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It Is not necessary to look for a new cause of thankfulness each year. The bleesin-. of tut year will do very well. W dare car the Lord 1 Just as much plead with our gratitude for well seasoned mercies as for those he has bestowed for the f rat time thla morning-. Old book a are the beat to. read, old friends to truat. old wine to drink and old blessings to be thankful for. There la a certain peril In unaccus tomed happlnesa. It la as likely to bring out the evil aa the good In a man. When Providence granu ua mer cies we hare never known before, re adjustment la necessary. The old paths must be changed, the old habits modified, and all readjustment has its pitfalls. The blessings we had. though they might be few. we knew how to enjoy and U11 walk' close with Ood If others are added It Is perhaps to try us. to test our strength, and It may befall that we shall lose that "calm and serene frame." which is more precious than anything; else In the world. Whether there la more danger in too many blessings or In too few. It Is not easy to decide. Abundance has Its temptations, and so has poverty, No doubt It Is possible for a man to lift up his heart In thankfulness, no matter what his temporal circum stances may be. If we truly truat the Almighty and believe that he doeth all things well, we shall find cause for gratitude In the depths of gloom and in the fairest fields of life we shall not forget the giver. The more we see Into the ways of Providence the leas we shall repine. With understand ing of the Infinite purposes comes con fldence In the final Issue of all our battles. If God Is good he will not permit evil to win any lasting vic tories, though for awhile his campaign may not reveal its plan very distinctly. We find as much to be thankful for along this line of thought as In any other direction. Let us lift up our hearts In rejoicing that the old doc trine of an everlasting place of tor ment has been given over by the theo logians. Let us chant hallelujahs to romember that they no longer depict the Almighty as an Oriental despot delighting In cruelty and filled with wrath against hta helpless creatures. The newer theology describes the Lord as a loving father who will not per mit one of his lambs to stray forever, lie himself goes down Into the "gloom. erln meadows where de long night rains begin, and be lets down de bars of de shevpfold. calling softly. 'Come in, come In. And he lets down de bars of de sheepfold. calling softly, "Come In. come in. " This Is a very different Cod from him whom Milton adjured to remem ber his slaughtered saints whose bones lay bleaching on the Alpine Mountains cold. "Forget not." cursed the poet In his mighty wrath against those who had "rolled mother, with Infant, down the rocks." He remembered Jehova'a promise. "Vengeance Is mine: I will repay." But Goes does forget. He is not a Ocd of vengeance and he does not repay evil with evil. Time obliter ates our sins from his record. He keep no books of everlasting remem brance except for our upward striv ings, and all his anger vanishes when our poor wills cry to him for forglve nesa The doctors tell us much of the vis rnedlcatrtx naturae, the heal ing force of nature. God. who Is greater than nature, la himself a heal ing force, working ever to build up and never to destroy. Even from our dust he causes new life to spring, and the ashes of each generation strengthen the bodies of Its children. The best ground for thankfulness we have Is the faith that there Is a power working always and everywhere for good. He Is never discouraged, never weary. Through the long cen turies he perseveres, building bless ings for the living on the labors of the dead and promising In the times to come a world which ear hath not heard of nor eye seen; neither hath It entered Into the heart of man to conceive of Its wonders. Think what it would be to come back to the earth a thousand years from now, when that noblest form of faith which we call science ahall have completed Its con quest of crude nature! Is It not In spiring to know that our children shall enjoy that perfected world T Nor can It be said that we have not our share of the millennium. Life means more to us than It did to any of our predecessors. It contains more peace and beauty, lasts longer and Is more Interesting. The Invention of artificial light has lengthened by half the ef fective duration of human life, while .he printing press, the art of pho tography, the machines for producing music, have filled the added hours with Innocent enjoyment. Poor peo ple have more to be thankful for to day than princes had In the dark ages, before science was born, and they ought to be still more grateful for what Is coming to them In the fu ture. Enthusiasts look forward to a time when there shall be no more pov erty. They ' ellve that the progress of Intelligence will banish disease and that the beneficent Influence of hap pier conditions will make crime as ' rare as comets. For the first time In history the jraln of man Is bending Its energies to the perfection of earthly conditions Science has de creed that nobody shall be miserable or sick or hungry In the glad millen nium, whose dawn even now lights the mountain tope, and since the voice f the Almighty speaks through sci ence more clearly and truly than through any other medium, why should we doubt that the decree will come to passT Llvlc as we do la a world which Is growing better all the time, where the genius of our fallowmen la con stantly providing new wonders for our entertainment and profit and where brotherly love becomes every day more of a power In regulaUng- affairs, the man who cannot fill one whole day with thankfulness Is but a sorry creature. He ought to be transported back to the days of witchcraft and made to spend his Thanksgiving In the dung-eon of some feudal tyrant. aEimrs boaju or cetsors. The Board of Theater Censors which the Mayor of Seattle has appointed represents so many shades of opinion that Its decisions will probably be im partial If It reaches any decisions. On the Board are a university professor, a publlo school teacher, a minister, a moving-picture showman, a theater manager, a woman physician and a walking- delegate of the waitresses' union. Any place which pleases all these tastes must be pure Indeed. If the Board of Censors has the power to forbid the production of a riven play, we should not expect to see many dramas of the "modern" school acted there. But Seattle Is so extremely modern In other particulars that per haps It will not mind having a me dieval theater. England has had a censorship of the stsge for many years, so that Its operation can be studied In London to excellent advantage. Men who have given some attention to the sub ject say that It has not prevented li centious plays from appearing-. Those which are salacious and at the same time frivolous pass the cenaorshlp without trouble. What It really pre vents Is the appearance of plays which soberly discuss Important social top ics. These topic necessarily concern the relations of the sexes more or less, and the plays founded on them can not avoid handling the problem of the slums, the world of lost women, and so on. On another side they are obliged to treat the subject of rents from slum properties. These rents un.timu of) Inta the sockets of es timable churchmen. Even bishops have been known to pront oy mem. It is topics of this sort which the Eng- II. k i-uianrnhln keens off the Stage. while It seldom Interferes with the production of lewd plays Intended mftPAiv 1 1 m mum and deprave. In other words, the English consorshlp makes the stage silly and permits It to be wicked, while It frowns on any thing like serious thought. No doubt the results villi be far i.nnt tn RMftln That enllshtened city will profit by the mistakes of London, its sister metropolis, ana give ... o onnoornhln which shall suppress liberty without Impairing- the beauties of art. wet Tins sxrsoa3fOf Mr. Dan McWhltey has "written a letter to his home newspaper, the Mis soula, MonL. Sentinel. Mr. McWhltey writes from Calgary. Alberta, after having made a tour of California, Ore gon and Washington. What Mr. Mc Whltey discovered In the three Paclflo Coast states causes him to shudder. Inured as he Is to chilling- influences by the biting frosts of Montana and Canada Winters. We learn from this veracious trav eler that In Los Angeles moral condi tions are abominable; that San Fran cisco Is ruled by the underworld, that Seattle Is overstocked with thugs who were reared there, and that Portland is the most dangerous place of all be cause It "is the most hypocritical." In short, "the entire Pacific Coast is reek ing with Immorality." There are but two classes of Indi viduals competent to gain In a short vUlt to a Urge city. East or West, In formation that qualifies them to speak as authoritatively as does Mr. Mc Whltey on the vices of that commu nity. One class Is composed of those who from worthy motives make a study of the social evil, "professional slummers." as It were; the other class Is that on which Immorality feeds, de rives Its profits and to which It owes Us existence. The one seeks out the dive in the hope of bettering- human conditions, the other delves Into the underworld to gratify Its own base lusts and passions. Of Portland the Montana traveler says this: Tho pitfalls are orattorod mf tbo onttro plmco. botolB. apartniBt-&ousB, roomlnf hui aro at toner prlroa, and a atrongor knows not w?ro to so to find mjcctih awramodBlloBs. Tbo prooont tir in Portland's ofririaj clrloa la a mora Ioko. Imp 7 caiculatod to udo tho admin HrattoA ovor. Vice Is not openly Haunted In any city on the Paclflo Coast. It flour ishes, one must admit. In Western cit ies, aa It does In Eastern cities, but the stranger must seek It out If he would find It, be his purpose good or bad. Mr. McWhltey does not writ like a social reformer. XAl'Dm mCTATBT. "Maudlin sympathy for criminals Is a potent provocation to brutal and lawless mob action against criminals and against persons merely accused of crime and Is morally not one whit better." says Theodore Roosevelt In the current number oC the Outlook. Colonel Roosevelt also quotes from a letter recently written by "a minister of the gospel whose life and preach ing have Illustrated In peculiarly happy manner the combination of courage, common sense and high eth ical purpose." In the letter Is the following passage: It would miii aa thoocb thla contnry and thla country war rnlttoa with aontlmontal- Itr. Tou may navo noted tho anocdota or tbo Into Mr. Earta la Proaldont Wnllo'a bloarapby. At a dinner tn Waahlnctoa tho aubjort of capital punlahmant coma up. vboroupon Mr. Evarts romarkod that tho Aroorlcaa poopl bad no rard for bumaa Ufa. axcapt for that llfo which by duo pro- coas of law had boon doclarad forfaltod to rocioty. We do not Intend to enlarge upon the statements of Colonel Roosevelt or Mr. Evarts. They are quoted merely as a contrast to the sentiments of a writer who signs her name "Mable." Mable Is a great admirer of Governor West and Is maudllnly sympathetic for Henry Clay Beattle. "Had BeatUe lived tn Oregon he surely would have spent his Christmas on earth. And perhaps as years rolled on he would have done many good things toward mankind." writes Mable. How sad. All In the world Beattle did was to hoot his wife In the back with a shot gun that be might carry on his Illicit relations with a girl not old enough to be out of school. And Just for that the poor boy Is sent to the electrlo chair when Christmas Is coming on. "He certainly missed It when he lived . In Virginia." continues Mable, for In that state the law Is law and It was law even to deny him the last Christmas day for which be begged so earnestly." Too bad. indeed, that Beattl did not bring his wife to Oregon to mur der her. Here he would not have had to beg. earnestly or otherwise, for the life Imprisonment which all murder ers prefer to the noose, but which Governor West declares Is worse pun ishment than death. But why repine over BeatUe T We have with us the noble-hearted Webb, who clubbed a man to death, cut up the body and hid It in a trunk that he might supply his consort with stolen gold. So also have we Uasslng. who lay In wait and shot down his wife because she would not submit to his abuse. Christmas Is coming on. Webb and Hasslng no doubt need silk hose or bedroom slippers. Perchance no sobslster will think to send a smoking Jacket. Something In the manicure line would be tasty. What, Indeed, more timely than a good, strong nail file? Yes, we show our chief regard for human life when some life has been declared forfeit to society. It Is true, too, that maudlin sympathy for crim inals provokes lawless mob action. A Governor's violence to the spirit of tho law, done through mawkish sentiment, may begot not only lynch law, but general lawlessness. In Kansas the death penalty was suspended for many years, through usurpation of authority by successive Governors. In Kansas the other day a mob stripped of clothes and tarred a defenseless woman. fiO MORE LONG MESSAGES. President Taft's decision to send a separate message to Congress on each subject requiring legislation will be welcome to the people and will con duce greatly to effective action. A series of comparatively short mes sags, each dealing with one subject, will be read by far more people than one long message discussing the en tire range of public affairs. Under the old plan many Important sub jects were burled In the mass and did not receive the attention, either from Congress or the people, which they merited. Under the new plan each subject will stand by itself and re ceive the attention It deserves. In placing legislation for the regu lation of corporations first on the pro gramme, the President recognizes the overshadowing importance of that subject to National prosperity. Prose cutions under the Sherman law have served their purpose,' and It was a good one. They have secured a final Interpretation of the law and have proved the necessity of further legis lation to define clearly the status of corporations. We must put all future corporations on the right track le gally from their birth, and keep them there. Instead of dragging them onto that track or dissolving them long after they are formed. Prosecutions have also caused cor porations to cry out for Federal su pervision as the only alternative to dissolution. Ten years ago the cor porations scouted the idea of regula tion, the exceptions being so few as to prove the rule. The effect of these prosecutions has also been to silence most of the clamor for "trust-busting" and to compel all except the most radical "trust-busters" to recognize that a wiser course would be to turn the large corporations Into Instru ments for the public good, not to treat them as outlaws. Publlo opinion of all shades has thus been ripened for the constructive action which the President will rec ommend. Even with a general agree ment on the necessity of regulation, there will be much difference of opin ion as to the form and extent of such regulation, but out of the hot fire of controversy we may fairly hope that a good workable measure will come. manu!) roi.inr.R axd nre riO'EKKS. The determination of the overseers of Whitman College to broaden the scope of the college and to commem orate In connection with It the many distinguished men and women who have played a prominent part In the history of Old Oregon is timely and commendable. The Institution can well afford to be more than a monu ment to Marcus Whitman and Cush Ing Eells. There has been a tend ency In the past to read history too narrowly, and to glorify a few In place of the many. High as the merit of Dr. Whitman was, and secure as Is his fame, we should like to see the col lege which bears his name a broad minded, patriotic American equally broad-minded In Its desire to oelebrate the other great pioneers. No section of the United States has had a more romantic, herolo history than the Paclflo Northwest. The ex plorers, the Hudson's Bay men. the missionaries, the pioneers, constituted a great procession. The men were brave, fax-seeing, bold. The women were loyal, devoted, self-sacrificing. It Is Impossible to pick one Individual out of such a throng, and to give him the supreme place. Well does Dr. Whitman deserve an Institution to be founded In his honor, but If the col lege shall carry out Its present plans and seriously make Itself a memorial to the many rather than to the one. Jason Leo will find commemoration there, and the Applegates. and Aber nethy, and Nesmlth. W. H. Gray and Spauldtng go with out saying Into the list, with George H. Atkinson and fifty more. And there Is that pathetic figure of Dr. John Mo. Lough 11 n. friend of the missionaries, though factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, who suffered reproach and neglect because of his unfailing kind ness to the Americans. When Whit man College has become a Northwest ern Hall of Fame, a statue of Dr. Mc Loughlln ought to stand on Its cam pus: or. better, a chair of English history, for the wise and fair inter pretation of England to America, ought to bear his name. But there Is an Oregon since the days of the pioneers. The men who built upon the foundations which the pioneers laid likewise deserve com memoration, and nearer figures ought not to be overlooked. Dr. D. B. Baker will serve as an Illustration, taken from the Walla Walla country Itself. VUlard and James J. Hill come read ily to mind. When our present civili sation acknowledges its debt to the past, such meVw111 receive generous acclaim. A college Is wise which honors the makers of history, not only because they richly deserve honoring, but be cause It brings the Inspiration and In fluence of their powerful lives to bear upon the boys and girls whom It un dertakes to educate. "History Is phil osophy teaching by example." Establishment and maintenance by the Unite. 1 States of the Independent republic of Cuba has gone far to de stroy suspicion of our good Intentions towards the Latin American nations. President Dlaa, of Nicaragua. In, a message to the Congress of that coun try recommending ratification of the financial treaty with the United States, cites our treatment of Cuba as good ground for believing that we have no hostile designs on the auton omy of Nicaragua. He expresses con fidence In the sincerity of our assur ance "that the United States are ani mated solely by a desire to promote peace and the prosperous develop ment of all of the Central American countries." WHERE DOES Tint BAST E, WEST BfcOENT "Where does the East end and the West begin V Is a question asked In connection with the Western Gov ernors' tour of the East. The correct answer has been different In each decade of the Nation's history. As settlement and ' development moved westward, the East annexed part of the West, and the Imaginary dividing line was moved westward. Originally the East was the section where the Indians had been subdued and white civilization finally established. Thus the line shifted from the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River, then to the Mississippi, then to the Missouri, then to the Rocky Mountains, until finally the Pacific Ocean was reached. With the passing of the Indians a new condition arose and with It the necessity for a new definition. The East became the section where land had practically all passed into private ownership and had been put to use for farming, stock-raising, mining, lumbering, manufacturing and the up building of cities and towna The West became the section where land was mainly In the publlo domain, where "only the primary Industries had been established. The East had men to spare and had money to Invest away from home. The West called for men to work Its farms and mines, to build Its railroads, to convert Its forests Into lumber and for capital with which to apply man's labor to these Industries. The East became the land of great Industries, where the Individual man counted for little, -because he was so abundant. It became the land of smug contentment for the rich and well-to-do, of resignation for those of the poor who lacked the ambition to strike out for themselves Into new fields. The West became the land of opportunity, whose boundless natural resources Inspired Its sparse popula tion with enthusiasm for their de velopment and Impatience at the lack of men and money for the work. In the East a man was appraised at what he had: in the West at what he was. The West calls on the East for men and money; the East, with Its unwel come flood of men coming In from Europe and with unlimited money for its own needs, regards the call "with wonder and Ignorant suspicion. This difference of spirit marks the boundary as having passed the Mis souri River and as approaching close to the Rocky Mountains. It has other symptoms than the economic, how ever. The East looks more and more to Europe for Its social Ideals; the West is aggressively American. The East is becoming the land of political extremes, for there we find a con servatism akin to that of the English Tory on the one hand and Socialism on the other. The West fixes Its hopes on that progressive Republicanism of which President Taft is the chief ad vocate, and yields a poor crop of either standpatters or Socialists,. As the West of fifty years ago produced a statesman who saved the Union from disruption, the West of this gen eration may produce a man of the same type who will solve the economic problems which now perplex us. It Is not an unreasonable demand of the Consumers' League that bread be made under cleanly conditions. Filth ought to be removed from ba keries and the workmen ought not to spit Into the dough, or even near It. Spit Is liable to spatter. Nobody wants to dine on garbage, even if it has been baked. The agitation for clean bread la a woman's movement, like many other desirable phenomena In mod ern society. We predict that Intrusive woman will not rest until she has made publlo places as wholesome as the house. It Is discouraging to read of this col legs professor and that one address ing teachers' Institutes on "Agricul ture in the Schools." To discuss a subject profitably a man ought to know something about It. Why not have some Intelligent farmer address the teachers on agriculture T He would give them a new point of view and show them some of the real problems to be solved. Scholastic pedantry Is a curse of the schools. Though James Whltcomb Riley may never write another poem, every re curring Thanksgiving season people will remember him "when the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder's In the shock If W. J. Bryan knows what Oregon thinks of "Bill" Hanley, he will feel complimented that the latter was mis taken for him. What Mr. Hanley thinks remains to be learned. Opinions on plays and movinar-plo-turo shows are so diverse that the de bates of the Seattle Board of Censors may become good shows in them selves. Polios Interference with the re hearsal of that murder scene at San Francisco was an unconscious tribute to the realism of the acting. Nothing short of a diamond farm can match the fortunes Ryan cleaned up by watering New York traction and tobacco trust stock. If It be true that boys of the Irving ton school are smoking cigarettes, now Is the time for their fathers to quit smoking. Official hospitality of Portland and Multnomah County Is being strained to the extent of need of more Jail room. The old battleground so long located tn North Idaho bids fair to be trans ferred to Coos County. The husband of a good wife needs no proclamation to Jog his thanks to day. Some misguided men are thankful the stork missed them this year. Seattle, always modest. Is thankful for something fit to drink. Let all be thankful we live In the good old Oregon Country. Everybody can be thankful he Is not worse off. Stars and Star-Makers By Icone Caaa Baer. "The Commuters" plays a one-night stand at Aberdeen, Wash., on Saturday evening. That other Henry B. Harris attraction we aaw lately, "The Country Boy," Is the Thanksgiving show at traction In Walla Walla, Wash. a 0 o Speaking of "The Country Boy," Nellie Fillmore, who so cleverly played the role of the plump landlady at the boarding-house, is very 111 In a Seattle hospital, and an understudy is filling her place a big place to fill, that, too. It Is anticipated that Miss Fillmore will be able to rejoin her company within a fortnight. 000 Fay Balnter, a Los Angeles girl who has for two seasons been Identified with the local Baker Stock Company, and who has won for herself great favoritism as an ingenue, is appearing In John Cort's production of "Jacinta," an opera comlque by Helnrlch Bert a. The piece was given its first American presentati6n at the Providence Opera- bouse at Providence, TL I., last Mon day evening, and it Is Mr. Cort's In tentlon to submit It for New York ap proval around the Christmas holidays. "Jacinta" has obtained considerable auccesa In Continental Europe during the past two years, having had long runs In Berlin, Vienna and Milan, and la now current in Munich under an other title. Miss Balnter has been given one of the principal roles. o a o Announcement is made from the New Tork offices of Klaw & Erlanger that Davll Belaaco baa acquired a one-third lntereat In aix of the most Important syndicate theaters In cities outside of New York and Chicago. Two of the theaters affected are new houses, the Metropolitan in Seattle, and the At lanta Theater of Atlanta, Oa. The others are the Mason Opera-house, Los Angeles; The Century and Olympic Theaters In St. Loula, and the Empire Theater at Syracuse. N. Y. 000 Moving picture show promoters re ceived a blow when the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision last week that moving plo tures based on the scenes of a copy righted book may constitute an in fringement of copyright or the re served rights to dramatise. The court's decision was announced .In another contest over the copyright of General Lew Wallace's famous book. "Ben Hur." The copyright was owned by Harper Sk Brothers, book publishers. This company granted to Klaw A Er langer the aole right of producing a dramatization of the story. It seems, however, that the Kalem Company em ployed a writer to read the story and write a description of certain portions of it, and that from this a moving pic ture film was produced. The Federal Courts of New York held that the Kalem Company was a contributory infringer, not of the copyrighted book or drama, but on the author's exclusive right to dramatize his writings and publicly to perform that dramatization. Hence the Kalem Company was en Joined from continuing to produce or sell these films and the Supreme Court affirmed the action. 000 In Spokane t'other night when Jan Kubellk took a curtain call a bunch of enthualastlo cltisens presented the violinist with a huge wreath of big, fat applea, tied with Enakops (spell It backwards) colors. Paper saya "he smiled quite delightfully after his first surprise at the nature of hla laurels," and that "swarthy of skin, he showed an even set of white teeth, and shook his head In thanks as he bowed, wav ing his mane of black hair and the applea" a a a "Three Twins" is headed our way again via Seattle, playing this week at the Seattle Theater. But It's a Bessie Cllffordless, Viator Morleyless show, which somehow sounds as promlalng as "Hamlet" with Hamlet left out or apple pie without cheese. a o o Dixie French, the son of Mrs. Eva Earle French, character actress known of older Portland daya, celebrated his 18th birthday November 2S. Dixie's father, the lat- Dick French, who was one of the actors identified with early theatricals In Portland, had Intended his son and namesake to be an actor, and at the age of 7 Dixie made his debut with the Blltner Company In "The Fair Rebel." After seeing him act a few times, however, hla father advised him to take up the business end of the theater. So he la now as sistant treasurer at the Metropolitan Theater. His mother is character ac tress with the Lois placers. Local playgoers will rejoloe In the announcement that Paul Everton, re membered hero for hla striking char acterization In "The Third Degree" and "The Lion and the Mouse," heada the cast the Author's Producing Company Is sending here this next month In Charles Klein's new American drama, "The Gamblers." a a o Forbes Robertson In "The Passing of the Third Floor - Back" visits us right after the holidays. On Deoember 10 he geta into Los Angeles for his first appearance there. He brings with him the same company of English players that were associated with blm In the New York engagement of this play. Montgomery and Stone, who are making their first trip across the con tinent, will be the Helllg attraction during the Christmas holiday a Next Monday they open an engagement in Los Angelea It was "The Wizard of Oz" which first gave these comedians prominence, and this In turn was fol lowed by "The Red Mill," both of which have been displayed here by the travel ing companies, but It remains for the originals to unfold their latest effort, which has been christened "The Old Town." They will finish their stay In San Francisco on Saturday evening, at the Columbia, rather than on the usual closing night, Sunday, in order to get into Los Angeles in time to open there Monday night. o a "Mother" is the Thanksgiving at traction at the Cort Theater In San Francisco. a a a Shortly after the New Year Portland will witness for the first time George M. Cohan's production of "Get Rich Quick Walllngford," conceded by many to be the greatest straight comedy hit ever staged by the young actor-manager-author, eta WOMAN'S VIEW OF GIPSY SMITH On Who Has Heard Other Great Evan, reliats IS Much Impressed. PORTLAND, Nov. 28. (To the Edi tor.) Perhaps the opinion of a woman in regard to the source of power which certainly belongs to Gipsy Smith, will not be out of place. I read this morn ing the article written by Addison Ben nett and I think he has to a great ex tent explained It- At the time of the preaching of Christ there were many who reviled and persecuted and he was actually crucified by his enemies, so when in these days any evangelist possesses power to touch the tender spot in the private opinions of any of us, we may rush Into print and revile him more or less. To an open-minded man or woman there la no harm to be seen In any thing the Gipsy says or has done. He has a message and he will deliver It. If people want to continue In sin and do not want the attention of others called to It. they object to the things said by the Gipsy. In my opinion he does possess certain magnetism and it may be he is hypnotic, but these things are subservient to his sanctlflcation, and he is without doubt sanctified in an extreme, I have heard the great evangelists who came to New York City for years. Moody, Sankey who lived and died in Brooklyn, even John Alex ander Dowie. if he can be called a man of the class we are discussing, but I heard him in New York. I heard Sam Jones and he was a well hated man, but I heard of a tramp who found a scrap of newspaper on which was a fragment of one of the sermons of Sam Jones, and it made a man of him. a Christian man. I also know a gentleman, one of the cold, austere moralists, a man high in the Govern ment, who had no belief of any kind, was not to be approached at all on the subject and he is today a man who has not had to alter his mode of life, but he has Christ, through Sam Jones. Ail of these good men seem different from the Gipsy, but to me he Is one of about three consecrated people who have Impressed me as such, and I am not easily swayed. He has a voice de void of the unpleasant rasp so often heard. He takes one into his confi dence and as he said about people who associate with Christ he, himself, shows that he does. I believe in the Gipsy and I hope he will come again to Portland and reap in those whom he has set to thinking. ONE OF THE NINETY-AND-NINE. URBGOTUN OUT FOR PRESIDENT. Citizen of The Dalles Nominates Him self for Hlsheat Office. THE DALLES, Or, Nov. 28. (To the Kdltor.) At the earnest solicitation of my numerous friends, I have reluctant ly consented to allow myself to run for the office of President of the United btates. Under the glorious Oregon sys tem a good man can't be kept down by crooked politicians, but every man has tne right to nominate himself. This I .m doing. . , z believe that it Is the God-given right of every born American, male or female, white, black, red or yellow, bull calf. Jackass or tomcats (or same of opposite sex), to be President of the United States at least once, and I strongly advocate the Oregon system, which gives everyone the chance to get there. . I also favor single tax.t I know It is the right system, because Mr. tTRen, Mr. Bourne, Mr. Fels, Mr. Crldge and many other worthy gentlemen whom the point has reached can tell you from experience that one tack is enough to sit on at once. As to my Qualifications, I am a white ii - , - T anAAlr F!nlTlish. man, wen - r V , United Btates, Chinook and have a fair knowledge of Webtoot as taugni uy .i.- - .v,.om T hn.vA held every IIIO " j " . -. - office (doorknob) in the state, includ ing that of Uovernor, oecreurj O . . an. Ar.tr niHrdon HO It W 1 11 be ap- parent at a glance that I am really the only man . in tne state wr v uum Job of President is big enough. Fearing that no one would ask for it and that a vacancy would occur from want of candidates, I have kindly con descended to run. and respectfully Dlace myself in nomination. Z. M. CHASE. Terms of Supreme Conrt- JL-rt 1 .1 tfya, ni, v Will you kindly tell me how the Su preme Court of the State of Oregon holds Its terms of court? Has it terms of court at given intervals, or is It in continuous session? 11. n.nnnniuT, rxf TSToV m V)T 21 TT1 e Tl - tloned six cases reversed by the Su preme Court. On what date previous to that did It pass on any case? ... . - i R)inr.m fTnurt are A TV 10, ii. -w. ..... f held at Salem and two terms at Pen dleton each year. The terms at Salem . . .v.- fl.ut UnnflT In f !t rrh nnd Dial L who . j . i mi . rnnH-w 1n riftnhr TttA tcrmR LUC uiOL ,11 v 11 " n. j .u w . - - at Pendleton start the first Monday in May ana tne last jiunuay iu utivum. et ahniit fhrpo weeks' vaca tion taken either in August or Septem ber, the aupreme uouri, imweTti, a m H.n 1.. .nnf mini! D.lflllATI RVA tCiT the days of travel needed between Pen dleton and Salem, the terms generally merging into eacn otiior. iu ittai, uu.sr.-a decided Drlor to November 20 were on November 14. Opinions are handed lown every Tuesday, save on rare ln it.nrn when the court varies the day for some specific reason. Judaa and the Precious Ointment. ROSEBDRO. Or, Nov. 28. (To tho Editor.) I have read A. J. Bartholo mew's article In The Oregonlan of November 2, "To What Purpose This Waste." also D. Priestley's "Judas iNot One of Them Who Objected." in Novem ber 25 Issue. I wish to say in tne rirst nlnca that the Scripture referred to in Matt. xxvi:7-8-, Mark xiv:3-4-5, Luke vil:3S to 89, certainly implies that Judas, as one of the twelve, did not object to the allusion to the waste. When my youngest daughter read Mr. Priestley's article she took a Bible and turned to these words in jonn xn:-o-o: n-u-n aaitri mi of hla dlaclules Judaa Iacarlot, gimon'o son, which ahould betray v., Txriiv w h m not this ointment aold for three hundred pence and g-lven to the poor? Thla ho aald not that he cared for the poor, but became ho wa a thief and had tho bag and bare what waa put therein. Mr. Priestley in his brief statement leaves the impression that he is not one that cares very much for the teach ings of the Bible, and Is not a careful Bible reader. We hope this little ex perience may awaken in him a desire for more Bible truth. L. H. RHOADES. Gipsy Smith In The Ore a; on Inn. SOUTH BEND, Wash., Nov. 27. (To the Editor.) We have been reading The Oregonlan's articles and editorials concerning the Gipsy Smith meetings. We take pleasure in sending to you in thla small way our gratitude for the support and assistance rendered that great work by such a great paper as we know .The Oregonlan to be. It brings the" meetings to us, all that many of us will get, and because of the righteous stand taken by you In this matter your paper will mean more to us than ever before. SOUTH BEND W. C. T. U. Vnlne of Old Coins. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 2S. (To the Editor.) I have a coin with the date 1766 on one side with the Initials S. R. below a crown. The other side has a coat of arms and a crown and has the letters 1 gross the rest being blurred. Do you think there Is any premium on It? If so how much? STUDENT. Send description to Scott Stamp & Coin Company, New York. THANKSGIVING THAT WAS ,By Deu Collins. Up In the alcove, over there. Flute and cello and violin; Mellow music, to charm us, ere We our Thanksgiving feast begin. Phyllis and I. we two alone. List to the busy monotone Outside the booth, in the lighted grill The hum of talk, and the clink of glass Hurrying fast to their patrons' will Cat-footed waiters pass and repass Phyllis toys with her gloves, and I Spar for a passing waiter's eye. Look at the card, a polyglot muss Spanish, Italian, French and Rubs, With only one thing that has got thi ghost Of American sound "a turkey roast," Phyllis, I would not mention 111 The feast spread forth in the city grill. But somehow, wherever I chance to roam. Thanksgiving day on the farm back home Appeals to me, really to be The nearest right one could hope to sea Out of bed with the chanticleers. Chores all done ere the sun appears. Faces scrubbed to a holiday glow. Stiff starched waist, and butterfly bow. All In a row we kids would wait Till dad drove round to the "front yard"- gate. The long drive then through country lanes. Dad in front gripping the reins And all us kids on the fresh straw, spread To lessen the "bump" of the wagon bed. Thus we'd rumble and bounce and lurch Over the roads to the country church. To listen us boys with wondering eyes. To the gray-haired preacher, and hear them sing Songs of ThankBglvlng to the King While we squirmed in our seats and dreamed of plea, Then home again, and mother mine. With sisters and aunts flew to and fro From pantry and kitchen, and won drous fine. We watched the Thanksgiving banquet grow. Thanksgiving dinnerl Ah. Phyllis, nay. Here where people. Thanksgiving day. Go rushing and crushing here and there "You takes your dinner and pays your fare" How shall they dream of the glorious hoard That banks the rural Thanksgiving ' board? Turkeys and pies and sauces that well Might baffle the amoothest tongue to tell; Enough for all, nay, more beside Heaped up high, till the table wide Like a banquet board of Lucullua looked. And every bit of it mother oookedt Phyllis and I, we two alone. Have finished our feast, with all Ita line Of foreign dishes and service fine. A moment, Phylllsl Ah, waiter, phone For a taxicab. Thus flits away The ritual of Thanksgiving day. No, I can scarcely mention 111 The feast spread forth in the city grill. But somehow my dream harks back a bit To the farmhouse table. Ah. that waa For the best. Like a baron s board It looked. And every bit of It mother cooked. Dean Collins. Portland. November 29. Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe The larger you are the better a bluff will work in a proposed fist fight. If you know a good doctrine. Insist upon it, of course; but do not hold the nose of people, and make them take It. There is more encouragement lately for girls taking piano lessons; If they fall to receive a call to the concert stage, they can play In one of the B cent moving picture theaters. I am not always willing to face my enemies, and make a fair, square at tempt to punish them; but I always have a feeling that my friends should pound the Ufa out of the men who mis treat me. Thousands of unknown people are Just on the verge of becoming stars, and are better than old stars who have lost their youth, and cannot live up to their reputations. And there are plenty of towns nearly as good as Boston. If you want to see women genuinely excltei. find a crowd who have heard about a bride with machine-hemmed napkins. I am usually peaceable, and easy to get along with, but I feel I am war ranted in refusing to eat a bad egg; there are so many good ones. No man Is really big-feeling unless he thinks he is a good as George Washington- People know little about the devil except aa they raise him themselves. SEARCH FOR THE MISSING LIWK. Hood River Writer Gratified by Article Oppoaloaj Evolution l neory. HOOD RIVER. Or., Nov. 28. (To the Editor.) It certainly is cheerful to hive a careful scientist like Dr. Thom aon take stand against the old Idea ot evolution and make so able a defense of his position; and it means much that The Oregonian gives such prominence to a sclentiflo declaration of the future life. Examining atlll the sorilla, oranic and chlroranzea, Beekfng the link that' a mtal. Iletwean the monkey and me How I lt the caudal appendaa-o. And kept the elmlan face. They are trying In vain to follow. Borne hidden trail to trace nown through the ways of the forest. SwlnKlni! from limb to UmD. Down to the city'a canyons. Hlch-walled, with smoke made dim Ever the secret searching Kver they fail to exp.aln. And. baffled, eluded ever, Is' ever a way make plain. From depth to depth In d'M- St'll uroplnB. stumbling, bllna. No (cuide nor chart nor compaas. Not one a hope doth find This, the fata of wisdom. Wise In Ua own conceit I thank thee. Father for aendlns. Thy truth my need to meet. Thine the plan and the shaping. Thine are my beings laws: Thou sayat thou art my Father, e And not a Ereat "First Cause"; u, frame la thy Bplrit s temple. Over me Is they banner Love. Ftesotten was 1 In thine 'map. Born, not from beneath, but above. And Krace for every trial. Sufficient thou dost lend. From every dart of evil Thv shield cloth sure defend; Thy words llKht up my pathway, Through clouds low o'er tho way. And the fiercest, fiery furnace. Only turns into brick my clay. SIv life thou hast safely guided. Through whatever grimy age. Through time s dimmest aisles leading. Until I reached this stage Though the end of all my toilsome Journej Onlv thou alone canst see, I surely can trust thee. Father. To lead mo atralsht to thee. A. T. ATJ.Hnt.