The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 23, 1914, Page 4

Secretary Bryan is another who is strong in his redness for war is not at all a guarantee of peace “If,” he says, “preparedness prevented war, there would be no war in Europe. Preparedness, almost with absolute certainty, will lead you into war, because you cannot prepare for * you are either afraid of somebody or hate somebody.” Maybe Bryan is right, but let us consider the follo appear to be facts: The foreign nation best prepared for the one that made preparation fo: war her main business, was Ger- many. Will Mr. Bryan dispute this? For 44 years G had peace. Mr. Bryan cannot dispute th What about the other foreign nations, those not so well pre- pared for war, those more largely relying for peace on their own goodness, kindness and virtue, as it were? Every one of them has had o1e or more wars within the 44 years. 7 OF SCRIVPS NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF NEWSrArERS hb News Service of the United Press Aas ties Entered at Beattie, Wash Post © as Secor ase Matter By mall, out of city, 350 p #. € mos. $1.80; year $3.2 B nth. tn 400. Private | The Overworked Pill 4 F COURSE you've seen the pill fiend. He car vest pocket a collection of tiny bottles or 3 boxes, and every little while he dopes himself | If his tummy is on a strike, in pops a pill If he’s a pain in the head, a pill For every ailment between a tickling of the nostril to the Asiatic cholera, his trea nt consists of pills \ { Often the wise doctor who prescribes 'em 3 BK are that they're wholly harmless, mere bits of hocus pocus. We en't’ a word to say in criticism of pills of that kind, They're like the rabbit's foot in the left pist xcket or the piece of pork rubbed on the wart « plante ath the ecavespout i the light of the moon y fine if you get any satisfaction out of ‘em But there are pills that aren't so innocent—the pills that! feally confain active drugs. We won't say that a person ought fever to take a real pill. There may be times—rare times, + times of emergency—when to shock kindly nature with a dose} of physic brings a wholesome reaction } , Sut it’s worth noting that the octors are going more and more lightly on dru Exercise, diet, correct habits of living and, in a pinch, massage or other mechanical manipula Mtion, if begun early and kept up, generally make the u f drugs unnecessary, for they accomplish all that drugging can ‘do without leaving to weakened nature the task of throwing the drug out of the system So, we beg of you, don’t rely on pills for what you ought! to do yourself. For if you do there's bound to come a time} "when the pesky pill won't work. PROHIBITION !8 bound to become a national issue—and quite pos sibly In the 1916 election. This Is evident from the fact that the lower Mouse of congress yesterday gave a majority vote In favor of submitting | the question as a constitutional amendment. 1 best ¢ _. COUNCILMAN ERICKSON isn’t worrying about the eclipse of the sun by the moon next year, he says. Although he has no assurance, he is satisfied the sun will continue to shine, How about that, Mayor Gill and Councilman Dale? } WHOEVER SENT out that Berlin report of the attack on the Eng lish coast towns has a lovely command of sarcasm. He refers to “our high seas fleet,” and. announces that he can't give, as yet, Information as to the further action of the German cruisers. DURING HARD times every one pinched except the greedy fandiord. And he's the chap who usually sports about Seattle, giving out advice as a “leading citizen.” Beware of him! Time and money Go direct to heasty’s Everything for Men Cross (London) Leather Goods for Women VALUES TELL Store Open This Evening and Christmas Eve Virginia St, and Bighth Use any care vin W elegantly furnished ri in cleanliness, comfort and courtesy for the least money. Transient, 690 to $1; Weekly, $1.60 to #6 Kitchen | Privileges | “The Virginus Botel »pinion that war unless STAR—WEDNESDAY, DEC. 73, 18. PAGE 4) WHAT’S THE GUARANTEE, MISTER BRYAN? 1846 to 1898 especially prepared for war in any instance. wing, which war, indeed ermany has the millenium. It is pretty brave and virtuous in our esteemed secretary of state not to be “either afraid of somebody or hate somebody.” If all nations were as good, kind and virtuous as Mr. Bryan, war might be abolished by proclamation and we could all leave our money and goods out on the front lawn at night, confident that | nobody needed them or had the d sposition to take them. Unfortunately, Utopia “hain’t come,” as Josh Billings said of The majority of the nations and a fair crowd of the powerful | individuals are still very aggressive and very greedy. THE SEATTLE “STAR. DIANA DILLPICKLES “[ BROUGHT MY PRIZE-WINNING IMPORTED ENGLISH BULL To Mow You. HS NAME (5 DAUNTLESS VI, anp HE'S THE MOST DoS For His WEI IN THE WORLD THS R@ACL , nisl ” monte malls, SERS STRAIN? MAL J Love, MR, TYKE —— So rierce, Wu Yer Nosve? Ra t \ | *“ER—Berrmr senD THAT DOG Away, MISS DILLPICKLES! “OH, IT Doesn'y— | MATTER, MR, TYKE. | THIS (9 ONLY TOWSER, OUR HOUSG Docs CARE WHAT HAPPENS, "VERY WELL, AS LONG 43 You Don't twas APRAID YOU'D Ger SENSITIVG le He Gor HURT: “NOT AT ALL. TOWSGR (3 ONLY A CURBSTONG MUTT AND WOULD BE NO LOSS, I assuRe Your BIG PREMIUM IS PAID BY BANKER King county Tuesday received a bonus of $41,990 for $1,000,000 road bonds to John Red mond & Co, of the National City bank of New York Tr which was approved by the ce missioners, was ne through the Lumbermen’s Trust Co., of Portland The ut 100 cents on the dollar, and the premium of ap gotlated bonds sold | proximately $40,000 was paid on top FORROAD BONDS of that This {8 considered an exception ally satisfactory offer, and she that King county's credit 1s Al the bond market. The bonds 5 per cent interest, | | ows | in HOUSEBOAT BURNS | Fire, stove caused by an at Lakeside ave to the water's edge, 47 a.m. Tuesday. Loss was $ Lane st., LONDON IS INSURED, LONDON, Dec London at 10 shillings per cent. overheated burned the “Home-e-gen,” the sale of, houseboat, Lloyd's ts in suring now against bombardment of a and at 400. | him, |keep away from cigarettes?” Ought to Get It “On what ground do you seek a divorce, madam? “Incompatibility, I want a di vorce and my husband doesn’t cee The British Panio Ethe! (in apprehensive whisper which easily reaches her German governess, to whom she is deeply attached) kill Fraulein ?—Punch. ee Avoiding Them Ray Robn, the artist, appeared at the Pay-as-You-Enter club the othe day smoking a cigarette in a holder | nearly a foot long “What's all this?” some one asked “Did the doctor tell you t eee Unwelcome Caller “Opportunity really knocks at many 4 door.” “Then why don’t more of us suc coed better?” she hates to give up the “The trouble ts that Opportunit wants us to go to work.” see Debating It Nell—Ian't Alice going to marry Jack? 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