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tones. The effect is, of course, strik- ingly staccato.
 When they had sung for me in their fashion they requested that l sing for them in mine. complied. sang an aria from "Faust." They didn't like it. I tried some snatches from Italian opera. They shook their heads. Then I sang song of De Bussey's. They were charmed and asked me to repeat 1t.
 They danced, and it was my turn to be enchanted. Every Javanese woman is graceful In these women of the harem' grace had been culti- vated to the point of apotheosis. While Java is classified as a barbar- ous country, the high measure of it's artistic attainment is found in the fact that it cares almost nothing for beauty of face, but everything for grace of movement.
 These little brown women, spare bodied, lean and lissome as school girls-where did they come from, four hundred of them?
 Three of them, the most richly dressed, official wives, came from the highest rank, nearest the throne. The by the Star Company. Great Britain I
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receive you within the walls save by force."
 Then by force shall I enter" I an- swered, determinedly, and set about securing the command of the Dutch Government. 1 secured it and, ac- companied by native accompanist, a great local musical genius, paid my first visit to the court of the Sultan.
 A high wall stretched around the home of the Sultan and his great family. At the gate stood a court attendant in native batik, salaaming. But his eyes regarded me with the gaze of snake.
 Across the broad court where, from distance, came the sound of bathers splashing in pool, we went to a long, white, unpretentious building, the palace. Here, nomin- ally the ruler but really prisoner, maintaining the Actions and glories of sovereignty, lived the Sultan and his four hundred wives, some of whom by the way, he had never seen.
 l was led into a long, rather bare room, notable only for the fact that 1t was half filled with women. or
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strong friendships among the women of the harem. Every inmate is a strong individualist. Their motto is the Anglo-Saxon one. Every one for herself and the deil take the hind- most.
 But if they know no affection the Javanese women enjoy freedom. They wear no wells as do the women Of Turkey. They are guarded by no eunuchs as are the slaves of the ruler of Turkey. They leave the palace and return to it at will.
 But while they enjoy freedom of person, their independence does not extend to that of the mind. A Jav- anese woman of high caste paid visit to Holland. She studied the lives of the women of the Occident and became imbued with the spirit of the West. She returned and boldly taught her doctrines. Once, twice-no more. For death silenced her. She had been poisoned. No one knew how or by whom, but every one guessed why. It is not we'll to SOW the seeds of discontent in the minds of it's women, so think the rulers of Java.
 Once only I saw the royal arbiter of the destinies of these women. It was when I was preparing to leave Java and had paid my last visit to the harem. l had asked permission to thank His Majesty, and it was granted.
 In my court robe I entered the throne room and approached him. He sat on his throne, a majestic figure. A man of forty, dark-skinned, his face as impassive as though it were carved from dark marble, he looked at me with the cold eyes his many spouses bent upon the white woman, one of the hated foreigners.
 T have finished my study of tha native music, your Majesty" I saie-- as l curtesied. 'T thank you for af- fording me the opportunity"
 T am glad if it has been of bene- fit to you" he returned, through his interpreter.
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were they girls? They were naked to the waist. Their limbs were draped in richly colored cotton, in- terwoven with many designs of flow CTS and figures. Their feet were bare. They approached me with what at first thought was shyness, but I came to understand was an unchangeable reserve. When they were near me they bowed low over their hands in an obeisance of ap- parent humility. But their eyes, large and brown, held an unalterable cold ness., I was white. Therefore the oppressor. Therefore to be hated.
 In time, as our lessons progressed, their eyes grew trifle less cold. It became their habit to smile at me. But it was the smile of curiosity, of the child that wishes to be enter tained, never the smile which re- fleets affection, the sunshine of the heart.
 They sang and danced for me. The music was curiously monotonous and to ears not accustomed to it, un- melodious. But it held a fascination, for its individuality to the skilled musician. Their music is in quarter
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other 397 came from whither the wind willed, from any class, accord ing to the whim of a man who wished to secure influence with the Sultan. They had but to pay dollar or more for a brown-skinned maid, who walked with specially alluring grace, and she was his to despatch with a message to His Majesty.
 You are prepared to hear recital of hideous orgies within the palace walls? No. The truth is that the many-wived custom of the Sultan's country seems to bore His Majesty. He is reasonably faithful to his three wives, as faithful as are most men to their one. To some of the unofa. cial wives he has never even been in. troduced. For none of them does he seem to care, except to regard them as a medium for rewarding the fidel- ity of some of his attendants. Has a man performed some signal ser vice for his ruler? The Sultan be- slows upon him one of his four hun dred companions, and the man is bound by court etiquette to wed her. The harem is kind of matrimonial agency, where wives are secured by ~hts ReSarvad
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the sovereign's favor
 If the graduate from the harem does not care for her new husband, what matters it? She has some jew els, or if not, some handsome batik (the native cloth) and she can sell it to secure the cost of a divorce in Java, which discounts Reno in Am erica. In Java the price of divorce is seventy-five cents. It costs but fifty cents to be married And this, as in Mexican money, of less value than the American coin of the same denomination.
 And when they have begun their housekeeping, on a small scale, with new lord, the servant hire win cost her little. I had nine servants. It cost me $15 month.
 Within the palace walls the women bathe, and dance, and sing, and weave batik. They chew betel-nut and eat sweetmeats, and intrigue for power. It is by woman of the harem that messages are sent to the Sultan from his Prime Minister or the dignitaries of his court. By an- other of the inmates of the harem CnO ACood6C lOlulhS. II tAc WOInCI wish to make trouble, and they usu- ally do, they distort the message. The poor Prime Minister loses his post The woman who bore the false message wins the monarch s gratitude and so preferment. She has set her graceful bare feet upon the path to power.
 The women of the harem are ex- quisitely clean. They bathe three and four times day in large pool. Men, women and children in the na- tive bathing costume make their ab- lutions together. Daintily the women perform the double function of bath ing themselves and washiagS- their garments. They plunge into the pool in the drapery they are wear ing. When they climb out of it they slip over their heads the dry costume and. when drawing it about them, drop the dripping garment , It is noticeable that there are no
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N; country where you can buy
 w a wife for a dollar?
 have lived in such land. It is Java. For three years l lived in the country in which women are held cheaper than anywhere else on earth. Java, according to French proverb, is the country whose flowers have no perfume, whose fruit has no taste and whose women have no hearts.
 In that country I met all grades of women, but particularly the in- mates of the Sultan's harem. Every day for six months I visited them to learn of them singing and dancing. l would have been dull indeed had not learned at the same time much of their lives.
 Picture to yourself small city in which romance is unknown. Con- ceive that every woman within it's walls is plotting for favor, not for loves sake but for the sake of power. Imagine life which never knows love and to which it's counterfeit is brief and quickly forgotten.
 Fix in your mind the image of woman who left off her girlhood at ten, who married at twelve and who at twenty-five is old, and at thirty is aged. If your imagination is equal to all this you will have an outline of the lives of the women of Java nese harems, the scetnless human flowers of the Far East.
 As some women long for love, for a home, for the quiet joys of domes- ticity, these abnormal women long for power The eye of the newest recruit among the four hundred wives of the Sultan of Java is fixed upon place of power. She wants to become one of the three official wives. To have a son is the one long step in that direction. For should one of the official wives fail in such life mission she would be discarded and one of those by cour- tesy called wives, but who are in reality mere concubines, might be promoted to that state. That is the highest ambition of a Javarese woman's life.
 AS have visited in many lands have desired always to study the
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" TT ME. EVA GAUT. TER, niece oi MI Sir Wilfred Laurier, the x former Prime Minister of Canada, daughter of a Iamous as- tronomer. and protegee of Lord Strathcona, through whose influence Canada sent her to Paris to study in the Conservatoire, is in New York, having come from Java. While in that country she, for six months daily, visited the Sultan's harem, be- came well acquainted with his four hundred spouses and had many op- portunities for study of the Mahom- etan court and customs.
 She has related those experiences and her deductions from them most wildly for this newspaper.
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Curious Experiences of the Niece Of e Former Prime Minister of Canad, M q Land Where q Wife Costs One Dollar
 and q Diuorce
 Seuenty-Fiue Cents

music of those lands. It was my wish to learn the Javanese music at it's best. They told me that it was found in It's purest forms in the Sul- tans harem.
 But said my informants, you will never be permitted to enter the harem The Sultan and his four hundred wives hate white persons. There is murder in their hearts to- ward all of them, They would not
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By EVA GAUTHIER.

VvyYOULD you like to live in MAJ country where you can buy w a wife for a dollar?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-02
PARENTS.|N,LAW
NAMED BY Wife
IN HER DIVORCE

Mrs. Anna Burnett of Enumclaw.
In starting a divorce IN superior
court here Thursday from Ernest
Burnett. whom she married here
year ago. has made her fathnrin.
law and motherin.law. Mf aud
Mrs q. Burnett co.defsndantK.
For 30 days after their marriage.
she alleges. they lived together
happily al the home of the elder
Hurnetts. when her husbands f..
Their and mother began To pick
on" her. impairing her health and
making II necessary for her 10
seek tho care OF doctors.
Her husband shirked End difre.
Earded her ms his Wife for weeks
AZ a tlmes-she declares. ard for
days refused even 10 .Alk 20 her.
Finally. hs told her 10 leave the
house or he would drown her. she
says. and threw a bucket OF water
on her
So bclittied and embarrassed
she became that she left. coming
10 Seattle. She In nov destitute
and III. she says
Suit was directed against her
parents. in.law for tho purpose OF
preventing any transfer OF her
husbands property. an Interest In
which the parents own Shs asks
a division Of property and SIS
monthly ailmouy.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-02
CITY NOW HAS A
DRY BILL T00;
MAYOR SIGNS IT

Mayor GIN has signed the city's
prohibition ordinance. Tho ordi-
nance will become effective Janu.
AIRY I. when the state law becomes
operative.
The council amended tho bill at
the close OF an all-day session
Wednesday striking out clause
providing both fine and imprison.
ment for first offenders selling
liquor within the city limits.
Hanna. Lundy. Erickson end
Marble voted to retain tue cause
Bolton Dale. Fitzgerald. Hes
keith and Haas we're for making II
TO read punishable by fine or inn
prisonment. or both
When the bill finally passed II
was approved by all but Fitzgerald,
who was absent when the last bal
lot was taken The mayor signed
the ordinance without hesitation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-02
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-02

Supreme court Austaina ruling
against free publication OF iul
tlRtiye petitions
Berlin reports food shortage.
Emperor YoHhohito Of Japan re.
Viewed 10000 troops In Toxic
Thursday.
Plans being made by Graya liar.
hor citizens 10 hold big prepared.
cess meeting In January.
Ford peace ship to he given en-.
try 10 only neutral nations.
Son born 10 Empress Sadako OF
japan Thursday.
Chinese government Thursday
denied that II intended 10 join
triple entente.
Permit issued TO Spokane club
women To have municipal dances
In council chambers.
Distillation tanks Of Standard
on Co, at Williamsburg. y. Y.
burned Thursday.
Wllson liner Marengo. New York
TO Hull, stranded on Goodwin
Sands. England.
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Chas. Nelson robbed OF sib and
/ watch within block Of the police
station.
4 Austin Il. Griffiths will represent
/ Washington bull moosers NJ Chi
cago convention In January.
Mrs. Ida Low. OF Mattresses IN
I'm. and Geo. 4. ilstman. OF Press
mems union. win represent their
unions at Yakima state convention.
Edward A. F1lene Of chicago
will speak 20 Seattle Ad club next
Wednesday
Bundle OF clothes price OF adihis
sion nj Elks' old clothes social
Thursday night.
Puget Sound Navigation Co. sues
Friday Harbor publishers for $780,
600 for libel
state y. W. c. A. representatives
meet in Seattle.
Winalow :. Pearson. prominent
Odd Fellow. found dead In Pear
son hotel.
u. \. Coast survey asks bids for
old surewy vessels,
Lowest bid for port commIsslons
fish storage plant. s32 .s6T. submit.
ted by hooker. kiehl a Whlpple.
Potash and perlmutter" will be
shown soon In return engagement
at Metropolitan
Dean A. 3. Haggett will repre-
sent university In Rhodes scholar
ship selection meeting at Spokane.
Dec. O.
Boylston Ave. Unitarian church
giving bazaar at Second and Union
Rotarians are guests at ball at
Christensca's hall.
Mrs. Elizabeth ]. Davies Of Mt Yer.
non elected president OF Washing
ton State Organization OF Public
Heath Nursing.
Earl OF Portsmouth says talk OF
international peace IL all rot.
German papers think peace IL
possible
Woman and two men smother 10
mud nj Gary. Ind
Dummy viii be thrown from cliff
as test before jury In Minneapolis
murder case.
Congressman urge federal board
for overseas traffic.
Six German sailors on American
ship informed In England.
Brand Whi,lock. American min.
lister TO Belgium. tells Wilson OF
war conditions.
japanese diplomat proposes six'
power alliance between United
States. Great Britain. France. Rus
STA. Italy and Japan,
New Haven defendants vin first
point In now trial
Senator Pomer-ne OF ohio will or.
pose Champ Clark for president
pro teul. of senate
Mildred Inn OF Seattle goes free
in nhanslaughter case In Tacoma
court
Government sues 10 separate Tin.
ton Pacific system from Southern
Pacific.
Department OF Commerce asks
for marine inspector at Seattle
Amos Stone. Custer banker. dies.
Age 81
Washington building at Frisco
fair sold for $500.
Coast freight congestion dis.
cussed nj New York
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denied.
The company has been doing
considerable business over the
Smith Cove public pier" say Hig
day and West They are paying
In the neighborhood OF $500 per
month for wharfage and rranaEe
. The ground he (Crocker)
desires on a basis OF per cent on
a value OF 30 cents per square foot
would amount 10 only about sac
por month. This revenue ~ no
greater than we are now obtaining
for the storage Of lumber and for
mooring OF log iowa
They add that granting Of this
petition would virtually create a
monopoly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-02
Enjoy lifel Liven your liver
and bowels tonight and
feel fine.

Tonight sure, Remove the liver
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incest. geutlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced, You
viii wake up feeling fit and fine.
Cascarets never grippe or bother
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salts and pills. They act gently
but thoroly. Mothers should give
cross. sick. bilious or feverish chill
dren a whole Cascarot any time.
They are harmless and children
love them.
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s. Free medical. optical and dental
treatment for all school children
.. Noon day lunches 20 be served
by domestic science departments
10. Sufficient pay 10 teachers ia
make teaching a real profession. In
stead Of stepping stone to other
employment
Judge Winaor says. - would rnth-
sr have oscar McGiii on the board
with mo than any other man
know"
4 q. DENTIEH STANDS ron
!. Further development Of port IA
ciiities
?. MI contracts 20 have prevailing
wage clause In specifications
2. Al operation and maintenance
work 70 be done by day labor nj pre-
valling union wages
4 4 work day Of eight hours.
r. PAY the port commission for
actual services
y. Against tho policy Of leasing
public docks to private parties
Union labor has been shut ont on
port work. Every voter who IL pro
pressive and believes I'm control Of
the peoples institutions by the poo-
pie should vote for and support 4.
@. Dentler.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-02
CAPT. HUMPHREYS COMPANY
ASKS MONOPOL Y ON PORT DOCK

Omar ]. Humphrey. esncl.
date for election TO the port
eommission, is also treasurer
Of the United Coal Sales Co..
which Wednesday pe'i,ioaed
the port commission for the
lease OF part OF tho Smith
Cove terminal. 20 be operated
az private wharf for moving
coal from bsroes 10 cars.
A communicate from n. @.
Croker. president OF the com.
pany. urged the commission TO
grant the lease before the port
election.
Traffic Manager Hamilton His
day and Chief Engineer j. H. West
In a communication To the commits
.ionors, urge that the petition b'
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WHAT DYSPEPTICS
SHOULD EAT

-fndixestion and practically all
forms Of stomach trouble. about nine
times out % ten. are due 10 hyper
aciafty. therefore stomach sufferers
should whenever possible. avoid
eating food that f. acid In its nature.
or which ~ chemical action IN tho
stomach develops aridlty. rnfor-
tunstsiy. such rule eliminates
most food. which are pleasant 90 the
taste. az well o.. those which are
rich IN blood. flesh and nsrv. build
ins properties This is the reason
why dyHpeptfrs ana stomach suffer
srs are usually so thin, sfnacihted
and lacking In that vital energy
which can only come from well-fsd
body. For the bsuefi, OF those sui.
f~rsrs who have been obliged 10 ss-
ciuds from their diet all starchy.
sweet or fatty food. and are trying
to keep up miserable existence on
gluten products. 7 would suggest
that you try meal % any food or
foods which you like. In mOdsr-
aftsrwafd a tsaspoonfui Of hisura,ed
gnRRuesta In n little hot or cold
water This will nsutraitge any excess
acid which may be present. OF which
may be formed. and instead OF tho
usual feeling OF uneasiness and full
agrees with GU perfectly. ! know %
nothing better than plain hisurated
maxresia as food corrective and
antacid. IL has no direct action on tho
stomach. but by neutralizinK the
acidity Of the food contents. and
thus removing the sourc. OF the acid
Irritation which infiames the deli
cate stomach lining II does more
than could possibly he done ~ any
drug or medicine that acts upon tho
stomach lining rather than the siout-
sch contents. A. a physician | be-
fNa-a ~ - Ff medicine ~ han
ever necessary. but must admit
that I cannot see the sense Of dosing
an infiamed and irritsted stomach
with drugs. instead % getting rid OF
tho acid-ths cause OF all tho trop-
bile. Get a little bisurRtsd magnesis
from your druggist. eat what you
want at your next msai. take soNs
% the bisurated masnssis. as direct
ed above, and see II I'm not right
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-02
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WuV Oscar H. McGill
Will A. 6. DentIer
~ w -
MeGsfI,I, - ron

!. - m ocracy in
school management
2 Elective vocation .
al training.
}. a kinderR arte
and nursery training
In every school.
4 Free use OF school
buildings RE social cen ID
ters.
E Encouragement Of
tho discussion In tho
school OF economics.
social and political top o.
les % tho day.
6 Day labor. pro
wages and
eight hours on all
building construction
and maintenance
: No discrimination
against eac hers or
other employees who
seek to grHauiTe