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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07

THE PULL ON OUR
IMMIGRANT POPULATION
By REV. CHARLES sTKI.ZIE
SIAN Writer ON R~sigtpus Toy$cs for TShe Sim

America threatened by a shortage OF the men
who formerly built railroads. worked coal
burdens in Industrial ihe-the immigrants.
Europe viii be needing them for reconstruc-
ton work and all kinds OF Inducements will be Of
fered by devastated countries to their sons TO
back home.
They are leaving New York by the Thousands and
n should be remembered for wars there
have been very few incoming foreigners.
IL was formerly feared that foreigners rapidly
overrunning our oouutry-altho their number hasn't
hasn't varied than about ! per cent of this
average during the period
our next census figures win show a mighty inter.
esting situation this point particularly II the
rrrszen home going tendency OF the foreigner con.
tfnues for year two.
Americans will not do the heavy manual labor
back To their native lands IT'S going 10 be n
serious question who will do ~.
Bcsides tho strong pull from the homeiand-ovcr a
quarter Of million return every year In normal
times-thcre many factors In America which
have always been active In inducing immigrants to
return to the old country-or at least to become
citizens here.
Strange TO say, pastors OF immigrant churches
have worked in this direction. For example tho
state Hungarian church has powerful religious or.
gsnization In this country paying the salaries OF its
ministers and giving them liberal pensions so Ms 10
hold them In line.
Probably most of the foreigners who have come to
this country we're farmers. and while farming meth.
DDS are different here than on the small farms in
Europe, there is doubt that many would plaalv
work farms IL land couldN~be bought cheanlv
enough-but very few foreigners have the money 10
carry them thru until they get firm footing
Canada Is making strong play to secure even
the small minority In this country which IN willing
to farm by offering free land and n big financial
bonus, whereas haven't any good free land loft
IT'S in the hands OF the "proftecrs" who will not part
with 1t except at great gain TO themselves
over 1900 foreign newspapers help 10 keen tho
Immigrant loyal to the "fatherland"
The publicity agents Of steamship companies-for
business purposes-keep tho foreigners stirred I'D 40
touch with the old country.
And so, between them all the foreigners In Amer
lea are strongly tempted to return home TO do the
very things they might do here II thew wore given
a chance to TIL the soil
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07
Russia Not to Lead

Russia has not become pathfinder TO the world Amer
lean Missionaries who greeting the Russian revolution
with phrases of raped admiration pagarized from Word
Worths sonnes to the French revolution have much ms
read their history Aside from the turmoil and the chaos
the comparison is faulty.
II not alone that Russas llterate citizenship
dcrs her incapable of leading democratic era But that
Of much more Importance today than in auocrate times
uneducaed slaves The misery and ignorance of the masses
dd not greatly dim the grandeur of Louis NV The lack
ct public schools did not prevent the Age of Elizabeth
from being the Golden Age of all literature.
But in democracy great problems must be met and
Russian for his Ignorance It can be removed He is stv-
g With tremendous energy and determination to remove
But until removed he cannot efficiently b rule in
little under Lenine and Trozky than under the
But in modern times widest intelligence and the most
Uomocr1tic institutions must wait mechanical and in
&estzial achievement For than century not for
always, social progress has followed industrial advance
e1hip in civilization in the 10th century shifted with
ND routes and manufacturing centers from the Mediter
anean to the North Atlantic Skilled sailors sharp traders
ond steammoved machinery each in their turn made
ohe the Eizabethan Age. the Puritan revolution, para-
ment1y government and political democracy.
Our Is the age of labor and democracy. Leadership
uoes that nation where people happy pros
Druus and successful in self government Democracy de-
o6ucaton to enable it properly to manage complex com
on Affairs Leisure for labor universal education. ample
ertunty for public discussion and the formation Of a
n16H intelligent mind rest upon "superproduc-
4ou" in industry. They demand the most perfect
nay the highest developed technical training standard
~ production and vast industrial organizations.
These things not in Russia For that Russians
~ to be blamed any than for their climate They
onot raise bananas in Siberia without lighthouses Neither
on they lead the world democracy without preliminary
11nstria and educational preparation. Tropical plants
o0ted in the Siberian soil will wither with the frost
fantastic radicism born Of due time will turn
ncEjon
For the institutions that mark the pathway that democ-
~ will tread during the coming years must look first
- the Engish-speaking world then to the nations Of
MmteEn Europe and long after to Russia
When Increase IN scdocs adds per cent to
~ cost Of prcdactag article the manufacturer rails
obost the of Bosherism and adds per
~ ceiling price.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07
AND THIS rs HOW 1T IS, FOLKS. I,
WARRINGTON

J want to get n drink OF straight whisky"
Cant be done" answered the bootlegger. 'Aii ths
Ticker round here Ia crooked. Washington Star
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07
Teeth

Cfacker-barrel philosophers of small towns used to
~ about digging graves with our teeth. Either by
oln9 too much negectng the mastcaors Rheumatism
0bculoss bad blood stomach disorders, insanity
frequently caused by uncean teeth.
English marvcled at doughboys' shining worries
oohbrushes responsible for thathave much to do
nth the difference between rudy checked Yanks and
|1IckIy cockneys Of the London slums.
The toothbrush habit is recent. Even late 1754
ho polished Lord Chesterfield had heard Of
Ihe fine gentlemen of those days wigs and oiled
Iii hair, but had to fumgate their mouths with argue
Uoade water. Like the period before bahtubs and
ing water, when the French perfected perfumes They
~ too get each other.
Why do Americans have the best teeth the world
My did the dandified kaiser insist American dem
MI The Indians taught
8 Dr. Marshal H. Savile Of Columbia university digs
nto ruins, discovers: Long before Columbus
1900 years ago. the Azecs had perfected dentistry
~ art They filled cavities made and bridge
Wok Aztec dudes had conspicuous holes in their teeth
Ded with inlays of gold urquoises-as perfect-tting
job you could get today. They left records showing
That they used from which cocaine is extracted
~ local anaesthetic.
Many centuries later in 1876, it event of much
comment when Josiah Flagg, of the first American
6mtists advertised ranspants both live and dead Teeth
up Hare Lips Extracts Sumps. Lines and plunbs
Teeth with virgin gold Foil Lead Fixes gold roofs and
Paates and artificial Teeth greatly assisting the pronuncia
on and the swallow. Also Chew-sticks which are to be
sold both wholesale and retail that they may more
extensively useful DR.. Flagg has method to furnish
those Ladies and Gentlemen Children with artificial
Teeth Gold Gums, Roofs Palaes that at distance
and cannot attend personally"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07

Wkew an Increase IN cages adds PEI cent to
~ cost of producing article the manufacturer rails
obost the of Boherism and adds so per
~ ceiling price.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07
Music for Everybody

Seattle is big enough to provide adequate program
Of good music in her parks during the months
Music like sunshine and flowers and good literature should
be available to all the people.
At Fridays park board meeting it was proposed that
two 40piece bands play Sunday afternoons and two
three evenings week. This is much worthy plan
than the arrangement that the park board had tentatively
outinedatenae Sunday afternoon concerts at Woodland
and Alki.
Evening concerts should be arranged if possible to aug
ment Sunday afternoon concerts
The question of financing the project confronts the
park board Various civic organizations have offered tc
assist in raising funds if necessary Seattle ought to be
able to pay the bill for good music but if the park board
has not sufficient funds those who able to give H.
nanca help should certainly raise the money rather than
let the plan fail
NoU that the acord Is cured of nziIitarsn the merit
step - to Ove it something to bat1eshpisns
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07
NElEHES5
dry WIZ ". b. in July

How dry VIII be In july
Ask DIR. A. II. Adamx L. s. Burran OF Internal
Revenue lie says
There manufactured and sold In tho uni,~d
States 100000 preparations containing averAx.
Of from IL TO is per cent alcohol Some contala as
high 20 per cent alcohol
Think OF malone HUNDRED THOUSAND
WAYS TO A BUM
EnGhh spsaking people use . Thermometer invented
by Fahrenhcit, n German. Germans and swedea
one invented by ReAumur. n Frrpchmxn and the
French the csntrfgrads Thermometer invented by
swede. suchislise for prophet in his country.
PICNICS. NO. THANK YOU.
These the days folks grab the calendar and
sort on, mental snappy Sunday to innct a picnic
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07

These are the days folks grab the calendar and
sort out q mental snappy Sunday inf1lct a picnic
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07

upon. n picnic Ia
composed OF ban.
anaA anita sowxy
. a u q W I ehes.
mashed cake with
diIi pickle flavor,
tfrted-gp potato
salad. strong cot
fee. hard boiled
Eggs. sour milk,
o versw q . tened
icmorede gar
nished with flies
and gnats. lndlx~~
ton. poison Ivy,
cornA sunburn,
mosquito bites,
strayed an d
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07
JAPAN FACES LOSS OF
IT'S CHERRY BLOSSOMS

TOKIoe--Japan the land OF cherry blossoms IL in
danger OF losing the trees that have heightened its
romance The Society OF the Cherry In doing all Il
can TO preserve the cherry trees that remain and 10
encourage planting OF more. Organized Ia 1917 the
society has caused the planting OF 500 cherry trees
and It's influence In spreading turnout the empire
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07

saaally KIDS torn clothes rain crowded cara and a
headache. That's why folks say anything is "mor.
winter because people generally i~v~h~sded dur.
inK tho cooler months A picnic IL a affair where
everyons would have better Tina of II had they
stayed at home.
LOUDLY PATRIOTIC
Sport stockings in red white and blue are III. Of.
writer. And" she goes on TO inform verbally OF
course. ION background of whi,s arc embroidered
lines OF red. white and blue with stars In the corner
Long may they wavei
"o'Brien. OF bov wan for ycz II man IL born In
IAplsnd. lives in Finland an dies in Poland. pbwAt
Is he7"
That's sisy. carrrpse"-Boston Transcript
SUCHIsIIFE IN THE FORUM
Gordon s. Lefevrc. prominent ChicaEoan, was talk.
ing 10 the Chicago women's Forum:
The trouble with you IN this. You have
neither experience nor hips ! pity you"
lie prayed: "oh. Lord, please send them little
solemniy and more frivoity."
Then the fun started.
lady member rose pointing At r>fevre.
what woman would like him." she demanded
woman wants man with long. soft hair. not
some old man
why" she shouted. IF all men were like Mr. L.
fevre ia be willing to to my grave unwcd-
And" said the baidheaded and angry Iefeyr, IF
all men were like me. would
WAS HE AN OSTEOPATH,
Last night the pastor In his dedicated the
new picture. The Last supper" by DR.. vinci-
Charles City, Ia. Press.
It's hard 10 interest the average man IN IN.
row over steel prices About the only steel he buys
IL when he invests in hoe rake every three
or four years, pockctknife every four or five
years and kitchen knife for his wife now and then
AND THIS rs HOW 1T rs. FOLKS. IN
WASHINGTON
y want to get drink Of straight whisky
'C,anI be done he hontIc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-07

The reason Europe can't get point Of rie.D is
because cling to the absurd notion that little feoo
has many naIenable rights the big feuoo who can
lick him.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-04
THE OLDEST SCHOOL.

THE Boston Latin school is the old
United States, having enjoyed a con-
tinuous existence since April, 1888.
From the start, it was school for
higher education, especially Latin and
Greek. 1t appears to have been the
determination of the founders ITO
beat Satan in each and all Of his
lairs :" therefore, For the common de-
feuse and for the general welfare
should the classical languages be
taught at the common charge"
One day during the early days of
the revolution, the master Gas the
teachers were called in those days.,
loyalist, announced, as he dismissed
school, WARS begun and schools
done; deponite lbros," but the school
was soon re-opened, and when the
British evacuated Boston In March,
1776, the master went with them as
a prisoner. TITS said that in his day,
all that was required for admission
was to read few verses in the Bible.
School began at seven o'clock in the
morning in summer (eight o'clock in
winter) and ended at five in the after
noon, with a recess from eleven to one.
The present building, completed in
1880, was, at that time, "the largest
structure In America devoted to ed
ucational purposes, and the largest in
the world used as free public school"
1t contains SO school rooms, each &C.
commodating 35 students.
1t is doubtful, indeed, If any other
school boasts Of a more honorable ca
reer can show as long list Of promi-
nent men as graduates or more per-
sistently conformed to the aspirations
of its originators.
Copyright, 1919, Western Newspaper Union)
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-04
OLD RELIC OF REVOLUTION
Boston Statehouse, Now Fully Re-
stored, Is One of the Most Inter-
esting in the Country.

The old statehouse in Boston was
erected in 1713. In early days the first
floor was used as the Merchants ex-
change, and the second story as the
meeting place of the governors of the
province and the royal council. A few
feet from the eastern porch occurred
the Boston massacre on March 5, ITO.
In 1889 Washington reviewed from
this building procession in his honor,
and in 1885 William Lloyd Garrison
took refuge there to escape from the
mob that had broken up the anti
slavery meeting, and threatened his
life. In later years the building was
turned into business offices and was so
much altered, inside and outside, as
almost to destroy the original architec-
tural effect. In 1881 it was restored
by the city at the request of the pub
lic-spirited citizens, and is now in the
custody of the Bostonian society,
which occupies it. The rooms, includ-
ing the old council chamber and hall
of representatives contain collection
of relics and paintings of revolution
airy times.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-04
NIAGARA FALLS.

IF you can imagine river three
i fourths of mile wide, 90 feet deep
In the middle, and containing thou
suddenly tumbling over cliff 100 feet
high and dashing on the rocks below
with deafening roar and throwing
up huge clouds Of mist and spray, you
have some impression of what Nj
agara Falls, the worlds best known
and most popular waterfall, is like.
This majestic cataract Is situated in
the Niagara river, between Lake Erie
and Lake Ontario and near the city
of Buffalo, N. Y. Ny-ah-ga-rah Is an
Indian word. meaning laundering
Waters. Members of the Seneca tribe,
it's said, considered the roar of the
falls as the voice of the Great Spirit.
Thinking he inhabited the spray, they
made many and various offerings to
this deity.
The waterfall divides itself into two
parts, American Falls and the Horse
shoe or Canadian Falls. Nine-tenths
of the flow, which Is estimated to be
100000 tons per minute, passes over
the Horseshoe Falls, which Is by far
the more impressive of the two.
Below the falls the river Is consider
ably narrower than it is above the
falls, and the water rushes, at a fright
full speed, through q seven-mile-long
gorge, In which Is located the famous
Whirlpool Rapids.
The edge of the cliff over which the
water plunges into the canyon below.
wears away at the rate of about five
feet a year Biologists declare that
this mighty fall has been in operation
for about 10000 years.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-04
THE MOST POWERFUL LOCO
MOTIVES.

A T the time of their completion, the
"a locomotives used for hauling the
long, heavy coal and other trains over
the steep railroad grades in the noun
tains of Virginia were the most pow
erful in the world.
The enormous siZe weight and pow
er of these leviathans Of the rail are
positively astounding. Each engine
(and tender) weighs almost 100000
pounds, is considerably more than 100
feet in length, has 20 driving wheels,
is fired by machinery, exerts a
straightaway pull of 10000 pounds
and, it's said, will haul any load that
the coupling pin will hold.
The boilers of these giants on wheels
are about 91s feet in diameter. Each
boiler contains 3S1 two and a quarter
Inch tubes, which, placed end to end,
would reach almost two miles; also
seventy 51a-inch flues, having total
length of more than a quarter of a
mile. The fire boxes are Is feet long
and 9 feet wide.
The shipment of these large locomo-
tives from the point of construction
to the point of service presented an
unusually peculiar and difficult prob
lem requiring great care and attention,
for the reason that the tracks and
bridges of the various railroads over
which they had to move were not, in
all cases, built to withstand such ire
mendous weights. They were shipped
in a partially knocked-down condition
and approximately two weeks were re-
quired to move them from Schenectady,
N. Y, to Princeton, w. Va. Three
cars were necessary to carry the loose
and detached parts belonging to each
locomotive.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-04
HER ONE PRECIOUS MEMORY
1t Was Not Dread of Influenza That
Led Spinster to Dwell on
.. Kissing Episode.

The spinster waited two or three
hours to be admitted to the presence
of the man who visited their town
once month to retail good advice and
his own proprietary medicine to the
come-onS.
AT last she was admitted.
Eyes, yes,' said the brusque doctor.
81 want to know if influenza can be
transmitted by kissing?"
Beyond doubt, madam"
well, man with pronounced
case of influenza kissed me-"
80! How long ago was this?"
"Well-let's see. I think it was
about two months ago."
'Why, madam. No harm can come
to you from the exposure. 1t is
quite too late"
81 knew it," she sighed, "but I just
love to talk about ."-Philadelphi
Ledger.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-04
The Wonders
of America
THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GAR
DEN.
By T. T. MAXEY

IN 1849 Henry Shaw, citizen Of
i ST. Louis, a lover Of nature and Of
flowers In particular, built large
country residence near the city limits.
He surrounded it with flowers and
plants Of every known variety. When
he died in 1899, his will provided for
board of trustees to manage the
support it. This wonderful floral
park, said to be the largest In the
world, was thus preserved for the
education, admiration and enjoyment
of all.
1t contains a collection embracing
$50 species of palms; varied collec-
ton of tropical and sub-tropical
plants; collection of the IS known
species Of cycads wonderful assort-
ment Of plants which grow best under
desert conditions; numerous species
of ferns and allied plants; a great
array of plants Of great economic
value and displays Of plants that feed
on insects; species Of the pineapple
and its relatives; numerous snowy,
Towering plants, while In the private
orchid house a representative OF each
of the 800 species of this beautiful
flower Is to be found.
The outdoor collection includes a
water garden, several hundred vari-
cites of roses, numerous species Of
herblike plants, rare pansy display,
variety of economic plants and trees
and shrubs, native to North America
and grouped in families. All told,
about eleven thousand species of
plants are growing in this garden.
The body of Mr.. Shaw reposes in
handsome mausoleum within the
grounds.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-04
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN,
THE DIVINE.

THE corner stone Of this great Epis-
/ copal house Of worship. which
crowns Morningside Heights in New
York city, was laid on December ~,
1892. This church was designed to
be the largest and most costly church
edifice in America and the fourth larg-
est In the world, st. Peters at Rome
and the cathedrals at Seville, Spain
and Milan, Italy, only being larger.
1t will be over 600 feet long and Its
greatest width 300 feet. The total
cost will exceed $10,OOO,OOO, and al
though it has been under construction
for more than twenty-six years, no
one can now say when it will be COM
pleted.
The architecture is Of the French
gothic style. The plans for the great
organ call for 1000 pipes and chime.
The crypt will seat 500 and the altar
is to contain 10000 pieces of mosaic
glass. 1t will contain seven chapels
of tongues: st. Martin Of Tours or
Huguenot chapel, representing the
French rite; st. James or Spanish
chapel, representing the Mozarabic
rite; st. Ambrose, representing the
Italian rite; st. Saviour, representing
the Oriental rite; st. COLUMBIA or Scots
chapel, representing the British rite;
st. Boniface or Holland chapel, repre-
senting the German rite, and st. Aus
garius or Swedish chapel, representing
the Scandinavian rite. There is to be
also an open-air pulpit with 4O-foot-
high spire and ornamentations in
gothic structures.
Donations, large and small, have
come from every conceivable source
and direction, to assist in the erection
of that which is to be Americas great
est cathedral-a cathedral for the peo-
pie In Americas greatest city.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-04

Of America and continuous rail line
up and down the Atlantic coast from
Key West to Halifax 1t also calls
to mind the fact that the insurmount-
able obstacle which had heretofore
blocked the way had been overcome
and the supposedly impossible accom-
plished.
Before this route could be opened,
1t was necessary to get trains across
that terror to navigators, the rocky
bottomed tidal channel, known as
Hell Gate" between Long Island
shore and Wards Island in the East
river, opposite Manhattan Island on
which New York city proper stands.
1t was not possible to sink piers into
the channel, and the stretch was con-
sidered too great to be covered by
one arched span. An engineer with
vision came to the rescue and trains
now cross on a wonderful four-tracked
steel bridge. A peerless, steel arch, l..
OFT feet long, said to be the longest
as well as the heaviest ever flung
across any waterway Of equal width.
now bridges the gap. The entire
weight is carried by gigantic 250-foot
high towers on either shore. The
bridge Is SO feet wide, designed to car
ry 10000 pounds per linear foot. The
extreme height of the arch is more
than 300 feet above the water.
About $4,000 tons Of steel were used.
{v,
and 1t is estimated that they contain
3 100000 cubic feet Of masonry. The
bridge cost $12,O000OO.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-10-04
Painters Hard Luck.

A painter at work on a water tank
at Bull, Mimi, foresaw catastrophe
when a COW began to scratch her back
on the bottom Of the ladder and start
ed to come down. That frightened the
COW and she ran her horns through
the lower rungs of the ladder and
started off in a gallop, carrying the
ladder, painter, paint and all. The
travelled. 1t was but short ride for
the painter, who struck the ground
,uninjured. but the COW carried the lad
der for quarter of a mile.