The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 13, 1924, Page 6

ag NR ITY Taree - quilts, will sigh with envy. _ he'd probably have died of fright. | The Seattle Star x Falling Off the Wagon ANADIAN hict been fs big province ject in go wet of wet American tourists. “We can't have prohibition unless is dry,” is the Canadian viewpoint. other around, Prohibition states and counties, until a national a reaction our state water wagon, Ontario's the till dr It will vote ans up there expect i continue dry except for jealousy heir liquor profits—largely from pr \ are like the fal ario to It probabiy we neighbors the whole country In America it's the was coming fast, by law brought way taboo Motherhood OURISTS in South Carolina find two small children T in the road crying. arby they locate the mother, dead. Her hands clutch a rattlesnake, also dead, its fang buried in her neck. She took no chances on the snake getting to her babies This is exceptional news it is not remarkable—any Motherhood is self-sacrifice. But same doesn't happen ofter mother would do the Flying Safety N AIRPLANE in France stays in the air hours without coming down to earth. Unlike most air stunts, this is important. It demonstrates that flying is getting safer. Popular reluctance at going up in a plane is due to fear of falling. As soon as a flier stays aloft a week it'll be time to advertise for buyers of fly- ing flivvers. Airplane industry is obsessed with a craze for speed and long flights. It should, instead, concentrate on safety —the thing needed to bring planes into widespread use. 38 Wind Jamming LITICIANS campaigning by radio this year will be turned out unless they make their speeches short and snappy. It was different with the democratic con- vention broadcast. The element of contest and endur- _ ance was present to counteract the monotony of repeti- tion and long duration. This will be the first presidential campaign in history in which campaigners will be able to address members of rival political parties. Can you imagine democrats filling a hall to hear republican speeches or republicans to hear democrats? The radio will work this marvel. Values OADHOUSE owner near Fort Wayne, Ind., says he couldn’t sell near-beer at 10 cents a glass, but began to sell over a barrel a day as soon as he raised the price to 50 cents a glass. é The average American seems to buy things because _they are too expensive or too cheap. An accurate sense of value is rare in our country. We might profitably em- ploy Hebrews arid Chinese in our schools to teach this "one subjject, in which they excel. Profitable N the 12 months ended June 30, exports from our country increased nearly 355 million dollars, com- _ pared with the preceding 12 months. And imports simi- larly were reduced by almost 224 million dollars. > Total exports exceeded imports by 755 million dollars. That's a nice, snug little balance. It delights people ' who don’t believe that imports must exceed exports if We're ever to get back the war loans we made to Europe. The View point HE LARGEST ranch in America becomes larger. It’s in Texas, owned by Mrs. Henrietta M. King. She adds by purchase 34,000 acres to her “pasture” of 1,200,000 acres. “Great open spaces” is a good name for that country. “ City people, barbering grass in yards the size of bed Willie, who runs the lawn mower, won't. Imagination IS NECK was broken two months without his know- ' ing it. Then James Scott, farmer, walked into a hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., to learn why he had such peculiar pains. If he had known the truth during those two months, Maladies are not imaginary, but imagination can make them worse than they really are. New Submarine . HAve you read about Uncle Sam’s biggest submarine boat, recently launched? It’s the V-1, first of a fleet of nine. Length, over 341 feet. Crew, seven officers and 80 subordinates. Speed, 21 knots an hour on the sur- face, nine knots submerged. We should have at least 200 of these craft. Remember our thousands of miles of coastline to be guarded, frien TID A MAN likes to do little things for his wife; that is, if he's really a man, ‘The right sort of fellow will brighten her life every time that he possi- _bly can. A small bunch of flowers, now and then, means a lot. There's even a thrill in some candy. Just wipin’ the dishes may seem tommyrot, but {t's nice, ‘round the house, when you're handy, ‘The Missus has routine; life's made it that way and her schedule of work is laid out. She gen’rally sticks to it day after day ‘cause she'd rather just do it than pout, I can't make it clear why the ay light. Why fs it he never can jus night? When father comes home he may bring things, that's true, but there's one thing he may overlook. The Missus needs cheer words and sympathy, two. Put that down in your memory book, (Copyright, 1924, N. D ou Y POEM e man can picture the home job so understan' why the Missus is tired out A, Service, Ine.) r~ tik Why the Delay? } Questions ¢ Answered ¢ | eee % 7 Soieerteeta i | yu can get an answer toany il question of fact or informa- || tion by writing The Question | Editor, 1322 New York ave, | Washington, D. C., and enclosing {two centa In loose stamps for | ply. No medical, legal or marital {advice. Personal replies, confi- | dential. All letters must be | | signed. is the address of the the Mayflower Descend Q. What Society of ants? A. 4h City. East 23rd at, New Yor cee Q. Is there any way to whiskers permanently? x4. Only by taking out cach separ. ate hair with the electric needle, which would be both painful and expensive. remove Q. Why is night air purer than day air? A. Because the dew cleans the atmosphere and there ia less traffic to create dust. cee Q. What causes a roaring of the cars when one Is ascending a moun- tain? A. The highly rarified air en- countered. This sometimes causes the burating of the ear drums, Q What does G. O. P. stand for? A. Grand Old Party (the repud- lican party). ede Se Q. What is the quotation about ships that pass in tho night and from whence is it taken? speak to cach other in pass- ing; Only a signat shown and a dis- tant voice in the darkne. and speak to cach other, Only a wok and a voice; then From “The Theologian's Inn.” i se Q. What was the nearest proach of the German army Paris during the world war? A, About 10 miles, in September, 1914. ap- oe Q. Did Gen. Grant run for a third term for president? A. In the spring of'1880, an effort | was made to secure for Gen. Grant |a third nomination for the pres- idency. For 86 consecutive ballots Kis name was recorded as having received from 302 to $13 votes. He teas, however, not nominated, and did not run a third time, C5848 Q. What is a beagle hound? A. The term “beagle” is generally applied in the United States to any hound standing less than 15 inches high, altho the true pure breed beagle of England is a distinct breed, which may be regarded as a miniature forhound, with the excep- tion of the cars, which are more pendulous. ewe Q. What is the highest voitage obtainable from the Ford high ten- sion coil? A. The peak voltage obdtainadle from the secondary of a Ford high tension coil varies between 10,000 and 30,000 volts, Thia voltage de- pends on the resistance and KB. M, F. in the primary circuit, the condition of the breaker points as affecting the rapidity of the make and break, and on any resistance or capacity that may be across the scoondary terminals, The voltage can be found approvimately by constructing a apark gap between two spheres cach 1. om. in radiua. A potential of about 30,000 volts per om, ts re. quired to jump such a gap, er) Q. What can T do to kill insects that are destroying my rose bushes? A. In spraying roses, if the in« sect ta cating the leaves, a stomach polvon auch as arsenate of lead or Parla green should be used. If the insect is the type that sucks the sap of the plant, however, such aa aphids, a contact insecticide should be used. A good one isa solution of 40 per cent nicotine sulphate, which can be purchased at any drug store. A. “Ships that pasa in the night and So on the ocean of life we pass darkness again and silence.” Tale,” Longfellow, in “Tales of a Wayside to IS HE A RE | The reason is AL MIDAS? BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS WASHINGTON, money is t the Aug. 13.—Your) mercy of a | ‘ | chemical iment. If it wins, headed by |Miethe, back of whom is a jong rec | of practical achievement in jPhycise and chemistry “ring |to make a te Tugn Wall Street heels over head. | Knock the props from under the | Bank of England. Turn the gold in the United )States Tauperize milli ires and make |you offer him $20 gold certificate |for a pound of cheese According to news which has | reached the capital, Dr. Miethe has discovered a secret which dealers in black magic sought in vain for ages Ho has apparently found out how to make gold from mercury by sub. mitting mercury to an intense heat generated in vapor lamps. Both the London Morning Post and the Spec- tator, ultra conservative British papers, are agreed that the long: ments has been solved. Scientists also seem agreed that the Letters All letters to The Star mu Vises and Immigration Editor The Star: The steamship agents and ocean lines aro not to be blamed for the| delay of many passengers booked for Seattle and the Pacific coast,| immigrants who were to arrive here! the last part of July and beginning| of August. While it is true that the new immigration law was in full effect July 1, 1924, it 1s @ fact that tho new visa forms and new regulations, under which the American consuls abroad were to operate, did not reach the consulates before about July 15. The American consular service had no authority to vise allen pass- ports before they got these ma- terials from Washington, D. C., and old vises secured before the passage of the new immigration law are no longer any good, B.0. CLAUSON, eee Hits Sailors Editor The Star; 1 would like to throw in my chip with Mr, Ingalls in regards to the sailors on shore leave in Seattle. True, there is vice in Seattle; show | moe any large city where there isn't vice and bootleg whisky, It can't be done. Every man can make his own char- acter, whether it is good or bad and there are good and bad where ever you go; both in civilians and men in the service. The wearo> of the uniform, since he took it for a life's work. should honor it enough to be half way decent. Nine out of 10 of the sailors that are on shore leave, come ashore with but one thought, and that is trouble, anytime and anywhere, Why they are allowed to molest girls from the ages of 14 to 19, in our public parks, playgrounds, reai- dence streets and bathing beaches is more than I can see. Go to any of these places and you will see just what I've said. During the time of the late war | 4 uniform was a real honor, but in peace it's a different thing, and in my opinion a man who goes into the army or navy during peace times is a pretty lazy fellow “Police beat up sailors,” was a headline in the papers not long ago, Here's to the cops, Beat up a few more of ‘em that make the city of Seattle a place to show how drunk and disorderly they can be. Hope there are a few more people in Seattle like Mr, Ingalls. CL. HARRIS. A Thought Blessed shall thy store, bo Lid basket and Deut. xxvill:s, rary ABUNDANCE prepare for easury into the equivalent of lead. | © corner grocer laugh at you when | FROM STAR process of reducing mercury to gol and helium or hydrogen anings rates over 7 nd ster Should The | would be jot human pe bility of limitless quantities of gold at a neglible fraction of the present jourrent value would destroy all of the expert Morning cata: says yamic for society, since the systems rest Suppose a month hence the an nouncement come from Berlin that |the experiment ts « success and that ja “gold factory,” equipped |Ford automobile plant or United Seattle May Be Air Mail Port ROBERT TALLEY B and Denv contine From ( peattle Pa nd Northwest From Salt Angeles. From Clevela of t next sume NATURELAND of wets where geogr nterfere they traverse the States, b flowers a tic . rn he flesh department king ahead, the has al Henderson, “t e & mass lation already is to the established tran SCIENCE | [FUTURE POWER] 4 Plana for cities cannot period of over 25 y & modern engineer tha rapid looks could ete ' ' we ete, for water CARRIAGE EXERCISES —S—S—_._ OT long after Mr, Mann of Any-)2 ed town had learned from his be entirely the |physical director the proper way 10) 1 os ontal years is ended. Therefore, a citY/stand and walk he was introduced | 207%" should not be saddied with an ¢x-|to several simple exercises that |' them out pense of many millions for some-|heiped materially to keep the body in| when exhaling. Breathe slowly and thing that may be ousted in @ few) condition for maintaining this car. |deeply, doing this exercise the cars. | riage. rate of about 10 a minute. clentists now believe that use| For those others who may wish} 3—Taking a standing position, jof the sun's energy is more lkely|to follow Mr, Mann's example, the'raise first the right and then the than anything else to be the answer/|following brief outline of some of)left leg and, following this, thrust }to the problem of power, heat afd|these exercises are here given the arms above the head, swaying It may even be used to] 1—lLie fiat upon the back, arising|from side to side with an upward the problem of water supply|to @ sitting posture for six or seven | movement of the hip#. in cities and agricultural regions|times. ‘Then, turning face down-| All of these have ag thelr purpose t are in semi-arid districts, for|ward, make a bridge of your body|the strengthening of the abdominal be used to operate devices|by rising on arms. Again, returning| muscles which play the mcg} im extract the seajto your tack, arch the abdomen,| portant part in maintaining % con- |resting on your shoulders and heels.! stantly erect carriage. such that that most advances ike the bo dev before ing plan ficient that While still upon the floor, in hale slowly, raising the arms to a ew |B position and straighten at the sfées again at may that water salt from 1 Moreau San Francisec the sun suffic a French inventor} has obtained hea lent to melt stee 6 consists of 22 mirrors} magnifying glasses. All of| sun's they. collect assed on a spot just under the} ntral mirror where they are con-| centrated. This shows great ponalbilitien and | the rays are power | the bases on which modern monetary | | ike a] | States steel plant for quantity pro-| |duction. would be bullt at once. The effect of the world war on} international finances would be as nothing compared to the chaos which | would grip our civiltzation. Business the world over would |come to an instant standstill and not janother wheel would turn until some of (new means business in * vented. doing Readers st have name and address. Rattlesnakes Editor The Star: In Friday's ts: sue you printed a news dispatch from Reno, Nevada, that a rancher named Fritz has tamed rattiesnaker; that they “make as good a pet as a/ dog or cat; that they are “appreci- ative,” and harmless, affectionate, and follow their master around, etc. A snake has no affection or de- votion for the simple reason {t Is al- most entirely without intelligence Says William C. Scully, a renowned authority on herpetology “The so-called wisdom is tho ser- pent is completely mythical. The mind of the serpent in inferior to that of all mammals and birds and to that of many fishes and insects. A dull, senseless malignity is its most outsanding characteristic, but of wisdom it fs hardly more than the oyster or the clam." Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars, curator of reptiles 6f the New York x00, speaking of the diamond back rattler, says: “Eyer bold and alert, the glittering black eyes, the slowly moving tongue. the incessant rasping not of the rattles, make it a most terrible brute, The mere vibration of a step throws the creature upon guard. ‘Taking a deep inhalation, the snake inflates thru the rough, sealy body to the tune of a low rushing sound of air, shifting its coils to uncover the rat- tles which are released with the suddenness of an _ electire bell. Closely watching its opportunity it strikes with terrible precision, and the long fangs and death-laden venom are almost sure to produce death,” Two cousins of this monster, the bushmaster and the fer-deJance, take annually a toll of hundreds of lives in South America and the West Indies; the latter seprent being a serious menace to agriculture on Martinique. The people ‘“pet" them with a club, Even more deadly than these are the Colubrine@ te, Cobras, mambas, ringhals, etc, but fortunately but one member of this genus inhabit the United States, namely, the deadly coral snakes of the Gulf states. THOMAS R. HORNE U.S.NAVY YARD 5 BREMERTON-CHANI, IN FORT Onc wr é ve Beat! 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