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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1920
Page
13
A jumble of names, places, and quips appears, including references to Rosicka Cleveland Buffalo and a school life anecdote about Anthony Maroukt. plus stray phrases about tea jargon cables from Paris and a Boston eater facing income worries. The piece reads as a collage of jokes, letters, prayers, and comic exchanges.
Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell urges raising the light superintendent Ross’s pay from 5000 to 7500 arguing the city’s needs and market rates require an expert in city light operations and street railway management. He contends a big city utility deserves highly skilled specialists and that the investment saves public corporations in the long run.
A reader quiz discusses Seattle features and history including Glen Street as the city’s shortest street at 291 feet and its location, the YMCA’s organization in 1876 with Dexter Horton as first president, and the inauguration of Seattle’s first direct telegraph circuit to New York by Mayor Caldwell last Friday.
A light exchange between two maids reveals humor about the new mistress. The first maid asks Janette how she likes her new mistress while the second quips that the mistress has terrible hat taste and none of her hats suit the maid.
A man decides to tell the truth always and faces social friction. He lies not once when late to work nor when his wife calls. He bluntly comments on a friend's newborn, making the evening tense. The piece questions whether truth should be spoken at all times.
The Forest Service notes four to five million Christmas trees are used annually in the United States. Fir pine and spruce range up to 26 feet tall and farmers sell trees considering only cutting and hauling costs. They argue destruction is wasteful. trees are for use, bringing joy to children each holiday season.
The piece contrasts boys and girls in toy tastes, noting girls cling to dolls and houseware while boys embrace chemistry sets, electrical kits, wireless radios, and scientific language, reflecting a shift in childhood play from traditional to tech oriented.
Dr. Ellis Oberholtzer of Pennsylvania’s censor bureau argues that educators can gain more from film than entertainment. He cites film’s global reach, emphasis on visual learning, and potential for geography botany and portraiture to soak in for juvenile minds, with color films and educational use expanding the field.
The Cleveland Press notes a coming real readjustment of industrial relations shaped by both capital and labor. It urges democracy, morality of interest, and progress without chaos, condemning bitterness, intolerance, and profiteering attitudes on either side. It warns against efforts to put union labor out of business and against leaders who advocate a survival of the fittest mindset.
Readers debate the Nat Geo feature on falconry, poetry and old music, noting forgotten names like Stonehenge and Kilmeny while musing on progress. Armour and Company defends its New Zealand lamb indictments, arguing losses offset profits and seeking vindication from the public and courts.
A Pearson's Weekly verse evokes a mother and her son recalling how a finger was hurt by a hammer long ago. The exchange captures a rustic humor about child mischief and empathy in a compact, dated tone.
A reflective piece by Neva Latham on sight and soul explores how blindness in others prompts acts of compassion. It contrasts missed chances to help a young blind man with a later newspaper reminder to perform good deeds for any human being in need.
Readers share whether they have bought their wife's Christmas present. Joan Kelly says no not yet and Hymeman says it hurt to buy. Dr Hunt reports yes. Hyland says no while Jacoba notes a deposit paid.
A speaker extols honesty and happiness as key to success and warns against bashful preaching. He urges living right, spreading kindness, and self respect as paths to contentment, claiming true worth is earned by integrity.
A classroom moment captures a pupil asking about the initials N. B. and what they stand for in a playful exchange with a teacher. The segment reflects a light, quotable school scene from a historical paper.
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