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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-07
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EARi.N.DAN HOTELS

-And men. daddy David was
saying. after Kiuap died was
Seattle the greatest chiefy-'
Il think when tho settlers came
TO Ali point. son." daddy replied.
Seattle was the greatest living
chief on this cuast--
David thought . minute before
he spoke again: then he said.
Daddy. where did people stay In
the early days when thsy took
trips' with the rndians--
NO. There werv hotels aftsr .
nt'is WHILE daddy answered ~
funny bot they were. too. both thu
hoteis and their keepers. and tn.
oldes men vhs tr1vsled about the
Sound In shs early dAys tell
sems funny stories about than
Capt w. q. ssymorS hes
written (paper ahDus them. In
,hoss days along ahyut isss and
81 the saw mills wers shs osnssr
Of everything. Yes,ers MIN at
Seattle. the MIN Il Dung-nes..
the big saw mills At Pors Biske,y.
Port Discovery and rtziady.
Hack from the ports w-rs the
new farms and timber lands and
all M and down the cons, piled
the early day vcarels-barks and
brEA schoonerr and canoes.
"A man would cut his timber.
make his log boom. sell n. then
his ambition every mans am.
hilton. was 20 70 TO Victoria and
spend his money.
"A stranger coming IN thru the
straits one day IN tho ycar 1851
had some interesting experiences.
He stopped first af DunxrnNns.
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Tie was travelling IN . eanos
and he war real tenderfoos.
Landing at 'whiaky Fiat he
spoke 10 a rough.iookinE man
who sat on tho beach.
~ am s,nnEvr.' he said
politely. Would you b Kind
enough TO direct me TO tho heat
hotel-
''oid nm chat was shs mans
name Law, scarcely looked
up. but jcrked his thumb toward
shack. tack on tho bach
without saying . word
-.Ah' Avail the stranger
mid. 7 do not quite understand.
Perhaps you win tell mo where I
can ind tho hotei keeper
-Hotsl ke.perr said Oid hin
I guess I'm the Teller your
looking FUR Than he sAId moth
tng mora
--Ths strAnesp Stood srcund
awtvarffy for quits . vhfia and
finally aSked another Quecttou-
Might I ask whsn yvu win serve
dinnerr
wen you msEhs ask-' oid nm
drawi~d In his high nasal voicA
Guess you can have Il any tirup
you want IL
That sounded encouraging bat
nothing happened. The poor feL
low was getting very hungry and
he was more and morc uncertain
OF how 20 act
Twin you ten ma ~ tried
once moro. just how ! ear get
some dinnerr
''Oid BIN looked up n him ssde
wide and said. Why. dern ~. 70
right In and help yourself. There's
kindiinE by the fireplace. ard
hunk OF bacon hanging on . nan.
matches and butcher knife. Co
on In and eat what you want.
TO B~ Continued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-07

or even q stick. or q lighted torch.
and do all sorts OF tricks.
But when he decided to marry
and settle down. he kept the whole
thing from his wife. He knew
she'd want to go II she knew too
much.
He said "Ahcmr' = third time,
trying to think OF some excuse.
Ito BE Continued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-07

had four doctors
but none Of them
did me any good.
They all said ]
would have to
have an operation.
A druggist 8 wife
told me to take
Lydia r. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound and !
took 20 bottles,
never missing .
dnao audattha ond
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-07

= Dear Miss Grey: What II the old
- railway In the United States and
|1hich II the largest at presentf
II. q.
~ Ssfsvrtsse cossMevce commits
- reports the Oldest yoIlsoop IN the
n6ted States IL the Baltimore 4
-. ~ ras fsyst operated IN 1897.
~ taroest al present u the Chs
-, Mptpoukee q SO. Paul.
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Ringer

VI Dear Miss Grey win you please
Ill me II Alma Cluck is still ang
Gng. II 70. is she expected to ap.
Dear in Seattle soon. and IL not. what
- her present address,
IA Mr.. r. r. C.
~ Alma Glsck Il not coming 10 the
Coast this year. 20 far az haze
oeep able to learn. He, uddress u
" w. s5fh st.. Ecp York City. ". Y.
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leans. Say. chart OF his ups and
downs would be good deal like a
sketch of New York's skyline from the
! Jersey shore.
But this was once when I didn't
! look for Skimp to come back Some
how 1t seemed to me that he'd played
/ out his game. So many people knew
what tricky customer he was. Not
quite crooked, you understand. but
generally just on the verge of it. and
| that resembled industry for some
| thing that was 80 per cent cinch
| SO | checked off the five as a char
! ity donation to an unworthy cause.
| and proceeded to forget about Skimp
as complete as il I'd read his obitu-
| airy. Oh, 1 might have wondered now
and then, as ! passed a gang Of snow
! shovelers, or heard of how many had
been counted in last nights bread
| line. if Skimp was among 'em. but
| gradually l got SO ] didn't even do
| that.
| And then here a couple of weeks ago
| got the shock of my life by openin'
| a letter and havin' a crisp new five
drop out with brief note of thanks
| that was signed "Skimp" The sta
, the Plutoria Hotel. but. of course.
, that don't mean anything except that
Skimp still has his nerve with him
/ and can put up front enough to bluff
the house detectives. That's the
! easiest thing he does. But it told me
| that he'd found some way of con-
| nectin' with real coin again and set
me guessin' az to what and how.
Even at that. ] wasn't prepared for
f. the vision that made me blink my
| eyes yesterday afternoon when l
| strolled out into the general Offices
| to ask Piddie something and finds
| him bowin' respectful across the
| brass gate to party that Vincent,
the Office boy. has held up for cre-
dentialss He's q tall slins disune
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Sk klMt1 MAkEO n Of1lf By Sewel Ford

1 developed symptoms Of every known
disease except teething and house,
maids knee. Took to taking the
tonic myself, and that finished me.
had to quit and go to a hospital.
''You look it, Skimp," says ].
"Oh. I've been out some time." says
he. They found there wasn't thing
the matter with me except that my
mind needed to be dry cleaned. Even
now, though, 1 can't pass a drug
store without feeling shaky in the
knees. But I'm getting back to nor
NAL I can still knock out copy on
typewriter. Say, don't your people
at the Corrugated Trust want some
real high-class publicity stuff turned
out showing where you really run
your business at a loss?"
you wouldn't try to put over bunk
like than on the dear public, would
you. Skimp?" asks.
Wouldn't T." says he, GRIMM.
"Why, I'd sign up as press agent for
the old boy himself if it would get
me back on the salary list again. And
I'll land something before long, you'll
see. I'm on track of n firm OF fake
oil we'll promoters that need some
giddy prospectus work done. but
can't tackle 'em until / raise the
price of shave and a clean shirt
Would a ffver be, too much to nick
you for. Torchy:"
"Am I the last hope" says l.
He insists that l am and there's
such a pathetic shrug to his saggS
shoulders and such a eager look II
them shifty eyes of his that 1 has te
pry myself loose from federal re-
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bonus payments on bonded warehouse
releases. You see. / knew the places
that were still doing business, ana l
made the delivery deals with them
But there was such howl put up
that my boss got the sack. That was
a pity. too. 1t was fat graft while 1t
lasted. I'd just had a rubber stamp
made and was working up nice lit
tie business for myself on the side,
when-Bang, We crashed. They
came near getting me right, too. and
only a quick shift to Atlanta saved
me from the dragnet. Down there
tried horning in on the patent medi-
cine game. Say, they're the people
that know this is free country
About the only ones. They can bot
tie their stuff up to 40 per cent. plus
81 the done they want to throw in.
and nobody says even 'Tut-tut" to
'em. But all I could pull out was a
testimonial sit
"A which," says l.
Writing letters for Mrs. James
Dodd. Felicia. Ark. and The Hon.
Peter A. Bobbitt of Twigg, Minn"
says he. telling how they'd been
cured by six bottles of Himala-
yam Tonic. There was fairly good
money in it. too. but it WASH the
kind Of work ! could put my heart in.
Besides. the symptoms stuff finally
got me-"
..Eh?" says I. gawpin'.
Describing how you felt before you
found this wonderful remedy" ex-
plains Skimp. They said | was good
ct that. the best they ever had on a
desk. ! didn't rehash it from medical
books, but just sat down and imag-
iu'd bsckaches. and dizzy feelings in
the morning. and shooting pains in
the side. That was art, that was.
After couple of months of it,.
though. 1 didn't need to strain my
Imagination. I had 'em all. Yes.-sir,
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One Office Which Only
MilliOnaires Can Accept

send important people with letters,
and often come themselves. The let
ters contain request that the am
/ bassador show them some attention
Some should be introduced to French
personages.
Such presentations of representative
| fellow citizens" he said. ARE 6ecom-
In the interest of good international
| understanding"
A similar reason for a grand en-
bassy is that there are numerous SO.
cieties-like France-AmeriQue and
that of the Ecole Polltique-which IL
is becoming the ambassadors duty TO
receive annually. OF course, he is ac-
credited to the French government,
but if he can broaden his activities
| as does the British ambassador It Is
| better for our interests. We see the
results in Britain's continued prestige,
and somstimes We grow suddenly inn
patient-and scold. IL it not better
simply to play The game?
That is what our millionaire am
bassadors have been doing.
What does 1t cost the ambassadors
private pocket?
Here. particularly. is where my il
lustrious friend made me cut my
notes.
/ ought to say that he was not Dir.
Wallace.
Thus. all the following are pre-
war prices. Just now. when the dol
lar is worth sixteen francs. the new
coming ambassador might scrape
through with them. But who can say
how long they will respond to the
high cost Of living?
Entertainments. dinners. etc. cost.
say, $4,000 per year. The one item of
4 - M -
of July fete runs into $1,000. Mr..
Wallace's reception to the Knights of
Columbus probably cost as much
When he dimes the American news
paper correspondents in . body the
cost is nearer to $500 than to q less
er sum. and they are but vague hui
nanities' in his life of expense.
The ambassadors wife receives once
q week In the season. and ut is as
tonishing how she Is criticised II she
does not do it well enough" At the
the very least. for this item.
Add two automobiles. ''or his wife
will have to 60 in q taxi" Item,
$500 yearly.
Add the wages and uniforms of liv-
cried flunkeys, butler. cooks. scul-
lions, chef and chefs aid. lady
housekeeper. econome. pantrykeeper.
indlQS anu VdletS, duQ u1S WAic
French secretary, and you dnd that
the American ambassador has O.
monthly pay roll of between $1,000
and $4,000 and more. II you please
for who can see his pocket? Aud he
has not paid his rent yet Nor his
clothes and his wife's clothes. Nor
his furniture. Nor his charities AL
to be paid out Of $17.5o0 q year1
This Is why it will be only right for
Congress TO get awake and act fmmo.
diately and purchase an embassy
palace in Paris. An important item
will be it's furniture.
Its fixed charges. in any ease,
should be provided for. On arriving.
the newcoming American Ambassador
should find the embassy residence .
going concern. with experienced
housekeepers, econome. chefs. butler.
fiunkeys. ETC.. in their places. And ha
should have an ample cash allowance
per year for "entertainments."
Are-only millionaires-t0 b&AQD3heo9
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guished lookin' guy, all got up in
match and a modest black string tie
and gray gloves. 1t was the she'll
trimmed glasses with the gold bows
that fooled me for a second. but
when l catches a glimpse of the
shifty eyes behind the thin paneS l
had him placed. It's Skimp.
certainly. sir" Piddie is saying.
"I am quite sure Mr.. Ellins will want
to see you. 1 wiil-Ah, here is his
private secretary now. Torchy, this
is-er@"
"Lemme read the card. Piddie,;
says I. reachin' for it. well. well.
Mr.. Edgar Haughton Willers. eh?
Hello. Skimp. How they runnin' for
you?"
charmed to meet you again. I'm
sure" says Skimp, cordial but digni-
fed. II suppose should have asked
for you at first. but as my time il
limited and my engagements so nu-
merous, / thought would go at once
to Mr.. Ellins. If you would kindly
indicate to him that I am
"Oh. sure" says I. Fright this
way. Skimp.'
And when I'd towed him in out Of
Piddie's sight l parks him beside my
desk in the corner and gives him
the grin.
"I'il say you do it well. skimp."
says l. But what's the disguise?'
All he does, though. is to spring
that sappy smile OF his. It's a Won
der. too; kind Of cross between
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of Chappawamsic creek, and in gen.
eral all my lands in the county Of
Prince William. Also lands adjoining
to each other upon Goose bay and
Potomack river. in Charles county, in
the province of Maryland. being four
diets originally granted to Bennett
Marchegay; the next, called Mason's
Fields, patented by my mother. Mrs.
Ann Mason; the next, interfering
with Mason's Fields, a tract of l5d
acres without any particular name
lived. who purchased the same Of
Henry Aspinwall. to whom IL vss
originally granted; and the upper.
called Fletcher's Addition. originalls
granted to said Henry Fletcher: and
in general all my lands between
the said county and Province OF
Maryland"
To Thomas Mason are bequeathed
the slaves Jack. son Of House Nell.
and Daphne. the daughter of Dinah."
and one-fifth of the books and fur
nishings of Gunston Hall.
George Mason mentions tracts of
land owned by him in the county OF
Hampshire. Va. and Frederick coun-
ty. Md. near Fort Cumberland, pat
ented in my name in trust for the
Ohio Company"
He empowers and directs his ex-
ecutors ITO erect marble tombstones
over the graves of my honored father
and mother and my dear wife, IL the
same is not done by me in my life
time" To appraise his estate for
residuary legatees. he appoints my
good friends. the Rev'd Mr.. James
Scott. the Rev'd Mr.. Lee Massey. John
West, Jun; Col. George Washington
and Alexander Henderson"
Near the conclusion of the will.
which covers twenty-fi five pages OF the
record book. Is the following advice
to his sons. which perhaps may be Of
some benefit to all those patient read
ers who follow these ''ramhdes"
II recommend to my sons, from my
own experience in life, to. prefer the
happiness Of independence and pri-
vate station to the troubles and vexa-
tons OF public business; but il either
their, own inclination or the mecca
sity Of the times should engage them
In public affairs, !, charge them. on
a fathers blessing never TO let the
motives of private interest or ambi-
tion induce them to betray. nor the
terrors Of poverty and disgrace. or
the fear OF danger or Of death to deter
them from asserting the liberty Of
their country. and endeavoring to
transmit to their posterity those sa-
cred rights to which Themselves were
horn"
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tanned in Thomas ousley's, Thomas
repatented in my own name). with
the lands / purchased OF Ellis and
Brodie and Of Daniel Jennings. and a
small tract Of land I took up as va
cant lands between my other tracts,
and in general all my lands between
Four-Mile run and the lower falls of
the Potomack river. in the county of
Fairfax. being about two thousand
acres"
II also give and bequeath," con-
tinues the will. unto my said son
John Mason and his heirs forever, my
island in Potomack river opposite the
mouth of Rock creek. which l had
under a patent from the lord proprie-
tary of Maryland by the name OF Bar
BADGES"
Barbados seems to have been one
of the names under which Analostan
Island passed, but in Capt. Randolph
Brandt's grant of 1850 the island
is described as "Annalostan," and in
a book written by David Baillie War
den, and published In Paris in 1916,
one will nnd an interesting descrip-
tion OF "Analostan Island" After
John Mason built the fine .house, the
ruins of which may now be seen on
the island, it came to be generally
known as Mason's Island. OF these
matters the Rambler will tell in a
number of this series.
Under the will of his father. John
Mason inherits "All my land upon the
main south run of Accotink and the
branches of Difficult run, in the upper
| end of Truro Parish in Fairfax coun-
ty, patented by my father. with a
small tract of land thereto adjoining.
patented in my own name, being
about 200 acres" To John. George
Mason leaves slaves. Harry the SON
of House Pott. and Peg. the daughter
Of Chloe" and one-fifth of the books
and furnishings of Gunston Hall.
To the fifth and youngest son.
Thomas Mason, George Mason be-
queathed "All my land upon the lower
side of Occoquan patented by my
! father and Col. Robinson. together
, with right and benefit OF keeping
the ferry over OccoQuan from both
sides of the river. which has been
vested in me and my ancestors from
the first settlement in this part of the
country. and long before the land
there was taken up or patented: also
all my lands upon the Neabsco pur-
chased by my father from Mrs. Ann
West; also all my land upon Poto-
mack river in Cockpit Point Neck /:
also all my land upon the upper side
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serve super-jitney and kiss it good

serve super-jitney and kiss 1t good
bye.
"spread it thin" says /. for I'm no
private pension bureau. you know.
Trust me. Torchy," says he. And
I'll always remember who it was res
cued me from a snow shoveling
squad. Honest. l was SO low down l
was almost ready to work. But now
well. watch me scramble up the
ladder"
Course. he always was chronic
optimist. Skimp Willers. But then,
he'd never started with such a climb
before him. Not since I'd known him.
Some hectic career he'd had. Why.
I've seen him when he thought he had
to have a cabaret dinner every night
and was known to half the head
walters in the lobster district as a
free spender. His costumes at such
times would have made the young
hicks who pose for the collar ads.
look like cheap sports. Oh. he sure
could spray the coin when he had 1t.
And then again I've met him when
his whole future prospects, includin'
his ability to pay up back room rent,
depended on whether or not he'd
picked the right horse. at New Or
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what you get from a church usher
and the facial expression Of a circus
clown. Seems to be frozen on. and
it frames the end Of that long nose
| or his like a new moon.
nrefsr Rsay TO- sec old loh chap" says he I'D
Sorry. Skimp." says l, "but it can't
be done. You can buffalo a dead
| one like Piddie easy enough. but you
ought to know that I'm different.
I'm the inside guard. Nobody gets
sketchin' the plot Of the piece to a. me.
And from all l know Of you, Skimp.
l expect there's some plot, all right.
Come on, state it,"
Mr.. Willers shrugs his shoulders.
.of course {. sh, r9rshy; Shya II you insist .
sa necessary sal w Mr.. % Eliins '"nS knows ssat .l1 Il
about my errand, for We have been
in communication with him for some
time"
"we?" says I.
Precisely" says skimp.
youTe representin. saSs syndicate d ma't thaf sf
! has another set Of the Russian crown
jewels to sell. Eh?"
What a suspicious mind" says
Skimp. "If you'll take the trouble to
look in the lower left-hand corner Of
my card. under your thumb. perhaps
Great stutterin trombones!" says I,
reading off what I'd overlooked be-
fore. Representing the League to
| Enforce Sunday Observance. Why,
| Skimp! You don't mean you've actu-
| ally horned in on that game?"
First assistant propaganda editor"
| says he. "and at a salary wholly ade-
| quate to the position"
"But-but how did you come to pull
! it?" says /. YOU"
| "It was quite simple" says Skimp.
/ You see, l had done some work for
i brewers gave me the sack. They
| were about finishing up, too. so that
F.! didn't last long. Had to cut down
! their orEapiIatjon, also. But It haoz
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dence at a price Of s400.00O. It coul6
not be bought for double that today.
So Ambassador Sharp rented. ready
Bartholini. a retired Swiss art col
lector, at "a no greater price thar
had been paid always out of theil
own private pockets) by Ambassador
Herrick and predecessors. 1t was q
war rent. very reasonable. There
was small garden.
Ambassador Wallace rented, furnished
(down to the silverware and cut glass)
the elegant Radziwill house and Earder
in the elegant Place d'Iena. The renta
is not known. 1t ought to be consid.
cradle.
And 50. while bleeding gold from ever,
pore, the American ambassador keep.
moving about. Nobody knows. for long
where he lives
Certain American congressman, We
will say, cannot understand why oul
ambassadors spend this money. ever
if the ambassadors Of the other pow,
ers are able to do SO. and. in a sense
them himself. with all his inexperi,
ence, to be appointed ambassador
When he arrives in Paris or Lon.
don and finds himself confronted a,
once with forty or fifty Invitations.
explained my own ambassador. "he
x
ing to do. The invitations are from
official people. Shall he accept then
and not repay them? Or shall hs
seem inexplicaby discourteous and re.
fuse the invitations?
Now, each French cabinet minis.
government accumulated these pal.
aces from the revolution. They car
seat in their dining rooms anywhere
from go to ESQ guests, from the
Elysee down. Presidents of the SEN
ate and chamber have tremendous
palaces. Accepting dinners. etc. from
them. is 1t not necessary to his coun.
try that the American ambassador
shall live in mansion betting to re-
turn such conrtesies"'
TN Paris business IL done in enter
: tanning. Under guise Of a dinner
or reception, things are done or said
that the American ambassador ought
to know. Without q grand embassy
our man is at disadvantage daily.
For example. there are Americans
coming to Paris officially. visiting
senators with a vague but real man.
date. all kinds of government COM
missions, congresses of surgeons,
chambers OF commerce and what not
If you can have these people meet
at the embassy those with whom
they come to get into relations. you
at once start the movement. 1t gives
them dignity. They are Sustained
by the embassy"
Quite apart from the idle absentee
colony. there 10 now q great body OF
Americans sn Paris. earnestly en-.
gagged In business and professional
life, furthering American trade and
other interests. It Is the class to
which the British embassy threw open
it's garden parties just before the war.
Surely the American ambassador
should be in position to gather them
around him at proper times.
"Private Americans Of Importance
come to Paris" he said, "and If the
ambassador be Of q social and friendly
nature he will have to entertain many
such. 1t may be designated as his
pleasure, but oftentimes it is neces-
sary."
Ex-Presidents, governors, senators.
congressman. cabinet minister's etc,