The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 24, 1912, Page 4

i, postottice as second-claws roatter Of all the thousands of books that are tumbled from the) presses of the world each year, not one has dealt adequately or even primarily with one of the most important topics in the whole world—W AGES. ; 2 Probably 90 per cent of the men in every great industrial country are vitally interested in the day's wage and its relation to the kindred subjects of rent, food, fuel and clothing. " The bureau of railway economics maintained by the rail- roads of this country has just published a pamphlet giving the results of a comparative study of the wages of railway employes in the United States and Europe, together with some consider- ation of the cost of living. Examination of the one is not-very Muminating without data on the other. Scan these figures for a few minutes. wage of railway employes is follows: United States .. Great Britain .. Germany Austria-Hungary In France, Italy and Belgiunt t Tike ‘those in Germany. “Aha!” you say, “we are way ahead in our own land. But pause just a moment. See what the figures say concerning the rental, for instance, of a four-room house or flat: United States England .. France Germany Belgium You will observe that the mere question of is a far more serious financial matter in this country than in > If we take a certain standard of food and fuel we find the Frenchman pays 17.8 per cent less than the American; the Ger- man pays the same as the Frenchman; the Belgian pays 35.2 — less than the American; and the Britisher 38 per cent The daily average One important item is omitted by the pamphlet. It is the question of clothes. Here, too, the expense would be much Jess for the European, for it is notorious that our clothes cost more than in Europe. So that it is quite possible, when the end of the year rolls around, that the American—highly paid though the be—dvesn’t have much, if any, more left out of his carnings than his European brother. The high protective tariff is admittedly the mother of the ‘American trusts. But every time you attack it, some smug benefi y of this special legislation retorts by saying that) this tariff is the mother of high wages. ae PERHAPS THOSE HIGH WAGES ARE NOT QUITE $O HIGH AS THEY SEEM. Water in High Cost of Living We all know that one of the biggest items in the high cost of is raflroad transportation charges. Every time we drink of milk we cough up a bit of chance for some railroad compan) box. But what would you say to getting your milk in powder, about 87 per cent less than the liquid milk? u on the water Mrs. Moo-Cow put in it—Iin fact, you'd add the Reddy, the Yegs--You write bungie ianeromes, don't you? talking so loudly Just now?" Agent—Certainly, str, “Bh? Don't you know him? Well, Reddy—What I want to know is| well! Couldn't you tell by bis talk o you insure ‘em against death | who he was? an’ accidents only or do you in sure ‘em against convictions also? DOWN AT THE CLUB 0, was a pugilist or a politician.” your novel a happy ending? “Very heroine $ ‘the closing chapter new a “Jenkina never comes to the club but he acts the fool” “Perhaps he believes in the say- ing ‘When tn Rome do as the Romana do,’ ” The judge awards my THE SERVANT QUESTION The busy housewife, who believes that plenty of hard work m hurts anybody, wae laid up with a bad coid when her maid left she asked her husband to go down to the registry office about another He started at 10 o'clock in the morning and returned at 3, wora and tired. What's the matter, my love? he sank into a chair beside her bed, office? “Yes, heaps of ‘em,” repli they'd all worked for us before IT WAS PINK ONCE over so axked the wife, soliclousty, as Were there no servants at the with a groan; “but unfortunitely, —Kaneas City Star. pater yourself anted your glass of milk. Miitions i aan even could be saved in freight charges alone ee ernment tre of water out of a lot of the things eat. start been made by @ Chicago concern which is drying out On rll weight Yao The powder which results is at used bakeries. osrtien of agriculture, in a forthcoming publication, is to plan of lowering prices, and has selected important German industry of potato in this country are more than ordinarily per cent water, and the cost profits and the consumer from an al- roducts to which this process water has been applied, and e from the introduction of the crop as potatoes, as is pointed ure, that the present uncertainties ould be removed, and both the producer and consumer ited. The grower would have a more reliable market it wide fluctuations in prices would be avoided. AGAIN we refer to the recent remark of Police Chief) Bannick that auto speed mania “has got to stop.” AND NOW the politicians are deprecating the moral tur-| pitude of working the steamsoller. Somebody please tickle NEW YORK police must be perspiring under a 100-degree) ental temperature, as a result of the probe into their alleged} nection with gamblers. FOR A CITY in a state of desperate scige, Seattle is act- ing mighty calm-like. But then, even if we are captured, the} Militia aren't going exactly to eat us up. THAT idea of the Japanese to climb to the summit of the highest peaks to pray for the life of their mikado has some- thing fine about it, anyway. Perhaps they feel they're nearer Givinity up among the clouds. ene POLITICAL GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL BY GILSON GARDNER BY GILSON GARDNER (Washington Correspondent of The Star.) WASHINGTON, July 24.—Gifford Pinchot surprised the house dis- trict committee by volunteering the information that his residence on Rhode Isiand av. has been grossly undervalued by the tax assessors Of the District of Columbia. Mr. Pinchot, satisfied that the district raps have deliberately undervalued property owned by rich men the northwest section of the city, at the expense of the poor of the city, engazed an expert to value his property, and finds that he has been escaping taxation to the amount of about $600 a year. “In other words,” says Mr. Pinchot, “at the current rate of taxa- tion the assessor has not assessed against me about $600 of yearly faxes that I ought to have paid, and has assessed that amount on others able to pay it. This is unjust, therefore I put the facts in your dg for such use as you may see fit to make of them. It is understood that the dozens of rich men who have residences the fashionable Rhode Island and @onnecticut av. section do not lish Mr. Pinchot’s action, as it may subject them to the necessity of paying in the future their just proportion of taxes, ee “A progressive ts one who believes in the people, and that the lution of our social and industrial problems must come through eater political opportunities for the people. “A reactionary 1s one who serves the special interests negatively 2 opposing a larger scope and scheme of democracy, and positively supporting their legislative program.” The above definitions are by Lynn Hatnes, author of a little book ust from the press entitled, “The Senate Prom 1907 to 1912." The ncipal business of this Iittle publication ts to sum up what Mr jaines calls “the stewardship of those United States senators whose! ms expire March %, 1913.” There are 32 such senators, as follows m, Georgia; Bailey, Texas; Bankhead, Alabama; Borah, Idaho; urne, Oregon; Briggs, New Jersey; Brown, Nebraska; Burnham, New mpshire; Crane, Massachusetts; Cullom, Mlinois; Curtis, Kaneas; vis, Arkaneas; Dixon, Montana; Fall, New Mexico; Foster, Louis na; Gamble, South Dakota; Gardner, Maine; Guagenheim, Colorado; myon, lowa; Martin, Virginia; Nelson, Minnesota; Owen, Oklahoma; ‘aynter, Kentucky; Percy, Mississippl; Richardson, Delaware; sim North Carolina; Smith, Michigan; Sanders, Tennessee; Tillman ereiner Warren, Wyoming; Watson, West Virginian; Wetmor: 6 | “It's easy to be generous when our own demand ts gratified,” et- claimed Henry Miller. “There once was a little girl who invaded the drawing room where her sister's Nance was walting “Here, said the child, ‘here i* a candy fer you. Hilary MeMasters a hard white lozenge. “Ob, what a nice white lozenge'’ said the in bis mouth and beginning to suck it vigorously “Yes, ian't it? Maped the little girl, "i was striped wiv pink ~Young’s Magazine. HIGH LIFE. Henry Townsend Martin, the New York society leader, was dis cussing the divorce evil. “Some people seem to think,” be said, “that a high social position places them above the moral law. I once heard a beautiful woman of thi pe declare ‘Well, if I were attacked by scandal, 'd rather have the Astors than the truth on my side. Minneapolis Joursal And she gave young man, putting It once.“ H Lawyer (to witness) residence. Murphy —Tid-Bits. LAST RESIDENCE. Now,-then, Mr. Murphy, give us your last Faith, sor, | dunno; but it'll be the cimitery, Oi'm thinkin A WEE BIT CONFUSED ——*™S = Hie. Hes The Best Man (making arrangements)—-And to cuss the bride? or—ie it kistomary CAUTIOUS, Little Clara (to her small brother)--1 little while ago, Smo by—Did you? What did he Little Clara—He said “Robert.” Small Bobby—Then | better go and seo what he wants News, heard papa calling you @ J Robert,” or “Bobby “Chiengo ON TAP. Little Marie wan riding in the suburbs with they came to two big reservoirs filled with water ‘Thin is where the water use at home comes from | father. “1 anppo Nd, Mwn't it her father, when we wold her weid Marie, “one pond Is hot water and the other IMPORTAN®, Lavine 16 whe tmprested with her own importance? | Julia, You, She even believon she'd have New York mon call on her if whe lived in the wubwrin-1Ate STUNG, Wiesine Td you way you bowght the ear from @ triendt BiggiinWoell, | thenmht he was a irlend wHtit he wuld i te fier Pathfinder, “Who was that man who waa I couldn't tell whether he news than you can assimilate, gi | HE STAR—WEDNESDAY “Doctor, I'm all ran down and ex nervous, Can you save mer” Surely, my frlend; surely. Yours is & common afiment Just now, You are simply reading more baseball WHAT A STRANGE IDEA | “t suppose you have something laid ap for a rainy day? Sure! I've « lot of things ready © soak when it comes Clear | “A little nos {le r Inference pee, now and then lished by the best of meu.” Meaning. of course, that solems nuff And sed and dull and dreary stuff Is nonsense to the rest of men. | There was a young lady of Fargo, Who said: "i will sure make this car go.” She coaxed the machine With a tub of benzine The funeral march was the Largo Things to be Invented The sparkles courtship. The cryless infant A cure for rheumatiom. An honest wrestling match. A perfect political platform. Some Cinches The Giants. United States Olympic team. Bug. “Ie tt hot enough?” Four aces. Hay fover Vacation disappointments. With a dust-covered, bedraggied man on the rear of a motor. eycle to begin with, what is YOUR iden of the absolute zero as an afternoon or evening's pleasure? Newport Conscience “Newport da: to hit the hay At midnight, Is this a germ weak? No, ‘tis done for beauty sleep. conscience We Would Like to See Bull Moose Theodore play game of checkers Our esteemed president partici pate in a hurdle ra Joe Cannon de! reate address Supreme Court smoke a stogt Woodrow Wilson swear. a er a baccalay Justice Hughes Hy the way, Uncle Joe se have gone out with the n to cannon COCHCHHHOHH HOOD BY THE JUNIOR OFFICE BOY n, y., jooly at last I am Jerry ever sinke i been in n. y, 1 been wondering why the hotell clerks got such a awful crust of course nobody dont ever ex peckt to be treated really polite by a hotell clerk, no more than by & box offis guy in a theayler they aint paid to be sivel, them ducks aint, their job Is to make the publick behave itself and not think just because It hae got sum money to spend, it can take up their valyuble time askin fool ques tions about what it can get for ite dough but 1 eouldent figwer out why the hotell clerks in nh. ¥. was even so much worse (han in some uther |townw where | heen 1 knowed wages must be some jhjgher than tn uther burgs, but even #0 1 oouldent dope it out how any t ¥, hotell prop. wan payin Wie Nook of handeum echarlya wo muteh hale that vp Ul pearp mer take off his hat ¢ jepeakin to th and that's neither my oodheRs, you go wp amenat one of them animated Was works hehind the marhel counter, and think mayby if you are real an Would have to d beg pardon for n no idel = dream, POSH SSH SOHO EE SEOH OOH OOH OOOS * JOHNY’S HEP TO HOTEL CLERKS ATLAST *¢ they would ewell| HOW DAPHNE, ENGLISH ACTRESS, IS FORGETTING HOW TO BE JEALOUS AND LEARNING U. S. SLA eae ae a the English siang | ev learnii not to be jealous of my husband, Is the liberal education 1 have received during the few short weeks we have been travelin across the continent on the Orphe um circuit,” ea! pretty Daph Hope, English actress, who is ap- pearin, the Orpheum this week with her husband, William Burr, in) “A Lady, » Lover and a Lamp.” “1 think we had not beep in New York ten minutes before we got caught in a wagon tieup near the wharf. I heard enough then and since to graduate in the art of cuss Ing in true American style, ang the novelty of it appeals to me. “The next thing that Impressed mo was the American slang. In our turn we had dressed up some Lon- don slang that made the music hall crowds laugh, but when we landed on this side it failed to get a rise ‘out of the bunch, We had to forget to talk about ‘going to the pletubr palace and munching jujubes,’ and wubstitute ‘hiking to the movies and gnawing peanuts’ Your ex- pression, "Do you get me, Steve” seems far more forceful than its English equivalent, ‘What ho? bu if you would use it on the other side they would look around for your keeper. There is & popular song in London now about ‘walking down the Strand, bonanno in yubr hand,’ which gave rine to the ex- pression ‘Get a bonanno!’ but when we tried it in the Bast, it brought tears to the eyes of the people, and then we wised up. “My most yaluable experience Piaced Him “Who is that man at the next table with downcast, sad, resigned ex- pression?” asked the guest at the club I don’t recall bis name,” replied the host, “but he is either a republl- can or married to a suffragette; one can hardly tell them apart now.” DAPHNE AND has been to have every whit of jeal wey knocked out of my system. his happened at Spokane last Even if f do nay It, my hus tute The teacher was introducing \" word glass” to ber class of small | week. pupils. }band (William Burr) looks hand Johnnle, what is in your window! some—on the stage. That was the at home | idea of some matinee girl at Spo- Johnny kane, and she wrote him four or five awored notes a day, craving a meeting. moawnly adding that she considered him th f . prettiest thing alive He we ith so many parties in the field, | glasses off the boards, and is not 1 suppose you will split your ticket; such-atmuch for looks without bis thie ral | makeup On Saturday afternoon plit it? No, I think | will have| we walked into the address to mince It” | eave, and it was a scone-shawp (bak — ery). ‘Well am, said Billy The Mathematician Watcherwant?’ asked the matinee Say, that fe out there at the| maid. ‘Here I am,’ said Billy again, hikh desk has a regular mathematt-| and he shoved bis card toward the Your bookkeeper, | irl. She glanced at it and then at |him, and sald: ‘My Gawd, it hain't the | possible. Why, honest to goodness, at| you look fairly decent on the stage. xeuse ME. The treats on me Whatkindofpleyuhgvintohave?’ Thet was enough to take the conceit out — = h wb eyes and an rt Netional lowered Pa's old abe face. head t exactly clerks, It figures out for the rest Louis Republic eal I« Just one of no's the one the batting percentage | of the office.”—St * out HER HUSBAND of Billy and the jealousy @ GOETHALS TOLD THEM The following story is told George W. Goethals, who, time it took structor Point, says the Post One day, in a recitation, he this question toa clage cadets “The post flagpole, sixty high, has fallen down. You are dered by your commanding o to put it up again. You ha your command a sergeant, ates of the engineer corps. 4 you get the pole back place? : Each cadet, after long consid tion and much figuring over Saturday ricks, blocks, tackle, ete. evolved different method. sald Goethals, You would “No,” wrong. you are simply ‘Sergeant, put up that flagpole.’ ”| ST — = agar OSH\\ SE. reciting “The Village Hiacksmith.” rural audience ch: red. “Ancower!” they cried. Miss Carter was about to grant very much out of breath, tapped her “I've just come around from in lly. “I want yer to do me a favor.” GOOD ADVERTISIN At a concert for charity in a country town, Miss Carter obliged! G. At the conclusion of ber recital “Ancower!” the request when a burly on the shoulder, front,” whispered the man, “Well, what is it? queried Miss Carter. “It's this, | | you've been talkin’ about, and | want whispered the intruder. “I happen ter be the yer to put in a verse this time in’ as how I let out bicycles.”—Argonaut. | the boy's mother | “Dear Madam json, Robert, idies away his time, ts | whipping, and I strongly recommen truly, | “Dear Miss Blank truly, -~Today’s Magazine. Lick him yo “When a late comer at th’ Beeley- |sport House wuz shown up to his lroom by th’ light of a stable lan- tern, he said he hoped th’ neighin’ of th’ other lorses wouldn't dis jturb him.” A lady making a social call was was not at home The called smiled sarcasticatly — “Oh, indeed! Will you please t Not a Square Deal The Elephant—You néver can tell |just who will win out in a political convention. | The Donkey—1 should say not | Roosevelt ana his foliowers had a |regular monkey-and-parrot time at |Chicago, and when it was all over |they chose a moose for tae new |party symbol Ma, AFA | much afraid she was.”—Harpe Uncle Ezra Must be a great | ‘round, Uncle be Howdy, place.” T That ts just one of | same as it does here | sigs | Ma—Boiled cow's milk is not |good for babie | Pa—Sure not; a raw cow always! | gives better milk than a boiled cow Two little 6-year-olds stood wa’ disapproval at an approaching motor “What makes a horse act naugh one of the tots, and the other little “Tt is this way Horses is used and they don't know what to think o If you saw a pair of pants walkin’ ‘em, you'd be scared, too.” THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. The fact that corporal punishment is discouraged in the | schools of Chicago is what led Bobby's teacher to address this I regret very mach to have to tell you that disobedient, quarrelsome, and aurbs the pupils who are trying to study their lessons. ¢ needs & d that you give him one. MISS BLANK! To which Bobby's mother responded as follows: I ain't mad at him. “¥ MRS. DASH.” urself. ~ CAUSTIC. told by the maid that her mi and said: ell your mistress that when 7 jher peeping from the front window as I came up the drive, I felt gazine. KE. _ Just back from Washington, I there is sunshine there the them fake Western yarns. Ei EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED itching @ fractious horse si ear. : ity when he sees an auto?” wisehead repligd: to seein’ other horses pull w: of ‘em going along without a OOOOH OOH OSD nice you will find out wether your frend jones is stoppin there |. praps you do, if you're lucky, |but by the time you are hepped jyou have been made to feel like a jtraned flea that has the wrong trick well, 1 got it aint just plane ordnery clerks, they are wine agents, |prems Agents, steamship agents, jand goodness knows wot, they get #o many sallarvies they have to jeount their money on one of them jtypewritere with figgers on the keys the wife of a clerk at one of the swell taverns, she sued her hus. bend for a separation and alll money, she said he was stuck on another skirt and if the judge would ploase make him altp her a buneh of loowe change evry. month jh noodent bother to come home no jmore sho said he got 150 dallers a month for clerking, 200 doll@a a h for boowtin four hotelis in 1200 a yore for pluggin for n #teamahip tines, and 600 dotlers a yere for apeakin a good word for @ serten brand of giggle water by molly, & dont wunder hotel clorke la indapendent, pritty nice of them to speak to the goats wt all, | should think Johny now, them ginks hotell Gold Medal, Why upset your stomach, his majesty the common-sense Ame: “iH. 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