The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-02-06

New Works sntlsaloon league
wants q Law providing that every
beer bottle hav. a skull and cross.
bones label. That might stop
somebody. but we believe q far bot.
ter label would bo a picture OF
John /. Sullivan from his neck
down.
A Cincinnati mar declares there
Ia a Eross waste OF space In flats
as they are now built. That may
be true. but still most renters pre-.
fer a flat a little large. 40 that wall
paper can be pasted over the plas-
ter.
A woman prevented wreck
near Hawieyyille. Conn. the other
day by using her polo coat as n
signal 10 stop the train. Don't ASK
ns what has become Of the old.
fashioned woman who used 10 pre-.
vent a wreck By Tagging the train
with her red pctticoa,
We Have q Copy OF VIM. n. Tsf,'s
First Message 90 Congress
Esehans~-sTAruE or curfD--ss In.
high. ftns condition. for Plymouth Noes
rooster. or whAi have Ypa 80 offsrf Uiss
Dos sto-n. -Aaysrtissmsni In Ssu York
Globe.
Tho girl OF today" says Rev.
Mabel Irwin of New York. seems
10 have lost her backbone" Serves
her right for her carelessness in
not keeping II enclosed.
Even doctors and undertakers
profit in the long run by an In
crease OF population rather than by
the present high death rate" says
the Indiana board OF health. Then
what's the use7
An ocean steamship rate war
has been declared Probably 10
get the Tammsny business
there's an investigation on.
Answered by Mr.. Cynthia Grey:
Dear Mr. Grey; vish % buy n fine
tooth comb. but 7 am young lady %
IL. and naturally am somewhat reluctant
20 enter a druE store and ask Tor such an
article A. am even more modest than
most riris 81 my aEs. you can soc the
ordeal will be ioubiy painful. IL there
sons other term oan us, when asking
for onsT--Aiys
II Ia easy 10 understand your
feelings. Alys, though we think you
are unnecessarily shy. But in or.
der 10 save yourself embarrass.
mont walk boldly up TO the drug
clerk and tell him you wish TO buy
a nut-pick.
Dear Mr. Grey Grandma rave US a
treat scare the first part Of the week
Monday evening she slipped out % the
house without saying word 10 anyone.
but as this IL a habit Of hers We were
not much worried. and no went 10 bed
at the usual hour. supposinR. Of course.
that she would be home BY / or : n m
But when ws found tho nsSt morning
that she had not occupied hor he'd We
we're more than frightened. Then We
found that she had loft her purse on the
bureau. and ~ decided she had spent tho
night nj the home Of sorns friends We
tsisphoned 20 all 81 them. but none had
seen her Fearing the publicity. W. ala
not notify tho poiioa bat employed pri,
vats detectives We were nearly frantic
until "wednesday niFht. when grandma
came In. Hhe was Tired and covered with
cinfsrs sha said she had gone to the
union station 10 take tho train for neit-
ingham Tor fow days visit but found
she had left her purse ~ home a. nj rather
than lose time returning 10 the house for
money, she had beaten her way there and
back on freight trains Mrs l.. T. l..
This certainly was quite feat
for n woman OF 10. and while we
do not encourage the practice OF
defraudlng railroads. the exercise
In good for tho health.
Please give mo a recips 70 currsnt
bread Mrs y o. y
Currant bread In made the same
an any other bread excepting that
II must BIO baked In an electric
oven.
10 n correct for gentleman when
writing 20 a lady friend 10 enclose stamps
for the answer Of his letter. w. NJ r.
Not unless' she Is your wife.
How ehn I keep fruits through the
winter7--Mrs c. q.