The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-17

{" SEE by the papert." cappy
Kicks announced. Apropos Of
nothing. to fellow members Of The
RllEcwa,er club. shat man L an
Initiative animal"
How can he help ~" Ulysses
Grub demanded Isn't man an svo.
luton Of a monkey. and isn't the
monkey the most initiative creature
on eArthg"
mot according 20 wlliisr Jsn.
nlnrs Bryan, Ulysses. william Isn't
willing TO admit 20 any monkey blood
IN his veins. even n the people Of
these United States q America have
made a monkey out OF him three
times hand running. However. that
wasn't what I started IN 10 discuss.
I've been reading where a man
stepped into a shooting gallery in
New York City. asked for A loaded
pistol TO try his shooting skiii--and
then used his own head Ia the tafgei
and died without rcEainink conscious.
meas or paying for his shooting priv.
ieges.
Now I see where an eminent psy.
biologist has declared that there's
going 20 be an outhurst Of suicides
IN shooting galleries. an a result Of
the publicity which the man achieved
beosuso 10 did some old stuff In q
new way"
"what does The eminent psycolo.
glst know about itG' EDDIE Smith de
manded.
tEhToTHiNG. He's Just guessing.
IN but since his guess i haaed on
knowledge OF the various forms Of
genus homo nuttieus. tho chances
are his batting average viii Be high
AZ that. II seems there ara unsua'
pected millions OF people who viii do
anything 10 set their names IN the
newspapers. and OF those millions
there viii always be a certain percou.
taEo who include suicide in the stunts
they can and win pull %, " other
means 81 publicity fail. or course
this form Of suicide was cid stuff 10
New York the day after Il occurred.
but irs brand new In san Francisco,
and SEQ BY this mornings papers
that the cmlnent psychologist u right.
A fellow committed suicide in a local
shooting gallery this mornings TO
morrow a brother Of the faith viii
probably eliminate himself sluiilarly
IN Los Angeles ssssgs aSs
'its.orIg lnallty. inventive power o.
Initiative Ia possessed by the average
man" D. Augustus Redeii. observed
I'm not 80 suro that wo ahouidn',
have public suicide stations. main
talncd By tho state. places whore the
niorbldiy inclined could 20 and get
IL over with quietly. palnisasiy and
without messing up the premises Of
total strangers. Wed get rid Of a
greater number u crazy people that
way and tho world would bs a safer
place 20 1.-Two in"
sclI1EI.I.. n you'd agree 10 put the
w names OF your clients in the
paper and run a photograph. with a
brief biography OF tho deceased. i
think you could do q good business.
Qua Cappy oplned. I'm willing 70
bet that II motion pictures Of the
said act could be- taken and released
BY the weekly news reels. you would
not have IN empty ieshai chamber
In tho hoMss. Tho trade would BE-
standing in line. ike run on a
bank
II wonder what makes people com.
Snlt suleideT'' Ulysses Grub unused,
he was 50 happy and prosperous
himself that life was very sweet 20
k-z----s-z-l Aa--s-aalli not understand
M ~. s1lInnx<s0n1
why 1, should not be sweet 60 9th.
crs."
You con put Il down as an axiom.
Ulysses. that anybody who wants TO
terminate his existence Is a trifis un.
balanced. and most people arc IN.
balanced because they arc III"
"Bu, Two known perfectly sane
men TO do T."
sskT0. you haven't. Gus The poor
IN devil you thought san ewas
suffering from some Illness tho Coo
tors couldn't discover and which he