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London Stock Market

London, October 1.-THE stock market
opened steadier. 1t closed quiet. Publi-
cation of the bank return with a small
increase in reesrve makes it apparent
that stronger measures will have to be
taken in the near future to attract gold.
Mexican rails dropped 3 points on the 21s
per cent dividend which was disappoint-
ing. American securities opened steady
and a fraction higher.
The list advanced under the leadership
of Canadian Pacific.
In the afternoon Canadian Pacific
dropped points under Berlin and New
York selling and other shares eased off
Closed weak.
Consols for money 72ss; consols account,
e 1916. Bar silver steady, 2Slsd. Money
Si4031ad. Discount rate. short bills IS4d;
three months, 15-l6d.
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Dry Goods
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York. October G.--(Special. 1.-THE
effect of the quiet buying by spinners n
Europe and America during the past few
days was shown today in the advance in
Liverpool before cur opening. We, ad-
vanced then some ~ points and moved
upward under covering demand together
with the reports of further rain over
Texas and Oklahoma until the close was
about 40 points higher than yesterday.
So quick a response to these influences
came as a great surprise to the local
trade and to the the Atlantic states who
have both been looking for a further de-
cline and had sold In anticipa tion of ii
here and to Europe.
Our advices state the condition of af-
fairs in Texas and Oklahoma could hardly
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PRICES ARE STEADY
WITH GOOD DEMAND
Butter Quotations Off lie,
Look for Better Trade
Next Week

Not a change was registered in yes
terday's local quotations The supply
and demand are on a par and both are
up to n high standard.
Produce dealers say that business is
very good at present and there is an
optimistic note in all predictions 1t is
thought that next week will show u
strengthening of prices and an in
creased demand.
Butter is off Il cent. There is a good
demand and the market is sufficiently
supplied and 1t is not known just what
is the cause of the slight reduction
The price Is not weak and 1t is be-
lieved that il will recover very soon
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Bank of England Statement

London. October 16.--Weekly statement
OF the Bank of England: Total reserve
increased e661 900. Circulation decreased
a.Ss6,00o Bullion Increased eS75197. Other
securities decreased f75o,OtV. Other depos-
its increased f475,000. Public deposits de-
creased e652.000 Notes reserve increased
lEs02 GOO Government securities We're un-
changed. The proportion of the bank $
reserve to liability was 5430 per cent.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, October 16.--Cotton seed
oil was higher today ON new specula-
tive buying induced by the big advance
in cotton together with covering by
shorts. Closing prices were 2 to points
net higher. Sales $1,000. barrels. Tend
ers about 1000 barrels. Prime crude.
$500 sales: prime summer yellow, 6.S5c
bid; October, 6.S7c; November. 6.T9e;
December, 6.SSe; January. 6.91c: Febru-
ary. 7c; March, 7.10c; April, 7.11c; May,
7.24c; prime winter yellow and sum-
mer white. 7@Sc.
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New York Money

New York. October 16.-Money on call
steady, 3d3ia per cent. Ruling rate, 3Ia
per cent. Closing. 3l4&31a per cent. Time
loans weaker: 80 days, fs4@5 per cent; 80
days, 3 per cent; six months, 1905 per
cent Prime mercantile paper, 5ls46 per
cent Sterling exchange steady; s4s1 .35
for 60 days and S4.s5.55 for demand. Com
mercial bills s4s1. Bar silver, elAc. Mex
lean dollars. AZ cents. Government bonds
steady; railroad bonds sluggish.
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Fish and Sea Foods

Red snapper 10c in Dbl. lots; gray
snappers or groupers. Sc; Spanish mack
erel, 129121sc IN bbl lots. pompano, zoe:
red bass. 6lac; mixed fish, Sc in Dbl. lots;
in barrel lots &c; small crockers.
6lac In barrel lots; Atlantic null
let, &c: common mullet, &c; small trout.
size; fresh water cat. dressed, 121se: lady
fish 6Isc: salt water cat SEC: speekled
trout, 12lac Virginia oysters si.50. S1.65;
New York oysters. s.S5 per gal. Shrimp.
i0c lb.
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An Exception

The village wise man was holding forth
on the subject of old sayings, and how
often they proved true.
AN lookee ere he went on, decisive
ly. There's that saying United we
stand, divided we fall Now, amt that
true? Everything obeys that law, wheth-
er animated or inanimated."
He passed for the applause which should
have followed this display of wisdom
but before 1t had come a voice rose from
a dark corner.
''Humph!' 1t Nsaid, scepticaly. What
about pair o steps?''
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans, October 1G--Spot cotton
steady. Lice higher. Middling. 13 5-l6c
Sales: Spot, 1915. To arrive, 1850 Low
ordinary, l3-16c nominal. Ordinary, 10ssc
nominal. Good ordinary 12i4c. Strict good
ordinary, 1213c. Low middling, 12 13-16c
Strict low middling, 13 .1-l6c. Mlddling
10 5-16c. Strict middling, 13 Slice Good
midding, 1S 13-l6c. Strict good middlins
14c. Middling fair, IL 7-16c nominal. MID
ding fair to fair, IA 13-16c nominal. Faii
Is S-16c nominal. Receipts. 1o,406. Stock
75S16.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, HdnOyer Square, N.
change, New orleans Cotton Excnango,
New YORK Produce Exchange. Asso!
CATION Orders solicited for the pur.
chase and sale Of Cotton and Cotton
Seed Oil for future delivery. Special
sttention and liberal terms given Tor
conai9nments Of spot cotton for o0s
avery. Correspondeucs tuvtte4
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Coffee Market

New York, October 16.--There was ac-
tive selling In the coffee market. After
selling steady at decline of q to "a
points, prices sold 3S to 46 net lower
lower. Rio unchanged Santos spots 100r
under liquidation, reports of freer Bra
lillian offerings and weakness here. The
close was up from the lowest on covering,
with last prices firm at a net loss of u
to S5 October. 10.25c; December, 0.47c
January, 10 CSC; March. 10.S7c; May. 11.09c;
July, II .27c September, II .40c.
Spot unsettled: No. Z Rio. lie; No. 4
Santos. 13iac. Mild quiet; Cordova. 13lsar
1ei4 nominal.
Havre, 2M2Af lower. Hamburg, 11t@1s4 p
lower; 4s. 6sx900; is, 6sx109 Santos fu-
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans. October 16.-Rice: Good
demand for rough Honduras and ia
pan; clean Honduras and Japan strong.
Quote: Rough. Honduras. 2.75dD4.30c
Japan, $50 ga $50; clean Honduras. 4%
@6Ac; Japan, 3ss 4c for new; 3A q
S9sc for old. Receipts; Rough 1892;
millers, 1876 sales, 2047 sacks rough
Honduras at 2.75@4.30c; CAT sacks ia
pan at 2.50 1892 pockets clean Hon
duras at q @5 5-16c; Japan 1853 pocl1-
cts at 11-16 @3c.
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Elnur and Rraadsfuffs

Self rising flour, $3.50; Tennessee flour.
S515; pure wheat shorts. $50:
pure wheat bran. $31: c. S.
hulls per ton, s13; prime C. S. meal. per
ton. $50; c. S. feed meal, per ton. SIS;
No. timothy hay per ton. 1885, mixed
alfalfa and Johnson grass. per ton, s24:
alfalfa hay, per ton, $26 Johnson grass
per ton, SIG; mixed feed. s34: oats. 5Sc
bu; corn, 96c; cornmeal S1s5 per 96 lbs.
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Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington, October 16.--The condition
OF the United States treasury at the be-
ginning of business today was:
Net balance in general fund, $124.1 125, $50.
Total receipts yesterday We're s2,544, 492.
Total payments yesterday. s2.S1S,SsS The
deficit this fiscal year is s9651.7l5, against
a deficit of $685. last year, excluding
Panama canal and public debt transac-
tons
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he worse and that there are several hun
dred thousand Bales of cotton IN
those states which, as result of these
recent weather conditions, will not be d.
liyerable on contract.
After so rapid an advance, the traders
look for a lower opening tomorrow.
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Metal Market

New York, October 16.-Lead steady,
81. sod4. so. London, e20 2s Cd.
Spelter quiet, IS. 25M5 35. London, 92O los.
Copper, standard spot and futures nom-
inal; no transactions: electrolytic, 16.62QJ
16.S7c; lake. 16.S7M17c; casting, 1637Ml6. 75c.
Tin firn spot, $40. 75041; October, $40. 70
@4o.S7 November, $40. .75@41 December,
$40. 75@41.
Antimony weak; Cookson's Sc, $3.50.
Iron quiet and unchanged.
London markets closed as follows: Cop
per firm: spot. e72 lis Cd; futures 472
SIS cd. Tin firm; spot. G1se 15s; futures.
G1s7. Iron, Cleveland warrants. 51s lloyd.
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ST I,ouis Grain

st. Louis, October 16.--Wheat: Cash No.
. red, 9014093c; No. 2 hard, S4491c. Corn:
No. 2, 701z@l71c; No. white, 71@n12c. Oats:
No. 2, 40c; No. 2 white, 41c. Close: Wheat,
December, S54@S5asc; May, s9ts@S914c.
Corn: December. Csc; May, Tic. Oats:
December, Ssssc; May, 411sc.
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Steady; middling, 13A c; net
receipts, 22,37S; gross receipts, 22,37S:
shipments, 21,40s; sales. 1910; stock,
1866.
Augusta Steady; middling, 13 3-16c;
net receipts. 1889; gross receipts, 4149;
shipments 3740; sales, 1866 stock, S4,-
36S.
Memphis: Steady; middling. 1880;
net receipts, 6469; gross receipts, 1854;
shipments 4974; sales, 5000, stock. 6S,-
S99.
st. Louis Quiet; middling, 1870; net
receipts, 1850; gross receipts, 425S; ship
ments, 3671; stock, 1922.
Cincinnati Net receipts. 2S2; gross
receipts, 2S2; shipments, ATS; stock, 16,
15e.
Little Rock: Quiet: middling, 13c; net
receipts, 1919; gross receipts, 14t9; ship
ments, 3; stock, 21.453
Greenvile: Steady; 12%c.
Charlotte: Middling. 12As.
Total today: Net receipts, 35,2S7
gross receipts. 41.34O: shipments, 34.-
274; sales, 1919; stock, 259,511.
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Bank of France Statement

Paris, France, October 16.-The weekly
statement of the Bank of France: Gold
in hand increased 1,651 ,000f: silver in hand
decreased 359, 00Jf; notes in circulation In
creased $40, 450000f Treasury deposits in
creased 96,650o00f General deposits de-
creased S5,500.000f. Bills discounted in
creased 11,600000f. Advances decreased
L. o75, ,000f
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LiyerpOoI Grain

Liverpool. October 16.-Wheat: Spot
easy; No. 1 new Manitoba, rs 1ad; No. 2
old Manitoba, is Sd; No. old Manitoba,
IS I'd; futures irregular; December, 6s
107sd; March, 6s 115sd; May, 6s 11ssd. Corn:
Spot quiet; American mixed, 6s 71sd fu-
lures easy; November la Plata), As 10Ad;
December, IS 11sd.
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Poultry and Eggs

Hens, per pound 15af6c; fryers. Ia
IA lbs. average q to 22e: ducks, 13e ID. !:
guineas. s0c; roosters. aoc; geese, iO06oc.
live turkeys 15c;- fresh eggs, case. candled.
25c; extra graded candled eggs, zoe.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, october 16.-Wheat: Cash
No. hard s2ss@S3c; No. 2 red, 9Oa9lc.
Corn: No. 2 mixed, 72Ac; No. white, 7315c.
Oats: No. white, 4oc; No. 2 mixed. S9c.
Close Wheat; December s01sc: May,
S5Ac Corn: December, 6Ss4c; May, 7ssc.
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Naval Stores

Savannah, October 16.--Turpentinc
strong. 394 a 40Hc; sales, 295; receipts,
479; shipments, 81; stock, 27,7s0. Rosin
firm; sales, 1856; receipts, 1411 ship
ments. 900: stock. 159.140. Quote A,
B. c. d. L. $780, r. s3.e2A; G. II, $s.66;
/. $3.T0 X. $4.15; NJ, $3.50; N, $3.50; WIG.
$500; WV $6.35.
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Primary Receipts

Chicago, October 16.-Primary re-
ceipts of wheat today were 100000
bushels; a year ago they were 1,910, 900
bushels; seaboard clearances of wheat
and flour equalled 2S5,000 bushels.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, 12zsc: compound, 101sc; dry salt
short ribs, sl3.20; bellies, Sl395; ham
butts, .o.6oc. Boston butts. Ice. pork loins,
lec; spare ribs, 13c; breakfast bacon,
2702Sc; SMOKED bacon. 17c: regular ham,
l9c; skinned harn. 191fc.
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Selma Cotton Market

Selma. October Especial )-Spot cot
ton was quoted in the local market today
as follows: Good middling. 1880; strict
mi6dling, 1880; middling, 13isc.
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st. IOuis Produce

st. Louis. October 16.-Flour dull :
hay dull; iron cotton ties, 96c; bag
ging, lie; hemp twine, SC; receipts
flour $4,000, wheat $4,000, corn 30
900, oats $4,000; shipments, flour 49,
900. wheat $4,000, corn 10000, oats
$4,000.
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Creamery Products

Country butter. 20n2oc: fresh creamery
butter, 35l.c; cheese, 171sc; imported Swiss
cheese. 3lc; German brick cheese. zoe:
limburger cheese. 19c: imported Koquefort
Doc; Neufchatel cheese, per dozen. s5ci
Pirlento cheese. $1.35; process butter. 30c
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Live Stock Market

lures unchanged to 250r lower. Brazilian
receipts, 1900; Jundiahy, $4,000
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Coffee and Sugar

Arbuckle coffee. 2i.s0c: Luzanne. 23c per
pound. Sugar standard granulated. 53sc
per pound.
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MONEY IN WHEAT

$1,000 Buys Puts or Calls on 10000
bushels of wheat, No Further Risk, a
chance to take s500.O0 &c s40o.o0; &c
$4,000. etc. Write for particulars.
THE CENTRAL STOCK n GRAIN co.
Park Bldg, Cleveland, q.
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Foreign Exchange

Berlin, Germany, October 16.--London
exchange 20m 461e pigs.
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Paris, October 16.--Rentes SIC 20 CEN
times. Exchange on London 25f 2S1a GEN.
times. Private discount rate 37s per cent.
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool. october 16.-Spot cotton ia
creased request. Prices firm: middling
fair, 792d; good middling. 7.62d; middling,
Z 50d low middling. 72Sd; good ordinary
Sod; ordinary. 6.2Sd.. Sales, 5000. including
$500 American and 500 for speculation and
export. Receipts, 1900, including 1000
mercan. Futures closed quiet. October,
71S1ad: October November. 70612d: Mo-
yemberD December, 6961ad; December-Jan-
nary, 6.95Hd January-February, 6.95lhd; !;
February March. e.951ad; March-April,
95hd; April-May. 6951ad; May-Junn,
6 9514d; June-July. 6.93d. July-August,
coed: August-September 6.76d September
October, 653d; October November 6i2d.
Dry Goods
New York, October 16.-Cotton goods
markets were quiet and steady today
Raw silk markets were easier. Yarn mar
kets were dull. Foreign dress goods for
fall and spring delivery were in better de-
mand.
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BIG YIELD OF CORN
IN BALDWIN COUNTY
Loxley Planter Reports 68H Bushels
Shellcd From Measured Acre.
Women Plan improvements

Bay Minette, October 16.-(Special. 1.-The
first big yield of corn to come to the
notice OF the farHers of this county is
that If J. c. Griffin Of Loxley, who re-
ports that from measured acre he
gathered enough corn to make ssh BUSH
els, shelled.
A carload of fine dairy cattle passed
through this place Tuesday, billed for
Loxley, where they will be taken care
of by the farmers of that community who
have contracted to furnish milk for a new
creamery. The creamery is being built
at the present time by G. W. Wait, and
will be completed and ready for opera
ton by the first of January.
The Womens Civic Improvement
company of this place at a recent meet
ing decided to take UP with the Of
ficials of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad company the matter of hav-
ing the grounds near the depot beau
titled.
At the meeting further plans were
made for the beautifuying of the court
house lot. At present the grounds has
been plowed and Is being leveled, a
surveyor having placed all the neces-
sary stakes.
A. D. whitehead. who is district
demonstration agent from the bureau
of agriculture. is here for consulta-
tion with L. r. Rhodes, the local agent,
relative to the crops and their present
condition.
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Fruits and Produce
Apples. Virginia green apples, per bb.
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LOCAL SECURITIES

Total sales for the day. $4,000
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-05-15

Tho little Brown REAL tho Pacific
this WHOLE for time 20 come
The protests OF his home n % 0 their 70 eas shaisSna
written the stars Japan viii decide on Tepra against
WHY ne yeast & are SO % S Ro GSp0 Ss
people which move our
0" S H sTs ns writer's and Keen race observers Price
sn Sas v a, cSsos sons snod
In the East and IN chapter on % We a op oa vest
ern rim
had first tooth and taken her FRS, step amid
founded government fought out war She
are bens in political commercial ethical
and both Japan and her later critics are frankly
The days for the Sir Edwin Arnold literary
na~kh enopFs any time and Ga Japan s +s s' s
sGgs study tn insult were to write to them a, about ,S have Ss
no intention u q09s S a aa saw BRING merely
Es,esss descriptions opinions sGmses and al Ss msSS Or
submit to punishment fro. :nO:e describe " good par"
1T only when leave the alsS official the kindly ,s and sGn
the Japanese they temples
or IN tae public sas S m e s sy n aoS ms an eIon
gated euPsid9r at the entrances q the theatres a, the booths 81
bank posotce railway station eeEaph office thor you realize
with travelling have
poeness; etsatistaciOr: helr
their aow and sophisticated personal
nifty place sssertvenes
way not even yelled among the Chinese ali these
overs with lacquer OF hardness and nSonS %
ing ndness viralea and LOUDLY expressed contempt
We have believe In the West that along
and mental with Without for
believe
the DEGRADATION OF the DEGRADATION Of The Japa
believe
1ssols9 there 2iosss marage in Japan s22l divorces
cgimAte
of
Is
physically
probably
100000.
T the American knew that Inn teahouse
traveller and pilgrim disposed and that the sale " herself
family
self sacrifice thousands Of Japanese househods she could see
this IN
a sugp
offering
a
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IN EDITORS
MAIL
BLAmgs THE STATESMEN

Editor Tho Star: Comparisons
are odlous. II is said. and this is no
exception. wish 10 compare the
acts and results OF the statesmen
and leading citizens OF Japan and
tho United States
The Japancae are wisely trying 10
better the conditions OF their labor
ing classes by settling them in those
rich and fertile countries that are
most accessible to her. securing ad.
vantages for them In some cases
that are forever beyond the reach
OF those who remain in Japan
Now. look NJ our statesmen and
leading citizens. They encourage
the japanese coolies 10 come here,
use every lever and force that they
can command 10 compel an unwill-
Ing people to receive them. know
ing. as they do. that the one sure
result OF such immigration is the
misery and degradation OF the peo-
pic Rmong whom the Japs may set
tie. knowing that the Jap will al
ways remain loyal TO his emperor:
that his one big dream is Japanese
domination OF the Pacific coast
states.
What do you think the historian
OF the future will say OF such acts
by those who are supposed to look
after the common veal OF a people :?
f. r PETTEYS,
1851 Goth Av. s.
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> rTGDST7 ANYTHING
ALVEY ngIoHBoRHoop

did not feel ono particle Ike
writing tonight, and switched off on
poetry. and, strange as Il may seem.
| feel much more like writing than
when began. but. II there ever wGH
a dearth OF news. II Ia night down
here In the woods | DO not know
OF one single soul that has built a
new barn or whitewashed fence.
Come 10 think. Mr.. Eugene
Springer has bought new horse.
and Mr. Samuel Hampton was going
% repair his barn, but was taken
sick and ~ isn't done yet
Mrs. Mackey Hand has a lovely
bed OF daffodils. ionquilB and narcis-
sus IN bloom. Woodbine Core.
spondence. Elmer. y. j.. Times.
Occasionally an honor prisoner"
will make getaway. Probably 10
escape tho jlbos and accusations OF
being boss pet"
Chances are that those women
who ride the tanks OF gasoline b.
cycles would 20 into fits or climb
stepladder over a mouse.
Sign in Washington st barber
shop window:
Hair Cut i0c.
shave. &c.
Saturday Shave. i0c."
Perhaps a Saturday shave IA one
that includes bath.
Tacoma Is ahe biggest goat mar.
ket. but they don't all fall for Il.
ia like 10 be the cigarette
In some fair dnmBers hand,
For every time she took a puff
Um-m-m-you understand
Cornell Widow.
What has become OF the old.fash-
Toned man who used 10 wear a
nutmeg on a string around his neck
70 ward off quinsy7
A Renton bachelor says n seems
impossible % keep some babies
quiet unless you let them make a
noise
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said. Il had a bad cold at the time.
and was afraid 90 blow my nose all
tho evening London Opinion.
so you're back from New York.
ST."
Yes: an tired out"
"FNst town. chr"
Fast Amt no name for Il.
saw banks open all night & com.
modate them as lose their money
early In tn oyenin'. | s'pose: an
lawyers offices open ut o'clock
in tn mornin'--t' FIX up Thorn as
are I'm hurry fer divorce an can't
wait till daylight: an what else d
you thlnkT"
What clse7 Wall. 7 wouldn't be
s'prlscd Z hear OF anything"
An saw fun'ral goin' liketty
split. With an automobile hearae
lcadin' IN procession an settin tn
pace"
wall 81. s'pose they have {
Fit m dead ones out o. tn way in
a hurry L give tn live ones room.
oh Judge.
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While tho male representatives.
OF privilege have been sitting ia
the executive offices. advising with
presidents. their female partners
have been sitting In the white
Houso parlors, slipping tea with the
White House mistress.
They have discovered they can.
not get into the White House Of.
ficea this time. 20 the effort 20 get
into the parlor is moro strenuous
than ever.
"Hal" Flood recently gave a
dinner a tho Chevy Chase
club, where the guest o. honor
was Mlss Margaret Wilson,
tho presidents oldest dsueh.
ter.
Flood 10 a democratic repre-
sentative from Virginia. He 10
thorouoh-0olno reaetlonsry.
Ho was the man who made the
bitter attack on William J.
Bryan In the Baltimore oonsen.
tlon. defending Thomas For
tune Ryan, tho multl-mllllon.
alro eorporationlst. from Bry-
ans famous arraianment
Misses Margaret and Eleanor
Wilson attended tho hunt ball" AZ
the Chevy Chase club.
This IL tho select official and
millionaire country club II Is the
spring and fall playground OF social
toryism IN Washington
Mrs q. Won L. Meyor enter
tanned Mlsa Eleanor Wilson at a
diuncr party.
Mrs. Meyer is the wife % the for.
mer postmaster general and naval
secretary. Besides being one Of
tho foremost figures OF the old
RooaeveltTafi social crowd. aho n
an active leader In the Soung. cx.
ceedingly smart" society set.
The Masses Wilson attended a
session Of the "Piayhouso" weekly
dance club
This Is the ERyeat. glddicat and
"Amartcat' society set in Washing
ton. II II composed chiefly OF
young married couples. whose
dances are Of the modern turkey
trot" variety. and have been 90
gay aA 90 canHe oven hardened
Washington society 20 M, its eye
browa.
AZ afternoon toa nj the White
House largo number OF people
heretofore active IN tory social cir.
Giles have been personally received
Among them we're Mrs. Franklin
MacNcnEh. Mrs EAHon Bradley
and Mr. and Mr.. Preston Gibson.
Mrs. MaoVcaEh IL tho wife OF
tho former multi millionaire secrc.
tAry OF the treasury under Taft
The Efson Hrudloys constitute
ono OF the richest and "smartcst
families Of waahington.
This sounds Ike bad beginning
AS II the old social crowd were
capturing tho White House.
BUT 1T ISN'T.
These are exceptions. Tho pres
ltent and Mrs. Wilson themselves
have not accepted a single invita-.
ton 90 any sort OF n social func-
ton. although they have been
flooded with them.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-05-15
o0 IAIn/ BY HERR JACOB
Mn sCHLoscHffEIMER

sued The star for calling cheese In lite story last fr
day divorce Olympia
However,
Grated Tor days sleeping ard brought
verdict OF manslsu9hier In the fourth degree
hate 20 brsg about myself hands fe
low whose uncle knew Willie Ritehie personally.
didn't print Tuesdays
beltie Billie
o, drixxly, drarxiy. eroxxiy Weather,
% call yuroseH sprinp
All these Rains,
You Z bring
o, Clouds,
o, rotten, rltsn, ratten Spring.
You surely beis,ed.