The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 15, 1924, Page 6

The Sea Published Daily ditet Ane 5 monthe 61. tle Sta ' Ave. Phe! # months 02.00, y Representatives. San Francioce Tribune Bidg.; Mew Terk effica, Tremont Bide Air Mail and Profits Hig: FIRST trip eastward of t mail service planes yielded a profit of 30 per cent above operation cost, 2,304.48 being the revenue on the 8,000 pieces of mail rofit to the parties doing the mailing can- ulated, but it was, undoubtedly, large. When you have an enterprise that is profitable to both buyer and seller, you have got a mighty good thing, and the business axiom reads, “Push it for all you're worth.” If the air mail service is profitable as between San Francisco and New York, there is no reason why it should not be so as between Vancouver and San Diego, Chicago and New Orleans and New York and Atlanta. Spokane- Seattle-Tacoma-Portland-Sacramento-San Francisco - Los Angeles and San Diego would be a small jog for relays of fliers compared to the San Francisco-New York service, and the Chicago-New Orleans and New York-Atlanta service would be still smaller. The first air mail enter- prise has been initiated on a congressional appropriation of less than $3,000,000. ¢For less than the cost of one first-class battleship all of the services suggested above could be established, and they would pay from their prof- its their initial cost and upkeep.. Moreover, the men trained to fly would, in case of war, be worth more than a dozen battleships. America is behind both England and France in the air- plane matter. Gee! there’s money in this air mail busi- ness. Let's go after it! , It will be wonderful if the smell of the $ $ $ doesn’t arouse us. Spectal e air An Early Guess PON nomination of Davis, Mr. Arthur Brisbane asked an important question, in big, black type— “WHAT WILL WILLIAM J. BRYAN DO NOW?” Arthur, dear, it is never certain what William J. will do now, but, since the convention nominated Brother Charlie for vice president, we guess that William J. will do now what the judicious ground hog does when he comes out on February 2 and sees his shadow. No Worry in It , LKS of the land of the free and the brave, you needn't worry about the present disturbance among your subjects, the Filipinos. His Imperial Majesty, Uncle Sam, has got over in his Philippines one full regiment of infantry, one extra bat- talion, 500 artillerymen, several war boats and a consider- able assortment of airplanes to shoot ’em up, if they make a serious move for liberty. When in the course of human events”—you sing the rest of it. Righto, Charlie ‘ IRST of all,” says Gen. Dawes, “if I’m to say any- thing worth while, I've got to study and I’ve got to work.” True as shooting, Charlie. You sure have. Your di- lemma is of the usual character and has two horns, One is the president, your running mate, who has been several times repudiated by a republican congréss. The other horn is that same republican congress that has several times been repudiated by the president, your running mate. Thus, a situation is created, Charlie, that calls for study and work, and you have sized it up rightly. If you find it possible to say anything on the subject that is worth while, aside from Helen Maria, there are ears that will not deny themselves to a sound so very interesting. Jury or Judge—Take Choica SX T0, I don’t know what the Volstead act is,” admits a man accepted for jury service. Pressed, he says he had heard something about the country being dry. Some think this is a joke on prohibition. It’s more a joke on the jury system. However, a defendant who doesn’t care to take a chance before that magnificent product of democracy—the average jury—can waive his right to trial by jury and let the judge take the jury’s place. 370 Miles an Hour N AIRPLANE that would travel 370 miles an hour! The French government expects this speed from its new “rocket plane,” now being developed. No engine. It’s shot ahead like a skyrocket, by a series of gas explosions, one after the other. Will carry a man—reason not stated. Ten years ago, people would have said “Bunk!” Now they merely lift their eyebrows and wonder how long until a plane making 1,000 miles an hour will be per- fected. THE SEATTLE STAR = There’s Exercise, Then Again There’s Exercise * " BY Gowwy-"SFUNNY HOw ONE'S SYSTEM DEMANDS SO MUCH EXERCISE inthe sPenGime - NE FoR TAE GOLF LINKS, 1% HOLES Wil. DO Me MORE GOOP Than A GALLON OF TOnic ” * OOH EGBERT! fw So GLAD YOU CAME HONE EARLY, 2 I WANT Youd Beat SOME RUGS Ani Save UP THE GAPOEN AND ae, A TRELLIS AND CARRY OUT IKE WINTER'S ASHES The EXERCISE, )S JuST WHAT You NEED AND IT'LL Do You A WORLD OF Goop * >t NOW WHY 7A‘ SAM HILL. DO | NEED SO MUCH Exercise AT THS PARTICULAR Time OF ts QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS yor, can get an anawer to any question of fact or informa fac tion by writing to Question Editor, given, hor can extended research be un dortak Q Was Robin Hood a real char- acter? A. The basis of fact in the story of Robin Hood is doubtful. Accord- ing to popular account he was a celebrated outlaw who, with his fol- lowers, inhabited Sherwood forest; | there is another theory which sup- poses him to have been a rebel yeo- man in Lancaster's rebellion under Saron chief who defied the Nor- mans, of a fugitive follower of Simon de Montfort after the battle of Eversham, In the face of all these conflicting theories, it is im- possible to say whether or not he was @ real person, eee Q. Why Is the sky blue? A. Because nature is continually | aplitting up light waves into differ- ent lengtha, its colora, The “dluc” sky means that fine particles of matter in the upper air catch the shortened waves, the blue waves, and scatter them, wirn sy: Q. Do the stars haye planets like our sun? A. The stars are suns and many of them have planetary systema like ours. How many we cannot say, for such planets would be too faint and small to be visible tens of trit- Hons of miles away. eee Q. Is it safe to use the telephone during an electrical storm? W. It is considered fairly safe to uaa a telephone during an electrical storm where the wires are in a conduit underground. It is never advisable to use a telephone, how- ever, during @ severe storm, eee Q. Who was known as “The Path- finder"? A, Maj. Gen, John Charles Fre- mont, who conducted four expedi- tions across the Rocky mountains in the days prior to the trans- continental railroads. . ——ae SCIENCE . LONGER LIFE | GS itis ks } | Edward I1.; others think he was a| boot and shoemaking factory founded by James Benedict} The New Way of Doing It BY ALBERT APPLE. N 1868 Nicholas M. Bell stood on the platform in Tam- many hall and placed in nomination Horati Seymour as democratic candidate for president. “I was 26 years old at the time,” Bell reminisces. “It took me 80 days to get to New York from Salem, Oregon, w here| I was a merchant.” Bell has lived to see an American in a steel flying ma- chine cross the continent between dawn and darkness of one day. Quite a contrast with making it in a month. You will see similar startling changes if you live as long as Bell. Speed is our generation's goal. Contentment was more the goal when Bell crossed the continent in 1868. Of course, he'd have gone faster if he could. 1 oe IME is a quicksand, swallowing everything. America’s oldest shoe shop passes out of existence—the famous] in Connecticut in 1762, his descendants. Benedict's New Canaan shoes were famous all over the} country. They were hand-made and sold at wholesale as high as $8.33 a pair, before the civil war, back when prices were low. About 30 years ago machine competition began to prove}! too much for hand-made foowwear. Now they quit, go out of business. | Machinery is displacing the skill of human hands. And! along this line, it has barely started. We are not far beyond the beginning of the Machine Age. But, each year, more and more things are done by machinery, j 2 * and conducted for generations by 4 Dea puts hand workers out of jobs. But the final result is that they are released for other kinds of production. By this process the standard of living steadily advances— machinery releasing human labor for the production of a fast-increasing number of devices for popular use. You use hundreds of times as many articles as your grandfather used—and consider them as necessities. For this, thank the monster known as the machine. Everything has its price. The machine average standard of living. enslaving us. A In making shoes, crossing the continent, and thousands of } other things, we observe great progress. But most of our | progress is mechanical, The more important progress, | spiritual, lags. If Your Question Wasn’t Answered Here Is Reason Our Washmgton dureau re- raises the office and a card Is sent to the Washington bureau advising them that a letter addressed to them is held at the dead letter office because it did not contain the proper amount of postage. Some readers are evidently un- der the impression that their lot- JF ortunes in Fortune Tel — > ling 3y Ruth Finney uPE w len ent grammar, w monds and usu the better makes greasy and indiffer i many iving on of cara per d them ou’ world-renowned for wo forth palmi his second and so forth There was neo Ie soon, th and will come into your life and beware of him,” or told me nued thru the alpha- Then t which I blushe ™ sald the pre fessor, “you think @ great deal of this person, but doesn't think as much of you as you would like, He is your true soul mate, but someone is trying to make trouble between you.” “What can I do?" J murmur ed, stricken "I can unite you with mental treatments,” the, dark gentleman “It will take 60 days, ss “as slow came 4 lett betrayingiy promised. will know.” price? He asked my true of birth. He of the signs age and studied of the date map and fifty | price fail.” “knowl cen m A sm: for life happiness. I nev I went to another for higher th any human what alled my life. your confidence, I your name, and wer the questions you want ered wjthout your asking them,” the Higher Power in formed me, “After I have left the room, write on this slip of paper the name of the person you think of, own name, and three questions. I will come back when you tap the bell.” I wroto two fictitious names, And I wrote, “Where. is my lusband?” Positively, there js no such article yet, you under- stand. Then I started to study the geography of the edge an * on ain tell you most your room. usband me th tten on th ed my husband’ ed triumphantly t me! want to know 1 the Highe ‘There There There were were m were other rela Seattle’s Tourist Camgai Is Effective Southern California is a little con over the tourist campaign; |being waged by Seattle. The follow-| from the Long Beach Press in. |dicates that the work accomplished by the Chamber of Commerce tour jist bureau is having its effect—at least on the folks down there “Seattle seems determined to con test with Long Beach in attracting tourists, sald James Savery, chair-| man of the park board. The North west has actually become a rival of |the Southwest, Savery said, after} an extended trip North from which he returned last night. Organiza tions and officials in the Northwest are emulating th |ods of Southern California and are} spending large sums of money in their campaign. The increase year in publclt organized cam, tributing ov have impressed their people statements that last year's left $200,000,000 in Southern G nia. “The heavily ust and tourists are flocking Pacific Northwest faster tha Savery said. One auto camp ie ttle has a capacity of 1,000 a biles. “He noted that the hote are co-operating by placing ity cards in everyone's mill showing them how to get specific information about the and where to go. Traffic pa of tour-| distribute welcome cards with ists around ttle this ear was ings from the mayor, conspicuous, Savery said. “The Pacific Northwest is “He attended a meeting where the/feet and after the tourist, subject was discussed and where the| said. Long Beach must ft activities of the Northerners became | counting of what it has to of | known. It was stated that there are| automobile or train visitor if 50,000,000 pleasure cars in the United| sires to retain tts past prestig States now. There are also over| said.” 13,000,000 car owners who are figur- | ing on a trip to California. The Seat-| An excellent polish form tle Chamber of Commerce has set|}be made by pouring “boiling out to get as many of these as ppssi-jover used tea leaves and ble. ‘They are spending. $100,000 this loft the liquid boats 10 Alaska an Its penalty is in the way it is | ports over 600 pieces of mail re- ters aré ignored for various rea- The Benedicts held on.|= = Why physicians | approve of Agrilin MOTHERS WHEN you take Agrilin yourself or give it to chil- dren you can be sure that it contains oonioe that will upset digestion or irritate. The regular use of Agrilin produces nor- mal action without ee ing. Agrilin can easily given to infants. It looks and tastes almost like milk or cream. R years two substances, Agar-Agar Fuetence Sea Moss) and Mineral Oil, have been used by physicians for con- stipation because unlike physics and cathartics, they contain no irritant drugs. booked until well intel When Agrilin, an emulsion of these two substances, was finally perfected, it was tested in hundreds of hospital cases with splendid results. Agrilin was then recognized by the medical profession as the ideal mechanical corrective that could be safely used by anyone without’ fear of harmful after effects. A drugless way to relieve consatatinnt \ ’ 3267 « BSe2 "wes te AGRILIN is a snow-white, creamy emul- sion. It is tasteless and odorless. The Agar-Agar corrects the tendency that mineral oil has to seepage when used alone. But Agar-Agar accomplishes far more than this. It has the remarkable property of swelling or increasing in bulk. This, in combination with mineral oil, softens and lubricates the waste matter and prevents it from becoming dry and compact. The intestinal tract is encour- aged to help itself. Give up your favorite physics or cath- artics for a time, and you will soon _ know for yourself the splendid results ~ that AGRILIN can produce without’ drugging the system. ( ] Bi Sold by all druggists Made by Lehn & Fink, Inc., New York. Makers of Pebeco Tooth Paste and Distributors of “Lysol” turned by the postoffice for the month of June. They were re turned for the following reasons: Unknown, not at that number, no such number, no such street, and no such postoffice in state named, The returned mail is taken to the lbrary of congress, where it {s looked up in the various dl- rectories, and many of the ad- dresses corrected, Many mistakes are due to care- lessness in writing, the letters u and n, ! and o, r and y, k and h, ete., being written so careless. ly as lot to be readable. Sixty-eight pleces were re- coived without any name or ad- dress whatever, Fifty-five pleces were delayed because the readers mailed the letters without —_post- age. In such es tho let. ters are sent to the dead letter FABLES ON HEALTH LESS FOOD AT 40 SVATHAT most men forget as they ) when &row towards 45 or 50 19 that they require less food to maintain an organic equilibrium,” Mr, Mann's Physical director pointed out to him ono day, "It's difficult to realize, particu larly when you're around 30) and have led a pretty active life; por- | haps even an athletic life—1 say it’s hard to realize that less food is re- quired. “His sons. All letters received are opened, dated, sorted and an- swered in order of receipt. In cases where a bulletin happens to be out of print, the request is held. Reprints that take longer fo mineral oil produce « than three days are held and the berfect semedy sor constipation: reader advised by card. ,Those . that take three days or less are simply held until the reprint is available and then answered. If you have not received an answer to your letter within 10 days, plus time necessary for it to go thru the mail, write to The Chief Clerk, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave., 3, stating when nd repeat your question or your order for bul- letins. Your complaint will be immediately checked and an swered. WASHINGTON BUREAU, The Seattlo Star. The annual loss to the United States from preventable diseases x estimated at $3,000,000, Modern medical science has re- moved most of the diseases of a fow years ago that stood in the way of a long life. Today long life Is prob- able, with reasonable care, while 20 years ago ‘t was very doubtful whether a person could acquire old age. He had to be “lucky” to do It, During the last 500 years the life span has more than doubled, In the last 26 years alone it has been In- creased by more than 10 years. The average length of life in the United States {s now 58 years. In 1900 it was only 45 years, Perhaps the biggest factor in this situation is that bables now get a good start in the world. A few years ago they were under a great handi- cap. It was then thought useless to try to avold certain children's dis. eases. Today science has practically stamped out these diseases—that. is, sclence has made it unnecessary for children to haye them. A baby, born today, gets a vastly better start than 10 years ago. A THOUGHT | As the door turneth upon this hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.—Proy, xxvi:lt, Deep down in the turquoise blue waters of Japan are found marine gardens of the remarkable sea moss (Agar-Agar) that when a German Relief URTAIN goes down on American relief work in Ger- many. By home crops and imports thru business channels, Germany is able to feed herself. American forces under Gen. Allen fed as many as a million German children in a day.. Wise investment. A service that will not be forgotten by the rising generation of Germans. Youth is all that really counts in diplomacy—the cannon fodder of the future. Friendship and reconciliation among nations must begin in the cradle. duly 4 and President Coolidge were born on the same date, but for LETTER FROM AVRIDGE MANN July 15, 1924, Dear Folks: In getting back to work again, from loafing thru vacation days, I see about mo all the men who work in many varied ways. And tho a few are rated high above the ordinary mobs, the wheels of work are speeded by the men who do the homely, Jobst Of course I know we'd think it great to reach our castles in-the-air; to run the big affairs of state, or hold the presiden tial chair. But, after all, we find it true that many needed Jobs remain; and when we've founil our work to do, we each are king in our own domain! We envy men who write a book choose; it seems #0 small to hav dally LF Unive he changed. “And the trouble is that,'as men advance in life and become more comfortable economically they in dulge themselves in food; acquiring more Juxurious habits of living, they exercise seldom, if at all “It has been found out by) sci-| ence that more than half the dis. case which embitters the upper and middle classes iy due to avoldable errors in dict!" | was younger, are not THAT destructive syren ever to be avoided, sloth Horace, Sez Dumbell Dud: The world seems to be peaceful only during those months hav- ing a “2” in them, the kind a million readers 4 to look at grinding out the But common things must n 4 be done; the e's wheels must go; With varied tasks for everyone who dares to rate them “high” or “low?” To build a house, to plow a field, to make a sult or “hat or shoe—such common dally labors yield much as other callings do! While Fame may follow charted ways, and Fortune fly on fickle wings, I choose to sit and sing the praise of folks who do the homely things! habits of eating, acquired