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

PAGE 6 attleS B mentha, $1.6¢e6 months, 4 by Th Publisning On, Phere Mal ft the oti 00 Pledge Must Be Kept The Community Chest organization is decidedly right in its demand that the Salvation Army cease its “Christmas kettle” campaign on the Seattle streets if it is to share in the community fund. : It is admitted that the Community Chest will thus be going back on the pledge it gave the Salvation Army when it sanctioned the continuation of the kettle practice. But the larger pledge, which the chest made to the public—that there would be no further charity “drives” of any sort this year—must be given precedence. True, the “Christmas kettle” practice is not a form of urgent solicitation. Citizens failing to “keep the pot boiling” are not subjected to the embarrassment of personally turning down a solicitor if they do not wish to give. Nevertheless, the Christmas kettles ARE a form of solicitation. And the word of the Community Chest organization is pledged to the people of Se- attle that there shall be NO public solicitation of funds during the coming year on the part of any of the 46 participating agencies. The newspapers, on the basis of this pledge, supported the chest campaign to the finish. The Star repeated the pledge many times to its readers, and insists now that it be observed to the letter. It perhaps is true that many persons would gladly enough toss their dimes and quarters into the kettles, and it is indisputable that the dimes and quarters would go to worthy uses. However, there is something bigger than this at stake. The public was made a def- inite promise; that promise must be lived up to. If the bars were dropped a bit to allow the Christmas kettles to operate it would be only a short step for some other of the 46 agencies that needed money sorely to put on, say, a tag sale or some other form of ‘Money-raising that we have all agreed to stop. And the Community Chest as a con- tinuing institution would be ruined. A campaign another year would fizzle before it started. Becausf The Star is a sincere friend of the Community Chest idea, it demands that the pledge of abolishing ALL public solicitation by the individual agencies be rigidly Be : When they say Germany has-7,000,000 soldiers ready to fight, they mean Germany has 7,000,000 soldiers. The man who lessor of two evi We predict 1922 bath ing ‘suits will be belts and suspenders. Pedestrians don’t make very good shock ab- _ house and office rent is the Gold-Bricking There was a Charles W. Morse Miami officials seized a carload ice tainty cannot who, i: the Atlanta penitentiary MNEs thc casey of tos At was represented to be ned death. Uncle Sam . lantic seaboard into a combine. Mr. Daugherty and others fur- Is America too suspicious of tion which threatened rivalry wished testimony to this effect. Burope? H. G. Wells thinks +0. with J. P. Morgan, Sr.? It was The publicity agents furnished Most Europeans believe so, tov. ef that Morse, Morgan said he Pictures of Morse in the prison Mr. Wells says the United would make him “Iet go” or he hospital surrounded by his wife in States must step imagining Eu- would send him to the peniten. mourning, bis physicians and his rope iy conspiring against Amer- tiary. pardon ‘attorneys, pathetically fea every time coeperation be And that Morse was railroaded bout to leave this troubled world. tween the coftinents is suggested. Speedily to the penitentiary and Se William Howard Taft par- There is truth behind this criti- sentenced to a period of years at doned Charlies W. Morse. ciam, Atlanta, Georgia. But that was a long time ago. not wrong in guarding agsinst * Can it be that it was the same Ten—eleven—years is a long time certain European statesmen who Charies W. Morse who was par- for dying man to live and 40 prefer gifts frem the United “dened from Atlanta by William millions is s big contract for an States to increasing the tax rate Howard Taft, then president of ¢x-convict to get from a shipping at _home. s the United States? beard. Certainly America must co-oper- ‘Surely this is mot the same ‘Well, well! Time will have its ate with the rest of the world Charles W. Morse in whose behalf’ little joke. before normal conditions can be restored. Americans are bdegin- ning to understand their own fu- attorney general), accepted on 2 ky labeled “Fish. Maybe Eensiderable fee to help secure a 77 weMshy labeled (tun MewPe ture prosperity requires it. But, perdon , from William Howard oats - — Mr. Wells is aware that Europe Taft! And for whom Daugherty Foreign countrice must name wishes the United States to can- took a trip from Cleveland to ‘lashington and called on Presi- @ent Taft at the White House} their diplomats after Pullman cars. Women always have the last tcord but seldom get to it. cel @ debt of 10 billion dollars contracted by the allied repre- sentatives here during the war. Perhaps it ought to be done, | However, every nation owing the moacy acquired great wealth JUST OUT OF PRISON at the peace conference while the United States iook nothing. That DR. WM. E. BARTON serve it and when they get out they | wealth, in the form of mines, un- IVE minutes €°| deserve just as good an opportunity developed territories; and the like, ast rae, NO co reform as can safely be given is mot yet available in large man was ad-|them. It is hard enough for a man amount. It will be in the years mitted whoj|to keep up who has never been to come, asked for & few) down and it is hard fora man who| Why doesn’t Mr. Wells suggest progr he Py | has been down to get up. And 1| giving America a share in these “j try to help men up. But I do not potential sources of prosperity, poor way to be for before| Wk® to see any man cap’talize his payable when the wealth becomes = | 0 T sive away| OM unworthiness. And prisoners) setual? cue of wr nei? * e only people who do it I paid the dollar for the coupon.| America is willmg to help Eu- I will present it to any one who Fope out. But once Europe is wants a photograph of himself. I out, Americas doesn’t want to be |have other coupons purchased from| tet, wit | other people who wanted a few min-| With = geld brick im_sn ld utes of my time and, incidentally, a|M@W"Paper and the reputation | dollar of my money | thay, goes with it. I like to know what I am giv- ing it for. He said, “I am just out of prison, ‘and I am selling these coupons at one dollar each, They are issued by a photographer and entitle you to a credit of that amount when you go to him to have photographs | taken.” I asked him, “Why do you tell | fe that you have been in prison?” | He could not give me a very good 4 answer. ™ I said, “You want something 7 More than an honest man’s chance.” a This surprised him, and he said,/ “There are not many things which | ® man just out of prison can do.” I said, “That may be true and this may be one of the things he an do and an honorable one. If : mo, and the coupon is worth the|?"°™ "owe of Orchids + dollar, he need feel no shame in : selling it for a dollar. But if the| MUSIC AT DUSK. coupon is really worth the money) Iie bas no scad to tell that be has BY GEORGE STERLING WJ been in prison.” O Twilight, Twilight! evermore to hear 4 I said, “I should not have asked ‘The wounded viols pleading to thy heart! : you about your past. For the pur- To dream we watch thy purple wings depart, Pose of thin business transaction it To wake, and know thy presence always near! Matters not to me what you have| been. The people who buy coupons! from you want an honest dollar's Worth; that is all, I advise you never to tell anyone that you have been in prison.” He will not take my advice, ‘That Prison story is worth money to him Men tell me that who have never been in prison, but who just ought to be there, They want more than an honest man’s chance Now, I have visited a good many Prisons, and they are sad places! and in general I think do more! harm than good; but I have known! very few men who were went to! Privon a# a penalty for being good.! Most men whe are there richly de What dost thou on the pathway of the sun? Abide thy sister Night, while strains so pure Make heaven and all its beauty seem too sure, And all two certain her obitvion. One star awakes to turn thee from the South. | Oh, linger in the shadows thou hast drawn } bre Night cast dew beforeahe feet af Dawn, Or Silence lay her kiss on Music's mouth! Try This on Your Wise Friend Can you arrange the following letters to form a popular proverb? acdeeghmmnooopssttuuww, Answer to yesterday's: 13, : ‘ . | |and underhanded buniness THE SEATTLE STAR ° Differs From Mrs. Sweetman HAitor The Star joourthouse, but I always henitate| eenneuimampemennsanepinend In your issue of December 5 8D |apout pricking a man’s bubble of ,’ \r ars a letter from 1 | nelf-complacency. ‘There t# rome Hweetman in which that | thing pathetic to me about Mr, Jiggs The Elks’ Club and the Japs srautwotn te whith whe weaoe on, | meine. pecan Se Ne MCE oom Bditor The Star: Why not try and pay @ few of roger” which whe heads ag fol | oeit id whisky, and having his wife 1 wonder why the Bika’ club em: | tinea by giving the exwervice men|lows: “Furnishes Jobs to Whole) ghow him up aa she fees him; or ploys cally th can ne the sme ume iteelf patr and also says t ite debts to the exservice men er be fully paid. Jape, and Hedrick Demands Facts Editor The Star it in to or the government or any or How easy to the banks ganized body with any a point thority and castigate them for the inevitable | consequences of our war-time delir jum of «pending and infla In France they still remark, guerre,” which explains, ev The Ringmaster, The Currye The Crupper declare, “It banks Perhaps, however, our cireus per formers are not fair in their attacks. They make general accusations and require a detailed answer If they wish answers, let them sub. mit questions which permit of an answer, Lat them offer some facts aa & working basin. I have said plainly that there is not one single business firm in Seattle I aim eager to stand by my statement In specific cases. have proof. I have pointed out the fact that Seattle banks buy commercial paper only after all legitimate deman¢ local credit have been met Gentlemen, let us In an to the indisputable fact that large Rastern concerns often retire paper by imsuing more paper—based not actual movement of Whateof it? it is legitimate and Recemmary. Any one of thene firma at any Ume could retire all their com: mercial paper. Thie paper is used for obtaining working capital and can be Apple Canvasser Unfair Editor The Star: I think it advisable to let the gen @rai public know the sharp practices method» that are being imposed on the gen ‘al public by @ frult canvamer rep resenting @ certain Third avenue fruit company He has a beautiful show you and you make your choice of the different varieties, He gives yOu @ Slip indicating thereon what he propones to deliver tg. your house. Editor The Stare Having been a reader of The Star for several years and enjoying expe cially the readers’ letters, I cannot but say « few words in answer to Mark Newell of Harper, No one, either in Harper or Colby, but read the article with sincere disapproval Mark Newell was born and raised in Harper and at the advanced age Of 18 neces fit to make ft his home. When he is a litle older and a litthe | leat wise he wil know the difference between constructive criticiam and knocking. And hie knocking is un just. Not being a taxpayer he does not know, perhaps, the expenditures made in the last year constructing commodities. | sample box to, Harper Roads Defended |the Jobs in bowling alleys and other "4" places? | uw Sincerely yours, SPENCER lett part is in order tho I am not ronally acquainted with any one of the parties mentioned. Mrs, Sweetman's firet objection ts retired, aw 1 have wo often maid, from legitimate earnings at any ‘me. | What do the gentlemen try to prove? | They have admitted the desirability of commercial paper as a liquid aanet. That is admitting everything How unfortunate that our friend ignores our interest in the salvation | of Burope! How strange itis that he o¢ should deny them a part of that vast quantity of unemployed money he de jseribes! It is not philanthropy alc tha dut o |tire world joan them mnoney We must | ple? than in the banks? | that industries of thin city have been! aw. | and are now facing grave difficulties, | All right-—he doesn't have to. for|yet he says in another paragraph |fer trom that their difficuities have disagrees with himself, paote | Our worthy friends wish me to df: | a4 | for something “vonstructive’! But! coy destructive—if it*is anything at all jAre they exempt from this obliga tion? than words, Permit me to insist that | o¢ lithe gentlemen produce some facts. PAUL HEDRICK, JR by of apples you receive in*decidediy in fertor to what ranged for, consequently chaser must whistie. will take warning of being similarly bunkoed. I sincerely flope that you will in- vert this In your paper ami expose concerns that are inclined to these practices, Yours truly, i BELKNAP. the pur-| Al 1900 Railroad Av. jwho have given so much of their ltime during the last year, working to the interest of the Beach road. | From actual experience 1 know there are stretches of road on the | Pacific highway that are worse than the Beach roa@ 1 hope anyone who ¥v |read Mark Newell's article will belmissed the point I was trying to fair-minded enough to give our roads|make ,and it could not have been & trial and if you do vien our little) ciaar, because he is @ very clever town | promise you will need neither | man, a tank nor d very heavy insurance. | And just a word more to Mark | Thats the kind of a town you like, in the kind of tor’s offic know honor of being an old acquaintance In my opinion the question ig not whose daughter she ix, but iy she able to perform the position which she | which induces un to assiat the nations polae of Burope. The welfare of the Unit-\to the father of George Meagher, the ed States-yos, our bread and butter, | relatives of Lou Smith as well as! homes, our families—depend 4D-\thoxe of Dan Abrams, G, H. Sullivan | nolutely upon the welfare of the €n/and the other persona mentloned. . | If Mrs. Sweetman could nee the We must for the make of! number of prospective newlyweda ob- our own future, Why should not|taining marriage licenses and see the | banks sell foreign bonds to our peo imanner in which Mr, Kennedy Is ao custome’ to treat them, | In anyone restrained from putting probably come to the conclusion that which has been refused credit justly. | his money in local enterprise rather ine iy peculiarly fitted for the por! the fact that | Our friend does not wish to believe | happens to be Dan Abrams’ son-in tion dividual honest tion 1 trust others | pieyes. tion along proper. milion. While I appreciate the honor of Mra Sweetman getting my jpublic print, at the same time the is #0 obviounly some persons mentioned and |reet as to Others that a reply on my) or t a daughter of fith is employed in the county audi Tho I don't happen to lady, the young her father jes of the in npite of I presume that the government of And King county does not materially dif the government been other county in the United States wor the gentlemen call my attention | caumed-by the banks. Apparently, bé paving the mame population, and the nty employes county nty the family h the This is the in ittle more of the bring about a further reduction the size of the budget and eliinina | tion of superfluous employes Mrs. to the fact that desire to call attention, however, thix can only be done by constructive criticlem and not by attack A common laborer at $3 a day can |be hired to pull down @ building, but it requires ar architect of education to construct one. ery truly yours, PHILIP o- I am eorry, but Mr. Twordser TP I have never questioned the E CIENCY of anyone employed in the} courthouse, Three-fourths of them have been there for YEARS AND YEARS, and if length | of service makes for efficiency, they | should be extra well done. The mame rule would apply # employes Some reforms are need upon the intangible wind, but upon | they have been offering much that ts bun these reforms will never be ob- ained by attacking individuals. refusing employment to anyone| Job in Let us have something more simply because some other member ide |nome city or county office in either inefficient or din attack him on thet ground. I am informed that the budget for King county next year is about 26 ; When the delivery ix made, the box Per cent below that of 1921, that not only has there been a reduction of was originally ar.|*#leries, but there has been a reduc number of county em about the big fellow starting out in wonderfully happy and getting bitte meets name in a amalior after every friend he heart rather prompts me to add hot alr to the other fellow’s bubble—-not to prick It. + Years ago, when prohibition was being discussed, 1 remember snaking this remark: “I am curious to know whether or not the saloon men and the bartenders CAN make an honest living working like the rest of us.” At this time [ really would like to | know whether the courthouse ring of the old-time party politicians who have Jiung on to the polities! teat for yearg, COULD make an honert liv jing. They have shown their FIFI CIENCY where they are in several Frank &. Grif IT have the ways—they have built up @ political machine which is wonderful, and they have made our taxes In King county higher than in any other he would county in the United States | However, my point which Mr he | Tworoger miased was this: the gost ot our government and unemploy [ment are the problems which we are \tacing—-just why should there be four Abrams, three Meaghers, two Griffiths, seven Smiths, three Bren nans, two O'Briens, and numerous others from one family employed at public expense when in other fami lies there are none employed—and I have had 44 men and women call on me this last week—everyone of nor|Whom are efficient for almost any the courthouse, of any t the name | in any other d, Last year at this time, the Star position in|successfully waged & campaign If an in a against women working in the coun- ty and with two exceptions outside of the city where there are still sey. era] married women under civil serv. married women it there are no working: This year, just as buman for a started against whole families being jemployed; next year if I am not dis result of agita-| appointed, the voters themselves will constructive liner.|go to the polls and eliminate the ame effort will dead wood, Yours truly, al | ETMAN MAUDE 8 Bweetman's indiscriminate with years TWOROGER. . vt | YEARS AND Learn a Trade if they ‘ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1921. unjuwt a8 tO) until at the close of the day he i incer’| smal he ean hardly be, seen bs friends have plerced hin bubble Per | “GOMEONK 18 ALWAYS TAKIN |THE JOY OUT OF LIFE" My the Harper road. If he eled he wow! be built and patience of causes him jot many of with the community interest at heart, | miles of road thru the Umber cannot score of days. to Port were a little more tray: | rip, Id know that nearly 12 perfected fi a day, @r a) hind; Perbape it iv the im extreme youth that to deprecate the efforts | our publicepirited men. | your town— Tt ian't the town M Sour Stomach, Bilious Liver Orchard beach You need not slip your clothes in a And start on a long, long hik: You'll only find what you leave be ‘There in nothing that's really new; You knock yourself when you knock it's you.” COLBY. CASCARETS - 10! For Constipated Bowels, Sick Headache, The nicest catharticlaxative in|pletely by morning, and you will in 1910, George Grant wax cashier in was made county chairman; he re signed in 1917 te become deputy county clerk under Percy Thomas for four years, and now he is county clerk; he expects to hold office for four years, and then he will move on to some other government job, Mr. Thomas has done. In the mean time, Abe Olson, who was cashier under Thomas, is now deputy under ant, and he will succeed him as clerk. Harry Gordon, who was once county clerk, in now probate clerk, Mr. Sickelx, who was deputy county clerk under 1. K. Sickels, is now in the county treasurer's office. And *o they follow each other around in an endiess chain—like Tennyson’ little brook, “they flow on forever. NO WONDER THEY CAN FLOW, WHEN THEY HAVE FLOWED ALL THESE YEARS. 1 COULD say something about the EFFICIENCY displayed around guar haven't moulded or died. For instance, | the county clerk's office im 1916 he, And Pay as Yow Go UR special Christmas Rates make it possible for limited number of ambitious men to bet- ter their jobs and increase their salaries. Come in any day except Christmas and New Year's, and i] let us show you how ou expert |] instructors, up-to-date equipment and efficient methods will fit you for @ responsible position in the big field» of Auto and Tractor Bogineering — Battery Ignition }} and Carburetion—Tire Vulcaniz- ing and Oxy-Acetylene Welding. If you go South for the winter, \] we kive you the privilege of transfer to our Oakland school or write for free folder. We maintain an employment service to garage men to furnish them with competent help. Cail |] on ws when in need. HEMPHILL BROS. Auto-Tractor Schools Vike and Melrose | | | | “And a woman came to Blisha ing, “My husband is dead, and Ana lereditor has come,” “What shall I do for thee? Tell what hast thou in the how 2 Kings,'4. ry ~ Dear Congregation, Did you sugite that Christmas time ie prett And we have neighbors, so they who cannot keep the wolf away, what they all will do depends © whether we can act as friends. These needy neighbors aren't but who beg us for our table's eru they're simply folks like you and mail) who blush at taking “charity need a little friendly aid, which, li on, will be repaid. We may, ourselves, be shy dough, but then, perhaps, it's bet #0; it lets us feel, an best we can, q brotherhood of man to man, that may give our gifts of Yule accor to the € jen Rule So let us, Ike the prophet, “What have we in the house toda It may not be a wad of dough, but have other things, I know, that land I can let impart the friend of the giver’s heart, Perhaps we have @ job or two five a jobless man to do; or thing uneful we could trade for era] hours household aid; perhaps | just a friendly cail, to see If you ce help at all, There's scarce a houre where mang live that hasn't something t can give—if we can bring oursel to «ay “What have we in the hou today,” and dig it up and do our p with humble, thankful, open he Brotherhood of man certifies are being mailed to thote who contributions to Avridge Mann the Community Chest or other ¢ ties. A few cannot be mailed laddresses were missing. Certi | will be mailed if addresses are to Avridge Mann, care The Star, Among these are the following: NM | Name, Ferndale; Mrs, C. 8. Hun | Six Girls; N. P. Sorenson; H. ghius; L. M.; Myrtle; Bob. DR J. BR. BINTON Free Examination We are one of the few optic stores in the Northwest that reall jgrind lenses from start to finish, we are the only one in SEATTLE—ON FIRST AVE. Examination free, by graduate o) tometrist. Glasses mot preserib unless absolutely necessary. BINYON OPTICAL 116 FIRST AVE. e Between Spring and Seneen | the world to physic lor Upset your liver and bowels when you have Dirty Head. ache, Colds, Biliousness, Indigestion, Acid Stomach is candy “Cancarets.” One or two empty your bowels com: like night will purpose to save. each gency shall interfere, dollars you must first put a you can. Try it. 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