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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06

long time before. Pretty soon he
came TO the edge OF field Now
Happy Jack always feels safest when
b. IL among the trees and he very
seldom goes far from them on the
other sld~ % the field he could Rse
hiK chestnut tree. which hr had
never visited. and he wanted To sec
what the prospects were for nuts.
But II was q long way around the
field. and Happy Jack was feeling
rather lazy.
He looked this way and that way
to sec II the way was clear. lie saw
no danger anyv here
4 believe I'll risk it, said Happy
Jack 10 himself. and started 10 run
across the field.
Now. MFR. Goahawk was very
hungry. and he dearly loves young
squirrel Ills eyes arc 50 sharp that
he can see a very great distance. No
sooner did Happy Jack start out
across the open field than Mr. Cos
hawk saw him.
Tia. Ia. har' said Mr.. Goshawk.
There Is my breakfast"
lie closed his wings. and down he
came like a bullet out OF the skies.
His great claws we're stretched wide
ITO seize Happy Jack when something
prompted Happy Jack TO look up
His heart almost stopped beating
But Happy Jack is very quick. and
like flash. he lodged 20 one side
Mr.. Goshawk screamed with disap.
pointment and rage as he spread his
broad wings and stopped himself be-
fore striking the ground Then up
he flew. only TO come down again.
ferccr than before Again Happy
Jack lodged. and Mr.. Coshawk got
nothing but a few hairs from Hap.
py's tail.
Poor Happy Jack. lie knew that
he never could get across that open
field without being caught. for. soon.
er or later. Mr.. Coshawk would be
quicker than he. As he ran he
looked this way and that way. just
little way ahead he saw a hole
Running as fast as he could make
his legs go. he reached the hole just
In time to dodge into IT as Mr.. Cos
hawk made another Nclous clutch at
him.
oh" cried Happy Jack. how ever
will I get home AGAIN.
But, tho Happy Jack did not know
IL. Mr.. Goshawk had flown away.
for he was too hungry TO walt for n
frightened squirrel to come out
again.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06
Cast 1874 Per Cent
of Registered Vote

Exactly s7.et per cent OF those
who registered voted in the general
election March 2, 1t was officially
certified by the city council in
special session Friday evening. The
total number Of votes was 1894.
Practically no change In the rela-
tive standing Of the different candi.
dates or In the vote accredited to
each in tho informal count was
found.
The official count gave Major
Hugh M. Caldwell b0.ss5 votes. Some
s3.727 persons cast their ballots for
James A. Duncan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06

got Il. II was so delicious I haven't
cared Tor anything else since liu,
can't find any. Please excuse ne
whlia | cry" And the whale blew
another big spout OF water from
the top OF his head, You see" he
said my eyes arc too small TO cry
all the tear. feel like crying" And
he spouted again,
All this time Nancy was search.
ms her pocket suddenly she held
up beautiful round peppermint
cream
Here. Mr. Whale, you may have
this" she said. laying It on the
ground
''oh. thank YOU smiled the
whale. showing all his teeth This
is the hsppiest moment % my NE +"
Ana he licked hls lips 50 loudly
/, sounded like thunderstom. DO
you come this way oftenF"
We may he hack answered
Nancy, but were hunting for cur
lost monkey now Please ten as lg
YOU see him
And the whale promised
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06
Happy Jack Squirrel Has an Adventure

HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL poked
- his head out Of his warm nest
Of leaves in the top Of an oak tree.
HAPPY Jack Is an early river. and he
saw no one else but old Mother West
Wind. who was just coming down
from the Purple Hilk with her big
bag Of Merry Little Br~ezr~.
Happy Jack scamp~rcd down the
Srce and washed bis face and hands.
0en he carefully brushed his gray
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06

In Chiapas. Mexico, n bridge $50
feet long by IL feet wide. is made OF
solid mahogany. On n New York
valuation It would be worth at least
5000 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06

The Twins heard great flapping
In the bushes beside tho road SO
they ran TO sec what /, could be.
They were getting accustomed to
an sorts Of queer things In Topsy.
rsrvy Land. but what they saw
now was the aueerest of ala great
whale webbing along and spouting
. great fountain Of water from the
top OF his head. He was Tipping
his tail and hitching along on his
sides In . very curious manner.
TITS very hard swimming on dry
hnd." he explained. But they don't
hhave peppermint creams in the
sea And how do love them
Peppermint GRAMS" cried Nick.
why. II says in my reader that
whales eat little fishes. It's on page
ak
Il know answered the whale
That's all very true. But jus, be,
cause YOU eat becfstsak. doesn't
shy you don't like vanilla ice cream.
does IT. Once a sailor dropped a
peppermint cream overheard and I
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06
Nab Longshoreman
With Loaded Gun

r. Hilburn. ~. a longshoreman, is
in the city jail Saturday. charged
with carrying concealed weapons,
following his arrest by motorcycle
officers during a drunken orgy at
1900 sixth ave. The police found n
loaded revolver In his possession.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06
Burglars at Club
Take All His Time

Thieves robbing NJ. Il. Smiths
room. in the Rainier club, Friday
obtained q wrist watch and an alarm
clock.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06

coat and combed out hts tail.
Il think" said Happy Jack. "r1l
take a walk this fine morning" So
he hoped and skipped thru the
Green Forest. stopping now and then
10 dig up a nut which ne had buried
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06

The Japanese are the only people
who have ever undertaken the sys
tematic planting and harvesting of
seaweed and other marine vegeta
ton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06

The scheme OF dividing the day
into two parts Of 10 hours has ex.
listed since the time Of Hipparchus.
$50 years h. G.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06
Tooth Is Missing
After Collision
Bu ALTMAN
BIZ LEO
BIZ BLOSSER
BIZ POP MOMAND
BY AHERN

Lawrence Dressed. GOA w. McGrav
ST. lost a tooth and sustained facial
and body cuts when truck in which
he was riding skidded and collidsD
with another truck at Western ave.
and Bell st. Friday afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06

Ncxt story; Happy Jack Has An.
other Scare.
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
When Hearts Are Trun1ps
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water.

. I am not used to being engaged
yet"
Her aunt lifted a warning hand
and pursed up her lips.
Careful, my dear! Remember
how you just apologized for your
sel1-will!
"Of course you will not have a
long engagement. 1t would be abb
surd--and unkind also to John, who.
as he is not young, has right to
make the most OF the years that are
left to him. 1t will also make 1t
easier for your uncle and me IL the
work and expense of the wedding
are over before many months.
still, only mention these facts
so that you may bear them in mind.
or course. it is too soon to go into
the wedding details. The late fall
or early winter, would be an ideal
season for the wedding. But time
enough to discuss that later! In
. the meanwhile, announce your en-
gagement, before IL appears in The
Summerfield Democrat"
II do not want it announced in
the paper-please" Barbara begged.
Again her aunt avoided an issue.
Never mind that now. First of
all, go to see Daisy, or send for her
to come here, and tell her the facts.
And make her understand that
yours Is love affair - that, and
that only.
THAT is a duty you owe your be-
trothed-and u.s."
(To he Continued.)
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Near Enough.

The lawyer eyed the woman in
the witness box in patient despair.
you say, madam" he began.
chat the defendant Is a sort of
relation of yours. VIII you please
explain what you mean by that?"
"well, it's like this" replied the
witness. beaming upon the court.
His first wife's cousin and my sec
ond cousin's first wife's aunt mar
ried brothers named Jones, and they
were cousins to my mothers aunt.
Then again, his grandfather on his
mothers side and my grandfather
on my mothers side were second
cousins, and his stepmother married
my husbands stepfather, after. his
father and my mother-in-law died,
and his brother Joe and my hus-
bands brother Harry married twin
sisters. I've never worked out Just
how close related we are. but I've
always looked on him as sort OF
cousin"
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
Right Way to
Reduce
BY Brice Belden, M. D.

w yHAT we aim to do in the
M treatment of obesity is to
w burn up the surplus fat in
the body and prevent its reaccumu-
lation.
Regulation OF the diet consti-
tutes the essential part of this
treatment.
The burning up of our tissues Is
not always regular and uniform,
and our attempts to increase the
oxidation of fats do not always
bring a prompt and full response.
1t is the variation in the rate OF
oxidation which accounts for the
small eaters who remain persist
emily stout, while large eaters as
persistently remain thin. The de-
mands made by partial starvation,
therefore, do not always reduce the
obese as one might expect
When imperfect oxidation inter
feres with our attempts to reduce
people who weigh too much. the
ductless glands are generally at
fault. Anything which Injuries
those glands or disturb their func-
tions is likely to affect oxidation
undesirably, since they have much
to do in the way of regulating that
Durnlng-up process. One or the
commonest causes of ductless gland
disturbance is autointoxication
from the eating of too much ami
NAL food (milk and its products ex-
cepted).
1t is therefore well in dealing
with obesity to exclude from the
dietary meat and eggs. Practical
Iy, this will be found to work we'll
Some milk may be allowed, as these
PATIENTS need a little protein OF un-
Objectionable character.
Water be drunk in ordinary guam
titles.
Fresh fruits and vegetables
should be eaten, as they supply
needed body salts and vitanihes.
, Do not reduce faster than two
pounds a week, as otherwise un-
pleasant consequences may ensue.
Allow occasional periods of rest
from the rigid diet.
BE cautious IL there Is any dis
ease. Elderly people who have been
obese for a long time should not
try to reduce.
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
The Rhyming
Optimist
BY Aline Michaelis.

MO doubt you have heard OF
that funny old bird who
spent twenty years sound
asleep; you may think of his nap
as a sort of a snap and way to
make living cost cheap. Gee! IL
must have been queer as he slept
year by year, while the silver crept
into his hair; as he peacefully
snoozed, his dreams kept hhn
amused and he had not a bother
or care. Through the cold and the
sleet, through the rain and the heat,
through the changes of war and of
peace. old Rip snored away, every
night, every day, till it seemed that
he never would cease. Though the
cause no one knows, it is safe to
suppose such life is exceedingly
tame. 1 am sure ! could feel. X
got such a deal. 1 had skipped far
too much of the game. I'd be
tempted to weep, because during
my sleep. l had missed all the new
tangled stunts; it would be such a
strain on my poor little brain, to
meet auto and airships at once. Rip
is known everywhere and most peo-
pie declare that at sleeping he has
the world beat; but I'll say, for
fact, though it may not show tact,
there are others right on my own
street. And some people don't use
magic spells for their. snooze; they
sleep while they dance and they
sup. They are worse than poor
Rip, for their case of the pip is SO
bad they will never wake up!
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
Hats for the
Hot Days
BY Rita Stuyvesant.

NOWADAYS fashionable women
IN are sponsoring hats OF or
CANDY, for they are win
somely attractive and unusually be-
coming. Pale orchid, light ciel,
peach, apricot, lettuce. green. rose,
beige, violet. and hundreds of other
smart shades are all represented.
Even dark colors are being intro
duced for the more conservative
matron.
These hats are rather large, to
shade the face. Sometimes the
crown is softly gathered into the
brim, while others are OF more
tailored type. Dropping brims, too,
seem to be the vogue, with coquet-
tish frills on the edge, concealing
yet revealing Milady's eyes. And.
of course, one must perch a huge
crisp bow on the front to express
charm.
Black hats of this kind are most
interesting and may be worn with
any light frock. For town wear
many women select navy blue or
CANDY. and there is quite an appeal
for hats of brown to be worn with
the popular organdy frock OF that
color. Gray. too, in a lovely silver
SHdQe Is eoOu ioE tho ihdtioh hooS
hair is Of the same color.
Dainty hats of simple charm are
likewise offered in the new polka
dot organdy. Red and white is be-
coming to the vivid brunette and Is
very striking bowed in red organdy.
Sometimes tho dotted has are
bound or edged in a plain shade
with effective results.
A novel hat of pink organdy in
terprets the charm Of youth delight
fully with accordion pleated brim
and small blue corn-flowers. Even
the crown is pleated and the whole
made over q foundation of plain
material. 1t Is not at all difficult
to cover a bucroum frame with the
organdy and it is wise, to purchase
an extra yard when planning an
frock, so that you may have an in
diyidual hat to accompany 1t.
There are also some dainty COM
bination hats, with brim of one col
or and crown of another.
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
Vain Warnings.

An eminent actor-manager tells
a story concerning a clergyman and
his actor son. Prior to his going on
the stage the father wrote to the
manager saying, my son John has
threatenedt TO go on the stage, and
want you TO stop him" However,
shortly afterward, the son did go on
the stage, and the manager, meeting
him one day, asked him how his
father took It, 81 have not seen
him." was the reply, but he takes
some interest In me, because when
ever any actor IL charged with a
crime he underlincs the report OF u
me-"
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
To Keep Straightest,
Unruliest Hair in Curl

The strsishtest. oontrsriest hair can be
kept in curl. even in the hottest or damp
est weather. by such simple and harmless
means, that the use Of the drying. singelng,
biistering curling iron In altogether In
sxcusable One need only get a few ounces
OF plain liquid silmerine from the druggist
and apply little to the hair before doing II
up. The result n quite remarkable. The
hair Is delightfully."- wnvy and beautifully
sumrny or streaked, The effect lasts very
much longer than where curriers' alone or
waving irons are used.
The silmerine IL best put on with a clean
tooth brush, drawing this through the hair
from crown to tip. preferably after dlvid-
iua ~ into strands The application seems
health OF the hair.
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
Just the Same.

A boatman who was IN charge Of
a ferry across a river was accosted
by a poor stranger who wanted to
cross, but who had not the money
with which to pay his face. The
boatmen scratched his head, and
said, "Have you no money at all?
1t will only cost you 5 cents to
get across" "But I haven't got 8
cents" said the stranger dejectedly.
After a little more musiness, the
boatman said, "Well, look here, 1t
seems to me that a man who hasn't
got a nickel is just as well of on
this side of the river as on the
other"
The Washington times., 1920-07-14

sas and . WelI-knoun Educator.
- UARD your girl against entan-
II Cling alliances. Keep out of
impossible engagements. Seek
diligently TO avoid a love tragedy.
1t Is a mistake to believe that
parents cannot assist their daughter
with her love affairs. 1t is not in
reference or positive restraint, but
constructive management. which l
am commencing. To come into the
case after it has become seriously
involved, and with display Of
stern authority--that is the usual
aand more aor less futile way.
l have just heard the story of a
beautiful girl whose confidence and
affections were misplaced. She
guessed wrong. because no older
head gave her sympathetic counsel
was engaged to a fickle man. who
monopolized her affections for some
years and then suddenly married
another.
1t is the eternal nature of
worthy young woman to be con-
slant. So, year after the blow
was dealt. this broken-hearted girl
runaway. Such was her confession
TO me.
The girl here designated is slowly
working out an alternative policy
for business career. She may be-
come sort of cold and hardened
neutral, not designing to trust an
other young mans promises or to
permit a further toying with her
affections. She contends - and
wrongly, however-that young
woman can never really be in love
second time.
Now 1 will outline a method
whereby parents may assist their
young daughters with their love af-
fairs:
During her high school age try to
keep your girl from becoming en-
gagged to any youth. The match is
likely to prove merely bad guess.
Assist her to continue happy So
cial relations with many worthy
youths until she learns how to de-
tect beneath the surface those quail
tiles which constitute substantial
manhood in the making.
Ask her to inquire carefully into
the biography of any prospective
sutor. Not emotional promises, but
past performance is by far the bet
ter test.
Counterfeit any developing near
serious and wrongly placed heart
affair on the part of your girl by
bringing new and attractive young
men acquaintance into her social
company. Thus cure love with more
love, the worse with the better.
Teach your giel how to look for
the substantial human qualities be-
meath mere polish and the possible
veneer of good manners. Many
praiseworthy young man. does not
quite catch on as to how to select
his ties, how to behave properly"
toward his social companion when
the two are out together, till some
smart girl or young wife teaches
him. As a rule the green young
fellow who really desires to learn
to be pleasing is a good prospective
catch"
Finally. parents and big sisters,
there are many thousands of good
women permanently crushed and
wounded in spirit because of ig-
norant trifling and guessing as to
the early love impulse. Nothing in
all her course of education calls for
more thoughtful care-taking than
this early heart flame. Let us in
telligently conserve it's beauty.
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
81 PAID FOR EACH,
DOLLAR SAVED

Here is a chance for everyone
to earn a dollar by telling how
she has saved a dollar. II may
be a dollar or more. II may
have been saved in a day or .
week. However, all that matters
IL HOW IL was saved.
81 saved and 81 earned by the
telling OF the saving makes 81.
How about IL! Be brief and
write only on one side of paper.
will award a prize of 81 each
day for one OF the suggestions
which / print.
II your FIRST letter doesn't get
a prize, try again. Even II 1t
does. that Is no bar to your get
ting another IL your idea IL
worth II.
Checks will be mailed to win
ners-
ELIZABETH LATTnMER
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
THIS LETTER WINS
TODAY,s ECONOMY PRIZE.

DEAR ELIZABETH LATTIMER:
found a split in one Of my white
kid gloves, near the seam. I tried
to mend them. but could not make .
neat Job, so was forced to discover
a new method. / used the tailors
idea for mending. turning them
wrong side out. i pulled the edges
very carefully together and pasted
them with a white courtpiaster. .
little larger than the split. This
holds II firm and is invisible. This
saved me the price of a new pair Of
gloves. +
MRS. CHAS. z. YEATMAN.
1006 South Carolina ave- 8. 4
The Washington times., 1920-07-14

lay on the cloth to match the other
blossom opposite.
In the library together, after din
ner, father and son discussed the
void which her absence had created.
She'll get enough Of 1t and come
back" suggested Jim, but without
conviction. "It's beastly not having
her about"
Ito be Contiaued Tomorrow
1siT. lsis. by the internAhohA
Magazine Company
The Washington times., 1920-07-14

I3h; average inside depth. az: nmbsr
of slaves. 30; thickness OF slaves. l-10.
/ bushel-Inside diameter at tops. II !;
average inside depth, 1o& number of
slaves, 20; thickness OF slaves. 1-iS.Ast
ls; average inside depth, 12& number
Of staves, "a; thickness OF staves, 1-1l.
2 bushels-Inside diameter at tops, n |;
slaves, "a; thickness of slaves. lila .
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
Hints For The
Household

1t ID a good plan TO sew up Jersey
pockets when the jersey coat is
new. Once get into the habit of
walking with your hands in the
rockets, and the shape of the jersey
is soon spoiled.
Cups, basins, ETC., should never
be stood one within the other. This
IA a very risky thing to do: 1t is
much better to have plenty of strong
hooks and to hang jugs and cups
on these.
II metal teapots are not used for
some time they are apt to become
musty. This may be prevented by
dropping a lump of sugar into the
not before putting 1t away. The
sugar absorbs all dampness.
When the hands have become soft
and spongy after the days washing
or other housework soak them in
cold water for a few minutes. This
closes the pores and keeps the skin
fine and close-grained.
Scour a dirty zinc pail or tub with
a cloth moistened with kerosene
and then dipped in bath brick.
Afterward wash with hot soda
water. This treatment will make
even the dirtiest pail shine almost
like new.
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
Romance and
Your Girl
BY DR.. VIM. A. NcKeever,

Professor In the University Of KAN
sas and q WeIl-known Educator.
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
BY Robert w. Chambers.

Watch for This Story In Motion Pi0tur
The Washington times., 1920-07-14

HIDDEN TRAILS BY William Pnter-
son White. New York: DouoiedAy'
Page Company.
The Washington times., 1920-07-14
A NEW SHOCK

Married. kasped Barbara. oh,
Aunt Cynthia-surely II is entirely
too soon to begin TO talk Of thati
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
rible heat and soul-devastatin,

rible heat and soul-devastating
drought.
But its position between two of
the big diamond colonies has been
advanced to support the contention
that it is the connecting link of the
mother lode" leading to Kimber-
ley, the rich Premier mine. and
Dutoitspan. And certainly the
stories of finds already made are
no more romantic or miraculous
than those which preceded the first
Kimberley rush.
It was in 1869 that the first dia-
monds were found in South Africa.
One of the stories of the way it came
about traced it back to the visit of
an overseer to Bultfontein, a farm
owned by poor Boer, Cornelis Hen
dirk du Plooy, in the Free State.
The overseer had gone to du Plooy's
farm to discuss matter of business
and while talking with him was
attracted by the bright flash of an
object in the mortar with which the
base Of the house was plastered ON
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

scenes in the memorable invasion of
~, but none that equaled those now
seen in South Africa.
The lure of riches in the heart Of
traditional Ophir, where river banks
were reported to be fairly lined
with priceless gems, where children
played with diamonds thinking them
pebbles, and where huts were p!as-
tered with cement studded with pre-
cious stones, was a compelling mag
net which few, seemingly, could re-
slst, and remarkable tide of hu-
manity began to set in toward the
pits.
Discoveries at Dutoitspan, Built
fontein, De Beers and Kimberley
grew in number and Importance,
and as inflated reports began to
reach the outside world men of all
nations, callings and character re-
sponded. AS in the incipient stages