The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 29, 1914, Page 4

This is the season for resolutions. Here is a resolution which the lawmakers who will soon as- semble in Olympia might well make: “We resolve to write such an amendment to the mothers’ pension law as will make it plain EVEN TO COURTS AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE thet we mean ALL destitute children living with mothers who are proper persons P care for them shall receive the benefits of the ww.” The law is not plain enough now. Asa result, the destitute children of mothers who are divorced do not receive any mothers’ pension. * Entered at Seattle, Wash. Postort Iy mail, out of city, fic per month wp to earch Datty by The Star eneba ce in” at municlp: iging house in what earthly chance le these _ GOL. ROOSEVELT ate “mulli York yesterday. If it has come tot ft for the rest of the bull moose? 17'S A LONG, LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY, but it’s a longer way ‘the opening of the ballot boxes in a commissioners’ recount contest. THERE'S NEVER any unalloyed joy. of the legisiature. Rate Increase—and Afterward AOR months the people have been told, with daily per- sistence, that the way to woo back prosperity on a great was to allow the railroads to raise their charges for car- freight and passengers. ‘ Give them more income and they'll order more supplies ; men will be put to work and the circle of revival will till everybody is included”—so, in effect, has run the ument. " Well, the rate increase has been granted. You will now ny a fourth of a cent more a mile for every mile you travel; the increased tax put upon the average American family y reason of the freight increase will amount to somewhere round $7 a year—S$15, when the western roads get theirs. This will be paid, for the most part, to railways that have run largely in the interest of the securities market; that been loa down with unnecessary debts; that have selves impaired their own credit and weakened public infidence in private ownership by extravagance, favoritism, difference to public rights and, in some cases, criminal mis- gement. % e burden will not fall on manufacturers or merchants; will quickly pass it along. It will fall, finally and heav- y, on those who do the productive work of the nation, and hiefly upon the toiler for a daily wage been made the goat. However, for the present, the case is decided and it will no more than fair to await the result. Ti increasing the transportation tax shall lead to increased and greater and steadier employment, with fuller oppor- to labor to share in life’s benefits and enjoyments, hen the rate raise will stand justified. . If it turns out as the railroads promise, we shall all be py; whereas, if this alluring expectation shall be disap- ted, there will remain the alternative of reopening the and settling it next time the people's way __ IN THE MEANTIME IT IS UP TO YOU TO WATCH ‘HE RAILROADS, TO WATCH AND SEE IF THEY DO THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO WITH THIS IN- SED MONEY THAT’S ABOUT TO FLOW INTO 7 R TILLS. A Whole Lot in It. es ky 1 tH | fF HERE'S going to be & lot of whaling away at President Wilson because he proposes to buy some ready-made hant spihs instead of spending all the money in American yards. “Private capital” in the hands of American shipbuilders timid. It wants a subsidy, an exclusive franchise, a bonus, infant industry nursing bottle of some sort, and it is going set up the usual hypocritical wail for the American ship- d workingman, if it does not get it. the ships, possibly at pool prices as ship armor has been ished, Uncle Sam’s opportunity can slide by. However, Woodrow apparently has the main idea in mind Sam needs a merchant marine at the earliest possible ‘moment and, nobody else furnishing it, he furnishes it himself | “But,” say the subsidy-hunters, “a merchant marine for present cmergency, which is to disappear when the emer- C1 is past, is of very slight advantage to the tates.” bag fooling themselves. Once possessing a merchant | nele Sam may always have one. There are reasons. tt Alaskan coal must be hauled down. A government chant marine might be made insurance against a pool on s via Panama canal between ship owners and transcon- ntal railroads. ‘There’s a lack of colliers and transports the navy and things like merchant marines would be good 9 have when the country has got to support an “army of unemployed.” Moreover, it is naturally most difficult to out a branch of governmental operation once it is started. Economically, there are tremendous possibilities and prob- ilities in Uncle Sam's entry into the business ot transport- goods. “Present emergencies” very, very often mean per- | Manencies. HENRY JUST COULDN'T PRONOUNCE THE WORD Henry Clay Falk, a gentfeman of color, stutters. Henry was in police court Tuesday, it being hinted by a policeman that he had “rolled” an intoxicated logger in an alley. Henry denied it stutteringly. “Why, jJ-Judge, w-w-why should Ah steal when Ah've ¢-¢-got money in mah p-p-pocket? Ah had seven rocks in m-m-mah P-p-pocket when Ah w-w-was arrested.” “Roe! " inquired Judge Gordgn did you “Yessah, your h-h-honor,” said Henry, “seven rocks.’ He didn’t stutter at all when he sald “rocks.” “What in the world does the man mean?” asked the court. “Why, j+Judge, ‘rocks’ isthe word Ah always u-u-use wew-when Ah mean d-d-d-d-d-d-4-d-d————” “I think, your honor,” said a policeman, “he is trying to say ‘dollars.’ “That's it, J4-judge. ‘Rocks’ is easy. Ah always say ‘rocks’ instead of 44-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-———" “Never mind. You may go,” said the court But Henry is a tryer. He wouldn't quit. As he disappeared Brough the door he was still grimacing and saying ‘ 4-A-4-4-6-4-4-4-d———" “You had seven ‘rocks, Virginia Mt. and Righth Av. Use any cars via Westlake av antiy furnished rooms, with the b loaniiners, comfort an@ courtesy the least money. Transient, 600 to weekly, $2.60 to 06 " Privileges After New Year's comes the: Once more labor} And while it is build- | United | STAR—TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 1914. There is absolutely no justification for this exception. It’s the destitute character of the chil- dren that should be the guide as to whether a re- spectable mother, upon whom such children depend, shall get the pension or not. If she is not a proper person to care for the children, she should not have their custody and care. But if she is a proper person, then she should be en- titled to the pension in every case where the chil- dren would otherwise be left destitute. It is the proper rearing of the children which the mothers’ pension aims to foster. It is far that reason that children of convicts are provided for DIANA DILLPICKLES HER BOOKISH BEAU “] HAD A SRGAT Loss BY Flies, AIST DILLPICKLES —— ALL MY PRECIOUS AND RARG BookS. MY PIRST FOLIO om 'HAMLST’ MY i@TW CENTURY JosePHyS), My SUITION De Luxe or i. ‘PARADISE Losy! aY—*, | | . Ue NR. VSGUM — TCC } LEND You A Bdok oe Two! ST's Set, | “ss HAVE ‘ x’, ‘HARKNESS’ CRAM. | MAR) THS CITY DiRecTORy, THE —* CHEER A | | 7— YEAR Book OF AGRICULTURE, | "1001 WAYS To FRY FISH) | ‘POSTS OF IDAHO; ‘MomNGR Goose) ‘ALABAMA REPORTS’ ‘UNCLS “TOM'S CQBIN {HISTORY oF 4 ——'OIs6Ases OF SWING’ ‘Yessica'S PRAYER’, AND 'LIFS OF JOE GANS’! “E—2 THANK You.” ROSARIANS OFF (CuredHisRUPTURE FOR SAN DIEGO : h ’ diy ruptured while PORTLAND, Dec. 29.—A special! train de luxe, carrying 100 Royal Rosarians, thelr wives and friends, and the Rosarlan band of 25 pieces, departed for San Diego today to | y participate in the ceremonies and |? fewtivities attendant upon Portland | ¥ day at the Panama-California expo: may save a life sition Jan, 2. | of rupturi Eugene Garrison, Seattle, wedr| former nurse, Pearl EB. Gaukel, at Ridgefield, Or, Read the Miscellaneous col- umn in Star Want Ads, 4 the worry and danger | PAGE 4. Here’s a Chance for the Legislature to Get Right under the mothers’ pension law; and children of scoundrels who have run away and deserted their families; and children of widows; and children of those who are otherwise unable to give them the proper financial care. When a woman has been divorced, and she is left in destitute circumstances, why should her children be penalized? Her divorce might have resulted from the very fact that her husband deserted her and failed to pro- vide for her and the children! Yet, under the law as at present construed, she would be entitled to the pension if she didn’t get the divorce, but would lose the pension if she got the divorce. There is neither justice nor good common sense in the discrimination. If the mothers’ pension means anything, it means to give every child, so far as possible, a chance to gain the right sort of start in life. The child of a divorced woman is just as much entitled to such a chance as that of an undivorced woman. This is not a question of politics. All parties should be equally eager to amend the law so as to make its application plain and fully as broad as the spirit of humanity which inspired it. RRA AD AE RAR DALAL APPAR PPP PPP APP PED DREAD OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE NOW THEN, MR.TRLE, REST eASY — I'M NOT * GOING TO HURT a Dd) =“ | RAN AGAINST THE GXLEVATOR Door IN TAS Onmce BUILDING iN Ut wHaT's tMP> pose a tig AWN! \ PENED! ! | | | | QUEAK A FReM + Jehnny Meuse 4/71hL OROPS OF WATER “TILE GRAINS OEANO MANE A CUGHTY OCEAN AHO A HAPPY £PO* WHAT THEY A8K CYNTHIA GREY place it on the not yet selected for the style. Can you sug- name? The feature of the hat Is the band.—D. B. Ww. Call it the Sousa. Please tell me the best way to beat an egg.—Ethy! L. Get a good start and run fast You will beat it Will you kindly tell me how th prevent my hair from splitting at the ends?—D. D. D. Which ends of your hair gene ally split? And what do they aplit BUT WHAT? TELi MA FOO MOUSE WHAT FLA 205" Hou PERCEIVE. (~ Suen POETIC LIWES* | have been offered a job In a q sawmill, catching shingles. What ought | to get?—F. 8. We did not know anybody could] catch shingles, but if you do, get a doctor, | ° QUESTIONS MR, CYNTHIA’ GREY CANNOT ANSWER \o o Who was the inventor of sauer | kraut?—F. B. T. My husband has built a perfec |ly lovely greenhouse back of our bungalow, and I intend to work in {t this winter, but have had no ex perience, Please tell me how to raise a window—Mre. T. BE, M Can you tell me how to heat a [cold chisel?-—S, McA Please inform me regarding the| | parcel post rates on buttonholes,—| EA | | Is there any firm in Seattle that| | digs ink wells?—L. W, J AIL THIVIKS ONE LIT Tem CRA OF SANO 1 CINE CYE OR PERCH/INCE 1 6 F002 AS 17 WERE WOULD ANE ne FAR FROM HAPPY LA PIOUSET a The famous thinking horse of El | berfeld has been killed! in Flanders,! We never did think he was much jot a thinker, and now we're sure} jof it, If he had been, he would |have run away cs | THERES SOME TING TO || A/S AROUMEN7T * POETS SHOULO BE MORE CARE~ FL WHAT wwEY SAY Ae cane £ } Elusive Dimensions (With no apologies to the 6th.) The long green. The short sermon. The wide skirt The narrow path. The high stakes, The low hole. The lean meat The fat check . Odd Place for a Fire Six Narrowly Escape , Me SLE. Fire in Nightclothes writes Headline in Seattle paper HIGHER AMBITION “And, why, | want ow great artist Ik Re . papa, 1 py ma that one day she proud of me.” | A Good Start “Why do you call thia | yours ‘The Cyclone Ca Recause a cyclone ve is sure} to be ranked among the best cel lars.” Robby, do up and you not novel of ecome al od mam would be | i LORDS ARE NOT ALL BOOBIES; HERE’S ONE WHO SAVED LIFE OF A PRIVATE Special Correspondence. LONDON, England, Dec, 16.—Private F, Lainsburg, of the 13th Hussare, writing to his wife from the firing line In France, tells the following incident that happened during a terrific fight “At the same time one of our fellows got hit in the back and came off; jo the captain (Lord Innes-Ker). His horse got shot, and this ed | ever shall see. He out off his wallets and «i bag ent back and put the wounded fellow on his back, picked up his kit, and started to bring him In. | wanted to and help him, but the officer In trench would not let me. TI bullets were flying thick as hall and cannon balls tearing up the ground. “He went Instead, and they carried him to the trench, and 1 and the captain had to stop in It till it was dark before we came out to join our regiment. They. all thought we were killed, as we did not get into camp until very | mentioned in dispatches for it. D, &. O. 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