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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAND. OCTOBER 24, 1920 WELL-BABY" CLINICS TO BE STARTED BY PEOPLED INSTITUTE AND THER AGENCIES Appeal Is Issued for Small Sheets, Towels and for Large White Aprons Miss Valentine Pri chard to Be General Chairman in Charge of Work Parent-Teachers Emphasize Importance of Work. 3 rsr 4 17 77ATTL ? 6 .VY'-lK-mW Hit ? "Yfc TlVAi I IK (- . -!. -J39( - - : . vv, M JfA "'v5' 4 -ZtTTZJ v W i Vh'U v.? vc PUSH ELL UNDKR the auspices of the Peo ple's Institute and other ren cies, "well-baby clinics" will be started in Portland with Miss Valen tine Prichard as .general chairman. To help this cause, an appeal has been made for small sheets towels and for large white aprons. These may be left with the needlework ( guild of ficers or at the Unitarian chapel on Tuesday. At the annual meeting of the Ore gon Parent-Teacher association par ticular attention was called to the Importance of the proper care and feeding of children. During the ses sion Thursday Mrs. A. F. Flagel, chairman of the parents' educational bureau, gave the annual report of the bureau. She told of the work being done to encourage the mothers In caring for the babies and that scores of babies take the eugenic test every month. Mrs. A. Bailey is director of the bureau. 551 courthouse, and will be glad to have mothers call and bring their babies for advice. Child welfare and the study of the proper care of babies is on the programme of every parent-teacher association and woman's organization and they are all working to try to raise the standard of children. The following are a few of Port land's fine, healthy babies that re ceived high scores: HALF OF GITY HOMELESS SAIiOXIKI, GREECE, IS LIRE .DEVASTATED FRANCE. People Living- in Tents, Huts, Cel lars, or Among Charred Rains f Former Homes. BAXiONTKA, Greece, Sept. 29. Amer. leans who think they are suffering severely from bad housing and living conditions and high rents should get a glimpse of the congested and be nighted oriental city, with its narrow, dark streets, cobbled pavements, tumble-down buildings, cellar-like homes and other concomitants of poverty. There are only enSugh houses to shel ter one-hAlf the population of 175.000. The rest of the people live in tents, in huta, in the fields or among the charred ruins of their former homes which were desolated by a great fire that leveled the city to ashes in Aug gust, 1917. Only the wealthiest can afford anything like a fully furnished house. Whole flats or apartments are un known; a family must be content with a single room. Rents have increased greatly and arc quite on a par with those prevailing in American citlea Tenants have no such legal protection against landlords as those enjoyed by New York residents. So great is the need for space that the munici pality has turned over a number of Turkish mosquos in which to shelter the people. In one of these ancient shrines 500 people live as in one great family. They sleep on the stone floor and live a primitive community life. Saloniki'is strikingly like the de vastated areas of northern France. Everywhere are ruined homes, tan gled wreckage and piles of dirt and debris. The government, has done little toward restoring the city since the great fire which left 75.000 per sons homeless and entailed 150,000.000 property damage. The housing sit uation is a critical one. The local au thorities have put up several tempo rary structures, containing tour to eight rooms, each room housings a whole family of eight or ten. Slten- - v i l v - Stanley Hazlett Jr. scored 99 when months old. He Is the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hazlett of 567 East Morrison. Before her mar riage Mrs. Hazlett was Dorothy Days. Feme Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clark, re cently scored high. James Robert Creighton, the 9 -months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene D. Creighton, 305 East Twelfth street, scored 99 at the recent eu genic test. Master James is the ing,' eating and washing are done lu the same room. The Jewish Community also has erected a small number of houses, but they are wholly inadequate to take care of the large number of per-' sons without homes and the constant , stream of regugees from Macedonia Hundreds of families have found refuge in the cellars and sub-cellars of the destroyed buildings. The cel lars are dark, damp, cheerless and lightlees. The inhabitants live like so many rats. When it rains water often stands several inches deep on the floor. The extreme, congestion has seriously affected the moral standard of the people, many of whom, before the war, were persons of considerable income and of good standards ot family life. MINISTRY IS IN POLITICS Trend of Pastoral Opinion and Influence Hurts Church. PORTLAND. Oct. ?. To the Edi tor.) A prominent minister of this city recently sent out a letter to a number of business men, asking the cause of the growing Indifference of business men toward the church. Possibly one of the answers mfght be found in the . recent political activities of certain reverend gentle men, claiming to represent the min isterial association, as well as an organization styling itself the "Ore gon Popular Government League, which is merely an alias whereby its sponsors may violate the cor rupt practice act. which It ts doing by sending out scurrilous, false and libelous propaganda against C. N. McArthur, candidate for re-election to congress trom th:s district. s This so-called Oregon Popular Gov ernment League has sent out a postal card, camouflaged as a questionnaire, but which is in reality a violation of the corrupt practice act, inasmuch as the real intent of the card was to circulate false and libelous propa ganda. The card names as its spon sors the above mentioned league and give h names of the officers, one of whom If said to be a member of the Meatcutters' union, another an advocate of the nefarious Non-partisan league and Plumb plan, and an other a minister of the roepel. It Is further stated that the said league is composed of "labor unions, school - , & -s , V grandson of Mr. and Mrs. X L. Creighton, S53H Ladd avenue. Janness -Jewell, aged 9 months, daughter of Mr. and Mas. D. E. Jew ell, 106 East Thirtieth street North, scored 99. Parley Junior and Dorothy Jayne Fish are the attractive children of Mr. and Mrs. P. I Fish. 513 East Washington street. At a recent eu genic test they both received a high score. Bernice Healy Is a charming little rortiana miss. teachers, liberal thinkers and pro gressives. If forgot to state, how ever, that the principal ingredient was democrats. 1 Working upon the frailties and prejudices of human nature, the league has induced certain Individuals calling themselves prohibitionists, who still believe that It is necessary to place a guard over a dead issue, to join In a conspiracy to defeat Mc Arthur. L as well as many thou sands of others,-voted for prohibition not because of any maudlin sympa thy f er the so-oalled prohibition party, which by reason of its narrow meth ods I firmly believe delayed it for years, but rather because of the abuses indulged In by the liquor Inter ests. It Is not safe, now that we have it, to infringe too closely upon public rights and personal liberty, because there la a limit to the patience ot even the most conservative minds. We find these various elements con spiring to compass the defeat of Mc Arthur, to satisfy a petty spite, re gardless of whether or. not his re election would mean at this time a if ' ,1r'?x;-' rf '-'III 11 - 'V - t f nil . . .... .... .... x X .. . smase3t8Rgg! ijiupy Heme before it becomes a cough The last thing at night makes your throat feel comfortable. LOOK FOR THE FUNNY FAT MAN ON THE RED BOX BUNTS BROTHERS, CHICAGO : is6) m greater benefit to onr city, stats and nation.. Into this vortex of passion com cer tain holy men, who claim to represent the lowly Nasarene,' whose Influence has done more for civilisation than any and all other influences combined and 1 who preached the gospel ot "Peace on earth, good will to men."' They say he always fought for boose. If a meaure has merit it will pass on its merits, but McArthur opposed plac ing prohibition riders upon appro priation bills, which Is a favorte way that cheap politicians have of forcing bills without merit through by de laying necessary appropriations. They say that. McArthur favored war with Mexico in the Interest -of WalL. street. Like every other red blooded American, McArthur was op posed to the spineless pacifism dis played In dealing with Mexico, when American cttisens were being butch ered and American women ravished. He was also opposed to the sinking of the Lusitania and other ships carry ing American men. women and chil dren, while a democratic administra tion temporized and the present demo cratic candidate for the presidency practically condoned it. They say he votedVfor the Esch- Cummlns bilL He did, and all honor to him for It, because It protects the publio from starvation by the suspen sion of traffic compelling both em ployer and employes of railroads to arbitrate their differences, as the public, who pays the costs, has para mount rights to either. They say he vote against Increas ing the weights of parcel post pack ages. He did, for the reason that un der the present parcel post system such increase would put every small merchant 'in the country out of busi ness and leave us at the mercy of the most gigantic mail order trust the world ever heard of. They say he opposed an efficient farm loan system, as well as the measure for inheritance, income and excess profits tax. He voted tor both these measures, but a little thing like the truth never stands in the way of those who seek to destroy. They say he opposed the establish ment of a government armor plate factory. He Is proud of his -vote against this measure and every mem- I ber of congress who voted for it ought to be ashamed of it. Notwithstand ing, the factory was built at a cost of $61,000,000, but it never turned out a single prate and the factory was recently sold $w $800,000. It is said that of the $24,000,000,000 of war debt. $11,000,000,000 represents graft and waste. There is an edito rial in The Oregonian of September 21 entitled "Where the Money Went." which is worth reading; that Is if you care to be enlightened on this subject. If, after you get these facts, you Still vote to perpetuate the party responsi ble for them, never complain of condi tions, but take what's coming to you. It is a matter of some surprise that the reverend gentlemen referred to, who prate so much about humanity, are not Interested, in, the elimination of inefficiency and waste in order that humanity might be benefited by the lowering of living costs. It is also a matter of some surprise that these peaceably inclined gentlemen, mind ful of their duty toward humanity, do not ascertain the democratic candid date's views about President Wilson's idea . of conscripting the youth and manhood of America from IS to 45, and his guarantee to send them across the water to participate fn petty wars of uncivilized Europe, thus offering them as a sacrifice upon ths altar of ignorance, selfishness and greed. Or is It possisble that these gentlemen are possessed of a one-track mind, therefore incapable of extending their vision beyond the de.tire for revenge? We can scarcely believe that the church Is drifting toward the breakers of intolerance or that' Inquisitional methods are necessary to enforce the teachings of Christ. If this be true, then one cannot wonder of there is a growing indifference toward the church, but it might be well if those reverend gentlemen who seek to play with the passions and prejudices of men would look more closely into the meaning of that wonderfully wise ad monition, "Let him who Is without sin cast the first stone." - If you believe in American Ideals you will be put to the test on Novem ber 2, for inasmuch as we are to bavs a republican president, it becomes Im perative that we have a congress In harmony with htm, otherwise there can be no change for the betterment of our foreign policies or our domestic affairs for that matter, as the demo cratic balance of power will stand for malicious obstruction. , THOMAS McCUSKER. LIFE HAS ITS BRIGHT SIDE Busy Farmer Helps Aged Man Mar ket Fruit of Tolf. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 23. (To the Editor.) While watching the Inter esting process of turning farmers and truck gardeners' produce into cash at the farmers' market, and supplying the tables of homes of city people with .wholesome and palo.table food, one sees at work the nature of hu manity. One beautiful little incident that came to my notice was a case where a very old man came tottering alone j with a market basket on his arm filled with mushrooms which he had gathered in the woods during the rain. The old gentleman asked one of the. farmer-salesmen if he would sell his wares for him. In the kind ness of his heart the farmer said he would be glad to serve him. . The basket was handed over and the old gentleman walked on. saying ha would return for his money before tne close or tne nay. Whan the farmer looked at the con tents of ths basket ho found they had been pieked out of season and were in a rather poor condition, but desiring to be of service he spent a half hour of his time attempting to sort and clean the all but worthless mush rooms. At last he said he would have to give it -up. "I am afraid it will be a disappointment to the old gentle man, but I cannot offer that class of food, to the people. Here was displayed in a very beau tiful way a spirit of service and good fellowship. It Is little incidents of this kind DROPS r little rays of sunshine that keep the traveler on nis way. H. A. WALTER. CAVE MYSTERY CLEARING Volcanic Energy Theory Is Scouted ny Geological Student. BEND. Or.. Oct. IS. (Special.) Evidence Indicating that the Horse Butte cave, at first believed to be WARNING 1 Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or tablets, you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by phy sicians for 21 years, and proved safe by millions. Say "Bayer." 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