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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-27

"Miss the trusts" said Senator
La Toilette at luncheon In Wash
lnRton.
eyes. oh, yes, when the trusts are
gone we'll miss them like the widow.
"a widow. at her late husbands
funeral. happened. during the burial
service to drop her handkerchief
into the open grave.
"a young man CALAMITY offered
to leap down and get the handker.
chief for her.
''But the widow shook her head.
"No" she said "leave It there.
have done with tears now"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-27

Inc yaKs WIN furnish WOOL, wnicn WIN
make clothing for the natives. Very
forcibly Is presented to our government
from time to time It's duty to the ma
lives Of Alaska. They never had any
land to sell, as did the Indians, by
which a fund could be created for their
benefit, and It is incumbent upon con-
gress to make suitable provision for
fhQm
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-27

Several years ago when we referred
10 the "elder statesmen" we meant
such men as Aldrich, Hale, Gallinger,
Lodge and later men like Smoot, War
rem and Clark on the Republican side
It was supposed that the era Of "elder
statesmen" had departed when the
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-27

We can understand Why the state
should pay the expenses for George
A Day, state Republican chairman,
on trip to Washington, where
be might continue the political aud
social work he so effectively con
ducts In Idaho. bat why the state
should also pay bis expenses to Oak
lahoma Is certainly a oonundrum
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-27

Reindeer have been bred so success
fully In Alaska that Congressman La
Toilette q Washington now proposes
TO have a band Of yaks purchased and
distributed ia that faraW8y region.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-27

Comedian say. Old chap. your nose
and chin will fight ere long; they an
proach each other very menaclngIyl
Old Actor-Im afraid so myself. for
a great many words have passed be
tween them alreadyl-LOndon Tele-
graph
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-27

Tariff reform aud currency reform
are to be followed by reform Of the
trusts The Wilson administration
Is one of great accomplishments
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
BY Cynthia Grey

II think one OF the greatest oh.
stacles to happiness in homes IL ex.
travagance. and II was the fatal one
In mine"
A divorced woman ~-as telling me
her story.
1T was not. In my case. az In
some | have known. that the income
OF the man ! married was more lin.
tied than ! was used to. nor was
II that ! had not been raised under
favorable environments. for my par.
ents were both frugsi. too much so,
I often thought.
Il was glad when | went into q
home OF my own. where I could have
things my own way. and not be ham
pered by the e~verpresent thought
that I must waste nothing
There are a hundred little ways
IN which a housewife car save
without being petty, II she will but
do u.
1T was through ~careiessness tina,
I failed to realize this.
Our grocery bill climbed higher
each month. was fond OF enter
tanning. and spent a great deal In
that way which might have beer
added to the diminishing nest egg
(. And then. too. I must be dressed
az nearly rs possible In accordance
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
'JOBLESS HEAR
Prof.. kINCAID
LECTURE ON Ant

The "mulligan" had been served.
and 1000 members OF the army OF
the unemployed who r being fed
and housed at the Hotel Liberty
prepared for the evenings entertain.
ment.
The attraction Tuesday was Prof.
Trevor Kincaid OF the University OF
Washington zoology department.
and champion investigator and col
lector OF bugs.
THE subject OF the evening" he
announced. will be Ants"
The lights went out. The stereop-
tIcon machine got busy and the pro
lessor explained the slides.
ANTS" he said. ARE willing
workers. They have no poor among
them"
The guests Of the Liberty, who
had been watching the professor
with tolerance, began to take notice.
ANTS go in tribes" the professor
continued. The tribes usually fight
each other. But II you put a mum.
Der OF them together they gradually
become used TO each other aud then
work for the common good. An ant
never knows what II Ia to be without
work or TO be hungry. None OF
them, therefore. are ever In want.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
why My husband
Left Me'---a Series
by Cynthia Grey
Rx the Woman Who Was ExtrayaQant

with the latest fashions was not
entirely selfish Ia this. az | also
wanted N.Y. husband 10 have the
best.
II insisted on dining out once or
twice a week "a some OF the high
priced restaurants for a change.
did not realize how much happier
we could have been AZ home.
when my husband demonstrated
with me about my extravagance. ]
grew angry and accused him OF be.
ing stinsy.
How often persons In their mar
rowncss with fail 10 sec their short
comings. did not see how | could
do differently.
Then. when I was placed on an
allowance to keep expenses down
II seemed could not resist the
temptation 10 buy the things I was
used 10 having.
II did buy. them. and charged
them 10 my husbands account. new
cr stopping TO consider the conse
quences. This was the ist straw
When the bills came due my hus
band told me I was n hopeless cas-
and he sued me for divorce.
Now ! neysr oyerhear a woman
shopper say CHARGE IT, but that
shuddcr and want TO take her by
the arm and tell her my story"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
INVENTS
BRAND new GAME

John White. alias Philip ID. Ross.
Is author Of n brand new one. &C
cordlng to a tale that came to Dep
uty Prosecutor Kennedy.
White appeared at Trinity Parish
church Saturday night. introduced
himself TO Canon Bliss, offered 70
Join the church. and donated a check
for 5000.
Sunday night Canon Bliss intro.
duced him to w. s. Lewis. a real es-
tate man. Monday White dropped
In TO see Lewis, and cashed a check
for s35. Both the 5000 check and
the s35 check proved worthless.
A complaint was sworn ont
against White Tuesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
and ELSEWHERE

eminent.
Nurse sues estate Of late Con-
gresham Bremner for monthly sal
airy for rest OF life.
Export for December. up to the
Goth, exceed imports $4,000, 600.
Mystery surrounding killing Of g.
year-old Millville. n. j., girl cleared
when George Ham confesses shot
was intended for sweetheart.
San Francisco fair Will keep open
Sundays.
Russia offers $4,000 for new uses
of Industrial alcohol.
Term Of president Of China fixed
at 10 years In proposed law.
Mrs. Msude Hendricks ends life
at Oakland. following scandal
Government begins publication Of
daily commercial report Jan. 2.
Estate OF Joseph Milbank, worth
S5.S50.30 divided between two
sons.
Culver county seat Of new JEFF
ferson county, Ore.
New York woman poisons chill
dren. then attempts own life.
Brig. Gen. Robt. II. Hall, civil war
veteran. dies.
Congressman Hincbauah deserts
TO republicans.
Contents Of Madison ave. home Of
J. Il. Morgan valued at 81. 000,91i.
Countcrfciting plant found In Mis-
souri, state pen.
National charter granted "Phi
Epsilons" at Pullman.
Cummins Bros, Portland, take
over Strand hotel, New Westmin.
ster. b. c.
American bark Irmsard dlmasted
In gale off Honolulu.
Crew Of French bark Admiral
Courbet mutiny at Los Angeles.
Logging camp near Mineral,
Wash. resumes business.
Liner Admiral Schley wrecks
dock in Tacoma,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
=
HERE

EIGHT sailing vessels. flying flags
OF four different nations. on way to
Sound.
e. e. AIns~orsh leaves 100000
for family.
Eugene Hanlon. 20. and VIII
Gunther. 20, have fist fight IN city
stockade.
n. r. LIndh. APO BaaIey ave.
hit by auto on Second.
Pacific Northwest Society Of En-
~ginecrs elects officers at Arctic
club Saturday night.
Retail 0rocers association elscts
ten trustees at Tuesday meeting.
Mexican government abandons
consulate In Northwest.
BIG Increase In civil service ap-
plicants.
Alpha Chi Omega meets with
Mrs. Hamblen.
Thomas Jones. zoos Jefferson st..
held up at jefferson st. and Boren
ave.
Arthur Nieolls, as. fractures skull
In fall down steps.
Or. Ferdinand Smitn oies from
hardening OF arteries.
Dancing permits can be obtained
az police s~ubstations.
Charles isadore, 81, dies from
| wounds received In brawl.
Large crowd attends Tillkums'
dance at Readings.
Charles Bambera. contractor,
dies at home, 1915 n. Republican
~.
PatroIman Arthur Ruckart's
| funeral held Wednesday.
Southwest Alaska adds $4,5o3 TO
Belgium Relief.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
commercial CLUB
JOINS CAMPAIGN TO
SAVE Fairgrounds

fitted by adequate playground super.
yision.
In that city IS per cent OF the de-
iinquency OF children has been elm.
mated since the playground idea
was properly carried out.
"Retrenchment should not be
made nj the cost Of the welfare Of
the children OF the city" declares
the Commercial Club resolution.
President Bert Jr.. lillian H.
Gorham and NJ. y. Harden were sp-
pointed a committee to present the
clubs views 20 the park board.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
CRAZY WOMAN
ATTEMPTS TO
ROAST CHILD

PORT HURON. Mich. Dec. 30.
horrible story OF how a mother
tried 10 roast her baby In an oven
mas reached here from Sarnla. on.
tArto. Canada.
The woman. whose name tho OF
ticials OF Sarnia have refused to al.
.utge. was apparently temporarily
deranged.
She took her smonth.old babe.
carefully hathed Il, tied the little
ooee arms and legs as a fowl
WOULD be prepared for roasting,
pnht q hot fire. placed the child In
Z large pan and sprinkled salt and
pepper over H. She was In the act
OF putting II In the oven when a
neikhbor. CHANGING 90 call ON her.
tntertercd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
ELSEWHERE

California eannery Insures en-
ployes.
Women democrats In Chicago In.
sert ads for candidates.
C. z. Bunneli. Valdez, appointed
federal Judge OF Fourth district,
Fairbanks.
Pope receiver Sir Henry Howard,
British minister.
Mayor Hurley, Salem, Mass, de-
featod in recall election.
Mrs. Mary Hughes, mother Of as
sociate Justice, dies.
Estate left by Peter Doelaer, New
York brewer. worth $1,000. 900.
Fernando vlvas, consul general In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30

NEW YORK. Dec. 3o.-Gladys
Hanson learned her society manner
in a drawing room-a very csclu-
sive Atlanta drawing room: In 9th
er words. she was born to the pur-
Pile" That's why Klaw a. Erlanger
selected her for the part OF Betty
Dcering IN Austin Strong's new
play. The Dragons Claw.
C~leverer actresses. and handsom-
or actresses. we're refused the role.
because they didn't look the part.
Picking. dcrlng the Boxer uprising,
In the scene OF the play.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30

Frisco for Honduras. accused OF ar
son.
Mare Island will feed $4,000 sail
ora during fair.
Bandits slay Marshal Parker OF
Cove Greek. Ark.
Colorado operators protest with
drawal OF u. 3. troops.
Three Canadian %miiItlamen who
killed American hunter. held in de.
tehtion.
Senate may act quickly on Jones
Philippine bill proposing self'gov.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30

cately stepping off the new ball.
room dances. The procession In
going TO be headed By Grace Child
ers.
Even Jean Sawyer. who has New
York society dancing at her feet.
hasa't a tblng on Grace. so stage
folks think, anyhow. And 70 the
press agent says
Tn. second act Ii when II all hap
pens.
Leading the full corps de ballet.
Miss Chiiders. with her partner,
promises 10 demonstrate all the
popular dancing variations. The
dances are the authoritative oncf.
She does EN- IN such a way It's aw'
fully easy to catch on.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30

Added 70 the many protests
against the proposed action Of
the park board to eurtaIi play
ground and Neiuhouse activities
will be = vigorous resolution
adopted by the Seattle Com
msreisi Club Tuesday night
The park board will take the
matter up at Its session Wednes-
day afternoon In It's offices In
the Central building.
The commercial Club resolution
:ites Chicago as n city greatly benz
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
DAINTY MISS TO
TEACH SEATTLE
NEWEST STEPS

A whole lot OF giddy Seattle folks
will be stepping the very. very Int.
est stuff from N yawk In the way
OF fox trots, aeropiane ~waltzea. he's.
%itations. maxixes and 30 on. next
week. or we miss u guesa.
That IL. they will II they see
September Morn the musical
comedy at the Moore Thursday
night. Friday matinee and night
and Saturday.
September Morn" In different.
Oh. yes. there will be the usual
singing, snappy lines and a stab at
a pot. but above all things else. It's
one large evening OF dancing.
Visualize. II you can. n dozen or
NO daahIng. dainty maidens. deli.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
HE'D RATHER SMOKE
Than GO TO MOVIES

ST. PAUL, MIMI. Dec. 30.-Min'
neaota has n man who does not like
the movies" He's n real red-blood-
ed man, but when given a chance to
zee reel life" he baked. He IL a
prisoner ut the Minnesota state pen
itentiary. where all prisoners are
once a week given n chance to see
a movie show inside the prison
walls.
This man. whose name the board
OF control withheld. said he'd rather
smoke.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30
GOVERNOR COMING

Gov. Lister and Mayor Oil are to
be special guests at the Commercial
Club next Tuesday night. when the
instslls ION OF next years officers
is 70 take place. The installation
will be followed by the annual ban.
quet.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30

Abovo prsess oil day -
a6vsssised.. stsiis 3e-@2-
In1spsndsns Packing Co.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30

German army. burned TO death In
hut at Portyile. Cal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-30

serpt. Fred smart heads new d.
vision for suppression Of gambling
and vice.
The Washington times., 1914-01-07

cupants Of the Dlayroom. She had
always for q long time lived on top OF
book case and never been noticed
much. Everybody looked pleased as the
little mother went out of the pIayroo-n,
but it was night before they began to
talk.
Bobby Jones bobbed up and broke the
silence of the room that night. "A mer-
~ Christmas to all he called out, and
up came all the heads, and Drusilla
spoke next.
What did ] tell you, Bobby Jones?
Don't you like Christmas nOw?" she
asked.
II should say so, replied Bobby. wag-
ging his head. I Feel like a new man
my spring repaired and new cap. l
certainly Jared we'll
Everybody said they received just
what they wanted. and after talking
awhile Drusilla took out her watch and
looked at It. MY, it is late" she said.
Good night. I must go to sleep"
And the playrOom settled down -
sIumber, thinking that there was some
thing in Christmas after all besides new
occupants for the playTOom.
omorrows story: Billy Pig Reaches
Home.
The Washington times., 1914-01-07

party. I followed the customer willis
sne made her other exchanges.
Her Next Trip.
Her next trip was to the cut eIas.
department Here she presented a bowl
which she explained had been duplicated
ever since her cousin Kate had seni
one for wedding present twelve years
ago, and five other people had sen;
the same thing. She got at least oas
every Christmas, she explained TheT
she went to the bathrobe ,iepartueni
where she got the money refunded on :
SSS0 negligee that, big as she waa
would nave htted woman OF hundred
OF two hundred more avoirdupois. .ifteT
she had disposed OF all her superfluOni
gifts purchased In that store she Naf
S36.72 to the good.
Now" she said, show me 10 the
fur department. I'm going to get what
After some fussing she purchased =
mum at S35, remarIking as she puffec
triumphantly away:
When l get all the other pssssnii
cashed in 1 will come back for tht
neck piece. / can't see why they did
not all club together In the first place
and give me what / wanted or II they
couldn't do that why they couldn't buy
everything in the same store
DO you have much of this sort OF
keyed to the question mark OF my curl
osity.
No End of Exchanges
Not exactly like that" he answered
with a smile "She was rather clever
but as for exchanges-welI. there Is nc
end of them. If woman gets a vase
she exchanges It for an umbrella II
she gets an umbrella she exchanges II
for a cut glass dish II she gets Q
kimono she wants silk tights; II she
gets stockings she wants gloves, and q
Just keeps the girls busy two solid
weeks after Christmas is all done away
with and the last green has been taken
down.
Il remember one case of a woman
who received an umbrella for Christ
mas. 1t was beauty, but she brought
IL back a few days later and got a vase
After keeping the vase two weeks she
brought that back and got a fern dish
After the fern dish had done duty
few weeks she came back with that and
got a travelling bag. I guess she kept
that, though ] have known OF women
buying things in one house and ex-
changing them in another. ! wish they
wouldn't let that exchange bug loose
round Christmas. 1t keeps US terribly
back in taking account OF stock, be-
cause we have to wait a reasonable
time for all exchanges to be in"
The Washington times., 1914-01-07
What Becomes of Some
Xmas Presents

"T'n..SSss-. q. no. only tired :.
death OF seeing the same old
things I sold last week come
back again. Maybe don't wish was
behind the hair goods Just before
Christmas! They can't change hair
goods. you know. but I'd be willing to
bet they change their hair. They have
to change something to get their
moneys worth at Christmas. never
saw anything like it"
How about tooth brushes" suggest
ed the first speaker.
Her Exchanges.
The conversation was between two
saleswomen in one of the big dry
goods stores. and just at this minute
it was interrupted by an irate customer
who had come in to change-welI. from
the way she was loaded down with bum
dies, which she kept dropping on the
floor. when saw her. judgeI she was
about to change the entire famiiy's
gifts.
Christmas" she calculated, and not
a thing that Is fit or fits-I don't know
what anyone was thinking of TO send
me that! and she contemptuously flung
down a gold and silver lace corset cover
that might have reached half way round
her ample torso. "Everythfng's the
same. Everything 1 don't want, and
nothing that fits me at that-I cannot
understand why people will spend their
money for such trash.
Larger size, madame?" asked the
saleslady.
To Buy Her Own.
Larger nothing" snapped the GUS
toner; Il want the money. What
propose to do is just to take back
all this truck, and when 1 get what
II all cost TIL go out and get myself
a Christmas present worth whiIer'
But, madame" interrupted the girl
behind the counter. "this was one of
our Christmas specials, and we are
not supposed to change these goods
except for different sizes"
do you mean to tell me. young
lady, that i have to go round in one
of those things whether 1 like Il or
not, just because ii is a Christmas
special? Call the floor walker"
never knew Just how she managed
1t. Perhaps IL struck the floor walk
cr's funny bone, and perhaps she
promised to buy her composite Christ
mas gift in that particular store, but
the girl changed the corset cover for |
cash, and, being curiously interested |
The Washington times., 1914-01-07
Domestic Dialogues
Copyright 1914. by the Press Publishing Co,
By ALMA WOODWARD.


You danced all evening. warned
ycu-
Mr.. B.-Daneed? Call that dancing!
We did real dancing in MY dancing
days. Waltzes, polkas. gaIops, schot-
fishes. two-steps. the York. and--say,
didn't dance all right last night?
Mls- B.-Why, yes. You
AIR. B.-I did not. I Graeco-Roman
wrestled. That's what 1 did. That's ali
the new dances area cross between
Icatch-as-catch-can and the Struggle on
the Clin. And that inhuman dance with
the dip in it, What dye miscaIl it? Ths
astically after forty.
Mrs. B--I warned you to be careful. ]
teld you the tango was no dance for an
el1Crly man.
Hr. B.-No. and the grizzly. bear il
70 dance for an elderly bear, for that
mater. Any bear that was forced ta
do it could get redress from the s. p. c.
A. Whereas, T.
Mrs. B. (seeling tactfuIIy to chance
the subjectt-Here's a letter from Rosa
the weekend.
Mr.. B. (howlingl-Run out? RUM IN
be playing in egregious luck IL I'm ever
able tc walk again Lemme see her
letter. (Snatches it and reads At the
end is the following postscript: Were
rIanning a dance for Saturday night
We're just daffy over the new dances.'0
Mr.. B.-Tell her wen 20.
Mrs. B.-You-you can't have read the
osiscript.
Mr.. B. (grimly)-I did. That's why
we've going.
Mrs. B.-But your poor feet?
Mr.. B.-The tango's done a lot to my
poor feet. But it's nothing to what It's
done to my poorer brain. I'm bitten BY
4 just as badly as the rest of you.
Feet or no feet, I've got to do it nv
feet say Nor But my head says Go
TO it," And maybe by Saturday night
III be able to invent a Crutch Glide.
Tell her we'll so.
Mrs. B.-What on earth2-
The Washington times., 1914-01-07
Attorney General Host
To Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall

-HE Attorney General will enter
tain at q theater party this
evening in honor of the Vice
President and Mrs. Marshall.
e. Friday evening, Senator and Mrs,
q ude a. Swanson of Virginia will be
be ets at a dinner party in compliment
10 the Vice President and Mrs. Mar
PhrH.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Rr j Mrs. E. Z. Clark will be the honor
'suests of Commissioner and Mrs. Meyer
'ht tea Sunday afternoon at their
'ho ne on the Rockville road.
=
An interesting wedding Of this even
in will be that Of Miss Mary w.
Hayes, daughter of Mrs. Hayes and
n, late Brig. Gen. Edward Mortimer
10 YES, L. S. 4, to James W. Wilson
|pl Morgantown, n. c. The wedding
lvI be performed at $50 o'clock by
he Rev. George W. Atkinson, jr., at
As home of the brides mother at 1918
atreet and will be attended by a small
ps rty OF relatives and a few friends.
Owing to mourning in the family, the
ceremony will be quiet.
Little Betty Bryant. daughter of Mr.
erd Mrs. II. Z. c. Bryant, will he the
Bower girl and the brides only attend
hnt, and H. T., c. Bryant will be the
best man fer Mr. Wilson. e. @
4 ftcr an informal reception IT. VIII
sCu and his bride will leave Washing
lon for a wedding trip, They will re-
Fice in Statesville, n. c.
4.
Congressman and Mrs. Rouse of Ken
tUrky have as their house guest, Mrs.
RCIse's sister, Mrs. Keys, OF Cincinnati.