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PE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ( MONDAY, APRIL A 1914. TflE, . OBSERVER ,'JRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Pwnejr. Entered in the Post Grande, Oregon, as ''.'matter. J;u;-i.-',' Office at La I second ; claaa ..Advertising rates on application. All copy for display advertising must reach the office the day bsfore the : ad appears. . . : v ' r : ;. Address all communications to . THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street, 1 1 SUBSCRIPTION BATES: Y ' Pally, single copy . . , . . .;.,, ... . ,5c Daily, per week ............. v..15e Daily, per month .....65c Daily, six monthi In advance. . . .$ 3.50 Pally,; per year in advance. . . . . .$7.00 Dally, by mail per year, In ad vance . .', , . .5 . . : v. .14.00 Weekly Ovaerver, per year in'-"' '. advance....'...'. ......SLSt t f FOR OUR MEN CHILDREN. Chicago has a new court for boys too old' to be classed as juveniles and too young to lie treated at responsible men. : This court will have juris diction over boys between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one. The former i the limit of the Juvenile courts in Illinois and in. most stales boys more than sixteen years old must be tried in regular courts. The" idea responsible for the es tablishment of Juvenile courts is that boys and girls should be protected from the influences and environment of criminal courts. It is held that at their impressionable ages the stigma ct appearing with hardened offender before a -udge is like to have a per manently injurious' effect on charac ter. Another basic reason for Juvenile court is that the children over which i . has jurisdiction are not ,to be judged by such standards as we apply to grown men and women. - They are 1 ot reasoning and logical human be . i.igs but are more or less creatures of impulse, following the dictates of pas sion, : caprice and association with little or lio thought of ultimate con sequences. Experience has shown this h tie only wise and just way to treat children, even when they are accused of serious offenses.; The Juvenile court, in short, has justified itself so completely that no influence could in duce' the states which have' it to re turn to the old method. If it is true that younger children should have a special treatment and a special court when they offend against the laws, how much .more should those who have reached the precarious ape of sixteen or seventeen but have not yet arrived at manhood be plnced in a class by themselves. Parents know that this is the time when' the boy is most difficult to man age because at or Bbout this age he is most sensitive to the influence of of chance companions, wrong en vidonment of evil example. Frequently he has the strength and the stature of a man; but he is not a man he is only a foolish, headstrong boy. ' If ever he requires the strong steady' hand of an elder, kindly enough o trv to be his friend, tolerant enough to understand his temptations service and hot water kettles are very popular. V -'''. iU.'t'- 'r:'v"V,'if.v,A;. i Most important of all, however, the old horsehair furniture of the Vic torian era has returned. Early Vic- I torian drawing room chairs inlaid I with moter-of -pearl and having gilt designs are, fetching big prices1. ' The present generation just growing up will have no recollection of horse hair furniture; but it occupies an im portant place in the recollection 'of those now in middle age. Fully many an equine quadruped gave up his or her innocent young life to decorate the palace of year; agone. , The old horsehair1 Sofa always felt, when you f sat ' upon" it, 'as hougiT 'you bad on a xrencn suit or rea flannel underwear. There was sort of a prickling sensa tion which dd not create a desire to linger long. The old furniture was uncomfortable. The crooked backed and crooked legged chairs were almost impossible to sit on and were valuable mainly as decorative effects.' ' The return of the old-fashioned fur nishings,' long barred from polite society as hidous and impracticable, only mark another phase in the every shifting status of civilization. - In England such a thing as a return to antiques is possible, as ' England is full of them. In America, if the craze reaches here, genuine antiques will have to be manufactured and the fac tories may .soon be expected to re ceive orders for carload lots of 200 year old horsehair sofas and spindle legged chairs. V , Some people are very .' touchy. There is a man In Youngstown who refuses to ride in .the pay-as-you-enter cars as he thinks they cast a reflection on his credit Strap Book An Humble Jeker. . "Humphry Ward, the husband of the well known novelist likes to r-Joke about his nonentity." The speaker wua a New York maga slne editor. . ; ' , ;' . :V; , ' "Humphry Ward, they tell me," the editor went on, "once entered bis wife's I study while she was out and glanced over the manuscript upon her writing desk. . .-.;'. I "He read the sentence, 8he swept the room with a bright, fresh glance.' and, taking up a pencil,, he wrote oa ' the margin of the page, 'If she would only sweep the room with a bright fresh broom r . l '.- ,.'' . "Reading on. be came to, 'She touch ed a button, and a footman appeared.' His marginal note to this was: 'Alas! She will never touch a button!' -...'. .."And . now be came upon the' sen tence, 'She decided to mend her ways.' And again he wrote: 'Hopeless! BheH never mend anything!" " The London suffragets have begun to hurl boesNext . the dazed English male may see small hot birds flying through the air. . . The Literal Mind. Man Is never literal in the expression of hip Ideas. except in matters. .moat trivlal.,. Very often, man's words are pot n language at all. bnt merely a vo cal gesture of tbe dumb. They may indicnte. hut do not express. His thoughts. Tbe mure vital bis thoughts 'be more bnve bis words to be explain ed by tbe (-outfit of ills life. Those wbo seek to Know bis meaning by the aid or tbe dictionary only technically reuch tbe bouse, for they urn stopped by the outride wall and And no en trance to tbe ball. This Is the reason why tbe teachings ot our greatest prophets give rise to endless disputa tions when we try to understand them by following their words and not by realizing them in our own lives. The men wbo are cursed with the gift of the literal mind are the unfortunate ones who are always busy with their nets and neglect the fishing. "Sad- bana Tbe Itemization of Life," by Itabindranath Taeore. Tree Roots. An article by A. Howard in tbe Agri cultural Journal of India describes tbe attempts made lit the Fusa experimen tal station to protect field crops from injury by the roots of neighboring trees, b.v digging a deep trench each year between tbe trees and tbe adja cent cultivated area. In the caBe of some trees this plan proved successful, but uot In the case of others, such as tbe plpal, banyan and teak. When tbe trenches were opened up it was found that tbe several roots had be come connected again. New roots had been formed at tbe cut extremity. Tbey bad grown across tbe trench. portion of the root by a process of nat- urn I grafting, followed by a rapid thickening of the connections, which attained a thickness of .8 to 1.1 inches In twelve months. which was twenty-four to thirty inch' nrdhis inadequate resisting powers eg W,jei an(j united with the severed and practical enough to prescribe the remedies of his fault, it is when he i passing through the twilight zone that lies between boyhood and man hood.'" Thela"1 K001 sense upon whkh th new court-the only one of its kind in the world thus far is founded will lead the public to follow its future progress with keen interest. OLD STYLES RETURN. England is said to have gone mad for antiques. Old wax flowers and wax fruit under glass and white stone figure and vases are in great demand and are bringing large prices at the antique shops. Old copper breakfast Left Her Excuae Home. One of the chorus girls came upon the stage after the rehearsal had been under way more than a half hour. The manager said, with all the tenderness of a buzz saw: "Do you know that yon are very late? What excuse have you got to offer?" ' "I didn't bring it with me," she an swered, "Bring what?" thundered the man ager. , . "My excuse. I left it at home. -.Too see. 1 got married yesterday, but J didn't think yon wanted "to eee my husbaud." : . ' ' - The manager tried to suppress a grin. 1 "Well proceed with the rehearsal Tonr excuse is sufficient" Exchange. . Be Net Afraid. Be not afraid, young- hands. The work The world would have you do la measured by the time and strength Alloted unto yoti Be not afraid, young eye. The mlate That strain the glance of youth Freshen the morning roe that crowns The sunny hills of truth. . Be not afraid, young lips. The words That falter on your tongue Strike to the heart of men because They are so fresh and young. . . Be not afraid, young heart. The hops When all your dreams begin ' la string enough to choose a goal And big enough to win.-. .'' . Aloyalus Coll. ""'. '- Talt of a Tub. "" : -: In "A Motor Tour Through Canada" the author tells tbls story, as it was told him at the club In Reglna,;of a man who bad been caught by a, cy clone while taking a batb. -j: His bathroom was instantaneously demolished, and before he' could scram ble out of his tub be found himself sailing over the city on the breese at a fifty knot clip. He-was always a man of quick resources and ready ex pediency. That's why, no doubt the cyclone picked him out of tb crowd. Anyhow, be never once lost bis pres ence of mind in spite of his Lady Godl va appearance, bnt be seised bold of the "hot and cold" taps with both hands and started steering his craft Would, yon believe it be found it an swered tbe helm like a catboat, and be at once turned it a point or two so as to bring htm to tbe waterworks. There be descended, filled tbe tub sgatn and calmly finished his Interrupted bath! , Chinese Humor, Two Chinamen, Chung and Eung, were warming themselves before an open stove. Chung, wbo was remarka ble for his coolness and loquacity, said to Kung, who was an exceedingly hot headed person: "My dear Kung, there Is something that I should like very much to say to you. It relates to a circumstance I have observed for a lit tle time past and have desired to men tion to you; but bearing in mind the somewhat fiery and quarrelsome dis position that is commonly attributed to you, I have hesitated to express my self. However, I have at last resolved that if I do not mention tbe matter to you I shall do wrong, and I bnve con sequently determined to ask your per mission to spenk to -you about it" "Well, what is it?" "Your cout, my dear Rung," sn'id Chung quietly. "Is on fire." "For pity's sake!" exclnlmed Kung angrily, Jumping up and finding his cont nearly burned off. "Why In tbe world didn't you tell me before?" "There it goes, What a frightful tem per!" Chung murmured as he moved away. "Folk told me quite right about you." Kept to the Rule. When James Tufts, now managing editor of the Snu Francisco Evening Post, was news editor of tbe old morn ing Call of that city he bad a two paragraph rule that was one of life's llttlo irritations for his copy readers. Either one paragraph or three or more was his edict and woe to the cop; reader who let a story slip into the paper with two! Finally one of his copy readers who was leaving handed in his resignation. It rend: Dear Mr. Tufts This Is to give notice that I wish to leave at the end of the week. I wish to thank you for your courtesy and kindness while I have worked for you. WILLIAM SWAKTHOUT. P. 8. This Is just to make three para graphs. Everybody's. Money In His Voice. One of London's smart young men, besides being of tbe spendthrift order, Is an excellent mlnric and can Imitate his father's gruff voice to a nicety. Not long ago be wanted without delay an amount of. money, and he knew that tbe father would treat a reqnest f It with cold contempt. Waiting till fc WM 8Ure tnnt ots father would b iwk D wen to - telejjjpne sail . '"''. .. . i V Only 5 Days Till Easter! Have You Realized How Near 1 the time for bright new wearing ap parel has approached. If there is ever a time when clothes, battered and faded, with a winter's ; wear, clash, with the landscape, its on a. bright Easter Sundays , ' ' Half the Enjoyment of Spring is in having clolhes that hamonisewith "'"the" season's radiant freshness Clothes that will grace the Easter promenade. You'll find them herenew Suits just arrived in the following well known makes of High Grade, Ready-to-wear. Society Brand Suits. - , For young men and men who stay young. -' $20.00 to $27.50. ; Benjamin Washington Suits. The Clothing" with the exclusive New York Style. $20.00 to $30.00. Hirsch Wickwire Suits. America's finest ready-to-wear clothes. . $25.00 and up. Fidelity $15.00 Suits. The utmost value ever offered at the price. Guaranteed all pure wool fabrics. " We're also showing all the other wearable and accessories that the well dresBed man needs these days. ' :', .V. 1 9 - See the new Hats, Shoes, Shirts, . neckties etc., that are here in exclusive styles and shades. room and rung up. Els' parent's "office, calling for the cashier The cashier was forthcoming. "I say, Blank," snld the young man. "If that scapegrace of -a son of mine comes round while i uia out and asks for 20. don't give It to him. Only give him 10 and tell him to make that do." The cashier promlHwl tlmt be would fulfill' his commands. Not long after tbe son called at the ollice and de manded 20. He was refused by the conscientious cashier, and. apparently in anger, the young man contented himself with. the ten,. Wben tbe parent reached the. office there was trouble. . Brutal Mirth. Small Boy ('lease doctor, will yon come and see fatber at once? Doctor What is tbe matter with father! Small Boy-He can't stop laughing, sir. Doctor Whatever is he laughing at? Small Boy Mother's caught ber tongue In tbe mangle. Pearson's Weekly. Awful Effects. Acrid Ike Dey say dot steady drip pin' o' water 'II wear away a stone. Dreamy Fete Jes t'lnk. den, wot'd happen t' a man's stomach by ponrln' glassfuls Inter it Strange Bed. New Boarder I didn't sleep well last nlgbt Landlady Strange bed, 1 pre sume. New Boarder Ves; strangest bed 1 ever slept in! What we get we must earn if it Is to be truly ours. David Starr Jordan. JUST COAX TH SPRING.. How to Start a Clock Afte Winding It Too Tightly. If in winding a clock actuated by a spring you have given the key a turn too mncb and so have wound tbe spring so tight that the clock won't run yon don't have to take tbe clock to a clock maker to have the spring unwound. You can start it yourself if you will go about It the right way and exercise a little patience. Jarring or shaking tbe clock does no good. Whht you want to do is to bold it up and turn it right and left quickly, but gently, to oscillate the balance wheel. Tbe object of this, of course, Is to set the clock in action and free the spring from tbe binding restraint upon it, give tbe spring a little play, a chance to exercise its own power. If your own strong arm were bound tightly to your side you couldn't use it at all, but if you could work your arm free just a little bit yon could then break loose. It is so with the tightly wound clock spring. Give It Just a little of play and It will then be able to exert itself. , With your first oscillation the balance wheel will stop after half a dozen ticks, but that bas helped. Keep this up for ten or fifteen minutes and you will then have given tbe clock spring play enough to enable it to exert its own power and keep tbe clock going. New York Sun., Read the advertisements too. PICTURES IN THE PAPER. Viret Crude Attempts to Illustrate Events of the Day. ;. It is a little surprising to learn that the first journal, to give illustrations with any frequency was the Mercn rius Civilius, which came out during the civil war In England with portraits of Charles 1. and his queen. Cromwell and bis officers and Prince Rupert More elaborate pictures dealing with tbe war - were, bowever, left to jths pamphlets of that time. The frost fair on the Thames In 1683 was mads the subject of an interesting broadside, and so also was the funeral of Queen Mary II. in 1005. Witb the eighteenth century the art f illustrating actualities grew. Car icatures abounded, now of the Jacob ites, now of the south sea bubble or imilur ex'-iting events. Tbe Daily fost of 17-U) afforded an example of a dally paper" attempting to illustrate a current event Ou .March 29 of that year it published a detailed diagram of' Admiral Vernon's attack on I'orte Bello. The St .1 nines Chronicle in 1705 pre sented Its ivailem with an Illustration of a straiiL-.e wild animal that had ere ated miirh excitement in l-'rance. but rbis illustration whs obviously- Iraagl unry. The (ientlemen's Gazette In 17.M gave a tu-trnlt of Edward Bright, ft reciiid fat tnan In tbe Town anrl Country Magazine In 1773 there np peared portraits of the principals in a famous Kt-audal. New York Sun. Read the advertisements too. VOICE -CULTIVATION. It la Said That the Average American , Needa It Badly. The. American voice lacks' cadence. The touch of harmony 'is lacking. In depth or shrillness Its strongest quali ty is monotony of tone. , , In conversation it is colorless, and half of the resources of the vocal cords are unused or undeveloped. A strident high pitched, nasal vole, fails in say ing any good thing welt Every one has the power of speaking1 with sweet inflection. Every one can attain a reposeful utterance and clear enunciation by training the ear and voice to work together in avoiding barsh tones and cultivating th middle and more mellow i register in every voice. I Excitement sends it up to a scream ing pitch, but self control will lower It again, and its playground sbould be through the varying harmonies or ca dences of rive; notes. : ... ' According:. to, Thomas Wentwortb Hlgginsiui. our Ktiglls.h cousins put more i-Hdetice. inure up and down. Into an lncui.-r. "Wimt time Is. it?" than Ameriiaiis wuiml intu the auiiounc-e- niiMit thai a president was shot. A crowd of oasehail tans will pitch th i-lieei'iig on a i;n:h note and yell It sell liciar.-e in tlir same ,-MUJber o; Europeans I Hej.-lii.i.-.tiii 'would lie ful nf iiiuleriiiM.-s ami adenees. The? would . slua ilifir eiitluisiusiu Nev Y"i'l; Sun Your job printing, the Observer office. Have it done at" La Grande National Bank Organized in 1887. DESICCATED DEPOSITOR! OF UNITED STATES GOYEBITOHT. 'i i imnriJD STATES POSTAL Si TINGS DEFOSTTO1Y. Capital ......$100.000.00 Surplus $140,000.00 Total Resources ....$1,000,000.00 For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we have successfully catered to the monetary wants of the people of La Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley. We respectfully solicit your business. - La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon
