The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 24, 1925, Page 8

The FLORIDA FREE LANDS ‘ : Dp’ TY crowd, don’t crowd, but lister i ; Unele Sam still has 8,000 acres of i vacant public d down in the land of a evergiades, palm trees and overnigh - a tunes—in other words, in Florida j Maybe the land isn’t much good, It’s q + been lying unclaimed for 80 years, but i There were 79,606 acres of Flor ' + available a little more than a year ago, id t which you could have had for the asking i ! By July 1, 1925, Uncle Sa books | : showed only 20,000 acres still to be given i t av During the last two months an- i * other 10,000 acres has been booked up un- f i der the federal homestead laws. Within Hl + the last week the general land office says f another 2,000 acres have been grabbed ; off. iH Many little islands off the coast of + Florida are being reserved by the gov- { ernment until new legislation is passed + regarding their settlement, These islands 5 + were not thought to have any value until i i the recent Florida boom, but now even . * Uncle sees possibilities in disposing of them as winter homes They will be cut up i minimum price put on each, and then will ito town lots, a + be sold to the highest bidder, if the plans of the general land office are approved by congress and suitable legislation passed. That they’ve been doing some busine: down in Florida in recent months, is shown by figures recently released by the bureau of internal revenue. Residents there paid 51 per cent miore income and profits taxes during the fiscal year just ended than they did last year. This is the largest increase noted in any one + state. Only 10 states show any increase * at all. N a BULLETIN FOR SOCIETY N™ YORK dispatches bring the glad- some news that Mrs. Rita D’Acosta --Lydig is recovering from an electrical operation, during which an attempt was made to imprint a butterfly upon her back. + This news is highly important, in our social circles, because the lady’s back is famous as the only possible rival of the late Lillian Russell’s back, and lovely »backs are very recherche, with or without -butterflies. Since-the reader will not see Mrs. Lydig’s back until she gets out of the hospital and strips for public observa- tion, it may be well to state that the rival Russell back was plentiful, tempted the observer to bite into it and was, for years, a living issue in circles of the elite and artistic. Of course, only close inspection can dis- close what that butterfly has done to the famous Lydig back, but it is comforting to Jearn that the lady is soon to come forth with her back with her. High social _ circles will hope that that butterfly’s rav- ages will not prompt the lady to keep her _ back all to herself, at any rate. = . CHEAPNESS OF LIFE YTHE streets may be full of leaping pe- : destrians and red with the blood of “those who fail to jump far enough to avoid the raging auto, but it must not be 107-09 Seventh on, Spe Seattle Star Ave | wy The # Seattle, Wash, | Pubitentng emont Mm | o : onies stam, |» the horse forgotten tl is still a terrible menace, As an object lesson, since it i mistakenly epted that the horse is be coming rare and innocuous, there is thi from the Lawrence, Kan., Chieftain “For years the late Mr. and Mrs. W. J Brown of north of Mount Vernon owned a family horse to which they were very much attached They often expressed their hope that they would live as long as so there would be no chance of the horse him being neglected “About two years ago Mrs, Brown was thrown from the buggy and her skull fractured, She did not regain consciou ness and it was never known whether the horse was the innocent cause of her death or not. Mr. Brown could not find it in his heart té blame it in any way “Two weeks ago Mr, Brown and the horse were plowing corn when the horse took sick. On the way to the house they stopped at the watering trough. Mr Brown was standing at the horse’s side while it drank, when without any warn ing, the fell on him—dead. Mr, I unable to get from un der the horse and was so exhausted from his struggle to extricate himself and so badly injured whey found some time la ter that he lived but a day or two.” HE KNOWS B ) kind and respectful toward the po- liceman on the corner or at the tri fic station. He is probably full of knowl- edge, having run up against one of those questionnaires that try the very souls of men. ‘This observation is prompted by the recent experience of the San Fran- cisco civil service examiners, whose - ords show questions and answers thus Q.—If you found a man with a severe cut on the head that was bleeding freely, what would you do? I would horse n was A- put a tourniquet on his nec Q.—If you found a man with cated hip, what would you do? A.—Give him an emetic Q.—What is a kl A—aA person with a him to lie unnecessarily Q.—What is a moron? A.—A man with more than ¢ -assing from examination of would-be patrolmen, there's this in the engineerin dislo- ptomania mania causin wife -—What is a plumb-bob? ~—A type of hair cut worn by modern ladies. The examinations for police truck driv- ers are also thoro, as these two samples show: Q.—What causes heavy smoke to come out of an exhaust pipe? A.—It’s the only place it can get out. Q.—Give a reason a motor truck fails to start when cranked? —A motor will sometimes fail to start if the driver is too weak to crank it. The reader can see that the policeman simply has to have plenty of knowledge. For instance, law and order cannot be preserved, if ignorant policemen choke the bleeding to death and raise the fallen by administering ipecac. Q For how long was (Gen. Per-) Serbia. The ashing chief of staff of were removed in| the unions which comp Htates armies and who now holds) 439g and the river was declared| the federation iteclf is not charter the position? \open for navigation on September| ed or invorpor ‘A. Pershing was commander-in-|27th of that year. See chicf of the United States forces i wi during the world war and chief of | Q What makes the color in the 4 Q. a eric Hin ofl okey? staff from 1921 to 1924. Maj. Gen Q. Is the American Federation of Labor incorporated or chartered? fi AY a Hines is now chief of staff. if e.g 6 | A. The Labor is a Q Can old trees be transplanted?|a@ federation A. The size of a tree that can be «transplanted depends a great deal tipon the variety. As a general rule, however, old trees that have passed “Beyond the sapling stage do not }take root as well after transplanting “ua the younger trees. There is no ne United) ing navigation boulder masscs imped-| local American voluntary international Polite Husbands ? ? Answers to Your Questions ? ? It tasues Federation of| upo organization, naity of the at and| water, clouds, dust, By Mrs. Walter Ferguson arty of larwe, sreeh has — rans; ng; ge tree. oar ae Rr ee Been quite successful ‘T has come to the place wher wife may slo aI ee men don’t have any sort of pleases. ha’ ahet + °Q Are white and black colors n chance, Statistics lately pub ter of the ‘ “A. White and black are not, ed point to the fact that comforta sha ita aaa xatrictly speaking, cobors. White tg a} over half the divorces are mannerly as wt *a combination of all the visible col-| caused primarily because hus rate ora of the solar spectrum; black is| bands have such bad manners tifeasuh ihe | at home that cultured wive: tate. thet n the absence of spectral color. | eee | cannot put up with them. Au | is bound to t Q In what mountain is “Iron| thors of standard etiquet » | of @ strain, Why Gate’? | us that we must take our man man keep up a } A. Iron Gate is the name of a| ners with us wherever wo | can't indulge his 1 é i mountain passage and obstructed| and that husband espe | his temper there once in awhile? course of the Danube river, between| should practice them wit | He must work ali day and not Orsova in Hungary aad Gladova in| the home. hiss at his stenographer when ES wu “pon't be flattering and cour. | *h¢ mis-spelly all the important | ‘OU can get an answer to|| teous to your stenographer and words, he must listen without any question of fact or in-|| then go home and take off | “ BF to innumerable, boring | formation by writing The Seat-| | your coat and unfasten your ’ ind. on top of all tt tle Star Question Editor, 1322 || collar in the presence of your he is asked to go home and New York ave, Washington,|| wife, This simply paves the keep right on being polite and D. C,, and inclosing 2 cents in | | way to the divorce court.” | well-dressed loose stamps for reply. No! | yolk, who claim to know, tell | No wonder the men are ¢ medical, legal or marital ad-|| yy this | clding to remain bachelors, Mor vice. Personal replies confl- | | | if a wife is going to be of an | dential. All fettera must be| | But look at the imposition | sorvice at all and help pay for signed. {| this rule works upon the men! | ier keep, she alight to be able | With husband gone all day, a to withstand a few lapses in m i | dress and manners. When she e | becomes so cultured that she | vt bear to see her spouse with his suspenders down on a hot afternoon, she had better choose a virgin ca. ‘ reer | Of course, everybod knows that husbands and wives should (APE of the brand that is always on hand to pick other people to | treat each other with consider pleces?. The world's full of folks who make saycantic Jokes on | ‘tion and kindness, something S Gikiers. The habit ne'er ceases, far different from polished man How people get fun, out of razzing that's done, 14 something I can't ners and clammy _ politencas understand. What queer brand of pleasure that comes in full measure Having a husband around who when someone Js constantly panned | made you feel ns if you wore This habit, adhered to, when folks are referred to, can onty | living At a continual formal Harmful nt best. We shout that and this when a friend's gone an | party wéild be something of a Yea, we must gét it off of our chest strain It surely in so, and we all ought to know that there's nobod¥ per Don't believe all of this atutt | fect, by far. The real type of friend is the one, in the end, who can about making your husband ! praine folks, whatover they are serve time at home according to 4 Lot's oll put a halt to the finding of fault Let's all try a plan that the manual of etiquet Just be fe new. Put knocks on the shelf—you'll be savin’ yourself, for, how thankful thit he doesn't put % near to perfect are YOU? something over on you far (Copyright, 1925, for The Beattie Sqmet worse than a fow bad manners, nape arsenite atin ee NPA DNAS Wry Ht ii i CH (our OUR WAY fc | | Mes THE SEATTLE STAR | / WARSH, DENS THE SPLIT UP. | QUITE A SHARP | DOAN ‘QuiT RIDIN | x | 5a yA . BETWEEM |! | DAT SHARP CONTRAST, | x ' N Pees AN | Yo'S GOIN TER BE } f WALKIN ROUND IN pie 3 “WO SECTIONS FO TER y / VAIS, An EF YO | © AIN' GOT MUCH FURDER / LONG. YO Go THURSDAY EPTEMBER 24 1925 BY WILLIAMS] 4 oh | TRwlbams G3 opens we mea BERVICE INC Millions of Germs Play on Pin Head BY DK. HUGH S. CUMMING Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service hes: W t * Am f filters w a gnat files window known men such o that a wide as bac is and Germs ty of ni bac h Kroup of ger aits and hi but a 1 enemies. at m re so far down {n crea t in often Impossibic hother a partle {s of an animal or ture and th alike that npart the use of powerful micro. what feed upon they multiply and th der which they ndit thrive Wh crops out somew of hur of plants, jentist | acqfainted with the caus, the dis ur Ale * unknown disease 6, whother a n oan ngs, of ant first act become disease nb mals, or the sc to germ that t learn about tt, ves, how {t grows, what and what food or chem- gree with it, Once ho familiar with its habits, becomes he is ready ‘to wage war against to become familar d of germ hold in In order with any partict ft must be captured pr ar k SCIENCB ~ ra QCIENTIFIC en new all and studies of interesting fields, for little about his animal relatives. ‘The pres: interest in evolution has stimulated these studies back to the ithropold apes, the morkeys and the lemurs, the investigator finally gets to the prob ably the smallest of all mam mals—so small, in fact, as to be no larger than some of the common. Insects According tothe theory time, millions of these tiny creatures to them, won thelr right in a world peopled reptiles, ‘This right thru. their small an fight other Shrews They have habits and at aa rapidly appenrance A resembles a constantly ¢ man really knows ent greatly Tracing mankind shrew, there was a years ago, when ingect onting similar to survive creatures, or by glant probably waa great cournge; for, are, they will navagely are noon semi subterranean “dig tn’ alm mole. In won they creatures Idom ean an a shrew somewhat young mouse, Baas f | SHREWS | nds SEES under favorable cond: growth and develop: example, let us say he ts x i & specimen of sputum He » the for methods germs which {dentification —d THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Us your mentality ts force ful. | 1 are not aggressive | | You have a great ab A ne prom Y pleasures Even tho you love your home 4 fa ry to restrain are necessary in a good germ de N. Y; V otes for President By Chester H. Rowell “ Shi 2 Y bane people of New York were “ the t. His Yor ree as gre fi in not what it ts about BtloDs, we may rly expect that F r comes t nl alker—that is, Smith—will ait in win'"the final election, as he t a has the democratic pr { nt c 4 Smith is therely A “Al nt Prote { k's candidate for the a § ee cratle pre omir flict tm t IHEN will come the queation Purit wet," feud: c of the popular reaction, not Tan York. Smith, who not an shrewd merely exceeding era Fixit of The Star Here to Remedy Your Troubles, if They Are of Public Interest Undertakes t a | Mr. Fixit: I notice street car on 18th ave. W. to tear them No. 11 make the loop turn at | down? They are unsightly and the postoffice against the stop | fire menace. MRB. E. Y. signal, It made the turn from | Call ELsot-0012 and report Third ave. into Pike at, againat this to the fire marshal. He the light, also, Have the cara can get rid of them in a hurry any right to this, while if they are a fire hazard. others are forced to obey the She = B, regulation? READER. Mr, Fixit: There ts an old The street cars have no rights couple living on Portland at. in this matter that the and Seventh ave. that have no does not have, In cases where way of getting out except thru would be hold up a the sand or slush, Why not the traf pave the streets in this locality cars, | public | | | | | cers have made this ex while they ere paving? n. ae TAXPAYER, A es This locality is so sparsell Mr. Fizk er night I i . phon cote la ha Uatd settled that the street depart st. There was a boy with her pyar Saale aa Capomtbsct hy a: At Fourth and Union a car sp isi kis I kA ao drove up to the curb, In the setrnif the dante 3's dade er é % y owners and presented ront seat a man and city council could get woman, but © a@ man in the pth Raieenie a 9G hay rear sec They invited this permanent results. —— WHAT FOLKS SAY } pualesanatepacetisaniinnseegpiecan ec iammeteeadall CHARLES E. HUGHES: “Our institutions were not devised woman t when she refused they used vile and profane language and drove away. I am giving you the number of this car. Ia there anything you can do about it? | | B. H | | | | i get into the car, and Lave iist vot: bastcecedlioot, rut to bring about uniformity of such as for instance, the germs | — The laboratory worker is daily The loense number ts being opinion; 10 "they Bae Dee aee of smallpox, scarlet fever and | surrounded by deadly enemies forwarded to the police with re- might well abandon hope.” measles. 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