The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 1, 1918, Page 6

THE SEATTLE Ave. nion St. News Service of the United Press Assoc Clase Matter May & 1899 at the Postoffice under the Act of Congress Mareh 3, 1870. Pmall, ont of city, SSc JT months, $1.50; @ months . 6.00, Im the dutside the stata 60 for 6 Hy carrier, city, bi Main 600, Bri oy r ubtishtn, i) departmen the _ The word “Offensive” does not exclusively link itself p German aggressive military movements. s characterizes almost every Teuton act. Byven in pre-war days, to be offensive was the prided ! of a Prussian army officer. He made the uniform a curse to civilians and a terror women whose escorts were not bedecked in military The boor of the bier garten was the boche who rattled sword. He brawled, insulted, annoyed women and if particularly pleased his bestial lust, took them from ir male companions with a vile remark or beastly sneer no one dared to interfere—unless a “superior” felt f outdone by some enterprising unter-Hun, — ‘ _ Every German of masculine gender who attains his Majority sees compulsory military service. _ iy He emerges from his course in kaiserism a merciless “menace to civilized mankind and womankind. If he evidences scientific genius’ or business acumen, the becomes a tool in Hohenzollern hands for Teuton ag- mt and Hun supremacy. The clutch of kultur is ever on the trained brute, re- rard] of how long he may have been mustered out of itary service. "No power is left to him except that of persecution. ‘ ‘He vents his spleen on those helpless to retaliate. To be "offensive is his sole remaining individual right. As it is with those in power next above him, it seems to his one redeeming quality in the eyes of his fellows. Bilhelm kicks the crown prince, who boots Ludendorff, h worthy “number nines” Colonel Spitzenpeffer, who Major Mackenphizzle—and the caress continues the line to the private, who slams the women. So, German offensiveness is a perfectly natural Teu- , Huns now organizing film trust for after-the-war » No matter how well “screened,” their oper- won't“‘get by” allied anti-Teuton trade-censor- he Cavalry of the Air the meantime American production of aircraft goes quantity-production stage has been reached, and next spring thousands of American airships will be ' with plenty of well-trained American fliers to | Then we may expect a new phase of the war. The ar- shell the Hun trenches, but whole armies of “fly over the trenches and get at the German behind. They will bomb their ammunition dumps, : with machine guns and make ready for the in- y to follow along and clean up. , With the cavalry of the air all ready for the big part Play, the spring drive of 1919 will start the march n the cruel Huns will get a dose of their own war The fighting will be on German soil. And the it coe, meee the perpetual internment of the whole 1 ly. Pe , At last Germany admits the Americans are in We betray no military secret in announcing my is the next station on the American e Again It U. S. District Attorney Barnes, in charge of prose-| iting the editors of The Masses, muble hard. He has got to pi ae er gag , is certainly up against H rosecute Floyd Dell, of The who will have to be tried in the uniform of a man, for conspiring to hamper the draft. Rec- ting, as he says, that this “might take some punch of the government’s charges,” Mr. Barnes tried to uce the draft board not to call Dell, and, if this was hampering the draft by Barnes himself, what was it? We can’t help Barnes out with any advice, save the estion that ‘he try to send the boy in uniform to jail, apologies. teres t} But then you can’t really blame Hindenburg for fecling a bit under the weather. Probably Kaiser Bill “4 isn't feeling very well himself. rer i Old Ludendorff is having a tough time of it pick- ing out an allied army the crown prince can lick. | CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE HEART "LACATIONS » MARGIE | ON « | 1 had hardly hung up the recet ver when the annoying bell rang again, | ‘This time it was Jim's voice that 1] heard, I sleepy, however that I axked in a formal Who in speaking?” hoping he would take | the hint “Margie, this ts Jim," he raid, “and it is no wonder that my voice ts #0 much changed that you do not rec ognize it, I have been rly wild with worry about you. Why did you not let me take you home when I brought you your wrap? When we found you were gone, 1 went out and saw that the electric was not at the curb, and, of course, decided that probably you had felt badly and Sill had taken you home, I went back to the ballroom and waa confirmed in that theory by not finding Sill, but later when he showed up I went im the telephone and found were not in, and I was mure that hing had happened to you Well, | am all right now and very sleepy, Jim, so 1 am going to ring oft “You take the matter of making all your friends worry about you for hours, Margie, very calmly,” said Jim, in @ rather sulky voice. You, I really refuse to be disturb. ed about it untll after I wake up this afternoon, You can come over then and be properly thanked if you wish.” If Tam not too busy, I will come,” was his childishly cross reply I rang off with a sigh of relief, for I had reached a point where I gould only feel the of sleep #0 much that 1 thought I should to the floor, My long ride had done what I wished for me. It had sent my brain to aleep, 1 could not think, However, I was fated to have one more conversation over the phone. I had hardly turned from the phone after talking with Jim when the bell rang again, and Barclay Sill asked. |" hope you will pardon me calling you up at this unearthly hour, Mre Waverly, bat all your friends wore much worried at your abrupt depart ure last evening. Naturally, | was somewhat surprised when I came back with the water and found you not there, and I wondered if I could have possibly said anything which annoyed you In any way, | assure | you I did not intend to do ao, and beg your pardon with all contrition.” When Farclay Sill speaks in this formal manner his voice does not re | mind me of Dick's at all, so T said over the phone: “You have nothing to beg my pardon for, Mr. Sill, 1 just felt a Uttle out of eptrite, and.t took a sudden notion that I would slip away hout making any fuse. It was, however, a great mistake, for it seems a» tho everyone there has | been calling me up to tell me what a | nenaatic my abrupt departure made waa #0 war drop Mra. Waverly, for you muat be dead for sleep. Indeed, I usink I can de- tect aleepy-time in your votce, May I come over this afternoon and talk over the party with you?" I had said yea, little book, and clay Bill had disconnected, befdbe I remembered that Jim had aakt he was coming over if he were not too busy. I did not at the time think much about it, for I was too sleepy }But later I found out to my sorrow | what a mistake I had made. Editor's Mail WILSON TO EUROPE? Editor The Star: In answer to your editorial, “Should President Wilson visit the battle front?” it is) for him to decide, but let the Ameri: | can people make the move by which | he will be free to go if he no chooses I think we owe it to our allies and to our boys in France to do this Also it would give him an oppor tunity to study war conditions first| hand, and help the United States In! our war operations by it. I am 100 | per cent American, too, and I do | not believe there ix another man | who could fill President Wilson's place, Still I think we owe it to our country to let him visit the battle front, if he thinks he can better conditions by it. Let us hear from a few of you (who have time to write and (ll why you never mar. ried) on @ much more important sub Sect. CONSTANT READER. A HOT WEATHER DISCOVERY For 60 years Eagle Brand has nour- ished the babies of the nation. For 60 years it has robbed hot weather of some of the worst of its terrors. And still there are mothers who have not yet discovered that Eagle ‘Brand removes all danger of hot- weather milk contamination. midsummer’s If Nature’s own food is insufficient, At better groc BORDEN’S CONDENSED Borden Building use Eagle Brand, go it is always obtainable and al- ways of uniform purity. retain and digest it. from rich cow’s milk and comes to you hygienically sealed—pure, wholesome and economical. MIL —| | 7 ~T \| | Wherever you Even in heat, the baby will It is prepared | series ; drug stores too, K COMPANY | New York “Then I won't detain you longer, | | seem to be in dull, prosaic THE SRATTLE STAR— Canadians Doing | Their Bit in War Dear Mins Gray: In a “An Amerioan,” the The Canadians should more wheat flour,” and not being treated Canadiana,” ete I we how much this so-called American wants « expects Canada to give’ Has she not given her very best for nearly five years now! letter writer give “Americans right How much has thin person given?! Ask himaelf or herself that queation and then maybe there will not be #0 much time to pick flaws in our neighbors; more Ume to build up than tear down, and © that we are all doing our best for the cause of freedom, ALSO AN AME N Has Set His Goal Before Marrying Dear Miss Grey: Why have 1 never married? 1 have a different reason than any I have read in your paper, 1 am still a young fellow in my carly 208, I would not ask a girl to marry me until I had the means of making our home comfortable and uptodate, and I had a paying pont tion. I don’t believe in the young wife having to take’In washing to make a living, Just because some young fellow got in too big a hurry to marry An I have not reached my goal of which T spoke, I am still single and still laboring to reach my goal in an honest way A READER If He's Broadminded, He Will Overlook It Dear Miss Grey: Here tn a question which hag been worrying me for a long time, and I canne neem to nolve it myself, so am cal ing upon a clearer brain, if Igmay hope my letter will be answered. 1 am 23 years of age, have tray sled a great deal, have met all kinds of people, have studied hard, worked hard and have done everything to forget. Six years ago I wan left to shift for mynelf, with no knowledge of life or people, trusting all and full of love and life and accepting flattery as being due me, therefore falling wildly in love with a very hand some man, He did nothing etbe to win me except to flatter me contin ually and buy me candy and flowers and take me to the best theatres, hiring machines, and planned every thing for my enjoyment. Needless to my what happened. He would not marry me It took but a very short time then, for me to awaken to the trony of life, as 1 thought it at that time 1 hated all men and women, too, beonuse I thought if they knew they would hiss at me instead of wel coming me in their circles, so I traveled and worked and pjayed for thowe six years until I met the man whom I have waited for all my life 1 have faith and trust in him. He bas very strong ideas as to the morals of both men and women and has nald that there ts no excuse for girls to go astray, because if | ttey are really good girls, nothing |could tempt them to lone womanhood. He is waiting for me to marry him. I love him with all my beart, and I am sure he loves me with that love I have always wanted since that time; but I am afraid I sball lone him if I tell him; but it Is only fair that he should know now. Piease tell me, Mine Gray, if I should tell him. I will break me again, if I lose him, but I | think I should tell him, and if he loves me enough he will be broad- minded enough to forgive and help |me to forget. It would help me to forget if I could tell hin and have Sockety Announcement Gene Hardiman came over the hills from Mammoth Saturday and made us @ pleasant call, We knew nothing at the tine of his success at Flint’s Red Cross quilt raffie, but now understand why he wore #uch a con tented amile. Gene is a true patriot and believes in buying oxsentiais only. Uncle Sam needs the funds de rived from the sale, Gene will enjoy its warmth, and possibly a third per son, of course unknown at present, will be sheltered by its folds.—Sllver City, Idaho, Advocate. Half a dowen congressmen are pre- | paring a mubstitute for the child la bor law. What we also need is a sub- stitute for the supreme court Two railroad gatemen in Japan killed themacives because they were careless, Over in this country, after an exhibition of carelessness, all they do is to hire a lawyer. | King George has decided to buy no more clothes this year. Fine, George, fine. But keep your old ones preseod. ‘The Latest Mother Goose Series AN ATLANTIC PORT, July 22.— Three men, sald to be from Gotham, went to nea yesterday afternoon in a bowl, Several fishermen who hap pened to be on the pler when the men started out warned them that the bow! was weak, but one of them said, “We are wise enough to get along without any advice ‘The bowl proved to be weak, hence the brevity of this dispatch. The life-xavers who went to the rescue of the three men said the lat: | ter refused to tell their names, | see ‘We can understand how the play- ers will get along without baseball, But we don't wee how the sport eds can stand it, ESSL 1 A “Why did y et rid of your eat? “I like a cheerful, optimistic cat| around the place, This one seemed | to be a calamity howler." | oe H MISSED H OPPORTUNITY Mrs. Blowitt—I could have mar- ried four of the wealthiest men in| town Her Wusband—Why didn't you? The whole four might have been able to pay your dreag bills. | “I'm so happy,” since my er whole world # she said, ment to Bertle, ms different. I don't England, suggested the | but tr “Lapland,” brother, by} their | RSDAY, AUGUST 1, hin full sympathy and understand. ing ALONE, Occasionally there is orn in man a love that is #o strong, wo rare, #o wonderful that 1t will melt away the ironclad ideals, the narrow prejudices of « life time; but it 18 rare, It ts quite to surmise that your lover in an exponent of the dow ble standard, a man of the old school, and unless his love ia the unusual kind, he will condemn you, along with the other mem- bers of your sex who were guided into the pitfall by the hand of ignorance Hecause you know that this man feels so strongly upon this subject, 1 think you should tell him the truth in the nicest pow sible way nd if hin love is strong enough to lead you to the altar, you will not have to live a future over which hangs an everlasting fear. Can't Judge City | by This Pair Dear Miss Grey: Today I had an experience that in still pumaling me. Beattleites are talking about their fair city, and if they have it, let them be proud of it. I believed tn it, too, But today I am Hable to correction |] visited Alki beach this after noon, and arrived there at about & p.m, There on the lawn, about 15 feet away from the first of the public plenic # a young couple was lying on the lawn, There were) | more of that type, but not as shame | | leas as the one mentioned. The beach was pretty well crowd. ed today and the ‘teen age was well represented and passed by there, elegiing and all of thelr remarks, What will the moral effect of thin be? If those two were honest lovers I would not criticise them, and| would have no objections, but their publicity proved the opposite there no device in Seattle to| such people what decency ts| to prevent such pernicious do | MRS. H. A. K Your critictam of such conduct fa not to be disputed; but when you attempt to judge a whole city full of people by two Indis creet youngsters, I believe you are assuming. There are to be found, the world over, good, bad and indifferent, and Seattle is no exception in that respect—it has its good and bad; but I am quite eure I voice the sentiment of the majority of Beattle’s citi- zenn when I nay that the morale of this city is up to the standard of that of any other place of its mize, Takes to Heart Sinner's Sermon Minn Grey: Several years “go I was a pupil in a college for young women The principal had occasion now and then to reprimand us, and usually spoke her mind to ue thowe times a4 & clase. One |day, after looking thoughtfully at us for several seconds, abe remark ed: “One of the greatest mysteries of my teaching life is this: Why do the saints always take my correc tions to heart and the «inners give #o little heed?” | When I read | | | sag | | | | Dear the article signed. | “A Single Man,” I recalled the | words of the schoo! principal. Here is a chap, & clean-cut sort of fellow, taking to heart the ainner’a sermon. A man who will notice a baby and admire it, certainly is composed of | | fine fiber. Step into the other | clans, Mr. Singlo Man, and we shall | all be glad to return your amiles. ANOTHER MOTHER. EXS Panes THE MOVIE REPORTER ‘The movies are getting Fetter! The other night We saw a film with a Movie newspaper reporter In it who almost looked Like @ regular reporter. He didn't wear suff cuffs And write the scoop on them. He didn’t wear a shirt With zebra stripes. He Didn't wear a trick wuit With fancy vest. He didn’t Have spats, wear an Arabian bazaar necktie or Carry a cane. He didn’t Smoke a cigaret in an Ivory holder, and sport a Splashy band straw hat On the back of his head His hair wasn't marcelled them making | $ 1918. ° WoL tters Ty Gusptin, Grow WASHINGTON, Aug, 1-—-Con gresaman G. K. Denton, who intro- duced the war mothers bill in the) house, has received requests from 64 | Toledo and other Northwestern Ohio women, asking that they be included as charter members of the War Mothers of America, which congress | is expected to incorporate as a na | tional organization immediately aft | or reoens, Included in the letters was one from Mra. Ada J, Ladd, of Bowling Green, O., the mother of five sons and aunt of four in the service, Mrs. | Ladd in probably one of the few war | mothera who haa five sons in the| war, and all officers, One is a major, | another is a first Heutenant, and three are second leutenants. | All of her sons and three nephews | wear the khaki uniforms of army | fighters, One nephew is in the navy. | Congressman Denton is going to! introduce an amended bill which | will take in as charter members nev. | ~~ era) thousand tnothers, wives, sisters | bil! and daughters of American soldiers; It is hoped that there will be char and sailors. Any war mother may |ter members in ever, become a charter member by asking Union, so that the her coi to tell Denton to| start off r inolude her name in the amended |it is national in | | | | | | L -Fraser-Paters Friday Clearance of Women's $35.00 Coats ee = = Special $22.50 LOT of about thirty Coats, splendid, attract- ive new coats in the correct new styles. They are of wool velour and burella cloths—the ma- terials are of splendid, de- pendable qualities, —Belted and semi-belted models, —Tans, gray, blues. —Splendid values Friday sale at . It’s true Achilles beat him a But who wins now? I call You find {t not so easy to Then look ahead. He's Which shall be said am I pledge to iwanization will purpo: rookie and in the -$22.50 bird Floor. Special Values in New Silk Petticoats for Mid- summer Wear $3.95 —These are new petticoats especially designed for sum- mer wear. They are shown in a large assortment of ex- cellent colors—blues, greens, rose, gray, tans and a wide assortment of two-toned ef- fects. —All are made with deep, fancy ruffles. Special val- ues for . . Friday the Clearance of White Fabrics and Cotton Dress Materials Continues OZENS and dozens of beautiful patterns in the season's favored fabrics and the choice colorings. —Voiles and organdies, as well as many other weaves. —Colored Fabrics, formerly $1.00 and $1.25 Special 09c a yard —Colored Fabrics, formerly 85c Special 05¢ a yard —Colored Fabrics, formerly 65¢ and 75e Special 50c a yard —Colored Fabrics, formerly 35¢ to 50¢ Special 25c a yard —White Voiles and Organdies, formerly 50c and 65c, Special 29c a yard —Fraser-Paterson Co. Second Floor. He wasn't always grinning, . . | NO EXCUSK FOR IT | An instructor in tho foreign district | | fave out printed slips to the children, on which they were to write their mes, ages and places of birth, and the same of their fathers and moth-| ers, Sho told all the youngsters ex-| plicitly that they must bring the papers back with them in the after: noon. | When the children returned there wna one little fellow stood forlornly at the gate. To all invitations to enter he shook his head stubbornly One of the assistants finally went to] him, “Come on in," she cohxed. “We | are going to learn a new game.” “No, ma’am, teacher,” he said; and the big tears rolled down his cheeks, | “No, ma’am; I daasen’t even come in, ‘cause I ain't got my excuse for being | borned!”” | eee TIT FOR TAT In a London ‘bus a man in ctvillan| arb rose and offered his seat to a woman “I never accept favors from slack. era,” she said, witheringly. “Madam,” he replied, blandly, “T was all thru Gallipoli, and if we'd had as much powder as you have on your face, we'd have got to Constan. | tinople in no time. TAILORING CO. Headquarters for Suits, Coats and One-Piece Dresses 425 Union Street With your eyes, compare “Died like a man” or “Triumphed state in the| really good to tional in membership as Hector—1184 B. C. 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