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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
A Note to Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus:
on Christmas morning please bring
Va beginning Of the end % these
normally" days. Honest. now. Mr.
Santa Claus. these days Of normally
are something awful These days Of
such able rtatssma nahip are the
bunk. fleaHa take them away and
give ms days In which man can
earn enough a. Keep the home fires
burning In the past year there have
been seven thousand conferences 10
relieve unemployment conditions
There have been two thousand nine
hundred ana ciEh,y,four committees
appointed by congress and our state
legislatures 10 look into the unsm.
ploynent condition" and say. SIR.
sania Claus. every darn one OF thoae
committees booked into q and then
gave the news forth 90 the world
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Not Many
but Great!

Only about 100000 Qnakers In
our country, but they have set
out to get 100000 barrels OF
flour for Russian famine sufferers.
II all Americans helped on the
same basis Of population. Russia
would get 535.ooo.000 barrels Of
-four.
Quakers, active as n good in
nueDce In the world, have car
ried on their creed nearly 300
years. They have been unfalier.
Ax champions against war. slav-
cry and swearing. Too bad we
haven't 100000. 900 instead Of only
zoo, 900 Of them.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Fleet Helps
Complicate
Trade Maze
ny AMArEuH EcoNoNIsT

Few ~ us realize what effect
our merchant marine 10 having
and is going % have on our
foreign trade
Before the war w. hired
practically All our carrying done.
An American working on a
farm could rain. enough wheat
10 pay "a swedish, OF English
sailors wage and have q good
sum iofi over, no Tire American
stayed on the farm and let the
European do his carrying
But conditions have changed
and We find ourselves with the
second largest merchant marine
IN the world Also. lot II be
known. We expect 10 keep these
ships ana operate them
In the past when we paid
Europe $500. 900 freight bills. u
took this money and bought
wheat and cotton with A. Now.
as far az freishting for the
H. =. Ia concerned. these people
are out OF Job. and they
won't have this money 10 spend
for our goods.
In the future when we bal.
anee the international ledger We
viii not be charged with
great biz freight bill The prob.
ability IL that instead We will
have considerable amount
coming from other nations for
services rendered them
But we must remember that
the ioaing OF this Job IL going
10 cut down Europo's ability 10
buy our goods
For years 10 come ono of our
Creates economic Worries will
be over the worlds inability 10
pay for the goods that We have
"a asn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
One Step at a Time

have lower fare wages are com.
ms down, freight rates are coming
down. everything In coming down
tome, but not exactly 10 pre'wnr
days.
Mr. Fitzgerald should try u again
and take It slower Give us four of
those little tokens for quarter. DO
almost anything rather than let that
disastrous a-een, plan Of Mr. Eriok
sons win. There will be only one
ending 20 that plan.--the came end
that has come 20 the ferries and the
port VI Seattle grain elevators.
MAuDE AWEETMAN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
You,
the Creator

George ruliman's firSt Pullman
sleeping car was so crude that
haiehct and nail. had To be used
In making up the berths.
Puiimsn's friends. who took the
first trip. awakened nett morning.
tagged out and aching as u il,ry
had been priscfighting all night.
After that first trip. which stu
Il remembered wildly By many
now living. ruilman's idea Was .
source Of msriment.
An inventions and iiras ar.
crude when Tiny are born. No
matter how brilliant your nsw
Idea. infinite patience is needed.
along with much burning Of mid.
night oil. before the crude idea is
evolved into polished nearperfec-
ton
Tho rounded corners Of Pullman
car vestibulrs were conceived by
n porter. lie had wearicd Of be-
Ing the target for the wrath OF
passengers who had struck vio-
irntiy on the former sharp cor
ners whsn the train rounded .
curve.
Portsrs for many year. patient
~ took the kick. Of passengers
who had their clothes spia~hed
with water thai iurehcd out Of
Pullman car wasb-basins. Then
porter got the idea Of projecting
the top edge. Of the wash basins
inward.
In almost numbsriess details.
the Pullman car was improved by
the porters until today II IL prob
able that they have had more 10
do with giving us The Pullman
palace car than the original In
ycntor.
The man who uses = device
knows more about II than the
man who originated II.
Nearly every contrivance that
we Use in civilization IL the r..
suit Of the combined effort Of
thousands Of minds.
For instance, the steam engine.
In various crude form. II existed
for thousands Of years. Then
James Watt perfected u 10 the
point where II was ussful--snd
got the credit as Its inventor. The
others are forgotten. but their
service TO humanity was nearly as
great as Watts.
All humans have the creative
instinct. the desire TO build and
improve. Man Is the tool Of n
great creative force that il ut
work all thru the universe.
The only life that really IL
worth while Is the one that con-
tributes to the progress Of hui
manity. That Is the real sue
cess.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Editor The star.

FsHFFVF IHV SUN
A man usually runs upstairs one
step at time and when he comes
down he comes one step at time
lie can jump two steps. but Il In
dangerous business foot might
nlip.
That IL what Councilman FitzFer.
aid ala. and I wonder why.
We had "a scent faro--then az
cent then en- si.s.cent Why did he
Jump that az cent step Couldn't
We come back NJ We went upf
Mr.. Fitzgerald In right~.we Ahould
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
@r4s5e. M:ae'~v
To others just Az strange.

To others just az strange.
Bot u never could be wise. dear.
In hate-fo act or speak.
II never could be noble
To harm the poor or weak.
u never could be kind, dear.
To give a needless pain:
II never could be honest
To Mn for greed OF gain:
And there could not be = world. dear
While God L. true above.
where right ana wrong are governed
By any law but love.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Some Folks re Deceivin'.

kot o. love that oud cover the hal
world. The only trouble II. thei
leave u folded away on the shelf an
fergit T. use IL"
HANNAH X MEAGuER
1868 T. 10th 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
RELATIVELY
BY DIR. WI. Y. BARTON

iNSTEiN has but
emphasized an
idea which Was
rather definitely
In our minds be
fore. that things
are 60 be inter.
pretsd not ar they
may be assumed
TO be In them
selves. but az
they are in their
relation 10 other
things.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Ma seq Some folks re deceivln
ies like the snow ON the outside
they seem colds cold kin be. bat un
dernealh there's warm white blan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Circuits
of Victory

Inc greatest INVENTION ever diN-
covered by man l. communica-
ton Its first form Was human
speech--thc power to transmit
knowledge from ON. brain 10 an
other. This exchange OF thoughts
Is the basis Of all civilization.
Tho second step In eommunics-
ton was the invention Of writing.
by which human speech Was con-
veyed by she eye instead Of the
ear. transferring thoughts TO tho
man miles away In the jungle.
Many thousands Of years passed
before man made his third STRIP In
commandments invention Of
n device TO carry the human voice
over great distances.
This invention was the teie
phone. born In tho creative brain
OF Alexander Graham Bell In 1879.
The telegraph was Its forerunnsr.
A little less than seven years
ngo Bell and Thomas 4. Watson.
who helped him invent the t-lc-
phone. opened the first trsnseonti.
mental telephone line. The editor Of
The star has talked by that means
with . man In New York. You
can hear over that line now rs
plainly n you telephone across
the street--your voice travelling
$500 miles thru Tio tons Of osp-
per In u fifth Of second.
Recently we have the wireless.
telephone--phantom speech.
Wouldn't that astound the other
two great Inventors who created
speech and writing.
a great historical book has Just
been published from the pen Of
A. Lincoln Iavine. It's called
Circuits Of Victory" recording
the great part played In the
World War by the telephone.
The telephone. American inven-
ton. has rcvolutionired warfare
Ne II has rcvoIutionixed civilixa-
ton.
Great battles In the past often
were lost BY inability to commun-
icate. The power 10 communicate
regulates the element Of time.
which In turn controls military
strategy and tactics.
The telephone In the World
War saved millions Of lives. by
making II unnecessary for mil
Ions Of message carriers 20 er-
pose their persons 10 death.
The war. horrible as IL was. nd.
vaneed civilization In many
branches. short-cutting time. II
stimulated development OF com
munieation. flying. mechanical
production and surgery.
Most valuable Of these probably
was the advancement Of wireless
communication. Peace thus makes
n definite gain.
Thirtyfour million telephone
conversations are carried on daily
over the BELL lines, millions more
Independently.
VIII we live TO see the wireless
phone displace the copper wiref
II Is not improbable. Communi-
cation then would be universal
and instantaneous. regardless 81
lOcation--the basis for real civ
illzation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
AGeHerElom
,AVR1DGE WANN

Merry Christmas
FoiksIta all big mistake think that
fake; Tor take inches just
be- him Just while and 20. q
nigbt. tsfore the
light iet thoughts drifting back santa hN Christ
pack heard step besids chair, and santa Claus
Ft8nding thers
I'm mahty glad said. for tod
dead" lie
heard that story. too bat I'm alive and
a
asked him do bring the all little girls and
boysTT And he replied. bet tho indirectly
for when Christmas
u xladnss love and cheer for
wherever hearts found mske Christmas
abound. that
faie"
inside and nf u full Of and
rimsnt and everything that's good and trusfor that's
Christmas wish you
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Mary Garden says. "The most
BEAUTIFUL thing "a leg Ia a black
ssfk stocking" Mary mustn't be-
heve trhot eperv man tells her.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

You hare 10 be an old man be-
fore Don belieUc a felton, ought 10
york and sdUe tohhe young.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Why teorry' OnIy one person IN
1900 Is murdered and less than
that get into the nouics
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Edison IL trvinD 10 make gold
out Of other metals. Some people
make gold out Of brass
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

When n Goi1cTD fcIloio meets n
green felloU the time Is ripe for
a rotten deal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Lpnden Tribune suggests: why
not postpone the shortest day IN
the vcar 10 December 26P Every
body "a shortest then"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Zen wMie 1hass IN SISTERS do1
before ne looks
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Bat rik handkerchiefs are fine v
sos don't catch cold.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Haze yos plenty Of caRsv AVID
ne doctors phone number hasdns
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Dear Baf. the tie for yo~ got
noSsv- NV family burned 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

~Denr Grace. Ma ssrained SOUP N
Deur stockings Merry Christmas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Some people 90 about a thing
schiIe others talk about IL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

And some friends haze the GIT
~ psssro sseiess gifts
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Dear Bfnst. 7 rrancf posr pr>s-
ent ~ GOT lost. Merry Christmas.-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

N they ffre close enough. send
eAeH ONO Of these messages:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

There MAY be merchants t1ho
don't adUertise, but you neUer hear
Of Then.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

And NET stockings con be hung
for lace Curtains
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Only SIS more days unsg chrsss-
N1a.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

ne>~cs. The judge asks the 100
witnc~sc<;
DO yeu know these candi.
dates.'
Tho 100 witnesses answer in
chorus
-sWe do
Then the Judge asks:
Are they qualified for Citizen
ship and the witnesses respond;
They ar,r
Then the Judge turns 60 tho
candidates and asks them wheth-
~ they are rrady 10 take the
cath u citizenship. and they hold
up their hands and take the oath.
As that block rvtircs another
esmes In. They keep that up all
day.-
This Il . free country. but u
eught not TO be 30 almighty free
- al that.
The oppressed Of other lands
esn. and ought 20. find asylum
hsre. but those with = cop at their
Norris ought not TO be able to
shake him off by the Philadelphia
usethod.
We haven't quite enough Jobs
. 80 round ss il Is. and we Ger.
eshiy do not want people OF this
character squeezing honest Ameri.
rams out Of such Jobs as there
an.
The government is supposed to
have . sitter.
Use u.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Pay dan r. fathers dap

The fool Killer e. loafinD.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

pretty GIRL has no use for
misiietoe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Mother. bring home none Of
Boid,'. Mix sdt--Advertls~ment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Use the Sitter

of this priceless privilege who
like prize with package of conpase Come one come all
owedge said Congressman Albert of southwest Washington
nt least has been giving with the warning that the
red from returning the country of his nativity"
Philadelphia described the plan" for granting
bloc"
blocks of so candidates for citizenship time he sad while
accompanied by their 100 wit
= - - So this is Christmas!
Some say at bat yodv-thank
w ~ God"
/, ask. Others say at erery yedr-thdnk
nfea citizen God"
rcspond
"Some' can't see the pleasure for the expense
o
Others can't the expense for the pleasure.
to
, weary Christmas and Nappy Netc Year."
d take the oath the tired shopgris
rer
Keep that all "Bledy Christmas and Snappy Neio Year."
- =, +, smile fauorite bootieggers
20 A%sh" free Charity may multitude Of sas-but IL
=, 0,,r land. backs.
n "0 m ,r II the shimmy is chat think, she's already
to be able, been shook
-----
II things don't come your cdy-go after them.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Merry Christmas
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-18
Tongue Glove.


A glove for the tongue has been
newly patented by Galley Guise of
Riley, Ind. He calls it a tongue
shield" and it is designed to enable
the wearer to escape the unpleasant
ness of castor oil or other bad tasting
medicine.
The contrivance might be said to
have the shape of a miniature slip
per without any heel portion. but when
placed over the tongue is inverted
The tongue is inserted into the toe
part and the back part of the sole
extends over the top of the tongue to-
ward the throat.
The device is made of thin sheet
rubber, so as to be liquid proof, and
is so constructed as to fit the tongue
snugly without discomfort. When
medicine is taken it passes into the
throat without affecting the sense of
taste, so that all unpleasantness is OBJ
Waited.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-18
BIG WASTE OF GOOD FOOD
Sudden Cold Snap Trapped Millions OF
Herring in Narrow Neck Of
Alaskan Harbor.

What Is declared by Captain Brunn
and officers Of the steamship North
western 10 be the greatest fish tragedy
ever enacted. to human knowledge, oc-
CURED at klawack bay, Prince of
Wales island. January so. when al one
stroke more than 2.000000.OOO good
sized herring lost their lives, a Ketchi-
kan (Alaska) dispatch TO the New
York Sun states. The crew related
their remarkable experience of sail
ing through miles of dead fish.
They said Klawack bay was full Of
herring three days before the North
western arrived. when sudden freeze
caught the fish In the narrow-necked
harbor before they could escape TO
sea. The freeze came with great sud
denness and severity and about six
inches of ice formed In the harbor
Millions of herring at the entrance
could be seen dumbIy fighting TO get
out 10 sea before the inclosed waters
were frozen.
at may sound like a fish story" said
Mr.. Bradovich. "but the fact is that
the greatest chance In the world for
obtaining good fish without a stroke
of work was lost. For days few
persons tried 10 put some of the her
ring away for the summer. but made
no inroads on the supply. The near.
est Indians. who would have appre-
ciated the fish. were 800 miles away.
THE ship had difficulty in nayigat-
ing out of the harbor, as the propeller
had TO do the work of desiccator. and
It barely made knot an hour"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-18
THE UNIVERSITY :.
OF HUMANITY
Diplomas Awarded Men and
Women Who Qualify in This
Unique Institution.

The four training colleges in The
United States, of which two are in Chi
cago and two in New York City, con-
Quoted by The Salvation Army, special
ICES in the science of art. of under
standing and handling people.
Two of these in each city are devoted
to the instruction of women.
In addition to the vast fund of gen.
eral experience which the workers in
the Salvation Army have acquired
through a forty years apprenticeship
at serving men and women in every
possible phase and emergency Of crime,
sorrow and misfortune, it adds to its
marvellous efficiency in handing down
these traditions by giving to every
man and woman who consecrates his
and her life to this work, university
course of ten months intensive study.
Besides the evangelical side Of this
instruction, which prepares the stu
dent to conduct all kinds of meetings,
they also must learn much Of the train
ing that pioneer missionaries need to
maintain themselves in a variety OF
surroundings, establish home, meet.
ing place or corps from which their
activities will radiate and around
which they will draw for all kinds OF
spiritual and temporal relief, the peo-
pie OF their community.
Officers who receive commission in
the Salvation Army must be skilled in
saving men just as the officers of our
military armies OF the world are
trained in destroying men. Their
training for lie of men-saying is just
as complex and diversified Indeed
the mems training colleges of the Sal
walton Army have been called its West
Point
Fully as comprehensive is the in
struction given to the young women
who register for this work. They must
learn domestic science. sewing, nurs-
ing, as well as the religious side, for
there is no demand made upon officers
in this great army that is not met by
them in the intelligent capable manner
of the expert
After the ten months in the college
has been completed the young officer
must serve years probationary train
ing under some elder officer. During
that period he has regular monthly
examinations which he must pass &C
cording to a required standard before
he is ordained for service and COM
missioned and sent forth to establish
his own field.
A days program in a Salvation
Army College is fully as rigorous and
exacting as that OF any military insti-
tuition.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-18
SINGING WAY INTO u. S.
Scotch Lads Golden Voice May Lift
immigration Bars

In the midst of the weekly concert
at Ellis Island in which singers of the
Metropolitan Opera Company take
part, Frederick A. Wallis, Commission.
er OF Immigration, showed sturdy,
freckle-faced youngstcc on the stage
recently and whispered: Nov Sandy,
sing."
"oh. aye, I'll sing!" Sandy wills
Dered lack with q broad grin-and he
did. lie sang as if some spring OF
melody had burst its hanks within
aim. His voice, clear and true
sprayed 10 the furtherest limits of the
hall where almost 1000 persons, most
Of them immigrants, were gathered.
Every whisper was silenced. every
disturbing rustic of restless garments
died away Complete quiet fell as
Sandy's singing stopped. Sandy
grinned. Still grinning, he was hoist
ed to the shoulders of Milo Picco and
four Other Of the professional singers
who had sprung forward in their en-
thusiasm.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-18

Maxim Gorky." who was reported
to be on his way to England on a
visit to ii. G. Wells. but is still beld
I'D by the Bolshevist authorities on the
frontier, is Alexei Pyeshkof. the poet
and chronicler of pariahs and vaga-
bonds OF Russian society.
"Gorky" means bitter" The full
name, Maxim Gorky," may, perhaps,
be read to mean "the bitterest of the
bitter" The pseudonym effectively
symbolizes Pyeshkof's attitude to-
ward life, for his fiction is distilled es-
sence of the disappointed.
He was not at first Bolshevik. and
he seems only to have joined the Boil
shevist ranks under pressure. Given
his choice between low diet and high
Office. he preferred the latter, which
is one. happily, that does not require
him to take any active part in the per-
petration of Notwithstanding Age.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-18
SURE ONE SIGN is CORRECT
Worried indianapolis Man Is Very
Glad to Let Things Remain
on That Basis.

When Wallace o. Lee, chairman of
the publicity committee for the Gypsy
Smith revival arrangements, ordered
the big sign on the front of the wood
en- tabernacle opposite the city hall,
he told the sign man to spell Il
"Gipsy."
After 1t was painted and set up.
somebody told Wallace that he was
all wrong-that the first syllable
should have been spelled with a ~
instead of an 81" So when Wallace
the other day ordered 152 signs boost
ing the campaign. to be sent to evan
gelistic churches in the county, hs
told the sign man TO spell 1t "Gypsy."
Then various ministers worried Mr..
Lee by calling him up and saying that
although they were glad to get the
sign, and so on, still-well, what they
were trying to hint politely was that
what Wallace didn't know about spell
Ing would haxe filed bigger book
than the unabridged.
SO the harassed booster dug out n
dictionary and 10. 1t said that the
word, as common noun at least,
may be spelled. either way without en-
dangering the peace and dignity OF
the state.
Ard then along comes letter from
the evangelist himself and his sigma
ture read "Gipsy Smith,"
Well, anyway. one sign is right
indianapolis News.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-18
A I'M For Every Jack

Among tae otner attractive charac-
terisiics of Omaha may be included
that II is likely place for matrimony.
The opportunity to become wife IS
better here than in many other parts
of the United States, according to the
new census. which shows the number
of males exceeds that OF females by
6,S06. The total of actual or potential
ms as ser at 9S954. and that OF
the other sex is found to be 92.64S.
No need in this happy land to live
in spinstorhood The injunction of
Horace Greeley may well be brought
down to date 70 read. Come West.
young woman, come West - From
the Omaha Bee