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Evening star., 1923-02-13

Any hour now oan bring forth the
announcement Of President HardinIs
decisions with regard to cabinet
changes, for his mind. this observer, In
authoritatively informed. has been
made UP for some time. DR.. Work Is
to succeed Secretary Fall ~ Secretary
Of the Interior, and Senator New will
become Postmaster General. News
appointment was rivetsd and sealed
by tho eleventh-hour drive against
him by Indiana political enemies.
President Harding has . penchant for
standing by his friends when they are
his career as President-elect the cam
paigns launched against Daugherty
for Attorney General and Harvey for
Ambassador to Great Britain did al
most as much as the things In their
favor to make their appointments q
certainty. DR.. Work wins cabinet pro-
motion on his record at the Post Of
fee Department Within less than a.
year he cut down it's expenses $780,
900, 900.
John Hays Hammond Ia understood
to be slated for one Of the several i'm
portant plums about to be shaken
from the White House tree. He may
succeed Col. Warren as ambassador
to Japan, though the President values
highly Hammond's expert services at
the head OF the Coal Fact.finding Com
mission. Mr.. Hammond visited Japan
and China in 1922. As a mining en-
gineer he has surveyed properties in
Russia thoroughly Although he owns
a beautiful Tudor mansion in Wash
inRton and summer home at Glou-
cester, Mass. Hammond is a native
son OF California. and probably would
mated as envoy TO TOXIC. Although in
his sixty eighth year. he Is as virile
and vigorous as q man twenty years
his junior.
Amid the agitation over within tho
law tAx-dods1ng INDUCED in by persons
Of means who invest their fortunes IN
tax.exempt federal. state and municipal
securities. # is whispered that Capitol
Hill 10 tho abode Of one Of the nooIsst
Of this plutocratic and cautious breed.
He 10 member Of Congress. He has
been In Washington q relatively short
time. He is famed rs a reforner. His
private fortune Is said to run into eight
figures And his friends aver he PAYS
Uncle Sam practically not a copper OF
Income tax, being a canny soul who has
tied up his fat stipend in coupons which
are beyond the reach Of Commissioner
Blairs sleuths.
y r X
Unless the proceedings Of the PAN
American conference in Chile next
month are held bi-lngually-in English
as well as Spanish-the American dele.
CATION will have rather rough shedding.
Only Ambassador Fletcher. who heads
the delegation. and DR.. Rowe. who speaks
Spanish like q GrAndee Of Madrid, know
Evening star., 1923-02-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Lincoln.
Painters have striven to portray the
face
That shone with love Of all the human
race. -
;.
sculptors have sought to chisel into
stone
The personality that was his own.
Poets have tried, in reverential song
To echo his appeal unto the throng.
The painter. sculptor. poet, seek in
vain
To aid his thought; sublime, and yet
so plain.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

There is fear that d number Of ar
ticles Of common commerce may be
smuggled across the Canadian border,
unless the smugglers are already too
busy.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

District Of Columbia motorists are
looking forward to the day when extra
license tags will be recognized as being
no more useful than they are orna-
mental.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

President Poincare placed q large
order for coal from the Ruhr, and
some Of the French voters are begin
ming to wonder whether he can de-
liver it.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

Any manifestation OF German opti-
,nisn il based on the assumption that
be and will have to change for the
better.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

Harry Thaw Is asking weeks
vacation. It should be accorded. II at
all, at this time Of year when there
are no roof gardens in session.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

Moscow statesmen appear convinced
that should they decide to participate
in military trouble It will be easy
enough to start something OF their
own.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

War prophets, like cold.wave proph.
cts, have their value In checking over
confidence in the future. but are most
appreciated when their predictions do
not come true.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

Schools are seriously considering the
desirability of extending gymnastic
training to those whose physical con-
dition needs it, instead OF specializing
on students likely to become athletic
stars.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

Russia would have had less reason
to complain if her statesmen had al.
ways been as reliably proficient as her
ballet dancers.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

Ancient Egyptian tombs reveal the
fact that robbers reached them many
years ahead of the scientists. There
is no way to beat the profiteer.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

No true musician will harbor the
thought that Beltimore's sleeping epi-
denic is the result Of season Of
Wagnerian opera.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

The fact that it is getting deeper and
deeper is urged as a reason for dipping
into the turbulent tide Of European
offairs.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

There is no anguish regarding street
can afford to call taxi.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

The Turk is in a habitual state of
doubt as to whether he wants to make
peace or make trouble.
Evening star., 1923-02-13
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Evening star., 1923-02-13

Betterment.
'.Do you think you are getting bet
ter every day?''
"Of course, I do" answered Senator
Sorghum. 1.-THE only difficulty Is In
convincing my audiences"
Jud Tunkins says times have
changed terrible. He wants to 60 to q
Shakespeare show and his wife insists
on musical comedy.
,sr Quiescent Rectitude.
There is a potency in guile
Embittering life's cup. 49,:
The honest man keeps silent, while
The CRATER whoops things UP.
Evening star., 1923-02-13

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end Of each month.
Evening star., 1923-02-13
The PSrisian YnfluencA.

The Partisan Influence.
'Do you think the French are pro-
moters Of peace7" go
mot in our family" replied Miss
Cayenne. Every time mother gets a
bunch of new gowns from Paris father
goes on the warpath"
. --s- -
Don't be too fur ahead Of de time. !"
said Uncle Eben. "De early bird. III
supposed to ketch de worm. but de
February robin doa't git unmn' hut .
A~ AnAo
Evening star., 1923-02-13

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a companionable little book, which, be-
fore It was q book, was a talk to one
of the civic clubs. A body Of men to
whom the author brought-just another
man. An incident here, q story there,
served the purpose Of showing how
Lincoln behaved. and what he said. and
how he looked upon these occasions OF
the authors summoning. He tells the
story, of course. Of the Douglas-Lincoln
debates. away back when Douglas was
a somebody. and Lincoln was, by COM
harrison, pretty much Of nobody. And,
il appears, that Lincoln won out be-
cause he wasn't a shifter and Douglas
was, Then he shows them Lincoln in
the east, talking before a houseful Of
sophisticates in Cooper Union. You
recall the story-the loss Of sheet
Of his notes and his dismay over It till,
getting his second wind. he threw the
whole bundle Of papers away and gave
a speech that brought the immense
crowd up with cheers for the big, awk-
ward man. Oh, ne tells several stories,
the most Of them new, all Of them fresh
in this telling. One is the story Of
the passionate Stanton. who despised
Lincoln, and then hated him ana the then
night Of April. 1866, sat outside Lin
coins door till 1t was over. Mr.. Sum-
ner makes a little summary of Lin
coins Washington. as it came to him
Ford,s Theater.. the little. house across
the way, that 10th street shrine, and
ths -m6ryei of the. LiuCs1n .-nenorial
W t1o sia9 o6 tAo ASA L6 II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17
Why don't you take them Off" suggested Nancy
A QUEER OLD MAN

Just talking about Il. 70 you may
know how tho Twins felt
Bye and bye they came to an old
man hobbllng along the road In a
pair Of tight sh0oa and groaning
loudly.
What's wrong7- asked Nick kind.
~. Can We help your
"oh. yes you can. but you can't"
answered the old man. TITS my
shoes. They pinchr'
why don't you take them oetT'
suggested Nancy.
III did would never got tiara"
said tho old man. Il can only walk
in shoes that hurt, and haven't a
cent in the world. am 30 poor. /
have 10 SO and get my thousand dol.
lars out OF the bank 30 can buy mo
loose pair OF shoes. Then can't
walk so can't spend H."
"oh. myr' erssd Nancy. II can't
understand you at ALL"
That's all right" said tho old
man. Don't worry. You're little
queer In your head-thars all. After
you 1.-Two in MiK-Up Land awhile and
become a Mix Upper. you'n under,
stand anything"
Away he hobbled. stif groaning.
Go BE Continued
Copyright, 1923. by Seattle STAR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

Tho Magical Mushroom LEFT Mir.
Up Land and went back to tho
Fairy Queens Palace. while tho
Twins continued their Journey thru
TIE queer place.
SO many things were upside down
that II was enough 10 mako ous
dizzy. The creeks flowed uphill. and
even the hills were sometimes only
holes In tho ground. Fences stuck
up In the air instead OF staying prop.
eriy on their sides as sensible fences
do. Tho trees grew with their
branches turned In and the apples
and pIums and pears In the orchard
were square.
Ducks scratched for worms while
chickens and turkeys B~am on the
ponds. horses were squealtng and
drinking buttermIIk out OF truughs
In the pig.sties whilst the hogs were
eating hay and pulling the plows in
the fields.
Dogs mewed and cats bariSed:
birds ran around and rabbits flew:
pictures were hung outside the
houses while vines grew in tho par.
lors: whales nibbled the grass by the
roadside and the cows SWAN far out
10 sea: smoke went down and rain
FELL up. Goodness alive. get dizzy
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Page 915
AMONG THE sAyAGES

"One day Pat Kamln was try.
ing to prove that he had not n
bad heart toward tho Bostons
white mem and that he hated
only Chief Lesrhl. He had four
or five white men with him. and
he took Colonel Simmons TO one
side and said:
II will prove to tho governor
that II Ia only Leschi and his
men that | hate
And while old Colonel Sim
mons watched--with no power to
stop tho dreadful thing. he called
his braves and had them lay five
prisoners on the ground.
Then no bado them cut off
their heads. The warriors used
axes and sharp knives, and cut
off the heads Of the poor prison.
ors and threw them into a sack
as IL they had been potatoes.
'HereP he cried. take them
10 your governor and tell him
that IL how / treat his enemies
and minor
You wouldn't understand all
that part not about the mix.up
OF tho treaties and oil. and tho
real hlstory-but you can imag.
inc that ono white woman, all
alone among such savage people.
"Sho spent that whole month
auieting Indians, MS a mother
auiots frightened children, sct-
Ting duarrolB. Keeping them con.
tont. nursing their sick, giving
them sympathy--sho worked until
she had strength TO work no
more"
0rinished Tomorrow
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THE ONE-MAN WOMAN
CHAP. 6l-THE TEST
BY RUTH AGNES ABELING

I'D like 70 have proof that I
isn't an age OF miracles particularly
where women arc concerned.
Women" he went on. never have
been so generally commonplace as
they are today, and 80 ready TO como
down 10 mans standard OF living. IL
you don believe what Two said in
regard TO Alice, why don't you provo
or disprove itT'
Prove itr' Kate echoed.
"certainlyr' with an edged laugh.
When wo finish dinner wen drive
around there-you wait whilo / go In.
II she's about, so that ] can begin Il
casual conversation with her, my car
Is yours II she doesn't 20 out with
mo. in spite OF the fact that she knows
about the man ut the morgue."
What 10 wrong with your carr"
Kate smiled You seem anxious to
give 1t away"
ION tho contrary, / need Il.
Couldn't get along without IT at this
particular time--but I'm sure OF my
ground"
You make mo wonder II this
hasn't been pre-arrangodl You're too
sure of yourself for my pence OF
mind" Kate looked at him question.
ingly. But III 80 with you. regard.
less OF how rotten trick / think
It is.
And" Kate continued, lightly,
I'm going chiefly because know
you will fair
II won't" dryly.
They finished dinner In silence.
Every now and then Kate glanced
nj the man across from her. Latham
was attractive. Ho must have had
much experience with women OF tho
finest type. A man OF his sort would
have. Was his Judgment OF them 70
liable. them Were they becoming too
much like men7
Kate recalled among tho women
sho knew those distinctly feminine
and those who attempted masculine
attitude. She remembered how she
had been inclined TO smilc ms ahe
watched tho lll.flttnR, mon.copcd
mannorismB OF the attor group.
They hadn't attracted her. Thoy
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that either Mabel or I mus, be abb
normal what that ail7 That brici
struKElr7 That fcar7 That sense Of
removal from nelf-controlT ! didn't
know myself then had not learned
that thru tho body passion can dis
embody parallel for all OF ia tho
feat OF lcyitation which tho tranquil
faiir performs al, without seeming
effort. he rises into tho air. No. I
had quaffcd no elixir. knew only
shock l tclt dnfrauded. was
ashamed Of myself because I had not
lived up 10 my dim expectations Of
delight.
is that ail7- l asked myself. again
and again. without knowing that this
IN the cry OF every woman who
stretches out hpr hands Tor love and
flndu only q lover.
But OF ono thing wus not
ashamed. and that was OF what had
done. / had given myself. yes. and
outside marriage. wen7 That was
all | didn't GROW sociological. I
didn't argue about tho evolution Of
morals; I was tempted 10 look upon
this ~ an accident which would not
b. repeated
fnwardiy WINS very glad. You
may ray was not pure-mindod. but
II you say that you don't understand
Tho feminine attitude. how II is
haunted by tho fear OF tho unknown.
how modeaty ahrinks and longs 20 b.
destroyed. how greatly one dcEirer TO
throw or Ignorance. how an uncon-
sciouA. namolsss impulse drives
one 20 respond.
We arc different IN this from
young men; they. too. arr modest.
ouriouS stirred. but they have con-
fouasd II 10 me. they suffer from
wilder impulses. from the instinct 10
aggression and 20 conquest for It's
own Hake That n Why, 70 often.
men pursue women who inspire them
with no desire. Their vanity. their
lust for power. their habits. their hoa-
unity 10 other men who poassas. did
posHeSs. or may possess those women
make Il imperative that they should
conquer That IL why they take ua
and throw uH away. Every man
would have his harem and other men
for his eunuchn
The Idea that wasn't pure girl,
or a purc-minded Girl. or whatever :,
H. did occur 70 me. must nice;
Philip again. thought, HE won't
respect me m he did.r which shown
how young was; now / know that
men don't respect women when they
love them; they wouldn't bo 30 cruel.
II had Eaid, Hen desire mo ieHa, .
ia have been right. minded
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17
BY GENE COIN

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1.-THE
girl Of 1000 proposals" has accepted
sutton 1901.
She's on her way to China 20
marry him.
Julia Belle Faurot is the girl.
Gustave 1. Tolson is sutton 1901.
They met while touring the Orient,
Miss Faurot is known as "Chi.
cago's most.proposed.t girl"
To be arithmetically exact, she de.
ales that she's been proposed TO Just
1000 times, or quite TINT many times,
or anywhere nearly that many, in
fact. one thousand is merely a
round figure" she says. But she
admits that she's been referred to
as most wooed."
Well, what does n girl who has
had 1000 proposals-in round Zig.
ures"-think OF love? Does such n
wealth OF wooing make a husband
difficult to seleot7 Does 1t dun the
taste for romance7
Answering question No. 1, Miss
Faurot says.
There's no chance of doubt con.
corning love once II arrives: | don't
think all tho proposals in the world
would make any difference"
To No. 2:
"If 100000 men proposed, one
should have no trouble In choosing
the right one
To No. 3:
I'm thrilled to deathw
Miss Faurot Is Chicago society
debutanto, She calls herself plain"
Maybe So But attractivo2 Myl
She's small and blonde. She does
have frecklos.
She has also n cultural back.
ground that stretches from Boston
music conservatory to n college In
Rome. She believes mon appreciate
talented women.
rive seen many n beautiful girl
passed by for ono with brains and
charm" she saya. 81 believe every
Girl should devote herself to acquir.
ing those advantages rather than to
beauty doctorlng.' ~
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Cynthia Greys
Lo8t-S0melohere BetDeen the Knee and the Ankle,
MtladB8 Skirt Hem - Fashions Tickle Edict
Keeps Us Girls Guessing
BY CYNTHIA GREY

Hon long should skirt ber Who knol0s? The question
fast resolving itself into equally pulling and i'm
possible as the old ga0-''HoW old Is inner
Juggling nadDS skirt hem 10 be the fauorite sport
OF ne hour among those WhO haze set themselves up
fashion experts.
lust 0hea zoe had dropped skirts sir inches Looer and
eaodged the fact by strach belt along another
edet that says that long skirts may not be long after ALL
Imagine!
Honestly this keeps up, dressaker oA be only jug
0er of hens.
Says the proclamation:
Afternoon dresser betOeen sir and eight inches
Sports skirts, eight TO eleven
Evening goOns four TO SIR
BIT that's all chGH0edi These are the latest rlfags:
Afternoon dresses, seUen to nine.
Sports, nine 10 ten.
EUeriHO, three 10 sir.
We do 0ish thevd get together on this thing Can non
imagine anything worse than TO be osrGczed for 0earing
afternoon dress from seUeH 10 ten Ohen il should be seUen TO
nine?
education? ~
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IConilnued From Yesterday


This way" He pointed 20 the
stairs A I followed him ne turned
10 say They have peaches here.
peaches IN March
I laughed I didn't quite know
Whcrc I was going 20, for l had
never been 90 Cazrarino'A A cor
ridor had been cut thru. and so many
doors fitted that Il looked like a scene
upon stage. Puzzled. as he threw
open door marked 6. walked into
a narrow. brightly M space. The
door closed behind Quite speeches.
saw that / was IN little room with
walls covered IN horrible roSe-pat-
termed paper In tho middle stood a
table laid for two. with a larEe haskr,
Of fruit IN tho middle. Two chairs
q small table. an old Ted-plush sofa.
That was all Tho window, l later
found, gave upon a nova At prus-
ent Il was shroudod BY two curtains
q rcd plush Tho strange shape Of
the room puzzled me. IL was about
10 feet by 10, but tho ceiling hung
enormously high. II was like having
dinner In a I'M SHAFT. I found out
only much later that three floors OF
Cazzarino'S once rooms for entertain.
ments, had been converted into these
little hutches Of obsourlty and emo
ton.
was In private room. A touch
81 fear and a wave OF excitement
came over me A private rooml The
Jokes Of the past entercd my mind.
This was nfe. soho. the chorus girl.
all that sort OF thing. Hut wasn't n
q bltG felt doubtful felt a
Trent Why didn't he take me 10 the
restaurant I grew angry at being.
In a way. trapped but Just as /
was going 20 speak thero was a knock
At tho door, and there entered (for
Philip had said. Come in-) an ami
able and very stout Italian waiter.
with a wine nst bound In red.
lot me sSN- said Philip. what
would you like 90 drink
I don't know / said.
Well. shat about little nrxr'
That would b. very NICE said.
automatically. What could sayf
And love champagne
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Tho. attack on Seattle was
over. Thanks to the warning
given In time, her 200 inhabitants
were saved.
But over on the reservation
the doctor and his brave wife
lived life Of constant danger.
IAN thru the forest Indian mes
sengers ran hither and thither.
bearing their evil tidingS. Day
and night the angry chiefs kept
trying to find the way TO carry
out their wicked desires.
1.-THE Klikatats were desperate.
Three days before the attack on
Seattle three Of the Klikatat men
and one woman came onto the
reservation, telling Wild tales Of
other tribes.
Chief Leschi. they said. was
against all whites. Pat Kamin.
chief Of TIM Snoqualmles, Was
bitterly angry with Chief Leschi,
and the very air was heavy with
war.
"All thru the Indian villages
they went and scattered unrest
and alarm.
And after they would pass on
from one group TO another, some
OF the first group would como
tumbling to Mrs. Maynard and
tell her the tales.
Their own Suduomish Indians
and their splendid Chief Seattle,
tho doctor and his wife mover
feared, but how were they TO
know about those othor hundreds,
with their angry. trcaoherous
chiefs7
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URSULA TRENT
A Novel by w. L. George.
ceVyTtEat Isai. By Harper a hro,Asr.

Dry or sweet1 Row. Ursula. be
a man and say dry
laughed FAR rght. dry Oh
dear ! ought 70 say wanted 70 gc
homo, and now Philip was ordering
hQuours 20 follow coffee.
Yea bsnedicune.- said. -or
knmmel-
And Philip added. send up ths
bottle, not The thimhles you call
Elasscs"
''Yessir." said the Italian waiter
very Englishly. obviously having
pracueed this reply.
Look here l said
yea walt a minute. / can hear the
hora-dRnuvre coming
Yea ! Eaid. Worrladly. Il know
But Why aren't We dining Ia tho res.
thurantf-
tits fun up. Didn't you seq
Certainly Il looked fuli up.
Wont you sit DOWN lie pulled
up one OF the chairs. "Haye a sfE-
arot &c ;Aat you may smoke while
you're having hors-d'aouvre, That's
frightfully fast He made mo laugh.
I couldn't help liking him. was
eating anchovies before l had made
up my mind 10 go stiil worp my
hat and cloak Philip was tactfil
enough not 90 suggest that | should
remove them. so Id done a. Couldn't
turn back. was silent. but Just a.
We started on tho red mullot. Il Il
evidence OF strained nerves that a
limerick. heard az tho hospital. passed
thru my mind
I giggled aloud. but Philip failed
10 extract tho reason from mo. Tor
the limerick had made the affair
funny. Nothing can Do both funny
and fatal AZ least. one thinks that SO
/ determined 10 enjoy myself. and
drank the dry champagne like an
Arab lost In tho desert In an oasis
Hups the water from tho well He
was not frightening mo. Now he
talked a little about himself. hia am-
bltionS his desire 10 build bridges
and dams
Now don't say you won't have any
more fizz: assure you i,'a tho goods
Just a spotl" I weakened. feeling
rather vague. When the pccho Mel
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had amused her as might child,
playing at grown.up.
Perhaps James Latham was right.
Perhaps women were sacrificing n lot
OF charm for little freedom, and nat.
urally they we're changing at heart,
because Kate knew, all too well. how
her own moods changed With the
clothes she wore.
Were off said Latham, an they
got into tho car.
YES" penslvcly.
Tho distance to Sing Logs laundry
was covered soon. An they pulled up
in front OF tho low structure, thoy
heard n Willing sound, high pitched,
plalntlvo, weird. There were no lights
In tho front room. But In tho reflect.
cd glow from tho back hurrying fig.
uroB wero visible.
To BE ContinueS