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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
Editors Mail


Editor The Star AZ an American
mother. appeal 10 you and your
readers for your support IN behalf ~
the present milk delivery plan o. a
certain dairy.
some time ago this dairy got the
most Of the certified dalriea to let
them deliver their certified milk
They Haid u would he a patriotic
cause b.c14uss those men who were
taxing a bottle Of milk or pound Of
butter TO a wonans door could get
position that would be Of help TO the
war.
Now this same prominent manager
has another idea. tha, -. 10 leave
The milk at the nearby grocer'p. -
at little stations that he has erected
on th. strength 81 tho new labor
saving iAea. and. Incidentally. the
extra profit he could make. tho prizes
81 our certified milk advanced from
IA cents rer quar-; 10 20 cents on tbs
FIRST OF the month.
But why pick on the hahiesf How
many mothers can conveniently go
and get tho babies milk And do
you suppose that mix IL going TO ~
kept on Ice and handled properly
What about the milk on Sundays
Do you suppose the Eroccrs viii stay
open for us 90 get our milk for our
habiraf
Indeed. they won't.
AN AMERICAN MOTHER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01

ny GEORGE \. SCHNEIDER.
Champion Liberty Loan Iiond sales.
man Of thu United States
First Of -Four Articles Written rs.
pceiaIiy for Tho Star and Associate
Members of the Newspaper Enter,
prise Association
n we Americans arc TO be frank
with ourselves We must admit that
during the frat three years OF this
war We capitalized and commercial.
sged that terrible conflict We were
becoming nation addicted to cx
trvrne wassefulnepn. all walks and
stations 81 life SELF -centered and
selfish In the pursuit Of cur tndivld.
uai interests and pleasures. We
were SNUG and compLac~nt In the
knowledge that our country was al
peace. that we were prosperous and
happy.
when. after three years of sub.
mission 10 unheard.og violations Of
our International rights. the limit uf
patience WAS reached. and the United
statea Joined the alice most u ua
even then did not naem 10 re.sliHe
We were actual CONTESTANTS in the
terrible worlds conflict
As a people We did not take tho
war seriously until tn. martial
strains Of fife and drum wcr. heard
in every village and city Of our land
and the flower Of our own nations
manhood. our own sons. brothers.
husbands and friends. were march
ing away to engage N the same
awful warfare we had been 20 ac.
cushioned to reading ahout for three
years. IL had become commonplace.
While our boys. who but few
months ago were engaged IN peace.
full pursuits. are making All America
proud Of their deeds ~ courage and
bravery on the western battle line
OF France. We must guard against
being too optimistic. for we have
long. hard pull ahead Of ua before
We can hope for the final and dc.
eisive victory which must and viii
be won for the Erea, cause Of liberty.
justice and humanity We are fight.
lnN for
Every American must become
hsfNfNfE ttAW1FI WIN hAAF t1AAFNftARff
that we have not only an army and
navy to get ready. but nm entire
nation that mus, be trained. with
every man and woman ready 20
promptly and TO the hest Of their
ability respond 20 their country's
every call for duty. service and
sacrifice.
We cannot all wear uniform.
shoulder gun or be Ped Cross
nurses. but every man and woman
IA today enrolled IN our country's
service just as much Ms are our boys
IN khaki and blue The war cannot
be won without their direct personal
cooperation. They must respond 20
every call made upon them. lie who
fails our country In the presen,
great crisis. IL just as much n de.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
Strength and Blood Builder
Can Prescribe
srEcIAL TO PHYSICIANS
Renew the supply OF Iron in the
Hood OF People Ia n Weak.
Nervous, Rundown slater

Or MacAlpinc. Tor is years adj
iunct professor TN the New YORK
Post Graduate Medical School and
Hospital says the Introduction or
NuXated Iron gives to every carefnl'
thinking physician "A tried and Nal-
liable prescription which he can rec
ommend nearly every day with benz
eft to his weakened and rundown
patients
Or. MacAlplne's opinion Is borne
out by the Endorsement Of such nhy-
sicians as Or. Schuyler G, Jaques. for
merly visiting su-gcon St Eliza-
beth's hospital New York: DIR. \. J.
Newman. late house surgeon or JEFF
ferson Park hospital Chicago; l,r.
James Francis sullivan. formerly
physician of Bellevue hospital tout
door Department.. New York. and
tho Wcstchester county hospital; pr.
Ferdinand King New York physt-
clan and medical author, and Others.
william X. Kerr. former health
commissioner Of Chicago. saws NuN-
atod Iron should he used in every
hospital aud prescribed by every
physician in this country,
Now. doctor when You wish 10
prescribe true tonic. strength ana
blood builder-onc that puts the vim
weak. infirm. rundown and aged
why not try the same kind OF iron
Nuxated Iron-that DIR. AacAlpine
and other physicians have used with
such success in their practice Two
five-grain tablets or NuNated Iron,
taken three times per day, after
meals. VIII often increase the
strength and endurance OF delicate,
nervous. rundown folks in two
weeks time. Your druggist viii re-
FUND your patients money II II
doesn't.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
IGNORANT or FEAR. I
DANCE ALONG TO MEET
4 MAD ADVENTURE

exactly they
n
fear-but
Before the briny "ar by
my lone"
Measured must have lived half lifetime
n
expected
my to a
a
OF
o
lightly
be careful Wen find
the place. EACH n
drawer long flat box.
The taller
Then they hurried back o boat
It,
white a m VIII whit face.
sitting. OF myc
electric
higher and higher engulng like
light blinded
ITO be contnuedJ
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
Liberty Bonds not only will win
the war, but will be foundations tor
thousands of home savings funds.
WINNING THE WAR!
By James A. Haight
I'm Inc NUM- clpal Newsi

Germany is n shell. Her man-power is depleted Tier
people are underfed Her ammunition. aIplanes MOTOR
trucks railroads and other material of war are inferior
and deteriorating Her finance is renzed to the st o
gree Her morale both the army well as ut home is
declining When the shell breaks resistance VIII be over
Though GERMANY is a she'll the shell is tough. Scat
tered love taps by padded tack hammers will not break IT.
Sledgehammer blows treessy repeated concentrated on
one spot with dynamite behind them alone will crush IT in
Until such blows as these given. militarism and
tyranny WILL caousy and nsoeny deying the humane
teachings of civilization, continue to multiply their killed
The strength Of that shell is the German army; break
that and the shell collapses-the war is won Inc herman
BY uniting our various commands under Foch we have
welded armies into sledge hammer lie Is welding
gering blows he striking reveal the value OF that new
strategy Our daily harvest of thousands OF prisoners
shows how that army is crumbling.
But the German army is large and hardened Inc high
command resourcefu and absolute in its power Its re-
crutng agents seize children and old men, they whip into
the ranks Russian citizens well as German subjects
Thus they at home part of the strength we batter
away at the front
We must put force enough into blows to break thru
and disorganize that army. We need more dynamite be-
hind our sledge hammer Our armies cannot furnish II
they the sledge hammer They are doing all that
armies do They the finest and most perfect ever
organized. But they need more dynamite. and the dyna
mite only from ourselves
That dynamite consists of men and munitions We must
treble at the front and must increase our
artillery and airpanes by thousands So reinforced
blows will break thru the enemy defenses and convert the
enemy army from an army in maneuver into an army IN
enemy in flight is in spite of himself doing all he
to help us.
Steel is the food of war; and Germany gets twothrds
Of her steel from mines of France and Lorraine in Ger
manys possession that to Pershngs than
Tacoma to Seattle. IL the brilliant drive at ST. Mihe
can be repeated three or four times as our drives on the
Marine, the Aisne and the Somme have BEEN those mines
will be ours, and tyranny and despotism viii their
Waterloo
The heaviest charge of dynamite put behind
this campaign big subscription to the Fourth Liberty
Loan Let everyone all he and work all he
and subscribe all he the end that this shall be the
greatest loan subscription in history. Then wherever
soldiers sailors fighting under the Stars and Stripes
under the banners of allies. they viii know that
all the people of America behind them with all their
with all their strength with all their hearts with
all they have.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01

Ing. No nomination is worth that
undermining against Henry Ford.
And We Hope II Didn't Also De
sfroy Her Digestion
The home and contents OF Mrs.
Celia kelcher on the East side were
destroyed by a fire on Monday
afternoon, but we hope they were
fully covered with insurance. -
Elkador uaJ Democrat.
Brooklyn BARRIERS have decided
that hereafter all men who shave
themselves must pay 81 for a hair
cut Pretty soon the BARRIERS will
be asking the legislature to make 1t
a felony for a man to shave him.
self.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
Don Quixote Up to Date

Lead me to it," said young American captain when
doughboy told him German count-a high officer of
course-was waiting to surrender to a COLONEL
NO colonies in my company today; just with
me- the captain said-and the count came.
The count wore monocle, he carried cane, he
some count The doughboy didn't say your hghness"
spill any of that kind of bunk He shook hands with the
count, him cigaret and hustled him back the
prison cages, like he was regular fellow
And perhaps the count is regular fellow by this time
They lack the dashng appearance Of the French
cavalry they haven't the stateness of the British cavalry
horses like Indians laughing and yelling brandishng a
vover in each hand-wth which they shoot very straight
either hand with both hands once if YOU pease-good
lord how they can fght Scochman writes Of the Amer
cavalry.
Don Quixote made duels silly by fighting windmills
Riding lop-eared old mule he went about Spain
sashng away at the big paddles and always getting his
bumps until ne made dueing silly ridiculous preposterous
People LAUGHED-and duelling DIED
mat is what the doughboys-God bless 'em-are doing
As good fighters the world ever saw they haven't
the least bit of respect for the glitter of war
They are knocking off the tin foil
They are stripping it Of gold braid
They are kicking the dignity out of it.
they light like hell, yet they kind to people thew
love little children, they respectful to wornen-and
France loves them!
The Christmas oift limit for Yauts oyer there ,cont
Keep them from garnerin0 all the HIM helmets then can
get hands
IN Palestine, in Macedonia in Italy and in France
theD are tnying the Foundation for Freedom, For An
II he spoke trahhfulv, the Kaiser aoould call his
present loan German Defeat Loan-not "Vicory (9J"
Loan.
The hoiser is reported ill., A few million people
coud Uish him nothing deuitish than Spanish Fu
Turks, IKE B,gars beginning to wake IN 10 the
fact that they lined mp NTH losers.
"Buy a Bond" isn't enough, If you can bug two
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01

New Heads on Old Faces While You
Wait
The frpwn that had been forming
on the fat mans face faded and
there grew In It's place beam and
a head that nodded understandingiy.
Cleveland sol Leader.
we make war TO the end. TO the
very end 81 the end" is the mes
sage sent 10 America by Clemen-
ccau. thru pr dent sehurman OF
Cornell We / Ike IL that what the
old tiger means IL that no matter
how far ahead his team Is he is go.
ing TO take his turn at bat In the
last half OF the ninth.
Speaking OF the very end OF the
end, the bottom OF the tail Of our
overcoat. which We thought Of can
ming last year. has fringe on II half
an inch long.
he that as II may. the following
men have enlisted:
George Cannon. Irwin. Pa.
william Ball. Watkinsvillc. Ca
And Charles a. de Camp is a ply.
stefan in New York
One ~ the defeated republican
candidates fer nomination for sena-
ator in Michigan says he was told
he could have the nomination for
$3.50. 600 lie was wise in not buy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01

Dear Miss Grey; | am much in
tervatsd In the letters OF Young Sol.
dler'n Wife" and "arn. l. W." regard
Ing their protection against the old
mmRhsra"
i, was. indeed. fortunate that y.
T. W" had her jack knife handy IN
that crowded street car 60 defend
her life and honor. No doubt had
Haid masculine scat nharer persisted.
all the other animals" over 90 10 the
car would have aided and abstted
him TO accomplish his nsfaflous de
signs.
Please eniighten me. fair young
wives of soldiers. or otherwise. how
can one distinguish Y. n W from
other women Are they such para
CONS they can bc known by their
hniocag
40 much for soldiers wives Now
the question arises. what are decent
women going To- do 20 protect their
elderly husbands from the wiies and
Vaccinations OF the designing mem.
bers Of their own ser. with their
camoufiared faces. abbreviated
skirts and all the other arts that go
20 lure poor. weak man from his own
flrewlde7
The other evening. riding up the
hin on a street car. a young lady nni
down abruptly In my lap. She smil-
Ell and said Pardon me" said
No offenHe whatever. stay there AZ
long aA you please You know.
had no pockeikni handy. and
though, would humor her until the
ear stopped nj my street. when
could make my ungraceful exit
can imagine what would have hap
tened bad been precipitated onto
-. \. " -" lap-I would have been
sausage meat.
Seriously speaking, I don't believe
MI the real men are drafted. and all
this hub-bub about middle aged men
preying on young wives Of soldiers IL
all tomfnyrot The fnaNhsr. young
or odd. soldier or civilian. like the
poor. &. always with US. and ought TO
- squ~lched II our ladies would
quit going around IKE uIshia nders
and sear their waists little higher
and skirts a little lower. II would dis
play little NOR. gray matter and
save them sotns OF the rude shocks
which they seem 10 invite.
NJ. X. II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01

eral salts of iron. and gives to every
careful. thinking physician "A tried
and valuable prescription which he
can recommend nearly every day
with benefit 20 his Weakened and
rundown patients. Nuxated Iron. by
cnriching the blood and creating new
blood cells, STRENGTHENS the nerves,
rehuildR the weakened tissues and
helps TO instill renewed energy and
endurance into the whole system.
whether the patient he young or old.
In my opinion NuxRted Iron is the
most valuable tonic, strength and
blood builder any physician can pre-
scribe"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
PRUSSIAN PROGRESS
I-I91i-POMPOSTTY.
by Edmund Vance Cooke

Might is right and war is good;
Kultur wins. for kultur should.
Kill and mutilatc and rapel
Let no guiltless child escape,
These things done before the eyes
OF the world shall terrorize.
Thus shall we impose our will
And our Wilhelm. Peace! be still.
(Why should other nations be
So inclined to disagree?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
What Doctors Use
for Eczema

A ss~shits rssss lsinsfksn - 81 ~ Wis
lssxfs~a fisrvstn. $40 athsf h~siinR
fnrfeafsn's rallied q u ~ pfe~sffstrn
u 200 fsseFifa fseartt AZ skin sneris.
tsfs ~ all stis fssfsses u r.-esfs'ss
tho pssrvs rive. ie.ssrs rs'tef Try
y n H. tctss ~ Gee ana 81 90
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
UI-191s-PROTEST

Colt strafe Allies Murder! Robbers Firel
They are affronting our Imperial Sire.
They've no respect for devils or for Pr1Iss:
They're trying to steal our war away from US!
This is our war We made it, It's our own
But those darned Yanks won't let our war alonei
The disrespectful swine, that they should dare!
Help. help! They've got our war, No fair, no fair,
Copyright. 1918 N. F. Al
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01

Manufacturers Note; NuSated Iron.
which Is used by DR.. MacAlpine ana
others with such surprising results, ana
which Is prescribed and recommended by
physicians is not n secret remedy hut
one which IL we'll known to druggists
everywhere. Unlike the older inorganic
iron products. u IL easily assimiiated.
aud docs not iniure the teeth, make them
black. nor upset the stomach. The man
utacturers guarantee successful ana en-
tIrely satisfactory results to every pur-
chaser, or they will refund your money.
II Is dispensed in this city by owl Drug
Co. Barteli Drug Co. Swifts Pharmacy
and all other druggists.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
U-1916-PRAYER

Almighty Monarch! by whose right
We have established Prussian Might.
Who babe our troops go forth and smite
Whose other name is Schrecklichkeit.
We raise our eyes TO Thee
Wisdom is wise, but Thou art wiser:
Law is but law. Thou its Reviser;
God is but God; Thou art the kaiserl
Less were lese majesty
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
Kenneth MacAlpne Adjunct 5ss Professor 1s:.:
New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital
Saws That Nuxated Iron
Is the Most Valuable Tonic.
Any Physician

Probably no remedy has ever met
with such phenomenal success as hns
Nuxated tron--cver 5.00o 600 people
annually are taking Il IN this coun-
try alone. IL has been used and
highly Endorsed by such distinguish
ed men as: Hon. Leslie N. shaw. for
MGR secretary of the treasury and
ex-governor of Iowa: former United
States Senator and Vice Presidential
Nominee Charles n Towne. United
states Senator r. S. Johnson; Judge
q. W. Atkinson Of tho United states
court Of claims Of Washington; Judge
Samuel s. Yodcr. statesman. jurist.
formerly surgeon major in the army;
Gen. John l.. elem. L. s. 4. tretired).
the drummer boy Of shiloh. who was
sergeant In the L, $. army at IL
years OF age, and others.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01

Dear Miss Grey came 90 thiH
eigy as younx lsi rrom Australia.
arm now - years cid My father Is
an American citizen WIN you please
tell mo " the iulsed States govern
mrnt claims tne az a citinrn or a for
elgner, and should register for the
army IN DOUBT.
II your father received his
final naturalization papcrn be-
fore you ls~rnfa~ 81 years old,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01
WHAT m. MAcALriNE sAysi

During 16 years as lecturer and
adjunct professor OF special surgery
(proctology). in tho New York post
graduate medical school and hos
pitai. | never had recourse To so wall
liable n remedy for building up the
health and strength Of debilitatcd,
convalescont patients as NuNated
Iron. Severe tests recently made
with Nuxated Iron have absolutely
convinced me that Il Is a prepare
ton OF most extraordinary merit
'If people would only realize that
iron In just as Indispensable Go the
blood as IL air to the lungs, and be
just ms particular about keeping up
n sufficient supply ut all times, there
would. In my opinion, he far less dis
case resulting from anaemic. weak
encd conditions. For years II was a
problem with physicians how to nd
minister iron In form that could be
taken up by the system and increase
the red blood corpuscles without up
setting the stomach, hlackening the
teeth or producing other disorders
almost M serious az the lack OF iron
itaeif. But the introduction OF Nux-
ated Iron has done away with all OBJ
jectionablc features OF the old min
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01

hAfttA "t*'f fsRAF
Dear Miss Grey, The time Of year
approaches when ~ is up 90 father
10 set up the family heater and wfe1'
tic with the stove pipe and all the
attendant profanity Nine times out
of ten IL ia necessary to cut length
OF stove pipe 10 make II 1T properly.
and perhaps this little household
hint" may be of asniHtanes. especial
iy where father II not equipped with
pair of tinHmiths shears.
a very nifty job ~ cutting can 10
done by using an ordinary ean-opon-
or Tie "A string around the place
where you wish 10 cut. then mark
with chalk or pencil 20 insure accu'
rary. Insert a stick II wood thru the
pip. to support IL white you punch
hole for the can .ope ner. and you viii
find that you can easily cut the pipe
very neatly Ia half minute
&. J l..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01

Or, MacAlpine graduated from the
New York University Medical coll
legc, was assistant surgeon toutdoor
Department.. Bellevue hospital, for
meriy house surgeon and for le years
adjunct professor New York Post
Graduate Medical School and Hos
pital. which is the original ana
largest post graduate hospital in the
United states, member of the New
York County Medical society. the
New York state Medical society. New
York Physicians association ana
Post Graduate Alumni association.
Dr. MacAlpine is regarded as n lead
ing American authority on proctor.
ogy. and has lectured and operated
before the surgical section OF the
New York state Medical Society.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-01

One Of Rasputins sLayers has arrived in the United
States to tell his story He mill probably be as nuer-
from the captors Of Jeff Davis.