The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-08

SATURDAY AFTERNOON. neo by tho
papers hat the son and heir OF the
bodcga Lumber company has finish.
ed the work hla foolish father started
some 20 years ago"
whats thatl" j, Augustus Redell
inquired.
Hes committed suicide, Gus. lie
made the alarming discovery that his
capacity couldn't keep pace with tho
bootleggers. and in fit OF despair he
blew hts lights out. l'm mighty sor.
ry about that boy. IIe had lot OF
pure gold In htm--inherltcd from his
mother--hut the strain OF foolIshneas
hoqueathed him by HIS old man and
fostcred asalduously by his old man.
qnally got the boy, wish no had
been my son. I'd have made man
out Of him"
You don't know anything about It,
Canpy." Eddie Smith argued. 'Pre.
eept and example and environment
80 far. l admit, but hercdlty goes
farther. Tho operations OF the Men.
delian law are many and varied.
They account for cgRsshaped heads In
sqnare'head families. Cappy. Sup.
pose you had n son and no bred back
TO one OF your Down, East aneestors7
Surely You had rumrunnlng, filibus.
tering. nlave-dealing. WITHDRAWING.
hard-drinklng ancestors. cappy.s
We'll" cappy admitted. ''ln com.
mon with great many Americans
I'm afraid 10 go back too far for fear
] may run into ,horse thieves. How.
ever. I'D risk any boy OF mine with
his ancestors. They were as good al
their times and some of them were
better. Tho youths of this genera
ton. however, appear 20 mo 10 be
worth about two sqalrts Of hilge
water-and at that I'm giving than
all the best OF is. know, because
we have constant procession Of
them passing thru tho offices OF the
Kicks Logging & Laundering com.
pany and the Hue star Navigation
company. When they fail 10 make
good In SINNERS department. he
trades them for those who have faiI.
ed 10 yet ON tho target In Matt Peas.
ley'a department; Il they fail after
the change We send them down 10
tho Blue Star docks as freight clerks.
receiving clerks. atc. Here II gen.
orally happens that they get fresh
with some iongshoreman or teamstcr
and set well lickcd. after which the
beach isn't big enough Tor them and
they go 70 sea In some sort Of cleri-
cal capacity. where the wages are
standardized and whore promotion IL
slow and seldom. They are now IN
their proper inches. with a rough
neck skipper knocking them for a
goal often enough 10 keep them moI.
low
You arc extremely patient. Cap
py" somebody elsc suggested. I'D
fire that kind Of an employe out Of
hand"
I'VE ough, 10 and we would II we
followed the dictates OF our first Inn
pulses" cappy replied. However.
after ono has lived aa long In this
world al I have and has managed 70
extract as much FUN on, II Il as l
have. he develops a conscience, by
sticking by these mental mlatl,s until
! get ihcn 20 sea. DO tho world a
service. These birds never make
more thnn enough money 20 take
care caro- Of themselves and they
spsgsi that In foreign ports. 20 by the
time they get home they haven't Eot
any money 20 yet married on. Hence
they remain bachelors and fall 70 re.
new their species and am In hopes
that. with little earnest eoopera-
ton among tho mercantile marine we
may. in time. manage to uplift the
race"
"cappy, this outburst IL merely old
age railing against youth" J. Au-
guHtus suggested slyly.
'It isn't" cappy rctorted ficreeiy.
Il love youth. I envy II. TOO. and
II there ~ one thing more than an.
other that gives me the thrill of
thrills. Il IN n fine. clean. wholesome.
smart. respectful younRstcr. I don't
mind II he docs smoke cigarcts. pro.
vlded he has the manhood 70 hold
them in his mouth and not lot them
droop all over his weak neither lip.
Sometimes I think the mischief be.
gins when boys mother declares. in
advance OF the commission Of the
crime. that son OF HERS shall never
be brutality beaten. There are n lot
Of saphended parents In this world
who expect n 10.year.old boy TO pos
sess a highly developed reasoning
power and very nicely balanced
sense OF right and wrong. SO they
reason with them, when they ought
10 school them as one does a horse
with n nice little switch | think
there was a tcrribcl blow struck nt
democracy and general usefulness
when school teachers were denied tho
right 20 close an impudent mouth
with a smart. back.handed slap. The
finest thing that has been devised In
years TO teach boys personal and
moral cleanliness. develop their
bodies, their respect for constituted
authority. to give them manners and
dignity and make them leaders. not
followers, was the establishment OF
the r. o. T. G. units in our high
schools. And now the kind OF par.
ents who ralse the kind Of boys
skinner and Matt Pcnsley and ] have
to make over in commercial life, dc.
clare that this is Kniserism and mil.
ltarism and they forbid their boys to
Join, and furnish them with silly
arguments 20 prevent other boys
from Joining"
Cappy was silent for several sec.
onds growing away in his throat
like nm old dog that smells rats
"Coonsl<ln overcoats should be for.
hidden college boys by net Of con.
gresa," no broke fourth ngain. "1n
many OF our colleges the student
council, acting on the protest Of tho
proletariat. has forbidden automo.
blles 10 students Fine business. /
approve most heartily. But the coon.
skin overcoat has taken tho place OF
the automobile as the badge Of social
and financial supremacy If had a
son nj college and he wrote home and