The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 3, 1919, Page 6

- ferent this year.” She Seattle Star By, mail, out of city, b0¢ per month; 3 month 0; & months, $2.75; year, $400, in «he | | © of Washington, Outside the state, | | per month, $4.50 for 6 months, or $9.00 per year. By carrier, city, Ife per week. [ The Preacher’s Pay The average salary for preachers in 12 leading de- nominations is $774 a year. That’s $2.12 a day. The average preacher is married. Most of them are! raising children, feeding them, clothing them, buying medi- cine for them and sending them to school. The average preacher works seven days a week. He must wear good clothes; his wife must dress well, and his children cannot appear in tattered and torn rags. His congregation insists that the preacher and his} family must not display any signs of poverty, and the | preacher must wear a smile—always. He must have ay cheery word for every man, woman and child he meets. He must not complain. | Once in a while a preacher quits the pulpit and takes | another job—one which will leave something in his pay envelope after taking out the tolls of butcher, candlestick | maker and the baker. Then his congregation speaks of “his fall from grace,” and he is a branded outcast. When he’s not preaching and praying he is visiting the sick and helpless, the aged and the backslider, Aside from these duties he has nothing else beyond attending to the lawn socials; the half dozen or so church societies; the boys and girls; the Sunday school; the choir; soliciting money for a new church roof; collecting for home and foreign missions; burying us and marrying us; bapti us and converting us. Once in a while the average congregation will permit its pastor to take exercise mowing the church lawn, or sweeping snow off the sidewalk. | Truly is the “laborer worthy of his hire.” The only! trouble in the matter of the preacher's hire is that his con-| gregation expects the Lord to pay about 88 per cent of, the hire. | Father Plans His Garden Now cometh the season of the garden catalogue when father spends his evenings mooning thru the beautifully) colored views of hollyhocks, sweet peas, turnips, beets and | so forth and mother watches him askance, fearful that this! year he may decide to dig up the front lawn for a garden! patch or buy the apparatus for growing some red cabbages | under giass in the parior. There’s really no telling how father will break out when he becomes a subject of self- hypnosis thru perusal of a seed company’s enticing offer- ings. He generally figures on buying about $142 worth of seeds. Of course this is more than enough to plant a 12-, acre meadow and father has space for only a four by five foot garden, but there are so many delightful varieties of pleasure flowers and utilitarian plants that he declares it is absolutely impossible to cut down on his list.. Brother suggests that father solve the difficulty by having a dou- ble or triple-decker garden with layers of earth on stilts, a la the bunks on a transport. And, while father seriousk — the proposition, the family has a hearty laugh on) ‘im. At last as the time for planting creeps nearer and) nearer, father, upon the urgent request of the family and/| with his common sense finally on the job, cuts down his| purchase to about $6. He sends off his check with a bea-| tific smile. . | “You'll lose all your interest before the seeds come,”| says mother, sorrowfully. “You won’t even plant them" | “Oh, yes, I will,” says father. “It’s going to be dif-| | Mother smiles a wry smile. ‘“That’s what you've been | saying every year for the past 15 years!” she declares. . | | | | Time to Decide A few days after the armistice was signed The es urged that Seattle immediately begin thinking about a memorial in honor of the men who fought and won the Four months have passed. No definite action upon. A group of citizens, however, has taken up the aig orial idea, and will hold a public meeting at the Metropoli-| tan theatre Saturday night to present plans for a great civic memorial hall. Every one is welcome to attend the meeting. Repre-| sentatives from cities that have already launched mem-| orial projects will explain bs gd progress, and representa-| tives of civic organizations a orial hall will outline their ideas, with the aid of screen| pictures. be city-wide interest in any memorial suggestion. It’s time for every one to get together and adopt some def- inite idea. | "The First Wild Flower Early in the spring, even while the last snow still clings to the northern roots of great oak trees, we love to, hunt among the dead leaves for the sweet-scented trailing arbutus. It is the first wild flower of spring and has a charm that is never attained by the flowers that are carefully nurtured winter and summer in luxurious houses. Ase These sturdy little flowers are so typical of American ife, They are independent, vigorous, natural and beautiful. Virtues that are all worth cultivating. Independence of thought and action give us our great- est men and women. Vigor in pursuing our chosen work will go a long way to bring success. Naturalness is always an appealing trait of both men and women. We've little room in this big country for artificiality. : Beauty of character will build a reputation so strong that all the storms of jealousy can’t destroy it. The Koreans ask Wilson to free them from Japanese rule. Someone should tell them that there is a gentle- man's agreement not to disturb family skeletons at the peace congress. ~ _ Next week is to be clean-up “week in Seattle, pro- claims Acting Mayor Lane. If we could only make a clean-up of some profiteers! Wilson's theory about the rights of the governed may eventually annoy our friends more than it annoyed our enemies. Seattle coppers will now have lo pay nickels when they ride on street cars. Fare enough, eh, what? architects who favor a mem-| The Metropolitan ought to be packed. There should | The armless, the legless, the blind—these will always pay the price of the war. Your cost has been trivial in comparison. For them, every day is a reminder of the sacrifice they made. For you, it has meant only an oce You have reached in your pocket at times. share. Did it ever occur to you that you ought also to reach out for ' those others—to do THEIR share in the future, as they did YOUR share “over there” in the past? Think it over as the Victory Loan campaign draws nearer. | (Copyright, 1919, | A lady writes me that she has been for ja number of years a constant reader of my lueubrations, and would like to ask some questions. She propounds the following: | Why is there so much money spent on beautiful churches, and the same not used for better dwelling places where people must live seven days of the week? Why are not all buildings and structures they are not only a sore to the artistic eye, |but a terrible menace to the health of all | peoples ? Why is not the money and time that jis spent in cures for diseases used to pre- vent them? Does science know if there is any dif- ference between the blood of the human species and the animals? Why will a man -protect a woman against jevery other man but—himself? Why is the word “Pretty” so misused? Pretty difficult, much, bad, and so on? Do we suffer most from the things \don’t think about? Why is there so much talk about personal we order and sense, pas into the harshest jand bitterest form of slavery? |’ Who is to blame, the “tempter,” |tempted? | What is the end of all education? | Why is it, whether we want to or not, believe it or not, the fact remains that we cast an influence, for good or evil, physical- ly, mentally and spiritually? | Of cour I can answer these questions. I can answer any question in the world. {I may not be able to answer them right, |but T can answer them, or the ATT Questions By DR. FRANK CRANE ‘of all kinds in our cities not painted, as | |liberty, when liberty, getting away from all | ) STAR—-THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1919. jing it Rath Garrison, day, Ach Ob, weil eore [Tike jail bare. Without ja new era, with prosperity and plenty for all, when family ties and the biew#sings of the home will see full | |realization and the Utopia on earth will at last mater- | js the freedom, the birthright of American citizens, | talize. The ‘Come, fi to fill cups with but sional money offering. You have done your | by Frank Crane.) , . But usually the propounder of questions does not expect an answer, and would not be satisfied with one. Most questions are | like prayers used to be in the old-fashioned | ( meeting, not really intended as requests, but to give the Lord information. | Instead of answering these questions, 1} | would like to add a few myself. For instance: B Why are we united in war, but straight- way divided as soon as we come to make peace? We What literary genius composes the read- ing matter for theatre programs? How is one to keep on good terms with | the janitor? 5 | Why does it take a woman so long to | dress? i Life Is an Art BY THE REV. CHARLES STELZLE Life isn't @ eclence; it's an art. Science may be twught, but art must be learned by practice. Selene als with formulas and statistics and other exact things and our teachers have a way of saying the final word about it-but art can never be re duced to a finished product, so that we'd feel justi fied in saying, “Well, that's the way the thing must always be done, ‘The most that art can do for you is to give you a good start—-it may even lay down certain fundamental principles, but you've got to learn how to apply them, And no two people ever apply them in exactly the | same way. That's why there are no two people exactly alike in any way ‘This also accounts for the fact that we are so interesting to each other. If we were all alike we'd all seem horribly stupid to each other If this makes life harder for some of us, it may also make it more exalted for all of u | It takes more courage to live in a world where you've got to be yourself or else be nobody, but you've | got a better chance to be somebody when you don't |have to be like everybody. according to reports face for the first time since the time previous yester- | rival's elu fall lopped when the arrow penetrated } Now, three cheers! the cup. that wouldn't Mave been uttered, had that |lterary genius lived in @ time when there was nothing wat Starshells | THE SCRIBE’S VIEWPOINT | ‘The attitude of federal jurors in rise on evidence, liquor that has been shipped info | Seattle, unless the entire shipment is produced in court fs readily understandable jurora seeme commendable, as does th States Dintrict Attorney Robert C. efusing to recor this decision by the action of United Saunders in sustain Also, ‘The action of a Seattle superior court Jury recently, in consuming the evidence in a | whether it was strong enough to cor appears to be the keynote to the situation large consignment might be difficult to get away with, | \tt at least bold» out the possibilities of @ mild jag, if every bottle undergoes the case, there will not arise the contention that there is no evidence remaining. uor case, to see t the defendant, Altho # acid test. Also, in this DRY SQUAD DITTY In @ Fremont basement, locked in a chest, Yo, ho! te @ bottle of . rum! - washed her In hurting for a murderer who killed a man four years ago, Sheriff Stringer is apparently at a dieadvan- tage. He says his bloodhounds are baffied by the rtale | ee | 1 have our vita! points, it appears, Les CG who never ge cussions from ye the flu, J THE MELANCHOLY MUSE Alas! for’the doggone days to gome, When all the nation drinks bay-rum; When heat and drought drive us to drink Colorless water from the kitchen #ink POMER. eee ARMORED PAJAMAS reed in the structural ered @ nore pas ture, The idea probably er were a nom nambulist, be could walk in his dreams without leaving the bed Or yo & knight coyd lop thru bis sleep his faithful charger without getting out of the saddle A mean looking cast iron roof in @ design of loose rusty follage bung over the top, and the glats looked Ldke sleeping in a junk pile. |they use an anvil for a pillow, chunks of scrap for |a bianket, and @ sledge hammer for an alarm clock. | Maybe No wonder the gents in those days wore steel duds. |No only for battling, but for pajamas as well. THE BOOBYCHAT OF POMER FRYYHAM Wake, for the Bolsheviki in the night +, the capitalists t cer than the Fr kers grow put to flight n's sable wing 0 shut out all the light the demon rum, we may look forward to saddest words of tongue or pen Are those across the bar we'd say, | “Line up, and fill ‘em up again" — It seems like only yesterday! sings the poet. An inspired Ruth Garrison is reported to have had her finger ured yesterday Oyster dishes. Flakes. 4 * = || Americanism There Can was, if the sleep: | Good With Cocktails One good dish deserves another. crackers. you have a most enjoyable course. Don’t ask for crackers, say Snow Your grocer can supply you. = “On the Issue of Be No Compromise rstand why @ © hubbub abou - Kendred J, Wilson, the Canadian aviators, says “Ruth is not a criminal.” If he would Jook it up in the dictior find it like Relating to crime; guilty guilty of crime,” h confesmed that she committed the ertme; then what more could be said about that part of it? I think Wilson was after publicity more than any- thing else. This talk about her being a baby, a little girl, is all bosh; there i» nothing to It. An person would not consider such talk When she worked in the county-city br intelligent pore she drew dow pretty good sa and just a little There are thousands and thousands of them in the United States that are married and have a sweet baby in their arms | at her age, 18. It would be @ real insult to them to call them little girls. If I had money, candy and flowers to give, I would give them to the widows or dependents of some brave soldiers that gave their lives on the battlefield for democracy, for the world, than to give them to @ murdereas Sometimes someone gives a dog polson to get rid of him, that isn’t worth Then you will hear an awful how! about it, and they are right after that But Ruth Garrison can murder a human being, and is the pet of the city. Those people that send her candy, flowers, and money, must be daffy, indeed. It is a fine example to set before thoveands of young | women in Seattle, The fact stands out in bold headlines, that Ruth Garrison is the same as any other murderer. No worse or no better. She committed first degree. mur der, just aw she ts charged by the law. cents person COMPULSORY VACCINATION The Star: I understand your paper stands ese, right and fair dealing, so am going to kindly publish this letter. Is it possible in this supposedly free Seattle, that the board of health has authority to do the following, which it threatens to do? My child, a daughter of six years, brings me a letter stating that unless I submit having her vaccinated, she must be kept in strict quarantine for two weeks, and if she is not kept in strict quarantine, I am Dabte te arrest and fine. I am living in an apartment house where there-are five other families. My child is perfectly well and I positively refuse to have her vaccinated, so in order to avoid the possibitity of imprisonment and fine, I am about moving to the country, thus betng forced out of the city by the oppression of your health officers, My experi with yaccination is very unfavorable. In my own case I nearly Jost my arm thra blood poison ing and was for 15 years a sufferer from its cause; therefore I naturally refuse to have my Gaughter sub- Jected to amy such condition I am told that if I violate this quazmsfine, eves to the extent of allowing her to go into the side yumi, | the penalty is arrest and fine. I also requested permission to take her out of town, | promising to keep her isolated for two weeks, | asked if I could return at some later date, informed she would be placed in quarantine as soon as she returned. Therefore, as it is out of the question to keep her in quarantine in this apartment house, I am compelled by its action to flee the city and not to return. By this action I am compelied to give up my apartment, assume the expense and inconvenience of removing my persona! belongings; also leaving my em- ployment. I am a widow and must support myself | and child. ‘What would you advise me to do? Is thin fustice? Is this the democracy our soldters fought for? Where | and how long must we submit to the rule of fea j stricken medica] autocracy? MRS. FLORENCE L. NEELY, F | 2217 42nd Ave. 8. W. THE MELANCHOLY MUSE | I would that I were a worm groveling in the ground, With nice dark cool earth tightly packed all around, | Where the light and dust and confusion and noise of day, As to one submerged in a dream sounded faint and far away; Removed from the clamoring crowd and alone in the dirt, Without a thought in my mind or on my back ® shirt. POMER. or fruit cocktails are delicious Snow Flakes are delicious Combine the two and :