The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 16, 1919, Page 6

out of city, 50 per month: $ montha, "32.78; 3 le of Washington, ber month, §: Year. By’ ear: Nearest the Creator | er is here. _ Most of us are inactive or have a desire to be inactive season. But summer is the most active time of all life. Most of us are inactive to avoid heat, but heat is the element that renders animate every cell of creation. Some day when the thermometer is about 90 let us go the orchard or garden—any place where we are the Creator. us look around. All our senses—seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, think- ill give evidence of life—activity. he leaves and twigs are soft with new growth. The insects are flying about. he air is filled with pollen, the germ of plant creation. ms are forming into fruit. e fruit is forming and casting seed. ‘ the very soil gives forth a warm odor in its desire ry cell is life—activity. othing is dormant. chances are that we—man—are the most inactive in the whole display. Summer is the active time of man, both in mind and is thinking time as well as doing time. ut this activity does not mean all work and no play. nmér is the play time, in the open, the time of action tion to restore health and strength for the inactive immer is the time when all lower life stores nutrition ength to withstand the rigors of winter. it in the garden or orchard we will observe that no of the many varieties exhibited there is resting. None dking at the thermometer and complaining to its neigh- about the heat. y are too busy partaking of the heat, the source of fl the resting in the garden or orchard is done in nmer is the time of new birth of thought and ideas, time of action in their growth and development. should we—man—be inactive in summer, seeing nature is active? et us all go out into the open this summer and think and play. us not just rest, but rather take example from the of us every living bow about us. seek even a brief change and contrast from our year-around occupation—in the garden—in the} | nearest the Creator. ; best way to understand what the league plans will 1 ae world is to avoid reading what statesmen say ’ has his ideas concerning his individual re ot what the world may regard as man may have his heart set on a little home i cesisaslishes Ns ise Sil o's faiare'to Mier unless e a jure wu : “little home.” may desire a seat in the assembly of his state. e of wealth or fame will take-the place of his one part of our lives is that so many of the thing we want most for what a * we shall expect a statement sawing while bn fg as we think we are, our girls the art of raising children. Heinie learns the new prices of things he may the blockade back on again. Aviators inform us that the prevailing winds are from So is the prevailing civilization. The league will work smoothly enough if it can establish international standard of morality. You can’t expect a wayfaring man to have unlimited ith in a treaty that hasn’t limited armament. _ A reformer is a man who is willing to abolish the other fellow’s form of vice. We have several good paper routes open for bright, ambitious boys. Come in and make apviication for a route at once. Circulation Department The Star, 1307 Seventh Ave. OX, MY HEAD = oucn, MY BACK! way DID 2 EVER, START A GARDEN ? rs iq YA CALL Tes PLEASURE- wun? ie OFF vA FoR? LIFE ee ‘ | NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A- TALL “GETTING Not @ few newspapers recently have been printing pictures of the prince of Wales in a business suit. They don’t tell what kind of business he's in. eee New York now has its Great Dry Way. eee Miss Pancake is @ domestic science teacher in Boulter, Col. eee + Be that as it may, a Cléveland man who was ar rested on a charge of bigamy lived in McBride ave. eee We lamp in @ financial journal that Wilson & Co., Chicago packers, will show earnings of $40 to $45 a share for common stock this year. We recall that Willtam C. Freeman, the sob expert, was forever tell- ing the publite about Mr. Wilson's famous smile. The $40 to $45 a share may Port for it. e ° A WORD FROM JOSH WISE There’s many a man with liberty but no independence. eee If the British government is half as clever as we think it is, it will build an amphitheatre for the ex- kalser’s trial and sell all ments to “Tex” Rickard. . Armour & Co.'s sales for 1919 will be about $1,000,- 000,000, “They lose money on every pound of meat they sell. The profit is in the volume.” eee WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH ‘EM? The wedding ceremony was performed in the pres- ence only of the bride's father and mother and the young couple were attended by Dr, and Mrs, Charles Daniels.—Waukegan (Ill) Sun. ~ eee The price of milk has been raised in New York on account of the scarcity of ice. This is the same rea- son that was given last winter for raising the pri of coal. . eee William J. Bryan declined to ride a camel in the dry parade at the Methodist centennial. They should give him a hobby horse. eee ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT A runaway occurred in town one day last week. Some one’s mules became unmanageable. We don't know what day, or whose mules or where they ran to, but we do know that neither the driver nor the outfit was injured—Pearl City (I1).) News. eee POST MORTEMS FROM TOLEDO TOLEDO, Ohio.—Now that the big fight is over there is nothing left for the sports to do except to conduct post mortems, It is the unanimous opinion of all the sports that Willard made a great mistake in taking his cashier ané bookkeeper into his corner instead of a pair of experienced seconds. Friends of Jess tried to show him the folly of this but he would. not listen, Jess also introduced another novelty of which the experts do not approve. Instead of having a pail, several bottles of water, towels, fans, etc, he had his cash register and adding machine. Thousands of fight spectators declare it was the cash fegister that was his undoing. It was the register that enabled Demp. ended the fight. The cashier rang up $10, causing Jess to turn his head to see if the money actually went into the till, and as he turned Dempsey landed on him, Four men from Lawrence, Kan,, want Jees to claim the fight on a foul. They declare that just before the two men stepped to the center of the ring one of Dempsey’s seconds handed him a hatchet and that he hit Jess with the blunt end of that implement. They are willing to make affidavits to that effect. They declare that several days ago they learned Dempsey had once worked for Armour & Co, and knew just exactly how to hit Jess. Some of Willard’s friends say that while he was de- feated he 18 going to try to regain the championship. To do this he will have to fight Kis way up again from the bottom but he is willing to do this and they say that as soon as he recovers from the effects of this battle, he will challenge Johnny Kilbane. If he wins he will issue a defi to Dempsey, to use sport language. Other reports say Jess intends to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchamge and devote his whole time to his brokerage business, WRONG AGAIN — BUT = sey to get in the first blow—the blow that virtually | ‘s & CRIME TO KEEP A MAN AT WORK ON A’ DAY Like Teg ['Lt GO map Kru TH UMPIRE —THEN. CALL TH’ GAME ON ACCOUNTA HEAT! wHo INVENTED BASEBALL BOL sHevex THIS 15 1T— THE “DRESsing- ROOM" WHERE You Try on WARMER” [iitTLe MALCOLM'S new suit! Tomorrow IN the 17th of July, 1429, Charles VII. of France was crowned at Rheims, The English etill held a large part of the kingdom, and it was chiefly due to the influence and determination of Jeanne D'Arc that the king was finally crowned. During the corona: tion ceremonies the Maid of Orleans remained at his side on reeback, helmeted and with her triumphal banner unfuried. . In 1793, on the 17th of July, another heroine of France, Charlotte Corday, was executed for the assas- sination of Marat, five days after she had killed the most sanguinary monster of the Reign of Terror. Charlotte Corday was 24 years old at the time of her death. She possessed rare charms of person and in- domitable courage. She was an enthusiastic revo- lutionist, allied to the moderate Girondist faction. Her blow Was struck not at liberty, but for freedom from the bloody tyranny of the autocratic triuntvirate ~-Marat, Robespierre and Danton. On the 17th of Jyly, in 1790, an act of congress, signed by Washington, established the District of Co- lumbia as the seat of the United States government. On the 17th of July, in 1898, during the Spanish: Amertean War, a Spanish army of 24,000 men occu pying Santiago, Cuba, surrendered to the besieging army of Americans under General Shafter. The American advance, which was begun on the first of July with the battle of El Caney, culminated in the capture of Santiago, 17 days later. WHEN MEN FOLLOW THE “UNGODLY” BY THE REV. CHARLES STELZLE Staff Writer on Religious Topics for The Star “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” There are three steps in the downfall of the man pictured in this first verse of the firat psalm: notice that first he's walking, then he's standing, then he's sitting. A It's a slowing-up proces# until he’s settled down with those who have a contempt for the “godly.” And will you observe the process of development in the people described: first they're “ungodly"—just gotten away from the things that make men religious. Then they're “sinners’—far away from the paths of righteousness. And finally they're “scorners"—contemptuous of the “righteous,” the people who profess to be teligious, It's always the way of the “sinner”—it’s “the easiest way,” because there are so many to help him along, and it's a downward road—which makes it a lot more comfortable, for a while, than to struggle upward. And now notice the end: The “ungodly” will be like chaff, driven by the wind. They will not stand in the day of judgment. They will perish. But here's what happens to the “godly”: They #hall bring forth fruit. They shall not wither. They shall prosper. They shall be known of God, “Lesson of the Day” BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE Masters (and servants) of Mammon, Pause ye my poem to examine! A wisdom I wot me, £0 list! Lo! an arm is a bone, And a fist is a stone, Which is tled to a truculent fist. Nay, sirs, it 1s not that I threat ye; I neither assail nor abet ye; I offer this grain of my grist: The hand which 4s filled Has its restlessness stilled, But the empty hand grows to a fist. Ye may cite me from Levi to Livy, But I cite ye the Law of the Divvy! ‘Tis a law of a different twist— A full hand holds steady, Anvempty is ready To knuckle itself to a fist. Yea, masters of might and of moriey, I am droll, I am whimsied and funny, Yet should not my meaning be missed— Many bones in the palm Keep the populace calm, But beware ye the bones of the fist! (Copyright, 1919, N. B. A.) On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise DECEPTIVE REASON I was talking the other day with an ex- pert who makes a living by “sizing up” people and telling what they are fitted for. I have filed away as “important if true.” One thing he said is that blondes are better organizers than brunettes. They are more ingenious. They have a capacity for diversity. If this is so, probably Martha was a blonde, for she was “careful and troubled about many things.” I am afraid he left me unconvinced. I never took much stock in phrenology, chiro- mancy, pedomancy, nor any other system by which we are supposed to judge such facts as one’s ability to write poetry by such other facts as the size of one’s feet. Coincidences are not consequences. Post hoc does not mean propter hoc. The fact that Farmer Simpkins planted potatoes in the dark of the moon for three years in succession and got a good crop, and set out his tomatoes during the full moon three years, and was successful, may be, as a fact, indisputable. Simpkins is a member of the Baptist Church and a School Trustee and would not lie, not for potatoes, at-least. But when you claim equal certainty for your Deduction from that fact, to-wit: that things underground grow better if planted in the dark of the moon, and things above ground grow better if planted in the light of the moon, you have stepped off, into space. Non sequitur. SUCH WP Bale By 0. B. JOYFUL, Man, if it could be any hotter it sure would have to step along pretty lively.” The thermometer at the corner drug store has quit registering. It onty goes up to 110 and it’s in [the shade at that. You swelter and stifle and perspire and stew and fret and groan and moan and gargle ice cream sodas and all other available soft drinks and still you keep on getting hotter and hotter, You could fry eggs just by letting ‘em lie on the sidewalk for a while, eee BY DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane) He made some interesting statements, which | ING A vast deal of the alleged “proof” ac- cepted by the multitude is on a level with this moon-logic. Prepare a thousand bread pills, absolutely innocuous. Administer them to one hundred people who have neuritis. Probably fifty of these patients will be improved. But because they got better while taking your bréad pills does not prove that they got better because they took the bread pills. As a matter of fact, the argument “It has cured others; why not you?” is of no value whatever. “Try it and see,” is not always intelligent. Experence lies quite as often as it tells the truth. That is, if you do not know how to interpret it. This is why men of really scientific mind are chary of subscribing to any statement, why honest physicians often seem provok- ingly ignorant and refuse to make positive assertions. It is because they are honest, And scientific. ‘The whole body of spiritistic “facts” and phenomena, such as those adduced by Conan Doyle and Sir Oliver Lodge, is defective because of this same weak chain that links cause and effect. Beware of generalizations. Add a grain of salt to all dogmas, general rules, systems and the like, The truest things in the world are the exceptions. Somebody said that “all generalizations are false, including this one.” bove Pe or CONGRESSIONAL FINGERNAILS MUST BE HIGHLY POLISHED Congressional finger nails ought to Forty-eight manicure sets were Long about the time you are ina fine frenzy of heat Skinny Perkins toddies along. Skinny never feels the heat. That's why summer time is his gloat time. Believe us, hi vantage of to gloat, too, ‘The glint in his eyes means he's going to say something. You know what it is he's going to say, too, and, just to be ready in case he does spring it, you lay hoid of a nearby brick ready to shy at his bean. But Perkins sees the brick and facts the part of wisdom, He passes by without a word. But the glare in his eyes is still there. You know what he would say if he only had the sate: . . certainly takes ad- little opportunity Every five or ten minutes the thermometer jumps up another de- gree or 80. You feel your fat dropping away by the gallon as you perspire more and more freely. Fifteen minutes later you are in a distressing state of exhaustion. Just at this psychological moment Perkins slips around, the corner and sees that you are helpless, Again the glint in his eyes fore- tells what he's going to say. “Ig it hot enough for you?” he cries and scoots. And the only reason in the world there isn't a murder right then and there is because you're too dawgone hopelessly, helplessly, uselessly hot to get up enough pep to massacre him! Life is such in the good old sum. mertime! + have attained a scintillating luster if the number of new manicure tools listed in the “stationery” account of the clerk of the house is taken into account. listed as stationery last year. The “stationery” account is paid out of the contingent fund of the house. Miss Rankin, while a member of the house, probably had nume jumerous manicures, but she cotild not have used 48 sets, Neither was she solely responsible for a lot of other “sta- tionery” of the boudoir type. One powder puff, a Parisian ivory box, a hair receiver and some sachets are recorded in various places. Among other items are 34 dozens decks of playing cards at a cost of $72.10. There are 175,000,000 cells in the lungs, and spread out, they would cover a surface 30 times greater than the human body. . Skin Eruptions Cause Unbearable Itchi Scratching Increases the Ir- ritation of the Delicate ‘Skin Tissue You can claw your nails into your skin until it bleeds, in an ef- fort to obtain relief from the fiery itching and burnihg caused by skin diseases, but you only increase the irritation and pain, And you can pour ointments, salves and lotions by the gallon on the irritated parts, without ob- taining anything but temporary re- lief, Just as soon as the strength of the counter irritant gives out, your pain and torture will return} with increased violence, because these local remedies have not reached the source of the trouble. The real source of all skin dis- ease is the blood supply. The blood becomes infected with some im- purity, and the disease germs break out through the delicate tis- sues of the skin, They may appear as eczema, tetter, boils, pimples, sealy eruptions, caused by disease germs in the blood. The real cure, therefore, must be directed through the blood. And no"remedy has yet been discovered that equals 8S. S. S. for such disor- der of the blood, This great old remedy cleanses the blood of dis ease germs, and clears up the com- plexion and gives it the ruddy glow of perfect health, Get a bot- tle at your drugstore to-day, and you will soon be rid of your tor- menting skin trouble. Also write at once for expert medical advice regarding your own case. Addtess, Medical Director, 263 Swift Labora- tory, Atlanta, Ga. ——$_—___ See Thursday’s Papers NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR ANY PARTICULAR CIGARETTE —It may even make you like your present cigarette better La NTR ERT ETE ET STR