The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 4, 1922, Page 6

e Publishing Co Phene Main 0606 Mew. nd United Press Bervice, ly matt 11.80, € months, 08.76) year, ne state, fe per month, & elty, He @ month, tative Sam Franctoos of vibune bidg.; New York effies, the 0 tor @ _ One Store for Every 40 of Us one retail store for every 40 families in America, n G. Shepherd tells this to a convention of adver men. groceryman in 20 fails each year. the long run, according to John Wanamaker, only man in 25 who go into any kind of merchandising & success of it. You, later on, start a store, what line of goods should | to make you the most money? On the average, 7: pherd, to run a store takes 17 cents out of each received by the grocer. Similar figures are: 19 § on $1 for butchers, 26 cents for hardware dealers, ints for clothing sellers and 26 cents for shoe dealers. res vary, according to the amount of sales. grows, overhead expense is carried on the of an increasing number of dollars, This means, head for each dollar to carry—provided overhead —" at a faster rate than gross sales, which rd calls America “a nation of counter jumpers.” ver in each 10 is engaged im selling something. two-thirds of these 3,000,000 sale clerks are en- in selling food and clothing. each three farmers, there’s one person behind a . For each four factory employes there's a store ora store manager or a store owner, selling the luced. he tent seems to be toward a point where every one be distributing commodities, nobody producing. point, of course, never will be reached. But the mey toward it is strong enough to emphasize that ‘greatest problem of economics is one of distribution Dird fell on the Homeric’s deck 1,000 miles at sea. Could It ef peace? It has been up in the alr and at sea. election we jumped from one party te another. It othing, but 1924 is Leap Year. y threaten to broadcast grand opera tn German, but this threat ‘us cancel the debt. man useally tb a man whe selected a wife who made him aa The March of Science note scientific research, American industry $70,000,900 annually. That is good news. What industry does in the scientific field is but a of what science as a whole does to make life brief day, the world has done a lot of back- . We have witnessed nations collapsing economically, # weakening morally, countries on the brink politi- Sometimes the outlook has been so gloomy that EVERY THINGS Fine! THAT LITTLE GVY OVER THERE wits PAY THE Dear Folks everybody, young and olf, hes beef LETTER FROM 'V RIDGE MANN Thankagiving day le over now, with all its appetizing chow; and ‘eaten turkey bot and cold, until we've made it loop the loop from roasted bird to turkey soup, Of all the many kinds of meat, a turkey's quite the beat to eat; so turkey dinners make me glad, and I've enjoyed the treat I've had, but I confess a lack of grief at getting back to eteak and For turkey’s Itke « lot of stuff—tn time we're apt to get enough; for when we have it day by day, Ite charm begins to fade away, and when It's ceased to be « treat {t's merely ordinary meat. Nor Is it only grub that shows the way the wheel of favor goes; for nearly everything we do will bring enjoyment while it's new, but day by day It starts to irk, until, at last, it's merely work. And so the joys that money bring are really transient, phantem things; for all the things for which we yearn are only those we have to earn, and even Midas, I am told, was surfelted with too muoh gold. So give me, all along the way, a bit of work, a bit of play; not too much care, nor too much Joy, not too much gold in Iife's alloy —that all thru life my dream te ba may see a host of pleasures still Grrisge Nom to three uniformed policemen, who merely stood by and made no move to intercede or take these niggers by the neck and throw them under the wheels, as they should have done. I have never seen « city where the white (1) people were so anxtouns or homered or pleased to be seen on the streets, shows, apartments, ete. with the nigger. Maybe I notice it more, Raving come to Seattle from Fort | Worth, Texas, where the nigger and | “white trash” knowe his piace and | keeps ft. Agnin, I go to work on the Nainier Valley car line and there are | usually from a halfdosen to 80 or }40 high school students on the car mornings, De they ever offer a | Woman (unless she be a flapper, of | course) thelr seat? Do they ever ask anyone with a baby or two to «it | down? Not they. Do they push and | crowd to get on the car, hog all the jecats, and then call dirty, smutty things to one another? They do. | Then they will go to school, sft all }day, and repest the performance | when coming home at night. There's one living right next door to me and twe acrons the street I would like to shak you, Mr. Clarke. [f the: ike you, we might he Detter city and a hard MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1922, SIDE STREETS BY ELIZA JANE REYNOLDS One dows not look for poetry in strects Where surging erowds go blatantly along, Mach one intent upon hin own affairs And clutching more his eflver than his dreama, But there are little side streets, curtous ways, Which have grown up from nothing, been, and then Faded, becoming sloven in their ago— Yot, by « pitying fate, invested tn A frail and haunting pathon after they Have lost the garifh courage of thelr prime. These are tite streets Where derers love to go And half grown children and all others whe Can still believe in or have found again Romance eternal flome are overgrown With erase between the stones, damp greenish moss Upon the door ailis, while great straggling trees ‘That have burst once protecting fences idan Silent and thoughtful as forgotten gods. And there are others near the water side Between two quiet walls that once have been Rich stored warehouses; from the river shore Comes a faint Iapping of the sun-warmed waves And the rust-bolted windows in the light Gitter with Jeweled dust. I know @ ptreet Where dead men's atens crenk weartly above Untrodden doorways and their long thatched doors, Ap iron b boy leans tipelly Upon his is and drew A yellow taoe Peers nx times from one window thru whose dust Are shadows of @ counter, and behind Interminable rows of brown wrapped packages. The whole street seems a ragged girl who sleeps In sodden peace where others hurry by. Yet sleep in aleep, Within one gray shop stays A woman who has in her eyes strange things, Unreal, unsaid, like Jong abandoned dreams And half forgotten. In her hair are combe Of quaint carved tortoises and about her neck Gold beads with shallow Mutings and her hands Flutter among the dim black of her dress Like pale veined tvory shuttles jewel inlaid Yet no one comes exospt to buy and they Look only at the laces and pass on, Not seeing how her hair ts Uke a cloud And ber eyes sandy pools. All day she stts Quiet and silent tn the old Ince shop While time érips on. Sometimes @ hollow step Bechoes against the wall and then she etirs, Intently listening while her fluttering hands Lie still upon the beads and the alk dress Whispers around her body eagerly, But it has passed and the indefinite mist Steals back upon her and ashe dreams again. Where were the footsteps going? She would like Perhaps to follow footsteps. She can see A crowded street where there are many lights And laughing people—faces in « blur— Sweet-ccented women in gay colored clothes— And her whole heart goes out. But she ts still, And her dark eyes are focused far away. And in the window and upon the walls Hang the gray phantom laces holding her With cobweb fingers to the ghost gray shop Jcondiments--net hard to take, | peared. Crusoe’s Tele. Vegetation Remarkable. Of Early Period. Giant Tree Ferns. Professor Hkottwberg has just re turned from Robinson Crusoe’s twland, property known ae Juan For nanden, Very fow nctontiats have visited the place. It Is hard to reach and ft le difficult to land on its shores, Ite vegsattion te pernaps the most remarkable of any ielan4é in the world, and, according to the profes wor, this vegetation seems to be the remnant of @ geological period when there was @ warm antarctic cont | nent ‘There are giant branching tree ferns and plants that look like fancb ful pictures of the oval age. Professor Bkottsberg did not find any prehistoric animals, but he 41d seo some of Crusos's goate and in apected « bronze tablet in memory of | Alexander Selkirk, the sailor sup | posed to have been the prototype of Defoo's “Robinson Crusoe.” Aelictous roast for harmony’s eake Then the salads and sauces and m may, and, oh, those pleat Pumpkin, mince and cocoanut, With all due respect to mother, really I am afraid she might have felt slighted hat she been there, by the way they disap I must not forget the tn dispensable fruit cake, the “Rock of Piymouth,” the Pilgrims’ bodily hope jand anchor in those palmy days in 16204a!1 this topped off with the staff and knob of life (bread and but ter), and luscious fruits, nuts and candy, and, for the eake of the boys who smoke a ilttie, cigarets, and cig- ars for the ladies, Ob, yea! I must not forget to men- tion the classy menu oards—the boys didn’t forget anything. Honore for this sumptuous feast belong to Frank Kozikowski and Howard I. Tomlinson, company chefs, and James B. Aaron, mess ser geant pro tem. Company K is the ace comany tn the Ninth corps area. They are @ splendid bunch of men, of fine mor- ale, and accomplish effective team work. This may be said to be due in part to the efficiency and cooper ation of the captain of the company, Robert ©. Macon, who ts a fine offi- cer and understands and brings out the best in men by inspiring their confidence and respect. I think, Mr. Editor, the boys of the company &re deserving of a little praise, and I believe you will agree with me. Here's to the United States army! Here's to Company K! Here's to the Thankagiving dinner, best in the U.8. A! BETTY BOWLSBY, Lawton Heights both mentally and physically, gener- ation to follow. Sitncerety, Awarded first prise tn the contest of Peaboty High School, Pittsburg. ¥.B. MILLER. Pa. offered by the Federation of Women’s Clubs, This Must Have Been a Meal! Bititer The Star: birds” held first place on the long LET. Confirm Gassman, Then Fire Him on account of the petty policies pur d if h ity were not at a standstill. it wave Geartened boy Alfm tellin’ you % wes suah the bird 8 : himself, of which war. Science stil] goes marching on. Some war. of the worlds telephones and goodness knows its wrong numbers. Tiernan and His Troubles s only a poor college professor on short monetary _ ignorant of all life outside of text books and he with three women, is that Professor Tiernan, tt, there’s Mrs. Gussie Tiernan. And the suspicion of his family isn’t his. Next, there’s that F uty divorcee of Iowa, who swears that, whether recent marriage was legal or not, she’s going to n. Then, comes Mrs. Gussie’s able-minded sister who swears that she comes to settle the affairs with the strong-arm methods. n must have “the makings” of a man, or he have risen to a college professorship, and his ms to be one in which the ordinary attitude of toward a specialized fool doesn’t fit. We u submit that, when an educated man isn’t ch of his children are his, or which woman is has got to lie down a Chicago sister-in-law, J be some public leaning toward pity, with al to Omnipotence, by whom solution of the most dif- of human problems is possible. aes. oe Sevonte onte, They might ‘was fined $25 because he snatched a phone from the wall, but worth more, 8. S. Pittsburg has gone to Constantinople and smoke out few Turks. . cm ued ing a 72-Year-Old Brander Chicago millionaire is having trouble with his rapher, having married her. He is E. T. Tilden, r, aged 72 years. iden tells the court that E. T. is too young and one time, at a dinner party, he licked a -ruest, the restaurant and dined alone; that, before their , he punctuated his dictation to her with a kick bD and a brand on her with his lighted cigar. we are a good many people who favor curing the ri evil by making marriage harder to secure. Maybe @ exceptions should be made in cases of gehts with Kinds of stenographers, but, generally speaking, the Mgest restrictions should be applied to prospective egroom: who kick in the back and brand with cigars. his Tilden case, the lady, if what she alleges is fact, justified in considering what her spouse does at 72 in risking what he may do at 92, however foolish ‘may have been in slipping into wedlock with a lame producer plans to dramatize the 10 commandments ff the don't cut some of them out. ie stork is voiceless, but » man with triplets tells us the bird Is more ways than that. set off the anxious seat just in time for Mayfield to sit down Fee Bititor The Star: 1 feel that in the following article Tam voicing the sentiment of a large | umber of sanethinking citisene of | Beattie, | _ It le time the oftisens rise up and l@emand that the city councl] stop | ite “kids’ pinay” and settle down and (do what they were elected for. | Aside from ©. L. Blaine, the fol- owing phrase would Include the bal- jance of the council: “Brains they have nix.” | If Gaseman t not the man for the position to which he was appointed, | why not confirm him and then re- | move him for cause? Seattle in be ing laughed at by other large cities sued by our council. Can we expect any eubstantia! gain tn Dusiness institutions ey man- ufacturers with the actions of the city counct) as they are? The may- or and police department have shown & disposition to try to do something. With the equable climate, water and rall transportation advantages, as well as the natural resources and ecento wonders in the natural state, Beattie should be, and could be, the largest and best city on the Pacific coast. Yours for @ better and bigger Be atue. J. Is This a Heartless City? PMitor The Star: 1 rine, oh Editor of The Star, in righteous wrath. A moment ago I read an account In your letters from readers about what « terrible place Seattle tas. Evidently that man didn't see the atx or seven men surrounding « tearful Mttle kiddy, frantically trying to find the kid's mother and wheedling !t with candy and nutes to stop crying; he did not see the three people who wanted to ald jthe bind man acrons.the street; he surely was not among those who ran to the ald of the old woman who slipped on a downtown atreet, and I'm positive that he was not the man who took her home tn his car. Virtue should be tte own reward, jand the man who expects to be) |profusely thanked for some small! favor done ia going to be dina ppotnted. I have lived next to nature in fe attle for some time and In all those years I have never seen any one jeer at « cripple. In Seattle the main feeling is pity. 1 would advise this man who thinks that Seattle ts absolutely vold |ot good fevlings toward the lent |fortunate to speak to some of | those hardbotied newsboys and some of the cripples and see if their views of this subject are the same an bis. I'm afraid that we nurees do not think of it In that light and I'm eure that those whom wo ltend almost constantly will agree with us. Tf you must tive In a place, don't knock ft. If you don’t Mke our ways, leave us, for dislike tn dia trust and distrust oft leads to tur moll, A REGISTERED NURSE. Says Clarke Hit the Mark Baéttor The Star: I have just finished reading « let ter signed by L. M. Clarke, and of all |the letters T have read in thie col umn, beth for and against Seattle. Mr. Clarke's hit the mark nearer than any of them. I, too, have observed the apparent glee with which the people of this “fair oity” mock, ridicule and jeer at some of thelr more unfortunate brothers and sisters who are de formed of limb or speech, which shows — outwardiy, whereas =the mental deformities of these degenor- atea show only thru their actions, and which, were they able to do no, could be kept hidden. On the corner of Yesler way and Third ave. one evening recently 1 saw two big buck niggers shove, yor, shove, three women aside when they were about to board a car, and crowd on themselves, and thereby obtaining seats while women stood. In the crowd who witnessed this act were A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Note: Persons wishing the bulletin described below must observe directions and send applications to The Star’s Washington bureau, and not to the Seattle office —Kditer. Schoo! teachers, kindergarten teachers, Sunday schoo! teachers will _be giad to know that our Washington bureau now has ready # Christmas program of suggested recitations, songs and stories, which includes also the history of Christmas in ancient and mod times, the origin of the Santa Claus and St. Nicholas myths, and other interesting information about Christmas. Any reader desir. ing @ copy of this bulletin should fill out and mail the coupon below: tn Washington Burean, The Seattle Star, 1822 New York Ave., Washington, o, I want a copy of the “Christmas Program” bulletin and Inclose herewith two cents in stamps for postage. I want to tell you about the wen- @ertul Thankagiving dinner at Fort Lawton that Company K, Fourth in fantry, prepared and served. King Herod's banquet of nightin- gle tongues wag « fadeaway in com Of course, the provertial “king of KAliter The Star: tables, piled bigh with good things to eat that the most cynical epicure would have foregone a trip to Ever. ett for the privilege of « look-tn. ‘There wan the dreamy-creamy oys- ter soup and everything; and that | roast turkey, with oyster dressing and cranberry sauce! Why, man, I will stick tt out down here until Seattleite Doesn’t Like California | I aim & Seattieltea, Came here the 19th of Inet February. I soon learned tt costs twice as much to live tn Callfornia as it did in Washington. Meals at 260 and 00 In Beattie are 400 and S00 here. Take restaurants here itke Chauncey Wright's, In Se attle, or Boltt’s, or the Panama—tt coats just about $2.26 per day here. 1 had a suit made to measure in Seattle at Second ave. and Columbia wt. for $25; here the sume thing costs | from $50 to $66; and shoes made tn Shoe Co, I paid $6 for in Geattic, at First and Marton e#t.; here they cost } $19. Room rent here is about as high an Mount Rainier. A fairly good room rents at $5 a week, Los Angelos is worse yet. Editor The Btar: 1 cannot let pass the opportunity to offer my emphatic protest te [the scurrilous article in your Thankegiving day tasue, entitied “What « Horrible Place Seattle Ist” from the pen of one who signs himself L. M. Clarke. I never saw so many misstatements and bare faced misrepresentationa (not to use & harsher word) packed into #0 small a space. One cannot understand why euch vilification should be permitted in & public newspaper to go broadcast over the land, traducitng the good jfame of our city and it» people, |who compare favorably with the people of any city of the «ame sizo in the United States says he han lived here two years MOTHER! BREAK CHILD'S COLD “California Fig Syrup” Whatever ¢ise you give your |child to relieve a bad cold, sore | throat or congestion, bo sure to first open the little one’s bowels with | "California Fig Syrup” to get rid of |the poisons and waste which are causing the cold and congestion. In @ few hours you can see for yourself how thoroughly it works the constipation poison, sour bile and waste right out, Mven if you call your family Seattle by the Washington Dry Sox! Mr. Clarke | people spring, as I have stayed this long. The scenery in California cannot) be compared with the «tate of Wash ington, Take from Banta Barbara to Gan Diego, it ip @ glorioun climate— always sunshine and warm. What plays on my nerve is, oranges are grown here-—100,000 acres—and yet 660 @ dozen to $1. They are shipped 950 miles to Seattle and sell at 300 per dozen and 500 per dozen Cailfornia apples at $2 per box and Hood River, Ore., apples #1 per box. Strawberries and raspberries are fine | at 160 « box. | I wil) be glad when I am back on | Queen Anne hill, Very respectfully yours, W. B CONKLIN, 768 Harrieon St, San Francisco, Cal. Resents Aspersions on Seattle his articles, they have been years! of criticism. He evidently has seen and eaten nothing but “sour grapes.” One wonders why, if in hia judgment Seattle ts euch «& horrible place a» he paints it) he dont get out and stay out; surely his going would not raise ® ripple. I have lived tn this city for 82 years and know what I am talking about. Crime, selfishness, coldness, unchristian-like acts—of course, they are here, like they are in other Places, But to say that “Seattle in general is not intelligent. it fs not moral. It is not well-bred It is not kindly. It has no soul” —tn comparison with other cities— fa an insult to the city and tts I should feel like crawling linto an ant-hole did 1 not resent No doubt he haa, but judging from | his assertions, J. B. CHAPMAN. Hurry! Move Little Bowels with physician he will praise you for | having given “California Mig Syrup" as the laxative because it never fails, never cramps or overacts, and even sick children love its pleasant | taste, Ask your druggist for genuine “California Fig Syrup” whieh has directions for babies and children of | all ages printed on bottle, Mother! You must say “California” or you may get an imitation fig syrup. | of friend turkey, he was served in a No Substitute for The Healthful Spread for Bread You can’t feed your child a substitute for Nucoa that will supply vitamines enough to promote growth or health. A child needs—as does a grown-up— a balanced diet—fats, proteins, eggs, green vegetables, orange juice—and the greatest of all foods—Milk—at least a pint a day. The fat needed for energy—for heat is most enjoyed in the shape of rich Nucoa Spread on bread—melting into a baked potato, on hot cakes, ete. Nucoa is as pure as the white cocoanut meat in its protecting shell. It is the rich fat of the cocoanut worked into a spread so delicate in flavor and so wholesome that there is no substitute for it. When Quality and Economy travel to- gether in double harness—then you have Nucoa—Against which certain interests have tried to prejudice you. All Nucoa asks is a trial by A jury of Housewives. Then will a fair verdict be rendered declaring that Nucoa de- serves a place on every. table from a standpoint of Quality—and a place in the household budget from a stand- point of Price. A. 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