The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 9, 1921, Page 6

. Money for Young People In spite of the fact that it was reported that Mrs. Moore, widow of the great Rock Island railway magnate, presented her protege, young Mr. Schaaf, a gift of a million dollars on his wedding day, the lady says she didn’t. She gives two very good reasons why. Published Datty by The Star Pubitaning Os Phove Maia First, she hasn’t that much money to i spare. Second, if she had a million, she wouldn't give it to the young man, or to fer to have your son fixed as _ your children fixed as to the _ the only excuse for idleness. their labor? which would free them from 7 li i i 4 il 2 He if uf pou Siu with the.peril of leveling our ef- fort down to the average. The edt tor must not at- tempt to write his best, nor the teacher to teach all he knows, nor learned preacher to put much of erudition into his sermon, be be shooting over the audience. This tends Ee iit! of the adjustment of the ideal werage. The danger of it is that it will kill within the man to ‘whom larger things are possible the Smbition to-grow to his own pos gible limit. ‘Whether a student should be com mended for keeping up with his ‘class depends upon the student and ‘upon the class. It may be the very utmost that can reasonably be ex- ected of him. It may be that he ts doing remarkably well to attain that degree of excellence. It may be, on the other hand, that this is so far below what he ould do if he did his best, that he @eserves stern censure. No man is justified in accepting the average of excellence for him- self until he has assured himself that he is not able to attain any- thing higher. The average man doen well to reach and maintain the average. ‘The stupid man does well if he ap- Proximates the average but falls below. this may not be the worst’ ar s f But some men have tn them that which, if they recognize it, and Make the most of it, will lift them And their labor above the average. Any man who can do that ought to do it. For him there is no real Success short of that. What are you striving for—the average standard of success? Are aed sure that is the best you can Buppose you try to rise above average to excellence. ‘There where real success may Me for you. ‘@my young man for whom she had any real regard. her own son's iife was ruined by the possession of too much money. This brings up a very interesting question. How would you, Seattle parent, pre- to wealth? Or rather, how matter of income? the need of laboring. She is quoted as saying that would you prefer to have Would you like to have them so provided for that they would not have to work? Not if you are wise. Idleness is poison to young and old. Incapacity to do work is | Would you not rather be sure that your sons and daughters could always find “opportunity to work on fair terms, so as to be certain of enjoying the product of If you are wise, you would choose such a condition rather than any piled-up wealth There is an old, and too-much neglected, book in which the rule was laid down ages ago, “In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread.” as the primal curse; buf Mrs. Moore sees that it is better to eat bread that way in the sweat of 6thers’ brows. We used to regard Dr. O'Malley says there will be no more blondes, but the brunets may change their minds. The world’s heart goes pity-Pat. <r Betrayed Thief Soldier been sentenced to the peniten- { Curse Us Poems fo Id The secret of the soul In after years, altho the and Gentleman Gen. Ferdinand Fook did not bring a trunk full of liquor with now doff Its hat to him as gentle man as well, Figlt: ifare Foch! Valiant soldier and court- ly gentleman. “In Naples they cook with vol- cano steam.” Regular mountain ranges. Perhaps Chaplin ts leaving com- edy to reduce the pie shortage, The silver lining to domestic clouds 1s payday. i our MOZART BY LEO H. LASSEN ‘Thru all the music of the years between, Your silver tones still sing their melody; For time will never mar simplicity. But, ilke a Whistler landscape, cool and green, More perfect build their soul with each new hour. And, too, your music holds a stately grace, A timt of courtiers, kings and lovely lace, Withal as fresh as early springsin flower. And, even #0, the world will always keep The simple works within its honest heart, of finer art— masters sleep, It is more joy to play your melodies Than whirling concerts on the {vory keys. Answer to yesterday's: 4 years. Try This on Your Wise Friend If you cut up 30 yards of cloth into one-yard pieces, and cut off two yards every day, how long will it take? “t EAN wae | “Pape’s ‘Cold Compound" is Quickest Rellef Known Don’t etay stuffed-up! Quit blow- ing and snuffling! A dose of “Pape’s Cold Compound” taken every two hours until three doses are taken usually breaks up a cold and ends all _grippe misery, The first dose opens clogged-up hostrils and alr passages of head; stops nose running; ing. nice. Contains mo quinine. upon Pape's,— Advertisement, relieves head. 0 dullness, feverishness, sneez- Pape’s Cold Compound” 1s the quickest, eurest relief known and costs only a few cents at drug stores, It acts without assetance. Tastes Insist THE SEATTLE STAR Raltor The Star: I see by the papers that fitneys were going again, to the chagrin of the editor of a certain evening sheet. It is too bad we do not establish « dictatorship with unlimited powers, and crown this same editor dictator, | man who cannot afford a car with a Jap chauffeur must either walk or ride @ streetcar to satisfy the ravings of a certain editor? the publio did not they would starve in a week, cars ride tn jitneys because they got to work just as fast and do no! have to bunt @ half hour for a pl to park thelr oar, The city counct! passed an ort. nance to regulate fitneys and then eliminated them under the pretext of regulating them. Then the state stepped in and gave the people a| regular and fast transportation service. The Star, in my estimation, has ing the common people, and I am Iditor The Star: This subject of movies tn the schools, ike Banquo’s ghost “will not down.” When the controversy began I was not aware that the movies had such a good start. Twelve schools have them already, ‘There ts no objection to the movies in the schools as conducted at pres ent; but how long will they continue on this basis? The time to agitate this question is NOW! Refore the sehool board takes over what t» already estab. Uahed and adds to our enormous ex- travagance in school management; for with the exception of the medi cal inspection department, which counts were lowered this year, every fad introdneed only soared higher and highey there never being the leaet chanke to even reduce th cont, let alone ever throw out thi features that add #o much to the ex- pense and take time from the work children ‘must learn to do, in order to get an education, While the flims may heve a cer. tain edveational value, body claim that one sould be edu cated entirely by films? If not, what then must precede or supple | ment the filma? What children most of all require ts the ability to con: centrate the mind on a subject. What ts there about @lins that will assist % Editor The Star: My attention has fast been called to & most misieading statement whieh appeared on page 7 of No- vormber Tth tuwe of your paper, purporting to be a report of what at @ meeting Sunday which I addremed on the question of disarmament and re. garding which I respectfully request that you publish the following facte After an effort to show the tnaan- ity of the race for military su Ppremacy and the enormous waste, I stated that the last war had cost 9,- kill," hed been violated 9,990,000 times. At the close of my talk, ques- tions and remarks from the congre- gation were Invited; whereupon I was asked whether the Old Testament did not tell us that In those days God | led armies into war, and to which I replied that at that time peoples evi- Hias tt come to the pase that al Now the public wants jitneys: tt! Many people who own! always been fair in matters affect: | LETTERS TO EDITOR Cowen Park Jitneys ride street cars or pay so much a month (a# the jitneys offered to do), and then we would all be treated allke? Now thin editor says there was no necessity for the state to grant Cowen Park residents trans portation; he is perfectly willing that the thousands of said renidents be deprived of transportation serv: fee no that he can toot his whistle, put out his chast and howl, “I won my fight againet thore jitney driv. ers.” As a knocker he wine the brown derby. Here's hoping the fitneys go up and down the streets. ¥RED WILLIAM MAXWELL, 936 20th Ave., City. | A Department of Movies *hem to do this, not to speak of the effect on the eyes? The nonsensical elective courves which enable puplls entering high rehools to pick out unrelated sub- jects, just so they are easy, that they can “get by” in them, will, no doubt, be extended down even to the ft and second grades, and | the infants will elect not to learn to write, because they expect to use the typewriter, and not to learn to |read because they ean learn all they need to Acnow in the movies! Thip ts the other extreme from re turning to the oxteam for trans- portation, and the hand loom for clothing, and ts far more likely to happen. It ts very gratifying to learn that ybody is working overtime, for an hour or so, without extra pay, but again ft must be asked, how long will it last? Weren't the teachers who stayed after school to super vine play, given $5 a week extra? ‘The protest ts now made to prevent making a department out of the movies, and a head who must have would any-|a large salary, several assistants, «| cificinm, car, and any other expense that can be thought of. If nothing can be done toward cutting down expenses, | steps must be taken to prevent any moro extravagunces being intro. duced. MRS. ETHAN EB. STEWART. An Explanation by Mr. Duncan dently believed that they were follow. ing the will of God tn the course they ‘The nicest cathartiolaxative to physic your bowels when you have Headache 3821 10th N, | Elliott Ave. 6332 Rainer 6217 Duwami Bremerton -...............CITY FUEL & SUPPLY CO..... Arrow Coal Co. 4400 Fourteenth Ave. N. W. F. ©, FERREE President 1742 W. Spokane. .. 4212 West Alaska. . surprised you have not taken a stand against this high-handed dis crimination If it is made compulsory for one class (the class who do not own | automobiles, possibly because they raise kiddies instead of lap dogw), to| ride atreet cars, why not make the other class (the ones who hire Jap chauffeurs and ride in limousines) CASCARETS 10* For Constipated Bowels—Bilious Liver " 7 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1921, ———— th de i921. Elma, Wash., Nov, 2 Mr, Avridge Mann th We read your letters, and if mine has boosted you into fame, I am | glad of it. AVRIDGE WOMANN (Mrs, I. 1. T) th I'm pleased to have you wh well—more pleased than words ean ever tell; but most of all, I'm glad to} know you're friend enough to tell me #0; for often, even with our friends, it's hard to try to make amends, We human beings, Mrs. Het, are far from being angels yet; and every now and then we do some iit tle thing we oughtn’t to, while good intentions we have had, have paved & place that's pretty bad. question that In the last analy | Home Coming Week must be settled vidual and bis Maker. As to th port that ; leaped to their feet ard passionate | ly denounced Duncan's sentim foaping to feet or any other kind of | ¢ plause that greeted the statement Of | weatures of \a young man who stated that he had | washington | gone overne ‘ east that had gotten loone, and that) jege night smoker Decembe he would again under similar and the more vigorous applause that | — greeted the pastor's explanation of| § Just a line to tell you Tam Ory |4., icn @ problem of such magni: I wrote that letter to the Editor. 14, confronts suffering humanity given us in the coming disarmament leonference, found even one at such @ eae Cot | Het: My trusty I attended last Sunday nigh who wie "gos ol tr eaatas I ait ane would stoop to such ra yrs gelone bo search my empty dome, and find |the facts as was prin Febrionle' that there's “nobody home"; the |Su@, allowing personalities * ae words are missing to convey the | this imrue, the reaching gel om / ( many things I'd like to say. jsolution to which is of suc! This ae Vinee ah me portance to every lover of liberty, | justice, peace and even life Itself. 4 ‘Trusting that you may find reom ) for this statement in fairness to the Legion and all those who read your story, and thanking you in anticipation of same, I am Tues. indi. between the at U Next Month? Home Coming week will be @ brated at the University « ton early in December, The unt mty alumni plan to entertain ly Washington ernduntes, orderly 8D! ai) college graduates in the the v Pennsylvania ft last sentence of your re ‘members of the Legion | nents,” in is positively false, there was no monstration, except a4 to help stop ® MAO) lege football game December 2, 9 the first to respond | an alumni ball the evening of clreumstances, | pember 8. be e Christ way. 1 rogret exceedingly that at & © world over and a ray of bope ts) that there could be! Phonograph, with Brush, Needles and 10 Selections Only $39.35 | 75c members, the undersigned Yours respectfully, JAMES A. DUNCAN. 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