The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 6, 1919, Page 6

The Seattle Star By, mail, out of city, 1.50; 6 months, te of Washing Der month, $4 per year. By carr) ity On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise per month; f months, Outside Ob € mo . Lae per week ei By CONDO! WE'LL SAY SO | SHOP EARLY ; GEE! Sony 15 DAYS AMERICAN LEGION SHRAPNEL ~ VOL. 1 orig MASS MEETING SUNDAY SEATTLE, DEC. 6, 1919. DISCIPLINE HIM! RAE, I'M GOING TO HAVE X-RAYED BECAUSE I THINK L HAVE A '* The merciless, tyrannical, greedy Napoleon, the Great, FALLEN STOMACH, down upon hands and knees and crawled upon the floors fof his palace that his little son, the king of Rome, might LEGION NEWS “Fide hobby-horse. The mightiest among men was, at heart, WANTED “The American Le gion Shrapnel” ts printed on this page The intellectual giant of the ot The Star every perusal of dime novels. Be tific world found mental refreshment in learning how Devil Dick made another pesky redskin bite the dust. Lincoln, the Greatest, many of whose utterances will ence human thought and action while the world lasts, loyed getting a few kindred spirits together and swapping rather racy. | '\ The public rarely, if ever, gets a full view of its great 7 inary silly father. ' 2 . Soe : : g Pasteur te Greater, used to devote his fireside reading 7 = ik : "9 ade A : (r@7 |pRESENTS ; »F |AND DONT ) FORGET men, The usician, outside of these. minister | tely befogs with technicalities. camouflages. The pose, and statesman and editor lecturer, your scientist The public sees but The intimate knowledge of them is All of the actual man does not appear, by a limited. great deal. But when we can see into the family life of a man, we p know all of him. "No great man, probably, ever had stronger friends and quired th d to refute ity of propositions : stick, the public estimate of him. r enemies than the late Theodore Roosevelt and he ese possessions, to some extent, by acts that His popu- rested, largely, on his aggressiveness, his handling right or wrong, with the iron hand, or sometimes in defiance of the constitution, tom and the prevalent popular opinion, and his enemies d him for his conceit, autocracy and unconventionality. public has seen little save the official outside of Roose- and has failed to thoroly understand him. But we are going to know “Teddy” thru and thru, by ‘letters to his own kiddies, illustrated with sketches his own pencil, now appearing daily in The Star. You iy not get a true concept of a great man from his as a Napoleon, a president, a Bob Ingersoll, or a Want, but get him in his treatment of his children and got him, height, width, length, fourth dimension Tt is now figured out that the war cost the United months, Or, almost enough to pay the dividends promised by the States a little ov ver $1,000,000 per hour for 2. tt optimistic oil stock seller. ng the legal disadvantages and social stigma from born to unmarried parents. child, these progressive women insist, has the right! father’s name and to a full share in the property| h parents. | Laws of this nature help. The advancement of common} has saved children from the shame of their parents’ + A barbaric taboo has died hard, but wo do not hear about it these days. For one reason, bright, healthy | %%@! economic tons of #2 m are eagerly adopted, and the circumstances of | "@t°™ment '* perhaps somewhat i ignored. d social cruelties perish slowly. It was 19 centuries) nomic loss trom | | that self-appointed judges were gently admonished that! stone should be cast by one among them who’ was | Yentabie put sin. That stone never was thrown, but volleys of} have been hurled since. fe can at least congratulate ourselves that we are not) vision had its origin in this generation to visit punishment on babies. Attempt to rob Seattle grocer fails disastrously. Cer- yong Holding up a grocer is no business for amateurs. mus t be at least a landlord to do that. Wife’s Our granddads used to have a great joke about wooden} Sputmegs manufactured by the Connectitcut Yankee, but! "} he wooden silk dress of today is no joke. han necktie hanging down over your manly chest this | Wooden Silk Dresses minute is just plain timber, disguised. | scientific magazine tells us that the United States, ing to compete with cheap Oriental labor in the culture} the silk worm, is making a very successful imitation of the spruce tree. It is called viscose silk. The spruce d is, of course, reduced to pulp. Then they put it thru ocess which makes it look and aet like molasses, except can’t make rum of it and it doesn’t go any too well h buckwheat cakes. This molasses is trained thru a fine the strings dropping into a solution which trans- them into yarn thread. This yarn takes dye readily,| strong as any silk worm silk, wears well and stands the) -rub of the washtub in great shape. Perhaps th | at Some day we're going to try to make a suit of clothes out the fine crop of weeds we grow so successfully in our yard. . A Seattle motorcycle cop writes poetry. The speeders ‘in this Vote today. Thé polls remain open till 8 p.m. Vote is town are enough to drive anybody to desperation. for W. A. Lincoln for port commissioner. Having failed to pass the treaty. the two political parties are now [barn de } busy passing the buck. BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE (A Negro song of faith) Sun come up in de shinin’ Eas’, "Way back er de railroad yahd; I work my work en I fed my feas’; I sho been alivin’ hahd. Sun go down in de shinin’ wes’, Bigger da n @ load o' hay; Now I'se ready for to go ter rest; I’se done my do today. I'se done my do today; T'se ready for to go my way; Rock me to sleep an’ lemme lie, | ness would largely disappear | %#—__——__— HAVE AN 3-RAY Ken of | YOUR HEAD, TOO! IF YoU " ANY MORS oF INFUICT ME WIth OVR CONG RECITALS OF You'tc HAVE A FALLING OF ALS YOUR ORGANS WY PREVENTION OF DISEASE AMONG WORKMEN The economic loss from able large It has been Were some 13,000, among workers, prevent vena among workers ts very stated Aggerated, but th dence for suppow is ample evi is very bigh A large part of this loss is pre-| A very effective method for reducing this lone from Uiness ia the medical #upervision of w Present Interest | first” movement. This safety move ment has served to con he Attention of the industria in & way, possible in no other manner, on the tmportance of health in the abstract, It has caus of measures, originally Inter to prevent will also serve to prevent discase Any system of medical vision for workers should tn the f 1. Physical examination of work J an extension fed only accider that they super tude lowing points 2. Careful records of the physical examinations 3. Prevention of communicable diseases among workers 4. Education of workers in meth ods of keeping well. 5. First aid and medical attention, and 6. Prevention of occupational div- canes. The introduction systema of medical stipervision w be of in calculable benefit to the tn because by lustries, them the efficiency of Aual will greatly in creased, thi occurrence of incase will be lessened, and very valuable data an to the prevalence of disease among the workers will be secured. Practical demonstrations for the improvement of the health of in dustries can be made on the data se cured by the physical eupervision as a basis. If medical supervision of workers were general, the enormous annual economic loss due to preventable {Il- | i] ae ae Q. What is the proper dose of paregoric for an tnfant three months old? He cries a great deal. | A. None at all. It ts almost erim: | inal for a mother to give “dope” to her baby. Py all means take your baby to a doctor and find out why | it cries. There is surely something seriously wrong. Q. Is salvarsan (606) made tn this country? If so is it as good as the original product? A. Yes, by a number of different manufacturers licensed by the gov. ernment. All the product ts tested by the U. 8, Hygienic laboratory and appears to be even better then | ANSWERED _ ® the 2 treatment for a small lump in the |®one of my business origina! German product. Would you recommend radium breast? A limited and int that of a surgical operation to the U that the eco. | Washington, D. C., for the pamphlet |on cancer either in No. The value of radium ts in the case of a lump cannot be compared to Write 8. Public Health Service he breast “UNCLE £4, M.D.” his cotamn o of general interest relating Address A bor tir INFORMATION Horron, U.K Public Mealth servic, Woshingtes, D. G ctore of Paris have formed a la union. However, they will con to play Golden Jubilee December 7-14 “Celebrating Fiftieth Anniversary of THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sermons tomorrow by REV. M. A. Morning—11 o'clock The Battle of the Years Evening—7:15 THE FUTURE’S OPEN BOOK Elaborate Programs of Music Interesting Services each night of this week The public is cor- dially invited to par- ticipate with us in this Celebration. BRUCE The “Preacher with a Punch” called —Tomm Y. Greetings! Today we present a Nttle street car drama that happened on the 6:30 p. m, [ast Madison car | Thursday night, for you disapproval. | DRAMATIS PERSONAE Conductor Woman. Another woman. Men In seats. Women strap hangers. Ete. acT 1 Woman seen running from Green Lake car at Fourth and Pike towards BE. Madison car, transfer in hand Conductor on FE. Madison car lama gate whut In woman's face and gives motorman two bells. Car moves up another block and stops for more passengers, Same woman chases car! and geta aboard panting. transfer to conductor Conductor: I can’t take this trans fer, “Tain't no good except at trans fer point Woman: But I tried to catch this car and you shut the gate Conductor (glancing about for ap proval): Well, you oughta waited for the next car Woman; Please take my transfer Conductor: ‘Tain't good, I tell ya 1 hadn't oughta take it. Woman: Please do. And I want another transfer to the Broadway Une. Conductor: Well, ya don't get tt Ill take this tranafer this time, but won't give ya ‘nother, see? Woman: Oh, dear. I don't nee why not. I'm a working woman Look at me! Anybody can tell that I've just come from work. My hue band in sick and I'm hurrying to get home, I haven't got another nickel Plea, won't you give me a transfer? Conductor; I said I won't, and I won't. The rules says I don't hafta Get me? Woman: What shall I do? Honest I haven't got another nickel Conductor: I can't help that Hands i It's Second Woman: Here's a nickel | This will pay your fare. Take it Woman: Oh, thank you. I'l! pay! |it back tomorrow. | Second Woman: Neetn’t I'm gind to let you have it Woman pays fare and steps inside beside second woman mind Conductor (am if mightily pleaned with himself, addressing crowd): M | but they're wild women Woman (overhearir | remark) here, you don't need to talk about If I was a man I'd slap you Woman gets off and runs to cateh Broadway car (Curtain) ee A now play, called "Palmy Dayw,” jhas been produced in New York | We don't know whether the heroin is @ manicurist or a fortune teller. | TOMORROW | the year 42 fi. us Cicero, Rom statesman and philoro-| pher. assassinated at his own villa by Popiltus, who was instigat ed to the murder by Antony. In 983, on December 7, Otho IT first emperors of Germany, was pol-| soned On December 7, 1641, Ralph Brown-| ing, bishop of Exeter, died. Browr ing was a man of remarkable cour age, moral and physical. During the protectorate of Oliver Cromwell | the bishop had the hardihood to sol-| emnly advise Cromwell to restore the Stuart king, Charles LI., to bis throne. In 1741, on December 7, lution occurred in Russia. On December 7, 1 the British under Lord Cornwallis, marched to Princeton. a revo on December 7th, the of the United States| | was ratified without amendments by Delaware, which was the first state to adopt the constitution. On December 7, 1796, Washington | met both houses of congress for the | WHI last time as president of the United | iii! | States. | In 1894, on December 7th, a con | vention regulating Chinese tmmigra |tion was ratified by the United States and China. This agreement prohibited the immigration of Chi- | nese laborers to the United States, | but admitted officials, students, mer. | chants and travelers, On December 7, clared war 17, congress de against EVANS Austria- Hun: | j non will lecture Centralia massacre day evening at the Arena. Rev, Thompson is a Veteran of the civil war and former mayor of Centralia, Veness is a well known lawyer, who was to have delivered the Armistice day oration at Centratia ‘They will show that the attack was unprovoked that the shooting had been planned three w in advance and that the firnt shots came from th I. W. W. hall before move was made by the men in the American Legion ranks The , meeting #at Arena Sunday at Dp. m. will be open to the public and no admission will be charged. on the T0 NEW C. 0. FOR OUTFITS Col, William M. Ingita, formerly C, ©. of the 161st infantry, the old 2nd Washington, assumed the duties of director of the State Veterans’ Welfare M “BY head of the & Sailors Veterans’ kewine and club, the State Welfare com mission having taken over the service men's club. SALVAGE reon, un rhum chand ! Well, the life its compensa- tions, didn’t it? Over 155 men enlisted in the military service in Seattie’in the month of November. Rainier Post ts rapidity approaching the 1,000 mark wn prince wants to come to Asmert Does he know the country is dry? When you grumble about your meals think of the time you sald you'd eat anything so long as it was me News Note—Sam Jen- kins nearly was mobbed on Armistice day when he went to the parade wear- ing an iron cross he bought in Paris, instead of his D. 8. C. Imn’t it great not to have to say “Combeeyen,” “pookoo” and “No com- pree” any more? The alien slacker is a fighter—when it comes to defending the profits he made on the war. Be careful with your summer underwear — you can't trade it in as you used to in the army. HAVE YOU A JOB? More than 1,800 ex-nser- viee men returned to the University of Washt this year to complete their educ m. ‘They are behind in their work from one to two years because there was greater work to be done in France They did thelr jobs in the army and now they are back fighting to get an education Many of these men must have employment on aft ernoons and on Saturday in order to remain in school The Veterans’ Welfare commission is looking for Jobr down v: going to that th can be held «© mon while If you have an opening for an experienced man or can use one where experi- ence is not necessary, why not Mr. Loomis, Veter Welfare com- thinsion, at the Soldiers and Sailors’ club, Fourth and Cherry? His tele phone number is Elliot largest of ex-service intence. orga men in ex Get your buddy In line. Saturday. All of the s of the Legion in Seattle is welcome. Post secretaries are urged to send news of their posts to the edl- tor by Thursday noon of each week ~— bates COATS OF ARMS WANTED To promote esprit de corps and morale, the war department has ordered all regiments and other distinctive units to adopt a distinctive coat of arms, the army recruiting sta tion in Seattle announces. Many exservice men suggest picturesque coats of arms for the out- fits to which they be longed. There is the one with the crossed pick and shovel, the one with the mess kit with slum and cold fish rampant, and others too lurid for these chaste columns. How about it? We'll mark time while you answer. UNION MEN WANTED Rainier Post No, 21 launched a campaign ‘Tuesday to urge members of union labor to enlist in the American Legion. Reports current that legion members were op- posed to trade unionism were nailed as Mes by spenkers at the weekly meet of the Rainier Legionaries, THE ORIGINAL $.0.L. George ber of th rived in New York Tues day on the transport Oriz- aba. a can ERHAPS you believe the Valley’s treasures are already unlocked because this year’s raisin crop is $34,000,000—more than half of the world’s supply —or because the peach sales are $15,000. $10,000,000; figs $4,500,000; But the 16,000 square miles are ,000; alfalfa L dairy products $10,000,000; Olives $500,000; oil $80,000,000; and the many other products make the San Joaquin Valley’s 1919 total in- come more than $170,000,000. 20 cent de- veloped, and the power necessary for the Valley’s future is but 7 per cent developed. The Valley awaits power. The San Joaquin Light & Power Corporation is serving this territory. Realizing its responsibility, it has entered upon a plan for bringing into use, as fast as needed, the large undeveloped power which it owns. The first step in this plan is the construction of the new 45,000 h. p. hydro-electric plant on the main San Joaquin River. To provide 75 per cent of the cost of this work the corporation has issued first and refund- ing mortgage 6 per cent bonds. We offer these bonds to all desiring an exceptional investment. Invest in power— hydro-electric —an investment secured by the certain Wit a big, roun’ dolleh to close my eye; future of the San Joaquin Valley. Pile up de kivvers upon me high; I've done my do today. SEVENTE~KEAR PINE “ The Apostle of Pep” Who has just closed the most successful revival ever 1 held, at Palouse, Washington, and who has always MN been most successful in reaching young people, leads Ih { meetings at the | sy il : Central Baptist Church ||, Cxmvs Pemce & Company Sunday morning at 11 a. m. and Sunday evening at MH I HH i bd INVESTMENT SECURITIES e 7:30 p. m, and every evening the coming week except i Wl! Saturday. Come early to get a seat aa Ree rvony | ii @ LOSANGELES San FR clScO SEATTLE 9 UU WT HL friends. i | rT Po rr : ll HUFVGAETOTUUUADEEUNUAEUTENOOUO TN Gea GRANTH ATEN q ll ‘ Third Avenue and Cedar S t ll ttn OT Complete information mailed on request without obligation. Gwine ter sleep in a cabin o' clay Seattle Offices: Hoge Building. Dat’s back in de ol’ church yahd; Gwine ter sleep until de Judgment Day; I sho’ been a laborin’ hahd. Gwine ter sleep in do grace o' Gord; Ter res’ me thoo and thoo; But wake me up, when you want me, Lord Whenever it’s a-suitin’ You, Whenever it’s asuitin’ You! I'll be wakin’ up good as new; Wake me up when you want to, Lord! Carry me over ol’ Jordan's ford; Set me down in de shine o Gora, All ready for to do my do! (Copyright, 1919, N. B. A.) Non-Sectarian Free to All “The Place for All Who Love Our Lord Jesus Christ” Sunday School , 9:45 a, m Mr. Richards, on “Prophecy” 8 p.m Evangelist: Thompson, Subject, “In Such an Hour as Ye Think! Not, He Cometh,” Matt, 24:44 Hearty Welcome to All. 8 p.m, l | |