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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09

Doctor Frank
CRANES
Daily Article
Copyright $500
Mother.
Oldest and NeUest
Word.
Never ,Forgets.
Al,odys Stands By.

II has been written about. and
told. and sung. and acted. and
preached. and related In stories. and
rhymod in poetry. all over and over
again. until you'd think the world
WINS weary OF II. but II isn't
I refer 20 the Mother theme
For Mother IL not only the oldest.
IL In also tho newest word In the
language.
IL strikes a iitfls deeper note In
the heart OF men than even Wife
Tho woman who bore him lies just
a bit closer alongside a mans ever.
lasting soul than any other man or
woman can creep
It's Nature.
It's the cryptic cosency Of instinct
IL In the unanswernble argument
OF blood.
For any other rerson can let you
go. II you are bad enough. but your
mother cannot let you go.
She stands by.
You may flout her and forget her.
outrage and mistreat her. but deep
In her soul you can never be any.
thing else but her baby.
She never forgets you as that won.
derfui it'll. life that grew In her
body. and lay on her breast. helpless
In her arms.
We can forget. and DO. those who
have done us favor, but We cannot
forge, those who have called out our
fiercest fires OF love and sacrifice.
There In story heard told the
other night think II Ia an old one.
and has been done into a song. but
old or new. sung or unsung. It's a
piercing story Of tragic beauty.
II In OF a man who had become
infatuated with an evil woman who
was very comedy. 10 great was her
beauty that tn. man was mad over
her. And he swore 20 her In the ex.
ccsw of HIS passion that for her their
was nothing In the world he would
not do.
Then tho svsi.hsarssd woman
smiled. IN her lust for power. and
proposed a horrtd test. 10 that her
pride might be stated by tho knowi.
edge that shc could make q man do
anything.
IF you love me 10 mueh- she said.
'prove u by bringing 70 me your
mothers heart
10 the man. insane from thu heat
Of his infatuation. slew his mother.
and cutting out her heart ran with
II 20 tho evil woman.
And m he was running. and carry
ing the heart Of his mother in his
two hands. II happened that he STUN,
blcd and fen.
And an he fen the heart cried out
and said:
Have you hurt yourself. my boyy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09

There arc people VII worship a
machine. Sometimes it's a political
machine. sometimes eeclessas,icai.
sometimes something else. This ma
chine II their god. They always
stand by the organization. They vote
tn. regular ticket They are ortho-
dox.
When they 70 out for adherrnt-.
II IL not converts they seek. but
prosoiytrs. Their appeal IL not made
90 intelligence. but 70 prejudice and
passion Their concern IN not TO
better conditions. but to gain sup.
port They s~~k TO win. not for the
sake Of tho good they amy confer.
but Of tho power they may acquire.
The difference. between n pro~~iyss
and . convert In that y proseiyte IL
won over to . machine. and con.
vert N won over TO q conviction.
Prosciyting 10 = campaign for mem.
b~vs. regardless OF how they are got,
ten II 10 trying TO carry the eicc-
ton without caring continental how
IL In done. ~ In seeking 90 bc REG ular
without caring TO be right
Can such campaigning make q
strong nation' Can ., ever produce
a spiritual church, Something more
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09
Dr.. James !. Vance
Writes for The Star Today on
Pr0SelyteS or Converts
BIZ CONDO

IL ne~f~d than people who win vote
the straight ticket and shout for
orthodoxy.
II iH.yastiy important tina, people
think. that they think for them.
selves. Tho ballot should be predi.
Gated on intelligence. Back OF ones
.spounai Of anything should DO con
yictlon.
There In no particular merit IN n
machine unless u IL turning out the
right product II u be merely a con
trivanes for Harvesting power 10 pu,
across selfish schemes. II IN wicked.
and may become dangerous
Salvation In civil and religious
matters functions thru constituents
who arc independent OF machine
control and Nhosc support has been
secured because they have become
not pros~iytce. but converts
Once tho gentle Christ was rough.
Onoo Ito drove tho knife In M TO
tho HIT and then twisted ~ That
was when He talked 20 the machine
worshspcrs Of Ills day: woo unto
you. scribes and PhArf~cs. hypo.
critics. For ye compass sea and land
20 make ono prosciyts. and when he
1. made. 10 make him t~ofold morn
the child OF he'll than yourselves
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09
Anxious to Prove That His
Grandfather Died by Rope

when Adams left Chicago. insad.
dl,ion 10 his family. he left behind
him property. 60 wit. one lot. valued
then a, about $50. since 1861. how.
ever. the value OF the lot has In
creaacd to $500 900. but lacking clear
proof tina, Grandfather Adams Ia &C
tuaiiy dead. clear title TO the property
cannot be secured by George A. Ad,
ans. tho grandson.
In an effort TO establish the fact
his grandfather died at the end OF
a hempen rope. pulled by vigilantcs
in Montana. Adams In now in Butte.
interviewing oldtimcrs who were
members Of tho vigiIanscs. To date.
his search for proof has proved fruit.
less. for Will. some OF tho pioneers
can wildly recall iynchinx bees
apienfy In the COZ. no ono can re.
member a iynching bee. principal
named Adams. IL IN thought that
Grandfather Adams II he actually
was hanged for banditry. died under
an assumed name.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09

BUTTE. Mont. Aug. s.--whiis
mos, folk whose ancestors. within
six or eiEh, generations. were brig.
andr. arc exceedingly anxious Ca
cover the fact. Mr. and Mrs George
A. Adams. OF Cincinnati. o.. would
bc more than pleased could they
establish beyond a doubt Adams pa
t.rnsi grandfather ended a career as
bandit In the early Montana days
by stretching hemp for tho anuse-
msnt and Satisfaction Of band OF
yixilan,es. In fact. II would please
them just $500. 900 worth
IL happens this way:
G~orkc A. Adams. tho grandfather.
iurcd by tho tales Of gold discoveries
In the West. left his wife and chill.
drcn In ChlcnRo and came 20 Mon.
tana In 1861. Nothing was heard
OF him for several years. and then
rumor reached Cincinnati. TO which
place tho wife and children had
moved. that Adams had been convict
ed OF murder and iynched
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09

reclaimed by them from the desert? If it were at all
considerable it would furnish the basis of the most
effective Japanese propaganda but it is not men,
toned because it is infinitesima The japanese in
California is not the pioneer going out into the desert
retaining the waste spaces. He is the man who
comes behind the pioneer and reaps the fruit of his
long years of pioneering labor 1t is the American
who has won the waste space-the japanese steps in
and takes the prize.
AS for the Japanese being among most aw-abiding
people, may that little jest the ground Of the
editors innocence The serious folly of the World is
in supposng that there be valid objection to the
Japanese because they Industrious The eredoes that
chew up the piers and png INDUSTRIOUS but
that doesn't make them any desirable 1t is not
tirey question of how hard works There is some
vents others from getting living.
II California populated entirely by Japanese would
it be any consolation TO America to know that they
displaced?
state fighting the of the Chinese invasion We
inhabitants. They were but they working off the
map. and will the Japanese if permit them to do it.
The editor of the World says that he finds difficult to
become excited the prospect of $1,000 japanese sub
merging than 100000 Caucasians Of the Cali
fonia variety lie probably would have been calm when
the first contingent of Goths started Rome the first
horde of Mohammedans began their invasion of Europe
the first troops of the kaiser the Belgian border
that is if he had been separated from the evil by the
width of a continent
s. F. Bulletin
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09
DANA SLEETH

their selfish pleasure 70 their duty
IL evidenced in the birth reports Of
every modern town and city.
Moreover. We tar the family MAJ
without mercy. by putting every
thing from house rent 20 baby's
shoes on the top price shelf. and ws
give neither the family man nor his
wife any public consideration or ex-
emptlon, save that sdlly 5000 year
for each child on the income tax
The men and women today who
nre saving this country, and who viii
continue 10 save IL. are not the edt-
tors nor the preachers nor the poll
ticians, nor the cxhorters. nor tho
mngle-taxers. nor the labor agitators.
nor the big business manipuiatorz.
nor the good folks who would drive
the cigarette from among us. nor the
other good folks who bob up each
morning with some new reform Law
10 harass US, nor the hosts OF need
less public servants" who by the
tens Of thousands clutter our city,
county. state and federal payroiis.
These folks are mostly excess bag
gage; they toll not neither do they
spin, and conversation and a 81
snap are their chief contribution and
desire.
But the people who count. ana
who will decide whether this II =
nation or a pestilence. are folks like
you who read these lines each nights
people who have no business 10 have
half dozen children. but who have
them: people who have a tough time
making both ends meet. but who
keep on the job regardless. The old
fashioned. plugging American famh
lies In town and country. the famb
lies that create home life and live
II for the sake OF their children. and
who fight every hour Of the day 70
hang on. these are the ones who
make and keep together this nation,
and not for anything that I may
write. or for anything else that
may do. will ever deserve any
credit: but for the children / support
and educate. for the land I make
fertile. for the labor Of my hands and
tho production from my cleared
acrcs--for these things win deserve
some slight esteem from the public.
for thereby I have given posterity
raw material. and have removed
from present society something q
tho chore Of feeding me. for have
fed myself with my own arms and
back. -
Not with words. nor with motfcsd,
nor with schemes. nor with fine
phrases. nor by minding my neigh
boris business.
Or 70 IL seems TO ma.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09
DREAM INFLUENCES
AM VARIED

That dreams Mt times profoundly
influence waking life. affecting the
state Of the mind and even tho be
havior. II an interesting and impor.
tnnt psychological fact not nearly so
vell known a. Il ought to be.
Almost everybody has had the cx'
psrience OF waking In the morning
lupltng unAccountably happy or un-
essentially depressed Usually this
= attributed to exceptionally vigor'
- Or exceptionally sluggish action
e the internal bodily processes.
And usually. to be sure. this ex.
p3hnation Is correct. But sometimes.
q = equally certain. the puxxiing
mocd Of giAdnc=s or gloom Is directly
truceable to dream influence This
even when there Is no recollection Of
1Eeaming-
A. b strskingfy seen. for example.
- ehe case OF young woman under
uedtcAl treatment for a nervous cx.
hnuatiou. having As It's chief symp
TN . recurrcns melancholy.
The specialist In whose care she
vas could find no sufficient physical
muse for this And his patient ad
u1tted that she had no adequate
9uueis1caston for II In the circumstan.
- q her life.
Hence II remained an unsoived
peuolem, until one d-y II occurred to
NJ 0octor To question her az TO her
0rOnMs- She stated that she often
dreamsd. but on waking could seldom
recall what she had dreamed about
Or uoruins. when she felt par
o3cu1nsly depressed. she was hypno-
tfnod and asked II she could rcmcm-
ooP having dreamed anything the
peovious night Her answer was n
1otaIIed account Of a poignanuy dis
tFouning dream
Dehypnotized. she was quite with
cut remembrance OF the details OF
this dream Later investigation
showed. however. that II was a dream
which often occurred To her In one
togm or another. and that IL was al
ways followed by an attack Of mel
oncholta-
Dreams. in fact, have even been
Known to give rise to serious condi-
tions Of mental disease. Fortunately
they seldom have such disastrous
eoassquence. The moods they create.
whether pleasant or unpleasant. soon
1855
But dreams also influence In ways
ether than the creating Of moods
A. noted by DIR. william s. Walsh.
- his recently published Psychology
q Dreams:
Many people have reason 10 thank
Dreams for the restoration OF the af-
f6ctjons Of their loved ones.
Sometimes. when one has been
cut Of sorts or angry. a half wish In
made that the one with whom there
has been . quarrel be never seen
again The half wish becomes the In
sttgator Of dream In which the wish
seems fulfilled
The dreamer is distressed by II.
becomes penitent. and strives to atone
b. Kindness to the person wronged
b thought"
Often. too. the grief-stricken are
comforted thru dreams Of their dead.
and helped to regain self-controL Or
dreams. again, may stimulate to ac.
don leading TO the realization of am
bltions and ideals.
Dream influences. In short. are 20
many and so varied that an entire
book might easily be written treating
OF them alone. And perhaps some
day such book will be written.
II n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09
RAINIER PARK BOARD
ISSUES PAMPHLET

Editor The Star: Rainier National
Park Advisory board viii issue a
pamphlet this month to those who
are interested in the development OF
this great national playground. We
are seeking to arouse a statewide in.
terest In the fullest possible develop
Snent Of this park, and feel that we
have good reasons to expect success
now that all differences regarding
this development have been settled.
Rainier has not received Justice from
congress, but We believe that with
statewide interest we can secure the
necsssary appropriation for park de-
vssoprnent- ASAHEL CURTIS.
Rainier National Park Committee,
Chamber OF Commerce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09
|VEIL. SAY
50 SaxR
M Hal

Just . minute. folks. TO inquire
Have you got an old pair Of shoes. or
somrthing-
Postmaster Ed Battle sent up the
following letter this morning and
for a wonder. II got here:
Port Gamble. August :. Dear
postmaster viii You please tack
this letter up in offices SO every
Body comes In viii 50 IL
VIII you all help this Poor
lady shc has n husbon But Does
not no where he IL hc Bin gou
over a year.
.'She has Z dear little Children
all Small pair twins II In most
ohool time tay all needs close or
cant no.
"Mrr. In not strong prohaly the
good people OF Seattle will help
them In money and Close Shoes.
Just eny thing viii BE a help to
them.
Il was 20 see Mrs Diiis she
told mo how needy she was I :
was Eoin 10 see how much money
i Could get up Tor Mrs. Dills
But I got fired hero So am
leaving pit Gamble SO l Hope
She can get Some thing.
Her oidos girl Ia Just getting
over Small Pox So you See how
thing In her name In Mrs. Dills.
Port Gamble 70 Box No. IT'S II
eney Body wants TO no.
$50 I VIII. Close. yours Truly
Mr. Hurbert Roncst"
There's the letter. Just thought
possibly some OF you folks nigh;
have a pair OF old shoes. or some
thing that you'd like TO send to Ed
for Mrs Oils.
Today's Best Bet: Don't kick:
Noah lived for quito a spell on
water.
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BEAUTIFUL nor worshiped In their old
age.
Any one win admit that the man
who today dares raise a family on
the average pay check is a better
man. bigger hero. and vastly more
worth while 20 the state than any
senator. aye or president We may
elect +.
But we consider this man some
thing OF softly: indeed. II is pcither
fashionable" nor clever for a'young
man 10 tie himself with the bonds
Of matrimony just now. and the mum.
Der OF married couples that prefer
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I sciH heal their back
sliding, I wiH lore them
freely: for mine anger is
turned amay from him
Hosea f1:ir.
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The industrious" Japanese
Published Daily
~ The star
Publishing Co.
Phone Main
600 |
tSevscapes I'm
lserrrise ASA
/ and United
| Press Service

light the msfotunes others simple matter to
editor
of the troubles of the Pacific
coast in the japanese with
would have believe that affco purely imaginary and
blessing Mental healing
be thing but this isn't mental and certainly not Intelligent
all length BREADTH California
nhab
their offenses They lease lands
the which incident
work miracles covet"
what Of
lands leased by the japanese in California have been
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09

a matter OF fact. our real
heroes never set medals.
and our valiant mothers
and countrywomen and
home-makers are neither
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09

Swiss enginesrs have found . W.
TO link the Black and Caspian seas
by boring 1s-miie tunnel through
the Caucasus mountains.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09
POOLING THE BOY

This story begins Pandemonlum
retgned' Who was Psndemonium.
PAT"
well. II Pandemonium rained, I
guess he must b the clerk Of the
voathsx.s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09
sG(>I>]

tHHf VI Flli'f Any sFll
change with the years that are ever
rteaiing something from the lowell
ness that In Of tho flesh alone"
ran across this pleasing asser.
ton the other day and at first said:
That's true. and then I chcwed
the cud Of reflection a bit and said
That's bunk" and then 7 oogit9ted
n while longer and said. IL don't
know"
We have had fur OF pretty
Nancy phrase making. OF the bc-good-
and you'il be-beautiful stuff; OF vi.
brnting soul essencen, and astral
glories shining thru an niuInincd
body. and similar bnlderwash until a
lot OF sick.mlndsd ladies'. and neutcr
gentlemen with long greasy hair and
butterDilk eyes are incoming all over
the landscape marvellng az their
beautiful souls and negiecting %
take their Saturday night bath.
which they need more than verse
hbre or cuhintic dreams.
80 I'm off this sloppy sentimental
hog wash that certain Journalists
dose out 10 the public with a great
saffron spoon.
And 20 far as my typewriter In
concerned. It's little message. In sea
son and out OF season. Will be: DO
something and then talk.
II every fine spinner Of taffy
phrases had 20 split a cord OF wood
between lunch and dinner we would
have more red blood and fewer philo-
sophie pink teas In the land. and we
would be vastly better off
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09

w. rhflIible Soul filht mas
spent life raising "a big family. that
has spent ITO in seif.sacrifice. and
that. In a wise old age. sits content.
edly by the pleasant fire and knifs
In meditative rhythm. that soul ~.
Eliminates tho wrinkied face and
glorifies the tired. faded eyes and
makes the gnaricd and knobby I'm.
gers secm wonderful If the observ.
er. too. has suffered and sacrificed
and has loved unsclfishly.
Otherwise this aged woman knit
ting by the fire IL but an old wrin-
killed. crone. who probably dips snuff.
and mumbles between her bleak
gums 90 herself.
Beauty. 10 youth. IN skin deep.
Beauty means youth. red blood. a
clear complexion. fire. enthusiasm.
white teeth. rcd lips. soft. eiis;ening
hair In great masses. vivacity. grace.
good clothes. and nothing 20 do but
groom the body and enjoy life.
And the mort beautiful women OF
every land are usually the most
crhp,yheaded. vain. selfish. luxury
loving. chiidlexs. parasiticai: they are
the dollhouse roses OF the world. and
for them 10 bloom IN enough.
And when you show me . man.
philosopher. saint or plain citizen.
who gets UP from his place In the
street car more quickly for the
gnaried cxonc. with her years of
sacrifice showing IN every crease Of
her faos than he does for the flip
petty. utter!ng. hand.illumined daugh.
ter OF idicnesa. then I'll admit that
this inner beauty stuff In something
moro than pretty phrasing.
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ing fish and lying about II afterward.
He was born on August 3. 1898. The
first so years OF his life did not
amount 10 much. These no devoted
TO tho dry goods business In London.
At 30. he decided that business was
interfering too much with fishing.
so he retired. He wrote THE Com
plctc Angler and saw II go into sew.
eral editions and bring him fame. He
lived to be e0.s which gave him 40
full and happy years to fish.
Some vacation!
Cheer UP. Even II you're in the
hole, you're WELL off.
Poor Mother Eve would have been
sadly over-drcssed had she lived In
this day OF 3is-ounce dresses
We note that Burleson has issued
on order TO postal employees to rc-
frnin from ''pernicious political nc
tivity." That's right; they might try
to elect him TO some office.
THAT MAKES 1T SNAPPY
George II. Mustard has been APP
pointed administrator OF the Los
Angeles estate Of tho late George
Pepper
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Gee. but love Boldt's French
pastry--Adv.
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In Switzerland

anyho III
he
Jules is
multi ire
company and nancier
fine7
federal al Berne switzer RANDI
IT,
There nacaron riot IN anda must be
thing
Chicago refused to kiss her
SheH acquitted -
When York TO
tell him that In 1915 lodging
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09

I'LL II In true that the only
beauty that lasts is the
beauty from within.
The gentle. loving. kind
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ny mea,hs usei month. titt
fcr q monh
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MIDSUMMER HISTORY
Slightly famed

Three hundred and twenty-seven
years ago today was born Isaak Wal
ton. father OF the gentle art OF CATCH
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HE higher order Of beauty.
which IL but the emana.
ton OF n beautiful soul.
does not fade. or dlmin.
ieh mr. suffer apy eviI
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pretty Chicago Don'an shot because he refuse
SheH be acquitted
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There macaront Randazo Italy nacayoni rio
a thing.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-02-01
TRINITY CHURCH
{Congregational)

(Congregational)
The Rev. J. H. Head of Albuquer-
que, New Mexico, will take charge OF
the Trinity church at Nogales, until
a permanent pastor is secured.
Reverend Heald is superintendent
of the Congregational Church work
in Arizona and New Mexico; and he
was pastor of Trinity Church for a
period of nearly if not quite ten
years, beginning 81 years ago. All
who heard his sermons in former
years will be delighted to hear him
again; and those who have not heard
him will be edited at hearing his
discourses now.
Sunday School 10 o'clock a. m.
Morning Worship II a. m.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-02-01
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH
(Episcopal)

February 1st., Septuagesima Sun
day monday, February End, is known
as festival of presentation of Christ
in Temple" commonly called "Puri-
fication"). Morning Prayer with
Sunday School, s:45. a. m. Holy
Communion and sermon by rector, IL
o'clock. Confirmation conference, OPP
en- to all corners, 3:15 to A p. m. in the
church.
February End, Monday Woman's
Guild, 8 p. M, residence of Mrs. c. L.
Fowler, TAG Grand Avenue.
February 4th., Choir rehearsal, 8 p.
m.
February 9Th, Friday, Boys Club,
church basement, 7:15 p. m.
Bishop Atwood is due for Confirma-
ton, two weeks from this Sunday
February 18TH, II a. m.
A. LEFFINGWELL, Rector.