The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 16, 1915, Page 4

Member of the Sortpps Northwest League of Newspapers Published Daily by The Star Pablishing Co. Phone Mam 9100 * STAR—MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1915. UNCLE SAM—MODEL EMPLOYER HE employes of the United States government railroad in Alaska don’t have to bother about taking out accident insurance policies. Uncle Sam has insured them free of charge. That is to say, President Wilson, without waiting for specific act of congress, and under the general authority of the act providing for the construction of ‘the govern- ment railroad in Alaska, has extended to employes of the engineering commission in charge of the work there the benefits of the accident compensa- tion act of congress which now apply to govern- ment employes in government manutacturing estab- lishments, arsenals, or navy yards, river and harbor work, reclamation work, the forest service work, the work of the bureau of mines, and on the Panama canal. If you are an employe of the Alaska govern- ment railroad work and you are injured in the course of your work, Uncle Sam continues to pay your regular salary just as if you were at work for the period of one year. There are no questions asked, no legal action required, no lawyer’s fees; nothing but an examination by the government doctor and a certificate that you were accidentally injured in the course of your employment, not due to your own negligence or misconduct. Uncle Sam does the rest. He pays your salary until you are able to work again, or for a year if you are not able to work before that time. And if an employe is killed in the course of his employment, or dies as the result of injury, his widow or children under 16 years, or a dependent parent, if he has one, is entitled to receive the total amount of his wages for the period of a year. Outbursts of Everett True Down with the Mtney- —pipes a chorus, loud and strong. And who are the chorus girls who sing this little song? Oh say, don’t you know them? You have often heard them sing every summer, eve spring. Miss Special Privilege is singing solo parte, and Franchise | Monopoly is trying for our hearts. Along toward the center there are Misses Grab and Pinch, and the high-kicking alto girl is Miss Gotta Cinch. Miss Take {s out of tune, so is Miss Represent, and Mies Phoney Business leans on Miss Manage ment. Miss Grafta Heapadough will join the troupe next fail, as wellas| dis way,” replied the witness, Miss Appropriate and Miss Lotta} with great deliberation. “Dem Gall. Street, Car and Company are| shots come so close togedder putting on the show, and Mr. T | dat | cain’t be sho’ ef dey wux ley Kingdom says he’s gotta make er not.”—Judge. eas a heard Mr. Straphanger, ss cae ay whose first name I've forgotten, whisper to his helpmeet, “Say, this OVERPOWERING show is pretty rotten!” From the Eliza—Eph’, 1s yo’ goin talk in the audience, I'd like to bet my socks that “The Gay Jitney- Busters” show is headed for the rocks. prosecuting attorney. “Well, boss, you see, hit wuz ter let Whar's yo’ will power? Eph'~Mah will power’s all right Yo’ jist come heah an’ measure dis yer mule’s won't power!—Judge, SHOOTING SIMULTANEOUSLY ss Uncle Ben, a very careful old WOULDN’T DO eee darkey, was a witness In a |The football player walked the shooting . floor, “Were t shots simulta- His infant yelling more and more. neous, 4 He he his captain wouldn't SPINNING’S QUITTING SALE IS ON IN FULL BLAST All Kinds of Safety Razor Biades Sharpened, Ihe doz, 1415 FOURTH AVENUE uncle?” inquired the dat mule do de way he pleases? There was no reason except humanity which compelled the secretary of the interior and Pres- ident Wilson to extend this act to the Alaskan em- ployes. Congress did not direct it. But Uncle Sam is a little different from the private employer He is not running his business for PROFIT, but for SERVICE, He is going to produce a government railroad at THE COST OF PRODUCTION—neither more nor less. Whatever it costs to build that railroad, he will pay, and he regards the accidents which will occur in work of this kind as a PART OF THE COST, which the public, and not the unfortunate employe, ought to pay. lhe public is to use and own the road; and if men are to be called upon to give their limbs, and possibly their lives, in its construction, the public must pay them or their widows or dependents. , The compensation is small, it is true, but it is infinitely better than nothing, and Uncle Sam is setting the right kind of a pace. THE STAR strongly favors a county farm because it is a sound idea from an economic as well as humani- tarian standpoint. The Star, however, is playing no favorites and is not recommending one farm as against another. The Star does not urge the Stimson farm as against ayy other farm equally as good, or better, The commissioners should consider all available farms carefully and make the best purchase possible DR. J. W. SLAUGHTER of London is one of the co- workers for single tax with Mrs. Fels, who visited Seattle Seems like Kitchener overlooked a bet. Could have sent Slaughter into camp of enemy WHENEVER YOU see an overgrown boy” still dressed up like a baby doll, it’s a safe bet it’s the father of the house whose breath frequently comes in short pants. PLEASE DON'y SAY ANY MORE ABouT IT! —~ V'M ‘TIRED OF KEARIN di ee uf Now You WAY AND ISAY IT WAS ON A “TUESDAY AND You SAY IT WAS WEDNESDAY — INK NOUR L “TH PAGE 4 WHY HOT WATER MAKES THE DIRT FLY EDITOR STAR—I'd like to ask why hot water Is better to clean away dirt than cold water? ELLA G If you have had much to do with fighting dirt you know that the chief cause of dirt is oil or fat which makes grease, and grease, whether it’s on our clothes, or hands or on the dinner dishes, simply catches all the dust that’s going. Now, oil i liquid fat. Heat changes most solid things into liquid, it changes the solid or half solid fat into oil, and oil, of course, runs off our hands, or the dishes, or out of our clothes just the same as water would. Cold water would not change ‘the fat into liquid; that’s why it isn’t as good as hot water to clean away certain dirt. If there’s no fat or oil in the dirt it matters very little whether the water used to clean it away is cold or hot. WHEN THE SHEPHERDS FIGHT E >AUSE of an invitation to Rev. Billy Sunday, Rev. Aked, formerly Rockefeller’s New York pastor, resigns from Frisco’s Committee of One Hundred, saying that there’s no such heaven or hell as Billy preaches. It’s the same old, old trouble! Just as us miserable, sinful sheep begin to think that we're being led in the right path to salvation, along comes a fight among the shepherds, and we get all mixed up as to which are the ways to heaven and which those to hell. Can't they agrée on a happy medium between Rev. Aked’s respectable sort of a hell and Rev. Sun- day’s disreputable pit of roaring brimstone? 1 DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU EVER AGREED. WITH ME ON ANY SuBecT! MING — NOW ponsey rr! ‘DUSTY DAVE’S LUCK—(OR, A DASH FOR FAME!)—A MOVIE IN 3 PARTS—PART III. DAVE'S TRE FUES AND ROWS THE LAKE WHERE NTO “NOBODY HOME” AN TORY EE tarted the ft t George A, Lee for governor must lowed with a big bump of humor, Or else, if it wa ted se. riously, it’s a case of ‘nobody hom George A. 1 is governor! It’s the biggest political joke for some time In various capacities, Le as a public official and as a hired poration lobbyist, hag slipped many a joker into the laws of this State, kidding and now somebody he can be slipped « him into the belief It really can’t be done, George. It’s one thing to be a good lobbyist and influence tes of a bunch of corporation-fed members of the legislature, It’s another thing to get the votes of th ple who have been so often victimized by Lee “jokers.” ’[t 3% would be about as easy for a celluloid rat to escape an asbestos cat in-the infernal r ions, THE UNITED EST SERVICE esti. Sayin oe ra mates that 800 mill cut in the national forests of i E their p ere on the stur on the THERE ARE : three pulsory educ laws 's hoping they will SOME OF the « have been taking a course of ig. A number of them are outrunning and outdodging the German submarines pretty regularly, w but tate ation sissippi. early date, cean liners must ARE 3,000 iron crosses on German ion and a half iron crosses On Six. IF | AGReeD WITH You, We’D BOTH BE, wrRone ! SADIE JONES THE ANCIENT © | DUMBELL Swing Givin ‘ Ts Fee 7a) YAAS-AN FLUBB AW DUBS ARE Gon’ CAN MDC WITH ,THE BESYTOF EM WHEN WE WANTS To: COME WITH ME <4) PUTS PP ON _EXTRA CLASS AT THESE call, | For he simply couldn't control) the bawl! | eee | AT THE DANCE She—Have you learned any new steps, Mr. Bumpus? He—No, but I've stepped on a lot of new feet! | . oe FROM VAUDEVILLE | (Ed and Jack Smith) | “Was that homely woman I saw) you talking to this afternoon your) | wife?” “She may be homely on the out-; ut she is beautiful within.” | en why don’t you have her| |turned inside out?” . | “I don't know what I'd do (f 1 didn't have my wife.” “You'd have to go to work.” “My wife picks all my clothes,”| “That's nothing. My wife picks| all my pockets,” “My wife also selects shirts and collars.” “How long do You wear a shirt?” | “One week. How long do you} wear a shirt?” | “Thirty-six inches.” | | “Does your wife ever talk to her | self when alone?” “I don’t know. I never am with her when she {s alone.” | all my | “ee WHADDAYAMEAN! | (From the Quincy Whig) Notice—I will not be responsible! | for any debts contracted y my wite (Mrs, Nellie Hedges) on or after | this date. | (Signed) W. B. Hedges Notice — Mrs. Nellie Hedges| |doesn’t understand an advertise | ment appearing In the Sunday Whig |Mr. Hedges does not now and never has pald any of Mra, Hedges’ bills. UMPIRE CHEATROBEL- AS MGR. OF THE “FINNAN HADDIE HORRIBLES” ANO cme REPRESENTING THE LOYAL FANS OF THIS “TOWN tT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE ON THIS AUSPICIOUS OCCAS\O! To PRESENT 7 You THese ute TOKENS OF OUR ESTEEM AND APPRECIATION OF YouR HONEST DECISIONS AS ‘AN UMPIRE ? “When You're Well, Keep Well” Another article in The Star's health campaign being conduciéd with co-operation of American Medical Association (MYRON T. HERR | TO SPEAK HERE T00 Ex-President Taft and Myron T Herrick, former governor of Effect of B and act readily. important on the human sys- tem and health, There aro three kinds of baths suitable for the majority of people. The tepid or luke-warm bath Is from 80 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. This has no special effect apart from cl suitable time but Is preferable Just before bedtime. The warm bath, which ts espe cially good for infants, is from 90 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. When taken by adults just before retiring it prevents sleeplessness, as a means of relieving soreness after severe muscular exercise. It should not be taken until two or three hours after a meal, as it draws blood away from the stom- ach and is apt to cause digestive disturbances, The third type ts the hot bath, which is taken when the water is i | The warm bath Is also excellent of Baths on Human System Frequent bathing 1s an essential, from 105 to 1 if the skin is to have proper oppor-/ Not be induls tunity to carry off|§tTong, as it has a dep waste material/ Om the Baths also have) #tber ts to stay in a warm atmos eftect | Phere. | | | and former ambassador to Frames | j will be chief speakers, it 1s am |nounced, at the annual conyentio® of the American Bankers’ associt It should] tion, which will meet here at 0 yt by the/same time as the 20th annual COR | ing effect/ vention of the Washington It should only| ers’ association, Ser night, or when the degrees. 1 ine cirenulation. be used at IN THESE WARLIKE DAYS It should NOT BE TAKEN “Now, Johnny, what is a man of AFTER MEALS. oe i Buttermilk Is one of the best summer drinks. It should not be taken too cold or too fast. It is a fat producer and is more easily digested than sweet milk. A cruiser.” “What makes it go?” “Its screw, sir.” “Who go with it?” “Its crew, sir.” Purity Guaranteed under all State and National Pure Food Laws. You can pay a pn price, but you cannot ge a baking powder that will raise nicer, lighter biscuits, cakes and| pe , or that is any more ealthful. Your money back if K C fails to please you. Try a can at our risk.