The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 12, 1921, Page 6

Seattle amid atey, ‘THs WORLD LEARNS SLOWLY. | Some things it does not seem to jlearn at all. | It does not learn, for instance, that r!ithe ancient Mosaic law-—“eye for eye meat |/and tooth for tooth”—didn’t stop mur- hasan |der in the olden days and won't stop murder now. ee The ancients’ remedy. for killing was more killing. From prehuman ancestors they inherited the idea that the death of one should be followed by jthe death of another. When human reason first entered ithe incipient mind of the primeval jbrute, the seed of REVENGE was |planted. REVENGE was the basis of \the Mosaic law. REVENGE was the groundwork of the earliest efforts at punishment for transgressors. Today we have progressed a little. NX |We no Jonger hold. the idea of RE- ; VENGE in legal punishment. We OUR DAILY FICTION jpunish criminals for the good of soci- republican who weckst toon ana | (ety. We kill murderers AS AN EX- Rail to bring out a arse vote tor|| AMPLE 10 OTHERS. Sometimes (Bdvertsing, “And after tiaraing | [We do it by process of law; sometimes we don’t wait. But always the excuse is: LET THIS BE AN EXAMPLE | TO OTHERS. How successful this policy is may. be read in the daily stories of shootings, | murders and assassinations in all parts of the country. The old Mosaic law . |Letters to the| “Eye for Eye and Tooth for Tooth!” | ~~ oncom HE SEATTLE STAR PROHINITION—ITS STORY TOL IN REYMIS Editor The Star: Prohibition ber & way, to all your wants of mying nay; all the drinks beyond the water that you sink, or wach In ougtt'er, are Inapected; if detected, they're In Jocted with nome lift, that gives you notions, that you own the coast and ocean, they're deflected in their course and mimion-—and by force you have a vision of « jail; if bail you fail to furniah—in can you land. This, In short, is prohibition, high spots shown, courses known, in the work of thirst revision. presumed that his execution took place not in revenge for his crimes, but as a preventive of others. " It didn’t prevent four Cam ) Lewis men from hiring a taxicab, killing the driver and fleeing with his money in his automobile. 4 In Walla Walla, Isom White awaits execution. The state will hang him as an example to others who might be tempted to kill. The example of Isom White meant nothing to the four men who followed almost im detail his weak-minded crime, which, like theirs, was the mur- der of a taxi driver. : Presumably the four men guilty of Karl Timbs’ death will likewise be sen- tenced to hang—as/an example to others. Will society benefit by their death? eget SYMPATHY IS WASTED on the perpetrators of such brutal crimes as those which our lynchers and our hangmen punish. But the fact re- mains that killing doesn’t cure. * A sixteen-year-old boy is under sen- tence to be electrocuted next month in New York. A twelve-year-old boy is to be placed on trial for his life in Indiana, ‘ In Sing Sing a woman awaits death for the murder of a girl. \ In the last two months a dozen exe- Now, Uncle Sam kept bar for years, And served the best In wine and beers; ‘Tastes and appetites were grown, From his big hand, so freely sown, me.” ing: What's the good of all this drinking? The boys must stop this wild om rousing, T will not stand for all this sourtng. Tle told the boys he now was stop ping This hullabaloe and bettie popping, Milk and water and grape Juice red, Would henceforth put them all sober to bed. then, But, The appetites he'd been years {filing | Grew rank and strong without his willing; He started something be couldn't ston, And truth to tefl, raised a ‘ef ef a crop. Poor, poor man. has Mitte hand tn shaping fights and appetites of Menh and epirit, Years he knows not of, ee Are yeu durprised at the verdict In the Madge Anna Sawyer case? MRS, A. W. DOWD, 616 1. Union wt “Well, I was rather surprised.” MISS SADIE: FINN, 127 Luctle st: “T'm not surprined, 1 vaven't follow- ed the case enough to be.” MIA. G. BE. GANDY, 23 W. Quier wts “I don’t care to express mynelf at all.” MISS OLIVE HOLLAND, 17th ave. Nu “Yen, It does surprise MISS FH. JACKBON, 823 34th ava 8. “1 rather expected it, but I'm not wore. enough of my opinion to my met dee diy! he fell te think. |™Uch publicly.” enn not caught, and before the judge you're brought and told that you ought.to be shot for having whinky that old, and him not told befora ‘When on nature they can prevafl, in fermentation to henceforth fail, the age-old riddle we herewith fiddie, will have been solved—and TODAY'S QUESTION ANSWERS m6 not ttl! G. BN, A BETTER Seep for EVERY Use FAIRY. SOAP PURE & WHITE & FLOATING THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1921. ‘OW can you keep in good spirits when your soap lips repeatedly from your hande or when sharp, jagged edges make it uncomfortable to hold? Ovabshaped FAIFY SOAP fits q@mugly into the palm of your hand. It is pleasing to handle and you keep your grip on it 3 easily. There ere no sharp ‘ edges @corners to annoy you or x to crumble off and be wasted. You really enjoy using it! GUEXKFAIRBANKIEEED NOW Is the Time to Get That Phonograph You Have Always Wanted have done ft for him. And now they gore him with their calle to mutisfy— and so he faila Drinks with Drinks of hef! tn, now he rinks; and wonders at the bold neem of the call to pearly gutes, jhas exactly the same success today it Gity, county, schoo! and port of-|had in ancient times in the Asian met yesterday for the purpose |cradle of civilization. talking over the tax problem accomplished their purpose. ee @ talked. cutions have taken place, including that of John Schmitt, that of O'Dell who killed his wife’s betrayer, and that of four Chicago gynmen who were see THERE IS NO INDICATION killed by the state of Illinois in one] ‘Mere Meter waits to shunt him on THE CYCLE whatever that the practice of killing day. hin will mubdue with newness, and ie isesturacact** |murderers (either legally or by lyn can Sy he yelled much jouder the éay/law) has made murder any rarer or _— Yea, verily— thirst in now, and now to slake, and|f} gothongery increased the security of the average LIFE IS CHEAP. Wil not stand for ei thle take of are to come. He might be dead, and to the worma be fed, or with notions | led to think, water wus made to/f] | But the death penalty, as a deter- rent of murder, has failed thruout all the ages. And it is failing today. We must look for some other rem- citizen. On the con , there is consider- able indication t capital punish- ment, whether legal or illegal, defeats Bfe of a taricabby was enough @ Buy 4 few gallons of gasolina Proving that life is cheap and gas high, drink, and grief in sink, He takes no chances with thought advances of this sort “It's now or never, i. > at its purpose by cheapening life. edy. Capital punishment has led us fer then the fit tea 3 one Soll ‘uitor, Witur Grate sre} 1t is @ Notorious fact that after every nowhere. And it is time we outgrew Such innocence. Why, the| war there followed a crime wave and plays dogo. It's the clean! murder epidemic. Legalized killing in warfare tended to place a lower value on life in peace time. And so the fallacy that terror stops crime, that brutality overcomes force, and that killing curbs murder. Perhaps when we learn to spend as legalized civil executions also tend to much for the rearing and education of life children and giving them proper care fe. Last month this state hanged John and environment as we spend for bat- Schmitt, Never did a murderer more tleships and w we may find the deserve his fate—yet the law, real p whey before that. Observations itreet car line is making money. County ferries are losihg than a quartér of a million a year. What has the ity of King to say to the city of Seattle now? Seattle burglar loses loot when he tries Stelen fruit not always the sweetest? It may be significant that Germany has to or “no” about indemnities on the eve of Friday, oR Sl naught tn what he ought te do with bis young brew. The fright of a : “If the kalser had teen forced to dance jara the world catastrophe : id have teen impossible.”—Dr, to steal’ kiss. | *" German art apd music criua, eee “We need not be afraid of the free. |Parente were silent"—Dr. Mary | Roan Porter, dean of women, North- western university. ‘ ON SAVINGS HENNY KLEINBE! Chairman of the MENRKY PICKARD, residen BY DR WILLIAM E. BARTON and had to cross the English channel. Tt was Thurs ” ourh twelfth day of the month, and I planned to go next day. In the | i¢ wea V. Farhan Oule wis hotel lobby there were « good many people who also wanted to get to|nivition office ie t_Caabier. ‘WILTON, Geese, a Foreign t. First Ave. and Cotum| discovered the need of getting en. 1) forcement officers who are ein: seen it so gentle a mill pond as on that Friday, the thirteenth. Never | terested in enforcement ‘ana ta Bor have I made the trip so comfortably as on that day. ting @ érink—' 4 The fime weather did not last. The people who feared to riak the boat ara eee yee: vemengy on Friday encountered @ storm on Saturday and had the discomfort of an overloaded boat, with most of the pamengers looking over the side into @ very angry sea. me. The Last Supper was eaten with thirteen at the table, counting Judas, and because of that fact innumerable foolish people are afraid of the number thirteen. And Loki's banquet with the gods in Valhalla, as told in the Norse legend, ended unhappily for Baldur, the thirteenth, And as for Friday, was the day of Jesus’ crucifixion. Thirthep ts a good and very lucky number tn Amerie. Many interest. .jing events have eccurred on the thirteenth of the month. A London newspaper of the year 1776, commenting on 18 as the number of the American colonies, said that 13 was @ peculiarly Yankee number. It af. firmed that George Washington had 18 toes on each foot, the extra ones having grown since the Declaration ef Independenoe; that !t took 13 paper dollars to be worth one in gold; that Mrs. Washington had a tomcat with 13 rings around his tall, and that every Yankee family had 13 children, tach one of whom expected to become @ general in the colonial army er a member of congress. ° But Great Britain in her earty days had Thirteen Precious Things. These glorified the romantic period of England's history. They were: 1. Dyrnwyn, the sword of Hael, which became a flame in the hand of any other man. 2.’ The basket of Gwyddno Garanhtr, in which food was multiplied @ thousandfoid. 3. The Horn of Bran Galed, which yielded tn abundance whatever drink @ thirsty man preferred, in days before the eighteenth amend ment. 4. The ptatter of Rhegyndé Yegolhaig, which contained any kiné of food the eater desired. 6 The chariot of Morgan Mwynvawr, which instantly transported the occupant to any place where he desired to be. 6 The halter of Clydno Eiddyn, which hung at the foot of the bed, and when needed always was found to have in it the fleet horse of the owner's selection. 1. The knife of Liayfrodded Farchwag, which at any meal would eut and serve food for 24° men 8. The whetstone of Tudwal Tudctud, which would sharpen the jot of @ brave man, but not of a coward, so as to produce certain jeath. 9. The cauldron of Tyrnog, which would cook tnstantly meat for & brave man, but never boll it for a coward, no matter how long he sat hungry or how fast he fed the fire, 10. The robe of Padarn Beisrudd, which fitted perfectly any man ef gentle birth, but could not be worn by a churl. 11. The mantie of Tegau Eurvron, which fitted perfectly any lady ef correct deportment, but was certain to embarrass any other. 12, The mantle of King Arthur, called Gwenn, which could be used se & garment of invisibility. 1% The chessboard of Gwendolen, on which the men moved of their own accord, and won the game for the better man. The thirteen of good luck has as good standing as that of b@d tuck, and that on both sides of the ocean. I trust tomorrow, Friday, the thirteenth. wil be for each reader a pe euliarly lucky day. Try This on Your Wise Friend If @ certain man's mother ts your father’s mother-inlaw, what rela- tion ia the certain man to you? Answer to yestorday's: 6 and 7. ’ out in front, and thought give you a trial order,” he mid. “Well, we have roses, carnations, —“Nothing lke it," growled Ut. “What I want te a couple 0’ dozen| skunk cabbage to send my landlord. He's raised me rent again!” oe ‘One profesor says high heels many divorces. 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