The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 16, 1925, Page 1

The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington (5 am The Star's Phone Main 0-600 Get the Habit — WoL 2 niered as Clase Matis NO, 69 SEATTLE, WASIL, SATURDAY, rNO ONE WILL DIE [2] When Mother and Dad TWO FLEEHIGH WIND MAY 16, 1925 pet. BY HOMER G i Ape 3,015 w Publl Somes fg Homer's W? SB veety Western Y | [e's Homme News . Sanit inereay,wee , but today ts SHOOT = TOWN Storm Hits 4 Okla- homa Counties Out; Motorcycle Thieves Escape of the Mount Rainter| , ; 4 : a ET eee OKLAHOMA ¢ Know who thinks up all} fer race horses, but It} fy the boxo who names) ITY, M. T PHOTOGRAPH OF + eed WINNER! Column 1 Street Car Signs May {Turn to Page 2 _The Seattle Star , x § Bll —Doc Brown Went ‘Over the Hill’ AS COPS WRECKS Refuses to Stop Giving Rum Away ‘Police Tires Blow $500,000 Damage as Answers Criticism of Council Commit- tee i =e! He’s Only Boss The only person who bas ever interfered with the police de partment, he charged, was Mrs Landes, council president, Last summer, while he was in New York and she was acting mayor, Mrs. Landes ordered a “cleanup” of the pollee department, and shifted the police chief and other superior officers _ Lie; Conductors Don’t qy prices GUT BLAST ON SHIP |Lucille Tries to Find Lake Byrien; | Up On Puget Sound Winds} promoters put up a! BY G. LUCILLE BUTE whe makes us auriy, biagssted, tore end uc, ps ‘whe aata inanchy. RAK enough for your tne “MOTHER AND DAD,” who found when they went over the hill to the King county zor inkall an thet | |poorhouse, that their home life of half a Peruiny had to be broken up by institutions nal red | tape. Photo by Carter & Bradtey, war Phot : BY C. A. CLAY 7 ormce "| PAWNS of destiny! Shattered homes and the end of dreams! fr, SE: | The fate of the aged and helpless who make that painful fetes | |journey “over the hill” to find a place to rest a little while. «| “Over the hil!” in Seattle is the King County home and as such Seca exem oe it is just as clean and cheerful as the management and helpful a New York, it on-/ friends can make it. But underneath the camouflage of kindli-| jness, it still remains “over the hill.” ya Out at the County home there are ex-bankers, ex-business men,|: “that ain't. no lake—that's| the opposite air ,ex-society folk and ex-leaders of this and that in the workaday | "jeer SeuNe™ roar Gar 'world. The place is full of human “exes.” There are aged women | hese Cel seree: at you wat | whose eyes fill with tears when they mentien “the place where I! | ating up the street headed north, on a used to live.’ They are all caught in the same whirlpool of eireum-| inet tne a, Wallace, lane, Stances, living out the fag end of empty lives. Potatoes. z | 4 that he got 15 late to be digging A bystander , of course, but more than believing the * * * R instance, there is “Mother and Dad.” We'll call them that, the only married couple at the home. Real sweethearts, these tivo, in spite of adversity. They came to the home} ; ¥ |from a hospital. Mother is a cripple and Dad is sick. It was the only thing | |they could do and they are grateful for shelter and a chance to rest. It is not so bad for Mother and Dad during the day. They sit apart under | some tree, talking over better times when life was younger. * * * UT at night. The nights make it hard for them. There are dormitories for men and dormitories for women at the home, | SAUCE SAYS: | | | | | but there} ‘iment | are no dormitories for married felk. It seems that the county officials forgot about the, tm” country | possibility of married couples going “over the hill,” | Pen ot paring space for So Mother and Dad, obeying the rules of the place, go their separate way at night, Torn * rowing Soute apart by fate and the routine of years broken by necessity. for the Polion rey| It makes it especially hard for them, remembering the home they used to have. & CMaptible stinking cup Mother marching in one direction; Dad marching in the bt yew Mother trying to ee fe, nr just after hide her tears, looking furtively over at Dad. And Dad, grim-faced, not looking around, adi 4" A grotéque march for Mother and Dad each night. f e 9 4 ey tanity han a muoe.| ite a bit different for them. vig agg pO ti tarhing vont | |BAc 1K in the old days in the home of their own, Dad used to wind the clockgat nights, oe ROMe ash the dishes, look after the children an@ see that the cat and dog rc committen | ware fol Died. tid th bring in the wood and see that the chores were done. Then there @- M9 probe the park depart.| were comfy chats and plans for the future, After a’ while Dad would blow out the light tom Hoe they're eoine | and Mother and Dad and the youngsters would go to bed. pies mite fire yet It’s all changed now. Mother and Dad march separate ways at bedtime. 1% Diary children to look after and the cat and dog are fed by the cook, (ay 45) future. There ® no future once y@ go “over the hill. It’s different for Mother and Dad. i mars x & Week, It in an- There are no There are ng plans for the 2 | ADEEA ‘nh gent'ment 4sont the a tounding spectach oo « ICE HABESIBANE) “elt laa who FFIGIALS of the County Home realize the situation and are trying to get has Aida eeip easly tet Lon VET CNG LTE TM get some interested persons or organization to “grubstake” Mother and | apeak, they Nave enat off’ the| will prove to the ‘world thelr con |Dad to a little place away from the institution; a place where they can once vor of ec seria sme kage ote led it products lagain go thru the ceremonies of home. | laval'x rhe cialmiay wit’ edit Bi@dA DR ERNIA “T’'m not complaining,” said Mother with a wistful smile, try to be cheery. The flowers are nice here, 1 think, ‘or they have alipped the fo the ottice 4 pen convention, east grein ¢ nto the voracious maw of the barre) aa the May 19, | pe streets in P| After neoing this inspiring they expect everypody else in lachat | de “T always did| min it! The Tarrel Parade he J. B, TA re re TaD RTe ahs MBP Mee Ua eA WD EL Standard Announces suxponds thy how {discarded or spare Noar|turn them in to local that is by | Bast rellof Tho low-down on tho line-up, left to right: Wm, J. (Woe) Coyle, prest ent Young Men's Business bub | Mayor Urown; J, C, Cook, Reliable of the Young Men's Business club. allio to go home and do likewlve—{ Transfer Co; Volico Inspector. Joe! form Drop Per Barrel Here USED CAR DEALERS Are offering their best buys in today’s Want Ad Columns, Here is a good listing CHEVROLET COUPR—4- ser car, guarantecd, balance 2 montha » car Sunday Turn to the Want Ad Columns see who ts offering this car me sure and read over 30 Used Car listings t¢ 10c Crew Injured i in Explosion and Fire on Italian Boat The mes- mber of men the extent o mage to he fire wus under c time Report Underwood Will Quit Senate HINGTON, May 18.—Reportsa of will retire from the sen- the end of his present term two years hence were revived Fri- day when it became known he had purchased “Woodlawn,” a beautiful orice estate 15 miles from Mount Vernon. rnon estate was Ke Washington's aift to his adopt anor Parke Custis, her marriagé to Col, Lawrence They ave «F ashion Show! Look "Em Over! Hie DELIER } ervavt aay it is, af least, dig up garmonts ints Wednesday, May 20. Bundle day for the all tholr) Mason; Farwell Lilly I aby ington launi | Beem secretly fears hia atrap ty stippiny ‘The of the other flv their paste of Chas, 11 and | Lilly Co; Ed FF. Beom, of Beem recelving | Sign Co. and 'G Sheppard, of the NOTE: Lilly looks a trifle chilled shoulder angfroid” load one to su inister chapters in and have tried this be. poet they have RT