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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-27
CADILLAC
PLEASE NOTICE THIS An.
READ 1T If YoU WANT A
HfGH-GRADE CAR

READ 1T III YOU WANT
HGH-GRApE CAR
Model 81 Cadillac. 3 cylinders. Has
always had beet % care In prt-
vats use. All adjustments and re-
pairs have been attended 70
promptly Present condition IL
practically perfect. New paint
not a scratch on IL Full equip
ment goes with car. including six
good cord tires. spot light. tire
chains. side curtains. bumper. seat
covers, tools, etc. An exceiie mt
car aud well worth my price OF
$500. Terms. or can use a
smaller car as part payment. This
car is in care OF II. G. Brown. at
1913 Broadway. phone East ~,
who will demonstrate IL upon re-
quest and arrange sale.
OWNER
Watch for our ads in the Sunday
papers and then come up and see
the cars. We are open all day
Sunday and every evening until
10. We have some mighty good
buys In all makes now. Many OF
the cars have cash loans against
them and the owners cannot re-
deem them. Come up and pick
out a bargain among these loans.
CSED CAR EMPORIUM
18th aud =. Pine
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t3.iso-A five-room bungalow on a
corner lot. one block from car
line. near a school. This place has
concrete baseme buikhead
and walks. Fireplace In the iiv-
ing room and attic large enough
10 finish off two more rooms. This
place IL real snap. Very close
In Easy terms can be arranged.
Main si5t. H93.
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IMPROVED ACREAGE

IMPROVED ACREAGE
ON BOULEvARD--10 acres, level
alder land. fine soil: good Sound
view: new unfinished house. Prop
erty fronts on HIGHLINE BOuI.E-
YARD. near Des Moines. $4,000.
Easy terms. Gillian. owner. sos
Seaboard. Elliott los. or phone
Rainier 120-R evenings.
Don't you want a comfortable little
two-room house in the Rainier
valley with some furniture, for
only $780, on very easy terms?
Only $3.50 cash. balance monthly.
Sure you do. Come and see me.
/ have IL.
RALPH c. VIC ALT.ASTFR
2oi Central BidE. Elliott 43ao
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sKACIr COUNTY
rAHn LANDS

sKACIr COUNTY
TAHn LANDS
We have 600 acres Of rich
silt loan farm land which
we Will sell an 10. 20. 40 or
more acre tracts. This land
is level and rich. Has been
all fenced and sown TO grass
and has fine pasture now.
We have been Instructed by
owner to sell at st5 per acre
on very easy tcrms-so easy
u VIII surpyise you. We will
take you Up In auto to in
spect the land and return
tho same day. Never before
offered atlthis price. Come
In and see maps OF land
and reports on soil J-52
HENRY c. EWING coMrANr
400 Alaska Building. Main 7iaf.
SERVICE"
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$500 PER MONTH
NO MORE RENT PAYING FOR ME
LAKE nuRiES CAR TO
18TH AVE. 4. ". AND
HENDERSON STREET.
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". l. nresnap. E~dro- W eotley. wn
Mrs Carrie Naisnttne. sotf Woodland
Park ave. Mrs J. W. Hughes. -
Johu st.; 8 A. Van Amhurxh. ser
Elosse terrace. A NJ Laithien. 30
W. Cornstoeh - a. " Johnson. ssig
Exhth ave. W W. J urtsr. t.is
Eucksr ave. Everett ". u. Windas.
istt .sth ave ~ Rose NJ Russell.
sssT itsh ave =. Eillsss nossr,.
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FINE MODERN BUNGALOW
Low InICE, $4,000
Large room. buiit-in features;
beamed ceiling: fireplace. full
baseme mt. five years old: con-
struction solid and substantial:
architecture good. exceptional
ly desirable home at very at
tractive price. Located near
Phinney car and school; close In.
$1,000 cash required.
GARTER. MACDONALD 4 MILLER
2Os Coiumb is street
Elliott $50. Local \
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QUEEN ANNE
81 .000--We have a four-room. two
story house on Queen Anne hill
with n good view. The lot alone
Is worth the price asked for both.
This place can be made into n
real comfortable home for n small
family. 5000 cash. Main 1894. H-9s
HENRY G. Ewing COMPANY
zoo ALASKA BUILDING Main 713L
SERVICE
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thors securing tickets to the Cemmcr
the Want Ad pages.
H. q. wINDAs.
1873 ssth North. Seattle.
Someone stole my motor cur
Cops could find no cle,cs
Want Al IN The star.
And got a-P n. q.
MRS J. w. HUGHES
:: John 81. City.
Tor,eone stole MY motor car
IN put Warf Al IN The sfar:
ffs HIGHT tc,H pierce the darkest gloom.
And find % " trs on the moon.
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Small house and three lots on cor
ner facing Madison street. over
1880 assessments fully paid. Good
place for apartment or two other
houses. $3.50 cash. Balance like
rent Main 1894. O-23
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wIsT a wHEEiER
aeoT Iowa Avenue
Riverside Offirr
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SPECIAL
One acre and good 5-room house.
near Hillman City; fine orchard /:
one block from school and car line
only $4,000, easy terms.
CLINTON nEcKMAN
Efioft 23oa bIs sesbosrd
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A. NJ. LUfTHLEN.
ss9 West comstock ~.
Someone stole my motor car
phoncd a Lost Id 10 The Star:
on. sovi "a had such pep and poncr.
had Wy car s1tfhsn an Aour
MISS Lorraine BAILEY.
stos kirkwood Place. Seattle, Wash
SOMEONE stole MY motor car--
Ind IN the paper. best bp far.
psffa Want Al for my car
And u came back usthout mar.
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t-room bungalow, not quite
completed. Lot toxi30. , blocks
fruit trees. Terms 1890 cash.
t25 per month. Rainier 20.
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81 ,So0--A snappy little houscboat,
now anchored at Leschi park.
Floating on large cedar logs. This
place has three rooms and n bath.
The Kitchen II much larger than
those usually found in houseboats
and plumbing In both kitchen and
bath IL very good and also cleo
trio fixtures. The living room has
large windows that swing out.
Fireplace that IL practical. Porch
runs all the way around house.
This is a real bargain for much
less than IL could be built for at
the present time, and is only n
few months old. Very easy terms.
Main Ti3t. H-93
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Main 1855 SIS Coiman Bldg.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-09-26
CHAPTER II.

Another citizen said an eloquent
thing about Miss Isabel Amberson's
looks. This was Mrs. Henry Franklin
Foster, the foremost literary authority
and intellectual leader of the COM
munity-for both the daily newspa-
pers thus described Mrs. Foster when
she founded the Women's Tennyson
club; and her word upon art, letters
and the drama was accepted more as
law than as opinion. Naturally when
Hazel Kirke" finally reached town.
after its long triumph in larger places,
many people waited to hear what
Mrs. Henry Franklin Foster thought
of 1t before they felt warranted in ex-
pressing any estimate of the play. In
fact. some of them waited in the lobby
of the theater as they came out and
formed an inquiring group about her.
II didn't see the play" she in
formed them.
What! Why, we saw you. right in
the middle of the fourth row!"
yes" she said. smiling. but 1 was
sitting just behind Isabel Anderson.
I couldn't look at anything except her
wayy brown hair and the wonderful
back of her neck.
The ineligible young men of the
town (they were all inelig1ble) were
unable to content themselves with the
view that had so charmed Mrs. Henry
Franklin Foster they spent their time
struggling to keep Miss Amberson's
face turned toward them. She turned
It most often, observers said, toward
two: one excelling In the general
struggle by his sparkle. and the other
by that winning IL not winsome old
trait. persistence. The sparkling gen.
tle.nan lied germans" with her, and
sent sonnets to her with his bou-
ouets-sonnets lacking neither music
nor wit. He was generous, poor. we'll
dressed, and his amazing persuasive
ness was one reason why he was al
WAYS In debt. No one doubted that
he would be able to persuade Isabel,
but he unfortunately joined too merry
party one night, and during a moon
light serenade upon the lawn before
the Anderson mansion, was easily
identified from the windows as the
person who stepped through the bass
viol and had to be assisted to wait
ing carriage. One Of Miss Amberson's
brothers was among the serenaders,
and when the party had dispersed re-
manned propped against the front
door In q state Of helpless nveliness;
the Major going down In q dressing
gown and slippers to bring him In. and
scolding mildly. while imperfectly con-
cealing strong impulses to laughter.
Miss ANDERSON also laughed at this
brother the next day. but for the
sutton 1t was different matter: she
refused to see him when he called to
anoloeixe. "you seem to care q great
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Kitchen Maids Of Sultan Of Morocco
Entitled to Neither Garments
Of Expensive Stuff.

The sultan Of Morocco was always
an absolute monarch. and in that ca
pacity the revenues of the country
were his. There had never been any
distinction between public funds and
private funds-all belonged to the sui
tan. 1t was therefore no easy task
to arrive at an agreement as to which
were state and which private debts, so
inextricably mixed had they been In
the past. There was, for instance. a
bill for some hundreds Of yards Of
very expensive and very fine crimson
cloth. Naturally the protectorate au-
thorities scheduled this among the pri-
vate debts. The sultan protested. The
cloth, he said. had been purchased for
governmental purposes-in fact for
the trousers Of the imperial kitchen
maids: for there are several hundred
slave-women employed In preparing the
palace food. The protectorate govern
ment refused to be responsible for
this debt. The ex-sultan drew up a
historical treatise to prove that Inn
perial kitchen maids were part and
parcel Of the state, and passed. like
the palace itself. from sultan to sui
tan. The principle was accepted. but
the debt was disallowed on the ground
that these good ladies did not require
such expensive stuff for their neither
garments. A cotton material. they ar
gued. would have equally well served
the purpose. The sultan's reply was
unanswerable and crushing. I'm Eu-
rope" he said. 1T may be the custom
for the imperial kitchen maids to wear
cotton Trousers. but In Morocco we
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-09-26

otically taken for "a little drive round
our city" even if his host had to hire
a hack, and the climax Of the display
was the Anderson mansion. Look
at that greenhouse they've put up
there in the side yard" the escort
would continue. And look at that
brick stable. Most folks would think
that stable plenty big enough and
good enough to live in; it's got run
ming water and four rooms upstairs
for two hired men and one of ems
family to live in. They keep one hired
man loafin' in the house, and they got
married hired man out in the stable.
and his wife does the washing. This
town never did see SO much style as
Ambersons are putting on these days
and 1 guess it's going to be expensive,
because q lot of other folkSll try to
keep up with 'em. The Majors wife
and the daughters been tC Europe.
and my wife tells me since they got
lack they make tea there every after
noon about five o'clock and drink IT..
Seems to me 1t would go against a
persons stomach. just before supper
much-not unless you're sick or some
thing. Looks to me like some people
in this city'd be willing to go crazy
if they thought that would help 'eT to
be as heightened as Ambersons. Old
Aleck Minafer-he's about the closest
old codger We gOt-he come in my Of
flee the other day, and he pretty near
had stroke tellin' me about his
daughter Fanny. Seems Miss Isabel
Amberson's got some kind of a dog
they call 1t a st. Bernard-and Fanny
was bound to have one. too. Well,
old Aleck told her he didn't like dogs
except rat terriers, because rat ter
rier cleans up the mice, but she Kept
on at him, and finally he said all right
she could have one. Then. by George I
she says Amberson's bought their
dog, and you don't get one without
paying for it: they cost from fifty to
hundred dollars up! Old Aleck
wanted to know if l ever heard of
anybodys buyin' a dog before, be-
cause, even a Newfoundland or set
ter, you can usually get somebody TO
give you one. He says he saw some
sense in payin' a niger a dime, or
even a quarter, to drown a dog for
you. but to pay out fifty dollars and
maybe more-well, sir, he like to
choked himself TO death, right there
in my office OF course everybody
realizes that Major Anderson is fine
business man. but what with THROWN
money around for dogs, and every
which and what, some think all this
styles bound to break him up, II his
family don't quit!'
One citizen, having thus discoursed
to visitor, came to thoughtful
pause, and then added, Does seem
pretty much like squandering, yet
when you see that dog out walking
with this Miss Isabel. he seems worth
the money"
whats she look likew
well, SIR" said the citizen, "she's
not more than just about eighteen or
maybe nineteen years old. and 1 don't
know as l know just how to put it
but she's kind of a delightful lookin'
yOung lady Z"
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breeches. for the Fauntleroy period
had set in, and Georges mother had
so poor an eye for appropriate things
where George was concerned, that
she dressed him according TO the doc
trine of that school in boy decoration
Except upon the surface (Which was
not his own work but his mother'sf
George bore no vivid resemblance I.
the fabulous little Cedric. The sto
ried boys famous Lean on me, grand
father" would have been difficult &c
imagine upon the lips of George. A
month after his ninth birthday ami
versary. when the Major gave him his
pony. he had already become acquaint.
ed with the toughest boys In various
distant parts Of the town, and hat
convinced them that the toughness of
a rich little boy with long curls might
be considered in many respects SUI
periOr to their own. He fought them
learning how to go baresark at q GER
tain point In a fight, bursting into
tears of anger, reaching for rocks, ut
tering walled threats of murder, and
attempting to fulfill them. Fights
often led to intimacies, and he &C
CURED the art of saying things more
exciting than Don't hat tor and
Doctor says 1t amt healthy Thus
on a summer afternoon a strange boy
sitting bored upon the gatepost of the
Rev. Malloch Smith. beheld George
Anderson Minafer rapidly approach
ing on his white pony and was i'm
PEELED by bitterness to shout: "Shoot
the ole jackass Look at the girly
curls! Say. bub. where'd you steal
your mothers ole sashi"
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The "Amen Corner

The phrase ''amen corner" is said ia
have originated in London, where, al
the end Of Paternoster row, the monks
at one time finished their recitation OF
the 'Peter Noster" as they went in
procession on Corpus Christi day to
st. Paul's cathedral. They began In
Paternoster row with the Lords prayer
In Latin. continuing 1t to the end of
the street. and then said ''amen" al
the corner Of the row. As used In this
country the phrase described the co,
ner Of a church where the elderly mer
bers sit and pronounce the We,
amen" ut intervals.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-09-26
Human FraiIties.

Our structure, both external and in.
ternal, is full of imperfection; yet
there is nothing in nature but what IL
OF use, not even inutility itself
There Is nothing in this universe
which has not some proper place it it
Our being is cemented with certain
mean qualities; ambition. jealousy,
envy, revenge, superstition. despair
have so natural a Judgment In US that
the image of them is discerned in the
brute beasts; nay cruelty itself. vice
so much out of nature; for even in
the midst OF compassion we feel within
us an unaccountable bitter-sweer it'll
lation of ill-natured pleasure in seeing
another suffer; and even children are
sensible Of it.-Montaigne.
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washstands In every bedroom In the
placel Their sideboard's built right
into the house and goes all the way
across one end of the dining room. 1t
isn't walnut, It's solid mahogany
Not veneering-solid mahogany! Well.
sir. 1 presume the president Of the
United States would be tickled to
swap the White House for the new
Ambers6n mansion. il the Major'd
give him the chance-but by the Al
mighty Dollar, you bet your sweet
life the Major wouldn't!"
The visitor to the town was certain
to receive further enlightenment. for
there was one form Of entertainment
never omitted: he was always patri-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-09-26

The literary critics and book reviewers continually
asking "When shall have the Great American Novel, by
the Great American Noves" Perhaps never in the sense
in which the question asked for this country too big and
its people differ too greatly by localities to make the Great
American Novel, possible
Nevertheless, 1.-The Magnificent Ambersons" is great
American novel, Booth Harrington American of sturdy
native stock He knows American life and character only
native American with generations of American fobears
know them. Moreover he has charm of style and power
of expression which have endeared him to the reading public
"The Magnificent A1berSonS" is SO great novel that
Booth Harrington has awarded the Joseph Pulitzer prize
of ST 900 for the American novel published during the year
which shall best present the wholesome atmosphere of Amer
can manners and manhood" The judges making the award
are Robert Grant, William Morton Payne and William Lyon
Phelps.
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Shown Every Courtesy,

Helena's friend lived in a large
house which was greatly admired by
the little girl. and on one of her visits
this friend escorted her over the
home beautiful" Helena told her
aunt about her visit and proudly as
serted: .She took me all over the
house. into every room. Just ike l
was going to bug it."
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Fond Mother-Charles. ! wish You
would use your napkin at the table.
Yen have butter smeared from one ear
10 the other.
Small Charles-That's all right
mamma. If you want d machine 10
run fast you've got TO grease il.
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Put the Hard Task First.

If there is something on todayS pro-
gram that you do not want To do
tackle it as soon after breakfast ~
possible. Why spoil a whole day
dreading the task you can finish in an
hour, or the apology which only needs
a dozen words? The day that dis
patches its hardest task TO begin with.
is very sure TO end satisfactorily
Girls Companion.
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pony straight through a pile of SAND
the man was sieving. "I will wheD
/ grow up" the undisturbed child re
piled. II guess my grandpa owns II
now. you beti" And the baff1ed work.
man, having no means to controveri
what seemed a mere exaggeration OF
the facts, could only mutter. "Oh, pull
down your vest -
Don't hat tol Doctor says II amt
healthy" the boy returned promptly
But I tell you what I'll do: TIL pull
down my vest If you'll wipe OF your
chin!'
This was stock and stencil: the &C
customed argot of street badinage of
the period: and in such matters Geor-
gle was an expert. He had no vest
to pull down; the incongruous fact
was that a fringed sash girdled the
juncture OF his velvet blouse and
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-09-26
t'NOTHING DOING" In COTTON

have more appreciation of the dignity
Of their position" There was nothing
more TO be said. The debt was paid
by the protectorate government
From THE Liquidation OF Sultanate,"
by w. b. Harris. in ASIA" magazine.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-09-26
Very Handy Word.

John" asked the teacher. what is
a synonym
"A synonym" said John. is the
word you use when you can't spell the
other one"
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FLourishinq Business.

"That mans business is flouriShing.
what line is he in7"
"He teaches penmanship."
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Making 1t Soft for the Bricks
A gold medal has been awarded IN a
French inventor Of shock absorbeR
nAe Nheelharrows.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-09-26
George Anderson Minafer
begins to grow up and meets
the beautiful Miss Lucy Nor
gan.

CTO BE CONTINUED
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-11-20
Berlners Jeer America; Cry "Down
With Wilson!"

Berlin, Nov. 16-As an aftermath
to the meetings arranged by Matthias
Erzberger, Vice Chancellor and Min
lister of Finance, on Friday night. at
which speeches favoring the League
of Nations were made. and which was
broken up by hostile persons, the
crowd marched to the Wilhelmplatz
and gathered in front of the old
American Embassy. where cries of
down with Wilson" and down with
America were raised by the people.
Afterwards the mob proceeded to
Erzbergers office in. Budapest
street, where Erzberger was hooted
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-11-20
Set His Bed on Fire.

Tuesday evening about 7:3o, H. l..
Clinkcnbeard. of East Dakota street,
who, on account of his duties as night
operator at the Missouri Pacific de
pot, sleeps during the day, woke up
and as the city lights were for some
reason cut off, lighted match to see
what time it was. Finding that he
had several minutes more of sleep
coming to him he turned over and
again went to sleep, only to be
awakened again in few minutes to
find his bed to be on fire. His hands
were rather badly burned and the
bed was entirely destroyed. The
loss is fully covered by insurance.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-11-20

~
Buy tie Renfrew Cream Separator,
at WeMott & Majors and watch the
size Of yeur cream checks increase
from the same herd Of cows. 6-st
\ v. The Rich Hill Review says that tile
Vernon Oil and Gas company has
secured number Of leases on land
ii the north part of Vernon and the
south part Of Bates county and will
commence drilling in the. near f,l-
turc. One day last week the big
drilling outfit arrived at Deerfield, in
,Nernon county, and will also com
mence there shortly Expert geolo-
gists have gone over the lapd thor
oughly and announce that the indica-
tion are good for oil inspaying guam.
titles. n s s. s., s. 4 I
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-11-20
Now have almost full quota Pocket
Knives from Ioc to $I.z5.
9A lti5H IN 10

An appropriate Armistice Day pro-
gram was given at Hudson Tuesday
night and the event was well attend
ed and greatly enjoyed by all. Prof.
'Theilmann Of this city was invited
and gave one Of his always inspiring
addresses. In connection with the
meeting the Farm and Home I'M
provement Club was revived and
plans made for regular meetings at
stated intervals. The Hudson folk
are always found to be live wires and
keep ia touch with the movements
81 the times. Appleton City Jour
1tal. lisg ssfsss 81 e a Il ISL ss,s s.