The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-15

or carry coal. He is % years
and a healthier. clean-cut man
For months he has tramped
out applications, etc, TO no a
married woman is holding a
my husband is turned away.
He was a riveter in the ship
but is a cigarmaker by trade I:
of ear or truck: also knows ca
He will do anything. any kind
| know you do not run an
employment bureau. but it
seems to be your mission in
hfe TO help others in distress.
and | come TO you as a last
resort.
l expect TO be confined very
loon and we haven't u cent
bward the medical care which
psery mother should have. A
Few of the necessary articles
of clothing for the newcomer
have been given TO me by
friends.
This isn't the worst, tho.
We have been living with my
parents since last summer
haven't even paid board. and
my father will be out of work
in two weeks. He has a fam
lily of five.
Dear Miss Grey, please do
not look at this in the light of
q sob story" 1t is an appeal
for honest labor by a strong
man.
Thousands read your letters
daily, and perhaps if you
would print our letter some
one could tell us of some kind
of work HOPING.
This mothers prayer shall
not 90 unanswered. We eau
and must see TO 10 that her
babe comes into this old world
Auerelcome guest: there must
. De sunshine and light and
,hughter-dH born of hope, in
= stead of tears, despair and
darkness.
Most Of anything. / icdnt TO
get the father a good. per-
nsdnent position. But time is
short and zee must prepare for
the immediate needs of the lit
tie stranger about TO come
into our midst.
Isn't there a hospital or
sdnitarium in the city icho
triu roiunteer TO take this lit
tie mother-to-be and give her
the proper care? Surely. too,
there is a mother ,chose heart
n-il feel and ache for this one
cho is about to clasp her
naked babe. toho niU send lit
tie clothes?
Along tcith everyone else, I
feel these slack times-there
are demands made on all of
49,. iCe hare all been called
- TO make sacrifices dur
xkfhese past feic years, but
s1vhdt demand is greater than
that of a neic-born baby! I
am going to give $500 toirard
helping this little mother TO
face about toiCdrd the sun,
and someone else is going to
help me.
As q last tcord, I rant to
add that these are ser-re-
epecting, honest citizens and
hare never been objects Of
charity, and tce don't rant
them to be. Let's set them on
their feet again. The mother
1CiH be confined in sir weeks,
and her husband wiH receive
about $50 bonus money, which
nil not be a drop in the
pwcket to1card the expenses
he wll be called upon to meet.
II you can help, tcrite me,
Miss Grey, care Seattle Star,
or phone Main 600.
Gold and Siluer
Substitutes
Dear Miss Grey: n there a rec
ord of anyone attempting to make
gold. silver and diamonds. and. IL so.
what metals did they use?
INQUIsITTvE-
The ~AIchemists" Of the Middle
Ages tcerc constantly engaged IN at
fempts to turn b1ser metals into
precious metals. Lead seems to hare
been the material most used. Seq
eral attempts hare been made to
produce artificial dianonds. The
method consists ia heating pure pre-
pared carbon and iron IN an electric
furnace. By sudden cooling Of the
molten iron the furnace contracts
and ercrts a potocrIul pressure upon
the interior mass. when cold. the
iron Is dissolred IN acid. and small