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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24
BOYS TO GET PARK

ST LOUIS. April 24.-Rodgers
Gardner, the 13-year-old son of Rus
sci II. Gardner. until recently presi-
dent of the Memphis Southern as
ISOLATION baseball club. will have a
ball park of his own when he re.
turns to St Louis from the East,
where he is in school.
His father has closed a lease on
an old ball park in St Louis. Gard
ner. Sr.. will have the grounds
overhauled, the grandstand put in
shape and everything in readiness
for the team which his son intends
to organize on return from school.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24
KIDS CRACK SHOT

RICE LAKE. Mimi. April "a
The largest lynx seen in this vicin.
lily for many years was killed BY
John Borgan, the i4-year-old son of
s. II. Borgan OF this town.
Tho lad and his father were driv-
Ing. five miles west of here. when
their two dogs started the lynx, and
the boy. who had rifle. brought
the animal down with a well aimed
shot.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24


Where the family entrance
suiiices for tho masses, a
table hidden behind palms IN
a gildcd cafe does for the
young OF the rich.
Many fathers would learn
things they do not even sus-
pect about their daughters by
merely asking the over-dressed
young clerk who lives in the
next block.
That doesn't necessarily
mean that she is bad. Many
young girls drink who haven't
descended lower. But drink
ing paves the way for the next
step.
Statistics provided by Seat
ties women police prove that,
10 a certain extent. the SOW
ing OF wild oats is no longer
restricted 10 one sex.
The remedy rests with the
parents and with the young
persons themselves.
Ii a girl does not think
enough OF herself To avoid
such places. he is indeed a
wonderful young man who
will respect her too much to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24
BETTER TIMES? YOU
BET, SAYS MAN WHO
RUNS the US. MINT

An immense new field of trade
between the United States and
Central and South America will un-
doubtedly be opened up when the
Pan-Amerlcan financial congress
convenes, In Washington, u. c.,
MAY "a. according to Mint Director
Robert w Woolley. stopping at the
New Washington hotel.
Director Woolley explained that
s1.7T5,000 in new gold will be deliv.
cred from the mint to Panama-pa-
cific exposition officials soon, who
will sell II TO fair visitors as souye
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

Each female fly lays an
average Of about 1000
eggs, which in a few days
hatch into maggots. The
maggots soon creep into
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24
SING ALOHA" ON DOCK

Mrs. George Munter OF the Doris
apartments and Mrs. A. f. Mosior
OF cath ave. and Aloha ST.. surpris.
ed the throng AZ Pier ID Friday aft.
ernoon. when. Just MS the big steam.
or Governor was leaving the dock
with their friend. Mrs. Samuel Nun
ter aboard. they sang across the
water the Hawaiian Aloha"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

broken bone In its proper position
and to prevent the broken ends
scraping against each other and
causing a compound fracture.
Splints may be made out OF al.
most anything. n for a fracture
OF the arm or wrist. small pieces OF
wood. strips OF stiff card, rungs OF
a chair or even pieces OF cigar
box hastily Whitfield into shape Will
serve the purpose.
II a leg bone Is broken several
walking sticks or umbrella handles
can be used as splints. Cardboard
can be rolled up tightly ard bound
to the limb or a pillow doubled
about the limb and bound in posi-
ton win serve the purpose ex-
cellently.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

one hand and the garbage
can, out-houses and stable
on shc other. transmitting
TO your table PARTICLES OF
filth and germs OF disease.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

ing meat. Hence. when
YOU permit flies to get
into your home, they be-
come the connecting link
between your food on the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

house look for breeding
places in the immediate
neigbborhood. The most
effective way 10 extermi-
nate the fly is 20 strike
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24
All Are After Ii

n HE American Locomotive company has
L announced that it has contracted for the
manufacture OF 100000 shrapnel and high
explosive shells, and for several million cart
ridge cases.
We suppose the next thing we hear will be
that the sewing machine concerns are turning
out rapid firers II may be bloody money but
they all want some OF il. all right
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24
HIS HOME

The common house fly
breeds in kitchen garbage
and in manure. The blue
bottle flv breeds i'm deeay-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

at It's breeding place.
Destroy the future fly by
preventing flies from lay
ing eggs and by destroy
ing maggots.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

will support the constitution
OF the United States and Of this
state. AND THAT I DO ALSO
LUTElY AND ENTIRELY RE-
NOUNCE AND ALLURE ALL
ALLEGIANCE AND FIDELITY
TO EVERY FORE IGN
PRINCE, POTEN TATE,
STATE OR SOVEREIGNTY.
AND PARTICULARLY THE
REPUBLIC OF FRANCE, OF
WHICH I WAS FORMERLY A
CITIZEN"
This man is now no longer for.
eigner He is an American.
A Russian Jew comes next. lie
renounces all allegiance and fidel
ity 10 foreign states, particularly
TO the car.
Then comes a German. He re
nounces all allegiance" and
fidelity to all foreign powers
and states. and particularly he re.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

The germs of typhoid
fever, diarrhoea and con-
sumption are among those
transmitted In this way.
n YOU have flies i'm YOUR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

II we are as highly civilized
as we think we are. and az hu-
name, scientific and wealthy,
as nation, what excuse have
we TO offer for permitting more
than 1900. 900 people TO be con-
stsntly III from preventsbie dis
ease and the lives Of thousands
20 be annually sacrificed 70 le-
norsnee and negIect?-Texas
state board Of health.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

have been cooped
up In their Off.
ces and homes All
winter and with
more or less
strenuous sports
and recreations
Will come many
accidents mainly
broken bones.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24
Paving the Way
Member Of the
srtpps sreRae
League Of
Newspapers

~ Rse hi n
IL Surrey udd. been the actors
restricted oues ana the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24
GR0WNUPS COMPETE

In this weeks contest % persons
over the age of t6 competed. This
has happened several times. Uncle
Jack wishes to states that the con-
tests of the Star Circle for young
folks are open only to children OF
l6 and under
Mrs for twice it's actual worth.
The director is here inspecting
the Seattle assay office.
List your Real Estate in Star
Want Ads.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

With the approach of summer
outdoor life VIII lure people who
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

0'eS a CARRIER OF rcEOBrs
of through SWAT THE FLY!

the ground and form pu-
pae, which after 10 days
develop into young flies.
The complete cycle re-
quires about IS days.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-24

KING ALBERT is writing his biography. this war keeps
up, expect them to Issue historical
during bombardments.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Forward tO-the-LdnG
League Opens
in N. Y.

The National he-Land
League has opened Offices IN New
York. This organization, formed to
aid those who wish to own homes in
the country, now has charge OF
bureau of information. where in
quiries of prospective homc-builders
are answered carefully and honestly
The original object of the ieague was
to defeat the 'landsharks' by max
ing It impossible for them to con-
tinue their operations. Since num-
bers Of people are deceived annually
into buying quantities OF undevel-
oped land by the eXtravagant as
to its fertility, the league has offered
to send samples Of soils from ground
offered for sale to the Agricultural
Department for testing, in order to
ascertain what products may be
grown in the property with great
est profit
Titles to properties are investigated
in order that unbusinesslike buyers
may not be trapped into legal diff
culties by buying land without a
clear title.
Average rainfall in the locality un-
der consideration. distance from wa
ter supply and the nature of that
supply. average temperature in win
ter and summer, drainage conditions,
and nearness to stores or other
sources of food supply are other i'm
undertake TO determine.
At present, Mrs. Haviland Lund, of
Chicago, Is in charge of the bureau
She declares that the great need of
the workingman today is for 'ur-
banized rural life."
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Your Household Savings
Have You Right to Them p
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK,

saves 81 by judlcious buying. do you let
her keep the dollar or do you insist on
her returning it to you?
The Brooklyn Judge says both you and
Mary Ann are not legally entitled to the
results OF your economy. This decision
brings up the whole subject OF the ad-
justment of household finances between
the partners in homemaking. What is
the best and fairest Arrangement and
division of the husbands income? Is
the wife entitled to a personal allow
ance OF her very own? Are their saw
ings. HIS money land legal property,
! or HER money. or the MONEY OF
, BOTH OF them?
The old-fashioned plan was for the hus.
band to pay all the bills and have full
,, control of the money. handing to his
wife weekly dolings-out whenever he
| felt like it. She teased for or pilfered
| the rest from his trouser pockets. The
&: modern plan is for the husband and
! ment, by which each shall mutually
| share in income and savings Do yo,
think that you are legally entitled to q
| personal allowance. which should not bt
! subject to your husbands criticism?
Have you right to your household
| savings?
! What is your opinion on this import
! ant subject? Have you. as a cor part
! ner in the business Of homemaking
! found a dignified and mutually salts
| factory division of family finances
! Write what you think. for the benefi
of other Times readers. to Mrs Chris
tine Frederick. This office, Magazine
! Page.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
CHILD GETS SICK,
CROSS, FEVER|SH
IF C0NST|PATED
"California Syrup Of Figs"
can't harm tender stom-
aCh or bowels.

4 laxative today saves SEX child
tomorrow. Children simply will not take
the time from play to empty their bow
els. which become clogged up with
waste. liver gets sluggish; stomach sour.
Look at the tongue. mother. II coated,
or your child is lstless. cross feVertsh'
breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily.
full Of cold or has sore throat or any
other children's ailment give tea
spoonful Of california syrup of FIGS,
then don't worry. because 1t is perfectly
harmless. and in a few hours all tbs
constipation poison, sour bile ana fcrc
menting waste will gently move out OF
the bowels. and you have Well play
full child again A thorough INSIDE
cleansing Is oftmes all that Is neccs-
sary. 1t should be the first treatment
given in any sickness.
Beware Of counterfeit ig syrupa. ASK
your druggist for a 5O-cent bottle OF
"California Syrup of Figs. which has
full directions for babies, children Of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly printed
on the bottle. Look carefully and So"
that II is made bH the 'Cahforiia IL
SyruD Company.-AdNt
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Daily Editorial for Women

and. therefore. the job was identi-
fed and made identical with the
mental and physical capacity Of tho
employe.
Today men take certain jobs. or
should take them, because they can't
GET anything else, which is an en-
tirely different thing. The sooner the
men and women who want and need
these formerly despised jobs take
them, and give them a new meaning
and new dignity through being
identified with intelligent, educated
people, the sooner America will start
on the high road to a standard eff
ficiency which will truly make her
the greatest of nations.
No position which contributes to
the public good, even through indi-
vidual service is due anything but
the highest of intelligent administra-
ton.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

~ OES your husband let you keep
as your own property. the
money you save from yoAr
household allowance?
A Brooklyn supreme court judge says
that money which YOU have saved by
economy and thrift. belongs to your
husband, And that you have no legal
right to it. In a decision handed down
lately. the judge said in turning over
to certain husband S6ls.l@ which his
wife had saved from her household
allowance: mo matter how careful and
prudent the wife, If the money origi-
nally belonged to the husband, IL is still
his property, unless the evidence shows
that It was a gift to the wife,
housewife. who have saved and scrimp-
ed, worn last years hats. patched little
Willie's trousers. cooked meat substi-
tutes and ironed your own laundry, to
help save money? Is this fair?
From the legal viewpoint, the wife
was hired housekceper for the hus-
band. She was given a certain monthly
sum for household expenses. BY care
ful managing. she was enabled to save
part Of this sum. To whom does this
sum legally belong? To her employer
! Ohc husband. or to herself? Imagine
the case as if you, Mrs. Homemakcr
| hired housckeeper under similar cir.
! Cumstances Would you permit her. al
! the end of the year. to retain the money
saved by her thrift or would you eN-
| pdct her to turn 1t over to YOU II you
send Mary Ann marketing and she
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Three Minute
Journeys
When q City Closes At Eight.
By TEMPLE MANNING.

-HE Ameer of Bokhara, on"e an
Independent ruler. but now a
vassal of the Car Of Russia.
permits but one public clock in
the whole of his province. This clock is
set in the outer face Of the gate to the
city. ard ITS chief use seems to be to
tell the late traveller that it Is after S
O'Clock at night, and therefore he can
not go into the city until the morning.
Without special pass no one may en-
ter or leave the city during the hours OF
darkness.
A characteristic Oriental tale of the
construction of this clock is that 1t was
made for the Ameer Marsullah by an
Italian clock maker, ana that sh''
Amecr then executed the workman that
10 one in the kingdom might try TO
possess a copy of that Bokhara wonder
Whether or not this story is rue ! do
not know. but l do know that the CLOCK
and the curfcw ordinance caused me
much trouble of a mildly thrilling ma
ture.
i had but recently come to the city,
and had been sightseeing beyond the
outer walls when darkness fell, ana l
realized that l must hasten back to
town. | knew nothing of the o'clock
prohibition. had not armed myself with
a permit, and felt a bit uneasy when
approached the gate to notice the sur
that my approach caused. 1t was lucky
for me that ! had carelessly forgotten
| 10 take nv revolver with me that morn
ing, or l most certainly would nave
, drawn it when three dirty looking
soldiers crepi through the dusk and
| surrounded me.
| could not speak q word OF their Ian
guage, they could not understand nine
! and when they started to search me
| after vainly talking to me in their own
tongue. started to resist. suddenly
| out of the darkness there loomed the
huge fellow who had been my suide
! through the city, and he waved paper
in their faces. Instantly the soldiers
| threatening attitudes changed. and
was politely escorted through the gate
| 10 the hotel.
! If 1t had not been for the thoushtiul
! ness of my giant guide, 1t is very likel!
] would have had to remain In the gate
! at the guard house all night. AS 1t was
slept peacefully in the hotel. anc
vowed never to go out Of the city after
| S o'clock again.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
More Jobless Are Women
Here Than Ever Before,
But Miss Florence M.
Brown Declares She Has
Found Remedy For Con-
ditiOn.
BY FLORENCE f. YODER.

Washington has more unemployed
women today than ever before.
The situation is most desperate,
and societies In different parts Of the
city have taken UP the matter sfor
consideration.
However. according to Miss Flor
ence NJ. Brown. general secretary of
the Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation. this condition can be rem
edied and work found for the women
who are now practically without
support.
Housework Is Miss Browns solu-
tion OF the problem.
At this moment there Is a Job for
every unemployed woman, but 1t IS
only their intense dislike Of house.
hold work which keeps them from
accepting positions which arc open
to them and by which they could
at least gain livelihood until the
worst days are ove~ and other op-
portunitics present themselves.
Maid No Object of Scorn.
According to Miss Brown. the day
Of the maid who Is looked down upon
is over. and the stigma which Is at
tached to the job of being a servant
Is only fetish in the mind OF
woman.
IF every woman in Washington
who has not a position today" said
Miss Brown yesterday, would go in
for general housework and make up
her mind that for the time she was
going to be an expert at the house
keeping profession. and make it a
work which she could love. hundreds
Of housekeepers in this city would
turn over their homes to them"
Miss Brown said nothing about
salaries, but intimated that through
organization Of an efficient force OF
Intelligent women who were "house-
keepers" time. salary. and other
matters could be adjusted amicably
with results beneficial both to en-
ploye and employer.
THE mere word servant. she
continued, lis the means Of keeping
women from the positions which are
waiting for them. Until this feeling
Of the ignobility Of personal service
Is eradicated from the minds OF both
householder and housekeeper. women
will overlook one Of their greatest OF
opportunities.
my message to the women OF
Washington who are without posi-.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

Hair TOnics Containing
Alcohol to Be AUOided;
Resorcin a Dandrutt Cure
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG.
N. A., M. D. Johns Hopkins.)

ternally--on the head-as a teetotaler
taboos It's use within. Vascline with ten
or fifteen grains Of resorcin to the
the ethylic agent in it. as an Aristotle
to Jack Johnson.
Whenever dandrun manifests its de-
structive presence upon The crown of
recorcin, sulphur, beta naphthol and
salicylic acid with vaseline and lanoln
are levied upon.
Indeed, It may be truly SAID in the
war against the itchy, dry, scaiy, fluffy,
white dandruff drsi, that resorcin is
the standing army, the first line, the ~e-
serves, the landwehr. and the Ia
sturm Of defense. Sulphur ointment
the others are auxilaries, but relia,
most usually Is placed upon the stan.
and steady resorcin.
Value of Irritants.
TO promote the growth of hair in the
scalp or better the conservation o.
hirsute resources. 1t is necessary to irri
tate the headpiece by electricity, move
massage ard manipulation. kneading il
with the tips of the fingers, and the use
Of something to hasten the rush of die
tetic feeding blood to the hair rootlets
Peppery liquids, such as tincture o.
capsicum. ttncture of cantharides, mus
tard, turpentine and nitrate of pilocar
pine-all posons If drunk or taken into
the mouth In the proportions used-are
first aids to tighten loosening hairs. if
dissolved in hair lotions or ointments.
Moreover. these substances are hon
estly entitled to the terms of "tonics" OF
"stimulants." because. they do promote
the flow and rush of nutriment and
food to the dead and dying, sick and
dropping hair bulbs.
Beware, however. of tonics or RENE
dies Of any sort, no matter where or by
whom recommended. unless you can
! completely discover the whole precise
| list Of ingredients. Nine out Of ten
drugs present may be harmless or even
| helpful. the tenth one may. undo all
| and dominate the rest. Secret prepara
| tions are never secret. but single name
J may cover a multitude of ever-chang-
| ing, panoramic contents.
Copyright by Newspaper Feature Service
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

honor comes more readily to men. Let
us suppose again. Suppose you had
come Of a race Of men in constant sub
lection to another race; suppose this
race had been taller and stronger. and
had dom mated you hrst by brute
strengh. then by the gigantic weapons
Of custom?"
"A race In subsection" ! admitted.
always develops the petty underworld
Of emotions. The African slave learned
to lie and steal easily. because he was
in subjction to another race"
Women" said the voice. know
something OF its brutality and cruelty
and something of its privileges. And II
its slavery has not been so pronounced
or its seeds of evolution quite 30 black.
there is Similarity
There is" | admitted.
Gould you have come from centuries
of subjection with the tenderness and
| charity in your heart the patience, the
b'o mothering SENSE
1T is enough" l said. Men are sex
egotists."
| Copyright by Newspaper Feature Service
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

sincere, and went to work with
vim on the first job which / could
obtain for her, housework.
To-day she is doing wonderful
work. for which she receives much.
yet she started at the lowest rung
of the ladder.
Women do not seem to think
that il is the spiritual forces in
human beings which are really re-
sponsible for all commercial. moral
and physical gains. Wherever
there Is the spirit TO do. to con-
quer, to ascend to some higher
plane of endeavor. by means Of
the lesser stepping stone. then
comes success.
Results Can Be Shaped.
They think too much Of what
will-people-s and the money side.
not seeming to realize that both OF
these are results which can be
shaped, instead of gods to worship
at the start. Perhaps one way in
which to account for this strange
condition. this open contempt for the
one position which Is woman's
natural forte. and which in time of
stress should he her source Of In
come. is that the young girl of today