The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 28, 1919, Page 6

Poo RR a A CNR On the Issue of ttle Star 7 SaaS SSS n ine premarin | EDITORIALS — FEATURES | |e |*gesre.2ec~ per month, $4.50 for 6 per year. hy carri¢r, city How Much Does Victory Mean to You? By Webster | / : JUNGLE FOLK ‘ork. ! ! ae ‘tor “a { Dit, FRANK CRANE We do best the things we like to do. We all like te * av on cena We may deny the charge with mock-modesty fot ae : or * 2 and for others with emphatic belief, but psy : is the | affair Clean yourself of the habit. It's .0l shysicians are unanimous in testifying that | All around you, young friend, and phy | ) 3 # healthy human animal craves action as it craves Jungle. both ugly and dangerou Pleasure in Work cs sare = ‘ It is full of wild beasts and poisonous | No employer wants a clerk that gambles, Action is pleasurable only when it is desirable. To day cies 4 snakes, also disease-breeding insects. N oman wants a gambling husband. No we wish to work only if the work is what we wish SES . ‘ It is so pleasant, out in the clearing, | bank wants to do business with a gambler, ®, sounds much like Lincoln's famous .crytic epigram * : - ‘, where you live, with your father and mother | And if it is known you gamble it is a black F those who like that sort of thing I should think this Store 4 ; Pe and all sorts of decent people, that you may | eye for you among any kind of reputable be about what they would like.” But there is truly tS : a ; sometimes be tempted to think that there | business men. meaning. j Sra ; isn’t any Jungle, that it is all a seary story, Then there is the Harpy, or filthy bird, instinct of creative coatemanehiy ~ Comp, and tei OF y invented to frighten bad boys and girls. known as Profanity. as the instinct of hunger. Men will make gardens, pit + Bs But, I am sorry to say, the Jungle is no| 44's not so much because it’s wick n . 7 she . OCH ; ked, th “strange and intricate designs in whatever material is oN ; : Myth, but hard, cruel reality. And all thru| you should avoid it, but because it’ — ’ construct and operate model machines nd cheer- : : it lie the bleached bones of many a fine gusting. It bars you from the society of exert muscles and mind to their utmost power rather : ~ fellow and pretty girl who wandered tp0 | decent women. It makes self-respecting im endure idleness. Every prison contains proof of this . far into its depths, and never returned. men wish you would go away. It’s unneces- It may serve you a good turn to know P pp Se “she nr ‘ A me . SQ- 5 “ sary; you can say anything you wis vith fhe standardized machine process seems to bar the j some of the dangerous creatures that live | peor “a than with it. a b with on of this instinct in modery industry. The effort * 4 in the Jungle, watching, waiting, with the | Ther there th 7 is li k such expression in spite rd ager accounts for Y : Jendless patience of blood-lust, for their hu- agen i a theo pe! pote as mall portion of the friction in that industry. ; , , Ko man prey. perves - If he gets you, ou're a machine, in taking away one element of creative x on f First and fiercest, there is the man-eating for his Not only is there death in his bite, ip introduced another, higher, more intricate WM Uy’ Yy SS,7 : I tiger, Alcohol. He is a gay looking beast ra his claws, if gg ratch you, produce tely more pregnant with | pleasure. This is the “Vi ft j Yj f yyy : , Urs j with bright stripes and fiery eyes. That the most loathsome diseases. of organized team work. The play on diamond |} 4 Yy Yy y eS quite considerable portion of the human Mention should also be made of a most iron make greater mental and physical exertions f Y é y race known as Damphools thinks he can be deadly brood of vipers called by the general gang of machine workers. Men will exert them 4 y HA, Ys ff, y domesticated and will make a fine pet. Gen- | hame of Dope. May the Lord have mercy at repugnant toil all the week for a chance to share Mi fp fy . (fs f ; Vy y, y eration after generation of the Damphool | 0 you if they bite you. pleasurable exertion during an afternoon. 4 . pe Vif Wi hifi family entertain this same delusion, not- Besides these there are other vicious dern big business is the most interesting of games. // Z “ffs Yj UY / / th, | withstanding the fact that nine-tenths of | forms of Jungle life, such as Idleness, b of world pereres 2 mate, signee ond mate Uf 1 f Y hs 4 y Vi Vii}, Ship | them are bitten, scratched, mangled or mur- | Prodigality, Lying, Cheating, and others. tt offer incomprehensible field for splendid team j 1" Usb if, hh / ‘ dered by the vicious beast before they get Better keep away from the Jung] B ‘ ; ; A y 1 ff s . gie. But . Craftsmanship and play is found in management 4 7 ye y/ 5 sense enough to kill him. if you have to visit it, wear high boots, and this no matter what physical and nervous energy NS Ww, Don’t play with this animal. Don’t | and don’t forget your gun. - ‘ ss the ¢ ; Tt ir 4 > f f J stroke him and talk pretty to him and let ~ neaccmminanngetan rn y play. is going : " vo i “ge : pag in mr ee ay es Ne ey j ; him follow you around, no matter how gen- | UPHOLD VACCINATION e work ©: e world. is is one porta ‘i tle he seems, nor how sweetly he purrs. unnoticed side of the syed osteo : ‘ th ; He's an incurable devil at heart and is pg ity hepa ae sate ee ee ee \ ged aoa ea cra oe 43 A im pou < only waiting for his chance to get you. —| an article in your issue of the paper dated April 4, and am work. hen m' les molc ateria / Shoot him on sight, and shoot to kill, | which was sent to me here in Virginia. the mind conceives there is pleasure in the doing. The only ‘reasonable ‘remedy for him is ex- | , The article was signed “A Reader.” This party we move in emulative harmony with others there is 7 termination. ; | days the oo ag board ix pumping the boys and girls po ss i of the schools full of the polron. I am a soldier of team play. ; ‘ : i 3 _ Then there is the big snake called | te vu. &. army and when I joined the arene iting these elements into industry will multiply | Gambling. made us boys take it th®ee mare shots of pok fe and product and change the labor to the play Af/ || He is as big a liar as the serpent of Eden, |”. 8 the reader says, which’ wax straight typhoid, m. Sharing planning and profits among producers from whém probabiy he is a direct descend- | %70'7Dbold and paro typhoid. | T am just as healthy f most of the pain and waste and struggle- out of t ’ . today, If not better, than I was the day I joined the | e° ‘ 5 P £0 tal ’ He has an alluring eye, and many is the | 1 therefore don't see why the people are making is one of the things toward which the world is - - young chap who has followed him off into |" * kick about 4 BU ER D. L. ANDERSON, ost blindly struggling. a ‘ = = @ — = the Jungle, and never came back. | Gi.A Gane UR Tathales A ee | id training and healthy life afforded th : => Don't gamble. Neither in: little nor big ‘camp Lee, Va. % id traini ealthy life affore € | of ‘ki by Uncle Sam stood one Yank in mighty ANSWERED BY MR. C. GREY Stauthd G40 Lime PAY } a ? . is wi , ‘ in yho are the most daring men in the city of Bent |, Satu , when his wife began pulling him tue telling letter sek pent’ to Countinan: eri t AY i ‘; h. Zwacks. ‘oe gf direction, mother in the other and a couple | tsp ator men. No matter what you dare them | #08, chairman committee public utilities, by the writer as i tugging at his legs. }t0 do, they @ore always willing to take you up i have read with considerable care the suggestions a Ran ee aE i . made ty the Chamber of Gommerce that the city 5 af : I am 21 years old, good looking and have @ perfect | SMF lines should be made self-supportis hy welt) fl ij figure. A cla company has offered me a porition | *UPporting thy gentlemen mean that out of the) P ‘ tle The Hi f R ard las model. Should f take it?—Mise Tieule Nuff. | returns from operating the car lines there should be lope oO ew: No, indeed. Cloak models have fita every day, | paid into the general fund all charges, including feat | “ | taxes, Which woukt have been paid by the traction | - | w olsiest bone n' 1, | company, had St continued in epntrel of the lines. | In are two theories in the effort to make the! wha.” "'" in 6 man's beliyt-L. | citer wordn Vhe general find should not be charped| ~ ter. | Hie hip bone, of couree. Hurrah! | with (1) extra cost of legni servicer, (2) extra cont | of quarters for operating force, (3) cost of carrying policemen and firemen. that the street. ratiway is holding out the fear of punishment for doing - Can you tell me what makes my feet eo damp?— , and the other the hope of reward for doing right. as Bae should reimburse the general fund for ite low of the! , eth have been effective, but we think that too much | Generaity, tho of course not always, damp feet are | franchian and general fund taxes paid by the traction ) u the municipal lines opernted at such « profit that ihment, for instance, has not the value in pre- oe crime . | What hi ar 004 t does oot | the general fund could be compensated for thewe for gain that we have all supposed; for unccking? Mois Week woods store does the most | vvicges and losses and at the same time amortize 9 steal never do so with the idea of being caught. erne bundie (wrapper | their cost to the clt%. It would seem, however, that ling is in the belief that punishment can be evaded. | euch a profit cannot be anticipated in view of the fact QUESTIONS MR. C. GREY CANNOT ANSWER | t!&t the traction company, with careful manageme . . | had for some years been ldwing money on ft Bent world is getting better because we who comprise cp ha aie te so gaze Will any | street railway. properties. Under such clroumstancer| finding that it pays to conduct our social and busi-|""y."\;"truc that Noah Webster’ won a man of few | (he Chamber of Commerce has precipitated an issue i honestly and do our individual tasks well—ef- worce?—Mre.“A. Mark | of municipal policy a¢ to street railway operation and} Fhaee bene ‘ it will be for you and the city council to answer in . When a man appears before King George to be ° 2 - | the affirmative one of the following questions: sift) world is getting better just to the degree that Rear rates we, wear his full dress shist of his | the city in operating the car lines stand toward the| m the true reward of honesty and efficiency. h De pee titties S¢ Wanld dietippetat &. iadien-ee | public in the same position as the traction company, | 1 |aten a thy otf @ Silinht: en0?-o0, 4. . er if T gave | and by raising fares hope to operate the lines with - - . P oe" A, g0--sqic Riosoag he profit y operating eh amortize the purchase ‘There is, for illustration, the discourteous, inefficient | MY 'tte bey Frank wore outsthree pairs of trousers cise réaveres tas einer) tuna for chr ehaeeen @ of the public or semi-public institution. Bellet Mie Eh. Got Te Will make @ hard | or josves: reviously chargeable to the traction com report to him with the idea of his reprimand or i . pany: hae bor ity © eg on grounds of public r insti ; ee * - . “ r poliey Ivecent fareaextend its lines so as to give large, and to instill the fear of punishment in others) = “Mt. GREY'S HOUSEHOLD HINTS to the public the service denied it by the traction com might incline to discourtesy and inefficiency Never throw away an old sweet potato. Cut it into | pany and pay out of the general fund for any de U HOW FEW OF US EVER REPORT, SAY, THE small pieces and serve it aw cheene. | ficiency thus incurred on the sarn iples that we OUS, EFFICIENT STREET CAR CONDUCTOR, | Moths "ii! not eat green ontons 2 Nasa nylon fg Pon pe cappenne amt ig : 3 zo > . VY , served with soup. cost of th n ya? eC per of Com E WHO HELES WOMEN WITH CHILDREN OFF ‘4n’akron company har put om the marist « rubber | coerce committee would ave you anawer, the fist OR THE IND MAN TO THE SIDEWALK? ‘elling pin question in the affirmative and negative the second @ aré always enough of us to complain, but fe’ A good way (0 keep Appt ts to lock them up I distike paying taxes very much, yet looking at the mmend. Sia cee as oy be a ha i matter with due regard to the future growth andj tu ar the divore awyer re irked, * chorus | proeperity of th city I must take tesue with the se] never occurred to most of ug that by a letter | «irl and her husband are soon parted.” gentlemen “and suggest that you answer the first commendation of a courteous, efficient employe eee Question in the negative and affirm the second employer that we would encourage his reward by Bg on PD hye 9 ype idee that 1,000,000 houses | “We have taken great pride for many years in the tion and thereby make example for fellow employes! the United States heaving” 1500000 incre bindionas, "| fait inst Genttie. was @-healihy city. "We have never duct themselves in like manner. gr rds | had w tenement problem. On account of our plea are al? more apt to do those things which we should SONNY WENT TO BED EARLY THAT EVENING py “Outm Mg « nts =e A eo pay tine 8 refrain from doing those things which we should| Mr. Bill Jims came home in the evening with a | "mall means to own a home with real grass around by the hope of reward rather than thru the fear!" of pride. and, as noon an the family were | ‘t for the kids to play on and fresh air for them to hment. , seated around the table, told them | Ureathe. Eighty per cent of our population cannot of @ street fight which he had | ¢xPect to own a home except in the suburbs where gD . stopped, adding | real estate can be secured at reasonable prices. To ips the reason we have all held out more fear of ‘One of the men was rushing | TAis¢ street car fares is to place a tax on the small mt thn hope of reward in the matter of employ- at the other with a spade, and if | home owner, To my mind it ts the paramount duty e the city to ald and assist the man of smal), 2 . I hadn't steppe De: ui is that we have thought imprisonment cheaper than | “y Mid have neat nia wine | means In every way to own his home and to raise his would have beaten his brains uae children in healthy and contented surroundings. price of administering reward is greater than that! = There waa a slight pause, when “Another condition which must be considered in ar. or as a matter of first cost, but the final Jew (Mile. con spoke up| Sing ct oar eee Per ee Sielal en and profit is greater in providi eat he Pw proudly j'rest known ax Hoishevism. This creed is largely nad Faster *efort od Ph, evens ne incentive He couldn't beat any brains | fostered and propagated by an itthera 48 of work rf ee from the weakening out of you, could he, pap ers. It is very foolish to think that their social policy of,fear. There followed a length si | Can be downed by merely abusing them or putting a on ——- lence, while Mrs, Jima thought in | few of them in jail, The best shield against such doc ia Na . ea ¥ i ‘ vain or momeining to say to relleve the oppressive | tfines is a whield of educated and contented working It would pene oe nited States supreme court to | situation | mén who are anchored to our citty'’s progress and the priority cleims of the anxious mothers and “28 | safety, That anchor is the home. e y sweethearts when they first espied their be- Jack Jobneon is quite a hero, says a dispateh from “It is not #0 much a question of high taxes any more, Yanks heading towards them. Mexico City. We're not surprised. People who make | but a question of getting a dollar's worth of public ‘ese ‘ \ hero of a bull fighter certainly ought to think of a| service for each dollar of taxes, High taxes have * % r bull thrower , : | come to stay, All that we can ask in return te ef. Oo Possibly our boys did receive some loving from the eee | fictent public service. There must be no. waste nor a re’ maids over there, but none were given so whole- After working an hour with a pencil and half an | extravagance. But we are’ met with an tnavoldabdie! dy, or enjoyed as much, as today’s h “ i hour w an adding machine, we figure that Director | necessity of furnishing the publia with transportatio: ve , ” é Uge, portation Jeattl ” y 98, “made | C\voral Hines has stirred up 67 vartetien of trouble |.The people who use the wtreet carn must be firat con Subscribe to the , U.S. A. Yor himsett. sidered. In weighing their claims the future health, : , , . prosperity and contentment of the great mass of bur! Because it docan’t know how to reduce the cost of If Alsace afid Lorraine remain in Germany they | citizenry 1s the first consideraton, g, government increases the pay of its railroad em- | Wl! have t Pay thetr share of -Gerraxay's debt ia “Respectfully, they go to France they won't have to pay, Which | r ” . But how does that help the rest of us? leads prominent Germans to any that if a vote were on taken in Alea 4 Lorraine a majority would favor ‘The plan is to collect one hundred billion mark: iG, tied to Feanoe” The ermans certainly oan from the Hun, and reserve the right to collect nova if eae oiscuate sxanciatyaltay habs (i Pointed Paragraph looke prosperous at the finish. BUY A LANTERN | Saige aitahldemnatieier | WANTED—Housework: girl, 16, wants light, to go | Some men who are always complaining about hafd | 4 i ‘ tnd. ‘ i sah ome «-~Advertinemen ‘Neve ) times would consider it an insult if any one were t Dr. Dernburg is now minister of finance in Ger- / \om® Dishte—Advertinement In Cleveland (O.) Vrews. | eter them w sob vi : Ae ae toate ep sors nae as he coins lies, Or, suggests R. W. W,. turn the clocks ahead an A married man never realizes what he ts missing | ected without a hitch. \ other hour, _ | unless he counts the change in his pockets night and| oe oe The chief of police of Paris has decided to let the | morning, | eace conference coul q vie ah ek theatres, restaurants and saloons remain open till | When Lot found his wife transformed into a pillar! fer id travel faster if it didn’t |i1'40 p.m. Gosh, but ain't them Paristan people a | of salt he was wie enough not to take @ fresh one, tional ambitions as a motive power. fast wet! but let it wo at that