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commercial opportunity perhaps IN
its history. Today we are wonder
ing if there is to be panic. Worst
of all is the insidious effort making
to destroy organized government,
and BOlshevists are not the only sin
ners. Much cheap thinking IS be-
ing INDUCED in today in the name
of Democracy.
We need a revival OF constitutional
government in the hearts Of the peo-
pie. If the chaotic condition over
seas can stir us to a sense of this
need it will not be altogether in vain
that the aftermath of the war has
been so pathetically disappointing.
But this slogan, Back to the Re
public is not enough. The evils
which have come are curses which
trail in the wake Of godlessness. in
the scramble for gain and the riot
of greed, God and His law are for
gotten. Religion has been ridiculed
and caricatured and prescribed. Some
have even proposed to repeal God.
Meanwhile only religion can save
the world. If race war more
bloody and terrible than any that
has pISCeueu Is 10 De dNCICCuy bliN
races must practice the Golden Rule,
and men must learn that love is bet
ter than hate.
If capital and labor are to lay
down their arms against each other,
if they are to recognize and respect
the needs and rights of the public,
if they to obey the law and stand
Loyalty by the government they are
sworn to support, they must listen
to God. They must cultivate good
will They must remember that
since God is our Father, all we are
brothers.
If Thanksgiving is to strike the
right note in the life of the nation
today, it must call us to our knees
in penitence and prayer God is not
dead. and the nation that serve
and honor him may face the future
without fear
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-24
TOMORROW is Thanksgiving Day

TOMORROW is Thanksgiving Day
Yes you you have real be thankful this
year. a.
YOU are prohteer-be thankful your body hasn't shveed
I'D and blown away, like your soul
If you politician, successful Nov or otherwlse-ne
thankful blast liars he reported have done
Old Testament days
you nsgaor of class hatred OF hon
ear abor-be thankful American workers eveheaded
slow to hot
you imagine that bayone settled anything-be thank
full the deluge 10 delayed, slightly. -
you agree with Browning that all right with the world be
thankful enough asyums hold all the morons
If YOU are ouspoken American who still be-
eves in an pces Declaration independence and the Con
ston United Statesbe thankful alive and out OF
Jail, if are!
And you high low rich privileged or
expoied-be thankful that live the United States country
f from perfect but the best place in the world live after ALL
vo homeland to help make better till actually realizes the ideals
Of liberty and human happiness written boldly in its fundamental
charter NIlIMEIaz&
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THE BOOK OF DEBORAH.
Love Is Forever Singing in the Hearts
OF Girls and the Minds of Men.

IA Nile dh4 euC vi fAEhs
"Come with the car at two. Wen
let Ann drive. Then we can talk"
So Deb had planned before she went
home to make herself dainty for her
simnle wedding ceremony. Turning
to my own dressing table, discover
ed the words of Mistress AIMS orig
inal son. "You Can't Live in Love
Town All the Time
ANN is neither a composer nor
poet said myself to myself as |
glanced over her copy, "but there's
some sense in her song. And it's an
old preachment from her pouting red
lips! She's precocious, that child. Or
else-much too wisep'
Life must have its sober mo-
ments," ran the first line of the cho-
rus. The song was designed for
vaudeville and for the comfort of
wives, who often have to endure God
les Of public guying not very cleverly
disguised as joking AIMS little song
was addressed to men who think they
have a natural right to abide in Love
Town All of the Time. and finding
themselves unable to do so. blame
their wives instead of themselves
AIMS verses set me to thinking of
how deeply modern eroticism per
meates daily life. The love motif is
forever SINGING in the hearts of girls
and IS forever ringing in the minds
of men.
Even normally nice persons are
never permitted to forget it, 1t is
fostered by the stage, the movies and
the printed word and in every plane
where ~ and women mingle, socially
Or in business.
Everybody wants to be romantic all
of the time, Thus over-stimulated
men and women refuse to be patient
with actualities and reality.
Men like the rouge on naturally
pale faces
Whenever a man and a girl are
alone together, married or single.
their conversation turns to the erotic
and thus the ordinary talk about
wholesome subjects bores both and
becomes impossible
Fvo" the sober college psycholo-
gists have come to recognize as an
evil, the over-stimulated stage of the
avc maeination Romance which
neonle try to live all of the time has
been condemned by one of the clev-
crest writers of the day as a ''poison
elov"n"+ in human life"
Romance is unethical" writes An
DIRE Tridon. "By covering the ABYSS
with flowers by refusing to place red
liphts on distractions at night, it
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- ~ - "A q A -
factory.

Dor agitations. The Feast, near and
far, looks on, nursing wrongs it is
eager to redress. and reaching lust
full for the white mans seat of world
power.
Here in America, the one land with
a full locker and a strong arm, there
has been strange slowness to ex-
tend a helping hand. The nation
which two years ago was afame with
the altruistic spirit which has become
cautious and self -careful. 1t was
been year of profiteering. Not
satisfied with just profits and fair
wage, men have been out for all they
can get, regardless of the rights of
others. The aftermath of the World
War has been pandemonilm of
strikes. Industry has been threaten
ed with chaos. Production has been
diminished, sending the cost of living
soaring, and defeating the right hand
the left hands demand for lower
prices.
Following the signing of the ar
mistice, America faced the biggest
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IN an aItrulStlc
W a Y. Industrial
stagnation has set
led like a pail over
Germany. Austria,
squeezed into a
small sterile patch
of her former vast
domain, is threat
ened with starva-
ton.
The Balkans are
volcanic with un-
rest. Russia has
b e e n wading
through hell. Great
Britain and France
are rocked with la
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years and old for decades. Measured
so. Ann would be worn out by erotic-
ism when her hour of beauty was
done. and exhausted like dope fiend
before her youth was gone.
"You Can't Live in Love Town All
The Tine,"I hummed as | prepared
10 join Deborah.
Ito Be Continued.)
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| thanksgiving Day Sermon.
BY THE REV. JAMES l. VANCE.

As we gather to give thanks to
God for His mercies, theworld faces
perhaps the gravest crisis in human
history. The news reaching US from
countries overseas is far from salts
factory, Victory is not being used
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05
COUNTRY SCHOOL CHI DREN
DON'T GET A SQUARE DEAL. :?

equipment In our rural schools. when
only the best Of each is good enough.
Courses Of study should Also be
r-arrang~d. REGULATIONS every four
to seven minutes all day long. in one
room. by ono teacher. In unfair to
both teacher and pupils. Tho one.
room school must give way to the
consolidated school: the school term
must be heightened. and better teach.
ers. better buildings and other equip
mcnt must be provided. that the
country child may have an equal
chance for education with the city
child
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05
by I. G. MARTIN

CHICAGO. June 5.--The tension
along candidates row was Increased
early today By Senator Moses state.
ment charging the republican ma.
tional committee with using the
steam roller to help Governor
Lowden get the nomination.
General Wood. In whose behalf the
Moses statement apparently was Is
sued, later declared he WAS "loath to
believe" that at this critical point
In tho nations history any selfish or
political interest would be permitted
to outweigh those OF the public
good" and that he believed Chairman
Hays was absolutely fair" In hand
ling the delegation contests which
we're the object Of Moses attack
Moses has acted as Woods Southern
manager.
Moses statement said that the
steam roller of 1912 had not been
scrapped. but that new attachments
had been added TO 1t and that II was
again In working order. He charged
the republican national committee
favored Lowden and that an attempt
was being made. by seating Lowden
delegates. to eaualize the Wood and
Lowden strength.
Moses also said that the Wood
strength, plus the Johnson strength
could control the convention, anc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

cHucAGo.--fBy Manp-~A few
axioms. n potent personality. fine
melancholy brown eyes and Mira.
Fletcher Dobyns This combination
heads the womsn's national commit.
tee for Governor Lowsi.n NJ the Chi
cage convention. The axioms are
concise and match the look OF intel
iigent effectiveness In the eyes.
THE hat" Mrs. Dobyns admits. ia
In politics. No, so much az yet In
the ring where mems hats have been
for years because aitrulsm rather
than office-holding Is making women
take part IN politics now. But the
hat" and IL was fair 10 infer she
meant. Aymbolicaily. her own. a chic
affair of scaliopei silk. is In. and
llatraily for good. The women are
entering politics To serve and service
Is the feminine password for happt
meas.
We are aitrulxtic. I think. In our
political endeavors. Certainly" and
she permitted herself an engaging
smile. "in our lobbying. what else
have We TO promise the woman voter
or the man. but tho general good of
selecting a certain candidate We
can only preach the virtue Of the po-
ittleal act without mentioning It's re
ward.
mot that We haven't our eyes set
on something more definite. we have
We all havsb ees In the bonnets We
wear to and from the convention
and mine buzzes audIbIy. II Gays II
wants full representation Of women
In politics. II wants to see them on
the national. state and county com
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

miiteas where an effective voice can
be- raised In the arguing out OF party
policies
Merely reaching w 10 get the vote
10 obviously not Mrs Dobyens' Idea OF
tho full suffrage gesture, sho wants
more. Without organization the tn.
aNldual vote lacks power" shc says.
Women learned first the value ~
organizing. which means choosing
In federated clubs More completely
they learned Il In war works. Now
they ind the fuller efficiency In
aervlc. which was sought IN both
the other occupations tn politics"
Before the war. shS sang. During
the war. she worked. After tire war
she entered politics and IL now iii
nols alternate delegate at-largc to the
convention. I'm singing. l served
myself. II In impossible To sing well
and not sing selflshly. War work.
tshe was director of the downtown
He'd Crosse shops in cbicagol served
others. Politics does tho same. 4,
II not original" she admitted. TO
state one finds the broadcast happi
ness In general service. but IL In stlil
true.
She has chic. has Mrs. pohyns
combined with tn. cultivated brains
and manner Of tho woman In whom
the demand for intelligence tn the
governing classes IN instructive. To
this she literally adds physical mag
nstism and kind OF beauty which
the b1holdsr associates with an
ardent sense Of high color. "a Gov
Isowden's right.hand woman she at
tains distinction and an herself moves
as one of the decorative women fig
ures Mt tho convention.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05
ny MABEL. ABBOT

] CHICAGO, June b.~~I am supposed
TO write Of what women are doing at
tho republican convention. This.
however. is a story Of something that
women are not doing, because tie ~
are no women on the national com.
mittce. which is hearing contests be.
tween delegations.
Also. II rs a story OF thinEn In
which women had no part even be,
for. tho national committee took n
hand In them. because I happened 90
sit In" while the curtain was being
lifted on the troubles Of South Caro-.
lima republicans. and South Carolina
does not have woman suffrage.
A STORY ron
WOMEN. HOWEVER
Yet II Is a story for women.
The smoke was thick In the
crowded room ON tn. upper floor Of
the Coliseum. There was no open.
Ing 10 the outside air. Fully half
tn. contes,tng Delegates were ne.
groes Most OF the contests arc from
the Southern states.
Tho convention was pufficlsiy
regular. gentlemen, purfiekiy r~gu.
lah." plump YOUNG eolorod politi'
cian assured the committee. III any
OF 'em wanted la 30 out and hold a
meeting on de do step we have got
nothing 10 do with that"
1--WE have affldsvits To show"
thunderrd Ex-Governor ben Hooper.
of Tennessee. Who as counsel has
represented a number of the contest.
ants. "that the door was shut and
they had 10 get on, OF the windows"
''t.enti-m~n OF the committee.
shouted Joseph w. Lolpert. chair
man OF the south Carolina state re
publican committee. one Of the two
white dslegatsa'at large whose seat
was under contest. ''the fellows just
got up like this. he leapsd 20 his
feet and nan around In n circle. civ.
ing a good imitation Of an angry mi
nority. and then bottled down the
aialc in the character OF a flock OF
seeding delegates.
ToI.BERT SAYS HRS
Tine ORGANIZATION
Tho Tolbert delegates, two white
and two black. were seated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05
CHARLOTTE DoHKNY. daughter

Of J. J. Doheny. 1929 4sth ave. s..
died at her home Friday. Miss Do
heny was - years Of age. She grad
ua,sd from the University Of Wash
ing,on last year and was . member
OF the Beta Gamma Phi sorority.
Funeral services will Be held at the
Bonney. Watson chapel st : p. m
sunday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05
IOWDEN ORDERED
To TAKE REST

inevitable.
LOwDEN ORDERED
TO TAKE REST
Final strategy conferences" start.
ed today.
Lowden, recovering from Illness.
was advised by physicians to have
a rest.
Lowden expects 10 leave Chicago.
To remain away during the conven
ton.
Senator Poindcxter, newly arrived
radiated confidence and aaid the
situation looks good for someone like
himself.
Harding's headquarters awaited
arrival Of the senator. due tomorrow
In the Hoover headquarters II was
stated that Hoover was mot In town
so far as we know" but the impress,
sion was created that he may be
nearby.
Former Gov. Willis. Ohio. who will
make Harding's nominating speech
will arrive tomorrow with his manu-.
script. Representative Rodcnburg
the Lowden nomlnator. revised and
completed his speech today. Gov
ernor Allen. who is TO speak for
Wood. LIS writing his address here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05
ALTA EsrEIl.E FORBES. 8.

ALTA ESTELLE FORBES. 81.
died Friday at the homo OF her sis
ter. Mrs. l. r. Carter. SIS l.. 5sth Sc.
Funeral services will be held In
Olympia Sunday
tall enough to overlook most any
thing.
Mayor w. +. Thompson. Chicago.
and Patrick Sullivan. Wyoming.
contest for the sombrcro honors
Both favor the wide sweeping felt
hat.
Whispering Corner" at the Con
gress began operations the first day
1t was warm and from certain signs
II was apparent the statesmen there
were conversinG on home brew as
well As upon politics.
As usual. Frank II. Hitchcock's
appearance gave him an early start
for the title OF the best dressed man
at the convention. His pink cheeks.
carefully creased clothing and broad
~ ribboned nose 1lasses were the
class Of the carly field.
jesse Iittleton. attorney for the
Wood forces In the delegation con-
tests. promenaded In 4 summer suit
OF white. supported by white shoes
and topped by a white panama
Two brothers from different states
are delegates. Charles T.. Sefrit is
from Indiana: Frank l. Scfrit from
Washington.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05
Wire Briefs

SAN FRANCISCO. - Minimum
wage OF SIC a week established for
women In agricultural occupations.
SPoKANE.--Citizens' petition par.
don Of Marie Mcdonald. In penitcn.
tiary for forgery.
WASHINGTON. - William p
Spurgeon, managing editor Wash.
ington Post, dead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

IMW8 HE SIN. Chinese m~r.
11l ~ al Main St. died at Prov
DGe hospital Friday. The body Is
Uonney. wasson's. and will b.
nnpo1 10 China for burial.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

We have always said IN white els.
plant" when we have meant some
thing we didn't know what to 90
with. since the King Of Siam first
sent a white elephant to a courtler
whose fortune he wished 10 destroy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05
Women Had No Voice, But
This Is Written for Them

Tin the organization In South
Carolina" Tolbert told me. when
asked for information az 10 the
merits OF the care. Have been for
years"
Tho hearing ground on. district by
district there were affidayita that
conventions had been held without
notice. and equally positive affidavits
that notices had been posted where
votes would fall over them.
Their. WERE mysterious insinua-
lions and indignant deniais. There
were charges OF ''avarice. fraud and
chicancry." and blunt assertions that
'rhat is a bald faced lie"
There were no fist fights. but
much of the time everybody talked
at once. In spite Of Chairman VIII
Hays gavei.
'"rhe vote wns a tie. gentlemen"
frankly explained a eolored contest.
ant from the sixth district OF South
Carolina. who had also been the
chairman Of tho particular eonven.
ton in dispute at that moment. hut
! declared eight OF the votes for the
other man Illegal"
After tho committee got thru
laughing. II seated the other man.
WHY THIS IL A
STORY FOR WOMEN
I, was a glimpse OF the founda'
lions on which too much OF the
structure OF AN American presi-
Dental election II built No matter
how honestly tho committee may try
20 decide. the net result will he Ia
include a block OF delegates, some OF
whom will be there thru trickery or
worse Ands-,his II why II II n
story for women---the block viii be
big enough To- have much 10 DO with
the selection Of the candidate WIN
will within the next few days be
handed 10 1900 900 women to vote
for or against
For South Carolina Ia by no means
the oniy state where men cheat In
politically using negroes an pawnn.
This IL tame stuff yawned re-
porter AT the press table You
ought 10 have h-ani Georgia"
Routh Carolina andp Georgia. you
may remember. have refused TO rati.
~ the woman suffrage amendment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

ANDREW O. Monsoon. $40 Shell.
BY St. died Friday night. Mt the age
Of Sc. The body is al the Bonney.
Watson establishment. pending fu.
neral arrangements.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

rowden offered every delegate in
Missouri Pullman car.
Congress IL investigating these
xlunh funds. ~ that means nothing
will be done about H. Imagine a
congress that sauander~ so million
dollars To make one airHhlp trying TO
investigate where some candidat"
spent fe~ thousand.
You know delegates are only elect.
cd every four years. and an very few
OF them do anything between times
you soc they really arc not eharE.
ing too much.
In these times. when our votes arc
meiaorn counted anyway. think wc
should be allowed TO get all wo can
for them.
Prohibition liz 10 blame for the
whole thing. Votes have not all.
vanced. IL IL the commodity that
we buy the votes with that caused
NO much money TO be spent l, took
johnson one whole wing of cellar
to land the California delegation.
so many oS Woods delegates have
been thrown out gueas he will &c,
most of his money back.
One quart Of Old Crow In the ma.
tional committee room viii seat more
delegates than all the voters in tho
world.
A week ago the republicans
thought they could win with any.
body. Now they can't find anybody
they think they can win with.
In personal charge of the convention
hall hospital. There will be AN op-
Grating room. where delegate
cracking under the strain can get
any sort OF service all the way
from removal of his overtaxo'i
lungs to an operation for append.
citis.
Lady delegates may be
pleased 10 know that n photog-
rxpher In setting up "a studio
next 10 the hospital In the
Coliseum annex.
When workmen started 10 rebuild
and rcfurnish the interior OF tho
Coliseum. May is. preparing for tho
q. O. i. show. labor costs the first
two days reached so cents a minute.
Then tho cost leaped to 81 n minute.
eight hours a day. And this keeps
up TIL Juno 4.
feet wide and ~ feet high. Now 20
ahead and figure out how many Gu.
bic feet of space that is, and how
! much noise can be crammed into
each cubic foot.
Here's the way the big show
starts; At IL n. m. June 3, tho
convention win be called 10 or.
der by WIN Hays, chairman Of
the republican national commit
tee. Then Rev. John Timothy
Stone will offer prayer. A bit Of
music by Armin Hands band.
Secretary Henley will read the
official call for the convention.
Then Hays will announce the
selection Of Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge as temporary chairman.
He will send n committee In a.
cort Senator Lodge 10 the plat.
! form. Then Lodge will make the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

II. J. RYAN, formerly with Pa,
cific Steamship Co. at San Fran
cisco. appointed head OF advertising
bureau OF the Admiral line. In se-
attic.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

Charles tAtf. tGklsfAfn manager ttk
urinK on a three-day convention. has
arranged to provide $4,000 sand.
witches and $4,000 cuts OF pie. lie
has ordered bali a ton Of coffee.
Two hundred thousand feet Of
lumber was used in building the plat.
form and temporary balcony for the
convention.
Hist, It's . secret The com
vention hall officially has 1880
seats. hut 1880 chairs have
been provided. Nobody's sup
posed to know about these extra
seats. Don't say told you.
There win be nothing unpatrfotic
about the hlR show. To match tho
star-Hpan gied banner speeches of the
frcnzied orators will be about a mil.
lion square feet OF red. white and
blue. hanging from the rafters. There
will be 3.2oo flags. ranging In size
from 4ox6o to 5xs.
r.x.doughboys who will hold the
guarding the doors against
interiopcrs claiming to be friends OF
MIR. Thisorthat. the wcll.known
polltician--will get $40 a day. Thu,
they'll have no. favorites TO play.
ono hundreH and ninety.one teie.
graph operators will manipulate the
wires sending the glad and sad It'd.
ings Of the big show TO the folks
back home. They'll be In the base
ment OF the Coliseum.
A sound.proof room has been fixed
up for the supreme court" at the
convention. Here, this week. sits
the republican national committee of
SO members settling contests among
delegates. There are i22 contests 10
be ironed out. This doesn't include
~ cases where two persons with
hnlf n vote each have been elected
to FIJI the place 'of one dclegnte.
Unless these are pared down, two
half-vote delegates will have to sit
In one chair. For L. w. Henley.
secretary OF the arrangements com.
fnittee, says he won't put any extra
chairs In the Delegates section.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

3XWB CEDAR LAKE LOGGING
- - cut down $4,000 worth OF
n1GP belonging to him. at the foot
4 - CAscades. George II. Saar de-
Ingod In superior court suit Friday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

EAGLES OF AERIE NO. /, of Sc.
attic. installed officers Friday night.
the 22d anniversary OF the founding
Of the order. In this city.