The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 25, 1923, Page 6

PAGE 6 See a mo & Ruthman, Ap Representatty & Didg.; Chicago office, Tribune bids. Denadian Pacific bidg.; Boston office, Trement bids. _ Too Bad! There Was No Loophole (From the Tacoma Times) “I regret that IT am forced to send to jail prominent businessmen Fuch as you are, but the evidence ts conclusive and there is no loop hole."—Judge Van Fleet, of New York, in sentencing seven big pot fery manufacturers found guilty of violating the United States anth Wrust act, Such generous solicitude on the part of the court! All the “prominent businessmen” did was to break the law of the United States. That’s all. And, of course, that isn’t much of anything. And it wasn’t such an important United States law that the “prominent business men” broke. It was only the | anti-trust law. The only people who would suffer by the » breaking of that law are the non-prominent folks who © wan't help themselves. That's all. Saddest part of all—we can almost see the tears in the eyes of the tender-hearted judge—is the fact, as he stated it: “There is no loophole.” Had there been a loop- hole, what then? Yes, that would have been different! Anyway, the judge regretted that he had to send the big lawbreakers to jail. Ban Francisco of New York effies, “nie _ Will somebody please tell the courts why they are not popular? By marriage in Paris a way-up New York society lady has become Princess Carlo di Biteneo Cito Filomarino, Witness . | WAspro and Count Castelibarco; bridegroom's laest | Avenzanno, Princes Aldobrondini and Boscareili, Sounds real high-toned and spaghetti, anyhow, ‘Then there's Henry Ford opening his big hospital in Detrolt for Michi gan ex-service men deprived by red tape of what the government owes hem! ‘The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he deg in harvest and have nothing.—Prov, xx.:4. When they want a divorer in Cochin China they break two chopsticks. Were, they break furniture, The author of “The Sheik” has gone to Algeria, perhaps to see what _ she has been writing about. First requirement for a good garden is living where neighbors have _ good garden tools. The Sugar-Gamble Blues "Round and ‘round and ‘round the sugar gamblers dervish with their price manipulations. Higher and higher and higher they are waltzing the prices. More and more and more the consumer pays for sugar that » should be selling at normal price: Louder and louder ‘and louder the federal officials blow thru their publicity band the threats and warnings of what they're going to do to the sugar gamblers—maybe. When wilf this long-distance price dancing craze end? The answer is simple. The Star gave it two months ago, when it first exposed the plot of the sugar gamblers to squeeze the public out of millions of dollars in unfair sugar prices. Dancing sugar prices will stop when the American housewives land on the gamblers with a sugar -boycott—and not before. Wooden legs are not Inherited. We don't know about wooden heads, Reader asks if cafe coffee looks muddy because it ts ground? No. Most natures are insolvent; cannot satisfy their own wants, have an . ition out of all proportion to their practical force, and so do lean and beg day and night continually —Emerson. In Turkey they blacken the front of a liar’s house, while in America shey biacken his eyes. a Eggs are selling for a they are fish eggs. ‘At never rains in the Sahara and Gobi deserts, so we can’t tel what they do on picnics. American Gas association met in Louisville, Ky. Congress meets in Washington. Group of Pennsylvania miners were lucky. Paid $900 to bootleggers and didn’t get any boos. nickel a thousand in New York, so of course It is not congress. Have You Oil Symptoms? @. I think there is ofl on my farm. How can I prove it? A. Call in w reliable geologist to make a survey. Hf his report Is then make arrangements with a drilling company to sink Thus a question by a reader and the answer by our Washington bureau, and the matter is one of importance. From where Mt. Baker’s hoary head glistens in the sun, clear down to California’s ‘ail end, there are fellows who a they have oil on their places—“signs” by the The advice given above shows the right way to “prove it.” Just the same, in the hovels of the very Morten is large representation of men who went ahead on favor- ; report by geologists. The geologists may report oil he cannot report its gravity or its quality. Still, in a reliable geologist. It is much better than call. in a reliable promoter. The latter will prove it, all- nent whether oil is there or not, and sell it to a lot folks who will despise you till their dying day. And, eally, an honest record and good-will among men are preferable to any old oil well. A banker fs a man who eff his golf score. Movie burned in Sunbury, Pa.) homes, having no place to go. A New York girl of 14 has two husbands, while some iwice this chiid’s age can’t even get one, bu call ing goes to the office and works to get his mind and hundreds were confined to their You could keep the boys made 60 miles an hour. : Some people will do anything to get their names in th my in the paper, even Love Is something that makes midnight seem like 9 o'clock, on the farm if you bought them tractors that —— ‘The poor people in China eat rats, the poor people. And That Is a Limited Go Council of the league of nations, assembled at Geneva or its 24th session, is going to ask Ameri¢a how far it go to co-operate in putting down traffic in arms and junition. We're guessing at this writing that present American atecraft won’t let us go much beyond the purviews of Dupont powder works. A father ts a man who is afraid his at that age. son of 17 is going to act like he : ee a Proper v way to keep a baby quiet ts to give it something it can use to ise, § ———$—$ Some walkers are so lucky they get run over by doctors’ autos. Many a man’s home is unpleasant becaune | his wife married a grouch, Fe A lake ts just a river with no place to go. A cynle thinks people should be abolished, THE SEAT TI GETTING MIGHTY UNCOMFORTABLE MILLION A YEAR Dear Folks: On Tuesday, when I went to they took me in to eat planning quite @ treat, for ft was stuck what an awful break—I never our food. be enchewed.) And Harry a live and husky bunch tha! was good as gold, and out to do every fan ts sure to get a fine w who won the Season Pass!” V RIDGE MANN wandered down the street and met the Advertt they waid the trip wou! Hot dogs were on the table there—the fat and fulcy sort; when they squirted everywhere—which lent the meal eome sport. They gave us pop and polar cake, and imitation beer; but peanuts Jim Boldt was there and made a speech, which made ur Boldt (Excuse ma, please, that's quite a breach—a pun should verton arose and Introduced the team shows the pe Jack Sullivan got up and told, with oratoric 4 game or two, of all the games in sight; but every game you'll find {t true—theyl make a dandy fight! And now I'll gladly place a bet the team wil! make a name, and I sit and sigh, and moan “Alas! Alas! I wish I was the lucky guy » get my noonday bite of grub, I « club. And #0 pay; the olub was “Banoball Day.” saw appear. nt's not a dream t, how all the team Ho said, “They’l! love thelr part nd dandy game. And that is why Editor The Star: I noted that The Star, one day re- cently, manifested august about the baleful influence one H Mencken seems to exert over some of our best budding intellects. It oo- curs to me to speak a word In de- fense A best budding Intellect must, of necessity, be a radical, It s the way the world mind develop, Young men pass thru an attack of socialism and brotherhood ‘of man just subse- quent to the pimple age, and prior to the age of cynicism, These are natural stages In the life of an tntel- lect, Just as natural and unavoidable as marbles, long trousers, deep bass voices and first love affairs. The af- filction of cyniciam, belng tho last before comparative maturity is at- tained, is probably the hardent at- tack, tho it may not prove any more harmful in its after-effects than, ray, the inevitable mumpe of adolesence. We might call the first age, lasting | until about 14, the age of savagery, where the bdy is frankly an anarchixt anda proponent of direot action. Pimples, socialism and cyniciam come in sure and rapid order. If the young intellect is anywhere near normal, the cynical age and college come at about the mame time. And as Mr. Menoken {# the high priest of oynt- cism, what more natural than that he sould be then enshrined and prayed before? That last may be Inaccurate. Mr. Mencken is not so much @ cynic as an expert and far-seeing tub-thump- er and ballyhoo. Ho has found our weak spot, and his lance 1s thru the Joint. We love to be despised. Call @ man a fool and a boob, with deriva- tives, and he will love you forever, The Smart Set is read with greatest delight in the maligned South, in Greenwich village, and by members of the Ku Klux Kian and the Ki- wants, It probably doos the best budding intellect no harm whatever to see in Mencken all wisdom. I have count- lens talon of 8-year-old children who pursue the habit of playing with scls- sors, and have observed many #o do- Our Best Budding Intellects ing; but I have never yet known of an actual case of death resulting, or concern, anything more serious than wear jand tear on the nerves of parents and well-wishers, Mr, Mencken ts probably the bent critic In Amerioa; but he is frequent- ly mistaken, enpecially by himself, | for @ philosopher. Aa philosophy, his a thing of beauty and a joy forever. ‘The bludgeon, that artistic touch that appeals to the primitive tn all of us, is laid on heavily. The young intel- lect learns to laugh at his adolescent ideals; be learns to laugh at his ao- claliam, 80 lately discarded. In the | Process of learning to scorn, he has learned to think, a little, of the rea. sons for laughing. When a man knows why he laughs, much wisdom is Just ahead of him. Let the young intellect laugh and learn. His time is short; he goes out now and faces a world that thinks. of wholesale lumber Instead of systema of phil- osophy. Or some girl will marry him and normalize him to the heart's de- sire, Bear with Mr. Mencken. no harm, good are He doen and his possibilities for & benefactor of the human race. But ff he becomes troublesome, we have a weapon ready for him. It was fashioned by himself, he has tried {ts edge, and It in deadly, Some day, someono—not myself, I lack the cold. blooded yenom—but someone will turn a phrase upon him and blast him. Someone will call him Prof, Dr. Mencken, and he will vanish utterly, and be abated. —W. D. 8. “Books and Friends” Editor The Star: -Under that inducing ment, a son of Albion announced a lecture to be held in one of the leading churches,’ the other night, Being keenly interested in literature, I decided to honor the lecture in PREPARATION By Berton Braley HE'S sewing on tiny garments, ‘The littlest and softest thingy; And there is a light in my true love's eyes Which only such labor brings; And J watch her sewing, and in my heart Is the pride of a dozen kings, ’ Hin'S sewing on little garments And 48 she sews sho dreams, Filled with a vision of joy and hope, Thrilled with her plans and schemes, x “And the light that was never on sea or land" Over hor features gleams, D'S sewing on little garments And the day of her Yet all her mood in the trinl in near, mood of Joy And never a hint of fear; Oh, wife, may it all go woll with you, My dear, my dear, my dear! (Copyright, 1929, The Seattle Star) boundiess. One who in-! spires, even indirectly, to thinking, is| advortine. | | work is negligible; as criticinm, It is) | | | | | WON'T RUN HIM Makes Touching Appeal TOKYO, April 26.—-Poor Prince ¥! of Korea ts up against it, His income in on 100,000 yen ($1,000, per jeet, In these hard times, on such a pitiful sum. Dinpatches from Seoul, the Kore apital, may that Yi has co bitterly to the Japs |that his income ts cent to maintain the dignity of him. nolf Not the least of the burdams of the Japanese government is to maintain the dignity of the Korean pri who would have ruled Korea them wolves if Japan hadn't taken the} } country. | Bo it 1s assumed here that the Jap-| anese government in Korea will try to dig up enough loose change from to the’ treasury supplement P Yi's million dollars a year to the « tent demanded by dignity. ELKS INCREASES WINNIPEG, Man., April 26.—Elk | have tne dno rapidly in the Rid ing M nh game reserve that they have become troublesome to farmers, and the government han decided to | declare an open season for a limited period in a restricted area in order t reduce the number of antmels, In this elty spoke to a group inter ested in drama, I that she would in him find a wor thy pedant, Alas! Reallam ts crue! indeed! It is the lot of the dreamer to be disillusioned. ‘The tragic but beautiful “Ballad of Reading Gaol |which I at least had counted upon. and undoubtedly would in this pol emn place find {ts proper milieu was not to be read or interpreted Jand none of the classios mentioned. The prosate an relative to Question with the presence ef my /|the “cook” and Dr nsen would, 'I humble person. believe, in all pre ity have been Arrived at the church, I found a/atill more appre in a place distinguished audience waiting for|more “a ia mondo” than in the edi the appearance of the exotic guest. | fice of its “Rex,” My ego, impatient of curiostty, de-| At least, the writer of this letter sirous of hearing such an august|was under the impression that the was convinced man, and in my imagination drew |applause of the audience was more | ~| dictated by politeness than a man!. | & mental picture of the program Recital of “The Ballad of Reading |fextation of exaltation and sincerity ol,” {interpretation of “De Pro-|I shall confine myself to thone lines. ." womething about the great | expressing a desire that next time a American poets, or ponnibly somejlecturer of literature Is visiting our glimpses of the modern dramatt fair “Queen,”* he should kindly, for Ibsen's “Peer Gynt,” or Stri ‘#|the sake of avolding misunderstand “Dence of Death,” or perha: Tol-|ings, treat the extensive topic, atoy’s “Redemption.” Recollecting the charming Indy of |above all, avoid usurpation of the the same country who not long ago |sacred word “book.” “OSTRIS.” It Doesn’t ing. : ing on a single impulse to pound the ton down. ducing power and efficiency. and tear. 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