The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 11, 1921, Page 7

Editor The Star: There t an organization in Ta. coma boasting the name of the “Tacoma Athietic club.” This same organization is represented by a football team. Members of this team wear cleats on their shoes for more than one pyrpose. Luckily for the team that plays them on their home grounds—the goal posts are cemented in the ground, At that, they are Fentlemen com Pared to those managing same. A Seattle team had the “pleasure” of wandering to the “Lost City,” and, after playing a game governed by Editor The Star: Tt am a subscriber to The Star and I am well pleased with your paper, I believe your issue of No- vember 4 was one of the best I r received. 1 would rather have one word of Warns Against T. A. C. the 1900 football code, were told } that the contract, which ated that Jall expenses encumbered by he Se Jattle organization in making the |trip would be met by the T, A. C | football teams contemplating games | with T. A. C, will prove to the Te }coma organization that Lincoln was |right when he sald: “You can fool |some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.” One of those fooled, Ww. 3. T Jencouragement while alive than a |page of eulogy after I am dead. | Perhaps the editorial staff of The Star has a little of the same senti ment, Fraternally, A. 0, NELSON, R. 1, Box 7, Shelton, Wash. was merely a SCRAP OF PAPER | Have written this In hopes that) declaration to be “an association of! to feel safe from the rental octopus. | nations” with world domination in| This ts Seattle's sore mot a 7 tion a rele |basic products ite aim, Japan wili|, (“Ie tho Irish question lious or an International political |try to bluff us on “equality” and) event? In the words of Engla demand the carving of Shantung| greatest premier, Gladstone said {And other slices out of China, then| phe trish affair ie a constitutional jstice out a big piece of Russia.) struggic,” it in not religious. Kvery France will be xe frend of 26 both.| jjtie flower has the right to thrive America iw in dead earnest in{this/and survive. In this struggle for affair to readjust the world to 4) freedom the rose of the desert de real liveand-letlive basis, with all] feats ihe rattler } bluffs and intrigues thrown to the| (5) Flow do you find times? The winds, great copper mines are opening (—What is the big distressing! The big industrials are getting 2,600 thing in Seattle? High rents! Gut| steel car orders! We are the big this cancer out by a special act of| move and the banks don't know law and appoint a fair rental com-| it! Jump in; we're off, IN PASS: mission, Help your business men| ING THRU | and apartment dwellers and others THOMAS MAGRATIHL Who Does Pay Editor The Star: the Taxes? |@ tax on our car; then we pay taxes I would like to ask Ro J, Mo-|on our property just the samo as Clure, 4442 38th 8, W., if @ person| Mr. McClure for the street cars. It is exempt of city taxes if he owns) you have business covering over 30 an auto? We property owners have| minutes between Pine and Yesler, to pay taxes on the street car lines|on First, second and Third, you FREDERICK & NELSON ‘ FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET 100 Smartly-styled Winter Coats Fur-collared and Satin-lined $19.75 HE collars of sealine or beaverette fur, the Practical Navy Tricotine Dresses ned, whether we own a car or not. | might just yell leave your auto ‘ ‘ sunt how The Way Peace Shall Come We have to have a license for| at home, or pay another tax at the good printed satin linings 7 50 gfe Bator The Star: | who bald pohen, “GUM Whim, Chatel Gok dette o cknns te eee tT eee eS ee ne and the becoming lines of at . ° M m at was no peac ‘ 400 36th ¥ 2a (" j Bia (Ml per on Debalt of thousands of Chrie-| "When ‘war breaks out again, an| 2? leenen then we are assensed nites i these Coats all contribute OTE the excellent tians in this city who hav faith urely re ” i : ; Sr te Sh tater Goteerren| Sas “ay sealtians to their unusual value for quality of material that er disarmament conference, 48 8/church and Christianity which: has! major ‘The Ste: . , nit this price. Tailored from in these Frocks and the that eekne of bringing world peace? lipdied 0b trtee genes.” We Qian tor e Star: tion to give this fuel to the city’s The We do not believe that permanent] therefore, to say there ts no peace} |!” Cleaning ground for the auto | destitute 14 be! Pile-fabric Coatings smart style conferred > us Peace can be secured in this way) promised in the Bible on any such| tourists’ camp at Woodland park,|, Surely much waste should not by the bands of cire Shy more than we elteve ‘ man manmade terms aa condition the| employes of the city are burning|;Clemted while a host of Seattle and Wool Velour braiding, beading, col pray. ean sav m sins thru/ coming conference, or any other! nuge piles of 1 oot, | * ° ne ‘ * Rae 4 - Gazi fa fence post; and the reason is, be-| manmade terms. God has laid| Vie’ «hue Of Cxcellent wood. jot suffering because of their in in belted or ripple back | ored embroidery, and _and ff cause God in His word has emphat-|down the terma which condition| itself heard in tac of of * ‘ elfish ff ically declared “there is no peace! world peace, and the world. will High ag Bu cB 00 om. © > models—in Brown, Blue the girdles of cord or © the. wicked,” and there will be! come to those terms, or prove by Wars, and rumors of wars, with na-| bitter experience the words of tion rising against nation, kingdom) Christ: “All they that take the} Beainst kingdom; and these words sword shall perish with the sword.” leatherette! Sizes for women and misses, ii and Pheasant shade. Suggests $500,000 Corporation Sizes 16 to 44 Editor The Star: Jeach can form an OVERTHE In answer to your article relative HUMP CORPORATION with an WP Eeeal © ) would soar to new heights? @f peace are as much of mockery s in the days of the false prophets Should Have tor The Star: ‘The people owe you a vote of / thanks for the manner in which you have shown conditions on the light question. Seattle _@hould be able to sell her electricity _," than any other city on the Passing Editor The Star: In passing thru I am asked by Many literary thinkers and writers; ()}—What do you think of the @incellation of foreign war debts? Fine for Europe! But do you know that this act would affect our ex- change terrible? That it would,put the Liberty bonds down to unknown Jow levels in finance? That our taxes That y it : P. A. KLEIN, Pastor Dunlap Baptist Church. Lower Light Rates Why not keep up the fight anti! We get rates as good as they get in Tacoma, or better. The Star ts able to do it, and make a good job of it Yours very truty, W. H. PEEK, 4916 Wallingford Ave. Thru America would lose her financial Prestige in the marts of the world? Why not cancel some of the exor bitant burdens of our own citizens? @)}—What will be the results of the disarmament meet? Having Fg to minority us in @ league ot \t Japan will endeavor to pawn their pledges in secret conferences, and England will show up her true Football Days Are Rough on Clothes Cheasty Jr. Clothes will stand rough treatment Friday and Saturday Specials A large assortment of Cheasty Jr. Suits with 2 pairs of knickers, regular $25. Special price .:x10.0.0. « «mieumaieroie: A special group of Cheasty Jr. Suits, with 2 pairs of knicker pants, PI ager ovcicinmnreiviounobnaimemintern The famous “Ironclad” Hosiery for boys and girls, a pair.........+ cig esis tale tet einteses A Selection of All-Wool Mackinaws with convertible collars, regular price $9. Special price. Boys’ Gray Flannel Blouses, regular price $2. Special price ..... « ..- «1+ «iti They are excellent values. fons, France, England and) to what shall Seattlé do to retain | Osinal capital of $500,000; this cor- its small manufacturers and provide ee cap — ite for ish “ i Oana els Gokene wareen Seat, /08 the loans, not acquiring any in- ~~ Payroll for Seat rrest in the concerns assisted, but can earn enormous dividends, as | mag of ‘oothenatos au. chou be.| Nott , comnenrns are willing to pay | We do not value the “Made in Seat well for a little assistance at the tle” as an asset and yet it is the largest asset of any city, Why does | ¢, California lend freely of ite wealth to| I believe this can be accomplished the mutual benefit of all con. cerned, the investor as well as the Promote anything worth while? Sim-| manufacturer. The Time, The Place | ply to get that one idea scattered ang the Girl; the Time is now, the thruout the world “Made in Califor: | Piace ig Seattle, the Gitlin Minn nia.” Are we asleep or are We PeDNY Progress, Seattle should be known wise and pound foolish? Stop and yy every man, woman and child in think, Seattle business mon the world, We have the resources; Toes this appeal to you as a rem- have we the inclination? j edy? One man with $500 can do| I am, yours for the best tntereets nothing, While 1,000 men with $500' of Seattle, 8. C. RENNER. | Editor The Star: I would like to reply to the ma: who wrote, recently, an article ask-| ‘There te such a mad rush for pleas. of spiritual values?” right time. | Where Are Our Ideals? | | I believe that in really the trouble. |}! $19.75. || 1,764 Pairs of Men’s Fabric Gloves Special 28c Pair peas every man can make use of one or more pairs of these durable Gloves of closely- woven fabric, in shades of gray, with contrasting or harmonizing embroidery. One-button snap fastening. Sizes 744 to 10, Special, 28¢ pair. ing, “Why are the times out of joint.| ure and the almighty dollar that we | . and are we, as a nation, lowing sight forget the more important things in fe. do not realise what a power thought has on our Itvean Our/ thoughts either make us happy and Successful in life, or vice verna, | Children should be trained to do | constructive thinking, and thereby | bulld strong characters; we have let | down #0 on our ideals ines the war, | and we rive no higher than our Ideals #5 a nation or as individuals, | So the low moral tone of our na-| tion today ts the outcome of our! thinking. The Bible says, “As a man thinketh, 90 is be,” and it is @ great truth, I think the writer ts unjust when he blames the women for this | condition. I can’t nee that they are any more | responsible than the men, only that they are more spiritual by nature. | There never was a time when there were #o many helps for people if they really want to build for character. ‘There are such splendid books writ-| ten and lectures given that will help | people who realy want to become | masters of themselves. ' If young people especialy would | study the acience of “New Thought,” | | it would revolutionize the world, but fae it ip today, I fear the next genera. | tion, for I cannot but feel that wo are deteriorating asa nation. Yours | for right thinking and right living, . 1, C. H., Kennydale. F think J.B letter, over-ermphasizes and puts a wrong construction on Gertrude! | Dean's criticlam of Seattle's animal | shelter What she sald about Seattle Is true. No other city is #0 shockingly | indifferent and improvident im this! |respect. She was not @ foreign po | | tentate, president, or any one prop- lerly called “a guest of the city [hence it was quite “becoming” of | |her to criticize what she thought | was wrong. If neglect and cruelty | lexist and Seattleites make no effort citizens, such evils will continue till kingdom come. | Gertrude Dean, In this connection, | spoke of the church rather than the j“Chamber of Commerce,” etc., be- | @ | cause the church is supposed to be | ‘organized on the lines of idealivm | land beneficence, rather than for the} | getting or dispensing of money, She | | did not express a wish “to destroy e |eburches” or to “live where none were.” Nor did she belittle them in} any way. She merely compared the | ‘work of church and humtne bodies lin the treatment of neglected ani- mals and used children. | The church has simply done noth- ling at all, directly or indirectly, in the way of humanity to animals, There has not been a single piece of jhumane legislation that has had |church interest or backing. They e |wive no funds to help any humane fees lorganization. Few, if any, of their |members are humane workers in large or small way. Scarcely 1 per cent of their Sunday schools has a Band of Mercy. For the Humane e e | Sunday, asked for once a year, very | |tew pastors were willing to allow | even a half-hour’s time, They did to alleviate the shocking jeruelties of transportation and | wounding of horses in war time. |They are not affiliated with the} splendid National Organization of | | Humane Workers, at Albany, N. Y., |the American branch of internation al workers. They have never op | posed vivisection. In fact, en masne, | they have stood for the Red Cross, which sponsors and practices vivisec- | tion and used $100,000 of public funds for vivisectional purposes. ‘They a: jal eaters of dead animals. ‘They! have never opposed the cruelties of | | nothing Exceptional Values in Two Special Lots of Men’s Shirts and —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE 50 Trimmed Hats Reduced to $2.85 —Hats of Lyons Velvet, Duvetyn and Felt. —trimmed with ostrich, flowers, fringe, rib- bon and pins. —in Jade, Paradise, Navy, Brown, Purple, Taupe, Pearl and Black. —offéring extraordinary value at the re- duced price—$2.85. THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE 104 Pairs of Men’s Calf Shoes Special $4.85 Pair, 'AS PICTURED, good- looking Tan Calf Lace Shoes for men, on medium round toe last, with oak- tanned leather soles and rubber heels. Sizes 6 to 10. 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The convertible col- lar may be fastened closely at throat, as pictured, or worn flat, Sizes 8 to 14 years. \ 4 Price, for coat and hat, $6.95. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Adjustable Lamps Pp Special $1.98 ‘HESE Lamps are in bronze finish, and are made with a linked metal adjusting rod that per- mits them to be moved to any desired position. Very convenient for sewing or students’ use. Spe- cial, $1.98. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE miners’ kids or the ex-soldier who wasn’t fortunate enough to die— quickly—for his country? Dr. Chapman boasts of his church's | yonderful “poor fund” and its “many tarpping nor frowned upon slaughter. house horrors. Go into any ehurch today and you'll see practically every woman there with a dead bird on her head, or the furry skin of some animal tossed about her neck. All) charities and its salaried woman’ the humane work that all the/ church activities. But it was. the| churches have ever done, you could | salvation Army lassie, of all denomi- | put in your eye and then sonre. | nations: and no denomination at all, | ‘As to Dr. Chapman's laudation of who tied on her blue poke bonnet | the church inother respects, I would| ang got next the firing line, j say that the church ts not the “fore-| Poverty is unnecessary, Charity, | runner of civilization.” Exploration, |in essence, is a cancerous growth, | war and trade has opened up foreign | poth for him who gives and for him} lands and brought to them what who recelves. Poverty is truly devil | civilization may have had. | }ish in every sense of the word, Yet, | “Christianizing” India, China, Japan! never haye I known any church to} and Africa,” indeed, when the Hin-/exert itself to abolish the ca doos on the Canadian line are abused | poverty, He says that the church and the church says nothing: When | is “deeply interested im the uplift of Chinese tongs kidnap girls and kill) humanity.” If they would get right} off one another all along the Pacific | down to brass tacks, free themselves coust and the church does nothing:|of hypocrisy and snobbishness and When the Japs in Seattle are left/ use a little hard sense and energy, “un-Christianized” and the Africans | there wouldn't be so many “down: in the South are burned at thé! fallen” ones to “uplift.” Why talk stake! Distance lends enchantment, | of “mansions in Heaven” when rent expecially when one has an easy in Seattle is going sky-high and no berth, all expenses paid, and a trip|job to pay ip? Why pray to beat around the world, home-vacationing, | the band over some fallen girl, when, fs a good girl, they treated her like a dog when she was a servant in their home? If they are so con- tinually uplifting others, who is up- lifting them? Do they suppose they every two years, If “millions of doNars have gone from the church to the starving of foreign lands," how much have they given to hungry Seattle children, have corralled all the good there is, particular church, and in the world? prominent divine goes off to However, from news items in re-| ington to urge the open shop, gard to recent church conferences, | ever and wherever the money p fete, it seems that squabbling over | has said, “jump!” they have dogmas has occupied a large part of | and presented a biblical quotat : their time rather than uplift. One | justify everything they did. pastor openly states his dislike of] What with vivisection doctors many poor in the membership of his | ing with preal . ond taeeae neareone i —— | women implicitly believing both, it yevery respect, God pity the m PLUMBING jdow or scared cat or sick, ‘neains | shouldered old horse, for in & Your plumber is as near to you as | /@t least, they have fallen upon your phone. days, Very sincerely, D. B, 1862 AN & CO. 1811 Eighth Ave.