The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-13

In good condition"
Don't fail TO give the pedestrian
wider berth than usual"
Don't table any chances"
Clarence might have added. Don,
try 10 climb the Madison st hiif be.
tween Third and Fourth ayes"
saw "a reckless fiivverist tackle
tho climb Thuraday afternoon.
The repair blii--wcli. Il looked %
inc like buying now car would
have been tho most sensible thing
20 do.
Wonder where those oid.fashion.d
bearskin overeoats are uncarthed7
You know the sort | mean--one
OF those long. shaggy. dark brown
| types that show only the nose OF
the wearer
Street car moiormen set the style
I Thursday.
poll OF street chr conductors
I Thursday disclosed AN almost uni
vcrsal weakness for thick red sweat
erH.
Not jus, sweaters. but red ones.
Why the red sweatrr7'' asked
one nickel watchdog on the Fast.
lake line. why not a white sweat.
or or an olive draby"
Dunno" responded tho conductor.
The wife dug IL up"
Other conductors confessed that
their red sweaters were on deck be
cause the wife dug !, up"
There were half a dozen fires in
the downtown district late last night
and tho fire department never made
a move.
At the northwest corner OF Fourth
ave. and Pike st. large bonfire
blarcd merriiy.
Chilled pedestrians stopped crate
fully and warmed their nlpped
fingers. Even tho cops stopped TO
cntoy the comforting blaze.
Nobody seemed 10 care how long
the fire burned. either.
Il Cop. and citizens. on the contrary.
lauded the enterprising nowsboys
who stacked a heap Of old papers In
the gutter and piled match.
Anything to keep warm. Mister, T"
shouted a newsie WHOSE ear tips And
nose had been whipped to q delicate
mauve BY the bitter borcai breeze
swing slip" The Star aviator.
hoped out Of the hay early this
morning to give himself n promised
shave.
He had Jus, finished giving his
classic features a thick coating Of
lather preparatory TO the sklnning
process when
RAMw
The water pipe in the basement
burst open with a loud report
az a result OF contact OF no, water
with an ieecncrus,cd pipe joint.
Tho fractured pipe instantly cut
off the aviator's supply OF shaving
water.
whercupon he wiped the rapidly
chilling lathsr from his counienance
and wen, to work wearing last
nights crop OF spinach.
A. y. Haas. member % the city
council and sole owner and proprl.
ctor OF greenhouse at Bellevue.
where he raises tho stately chryn.
anthemum and the humble cnrna.
ton, as well ns vast quantities of
patrician lettuce. doesn't think much
Of this Arctic atmosphere.
II am compelled TO maintain a
temperature OF from IS 10 SO de.
grecs In my conservatory" Council.
man Haas said Friday. "or my beau.
tiful NUNS car lions and lettuce
win curl Up and quit That means
I must keep burning fuel day and
night. My foreman tells me that II
keeps him in a lrher to keep the
greenhouse up TO proper tempera.
ture.
II don't care how hard nc works
Il win do him good. That foreman
Of mine feeds an even two cords Of
wood "A day to the greenhouse fur.
mace. That means II costs me an
even SO a day for fuel. That's $500
a month for fuel II this cold snap
keeps up I'll go broke or a lot OF
people will 20 without chrysanthe.
NUNS. carnations and lettuce"
shakespeare would never 10 Tor
a Seattle cop who pounds a beat
these mornings from a. m. on.
lie would lack the requisite imagi.
nation and fancy.
Proof. Met Patrolman Charley
Whiting Friday morning.
Rather nippy this morn" said T..
"Ishouldsayso." chartered Charles
Has sriks itsp
a life like imitation OF the merry
castancts.
Was down TO 30 below zero Mt
this morning" Charles continued.
How much below?" / doubted.
Three below" amended Charles
HOW MUCH2" | doubted again.