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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17
LABOR
Law Is dead;
SLAVES NEXT
Government Can't
KeepHundredsof
Riddles From the
Sweat Shops.
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WASHINGTON. June f7.--Gov.
eminent officials ara already stand
ing by helpless. watching hundreds
OF children from 8 20 IA years old
returning 20 long hours and health.
destroying work In mills and fac
tories.
Their hands are tied by the su.
rrcme court decision Of May rs, de-
claring unconstitutional tho federal
child labor law.
They can do nothing until con.
gress acts. The remedy lies either
In a now law or tho submission OF
n constitutional amendment TO the
states.
The chlidren's bureau Of the do
partment Of labor Ia sounding .
general arm.
II declares thu child labor situs,
ton In almost certain TO develop 20
the point within the next few
months where IL with parallel that
which existed for 10 months follow.
inE June. 1915. when the first fed
erai child labor Lave was knocked
out BY the supreme court and be.
fore tho second law became ef-
fectivc.
During that period there was a
rush by many employers 10 so back
TO tho low standards that many
states had provided prior to the fed.
cral enactment
Federal investigators unearthed de-.
piornble eondltions-~chlld slavery In
its worst forms. coupled with rank
indifference on this part Of many
state officials toward the enforce.
ment even Of the low standards
their state laws provided.
In the course Of a brief inves.
tigation IN Virginia." declares the
bureau In q statement. I'VE found
5is children under 10 years old en-,
rioyed In ennneries contrary to the
law o. their state.
In Maryland. Ta children Of ages
ranging from s TO II years we're
found thus employed. OF those IN.
der 10. i.3so had worked for more
than eight hours day.
In gulf.coass canncry states. the
investigators In a very limited sur.
vey found At work Ia oyster and
shrimp canneries. = fetal OF s14 chill.
dren under the sge Of IL. including
some AS young a. s and 6. Two Of
the states each had only one fac
tory inspector for the entire state.
with many other duties outside OF
tho enforcement OF ohildiabor re
stricflons."
Reporting on conditions under
which thu and year old tots we're
permitted TO work. when the can
neries were no longer under federal
supervision. the bureau says; Most
OF the canncry work was wet and
dirty and was done In cold. drafty
sheds. Tho work began at any time
from J 10 o'clock In tho morning
when tho boats arrived and lasted
IA few hours. a whole day. or some-
times on into the evening"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17

by ALEXANDER HERMAN

NEW YORK. Juno II. - Badly
hurt a thousand miles ut sea on a
ship without physician on board,
sailor was saved from death by
expert medical advice coming from
land In less than 10 minutes.
Radio did III
Before the vessel reached port. the
injured man was out OF danger.
And Capt. Robert Huntington Of
the scaman's Church Institute re-
corded another success for his ex.
pertinent started two years ago.
Less than rs per cent OF the YES
sels sailing the seven seas" says the
old captaio. have n doctor on board.
are equipped with radio. They can
ask for and receive medical advice
II they are instructed how and where
TO apply for H."
SO tho captain started to teach
them.
lie began by giving the young Off
GERS whom he trained Mt the insti-
tute instruction in first aid. Then
he taught them how TO receive the
advice by radio.
Some OF them soon went TO sea.
when they needed a pointer or two.
they flashed KDKF--Capt. Hunting.
toms call
The movement grew. II became
too much for tho captain to handle
alone. He called in the assistance
OF tho United States Public Health
Service. More stations were estab-
lished. The radio transmission was
taken over by the Radio Corporation
Of America furnishing its 24.hour
service free.
A flash came from a ship Mt sen.
Someone In III. The master ex-
plains the symptoms. The operator
NJ the receiving station relays them
70 the y. &. Marine hospital in the
district. In New York, DIR. Ezra X.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17
N ALEXANDER HERMAN

NJ ALEXANDER HERMAN
NEW York. Juns ir.--within
&ros years mofortsts from the West
III drive into New York thru It's
1nwoek subway. the Hudson river
ycA5cular tunnel
they may miss the ferry ride and
%I&w Of the sxyscraper sky line. But
&oyu como thru the best-vcntiiated
(rnol n tho weird In . steady
rUom a 1870 cars IN hourl
&Th1p tunnel VIII consise Of twin
ubep - feet In diameter and IN
uflss tpng. built 1t . cost OF $4,000
work ca the projscs II now being
1hrried on--from both sides Of the
uver.
ror . time a local political squab-
~ kept tho engineers from starting
<uustrurtion on the New Jersey
6hors. But Clifford NJ. Holland. chief
engineer, and several associates.
Vent over one night. took pick and
1hevel and broke the ground without
waiting for the formal opening sched-
1led for July 4.
! Before beginning work. the com
mtosioners In charge had TO solve one
Il the country's most difficult en-
ftneering problems.
y How could they make sure tho
GnnneI. filled with gases from the
<xhausts Of automobiles. would not
oacome a great death trap7
with aid OF federal authorities.
Ghey decided TO conduct experiments
q an old coal mine at Bruceton. Pa.
There they constructed n small
tunnel. Conditions were similar to
those under the Hudson.
Automobiles were sent into the
tunnel. Drivers and chauffeurs were
Examined before and after the tests.
Other experiments were conducted
n the physiological laboratory at
Tale and In the engineering expert
fnent station Of the University Of
Illinois.
II was found no harm would result
from exposure 10 four parts OF car.
Bon monoxide. the poison Of the ex-
haust gases. in 10000 parts OF air.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17
Constant Vigilance
Price of Car Beauty

makes !, -ah,sr for water 20 scsp
IN under tho plint and cause rust
spots 90 form.
by that time the only remedy n
an entirely new coat OF paint and
varnlsh. not merely by dabbing the
new pain; on the old. bu, by scrap.
ring OFF everything down 10 tho
body before the new covering -
put on.
Which entails quite an -spense.
And a long wait while the car 10
laid up.
An easy way 10 obviais this 10 20
correct thu wrong ~ the start.
When the iustrr shows signs Of
duii'uH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17

Tho finish and appearance Of
your motor car depend on the care
you take OF H.
Lack OF iuster. cracks. rust spots
may result from old ass or poor
workmanship on the automoblie.
But. In many case. they are dus to
neglect on tho part OF the owner.
Dried mud spots. excees Of water.
strong soap. exposure 20 all soris Of
weather arc soma Of the causes for
a poorly looking car.
The lus,sr IL tho fIr~t 70 70. Then
come cracks IN the varnlsh. The
cracks deepen into the paint and
down 70 tho metal or wood. That
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17

So the engineers decided 20 build
four ventilation shafts which will
change completely tho air Of the
Hudson tunnel 90 times an hour
forcing In 3.soo. 900 cubic feet OF fresh
air every minute.
Tho air ia admitted thru ducts At
the bottom OF IN. tubes and cx-
haussed from tho top.
There II absolutely no danger"
says Holland The .ooo-horsepower
plants wifi distribute STEADY supply
OF fresh air. II a machine breaks
down. n wrecking crew. stationed Ia
each tube. viii help u out quickly.
AZ present there are IA ferry lines
stretching over IL miles carrying the
traffic across the river. II IL essL
mated $4,000 vehicles cross over each
day And ths number Is increasing
daily.
The vchicular tunnel win take
care Of $4,000 daily"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17
Frightened Horse
Delays Wedding

SALISBURY. England. June IL
injuries suffered by Miss Helen
Adeane. fianees Of Lord FoIkss;one,
caused n postponsment OF tho wed
ding Of tho young couple. while
Miss Adeane was riding with Lord
Foikentonc her horse became fright,
cned and bolted. Her companion pur'
sued. but was unable TO ovsrtake the
young woman's speeding mount ~.
naiIy Miss Adcanc was thrown, land
ing on her head and suffering con
cussion OF tho brain.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17
EASILY EXPLAINED

A former socialist. who II now
very anti. In known for his ready
wit. Recently no was haranTulng
an open air nreeting and referred 10
our boys who fought ''ovcr there. .
A stout suffrnRette asked him In
an acrid tone: win you tell us why
you didn't fight with the boys over
therc'T'
Yes. madam" answered tho ex.
socialist. for the same reason you
are not with the Foiliea-physicai
disabiiityT'--Frorn tho Argonaut.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17

Bprague or ono OF his assistants
gives the advice.
A few minutes later II is flashed
back TO the ship.
When operations are necessary
arrangements are made for the
transfer OF the patient TO ship
with the proper facilities. Last June
n passenger suffering from appen.
dicitis was taken from the steamship
Indiana and operated on In the hos.
pital ward OF the packet orbita.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17

DETROIT.--Dr. Edward II. Miller
OF Los Angeles files $4,000 damage
suit against George w. Moore. De-
troit attorney. alleging false arrest.
charging embczziement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17
Nemesis of Food
Profiteers Dead

BRrGToS. England. June Ill
Capt c. r.. Penney. who prosecuted
and convicted many food profiteers
during the war. committed suicide
here By lnhaiing ras.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17
Cloudy Skies Said
to Cause Suicides

CHICAGO. June 1.-THE recent
epidemic OF suicides In this section
IL attributed BY physicians TO wealth
er conditions. cloudy skies and irri-
Eating winds causing mental de
preston.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17

CAIRO. June liking Feisai 10 re.
ported 20 have made miserable fall.
ure as ruler at Bagdad and internal
warfare Is threatening in Mesopota.
mia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15

It has always seemed to me that to say Cor even to thinlO that "op- portunity" knocks but once at mans door, is an error for it may be the very thing designed to curb his ambition.
 The youth unable to grasp what he believes to be his great and only chance to become successful and famous. or even to accomplish some especially good work, may become discouraged and give up trying, If he is told repeatedly and led to be- lieve that "opportunity" with cap ital 70" comes a-knocking, just once at a mans door in a whole long lifetime!
 1t Is not an uncommon thing, as many of us know. for us to miss so-called opportunity" for advance ment on account of some duty which one may consider as of even greater importance.
 To young people duty may actual ly appear to be the antithesis Of Opportunity" as it seems to stand in the way of so many good chances,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15

'MR. wADDINGToN OF WICK Bv May Sinclair. The MacMillan
 Company. Publishers, New York
 City.
 .Mr. Washington of wyck" is tech nically a work of art, and 1t seems a almost regrettable that such per lection of technique should be wasted on the presentment of parsonage more worthy of social ostracism than of the kind of tolerance or even sym pathy with which Miss Sinclair sur rounds him. It is one of the few modern novels that may be read twice for the pleasure of its treatment. There is not a wasted sentence. and every line tells. As the same time it possesses kind of insolence in the successful assumption that no matter how repellent MT. Washington is Miss Sinclair will force us not only to be amused by him, but to tolerate him. In the whole range of English literature, where fools are rather scarce, when one considers the bil- ious Carlyle's statement as to the number of fools In that happy na-
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and for that reason the word duty" may become almost abhorred
 Several years ago I came across a little sentiment which I am so- ing to quote here, which is exactly opposed to the poem which the late Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, wrote in regard to Opportunity" the lines of which vividly contain the senti- ment:
 Opportunity knocks but once''
 Often l have referred to the poem which I am about to quote, for it expresses largely and forcibly what seems to me to be at least optimis tic view of the situation-the words or which are as follows: Foolish is he who says that at his
 door knock but once, a furtive moment
 stay, Fearing lest he shall hear, then haste
 away, Glad to escape, him-to return no
 more. Not so; I knock and wait, and o'er
 and OCT Come back to call the idler from his
 play,
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tion, there is no more interesting or better depicted fool than Miss Sin clair's creation. This novel, too, Is an interesting study of the conditions of English life in the country dis tricts, touched by the war, but not greatly affected by it.
 There ar touches of what is called realism in the novel, but of a realism so spontaneously expressed that they can give no offense to the reason- able. If Fanny were a fool-and the novelists of ordinary gifts would have made her one-the role of the charming Barbara would have been different; but Fanny Is not a fool; she Is. In her way. very wise wom- an. She knows that she cannot trust her husband, although she conceals this from the world. He knows that he can trust her. though he feels that she is unworthy of 1t because he be- lieves that she has her very being in his. and that 1t would be sacrilege to suggest, even for an Instant. that she could recline her head on less perfect breast-and in his opiniun al 1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15
1.-THE THRESHoLpn

By Evelyn Campbell. Robert N Me
 Bride & Co.,. Publishers. New York
 City.
 The struggle between the old and new spirits in modern life is forcibly presented in new novel. ihe Threshold The book. which is the work of Evelyn Campbell, is the story of girl in a small city whose desire to free herself from the shabby gen tlity in which she has been reared vitally influences the lives of five other people with whose fortunes her own are inextricably involved.
 Evelyn Campbell, the author ot "The Threshold" offers the following account of herself:
 Learning to write is not the dii- ficult thing that people think 1t IS, but learning to think is about the hardest task man can set for him self because we have been trained to hypocrisy from babyhood by the pat ternmakers of the world. The next generation or two will conquer this habit and then humanity win take a long stride forward. If everybody would take one hour day to go into silent communion with his own soul what reckoning there would be and what shortage of abscondng bank clerks!
 Aside from moralizing l will say that like a great many men and few women and that all pretty wom- en like me and all clever ones equal ly detest me. I like fast motor cars and one of these days I intend to buy hundred horsepower one: I am not one of the writers who love to jog about in flivver a La Fayette for me, Nothing exhilarates my mind like 70 miles an hour. I like dogs and cats and. believe in treating them as if they had souls-as they have. l like to cook and am justly celebrated for the art of baking ham if for noth-
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speak several languages, they have an Italian maid who, not being so fortunate as her mistress, does not understand English at all; this girl has been nicknamed "Pollyanna' by members of the family she works for, on account of her unfailing cheerful ness as indicated by her perpetual smile and kindly good humor
 She uses this smile in the place of words, and it is quite surprising how effective it is.
 When you call on members of the household where she is employed while she can't speak a word of your language, she does so with her eyes and smile, and if you don't give her a cordial greeting in return you feel as If you'd missed the opportunity of your life to do kindly deed, for that smile of "Pollyanna's' may in- dicate that she's only doing this to cover up her own loneliness, way over here in a strange country, far from all those who speak her own lan guage and know her own tongue
 We are all given the chance t'
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---------------A A.-------------- HU MAN PROGRESS
WiIliam AIlen .Mhlte. in ludge

William Allen White, in Judge
 sitting in the reporters gallery at the opening of the conference fo- partial naval disarmament last month was Japanese reporter-an elderly man, but not old. Before him, a few feet away, rose the Japanese pleni- potentiary delegate, Baron Karo, a wise old man. Said the Japanese re- porter to his American seat mate, Forty years ago, when was young, l and my family had to bow with our faces in the dust of the road when he and his kind passed, keep- ing our faces hid and our eyes shut until he was out of sight. Now we reporters are getting up round robin to tell him what to do about disarmament" The round robin failed. But that 1t was a hope is
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Ole Miss, REPUTATl0NS
 can't be Cleaned Wid HOT AIR. NaWInI

ing else, so you may know I am of soutbern origin; and I don't like visi- tors who are too upstage to help set the table. l don't like upstage peo- pie at all and never let them bore me or the habitues of my bungalow. can't think of anything else l like except tipped cigarettes, violin records principally Noeturne in E flat-1 o'clock in the morning, moon light, the breakers at dawn and rainy day. l don't like woman in a place where she can patronize other women and until women conquer the weakness of tyranny they will never get anywhere, is my belief I may add that I am a charter member of the Southern California Home brew association and that am not too proud to cookr
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and consider whether it is really the flood tide.
 Disappointment very often appears to pursue opportunity, for following an old trail is much easier than blaz- ing new one. and after opportunity has knocked and it's call has been answered it seems somehow to dis appear from sight and we are left alone somewhat in the dark as to how to follow what We suppose to be it's dictates
 It is amazing how much we learn once we've made up our minds that opportunity returns more than once.
 To begin with we grow more cheer ful and find ourselves looking for ward to it's summons; good things often do come to cheerful people, you know. so it is just possible that they may come our way, if we try to see the bright side of life.
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ter indicate possibilities of origin and destiny greater than are appar- ont. the reader quickly begins to suspect. and the answers to these questions form the chief surprises of the story. The young woman goes about the village as sort of minis tefing angel. winning the affection of every one, from the school teach CTS pitiful, misshapen brother to the squires spoiled and hysterical wife.
 Romance and interest characterize the story which is absorbing from beginning to end
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much worth while. At the elbow of the American reporter sat a manag
 ing editor who said: "I assigned our star reporter to cover the launching of the battleship West Virginia to-
 day, on the theory that 1t would be the last launching of a capital ship from the American continent for all time IL may not be the last. But
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it is a realizable hope that within the century there may be 8 last. These are Christmas stories. They are at tributes to that young Galilean Car- penter philosopher who died to dram atize the precept that a world is bet ter than otherwise wherein men do unto others as they would have oth- CTS dc unto them. The philosophy Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15
THE OBSTACLE RACE"

By EdIth VI. Dell, c. r. Putnams s
 Sons Publishers, New York City.
 In ''The Obstacle Race" Edith M Dell. who has written some perfectly charming stories. has chosen for her heroine young woman belonging to rather rapid social set of posi- tion and wealth in London who grows tired of 1t all and flees under false name to remote place on the coast. where she lives the simple life. becomes the companion of the wife of the local squire and falls in love with the village school teacher. That she is some one other than the inconsequent person she pretends to be, and that the school teaeher's temperament and eharao-
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word as we pass each other on oui way.
 It is what we've been yesterday that is going to help us obtain the good things tomorrow may have iu store for us.
 None of us would like to be obliged to admit that: "The key of yesterday I threw away, And now, too late,
 Before tornorrow's close locked gate Helpless I stand, in vain to pray? In vain to sorrow Only the key of yesterday Unlocks tomorrow"
 EUt on the other ha..d how much sweeter it is to say and feel: If any little word of mine
 May make life the brighter: If any little song of mine
 May make a heart the lighter God help me speak the little word
 And take my bit of singing. And drop it in some lonely vale
 And set the echoes ringing Jesus was practically applied to lite as the moving principle which mads these two Christmas stories worta reading. How the temple rharise practical men and shrewd-musi have laughed when they heard of tn crucifixion. Doubtless they chuckled
 We'll, that ought to hold Him for ] whiler' But some way it didn't
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make our own particular little op- portunities. and by doing so we often make the world in which we move the little circle of acquaintances that
 we know-better for having taken advantage of the game
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15

l read little aphorism the other day which to me is wonderfully clever and I've pasted it in a conspicuous place on my writing desk, where I can't fail to see it every hour of the day
 Here it is:
 Try to be liberal with applause and stingy with Knocks and when you die the world will feel sorry
 Don't you love that?
 I do.
 Too many of us forget that we grow by taking advantage of small opportunities, and that it is they that make us ready for the big ones when they knock, and one of the very best little opportunities that we ever get is to say a kind, encouraging
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DANTE A GUIDE TO FURTHER
 STUDY"

Edited by the National Dante Com
 mittee. F. J. Kennedy & Sons, New
 York City.
 As one of it's tributes of honor to the author of the Divine Comedy, D the national Dante committee has caused to be issued a small volume entitled; Dante, Guide to Further study The volume has an introduce don by John II. Finley, commissioner or education of the state of New York m which he says:
 That all may have a share. both in the homage and tue spiritual en- joyment or this Dante solemnity, this little primer. prepared by one of his own people (Contessa Irene di Robi- lanO who has learned our tongue, is put forth by the national Dante com- mittee."