The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 12, 1925, Page 8

“mE cose gm nena PAC THE ATT LI rar rHUR ARY 12, 1a | — . : Be. Jones’ “Blue Law” of Lincoln ‘The Exam ple : aa n n we a Ay We Lincolr himself ar ) A t t of Abr ! he read, t of an open ce, hi l 1 Y ger—but never were they S j } dreams onal pow , 7 rime g y find his place : he the of t Dreams begat Whethe y b the t& 3 to come true But only after he had d upon ¥« tudied them and worked them out Friends, sox ordinary oppor Lincoln, of course, did not know what hi t conditior prairie cabin to I i did them. The : efited by the reward that to. The benefi ing were not room, in tl world, for more | hocks he coul who are big enough to MAKE | and dreamed on! | reams come true 8 ‘ | Don’t Scare ’En Herring and Love “NHILDREN are born without fear, W* HAVE been told on n that fi Usu they are 3 years old before is food for the nd now cones they show fright at darkness, fire, snakes Jame Mickie, f s owner of Aber and so on, So report investigators of deen, Scotland, to endow the finny article Columbia university, after lengthy experi- with properties more profound. | ments. ; He believes it is a cure for The report says that fear is the result troubles, as good as ny love phil of mental associat rather than instinct- expensive and not nearly 80 dan ive caution. “Herring,” says Mickie, yetting to the root of the matter: Fear, iorating, mellowing influence on the home | most deadly of emotions and a terrific circle, because it contains a gee pert es handicap in the struggle for success, is protein. There is little divorce in ‘ ee and Pia nstilled into children mainly by parent be cause the herring there is sacrec ae who frighten them either by threats or your Boston cod, k it herring, ong by stories that inflame their imagination. | and love your wi f A man fed solely on herring or cod Posting the Unposted EV. JASON PIERC Washington R pastor, tells that President Coolidge “arives at church quietly and punctually, ente attentively into every part of the | arvice, apparently enjoys the hymns, but | does not sing.” cross his offered The information is probably for the benefit of folks who must neces- é sarily get intimately acquainted with the to misio sees aires avest when president at long range. Much mistaken rather tha an m are those who imagined that Calvin rushed in an hour late, slammed the door behind him, roared “Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here!” and went to sleep in the first pew. ‘i It was his t $ . more than Fle : Crossing Problem ) challenge, ONSTANT is the battle for elimina him.” of rdilroad grade crossings, particu- ‘larly the more dangerous ones : Meantime, railroads keep building new sgrade crossings. In 1923 they added 3,554 ‘crossings, bringing the total to almost | 1259,000. While these were added, only 11,130 crossings were eliminated. * The excuse, of course, is in the big cost ‘of constructing tracks above or below the | ‘levels of intersecting rogds and streets. $1,000,000,000 + The crossing probleM is multiplying, | advertising. tnot shrinking. * | Only. implic » | advertising to Not Enough FRESHMAN at Marshall college, W. Va., says 90 minutes enough for any mortal. he says, he has averaged just 10 hours’ Sleep a week. This goes the great Edison himself one better. And what are we to say against this college boy’s theory, when he is suc- zessfully carrying 20 hours of school work, is making excellent grades and working his way thru in spare time? Doctors will tell you that it is impossi- ble to continue such a regimen without harmful results. Sleep is the great healer; it is then that our wornout cells are replaced by new ones. We can’t cheat nature very long and get away with it. | deliverance—o We are mac realize. will return. 2 | ain. Her tota greater than i Altogether, Q. What is the Indian name for the cradia in which the Indian| mother carries her papoose? A. It is known by various names, ft ‘OU can get an answer to | | any question of fact or in- | | 1" formation by writing The Seat- | among them being “gaahosa,” “timi-| | tle Star Question Editor, 1322 | gan” and “urhasta.” | New York ave, Washington | e016 | D. C, and inclosing 2 cents In | Q. Name five sources of govern- | loose stamps fod reply. No | ment revenue? | medical, legal or marital ad- | A. Income tax, inheritance taz,|| vice. Personal replies, Ceres postal receipts, customs receipts and| | dential. All letters must ey excise taxes. | | signed. wee veg EET ET ESE Q. Who was the father of Abra-| tragic, his father, Abraham, having ham Lincoln? Can you give me) been killed by lurking Indians when some information concerning his) Thomas was not quite 6 years old. early life? He grew up without education, be A. Thomas Lincoln was the father of Abraham. He was born in Rock- ingham county, Virginia, of parents who were among the carliest emt- grants to the new country beyond ing principally occupied as a farm and forest laborer. The first home of Thomas and hia wife Nancy was in Elizabethtown, Ky. Later he took up farming at Nolin creck, wife. not a little praise. her by the war. and making pr 5 And for this she deserves credit. rtune. his ental. prothers syd did. “I'm going h rd je of it mak suffering sterner We feel more concerned over jeath of a loved one than our own end, faith » business grow would | warrant such expenditure. The American busin bread upon the waters.” And he knows it Our Fortitude | N reacts in a myriad different ways | usually is physical And or You r in on in the s man al n 19 ‘ogre | widow, Coming Back RADE statistics for 1924 are causing considerable discussion in ¢ £233,000,000 was Answers to Y our Questions Mra. Sarah three children. Q. Name fiction that were A. Tho Johnaton, Q. Wh | any is a th vacuum Geissler "| nearest | vacuum. such thing asa A. In physteat science, five mas Nelson at is ay woretical tube, tube approach ¢ probably would lack the spirit wilfully to Years ago the Spanish | governor of Porto Rico made codfish the big staple in the Porto Rican diet He | believed that no race bred on codfish would | ever engage in revolution. Floyd Collins, imprisoned beneath a huge rock in a Kentucky cave, suffering intense pain, acted as we expect all heroes to act. At no time did he whimper who suffered really ad Homer's there and get ¢ Homer was desperate; Floyd awaited his -with fortitude. stuff than we American Faith | OU get a better idea of American busi- ness when you learn that more than spent one “casts his Restoration of the British pound sterling to par also is subject of optimistic com- ment in the island empire. ngland should come in for She is coming out from under the great debt burden saddled on She is paying her «vay | American writers of born in Virginia?| John Fox, Jr. gow and Willa Cather. cuum and ts there} conception space entirely devoid of matter 0 the year’s power of reat Brit- ? ? Johnson, with Page, Mary , Ellen Glas-| rfect vacuui @ vacuum of a The| such as @ Crookes or give perhaps the a perfect) Q. Which is the better so far as! wearing }lath or quality wooden lath? is concerned, wire) the mountains. He married Nancy\ where the son Abraham was born.| A. Wire lath ts better if adequate- Hanks, June 12, 1806, at the home|In 1817 they moved to Indiana. In| 1y protected against corrosion, Of Richard Berry, the guardian of| 1818 Mrs. Lincoln died, and in 1819 o- the bride, Uls carly Wfe was rather| he married again this time a) @ How can velveteen be cleaned? | A. To remove lint and dust use| by Hal Cochran A’ TIMES, like a child in tenderness; With sympathy ever at call. A heart and soul alert to express And willing to give its all. The makeup that leaps at homely things, Tho born in @ stature rough. The brand of a man that always brings Respect for that kind of stuff. A TIMES, @ mass of the sterner strain, From his own self torn apart ° And never a thought of personal gain But a country’s plight at heart A human who reaches the very top, Yet holds to the common clan. The soul that lives on, to never stop Abraham TAncoln—THE MAN? (Copyright, 1926, for The Star) e n / vy ae steaming. } | man, burning A. Len ation fo! what ta 4. Wri |elvil service district or to the civil service Ip. ©. Q. What does Oklahoma mean? A, Thi meaning Michael Q. Namo we vessels? jathan, . r rural Practically all of th very light stains may be removed by} . 6 of the largest oil Olympic, Berengaria and Majestic. . Q. Where should one write to find} out about the civil service examin- mail the entrance te to the seer commission, The entrance | per year. ina Ch “red peopl salary ia $1,400) Q. Who invented the safety razor? Hunter, Sheffield, England, about 1875.| an English-| It was, however, merely an ordinary| razor with a guard, | Aquitania,) carrier and} ary of your Washington o Indian word DAY, FEBI BY GAR, THE OLD CROSSING WATCHMAN WASNT QuITE AS WOBBLY AS THE BOWS THOUGHT HE'D BE AFTER SUCH A LONG ILLNESS ———,_ GO AHEAD DAS BIN BONS, SHAKE 7OOT FOR {| AS HARD AS ‘ . QR EVES. \ rou UKE IM y),\ wes Back 0 BON }|t Tor FoR ALL ser FER BoA \ N | SuRE DEES 4} iB} TT TAM EES lle t nKICcK OE BoonetT —~ = oRwillas un © sees ay mth emeCE me _Dems’ Two- Thirds Rule About to Go t “ exhausted f t s r pecially if the sh the rule. of the correspondence » has to do with ways another such spec that witnessed in New summer, Suggestions that are being made include the abolition of the unit rule and the nullification of state instruc convent after the 10th bal a frog pond nuisance, replies; . Pisit: A ho i Forest Park man « 4 para- ng two ond one-hy / miles) be wants a man and| the More Problems for Fixit PARALYZED man who needs care and companionship, the question of permitting peo- ple to burn wod in Roosevelt park, a complaint about the office, repair of lights in the Wallingford district, alk obstruction on Z3rd ave. S. W.—these are prob- jlems Mr. Fixit was called upon to help solve today. His in the ravine must d it takes most of would be desirable, wood and brush burned up that wood wife for him. Hia niece} to make the bonfire burn. In the ence 4% | uset in the city, and he | upper end of the park the -wood is w of the | gy 4 strong man and a neat| being saved by the park board. If var the party lwoman ia needed. ac and|they allowed everyone to go in The expressions | some pay would be available er wood, 1t would create much from rad lib | MR&. H. |confusion, and would hinder the erals, conm reac Anyone Interested in this should] work, ti to t effect that it | cal Mrs. He SU nset-6430, eee — ae dee Mr, Firit: Last year the tex as- Ficld: 1 lve on Fairview wr came to our home June 16. DOC--By HyGagel. a hatiohon:-Biitsok abe Martone Directly in front of my house, and owned by the city of Seattle, is one MADAM, I’ Bi J | of the finest frog and uito PAADAr, ELL \{BUT I THOUGHT! [sonas thie ade’ of the. alasasont R TONSILS || DOCTOR — NOT [Ges wet z pond be filled up? It TH SILVER— has been here for five years WITH SILVERT/IAN INTERIOR + | Date ¢ health department has prom Firit: 1 live rd ave. id on account of a recent the sidewalks are completely covered up. Could you not get us @ temporary walk of some kind? K. ©. If you will telephone axact loca tion to the street department, | EL lot-0 they will look into the matter and seo what can be done. |‘Cwenty-third a a long street. on Copyright, 1925 Public Ledger Syndicate S. (Sez Du, b ll D d: | Mr. Fhrits I understand that the eZ ambe ud: | Volunteers of America are deing Senator wants || Paid $19,000 by the park board for t t two- || clearing. up Roosevelt park. What U8 10 PUl CWO TTF ao not u tand is why they are cent stamps on postcards. Let's it a dollar on va- || cation post cards. wood and that Can ot allowing vicinity to vou fix it? LL. 0. park board reports that | burning the those who live in make use it for firewood. The away the ned is that to carr ing bu much of the Lincoln at Gettysburg = OURSCORE and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on! this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedi-| cated to the proposition that all men are created equal. is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we ' cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor forget what they did here. tis for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work Jong remember, what we say here, but it can which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. tis rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from those honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the peo- ple, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth. November 19, 1863. , wood that is be-| the | reason they cannot allow all comers| the trouble Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing wiiether| XJ that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can! long endure, We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that the nation might live. It | informed, jon, I signed the statement he made out, and now find that we are assessed on an automodile that we did not own March 1, which I understand | ia the time they fix for assessments. We did own it June 16, but as I am we should not pay tares on it that year unless we were in possession of it March 1, Also 1 would like to impress on housewives the importance of reading and keep- ing the duplicate that the assessor leaves. It may save trouble later &. EB. 0. All tax assessments are made ax of March 1, Any property acquired later is not assessable for that year, See Mr. Wooster, at the assessor's office, in the county-city building. He may be able to help you, if you can establish the fact that you did not own the automobile March 1, ©. O48 Mr, Fixit: » The electric storms and windstorms usually put the lights out of commission in the Wallingford district in the vicinity of Thirty-fourth ave. As many of the streets are in bad condition in this part of the city, it ts necessary that we have good lights. Can you help us? Bede P. The light department reports that there have been two “burn outs” in this locality this winter, but that has now been remedied, and there is not likely to be any further trouble. "4 | | Starts Protest Storm BY RUTH FINNEY | | ares P ‘ 7 rs t at a r netruments | 1 are the p to ¢ mired) ties which pe | traf pern sto | Golt t . for | 1 ¢ about the nus putting wtop to pur. forbidden te ‘ . 1 k even to ¢ zed t “ be 2 o'clock on un- | uy. After that hour it is } optional with cities and in the t of t whether or not amateur possibility that « t ay cone 1 out « vocal or strumental, 1 is} al n bates or discusdona” ————, { American Girls Safer Herel” BY CHESTER H. ROWELL { not because the laws are tes numerous, but because some of them regulate bu: BS. Labor nions the same | thing ver any of the numerous laws which business thinks ought to be passed to regulate them are proposed, i she may fir These laws, which each side mo! othe cs, that h ks ought to be passed to pape y ss ceeg ge the other, but which , gaying 80, wants for himself,’ are but she can- y laws that we need not divorce more of him at all, Which would business’ repeal? Compensation acts, blue sky laws, safety and inspection rules, and regulated rates, service and f ~ of public utilities? are precisely the safe. he wives, For so it ts written in the These guards of business against rad- jeal_ and nfiscatory measures. Par sane If they are often fussily | New York inefficiently administered; may be fair three inspectors come when bab ly heathen is enough; if red tape immobil- cities, but tzes discretion—the remedy is Sia) American not “less government in bust- ; girls are safer ness,” but “more business in under their Rowell government.” We need to make partially ¢ institutions, government fit for the job. ca 'T 18 too easy to jump at half f A Thought ie But God said unto him, Thou this night thy soul shall be of thee: then whose shall things be, which thou has pro’ —Luke xii:20, truths. le Thorpe, who does the thinking for the United States Chamber of Commerce, and ‘former Vice President Mar- shall join in the crusade against “too many laws.” Of course they are right—if that were what they meant. We Pap have too many laws, and we are passing too many more. ‘E turn to dust, and But that is not the stock mightiest works die, complaint. Business protests, ‘per. 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