The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 23, 1923, Page 8

Published Daily by The Star Publishing Co, Phone Main ¢ > ‘and United Prese Se ay E onths, $1.60; @ ment ty year, The Seattle Star er t kl Representatives. Sao Francisco ef- t bidg.; New York effice, ide Ch * Didg.; Boston office, Tremont > Borah Boring From Within Senator William E. Borah was speaking of the republi- tan y Wednesday night at Akron when he said: e are still trying to hold together and win battles ) thru the power of patronage, the appeal to past party | ‘Whievements and to denunciation of the opposition. | “It is a fearful mistake. It is bringing us to the brink | Of political disaster and ruin. I venture to declare that the ety le of this country are ready and anxious and willing capable of meeting this situation, The people are far © shead of their leaders, both in conception of duty and of What Senator Borah, independent republican, had to Bay of the republican party, some equally independent Memocrat might have said of the democratic party. As far as political principles are concerned, as between the ibwo big parties today, it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. This “gumshoeing for bunches of votes here and there,” "85 Senator Borah calls the present maneuvering of party Teaders for strategic positions on fly-by-night issues, can Mead to but one thing, he warns, namely, a third-party _ Movement. : *Such a movement is nct impossiile, not even im ibable,” he declared, “but the old parties have it within cir power to put an end to all such movements by Bourageously meeting and dealing with the problems at hand in thoro fashion.” For his part, Senator Borah does not !ook with favor on the third-party movement. His method, in the past, and at the present time, has been, and is, to bore from Within the republican part 1 he hopes to see re- ) ‘tormed to meet the problems of today. ; As for the future, Mr. Borah reserves his opinion. If | the old parties continue along their own impotent lines, he sees leadership slipping out of the hands of party Whieftains as the public turns to new political apostles Jeadership. It is a safe prediction that if that does place and the third-party movement does over- whelm the old parties, Mr. Borah will have been one of ‘the first, with an ear to the ground, to decide that the @ parties are too far gone even for successful “boring om within.” Remove far from me vanity and lies; give mo neither poverty nor 3 feed me with food convenient for me.—Proy, xxx.:8. \ The first sign of spring anywhere is when the small boy hides the n rake or the carpet beater, Being a rugged character ts hard becauso rugged characters usually Haye so much chin to shave. Wo Easter is complete without someone saying the women must think is Decoration Day. Wouldn't it be nice if we were aways nlee as we sometimes are? Byery day is tag day for the au nist who doesn't obcy the laws Paying for the Big War "On an income of $10,000 a year, the income tax is $456 Our country, $478 in Canada, $416 in France, $1,128 in t Britain and $701 in Germany. On an income of $100,000 a year, the tax in Britain is 3,450, while te four other countries average about $30,000 and none of them very far from thé average. Britain is putting the screws on tighter than the rest of Naturally, she'll reduce her national debt at a faster If the United States does get into this world court we hope it doesn't “Sentence us all to a term of hard labor, Harding caught a blue perch tn Florida, Perhaps the poor thing had been in the water too long. We like summer better than winter even if you can't cover up a dirty by wearing a vest. Lighting three cigarets with one match or drinking bootleg boote are sidered bad luck. A fool and his money are soon parted, but not soon enough. _ The best filling station ever built is the dining room. The Ever-Changing Orient Food in Japan costs a fifth more than in America, jays W. B. Hall, Tokyo merchant visiting this country. he Japs have cheaper clothing, but rents are high. Salaries over there are five to ten times as big as ey were six years ago. dapan has 1,400 movie theaters, Lon Chaney their Worite star—which will interest psychologists. The Star calls attention to these facts because few nericans realize the gigantic changes that are taking in the Orient. Seattle’s big trade market of the e is just across the Pacific. When New Zealand recently shipped 5,320,000 pounds, some cafes bought enough fresh butter to last them six months, One thing worse than having a Job as a wife is being a stenographer, because it carries no alimony, i ca Finding a horseshoe or laughing when the boss pulls a joke are con. sidered signs of good luck. . John Hannifin, of Milwaukee, has been a detective 98 years, Imagi being baffled 38 years! magine Fine thing about being in the minority is every body seems to be. ‘The man who said figures didn't lie never paid an income tax. You can say for fleas that they soon go to the dogs. A big fireproof building burned in San Francisco, $5,500 Exemption Is Wasted In Boston a barber, having 13 dependent children under 18 years of age, is granted $7,700 exemption in making out his income tax return. a ab sphddag yo only $2,200. Somehow we can’t get the idea out of dur heads that Uncle Sam owes ‘him $5,500. ihe Too bad, so much exemption going to waste, will be he reflection of many a taxpayer who sat up nights rying to figure out a loophole. As for the barber with courage enough to raise 13 children in these days of high Prices, he should get a Carnegie medal, In Lima, Ohio, the latest booze drink is called “Ha Ha" who laughs last laughs best, and maybe he Anything can happen these days, A prominent movie star says sho is not contemplating a divorce, Some people are lucky, A Kansas City man had his wooden leg cut off instead of his good one, Hf barbers talk too much and women talk too much, how much do women barbers talk? When you see a stenographer sitting around reading, it is a novel and not a spelling book, Hollywood reports a movie star is , Many of them could be, One thing always considered good taste is strawberry shortcake, tte |low who flung from acr }a certainty that, come what ma {Gretchen will be in Otto's arms at) THE § THE SPOIL-SPORT ATTLE STAR LETTER ERO™ V RIDGE MANN Dear Folks Tho Credit Men's aasoct mo, "J. H. Tregos speaks and heard the things he sald and heard the tale © owned In clubd sang about the wealt back to childh t the roft, fn forgotten » trees I used to across the f ack fence m And then I tt how the morning we thought we'd plant a lot of glories sprouted, tho we pulled them up with care, we quit tho job and left them all alone; for morning glories ke ation asked me down x4 where the morning glories gro din ine.” Iw told; I learned and gold. And 0, “O take me stocks and bon: of days of long and let my fi other ff on growing where they once have grown. So when they bid my fancy stray where childhood dreams are rife, I think of other things we plant along the path of life. A: then I think of habits that we make slong the way, and how, when once wo make them, habits always want to stay. It's migh hard to weed them up, It's hard to make them go—when once we get them growing like the morning glories grow! Coritge Tomn, ‘Aha! Tragedy to Come as New Movie Feature ». Grim Stuff Is Going to Have Fifty-Fifty Chance, Says German Cinema Director BY TED LE BERT whole public is LOS ANGE M jon. “The pro “Thero is art in somo an|listen/to exh: Because movies! From now on artistic) average exhibi ion does sereen dramas will be boxoffi successes. Tho public is eager to! Pickford | role, or Pola Negri as a ‘va |they and all other ‘stars’ see them!” So says Ernst Lubitsch, the Ger ms directing genius now with Mary Pickford; Lubitsch. i 08% multicolored hist saw him out at Hollywood. “The producers will keep the pub- lilo in suspense, In only one-half the pictures will the hero win the girl. Public inter when the public does not know for the final fade-out.” “You, mean tragedy will have a fifty-fifty chance?” “Ot course! exclaimed Lubitach jengerly. “For interest is most in- tense when something becomes a betting proposition, Keep tho pub Ne guessing—and they'll follow you! “Thru some of the exhibitors, the DR. J. h BINYON Free Examination BEST $2.60 GLAssEs ON HARTH We are ono of the few optical atures in the Northweat that really grind lenses from atart to finish, and we are the only one in SUATTLE—ON FIRST AVE. Bxamination free by graduate op. tometrint. Glasses not prescribed | unless absolutely necessary, BINYON OPTICAL CO, 4116 FIRST AVR i }go beyond his box-office, If & | sion,” “Deception” and “The| | Loves of Pharaoh.” | “Some of the big American pro-| ducers are going to follow the Euro-| |pean idea,” he explained, when I est will increase scores a hit tenced by tho exhibitors to -| forevermore in such roles,” bout the American pre The Seattle public library has made the following selection of books for the month of March ton, Tho Black Oxen are the years (of poem), which, in passing, have mpled on the mind of Mary Zattiany that despite the miracle | selence, eho must remain the wom an those years have made her, young in body, charming and beautiful, with tho mind of a world.worn cour. tler. To her comes the quostion— romance or power? OLD OROW. By Alice Brown, One of the significant bo of the year, With man's search for the truth fa the central theme, Miss Brown has written an absorbing story of Now England, in which its fiber is shown to be as fine and strong as it 1g rough and unylelding, HUNTINHTOWER. By John Bu- chan, Another thriller by the man who can top off the best history of tho world with a book which recalls his absorbing “Greenmantlo” of a few years ago, and makes seemingly tm- posatble adventures convincingly real, WHERE THE SUN SWINGS NORTH. By Barrett Willoughby. Well-handled story of adventure and love in Alaska, Kyak Bill, hooch-making philosopher, is a de. Ught. SOME DISTINGUISHED AMERI- OANS. By Harvey J. O'Higgins. Fiction In the form of imaginary blographien having special psycholog- foal Interest, THE DRIVER, By Garet Garrott, Really a portrayal of W. H, Harrt. man and his methods, in which Wall Street and “tho interests’ come {n for many hits RETURN OF THK MIDDLE OLASS. By John Corbin, “A provocative discussion of the economig and social righta of the neglected middle class, made up of J Otto and pear| | artifi nationa: Squint Thru Public Library’s Periscope |for the presery BLACK OXEN. By Gertrude Ather- | SCIENCE Kilimanjaro, Three Peaks Joined. Africa's Highest. Strange Contrast. ta year ago of juded to as] history. Thru mm rolld complex strato-volcano. dilection for eve: prefe Wo amorous c! “Nonsen: 1 Dantes, been room for dime for all t . the can be what thoy “And,” he add a: Im the scene an . or ts ts part nto some brain workers, professional and sal aried men, to whom the author looks mn of “Am ideals," MY YEARS ON THE STAGE, By| John Drew, “Resembles hothing more than a fireside conversation, with Mr, Drew In the role of raconteur."* AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM. By Herbert ©, Hoover, A hort and sympathetic review of the present world situation, “De serves to rank, and doubtless will rank, among the few great formula tlons of American political theory.” ROADS OF ADVENTURE, By Ralph Paine, “Spirited story of the ventures as underg Yalo crew, war correspondent in Cuba, Haitl and China, in perils of water, In tho gold camps of the West 4nd finally as dispenser of publicity for the American navy in Burdpean waters," UNCLE HENRY ON LOVE, MAR- RIAGE AND TER PERILS. “You'ro always knockin’ the big moderns wr protested the cub repo “What's the matter with ‘om? author's ad ate on the 1, I'm no doctor,” said Uncle Henry, “but I'd diagnose tho trouble Q high mud pressure," Ono of Uncle Henry's pronounce. ments in “Tho Nude in Literature," OF THE FRENCH REVO. ON. By Winifred Stephens, “An interosting pleture of the part during the Revolution not only by well-known women like Mmo, Roland or Charlotte Corday, but by those loss prominent, , who main: tained clubs and ualons, wrote, ag tated and even organized a woman's party, WITHOUT PRECEDENT On boing told the story of Cait and Abel, a little girl of @ wald: “But If nobody had ever been dead yet, how did he know he had killed him?"Boston ‘Transcript, * 2 > ps2 —s phus in Ireland eg below and Ty Claims 12 Victims Madge—So you're never goin; Twelve men nildren have died from | ris, North Mayo, which|n¢ day when ho had the tooth. | of the lava flows, however, all three | js 50 miles from the nearest ra: | had grown tnto OK | typhus at On one street, in one block there is a row of restaurants. Meal times, you'll notice a crowd streaming into one of these restaurants. The others you'll find almost empty. Coffee—good coffee—M‘J‘B Coffee, that’s the reason for the crowd you find inthe one. Yes, there’s a difference in coffee. A one pound can of M/J‘B Coffee in your home shows you what real coffee goodness is. —and there’s a difference in tea, use Tree Tea. ' e nen: SUPREME TEST ae Englishwoman Robs doubt Charles an¢ more? | Marjorie—No; he made love to me | | Mazaloff, of Russ! tiway,|ache.—New York Sun, shwoman here. “SAY “BAYER” when you buy. Insist! } Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets, you are not | getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians |over 23 years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache Toothacne Rheumatism Neuritis Lumbago Neuralgia Pain, Pain | Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proper directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets—Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. 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