The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 30, 1918, Page 6

SEATTLE STAR 1307 Seventh Ave Near Union St. ; OF SCRIPPS NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF Newser rages Telearaph News Service of the United Frees Association Tintered at Seattia Wash, Postoffice as Second-Class Matt iF walk out of city, sc per month; # months, $1.15; ¢ months, ‘ Ty B08, "ily carrier, city, Bde a month On this Memorial day, we can best honor the dead by helping make the world fit for the living, A | measure of help is secured by Thrift Stamps. | —— | by Side Over There Blue and the Gray are fathers of Boys in Khaki. sons are standing shoulder to shoulder in the Over There, and together they go over the top ttle with their common enemy and their country’s No longer are they sons of the North and sons of the They are Americans! ; a their fathers, in Blue and in Gray, are glad this their sons are Americans of a United America. As never before, this country is united, standing as man, strong and determined, in the pathway of the enemy of democracy. While al] of us hold dear hearts -the memories of those who offered their in wars of other years, it is only natural and human while we are laying upon the graves of yesteryears of love and kane, thoughts of those who have nd are training to go—Over There are ever throb- uppermost in our hearts. Upon their graves, the newly-made graves Over There, ot strew flowers withh our own hands, but we can it they, if they were living, would more earnestly We can renew our pledge we made to our Boys in | | :]|IN FRANCE BY €, ©. LYON | (Star Reporter With Gen, Pershing's | Army in France.) AMERICAN ARMY May 20.—It's hard to » one's friends die “over here.” weeks ago I wrote a WITH THE Not many story about the first Amertoan bat eager Miation that was The Story of sent into the Col. Blank trenches in Lor % —% maine to hold, per manently, a sector of that front; and n my story I spoke particularly of one officer who, above every other officer I've met in France, I con sidered most capable of leading our boys in actual battle, | In 1898, he was a boy in his early twenties, down in ‘Tennessee; and when the call came for troops for jteered as a private and was sent |to Cuba, At the close of the war he was 4 sergeant. In his veing Nlowed the blood of a long line of | fighters. He chose the army for a | life career and was rent to the Philip | pines qs a leutenant | He md advanced to the grade of captain in the American army by } 1914, when the present great war | began. house of a In a little It “We will stand back of you all the time you are There. We will keep you always supplied with you will need to fight, with food, clothing, iti guns, equipment, and we will take care you when, you are ill and wounded.” | Remember this when you drop a flower on a grave today. | The greater YOUR effort over here, the shorter be the time our Boys in Khaki Over There will to fight—and the smaller will be the number of who make the supreme sacrifice. world war MUST be won by those who are allied side of liberty. The only question is concerning we must pay—THE PRICE IN LIVES! Not but the lives of our sons. We who stay at make that price immeasurably greater by fail- DO OUR BEST!” " is a thought we may well carry deep in our this day, tomorrow, the next day, and every day we have achieved peace with honor, the only brand . which our Boys in Khaki will accept. rythin; Master barbers in Seattle say they cowd make more on the old scale of prices, and wish they had not shaves and haircuts. Why not retrieve the ? Two hundred thousand men of the city at and Not Voting” ‘Movement is on foot to secure the election of a _ congress.” — Excerpt from Washington cor- you can bet your bottom dollar that there is such nt on foot! And it’s not confined to Washing- + Not by a long shot. It’s on foot right here And it’s on foot in every state, county, village tt in the United States. whe folks have watched the present congress as they ‘Dever watched another since Civil] war days. They @rawn their own conclusions, and they are in first shape to be intelligently careful about the next con- that will be elected this fall. of certain senators and congressmen in dirty best to block war measures both openly 4 and in secret “cloak room” conferences for Bon end, and then ducking out at the last minute to id going on record when the vote is taken, has become riou The country knows all about it. So that “Ab- t heal is going to be one of the worst possible General Maurice should worry. The moment he got d from the British army he landed a job as news- military” expert. Are we coming to that in ica? If so, we agree with General Sherman. Ke sp Your Eye on West Seattle he enterprising citizens of that district are showing id ble get-up-and-go these days. First to take community action in the matter of gardens, now come the youngsters with bats and mitts to demonstrate their ability to do things. By walloping West Queen Anne grammar 7. school tk the young West Seattleites are tied at the top of he league with Colman school, and will play off the finals Verily, with war gardens, hundreds of new homes youngsters who can outhaseball the rest of the city, Seattle is coming into her own. Beef Packer Swift is having a dickens of a time keeping that son-in-law’s nativity or citizenship on eae Can’t he get him a job in the food adminis- ' Tough on Walter |. Walter Spreckels, nephew of “Sugar King” Claus cels, has been barred from the sugar refinery at Yon- N. Y., wherein he has been general manager for 16 fears, on the ground that he is an enemy alien. Walter was in Germany, has lived here 30 years and never been ized. be a mistake has been made in Walter’s case. Any k with his hands in our sugar that long likes well enough to be safe. Veterinary surgeons are experimenting in an e, fort to make the army mule lose his desire to bray. if thew succeed, there’s no limit to the good they might do, be- onesie with city councilmen and going on up to United tates senators. Don’t allow glowing reports of a big wheat crop to halt your garden work. They “Over There” will need all the wheat we can spare. Young Kingdon Gould, who started ae a private, ig now a lieutenant, showing that it is easier for a mil- ionaire to win than buy a commission in the U.S. army.* Newest coat price ruling reduces prices 5 per cent; has your coal dealer heard about it? Chairman Hays has moved his G. O. P. organ to Washington. First step toward Hooverizing America. With T. R. if, we had anything big we do now would be all pb done it years ago. _ Father or mother, wife or who, In the house when the bright Ut A WORD FROM 408H WISE Not many uv | our troubles are big enough t worry over after they're past. QUESTIONS MR. C. GREY -ANNOT ANSWER Where can I buy a hammer drive a bargain?—Jasper Hicks. ‘What kind of a stone should I use in grinding my teeth?—Cal Cutter. How much will a firstclass gold: headed cane chair cost?—Clyde Hiv- ore. Can a man who owns an automo bile have any fun at a blow out?- Hi Hun What ts the best way to get rif ot the feathers after picking a quar rel?—Nick Knox. ee MR. C. GREY'S HOUSEHOLD HINTS A Connecticut Inventor has per- fected a knife with which a berry pie can always be cut into equal parts and without losing any of the Juice. Rubber holders for asparagus are becoming quite popular. The clectrig light bills can be re- duced by using aluminum cooking utensils, They are so light we Moths will not eat a celluloid collar. A handpainted doughnut far makes a nice graduation or wedding witt. eee Greetings, has summer got a second start? he gave me my boy and made that “You Must Have the Cash to Wed 4 Dallas Girl.”—Headline, An army man, lately returned from Texas, reports that the Dallas girls are not peculiar in the respect | referred to above; that many of our frails also are a spoiled lot of dar lings. eee THE LITERARY TOUCH (From the Chicago Post) | Grace Lusk's determination to |bare the boudoir of her heart, as it were, in order to obtain acquittal from the charge of murdering Mrs. | Roberts, wife of the veterinary, with |whom she dwelt among the untrod. den ways, was revealed this morning. RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR Gives Recipe for Simple Home-Made Remedy That Quickly Darkens It Mra, A. Dixon, a well-known Brooklyn trained nurse, made the following statement regarding gray hair: “Streaked, faded or gray hair jean be quickly turned biack, brown or light brown, by the use of the fol- jlowing remedy that you can make at home: “Merely get a small box of Orlex powder at any drug store. It conta only 25 cents and no extras to buy. Dissolve it in one ounce of water Jand comb it through the hair, Full directions for use come in each box. “You need not hesitate to use Or- lex, an a $100.00 gold bond comes in each box, guaranteeing the user that Orlex does not contain silver, lead, zine, mercury, aniline, coal-tar prod. ucts or their derivatives . “It does not rub off, is not sticky or gummy and leaves the hair fluffy. It will make a gray-haired person look twenty years younger.”—Ad vertisement. TAILORING CO. Headquarters for Suits, Coats and One-Piece Dresses 425 Union Street the Spanish-American war he volun-| Down in the poorest part of town ingy brown, sill te crooked, Ita shingles curled & reason to note it in all the world Except, where¢the dingy curtains sag 14 @ little bright star in a service Mag. You never knew it, but let me say STAR—THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1918, PAGE 6 Our Real War Heroes May Never Correspondent C. C. Lyon, A high British general bad had 9p a chance, during & tour of the Philippines, to see this American of fioer on a at close range and he was so struck by his soldierly qualt ties that he recommended that a commission in the British army be | @iven him. | Captain Blank threw in hin fortunes with the British and up until October of last year, when General Pershing induced him to céme over to the American army) with a comminsion as major, he had fought in Flanders, Franc kans and Italy, and had @ total of 17 wounds to show for his more than three years of service. | ‘The night he led our boys into the trenches I stood beside the horse on which he was mounted and talked with him, “These are my people,” he maid, the endless stream | American boys who were marching past him, “I never would have felt | army and come over to my own. man can strike so much harder blows when the Interests of his own country are at stake.” Only yeaterday I stood beside the grave of this wonderful American | tle star waa blue, (Copyright, 1918, N. B. A) | THE MELANCHOLY MUSE | One could be melancholy forever, | In contemplation of life: | First, consider the fishes, | That sadly move | obscure. Mourning with an desire | For legacy in « “ne agen lost | And then the bir | Ascended flyers of ferocious fish, Arisen thru the clam and glacial cold In atmosphere congenial clamoring The beasts that thru the forest rank Ranted and roared in majesty, But how the heart falls, When man we contemplate! How fallen from his former high estate! When with strong-thumping cheat, And many toes, he walked upright and free, Ambling in calm mblimity Beneath the sunset or outepreading dawn, Under the interlacing trees and stars, Individual, a mand But now what is he? Petty and pale, with fat face, And paunch developed in the later years, Ignoble, short-lived, alone, Living In congestion, In city vile, Fighting tn maases: He cannot utter a decent roar, | Hin chest is fat. | His only inberttance from his great forbears Is sneaking dexires In man, see life descending, Satiation, the end, retrogreasion But the long-waiting fish stirs in the ocean's depth Looks to the dawn in million years and no more arising, And smiles in triumph. POMER. eee ‘SOME Word comes from Olympia that everybody is too busy with war work this year to mix in polities and no caucuses will be held by the a FIGHTING T. } ) With Fresh Air; Hints for { Taking “Cure” at Home The consumptive murt have plenty of fresh air, It is his medicine just the same as rest and food, But he must be comfort able while he is in the open alr. If he takes his medicine of nature with too much exertion and chilled and uncomfortable, the bene fit which he should get from the fresh air is lost Any one can be comfortable in the open air if he uses the right devices and methods. Probably the best |place for the consumptive to get | fresh alr and rest under ideal condi tions is a tuberculosis sanatorium. There every convenience in provid: e4 for him—sleeping porches, good, have consumption must stay at home and take the cure there, because there are not enough beds {n institu ; tions to go around. | ‘Tuberculosis may be cured at jhome if the patient will follow the Jadvice of hin doctor and will avoid | the advice of quacks and misguided | friends, | Fresh air, rest and good food, the | three things that go to make up the cure, can be ed anywhere in the ‘ VACCINATION | Mra. W. H. askew: “When is the | bey tme to have a baby vaccinat jcomfortable beds, reclining chairs, |nurses and doctors in attendance, jand everything else that makes it| leasy to be out of doors day and| | night. | Not every one ean go to a sanator jim, however, Most people who the Bal} pro nANt oF | spirits. } the | photo of | girls and | “I'm ge | this war no game of| Children | they hav | down in | with my THE GOLDEN STAR (In the service Mag, the blue star ts replaced by a golden one, if the soldier falls.) My heart bowed down to you every day, When I thought of the gift you were giving mo In the lad who was helping to hold me free, at the expense of becoming cold or | | | supper And now that the star has turned to gold, What words can echo the thoughts I hold? What could I have said, were it for my life, Had I met one Joseph, and Mary, his wife, Just after their boy Had wrought for his fellowmen—and died? —EDMUND VANCE COOKE. their | srecraL SYNAGOGUE SERVICE In com | son's prociamation to pend Memort- | a) day tn services will be held at Mi eynagogue, 17th ave. and Yeuler way, | Thursday, at | PERMIT IS REFUSED Superior Judge Wednenday mandamus forcing County Auditor | Norman permit Were OR DENTISTS | TH us correspondents lunching with him in his front line dugout one day and during the Onty that morning he had had a letter from his good wife “back tn States,” cheer and to “stick it out.” |from them #o much. |show ends and peace right if T hag not quit the Britiah| 91. to retire to a little farm 1 have That was midday Before § o'clock that same day, the colonel was dend. After wertal in finny haunt| Carleon of the Pike street pharmacy ATTACKS For Over 50 Years ably successful i ¥ Sftness| end ktedeed Relieney Paling — 4 atany drug store.— Expert Dentistry at Reasonable Prices gy woldler and plicedy dugout for a breath of fresh alr moted from major to Heu jonel) had had weveral of/in 1917 yin Michigan early | fight and joined thé army be-| next one.” cause he wanted to be “in on «round floor in this war game, he himself put it Jimmie the | told him Poor meal he was in gay was an orderly around ant to Fr June when he first came over| pany enclosing him a new herself and their two little I've got as much guts as the “We want fellows with your nerve as|and you can go along,” the officer Jimmie never had a chance eadquarters when I first knew him/|to die an heroic death, As his com was marching up tw He wasn't a boy of much| trenches one night, a German sbell » and he never gave much burst overhead, and Jimmie was the Be Lauded in Either Song or Story, Writes . Who Lays Wreath on Grave of Friend “Over There”=s | promise of getting any higher than only boy who died To my mind the sad n Places |% Wreath of flow | just as a big German shell came | a private | Lyon Pla ern on the rough! over and exploded within » few Hut when Jimmie’s regiment was| about this war ix that the fotks Wreath on : ee ordacel ta the front he went to his| back home will never hear much Ie | wooden slab that] feet of him, He died Instantly, | ordered to ay MO ATAL HEROES the | His Grave | served as a head And near his grave was the new| colonel and pleaded to be put back soos ite RES i, © —Y6 piece. All that) erave of 1%-yearold Jimmie (we'll) in his company officers and pesto was written on the slab was: “Lieut. | it Meal! him Smith).| “I didn't gome over here to hang) THEIR LIVES in their coun Col, Blank, Blank Regiment.” | How Jimmie | Jimmie ran away around headquarters and open and - Pincndl 4 his setne' aaa The colonel (he had very quiet P i ‘om & poor ho joors,” he said. “I want to ‘or the ni \e The colonel (he had very quickly!) Gave His All | froz poor home| shut doors,” he sa lonmer ee ther survivors, there those who LIVED. untrue. the| and Private Jimmie Urging him to be of good ving to quit soldiering when is over,” he told us. “It's for & married man with My babies hardly know © a Daddy, I've been awny| When thin comes I'm ‘Tennessee and be at home family every night.” he had stepped from his love, their pride!— pliance with President Wil prayer and fasting, epectal | ur Cholu™n | Gillam = refuned to imue a writ of ords, Wardall to isu a liquor number to John G 1. 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