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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1916)
se Queen Benefit CONCERT and DANCE Given By • ' Eugene Municjpal Band Friday Evening. May 19 ‘*y- ' Eugene Armory Eugene stands an excellent chance to elect the Queen. Your attendance will increase her chances—COME. Spectators, 25c Dance, 50c ICE CREAM SODAS CANDIES Phone 1080 LUNCHES Elliott & Hosmer QUALITY GROCERS Our Motto *Give all we can for what we get instead of get ting all we can for what we give,” Corner 9th and Oak. Phone 246 OBAK Advertises B8 and GO Ninth A ve. EL Expansion Sale at the Eugene Sample Store Seven Days Only BEGINS SATURDAY, MAY 20 life tire tnw,-'taa<3«Nrs in Rugew awi W'e wfctt wr iwjnmrsarr l*jr exptuxdiug. \\V hav* fotatt a v>ia the etsmer next fa t* uudl to show* <3*w ag^roafatfah to the jfchhhe Jfor past pttiroaago we wiU UAYS v>* W prices 10 TER CRXt WCT «a aft Ate*v cfcmicjSfek. Siting rv'wrv^i ©wiVt, fanna^l the vktvv^Witw day. May HMfaemfe hegfa* and tor e Sample Store Wtnmwett» street, mmw & FI DEAL TO LU), Physically Degenerate People Will Not Aid National De fense, Nor 'Want to. ♦ An industry that doesn’t pay its ♦ ♦ workers enough to live on is being ♦ ♦ subsidized by its workers. ♦ ♦ 4-ny condition of American law ♦ ♦ that interferes with the welface of ♦ ♦ the citizens should be destroyed. ♦ ♦ The law of supply and demand ♦ ♦ should not determine wages. ♦ ♦ The number of women workmen ♦ ♦ employed now is equal to the ♦ ♦ number previous to 1913. ♦ ♦ There are a larger per cent of ♦ ♦ workers getting 012 a week now ♦ ♦ than the $9 minimum. ♦ Investigation of payrolls shows ♦ ♦ that six months after the passage ♦ ♦ o fthe minimum wage law the aver- ♦ age weekly envelope was 10 per cent ♦ ♦ laTger than six months previous. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«►♦♦♦♦♦♦ That men and women workers must be paid a living wage in order to be of economic, social and individual value to the government is the opinion of Father E. V. O’Hara, chairman of the Oregon state industrial welfare commis sion who spoke at assembly Wednesday morning. “The underfed, under-clothed, under paid workman always under-produces,” said Father O’Hara. “His power of con suming diminishes in the same propor tion and the result is economic loss. “Disease is spread proportionate to the submerging of people^ and unhealthy living conditions go hand; in hand with under-pay. The domestic results include breaking up of homes, lack of parental responsibility, lack of acceptance of par ental authority on the part of the child ren. “PooTly clother, badly housed people will not cultivate personal ambition, so there is also an individual economic loss. “A hhysically degenerate people can never contribute to national defense. Nor will such a people feel inclined to contribute, for a state will get the sup port of only those people whom it takes an intcsest in.’ ’ “The minimum wage law is one solu tion to the labor problem,” Father O’Hara believes. “To give every man enough to keep himself and his family on —that is the duty of the state. “The minimum wage law is only one feature of the wage legislation. The program includes also shorter hours, ac cident insurance, and industrial educa tion. ! “Oregon was the first s^ate to adopt shorter hours and minimum wage laws for women. In 1913 a law was passed setting the minimum wage at $9 a week. In the same year the law was also made to include men. Thirteen' states have passed wage legislation during the last five years. “The federal department of labor has recently issued a report following its investigation of the conditions previous to the passage of wage legislation in Oregon. The report shows that economi cally, socially, and in every other way the state has gained by having such leg islation. 1918019MSTAFF IMINTM EDITOR “This Year's Events Will Bo Written Immediately to Avoid Errors," Says Miss Wotton, Kuuua TVotton, »ewVv elected editor of the IMS Oregana. has begun her prep aratiou for next year's book. “It is too j early," «*W Mina Wootton, “to forum i late *uy definite plan of action, but I ji expect have all of th» year's events j taken care of aoye so «& to prevent pos sibiUfty of error-., Shsch th£n<sa as Jnsdot i week-ewi, track, and baseball, can. be I bj&tfc&vct «<t OWC«N ’Jftho ntaff slhe Ihaa aweonn^vd! k *s, belief., tiwwa Wboctoi*, Aslant o<#ltpjt%—Jiiftftew»a Fppln®, dtrtb -fbwtco M&dvfen, .XthMib'S-- Shcvbie, Vliffwica Swab; Itbjrkori. dtu.-wrijca WiNk-iss*,, h'arl; FhjibphPbUMb. lj'iiai.vnittRifwt hcWMn>n». Mwsiib -Njifttjihk ’ limber-, XXbWftih'fc 'Ih'Wftbar A'iSl<Wt> TPWIV IfVbtotfW^ -Vfrwwp VlNfiKS. VVi*t#^M^by5r-JtV* ljSybt^k'h, W>tfdh WMiNWt* s<* VH* 1 Wt''- kViOrfcWil,. WftbitNr ! wait* *'f-.h>t;H, Wd'.Tli andm'liw-^'HtHKHPSpn, History of Japanese Art Illus trated With Specimens by I Eizo Hondo During Lecture,. How Japanese color prints are made, and the history of the art, was explain ed to University students yesterday in a lecture given by Erzo Kando, vice-pres ident of the Japanese Color Print so ciety, in the Architectural building. Mr. Kondo is traveling ove. the United .States representing this society in its effort to revive the art of color priyt itaking, which he characterized as the irgbest and most typical of Jnpanese arts. He illustrated nis lecture with spec imens of old and modern prints. In explaining the making of a Japan ese color print, Mr. Kondo declared: “It requires a combination of artist, en graver and printer, but in a sense all three must be true artists. First the art ist draws the outline of the picture on a sheet of thin, transparent paper. Th}s is pasted on a block of wood and an out line engraving made. A proof taken from this outline engraving is painted by the artist with one of the colors which is to appear in the print. This print with itp one color is pasted on another block and another engraving is cut. This operation is repeated until as many blocks ns there are to be colors or shades in the tinish1 , ed print are engraved. Sometimes ap many as fifteen or more blocks must htf engraved for a single print. The print i^ made by being printed in turn on the various blocks inked each with its one color. This was the original method and, was used as early as the middle of the, seventeenth century. This method ha^ been found to be the best and is used to1 this day, the only change being in. thej character of the inks.” In outlining the history of the art of making color prints, Mr. Kondo said: “From its genesis in the seventeenth century until the death of its last great ( exponent in 1856, it was the highest form of Japanese art. After the latter date it declined, due to the lack of great artists who used this medium to express their genius. The Japanese Col or print society is now trying to revive the art, and my mission in the United States is to that end.” The prints l>y the old masters repre sented eight periods, each with its great artist, the first beginning in 1577 and the last, ending in 1856. The prints ex hibited pass though all the stages of evolution, from the depiction of matters of every day life to the carefully express ed snow storm. In the seventeenth cen tury the prints became what is termed futuristic, then they resembled Italian prints. The eighteenth century was the golden age for coloring, the prints al most vie with the butterflies in their softness of color and grace. Later the pigments became harsh for dies were im ported from Europe and the prints be came hideous daubs of clashing colors. Some of the reproductions are so carefully made that no one, but an ex pert, could tell them from the original. However, there is a difference in paper and in the pigments used. RECITAL WILL BE A TREAT Program of Pianist Includes Several Diffioult Numbers. Of particular interest is the graduat ing recital of Miss Mona Dougherty which will occur Friday evening. May 19, in Guild Hall at 8:15 o’clock under the auspices of the University School of Music. Miss Dougherty is a pupil of Dr. J. J. Landsbury and has done notahle work as accompanist for the Girl’s Glee Club. She will be assisted by Leah Per kins, contralto. The program is as fol lows: Bach—Chromatic Fantaaie and Fnrgue. Beethover—Sonata Op. 78. Adagis Allegro, Atlegro Vivace, Rossi—Ah! rendimi (from “'Mitrsne" 10891—Leah Perkins. Sgambati—-Xoetartte B miner. IV'ussy M:t»urga F minor. SchumeTt Idszt—Am Meer. Paraphrase. Thirteen Trackstm li Wctihajo! ftonr <mw>> li ——.. . —————■ 1 (fyet 4| atohes. the shot pot with -&> i ftNft T Otcltes,. amt heave the- jirvehit I VK1 fioec d iitehes. lfcarttete was oo£y- shhf I tio got a second ptaeo- whan, ha- threw the discuss 13& fact and. whihe \ ohnuted the high jumtr bar at d Soft: eveuy it w,t» only- good ft>c- second p!hco». thf oounsjb. those- fttsfc ifiltoos would! not wiifc !k 'beet. but it UHUtt be noweml'ered i tftut those- utethe wete utude by- fJMo meo i out ot % bbWb of’ t(w,olK>b. The second <bid tflihl; idtHMR, which wouldi ff»ji: iti utbWfyWly- 881 fit btbwijy in, die flauli tjo* jhdl-^'Whfihijiston- Daily, ^iifidfb'y. tho- Jbdfbli wtn$*}lititi b<&hsdoodJbak' tbc lidfrdr riaasfe, re©£ ly moor? , *W5f;ne <Kn«$^ tL. I? VERY so often Dame Fashion swings around to back up the urd* ^ versal preference for white hose. Most people v?ear white or tinted clothing next their skin by day, and sleep; upon white sheetSat J night. The badge of cleanliness is white. 1 | With Palm Beach suits and other light colored outfits? in vogue, we see white and colored Wayne Knit hose coming into their right- , ful place again as first in popular favor. We recommend Wayne Knit, no matter what color you prefer. Wayne Knit has been so good for so many years, we never thinkof | suggesting anjj other make. Wear Wayne Knit Hoae IN WHITE AND COLORS Make their oneymoon Chappy GIVE THEM THE PRESENT THEY LIKE! DON'T LET THEIR HONEYMOON BE CLOUDED i BY REMEMBRANCES OF UNSUITABLE GIFTS. ! JEWELRY IS ALWAYS LIKED AND IS AL WAYS SUITABLE. I i WHEN YOU BUY OUR SUPERB, JEWELRY, YOU ARE CERTAIN TO KAYE THE RIGHT QUAL , ITY AND STYLE* AS WELL AS THE RIGHT PRES ENT AND THE RIGHT PRICE. i 1 WE MAKE ^FALmr RIGHT; THEN THE , PRICE RIGHT. j Seth Laraway I SSAJJfQN© MERCfSANT AN© JKW.EIJSL SENDTHE EMERALD HOME t