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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
8
Registered Seattle youths gathered at pool and billiard rooms as July 1 draft starts. Officials say many eligible men avoid duty by lingering in recreation while shipyard workers overlook obligations. Proponents warn poolrooms lure workers from vital industries and question what should count as productive labor.
A long meditation on the lips and eyes as windows to the heart. It argues women keep a hopeful smile during wartime to signal welcome and virtue, while downward curves warn of danger. urges turning sorrow into service and cheerful self-forgetfulness. The piece links mouth shape to trust, love, and home.
The article notes many young men, including under draft age, spent long hours in poolrooms as wartime tensions rose, using billiards as a social outlet during the crisis.
The French chamber approved a wartime rent law easing landlord burdens. Leases of tenants who died in war or were declared missing can be canceled. mobilized tenants may receive rent reductions or exemptions. The law sets income limits for exemptions by region, with scaled rents for bachelors and married men and varying caps by city size.
Paris dispatch says discussions about Wilhelm’s restraint surfaced after Kaiser Wilhelm II’s remarks to historian Felix Dahn. The Kaiser warned of possible necessity to confine Wilhelm while noting Germans would trust him. A parallel quote from Prince Hohenlohe casts Wilhelm as rational yet ungrateful amid peril. In Paris on May 21, reports mention child evacuations from Montmartre and on May 31 General Pierre de Vallieres, 49, killed leading troops.
The May 31 report from Pern describes Bern Switzerland as a spy hub with German, British, French, Russian and allied agents. Cafes and theatres host many unfamiliar faces since America entered the war. The government requires all aliens to report to police within 24 hours of arrival and obtain permission to settle.
A driver identified as George, a tailor of 114 Fourth Ave, was placed under arrest for failing to aid a pedestrian struck by his car near Fourth Street and Washington. The victim, a 50-year-old man described as Chinese, is believed to have a fractured leg and was taken to a city hospital about a block away.
The text explains price increases despite savings, dividing goods into two classes: style driven and wear intrinsic value. It advises paying last year’s price if style is not essential, and paying more for reliability and intrinsic value, arguing more pay yields more value, especially in wartime.
Pique Collars and Sets priced at 50 cents draw shoppers to the upper main floor while vestees go for one dollar. The advertisement emphasizes budget fashion options with affordable fabrics and bright displays.
A newspaper item advertises Toilet Soaps Imperial Peroxide Soap at 15 cents a bar or 2 for 25 cents and Olivilo Soap at 15 cents a bar or 2 for 25 cents. Sponges and chamois are also listed.
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