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PAGE 8 A Day of Reckoning for Wild Autoists im distinct and prostituted HE automobile is a necessity—a portant mark of progress—but it is ing by reckless, drunken, indifferent, lawless persons, not only in Seattle, but all over the country Unless these persons come to coming a day of reckoning that Such a day of regret came to wearied of its persistent and brazen flaunti the face of common decency and the law Already it is known that automobile accidents, al injurious to pedestrians, have enormously increased over the like period of 1923. In Massachussetts the increase alone is nearly 300 per cent—two deaths a day and every fourth one a little child! The governor of the state mildly calls it appalli There are signs and rks and rules and laws a-plenty everywhere for the safe conduct of traffic, but they have been successful in securing safety to human limb and only in a smal! measure. Public patience is beginning to break. Owners and drivers of motor vehicles had best take note before it is too late to prevent restrictive meas ures that will surely come if the every-day fatalities are not ended their there is they will reg » saloon when the public of itself in senses Plain Talk HE necessity of talking plainly and distinctly over the phone is making American voices less mumbling and pronunciation more correct, linguists say. They are optimistic. Average talk still is a hash; sam ple: “Whashudoontnight Only by a well developed sense of telepathy are Americans able to follow each - sother's conversation. Cupid’s Sense of Humor ; JEDDING invitations are being sent out by this year's crop of June brides. People soon will be saying, “T wonder what she sees in him?” or “What do you suppose made him fall for her?” Queer teams often stand up before the clergyman, to ‘live happily (or unhappily) forever after. Well-mated couples there are, plenty of them. and then Cupid seems to have a sense of humor. Nature is a specialist at standardization. Blades of grass are much alike when matured. So are lions, camels, elephants, violets, trees. People seem to vary more than any other form of life. Out of millions upon millions, duplicates are rare, It is almost phenomenal when a person doesn't have some dis- tinctive marking or eccentricity or manner distinguishing him from all others. Nature isn’t very keen on this tendency to vary from type. She is constantly striving to restore the balance— to keep the individuals of the race as much alike as possible. That’s why Beauty marries the Beast. It also explains marriages of big men and little women, fat women and slender men, intellectuals mating with average intelli- gence. But now His Feet in His Mouth HARLES F. McKENNEY is president of the Michigan State Normal school at the present moment. If he re- tains the position much longer, it will be a reflection on the state of Michigan. McKenney said, in a recent speech: “The girls who go to Michigan and other normal schools in the state do not come from the best families.” But where do they come from? Why, “they come from the families of working- men and others in which it is necessary for the children to earn their own way.” Looks bad, doesn’t it? But, again, “although they are nice, intelligent girls, they lack a cer- tain social culture, a certain presence which is necessary.” And, more definitely, the lack is identified by his proposed cure. He wants dormitories built by the state and placed in charge of “splendid women” who would teach the girls how “‘to use their knife, fork and spoon properly” and “not to leave the dining-room with a toothpick in their mouth.” ‘The construction of this latter sentence is his, not ours. Tf there be any material in this land better fitted for the office of teacher than “nice, intelligent girls” we never have known it. Back at the dining table they may be a bit indifferent in their use of the various trowels and tongs and forks—who isn’t? What has that to do with teach- ing the young idea how to shoot thru the various school curriculums made and provided? Certainly if nice and in- -telligent girls fail, we have no school teacher material at all worth while. This McKenney person seems to be possessed by the idea that idleness breeds culture, that affluence promises social superiority and that amid those who do not work we may best find capable and willing workers for such high-de- manding jobs as those of the school rostrums. Of course, McKenney is mistaken, if not worse. Kenney opened his mouth and inserted his feet. Why Are They Going? NGLAND is having a world’s fair this year, costing 60 -4' million dollars. They call it the British Empire ex- hibition, but products of other countries are represented. Steamship companies estimate that 1 out of every 400 Americans will attend. How many are going to the ex- hibition, how many to drink Scotch? LETTER FROM Avemes MANN May 28, Mc- Dear Folks: lt A moving day is full of grief and work and dirt and care, You THE SEATT LE STAR EUROPE AT GREATEST CRISIS SINCE WAR WEDNI New Alignment if|| Ah, Dawes Plan Is Spurned | WONDER IF BY W. P, SIMM ASHINGTON, Ma 28.—Grim and ap prehensive the allied powers of the old re prepar to x sir last, de ganized effort promise their own dif ferences and settle the quarrel with Germany “If they fail,” ectator, one world ake perate, or to con ays The of Lor most conservative ly-edited periodicals ‘few can suppose they can any longer be kept together. "The Great Coalition’ will break up. “If the Dawes report is not accepted by both don's Huropean event Lot o’ H THIS “LOG” milstice conside overdrawn re the next moves on ard: of Premic My Old Ker < * and frequent out bursts of hearty laughter from beht neing the 4 to. c a There are, too, a few dozen men ncattered around the big chamber, some reading newspa pers, some telling Jokes and none pparently paying much atten to what w of views between these other allied leaders 4. A general conference reach a final man reparations on a the Dawes rep If the Dawes plan operation, Germ: questionably will member no league tions this amer or Europe will then at on the to recovery QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OU can get an answer to any question of fact or Informa- tion by writing to The Question Editor, Sta ht reau, 1322 D. C.. inclosing 2°e for reply. Medica! marital advice cannot be given, nor extended research be u dert nm. Unelgned requ i not be answered. —EDITOR. m, 80 decision asis ¢ ing rep tatives of the United Staten of America in congress official records put it, im in nes une is put into aknost un become of na autumn. last be sembied,”" an the sion. ipunas urs before it had re censed until § p. m. under to take up the M ary-Haugen farm credits bill at t meeting, and now the lock over Speaker Gillett's denotes the hour of §:15 nti aren't enough bers present to make a quo there OM call in take of Representative Kin (Ky), and membe is the songbirds who file he cloak room, answer to names. But that {an't 19 are needed for a quo the songbirds return to | their cloak room concert Q What Is the depth of the deop- ‘The roll call consumed just 20 est shaft ever sunk, and where! minutes. is tt? age ea A. 7,500 feet in drilling a well of N the midst of a hot periia | Fairmont, W. Ve. mentary argument by three ebay members over a motion to ad | Q. In what order did the National) journ, [league clubs finish in 19237 | A. New York, Cincinnati, | burg, Chicago, St. Louis, Boston and Philadelphia. the tn- absentess be. ach newcomer gets a big mock ovation—and a lot of razzing. The boys In the cloak room, who have now tuned Telling Lt lo Congress (Excerpts from the Congressional Record) Pitts Brooklyn ee Q. How many private automobiles are there in the United States? A. The last count gave 10,959, Sil. see Q Does “right” and “left,” as ap- | plied to stage directions, mean the |right of the audience or the actors? A. Of thé actors. soe Q. What is the relic? A. Probably the small stone hand weapons used by carly man. Ac- wording to H. G. Wella: “These carly implements (‘coliths’) are often so crude and stmple that it | was doubted for a tong time whether | they were to be regarded as natural oF artificlal productions.” Q. What caused the death of the son of Napoleon 1.7 A. Tuberculosis. HELPING VETS The veterans’ bureau is the ve jhiclo by means of which the coun: oldest bistorical) ++) tas undertaken to take care of the disabled men. Congress has |never sought to escape the respon. sibility and the duty which the country owed to those who were dis- abled in the line of duty.—Rep. Har. rison (DJ), Va AN ANGLE ON IMMIGRATION Self-preservation is just as neces sarily the first law of nature for nations as it is for Individuals It jis not & selfish law beyond the |point of necessity, because no na : |tion ean do good for itself or be a | fate mptefegr Ricoto loader of the world in right thinking | | on cut a |and goodwill by allowing itself to be A. Twenty per cent, a4 valorem.| submerged Rop, Leavitt (Ry), soe | Mont. form of ee WASTEFUL ECONOMY There is a point when low wage become wasteful and extravagant. the) That is the exact situation as to | Q What is the | power-of-attorney ? | A, Powers-of-attorney. | PE Sir } plural Q. How many aviators of United States were killed overseas?) prosent postal pay. If continued, the | A, Deaths by battle, 23 acot-| rates now paid will destroy tho sery- That Is the Question! ) THIS DOPE JS REAWY DOING ANY Goop? n “Old Black Joe, seed ou are Inter cing again atarms be directed the absent The motion car amid loud appiau By this time the sergean arma has collected his deputies, engaged halt taxicabs hane omen clubs are amen, are visited and an an that thelr presence made from the stage ‘ants earched industric Wh tf a member ts found he ts grabbed and shooed toward the eapitol Or by 0 threes, they begin streaming mber Representative Rathbone (11) captured at the City club, where he was delivering an address, ap- pears Representative John Philip Hill (M4.), fresh from a dinner arrives in a ow and A-bolled shirt Mr. Speaker,” shouts Repre sentative Hill, “I wasn't arrest ¢d; I came here voluntarily!" “Well, if you weren't arrested, you should have been!" yel back Representative Clarke (N. Y.), good-naturedly Again are the cloak room song and in twos and Long, Long T to answer a dragged forth roll call, Thirty ites more for this one and. |. by gosh, there's a quorum present Exactly 219 r , DAY BY DAY BY HAL COCHRAN N Saturday a man will rise and eat; then rush away. He's really glad to hie himself to work. No wonder, when you realize that coming is his pay upon the day he's never known to shirk On Saturday morn a man will wake; with Father Time he'll Jost—the day when work and of fice are no worry, In rising, lots of time he'll take for ‘tis his day of rest; there isn’t any rush or run or hurry. On Monday morn, alas, ‘tla hard to rise from bed. A man must force himself to make the grade, It’s just a cane of have to, tho, when all is done and sald, ‘cause showing up for work ts why he's paid. The other days the week brings ‘round are mentioned all in one, very one Is patterned aft. fonday. It's work away, with little pay, until tho work Is done. But, best of all, they're leading up to Sunday, With life, it seems, wo always alack, will the anme old story sing. For nan considers every day by what that day will bring. (Copyright, 1924, for The Star.) armony in Congress OF HOUSE MEETING EXPLAINS WHY members are here, so the count roan assembled,” ds put tt, t# { MODERN never for « moment blame WOMAN Isn’t So Different Afte BY MF WALTER FERG (A THOUGHT | A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips Prov ure the snare of his soul ——— FABLES ON HEALTH LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON ltempere ° of these day e chil The ex tal ef avior. B. six his hab to be well formed. where he heard them. You w earjample they «et w a and you will| fect urself.’ | the tim m talk back to me n the beh a ch hes ‘The young child an amazing degree, 4 Mann | a w well. It mimics its elders at very opportunit member tha nvironment, ,and as fine as possible. The old saying: Like father, like! sh PAINTING” will tell you just the paintor varnish to use—how to usc it. 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Decoration of new small ornaments and restora- tion of old furniture enjoys wide popularity. Let your efforts result in the greatest satisfaction by using the best materials, /‘P‘FULLER & CO: 301 Mission Street, San Francisco 1 Deanches ie Pacite Const Civics - lactories) Sac Francinco, Los Angeles sed Porciaed FULLER PAINTS VARNISHES PIONEER WHITE LEAD think it most beyond belief to find a pleasure there. By "e. ut every phil cloud 1s stiver-lined, by universal plan; and even here theres || while doy to tind—and that’s the “moving man.” . ats When all your goods and wares are packed, your ba ; ed, your back \s lame |} o joes A and sore; and half the things are merely stacked in pilew around | ie TMLAT EK Gallon ot Drv the floor. The scrambled stacks of stuff depress your weary Pea M4 Th, hicooeats sate.) aching bean; you think you've made the saddest mews the world dba peas tds othe BE ho ch as ever seen. | Pound (RO), N. C, before house public lands The moving man arrives ast: You heavy He reictices uke Reaches wien: is ene es | Q. Where are Belleau Woods? eA committee, | " weherg cient, practiced eye. ‘egion northwest 0) ‘81 : He doesn't even mildly blink at seeing xuch a wight—he pivec | A. Th the: septon northwest... of} BEST SELLERS Hook that makes you think perhaps you've done it right” Chateau Therry, Fronce In one of our metropolitan centers J ‘01 oo arma 3 i | aes 4 co erfelte vo ade erally age Nag hig hiah bereiped 44 itn mall to carry all the tot. || what n ition. ree Asctore: areadtionind overs pa all, with not # thing forgot , Y ; A tor- moving worries now have flown; your things are in the world war {blanks for Hquor and sold them for é motor. Be Be fhe pears vee ey ee ™, you trust the moving mant bilan Boodly, er ene psy get ist’s Bible is e word of praise to all the mo, “ined | previous wa: as high as $8 00k. —James | / : Me esesie he ete a ae {he moving nto, Ubey || A. The scorld war cost $92,080,000.-| Jones, assistant prohibition commis: | being pre- We need a tried and trusted friend, whowe mott ty habe Lag vied ever ht ied Moner, ‘before ‘house judlotary, oom pared, Prob- -we revolutionary war oO, 812,| mittee r 1 ably wilt)|) it NH stress hell || get him when the movers send our friend the Mexican war, olvtl war and Spanz| see considerably, 75 years pepe = ows ade of every Ful —a positive [rine of ae isfaction, overseas, 264—total,/ ice by driving out efficient em- |ployes thru despair, by lowering |the morale of all, their effictency of/and standards of living. It 1s never |true economy cheat faithful thing and then move away, 1 would like to see you work out | some kind of a scheme that would | allow the man who in a bona fide resident and who intends to live in | workers, and fair play is the truest] Alaska, to be permitted to develop | economy in the end.—Rep. Kelly |its meources.—Rep. 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