The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-25

manded in hurt tones. what have ]
been doing now TO bring this out
burst down upon my defenseless
hcadg"
IF your head Is defenseless It has
no business 20 be-" Cappy complain
cd You've been doing enough. At
2 p. m last Monday ] wanted 10 talk
TO you and you were at Rotary club
luncheon. The following day dis
covered. quite by accident. that you
were the POSTMASTER or something at
the regular weekly luncheon Of the
Advertising club. and what I want 10
know Is what "A man in the lumber
and shipping business wants TO be-
long 10 an Advertising club for7
Wednesday night i called UP your
house 10 get you 20 come over and
play about five games OF cribbage
and your wife Informed me that you
were at the annual banquet OF the
Retail Credit Mems association. On
Thursday between Il and you were
listening TO old man Lawrence Of the
Green Funnel Line talk TO the XII
wants club about foreign trade. He
was screaming for nm American mer-
camille marine and weeping because
we can never have II. on account OF
the legal inhibitions placed on Ann
erican shipping by fool congress-
And yet you didn't have courage
enough 70 rise In your wrath and
point out that II old man Lawrence
had ever operated q Green Funnel
boat under anything but the Union
Jack. nobody In the American Mer-
camille Marine had ever heard Of r.
On Friday you sat az the head Of the
table NJ the regular weekly lunch
con Of the Optmists club. Yes. sir.
you sat there q saw you myself)
grinning like the head OF an old fid-
die and getting some sort OF strange
kick out Of all the punk food and
punker oratory."
I'm sure II Is not crime for a
business man 10 go TO business lun-
cheons, Mr., Kicks"
1T is-In this office, my dear Skin
ner. have been watching you mar
rowly Of late and / swear. Skinner.
dear boy. that the older you grow
the more language you require 10
cover a given subject Cappy slid
out 10 the edge of his chair. Elnred
at the unhappy skinner over the
rims OF his spectacles and fairly
yelled: skinner, you got notion
you're sort OF funny"
mo. sir"
I'm glad OF II. You're not Prove
Il. Hereafter do not attempt while
acting as POSTMASTER to tell story
you can't remember and the point OF
which never was quite clear to you.
Take a Tip from me and don't be
modern in your story telling. Hsrl1
back to the ones that used to make
you bite your nurse the first time
you heard them, and you'll get by at
these weekly business luncheon
clubs And pipe down on the Ian
guage. You're getting rotund and
prosy, from hearing all the stodgy
orators in the city practice oratory
at the expense of men whose nerves
should not he subjected TO any more
additional wear and tear than they
have TO stand for in their offices.
skinner, do you belong to any fra
ternaI societes?''
Two" Mr.. Skinner admitted.
DO you go to lodge twice a
week."
Eyes. sir"
Cappy eyed him bslefully. Are
you sure you go to lodge, or Is that
just what your wife thinks? Skinner.
you DEVIL"
This inqulsition is getting dis
tasteful. Mr.. Kicks"
well. how can / find things out
about you, Skinner, IL / do not or
ganize an inquisition? Ny interest
in your welfare and my own is suf-
ficient excuse for my action. Skin
ner. with very little encouragement
you would degenerate into a pro-
fessional joiner. and since being a
joiner is small town, small time stuff
and much too small for big town,
big time, big man. / feel that l must
exercise my authority here to preach
you a muchly deserved sermon.
skinner, what under Heaven
moves you TO go to lodge and sit and
listen to the reading OF the reports OF
previous minutes just as inocuous as
the present one. TO 'harken TO a
brother, hating and embarrassed in
his speech. report on the case o;
Brother Simmons who has been laid
up with erysipelas. and who Is just
ly entitled TO the customary lodge
benefits OF SO per week7 Does II
thrill you TO be on funeral com
mittee for one year and pin on Q
black badge or stole and march be-
hind the mortal remains OF some bird
the butcher wouldn't trust for a
nicltcrs worth of cat meat-even the
the butcher might belong TO the same
lodge?"
Skinner flushed, For long time
he had gradually been acquiring q
conviction that he was nueh toe
busy q man 20 weary himself with
the puny affairs OF a lodge, and that