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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

tho cities where ve live.
An English literary man who has
recently returned To his own country
from a visit 10 the United states.
where II In to be feared he did not
enjoy himself greatly. writes In one
Of the current magazines:
only foreigners and prcvfnicals
know anything Of the treasures Of
art and architecture that any city
Possesses. Have you ever seen a
Florentine In the uffizi7 or New
Yorker in the Metropolitan Museum
This may be too extreme a question.
but I am certain that no one ever
saw = Partisan in Sainte Chapelie.
and II was not till they heard. the
other day. that IL was about TO fall
down, that any Lopdoners ever en-
tered Westminster Abby. Tf. how.
ever. you wish when In Paris TO be
sure OF hearing your own language
no matter from what country you
come. you may confidently seek the
Louvre"
How often would you visit West
minister Abbey II II were In your
own town? Probably only when you
had out-oftown visitors who wanted
to see 1t. Quite possibly you would
not visit II even then, but would
say:
You run In and take = look ut the
Abbey. The guide-book will tel you
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
YOUR HOME TOWN

where TO find the things you want 20
see. III run over TO the office and
look over the mail. and meet you
hero for lunch"
Have you ever climbed Bunker Tin
monument,
Not Il you live IN Bostoni
Some years ago Boston editor a
wise and good man. visited Plymouth
for the first time. He was SO I'M
pressed with the dignity and signisi.
canoe OF the national monument To
the forefathers that he proposed .
replica OF II be erected In Boston
for the benefit OF the many scores
OF thousands Of people there RED.
dent who could never ace IL at
Plymouth They would be more
likely to make the trip from Yakima
or Duluth.
Think not that Boston has any
monopoly of this characteristic
New York is the most provincial
city on this continent az London Is
tho most provincial city on the
globe. But proud as New York is
OF New York, II is a protective pride
against the rest OF the world rather
than an intelligent pride In tho
things that New York deserves TO
be proud Of.
No one In Chicago ever Visits the
stockyards except with friends from
out of town; but not even with those
friends does he visit the univernity,
or the art institute.
Not very far from whore you live
is something notable.
no you know lit
Are you proud Of II as the really
notable feature Of your town.
Every man owes It 10 his own
town to know the best that Is true
OF II. and to be proud OF II.
How much do you know about
your town.
II Ia not too late 70 learn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

go 10 mans room and. half clad.
dance and esrouso. ! don't think any
OF us human beings would expect n
man To stand back and ssy. IL must
respect hor because she Ia a woman"
Az for Arbuckis himself. we see
articier trying 10 b.litfie him because
of his life in other days. and ! think
II In to his credit 10 get to be a
millionaire especially when he won II
honestly and on his personality. too.
Hc has made a good many people
forget their troubles In hearty
laugh. A. far AZ wild parties are
concerned. there 's always a gang
ready To help spend n fellows money
II he In a good spender. and they are
always tho first to boiler when the
tide turns. | am not intending TO up
hold such loose actions In him any
more than anyone else. but claim
that tho authorities should have at
tempted 70 stop them long ago.
also notice big article about
Arbueisio's sfepmother telling OF his
neglect OF her and his family since he
acquired his wealth. II seems 10 me
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
A Word in 'Fatty's" Favor

Editor The Star.
just cannot keep from expre<-
sing myself on the Arbuekle case.
!, seems TO me tho least said about
such dlaxrnccfui affair the better.
II In frankly admitted that such
things have been going on down
there for years and the public
would like 10 know why some steps
were not taken long ago TO stop Il
before there was a tragic end and
one man made thu goat un-
derstand by some articles such M
kilograms TO the district attorney,
etc. that the public insists that JUS
tice be done and these same Articles
claim that justice means that Ar.
buckle be convicted From my OBJ
servations l have one person to
mee< yet twomen and men alike,
thai blames Roscoe Arbuckie en-.
tireiy.
There may be evidence that shows
that he deliberately murdered this
girl. perhaps for revenge Of some
sort--if not and they are bassng II
ON the fact that she died under tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
Woman Argues Against Prohibition

him in good hurnor, and for news.
paper reporters To make a noise over
for the benefit OF the public. but In
the "Arbuckle hnrne great quaint
ties Of liquors are stored-wtnes.
whisky. champagne and gin." and in
every beat landing on our shores
there are hundreds OF cases which
are taken off under the very noses
OF our customs officcrs-their backs
are turned.
The money being paid prohibition
enforcement officers might better
have been used in enlargfng our uni
versity. which is turning away hun.
dreds OF students this year for want
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
Subjects Star Readers Are POndering Over

! can read between the Inns and see
that there must be a reason. N
sounds as N the child were made the
laughing stock. Inundated often by
his family. cared little for and now
the man cares nothing In turn for
them. IL that were not the cnse be
surely would respond. There usually
is reason for such things They, no
doubt. are rtill grudging him the fact
that ha rose from nothing 10 fame
while they ara still plugging along
in the same old rut.
I have tried TO express myself on
n delicate subject and IN conclusion
will say. Yea. 1. TOO. hope Justice
Will be done and not injustice TO
rich man because be Is famous. any
more than TO poor man because he
Is poor
hope n IN sifted down. end want
him punished II he is guilty and not
Just 10 make n name for n district
attorney nor TO take advantage Of a
man because there Is a chance TO get
some money from him.
Yours for fair play NJ r.. w.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

circumstances VIC are led 70 bs.
heve BY the newspapers. II looks to
me like a caae Of too much high
hse. Also some ono In trying 10 get
some Of Arbucslc's money.
In the first place the woman VINO
y the complaining witness afrni,s
she had 10 glasses OF whisky and.
eecoming oyerhaatsd dancing. she
donnod pair Of mems pajaxnas
and continued 10 dance Would the
evidence OF such q person In such
condition be accepted ON any Other
great murder case7 Also. could a
woman In that condition know what
actually took place or any Of the rest
OF that drunken crowdf And another
question--wbcn women go TO a mans
apartment on such party as that
was. what kind Of treatment should
thsr expectf | darcssy that Ar.
butki~ did not do much different
than most any other man would have
done
I am a woman and have always
upheld my sex under most any con.
sideration. but when any woman win
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
Your DUN
Street
Is q success.

You can probably xAik the en-
tire length Of your street and not
find divorce going forward =
sncIdcring love triangle. OF any
Of the sensational staff that
amaxes foreign readers Of our
newspapers. Those things arr
ccsnnsea In our reading, bat
they are not common In our Nv
Ing. Often . big -cAss- has 10 %
duty in newspapers all Over the
country.
There h nothing sensational In
occasional spsts between husband
and wife. a. . spanking for .
child. or quarterly payment of
income tar. q In du~ting off the
new autonsehile-bu< thas b the
stuff u which daily life ID made.
We take ne iurid nswxpaper
stories - . matter Of eourss hsw
l,tfle they really imvru~s ~ b
shown By our startled Interest In
. hook Ike Main Stspst.- which
comes morn or lcas cisse 10 show
Ing us off ~ - ar~s-ColH~r's
Weekly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

Editor The star
The ladies' In aan Francisco say
that whereas Virginia Ttappe paid
the supreme penalty for fooiishness.
those who contributed 10 her foolish.
ness must also pay the penalty.
They have undertaken large and
farrcaching order and the authors OF
our prohibition law might well trem-
bic because: Tho COLLINS will get
you. too. II you don't watch out
From une immemorlhI wine has
been drunk for "the stomach's sake"
and no German was known who
couid do without beer and no law iH
ever going 10 be enforced that In con
trary TO all human nature. The
crimes that can be laid directly nj the
door Of the prohibition Law will far
offset the little good II has accom-
piished-
A Canadian visitor is responsible
for the statement that practically
everyone he met I'm our city bright
ened visibly when he suggested a
cocktail. He said: why. never saw
anything to equal II. In Vancouver.
one only drinks occasionally. and In
his home. but here everyone carries
something on bis hip Bootieggers
solicit offices openly and all taxi
drivers are well supplied
Tine English have a better scheme
for the elimination OF the drink evil
they are educating the public against
it---~ith the result that there Is very
little drunkenness In England today.
IL In a fact that on Dominion Day In
Vancouver there WIS only one arrest
for tntoxication as against more than
zoo arrests here on tho Fourth of
July for the same thing.
DO you think a little. puny tom
pared with the force against HIM.
prohibition officer can stop the flow
Of liquor into Washington lie will
get 20 cases of wet goods" occasion.
ally. which Will turn out 20 be pure
wafer. or he will be able 10 nab few
bottles OF home brew. There are
schemes bcouegg~rs put un to keep
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
He Replies to Avridge Mann

Now. knowledge is not PASSED on
free. for all you get you pay fee
OF good hard studying and work.
and that's a fact you can not shirk
Instead Of wasting time and breath
In questioning your friends TO death
Just pick up Webster's dictionary
and sec how wise you'll learn to b..
Start working and quit wasting
Tina deise deep In books OF
prose and rhyme.
For knowledge comes 70 him who
delves. and God Helps Those
Who Help Themselves
80 that's tho moral Of my song.
Respectfully.
DON'T TAKE ME WRONG.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
A Letter From Avridge Mann

blame. BECAUSE AZ yet they haven't
seen that what we want upon the
screen Ia different TO large degree.
from what We want their lives To be.
For while. as yet. we want TO see
suggestive dancing. revelry. divorces.
scandal. bedroom scenes. and mushy
stuff upon the screens. We cannot
kick II this survives. and puts its
stamp upon their lives
No let's reform ourselves bit. and
make the wholesome show hit. or
let us be as plain as day. and une.
atiivoealiy Hay-~'we want a show
with no restraints. but In your pri.
yato iivos. be- saintsF'
--AvRfDGE MANN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
A Solution for Job Problem

effected. one unemployed will be
given n job. In this way the 5000.
900 unemployed would be provided
with work.
OF COURSE. some win my. hut
then our pay will be reduced" Quite
true. for short time IL would be.
but after ali are provided with jobs
then the menace OF the unemployed
would be removed and their wages
would ba whatever the onas working
would demand.
We. tho producers. have to feed
the nonIsoducers anyway. Well.
then let them do some Of our work.
Hoping you rec The logic OF my plan.
| arm yours for all labor
BOOMER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

ts8ftsR tu1 cAAIs
will be brief. and hop~ that ]
won't cause much grief. My mes
sags 10 to Averidec Mann. I'D like
TO put him on the pan about the
word Apocalypse accent on -pok. :
and rhymes with tipsl. III wager
anything sou say that Webster triis
the proper way TO pronounce words
from a to Il from phycho'a down 20
and the. II you don't own the
book yourself. youu find II on the
library shelf You can't expect. you
silly sap. for gold 20 drop into your
lap or be carried IN by fairy bands.
without your moving feet or hands.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
Is Elevated Line Not Safe?

Editor The Star.
The muny railway. I understand.
has issued instructions TO It's en-
ployes not 10 drive cars at more than
half speed over the new elevated"
railway from LIST south and Washing
ton TO Riverside SO now the Aikl
tics creep and crawl 10 and from the
city.
IL the trcstie win not stand a
street car travelling at a normal rate
Is II. then. strong enough 10 stand q
car on II at allf
II II has deierioratcd In the hast
three years until Il Ia unsafe for
car to travel In excess OF half speed
is II not reasonable to assume that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

three years hence there WIN BE- a
sudden crash and our elevated viii
be lying beside our West Seattle
ferry IN the scrap heap with a fun
crew 10 watch 10.
II used 10 take me - n,inuAes 10
go TO town by way Of lat ava on the
surface now we creep over our -ele-
waited" nj half speed and make II In
40 minutes. thereby resolving much
more opportunity 20 sleep.
III II is dangerous LOT us reiegnte
our elevated 10 tho unemployment
Associations wood yard and take
10 the surface once again.
Ut II. NJ
12f2 Aliu ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
News---Censored and Otherwise

auhoitaivr limitation
will behind and
b
the public that win lie
medicine censorship
II
going
the
public had all the truth in the diplomatic chickering's
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

FHfftbf IHH HkHFs
Dear Sir Last week you wrote
some stuff thai treated movie actors
rough. and said II hurt the silver
sheet when they were drunk or indis
Greet. and no you pafsned them hard
and well. for raining such iotof.
whatever you calied-lt
They ought to keep their stand
ards high, because they're In the
public eye. and 30 publicity oontrives
to keep ua posted on their lives. and
thus when they SO ON a lark. they
cannot keep Il in the dark.
Perhaps II INIT wrong 10 claim
that we should partly share the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

sf1FF|Ff Nv tFtf9
A. see 30 much discussion In the
various papers and hear no much
verbally anent the unemployment
problem I am moved TO present my
solution % this perpiexing problem.
For fear some one will think am
foreign agftator.- permit me TO
NAY ! arm American born OF several
generations of Americans.
Now 20 solve the problem. n there
are 10000 unemployed In thu
United states. why not Just shorten
the hours OF employment for those
already workinxr For instance. take
two hours per day from those work.
ing eight hours. For every tho thus
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
BY DR. WILLIAM x. BARTON

Is good Tor one
to travel. and to
learn what PEG
ple do in other
places and how
they do H. But
II is not well TO
be ignorant Of
ones own town
Most Of sas
know very little
about the imfor-
tanf features OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

of room. Edncatton In what We want
education In what we need twin
wine and beer on the sidoboardl-
MAUDE gWEETMAN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

Mother Earth h . dAnorw. pr.
forming II different movements
as she whiris onward thru spa1c.
says Camille F1Ammariou. Preach
astrcuosner.
Mother Earth has . good shin.
or crust and viii support human
life for another billion Year,. says
Lord Raleigh. n . conves,Sisn Of
Britiah scientists.
An Italian professor says m
soon viii have . screen thai viii
fre rs from gravity and enzhse
us 10 leave the earth and ny off
ints space. ameng tire ssars-
Why speculate about Mari.
when ~ are iu~a beginning n
harm about The nsysaesteas Earth.
mother Of ~ al. who bringx eur
bodies sut II her sod and eiAkns
IN when life has run IL csurses
Our tdca Of fus u . bwhsv sAav-
ting hsssseif and arguing that Ae
do~snr Uurf q shampoo.
-
sc~s hire TO q vsps cd AGE.
sfArvs sclk back TO fASw srsv~a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

It's good. that's sure. 4oe Supreme
Blend Coffee Hansen. 40 Economy
Mkt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26
Where Courts
OUeryeuch


righteous purpose of civil gov
ernment for its officers to inter.
fere when principles break into
overt acts against peace and good
order. ---Thomas jefferson.
The above Il 10 refresh ths
memory Of the nine gcntieu,en
vho pass final Judgment on tho
uhsrsies Of our people.
The United States supreme
esuFs b soon 10 hear N appeal In
tn CASE Of the Nov York Can ".
BuT1eson.
Thh case invsavea enc Issue
enly, the right Of . government
efflcial - censor the press.
Ihs ease docs not turn on TIE
question Of loyalty or disioyxity
curing the war. II does not have
anything 10 do with the sound
haas Of socialism - . political
remedy.
II has to do with the right Of
Despae 10 think and - diseuss
freely public questions IL has 70
- with the night u the courts. in
efIecl to make nsw hws--iavs
creating Constructive crimes and
prsviding penalties for The hold
NJ a peliticai beliefs.
Let No one b misied because
this particular appeal b brought
~ . socialist newspAper. II b
MT socialism that il on trial IL
= ire speech and free press.
Today the ruling Of the court
nay be against the New York
Csll. Tomorrow Il will be against
. New York Herald. . Chicago
Tribune, an Emporis Kansas Ga
srtte, . Marion Star o. . Seattle
Gear. The end would b. the same
-<he establishment Of political
esnssrship.
II b amazing the extent to
which tbs courts hsvs already
Gene- In the recently decided
case IN the District Of Columbia
esurt Of appeals. Justice (haries
n RObb actually cites ~ > reason
fsr refusing . daily Newspaper
the use Of the mails thu fact THAI
y certain past issues Of the news-
Paper there were editorial ex-
prcssions disappearing Of the
course followed by the United
States and Great Britain In their
6calings with Russia.
Are the courts or the post
nsaster general 10 forbid such
criticism In the columns Of . sup
posedly free press? And arc they
- suspend one paper and permit
00VAoSI 70 GHgukAtt Wussu Uar8
the same thing. For the Call was
not the only critic Of the govern
ment In the matter Of Russia.
And this criticism was postwar
criticism. II Was printed after
the signing Of the armistiee.
IL the merits Of the editorial
policy were on trial there should
have been an opportunity given
n inform Justice Robb and his
associates that the British had A.
ready officially admitted the
validity Of the criticism and had
completely reversed Themselves by
actually giving official recognition
to the present Russian govern
ment.
But the editorial policy was not
on trial. At least it should not
have bern. That IL the whole
point-the whole viciousness Of
this decision. Here Ii . court
forgetting 10 confinc itself 10 It's
legal domain and going forth ~ .
Judicial censor saying II vas right
and legal to attempt the suppress
sion Of . Newspaper because, for
sooth. the paper had voiced edi-
foriaI opinion contrary TO the po-
htical opinions held BY the Judge.
----------------------------
Many are tnpltcd to weddings be-
cGuse their presents are needed.
The best so0v to keep husband
Il cuesduO.
noatk snrut fsS{re Hofcx~ ss~.s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

The best soav to keep husband
4 cuesdnO.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

Don't speak tsosce before von
think.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

One ,ouy to druw cro,cd is put mirror in
shoU iCi,ldoic.
A failure is often man ,cho had no show.
is q SUCCESS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

Many are tnp1ted to weddings be-
cGnse their presents are needed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

CAer .sss be hard 70 zen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-26

Our Aea Of fus u . bwhsv sAae-
ting hsszseif and arguing that Nc
do~sat nusf q shampoo.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-07

at the transmitter. Comes voice Cas
sometimes happens in suburban tcle.
phone calls) saying: will you cut
class tomorrow for S1O0T'
Adm, of course, II. Russell Fry thought
his dad was kidding. II. :. Fry Is
president of the American Guild of
Organists, and we had tclcphoncd him
ut his studio, Twentieth and Cherry,
earlier in the day. This new note he
had sounded had II. Russell guessing a
moment. But the father has sent in
answers to nearly every limerick, and
of course was rather glad to see that his
son had saved the honor Of the family.
The son came in to the Office next
day. and we refused a picture taken
eight years ago. saying it would only
encourage the prolific crop of child won :
ders now burdening printing presses
with their ponderous conceptions. So
he consented to pose. after modestly
declaring he didn't think 80 much Of
his winning line.
Il was so sleepy when l posted it
couldn't remember even exactly what
it was" he admitted.
Well. the veterans of the A. f. +.
knew, anyhow. Probably because II
was just a polite parody on that good
old line when Hades freezes over" 4
beautifully Indefinite qualifying phrase
that we used to tack on to most every
thing that the War Department prom
iscd us, eh, buddy?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-07

No. I. THAT Germ. any Yank can
out drill" Miss Beatrice Comber. 0S
North Thirty fifth street. Fifty nine
votes.
No. s. Soon we'll see saving done
with q Will" Joseph F. Firth, Fed
eral Board Glass, Pennsylvania Mu-
scum, Broad and Pine streets.
No. 10. THE old Hol,en's hoIlerin'
for his pill" Miss Beatrice Comber,
oS North Thirty fifth street. Two
votes.
1t was twilight in Cynwyd. Llanfair
road. as the poets would have It, was
shadowy in the heavy midwinter mist
that had crept through the trectops with
the setting of the sun. Our hero ltake
It from Popocatepetl, any persistent
lin ricker is a hero) strOde homeward
with visions of the evening meal looming
large. He has more than forty hours
a week of chemistry and thermo dynam
les and all the rest, and any given day
of that stuff leaves man weak and
ravenous at the days end. All the
caloriPs he can take on in the shape OF
dinner are the big idea at about the
time we have indicated.
Well. enter II. Russell Fry, nis mind
full of the formula for peroxide and
INT and all those other harmless lit
tie compounds, when, 10! he sees the
telephone bell ringing. With two swift
strides. for he is six feet tall, legs In
proportion, the young college student is