The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 1, 1915, Page 4

Why swear off on New Year's day? Why not SWEAR ON? We've been swearing off year after year on the year’s birthday and the world doesn’t seem to be a great deal better for these good resolutions. So why swear off at all—and why not SWEAR ON? Swearing off is a New Year’s cele- STAR or NEWSPAPERS) | (TH Telcaraph News Service of the United Press Assoct The Indiscreet Wite eee you, sweetheart. about me, these at my throat will be best very sweet of you.” A Seattle husband, whose wife had received this little , fished out of her waste basket the bits into which she torn it and pieced them together. : When he faced her in court, some time later, in a separa- suit which she had brought, he introduced the note as, dence that her conduct in their married life had not been meless. She charged attentions to other women ; he countered with testimony to some man’s familiarity with her ~ Hastily the wife returned to the stand. She denied with fignation that she had been unduly intirfate with the man tho sent the note. | She had merely made him a present of some collar but-| just in a spirit of friendliness, His reply had greatly! d and angered her, and she had torn up the note) ou lying to it. | The judge etknted the wife’s plea for a separation, evi- placing credence in her denial of wrongdoing, while the husband culpable for his alleged misdeeds. It was shown in the hearing that the husband had had wife watched by detectives, and the judge remarked that ost any self-respecting woman would object to a detec- following he: Very true, O learned judge! ; But when will self-respecting women—quite virtuous let us say—stop doing foolish things, imprudent which cause jealous husbands to set detectives follow-| Next to having your arms It is them? And which cause husbands, as well as other men, to lose} in the virtue, the trustworthiness, of womdankind; to, how much difference there is, after all, between, . women” and “bad women!” | " No man ever wrote such a note to a married woman) put SOME reason for doing so—for feeling free to do so. ‘this case, it was alleged to be a “mental companionship”) d by the lady and the man to whom she sent the colla Her story is accepted, her plea granted. A home is up, another domestic tragedy recorded. The blame is’ d the man and the “bad woman” mentioned in the) is evidence. The wife's “mental companionship” outside family circle does not make her a bad woman-—it may been indiscreet, but she still remains a “good woman.” There seems reason to wonder, sometimes, which makes ‘the most trouble, the bitterest heartbreak, the most lament- ‘able woe—the wickedness of some women, whom the world lis bad, or the folly of other women, who call themselves VRANCIS J. TIETSORT is a reporter who has done ao} unusual thing. ; Fired from his job because an interview he turned in was/ mced a fake by the man alleged to have given it, he sued the man for damages and undertaken to prove not bore that the man said for publication what Tietsort said he} ; but also that the reason why the interview was repudiated | was because the man’s employer feared the interview would) cause a business loss. | The psychological effect of type is queer. Many a fellow) been as chesty as could be until he saw his words reported cold type. Then, of a sudden, the temperature drops, frost | accumulates around his feet and, the next thing we know, the} eek and humble reporter is branded as a liar. } | Reporters have lied, of course; for they’re only human.| 7 But they don’t lie often, for it's too risky. Even if they had 7 no scruples; even if they were as hard to nail down as the slip-| [i pery chaps who try to fool them, they'd be forced to favor| ‘the truth by the necessities of their job. | We're glad one reporter has the means and the nerve to} | Fefuse to be the goat. 4 “How to Live and When to Die ROF. STARR, Chicago university's expert on apes and| things, says he expects to live to be 120 years old. His} fecipe for long life is very simple: “Just be placid, always| smile and keep on the job all the time.” . It may well be doubted, though, whether years are the | true measure of life. The best measure of life is experience— feelings one has had; the lessons one has learned In themselves a few yeats more or less count for little. | Unless each day brings an interesting task, a contribu- | tion to experience, an addition to the sum of worldly knowl-| edge or to Spiritual insight and ripeness of outlook, of what vyalue is it? ") The mere routine of living, the chalking on life's hoard of uneventful days—‘“vegetable » portant | It is “keeping on the job” that counts—keeping alert score-| existence”—is unim-|} Keeping interested, being always in the van of the progres by the simple process of cutting ae the times. each others’ throats W. 3.8, | b The time to die, could it be fixed by choice, is when liv ; UP TO BRITS, HE SAYS 7 ceases to be growth; when it begins to become just dead Editor Th ning It ; t Ae ‘, ey ver generation iditor he seems that | weight loaded on the younger generation Belgian-American” has another © GAN MATEO, CAL., grand jury, with sight club women on it, hae| COMMENDS RENT FIGHT 2 As har A 5 dd | been summarily discharged for “exceeding its functions.” Bet the men| Mdltor The Star: Your attack on that England's jealousy of German “on that jury were having warm things said to them. |the greed ndlords is an honest es caused the war. If he willl . . | Ito the right spot his history he will find such day yeen Engh | AS A war measure, London dudes were about to boycott Turkish Why: Not “ plLARK—FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1915, PAGE 4, Swear ON” This New Year’s Day for a Change bration from which good folks are bar- red, but SWEARING ON is a privilege which the good as well as the not so good may share. The man who neither drinks nor swears and is nice to his mother-in-law has little to swear off, but there’s plenty for him to swear on to. He could, for instance, swear on to public spirit, broth- erly love, and consideration for the man who has less than he has. The woman who shuns gossips, idle- ness and frivolity has nothing worth while to “swear off’’—but she could SWEAR ON to gentleness, sympathy for the unfortunate, tenderness to chil- dren. The SWEARING ON habit is just as DIANA DILLPICKLES HER POULTRY EXPERT BEAU i) | "YUL SHow You ONG, MR., SCRATAN PCED. REALLY! You FOLKS KSEP CHICKENS ¢ EX GEORGE, That's MY FAD ——PouLTey! i've. MADE CHICKENS aire stupy: AS 1 LiVG, I'S 4 ROSECONG DORKING WYANDOTTE, PRS, DUCA CKLOS! wea, WES SAY, THIS BIRD WOULD Scors 97%," ore, ere, NOW, You TRY THIS ON 'EM FoR THS PIP? CHOP A HANDPUL OF RED Peppers IN THEIR MASH, AND WITH A UTTLS CoPPERAS IN THEIR DRINKING. WATER ——* "GOOD NIGHT, MR. SCRATCHRSED! lL DRAW THE LINE AT PLAYING SECOND FIDDLe To A FEVERISH OLD BARNYARD Nes-Yes, Go ont’ Ives automatically 8 course with | | We care for moving pletures, we | Most any time we'll gladly burn a| | To see a reel of drayma or enjoy The siap-stick stuff made for the We care for moving pictures, | We stated ™ DON'T You KN “ etal (~ IT'S DANGEROUS THIS SLOPPY WEATHER To DRIVE ABOUT TOWN WITHOUT AA, THAT's CHAINS £4 AW RIGHT, 1'LL “— a Takes A CHANCE. ron “MOST ANYTHING. A Roar To sit quiescent while the artint pads admit; adn eee The Graspin’est Man “The graspen’est man I “git” hal pollot was an old chap named Snoopins. but it seems an awful gave out carbon. He spent a wh bore two gases cost the mo —— — WHO ELSE BUT vou | SweerT mouse? tobacco, when a dealer announced that it comes from Greece. Oh! we \0,A0" more and more clearly 4 country which has threatened| We Jersey. . ne hvtas ares een the 0 Great Britain's progress. | thought it came from New Jersey. opulent landowne e high cost! No one can d that Germany of living leads the world in art and selence. "S$ going “dry.” She has to import so much rice! Would It not be judicious, as well, In all of Germany there are not her economists are denouncing the consumption of 20,000,000\as a benevolent move, at thi i many paupers as can be found of it by the breweries. for the landlords to come fe rain London alone, Germany carts a ————|with an offer tq supply food and for her poor and teaches every man Mt, and Bighth Av., Seattle |whelter to the victims of the un- 4 trade. “America would do well to Use any care via Wostinks av. Modern. Kitchen |just system of which they (the follow suit ~ ye |landiords) are chief beneficiaries? But it is England's duty to care " P ileg } They would, perhaps, prefer to|for the Belgians now ny OS | suo the hungry hordes, like those! READER, m. He wa raigned before the e road in thelr motor car TT \ TS “HE WOR ONT BE) WORTH LIKE (FE Wie. QIONT HAVE FRIEAIDS* magintrate. We're not lawyer, students, the truth.” going to have any We've decided to tel | Improved Proverbs The Pot shouldn't call the Kettle let him sleep. ight is good. Look before you every leap year Coming events sell the | before eee Down to Business Stern Parent daughter, huht a | AMO ano 20 You IN FACT WE 1 Le FOR on Got any money? | FRIEN OS! LWE ForR*) | Sultor—Yes, sir. How high —} | you quote he ae ee | ee | Prudent “I proposed (to my stenogra pher You didn’t!” “Don't get excited. T only pro posed she should be assister te me,” eee The Business Revival J. M. Allen, the enterprising pro prietor of the Racket Store, been having some about t nd has transfer. jred the post card case from the north to the south side Daven |port, Ia,, Times ae » store Not Dependable an office girl instead of an offic boy. She didn't whistle or smoke, but she failed to please the office force.” Why was that and get the correct score.” ee A Newcomer “This beefsteak at a hotel at the seaside, “must be hw 25> |Jer. “I've only been here a fort + night.” Ae FOOTPADS SOAKED Biff! Biff! The umbrellas of Miss Jessie Ste t ave,, and Mrs, G. G. of two armed holdup men stopped them at N. 40th and Whit man aye, at 6:30 Wednesday night The men fled. [oursuests or evenerr tae ] U.S, Typhoid Death | The program with a dozen reels of| ever knowed,” said Uncle Jerry Peebies, as| Somebody told him once that when! he breathed he took tn oxygen and le) day tryin’ to find out which of them if you had d to know! whether he was makin’ or Josin money when he breathed.” eee Not Needed Two college students were ar-| magistrate}! ged with hurdling the low spots “Have you a lawyer?” asked the! answered the.elder of the lever too late to mend if your! Make hay while the son sleeps.| papers | So you want my do} has} changes made “Yes, I tried the experiment of} “She could never learn to go out * said a boarder ” replied the wait. | 7 Whitman Archibald, 4010 Aurora ave,, descended on the heads | who | good for the “poor rich man” as for the man who hasn’t much of the world’s It’s a good habit for the young- sters, and a better habit for grown-ups. Why waste your time swearing off the bad habits of the old year—mistakes goods. cannot be unmade. Why not SWEAR HABITS FOR 1915? ON a few GOOD | Hf ' Rate Leads World Forty-Five in 100,000 Population Die An- nually, While Non-Fatal Cases Cost Mil- lions in Economic Loss. { TYPHOID The typhoid death community | rate in any furnishes a fairly ac- i curate measure- ment of the de. gree of sanita-| tion attained by} that community. The disease, gen- erally speaking, is | ‘ more common in . mild climates than in the colder ones, though it is present in a greater or less de-| | gree in practically all lands. 1 | The average annual death rate} for typhoid in the United States as a whole in recent years has heen about 45 per 100,000 of population, | And this rate Is over three times as great as that of the other ad- vanced, civilized nations of the) world! And while other nations | have shown a tendency to steadily | decrease their typhoid mortality that of the United States has_ ily increased. | This can only mean, then, that| the people of the United States | have not taken sufficient precan- | tions against this terrible malad | For the economia lors, the suffe jing, the waste of money time | consumed by the ravages of t phoid cases which do not end fi | tally, is appalling. About one patient in 12 or 15 dies ASHINGTON, Jan. 1.— What is preparedness in the navy and army, and what policy ti United States should adopt as to the size and kind of navy and army, are questions decided at pres- ent by a few civilians learned in the practice of the law and practical politics. The committees in the house and the senate on naval and military affairs are ri “commission on tional fense,” in so fai has de- | this country | ny such institution. | These gentlemen prepare the. | annual budget for the army and navy and therefore they hold the purse strings and are the real power to which the great departments of navy and war bow, Before these committees, admirals, gener chiefs of staff and mem of the gen- eral board truckle and wheedie. Congressman Gardner was twit ting on facts when he said to the naval affairs committee “You} gentlemen must bear in mind that |! am neither a prisoner at the bar nor an admiral.” The committee was indulging in its customary practice of brow beating. Ordinary admirals and generals do not dare to express opinions con. trary to well-known prejudices of |the members of these committees | These committees—our council of | national defense, as the democratic platform names it—are made up of veteran members of the house and! senate, and are graduates, not tn military matters, but in the gentle art of getting elected to congress and staying there. Most of them are lawyers. eee Amazing insanitary conditions in rural schools disclosed in investi-| gation by the United States public |health service in Eastern Tennes-| sea and Northern Georgia will re-| jsult in a nation-wide cam improved hygiene tn the ° >| }in America are of the disease, Most cases linger on, prolonging suffering for one to three months and very often leaves its stamp in the form of heart weakness or kidney trouble. Extensive outbreaks of typhoid which occur with such regularity the result of ob- viously faulty and dangerous sant tary conditions, as we know now | that typhoid can only result from such conditions in a community, Yakima county, Washington, for instance, shows a typhoid death rate of almost 150 per 100,000 of population—commonly said to be the highest in the United States. The reason for this is because few of the towns have adequate sewerage systems and the public water supply is seldom developed to a sufficient extent to keep pace with the growing population. Also, in Yakima county rural dig- tricts, cesspools are located near wells with astounding frequency, according to the reports of the United States public health bulk letins. eee The future of typhoid as a ace to the health of the A people depends upon the themsel it fs an easily able disease—this much en proven; but it remains the public to work together the preventive line: those who have studied the ject. school houses, it is announced. Examination of nearly 25,000 per sons, mostly school children, and many school buildings, showed, among many other unhealthful con- | ditions, sofl pollution contributing to hookworm infection. Large numbers of school children examined were suffering from trachoma, a dangerous contagious eye disease, which, if not treated in time, impairs or even destroys vision, z eee Advice to housewives to buy chicke: undrawn and with their heads and feet still on, Is given by the United States department of agriculture In a bulletin just issued. When the feet of a chicken are removed the housewife loses one of the easiest methods of the bird. have smooth, clean feet and shanks. Old birds have rough, scaly legs and buttons or spurs, The head of a chicken that Is not fresh will show a greenish color below the bill, sunken eyes, and a darkening or discol- oration on the neck, &li of which Indicate decay. KI-YI! IF PARROTS COULD VOTE, I'D SAY LOOKOUT "FoR. "REPEATERS!" bs Others | three to a customer, | Only one to a customer jast as nice as though you paid a A beautiful, serv r $25.00 Lorain 20-In, Bloycle ..... 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