The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-05-12

Are We Educating Fu-
ture Criminals by Pop
aldr Fiction and No
ton Pictures?

Il
1 nav something about tho had effect
] Of tho current stories and particu-
! hrly Of the mrid movies of today.
= cur young folks especially our
osya
I am thinking rust now OF the boy
bndits who killed ratroiman Ste
v~nS and other officers What .
pltyi How tragic for tho boys them.
erives and for their parents, IL
/ sheir reading material were traced II
would he shown that II consisted OF
s NV 30 into the motion picture
he and see screen favorltes en-
hing those very roles character
ed a. bravo. -red Hooded two
fsstrd- gunner. who must have his
perscdical lapse and tho really a fnc
Il nan. he r. depicted aS following tho
4 lre Of adventure. becomes intoxi-
/ Gated. consorts with tramps drug
ahdicts. sleeps IN ffops and tries var
I has drugs and refuses 20 yield to
4 Shesr lure because Of his own valiant
VII power.
Then when his little adventure n
ever. he Just takes hath. resumes
nas dignity and commands the same
| respect as before
No doubt these boys have thrilled
q the noble bandit of the screen
Vho rohs the unworthy. and iavishos
| b money. not upon himself but
opon the needy. supports his mother
y comfort. educateS his sister and
1efps TO establish institutions for the
Ihne
Havcnt an OF rs ben amused
oy watching some screen dare
l~vfl outwit or outshoot some liz.
Sohie officer and fight like a wildcat
3 rescue the daughter Of a Million
okrv. whom he eventually marries
nth her fathers God bless you
4 finally elected mayor and has the
Ssfaction OF showing up the viii
kskunous officer who abused him when
n was down.
V But upon sober Consideration.
&here Is nothing funny about seeing
such ita1ls. or the attempt 90 carry
thern out by the maynard youths Of
eur country. Such pictures never
yerpics the retribution or the ridiculc
I q their fellows that tho Inevitable
vepsns OF these heroes bring upon the
Unreasonable boy. nor the decline
N fitness and ability that goes with
eomancing or the lost opportunity
Cor study and the building OF real
&nanly character that the keeping OF
Rach ideals before them brings. the
ems wasted and the eventual dis
krust Of their neighbor~ when In
Nod Of depicting these heroic char
cterfstics Ia their own individuality.
hey are merely hoodiums who can't
~ = Job
In real ME th~ss impossible ad-
mezres and romznces never. turn
- - the boy hero expects them to-
~ aro only the means OF ruin to
ny = boy that was good
1As youths Of today see thes alb
GHdaties IN Ia best picture theatres
! Dvurywherc. And ! believe that
Enw1hmfe musical Accomplishments
her with repeated suexcssions
go roles have an almost hyp-
= tnffuencs upon those who. in
&iA Of rejecting these ideals. yield
III md revcl in them
!. Let our fiction and plays b con-
Ef6uctive thru moderation rather
han destructive because Of their ro-
naut3c exaxxeration- Let the public
{owaken and put q stop TO this filthy
Ioource OF laundering and not wreak
{Vungeance upon its victimA 4. l.
)Old<st
ECitv
Dear Miss Grey: What and where
- IL oldest city In the woridr
I'M
! Ds~sscss. s.rs:
] Abolishin0
/ Capital Punishment
v Dear Miss Grey. How many states
- abolished capital punishmcnt7
MARY.
biz: Kassas. Maire. Hinncsofa.
birth Dakota. South DAKOTA. Wis
6onmn. T,co hare practically aboi-
lshed u; Michigan imposes 70 for
| treason only. and RhQde Island only
py murder com miffef oy life term
oR.
Harding at
/ College
Dear Miss Grey: what colleges
"a Cox and Harding attend7
L l.
Cor u not college WAN Hard
no ras graduated from the noD de-
tsncs Ohio Central college,
Asks About
Proctor Knott
Dear Miss Grey: Who was Proc
epr Knottg ED.
James Proctor Knott ffss0-feffJ.
- American Iatcycr and politician.
Oss born in Marion county. Nv He
Dvactsccd la,o IN Memphis, no. He
~ q member OF the state house Of
sswesenfafipes and later attorney
osnevai Of Missouri Afterwards he
eeturned TO Kentucky. pr1cftced Idto
~ Lebanon. sc1s . member of con-
SEele nse7-7fJ (fs77-s3J. tohcyc he
loos noted for has humorous speeches.
1y0m 1888 TO 1887 ne scas 0oDcrnor
~ Kentucky. He tcas q delegate to
tAs constitutional convention of the
state IN 1891 and the fofotoino year
took the chair of ctpfcs and econop,-
(cs N Centre college, Danrifle. Ey..
sch~vs. IN 1894. ne soas appointed iaao
professor and dean Of the IaD facp1-
~ He resigned IN 1901
Members of
Present Cabinet
Dear ~hfiss Grey: Who are the
members OF Harding's cabinet1
S.M.
Charles y. Hughes. secretary Of
Il nfHfe. HdrSfn w AefInn s~rxcfnro