SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1914
LA QBANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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CERTAINLY, ATHLETICS FOR
ALU
William Hayward, of the University
of Oregon, was in the city last Wed
nesday lecturing to the school child
ren of this city on athletics. He
had no particularly new gospel to
preach but it is satisfying to hear
that, after many years of specializing
on a few men of an athletic team, the
educators of the country are finally
coming back to the rear purpose of
athletics, namely the training and
'strengthening of the body of every
student in the school with a view to
elevating his or her mental standard.
The healthy mind in the healthy body,
as the Romans expressed it, was and
always has been the object of ath
letics, but in contests for supremacy,
in efforts to advertise a school the
best men were singled ont and given
all the attention, while the "skinnies"
and the misfits were delegated to
sit in the bleachers and howl them
selves hoarse while the pride of the
school made a record for himself and
a name for the school.
Thinking men in any school have
alwaya fought this institution, and
it is with some feeling of satisfaction
that Bill Hayward, one of the bes
known trainers of the country has,
after Rinning perhaps against a car
dinal -rule of this idea himself, has
become a convert and a preacher for
the best idea in athletics.
The thing is just as plain and clear
as boarding houe milk. A man is
not going to develop muscle, speed,
endurance, wind, and a quickness of
mind by sitting on the bleachers while
his companions at school have donned
athletic suits and are putting their
muscle and nerves to use. Athletic
drill in the army includes every man
in the gnrrison. They are not after
records and know from ny years
of experience that a few individuals '
highly developed will not stave off the
hospital Wagon for the majority who
have pot had the drill. When ib
"fall in'1 trumpet sounds every "rook
ie", seargent and corporal falls. In to
take his duily turn at 96me sort of
physical exercise that will mifke a
man of him.
In cities this exercise will be of
inestimable benefit to children who
have no earthly thing to do at home
and who, for lack of some kind of ex
ercise, become soft and unable to en
dure. When every woman's son and
daughter attending the public schools
begins to get some of God's fresh air
into his or her lungs, some of the
epidemics that have closed schools
during the winter months will dis
appear entirely. The move is com
mendable and will do more in a men
tal way than eome of the cramming
that makes school life unpleasant for
many youngsters. In this respect
the parents may lend a helping hand
by encouragement and attendance at
some of the athletic stunts. The
picked team will take care of itself
These latter are what might
be called a luxury, but traing for all
is a necessity.
INSURRECTO BENNETT.
Judge Bennett, of The Dalles, is an
insurrecto. He refuses to play the
democratic program as laid down by
the Portland Journal and its allies,
therefore he is marked for slaughter.
According to the Journal and its
inner circle Dr. C. J. Smith of Port
land, must be governor of Oregon.
It proposes to force his nomination
and election.
But the Journal forgot to reckon
with Bennett, who is somewhat of an
old war horse who never would stay
put and invariably kicked over the
plans of the machine democrats of
Oregon.
The Judge says he did not expect
to run, but when the Journal tried
to cast him out sniff out his candle
as it were the old jurist rose right
up in bitterness, spoke out loud in
Meeting and set the jock around
The Dalles on fire for a short time.
Still the Democratic machine
thought it could head off the stalwart,
but he refused to be headed or be
headed, and he is now in the race with
nostrils wide open and the bit in his
teeth.
And Judge Bennett is going to sur
prise some of the primary fixers who
have been dictating everything in the
democratic party , for the past ten
years. He has a vote that is solid
and will stay. On every hand you
can hear of Republicans who openly
state they are registering as Demo
crats in order to help' nominate
Judge Bennett. Isn't this amusing?
That is the way Democrats used to
do in Republican primaries. But who
would have thought the wheel would
have turned so . quickly ? It is the
penalty for being the majority party,
for such the Democratic party now is
to Oregon.
Bennett's advent in the race helps
John Manning and John is singing
sweet lullabys to the old veteran law
yer and his friends. He reasons that
Bennett's vote will split the vote of
Smith and there is some logic to tbo
reasoning. , Thus, John thinks with
his certain Multnomah county ma
jority he will wipe out any up coun
try vote that Smith might get over
Bennett or Bennett might get over
Smith.
But, isn't it fun to see 'em 6crap.
They have hovered together at Mother
George Chamberlain's breast for so
long that it is certainly great sport
to see them fight once like a lot of
Kilkenny cats,
"GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY MOVE
MENT."
Absence at worship of So many peo-1
pie of late years prompted the be
lief on the part of some that the
day of going to church on Sunday had
passed with many citiuens. Men of
prominence oven called public atten
tion to the few people 'land especially
the few men who attended Sunday
worship, giving various reasons for
the lack of a desire to partake of a
habit and a pleasure that had stood
for so many years.
But the wise ones wre only guess
ing, for the cycle has boon completely
turned now and there is a decided
movement on the part of people of &e
United States to '"go to chodh iSon-
dny." ,
This is best illustrated by the at
tendance at Christian worship last
Sunday in Chicago when two thirds
of the poulation of that great city at
tended religious services, while in
Kansas City nearly two hundred
thousand persons heard the gospel
preached on the same day.
It is an awakening. Just who is o
blame for it, or rather to be credited
with it, no one seems' to know. Peo-
pie as a whole seem more desirous of
hearing a good .sermon and listen
ing to sacred music than they have
been for the past twenty-five years.
The daily newspapers must be given
some sort of credit lor tne large
turnover in the above mentioned cit
ies, but no paper has yet even assum
ed to have been the prime caiwe of
starting the movement It was rath
er a case of the movement starting
and the daily press assisting In every
way it could.
That this same movement is
spreading to the smaller cities is
plain to be seen. In La Grande the
houses of worship hold larger con
gregations than formerly, which is
a good sign and indicative that the
Christian religion survives all things.
People may wander somewhat from
its teachings, but it is for a short
time only.
Encourage the "go to church Sun
day" movement in La Grande. Adopt
the Kansas City slogan: "Go to
church) pny charch; but be sure and
go,-'
Ex-president Taft, in one of his
fatherly lectures, advises lo keep the
boys' ft out of the clouds, to which
a Grande Ronde sage immediately
says "Amen, and the girls too, for
these tango days are the days when
their toys get turned skyward."1
After the Observer published the
homelike stories regarding Cove and
community, including Tom Johnson
and George Chadwick there has
been a pronounced desire on the part
of La Grande people to visit Cove
along about butchering time.
Pendleton's Roundup committee had
a meeting last week thinking it was
getting in the game early. But the
Union Horse Show bunch had pre
ceded the Pendletonians just thirty
days. How's that for early rising?
Bourne blames the country press
for his defeat and the senator is not
far wrong in his conclusions. But the
country press rest in the belief it did
the right thing at the right time.
Since the Supreme Court has hand
ed down an opinion regarding liqour
selling it would seem Oregon has
been in the doubtful column eVer since
1910 and no one knew it before.
DEEDS, NOT WORDS
o
La Grande People Have Absolute
Proof of Deeds at Home
It's not words but deeds that prove
true merit. '
The doeds of Doan's Kidney Pills,
For La Grande kidney sufferers,
Have fqade heir local reputation
Proof liefr-lti the testimony of La
Grande people.
Mrs. M. E. Nibler, 2106 Third street.
La Grande, Ore., says: "My hack
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CHANCES ARE ABOUT 5000 $
t . TO 50.
When you are quietly sitting
near your heater reading the do- $
ings of the djpy uj La Grand '
and tho world At large about
6000 persons In this city and, ft $
tne vaney are doing th arae,
Somebody has lost . ttticle, or S
may want somethjTng, or has S
' something to 1L The simplest
way td read so many persons
is to mm a little want ad in
fte OKterver. and yon will be
tatting te, about 6000 persons
l the tome time. Could yon
possibly see wore thaa 50 of
these persona in oae day ? It is
not likely. The busy man lets t
others do the talking and eon-
serves hie energy for the trans-
action. A paper aever gets ont
of breath, nevor loses energy
and always puts the proposition
in a few liaes. If your time is
worth money yon caa't save it
more easily tha by a want ad.
Trying is believing. The Ob-
server is williag to prove it
ached and I had severe pains through
sid w"
ana l louna it narai w uu wj
work. One of my relatives had used
Doan'a Kidney Pills and adivsed me
to try thefa. Two boxes drove away
the aches awj pains, and I have had
no trouble sinW Everything 1 said
about Doan'a Ki9ney Pills when I rec
ommended them efore, I willingly
confirm now."
Price 60c. at all Vealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidneySemedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same mat
Mrs. Hibler had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
HUMORS OF PULPIT
"Bulls" by Clergymen Arouse
Mirth of Their Hearers.
Bad Judgment Sometimes Displayed
by Preachers In the Selection of
Their Texts Curate's Odd
Exordium.
New York. It was Dr. Cbsmo Gor
don Lang, archbishop of York, who,
when he was bishop of Stepney, re
marked, apropos of the children of the
east end: "They are doing a great
deal to rebuke the tendency of the
-1... . Wjww.ma mlrirfl aooA In BDlr-
moroge wd Uperior." And
be told oae of bis toorlte stories of
M - Bu ciewc, iis
iiietess ana aisconsoiaie ou
on his dally round of visits, when a
little street urcbin looked up at him
with a cheerful' eye and knowing smile
and Mid:
"Ullo, young man!"
"That greeting quite reassured the
parson for the rest of the day." Dr.
Lans declares.
And It was Dr. Ingram, bishop of
London, who once declared that
"sense of humor la essential to suc
cess. If a young man has no sense of
humor I would keep him at college
until he got one."
But although many clergymen seem
to lack that sense of humor which Is
so essential If their work is to be suc
cessful and popular, there are occa
sions when they themselves are the
cause, unconsciously, of much amuse
ment to others. The Rev. W. Cowan
tells, for Instance, how the "bull" at
times arouses the risibilities of the
congregation and plays havoo with the
solemnity of the occasion,
"Brethren, I beg of you to take hold
) of your heart and look It straight in
the face.'
The following is said to have been
a preacher's peroration: "We pursue
the shadow; the bubble bursts, It
leaves the ashes In our hands." A
London preacher a short time ago in
Tited "young men and women of all
&ges to attend his meetings, which re
minds one of the memorable exordium
of the nervous curate: "Young ladles
or perhaps 1 Bhould Bay young women,
for I wish to embrace you all.". Nerv
ousness Is. Indeed, accountable for
some curious mistakes and laughable
Incidents. The preacher must have
been nervous who gave out thlB text:
"Heaviness may endure for joy, but
night cometh In the morning."
Apparently It Is dangerous for the
young clergyman to fish for compli
ments. There Is a story of a reverend
divine who once asked a sexton how
he liked the sermon. "I didn't like It
t all," candidly answered that worthy.
?!i pray?" inquired the preacher.
"First, because you read l: secondly,
because Jt was not worth reading."
And there was another young man
very Tain of his esii;; "
a preacher, who, fcftCT oXdStflll al a
certain service for (I "Scottish minister'
who occasionally had to avail himself
of the assistance. f probationers, Was
met by ike btd gentleman with extend-;
et Ban lis hB he descended, from the
pulpit tApecting high praise, he sail,
"No compliments. I pray," "Nay, nay1,
my young friend," said the parson,
"nowadays fm glad p.', anybody."
Mr. Cowan 'points out tflat preach
ers havo a remarkable lack fct com
mon, sense when choosing thfctr texts.
He has heard ot hn EdtnAlTgh minis
ter who preached a eottatm on a mis
erly brother clferlc from the words,
"And the beggar d1ta." Another cleric
In preaching to a. Society of physicians
announced as hts text:. "A certain wo
man . . . had suffered many things
of many physicians and had spent alt
(hat she had, and was nothing better,
tut rather grew worse."
Tlils Is a story, too, told of an old
evangelical clergyman who had a Bon
Tn orders. The young man became a
tall blown ritualist. On one occasion
the father paid a visit to his son, who
asked him to preach In his church.
For some time the old mnn refused,
but pressed to do so, he at length
consented, and chose the text, "Lord,
have mercy upon my son, for he Is a
lunatic."
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Women In Turkey. .
s- Patrick of Boston,
Dr. Mary ... . "-upm
president oi uio Auivncmu
for Girls in Constantinople, who la
now in this country, says that she
finds Turkish girls apt pnplli and
very anxious to learn. ' As many won
en are now being called to take tab
places of men who have fallen In
battle, the value, of an education is
better appreciated than ever before.
Today there are several thousand
Mohammedan girls and women at
tending the university. One of the
girls who left the school less than a
year ago Is now chief editorial writer
on the Tannin, the leading Young
Turk publication. She has written
two novels dealing with the political
situation in Turkey.
Willie Say, papa, where does aU
the mall come from? ,
Papa Mostly from people you owe
money to.
"Her Name Is Legion."
She's the prettiest maiden
That ever was born.
Her lips are a rose
And her tongue Is Its thorn.
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