The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 19, 1914, Page 4

STAR—SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 1914, PAGE 4._ WILL WE LEARN TO MAKE LAWS THAT WILL GET BY THE JUDGES ? and three tots who need the help of a mother’s N passing the mother’s pension bill, the legisla- ture honestly meant to help every mother’s child in destitute circumstances to face the grim battle of life, The unthinkable idea that some children were to get help and others were not never entered the mind of any legislator w ho voted for the measure. Where children under 15 depended for support upon the mother with whom they lived, and she was of good character, though needy and poor, the mother’s pension was to come to their relief. The legislature meant to frown upon conditions which required the separation of mothers from their children. The great state of Washington wanted its children to have a mother’s care, rather than turn them over to institutions. But when the mother’s pension law came into judicial hands, the cour ts almost at once made an exception. If a woman is divorced, the learned judges declared, her right to a pension is forfeited. The legislature may have meant well, the jurists said, but they didn’t write into law what they meant. They wrote that destitute children of mothers whose them were entitled sion. husbands deserted to the mother’s pen- They wrote that destitute children of mothers whose prison were to get husbands were in help. They wrote that destitute children of mothers whose husbands were shift- Sf... less or unable to work through sickness or otherwise, were to get the benefits of BUT the pension. WRITE, THEY DID NOT IN SO MANY WORDS, THAT DESTITUTE CHILDREN OF MOTHERS WHO WERE DIVORCED FROM THEIR HUSBANDS, WERE ENTITLED TO THE HELP INTEND. ED BY THE LAW. The legislature meant child a helping hand, and that kind, but failed. The tragedy of it! A to give every destitute tried to write a law of big state ready to help, but blocked by an inability to write into law what it wants to write! technicalities! The curse of legal verbiage and Over in South park there are Mrs. Dahlberg pension if ever any one needed it. If ever a woman was deserted by her husband, Mrs. Dahlberg was. If ever there was a good cause for woman to get a divorce, Mrs, Dahlberg had it, for at least the divorce meant she would be able to save the few pennies she earned over the washboard from falling into the hands of her profligate husband. The legislature meant to help the Dahlberg children in their struggle for existence, just as it meant to help every destitute child in the state. But the courts step in and say: They’re children of a divorced woman. help them. “You mustn’t And the legislature didn’t write into law what it wanted to write.” When shall we learn to write laws so plain that even judges can give them no other meaning than the meaning that was intended? Telegraph News Service of the United Press Association Batered at Seattle, Wash, Postoftice as Second-Ciaes Matter. By mail, out of city, te per month up to @ moa; 'Y carrier, oft @ moa $1.50; your $5.26, th. 260 & mon ee Published Datty by The Star Publishing Co, Phone Main 9400, Private Time do move. Here is ex-Judge Cornelius H. Han- acting as godfather to to hear of Dick Ballinger making stump government operation of the Matanuska Councilman Dale gave a ent an initiative bill! We are party and nobody came but Dale. Now Dale's trumpeter is puffed all out of wind with the cry of “gag rule.” a full-grown joke. Gag? Dear, dear, no. It's Read a Poem Before Going to Bed ETURNING from a mountain climb on his latest holida President Wilson, we are | while dinner was cooking, and in-law and daughter. An excellent example! told, sat before an open fire read poetry aloud to his son-| The long evenings of winter are at hand when, in many homes in the frost belt, it will be a problem to know what | te do. | are already beginning to skip ‘longer exciting and the sheer _ it have palled. Novels are hard to read It won’t take long to fimish the paper, for people the minor war news—it's no brutality and needlessness of out loud, because it takes a trained reader to make the dialogue sound like real talk; ' hence most of us prefer to tackle fiction by ourselves. But good poetry, the pith of history, fiction, philosophy ;| 4 the soul of knowledge, makes fine out-loud reading. Not too much of it; not the ponderous, high-brow verse which’ makes you dig to find out its meaning—but the sim- a homely psalms of life, in which heart sings to heart in that all can 5 2 Such a poem fed fadlaiy by pa or ma to the family | Circle ere the sandman comes is a happy ending of a useful _ A Standpat Toast Serpe republican party—I'm for it, right or wrong!” So declared a popular speaker at a recent banquet. | We'll give you two guesses as ‘ Dctect the first time. It to his name. WAS Uncle Joe. But it might as easily have been Boies Penrose, Cy Sul- loway, Ebenezer Hill, Gallinger, Foraker or Smoot They all feel that way. With the emphasis on the “wrong.” The cause of the unemployed is not advanced by unprovoked raids on peacefully conducted stores, whic! are having a pretty hard time, anyhow, in making ends meet. To feed, clothe and keep one hundred million souls comfortably alive this country must have commerce. If we MUST have commerce, there must be railroads. Rail- roads produce nothing. Therefore, they should serve commerce to the last penny and the last spike, but stock- holders not at all. PAUL JONES ADVISED | AGAINST FIGHTING (rule te the soana cmaotr ot » | CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION ENDS ABRUPTLY |) | fal story om the life of the famous sea-| men and fighter, John Paul Jencs.) By UNCLE JACK. ‘This was the plan Jones mapped out—and followed with such re Mmarkable success—his triple slo- gan: Do NOT fight against Eng- land for the mastery of the seas! DO carry on wartaring that will ha the enemy! DO have ONE sharp encount- er, capture a British vessel and take It into a FOREIGN port! | “Follow this program,” he said,} “and the world will know and fear the NEWEST NAVY on all the seas!” They listened to John Paul Jones, and he had HIS way. Bailing tho seas with all the as- surance of a commander with a great navy, he struck terror into the hearts of merchantmen, won medals for his bravery, and carried out his determination to make tho world recognize the sea forces of the young United States. (To be continued.) BOYS HELP TAG SALE The Boy Scouts of Baston, Pa., recently assisted in a tag day con- ducted by the Women’s club of that city for the benefit of the Buro- pean war sufferers. A total of $1,513 was raised. The Circle's Christmas turkey contest came to a successful end|the useful inventions of the time, Friday afternoon. “Miss Marjorie Hughes, 4502 45th ave. 8. W., Her letter was picked from some 200 odd stories eub- ten-pound turkey. mitted. Her story follows: |ewer it.” | “But what was Ay mer Ge A Leading Question Tommy came home from school | looking so depressed that mother) was worried. Inquiry resulted in the presentation of a little note| from teacher. Tommy had been) very naughty that day and needed | a serious reprimand. “What did you do?” questioned his mother. “Nothing.” was the walling an- awer. “She asked a question and I) was the only one who could an-| the question?” came his mother’s puzzled but nat- ural query “Who put the dead mouse in the drawer of her desk?” sobbed Tom my in reply. . In the Beginning When Jonah tn his submarine went | bobbing through the brine =| ' He wasn't worrfed with the thought | ting your that he might hit a mine. is the winner of the| BY MARJORIE HUGH T was a cold and snowy Ohrist- mas morning when cousin and4|rate of speed, darting around cor-| think 1s of most use to us. I woke up. We were filled with|ners and crooks in the river until|O® one side of the paper only. excitement. There was the Christ mas tree, and Uncle John had prom- ised to take us for a sleigh ride. We were both up and dressed in minute and ran downstairs to take our presenta from the tree. Auntie said, “Girls, you had bet- ter get ready for the ride.” “We are all ready but our conte, Auntie,” we replied. We slipped on our coats and ran out into the yard, Uncle John drove up to the porch and we climbed into the sleigh. We rode about for half an hour, until we reached the Yukon river. It was frozen as hard as a rock—~ we thought. | Well, we started across at a fine! suddenly POP! CRASH! Sleigh! ;and all went into the ice cold wa-| ter. | We shouted for help at the top| of our volces. | I was almost exhausted from cold. |I knew I couldn't stand {t long. | was becoming drowsy and began |to drift off. A shout aroused me |and I saw & man come running to- ward us, The man pulled us out, He and| Uncle John carried us girls to our |rescuer’s house, where we were| given dry clothing. | I can't say ours was a very mer- ry Christmas The Cireleites who were award- ed honorable mention are: Bethella, Reel, 265 Roy st.) Thomas stiles, arnish, Waah.; Christa Hen- non, 1 6trd at.; Katio Harner, Ren- ton; Pearl Keideil, LaConn 4243 14th ave. N, Vader, Wash.; thei © ave, fj Olna Hanse Calitornia ave; Lathe Pucommon, 1451 W. 61th Eighth Av., Senttie. Modern. with the best courtesy for ‘Transient, 600 to $1; Ritchen Privileges jst: Grace Murphy, 1208 1. James Court; 2948 Turk et; Lots i Leonard Mor: N. Wt Alles Gti, Ruby Foster, sedi Wools; mney, 4667 ; Mamie Bogdanoff, 6121 y | w | Bernese Northern N | Market st; George | Jarnes Shulte, 4106 | Roy Fiteber, 627 Findlay at.; | mings unK08, Pnumeta ybell Barlow, 47 ave, 8. W.; Bessie Countryman, Monroe, i) Ss a) Z “MOST ANYTHING. | | No matter how we fume and fu ‘SCOUT BOOK IS OUT THIRTY-TWO CIRCLEITES GET MENTION | THE SEATTLE STAR [curounsts oF evenerr rave | OF SCRIPPS NOMTHWEST LEAGUE OF NEW When Lijah in his aeroplane went aviating up He wasn't bothered with the of Busy Bertha Krupp. uns | Navigation’s pioneers, whether air or ocean, Missed a lot of modern thrills and latter-day emotion! His disposition’s hard He never deigns to show his eee A Lawn Sermon A suburban minister, during his discourse one Sunday mornin said: “In each bade of grass thi is a sermon.” The following day one of bis flock discovered the good man pushing a lawn mower about, and paused to say: “Well, parson, I'm gind to see you engaged tn cut: sermons short."—New York World DOLLAR FOR STORY | ON BEST INVENTION | In view of the fact that the Unit ed States is the home of most of Uncle Jack has decided to offer a dollar to the boy or girl who sends in the best letter telling of the world's greatest invention. The Circlefte presenting the beat argument substantiating his or her claim will get the dollar. Describe briefly the invention you Write Keep your letter down to 150 words or leas. State your age. Send the letter to Uncle Jack in care of The Star. The contest closes at 8 o'clock Friday afternoon, PRIZE AWAITS GIRL If Marjorie Hughes will call at The Star editorial rooms any time next week and see Uncle Jack she ean get her turkey, The new 1916 Boy Seout Diary and Handbook is out. All boys who like to roam in the woods should purchase one of these books, They are interesting and helpful. HELD FOR ASSASSIN VANCOUVER, Wash., Deo. 19. Declared to have confessed, Kd ward Gall, a Russian, is under ar- rest today, charged with firing the shot through a window that killed field recently, DIANA DILLPICKLES HER JUGGLER BEAU Yes, Miss DUCPICKLES, 1 V3ED To WORK THE STREET FAIRS 43 A JUGéLER, JUSELE A LiIVe Cat, A L used To CANOPENCR AND A GOWD CLbcK, SIMILAR TO THAT ONG, TO THe T on 'YANKGS DooD. ©.” WLC JUST TRY [T WITH THe CLoew AN® A HATPIN, SOMETHING Now GET ME ese — A BELGIAN MARS, A CANARY BIRD INA CACS, OR SOMGTHING UKE THAT! ee '% GLAD YOU THOVENT OF THE GODPISH —— THEY'RE MORE DIFICULT, NOW THIS (3 THO WAY Tf KEPT THEM COIN, AND — i x = aE ‘ td *STICC, T COULD DO AS WELL 43 €VER iF 1 WAS IN DAYS OF MOUNTED POLICEMEN GONE Gono are the days of mounted po- Ice. The motorcycle cop has put ‘em out of business, That 1s the sentiment of the city counct}, much to the disappointment of Chief Lang. | The chief asked the finance com-| mittee to appropriate $3,404 to al-| low him to retain eight horses for| ‘ait, Otto Ludke, a farmer, near Ridge-| mounted police duty. Chief Griffiths inaugurated the policy of substituting motorcyclists for mounted police, and the finance | policy, committee sustained this though Lang protested that there were sections of the city where mo- toreycles couldn't travel, The horses had been ordered sold by the councll September, but no adequate bids have been received | yet. Own your own home. It's easy. Read the offerings in STAR WANT ADS—then choose. NO “MINUTE MEN” | NOW; NO SHOOT STRAIGHT - By Gilson Gardner WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.— Only one man fn 126 has learned to shoot and shoot straight by ser vice in the militia of the United States. Outside the militia very few men are taught to handle a gun. The day of the skilled frontier riflem: Aloaded muskets | Gen. A. L. Mills, 40 not hang ready for use over thr fireplace in modern five-room flats. Moreover, no state maintains al the militia organizations, even at |the prescribed peace strength. | In many cases the deficiency ts |#o great that the company would be of no military value at all to the | United States government. | These con ions are drawn from the report of Brig. Gen. A. L. Mills, chief of the division of mill. tla affaire, According to the census, the num. ber of males of militia age, that is, between 18 and 45 years, was 20,- 8,347 men tn 1910, jut discarding the unfit, and bas- ing the number on those reported available for military duty by the adjutants general of the several states, the number of men is 15, 647,347. The total strength of the organ ized militia, according to Gen. Mills, is 126,478 officers and men. This amounts to only one in 125, or eight-tenths of one per cent, trained to arms! | These figures cast a rather | doubtful ight upon President Wil- | son's statement that the reliance of the United States ts on a “citizenry trained in the use of arms.” The organized militia is divided |into 12 divisional districts, the supply enough militia, properly proportioned in the various arms jof the service, to form a complete | @) TALKING | $7.50 Gillette Razor . THESE PRICES DO THEIR OWN theory being that each district will] can. NE OF US tactical division. At the present time, only OKE division of the 12 1s “practically” complete. This ie the Sixth division (New York). One more, the Seventh division (Pennsylvania) “is believed to be assured of a correct organization }in the near futur All the others are tncomplete, tophe with infantry as compared with auxiliary troops, lacking trans- port, under authorized strength, and "| Senerally disorganized. “An examination for the year end- ed December 31, 1918,” says Gen. Mills, “will reveal the fact that the organized militia as a whole ts de- ficient In even peace strength and that this deficiency reaches the ser- fous figure of nearly 16,000 men!” ven of the 13 divisions have No engineer troops whatsoever, two have more than the required quota, and three have one or more organt- tations, but less than the proper quota, The Difference The — gleam low, the fiddle: wall, The villain shrieketh “Dammer!” She hides her huddled head in her arms— Correct! It’s a problem play. The lights gleam low, the fiddles wail, The villain langhs disse; She hides her huddied head in her Correct! It's “melodrammer.” The lights gleam low, the fiddies watl The slapstick whistles shrill; She hides her huddled head in her ame Correct! It's vandeville. The Seat of Trouble “The allies will do it if they “What?” : “Why, sit on the Ottoman.”— New York Herald. ie, You will save enough to pay for it in a month by shaving your- self. more, By salting the amount you Each shave coats 15e, and your time should be worth as much r2ve by shaving at home, you can soon have a respectable bank acccant. $2.00 10-Pt. 12-Grade Disston Hand Baw ..........+- 0008 sees $122 They wi/l fade away quickly. $7.50 Curved-Handle, Pointed-End, Sterling Sliver Ferrule, Stiletto $6.00 Carving Set A turkey will be better pleased to be sliced up with a high- grade knife. $1.50 Genuine Valley Forg: A delightful present, SPINNING’S CASH STORE 1416 Fourth 1417 Ave. The Salvation Army Christmas Dinners and Christmas Tree Contributions of Cash, Produce and Clothing URGENTLY NEEDED! LIEUT. COL. Phone: Elliott 3665. 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