The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 17, 1914, Page 4

EATTLE STAR| NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF NEW: Db 2 6 eclaiming Waste Men SEPFHY should not a man, idle through no fault of his| own, and eager to work, but perhaps not skilled) pugh to hold a job against fierce competition, be put by} State in a farming or an industrial colony, allowed to earn eg keep and meanwhile be taught to do something well? ©) We freely use public money and public talent to reclaim Jand, Would it be any more socialistic to use them | siso to reclaim waste men? unemployed who year after year form a complex} ‘ problem in our cities include those able to work, but n ‘¢ ble to find work, and those unfit to work because they ave never been properly trained Both groups have to be tided over. The first soon rights | * The second remains a dead weight on society Along with legislation fixing wages at a living: minimum es the duty of providing training for those who fall below | m the minimum standard of efficiency which naturally with a minimum wage. You can't long force a private employer to pay a $10,- minimum wage to a $5-a-week man | ' But you can, if you go at it soon enough, and are will- to use the required time, money and patience, make the | week man over into a $10 or even a $20 man. And when you do you not only improve earning power, h is measurable, but you enrich society in a way which | ney figure ever measures. course, to make a $5 man into a $20 man costs a lot “Money; and if the state is to do it, the state must in- taxes. | Whose taxes? Obviously, the taxes of those who chiefly 1 the improvement—that is, those who make a profit of the enhanced labor power. ™ The producer oughtn’t to be taxed more for being fitted | duce more; for the more he produces the better society be off. It is the chap who takes toll from the pro- that should rightfully meet the cost of the training. tax, inheritance tax, land value tax, either or all y be used by the state to finance the expense of reclaim- Waste men. IDERFUL NEW flower discovered In Tehuantepec. White In at noon, blue at night and florists want a name for it. 1 it the rum blossom. . ° le, You Sour Face, Smile! first thought the order of an Eastern mayor to his force, that whenever two or more of them meet must salute and smile, seems a bit officious. one smile to order; and is a forced smile of any a: thinking more deeply, you'll see the order rests on a losophy. It IS possible to cultivate cheerfulness by A he Christian Scientists have taught us that rule to put the lid on anger, petulance, sour- and you can almost invariably spot them in a crowd 1 they’re so serene. habit of smiling isn’t harder to form than the habit hing; and think how much pleasanter it is for S are as contagious as measles. We wouldn't let a victim of measles roam at large to infect whom he came in contact. Why not also quar- a chronic grouch? What we have learned in recent years about psychology into play new laws to regulate human conduct—not ily statue laws (it is too soon for them); but sci- laws, social laws. You'd much rather have a glad- Sunny Jim for a neighbor, a work-mate or a guest i sour-face, even though the latter might be the ‘the more efficient of the two. "May we not, then, reasonably ask of our public servants it they be cheerful as well as capable; courteous and good n as well as efficient? WE could have seen what sort of a fluster Chester Arthur's u were doing, those two times he was proposing to Dr. n You Blame Him? fO ONE can justly blame Villa for deporting Spaniards _ who have helped his enemy as fast as he catches them. Our meanest enemy in our American revolution was our combatant Tory, and, in a good many instances, we used m as a horrible example to his kind by hanging him. ; One conSpicuous reason for the popularity of the present lution in Mexico is the promise of its leaders to deprive t foreign spoilsmen of their spoils. They seem to be doing they acquire the opportunity and power to do it, and, ce war means money, in driving out foreigners who have} plied the enemy with the sinews of war, Villa is doing! fing that would not be considered a jutsifiable war meas- any civilized nation. | War is a nasty business, full of infamous mistakes, as as infamous murders. We may not yet be in shape to ize Villa’s constitutionality, but we have to hand him for being just as moral and martially regular, thus far, e good American Christians are when we fly at each throats, in the name of God and human rights. as the “Son of Heaven.” Yuan will soon join D Wf ther In a race any republicanism In save his head. ONE ADVANTAGE possessed by that Berne boy with two stomachs he won't have to mix his seldlitz powders before taking. IASN’T IT just too bad that those Easterners sat up until ’way rf 9 “Conga and then couldn’t see the moon's eclipse because of ap Dental Work | | are vou reac cc Expensive = vast difference between DW WEAR THOSE RAINBOW STOCKINGS £” Dental work cheap with cheap Denti Dental grafters who claim to im teeth without plates or bridge- ‘and then sel! you « ork under another name. BEST 18 THE CHEAVEST $7.50 to $8 he world fo: ma. ir work will be linless. tell you exactly what your ‘will cost by free examination. work is ure to please you. to suit you ae we ndvertine ik your friends about us. ALBANY OUT KATE DENTISTS Floor People’s Rank Building * Second and Pike “Wake Kievator or Walk Um | All Work Guaranteed R THE old fashion of Chinese tryants, President Yuan has. | and Pike | eG DIANA DILLPICKLES IN ARE YOU REALLY GOING fHE STAR—FRIDAY, THE SEATTLE STAR’S ‘The Reason Why “Are you aware,” ag it in his speech?” replied his friend, and that explains why he couldn't tell a lie.” ATIONA ENTISTS’ + SYSTEM PAINLESS $ $3 CROWN and BRIDGE- WORK, PER TOOTH for 15 Years’ NATIONAL DENTISTS Northwest Corner 4th “PA, I CANNOT Tex. A Fis— I'M GOING TO WEAR THEM — 8.—"Take er each meal.” . Not Painfully! Wm. W. Rohiwing fell down a Might of stairs this morning and was injured, though not painfully. He fell on his left side, sustain- ing a broken rib, a broken thumb on hie left hand, a fracture of the left side of the jaw—Daven- the left side of the jaw —Daven- ee Signe of Spring Mr. Brown—Nelghbor Jones tells me he's going to raise a pergola in his yard this spring. Mrs. Brown—If this rainy weather keeps up I fear it will begin to bud before he gots it set out. ee Hie Studies "I am inclisied to suspect the sobriety of the last stu dent in our class,” ‘Why #0?” "When I asked bim what ere his favorite studies tn ornithology, he replied, ‘Swal- bat nd | “ Inthe Editor’s Mail WANTS BIG FAMILIES Editor The Star: I have a few suggestions to mak: Tt fn about the family and home. I think {it 1s everyone's duty to help | the mothers of families and encour- age the raising of children. It mat- ters not how nicely dressed the children are, but how y there are of them and how well they are brought up. Fathers and mothers in their noble work, stand next to God in maintaining the human race. See that the father gets good living wages so he may pyoperly care fo his children. B. 8. A FARMER'S TROUBLES Editor The Star: Having been a reader of The Star for some ti and firmly believing in your desire land ability to right the wrongs of jtRe common people, I turn to your readers for advice. I believe that the greatest wrongs we farmers of today have to suffer come through our dealinge with the commission compan! The latter part of February I shipped seven pigs, weighing 820 pounds, to a Western ay. commission house, I {following day they informed me by letter that payment on the check had been stopped, because, when the pigs were cut up they had an of- | fensive odor and looked very much as though they had been fed upon fish. Now the fact is that the pigs had never seen a fish, having been fed excellently on sweet 0. aes oF oc received a check for the same. The | Perfectly harmless; ohildren love tt, skimmed milk, potatoes and oats, |%8 Fig Syrup . W. APRIL 17, 1914. LAUGH DEPARTMENT |; OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE I TRY To KEEP MY OFrice HALP Way DECENT, MIND SMELLING ORDINARY TOBACCO SMOKE, Buy I DO AFTER IT HAS BEEN PASSED THROUGH AN ANCIENT SALI VAs SOAKED DRAIN PIPE LIKE THAT! KSEP A PIPE TILL IY ROTS 7! AND I DON'T Hol CAN A MAN 4} { S Caim Osculation “I hear they are passionately in love with each other!” “It might pass for passion tn Boston, They kiss each other with their eyeglasses on.” see “Mrs, Muchwedd has certainly had ry diversified life.” You mean divoree-ified,” ewe Wouldn't Stand It The maid-ofall-work in the service of a provincial family, the members whereof are not on the most amicable terms, recently tendered her resignation, much to the distress of the lady of the house. “Bo you are going to leave ust” asked the mistre: ly “What's the mat Haven't we always tr like one of the family? “Yi, mum,” sald Mary; “an’ I've sthood it as long as I'm go- in’ to!” Would Be Kind “You're kinder to dumb ani- mals than you are to me, your “Well, you try being dumb and seo how kind rit be ° Simple Reason Belle—I feel a quiver whoen- ever I look at that handsome young man. Nell—That's because he ts a beau. “If these domestic spats don't end, I'll leav 1 become a sol- a of fortune. | Well, for goodness sake then, | be one where they give widows pensions.” ‘IS CHILD CROSS, | FEVERISH, SICK? | LOOK, MOTHER! IF TONGUE Is COATED, GIVE “CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF Fiae” Children love this “fruit lax | Gve,” and nothing else cleanses the become tightly clog: | ged with waste, liver gets sluggish, | stomach sours, then your little one breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache of | diarrhoea. Lis Mother! | tongue is coated, then give a tem | | spoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and tn hours all the ur bile and undigested food passes out of the, system, and you have a well, play: | fal child again. | Millions of mothers give “Califor | nia Syrup of Figs” because it ts and it never fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent | bottle of “California Syrup of Figs, which has full directions for babi children of all ages and for grown. ops plainly printed on the bottle, Beware of counterfeite sold here. Get the genuine, made by “Califor. inpany.” Refuse any other kind with contempt HELL Do, MA, | tender stomach, liver and bowels. | ENTS OF MANY COLORS” “WHAT DO You THINK WaT DO You NEEDLESS DIRECTIONS “Say, ma?” ‘Well, Willtam?”" “Why do they say ‘Go to the ant, thou sluggard, all you P have to do is wit on the Alvin, Wash grass and the ant ¢ to you Baring Wash and walks all over you?” ipa o- Berlin, Wash.... THE WONDER MILLINERY CO. 1525 Second Ave—216 Pike St. We are now prepared to present all the latest ideas in Spring Millinery. TWO BIG STORES to Serve You. Quality the Best at Lowest, Prices. SPEND YOUR WEEK END IN THE BEAUTIFUL CASCADES The Great Northern Railway Co. will sell week end Round Trip Excursion tickets each Friday, Saturday and Sunday, until November Ist, 1914. Good returning to and including Monday following date of sale as follows: | Skykomish, Wash.....$3.40 | Scenic, Wash 3.90 | Sultan, Wash. 2.30 | FN ap at gre AN Cascade Tunnel, Wash. 4.40 | Startup, Was . 2.40 no fortune teller sald ‘ that the man r marry ~ouia be Gold Bar, Wash 2.50 Reiter, Wash.. -- 2.70 rich, handsome, tntelligent and Grotto, Wash 3.30 | Tye, Wash.. - 4.30 i. widow Wyse—Ah! she Halford, Wash 3.10 | Tonga, Wash... - 3.60 told you you would have four Nippon, Wash........ | Index, Wash......... 2.90 husbands, did she? ee Told to Shut ‘Em Dad—How did you get that dis- figured face? Bobby—-Sammy punched me. Dad-—Where were your eyes? Hobby—He told me to shut ‘em a minute! 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