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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
The Attack on the
League of Nations

lfennive against the proposed League of Nations Reed LIS quoting George
Washington in "Entangnng Alliances" and talking about racial animoH-
ties IN Europe He win find backing among both democrats reput
llbans who. II they haven't got al AZ to grind. are blind 10 progress
whether we like II or not. whether W e believe in 1t o. not " ire
nearer neighbors to Europe today than folks living In New FORK city
were to folks living In washiugtons home town. Alexandria. Va, when
the Constitution was adopted in 1881. And on OF the purposes OF tbs
Iconsututton IA 10 enable states which we're such ear neighbors TO get
along amlcabiy and settle their differences without fighting
We are nearer naghbors to Europe than folks living In New York
were to folks living n Savannah. Ga. at the time of the cyl TAR And
that "A was fought because the North believed 1t essential at consn'
tutonai cohesion between just such states a Georgia and New fmk BE-
maintained.
that as brought the far places close. Cables n n o cables.o m part Of the
world cal talk q all parts by wireless today. Engiands mystery ships
are already reported TO be crossing the Atlantic in three days 1t VIII nH
bs long before giant aircraft are croshng I'm IN day. Our raae intItss
extend already far beyond u W borders With the commercial drei
opmeni Of recent va inventions. they will extend to Every corner Of tn
earth. q
our lives will be linked with the problems and conditions Of the lives o.
every other great people. The grocery bin and the pay envelope viii react
to what goes o n in the countries Just = surely Is hey haNe rac@A
the past to what went on In he next country M
This is a condition % accept. not to quarrel with. 1t is a contfns
that offers a new question: question this age cannot dodge.
And the answe will be partly political. and partly industrial. but o
the most part 1t will BE- just the plain. coumon-sense answer OF tho peopn
lof the world To avoid friction and boodshed and HI terrible waste O
war. agreements r. necessary. And these agreements have got 70 e
binding. and constitutional. and enforceable By something lore powerful
than any n nation. just rs pa federal government II Washington y
more powerful than any M state.
That il the League IL Nations idea 4. h the idea that the British
Labor party has Endorsed a = a body. 1t IS the idea that is finding hvr
rapidly among u " labor leaders. 1t is what a recent L s govern
ment commission to France and Italy reported to e uppermost IN me
minds OF the peoplc-not pohucians-f tho E countries.
The people Of Europe have sacrificed heavily in this war. and Amer
lea has given n o small stint. The people of Europe ar heartily tire o.
his yanquishers come out with heavy losses And n o n can sy that
AMERICANS went into the struggle for the fun of the thing they went y"
la TO fight that very system
Having knocked the props u from under the old order. something
possibility. At all events, 1t is futile to attack it on grounds that belong
to a past generation
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
Continue the Process

Sooner or later. rs after the war we get adjusted 70
peace conditions. the cost of living will begin to tumble II
won't come down all at once-it can't. There wll De stops
and starts. Prices on some commodities VIII fal faster imam
on others. But the general trend will be DOWNWARD uhei
some sort of n level Is reached. A.
IL is probable also that war wages VIII not continue 10
long. tho. ms wages do not fall faster than prices oil com
modnies that will not be so bad. What n man can get III
trade for the contents of his pay envelope-what te
economists call real wages'-will not be affected.
But we should not stop there. That would be only an
even break. And there are reasons why labor should get
something better than an even break on this REIMBURSEMENT
proposition. o.n. -,
Altho the high-browed gentlemen who write books on
the subject have not got around to Analysing the situation
vet to the rest of us who have lived and worked and
sweated thru this war, it is pretty obvious that from the
beginning up to a very recent date increasing, war wages
have not kept up with increasing war prices. Prices would
Jump first. Then under pressure OF absolute necessity
wages would be boosted q notch. But in the meantime
prices would have jumped again. And so 1T went. IL is
true that this rule was broken in a few isolated cases where
rush work on government essentials was demanded ana
paid for-largely out of the government purse-but these
were the exceptions. The principle OF the thing was that
prices led and wages followed.
Now, with the scale swinging the other way and with
wages and prices both on the decrease, let's all get together
and insist that this process continue-that wages stun tol-
low prices. When the cost Of living takes a substantial
drop. and not before, should any wage reduction be con
sidered.
In that way labor can make up something of what 1t
lost when the war was still getting under way. In that
way, too, some who have profited unduy out OF war CON
ditions can pay back part of their debt to the community.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
The Funny Christmas Gift

The Red Cross worker stood behind the pine counter
in the Seattle postoffice lobby putting the final seal OF
inspection and approval on a fat Christmas carton for a boy
overseas.
A hundred such parcels had passed thru her hands
that day, and as she listened to the stories of the women
who brought the precious boxes to her, while she inspected
and re-packed the simple gifts, the Red Cross worker
knew that her work was more than the fulfillment OF a
and service.
But the day had been long. and the constant pull on
her sympathies and tugs at her emotions had been exhaust
ing. She longed for her own quiet fireside and time to
con over the mighty lessons of the day. She almost hoped
there would be no more parcels brought that night.
Then a slow, dragging step approached the counter
and another carton was pushed across. The worker looked
up to meet the shy. embarrassed eyes of a middle-aged
w~orkingman. a bearded, big. stopped, gray man. evidently
a foreigner. His face and his blue overals were dirty and
he kept one blackened hand on the box, clutching his din
ner pail in the other. Haltingly, in broken English. he
explained that the box was for his boy-"with the Yanks-
cross the ocean" And, please. he wanted what was on
the top of the box LEFT on the top so the boy would
see tina. first of all. The worker opened the box-but on
the top was the Great Gift-the thing which the boy must
see "first of all'-FOUR ANIMAL CRACKERS,
He loved 'em so when he was a kid" the father stam-
mered.
And so what was on top was LEFT on top" and the
cracker lion and bear and goat and giraffe began their
strange journey half the world around, from the toll
blackened hands of a father to the sun-browned hands of
a soldier son-four animal crackers, funny, beautiful symbol
of all that men live, and fight, and die for-symbol of love
of faith, of home.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
@LftcraA 2Wthin& cx
Wife Remains With Man
Who Claims Another Love

not HIS children show the slightest
resemblance 20 the negro. he Will re
member that she II negro. and throw
II up at her. and perhaps leave her.
na so many white mcn do. when
they marry outside the white race,
Negro blood IL strong In atavistle
tendencies because the rice In prim
tive. closer to nature than the high
ly trained and specialized white
races. For this reason, traits peeu'
iiariy negro may develop. even In
tho girl. later on. after marriage. AS
we'll as the children. Persons have
been seen who were. and are. ms
white and Caucasian In form and
feature aH any one. who showed
negro mental traits. and any South
erncr can tell you the South Ii full
OF people who are as white as you
or 1, but who are negro In every
thing else. The negro WILL pre-
dominate when the blood is mixed.
because II IN the stronger. from It's
proximity 20 primitive nature. SO.
unless he can love the girl. regard.
less OF her negro ancestry. and his
children. without fearing negro APP
pearancc or traits. he IN only heap.
inE up misery for them and Hum
self. too. lie win hate both tho girl
and his children by her. unlcss he In
broad enough to forget the matter
Of race entirely. | know two young
men In this city who don't know
they are colored. fine. manly boys.
some day they will marry fine WON
en-, and some day the women Will
find the matter out. and thcn look
out for fireworks.
Men and women OF mixed negro
and Caucasian blood are very at
tractive. 20 much so that Quatrc'
FACES. the French scientist. says
they are superior TO the full hlooded
white In personal charm IL Ia a
well known fact that their minds
ar. very active. Booker Washing
ton Fred Douglas and a host OF edu.
Gated negroes Ia this country att-s,
The mentality Of MIXED biood~d
negro men. There IL nothing To be
ashamed OF except In the mind Of
TIA. party himself. but he had better
not do it. and cause them and him
self future misery and unhappIness
In many ways
souTHERNER WITHOUT
PREJUDICE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
I FIND PEACE" MEANS
STAY On THE JOB AND
GO BACK To MINE

mustn't think they a resume their prcwar ertraNaEanccs and ease jus,
because the firing has stopped"
You cheer club girls had better impress that fact o. your friends"
remarked Daddy. who az a successful busincsa "a Is always able 20 think
ting ar boys back home. we'll have to feed tome half dozen starving
nations Every kitchen In this land must contribute It's 1.-THE OF food reg
.uhariy. Moreover. the government Will have to make another Liberty
loan. SO. little SRI" Daddy addressed me. you'd better n your pen
nlcs- " you want TO see your Bob
I'm putting nil can collect into Thrift Stamps Here stretched
Then change them for War Savings stamps because that way In &c,
my money back with interest In five years. you know"
Maybe she'll bo needing ~ badly just about then" laughed Chrys Ito
start life anew-in ease OF a divorce
My sstcrinlaw spoke carehcssly. but her Jest hurt me terribly.
Fortunately. a remark made By Mother Lorimer took the general at
tenuon away from D..
i've grca, faa in the love OF my sci for peace" abe sdd. Il think
wen find women ready to make greater sacrifices than overland making
them gladly for the sake Of pcace-even II W e have to feed ur enemies"
women have always thought love the most precious word in the
language" remarked Chrys but maybe wev been wrong, maybe it's
peace"
There's a thrill n a. too" suggested Martha. - thrin nv old as the
race. Why. today W e an actually gt the feeling N that awkward antique
that brngcth good udnes. that puhishcth peace"
The word certainly links us up to the past n a nc other word does"
said Daddy "Remcmber-in the psalms-Peaoe be within thy walls and
prosperity within thy palaces"
And consider the completeness Of the Christmas blessing" added
mother. Peace on earth"
while we're establishing peace among the nations OF the earth, IL
would be a mighty good plan to make IL a permanent foundation in
homes" put n the practical Martha. In theory. OF course family quar-.
rhs do rot exist. But in fact they give lawyers most OF their business
Small ufs ove nothing important TO start with. bring OF most divorce
cases"
There was that dreadful word again
Chrys may not be malicious. but she is certainly ui-chL vous
Better look ut for n divorce suit in the Lormer 'nbc" she said
gets homer'
ITO he Continued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
Who Will Control
German Affairs?

Beyond question the socialists win control the nw government Ie
question O is. which socialist faction will gain control?
There are two socialist parties which 10 are the gripping power IN
Germany: III
4 Majority socialists or social democrats. headed by Scheidemahn
and Ebert. O serving Is chancellor. who supported tn war wNv
looked o by radical socialists all over the world a $ Instruments o
.autocracy.
2 Independent socialists headed by Carl Liebknecht. who opposed TN
war m fought for peace, but because they were in the minority were
prosecuted.
Friedrich Ebert, former editor of a socialist newspaper, and mcmn6
of the reichstag from Bremen, made chancellor by Prince Max to ar
not only II the de facto government, but OF the schedemann branch OF
the socialist party. !.
1t Is na yet clear to which faction the red guards" who have revolt.
ed, seized the German fleet occupied Berlin and set up workmens aaa
soldiers councils. will adhere. The belief here is that they arc members "
the minority :.
= Now that autocracyis power is gone, the Independent socialists ~
in numbers and will organize soviets Other own. Then WI
come a clash between the two socialist groups which will parallel in aino"
every particular the fight between the social democrats and the Boshevn
In Russia. ~
According TO present idenufoatons the new ruler of Germany M
be selected from one OF these lei ~
MAJORITY SOCIALISTS; scheidemann, Ebert suedekum -.
INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS; Harden. Liebknecht, Iiaase, Ledepow
Out OF the whole group. the m who stands head and shouhos
above them all is Macmillan Harden. the fearless editor who persstenW
criticised and harassed Hohenzonern during the four years O n SUI
it is a question whether he will be able % gather sufficient support |"
force his election. W
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30

Dear Misa Grey; II YOU were the
wife OF a man who deliberately told
you that he no longer cared for you.
aud that he loved another and had
loved another FOR the past two
years. would YOU leave him and I'll.
vorcc him. or would you hang on
To him. Don't YOU consider a
woman m idiot that will keep house
and cook Tor "A man when Hhe
knows that tho greater part OF his
time n spent with another womanG
MARGUERITE.
That depends entirely on cir.
cumstanccs and the type OF wifo
the man has.
Some womcn would consider
they were steadily LOSING self.
respect Co continue 20 be the
wife OF such a man. and leave.
without asking any favor or
justice.
Others would think first OF
the material aide OF the matter.
and figure out how best Go bene.
III themselves. having lost their
haH'AnA WV CAAn NUNtAfn
might continue 90 be the wife OF
that sort OF a man simply to
set his support aud the properly
into such a condition that they
could get their share. and per.
haps more. in lieu 81 his love.
There are stili other women.
who. under such circumstances.
would stick to the ship. think
Ing. perhaps, that II had been
their fault In some way that
they had lost their hold on the
man This type Of woman would
say 10 herself. Il win sit tight
and win my husband again"
So. you sec. IL IN very difficult
for an outsider Go say whether
the oma you have In mind
il AN idiot" or not.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
Help the Clerks
Help the clerks!
Help yourself!
Help business,
n

Do your Christmas shopping early today
The first Christmas after the war Is going to be one
of the greatest gift-giving seasons you've ever known.
The stores were ready long ago, with stacks of APP
propriate gifts for rich and poor, young and old, boy and
girl, soldier, sailor and aviator.
The clerks want to give you the best and cheeriest and
quickest service of which they are capable. The earlier
you come the more time they'll have to devote to helping
and pleasing you.
There are only 20 more days left for Christmas shop
ping, remember.
If you're going to shop early, DO 1T TODAY.
If you shop early in the day-you1l get back home
without helping to make jams in stores and on street cars.
If you do your Christmas shopping early in the day
must face and handle a tremendous trade this year, and
who, from experience, dread the ordeal of the last week,
last day, last hour rush of t~houghtless buyers.
If you do your Christmas shopping early you'll help
business by distributing sales over a reasonable period Of
time in a s~teadying flow.
If you do your Christmas shopping early, you'll help
yourself by taking advantage of early choice of large and
well assorted stocks Of goods and by having opportunity
and time to inspect them.
Do your Christmas shopping early today.
Safe bet: Fen schoolboys are worrying about the
teacher shortage.
Holland seems obIvious to the fate obstinacy
brought ON Germany.
Sove your sympathy for the victtms of the Huns.
They still need it.
Right at this season me could use q feo more hot
spells, Mr.. Weathermdn.
Too MANY reconstruction plans all at once might
give as indigestion before Christmas.
British didn't croW pohen Germans surrendered u
boats. They left that bird 10 the Teutons.
Germans, in saying their mavy oasn't north much.
may be trying TO take the sting ont Of the surrender.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
SoHtherner Comments
on Miring Of Races

Dear Miss Grey M. W" wants
to know u viii show In ans
children he might have. In marrying
a girl who Is n sixteenth negro
blood. A good answer TO the gentle
man would be that u he has tho
race prejudice. his query indicates
he had better leave this girl alone
Ten years from now. whether or
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
STARSHELLS
MELANCHOLY Muse

Pat ard fair and very round the moon
4. when it shtnss al nikhi.
In the DARK ard diamAi deep. rth
t~tnkflns little stars aiight-
Deep and sah sar solemn 90 the cold
and hszTsisss moon,
FIoats ths voice Of ionssams pap -
melancholy tune
Quick and crvaky ava with isrts the
window opens vide.
And a had vita msl~dictiens thrusss
itscif autsi1s
not SEATED near a Hssbags ,sn Nth sis-
waited nsar.
no- fseEs the psp BE has disturbed a
business maus fvpcssf
Tbs one vita ratuaa form ard ssrdid
soul sst sstonE on sleep.
with money EFahbtng tnatineb that
srarts and saefss 81 niEht.
The other uuieksnFd Nth tnaElnsiion's
thfuh and leap.
Pegriag forth hts Hspirations tn the
moanHhin~ bFiKht.
HOT SO hos he who at the ~tnao~ IN
hts night-dr-ss clad.
Uptsfts his voice IN yenxsfsi elamsF. ss
crsatuss mad.
Ara ~ TIE melancholy pup his shoe WITH
fury thrass.
Hho tucke his tail bst-ssn his legs snf
hence directly goes
And then the window crashes dssn.
and al IL xFry atui.
Ana all ths uttis stars abovs look dsvn
on every hiA
-ron-r.
Our Idea OF nothing at all. u the
movie star who has never been
closer To a frontine trcn~n than
New York Il. TO vladivostok. who
outfits himself in n regular United
states army uniform. and dazhea
rladly over the top" after some OF
his " company. camouflaged ms
Germans.
And a. the squeeze out. Initiates
his chest and struts. and salutes.
and clasps the heroine In his arms
and kisses her.
10 Tat rs II may. McSsrr. Dc
Beiio and Bontempo were soloista
az a concert In Cleveland tho other
night
4 Cleveland man says
Hes invented a furnace
That gives lots Of heat
without n fire.
a wonderful furnace
But we know Of one
In which you can have
A whole lot Of fire
But not any heat.
And n sign on the window OF a
Pike 81. meat market says.
FRESH LEG or SPRING LAMB
Dispatches n soldiers are loot
ing in Austria. Didn't suppose there
was anything left 10 make footing
possible.
A COMMON THING IN LAW
An ignoramus was issued. clear
ing Charles Mulvaney OF the charge
Of manslaughter Paris ull) News.
Herr Won Bochlen. who became
Mr.. Krupp by marriage. has disap.
peared. Wen wager he's gone off
into a corner to read the Male
Help Wanted ads.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ITS
ABOUT. MEBHY IT'S PRO
GERMAN PROPAGANDA

Miss Clara Mae Morgan under.
went an operation this morning for
the removal Of an overgrowth on
her nose. which was giving evidence
Of forming a revelation on her nose
-PiattsmOuth tSevJ Journal
Lee Lee lives In Saskatoon. sask
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
THE TRIUMPH or TIME

Peace may come back. but time
will not restore the foaming mug
and the swinging door. the polished
bar and the long brass rail. which
comes TO Us as a dream or tale e.
Memoirs OF n police court baliff.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
DEFENDS WHAT KIND or KING

There may be some places where
every king looks like a deuce. But
we notice tina, In Seattle there's n
King who Is going To be elected on
the school board without ven any
opposition.
Officials 81 a gas company In
Chicago admit that they guessed at
many bills. No; n very good Eys
tern. but At that they ought to be
able 10 come as near being right a.
a meter.
MY heart biecds for poor VII
liam H~ohcuzoltern. postcards J. s.
mo Job and not ~ n trade"
War rellcs-the old fashioned cat.
sup bottle that stood on the lunch
counter and the restaurant sugar
bowl.
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Going for Good

win have ended it in such a way a $ to end war forever" and then ne team
this story:
A southern negro who had a mule for sale was asked;
How much you want for that mule" after which the conversauo'
al as follows; ~
"Whar yo' all liver"
Never mind where | live. How much you want for that mule =.
81 gota know whar yo all live. l amt gwine sell dat mule ~
dat mule, but doan nevah wan n o more convahsaton wiz i'm"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
\ WORD FROM
J JOSH WISE
Nhut good u
luck & a NAT
Tits lucky an
don't know ~
OH. KEROSENE,

The Z. = army. u h. announced.
has invented a real substitute for
gasoline that costs much cheaper,
That H.. Il costs cheaper now. but
wait an John u. reads about the
discovery.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30

What form OF government viii
Germany take, that of a poliucAi
republic like our own or a social
ist soviet government like that o.
Russia?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30

Senator Jim Reed OF Missouri. a
democrat who has been particularly
bitter against the presidents meas
ures all thru the war. has elected To
lead off in the grand senate Of.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
Brother Feels Sick! He
Wants a Candy Cascaret"

To Mothersl You will avoid worry and trouble
by giving your children Caseaets instead OF nasty
Castor Oil. Calomel and Pills. Children look upon
Casearets as Candy and hsver refuse them even when
sick. bilious. fcverish. eon,,ipated. Besides Caseare,s
cost only 10 cents a box.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
CONFESSIONS OF A
WAR BRIDE
Copyright. 1918. by The Newspaper Enterprise Associated
w

Yes. the a Is over. my dcars" said Daddy Iorimcr n - he can
In waving a "a extra. But wal work Is not finished yet ] hope -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30

women nou stan "
You mean. SIR Iorimer. that We
have stIIl a big bin TO pay for the
show vcntured Martha. Il sup
pose soms women have got 70 have
that rubbed into their minds They
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30

Frank Il. Wolfe. OF the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
A COLUMN OR TWO
Comments, Views, Thoughts, Smiles and Throbs
Cleaned Here and There
by HEBA

Absolute freedom Of navigation
alike In r~uee and In war. EXCEPT
as the seas may be closed in whole
or In part b. international action
for the enforcement of international
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TO he Continued