The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 23, 1919, Page 6

\ THE SEATTLE STAR—TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1919. year Outside the state, 0 for & months, or $9.00 per month, | st of Wash Per month, $ Per year. iy carrier, city, 60 We are using the same democ The first big step is the calling of « industrial conference. Here things can be talked over. And talked openly—not in star chamber whispers! Here democracy can develop A meeting of representatives of organized labor, big capitalists, the mers and such as nearly disinterested professionals as can be found, iould make a beginning toward locating a road leading out of immediate That is all we have a right to expect. They will not find a a. They ill not stop all strikes. They will not at once reduce the high cost of living. society that tries sudden jumps into invisible Utopias generally lands in a y deep, muddy and sometimes bloody, ditch. Eastern Europe will offer ral apt illustrations. : : We may not agree with the president’s selection of the men who are to “rep- at the public,” but that does not necessarily kill the good in the main idea. N September 24 was crowned at Beone by the Bishop of Dunk In 1404, on September 2 ot Wykeham, bishe died, Wykeham, born of pe obscure parentage, rose entirely his own ability. At his death he left @ large fortune, which was given to endow two new colleges New College, Oxford, and Winches are beginning to rally for peace. s that brought success in war. ad » les went to war they rallied regardless of old ag P they joined for fighting and for working, and accomplished miracles. : We are learning that the dangers of peace are little less an those of war. Nations on the verge of bankruptey famine, trade in chaos, credit trembling, production (which is most ominous of all) and high prices on to revolution, these are the elements of a crisis those of Verdun and Chateau Thierry. we are to meet it successfully the co-operation that t over” everything from Salvation Army drives to the ndenburg line must enter industry. No fake co-operation i do. Paternalism is but a part of autocracy. We must |G, gorember 24, in 1816, Busebius eet industrial problems as we met other problems—in the yani, an eminent Italian physician 1231, John Ba King of Seo sh d “EDITORIALS — Features | Be On the Issue of Americanism Jhere Can Be No Compromise -~By McKee. | iF YOU WANT TO SAY ANY THING TO ME You'Lue WAVE TO USE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE —IL CAN'T MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF THAT NONSENSE! aw, f DON'T KNOW WHATCHA MEAN! SHUT UP “gd ” SHE (Spoken by the Wife) By EDMUND VANCE COOKE Mother was somewhat fond of me And SHE was silly about ber son; Ma liked coffee and she liked That is the way the row un correct; was right; Mother said “would bet She was sure “had be Nothing ma said had any " SHE persisted—and hence the fight. Mother eald wives should have their share; SHE said I would ruin a Croesus; Nothing ma #aid would make her fair; That's how the family flew to pieces. BHE piled the dinner on all at onoe; Mother liked dinners served in cour Nothing ma said could stop the dunce; That's the cause of so many divorces, Mother said bables should not be walked; SHE said SHE couldn't be hard-hearted; Ma tried her best, but stil SHE talked; That i# the way the trouble started. Mother sald men should not be mice; SHE said daughters should not be catty; Ma gave her plenty of good advice, But what was the use? SHE just went batty. I took ma's part, as a daughter should HE took HER part, and he’s crows and snappy. Nothing ma eays does him any good, But before SHE came, we were all so happy! ~ (Copyright, 1919, N. BE. A) of democracy. Events have moved far enough since diet at Constantinople war to show that the English speaking world is about some form of genuine democratic management in france and Belgium are feeling their way along the same It is the road upon which unionism, collective bar- ning, arbitration, Whitley plans and shop committees This national industrial council may pos- open a new vista. tions that never knew democracy are still vibrating n autocracies, seeking an equilibrium. Others, years ind a partial equilibrium In even an imperfect democ- and are past this stage. They find progress in per- and extending democracy. America will not tolerate y dictatorship of gabby leaders in the name of ‘proletariat. conference may mark a turn in the industrial con- and the beginning of a better understanding. English rience strengthens this hope. Canada looks for light to Oise be ho will be invited t y of the t capitalists who ‘oO can fle = on record in favor of labor tion in industry. If the conference, thru the dy swiftly advancing movement, it may be the igning ‘of that co-operation upon which must be built the elerated i paane which alone can rescue us from the [he conference must be a beginning. should form a nucleus around which many minds may ly and find a common thought. it is the way democracy has tried and found good. Who Wants to Be a Prince? No, sir; not if he came on bended knees and says, says he: you please be prince of Wales for the rest of the and give me a chance to go fishing?” no matter how he begged we wouldn't be it. 's a lad who ought to be having a good time. should have a chance to slip out and dance for the night. nice, healthy chap like him needs to get his feet i his-legs tired tramping the hills. needs a chance to be himself and hunt his own ts. get acquainted with the world, close up without any # ony wet, e _ And here he is going visiting with two thousand hands e every time he gets off his special train. ys there are half a dozen old boys roosting on the with him; old fellows who years ago forgot how it to be young. most every time he sticks his fork in his royal face movie camera begins to wind. A parrot, pulled here and pulled yonder; bowing here ding there, and making his little speech over What sort of a life is that for a nice, clean, modest chap, | 9 evidently could enjoy himself if he was left alone for minutes? | Always escorted with a plumed bunch of stfff-necks; lly decked out either in a top hat, or else having a d sword dangling between his royal legs. ft is bad enough to be stuck up on a pin and left to wig- in the public museum after you really get to be king, t to 4 to be a prince from babyhood to manhood is bin in. wasn’t his fault that his great-great-grandpap hap- to be an extra good fighter, 6r that his great-great- mother outlived somebody else. wotildn’t be it, and we bet, if the truth was known, prince wouldn’t either could he dodge his destiny. x I Sure, With a “Head On” stories are already becoming odd enough in this 1 to interest the children. Here is one from an Eng- h newspaper of recent date that may carry some men’s r back to the “good old days”—which is the sole of reprinting it. pint problem: it glass Can that much beer be got into ’ asks our island contemporary in a head- “Sir Archibald Bodkin,” it continues, “raised this| tion at Stratford police court yesterday in defending of short measure. was alleged only nine ounces of bitter beer instead had been served in a half-pint glass, and Sir Archi- ceeded in court, with the aid of a stamped measure stamped half-pint glass, to show the bench how nine lees of water looked in the glass. ‘With the froth it is jossible to fill the glass without spilling the liquid and dissatisfaction to customers,’ Sir Archibald said, | the manageress of the public-house agreed no cus- would like his beer served without a ‘head on.’” id 5 Vallt had self to the study of yel & plague that was partic virulent ty that era. Twice he voluntarily subjected himself to the disease in order to make per onal observations, During a severe epidemic in Constintinople he be came infected after performing an autopsy on a fever victim and died jthree days later devoted ow fever ularly | Pitt, Earl of Chatham, died. He was the eldest son of the great) Earl of Chatham and brother to the/ prime minister John Pitt left helr and the earldom of Chatham became extinct with his death On September 24, in 1862, during the act f habeas corpus was suspended | United States On September 24 the gold panic lot 1869 ched its height in New ]York, causing such widesprend financial disaster that the day has since been called Black Friday On September 24, 1906, an armis | tee was signed in Cuba reconciling| the insurgents and the Cuban gov no our civil war @du-jernment after an uprising that had/| ty publicity of discussion and indorsement, hastens |becun on August 20, On September| problem ts one of credit. Yes, |8 President Palma of Cuba aaked |the United States to Interfere. few days later all | graph lines tn Cul were cut by |the inaurgents. The threat of inter- |ference by the United States jbrought about the signing of the | armistice. A road and tele ——______. | The Old Gardene r Says ——-—" Lettuce seed can still be grown In fact the fettuce will make good growth for some time and thrives better In cool weather than in sum mer, Moreover it will stand up un der the first light frost and may be carried along much later if it in but not too heavily with hay on cold nights. Then In 1835, on September 24, John! if ON A ARNIN We'll Say So the |That’s good. getilem to find | sleep. Greetings! mpany said we we ns out to be hot oe Mont of the gas going to It would be @ prob con a place for him to tur . im | George Cohan talke about retiring |But even if he does quit, the well known American flag will be dis played tn public as before. eee Dont worry about killing two birds with one stone. If you kill one, your average is bigh. ee But have you noted the great provement in telephone service? eee Neither have wa ee Lovett, Pacific, . president of the ays the railroad Judge nion Judge, and of discredit. eee Dear Job wouldn't have made such a) PeAitor: My garden wound) fine reputation for patience, #u; up in a blaze of glory. I raised 17 gests L. W. Y.. tf he had lived in! stalks of corn. Not @ stalk had| Seattle and been compelled to use lena than one ear of corn and sev-| the telephone frequently. eral had two. sided My first crop of peas wa: ure but the second was a succes I got 37 pods, averaging three peas to the pod, a total of 111 peas. I had a bed of turnips a» big as| & boat—I mean the bed wns that big, not the turnips. I do not know|eoing thru the setting up exercise how many turnips I got in all but/ have discontinued it altogether I had enough for what is generally ste } known as & mete. What should be the weight of| There were several things in the! hoxing gloves worn by @ prizefight-| garden, the names of which I did | n er?—K. L not Know.” We me up of these.| They should welgh 16 ounces in| CHARLIE SHANNON all boxing contests and prizefights pelis There should always be 16 ounces ANSWERED Has prohibition caused any loss] of interest in physical culture?—H.! M. B | Yes, a great deal. Men who used to spend many hours every night | the @onsumer be considered; for if the small plants are lifted in Oc tober in a col® frame or ra be kept growing Juntil Chri or even later, but jof course glass must be used on the |frame when the weather gets very cold. But, open his w eler, “Suppose yo |hot bed the I'm in another.” . to - According A Texas congreseman serving his prophet, first term is arousing the ire of winter is going members of the house by insisting|We have a coal that there be @ quorum present! same when business is transacted, thus| Which leads |forcing members to attend the ses-/next desk to tefore that man’s term ex-|what a duck see that he will be doing|it's the one in country a greater str by in e venting schemes to k them away not 208 to visit as the judge ch remarked to the Jew But, as the fiddler remarked. no sooner out of one scrape than|Who was high? his duck bone says the mark The shah of Persia has the who couldn't /to a pound. uu try this case.” “l'm A, BC and D were playing pok | or. B and D each held four aces. m T. D. | | Some aviatog, . | 80 ‘ & Seattle weather next to be a cold ong man who says tht What Is the difference between a| photoengraver and a Chicago pack-| er?—O. F. A see | raver makes cuts, but) of a Chicago packer that | A photo-e: at the| we ever he don't know di nytht e is but I suppose p of the head.” fe Uke What kind of t they have in ti |eoal mines?—W. A Mingr league teams MN teams dc ° hborhood of decided United States. BIG IDEAS BY DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, Several Big Ideas are floating about. Have you grasped one of them? Or, better, has one of them grasped you? | “Hitch your wagon to a star.” Find a }vast issue. Give yourself to it. Spend your- |self in it. 1. The Biggest Idea now extant in the world is a League of Nations. It is the culmination of thousands of years of moral development. It is the first rine fruit of the Christian urge. i itself of its worst plague —war. rs from now it will be in full swing. Get aboard. 2. Democratization of the School. The |school republic. The idea of children, be- govern themselves, how to organize and get the Common Good. Next to a League of Nations, this is the biggest idea in the | world. 3. Democratization of Industry. The Get- job, not off. You'll find it explained in John Leitch’s book, “Man to Man.” This is the only way out for Business. 4. Co-operation, in general, The Twentieth Century word, as Competition was the Nineteenth Century. word. Fighting is be- coming an anachronism. It is Teamplay that is Modern, and holds the Future. 5. Beauty for the Commons. Beauty as a necessary food for the masses. And ap- preciated by them. Beautiful villages, barns, railway stations, office buildings, tenement houses, cottages, and furniture for the poor, and beautiful back Only so comes greatness to life. | It is the first effort | | ginning in the kindergarten, learning how to | |ting Together of Capital and Labor, on the | beautiful | by Frank Crane) | yards, main streets and river fronts. | Democratization of Beauty. 6. The Community Unit. The organiza- tion of the people of each neighborhood | for the Common Good. Thus, the passing of the Political Party, which is not American |at all, but borrowed from rope. The | Political Party is not democratic, but op posed to democracy, a subversion of! | democracy. 7. The Decentralization of Industry. Get- | ting Factories out into the small towns. Thus, broadening the base of production temoving production from the great citie: where it is injured by the dregs of Europe, jand putting it into an environment of | Americanism. 8. The Democratization of Religion. Re-|' moving the God-idea, and the idea of moral obligations, from the tutelage of warring |: sects, over into the public school and the common consciousness. 9. The Unity of Business. of both Tr and Labor Unions is to get |: the Industries over into the hands of the|! | Whole People, who meanwhile are learning | to do things for themselves, and not 10|+ expect others to do things for them. f 10. The Citizenship of Woman. Her as- sumption of her responsibilities toward the Common Good. The development of the} Civic Nerve in the more sensitive half of || the nation. | 11, The elimination of Alcoholic from social life, from our imaginations and |‘ customs. In these directions the earth moves, Aré |‘ | yow helping along or holding back? The The logical end | and wome | young and vigorous unless plenty your b scribe | when they should be e health because anaemia—lack RAINY DAY G “DEAF AND puMB OUR GUESS IS THAT CLARICE 1S LLOYD'S WIFE Notice—To all who know Lloyd Warner; Do you think I could get 25 cents credit on his name? Why the notice in the Superior Telegram? —<CLARICE WARNER. <Advertine- ment in Duluth (Qiinn) News Tribune. eee Without profits, there will be no producers, therefore we must con- sider the producer. 80, too, must without consumers, who will pay the taxes? 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Oppestte Vraser-Patersen On How Signs of Old AgeCreep Into Your System While at Fifty or Sixty, When the Iron in Your Blood Runs Low 43 |For Want of Iron, You May Be Old at Thirty — Nervous, Irritable and All Run-Down — With Plenty of Iron in Your Blood, You May Be Young in Feeling and Brimming Over With Vim and Energy. IRON IS THE RED BLOOD FOOD That Helps Strengthen the Nerves, Renewed Force and Power to the Body. Restores Wasted Tissue and Aids in Giving Physicians Explain Why Administration of Simple Nuxated Iron Often Increases the Strength and Endurance of Delicate, Kun down Pi ple in Two Weeks’ Time. Old age has already sunk its talons into thousands of men fe simply because they vous strain, dissipation and oceup: n from thelr blood and thereby di ood into living tissue, mu who ought still to be enjoying the springtime and have allowed worry, over- tional poisons to troy its power | uscle and brain, You will find plenty of people at 40 who are broken in health and steadily going downward to physical and mental decay, while others at 50 are strong, active, a growing younger every year. One | withers and dies like eaves in autumn, | while the other, by | keeping up a strong | But you cannot ex- pect to look and feel you have of tron in mi, and phy iclans explain be why they pre organic tron Nuxated Iron—to upply the iron de icleney in the weak, uw for di wa the tackling problems ul. ow as to build them up into , healthier men and women, a man and woman who oumht still to be young in feeling is the old time vim and energy : jt Poison ein its » this parti ageing and of YOU ARE AGEING enthusiasm ert and seemingly class YOU ARE AGEING If you are wearted by the activities of YOU ARE your daily life, If you have lost the spring of your step and your movements are cumbrous, and Iron and other similar iron products and failed to get re- sults, remember that such entirely different thing, ‘from Nuxated on. Dr. George H. Baker, physician and surgeon, Memorial hospital, YOU ARE AGEING If your skin is shrinking and your face looks wrin- fi Kled, careworn and old. nan sh | Monmouth w Je eful examinati of ind my own tests eel c th it is @ preparation which any physte cian can take himself or prescribe f ationts with the utmost of obtaining highly nd satisfactory results.” iron in the — bhgod—has ¢ fastened its grip on them their your has rosy-ch 2 rere Note: | Nuxated Tron, een used by Dr, Sullivan an other physicians with such surprising net ret is not & secret remedy taken up which Is well known to” drugelets yon ~ wh@re. Unlike the older inorgante Irey it im easily ansimilated, and make hterm The manu- wl and en- every pure ‘ they will refund your money it yeens in 2 olty y Owl Drug artell Drug €o, Swift's ar by ‘ald other druggist them into before they are ready to and assin d te: © ir don't want trouble,’ ¢ ch orig appears on th rkage. have taken preparations such 4