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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
Rather Peculiar Manner
IN Which TO Break Ties

Dear Miss Grey; became en-.
gagged 70 a woman 81 % about five
months ago. From the beginning
Hhe Was very enthusiastic about our
affair Her devotion TO IN. was 80
complete and her words 40 assuring
that could not doubt tn. sincerity
and gcnuinenema OF her love. she
assured mo that Ehc knew what she
was doing. and that she would be
tru. TO mo.
After | was called into service
she wrote every few days until
about month ago. Then | heard
not word from her for three
weeks. ami after I had written three
times, asking what tho matter was,
she replied very briefly. saying that
since | insisted. she would tell me
that she had mot some ono whom
she thought better suited to her
various moods. and that that would
probably be the last letter.
We have never had the slightest
argument or disagreement ! have
seen her but once since entered
the service. when I obtained short
leave she seemed as glad 10 sce
m. as ever. tho she complained n
little about the shortness OF my
visit.
10 you consider this a proper way
TO terminate an engagement III
she found IL impossible 10 continue
the engagement. should che not
have explained to the and asked for
a release
now recall how she evadcd dis.
cussing plans for the future. pre-
fcrrinE 70 lc, them work themselves
out. feel that che has treated
me very unfairly. and would great.
IS appreciate your opinion.
T.. II. A.
The girl most certainly played
a shabby hand! oh. well. you
should be congratulating your.
self that she revealed these
traits OF character before your
marriage. Inevitably IL would
have caused much more unhap
piness then.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
Seeks Polite Way
10 End Corresponience

Dear Miss Grey: Several months
ago began corresponding with n
girl whose parents have known for
many years She In always very
PROMPT In answering. but as really
wrote first. on the Impulse OF the
moment. and we have nothing much
in common TO write about. | have
lost interest and only keep up the
correspondence for fear OF offending
her. What would be the right thIng
for me to do about thls7
A READER
Many Observation-Disclosures. yes.
oven heartachea. would be avoid
ed II men and women were abso-
iutely frank with each other
about such matters. Simply
avoid further correspondence
with the young lady. or drop
her n postcard occasionally up
on which you have inscribed
friendly greeting.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
Cynthia Grey's
LETTERS
inrenior Of Monitor

iRreHtor Of Monitor"
Born IN StpedeR
Dear Miss Grey: To settle an
argument. please state whether the
inventor, John Ericsson. was a
Swcdc or an American1 lie was
the one who constructed tho "Moni.
tor" warship. which fought for the
Northern states against the "Mcrri.
mac" at Hampton Roads Also. was
he the same Ericsson who invented
the screw propeller and the steam
fire cngincf READER
John Ericsson was born In
Wermland, sweden. July 81.
iso1 lie came to the United
States In. 1889. lilo entered the
Swedish army in 1880. but re-.
signed In 1897 to devote his
ti'Ve 90 inventions. In 1925 he
ts.de tho first application 10
navigation OF the principle OF
condenslng steam and returning
the water To tho boiler. later. he
brought out seif.acting gun.
lock by means OF which naval
cannon could be automatically
discharged at any elevation.
without regard 20 the rolling Of
the ship. In is33 he designed
ealorio engine, and in 1896 in.
vented the screw propeller.
which revoiutionixed navigation.
In 1871 Ericsson built the screw.
propellinR warship Princeton for
the L. $, government. This was
the foundation OF the steam ma.
rine OF tn. world. In 1861 he
constructed the ironclad Moni.
tor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
OMlFlESSIONS OF A
WAR Birdie

wlthercd
"A think these vioiets are like poor
Eloisc." said mother, IF we put
them IN water. they win revive 80
will Eioisc. once she Is restored to
her proper environment. I'm sure,
"Mothcrl Are you really going to
try to do that FOR herr" asked In
great joy
we viii let l3loiHc decide. Can
her" replied mother.
Better invite her into tho family
a. friend. Then maybe wen learn
something about her. suggested
Chrys. i've always told you she
was born aristocrat."
To shorten a long converse ton, We
adopted Eloisc as a friend. but not
until she fully realized our sincerity
did she reveal her identity.
Eloise belongs 10 famous Belgian
family. She belonged to the court
circle. and was bctrothed 10 a man
u high standing when the German
horde broke over the belgian border.
Her glancc. an army officer. had per
mission to visit her fathers chateau
TO marry her lie died defending
her. and we did not need TO be told
what happened next shame. she
said. now keeps her from returning
TO her people
But today you have wiped out
the shame. you believe. said moth
or And. because your family IL
honorcd In your country, you can
help hundreds OF girls whose grief
you understand"
Eloise may revive like the Vlolets.
| thought. but something has been
Killed in her which nothing can
bring 10 life. Her soul has been
scared by what she has lived thru
At last Il was arranged that Flo.
Use will remain as our guest unui
she can obtain passports. Then she
will return to Belgium and consc-
crate her life To the service OF other
girls whose souls have been SCARED
like her own.
Mother has placed large fund al,
her disposal. Sometimes | can see
little sense In having more money
than one can use Tor ones self
10 Re Continued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
Mans Vision Clouded
bu Blind Wrath

Dear Miss Grey: A few months
ago / had some disagreement about
something with a girl friend OF mine
and. being unable TO check my
wrath. told her not TO talk 10 me
until she confessed and apologized
to me.
The result was that we never talk
to each other when We meet We
are like strangers to each other.
have been very sorry since then.
but ! am so sure that the fault was
hers that hardly feel that it's fair
for mo to apologize TO her instead.
only way by which I can make up
with her. We arc both 80 indiffer.
ent to each other.
like her very much, but whether
she cares for mo or not, ! don't
know. | doubt very much II she
| does
Can you tell me whether IL would
be worth while TO make up with
herr IN TROUBLE.
However much the girl might
care for you, II she IL sensible
and worthy, she must of neces-
| sity feel that she would be bet
ter off without such friendship.
You most certainly owe her an
apology for your anger and
abrupt manner Your unlcashed
temper most certainly has made
"A fool OF you You do not know
positively that the girl is guilty
Of what you accused her. and
still you viii not speak TO her
until she confesses and apollo
gizes. If | were the girl,
would cut you from my friend.
ship list in short order.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
Formal End Of War
Has Not Approached

Dear Miss Grey; should any one
make a report now, since the wal
has ended. when hearing seditiou'
remarks made7 Please answer soon
r. y. T.
Alien enemies should be re.
ported just as quickly now as
prior 10 the signing OF the arm
istice. as the war viii not hav.
formally ended until after tho
peace conference.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
Negligees
Reduced

One henna colored bro
cade Negligee. two-piece robe
style. reduced from $500
to $500.
One Moon Clio satin Neg
ligee with wonderful over
drape of lace. reduced from
$4,000 TO $4,000.
One Georgette Negligee
with peach satin underslip
and orchid Georgette jacket,
reduced from $50 to $35.
One Peach Bio charmeuse
satin Negligee with French
blue overblouse of Georgette.
reduced from S45 TO s35.
One crepe de Chine and
Georgette lace-trimmed Neg
ligee. reduced from $3.50
to $500.
Six crepe de Chine Negli-
gees in pink. maize or Law
ender. reduced from $3.50
to 1895.
Six crepe de Chine Neg
ligees. and those combined
with Georgette, lace trimmed.
reduced from SIS to $3.50.
One beaded collar Negligee
of pale blue crepe de Chine,
reduced from $50 TO SIS.
One embroidered Negligee
of crepe de Chine with plait-
cd skirt, reduced from $50
to SIS.
--MseDeuxaii-sout wick.
Third Floor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
CITY Wants Renick
Law to Be Modified

The Renick law, which prevents
municipalities from transferring
r,eney from one fund Co another.
viii he eurtailed IN the coming state
legislature. II bin scheduled 90 be
rre$ensed by the local city council
scss thru The first draft 81 the
hiit. making for a modification Of
me Renlck law. was drawn mp Mon.
,hv at special session, I. was
presented by Corporation Counsel
N. y. Meier.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
Two Seattle Men
in Casualty Lists

serxt omcr s. Norgaurd. Seattle
soldier. In reported killed in action
In Mondays casualty list HI. near.
est OF kin IL Mrs. Alma o. Nor
guard. OF 2i6 Boren ave. ~.
Private John A. Hughcy. also Of
Seattle. IN reported rs died OF dis.
ease. His closest relative is Mrs. A.
=. schraber. general delivery. Seat
tic.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
Foil MAY RETAIN JOB

Leo Fohl. Cleveland baseball man.
aEer. In 10 retain his job. according
TO word from the Ohio metropolis.
Iris Speaker. who was said TO have
been offered the Job. has sent word
to tho Cleveland papers that he
wouldn't take the job at twice his
present salary. Meanwhile Fohl Is
going ahead with his plans for the
1919 campaign.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
Wool and Fiber Silk

S17.50 Fiber Sweaters at
s1l.50. - Attractive mod
els, styled with woven-in
belts and sailor collars.
Colors-begonia, rose and
turquoise.
SI2.95 Wool Coats 1895
Zephyr Wool Sweaters
knit in block weave. Rose,
Copen and coral colors.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07

Slip-on Sweaters
in high school col
ors. of soft, fine
quality wool. Col
ors for Broadway.
Franklin and Queen
Anne schools. Re-
duced from $1,000
to 1896.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
Two Deaths Sadden
Archie Roosevelt

BOSTON. Jan. Capt. Archi.
Md Roosevelt learned % his
a,her's death while on train en-
-ou,e 60 Boston, the home OF
Tnomas ST johnson Lockwood. his
tather In Jaw. who died Saturday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07
WOmen's Sweaters

S7.95 Sweater Coats
at S5.15 - Worsted
S W e at er Coats in
smart belted models
with sailor or roll col
lars. In Copen, coral,
purple and black
shades. Sizes for miss
es or small women.
'ii-southwick. second Floor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-07

Belted styles with large collars Of
seal plush and self material. Plush
and novelty buttons are ingen-
iously used in trimming. OF .
velours and cheviots, in
blues, blacks and browns.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-05-29
CHAPTER v-continued.

~ 49,
The two men looked at him, plainly
perplexed.
"When was all this?" inquired De
Soto.
"Early last evening. He picked up
your latest guest at the corners, and
she insisted in his driving me to the
tavern before the storm broke. I've
been terribly anxious about her. She
must have been caught out in all that
frightful-"
"What's this you are saying, Mr..
Barnes" cut in De Soto, frowning.
"No guest arrived at Green Fancy last
evening, nor was one expected"
Barnes stared. "Do you mean to
say that she didn't get there, after
all?"
"She? A woman, was it," demand
ed .O'Dowd. "Bedad, if she said she
was coming to Green Fancy she was
spooflng you. Are you sure it was old
Peter who gave you that jolly rider"
mo, I am not sure" said Barnes
uneasily. "She was afoot,' having
walked from the station below. I met
her at the corners and she asked me If
I knew how far it was to Green
Fancy, or something like that. Said
che was going there. Then along came
the automobile, rafting down this
very road-an ancient Panhard driven
by an old codger. She seemed to think
1t was all right to hop in and trust
herself to him, although she'd never
seen him before"
"The antique Panhard fits in all
right" said O'Dowd, "but I'm hanged
If the woman fits at all. No such per-
son arrived at Green Fancy last night"
did you get a square look at the
drivers face?" demanded De Soto.
1T was almost too dark to see, but
he was old, hatchet-faced, and spoke
with an accent"
"Then it couldn't have been Peter"
said De Soto positively. He's old,
tight enough, but he is as big as the
side Of a house, with a face like a full
moon, and he is Yankee to his toes.
BY CAD, Barnes, the plot thickens! A
woman has been added to the mystery.
Now, who the devil is she and what
has become Of herr"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-05-29

Egad, sir, TIL read the play to you.
Ill-What no. landlord. Have your
best automobile sent around to the
door as quickly as possible. A couple
Of my men are going to Hornville to
fetch hither my"
"Just a minute" interrupted Put
nam Jones, wholly unimpressed. IA
man just called you up on the phone,
Mr.. Barnes. I told him you was en-
t%ertaining royalty at lunch and
couldn't be disturbed. So he asked
me to have you call him up as soon
as you revived. His words, not mine.
Call up MI. ODowd at Green Fancy.
Here's the number"
The mellow voice Of the Irishman
soon responded to Barnes call.
Il. called you up to relieve your
mind regarding the young woman who
came last night" he said. "You OBJ
serve that I say 'came.' She's quite
all right, safe and sound, and no cause
for uneasiness. I thought you meant
that she was coming here as a guest,
and so I made the very natural mis-
take Of saying she hadn't come at all,
at all. The young woman in question
is Mrs. Van Dykes maid. But, bless
me soul, how was I to know she was
even in existence, much less expected
by train or motor OF Shanks' mare?
Well, she's here, SO there's the end Of
our mystery"
Barnes was slow in replying. He
was doubling his own ears. 1t was not
conceivable that an ordinary-or even
an extraordinary-lady's maid could
have possessed the exquisite voice and
manner Of his chance acquaintance Of
the day before, or the temerity to
order that sour-faced chauffeur about
as If The chauffeur!
"But I thought you said that Mr..
Curtis chauffeur was moon.faced
and"
HE is, bedad." broke in MI.
O'Dowd, chuckling. 'That's what de-
ceived me entirely, and no wonder. 1t
wasn't Peter at all, but the rapscallion
washer who went after her. He was
instructed to tell Peter to meet the
four o'clock train, aud the blockhead
forgot to give the order. Bedad, what
does he do but sneak out after her
himself, scared out Of his boots for
fear Of what he was to get from Peter.
I had the whole story from Mrs. Van
DYKE
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-05-29
CHAPTER vi.
Charity Begins Far From Home, and
a Stroll In the Wildwood Follows.

Charity Begins Far From Home, and
a Stroll In the Wildwood Follows.
MIR. Rushcroft was furious when he
arose at eleven o'clock on the morning
AFTER the double murder, having slept
like a top through all Of the commo-
ton. He doomed all over the place,
vocal castigations falling right and
left OF the guilty and the innocent
without distinction.
II don't see how you managed to
sleep through It," Barnes broke in.
fYou must have an unusually clear
conscience, Mr.. Rushcroft."
II haven't any conscience at all, sir"
roared the star. II had an unusually
full stomach. that's what was the mat
ter with me. I take oath now, Sir,
never to eat again as long as I live.
A man who cannot govern his beastly
appetite ought to defy it, IL nothing
else"
II gather from that remark that you
omitted breakfast this morning."
Breakfast, sir1 In Gods name, I
smplore you not to refer to anything
80 disgusting as. stewed prunes and
bacon at a time like this. My mind
Is"
"How about luncheon? viii you
Join me at twelvethirty7"
THAT'S quite another matter" said
Mr.. Rushcroft readily. Luncheon is
an esthetic tribute to the physical in
telligence of man, If you know what I
mean. I shall be delighted to join. you.
'Twelve-thirty, did you say?"
1T would give me great pleasure If
your daughter would also grace the
festal board. I think it is too bad that
she has to 60 about in the gown she
wears, MI. Rushcroft," said Barnes.
ashes much too splendid for that. I
have a proposition I'd like to make to
you later on. I cannot make it, how
ever, without consulting Miss Thack-
eray's feelings"
my dear fellow" beamed Rush
uRpft sei&ing the others hand. zone
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-05-29
Kcttledrum 4. Old.

The Greeks and Romans danced to
the accompaniment Of the tympanum
from which our modern kettledrum
has been adapted-but failed to apply
this instrument Of percussion to war
fare, and It is not till the seventh
century TINT the Moors and Saracens
of Spain introduced the drum among
European soldiery, having themselves
ACQUIRED II from the Hindus through
Persian traders. The ancient word
staber'-or as the French call II
.tambour" denotes the origin, the
Persian word for drum being tabjr.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-05-29

'The varlet!" barked Mr.. Rushcroft.
It was arranged that Dillingford and
Bacon to go to Hornville in a
hired motor that afternoon, secure the
judgment, pay the costs, and attend
to the removal of the personal belong
ings Of the stranded quartette from
the hotel to Harris Tavern. The
younger actors stoutly refused to &C.
cept Barnes offer to pay their board
while at the Tavern. That, they de-
clared, would be charity, and they pre-
ferred his friendship and his respect
to anything Of that sort. Miss Thack-
cray, however, was to be Immediately
relieved of her position as chamber
maid. She was to become a paying
guest.
Rushcroft took the whole affair with
the most noteworthy complacency. He
seemed to regard it as his due, or
more properly speaking as if he were
doing Barnes a great favor in allowing
him to lend money to a person of his
Importance.
"a thought has just come to me,
my dear fellow" he remarked as they
rose from table. with the proper
kind Of backing I could put over one
of the most stupendous things the,the-
alter has known in fifty years. I don't
mind saying to you-although it's
rather sub rosa-that l have written a
playa four-act drama that will pack
the biggest house on Broadway to the
roof for as many months as we'd care
to stay. Perhaps you will allow me
to talk it over with you a little later
on. You will be interested, I'm sure.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-05-29
Barnes meets "Mrs. Van
Dykes maid" and the mys-
terry deepens.
LonofeIlow Justly Popular.
(TO BE


Longfellow Is Justly popular as the
poet who, above all other poets of this
country, has expressed with a varied
and finished art the simple, natural.
elemental affections and sentiments.
His literary productions are confined
almost entirety to those in poetic form.
Hyperion, a rather f1orid romance, and
Kavanagh, a romance Of somewhat bet.
ter quality, are the two exceptions. His
well.known "Psalm of Life" 1.-THE
Song Of Hiawatha," "Evangeline." and
many other poems have made his
name q familiar household word, and
every scho0,boy is familiar with 1.-THE
Village Blat ksmith." 1.-THE Wreck Of
the Hesper,s," and the Building Of
the Ship" which are the melodious
phrasing Of thoughts and feelings dear
to the children even of a larger growth.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-05-29
GREEN FANCY LIARS.

Synopsis.-Thomas X. Barnes,
a wealthy young New Yorker,
on q walking trip in New Eng
land near the Canadian border,
is given a lift in an automobile
by a mysterious and attractive
girl bound for a house called
Green Fancy. At Harris tavern
Barnes finds a stranded troupe
Of Transforming" actors, Of
which Lyndon Rushcroft is the
star and miss Thackeray" the
leading lady. They are doing
hotel work for their board. He
learns Green Fancy is a house
of mystery. That night two
mounted men leave the tavern
under odd circumstances. One
is shot dead near by; the other
is brought back dying. The
sheriff detains Barnes, Green
Fancy guests appear and say
the mystery does not concern
Green Fancy.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-05-29

lem will also be looked over. Besides
experimenting on briquetting the gov
eminent is interested in other posi-
bilities which Ignite presents.
Fargo.-Application has been made
to United States District Judge Ami
don for the appointment of an exam
liner to take testimony in the case Of
state Of North Dakota versus the
Great Western Elevator company, the
Powers Elevator company, Occident
Elevator company and Monarch Ele-
vator company. This is the first step
in the $1O,OOO,00O lawsuit instituted
by the attorney general last fall for
the purpose of recovering alleged ex-
cess profits taken from the farmers
in the state in the purchase of grain
by the various elevators made defend
ants in this action. The origin
ated out of the spread between the
market price of grain and the price
offered the farmer by local elevators.
Fargo.-June 8 to IA has been 'desig-
mated as Bog Scout week in which a
campaign will be waged to list 1,00O,-
600 associate members. North is
asked to secure 400 associate mem-
bers at 81 a year in the extension Of
the Boy Scout movement.
Fargo.-Plans for the construction
Of q $4,000 addition to the A. o. U.
w. building this summer were made
ut the opening session Of the grand
lodge of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen held here recently. The
grand lodge also acted favorably on
the proposal to admit women from
outside of the state to membership.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-10
JAPS WOULD REVISE
IMMIGRATION LAWS

TOXIC. July 1o.--Revision OF ia.
pans immigration laws is going to be
urged In the next session OF the diet.
while there is now in force in It
ally regulation by which the govern
ment encourages. directs and pro
tects immigrants. In Japan tho law
pertaining to emigrants was made 2s
years ago. so II is no wonder that II
is contradictory to the present state
OF progress Of our country" says Mr..
Kanzaki. chief secretary of the Jap.
anese association of San Francisco
who has come home to work Tor the
reform
Thru the entire text the words do
not or shall be fined are found in
profusion. but the rules are all con.
trary TO prescnt-day civilization. Ny
second mission is TO promote Amer.
ico-Japanese friendship. Since the
racial equality clause was introduced
at the Paris conference, antiJap.
anesc feeling in California seems to
have become accentuated, and not
only do the Americans feel unfriendly
toward the Japanese laborers. but
they are now inclined to look upon
the Japanese in general as n danger.
Gus people. In these circumstances
new steps must be taken for depriv.
ing them~of this prejudice"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-10
NOMINATE OFFICERS
FOR LABOR COUNCIL

letter protesting against the appoint.
n.ent- J. Won Carney, William An.
drus and Charley Doyle comprise the
committee.
Letters from Hulct Wells and Eu-
gene Debs were read, telling OF how
they were spending their time in
prison. and greetings will be sent to
them.
Vote on Labor Site
The secretary was ordered TO have
$4,000 ballots. stating the merits Of
each OF tho four sites for the new
labor temple. printed and sent out,
Upon the referendum of the union
men will depend where the new
million dollar temple will be built.
The new wnge scale OF the street
car men was Endorsed.
Tho committee in charge Of the
forming OF the new labor party an.
nounced that n meeting will be held
Thursday night to make initial plans
for the forming OF the party.