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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
4
Editorial urges mothers to nurture common folk babies into strong capable men. It notes wide between the eyes suggests intelligence and warns that consistent scolding or praising can shape character, insisting on healthy development for future success in work and public life.
The coming brief session will let the public gauge statesmanship and plan for 1912. Monitor leaders of both parties and especially YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES on four questions: Ship subsidy, Ballinger report, physical valuation of railways, and Arizona constitution. These issues pit SPECIAL PRIVilege against POPULAR RIGHTS and reveal who will aid private interests over democratic government.
English farmers and fishermen tout parcels post for rural routes with dairy cream chicken and fresh fish advertised directly to consumers. The reform cuts middlemen and express monopoly, promising better producer prices and lower consumer costs, even if limited to 11 pounds.
English Tories faced a sharp rebuke as Lloyd George mocked the lords over American dollars and heiress weddings. John Redmond in the United States raised a campaign fund of 200000 dollars, while George quipped that the lords had already received vast sums in wedding doubles. England roared at the joke, exposing the argument’s weakness.
Fragmented column notes social wit and quotes from Frances Hodgson Burnett and Mark Twain. It mentions Christmas shopping, rising sugar costs, health cautions, and a jab at social norms. The piece touches Emma Trentini’s high pay in New York streets and references regional politics and economic concerns in Arizona New Mexico and Chicago.
Max Figman discusses the character Hiram Perkins in Mary Jane's Pa at the Moore. He argues such a long desertion tests rather than proves genius and notes public curiosity about temperamental artists. The writer observes Figman’s dressing room and mocks the idea of prolonged absence as a path to artistry.
A vintage advertisement touts a pine syrup cough remedy mixing sugar and water with pine extract. It claims rapid relief for deep seated coughs, chest pains, and throat troubles and notes guarantees from Hartel Drug Co. and Seattle distributors.
A medley of cultural and political snippets notes Christmas bans in early America, debates over film and imagery, and profiles of figures like Lillian Russell and Caleb Powers. It mentions Turkish cigarette consumption rising and a Moravian village gift tradition as a seasonal note.
A Glasgow street car test uses coil spring wheels for resiliency. Miss Lillian Russell marks a birthday tradition, reaching her umpteen year with telegrams from stage friends in San Francisco. A cooking teacher cites varied motives for women taking cooking lessons, from gas stove demonstrations to marketing food values.
In New Orleans Miss Sophie Wright known as the angel of mercy is celebrated as a model citizen. Born into poverty after the Civil War she was crippled from birth and began teaching girls at fourteen to support her mother. Her night school in her home grew into a program with over 1,700 pupils aiding the poor.
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