The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 10, 1919, Page 6

other trails. REAL happiness is in SERVICE to your fellowmen. them of no avail in bringing happiness to his heart. The Seattle Star Ry, mali, out of city, 0c per month; § montha, 1,80; € months, $275, year, $5.00, In the te of Washington, Outside the state Se per month, $4.40 for 6 mentha or $9.00 year. By carrier, city, 1B per week When the United States entered the war with Ger no second call was needed to enlist the services of y Scouts of America, They volunteered. And they served long and well. Im rain or shine, hot or cold, day or night, the Boy Scouts worked with a faith and a will, They “gleaned after the reapers” in Liberty Loan drives, From house to _. and from person to person on the streets these pa little fellows traveled selling bonds to finance the their older brothers were fighting on the fields of Before and after school, Saturdays and evenings, they war savings stamps and many a lad went without he wanted much to buy Thrift Stamps for himself. toiled early and late in war gardens so that there might be more food for others. ‘They were ever on call for Red Cross work, book and whatever else was done by older folk to help ‘the war. Why, those lads collected 100 carloads of for gas masks! And they located millions of feet ut to satisfy timber needs. They did everything asked of them, and they did it it a murmur; without a question, and without recom- other than that a patriotic citizen receives from the edge that he has done his duty to the best of his the Boy Scouts did their bit—and more. Now we older men can do our “bit” for them. They need our financial help. They need some of our; 1 They must have them to bring the opportunity of Scout membership to, every American boy. The drive for financial assistance is on. You may be- an Associate Member of the Boy Scouts of America y contributing one dollar—more if you can. It will be money well invested—invested for your good. Fine Idea plan for recreation centers, under supervision of camp community service, proposed by Mayor Han- where dances may be held under wholesome surround- and musical programs presented for the entertain-| m of 28,000 working girls of the community, is worthy) whole-hearted support. | _ Happy is the city that spends energy, time and money | supply ample opportunity for relaxation. | _ Human longing for relaxation must be satisfied. And be satisfied thru the application of brain# and funds. war gave the nation a war camp community ser- that succeeded in supplying the right kind of recrea- for service men and home war workers. This fine) tation should be maintained, and the splendid workers have become interested in community welfare should be every encouragement to continue their work. People, like little children, cannot be happy and con- unless conditions are right for contentment. This is a step in the right direction. : When Dad Plays Ball the youngsters aren’t such terrible hot stuff at who used to swing a wicked bat in the the back lot behind Smith’s livery stable, is son all his son's gang. Father these days. Seeing the kids batting o sackers and everything recalls the old days to him out on the lot, roll up his ‘sleeves, grip old Bat in his unhardened hands and take a swat at some smash! Look at the ball sailing Brown’s garden, knocking over a couple route and creating further havoc in the And look at dad circling the bases. Say, there speed in those long legs of his. Safe at third! er! Listen to the gang yell! Dad is the hero hour. iow watch him slide home. Say, the whole bunch better ball now. And listen to this, the whole bunch be better boys because father gets into their game. [Tete | Did you ever read the “Book of Kings”—Ecclesiastes— by Solomon, the richest, wisest and most powerful Biblical times, keeping in mind that it is the story man searching for happiness? Try it, if you haven't. There was a man who had but to raise his hand in token of a wish and that wish would be fulfilled if it were physically possible. And yet he was the unhappiest of men. He tried pleas- ure, labor, the attainment of knowledge, etc., only to find Then he turned to the helping of others and found therein the true happiness which had eluded him in all It is true today as it was in Solomon’s time—the only Pinching Pennies; Wasting Dollars Railway Director Hines says the U. S. steel corporation is leader of the steel combine holding up the government by “extortionate charges on steel rails.” He believes the People will have to pay in taxes many millions of dollars more than they ought to have to pay. apd on, we waste dollars.) Bu e last congress inaugurated a scheme of penn: Pinching, which, if carried to the limit during the course of years will almost make up this wastage of dollars in the purchase of steel rails. The tax is ONE CENT for each 10 cents or fraction THE SEATTLE STAR—TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1919. sO YOU THING | THAT'S GOLD, DO YOU? WELL, ITAIN'T! (T'S MICAR, THAT'S ees WHAT IT 1S — naw—T DON'T THINK IT's GOLD— BUT IT MIGHT BE — THE DAY —By McKee J AUN'T EITHER~ (T'S 'RON PyY-RITE-EES OH, Loon AT wacTeR! rm conna \ | GREEDY! TAKE JusT CNOVGH TO GET RICH i , ‘) é y) a a vi "GOLD" WAS DISCOVERED IN THE EXCAVATION BACK OF THE SCHOOL-HOUSE THE MELANCHOLY MUSE A little ballad of woe to the days of long ago, A little song of sorrow to greet the morrow, ‘The days we knew and the days we are to know: The sweet days spent with effervescent And the brilliant nights of riotous delights, And the time wherein grape and grain in valn grow. —Pomer. ‘ Poetry ts about thé highest form of art, and art i & truthful delineation of life, and life seems rather | black in present and prospect, hence the pessimistic outery of an injured soul, the wall of wor one disillusioned, the bowling of Pomer, the © Star poet and versifier eee How bleak, how bleak, is life! eee IAfe would be a fine thing if it were not filled with pain, sorrow, privationa, misfortunes, ingratitude, hate, destruction and malice. ee A WORD FROM JOSH WISE Stop, look an’ don't listen t’ too much, . . HEAR! HEAR! If we could only have everything we wanted to drink, life would be full, full! eee ‘The Y. M. C. A, Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Mark A. Matthews and the Salvation Army believe there is good in life, but concede, that outside of the sphere of their immediate activities, things are pretty black, pretty black! fish ascends from the sea and dominates a cycle of time after the passing of man. eee Man wants but little here below fn life, which ie a | good thing—for precious little he gets! eee BALLAD OF LIFE Let mo have a little life, Let mo have a little wife, Let me have an hour of #trife, A fighting breath— Let me have time to think, Let me drink @ little drink And be grateful as I sink To death. eee ANOTHER BALLAD OF LIFE ‘While we live, let us eat, hotcakes and meat, Grapefruit and gruel, things sour and sweet; ‘Tasting delight before the night— ‘The end of taste and the end of sight. ‘Why should we brood when there is good food And work to bufld up an appetite? eee As the days pase, life go n. . Paron Goto, Japanese stateaman, is Ddeing lionized in Washington. A city editor there asked @ reporter to-—~ “Go to Goto and find out where Goto goes to when he’s going to go else none will know where he's gone to when Goto goes.” And the reporter went, toe, eee LOOKING BACKWARD IN 1929 ‘This le certainly a period of financial inflation and prestige in the neighborhood than the acquisition of an airplane does now. . oe thereof on the amount paid at soda fountains, ice cream parlors, or similar places of business on soft drinks, ice cream or similar articles. (That’s how we pinch pennies from little children.) Happiness is life’s greatest prize. It is awarded to every man who falls in love with his work. They have sent Foch to the front. _ trick that is already won? _—_— Wilson is about as popular in Berlin now as a cilman in a motormen’s meeting in Seattle, ( Why trump a Columbia University (N. Y.) sentors voted on fav- orite beverages. Water won, beer second, milk third. How do they run with you? see * “From what you've told me of your motherinlaw | I should think you hear enough from her in person without having eared to Induce her to talk into your phonograph.” \ “Oh, you can’t imagine the pleasure it gives me to start the machine going and then shut it off right in the middle of a sentence.” “28 Young people who are wondering if “two can live as cheaply as one,” may be interested in hearing that Joseph Edwards (arrested in Chicago) has been sup porting three wives on $100 a mont) : ‘The scientists believe the standard of organisms | will be raised when the patient anq long-suffering | our memory goes back to the time when the acqut- | sition of an automobile gave a family more social | (Cmte 1% ty Comet mite) Tomorrow iT 1204, on the 11th of June, Roger Bacon, a cele brated monk of the Franciscan order, died at the age of 80. He had great mechanical genius and his century produced few, If any,gnen who excelled him. The invention of gunpowder and the telescope, often 19 Bacon, antedated him, but he was a wstematic thinker and did much to advance contemporary science. In 1643, om the 11th of June, Nicholas Copernicus, the astronomer, died, according to Lalande, who com tradicts the testimony of other writers who say that his death occurred on May 24. On the lth of June, in 157%, Queen Eltmbeth granted letters of patent to Humphrey Gilbert for the discovery and settlernent of land» in America. In 1727, on the 1th of June, George I, King of England, died in his carriage while travel thru Germany. He was 68 years of age. George, the first King of England of the house of Brunswick, had reigned over the English for 12 years, In 1799, on the ilth of June, Napoleon Bonaparte teized Malta, which was regarded as the key to the Mediterranean. He garrisoned the island and then Proceeded with his fleet, carrying 20,000 troops, to the coast of Exypt On the ith of June, 182%, Dugald Stewart, an emi nent Scottish philosopher and writer, died. In 1859, on the 11th of June, the Penrod: Comstock Company discovered the Comstock lode of silver tn Nevada and started a rush of miners to the newly iscovered silver fields On the 11th of June, 1891, the first “whaleback” left for @ voyage across the Atlantic The ship was the Charles W. Wetmore. She sailed from Duluth for Liverpool with @ cargo of grain. We nn SOME MEN NEVER FORGIVE LGOD FOR FORGIVING SINNERS | BY THE REV. CHARLES STELZLE Staff Writer on Religious Topics for The Star. King David once wrete a letter to his commanding general ordering him to place Uriah—whose wife he coveted—"in the forefront of the hottest battle.” And Uriah was killed, and David got his wife. She became the mother of Solomon, the wise king. But David suffered the torments of hell because of his contemptible conduct, and in great anguish he Dleaded for forgiveness, He paid a terrible price, but he was forgtven There have been men who never forgave David, and they even declined to forgive God for forgiving David. This is just another evidence of the infinite mercy of God. It's » lucky thing for most of us that we aren't to be judged by° our fellowsinners, They'd never let up until we had “paid the Inst farthing.” “If we confess our sin, God ts faithful and Just to forgive us our sin, and to cleanse us from all un: righteousness.” There's a jot of comfort here for the man whose soul is being torn by remorre. One of tho greatest psalms in the Bible is the fitty-first, It was written by David after he realized the sinfulness of destroying Uriah, Read it—it'’s a wonderful confession and @ passionate plea for for giveness, ae Just the beginning of it: “Have mercy on me, O God, according to ing kindness: according unto the maultitese on Ty tender mercies blot out my transgressions.” PRIZEFIGHTING The fight came has sure changed since wrandpap first tossed a horse's slipper. In his day a heavy: wolght fight OH DOCTOR !- WILLARD & would come un. DEMPSEY Wo GET ter the heading #3527.78 PER of war now. A fight lasted as long as the oth. er guy stood on his” feet. One nan climbing out of the ring was the stylish end then, Start in the morning, time off for lunch, and try to finish the fra cas before the ofl lamps were lt, And nothing on their paws but skinned knuckles The winner got cheered by those awake, and a purse that would last a month if he stayed home Saturday nights, The loser didn’t even get the right direction back home. Stack that with the melee set for July 4th—-$127,000 for $6 minutes at the most, of swapping pokes, Got boxing gloves tied on the hands of the clock nowt hy On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Best Defense Against Disorder BY DK. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane Nobody (with few exceptions) wants riot and disorder, wants parades of folk rry- ing red flags and cursing the U. wants the Bolsheviki and the I. ++] wants to hear schoolboys and Greenwich Village philosophers make speeches about how wrong and wicked and tyrannous every- thing and everybody is, from school teachers to policemen, nor wants street fights and| window-smashing by strikers, nor any of that sort of thing. e If we don't want it, why create it? | And the best known, time-tried, and un failing way to create it is by bull-dozing. | Threats, violence, harsh laws, policemen’s clubs, and armed soldiery have always been the cause of mob violence so far back that, |the memory of Man runneth not to the con-/| |trary. | | It may sound very well to hear one say: | “Don't trifle with these people. Beat them | up. Throw them in jail. Call out the! militia. Hang them to the first telegraph | |pole,” but this sort of talk is quite as silly) as the foam of the soap-box apostles them- | selves. ! When Daniel W. Hoan, mayor of Mil-| waukee, was asked to forbid a meeting of | the I. W. W. in his city, he replied: | “Persecution creates radicalism of the! | worst kind, and I don’t want to increase! the strength of the I W. W.’s here. I} don’t believe it is my duty to set aside the) | Constitution. Men have their rights under jit to express their views, but are held to \accountability for what they say. We have) |the Police Department and the Department |of Justice to see that there is no disorder and apprehend any one whose utterances ‘are disloyal or illegal.” | This is not only good sense; policy. So long as one does not advocate the breaking of the law, resistance to legal) authority or disloyalty to the Government, | he has a perfect right to expound his views | on Socialism, Bolshevism, or Anarchy. The | Senators at Washington and the editors of | ‘various publications certainly are abusing | jthe President of the United States to their j|hearts’ content. It is poor taste, but it is their Constitutional privilege. The best thing to do with a gentleman who is dissatisfied, and feels the tides of protest surging within him, is to hire him a hall and give him room. To seek to suppress him by force shows we are afraid of him. To persecute him brings multitudes to the support of his cause. Such is human nature. Even the craziest cause will flourish, if it can only find a few martyrs. This is a free country. The only way to be free is not to be afraid. Our safety does not depend on vigilance committees, gunmen, no, nor on officer’s of the law, but upon the fact that any one can make any jchange in the government he wants, pro- vided he can get votes enough. Where there is no tyranny there is no violence; and all excuse for violence van- ishes. Our defense against Bolshevism is the W. it is good | oughin “Roughing it de-luxe” expresses what a summer outing may be in the National Parks of the West. All the joys of the wilderness, within easy reach of modern hotels and railroad trains. Here you can camp out—climb mountains—go fishing—and hit the trail—in a region of peaks and can- yons, glaciers and geysers, Indians common sense of our people and the justice and fairness of our institutions. Drastic measures, instead of being a preventive, invite revolt. William James Sidis, the precocious boy who was condemned to prison for a year and a half in Boston for insurging, ought to have been spanked and sent to bed, instead of to jail. By a Log Fire BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE Once, in an old forgotten land, long sunk in ocean's mire, The members co naked band, Thrusting their foreheads in the sand, Crouched round the sacred fire Perhaps a thousand yeare had gone Bince, hu@diing in the grass, We wretched slaves had set upon And lured « mighty mastodon Into the bleak morass And there he made a barbecue To feast us all the season thru, Once, a a dying prince, I lay Upon my funeral pyre A priest, in hideous array, Bent o'er my glazing eyes to pray, And give me to the fire. And once, one long, black night, astride Two happy savage days, I laid my logs and at my side Held fast my stolen, girlish bride, And watched her by the blaze. And laughed to hear the tiger’s whine Outside the circle of its shine. A man may have been born and bred Inside of palace walls And never once have couched his head Outside a warmed and perfumed bed And superheated balls, Yet, set him by a woodfire’s smoke Upon the frozen wilds, And fragrant memories evoke,. All bittersweet of smart and choke, And wondrous as @ child's. (Copyright, 1919, N AERIAL LIFE DRILL IS NEXT IN ORDER LONDON —As you step aboard the big Handiey- | Page you put @ light harness over the shoulders, to which a ring ts attached and take your seat with the 30 odd passengers in the travelers’ compartment. Should fire or other mishap occur tn air, you step to the revolving door which is the emergency exit. An attendant deftly hooks a life line to your harness and you walk out—onto the alr, The turning of the door opens the case of your parachute outside and as you — already — partly opened by breaker strips, spreads to its full | drop clear of the machine, ‘the life-saver, width and gently wafts you down to Mother Barth. That's how the new parachute device which has been invented for British passenger planes will operate. ANOTHER WAY TO KILL A LAMB To Miss Bertha Brown: We know very little about farm life. However, if you are going “down on the farm,” we would respectfully call your. attention to the following lines: “Mary had a little lamb. With her it would frolic. One day ft kissed her on the cheek, and died of painter's colic”"—From the Arkan saw Thomas Cat. 4 Between the enterprise of his butcher and the wastefulness of his cook, many a man is done to @ turn. i Nationa and bears, deep woods and ice-fed lakes. Around thecorner are modern resort hotels and miles of auto boule- vards. Summer excursion fares, Atk for the booklets want. They describe Yellowstone, Glacier, Rocky Mountain, Mit Rai- nier, Crater Lake, Yosemite, Sequoia, Hawaii, Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Zion, Mesa Verde and Hot Springs of Arkansas. Ask the local ticket agent to help plan trip, or sehy 2 nearest Consolidated "Ticket Office, or address Travel Bureau, U.S... Administration, 646 Transportation Bidg., Chicago; 143 Liberty St., New York; 602 Healey -» Atlanta, Ga. Consolidated Teket Office, 714-10 Second Avenue, Seattle, W.