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JULY 2, 1922 SEATTLE STAR MONDAY THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD ( “ASK DAD—-HE KNOWS __|\( 7aRrEDA’s | sy Berton Braley ® ei. — ; ~ ) rene t ' mie The Se Publiabea Daly by Th: attle St Publishing Co. United Press ie $1.80; @ month sity, Bo per r carrier, city, Qliman, Ni pea P attven fan Francisco of flee, Monndn New Tork office, ug Finding Your Career Gd : A fondness for pie made Harry Houdini the handcuff mn Oe : king. You've seen him in deville or the movies Y \ t nf Hondini was. born and raised in Appleton, Wis., in the ; A heart of a berry district. His mother made wonderful pies ons the out of berries, She kept.a large supply on hand—locked in ; - si wal the pantry. The boy never lived, of course, who didn't pick a lock to met at a pie, cake, doughnuts or jam. Houdini—experi- menting with such crude tools as hairpins—discovered that he had a natural talent for picking locks. So the berry pies started him on his stage career. Houdini has never been foiled at freeing himself when locked up. His closest escape was in Scotland, where the old turnkey of a prison shut him in a cell and chuckled as he went away. Houdini tried all his tricks. But he could not get the door unlocked. After several hours, he gave up in despair, realizing that his reputation was due for a he leaned against the door—and fell é City to Give Free Pe Rides to Sailors et offtt the city 1923 Reord of |Bureau of gaps I Angele been myateri- Null, former. gut into the corridor. The canny old turnkey hadn’t locked the cell door at all. 2 “Cod of us, some time or other in our careers, have been yy Le | Mis sin £ renal fat close to failure—to giving up the fight—only to find omobiles 3 i : Pthat the solution of our difficulty was simple, once we l y | ae Relatives ‘ tS found it. oe ie em ns 5 y Something more than fondness for berry pies made Hou- SD. McEwen, 417 Firtt . Pi | Four sina a @ini the handcuff king. That something was fate. It was 19 we a st. ¥r i s her a goc born in him, the destiny to make his living by such theatri- » s upurt cal feats as ng himself from locks and other bonds. , waiits 4 ‘new, Rach of us comes into this world destined to do certain Ir things. If we follow that natural inclination, we usually t thir eae jot rae meet success. If we err and get into the “wrong line,” we ay cee rty theater ful only by almost superhuman will power. JACK BYERS.—p 4 mi Many of us, cursing luck for failure in life, are the vic- e r i tims of well-meaning but stupid parents who guided us of nee ELECTRONIC ; | into the wrong trade or profession. Pie ag ed REACTIONS i It is folly for a father or mother to try to make a lawyer ve "ine ’ P OF * / out of Willie when Willie’s natural bent is exhibited by his A P 4 )youthful craving to doctor cats and hang around hospitals. 452 2m aod gm Me ABRAMS Be > The child, left to itself, soon discovers what it wants to Som: At 16th: aveE, W rs DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT é 65th ot, Friday, bya car Lu LETTER FROM Dear Folks: be in life. This is true, from art to all forms of manual 718 SEABOARD BLDG, tone, 67> Fourth Ave. and Pike St, rt CHARLES E. NULL.—Pfor SCIENCE r, Interesting to reflect back over your career—what Started you on the road you are following for a livelihood. Wf you had it to do over again, would you take the same oad ? the best your money can buy! A dozen GOOD LUCK jar rubbers cost 10c. You usually pay just the same price for an ordinary rubber—and take your chances. The experienced buyer chooses the best in most cases, even at a disadvantage in price. How simple and sensible it is to in- Chemists have 4 in mak pee =~ TPPERSRENTOR eS CT ae : Commends Editorial 3 he ; GOOD ® LUCK ee 2 100 Mach Sree me oleae eel Mone | JAR RUBBERS The hairless woman is near at hand. At this very mo- Pe eee eterna, {8 BLEACH FRECKLES ment she is being scalped fore and aft. Emile says so. |... ¢, We confess that we have no acquaintance with Emile, but Make this Lemon Cream and just see Tan, Freckles Disappear Much Power Wasted. Glow Worm Efficient. Try to Get Cold Light. Scientists Have One. » It’s marvelous, the way people’s inclinations vary s6 that all of us do not want to be, for instance, dentists. In Nearly every line of work there’s always a surplus of fol- Towers—and a good thing, this competition. But in a gen- eral way our inclinations differ so that there are just | enough to handle each line of work. Cynics, who doubt that a wise Super Intelligence is guid- | ing us, might ponder this. 8 pe t of the powe | Cordele, Ga., man phoned home after being missing a year. May Mame it on the phone service. 33 _ Who remembers a few weeks ago when Mrs. Henry Ford sald she _ Would not live in the White House? nday's done! _ Peace conference going on at Lausanne bs very successful, Started 4 ‘only three wars so far. — & number of others re now in process of testin Over in China, the China cabinet is all broken up. Know—," and you | ; t the truth you the county. If your dealer cannot supply you send 1(c for sample dizen. For 6 cents in stamps we will mail you our book on Cold Pack Canning containing many novel and excellent recipes, net forth Is your readers. lauded by many of | wh: J e's down in New York in the hair game, and he admits | that he knows what he is talking about. » Winnowing the facts from his picturisky and pryo- ‘technic verbiage, we gather that a lot of hostlers, black- |tact that there a ‘smiths, scrub ladies anti lunch cashiers are now minister- | “ing to the hair of our falrest sisters. And these hostlers, et al, are using currycambs, plowshares, harrows and or express in dollars and om ice picks where once only\ the soothing brush and stim- |for; “o the depth of the w f ulating comb were wont to\be employed. Result, ruined | and knowledge of God: How ‘scalps, uptorn hair-roots ahd all that sort of thing, It | searcbable are bar y= neemciad means baldness in a near day. Emile is positive about it, |‘! 7#7" Ar Past finding ou Your words and tha poem you quote, so beautifully brin 3 ; are for sde in good grocery and hardware stores throughout } 4 , things we should accept as ¢ GOOD LUCK rubbers come packed in the case with the followitg well-known brands of Fruit Jars—Atlas E-Z Seal, Atas Good Luck, Schram Ever Seal and Schram Acme. Leating jar manufacturers appreciate the relia- bility of GOOD Luck rings. out trying to figure of Him and thru Him ed oe genbies pile up and promise to overwhelm | are all things: To whom be glory us. e have been able to stand up against droutl d= | forever,” a i storm and disease and war, but ia hairless Witian oa | As this poem says Y BOSTON WOVEN HOSE AND RUBBER CO., Cambridge, Mass. mans us. Eyesight is no longer to be a blessing—no lon- way; but My ally bles Beatt attle Office: 318 L. C, Smith Bldg. kers of Jar Rubbers in the World ger to be desired—when the dear ones of our hearts go cross A.J, CARR. | nkin become about with their heads looking like honey-dew melons. A world from sin could free,—" | ~ That, we'll whisper to the universe},will be too—too much. And to us this will comtinue to be} the marvel fn eternity as that “in| ray, ot Moline, Ill, was attacked by a wild wolf and choked | 1, ages to come He might show the| % | exceeding riches of His r, in His hru Jesus} . a | What's in a name? Jap Viscount Goto tarkles the Russian problem. | Kraus toward us ae come. | To some it ts foolishness, but to “What a Grass Widow Knows” is a new book. The thing must have |“ 00M! Let's see 50 years in use about 10,000,000 pages. | “For the preaching of tho Crons ts 50 years dependable ite ; to them that perish foolishness, but and when needed worth ‘Three Cape May (N. J.) men may h: Fe | to us who are saved it is the power si " i asyway, Afoy pada they did. ay have caught 1,590 pounds of fish. 4 ; 50 times its cost for : 5 ou © scientist and a single dose A family at odds soon comes toodds and ends. antl-fundan may roar till} * they roar their heads off,” for by sct-| ence we speculate, but by faith we understand and “without faith {t ts A Monumental Man |impossible to please God,” 7 | Even the casual observer can see To what sort of mén should we build monuments? lenat it ee y raat pepesh eg see To the profiteers’of great wealth? |to this—only two classes, one of | _. To political accidents, suddenly yanked into high of- | which #0 | fice? \ To ovators, swaying multitudes with fervid expression | | pt» the Biblo as the in dof God without error ing the sum total of spir and piffling platitudes? ‘lo warriors, who happened to be on the winning side? Or to our first citizens who happened to get on the ground first and gobble opportunity by the square mile? | Here’s our idea of the sort of a citizen that we should ‘elevate the granite shaft to commemorate: A Portland, | Ore., veterinary surgeon found a small boy crying in the ag cos vet, § cur dog with a broken leg. The | busy and highly-paid master of animal surgery took half O time to hunt for a doctor or druggist when suddenl n hour of his time and attention and set the dog’s leg, as seized with agonizing intesti ram naaly tiatiaeS and thereby mended the broken heart of the bee Nor > Promote and weakening danch@ee rena ENR Healy HANS DIARRHG&A| HME ‘Over the Fourth of July Holiday Celebrate the day on Canadian soil with the 2,000 members of the American Legion, who are coming for the day as the guests of the Great War Veterans’ Association of Canada. Uy RAM did the surgeon stop there; he nad an imagination for SS H ayaa i i indliness, and so, each week, he gives an atanien toa | Hair | Gives instant relief for Come by Car Hore Raciig sf Brighoge Tee Races : 1es ho n \ A nico half-d ove e best horses on the Coast—Sev Races ee rte he ministers to the pets of poor children . | Pain in Stomach and Boweld | tho” Paclti Highway $0 way aay this Week Vy ut charge. Acute Indigestio | per ent paved road entire \. . “4 é Such a man deserves a monument, but such a man | Colic Enteritis | Ae tease at oundats International Yachting Regatta ritish Columbia motoring 4 pe doesn’t need one. | Diarrhea Dysentery | permits, given tt Customs The crack Yachts from all along the Pacific Pee without Bond or Depoalt sai Yo os rey : AIT ORY 5 i tdon al ALE gy | Fully equipped Mo Coast, Ba can't enjoy yourset these days, Nine Philadelphia fans were and for intestinal disorders arising from improper food or Camp at Hantings be bea | over-eating, change in water, diet or climate, prc See Plan to Take This Trip— Come by Boat Make Up a Party and Come ht and D orviee ay ‘\ PLAS r hth Tun agroas the This advertisement is inserted by the Van- That steady, constant patter that you hear is made by falling cabinets, Mothers! Just a few drops in a little sweetened | water instantly relieves summer om- ) VER r come. | plaint, and those stomact aches an | Three congressmen are visiting Russia, Serves all four right, | f 0 nd pains so inseparable | from the years of childhood. e H) The Atlantic has its fish, but we have our oil stock buyers, nd and’ Guls couver Publicity Bureau. Call at its office, 438 t only takes two to make a quarrel, but others always help. fey tony Travelers, vacationers, campers, sportsmen and fishermen should pro« Come by Train Pe nder St. West, when in the on , te ae b S: quarrel bub ot telat | | Yide themselves with’ Chamberlain's Colic’ nnd ‘Diarthwa Tenis, | Frequent and quick service you guide books—tell you how to make every oyldn't It he great {f you could send the bahy to the laundry? Be Citicuen ; may day Rad eaten traveling, and for emergencies by both night and das minute of your time count,