The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 11, 1922, Page 6

Prone Main Bervice, By F year month fan Franctece of New York offies, Chicas Damadian Pacific bidg.; oswon office, Tremont vide The Gospel of Reaction | The easiest thing to say about the president’s message Me that it is characteristic of Mr. Harding. It is calm, i ed and, for the most part, colorless, recommendations that amendments be submitted to possible the regulation of child labor and the re- ons on issues of tax-exempt securities are along lines and will be well received, are will be little objection to his plan of the registra- a of immigrants or for the enforcement of the prohibi- ion law. comment on foreign relations is what might have expected, and indicate that we are still standing pat Watchful isolatior "Probably the only “kick” in the message is the recom- ion that a labor division of the interstate com- commission be empowered to hear and decide rail- labor disputes as to wages and working conditions, id to have power to enforce its decisions. This means Wing a governmental body the power to fix wages and lat, of course, will meet with bitter opposition from labor. proposal, which would set up the reactionary inter- commerce commission as a sort of national Kansas court system, will receive scant consideration in S$ practi y dominated by progressives, ready impion the cause of free labor. ile the farmer receives some passing about all he does get. is told he ought to have all the help the federal ament can give him, and whatever that may be is to the best judgment of congres The farmer is sured, however, that the outstanding problem is better | cheaper transportation. With this the farmer will " agree, altho he may want relief now instead of until the president’s dream comes true of a co- tion of all transportation systems from railroads to the motor highways, with these acting as feeders ized sympathy, ys. 0 farmers might, with reason, infer that the presi- [is more interested in the ultimate needs of the rail- is than the present needs of the farmers. y er, the message doesn’t say much and doesn't ‘much. It reads as if written by a president who yet quite made up his mind. NO SPIRITUALIST will guarantees Henry Ford will live a hundred years, I am Proposition (Muscle Shoals) now. I have faith in he is in heaven he ix golme to run this not any soul.—Senator Norris, Neb., Senator Lodge wants to feel at home in the next senate, time to lay hik dress suit away in moth balls and put on “Mamma, bay papa some toys so I can play with Daugherty and No.7 his “bill of .”" under which he proposed to wh Attorney General Daugherty, Representative Kel- 14 points tending to show “unfitness” for gg are plentiful enough and strong enough t is to be hoped that the fight will center on Mr. seventh specification, which charges willful per fundamental rights of the people, freedom and assemblage. Mr. Daugherty, highest among the executors of secured that Chicago injunction, he either had ri of the constitution of the United States, fully perverted it in the interests of a class. He or scamp. There’s no evading the alternative. try needs a demonstration on Mr. Keller’s No. executors of the law and federal courts can, p , treat the constitution as a liar or subvert advantage of any class, it is time the country There may be enough in the other 13 counts int ousting Daugherty, but he certainly should be out as to No. 7. m tem person who had rather go to his lodge and ride the goat Sater tases vs ion the man in Fulton, Mo., who has worn a of he stands up too much. aay @ man madder than finding it was the wrong toothbrush? cuss words were thought up by people as they got out of bed. Income Tax for State 're beginning to talk sense. At the statewide at Tacoma a few days ago, where taxation ques- under discussion, a strong sentiment developed te income tax law. what we should have. In fact, The Star ques- he great bulk of all our taxes of every sort ought d by income and inheritance taxes. ome tax is fair; it exempts the men and women resources and lays the burden in increasing jon those best able to pay. pme tax would be efficient and economical to ct, for the state would have access to the federal re- and thus would be relieved of the cost of maintain- ‘expensive machinery for the purpose. y all means, the next legislature should incorporate pme tax idea into our state system, ALL FOR WASHINGTON chamber of commerce representatives, meeting this week i, Were agreed that to bring settlers here and to make them n ee arsed p the reek eetatructive development of the o must work ther, ative effort is vital. cela a. il co-operative effort between the clties, the sort of friendship wipe out petty jealousies and make folks forget their animosi- develop until the little-minded folks, who happen to be we ponte Rewrtaaa in certain cities, are unseated, and ansel should take a leaf out of California’s book. In California cyano The ot rl pe teg ti their petty fights out of communities unite to lor what Calif Bl ‘on po torg jornia wents— The Thought Behind the Face ‘you pass hundreds of strange faces. Behind those masks, thinking of some sort is going on constantly. lat would you give to be able to read their thoughts? iid you want your own read? ymetimes, in a flash, you learn what is stewing inside idual head. As, for instance, this classified ad ‘agony column” of London Times: “A mother of THANKS every MOTHER who gave or lent a England, 1914 to 1918.” be great if we knew who was sending us Christmas cards. writes In to ask if suede gloves come from Sweden. No. nd; Sleeves are full this winter and so are hip pockets, _ “Mamma, these buttons on my sleeve hurt my nose.” OASI THE S OR MIRAGE? SEATTLE STAR MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1922 1 Three Kittens to Edltor The Star We have three kittens (Maltese), two males and one female Would like to find good homes for them. 1} Be Given Away wanting hults, 76th K. F. D. No. would bring them to pe them. Write Mrs. C. T. ot Sard ave, N. EB 1. vox The Spreader of Poison Editor The Star: j 1 was passing down Second ave. when I saw a redheaded woman making violent geaticulations and talking loudly to m sweetfaced girt in one of the Community Fund agenctes “We all hate the ¥. M.C. A., we all the Catholic institutions, we all the eCatholie tnatitutions, we all know that over half of the agencies tm your fund are robbers and Hare” “Stop right where you are.” sald the gtri, firmly. “You may speak to me only for yourself. If you feel so bitterly about some of our organte tions, surely there are some of them | tn which you believe, Is anybody compelling you to give to the ones you don’t like? Has It ever occurred to you that every single organiza tion in this group has its supporters, who believe tn them just as much as you hate ‘em? If all the agencies you mention were removed from the fund, don't you know that they would go on just the same, for all have « certain loyal and sympathetlo backing? Do you think you can change my opinion, or anybody's else, by your spiteful remarks? “It's the poor people who support broke In the woman, an- “But it's the rich man’s gift arity, that you brag about.” “I happen to know,” sald the efri, “and you can verify my figures at @ public accountant’, that 860 people last year gave $340,000. The other) $290,000 raised came from over 87,000 people. Does that look ike the fund was supported by poor people Glone?’ “Well.” countered the redheaded one, “why don’t you publish the facta in the papers?” “Go up to the Community Fund of fice and look at their clipping book, and nee the pages and pages of facts Editor The Star: I noted with Interest the offer of $5,000 by the Solentific Amer can for spiritualistic pehnomena, proven under strict test conditions Not all sptritualistic mediums jare reliable. Attorney Specks of this city was a professed medium. He was sont to Walla Walla for robbing brother spiritualists of money Sir Oliver Lodge says that in Jali Engiand he knows of but six| satisfactory mediums. Thun he means that among hundreds of | professional and amateur mediums | the most of-them fall to satisfy a| solentific mind. T have studied sptritualiem for | about seven years, I would say that about one in 18 messages that one might buy from advertising me- diums would give something of a startling nature, #0 many mediums | have no péychic ability at all. They ere looking for dollars and for suckers. “Put the strict test to ‘em,” I say, “Mr. Scientific Amert. can. Make ‘em come thru. W. | fs there a nation or an ago that| does not have its witeh and) fairy lore? The Bible, the Koran, the Vedes and the words of Buddha aro full of the miracles and marvels of the unseen spirit world. Just recall the “Arabian Night's Enter tainment.” ‘True test conditions es true spiritualism. They cannot hurt g00d mediums. All keen students of spiritualiam agree that the small family circle held in one’s home gives the very best results. Some | people say that all lawyers are liars I know many good lawyers who can never be bought to betray jus tice and truth. They are not for wale. 80 other people may remark at all paychtcn are frauds. Some jof God's saints are spirituallivts, Dut they never for one moment ask any student of these inner planes to lay aside common sense and the scien tific test, “Tent the spirits,” Paul, “whether they be evil.” only aid waye | good or | DELLA MOSHI, Georgetown, which have been published tn the city papers about the fund and the wencies during the year,” retorted the girl, her cheeks growing pinker and pinker, not altogether from the wind Why don't you read the pa pers? And 1 really haven't any more the to spend talking with a« person who is simply making vicious | remarks regarding something about which she knows nothing.” The woman turned with an angry | gesture and walked away | ould not have tt—suld I had sol : . ‘. prey could remedy this exasperating con-| ™ RS Par g “igs eed a pein RADE nd let tt keep one shape; tif custom | Siim Funes ny both in criminal and| 2rd ® coffee pot for him and aid The girt drew = deep breath and} make & «| etvil procedure; They could by « tit-| NOt charge him anything. And many Their perch and not thetr terror.” | ° i |times I have had young ladieg get then laughed, “I'm glad to say there | le effort make punishment swift) ona offer me a seat on the street aren't many Uke that,” she smiled. | ‘The automobile came and yet the|and sure. They sit idly by and do| UP and offer me a seat on the “In tet, thie ie the first encounter | law wailke All tb = have speeded | nothing to improve conditions It me ti eg 1 eh rr al block: 1 have bad with a woman of her|up except the law, When the dicta-| would be better for the lawyers and Ke “4 away from the shop, carrying two type. Just a poison spreader. There| phone was invented it was sure| better for the state if the rhage cans. A in @ la she goes, down the street, probably | thought this wonderful device will] booze party” held each year by them | Farbage os 2s te pac: TRE chanting her hymn of hate to every-| speed up legal procedure. Not #0,| would give more attention to these | "topped and made me put them ta ons ake eae |however. It's use has eased up the| matters and lens discussion of “light| his car and get in with him and “There was an example of a peow larity complex, that I was unable to Why war this woman. entirely ignorant of facts, and unwill | no vicious? underrtand ing to lean @ide't we to give to the fund,| Béltor The Star: In 1914, the day before Christman, | 14 couldn't she have refused and kept| Mr. Clarke's lettor made me want T had both hands badly burned with! And nearly everybody pays my silent, without try! | to tel] some of my experiences. Iam gasoline in the afternoon. My wife | bills promptly, so 1 must say Beattie tirely unfounded Hes 1 would Ike| tn my Téth year, have lived in Beat. wag at the hospital with her daughter, | has been mighty good to me. to know Yours very truly T. B. Chosnr LETTER FROM || SCIENCE Important to Know, Dear Folks ) 7 They way that poorer folke are best in giving funds to fill the Plankton Big Item, Chest ve felt the hand of need, and so they «ive Experts Are Busy. for he who suffers earns the art of meeting others he » heart Unole Bam's experte are making @ Rut fol ven't learned to know the heavy hand ot went adel cies $0 tind ‘00k eek ae revel a Perhaps tues enunat cabaret nf the need to lend a he flahen that make « food live on. ing hand. This is no idle inquiry, but is @ And yet there's not a one, I think—« poor galoot or wealthy gink means of finding out the best way te who wouldn't do his very best at giving aid without request, if Gaui alanty 6: tidh toy the dak aie we of need of any mize eyon, it he should see, with his own eyes, ¢ ecding generations Bo here's our Chest, and tt supplier a focus of Meat Ith vinie owers, and, folks, its many eyes are ours s been found that many opem it can seo, our hearts must feel—and make ite mighty vision ob fide, das ne. the hervink: smelt a nackerel and ich hav Ho let us make « final pull to do our part and fill tt full; for 7 have each must do the best he can to show the ve of man for man, and omb like gills let the fact be plainly shown—Seattle cares for all ite own! rine organisr Curitge Tom Writer Likes Seattle groups: The plankt rf swimmers, and oreaniams may be either —— vegetable. Only very rt |the Amportance of the plankton to ™ | humanity become recornized | Editor The Star never arrive at such a state ca In planting « foreign oyster, crah, No doubt the greatest proof that | mobocracy; let us further hope that Mr, Clarke mistaken in bie idea | all fair-minded Seattieltes will as boston . m some dis- of “Good Old Seattle” in shown by | never before encourage and not criti. | tant field, it is best to first plant the the stand taken by thone w would | cize too severely the exuberance per plank then the next sea lindorse Mr. Clarke's attitude youth son make a transplant I read in yesterdays Star the let 1 have lived in several different) —— _ ——E | of od ty Mr. Mill God help | countries and never have 1 und a 1 ‘ped tar ey if we aver. tonal the [elty more to my Uking than Seattle, | Banks, dressed the burns, but had to j place where our uniformed repre Am forced to my, a» said the oe a be . pace sick daughter, j aenta of the law find it thelr) Registered Nurne, If yo fon’t ike us, | *™ et . on i i l@uty to hurl any offender, whatever | leave us; don’t knock a y if you} 1 went across he street >a neigh | the offense, under the wheels of a/ must live there. Heepectfull bor’s ane n was hor . I then i street car, Let us hope that wel W. R. WEBSTER, | Went to the corner grocery store and ' left word with the grocer to tell the liceman on the beat to cail on me. , He came, and every hour, on his A Job for the Lawyers ne ea ane te tonoaae a Batter The Star: That the law has become # “scare-| firey and did what he could, so, you : In view of the chief of poller 4-| crow” to “birds of prey” it seems has| nee, the police are all right. | vistas citizens 10 pea etuty oubentt become not a matter of poetic fancy| And everyone who came about the 0 Kikhway robbery, largely a cond ahe anxious to hel | the ope wht roan our antiquates al fact. Upon this “perch” |*hop was anxious to help in every |tlon brought abo ; a ieeaer” had the "bunait"| "ay, possible, I could use nelther ——————— | legal procedure, I suggest phe f ate ts otlegger” and the “Pandit | | hand for quite a while, and every one rs os w cmmsy he perro ve ol ry was fust as nice as anybody. could | "We must not make « scarecrow of ' Bg wish. One man who was & stranger thetr hands when ordered to do #0 y bandits The lawyers, to me carried wood upstairs for me, land when I offered to pay him he the law Aetting it up to fear the birds of by @ Ittle exertion, make the deliveries with him. Only @ short time ago my wife an@ I were walking downtown, and # stranger stopped his car and asked | us to ride down with him, which we lawyer's burden but not the time re | wines and beer.” Respectfully, quired to perform the act | CHARLES REYNOLDS. A City With a Big, Warm Heart Why if whe | tle ninoe ‘98 and have earned my liv. who died that night, but she came | W. K. 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