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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-05
PAULA WEARS LkWTON'S
FLOWERS TO DINNER
WITH JEFF PERRY
GREEN

Before thought. Margie. said
I Paula. 4 was down on my knees
holding thore bruised flowers 20
my breast. and when had ceased
sobblng exclaimed. Earnest Law
ton. YOU are a brute. and ] hate
I you. hate YOU.
I'm an instant his mood changed.
and. HIS arms about me. he implor-
ed. Paula. Paula, please forgive
me. Can't you see ! vas jealous ?
/ That hos swccthcart Of yours Is
! the only man have known you TO
/ take the slightest interest In. and
when / saw you wearing his flow.
ers. and you told me you. who ncV.
or accepts supper engagements
/ with any one. were going out with
/ him after the show, just went
mad. that's all
Is IL because We are so vain.
Margle. that even the slightest nat
/ terry makes us forgive real hurts ?
Because Earnest was so humble |
forgaye him Immediately without
stopping 10 think how cruel he had
been TO me.
Even after I had become suffi-
GENTLY calm 10 realize that Ear
nest and we're disclosing our
quarrel to the whole company. and
[ had gone to my dressing room and
put my violets I'm water | did not
I realize / had seen n cruel. unrca-
sonable. selfish character reveal IT.
self
Instead. | thought almost eXuit-
antly. Poor Earnest he loves me
so much he Is perfectly miserable. :
Il tell you. MarRie. | no longer
hold TO the idea that jealousy
means great love. II simply means
a vain. selfish man Is not having
as much Difference paid TO his
pride and cgotism os he thinks he
should have.
while ! was on the stage with
Miss Dayton. Earnest sent out for
/ flowers for me. and when I got
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-05
Confessions ofaWlfe

back 20 my dressing room found
my violcts gone and IN their place
magnificent spray OF orchids.
Isn't Il strange that man
thinks he can pay you with ma
teriRl THINGS for the hurts he has
given your heart have known
one woman whose icwclcd hands
represented things she had had 20
forgive and pretend she had for.
gotten. and another who knew.
when her husband was more gen
erous than usual. that he was try.
Ing 10 wipe off his sins against her.
Earnest seemed 10 think II
forgavc him ! would give up my
supper engagement with Jeff. and
had another exhibition OF his TEN.
per when he found out was still
determined to go
] am hurt. Paula. he said !
expected your greatest JOY would
be IN making mo happy. and ! find
on the first call OF your old friends
YOU throw me over would have
expected a woman Of the world to
be a. heartless as that. but sou.
my baby child, never
Yes. dear Margie. can smile
over II now when I see the oxtrava-
gance OF such speeches. hut then
every word spoken in that sup
pressed. fohby strain that had
made Earnest Lawton's reputation
as an actor cut mo to the heart.
At least YOU will be wearing
my flowers said Earnest as
emerged from my dressing room I'm
"a white gown with his spray OF or.
chids pinned agains, my breast
Yes. Earnest but don't know
what ! can say to JEFF for not wear
ing his
AS II happened. ! did not need
10 say anything. for aside from a
slight look Of surprise. JEFF never
mentioned his flowers to me
however. said to him II was
lovely OF you. jeff. to send me
those darling violets. They are my
favorlte flowers
sent them. Paula. because my
mother told me once you reminded
her always of white yiolets.
60 BE- continued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-05
heated CARS!

1t three years ago that The Star began the
campaign for heated street ears.
1t long fight, but today the Puget Sound
Traction. Light Power Co. yield, to the reason
able requirements imposed by the state public ser
vice commission Eighty five equipped with
heating apparatus and glass sashes have been installed
in opcn-cnd cars
The star feels mighty thankful that II has been
able TO be OF service the people of Seattle again
In urging these changes The Star felt that Seattle Is
entitled TO the same comforts other cities ENJOY.
The Star Will continue always, to boost for
Seattle and its people
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-05
Girls Make Much Money on
Their Patch of Cabbages

RUFFsoALE, Pa, Dec. 5-Four young living
place have established In
yield a OF
The women, the eldest o 10, a bank
OF 5000
amounting to $780, while fourth their eabbaees yet
to be marketed estimate OF
a
Early last spring the father
his daughters telling them make desired.
The girls after closely scanning the market
decided TO eabbages. They
When the time arrived cabbage scarcity
vegetable and skyhigh
ton OF $1,000 for the t"oare merely
and good saIesmanshlp.
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CATS CAUSE HUBBY MUCH WORRY

BALTIMORE Md Dec b-ludgo. how would Ike come
SD" Of the bed asked charles
Couiey charged with
his vi sadh and toner cut IN
Her the second divorce
andlm he
And you r. bad luck ohmed IN the wife
refused Of cats around
At them before any
thing" "a husband.
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LEADS TO A LAWSUIT

6rha a muhtahe g"i the SeaFei
dangling wPs brought out In
Cleveland Railroad company
$1,000 for injuries suffered street car
the car
alcoholic used his muhtRche for
belrope In fight he bitten IN the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-05
RED CROSS SEALS TO
AIDOPEN- AIRSCHOOLS

The holiday made their appearance Every
body sold push the hight asanh
tuberculosis how biz they really play
hruout the whole country u largely
financed by these little stioker
William X the AntTubercnoSis league
from this seasons sales a
schools seattle
schools the benefit OF children who weak under
connection with th"r
ana well ana h"p
from schools the East
slippers big cohkh and tho e are
Of parents Tho lcasu" mas
responsible this looking to returns from inc
sea supply the funds
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NURSE OPERATES ON A CHICKEN

sfIAEFERSTowS. Dec bMiHs Bertha boltr tram"
nurse Of Reading visiting this place performed
BY being caught between
cackng and laying again noihinF
hadh happened
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-05
FARMER MAKES CLEANUP on WHEAT

SALIVA Kan 5F tho advance in wheat
NJ Dancon farmer. all tho wheat he could from hts
ncghbors ti32 bushei Now he has
loade NJ cleaning $4,000
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Useful Gifts
For Women
Suggestions:

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Fancy Tea Aprons. 25c, SOC.
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Corset Covers in fancy boxes,
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Slip.over Gowns in dainty
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camisoles. StOo and s125.
Bath Robes. $l95. s2.25. s2.95
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Eiderdown Dressing Saequcs,
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Flsnnelette Dressing Saeaues,
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Corduroy House Saeaues,
500.
FIanuelette kimonos, 95c.
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SNeEzE FRACTURES MANS RIB

j. William Randall o. this city took an e1tr
SUNDAY waking voeni sn"cse y
when became Intense he COT
up,oa phyHirau OF fractured
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Fascinating Work for
Gift Makers

60 decorative and
~ easily executed is
the new Alyta Ap-
plique Work that gift
makers are adopting
with enthusiasm. The
designs are cut out OF
colored felt. and may
be applied on linen,
felt or velour Priced
from l0c 10 $500 each.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19
SYNOPSIS.


Automobile of Miss Dorothy Upton and
friend. Mrs. Fame, breaks down at New
Mexico border patrol camp. commanded
by Lieutenant Kynaston. The two wom-
en- are on way to mine of Miss Upton's
father located a few miles across the
Mexican border. Kynaston leaves women
at his camp while he goes with a detail
to investigate report of Villa gun runners.
Villa troops drive small force of Car
rama across border line and they surren-
der to Kynaston. Dorothy and Mrs. Fame
still at camp when Kynaston returns with
prisoners. Blind Mexican priest appears
In camp and claims interned Mexicans
have in the spoils brought across the line
q wonderful emerald bell stolen from a
shrine by Zapata and taken from him by
Carranza troops. Priest is searching for
the emerald in order to return it to the
shrine. Kynaston finds jewel and reports
to department headquarters. Major Up
dyke appears from headquarters to take
charges Of valuables captured; Priest
and emerald bell disappear. Kynaston
slips across border with one man to aid
Upton family surrounded by Villistas.
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1.-THE Battle Hymn of the Republic"
That, as everyone knows, had its
genesis in "John Browns Body" But
what was the genesis Of "John Browns
Body" is something that no one
knows. 1t was first sung, so far as
information runs, by the Twelfth Mas
sachusetts regiment. And, it seems,
those who sang it borrowed it from a
campmeeting melody. AS for the camp
meeting melody, it's origin is clothed
in mystery. Possibly it came as re-
suit of one of the queer musical in
spirations characteristic of the old
fashioned campmeeting singing Of an
tebellum days.
The popularity Of the Battle
Hymn" was immediate. Already the
army knew the tune-a tune singular
ly suitable for masculine voices-and
Howe's stanzas. A few weeks later,
East and West, wherever the blue
coated soldiers of the North were in
the field the new song was sung with
an enthusiasm and fervor that were
irresistible.
Words and music were both Ameri-
can, rejecting in way that defies
analysis, yet Enthusiastically, the soul
and spirit Of America, not only of the
sixties, but Of today as we'll. It was
the first song Of national significance,
moreover, that was wholly American.
yankee Doodles" words were set to
British music and, American though
they were, many even in Revolutionary
times refused to sing them because
of the origin Of the music.
But, if there is doubt about the Brit
ish origin of the yankee Doodle" air,
there is none about the. origin of the
tune to which Francis Scott Keys
"Star-Spangled Banner" is sung. 1t is
British beyond all question. In Balti-
more, in 1914, "Anacreon in Heaven"
despite the fact that it hailed from
London, was the popular song Of the
day-as it was abroad. It is hardly
the sort eof song that would attain
popularity in these ragtime days, but
1t struck the fancy at any rate of our
forefathers, and Baltimore knew it
we'll on that fateful September day
when the British feet opened fire on
Ft. McHenry.
Aboard the enemy ship Mindeen,
Francis Scott Key, young American
attorney, was forced to witness the 25-
hour bombardment.
In the twenty-fifth hour Of the bonn
bardment, the British commander sud-
denly issued the order to cease firing.
1t was dark, and, peer as he might,
Key could not make out through the
darkness whether the order came as
result of surrender or not. Only
the coming Of the dawn would disclose
whether the flag still futtered from
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"Take them to your camp, Kynas-
ton, and keep them there till you hear
from me. I'll probably be with you
by tomorrow or the next day. / shall
not leave here till have come to some
sort of an understanding about this
property. They dare not loot the place
openly. Here are the girls now."
Nolan, looking north under the
sharp of his hand through the partially
opened back door, was volleying low
toned curses.
81 beg pardon, sir, butt couldn't
help it. There go our horses, SIR"
He pointed to two little brown spots
that showed momentarily against the
brown of the hillside. The two
Americans horses were loose and had
taken the chance to return to their
own camp-five miles away
Its good thing we saw it in time
Look out! Low bridge for all thin
skulls!"
Whee-e-e! A bullet whined past
Upton and buried itself in the heavy
door post. 1t came straight from the
hill where Kynaston and Nolan had
secreted themselves an hour before,
away up in the rear of the house.
Upton dragged them back into the
barred.
Il wonder what in the world that
MEANS" said Mrs. Fame breathlessly,
oblivious to the fact that Kynaston
had taken and kept hold of her hand
1T MEANS" said Upton, working
feverishly to close the shutters of the
windows on the north side, that
they've got men on that side of US
Now, Kynaston, you said that you
could signal your sergeant to come to
help us. What was your signal?"
Kynaston shook his head.
"We must use every other means
before we do that" he said slowly
If our men cross the line as an armed
body it means Intervention and-war.'
I'VE haven't got a whole lot OF
choice" commented Upton savagely
Don't you see that they've got us
surrounded on all sides? There
comes their line, moving out of the
cottonwoods to the. attack now. Get
to your loopholes, men,"
And Kynaston, peering through the
narrow loophole that Upton had cut
in the shutter, saw thin line of men
moving forward across the open land
in widely extended order.
The attack was on
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land to pay the rams I'M demanded for
our Richard Occur de Lion when he
was kept in captivity by some of our
present enemies.
The expression "worth kings ran
som" more probably refers to that
paid to king. In early times, when
armies received practically no regu-
lar pay, and the soldiers reward was
the booty taken from the vanquished,
each soldier had a right to the bodies
as we'll as to the goods Of the prison
ers he captured. The conQueror might
slay his prisoner, sell him to slavery or
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the staff of the defiant Ft. McHenry.
AS the dawn advanced, he saw the
flag still flying. He has made the
world realize what the words of "The
Star-Spangled Banner" mean to us.
In the Civil war, both federal and
Confederate troops had wide roper
tory from which to select. On the
northern side, for instance, the boys
in blue could sing not only John
Browns Body or "The Battle Hymn
of the Republic" but such songs as
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Again." "The Battle Cry Of Freedom
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys. Are
Marching" "Just Before the Battle,
Mother" Babylon Is Fallen" and
Marching Through Georgia"
'Dixie," with Maryland, My Mary
land" was the favorite song of the
confederacy. OF the latter, nowadays.
we hear little, but Dixie is played as
frequently as any other song of the
stormy days of the Civil war and no
less in the North than in the South.
Indeed, it's vigorous, impelling strains,
wherever played, North or South, are
invariably greeted with applause If
not with cheers. No patriotic celebra-
ton, regardless Of the Mason and Dix
on line, is complete without it.
Southern troops were fond, also, OF
singing "Lorena," song notable, as
was "Just Before the Battle, Mother"
especially for it's note Of plaintiveness.
Certainly about neither is there any
suggestion of martial characteristics.
Both were the favorite melodies OF
soldier quartets and were distinctly
camp songs.
Dixie can hardly be looked on as
war product. Maryland, My Mary
land" however, in words though not
in music, was inspired by the great
conflict. James r. Randall, a native
Marylander, in 1851 was in Louisiana
when word was received Of the attack
in Baltimore on the Massachusetts,
troops. That night, alone in his room,
he wrote the words, and they were
published few days later in a New
Orleans newspaper. A Richmond pa
per copied the verses and group OF
Richmond young women, reading them,
were impressed, and began to sing
them to the German tune Of "Tannen-
baum, o Tannenbaum." So, like 1.-THE
Star-Spangled Banner" this song of
the Confederacy borrows it's music
from a foreign source.
Still no survey Of the past, however
comprehensive it may be, will serve to
inform us what the new army, assem-
bled on the border, will make its cam
paign song. The only thing so far evil
dent is that the troops Of 1916 are
slower than the troops Of 81 and '98 In
adopting and popularizing a song for
the camp and for the march.
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CHAPTER v.
Water!

hyudSLOu WdLCu0u carefully CuO llUe
of men which was working out of the
clump of cottonwood trees to the
south. He noted that they came for
ward very slowly, seeking cover care
fully, and that they were a good seven
hundred yards away.
At that range his own rifle and that
Of Nolan were the only two that could
be counted upon for efficient service
the ordinary hunting rifle rarely being
sighted for over three hundred yards
There were five other men in the
house-Mr. Upton, John Wilkes, an
old miner about sixty-five years old
an American mine surveyor named
Wilson, and two Mexican servants
one of whom was the cook. In addi
ton to these there were himself and
Nolan, Mrs. Fame and Miss Upton, and
an old Mexican woman who had lived
at the place for twenty years.
First of all, Upton-it's bit late
to ask about it now If arrangements
have not already been made-but how
is your water supply?"
Upton looked at him, frankly puz
Zled for moment.
Heaven knows! Miranda there
indicating the old woman-"gen
orally gets the water that we drink
from the spring in a bucket, but we
pump water to the bathroom from the
windmill, yonder." He pointed down
the slope to a windmill family dis.
cerned against the line of the green
alfalfa patch.
"That'll be the first point of attack
then," growled Kynaston. Nolan
set your sights for six hundred and
fifty yards and cut loose at the first
person you see going for the windmill
They'll be trying to disconnect it,"
"Too late, sir" said Nolan, peerine
out. They've got it already"
Worse luck!" snapped Kynaston
He turned again to Upton.
"How much water in the house?"
Upton ran quickly back into the
kitchen, whence he came back with a
bucket in his hand, a look of chagrin
upon his face.
There is only this one bucket and
it isn't full by a long shot. What'll
we do, Kynaston?"
do like Br'er Terrapin did when
the cornfield was set on fire. He set
and TUX it, if you remember your
Uncle Remus," said Kynaston grimly.
Put that bucket somewhere where
it can't be upset, Upton. It's all we've
got, and the Lord knows when we'll
get any more.
make the ladies sit down on the
floor. Upton, below the line of the
loopholes, SO that no stray shot can
hit them.
"There they come! And by Jove,
it looks as if they mean business at
last! Sending a flag of truce for
ward. The nerve of the beasts!
"Will you see the flag of truce, Up
ton? / can't go. You see, I'm in a
uniform and it must not get out that
a United States officer is over here on
Mexican soil. Take your revolver with
you and don't let them come within
ten yards of you. I'll cover you from
the house."
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W%KW from It's base on the sandy
w. beach before Manila and, a
few hours later, the flag of
Spain had f1oated for the last time
over the Philippines. An incident of
that day which still dwells in the
memories of those who witnessed it
though it may have no place in the
pages of history-occurred when a
volunteer regiment, charging the enc
my trenches, came suddenly under
neaVy hre from Spanish force con-
cealed on it's flank. For a moment,
the regiment wavered. Quickly, how
ever, 1t recovered, changed it's front
slightly and went on.
Brief though that period of hesita-
ton was, there was time enough for
the reglmental band, still carrying it's
instruments, to detach itself, by whose
order no one ,emed to know, from
part OF the line to the rear, swing
sharply out into the open, halt and
begin to play. A fair target for the
enemys fianking fire, the musicians
stood unsheltered and, calmly, at the
word from their leader, broke into
the familiar strains Of the song of
songs of that campaign-"There'll Be
a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" !"
Above the crack of the rifles and the
deeper note Of the artillery, the band
made itself heard for q quarter of a
mile along the American line. And
the soldiers, pushing forward, an
swered with cheer, caught up the re-
frain and, singing it as they charged,
forced the Spanish line backward and
captured the intrenchments.
1t seems, in way, to be charac-
teristic of the Anglo-Saxon fighting
man to prefer trivial, tripping meas
ures and brisk, almost flippant live
liness in their battle songs to anything
suggestive Of stateliness, a marching
rythm, but, aside from that, whether
1T possesses any other virtue, the An
go-SaxOn soldier neither inquiries nor
cares. More than 100000 American
soldiers have assembled along the Rio
Grande. No doubt, by common con-
sent, on common impulse, coming, no
one knows whence this army will
adopt "song of songs" of the cam
paign. 1t would be decidedly unusual
if it did not
yankee Doodle" is our heritage in
the way of song from the war Of the
revolution. From the war of 1872 we
have the "Star-Spangled Banner"
From the Civil war our heritage is
greater, and, unquestionably, richer.
From the Spanish war, we must make
the most we can Of "a Hot Time"
Slngularly enough, though, there is very
little recorded about the song sung
most commonly in the Mexican war.
The soldiers of '46 marched and
camped and fought to the words and
tune Of "Green Grow the Rushes." And
for the adoption of that song, they
had no more reaSon-sensibly speak
ing-than their fathers had when. in
Revolutionary day, they lifted their
voices in the lightsome measures Of
yankee Doodle AS a song, it an
swered their purpose, filled their need,
came trippingly to their tongues and
that sufficed.
The Civil war was more productive
of genuine war songs than any other
war in our history and, possibly, more
productive in that respect than any
other war in the history Of the world.
From 1t we have at least one real war
song that measures up to the highest
standards of campaign and war songs
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"W0RTH A KINGS RANSOM"
Origin OF Widely-known Phrase Is
Traced Back to Medieval
Days.

The expression kings ransom" has
been traced back to the distant days
when all murders were punishable by
fine on a sliding scale, and even kings
went cheap at from $1OO to 5000. a
London Chronicle man writes. It is
more probably a dim popular remi-
piscence Of the heavy taxation of Eng
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19

A spring motor driving a flexible
shaft enables the operator of a new
motion picture camera to follow OBJ
jects as readily as with an ordinary
hand camera.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19

How can Lieutenant Kynaston
, warn the American government
that Villa is about to invade the
United States, if he has to admit
the fact that he has violated
neutrality by crossing the bor-
der into Mexico-an admission
that will mean his dismissal
from the service?
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set him at liberty on payment of a
ransom. But though it was the COM
mon practice in feudal times for the
individual captor to receive the ransom
for prisoners of low degree, those for
princes or great mobiles were always
paid to the kings, hence kings ran
som.
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C6Zz12zIJ no AITz0 G2z2P

N August 13, Is years ago
ago, the American army of
invasion moved forward
from it's base on the sandy
beach before Manila and, a
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
High Prices Paid
For Fine Herefords
At Cambridge Sale

cAMBRIDcn Neb.. Feb ia-CspeeiaI
Toiegram-)- Mousel Brothers Hereford
sals held here today was attended by a
large crowd representing all the statea
from Montana 10 and Including Ken
tueky. The sixty-one head cold averaged
80 Thtrty-three bulls averaged tlae.
Iventy-elglit cows averaged sli6
honsels Enpgess. the highest priced
COW. was bought BY Z. II. Taylor OF
Frankfort. Ky. for si.s21 lie also bought
a calf that was the champion Al The
Dnnser show for t.so. also Dulcie Mis-
chief. cow. for an even si.oO0.
Rankin a Travis OF Tarkio. No. pur-
chased q number OF the high priced In.
divduals. Trant Of Iowa purchased Mis-.
chief Aiser for F.ol0 Muese OF Edison
bought . COW for ass. Other buyers
prominent n the Hereford world wero
purchasers. z. C. Rodwon OF Camaridre
aieo had slk head In the sale that sofa
we'll The sale was IN charge OF colonel
Fred Reppert Of Decatur, Ind. asslsted
" Colonel smell OF this city.
The Commercial club gave a banoue,
70 the visiung stockmen after the sale
Aonsel Brothers have put Cambridge as
well as Nebraska on the map in ths
Hereford world.