The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-08

SAYS SEATTLE ~ CITY
on AfDOI>tSs


star tho news item concerning the
disappearRnce Of two young Girls
rhls recalls a proposed discussion IN
your columns as 10 why eeaii's's
lost aes girls per year ali had DARK
eyes, rather than iight n h 81 no
special interest 10 any one az %
whether these eifis we're blondes ~
bfuncta. The appalling fact remains
that NJ least one Fifi every day n
Seattle IA kidnapped. murdered. corn
mita suicide or h host tn the under
world gone. nobody knows where.
The numhsr n possibly much great
cr than sss. Ar these are merely The
official records. and an that The
star or anybody else eeefns 20 care
about Il IN the Idle speculation ~ 20
witty they had brown eyes rather
than blue.
Is not this utter unconc~rn one ~
the reasons why the discouraged no
LONGER cares 20 iive' The church -
social affair. rather than an or.
gnnixation OF ChriHign, practical
heipfuines~. what church has ever
helped a eiri get a Job. or learn a
| trade, or has established a maternity
ward or convaleucentA' hctns. OF
done anything but turn hcr out"
once she has dlsgrancd the fhld'
The Y. ". e. A. ~ a rnobbish. ef'
f~ufiYe affair. for high naiarisd iris
OF certain class only. The ones
who most need hcip are not welcome
there There n no municipal or
cheap LODGING house open for women
and girls. such A. many cuea pro
| vide for the destitute but virfuoua
or any woman In need % shelter.
seattle has no factories or great
business enterprises employing a
number % girls. To - a house sery'
ant puts a girf under such unt~ar'
able conditions mat no wonder most
u the ruined girls come from this
cianA
Did you ever eooiiy arprai-s your
city. seeing u thru the dinintcresied
eyes OF stranger stand on a
crowded street corner. as do. All
day long. and sine up the paanerrby
Are you proud OF srai'le's meni
icering eyes. SENSUAL lips. note-
bio,chef farcs. ilrnpins iegH-seeing
an women only IN The iiriit OF ser.
ana IN no other way. what chance
has a young. pretty. urnophihticntrd.
peuniless. lonely Girl among such A.
they
Ana arr tho women god women
going 10 aid her much mofcf FIN
pi,aiieaily not.
IA my tive u1onrrr work here I
have met a considerable number %
courteous, gcn~rous-hearsed men,
BIZ tho number % kindly. weIlbred
women can count on the fingers Of
one hand. Any one that IL rhabhiiy
clad or has 20 DO iowiy work, or. In
fact. any work AZ all. Il utterly be
yond the PAID o. even ordinary. eas.
uai good MANNERS
have lived IN ~ states and In n
frw cities larger than Seattle. and
20, never have seen womanhoof
20 arrogant and salfsatixfied ard
snobblsh sana without any cause 60
bol AZ have noticed day after day
in Seattle. God pity any poor. be
| WiidcFcd. healia;lng or sinful Eiri
who looks 20 them for even 10 much
as q kindly glance. She won't Ert H.
Poison u cheap. The bay in deep.
| Al tho cheaper rooms have a gas
get. For many a rlri. these and the
red llEht dlstrie, are the only ways
! out Nobody carca.
Tho star. however. NOR. alert,
asks cv-rybosy's opinion an TO why
oh, Why. aid they all have brown
cycsg
Seattle n a Hight eyed town stand
~ 70 ~ hours on a r,ven corner and
watch the thousands surge By,
Check OF the cye.color. You VIII
find one pair on dark eyes 20 % light
ones. or. possibly. 70 -.
a bluocysd Girl may find even in
Seattle some congrniaiity. hence un.
dcrAtardlnE. sympathy and help.
among eyen OF her own color. But
tho brown-cycd Etri-cyos warm.