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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
The Stripes

A rLANrA conviets are no longer required
A to wear striped clothing, which goes
to show that Georgia is moving along in the
right direction.
In ancient days, when convlcts were con-
signed TO the galleys instead OF land prisons,
aud made 10 labor az the oars in those hell
ships, they were branded upon their bare
backs with red hot iron, and that inerradi.
cable mark OF infamy stamped Them as things
TO be summed by man, for evermore. The
unfortunates so branded became perpetual out
casts, for the world had no place for the ex.
galley tlave.
Thus periorce they became hopeless Grim
inals, dangerous things. constant menace
TO society. because OF a mistaken system
\ prison is intended TO reform the evil
doer more than to punish him, a place for
moral upliit Anything tending to degrade
or segregate him, mentally and morally. from
the normal man, must necessarily blunt his
sensbilities harden him in crime and make
him less receptive 10 advice and preccpt Such
treatment OF ordinary eonvcts has no place
in Goth century. humanitarian prison. BY
abolishing the striped garb, the shaven pate
and the lock-step. RELOCATING them TO the
dark ages with the branding iron. the con-
Wet may be brought TO regard himself as
society does. or should. regard him not as a
deadly beast. hut as an erring human for
whom there still exists plenty OF opportunity
for redemption
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
WE ARE A RACE OF SCRUBS, SAYS HERBERT QUICK

II any pure strains among human
beings.
Take my own ancestry. for In.
stance. in order to avoid offense 10
anyone.
| am fifteen-sixteenths Dutch. and
the rest Irish, English and Scotch.
But were these pure strsins7
Not at all.
The Dutch have been the subjects
OF liberalization for many centuries.
SO have the Germans.
AZ for the English their com.
poslte ancestry Ia well known.
The Scotch OF the Highlands are
more nearly a pure stock. but the
lovlanders are as much n mixed.
up multitude as the French. In
whom Celts. Romans, Goths, Ger.
mans, and others are inextricably
intermlnsled.
Even the Jews become mixed
with English blood In Greai Britain.
with German blood IN Germany.
with Slavic In Russia.
And In China there IL a large body
OF jews whom nobody can tell by
their looks from tho Chinese.
We are a race OF scrubs, In Eu.
rope and America. The Chinese
and Japanese have more claim 10
pure blood than any OF us randy.
moving Westerners.
As for the royal and noble fam.
illes Of the world. they are the worst
scrubs Of all, II cross. BREEDING
makes serubs--for thoy have been
marrying across national lines
throughout all history.
The fact Is that there IL good
deal OF bosh about human blood.
lines and their influence on char.
acter.
We are all about on level
The blood II but the guinea's
stamp. the mans the gowd for a.
that"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

ter than either pure Berkshires OF
pure Durocs.
But when the cross Is carried
past the first generation the rule
does not hold good.
The hybrids, when they are inter.
bred, become mongrels.
Their beredity, maintained pure
through hundreds OF generations,
is lost In the mixture.
The second and third generations
and after are not as good pigs as
pure Berkshires or pure Durocs.
The indiscriminate mingling OF
pure breeds produces scrubs. .
According to this theory. the first
generation hybrid between two pure
strains OF human beings ought TO
be better individual than the pure
breds from which he sprung; but
after that the heredity ought 10 30
10 pieces and race OF scrubs re-
suit.
/ think as a matter OF fact this
Is likely 10 be true.
But II this experiment being tried
In America?
To very limited extent, II at all.
The fact is that there are Few
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Junked the Private Electric Light
Plant

d edmond. Ind, is a little city but il
~ is plenty big enough to handle its PAM
pered private light corporation.
The city got tired paying tribute to the
private light and power company and built
It's own power plant furnishing light and
power to residents. The municipal plant got
along so we'll that il decided TO cut its rates.
giving the citizens the profits their power
plant was making.
But could it do thatS
"Oh. no. the state public service commits
sion said. YOU must not reduce your rates
for that would drive out the privately owned
concern rival OF the municipal plant. The
private concern had so much watered stock
in it that it HAD to charge high rates 10
live,
"All right said the citizens of Richmond,
well buy that private plant and throw IL
onto the junk pile-AND THEN WE CAN
REDUCE OUR RATES"
And that is what Richmond is going 10 do !;
It's mayor has already written the petition.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Bread on the Water Comes Back

COTTON, ,otaling $3.50 bales, was sold
~ in Galveston for 10 cents per pound this
week
As 10 cents was the price paid in tho
widespread "buy-a-bae" movement last
fall, those phanthropists who came to the
relief Of the Texas farmers can get their
money back. II they want 10 sell.
The "buy-a-abale" movement never
amounted 10 very much, but in Texas i,
helped many needy individual farmers on, OF
an awful tight hole. and there is every pros
peet that those who bought can get good
interest return on their investment by hold
ing a bit longer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
sY HEReERT QUICK

The average American In q per-
son of a very confused bloodstream.
Probably nowhere else In the
world is there any such recent mix
tnre of races.
Is It a good thing? We are dis
posed to boast OF II and TO plume
ourselves on possessing the good
points OF all peoples, forgetting that
the bad points are sure 10 be IN.
berited with the good.
Thousands OF Americans are
under the impression that the melt
ing pot Is the source OF the best
human metal
wonder II this is true.
When animals OF two distinct
varieties are crossed. the result is
not according TO this principle.
First crosses are more vigorous
than pure-breds.
This runs through all the field OF
LIBERALIZATION, and Is often taken ad.
vantage OF by breeders.
] know a man who grows nothing
but hybrid swine--half Berkshire
and half Duror Jersey. because they
are harder. more vigorous, and bet.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Johnny Writes

n. y. thurSdy maby a
movin piokeher outfit diden, prl,.
~ near put one Of our best.known
lobster palaces on tho bum
the Teller that keeps II il n good.
natured guy. and h. likes TO have
sumthing doing around his eat.
Ing house
so when the movie man come
along and Gays. can Nc take a
plckcher in here. sum evening. he
ans.rs. sure mike. come right
along and make yourselves TO
home
30 last night they done n
the RESTRAINT was all full OF
iadys and gentlemen. and evFy-
boldly was having sumthing TO
- and sum,hing 10 drink. and
al was mirth and gAyeiy. when
In comes a tall guy and a swell.
looking dame. aud sits down 1T a
table in a corner
well. you see. the plot was tina,
they was TO be ke,ched by the
iady's hnsbend, who Frances In
with a private deteokuff
20 after the two OF them had
been eating about 5 minlts. two
fellcrs jumps In the door. and one
OF them boilers 20 the other
there Is the man who stole my
wife,
whareupon guys crawied I'M
der tables. one jumped out OF
winder. and tried 10 cline up
into the coop WHARF the band was
playing
and when they got them guys
hack into their chares, and told
them II vas moving pickchcrs.
that dident seem 20 help none NJ
all
they iust said crate snalks. let
me out OF this. or words 10 that
effect. and paid their checks and
grabbed their danes and bcs, II
don't belsave there 10 going
10 be no more movies taken in
RESTRAINTS along the crate white
way. II Amt good for dismiss
johnny.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

Come IN and have your conk
paved over. This gink IL the
greatest bumpologlst that ever
giommed the future out OF a welt
on the bean. He can wise Won 10
your past. present and future
simply by gliding his pickers
over your brain corns. II there
amt any bumps on your coco. the
professor will gladly raise few
with n baseball bat. Come on
and lot I'm interpret your
sconec."
4 NY woRol
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

skirts. Emerson and perpendic.
ular plumes. Browning and mill.
tary collars think that's all"
while stroillng through a bust.
ness thoroughfarc with a friend,
old chap. We passed Autograph
which advertised 10 the effect
that a phrenoloEist was giving
readings within. I would not
have considered the proposition
had not my friend urged me 10
patronirs tho phrcnologirt In
these words.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

mon. trust nothing was SER
iously the matter with him."
"oh. no, sir" replied Mrs.
Smith. 1T was nothin' very SER
ious; but you see. sir. the poor
man do have 4 terrible 'ahit o.
walkin' in his sleep"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
WE VIOLATE

WE VIOLATE no confidence In saying
that uneasy lies the head OF the king OF
Greece His subjects want 20 fight and his
wife swears she'll go back to her brother, the
kaiser, II they do fight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Editorialettes

LUTHER BURBANK may be all they
say he is but we'd like to see him raise a
garden in city lot with eign, boys in the
family to the north and a chicken faneier
on the south.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

FROM THE glimpses he gives US we GER
tairhy would like to take a month off and
read all Col. Roosevelt's correspondence.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
SEWING FOR

SEWING FOR soldiers produces knitter's
neuritis. according to English doctors. Give
il TO those docs; they never arc at a loss TO
find disease that makes it impossible for a
society woman TO do what she has grown
tired OF doing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
THE FIRST

THE FIRST man Billy Sunday converted
in Paterson. ~ J., was arrested for drunken
ness, two hours later Billy made him so
blue over his sins that he went and put in
lot OF Jersey lightning
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

ALASKA WOULD make 40 Rhode ISL
ands. therefore it is a great credit to Alaska
that il hasn't made even one
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
MANY A woman

MANY A woman who will not buy a
piece OF silk until she carries il out to the
sidewalk to examine It by daylight accepts
the first man who asks her 10 marry him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

WHEN A man declares marriage Is a fsi
ure his wife can give the reasons why IL Il
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

o. J. SLOUGH, substantial citizen OF San
Diego, Cal, celebrated his 9th anniversary,
April 18th, by taking plunge In the Pacific
ocean and then posing for moving pictures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

WE ARE commencing to suspect that Mr..
Barnes brought that suit just to make the
people Of New York understand he still is
boss.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

THE PRINCIPAL reason tho poreupine
is enabled to remain neutral is the fact that
the spines hurt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
ROOSEVELT'S COUNSEL

Teddy meant nothing personal when he sale
into Boss Barnes. Course not Tedd
wouldn't be personal about anybody.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
CHAUNcEY DEPEW $

occupy front seat at Billy Sundays re-
vivas. Why doesn't Chauncey stay away
and give chance TO some one it is possible
70 reform;
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

ADMIRAL PEARY would better be care.
full what he says or they may take that North
Pole away from him and give it to Old Doc
Cook.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
AFTER COZ. ROOSEVELT com

his aim in life and reforms the political bosses,
we suggest tina, he 60 to work refreshing cold
storage eggs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

WE MARVEL that the colonel could have
associated with all those bad characters and
remained so pure
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

Joe ohiIarduoel, 20. first mate on
Tacoma tug Elf. drowned.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

CHAUNCEY DEPEW is ri \: il he keeps
on he'll be as old as some OF his jokes
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Smiths Failing

Smiths Failing
by the way, Mrs. Smith," re-
marked the vicar. after the ser
vice. Il was extremely sorry 10
see your husband leave the
church In the middle OF my ser
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Adhered TO Facts

Miss Brown told me that you
paid her such a charming compll.
ment the other evening" said
Mrs. Coddington TO her husband
something about her being pref.
~. The poor Girl was so pleased.
] don't sec how you men can be
80 untruthful.
Il should think you'd know by
this time that I'm never untruth-
full. said Mr.. Coddlngton. re.
proachfully. II said she was Just
as pretty as she could be, and 80
she was"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Covered the Subject

Where haye you been. my
dear7"
ITO my literary club"
And what did you discuss al
your literary club7'
Shakespeare and circular
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

CHICAGO BACHELOR found a woman
under his bed. This feminist movement is
being carried bit too far.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30

Where are YOU going on your
vacation this year,"
"Oh. dear. don't know.
There's really no place left 10
90"
Have you been to Niagara
Falls7"
oh. yes; I passed by that one
night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Convicted

Husband-You charge me with
reckless extravaganza. When did
! ever make a useless purchase?
Wife Why. there's that fire
eXtfngulsber you bought n year
ago. We've never used Il once.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Trimmed Panamas, Regular
$50 Models. S2.Q5

wide range in this assortment and you
will find some OF the newest blocks
trimmed to suit the most discriminating
buyer looking for chic millinery. The
styles style, are correct Opening 50 OK
Sale price ............... VGsOO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Children's Untrimmed Hats Sc

Just the right hat for the young one Z
wear while roaming around the O.
beach. Opening Sale price ...... OK
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
Fine Hemp Hats S1.OO

About half OF them are black. nearly all
colors, including the Regimentai Blue and
Purple. There are about 200 in this lot,
all crisp, all new. all out OF their boxes
TO meet you first time Sat. c. m
urday, Opening Sale price. " 1 sOO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-30
NY WORLD

milestone in the progress ~ the Worlds millinery buyi
organization demonstration In the leadership wor
millinery in merchandising history OF Seattle.
Our grand opening sale will qualities great
values than have been Offered the public the hstc
o
David NJ. Blackman. proprietor and OF the wo
Millinery Every buyer is organization
months in preparation for this Opening Sale searching
In the foremost markets. OF America and many
In the markets OF the world values that unparalleled
specially purchased produc
and Of lots uptodste room
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-02
COLUMBIA FOOTBALL
MUST KEEP CLEAN
College Paper Denies Varsity
Players Are Shifting Courses.

Prompt denial was made at Colum-
bia yesterday that any members of
the 1915 varsity football team who
had planned to enter departments OF
the university where they would not
be eligible to play football were being
coerced into remaining in the college.
"The Columbia Spectator took up
the cudgels and declared editorially
that any suggestion that coercion was
being used on the players would bring
discredit on the game and would tend
TO force conditions down TO the depths
reached in 1905.
This. in part, is "The Spectators"
editorial:
"Any undue influence brought TO
bear upon any member Of this years
team to induce him TO remain in col
lege for the purpose Of playing foot
ball would be entirely out Of keeping
with the spirit Of the new game and
a step back toward the conditions that
existed when upper classmens studies
Invariably suffered heavily on account
of the game, n condition which was
one cause Of its suspension
"An attitude such as that indicated
does not exist on the campus. II any
PLAYER returns to college, instead OF
going 10 p. and s. or 20 some gradu-
ate school. he will do 80 Of his own
free will. or possibly because he has
not satisfied the prerequisites for the
exercise of his professional option, not
because he has been coerced INTO H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-02
Lively Boxing Bouts
at the City A. G.

Abe He7owitz, Of the New West Side
a G.. victor in the recent Crescent
Athletic Club tourney, had a desperate
time winning from +. La Mart, unat-
tached. In the preliminaries OF the lOo-
pound class at the amateur boxing
tournament held at the City Athletic
Club last night 49,,
After the boys had battled three
rounds. the judges differed in opinion
az 10 the winner. so the referee or
dered another round. In the extra
stanza Herowitz proved the better
The summaries follow:
.nou,I ciss, pream.naficsl-FrVt bout
L. Caya uxanam A. a, defeated q. L.ceil unsl
tsrhel. three rounds ir.',,ls IL Is
,esfed b Ia Mar unat ached. ezra round. iuds,s
decision Tnird boui--R tugneftl o.anam \. a.
dsea'ad " Silverste Educ dti0;a AZ All ailf ll ~
rounds. referees de- sion ou5 ia Po1 - 49,
Nj Ro.e+, Elu-atiaus. Alliance. three rounds
iudxes' de-siou Fifih bout. torte1 uhsia l-L
non BY default from thauDs- net
M A defeated " Harm Ton. unat. i-hel' tiI'e
rlttrIt ni.l.es' decision seventh bout. l-eH-
.tsit. ~. West Side A. C., defeated r. ss'a ~
unattached. siopped BY reiafe H r. 10y. ~.
J. ghih bout NacAe..'L u,@..I ''''a, a.
m PAU. unattached. lhree rounds luis's Ht-
'''i is.oov,d eisy tprsHmintrissl-Flrst bou'-w
Usif.sa uraffsrhed dsfag'tcd fo A. OEris. unai-
tachel se,uud bout .. GInh. nm, '.ii,l
,inb defeated J sheridan. Glencoe A.. e., three
,,,,irts u5rss' desc Third b0ut-B Va "a.
tnaffathfd defeated g. OsAca. -; Alysus a g.,
80. rounds wIges Gec.sul. oAftl .o4- g.
Ta1 sls House. s,oDpsd g Feieses 10 second
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-02
LARCHMONT CLUB
ELECTS OLD OFFICERS
Hundred Members Attend AM
nual Meeting at the Waldorf.

Nearly a hundred members of the
Larchmont Yacht Club attended It's an
nual meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria
last night. The reports y all the COM
mittees showed tho club TO be in a pros
porous condition, thanks 10 the radical
changes made under the skilful plotting
Of It's Commodore, James b. Ford.
In a long and comprehensive report
written by Commodore Ford, and read
by him az the meeting, 1t was shown
that the club was making favorable pro-
Rress In every department. The report
Is to be printed I'm pamphlet form and
sent to all Of the 49j members. The
treesurer's report recites that the
profits for the year are quite salts
factory. There are now enrolled in the
club fleet 23i vessels Of all .igs.
All the officers were reelected Tor
the coming year. They are: Commo'
dore, James B. Ford; yice-commodore,
John Proctor Clarke; rear commodore
Henry y. Wilton; secretary, Frank A.
Moore; treasurer, Samuel X. BEN Meet
captain, James d. SparkInan; heet sur
geon. DR.. W. +. Billiard; feet chaplain
the Rev. Richard Golden; measurer'
II. ". webb; harbor master, Clpriano
Andrade, jr.; trustees, the commodore!
the secretary, the treasurer; class OF
1916. Edmund Fish and william J.
Moran; class Of 1917. George W. Plum
and Henry w. Eaton; class Of 1913,
James Clark and Charles II. Reisig;
regatta committee. Howell {. Perrin,
Harold c. Pryer and Sanford G. Eth
erington; house committee, Edward ).
Graecen, Edmund Fish and George W.
Plum; membership committee, Charles
II. Reisig, William J. Moran and Frank
A. Moore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-02
Railroad Earnings.

The following comparative railroad
reports for October have been made
public:
Neg York Central-Gros,. sis.lto5so. increase
f9.5ai529. net after taxes. s3.slI,oss. Increase
aston A ABany-Gross. 81 s25.0so: increase.
s20JIss net after taxes. tj25li0 Increase. sli3'-
Michigan cen,raI-Gros, s34si.2s2; increase.
s4ft 6Tf: net after taxes. flio2lso increase 'Ss'
Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago st, Lo uis-
Gross. t..6i2.te.i increase, ,os ',''-' "s'
seq aet ass taIes. 500, as'.a.e stses
Lake Erie * Wesiern-vress; s,' ;,c,.s tifs .
tll5.O1s net after taxes. .l7s.l''' increase ''''
pp,sbu-sh 4 Lake Ers-Gross. ;lg9sg.sei IN N.
crease. g.01.Sf3. net after ins '''"''''''
'SN ~, yors chicago ST. Lous-Gross 5; 2 ,:o =
$40. iac-case s-O9.ss3. net are lAAs'' ''''''-''
n5r re- os c.ntralGros sis6ieS dssr "a,
sai ais net aftsr tsSes sl53s-s decrease s4SSa
Sew York Central. io.:.l q, "a a',sr tsIes SO
; rs i5 5sIss.s issis5ss = ,,,,a
5,g'f,,l nailfoad o. New Jer,ey--o5s,es' 49,,
tlS lnefease' sge5jGo. net sl'"''-'O' A'e'eA'e'
'- v,,yia,,o BsnvA-Glo, .;s3 oss i,ere ass
ll.'''iA -, .iisr taxes f-36lis Increase tse.oo.
chs.sPeaEss 4 s Si' 81. lsereass. siiosfe
v. 80 gso,rsi-s;ros. SiO.lel6i decrease tl9
sss aet sf,er taxes tsl-g e Sn A's q.
hochns ,gss 81 Lacrosse. 81 2os
sos. nd AZ Line-Cross. 81 sea- increase.
Ne; sf,sr tAEcs ij33.5ls. Increase S!2L-
llnn,u,a,lpbi. A Rsadins--Gross. $3.50. ?I5i IN
- of 08g net s. les.153. Increase. H52 5gs
pssding Cnmv any--Grcss. $50 l4, Increase. VIZ
iis net N'p,igs u..s' Il iss $685. Increase
tsis SIS net after taIcs. s53Islls' increase WV