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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-29
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The Star has properly called
attention TO the importance
OF the question which is to be
submitted TO the voters con-
corning our light plant. The
duty OF all friends OF municipal
ownership to register may be
realized more fully by reading
the resolution placing the
question on the ballot. The
resolution reads as follows:
Whereas. the public utilities
OF Seattle. and their manage
ment, have for months been
made the object OF unsparing
criticism and condemnation by
certain individuals and news
papers; and
Whereas. the principal OBJ
lice, OF attack has been the city
light and power plant, which
comes in competition with a
private corporation; and
Whereas. these individuals
and newspapers have heralded
/ all over the United States that
our light and power plant is.
and has been. dismal failure
and a great burden on the tax
payers: and
Whereas, supporters OF our
,ity owned utilities desire some
means OF public expression by
which the voters may approve
Or disapprove the charges tina,
our ligh, and power plant has
been mismanaged during the
las, three years and become
la burden on the city.
\ Now therefore.
| BE 1T RESOLVED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE
That the following PROPOSE
ton be submitted to the vot-
ers at the municipal election
to be held in the City OF Sc
attic on the End day OF March.
lol5, to-wit:
SHALL THE CITY CON
ITINUE THE POLICY OF
THE LAST THREE YEARS
lOF INCREASING AND EX-
TENDING THE LIGHT
land POWER PLANT AND
THEREBY REDUCING
lRATESl
IVES ................(-
mo ...................(-)
That our light plant has
been attacked all over the
country and every effort made
Ito discrcdit il. is illustrated
Iby the following quotations
from a New York corporation
paper:
Seattle may well feel proud
Iof its mayor. who does no,
fear to speak his honest con-
victions right out in school,
The city has been experiment
ling with the municipal owner
ship idea. having built an cleo
trio lighting plant and street
railway. But the mayor is un-
able to discover where either
one OF these ventures has
Iproven profitable to the town
or saved anything to the tax
payers.
why thisfailurc of munich
pal ownership!
"The plain answer is that
where men presiding over the
destiny OF a property have no
Iprivatc interest in it to protect
They are prone to become care
less and extravagant, for they
are spending the community's
money and not their own"
i OLIVER T. ERICKSON.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-29

"a few weeks ago had a
quarrel with my girl and now |
feel 80 lonesome and blue. I
haven't the nerve TO make friends
with the opposite sex. so please
tell me what 10 do. D. D.
A--Cnltivate tho nerve" II
does not take very much OF that
commodity To make n man well nc.
qualntod with some OF the girls OF
the day. And morc's the pity Just
let some OF them have the chance
and they viii see that you have
plenty OF opportunities 10 take
them to theatres and dances and
In other ways TO look out for their
entertainment In return FOR the
pleasure and honor OF their com.
pany.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-29

Saturday night will mark the
end. Everything goes. Former
values are not considered. We
have no alternative but TO take
what we can get. Ladies' Suits
Coats. Skirts. Pettleoats and
Waists: Mems Raincoats. includ-
Ing entire stock OF Fur Coats and
Fur Pieces. are marked at such
! ridiculously and astonlshingly
low prices that the average val
ues will run from i0c 10 30c on
the dollar. We thank the long.
established customers for their
continued patronage and want
TO show our appreciation by Civ.
ing these last Incompatible bar
gains that will remain long as
mementoes In the minds OF the
patrons OF the passing store OF.
Hoffman. BE sure and get
here early tomorrow, the last
day.
si.00 Waists, i5c. $1,000 Long
Linen Motor Coats. $500. 5000
Evening Wrap or Opera Coat,
si450. $1,000 White Velvet
Coat. sa.35. $4,000 Opera Coat.
pink messaline and fur trimmed
ut 1895.
Prices are "cut" to clear the
stocks TO the minute. $500.
$1,000 and $500 Coats are being
carried away as low as si.95.
1895 and $500. Suits at $500,
$500 and s7.s5. worth as much
as $500. $500 Kimonos ut s5c.
$500 House and Street Dresses.
csc $500 and $3.50 Skirts at
S1.s5. $3.50 Linen busters. $l.O0|
and $500. $3.50 Jerseys. 95c.
$500 and $1,000 Raincoats. 3i.00|
and si.s5. $500 Suits. 1895 and
s12.e5. 75c Neck Scarfs. 10c.
800 Hats. 10c.
$1,000 and $500 Fur Pieces.
Si.s5 to 1896. $4,000 Fur Pieces.
800 and 1896. s1S5.00 Marmot
Long Fur Coats. $4,000 and
SOS. 90. $4,000 French Coney|
Coats, $1,000. Extra Size Per
sian Long Black Coats, $3.50.
500. 90 Opera Coats. s4.s5.
Thousands of Incompatible
values to go by Saturday night.
Come and help" us quit.
Carpets, Cases and Fixtures at
any old price.
H0rFMAN'S, 1916 Second
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
When You Go VISITING.

When on visit to friends it is es-
sential that you make yourself very
agreeable and fall in with the ways of
the house, so that you give no extra
trouble to hostess or servants.
Visitors shake hands with the host
and hostess morning and night and can
do so with any other guests that may
be staying at the house
Always leave yonr bedroom as tidy
as possible and 30 save the housemad
unnecessary work Letters can be
written in the bedroom. and il the
hostess rests after lunch then visitors
may retire ia their own room or go
for a walk, as they may prefer.
On the conclusion of visit ii is
usual TO tip the servant who has
shown you any special attention. A
lady would tip the housemaid a sum
from 81 to So, according to length of
stay and attention given. A gentleman
'tips" the manservant who Wallets him,
the butler and also the cOachman If he
drives him from and to the station.
o.. Fees are never given by guests to
servants after any entertainment, not
even after private dinner given ut a
restaurant or hotel.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
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The VISITING Card.

There is probably nothing half so
battling as the innocent bit Of white
cardboard called by common courtesy
the personal visiting card 1t is more
often anything but visiting card. hay
ing fallen into dubious uses MS Il means
OF sending regrets. apologies and i'll
Productions, or Of representing the
sender herself. Ii is so easy TO send
a card, much easier than going oneself
or writing Il note. 1t is just correct
enough to let one out Of Il situation
without criti, III. but there is no sur
plus courtesy. \ card, like charity,
covereth multitude OF social sins.
But since cards are necessary evil,
or blessing, If you choose TO call them
SO. ii Is we'll to know what is all.
solutely correct. There are warm tons
in cards from season to season. as in
does not change in essentials. 1t should
be engraved. either in script or old
English lettering and should bear only
the name OF the owner, the address.
If desired and the day mt home, II one
follows such custom. A married
woman uses Mrs. and her husbands
full name on her visiting card; IL a
widow, Mrs. her maiden Christian
name and the surname of her deceased
husband. An unmarried woman uses
Miss and her Christian names written
out, no initials. II she is the eldest
member OF her family, and there Is no
danger OF confusion, she may use just
the Miss and her surname. A husband
and wife may have joint card for
use IN sending gifts. regrets or an
nouncing change OF residence. Other
wise it is safer for IL man and wife
to use separate cards. Never make the
mistake Of using IA business card for
social purposes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
"foRrL.NlNERv PASSES AWAY
Francis A. Wells Of Bratteboro Lost
Gold in Shipwreck

Brattleboro, April 14-Francis Alb
ner Wells, rs years old, "Forty-nin-
err" and one of the few survivors OF
the wreck Of the steamer Central
America, of Havana in September
1857. died yesterday i'll his home on
High street following a stroke of par
alysis suffered Saturday.
MIR. Wells was born in Leyden
Mass, February 81. 1929 He was
the last of five children of the family
of Abner and Abigail Salisbury
Wells. He went to California in
1852, but after a year worked as q
carpenter in San Francisco for two
years, finally returning to the gold
fields where he accumulated enough
wealth in two years to cause him to
start for the east again. He had his
gold in a satchel and in pockets OF
a chamois undervest
On the night of September 10 after
having passed Havana the Central
America was wrecked in hard storm
1t was possible to transfer only about
30 women, 20 children and a few men
passengers of the total 600 to sail
ing ship before the steamer founder
ed. Mr.. Wells managed to float on y
door for time and finally swan in
the darkness to the top of the wheel
house floating near him and on which
were four men. Three of them were
finally swept off and drowned. He
and one companion were rescued by
the bark Ellen of Norway.
Mr. Wells came to Brattleboro ant
in 1866 entered the employ of the
Estey Organ company, where he con
tinued until 1885 when he retired
Two years after going to work in the
Estey shops he CHANGED to overhear
that there was another employee OF
the concern, who said he was sur.
vivor of the wreck of the Central
America and Mr. Wells hunted him
up and to his establishment found
him to be Adolph Friedrich who had
been his sole companion on the
wreck of the wheelhouse when they
were rescued, A year later Friedrich
was drowned in the big freshet which
did thousands OF dollars of damage in
Brattleboro.
Mr.. Wells married on December
1853, Miss Augusta +. Blanchard oil
Brattleboro. They observed theil
golden wedding anniversary in 1905
and spent all of their married life il
the home on High street which Mr.
Wells built himself. almost alone
His widow is his sole survivor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Paul X. Burt of Greenfield passed
Thursday in town.
Mrs. Mary LaFranchise of Scott
street returned Thursday from the
Samaritan hospital in Troy where
she recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis.
Mrs. ]. J. Sullivan of Holyoke,
Mass, has been called home by the
illness of her mother Mrs. Rather
inc Drew of Stafford street, whose
condition is serious.
Mrs. Anna p Wood. who is in one
of the Springfield, Mass, hospitals
where she was taken following the
recent fall which resulted in the
fracturing OF both wrists is as comfort
able as could be expected and her
chances for complete recovery are
reported at the hospital to be very
good
Sixteen tables we're in play at
Whist and 500 at the card party Civ
en- at Foresters hall Thursday even
ing. Prizes were awarded to Mrs.
James Scarey, Miss Mary McGurk,
Edward Whitney and James Conan.
Dancing was enjoyed following card
playing. The next card party and
dance of the order will he held next
Thursday evening.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
About Invitations.

Notes of invitations to dinners,
dances. lat homes garden parties,
etc, are generally written i'll the third
person and must be answered in SINH
lar style. Sometimes between intimate
friends and for small dinner party
the note Of invitation would be written
in the first person and, of course, the
Luncheon invitations are. as rule,
sent by notes written in the first per-
son
Invitations to dinner or luncheon
should always be replied to as soon as
received. whether accepted or refused.
1t is usual to state a reason for refusal,
such rs indisposition, previous engage
ment, etc
- From FIVE to ten days notice is usual
~ given when sending invitations for
friendly dinner parties, but for Il large
dinner party quite three or four weeks
notice Is given so that time is thus
allowed to ask others should any OF
the first invited guests refuse.
Guests arrive ten to fifteen minutes
in advance of the actual dinner hour,
and punciuality Is most important.
Invitations to balls, dances and gar
den parties are issued on ordinary lat
home cards. the form of entertain
nent provided being written or printed
in the left hand corner of the card.
"R. S. v r." (meaning an answer is
expected does not appear so frequent
~ OF invitations as formerly. but when
it does an answer should he sent as
early us possible.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
The Fertilizer Situation
Farmers In Trouble

Farmers are today confronted by a
most serious situation with reference
to Fertilizers. AS every farmer who
Of the leading and best ingredients
generally used in Fertilizers, is IN
cbtanable except at almost prohibit
tive prices because of the embargo
placed on the expectation Of this
commodity from Germany, where
the great bulk Of all the Potash in
the world is produced.
This being the case, even the best
grades Of resdy-mixed Fertilizers
viii this year carry only small pro-
portion Of their usual amount of Pot.
aeh and, in view of this fact, II is all
important that the farmer should
scrutinize carefully his Fertilizers
and Nnow exactly what he.is paying
foi.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BE
ABSOLUTELY SURE ABOUT
WHAT YOU ARE BUYING is TO
PURCHAsE ONLY THE CRUDE
MATERIALS AMI MIX THEM
YOURSELF.
&C. S. Page of Hyde Park has OBJ
tanned Formulas from the Vermont
Experiment. Station giving ingredi.
ents which experience and multi.
tude Of tests show to be best adapted
to Vermont soils and Vermont crops
and by writing to him he will cheer
fully furnish these Formulas showing
the most economical and practical
combinations for almost any desired
crop, at the same time giving the
cost Of any desired combinations Of
Muriate, Nitrate of Soda. Raw GROIN
Muriate Potash, Nitrate Of Soda,
Raw Ground Bone, Basic Stag, Acid
Phosphate, Fertilizer Salt, Etc.
These facts about Fertilizers cost
the farmer nothing except a postal
card on which to ask for them, and
since they certainly can do no harm,
and may prove of value to the farm
err, the question as TO whether he
should or should not write for them
is not ebatable.-News and Citizen
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
MISSING 12-YEAR-oLD FOUND
Joseph Doviaitoski, Located in Lon.
donderry, Returned to Springfield.

SS~f' 0SN'e'hNS'>'f 1OkosSb w WI
donderry, Returned to Springfield.
South Londonderry. April IA
From a description published in The
Herald Monday of Joseph Devialtos
XII, the 12-year-old boy who disappear
ed last Saturday morning from his
home in Springfield, Stage Driver
Leonard yesterday recognized the
youngster as his passenger from
here to Manchester and return.
Word was sent to Springfield and
the boys mother came here this
morning and took her son home.
When the stage started yesterday
for Manchester the lad was a passen
ger. He went to Manchester where
he tried to purchase a ticket for Troy
N. Y, but was without sufficient
funds. The lad decided to return on
the stage to South Londonderry and
on the way back the stage driver re-
cognized the little chap and telephon-
ed soon after to Chief of Police d. j.
Mcdonald at Springfield that the
wanderer had been found. Word
was received here yesterday that the
boy was headed for Troy and II
lads father started for that city.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
DANISH sCROFULA
Hoods SarsaparIla cIeanses the
Blood, Skin Troubles Vanish.

Scrofula erupiions on the face
and body are both annoying and
disfguring. The complexion would
be perfect if they were not present!
This disease shows itself in other
ways, as lunches in the neck, in-
famed eyelids, sore ears, wasting of
The muscles, a form of dyspepsia,
and general debility. u
Ask your druggist for Hoods
Sarsaparilla. This great medicine
completely eradicates scrofula. 1t
puriies and enriches the blood, re-
moves humors, and builds up the
whole system. -
Scrofula is either inherited or ac-
quired. Better be sure you are
quite free from it. Get Hoods Sar-
saparilla and begin taking it today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
PoWNAL

There was grass fire of imposing
dimension which was quite spectacu
lar for a time Thursday. The fire
came over the hill from Williams
and headed for the farm of Henry N
Pratt. From the village it looked
like the pictures shown OF pairie
fires. After hard fight the fire was
stopped without doing any serious
damage
Abner F. Towne had the end OF
one of his fingers nearly severed at
Greenfield Thursday. Mr.. Towne,
who is railway postal clerk was
working at his sorting table which
suddenly collapsed in such a man
ner as 10 catch his finger and injur-
ed it as stated. The wound was
dressed and Mr.. Towne continued on
his run
The play "Out of Town" will be
presented next Tuesday evening at
the Baptist church by the dramatic
society of the church. The cast of
characters is as follows: John Spen
Ger Ellington, the unwilling posses
scr of a dukedom, disguised as a
valet in Act III, Wolcott Potter
Robert Mawhew Thorndike. alias
Bobby bachelor by choice, Joseph
Proud; James. butler at Thorndike's
Thomas Bump; Mrs. Jane liarring
ton Thorndike. a widow, mother OF
Bobby disguised as housekeepeI
and maid in Act IL, and III. Miss Jan
nette NJ. Gardner; Elizabeth Thorn
dixie her daughter. Miss Lodieska
Gardner; Mrs. j. Eddington Monroe
former classmate of Mrs. Thorndike's
Miss Lelah Lewis; Esther Monroe
her daughter, Miss Ruth Gardner
Marie, Miss Thorndike's maid, Miss
Ruth Gardner. The play Is com
edy and we understand II is very
funny. All who attend may be sure
of good evenings fun.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
Thimhla Party.

IF you have girl friend who is to bt
married and wish to entertain in hel
honor. why not give thimble party
Take your card and write on 1t Thurs
day from ) to- ) give date. in honor
of Miss Browne. Thimbles."
After all have arrived you can pro
duce towels on which an initial is t.
he embroidered, dish towels to bt
hemmed of cheesecloth from which IL
make busters. In this way you make
it a personal party for the hOnoret
guest. but avoid the Shower part b,
ssur providing the gift
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
Chawinn Gum.

Gum contests In public have gone
out of fashion. No more unlovely hab-
it can be formed, and ii o,Itrages all
the canons- of good form. Though at
times gum chewing may be necessary
or may be thought to be necessary rs
an assistant to good digestion, it Ia
doubtful il it is ever anything more
than bad habit when. done in public.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-16
FRECKL.E:S
Don't Hide Them With Veil: Re
move Them With the Othine
Presentation

This prescription for the removal
of freckles was written by promi
nent physician and is usually so sue
cessful in removing freckles and Civ
Ing a clear. beautiful complexion
that it sold by w L. Gokay under
guarantee to refund the money If it
fails.
Don't hide your freckles under a
veil; get an ounce of othine and re-
move them Even the first few ap-
plications should show wonderful
Improvement, some of the lighter
freckles vanishing entirely
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength othine; it Is this
that is sold on the money-baek guar
antee.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-06
OUCH!

Wee WiIlie-Boo! hoo! The water
in the bath tub is boiling hot an l
scalded my hand!
Silly! Why didn't you feel
the water before you put your hand
in it, f-'.. -.,'.~
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-06

PA IS NEARLY ALWAYS READY
Willie-Pa, remember you said you
had hunted tigers in West Africa?
Well, this book says there are no
tigers in West Africa?
Pa-Quite right, my son. killed
all of them!
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-10

SWEET CLOVER GROWING IN SAND.
favor, especially i'll places where other
types of hay will not grow successful
ly. Ordinarily some trouble is expert
enced in getting stock to eat sweet clio
yer at first, but after they become ac-
customed TO the bitter taste no further
difficulty is encountered. The hay con-
tains a high percentage of digestible
protein. AS pasturage sweet clover is
excellent for horses, sheep, cattle and
hogs. Stock will readily create an APP
petite for sweet clover if pastured on it
early in the spring before other green
feed has started TO grow. a sufficient
number of animals should be kept in Il
sweet clover pasture to keep it grazed
rather closely Stock pastured upon
sweet clover make gains which com
pare very favorably with those obtained
from either alfalfa or red clover Sweet
clover resembles alfalfa when young,
but can be readily distinguished from
1t by it's bitter taste, it's smooth, shiny
leaves and its racemes or flowers. 1t
is adapted to rotations similar to those
in which red clover is used and will
undoubtedly prove valuable as a sub
lstitute when red clover can no longer
be grown successfully.
The time to SOW sweet clover varies
considerably in different sections Of tho
United States. In the eastern part, In
the latitude Of Washington. ID. c., q
good stand may be obtained by seed
ing either early in the spring or about
the middle of August Late summer or
early fall seeding has been successful,
although it is not to be recommended
where sweet clover is grown for i'm
Iprovement Of poor soils, since the root
system does not develop as much az
when the plants make two full years
growth. For this reason it Is recon-
mended. so far as possible. that 1t be
seeded in the late winter or spring.
South of the Ohio river the practice is
TO seed quite early in the spring during
February or the early part of March.
Farther north the date is correspond
fngly later
Where sweet clover is not common
it Is important that the soil be inocu-
lated at seeding time Both the soil
transfer and pure culture methods
have proved successful. Soil from a
field where sweet clover, bur clover
yellow trefoil or alfalfa grows album
dainty will serve for incubation If
mixed pound for pound with sweet
clover seed This mixture should be
sown after sunset or on a cloudy day
and Immediately narrowed i'm. Pure
cultures of the inoculating bacteria
may also be obtained free of charge
from the United States department ~
agriculture.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-10
A Literary Waiter.

James Stephens, literary Irishman,
author of number of novels, sketches
an poems, is somewhat noted for his
observation-disclosures. In Paris he wrote
his imaginative verses In the corners
Of cafes and never noticed which Of
these had been the environment OF his
muse. Once he left the manuscript Of
"The Demigods" in one of them, but
could not remember where. Days aft
er, wandering into the Cafe Closerie
des Lilas, waiter handed him the
lost sheets. A five franc piece was
offered. The waiter with much dignity
refused the reward. 81 am" he said,
"a man of letters myself when have
an hour to spare, and know what 1t
y to lose the fruits of ones brains."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-10
Ancients and the Aurora 3orealis.

Many people believe that the aurora
borealis is a phenomenon peculiar to
The ancients used to call it chasmata.
bolides and TRADES, names which ex-
pressed the different colOrs Of the
lights. The scarlet aurora was looked
on by the superstitious barbarians as
an omen Of direful slaughter. so 1t is
not unusual for descriptions Of bloody
battles to contain illusions to northern
lights. In the annals of Cloon-mac-
noise it is recorded that in 6S9 A. D.,
accompanying a terrible battle be-
tween Leinster and Munster, Ireland,
a purple aurora lit the northern skies,
foretelling the slaughter.