The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 25, 1919, Page 6

The Seattle Star By, it of city, 50e per month: 3 montha, $1.5 months, $2.75; year, $5.00, in the State Washington.” Outside the stat 7be per month, $4.50 for 6 months, or $9 Der year. By carrier, city, llc per week. Connecticut is a great and simple lesson by example to every state and community in the acquiring of wealth. It is one of the smallest states. It is not rich in natural resources as compared to | other states. , h ; j < Yet Connecticut in acquired produced wealth is among » the first. : 2 It heads all states in 11 important manufactured items used the world over. . Connecticut is not only the birth-bed, but the cradle of the world’s manufacturing methods as we understand them today—interchangability of parts and the application of steam and water power in posh way. ae | High in the history of Connecticut's contribution to world’s most useful inventions are the names of Whit- y, Howe, Colt and Goodyear. : i : The basic reason for Connecticyt’s great industrial | ith, and from which all other states may easily take | tample, is this: : | om the earliest colonial history, Connecticut saw) ic education as an investment. ‘ From its very beginning it provided free primary cation, and higher education by the founding of Yale sity in 1701. My In 1786 the state of Connecticut acquired a tract of in northern Ohio known as the Western Reserve, in h Cleveland is located; it sold this some years later invested the money in public education. ; Tt has ever since pursued public education to a point of post public extravagance. Even today Connecticut children spend more days of in school than those in any other state in the on—about 187 days in a school term as compared with general average of 134 days the country over. _ In Hartford, the principal city of Connecticut, are model manufacturing plants and other public and blic institutions ef the highest order. . | Tt had well paved streets, ample park systems and all devices of a well ordered. municipality when other micipalities were just beginning to think about them. And last of all, it had the wealth and the willingness to for them. This city of Hartford, together with the state of Con-| ticut at large, what has been accomplished in’ the face! ‘of natural difficulties, is an example in the development of people, that public education is the best investment, an) Mvestment in men and women. i It is an example that every dollar we are required to in taxes for school purposes will return to us many in wealth and general good order. ia 7 | | The Lamping bill simply refuses to go into oblivion. it place is designed for some of the politicians who ‘ed it. Dad’s Vacation When father announces that this year he is going to his vacation quietly at home resting up instead of ig all het up and tired out going away some place for jouple of weeks, the entire family smiles. It’s what he’s now for so many years the folks can’t remem- ist when he began it. looks like he’s going thru with it this year, how- The first day of his vacation he arises at 11 o’clock, thru breakfast slowly in his bath robe and slippers ‘then slowly and yawningly reads the morning paper and out. He finally inserts himself into some old long about, noon and spends the afternoon cutting e , trimming some vines that shouldn’t be trim- and “fixing up” the cellar in such a way that it will mother a week or more to get the place straightened again. By evening his temper seems to be somewhat The second day finds dad with something of a grouch Also he is eae and oo. fo be gquaoct around house, reading a le, smoking a lot and making sar- tic remarks about things in general. A worried lok into mother’s face as she watches him. The third day dad begins hinting about things he ight to be attending to at the office. He puts on his in suit and shows every indication of going back v0 Then, at the psychological moment, mother digs up fishing tackle and places it iri a prominent spot where cannot fail to see it. At the end of the second week dad returns from a t old fishing trip, tanned to a frazzle and simply used but—happy. And, after all, a vacation is a thousand imes more successful if it leaves you tired but happy instead of leaving you rested and unhappy! ad The city threatens to tear down the stockade. Mo- tion seconded and unanimously carried by all the in- mates. Safety Week : Next week is planned as “safety week” in Seattle by , the Careful Drivers’ club. The number of auto accidents seems to be growing. The figures are really appalling. The police claim the council has not given them suf- - ficient law to enforce a stricter regard for human life, limb and property. The council has been struggling with @ new traffic code. The situation is not a healthy one. If “safety week” accomplishes anything, it should end this “passing of the buck” between officials. Drivers’ recklessness must cease! Why this universal condemnation of Ford’s would- have-been senatorial aims, just because he confessed ig- norance and idealism? Only the later would have dis- qualified him. ‘ | Parades at Night | Seattie is a city that likes pageants and parades. Far be it from us to “kill that joy in life.” : But it would seem that these parades, especially in er, could be held early in the evening, along about 30 or 8 p. m. They would not then interfere with ordinary business with traffic. There would be plenty of daylight for pageant to move along just as successfully as in the ‘afternoon. And it may be quite possible that they would even draw larger crowds as spectators. He who believes that Truth Is Absolute should read half dozen latest books entitled “The Truth About a.” It’s absolute, all right, but absolute what? | Did It Ever Happen to You? HERE'S A FUNNY PLCTURE IN THE PAPER ABOUT A MAN QUARRELING WITH HIS WIFE FUNNY, INDECD! I'D CONSIDER IT TRAGIC 1 WE EVER QUARRELED WN) cold 'S THAT Sof YOU APPEAR Ta REJOICE IN THE FACT— I suppose Nou BRAG WHAT ABOUT..DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, AND A WEEK AGO SUNDAY NIGHT? OF COURSE WE QUARREL LIKE ANYBODY ELse After all, as Charles M. Schwab told us a long time| ago, it's brains that count. Look at Willard and Dempsey. cee Northeliffe says that some day London papers will be sold on New York streets the same day they are printed. That's nothing, We've seen Sunday news- papers on Friday, Christmas numbers of magazines in October and Thanksgiving numbers in September, eee Somebody else announces he will try to make @ non- stop flight across the Atlantic. Ho, hum. Eight o'clock call, boy. eee A St. Louls doctor declares soft drinks are injurious, We shall expect next a Milwaukee doctor to declare water is dangerous. ee . SAY WHEN. HERE'S HOW ‘Wanted—Bartender, experienced, who knows when and how; wages $20 to $25; references required —Ad. vertisement in Philadelphia (Pa.) Bulletin, eee Editor We'll Say So: I of the nervous kind, He es violently at the sign of the slightest dahger. A young lady to whom he has been paying much attention began telling the other day that she could bake bread, pie and cake, cook anything, make her own hats and dresses and he became so nervous he shook her—A. 8. J, eee ¢@ a chum who is one Editor We'll Say So: My father was tn a eyclone in Kansas when he was a boy and was so frightened that he is afraid of the wind. He becomes nervous whenever there is even a little blow. Why, the other night he hid in the basement when one of the neigh- bors celebrated his birthday with a blow-out.—D, C. G eee HIDING THE BONY ANGLES Plain linen and iawn handkerchiefs, one lot with initials. Handkerchiefs for women with embroidered corners—Advertisement in Iowa City (Ia.) Citizen, eee Swift & Co. say they have 100,000,000 more pounds of beef to eell every month than the public buys. Ah, that is what makes beef dirt cheap! cee The United States army holds in France, says a Paris cable, hundreds of damaged autos which French folk want to buy. But their government won't let them, as it wishes to force them to buy from French manufacturers, So the army is destroying the autos. Nice little imitation of a protective tariff, isn’t it? oe. A San Diego man who had “creaky jotnts” an- nounces he cured himself by walking 63,000 miles. Little good it did him, He is now suffering from old age. cee Tenants of a New York apartment house charge their landlord raised the rent to make a tour of Europe. They'll have one consolation if he makes the tour: They'll take all of the money away from him over there, eee Some famous nonstop flights: Aleock and Brown, Beef, Pork. Shoes. Clothes. Rent. Etc, see There are two sets of drys in the United States. One set is thirsty. see TIME IS MONEY, ANYWAY This is the kind of a letter we like to get: Editor ot Democrat: “Not knowing the price of your paper enclosed find $2 for which please send me your paper for that length of time."——N. McAferty, Corning, Kan. Lincoln County (Col,) Democrat see Editor We'll Say So: My sister is a scarey thing. She runs every time she hears a dew drop—M. H. H. Editor We'll Say So: My grandfather has a strange set of nerves. He can't bear to hear a coal chute,— AP. Editor We'll Say So: What can I do for my wife? She is not much afraid of a revolver or rifle and she doesn’t pay mueh attention to firecrackers, but soda gare wuy, we do! NOTHING SERIOUS asour (tT, BUT we CERTAINLY HAVE A SET-TO NOW AND THEN WE NEVER QUARREL! /' AT LEAST I DON'T WE NEVER QUARREL! AND IF WE Do (T's ALL YOUR a4 WE bO AND (T se'T sure! THE ATMos- PHERE HERE 1S 9 QUIET AND PEACEFUL Lvé Got To GET OuT OF IT FORA Tomorrow 'N 1346, on July 26, the English under Edward IIL, captured Caen tn France and pillaged the country | all around. Caen was at that time larger than any city in England except London. The English force contained 10,000 archers and archery being a form of warfare to which the French were unaccustomed, the conquest of the city was easily made. On July 26, in 1758, Louisburg, a French fortress upon the Island of Cape Breton, Canada, was cap tured by a force of New England militia and British regulars numbering 12,000 men and a fleet of 40 ships. The British were commanded by Sir Jeffrey Amherst and General Wolfe. After the fall of the fortress the 5,000 men remaining in the French gar- rison were made prisoners and the Acadians, the French settlers in the surrounding provinces, were forcibly driven from their homes and transported to English colonies. The dispersal of the Acadians is the subject of Longfellow’s “Evangeline.” In 1759, on July 26, the strongly fortified French fortress of Ticonderoga, New York, was abandoned by the British. On July 26, in 1830, Charles X. of France issued three ordinances dissolving the newly elected Cham- ber of Deputies, suppressing the liberty of the press and altering the law of election. These ordinances gave rise to the revolt which ended in the downfall of Charles and the elevation to the throne of Louis Philippe. ‘ In 1882, on July 26, Richard Wagner's opera, “Parst- 8 given for the first time at Batreuth in Bavaria. The Roysterers It was the Year of Endless Thirst, ‘When ead dogs sadly hied, And in the well-remembered speech, “Now what'll you have?" cried each to each— And each to each replied: “A cake of Ebony Soap—It Floats,” “A can of Father's Shaker Oats,” “A Corn Flakes carton, please”; “A glass of olives—them's the Queens,” “A little tin of oiled sardines,” “And eke a chunk of cheese,” “There's thirteen ounces in the pound, So let us have another round!” “Now one on me! cried each, of course, Exerting that persuasive force Of men in wild debauch. And from the haberdasher’s store Their voices issued in @ roar, Which shocked the midnight watch: “A pair of porous-knitted sox,” “The same for me, but served with clocks, With cuff-links for a chaser”; “Mrmine? A suit of Z B. D.'s; You know—cut loose above the knees; You bet you! that’s the bracer.” ‘Hach feller here's a necktie-hound, * So let us have another round!" They wandered on from shop to shop; (No roysterer knows when to stop; Such is his ancient failing), And when each tumbled in his door His wife was there (as oft before) And bitter was her railing: “You wretch! you fool! you Can of Corn! Alas the day that I was born! Alas the wasted dollars! The mantel's full of tinned sardines, My bureau drawer is stuffed with beans, The kitchen sink with collars! Some day you'll perish in the gutter; Good Lord! here's six more pounds of butter! Men! men! let's shun the primrose path Which leads to righteous wifely wrath From lips which should adore us; O, let us shun the tempter's treat, And shameless shops along the street, And shun the Roysterers’ Chorus: "A cake of Ebony Soap—It Floats!" ‘A can of Father's Shaker Oats,” “A Corn Flakes carton, please!" “A glass of olives; them’s the Queens!" “A little tin of otled sardines,” “And eke a chunk of cheese.” crackers scare her half to death—C, M. T. Editor We'll Say So: There is an old maid in our street who Jumps a foot every time she hears a wed- ding ring.—A. W. 3. “There's thirteen ounces in the pound, So now—let’s have another round!” ~-EDMUND VANCE COOKE. (Copyright, 1919, N, EB. A.) On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise LAUGHING HULDA BY DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, Our hired girl, said Teddy, she laughs all the time. When mamma scolds her she laughs and pretty soon mamma gets to laughing, too, because Hulda is so funny. When papa comes home, cross and wor- ried, everybody is afraid of him except Hulda, and she laughs at him and calls him Gamly Gooben, and says so many funny things about everything that papa he just sits down and throws back his head and laughs after a while, and says, “Well, Hulda, if you don’t beat the Dutch!” She’s an awful good cook, and makes lots of doughnuts, and whenever she bakes a pie she always makes some little teentsy pies for me and Janet. She always gives us nice things to eat, animal crackers and nuts and things, and when mamma scolds her she acts just like she was little herself jand the first thing you know mamma has ;to smile. \ ‘Sweden, where she came from, and about the farm where she lived and all the neigh- bors and everything. She told one the other day about an old man. Oh, he musta been most a hundred, and he had a little boy who was sixty years old, and he made him stay in the house and make baskets and wouldn’t let him go out, and sometimes the little boy would run off and go to a dance. They lived way, way up on the mountain. Papa just roared. And she told about a poor girl, her folks was paupers, and she went around begging, and when she talked she’d kinda suck in her breath, and all the folks called her a stump-sucker, because she went like a stump-sucker horse. And Hulda would mock her, and we'd all laugh like every- thing. And then she told about another man that was kinda foolish, and peddled things, and once he bought a lot of little, round looking-glasses and brought them to where they was having a party, and all the boys wanted to buy them to give to their girls. The old man paid fifteen cents for them, and was going to sell them for twenty, but when he saw he could sell them all he was | WHAT ABOUT THE | MODERN GIRL? BY RICHARD SPILLANE In a sermon delivered in St. Paul's Cathedral in London the Bishop of Edinburg said no change in the world in the last 25 or 30 years was more momentous than that in the outlook upon life for girls. Every avenue of knowledge, both for evil and for good, had broadened for them. Their natural curiosity had been stimulated unduly even in their early years by what they saw and heard. Their modesty was coarsened as they grew up by what they saw in fllus- trations and what they read in suggestive stories, and their sense of delicacy was hardened by sights they saw in homes where privacy was unknown. The moving picture completed the mischief that had begun even before they were 10 years old, and crowded together as they were in large schools, evil was easy of communication and virtue was honey- combed with vice even before it was known. He did not believe this decline in protection of the girls was due so much to population increase or over growth of the cities as neglect of parents, and he doubted if most parents appreciated what a decline in the standards of woman meant to the human race. | She tells us awful funny stories about | by Frank Crane so tickled he said he’d only charge ten cents apiece for them, because he could afford to because he sold so many. And Hulda she knows lots of rhymes in | Swede, and tells them to me and Janet, |} and tells us what they mean, and they’re }awful funny. And stories, oh, just dandy ones, about fairies and little old hairy men and big giants and witches that fly thru the air on broomsticks, And lotsa times mamma comes in to the kitchen and listens, and she says, “Hulda, down all the stories you tell.” And once Hulda was sick, and had to stay™ in bed over a week, and had awful pains | and everything, and mamma had Dr. Ross come every day, and mamma cried, and | me and Janet cried, too, because we didn’t | know what was the matter, and papa said a big bad-word, and then she got well, and then we was all happy again. And Susie Wing, that lives in the big house next door, she turned up her nose once about us all making such a fuss over | Hulda, and said, “Hm, hm! I don’t see why you take on so over just a hired girl. une you otta make servants keep their place.” And we told mamma and papa, and ference whether Hulda was in the kitchen or on a throne, she was just a Godblessed streak of sunshine, anyway. And mamma she said, “Children, you must never look down on any human bei because servants is really the greatest folks in the world, for Jesus called himself and prayed we'd grow up to be as beaut characters as Hulda. And then we told Hulda what mamma said, and Hulda just laughed and laughed, and said the idea of her being grand and noble and having a character when she only worked out. She said that was @ good yoke, and she laughed and laughed TO TRY THREE CASES At the old Crooks corner three cases of beer were secured, which will be tried tn Justice Green's court in the near future—Cherokee (Ia.) Democrat. | THE OLD GARDENER SAYS: | There is still time to go over the early blooming not mean simply nipping off the ends of the branches. The only way to do the job properly is to get down make it stand up straight and stiff like a privet. Of course you are not overlooking the necessity \ keeping your potatoes sprayed with @ combination bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead, in liquid or a dry state. The bordeaux mixture stimulate the potato vines to more uxuriant even tho no signs of blight appear. For the extra yield usually warrants all the labor pense of applying the sprays. Be sure to pump, tho, if you are putting on your poison form. The results are not satisfactory watering can ts depended upon, and there necessary waste of material. Concerning Judges Who are the best judges in world? of Palestaff and Bockstaff. the Ans. Those who try cases Your soft drink judgment will never be ques- tioned if you call for Palestaff or Bock- Better soft drinks are unthinkable. no rivals. Just try them and see. taste will confirm the sincerity of our recommendations. Hemrich Bros. Staff Products Company, Seattle, U, 8. A., Producers of Palestaff, Bockstaff, Birchstaff, Applestaft and Lifestaff, the drinks that are food, enjoy Who them? liquid doesn't I'd give everything if I could just write 4 papa _ got mad, and said it didn’t make any at. “Servant of All,” and she said she only — ; 1 it