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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11
Mr.: Toad and Prickiy Perky Put Their
Heads Together
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS

CLOwLY Pr;ekiy Perky the rorru.
~ pine climbed down from the top
ef the tall poplar tree where hs had
been getting his breakfast OF tender
young bark He grunted as he
worked his way Down. for he had
with him a bundi. OF bark TO take
ever to Peter Rabbits surprise
party at the homo OF Unc' Billy Pos
susn- When he reached the ground
prsckiy Perky shook himself until
he ratified the thousand little spears
hidden In his long coat
Tee hee-hee-
who cares - iAngh y. uner d..
Unndsd PrscSiy Porky. shaking him
k91f uneii all the little spears rsrsied
n0atn. and soms " them began to
~. out OF the long cna.
No enc n laughing At you. ~
pned . voioe right behind him
rFscxiy Perky turned around. There
- cd Mr.. Toad His big mouth
vas seresched vide open and he was
hnghing all 20 himself. Something
Vas tickling old Mr.. Toad nightly.
prickiy Perky scowied and a few
moro little spears .peeped out of hts
Ipng coat You know no one likes to
b. laughed at. and Il certainly did
Nook as II old Mr.. Toad ~s4S laughing
lat him
Mr.. Toad stopped laughing and
hoped a step nearer. ITS a Joke
said he. and slowly winked one eye.
II don't see any joke" said Prickiy
o.
full
Mr.. Toad hoped a step nearer.
Are you going 20 Peter Habits
party7" he asked.
of course I am. What q foolish
! sue<sionr' replied Prfckiy Porky.
TO be sure. a very foolish dues-
[tion. q very foolish question indeed. -
Eassenf~d Mr.. Toad do you know
lkhat Sammy Jay and Blachy the
5crow and Reddy Fox and Shadow
tbs Weasel. who have not been In
vited. are planning 20 break up the
party and then goboie up all the
good things to eat7'' he continued.
sPrickly Perky laid down his bundle
Of tender young bark and stared at
told Mr.. Toad How do you known
The demanded.
Old Mr.. Toad chuckied dep down
hin hts throat IL was underneath a
piece Of bark on which Sammy Jay
was sitting when the plan was
made. OF course he didn't know 7
vas there and Of course didn't tell
him
-Of course not continued Prfckiy
Perky. beginning to grim
I nrQf course not" continued Mr..
{9o6d. grinning too. Then he told
fPrsckiy Porky all about the plan he
had overheard; how Reddy Fox and
shadow the Weasel and Blacky the
Crow were 10 hide near inc Billy
Possum's hollow tree and how
/ sammy Jay was to brighten away
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11
TOGet Strong and
Put on Flesh

People who have tried 70 say that
one OF the quickest and surest ways
In which those who are weak. thin,
nervous and run down can grow
strong and put on pounds OF solid
stay-thcre flesh. is to take n S-grsin
tablet of Blood-Iron Phosphate with
each meal. This Is doubtless due TO
the well-known fact that Blood Iron
Phosehate quickly builds up de-
pletrd nervous energy and at the
same lime supplies. the iron necee-
sary to make rich. red strength
building blood IL you are weak.
thin, nervous or are lack inE In the
old time vigor, endurance and OPP
tiInisn. 20 To owl Drug Co. or any
other good druggist and set enough
Blood-Iton Phosphate to last three
weeks and take as directed II at
the end Of three weeks you don't
feel 1909 better and aren't In every
way satisfied. you can have your
money back for the asking. Fair,
liant It. Better try II today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11

There vas q grand scramble when
Ruoaduo told the twins TO gvt ready
for the Bird-ot.Paradise. They shooed
all the other birds out right away
and poor VIII woodpecker only
half done. too.
Then they xot out an their bcs;
feathers. Rubadub said he had saved
Tor urnpty-some years for jus, such
m cccAsion as this. And the lowell.
80 shades OF paint. and silver pow.
:. and gold powder. and what not,
. Bird-of-paradlsc. you must
~. is the xrandcst bird In all tn.
" Id Indeed. Nick and Nancy near.
EGUDt their breath when the fairy
: a. showed them her wonderful
lecture In the Be-s Bird Book.
Then they lowered all the shades
Cor kubsdue said she had specially
asked TO have II dark and when
everything was ready tho f1iryman
opened the door.
And In walked me stranger, OF
course the hight was dim. but there
was enough OF Il TO seq that tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11
VIM. Dean Howells
Dies in New York

NEW YORK. May 1i.-Wiiliam
Dean Howells. famous writer and
Iiterateur. died last night at his
homo in New York.
Howells was 50 years Of age He
suffered an attack OF Influenza last
winter. lie never fully recovered.
and steadily grew worse. His son,
John Mead. New York architect
and his daughter Mildred, who lived
with her father, were at his side
when he died.
The funeral will be held Wednes-
day
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11
FORCES
A|L|NG SKIN
To IMPROVE.
ALTMAN
LEO
POP MOMAND
By AHERN

To be rid OF an unsightiy shin
trouble is real physical and mental
mas distress has been Intense, you
are entitled to the great comfort
that Poslam can bring you quickly.
II makes the work OF healing short
and pleasant. A little goes long
way and does a great deal, the skin
responds so eagerly Itching irrita-
ton stops. Pimples and rashes go.
and. best OF ALI Poslam viii not,
can not. harm.
sold everywhere. For free sample
write 90 Emergency Laboratories.
2fs W, nth st., New York city.
Poslam Soap Is the tonic SOAP fer
the skin. and VIII freshcn and beAH>
ufx. your complexion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11
Canada Is Planning
Minister to u. S.

OTTAWA. Ont. May i1.--Canadh
will have It's own minister to Wash
ington TO deal with the United
States authorities direct In behalf
OF and on instructions of the Do
minion government according to
the announcement made In the
house OF commons ny Sir George
Foster.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11

everybody clse BY pretending that
Bowser the Hound was coming.
Have you told Peter Rabbit
asked Prickiy Perky.
Not yet. but I'm rutrr 20 by and
by" replied old Mr.. Toad. ''Rut first
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11
American Legion
Week Nav II to u

OLYMPIA. May 1.-THE week Of
May ~. 10 !. has been designated
as American Legion week for the
state OF Washington. by prociana-
ton Of Governor Louis r. Hart
During this period !, IN asked
that citizens extend every aid to
officers Of the legion in their ef.
forts to enroll Washington's 50 900
returned service men In the organi-
zation-
The legion In seeking a national
membership OF 100000.
CAIRO .--Husaien Darwiche. min
lister Of works. escapes bomb thrown
at his carriage.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11

LOS ANGELES. Officers and
men OF the battleship Mississippi
10 cam pom Hoods canal this sum
mcr. says Rear Admiral Rodman.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11

sonally directing the stand OF red
troops against the combined Polish
Ukrainian offensive. a Moscow wire
less dispatch today said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11

SPOKANE John ~ Tilslay, com
missioner OF public safety. dead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11

YAKIMA. - -Four Mexicsns are
charged with operating dope ring
70. drops dead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-11

that make II advisable TO always
have q bottle in the home. It. Is
free from narcotics and sale for
the finest baby.
In spite Of the fact that Dr. Caid
wels Syrup Pepsin Is the Iargest seil,ns
liquid axatise in the uoHd, there
being ocer 6 million botties sold each
gear, many who need It's benefits haze
not JET used Il. II you haze not. send
Jour name and address for a free rial
bottl< TO Dr.. w. D. CaIduslL SRI
Washington St.. Monticello, Illinois,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17
ROLL CALL Laos
Only 5000 Have Answered Red
Cross Call.
Membership of 5000 Needed in
Shawnee County.

With the Shawnee county annual
Red Cross roll call nearly half over.
only 5000 persons have answered
present" according to reports made
at the meeting of roll call workers at
the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
afternoon.
Work l. out yourself. What per
cent of $4,000 is 5000?
The goal in the 1920 roll call is U.s.
600, the quota the county brought
forth in war time. Many cities of the
country are equalling and exceeding
their war time responses to the Red
Cross.
Topeka Must Get Busy.
Topeka should be confident of at
least raising her quota.
Two hundred workers, principally
members of the Topeka woman's
club, which has charge of the roll call,
attended the meeting at the Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday afternoon, when
the reports given showed a total of
5000. The number represented only a
part of the reports that are expected
to be given, and the number may be
greatly increased with additional re-
ports.
Today the state house will be CAM
vassed, with the expectation that tho
office people in the building will yield
a 100 per cent result. A report of 200
persons subscribing Tuesday was given
from the Santa Fe office solicitors at
the meeting. In 1918 the Santa Ed
offices produced 400 memberships.
Work of Red Cross.
With a record of aiding 100000
families of soldiers and sailors, relief
to 13. 900 sufferers from floods, fires,
wind storms and other disasters, CIV
ing $4,000 Red Cross nurses to aid in
influenza epidemics. instruction to
10000 women in home hygiene and
home care of the sick, first aid taught
to 100000 persons. unlimited camp
and home service, help for all soldiers
blinded in the war. a fight against
tuberculosis, cholera, typhus and other
plaques, who can turn a deaf ear to
the greatest mother in the world"
who only asks one dollar from every
real American?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17
Pyrex Glass :
Cooking Ware

No wonder women are attracted by
dainty and clean Cooking Ware, since
they must have so much to do with it.
Pyrex Glass Cooking Ware makes the
process of cooking quite fascinating and
it is so much more cheerful to have in
ones kitchen than the old fashioned tin
pans, etc.
There are pie pans, cake pans, baking
dishes and other useful pieces. You'll
be sure to please the new bride with
gift of Pyrex and the brides who aren't
really new" brides like it very much.
Basement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17
Electric Heaters
$1,000

Here's just the thing you've been
wanting these cool days-a coy little
Electric Heater to make warm spot on
chilly mornings.
After you have had one you'll never
again be without this tiny comfort, and
it uses such little electricity that you
scarcely know that you have it.
We are selling few at the special
n,.ice of $1,000
Other sizes are priced very reasonably
at. S11.00, $3.50 and $1,000
Basement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17
The Basement Gift Section

You'll be pleasantly surprised at the at
traative array of Gift Suggestions in the
Basement.
There is a complete line of Community
Silver, in several new patterns, Sheffield Sill
yer, hand painted China, Carving Sets, Bon
bon boxes, and all sorts of separate glass
pieces. Look about the Basement Gift Sec
ton the next time you are in.
$3.50 Cut Glass Water Set for only. $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17
NOW HE'S FARMER De LUKE
Francisco Villa Plans Big Farming
DeaI-To Use Tractors 'Neverthing.

San Diego, Nov. 17.-Francisco
Villa, former bandit, who suddenly ap-
peared today in Enseda, is to be at
the head of a large colony of his fol-
lowers on a section of land south of
Enseda in Lower California, about 40
miles from Tiajuana, it is reported
here.
Villa is said to have come to Lower
California about seven weeks ago,
altho he was supposed to have settled
in Chihuahua on land given to him by
the government for himself and fol-
lowers as a condition of his laying
down his arms.
The former bandit and revolutionary
leader is now in Lower California with
$500 men, it is said, and has modern
tractors and other farming outfits for
cultivating the land in a big colonizing
scheme. When he drove into Enseda
last Friday he was in a luxurious new
automobile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17
Soft "Moon-glo" Satins

$500 'Moon-Glo" Satins, in white pink, light gray,
golden brown, taupe, African brown and midnight
blue black and gendarme blue; 40 inches wide, and
sale at. Observation-Disclosures. $3.7S yard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17
Handsome Silks at
Low Prices
Tricolette is Smart

$500 Tricolette, in white, maard blue, navy blue
seal brown, rust, mandarin gray, taupe and black
SO inches wide and regularly priced $500 yard
specially priced at. commencement $3.50 a yard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17

Wash day troubles may just as
well end for you-buy Cataract
Washer and save
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17

Few Odd Patterns liable in 2, az and
3-yard lengths will be put sale because have
napkins to match at VI off
$3.50 All-Iinen Table Cloths of good weight, size
70x70inch and specially priced at, .$1095
Same quality in size 70xSs-inch for .$1375
$500 dozen Napkins abe patterns of the Table
Cloths and of lovely, soft quality of linen size
22x22-inch and priced, doz.. ...$1475
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17
Aluminium Ware 1919 Off

All percolators, rice boilers, six-in-one
cooking kettles, roasters, ETC., will be Of
fered for the Thanksgiving Sale at 1919 off
A large size, covered Aladdin Enamel
Roasting Pan which is regularly priced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17

We have a line of the most attractive
Electric Lamps, made with handsome
metal bases and with shades of different
colors and designs.
Many of these Lamps are worth up to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17
I'd Thanksgiving Opportunities ar
Let the Holiday Time
Be a Happy Time

An huge, enveloping cloud of depression and
pessimsm is hanging dangerously close the heads
of the naturally optimistic American people-and it
should not be so.
Thinking people have foreseen the present condi-
tons and knew that it could be otherwise but
they also knowthat there nothing fatal the pres
emit REIMBURSEMENT period.
Americans must go to work at Washington and
elsewhere over the country to restore od-tme pros
perities and find the way cheaper the necessities
of life.
We must all work together, for ourselves
alone, but in order to right that which think is
wrong and for the things which will benefit the
greatest number.
Be gay and happy this Holiday time, do your part
to make others happy and trust in the future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-17
News of Thanksgiving Sale of Linens

To make the '.festive board more festive
Thanksgiving time, one always must brighten up Il
table with snowy Linens and shining silver. TT
sale of Linens which we are offering is indee
good news after all these months of high prices {
Linens.
Extra inc Beached Table Linen,
bargain at the SAFE price OIL ydto. 5000
1915 Napkins to
$3.50 Irish Mercerized Damask OF beanfu quay ana
in Napkins to matchthis
lar 22
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
A number of sovietists are described
as anxious to leave the battlefield and
get back to conversation.
The Sugar Slump.

Sugar dealers caught with large
stocks on hand, accumulated when
the prices were high, have appealed to
the Department of Justice to stop
the campaign for a reduction of prices
until they can make good their losses.
The Department, it is stated, will pay
no heed to this plea. 1t is felt that
there is no reason for sympathy for
those who loaded up on a rising
market in the hope of the price going
higher, and must now take their losses
by selling at the prevailing rates. It
is only justice that some of those who
thought to take advantage Of the pub
lie necessities should now pay the
price.
Incidentally, it is most gratifying
to know that the prices really are
going down. There has been a reduc-
ton within few days from %, "a
and IS cents to 16, II and Is cents a
pound for sugar. One of the causes,
perhaps the chief one, of this slump,
is the heavy importation from Brazil,
Peru, Argentina and Africa and other
sources. This sugar naturally sought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22

is much on the south shore of the river
there that is beautiful and much that
is unlovely. The development of a
great grove on this newly established
space would afford shield or screen
to some of the less attractive features
of landscape in that direction.
Some of the public lands across the
river have been utilized as an expert
ment station by the Department of
Agriculture, and structures have been
erected there that do not fit into the
landscape tremendously. Some time
ago it was announced that tall trees
were to be planted around these build
ings of kind to grow to sufficient
height soon to hide them from view
from the city. 1t is to be assumed
that nothing of the sort will be per-
mitted on the newly reclaimed lands
now in development, but that they
will remain as a park for all time.
When this park development is lit
tie further advanced there will be an
imperative need of a bridge commu-
nication. This points directly to the
memorial bridge project which has
been so long awaiting formal approval.
With the Lincoln Memorial completed
and with the development at Airing
ton carried so far the memorial bridge
becomes a necessity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22

the best market. Now there is enough
on hand to make good the American
deficiency and the housewives of this
country are once more able to plan
their preserving work without distress.
Still, sugar at Is cents a pound is
too high, and the hope is that the
process will continue until something
more like normal, reasonable rate
has been established. 1t may be that
never again will the old Scent sugar
price be restored. But 10 cents is now
to be viewed as possibility, and the
government should continue its
vigilance until at least that point is
reached, be the consequences to the
sugar spectators what they may.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
John w. Weeks.

Former Senator Weeks has visited
Marion twice. Only the other day he
was there, comforting with Mr.. Hard
ing about the campaign. He is active
in it, and very competent politician.
He served with Mr.. Harding in the
Senate, and at that time the two men
established friendly relations.
Mr.. Weeks was defeated for re-
election through factionism, former Gov.
Mccall leading the opposing faction.
His term as senator had been success
full. He had attained good rank as a
legislator and party adviser. But the
republicans of the state quarreled over
him, and he lost out. To add to his
discontinue he was succeeded by a
democrat-the first man of that party
to be elected to the Senate from Massa-
chusetts in many years.
This, however, did not diminish Mr.
Weeks interest in politics. He has
been lending hand in private life,
and since the Chicago convention has
shown the liveliest concern for the sue
cess of his party's national ticket. He
is a figure of prominence at national
republican headquarters.
Does this mean that Mr.. Weeks is
coming back! If his party wins in
November shall we see the former
senator again in object If so, in what
offices
Would he not fit well into the sec
retaryship of the Navy' He is a
graduate of Annapolis, and while in
the Senate not only manifested great
interest in naval affairs, but from his
education and training contributed
much information to the discussion
whenever those affairs were in hand.
He is comparatively young, in robust
health, and has had experience in the
business world as in the world of poll
tics. Mr.. Mckinley, it will be remep,-
bered, went to Massachusetts, in form
ing his cabinet for his Secretary Of
the Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
The New Potomac Park.

A new "Potomac Park" is in the
making, through the reclamation of an
area Of $50 acres on the west side of
the Georgetown channel. This forma-
ton results from the dredging opera
lions that have been in progress for
several years, similar to those that Gre
ated the great area on the Washing
ton side of the channel, which has be-
come one of the most attractive park
spaces in the world. and those that
are still in progress in the Anacostia
and from which will come another rich
addition to Washington's attractions.
The Virginia side reclamation work
viii be of small extent compared with
Potomac Park or Anacostia Park, but
lit win be a most delightful addition
Ito tie scene above the bridges. There
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
Lower Fare for School Pupils.

Appeal has been made to the local
street car com panies to sell special car
tickets for school children at the rate
of six for quarter. The prepayment
of this plan has asked the civic or
carnations to enlist in the effort to
obtain relief for the parents of school
children. There is ground for sym
pathe tic consideration of this plea. At
seven and a half cents trip it costs
IS cents week for child to ride to
and from school on the street ears.
At the old rate of six tickets for a
quarter it cost less than AZ cents a
week. The difference of SO cents a
week is material item in the average
family.
In many other cities special school
rates are provided below the regular
fares. There is no practical difficulty
about arranging such differential.
School ticket books can be prepared
and sold by the car companies through
the schools or on direct applica-
ton, just as communication books are
now sold for those who travel beyond
the District boundaries.
1t costs no less, of course, to carry
school child than it does an adult.
But it may be urged that if the rate
is reduced to lower scale for pupils
more of them would ride to school than
at present. Probably the result of
such a reduction would be an actual
gain in revenue rather than loss.
The point raised by this citizen is
well taken and should be given care
full thought by the Public Utilities
Commission and the street car COM
panies between now and the time for
opening the schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
POLITICS AT HOME
Cox and Johnson.

With Gov. Cox touring the west and
Senator johnson the east, which will
shortly be the arrangement, the cam
paign in those two sections will not
lack for "pep."
In some particulars the two men are
alike. Both are downright in their
talk. Both play for applause. As
Fspeakers, both have the faculty of
stirring an audience and securing APP
plause.
The California senator is a stump
orator of a high order. He hammers
home his argument. He is capable of
flights of popular eloquence, but does
not overindulge. He impresses his
hearers with his tremendous earnest
ness. His words, his voice, his gestures
carry the assurance that he stands for
all he says.
Gov. Cox is not an orator, but very
effective public speaker. He answers
to the description of scrapper. He
likes a crowd, and knows how to en-
terrain one. He relishcs heekling. In
his campaigns for governor he car
ried chip on his shoulder through out,
and has inaugurated his presidential
campaign in somewhat the same man
ner.
The east has heard Senator johnson,
and shown appreciation of him. In
his campaign for delegates to the Chi
cago convention he made a number of
speeches in that section, and while he
did not get many delegates he did get
at all of his meetings the glad hand
for his oratory. On his coming visit,
therefore, he will not be a stranger.
The west will be hearing Gov. Cox
for the first time. His friends predict
that his tour will be a success; that
his style of address will suit that sec
ton, and that he will win votes.