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

She Seattle Star Ry mall, out of city, 50¢ per month; # montha $1.60; 6 montha $2.78; year, $5.00, In the Btate of hing ton. Outside t ate The per month, $4.50 for & months, or $9.0 per year. Ry oa r, eity, lke per week. What Will They Do? | Members of the board of public works have been asked Sy the mayor to investigate the cost of living in Seattle, make a complete report, and then “grant to the employes of the city a compensation for their daily toil commen- gurate to meet the increased cost of necessities.” Will be carefully watching the officials to see how they follow out this request. Since the signing of the armistice, every one has wondered how long war prices would prevail. Weeks and months have dragged on without any drop in prices to Speak of. Landlords have raised rents. Altho the great task of equipping an army was automatically ended, the price of shoes and clothing is still sky-high, and retailers are informed by Eastern manufacturers that prices are going to remain high. ‘ The whole outlook is discouraging from the consumer’s viewpoint. Twenty-six democratic members of the Massachusetts Tegistature recently cabled President Wilson: “The citi- gens of the United States want you home to help reduce the high ‘cost of living, which we consider more important than the league of nations.” The whole country awaits leadership that will make &n immediate and intelligent effort to analyze the situation, and attempt a remedy Are members of fontribute something to the solution? Will they hold hearings, go to the e a frank and complete report? Not only city employes, but every one else in Seattle eattle’s board of public works big | ‘enough to take advantage of their present opportunity to} bottom of costs, and| Seattle will be watching. | They Say the Boldes A! avone, now! “4 I DON'T CARE NOTHIN’ ABOUT POLITICS, AND ff Aint'y GONNA Be BOTHERED By You Two --wor Now, ANY Way, snoo! Of useful crafts and decorative arts. | This is almost as true in the small cities as the great | | rae These show windows are a never-ending source of in- They are a day-to-day display of human progress. | Where is hardly a material, device or new way of doing! fhings brought out in any department of life that does not | At once find exhibition in the merchant's show window. ‘Thousands of persons, old and young, see these displays far more and of more different classes than attend any eum or exposition, and with far more educational effect. | And there is more thought given to the average show findow than the display in any museum or exposition, ‘ Their arrangements in form and color, together with ir lighting indicate high artistic skill and judgment, and/| dow display has become one of the fine arts of modern If the facts were only known, these window displays | a very large factor in a better way of life and living in| y community > They are a device of true reform—more so than many those intended only for reform. In dissatisfaction there is progress. Many of us go past these windows, and we become dis-| fied with our clothing, the furniture that we have at e, or the general lack of those things which are upon Tn this dissatisfaction there is often the first elements | pf possession. | "We put forth more effort, it brings out the latent pow- rs in us, our ambition is fired to do more, earn more h order to have more of the good things of life dis- ed in these show windows. | Standards of living are raised by these wonderful and! tiful things, and a higher standard of living is true) and prosperity. Environment is as large a factor as education in making a better, more efficient people. Environment is in fteclt eciehtlcn for as we gradually) ound ourselves with the more efficient and beautiful of life, and which we may have purchased thru the) rgestion of these window displays, we are unconsciously made better and more efficient by our association with| 4 The merchant who by his window display, or who oth-| Fwise induces people to eat better food, wear better colth- have better furniture in their homes, is unconsciously ing better people and is working with the school, the h, the library for a better community—surely, certain. ' Show window displays in these cities are direct evi- mee, beyond the question of a doubt, that the world is getting better. er: are concerned in the matter of what their boys are ‘to become in the way of a profession or business. > The fathers are usually more concerned than the boys. A father should not discourage a boy in becoming what wants to become. We as fathers cannot take out of our sons’ minds what the Creator has put into them. . The life histories of the world’s leaders in every field of endeavor are filled with denials of what their fathers wanted. - For instance we read of a father of a great poet de- ational industry for the ministry; or a famous “musician being brought up by his father to enter a trade. : A father’s desires and ambitions for his son either iy the effect of failure in his whole career, or else the ’s will and ambition is fired by parental opposition to a ‘realization of success in his own life’s ambition. Our first duty as a father is in seeing to it that our have healthy bodies. _ After that it is a matter of general education, and then al education for the son’s self chosen career, or educa- that will enable him to search for and find himself. ad as a society, is in good health and education, All our reforms have their basis in good health and ation. A boy’s first ambition may only be a stepping stone to final attainment. j In the matter of choosing a business or profession for _ our sons, there need be but one self-imposed injunction— _ Let nature alone. _ A boy with a healthy body, the honest desire to serve the power of thought and mental discipline which gen- edu Oty: ' The merchants’ show windows these days form the| :, down-town streets of these cities into a veritable museum | Let the Son Choose | =: The whole basis of our future progress, as individuals} JOINING THE WED LINE Witis—This paper says that the number of finan ctal failures is decreasing GlUlie—1I don't believe it There's as many of them calling on my daughter as ever.—Town Topics. eee MOTHERHOOD She taid the still white form beside those that had gone before. No groan, no sigh burst from her Suddenly she let forth a ery that pierced the still night air, making it vibrate Into a thousand echoes. It seemed as if ft came from her very soul. Twice the cry was repeated, and then all was quite quiet again.” She would lay another egg tomorrow.--Green Bag. eee HIS INFERENCE Little Benjamin, accompanied by his gov out for his morning stroll, when they pa: a street where a load of straw had been scattered in front of a house, in which there had been a serious {liness, “Mins Teachem, why have they scattered all this straw about here?’ asked Benjamin. “Well,” replied the good lady, “a little baby come to JOSH WISE SAYS “Woman hez wonder- ful eyesight. She c’n see right thru a man.” BUSINESS AND PLEASURE “Did you bave @ good time at the dance last night?” “Kinda.” “Who was that handsome chap I saw you with just after the intermission?” “He i# a stranger in town.” “Dashing, isn't he? "Nerviest gink I ever seen.” noticed he had his arm rather tightly about “1 you.” “IT didn’t mind that so much.” “What, then?” “Do you know why he had me clutched that way?” “Well, would you believe it, he had me that way 2 {no 1 couldn't escape, and all the time we were dance Along about this period of the year a good MANY jing ne was trying to sell me some life insurance.”— Youngstown Telegram. eee STRICTLY BUSINESS “Flubdub gays these lady barbers know their bust | ness.” “Elucidate.” “He went in for a flirtation, and came out with a shave, a shampoo, a haircut and @ singe.”—Kansas | City Star, eee THE EXACT TERMINOLOGY Tho proprietor of a grocery store chanced to glance out the piateglass window and say a small boy lingering around a barrel of apples exhibited ing his son’s education for the law; or the head of an|on the sidewalk. “Hey, there, boy! exclaimed the groceryman, going to the door, “What are you doing?” “Nothing,” Iaconically answered the boy, eyes still fixed on the barrel “Nothing, eh?" doubtfully returned the man. “Aren't |you trying to steal some of those apples?” “N responded the youngster, “I'm Rehoboth Sunday Herald. eee HE FELT GUILTY (apropos of nothing In particular) — with his No, sir,” by trying not to.” Mrs. Pickett |Sometimes 1 think that Darwin was right Mr. Pickett (startled)—Great cats! done now?—Buffalo Express. . HOPES FOR A CHANCE The weary and pallid iittle man entered the drug store. “Do you keep ‘Rixie’s Reviver’?” he asked, “Yes,” replied the druggist imme six bottles for my wife!” “Tried all other remedies without success, eh?” said the druggist, conversationally “No; she ain't Ml at all vertisement where a six bottles, ‘I am a Sun. What have I But I saw in the ad. woman wrote, after taking different woman!’ "Baltimore . education will give—his parents need have no anxiety career, But, as the hair dresser remarked: “My expenses {are heavy, but still I am getting ahead.” Mrs, Jones iast “My good! xclaimed. Benjamin, “but It was well packed."—New Orleans Times-Picayune \ | On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Tomorrow UNE 2% ts Bt day on which Peter's Day at Peter the Apostie waa crucifi &t Rome in the year 65, during the reign of Nero, On June 29, 1584, the seven days battle of the Spanish Armada was fought near Greveling. In the] ction off Greveling the British sank three Spanish ships and the storm which je up shortly after ward dinperred the “invincib’ armada #0 that it returned to Spain with 32 of its 85 ships and 10,000 of ite men lost, In 1674, on June 29, Charles 1. ‘granted to ‘his brother, the Duke of York, the territory now com prising the etate of Delaware that waa then @ part of the New Netherlands in 1678, the famous Pritish Grenadiers introduced into Englar on June 29, the Rritish parliament enacted the laws that levied import duties on . glass, lead, painters’ colorn, paper and tem received at seaports of the American colonies, These taxes led to the famous Boston Tea: Party, when the people of Boston threw the tea into the harbor rather than pay the unfair taxes, Letters of an Altruist —TO HIS LANDLORD— By EDMUND VANCE COOKE My Gearest sir and most respected; I fear that you have felt neglected, For I have scarce had grace to mention Your kindly courtesy and attention. Your monthly calls bring me such pleasure "Tis hard for me to state the measure, I would T had that social gavor Whereby I might return your favor, ut well I know (to my_ regret) I am not of ye social set, And so I've had some hesitancy To leave cards as your residency, r Yet, tho’ my courtesy has been alling, Your own has ever been unfailing, And rain or shine, or best or worst, You visit me upon the first, An honor, alnost past the telling, Which falls upon my humble dwelling. © pardon, atr, my incivitity! Surely I lack all real gentility; I did not mean to carp or grumble, When I pronounced my home as humble, I quite—forgive my careless tone— I quite forgot it is your own! And being much, ‘tie alballuring, It# decorations are enduring; Its planning, painting, heating, plumbing Are adequate and most becoming. Please pardon my importunations Against repairs and alterations, There is but one small favor, Even that I do not urge unduly, And yet, I feel your warm benignity Might grant it without loss of dignity. May I, then, have your kind assent, When next you call, to raise my rent? (Copyright, 1919, by N, BE. A.) truly, n— me - pon sr THE OLD GARDENER SA That the proper method of dealing with . cabbage worms early in the season is to dowe them with arsen ate of lead, This is @ poison, to be sure, but there is no danger to human beings in applying it because the cabbage grows from the inside out. It will kill the cabbage worm very promptly, however, and is far more effective than road dust, lime, soot, or any other of the remedies commonly offered, You can use the arsenate’ of lead as a lquid spray or: apply {t dry in the morning when there ts. dew on the leaves. If you follow the latter plant, it wil! be econ. omy to use one part poison with three parts slacked lime or flour, LET'S HEAR YOURS JUNEAU, Alaska.—The first bear’ story of the sea son has arrived. A man ‘living on the trail near Donnelly recently went out'to get a ‘load of wood, and came face to face with a big brown. bear. ‘The bear struck at the man, the wind from the blow tearing off his shirt. His partner had to clip his hair to. get his hat. off, as it ‘had stood up so straight the hairs had stuck thru and clinched t Animal Will Quail Before the Power of the Human Eye.—-By McKee. se Bg ee. the anniversary of the| heaven over —— They are threatening to put up Memorial Arches. A Memorial Arch or statue or some other such ornament doubtless can be made very pretty, although most of such things that I have seen in cities are about as useful and as comforting as the parlor clocks they have in the hotels all over Europe, clocks that never run and are not very valuable | toward elevating the soul. Patriotism is beautiful, and the sentiment is beautiful which wishes to commemorate in some abiding way the heroism of the men who went to die in France. all sentiment run in ruts of convention? They have been building monuments, |tombs, mausoleums, from the days of the | ET ee Re | THE LOST SHEEP THE CHIEF | ONCERN OF THE SHEPHERD | _ ——# | OC BY THE REV. CHARLES 8STELZLE In just about 100 words Jesus gave the world one of the tenderest pictures in all lterature—the story of the lost sheep, and the shepherd who left the ninety and nine “who safely lay in the shelter of the fold,” and went out in search for the straying sheep until he found tt. | The greatest nters, lbave tried to ure th seen much beyond the shepherd and the sheep. They haven't seen the “sinner” who was the occasion as well as the object of the parable. Here's the prelude to the telling of ft: “Then drew near unto Him all the pubticans and sinners for to hear Him And the Pharisees and eribes murmured saying: “This man recelveth’ sin. ners and eaeth with them.'* And then Jesus began his story—e story that must have shamed the hypocritical Pharisees, but. which brought joy to the listening “sinners.” This wonderful parable has: in it some comforting truths for you and me ‘ For tt ty still true that “all we, Ike sheep, have gone astray.” jod cares for men after they are lost. sin but He loves the sinner. God seks the lost after they have gone astray. We mlay hear Fim calling, even in the deepest valleys of sin. | God does not give up until He finds the lost, And then ‘He pleads with the lost to “come home.” ' The decision in wolely with the wanderer—not with God. He simply waite | God cares for the host after they are found « Foot sore and weary and heartsick because of thetr wan derings, God does not scold thetn. © He. tenderly [nurses the found back to life and strength. but very few have He bates | G6 rejoices over the lost when they are found. |The sheptrerd called tn. his neighbors, saying unto them: “Rejoice with me; for I have found’ my sheep which waa lost.” , a . | And Jeeus cloned his parable with these words: | “I say unto. you,.that Mkewise joy shall be tn one sinner that. repenteth, more than | ninety and nine. just persons, which need no | repentance.” | over a — Honestly, folks, this ts a fierce animal. Kills more human beings every year than all, the rattlesnakes have killed in all the years they've rattled. And in addition to being dangerous it 1s a nuisance. The government says it, and its brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts’ and cousins’ are sweeping over tho country. They don't bite, but they carry death on their feet, wings and heads, for they’ delight In_ gathering up REV. M. A. MATTHEWS returns from his East- ern trip today and will have important mes- sages for you at the morning: and evening services tomorrow. Morning 11:00 o’Clock THE TABLE OF PROMISE Evening 7:45 o'Clock IS AMERICA REVOLUTION PROOF? Seventh and Spring : MEMORIAL TREES BY DK. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, But why must | poets and writers in history | WHAT'S . THIS: MONSTER? aries Ga esino eczema, or just a pimply, rough and un- attractive complexion, you can usually toilet is sufficient too keep most com. — featmentforsores,chat plexions clear, fresh and sloviog! SS eee by Frank Crane | pyramids. Man is a tomb builder. How much better it would be if we could get away from this idea entirely and put up Memorials for the dead that should keep their memory green in the much surer way, | by ministering unto the living. | I have already written upon the project of erecting Community Buildings to be dedi- cated to our heroes, and this plan, I am glad to note, is being adopted in many towns, Another idea has been advanced which ig equally sensible and beautiful. It is to plant memorial trees, The American Forestry Association has taken up this idea. In one city they planning an “Avenue of the Allies,” to lined with trees in honor of the allied tions. The Lincoln Highway Association considering the proposal to plant memoriall trees along portions of its transcontinen route. In Louisiana memorial trees are to be planted, one every forty feet, along the Jefferson Highway. This is the road that leads to Winnipeg, and the slogan is “from | pine to palm.” | And speaking of trees one of the m charming expressions I have seen is that Joyce Kilmer, who gave his life in F; It follows: I think that I. shall never see A poem lovely as a tree A tree whore hungry mouth ts prest Against the world’s sweet flowing breast. A tree that looks at God al! Gay And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A’ nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who ‘intimately lives with rain. i Poems are made by fools Ike me, But only God can make a tree. WE'LL SAY MRS. PARDINCK I8 A TIGHTWADI Joe Pardinck is the worst spendthrift in‘ Whiting, | Ind., his wife says. Pardinck, refusing to admit : has brought sult for divorce. ‘He alleges he his wife for 15 cents to buy cigarets and refused, saying she had “given him 15 cents that purpose out of his last month's wages.” Joe, being a stubborn sort of a guy, held two bits out of his pay envelop one day, and turned the rest over to her, as was his custom. And that night, by heck! didn’t-she'go and piek his pocket of the two bits—so Joe alleges—and order him out of the house! + : PN I. STE TS tombstone represents 4% Thore few words we find on a fame, hoiled down. disease germs and spreading them in the dwellings of people, and especially are they addicted to the habit of kflling babies. This animal, dear folks, ts the house fly. The picture above shows a fly coming at you head first. It is enlarged some 40 times. Next best thing to swatting the life out of him ts to screen your house against him, and to cover the garbage and help starve him. 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