The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1922, Page 6

; * Cc PAGE 6 The Seattle Star Pudiiened Dat ‘The Star Publiching Co. Phone Main 0400. x! od "Press Rervice. By mail, owt of 3.78) year, $6.00, in the per month, $4.08 for @ month. fan Franctece of- New York office, ington. ot atate, 0.00 per year, By carrier, city, Aman, Apectal Representatives 1 Chieage office, “Privune. Baas a. The Day of Days years ago a little girl wrote to the New York : “Is there a Santa Claus?” Francis Pharcellus arch answered her letter in an editorial which is a wistmas gem and which shines ever brighter with the light of time: “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as nly as love and generosity and devotion exist. And know that they abound and give to your life its high- beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the dif there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary if there were no Virginias. There would be no childish then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this Nobody sees Santa Claus. But that is no sign there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the d are those that neither children nor men see. "You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the m world which not the strongest man nor even the d strength of all the strongest men that ever lived c tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance in push aside that curtain and view glory beyond. Is it Teal! Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing real and abiding. o Santa Claus? Thank God, he lives and lives for- A thousand years from now, Virginia—nay, ten ten thousand years from now—he will continue to glad the heart of childhood.” ry Christmas you get Christmas cards from people you forgot to any to. Our Inability to Agree a Pullman smoking room, one traveler recently be- of the merits of his safety razor. The unconsciously began stroking their chins. One spoke up, praising a second make of razor. An- -poohed, he used a third make—“got it all over Six different makes of safety razors were touted for rid leadership. Each claimant firmly believed he was it, the rest wrong. They appealed to the seventh pas- conomical of conversation, smoking quietly in the with hat over his eyes. - “None of you is ” he announced, knocking the out of his pipe. “I use the only REAL razor—the -f oned straight blade without any safety guard.” argument was carried to the porter, supreme judge ya argument. chuckled and said: “I don’t see it makes The important point is that each of you, n kind of razor you use, comes out with a shave.” sa % sit down in a restaurant and ponder the bill-of-fare. you order. ' Ask the waiter and he'll tell you that, ut when there’s a straight table d’hote dinner for a a large dining room order i 1" we have the same common goal improvements, at lowest pos- who shave and hungry folks ies could get this thru their heads, an ex- nge of ideas might reveal the compromise that would fe to a mutual sh fo boy regards Christmas as » success unless he has the stomach-ache. The Wallace Reid Case thy Davenport Reid saw her husband dragged the heights of success to human wreckage by the of narcotics and whisky. While millions of young looked upon the screen and saw Wallace Reid in of a heroic young lover, his wife watched the ing drama of a man’s disin' ill keep no secrets now,” she declares, “TI have d my life to a relentless war against the frightful gainst the drug traffic that has been so merci- with Wally.” is drama—stark and tragic.’ tives and physicians recite amazing stories of the r narcotic traffic. ‘. westigators declare that the profita are so big and so re that a colossal underground system operates thru- the land. They insist that clever agents are in the to cultivate addicts. Money is spent freely to start particularly youngsters, in the use of narcotics. ors’ office buildings are haunted by narcotic users h of habit-forming drugs. ral years ago the government was making intelli- progress in reclaiming addicts. cs ale eaidiained Sor eddlte to when érags administered by a physician at minimum cost. In- were gradually diluted with water, and the addict ciously tapered off. Amazing results were recorded. nly the clinics, established thruout the country, closed down. No explanation was ever given. Orders come from Washington, D. C. Physicians ask for nation without success. n William Desmond Taylor was murdered’ {t was concluded that he had been slain by agents of ring. He had made a manly fight against the who were forcing narcotics on film people whom it to salvage. The failure to relentlessly angle of the Taylor case is a disgrace to ce of the community. lace Reid ighting it out—ho is trying to conquer resulting from the habit. Only his associates realize the tragedy of his situation. id has bluntly revealed the situation in the hope Siaialy ‘here cust vo be ert. y ou; a way to survey intelligent- illicit narcotic traffic and curb the iesaons it agents. And it might be worth Will Hays’ time to nd out why the government closed down the reclamation thruout the country—and particularly in Los Nowe whan 4 | LETTER FROM \V RIDG Dear Tolls Our Christmas day in here at lact, and all the work and fuss ts past; old Santa Claus has paid his onll, and left his gifts for one and all; I wish you, ere the day te done, “A MDRRY CHRISTMAS, every oner To af the many loyal friends upon whose work The depends, whose friendly spirits hours bright, on my machine I'm “A MERRY CHRISTMAS, all the bunch How can I make ft strong en stuff! My thanks can hardly be stern @ test! So let me say, to mi “A MERRY ¢ from my heart” STAR IT ISN'T SUCH A BAD OLD WORLD AFTER ALL as : THE SEATTLE a4 E MANN tar all unite to make the working glad to punch ough to you who dafly fead my expressed to those who stand #0 ake a start, SMRISTMAS, I with some magio way were found for me to travel all around, and shake your hands and say “ fo, But tho I can't, my with ts Nello,” and talk a while before I true “A MERRY CHRISTMAS, Just for you" Operetta Financial Success Bator The Star: | In behalf of University post and auxiliary of the American Legion, the undersigned dest: express thetr appreciation to your staff for | the assistance your paper rendered in| the successful presentation of the re- of this operetta our how | mittee in able to enlarge) considerably tte activities In connec! “Amen” to Mrs. Ettinger Wattor The Star: I want to say “amen” to all Mra Frank J, Ettinger wrote about the Geath penalty I have looked Into the ghastly face of the murdered «victim, and I am sure no one could suffer this) shock and find compassion tn his heart for the murderer. T aim indeed thankful that so fear. lens and able an advocate ag Mrs. Ettinger hae taken the lead in the right dtreetion. | Defends Capital Punishment Editor The Star: 1 eurely think the people who) have tried to answer Mra. Frank) J. Bttinger have queer arguments. If the criminal haa been in bad) environment it hag been his own! chotoe, and ts not an excuse, but) proof of his unfitness. j Some years ago the state of Colo-| rado waa invaded by a similar ept-| demic of sobs and the death pen-| alty removed. The next invasion) was by an epidemic of murder, lead. ing an outraged publia to resort to) mob law in forme cases. And re sulting in “@ speedy return to capt tal punishment. A fiend in Denver enticed « little Syearold girl into a new butlding| and brutally murdered her. The peo-| ple of Colorado may be maintaining him to this day, more the shame. First Duty Is to Wife, Judge Rules LONDON, Deo. 25.—Magtstrate Cairne held in @ family dispute brought before him that the hue) band’s duty was to put his wife ahead of his mother. Service Men Urge Beds in Garden| BRIGHTON, England, Dec. Ejected from a house they had com- mandeored, two ex-soldiers, their wives and eight children slept in beds set up in the garden. tion with ward 83 of the Cushman hoapttal, Tacoma. The finances de- rived from the entertainment wil! all be used for the purpose of bringing cheer to the disabled veterans Again thanking you for your cour- | teny and assistance, we are Respectfully yours, j H. K. BENSON, Post Commander. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922. MRS. 1. RK PRIEST, President, Auxillary ‘The opposition comes from the heathen and not from the Christian | religion, In some absurd faiths of| Asia there te @ belief that the evil spirit of the murderer comes oe BY BERTON BRALEY To Aretio calls with vigor, “Adventurer, come forth! Come, tempt the frowning rigor Of all the frozen North. Amid my tempents tragic, Amid my crashing floes, There ts a wondrous magic Only the Northiand knowns and influences to evil. Weill, I had rather take a chance with « spirit than a fieshand-blood outlaw I think there must be something the matter with the wobbly brains} of the sobbing multitude, fighting to maintain a menace to society MIS. G, M. MINER. (* DQENEATH the Borealts, Where lie the ice-bound ships, vt eh ‘This dreadful fact will always out. gy. M icue tee weigh with me all the maudlin rot No Graught for those weak-hearted on earth. As to the reason for such | In thie I hold aloft, . monster I think It le because a) My ley wastes, uncharted. Ax government falled to put his Boen crus ‘that’ 2 father out of the way, perhaps ih the will that's soft No life but that of a criminal hes value, It seers, tn the addled mind of Mr. Clarke. A murderer has forfetted his right to live, The great teacher of Galilee met capital punishment but spoke no word against %; I never want to out-moral Him. CATHERINE VAN 3% MASON. 1B Morthland’s call—I hear tt, Tt tingies in my tars, But fafis to rouse my spirit With either hopes or fears, Lat thors whore souls are greater Beek where the Pole is at, TT hug the radistor In my steam-heated Mat! (Copyright, 1932, Heattic Bar) CARDIFF, Deo 8$—Samuel Thur- @ir, a Welsh miner, was expelled \from hie union for shouting “The ‘king ts @ escalawag” at the monthly | Meeting, CONGRESS; HOW IT OPERATES Boys and Girls of Seattle: How much de you know abeut congress? Do you know how many members of congress there are from this state; how much salary they get; how the speaker of the house is chosen; how nominations for congress are made; how congressmen are elected; what congrens can and cannot do; how often congress meets; how special sessions are called; how the number of congressmen is fixed? If you want to know about these things; tf you need help in your elyios course in school on congress, The Star's Washington Bureau ts propared to help you. It has just prepared a bulletin | telling all about congress and congressmen and thelr duties, ete. | The bulletin ts free to any reader of The Star, Fill eut the coupon below and mall as directed. VERA CRUZ, Dec. 25.-—Vast quan- tittes of dead fish, apparently killed [by the heat of @ submarine volcano, Yueatan, Washington Burean, Seattle Star, 1322 N. Y. Ave., Washington, D. I want © copy of the bulictin CONGRESS, and enclose herewith two cents in stamps for postage. seseeeee At eeecens tees ceeeews Woman Is Leader of Bandit Gang NAPLES, Deo. 25.—Signora Mar- gharita 4i Sala has confessed that she ia the leader of a gang of tnter- national robbers who have stolen more than $1,500,000, (SWAP WIVES }} CITY . ... ecsmmevcce soo veces: sweesowmpoessecsecess cosccoemey STATE. .. .. .evvcesssees soorsnessnceseesesceseesseesseereees Arrest of Harold H. Men- charge of murdering his chum, Rollin H. Morgan, brought out a confession in which police say Mendell told each could other’a wife. eno0on with the dell of Bay City, Mich., on a\% them they had agreed that\% Wishing Our Many Friends and Patrons‘ A Merry Christmas and A Happy and Prosperous 1923 — Service Pictures show|\™ Mrs. Morgan; below,. left to ¥ right, Morgan and Mendel, “MORE MEAT,” Senator Wants More Hogs Raised WASHINGTON, Dec, 26.—More meat in the sandwich”—that's what} this country really meeds, according | to Senator Arthur Capper of | Kansas, leader of the farm bloc. Capper, incidentally, i# closer to the marketing problems than any other man in the senate, He spends most of his time figuring out how to bring foodstuffs to market more economically. By “more meat in the sandwich,” | Capper means that farmers should send more meat to market and less | of grain. Consumers pay more for} meat than for bread. The farmer | prospers more by feeding his corn to hin hogs and then selling the| pork. “Not only that, but the wise farmer will quit raising lard hogs and will raise more bacon pigs,” saye Capper. “There are too many substitutes for lard on the market to make jard hogs profitable these Gays.” 8) of this business of crops and over-production, bum| |the senator remarks, “What's the idea in creating such @ surplus any- how? It just breaks down prices, wastes time and labor and robe the wo.” Unwise and overenthustastic pro. duction by “soll robbers” mean#dthat | the fertility of the farms ts “being have been cast u pon the shore of | shipped out by thetrainload.” “We don't want to see our farms to all points in the United States | thing at rest. | Filipino URGES CAPPER : SCIENCE Four Elements. Time Guides All. Nowhere Is Rest. Energy Univereal. ‘The universe and all ft contains, including people, composed of four elements of which we have knowledge. They are matter, ether, energy and time. Love, hate, music, soul and mina There can tn are functions of these be no munle without an instrument; no mind without some organi«m for it to inhabit No one of these functions can op Time is the operations of enersy Matter {# that which has extension in space and weight. Ether ts. that tin which light ana En erate without time. nuccessive upon matter other waves are transmitted lergy is the power to change the state of motion of a body Nowhere in the universe ts any Energy every- where. } an desert lands, but that's what we're coming to, unless we go in for diversified farming. Kaneas i» not yet feeling the need of crop rotation to such & great extent as Iowa, In diana and Ulinots. In gen ever, it Would be better ne s0 much corn in the Mid would be better to go in to @ greater extent for barley and rye.” Filipino Ku Klux Bury Alive, Claim LAHAINA, T. H., Dec ganization, which ts wn Ku Klux Klan, has been operating in Hawall during the past few months and has terrorized the as ® Filipinos in the outlying districts, ac- cording to a report which hae been received by Cla verte, deputy ity and count tte , from one of the Filipino leader Oahu. One Filipino, who has been missing for several weeks, is sald to have been & member of the society and the tn- formation given Roberts is that this man was buried alive as a punish- ment for violating one of the rules of the order. Send your holiday greetings by long-distance telephone LONG DISTANCE