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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-30
Who is the fairest woman in the
world?
CHApU,JIR
CHAPTER 4.


Once upon a time when the
earth was white with snow and
all the outer world seemed to be
wrapped in winters stiffness a
beautiful queen sat beside her
castle window working embroid-
cry at an ebony frame.
As she worked her eyes wan
dered to the lovely scene out
side and she pricked her finger
with the needle. She hung her
hand out over the sill and three
red, red drops of blood fell onto
the white, white snow.
She looked q moment and then
exclaimed, in a soft gentle voice,
"Oh, that L had child as white
as snow, as red as blood and as
black as the wood of the embroid-
cry FRAME"
1t was not so very long after
that the queen had little baby
daughter. her skin was just as
white as the snow. her hair
was Just as black as the ebony
embroidery frame and her lips
were like blood.
The called her SNOW-WHITE.
The poor queen died when the
beautiful baby opened its eyes
and after a year the king mar
ried another beautiful woman.
This new queen was SO proud she
could not bear to think anyone
else in the world was as beauti-
full as she. So she got a magic
mirror. And every day she stood
before it, looked into it and said:
Looking glass upon the wall,
Who is fairest of us all?"
The looking glass, smiling
back at her, always answered:
"You are fairest of them all. !"
But, while the beautiful queen
grew older day by day, the little
|step-daughter, Snow-white, grew
prettier. When she was seven
years old she was as fair. IL not
fairer, than the queen herself.
So one day when the queen asked
her usual question of the magic
mirror 1t changed its answer and
said this little rhyme:
Queen, you are full fair, It's
true.
But Snow-white fairer is than
you'll"
The beautiful queen turned
green and yellow with rage and
envy. Her heart was filled with
hatred for the little step-daugh-
ter. She commenced at once to
think of some way to get rid OF
the child. At last she thought of
the woods. She sent for serv-
ant and told him to take little
Snow-white away. "Take her
away, put her to death and bring
me her heart for a TOKEN" said
the wicked queen.
The man said he would and led
the little girl away into the deep
woods. But the child pleaded so
prettily and so piteously that the
heart of,the big man was touched.
Instead of killing her he said:
Away with you, then, poor
child" Just then a wild boar
rushed through the woods. He
aimed, fired and killed the AMI
NAL, took out its heart and car
ried it home to the queen. 1t was
sailed and cooked. The wicked
woman ate 1t, thinking it was the
heart of Snow-white and that she
would never be troubled with the
beautiful child again.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-30
By IDA NJ. TARBELL,
Author of "The Tariff i'm Gu

By IDA Nj. TAit5EIIL,
Author of "The Tariff in Our
Times" "Iife of Lincoln" and
History of Standard Oil"
Written Exclusively for Readers
of the Times.
Copyright, 1913, by the News
paper Enterprise Assn.
SHOULD FOOD BE TAXED?
Ought the government of the
United States to raise money to
pay any part of IT'S expense by
taxing OUR food?
Is not the FIRST business of a
government to see that ALL its
people have ALL they want to
EAT?
Certainly If the country is to
raise up healthy men and women
and healthy men and women
are its greatest asset, whatever
you say-they must be well fed.
If people are going to have all
the food they need, it is necessary
that 1t be ABUNDANT AND
CHEAP. Is there any better way
to make it SCARCE AND DEAR
than by taxing it?
This would seem almost self
evident proposition!
Yet for years this country has
been in the habit of raising money
to carry on its operations by taxes
on food.
Something like SIS. 1000 a
year has been coming directly off
the tables of the people for years.
The greatest part of this comes
out of THE SUGAR BOWL.
Every family of five persons in
the country is taxed nearly SO a
year on sugar. This is our heav-
lest food tax and 1t is a far-reach-
ing one. 1t makes the coffee and
tea we drink little more expen-
sive; the cookies and candies of
the children and the fruit we pre-
serve for the winter little more
expensive.
You may say this is n
small item. You forget that
the MAJORITY of the wom-
en- of this country deal only
i'm small items. They buy
their sugar by the 10 pounds
not by the hundred--and
every cent that sugar adj
vances forces them to think
how they can use less. The
plea that tax means only
b cents--2 cents-1 cent
more a pound or quart Is the
plea of the UNTHINKING.
Every penny counts In the
budget of a woman who must
feed, cIothe and shelter
family ON less than 5000 a
year, as the maj GRITTY of
women must.
There is NO argument that
justifies ANY tax on any neces-
sary food. One of the best things
that the Underwood bill does is
to break with the vicious idea
that food-any form of foods
a fit thing to tax.
One of the good things
which the new tariff bill does
Is to reduce the tariff on
ALL food products. We shall
have a better chance to have
plenty of cheap apples and
peaches I'm the years of scare
ity IL the duty ON them has
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IDA M. TARBELL SAYS NEW TARIFF MEANS LARGEF
AND BETTER MEALS FOR ALL UNCLE SANS FAMILY, AND WI
SOCIETY

Members of the brotherhood of
American Yeoman, Sunshine
lodge, will give a card party at
the Maccabee hall Friday night.
DR.. and Mrs. Hamilton Allan
returned yesterday from Califor-
mia where they have been spend
ing the winter.
st. Johns Episcopal church
choir of South Tacoma will give
a recital Thursday evening at s
o'clock. Miss Eva Webb will act
as organist.
Mrs. F. w. Rudow is entertain
ing this afternoon for the mem
bers of a bridge club This will
be the last meeting Of the year.
Mrs. Charles Drury will enter
tain the members of the Illema
club Friday afternoon, at the an
nual meeting and election of Of
f1oers. The meeting is called for
2:15 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey j. Med
berry and daughter, Miss Mar
jorie, of Fond du Lac, Wis, are
spending the week in Tacoma as
guests at the Bonneville. The
Medford family have been spend
ing the winter in California.
Hundreds of music lovers at
tended the annual musical given
last evening by the Aqulnas
school of music at the academy
auditorium. This is the first of
a series of entertainments to be
given in the next three months in
celebration of the 25th. annivers-
airy of the establishment of the
academy on the Pacific coast.
Forty girls, members of the Y.
w. c. A, gave an educational en-
tertainment yesterday at the as
ISOLATION rooms. The program
was known as the Foreign Pa
geant,' and was given for the
benefit of the foreign missions in
China, Japan and India.
Mr. and Mrs. Sproffer, of Water
town, Wis, and daughters Mar
garet and Ethel, have been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Beur-
haus at their home in Steilacoom.
Mrs. Clifford BidwelI, who will
leave soon to make her home in
Portland, and Mrs. ]. w. Doolit-
tie of Lester were guests of honor
at dinner given by Mrs. w. F.
Bassindale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Carter
and daughter will leave tomorrow
for Detroit, Mich. They have
been called east owning to the i'll
ness of Mr. Carter's father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Fogg, who
have been spending the winter in
the Orient and in Hawaiian
Islands, have returned to the
United States and are spending a
short time at the home of Mrs.
Fogg's mother in Los Angeles.
-
The General Wright circle will
give card party at the armory
Thursday afternoon
The Ladies' Aid of st. Johns
English Lutheran church will
meet next Thursday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. T. williams.
1902 South Ainsworth avenue.
A May Day concert viii be CIV
en- Friday evening at the Mason
Methodist church An interesting
program has been arranged.
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A Girls Occupation.

Dear Miss Grey: 1 am q
High school student and one
of my girl chums is working
I'm the information bureau OF
aneighbor city's largest pas
senger docks.
Now, some of the ladies at
our church have told me this
is not the right kind of a
place for girl to work. Shall
i continue to have her for
my friend? She is a lovely
girl, and 1 want you to tell
me what TO do. Yours truly,
RUESSE.
A.-The surroundings are pos
sibly not the most refined OF
earth, but the girls position can.
not lower her standard of woman
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hood, if her mind is right. The
whole secret lies in her strength
of character. say girl who Is
employed at a dock can be just
as pure as one who is private Sec
rotary to a minister, If she de-
sires.
Chose your friends for what
you know them to be, not for
what few gossips may brand
them. Certainly, do not give her
up until you find she is not fit
associate.
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She Wants to Propose.

Y She Wants to Propose.
Dear Miss Grey: 1 seek
:. your kind advice. 1 have
81 been keeping company with q
. young man of % for some
y time. He Is of high standing
both financially and socially,
i and 1 know he cares a great
deal for me; but is too BASH
4 full to propose.
should l breach the subject
ss~to him? Is girl of 20 to0e
young to marry?
80 A GARNET.
II A girl of 20 is pretty young
to marry; she had much better be
~ or "a.
N1f you are broad-minded
enough to receive a refusal OF
marriage In matter of fact way
and in the same spirit as would q
man, / see no reason why you
should not propose.
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EQUAL RIGHTS.
Stand for Principle.

Dear Miss Grey: One Of
my neighbors is suing her
husband for divorce and she
says she has no clothes to
wear, and wants me as o
witness. Now, Miss Grey,
she has better clothes than /,
as we are all working people
and l could not truthfuIly say
anything against her hus-
band.
This Is the question: Shall
l go as a witness for her?
/ am sure 1 would do her
more harm than good if I
did. Kindly advise me as
soon as you can and oblige
NELLIE.
A.-Stand for principle alwa.
nd you need not fear being
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Dear Miss Grey: Here 1
am again and I hope you viii
be 30 kind as TO publish this
SO I may have others opinion
ON this.
When will we become
broad-minded enough TO have
it the general rule for wom-
EN- TO go where they please,
accompanied by another
woman or alone? Why do
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-30
FAMOUS WRITER in HER
SECOND ARTICLE FOR THE
TIMES, TELLS ABOUT BILL

Famous Writer, I'm Her Second
Article for the Times, Tells
What Underwood Bill Means to
the American Woman and the
Dinner Table of the Nation.
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Is 1t Wrong to Dance?

Is It Wrong to Dance?
i would just like to say
this much to VIM. Davis con-
corning whether or not wom-
en- would dance with one an
other. /, for one, would
just as soon dance with an
other girl as with a boy.
CHRISTEEN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-30

Everybody in Holland is ceIe-
brating the fourth birthday of the
sunny-faced little Dutch girl you
see in the picture today.
Why?
Because she is a princess and
because every man, woman and
child in the country loves her
dearly.
Yes, she's a real, live princess,
and some day she will probably
be the queen of Holland!
But now she is just an ordinary
little girl with soft, curling hair,
big eyes and strong, little body
like you are.
She's not stuck-up and she's
not spoiled, for her queen-mother
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Mrs. Clifford BidwelI, who will
leave soon to make her home in
Portland, and Mrs. ]. w. Doolit-
tie of Lester were guests of honor
at dinner given by Mrs. w. F.
Bassindale.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Carter
and daughter will leave tomorrow
for Detroit, Mich. They have
been called east owning to the ill
ness of Mr. Carter's father.
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The General Wright circle will
give card party at the armory
Thursday afternoon
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-10-09

some other sinister malady that may
cause him wrongly to read signals or
drop from his seat at the throttle.
He is responsible for your safety.
Imagine some more and place your
self aboard an electric car, steam
boat or in cross country automo-
bile. Transfer your imaginings to
the motorman, pilot or chauffeur or
whatever the man in charge of your
safety may be. Is he mentally and
physically sound?
This subject is now before the Uni
ted States public health service. Sur
geon General Rupert Blue will soon
ask congress to frame a law plac-
ing the power to examine annually
the custodians of public safety in in
terstate traffic in the hands Of the
health service. The danger of wrecks
on railroads, steamships and electric
cars and of automobile is expected
to be materially minimized if the
plan is carried out
A rigid annual examination would
be required. 1t would include tests
for defective eyesight, defective hear
ing, mental diseases and organic
heart trouble. The holding of year
ly physical tests of every man who
runs train or steamship or electric
car and who is responsible for the
lives of hundreds of persons each day
will, it is believed tend to eliminate
one of the principal causes of wrecks.
Officers of the public health SER
vice are of the conviction that ply
sical unfitness is responsible for
more wrecks than most people real
ize, particularly in the disasters
caused by engineers running head
lessly past signals.
Colorblindness is responsible for
more wrecks than have ever been at
tributed to this defect. the surgeons
believe. People suffer from this all
ment and little suspect it. Reds,
greens and browns look almost alike
to people who are color blind.
Tests for hearing is also import
ant. Detection of unusual sounds, the
peculiar thump of broken flang or
other dangerous conditions of rapid
ly revolving machinery has often
prevented wrecks. The test for or
ganic heart trouble would prevent
many disasters, public health surg
cons declare. Cases are on record
where engineers have died suddenly
at the throttle while the train went
crashing on with its load of human
freight. Mental troubles are also
'sss,su res s,Ysfs4bse for. sjslkHy ysfsdlls.
The effect of past alcoholism" is Of
ten the cause of mental disorders.
Paresis-the slow loss of mental ia
culties-bringing with it epilepsy, the
sudden fainting fit, or other disorders
that might cause the engineer, pilot
or motorman to send his human cargo
to death and injury despite signals.
The cry Of safety first" not only
applies to modern steel equipment for
railroads, efficient and safe signal
systems and proper time schedules,
but to the man at the throttle, the
wheel, or the controller, public health
surgeons assert.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-10-09
BECAUSE THEY'RE PROSPEROUS

Our of sheer perversity the corpor-
ations Of the United States persist in
being prosperous. Although the air
resounds with complaints Of dull
times, persecution and anxiety over
political conditions, these same cor
porations show larger earnings than
ever before, according to the reports
made to the corporation tax division
of the treasury Although. Wall street
is in the dumps, although tariff and
currency reform and congressional
Investigations have driven big bust
ness to despair of the future of the
republic, the corporations have gone
on piling up their profits at rate
exceeding all previous records.
1t is ungrateful, it is base, it is
treacherous in them to flaunt their
prosperity in the faces Of their own
prophets of disaster. If they had
half a sense Of decency and right, il
they were not utterly conscienceless
they would have made it rule to
lose more money than ever before
They deserve to be rebuked by every
right-thinking patriot-New York
World.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-10-09
SUFFERS CONFIDENTIAL
SECRETARY TESTIFIES

ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. S.-Louis
Sarecky, Suffers former confident
ial secretary testified in the impeach-
ment trial this morning. He resum-
ed the attempt to assume full re-
sponsibility for inadequate expense
account of Sulzer as filed. He was
cross examined and admitted that he
destroyed records of campaign re-
ceipts and expenditures and also the
cancelled checks and stubs.
He also admitted he was familiar
with the operation of the corrupt
practices act. He recalled receiving
heavy contributions from liquor in
terests, but couldn't explain why
only one of these was included in the
expense account.
The witness was unable to recall a
'single reason" why Jacob Schiff's
contribution of $4,000 was omitted
from the expense account. He could
not explain why he did certain things
for Sulzer.
Defense attorneys this morning
conferred with Sulzer trying to per-
suade him not to testify in his own
defense.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-10-09
DEMANDS Law Y II
PROTECT MINERS
GUARDS AND STRIKERS HAVE THREE HOUR FIGHT
IN WHICH ONE GUARD AND TWO STRIKERS ARE
WOUNDED lover 1000 SHOTS EXCHANGED

DENVER, Colo, Oct. S.-John
Lawson, an official of the United
Mine Workers of America, arrived
here from Trinidad this morning. He
Immediately sought conference
with the governor demanding that he
call an extra session of the legisla-
ture to pass laws prohibiting the en-
ployment of guards by the operators
of the Colorado coal mines.
Lawson said that unless this was
done, 'the miners will defend them
selves as best they can when the
guards fire into our tent colonies
where women and children are ex-
posed"
He declares that guards precipi-
tated three-hour battle at Ludlow,
coal camp near Trinidad, yesterday,
when thousands of shots were ex-
changed. The guards stood in a
canon and fired into the tent camp.
The miners returned the fire on the
guards from behind box cars.
One guard and two strikers were
wounded. The Trinidad militia com
pany was rushed to Ludlow last night
at 6 O'Clock but arrived after the
battle was over.
Feeling between the strikers and
guards is bitter and further trouble
is feared.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-10-09
RECOGNITION OF FARM WOMEN

Several hundred Ohio farm women
will receive letters from Secretary
Houston, of the department of agri-
culture at Washington, asking how
his department can best serve their
needs. Twenty such letters are to be
sent into each county in each Of the
states. The women are told they may
answer as individuals, or may take
the questions up in their clubs, church
societies, or other organizations, and
thus let the replies reflect commun-
ity feeling. The answers are to bs
studied by the experts of the depart
ment. This collection of information,
this recognition Of the farm woman
for the first time by the department,
was caused by one short letter that
reached the secretary few weeks
ago. 1t was written by man who
said the farm woman was the most
neglected factor in the problem Of
rural life, the one for whom there
had been the least done by the na-
tional department of agriculture. The
question sent to women in each Of
the $500 counties in the states con-
stitute the answer made to this crit
icism of the department. The sscrs-
tary lost no time in getting the work
under way. From the time the coun.
try was first settled the needs Of the
housewife on the farm have been
largely overlooked. Her time has
been taken up by hsr household work,
her children, her garden and tie null
titucc Of carss and duties that coH,aI
VIII the daily ACTIVITIES 5d-Msefxrz.
For her there hsvs been few vsca-
tions. Men have been content to sn-
joy her good cooking, TO praise her
garden, or her children but they have
hurried on about their own affxirs.
In many instances she has lived In
great isolation. Whatever Of unto
ward influence has come TO the fam
lily usually fell most heavily on her.
1t is time she was recognized. Secrs-
tary Houston may receive unlocked
for advice and information from those
women and all that comes will doubt
less be given full consideration.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-10-09
ASK GOVERNOR TO BREAK laws


Denver ministers have decided to
circulate petition urging Governor
Ammons to commute to life impris-
onment all persons sentenced TO death
in this state pending an effort TO
abolish capital punishment in Colo
rado. At present there are thrss
men awaiting the death penalty, in
cluding Harold Henwood, who killed
two men and dangerously wounded
another in a bsrroom brawl in .
Denver hotel over a woman. The Law
of the state says that these men shall
be hanged, unless the supreme court
should take action to the contrary on
appeals. Unless there are circum-
stances which would make hanging
too severe penalty there is no rea-
son why the laws should be vet aside
some people have conscientious scrup.
les against the death penalty.
The law of Colorado provides for
hanging for murderers and until Il
is repealed 1t must be respected. u
the Denver ministers petition the
governor they will be asking him 70
ignore the laws of the state; in other
words, they are willing to 60 on rec
ord as desiring the highest official
in the state to set aside laws which
he swore to obey and to execute TO
the best Of his ability. Their action
is an improperly, but, Of course, not
inteded as such. They meant well.
but overlooked the fact that they are
asking that the laws of the state b
broken.
Sentiment of the Legislature has
been against the repeal Of the Law
providing for hangings and support
for such measure could not b ~
cured at the last session. II there 10
objection to hanging the proper meth
cd is to bring the matter to vote
of the people. 1t would have been
better for the ministers, 70 begin :
campaign with this object IN visws
instead Of asking the governor . In
terfere in behalf Of men whon juriea
decreed should die.
Governor Ammons il not kkeay -
agree to the request when ma1a n
will follow The custom of ether TN.
srnors and carry ont ths laws ~ -
he finds then, rsgaxdlsas - p
q opinion y . thsir nsGloo r r.
1<s~a Y~ae~.>1 u. Id 'i a t,. "a il 4, IN
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EPISCOPAL
CHURCH OPENS CONVENTION

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Uniform
laws for divorce, the demand that cer-
tificates of health be presented by
all brides and bridegrooms, the ques-
tion Of changing the name to Amer
lean Catholic church" or merely "Am-
erican church," and the proposition
to let the public in to sessions of the
House of Bishops were the import
ant subjects to be discussed at the
general convention of the Protestant
Episcopal church in the United States
and territory beyond the seas, when
the meeting opened today at the
Church of st. John the Divine.
Because of the questions which will
be considered and settled the con-
vention which opened today is ex-
pected to be the most important ever
held by the church. Perhaps the
most important question to the
church body will be whether the
house of bishops shall meet behind
closed doors as it has during the 128
years there have been general con-
ventions. A hot contest is expect
ed to come when the motion to let
in the public and the press as is the
case when the house of deputies
meets, is introduced. The house of
bishops met in the old Synod Hall
and the house of deputies in the new
Synod Hall.
Attending the general convention
which opened today are 115 bishops
and $50 clergymen and laymen, all OF
whom attended this mornings SER
vices in the Cathedral where Bishop
Lawrence of Massachusetts, preached
the opening sermon. Holy commun.
ion was administered with the Rev
Daniel S. Tuttle of Missouri, presid-
ing. bishop of the church, as the
celebrant He was assisted by the
Rev. Boyd Vincent, bishop of south
ern Ohio, and Bishop David H. Geer
Representatives from st. Louis to-
day put in an early plea for the mex
convention as the year 1916 will b.
the fiftieth anniversary Of the ele
vation Of Bishop Tuttle to the epis
copate. St. Louis is Bishop Tuttls'I
home city.