THE EVENING NEWS
MILTON J. RIIOKMAKKIt
I'AItL . 8IIOKMAKKR
HAM J. KHOKMAKKIt
Editors and Publishers.
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November 6, 1909, at lloseburg, Ore.,
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TALKS ON ADVKIITIHI.NK.
Ily Nels Dulling.
A New Year's greeting In a paper
during the month of August, that
lias app'earofl In every Issue since
th0 previous December Is mighty
poor advertising. 1 saw this adv.
In a paper In Iown :ast summer. In
a Missouri paper I saw garden seeds
advertised and the files showed that
the udv. had appeared In every Is
sue since the previous spring. The
manufacturer can tnlk his goods
lnrougnoui mo yenr, in season anuj.
out, nut ine retail mercnant must
tell his customer of things In sea
son, of the goods on hiH shelves
that, he want to sHl now, find of
the commodities that the consumer
1s going to huv because hte season
end his needs demand them.
A merchant wnlked Into n news
pnper office in his hand he held an
ordlnnry Ink blotter on which was
printed his nnmo and the statement
thnt his store wns headquarters for
hardware. lie handed tho blotter to
thn editor and said "lust run this
Tor my nov. tnis week." A mere
business card Is very poor adver
tising for any merchant. The fow
linos of space used to tell tho farm-
er, tho housewife, the business man
thft you have something they need
will bring roBiilts In time. A de
scription of some article In season,
a line or two about Its merits, Its
salient festuros, will be sure to at
tract attention.
Don't give yourself and the editor
TRirm wrir vu ? i?
m iiMOTlij TI. OILLILAN X
The Mystery
Up the tall stone steps he labors to
the office of the post
Seeking always for a letter, like
some frail and halting ehost.
Crutch by crutch he struggles up
ward, but to bear the kind
clerk say:
"Mighty sorry of It, brother, but
there's nothing here to-day"
Always In that tone he says it, help
ing hope that dreary hope.
Always with a smile the cripple hob
bles down the terraced slope.
To return upon the morrow with
his hope-light lit anew.
Years on years that human relic's
done as thus we see him dol
.None has ever asked tho reason
ever asked what it could be
That the man with clumping
crutches thinks, some Joyous
day, to see.
But we watch and hope as he does,
as we throng the busy mart.
Praying that whatever letter might
appease bis hungry heart
May arrive. Hut oft I marvel at the
people I have known
Seeking always for some blessing
thoy believed should be their
own
Going hungry through their life
time, to dolusive hope a slave
Doing hungry through their life
timeaye, and hungry to their
gravel
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M.D.
Health Talks II Cartoons OfTheDay
The Germs On Your Hands
Finnfgln Fllosofy
If yoz cnll a town a "banner
town" the people will shwell up an'
strut. Hut If yez call it a "flag
station" they'll get sore at yez! Ylt
a flag an' a banner Isn't so dlffer
lnt at all!
Matrimony In High Circles
Thore was a young lady named
Dwyer
Who studied the art of the fllor.
She mot in the air
Young Quincy Adair,
And they volplaned right down to
' tho squlrol
NO PERSON, says the Sanitary
Code of the New York State
Department of Health, than
which none is thanwhicher,"noperson
who resides, boards or lodges in a
household where he comes In con
tact with any persons affected with
baclllary dysentery ... or typhoid
fever, shall handle food or food
products intended for sale. No
waitress lamp this, little one no
waitress, cook or other employee of
a boarding house, hotel, restaurant
or other place where food is served,
who lodges or visits In a household
where he comes in contact with any
' person with baclllary dysentery . . .
or typhoid fever, shall prepare,
serve or handle food for others in
any manner whatsoever."
The wherefore for which being that
we are all fallible sometimes the
best of regulated families will suffer,
because somebody has forgotten to
wash his hands. Most epidemics of
typhoid fever nowadays are ultimate
ly traced to a single person, or It may
be a married person, but anyway a
careless person, who, either sick with
the disease, sickening with it, con
valescent from it, or acting as a
chronic "carrier" of the germs,
literally hands the Infection to those
wno Happen to be in contact with
him. ,
But If typhoid and dysentery and
cholera were the only diseases spread
by unwashed hands we wouldn't say
a word we'd leave It to the health
authorities. spUnfortunately a lot of
other diseases aro peddled about In
the same manner, such as diphtheria,
pneumonia, sore throat, "cold" In the
head we alwnyB manage to ring In
something about the "cold" microbes,
don't we? and with the exception of
diphtheria these discuses do not In
terest the health authorities as yet.
There are families where children
sit at table and say grace with un
washed hands. There are other
families where parents take a squint
at the children's hands, and, if they
discover no microbes thereon, let the
youngsters sit right down and shovel
in whatever contamination may have
been collected through the day. Is it
any wonder grandma still has oc
casional seeming vindication of her
delusion that "sugar makes worms"?
Worms make worniB, and children
help the work along by transplanting
the eggs from contaminated soil to
food and from the food to their own
innocent mouths.
Without holding any definite
opinion about the dangers of the com
mon drlnklng-cup, we firmly advo
cate a law requiring every person
dispensing lunches or meals to fur
nish suitable lavatories where cus
tomers may wash their hands before
partaking. Not all who say "Lord!
Lord!" shall be saved, but cleanli
ness is as near to godliness as any
virtue which Is universally prac
. ticable.
QUESTION'S AND ANSWERS
Here Is An Anomaly
Z. E. says she reads Health Talks
oeqre she gives the editorials the
o.o., meaning no reflection on the
editorial column. Yet she declares
she has stomach trouble and has
doctored with five different doctors in
as many months and none of them
have done her any good.
Answer We hate to say It, Z. E.,
but anyone who changes doctors
once a month is pretty sure to re
main an invalid. Pick a good one
and give him a fighting chance. It
required several months to develop
that stomach complaint, didn't It?
'
"Every time I settle down
Sykw la Philadelphia Leiger
Peoples Legal Friend
By E. R. BRANSON
Vest Pocket Essays
BY GEORGE FITCH
tho excuse thnt you are too bimy to
prepare your copy In advance. Be
' systematic select some day In the
week, some hour In tho day for
studying, , thinking and preparing
eopv for your advertisement.
You merchants who ket'o lyour
books right up to the nilnuto, look
of tor collections cflrofully, and pny
your hills 'Promptly, usually have
no regular time for attending to this
Important mattor of .advertising.
Hotter put this down with the
ncross;ry duties mentioned kibovo
and glvo It the same attention, If
you wish to soo a conllnunl growth
In your business.
Ringing Tho Changes
Our old friend, Ted Koblnson,
of the Cleveland P. D. (without
tho CJ.), has been romping about
over the country, writing travel
ogs, travelogrlthms, traveloglc,
travologbooks and everything. Ted
has returned from his series of
travologglng camps and will, per
haps, rest awhile on his laurels as
a travcloglcinn. Otherwise he and
we shall be at traveloggorheads.
STYLE
Elusive
Bill Bryan (all right In his attic?)
May come back don't you be too
emphatic!
As he's oft done before
He's Just holding his roar
Till he lands on some moment
dramatic
Talking about politics, what Is
tlio matter with (ho ft no points of
th0 gnmo doveloped In tho confer
ence now In session here, If all re
ports are correct. Some or the
lrclhrnn pf (the cloth could .give
old tlmo politicians cards and spades
figuratively speaking of course, nnd
then hnve them bent n mile.
Citizens of Itoseburg will have an
excellent opportunity to hear some
of tho best pulpit talent In the slate
who will preach at tho different
churches, tho regular pastors giv
ing up their pulpits for this day.
In another rnlumn will bo found tho
announcement of theso different
meetings with the names of the
wpeakors.
So Many Improved Methods
Dear Offagaln. I have a daugh
ter seventeen years old who won't
work at all about the house, and
won't stay In at nights. She paints
and powders nor face, nuts on
pretty clothes that her father buya
and I kocp laundered for her, loafs
about town evenings, reads and
oats candy all her Bpare time,
Basses mo If I try to correct her or
get her to work, and otherwise
troubles me greatly. What would
you advlso me to do? Mrs. R. O.,
Council Bluffs, la.
They make a good many kinds
of smokeless explosive powder now
adays, but what is the mattor with
your axe or a good, hoavy club, or
a ploco of lnch-uud-a-quarter gas-pipe?
HIn Hard-Earned Knowledge
Qulzzer. When was tho first
frost last year?
1 Ux-I.ecturer. I don't know. I
dldu't lecture last-season at all. .
In Boston
Denkor. Do you know who I
saw yesterday?
Hobuker. N"o. I do not even
know whom.
STYLE is something which looks
so good this year that those who
use It next year will bo hopo
lessly out of date.
It Is a sort of bacillus which affllcti
clothes, furniture, houses, automo
bilos and the womanly form. When
a thing is stylish, It Is beautiful for
a limited engagement, llko an ancient
actross with a talented press agent.
Style .Is the gas which causes the
cost of living to soar. It makes a
groat deal of the difference between
a happy, contented life on f 12 a week
and an unsuccessful effort to keep
ahead of the wolf on S200 a month.
A well-built dining-room table will
last for fifty years, but the stylo gen
erally wears off In four seasons.
This Is why a great many families
are growing fat off of golden oak
tablos which they have bought second-hand,
at a great bargain, from
other families who have had to sacri
fice said tables in order to make the
first pnymont on a now table with a
darker complexion and 1915 model
legs.
Whon a moth gets Into a closet
and rnises a happy family In a flan- ,
nel skirt the housowifo shouts with
despair and tries to call out the
in i 1 1 1 in. Yet twice a year a new stylo
gets Into the show windows of tho
land nnd ruins $100,000,000 worth of
perfectly good clothes and nobody
complains much.
Even women cannot be continuous
ly beautiful because of Btyles. To
day the thin woman may be a wil
lowy dream of grnce, but next yenr
the designers will hang a new variety
of clothes on her nnd sho will have
to buy twenty-three pounds of excel
sior In order to bulge In the right
places.
There are fifty-seven different
lovols of style, each ne of which Is
being attained with great effort by
families which can't afford it. Those
who are devoting their harassed
UMAtoo DIM. we ami
we must uY P"MJ "
fiA-, A m TABLE.
E tint Oio Y 9i
A well-built dining-room table Kill
last for fifty years, but the style
generally wears oft in four
seasons
lives to being stylish should remem
ber that just as soon as they aro
rich enough to maintain themselves
comfortably In Style No. 22, Style No.
23 will move around Just, out of
reach In front of them and make
them perfectly miserable until they
got it.
For this reason, American families
should adopt "Let Swell Enough
Alone" and live up to It, even though
the family next door turns up its
noses so high that they can't shed
rain.
"Capital" And "Capital Stock"
Q. Plcfixc explain to me the dif
ference between "capital" and "capi
tal stock," as applied to corporations.
A. The terms are often used In
terchangeably. Strictly speaking,
however, the word "capital" means
the entire assets of tho corporation,
while the corporation's "capital
stock" Is the amount which Is pre
scribed by the charter or by tho
articles of agreement nnd which is
contributed by the stockholders or
which they may contribute.
Married Women's Property Rights
Q. Are married women's rights
as to property very much changed by
legislative acts in different stalest
A. Statutory enactments in the
various states have made Important
enanges in this respect.
. A Change Of Front
0. recently bought some aoods.
paying for them in part. The goods
vere to be delivered the next day.
','he man now says I cannot have
I 'tern until they are fully paid for.
I 'as he any right to withhold them
Uom met
A. If credit was extended to you
rt the time, and if the seller did not
leserve title until the goods were
fully paid for, you were entitled to
rsceivo the goods at once.
rajinont Of Taxes
0. Is It legal for a landlord to put
a clause in a lease providing that
me tenant snail pay taxest
A. Yes. It Is simply a question
whether the tenant, after reading a
lease containing : this provision,
wishes to sign It.
Not For Storage
Q. Please tell me when a railroad
passenger, after reaching his desti
nation, is required to call for his
baggage.
A. Ho should do so within a rea
sonable time after arriving at his
destination.
The Employer's Claim
Q. I employed a man some time
ago to act as my agent in a certain
business. At the time I believed
him to be intelligent and skillful,
but have since found that he has
been doing his work in a shiftless and
incompetent manner. Have I any
legal rcmrdyf
A. It Is the duty of the agent to
exercise such care and skill as tho
circumstances and the business in
hand demand and such as might ordi
narily and reasonably be expected of
an agent under the circumstances.
If he fails to do so, and the employer
sustains Injury in consequence, the
agent may be compelled to respond In
damages.
Current Poetry
Views Of The Press
IVomen In The News
Little Japan has evidently learn
ed the art of saying no, for It Is
reported that a request for her to
furnish the allies with men to help
force the Dnrdau.olUH, and face tho
vhrnpncl of the Kaiser, will lie po
litely, hut firmly refused. Patrol
work in the fur Paelflr, powder and
FhellH. will be given, hut no food fur
tho cannon.
Solid Front At Ills Hack
We'ro aware, without discussion
what all patriots hanker for.
But we'ro with you, Woodle Wil
son, be It peace or bo It war!
The oung Lady
AcrossThe Way
A"
The Isles of Greece seem to be nil
nflnmo with the war spirit, and It
may b(. hut a question of h.i'irs be
fore her sons will allempt to emu
late tho heroic ,lc"uH whlet I . .' .
seeniled in lyric and sou;; t '..iiiu::
almost forgotten ci :it ! ri. .
The Russians have at lust round'
n general with the rk-ht name to
w'n onttlos, and It Is strange that
lie has not been brought to the
front before, for his name Is (ien-j
enil Kussky, at least this Is what
Tne (lisatelies or today I '-j.o -t.
The way of the transgrr-.-or Is
1 lird, but the bootletcer lo ,r ,.i
- for him by Juries, Is the wuvj
'be r' l mm-In., carl !,. Interpreted I
from the resulis of n,,. (,-lals which i
liave endud hero this wiek.
(mm
1 biffl v Uw-
We asked tho young lady ncross
the way If she believed In tho tncoiuo
tax and Photnld she Btipposcd tho
money had lo he raised In somo way
bet It certainly must bo awfully hard
wl the poor laboring classes.
N INTERESTING Investigation
has just been conducted by tho
Christian Science Monitor of
Boston, a dally paper thnt has taken
high rank tor excellence In tho quali
ty of tho news It prints nnd the man
ner of Its presentation, to ascertain
hat Influence women havo been ex
erting In tho character of news
printed In tho secular dally press.
Tho .Von (for has discovered that not
only tho great dally papers of tho
country, but the Assot-iatcd Press
and other ntss agencies have felt the
influence of women very decidedly In
recent years. Each year sees the
printing of moro new3 of women's
activities and news in which editors
believe tho women aro interested and
tho sense of news values lias been
gradually changing among odltors
everywhere.
This Investigation Is valuable In
that It has resulted in frank ac
knowledgment by many editors that
they havo their women readers con
stantly In mind In making up their
papers nowadays, but It comes hard
ly as a BUrpriso to editors who havo
spent nny considerable time In news
paper making nnd hno kept their
eyes and ears open. Any news writer
who has spent as much aa twenty
years In tho profession can testify
to tho vastly different character of
tho Important news then and new.
There has been change along many
lines, but the most marked change
has been in two directions the
activities of women and business de
velopment. It was not so long ago that a crime
story was considered tho big story In
practically every newspaper office. It
it was a murder it was sure of con
spicuous display and a lengthy re
port. Even tho petty offenses tried
In police court wore "played up" and
reported with much detail. Now only
the most unprogresslve newspapers
pay much attention to police court
news and only when thcro Is on un
usual feature docs a crime story get
much sparo. In tho better class of
newsrnpers a Story about some big
business development or some plan
of city betterment is considered a
much better piece of news than a
crimo story. Articles dealing with
what Is sometimes cynically referred
to as "the uplift" are far more wel
come than those detailing the so
called Interesting phases of counter
feiting or some other criminal activ
ity. Thnt women nre largely respon
sible for this change In editors' Ideas
of news values Is true, and tho busi
nesa success won by publications that
were quick to recognize and respond
lo women's tastes is proof of their
sagacity. There is nothing servile
In this rntcrlng to tho women: It is
but a recognition on the part of the
more enlightened press of the In
creasing Importance of women in the
world s activities. A glance at any
live, progressive dally paper will dis
close that despite the more modern
trend the activities of men still domi
nate the news column.-". Topcka
Kar.s., Daily Capital, '
When A Check Should Be Cashed
' Q. When a cheek is given to me
by a person residing in the same
town, how soon must I present it
to the bank for payment f
A. It should be presented for pay
ment within a reasonable time. As
a general rule, such reasonable time
means the day you receive? the check
or the following day.
Put Them In Different Cells
Q. Where the members of a part
nership engage in frequent quarrels
and differences of opinion, what legal
remedy is there, if anyt
A. If the quarrels are so seriou3
as to make a continuance of the part
nership practically impossible, or if
they are such as to defeat tho com
mon purposes and objects of the part
nership, a court of equity will decree
a dissolution.
Not A Legal Transaction
0. a man is occunulnn n nuM,-,.
ojrice, is it lawful for him' to assign
his salary before reccivinn itt
A. The courts, ao a general rule,
look upon such assignments as il
legal and void.
The Dentist
The dentist bowed me to a chair
In manner most delightful.
He mauled me when he got me
there.
His cruelly was frightful.
He Jacked my teeth apart and toro
Off chunks of conversation.
I suffered on an awful bore!
In silent desperation.
His kind attentions never ceased.
The pain was something killing.
Though not what you would call a
feast
His dope was somewhat filling.
I saw my poor wife wearing crepe;
Myself a bleeding martyr.
(The dentist's in an awiul scrape!
You see he's caught a Tartar!)
Of little tricks at bridge he's full:
He leads without permission.
I rather think he gets his pull
From some strong politician.
Oh, maybe some day I'll be glad
To get a Job as preacher,
A laundryman, an errand lad,
A President, a teacher.
A soldier, artist, candy butch,
A Seventh Day Adventist
But, ah, my heart's too tender
much!
To let me be a dentist! '
By Grit Alexander, Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The man who Is about to he
hanged has one advantage over the
man who is about to be married He
doesn t have to worry about keeping
step to the music.
The Life Line
By Laura Kirkman
The Woman Who
"Stretches A Point"
She doesn't believe In rlsqud
stories, yet, sometimes sny. when
a wealthy hostess tells her one
over a cup of tea. well. It would bo
pretty impolite not to laugh. So
for the sake of politeness, she
stretches a point and laughs. "For
the sake of politeness!" As If a rep
utation for politeness was dearer,
to her than a reputation for purity'
And anyway, is the question one of
politeness? Isn't it one of de
fence? What right has any woman
to assume that her listener Is "
coarse and not "particular"?
V hat do I owe you, that I should
unguard my reputation for you'"
should be her attitude toward
those who essay to entertain her
with ribaldry. But Instead, she
'stretches a point" and laughs'
She is blind to the Insult Implied In
the offer of such entertainment.
She has put s higher estimate on a
rule of conduct than on a principle
.-uo o oi up me wrong idol. Sh
ior saie at the price of
woman's good nature.
She's gting cheap.
If a colored man can look at
a coffin with nit feeling a desire to
run, his reputation for bravery is
After a prolonged debate, the Slx'l
fiTf .c.01nvcron Club finally i,as
decided that a scar on the chin Justi
fies a man in wearing whiskers.
Mrs. Tug Watts says the crime o:
father ten times cannot be too se
verely condemned. Mrs. Watts holds
hat seven Is as many times as any
fattier should be shot.
- A good many men" who grew un
confidently expecting to lose Thel?
h "J1'"," '''I'ans. found out ater
that dandruff j-a Uieir real foe.
lies'" sof0rnrE,ninr" V0,n of troubI
lies so near the surface of tha
pTk intou! CaQ
There are a number of rules and
this is one of the best of them So
not discuss your wife nor irViga a
the memory f )our mother in pubu,?
Now that ynur Indignation ,..
the "raw" deal handed Esau? to
The milkman Is ni.
outsider who ever Z "'?.. m'r
vestiture.
woman
scenic in-
he s
coarse
Every man who goes much to Ih,
photographer's finally suceumbs t ,
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