The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 13, 1922, Page 6

CHE SEATTLE STAR THURSDAY, JULY 1 Maine woman shot her husband and went free; but it’s a bad habit. @[ Sometimes we think a pessimist is a man who pays taxes. @] Vez : women can cuss eloquently. They won't listen to their husbands long enough to learn. @ “Single Bandit Robs Train —headline. A marrie bandit wouldn’t have that much nerve. @ You can’t tell by the noise. A nickel makes more racket in the collection plate than a dime. @/ Healt hint: Never come home with broken cigars in your vest. The man on top is just standing on his friends’ shoulders. @| “Less you wear longer you live,” claims a doctor. We know a girl racing Sletectaie @ Only two more monthe until time to predict a hard winter. (==) The Seattle Star ASetter from Primary or Convention? [@uty. This te the prime recognt of such « column a this paper Mahes, for it te only thru the m, of & newspaper thet the voice of people is heard Now, I have an iden tn my that refuses to be diaulpated, « reform en I © at nat dedu in my mind, + mt only Peonsned Deity Ae Se oreo SEARS Seen AWRIDGE MANN. 4 montha or $8.00 per year, By carrier, city, ide & month Dear Folks: We neom to get it in our bean that distant fields are always green; but oftentimes they're really gray, for when the farntly’® away, that long-anticipeted apres te not the fun it seeme to ‘The house has such an empty look it’s like & modern pocket book, and every still and vacant room exhales an atmosphere of Gloom; and, then, no matter where you go, no kids are there to say, “Hellof ‘The hat that’s hanging tn the hall, the lone, forgotten tennis ball, the marble tying on the floor, the roller skates behind the door, all glare at you and seem to hoot, “They're gone—now laugh, you big galoot!” But lots of things we plan about, are mighty apt to finde out; and dreams of what we'd like to do ere often bunk when they come true; and when we face the facts we see there's little joy in being “free.” And #0 I pity lots of guys who haven't any family ties—no kids to cuss, no wife to beat, no Monday evening hash to eat, no valid cause to make « yell about the rising H.C. lL. For happiness i» only had by making other people glad; and he who doesn't have to care for anybody, anywhere, has never | felt the smallest part of joy that springs within the heart. arent pat 1 know some of our ‘tore have formed. Have you ever noticed upon « Saturday, in ou the long waiting lst about the three small 4 balling? Have you also how many people t. rn, packages, ete, ove ators, before an open |many times the wind blows and letters all over the one is in @ hugry one must | be confronted with these | And finally have you ever (the pilght of the office ‘come staggering along |arme full of mati, finding to sort it over or dump tt | mail bage? In the pontoffice Cepartreent bankrupt to put in a few desks along the walls of « (On Saturna Point, the light of which can be seen from the northwest point of Orcas island, in the San Juans.) LONG the tides from the rugged shore Saturna shines like a star in the West, Or like a lamp within a door When evening has lulled the day to rest. a of this state know that. Old Guard reactionaries at Washington, D. C., who launched a nation-wide movement for a return to their favorite, boss-ruled con- j vention system, don’t know the temper of the people on this subject. The Old Guard them- selves furnish the best pos- sible argument In favor of direct primaries. Direct primaries give the folks back home two chances instead of one to lay the political axe on the necks of Old Guardsmen. First, the voters have a chance, in the primaries, to nominate some better man; but failing In this, they still have another shot at the November elections. Senators New of Indiana and McCumber of North Dakota are conspicuous ex- amples of Old Guardsmen who have reason to loathe direct primaries. In party conventions in their re- spective states, with the their complete control, each would have been renominated in fee xii Hate In flowing robes of light Faith keeps High this torch in the quiet sky, While Hope gleams fair along the deepa Where ships of the night are passing by. gees tel When the storm gods break their iron chain And waves run high within their grips, The men of the sea watch thru the rain For sight of Hope to guide their ships. iedilits Along the tides from the rugged shore Saturna shines like a star in the West, Or like a lamp within a door When evening has lulled the day to rest. {in case you've forgotten, that letter you are going to write for supposing to serve a city of me has to be sent in by the 20th—I want to lay off right after quarter million inhabitants? that) | are the feelings of those visitors * drop in to write = postal card Girritga Tamm telling of the wonderful weather and the thousand other things le has been advertising all over the ee | ONES Mates and have to wall a 4 ‘pankruptey, but Germany planned, bonds; Germany has the money and | hour to be allowed the privilege bankruptcy, regarded it as an asset,|the trade, and hae convinced the| being jammed up against « half and will regard repudiation of the | world that the more she ts forced to | dozen others? mark an « final stroke of good busl-| pay the less she can pay. If Seattle lets these things go nens. That ts what will wreck Germany,|will do more damage to her t Bo we have paid the German tn-| the utter loss of her sense of respon-|only @ few great ones. demnity ourselves tn our asinine| sibility, the utter disregard for her| I hope some one in authority credulity over marks and German | business honor. A SUCKER. | heppen to-wee this letter and sipaininecareaaene ie eplin af an Sis eee effice many times during the A for Seattle Postmaster 7 oe to Editor The Star: improvements about our fair city| ARMAND JEAN DUPLESSIS, — I have noticed several things that | that have actually been accomplish- the have been nrentioned in these|ed by those in the particular office| Redhatred people are sald te d columns advocating certain specified !that nearest approached that certain Can Poindexter Fool Us All? of all, not any group or clique. Press reports state that Senator! Senator Poindexter's vote on the the primary election system needs revising, its friends, not {ts enemies, will thing is that the Old Guard should fmagine for an instant that the up the instrument by which the reactionaries, one by one, are being The helicopter is a machine that straight up. Like a wife when hubby is late |p Brain Amundsen, on his way to the north pole, has the famous dog, “Sally.” Look out, pole cats. ee tion of the peoples of the other states who registered thetr disapproval to| the direct primary hae failed and If Ruth loses in baseball he can go on the stage. Ruth has been pulling some fine comedy. © " repeswaes the pensive girl makes an expensive wife. uf | | el i I F i form, the beilliancy now supplied hurled back at him in derision. by nature according to one’s geo But none except drunken men graphical location. ever threw away o dime. You see Rockefelier, with his Mr. President, this simply shows i il GEE i i I: ie i i - i i TH i z 1 i , I ; Fee i that we cannot trust biographers, Because Parson Weema docs not tell us a thing about this, and even the scholarly blography of the sen- for senator from Massachusetts (Mr, Lodge) does not tell us that Georg: Washington sent off un- desirable negroes td the West In-~ dics to have them sold and con- werted into rum, to drink them up, #0 to apeak.—Senator Watson (D.), Ga. a a The gentleman whe made this epeech (durtng the last presidential campaign) was Henry Cabot Lodge —H. C. L—High Cost of Living. Senator Harrison (D.), Misa. dimes, spreading the wisdom of thrift with all the cunning the , strical instinct of Phineas T. Bar- num. After all, it was thrift that gave him his start, back in the days when he was a bookkeeper toiling for $35 = month. He learned to handle dimes be fore he was able to handle dollars. So did Henry Ford, when he was = machinist. 80 did Schwab, when be was @ day-worker in the steel mills. Comfortable financial independ. ence is a matter of plain old- A ras ; fashioned thrift, though expanding the modest fortune to » gigantic fortune depends on ability and chance. Rockefeller’s Dimes ‘The world’s richest man, Jobo D. Rockefeller, goes to a circus. He laughs at the clowns, feeds peanuts to the elephants, applauds i F ‘I i i i | i Pure religion and undefiled be- fore God and the father ts this, To visit the widow and the father! Hi ob 2 i the hair-raising acrobatic acts, and buys pink lemonade and “hot dogs.” All around, it ls a complete cir- cus day, even to his daughter. intaw having her tintype taken on the midway. “It brought back memories of boyhood days,” said John D, And it probably Is a safe bet that he had the best time on cir. cus day that he had had in a year. ‘The greatest Joys of life, for rich or poor, involve simple things. And our greatest pleasurcs are Inexpensive. eee The mob that followed John D. Rockefeller about the circus was most Interested In the dimes he Bave to 200 of the fun producers, Observe his system—only one dime to each person, and always @ bright, spanking-new dime, fresh from the mint. He is rich enough to distribute $5 gold pleces. They, however, would be quickly spent. Hoe fs shrewd enough to know that near- ly every one would save a dime from the world’s richest man, as a “lucky plece.” In bis unique psychological way, . Rockefeller \s trying to impress the public with the value of the emits aeimeee omen , Neila in their affitction, and to keep hi self unspotted from the world.— James 4:27, eee He most ives Who thinks mont, feels the nodlest, acts the beat. . J, Batley. The doctors have found another vitamine, It is older than the plestosaurus, but not as Bi, Only time a girl doeen’t worry about a hole in her stocking ts when tt ts tn the foot, Asa man thinks 40 4s he, unless his wife changes his mind, Look for the bright aide, Ruth's ‘income tax won't be #0 dg. Many a woman goes visiting and hopes they are not at home. LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY Today's word is ATROCITY, plu- ral ATROCITIES. It {8 pronounced «-troe-ty, with accent on the second syllable, the “a” as in ask, and the “o” short, It means—outrageously cruel or wicked, @ feed savagely brutal. It comes from the Latin atrox, atrocis, menning cruel, fierce. It's used like this—""The atrocities of the recent mine massacre in Tilt nols were commifted by men who probably never would think of corh- mitting ae. oe alpne” ery the reactionary olf guard repubii cane (and there le no reason why they shall fall tol, we will have a man tn the senate who shall have ail the attributes of a progreastve, alive to the problems that confront us and upon whom we can place re- Hance to work for the best interests thereby convince the people that the old convention system is best, but I don't belleve the people are ready to surrender their bard-won victory #o | cantly, The direct primary has come | to #tay and recent attempts to nulll fy it can prove it. INVICTUS. A Place for Young Folks to Meet Editor The Stan A young man laments because he has no way of getting acquainted with the nice girle he'd like to meet He suggests the free-for-all, sidewalk cafe, picked-up sequaintance, * risian style. is unthinkable for American giris. He also euggeste that warried women be compelled to @@ir wed ding rings. If married men were all compelled to wear wedding rings It might save many a girl from dis aster. But something certatnly should be Gone, in large cities, to provide a proper meeting place for boys and girls, men and women, The time will come when municipal parlors, or some such place, will be as con-| crete & part of city Iife aa the mu- nicipal swimming pools, municipal parks, municipal playgroutids and municipal dance halls are now, Bome cities have in addition municipal golf ‘These are presuppone sporting elub links and tennia courte. all very well, but they leisure, some money, clothes, munietpal ete. The golf and tennis, who did not care) tor dancing, who were lonely strang: | ers tn @ strange land. Girls and/ | women tn cheap lodging rooms and / crowded hotels have no proper place | to recetve their men friends. Cafe} tables cannot be held long. Theaters impose silence. Parke at nightfal! | Jere unfit. Where can they go? Even |tf a girl bas @ home, often it ts| | overcrowded and notsy, no privacy, | often no welcome for any visitor she | might present, | Municipal parfors are as necessary ' for grownups a* playgrounds are for |children. Properly policed, or chap: eroned, with every modern conven. fence, {t would be a greeting place for strangers, a home for the home less, a trysting place for lovers, a secluded corner for bdxinens transac. tions, an exterision of friendship, « proper, beneficent satisfying of a rea! need. Every city has ite problem of loneliness, suicide, runaway mar | rings, dissipation. Seattle most of all, Why not have here a munict pal center—free to all properly be. | haved persone—where men and wom. room or parlor would cater largely |en, boys and girls, can meet happily | to the great army of employed per- ons who had no @aylight hours for How to Be Strong in Middle Age | Editor The Start It has been sald of Mra. Minnie Barton, for 17 years @ member of the Los Angeles police fores, that she has never lost a prisoner, Clad tn « bathing suit, Mra. Barton was coming from a plunge in the ocean recently while I was on a visit in the South, when she epled a girl young enough to be her daughter who was wanted for burglary and parole violation. If hampered by petticoats—and petticoats aren't what they used to be—the fugitive had youth in her favor. It was a long, grueling chase. How Germany Bilked the World | Hdltor The Star: | | ponteard Yesterday I received a cheering from Germany, It said "Good beer is two cents for a large stein; come on over.” The postcard had on ft a two- MARK stamp; I think that tells the story of Germany today; at par two marks would be about 45 cents; at present two marks is not much of anything at all, but 45 cents to carry & postcard Indicates about the finan: clal vigor of Germany. A lot of us wise guys, who thought we would apeculate on the other fel- low'’s hard luck, bought German marks and German bonds after the war; Germany was uninjured by the war, she was intact, she was re and honorably? L. M CLARKE. | | Mrs. Barton effected the capture, j commandeered a passing automobile | and landed her prisoner in durance. Tam sure, altho I have never seen her, that Policewoman Barton does | not fast to “reduce,” and that she does hot bind herself tn a tight corset | | to subdue an abominal protuberance. | Instead, she keeps young and fit | by physical exercise, Most veteran Seattle police, either sex, of my ac- quaintance, run to fat, I recommend they take a leaf from the book of Po- | Heeworman Barton, of Los Angeles, who, at middie age, ts fleet and strong. MRS. L. 8. B. and she was a great and efficient nation; I think most of us felt that she would put the mark back to par | within five years, But Germany had more sense than we gamblers had, and ft took three years and more than $100,000,000 of |Amerfcan “Investors’” coin for us to discover this nnd fact. Germany im. |mediately went to work to sell her promises to pay to a credulous world. Sho figured the mark ag a fine me dium for the easy marks of the rest of the world, and sho started her! printing presses blithely for foreign consumption, Other civilized nations felt In thetr hearts that when thelr word was not made good all was lost; other na- Ueved of the burden of militarism! tions had an inherent distaste for x, The real value of a motor lubricant can be determined in only one way—through its use in the engine for which it is intended. Hence this company maintains an engine-testing lab- oratory, equipped with a Sprague dynamometer, in which Zerolene and other lubricants are constantly be- ing tested under actual operating conditions. . This dynamometer laboratory is in charge of compe- tent,trained men, who spend all their time in conduct- ing comparative tests of Zerolene and other lubricants in automobile, airplane, marine, truck and tractor engines. Corre& Lubrication Recommendations On the results of these tests, supplemented by equally careful tests in the field and on Lubrication Engineers bases mendations, the road, our Board of its Chart of Recom- Close attention is given to the design and construction of the engine. It is necessary to know, first, the speed of the bearing surfaces; second, clearance between bear- ing surfaces; third, temperatures at which Fores fourth, Later 6 exerted in each oe 'th, the means provi: or the distributj il to each bearing. ee ee The recommendations embodied in the Zer are calculated with the greatest precision, matt con lene is used in accordance with them, correct lubrica. tion and maximum fuel mileage are assured. 3 Goat!