The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 9, 1922, Page 6

Openly Arrived At tax bureau has put out its annual puzzle for i on tstement of the okie No, not the blank which asks you to fill out, but the blank which it fills out ony You know the one we mean, the one that tells us there were four persons in the United States last who paid income tax on individual incomes of more ,000; that 83 persons paid on incomes in excess of $1,000,000 each, and all that sort of thing. The puzzle lies in guessing who these persons with puch incomes are. Secretary Mellon may know, and a certain number of = 4 including the adding. ma- may know, down to and tor who totes up the total. But the public Secret Mellon would lose his job and go 4 jail if he on a So would the adding-machine operator. ‘This perennial puzzle had its inception in congress when the income tax oe was being framed. We mustn't let else know what any man makes in a year, the ers reasoned; it would embarrass a man to have neighbors know, it would embarrass his wife to have hbor’s wife know. — allows so many undesirable things to happen. Secrecy begets scandal. Now it happens that Washing- ton is full of whispers concerning the administration of income tax law. D predaent Harding asks congress for $42,000,000 to re- fund certain income tax payments. Who gets these re- . funds ‘arding is not permitted to tell, even if he knows. Wosan't ee have a more wholesome condition if in- come tax returns were as open as the day—as open as _ other tax returns? whe elahns she married her ee _ They’v Isadora Duncan, dancer, oe soul, The poor thing couldn't claim that she en opens pocketbook, Here's hopin’ the Indy got a Russian soul will Open Taxes, shave twice a week and stay im nights. One time we saw a stump speaker who was up # (ree. Mr. Chaplin on the Movies 7 Ch a very different and far more tact » yor mag ool his better known self, “Charlie » “of the movies, gives the world his frank on the motion picture business, in an article for ' Ladies’ Home Journal. Mr. Chaplin is pretty hard on the movies. They are oly admits. About all he holds out for them is a future. “J feel sure that the future of the films will take care itself,” he writes, “not so much because of new blood, tt because of the demands of a tired and too-long-ac- cent public.” “We of the films have not gone ahead as our public is xtremely significant admission, coming from figure of | Mr. Chaplin’s authority in the motion picture ustry. Too often the makers of the movies have red off with the excuse that they are giving the pub- p what it wants. ‘They t doing that, or the attendance at motion pl hoows wal i falling off at the present p rate. is doubtful if the public knows exactly what !t wants motion picture industry. But it wants some- “realism in is “of Mr. Chaplin, sense Rag -+ gee sincerity rather than ‘and obvious moralizing, of which we have had too satiation.” adds that the movies must get rid of “the crepe ir bad artist” and the “emotional sister” whose assets “quivering eye-lids, glycerine tears and a chest which up and down.” e eternal triangle must give up monopoly of photo-drama motifs. So, Mr. Chaplin warns us not to discourage of the ovies.” “There is in the comedy of Shakes- and Moliere,” he reminds us. And he can see the when the films will “depict actual life with its com- and tragedy.” That will be a better day for the The East and the West Wilhelm von Hohenzollern, ex-kaiser of Germany, says yon Bismarck once warned him that people of the Bast vho wore their shirts outside their trousers were , but when they wore their shirts inside they “pig-dogs.” Rudyard Kipling uses the same simile the beginning of his story, “The Man Who Was,” he says the Russian is a delightful person until he inshis shirt, Bismarck and Kipling both meant that the Easterner ‘who imitates the ways of the West loses his own person- my a8 gains an inferior one. That is true. ‘ e West cannot be imitated by the East with satis- factory results because only the outward signs are imit- The inner man, with his subconscious self and his generations of hereditary influence, remains un- and is badly represented by the artificial adapta- from another civilization. Orient cannot contribute to civilization’s advance ig to forget its past and framing itself on the I of the Occident. The East must change from ; not from without. Biology has recently discov- that changes within are transmissible, but changes without die with the individual. Leaders of Japanese civilization are beginning to ac- cept the conclusion of Bismarck and Kipling. Jai herself in accordance with the hereditary in- of the Ji se people. Only an imitation civili- zation can result if Japan continues to copy the Western fations. Originality is the constant aim of the vital Free creative force is the force of spirit. Accoriin’ to Washington dixpatches, Uncle Sam's mission in the Near is to stand around with « bagful of moral influence to impress the Turks, and to foed the hungry of all nations. When comes to spiritual and stomackic uplift, Uncle is always Present with the gifts, first thing or later. Will You Plant a Purple Tree? Do you want a purple tree on your lawn? Or a blue or red? A German chemist perfects a process by which H a tree, while growing, can be transformed into any of 4 these three colors. His method is to feed liquid dyes to ; the roots. They rise thru the sap cells and color the leaves. Rather a foolish thing to start circulating in a world quick to adopt the atrocious. Green is the most beautiful color, also most restful to the eyes. That's why nature uses it in grass, leaves and nearly all vegetation. Imagine the country an endless mass of purple, blue or red! ie 4 we eerie A inst: shag o calls Farrar’s Carmen “sinuous, cat-dlike.” ss only instance: ay and make her yon 7 ¢ in which one woman can call another catty — Dear Folks: I eee Hissoner Loute Mart han set the coming week apart for | Washingtonians to smile, fnoesmantiy and all the while-—no mat- | ter what we have to do, we've got the job of emilin’ thru, | And eo I att and emile tonight, and try to think of what to \ write; and tho I dumbly scratch my hair, I have to smile instead of swear, and you must do a barder deed—you have to smile at what you read! When Willie breake the parler vase, a happy smile must light } your face; you'll clear the pieces all away, and then you'll merely emile and sey, “He's always up to funny tricks! cute? He's only etx! i And when your playful little pup has chewed your Oriental up, |] you mustn't think of getting wore, you'll emile and say, “We'll } I really don't know what he'd do without ex get some more. pensive rugs to chew!" And when you've journeyed home from town, and find your house ts burning down, you'll merely say, with happy emile, “Now there's a binxe that's worth the while! dandy sight—Ddestdes, t's kind of cold tonight.” But should your business keep you out till 3 a. m, or there about, there's not @ thing a smile would gain when wife tells You can't get by, in such @ case, unless | | you, “Please explain! |] you keep a solemn face: Maitor The Star In @ letter printed in The Star un- der date of Hept. 29, J. W. Gilbert asserts that I attributed a statement jto him which he did not make, and offense (if he wishes to be #0 par. tleulary. + Instead of saying that Mr. Gilbert sald: “Mr, Gilbert's statement to effect that him then and will do so now ,"'t der the existing law, vaccination Is ete, 1 aid not qu that provision.” When that provision was made law amalipox was about Ust of present-day contagious word “contagion” tnstead of nation.” We are dealing with pres ent. not past conditions. If the voters of Washington will read bill 180 they will nee for therm R ann - | Are you tn favor of having tho! {Ou " i! " | eferendum 13; Writer Favors It ry 1» ow shoos vetmenn te fe Eyhow, aout tour atrokes and @ long push thru his soup, this board of health guy enmeshes him self in a bundle of vivid blonde hair HORRORS! In vain the waiter explained that it was a bit of fiom from a bewhts | Emptre Building ered ear of corn, In vain did delega | tant, as It shows to what fool lengths | ment, Editor The Star: Much Interest ts being shown now | tle, have demanded a referendum on | California of which Buperintend J. W. Gilbert, /a legisiative act which they believe | Wood speaks? If y in referendum No, 12. executive secretary of the Public Health league, an organtstion of medical men, tn hie gttort to defend thelr side of the question, succeeds ‘well In clouding the tue. In The Star of September 29 he hee an article that would lead the readers to believe this referendum would “hamper” and “In some re- spects cause the abandonment of present schoo! sanitation and reason. able health regulation rules.” Referendum No, 13 in no way af fects such matters as the proper lighting of school rooms, keeping butidings clean and sanitary, well heated and ventilated. Mr. Gilbert Raw frequently stated both in speeches and in the pres that should this law go {nto effect it would result in the “loss of precious lives.” The best and about the only test of a law le experience under It. ‘California enacted this same law In 1919, In reply to a letter from Douglas L. Edmonds, of Los Angeles, Wi C. Wood, state superintendent of public instruction, makes a spe cific reply as to whether this law is @ menace to the health-of California school children or not. He writes: “In my judgment the law has worked out splendidly. It includes provision for the exemption of school children whose parents object to the |physical examination, from anything lin the way of a physical examina tion. “However, it was provided that if Jof whom 16,000 are residents of Seat any such exempted child ts affileted with any contagious or infectioun dinease, much child should be sent horne and should not be readmitted juntil he presents satisfactory evt- ldence that he ie free from such con tagion or thfection. “Before the passage of the law we hed great difficulty with parents who objected to the physical exam. nation of their children. Since the {passage of the law we have had very |little difficulty, and then only in cases where attempts were made to |foree the examination of school chil dren contrary to law.” ‘The statement has also been given cireulation that this is the most vicious piece of legislation ever en acted by @ state legislature. Six other states beside California have a simi. lar law. T have taken pains to tn- quire how this law operates in these states and should Mr. Gilbert or a of those whe down welltried health regulations jand open the way to epidemics” wish some real information as to how this law is operating in other states, these jetters are on file in my office and they are at liberty to read them. Mr. Gilbert also stated tha than 706,000 citizens of Washington. The simplest way to end a corn is Blue-jay. A touch stops the pain instantly, Then the corn loosens and comes out, Made in a colorless clear ligula (one drop does itt) and in extra thin plaas- ters. The action is the same, Pain Stops Instantly LETER FROM VRIDGE MANN | in the same breath commita the same ' referendum No. 13 will not change /in good faith the presence of con. | |tagious or infections disease, notwith the only |t jmuch-dreaded disease. Seruma, anti-|other time is nothing leas than ex }toxin, taxin, dntt-taxin, ete., were not | plottation of the public school, which In Vorue, The fact that our present |no 100 per cent American will stand healthy laws govern not only emall-|for, and I can not believe that the Pox cases, but thone of the entire | hetter clans of physicians (for whom |jci¢ ever read the dim | 1 entertain great teepect), ask ft canes was my privilege for using the! “vacet-|winh thetr prerogative IF SIZE WERE And ain't he Tt makes « fine and SCIENCE Will We “See” | Not os 186,000 a Secon, That ts not imposaible, | Cleveland. largest waves & second Protessor Miller has been jon a machine which phy sound waves, graph So nap” Waves, | 8, | Will we be able to see radiop lto Professor Dayton ©, Miller Of the | Case School of Applied Seleneas caught and photographed ag | Mash by at the rate of 186,009 It ip called an The sound sent into ange | tremely sensitive receiver ts madeq. vibrate a needle of Ught 7 4 cillations are photographed ag aes in a $y i) g - £8 <a & ES 2F et Replies Again to Gilbert opposition to existing health regula ttons, It te noted that in both rt's letters he has the habit of monizing on contagion and sanita nm. ‘This te simply eation, and the alert voter will not je confused nor misied thereby. The real bone of contention is that bill made such and such 4 statement 1/140 permits a healthy child to attend lechool and be tree from periodic medi examination over the protest of | Mr berxing the a wt Brain Testers ||) #22 ] gone. | were | How far can « rabbit run intey p . O™ |equare wood, with sides that mani *% | ure @ mile, if he runs straight that | and doesn't break cover? poe } poset } Yesterday's answer: — : Come, landlord, fill the flowing ‘ Until thetr tops run over; we | For on this spot tonight I'l sto, 1m 970 } Tomorrow post to Denver! | ree poet wke / ~~ te bigoted authority will go. Theiss grom | too much of this petty fussing pocka the public health, We build up g the | | departments at the public tnd |to keep us well, and then they so mauch idle time on their and go much unregulated that the whim of a dyspeptic | can tle an entire city Ina knot, — We will have more of this sort thing, rather than less, ¥.F. parent or guardian against it, The| P - _ — bi exempts no child from phystes! | cas optional, and adoption or rejection of | examination if the physleian suspect | ment of tact eh.aT® signatures we =| The Be-Turbanned Bobbed Heads Editor The Star: Truth t* funnier then the Sunday | union apologize. registered voters; 928 sen | comics, and there ts a lot more of it, jtures were duplicates whieh Were! no matter how the comics may pleth signatures were jfecured to this referendum. Of thin Le wet deducted t ing Mr. Gilbert's arguments tolteing 10.988 i. My be contrary, and examination at any |also deducted. ‘Thin leaves the num: | orize |ber of bona fide signatures of regin tered voters at 66,484. Of thin 65.984 jalqners, tn all prot [definite idea am to its nature. Thou I¢ the voters of this state do net|sunds of people signed thin petition nd rights of while being clroulnted by doctors and parenthood usurped by medical poll | nurses on the streets of Beattle and | *® bought bim tielans they will vote “yea” on refer: | cisewhere aimply on being told it was | th? expense ac meal; it had everything from soup endum Ne, 1%, next November lfor the ua of rotectt) th B. ©. JACKEON. coe ellen coe Sigg health of children in the schools. not the le |parents of sehool children and the of whom 16,00 are residents of Seat-| health authorities which exists in| will break down welltried health | YOt* “Tew regulations and open the way to ept. | demics.” No one knows better than are usine CIENCE has shown that the PROPER METHOD of removin tooth film is by EMULSIFYING it, just as SOAP WASHES GREASE from the ‘dinner plate. Polishes to a Pearly Lustre The scientists who developed Kolynos Dental Cream SPENT YEARS in perfetting this formula which, WITHOUT A TRACE OF GRIT, polishes the teeth to a pearly lustre and puts the WHOLE MOUTH in that hygienic condition which INSURES their contin- ued beauty. Nature’s Eloquent Warnings If your teeth are SENSITIVE, if your gums are TENDER—and their _ IRRITATED, the proba- — - you have been USING GRIT OR ACID— or both, We have on file in our New Huven laboratories personal applications from over 47,000 American Dentists and 74,000 American Physicians for Kolynos Dental Cream, to distribute among their patients. For instance, take the washing: | ton state board of health ny | iehly valued deputies was prowling * and down the state, In search of festive ger ion he went t to the wok, nuts, of which he was Congratulate yourself tions of the Cooks’ and Waiters’ No, wir; !t was a) blonde—aye, a red hair, a short red) hair, to be exact, and something was | going to be done about it. | The deputy returns to his Olym- plan lair, and shortly there tuques forth from the state board of health an edict that all Spokane waitresses with bobbed hair shall wear towels, | turbans of damask or otherwise, as might be approved by the depart- One of its din his migra it wae a good bans not only while peddling soup. | shabby skirts, dresses, but as well while conveying all food | eweaters, stocking, as the story will show to the table, time enough. edict, It ts funny, but ft also te Impor-| streak, spot, fade or run—., Wwror. Note how even a BRIEF USE of Kolynos soothes the irritated and in- _ flamed gums and HOW COMFORTABLE it makes your teeth feel. TRY KOLYNOS DENTAL CREAM FOR A FEW DAYS. Ask your dentist, your physician or your drug- gist about it. Discover the meaning #& REAL MOUTH HAPPINESS, Removes Masses of Germs Kolynos Dental Cream removes great MASSES OF MOUTH GERMS, loosens these germs from their at- tachment to the teeth and gums, stimulates the flow of, saliva and oo EVERY PART of the mouth in a STATE OF RESISTANCE which prevents the rapid regrowth of germ life, No Grit—No Scouring—No Injury All this it accomplishes WITHOUT THE USE OR GRIT—or scouring. If you do not know Kolynos, the SCIENTIFIC Dental Cream, ask some one who does. Start using it today. After a few days’ use your mouth will feel cleaner than it EVER DID BEFORE and this feeling of hygienic cleanliness will be reflected through- out your body. You will look in the mirror and cone gratulate yourself, The K ! ann Comey U.S.A DRAPERIES WITH | “DIAMOND DYES” ment; and they would wear said tur-/any woman can dye or tint f mixed goods. Diamond Dyes n ;. hangings, 4: fem, everything, like new, Since the asininity of @ few years | “Diamond Dyes”—no other kt back, when health departments tled | then perfect home dyeing ts muzzles on all of us, and made walt: | teed even if you have never dyed reasen don masks because of the flu,|fore. Tell your druggist whether tH I have met up with nothing that was | material you wish to dye leywool so absolutely silly as this turban | silk, or whether {t ts linen, coton, ey , > a > oe? I