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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-18
Banquet in Honor
of Greek Bishop

AZ tho Olympic hotel Wednesday
night a banquet was given IN honor
OF Bishop Philaretos, dignitRry OF
the Greek Apostolic Church. He
Is on an ecclesiastical tour OF thu
western part OF tho United States,
and next Sunday will oonsscutc
tho new 81. Nicholas church In
Tacoma
Covers were laid for 200 AZ tho
banquet last night. which was Hpon.
sored by tho local Greek church. 81.
pimItrius', Alexander Neckas was
toastmRster.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-18

Cynthia Grey win receive
callers on Monday. Wednesday
and Friday. from 20 p. IN,
and Tuesday and Thursday.
from II 10 IL A. m. at her OF.
flee IN The Star building. 1898
Seventh ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-18

Short slecves--idesl for vaca-
ton time-fine quality khaki
cloth. Percales in striped ef-
fecis. End.tocnd madras. Sizes
5 TO Is.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-18

In some European villages goats
arc drIvon thru tho city and then
MIXED at the door Of the dniryman's
curtomcr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-18

she doesn't change for the worse as
beauty does.
Tho only permanent disadvantage
OF nominees IN wife Is tho sslr
depreciation which may result from
H. An "inferiority complex" 10 tho
scientific term for this frame Of
mind. Agains, Il. all plain girls
should 10 warned. indulgcd. II
makes unendutable.
Think we'll OF yourself. trust
yourself. cultivate your bss, points.
and do not belittlo yourself because
superficial males pass hyr'
That kind Of thinking viii pro.
duce personality and distinction.
More than all tho arts OF tho
beauty parlora. u viii help the
homely vito TO hold husband. f"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-18
Marriage Founded
on Trust


Dear Miss Grey hear that the
man expect 20 MARTY soon. II
running around with a married wp.
man. who II separated from her
husband. Shall ! speak 10 him
about it or pretend that Il is be.
meath my notice.
GwESDOLTN.
Nothing that your future husband
does Is beneath your notice. for Il
may affect your whole lifs's hapbi
ness You ows d, 10 yourself 10
ask tho mau you lose Just hos
much truth ther. Is ia the story
you've heard And 10 sure that
sou get tho truth. II he has been
paying attention 20 a married wo-
man while he il engaged 20 you,
and supposedly deeply IA love with
YOU. ! cannot SEQ wherein your
married life with him is going 10
ea sanctuary OF trus, and peace !,
can your
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Washington, Inc.
Holds a Meeting

OLYMPIA Jan. 27.-Washington states being run on
" business principles now. The new motto Is; we
put the go in government
Watch out for the fall bargain sales in auto license
plates Three plates for the price Of two. Take the
extra one home and make foot-scraper out oil II.
State insurance for sale. Break a leg and
how treat you. II you're a politician, break
campaign pledge; give 1000 votes for every one
fractured.
Roland H. Hartley. general manager, is looking over
the stock Dead lines like legislatures of the 1881 model
have been junked -Four thousand new laws, which the
legislature to pass, but won't, for sale at waste
paper prices.
Some folks want TO fire the new manager already.
Bin Short of the State Labor Federation wants 10 trade
him for typewriter. If anyone has a typewriter, Bill
will give him Roland for his Oliver.
Hartley hackers got up and cheered when the colonel
abolished the Legislature Now they want to change
Washington's name to The Eyergrin State"
More than 100 puslanimous blatherslsites will be
knocked down 10 the lowest bidder this summer.
hearted; blatherskite is seyen-horizoatal meaning
somebody the cunne doesn't like.
Future meetings of the board of directors of Wash
ington Inc will start with pep rally The general
manager will lead the boys in singing Follow your
Roo." Mark Reed and Dan Landon will sing duet
we don't know where were going, but we're on our
way"
First thing the G.. NJ did to give the legis-
lature the new 10 commandments" He framed the
commandments after eating soft-boied egg at a. M
Estimators shudder to estimate what he might have
done couple of six-minute eggs.
Now the insurgents are singing:
Put me somewheres east of the sateine
Where the legislatures Turk,
Where there amt no 10 commandments
And n man don't have to work.
Eastern states will open Washngton's bids on tourists
March /. Pennsylvania will send us a job lot of 500
at S4sl EACH 10 per cent off for cash New Workers
cost 10 cents less and bring their liquor The sys-
TENS much more efficient than using up lot of maya
zine space in advertising
One thing that's gotta stop the distribution of free
pardons. Tan't busnesslike No wonder we have ail-
breaks Any jail would go broke under that system
But the only change you'll notice at Olympia is
that they'll put in golf course and enlarge the
Rotary club
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Greed

ELECTIONS where timber once stood
~ must now pay high freight rates to
get lumber from sections where timber
still stands.
So points out the American Tree asso-
citation.
As result of someone's short-sighted-
ness, the states forced to pay this cost
are burdened with hundreds of thousands
of acres fitted for nothing else save tree
growth. Uncle Sam has 81, 600, 900 acres
of such idle land.
Our forests are being depleted at n rate
four times faster than their growth.
Greed such as this is often the fore
runner of famine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
tHhfiahei Daily .
- The star
rubrIsniHs Ca.,l
Phone AtaIa |
JoIted From JaszIand

TT MAY be, as Emerson says, that for
L every evil there is a compromising good,
Little Bernice Wilson, of Kansas City
Is, and large for her age, seemed inclined
to let her feet take hold on hell" she
was quite unmanageable at home, "She
fights me when | reprove her" said her
fearful mother. IL can't do thing with
her." said the father She repealed parent
al kindness, she disobeyed, she refused TO
take piano lessons. wash the dishes or
run errands." Finally she disappeared
and the police were notified Officers
found her in room with companions
before she had gone downward further
than 10 bob her hair. rouge her cheeks,
paint her lips and arrange love affairs"
AT the police station she was sullen and
obstinate She was tired of the monotony
of home life, tired of going 10 school and
church. tired of parental restraint and
early-to-bed admontions Il want 10 be
free TO go out with the boys" she told
her parents and the officers. II want to
have good time-no one can stop me-"
good time Adolescence visions ruin
like that!
"Sit up closer, Bernice. said Police Lieu
tenant Williams, sadly and desperately; Il
want to read something to you"
Slowly, and with regard for dramatic
values, for pathos. for the whispering
tones of appeal that touch the heart
Lieutenant Williams read Bernice lis
tened She became nervous. Tears trickled
down her now-softened face. Suddenly
she ran wailingly TO her mothers arms
as the police officer impressiyely asked:
"Benice, do you want to grow up like
that girl?"
mo, nor the child screamed II love
my mother Please-please, mother take
me home. ! will be good. | am sorry
sorry"
Mother father and the child went home.
Lieutenant Williams laid aside the paper
he had been reading with sigh. 1T may
save her." he said
What was the story he read to the
child? 1t was one that told of Dorothy
Ellingson. the San Francisco jazz-child.
who had gone so far along the pathway
Bernice sought that she was in prison for
killing her mother
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
What Folks
Are Saying

PREMIER HERIoT. France: Il
love books Mark Twain il my IA.
yorits American author. He never
yet failed 70 cure my attacks OF
blues"
GEORGE HAVEN PUTNAM.
publisher; Theodore Roosevelt.
while president, once said 20 me.
Yes Haven. We all ike 10 preach
and I've got such a bully pulpit. Z"
sEcY. ANDREW MELLON: 1T
~ only thru hard work. economy
Or sound policies that we have
right 10 expect true progress"
WILLIAM T.. WOODWARD. re-
tired business man. New York: 1T
is sheer. dumb. bull.footed luck that
has made most Of the millionalres
in this, or any. country"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Our Brains

HALF of our population are morons-
II some 100000 of them, and an adj
ditional 30,000,000 have intelligence no
higher than normal child of II years.
So assert experts, quoted in the Illinois
Medical Journal.
1t is sorry picture. And it is a false
one. The standard of intelligence of the
common people is several times as high
as some of the experts" believe. ANY
one who has mixed with the public knows
this is true. Trouble is that intelligence
tests usually grade people according to
ability to think fast rather than soundy.
Intelligence is more than quick wits.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
2? Answers to Your Questions ? {?

q. What kinds Of chickens are
known as ornamental breeds?
4. The Polish, Exhibition Games
snkies. sultans, Frtzzles and Ban
tams arc representative ornamental
breeds.
@. What is the plural Of "aide-de-
camp?
A. The plural Is "oides-de- camp"
not aidc-de-camps."
Q. Is the French horn difficult
wind instrument to learn to play7
a. Yes. It Is one Of the most dIfd-
cult Of t1tHd instruments.
O. What is the maximum amount
of cotton one person can pick in a
day?
A. About 500 pounds.
"a. What can be done TO prevent an
Hgeing neck?
: a. First Of oil OiUe II plenty ot
cold cream neDer sleep triH the head
-hi0h; massage The neck night and
7HorninD ,cith cream.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27

Of beet. Hcrt TO the porterbogse
hence a police precinct ~ rhirh
most Of The hotels. thcdterA
gambling houses. etc. arc situated .
tirst so applied by Police captain
Alexander Williams Of NctU Yort 10
region hing bctcccn W. g5rd
and W. SIN A., Of that citU
Q. Who was known as the Man
on Horseback"7
a. Gen. Ernest niun0cr Of
France. tohosc public appearances
wcrc usually made trhcn mounted
on horseback; hence. military die
fdtor.
q. What is an omnibus bill?
a. One IN Uhich a large nun Der
Of Individual bills on the same sub.
ject arc united into a single meas
urc.
Q. What does dolce far nientc"
mean7
4. S,ccct idicncss.
@ Who originated the phrase
The white mans burden" and
what does - mean?
a. apparently Rtpfin1 originated
the phrase IN poem bD this title.
~ means The responsibility for the
moral and physical 1cffare Of the
dark races. according TO the Brit
ish and American imperiaiists. as
uoiccd bD RipiinD.
Q. How much mail do senator's
and representatives. receive each
day?
A. 10 has been estimated that
senator's ducrage 10 pieces Of mail a /
daV aud representatives. 100.
q. Who uses jefferson Davis' old
desk In the senate chamber?
a. Senator Pat Harrison Of Mss
issippi noU occupies u.
O. What and where is the Pal
antine hill?
4. The central hin Of The screen
on whtch ancient Rome tcds buHt,
md The traditional scat Of the
driiest Roman settlement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27

hare my receipts and the name and
Chicago address OF tho subscription
agency MRS. A. ". N.
II you viii give this information
to the Better Business Bureau. in
tho Central building. you will get
better results
Mr.. Firif. Would 10 DC posSibic
10 get fhc city 10 put IN sidc,nalk
on NickcrSon ST. bcttcccn lessee
aud ISfhg As u Is uoic pedestrians
must 90 IN the street. and there is
bad cure al Nickcrson and 18Th.
A. l.. n.
The street department promises 10
look into this and determine II any
thing can be done Mt this time. II
II Is n plank walk that you wish.
there may be some immediate re-
lief II a paved walk is desired.
that can only be brought about by
petition OF 60 per cent OF the adj
Joining property owners.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27

Mr. FfEit: Is u fact that N !
pick up a pedestrian along the road
and pirc him a M IN my machine.
aud should meet Nth on accident
ia ichich he iras injured that he
could collect dama0cSf ~ that Is
the idn can VoH nos get q changedr
N. J.
That sort Of thing has often hap.
pened, and lawyers declare that II
is good law. But none will say that
II is not law that should not be
changed, or modified
Mr.. Firit: In transferring at The
Fremont bridge. as stood tcdifinD
for mn chr TO stop. ttro automobiles
ard n truck trcrc approaching.
when ucry near me the truck shot
out from behind The cars and my
only escape irns TO stop on the car
track directly IN front OF The street
car. There scents 10 be many rcck-
less truck drivers What can be
done TO curb thcmg
MRS. $. l.. l..
II possible get the number Of any
careless driver. and send or phone
II to the traffic department. MA in
1910. and back up your charge. II
every one will do this, without
IL will remedy this evil.
Mr. Firit: Speaking Of aii-thc-
pcnr-rouni schools; iUhU not stop
the teachers pay iohcH school Is
onH That is the rule with other
workers. j. T..
Tho public school teachers are
paid so much per year. but the
payments are made monthly right
thru the year. The school board
considers this the better method.
both for the board and for the
teachers They would get the same
but In larger monthly sums.
II they received no checks for the
summer months.
Mr. Firit: Squareiv IN the ccn-
Ter Of Spokane ST. aud partly out IN
beacon duc. at the intersection, Is
! large light pole. either city or
Puget Sound Porer. that creates a
menace 10 drivers aud pedestrians.
y. o.
The street department is not |
lware of such condition, but |
promises TO give IL immediate at
cntion.
Mr. FiTit: oauo UounD man
: subscription for four pears. The
magazine 10 begin In December.
fdrc heard nothing from this. 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
SMOKING ROOM
STORIES

Sc AM n newspaper reporter said
L the invoteratc cigarct smoker in
the room dedicated TO that purpose.
one day In the near past my nose
for news led me TO public library.
Two old men with tho library habit
had gotten into row over the only
dictionary In the place not over.
worked with crossword puzzlers.
Even the police officers were puzzle
addicts. We'll what does the puzzle
call fer?'
1t says said both old men at
the same time. something not sym
phonious with mother.in.law.'
"a little man advanced and said,
Excuse me. gentlemen. but l got
that word 20 years ago
what is it7' the chorus asked.
"PEACE.'"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Va Knd Tords Club BanqNet


THE Kind Words club is going TO hold
L its annual banquet at the Olympic
hotel Saturday night Politicians and
others who have figured prominently IN
the news during the past year will be
placed on the pan of satire and good-na-
tured ridcule. c. h. Fitzgerald, at $3.50
Whlte-Henry-St building, announces
that most everybody of importance has
purchased ticket TO get in on the fun.
With all the jollity, there is serious
ness of purpose about the Kind Words
club that cannot be overlooked We don't
know of any better way TO express II than
by reprintiug the article that ran IN
Portland newspaper after the last annual
banquet. II said:
IF the idea should inocuate other cit
les, as il has inoculated Seattle, one per-
ceives a great mission for the Kind
Words club. Ii would march on and on,
overwhelming prejudice and anupathy by
ridieule and shifting enmity and folly
with the stuffed bludgeon of satire. For
such is the curious purpose OF the Seattle
organization that recently, at a dinner at
tended by many public officials and
prominent citizens, Weakened gusts OF
laughter over what were but yesterday
very grave and serious matters of dis
pute.
when a man laughs with you or YOU
with him, il is the most difficult business
in all the world TO return 10 your quar-
rel When some pretentious folble of
yours has been made the football of your
friends, in broad yet kindly merriment
you aren't quite so apt TO pick II up
again. So, as we say, there is mission
for the Kind Words club, mission TO
teach us not 10 take ourselves too seri-
ousy.
Very singular it is, however. to OBJ
serve that il is the method and not the
substance which effects the wincing tar
get of any truth. Had the newspapers
made such sport of the pet and private
feudS of certain of Seattle's citizens you
may well believe that strident protests
would have arisen, even tho the narration
!. of the stories had been in the line of
duty, as news. But the Kind Words club
wrought harmony where had been dis
sension and even quelled a SANDER suit
You see they had laughed together, and
to laugh together is much the same as
breaking bread with an Arab. Thereafter
there can be no strife. 1t appears that
the newspapers and the Kind Words clubs
would have an identity of interests-the
former to discover the facts, the latter TO
allay them, by mirth and ridicule
Any organization which has for its pur-
pose the laughing away of such delusions
is engaged in lofty and humanitarian
project and ought TO be encouraged by all
good citizens. We commend the notion
to Governor Pierce for executive action.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
AIRsHIPs or PEACE

Whatever doubt there can be Of
the usea 10 which these ships Yep
psilusi can b. put IN war time
there N no question that the pos.
slbilities Of transportation az paasen-
gsra and freight IN peace time is In
10 infancy These ships may soon
be- crossing the continent and the
ocean Tor the accommodation Of
travellers and goods Rep. Frothlug,
ham. uu Mass.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27

THE bitter ross at Geneva be-.
L tassn England UBd the
United States over the opium
traffic serves 90 turn rho spot.
light on John Bull n his least
ruNahlr role thHt ~ an inter.
national Jskyt and Hyde
The flat refusal ~ Niscount
,CsrIl British delegate 20 tho IN.
trruutlDuai opium conference.
even % consider the American
proposal. made by stephen O,
Porter. 20 bring tho druEging of
tho Far East % a gradual end
over a period Of 10 years. sounds
uuarcGuntable and unbelievable.
save 10 those familiar with John
Bulls Jrkyyll= Hyde history.
Cultured and enlightened In
most things, when john mixes IN
trade and the exploitation 81 ma
tiyc populations. he turns from a
liksable DR. Jekyl into a most
unprepoaseaainE Sir Hyde,
Most people blame China for
the opium evil Europe, mainly
England. Is 90 blame The poppy
had been known 20 China for ~
centuries and used In medicine
for nine centuries before any
body ever thought u smoking H.
Then the idea came from Euro
pFauH
In the 18th century Emperor
Yuur Ching tried 20 stop tho
stuff being brought In by tho
British. Portuguese and Dutch,
but Il was bo0tlsggcd across the
border.
In 1899. by which time the
British in India were the chief
puryeyors Of opium 70 the chi.
nese. a powerful Cantonese Of.
fetal named Lin appealed TO
John Bull 20 dlsperse the "oplum
fleet or Canton John Bull
Mr. Hyde-did nothing where,
upon Lin seized the curEoes-
10000 chests-and destroyed
them.
which brought on a war with
England. the "0pium war"
England defeated China, Of
course. annexed Hongkong.
levied a big indsmnityfand made
Canton. Annoy. Fooehow. SinEpo
and Shanghai treaty ports"
which had to take British opium
and whatever else WAS brought
In. whether the Chinese liked Il
or not
In 1901. however. Britain
agreed that 20 the degree China
quit cultiyutiuR opium-for by
this time China had made
home industry OF it-ahe would
taper of bringing Il In from
India. And China put a stop to
poppy growing.
but not for long since the
revolution Of 1919 the country
hns been In the hands Of cor.
rupt politicians md bandits, and
IN some OF the provinces growing
the drug il encouraged. SO
China today Ia back where she
WAS in 1901
The opium menace now threat
ems the United States. The same
rhips that smugElc rum can just
as easily. and more profitably,
EmuEElo narcotic drugs, and the
Same bootleggcrH. often in CA
boots with corrupt officials, can
hA easily distribute IL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Congress No Place for Poor Man

~ certain amount OF front is
absolutely necessary" he con-
tinued. in order TO have any
Influence. Without influence /
can't do anything for my dis.
trict. and II ! don't do anything
for my district. | can't be re.
elected.
And I tell you ! have 10 be
reelected.
"1f I'D known al the start what
] know now. I'd never have come
here In the first place. but being
here. I've got TO stay.
ITS my only way Of making
n living
II was getting along all right
In my law business at home tho
first time / WINS elected. / wasn't
making ms much as my congress.
sional salary is. but Il didn't cost
me anything like as much to live,
either.
MY bank account kept get.
ting fatter and fatter. and every
year my income was n triflc
larger than the preceding year.
LAW PRACTICE
SMASHED
Now look NJ me. I've been in
congress few terms, my law
practice has gone all TO pieces,
and n | were kicked out. I'd
have 10 begin again at the very
beginning. broke and In debt into
the bargain.
"Seventy.five hundred dollars
n year looked pretty big to me
at the start For that matter, II
really was more than II is now.
That is, II went farther.
But TO begin with. the pay
isn't actually $500. Every two
years | have campaign expenses
TO meet--at least $1,000. That
trims $500 off each years salary.
Then there's rent. In Wash.
ington they figure II at 500
monthly "A furnished room in
any good apartment house.
have TO have n house of my own.
Il must entertain those who
entertain my wife and me. It's
impossible TO entertain fashion.
able people here without serving
drinks, and these times drinks
can't be served. at any rate on
large scale, in "A hotel dining
room. Well, do a bit better
than 500 n room. ! pay $500
for my five, and they're fairly
comfortable.
"My wife can't do all tho
housework and appear in so.
ciety. l have to have servant
$50 a month. and cheap at
that.
MY housekeeping budget is
$50 a week. not counting parties,
or call II s225 a month.
Then there's the item of
drinks. They go pretty fast,
with few friends dropping in
most evenings. n small dinner
about once n month and a good
sized party couple of times n
year. / reckon the average Mt n
gallon a week. There goes an
other 800 monthly.
Foot that up, multiply II by
IL. add my annual $500 for cam.
paign expenses. and compare the
$500 total with my $500
salary.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27

rutherford B. Hayes. Chez.
A, Arthur and Bezjarnin p
soh a. our only gr.a, pr.L.
dents: Apologies for wsss,-.
ton and Lincoln, ana So
tizss Roosevelt as a publse -
anee and Wilson a. wors.
For Coolidge he holds out o-,
hope. lie Il mean" ana -
enough 20 rise perhap. n =.
Hayes standard. We shsg
having somebody NEXT Fmsy,,,
proving that the "worI4a
failure, because it has sehls,.s
wealth. circulation and M
snce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Pay for Public
Utility Executives

A CALIFORNIA Legislator /,
L PRODUCES a bin tha, a.
public utility officer shan /.
paid any higher salary than d.
governor, II happens TIA, n.
governor OF California il ~.
lively well paid. He has ne
600 salaIy. plus a residence an
upkeep allowance. In SOM
states this principle would :.
duce the salary Of a rsllusy
president 20 less than tha. 4
a locomotive engineer.
But even at $4,000. the pus
lie utilities would be blaais
against private corpora;ioa.
eager 10 get the same men !,
five times the salary. UnIss
publicly owned or regulated
business can pay the rular
wage, IL cannot get the guln,
men.
You can get governors. and
good ones. 20 work for no a.
airy at all. II you think that 1
democratic. We do get amb4sn.
doris on practically that bass
now. We require them to ysy
out their salaries In rent for
place in which TO do their VI
But when you want poxe
company executives. and bare
20 compete with the banks ard
factories. you must pay thsr
prices or be left with the lsn
overs.