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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
"Tiz" for puffed-up. aching.
snsrtlna. ealioused feet
and corns

Goodbye sore feet. burning feet,
swollen feet, smelling feet. tired
feet.
Goodbye corns, callouses. bun.
ions and raw spots. No more shoe
tightncss, no more limping with
pain or drawing up your face In
agony. "TIZ" IN magical. acts right
OFF. "TIZ" draws ON all the poi.
sonous exudations which puff up
the feee-the only remedy that
does. Use "TIZ" and wear smaller
shoes. All how comfortable your
feet will feel "TIz" is delight
"TIZ" Is harmless.
Get n 25-cent box Of "TIZ" now
at any druggist or department
store. Don't suffer. Have good
feet. glad feet. feet that never
swell, never hurt. never get tired.
A years foot comfort guaranteed
or money refunded.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
Ponto the Purp

from them had learned the worth
OF stern discipline and constant
training-our navy borrowed from
the British its regulations.
After two years in office, Secre-
tary Stoddert recommended TO con.
gress that board OF three or five
navy officers be constituted. but as
Mahan put il, the recommenda.
ton fell fruitless. There followed
eight years of president (Jeffer.
SOM, who held nayies in abhor-
renee. as at the best barely tolera.
bic evils. Jeffersons theory was
that we needed only coast defense
vessels. and he thought gunboats
answered the purpose. At the out.
break OF the war OF 1912 we had
251 OF these useless boats--thcy
soon proved their worthlessness
even for coast defense. since
single ship-of.the-line could have dis
posed of the lot.
But we had in the Constitution.
the United States and the President
three fine 44-gun frigates. superior
TO any frigate in the British navy
Besides these we had 10 other ser
viceable vessels. but not one shin.
of-the-line. Against us, in the
American waters from Halifax To
the West Indies. the British had
seven times the armament of the
whole American navy: by 1914.
when Napoleon was finally beaten.
England could bring against the
United States ei9 ships-of.the.line.
2s6 trigates and large number of
corvettes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10

SOLVE THIS CHARADE
GET BOX OF CANDY


The NEXT contest for the Circle.
ties 20 puzzle their heads over IN
n charade sent In by one OF the
many boys and girls OF the Circle.
A bop OF candy II the prize for
solving this puzzle.
Write your answers neatly on one
side OF the paper only and sign your
name and address Just below your
answers. The age limit ls is.
cHARApE
NY first 10 In spst, but not In at
NY second 10 In spread, but not In
red.
NY third 10 In eat, but not In a.
NY fourth is In rat. but not In at.
NY fifth 10 In cried, but not In bed.
Ny sixth is In scat, but not In sat.
NY seventh 10 In crank, but not In
Gran.
NY eighth is In heat. but not in
eat.
NY ninth Is In heat. but not In
hat.
NY tenth 10 In hen, but not In he.
MY eleventh 10 In learn, but not
in lean.
NY twelfth is In naughty, bu, not
in naught.
NY whole Is the name Of famous
man.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
CHANGED HER oARe

Miss Jones. have you ever tried
10 ride horse bareback
"Oh. dear. NO. I usually wear a
riding habit"
just a Sample
4 little girl who had live
bantam presented 10 her Was dis
appointed nj the pmallnsns OF tho
first eEK laid BY the bird Her
ideal egg was that OF the ostrich.
specimen OF which was ON
table In the drawing room. One
day tho ostrich .Eg was missing
from It's accustomed place IL
Was subsequently found near the
spot where the bantam ncsted.
and on u VAS stuck piece OF
paper with the words
Something like this. please.
Keep on trying
Her Sole Chance
H--i hear that you are knit.
ting socks for the fighting sol.
diarp.
She-YeE: mans extremity Is
somans opportunity. you know.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
GOES FAR FOR BALL

SHARON. Pa. April l0.-Charles
Colapeck. 10. chased a baseball all
the way from Charleroi TO Freedom.
Pa. about so miles.
Charles. with some companions.
was having a little spring training
near the railroad yards in Charlerol
The ball was knocked into box
car and Charles Jumped in after
II. The other boys locked the door
and Charles couldn't get out until
he was found In the car In the Con.
way yards OF the Pennsylvania rail.
road at Freedom shortly after mid.
night.
Deputy Sheriff Beaver paid the
lads fare TO Chartered.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
KIDS MAY SEE EXPO.

DES MONIES, Iowa. April 10
The Iowa State Bankers associa.
ton and the faculty of the Iowa
state College are planning corn.
growing contest In every one OF
the 80 counties In Iowa II Is pro.
posed to offer prizes TO the boys
who grow the most corn on an
acre, the first prizes TO be
trips to the Panama. Pacific exposi.
ton Mt San Francisco this fall.
Nearly 1900 banks will assist in
the project.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
SCOUTS ON THE JOB

TRIMPI. n. j.. April t0.--An Incl.
dent that shows the ability OF
Scouts to handle an emergency in
an efficient manner was shown here
when local scoutmaster reported
HIS child lost Within half an hour
ten troops in the city were search
Ing for the child, and within an hour
had found him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
SOME OTHER LINES

Here are a few last lines that
were very good;
And stared In bewildered sur.
prise. Lillian Avery. s2ii 4sth
Ave. s.
For they we're as blue as the
skies. Clara Barstow. 1894 Tenth
Ave.
And gazed with look OF sur.
prise. Laura Mooney. Blaine.
With those saucer.like. grass.
green eyes. Laurence Wells. Mis-.
sion City. y. c.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
BROKEN LEG FIXED
BY BLACKSMITH

SULLIVAN. Ind. April TO-
An unusual accident occurred
near here when Andrew
j. Curry, former recorder OF
sullivan county. fell from
buggy and broke his cork leg just
below the knee. The fracture was
set a local blacksmith shop.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
LOCAL ClRCLEITE
WINS the BUNNIES


The last line OF the above Jingle
was written by Donald Crammond
OF us saith Ave. OF this city. who
wins the prize OF two rabbits.
His letter was one OF over three
score that were sent In by Circle.
ties who wanted those two Dummies
II Donald win call az the office
about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Uncle Jack will present him with
tho rabbits.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10

Editors Note-This 10 the
fifth installment OF ~ Short
History OF the American Navy"
published by THE Worlds
Work" In its series on American
oefenses.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10


bulletin on the Health of School
Children just issued by the bu-
rcau OF education, he says:
III the schools are closed when
an outbreak occurs, the children
are turned loose from supervision
they mingle freely with one an.
other In the streets, on Fairgrounds
and In each others houses.
"They are having an extra
vacation and enjoying them
selves thoroughly and are un-
Willing TO admit that they feet
NJ, lest they be kept at home
and prevented from having a
oood time. For this reason they
Will not say they feel III until
the disease 10 we'll advanced,
and they may be active sources
Of infection for SONS time be-
fore II 10 discovered that they
srs ~.
III the schools are kept open
ard the children continue In the
flssfroomg as usual, they are IN
Der strict observation and exam
fse1 daily ~ the school physician,
suspicious and infected cases be-
Ing sent home for observation or
Treatment
IN this way many children are
6ehf home before they have had
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10

4 wish TO look at hats for my
wife"
Very we'll Here IN . design
which We call the last word.
UNI think che already has
that"
Special cable from London says
Ensland's annual drink bin il a
billion dollars. That's nothing.
over here We lap up t~lc. as
much as thst--nenrly two billion
dollars worth.
A fellow has been found In Chi.
cago whose mind has been an alb
solute blank for one year. We
suspect b. has been writing the
war editorials for a certain Seat.
tie newspaper.
Ore Comfort
A. tea.tlme anywhere - Yes.
darling. war Is terrible. but Isn't
II a mercy the military fashions
are 40 becoming.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10

You will find the room you
want in Star For Rent" Ads.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
when You're Well, Keep Well"
WATCH CHILDREN DURING EPIDEMICs
Another article In The Stars health campaign being conducts
with cooperation Of American Medical Associates

an opportunity TO infect others.
thus reducing the probability OF
spreading Infection. Further than
this. the attention OF the paren,s
Is called TO the fact that the child
Is feeling III and he Ia brought
under treatment earlier.
~ seems. therefore, that keep.
Ing the schools open offers the best
chance of safety for the pupils.
both collectively and individually.
Instead OF closing the schools
and allowing the children to be
scattered and removed from super
vision, when an outbreak appears
the schools should be kept open az
usual and the children urged to
attend.
The school physician and nurse
should be detailed to the school
where the outbreak has appeared
and instructed 10 examine every
child daily. excluding such as ap.
pear III or suspicious. This can be
done with very little disturbance
OF the school work.
"A note must be sent To the par.
ent stating that the child seems. or
Ia. Ill and must be seen by the fam.
fly physician. Suspicious cases
must be ordered 10 remain at home
until further notice. and, II neces.
sary. must be visited in order to
settle the diagnosis. Absentees
must be rounded up and examined
In order TO find out why they have
been kept at home. n they are III.
they must be Isolated. and. IL we'll
urged 10 return to school"
The health authorities great
problem lie TO impress upon the
people that human life 10 the
most valuable asset we pos
sass and IL must be oroteefed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10

The next installrent OF this tab.
loid history " the America, navy
VIII be told In this paper Monday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10

At present II is the practice to,
close all schools in communities
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10

The health authorities great
problem 10 TO impress upon the
people that human life 10 the
most valuable asset we pos
sess and II must be protected
ut any cost.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10

" mere dit fVf
demic OF con-
tagIous disease
Ia raging, but
doubt as TO the
wisdom OF this
is expressed by
Or. Francis @.
Curtis OF New
ton, Mass. In a
FTf.N nrN
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05

a quick gesture to attract his atten.
ton. She slyly shook her head at him,
but he came nearer, not understand
ing.
Don't buy that horse" she whis-
pered hastily. Cannot you see he is
going blind? Watch how my father al
ways faces him to the sun, so both eye
lids droop alike. He balks, too. I'm
telling you the truth, because-be-
cause" The blood rushed to her dark
face, and she ran into tent.
Horton coolly walked back and
turned the horse from the sun. One
eyelid did not droop. He waved his
hand close to the other eye. but the
horse did not wink.
"The deal Is OF" he said contemptu
ously, and walked away. The old man
flew into q rage and cursed Wiley
while the women ran after Horton
with insulting epithets. He caught q
glimpse af Q pair of black eyes flashing
at him - he passed the tent, and saw
for . moment . pretty brown face. He
turned to speak t. the girl, but she
was gene In flash.
That night The woods around the
gypsy encampment rang with girlish
shrieks. and q erumpled heap Of
bruised flesh and yellow clothes, gay
with bangles, sobbed itself to an un
easy sleep on q pile of straw. But
when daylight came only the trampled
grass showed where gypsy camp had
been
John Horton stood where the tent
had stood, and had his own thoughts
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
DDS WOOD
VIOLET
by ]. B. Lippincott c.

- - . little old-fashioned drug
- = = side street in Greenwich
IGGo The small soda-fountain
~ nose been out of date 20 years
- - the yellowing shelves bore
1elno md walls and dingy patent
D11e1neo that somehow reminded one
~ Gnys just after the civil war.
Do1lno the prescription counter,
- eseoing. stood the druggist pro-
ll9res . nan not far into middle age,
e wearing side whiskers that seemed
(oe1So Of his lack of progressive.
I'D. He was making up a prescrip-
~ on4 INVOLVING in his mind ways
~ uoons to bring about a return of
y eogtom that had been steadily fall
Il 81 ever since the smart young
FuUGist had opened a brilliantly light.
eeere On the corner below.
Tie mont door opened, and a thick
II amooth-shaven, red-cheeked. hui
crOuD-l0cking man entered, with u
Kidding step caused by the undue
|0utnoos Of his two legs.
Hello. what's happened?" said he.
D soon a. he came in. why, 1t
bells like q violet ranch. Say, I
bed some lof that perfume right now"
TAlking quickly and loudly as was
. won't = he approached the pre-
fription desk, although he saw moth.
Is but the shiny top of the druggists
lid head, he shifted and snuffed, and
/ last stepped around behind the
punter In : familiar way and said. as
) knocked his windpipe with the edge
his pudgy hand, Frog in the throat
Iced some eucalyptus tablets. Say
ht II ID sweet in here. What's been
pset?'
The druggist went on preparing his
description. He compressed his thin
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05

ceeding CELEBRITY. Then she sat up and
smiled with evident enjoyment
Now you can make yourself scarce
Dutchy," ordered Horton, and the farm
hand 1imped away without a word.
I'm sorry did not come quicker"
said Horton gently. did he hurt you
much?' and he kneeled beside her
It's nothing. sir she answered.
showing her white teeth in smile.
But see my hands, sir
She held UP to him her slim, brown
hands, and he saw that her palms were
filled with splinters.
IF you have needle, perhaps can
get them out for YOU he said. taking
her hands gently in his own. She had
no needle, but me took breast-pin
from the neck of her gown, giving him
a glimpse of pretty throat. So he
set to work removing the splinters,
hurting her much, but drawing no
sound from her.
She fixed her black eyes on him,
shyly examining him from head to foot
as he bent over her palms. She looked
at the sunshine that gave a red CLINT
to his carefully brushed brown hair.
She noted how well-groomed he was
and how broad his shoulders were,
how clean was his linen and how white
the strong hands that held held own SO
firmly and yet so tenderly. But her
eyes dwelt longest upon his keen. man
ly face.
said at last, and she was sorry He
wiped the uny spots of blood away
and bound her hand in his soft, white
handkerchief AS they walked to the
gypsy camp together he talked to her
cheerily of the things that he thought
would amuse her, while she, seldom
speaking. looked at him shyly out of
the corners of her dark eyes
At the camp the women gathered
around Horton and demanded to tell
his fortune Il tell it for five dollar.
said one old bag Il tell il for three
dollar" screeched another more
greasy than the first NO. no! tell IL
for one dollar" screamed third. try
ing to draw him into tent. He shook
the women pushed forward the girl
urging her to ask Horton Tor a quar-
ter.
Il will not, che answered angrily
you make me feel 'shamed Go way"
She sat sullenly on the tongue of a
wagon. listening sulkily to the torrent
OF abuse the slatterns poured out at
Horizons refusal to give them money.
All the charm was gone from her face
She watched while her iather once
more led out the horse for a final in
spection She scrutinized Horizons
face to see II her fathers eulcgies of
the horse were affecting him, and
strained her ears to hear his decision.
'I'll take that horse" said Horton
decisively III pay you today and
send for it
A smile OF triumph fitted over the
gypsy's sinister face. but Horton did
not see it he was looking at the girl
seated on the wagon. Tor she had made
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
Alumni Day.

DO you remember the night we put
a COW in the Greek professors room?''
Yes. And when we lampblacked the
bust of Aeneas?"
Sure And the cold winter evening
we turned the bell upside down and
filled il with water"
"Ah, those were great days, How's
your boy getting along? DO you think
the students of to-day are as studious
and progressive as we used to be-"
Then the gray-haired gentlemen be
gan to discuss the moral influence of
modern college Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05

bps 70 show that he did not care TO
peak. and the jolly little man contin-
ed. "Oh, mustn't talk to the man at
be wheel All right. my son. Might
live me laudanum in place of rhu-
Sarb."
When the ap0thecary had finished
putting UP the prescription he said.
what II II you wish, sir?"
Some eucalyptus tablets. Thought
mentioned 1t. l also want to know
my mis- place smells like a bower
4 violetsfs
The druggist gave dry little cough,
miled family, and said, ~ happened
3 break . bottle of my violet per-
nme. Does smell good, doesn't it?"
Smell eood. Why, there's fortune
= that smell, man. Early days Of
ourtship, only girl ever loved, and
IN that sort of thing. Are you adver
Using It much and is II selling well?"
II doEt have time to advertise"
aid the druggist, as ne opened a
drawer and pulled out a package Of
Pucalyptus tablets. And wouldn't
Know how. There are so many peo-
Die advertising nowadays that small
advertising is drop in the bucket
md 10 a unnoticed as drop in q
bucket"
That's gospel said the fat man
But why advertise In small way!
- 70 at Mt
entiouf Now. look here. I'm a nor.
nal man. Perhaps little more wide
awake than some. but still pretty
much the man in the street that we
hear SO much about these days. Now,
what happened when l came in here
and was greeted by that fragrant sal,.-
tation? That's what it was, fra.
grant salutation. Why, felt curl
Gus to know all about the thing.
want Z bottle right of, but also want
you 70 ADVERTISE II so that other peo
pie will feel as | did. II knocks the
Fifth avenue preparations all hollow. -
Il know it's a good thing" said the
druggist quietly. 1T used to be used
good Zeal by the old substantial
families in the neighborhood Ny
father put il up before me But why
should you be interested in il? What
. 10 there In it for you?''
The stout little man squared his
shoulders and stepped back pace rs
he said, why. I'm only the nm whit
crammed Breakfastbran down tho n
willing throats of credulons p-hlic
Just then the door OPENED and 2
young woman entered and asked for .
glass OF ice-cream soda.
Il don't have ice-cream," said the
|druggist. approaching her. Il can Civ,
you plain vanilla cream"
Never mind. said the woman, a.,
walked out
oh. soc" said he stout man, a:
the door closs d after her, you're II
business for your health You dom
care to keep what the public wants
You're Ike the man up in Maine whC
was asked If he had somebody or 9th
er's laundry soap. i did keep it, saiG
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
in THE PALM
OF A GYPSY
copyright, by ]. B. Lippincott Cos
BY CAROLINE LOCKHART

copyright, by ]. B. Lippincott Coz
John Horton was walking slowly
along the foot-path through the woods
that led to the gypsy encampment for
a final look at that horse he had about
decided to buy. He had tried the horse
and had examined him carefully, and
if it had not been a gypsy who was
selling him Horton would have felt no
hesitation about paying the money
asked. Suddenly he stopped and looked
sharply about him. He heard the sound
again-the scream Of q woman. He ran
through the woods in the direction Of
the scream. Don't. oh. ,don't!" the
voice cried shrilly.
Running into a field by the edge OF
the wood, he came upon q sullen Ger
man farmland, pulling piece OF
fence rail roughly from gypsy girl
She chung to it with her strong young
hands and the German was dragging
her with rough jerks. Seeing he could
not wrest the wood from her the farm
hand raised his fist and struck at her
just as Horton sprang forward. But
,, he was too late-the girl went down, 9
gaudy heap Of red and yellow cloth. all
, yer chains and bangles.
Stand back" cried Horton coming
before the girl as the farm hand lifted
his fist again.
Mind yer own business" growlet
the German, his fury increased as he
saw the good-looking young man IL
fashionable clothes, lone of them towI
dudes III settle this gypsy thief"
Horton said never word. but his
arm shot out smoothly and swiftly anG
the German lay down to look at bril-
liant consultations. The gypsy cir
opened her eyes wide, but did no
move. She saw the German getting VI
slowly and going down again with ex
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
How IsincIass Is Made.

The raw material Of isiuglass is the
air bladders or sounds of fish, and Is
not Of value except for this one pur-
pose, In Russia. where the finest ISM
glass is made. the sounds OF the stur-
geon are cut open and STEPPED in wa
ter until the outer membrane sepa-
rates from the inner: then the latter
is washed and dried In the sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05

Il noted a now meaning Of the word
privilege the other day" said J.
Fuller Gloom The article said IL
was a mans privilege TO pay for a
woman strangers meals on short rail-
road trips Personally ] do not see,
with the customary high prices on a
dining car how anyone could consider
the paying anything more than a. ex-
IRENE effort kansas City Star
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
Snaniah IanouaQe.

The Spanish language is not diff.
cult one to learn. On the other hand.
1t is one of the easiest in the world.
By steady application. combining con-
versation with book study, one should
be able to get pretty fair command
of the Spanish in years time
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
Jamaica.

The area OF Jamaica is 1920 square
miles. and the island has a population
of $4,000. The population of Cuba is
i 100000. The climate OF both islands
is, with few exceptions. fine. No rea.
son why white people from the states
should not live in either place with
perfect safety
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
Quite q pescriptlcr.

Monocled Caller making converse
tion)-'Last year. y know. / came
across a most extr-od'n'ry book all
sbout-er-things don't remember
the title-cant recall the authors
name. but-aw-perhaps youv read
tt2'-I.ife
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
Misleading Audience.

why doesn't young Bliggins make
more progress in his studies? He
doesn't get the proper kind of en-
couragement. His father doesn't take
any interest in what the boy knows
about the classics. but is enthusiastic
about the way he can play accompani-
rnents on the banjo Washington
Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05

! s
His Ears All Right.

Johnny is a little southern boy liv-
ing In Texas with his grandmother.
who is a little deaf. One day while
he was playing she called to him sew
eral times, but he didn't answer ~
nally she said: y hnuy, don't you
hear me- and Johnny says, 'Cose
heah you; my ears amt lame"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
No Lonoer "PlaIn."

You used TO say that you trusted
tho Wisdom of the plain people.
Yea replied the ccurtly candidate.
hut % many charming women are
nov voting In my state that | could
no ionger think Of referring to the
roople as nlain "-Vashir gton Star
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05
Footwear Of the Romans.

The Romans made use of two kinds
of shoes. the solea. or sandal. which
worn at home and in company, and
the calceus, which covered the whole
foot and was always worn with the
toga when the user went abroad