La Grande evening observer., February 01, 1913, Image 7

SATU10)&Y, FEBRUARY 1, 1913.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE SEVEN
Long
On Dollars and
Short On Religion
Says Lehton Pastoral
Rev. Upton H. Glbbs' amiual lenten pastoral bu been Issued to
bis parishioners. "Long on dui lars and short on religion" Is the
keynote of the pastoral, which follows In fufl, followed by special
.notices to the congregation and members:
MY DEAR PARISHIONERS': '
A certain rich man, during the latter years of
bis life developed an Interest in philanthropy. He
founded and endowed hospitals, established orphan-.
ages, subscribed liberally to churches and even fur
nished the site for a theological seminary. He ex
plained his conduct on the ground, tlret he had been
so preoccupied with making money, that he found
himself short on religion and wished to catch up.
Let us hope in this laudable desire, he was not dis
appointed, although his dollars having had such a
tremendous start, kept piling up In spite of himself.
I am not aware that his wealth had been ac
quired 1 fraudulently, at least from a commercial
standpoint. True, he had frequently cornered the
market on food products, and also depressed It when
be wished to buy. And the enormous gains- accru-
lag through such procedure, were not obtained sole
ly at the expense of his business competitors, but
at that of the poor farmer who, needed a fair price
for his grain to . pay his interest and that of the
laboring man with a family to feed, on small wages.
This would account to many why the millionaire
found himself short on religion, but I am not now
concerned with his business ethics but with the
fact that he had been so absorbed in business that
ho had had no time to devote to the claims of re
ligion. Late In life, he realized that In this, he'
had made a great mistake and so. set about trying
to rectify It Alas, be la not the only one to find
, himself long on dollars but short on religion, and
there is a pathos in the attempts such men make
-to catch up on religion and to redeem the time, ere
It is too late.
But It Is not money making alone which usurps
the time, the energy, the thoughts of men to the
exclusion of higher ends. Many are devotees of
worldly power, position or pleasure which they
-pursue with such ardor, that while they may attain
their ends In these respects, they remain woefully
short on religion, not because their occupations
were -wrong In themselves, but simply because they
did not strive after religious things. They became
long in political power, social distinction, in auto
mobiles, In golf or bridge whist, but short in faith .
towards God, duty towards Htm, and in every vital
need of their souls. This suggests the question, as
they face the eternal future, "What does It profit a
man, if he gain the whole world and lose his own
soul?" or "What shall a man give In exchange for
bis soul?"
The soul 1b the gift of God and In Him it lives
and moves and has Us being. Religion Is the tie
which unites the soul to God and in the .practice of
religion, its life is developed and stimulated. Hence
the absolute necessity and Importance of finding
time In spite of all the Incessant demands of other
thibgs, to look after 'the religious wants of the
soul. Otherwise our lives will be sad missings of
the mark no matter how plethoric our bank accounts
or how brilliant a position we may occupy In the
midst of our fellowmen.
We all need to be solemnly warned, for we all
are In danger of thus making havoc of our lives,
and so each year the call is Issued to stop and take
heed to our ways and see how we stand In respect
to our religious life. For do what we please we are
religious beings with all the responsibilities be
longing to such a condition. We may choose to live
as animals with only a temporal existence, but we
shall be Judged not as the creatures of a day but
of eternity. ' ' '
Another Lent is at -hand and so I .' commend to
your earnest consideration, the words of Him who
for us men and our salvation became MAN that He
might reveal to us the true life of a man and enable
us to live and attain It; VA man's life conslsteth not
in the abundance of the things which he possesBeth."
Affectionately Yours,
UPTON H. GIBBS. .
La Grande, Oregon,
Sjicclal Sen Ices Program.
ASH WEDXESDAT, February 5. Morning at 10:00.
Evening, 7:30. .
There will also be a service with address on each
Wednesday at 4 p. m. and Friday at 7:30 p. m.
Holy Week services te be announced later.
The Bishops' visitation March 30th.
Ject, "A nation born In a Day"
Christian Endeavor, :30 p. m
'Topic, "Christian Endeavor Prin
ciples, and how to uphold them"
John 14:4-15. (Young Peoples' Day)
Evening worship, 7:30 o'clock
Subject, "Christ's Sad Question"
All are cordially' Invited to these
meetings.
A. G. LANE, Pastor.
QUEER BURIAL SERVICE.
How Adaman lelanders Prated Their
Oaad From Evil Spirit.
Strange Is the burial servloe among
the Ada man Islanders. It to the cu
torn of the Islanders to drop tbe bodies
of their purruta luto tbe sea at tbe eud
of nites and leave tbero there until
nothing renin lug but tbe bones, wblt'b
they tUeu gather and baug from the
roofs of tbelr buts.
It Is a common custom for a relative
to sit by thebour and watcb tbe bones
of some relative. This Is tbe way they
baveof showing their love aud reaped.
The bodies are treated In tbls fast)
Ion so that tbe evil spirits cannot tease
and pincb tbem. All tbnt Is left are
tbe dried bonea. and these are placed
blgb so that If-the evil spirits wander
luto the buts they will bave a bard
time to Bnd them. If a bone Is carried
away It menus some bad spirit has
seized It, and tills means that some
terrible calamity ill befall tbe fam
ily. In the Katanga district of central
Africa wben a chief and bis wife dies
there Is great feasting and celebrating
Some of these festivals last three or
four days. After the bodies are laid
to rest fcltb dancing and rejoicing
because tbey are going to rule over
a higher sphere their relatives and
friends do not depart until tbey leave
one or more chairs and a supply of
clothes. Tbls is done because tbe souls
are expected to come oat and wander
about their graves. Chicago Tribune.
First Baptist Church.
Sixth and Spring streets.
Bible school at 9:45. Theodore
JohnBon, superintendent. '
Morning service at 11. Subject.
Gideon and God."
Yminir Pennlp's society at 6:30. "A
tudy in the Acts of the Apostles."
Evening service at 7:30. Subject,
Catching a Thief."
A cordial Invitation Is extended to
VI.
R. E. CLOSE, Pastor.
Y. M C. A.
Big Sing and Men's meeting at the
M. C A Sunday afternoon 3:30
frclock. Tbe speaker 'is Mr. R
Anowles. Corns and bring ano'-her
tan with you.
St. Peter's fnotTli.
Quinquagesima Sunday.
Feast of the Purification of Saint
kiry the Virgin.
tSunday school 10 a. m.
ornlng service 11 a. m.
Evening service 5 p. m.
SVestry meeting Monday 7:30 p. m
Lenten services to be announcea
besday.
UPTON H. GIBBS, Rector
7:30
Lord's
"Your
XI. E. Church, Sonth.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m
Epworth League at 6:30 p. m.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and
p. m.
Morning vsubject "The
Pottery." Evening subject
Photo Free of Charge".
String music .and Rood 'singing.
Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 p.m
Everybody welcome.
HARRY P. NELSON, Pastor
First M. E. Church.
Corner 4!h and M streets.
9:45-n. m., Sunday school.
11:00 a, m., Preaching service
Subject. "A great Conviction.
12: K, Class meeting.
6:30 Epworth League.
7:30 Lecture. "The Raven"., found
ed on the poem by Poe.
A cordial invitation extended to
nil these services.
E. B. FYKE, Pastor.
FlrM Presbyterian (hurrb.
Sixth street and Washington avenue, I
Sabbath School 9: 45 p. m., Robert!
WhaU Sharks.
While whales are the largest of ma
rine animals, yet certain (tab grow to
almost as 'gigantic size. Tbe largest
of true Ashes are found among tbe
sharks and the largest of tbese for
uildiible (tubes are the whale sharks
Tbese huge fish occur In tbe waters of
India. Japan, South America, Panama,
California and the West Indies. The
nose Is very broad and blunt and the
montb. although very wide. Is armed
only with minute teeth. It la a dark
colored creature, marked with .small,
whitish spots and Is perfectly harmless
to man, feeding exclusively on small
fish. It's huge bulk makes It da
gerous wben wounded. Tbls great fish
reaches a maximum length of seventy
feet
Whits Robed Blacksmiths.
Extraordinary precautions are taken
by tbe Korean blacksmith before he
attempts to shoe any Korean borse
which Is noted for its bad temper and
likely to flourish Its heels if not se
curely tied up first Sight or one of
tbe small ponies trussed op to tL -heavy
timber framework Is ludicrous,
however, and In a way may be termed
"borsboeing on tbe safety plan.! White
costumes would look out of place for a
blacksmith's use almost anywhere else,
but in Korea all men wear white gar
ments. Young men also wear tbelr
balr screwed up In bard knots on tbe
top of their beads as a sign tbey are
married. ..
Marriages In Burma.
A curious Idea among the Burmese Is
that people born on tbe same day of
the week must not marry and tbnt If
tbey defy tbe fates tbelr anion will be
marked by much III luck. To prevent
these disastrous marriages every girl
carries a record of her birthday In her
name, each day of the week having a
letter belonging to It and all children
are railed by a name wblcb begins
with tbut letter.
Still Worried.
'It nsed to worry me wben tbe bar
ber Informed me that my balr was get
ting a little thin on top."
"But you sot used to It. eh?"
"No. Now It worries me because he
docke t mention it I must be getting
old. "-Philadelphia Press
Jutt the Contrary.
People In very cold climates need a
heavy diet. ' -
No. they don't: they have to have
light diet Don't the Eskimos eat can
dies?"- Baltimore American.
Your Blessings.
Ef you'll stop courtln' yo' trouble
fer awhile mehtte you'll have time ter
dlsktrer dnt you've bad enough bless
In's fer a good sized lifetime. Atlanta
Constitution.
Strong minds an O'er wttboit com
plaining: weak ones complain without
suffering.
The Way It Goes.
"I want a nice book for an Invalid. "
"Something religious, madam?"
"Er-uo- he's convalescent" Boston
Transcript.
(Eakin, superintendent.
Morning worship 11 o'clock.
Truth Is an honest, man's statement
Sub- of n fact
STANDARDIZATION OF PARTS.
CU Whitney's 8ohem Revolutionised
the Manufacturing Business.
Tbe system of tbe standardisation of
parts, now so universal, originated with
Ell Whitney, the Inventor of tbe cot
ton gin, when be undertook 'to make
muskets. Tbe government gave him a
contract la 1703 for 10.000 stands or
arms, although be had no "plant" for
their manufacture. Ue built small
factory In New Haven, Conn., and be
gnu work, but fouud a great obstacle
In tbe difficulty of getting good work
men, especially those capable of actlug
as foremen -under bis novel methods.
His plan, as Is pointed out by George
lies In a recent original study of Whit
ney's achievements, was to make of
his factory a single huge machine. In
an armory before Whitney's day ench
man. highly skilled, produced by him
self a distinct part of a musket This
division of labor Whitney supplanted
by so apportioning work that little or
no skill was demanded. Ue separated
the various tasks and at each of these
operations kept a group busy. For
their assistance he simplified each op
eration and Introduced three aids since
indispensable In manufacture drilling
by templets or patterns, filing by jigs
or guides and milling lrregulnr forms.
From first to last a model musket
was copied with precision so that ev
ery lock, for example, was exactly like
every other among thousands. When
all tbe parts needed to form a weapon
were assembled they united much su
perior to a musket formed on any oth
er plan. In case of repair a new part
exactly fitted the place of an old part
and at a trifling cost
In order to accomplish his purpose
and carry out bis contract whose exe
cution was much prolonged, Whitney
was obliged to Invent new tools and
machines at every step, none of wblcb
was patented. By doing so be not only
greatly Improved tbe finish and accura
cy of bis guns and the speed of their
manufacture, but so Impressed the val
ue of the Idea of standardisation upon
the minds of manufacturers that It was
presently applied in other trades and
has long since become tbe rule In man
ufacturing. Harper's.
LA GRANDES LABOR STATUS
RELATIVtTO GIRLS. 0. K.
Readers of The ..Observer wlll re- i3.W) -a -week-; -median wage, $8.20 a
member a news Item In this paper week.
concerning the visit to this city of' Total number of wage achodules ot
Miss Caroline. Gleason dlrectoor ot women' employes In Portland receive!
the consumers league of Portland and classified: 4.523.
Miss Gleason at that time waa In La There is a llt'Je volume of Interest
Grande and other cities of the state Ing data on Ideas about wages ant
for the purpose of looking Into the living conditions that do not nrgm
wages and working conditions of anything other than selfishness om
women, with a view to compiling the part of employers. For Instance
statistics for the legislature and the It Is said that because a Irl Is llvlna;
general reading public. The report at home she Is not entitled to the
of the league Is out and reveals some wages paid the girl who Is adrift and
Interesting facts concerning the fu-absolutely dependent upon herself
Iture mothers of the state. A brief! for support. The fallacy of this or-
resume of tho same cannot be out of'gument Is pointed out In the booklet
P'nce. !ln tnese words: "The argumestt
The director of the survey went( against this la surely that she eats
Into detail concerning nearly all of ( three meals a day aa the girl adrift
the Industries of the state In wfclch is supposed to do 'and food for the
women are employed, and In more former costs the same as for the lat
than a dor.en cases worked In the'ter. If she Is receiving only enous
t ngv tnr h9 flnthino Iia n.w
some her food and Jaundry? If hor parental
thA AmnlnvAra wata antflflrnnlntic tn m oiiarrifnnn An . Hibwai Mnipiw.
the Idea of Inspection and threaten-Jutlng Just so much to the revenue of
ed emnloyea with dismissal from the the mors or fncttnrv for which the
factory or the shop for divulging girl Is working? And If she Is
the conditions of tbe same. ("charity girl" who pays for her
All told the report may be taken lunches with the loss of her TlrtaeJ
as comprehensive enough, inasmuch ' Can she not hold the departmea
as more data would only be a need- store more heavily her debtor tha
less repetition of the same conditions' do the parents of the virtuous girl 7
This report shows that In the city of' Not many bills presented to the
Portland a girl cannot live in decency j legislature will strike to the roots ot
on any salary under $10.00 a week, 'evils to the same extent as this ml
For the state at large the result Is imura wage bill. The booklet arm
about the same. The cost of living gve those Interested the inside facte
' outside ot Portland is computed to be 0f a Tggt field of labor conecrnln
$9.82. ' In other words a girl living WOmen who are not organized Bar
I In a smaller town must get $10 or their own protection and will help to
factory herself for the purpose of to
getting the information. In
A CHAMPION SPELLER.
or more to live respectably.
, tone down the glamor of city life and
Horace Greeley Was a Wonder When
Only Six Years of Age. .
No champion of tbe old time spelling
matches, perhaps, ever excelled Horace
Greeley. He was, in fact a spelling
prodigy. What would the boys and
girls of today, who grumble over their
dally stint of twenty . words, think of
a child not yet six years old who could
actually spell every word tn tbe lan
guage! That Is what tbe young Horace
Is said to bave been able to do.
Ills schooling began in bis fourth
year, and the art of spelling at once
became a passion with him. In school
and out be kept incessantly at its
study. Hour after hour be would He
on the floor, spelling over all the diffi
cult words be could find In tbe few
books that the family owned.
The fame of bis prowess spread.
Naturally Horace was tbe first one
.-hosen at spelling matches. He had a
lisping, whining voice and spelled bis
words with tbe utmost confidence.
Sometimes In winter, when tbe snow
drifts were so deep thnt one of the
big boys bad to take blm to the school-
house on his back, tbe little white
haired fellow would drop asleep be
tween turns. When bis word came
round his uelghbor would nudge htm
anxiously He would wake, spell bis
word and drop asleep ocnln at once.
So great was the boy's repututiou as
a student of unusual powers thnt the
selectmen of a neighboring town, in
passing a rule forbidding tbe attend
a nee at the local school of any pupil
from outside tbe township, honored
bim by adding the clause. "Excepting
only Horace Greeley." Youth's Com
panion. Sarcastic
This Incident Is related of a 8cotcb
doctor, new to the tun. who adven
tured upon a day's rabbit shooting.
Chased by the ferrets, bunny was a
rather quick moving target and the
medico was not meeting with tbe suc
cess be anticipated.
"Hang It all. man." he exclaimed Im
patiently to the keeper who accom
panied him: "tbese beasts are too quick'
for me!"
"Aye. doctor," the pawky keeper re
plied, "but ye surely dldna expect them
tne He still like yer patients til) ye kilt
them?"
Yet He Liked Freeh Air.
"My husband was at a smoker Sat
urday night and never got borne until
about I o'clock."
"Was that wh be wasn't at church
Sunday morning?"
"No; he says the ventilation Is so
poor In church and the atmosphere al
ways gets so heavy that be can't keep
awake." -Judge.
The report gives the smaller towns persuade the happy village maiden
Including La Grande, credit for the the farm gri that she is immeaaur
average better conditions of labor. auiy better off on the farm where she
.stating that ventilation and hourBhag penty than in the city where
I are better and that employer and em-'exi8tence jg a hard struggle,
ployed are on better terms. I Copies of the booklet are to be ha
I The following table giving the av- by aa(lregglllg Mlsg Caroline Cleasosi
I An ta annual ma era tnr Kflft WittTIPn
I
workers in Portland and their ex-
director of the minimum wage sur-
pense account will speak for the vey. 206 Central bulhHngV PortlaneV
passage of the minimum wage bill: Oregon.
LAUNDRY.
No. Average .Annual Wage
9 At Home . $423.00
27 Adrift ; 64.00
FACTORY.
82 At Home 18-92
18 Adrift ' 395.00
OFFICE,
57 At Home 642.14
31 Adrift .'. 632.90
DEPARTMENT STORES.
81 At Home 4r,9-5
35 Adrift. 480 57 '
MISCELLANEOUS.
99 At Home 41-2
70 Adrift -.' r8-71
Expense Deficit Saving
$474.45 $ E1.45
11.05
475.05
426.98
438.83
699.50
617.07
605.36
572.42
539.29
626.68
10.06
48.83
57.36
145.86
91.85
99.05
67.97
$ 75.S3
The following table taken from the1
pamphlet shows the average living
cost outside the city of Portland.
Average amount spent annuall by
101 women wage earners In miscel
laneous occupations In Oregon.
Data obtained from Ashland. Ba
ker, Eugene, Forest Grove, La Grande,
Medford, lOregon City, Pendleton, Sa
lem and Vale:
Room , and board $278.62
Clothing ! I37-50
Laundry "'00
Carfare 21.00
Doctor and dentist 18.00
Church and lodge 12.02
Reading
Recreation 20.50
Total T,0M
$9.82 a week: $12.55 a month.
This table Is a summary of week
ly wages paid In Portland:
END DISGUSTING
CATARRH
Money Back From the Newlln Dm; Ca
lf Catarrhal Misery Does
Not lave Yon.
Try the sure way. Breathe Booth
HYOMEI over the sore, garra lnfecte
membrane, kill the germs and heal the
sore spots.
Use the little Inhaler that come
with each $1.00 outfit five times dar
ing the day. At night use the vapor
breathing treatment as directed.
Booth's HYOMEI docs not contais
any harmful drug. It is Australia,
oucalyptus combined with .r:J,;
Llstcrlan antiseptics.
When the bottle of HYOMEI Out
comes with your outfit Is gone roe
Summary of weekly wage sof women employes In Portland:
A Surprise Coming.
Pastur's Wife You understand,
Mary, that I am only "at home" on
Wednesday from 3 to C. Mary Yes.
ma'am. Then to herself: "Mary, what
a bvavenly situation you nsve got:
Thf mistress only at home for two
hO)-jrs every week!" Exchange.
Occupation No und r No ov'r
$10.0
Department store 1211
Facorles 319
Hotels and Restaurants 105
Laundries L10
Office .help (not including steno
graphers 69
Stenographers '9
Printing trades 32
Telephone Operators 26
Miscellaneous ' 19
Pet und'r l'ct ov'r
Total
.1920
$10.00 Total $10.00 $10.09
867 2078 58.2 41.7
108 427 74.7 25.1
108 213 49.2 50J
10 140 92.6 7.1
67 126 46.4 53.1
66 f5 22.4 :
25 57 50.
2 52 50.
20 39 48.7
1927 3217 69.6 40.4
Additional report of 53 factories
representing 21 Industries; 1306 wo
men employed; lowest wage reported,
can get another for f0 cents. Just
breathe It no stomach dosing.
The Newlln Drog company.