The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 1, 1924, Page 8

| The Seattle Star Published Datty ia —04 Main vee oe Service, By mail of © 3 months $1.60, § months $2.00, year 08.68 By ca * K an, Special Represent fan Francie . ago office, Tribune Bidg.; New Yoru effica, ig; Bos ffice, Tremont Bidg | The Fourth of July RIDAY is the Fourth of July, Seattle has an anti-fireworks ordinance, but this year, as every other year, the boys and youth of the city will have their firecrackers and skyrockets and what not Stands for their sale have gone up at the city almost every road leading cut of Seattle | Fire crackers and other powder-loaded fireworks always spell danger and often disaster in the hands of inexper | ienced users. Unless parents themselves take the utmost j precautions this year against allowing their children to / fool with this menace, the news columns Saturday will | } limits on this year, as in other years, carry a long list of casualties. ees UTWARDLY, Fourth of July has changed, The black- smith fired off potash and sulphur on his anvil in the old days. Cannons boomed in the downtown streets Politicians spouted red, white and blue oratory to the pienic crowds at the fair grounds, Most of that is buried in the past. The politician now may talk by radio. The blacksmith now owns a garage and spends his Fourth in selling gasoline to patriots on motor trips. Anti-fireworks legislation is maki the Fourth gradually more and more safe and sane. es 8 8 UT nothing can change the spirit of the Fourth of July. It is Uncle Sam’s birthday—anniversary of our Political independence. That independence is not yet completely achieved. When we have real freedom of the Press and individual expression, within rational limits, j the Fourth will be what it was meant to be by the signers | of the Declaration of Independence and the poorly equipped heroes who gave their blood for the cau Exploger Roy Andrews says the Garden of Eden is dry, What has Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler to say about that? Not So Bad ‘QOME business men are wearing long faces because the railroads have over 300,000 idle freight cars that are in good repair and ready for use and about 180,000 other cars that are laid up for repairs. The total is staggering, at first glance. But the im- portance of everything is only by comparison. The rail- roads own over two and a quarter million freight cars. The actual situation is that, out of every 23 cars, 18 are being used constantly and only five are idle. That's not so bad. | The manufacture of shoes during April was 4,000,000 pairs less than ; ® year ago, and there are more fellows running, too, / A Jolting Joke EXAS rangers are sending a “spirited mustang” to the prince of Wales. The gift is Tejana, a fiery beast worthy of the spurs of Smoky and Cotton. The prince has become an expert at getting thrown on his head, but he’ll probably learn something about horse- flesh shortly. The prancers from our Southwest require more glue on the saddle than stable-bred English nags. Still, maybe he’s been practicing for Tejana without know- ing it. The greatest gun in the world—67 feet long and weighing 200 tons— has just been mounted in Boston harbor. Some bean-shooter. Money Bolder i ONEY isn’t timid lately. That’s one of the most en- couraging things about the general business situa- tion. In May 515 million dollars’ worth of new bonds and other securities were placed on the market. In May, last year, less than half that much. Proémoters, with keen in- stinct, sense that the public has a strong undercurrent for confidence in the near future. Otherwise, there'd be fewer new securities issued to finance business expan- sion and new ventures. How ’Bout Yours? $ college football becoming too commercialized? One university’s profits from this sport last year were about $40,000. College heads are wondering if football isn’t shaping as a business rather than an athletic game. Professionalism in the box office is as much a menace as professionalism among players, Sport for sport’s sake is endangered when the sport becomes a medium for tapping the public pocketbook. Half-Time Teachers OM Argentina comes word that teachers there are not allowed to work full-time. They can have classes morning or afternoon, but not both. This gives them op- portunity to devote half the day to outside jobs in busi- ness, trades or professions. So it’s not uncommon to find a doctor or lawyer teashing a daily class. This divided-activity system might be welcomed by teachers in America—which, as a nation, pays its brain instructors outrageously low. But that’s the natural reac- tion of a race devoting nine-tenths of its time and money to the body, only a tenth to the intellect. (x LETWER FROM V RIDGE MANN Jely 1, Dear Polke: As announced yesterday, wo have seen who is boss, The bird who said "the hand that rooke the cradie Tules the world" must have been married, too, 5 We are going to we decide Mt, Rainier, The reasons the Queen gives are thease: 1, I% 48 close-in on a clear day, 4 2, Dave Whitcomb rune it SimiTh B/dg ond he has such pleasant And me (nf mannera, foregrovad %. It will be my only eheance to get to Para- dise. And, besides, the kid wants to S8lide down a glacier on the soat of hia pante, So I must go pack my clean col- lar and tooth brush, Girritge Tamms 4 Mt Raj ner. + ‘ $ "a, . y | | \ | continued in 1861 [ A neh | Penenber “Ral BACK M72 \ iT WAS So AT TT EVER' Boo Was AFRAID WEAR TATED age: ——— One Way to Lose Your Husband BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON HE national heg' well under w is not only the seas and political conventions, but the time when married women fall down on ir jobs | Sometimes in the fortunate QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS YOU can et an anmwer to any atiestion of fact or infor dertaken. Unsl, Bot be answered —EDITOR, i Q. What was the Express? A. The name given to a service established between Jowph, Mo, and San Cal,, about 1,960 miles distant, 1860, Horseback riders carried the ‘nail In relays. The service was dis-| Pony mally at. Francisco,| in| Q. Which is the largest American flag ever made A. The largest was unfurled in Detroit on Armistice day, 1923. More than 1,261 yards of material were used in making it. It weighs 600 pounds and occupies 160 cubie It ia 150 feet by 90 fect, and the blue ficld is 49 feet by 60 feet. reat Os feet of space. Q. What {s the essential qualifica- tion in order to become a Colonial} Dame? | A. Membership the Colonial} Dames is restricted to women whol directly descended from sowie} ancestor of distinction who'came to reside in an American colony before 776. are re Ya) Q What is it that keeps the pendulum of a clock swinging? A, The mainspring. eee QiWhat' ‘are: the” present “wub-| divisions of Arabia? A. The kingdom of the Hejaz, Transjordania, the Emirate of Nejd and Hasa, the Emirate of Jebel Shammar, the Principate of Asir, | the Imamate of Yemen, the Sultan- ate of Oman and the* Sultanate of Kuweit. ry ee) Q. Can anything be put in water to make cut flowers last longer? A. An aspirin tablet will make flowers remain fresh-looking three or four days longer. rar en Q. How should one speak of one's husband in company? A. It is proper to call your hus-| band by his first name in talking} to friends; in talking to strangers say, “my husband.” ren | Q. Is it correct to use the word| “previous” in a sentence of this} kind, “1 called previous to. teaving for America." ¥ Ar This use is objected to | many grammarians, but is stilt fofhd| in the work of the best writers,| and may therefore be allowed, | ei acm | ei ® Q. What ts a gillie? A. A Highland attendant, a boy, page, or menial; an outdoor servan | eapecially one in attendance on per-| sons engaged in hunting or travel-| ing. Formerly in Scotland the chief) duty of @ servant called a gillie whitefoot or gille webfoot was to carry his master over brooks or watery places, #itletite H Q. What Js a basilisk? A, ‘A fabuious creature, resembling | a serpent, and supposed by the} ancients {to inhabit the Libyan desert, It was described as being of a yellowish color, with spots of white, and as having a pointed head, ahereon stood one or more prominences, also white, resembling @ diadem, Its breath waa consider- ed to be especially poisonous and its glance fatal. The word basilisk iy now applied to a sort of lizard. ew Q. Was George Washington a Mason? A, Yes. { lasses the husb: and or oun their ma pd vacation the wpend . but in wen father mo thi mot Just why so many womer that it is the duty bands to hand « for'them to expe on vacations during the hot months is a prob jem, but one which many have solved to their own tion. wives Aifica, A* soon ns the mercury b to climb the women start ing to be o They feel they cannot survive the heat, spur George on to ‘orts in ‘his business of in the coin. re perfectly good husbands t in the summer than at any other period of the It is the open season on m men, the time when the rapher gets in her licks, w the chorus girl looks most allur. ing and when the @ charm. year. waitress has All wise wives know that hus bands, being to get but —_—_—_— Sez Dumbell Dud: Mars is al- most close enough to the earth to make old Bill Hoh- enzollern jeal- ous, does it mean when Wier Japanese commits suicid “hara-Kiri"? What's in his mind? What's his idea? It may look futile to us, but not £0 to the pedple.of Japan. “It {8 not a mere suicidal pro: cess,’ says Inazo Nitobe, noted Imperial university prafessor, “but an institution, a ceremonial. An invention of the middie age it was a process by which war- rlors could apologize fop their er- rors, redeem their friends or prove their sincert Count Nogi, famous Japanese general, committed “hara-kiri in 1914 when Emperor Mutsuhito died, just to prove his devotion to his emperor. Thereupon, Countess Nogi com- mitted, not “hara-kiri,""—for wom- en do not practice this form of self destruction—but ‘Yigai.” This 14 sulelde by piercing the throat with a dagger. She did it to prove her devotion to her hus- band. In 1921, at the time of the dis. pute over whom and when Crown Jap ‘Hara-Kiri;’ What Is It? BY WILLIAM P. SIMMS breeze we him, and 5 will Thene of wives are nnual summer flitt lent 1 tion of the strides w b women made in progress and free and the of our old-fashioned grand mothers What Folks Are Saying dom selfixhnens since da Douglas Fairbanks; “A smile in the morning will do you more good ‘ruit.” than a gra uriston Bullard, government must depend upon a free press Boston edi F. I 'F t He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. —Prov, x45. ‘TTER to wear out than to rust out.—Bishop Cumberland. .B | Prince Hirohito should wed, more than one subject of the mikado | performed “hara-kiri* before the | palace walls in protest a fhe suicide drives a sword into his stomach with a slashi ment sufficient to insure Minese literature — glorifies Nitobe himself tells young brothers, the 7, who thus died together to explate a family dis- grace. Officially “hars | imperial family row | on. It waa “éin | saying: “Quit fussing! |r | Just how is it done, this or, as the better class of | se call it, “seppuku’’? | “hara-kiri.”* of thr kiri” is a thing of the past.. Yet, whenever a Jup- | anese “patriot” wants to make | some protest particularly em: phatic—whether against Japanese | exelusion or anything else—he | goes to some public place and | tukes out his wicked little knife. You think it crazy, understands, byt Japan we vacation and warm days the Mann youngsters would ery for plenies and outings, particularly when Sunday go along. came and daddy could Picnics and Sunday outings may be considered “something to please the children,” and as such they should be encouraged, But the nee to get given the el giente value Modern school playgrounds and parks in most cities give the ehildren Plenty of outdoor play places, but such opportunities should not constl put in the open thus ers is of immense hy FABLES ON HEALTH GOING ON PICNICS tute an argument against the piente, which, staged in new scenes bringing the children into new sur. roundings, bros childish imagination and stimulates » play spirit | For just such reasons they have excellent psychological effect upon |the elders, even when staged under more or less trying conditt Selection of open green fields and trees preferable if they But, under any advantage of the warm days to get the youngsters on outingy—and got the child play spirit yourselves. 18 ntry, with . of course, A THOUGHT | and 8 tho. fields of |Why mothers feel safe in giving Agrilin to babies | | | | a trail until the er¢ dead or behind the . The world of th criminal fear of the r most officers of willing to quit and To lustrate, Simmons cited the ca of Jamex Johnson, allas Portland Ned, one of the most famous safecrackers in the business Bixteen years after Johnson blew the mfe of the postoffice at Plymouth, N. C., he was ar rested and convicted “"T didn't think fellows we ng to rake the grave- yard, he exclaimed when an Inspector clamped a pair of uffs on him. The department contains nome of the cleverest detectives in the world today,” Simmons proudly stated. Riflings of registered letters in the Southwest had baffled the dep nt for months, By process of elimination the thetjs were finally narrowed down to one of six postoffices, but the one of the was was not easy to de question as to which six it termine GAS MASKS FOR POSTAL CLERKS ASHINGTON, July 1.—~Acting 4 ster | John J 8 opened negotiations y of War Weeks for as masks for railway mail cler Had the 34 clerks forced to sur render ne $3,000,000 in cash and securities to mail bandits near Chicago, been uipped with such masks, a different story would have been told, Bartlett be. Heves. But the bandits calmly tossed a few lethal gas bombs into the cars and the rest was which we may ex cc ig to be meted out ur the system ae ‘sittubiage of aac Wher oposeiaun tual Walsh 30 rh e country is full of unemployed , a0 Bbo the ken | ox-ne men, Let those who have 4 Jury of mer ; roca | Yuet. sumed OC sabiey: to tebe the superior court: of King county. | guerg exservice men as A man ace of a crime was on accepted. This may be rightfully | A SUGGESTIO held as a bad precedent, for if a] _ ; | body of men and women called to | Pditor The Star: ‘ decide a in court may by their} Could I, as a visitor to your elty, | concern every four sets THE SEATTLE STAR TUESDAY 1924 | (NOT EVERYONE'S TALKING POLITICS! A ec a “Not Thoiry Man? ED JA dieldavsinad id cs! Officers Who “Get Their Men | BY KENNETH WATSO? : es stil deal é i ae “to RED, Ws ~< NGTOD # 4 2 Fa ‘SaflERNOON =| cry oo i a furne ae oe < ft t he - ~ ‘ tak It Goorness GRACIOUS f prepared ! Fd ; GWEN / | ! v. - f - t na | ANTCHA HAD T BoaBep =| : , is i A YeT ? : 7 et ot ie ih at ED re otige Letters EROM Readers — — for 19 i ile tone of All letters to The Star must have name and address iT Foe 3S DOLLARS : regs ry i th entias . governn A CASE BUT 1 TANK ls oven 5 ymed that the men : : ~ ; neces : at us f m 4 ey, , « t ' t line of formed had | that is the guards a p them permanently, assuring the possession of nd at the same time ving a favor on needy patriots who, in many cases, were flim-flamed out of their just compensation, JAMES McCARMACK. trial before a who had evidenc presented to it, but of not sufficient strength to convict. At the close of the trial the accused was so elated at his that he invited the whole jury to be his guests excursion and to enjoy an elaborate banquet at hin expe and this was] escay on an 1, | mention o if |is, T thi decision have bope of some rew of getting something for nothin e small improvement that ly needed? I refer to you please, how long may it not be | the asp! paving on the university By before we shal| have men clamoring | campus which lies near to the Wash- y, for place on our juries simply for |ington sta nd to the Jim Hill the sake of what may accrue to them for a favora decision? Justice stands before us, her eyes bandaged, but it should be removed long enough that she may see what is coming to pass unless the judges of our courts erly instruct men and women in |a In both cases this beautiful pavement, which was given at great cost to the fair, and now to the “U, is being all plowed up by the roots of trees which grow near the stat- Cut these trees down and plant ues. the rightful and proper and only |this pavement., Seattle legislators things they may do when called | urgently request the legislative mem- upon to sit in the jury box bers from east of the mou CHAS. W. ANGEL, larger grants for new pave how cam such other members make these grants while no care is being given to the fine streets already laid? Is this duty up to the city superin- tendent of streets and sewers? Or is it the duty of the “U" board of re- scolding of Chief Severens, I wish to | gents? Or of the “U” president? My. offer. protest First let me express | brother is a state senator from near my good will for both the city gov-| Spokane and he, I am sure, wil ernment and the police force. How-|slow to vote new funds to the “‘ ever, I hold no brief for them unless more respect is given to the Here are a few things that should! memory of Hill and’the Father of one, viz: We. have | His Country. RAY SMITH, of governments in this! 2300 First Ave. 2226 N, 56th St. | LAW ENFORCEMENT! Editor The Star: Regarding Acting Mayor Landes’ Sold by all druggists Man by Lehn & Fink, Inc., New York. Makers of Pebeco Tooth Paste and Distributors of “Lysol.” VERY mother knows the import- ance of regularity for children. Thousands of bottles and boxes of cathartics are sold every day for this purpose. And yet most of these laxa- tives and physics ‘‘work’’ because they contain irritant drugs. AGRILIN is the one preparation that may be given even to very young babies with absolute safety. It is a combination of two harmless substan- ces—Mineral Oil and Agar Agar (Japanese Sea Moss). Both of these substances have the universal ap- proval of physicians—ask yours. Mineral Oil softens and lubricates ; the wastes and poisons of the system. Agar Agar gives this waste the necess- ary bulk that encourages normal action of the intestinal muscles to pass it along. It also corrects the tendency to seepage when Mineral Oil is used alone. Neither Agar Agar nor Mineral Oil is absorbed by the system. Con- sequently digestion is not disturbed. AGRILIN is, therefore, the perfect remedy for constipation because it will give children a normal, regular action without griping, or drugging the system. chemical Company meta femeny LSA tieal