other out OF
the instrument. / heard a voice
from nsHt door say:
That's very nice. old man.
Very nice.
Il knew who II was talking.
OF course. and made some
civil response
One evening, he conttnu td.
Charley asked me " knew
an old.ume song called The
Church Across the Way
said did. and we had little
quartet OF music over r. There
was Charley. singing baritone:
myself. with a high tenor.
Muhlfeldt. with bass. and
LlnRiry. across from Us over
the aisle. singing the lead It's
an Old. old song. This IL the
way tho GLORIOUS goes land
Spohre sang ~:
TIVE ulrisier uAs preaehln
iiis Fpad and - cred &C. afhinEs
The cnrEfrHatiau Asf in erEt as-F
The belle bed Just reaari finE Ing.
The choir Waa .afflF singing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

The Barber you've got a nasty.
deep lot Of crow feet sir, and them
lines runnln down from the corners
Of the mouth 10 something fierce.
q massage
The Patient ffiercely) You've
got a hump IKE camel and q
chest like a doughnut. and I don
believe. with legs like those, you
could stop an elephant up an alley
let alone a COW Bgt, hang II. man
do you want TO be reminded 81 II
every time you get shaver
Philadelphia Bulletin.
No., =, r1.o.,.,t.,,a ,,,,t.,tt 80.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

and some OF the others would
go ahead with Casey Jones.
Beautiful DOLL and Waitin on
the Leyee
As To the gunmen7 ! didn't
get 10 know them so well
They seem. anyhow, 10 be
younger and more irreaponEi-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

Patti this town Us as health
full as you say It is. why does
there happen 70 be 30 many doe
tors' signs In eyldcnce7"
Mike-"They are nearly all the
signs Of eye doctors. You see.
the people are so healthy here.
that they stay up nights enjoying
the climate, and injure their eyes.
Most Seattle people then go TO j.
w. Edmunds, the Eye Specialist.
In the Leary BnlldIng."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

Purchaser Of n bargain latter
leading 81 out into broad daylight.
They told me 90 would stand
without hltchinf. bat what Worries
10. now. will 10 stand without prup-
piuE7
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

WITH THE presence OF two
woman IN the house, smoking has
been cut ont. But there's still plen-
u Of hot air around.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

SENATOR PIPER doesn't want
the Washington republican senate
10 address memorials TO the demo
cratic president-elect. Gosh, sena-
tor, you don't expect anyone TO ad-
dress anything TO a republic N
presldenb ever again, do you?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

LEGISLATOR at Olympia wants
officers making false arrests pun
ished by penltentiary sentence.
Move 70 amend 30 az TO include
also public officials who prove
false alarms after election.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

JUST THE same, Speaker Taylor
cant say tho prOgresFiyes are on
the fence They know what they re-
after
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
al HEALTHFUL TOWN

Dance at Droamlond tonight -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

Heaters. one half Modern Fur,
nliuro Co. iiJ Pike. ''
The Washington times., 1913-06-09

that appears in the other, each being substantially
phonetic. What hope is there for logical or pho
netc" spelling when the breakfast table beverage
be represented by either coffee or k-a-uph-y,
and no violence be done to either sound or sense'
Accurate spelling is an accomplishment OF the
precise mind; the convenonay accurate set OF pro-
cesses that are apt to sacrifice bigness to accuracy
Washington couldn't SPELL but he could become the
Father of His Country. Carnegie can't spell, but he
has done quite well without that accomplishment
Still, the rule isn't of much use; there are plenty OF
people with maginations, with capacity for big con-
ceptons and worth while thoughts who incidentally
can spell 1t seems to be pretty safe rule that some
folks learn to spell easily and some don't. That's
about all there is to it. The bad spoilers become
better spoilers when they try seriously and sincerely
Oratory, writing, and spelling accomplishments
which commonly represent a good deal more of
study, effort and practice than they do of natural
aptitude. Nothing is slovenly than bad spelling,
and whatever else may be said about it, that fact
should be kept in the minds of children when they
are coming the spelling book. And they should be
kept coming it. too.
The Washington times., 1913-06-09
The Stories of
IFamous Novels
By Albert Payson Terhme
31.-UNDINE, by Baron de Ia Motte-Fouque.

3I.-UNDINE by Baron de Ia Motte-Fouque.
in and
inmates old fshermanand his wife
tful girl Undine. "
girl
pestuous o o
Undines
way grown womanhood and had had
love affair with Hudebrand before he met Undne
knight fell hopees bewchnE
recprocated
The Gift of a Soul
the priest Undne whole She had And
spri obeden
ment and
he for
%
the
harshness o taking
without
Unn fountain
Ringstettn Castle
One
from a to the
he him
bv hands, and vanished
The Knight a he
warning him
kuhleborns overwhem him.
Spectre
Balda consulting bridegroom
ward the mwhe dressing wedding
the as
white Hudebrands
knight she kissed him lips
rushed they found their master lying dead From
the ground feless body gushed
The Washington times., 1913-06-09

THE Mortal Gods" by Olive Tilford
Dargan. published by Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons Of New York.
Twenty years ago an author wrote of
the permanent possibility Of a playhouse
whose sole object was the presentation
of plays which were not necessarily
successes from the popular point OF
view-plays which may not have had
the distinction Of running for q year
or so on Broadway. The question which
he raised was not an entirely Utopian
dream. but presents practical ideas. the
exploitation of which would open
world of the most chosen literature to
a public which has been hitherto forced
to see merely certain plays Of certain
types. carefully chosen for the masses,
at the discretion Of managers. A DUH.
sort Of pleasure for any possessed Of
strongly individualized tastes.
'The Mortal Gods by Olive Dargan.
is book of plays which can be given
on such a stage and classified without
as suitable material. although
the Greek tragedy or comedy which that
writer embodies in her twentieth CEN
tury structural habinments might
prove Of little interest to any but a
small majority-even Of the chosen few.
The book contains three plays, Tho
Mortal Gods. "A Son Of Hermes." and
"Kidmir."
The Washington times., 1913-06-09
REGISTERING" THE LOBBYISTS

Congress may decide to register the lobbyists;
perhaps to take their thumb prints and mug" them
with camera. Perhaps it's good scheme, too, but
we don't think
The lobbyist who comes here with sinister pur-
pose will not be deferred by any such conditions He
will register tell the truth about his business and go
about it in his own way.
The only lobbyists who will be handicapped or
kept away those whom Congress, in the public
interest," most needs to hear FROM the people who so
to the Capitol from motives of patriotism, to tell
public men what they know in the public interest.
Very often the man who knows something that
a Congressional friend ought to know; something
that being explained in the right quarter, may stop
steal or eliminate joker-quite often, the man with
that information would be unwilling to register and
declare his business. Business and other reasons
might make it impossible for him publicly to appear
being interested in the very thing concerning which
he could be really useful.
Congress will gain nothing by registering or
labelling the lobbyists, and in the end it will make
itself ridiculous.
The Washington times., 1913-06-09
LoNDoN's NEWEST HOUSING SCHEME.

British cities have had good deal of experience
with various projects for better housing of their poor
The general conclusion from the experiments thus
far is that the governmental part of the undertaking
is rather easier than the social side of it. That is,
It is easier to provide desirable tenements at roder
ete'cost than to get people to live in them and make
the modest payments necessary either for rent or
purchase.
The London county councils latest plan is to
develop section of outlying property under plan
which, carefully calculated will make it possible to
turn over to a workingman's family four-room
modern cottage on preliminary payment of $40.
Thereafter, he shall pay $3.50 week as rent, and
TO this will be added about so cents weekly, which
the installment the purchase price. At the end
Of twenty years these payments will amortize the
debt and he will be decided the place.
This looks like ng-dstance investment to the
average workingman. run of hard luck lack of
employment sickness or other misfortune, might
cause the loss of all he had invested. So the plan,
modified to meet the conditions which experience has
demonstrated proposes that if the buyer meets such
misfortune he may give up his contract and withdraw
the payments he has made He is not to he squeezed
out of his equity under forced dspossession. He
has in short the benefit of savings arrangement
we'll chance 10 buy his home.
The Washington times., 1913-06-09
DIR. MULLER'S VISIT.

Brazil is returning the visit of courtesy which the
United States made to her four years ago by sending
her minister of foreign affairs, DR.. Lauro Muller to
make an official call on u.s. This is the sequel of
the famous tour of South America which Elihu Root
made when he was Secretary of State That was
one of the most successful undertakings of its kind
in our history and unquestionably accomplished
much toward the establishment of better understand
ing between our country and the republics of the
southern continent. p. =
DR.. Muller is one of the real notables of South
America; and South American statecraft includes a
group of men whom we know and appreciate all too
little One of the msfortunes of our relations with
the sister republics is that know so little about
them; that our lines of communication information,
end travel give us so meager touch with them. The
growth of Brazil in population, wealth. commerce,
Institutions; the rise of Argentina; the power prog
ress, and solidity of Chile; the wonderful oppor-
tunities of Peru; the fascinating experiments that
Uruguay is making in radical, if not indeed, social
istic, policies and making with striking success
these all things that Americans vaguely suspect
snd actually know next to nothing about Yet South
America needs US, we need her, and within the next
generation it is inevitable that the two continents
must be drawn together as never before. The visit
of DR.. Muller might well be made, as it doubtless
will, the occasion for emphasizing the desirablty
of pressing closer relations of mutually advantageous
character. -.. -.-' -..-e.- --
The Washington times., 1913-06-09
THE INVASION HAS BEGUN!

Kato Osaka, Japanese cody in appearance, but
for present purposes unquestionably an admiral in
disguise, picked up from the waters of New York
Bay pretty nearly drowned. He was swimming near
Governors Island. and the metropolitan press feels
pretty sure he is really japanese spy, sent to figure
just what naval force would be needed to batter down
the defenses the harbor and let fleet inside 1t
is little rough the story that if he had wanted
to learn all about the Governors Island fortifca-
tions he could have walked in in daylight and seen
everything he needed to know. Also, il is dscon-
certng to know that any foreign government desiring
that information get it in plenty of other ways.
Kato doubtless is spy, and a very dangerous
one. He wouldn't be good copy if he were not. He
represents the real beginning of the Japanese nva-
sion. Had he not been picked up from the water
he would doubtless have landed on the island given
the jiu jitsu treatment to the fourteen-inch dis
appearing guns, put the garrison in irons, and thrown
il into the brig-no not brig; that's maritime-but
anyhow thrown in where it should be thrown for the
purpose of maintaining the verisimilitudes of mil
itary romance-and then swum across, raised the
banner of the Rising Sun over the Woolworth Build
ing, and levied tribute on Wall Street.
Wall Street ought almost to be able to work up
new scare on the strength of this new menace
Kato is a better ghost than some that have been
soaring the Street of late.
The Washington times., 1913-06-09
What's on tie Program IN
Washington Today

Masonic: Dawson. No. IS; Stansbury1
No. "a; Mt Vernon, No. 3 Royal Archl
Chapter; Anacostia, No. u; Temple.
No. IS, and Columbia, No. Is, Order oil
the Eastern Star.
knights OF Pythias: Decatur. No. o.
, Calenthe, No. II, and Equal, No. IL.
Ascalon Temple. No. 81. Dramatic Or
der Knights Of Khorassan. ceremonial
session.
Usage Tribe. No. 6. Red Men. at Society
Temple. Fifth and G streets north
west
Odd Fellows: Langdon. No. 9. degree
work; Union. No. Is. and Beacon, No.
Is, business. Degree work and aomi-
nation Of officers Of Esther. No. 5.
Rebekah Lodge.
Concert by Y: s: Marine Band. Ma
Concert by Q. s. Soldiers Home Band.
Bandstand. to $50 p. m.
Thirty-third annual reunion dinner.
National Rifles Veterans Associa-
tion. Freunds. SIS Tenth street north
Free public lecture. THE Free Lunch
and Its Dangers" by Dr. W. c.
Rucker. at Y. NJ. c. A. at night.
Lawn fete. benefit Of the Day Nurs-
teenth and Irving streets. at night.
weekly meeting Central Labor Union
typographical Temple. 4eS-i25 G street
northwest. p m
commencement Law Department OF
Georgetown University. Polls Thea
ter, 4. p. m
Meeting Of proposed National Society
for promotion of Practical Eugenics.
at home of Mrs. A. J. Parsons.
Opening session of International Asso-
ciation of Police Chiefs.
Meeting Of Lincoln Memorial Commits
sion.
Ninth annual convention Of National
Association of Sheet Metal Contrac-
tors In New Masonic Temple.
The Washington times., 1913-06-09
AS TO THE ART OF SPELLING.

A year or more ago, the statesmen and the news
papermen debated the question of whiskers, with, it
IS regrettable to note, paratively little benefit to
the public morals That may have been because whs-
kers are crime of such violent character that vastly
more than sporadic denunciaton is necessary to
overcome the depravity that would indulge them.
In the matter of spelling, on the other hand, the
contest between the statesmen and the fourth estate
seems destined to useful results. deal Of discus
zion of the art of spelling has been set afoot, much
of it pointless, but some worth while. Our English
alphabet makes natural" spelling impossible and
reformed" spelling delusion. There is always the
classic illustration of word that can be spelled two
ways, and in one spelling not single letter is used
The Washington times., 1913-06-09
Theory and Practice.

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
While a Democratic Administration
is trying to pass tariff bill whose
main object Is TO decrease the cost of
things, by subjecting our producers to
the competition of other peoples whose
style of living and standard of produc-
ton are radically different from ours.
what is really ruling production?
Producers are regulating their output
by the money returns, and the produc-
ton Of different commodities Especially
of foodstuffs) increases and decreases
according to the money return received.
Contrary to Democratic arguments.
the high prices Increase production.
while low prices decrease It, Such
things as meat. butter. ETC., are high
because, high In price as they are. other
products. such as fancy fruits and
many other farm products, insure a
much better financial return, with the
consequence that thousands Of farmers
neglect such things as give a poor finan-
ciai return. and engage In producing
those that return the most money per
acre. -. "
as a necessity the price that goes with
n1osress. and by standardizing prices
allow the producer to develop ali there
is In him.
The mere suggestion that a low tariff
can be OF any help to a country like
t,on Of our country.
Under high tariff. which has only
let us develop according to our own
high standards and not contamina ted
by the innuenSe S, or lower civilization.
world and the refuge for the oppressnd
and poor Of all nations. '''
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