The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 31, 1922, Page 6

ae sgt som i $5.06, im the state of Washington. 44.50 fur ¢ months, oF 19.00 per year The Seattle Star etty, month; # months, £1.50) @ monthe, $275; year, OF Fees, tm the owe Outside ef the state, Ie per month, Hy carrier, olty, Pubtienes Deatty by The Star Publishing Oo, Phove Mais bee & month. Big Laughs Coming In cleaning house this spring, maybe you ran across the old family album. If so, you had a laugh at the peculiar clothing styles and solemn expressions on the faces of former generations, Did it ever occur to you that our photographs are also going to get “the merry ha-ha” when future generations discover them in some obscure nook of the airship- houses that will be in use 75 or 100 years from now? That has aiways been the way. Vanity being eternal, each generation—while laugh- ing at the past—is cock-sure that the present is “the real thing.” Have you read Mark Twain's satire, “A Connecticut * *%* * Yankee at King Arthur's Court”? Its film version makes movie audiences roar at the ludicrous effect of a modern American, transported back 1,400 years, lasso and knocking them down like nine-pins, with a flivver, ‘The stately dignity of the an- cients is farcical, from the 1922 haul boards to boxcars, where they were leisurely transferred by roust- abouts. At a modern mill, the lumber is carried out to the boxears on @ long conveyor belt, a sort of endless moving platform. The comes in a steady stream. A i | Zz F 2 5° # i ii} | ue rf | | i i ij LEE! 's4 3 8 i A] 39ik | : | | : , i i : i We a It (ship subsidy bill) makes the financiers who drafted the Cum- ‘mins-Esch law, returning the rail- roads to their owners, validating $5,000,000,000 of watered stock, guaranteeing a 6 per cent dividend, increasing freight rates one-third end helping to prostrate agricul- ture, look like Sunday school chil- dren.—Benjamin Marsh, managing director, Farmers’ National Coun- cil, before joint committee of sen- Gte and house. There are 221489300000 feet of merchantable timber in the United States. Of that amount, 1,143,931000,900 feet stand in the states of Washington, Oregon and California.—E. J. Adams, Bugene, Ore., before house committee on rivers and harbors, We spend four villions yearly for fun and still some people never seem to have any. “Rockefeiler has $7 for every per- son in America,”—News item. Try and get it. Trying to look like a tooth ; «ste advertisement is a fine way to go crazy. unhorsing armored knights with a If it takes all kinds of this world is certainly we l eople to make a world, fapade. Some of our detours look as if they were built for airplane traffic. If the James boys were alive today they would be selling gas. “Japan is planning to leave Siberia,” says Ishii. Oh, Ishii? Congo Culture and Our Own “The world has gone a long way from that sort of thing,” said the art museum. “I've been waiting for that. And I've got you. Look at those poisoned arrows — think of the slow, agonizing deaths. Those things are banned by civilization.” “Bah!” countered the other, “Have you forgotten so soon? Poison gas. Submarines.” And they passed out of the his- torical room still arguing. If we are going to dase our tariff rates purely on anticipation (of im- ports) perhaps we had better con- sult @ spiritualistic medium as to what rates we shall charge—10 raps, 10 per cent; 20 raps, 20 per cent; and s0 on.—Senator Shep- pard (D.), Tex, Dear Folks: I know. m youthful eyes, doggone lights «: again! them much; in f watched enjoyed th show. Aetter from AIVRIDGE MANN. I took the train the other day and journeyed up Tacoma way; and when the business day was thru, I thought I'd epend the evening, too; and after dinner I would go and pay a call on folks At twelve o'clock, or thereabout, I caught the interurban out; I gave the car the doubleO, but failed to see a soul I know; how ever, I discovered tnere a youthful honeymooning pair. They acted like the ostricn did, who hides his ¢ he's hid; they seemed to think the car was ba only people there—a sort of vision, 1 surmise, that’s found alone And tho I like to see them spoon, when they are on their honeymoon, I think the interurban line should put in force a plan of mine—to ring a bell to tell them when the lights are coming on again. and thinks id they the And on the crossings where, you know, the lights go out, they weren't slow, the chance was one they couldn't miss to grab a little loving kiss; but when they'd start their little spoon, the 1@ on too soon. One moment it was dark, and then—the lights came flashing on It always caught them in @ clutch, but didn’t seem to fuss t they didn’t seem to know that we who THE YESTERDAY 8 ANSWER CHICK -CK + LEVEL -v5EL CHILE Confidence in Yourself BY BERTON BRALEY Whatever you want in the game of life You've got to get out and try for; You never will win from the stress and strife The thing that you merely sigh for. You've got to believe that it's bound to come, You've got to besiege, beset ft; For being doubtful and looking chum Won't help you @ bit to get it! Unless you think that your heart's desire Is something that's rightly due you, You can't expect and yeu can't aspire To have the thing handed to you; If you don't believe your success is worth ‘The energy to achieve it Who else, I ask you, in all the earth, Are you hoping to have believe ur You need » spirit that naught can daunt Whatever the task that’s set tt; You've got to believe in the thing you want And fight like the deuce ot get itt (Copyright, 192%, Seattle Star) For immortality is not to range Unlimited thru vast Olympian days, Or sit in dull dominion over time; But thie draught, Nor feet the wine grow stale upon the lips; To scale the summit of some soaring mount, Nor know the dullness of the long deacent ; To snatch the crown of life and seal | it up, Seoure forever in the vaults of death.) Edith Wharton, Many a radio fan has listened for hours to interference and thought he had a jazz concert, E'x-kaiser wants $10 a word for his book, His word to the Belgians waan't worth $0 cents, “America is smoking 18 per cent leas tobaeco,” say dealers. And 18 per cent more what? Brevity may be the soul of wit; but there's nothing funny about be- jing short of cash Buying new trousers to match an |old coat and vest is getting more difficult every year. “Flappers are angels on earth” saya a lecturer. They do fly around ali the time, | A vacation in time saves nine. to drink Fate's utmost at a) THE Editor The Star: I have been reading the discovery of “the drug of courage,” by Dr. Henry H, Rusby, dean of the college of pharmacy, Columbia University, and Dr. Orland 1. White, curator of plant breeding, nie gar den, who ha from an expedith wasn, The drug is ‘ayawanco” vine, Men ¢ of ion the eve of battle. Its preparation ts accom: panied by solemn ceremonies which no woman may witness, on pain of death Men are like that the world over, Whether we fight with guns in phys foal battle or with our wits in the wars of business, we need @ pseudo Editor The Star: I wish to answer a contribution to ‘The Star stating that women cannot think, and objecting to their election to public office because they fee! too deeply. man constructive characteristics, 1 erant your correspondent. but woman the eminently superior attrib: ute of intuition, accompanied by emo- tions of wifely and motherly love which even include (under protest) critics ke him I never yet heard a valid argument wt woman's participation in poll and the modest lady of the mayor-elect my golden-wedded wife cally friend, Personally T would like to see Mre. Landes elected In place of Gav, Hart Cannot Overpay Good Teachers Editor The Star: One more word for the teachers, both as to salaries and as to how they «pend their vacations, If teachers are paid only for thetr time and physical labor it might be} that they are sufficiently renumer- ated; but when we consider what the services of the “really, honest-to goodnesn” teachers mean to the whole world in general and this country in particular, the writer feelx that it is imposible to overpay them. If there are ineffictent or otherwise undesirables it ts the fault of the higher-ups, and both (there teachers and higher-ups) should be weeded out. As to what they do with their va- cations, that surely is their own bust ness. We do not concern ourselves with what other public servants do, whether mountaineering, seashore. ing or junketing. Vacation does not nogessarily mean ® cessation from earning money—but, rather, a change; and if there are those who can put their vacations to financ account, who shall say them nay Says Valentino Did Not Sin Editor The Star: 1 have just returned from Spain and arrived in the midst of the furore concerning the marriage of Mona. Valentino and Mile, Rambova, | Why not leave well enough alone? Surely these two young people have the right to love. Is it not better that they marry and live in the holy bonds of seriage than to wed in the com- 7. tw way that so many people 4 few upholding as the ideal wed- 4 ‘te ne young man was right tn that Le sald that in New York many cou- ples with an interlocutory decree go into Jersey to marry. That is true, and I can easily see why they would think that the same law held good in California, It does seem to me that the so called upholders of law and order could better spend their time pre- venting crimes that menace the peo- ple generally. | great mistake or crime to make such 4@ great hue and cry over, Surely it in not a sin to love and wed. Why |far more harmful jo humanity? For example, it is not against the law for }Or more mistresses, That is entirely within the law, But if a young man or woman wed with the decree mis | understood concerning the divorce, then you immediately raise your voloes to high heaven in condemna- tion. However, anyone prominent in the theatrical world deviates even the slightest from the path rigidly set by the highly virtuous (in their own eyes only, however), then they are con demned and the entire profession with them. I had not noticed all the bankers in the country condemned after a wellknown and mighty dis eful scandal in New York, or all the ministers of the gospel after an other disgraceful affair when the holy man eloped with his choir girl, lived with her in open adultery, and left his wife and family. He was for given and taken back to the church. The law ignored both. Why? None of us is fit to judge hin fel low man. If these two young people love each other and they were both honorable in their intentions, why 'SAY “*BAYER’’ when you buy Aspirin. Unless you see name “Bayer” on tablets, you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physi- | cians over 22 years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache Rheumatism Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis | Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proper directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets—Also bottles of 24 and 100-—Druggiate. Monoacelicaciiestar of salleylleecta Aspirin io the Wade mark of Bayer Manufect SEATTLE LETTERS te EDITOR Women, Drugs and Courage Urges Mrs. Landes for Governor God seems to have given to} to | I cannot see that love ix such a| do you not investigate other cases | & man to have a wife and to have one | it does appear that if! STAR | courage, which we find in whisky or NICHOLSON in drugs. 4" SLIM | Men do not face pain or danger TAPER FILE Under the stimulus of al coihol or drugs or great excitement, we perform deeds of valor, But we ask for gas or ether when we go to the dentist or doctor, Woman, the “weaker veusel,” haa! @ peculiar courage understood by jus, Being more sensitive, she suf | fers more keenly, Yet the littlest, frujlest woman puts the strongest | man to shame when it comes to en-| durthg pain. | I faney the aboriginal women of the Amazon besin do not need “the drug of courage.” IL. Y. JACOBSEN. | calmly USING an inferior is like putting a boy to do a man’s work. Nicholson Files do effi- cient work on the most exacting jobs—cut sharply from the first stroke. Be sure the name “NICHOLSON” ds stamped on the file you buy’ A FILE FOR EVERY PURPOSE NICHOLSON FILE G PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Replies to Harry Fox ‘he stated recently in an address, | Editor ‘The Star; “think” himself he is mistaken, or he| |"Here in Seattle, ag elsewhere, the) I wish to tell Mr. Harry Fox thru| wouldn't use the Free Masons and/ lcountry ja looking to you, perent.| The Star that he is a “poor fish” and | other lodges of high order for hig in-| [teacher workers, with your avowed | ought to be careful, for some day he | telligent illustration. Indignantly, | and proved devotion to the American | will hurt himself “thinking” so hard. MRS. McGREGOR, {child as the bulwark of our public! If he thinks he is so good on the | education, and the achools look to One Good Rule for Long Life | you to help them tn carrying not only their legitimate burdens, but those | thrust upon them by broken families neer |and ineffectual churches.” Naturally| itor The Star: Sees 7 ae rg bs fe the doctor would not make sugges.|"“They met but once; they never mety,, up hal: sonee.enoeah pos tions without having some ideas as to again; oy lcarrsing. thems out. and.the public} “She was a modest Jersey cow, he ve = van pe tron bowen it 1) will bo profitably informed by a few was a railroad train.” cin uae oe |detaiie. Are public school systems to| I am indebted to a highly amusing | "0° , sAdrensing, persons '6t | provide homen for children of “broken | Hinglish comedian for the above, and| Wiswag signals, bells, warning gaged in seeking loans, | familites," and—just which are the|it engenders a train of thought re-|*i#ns. whistles and even barber pole| applicants against ent ineffectual churchee? gurding the inability of many auto- striped crossing gates have no effect;| ame time that they ask { E. C. JACKSON. | ists to get @ sense of proportion when [here ts 0 certain definite percentage | into a discussion of the dealing with perambulatory locome- of the populace that pere‘ets in try-| repudiation of debts, pracy ing to occupy the track at the same! while the doctrine “may 1 do not remember a Sunday in{<¢ @ 10-ton engine is using it, not Jet them alone to Hive thelr lives| months when some auto party nas! If only the durn fool drivers were quietly together? None of us ix ca.) not been smeared entirely over the | massacred it would not be much of a pable of advising anyone else; we will | right of way because the driver per-| calamity, but usually there is a wife, have a big enough task if we look | sists In trying to butt the engine off | visiting aunt and four children in out for ourselves and live our own | the track. the wreck, and tho the driver fre- lives as God meant us to, without; It can’t be dona quently escapes, the family usually being our brother's keeper, when| I had a bull pup once that devel.|is entirely ruined. minding one's own affairs would be | oped a distinct aversion to locomo- so much more appreciated. Yours | tives, but after be had been tonsed a very truly, few blocks by the coweatcher he MME, ADOLPH BRONSIENE. (changed his tactics and vented his | the coming fall election, and, know- ing something of her family and po- litleals of Puget Sound during the last 31 years, I believe a recall elec tion would be cheaper and better for the «tate than to wait for two more years of machine politica, Why not do it thru a Jackson. Lincoln Roosevelt party next Novem. ber? We have organized such a party for Kitsap county, ours being county unit No, 1 for the state of Washing- ton. I helped elect Gov. Hart but I know too much about the White Bluffs Hanford project to approve it. The! state needs women to clean house! | now! ALL A. BARTOW, Port Orchard. The requirements of teachers ought | ]to fully equip them to be the best judge of what doen them the most /| good. These teachers are examples | | for thelr pupils to emulate. 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