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Looking for the Good

A writer In n London Journal
makes n strong plea for that impair
tial spirit which prompts men--very
few men.-to find the good" In all
their ad~versarles and TO avoid the
idea of making them all black in
contrast with the snowy wilderness
Of ones own character and opinions.
This finding the good Is "A timely
thought in these days OF high re
solve. when one is trying t slough
off whatever of pettiness and base
ness demenned ones moral nature
In tho old year.
This world is full Of dull and ugly
people that never achieve anything
conspicuously great-people that
rise in the morning and go about
their little tasks OF making some
thing. mending something or buying
and selling something. They may be
rather crafty in their dealings, but
DO not let their craftiness injure a
fellow-man; they may not say tho
right word on every occasion; they
may not be IN the Leaf ~fastidious 10
social amenities; they may be. In
deed. rather bluff and speak abrupt
ly TO us over the telephone or In
common conversation; but II they
set about TO be good and really are
good that should suffice us who arc
their fellow-creatures and critics.
To be good seems easy. and Il Is
easy TO some natures; but In a world
, 1925-01-08
Labor Demand General

On the basis of returns from district offices
the federal employment service reports prospects
for employment of workers in every section of
the country.
In the west generally the agricultural outlook
was said to assure normal demand for labor
while in the great industrial centers, renewed
factory and mill operation either was being ex-
perienced or was expected.
On the Pacific coast the report deals with an
ticipation of Increased demand for skilled and
unskilled labor in most industries" In Connects,
cut and Pennsylvania, the report said, a re,
newal of building activity was likely. Kansas and
Iowa returns showed extensive road building
plans while Mississippi was said to have build
ing prospects which could be called bright.
New Jersey, New York and Illinois were said
to have plant operations, construction work and
agricultural activity increasing, while in all the
New England states increased mill production
was noted. Southern states, such as Louisiana
and Florida, found detailed reasons for predict
ing a busy twelve months ahead.
, 1925-01-08

,our own that will display our su-
perior virtue or tina is not altogeth-
err free from the faint Of self-inter-
est, rather than TO perform 1t ano-
nymously or In n manner that is
sslf-effaclnS and that will. bear with
1t no obligation. and this gives us an
unconscious basis for the belief that
goodness lacks the principle oil dis
interestedness.
To look for the good. to be more
willing to think kindly thoughts OF
those who seem inimical to us n
our affairs. rather than to go about
crying them down and telling how
Ubiquitous they are. is to have ar
rived at n blessed state. There are
some today that live In that state.
there are some thai actually have
acquired the ~inflexible habit OF
thinking pleasant thoughts about all
those with whom they come in con-
tact. that are ready to radiate the
unaffected smile of friendship for
them. even though they may know
them to be unworthy.
It is discouraging TO think h a II
one points out a good trait in a man
or woman one will not be listened TO
half so attentively as IL one had re-
marked a moral. defect. One finds
in a confession of Shaw tho great
reason for his acidulous comments;
IF you don't say a thing in an irri-
tating way you may just as well not
say it at ALL" And. sad 10 say.
Shaws and Carlyles are read with
more relish than Emersons and Hol-
lands. But IL one made a habit OF
finding the good in literature n
would read Shaw without much con-
viction and would smile at Carlyle
as a literary scold.
II one sets out to find the good In
human nature. one need not Turk In
ambush or employ a searchlight. II
It is there. It xviii readily be found
II one exerts a tolerance like that
OF Joaquin Miller. who sang:
In men whom men condemn as
Ill
I find so much OF goodness still;
III men whom men have called
divine
I find so much OF sin and blot
I do not care to draw a line
Between the two, where God
has not.
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All Applesauce

at is all applesauce. That old stuff about the
caveman counting his mate with n club and drag-
ging her TO his lair by the hair of the head. 1t
is scientifically inexact. 1t is thus that Professor
Collie, of Beloit college, ruthlessly skaters the
illusions of the modern flapper.
1.-The truth is" suggests the professor, "that
the caveman of sixty thousand years ago wooed
his sweetie by stringing beads for her. The art Of
flattery is as old as the world. The Aurignacian
man, who lived in the caves of France, during
the fourth glacial period, fashioned beads out OF
stone and ivory of the mammoth tusks. The Sc
cret, that it was necessary to flatter the fair
female, was known to the wise caveman, even
at this early date.
Since that period the system has been diligently
followed, and amplified and refined down to the
present day by the male of the species.
1t is ever new and agreeably received by the
lady in the case, in whatever form it may come
to her. The more subtle and graceful the acknowI-
%edgement of her beauty, charm, accomplishments
or what not, every male knows the shaft reaches
the vulnerable point in her vanity and she is
delighted.
What is the old, old story of love, but an exag-
gerated dose of f~lattery? Old as it may be to
the world, it is ever new to the maiden.
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Doomed to Defeat

Twentyeight states will probably reject the
proposed twentieth amendment (the child Dor
amendment) to the constitution without delay
and a number of other states will probably sub
init the question to referendum, thus following
the lead of Massachusetts, where the amendment
was rejected by an overwhelming popular vote.
This statement is based on a summary of the
sentiment revealed by diligent inquiry through
out the forty-eight states, by persons interested
There is every indication that the thorough
discussion that the proposed amendment has re.
ceived at the hands of distinguished educators
and thoughtful students of government has re-
yealed fundamental objections to it because of
the vague and unlimited powers which it would
cede in perpetuity to congress and the extern.
sion of federal authority over the lives of the 40,
100000 persons whom it would instantly affect
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Promoting Prohibition

Secretary Hughes has prepared.
submitted to several countries and
the senate has ratified several
treaties or conventions as they
are called. whereby the several
countries undertake to assist the
authorities of the United States to
promote prohibition In this country
by helping to enforce the United
States laws against smuggling.
The treaty or convention with
France. from which country much
of the liquor struggled into the
United States, comes. agrees to
permit the authorities of the United
States to stop and search all French
vessels outside the three-mile limit
or territorial waters of the United
States when such vessels are sus-
pocted of carrying on board alco-
holic beverages to be struggled INTO
the United States in violation of law
The vessels may be seized and car
ried into a port OF the United
States
Tho limit OF this extra territorI
ial right is the distance the yes
| sci can traverse in one hour. All
| claims from the of tho YES
sells are to be settled by h Perma-
nent Court of Arbitration at the
Hague.
Such treaties or Conventions
will enable the United States au-
thorities to more easily enforce pro
hibition and check the smuggling
OF liquor. 1t is a good sign when a
country like France. the natural
] habitat of wines and all sorts of
liquor. voluntarily assists the Unit
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Husbands Duties

y Missouri Judge has just rendered a decision
IN a divorce case in which he lays down the rule
that a married man gets no credit for washing
or wiping the dishes.
This may be accepted as part of the curriculum
of domestic life. The fact that a husband was re
quired to assist the wife in kitchen tasks is not
even of Importance as evidence in a divorce case.
The judge said that he had often shined up the
family china himself and he did not see how a
man could file a just exemption against the con
tact of a dish towel. In fact, if a man cannot
polish off his own plate he is to be pitied. The
husbands rights and duties in the kitchen arc not
essentially variant from those of the wife.
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Confession of Failure

Another confession OF the failure of Bolshe-
visit theories of Matchmaking industry On a com.
munistic basis is made by the soviet authorities,
who have decided to engage foreign experts to
try to place the electrical, chemical an ] textile
Industries upon a working basis. Russian com
mercial representatives in several countries
have been instructed to submit lists of suitable
specialists in these fields, whence the govern
ment will make a selection. These industries, with
the iron, steel and coal industries, railways and
banks, constitute the key industries retained by
the soviet government when it opened the rest of
Russian business life to private initiative under
the new economic policy. The decision to engage
foreign experts represents the last effort to save
what is left of nationalized industry; if the ex-
pertinent proveSa failure, Bolshevism in Russia
will be transformed into a paternalistic but
scarcely communistic economic system.
, 1925-01-08
Literature and Puzzles

A literary adviser to one of the foremost Amer.
lean publishing firms declares that the prevail.
ing popularity OF crossword puzzles has consider.
ably diminished the demand for current fiction
It has not, however, made any inroads into the
market for literature of other kinds. For many
years popular fiction has been turned out in i'm.
mense quantities for, with few exceptions. the
"best sellers" have been novels and romances.
Fiction reading Us a strong American habit.
and it lnsted so long that it seemed to be fixed
. Indeed 1t probably is a fixed habit and the pres
ent slump due to the popularity of cross word
pulling as a means Of passing an idle hour is
likely to be only temporary. There is no reason
why puzzles and novels should not both endure.
There is no similarity in the two forms of amuse-
ment.
IT would be indeed distressful il the cross word
puzzle were causing a falling off in the reading
of all kinds of books. The puzzle is a sane and
beneficial fad, and tends to increase ones ia.
miliarity with the English language but it should
not discourage general reading.
Meanwhile the popularity of the cross word
, 1925-01-08

that is so ready to discount goodness
and to believe the worst of a man
or woman rather than the best-in
"A world in which one may so read
lily find something about which
to be resentful and to let resent
ment embitter ones nfe-it is diff.
cult to mos of US.
In looking for goodness many OF
us are prone to error in our esti.
mates of 1t. We are likely to make
gratuitous or officious i%nsistence up
on our performance of some act of
, 1925-01-08
Going Pretty Strong

The marriage fever of the postwar period in
many of the European countries, has been sue
ceeded by n divorce fever, just as it occurred
in this country in less virulent form. Many
couples married rashly and inconsiderately, with
out having apartments of their own, the husband
and wife having to live separately with their re
spective families. There we're also too many boy.
and-girl marriages.
In the past year alone, in the city of Vienna,
there were twentyeight hundred divorces grant.
ed. Ever since the close of the war, the courts
OF Europe have been clogged with divorce suits,
and 1t is a notable fact that scores of men have
iourneyed to the divorce mill three and four times
in the past five years, and it is not at all un.
common to learn that many ladies and gentle.
men have embarked upon their fifth and sixth
honeymoon.
, 1925-01-08
More Discipline Necessary

The United States has given Europe the Dawes
plan; it is of course up to the European powers
as to whether they wish to accept some measure,
necessarily a compromise, for stabalizing Euro
= pean conditions, or whether they desire to take
Sc the road toward another general war in which
they will have to count on the absence of the
United States.
If, as is alleged, official Germany has been
encouraging the manufacture and storage of war
equipment in violation of treaty terms, it is
only a German contribution toward the further
disciplining Of Germany and another war in
which, under present conditions, Germany would
undergo further castigation and might suffer
dismemberment If Germany has mover discov.
cred that she was whipped the responsibility
must be laid at the doors of those who insisted
on ending the var with the armistice and the
fourteen points instead OF with a defeat that
could not be questioned and terms of complete
capitulation which would have been the best
starting point for a permanent peace with under.
standing.
1t may be, of course, that the charge of exten.
stve war manufacture in Germany is grossly ex-
aggerated, and Matched up as a mere excuse for a
longer occupation of Germany. This seems un.
likely, IN view of the fact that Great Britain
has shown a rather lenient and friendly attitude
toward the defeated foe, as compared with the
t%ruculcnt and v~engeful position of France, which
IN view of her traditional feud and long score
with Germany is not difficult to understand.
, 1925-01-08

ed States to enforce its W laws.
Hitherto international law has pro
hlbited the interference with the
vessel of another nation outside what
is known as the three-mile limit.
this being the average stretch OF
water within a line drawn between
the promintories or headlands Of
the coast line. Now, under this
Convention the authorities of the
United States can stop. search and
, 1925-01-08

puzzle is increasing rather than decreasing.
There are signs which indicate that it is not a
mere passing fahcy. A fad which is at the same
time amusing, educational and conducive to per-
severance and TO logical thinking cannot be
laughed aside. Already many of those who came
to scott have stayed to hunt for an Indo Chinese
language in two letters. Wa.
, 1925-01-08

Representative Barley has abandoned the
Barley Howell railroad bill. The bill has come
into bad odor since its introduction at the be-
hest of the brotherhoods and was doomed to
failure. Compromise legislation coming from the
senate interstate commerce committee will gu
perccde the original measure and likely be more
satisfactory.
, 1925-01-08

HORIZONTAL
"A famous fight In Texan history
"A luxurious rich man
Part Of tho Bible (abbr.)
14-A variety Of gypsum
16-Prefx meaning together
(abbr.)
t7-GIri's name
ia vehicle
pa person Infected with mania
23-RecoiIeetIon
25-An aboriginal American
2e-TurkIsh nsme for Christians
27-Pen name Of 4 noted English
e6saylst
2s-Nest
3o-A slang exclamation
STA dental college degree (abbr.)
s2-sufix denotlno m agent
54-GoB term
36-In the year Of Our Lord (abbr.)
s6NA unit used In measuring
diameter Of wires
37-Man's name
3s-A musical note
4oEShaves off
"A river In Kansas
43-Act Of selling (pl.)
44-A mean, worthless fellow
(slano)
4eEExcess Of the solar year over
twelve lunar months (pI.)
ITO hear
4s-Plants with prIekiss Instead Of
leaves
4e-Tool for smoothing boards
6o-An eastern State (sbbr.)
61-Rooster
62-oyster spawn
b3-Royal title (abbr.)
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even seize a vessel of any country
agreeing to the convention, at least
IL miles from shore.
, 1925-01-08

It's work that passes the time
not watching the clock
, 1925-01-08

For results try a Tribune Classi-
fled Ad.
, 1925-01-08
6THI INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.

55-Indehnite article
b6IshIp Of Noah
57-suf1x meaning Of the nature Of
$50 depart
"a part Of the Bible (abbr.)
6o-Personal pronoun (pi.)
VERTICAL
f-Free space
3-lnterJeetion
Am Asian mountain range
5-A college degree (abbr.)
e-Prefix meaning against
"A division Of Canada (abbr.)
e-Prepositlon
s-Anelent name Of AIeppo, Syria
to-ConJunetIon
ff-Faney drinking mug
f3-Drsused
15-The whole
ia conduit
1s-0lrI's name
fs-ResIdenee Of 4 sovereign
2t-GIri's name
22-What the above puzzle design
depicts
ga great American river
24-Cleanse
27-interIeetl9n
2e-Reeompenss
st-counseIlors
$40 Interpret
3e-A strait south Of Asia .
$50 excite
4o-Father
+2-The first garden
%s-cuttIna =
45-Foree In operation
5o-cookIns utensII
64-A garden tool
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-11
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
DOLLAR
STARTS ON PAGE l

attic. That was tho price on the San
Francisco fleet some months ago.
when he was asked why President
Crowley, OF the emergency fleet corr
poratlon, had recommended TO the
shipping board transfer OF the Ad-
miral fleet from the Dollar interests
TO others. Mr.. Dollar said he didn't
believe Crowley ever sold anything
Of the sort"
News dispatches late Tuesday
credited President Crowley with tho
recommendation. for the reason that
tho transpacific service OF tho Dol.
lar interests out Of San Francisco
was in measure competing with
the Admlral-Oriental line out OF
Puget Sound"
II don't believe he ever made that
recommendation. He isn't that sort
of a man. the shipping board MS
serted.
you can put II down that those
ships arc going TO be operated out Of
Seattle under tho American fling
and thnt's all there is TO IT," he
wound UP. I'm tired Of waiting for
the shipping board TO do something
They can't stall mo any longer"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-11
WHALER FINDS
CASH CONE
Has H. c. Cutler, Legion
Man, Jailed for Larceny

Rsiur as after four yoars' whAl.
ing expeditions ben che Arctic In tho
drr belief that his business was Ia
eolte concern. John W, NouuE. prrsi.
dent and organiser % tho Arctic
nshinF q Trading CO, found him.
self btsirErd by creditors.
Tie Investigated and late Tuesday
aussd tho arrest OF A. &. Cutler s5.
scviary, treasurer of the company.
on charges cr embezzllng more than
$4,000 ot company funds.
Cutler formerly adiuiant of tho
Rainier Noble post. American Legion.
DECLARES, according 90 Ethan Allen
Pssser deputy prosecutor. that his
arrest follows a dispute as TO tho
status % his drawing account with
The company, lie was released on
$500 hail.
lie claims that the money he is
alleged 90 have cmbczslcd DO drcw
agnipst his account and that he had
not been credited for money he had
raid out Tor the company during
Young's absence IN the Northern
seas Young returned a month ago.
Peyser SAYS an examination % tho
company books disclosed that Cutler
had apparently drawn S6.4SOg4 OF
company funds by issuing more than
200 checks 20 his personal account
Young told Pcyser the company
assets consisted mainly OF cash from
whale oil sales forwarded 20 Cutler
70 b deposited TO the company's
credit.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-11
DraU Abie's Irish Rose
and Get Tickets to Met
Prizes to Be Awarded for Cartoons and Lin
ericks on Popular Comedy

popular comedy. which s. At the
Metropolitan all this week
Here's ho,y 70 wiu the seats. Draw
Il cartoon that the title "Abics Irihh
f,osa suggests 20 you II must he
ia pen aud ink en- plain white paper.
You may coilaborAtc with anyone TO
have tho limerick Illustrate your
drawing. or write e yourself. The
drawing need not be elaborate. but
contestants may use their own judg-
mont on that
II is not necessary 10 have seen
tho COMEDY. but anyone Wishing TO
use subjects from the play Itself are
ht liberty 20 do 70.
Two tickets win b awarded each
day during the remainder OF this
week for the best cartoons and linn
cricka submitted. Send In your
drawings and llmcricks to AbIo's Irish
Rose editor. rhc Seattle Star. Send
them al once as two tickets TO
Thursdays show awaits tho first
winner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-11
THUGS ATTACK
TWO GIRLS
Five Men Also Held Up by
Robbers During Night

Bandits Tuesday night held up
two women and five men,
Miss Myrtle Egbcrt $40 18TH ave.
WAS severely injured BY "a negro ban
dit who slugRed her at 18th ave. and
jefferson a.. and ;hcn took her
purse containing s.,
Tho bandit dropped his umbrella
during the robbery. and loft the giTl
lying In tho street She was found
few minutes later and taken 10 her
home. Edna West, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Walter West. 1891 a.nd
ave, was attacked about ESQ p, m.
Just outside her homo boy a bandit
dressed Ia "a dark suit, leather leg.
Einw and cap.
She put up fght and hor
screams for help routed tho THUG
H. u Supple. owner Of the Green
Lake Dairy. 500 y, 6bth a., was
robbed OF $40 by a bandit about 10
p, m. suppleo was counting his
cash. preparatory 10 closing up for
the night. when the robber walked In
Tho proprietor Of a small grocery
store az University ~ and noylston
ave. was robbed OF tgO'aboul 7.i5 y
m. rs bandit wearing oycrails
The robbery was reported by ]. g..
Harris. So, Paul apartments.
Ralph Olson received a warm wei.
como TO Seattle when. after arriving
N the King ~. depot bandit met
him outside and robbed him Of $50.
James Gawnc. grocer, was closing
his store az 1905 Il Marion IT,. Tues.
day night. when "a bandit walked iu
and ordered him 90 turn over his
cash,
Gawno told the rObbsr 60 look in
Z tho cash register, II was empty
Mrs. Gawnc had just taken the days
cash receipts out OF the store 10 her
InutomohlIe
The bandit walked past her when
hc entered the store. lie fled. not
knowing what had become OF the
! money.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-11
Plays Detective;
Captures Suspect

TACOMA, Nov il.-Oscar Rey.
nolds rs. played detective last night
and as a result Joe White, 40. Is in
the city jatl and $500 ne is alleged
10 have taken In a drugstore holdup
was returned TO The owner.
Oscar was entering the drugstore
with his mother yesterday evening
as White emerged. He followed the
man. shadowing him 10 a hotel room.
and then hurried out and called po-
llecman.
White drew n pistol from his
pocket In police station. pointed Il NJ
hts own head and pulled the trigger,
The gun misfired. He was ovorpow-
cred and the gun was seized.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-11

criminal should DO made to feel that
punishment is sure rather than that
II Is TO be feared"
DIR. STEVENSON SMITH, noted
psychologist of the University OF
Washngton-'I'm against It," CDR.
Smith refused to say anything fur.
Their because he had not conducted
any experiments along those lines
and could not give any psychological
reasons for his opposition)
REV. AMBROSE BAILEY-"You
are never going TO elevate the
morals OF n community by revert.
ing to'brutallty. Modern conscience
Is not in favor of punishment for
n crime being matter of revenge.
1t should be matter Of reforma-
ton and rehabilitation Of the Grim.
inal. l think criminals should be
punished, but not by whipping"
Z JUDGE MALCOLM DOUGLAS
I'll am opposed to It. 1t is relic
of medlevalism and American peo-
pie have gotten beyond that stage
Of civilization. l believe II would
have demoralzing effect on so.
ciety In general, Further the con.
stitution provides against cruel and
unusual modes of punishment and l
think whipping would be against
the spirit of that provision. 1t
would not have n sufficient deter
ring effect to offset the demoraliz-
ing influence
MRS. RALPH DOUGLAS, wife OF
the legislator who introduced the
bill--"I don't care TO mako any
statement for the papers, thank
YOU"
DIR. VI. a. MATTHEW'S I'm op.
posed 60 It. It's merely cruelty and
doesn't add TO the value OF the pun
lshmcnt Tho idea OF ncarcerating
n man Is TO get him away from So
clcty and tho possibility OF his COM
hitting the crime again. don't think
whipping would be OF any value. It's