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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-18

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Intsrpriss Asspcfation
THE BOOK OF
MARTHA
A DIsHI.USIoNED INGENUE

n DiSiIJstSluNED lNtINtE
Ann mus, be cured o, her intereal,
In Paul Van Eyck. and at one.-
ons morning when her invalid hus
band asked her 10 read TO him. Ann
put him off impatontiy. She must
shop for some wells and hosiery. and
then Sc Van abou, the second act o,
their play.
Outside OF Jm's room v~ntur~d
oh. Ami The mos, astounding
news. Van has suggested TO Martha
that she divorce her husband in order
to marry him.
The fac, that Van had made. this
Outrageous proposal to married
woman didn't shock Ann at ani
The biz shock WINS 10 her own
pride She perceived that her bosAod
lookS her inRcnue smile. her flap
per manners had lost their effect.
Martha Primers golden couture
had SHARED the cnnuied Paul Van
Eyok in Its meshoz Tho dignity of
the business woman had robbed the
ingcnue OF her pc, escort. her de
voted cavalier. her sophisticated col.
laborator In play writing.
"Impossiblel Absurd You're mis-.
taken. Jancr' Plainly Ann wa an.
noyed.
Il saw his letter 10 Martha
Then--Vsn is--is-a cadr' abe
whispered.
Il told you so-months ago. !
was pitilcsa. Wipe your eyes! Now
go TO Jim! He wants you TO read 10
him.
took her by the arm and led her
back TO her husbands room. want
ed 10 shake her. but instead stopped
and kissed her.
Never lived n woman who did not
feel sorry 10 SEGA girl stripped OF her
illusions about life and love.
Ann had chung TO the romantic be.
lief that man and woman. married
or single. can be friends, and happy
for long. In n casual, platonic way.
The thing cannot be done.
Ann had begun. quito innocently,
by accepting Van ms sery desirable
and helpful friend: she had ended by
considering him as much her cxclu
sive property M her husband.
Here endcth the lesson for her as
for many another thoughtlcss young
woman.
| Yes. IL was all very modern and
very horrid. just MS her selfish indif
ference TO Jim was horrid.
IT was so like Ann 10 risk her life
TO save a drunken derelict from the
jail conflagration. and TO ignore Jim,
need of her. More than once Anr
had reminded me OF "Dwightic" II
Miss Lulu Bett" Dwightie delight
cd in hrowbcatinR the women of his
own family. then proceeded, placidlS
and complaccntly. 10 be sweetly kline
TO the aged grandmother next door
| | pushed Ann gently toward hei
duty. then / kissed her. How could
so young n girl know that "A certain
kind OF n man cheats always, in love
or in friendship
TO he Continued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-18

Grey
More Brunette Girls iit
Seattle Than Blondes
Is One Writer'S Er-
PLANTATION Of Why More
of Them Disappear
From Home.

Dear Miss Grey In reply 20 the
question. why do more brunette
girls disappear In Seattle than
hlondcSf" There seems no good rca.
son why this simple fact should
prove puzzle to anyone. Count
the dark heads In any theatre or
large gathering. then count the
blondes: you win find the blondes
~naturai cnesi arc comparatively
scarce. This Il true OF very many
ne our Coast cities. Il would not be
true. wager, OF. say, Minneapolis,
whore the blonde type prrdomlnates
would like to answer Interested
Go say that l have lived In Spanish
countries. and that arm acquainted
with good many Spaniaris. and
they are decided blondes too. II
reems to be the popular theory In
America that tho Iatins u'rcnch.
Italian and Spanishl are all dark.
while the fact Is there a great many
blondes in these countries. For In.
stance. the soldier pugilist Georges
Carpenter. who Is so well known In
THIS country Is blonde. Many
% the beautiful women France Is 40
celebrated for were and are blondes.
In regard 20 the screen. Il must
be remembered. too. that red hair
registers back. hence a very light
woman may appear 10 be brunette.
II Is only natural that more dark
girls should disappear In this city
when there are more OF them. In
facf. that SO many blondes disappear.
Arcnsfdcrfng the small number IN
COMPARISON. In indeed far more 10 be
wondered at. When | say blondes.
IN refer to those people who have
HIGHT skins. and II not yellow hair.
verxing on TO the light rather than
che dark Many people with very
light skins and yellow or golden hair.
have brown eycA They arc called the
artists beauty and are consid-
cred blondes. and this Is tho blonde
type one finds among the SpansArds.
and occasionally among tho Italians.
the French, however. when blonde.
has~ blus eyes as a rule. and a large
percentage Of this race arc blondes.
The Irish. with their blu. eyes and
DARK hair and very light skin. are
-spogit blondes- Then we have the
re-. heads. who arc blondes because
of their very light skin and blue
sv~-. and so on. but take " that
what Is meant by blonde In this par.
ticuiar case. Is the yril0w-h haired and
thc dark haired with corresponding
eolorsnx. 'OcToBRE-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-18
OFF they whizzed, the three Of them.

"A QUEER LAND"

travels. That Topsy- Turvy Land was
in Fairyland and this opsy.Turvy
Land In the earth.
No wonder it's called sol The
flowers arc the lovehcst in the world.
but have no smell The birds are
the most gorgeous in creation. but
cannot sing n note. And the animals
-auecrest things you ever saw. Look
at Mrs. Kangaroo
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-18
Won't Get Drunk if
Kept Sitting Down

BALTIMORE, March 10. II
wasn't mere drfnking--it was per
pendlcular drinking'-that did all
the harm in pre-prohibition days.
according TO DIR. X. w. WILCOX.
abolish bars. getting men 10 form
the habit Of sitting down. and they
viii forsake hard liquor for leisurely.
almost-soft drinks" s his suggcs.
ton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-18
A raw, SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You
Apply a Little Musterole.

And Nusterolc won't blister like
the old.faahioned mustard plaster.
Just spread Ii on with your fngera
II penetrates to the sore spot with a
gentle Jingle, loosens the congestion
and draws out the soreness and pain
Musterole IL q clean, white ONT
rnent made with oil Of mustard. II
u fine for quick relief from sore
throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis, Group, stiff
neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache.
congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lum-
bago. pains and aches Of the back or
Joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chill
blains, frosted feet, colds on the chest
Nothing like Musterolc for croupy chill
6ren. Keep il handy for instant use
35c md &c iarr hospital size $40
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Page 3l5
A FEARFUL SOUND

-Rut. Alice Peggy said. you
didn't tell me whether your baby.
mother did be lame after the horse
did step on her little foot Could
she walk when she grew upr~
'oh. yea Grandma said a
haby's bones are no soft that they
don't break nearly as easily az n
grown persons. And the other
little Eiri got kicked In the knee
tina, same day. but Hho 60, well.
too. I know. cause mama told
mo about one time after they were
much bigger and were going TO
school. how very badly they wcr.
frightened. while they were walk.
ing thru the woods.
You know how pioneers laugh,
their children not to bs afraid OF
every little thinEf
well. they taught ts,,rn hov To
shoot and not be afraid Of guns.
or canoes. and how not to b.
afraid OF Indians. cause mostly
they were friendly. and that bears
wcr, almost an much afraid as
they were
BUT One thing they told
their children they must fear. and
that was oougara
They sound Ike human BE-
Ing. pltifui and hurt but when
you hear on. you run for home or
IN. school house as fast an your
legs viii carry you grandma told
mother.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-18

can guarantee. and making my
guarantee good
do not compete with Cheap
Dentists, nor do | operate on your
pocketbook or sell you conversa-
tion. | give two dollars worth of
Dental work for every dollar I re-
ceive-so you save a dollar. | make
dollar, and our interests are
mutual--w~ both win.
Open evenings til 7 and Sundays
till 1880 for people who work.
EDWIN y. brown, ID. ID. s.
seattie's Leading Dentist
400 ColuMbts ST.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-18

There was ono place In the
road where mother and her little
sister always met pomc other ehii-
dren and they would All TO on to
school together.
wei. one morning ,us, as they
came Go that rpo, mother heard
low waIiinx cry. stopping. shs
held up her hand T.,sten- she
whispered: DID you hear THAR
The Children huidiod together
and listened. SURE snouEh-thero
I, came axain--a long drawn pi,t
ful wall. with a sobbing breath at
the end. jus; a. they had been
told.
white faced and painting. they
raced down the trail to tho school.
the sound Of tho animals cry nm
Ing their minds with terror.
-oh- they cried TO the other
children. There's a cougar In the
woods we heard him when We
were coming to school. didn't wcr
~ should say we did.' they an
agreed. and Of courns tho whole
school was excited.
That night when they got
home and began to tell their
mother about the cougar she
laughed and said. You funny chm.
rcn: that wasn't a cougar. That
was tho baby. She cried and cried
and tried TO follow you 10 school.
had to 20 bring Der back
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-18
Abolish
Rubbish Heaps

Dear Mis- Grey This Is clean up
week / would Ike 70 know II there
In city law TO make some OF those
~old rent hogs clean the rubbish or
OF thar vacant lots that arc as
grace to tho city. and fire trap
when the summer comes some OF
xhnxu have tvo housrs on one lot
from which they collect high rem.
and they win not plant theirfvacant
lots or let any one else IL there
= no law 70 get at them. think rs
tuna the city council should make
oo~ A READER
rherv u q city ~. ordinance thai
cerpris property orners TO keep
eA<sr pyess2ses free Of ruobtsh that
rs4ch eaas> corfiacrafton Rsobtsh
heaps are double nseraor; assde
Sron causing fires fhcv are msch
more apt to breed dtsecs, Report
fA<vs either 10 the department. Of
health and sanitation. OF TO the frc
ch&cf.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-18
Feline
BoLsheriks

Dear Mss Grey: I'm haunted
I'm Ike the mouse IN Alice In
wonderland II anyone merely
mentions cats in my presence. take
offensc-
MAY I shoot, or dose with rough
on-rafs with Immunity ! work In
the day time. and cannot have my
Nights made hideous by these all-too-
merry nigft-reyelerx They are stray
cats. born and bred TO freedom In
nghtless alleys. and. like other boil
shevfks Of the dark places. they
mistake liberty for license
Tountano comes under my window
70 cafterwaui across the alley To
Tatiana: the topic Of Conversation
may BE- the high cost Of liver. but
the noise they make sounds nightly
IKE Dantes Inferno to me.
feel sure that cats have the rarne
light 10 the earth that have God
help 'ern II their rights are not bet
ter maintained than nine). and so
ciety il somewhere derelict In not
furnishing these strays with a local
habitation.
understand that you. too. are
very busy, but ance your columns
are read far and near. won't you
please say sornething7
Pardon my catty-gory- irnpera-
1--WE. NJ w.
Nine TINES out Of ten should you
attempt to rctdIiafs Nth poison
banquet. al Of the prise dogs IN the
pciOhborhood would get there FIRST.
-. you sec, eDen tho u toers lat1ful
10 do e. u t1ould not be right.
Neither u u I1nfid 10 shoot 4,
seems that the only remedy IL a hi0h
license tar to be fcpted upon the
feline tribe
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-18
Read Ny Article In
Saturdays star
WE
BOTH
WIN

I am now devoting
my entire time to
my dental practice,
Having now served
the people here for
twenty years. and
made good by doing
de ntal work that l
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-17
HUMOR OF THE DAY

What did you say when you were found coming out of the pantry with your hands all rede"
 "Oh. ] said I had jammed my hngers.' Boys Life.
 Rather intimate. some of those win dow displays of wonen's wear don't you thinkg'
 But no worse than the display from the inside looking out.'-New Yokr Sun.
 Dodson-IIe made his money selling books.
 IIo5sou-First time ever heard of man making money selling books.
 Dob55n-But these books were How 10 Make Money -'-Detroit News
 well. 1t has happened"
 "What?"
 France has umousines with kitchen cite and bath attached. ed.7-Louisyills Courier-JournaL
 Mrs. Davies-When Mrs. Warritch was poor they used to say she was a great ,alker but now it is quite different Mrs. Greene-Indeed? What do they say she is now2
 Mrs. Dayiss-A brilliant conversation alist.
 Boss Driclaayer-.Any tuHding in sighta Eunder-One big one.
 Boss Bricllayer-Good. When do you start?
 Bunder-soon as the sheriff arrives. Its the poorhouse I have in view.-Buf- ] faio Express.
 Every man ought to save enough money to buy himself a good big farm ! said the political orator. -Nes. and then go and do something else with the money" replied a farmer | in the audience.-The Non-Partisan l Leader CAiinn.) Where has he been7" ! "To dA 5est Africa" ! .'Afy, How 5nteressingr Re must have seen lions and elsphans su the ! .unsies"
 'He saw a herd of elephants from tho window Of a Pullman. n."-Birmingha ! Age-derald.
 Tn the military drama they always shoot the hero at sunrise"
 Tn the movies they can't shoot rutil the light is better. .r-LouisvilIe cour- icr-Journal.
 Jack Huggins-Polly Peachblow Ioosls sweet enough 10 eat.
 Kitty klaws-Then she comes within the misbranding law and should be la beled 'Artifcially Colored." - Houston Post.
 Lord witheringsome lover album of yiews) s)-Don't you-ah-love an ancient ruin. Miss Gottrocks? Miss GOttroells iutteringly-I-I-ohl ] this is SO sudden, your lordship.-Detroii News.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-17
STONINGTON

nh. interior of WeQuetequock casino e been thoroughly. renovated. Japanese ...t.az. --l lru. ribbons with beau sr color effect eve been used and ln - na-.--s mlu.ature electric lights as. been IH----ld.
 Tho S..lurt1a Historical society has received . mortar pcsIe originally own r. :. as family lL John Carver, pas sa- r -le Mayil5wev in l6-e. The al. f-.. N.s Martha Harlow who e..r.a .r Bradley street here, ly having s.-.. .... u.- possession through inc s.. H.-I.-..u Harlow. father oL her hus- s.-H who Was l-r-c- descendant of s-..- T-. -- ss Mrs. Harlow states, pa.... came over Iu tAe Layno|er' r.. mortar and uestie are Of wood ola And ---. and both have seen much use. F..r ..-..- owned the relic. Many an- -..- .r- .gnel sy families here and l- s. rr-zH5 bg them. "Tha Signing ... Compact" which is prized by the
 family. showing the passengers. on
 -. .. Elr91Wer and Elder William Brewster af whom they are direct de a.a4a.-s signing the compact in tho zt l- a large steel engraving. There .-. .a.g few u[ these old pictures 1T E.-. .-eE
 . rus Aries -f ,ae Thames Tow Boat
 E-.. London. which was in her' tt.- sunday left with two barges for tn,
 -sari Monday.
 2 Taa cou-nr-s from Perth Amboy hzv, urItsl vltl c11.
 L1- Nellie Howard left for Block Is Gll ul-h cargo of coal for that place Cd one cocssr- is disch1rE-rs her car E at Westerly
 Trl American Velvet Co., is taking ol rs A tne weaving department
 r1- Srorn-t1u band went Sunday q s-x London where they played for st s=pls Holy Ghost society. The follow l-. members of the organization. I.l- Suls-. drummer Manuel Me'lor
 rt1r.; Tony Tlrnara. cymbols; Jes ulrr.lo has been chosen ianit0r # tn ..-d r.1r. W-th the excellent ban ar-17 l1s t .s h71ad that concert . aslr be he'd in rr- park as in pas lessons. rr7 evening a week pa1- 20 rae uncertain weather th -r--e Ea-- has n7t done much. A fe, .-'s e- butter fish. squ'l and soup wer -Ha-.s.
 The +s- Charles 1Tergrery of the Me
 e.-- steamboat l1e of New York. lei .-a Monday with g barge for the west .rf
 I- Prank James ef CliT street
 r- - Hope Valley. E J.
 E. Nav'ard 0t New York. will ar -. .a.s week and open bis residence O sar- r1o,s-- os Sew York Is in tow e- a f.- days
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-17

their two maids, Misses Sarah and Annie Howard, left Monday for New York and will sail today (Tuesday) on the Car mania en route to their, former home in England.
 Mrs. Bergen I. Greene was caller in New LQpdon Saturday
 Mrs. Jerome Greer was in Providence Friday and gave an interesting talk on Home Missions before the Mathewson Street Methodist Episcopal church.
 The recently elected officers of the Epworth league of the Methodist church were installed Sunday evening by Rev. Jerome Greer and are: President, James Jackson; first vice president. James Greer; second vice president, Miss Marie Wallace third vice president, Miss Sarah Adamson; fourth vice president, Miss Evelyn Burdick; secretary. Mrs. Minnie Whittlesey; treasurer. Randall Newbury.
 Mistuxet lodge. No. 42, K. of P. met Monday evening
 Monday evening. May 23, the meeting of the Mems club will be held in L o. O. F. hall and will be followed by banquet.
 James Greer has returned from Spring field, where he attended the athletic meet of the Y. M. c. A.
 MT. and Mrs John Spicks were in New London Saturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-17

in about week.
 A. E. Hall has purchased Q speed wa gon for use in his business.
 Stanley. Marjorie and Mildred Place Of F'ister spent the week end with their aunt, Mrs ?. IT. Coffey.
 Lesie Youngbood of Storing, was a re- cent visitor at the home of his brother John YoungDliod.
 Rev. Walter Williams gave an illus trated lecture in the church Sunday ev- ening. Bhe subject was Martin Luther. The lecture was preceded by a short song service and as special feature a duet by Frances Upham and Ruth Spaulding.
 Pupils attaining high honors in the local school for the week ending May 15 are Ruth C5ney. Lillie Young. Margaret Terwi!liger. Emma Terwilliger. Lucius Whitaker. Albert Whitaker. Frances Cof- fey Alice S9ink 100 per cent; Beatrice Coffey, Antoinette Mazarelle. Gladys Well
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-17
KALEIDOSCOPE

The first baby's feeding bottle was a bulls horns.
 A rife bullet takes about two seconds to fly 1900 yards.
 Of every 100 people in the world eighteen live in India.
 In Madagascar no home Is complete without ? household god.
 The ostrich is the biggest bird on earth and has tho smallest brain
 Out of 204 lord mayors of London only two were Londoners by birth. Most of the eyeglasses found in Jap anese shops are of American msuutsc- ture.
 British coal. iron and oil sources. 1t Is estimated, win last only another 200 years. The custom of hanging bells on :he necks Of cattle originated among the An- cient Romans. The custom house at Yorktown Va. erected in 17l5 is believed to be the old ] est in America.
 The Black Death had it's origin in China and made its first appearance in Europe 543 A. D.
 Morocco is the largest and most i'm portant country in the world that is without a newspaper. ! The A1ohammedan calendar is dated ] from the flight of AIohammed from Mec- ca 10 Medina in 622. | According to Le Petit Parisien the 1 present population of Paris is 2.s5s.oeO [ which is an increase of only l6,o00 over ! the figure for the year 1911.
 It was the belief that garlic exercised a baneful influence over the magnetic compass. and sailors when using the compass were not permitted to eat gar lie.
 The growing scarcity of specimens in every deparement Of zoology. has led to
 the setting apart of large game pre- serves in the Nilds of Africa and putting
 them in charge of. ex4er;s. cd.
 The Palace of Versailles is said to be the costliest ever built. Louis XIV destroyed all the records relating to : this wonderful building to prevent ils real co-t ever being known. The Ltsso warriors of the Salwtn val ! ley Yunaan; China, make use of bow
 and arrow. and the latter is hurled with
 such force that it will penetrate a board
 one inch thick al distance of ssEent, lizards.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-17

planted on the west side of the Military highway, near the memorial parklet
 Rev. G. H. Wright spoke in the NJ. E. church Sunday morning. from Psalms 16:S, the theme being The Souls Su- prene Choice, and What Comes of It. At the offertory, Oh Rest in the Loro, Mendelssohn, was sung by D. R. PoYey- Preceding the sermon, Rev. Mir. Wright asked the congregation to give an ex- pression in favor of the veto of Gov ernor Lake. on the commercializing of the Sabbath by standing. This was done unanimously and Representative Henry W Hurlbutt of the town of -Ledyard, who was present. was instruct ed to convey this message from the church to Hartford.
 At the Sunday school session. a Mis- sionary programme arranged by Mrs. J. ". Carter was given. Opening hymn, From Greenland's Icy Mountain pray CT, Rev. J. w. Carter; a group of reel tations, Pennies For Missions, by Her man Chase Richard Chase, Erwin Chase. Howard Chase; singing by the school {; playlet entitled, Children of Our Father, Antoinette, an Italian girl. Viola Riley | Go1die. a Jewess. Em-Beth Bennett; Pe- 1 ter, a Serbian boy, Gordon Manierre Tony, an Italian boy. Alfred Erickson | Anton, Russian boy. David Carter I Miss Allen. teacher, Miss Gertrude Al len. The offering was for missions. At a recent meeting of the official board of the NJ. E. church, Courtland F 1 Colver was made chairman of a com mittee to arrange for the painting of 1 the church, and solicitors were appoint 1 ed to canvass for funds as follows 1 Gales Ferry, Miss Alice Satterlee; Long
 Cove, MT. and Mrs. Richard H. Chase Outlying districts, c. E. Colver. i At meeting of the official board oi 1 the M E. church Friday evening. Rich
 ard II. Chase was elected as a trustee
 to fill a vacancy on board.
 MT. and Mrs. Court1and l. Colver ! and children, with Mrs. Fanny A. Molth 1 rop, Inotored to Noank on Sunday aft ernoon and called on their. aunt. Mrs l Mary Stoddard Latham, now nearing | her niEety-first bSrchday- Ms. La tham is the only surviving member O the family of the late Guy c. Stoddart
 of this place.
 Mrs. J. Eldred Brown, Mrs Edwar, D. Fuller, Mrs. Edward J. Graham ant Misses Louise c. Howe, and Doroth,
 Brown, of Norwich, were guests of Mrs
 Nathan A. Gibbs in the village Thurs
 day afternoon.
 William Sweet of California, uncI |
 day at the home of MT. and Mrs. Chas 1 at Long Cove.
 MT. and Mrs. Nathan A. tsthbs fnotore ; to Danbury Saturday and spent Sunda
 at the home of the Misses Averiil, re , l turning Monday,
 MT. and Mrs. Maurice. Jr. who hay
 spent the winter in Matches, Tenn, re . turned to their home at Browns Cross
 ing. Friday.
 Il 4 tile pipe well was sunk last wee i on the recently purchased let of Josep
 De Rusha on the Military Highway wa } ter being struck at depth of sever teen and one-half feet, but the wor
 was continued for an inexhaustible SUI F ply by MT De Rusha, Norman Brow
 and Tracy Smith.
 A Friday afternoon a meeting of the L; , 1! dies Aid society was held in the vesa1 h 1 of the NJ. E church. and the matter (