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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-12
She Argues for
Smokes

Dear Miss Grey jus, n lin.
about this smoking question:
In the olden days our srand.
mothers smoked pipes and thought
nothing OF II. and now. II we smoke
It il regarded a. a sinful habit.
All Of the girls IN my set smoke
not fiuently. but they all carry the
"mRiin's."
One woman said that man who
didn't care II his Eirl smoked didn't
care about her. know differently.
I can point out II or Il couples
where the women smoke and they
have all boon married four and
Eve years and arc all Etill in love.
Smoking isn't tho worst dissipa.
ton on Garth. ! know girls who
viii not smoke. but they'n drink
moonahine. beer or whisky.
Those who have tho opinion that
smoking Is a low. degrading thing
ought TO be living bai In 1870,
They haven't progressed with the
rest OF tho world. II they don't ap,
prove Of smoking. why cause so
much talk? Nobodys going 10 force
them TO smoke. Smoking is no
worto than goaaiping over the tea
cup.
What have written r. thc
opinion Of all Of tho young folks
Of my set. II. S. G..
Writes A HINT
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-12
Hazeltine Back

Divisional Prohibition Chief Il. A.
Hazeitine was in hts Seattle office
Wednesday after returning from an
extended trip East, where he went
as a delegate to the Methodist con.
ference at Springfield. Mass. While
in the East he stopped in Washing
ton for conference with prohibition
officers. He reports that optimism
prevails as to prohibition enforce
mcnt.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
THE DEADLY FLY
OUR ideas regarding dies have
~ changed in the last Is years.

OUR ideas regarding lies have
~ changed in the last Is years.
Middle-aged persons can remember,
when they were children, that flies
were looked on as harmless, innocent
creatures and were allowed to buzz
around the kitchen, walk over the table,
climb on the food and fall into the
baby's milk without anyone being hor-
rified or even annoyed by them.
Children were taught to sing Baby
bye, there's fly, let US watch him, you
and l."
Few people went to the trouble to
screen their doors and windows. Hotel
dining rooms and restaurants were pro-
vided with fly brushes worked by
cords, to chase the files off the table.
Wealthy people, especially in the
South, had servants to stand behind
them at the dinner table and keep the
flies away with iong-handled fans. The
farmers wife cut small bough off the
tree and kept 1t by her side during the
meal, occasionally waving 1t over the
table to chase away the flies which had
come in to dinner from the barnyard,
the manure pile, the cesspool and the
clubhouse.
We didn't know then what we know
now, that the fly is the most dangerous
animal in existence.
We know that one female fly, If she
lives the entire summer, will lay eggs
to a number far up In the billions and
beyond ordinary comprehension, and
that each Of her daughters, In turn,
will lay an equally large number of
eggs.
We know that the fly is not only the
most dangerous but the dirtiest animal
in existence and that he carries on his
legs the germs of typhoid fever, dysen-
terry. cholera infantum and probably
good many other diseases.
We know that he has no place In the
kitchen, the dining room or any other
part of clean, well-regulated house.
We know that every house, and es-
pecially every kitchen, dining room and
other place where food is stored or
handled, should be carefully screened
and that the screens should be put In
early in the spring.
We know that the way to control
flies is to check their breeding by de-
stroying all breeding places, such as
manure piles, heaps Of trash and waste
paper, decaying fruits and vegetables,
ETC.
Put in the screens early, clean up all
possible breeding places, protect all
food from these dangerous little pests
and swat the first one that gets into
! the house.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
ACTION TO CHECK
RADICAL ELEMENT

Steps of national dimensions to curb
the activities of radical elements who
use un-American methods In public
speeches were taken by members of
the American Legion at Buffalo, N. T.,
recently as the outcome of clash be-
tween members of the Legion and
Proletarian party orators.
AS the climax of series of I'M
American speeches of radicals In La
fayette square, Legion men on the eve
of Flag day put to rout a Proletarian
speaker, who, standing In the shadow
of monument in memory of the ma
tons dead defenders, was hurting
philippics against the nation, the flag
and all 'milk-fed patriots" The
speaker. a Chicago man, took to his
heels and sought refuge at the Prole-
tartan headquarters He attempted to
obtain warrant against the Legion
naire who pushed him from his soap
box, but the judge refused to issue
one, stating that the man did his duty.
The Legion men then made an In
sistent demand to city officials that an
end be brought to all public speeches,
in Lafayette square, and such as
would incite q riot by any group of
patriotic men exposed to the spleen. !"
Both Mayor Schwab and Commission
er Meahl agreed to revoke permits of
all radical parties that have been al
lowed to speak In public places, such
as Lafayette square.
In commenting upon the action of
the Legionnaires of Buffalo In dispers-
ing the radical meeting, Garland w.
Powell, national director, American
ism commission Of the American Lee
gion, said: THE action taken by pa
triots In Buffalo was not an official
act of the American Legion. How
ever, / am proud to state that no red
blooded American will allow any man
to SANDER those men who sacrificed
their all In defense of their country"
In this regard, the Americanism
commission of the Legion has taken
steps to preclude the unpatriotic ac-
tivities Of organizations advocating the
repeal Of all sedition and criminal
syndicalist laws throughout the
United States These people are also
advocating free speech" speech of
the kind that allows the advocacy of
the overthrow of our government by
force of arms, which means the over
throw of the government which guar
antees free speech.
Police Chief Zimmerman of Buffalo
stated the case of free speech" when,
as reaction to the Lafayette square
affair, he said: "It is all very well
to talk about free speech but when
speakers overstep the bounds they
have got to be muzzled, with an iron
hand If necessary"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
League" Floods Boston
With Appeals for Aid

An organization known as the INA
tIonal Disabled Soldiers league"
which has been flooding Boston with
appeals for aid for disabled service
men. was denounced recently by Gen.
Clarence r. Edwards, state commander
Of the American Legion. Circulars ac-
companied by lead pencils, sent to
various business organizations and
firms, by the League, read as follows:
Here are five excelIent-quality pen
ellis. We had to pay for them. They
are useful to you. One dollar is more
than they are worth, but If you will
send it the profit will help us in our
fight to better the sad lot confronting
the disabled soldier" General Ed
wards pointed out that this organiza-
tiOn recently ran afoul Of the law, and
he expressed indignation that 1t is
making such appeals Don't give them
a Nickel" was the advice given the
public by the general
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
Legion Comes to Aid
of Buddy and Family

Things looked pretty bad for Ed
Rowland of Okanogan, Wash, dis
abled veteran of the World war,
when his case came to the attention
Of the American Legion of Okanogan.
In September, 1913, Ed volunteered
to help clear out a German machine
gun nest that was holding up the adj
vance of his company in the Argonne
forest He eliminated the trouble
some machine gun by killing the gun
ner In a hand-tO-hand fight. But not
until bullet from a German Luger
had ploughed through his body, pierre
ing his liver and intestines and Ieav-
ing the walls of his abdomen so badly
torn that he narrowly escaped i'm
mediate death from his wounds. The
government paid all his doctors fees,
hospital expenses, and furnished
transportation back to the United
States; nor was that all; they saw
to it that he got twenty-five dollars
every thirty days, that his wife and
three children should not want for
anything
Ed did not want to presume upon
the government, but recently he came
down with the scarlet fever and mus
tered up courage to put In request
for an increased compensation allow
ance. The government couldn't do
anything for Ed just then
The American Legion heard about
Ed and believing that something could
be done for him, representatives of
the Okanogan County post of the
Legion went before the board of com
missioners to solicit an appropriation
from the county soldiers relief fund.
1t was granted, and will tide him over
until the recently passed Reed-John-
son rehabilitation law comes to his
permanent reliet-
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DIR. Frederick R. Green,
Editor of Health"
90, 1924. Western Newspaper Union)
THE DANGERS OF EDUCA.
TION

THE longer a child goes to school.
4 the more physically unfit 1t
becomesl
This is a startling statement, yet
it is apparently borne out by the
records of the recruiting service Of
the United States Marine corps.
It ought to cause serious thought on
the part of parents and teachers.
The marine corps, as everybody
knows, is the prize fighting body Of
the United States. Soldiers and sail
ors have to pass a severe physicist ex-
animation, but the "leatherneck" must
be practically perfect, physically. Out
of HOP applicants for the marine
corps. only 316 were up to the re-
quired physical standard.
But the startling thing is that the
records show that the longer the boy
went to school, the less fitted he was
for the marine corps.
The United States public health
service found among 1885 white
children in Maryland, Virginia, North
and South Carolina, that 49,3 per
cent had defective teeth that 14.4 per
cent, had never owned toothbrush;
and that 5S.2 only used one occasion
ally. In most of the rural schools, no
provisions were made for physical
training or for correcting physical
defects
There are 100000 school children
In the United States, 100000 OF
whom, or 25 per cent, have some de-
feet Of vision, some so serious that
mental development and health are
seriously handicapped. Eighty-seven
per cent Of the knowledge we acquire
is gained through the eyes. A school
child with defective vision can only
acquire 13 per cent as much knowl-
edge as the child with good eyes. yet
only twenty states require examina-
ton of the eyes on admission to
school and in only thirteen does the
aw apply to country schools.
We are spending, every years mil
lions of dollars for building and equip
ping expensive schOolhouses and we
are sending to these schools 100000
who have eyes so defective that they
cannot see to learn their lessons. The
little red schoolhouse" has turned
out some great men, but 1t is evidently
also turning out large numbers of de-
fective and crippled school children.
That isn't either good sense or good
business. Wouldn't 1t be better to
build a little less elaborate school
houses and put some of the money
into caring for the children's eyes, so
that they can see when they get into
the classroom
Wouldn't it be wise to devote a
little less time to training the child's
mind and little more to training his
body7
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
WORK

"XAI HEN am dead" John M. Sid
wv dell once said, II want you to
carve on my tombstone this line: Here
lies man who lived number of
years and found out one thing-that
there is no substitute for work."
1t has been generally conceded,
believe, that our first parents, before
they transgressed the regulations of
the Garden, had nothing to do but en-
Joy themselves-to snip off shoot oc
casionally from some over-ambitious
vine or Towering shrub and to watch
things grow. If such a condition of
affairs had continued long they would
have left the Garden of their own ac-
cord from utter WEAKNESS and dissat-
lsfaction, and would not have had to
be driven out as they were.
When the Lord said to Adam, an
the sweat Of thy face shalt thou eat
bread" it was not a curse he was pro-
nouncing but the greatest blessing he
could have conceived. The happiest
people in the world are those who
work-and the most useful ones-no
matter how hard and common the
work may seem; and the most unhap-
py are those who have nothing to do
but to think about themselves.
A great deal of the energy Of the
world has gone into the invention Of
"Iabor-saving" devices, and yet the OPP
Grafton of every such device involves
a new kind of labor, and the total
amount of work demanded is about
the same as 1t was before. The people
whom I have known who have tried
the hardest TO devise some way to get
out of work have expended more phys
ical energy in their attempts to evade
work than would have been necessary
to accomplish the task they were at
tempting to sidetrack.
Siddell was right. There is no sub
stitute in the world for work, and it's
just as we'll there isn't, for nothing
induces more peaceful, more genuine
satisfaction, more real happiness than
work well conceived and well per-
formed.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
o TIE O
AMERICAN
LEGION
(Copy for This Department Supplied BY the
American Legion News Service.)
NAMED ADJUTANT
FOR CALIFORNIA

From keeping records for the Uni
versity of California, James K. Fisk
has graduated to keeping records for
the California department of the
American Legion. Fisk was appoint
ed department adjutant on July j by
Department Commander James E. Col
Inns. upon the resignation of Morton
Keaton, who had been department ad-
jutant for three years.
For II years Fisk was connected
with the university. During ten Of
those years he had been assistant re-
corder AS assistant chairman of. mu-
sic and drama, he assisted In bringing
to the Greek theater at the university
many of the worlds noted dramatic
stars
From the time of Its organization
Fisk has been active In the work of
Berkeley post of the Legion. He Is
a past commander of the post He is
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
ssauxtuu ssnxsSsn sss srtsSssa
ALONG LIFE'S
TR ALL
By THOMAS A. CLARK
Dean of Men. University of Illinois.
SxS<St1OK 1z<s1
20, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.l
YOUTH

M DDLE age is less optimistic than
Iva youth, less courageous, and
meets pain and dangers and discom-
forts with less fortitude.
My neighbor, Harris, shuffled into
the Office day or two ago when the
thermometer was registering 90 In the
shade and in the sun had pushed its
way through the top of the tube. He
was hopping a damp brow, breathing
heavily, and presenting general APP
pearance of Ill temper and dissatisfac-
ton.
well, who's sold you gold brick
this timer | asked him.
I'm all knocked out today" he re-
piled. ut was so blasted hot last
night that 1 couldn't sleep wink, and
I'll be no good all day"
1.-THE trouble with you, Harris"
said, rs that you're growing old" I've
known Harris since he was a boy of
ten on the farm. He slept then in the
upholstered attic just under the roof.
The roof had but one little window in
1t, and this window gave no ventila-
ton to the room but served only as
means of entrance of the suns pitiless
rays that beat on the roof throughout
the long August days and rendered
the room a veritable furnace at night.
And yet Harris scarcely noticed the
heat then. He had youth; he was
tired and groggy with sleep when he
mounted to his bed in the attic, and
he dropped off almost the moment he
touched the hot sheets and slept until
he was awakened In the morning by
his mothers voice.
Now he has a cold shower before
going to his pleasant bed In his sleep
ing porch with its dozen generous
windows and its electric fan to stir
breezes for Harris comfort. He lives
under the most favorable conditions,
and has every modern convenience for
his comfort at night, but little rise
In the thermometer puts him out of
sorts for an entire day.
l visited Crane in the hospital the
other day. He is middle aged. He
has had some minor surgery done on
him-an ingrowing toe nail taken off
or boil lanced or something Of that
sort. He Is as gloomy as a grave
yard, and as irritable as a teething
child. All his plans for the summer
have been upset. and the little pain
and discomfort he has suffered has
put him on "low." 1t was depressing
to talk to him.
And then / remembered the letter
had from Blum Blum was at the
front at the beginning Of the German
drive. He met rain and mud and YER
min with cheerful laugh; he faced
storm of bullets and blood, and
when he wrote the letter he was lying
In hospital severely wounded.
Here / am Sitting on the world as
the boys put It," be wrote. Mice
white enameled bed, clean white
sheets, white blankets and all. Good
food; nothing to do but eat and sleep.
Pretty soft.
Don't have any worry about me;
I'm In clover and having good rest
I'm all right; I'm eating like horse
and kicking because they don't give
me enough.
Love and good luck to everybody"
Oh, youth, youth!
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
Better Road Facts

Twelve touring cars were delivered
recently to the state highway depart
ment of New York for use In the in
spection of extensive road work being
carried on by the state.
Contracts for the construction of
new roads in Connecticut covering
about thirty-five miles have been
awarded by the state highway depart
ment. The approximate cost Of the
work is $1,5O0,0O0.
Along with good roads, 1t takes
little good weather to make automo-
billing enjoyable.
1t Is estimated that automobiles
have Increased good roads 81 per cent
and bandits rs per cent.-Jackson
Clarlon-Ledger.
In an effort to remove the danger
of highway blockades during heavy
windstorms, the highway department
of Connecticut plans the removal Of
decayed trees bordering mainline
roads in the state.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
VIII Permit Trainees
to Retain Their Books

Through the instrumentality of the
American Legion recently an order
was issued from the United States
Veterans bureau which permits re-
habilitated vocational trainers to
retain their books and supplies furn-
ished them by the government for
use during their training. Hereto
fore it has been the policy of the
bureau to insist upon the return Of all
books and materials charged to
trainees upon the completion of this
course. The Legion argued that this
material when returned to the govern
ment was secondhand and had little
or no salvage value, whereas it woAld
be a real asset to the graduated
trainee.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21

now, for the second year. holding the
craftsmanship of the department Amer
icanization committee, where his work
has attracted national attention. He
has taken a leading part in civic af-
fairs.
a first lieutenant In the signal corps
and was assigned to the personnel
branch of the aviation service at
Washington for about a year He en-
tered active flying at Boiling field and
at March field He qualified as a pilot
and was ready to go overseas when
the armistiee was signed.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
Large Amount Is Spent
in Legion Relief Work

John r. Quinn, national commander
Of the American Legion, in pointing
out to Minnesota Legionnaires recent
ly what the Legion has done in well
fare work declared:
I'm addition to the aid given by the
1920 Legion posts throughout the ma
ton, the Legion national rehabilitation
and welfare committee alone has spent
more than s97,000 In the past IL
months in relief work The American
Legion is mother Mothers don't ask
futile questions when their children
are in need of aid. They give the aid
or see that 1t is given"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
Bureau Officials NotO
Make Final Decisions

Rehabilitation officials In subdistrict
offices of the United States veterans
bureau now have authority to make
final decisions on matters relating to
training and reinduction into training
of bureau trainees, as a result of a
general order issued by General Hines,
director of the veterans bureau.
The decentralization of the bureaus
activities came as the result of two
and half years agitation on the part
Of the American Legion, which pointed
out that decentralization would expe-
dite administration and relief for the
veterans.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
Factor for Prosperity

Madison county is one of the richest
agricultural counties In the state, and
when she gets system Of roads in
keeping with her agricultural rich
ness, she will be on the road to great
est prosperity she has ever known.
Good roads do more to make people
happy and contented than any other
one thing in the world. They bring
neighbors close together and eliminate
distances.-Huntsville (Ala.) Times.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
Won Attendance Prize

In a parade celebrating the 255th
anniversary of Woodbridge township,
New Jersey, the American Legion
post of Highland Park won the one
hundred dollar first prize offered for
the post Of the Legion with the best
percentage Of attendance. Every town,
borough and municipality within a
radius of twenty miles was repre-
sented in the parade.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
Refined Cruelty

Wife with newspaper Isn't this
terrible? Two Russian girls hacked
another to pieces because they were
envious of her expensive clothes
Hub-Shocking In this country
they would have been content to pick
her to pieces.-Boston Transcript.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
The Candy Kid

Little Peggy-Oh, auntie, wouldn't
you enjoy some of those lovely cara
mels?
Auntie-Dearie, they're bad for the
teeth.
Little Peggy-But, auntie, I'll hold
your teeth while yeu eat them The
Progressive Grocer.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21
No Doubt About That

''That umbrella of yours looks as
though 1t had seen better days"
"Well. it certainly has had Its ups
and downs"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21

Don't ehuekle if you put over substitute
when an advertised product is called for.
Maybe your customer viii never come back.
Ben Milford. in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-28
EUROPE GETS MOST
 OF v. s. EXPORTS
Only 20 Per Cent Of Shipments j 5.' Go Elsewhere

s WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The de- pertinent of commerce tonight made public preliminary figures in it's inves- tigation of marketing of United States agricultural exports, showing that up- wards of so per cent of the exports go to Europe and 10 per cent of the bal ance to North American countries, leaving only 10 per cent to be distrib- uted to the rest of the world.
 The figures also showed that 80 per cent of the American exports to Europe are made up of farm products and barely 20 per cent consist of manufac- 'tured, forest and mineral products.
 Cotton ranks. first in exports, being normally 30 per cent of the totals, ami nal products are next and grains con stitute 15 per cent of the total.
 Viewing the futures, the report in- dicated that northwestern Europe would remain great food importing area with a prospect that Asia would enter the markets. Canada for years to come, the report said, would have a large cereal surplus to export.
 A supplementary study of agricul- tural exports for 1923 indicated ten dencies of previous years still were in operation, grain exports declining while meat exports, particularly pork and lard, advanced sharply.