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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-01

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-, shep window, but after eioes 90
S~vvoes~D yeah 80 there are no haaies
\ er-u.Sonra sc~crdions and r~voiv~r
y 1900 around this display q ynnk-
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II about a. year. oid
-SoSs N~uk rvmrxnber the nssnt We
grand upr~ss. ssd Ne had
n the bnI<oaye Wesnesnoer.
wv Of she.s birds all IN ap hae
and they we're al TRIMS
Iriish ssd shys tsesh' Thes
.5UD1u III ne msvry hsh' Ash' sss Of
re- ps~sseks srs els. ssrsss fer
hr1S1s what pasfte~. d~sss.sss pssssss.
Y 80 eh~>, eins1s< Orch annres So pAays
~ uuns Of then unsesss.ad tthss's WY
~ ~.srcrt n,wHy, hss ss.s 49, gag.
NM eosrsing up . fusd 10 bay clothes for
ne nnf1s~s Of rngH, Africa. while she
\ssrs around hcvs-sf ME Sse1Dsse
vssss~.
CAUGHT WITH THE oooosi
oser--Jsck, that man hasn't
eniken HE eyes off me fer an instant
During the last hour.
Jsck-Hew DO you know!
PATRIOT
What have you ever done 70 show
bur patriotismf
\avsiI. ! always shoot on y or "
~ o. fireworks every Fourth Of
Detroit Free Press.
government can turn
p C6nkressman Humphreys post.
- site 10 the naval militia.
ID there's going to be an aEgres-
We cleanup campaign In Mexico.
INV not let Sergt. Putnam and bis
bquad 90 down. and keep the army
a homef
NE FOLLOWED MS ORDERS
sxeS~v state ss . fact asythtng yeu are
- certain about" the great editor warn
- the sew reporter. "or yen vii get us
No Iibei suits. In such cssss sse the
wsras 'sIlesed.' claimed 'r~Dufsd.' 'ru-
~ sh~~ this paragraph Appeared In
IT, ssesesy netes Of the psVsv;
II h rumored that . card party vas
nfveu yeseevasy By . sumsev Of sspafed
inAIes. Mrs.. smith, gossip says. was
hssssss II 10 alleged that the Guesfs.
VIM the exception 81 Mr. B~iinger. who
eoys she halls from L~avitt's Junetioo.
80 All from here Mrs. smith claims
= - ~ the wife Of Archibald smith. the
ss-~nIIed honest man" trading on key
sG.--Ia6ies' Homo Jssruai.
He DIDN'T WASTE IT
A little boy went to Sunday
school for the first time. His
mother gave him nickel to put In
the collection box. When he return
cd. he had a sack OF candy.
Where did you get the candy
asked his mother.
From the stand around the cor
ner."
But what did you buy II with
with the nickel you gave me-
But that was for Sunday school.
WELL" replied the boy. Il didn',
need II. The minister met me q,
the door and got me In free. The
Christian Herald.
OPPOSITE VIEW
my husband and I will never
agree on religious matters"
why not?"
His idea OF heaven r. place
where women cant talk. and that's
my idea OF the other place. New
York World.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-01

OWL you please tell o friend
and myself II we can obtain all Of
the chapters from, the first Of Con
fessions Of a Wife," published In
The Star, and can Il be bought In
book forn7 e. q.
A.-up TO the present time,
Confessions OF Wife" has not
been published in book form. Un-
less you can find some one who
has clipped this serial each day. I
do not know where you can obtain
previous chapters.
o.-Plesse tell me n II 10 proper
for young man 70 smoke when
walking on the street with . girl.
A-There is rule Of good socI-
ETY. against this practice, but II Il
so often disregarded that many
weil-meaning youths are not aware
OF It's existence.
al would like . good remedy
for a red complexion. Have tried
several toilet preparations, but
nothing seems to help. Al times 4
think ! have too much blood, for
with the least erertIon my face
seems to be on fire and am nearly
ready to faint. @. J. X.
A-Cosmetics will not reach
your trouble. Physicians are pay
ing much attention these days TO
the regulation OF the blood pressure.
and undoubtedly they will be able
10 remedy your trouble.
OF possible, will you print
how many acres the Coiviiie indian
reservation contains: also how wide
and how long II is7 What county
or counties does II erbrsce7
FRANK o.
A-The diminished Colville In
dian reservation. in Okonogan and
Ferry counties. embraces about
10000 acres. II is about 20 miles
long east and west and about 40
miles wide north and south. On
the south and east 1t Is bounded by
the Columbia river: on the west by
the okonogan river. and the north
ern boundary Is about IS miles
south of the Canadian line.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-06-17
WANT To ORGANIZE
M AE!:: RIAL CLUB
Matter Las Been Taken Up With
War Department And State De-
partmcnt.

That Martin&hurg is in the front
n preparedness was evidenced this
morning by the announcement that O.
+. CO!iinC. Of the {. p. Electric
company and II. +. Baird, OF tne
Hartlnsnurg Power com pany are con.
itr"jn& with the war department ana
he state military department 70! tie
purpose Of organizing an aerial c!uD.
For several months the movements OF
The acrODlanos tn European war
nave been closely watched ~ local
men. and the organizations q aerial
clubs III various parts o, N. cUrajrv
have caused considerable lCy-.l inter-
est TO be created
AS soon as the war department Of
ic;als report, if it is favorable, al.
engagements will be perfected for the
organization Of the club. a definite
answer is expected within u DAYS
" weeks ard no ACTON will be
taken until that time
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-06-17

planning TO seize Newport News and
Hampton and confine Butler to Fort
Monroe, and the latter determined up
on counter movement by an attack
on the fortified outposts. Gen. r.. w.
Pearce w@s placed in command Of
an expedition for that purpose, a por-
ZION OF hta force consisting of Ger
man troops from New York under
Col. 'BendiX and two 6-pounders un-
der Lieut.. Cradle from Newport
News, the latter having eleven regu-
lar army artillerymen.
Fire on Own Men.
1t was arranged that the Federals
should form junction at a point
near Little Bethel, but during night
march the German regiment mistook
another regiment for the enemy and
and several wounded before the mis-
AXE was discovered.
The firing warned the COnfederateS
It Little Bethel that Federal troops
'cre approaching, and they fell back
% Big Bethel, 4 or ) miles distant,
increasing the force there to about
$50, with several cannons in bat
cry. The Federals, about $500
strong, attacked them on the morn
ing OF June 10 and gained ground I'M
I'll noon. when they were driven bavk
~ Z severe fire
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-06-17
SHOULD PAPERS
TELL THE TRUTH!
Exchange Tells How Things Would
Be II News Were Properly
Reported.

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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-06-17
mot BEST TO SWAP HORSES"
SAID LINCOLN, So YEARS AGO

F1fty-tWO years ago tOday-June 8,
1864-President Lincoln gave utter
ance to the historic phrase 1T is not
best to swap horses when crossing a
stream"
This quotation was used by Prcsi-
dent Lincoln during one OF those days
In his presidential career when he
was at his best. The Republican ma
tional convention, at Baltimore, on
June had renamed the President
for another term. The doubt regard
ing his denomination, which for a year
or more had troubled the President
more than Mr.. Lincoln was willing at
times to admit, had been removed and
he was the party's choice, with every
prospect Of a reelection for second
term. He wanted to finish the Job"
he said. But if the nation should de-
eide differently he should furnish lis
successor with all the assistance in
his power.
Flood of Congratulations
When the nomination was made the
congratulations began to be received
from all parts Of the country. The
conventions delegates struggled 20
Washington to see the victorious
President, and many ORGANIZATIONS
were in attendance at the Capital for
the same pleasant duty. Among these
latter bodies was delegation from
the National Union League, an asso-
citation Of loyal men throughout the
Northern States, that had been Great
ed for the purpose Of rendering aid
in various ways to the Union cause
The deputation VAS received in the
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-06-17

You always notice the general pros
perity more on Sunday when you are
waiting for d chance to cross a coun.
try road without being hit.--Indiana-
polls News.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-06-17

A Washington scientist says insect
pests cost this country millions of
dollars. We can easily believe it.
Look what the bee in Teddys bonnet
has cost poor George Perkin, CHAR
lesion News and Courier.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-06-17
Porto Rico Is Sober.

The memorial declares that Porto
Rico is zone Of the most temperate
and sober countries in the world" and
says i'll conclusion:
"Whereas, it is only fair, in ac-
cOrdance with democratic principles.
to allow people to legislate on their
customs and needs in such form and
degree as may be deemed necessary
by them; being, on the other hand. m
gust to impose upon them laws and
resolutions Of a local and restrictive
nature by legislators who are strang.
ers to them. and at the same time ig-
nOrant Of their general conditions Of
life.
Resolved, that the Congress Of the
United States be requested not to
consider the aforesaid petition in
legislating for Porto Rico, and that
no prohibition whatever of the sale,
importation or manufacture of alcO-
hOliC beverages in Porto Rico be in
cluded III such legislation. leaving the
Legislature Of the islands to adopt
such measures as may be deemed adj
visabie for that purpose
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-06-17
ISLAND IS SOBER
Provincial Legislators Maintain
inhabitants Are Among the
Most Temperate On Earth
and Declare Dry"Advocate$
AreUninformed as toGeneraI
Conditions of Life


uonists to induce Congress 10 sup
press the sale OF liquor IN Porto Rico,
Porto Rican statesmen nave intro
duced into the legislature Il petition
requesting Congress to gran, tu>n
Home Rule on the question and BRAND
ing as misstatcmonts the charges OF
dry" advocates.
GLANDS Of, Please"
A dispatch to the New York
World from San Juan ('. i,.} says:
lrritatcd by statements recently
made to the United States Congress-
to the effect that Porto Rico spends
$l4,0O0,0OO a year for liquor. and by
the efforts OF ProhibitioniSts TO pat
the island on the water wagon, the IA
tive Legislators have introduced in the
Porto Rican legislature a resolution
asking Congress to refrain from in
terfering with the islands excise
measures. The memorial is eXpcctcu
to pass both Houses.
The resolution, which originated in
the Executive Council, the upper body
of the legislature, says that the island
consumes only $500, 600 litorS OF yari-
GUS beverages, including distilled spir-
it's, beer, wine and champagne These
were valued in l9I4-I1 at %1,Gl4,O0O.
In recent memorial 10 Congress
asking that a prohibition amendment
be added to the Jones bill, the Inter
national Reform Hura1jr i,1.,i,,,. ;:,,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
BOOKS ON

The volume on Catholic Moral
Teaching and Its Antagonists" by
Prof. Joseph Mausbach. d. D. Joseph
F.. Wagner. New York; Is the trans
ation by A. NJ. buchanan Of a Ger
man work which has passed through
many editions and is in the main a
refutation OF criticisms and attacks
mad on the Catholic Church since
the Reformation. chiefly by German
authors. The author, however. does
not content himself with answering
the arguments of opponents: he de-
fines and makes very clear what the
attitude Of the Catholic Church Is on
every matter touched upon in contro-
versial writings. This gives No his
book a special value. The authors
that ne undertakes to refute are all
respectable and worthy antagonists
whose arguments deserve some an
swer he pays no attention TO vulgar
and ignorant aNuse Of Catholicism
Starting though II be to orthodox
Christians and little though the au-
thority left to the Old Testament may
seem in Prof. William Frederic Bade's
THE Old Testament IN the Light of
To-day (Houghton Mifiin Company
the book has II distinct value IN that
II presents the main results Of modern
discoveries and Of the Higher Crit!-
cism' In a popular and entertaining
form. That al times the statements
are too broad and emphatic Ia due
20 the lecture form in which the in
formation was first impaired. which
lends itself 20 the temptation 20 be
dramatic. The deductions IN" author
dra VS. from the new light shed on
the Old Testament are his OWN; the
| reader IL also free to form his owr
conclusions on tho evidence submit
ted.
Wholly orthodox and formal. on the
other hand. is 1.-THE Social Institutions
and Ideals Of the Bible" by DR.. Theo-
dore Gerald Soares Of the Cniverstt!
Of Chicago The Abingdon Press: New
York;, one Of a Bible study textbook
series. The matter Is inevitably ar
! ranged in n somewhat mechanical ant
| dogmatic form 10 meet the require
| ments Of the class oom and each topic
is provided with questions for furthe'
study. The book seems we'll adaptet
to the purpose OF the series.
In the scholarly and d!gn!fied Iowel
lectures delivered In Boston by Or
William Cunningham. arChdeacon OF
Ely. christianity and Politics
(Houghton Mlflin Company, he re-
views the history Of the Ang!o-SaNor
world since the Reformation an,
studies the part Christianity has taker
In 1t. naturally from the Anglican
point If view In an appendix he ex'
| presses his views as TO what a Chris
| tan should do IN war time. haviHF
the present wal in mind.
The difficulties peculiar to large c!t!e'
with which ministers have to content
| are discussed ny Bishop Frederick ID
Land Leete in THE Church In th'
CITY The Abingdon Press, In "Th'
Social Teachings OF Christ Jesus
| CFleming II. Revell Company W
Beatty Jennings applies Bible text
TO the discussion OF modern problems
apparently as Sunday school, exercises
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geography the book may serve a very
useful purpose.
The title Practical Surveying" used
by Ernest Mccullough exactly de-
scribes his book ID. Won Nostrand
Company. He explains the art to the
youth who has had only a common
school education. defining every opera
ton and instrument and supplying
whatever mathematics may be neces-
sary. The author has in mind q boy
who has everything to learn; he is
clear, simple and definite in all his
Information.
A careful description Of the physical
exercises which are now called for In
the school curriculum will he found
in William A.. Stecher's "The Theory
and Practice of Educational Gymnas-
tics" John Joseph Mcvey, Philadel-
phia). The author tells s~uccinctly
just what must be done and why. and
illustrates his book with many inter-
esting photographs Of children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
HOW MRS. HALE COMBINES
WRITING AND ACTING

Louise Closer Hale the author OF
We Discover New England" is an ac-
tress as well as a novelist. She has writ
ten two stories OF the theatre. one deal
Ing with the problem of the unmarried
woman, the socond WIN that Of the wife.
But now that she has sung her song
she viii write nc more of these people
Mrs Hale claims that in no way does
her work Ms an actress interfere with
hat of a writer. "Eaoh Is a blessed re-
Lief from the other she says. When
Mr.. Hale is away or shut UP In his
studio all day I am alone writing until
| grow very tired OF myself and the
silences. Then | go to the theatre in
the evening and find plenty Of compan-
ionship among my comrades In the COM
pany. and when | Nave returned home 7
feel that l have been to a particularly
pleasant party where. by the way. the
guests have made mn by nobler
methods than bridge.
IL suppose real writer's write because
they can't help II. As a girl | always
wanted to try to write, but the more |
read the more convinced ! am that I
could never do anything 80 wonderful
and that II Is nothing snort of audaciey
to try. Even so. when my heart was
broken-which happened very ~often-I
took to expressing my grief on paper,
burt / never had the temerity TO send
these outpourings around.
1T was through an illness Of my hus.
bands that forced me 10 cave the stage
that ] began to write with any hope of
selling what | dill. We went to Europe.
and he was an etchcr of real ability. I
endeavored to write something to tit his
sketches. Three years after the first
travel article we did a novel, full OF pic
lures by him n words by me. How |
ever managed 10 do that so, 900 word
piece OF fiction Is beyond me. but II sold
encouraginely well. and | have be-comt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
CONCERNING GLOBULAR
MARIA AND SOME OTHERS

Things are delightfully."- topsy turvy
in A%lsernon Blackwood's story OF 1.-THE
Extra Day" (The Macmillan Com
pany). The three children, Judy. Tim
rare perceptions, and Tim and Judy
We're quite extraordinary; but we cum
slider hat Maria. who was fat and
sleepy as well as wise, was the most
lovable. Maria had few words. she
was s%ententious and ~nervously undis-
turbed; her calm was beau,:-u,.
II will be noticed with what dis
cernment the children differentiated
and variously priced the powers OF
several persons, as story teilers They
encouraged and eve pestered papa,
who really told very good stories.
His account OF the rabbit and the
squirrel and the mouse, and Of the
Importance OF these creatures N saw
ing England from sinking beneath the
sea, a suicidal business that sh"
seemed determined to accomplish. was
told remarkably well, though with
some natural bitches where imacina-
ton faltered. The man whose name
was links could not tell stories at all
He was destitute of imagination, and
Maria's stolid treatment Of him was
scathing, II he had only known 1t.
AS for Col. Stumper, c. b., the chill
dren tolerated him as a story teller
because under his terrible manner
lie was such a kind man. They APP
proved of his strong iron!es and liked
it when he roared at them and pre-
tended TO be ogreish. 1t was cas-
for them, however, TO see through his
story about tiger hunting, They per-
ceived readily that II the jungle had
been as dark as he said II was he
could not have seen the cobra that bit
the elephants toe in the moment Of
being trampled to death; also that II
the jungle had been as thick as he
said II was the elephant never could
have raced of at the high rate OF
speed declared by the Colonel, Also
the children's sense Of poetic Justice
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01

Wv
approves strongly of It in a preface.
The directions are very clear and the
author has calculated the mathemati-
cal odds against each hand and draw.
The more decorous substitute for
poker, favored especially by women
who play cards. is explained by Grace
q. Montgomery in Modern Auction in
Ten Lessons' Charles Scribner's
Sons). an excellent little manual that
has passed through several editions
in three years and now appears un-
der a changed title and completely re-
vised, owing to the recent modiica-
lions OF the rules OF the game. The
laws adopted by the Whist Club OF
New York in the summer Of 1915 are
appended.
A branch Of household decoration
that causes n dlsproportionate amount
or trouble 10 most housewives IS ex-
planned with much thoroughness by
Agnes Foster in a little volume called
Making Curtains and H~angings'
(Robert NJ. Mcbride and Company,
New York;. The illustrations help ou,
the directions.
ADVICE TO-. statesmen seeking a
mouern snort cut TO afnuence Is ten
oereu oy c II. NEWARK In Auto
mobile Business" automobile Publish
ing Company. Detroit). The advice
Is clear and practical; besides urging
the acquisition of a thorough knowl-
edge OF the business In all its details
10 wnich ne supplies valuable assist
ahce' ana the employment Of energetic
methods, the author ineuicates a high
OF ethics and OF commercial
morailty.
hRn IDEAS noat also above 8. Ro-
lano ffall IN short Talks on Retail
seiiins 'funk and Wagnalls Com
pany), general advice on all manner
OF topics besides saiesmansh!p. OF the
sort that youth gets as a rule from
us efuers wnen starting on any under.
taxing Most of the authors advice
- uhexcept!onable In quality. but We
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01

and OF individual dignity was outraged
by the circumstance that the end OF
the story eft the Colonel hung like
a meal sack over the limb Of a tree.
They thanked the narrator politely but
coldly. His stories did not ring true.
as papa's stories did.
But Uncle Felix, who was a roman
tic novelist by profession. was the
man OF wonder. 1t was through him
that the children became Familiarity
acquainted with the Night Wind. He
was by when Judy asked the tramp
whether he took two Jumps Of sugar
In his tea, or only n inc the tramp
replied easily: Five, please" This
tramp had come along by the London
road, and II was lucky for him that ne
was let into the children's garden. for
the policeman arrived presently. The
tramp really had stolen a chicken
and some butter, but IL was difficult
to believe II when after a few mo-
ments OF concealment under a pile OF
rubbish he reappear-~ In a dress Of
gold with a silver sword hanging at his
side, 1t may be said, too, that his hair
was curly, or course the policeman
was hahbergasted, and It was rather
beautiful that Judy should have burst
into tears.
When Uncle Felix conceived the
Idea of %suspend!ng time by stopping
the kitchen cock he touched ne rhap s
tn" highest possib lities OF his genius.
From this period the story fairly
whlr!s with wonder. We have found
/. gratifying that Uncle Felix should
have been particularly impressed by
Maria. He stared at her ~'refectins
while he d d so, Through her globular
exterior standing here beside him, rose
this quiet tide whose profound and
i~reyhaustible source was nothing less
than the entire universe" She was
Ike the earth in the absence OF
thunder storms. billiards., hurricanes
and volcanic eruptions, She was I
years old and she had blue eyes. Ever,
reader will be fond Of Maria ~ vel
a. astonished by the talA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
DARING OF AMERICAN
WOMAN WRITER

The remarkable thing about Mary
Roberts Rinchart n her war expert
ences as described in her new book.
Kings, Queens and PaUns," Is not that
a woman dared to get TO the front. bit
that an American. regardless of sex,
was the first to get to the front. Be-
fore the London Times man was under
fire. before the plucky correspondent
from the Temps or the feature man
OF the Mdttn was at the first line
trenches this American. this American
woman. was out with the troops. From
first TO last, despite n gallant record
Of such other Americans as irwin cobb
VIII Irwin. Herbert Corey, no American
before or since has exhibited such daring
as did Mrs. Rinehart in getting her facts,
She slowed away in crossing the Chan
mel, though she had been personally
warned by Winston Churchill that the
Channel boat was likely 10 he tor
pedoed and though the captain declined
TO allow her the risk Of crossing. She
Immediately broke away from a safe
base and went out In a motor car with
the first scouts. She got not merely to
The trenches but beyond them. INTO the
death territory half way between ;he
Relsium and German lines. She was
under fire a number OF times. including
the worst bombardment OF Dunkirk.
when the AZ centimeter guns OF the
"Bosches" rained death for hours on the
terrified town. Her observations H.
Kings. Queens n Pawns' have a dis
tinct value as the womsn's view of the
war, but their greatest value Is that they
are the record Of the experiences of -
woman who showed-and needed-as
much daring as any winner of the Vic
toria Cross.
Nor has any ~corresoondent beer shawn
greater courtesies. King Albert himself
entertained Mrs. Rirehart. not as a news
paper woman but as a personal friend
and her explorations OF the battle from;
were under the guard OF the French com
wander In chief.