The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 7, 1919, Page 6

She Seattle Star By, mail, out of city, 50¢ per month: 8 months, 1.50; 6 months, $2.75; year, $5.00, in the ate of Washington, Outside the state, be per month, $4.50 for 6 months, or $9.06 Per year, Hy carrier, city, 12¢ per week. The Profiteer ris | A hymn of deep deserved hate rises against the prof- and belts the world in what the musical impressionist call a crimson crash of sound. ‘ This hate does not come from envy. It rests on a feeling than blame for high cost of living. _ Mere imputation of extortion never roused such burn- detestation. It is the source, not the amount of profits maddens, and that brought a new word to the language. Such rage rises from righteous reaction to the inex- ‘ible meanness that exploited a world’s sacrifice. Of some the nation asked life, and they gave it gladly. ‘others were required limbs and blood and health, and were yielded up along the whole length of ,the bloody from the Marne to the Rhine. asked stinted tables, shortened pleasures, straitened enditures in every direction and labor to the limit, with | and honest co-operation in the common cause. The pennies of school children and the millions of the with opportunities for advantage that will never return d@ the unpaid services of a great host of men and women) -these were yielded cheerfully for the common need. The} have seen no greater example of mutual confidence, co- tion and’ sacrifice. ‘There is no crime greater than the betrayal of that mee for cash, the exploitation of that solidarity for the violation of that co-operation for private profit. is is the crime of the profiteer—THAT HE SEIZED OPPORTUNITY OF A NATIONAL CONFLAGRA- TO LOOT THE BURNING SOCIETY. ! It is because he pilfered his gains from the surrendered unity and sacrifice of his fellows, out of the freely the profiteer is hated. ~ It is because he crippled a nation’s defenses for private | fit, because he robbed a trust fund of patriotic devotion add to his personal fortune, becatise he looted a people’s @ of liberty to strengthen his own financial grip upon pm and because he burglarized a world’s sacrificial contri- to gratify his own selfish ambitions that he is hated all others. n ‘unreasoning hatred that sometimes strikes at all wealth fear that it may conceal the loathed and hunted i . Here is the greatest inciter of revolution. |. Deporting immigrant agitators and driving rabid! from city to city does not offset the inciting effec! enu profits that shriek louder than the soap-boxer are more inflammatory than any Bolshevist. The revolutionist finds his ablest ally in the profiteer. is the enemy of all property, the inveterate foe of pos- the constant invitation to revolution. While he can mask behind honest business, receive condonation and the protection of the institutions he d, social disorder will grow and threaten. We are informed that Japan fears American influ- im the world. This is saying a great deal for our e or very little for Japan's ambitions. Something to Worry About We observe that in European social circles they have d the tropical design for women’s gowns. That is, } gown stops at the equator, going up. - Or, begins at the equator coming down, as you prefer.) Having cut ’em as short before as was “delicate,” they | the lid a bit by cutting ’em shorter, or longer, or what-! ‘Way you want to call it, behind; and so the madam’s| dle is also the top of her evening garb, in the rear. _ It is fashionable, abroad, to display every vertebrae you ye above the pelvic arch, and doubtless the fashion will ap _ briny deep and be upon us by the timé cold weather ‘Some futile minded men may rejoice, and see in this an end to the chore of buttoning the wife up the back. But the troubles of husband dear are just about to For the back of madam must be perfect. ny protuberances must be replaced with dimples; ed flesh must gleam where short ribs once heaved and | xed aba cheek of yon sleeping babe must mother’s lush. And while a woman may pencil her eyebrows, and mani- U1 her nails, and whitewash her facial front, and wave her | lair, and beat her double chin back to its cage under her wer maxillary, she can’t anoint her cervical vertebrae with lal cream, nor chart the dimpling seas of flesh from ear southwest three chains and seven links. There will be massages and lotions and ointments and : sox ph enough, vay of that, you man thing. you wi e poor, hapless rubber in, an i on, and policher off. ” . seco a If it takes a woman an hour and a half to get her nose and two eyebrows just right, how long will it take a man to get six square yards of ma’s back presentable? ¢ We ask for a small nav: in the league, and ask for a air service because battles o in the air. y in order to show our faith great appropriation for the f the future will be fought Young athletes of the padded fist fraternity have proven their good sportsmanship again. The Star called upon the best boxers in the community to step up and offer their services to Mother Ryther. There was an im- mediate response. As a result, Seattle will see a fast and merry series of fistic mixes at the Arena next Friday night, and at the same time help start the fund that will furnish the new Mother Ryther home for unfortunate kiddies, The Arena ought to be packed next Friday night. Be there yourself and see that the other fellow goes. Every cent taken in will go to Mother Ryther except the cash that goes for janitor service. The Omsk government is rapidly accomplishing what could have been accomplished two years ago if allied statesmen had been able to see further into the future than yesterday. The powers don’t recognize the existence of an orderly government in Mexico, but they recognize the existence the oil fields and mines down there. Cnadian soldiers attacked the police station at Ep- som; probably in retaliation for the Epsom salts fed From all others |, xa service that safeguarded even him and his possessions, | | | lease This treasonable ingratitude has made men mad with a/! THE SEATTLE ‘STAR—MONDAY, v ae ie JULY 7, 1919. [t’s a Comfort to Know the Worst Has Happened. —By McKee = aa a —- | |] worsy tors” == (UX r ! ean ST) it \ {ty “sH! I Room ir 5 aga pee IN fan 4 (2 Ga, THE USE OF BEIN' A \ beam aoe | % \ |_ Li ‘hes eS 1 > IRR WHEN THE LIBRARIAN TOLD ¥ THAT YOU HAD READ ALL OF THE “OLIVER OPTIC" (Copyright, 1919, by Donald McKee.) | i WITH AE Inside Stuff About the Fox and the Grapes One day a fox who had chanced to escape the fur riers came mooching up a road, and aimed a set of hungry glims at a chotus of grapes dangling high in the at mosphere off a Being a ‘fan fox, grapes fitted his menu, #0 he pro ceeded to try a few. jumps for the Wm Jen. nings berries. “I am known to be wise,” muttered flops, “but 1 wish I had in for athletics when I went to college, and I'd a cinched these grapes at the first hurdle.” Bumping his snoot in the dust a quart of times warped his appetite for grapes, so he threw his heels into re- verse for an exit, sneering, “At first I figured those grapes were quite mellow, but now I know they're only th per cent kind! Moral: Don’t pan what's o r your head! HOUSING PROBLEMS?—NOAH HAD 'EM! The first housing difficulty was at the time of the flood. Noah had the only wigwam available for nav- igation The water raised it then, But it would be the landlords now. With the other citizens at that time, a cottage like Noah's was way over their heads. of a flood now, the. country is going dry. But the bungle ts just as tight as in Noah's jay. only ones floating are the landlords, and we've gotta pay ‘em steep toll to hang on and keep our heads clear of the wild waves. The housing fracas sure is a bunch of knots in a bundle of barbed wire. When folks offer a reward to any person who locates them a flat with a for-rent complexion, we'll say that's the toss that wins the split cane! COME WATSON WE MUST GET A CLUE ON A FLAT Poets used to pound out a lot of verse about this or that nymph, and now the movies have pictures of nymphs. woodland nymphs, and water Here's closeup of a damsel fly nymph. THE MAMMA BUG IS LADYLIKE, In his Book of Bugs Harvey Sutherland says of the Aphislion: “Its mother, the golden-eyed lace-wing fly is a dear, sweet thing, that you would think fit only to go on an Easter card, so pale and aesthetic are her light green wings.” BUT SUCH KIDS AS SHE HAS! “But her children are such regular jittle that she dare not lay her eggs in one mass, for the first one would eat up all the rest. So she spins a lot of stalks of stiff silk and sticks an egg on the end of each, thereby giving each young one a chance for its life." eee SUCHISLIFE IN A CAMISOLA The Philippines have discovered the flapper. Over there they call them the “girl in the camis which isn't as improper as it looks, becau amisola y means a knee-length dress, “the girl in the camisola” is- “The ballet dancer’s rival in leg showing, Lothario's blushing Marguerite, a curid for the curious, a Mes salina in the bud, an insult to grown-ups, a delicate A Filipino paper them by the medical corps. The treaty allows Germany sir capital ships for her navy, but doesn’t say where she shali hide them during the next war. If this is a government by the people, let cannon fodder decide for or against the league % compliment to young libertines, Satan's agent at work.” eee SUCHISLIFE WITH THE SPITZNAGLES PORTLAND, Ore.—-Mrs, Edward Spitanagle, suing for divorce because her husband blackened her eyes, was refused freedom, the judge telling her she is husky enough to return home and color her spouse's optics, Aw- COME ON CHET — WHAT BOOK worm? | BooKsS the fox between | gone | Instead | housing | The | ‘divvels’ | NO— YOu SEE THERE ARE ONLY TWENTY- six OF THEM NOW WHY NOT TRY HENTY- HORATIO. ALGER~ CAPTAIN MARRY AT OR 000 { THING REALLY GOOD? I CAN RECOMMEND — f y fi ~ Ss | = YA'LL HAFTA BEGIN READIN’ LS | em ALL OVER AGAIN — = Aas THASSALL |} . o ny fs Nore pr BRE ws BE OR | t Iw + ou az Tomorrow ¥ the year 17, on the 8th of July, the little Island of Thia, one of the scattered cluster called the Sporades in the Grecian Archipelago, from the sea, In 1174, on the 8th of July, Henry Il. of Englaid performed severe penance before the shrine of Thom as a Becket in the Cathedral at Canterbury. On the 8th of July, in 1721, Elihu Yale died. He was descended from a Welsh family of wealth and Prominence. Yale's personal fortune was made in the East Indies and he was appointed governor of the famous East India Company. He died at New Haven, Conn, and left hie fortune to found the col lege there which bears his name. In 1775, on the 8th of July, the second continental congress adopted the second petition to the king. This congress, which was held at Philadelphia, was the same which later adopted the Declaration of Inde pendence, On the same day of the same year, Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, fearing a general uprising of the colonies, took refuge with his family on board the Fowey, a British warship sta- toned at Yorktown. In 1776, on the 8th of July, the Declaration of In- dependence was proclaimed from the steps of the State House at Philadelphia, and read aloud to the army at New York, On the Sth of July, in 1793, the Dauphin, Louis XVII, ‘was taken from his mother and Mme. Eliza- beth, his aunt, and placed in care of Simon the cobbler, On the 8th of July in 1822, Shelley, the young Eng- lish poet, was drowned in the Bay of Spezia, near Genoa, On the Sth of July, in 1894, President Cleveland deciared martial law in Chicago and posted federal troops in the city to deal with the strike disorders and to guard the mail trains. WANTS ANOTHER PLAYFIELD To the Editor: 1 am writing about the children who live like little Arabs in the streets around Sev- enth ave, and Columbia st. Boys and girls of all ages wallow around, climb the fence on the fire station, yell und scream, and Uttle girls under 12 years swear like longshoremen This is the only part of playground. park board? vicinity, done. What kind of citizens are these children going to make? ‘They certainly have .no training at home or they would not behave as they do. The officer on the beat says he dreads to see vacation come and all the kids on the streets. Tin cans bang on the sidewalks, whistles, popguns and firecrackers are always making an around here. Something should be done to take proper care of these children, I am a widow dependent upon the proceeds of my boarding house, and my roomers who work at night can't sleep in the daytime, MRS. A. M. MEYERS. the city where there is no Why is not the matter put before the There are plenty of vacant lots in the Everyone. is kicking and getting nothing WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF | | LIFE? —- tt BY THE REV. CHARLES STELZLE Many of us worry becatiSe we are drifters. We have no plans in life. We haye cut loose from our moorings and thrown chart and compass overboard, We are like the fellow who said, I'm going, but I'm on the way." like the dog that sat, lonely ,in the station because he had chewed up his tag. It doesn’t matter so much what your occupation may be—whether it’s in the home, the school, the shop or the store—your life will be immensely re- lieved from anxiety and the petty worries if you have some big ideal, the striving after which makes every little worry seem like the pebbles on the highway to the strong traveler who is journeying home. These are mere incidents in his progress and he is unmindful of them because of the goal just beyond, Defitniteness brings calmness. The assurance that one is on the way and not merely drifting, brings courage in time of storm, With not a ship in sight, and no land to be seen anywhere, with nothing but a waste of water all about—the captain of the ocean steamer is neverthe- less calm and serene. His course is worked out. He has a compass which directs him and a chart to show him the way—and he’s steering as the compass directs, It's a mighty good thing, once in a while, to stop and ask yourself, “What is the purpose of my life? Is there anything toward which I am work- ines? Or is life merely @ succession of daily jobs?” “I don't know railroad rose suddenly | - (Copyright, 1919, b It stands to reason that every returning soldier ought to find a job. We drafted these men. We made them join the army, whether | iz jthey wanted to or not. When the supreme idanger faced us we had no time to parley, to consult convictions, prejudices, or opin- ions; but all had to go, Socialists, pacifists, | everybody, no matter how they felt or what they thought of war in general or this war jin particular. They went. And they went cheerfully. And they fought like the devil and made 101 per cent. | good. Now what? When it’s all over, and they’re brought back home, are we to say to them: “Now | that we're done with you, and you've d | our lives and property, you can go hang”? I think not. | No decent American would say this. That | is, directly. But we do say it indirectly, and just as cruelly, when we neglect to put these dis- charged soldiers in some position where they can earn an honest living. Pensions are all right in their place—good for crippled men. But the men that are un- crippled want no Charity. To offer them free soup cr money, or otherwise to indulge | in what Bill Donovan calls “lap-dog patriot- | ism,” is to insult them, They want a chance. They want a square deal. And if we don’t give it to them we are a lot of rascally pikers. The Re-employment Bureau, under the di- |rection of the War Department, is trying to ‘do for us our duty, to get every soldier into a job. Colonel Arthur Woods, whom the Department has called back into the service | land set to this work, has gathered around him a considerable group of officers, distrib- uted them throughout the cities, and through {them is endeavoring to attend to this most | |important business. An effort is being made to get all the jobs in one place and all the soldiers to the same place. Now YOU are needed. A job for Every Ex-Soldier BY DR. FRANK CRANE the e On the Issue of y Frank Crane) ery Employer should give pre soldier. .We owe him this. Newspapers, school teache ubs, city counci ion should heartily co-operate. In calculating any applicant’s fi employment in your concern, put down the fact that he is an ex-soldier as least 25 per cent. In a nutshell, look at it this way: Would you not give YOUR O preference in your employment? were not quite fitted, wouldn’t you help him along and TRY TO MAKE HIM FIT? LOOK UPON EVERY EX-SOL YOUR OWN BOY! Letters of an Altruist TO HIS PHYSICIAN BY EDMUND VANCE Dear Doctor I am feeling better But pained to get your recent lette Informing me the consu Decreed against your oper COOKE Old friend, you know I love you dearly And sympathize with you sincerely, I know you must be disappointed ‘To have your fondest plans unjoint By inexperienced coadjutors Who thus presume to be your tuto These lesser men of narrow vision Who interdicted your incision, Truly, these mal-practitioners grieve Not on my own account, believe me, For I am quite without ambition, Except as it might be my mission To offer my collaboration As subject of your operation, ‘Well, well, let these vain fools content them; I have a plan to circumvent them. Let us accept their crass decision, Not even hinting our derision; Then, when I'm well again, and he: We'll plan a little surgeon’s party. I'll offer, for your vindication, My two-weeks summertime Whose spending money I'll invest A newly vulcanized intestine, And if your conferees should venture Again to cavil or to censure, Or, if some slip and its resultant Should make them, for the nonce, exultant, Together we'll defy and thwart ‘em And prove you right—at my post-mortem. (Copyright, 1919, N. E. A.) Americanism There Can Be No Compromise , and every other organ- acation, ference to churches, itness for rating at WN SON And if he DIER AS r, ed rs, me! arty, a in Sure fo Get quality. The largest chewing- sum factories in the world — the largest selling gum in that is what the world: WRIGLEYS means. SEALED TIGHT —KEPT RIGHT The Flavor Lasts! ) AE wax-wrapped sealed package with WRIGLEYS upon it is a guarantee of “i