The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 25, 1921, Page 6

Newwaper Bo- | terprise Asm. and United Pree tervin | 2 Tee, 94.04, tm the stais af Washington Outetde of the he Seattle Star ef atty, Ste per month: # montha $1.50; ¢ monthe, $2.76) year, $4.60 for ¢ menths, or $4.00 per year. Hy carrier, city, boc & month. Pubtianed Dalty by The Star S00 per month, Paradoxical tho it may sound, the Millionaires’ club is in need of financial assistance, The Millionaires’ club is an institution on Main st., near First ave., where the man who is down on his luck may receive food and good cheer. That is the motto set up for the club by M. G. “Charity with the sting removed.” Johanson, manager, so he charges the nominal sum of five cents for a 20 or 25-cent meal. The men are not fed morals with their soup, nor are they preached at while they eat. But they are accorded a friendly personal interest and plied with good food and helpful suggestion. The cooking and equipment are modern in every way. Each day there are fed an average of 450 men who otherwise would go hungry. aires’ club regularly. _ this winter. But the point is this: The five cents charged for the meal does not go far toward the cost of preparing it. The nickel “takes the sting out of charity,” that’s all. A number of Seattle firms and individuals contribute food or cash to the Million- More contributions are needed, if the’ enterprise is to survive the lean summer months and be ready to take care of the thousands of jobless men The Star has watched the work of the Millionaires’ club, and does not hesitate to gay that it believes contributions either of cash or of food will be used to mighty Fooling an Oyster Lasker The pearl market thruout the Presi. World ts in an uproar because the was amazed and dis- Japanese are producing artifi- treseed when the facts as te the cially-grown pearis that cannot be financial chacs in the merchant told from natural pearis except by ‘marine were laid before him. cutting them in /twe, " Amasement and distress are A grain of sand or a tiny living _ Bardly streng enough words to ex- parasite gets in an oyster. Mr. press the feelings of the nation’s Oyster, irritated, begins covering ‘Jeng-suffering and over-bardencd the intruder with nacre, the fluid taxpayers, that makes the mother-of-peari ‘The shtuation as Gisclosed by lining Inside his shell. He keeps “Lasker makes a chapter in govern. 0% adding succeasive layers of ental history which for stapidity, acre until s smooth pearl ts Fecklessness, incfficiency and ut- made ter disregard of the public interest, But the Japanese noticed that {fe without precedent. pearts built up in contact with an Whethér the clement of down- aa esa tmperfectiy fight dishonesty ts alse present, shaped. found oy pane _ Lasker docs net say. But he gets shaped pearls of great price are pretty close to it when he makes created in the soft, fleshy part of “Gils significant statement: “The the oyster. ‘Decks of the board are not in a «Se Japan divers swim under “@oammercial sense books at all. If water until s trusting oyster opens ® purposeful effort had been made bis mouth. Then, expertly, they te keep the books so as te cheat plant the beginning of » prize (Bnd defraud congress and the pearl exactly where they want it @omntry, they could have been —in the flesh. Rept im no very different manner.” These divers have submarine . Hundreds of milljons of dollars farms where they keep oysters haa papa werking night and day to produce the financial wreck. parte, th. erst the she end ceneree tg Ne wooder the pearl market is and employes of the ship, |" 80 uprear! beard fs feature of the Pecks of baroques, or irregularly situation, which in some as © Sheped pearis, are found daily in Gs ve 6 mussels in the: Mississippi and its example, when congress ap- ‘Fibutaries. But to get perfect qnug sum ef $99 "Pecimens such as Dreicer & Co., eld shipping beard of New York, used tn their famous year ending June $000,000 necklace of matched was teld that that cover. Pestle, le ancther matter, for the board's operations. As ‘ine specimens are few and far fact the cost of these was $200,000,000, mearty _ But mech. siven of nearty s2e0see, earl, get to be made up this “uce at a» time when every effert government bs being direct- Refentivte eer Dr. A. Brammall, of the Imperial charitably absclves cer- i tain officials of the eld shipping fours of Science and Tectinolog?. Deard from bisme for the beok- ~ gy le tb get A cea ‘Keeping system on the ground that P*larized light. “the system has been in use from ‘The idea probably is to be able the start, begun under war pree- to label a pearl as a counterfeit ipere and éeulinecd in without chopping it in two. tence.” ‘Then the naturally-grown pearl Well, if the officials of the old a ee eystem for pearly three years after would gullibty swallow the bait, the war ended, who ts responsible?‘ Matter their ego or vanity. ‘That is what the tax-paying pub- Bat we wager that if plain Mary lie wants to know, or Molly or Maggie could have a py ot fee rg wouldn’t give » hurrah how they time until all gems, including dia monds, will be produced cheaply in laboratories by artificial meth- ods—as they are now produced in minute form and at a prohibitive Wouldn't tt be great iy you could teach a hen to lay as many eggs asa fly? Many @ merchant's trouble is that he’s too much of a credit to his friends. Dry laws make spirits high, not high spirits. The more ragged the music, the more it costs. A good rain helps to liquidate the farmers’ debts. Concrete facts don’t c#me from concrete heads. ‘ work during its vacation. The change will do them good. Reformers spell it sin-copation. The foolish dye young. Chicago's spook epidemic is prob- ably caused by apirits that have mot departed. Most blushes are made, not born. A 'Lesson in Politics McCumber's proposal to meet Sen- ator Reed outside the chamber to settle thelr differences and Reed's retort: “I never saw a blackguard yet that didn’t want to go outside to settle something.” ‘That was interesting enough, but the rare thing was the position in which MeCumber presented him- self, The bonus bill, for which he was sponsor, had just been sent back to committee and was gen- erally regarded as dead. McCumber arose to make a speech. ‘The men on the floor and the women in the galleries anticipated a bitter outburst against the senate majority which had voted in al most a-b-c order to defeat the bill. MecCumber’s asititude up to the time of the vote had been that of we won it, so we're paying an in- demnily to the railroad: Lasker is trying to ateer the fleet clear of politics. That's one way to get it into open water, You can't convince an old man the good die you: No prisoner has the courage of his conviction. When a man starts calling you “brother” he wants to do some keeping for you. Only five montha unt Christ- mas and the family t& already spending father’s bonus. From the Congressional Record OPPONENTS OF THE BONUS Who is opposing this measure (sol. diers’ bonus)? The working people of America? No, The labor forces, or- ganized and unorganized, have made no protest against it; the farmers, organized and unorganized, have made no protest; the small business interests of this country have made no complaint. Tangible property will not be reduced in valuation one dol- lar by the government's acceptance of this burden. There is one class who are opposing, and vigorously op- posing this measure; it is the big money-holding class, In addition, of course, the holders of speculative securities are opposed. Indeed, all who profited most and en- Joyed excersively large incagnes and exorbitant profits during the war are crying out with alarm. In a word, this measure is being opposed by those forces in this country who put the stability of the dollar above the principle of justice; by those men who seo in every question its tempo- rary effect upon their financial hold. ings rather than the general welfare of the country.—Senator Walsh (D.), Mass. ' The Krupp works are making teeth—but not for the dogs of war. Many think the real lightweight Try This on Your Wise Friend Properly arranged, these letters—aaaddeefiiimmnnnoo rtttw—will form a popular proverb. What is it? Answer to Saturday's: Three-fifths. en apt anes og THE OLD ROAD BY JOHN JEROME ROONEY Give me the old rond stilt; I am tired of the garish city atreet, ‘Where wealth and fashion and folly meet. Give me the old road still Gtve moe the old rond st I have travel'd far the world's broad ways Since the gokten dawn of my morning *days. Give me the old road still! Give me the old road stil; ‘With its rigzag fence > 1° our 4 Book 4m; and Ite chestnut trees, And its springtime mud to the horse's knees—~ Give me the old road still! Give me the off road atin; It it dusty and narrow—a country lane— Yet M winds me back Give me the old road still! Give me the old rond stil; Tt has no secrets of fortune’s lore— But, ob, it pases! my Give me the old road ati LETTERS TO EDITOR The State Banks’ Duty Editor The Star; Your editorial on the plan of the members of the guaranty system regarding the de funct Seandinavian-American bank ts surely deeply appreciated. Obviously it was» the moral éuty of the members of the system to re- pay the depositors of the failed Marden Pilot, Not Master FAéltor The Star: This ts to re quest that you will kindly have cor- rected that portion of the article ap- peartng in your issue of July 21 rel ative to the death of my dear father, Capt. Henry H. Marden, in which it was stated that he was master of the steamer Governor on the fateful jing remained in San Francisco for morning of April 1, when that vem sel was rammed and sunk by the steamer West Hartland, While Captain Marden’s papers entitied him to command a vensel of unlimited tonnage, he Preferred | ly commended for his efficient sea the position of pilot and had de clined on several occasions the cap- taincy of vessels which was tendered him. He bad served as master on vart- ous ships during the absence of their regular commanders, but always The Oldest Book in the U. S. Editor The Star: It is evidently woing to be some job to dig up the oldest book In the United States, It reminds Ine of the story of the three barbers, one of whom put up @ notice in which he claimed to bé the which the one next door put up a hotics claiming to be the best barber in this town; then a third one acrom the way put out a notice claiming he was the best barber in this street, Similarly, your correspondent, D. FE. Marriott, in Wednesday's issue, claims to have a book 18 years older than that referred to In The Star of July 15, and here I come along and claim to have one with at least part A Word From Repertory Editor The Star: On behalf of my wife and myself I thank you very warmly for the most generous ap- Prectations of our work, which re cently appeared in your paper. That you should consider it worthy of so important an editorial was particularly gratifying to us. It is such generous recognition which Editorial Reprinted in Wenatchee Editor The Star: Your editorial with reference to the establishing of a new bank in Seattle to take over the assets of the defunct Scandina- vian American bank and to pay its depositors in full was considered s0 good by the editor of the Wenatchee Daily World that he copied same, giving you credit for it. We sincerely appreciate the spirit which prompted such an editorial, and assure you on our part that it was the moral obligation which rested on the members of the Wash- ington bank depositors’ guaranty fund which prompted them to take the steps which have been taken for) the protection of the depositors in the largest guaranteed bank in the state, Any possible defects which may Flowers for’ Editor The Star: This letter is to the girl who is trying to get a “di- vorce” from “Casper Cassidy.” If the old saying, “Laugh and grow fat,” is true, I have gained fully 10 Editor The Star: May I call your attention to a practice in your of- fice of referring in your news items to President De Valera with quota tion marks on the word designating his title. I, in common with many others of your readers, feel that there is no deliberate intention to show dis- respect to the chosen and elected representative of the Irish people, but that you rather follow a lead set by thore who are hostile to our interests, and set by them with de- liberate intent. You are too well acquainted with American history not to be aware of the fact that the very same policy was pursued by the tories of the day when the United States, in blood and suffering and tears, worked out its glorious privilege of being independent. President Washington at. that time was always referred to by the anti-American British press with the sign-manual of toryism, the quota tion marka, attached to his title, President Washington was given his title in the only way that a title appeals to a democracy, that 1s, by the expressed wish of thé major. Wants “Quotes” Left Off Title to my youth again-- mother's door— Ant bank 100 cents on the doftar. Had they failed to plan accord ingly they would have been un worthy of the further confidence of the public. Yours very ¢ruly, J. ¥. LANSING, Cashier, American State) Bank, Ritz ville, Wash, preferred the pilot's position to that of master, an it gave bim more time at home with his family, to whom he waa greatly devoted. The steamer Governor was in com mand of Captain EB. P. Bartlett on her last voyage, ber regular com mander, Captain H. C. Thomaa, hav- & Much-needed rest. Captain Bartlett was net on duty on the GoVernor’s bridge at the tine of the disaster and waa, of course, |held entirely blameless, being high- manship in directing the work of tranaferring the passengers and crew of the sinking ship to the West HarUand and other rescuing vessels. Respectfully yours, W. 8 MARDEN, 6124 Mead st. of it nine years older than hia It is by Samuel Butler, and is marked “Printed Privately, Anno 1689," and is entiled “Mola Asinaria; or, The Unreasonable and Unsup- potable BURTHEN Now Pressed best barber in the country, after) Upon the Shoulders of This Groaning Nation,” ‘The book ts principally a collection Of satirical writings and reflections on the great rebellion of 1641, and |the beginning of the Restoration, about the years 1649 and 1650, with a key to the meaning of the same at a later date, by Sir Rodger L'Estrange. Next, please! I am, youra, et WM. MORRISON, 607 Dexter Ave gives one faith and courage con- tinue In what ts often, will and we are really grateful for it Yours very truly, MAURICE BROWNE, The Repertory Company of Maurice Browne and Ellen Van Volken- burg. |hdve existed tn the guaranty fund | law should not be permitted to stand } in the way of complete protection to | the depositors, who knew of no such defects, even tho the bankers them- selves were not aware that there was i* posulbility of the law being defec- ive. It ts just such editorials as you wrote which reestablish public con. | fidence, which will permit the re- | habilitation of commerce in the | Northwest. We sincerely trust that the pro- Posed new bank will be a realization, and will function to the gratification of all interested parties, Yours very truly, W. D. SCHULZ, Cashier, Commercial Bank and Trust Ca Wenatchee, Wash, . Miss Wanda pounds because of your write-ups, Miss Wanda Von Kettler, I am going to send you some flowers. K. E. ROBINSON, McCaslin, the samo title, and I feel that it is only necessary to call your atten. tion to the matter in order to have it rectified, Faithfully yours, J. KENNEDY, State Secretary, American Association for the Recog- nition of the Irish Republic. (Washington State Headquart 323 New York building. aes REMARKABLE REMARKS There may be no recovery from these hard times for years to come ‘J we neglect our economic relations abroad.—Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, If girls in past ages received pro- Posals, they said “Ask mama;" now they say “All right, old bean,"—Mra, Kendal, British suffrage worker, President Harding's proposal for an international disarmament con- ference is an inadequate substitute ity of the people, President De | Valera holds his honor on exactly Hemera te ore Ry 9 for Wilson's League of Nations.— William G. McAdoo, former secre tary of the treasury. | Vituperative Comments Fail; And starts » ‘That he ts puncturing knowledgments. These are Monical Patrol Your hide, just a few of the things which Which lacerates And leaving pelsoned may upset your title and give Your very Soul Goo ne eam rise to an expensive lawsuit, You owe to yourself protee Your hands dart out You think you've got tion from anxiety or loss due In angry Swipes, ===» Hiim in @ Trap, to these causes, The protec: And I'm tnelined But NOTHING DOING! And you tion comes ip the form ef To think their Bite No, those Pipes A Slap Title Insurance. Bing on, their Which leaves you aching, His Thirst for Human But doesn't The meanest Nolse That any Living Thing employs! THE VALUE OF TODAY |) BY DR“ WILLIAM E. BARTON quirements, then it order to ask if fretting and worry ing might be worth while Even then it would have to be shown that the good done was very great, for the cont of worry lw large. It makes one a bad fellow-tenant of the world, ahd spoils one’s dispost tion, and deepens the wrinkles that come soon enongh without. Worry hastens wrinkles, but does not hurry the eunrise, It ls worth while to learn that we can live but one day at a time. That day, today, the only diy we really have, is the day we despise. ‘We are forever discounting the “now” for the sake of the “then” and most of “then” is “never.” Every man will do well to remem ber that he must take his life one day at a time. He cannot slacken MONDAY, JULY 25, 1921 PERFECT GOOD FAITH IN SIG iG A DEED DO NOT ALWAYS MEAN A Perfectly Good Title Do you ever stop to think what a host of troubles may arise to invalidate a land title? Defective Probate of Willa; Defective Foreclosures; deeds executed by lunatics or min ors, or without proper joint ure of husband and wife; forgery; liens omitted by er- ror; undiscovered heirs; mis takes of fact or of law; wrong descriptions; defective so Mosquitoes Are Beyond the Pale! ‘ aya of knowing All the While, Interrupt HIS Song! Bat you, of course, Have suffered, too; You'll recognize These Words as trac! —¥RANCES BOARDMAN. You've new become A Mental Wreck And then he settles On your Neck, “Under State Supervision” Asects More Than §! or accelerate the flight of time. The most he can do is to ube well the time ns it is paasing. Does this sound cheap and plati- tudinous? It is platitudinous, ft is commons Place, it is something everybody knows. But the things which everybody knows are the things which need | oftenest to be repeated They are) the things which we know so well | we have forgotten them. | We all know that the present is all the time we have; and most of us are using that precious present in regrets about the past and wor- rien about the future. ‘ Today is the whole of your life. Yesterday is gone and will never come back. 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