The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 21, 1920, Page 6

PAGE 6 TTLE STAR--WEDNESDAY, ——————E aT 2 months By mail, out of city, S00 per month 8 $0; 6 months, $2.75 ar, $5 tate of Washingt She Seattle Star | On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be Mo Compromise EDITORIALS — FEATURES —By CONDO! HOP IN AND EVERET1 1S MY CAR RIGHT HERE Liars BY DE. PRANK CRANE WE'LL GO UP THERE AND CLOSE THE DEAL. cictiettasisctiiamaaasiaiiiineimil 4 ' business than the ratif jion,.shall give them that right. oindexter? Vood. es : Spiritualism — In an age that invented wireless telegraphy and dis wed radio-activity, it would be foolish to deny the pos- existence of many forces as yet unknown to mankind may turn, voices may speak, the ouija board may il out its messages in obedience to commands we can- fathom. But don’t let us look for wishing rings to be |! ren us by spirits that have passed beyond the gr Spiritualism is like radium in that investigators should ' properly equipped to handle it. Without careful pre- |; ns, radium experiments result in painful deaths from . Whoever touches spiritualism should cling to 4 bD nced temperament to escape mental disaster. ing mental effect upon the living. There tries to analyze death should be wary. Experiments ism are laboratory studies of death. The sting . Caution and prudence are necessary. To expect infallible advices from a spirit world is to re- , luce spiritualism to the level of savage. rites Civilization sm in a world directed by spirits. Humanity will reject ‘any belief that makes us manikins obedient to the pro- nouncements of spirit mediums. The baby, just learning to walk, and refusing its mother’s is the embodiment of humanity's true spirit. The wants to find out for itself. We adults, who are but Tittle children in the great, puzzling universe, want to find « ‘out for ourselves, too. If there are super-beings who have thru the world sphere, and can tell us all the future in store, let them hold their peace. We demand the Tight to explore the mysteries as men free and unafraid. The senate has voted to increase the fees of witnesse in federal courts from $1.50 to $3 a day. Maybe it feared they would organize and strike. Many Minds Shakespeare’s original manuscripts never were found. ho destroyed them? Shakespeare! Gordon Craig, international authority on art of the the Advancing.” Craig’s theory solves an old mystery man could have had a knowledge so bre The whole series of dramas seems too colossal for one man to have created. * One man didn’t; many did. it, says Craig. Shakespeare, he thinks, sketched out the plays. Then, much of the dialogue was improvised by the whole com- 5 y of actors at reh als. They also created many of a characters. The original manuscript became a mass of corrections, additions and cuts, say : The master dramatist took this achievement of many minds, and placed the mark of his genius on it when he lished the acting version of the plays for publication. h play was his own. But many had a part in cre- ating it. Craig’s explanation is convincing. The automobile we fay today is the creation of many minds, each helping to), develop the modern motor car from the first crude horse-| less carriage. So it is with all the other wonders of modern achievement. t Our common impulse is to acclaim the one man to whom e greatest credit for any achievement seems due. But achievement of any single mind never equals the ment of many minds directed efficiently to one end. —that is, how one Landing Field” ina necessity, is the warning given Seattle by Col, Arnold, chief of the air service for the Western department. Quale so—what goes up, must come down, except, of course, the old H, C. of L. “ a cankering worm into any rose There is still another reason why Gov. Hart should call the legisla- ture in special session. ~ Toratify woman suffrage is one. To enact a presidential primary bill is the other. Now that woman suffrage is a settled issue in this state, the gover- nor is willing, it is stated, to convene the legislature provided no other Once you get the for it nothing else , to leap on him and strangle him in the very hour of hi a combination of everything concentrated ce of cowardice, treachery, and selfish- water gushing the fresh green of ¢ like the feel of new velvet; like your ation measure is transacted. The Star was ' the only daily newspaper on Puget Sound that supported woman suf- frage when it needed friends in 1910. And it yields to no one in the ‘demand for the ratification of the federal measure. " The Star, however, cannot agree with Gov. Hart’s limitations upon the legislature. So far as this state is concerned, a presidential pri- mary bill is fully as important—or more so. In any event, Washing- ton women will! vote for the presidential candidates in November. But neither Washington men nor Washington women will have.an opportunity to express themselves in a direct way on who these presidential nominees shall be, unless the legislature, in special ses- You don’t have to talk, but if you do hame the devil. eye of a happy girl; that is unspotted and wholesome health, debilitate your mind, and rot your to wear unbru If you long for crime, why, burn a hay- mayhem or burglary, but don’t lhe. at the bottom of the list. We would prefer pro-Germans or Reds, letter writers, to duty and busine Wy LS QOD 2>>— * = te I'S AL oret! I REFUSE To C ANY suninebe WITH A LAZY CAR CUNee WHO DRIVES AROUND THE CITY STRE IN A NEGLECTED, TUB OF DRIED MUD Uke THAT In the language of the Epie of Old Bill Smith, in that passage where he fires the “Against thieves , and their ilk we have de- avoid due consequence to teach children none comparable in For no other We have this year 8 situation that especially emphasizes the need f a presidential primary bill. The candidates for president are thicker than bugs in a rug. Shall the presidential nomination be e plaything of politicians, or shall the people have a vote in the mat- have no defense. thou art a base and causeless prevaricator. Get thy pay and beat it!” But what if one hates to lie, yet dare not ) unexpected corners, It is all settled among politicians of this state to give Senator Poin- Well, one might try keeping still. xter the republican delegates of Washington. on The politicians have settled it but how about the voters? lexter may be all right and big enough for the job. nd, the voters may not want him. Why not let the republican s determine whether Washington shall be recorded in favor of Can’t Flaunt Sin in Face of God Rei wiuriisle mee urd for a farmer On the other BY THE REV, CHARLES Perhaps we prefer Hiram Johnson, or Herbert Hoover, or Gen.! It doesn’t take much courage for a governor to convene the legis- ture provided the members agree to do nothing else but ratify the oman suffrage amendment. Gov. Hart may yet pick up that much plitical courage. But it takes a man of sterner stuff to throw the ion open to other measures that are of benefit to the people. And the presidential primary bill is one of these other measures. It furnishes an additional reason for a special session : suse? Gov. Hart is not that kind of a governor. eated and repeated A HAND-TO-MOUTH EXISTENCE but what's After bandiing anything dirty p take away the sting actions toward us WASH THE HANDS IMMEDI fe know little about death. But we know it has a of ins ore, WhO- On certificates of : 1 SP eaage nC More Human System in: neither charms nor talismans. ere can be no free- at tt . ; gue at Taylor “ae Army inVo BY LESLIF P. 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