The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 14, 1923, Page 8

Ed-i-fi-ca-tion “Much of the current discontent Is caused, perhaps, by the publica s which serve to fan the flame of ton of dissenting opinic istress, Certainly it ot edifying to the layman that an ¢ t of the majority ef any court representing the considered judgm should be accompanied at the nent of deliverance by an effort to rove ge in this respect alone could not manifest error, But a ¢ rreconcilables in his capacity as president of American Bar association, spoke John W. Davis at the recent St. Paul convention. Davis is a man for whom America has re spect. He served this country admirably as ambassador to Great Britain. As solicitor general, he was declared by e Chief Justice White to be the ablest government » to appear before the U. S. supreme court during White's long years on the bench. The quotation above is taken from his defer reme court, He insisted the court | clare acts of congress unconstitutional tioned mildly the wisdom of allowing the public to know that only five of the nine judges have perceived unconsti tutionality in a given law, while four of them were con vinced that it is perfectly constitutional. That isn’t edify- ing, he thinks. But Mr. Davis is in error. It is very edifying, if we use the word as Webster defines it. To edify is to in- struct, to teach, to improve. And nothing has edified the American people, on this subject of the U. S. supreme court, so much as the spectacle of five members using one phrase to nullify another phrase of the U. S. constitution and so declare congress cannot by law prevent the em- ployment of small children in the mills. It has been edi fying, indeed, to have it made clear that four other mem bers gagged on this doctrine and could not swallow it The fact is that the whole American Bar association probably would be surprised to know how rapidly the edi- fication of the American people on the subject of their courts is proceeding. EDY INVESTIGATE NAVY TRA (From the Spokane § rm The country wilt call for a search’ seven naval vessels on the Californian coast, with the loss of 2 The Associated Press reports say that the wrecked squadron way st ing at 21 knots or better when it struck the rocks with terrific force. The defense is given that the vessels were in a dense fog and that the navigators were unconsciously off thelr charted course It is an indaquate defense, A prudent ni: or would not jam his vessel along at 25 miles an hour in a dense fog and off a rocky coast, where the currents are notoriously treacher The official investigation may throw thls tragedy into a better light, but the facts so far before he public indicate gross negligence and almost criminal lack of prudence. of men, m1 g investigation of the wree A use for old safety razor blades has been found at last, Pickpockets slit pockets with them, New Two-Mile Mountain The bottom of the Atlantic ocean, 800 miles from the southern tip of Africa, slowly bulges up to make a moun- tain two miles high under the sea This upheaval is gigantic to us, but it’s mild compared with the huge size of the earth. It might very easily have taken place on land instead of beneath the waves, and given a large section of our country a terrific shak- ing, such as destroyed Tokyo. We live in uncertainty, figuratively on thin ice. But we plot and plan as if nothing could teach us and we were here on earth for all eternity instead of only a few more years. If you have the right kind of political bunk you may be able to swap it for an easy berth. Men have worn neckties a thousand years without thinking up a logical excuse for them, A serious shortage of people with nothing to say Is reported. Peace of mind is often destroyed by a piece of mind. Aerial Hotels Next? Fifty thousand Americans sleep in Pullman cars tonight —every night. Information comes from James Keeley, of the Pullman Co. He comments: “We really are in the hotel business.” ¥ou probably will live to see the porter making up your berth in an airplane. That is, provided porters can be induced to work on the Flying Express. Ask the next one you see. What some merchants give you for a dollar indicates they think the dollar is silver-plated. A dime looks like a dollar to a small boy. And a dollar looks like « dime to a bootlegger. Poor brakes cause auto crashes. Bad breaks cause business crashes. His Gold Mine The quest for gold recognizes no barriers. Dr. Thewlis, ¥riting in American Medicine magazine, tells of one of his patients, a refiner, who had been repeatedly buying gold from a stranger. Finally he asked where the gold came from. The stranger confessed that he was manager of 2 crematory and that he sifted the ashes of the dead, sccovering the gold from their teeth. ‘The average husband has more sense than his wife thinks, and not 2s much as he thinks, Some people are so gencrous they throw pennies around as if they mere $5 bills, ‘The best way to argue with your wife is to go out on the porch and wooke a cigaret. Birthdays are celebrated before 20. After 20 they are cussed. Our Royal Prerogatives Touring America in an auto, R. C. Bruce and wife of Los Angeles have covere ,000 miles in 13 months, That’s more ground than Alexander the Great was able % cover in his whole lifetime. And there wasn’t as mych to see in his day. Mechanical invention enables the plain people of 1923 4. D. to see more of the earth and enjoy more real lux- aries than the kings of long ago. A man is starting a butterfly farm in ifornia, He will grow real butterflies, not movie stars. Thin summer dresses are all right. One enabled a Chicago girl to Year loose from a robber. People bothered to death by Insurance men may enjoy learning one # 42 jail in Akron, Ohio. 4 Fiji girls have their date of birth tattooed, No matter where it is it thows. We might try it. ‘ Thinking is a great pastime. But if you don't do it tight | Ang to be the snake's hips. ig. ae Madura girl of 14 are old maids. They have hardly ; Waeae age boke ) hardly learned to smoke An insane man may run for otfice in Buffalo, which is nothing new, A social lion Is one who thinks he is the cat's whiskers, T I A 'T UNDER THE SADDLE | Gifford Pinchot as Governor | BY ODELL HAUSER, IN THEN. Y. TIMES wa smiling, tt cepted their ald. measures were minor exceptions, the leg: session ended without break between the ¢ and-the governor it had had thrust upon it were three 1 the Pinchot Ivania serves for a four-year term, and he has &reat powers of patronage. It is |} @ serious matter for the leader | of any county organization to cur the ure, of the gov ernor i to ayatem, 6 departments bureaus lose t of patronage his county cus which was embodied In a bill tomarily enjoys, and, perhaps known as the admit there would be | Code, now being attacke | courts. These were all fundamehtally Importan' | cured a great deal 4 aroused formi¢ 1 politics in | tion, Mr. Pinchot took’ t h many other | “dry” bill first. He let wn that he desired this to be ted above all else and that dered support or ot get along with the support of it the test of political more impo man Ro ¢ trous effect h in which measures, They se: und executive naturally political lead he « friendliness with his administra He was fo! to drop a LETTER) FROM Fa, aATAT Sept. 14, 1923 To “The Covered Wagon I saw you, moving picture show; I sat, wit reel you let us know the pout you now, but here's the r such a little spac You made us see the sturdy men of eighteen forty-eight—the hardy pioneers of Then, whose souls were truly great. 7 ship, death, and want, and woe, you show them pave tell us all the debt we owe who throng the West today 1 <4 nor knew the work of pioneers; but now, since I have witnessed you, Its magnitude appears, You show them fording mighty streams; you show them fight and die; you show them reach their Land of Dreams beneath our Western sky What thoughts your many scenes suggest! What questions they amass! If we should get so great atest, could we so ely pass? Or have our hearts grown weak and small, thru soft and sy years? And have they gone beyond recall—the souls of plo- neers? Those struggling covered wagon trains—I feel their spirit still! I see them conquer trackless plains, primaeval vale and hill! For you have turned the es back to days of long ago, that we, who tread the beaten track, may gaze—and see—and know! 0 write r too big, u hard way; you LOW PRICES ON ARMSTRONG CORD TIRES Seattle motorists have shown a keen “appreciation of our efforts to lower tire costs, which we have necoirplished by eliminating expensive overhead and by quick turnover of stock, Armstrong Safety Tread Cord Tires Here Is the Biggest Tire Value In Seattle 30x32... $10.50 OTHER SIZH8 AT LOW PRICHS Mail Orders Shipped ©, O, D., Promptly the Same Day Order 19 Received. FOX-ARMSTRONG TIRE CO. Vike at Terry Phone BL jot-5925 So It will be seen Mr. Pinchot’s tive session was a tri him. 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