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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-14
Mothers Discuss
Modern Daughters

I'm 30 glad you came In this
afternoon, Mrs. Green. l want to
talk Dorothy's party over with
you. Katherine says Ammo Ia In.
vlted-"
"oh yes, and she In thrilled to
death. II IL Dorothy's sixteenth
birthday. you know. Our girls have
another year or so to go before they
reach that age and they think
Dorothy ut sixteen is the wisest and
most perfect thing ever"
II know II and / rather dread 10
have tho girls 80 to such very
grownup party us this promises to
be-"
Yes, / do. Ammo says they are
going to learn to play bridge after
dinner and dance n lot. or course
they dance everywhere they 20 any.
way, but they seem rather young to
begin on bridge
That's all true. but oil the young
folks are doing It, Really no harm,
| guess. The worst OF It in our
A'aHig w luht udubllNtT bdyS tHc
must have new dress. She had n
new party dress last fall and she
says that Is a rag now and besides
she has worn II several times"
"oh, ] knowl Tho same Is true In
our family. Young girls nowadays
are 40 expensive, Tho fact OF II Is,
that we WIN have difficulty buying
II right now, granted that tho dress
In needed"
Tho only possibility nj our house
Ia to open n charge account"
"Oh. the very thing And | know
Just tho place Chorry's. They are
NJ 1915 Second ave-, in the Rinlto
Bldg, between Madison and Spring
Just over tho plg'n Whistle. Talto
elevator, They allow one to buy on
credit thorc and they do have tho
most adorable styles for young sirla"
advertisement,
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Baa! Baa! Black Sheen!

Of the hundred and ten million people in the United
States, one hundred and ten million individuals use wool
or wool products in some form in some quantity!
bulletin just issued by the United States department
OF commerce shows that SO per cent of the worlds wool
supply is grown outside the United States Australia
and New Zealand produce three times eur annual wool
crop little Spain produces than half much as we
do Argentine far surpasses u.s. British South Africa pro-
Educes more than half our supply.
IN TACT the United States is by means one of the
worlds greatest wool producers after many years
of the most artificial protection.
Yet one OF the glorious achievements of the retiring
congress was the evying of tax upon every wool user
OF the whole ITO million of to protect the wool grow
ers OF Idaho Montana, and few other mountain states
II this isn't class legislation we'd like to have definition
sof the term.
Almost successful Detroit husband dream
but wen bet hubby thought 1t n nightmare
Recent
before deciding 1t wasn't any
Foreigner get into amec, and -
say he n bargain. - -
Spring always visits few times befos coming TO stay
Happiness isn't scarce. 1t Just Isn't being much
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-14
Thrift, Horatio,
Thrift"

I Editor The Star
The nrw scheme OF "thnft' for
the Seattle schools has been put
over on the school board Just like
all the other freaks and fads Of
tho ago that have been grated
into our school system for tho last
10 or IL years; IN short, ever since
tho present superintendent blew into
/ town.
Tho school board tell us they have
gone into all tho elementary prin.
ciplns OF tho plan. -. have studied
I, thoroly and decided II Is ndyir.
able"
They tell US this. after listening
10 tho special pleadors In It's favor
"A committee OF principals and
othorB who no doubt have very
good and sufficient 60 them rea.
sons for advocating II. why were
there no patrons OF the schools
added to that committoe7 Tho
school board whs surrounded by
people who would only speak favor.
ably OF tho thing for reasons best
known to Themselves: they evident.
ly heard no real criticism adverse
to tho plan until they lifted tho
lid and, now. TO their great surprise.
hear 1omcthingr'
II the idea was taken UP mot
yesterday. nor last week. nor las,
month. but tho month before that"
II must have been behind closed
doors--star chamber sessions"-for
those who attend tho meetings OF
the school board regularly knew
nothing about Il until IL WINS sprung
on March 2nd. Surely tho patrons
OF the schools should have been
consulted In a matter so vitality con.
corning them In many ways.
The patrons OF the schools hayo
been nbgurdly lenlcnt toward the
lads and freaks that disrupt educa.
ton proper and Il remains 10 be
seen whether this thing will not
be the last straw that win break
tho camers bnck"-for n good MANY
fool ideas can DO thrust upon peo.
pie when they do not stop 10 ro.
alize Just what tho effect will be,
but when YOU touch tho pockctbook
direct, when pupils will be urged
TO bring small sums OF money from
homo and students will bc
stressed with the idca that every
room should BIO 1o0ee. that IL, have
every student u deposition" then
something II started that will wnko
people up TO the fact that schoo,
autocracy has Us limits and tho
patrons must define those llmlta.
Another very significant feature
that to mo only demonstrates tho
school autocracO IN tho fact that
teachers arc not saying anything
Now. this scheme will put n lot of
extra work on tho tcnchcrs md
n very dIsngrerablc kind OF work
no when II IN claimed that Il will
require only 10 minutes once weak
II In pntent that tho mntter has
been gono into very "thoroly,r in.
deed.
Tho receiving tonchor must mako
two cntrics, ono In tho chiIds book
md ono on a paper list to keep
track OF tho entire amount recclyod
sny there nrc 20 children In room,
for ! doubt the i00cs less than n
minute to each does not sound
very reasonable, and whom there
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-14
Editor Ths Star.

Editor Ths Star:
Readers OF The Star may b inter
estsd In reading what tho Rome sps-
ciRl correspondent OF tho London
Daily srail has recently written abou,
tho fascist and Premier Musgolini:
For tho first time on record you
SEQ cabinet ministers working to re-
duce their stats, 20 that they will
have moro work to do. Ono Of them.
tho minister for tho devastated ro-
giona. Is laboring night and day. In
the effort TO abolish himself. his aal-
AIRY and his department by next
June"
Also tho is 900 fascist OF Pianesnza
has taken this oath: by the blood
Of our 1000 martyrs. whom wo In.
woke as witnesses and judges OF our
action. we. tho Black shirts OF Pia-
ccnza, swear that for one year we
win not wear on our persons any
gold or precious stones And that We
will work ardenuy without pay for
the good Of our country" Also: "All
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-14

classes OF socinty AFRO pouring In OF.
fers OF help 70 tho new government
State employees offer extra work
without pay. This includes clerks in
tho ministries workers In tho Nm.
pies arsenal, and railway employees
Army officers are contributing per-
eentaEo OF their small pay: old sol.
dlera writs In 10 ray that they nre
stu able TO earn a living with their
hands. and 'dssiro 10 give their pom
sion 20 their nation. Women offer
their jowelry."
Signor Muasolini IN described an the
18th century knight Gin white spats
and a morning coat). The FIRST aim
Of tho movement was 20 defeat the
anarchy OF bolshoviarn. Ita present
aim and intent Ia 20 set tho nation
aflams with self-sacrincc.
One sometimes thinks TINT warn a
fnscisti city council IN power In Seat
tie. there might bcfail our ovcr-bur-
dencd taxpayers a worse fate than
Manhattan Apis.
that FRED r. SMITH,
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are 90 or tof Then tho money
must be counted both in hand and
on the paper 20 200 whether II
talliea. and handed oyer 70 tho prin.
oipAl and Il 10 presumed reeelpted
for. q would recommend tho 70.
esipt-for have not found prin'
eipais the best business men In the
world-ona collected funds for me
for the Red Cross once. and his
check came back ~. 4. - And
suppose there Rro eight or 10
teaehspf Tho short and simple
annals" OF 10 minutes would have
20 DO stretched sonnet And. Of
couBs. the principal would have
20 take no time AZ all. 20 eoun,
all this chicken feed. wrap pen.
MES. nickels and dimes and deposit
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Ana why ths eompIAesnt ao-

iti And why this oomplAesnt Ac-
ceptancs OF this extra woThI
The aecusatlon has been made
that parents arc foisting all their
duties off onto tho teachers. Wen.
hero is something that parents DO
not want done for them. strange
as Il may seem: but after they
have paid taxes 70 keep up our
c1trayaEant school system, they
prefer to keep tho change IN their
own pockets and their ohildren'H
pocketh, ana II does look hs tho
the educational system OF this town
could find something better 70 DO
than take pennies away from chill.
dreni
MRS. ANNE b. STEWART.
40 Mob Hin ave.
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Smoke Out the Facts

cy charges that the records of the war department show
that the Alaskan canning trusts sold to the war depart
nent as soldiers food during the war 760944 cans Of
cans. $3.50 p' ''o 'e
Assistant Secretary Houston declares Sutherlands
charges to be the most complete damaging bunk ever
| put over" '''" e'ei
What do the records show? The people have RIGHT
70 know The list of died Of disease in the war 10 nm
awful one How many Of soldier boys were killed
by rotten salmon? ~
Unless Sutherland is prodigous liar somebody ought
to hang o's''
They claim Solomon gave queen Of sbcb an arsn m H., "a
shows how wise Sol ' ~ ~ WV" ~
Another couple that SHOULDN'T bacon and epos
The natural income warning ides Of March,
One sign Of spring motorists dctourng marble games
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-14
AlkaH AIS Parting Shot

You've got to hand it to Al Fall Just as he goes out
OF office he feels twnge of over the giving
away OF the great naval oil in Wyoming which
has been handed one Sinclair of Wall Street and which
ceis now calmly invoced at $10000OO00!
o. So ne gets his friend Mr.. Harding to "set aside"
$4,000 square miles of territory for another naval oil
reservep -
Think of i'll Thirty-five thousand milesl True. Al
tes US In his that this vast area consists
wholly OF flat frozen, grassy tundra devoid Of vegeta
ton and entirely within the Arctic circle" for we forgot
TO tell you that this naval oil reserve which All and
Mr. Harding have granted u.s. is just few blocks south
srof the polar ice barrier the north coast of Alaskan
- Not blamed thing but few musk oxen can live on
land and furbearng seals and waruses in the waters
he about it. ~ ~
But AL has sense of humor He concludes as follows
This reservation is for oil and gas only and viii not inter-
M fere with other use of lands within the areap
st No banana orchardsts need apply
First sign Of spring In Worthwhile Mich when dorod r, ~
rs said he would again. ~ ~ "
uh 70 the surprise OF onooers Frenman gliding
without breaking anything else. ''e ''
Be careful while cleaning takes finger nail ,e,r, o
- months TO $50 '' ii'o
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Wants Hugo Kelley to Resign

public salary Job while they run FOR
another Officer
KATHERINE SILVA.
Rainier Valley.
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Adulterating Our Blood

In the mountains of southeastern New York. the other
day, two policemen found two men, and six chill
oren living in hovel worse than the ordinary hoghouse
and eating raw carrots. The woman the mother OF
pour of the children and said that of the men, who
was the father of the other two also the father
of hers They not married Her children could not
talk but "chattered like monkeys"
The statement that she appeared minded is super
fluouS. All of them were morons
The fact that they found living like beasts In
mountain hut and living roots makes the story dra-
matte That is why il has been widely published.
But there to be found individual and fami-
lies OF morons in Seattle and every other community who
because they have not fallen into such state Of epulsve
~ picturesque squalor, attract no such notice
Morons are feeble-minded They have small power OF
self-control. The men among them cannot win wives
among normal women, and tend to mate among
themselves They nearly always have large families And
the children OF two morons are always II only
zone person Is moron certain percentage of their chill
ldren are sure TO be morons
Ought not society to do something to keep itself from
oeng poisoned by the spawning OF these subnoma minded
people? They cannot control themselves
Anyone that those nine people in that Sullivan
county shack represents hundreds and hundreds few dec
ndes hence, while nine people of the cultivated classes
may show only very small increase in century. We
Unjust allow the unfit TO live but should we allow The
mentally diseased to multiply thus?
1t IS real peril to our future. In oden times they
would not have been allowed to i've We recognize their
claim to life but we should not leave them the power
Ito aduterate the blood Of the with an increasing
proportion of poison.
nto Attorney General Dauherty win return from his
Florida trip strong enough his putting war
graners in jail - -
Consumers natural eOmplnners they're kicking back
East that the coal they're getting both mkciess
The Bell Telephone interests capitalization to
billion dollars We stn don't get the
Tho rum yesterday the rbarUu Of today provided
he's stul out OF jalL
The recent cabinet New and Work
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Sea snails are a great delieacy in
China and Japan The family that
wants TO be real fashionable serves
'snAilr on toast" for dinner
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Consumers natural born ompialne thry Kicking ba
East that the coal iheyre getting fes
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The Bell Telephone interests their "a
billion dollars We sll don't get the connection.
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to be hoped that Attorney Daugherty win return from hi.
graters In jail - -
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The recent cabinet for both New and Work
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Tho rum Of yesterday the umbarUn Of toda,
he's sfll out OF jall
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Recent discoveries Indicate the Indians up great civilization
before deciding II any
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- Be careful while spring
= months $50 ii'o
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First sign Of spring In Worthwhile h was when divorced ma,
rs said he would ~ man y
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Almost successful Detroit says seems like dream
but wen bet hubby thought 1t q nightmare.
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Much to the surprise cdir oo.
without breaking anything else 's ''
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@fhechn8l61

that moment, was thinking perhaps
the story Of the play was true and it
really was Johns own child.
dismissed it, however, as soon as
she did, especially as she cleverly
suggested a way by which we could
probably allay' any suspicious.
"Take the baby along, Leslie" she
said, land III send Immediately a
notice to the society columns of the
papers that you have gone to bid
your father and mother goodby upon
their sailing for England and have
taken the baby to see its grandpar-
ents."
jumped up and kissed Ruth. "You
are the best friend anyone over had.
You get me out of all sorts of trou-
ble."
Perhaps" said Ruth somewhat
obviously, "but l can't just arrange
plan by which we are going to cir
cumvent this blackmailing waiter"
"That is one of the reasons l want
to go, Ruth. I'll talk to Struble &
Struble. Karl said they would fix it
up for me some way"
While we were talking John came
in, went directly to his room and
slammed the door.
Sounds NATURAL said Ruth with
bitter laugh.
Sounds unnatural to me, Ruth
This is the worst quarrel John ane
I have ever had, and somehow have
an intuition that what we quarrelet
about was not the real thing rank
ling in his mind"
what do you mean, Leslie?"
"Well, see must tell you some
thing that has been Worrying me fol
long while. I'm afraid, Ruth, tina
Jack in some way got hold of tina
cablegram or at least part of i
| from Karl"
"Great Scott! That would be .
complication"
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LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT
TO LESLIE PRESCOTT,
CONTINUED

Of course, little Marquse, l hated
to have all the scandal take new
lease on life, quite as much as Jack.
For while l didn't know exactly
what to do, then I called up Ruth.
Somehow other people can get a
better viewpoint on your affairs than
you can yourself. Perhaps it is be-
cause it is unprejudiced.
Ruth came over Immediately. as
she was anxious to talk to me about
the man who was trying to sell me
the pearl, as we'll as my other trou-
bles. She looked rather queerly as ]
told her the reason John gave for
not wanting me to 60.
l would not confess this to anyone
but you, little Marquise, but for just
a second look swiftly passed over
Ruth's fact that made my heart miss
a beat. 1t seemed to me that she, for
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ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS

"Tll have to leave you for few
minutes!" said Daddy Gander to the
Twins. ~ must go and stop that fat
old miller from making so much dust
and dirt while Mother Goose is
away"
The magic dust-pan had shrunk
up again to it's proper size ana
Daddy Gander tucked it under his
arm. make yourselves at homc!"
he said I'll find everything COM
plete, from rough towels to smooth
towels in the bathroom to coffee-tea
cups in the dining room. Goodby."
"Oh, wait minutc!" cried Nancy,
and she dived into the tiny kitchen
Of her new Christmas tree house and
came out. again with a brand-new
broom. "We're going along, Nick
and are, aren't we, Nick? We're
going along to help you clean up
after the dusty miller before Mother
Goose comes home, so she'll find
everything spick and span and not
scold."
"Well, we'll, well!" beamed Daddy
Gander. Il certainly do appreciate
that. Come right along"
So off they went to Poppleton
Buns mill.
On the way they passed the house
that Jack built. And Jacks mother
was out on her porch.
"Lock daisy me! What a muss!"
she declared "No sooner had I put
my pail away after my mornings
scrubbing, when puff, poof! Along
comes great cloud of -four dust
and chaff like a white SCOT, and set
ties over everything. The miller
ought to be sued"
And they passed the shoe house
of the Old-W m n-Who- Had So.
| Many Children.
And there she was!
'Hoity-toity! she was saying
Cali this dirt, and only an hour ago
the children and got our shoe.
house nicely polished, as we are 60
ing to have company! The miles
ought to be jailed.
And SO it went. Everyone il
Mother G Dose Land, or should say
since Mother Goose was away
everyone in Daddy Gardner Land wa
SO put out that nobody thought o
being specially civil to the Twins,
That's always the way. We're g
busy bemosning the horrid thing
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TOM AND JERRY

Many od-timeH is recalling the bowl of Tom and
Jerry that used appear in the center of the bar at the
saloon along about the time Of year, back yonder
That bowl of Tom and Jerry was as symbolic of the
holiday the holly wreath and the Santa Claus
ringing bell at the curb 1t arrived shortly before Christ
and seemed always to be filled, though it emptied
many times before New Year.
Won't be many years until will be able to
remember the for Tom and Jerry Customers in the
old days had hazy notion that it concoced from white
OF nutmeg cinnamon frosting sugar and the fluid that
is scheduled to become radum hens teeth
Another seasoned reminder of the holidays back yonde
the half pint of Kentucky bourbon that the fat and
genial aloonkeeper handed with the compliments of the
house.
Now and then tries to tell there's much
drinking But we don't notice any Tom and Jerry
lurking in the background We don't observe any fat and
genial propreor passing out half pnts of mountain dew
We don't people walking into liquor shop with empty
suitcase and walking with it bullying with quart bottles
las used to be common stocking up for New Year.
Yes, there good many DRINKS these days, that's
true But do remember the wild times the hounds
used to have New Year Eve? Od-time newspaper
recall when the Grill Room Story an annual event
Half the town seemed to be lit to usher the year.
Ah we haven't the heart to torture the thirsty with
further "reminiscences But don't let any fool you thai
there's much drinking Just keep eye open
holiday week. and you will realize prohibition is joke.
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RECOMMENDS EXILE

law, compelling every American to spend year outside
his country before he 49, suggested by President Far
rand of Cornell He believes the perspective from abroad
would to of faults without weakening
4patroitotsm.
Our notion is that it'd strengthen PATRIOTISM for
and ideals of America until he views from foreign land
Travel is such fine educator, all should voluntarily
spend abroad if they travel by catteboat
Look what exile to Russia did to Emma Goldman, her
viewpoint toward America.
Given choice of year in college year of travel,
choose travel You get college at home, studying
night you're willing to work for it. Airpane the coming
means of travel is potentially the greatest educator
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that nice things pass by us unno-
ticed And we do lose lot by it.
But anyway!
Daddy Gander and his magic dust
pan and the Twins and their broom
finally did reach the screening,
grooming, Gathering, grunting mill,
with -four dust coming out of all
its windows, and went inside.
And what sight met their eyes.
No wonder the chaff and -four dust
were flying SO. Poppleton Bun, the
fat old miller, was sound asleep and
snoring. And every time he snorea
out he blew great cloud of flour
dust all over town.
Daddy Gander ad the Twins got
everything brushed up finally, but
by the time they got the old miller
awake and everything, it was time
for tea.
(To Be Continued
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double from each of the other three

double from each of the other three
players.
Paying Up
When the winner has been paid,
the other three players total their
scores and each pays or collects from
the other two Except in case of a
tie) on the basis of the difference in
their scores. Thus, A scores 20, b
25 and c IS. A pays and C 49,
B pays c IS. In case either A, 3 or
c had been East, he would have paid
or collected just double these
amounts, as East always pays or COL
lects double.
In scoring, tiles can be used in one
combination only, and the exposed
and concealed hands cannot be mix
ed. All tiles in the exposed hand
must be left in the combinations in
which they were declared.
The following model hands will
help you fix in your mind methods
of scoring.
If on Table If in Hand
For three 3s..... 2 d
For Nah Jongg
Cor winning) $50 20
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Mtttt:::@GlE94?1!d4
BY j. p BABCOCK
s9s9 q ss3,< esa 81 S4 8t& =

To this total Of % Cor 24) would
be added:
If winning tile was drawn from
wall, 2 points;
If winning piece was only possible
piece to complete hand, 2 points.
In this hand, you would score for
only possible place to win if the last
tile obtained was the 2 Character,
the 3 Character, the 6 Character, the
Bamboo, the Bamboo, or the Y
Bamboo.
Lowest Score
Twenty-Five is the lowest scoring
combination for a winning hand. In
the above hand, had the three of a