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ments each day.
Ask any wife and mother who
isft business 20 marry how her new
JOB compares with IN. old one. I;
shs Ia the kind % mother who Is
bringing the children No right and
caring for the home besides she will
tell you rho never knew what work
was before marriage. No matter
how many children there arc. her
husband 10 probably no buster nof
under greater strain Than before
there were any. Each little life
means en- additional burden upon
her shoulders. welcome tho II may
be.
Women ar. the burden bearers
Of the race. In the past they have
suffered an unbelievable amount OF
imposition at the hands OF man
Tn. sacrifices Of parrnthood have
been thrust altogether upon their
shoulders and they Arr learning only
now that this IL not M u was
meant TO be. There In absolutely
nothing about them as a sex that
makes them inferior 10 man. and
they are now finding n out.
Men need make no laws for wo.
men tina; they themselves are no,
prepared TO obey. Man has no
more right 10 exercise authority
over his wife than she TO dictate 10
him. Marriage gives neither any
rights over the other. Both will
make mistakes. which IL natural 10
the human race. but neither has the
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creating an instant famine which
nothing could prevent.
What would happen would
probably be the calling Of an In.
tsrnationai conference to decide
on . new standard Of exchange
based on grains. In all iikeiI-
hood.
but before this could be
brought about the world would be
seifed In such . wave Of suffer
Ing and outiawry that the recent
war wouId seem = paradise In
comparison
Eventually. affairs might be-
Strengthened out and those Of us
who had survived would 20 TO
work for--ssy y bushel Of wheat
n day.
Hut we would have learned our
lesson EVEN more bitterly than
Midas did his.
Let's hope that the dispatches
aren't right: that the chemist
hasn't succeeded In his quest: or.
II he has. that he win have tho
dseeney 10 destroy the formula
and take n pledge never TO tell Il
10 anyone.
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Birth Control; Self Control

Editor The Star:
There Is discussion raging IN
New York City CONCERNING birth
control. caused by an opinion rem
dered BY judge In Denver. Col.
regarding a poor woman who had
five children and was unable 10
properly feed. cioihe and educate
them. The Judge made the state
ncni that types like her should be
compelled not 20 reproduce their
species even II an operation had TO
be performed.
This remark Of the Judge brought
down a storm Of protes, upon his
head
To mr. mind seif-controi In far
more moral and decent than birth
control. But there 10 n large group
Of Intelligent students OF economy
who believe I'M birth-control. which
they say is taught freely by
physicians In foreign countries--is
necessary.
Big business interests are forcing
American families down TO the Orr.
entail standard of living. In the
meantime. the willy Oriental keeps
raising his standard of living. lie
sits at the head of the table at the
dis-s rsnamcnt conferences.
There may be some truth after all
IN the judges opinion regarding the
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END OF THE OLD YEAR

Information. the Discovery OF
America occurred about n minute
and n quarter ago. and the steam
engine Is less Than half a minute
old.
Tho race has Just begun 10 do
things that can be recorded The
earlier struggles were not without
value, Some OF the most notable
achievements belong TO that unr..
corded period that stretches from
the midnight OF tho race 20 ue
dawn. But all that we have Of
record In since. not the dawn. bu,
since the striking OF the middle
point between II and ~.
The day Is n natural unit OF time.
~ is measured by the revolution ~
the earth. The month Is a natural
division: Il Is measured by the moan
The year IL a natural division. IL IA
measured by the sun. But the
higher muluples. the decade. the
century, the millennium. are arbi.
trary. and depend on tho fact that
man counts on his fingers and
multplies by tens. A year IL n
very short period as measured by
the crust OF the earth or tha
changes In the sky OUTSIDE our M
tie system, but II is a very con.
siderable fraction OF the life OF any
man.
The close OF n year II not an un.
favorable time for n little ouiet
meditation on the oest uae Of time.
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Editor The star
read with great enjoyment the
interview In your paper about the
man who -undersiooG women" and
was kindly offering them of his
knowledge that they might hold
their husbands. and the later com
nenis by your readers including a
lady who makes 80 bold as 20 offer
husbands a bit Of advice. and man
signing himself Charleston mad
err
Modern. intelligent people certain
~ understand that u IL as ridleu-
lous to prepare one set OF laws for
the wife and another for the hus.
band As u would be 10 lay down Ger.
tain rules OF conduct for blondes
and certain others for bruncttes. In
the long ago men actually believed
that they were superior TO women
and this drluHlon was no pleasant to
their cgotism that small wonder
they are ioathc to relinquiHh II. and
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Editor The Star.
1T IL time the people understood
that there IL n powerful persist
eni. woli.organlxed opposition 10
public school education" said Henry
II. King Of the Seattle school board
In an address before the university
students short time ago.
This ls the manner In which Mr..
King attempts 90 excuse his &C
tiona on the school board. II Mr..
King thinks his ''hot-air'' viii act
as a smoke screen he In mistaken.
The public are well aware Of the
srtravagancoa INDUCED In by hr.
King and his fellow members Of the
school board. The utter indiffer'
encs 81 Mr.. King 20 good business
when Il comes TO spending the tax
Payers money. shows him TO be en-
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scopy)

ttoptt
December 90 1891.
Mount Tacoma Cuba a. Den.
man. Pres NJ O. Mitchell. secy
Tacoma. Wash.
Gentlemen.
Your recent communicable con.
corning the correct name OF
MOUNT TACOMA has been read
with interest. and you may rest
assurri viii very giasfy 60 operate
Ia endeavoring 20 secure for the
mountain It's rightfui name--'-rA.
COMA"
arm frank 60 confess that q, "
not sentiment as much as com.
mercial reasons that governs my
motives. II We call the mountain
Tacoma" and the park Tacoma
National Park" Il NJ once ldenti.
flies them as being located In the
Northwest. near Puget sound.
The Issme ''racoma- IL better
known tho world over. IL more
euphonioua. perpetuates our Indian
nomenclature. has a distinct mean.
Ina In that language. IL not ord,
nafiiy mispfanounced. Is easily Fe-
membefed. and has n distinct cam
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Women the Burden-Bearers

some OF ,hesa poor fish survive 20
the present day. Their supposed
superiority ~ largely a financial
matter. Because tho wife had the
bearing and rearing OF the children
and the supervision " not tho &C.
,uai labor OF the Housekeeping 10
keep her busy IL was necessary for
the husband to be tho actual wage
Garner. The receiving and handling
OF his money fooled him into think
Ing he was tho only one ca pAblo Of
accomplishing anything worth
while. Frequently hc dolod II on,
70 his wife as tho she were an ir.
responsible child who must needs
account TO him for It's expenditure
The labor responsibility and mental
strain which the mother and hoas.
keeper In enduring IN rarely II ever
understood or appreciated by The
husband. lie considers her part OF
the homsmakinE as something q
he lightly tossed off in few mo
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Mythologists used 90 recount
the story Of an ayarieious king
named Midas who was granted
the power Of converting into gold
ever, thing that he touched ~
first ne was pleased with the gift
but qualification gave way to
horror when he discovered that
water turned 10 gold the instant
Il touched his lips. that food
turned to gold ss he lifted Il TO
his mouth. and that even his
loved ones turned into cold. gold.
en- statues under his fatal touch.
The story was probably intend
ed simply xs a parable. TO teach
the lesson that riches alone will
not buy happiness.
Yet today we face the possIbll-
ity of Midas story being literally
reenaeted--not simply for "a sim
gle individual. but for the whole
world. a
The possibility Is brought home
by dispatches from Europe to the
effect that y German scientist be-
iievcs that he has at last attained
the age-old goal Of the aichemist
and that he will be able to trans
mute base metals into precious.
At first glance II might appear
that such a discovery would be \
boom to humaniiy--but remember.
Midas. too. thought he was the
lnckiest OF mortais-at first.
The immediate effect Of the
discovery would be to throw the
whole world into bankruptcy.
The fiscal system Of the world IL
based upon gold and silver. and
q process which would make
these rs cheap as lead or iron
would make all the money Of
every nation worthless.
This would. OF course. ruin
every bank and virtually every
business firm and individual In
the world.
Real property. houses. boats,
railroads. clothing and the like.
would have n value-but. because
OF difficulties in the way Of CT.
change. II would be virtually inn
possible TO realize on them for
months.
Food would be the only item Of
real and immediate value In the
woodland people with food on
hand would start 10 hoard u,
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Editor Tfe NtaF.
Why do Seattle and other Coast
cities slavtshly copy the styles Of
Europe and New York City when "
comes 10 clothes. architecture. food,
amusement. education. fads aud
follieaf
Is not our own Pacific Coas, far
more heausiful and wonderful than
any other spo, In the woridf IL not
Seattle city Of opportunities
greater than those usually falling
20 the 20, OF citicnf
Every ,own in the United States
Is dcad az a door knob. And 80
IN Seattle. she even follows ul-
fashion TO that extent
Arc Their. no business heads hsr-
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species tend 60 suggest a period Of
something like 10000 years since
the fret being that could be CLASH
fled as human took up his resi-.
dcnce In the caves
Heinrich Schmidt. pupil OF Hack.
81. suggested AZ a convenient chro-
biological chart. the reduction OF
this whole period TO the time be-
tween midnight and noon OF one
day.
That IL. let us assume that the
race began at midnight last night
and IL now at the noon OF its pow.
or. on that basis, we have more
than III hours OF unrecorded life.
The earliest vestiges OF clviliza.
ton appear in Egypt and Babylonia
at ii40. Christ was born at 1856
Tho Advancement OF Learning, the
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Denver woman when one reads that
the population OF the world u in
orcasing faster than the means OF
feeding. and that the only way TO
avoid starvation Of the race Is to
prevent lndiscrimlnaie reproduction
Of the species.
The war WAS caused by the
scheming of diplomats and grasping
commercial desires OF rich men like
those OF Germany--and other coun-
tries for that matter. Millions Of
mothers must have wondered dumb
~ and sgonszingly why their babies
had been born--they were merely
pawns in the game OF war.
The rich get richer. and the poor
get children
Amt we got fun
So the popular song goes But
have WEI
I'd like TO hear from rome one
else on this subject. J. p. NJ.
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capable 81 putting this town on the
mapr
Our future depends upon a Ger
tain amount Of originality Ia the
development Of our resources. The
only way w- can make progress u
20 develop oar own individuality aa
a city. To be a little different
should be our aim. We should not
be content TO follow tho lead 81 the
other cities. We should take the
Initiative ourselves.
Let's be tho firH; city In the
United States 20 have good times.
new Industries and lots Of work for
tho unemployed
JESSIE y. MOaIETl
1885 slnth Ave.
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Do We Need
a Big Trade
With World!
ny AMATEUR ECONOMIST

In there any real reason Why
we should have a large foreign
commerce.
OUTSIDE of the moving of trop'
icai products 90 the temperate
oountrlos. aud the transportation
Of Manufactured goods 90 places
where they arc not mnnufne'
tured. n there any use Of this
tremendous shifting of goods all
over the world7
A long time ago II WIS found
that a person could produce "A lot
more n he gave nli his time 20
one thing. This principle has
been growing steadily stronger
thru oil history. Modern trans
poriation IL enabling nations 10
specialize, the same ms indiyidu-
ais have In the past.
This distribution OF labor en-.
ablea the English nation 10 exist.
The EpgiiHhnan. with his coal
and iron. manufactures articles
and exchanges them for the raw
products of other countries.
But what about the United
States. a nation which does not
need 10 import either raw mate
rails or manufactured Roodsg
where L. the advantage 10 ua In
ali this eGchangef
II ia pro,Ab ie that an Ameri-
can, working With a tractor on
ono 81 the rich farms Of ihs
Mississippi valley. can produce
M much food in n year as 100
japanese. iaborlnR on the hlliy
fields OF Japan.
An American sailor defna nds
less labor and moo comforts
than doer q Japanese. therefore.
II IL probable that Japanese
viii produce A. much in trans.
portAtion an one and one-half
Americans would.
II our logic IL good. two Amer.
lean farmers and two japanese
sailors viii produce ns much as
will one American farmer. one and
one half American sailors. one
Japanese sailor and 100 japanese
farmers.
In this case. conmerns would
about double production.
Are we to look for more spe-
eiailxaiion among the nations in
the future. and n the present
stoppage OF commerce making
the whole world poorerg
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,irely untitled for that trust.
Conditions today demand .
thorough education along specific
lines acquired BY hard study on the
part Of the student In order 20 fit
them for the competition they must
meet. yet under the present regime
only an imitation OF an education Is
posssnsed by the majority Of the
high school graduates. The Wash.
ingfon E6ucstlon Journal shows
that out OF 400 applicants AT the
university 50 per cent could not
qualify.
No. No. Mr.. King. we want an
education for our young citizens
that will make them competent In
their chosen line at a reasonable
cost. Very truly yours.
A. T. AxPAYER
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AReason Why Food Prices Are High

! u al the rate Of a. cents. an ad-
vance Of about 10 per osnL Copies
Of tho new frelgh, tariff covering
The coss, towns iaklnw sffsc, Doc.
show the same percentages Of
advance 20 almost ~ points.
There are many oshef reasons for
high costs Of food rtuffa that the
passie~r. johber or retailer cannot
control and oanno, DO held rcapon
ssble for. but the fact rsmalns that
when the railroads advance frclKh,
rates from 20 TO 100 per cent. as
there freight bills show they have
done. there Ia very small chance
for lower prices. no matter how
honest the packer. 5o,bcr or retail.
cr may be In his efforts to lower
them. Yours very truly.
". III. c.
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Editor The star

Editor The star
und~rstana there IL 90 Be an in.
veatiEaslon OF the reasons for the
high prices Of feed stuffz.
A. packer OF food stuff hand
you herewith original freight bills
covering shipments Of my gooda
that go far To answer tho question
az far a. I am concerned.
You will note the shipment To
Aberdeen. wash. OF SEPT. Ia at
the rat. % - cents hundred
pounds. while the Ahipnen; Of Dec.
: Ii at tho rate OF a. cents a hun.
dred pounds. an advance In freight
rates Of just about 100 per cent.
which came into effect on D~c. !.
tn. other freight bills show ship
Fncnts to Portland. ore. that Of
Nov. }. at tho rate 81 sis cents a
hundred pounds. while that OF Dec.
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LETTERS TO EDITOR
Home Has No Solicitors Out

dcrcd discontinued by ~. Any per-
son. therefore either In seattle, or Ia
the state. or Ia Canada. who N soho
iting funds. selling books or panph'
let's in the name OF the homo, or Tor
the benefit OF the home, IL doing 80
without any authority from u.s. ann
should be discountcnanced By ur
public.
We Will greatly appreciate IL II
the name and address OF any sneh
person. whether man, woman OF
child. be forwarded 10 ~ AT 2oi Fan
pire building. Seattle. wash. for al.
tention.
ily order Of
THE BOARD or TRUSTEES.
OF the Rythcr Child Home.
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right 20 punish the other for these
mistakes whether wiiful or uninien-
tional.
Neither need look 20 the other
for an accounting as n parent 10 a
child. or a master TO mental
Neither need feel disgraced by the
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NOTICE TO the PUBLIC

II In reported TO N that solicitors
are In the field collecting funds for
the Ryther child home.
and All solicitation OF funds. sale ~
books or pamphlets OF any kind for
the benefit OF the home. has been OF.
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Editor The star,

Editor The star
VIII you piceac publish. at the r..
quest OF our board. the attached no.
tiee 10 the public with reference TO
solicitation OF funds for the Rythcr
Chnd home Thanking you for the
courtesy. am. yours very truly,
J. l.. OREENW
Secretary Ryther child Home.
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ny DIR WIN. II. BARTON

HERE b no agree
IN emit am o n x
scientists as TO
the number ~
years the earth
has be q n In
habitcd by man.
so far aE there
Ia any approa ch
TO such agree.
ment. II may be
said TO be that
the fossil remains
l. 80. =. -. -.
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actions Of the other. however dfs
graceful they a1&for no one can
disgrace US but Ourselves. And By
the same law. infideIity Is not =
just cause for divorce. There Is
only one cause and that ~ incom-
patlbnity. ADSA HUGHES.
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Don't SWeor .
Off--Resolve!

This essAy IL about New Year
rpsolutiesss- IL h designed solely
fer those readers who have passed
their Goth milestone.
In the past we've wasted lot
- time and energy swearing
eff- rial Or alleged bad habits ON
Nsw Year. Let's stop the swear
ing Off habit forever.
ssme s.oeo years ago. Epietetns
shaerved that u orc wished to rid
himself Of . fault. he would intro
duee himself 10 n virtue.
TIE trouble that ais you and
use and Ii causing US. or Is about
- cause Us. to become bored
With ourselves. Is the daily mo
msssny Of life - we have lived
-
We knew . good man once. .
psal Christian lie Was 10 good
tAas be was annoying ut times.
Oue night he came home and
heard his wife screaming with
paia- He rushed la and found
- had caught her fingers In .
winSow jamb and was suffering
terribly.
The good man rushed to her re-
lief but could do nothing without
= screw driver. lie lifted with
~ his might. calling meantime 10
lie servant TO get the tool. but
she said she didn't know where Il
VS.. Then he swore an awful
sssh u her. and Il reverbersied
thru those rooms. But Nellie
isund the screw driver.
Then. when the fingers had
Keen wrapped in vsseIine and the
weeping and grooming were over.
he good man called to Nellie:
Tim sorry; don't know why
Id II. l apologize"
~Oh. sir replied Nellie thru
tearx Of giadness. Il likes H. !
feel that way myself lots Of
t1mes.s
And father felt better. too. altho
BE hated to admit 1t. You see
that single cuss word did several
things. II told his wife he loved
her 50 hard that he could really
forget himself under great stress;
Il told Nellie he was human; 10
told the swcarer he wasn't 80 dog
goned good as he had thought
he was.
But the great thing gained was
10 start his thoughts In . new
channel.
New II IL New Years eve.
Your custom has BEEN to 20 some
where for n midnight supper with
I'll sorts Of darn foolishness. Sup
pose you reverse the entire order
tonight. No matter II You have
made . reservatiop--no matter N
your friends do expect you. What
Of ~ .Disappoint 'em. DO some
thing different. DO what you
really want to do for once in
ysur life.
You've always wanted to wear
fIashy necI4ties, but you were
afraid the folks would laugh.
Resolve tonight TO 20 downtown
the first day tho stores are open
and buy just what you want In
the way of a tie and wear II re-
CARELESS Of consequences.
DO this once or twice. Shock
yourself out Of the groove, and
you have put yourself in the way
Of living ten years longer and a
century happier.
There's something In u. folks.
more than you think right now.
perhaps.
M f.Ha,Sa d,,fa Ialt D..
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NGsHerF1om
.AVR1DGE WANN


Tonight Old 1891 will say goodbye and Father
will turn another page page no
lorth has read he hsre-the Old L. dead
n Travelled its joys gone. US houDes
gadnsss and play, are shadows OF a
Old IL dead-vs greet the New
clear. clean unarnished sta "
and to Keep u IRE"
laid start anew from
day 10 day
PROM day dayfor all viii sun be prone 10 clip
days Times great chain. and years are
standards true and DAY Dr
day begin
battles In the
each day We turn another
ahead each day newthe Old
Il dead
The Old dead-ths with cbershed hope and
golden Old turn 70 face
hopeful greet the New and welcome
@ruaae Mae~v
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DO fodays duty. foht todnVs
Temptation. and do not tncoJ:en and
distract vonrseU BIZ looking for
Vard 10 things tohich Dou cannot
see and could not understand "
you s1D them. Charles Rtnosle,,
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You can't push yourserf fortno,d
by pefftn0 vonrscU on the bnck.--
EeD Years Post Card
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Epcrv member Of this house and
the scnafc u opposed 70 a rich ma.
bavn0 a seat IN congress- We
hare seen inc case Of raa co.-
f'tcfcd Of a crime Of conspiracy
d0airst section Of the corrupt
practices oct ~ spending huge
amount Of MONEY for election aud
the case reversed By the supreme
court. iehich sGfd that primary
elections ,rcrc not On existence at
the hric the coHsfifuiios icenf into
force. and therefore The consiffu-
fion did net Oipc congress The right
70 iegisi1fc az 10 primary elections
We should provide Immediately
some kind Of a ior that tciH pro-
fecf an honest man IN his cam
pni0r for scat in The congress-
Rep. Gable fRJ ohio.
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You must sting song Of erpcnse
10 get a bottle fun Of rye.
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Manv uoman seho has neper
taken sp Iau car lay q doon.
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Ttco can Keep ,oarm oheape,
than one.
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The champion vegetarian Of the
toorid von'f cat animal crackers
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Ledre no leaf unfnrned IN get
ting prosperity for 1922.
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Gave the Most; Get the Least

OIL
to higher positions that advanced
danger
faced mayhem and death more than
fighting
of partially
hospital
to for themslv ando
officers disabled for retired on eequars pay Tor
do Of
Of the marine corps
rating has not been quite
in
disability
should affected the
involve is
a unless who believe fair
bill
dub willie 10
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Editor The Star: Ma s~r. Folks
hafre diins on the fence. some
daDre 0oin' e lean test icefie too
far an oct a auf.i fan IN. n. ".