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Im the river above Niagara a sand dredge brings up ® three feet long and a foot It belonged to some prehis- animal, Scientists are trying Srecover the rest of the skele- animal with a tooth as big ‘a suitcase must have made life interesting for primitive ‘Compared with the latter, our is a featherbed, We have no now except the ones we by our own stupidity and Our ancestors took the shock of battle to conquer nature. was their gift to the future ws. What are we bequeath te the future? Valuable in- like wireless, telephone, terrible burden of war debt. ‘Phe minister who says women’s freedom is sanctioned by the took his tert from “Revela- be Ferd says he wants a million if he octs Muscle Shoals, and men hope he pets it man figures dsamonds are th $350,000,000 a4 ton Buy now @void the rush y Fanny We Humans Are! at a table and settle the argument peacefully, just § they could have done in the place. No wonder the late B. L. T. re to us as “the socalled ho- race.” Before disarming, several kickers have to be distegoed. ‘The Newly-Weds are not so fool- Bh as the Nearly Weds. Only 11 more montha until Thanksgiving. We're Healthier Race Today Three million Americans seri- @usty ill at all times. That was the report, in 1909, of Roose yelt’s commission on national vitality. ‘That huge sick list has been ut to 2,100,000, says a similar _ eommission, appointed by Herbert Hoover. \ Health is not only getting bet- fer, says the report, but five years have been added to the Sverage life since 1900. ‘This means the average Ameri an now is sick about cight days @ year. At least 40 per cent of ‘eur sickness is preventable, Get plenty of exercise. Don't eat too much. Be a glutton for fresh air. Guard against taking cold. This program will surely keep you healthier than the aver- age. Chances are, it will keep you from being sick at all, A weakened body is easy prey for gerne Bome kids oct what they want while others get sensible presenta. About six drops of prices would Be a great eye-opener for business Packing houses and butchers are beefing about wage Learn Not “to Act’ George Cohan, ack from Paris, ways: “I saw Lucien Guitry for the first time. He is the great- est actor I have ever seen, I strongly advise all American ac- fors to study this man and learn the art of NOT acting.” i Guitry, master performer, is 61 -Years old. His art lies in always . being natural, never “putting it on.” An amateur tries so hard # a Pa machine and movie. Also, * A reader of The Star calls our attention to President Harding's & federal soldiers’ bonus out of the first four billion dollars collected from this coun- try’s loans to foreign governments. To such a plan this citizen raises four objections: 1. There is very little chance of ever collecting this money. ; 2. If the money is collected it will be in time to pay funeral expenses for long-lived “Yanks, and not much before. 3. It would be a short-sighted policy to have a great body of citizens personally, Selfishly interested in our foreign policy. It would make it impossible to decide some Vital questions .in cool judgment. 4, It is a political move “to get something for nothing.” These are objections that probably will be found well based, at least in part, by any “person who candidly examines the question. ‘again on the bonus issue or has Secretary Mellon been spoofing him about those for- B mening, #1. 60e€ monty aide of the state, & iy carrion, etty, be proposal for paying Is President Harding merely “stalling” A boss is a man who gets down early when you are late and late when you are early. This Far East question should be labeled “China —Handle With Care.” Rich old bachelors think the proper age to marry is sixteen. —— * Times are so bad some people are driving their own cars. _ Health Hint: to act that he everdoes the thing, seems artificial. Most of us can apply this prin ciple, with profit, The business man, for instance. He could write an cxcelient ad, easily, If he wrote it naturally, Just as he would present bis sales arguments verbally to a customer. Instead, he usually “tries te write"—makes a job of it. Ne task is difficult, exeept as dread makes it so. A task is easy or hard, depending on your mental attitude. All problems are simple. Approach them naturally, not imagining them difficult or mysterious, and you'll solve them quickly. Success is in being natural and bis ealipeste thea ccc A grand opera star ‘wants $750 for a night she didn't sing. Must de hush money. When a women makes light of her hair she keeps it dark. Only five more months entd epen season on spring poetry. We’re Not 100 Pct. Mercenary Christmas carols will be sung by organized choruses in 550 American cities, on the eve of Santa Claus’ visit this year, re ports the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music. These serenades, by reving bands of carolers in city streets, revive an ancient Christmas cus- tom. It is » comforting reminder that the world, In the machine age, still clings to illusions and quaint customs that add spice to life, This would be an awfal world without Santa Claus and the Easter bunny. make the girl Presents fonder. crow Proper place to hang wistictoe ts in the hair, The ex-kaiser’s has a right to ory. new grandson Buy | the cook a ach ristmas present. “Guinea Pigs” Ne matter how rich they get, they always want more, The Wall Street Journal says that finan- clers, whose yearty incomes run into the millions, never overtook a chance to get the $20 gold picce paid to directors at their meet- ings. Seme “motor frantically from meeting to meeting, staying at each just long enough to be marked ‘present,’ and collect the inging, “Mary, Mary, vite contrary, how does your wa- count gor” Our all-American halfback ts the evening gown. Russian Imports Grow When the year closes, Russia will have imported in 1921 more than twiee as many pounds of food and materials as in 1920. The biggest gains have been in metals, metal goods, spinning ma teriats and foods. England is furnishing 31 per cent of Russia's imports, Germany 19 per cent, America 16 per cent. Russia is slowly coming back. It is importing 400,000,000 pounds 0@ supplies a year, which proves that its economic machinery is beginning to function once more. From Open Water i our apBook. BLACK HOURS BY ARTHUR STRINGER T have drunk deep Of the well of bitterness, Black hours have harried me, Blind fate has biudgeoned my bent head, And on my brow the iron crown Of sorrow has been crushed. & mortal ver each bi orn this star of k izzy heights it dips Ney of Softly The |FRESH| Tea—to be good—must be fresh "SALADA" I have cried aloud h ineluctable ek hour has hung nowledge ath of pain too great to be endured road of anguish mounts d still up to its one ultimate of torture, meets diens rest! ‘' E} A. Is alw aysfresh and possesses that unique flavour, of ‘goodness’ that has lenity made it famous, neewdld*shitS" Al ence TUESDAY, DEC 1921 THE ABER 13, (LETTERS TO EDITOR] —_“"""™" SE TTLE STAR SKFORE the war|is an antet instead of « lability n enthl i “ * ’ 9 ” [time - ; | ‘in: oO in ly to f at ever not true of every man, Editor The Star that’s soured on everyone an’ every: | Our pe - Ma re A pinch 0° bakin’ sedy | thin guarante fe 1 allus ® ten « sour stumick, buf | MANNAH KINGSTON MMBAGHEMR, | back supportin t who, du it ain't so easy t' sweeten a mind 68 1. Téth Bt [mun pial nee pauper $6,000, | earning Thanks! We'll Read It |iishing thin letter, 1. rem ale of noes. sie sor fie oy L.. M. LEVY, Manager that cost we during the first 20 years of hig life. Editor The Star homentous matter, allow me as "Wanateas Sen Oe.» be greatly in-|and he will be still further in debt to In your iawue of the 7th inst. you r of Your paper to suggest tha | creamed | it for hin care in his taet yearn Jealt editorially with a certain utter: | YOU fee thie article ae a th Paupers are | You have cost society up to date, you look it over am studiously as you Ss b house | let ua nay, about $100,000, Have yor Jance of President Mar Live fit the wonts oe President Hardwe SUBMits Some ep without | Pet beck Into the assets of humen jal adjustment of troubles be-| ‘That states life $100,000 over and above your mental protest, Bank Facts turt tween or and cay doctrine of U is good for him keep? Has your constructive labor The North American Review of jand get it pretty w Edhor The star | elothin, 4 shelter suffic added that amount to the tangible August, this year, hag an article en: |thinking of the people, will rank ache counter ' |asnets of the human race? titled “Morality and Democracy” in « the greatest immortals of | Mr. Hedrick’s pathetic attempte at | er , dene which is discussed tneistvely the no. acy? Yours very truly ed in hin letter inj oP y the average American of not, you certainly do not to be buried in a metallic coffin world ought to have at least the fer~ tilizing value of what will be left after you have wasted so much of what you really owed humanity. The man who merely pays as he goes may deceive himself; but he is not really paying the expense of his man must be worth own board. He owes more than that, the community, or the| Any man is a grafter whose in- would tor 0 have|come is larger than his service to the The av an community, Donating to “Community Chest®™ and charities of one kind or another, while necessary for immediate relief, is but a tinkering with symptoms, ) has cont ten times ax much British pauper. Between the t of the doctor and the nurse 6 end of life and the doctor and he in wholly uninformed in this re ker at the other end lies gard, or purposely neeks to mislead | for the average American, 1 judge those who read his letter not less than $100,000, which some Hin statement that every business | body has to pay Jit here has been prop:| The nk in| thig » reverse | community bankrupt tion of indivic right the opinion which you hold on this! In view of | WALLACE Anacortes, Wash. Ten Commandments for Husbands Editor The Star means serve to who thinks and known conditions that he is right lthe under {when others are present Appreciate what she does for! take everything for In your publication of December 9| 4 man who|%0U do not granted but Correct her hebite with after reading the 10 commandments ness and consideration. . he has written on “How to Hold a| 6, Give her nice clothes to wear, |" the ease. Th Husband,” permit me to say that I\the kind she likes ee Beare, Py think he does not understand women | If she ten't healthy, aympathiee at all but has @ perfect understand ) With her and not yourself because it ing of men! [works a hardship on you Here are 10 commandments that I) § Use twin beds if satiafactory to I read of a wonderful thinks he understands women, kind. ery business man in the city to require any refutation. | senormatly*bad) are in a large meas- | He asks for facts; here they are: | shia’ to tk tac Wedseas Merchants, manufacturers and|Ure traceable to the banks’ present | policles. other business men of Beattie have been refused merely normal credit) A change in policy by the banks have written on “How to Hold | both parties concerned Wife.” and I not even pretend) 9. If ix interested in your | “Molly regardiese of their credit); » i¢ they will begin to loan again) What the people need and want ig that I understand men ines ake ber your partner ie |"tending—the banks have simply T& | even in a moderate way, will tend) work, and employers can't pay jfuned to loan wages if they can’t get money from banks to open up their busin and carry them over until they b gin to get returns upon the reff lof added labor. THE WHIP. at all. This at times | to recreate activity in business, make when the published statements of 8 | jobs available for a portion of thone atti banks have shown that they lat present out of employment, put had ample loanable funds on hand. | more money tn circulation and make Local banks have not availed them-| business better all around nelven of the privileges afforded by et |the Federal Memerve bank to any thing like the limit of ponsibility. |thus further curtailing the credit | factiities of local businens. | 1. Marry for love and be sure you keep the home and love her for what she is and not for | separate what she ix to you 10, If whe complains of a head 2. Give her the freedom to come |ache, show her kindnens and not con as she likes and do what she tempt—nhe deserver it, wants to do, | Yes 1 am married—very much so. 3. Une endearing terma, not onty A READER Fruit Company Explains At times when local demand for parteplbe odang bitten |where tim nize in not stated. On de credit—-money—for business purposes econ ptish k wee oe eee ie ceding Apple Can. (UvTy Mrs. Belknap said she did not /has been consistently refused by 10 aoe ine team CC. Hetknap, (u2k the apples were large enough |cal banks, those banks have sub: 1900 Railroad ve th this letter he (Ur baking. Our driver explained the |seribed for or purchased large quan hen to protect the public from|UtUation to her and told her he | tities of bonds, commercial paper and tine. cneeed, bb be cutaas he bes a be glad to take them back and |other securities issued by firms out i om tale ro ‘or (PTINE & larger size on the next trip. [aide of Seattle and its immediate vi been by & calceman taking seders for Dut she oald they went 0'naa paid lie oth kind. easy. 4 |for same. Thus closing the matter as| ‘The action of local banks tn sub I happen to know that this letter jfar a9 we were concerned. lscribing to outside securities means refere te the Wenatchee Fruit com: |. 80me days later on. recelving Mr. |the exporting of money from Seattle. | pany, 1531 Third ave, of which con-|Belknap’s letter, 1 told him that we! It is imponaible for local business | corn I am manager, aa I had a letter |were stil) willing to make the ex-|to revive—for ug to again commence from Mr. Belknap regarding same. jehange, but heard nothing further |expanding and growing—as long as/| y \ rom him until I saw letter in|the banks continue thelr presen’ In reply to his letter I wrote him |f 3 1 het t and explained the situation fully, |The Star Friday night. This all hap . business vasser Unfair,” stating that our salesman turned his /Pened * two weeks ago and I pre Present conditions suier in without stating the «ise |"ume that Mr. Helknap has by this! eure even Mr apple Mr. Belknap desired, so our) ~~~ ao ee res a shipping clerk sent out what we term : WARNING! Say “Bayer” when you buy Aspirin. | Unless you see the name ‘‘Bayer’’ on tablets, you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians over 21 years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache Rheumatism Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis A i Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain : Accept enly ‘‘Bayer’* package which contains proper directions,” Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablete—Also bottles of 24 and 1! Aspiria le the trade mark of Bayer Manufactare of Mencnceticacitenter of a “tamil ‘CS + LEVEL + AND = CLEVELAND oe tt to te Dear Avridge Mann: Would you please write a letter to) young gtrin that amoke cigareta, please show them where they are! wrong. —C. T. R a For Your Convenience: Sears, Roebuck and Company Have Opened a Section of Their Big Building, Where They Have Christmas Goods On Display TOYS, DOLLS, CANDIES, PYRALIN. IVORY, SMOKING SETS, TOILET SETS, SKATES, VIOLINS, PHONOGRAPHS, PHONOGRAPH RECORDS, JEWELRY, WOMEN’S FELT SLIPPERS, GLOVES, SWEATERS and GIFT NOVELTIES, ETC. Other items are being added from time. to time. THE PRICES ARE RIGHT REMEMBER, THIS HOLIDAY MERCHANDISE IS SOLD OVER THE COUNTER. Regular Retail Service. No Delay. This Display Will Close at 12 o’Clock Noon, Saturday, Dec. 24. Open All Day Saturday, December 17 ears, Roebuck and Company Take First Avenue South Car to Lander Street Dear Smoking Girls: It's up te me! fo pan you good and hard, I eee: and tell you cigareting wrecks the dear or, mweeter, better sex—for that is what you are, I hope, in spite of all lyour modern dope. pw I have never yet berum to! siam Mine 1921; 1 think she beats, tn many ways, the flappers of the early days, whone skirts were mopping up the ground, and waists were seven inches ‘round Altho our Mra. Grundy’s rage we're in a freer, franker age, and | many th that you may do would shock Mins 1892; but «till, we like you as you are—provided you don’t go too far. And should your smoking be ta boo? 1 put the question up to you Tt all depends, it seema to me, on what you really want to be—a knick. | ered®, go-thelimit sport, or just the} normal, wholesome sort. The choice ie yours. but here's the Htent: the girl that men will lke the | best ig one whom they can count a chum {in all the joys and cares that | whose heart is loyal, clean | the kind that they can come, and true anchor to. For when we love, we like to feel we've found the ever-sought Ideal the Only One who'll always try to help us keep our standards high and emoking seems a bit too far from | what we like to think you are. +Modern stuff—we used to aay “pettt ronted.” Daddy, Roldt’s Butterhorna are de letous.—Advertinernent. DR J. RN. BINYON Free Examination BEST $2.50 GLASSES on Earth j We are one of the fow optical stores in the Northweat that really grind lenses from start to finish, and | ly one in 4 c—ON FIRST AVE, ; , 6, by graduate op- PLENTY OF PARKING SPACE FOR AUTOMOBILES * not preseribed y necessary BINYON OPTICAL Co. AVE.