The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 22, 1919, Page 6

EVERETT TRUE What Is a Religious Man BY Dh. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane) ITORIAL Plainly False! = Weird rumor has-been going its mysterious rounds of le to the effect that the three daily papers of the city ge been ambushed, bullwhacked and abducted by a com- l of eight big business men and forced into a program agonistic to the workers of the city. ‘The Star knows nothing about the other daily papers. It know that for its part it has not been even visited ly committee. Star, in twenty years, has never been bluffed, bul- boycotted. into changing its policy, and no committee, spokesman, missionary, straw boss or ambassador | ny committee, organization or combine has even ap- d this paper's editor in an attempt to dictate in any iner about anything. fo committee has issued any ultimatum to Phe Star. | © such committee has made any sort of a request or ind of The Star. such committee—no committee of any description or of mber—no individual representing any such committee much as even whispered to The Star. , the.editor of The Star has seen no such com at any time or at any place. ‘we can make it any more definite thaf that we will be and we'll oblige. usy peddlers of this sort of fake never to be believed by understanding people; nor do they t to offer proof; they merely throw out the gas bar- ‘and hope it will stink enough to perhaps poison some- ’s se of justice. 4 ws Who loudly preach about their virtue, and the " of their rivals’ sins, usually can bear watching. : D a SHAMLOCK THE SLEUTH | , the great} Gerald 1.) | Fitzcectt, y 1 by Watt 1. Frankerhouse, a millionaire export ler in wearch of three cases of mins HEARD Herr IN "TORONTO, You KNOW <-— The object of Churches, of any religious organizations, is to strengthen this feeling, and there is no question about their useful- A man—and he is not anonymous, he | signs his name—writes me thus: “T have a friend, who is an intelligent, fe An oe an level and well-bred American, Yet he is not | ness. “ was suddenly halted/religious, much as I would like to add that| But we must not forget that the sense figures of thre were/to his other adjectives. He calls religion| of moral obligation, which is the core of wiing towards them in the/an ‘empty mockery,’ and no amount of | religion, was present in the race before any Jargument can convince him that he is | extant Church was formed, and will be here wrong. Not that he is not susceptible to | when all the denominations we have at lreason, but the defenders of religion have | present shall have altered their names and ‘not been strong enough for him. ' Can you | creeds. : ve: i not say something that will convince him?” | Religion is eternal. Because it is an in- Probably not. stinct. It is planted in the very constitution For two reasons, of the human being. i First, I should hazard a guess that the| We find this sentiment very marked in | many so-called infidels and free-thinkers. | So, simply because a man will not say | ibboleth” like you, because he does not long” to anything, does not prove him irreligious. : Jesus spoke to His disciples of having’ “other sheep ye know not of,” and declared that the publicans and harlots should enter the kingdom before the conspicuous profes- sors of religion in His day. The sum of the matter, then, is, that while your Church may be doing very important service in developing religion, and frumenti the police station Chapter 7 ‘itxcect! and Franker- led ther by her where ould not be seen by the ap Nern, | As the trio crawled rer it be- came apparept that t der was | none other than Moe Juller, a well| peasy rece poo i nehind man is already religious. him was An rkeny, the ban i ; on and Al 'T. Croke, a ‘city official. a age that the dispute is about | ¢rhe three stopped short at the | Wor is, not things. — ‘ end of the tunnel, turned about and| For what is religion? | crawled mysteriously out without} The simplest definition, based on the Oe ee ae atin cane iene-Up Or Te word, which means “to | lenemeanaht taad: theo pacrved |{Dind, or tie,” is that it is the presence in | that each OF their ri visitors |one’s mind of a sense of moral obligation. runbed bi left oar ‘ Bihag his|Of course, it implies many other things, right elbow, plucked @ hair from in fi ‘i i his head per biting it in twain, but this is the gist of it. ery placed it carefully under the pave-| Hence, most decent people are religious, at Seventh ave. and Pine #t./if not all. That is, they recognize the | authority of a spiritual inhibition that tells | on, @ them they ‘“must” do certain things andj all men might be advantaged by joining axe manager \ AND THO Rest OF US.ARE GOING To HCAR HER ‘ HER & !!! tale a do you mak® of it?" asked | Fitxeecct!, clearly puzzle dtenahe onevee Vidal, Go put Ms! «must not” do others. | your’organization, you should be very care- was not much of @ mystery to The only people who do not recognize | ful to avoid calling any one irreligious if (rhe next chapter of this horrible) this authority are the criminals, including | he will not come in, P ie cherie abd cleverness will Bel the thieves, swindlers, lechers, liars and| Every organization has its drawbacks, and a ay assassins, arouses opposition, and being human, may BS iw bone of the wild ass is not as potent as it was e of Samson—BUT AN ASS NEVER REALIZES » OF COURSE. looks from this side of the Atlantic as tho most of mations of Europe were in favor of the League of in principle, but opposed to it in practice.— Shoe & Leather Reporter. Harmony ‘Members of a human society, a community, are like players in an orchestra. Moving picture theatre orchestra or any orchestra, community, large or small—the principle being the fe players have different parts, others have duplicate | to add to the volume of sound, but the results, as a } are absolutely dependent upon the perfection of the effort, each in his part. ist play his part in tune and time; for each is a the whole, and the character of his performance r the character of the organization. likewise in human society: The character and effort individual of the community determines the charac- the community and its harmonious workings as a p player, by himself, unaccompanied, isn’t much either it or volume of sound, but each in his proper rela- ‘the other produces both harmony and volume and tts of each are all important in the general result. is also in the working of a human society. There hose whose functions and efforts may be unnoticed, them away and the performances of all others are useless and unprofitable. of real leadership is nowhere better illus- orchestra. che: may be'so large and the parts so many ) permit the director himself to be a player—just ease of executives in the working organizations -they may be of more value as directors of work is actual workers. t 1 he is an actual player or not, the orchestral ors function is one of keeping the individual players mn and tune, by criticism and suggestion, that each ‘Play his part in harmony with his fellow players and esults as a whole organization. orchestral director who. assumes the despotic atti- d his men—one of a driver rather than a leader 5 n—is a paradox in that he is trying to produce har- by instilling discord into their hearts. men is an gttempt to overcome unwillingness : rather than the encouragement by leadership will to do within men. true that an orchestra can select its members, while y, 2 community, must be taken as it is. an orchestra is never perfect—there is always room ovement. { is not perfect, but there will be much improve- ' when we as individuals see that the possibility for c it is within ourselves. at reform, like charity, begins at home. hat society, a community, is as good as we individuals it want it, as we will it to be. h of us is playing a part and the whole will be better we play our individual parts better. At is all right, we suppose, for the senate to investigate , steel strike. Only it is to be hoped the strike will not under obligation to continue until the senate finishes wwestigating it—Greensboro News. When a drive for funds is contemplated, it is always to find people who can get enthusiastic about the of somebody else to give. d now the chief duty of the leaders on each side t eel strike, is to outline the other side, for publi- on, concerning the results obtained. mata Ba. ilroads will be returned on January 1, provided the ag able to identify their property.—Wall Street “The man who has time to sit down and worry about troubles wouldn't have so many troubles if he didn’t 8o much time. The senate is reminded that one reason for Rugsia’s v peed OH universal desire of the natives to stand d and talk. _ The-only trouble about starting in now to learn the y map of Europe is that it may develop into a con- performance. Secretary Lansing has returned from his fishing Concerning the Bullitt testimony he treats the d to the same eloquent silence. Another reason for the high cost of living is that we longer make little Willie's pants out of Dad’s old ones. Greenville, S. C., Piedment, We were disposed to believe Bullitt’s testimony until rofessed to quote what Colonel House said about ! Houston Post, A daily health column conducted by the United States Pobiic Health Service BY DIRECTION OF RUPERT BLUE Surgeon-General U. 8. Public Health Service TYPHOID FEVER Typhoid fever is found only in| typhoid fever, but the installation of It is cauned by a short rod-|PTOper sewer systems, which not shaped microscopte vegetable orgtn. oe } gy Pinal dian te ten It ehters the body thru the! one eixe's or supply, the abolition and leaves in it human dis | of flies, cockroaches and other filth charges to enter another humad| insects, the maintenance of a pure mouth. It is carried by fingers,| food supply, the intelligent care of files, fluids and food, It is es:| the typhoid patient and the constant sentially a dineane of young adult( practice of cleanliness—these are the life.” Older people are leas apt to| measures which will rid us from this have it because many of them haye| disease, suffered from an attack of the dis| Until very recently typhoid has eane in their youth. | been the scourge of armies, but now ‘Typhoid fever is known by various) the anthtyphoid inoculation has re- names, “slow fever,” “low fever,”| duced this danger to the minimum. “gastric fever,” but by whatever name it in called, it killa about 10 per cent of those which it attacks A certain percentage of those who re cover become carriers, that is, per: sons who though well excrete the organisms of the disease in their dis- barges, Such “carriers” are largely re sponsible for the perpetuation of . man. tar, mouth INFORMATION EDITOR, U, &, Public Health Service, WASHINGTON, c ; sae ays = sical Editor’s Mail | The Old Gardener S Many amateur gardeners com FOR JAP ORUSADS plain that the root vegetables they Editor The Star: I wish to com-|store in their cellars shrivel, even mend your attitude on the Japanese |tho the cellars are cool. This dif question. You are right, unequivo- bea is due to lack of moisture in ‘ the atmosphere, and is easily reme cally and unqualifiedly right. The/ a4 ny the simple plan of burying other papers will be compelled, in/tne root crops in boxes of sand the near future, to follow your|Put in first a Jayer of sand .and lead; public opinion will demand it.|then @ layer of vegetables, and so True Americanism demands the|on to the top. If sand is not easy elimination of the Jap. We are|to obtain, use leaves, which you can under no oblization to furnish a/ftake up by the roadside in the same “promised land—flowing with milk| way. ‘The result will be almost as and honey"—for the teeming mil-| satisfactory and you will find your lions of the Orient to fatten on!|turnips, carrots, beets and other They can never do us any good,|root crops keeping in good com but can and are doing us much /dition until spring. If you are wise harm. Go after them! The peo-|you will dig only enough parsnips ple are with you! to last for a short time, leaving the L. W. CALLAHAN, Index, Wn, [others in the ground until spring, —— me | When they will have an incompar- able flavor, the result of freezing. ‘Doctors Recommend | Bon-Opto for the Eyes Physicians and eyo specialists pre. scribe Bon-Opto as a@ safe home remedy in the treatment of eye troubles and to strengthen eye- | sight. Sold under money refund A ae iy I o> CROWNS $4 PLATES $10 yas —and not only Price but QUALITY As business manager of this Modern Dental Organization 1 give my personal guarantee with every piece of work done here. Modern scientific methods, splendidly equipped laboratory on the premises, and an ever increas- ing business make such prices possible, while trained certificated Dentists of the first rank insure LASTING satisfagtion. Manager National Dentists Third and Pike “Quick Service for Out-of-Town Patrons” Frank Lewis, Boston fire preven ontiat, insists that fewer men smoke in bed these evenings, and believer | [prohibition is responsible. However, |maybe this happy condition was brought abou the tobacco trust boosting the on oe A Chicago grand jury has sub-| mitted a plan for the reformation of young criminals which depends on the reiteration of ridicule It is recommended that phono- jeraphs be installed in the corridors jof the county jail and other prisons, leapecially those where youthful of- fenders are held. An exhaustive supply of rébords would be furnished for each phonograph, these records reciting, in a comic vein, the detaila of such offenses as land boys behind the bars, | The records would emphasize the | stupidity of the actions whereby men forfeit their liberty. ‘The idea is by no means new. In domestic use it is known as nagging. Certainly it would make jails even lone attractive than they now are, but would it change the hearts of tough lade? Of course, what “ty” may tn high- jly important to'us all. We value public opinion. The man who doesn’t is Inaane, Hut the public opipion that means so much need not be the opinion of | cannon. All other folks, if they are decent, ac- | do harm, along with its good. knowledge that there are certain things | | they cannot do, even as George Washington | tutionally unorganizable, and many are quite religious. “could not tell a lie.” Besides, there are certain people constt- of them | Calling a Man by His Name ] By the Ri Charies Steizie {possible, but a genuine interest tn “What ts that thou art! others wil! help tremendously. | mindful “He calleth bis) an sings of sraggt E emit ian soni joffered to settle the labor ques-| ‘As tho there weren't another man|on, 80 there's no harm in pre- in the whole wide world. | God wanted him to stand up and) be counted—as one. Not in @roves—tlike enttle. Not in battalions—nor armies— to be hurled against the mouth of Not In masses, or mobs, or mul- | Utudes— Just one man—alone, | And the world is coming to learn its Jesson—the value of one soul. Have you noticed at the big} hotels how they are displaying the name of the man on duty at the desk? | He's no longer just a clerk—you erect him as “Mr, Finn,” or “Mr Sullivan.” It makes the contact more human. j Even the elevator man ts tndi- the majority, because that is a diffi- cult thing to discover, It ts the optn- fon of thone whom we look up to. A boy crook looks up to men crooks, A jail sentence is Ikely to be an honor, and the metallic mouth- ings of a phonograph would have no infinence with a boy who was con- vienced that he was a hero, For every story the phonograph told, some prisoner could tell one of the romance and glory of a criminal career. These diseased dreams of tainted minds are what draw boys into the ways of crime. ‘They are not clamorously echoed thru jail corridora as the phono- graph exhortations would be. They are whispered. But they carry far, these tales, and they are terribly potent, eee ‘The Hot Springs (Ark.) Thomas Cat tells the world that “Postmaster Ba- tavin haw received a letter with no) name and address on it. He would | like for the person it is intended for to please call and get it within five days.” eee Agricultural scientists have fig-) ured ft out that one pair “of rats| would be the rodent ancestors of 48,- 000,000,000,000 rata in 10 years if left unbothered by traps, poison, dogs, cats, weasels and other anti-ratters. Which suggests the bright idea of swatting the first pair before the rat family tree is going good. eee The French city of Caatelsarrazin has namd its most beautiful avenue | “Wiljofclemperfoch.” In» America | we do things much better. St. Paul! has named a beautiful, shimmering bit of water, “Pig's Eye Lake.” WHEN YOUR DREAMS ARE'BACKED WITH DOLLARS they've a mighty good chance of coming true. Your family’s future depends not . So much on what you are earning today as on what you are saving for the future |gardener or his butler—of course on. | Immediately he's dignified and he gives better services, He's & man—come to his ewn. The trouble in most factories is that the boss doesn't know his men. They are looked upon as #0 much equipment. And the Boss wonders why he can't run his shop as be runs his home-—#o far as his “help” is con- cerned. He'll te yod proudly that he never has any trouble with his Mother! directions for not, he cails them by name, and he knows them, and they know him. Whereas in the shop his men are known by numbers, and each man fs furnished with a little brass check—for purposes of identifica- Nothing mysterious about ft. Its perfectly natural that he should: find a difference between bis home help and his shop help. A name spells personality. It's a token of humanity. It's a sign of friendship. “He calleth his own by name.” And if God isn't too big or too busy to call us by name, there jen't much excuse for the rest of) us to learn each other's names. It's some trouble, and if there's a lack of sincerity it's next to im- egy Piotr v yee tec Nand high grade of senting another: “He calleth his own by name.” For, you may be sure, a man's name carries with it a far-reaching influence. Humanity, personality, friendship, these three, but more than the recognition of the value that God places upon a man—just one man. For a Child’s Liver and Bowels Say “California,” then you will get genuine “California Syrup of Figs.” Full and children of all ages who are constipated, bilious, feverish, tongue- coated, or full of cold, are the bottle. 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