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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-07

WE GIVE GAS
Regal Dental Offices
Or. /. r. Clark, D. D. s.. Manager,
fdo5 Third Ave. NJ. w. Cor Union,
kote-Brino This Ad With You.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-07

dances In the town whore . live Tho
girls arc soing Co have Ca pay the
same as tho boysf ! hope Ia soon
80. your answer. Thank you, ".
Al do not believe In tho differ
ence IN the ages of our friends
counting. ms long ms common sense
Is used. II Ia the hoy that counts,
not the nationality At the same
time. people who have been reared
under entirely different environ
ment are not often eongenial for
any great length Of time, You
would better talk 10 your mother
about this particular boy. She,
knowing him. will probably be able
60 advise you.
When the admission TO dance
Is free for ladies', there are q mum.
Der who so without escorts. who
would not attend II they were ohllg
ed TO pay, and think II mighty
good thing TO require price from
them; then n girl who attends will
either pay or have an escort who
Will pay for her. IL will tend 20 do
away with SO many unescortcd
girls running to dances. and that Is
probably the reason for adopting
the plan sincerely wish this city
would follow the good example.
Own yeu kindly tell me n.
when aliEhtlng from street car,
tho young man should go first. and
assist tho lady have seen tn. isdy
alight fr~t. and would Hike To know
which va, Il proper.
CURLY LOCKS
"A gentleman should get off
the car first. according 20 etiquette.
and assist the lady. but for the lifo
OF me cannot see why II Ia neceH.
sary. unless the lady II very aged
or crippled Surely. sound. heal.
thy American girl can get off a
street car without help.
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me, Ord sa-ay, No, me good sir, no.
thank We, kindly. Give thin to the
bes' friend I've had f'r nanny years,
an more, Dorsey there"
"Arrah, no, Wolf Tone, avick," pro-
tested Mr. Dorsey. "'Twould niver do.
Dye think Ord shtand by an rayceive
all thin gorg'us an ixpinsive prisints
whilst YOU had nothin? Old ta.ake
none of thin. be hivins. Give thin to
Cassidy tn noblest, ginerousest
frind-'" He stopped, suddenly, little
eyes bent piercingly toward a corner
OF his little garden.
"Phwat's thot?" he quickly demand
ed.
What's phvet?" inquired Mr.. Cas-,
sidy.
Mr. Dorsey brought a square fist
down into a receptive palm with re-
sounding whack.
turkey" he exclaimed. "A tur-
rkey! An in my Yard! Tn Lord is
good to thin He loves!"
Bent, tiptoeing. he started toward
the strutting fowl. Mr.. Cassidy moved
over toward the fence and watched
him in helpless indecision.
Just as Mr.. Dorsey had his hands
extended to grab the turkey, Mr.. Cas-
sidy shouted, suddenly; and the tur-
key, frightened, scuttled through a
hole in the fence and into Mr.. Cas-
sidy's yard, Whereat Mr.. Cassidy made
a quick jump for it, But he missed 1t
clean and landed on the place where
he was intending to set out early let
tuce in the spring.
Meanwhile Mr.. Dorsey, half over the
fence, distended with rage, was yell
ing:
Lave my turkey be! Lave my
turkey bel"
Mr. Cassidy picked a triangular sec
ton OF broken glass from his person
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Exact Copy Of Wrapper
lmposslble for Enolish.

Apropos of the English boycott upon
German music, relates the Washington
Star. DIR. Leopold Richter, the well
known conductor, said in Milwaukee:
The English, anyhow, don't care
very much for German music The
English are too conventional Your
english musician, your English actor.
your English author, he must always
be a gentleman. Well, gentlemen are
rather limited, rather narrow. There
are so many things gentlemen cant
do.
When my friend, DR.. Richard
strauss, was drilling the Coyent gar
den orchestra in Electra he was very
much annoyed by the tameness of the
English playing. Finally, at a wild
and savage passage he raped sharply
with his baton and said:
You are all playing like gentle
men. Don't play like gentlemen-play
like wild beasts.
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YOU NEVER TIRE OF CUTlCURA

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant super-creamy emollients and
prophylactics preserve, purify and
beautify the skin. The daily use of
the Soap for all toilet purposes and
occasional use of the Ointment tend
to prevent pimples, redness and rough
ness, dandruff and red, rough hands.
Sample each free If you wish. Ad-
dress postcard, Cuticura, Dept. X, Bos-
ton. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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alone amid gloom, uncertainty, appre-
hension and poverty following the
ravages of war. A century ago, the
Federal Union T'ss an experiment In
government that, in the minds OF
many, was foredoomed to failure.
There was no nation; rather loose
confederation of hostile sections and
jealous states. It was out of the
struggles and sufferings OF this very
war that the American nation was
born. Today, 10O,0O00OO Americans,
in identity of political and social
ideals, language and institutions, pre-
sent a picture of the most thoroughly
nationalized country of which history
has record
But in a hundred other ways did
the Thanksgiving of 1914 differ from
the one to be celebrated this year.
OF course there were the funda-
mental essentials of turkey, pumpkin
pie and cranberry sauce; there were
the homegathering of relatives and
the reunion of the family around the
old hearthstone. But beyond that all
has changed with the passage of the
fleeting years Could a boy or a girl
of today, by some ledgerdemain of
time, be transported back to one Of
those old fashioned Thanksgiving day
of a century ago, he or she would
think they we're being robbed Of their
holiday rights. Even the wealthiest
people of those old days could not
have on their Thanksgiving table
many of the things found today on
the tables of the humblest citizen.
In fact, there was a great poverty
Of vegetable variety Oh the Thanks
giving table a century ago. No as
paragus, no sweet potatoes, no string
beans, no corn, no green peas. and so
on down the attractive list that consti-
tutes the appetizing trimmings of the
Thanksgiving table of today. The tin
can era had not yet dawned, and its
possibilities OF smashing seasonable
monotony were undreamed of even by
epicures.
And there was the same poverty in
Thanksgiving fruit. The list practi-
cally started and ended with apples
and of a kind that most farmers now
feed only to their hogs or leave TO
rot on the ground. Grapefruit was a
word not yet invented; oranges would
have been worth their weight In gold;
and the banana was to await many
years for its introduction TO the
American housewife Nor would ii
have been possible for the voracious
y0ungster OF that day to gorge him
self with luscious grapes and delicate
raisins. Pineapple was another un-
known word OF course there we're
nuts, but only of native varieties.
Almonds, Brazil nuts, pecans and the
English wanuts, without which no
Thanksgiving table of today would be
considered complete, were then I'M
known Injuries.
The farmer of that day was a slave
of the season and the produce of his
toll was governed strictly by the cal
endar. There we're no hothouses to
force fruit and vegetables out of sea
son. The good people of those days
would have considered it almost sacri-
lege. an attempt to improve on the
divine plan of things. A request for
strawberries or cucumbers at Thanks
giving would be equivalent to an APP
plication for admission to an asylum
for the insane.
But the difference does not end with
a comparison Of the eatables of the
feast century ago and today. 1t is
ever more startling when we com
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I'll be glad to-" he said. and at once
grappled the strings. After an unsuc-
cessiul effort of five minutes. during
which he got as red as a brick house
and perspired like pitcher OF ice
water on a July window sin. he STAN.
mered: "l-I--don't think can tic
respectable knot, Miss Mary" Sup
pose. Philander." she whispered, with
a pretty little blush, suppose you call
In clergyman to assist" Like the
unwilling OF beautiful mystery. the
situation unfolded itself to Philander
aud he feels better now
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pare the task of preparation now and
then. The good housewife of 1914, II
called upon TO get up Thanksgiving
feast with the utensils and under the
kitchen conditions of 1914, would
throw up her hands in despair. d II
the task was put up to the average
servant of today would jump her job
housewife of a century ago, had
neither range nor cook stove. They
had not yet been invented. Her tur-
key and her pies were baked in the
great fireplace, and her fuel was wood,
for coal was not yet used.
II relatives were to be invited to
Thanksgiving homegatherings in those
old days, the invitations would have
to be dispatched weeks and perhaps
months in advance of the event, for
1t required the best part of a week
for letter to travel from Boston TO
as It now takes to cross the conti'
nent Were IT addressed to Chicago,
a mere trading post at that time, II
would be sent the previous July. And
the invitation itself would be written
with a quill and blotted with sand,
for in those days there were no steel
pens, no typewriters, no blotters, no
gummed envelopes, no postage stamps
And the son or daughter in the
city who wished to return to the old
homestead for Thanksgiving in 1914
faced an ordeal before which most OF
us today would quail. For travelling
a century ago was a hazard and a
peril The railroad was at that time
undreamed OF, and all inland travel
was by river or road.
II man on his way to a Thanks
giving feast at the old homestead in
the country was thrown from his
horse in the road, breaking a leg or
arm, his case was one to be pitied.
For most Of the doctors of those days
were ignorant and careless. II ampu-
tation was necessary, the victim was
generally held down by main strength
while saw and knife cut their agon-
iZing way through the tortured flesh
and bone. For 1914 was before the
days of anesthetics. Ether, chloro-
form. cocaine and morphine were as
yet unknown, and as for antiseptics,
the protection against germ infection
of the wound, that was to wait for
more than fifty years. There was
no quinine, no strychnine, no tine.
ture OF iron, no carbolic acid-in fact.
there were scarcely any OF the com.
mon and familiar drugs of today,
There was no pepsin FOR that Thanks
giving Indigestion, and a cold or a
toothache was a thing to be dreaded.
In literally millions of homes on
Thursday, the Thanksgiving dinner
will be preliminary to a visit to a
football game or a theater things
impos- ible to the sturdy stock OF
1914. In fact, the religious feast OF
our grandsires has become to a large
and growing. extent a part of a sport.
ing and amusement holiday in which
real Thanksgiving, in the sense of
the origin of the day, is conspicuous
by It's absence. Nevertheless, when
a person stops to think about 1t,
comparing the material comforts OF
today with those of a century ago,
considering the marvellous growth of
the republic in wealth and prosperity,
tn wonderful advancement OF educa.
tion, science and knowledge-there
are many profound reasons why this
annual feast OF ours should be pre-
ceded by a moment, at least, OF SOL
emn and reverent thankfulness.
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OullGu OhdlCb III NhN
year of grace 1914 would have feasted
on turkey and trimmings without en-
thusiastic thanks, for the nation was
IN the gloomy midst of the second war
with Great Britain and II had mighty
little to be thankful for. The capital
had been captured by the invaders
and the public buildings at Washing
ton had been put to the torch. While
the little American navy had won
wonderful victories against great odds
and written a chapter in history that
makes our blood thrill with admira-
ton, yet Great Britain, with its big
fleets. was still mistress of the seas
and American commerce ceased to
exist. On land the American army,
rent with dissentions and generated by
political incompetents, made a record
of humiliating defeats, the sting of
which was to be removed in 1915 by
the signal victory of Jackson and his
backwoodsmen over the tried veterans
of Pakenham at New Orleans. Pol.
itical animosities famed at a white
heat unknown today. Sectional feel.
ing was high and bitter. The national
treasury was practically empty. Grass
grew in the streets of the cities and
shipping rotted at the wharves. Bust
ness and industry were paralyzed and
the nation tottered on the verge of
bankruptcy. The collapse Of the
young republic with its five or six
million people scattered over an i'm
mense territory, was freely predicted,
now that England's hands were loosed
by the fall of Napoleon.
Only in New England in 1914 was
Thanksgiving day observed, and even
in the ancient birthplace of the holi-
day It is safe to say that the celebra-
ton was far from being the joyous
feast Of the past. For New England
as a whole had big, bitter crouch
and didn't care who knew IT, The
New England states we're fiercely hos
tile to the war and had been hardest
hit by its effects. Its commerce, the
chief source of its wealth. had been
completely destroyed by Jefferson's
embargo law and the blockade Of its
ports by the British feet. It's militia
were not permitted to serve beyond
the borders of New England, and the
leaders and great part of the popu
lace openly and warmly advocated
secession from the Union either as an
Independent TepC lie or as an Eng
lish province or colony. Under such
circumstances, Thanksgiving in New
England in 1914 took somber and
more religious cast while the Thanks.
giving sermons, once a significant fea-
ture of the day. we're Swallowed by
gloom and saturated with pessimism.
II was under conditions as inaus-
picious as these that the homegather-
ing feast of old New England was ush-
cred in. How profound the change
wrought by century in the life of the
Republic! Thanksgiving day, this
year, will be observed by almost II
not quite a hundred million people,
the citizens of a great and prosper
GUS nation, the richest in the world
and the most powerful ever conceived
in the loins of time. A century ago,
the day was observed by not quite
million and half New Englanders
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-11-25

N THE days when Harlem was so
far west that little boys used to
long desirously to go out there and
y kill buffaloes, Indians and other
unprotected game, Matthew Dor
SCI and Wolf Tone Cassidy shook the
peat from their feet and emigrate1 to
America in the bowels of a ship that,
like all vessels OF the aching past,
went four feet up and down and six
Sideways to every one ahead.
On landing at Castle Garden, they
remained in the city long enough to
purchase a gold brick apiece and get
held up and robbed; then their bucolic
desires ameliorated with metropolitan
disgust and they trekked TO the afore-
said west and constructed for them
selves two little shacks, perched. high
on the edge OF Somebody or others
cliff, And there they lived and pros
pered, though not to any alarming de-
gree; for they never achieved more
than one pair of shoes at time, al
though, on the other hand, they never
went beyond three broken window
panes simultaneously.
And so passed nigh unto half a
century; and 1t was Thanksgiving
tine,
Mr. Dorsey, having finished the
breakfast dishes and lighted his du-
deem went out to his front door to see
What Mr. Cassidy was about; and Mr..
Cassidy, having done precisely the
same thing, did precisely the same
thing
Good morning. Matchew!" he
called across the little gardens.
"Th' same to yez an nanny Of
thim!" called back Mr.. Dorsey.
IT'S a foine da.ay. Matthew, avick,"
commented Mr.. Cassidy, putting ex-
pansively. TITS tn da-ay Of rajjoicin'
an givin' thanks and prisints, Mat
chew" went on Mr. Cassidy. TITS
sorry OF am taht OF hov nothin' to
give yes"
"Th' sa.ame here an nanny Of
thim," replied Mr. Dorsey. "O'd glad
ly give ye tn shirt of me back r tn
roof over me hid on'y Ord loikely
ketch pnoomony an die. But tn love
In me hear.rt is this sane
"'Tis me own sintimints yez is ray
paytln' aven befurte theys spoke be
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ma-an came along wild a segar r a
millyon dollars, you'd say, Give it to
me friend Dorsey" He snorted, dis
gustedly, "Tis a divvle of a ma-an
yez ARE! Pwhy don't yez kape yer
wur-rd?"
"Kape me wur.rd, is IT.? cried Mr..
Mr.. Cassidy hotly. "Whin tn ma-aA
wild tn millyon dollars comes. ON
kape me wurrd. But did OF sa-ay AN
nythin' about amy turkeys? Answer
me thotl'
rOi will an OF will not" rejoined
NJ. Dorsey. angrily. But an-nyhow.
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Bell Threatened Destruction

away from its bearings, and was rest
ing upon a wooden beam, which pre-
vented It crashing through the roof
into the church. The church was
quickly cleared. and the fire brigade
was summoned, with a view OF restor.
ing the bell to its fastenings, and SO
remove the threatening danger. With
the aid of the fire escape they reached
the belfry. but were unable to render
the services sought, Notwithstanding
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-11-25
Much to Be Thankful For.

We have much TO be thankful for.
The year has been one of progress.
The corn crop is still enough and TO
spare, The wheat crop exceeds that
Of former years. We are still the
Lords chosen nation, and he gives
us the blessings.
Thousands Of new families find
homes on American soil each year and
rise from poverty to independence.
They constantly increase the nations
strength.
Science and invention are on con.
slant march OF progress.
National calamity has not visited
our shores. Minor evils have called
attention TO what might have beer
great ones. We have prof ~ -
and taken steps TO ay
renee,
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An alarming occurrence took place
when the congregation at st. Will
Jams church. Rochdale road, Man
chester (Eng) were assembling re-
Gently for service. During the ringing
OF the bell. which is said to weigh
about fifteen hundredweight, a dull,
heavy thud was heard in the vicinity
of the belfry. An examination showed
that the bell. the tone of which had
been suddenly hushed. had broken
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you lave me tue KEY be, you thlevln'
ould omtldhoun ~ OH brain yez"
"A p. A.I"kid Mr. Cassidy insult.
ingly.
"Phwatgthot2" yelled Mr.. Dorsey,
looking for an opening In the fence
large enough to admit passage to his
portly frame.
When one Kerry man asks another,
"Phwat's thot?" It is time for peace
loving people to retire to a distance,
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Insplratlon,

Half the difficulty OF fighting any
severe battle or accomplishing any
hard task vanishes when a man feels
that he has comrades at his side fight.
ing in the same cause, or that the
eyes of those he loves are upon him,
and their hearts praying for his VIC
tory.-C. ]. Perry.
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cIassed as Spring Chicken.

Motorist twho had run over a pa.
triarchal fowD-But the price is very
high. The birds in his second child.
hood,
Irish Peasant-lt's the thrue word
yer honor's spakin' Thin young chick
ems is terrible dear at this saison.
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unglfted, let us be sure 1t is onll be-
cause we have allowed our natural
gifts to be uncultivated We are nobly
born says Stevenon, with his charac-
teristic pride and insight; and then,
with his Characteristic thoughtfulness,
he adds, Fortunate those who know;
blessed those who remember
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No such Thing as untaIeutsd.

No Such Thing as Untaiented.
in the Woman's Home Companion
Anne Bryan Mccall, writing Tower
Roon talk entitled The Talented
Girl said that strictly speaking
there are no untalented people" She
continues I'm part as follows; When
we envy the gifts OF others we do
but forget our own Yol may tell
me what you please about your life be-
ing ungifted. No life Is ungifted.
There 10 no personality which has
not itp own peculiar and rich talents
q our lives seem TO us untaIented.
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and, COM
ulenting up
ON IL brief
ly and In
tense terms.
turned upon
Mr., Dorsey.
"Yure tur-
rkey 2 he
cried, invid-
I o Il 8 l y q.
"Yure tur
rkey?"
"Oi thot
you said"
howled Mr..
ID o r 8 Q y ,
"tbOt 20 a
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mesilf, re-
turned Mr..
c as e! ).
III" he
went on, in
dulcet eff.
{ u siveness,
"a gossoon
W as 10 COlht
along wild a
box o. good
fl clint Sc
gars, T a
nillyon dol
lars, r So
thing loike
thot, in Of
er thin to
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Iinhtweinht Orator.

MIR. Scadson delivers himself of the
most trivial opinion with a grand
flourish
Yes. He's the sort of man who
thinks a sweeping gesture makes up
for a lack of gray matter and goes in
more for sound than sense.
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'Phila oder" said the pretty girl to
her basstul beau Il wish you'd tie
this ribbon az my throat ] can't see
to do It without glass" ~of course;
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| that the men spent considerable time
on the task scaling the steep roof and
adopting other methods OF reaching
the bell.
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an d TO a
great dis
lance, for a
Kerry m a n
can throw
a half brick
as a rife
s p e e DIS a
bullet; and
at catch-as-
tic h.can,
rough-a n d
I u IN b ! e 4,
knock down
a n did Ta g.
and various
o t h e r
schools OF
p h y s teal
combat, he
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-11-25

Red Cross Ball Blue, much better. goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. DIV.
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When a young man tells girl that
he'll love her forever. no doubt he be-
lieves IL.
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Most of us would be satisfied with
the silver lining without the cloud.
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YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy. for Red, Weak, wqtery
iust> I'VE comfort. Write Tor hook of the Rye
10y mail Free. Murine bye Remedy Co., hicagO
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Sometimes half the truth is worse
than none.
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A trickster is merely a man WHIT
gets the best Ct a trade with you
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CENTURY ago, the
celebration of Thanks
giving day was con-
fined to New England.
Even had II been the
national holiday it is
today, the struggling
young republic of the
United Skates in the
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cobwebs
Sins are at
at last Like x
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THE TWO TURKEYS
One Caused Break in Old Friend
ship; the Other Brought
About Its Renewal.
Gallant Act Of Salvation Army Lieu
tenant Had It's Reward, Though
at the Cost Of Great Dam.
age to Feelings and
Features.

N THE days when Harlem was so
far west that little boys used to
long desirously to go out there and
j XIII buffaloes. Indians and other