The Seattle star. [volume], July 17, 1913, Page 4, Image 4

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77ns Madness for Amusement
P AIUJI I.KVV of Pittsburg is unhappy because the twin
*V deities of todav seem to t>c "Dollars and Pleasures." In
proof whereof he invite-* us to notice the great surge first to
ward wealth capturing by hook or crook at^<l then toward
feverish entertainment. ,
His thought mainly of the restless rich, numerous
everywhere, but specially pestiferous in and around Pittsburg.
Rut we guess it hits all of us more or le*s The greed mauia
and the lust mania usually travel together. And it always
happens, when a society is in a ferment, that old restraint®
relax and the froth and scum ri*e where all can see them.
On the other hand, noticr these things, also:
A national political convention, drawing thousands of men
and women together from many towns, cities and states, bursts
into hymn-singing and shows the temper of a religious
" ,ef Traveling evangelists of the Billy Sunday type, in
the centers of the maddest dollar worship, and despite the
frantic rush for pleasure, park the biggest tents that they can
carry and stir communities as an autumn ga'e stirs fallen
leaves. , ,
The truth is that dollar worship and pleasure
worship are cruelly disappointing. They don't sat
isfy the enduring human needs. Deep down in each
of us is a hunger for idealism. Our souls grow
dyspeptic with so much cloying of materialism.
So we advise the good rabbi to be hopeful and patient
The froth doesn't measure all that there is of humanity, and
the deeps will reassert themselves, never fear. It always
looks darkest just before the dawn.
The Almighty never made a mortal man good enough
or strong enough to control the prosperity or adversity,
the contentment or misery, of a hundred million of free anil
honest people.—John Skelton illiams.
All Work and No Play
THF executive head of one of our largest corporation*, a
man who has worked his way up from the bottom, went
to Europe the other dav to he gone a month, and the fact
was widetv heralded, for it was his firM vacation m 30 vears
Poor chap' Think how rusty he will be. He won t kn<>w
how to enjoy his rest, now that he has gut it The chances
are that he will be worrying all the time lest thing** will go
wrong while he's away.
What's the *en>e in slaving hke that? Of what value is
a success that leaves one squeezed dry'
Moreover, the man who can't take a vacation for fear
thai things won't go right apprai-es himself a failure an
executive The test of efficiency in a human organization i"
its abilitv to move smoothly when persons change It would
be a poor railroad that would have to stop running trains
because the president of the road was too sick to attend to
business. The Britisher who rebuked his new American steel
i lant superintendent for sitting at ease in the front ofin e.
pipe in mouth and feet on table, forgot that while the 1 ank«-c
was thus relaxed the plant was running smoothly and making
its maximum of profit, otherwise the superintendent would
have been, coat off, in the mill, looking for the source of the
trouble. it.
Work while vou work and plav while you play and make
plav of vour work whenever you can fsut d<<n't forget that
all "work and no plav means humanity going to seed.
Drudgery isn't work. It's hell.
The day of the soft snap and the easy thing is going
if it has not gone. People of all kinds and grades must
earn what thev get by giving service and value received
railroads, banks and all.—John Skelton Williams.
An Original Source
MARY GOODE, the woman who squealed on how the New
York cops were blackmailing keeper* of disorderly
houses, is to lecture upon the social evil, to the annoyance
of some who think she isn t fit
Why not? She knows her subject from the inside, which
ous»ht to be the qualification of any lecturer. And if we
wrant the real truth about commercialized vice we probably
shan't be able to find it without commingling with those
who do know.
Mary's former business isn't a thing to be proud of,
that's verv certain; but she showed pluck in the way she
braved the grafters, and it may be that this same quality
can be harnessed to still more useful service The adage
runs, "Set a thief to catch a thief." and j>ossibly Mary would
do better as a pursuer of the vicious than some who excel her
in respectability, but not in experience.
The first thing of all. in this vice quest, if it is to be
productive of any real good, is, it seems to us, to discard
cant and get down to facta.
And the second, which is even more difficult, is to be
willing to face them when we find them.
That's why we think Mary may have something worth
The best of men have not disdained fellowship with
publicans and sinners. ___
Rich Widow Stickney, of New York, has married Prince
Among Paucigrey-t ticinge, of France, instead of ex Postmas
ter Gen Frank Hitchcock Processing in France is a cinch
You get all the society slobbering and. if you don't like your
prince, everybody's willing to kick him.
North German Lloyd line reports that, the past year, its
passengers consumed 1.720,654 quarts of beer 112.211 bottles
of •-till wine and 302,521 bottles of champagne. Crossing
the ocean isn't so awfully slow as a joy ride.
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EDITORIAL, PAGE OF THE STAR
"\Vrally, Mlsa Htrlpea, do you
think It's prupnh to lr«<l »ui h n f<*.
roolom brute up ami down Um
b«>nch ?"
"Wail, a alrl must havn an es
cort at a summer rwaort. Percy
And I haven't aeuit a man this af
tcrnoon."
Ho ait* a woman rllmb a f«ticn,
Admiring her th« uhllo.
And *i»ld "Your yard may hayo
no Rati;.
flat I »wr<? Ilko your utile."
• • •
Major Banhatleta (of t*« Indian
arniyi Trtl your eout mnl»r
that now I'm home I »h*ll b«>
p|r>a*«id to help him. If h«'d like It,
with flffld work and ao on
Horace (of »ho Hoy
Thank*, awfully, dad, but <*r ar»
you quit* up to da'o* drill'* al
tcred a lot nine* you *ef« hom*
lant —Punch
A Poem to father.
Kdltor The Star All my I"' *
have mourned and nrt«-*ed over th«*
loss of my dear father The only
thing I ever envy anyone l« the
lore ami companionahlp of a g"»>d
father, and oh! how I note the In
difference and apparent neglei t of
good and noble fathers by tho*e
who are hnedleas and unapi re l
ative of thi* great blessing Tbla
little poem, "ttoea Anyone fare for
(■"ather* In not original with til*.
When I *11 a little girl. ! read It In
a newspaper. and waa ao Impressed
with Ita ■M-ntlm'-nt that I rut It out.
committed It to memory, and It ha*
never !«■ ft m<\ 1 am In the &0'»
now.
KIJ.A STODDARD 9TOCKWEI.L
916 Cherry at.
Apropoa "Dada" Day."
Doe* nnvone cam for thn father*
Don* anyone thlnlt of the one
Upon whoae tlre<l, bent, shoulder*
The rare* of the family ocm«?
I* It right Jnat becauae he looka
worried
To nay "Hn'* n* eroaa aa a tiear"?
Kind word* and acta of affection
Might hanl*h hi* burden ol care.
Doe* anyone care for th» father?
Doe* anyone make hla home
bright?
Tla for you he I* ever striving
From early morn till late at night.
'Tlh for you he I* ever atrlvlng
Me will work for you while he
may lire —
In return he only aaka klndne**.
And auch pay I* eaay to give
MORAL.
Oive "poor, unappreciated dad"
your roses while he'a living; he
won't know anything about them
after h"'» dead.
Editor The Htnr riea»e let me
extend to you. through the columns
of 'lie paper, the pi- aaure and great
honor It offered me of shaking
hands with Mix* Cynthia drey. Sho
la a aweet woman you have plucked
by the wayalde ami trnnaplanted to
thn city with It* pitfall* and allure
tnent* to tempt the thoughtleaa
from the path of right If you take
her advice you will never go wrong,
la the verdict of an old gray haired
woman
ARMINDA CHRISTMAN.
Tell Children the Truth.
Editor The Star: It la agreed
that aomethlng ahonld be done to
ward helping children lead a moral.
Innocent life, and combat • lie evlla
of Ignorance and corrupt Idea* of
depraved companion*.
I'tirr nt* do not earn to enlighten
their children n« a rule and the
books on the subject are Inadequate
or o«ele*<' The only lliing to bo
done I* to teach thn children at
achool all about thn bodily func
tion*
Thern are men In the medical
profcmlon who any that nl the age
of H year* I* not to early to begin
an many children are filled with
wrong idea* by that time. Thn
following plan schjhh to be Hie most
reaaotiable
Teachers of eexual science, to be
called physical science lecturer*,
way tvov men and two women,
should be appointed by the city of
Seattle. The lecturer* would work
fii ptiiiH, the two men for boy class
es arid two WMpen for the girls.
A room nhnufd b« provided for th«
lirtiircx ami l»v modnlH or plcturi-H
of llowor» and of youth In action the
♦ MOST ANYTHING -=-
Tough on Percy
• e *
Nerve
IN THE EDITOR'S MAIL
She Met Cynthia Grey.
TUP". STAR—THURSDAY. JULY 17. 1011
Oh, beautiful blond*, with o<orloui
locks.
Don't mind thoee cruel Health Bu
reau knocks.
Vou cannot bear the "tropical
light,"
But you eland the apotllght's glare,
all right.
—From Ode to a Blonde Show Qlrl.
• • •
ninndea, beware'
Th« "tropical llltlit" of th« aline
rar« wtll net yon If you don'i watch
out.
Wear orsna* titxlenwar and' or
anKrudo tint lining Htay lit Mm
endure th« blaze of a cabaret,
ahade A*>>ld (hi- *>in » ra* », eran
If you have to atay up nlghta an<l
Though you h»w« In nurvc. don't
work In thn nun fipttpr inakw *
CI4U ■ day norttnK b!a< kt>orrl'-« tn
a rfial hni* than gli-an 10 burka nn
hour with a paint bucket. applying
roughe tn hot tin nmfa
All ov*r tf,* country blonde* ar«»
honling the i*ceni »t»rn w.irtilng*
of *urg<K>n« of th» t'niUMl Htatea
public h< al»h »»rvlc«» In many amo
tion* porvulilf I* no longer a' a pt<>
mlurn Howcrer. a revival In the
tain of tbla valuable goldllock*
gravy la foreaeeti Kn«nt'«t« are
• xplalnlng that the rraaon p«raitde
of hydrogen kill* off germa in tb.it
It makm the trrmi blond* There
after they ran t atand the climate
varlou* function* of the body conld
he happily explained
ALEXANDER CRICHTON.
The Com leg Amalgamation of the
Race*
Kdltor The star I *ee there are <
quite n number of different Idea* in !
the editor'* mall on the Japanese
que*! lon
1 agree with O D Maldwln's
view*. ||« |a broad minded
All nation* and ra<■ wlil In time,
become one. and not until that time
will world he truly civilized What
create* *o much *tr!fo bet wow
rare*, nation*, classes, fnmllle* and
Individual*, rich and poor, I* al
most entirely caused by economic
lntere«'s It Is selfishness that
makes a battlefield of the world
Our present system. capitalism.
Is, like the slave system, based on
swinish greed and selfishness It
Is the clash of economic Interests
which creates prejudice against tli"
Jap and Itnltnn laborers
Present conditions make us all
more or less mean and selfish. We
■re slaves to our environment. Wn j
have made great progresa In In |
dustry and science but are far back,
socially.
JOHN IfLXRMAK.
A Kick on the Movie*.
Kdltor The Star: I have a com-j
plaint to make agnlnst the majority
of moving picture plays I see in'
Seattle I'sually in the first act the
film shows (he popular hero a* n
fashionable, up-to-date tough, al i
ways mearing good clothes, with
lots of friends and plenty of money.
Then he marries the belle of the
town. Is llonlred by all, and s« tsthe ;
example for the rest of the youth* .
In the land.
Why not show Act II? Ther» the
fashionable drunkard's money Is nil
gone, he Is kicked Into the street
by the rum seller, and with his
filthy clothes In tntters. he finds
himself wallowing In the gutter, lie
Is an abandoned outcast, deserted
by his friends, forsaken by his
broken hearted wife, whose sweet
life he has ruined I,et us have the
whole story, or none at all. 8. T
Why Not Ask?
Kdltor The Star: "I.enrn how |o
buy homo goods " I have tried
time and ngnln to buy n pair of
shoes made In Seattle, hut I do not
know where they can be bought. I
have lived in Seattle twent> f<"ir
year* ami have heard of the Wash
ington Shoe F»ctory. and have seen
Its advertisements, hut I never saw
a notice anywhere giving the names
of the stores that handle the shoes
It Is Just so with other things.
People can't go from place to plnce
nsklnc for home goods.
Very truly yours, J. II HEMER.
A TAII, ANI) A TALK
NEW YORK, July 17 With
nothing but a shark's tall 1o bnclt
up Ills story, ('apt. I.nng of the
Erie lug Mnrlnn tells how a 2.1(1-
pound shark tackled tho crnft with
its teeth, stuck nnd was caught.
Daily Healthogram
SHORT lilt RATH, rapid pulite,
dl/zlneaa from exercise and cold
feet am not Infrequently of
heart <llH"'a*n. With mioh nytnp
tornn It Ik wln«<Bt to consult n
reputable physician, ask fnr n
<11:iKn<>hIn mid then folio* direr
tlons.
Realdea, when a mlcrol>«i *«•!» »
mae of blond* whlakem. all hU
friend* Joah Lltn to de;iili
I>r W ('. Rucker. who la rettln*
famoua aa the preaerver of blonde
llf« In thla rounirr, afl
llirht-halred folk to rut on oranca
i underwear In order to aav* them
•elvea from the ann It la kddltton
ally ur*ent to hava onu'a auinmor
i lid lined with orange
Hilt, K"e. In that raae wo'd hate
to ware our hat at a Celtic plrnle'
Or iltn-ker fall* to niako a dla
tlnrtlon l>«t*«>«n the varloua
rrailea of blond*, from the ordinary
tow head to the half-past aiblno
Nor doe* h<> explain how luiat of
I the blonde* of our B<'<|ualiitawn are
approximately all feet tall and
have heathy, hl-coata living appe
tit. a If «• ever Kot up the nerve
to aak one of >m the color of hla
underwear. we'd do It by telephone
and »<*r our running shoe*.
The blonde voter* of thl» coun
try ought to get tog.-ther and pre
vent any antl blonde legislation.
Even dm* •tor* blonde* should »ee
their right* protected Ju*t now,
however, It *eem* that bald h' aried
blonde* ore having the laugh on
the re*t of u*
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The Seattle f STAR,
The Adventures of
Johnny Mouse.
"What It going or up*t«lr*f~
asked the young man. after he had
listened f<>r half an hour to a *huf
fling, creaking noise that seemed
to emanate from the room over
head
"B*h!" the girl repHed "Orand
pa and crandma are practicing the
tango r#g "
ihe
NEW YORK. Ju- 17. The .
following biln traveled to New
Vork fr'itn n town,
•lid It seems food enough to pan*
along
A restaurant kwpiT In this
town received a few day* ago an
unsigned letter, postmarked In
another city, and thl» I* wliat It
said:
Dear Mr When I worked
In your < Ity several years ago I
boarded at your restaurant three
months I lined a meal ticket,
which I purchased from you at
»'• a piece, which made It coat
Uie 24 tent* a meal. The ticket*
wire good till all the meal* had
bet ii punched out, and I soon
< anie to the conclusion that I
could tave my*elf money by eating
only two meal* a day and making
the two meal* carry me all day and
making my ticket la*t longer, *o
1 et lire ikfa*t enough to keep me
up to late dinner time and sared
my»"lf one meal a day But where
I wronged you was thl»
1 *ttiffed rny»e!f full of your
j good grub at the two meal* I did
eat to keep m<- going over dinner
time, and to do that I would al
waya call for a second order and
would put a lot of your cracker* In
my pocket when I got off the
table. At the two meals 1 did
eat 1 would *tuff my akin * r > full
that It waa a wonder to me 1 did
not bu*t, but I saved one meal each
.day at your expense and wa* happy.
SfofectlkuMttfl
A|a!n4 * Against /
Substitutes- Imitationi
Round Package VllLilvllv
B MALTED MILK
Wsde In the lareeet,!*!
•quipped and aanltaiyMtaf
Milk plant In the wmM
We do notmmkt"mUkjndaM
Skim CoodeoMd HDk»aN
wt *• Orlffinal-Genmbm
HORLtCK'S MAJTBIMfI
nduwd to nJCt
- (rater. B«t fooMafckiwdfjjft
WW OIK FOR NOmiMV
phones r.v;, 4 ::
rates
Hf In rllf, Me t
also thought I w», . orkl
* r ' ; ' l >" lienie. and that If | £_J
Keep It up lonic enuf I mnyb.
da wo ild be a llo< k«f.||„ J*
Carnegie
I finally lost my job, » n4 .
think It wa* because | would J, J
h f " r I'f 'ikfast I (OU | 4 *
*-.rk all morning. being so
and In the afternoon I
no good, .Ither, a* all I Wo J
have in me by that time « u i fa.
era- kers and things ttiht lefi Z
weak. The boss said I w u *
good and cave me the rate.
Aftei I left your town 1
around a while and finally c»a«
h- re. where I got a Job anil hw,
made good ever since, a* I J
three square meals every day Bb
I never could forget how I £
boor.led you out of 2t centa a to
for three uionths.
Finally I have com e to ths m
, elusion that I never would bs •
real good citizen until ! woaH m
, back the money I bad ' heated Jm
out of so I have figured It up m
,• near as I 'an to what I out jot
arid I enclose It to you |u ik.
; letter.
I CVRRRB! !
J'ASSAIC. N J.. July
thouich ther wre held Bp
I masked n.<-n and relict «d of turn
I roll* of bll!« whll« driving »o N«»
I ark "-nrlr In the morning. B*o fait
i bi-ri? and Jiillu« Verban were hipj;
. , They had palmed off «tage v.nej.