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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-23
Parents Choose
Husband

Dear Miss Grey; Have n mother
and father the right TO snatch their
daughters happiness before her very
eyes let me explain Eight years
. ago I met him mat Is. VIC went TO
pool together and grew up togcth-
w Up to the time I was is he was
treated as my brother. Then | knew
that he meant much more than that
When I vas II. he proposed. and I.
thinking how my folks had always
treated him. how mother always de
pended on some little errand OF hts.
how she praised him. how well she
spoke OF him naturally accepted
But now comes the tragic part
When I told my folks about it. I
nearly caused an earthquake. and
Why
Simply because he r. not Of my
own nationality. Miss Grey. this
boy Is good they have admitted II
themselves. and as long as I've
known him he has proved useful
-rtend
vas born and raixd In America.
but he Is Of . differen; nationality
aad vas born In the old country.
coming here when q baby.
The question Is this: They have
Docked cut . man for mo and aitho
shsy have said they viii not force
ne to marry. stu n I marry tho man
love they win tisown me- I am
% proud. too. 10 marry . man they
dl1 deliberately snub. yet how can
unny who they want m. 20 when
Il 20. love himf Please answer.
MISS ID.
u not choose ne icsssy Of the
erls and not marry esther w,nnr
<ts are uery voars vet. and Old
Father Tsrte wsU prore valuable
benefacfor to ros IN asrsfisc to
soIrc this perpiexinc lore probicru.
~ 10 at least COME 70 some concis-
sson Yos are sSsc IN ycfusss0 70
2aryp . MAN yos kore no iore for.
oad ance pour parents respect the
ether man. perhaps time ,rsu soften
1hcfy hearts totc1rd htrl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-23
President Hdrdino's
Cabinet Members

Dear Miss Grey: OF what ma
tlonaisty and what religion are the
various members Of President Hard
tng's cabinet7 INTERESTED.
Their religious affiliations are g.
foIJors:
Secretary Of State, Charles x.
\ 0s0hes. Bapti6:
pscrefary Of Treasuyv. Asdresc w.
<euoR. Presbyterian:
Eccvef1ry Of War. JoAa W. weeks.
Unlartan:
Attorney General wan II. Hevs.
Hyesbvtsriar;
secrefary Of gsvy. Edsoss DENLY.
Iptscopaii0n;
Eecretdry Of Inferfoy, Alert b.
Pail. family socrc Chrisftans Camp
Dsf1itesj. but he has never formally
>otned any church
Secyctary Of Agriculture. Henry @.
Wallace, United Presbvtersan:
gccveiarv Of Commerce. Herbert
Hoorey. Quaker;
gecretdrp Of Labor, James J.
Dauss. Baptist:
Attorney General. Harry If.
Dauohertv. Hefhodisf.
Al pere born in the United State,
except Secretary OF Labor James j.
Daris. tcho iods born in WGIes. An
are American citizens.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-23
SYMPTOMS
WOMEN DREAD
Mrs. Wilson's Letter Should
Be Read by All Women

Clarified. Pa" After my last
child was born last September I wac
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DANGEROUS PLEASURE

nIRECTOR CORTELYOU and Coroner
~ Knight would be far less vague and
uncertain in their discussion of the shocking
airrlane accident at the Bustleton flying field
II they had ever taken the trouble to acquire
even superficial knowledge of the technical
side of aviation. There is a Fundamental
difference between flying in the military
service or in accordance with good profess
sional rules and flying as it is being done for
pleasure in many parts of the United States
"A difference that sooner or later will have
to be recognized by those who make and
administer laws for the protection of the
general public.
An airplano is a light and tcnscly organ
lied fabric that is subjected to terrific
stresses as soon as it leaves the ground. Be
cause of the manner in which It is riggeI
and constructed. the failure OF a single wire
stay or the breaking of bolt no larger than
a collar button may instantly put fatal
strains on other units and lead to the final
collapse of wing or the rudder mechanism.
Aviation motors, too, are put to extraor-
dinary stresses. They are normally subject
to the damage that would occur in an auto
mobile engine operated constantly at Its
maximum speed. For these reasons the most
highly developed division of the military
aviation service is organized for inspection
and repair.
A military airplane is inspected over It's
entire length after each flight and before
each ascent. This work is performed by
experts. Even n short flight may develop
unlocked for flaws in an aviation motor or
its supporting structure. And, though
plane may have been in the air but few
moments, it is as carefully looked over on
military and professional fields as though II
had crossed. the Continent. Such work is
costly. 1t is too costly to be done in places
where airplanes are used for so called pleas
ure flights. Promoters of such amuscments
cannot afford to maintain large squads OF
highly trained mcchanicians to watch ma
chimes that land and rise and land and rise
again with thrill hunting passengers. Avin-
tors trust too largely to luck under such
circumstances or to a casual thumbing ~
stay wires by a hurried mechanic. More
over. the machines used for pleasure flying
are in too many cases old fashioned and in
poor general repair.
Men who really know the risks of flying
through long experience would be the last TO
take chances IN some of the planes which
pleasure seekers ride in without dreaming of
any danger. They know that the work done
by mechanics on the ground is even more
important as a factor of safety than the
work of the pilot in the air.
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Of conscription are to be found In the Meth

Of conscription are to be found In the Meth
erlands and Sweden.
The foremost countries in which, save in
time of war, voluntary service is the rule
are the United States, Germany and Grear
Britain. The exact status Of affairs in
Russia has not been clearly defined, though
there seems to be no doubt that in an emer-
gency Trotzky did not hesitate to initiate
the Napoleon method of the draft.
The situation, considered as q whole, is
therefore not one calculated to inspire
visitor from an ideal planet with confidence
in the peace preparations Of this particular
sphere. The practice of training and arming
citizens and subjects has obtained a holl
which not even the most hdeous conflict of
oil times was sufficient entirely to dislodge.
That there has been n weakening is, cf
course, undeniabe. The coming Disarma-
ment Conference in Washington is planned
with the idea of encouraging the processes
of dissolution. The League Of Nations cove
nant was similarly devised.
These facts are indications that national
ism and limitation of enforced soldering are
regarded by some spokesmen Of true progress
as compatible. They must be made 30 il
the folly and madness of armed camps are
not to endure.
The moderation. so far as armies are con-
cerned, of the United States and Great
Britain is not enough.
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WHO RULES WEST VIRGINIA?

GIT is a bad system" observes Governor
L Morgan, of West Virginia. referring to
the existence of n small army of deputy
sheriffs maintained by the soft coal opera.
tors, and 1t ought to be abolished. But
1t keeps down taxes"
Governors of States do not always say So
much - a few words. When a State begin,
to accept informal financial aid from private
sources. when it is willing to swap some
thing of its own prestige and authority for
money, 1t is in bad way and clearly in
need of what the revivaists call a new
baptism of the spirit.
We shall be fortunate If we have heard
the worst from West Virginia More and
more the trouble in the soft coal region
grows to resemble the shameful confusion
that grew out of the great Colorado Fue,
and Iron Company strike before Young Mr.
Rockefeller went West, saw for himself
fired a lot Of his representatives and re-
stored order In an industry that had been
rent with disorder for years before it was
drenched with the blood of men, women AMI
childrT. The miners and their leaders. like
the forces opposed to them in West Virginia.
have long since forgotten what the original
strike was about. They are tramping around
and toting guns with view to the settlement
OF black feuds that developed after the
strike had been half year old.
There can be no excuse, no justification
for men who arm themselves and march like
an army against the civil authorities. Sim
Harry there can be no excuse and no iustifi. g.
cation for civil authorities who endow n
small army of imported strike breakers with
the badges and the authority of deputy
sheriffs and then permit these men TO take
orders from mine bosses and operators who
pay their salaries.
1t is significant that United States Army
. officers had no trouble with the miners. The
men turned back from their march when
they were told tactfully to do 50. 1t wns
State policemen, accompanied by the ineyl. &.
table deputies" who followed and driftcd
into gun fight with the retreating men.
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THE "NAPoLEONlc INVENTION"

rNIIE Papal views on disarmament, as ex-
l. pressed in an authorized statement
from the Spcretariat Of State, are concerned
specifically with conscrption, invidiously
described as a "Napoeonic invention"
Historically, this ascription of the blame
ia accurate 1t was NapOeOns military
policy, as embodied in the boast, II can
afford to cxprnd 10000 men month,
which was directly formulated by General
Jourdain in l70G in introducing for the first
time in the statute books or any nation the
principle in the modern sense of compulsory
military service.
While it Is true that several Governments,
Of eighteenth century Europe had adopted
the brutal policy of empreSsment, and while
II is equally indisputable that unwilling sol.
dtcrs date as far back as history, cOnscrip-
tlon in the accepted meaning Of the term j.
essentially a product Of intense nationalism
As that spirit attained unprecedented
viyor in the nineteenth md twentieth CEN
turies, the conditions which preserved it may
norhans hc realized az more potent than thos.
ever conceived by Napoleon.
Tint nationnlism, a creed capable of in
snirinp interpretations, should have f0sterrd
,yhot is now in many quarters regarded Az
menace 10 civilization is one Of those
narodoxes with which the chronicle of this
clohe is lamentably rcplcte.
C'hnurchcnsive compulsory military sPrv-
COO exists today in Japan. France. Spain
%orwav. Italy. Switzerland Rumania, Den
,,ork. Peru, Chile, Greece and Brazil. The
.hsory at least Is upheld in most Of tho
7 atm American republics. Modified forms
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years as the result Of private political feuds.
The Russian nihilists used to resort to
murder in their campaign against autocracy.
Murder In Russia was a gesture Of despair.
In Germany where they have a popular gov
ernment in place of the monarchy the masses
are not suppressed. They are represented
in the national legislature and their leaders
are at the head of the Government. There
is no provocation for assassination In the
interests of popular rule. II the monarch
lists think they can advance their cause by
killing off the leaders Of the opposition they
are bcsotted beyond reason.
The monarchy may be restored In more
liberal form--no one can tell what the
future holds-but II 1t is to be firmly estab-
lished 1t must rest on the will Of the ma
jorty and not on the skill of hired or volun-
tcer murdercrs. This might have happened
in less enlightened era. but 1t cannot hap
pen in the twentieth century.
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MADNESS IN GERMANY

IF THERE is any justification for the
J. charges made by the newspapers in Bpr-
lin that the assassination Of Erzbergpr was
procured by the monarchists and Pan Ger
mans the German Government VIII have to
deal with n new kind of opposition.
1t is charged that the Pan Germans and
the mOnarchists have set up secret courts
which condemn to death the lending sun.
porters of the existing regime and that more
than 800 men have been killed by the orders
Of these courts Erzbcrgcr was the last and
one Of the most conspicuous to be picked on
by the assassns, The charge is made by
Germania. the journalistic organ of the
Clerical Party, reputable newspaper not
inclined To scnsatonalism. Whatever in
fiuences are responsible for the assasslna tions,
II ts morally certain that they are the result
ok an organized purpose, for 1t is incon-
.seivable that so many MS 300 men would be
Nlled In any civilized country within two
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30
THE GREEK REVERSE

rNIIE serious Greek repulse in Asia Minor
l. justfes, with rather startling swiftness,
the wisdom of the supreme Council in alb
staining for the moment from meddling in
the present conflict with the Turks. 1t
was, moreover, exceedingly difficult for
France and Great Britain to follow their
inclinatiOns on this subject and attain any
degree Of harmony.
The former nation is openly averse to
King Constantine's expansionist program
and deplores the recent restoration as VIC
tory of German interests in Greece, which
proved so troublesome during the first hnlf
of the World War. England. it would APP
pear, is playing a deep and cautious game
in the Near East with which COnstantinist
nsnirations toward Constantinope i'll ac
cord.
1t is likely that the policy looking toward
n revived Byzantine empire with COnstan-
tine installed on the BospOrus will receive
Il significant setback in Athens when the
proportions Of the Hellenic reverse are fully
appreciated. The Ottomans throughout their
checkered history have displayed marked re-
Cupcrative powers.
While 1t is doubtful II the dream Of an
advance upon Constantinople can be real
lied. their temporary recovery may presage
sObercr cOunscls in Greece and Il disnci-
nation to pursue to extremes q campaign
which was OminOusly Outstripping the
measurements OF petty war.
This remnant of Armageddon has been
the despair of all clear thinking expOnents
of sane reconstruction and has given a
specious encouragement to those statesmen
who have pretended that the Near East
problem could be handled by a policy OF
postponcments.
4 truce or a relaxation Of the intensity
of the fray would establish the necessity for
making new treaties or validating the pact
of ScyrrS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30

THE NoN-PARTISANSHIP ERROR

TITIZENS who are in the habit of regis
~ tering us mon -partisans' are usually
of the type which rejOices in freedom from
selfish political affiliations. In theory this
practice may seem praiseworthy. In reality,
however, it is reputation of obligations
which all believers in the democratic system
of government should consistently assume.
Non partisan enrolment means ordinarily
the forfeiture of the important right to par
dcipate in primary elections, and this year
1t implies also a lack of interest in the argu-
ments for or against the holding of Con-
stitutional Convention in Pennsylvania. The
question will be decided in the primaries of
September 20, which by a recent Legislative
enactment take the character on this date Of
q State referendum.
Electors who have expressed their party
leanings in registering will be privileged to
vote yes or no upon the subject of revising
the fundamental body of law in this Com
monwealth. At the same time they will be
entitled, according to their partisan predi-
lections, to take part in the nomination of
delegates TO the convention, to be voted for
In the November election.
Realizing the necessities of the case, the
Women's Republican Committee, the Demo-
cratic Women's Committee and the Penn
sylvania League of Women Voters. as rep
resented by their chairmen, have combined
in an appeal for support of the revision
project.
Their injunctions apply with equal force
to both sexes. 1t is confessed party MEM
bers alone, of whatever political complexion,
who can promote the convention plan.
To register non partisan today is to estab-
lish political impotence at the foundation
Of government.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30
CURBSTONE LIZARDS

IN ALMOST any fine evening you will
~ find Chestnut street and Market street
dishgured by groups of young men of an
obviously subnormal type, who lounging at
the curbs in motorcars that must be either
begged, borrowed or stolen, mutter or bawl
Invitations to joyrides at almost every
woman and girl who passes.
The curb lizard isn't new. But his
species is multiplying. He is undcrnour-
ished, as rule, and overdressed. And he
Is becoming an intolerable nuisance in some
parts of the city. What happens when
some hare Drained girl accepts his invitation
Is revealed now and then IN the police courts
or in the hospitals.
The Director of Public Safety could do
worse than order a motorcycle squad out one
OF these evenings to sweep every Curbstone
lizard out of sight Life would then be more
comfortable for self respecting women who
happen to be out without escorts.
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Today's Anniversaries

1600-King William was forced to raise
the siege of Limerick after sustaining great
loss.
117G-General Washington withdrew his
FORCES to the city Of New York from Long
Island.
lS2l-John +. Mercer. Revolutionary
soldier and Governor of Maryland, died in
rIhiladeIphla. Born at Marlborough, Va,
- 1s55-Fcargus O'Connor, leader of the
Ghartist uprising in Great Britain, died in
London. Born July IS. 1904.
1SSl-Alore than 800 lives lost in tbe
wreck wreck Of the Cape mail steamer Teuton in
Simons Bay. "
in Chicago 'es""
lSo6-Lord Chief Justice Russell. of Eng
ihhd, addressed the American Bar Associ-
alton at Saratoga.
l'2o-Serious rioting continued in Bel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Phladelphians Subjects They
Kno,v Best

details, military history, tactics and other
essentials. Later on they learn administra-
tion and other elements demanded in mill
tary executive.
''The result is that when he has COM
pleted the course and taken his degree,
which carries with it commission as sec
ond lieutenant. the young man is not only
trained for military service. but he is in
every way better man and better citi-
zen for the experience.
'He has the qualities of leadership. he
has force of character he has good health.
he is trained, resourceful and efficient And
most essential, he has poise and self control,
absolute necessity if one hopes at any future
time to control Others"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30
Today's Birthday.

sir Ernest Rutherford, one Of the most emi.
nent OF living physicists, born in New Zen
G, The Rt, Rev. Herbert Shipman, Blsbon
SNntragan to the Episcopal Bishop of New
,o norK' porn at Lexington, Ky, fifty two
=, Marion Leroy Burton, president of tbo
University Of Michigan, born nt BrookIvn v,'
Ia, forty-seven years ago. ''0A'' IL
warren r D. Moulton. president elect Of
sangor Theol00gical Seminary, born at at
'"EnW"H; Eritn, Goio N; H., fifty-six years ago.
frltzl Schef, popular actress and vocalist
born at Vienna, Austria, forty. .one ''"e,S. ~oor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30
Irs. Preble, of Marblchcad,

Mrs. Preble, of Marblchcad,
Seventy four, shook her head and said,
THE modern girl is a brazen jade ;.
With peek boo waists her stock in trade.
With her too short skirts and her too's short
hair
She is bound for perdtion, or worse 50
there"
But Mrs. Packard, of RrOckton Mass,
At eighty four is sprightier lass -.
She thinks short skirts an improvement gulle
On the skirts that trailed, an awful SlSht,
And the hair that's bobbed and the peek'a
boo waist !,
Are all thnt they should be, matter o'
taste.
Who Is rightl Who is wrong? We tell wv
true: .u.sl
1t all depends ON the point of view.
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What Do You Know?


l. What arc batrachians?
India? Feiigion or
3. What is an ouseI?
l. an cb@na Wnat play By Shakespeare does the
o. My Is Great Britain so caliedP
o. "hat ls rodomontadc and what 10 a..
origin OF the word? WHAT is the
7. With what invention ia tbo 49,
Elias Howe connected? '' name or
o. "nat - the poetic name for n nish.
9. What Is the regular meeting da,,
presidential Cabinet? e uay OF the
10. What shrub is the emblem of r.,,o,,,
brance? A Vi reinem-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30

II we all belonged to n local political
organization and took nm interest in politics
at times other than round about election
time we would not now be in the position
of waiting to see which candidates the
political bosses will allow us to vote for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30

Senator Penrose says the American
farmer is better organized than any other
voting group and sees in it big asset for
the political party which looks with favor
upon It. Not word you'll note on the
desirability or fairness of it's aims. Mr.
PenrOse is ''practical politician"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30

Paris dressmakers are said to be work.
ing on the principle of 'the scantier the ma
tcrial the higher the cost" Here is given
point to the ancient answer to n foolish
question: "The higher the fewer'-ths
the scads that are left
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30

The time for muddling along in Wea
Virginia is past. The rights and wrongs OF
the industrial situation In Mingo should DO
investigated. decision reached and the law
enforced. Such investigation should be wei
coined by miners and operators alike. Ihere
has been enough muddling. There has Deeh
more than enough blOOdshed.
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W. Il. Sites, Mt Port Norris.
This Office opens at o A. NJ.

Slapping mosquitoes is the princlpal oc-
cupation of the residents of BlvaIye and
Maurice River during the off season.
There are some Maurice River mosquitoes
as large as Philadelphia house flies.
They sing like catbirds.