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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-01
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-01
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Rs"sAMaSteK Ilief
me- cop,T,Sn FoQ4 NEA Service Inc
NNNNIEWlE s. UlUSNMCK=

.rn che ledge Ai Was uuitF N'NNft 4
had placed several hooks inside De-
Nc would not balance truly upup
thr lrdsr. but Ga tsniuE b. with Ca
string To the handle uu thr inside ~
the window. whereby b. was ui#rd.
the bundle or sfnEs would 10 boz
place. And when 1 clo-rd the wiur
dow the dark tWinr was not notice
able inside thr room drew Tho eur.
tain 10 make surr that che IW.ue
would not b. observed hy Thomassen.
90 course jewellers iu the distant
buildings might see ms bundle when
light came with the morning Hut
New Workers are inruri0us about
their ueiEhbors strange things can
occur without RrousiuE questions
And anyway, this was "a chance D had
90 take, And having taken b., went
90 bed
T'HOMAssEN awakened me ia the
L morning. lie vas rayrnously
hungry. and I was forced 90 prepare
him a breakfast mary~led M his
nerve as he ate. ann fairly com
posed myself but I only ate boa order
that his suspicious might not be
aroused Tor I must Hrtm 90 hun
.rvcuncilrd 90 bis presence and his
purpose. Tho man was like a wild
beast, n he became suspicious, he
would Kan.
But he thought that DO under
stood me. was philos0phlc enough
10 make tho best OF a had situation.
Do reasoned. he let me leave the
apartment. 20 fetch the Jewels from
tho safe deposit box. with hardly "a
reminding threat 10 force me not 60
play him false
CauiionIug him TO keep away from
tho windows, and 10 answer no unga
ot the doorbsli or telephone. left
him
You're more scared than am %
were his last words 20 me And I'm
facing the chair, while you've got
nothing 10 be- afraid of but Sing
sins"
II CONFESS that 1 shuddsr,d as De
L mentioned the name 81 the grim
prison up the Hudson feared
death less than did capture by the
police, Indeed, ! was going TO prove
the truth Of wha, ! have just said
For was going 10 risk death,
! had procured a week before. tho
numbcr OF the telephone installed In
the furnished house which. under the
imposing alias OF the Due do Mont
arlicr. the white EAGLE had rented
early In the winter, Trembling with
excitement. from telephone booth In
a drugstore on Amsterdam avenue.
I called up this number.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-01
7 GElNWLS4G
OF f2Gg3 GaC~GSSr
v - y Olive Roberts Barton
10. IA Chilly RIDDLE

AN Her Mother Goose people on
piFpin pa were % interested u
.hs iHle' iaaYa riddles that no.
nHIy had moved scarcely
Huf after while Mr7 John insisted
ou serving Tea iu tbr orchard.
"tfn quite correct tU have tea at
Q, sou kngH 7HH ad -aud o. HiIi
Eitr Eour brains Is rect"
So Tom Trucker had five sand
wIrur- ana Jack iomer had three
pieces 90 fuIl rtkr aud Mites Muff,f
HB1 ever 20 many cups ~ tea, and
everybody bad fine time
Tho ttdllr Lady was soon rested
and she Eul ready Co AJAX tht next
riddle
'Is the nyzt one to rhyms7 asked
Nancy.
II can make lt either way" said
the Riddle Lady. ~ can make d 60
rhyme OF not 10 rhyme Whichever
sou like"
Lets vote on b." suggested Mr
John. q never liked 90 vote, nut 10
seems Co BE- the only way 20 ind out
just what people want"
"ll'H good idea said Mrr
sputt Lets vote"
so Nancy and Nick took small
pieces 81 paper and passed around
90 an the people on rippIn Hill ana
they WFuic on them Eyes" or mo
according 20 their Views,
Tho yrs's had a. so the Riddle
lady made her next riddle in
rhyme
'lrr not very hard raid she 1T
ia Gar easier than a crossword puE.
llr. at least"
So she began.
There ia "a chap who uothcrs us, q"
Ha..HH.aa FaHaHafH.aa F-FH.sssH
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-01
BEGIN HIERE TO-DAY

John AfusIry- a man cf education
-ri brrraInE becomes master
sreak=prEt wins uruu other thiryr-
lu arTauklns with .vngr q" q :.
pose 20 F"h 90 frv els h.Eh Do
stole from che White EaElr. crook.
EhHmassrnr brutal murderer In
hiding
Th5uassen comes 90 Ainslry
apartment covers him with Trr
N1INrr. and demands Eaif ot thr loot
trurfs from Fbr ssfr-dgpnslt box
drw uf0vu. Then hr drops down Nn
bed Ora A.usIrNa apartment and
Enes to SLEEP. confident that AlusIrA
win not cross him AinslrN ts Tear
because then hr himself would be-
como involved Iu thF Auav rTiuE ~
many unpleasant questions,
NOW co IN WITH TIM STORY
With Er0an ] dismissed ms plan.
J uou'd not give up ms liberty. Tho
shame Of exposure was moro than
could endure Yet 20 permit Thomas,
sen 20 escape 90 aid him in bis
escape. was 20 endure "a private
shame as h,drous as any public ca
posture. WAS caught between the
dcvil and the deep sea.
And then inspiration came 10 me,
us 10 must come 90 anyone caught
between the devil and the deep sea.
unless ha would perish,
My guest would not awaken. 50 7
went 10 my own chambcr-he was
in tho room next the living room
and from my bed took "a sheet OF
h.. and two pillows and several books
90 give the thing weight, I made a
clumsy rfugy OF man, / wrapped
a dark overcolt around the figure.
buttnned IL iu place, and went quietly
60 The window, ] raised IL and looked
out
The window opened on a vacant
area In the rear % the building Be
low It's sill. a good four feet below o.,
was a ledge perhaps two feet wide. !
lifted my effEy thru the window.
lowered IL and placed Il carefully up-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
Have You This Habit?
By Margaret Morrison
APPRECIATION

TIME most vivid remembrance Of
! Adam Everymans childhood was
the melancholy occasion, the climax of
many other such occasions, on which
his mother, breaking down and weep
ing, had expressed the resentment of
years of married life as she cried to
his father, IF you only didn't always
take things for granted"
When Adam grew up he promised
himself that at least he would never
give his wife that cause for bitterness.
SO during his early married life he
made point of seeing and appreciat-
ing her efforts and sacrifices.
The years passed. When the eldest
of their three children was fifteen,
Adam realized that their actual in
come, though ample, was not equal to
the income he had planned for this
point when contemplating matrimony.
Then one evening he pursued what
now was his custom, and retired i'm
mediately after dinner with his news
paper and his cigar to the room that
was called his "den." Contrary to
custom his wife followed him. Then
he knew suddenly how much water
had flowed under the bridge since they
had been married For to her new
dress that she had made herself, and
to the fact that this was the anniverz
sary of their wedding-to all this he
had been duly blind He asked him
self if little appreciation might not
help ali round.
The next morning at the office Adam
found his best salesman waiting for
him. He made a point of mentioning
an intelligent piece of business of the
preceding month. The man looked
pleased, but it was only later that
Adam learned that this expression of
appreciation had actually influenced
the man not to accept the offer of a
change from another firm That same
day Adam took pains to thank a Gus
toner for prompt payments, and the
next morning a new order came in the
mail On another evening at home his
small boy brought in a good report
from school, When Adam put his
pleasure into words his son looked sur
'prised. but the next month there was
better report still. He became con-
scious above all Of what life would
have been to him without his home.
and of the impossibility of his home
without his wife's dull daily routine.
After that there was no question of
lis appreciation, and with appreciation
it seemed as if a miracle had hap
pened-so stimulating and successful
was his work, so happy and full Of
pleasant possibilities his family.
The cause of the war among nations
and Of friction among individuals Is
egoism, and Adam Everyman had dis,
covered one of the habits that save
from egoism-the habit of apprecia.
ton.
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
90 by Metropolitan Newspaper servioe.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

- EPEAT this while looking at the
= first star that catches your eye
la the evening skies, make your wish
and the wish will be fulfilled. This Is
a common superstition among chill
dren and had its genesis on the plains
Of Shinar, in the days when the Chal-
dean priests watched the courses OF
the stars and read from them the des-
tiny of men and empires. 1t is an off
shoot of astrology; and how firm a
hold astrology has taken on the SUI
pelstitious inherent in mankind is evil
denced by the fact that in the Middle
Ages 1t was generally accepted as a
true science and by the large num-
Der of fakirs who today make living
by its alleged practice.
Out of this idea of the relation of
the stars to human destiny grew the
idea that each mans fate was at
tached at birth to a particular star.
"He was born under lucky star" we
still say. Napoleon was always talk
ing about his 'star'-half metaphor
ically, half with belief in its ac-
tuality. To the modern child astrolOgy
is but name and he has never heard
of "his star" But lurking somewhere
in his nature is the inherited super
stition of the ages and that primitive
urge-for the child's mind is the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

may be sorry some day, for no one
wants kitten that will not hum for
MICE"
''Oh, that may be true Of some kit
tens" answered Mrs. Tiger Puss with
f1irt Of her tail, "but when they are
as handsome as mine there will be no
trouble in finding a good home for
them. No, shall not te,ach them to do
a thing but wash their faces and keep
their white coats smooth and Clean"
So Mrs. Black Puss trotted off to the
barn, followed by her family, and III a
short time the little blackies were good
mousers.
Mrs. Tiger did not mind catching
mice for herself, but her kittens she
kept spiclS and span IND let them drink
all the milk the mistress poured In the
saucer every day.
But alas for Mrs. Tiger! One morn
ing she came with her family to the
door for her children's breakfast and
the door was closed, and Ia spite Of all
the me-ow-ing she made and the three
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
THE NEW YORK SUBWAY

The rapid growth and consequent
street congestion of our large cities
seriously slows down local transporta-
ton and hastens the installation Of
improved methods With the perfec-
ton of electric traction came the SUBJ
way or underground transportation.
Crowded conditions on Manhattan
island. where In some sections author
tiles claim population reaches the I'M
believable density of 700 persons per
acre. are unmatched. New York city
not only leads the world in subway
operation, but probably possesses more
miles of subway than all other cities
combined.
There are now completed or being
built there seventy miles Of subways,
containing upwards of 200 miles Of
single track, the cost Of which ranged
from S1,2OO,OOO to $2.500,0O0 per mile,
according to time Of construction and
working conditions.
The building OF steel-reinforced
concrete tunnel under the crowded
streets and towering skyscrapers of
our largest city, maintaining sewers,
water. steam, gas and lighting mains.
telegraph, telephone and fire-alarm
cables and other public utilities vital
70 the success of a metropolitan city,
through which to operate electric pas
senger trains on fast and frequent
schedules is herculean task.
The main trunk lines of this subway
system are four tracks wide and pro-
vide for both express or through and
local traffic in each direction. Patrons
enter the subway from kiosks on the
streets; broad stairways leading to the
station platforms. AS rule, local
stations are about five blocks and ex-
press stations about two miles apart.
During the busy periods, morning
and night, in trunk line subway ex-
press trains carrying eight to ten cars
operate about one minute apart in
each direction, making speed better
than thirty miles an hour. Local
trains, carrying five and six cars, OPP
crate less than two minutes apart in
each direction. The cars are about
fifty feet long. Such subway will
transport 100000 passengers daily.
The depth of the subway under
ground varies widely according to To-
cal conditions. The greatest depth Is
at about Tooth street where the rails
are about $50 feet below street level.
At places of great depth elevators are
used to carry the people to and from
the trains.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
THINGS
UNUSUAL
ELLIS ISLAND
By T. T. MAxEY
10 1s24 western Newspaper UniOn.l

Ellis Island, in New York bay, near
the Statue of Liberty, is the chief
landing place provided by Uncle Sam
for immigrants. Through it passes the
constant stream of foreign-born which
flows America-ward and from winch
they scatter to the four winds.
Formerly known both as oyster
and Gibbet island, it was acquired by
the national government from the
State of New York in 1903 and became
our leading immigration station In
1891.
After leaving quarantine Immigrants
ara landed on barges which are towed
to Ellis Island. AS the Immigrants
land they are formed into lines ana
file past the inspectors VINO size
them up" to discover if there is any
reason why they should not be per-
mitted to enter America. They are re-
viewed by doctors and examined by
inspectors and vice investigators.
Feet, legs, hands, arms, body, race
eyes, head, are gone over. They are
carefully scanned for skin. communl-
cable and eye diseases
If found to be O. X. in every way,
immigrants are permitted to pass, pur-
chase tickets to destination, their
money exchanged for its equivalent In
our currency and given assistance IN
locating friends or relatives. Other
wise, they are held for further In
vestigation and developments ana
finally passed or returned TO the coun-
try from which they came, as condl-
tons warrant.
The majority of these newcomers
go straight-away to the big cltles-
three-fourths of them, it is said, to
the territory east of the Mississippi
river and north of the Ohio river.
Ellis Island is intensely interesting.
Amusing and pathetic incidents occur
daily All immigrants approach II IN
fear and trembling lest they prove
unfit to enter To nearly all OF them
our language and customs are I'M
known, hence they do not understand
what it is all about. IT'S said that
more tears have been shed here than
any other place in the world. Many
cry for joy over permission to enter
others because they are refused OF
because a family is separated, maybe
for life, one member being unit.
Uncle Sans entrance laws are rigid
not that he wishes to keep out de-
sirables, but because of the impera-
tive necessity of preventing undesir-
ables from entering. As many as 1900
immigrants have passed through Ellis
Island in single day, and more than
million have entered during a single
year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
"NWhats in a Nance"
FACTS about your name; its history;
meaning; whence it Was derived; signif-
canoe; your lucky day and lucky jewel


was soon softened in Italy to Ziliola
or Cecilia.
Lily is purely English and American
The Scotch have the form Lilias, made
popular through Lilias Ruthven in
1857. A Scottish ballad is also spon
sor for Lillian, but in recent years, the
heroine Of 'Roswal and Lillian who
was queen of Naples, is generally re
ferred to as Lily, and the significance
of the flower is the accepted motive
for it's use.
The diamond is Lily's talismanic
stone. It will protect her from dan
ger and disease, and promises her vic
tory over her enemies and the fulfill
ment of her ambitions. Saturday is
her lucky day and Z her lucky mum
Der. The lily, of course, is her
flower.
20 by Wheeler Syndicate Inc.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
Penalty of Success

Ex-Governor Preuss was talking
about success.
Eat the Shore" he said, "they don't
consider the season successful one
unless, down to the smallest boarding
house or cottage, they're all as crowd
ed as Wave villa.
1.-THE mistress of Wave villa said 70
her husband one afternoon on his re
turn from the fish market:
I've rented the coal bin. George
The rest Of the season you'll have to
sleep in the chicken house "-Minne-
apOliS Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
THREE WHITE KITTENS

MRS. TIGER PUSs looked fondly
Ava at her three kittens. "They are
too pretty to go hunting in that dirty
barn" she said II never saw whittier
coats than theirs, though of course a
nice tiger color like mine is better for
everyday wear.
mo, my kittens shall not be brought
tp to work. They have plenty of milk
AMI our mistress thinks they are the
prettiest kittens she ever saw, so why
should they soil their white fur going
into the barn?"
Better let them learn to hunt while
they are young" said Mrs. Black Puss,
who was passing with her family. "You
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
By MILDRED
MARSHALL
LII

T lily may truthfully be said to be
- flower name Although effort
has been made to concoct for it an in
tricate genealogical history. 1t is best
accounted for by the pure white
flower with golden tongue, which gives
its fragrance to the spring season.
Curiously, Lily has always been
vaguely identified with Cecilia. Since
the former was found difficult to trace,
the Italian name Liliola was thought
TO be one of its progenitors. 1t was
borne by Liliola Gonzaga in 1910, but
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Kittens as well, the door remained
closed all day. The family had gone
away for the summer and there was
no milk to be had.
want my breakfast" walled the
three white kittens.
you will have to catch mice" said
Mrs. Tiger Puss sadly, but the three
white kittens only walled louder, eve
want our saucer of milk"
"There are those three good-for-
nothing Kittens" said some one look
ing over the fence at the crying kit
tens. "They never catch a mouse, but
just sit all day and wash their faces.
Those black kittens were smart and
they were all taken by the neighbors
but nobody wanted the white ones
though they are so handsome"
Poor Mrs. Tiger FUSS meowed pitt
fully. She was afraid her children
would starve, but they didn't, for when
they were hungry enough to work they
followed their mother to the barn and
soon became good mousers, and when
the family returned in the fall they
were so grown up they did not know
them.
"This has taught me lesson sale
Mrs. Tiger Puss. "The next family
have to bring up shall be taught to
hunt as soon as they can run. Mrs
Black Puss was right Beauty does
not count for much unless the kittens
are clever enough to get their own liv
ing, and nowadays poor puss car
never tell when she will be without {
home, no matter how nice the famil.
have been in the winter about feeding
her."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
Imported Foreign Art

The aggregate value of foreign art
importations since 1910, the year fol-
lowing that in which such works up
ward of twenty years old were per-
mitted free of duty into the country
free of duty, is estimated at $350,O00,-
600, an average OF over $29.OOO,000 an
nually. For 1922 art imports from
Europe were valued at about $685.
100000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
Meeting With Joy

Don't wait for Joy to knock at the
door, but rise up and meet him half
way on the road of Life. then intro
duce him to all the travellers you meet
and celebrate him on the hills and in
the valleys that have been dreaming OF
him all the year long, and you'll hear
bells. and the dreams of lifetime will
come true.-Atlanta Constitution.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
Hhe Uhp Of Superstitions
By H. IRUlNG KING

primitive mind-which causes him to
establish connection between his
fate and one of the astral bodies. But
the child is an adventurer. an imita-
tor, psychologically as We'll as other
wise. He does not conceive of him
self as bound to any particular star
the first star he sees answers his pur-
poses, Is appropriated as readily as
the forbidden jam and its good offices
demanded
20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
Relieved Earth Round

Sir John Vaudeville, author of one
of the earliest English books of travel,
which was published in the Fourteenth
century, was one Of the few men be-
fore Columbus discovery who believed
the earth to be round.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
Poison Iuv Plentiful

Widely distributed throughout the
United States, a species of poison ivy
is found which climbs up the tall
trunks of trees and in and out among
the bushes along the road Illustrating
in fence corners and even thriving in
wastes of sand where little other vege-
tation can exist
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

"The Prince" the famous and er-
ecrated political treatise which brought
fame and ignominy to Machiavelli, was
written in praise of the policy Of
Caesar Borgia, who sought to estab-
lish some kind Of united Italy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

Popular Lillian Gish, the "movie"
star, was born in springfield, Ohio, and
later moved to MassiIon, Ohio, where
she passed her childhood days with
her sister, Dorothy. While still in her
teens Lillian made her debut in Be-
lasco production. While on visit to
the studio of a leading woman star
she met a prominent producer and
was given her first opportunity to
enter the motion picture field, and her
rise to stardom quickly followed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

It's a good thing for humanity that
we are not compelled to follow the adj
vice given us.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

Flattery is having your secret opin-
ion of yourself expressed in the lam
guage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

Ethel-"What is the proper length
for girls skirt?" Clara-"That all
depends on her legs, dear!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
Scraps


An ounce Of intuition may be better
than a pound of tuition.
If a man buys pretty socks his in
tention is to show them.
Strong passions work wonders when
there is stronger reason to curb them.
One way to get rich quick is TO
make haste slowly.
A dear girl is apt to make a poor
young man feel cheap.
Hatreds die chiefly because it is
too much bother to keep them up.
How much better a thing tastes
when the doctor says you mustn't!
Most of the "spice of life" turns
out to be pepper-and you get it up
your nose
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

The evil wound is cured, but noe
the evil name.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

An honorable death is better than
q disgraceful life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WISHING BY STARS

Star light, star bright,
First star I've seen tonight:
Now / WiShi
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

How much better thing tastes
when the doctor says you mustn't!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

Hatreds die chiefly because it is
too much bother to keep them up.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-22

A dear girl is apt to make poo
young man feel cheap.