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Page Six PATLT CAPITAt JOFBITAL, SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 11)13. THE RED AND THE WHITE ROSE 'A STORY FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE. By F. A. MITCHEL. (Copyright, 1912, by American Press Asso ciation. BEATRICE MAKTINDALE wos tired out with the holiday gayetios, anj to cap the cli max now enmo an Invitation to attend a New Year's eve party. It rtvaa not a small affair to see the old year out, but a ball. True, at midnight each guest was to stand, glass in band, and drink to the new rear, but there (was to be dancing In both years aud Do breaking up before dawn. The New Year's party was to be nn especially eventful one to Miss Martlu dala in this-sho had agreed on New Year's eve to give Simon Munger nn answer to a proposal of marriage be bad made her. lie bad been promiHcd that be might call upon her for tho purpose of receiving It. but when in vitations for both came for the ball elie told him that she would give it to him on that occasion. Miss Murtindnle felt tlint she should accept Mr. Munger because ho was rich. Nevertheless she didn't wish to accept him, because that scapegrace, Tom Oakley, had stolen her heart. "I fear," said Mr. Munger, "that I way not have nn opportunity to get your reply at the ball." "You'll need none," she snld. "A Jball Is not the place In which to talk "1 COULDN'T OrVI IOC DP," UB AID. about such matters. I'll indicate my reply by a sign." "What Blgn?" "Well, let me soo. If it Is 'Yes' I'll wear a red rose lu my hair; If 'No,' a White one." How Tom Oakley got hold of tills agreement no one ever knew, His sis tor wns the Intimate friend of the bosom friend of Miss Mnrtludalu, and some say that tlio Intelligence cume to biin through this chain of girls. Hut It doesn't matter how he got It. The Important fact Is that he know all about It. and he knew as well (hat if the lady's answer wns "Yes" It would nut be because she loved Mr. Munger, but because he, Tom Oakley, was not exactly nn eligible parti. l-'urlher-more, lie realized that n crisis In his life was at hand which might make or mar lit in. if Muiiger's reply was "No" there was still hope for hlui. If It wns "Yes" ho felt sure the lady would Hot go buck on her word. Now, though Tom wasn't Invited to the ball, he felt that he must be there. Bo on New Year's eve be put on a dress suit that was getting threadbare, together with nil the assurance he could call up, and shortly before mid night, when tlie affair wiislu full swing and the presence of an uninvited guest was uot likely to be not Iced, lie walked la among the dancers, casting his eyes alsiut him for the girl he loved. Not seeing her, he strolled through tho rooms, hoping to find her. Ho saw Munger among the revelers and knew that he nnd Iteatrlco were not togeth er. Entering a little room which was apparently vnennt. ho saw a foot In cased In a kid slipper peeping from behind a curtain. Cautiously approach ing, he espied tho girl ho sought sitting on n window sent asleep. There was a troubled expression on her face. In lier hand she held a red and a white rose. Tired out with the holiday fes tivities, she hud auught n secluded spot Wherein to make up her inliul, and un tune had given her slumber. Persons approaching caused Mr. Oak. ley to move on. and Ills inliid moved on too. It was but somo twenty min utes to 12 o'clock, nnd ho knew that Just before 1'J the guests would be as sembled In the supper room, tho elec tric lights would bo turned olT for tlie last sixty seconds of the old year and Wheu they were turned on again his rival would bo looking for tlie tokeu of Ids acceptance. Jill.her some one must have aroused Vlss Martindale or sho must have awakened herself, for nt live inlmitcw before 12 Tom saw her In the supper room standing with tho others holding a glass In her hand. Now, during the previous ten or a dnten minutes Tom had procured some thing that bo curried up his coat sleeve. It was not the ace of hearts, but It was nevertheless a trump. Sidling around by the wall, lie managed Just before the lights were turned out to obtain I IHMltlqn directl behind MUl Martin- !ivt.AMiLMJ'VA&lsmmmm. -- -nn'i-mMi-iiV-' Jtt inBl- atMaMaMim tWiiiinfBins mm dale, bIio being unaware of his pres ence there. When darkness came he felt for her back hair nnd by the sense of touch knew that she wns putting n roso there. He waited till she had time to fix It in the toil, then took It out nnd pulling a rose from his sleeve put it in the place of the one he bud re moved. Suddenly a burst of light showed Mr. Munger, who wns awaiting ti e announcement of his fate on the other side of tho room, n white rose in Miss Mnrtindnle's hair. He immediately left the premises nnd returned to his home. Tom Oakley looked down at what he held In his band and snw a red roso. "Beatrice!" he said. Miss Martindale turned and saw him behind her. "Ckime with me," ho continued. "1 have something Important to say to you." Sho put her hand up to her hair nnd, feeling a rose there, slipped tlie hand through his arm, and be led her to the window where hu had found her asleep. "1 couldn't give you up," he snld, "without a light. I stood behind you lust now, removed tho rose that was to hnve accepted Monger nnd put a while one In lis place. Say tlie word and 1 will go at once to llud him nnd tell him that the token was not the one Intended." She pulled the iluwer from her balr unit looked at It. "Oh, Tom!" "Shall I go?" Slio stood Irresolute. Gradually her head sank on Ills breast, he put an arm about her waist, and tlie red rose dropped on tlie lloor. WHY JAN. 1 STARTS YEAR. That Data Fixed by King Numi of Rome 700 Years Oofore Christ. Legend ascribes the llxlug of Jan. 1 as New Year's to King Numa I'ompll Ins, who Is supposed to have reigned In itonie 71.r-;72 II. 0. He It was who is believed to have founded the temple of .Inuiis nnd many other Ituninu Insti tutions. Tho reason given for Jan. 1 Is connected with Janus lllfrons, the two faced god, the Idea being that at that time tho year looked both forward and backward. According to our cal endar Jan. 1 Is ten tlnys too Into for this Interesting two laced observnnco, but what Is a matter of ten days more or less to n legend more thnn 2.5IH) years old? Nunni was a most Interesting king. according to traditions, noted alike for Ills wisdom nnd piety. He succeeded itomiilus, gave tlie Itomans their cere monial law and, with tlie help of the sacred nymph logerla, rounded the re ligious Institutions of the people. He reigned for thirty-nine years, and this period was a golden nge of pence nnd prosperity, lie stands out lu Itomnn egends ns little less than nnnvntar. Ho the date of Jan. 1 ns New Year's conies from ancient and honorable parentage. 1913 JANUARY 1913 N M T I WlTTF 181 1213 M5 16 17 18 19202122252425 oz. OT boWvrn t t I W2 3 56 78 9 HUT , VIATORS should resolve to quit falling out In winter. Frozen ground Is hard. Skaters should resolve to keep away from air holes and thin Ice, not only because the water is cold, but It musses up the skating Kind. This ulso apples to politicians. I'ori h climbers aud yeggmen should resolve to wipe their feet mid wear gloves. Leaving tracks and finger prints Is a bad habit Those on the water wagon should resolve to stay on at least two full days no double entendre intended on the word "full." This "off again, on again" habit Is apt to stretch the conscience. Those not on the waler wagon should resolve to learn the song of "Stick, Ilrot hers, Stick," before climbing aboard. Those making dates should resolve to quit using the general delivery nt the postolllce. I'nele Sam Is taking up the role of a stern parent aud may nsk questions. Grocers' boys should resolve to quit kissing the hired girls. Tlie delivery business Is apt to take too much time from their social pleasures and to tear them uwny before they are really through. Telephone girls should resolve to quit saying "Line Is busy" nnd "They don't answer." It may grow Into a habit Old maids should resolve to forget it Is 1013. lly continuing to wrlto It 11)12 they can think It Is still leap year. BJH A !i JANUARY ONE. Troubls 'bout tha Christmas ssason Is that 8nme old trumpets blowing loudly, when It's none unit dune We must fuce In rime and reason that same Jsnunry onnl 'Tutn't the fuel we weren't merry, didn't Imve a world of fun, Didn't cross old trouble s ferryj It's that January unel Sure, the little folks were happy. Why, they stormed about us, brlsht As In ilnya when we were young nnes and tlie world waa love and Until Fashion beget n lot of now vrln kles. OMiaren Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORI A (WV vow; All other persons should resolve to stop writing it 1012. It spoils station ery nnd tempers. Women with abundant hair should resolve to quit boasting that it "falls to the floor" when let down. People mny think It false. Stenographers should resolve to stop usinc niiint it Is OWi Sj sometimes embnr- riiflMliK? for nn am. ployer to take a complexion home on ills cont Trust mngnntes should resolve to quit leaving their letter flies where tlie editor may get hold of tlieni. It Is liable to overtax the explanation facilities of their poli tician friends. Italdlieads In the front row nt the chorus should resolve to quit studying anatomy That Is a proper subject only for surgeons. Shopgirls should resolve to quit talk ing about their best young men while waiting on customers. The customers may be come so Interested that they will for get to make pur chases. Floorwalkers should resolve not to tnko too lofty and patronizing a tone with mere men customers. Men who havo to shop feel small enough any way. Everybody should resolve to quit telling his troubles to other people. They mny not only have troubles of their own, but mny forget to keep the secret The Bvernge citizen should resolve to quit talking politics. Election Is over. old noise of horn nnd sun. Hut tlie trouble it comes after, and It's Juminry one! And It Isn't we re regretting all the dear, remembered Joys; And It Isn't that we're fretting over all the broken toys; It la Just, for nil the Christmas, with Its Jollity and fun. We must face that trying future, which culls, "Jiinuary onel" Often when lovo at first sight leada to marriage, second sight Is apt to lead to divorce. The man who can always toll you what la going to happen, can also toll R3 I you afterward why It didn't. NEW YEAR'S IN " OTHER LANDS NEW YEAR'S Is the most univer sally celebrated of holidays. Christmas is practically con fined to Christian countries and In some of these has only a religious observance. The same Is true of East er. Other holidays are for the most part natlonnl in character and nre con fined to their own countries. But New Year's lu some form Is celebrated in all lands nnd iu not a few Is the chief holiday of the year. It is not observed always on Jan. 1, the Chinese and Jewish New Year's being notable ex ceptions nnd the Itussluu festival be ing held on what to us is Jan. 12, owing to a difference lu the calendar. Especially la the beginning of the year n time of festival In the orient Nobody knows Just how old the custom Is, but it probably antedates history. In most Asiatic countries New Year's eve Is a time for settling debts, wiping the slate clean for the succeeding twelvemonth. Ten drinking Is natu rally one of the chief forms of observ- 'erfcMtk. NEW TUMI'S IN 11USSIA. once in China and Japan. There It Is nn art and the ceremonial on New Yenr's Is intended to outrank nnythlng else In tho pink tea line. The Japanese ten room is hidden away In some seclud ed part of flie garden, and only a few of the elect lire admitted. This, of course, refers to tho private tea rooms, the public ones being frequented by Mr. Common People and all his wife's relations. The Japs cat from a largo va riety of dishes on this day, piously offering samples of the foods to their gods. Tho day In Nippon is celebrated on Jan. 1, as with us. The Chinese New Yenr, which Is bas ed on the moon and occurs In Juuunry or February, Is like a prolonged and glorified Fourth of July, or rather ns the Fourth was before It became Bafo Ind snne. It lasts for several days and Is fuH of color, noise nnd action from start to finish. Firecrackers, Chinese lanterns, ten, feasting nnd carnival nil play their part, and the new year Is Initiated in a way to put ginger Into his young life. The popu lar greeting Is "Kiinghl," which Is to say, "I humbly wish you Joy," or "Sin hi," "May Joy be yours." From this It will be seen that the Chinese havo n "hi" old time. Not only do lanterns abound, hut nrtlllclul flowers and red mottoes ornament the houses. Even In the United Suites tho laundries nre abandoned while the Celestials pay ceremonial calls and decorate every thing In sight Willi red paper. Euro peans also paint the town red on New Year's, only they do It In a different way. New Year's is celebrated for thir teen days In 1'erslu nnd Is the most Important festival of the year. It fur nishes n precious opportunity for the beggars who camp on a mini's door step nnd blow horns until be gives a present The festival Is called "No Itooz'' nnd combine.) pur Christmas and Easter. Sweets are prepared long iu advance, and eggs are bulled and colored. The observance begins on March 23, nnd for thirteen dnys there after business Is suspended. Presents aro given, among them being a cont of honor for Important persons, for which a price Is often exacted, much lu ex cess of tho vnlue of the garment. An other "No Itooz" custom Is for dele gations of Persians to visit the tombs of the departed and send up walls both loud and long. New Yenr's Is a great day for tho children In tlie country towns of Rus sia. Tho boys enrry pens nnd whent showering those they like with wheat and those they dislike with pens, Vari ous domestic animals are gayly deco rated nnd led admit the streets. There is also a ceremony of changing water Into wine, which Is harmless enough, since It does not Increase the wine supply. Tlie grent feature of tho German Now Year's Is "Sylvester Abend," corre sponding In some measure to our watch parties, except that more liquid re freshment Is absorbed. The punch bowl Is tho center of attraction, but the punch Is usually niado of a mild Ithiue wine nnd does little If any hiirui. Ill fares It with the man wear ing a high lint on this night, for It Is smashed with grent enthusiasm, lu Frankfort on tho Main a pretty custom Is observed. Promptly on the first stroke of 12 every shutter In town files open and a head appears with the ihoutL'Troslt NauJnbrrMt toaa quick- Bn Wages or Profit health, sooner or later, shows its value. No man can expect to go very far or very fust toward success no woman eithei who suffers from the headaches, the sour stomach and oor digestion, the unpleasant breath and tlie Rood-for-nothing feelings which result from constipation and biliousness. But just learn for yourself what a difference will be made by a few doses of iiieESMS'S PUS Tested through three generations favorably known the world over this perfect vegetable and always efficient family remedy is univers ally accepted as the best preventive or corrective of disorders of the organsofdigestion. Bcecliam'srillsrcgtilatcthebowcls,Btirtheliver to natural activity enable you to get all tlie nourishment nnd blood making qualities from your food. As sure as you try them you willknow that in your looks and in your increased viyot Beecham's Pills Pay Big Dividends Th direction witti every box are ry wluaMe pecially to women. Sold everywhere. In boict 10c 25c, Want Western Man for Secretary of Interior Helena, Mont., Dec. HI. llellevlng tho liberal and fair treatment accord ed settlers nnd the domestic Irrigation policy of tlie Canadian Interior De partment is largely responsible for the exodus of farmers of the I'liilcil States, tho Northwest Development League, over tho signatures of its of ficers, today sent a long telegram to President-elect Wilson, urging a Western man for tho Interior portfo lio. While mentioning no mimes, two governors in the territory of the league have been mentioned for secretary of the Interior and tlie league's telegram to tlio president-elect may lie taken as endorsement .of either tiovernur Nor- rls, of Montana, or of (iovernor llurke, of North Dakota. President Penwell would not say the lenguo had anyone in mind, but simply "wo want n west ern man who understands the prob lems of tho west some one who will, when it Is nlready within the power of the Interior department, match the policies of a foreign country and help develop and Bottle our lands." The telegram follows: Hon. Wood row Wilson, President Elect, Princeton, N. J.: W, W. Scott, superintendent of Im migration Department of Interior, Do minion of Canada, Informs us 1.11,000 people came to his country from the United States last year, and estimates more will go the coming year. An es timate of their wealth by Mr. Scott places the Banie at $1510 per capita. With equal opportunities, so far ns land Is concerned, on this side of the ly withdrawn, and the snuffers nre re closed before the clocks have finished booming the hour. The French give Christmas a reli gious observance, so that New Year's is the great popular holiday. Gifts are exchanged mid culls aro niado on Jan. 1 and all through tlie month. The English observance of New Year's Is not largely different from ours, except that tlie old year Is swept out by men and hoys dressed ns chim ney sweeps and Is rung out with muf fled bells, which change to a clear and Joyous note at the stroke of li It Is to tills custom that Tennyson re fers In his "In Memorlnni," so often quoted, "ltiug out tho old, ring lu the new." The crowds before St Paul's In Lon don on New Year's eve nre even greater and more noisy than thoso be fore Trinity, New York, though people who have only heard the Gothnm din may deem this Impossible. '"""WMsM IT'S DADDY TALKING HUiinU I,!U..., . 111. J.JJ. ii.uai , uiinuieii, .us uaaay are all well and the children have you been? Coming homo tonight? t will Sftnin priori tn coo wnn nn-iln n .. iu uvu jrvu II5CIIII1 . The business man who is obliged to be away from home brings joy to the family circle by cheery words over the telephone, The local and long distance Bell Telephone service keeps him always in touch with home conditions. The Pacific Telephone line, the Canadian Interior Department policies aro widely credited with de ipi'ivlng the I'nlted States of fanners j with years of experience, accumulated .wealth and families of growing boys I and girls. In Its work of trying to keep these people nt home to develop our agricultural lands, this orgunl ' nation seeks the assistance of our own I Interior Dcpni'lincnl, and it Is thought i it West and Northwest we can look to your coming administration for co operation nnd assistance. Wo believe the Interior Department will have nioio important, relations with tlie West during tho next (lecado than with any oilier part of the coun try, and for this reason urge the ap pointment to tills prominent, position of a western man who understands tho problems, and can more readily put into practlco policies which will en able UB to compete for desirable Bet tiers with nny other country. Wo be lieve a western mnn who has served a western constituency In a faithful and earnest way, knows what Is neces sary for agricultural development and advancement, and enn beat understand how to handle public lands, forest ro serves, national parks and Indian res ervations. Development of our agricultural re sources is tho special work of this or ganization of commercial entitles of the west. Wo want the help of your administration, and urge ytou to con sider western men whose public ser vices might suggest themselves to you before you name the secretary of the Interior, Figures Show Prosperity. The New Year's Oregon thus shows up somo of tlie tilings showing Port luml's wonderful progress: Portland's greatest expansion was reached in 1912, us Indicated In the following stalls-tics: Dank clearings, $."i97,0S7,8G3.12, against $",7,4f!4,N4S.17 In 1911. Postal receipts, $1,108,128.42, ngalnst $1.00-1 42S.71 In 1911. Ilnllillng permits, $11,781757 against $1!),1.-i2,37MlT9ll. Lumber shipments, 270,912,223 feet, ngaiust 19(1,401,010 feet In 1011, In mil road activity, Including new construction nnd betterments of tho vnrloiiB roads, tho total expenditure n ached $15,000,000. The cost of pros pective railroad construction In 1913 Is estimate at $20,000,000. i ,, xaiKing," "res, Jim; we have been real good, How that's finel EVERY HELL TELEPHONE 19 A LONO DISTANCE STATION &Telegraph Company