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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1918
Page
6
Lawyer Edwin J. Brown accuses Seattle Health Department of abusing the women in the intern ward, detailing crowded cells, poor conditions, and false imprisonment to fund quarantine. He cites 140 inmates with 4,000 dollars monthly cost and promises legal relief plans and mayoral reaction next week.
A reader argues for teaching children the truth about Santa while presenting Saint Nicholas as the Christmas gift giver. The letter explains Nicholas’s history and asks that the focus shift to the Christ child’s giving. A mother responds about gender and housing discrimination against single women with children and calls for better conditions for families.
A reader denounces using fermented wine in communion preferring pure grape juice and calls for banning the practice. Another reader asks Miss Grey for a fruit cake recipe omitting lemon peel citron and suggests substituting more currants raisins and nuts.
The Wilkes Players open Seven Keys to Baldpate at the Wilkes theatre as a Christmas week offer with Lew White and Monte Carter company. Moore features include The Eternal Barrier with Sarah Padden and Rubeville comedy. The Met brings Business Before Pleasure with Kenick and Wilkes Players. Other acts include Lucille Krommer as soubrettie Levy's Orpheum Porter J White at Pantages, Leo Beers at Theatres 1, and Grace Nelson and Equillo Maybell acts plus the only U.S. surrender motion pictures and a concert orchestra.
A new Eugene Levy musical burlesque company debuts at Levy's Orpheum with A Night in Madrid. George Rehn produces. cast includes Jack Clifton Jack Jackson Lucille Krammer Edith Wilma Helen Jewell and the Metropolitan Trio. The show features a Spanish omelet in three scenes and runs with Winter Garden chorus.
The week features a "California" Syrup of Figs promotion for children and a busy Christmas bill at the Pantages with Hin's circus, Porter J. White, and acts like The Celestial Duo and Hands Up! Pathe serial. Chaplin mimic and new hip bill present "A Baby Grand" at Palace Hip. Carter's Oak offers "A Christmas Tangle" with Molly Mack and an Egyptian dance. Vitagraph's serial "A Fight for Millions" begins Saturday.
Orin Davis an eight year old Pacific coast truant was found sleeping in a downtown alley at Fourth Ave and Stewart St at 3 AM Saturday and taken to the police station. He had left home Thursday morning with a total of 25 cents in his possession. The boy is frequently picked up by police after long excursions into distant suburbs and sometimes travels with his family cat or sister. He is described as attractive and intelligent with dark hair and eyes.
A London bus conductor, after four years of wartime service, says she and colleagues would rather keep their posts than give up during men’s return from war. The remark is echoed by many bus workers describing their resolve amid speculation of men reclaiming jobs.
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