The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 20, 1914, Page 4

STAR THE SEATTLE STAR’S LAUGH DEPARTMENT EVERETT TRUE hh OF NEWSPAPERS News Service of the United Press Assoctation, nd-Clase Matter mos. alx me & month Publishing Co. Entered at Seattle, Wash. Postoffic | By mati, out of city, 18 per mon upto wix lt The Heart o ‘PLHE STAR has in times past said Lister some mean things in criticism of Governor Regardless of past criticism, and the little tiffs in which p governors and newspapers are bound to The Star today wants to take cognizance of the fact that Governor "Ernest Lister seems to have a great big man’s heart and #is a regular fellow t Little things count for greatness little Sthings Lister has stopped to consider in his mass of work ‘4 Some time ago The Star told about C, E. Evans, a) foad foreman, who was crippled for life while working on| State road. The case was brought to the attention of the governor tHe immediately asked for further facts with a view of ex-| PFtending aid to the injured workman a His interest in Evans and his tr “Fdetail elsewhere in today’s Star. Certainly Evans PShis share of tribulation. But now that Lister has Sto consider him the sun may shine again { him Tfamily. He wants a job, not charity | o Sience Lister to be commended for his concern} jin the case of this man he has never seen e ° ‘ Misdirected Energy : HERE are nearly 22,000 living graduates of our oldest 5 ¥ university, Harvard; and a recent census she {than a fourth of them are practicing law Of these 6,000 lawyers, how many are known to you as ‘leaders in the battle for a better civilization; how many have : and won renown in the effort to make life easier and ier for the 95 per cent? We know of one—Louis D. Brandeis. There may be ers protebly are—others. Yet how few! If, instead, Harvard had turned out 22,000 trained farmers | mechanics, men who could win their way by creative in try and add to the total of wealth by direct production, | \ wouldn't they and society both have been better off? | Maybe not better off, measured by dollar incomes—for | ie of the Harvard lawyers get pretty big incomes. But off in contentment, in the satisfaction which comes n doing things worth while. We've scen few great lawyers who really felt better on inside after they'd piloted a mendacious corporation ough a ticklish bit of sailing close to the law. But we've seen many happy farmers and mechanics— cially when they’d done an honest day's work and come to a congenial family for a rest that wasn’t troubled by uneasy conscience. Timely After- Thought HE NEW tariff law forbids the importation of goods made by convict labor, but Congressman Hensley of Missouri| es the prohibition doesn’t go far enough. He would) 9 exclude goods made by pauper or detained labor. | A sound idea, all right! Our skilled labor can hold its in fair competition; nobody need fear it can't. Given of shop man ent—which is where the efficiency ent ought to begin—the workers of America are com- go fi the best of aliens, and no odds asked. But it's only common fairness that their higher standards of living shouldn't be menaced by a competition recruited in| ig) and asylums, where wages are little or nothing. | Isn't it queer, though, that this just amendment should an afterthought; that, during all the years in which tariffs being framed at Washington ostensibly for “the protec- of the American workingmen,” nobody, until now, thought eine the protection really effective in the place it was > s NEW YORKERS are complaining because, since pay sta- tien rate was reduced to & cents, connections are repeatedly interrupted, and ancther nickel must be paid to con- | the conversation. There’s more ways than one to kill a | rabbit, and the phone companies know them all. One these ubles is told in more has had stopped and his| » ows that more UNNECESSARY Mr orrow t fe enough at out for tt Henp ubl Why should he? He has home without going k never seema ¢ Mostly Hammers Hi “In this world a man must be either anvil or hammer,” sald Longfellow. Our servation te that a large me jority of them are bammers and quite busy knocking. Very Seldom A man may b rich relatives, but he a “touching” acquaintance them about his eldom has with an Nobody Knew Him “Oh, I'm in such trouble! little Wiille’s got lost!” “Well, well, it'll be all right Everybody tn the netghborhood knows him.” ‘Oh, nobody'll know because I've My him to day just washed him! Girl Graduate Grows GOOD LOOKS Beicave} WELLESLEY, Mass., March 16. —"The college girl turns her mind exclusively to higher edu- cation and remains indifferent to the things of outward beauty,” says Miss Bertha Bailey, Welles ley graduate and educator. Hollow chests and curved backs, she asserts, are supplant Miss., has sold, for $1, a diamond which he found in the gizzard of a chicken which he raised and killed on his farm AR—FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1914. Johnny Writes! UleenSbb AM Nel a 1 y thurad a verry thing will sumtimes tuffing out of honeymoon like «® young cuppel | know that lives over tn Jersey, where the people use their snowshovels all the year round in the winter they shovel snow with them, and tn the summer time they use them for killing muskeeters well, this yung clam and bis lootay-wootsy Was getting along pretty nice till the uther day she made a ple she had tried it 2 before, with diffrent luck when hubby got work to the evening into tears, and ah ob harold, {| m morning and set it on the win ‘ow sill to cool, 1 a tramp jong and stole it 4 had sampled her ple on 3 occasions, and he says to nock the 4 perfeckly good or 3 timer kinds of home from she busted moaned out a ple thins er mind f » more what's one Jess in a busy hought he was being funny, but It looks Ike it will take him the rest of his life to make her see the goak Johny . . 'Bmatter—Pop! What He Meant Dear me, | wish I had neve learned to play cards!” exclaimed a man who had been unfortunate tn his play You mean you wish you had learned, don’t yout’ waa bin wife's sarcastic reply. Apparently “Pa, the paper says there's a crisis in Mexico. What's a ert wis? A scarcity of news, my boy Gawky and Ungainly ing the lovely charms that poets until now have been able to cele brate in the female of the spe cies, The question of cosmetics Ys. economics arose, and she questioned whether it was not as important to understand the way of increasing one’s attractiveness an it was to know the “law of diminishing returns.” Inthe Editor’s Mail LAW'S INJUSTICE OUTBURSTS OF pe: 7 NO AUDIENCE 4 WITHOUT A PEST LikE You SUFFERING WITH A BAD COLD TO SIT BEHIND A PERSON AND COUGH AND BLOW THE SPRAY OVER THE BACK OF ONG'S NECK !"! “Why aren't you going to the ball?” “I have a alight cold.” “You can wrap up well.” “I know, But I don't think my ball gown would stand a sneeze.” ee The Parson—Laottie, don't you mother so? know mamma! She worries me ing in one of the Juneau, papers, which truthfully explains employment conditions here “Several times the Juneau papers have sounded the warning against any more laboring men coming to! Juneau. While mining develop- ment is being carried forward on || a largo scale, there are more than || enough men to answer the demand | Editor The Star: Inasmuch a#/for a long time to come. The rep.) leases are of frequent occurrence | resentatives of the large compantes | The world-wide standard Baking Powder Royal Baking Powder is the em- bodiment of all the excellence possible to be attained in the highest class baking powder and its use is more economical than other leavening agents, because of the superlative quality and absolute wholesomeness food it makes. Chea distributed from door to door, or advertised wholesome. gredients, Most persons have learned to thei a low price does not always mean economy. pecially so in a food article. No baking properly be substituted for Royal. J Read the ingredient clause upon the label. show ‘‘Cream of Tartar,’’ don’t buy the of the baking powders, containing alum, are frequently as pure and Such mixtures are not desirable for food in- r sorrow that This is es- powder can If it does not powder, where people are sent to prison in-|have repeatedly stated that they/ nocently, and then simply turned|do not desire any more men, and out after serving time, and {nas much as there is no state provision to repay one for this indescribable injustice, I believe we should have a law providing for the payment to such an innocent person of a sum «qual to that of the average earn- ings of such person for the full time unjustly imprisoned Another sum, equal to this amount, should be paid tn part reparation for the social injustice done to such @ person Without such a law the state becomes an institution to do injus- tices with no power to do justice. K. M WHERE MONEY COUNTS Editor The Star T have just been reading what a prominent at- torney In Seattle has written re- garding the “injustice of the law.” It does seem an ff the greatest crime is not having money. The other night I read that Lieut. Hecker, the New York police offi- cer, 1s liberated and ts to be given a new trial, Just think of that! A man who was a prime factor in one of the most dastardly murders of the present age! The next day I read about a man who was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison because he helped himself to a kiss. That man ts 40. If he survives he will be 70 years old before being released. Compare the two, If there is any justice in that, I fail to gee it. That is only one instanceof many where money talked MRS, A. M NEVER AGAIN Editor The Star Your question, What About Joe Kaufman?” is very pertinent No fair-minded man can deny a atice tx being done by fman in jail indefinitely, day for that matter se. he may some time Shortly my arrival in this state I happened to be a witness to a serious cutting affray, Believ. jing the court was entitled to the facta, | volunteered what informa- 1 had to proffer the officers. asked me some very pointed serning myself, After to go, but ar later. hesitation, I was allowe was commanded to ap I learned a Iittle while later that I narrowly escaped being jailed Now what do you suppose | will do the next time I witness some erm inal ¢ It doesn't require 4 wise person to guess ( JUNEAU CONDITIONS Editor The Star: ef send to you jextracts from an editorial appear very | also sent out word to their agents to discourage immigration to Ju neau JOHN BUSON, Juneau, Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These Ugly Spots Do you know how easy It {fs to }remove those ugly spots so that no one will call you freckle-face’ Simply get an ounce of othine, double strength, from your drug | gist, and a few applications should |show you how easy it is to rid yourself of freckles and get a beaw \tiful complexion. The sun and | winds of February and March have a strong tendency to bring out freckles, and as a result more othine Is sold In these months, Be sure to ask for the double strength | othine, as this ts sold under guar- antes of money back if it fails to remove the freckles. Boston Dentists | 1420 Second Avenue. Opposite Bon Marche. TENT SucTionw True-to-Nature Teeth The Finest Production of Dental Art Examination and advice Free Gold Crowns (22-k. and extra heavy) | Bridgework (strict \class), per Tooth Gold Fillings ... | ee $1.50 Up ture Teeth, per set 5.00 to $15.00 (Finest Teeth in the world.) * | All Work Guaranteed 15 Years. Endorsed by leading men and the dental generally, business profession © Sy don't yo’ wish yo" lve wifout workin’? “Dat ain't Mistah Beaumont. me am how to wife ain't workin’.” know {t is wrong to worry your Little Lottie—Huh! more than [ worry her. COMPLETE electing Your Spring Suit There is nothing like looking the facts in the or face. 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