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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24
EDITORIAL
Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler critic philosopher. novelist born in
England in 1885 and lived until 1902
His early active life spent New Zealand sheep
ranchcr on large scale and here he began the habit of
carrying note book to record his observances as they
sprang from him.
As he said Ideas fly so fast that is well to shoot
them ON the wing-dont try to put salt their tails
He drew upon these notes for his sustained works, in
Guiding the novel, THE Way of All Flesh for which he is
best known
basis in that of Samuel Butler and Shaw acknowledges it
in of his prefaces.
selection of his notes has been compiled under the
title, "The Note Book of Samuel Butler from which the
following epigrams were taken;
Tact is golden-not silence.
Life is one long process Of getting tired
The world will always be governed by self-interest
The true laws of God those of our own wc-being
hen is simply eggs Of producing another egg.
All is against life and all healthy instincts are
for it.
Intellectual overndugence is the worst form excess
take.
1t is the function of to keep virtue within
able bounds.
healthy stomach is nothing if not conservative few
radicals have good dgestons
sense of humor will keep from committing all
sins save those worth committing
There is gold in the eyes and Of the public
than in quartz. but il is harder to prospect.
People lucky according to the ratio between what
they get and what they are led to expect
No matter what system of cunning checks devise
must in the end trust some who is not checked.
Woe unto the specialist who Is pretty fair generast
and the generalist who is not bit Of specialist
To love God is to have good health good looks good
sense experience, kindly nature and fair balance in
bank.
If there are two worlds we should make the best of
both of them-partcularly the with which
Immediately concerned.
The WILDE and the Has-Been touch us more than the
Is tender to children and old people than
those in the prime Of life
How loosely thoughts must hang together when a
face in the fire. the stem of gnared tree will
lead them into such vagares at a moments notice
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24
We Wonder

We wonder what Edward Favor thinks.
human souls, ST. John G. Erne wrote play called John
Ferguson He perceived the dull trend Of fate that stalks
thru fe crushing faith and buryng little families beneath
emotions, the fears of souled cowardy human
Then came Edward Favor. an actor supremely capabe
of acting the part of the coward
The play pierced the soul of Ameca'-as the critics
in New York said 1t made people thnkor rather, it
made many people think.
This drama sent on the road, and finally ar
rived in Seattle last Sunday to spend week At the
Metropolitan.
Crowds fill the theatre. They prepared to see
something wosth while.
Finally the great moments of the play at hand.
Edward Favor-the man who wanted to kill but was
poweress because he had been created cowarddepicts
his wonderful part
expression, every emotion portrays pitiful human.
Some people sit almost stunned with the wonder of ALL
Others laugh!
To be sure they are laughing honestly. Alas, they
laugh during that tragic realistic third act than they
could gigge at the brink of open grave.
We wonder what Edward Favor thinks when he hears
part OF his audience aughngwhen he knows he doing
supreme piece of artfu truthful Characterization!
Is he wrapped in his transformation that he is un-
mindful OF all else! Is ne for the moment the he
Or does it make him boil inside as it does some of the
sss ws sgs e. s bo in his ss H. -,
Of people who see John Ferguson this week
The worst enemy of organized labor is the red acho
IS permitted TO become part of organized labor The
one Is part Of America; the other enemy of all
Goyernment Intervention, according to Gary should
De limited to maintaining peace and order. And the
status quo ante bellam
Soldiers fired into Berlin croacd of $4,000 the other
day, killing and rounding No wonder then lost
the
Chicago understands ,cat Lenine meant hen he
said the Reds Uould set the avord afire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24
In the Editors Mail

spending his money. finally reaching
point where he Is compelled to 40
on the city. This liz admittedly the
condition OF patients here. The fault
u not theirs We have sworn our
elves TO be paupers. and are unable
TO pay for our case.
Should the patients pay a modest
fee. II will not lessen the burden Of
the taxpayer one iota. We have ap-
proximately $50 tubercular patients.
and IL each one should pay $50 n
month. which h. not even reasonable
TO expect. the sum would bo sss. 900
year. Reduce taxes by that amount
and the tax levy for the individual
would be none the less. So what
logical reason can there be for the
modest fcc"7
Tuberculosis IS becoming n national
problem. and. In my Judgment. its
control should be fcderalized. II left
TO the individual to care for himself.
we will have the shifting about of
diseased people from one state to an
other. seeking different climate and
care. but continually getting worse.
and spreading the disease. As long
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24
General Amnesty
ny DIR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1919. by Frank crane)

am not afraid of a Bolshevis, =,
talks, so much az of one who is locksd ~
and prevented from talking. His o.t y
only foolish; his confinement is tragic sn \
eloquent.
If Gene Debs ever did any harm. he !.
doing 10 times as much now. The ill.,.
sands Of men and women who see n IL
a passionate symbol, when at the aos l ~
Ga he is sentenced to 10 long years n ~ l.
penitentiary, are moved by this 10 bs..
America and its laws, and TO see IN ~.
social order nothing but Capitalists. :, !.
preston, 10 times more than they wos',
be moved by anything he might saw Il /.
edited a paper or mounted soap boY ~
] am free TO say that when the mo,,n,;,.
Red asserts that this war was for N.
Capitalists and that the Government 4
tool Of Wall Street and that our sold;..
were fools TO fight, it rifles me and thirt
they are crazy; but if thereupon / prc.si
to beat them up or put them in the 49,
boose, / Immediately reverse the coudtio..
it is I who am crazy
The thing TO do with all this Bolshsv;s
propaganda is to let it alone. Notb;rs
can cure it but intelligence and educate
A thousand dollars spent in proyidnc
decent public school for Bolshevik's rSai
is better than ten thousand dollars sn.ct
in catching, failing and hanging the ri
shevik himself.
The success of the Spanish Inquistiou ~
the end of Spain.
! am in favor Of a general amnesty q.
all political prisoners.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24
The School Election

The city is to be congratulated upon the character Of
candidates. brought forth for the coming school election
The avowed candidates thus far Walter Santmyer.
seeking reelection, and George H. Walker. the well known
attorney and progressive leader Santmyer has been
the school board year. and The Star makes the
qualified assertion that he has proved himself in this
short period of the most efficient members the Sc
attic school board had An engineer by profession
he is doer of things. and not taker He knows what
school buildings should have, and he has been able
to give school children the benefit Of this knowledge
He is worker and hustler, and above ALL he is saney
liberal in his views
George H. Walker scarcely needs introduction to any
Seattle gathering While he has held office here,
except for short period member of the board of
gents of the University of Washington he has been
deraby in the public because of his public spirited
works He belongs to that fine type of czenry who give
time and labor to public and enterprises whenever
the veal demands it.
The welfare of the school children school teachers and
the school district will in the opinion Of The STAR be well
taken of by George H. Walker and Walter Sanmyer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24

There are in the United States, according
TO the statistics Of Norman Thomas, some
/ 800 men and women in jail or under IN
dictment for violation Of the Espionage
Law or for refusal to do military service.
None of these are accused of being spies
or Of acting for foreign governments: tSuch
convictions have been under the Federal
penal code.)
They are all Americans, and have been
sentenced to prison for sentences running
as high as 20 years.
Their crime ut bottom was simply loyalty
TO unpopular convictions.
Perhaps it may have been right to con
fine them, because as minority they in
terfered with the carrying on Of the war
which the majority Of us thought ought
TO be prosecuted. That question we do not
discuss here.
The point Is this: Whether rightfully
or wrongfully imprisoned, is the prison
the best place for them now?
Granting, for the sake of argument, that
these folks are all dangerous citizens, the
issue ] would raise is. are they more dan
gerous in jail or out Of jail?
Let us see.
In Jail every one of them becomes a
center Of passionate protest. Each is a
living example, in the eyes of his followers,
of governmental tyranny Out of jail all
that these people could do would be 10
talk.
Would they tend to encourage Bolshevism,
il let out?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24

While a large part OF the asminis-
trativc efforts To control vice dis
eases consists In educating tiic peo-
pie concerning tho nature Of thesc
diseases and their influence on the
health and welfare Of mankind. re-
s,rietive public. measures Also play
an important role.
The campaign urged In thi,
country against the diseases has
already been carried on sufficient
~ long 10 Indicate the deslrahlii,y
OF a number OF legislative enact
nents having 20 do with the re-
porting OF cases OF vice disease
the detention Of certain types OF
infected. the traffic In patent noe
trums and tho like. Based on this
experience and on general cpl
Genealogical principles the pubic
health service. thru It's division oi
diseases. has prepared a compiia.
ton OF suggested and adjudicated
ordinances which have proved sue
cessful In combating vice diseases
These measures arc recommended
for municipal enactment with the
suggestion that In every case they
be examined by competent local
counsel for changes in form. or IN
substance ~ necessary. dictated By
special constitutional. legislative. or
character considerations.
II Is rnanifes,iy impossible 20 pre-.
pare forms OF ordinances which
VIII. IN the original wording. ex-
aetiy M the varying local require
mcnts. The purpose of.,he several
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24

war. BY some mistake an order was
given TO the Light Brigade. a cav.
airy troop. 20 charge the Russian
artillery at the extreme end Of a
valley. The order was obviously a
blunder. but the heroic brigade
charged the narrow valley with a
battery In front OF them and one al
each side. massacring them. ~
hewcd their way part the gum I
front and routed the enerny's cavalry.
but very few OF the brigade OF 600
men survived the charge.
On the 25th OF October. in 1883.
during the Cleveland Harrison presI
dental campaign. a letter written
by Lord Sackyille-West. British min
lister 20 the United States, advising
Charles Murchlson. naturalized
Enellnhman. how TO vote was pub
ilshed. The circumstance reused
much excitement and iil.fceling
turnout the country. The demo
cratic administration then in power
asked for the recall OF Lord Sack
vile West on the ground that he
had in,erfered in the political AZ
fairs OF friendly nation.
After tho election. In which the
democrats were defeated. the Brit
ish minister was recalled. IL wa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24
FROM 'TuBERcurAR-

Editor The Star; Permit me. as A
patient at Firlands sanatorium. 10
express a word OF protest against tho
payment OF "A modest fec" by in
mates" for treatment here. ns out.
lined by Dr. II. NJ. Read in The SAL
for October 49,
PHisnts. upon entering Firiands.
are compelled TO sign two statements.
legally sworn to. stating they are un-
able TO pay for sanatorium care. and
that their immediate relatives are
unable to aid in their care. How.
then. Ia anyone already here able 10
pay even a modest fec
IL IL admitted by our health
authorities that F'irlands sanatorium
Is primarily for those unfortunate
persons who are more or less adj
vanced tubercular cases. and are a
menace 20 the community. During
the umo II takes n person TO become
an advanced case" which is usually
several years, he IL out OF work. and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24
TOMORROW

.NN the 2s,h OF October. in 522 b
II C.. Demosthenes. the A,henian
orator. died at the Isle Of
caiauria. II IL supposed that he
poisoned himself TO avoid falling
INTO the hands Of his enemies.
In 400. on the 25th Of October
Getffrsy chaucer. the father Of Eng
lish poetry. died.
on the ssth OF october. In iti5
the English under Henry v. gained
a signal victory at Aglncourt over
tie French under Constable d'Aibret
In 1850. on the 2sth OF October
George II. OF England died sudden
~ from a rupture 81 the right ven
tricle OF his heart. lie was II year,
old and had reigned - years.
On tho 25th Of October. In i7st
william Hogarih. one Of the mos
original 81 English artists. died. II,
was originally apprcnticcd as a cop
per.plais engrayer.
In 1854. on the 25th OF October
the famous Charge OF the Lighl
Brigade occurred. During the bat
tie OF Baiaklava in the crlmcar
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24

snAMIOCK THE sLEUTH

tsYNoPSIS; In his search for
the three cases Of missing liquor,
Shamrock. the great detective, finds
clue which leads him to prepare
for trip 10 Gnafhon Island by
Night, The clue. "a shattered bit OF
substance. IL carefully wrapped In
his elk handkerchief. Shamrock
orders Mayor Gerald ~. f'itzcecil
and Watt n. Frankrrhouae TO be at
the dock az midnight prepared for n
cruise.l
Chapter o.
None but Shamrock knew OF the
existence on Gnsshon islat1 OF the
secret tombH OF the ancient tribe Of
cremedementhes. whittier he was
bound.
Promptly at midnight. disguised
M wealthy retired connoisaeur OF
art, SHAMROCK descended 10 the dock
at Pier /. Shamrock was accom-
panied by his close friends Josh q.
lieene. Millionaire steamship owner.
Sim ID. charieson, wealthy clubman.
and Hub stooker. the mutt million.
aire barber.
Mayor Fitzcecil and Watt Frank.
crhouse were at the pie awaiting
the detective.
Immediately upon his arrival n
rumor became prevalent In the
minda OF F1txcecii and Frankcr-
house that one Of the three accom-
panying Shamrock were under sus-
picion or some kind.
This
Shamrock. when the party had been
seated In the spacious cabin OF the
luxurious yacht Hoieinthewater.
turned TO stooker and In accusing
tones dema ndcd:
What IL the secret which you
conceal In your apartment In the
Dalwarf hotsi7'
Il expected IT, shrieked s,ooker
In dismay. his face going white.
The jig Is up"
The gentleman has n confession
TO make" said Shamrock calmly.
cycling the barber vigorously with
that persistent stare that IL 80 com
mon to curbstono iounEern about
Fourth and PIKE.
tThe horrible 10th chapter OF this
will be wedged into this space TO.
morrow
RINGTAIL JUNCTION, Wn..
Oct si.--Iiank Hosford had n
unique experience last night.
His old hay cat gave birth to II
kittens. Zach kitten has five
legs and three esrs. The odd
leg IL between the other two
front on~.. and the third ear on
ea~h kitten II In the middle Of
| the back
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24
The Old Gardener Saws

Have yon had a hard time M
cut WORMS. white grubs and osns
garden pests Of this kind? Do "a
be discouraged. Try the simple p,s,
OF blowing the garden AZ soon ).
the crops have been gathered. IN
action OF the weather on the p.s,
brought to the surface win Do NOR
than anything else to extermins,.
them. II you can pillow the eard<,
again in the spring and l<t ,bs
chickens run over It you VII find
that most Of your subterranean enc
mics have disappeared and you car
garden with a cheerful countsnxncs
Washington was once nlcAnamsd
the "Stepfather OF his Country.~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24

realized later that the affair =,
been taken too seriously. ana NJ.
Lord Sackville. West was In Al, ,rra
ability the victim Of political tn
Mr.. Murchison had written pri.,e
iy 10 ask his advice and the M 2
the letter was an unwarran,,h.
breach Of trust
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24

AZ tubercuiar people arc n menace.
they should be isolated. as are the
leporN. and tho government should
care for their families. There should
be no expense 10 tho individual who
suffers thru no fault Of his own. but
a. a result OF his environment
Sincerely.
ONE LrSCER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24

UNCLE SAN. ". ~. win sn.wer.
~ith~v in this eoiumn ov by mail.
questions n general int~r~ss relsting
only Ia hyxi~ue. sanitation and the
psevoutioa Of disease. u win b~ tm-
possibie for him to answer qpestsass
Of . pureiy pcvsossl pstsr~. % 10
ps~s<sib~ for individual diss~~s~. A.
dress
INFORMATION EDITOR,
L. =. Public Health s~rvs~e.
DARLINGTON. u. q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24
TESTIMONIALS

Dear iiimayHo. After reading YOU
column for two nights hand run
ming, cancel my subscription -
Joe Muller.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24

Dear liirayro: used TO know =
fellow who wrote a column like
yours. They finally found him out
He's been trying to set on; OF the
asylum for the last nine years
lCyp tho Blood.
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Surgeoa.Gsnsra I

daily
ny DIRECTION or RUPERT BLUE
Surge aleusra L. 4 Publ Health Ssryee
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24

ordinances contained In this pamph-
lot In only 10 suggest IN substance
desirable and effective legislation.
Changes ir titles. enActinr clauses.
penalty provisions. and other formal
or administrative details generally
may be found necessary.
X Il presumed that every city
has general legislation prohibiting
immortality pandsring. and the
keeping OF divorderiy houses. and
the suggested measures are supple
mental in such general legislation.
Each Of these suggested ordi-
rance- iias bren IN successful OPP
Grafton In different cities and has
been found effective In It's particu-
lar phase 81 the general fight on
women OF tho streets ms tho
cauHc % the spread Of vice diseases.
II you are Interested In promot-
ing this important health cam
paign In your community why not
urEe your city or county officials
to familiarixc themselves with these
laws A copy OF tho compilation
can be obtained by writing 20 the
Y. s. Public Health Service. wash
ington. u. G.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-24

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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-05-14

and preached brief but impressive
sermon from the text LET not our
heart be troubled. Mrs. Henry
Friedly sang sweet and comforting
songs. At the close of the services
the remains were conveyed to Otisco
cemetery and laid at rest by the side
of her husband.
Catherine Dorr was born in Wash
tenaw county, February l 1889, and
camewith her parents to Chadwick,
Ionia county when she was five or six
years old. Sixty-two years ago she
was united in marriage to Gilbert
Russell and they came to Smyrna to
begin their welded life on the farm
that has since been her home.
To them six children were born, two
of whom, boy and girl, died when
they were small. The other sons and
daughters, Amos, who lives on the old
home farm; Albert, of Detroit, and
Mrs. Will Walker and Mrs. Delos
Dickens of Belding, survive to mourn
the loss of loving mother. Mr..
Russell passed away several years ago
Besides the children are their families
and many other relatives and host
of friends who will sadly miss her
from their midst.
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WOLVERTON PLAINS

Born To Mr.. and Mrs. L. Palmer
a six pound girl, May z. Named
Helen Louise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Brown and son,
Fred, were the guests CT Mr.. and Mrs.
f. B. Wise Wednesday evening.
Elmer Wise Of Bedding called on his
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. E. b.
Wise, Tuesday.
Charles and S. B. Scsanhin were the
guests of their sister, Mrs. Owen
Lille and family, Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin are moving
on a farm near Ceder Springs.
j. Wise of Belding, ate dinner with
his brother z. B. and wife Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Green entertain
ed their children, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Green and son Carl, Miss Lille Green
of Grand Rapids, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Homes Osgood and sons Arnold and
Lloyd, of Byron Center, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wise and son
Robert took Sunday dinner with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Wise.
Mr.. mad Mrs. Wort Schooly and
children visited their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Scholy, Sunday after
noon.
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BRINK

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Snow and Mr..
and Mrs. Will Krick and children VS.
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Howe
Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Currie, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Chickering visit
ed with Mr.. and Mrs. Emory CHECKER
ing Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Snow Of Bel
ding visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Snow Sunday. Charles Hath
away, of Alma, was also guest there
on Sunday.
Jennie Nadeau and Margaret Shat
tuck were callers at Mrs. M. l.. Howe
Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Chickering
visited his parents over Sunday.
Mrs. Will Wilson, Mrs. Byron Sou
les and Mrs. George Phillips attended
the Good Cheer circle meeting which
was held at the home of Mrs. Wess
Porter in Belding.
Margaret Shattuck visited Jennie
Nadeau Saturday night and Sunday
Jennie stayed all day with Margaret.
Mrs M. l.. Howe wishes to thank
Mrs. Amos Russell and Mrs. Frank
Loomis for the beautiful flowers they
gave her. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Loomis and Gatha were callers here
Sunday and brought the flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brink visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Hanks Sunday
and Olive Curtis went to Sunday
school with Helen Wilson and was
also her dinner guest. In the after
noon all went out for an auto ride.
Mrs. Frank Kemp visited with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, John F. Kohn
Thursday and Friday, helping her ma
with house cleaning.
Mr.. and Mrs. GAYLE Soules and son
Robert will go to Greenville Tuesday
to visit Mrs. J. d. Dcwney several
days. They have been visiting the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hor-
ton Soules.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wilson and Hell
en-, and Olive Curtis motored out to
Orange Sunday afternoon TO visit
with Mrs. Wilson's aunt, Mrs. Nor
man McCloud.
Margaret Shattuck, Olive Curtis,
Willie Phillips and Mason Krick were
in Smyrna Thursday and Friday to
attend the examinations. Olive Cur
tbs stayed all night with Margaret
Shattuck Thursday night and of
course, had a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hite Eekert visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. Letter Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. ad Mrs. Albert Snow, Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Krick and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Clark, of Belding, Mr.
and Mrs. Chauncey Snow and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Steadman visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Burt Snow, CT Ionia, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Forman and
son, Harry, Of Fountain, who have
been in this section of the country OF
late visiting, visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Phillips over Sunday
after having spent some time with
relatives and friends in Lansing