The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-29
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lie got up and hohhled about. ex'
cited. flushed. and talked like n man
Who uses his headjlece for thinking.
where's that making 60, Hspgoodf'
he asked. I'm toll you he said.
you'll get the people finding there's
. limit 20 the high prices they can
demand for their labor; apparently
none 20 those tho employers can 70
on plling up for their profits. You'll
s>t growing hatred BY the middle
r,asses with fixed Incomes OF tho Ia.
boring classes whose prices for their
labor they'll see-and fcel-going up
and up: and you'll get the same grow.
,ng hatred by the laborlnE classes
for the capitalists We've been near.
IN four years on the crest Hapgood
ON the crest OF the war--and It's
been all classes as one class for the
common good. tell you. Hspgood.
the trough's ahead, we're steering
for n: and it's rapid and perilous
numbering OF the classes.
-.The new God.' old Sabre said.
nigh prices. high prices; the high
est that can be squesHed. Temples
10 n everywhere. Az. and sacrifices.
Hapgood. Immolations. Offering up
az victims. No thought Of those who
eAnno, pay the prices, Pay the prices.
= get them. or so under, That's the
new Gods creed
Il said 10 him. whats the remedy.
SABRE
lie said 20 me. Hapgood. the
r~medy's the old remedy. Tho old
God. But It's more than that It's
Light; more light The old revcla.
zion was good for the cid world. and
suited to the old world, and told In
terms Of the old worlds understand
Ing. Mystical for ages stepped In the
mystical; poetic for minds receptive
Of nothing beyond story and aIiegory
and parable. We want new rovela-
ton in terms OF the new worlds I'M
derstanding We want lsht. hshtl
Do you suppose man who lives on
meat is going TO find sustenance In
bread and milkf DO you suppose an
age that knows wireless and can fly
Is going 10 find spiritual sustenancs
m the food OF an age that thought
thunder was God spe0kingg Mans
done with II. II means nothing to
him: IL gives nothing 20 him He
turns all that's in him 10 get all he
! wants out OF this world and let the
next 60 rip. Man cannot live by
bread alone, the churches tell him.
but he says. Il arm living on bread
alone. and doing well on t." But
I tell you. Hapgood. that plumb
down IN the crypt and abyss Of every
mans soul is a hunger, craving
for other food than this earthly stuff.
And the churches know u. and In
stead OF reaching down to him what
he wants-lisht. hght--lnstead of
that. they invite him to dancing and
picture shows. and you're a jolly
good fellow. and religions a jolly
fine thing and no spoiIsport. and all
that sort OF latter-day tendency.
Damn II. he can get all that outside
the churches and get II better. Light.
iwhtl He wants light. Hapgood. And
the padres come down and drink
beer with him. and watch boxing
matches with him. and sing music.
hall songs with him. and dance Jazz
with him. and call Il making reli.
gion Living Thing in tho Lives of
the People. Lift the hearts OF the
people TO God. they say. by showing
them that religion Is not incompat-
ible with having q jolly fine time
And there's no God there that q man
can understand for him 10 be lifted
care what he had to give up II he
knew he was making for something
inestimabiy precious But he DOESN'T
know. Light. light-thafs what he
wants: and the longer It's withheld
the lower he'll stink. Light Light"
w
Wen. I make no extra charge for
That tsaid Hapgood. and helped him
self to drink. That's not me. That's
Sabre. And II you'd seen him as
Jaw him. and IL you'd heard him as
heard him. you'd have been as I'm
pressed as I was impressed instead
Of iolltng there like a surfeited
python I tell you. old Sabre was
all pink under his skin. and his eyes
shining. and bis voice tinEIing. / tell
you, II you were a real painter IN.
stead Of a base fiattsrer OF bloated
and wealthy sittsrs. and IL you'd
seen him then. you'd have painted
the masterpiece Of your age and
called Il Tho Visionary. ! tell you.
old Sabre was fina- He said he'd
been thinking all round that sort Of
stuff for years. and that now. for
one reason and another. 10 was be-
ginning 10 crystalline in him and take
form and substance.
Il asked him. what reasons.
sabrsr and he said. oh. don't
know. The war. and being out there.
and thinking about the death OF an
old woman attended once: and