The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 17, 1924, Page 8

Variety for the Sma LA PAIX I cove UE DE ist D Rue t to appear c, whe like a back-view of fashior ashio ave chief j bald a $ ead in the sacred precir of hom seattle the syor Brown id how used up 35,000 words in telling the m mess, which is about fewer w © discuss a shakeup in the police force. On-Comers CHICAGO boy, Wilbur Wetlin, 13, appears at a ra builders’ contest with 14 sets on his perso} others wate he and old He has one set in mouse er pens, match boxes p traps tion is going to be a race of mechan id fast geniuses. We grown-ups are 0! joned already Well, anyway, while Eastern folks are lying awake nights trying fo think up a vacation spot, you can comfort yourself with the re flection that you live in the middle of the best vacation spot in America If your memory is bad you can improve It by trying to learn all the new soft drink names Here Is a Worthy Plan Every time a people try a cure-all they discover two new diseases, without having impaired the efficiency of the bug that bit them aforetime. Old age pensions! These, for half a century, have been put forth as a cur for poverty, for the injustices of civilization, that uses a man and then throws him on the ash heap. Theoretically, the only objection to old age pensions was that they would drag genius down to the dead level of the herd, by removing the incentive to effort, but that the good of the mass would be greatly aided. As old age pensions work out, they prove to be actually a good thing for the genius without business They give him a sense of relief from coming poverty, and allow him, undisturbed, to do what he best can do. But, at the same time, these pensions utterly ruin the average worker. They introduce a peculiarly nasty sort of politics into public affairs, they promote lazine in- difference, penalize the thrifty for the scalawags and wind up by not providing enough for the worthy work- ers who, in their old age, must quit the fight for a living, and yet who have al s provided themselves with a decent environment. : There is one way out, in a government such as this; that is, for the state to take a certain definite fee from the wage, salary, income of every citizen from the first day of productive youth to the last day of failing age. Keep this money at interest for this person until age lays him aside, or until death makes his family dependent. Taken the nation over, collected from every dollar of earned and unearned income, this would provide a fund sense. sufficient to care for all retired persons and care for them “in the style of life to which they had been accustomed. ~ changed the stage settings, to be sure. ~ Those who did not require such aid would give their little bit as a tax to the common good. Those who re- quired more than they had paid in would benefit; but most wage earners receive enough to provide for old age, if they were forced to do so regularly. This would end most official, and unofficial, “charity” ; it would end much crime, and it would remove a horror that today is maddening millions of honest, efficient but unbusiness-like men of middle age. Reckless drivers should steer clear of ambulances because they will ride in one themselves some day. If you are well bred you will buy your new straw lid instead of getting it in a restaurant. WOOING BECOMES SCIENTIFIC BY ALBERT APPLE E romantic Mexican lover, serenading his sweetheart H ak with song and the twanging of a guitar, his system and is using the telephone for love-making. So writes Stella Burke May in “Men, Maidens and Mantillas.”’ In the old days, when the guitar wooer appeared in the courtyard and wailed with his eyes on the second-floor bal- cony near the family living-room, Pa and Ma usually were able to keep tab on the conversation. Now the lover whispers his sweet nothings over the phone, either from a distance or by using an extension phone lowered to him from the balcony. So passes another form of romance. The passing, how- ever, is not without its compensating features. Most of the love-sick serenaders played the guitar rather badly, and their voices were full of static. * * i ‘ECHANICAL progress is striking death blows at’ ro- mance of all kinds. The polar explorer, formerly isolated in the Far North blizzards and his fate unknown, now has radio connection with a broadcasting station in Chicago. The galloping pony express rider, armed to the teeth against desperadoes, has been displaced by a safe in a steel railroad car. The lover used to bring flowers to his sweetheart from the woods or his mother’s old-fashioned garden. Now he gets them from a florist, maybe haggles over the price, or- dering by phone, a boy delivering, Time was when a wooer, to win his lady fair, was ex- pected to fight all rivals—usually a duel at sunrise behind the cathedral. That’s okeh these days, in fiction. But if the lover tries it in real life, the police load him into the patrol wagon. has changed ** © EVERTHELESS, we believe there is as much love ro- mance in the world as there ever was. Invention has But sentiment is as strong as ever, and the thrill is mainly in sentiment—in the imagination. The girl clerk in the 10-cent store, dreaming all day about a date with her gentleman friend for a movie, prob- ably has as big a thrill as the ancient heroine in the bore- some atmosphere of a castle waiting for her moonlight serenader. ky As long as science is unable to eliminate moonlight, love romance will survive. A night spin in an auto along a smooth-paved road is as thrilling and romantic as an old- time sleigh ride—provided you've never had the sleigh ride for comparison. Y LET s For L Here is a test that is used |termine whether or not a pers ate. it on yourself your friends. It will tell wh the person taking the tests can ar ratand simple tions ca Then draw a |the proper answer, “Ye You should be able to compl in two minutes. Get out watch Ready! G Do birds lay 4 exes b—Are all boys named John? A No- 6—Can a chair walk? No TEST YOURSELF to de-} statements. Read ench quest ER FROM ea ight Literacy nis ether read | 10 > dilemmatic event your | in the lives of | rs =-PHONE- _CAPITOL Holds Heat Quickly and Easily Started Clean—Smokeless Sootless A few of the reasons why Wellington Coke is an Jdeal fuel—especially now when morning and even ing fires only are neces. rary. Order a Load Today More Heat for Less $9.00 Per Ton At the Bunkers “Burns With the Drafts FC FERRE PRemioeny You | 12—Is azuli a piscator. Yes} iat substance? Yes | 14—Are ns used Yes} to tra No—Yes }15—Is theosophy a hom. | Yes| unculus paleology? ..No—Yen You |16—In a muzzle thought to | be efficacious in keeping fero canines from | A ¥ NoYes Answers: 1, yea; 2, no; 3, yen 4, yea; 5, no; 6, no; 8, ne 9, yes; 10, yes; 11, no; 14, no; 15, 16, ye | Fellowship ot | Prayer Daily Lenten and meditation Commi, F of no; Bible reading for Council of the tin A rica, ' RSDAY | The Communion Service Tee | | Read Mt. xxvi.:17-36. Text: xxv: | | 26-27, And as they were eating, | Jesus took bread, ana blessed, and| rake it; and He gave it to the dis. | iples, and sald, Take, eat; this ts | | My body. And he took a cup, and | gave thanks, and gave to them, say-| ing, Drink ye all of it, for this ts My blood | ‘Jesus knew that the effect of His death would be to bring men and| | God together in a relationship {n-| | finitely close and lasting. The heart | of the world would brenk tn. pent | tence before the cross, sin would be forgiven and character purified.” MEDITATION: In this last meet ing with His disciples Jesus desired | to bind the hearts of His intimate | friends to Him forever. ,Jesus real:| ized that His own strength was con tinually renewed thru communion with His Father, God, and in the | fellowship of this hour He gave to the disciples an opportunity to: share with Him His spiritual communion with the Father, PERSONAL QUESTION: Do 1 faithfully refresh ray soul thru com: munion? PRAYER: Eternal God, may the presence of the spirit of Christ give Us strength to do Thy will, May we have true communion with Thoe. May every part of our being be fruit: ful in love to Theo and servic to our brethren, Keep tho fires of our souls burning and may our love abide, thru Christ. Amen, Minnesota i ——————_ SCIENCE | Queer Mail 7 a Telling It to Congress cerpts from the Congressional Record) FABLES ON HEALTH. START WITH EXERCISE HIS LAND ksertes of ex those that wi here y wrong th Be careful not xercises in the morn. ugh to get a and in a few mornii STRONG TALK will take care of itself. of the w So long eking govern: n.—Representatiy FOR FRYING— FOR SHORTENING— FOR SALAD DRESSINGS— > Tis ===" There is nothing superior to AMAIZO OIL Write for the free Amaizo Cook Book Address: 111 West Monroe St., Chicago, IIL. American Maize-Products Co. New York ‘ Chicago