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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
AGENTS SAY
They WON'T CLOSE SHOP:
DOW WILL TAKE ACTION

III Prosecuting Attorney Dow
closes all employment agencies in
Tacoma Monday, ms he has de-
clared he Will, lie Will meet with
opposition In at least two such
cstablishments---thc Northwest
erIl, at 1900 Pacific avenue, and
Newt0n's, 1917 Pacific.
bow stated emphatically today
that he would close the doors Of
every employment bureau doing
business In this city, with the cx-
ception Of those agencies where
no fee Is being charged appli-
cants for work, and that he
would do it Monday.
1--WE Won't Close
mo, we are not going to close
up" declared the men in charge
at the Northwestern employment
bureau, who refused to give his
name. The manager of the place
was not in, according to the an
onymous parsonage, nor was he
likely to be. But we're not GO
ing to close" he continued. We'll
be doing business here a year
from now, too. We have our
customers to protect. There's no
kick against us because we've al
ways done business under the
law
j. Newsome. roprietor OF New
some's employment agency. said
he believed II his agency charged
no fee from the applicant for
work that he would. be abiding
by the law and expressed the
opinion that Dow could not legal
ly close his place Of business.
Unjust Show Me-
81 may be wrong" he said,
"but II Dow thinks his way OF
constituting the new law is right,
he will have to show me. As I
understand 1t the law only re-
strains the employment agency
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
IN
SALOON RUN
FOR SAFETY

Surprising two safe crackers mt
work In the Cottage saloon, nth
and ID streets, at 2 o'clock this
morning, Fred Hunter, a street
car conductor, gave chase to the
one standing guard ON the out
side Of the building. In pur-
suit OF two blocks he fired three
shots at the fleeing crook, but
failed to bag his quarry.
Returning 10 the saloon, he dis.
covered that the other man, who
was working ON the safe, had
also made his escape, He quickly
notified the police and search
OF the city IL being made for the
yeggmen today. The police be-
licve the operators to be profess
sfonals mt safecracking.
The two men gained entrance
into the saloon through a barber
shop in the same building.
Nearly Ssicceetled
One of the yeggmen waited on
guard while the other, usina q
nachinist's hanlmers work ed on
the safe. At the time that Hunt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
Today's Best Joke

Take this seat. madam
The subway car was crowded
and young lady with a strik-
ingly beautiful face and slyphlike
figure had just entered as these
words we're uttered. The speaker,
a fine. manly little fellow Of thfr-
teen. had risen at once and stood
smilingly In front of her. prompt
to obey the generous impulse that
had inspired him.
So unusual sight in New
York subway car could not but
awaken surprise. The passen-
gers craned their necks. Some
Uttered audibly, and q Mortified
look came over tho face OF the
fair passenger as she Indignant
ly turned her back to the pre-
cocious youth, who straightWay
resumed his old position.
He had been sitting on his
fathers knee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
TNALK o.
Il THE
il TIMES
WHO SAND THAT?

WIZ JAlD 4IAAs
'Twere vain to tell thee all l
feel. A. Wade, 1S00-1875.
Wade had probably Just finish
ed Christmas dinner at the clym-
pic Club.
AGAIN!
Our Pacific ave. landlords are
A grasping, thieving crew.
They raise the merchants rents
and they
just pass the buck to you.
Oh, why do landlords raise the
rents
With such unanimity?
Have they entered In a GOWNS?
IT looks that way to me.
stLook 1t up in the dictionary.
We had to-
GUESS
Did Jim* forget? eve mean
did he forget to bring US that
O'coat?)
sDege.
GUESS AGAIN.
He dds
tDurnit!
A WORD FROM JOSH WISE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
ALLIES REPulSEp

BERLIN, Dec. 26.-Repulse Of
the French and British in the
western war zone In claimed in an
official statement issued here to-
day. 1t is said at festnubert the
allies left 400 dead and lost 10
officers. Eight hundred men were
taken prisoners. In the eastern
zone, 1t is declared. the situation
remains unchanged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
S ubmarine Sunk

The Matin quoted the italian
Press authority today to the of-
feet that submarine was sunk
while attempting to raid Aus
tria's naval base at Poia. Ear
lier In the week reports we're cur
rent that an Austrian battery had
sunk one of the allies submarines
bu. the nationality was not given
nor the scene OF the engagement
stated. y ca
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
IN P RlsON, SUED

saverio varone. serving life
sentence for the murder of his
brother-in-law over a year ago,
is today the defendant in civil
suit ordered by Judge M. l.. Clif-
ford, the purpose Of which Is to
recover s1438 alleged shortage
ri the accounts OF the Pefro Va
rome estate. which Saverio admins
istrated before he was sentenced
to the penitentiary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

or, who had just finished hls
day'D work on the South Tacoma
line and was going home, had
come up the 18th street hilh the
cracksman inside the saloon had
succeeded In knocking off the
combination OF the safe.
An electric light burned inside
the saloon office and Hunter cas-
lily saw the man at work. lie
started towards the saloon, when
a man darted out from
the barber shop and started to
run. Hunter jerked out his ~.
vclver and fired at the fleeing
man.
Prevents Robbery
There were several hundred
dollars In the safe, and II IL be-
lieved that the safe-cracker would
have easily gained admittance 10
the iron box II he had been Al
lowed 10 minutes more work IN
1t. The safe lock was ruined 40
q result OF the heavy hammerine
On IT, This A. the first attemptr
"a al ~crscking IN Tacoma Tor
several weeks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

IAN BLACK OR WHITE?'' PLEADS
BRIDE CAST OUT By HER HUSBAND
BY IDAH McGLONE GIBSON.

BY IDAH McGLONFsg GIBSON.
DETROIT, Mich. Dec. 3d.
lam I BLACK OR WHITE?"'
Barred from the luxurious home
Of her husband OF one short year,
Inundated before her society
friends, Mrs. Alma Boone Little,
wife of Arthur Little, son Of n
wealthy physician here, flung this
question into the face OF science!
I'VE have applied all the tests
known to anthropology and ply
siology," replied Dean Vaughn Of
the University of Michigan and
Prof. T.. II. Case, land we think
you free from colored blood, but
we cannot make affidavit to it,"
Crushed, Mrs. Little returned
to table up the battle anew!
Today all Detroit--from slum
kitchens to drawing-rooms--ring
with the story of the BRIDE
WITHOUT A RACE.
"And the woman without a
race" cast from the surroundings
upon which she had gained so
firm footing, sits by the hour
with her lawyers, trying TO prove
that she has no negro blood In
her veins, while her husband goes
about the regular routine of busi-
ness.
The romance of the fashionable
Littles goes back to the time when
Alma Boone, bundle wrapper in
a Seattle department store, fell
in love with Arthur Little, then n
humble drug clerk.
Thrilling Story.
But the story of this woman's
life, fraught with a hundred stir
ring circumstances, running the
gamut of every feminine emotion,
from requitted love to degrade
ton, overbalances in its thrilling
details the mere romance of Ar
thur Little and his wife!
Upon her ability to prove
that her father and mother
were a white couple and de-
scendsnts OF the pioneer,
Daniel Boone, and that she Is
not the daughter of a Gin
Cinnati negress and her hus-
band, ms alleged by MIR. Lit
tie in court recently, depends
her future happiness, the full
fillment Of her LOVE and
he. right to a place In De-
troit society--amOng her
friends.
Friends Aid Her.
She has undertaken this gil
gantic task with a firm heart.
Echoes of the thunderbolt which
made her a pariah in a single mo-
ment have reached Denver, where
Mrs. Little says she was born, and
the Juvenile Protective associa-
ton of that city has headed
movement to help Mrs. Little
prove her case when 1t comes up
this spring.
hut the inner details Of this
amazing expose of woman's soul
will he told in Mrs. Titles own
words, prepared especially for the
Times.
Two months ago 1t came out
that Mr.. Little declined to live
with his wife any longer. When
pressed for explanation, she says,
his lawyer offered her 500, in the
name Of Mr.. Little, II she woula
Fl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
I umber Burned

BOSTON, Dec. 26.-The plant
OF the Pope-Cottle Lumber cons
pany at Chelsea, near here, was
destroyed by fire today. Appeals
fol aid were sent to Revere. Ev-
erett and Boston. Extremely cold
Weather hampered the efforts Of
fffemen. Water froze as soon as
itlhit the various buildings. The
damage 10 reported as 1925, 900.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
Tons Of Cotton
For Hospitals

ROTTERDAM, Dec. 26.-The
Holland-American liner Sommels-
dyke arrived here today with Ii
tons of cotton for use in Austrian
hospitals. Extra clerks expedited
shipments transferred by parcels
post to Vienna and Budapest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
FOG STOPS FIGHT

PARIS, Dec. 26.--Fog Is 70
thick in the fighting zone between
the North Sea and the River Lyn
that little cannonading is beine
done today, the war office states.
Between the Lys and Disc rivers,
1t Is declared, series OF desper-
ate German attacks have been re-
pulsed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
cold VA! wave II HITS
EAST and SOUTH

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The
East and North are in the grip
today of the coolest weather Of
the winter. The cold wave ey-
tends as far south as Florida. Fol-
lowing are the below-zero tenn
peratures received: Mortified,
VT, 32; Albany, N. Y. 16; Pc
oria, ILL.,, 18; Boston, Q; st. Paul.
~; kansas City. q; Davenport,
Iowa, 2. Zero weather prevails
in Omaha.
LITTLE FALLS, N. Y, Dec. &c.
= Today's weather is the coolest
of the winter in this section OF
the state. II is 80 below at Her.
kimer.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.--Great-
er New York is shivering today In
the coolest weather of the sea-
SON Charitable organizations are
swamped with applications for re,
lief.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Today's
is the coolest weather this win
ter 1t was below at 8 a. m.
Patrick Hurley was found uncon-
scious on the street this morn
ing and died from exposure later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

from collecting fee from the
man who is furnished work. I
am. as ! have always been dur
ing the 20 years have been do
lug business here. willing 10
abide by the law" T
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

go quietly out of her husbands
life."
Husband Accuses.
When pressed for a specific
reason, 1t was claimed that Mrs.
Little had been sending money to
a negress in Cincinnati. When
Mrs. Little began action against
her husband for her rights as his
wife. the charge was made that
Mrs. Little was tainted with
colored blood"
Mrs. Little, who claims
George and Florence Boone
AS her parents, says that her
mother died when she was
six weeks old and that she
was cared for by a colored
woman by the name OF Lu-
ellie Wade, who had been the
midwife In attendance of her
mother at her birth.
In this connection she has
the support OF Judge o. ".
Hilton OF Denver, chief conn
sci for the Western Fedora
ton Of Miners, who says that
he knows that Mrs. Luella
Wade adopted q white baby.
DIR. James Smith, a musi-
clan Of Denver; Mrs. Mary
Cody Decker, sister OF "Buf-
falo Bill, and Bradford
Decker, her son, say they re-
member the adoption also.
Knew Her Father.
Alexander Myers, travelling man
OF Denver, says that he knows
Mrs. Little's father, and described
him as q man who mined a little,
but who made q small fortune In
curbstone stock selling.
4 Mrs. Boone is described as q
woman OF marked feature Of
Scotch cast.
Beginning when, as = f7-year.
old SCHOOLGIRL Of the most emo.
tionaI type. to the day when her
husband ordered her from his
home, this woman's story reads
like a work Of fiction.
She has plunged the plumet Of
human sorrow and happiness to
their great depths!
And about her clings the great
mystery OF her birth, intensified
y hundredfold by the grim scenes
and incidents which surrounded
her early years.
IAN / BLACK OR WHITE?"
This Is her cry! 1t has touched
the hearts of women In all parts
Of the United States who have
read Of her pretiicament.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
General Dead

LONDON, Dec. 26.-General
Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny, we'll
known English soldier, died today
In his home at Cove, Sussex, aged
IA years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
line MAN KILLED

OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. &c.
Mark Covall. q lineman, was cleo
trccuted here early today while
to sever q live wire.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

This cotton was sent from the
United States following the publ
cation by United Press Core
spondent Shepherd, concerning
shortage of the supply for medical
use in Austrian military hospitals.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
GOING UP

CORTLAND, Dec. 26.--Spotl
club wheat has reached $1.27 to-
day, establishing another new
high record.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26
There Is a
Warm Spot

In the heart of every
man who thinks Of the
needs of others and does
what he can to supply
those needs. A. savings
account is q good way
to provide such a fund.
We will appreciate
the account and do what
we can to assist you.
Start one now.
PUGET SOUND
STATE BANK
1ffr Pacific Ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

AMI
"a woman who dislikes cigar
smoke must love her husband a
great deal when she gives him
box of cigars for Xmas" says
George Milton Savage.
BUT
Yes, George, and a man who
likes cigar smoke must love his
wife great deal when he smokes
the box of cigars she gave him
for Xmas. Ell, wot?
90 . o o . o o o o . q o . 90
9 LOCAL GOSSIP o
. . . . o o o . o . . o . y 90
VIM. Askren has the same
Ford.
Doc Argue, the dentist, always
hires another dentist to fix HIS
teeth.
Alex Drummond, the ladies'
tailor, won't even wear the clothes
he makes.
We saw Jesse Jones, the auto
mobile man, walking down Paci-
1ic avenue the other day.
YES. YES, AID INFIN.
Dear Editor:
was about to invest in Oil
/, stock when l discovered the presi-
dent of the company wore side
whiskers. So / invested instead
In bales of cotton. Did | display
business acumen or not?
SLIM.
is sHAK'SP'R PRESENT:
Court records:
Nellie M. Fair VS.. Wells o.
j j air. Divorce granted.
Yep, Bill, allPs --- in love and
war.
MARKET QUOTATION
Don't forget to bring home tho
!. meat. John"
IVY THE Way
The second annual tournament
OF the American National Check
er association began August IL,
1914, in Cedar Point, o. We
were just wondering II 1t would
soon be over.
j. A. Wade also said:
Meet me by moonlight alone"
Wade was funny guy. That
was his way of saying, Come on
out into the alley II you wanta
finish It,"
sELAH,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

Politicians go on
tn theory th't a
man won't kick il
he don't know what
it is th't hurts i'm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

= JIMMY, now isn't it, Reginald,
and yet not so screamingly
funny either, that nobody
ever thinks of hanging a little
bottle of Jamaica ginger on
he Xmas tree?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

A WORD FROM JOSH WISE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

\ UT away your skates, InGo-
borg, and get out your NIB
: feet, for tho little weather guy
Is back on the job, looking
very after xmassy, promisin9
in tonight and Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

AND
"A woman who dislikes cigar
smoke must love her husband
great deal when she gives him n
box of cigars for Xmas" says
George Milton Savage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

Yes, George, and man who
likes cigar smoke must love his
wife great deal when he smokes
the box of cigars she gave him
for Xmas, Ell, wot?
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-21
TRY CAMPING OUT AT HOME

THERE II sp.e2s.S fesifHI ard easy
idea tlat the. oytsworked h1ase-
wife who ~ obliged 10 spend ihc sum
mer AZ home may carry into operation.
Camp out IN your own Eause. The
only reason Il seems difficult 20 keep
the house 10 through the summer Is
because mos; homemakers liys IN to
Ihe'r cold weather standards. AS little
entertaining Of a formal character goes
en- in the sumner IL II really unneces-
sary 10 keep the house Ia dress up cos
tune.
Suppose you try this camping out
plan. during the warm weather. taking
down ell the curtains and draperies:
also taking up the carpets Spread
light rugs instead. and II curtains you
must have let them be OF swiss or some
kind Of net. preferably hshneI Those
OF the litter material are more durable.
although less dninty. than the swiss
hanginss.
Put linen covers on the chairs. unless
they are OF wood or wicker. or. better
eth. pat thc heavier chairs out Of
commission entirely and replace them
with wicker or wooden ones.
il adds to the cool appearance OF
the horne e growing or cut flowers are
placed about TIE rooms where they
viii SWAY e the iightest breeze and
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-21
YELLOW STYLISH ON THE TABLE

Baskets, and again baskets SuCl
nre the features CT table ana house
decorations Of all sorts for the winter
Of 1854
There Is natural association bet.
ween flowers and baskets which has
lent great impetus to the vogue for the
latter, and which viii probably prolon2
the fashion indefinitely.
All through the winter houses viii
show baskets Of plants, specially
Tiown to fit into square, round and
princess-shaped baskets, made Of
hirch bark, willow, woven wood and
other suitable materials and lined
with zinc.
Some one color predominates in
these groups Of bright-hued plants, Is,
for instance. gold, red, pink. bronze or
a scheme Of white and green or blue
and gold. Such baskets form sort CT
permanent gift and decoration. since
The plants are strongly grown and no
; et perish, as the still popular decorai-
:se and gift plants-azaleas-do.
Then, too, the careful grouping OF
tolors In the plant collections makes
each group suitable for some one
scheme Of decoration so that these
useful and popular holiday gifts firm
and important part of the seasons
hcase decorations in many homes
Plants or the same variety, mingled
with ferns and flowers. are used for
decorations in the hollow center tables
now so much employed for large din.
ners. The Inconvenience of obstruet-
lug floral adornments at such affairs
Jed TO a more general use or hollow
center tables. where the table is built IN
a circle around a bed of flowers and
plants that are locked down upon
where they are sunk in the hollow
with just enough foliage and blossom
extending above the cloth to lend
sharm TO the table.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-21
How to Meet
The Screen Question

THAT perennial summer question.
the porch screen, Is not only with
US. but rather overdue. bur in many
households this problem has not been
met Every ~one knows that porches
and lawns areTobbed OF much OF their
power to- please unless the owners
have wisely provided their homes with
the right kind OF screens.
The vast majority OF steel wire
screens. however. have long since lost
their usefulness and passed away
s"Screens." says the House Beautiful
Magazine. are exposed TO all kinds OF
weather and are pushed and pulled.
jammed and knocked and probably re-
ceive the hardest wear OF any fixtures
In the house. They should. therefore.
he well made and OF most enduring
materials and should be banded pa
tientiy and reasonably.
The first cost OF screens should
never be considered. Rustless wire
only should be used. for few house
owners have time or patience to re-
peatedly paint or repair them. The
stoutest and best OF frames should be
provided with corners securely NOR
tised. Then one may expect that with
reasonable care screens wiz last. One
will not be subjected to that dIscour-
aging annoyance OF finding ones
screens worn out just when the first
Warm days make II necessary that
windows be protected al once.
There Is a rusfless wire to be had
made of steel heavily galvanized, and
there Is solid bronze wire The latter
is most durable. All screens made OF
II, when the frames are properly built,
viii last forever Many screens are
now made with metal frames, very
satisfactory and permanent way to
make them. ~
For outside swinging easement win
dows there are screens which open IN
by means Of q clever window opening
device, which need not be opened to
open the window. For ordinary win
dows there are half screens tprotect-
ing the lower sash only) and whole
screens. which protect the whole win-
dow. permitting the sash TO be opened
top orsbottorn These screens are very
much better for this very reason.
Manufactures have worked out
modern screens very cieveriy.. Many
are now made which can be applied
without even a screw. little hooks and
loose joint hinges or buttons being
used instead
escreep doors must be carefully
made 70 stand hard usage. The right
kind made By experts. are easy 10 4
procure anywhere. Trained screen
makers know ali the little practical
points. too which come to them with
years Of experience--the right kind of
wire. the right kind Of frames and the
right kind Of at and the right kind OF
hardware. all information Of much
value to the house owner
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-21
BANANA DISHES GOOD FoR SUMMER DAYS

WHEN other fruits fail as they do
every once In awhile. the house
wife may fan back upon bananas. A
tempting banana dessert for a warm
day Is the following charlotte: Dis
solve two heaping tablespoonfuls OF
gelatin in cold water and add 70 Il q
pint OF grape Juice. Set the dish con-
tanning this mixture in ice water and
stir until II begins to thicken. Add q
pint Of stifiiy beaten cream when the
grape juice and gelatin are as thick as
custard and remove It from the ice
water. Cover the bottom OF a mold
with thin slices OF banana and pour in
a thin layer OF gelatin mixture. chill
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-21

sussc-t coo'aess even when the mer-
cp:$ is highest. -.... 49,.
Leave ait tie windows closed until
toward syeaiag- that is, in rooms
whore The light Is not essential-and
you viii be surprised TO notice how in
vifins and seemingly cool the town
house may become @ 4 -. T..
TIE meals in summer. too can be on
The picnic order On very warm days
a luncheon eaten picnic fashion will be
more appetlzing and at the same time
less difficult to prepare than one served
in the regular way No table need be
set, and paper napkins and plates can
be. used; consequently there will be
only silver and cups to be washed.
The picnic fare-sandwiches, iced
tea. stuffed eggs. perhaps salad and
fruit--might be spread on a small Ia
BILE on the porch or In the darkened
and cool dining room.