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though primitive and elemental in
stincts cause the tragedy, tho tragedies
indeed, that 1t untolds. In fact, the
"hideous mien" is SO wildly portrayed
as to make the story itself rather a
warning than a temptation
And, apart from this aspect. there
is so much strength and art in the
conception of the novel that 1t will be
strange If THE Devils Garden" does
not become one of the most talked OF
books of the season, while close read
ers VIII find great pleasure in the mere
execution of the story, it's construction
and the admirable character drawing
which 1t exhibits.
William Dale, rural postmaster. is
big. heavy, self-reliant, and overflow
Ing with the pride and conceit of an
ignorant self-made man. Because of
his harsh treatment of soldier who
had offended his ideas of the proprie-
ties to be observed in an office devoted
to His Majesty's service, he is sus-
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that there was such manifestation
of the drama, but here he finds them
on every page. Merely by way of In
significant cxample-insignifican only
in that it is an example of the usage
of the author even in phrases of little
importance, but highly significant of
the general style of the book: instead
of ''Listenl' or "Hush!" the charac-
tiers say 'Hnrkw
Murder will out" Is the theme upon
which the author has built her old
fashioned melodrama. and she proves
IT. who killed Algernon Etheridge?"
murder mysteries to far greater en-
thusinsm In the effort to find out than
the most earnest reformer manages to
are you going to do about it?' You
see twelve years before, they punished
John 6ccville, saying that he had killed
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ton which have successfully withstood
the scrutiny of this queer censorship,
1T Is difficult to understand why the
stigma-or Observation-Disclosures placed
or bestowed upon this particular book.
II is true that The Devirs Garden is
frank, brutally frank. in many OF its
pages; true, that ii is realistic, almost
terribly realistic at times. but IL is too
sincere and powerful a study of hui
mainly to be prurient or vicious None
of the roses and rapture of vice. may
be found anywhere in the book; moth,
ing Immoral in its tendency oven
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hunt for big game IN Africa, setting
out a great deal of. valuable informa-
ton for the prospective big game
hunter.
He says that, contrary to the general
Impression. Africa Is in no danger OF
being shot out" calling attention TO
the fact that lions. for Instance, were
transferred last year rom the "vermin''
list tist TO the protected. and saying that
me enormous game reservations ar
Ing grounds.
>, The danger involved in hunting every
bravado or. apparently, exaggera en9Tt
and even more important to the would,
be hunter Is his detailed informatinn
as to the necessary expense inVoivad
His own, he says. from tho time he ar.
rived In Nairobi until his departure for
home Was less than $4,000.
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"rhc Devils Garden"

"Thc DEVILS Garden"
BY w. B. Maxwell. The Bobbs- Mer-
rill Company. Sl35 net.
Although commercially little adver-
Using capital has been made OF the
fact by the author or his publishers in
this country, the British Libraries AS
sociation placed its ban upon The
Devils Garden the latest novel by tho
brilliant son of Miss NJ. Il. Braddon.
author Of Lady Audleys Secret" and
other popular novels. Judging not
only from our own standards. but from
ihc long list of English worries of &c
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pended and ordered to appear before
the authorities OF che General Post
Office After waiting impatiently for
days.for hearing. he Is summoned be-
fore his Judges. He feels that he has
been pretudged; his temper gives
way. and he is on the verge of dis
missal when tho lord Of the manor
near his home. Mr.. Barradine, inter.
fcres in his behalf. and with a few
words saves him from punishment
OverJoyed. exultant, he sends for his
wife. Mavis, and the two set out for
an evening OF frivolity. A drink OF too
the discretion OF the wife. and in an
unguardod moment she lets fall n re-
mark that arouses his furious sus.
picion. He takes her to their room,
and violent scene ensues. in tho
course Of which she confesscs that
when she was young girl employed
about the manor she, with many others,
had fallen victim to the old satyr.
She had sought his assistance again
when her husband WAS in difficulties
and had como up to London several
days before in order to obtain 1t.
Then follows brutal description of
more brutal beating. Tho veneer of
self-cdlture eroded by peasant rage,
Dale flies into savage passion, utters
string of "imprecntions, bias
phemies and obscenities," and strikes
her In the face again and again, while
she whimpers Gnd pleads Mt his feet.
He sends her home and little later
joins her. But, meanwhile, Mr.. Bar
radine bas been found dead. killed, it
Is supposed. by a fall from his horse
When his will is opened 1t is found
mat he has left n sum or money to
Mavis. Unwilling, in order to avert
suspicion. Dale permits her to accept
lao l.,.A
lives with her as her husband only in
name. Finally her love, which had
lain almost dormant, arouses both her
self and him, and they begin life to-
gether again.
He buys farm; they both work
hard: children are born to them, and
Dale's character ripens and becomes
deeply repentant of his sin. For, as
the story unfolds. 1t reveals the fact
that Barradine's death was not due to
Il rail-. AS in the case of the savage
beating, the savage murder is lie
scribed with unsparing detail. But,
remembering the wife's confession and
particularly an unexplained and fall
tering sentence or two that darkens 1t
hideously, the reader is shocked, IL at
all, not by the retribution itself, but
by the animal-like manner in which It
is effected
Then retribution comes to Dale him
self. In the person of q young girl
irresistible temptation assails him. He
sends the girl away. but he feels that
he must go to her Therefore, he plans
suicide, but is prevented from carry
ing out his plan by the appearance of
his wife and children at the last mo-
ment. Finally. way out is provided
that seems to him a special dispense
ton Of Providence, tragic though 1t is
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"Ihe Best Man."


by. Grace Livingston Hill Lutz. j. b.
Lippincott Company. s125 net.
This is one of those breathlessly
moving stories that remind the reader
OF an in-one-door- and -out-the other
farce. except that it lacks the duality
Cyril Gordon, Of the Secret Service
Is ordered by his chief to rush from
Washington to New York. meet a Mr.
Holman, get the cipher dispatch, pre-
tend to decipher 1t, substitute another
paper for It; bring the cipher dispatch
or faster. And Cyril goes to II. He
changes into evening dress, as ordered
hastens to the dinner. obtains posses
sion Of the cipher dispatch. fees out
ing carriage. Drive for ali you are
worth" he shouts to the driver. who
mistakes him for his. own proper and
awaited fare OFF they go. Where?
To church. Why is the church open
and and, Why stands tan an awning from its
Is going to be a wedding. What fol-
lows as matter OF course? The
ushers grab speedy Cyril. hustle him
into the church, and have him COM
pletely married to a perfectly nice,
but perfectly strange young woman.
Why Is he not recognized. or. rather,
why Is he not unrecogniZed as the real
bridegroom? Because he wears false
mustache and eyebrows.
It's all perfectly simple after you
incidents that occur, in the very be-
more. They start on their wedding
journey and still Cyril carries out the
'orders of his chief. And anyhow the
real bridegroom-to-b be Is a bad lot in
general, so that nobody cares whether
he was left waiting at the church or
no. 81.
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the man. but now nobody knows
whether ne did or not, and the author
makes 1t her business to find out.
There are false clues, complications,
suspicious of innocent persons-though
to save you you can't tell whether
they are really innocent or are as guilty
ms the depths of the bottomless pit;
there Is yelled woman. knotted stick
Tho stick Is guilty from the start-a
gloomy house. and every other conceiv-
able aid to the proper construction Of n
blood-and- thunder tale Of murder and
mystery
"The story of an Outing"
BY A. Barton Hepburn. Harper G.
Brothers. s1.50 net
Small as this profusely illustrated
book Is. 1t Is packed full Of interest.
In 1t the author describes In simple,
pleasant style his adventures during q
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"The Butterfly"

"The Butterfly"
| BY Henry kitchell Webster d. APP
pleton & Co. 1925 net.
! In striking contrast with the dark
| realism of Mr.. NIaxwell's The DEVILS
| Garden" is the light fantasia Of
romance and mystery offered in Henry
kitchell Webster's The Butterfly"
| In the college town of Monroe. stu
ated somewhere near Chicago, the
| famous dancer. Elaine Arthur. Is ad-
vertised to appear. Now this Elaine.
though n perfectly respectable young
woman and tremendous artist in her
line. dances in little less than moth
ing, and n certain element in the town
rises up in arms. AS the young pro-
fessor of drama, who tells the story
in the first person, says:
| The Monday morning Ministers
| Meeting. / am informed on credible
authority. spent an entire session dis
cussng her. as we'll what means
were to be taken to prevent the city
OF Monroe from the complete moral
debacle which her arrival threatened.
Capitol Hill was shaken TO ite founda-
lions. and n committee OF excited leg
islators was appointed by the Speaker
of the Assembly to investigate the
probable moral effect OF such perform
ances as Elaine was said to give and
| to report out bill prescribing a
minimum costume for all stage per
formanceS within this State"
The young pre- fcssor is n most en-
gaging person. who delivers solemn
lectures on the drama from the stand
point of a thcorist but has the grace
to laugh ut himself In secret He
frankly admits that he has become TO
certain extent stage struck, and
when he learns that Flames betrothed
minor poet of his acquaintance, has
accompanied or followed her to Mon
roe, he places himself in a position TO
DE introduced to her While he is
waiting In his friends room, feminine
hands close his eyes and kiss to be
remembered alights upon his lips
And from this time on. mystery and
romance 6, hand in hand. a murder
is committed; TIE girl is talked about;
so is the young professor: he pro-
tects her and aids her. and things hap
pen swiftly and unexpectedly in such
breathless succession that a happy
ending is reached before the reader is
ready for it,
Mr.. Webster has pitched his nara
tive In key that is difficult to sustain,
but he has succeeded in maintaining
the interest of the story and in sus-
tanning the key in which he has set
1t with much brightness and humor.
while he has created q somewhat vague
but wholly delicious and lovable
heroine. whom even self-boun
actor. much ]esa healthy and normal
teacher of polite dramatics, could not
resist.
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Ozark Hollow

BY Anna Katherine Green. Dodd,
Mead e. Company. s1.35 net.
to be found in this avowed tale Of
mystery Is the language employed by
It's characters. The average reader
binations OF words and phrases exist
ed only in melodrama Of the ten, twent'
end thirt variety, provided ne knew
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New Embroidered Tissues, Csc I'D
Beautiful goods for Waists
and Dresses.
White and tinted grounds,
with stripes, checks and plaids
in every wanted color, and en-
broidered with dots and figured
effects; ~ inches wide.
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Are recognized everywhere as
the "corsets de luxe" Of Amer
lea.
They have that indefinable
something" which gives you
the utmost in style and comfort
You must have both these
attributes com bined, and the
one sure way is with Bon Ton
Corsets.
Model No. SOS. illustrated
to-day, is one of the latest
models at $500.
Made In coutil or batiste, for
the average figure.
You'll find 1t corset perfec-
ton.
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New Nub Crepe Ratine, SOC yd

One Of the newest things for
women's and misses skirts and
suits-stylish and durable.
SO inches wide, in white
grounds, with silk stripes OF
green, pink, blue and lavender.
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Imported Colored Madras, Csc I'D

Their use is almost mtless-womcns
misses and chdrcn's waists and dresses and
mems and boys shirts
81 inches wide in white grounds, with woven
color stripes in every wanted shade.
Fast colors, OF course, as they're woven in
not printed.
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MEMO ELASTIC HOLTITE STRAPS

Used IN several models for slender figure
and as special feature in the Auto Massa
Selt-Rcducing Corscts Nos $50 and 357, at So. s
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54-inch Suitings, 81 yard. New

in color effect to be found this
Silk and Wool PopIins, $3.50 yd.
AZ inches wide, in champagne,
slate, taupe, Copenhagen, brown,
purple, navy, pearl gray and null
berry
Unusually handsome specimens
of an always popular dress goods.
54-inch Eponge Popiin, $500 yd.
The colors are wistaria, navy,
leather, gobelin and reseda-alI
new shades.
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IF all special Memo features, not one is {
greater importance in promoting comfo
and health than hc'famous
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It's all pure linen and pure
white bleach.
Crepe, as you know, is one
OF the leading fabrics for
spring.
SO inches wide; for women's
and misses suits and skirts.
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or course, there's but one
or possibly two, of kind in these
two lots, but every desirable style,
shade and cloth is represented.
And you'll get the greatest suit
bargain of your life.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-29
QUIT MEAT when
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take . glass Of Salts before break
fast n your Back hurts or Blad-
der 10 troubling you.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make n mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally.
says n well-known authority. Meat
forms uric acid which excites the
Kidneys. they become overworked
from the strain. get sluggish and
fail TO filter the waste and poisons
from the blood. then we get sick.
Nearly all rheumatism. headaches.
liver trouble, nervousness, dixzi-
ness, sleeplessness and urinary dis
orders come from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache
In the kidneys or your back hurts
or II the urine is cloudy. offensive,
full OF sediment. irregular of pas.
sage or attended by a sensation of
scalding. stop eating meat and get
about four ounces of Jad Salts from
any pharmacy; take a tablespoonful
in a glass of water before break
fast and In a few days your kid
neys will act fine. This famous
salts Is made from the acid Of
grapes and lemon Juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations TO flush and stimulate
the kidneys. also to neutralize the
acids in urine so II no longer causes
irritation, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive and can.
not injure; makes delightful eff.
forvescent llthla-water drink which
every one should take now and then
TO keep the kidneys clean and &c.
tive and the blood pure, thereby
avoiding serious kidney complica-
lions.
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This only goes to show that you
never can tell. You wouldn't think
of Frances Clare, the diminutlve
Coincidence. who plays the part OF
Md" In Yesterdays" at Pan
tages this week. as an austere
guardian OF ak frolicsome chorus
girls.
But she IL! She has chaperoned
her half-dozen stage baby dolls
across the country. She began the
stunt rs weeks ago. In all that
time only one OF the girls became
gay"
This young person was promptly
fired, the tanner giving one word
as the eason--"frivolity."
II told her | would not stand for
any foolishness and bought her
a ticket back home" the tiny
coincidence said.
"All my girls have homo and
mother. and, believe me. they will
have when they finish this trip
too"
Miss Glare in private life is Mrs
Guy Rawson. wife OF the comedian
with her in the act.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-29
HANSON TELLS
WHAT HE'LL DO
IN WASHINGTON

RtTZvILlE. Wash. Oct. 20.
The largest meeting held
here In 10 years was assembled
Wednesday night 10 hear Ole
Hanson. progressive candidate
for United States senator.
Hanson talked for an hour.
and the audience laughed and
eheered by turns.
Hanson discussed the social and
Industrial program Of the progress
sives. old age insurance. national
minimum wage laws. a national
anti-child labor law. etc.
He commended the Wilson peace
policy.
Il viii support President WI
SON. Hanson said. "as long A. he
is right on progressive and hu
name legislation. but ! viii oppose
his policies when they arc wrong
Il don't agree with his policy on
national woman suffrage. and
don't accept the democratic theory
OF states rights or on the tariff.
Il am in favor OF taking the tar
III out Of politics and establishing
non partisan tariff board.
Il am not In favor OF any theory
which says we should tolerate
child slavery in the South on the
ground that the states and not the
nation must take care OF that The
democrats hold to that theory. but
II is wrong. believe IN national
laws on these subjects. so that al
states will be alike and the higher
standards OF labor in the West can
be brought TO the East and the
South instead OF bringing the low
scale OF labor OF the South and
East TO the West.
IT Il were necessary for a sen
ator 70 do nothing more than sup
port Wilson. right or wrong. why
send any senator to Washington
Why not send Wilson a power
OF attorney and let congress ad-
journ and stay at homer
Hanson also firmly declared
against the caucus system, by
which parties bound their members
TO vote one way. even against the
individual opinions OF the mem
bers.
Il win vote my convictions and
nothing else" declared Hanson.
william Lewis. leading attorney
here, predicts that Hanson will car
ry this county overwhelmingly.
Hanson also spoke at Wilson
Creek. Odessa. and Marcelius.
Thursday night he speaks at the
Armory in Spokane, Friday might
at the Dreamland rink In Seattle
and Saturday night at Tacoma.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-29
VOTE WITH iNoELIsLE

ters. at tho labor union hoadquar.
tiers. at tho prohibition headquar
ters-eyerywhere except the re
publican party headquarters.
Through collision with Commits
sloners Hamilton and knudsen.
Chairman Whitney OF the county
republican committee has named
his own political ward heelers IN
most OF tho precinc,s OF the coun.
~ to handle the election count. and
none Of Oh. other parties or organi'
nations will be represented.
For that reason. a Joint mass
meeting 20 organize watchers OF
the polls electlon night has been
called for Saturday night at the
Y. VI. c. 4. auditorium.
ALL PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE
IN a SQUARE DEAL AND AN
HONEST COUNT ARE REQUEST.
60 TO CONE AT Q O'CLOCK.
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TRIES TO keep
HER FAMILY OF
five TOGETHER

The story OF mothers
plucsy fight TO keep together
her brood OF five small children
after her husband had desert
ed them 10 told by neighbors OF
Mrs. Sarah MeColiin, 40 East
osrd st.. who say Mrs. Mecollln
10 about 10 lose In the strua-
gle unless she receives assist
ancs.
Mrs. McCoilin's husband had been
out OF job for some time. Tho
pantry WAS barren OF food. the chill
dron needed clothes. the rent wa
due.
lie left one day and never came
back.
Although In straitened circum.
stances. Mrs. Mccall has kept the
children. whose ages range from q
TO IS years. In school. She works
At odd Jobs during tho day. She
works at home nights, trying 10
keep the children's clothes present
able. Now she finds her wages will
not suffice to properly provide for
them.
Her situation Ia desperate I'm
less some sort OF aid In given her
she has no other alternative than
TO turn the children over TO the au
thoritles. 20 bo given out for adop
ton. and 20 to the poor farm her
self.
She IN an excellent cook and pas
Try maker.
Neighhors have suggested that a
few good people OF Seattle could &c,
together and start Mrs. McCollin
up In business for herself.
There IA a good field for \ small
bakery In her neighborhood. and
tho residents OF that vicinity have
assured Mrs. Mccollin their patron
age
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-29
BL.ET HEN
Is SUED
BY BURNS

William ]. Burns. detective,
Wednesday brought suit here for
t2b0.000 damages against A. J
Hlethcn for alleged dofamatory
statements in connection with the
convictions obtained by Burns In
the oregon land fraud deals.
The article. appearing November
8, 1919. was headed. William j.
Burns Exposed by the United
States Government" and car.
TONED Burns with tho title.
Would Convict Christ"
II charged Burns with malicious.
ly and falsely procuring evidence
to convict alleged land grabbers 10
Oregon.
ono suit Ia filed In the superior
court for 100000: tho other In the
federal court for $4,000.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-29

BAD COLD? Get
RELIEF At ONCE
WITHOUT QU|N|NE

You can end grippe and break up
q severe cold either in head. chest,
body or limbs, by taking a dose Of
"pape's Cold Compound" every two
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II promptly opens clogged.up nos.
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stops nasty discharge or noso run.
ming. relieves sick headache, dull.
ness. feyorishnesa. sore throat.
sneerinG. soreness and stiffness
Don't stay stuffed up Quit blow.
Ing and snuffiing! Ease your throb-
bins head--nothinG else In the
world gives such promp, relief a.
-Pape'a Cold Compound" which
costs only IS cents at any drug
store. II acts without assistance.
tas,es nice. and causes no lnconven.
ience. BE sure you get the genuine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-29
MAKE GERMAN FLAG

BERLIN. Oct. pa German
newspaper tells OF the capture OF
Fort Malon. in Belgium. by Lieut..
Won Linde and 300 men. without fir.
ing a shot. The commander OF the
fort thought the woods we're full OF
Germans. and surrendered the fort
and 200 prisoners. 400 men escaping
The Germans had no flag 10 hoist,
so they made n German flag out OF
a pair OF Belgian trousers, a shirt
and red Belgian stomach band.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-29
MET FIRST GERMAN

PARIS. Oct. 3s.--In . French mil
itary hospital an artilleryman
wounded by a sheil was asked II he
had any objection 10 an injured Ger.
man soldier being put In the bed
merit him. Fine" replied the
Frenchman. 7 have been fighting
for six weeks. and haven't seen a
German yet"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-29
INDEPENDENT
NO

The Western Womsn's
Outlook 10 no longer an In.
dope dent non-partissn
weekly. u has fallen Into
the control Of Mira w. a.
eurisioh. . confirmed re-
publican. and II 10 being run
on that basis now. The Out.
look no longer has the en-
dorserent Of the state Fed
GRAFTON Of Womsn's ciuos-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-29
TAKE TROOPS In AIR

PARIS, Oct. 29.--The French won
an engagement by transporting
troops by aeroplane. the first time
such a thing had been done. Two
men at a time we're carried in heavy
biplanes over the German lines at
night until about so we're back OF
the trenches. At dawn tho trenches
were attacked from front and rear
and taken
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-29
MONEY Is PAID BACK

LONDON. Oct. 29.--Of the s51. 900
advanced to stranded Americans in
Europe, all but $500 has been repaid
and that will be. The committee
thinks no other country can show
such u record.