The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 25, 1920, Page 6

THE SEATTLE STAR EVERETT TRUE— Thanksgiving Three hundred years have rolled beyond the Of time since that courageous Pilgrim band Had found on thene, ur shores, thelr ho’ In Ww rim y and Be Thankful! Yes, whoever you are, you have real reason to be thankful this day. q ogre like your soul. ; If you are a politician, successful November > God doesn’t blast liars as he is reported to have done in Old Testament days. If you are an instigator of class hatred, as a brow-beater of honest labor— be thankful American workers are sane, level-headed, slow to hot resentment. ’ If you imagine that bayonets ever settled anything—be thankful the deluge is delayed, slightly. If you agree with Browning that “all’s right with the world”—be thankful there are not enough asylums to hold all the morons. 9° EXAMPLE || who still believes in and practices the Declaration of Censiéer the Kohtning-bue, my | Independence and the Constitution of the United Sy ar se i States—be thankful you are alive and out of jail, if mankind } you are! Mey your fortune be, when your} | = And whoever you are—high or low, rich or poor, Te nese sxed, te the bug. «| privileged or exploited—be thankful that you live in light behind! —By Hdmund V Cooka : : una essay the best place in the world to live, afterall; your —® homeland to he the ideals of liberty and human happiness written jboldly in its fundamental charter. Railroad Operation Mating ham with your cranberries. Tur je 69 cents per pound. profits to the government—of New Zealand. The prime minister has fust presented to the house of representativer of New Zealand the annual statement of the government rultways for | the fiscal year ended March 31, 1920, It shown @ net profit of 1,647,420 b pounds ($8,017,169) on a total capital to that date of 39,097,340 pounds ge hard at night I'm glad tol igi94 g479058) invested in government railway constraction in the Do my bumpy couch. And yet) ninion, The earnings were $9,258 per mile during 1920, as ‘compared folks I ree about have every: with $4,126 per mile during 1919, while the operating expanses amounted they need, while 1, with Sl) 1, se ete per mile during 1920, as compated with $5,387 during 1919. Work and fuss, am very POF) me profit was earned in mpite of these heavier operating costs, The prime minister extimat } will be $29,199,000 and the exp of profitable operation is forecast. Is the New Zealand fovernment more effictent than that of the Not The New Zealand railroads are not "I have no thanks to give today,” Grandpa Gloom, the Grouch. “I “JT cannot thank the profiteer who r my living hard I cannot the packer who deprives me} my lard I cannot thank the ¢rug | man, whose poison is too dear.| Untted States? iture 22,446,731. Necenaarily Ys more, I cannot thank the/ clogged with watered capitalization a» are so many American railroads. Haman whose price for coal I fear.” |The United Staten rafiroad administration had to strugyele in a time i of quickly rising costs with the problem of paying @ rental based on & “Perhaps you" ht,” says Sonny “ Sen ant give thanks | “Apitalization that bore, many instances, no relation whatever . the doleful dub, the| money actually invested tn the roads The capital accounts of many or cranka This day wee reads were based on earning power, not investment in to The Survivor’s Tale page? And is it not strange that amidst all the chanoes of life you. Gentle Reader, should be the one person in afl the world whe where you are af this instant reading this columa? Stranger still perhapa, that amidst all the powible matings of men wits love and hOPt/ and women since the workl began, your own particular ancestors made Jacob& | the marriages that they 4i¢—to bring you into existencel Uf your father er your greatgrandfather had happened to marry Etim instead of Jana, what would have happened to YOU? Would someone else be reading this in your piace and wondering, just as you ara why ie he and not you? across for ™/| you my how good ® was that the ship did not founder and the pas ‘Mikado, wsengers survived. It seems providential! And yet tf your ancestors Caldwell—Because the had mined the combination that ied te you some one else might be Dullding wasn't painted | filling your place and thinking ef Providence, toa Dead men tell no tales; and neither do men anborn, The Mving he held | surviver has the my, and whatever led to him and to the things that where| be is used to and likes seems as the & must have been «pecially bianned, he’s or else it would cost bim ° ° Se" dough to baild a cellar Fidgety Children eee Team—Becnuse it| Parents and teachers should ever bear in mind that the tmpuldtve | mene and overchanging activity of a number of socalled fidgety children are but symptoms of mental faticue Normal chikiren are active, tmpuistve and inquisitive This ts nature's method of education, and children, therefora, should be allowed to exercise these mental traita, Rigid disctpiine tends to curb natural activities, which then seek ont- jets in other ‘more or less roundabout ways, For example, too rigid discipline tends to cause the harboring of resentment against, and dis regard for, those in authority. When once discipline te relaxed, the child, having falled to learn te control his impulses, frequently finds himself tn difficult and com- promising situations, In school, disctpiinary measures should follow the form of substituting desirable activities for undesirable ones. Children normally concentrate on the thing at hand, but under the artificial restraints of achool life they may lose the ability and desire to do this, and become unstable in the direction of their activities er—Becanse Hard election the ratification leagve of nations with reser- K. M. Landis-—Because the Hl magnates consented to give only $42,500 instead of $50,000, . could he bave done with ? . assigning short tasks that should alww: be carried to completion, and | these followed by short periods of relaxation. The tasks should be gradually lengthened, commensurate with development of the child, and made more difficult. Chilly for Chickens ‘The last precinct to report often changes the result. And even then, there's a chance that the official figures, or a re count, weeks later, will prove chilly for chickens prematurely hatched First dispatches told of “crushing defeats for the Nonpartisan I 18. Belated rural ballots turned this inte a vote thr times as large as that polled by this ridicul organization twe years ago. Now come reports, which do not change that showing, In general, but do indicate something of a setback in North Dakota, where the leaguers lost control of»the legislature, by a slight margin. The state also adopted some referendum iaws, intended to hamper the operation of the state bank, a ieague institution, but the are of minor im- portance. In Minnesota the league candidate for governor more than doubled | his vote in the primary, and Ukewise the vote for the league candidate two years ago. His successful rival, however, carried the state by a clear majority and a larger increase ever the republican margin of 1918. This was due to an informal coalition of republicans and democrata. General interest in the league—outside the states where ft now exixts will center now in the activities of its first United States senator, Dr, BE. F. Ladd of North Dakota. He will be the solitary independent in what some people say ls “the world’s greatest deliberative bedy.” the and out of Seattle over rail lines year? _ 2. If the car loads of freight re here in 1919 were placed end end, how long would be the re train? ‘ adjacent to Seattle? (Answers Friday) PREVIOUS QUESTIONS ‘There are more than 200 lum y Flume has been made an independent city under Italian infinences. ber dealers in Seattle. The Juso-Slave who dominate the city’s population will be drawn © 2. Public school enrollment: 66,562| away from thelr own fatheriand and closer to Italy by means of i economic interest. In time, Fiume will become Italian and will be ~ @. Seattle has more than 28 miles | formally annexed to Italy. of cluster lights. This is the result of the tong diplomatic battle between Italy and — oo Jugo-Slavia, A stretch of rocky seacoast and a few other unimportant RETRENCHUNG concessions have been secured by the Jugotilavs. But, Italy has ob tained the most vaivable of the Dalmatian coast positions and haa improved her northeastern strategic frontier. A strip of land rightly belonging to independent Fiume has been ceded to Italy, so that® a corridor of Italian territory binds the port of Kiume to the kingdom of Italy. The corridor will give Italy a dominant influence over Iiume, Jugo Slavia has made the of a bad bargain. No country went to her support. A few words of sympathy were spoken at Washing ton, but they had no resuit except to cause Italy to wait until the American presidential election had ende® ‘Then, renewed pressure wns brought to bear on the Jugo-Siave and they accepted the inevitable Little nations still must do as they are told in Europa The Wedding Guest—t notice you | eit out the practice of throwing old |’ | shoes after the bridal pair. Silly ‘eustom, wasn't it? The Bride's Father—-And wasteful. paying the wedding expenses| Having read recent poems by Hiram Johnson and the Prince of Wales my family will be wearing those old | we are convinced that only their prominence saves them from being prose- shoes for a year or 40, cuted, * Bo many touring souvenir hunters left hardly a trace of war in France. If the Shipping Noard revelations are anywhere near true, some dollar a-year men didn’t earn their pay. * If you are a profiteer—be thankful your body hasn’t shriveled up and blown | or otherwise — be thankful | ) you are a liberal-minded, outspoken erican, | If } liberal 1 tspoken American |\the United States, a country far from perfect, but| make better, till it actually realizes | Government ownership and operation of railroads netted §8,017,1¢9 In The evidence of fatigue must be watched for and prevented by) | that the revenue for the coming year) Thus a continuance | troversy for some Ia tt not strange that the hero of « novel Is never killed on the first] Journey, hence a reliable street car| does not require an everabundance | | | | toe was stopped. vation ) WE JUST GOT AN ORDER Over The PH The Balkans are votcanic with un. |20n0rn lim may FROM MR CUTUPS KI. rest. Rusia has been wading thru | *Ut fear. SAYS CAR with machines are very generous, 1 SERVICE POOR have seen them stop on @ corner and Haltor The Sar: There has been pick up a whole load and take them of investigation and con to the eit time over the street cars of Seattle, which, from what I can understand, has ita origin tm the fact that the eity street care are not @ paying propo sition. In the first placa ae we all) know, the business mah and woman have to depend almost entirely on wtreet cars to carry them back and forth daily, and have to report at , &t the same tine remark ing that they know how bad the service is and that they are only too wind to give people @ help hat they take the an automobile ride on every posible oceaaton, bell Great Britain and France are rocked with labor agitations, ‘The Mast, near and far, looks on, nurs ing wrongs it ls eager to redress, and reaching man’s seat of world power. Here tn America, the one hind) with @ full locker and « strong erm, | there has been «@ #trange slowness | | extend @ helping hand. The na Uon which two years ago was aflame | with the altruistic spirit, has become | autious and self careful, | been ® yeur of profitecring | iefled with just profits and «@ fair! ened with chaon Production has been diminished, sending the cost of ving soaring, and defeating the right hand the jeft band's de mand for lower prices, Following the signing of the armts. | | ton, Americn faced the biggest com | meretal history. Today we are wondering | if there Is to be a pani. Worst of all tw the Insidious effort making to Jextroy organized government, and portunity of | Rolshevists are not the only sinners Much cheap thinking tw being indulg- ed tm today in the name of demoo And gnve this day a of thanks to Hit. With joy they praised the God whowe hand Them safely thru the storms of unknow To realm of plenty with those liberties Has cast its erimson shadow Of Freedom; for liberty they hi A land #0 dedicate to be free— For thia, O Lord, we bring our thanks to Thea, Thanksgiving Day Sermon’ BY THE RIV. JAMES L VANCE As we enther to gtve thanks to| If they are to obey the law and stand God for His mercies, the world tnees perhaps the gravert crisie in human history, ‘The news reaching us trom sountries overseas is far from mtis| They must remember that since God factory. Victory is not being uned| in an altruistic way, nation bas settled Uke « pall over Germany, emall sterfle patch vast domain, is threatened with star the needa and loyally by the wworn to suppo God. They mw Industrial stag-| If Thankegivi Austria, squeezed into « of her former | 47. % must tn penttence ani Instful for the white |tc cates an the It has) Not eat. | << wage, men have been out for al they ee 5 can get, regurdiess of the rights of | Ps 9 e othera, The aftermath of the world | In the Editor’s Mail || riche tein 2 mnscmoninm “orf | cx 708 strikes, Industry has been threat four cows, with You can Skagit Bay opportunity perhape tn tte $36,000 007 from $1,000 Of home and state and worship they had sought Within the epan of years the eword of war the shrine 4 divine Columbia's won have died. No eword can mar tx our Father, all we are brothers. | right nots tn the Iife of the nation dead, and the nation that serves and Bome poor fish, who #o ardently entre the hundredcent dollar, ever. look the fact that ft ts twice as hard | mties of the earth. Above tug SKAGIT BAY LANDS WHAT YOU CAN DO ON 15 ACRES AP thie work yourself? What you can make annually if you ean @o this Onions are making 400 sacks to the acre; onions bring + /hdjemale $2.00 per mck; five acres of onions will bring you $4,00(L0®. Five acres of potatoes will bring you $1,800,00, Five acres left to keep your four cows, your 10 bogs jmd 200 chickens on; they will make your living. pay you to live on @ farm for 19 yeare if you could clear up your present vocation? grocery stores in this city, keeping them open from 6 a. m to 10 p m. and barely making a miserable living? Yet, they have $75.00 in 90 days and $150.00 tn five years buys you had brought D econ | TODAY’S QUESTION If you had three children in danger in ao burning room would you rush into the flames to save them as Mrs, Anna Bt. Johnson, 334 Vine , did Wednesday? | ANSWERS MRS. FIORENCE FISHER, 4129 Interlake Ave: “Why, yes, I think I would.” MRS, MINNIE I. HARDY, 2711% Jackson Sts “No one knows what he will do until he faces & given situ- ation. Judging, however, from ex perience with myself in dangerous circumetances, I think I would do as Mrs. Johnson did.” MRS. A. M. HANSEN, 600 B. Téth Bt: “Why, ef course, I wouldn't be much of a woman tf I didn’t” MRS. M. H. FLACK, 923 EB. Joba St: “I think I would Fd jump | right into the flamen” MI ERICA SMITH, 4208 BH Madison Bt: “I don't know, There js no question but Gat a mother’s love will make her rush anywhere to save ber childrem I think J would.” Leo HL. Lamen. rights of the public, } government they are rt, they must Usten to wt cultivate good-will ng ls to strike the call us to our knees | 4 prayer. God tw not | face the future) All ctouds are within stx and s halt bO@cent dollar. height they do not exira. $20 Per Acre on Easy Terms SKAGIT BAY ONIONS tend five acres of onions, five acres of potat ra, keep raise 10 hogs and 200 chickens @ year? Can, you We know you can. clear $8,600.00 a year on a ISacre tract of tand at over and above your living. Don't you think it would WUr you ever have $26,000.00 if you continup to follow How many people are conduging emall 00 to $5,000.00 invested. An investment of $75.00 their rempecttre places ef business make the street care a paying prop-| We need @ revival of constitution Skagit Bay, where you can éo all we say yeu can and more at a certain time, giving themselves osition ft will firet have to give/al goverament in the hearts of the lovestigate at onon You wili never regret tt Rich virgin eoll, ® limited amount of time for the proper service, which, to my mind, | people If the chaotic condition over. level, froe from stumps, brush er rocks, ané youre af you act ores can etir us pow. Come to our office for Information. Phone or write for te necessary, which falls way of Intelligence a.™M need, ft wil not be all particulars, Jotn our next excursion and see for yourself what. short of being reliable in Seattle fe eee vain that the aftermath we are offering you. Do it now. For exampi, take the Weet PORICITY PROVES haa been so pathetically Queen Anne eat. To that point ron! OF VALOR SPARKS & DYE No. 1 Mercer st, No. 1 Kinnear and| patter The Stan wen to logan, “Tack to . fe at weteeh. The 1220 Second Avenue have come are curses which the wake of godiewness. In Fees Ben Oe ing for what seems like for gain and the rict of the man in @ hurry end We aw 88. ter | ee finds that Effi tiresome to a person who has worked a0 day downtown and ts anxious to get home ‘Take the North Queen Anne and) Bast Queen Anne cara. They are worse than those previously mentioned. I work tn an office on First ave. S, where the cars after 520 p. m. are very few and far be tween If I happen to miss a car there is at least a 20ainute walt be fore another, and after transferring at Yesler way and walking over to Second ave, there te another walt. Last evening I left the office at 540 and waited until 6:55 on First ave. 8 In the cold and rain unt a car came, and then waited 20 minutes on Second ave, for a North Queen Anna which waa so crowded when It @i4 come that T could not get on it, s© took the second one which follow- ed immediately, and was almost as crowded, the larger portion of whom appeared to be housewtves laden with bundles who had not the thought to go home before the buat ners people On arrival at Second ave. W. and Boston my husband informed me that he had been waiting 35 minutes for a car to come along, and we then counted four cars all In a row, A few weeks ago I noticed a let- ter In your paper from a man who suggested that ff the city passed a law to the effect that automobliiists should be prohibited from picking up business people, and if such a prae {t would help con- siderably to make the care pay. Now, le ensy to see that this man fe not a business man depending on street cors of Seattle or he would never make such an idiotic state ment. Isn't {t only natural that people grasp the opportunity to get a side back and forth whenever police and tn this respect the men even to your chilfren’s eyes mean better echool work, happy, healthier and bet- ter behaved youngsters. Lat nothing stand tn the Ueht of your CHILD'S SUCCESS, Tt may be his eyes that ere making him backward in school, VYERSOL EY ono w= OPTICAL CO. SEXTON BROS 14064 THIRD AVENUR With Thankfulness This nation’s people pause today to take stock of the blessings in health and pros- perity that have been ours. Not the least of these blessings are that THRIFT-—the will to save—and INDUSTRY—the will to work—have again come into their own, NATIONAL CITY BANK OF SEATTLE Second at Marion . / and proscribed. fome ven proposed to repeal God. jeanwhile only religion esa save world, If @ ace war more and terrible than any that Preceded Is to be averted, the ust praction the Golden Rule, i I i i H i Hi [ i $ H & 5 ES We are one big Tink in a chain OUR TWO SEATTLE STORES offer you, Mr. Motorist, tremendous bargains during our OVERSTOCK SALE. 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