The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 30, 1922, Page 6

The Seattle Sta All, owt of etty, tm tne atahe = montha, or $9.00 per year, @ tor Outside of the By carrier, aahinet Gentnn, 6.00; ¢ menthe, $2.16: year, tate, Have Your Children Swim Read the accompanying news story. It is the tale of a pitiful little tragedy—an unnecessary tragedy. It appeared a few days ago in one of the Seattle tragedy, a prevent- Hundreds of other items like this one have been printed in recent years in Seattle CO IN HAMPTON, 17 years old, colored, was drowned Pwhen he fell off the tank into Lake Washington canal ne the University of Washington Meat house about 5 o'clock yew lerday afternoon Hampton could not swim and ad been paddling around the of the canal while several nions were swimming. He mt up on the bank to watch of them jump off a spring and, losing his balance, into the canal, Daniel Kal: 1524 Melrose ave, saw ton disappear under the and dived after him sev times but could not reach The body was recovered hours later by Patrolmen A Monk and R. H. Ayer and ih i taken to the morgue. and other American cities. Hundreds of similar pre- ventable tragedies have thus been recorded. Just because the victims did not know how to swim! How foolish to let able-bodied boys and girls grow up without learning this important means of self-pres- ervation. Swimming ought to be made a required course in the public schools, Seattle, thru its municipal park board, is wisely making the sport one of its recognized summer activi- ties. Classes under the tuition of a skilled instructor are meeting twice weekly at the various beaches and free lessons are made available to every youngster. That is fine. Every parent ought to insist upon his boys and girls attending those classes and encourage them by every means to gain at least enough proficiency n the water so that they would never figure, as 17-year-old Orin Hampton figured, pa news item such as is published herewith. meng fui goi!—which is for “good luck.” Un- laborers in China are re- That takes the gold-plate off the wage advances. Another factor that the Chinese m has to reckon with is jittent employment, due to excess of manpower. . _ fonnection to our jobs in America. be it from such, brethren. ‘The menace of cheap Oriental was realized years ago when passed the Chinese exelu- (sion act. Let Chinese laborers en- ter America in big numbers and “they would underset! American la- ind get rich at it, living ‘frogally under a standard of liv- “ing far beiew ours. In years to come, cheap Oriental Naber will work long-distance a similar way. Teriffs may keep out “their cheap products, but their “fompetition will be felt when the Products of American factories “geek foreign markets in countries Riso sought by China. Fret not thyself because of evil- @oers, neither be thou envious @oainst the workers of iniquity For they shall soon be cut down, and wither as the green herb Pratm errvii. Tinsiied sino the average wom @n marries at 25; but nine-tenths Of them are below this average. A plumber is held in the Chicago Tabor war. We claimed all along it wasn’t the working men. The man who thinks he knows et ally mistaken. ything is usu- ' Our idea of something ‘not to lose sleep over is losing sleep. In jumping at conclusions you seldom grab a good one. Money talks. It usually says “ No. Umbrellas Are Cheap The other day up in Maine, as has happened thru the ages, “the rain fell alike on the just and on the unjast.” In the face of the worst rain and wind storm in 50 years, the enfranchised women of the state and thousands of male voters as well, stayed at home and “let the Lord take care of the country.” As a result, Frederick Hale, one of the most thoroly hidebound re actionaries in the senate, was re- nominated—which in Maine, means reelected—for another six years. And the job was done by less than 60,000 voters, altho a sharp campaign had been conducted in a state which exst 140,000 votes for Harding two years age. Of course it is barely possible that with every voter at the polly the result would have been the same. Yet the 80,000 voters who failed to turn out, despite the storm, cannot exeuse themselves on any such specious plea. It is up to the honest citizen te cease praying for the republic end bewailing the kind of men we have in congress until he is willing to go to the polls and do his duty. Failure to act makes the guilt personal. The woman who shot her hus band siz times will probably plead she didn’t know it was loaded. Have You Noticed This? Our educational system is not yet practical enough, tho better than it was years ago. One proof of this: Thousands of high school girts and boys seeking work in vacation, Ask them, “What been trained to do?” Most of them answer, ing.” “Can you dance?” “Can I? Hot dog!” are have you “Noth- Who #0 stoppeth his ears to the cry of the poor, he also shalt ery himself and shall not be heard Proverbs wat. 19 ee Charity gives itself rich; ousness hoards iteelf poor. man proverb. covet. Ger- COOP FILE in time may save nine hard words when there’s something about the house to be fixed. For instance, if the pins are rusty on door hinges. That's why wise husbands keep a Nicholson File at home. Be sure the name “NICHOLSON” is samoed on the file you buy A FILE FOR EVERY PURPOSE NICHOLSON FILE G PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Would You Pay the Price of Fame? How would you like to have been Napoleon? Would you ex change plices with him, trade your life for his career and fame? Don't be too sure about it, Beiore deciding, better investi. the real Napoleon—his health and temperament. Napoleon was a freak. His nature was sluggish, his pulse rarely higher than 50 a minute, according to Corvisart, bis per. sonal physician. The reaction from this sluggish. hess came explosively in epileptic fits, with the customary convul- sions and foammg at the mouth that accompany this dread din ease. Napoleon never loved. He was incapable of it, Often he was at- tracted to » woman, in a sudden and voleanic outburst of passion —which subsided instantly if not responded to. Violent abdominal pains made it impossible for Napoleon to sleep more than a few hours at a time, In captivity at St. Helena, he wound up with pronounced physi eal and mental decay, one Dr. Louls H. Berman tells these facts about Napoleon, in his book, “The Glands Regulating Person. ality.” Berman notes that “the rise and tall of Napoleon followed the rise and fall of his pituitary gland.” This giand ts in a thimble-sized cavity of the skull, Berman another man, Charles Darwin, the evolu. tionist was a neuras- theni That is, his glands were unbalanced—like an orches tra out of tune. In youth, Darwin was athletic and happy. Then his glands be gan acting abnormally. He be- came a with the heart, also haunted takes great Darwin genius, hyper-thyroid, lent pains above palpitation, him. vio. Insomnia Darwin became so easily ex. hausted that he could work only in the morning, few hours. Painfully he did his work, ing 23 volumes and and then only a writ 51 scientific papers, by alternating small doses of work with large doses of rest. Darwin was one of the ings, mentally physically, that ever lived was the price of his fame. rigpens most and That miserable b The more the science learns about mysterious endocrine of the human body, believes that gen’ of chemical abno glands, Among famous geniuses, we find these epilepties: Julius Mohammed, Lord Byron, toyevsky and Flaubert. Fame Is a fine monument But, its price, If real happiness is desirable goal, dividual who is novmal. glands e more it is the result alities of the Caesar, Dos like everything else, it has the lucky is the most in. Trust in the Lord ana do good: #0 shalt thou dwell in the land, and verity thou shalt be fed.—Paalm reel, :3. eee Providence has a wild, rough, in- calculable road to tts end; and it is no use to try to whitewash ita huge, mixed inatrumentalities, to dress up that terrific benefactor in a clean shirt and white ketie of ‘uden! in divinity.Ralph Waldo Umerson, AWVRIDGE MANN. | Dear Fotkes It's getting quite the fad, they ray, when one is growing old and but wants again to be a kid-—as Mr. ‘once de on did—he lets the surgeon's skillful hands insert a set of youthful glands From time to time, in early days, they've sought for youth In many ways; in fabled fount and magic art they tried to make their art; and nqw they seek it once again by buying glands of other men I'd hate to give them all a jar by saying what I think they are; because, of cor I may be wrong—and then, when years have dragged along 1 may, myself, dig up the dough and buy « glands or so. But stilt T think thet Nature giv lives, whose youth-reviving waters the heart view & Fount of Youth that ever start from spiriteprings within and all we ever have to do in keep a youthful point of Vor were I eighty.two I should how ft see if but ung and gay better paths to tread atter hy three I'd be an ann, an in flesh and bones of I'd be proud, and gray, to keep my aplrit y For he ts young who looks ahead to bigg who hag the heart to feet and know grow, no Time, with Gevaestating art heart! no his years may can ever sear the youthful MANN’S MISCELLANEOUS MAIL DO THEY 18 OR DO THEY AINT? Avridge Mann 1 can't write a poem to save my neck | But I want to show some people, by Heck / That those letters you print from outalde fc / Are actually written to you-—not jokes. And of courve the only thing I can do Is to send tn a letter mynelf to you. | Deer Youll have to admit the subject's well chonen Since people discuss it every day by the 4 ane, Mr, Mann, do your durndest for me | If you will print this, I have won, don’t you see? / It's always @ pleasure to mee a thing thru And accomplish the job you have set out to do. M. 8, EVANS. men | Dear Mr They is. Bvane AVRUDGE MANN ED WEED Dear Avridae Mann Upon reading the printed portions of my letter (regarding teachers who amoke), I see that Idid not clearly express my meaning. Like ye I, too, ean cite caser of tobacco users who are higher, morally, than others who| are guilty of prejudice and greed.” The position I take in thin Since our text-book# teach that nicotine ix injurious to the human syatem, their babitua) use murt naturally lower the ideals of the user, Our children should have, in their instructors, shining examples of thelr teachings, E. ©, JACKSON “envy, Dear Mr, Jackso I do not know any perfect men, the fautta I've met, I think smoking is the least presenting ideals, let's concentrate on big game. teacher who could instil imo We all have our fautte And of all I would rather have «| ur children @ brond, open-hearted love for| all mankind than one why uid keep them free from smoking, picking | their teeth in public, and the coloquial use of “damn.” There may be some who could do both. 1 couldn't. LETTERS sie Sure, Abolish the Constitution! | Editor The Star be hampered by @ little thing like 9 | Sure, abolish the constitution—a | constitution and laws, any more than | the other hand knee bree fine ide Then abolioh the law and/| the German army was in Belgium / the courts, the chureh, the home, the | and France | police fores, the labor unions, the everybody al orders, the American) st t with nm, the American Red Cross, ete tyle Let's abolish « ng and set up reat stuff. Must have originated proletariat in the mind of Nick Lenine. ia and Herrin, il, the Huns in America pack a gun and our neighbors dictatorahty Jallee samee Rus Why should re truly PAUL HOLBROOK Editor The Star A unanimous sigh of relief pres be have gone up in Washington when |word came from London that King with pride. The prospective | George was #0 graciously considerate | host might fear that ff he invited the jas to permit Chief Justh Taft to ox justice to roast beef he might appear at the British Court in his! have to commandeer an army camp judicial shroud instead of in knee x tehen breeches. From the potnt of view of prova | Not that all 100 per cent Americans | 100 per cent Americantam, there is had any reason to be ashamed of the | * the dignity of the supreme o ponderonity of Taft's calves; nothing | to be considered. It ts the most 4 like that, Uncle Sam would not feel | nified thing we have. It's dignity la called upon to alibi the shapely lega| not only protected from boisterous ot his Chief But the rest|winds by the conventional judicial | of Bill's anatomy wouldn't make any | bathrobe, but It Is also well con stirring appeal to the Britiah artis. | 6d. Expeciatly is able in the tle eye if draped in knee breeches, | ———— |The overhang would be too co . juous, His abdon | ng itself admirably t # round of luncheon: to «ay nothing of « visit to the ice before going to bed bears such a striking resemblance to the characteristic figure of Punch as to suggest avordupoisal anglo. phobia, Which is trifle beneath the dignity of a regular cent American. Besides, even if our chief justice sre, did wear white silk stockings, he| spect or submission wouldn't be to look his! It ¢ from overhang if his garters we: to ‘ebay straight, in's theory It’e used Itke this relativity might enat ntist toland Mra. Taft were crimp in a ray of light coming e the cust he but it couldn't bend ntation # eyesight around his own ab-| Queen Mar dominal overhang . Of course, when an American cit izen is in London he's outside the three-mile limit and has a right to #0 as far as he Mkes. And that goes for a chief justice and ex-president for Harold MeCormick, | Harvey and Jack Dempsey same time it is just as well dixereet—at least when one British host might with alarm however mucly & good republican might few ft Taft point Justice thin des na) outline, while LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY Today's word is OF It's pronounced. ISANCE ng, with ac cent on the second ayllabie. 300 pound per| it ¢ movement of the n bending or prost in token of re able past mes Latin “ebedire to si oboedire,” Jon "Chief Justice not required t nee up puta | trom | Taf’ sun in, pre as well as George At the needs a trunk strap to belt knickers. An Taft's habituate to knickers. wearing pants all it might lack confi environment It's 10 abdomen — isn't It has been huge life, and ence in a knicker all right for the philosophers to talk about man mas tering his environments but it does take time to get familiar with it Familiarity may breed contempt, but it also breeds confidence. And it re quires some confidence for a fat man to wear knickers. Another thing. We Americans are protid when we read in the cable dis. patches that our great chief Justice is simply overwhelmed with invita Hons to luncheons, dinners other cats—possibly teas and tif it pays to advertive Americ admit that, but it might not pay a | prospective guest to advertixe his ca. | pacity before the invitations are all | in. The Judicial shroud is modest Unlike the modern gown of the fe. male of the species, it hangs below the knees It reveals little, leaves much to the fmagin: Free Examination \BEST $2.50 GLASSES on Earth We are one of the few optical! |atores in the Northwest that really grind lenses from start to finish, and) | we are the only one tn SEATTLE—ON FIRST avm Examination free, by graduate op- tometrist. Glasses not prescribed | unless absolutely necessary. | na. Now we ans and | On ves are all the male. tor British roast beet | forty in Galt reveotment. mm | BINYON OPTICAL C0. | of Chiet Justicet ase WiKeT ave revealing when worn by The capacity | Unived Sts | Should, among | to the people, | wealth Our Dignity ! of eight + pound: chief justice whone | into unmentionable | And there is no great dig nity in @ Fajstaffian overhang. There may be abdominal double chin. but no dignity. Which te argument against kp Bo, taking another an another 6 breeches, consideration with must be a feeling of woneral relief the glad tidings that Chief Taft won't to wear knickers when prewented to the Brition king } UNCLE JONATHAN Abolishing the Juatioe have U. S. Constitution | Kaitor ‘The your Star inoue in of discussing pr June 234, print ane to abolish the United tee, In clone to | is not the ¢ ution of not this artich ewe Che constitution was adopted by the Vathers, gentlemen of the old sehogl, | well developed wense of the | things, thoroly un lerstanding that the common people trusted to govern them Therefore, the constitution, | an adopted, while granting « certs measure of self-government to the people, hedged thelr powers about with restrictions sufficient to hold (hom within bounds. 1 tie foundation of our priv with a fitnenn of and cannot be wives Originally the senate was intended | to wet as a check radical | tendencies, and fulfilled tts purpose | for many years until the people, in| (heir ignorance of what was best for them, amended the constitution and | Jo the senate r nuider that the abolition of the constitution would remove the tant | bulwark of privilege, the eupreme | court. Mow wonderful It ls tat the | so-called democr nations of the earth, retain @ super: | suthority, holding office for life, not | elected by the people, not responsible | and with full and fina! veto on all laws enacted by the pe ple’s representatives. / Were it n for this court, supreme by the gra of God, jor some other unseen pow. er) dangerous laws would be enacted and enforced. Laws regulating child would be permissable; cities nd states would be allowed to regu. late their public service corporations and force them to give adequate for value received; predatory | corporations and = individuals of would have no conservative | court of last resort to which to ap-| peal their convictions and obtain re: | versais. Anarchy and chaos would re. sult. It is conceivable that eventual. ly, without the check of the constitu tion and the supreme court, the peo- | ple would place human rights before the sacred dollar In discussing nervie this matter with a \a plut All the enlightened | D*nefit of our aristocracy of wealth. | sibility of such a thing causes my _ | Must she be labeled FRIDAY, JU OEM or your CDAD Ww EDA Pierre Davie’ Anthology BOOK | of Newspaper Verse NEG RO SPEAKS OF RIVERS By Langston Hughes in the Crisis river ve known rivers ancient blood in human veinn soul has grown dee I bathed tn the Euphrates when da { built my hat near the Kongo and I looked upon the Nile and heurd the New Orleans, sunset | I've known rivers | Ancient, dusky rivers, My | dencies, he suggested that a business concern attempting to operate under sponsible wo the! a set of tron clad rules adopted in| the dim and distant past would be # subject of mirth, to say the least. 1| indignantly replied that the United Bintang ta not & business concern, but racy operated mainly for the A rather strong assertion, you say? Read any issue of any daily paper, and note that the principal news | Items refer to our dollar aristocracy, as the wor wnn were sed the py winging of the Mississippi when and I've ween ite muddy Jer than the flow of human it lulled me to sleep amias Abe tos above It Lincoln went down to m turn ail golden in the soul has grown deep ike the rivers gland operations pralities, and #o on. have their aristoe |racy of birth: we have ours of | wealth. Give the people too much power and a monstrous thing would arise: an aristocracy of intellect, built on a foundation of service and abor. The suggestion of the pos their monkey | scandals imn Other natic friend and benefactor, Mr. Special Privilege, to shudder and turn pale Very respectfully, A. CASH. Are “Church Tramps” Desirable? | Editor The Star: Dr. W. T. Me First Congregational church, ke “ehureh tramps.” He said eo in his last sermen I read. A “church tramp” is @ person who “religiously boards around,” going from church to church. “They tancy they are tiberal, when | they are only lax.” says. the divine. Not so! Is my wife a “store tramp" because she shops at all the stores? “lax” because she cannot say with conviction “I am a Bon Marche-ist,” or “I am a devout MacDougall-Southwicker"? The denominational church must sell itself to the seeker after spiritual comfort. No one department store yeen, of Portland's | Had Y our Iron Toda 1? Delicious Hot-Day Lunch B you doesn’t | material needs of the intelligent — shopper. It may be there is one | church | nearer than any other to satisfyii | my spiritual needs, But how am | going to know until I have them all? I was once a “church tramp.” Not | now. I do not go to any church, be caune, altho I went from church to church, I did not find the thing 1 wanted. TRUTH SEEKER. IN CASE OF DOUBT Apprentice—What Is in this bottle with no label? : Chemist—That’s what you use_ when you can’t read the prescription. In setting standards and|triend of mine who has radical ten-' or specialty shop can satisfy all the!—From Kasper, Stockholm. EST lunch is two packages of Little Sun-Maid Raisins and a glass of milk. Tastes good when ’re hungry. Nourishes yet keeps you cool. Raisin’s 75 per cent fruit sugar is in practically predigested form, furnishing 1560 calories of ener- gizing nutriment per pound. Doesn’t tax digestion so doesn’t heat the blood, yet energizes almost immediately. Big men eat little lunches to conserve their thinking power. Don’t overeat and lag behind the leaders. Get two packages of Little Sun-Maids now. | Little Sun-Maids Between-Meal Raisins 5c Everywhere —in Little Red Packages in Seattle that can come 1]