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The Washington times., 1925-10-07

wave of his hand, say "Thank
you," when yielded the right of
way by another-or Pardon
me, old man." when he unavoid-
ably crowds fellow motorist in
a jam? The answer, according
to my personal observations, is
"Never!" and yet such sports
manIike conduct was the rule
rather than the exception
thereto back in the good old
days.
Of course, in those days auto
mobiles were fewer and there
was less hustle and hustle than
there is today. Nevertheless,
there is no good reason why in
the mad American race for the
almighty dollar, one should not
at least pause long enough to
observe the common courtesies
which should prevail in all con-
tact of gentlemen; there is no
good reason why a man should
cast aside all that he has
learned in the way of refine
ment and good breeding and
good craftsmanship the moment
he takes the wheel of an auto
mobile.
AL the tons of traffic regula-
tions which are being manufac-
tured and unloaded on the long
suffering public in carload lots
viii not suffice to curb this
dominant spirit of selfishness,
which, as / have maintained
herein, is the underlying cause
of a majority of our automo-
bile accidents and traffic tie ups.
You cannot Iegislate against
mans personal habits. You must
seek a way to subtly change
those habits.
1t is apparently useless to
attempt to appeal to the aver
age motorist from the stand
point of safety. Through some
strange quirk in human nature,
mankind in general considers it
an admission of weakness to
outwardly evince any interest in
the matter of personal safety.
Is there, however, q man with
soul so dead" as not to thrill
instinctively to an exhibition of
good sportsmanship? It is a
typically American reaction.
Why not, therefore, appeal to
the motorist, through his in
herent love of fair play and
good craftsmanship, for a re-
turn to the good old days, when
the good motorist was at once a
good sport and straight shooter
and the road hog a social out
cast?
SUMNER E. KIMBALL
The Washington times., 1925-10-07
PERFECT
HAPPIhESSi

I'd IL
knew how to be happy the worlds
billions would be mine. If I
knew how to be happy the very
stars would hop out of their
courses to hear the secret.
But / don't know how, Caroline.
And neither does anyone else.
Perfect happiness?
Is there such thing?
I doubt it. I've never ex-
perienced it nor seen it. Have
you?
/ have seen perfect ecstacy for
a few moments. have seen
periods of pleasure that lasted
for few days, weeks or months.
But I have never seen perfect
AND 1 DON'T THINK / WANT
TO SEE 1T.
For it seems to me that perfect
happiness would mean that every
thing was at an end. No more
struggles, no more adjustments,
no more risk, no more discomfort,
no more hoping or rebelling or
wondering or experimenting-no
more GROWING. 1t would be
sort of death-death with no hope
of future change.
Stop and think how terrible 1t
would be.
If you were perfectly happy,
what would 1t mean?
1t would mean that you would
be satisfied with everything just
as it Is.
You would be satisfied with
your own life, just as 1t is.
You wouldn't want to be wiser
or kinder or drawer or more
honest.
You'd never know a moment of
cleansing hate for yourself. You'd
never know the sharp lash of
revolt against ignoble satisfaction.
You'd go around kissing yourself
on the neck and saying What
a Wonderful Work of God AM"
Gosh! what q horrible fate that
would bel
The Washington times., 1925-10-07

TIME TO LEND HELPING HAND

That of job and who lives in neigh
borhood Have you tried to get him position?
You might be successful IN landing job for him
than he would be for himself.
You firmly established in your place and is selfish
of you give thought to help the man who IS out
of work.
won't make good.
Instead go to the for whom have possibly pro-
cured Job and tell him that you recommended him
pabe of filling position and if it doesn't spur him
to the mark required.
ought also to help him to know that you had confidence
in his ability and he want you TO feel that your tath
in him misplaced.
Why try do good to the other fellow you
have opportunity It won't hurt you and it heD him
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The more / read the daily
accounts of auto accidents and
the more I personally witness
the ever increasing fragrant
violations of traffic regulations
in this city, the more l am inn
pressed with the thought that
the root of our traffic evils
lies In the unaccountable and
inexcusable attitude of selfish
ness, amounting at times to
downright boorishness, mani
Tested by an extraordinarily
large proportion of the motor
ing public.
This lack of respect for the
other fellows right and general
failure to observe the Golden
Rule is, to my mind, one of the
most peculiar psychological
phenomena extant. 1t Is not
confined, as one might suppose,
to those individuals who, through
environment or other unfortu-
nate circumstances, are natural
IL unrefined and boorish. On
the contrary, this tendency is
equally as pronounced among
the so-caIled cultured classes.
/ have not as yet been able
to comprehend why the mere
possession and operation Of an
automobile transforms an other
wise impeccable gentleman into
a Ioud-mouthed, domineering
and wholly selfish Individual,
who races madly through the
streets whether he is actually
IN a hurry or notl, cutting cor
ners with IMMUNITY, crowding
the more timid souls into the
gutter, soaring pedestrians into
fits, and (from the safe vantage
of his seat at the wheel), loudly,
and often profanely, bawling out
those who, like himself, afflicted
with the same superiority
complex. are also endeavorlng
at all hazards to maintain their
own selfish conception of the
much abused fright of way
privilege.
Contrast this situation with
the conditions that prevailed
back in the pioneer days OF
motoring, the first decade OF
the twentieth century. In those
DAYS a friendly spirit of CANA
radarie of the road prevailed:
The motorist was a sportsman"
and, true to the finer concep-
tions of the term, punctiliously
observed all the little courtesies
of the highway, which are now
apparently forgotten.
How often nowadays do you
hear a motorist. with q CHEEKY
The Washington times., 1925-10-07

from the eye, and 1t will cover
about fourteen degrees; at six
inches about twenty-eight de-
grees.
With little practice OF this
kind you may learn to judge with
considerable accuracy the dis
lance apart not only Of stars and
other celestial objects but Of dis
tant objects on the earth.
What ever we have to measure
the size or the distance apart CT
inaccessible objects. we have to
RESORT to angular, or degree.
measurement. Your foot-rule will
not merely enable you to deter
mine the approximate distance
between stars and planets, hut
also the height of trees, chini-
neys, etc. For this last purpose.
The Washington times., 1925-10-07
DISTANCE OF STARS By GARRETT p SERVISS

open out the rule so that It win
have two equal limbs at right
angle. Hold it horizontally be-
tween your eye and the tree, SO
that the upright limb CORE.
spends with the stem Of the
tree, while the top OF the tree
is in line with the top Of The
upright limb. Then glancing side
wise along the horizontal limb of
the rule, observe to what point on
the ground it's outer extremity ex.
tends. The distance between this
point and the foot Of the tree will
equal the trees height. This is
but an example of the many simi-
lar applications that may be made.
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Auto craftsmanship

A Regrettabe Lack of Road Courtesy Said To Be the
Cause of Majority of Accidents

Washington citizen of standing writes bitter excoration
of the road hog spirit prevailing in this city and elsewhere
Some of may be inclined to agree with him that this
lack Of porsmansp is extensive among the webred
among those who may be lacking in refinement in better
ideals of their fellow We all agree
however that there much for Improvement in this
city and that that improvement must through the a
tude Of and who put the square deal above
every other consideration. Their example will do much to
better things.
In addition to spirit that should exist among Wash
ngon of wanting this city be the
the country auto thoughunes toward Others
the Director Of Traffic will have to give his assistance through
steady police pressure those who forget there is such
thing courtesy and hog their through all kinds of
dangerous traffic situations.
There doubt correspondent says that selfish
the root Of traffic evils The joy rider
peder saturated with shness in tearing through city
streets country roads unlawful speed They thinking
of nothing but their pleasure and excitement They
cbivous to the rights of others to the pOssb
ties Of crashes
What the reckless driver responsible for
many accidents is after ALL merely selfish thinking only Of
himself Responsibility is frequently combined with selfish
ness making bad combination those who careful
Though the views of the writer drastic and his
formations rather widespread what he has to say
interesting and should be thoughuly analysed traffic
ditions here to be improved
The Washington times., 1925-10-07

would have had scientific value.
The two Pointers in tho bowl.
Of the Great Dipper, which indi-
cate the location of the PolestAr,
are about five degrees apart. But
you may as we'll have at COM
mand q direct means of measur-
ing degrees, with sufficient
approximation for ordinary pur-
poses.
A common pocket foot-rule.
having four folding parts each
three inches long. serves as a
good purpose in this. Hold the
rule, folded to length Of three
inches, at a distance of twenty
one inch from the eye (nearly
arms lengthy, and its length will
cover about eight degrees OF
space. Hold it twelve inches
The Washington times., 1925-10-07
A Business at Last

Leopold Salvador Hapsburg LOhtrngen going into the
business of selling hops They used extensively in
making real beer bootleg beer This Hapsburg Lohrngen
man. before Austria Hungary blew up after the armsce
was an archduke the ancient royal family of Austria and
his mother Archduchess Blanche the 1nfanta Of
Spain.
He gympahzes with himself perhaps but from the modern
point ought to be glad to know that archduke
at last is doing SOMETHING USEFUL
you GOOD hops and they get into good beer that
gives comfort good workmen-outside Of pure
prohibition country of doing something worth
viii
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.yT. E. Powers

the Man Little Gin
Wia fPearsL
She That 'front.' and
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First Long Pants

John D. Rockefeller, Jrs his first pair Of long
pants at the recent Rockefeller wedding.
No ordinary boy invited to that wedding But had
there also with his first pair Of long pants the
bride bridegroom would have commanded small attention
from the youngsters.
They would have been talking together to man
And in later years Rockefeller with his millions
ordinary boy probably worldfamous surgeon, wouldn
have thing in
Millions and could bring back that common
feeling Of perorx experienced with their first long pants
The Washington times., 1925-10-07
BY Garrett P. Serviss
Noted Astronomer and Writer
On Scientific Topics Of Pop
uIar Interest

A CORRESPONDENT at Pomp-
"A ton Lakes asks how to tell
the distance apart OF stars, mean
ing evidently distance in degrees,
since he speaks of seeing Jupiter
apparently four feet east Of two
dim stars apparently two feet
apart" Knowing how to measure
by angles Is q bit Of practical and
very useful knowledge that ought
to be taught along with the al
phabet and the multiplication
table.
How does it happen that every
body who knows his letters and
his arithmetic and can measure
things with a foot-rule, does not
also know how to measure, or at
least estimate, degrees? And in
this scientific age" too!
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LISTEN, WORLD!

But there'd be
something even
worse than that.
If you were per-
fectly happy you'd
be satisfied with
all the world as
it is.
You'd s mile
complacently at
the crookedness
or cruelty mani
fest in certain
big b u 8 / n e g s.
You'd be un-
touched by the
hopeless misery or
t h o s g w h o'v Q
never had a
chance from the
first second Cf
their sad anu
sickly conception.
You'd never writhe
at the injustice
of it all--you'd
L =
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IA r OIL II N e
W doesn't want

IA r OH e
" doesn't want
much. Oh, no!
She just wants
to be happy"
Simple little
trick - b e in &
happy! Surely /
must know all
about II, seem
as I'm s m q r t
enough to run q
department II k e
this. So she's
written to know
III i won I please
tell her how to
be happy. BY re-
turn mail, IL pos
sible. And she
has enclosed a
tWo-cent s t a m p
for reply. .....
The secret of
happiness for two
cents (!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-29

chief rivals before race time.
Two other A. a. u. champion.
ships are carded, the AiO.yard
breast stroke race and the plain
diving from the 32.foot height,
Four events In the Northwest In
vltatlonal meet were to be run off
nrior to the A. a. U. events today,
starting at ESQ. These included the
l0O.yard free style and the 50.yard
breast stroke races Tor women and
the lO0.ynrd free style and the $50.
yard back stroke for men,
The A. A. Y. diving will feature
Clarence Plnkston, A, White, Pet
Dos Jardincs and Dave Fall, four
OF the greatest divers In The world
today The spectators can look for
real thri,,s with these men perform
ing.
The breast stroke race is figured
as a fight between Robert SHELTON,
indoor champion, and Richard
Peterson, outdoor winner they
both hail from Chicago,
A large staff of capable officials
nre In charge OF the meet and the
program should be run OFF In big
league fashion.
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LOCAL TENNIS
STARS WIN IN
TACOMA MEET

TACOMA. July Matched
i played here Tuesday in the Pa
cific Northwest tennis tournament
on tho courts OF the Tacoma Lawn
Tennis club. failed to bring form
any startling upsets,
Grant I-aizure. Of Seattle, and pr
II. w Monaghan. Of Tacoma, pro.
vided tho feature in their match.
Laizure won. 1912. 81 and s.s.
other major results follow; How
ard L.anEiic. Seattle. defeated l.,
Kelley. Tacoma. g.. rs. Gel: wal,
lace Scott. Tacoma. defeated Dr,
Boak. Seattle 81 s.i: Ralph Loo,
Seattle. beat c. Griggs. Tacoma,
Ga. ca: Bin Taylor Seattle. defeated
Carroll steele. Tacoma. SO. GO
Harwood Morrison. Seattle. dc.
faulted to w. W. Kllworth. Tn.
coma.
Howard Langlio, Seattle. defeated
Douglas Mckay. Tacoma, so. 81.
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Nsstsrday's hero--B be Huth ar-
counted for five runs with his iith homer
and two singles and gave the Yankees a
8 % victory over ths nruaHs
Two hnmsrs by Irish Meu.el and one
each by Gowdy, LinasSrprn and Bentley
enabled the Giants TO down the Cubs.
10 TO J.
REney. homer with on. on scored the
runs that save the Tigers to win
over the Athletics
spanking all tho pitchers in the wash
inElan duEout. the WHITE sSN took a
doubts header from the Senators, 10 10 S
and 20 :.
Luaus hsid tho rhHiie. to five hit. ard
the Reds won their fourth straight game.
70 Q, LuqSs famed Is batterr IN his
last twn games
The Robins knocked Mails out Of tho
box and beat tho Cards. - to ,
Three runs scored In the fifth inning
on two passes or benton. sacrifice. and
two singles, enabled the Pirates 10 beat
the Braves. 3 to L.
sherry smith held tho Red soS safe all
tho way and got two singles and double
IN four trips TO the plate, the Indians
winning. 10 20 T.
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any OF those who have gone be
fore them. Johnny oI.eary was the
greatest all-around fighting machine
the Northwest turned out, but the
general class OF the other hoys
didn't measure up 10 the standard
OF Tod Morgan, Doc" Smell and
Leo Lomski
Lomski Is one OF the finest. II
not the best. middleweight prospect
ever developed in these parts. In
the few fights he has had here he
has shown only the weakness OF in
experience. which viii be remedied
with more fights. He hasn't fought
the class OF opponents that Smell
and Morgan have.
Smell leaves lot 10 be desired
when II comes to boxing skill. but
he has the punch. the aggressive
ness and Is clever in an awkward
way. His punch may carry him far
in the ring He has proved HIM
self against tough opposition
Morgan is the most finished fight
ing machine OF the three, lacking
only the punching power OF Smell
and Lomski. But Morgan IS In a
class by himself when 1t comes 10
boxing.
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Eddie Huffman
Gives Beating
to Bert Colima

T OS ANGELES, July 29.-Sailor
II Eddie Huffman, the saxon.
haired battlcr, handed out ter
rifle beating to Bert Colima here
last night, in their 12.round bout.
Huffman had the Mexican, who
was the favorte to win, on the
verge OF n knockout In the seventh
round, but the bell saved Colima.
In that round he went down to
the canvas twice, once for the
count of two and thru the ropes
Tor six, Huffman was credited with
seven rounds, one was even, and
two were Collma's.
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lonE way 10 80 ye
INDIANS STILL
IN RACE
Race Results
at Brighouse

VANCOUVER. B. c.. July "a
Following are the results Of races
held here yesterday afternoon Mt
Brighouse park:
FIRST race. six farionEs-Grssn Mint.
won Bnly Randolph. second. Labsau.
third. Time: 1915 is.
Second race. five furlonEs-ju', Glare.
won: Ciso'H Rochester. second. Irish bee.
third. Time: 1901 Ia.
Third race. five and ous-hsn furlonEa-
Judge Hickman. won Hiram Wood. sec
ond Due de Guisc. third Time; i:es is.
Fourth race. six furlonEs-AarEarst
Elnora, won, carahosss. second. comhus-
tion. third Time. 1914 u.s..
Fifth race. six wynnswood,
won. King Worth. second Frank l. l..
third. Time 1915.
Sixth race. six furiongs-B Black Prince.
won: Cap and Gown. sscoud. Nas-Ta-
BsEa, third. Time u.
Seventh race. ono mile and 70 yards
Saneho Panssy. won; Tableau d'Honnsur.
second Nebraska, third. Time: i.t7 IL.
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she can" Joe Rudy. swimming star
OF the New York Athletic club and
the worlds greatest water polo play
err, says,
rs isn't merely a matter of swim.
ming that distance" he said. 1T
is a question of fighting water, tide
and current that pull on you just as
much as an opponent on the leg of
a water polo player. She Is n strong
swimmer and has plenty OF cour-
age"
Miss Ederle proved, when she
swan in record time from the bat
terry in New York TO Sandy Hook.
that she was capable of a distance
longer than the q miles bird line
from Cape Girls Nez TO Dover, but
the conditions otherwise cannot be
compared
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CEABRlGHT, N, j., July 2e--The
~ Kinseys OF California, individu.
ally and collectively. failed to make
an impression on the opposition
that faced them Tuesday in the sec
ond day OF the Seabright invitation
tennis tournament,
As the national doubles cham.
pions, Robert and Howard were
sidetracked from the road TO
defeat only by the default OF
their opponents. Arnold Jones
of Yale and William Ingraham
Of Harvard. Playing sensational
tennis, the young collegians bat
tered the Kinseys in the first
set, 1910, dropped the second,
l.6, and were leading, So, and
l0.love in the final contest
when they defaulted in order
to hurry to Newport TO prepare
for their international match
with the Oxford. Cambridge pair
on Friday and Saturday.
Playing in the singles after the
technical double v!Story, Robert de.
feated Dean Mathey of New York
again by default, in the first round
OF the mems singles. Later in the
day. however, he lost to II. Norris
Williams II, OF Philadelphia,
l1.g. 6l.
Howard featured in still another
upset in the mems singles. Altho
he holds the rank of fourth player
in the national standing, he went
down TO defeat at the hands of Al.
fred NJ Chaplin, jr,, OF Springfield,
Mass in straight sets, 6'3, Cd,
The Kinscys are clearly off col.
or and yet credit Is due their con-
uucrors, Especially did Ingrahnm
and Jones show up TO advantage
Ranking will, the defeat OF
the kinscys was the failure Of
William NJ, Johnson of Cali
lornia, member of the Amcri
can Davis cup team, TO live up
10 expectations. After defeat.
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Mrs. Mallory and
Mary Browne Wiz

SEABRIGHT, n. j.. July 29
Two former national women cham.
pions, Mary Il. Browne and Mrs.
Molla Mallory reached the semi.
final round of the Seabright invi.
tation tennis tournament Wednes-
day. Mrs. Mallory defeated Miss
Mollie Thayer. Cd. 6l, and Miss
Browne disposed of Martha Bayard
after a hard struggle, 6,S, 81, 6.2.
Miss Charlotte Hosmer and Miss
Helen Jacobs, the young Califor-
mans, won their first match in the
doubles only after mighty strug-
gle, defeating Miss Louise 1selln
and Miss Alice Francis, both still
in the junior ranks, SO, 81, ga,
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SLOW BATTLE

SAN FRANCISCO. July 90 Call.
fornia Joe Lynch and RUFF Canton,
Filipino featherwcight. fought slow
draw in the 10-round main event here
last night Joe Hughes knocked out
Jack Attell in the first round and
Vale Fagliano won in the second with
q knockout over Young Terry.
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kinseys Fail Badly in Tennis
Tournament at Seabright. N. ]

ing Elliott II. BinZen of New
York, 6.l, g., he lost to DIR.
George King of New York.
twelfth in national ranking.
Johnston underestimate the
strength of his opponent and
was defeated, 10, 60, rs.
James o. Anderson, the Austria.
Ian, defeated Hugh Kelleher, New
York, Sc. Go, 60. In tho first
round, Willard Croker of Canada
defeated Francis 7, Hunter OF
Beckley, w. Va, by default. Later.
however, he lost to John B. Hawkes.
of Australia, 60. 6.1.
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The definite starting date has been set
for August % and the tournament will be
wound up on September g.
The Woodland park tournament is usual
ly the first one on the seasons calendar,
but because of the shifting Of the City and
State dates ahead it was necessary, for
cooperation, to set The Star event back
The 1925 Tournament will be the sixth
Woodland park affair conducted by this
newspaper, the first one being staged in
1920.
So numerous and so evenly matched are
the contestants that the original trophy in
the mems singles is in competition, altho it
is necessary to win it only twice, and not in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-29
Former Prep
Twirler Goes
to New York

CT. JOSEPH, Mo, July 70. - Jim
- MARQUIS. sensational pitching
find. Just sold by ST. Joseph OF the
western league TO the New York
Yankees, came here from California
last spring, where he had been
playing semi-pro ball. In 10 games
pitched for the Saints, Marquis has
won eight. In four Of his games he
held his opponents TO four hits each
Marquis reports to the Yankees I'M
medsately. His home Is in seattle
where he pitched in high school
NEW YORK. July 2s.-Four new
recruits have been added to the
New York Yankees for their re-
building program. Roy Luebbe,
catcher from the ST. Joseph West
ern league club. has reported and
three Others from ST. Joseph viii
report later-Gilbert, an iufielder,
and two pitchers, Love and Mar
auis-
Jimmy Marquis was on OF the
best high school pitchers ever
developed in Seattle, but his
promotion to big league ball
was received in Seattle Wednes-
day NTH much surprise. Little
had been heard Of him since
1920. He starred with Broad
way high school before the war
and was alLcity choice as pitch
err for three years.
Coach Reginald Christensen,
now baseball tutor, was coach.
Ing the team at that time.
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Witt Has
Strong
Corps
Addition of Kallio Makes
Salt Lake Dangerous;
Seal Lead Shaved

ABBITT base.
balls have
made this an
age OF base hit,
In tho diamond
game, but pitch.
Ing is sull "a
per cent or SC
OF The sport IN
tho long pen.
nant races.
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nival that opens
here this after,
n DON in the
Lake Washing
ton canal.
The Illinois a,
c. star is en-.
tered in the 440.
yard dash IN the
A. A. u. cham.
pionships. Wal.
ter Laufer and
II AIRY Clancy.
the two stars
from the Gin
cinnati Y, NJ. c.
A., were figured
as Weismullers