The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 19, 1919, Page 6

ML, out of city, 80¢ per mont! months sie, of later, 0 Progress vs. Revolution e | is not necessarily a start toward creation, even | it is true that “in the beginning the earth was without | B and void.” Because the air above Russia, Germany is filled with proclamations, resolutions and red does not certainly follow that social progress is her is an absence of these things a sign of stagna- A more fundamental revolution centers today in on than Petrograd. This British revolution just held “C tituent Assembly,” or “States General,” or “Cen- | Congress of Soviets” or whatever may be the latest in names for revolutionary gatherings. The as itself was too busy to hold a christening. _ | special conference of 500 labor unionists and pyers was galled to create a new form of govern-| for British industry. Each party selected 30 rep- i to draw up plans for the new government. | of this conference and the long preparation that ded it and the industrial unrest that furnishes force behind it is growing a system of indus- tion, greatly increasing the power of labor, all workable portions of sovietism, but holding fast y and rejecting all talk of a “dictatorship of oletariat. Nevertheless if such a dictatorship be} the things hidden in the future; the measure now| § will enable it to come without chaos and bloodshed | sto function without certainty of failure. | [ man admits the conference has any such, s in . Such an admission would be recognizing | fact of revolution, might lead to theorizing and phrase-| delay action. | ohned that underlies the froth of labor's up-| in Russia and Germany, and everywhere else for| r , is the demand that the process and the product shall be controlled by producers. Britain has this way, much further than any of the 8 newly called conference will add the centralizing to the “Whitley plan,” that already is in full eight of the largest industries of Great Britain of introduction into many more. ; industries labor now has an equal voice with, rship in all matters that concern the process of pro- various industrial parliaments are now to be! gome sort of a common nationa! body to determin Telations. is is a long stride toward democracy in industry. away with autocracy in the shop, even tho for a limited monarchy takes its place. world, including the United States, has entered| great eras that give new forms and institutions. We cannot escape enter- it if we follow the example of Britain painful as well as the most ridiculous | of that period. A. M. SIMONS. / the fiction books in a public library are in — it is fer the personality | pressed upon ir pages. that anything on the margins or between such books catches the attention or arouses inspection is made of the books in the department, what interesting discoveries we make glimpses we get into the minds of pple who have poured over them. it a forlorn outlook on life has the man who upon fin of a page in “The Riddle of the Universe” led this comment: “There is no hereafter, I know it} ly!” | And what a straightforward, confident attitude toward | “and death has the young woman who in the firm,| tic lines of youth wrote upon the margin of a Bible, tary page, “God is good to me!” | it sort of a down and outer was he whose grimy pages of a bound volume of The Yale| | he a college graduate who had gone wrong or} game of life, or a poor toiler thwarted in his} lucation and advancement? i of a person left three violets between the of Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire”—a who had muddled into these tomes by mistake, an| or interested both in botany and history,. or| girl combining sentiment and study? | d who was the saddening, aging spinster who in| ise lines of a school teacher wrote in a pa-| 3 croning hand upon the margin of a page in an ppedia dealing with “Marriage” these soul-revealing| “I wish I was married”? | you would get new, surprising slants at human) racter, pee a half hour turning the pages of reference | ks in the. public library and looking for things like Any form of government would be good enough, could overcome that habit of looking out first person singular. | Having nailed the hide of militarism to the barn oy 1 egg that America should refuse to nails. As a matter of fact, German diplomats will prob- regard anything less than the worst possible pun- t as a victory for Germany. Tewill be a long, long time before respectable words U be willing to-associate with the word propaganda. Bolshevism is making itself at home in Hunland. ’g.@ wise child that knows its own father, _ Russia is learning that when people loaf and li he fat of the land, the land soon Pebing Ay . <ul The Bolshevist’s idea of a reactionary form of gov- is any. A democracy makes for uniform justice, while an wacy just makes uniforms. _ Chaos might result if that single-track mind. left eal Blest be the te that bina "4 Life’s Darkest Moment. Gee! iwise'T CO Go FistHin’ ER Form A CIRCUS ER Go Swimmin’ ER. Rum AWAY F'M HOME ER GIT MARRIED ER HUNT Insuns ER HEV A ICECREAM SODY ER BE A TRAIN ROBBER. ER SOMETHIN & On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Of Gardens—and the Robin By DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, | Now is the time to think about gardens. | From the literature issued by the gov- ‘ernment I take the following hints: | The first thing to do is to write to “The National War Garden Commission, Washing- ton, D. C., and ask for “The Victory Garden Book.” It will be sent you free, if you inclose a two-cent stamp. From it you will get a dea! of practical, reliable and plain informa- tion. Watch the robin! When you see the |first robin, get busy with garden plans. !Sometimes this bird comes a bit too soon, |but usually he is nature’s dependable har- |binger of spring. | Just because the war is over, do not stop your garden activities. The world will still |be hungry in 1919. in 1918, and the commission tells us we ought to have 10,000,000 this year, | shortage of food in Europe is appalling. | Hun; now we must take up the war against hunger. We have finished the war against the | 1919, by Frank Crane.) Start early. The best part of gardening takes place in your mind. The Victory Garden Book will tell you just when to plant and what. And remem- ber, it takes more than work to raise a good garden; it takes intelligence. Favor the “Backbone Crops,” which are such as potatoes, lima beans, snap beans, sweet corn, tomatoes, cabbage, and onions, These are the “fighting ration.” But don’t neglect the other good things, such as peas, beéts, carrots, radishes, tur- nips, lettuce, and the like. Don’t buy a lot of expensive tools just | to keep up with the Joneses. For an ordi- nary plot all you need is a good spade, a hoe and a rake. Plants live on “soup.” That is, they must | have moisture. And in order to get the The U. S. A. had 5,285,000 war gardens | moisture to the roots of the plant the soil - | must be pulverized and free from clods. e | Keep your soil rich with nitrate or manure. The Victory Book will tell you how to use fertilizers, and if used improper- ly they may ruin your crop. 4 | aly THE EMOTIONS OF A LONESOME Boy om A WARM SPRING DAY (Coperiemt, (919, Dy MF, etry Letters to Editor THANKS THE STAR Editor The Star; Permit me to express my apprecia- tion of the aplendid support given this department dur- ing the past five years by The Seattle Star. Time and again, thru your paper, the public has been, advised | /}as to the necessity or danger connected with certain movements and #0 aroused public opinion that in the end justice and right prevailed I cannot hope to, by words, thank you for the un | selfish manner In which you have thrown open the pages of your newspaper to further the work of this department, without which we would have many Umes been helpless in accomplishing the desired resulta #0 necessary in promoting public health work. Again thanking you, I am, Yours most respectfully, J. & MecBRIDE, Commissioner of Health. AMERICANS FIRST Editor The Star: In @ recent issue, I noticed an article wherein it was stated that a number of English women, just released from British government work, intended to visit the United States in search of employ- ment Don’t you think these women should be informed us to the situation here at present, where so many American women, not to say men, are out of work? Naturally, {t would be Americans first, in filling posi- tions, If the government cannot find jobs for its own | peopla, those of other countries surely should be warmed not to come here. EX-GOVERNMENT EMPLOYE. MEIER SENDS THANKS Editor The Star: I want to thank you and others associated with you for the courtesion extended to me during the campaign prior to the election on March 4. 1919. While there was no real contest made in connee tion with the election of corporation counsel, I desire you to know that I appreciated your putting my name | upon The Star's advisory ballot. I with at thix time to take occasion to thank The Star also for the many other courtestes which have been extended to me from time to time. Yours truly, WALTER F. MEIER, ‘ orporation Counsel, Forty Million Dollars in Only Three Hours | BY THE KEV. CHARLES STELZLE Presbyterians thruout this country wiil make a drive for a forty million dollar fund for religious, social and educational work on Sunday, March 23. Between the hours of two and five on that day, | 130,000 canvassers will call on every Presbyterian in their several towns—and they'll have to average $13,- ¥00,000 an hour, or $100 an hour for each canvasser— in order to make good on this big budget, The forty millions are to be spent during the year beginning April Ist ‘Twenty-five millions of it will be used by local churches for their own work; the rest will be spent for the “benevolent” enterprises of the church in this and other lands. Here are some of the high spots: Half a miilion dollars for use among returning sol- | diers and sailors. Half a million dollars for reconstruction work in building Protestant churches in Europe devastated by the war. Four million dollars for overseas work, where last year Presbyterians conducted 175 hospitals and dis- pensaries in which 700,000 patients were treated, Eighty thousand dollars will be used for temperance and prohibition work. | Nearly a million dollars for dieabled preachers, and | another million to increase preachers’ salaries. About three millions are needed for special work in American cities and among immigrant populations. Presbyterian women are to raise nearly two million dollars for educational and social work in this country, Half a million will be used for building new Presby. terian churches and another halt million for educa. tional and religious work among negroes. Nearly a million is to be spent for general religious | education and theological training, half a million for Sunday school work and religious literature, and about one hundred thousand for special men’s work and gen- eral evangelism. TOO 8! Mra. Crabshaw—When I was a child my mother never caught me telling stories, Willle—How did you manage to do it, mat | vik? Starshells | A.WORD FROM | JOSH WISE | “Sum men seem t’ work t’ git ahead in th’ mornin’ only.” eee THE COMMUNITY CONDOLES Mra. J. Sharp, of 1312 12th ave. t# deserving 6?) hearty condolence, if the report to the police that two quarts of Pebbleford whisky were stolen from her residence Sunday evening, are true. } It seems that while the Sharp family was en gaged in worship, some wily rascal seized the oppor: | tunity that comes to #0 few, While he did not) neglect to grab a roasted chicken from the pantry and a set of silver spoons from the sideboard, the| Pebbieford quarts presumably had his eye all the) time. How vain to hope that the liquor i# not) drunk up! Only those who know how difficult it is to pay) the price, after the hazardous Job of locating a enti | factqy source of supply, will be in & position to! completely approximate Mrs. Sharp's lows. The differ-| | ence between genuine Pebbleford and current bootles | “licker” must also be weighed. And of course, lon in the final word, for if. by some miracle, the Pebbieford | quarts were recovered intact, they would not revert to) the Sharp household. The dry squad would get them. | eee Ry the way, where is Leon Green, the local Bolshe- | Still he flees from the fury of County Prosecutor | Fred C. Brown and the criminal anarchy charge. Perchance, in some remote logging camp, he pro | mulgates his theories of blood-thirsty vengeance on the! existing order, 1 Fred C. Brown must get this giy, eee THE BOOBYCHAT OF POMER FRYYHAM In a few months, July will come and pass, And ali the nation shrivel up, alas, With drought excessive, wherefore we abide, Lock up the sideboard and turn down the glass. eee You may have thought, while trying to make out your income tax return, that it is some puzzle, and that it takes a smart man to solve tt. But think what a brain a man had to have to invent it, eee ‘We may be wrong, but we believe the income t blanks were devised by Sam Lloyd. Per! heard of Sam. He inventéd “Pigs in Clover, “How Old Is Ann?” and a few others of the same kind eee ANSWERED BY MR, ©. GREY My soldier beau ts coming home next week, and I} wish to look my best when we meet. Should I wave} my hair?-—Mias Tottsie Horn, | Yes, that's all right, but why go to all the trouble of taking your hair off and then have to put it on again? Wave a flag. What well known vegetable is like a dog?—Cy At-| tica, ‘The collie flower. Who {s the first musician to stop playing and go home?—Thomas Locke Smith The drummer, He always beate it. I am tired of white curtains, What do you suggest as the most practical shade?—Tizzie Nuff. | Window shade, Why is it that a telephone operator ta so seldom at home?—May I. Knott. Because she has to spend so much of her time! calling. | eee QUESTIONS MR. GREY CANNOT ANSWER In wiring @ house, should I use street railway con- ductors?—J. J. B. I live in an apartment house, frons?—Flora Walker. Should a man ride in a spring wagon in the win- ter?—B, Zwacks, I am writing a book, the title of which is “Cinnamon and Ginger.” Do you think it spicy enough?—Miss Anna Seed. My brother is a prizefighter. Do you think he Should IT use flat Start a garden club in your neighborhood. A community can get better advice about soils and seeds and other garden essentials | |; than can any one person, | sab is shortage of seed. rly. Buy seed only from reliablé firms. A| club can buy seed better and cheaper than | an individual, | ea should ever drink punch?—B. Z, Knox. IT banked a poolball yesterday. What interest should I draw?—-A. Q. Bal | Keep the soil “sweet” with lime. | book will tell you how to do this. oar raise good vegetables on “sour” son, " These and a lot of other things your government is anxious to tell you. Every home ought to have a garden. And every healthy man, woman, and child has a natural impulse to get out and dig, when | spring comes, and the robi The You | Get yours | cv} F vuld waken at the dawn, and fail with thoughts of me, 0, 1 should know it, for the sun would pale On every land and sea, If I should ever fall to dreams at night, And did not dream of you, ©, you would mark the stars in heaven's height Love all heir slivery hue. If either of us wander where we met, Nor think of what we said, ‘Then shall no blue be in the violet, Nor any rose be red, (Copyright, 1919, N. EB. 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