Poverty and propriety in public seating and love
A reader asks if he should start a conversation when seated beside a young lady on a street car or in a theatre. Advice says avoid forcing interaction, assume she is absorbed in her own affairs, and focus on self-control. The column then discusses poverty, love, and societal profit, urging support for government ownership of everything as a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Hunter
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair
August Bebal
U. S
Virtuous Girl In Modern Society Letters to Dear Cynthia Grey
A reader asks why virtuous women seem to miss marriage while others who pursue broader lives often wed desirable partners. The column invites concise reader opinions on whether virtue is truly rewarded and if economic factors shape who men pursue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don’ty
Cynthia
Cynthia Grey
Miss Grey
Complex bill of midwestern silent films at multiple venues
A crowded program lists several features and stars including Lillian Walker in Indiscretion, Jack Pickford in Great Expectations, Mary Mickford in The House of a Thousand Candies, and Willard Mack in The Edge of the Abyss. Notable pairings include Nina the Flower Girl and Jimmie the crippled newsie, with romance, drama, and melodrama amid railway and society plots at Coliseum Strand and Mission venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoghams
Lemme
Lillian Walker
Scenie
Colishem
Jack Pickford
Leuteff
Comedy End Weekly
Sthand
Mowse Peters
Lene Keefe
Hen—Mary Mickford
Matt and
Jeff
Nina
Jimmie
Willard
Mack
Robert McKim
Mary Roland
Frank Mille
Mise Boland
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A 26 cent home remedy claims to end grippe misery by taking two hour doses for a total of three, opening nasal passages, stopping discharge, and alleviating headache fever soreness and throat irritation without assistance or unpleasant taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
The House of a Thousand Candles at Class A
The Class A bill features The House of a Thousand Candles adapted from Meredith Nicholson with Harry Meatayer as the house occupant who solves the mystery. Also listed are Mary Weston’s opera troupe turmoil and Her Soul's Inspiration with Ella Hall, plus Tess of the Storm Country with Mary Pickford and a Matt and Jeff comedy to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith Nicholson
Harry Meatayer
Mary Weston
Mary
Ella Hall
Rex
Tess
Mary Pickford
Matt
Jeff
Mother's Plea Sparks City Gambling Crackdown
A Vancouver mother writes to Mayor Mc Heath begging to save her son from gambling on cigar stand dice games. The mayor orders immediate action and directs police to halt all gambling at cigar stands. The letter, found on the mayor's desk, highlights the impact of dice games like army and navy and 26 with the dice on families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Army
Navy
Slavic Forts Fall Before German Forces
Berlin report from Sayville dated January 25 states German forces captured a Russian fort post extending over six miles with 1700 men 13 machine guns and 1 officers. The victory was announced by the German official statement from Prince Leopold's front along both banks of the Riga area River. If success came easy as colds—oh boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sayville
Postons
Prince Leopold
Riga
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Louise Huff
Estella
Mary's Grothe
Charles Dickens
Coliseum
Pip
Ruth
Pocahontas
John Smith
John Rolfe
Shanghai
Second Avenue
Yester
Smith Building
Doings IN Filmcom
Clemmer
Jillian Walker
Dimples
Lillian
Liberty
Cee
Strand
House Peters
Zeena Keefe
Mies Havisham
EDGE
Abyss
C. Gardner Sullivan
Mary Boland
Willard Mack
Robert M’kim, Frank Mills
Seattle
Pike and Union
Grippe
Anita Stewart
Philippa
Harry Mestauver
Katzenjammer Kids
Bessie
Gibraltar
Algeria
Allace Urlitzer
EAL Music
Rett Pictures
Pike
DR. Savery
Wm. Savery
U. of W
Seattle Rationalist Society
Stevens’ Hall
Fourth and
Pike St
Savery
The
University
Sloan
Sloan's Liniment Hills
PANY
Pickford
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