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New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
His Proposal

The proposal oi the young poll
tician follows in due course next
day:
'Mademoissi.e, began Mon,perrier.
very PALE my fate IS in your hands.
[ cen confess 20 you now that, apart
from the crest;ons o. advantag ges--
which we cannot pretend to ignore
without hyrocr. sy--rny admiration Tor
your chsracter and-may l add?-the
effect Of your beauty on roe, prevent
me from speaking as should speak
"'I am very glad Of that, monsieur.
For it seems to ne that We have room
just now only for the eloquence o.
facts
"Howevcr, you mast believe that
love'-
"Quite. We have a lifetime III
which to try to agree or that subject.
wanted this talk IN order TO make
clear my conditions. We must not try
to deceive each other You love me,
which is proper enough, and you DO not
displease me. When everything else
IS settled, thas IL enough. / would say
that propose to remain mistress Of
myself il that be compatible with mar
ciage. Al the least, have resolved 70
protect everything car from the pos-
sibllity Of eventual tyranny. That is
why I wanted you TO hear from my own
lips to-day that my duties are 70 be
measured exactly by yours. My father
intends TO grant you nothing in the
settlement; and if he didn't want that.
I would
az have given so many proofs OF dis
interested -
81 couldn't doubt them. an speak
ing this way now, regre,fully, in order
TO inform you fully of the state OF n )
feelings, to which your resolutcas for
the future must bow
"'And 7 thank you for 1t, madeuoi-
selle. Since we are speaking with
equal frankness. would you not let me-
say that 1t might be advisable in our
common interest to keep up the social
authority necessary in my position
for me TO De 90 placed that would be
protected against malicious remarks :?
"'Surely you don't think so.' You
would be giving yourself over to all
sorts Of slanders that way. They
would say that we had made q money
bargain. No. You see in ME a will not
inferior to your own. That is guar
anty Of the future. Have confidence
in me. You have my complete social
fidelity, as have yours. That answers
for everything. But I consent TO let
you try to make people love YOU, and
l hope you won't do that
Ny only desire is to please you in
everyshing.'
Well, then, car fate is decided. II
necessary / will remind you of the con-
ditions of our agreement
at will not be necessary. / will
keep the details fresh in my memory
"He advanced toward her with out
stretched hand. She stopped him with
gesture and, putting aside the pcr-
there, summoned her father
Then, under the tender eyes Of the
Comtesse de Fourchamps and the fam
boyant ardor OF NJ. Harle, burning with
love, the two young people coldly
sealed their pact with a gesture Of the
utmost propriety. each thinking of the
ingenious calculation, the triumph OF
their day, to be paid with svenging TO-
morrows.
az will hold him. Claudia said 70
herself. He will be in my hands
81 will have my revenge thought
Montperrier, duly annoyed.
Be happy. my children exclsin' ed
Harle. ravished by the eyes OF the
countess.
The Last Trump
Efna
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

that is Harle as Clemenceau intro-
duces him, "the master of a fierce
poetry Of action"
The Victim
The wife Of this man is the vic.
tim OF her husbands insatiate am
bitions.
What did I want from marriaee.'
HARE says to Puymaufrag on one oc-
cas'on What every one wants, eh to
better mysef personally And what did
get? I'm worse off, because of these
eternal fetters on my work. I admit
that that isn't entirely my wife's fault.
and have too much breeding to re-
proach her continually for her fathers
rum and the hardl honorable failure
20 live u2 to agreements signed before
notary. But after all, what am but
the commander of an industrial army.
r'sklng my life and my honor on the
nelc OF combat? Here am in the thick
OF 1t, compelled to make quick deci
sions, TO do thinrs irrevocably How
can 1 remain master of my faculties
and calm my iunpy nerves when, right
at the crisis. the decisive forces slip
away from their appointed place? II
could suppress or q rough gesture
at that moment. would be en- angel
perhaps. but rot the captain Of in |
duStry am proud to be-"
The rigors of partnership with
shls imp!acable man sadden and
wear down her whom the world
knows as Nine. Harle. At length. !
after having given birth to a daugh-
ter, Claudia, her own life gradually
slips from her. With her dying
breath she oonlmends the child to
the protection Of Puymaufray, its
godfather. From this point on the
book IS the chronicle Of the struggle
between the two men, Puymaufray
end Harle, for The soul of the de-
veloping girl.
To her Puymaufray brings the
raitn and tradition Of the ancient
France-the faith mellowed by eX-
perience afeld and strengthened
through its reatfirmation. He brings
he call of service and ideals. |
Against this, Harle, rich, owner Of
a huge paper factory, aligned with
the great ones of society, with "the
strongest" ranges all the blandish- /
ments Of the world that ghtters and
dances and is gay without pity.
claudia" says Clenlenceau, was only !
one card in his hand and not the low
est. She was the halt FOR the aristo-
cratic marriage which was 20 crown his !
lie Of labor. Harla wanted to prepare
everything for this high future, to ar
range everything in her spirit, and
every detail of her education was
planned by him for his purposes.
He had to discuss his ambitions, and
rnade Henri his confidant, twisting the
dagger by endless observations in
which the child appeared only as a tool /
for his own greatness. In vain Henri
protust ted that the child had will of
her own, q personality.
"H am considering that answered
the manufacturer. You will see
whether can work human pulp as we'll
as paper pulp"
Yet for all this he desires her
happiness. 1t is q mode of life to
which Harle's allegiance is given, q
system of conduct into which he
would induct Claudia "for her own
godd." In order that this system
may triumph, he is willing to go to
any lengths Of lavishness and in
diligence.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
Incritable

AT last We are agreed. OF course
guessed your feelings. What follows
is inevitable. NJ. Harle is an excellent
man, but he is absorbed in his business
and he is satisfied if his child, whom he
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
MontPerrier

child"
Montperrier
But by now the tide is definitely
set against him. A rising young
politician, Etienne Montperrier, ap-
pears, sees in Claudia precisely the
qualifications he needs to abet his
own career, and, in the frankest,
most systematic manner possible,
proceeds to pay her his court. Amid
the preparations for a series Of very
smart tableaux vivants to be given
for charity, their affair" devel-
ops with love admittedly a quite sec
ondary consideration throughout
They represent two powers, these
two young people-Montperrier po-
litical, Claudia financial; Montper-
rier social, Claudia, in q sense, per-
sonal. To join is good business
That is all.
While Puymaufray wrings his
hands III impotent desperation on
the side, Harl@ beams his approval
upon the shape events are taking
She is, after all, his Claudia.
simultaneously he has grouped
about him the great interests - the
hour and is preparing to launch o
huge metropolitan newspaper for
the dragooning Of the masses minds.
The church, the Bourse, the world
Of politics and fashion all
alike smile upon him. His business
grows and thrives. Far flung ely
terprises take form beneath his
hand. He is the strongest -
mighty, luxuriant, secure.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
His Mighty Pen Has Been
Welded Like a Battle
Axe "a

even if he had 80 give his life for the
child"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
Words Are So Easy

How easy it is for the other fellow to solve troubles
Have you family of seven, rent bill that keeps you
broke, and no chance to own home of your own?
Listen how easily all that may be changed we quote
from typical editorial. by typical "helpfuf editor;
I'VE are protesting and growing about rents, paying
10 SoU nor Snd al around ~s Where
few months savings of rent in the city would put up
comfortable shack and make home all our own beyond
the exactons of landlords People seem to be as helpless
infants"
How interesting!
Start right out Mr.. Worker, and gather you bit of
this untenanted land.
OF course it will have to be beyond the city limits, If
1t is to be reasonable in price.
Beyond the city limits you get it for $1,000 an acre,
AS for water you can dig your well, of course.
AS for why septic tank doesn't cost more than
$500 for a small family.
As for getting in to your work in the city
Go and buy automobile of course.
The children must get to school, and there Is no school,
why, employ a private tutor. my dear fela.
So simple if only you millionaire working
The fact is that the worker has live his work
He has to live in the city. Unless he is the exceptional
he cannot choose his home environment he must stick
close to his job He has auto no aeropane no IDLE
thousands to invest in acreage and sewage systems.
Each month he manages to pay the gas bill and the
He just gets by and he has surplus for investment,
nor he escape the thradom of the landlord
The professional man or business his little
country home can afford chickens and garden
and fruit trees He can show up at the office about
And often he lives cheaply than does the laborer
who forced to pay high rents purchase all his food and
for carfare than he would for gasoline and OIL
But the man has capital for the initial investment
and he his living thru this investment
It is interest his outlay.
The other has nothing but weekly. monthly pay
Included under the general head High Cost of Living .0'A
Advice is wonderful thing when the adviser knows
enough Of the affairs of the advsee to make intelligent
eomnent.
Otherwise not
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
WHAT TO DO
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1919. by Frank cranc)

Just to add to the gaiety of nations, am
passing on TO the gentle reader a letter
received the other day from Mister
Williams.
There's no dog-gone vagueness nor gen.
eralities about what he has to say. He gets
right down to brass tacks and tells us
what to do.
It's simple All great things are simple,
altho alas all simple things are not great.
/ reproduce the letter with fidelity, as
the whole thing, the STYLE the photography
and all. enter into its perfection.
81 have red" he writes, your articles
and other experts in reference to democracy
and socism
Democracy or sacilisem will be discovered
at the same time as perpetual emotion.
"Remodeling the class sistim is the salu-
ton of our social problem.
Put every man in the laboring class
under faughty. Max clerical sales and
superintendent positions and professions
open to men above faughty, and the presi-
dents and officials of corporations to be over
fifty and allow the men over faughty who
do not qualify for business to becom the
servants of the rich.
"As the men under faughty are the onley
producers tax their employers ten cents an
hour for their work and ten cents an hour
for any machine that does a mans work and
ten cents an hour for horses work OF any
machine that takes horses place
"The government should pay every wom-
an twelve dollars week after the birth
of her first child and three dollars a week
for every additional child until they are
past the age of sixteen"
/ might comment upon this letter, but
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
Mckee

will not paint the lily.
Mister Williams represents large class
of our fellow citizens who Know What To
DO. This class is not only large but
loud.
1t is not true that we are in the midst
of perplexing problems. and that no one
knows the way out. Williams knows AL
most any man you meet IN the street
knows.
We all know what Wilson ought to do
and to have done, what Congress ought to
do. what Society and the Church and the
School ought to do, what our Neighbors
ought to do.
/ have some opinions myself that are
little bit of all right.
The Socialist, the Single Taxer, the Boil
shevik, the Banker, the Preacher. the Livery
Stable Hand, Senator Borah, William Ran
dolph Hearst, the Christian Scientists, the
A. P. A., the Sim Feiners, Henry Ford,
Bre'r Lenine, George Bernard Shaw and our
old friends Vox Populi and Constant Reader
along with me and Williams, all know what
to do.
Ask us.
And you don't even have to ask us. Just
stand still minute and well tell you
But
The little band of Sons of Martha. con-
sisting of Carpenters, Bricklayers, Engi-
neers, Policemen, Mayors, Aldermen, School
Pupils, Mothers, Business Men and Wood
row Wilson-THEY have to do it, even
when they don't know how, and they do
it mostly by making mistakes.
Isn't 1t queer that when man Is actually
up against job he has to do he quits
talking about how it ought to be done?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03

COME AIONG"~

Editor The Star: Please give the
following lines space In your paper.
When was a child. seventy years
ago. America had few songs. But
remember two that were very pop.
ular. one Is. Come Along" and
the other. Yankee Doodle" As
very few OF this generation have
ever seen Come Along" In print.
beg leave to insert IL here TO show
how our sentiments have changed
In seventy years:
Come Along"
Come along. come along. Make no
delay.
Como from every nation and come
from every way.
Welcome now Is every nation.
Every trade and occupation.
There's a general invitation
To the people OF the world.
While freedoms banner IL unfurled
none will do us harm.
For Uncle Sam IL rich enough TO
give us all a farm.
remember this as being the most
popular song OF that day. IL was
sung In the home. In the harvest
fields and In the public schools. II
was set 10 stirring music and when
started everybody would Join In. II
has long been forgotten and II any
one should start Il on a street corner
today IL would be received In silence
or with misses.
Did our forefathers mean what
they sang In the forgotten past or
was Il simply a joker This song has
been repudlatcd and probably ought
To be. II 80. are tn. Monroe doctrine
and the Declaration OF Independence
also TO he repudiatedf
Probably one hundred years after
this the league Of nations will be
regarded ms a Joke.
Just one word more. Mr.. u. has
asked what should say II a Jap
should go TO my house and ask the
hand OF my daughter, ! should say.
You can have her. II you can take
her. Step right IN"
when my big son got thru with
that Jap there would be nothing left
but a grease spot. l have no daugh.
ter here. T. J. PIERCE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
On the ISSUE Of
Fmericanism There Can
BE No Compromise
TOMORROW

~ the 9TH Of September In isss
" Robrt Dudley, Earl OF T.elcey,e,
died. Dudley was celebrated com.
tier and politician at the cour, .,
Queen Elizabeth. He was a non :,
the Duke NJ northumberland ara
arrested his father in the aiisnn,
to place Lady Jane Grey upon tbe
English throne after the death ~
Edward VI. Northumberland wa.
beheaded and Dudley was sentenced
to death for high treason, but was
pardoned.
He became the chief favorite NJ
Queen Elizabeth after her accession
TO the throne and intrigued ungue-
cessfuily 10 obtain the consent az
the great mobiles 20 the court 10 his
marriage with the queen. lie was
ambitious. INSCRIPTIONS and reput.
ed 10 be caliously cruel. II had
been the popular belief that Dudley
murdered his young wife. Amy Rob
sart, TO clear the way for his mar.
rage TO the queen.
In 1895. on the 18th Of September.
the Sultan Of Turkey released all
the inmates OF his seragiio from
their perpetual imprisonment with.
In the precincts Of his palace.
on the 9Th OF September, In 1882.
the first electric lighting plant was
built for commercial uses. Thomas
Edison installed the dynamo in a
house at z27 Pearl St. New York
City.
In 1886. on the 18th OF September
Chief Geronimo was captured by
General Miles. For a year Ceron.
limo. at the head Of band Of
Apaches. had waged a fierce war
against the settlers OF Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona His defeat was
finally accomplished by a force Of
United States cavalry under Gen.
eral Miles,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
The Old Gardener Says

IT you want 10 make sure OF good
peonles next year. don't overlook
the necessity OF applying water
generously TO the plants now. Many
people seem to think that because
the blooming season Is over Il IL
not necessary 10 give any water
untll next spring. This Is altogeth.
er a mistake. because IL Is right
now that the plants are forming
their next years shoots, as could
be learned by examining the roots.
These shoots contain flower buds
which will develop next season. and
the stronger the growth now the
better will be the bloom. II also
pays to fcrtilIze the peony plants at
this season, using bone meal or ma
nure water The novice il often
surprised TO see the Improvement In
his flowers which follows little
extra attention Of this kind.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
JAPs OWN HAWAII

Editor The star | am very
much interested and pleased with
the attitude which The star ls taxi
ing on the japanese problem. IL
Is problem which the American
people should begin 10 solve imme-
diatcly. and l sincerely agree with
SIR. Freeman that ALL japanese
should be deported as well as pre-
vented from coming TO our shores In
the future.
Tho greater part OF my life have
lived on the Hawiian islands. where
have had an opportunity 10 observe
the ways OF these people.
At one time my father was an en-
glnecr In a sugar factory on the Is.
land Of Hawaii and received sizs per
people. but was later bough, by Jap
ansse. who employed Japanese en-
ginecr TO take my fathers place. and
this Jap worked for $40 month. in.
stead Of fi25.
Coffee plantations In Hawaii are
controlled by Japanese. AS wei ms
the merchandise stores A whole
japanese family will work from sun
rise I'll shutdown on these planta-
tons. the mother working with the
baby strapped onto her back. II is
generally known that all laboring
work is done By japanese. They
work from 10 10 10 hours a day for a
dollar. on such small wages they
support their large families. eating
mostly fish and rice. and are able TO
save money besides.
II COW happens Co die along tho
side OF the road. the Japs in the
neig hborhood skin the COW and take
the meat to their homes to eat
In Honolulu tho public market IL
controlled mostly by Japs. The
ma jority Of the fishermen are Japa.
nese. who sell directly to the Japa.
ne-e In the public markets.
Hotels. restaurants, laundries. all
kinds OF stores. dye works. garages
and department stores are owned by
Japanese
White men I'm charge OF garages
ask IS an hour rental for large ma
chimes and less for smaller ones.
japanese in charge Of garages ask
$3.50 for large cars. always charging
so cents less an hour on all cars than
the white men. SO consequently they
draw the most customers.
We often hear tourists mention
the hot climate. which does not agree
with the white men. But let me tell
you, II is not the hot climate which
prevents n man from earning a good
living. but II is. the hot conditions
caused by the japanese. No white
man can live like Jap lives.
Such a pity II is that tho Para
disc OF the Pacific" Is so largely PEG.
pied by these yellow folks. People
who cannot become naturalized citi'
zens. earning their living and max
ing good under the stars and
Stripes" while true Americans are
forced 10 look elsewhere for their ne.
cessitles OF life.
/ hope TO see the day when all
Japanese will be deported from the
islands, as well as the Coast.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
THIS NIGHT THY
SOUL SHALL BE RE-
QUIRED OF THEEw
BY REV. CHARLES STEELE
Staff Writer on Religious Topics for
The Star

THAT mans a millionaire~
well--what OF IL?
Some day a mans going TO b
ashamed TO have this said about
him.
Not that he may not have
made his million by the fairest
rules OF business-but the rules
OF business OF today viii be
decidedly out OF date In the
near future.
No one sees this more clearly
than the millionaires them
selves.
They see the handwriting Of
the new democracy on the wall.
Wen look back In . very
few years and wonder why We
ever permitted systems and
scales which seem most reason
able and fair today.
Then well learn the force Of
what the Great Teacher said:
"A mans life consistent not
in the abundance OF the things
which he possesseth."
This was said in connection
with the parable OF the rich
fool" who was so prosperous
that he planned to build bigger
barns, store his wealth and say
TO his soul:
soul. thou hast much goods
laid up for many years. take
thine ease. eat. drink. and be
merry"
But God said: Thou fool.
this night thy soul shall be re-
quired OF thee
And then whose were the
things he so carefully and self.
ishiy provided?
"A mans life consistent ncs
In the abundance of the things
which he possesseth."
Leisure. food. drink and mer.
riment are good in themselves.
but money does not always pur-
chase them-sometimes wealth
crowds them out. Rich men
rarely enjoy any OF them.
But TO make these things the
sole end Of ones life-to have
life consist of them-is as I'M
natural as not TO enjoy any OF
them.
IL isn't the abundance Of any
thing that makes II enjoyable
anyway.
1t is easy 10 have too much
leisure-you may become q
loafer.
II is easy TO eat too much
food--you may become a glut.
ton and dyspeptic.
II is easy to drin., intemper-
ately--you may become drunk
ard.
IL is easy TO so TO extremes
In merriment--you may become
nuisance TO others and dis
grace to yourself.
Mott isn't the amount you
have, but what you do with
what you've got that determines
whether it's a good or bad thing
for you.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
BY RICHARD sPILLANE

In Massachusetts on the links OF
the Wollaston club. near Quincy. a
state police officer stopped all mem.
bers who we're playing golf on sun.
day.
In Philadelphia. after the courts
had refused TO grant an injunction
restraining boys from playing base
ball and boys and girls from playing
tennis and crouuet In Paramount
park on Sunday the Sabbath OBJ
servancc society announced IL would
ask for the arrest OF men who play.
ed golf at the various clubs on sun.
day.
The action OF the Philadelphia so.
ciety was due TO the charge made
that II was active In checking the
play OF the poor, but blind 10 or
afraid OF interfering with the sun.
day pastlmes OF tho rich.
To the masses golf is little, but
TO tens OF thousands of men Il Is
something OF great consequence.
Baseball may be the national game.
but its devotees are mild in their
deVouon compared with the adher'
ence OF golfers to golf
Tho earnest golfer never lets bust
ness or anything else interfere with
his golf. Nothing I'm the world Is
so important as golf. To restrict II,
as the Sabbatarians propose. is little
short OF taking from him that which
the constitution grants-life. liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.
To the golfer the pursuit OF the
golf ball over nine or Is holes is
happiness. especially II his score is
something to brag about.
or late years the golfer has had
more troubles than should be crowd.
ed into the life OF a conscientious
golfer. Tho 10th hole has been
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-03
PHILIPPINES AHEAD or Uss

Editor The Star: Altho | am not
often in favor Of the reforms which
you advocate In your paper. I must
write and say that ! absolutely agree
with you on the Jap question. Were
the Japs Amerlcanized and assim-
Hated. II would be a different prop.
osition altogether. America for
Americans and those who will be
come Americansl
The government OF the Philippine
islands has, | understand, placed a
ban on Jsps. and Is deportlng those
already there. They arc ahead OF us.
Keep IN your anti-Jap campaign
to successful termination Write
letters to all our state congressman
and see how they stand.
j. PATRIE.
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houses. But those ills were borne
with forutudc.
This new danger. however. is too
much. Sunday Is the day OF DAYS
in the world OF golf. Without Sun.
day play the sabbath will be barren
to the man who COLTS.