The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 10, 1920, Page 6

ung Roosevelt > Follows Father's Chicago Example CHICAGO.—Colonel eodare Roosevelt, jr., mulating the example set his father, has nceled his engage- t to speak at the ‘Hamilton club, in Chi- because Mayor Waliiam Hale Thomp- son was also on the pro- The younger It declared he could not speak at Chi- }eago on political mat- ‘}ters unless he felt free _}to say what he thought ‘Chicago mayor had tak- en a pro-German atti- _ }tude before the actual _ }declaration of war. + A few years ago The- Roosevelt, former it of the U. S., to attend an af- ir in Chicago because iam Lorimer, U. S. accused and ed in the senate obtaining his seat by | corruption fund, was} 0 a guest. do under discipline Insists on doing what she wants of consequences. an undue araving for ex- thia ts led her into se indiscretions. It has even ght her into trouble thru grave delinquencies. Exforts to reconstruct her charac summer camp influences nor insane, but of a person misdeveloped thru faulty home «It is perhaps not too late to “sta Riise” her, But the girl obviously f are puzzled to answer when con- _ fronted with similar probiems. ye re there is point to a sug- recently made by a New physician, Dr. L. Pierce Clark, ‘Writing im the Medical Record: the ordinary sense these so Unstable persons are not fll, are praccox and manic depres ; they require an entirely dif. system of care. Their needs more nearly allied to those of the feebleminded, but here, again, the | © titefectual and moral habit training fe quite different. ‘Their greatest Reed is character building. “Practically no such institutions @xist that provide the proper com- ™unity environment and ethical , combined with the amount wn suited to the individual Meed. It is one of the greatest de mands of or times $ snd interests. Its morals | igh and worthy of the! fullest acceptance and co-operation | Bad Public and the interested reia- “Until such an institution is estab- Ushed the great problem of the care, training and protection of the social- ly unstable will not be adequately And, Dr. Clark might have added, | Society will continue to be burdened By unemployable men and women, to be harassed by delinquents, ang to be afflicted by deficients who might More or leas readily be converted in. | to useful citizens, adding t# the! Wealth and prosperity of the nation I commend his suggestion to ail Philanthropists of large means, and to all legislators who really have at| heart their country’s welfare. i. A. B. GO EASY, JUDGE Judge—Have you any excuse to of-+ fer before I fine you for speeding? ‘Yes, your honor. It’s like The Seattle Star te th; 8 OF TOE, Tel the ‘este ot Wasntnaton, ate of W said about renominatirig Wesley L. 91.40; @ monthe, 62.75; veer, Of the state, The per month, 4460 gor ¢ montha or $8.00 per year, My sarrter, city, 130, por week If Theodore Roosevelt, former president of the) B to the |United States, were alive today, what would he hav Jones on the re-| e publican ticket for United States senator? Could he have tolerated him? Republicans of this state may well What would Roosevelt have had senator who rose to the defense of the kaiser when we} were on the brink of war? consider this. to say about any THE SEATTLE STAR DANA AST night I spent a wonder. ful hour with a wonderful woman, Indeed, when I come to de woribe her charma, my words gallop in ringing rhythm, and son nets drip from my fingers, For her hair swam in the sea of showers, and her eyes were a bay of rainbows; an ocean of storms swelled in her heart and a #ea of clouds encompassed her; her nostrils seemed to scent the sea of nectars, and tranquility, serenity “aye, death and dreams, humors and cold, and vapors—formed her, * The oldest woman in the untverse |that we know of, My Lady of the Ma | jeatic Night, the Moon, ) Ifyou will observe an astronomi. cal Map, with tte poetic titles, you will find tha® the Lady of the Night has & Bea Of Vapors, and a Maresh of Mists, and a Bay of Rainbows, and all the reat, For years T saw the man tn the moot ‘Then, with more careful eye, I caught the silver profile of the Gideon girk—a Greek classic in the purity of ber outline, But this night I turned my field glasses on this old sweetheart of mine, and, behold, ahe Was not & youtg, slender slip'of « thing, but a somewhat fat matron, lreclining laaily; a matron with a double chin and something that look. ed suspiciously like a whisker, I suppose Old sweethearts, met aft er the grind of hard years, frequent ly look that way to the eyes of the lover who has kept a bright, virgin image enshrined in bis beart ali Ue ume, » see UT that wasn't the worst of it, As Tl looked more care fully, I eaw that there wae an eager, boyleh face Dreamed clone to the cheek of thie staid matron; a youthful low or, with an angelic high leht on his jeurly locks, locks clipped a bit square at the enda, in old Dutch fashion, So here was my lady of the eternal snows: my dream lady, my delicate, unearthly mins, suddenly grown old, land coarse, and fat, and actually be ing kissed by & brisk young chap who looked like a movie artiet. Almost I qujt looking, for about my last god had gone and smashed herself, but I did pry a bit More into the affairs of these two, and Tam glad I did, because I dis lcovered that this young man was really only & boy—« bright. eager, af. fectionate youth, probably home from summer school, and kissing his If HE had called him traitor in 1917, would he to-|motner autituily. day be supporting him? hatever may have been Roosevelt’s faults, hypoc- tisy was not one. Roosevelt would not, could not, have accepted Jones under these circumstances any more than he could have accepted ‘William Lorimer, whom he denounced as a corruptionist. Lorimer, you remember, was accused of purchasing his seat in United States senate. ed, too, by the United States senate, declared vacated. But Senator Jones voted for Lorimer. the corruptionist. He was convict- and his seat was He voted for If Roosevelt wouldn’t attend a Cy, yee luncheon because Lorimer was a guest, woul he today.as a re- publican, countenance the re-election of a senator who not only yoted for Lorimer, but went further, and |indorsed the kaiser? If Roosevelt were alive ee: you he would REMEMBER JONE: may be sure that “Mere Sentiment” The plea for commutation of the death sentence of Ro: Wolff, 17-year-old murderer, is “based on mere sentiment, declares J. R. Dorsey, district attorne y of Kern county, California. He urges that: Wolff be hanged on October 22. The Star doubts whether hanging Wo Iff wil- improve his character, or whether it will prevent future. murders, any }more than the hanging, of other youthful criminkls pre- >| vented Wolff from killing Greer. The Star believes it is wiser, sometimes, to abide by “mere sentiment” than by the cold-blooded, near-sighted justice that seeks to revenge one murder by committing a second—for killing is murder, whether done legally’ or illegally. “Mere sentiment” has altered the des tinies of nations. “Mere sentiment” prompted Queen Isabella to sell her jewels, and enabled Columbus to discove r Ame “Mere sentiment” brought the adventure-loving Lafay- ette to America when the colonies were facing defeat in their fight for indpendenc, “Mere sentiment” caused Harriet Beecher Stowe -to write “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which helped to al “Mere sentiment” is the ‘spark that bolish slavery. ignites reason and spurs it on to add new milestones on the road of human progress. Chinese Jazz The hunt for the origin of jazz has led to the African jungle and to the music of cannibal feasts and orgiastic dances, But, further back it can be traced to the beginnings of civilization in Ghina iteelf. lived néarly 2,500 years ago, edited a book of ceremonies called the, The book of ceremonies was a venerable Chinese fucius gave his attention to it. The sayings in the “Li Ki" Confucius, who LA KL" classic long before Com represent a viewpoint of musical criticiam in China which perhaps corresponds to the date assigned by the Jewish Chronology for the Gi arden of Eden. The “I4 Ki" describes music as a powerful influence for good or evil, and pictures the prehistoric syncopation as follows: “The airs of Kang go to wild excess and debauch the mind; thore of Sung speak of slothful indulgence and of women and submerge the mind; those of Wei are stre Khi are violent and de; 4 and fast and perplex If not jaza, what else falla in with the description Khi—all their scores have been lost. Only the mon d-and make the mind arrogant. | these four states all stimulate libidinous desire and are injurious to virtue.” the mind; and those of ‘The airs of ? Kang, Sung, Wel and tonous drum beat which they doubtless contributed to prehistoric jazz remains tn modern Chinese Clouds Scattering music, B fall and winter, were, it now appears, unduly the moving of crops is more plentiful than the “As a matter of fact,” asserts the Wall Stree now prevails that omfortable money market balance of the y This condition, bankers say, ts the fruit of adopted last spring by the federal reserve auth turn for the better of the railway patient. Had tinued tying up credits as well as commodities banking fraternity might been realized. of halted freight clouds melted a in” have ¢ Probably American business may not néed another such lesson, It is to be hoped that never again will the arteries of trade be so clogged| with unmoying cars and gamblers in necessities given such a warm welcome in the loans divisio® of the banking houses, In other words, it were better to kéep the clouds from forming, Pribilof Islands report a $2,000,000 catch of # this. I heard that there was a cook « Out of @ job. I had to hurry to get ara orre some one else beat me there'll be plenty of furs for next summer. Arablan rebels were routed by British Bikh troo; jankers, who some time ago, predicted a strained credit situation this pessimistic, y thought. t Journal, “the opinion will obtain thruout the Money for Precautionary methods horities—plus the quick the car congestion con- the worst fears of the ‘learing rallroad tracks and reducing credit to speculators did the work. The eas, Thank goodness, ps and got off lucky at that. Aupposing the troops had been in good health? CRA TTA ‘The string that’s tied to a gift seldom breake eee Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton mys whisky at Nashville Mowed tn bath tubs. And no doubt with water for a wash, eee But, as the carpenter remarked, “T don't own any lvestock, but I have two good horses.” eee MAYBE THIS WILL WORK, BUT WE DOUBT IT ‘WIM the party who took a ln@y’s gold wrist watch last week kindly return the watch and avold fyrther annoyance? No queations asked. I am fully convinced where the watch has gon® and have concluded this may bring the party to do the right thing—A Subscriber —Ojal, Cal, Journal. eee “I can't understand the fancy lan- guage on the hotel menus,” post ards H. B HL, “but I understand the fancy figures.” . oe A BAND ON HIS HAT First Clams Scout: plano. Second Class Scout: That's noth- ing. I can play the bugle, the violin and the banjo. Tendertoot: IT got you all beat by a mile, I kin play all of those things on the victrola.—Boy#’ Life. ee ‘This has been an unsual baseball season, Not one sport ed han picked out a manager and called him a ‘miracle man.” AND HE HA I can play the BEWARE! Unless you see the safety “‘Bayer Cross” on tablets, you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for over —— 1 “AS IT SEEMS TO ME Se ———We'll Say S0——= SLEETH } Looking with sympathy and a slightly better focus, I discerned only | motherly affection in the somewhat passe stile of the Moon Matron, a simple, sweet, home pleture of moth or love and childinh adoration,” If you doubt this, take your opera glasses at the next full moon, after tracing the outline of the Wt Mother, watch for the chap with bob bed hair who is kissing her on the far cheek, If you find the matron tak ing up mom of the right half of the moon, look for the boy's head in the upper section of the left half; I think you will see it most distinctly, and, so far aa I know, thia heavenly love affair has never been reported, . ee rave ancther mystery of the firmament. It is a Mashing star that appears low on the north central horizon these nights, and that seems to move with a tremen- doun speed. Thru the glans it flashy Uke great diamond under an are ght, and ranges the color scate fromered to green, to yellow, to pur ple, My scant astronomical knowledge does not serve to fix It, for it is be low the pole atar and it does not fit into either the Great or Lesser Bear constellations, and that's al) I'know of im that corner of the sky this time of year Out among the wooded hills, when night shuts down, the stars seer more a part of man’s universe than they do in town, One comes to feel the impending awe of the led heavens — heavena peopled ith worlds, with suns, with eccentric stare and fixed stare; peopled with marvels and mysteries, and eternal processes of an incomparable gran- dour; remote to us and yet doubters inUmately connected with our paat and our future, if we but knew, for just as thought in the desert is « force that seemingly never dicen, #0 Worlds cannot pace their gigantic | beats out there in ether and have no lot or portion with the rest of the universe, There are religious philosophice that give to each mtar @ definite place In the scheme of human evolu roe somehow, they never appealed to my materiay Western mind, but certainly ‘tis a fatuous theology that makes thie one little dab of sand stone and red clay the all-important thing in the untfverse, and that con sidera man and hie accidental affairs as the crux of thé eternal coumog ony. | “Maw™ bellowed @ lustytunged baby, “Ob, Maw, ain't that a funny looking man over there?” clarioned the youngster again, “Ain't he funny, I say. mean the one with the hat.” ‘We looked at “Maw” and at the) child. The woman was dressed in the) superlative of fashion, “Chic, yet conservative,” “Vanity Dare” might say of her, “Here,” thought us, “is a lady of refinement and culture. | How ,come the ebtid has such poor magners?™ “Maw! eereamed the child once more and pointed a finger straight! at us “ih gay, Maw, ain't it funny | what a fed nese be has? And ain't that a funny bald spot?” * Still there waa no reply from “Maw.” She gaged thru the window unmoved by the loud comments of her offspring. “Maw, he is funny, ain't he?” ‘The blue eyes of the woman turned from the window. She might have | been meditating on the glories of a day in August, 80 peaceful and se rene and gentle were those eyes. Bay you!” she bawled out with 20 years, and proved safe by millions. Safety first! . | a Doctor Frank CRANE’S Daily Article (Copyrtant, 1990) Paying U. S. Debts. Liberty Bonds. P.O. Savings. Income Tax. ne Meyer, former managiag| or of the War Finance Corpo ration, set forth m valuable eum eation the other day at a hearing held by the senate special committee on reconstruction and production It & that the government allow 4 per cent instead of 2, as at pres ent, on money deposited by the peo: ple in the postofficen, The treasury now iasues 6 per cent certificates to banks. In other words, why not borrow from the people at 4 per cent in stead of borrowing from the banke at 6? He staten that if these treasury certificates at 6 per cent were taken up with funds secured thru the pont- office savings accounts at 4 per! cent this redemption would renult | in a rise of Liberty bonds of from | 5 to 10 per cont. Surely a conrummation devoutly | to be wished! gtothing has caused | more widerpy dismatisfaction than | the decline in Liberty bonds, which | are in the hande of so many inex perienced holders The fundamental problem of both | the government and private indue-| tries is to get money. Our old friend Capital, much abused by | muckrakers, is what we need, what every country needs for that mat: | ter, as civilization is a problem of capitalization Our income tax, based on the old iniquitous tax*theory Of spoilation, | taken the capital of the iarger| wealth units wherewith do run the government. Hence they cannot put it into Industries. | But by inducing untversal sav- ings, by raising the interest rate at postal savings banks, money could be raised for government expenses and leave the capital of the large wealth units to-go into industry. This is sound sense, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Japan and Great Britain, with a to tal population of 181,367,000, have | over 42 per cent of the population | as mavings bank deponitors, as} against 11 per cent in the United States. And only 665,000 citizens of the United Btates have government sav. | ings deposit, or less than Bne-half of 1 per cent of the people in the country | With thie increased per cent at postal mavings banks Mr. Meyer be eves that within = year the gov-/ ernment could pay off its floating | debt of approximately three and a/ half billions, evidenced py ad with proper certificates And after that, handling, from the same source, could be paid off a large part, if) not all, of the $4,000,000,000 Victory Loan which comes due in 1923, All this ts not only good financing but it i one of the best ways to thoroughly Americanize our foreign | Population, and to strengthen and endear the government in the hearts | of all the peop! | } the vehemence of an iceman, “Say, you! How many times have I got t@ tell you not to say ‘ain't’? If von non ————— ee open that bazoo of yours again this wide of Tacoma I'll bust your mush, 1 will! 1) lekrn you to be @ lady, 1 will, so help’me Mack!" eee ONE OF THOSE PORTABLE AFFAIRS , under arrest in At alleged the garage was broken into, the boys going to At lanta in it—Montgomery, Ala, Jour- nal eee Nobody wants the wooden ships the shipping board is*trying to sell And what's more, nobody ever did want them-—except the men who sold the lumber to the government ron yin PAWS 0 Insist upon an unbroken ‘‘Bayer Package’ containing proper directions fort Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Earache, Toothache, Neuritis, Rheumatism, Lumbago and Pain generally. Made2nd owned strictly by Americans. Aspirin te the tra VET Rae aH er-lablets“Aspirin Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost but a few cents—Larger packages mark of Bayer Manufacture ef Monoaceticacidester of Balicylicacié (4 i" 7 i» <4 a (OUNINIIIEONIY" gs | Dr. James IL Vance Writes for The Star Today About \“Daddy, Pm So Lonely” BY DR. JAMES I. VANCE It was not @ little child, but « young wife, who sald it, It was the |moan of a broken heart, released in the semidelirium of an opiate that had deadened physical pain but was not strong enough to’ stupefy @ tor tured spirit The train was on a night run be tween two southern cities. Half an hour out the young woman, whose berth was just acroms from mine, began to have convulsions, She had been found on the rear platform in & pighly hysterical condition. For- tunately there was an angel in the form of a trained nurse on board, and she was tipeless in her efforts to give reliet, We telegraphed ahead for a doctor, who came an hour later, but all that he could do was to ad- minister an oplate. During the intervals when-she was herself, snatches of her story came out. Married three years before, with a little son waiting for her at the end of the night's ride, with a husband who had grown tired of his young wife and deserted her, it wax the old story of a lost Eden. She had probably tried to end her life there on the rear platform, but had not nucceeded in getting enough of the drug into her system to accom- plish her purpose. At 3 o'clock in the morning the opiates hushed the poor girl into a troubled sleep, but for the three hours that followed, over and over again that cry of a broken heart moaned itself out into the car: “Paddy, I'm so lonely! Daddy, I’m #0 lonely!" Literally hundredg of times she said it. Across the car aisle, thru the curtains, into my berth, came this plaint of @ stricken soul, I can 5] S) [> 4 ry 19) ie} 4 r \?) 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How could he resist such a sob from the bruised heart he had once sworn to cherish? 1 began to wish tha® other men might hear a young mother uncover the tragedy of a wretked home, am she thus reached out blind arma for the father of ber child How can a man play false to © woman when they have taken this sacrament of life together? Maybe there are men who would come back, if they could hear what I heard that night, moaning its way out thru the curtains of a Pullman, If you have deserted the girl you swore on God's altar to love “till death shall part,” that cry is com ing after you, It will hunt you down; it will follow you to the ends ot the earth. It will not let you forget. It will meet you at God's bar at Iget; but there it will change from ® minor chord. It w® om your accusation, As the judge lin He will say: “With what measure ye meet, it shall be measured to you again.” If you value your appearance, get special skin treatment, $3.12. Com plexion Improver. Herb Medicine Mfg. 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