The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-29
'CAPPY KICKS 0 S:':s s.' S' Money ';'I
Written for fhr STIR by rssr KynAnoher Coming saturday

"TlilsiE isn'f a shadow a n doubt
Il about q. hoyt." declared Cappy
idcka. I'm Weary ~ life You lwu
boys referring so his s0niniaw.
Captain Matt Peatlsy. Manager q
cappy'a shipping interests. aud Mr.
skinner, manager 0f the old fcpilc.
mans lumber lntsrosirl srs mighty
hieo 20 femeiuhsr 20 dr,fi into my
ofnee today ard felici,ste ms on my
tcvrniy.eiFh,h birthday. but tho fact
Of the matter b rlss 70 your folici
tatlons with the same amount II en-.
thnaiasm noticeable In a trout when
you ny 20 tickle his palate with a
fcd rag IN ihe uiidst u the June bus
SEASON"
Why All thia mltantbropyg" Matt
reaaley demanded
Yes. whyT' tie suavn SIR. Tkin.
ner echoed, only iaHt week I heard
sou were isinantink 10 The BilEe
water Club that you couldn't live
twenty-five years more and Boo the
finish Of lot Of interesting events
that arc lutt now starting
"wtll. drat yOu, Skinner"
Cappy fired back NJ III, general
manager, Isn't the realization
that cannot live another quarter
81 century Ia zee those iinishrs
enough 10 sour my disposition
and inibue me with the thought
that ] might ne veil quit nav
and be done With veal repln.
ingY"
ar. Skinner was peculiarly Oh
stinais man. why not cease repln
ing and obyiate the necessity fol
quitting now NJ persisted.
"oh. itA just the doEEonc futility
OF cNhtcnoe. Cappy complained
The whole worlds talking and
can't keep up with H. Here We have
the Japs and tho Jews Hcoiding a,
about our own immigration laws
They're out and they want 20 get Va
They like uH, We're tho hest country
on earth-which isn't saying Ycry
much AZ that. Hiram johnson Ia out
screaming 20 have DENNY and DauEh
erty and Mclean and Fall and any
others who ever wrote them a letter
Or sent them telegram or saw them
IN a nswHrcal picture boiled IN Tea,
20, Dome oil.
hut Hiram Isn't helping any "a
bring about tho Bic stew. McAdoo Il
screaming out his Innocence. and
there arr delegations in Conerrns Ap.
parcntly that have never heard OF
lee declaration u Independence. tax,
alton without representation. class
legislation and states right.
Those outfits remind me u q
woman trying 20 pry loose a fla, iiro
from a rusty rim. while her lads
friend stands by and sayS; Try q
cold ehlscl'. Try 10 hammer. Try
Tho monkey wrench; fy ths on
can. And now comes the telephone
crowd and tries 90 corral tho business
Of brpadcasiinE. and everybody witt
q couple Of hundred dollars invested
IN a radio &c, ia screaming "a ths
bare thought Of having to procure a
license and pay a fee for picking
nonFa out Of the air.
What with tine Democrats
aud the Republicans. The Ku
kiux Khan and The Catholics,
Jews and negroes. tho American
Legion and those who pas in.
come taxes. tho modcrnists and
The fnndamentniists. the ehiro.
practors and the regular doctors.
the railroads and the mercantile
inarinr, the cepsorr and the mo.
lion pictures. I have come 60 the
conclusion that this world u no
place for me, unless I can ride
hobby, hire n press agent and
get Into tho game mysrlf.
why I'm as futile. In the nldr,
Of all this hub.buh. ms mosquito
singing his little song under tho lee
Of Magyar Falls. The motto OF our
times Is rapidly getting TO be- Fight
or move on"
But hasn't Il always been that
wayG" Matt Peasiey persisted. Il
dareSay. Matt. daresay, but that
wss before press agents made Il more
80. In tho olden days, when two fac.
tons pulled of n riot. those not In.
tores;ed didn't have 10 know any,
thing about Il. Happy in our lRnor