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DI The World Series. great yearly baseball event, the world series. The league of nations, high prices, the Italian situation, all great do- mestic and international questions have gone into ‘eclipse. That America can for a short period shove aside grave ties and relax into enthusiasm over a national sport, AL— (EVERETT TRUE Here Porm R&ckcess AVTO DRIVING. HE JUDGEe Reruseo To FING HIM, AND National attention has been centered this week on the) HANDSD (im expressive of a most healthy tone. ae It is a recognition that our industrial and social issues vary and capable of solution. are play, is in no danger of revolutionary upheaval. Germans’ attention as the world series holds ours. > real contest, no fair play, The kaiser’s team, matched ' against other German team supposed to be the enemy, was Bure to win. The Al! Lowest would stand no such nonsense as having his team defeated. Germany challenged the international bush leagues. That the bush leagues won the bloody world series was in large part to the strengths initiative and sporting t of American youth. Sedan was acquired to a great extent on amateur base- diamonds. as their national sport. relaxes on the brutal bull fight. e Chinese, old in wisdom, disinclined to physical ef- roduced chess and cards and the drama that lasts as their leading pastimes. that concentrated on them. | America, 74 years ago, selected baseball as its national | Originally played with no limit on the number of play- ers and with a base for each player, popular enthusias refined the game to a high scientific status. Phis sport, based ‘on fair play, is typical of America. i thnsing over the world series, we pay tribute to a national asset, baseball. That Paris hotel’’s bill of $235,000 seemed rather stiff, until one reflects that in an American city under ‘ ilar circumstances one would have paid almost that | much for the privilege of sleeping on a billiard table. Toltof Careleaness ~~ Safety First movement in this country is now in its year. It originated in Dr. William H. Tolman’s m started the American Museum of Safety in New York. this was the first organized move against preventable aths and injuries. 19 years’ battle against accidents has materially re- the casualty rate. More important, it has caused an is of accidents so thoro that we are all becoming ts on dangers to be avoided. slipping ladder causes more accidents than anything Its casualty toll bears out the claim of Safety First ities, that 80 per cent of accidents are due to care- an opposite case, take dynamite making. Despite its - try. The workers know that they are in the presence death. They have demonstrated that personal caution the most effective preventive of accidents. ding the General certain ages, certain hours, certain days when people x their vigilance. . ‘The most careless age is 22 to 26. accidents occur on Monday than any other day. n any other hour of the day or night. rest, to return to work in a careless attitude. The relaxa- caution. watchful is when you feel the safest. Accidents kill 35,000 American workmen yearly. Two million workmen are injured yearly. Three million cases of sickness due to preventable occu- tional diseases is another annual toll. Accidents cause a wage loss of $1,000,000 every 24 hours. Safeguard your body as you would safeguard a fine ma- ine, a valuable fragile vase or possession of a diamond. work. It lurks in homes, in streets, on railroad tracks he prevention of accidents can never become automatic. powerful protection against injury. pallial civil service plan, the candidate who stands 4 est examination gets the postoffice if he happens t | bea friend of Burleson. re A Remarkable Document aM have at hand a most remarkable document. lo state papers bearing the burden of world diplomacy, © secret treaties determining the fate of peoples, no mond Dick thriller holds more of unusual interest than fis short, terse and eminently satisfactory document. tt and information bureau. The missive accompanies a check representing regular Money, 2nd the climax of this most amazing letter is reached ly: “I am pleased to return 62% of your subscription Actually to get money back these days is remarkable. lie fund is amazing. weal or woe. We are so wrought up over this miracle that we are to support the candidacy of everybody concerned this affair for city and county offices. Maybe they Might cut the tax rate down to nearly what the net gusi- " hess income of the average merchant is. It may be that the voters in Luxemburg like their duchess, or it may be that they read the papers and ob- serve how democracy is making a mess of things. ‘A nation that does not take its tasks despondently, a| nation that responds to the sanity that there is a time for) | | The national sport of imperial Germany was militarism. | The annual kaiser maneuvers of picked troops held the} | In those maneuvers there was no element of sport, no} That spirit and energy that carried the American army) The Greeks of Marathon days selected long-distance sca Romans flocked to watch gladiators contending with | | All of these national sports have been typical of the na- CHARLES STELZLE jin a terrible storm, bis companions Staff Writer on Religious Topics for Dwight L. Moody was famous for his use of the English Bible bot his maid to him, “The sea in before us. and the path hind us i blocked with * we do He rep “Th 4 the way to heaven & hearted and human that he made a The copy which he|tha® to say, “These 60 things 1 dabble in.” the Bible who was told not to ma taken from Moody's Bible This book will keep you from ain or sin will keep you from this book Cain thought it wan't h brother's keeper but he @id not consider it against his duty to be his brother's murderer, because he had lost! | tho of accident prevention abroad. In 1900 Dr. Tol-| sold his birthright. the evil sin brings, not for the which brings the evil Better limp to heaven than leap Men mourn for God jotned himself Moses’ rod it Worked wonders, “Moses wist not that the of his face shone.” Spurgeon raid of a certain man that he always thought he was sinies: man said so himeelf! It ts enld 60 times of Moses that he did as the Lord commanded him.) Saul took David to his home, but Jonathan took him to his heart. will sooner ma! excuse for its own enormities than for your infirmities. Cato maid he would rather have men ask why he had no monument, than why he had one. 4 mourn over a body! : * from which the soul has departed, ‘Safety First eg red by large employers of labor, | wien they do not mourn over asoui| lectric Co., have revealed that there | whom God has deserted upon a shore. jhis officers and pointed out the Ught It dieappeared and then ap: peared again. After 35 days of sail ing over a trackless ocean in search of an unknown continent, Colum. bus knew that his «reat idea was | vindicated; land wan pear. rd nature, there are few accidents in the dynamite | the Lord God of hosts—1, only am left” Elijah indulged in) Naaman had two diseases—pride | The first needed cur ing as much as the second, accidents occur between 9 and 10 in the morning} It is evident that people have a tendency, after a period | No man ts #0 corrupt preaches to suit him “How much did he leave?" & man when the death of a wealthy| Govern your movements accordingly. The time to be|friena was mentioned of the body is accompanied by a relaxation of vigilance) what would become of the heathen, |*Ve"t", as Henry Ceased to def some of them in heaven he would see the reason why “I expect to pass thtu this world any kindness I can show, y help I can give, let} let me not defer it for I will not pass {this way again.” | When St. Cuthbert was overtaken me do it now; Safeguard yourself constantly. Danger is not limited to} ; DELAY HOME RUL y devices help materially, but human caution is the! 9 ; 4 the Irish home portponed nine times by order of the “SYRUP OF FIGS” CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! poisons from stomach, liver Thomaa, the musician, ' The manuscript in question is from the hand of J. W.| : zler, head of the Seattle Soldiers’ and Sailors’ place-| with, being your proportion of the balance on “hand.”’| And to have returned to us money subscribed to any pub-| __ So far as we know, this is the first time in the world’s. history when there was anything left of any fund for public} Accept “California” Syrup of Figs look for the name California on the package, then you are sure| your child is having the best most harmless laxative or physic for | the little stomach, liver and bowels. | delicious fruity Full directions for child's dose on each bottle. You must say —By CONDO: HTHGN THE “DAY OF MIRACLES HAS Nov REALLY PASSeD! POR HIM THAT THES® BARS ARG Here — VD UKS To HAND HIM A WALLOP Toolf? ITS A SoOP THING * } { Better say his one thing I do,” Jeremiah was the only man ‘tn THE SEATTLE STAR—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919. | WE'LL SAY SO LITTLE JOURNEYS Ny. 4 “Two hundred quarts of canned | und preserved fruit all ready for} the winter,” sald the sophisticated y nephew ning the spacious t in the cellar with fil-con 0 pride Decidedly finet" ejaculated the upright country ative, “And what have you preserved in tt jong, black bottles with the cay Lot me soe, ‘They 1 to old days, Tr with shame Quite tu hastened to Those were the happy days,” in an undertone What's that?” asked the uc r who was hard of hear 1 way i the a eon ‘thone were th ys of crime and debauchery.” You, you,” sald the u. ar, “but how came you by the bottles?" You see,” stuttered the «. ¢. n., ‘we rented this house, And as I reeall it the wife found those bot ties in the cellar here when we came. Of course, I've been too busy to pay much attention to lite | tle details around the house, 1| don’t know much about the bottles ow what they contain.” “Let us ascertain at once,” sug wented the u. 0, Fr, sulting the ac ion to the word, “Whew! Beer, an T live, b They must be de stroyed before the police arrive!” (Thirty utes later the #. ¢ nin fo among the broken ¢ ully prepared Christmas stock of home beverage.) eee Gen, Leonard Wood's censorship thing had to be done 4p puncture his boom for president. ‘ eee One of the world's famous say ngs: Yow that you've found the way, come often.” Another one: “It's too bad we don’t live nearer.” eee AREN'T AMERICANS THE eENDTHRIFTS? » financier estimates 000,000 next year—New York (N. ¥.) Commerqal ee Article X, over which there t# much that all fair balls going into the crowd shall be counted as twobase hits 8. y i sends none empty away, but who are full of themselves. Heaven's cholr came down to sing € when Heaven's King came down to save. Said Socrates: “What evil have I done that this bad man commends mer Tt was a good thi Jesus called Lamrus by pame, otherwise every @ead man tn the graveyard would [have come forth N October 11, tn 1492, Chri» topher Columbus, standing upon he poop Geck of the Santa Maria Four hours later Rodrigo de Tria nha, a sailor on watch, cried out “La therra! and pointed to the land which lay about five miles distant, & dark mans against « lighter sky A gun was fired on the Pinta, and the little fleet came to anchor to await the dawn. When day broke it was seen that the land was an island, Columbus went on shore, and planting the flag of Spain, named the island San Salvador, The island was one of the group off the southeast coast of Florida, now known as the Bahamas. In 1521, on October 11, Pope Leo X. issued a decree conferring upon Henry VIII. of England, the title of Defender of the Faith, a peculiarly tronic title in the light of after the faith and separated England from the Roman Church when the Pope refused to sanction his divorce from Catherine of Aragon On October 11, in 1811, the first steam ferry In the world was estab lished by its inventor, John Ste The boat was operated on the Hi a. son river between ,New York city jand Hoboken In 1853, on October 11, the New York Clearing House Association was opened. Its organization was | due to Thomas Tileson, It was the first institution of its kind in the United States. On October 11, 1885, Theodore ‘fas born, If your gums are sore, sloughing and bleeding, you have Pyorrhea, so-called Riggs’ Dis ease, which is a menace to good health, We are the only Dentists In the Northwest who spectalize in this dreaded disease. Exam. nation and estimate free, Special care taken of children’s teeth, Reasonable discount to Union men and their families, All work guaranteed 15 years, United Painless Dentists INO, 608 Third Ave, Cor, James 8t. Phone Elliott 3633 Hours: 8:30 a, m. to # p.m. Bundays, 9 to 12. A Detroit landlord complains that he makes only $10,000 — your net out of @ 20-sulte apartment house, Poor fellow. The American poor houses are full of men just like him. eee Jack Johnson licked a man in six rounds in Mexico City. At any rate the dispatches said it was a man, ere But, as the starter at the race track remarked, “Some folk may think I'm slow, but as a matter of _| fact I'm full of go.” eee Emma Goldman mys that at the Present moment the thing she ts most interested fn is prison reform. Ab! Bhe expecta to go back eee “I have solved the clothes prob lem,” posteards D. H. “I am having &t 10 o'clock at night mw a light/® sult and overcoat made of mineral moving acrons the water, as if «| Woo!” torch was being berne by a man Columbus called to| CAN ANYBODY HELP THIS POOR FELLOW? Notice: I am trying to locate a indy about 45 years of age, pretty. I met her at the North Station, Ros ton, three days ago, We exchanged addresses. 1 lost hers, Anybody lo- cating her will please send her ad- dress to Willian Haulon, New Foun: tain Inn, Marblehead, Mars, and they will receive $5.—Chelsen (Masn.) Record. Lot's go ent at Roldt's—uaptown, 1414 8d Ave.; downtown, 913 24 Ave. |so much intelligence could be displayed in unconscious lying | mnante of his! of news—well, of course, some-| 0 Americans will visit! France and England and spend $4,-| & row, is the one which provides | Woman’s Dress and Common Sense BY DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane) And now, after offering up a silent invoca- | result in dress. extravagance, I have just met a clever and designing : J ae woman (she designs clothes) who has shown | High Cost of Living. me a dress that excites my profound admira- tion. Also my amazement, for I never knew gowning a woman, against her. I cannot give her name and address, for that would be advertising. She calls it The Dress of the Hour. garment. Only the ingenious designer has | with the sale of others. There are no hooks and eyes, belts, flaps With a univ and other contraptions. It just buttons, | woman could travel like a coat. | start on any journey, wouldn't touch it. 4 The trouble is it would save clothes and | sense to it. ing aainianamnmA [ In the Edtior’s Mail JUSTICHT jsome of the senators and represen-|home at once. winter there they would quit fool-| yours, doen ean? Iam very much con oa eee er ing around and get the boys sent! fused regarding that word, since sconomy. Hence the sellers’ ¢ tion to the fool-killer, that he slay me not | would be in danger. The stores don’t wan' for rushing in where angels fear to tread, | women to dress sensibly nor economically, I wish to make a few remarks on woman's | They bend every energy Je-light on the: For this woman, with her helpful device, which would be a god- send to women everywhere, finds the whole selling combination in the country Here is an interesting sic One merchant told her she ought to be in the insane asylum or jail. his business, should she succeed. A Woman’s Magazine turned down her It is simple. A woman can put it on and | jdea quickly. It, too, made a living on the button it all up herself as quickly as a man | encouragement of fol-de-rol. jean put on his coat and trousers. | I wonder how she will get along. It is handsome. The trouble with most | she is engaged in the most Quixotic of enter- “dress reform” clothes is that they look | prises, that of advocating Common Sense, dowdy. This does not. It can be made as| And, by the way, the dry goods people are tasty and attractive as any other kind of a | silly in thinking this dress would interfere n | Does Henry Ford’s invented a dress that can be put on or off in | automobile cut down the sale of Pac’ a jiffy. | and Simplexes? Not the least. — : sal dress of this kind, across the continen do her housewo Her account of her reception by the manu- | and office work, appear well at a tea © facturers of women’s clothing and by the | matinee, and all with as little effort as big dry goods houses was interesting. They | man expends on his clothes. It won't do, I’m afraid. It has too She would ruin With hopes in Fditor The Star; Justice! What! tatives were forced to sp§nd one | Star's efforts, I remain respectful reading how our Seattle courts dish ried, but in court it is prov No. 2. Young married man with a} ae and loud they sane, 8 it out Your paper of the 3rd of October defines two separate No, 1. Young man | raft evades by claiming ret tied, but is living with al ©” EDMUND VANCE COOKE. “© woman not his wife—a slacker and coward and also tiving under faise| South and a and me ca pretenses—only gets six months at Piri , Floubi irae his trial. | ing, ng ng 6 wife, who ia ill and absolutely de-| ar them su 5 pendent on him for support, is tried aughed te be. . ng and convicted of auto theft. He is| eb them sing ard Flirb,.and flout, § given from one to 15 years. bd Kioes this sound reasonable? What| Let them rollick , leb them shoot! is the answer? Please explain the! ‘What sre Mouth and Lowe wnithewt?, word justice thru your paper, What | is It? A READER. IN SIBERIA! WHAT FORT Editor The Star You are al-| ways so willing to help = good cause, I thought I'd write and ask | you to please do all you can to help our boys in Siberia to be re- to be returned home soon, Our) two sons enlisted July 16, 1918, and were sent to Siberia about Sep- tember 1, 1918, and with the many othehrs sent there, are tired of staying, now that the armistice has been signed so long ago. They are with Evacuation hospital No. 17, stationed near Viadivestok. They ail hats the thought of remaining| 2ove came by, end ‘alone, there anothehr winter, and have “Neither rad nor tearful - to be returned home. Won't you| ‘“Otvth har fled and Life har flown, jheaven. They enlisted to go to | Siberia, where none of them see | | been patiently waiting all summer try to do something, so they can} a come home before the ice freezes | Yeb 1am nob fearful them in there for another winter. | Semathing of them both have !; They tell me Viodivostok seema to| be the dumping place for the scum| In my hearb they never die; of all the four corners of the earth, i and to think of getting back to the| Therefore, wherefore should | $: Wherefore should 1 sigh? good old U. 8 A. seems like eae O19 NE AS France and instead were sent to any reason for being there. | If our secretary of war and | Meta ( 4 esteriie || | CIGARETTE Pha tish yy SYN yy \| Life and Love came by/, bub Youth : had seperated. Little was she misred, in truth; Life and Love ‘were mated! Life wes strong and Love was sweet, Babies rolled asbovb their feet, ing? el) their world completes Turkish and Domestic Tobaccos “Blended CHUGH ZzCTATSLCZ ERASE SEP AROUCL ET ER OUAREEE