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FRIDAY, MAY; 29, 1914,
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TflE , OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner.
Entered In the Post Office at La
Grande, Oregon, as second class
matter. - , ',
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vance $4.00
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THE NEW STYLE HEROINE.
Fashions change in fiction with the
shifting of the seasons, and to
changes of this sort we are fairly
well accustomed. We . expect them
and we accept them. For the most
part, they seem slight and superficial,
but they lead us on surely io the
gradual if not unconscious adoption
of new standards for both the style
and the character of fiction. It is
only now and then, when, by .chance
we recall the novels of ten or fifteen
years ago, that w'e come to sudden
realization of how great a difference
there is between the new standards
and the old.
. Where is the heroine of yesterday
for example? In the old days the
type was unmistakable. True in the
color of her eyes and of her ha;r, and
in hoight and figure and dress she
might vary, but in the heart of hearts
she was ever much the same. Sel
dom,! indeed, was she ever bold
enough or rash enough to precipitate
herself by either word or deed into
an embarrassing or serious situation.
She got there not by being the ag
gressor, but by being the victim; she
was more sinned ngainst than sin
ning. If her father or her brother
ov the, man she was unfortunnte
enough to love had not done thus or
so, not a ripple would have disturbed
the serenity of her life. Her errors
vore errors of impulse, not of in
tention. She was coy, shy, innocent,
dependent, clinging. She was ap
ptnlingly feminine.
Today she is not like tlint far
from it. While we have been gradu
ally moved forward season by season
by the. subtile persuasion of the
r.ovelist, he has played us a very
e-rabby trick. He has taken our
heroine entirely away. In her place
there is an assertive, independent,
vigorous young womun who is de
liberately thinking nnd feeling at the
Isume time. Shocking. The heroine
of yesterday did nothing of that na
ture. This new girl "pulses" where
the other could on!y sigh. She has
a voice and eha r.iiises it heard, and
she has stopped utterly the obsolete
practice of blushing. Confronted by
arm climatic situation, she pauses
only long enough for cogitation and J
then, fortified by her calm,' judicial j
reasoning, sne goes snesu. one ar
gues and does; her daintier sister of
yesterday felt and did. And then it
comes to sinning, or being 'sinned
against, the modern heroine is oftener
in the first class than in the second.
The comparison might go on at
length. But to what purpose ? In
these bustling, bristling days of
feminism and sex war heroines must
conform to the new order of things.
We can not expect them to be as they
were in those monotonous days when
man -was supreme and unriled and
ruling. Yet, changed as they are, it
seems to us that the net result fs
about the same. The heroine of yes
terday went stumbling blindly into
difficulties; the heroine Qft today
J stalks into them with her eyes open, j
But, somehow, new order or not,1
broader views or not, the new. seems;
tu emerge as sad and tearful, as
badly scorched, as chastened, and
.as repentant as the old. And,
strangely enough, the situation seems
to be very much the same. Can it be
that some laws are unchanging, with
penalties that do not alter, and that
our self-assertive, striding, thinking
heroine of today is, after all, only our
shy little miss of yesterday, with the
mincing steps, the feeling heart and
the unemancipated mind?
clothes. The stand djoubtlesg' ; had
lower steps than have the street cars.
As nearly as can be learned it was
not Freedom but Standard Oil that
shrieked Vhen ' Tampico fell; 4' . .
r ;
The season - is at hand when': ' city
folks begin to long for a sight of
their relatives on the farm. H "
If a congressman can get appro
priations for his own district at a
rate that would bankrupt the country
it' every district got them, he is sure
to bo re-elected.
Probably the Mexicans will take
kindly to baseball when we get time
tj introduce it to them, They are
already calling Admiral Fletcher a
pirate and robber.
Jackson, Mich, prison inmates will
manufacture 7,000,000 pounds of
twine this year. That should hold
them for a while.
Because of the tariff on bunting,
American flags may bo made in Eng
land. Speaking of irony, what do
you think of that?
The dressmakers in convention as
sembled have decided not to have the
waist line above the arms or below
the Jtnecs.
Fifty women's clubs in Cleveland
have taken a stand for modest
La Grande National Bank
Organized in 1887. m
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF UNITED STATES GOVERN
MENT. UNITED STATES POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY.
CnP'ln $100.000.00
surplus . .r.777::.Trr:".$uo,ooo:oo
Total Resources $1,000,000.00
For twenty years, in all kinds of fiancial er, we haV
successfully catered to the monetary wan of the pec-pi, of La
Grande and the Grand Rondo Valley,
We respectfully solicit your business.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon '
OPPORTUNITY. : ,
Master of human destinies aij( I.
.Fame, love and fortune on my
footsteps wait. V
Cities and fields I ' walk,. I
: penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and,
passing by . 6.
Hovel and mart and palace,
soon or late, . ,-, y
I knock unbidden once at ev
ery gate. ': . '?:
It sleeping, wake; if. feasting,
rise before - i.' .
I turn away. It is the hour of
' fate. '. ',). J:'
And they who follow me reach
every state
Mortals desire and conquer ev
ery foe
Save death; but those who
doubt or hesitate,
Condemned to failure, penury
nud woe;
Seek me in vain and uselessly
v implore;
I answer not, and I return no (
more. '
J. J, Ingnlls.
RIGHT TRIUMPHS.
In God's world there are no
majorities, no minorities. One
on God's side is a majority.
This is the ninn who. in
the fate of the nntiou, avowing
his right and eudeaToring by
what strength he had in behalf
of' the wrong, goes down ito
Ilnrpers Ferry to follow up his
work. Well, men say he failed.
Every u..in has his Moscow.
Suppose he did full. Every man
meets his Waterloo at Inst.
There nre two kinds of defeat.
Whether in chains or in laurels,
liberty knows nothing but vic
tories. Hunker Hill soldiers
call a defeat, lint liberty dates
from it. though Wnrrcu lay
dead on the . field. Wendell
Phillips. 1S50. ;
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Itight Is more beautiful thnn
private affection, and love Is
compatible with universal wis
dom. Emerson.
To be engaged in opposing
wrong affords, under the condi
tions of our mental constitution,
but a slender guarantee for be
ing right Gladstone.
Measures, - not men, have al
ways been my mark. Goldsmith.
The earth Is a host who mur
ders his guests. Ilafiz.
He threatens ninny that hath
Injured one. lieu Jonson.
Nature fits nil her children
with something to do. Lowell.
A man must either imitate the
vicious or hate tlieni. Mon-.
talgne.
SPIRIT OF LIBERTY.
The spirit of liberty Is indeed
a bold and fearless spirit, but It
is also a sharp sighted spirit. It
is a cautious, sagucious. discrim
inating, farseelng Intelligence. It
Is jealous of encroach incut, jeal
ous of power. Jealous of man. It
demands checks, it seeks for
guards, it insists on securities, it
Intrenches Itself behind strong
defenses and fortifies itself with
all possible care against the as
saults of ambition nnd passion.
It does not trust the amiable
weaknesses of human nature,
nnd therefore It will not permit
power to'overstep Its prescribed
llmltn. though benevolence, good
Intent nnd patriotic purpose
come along with It. Neither .
does It satisfy Itself with Hashy
nnd temporary resistance to Ille
gal authority. Far otherwise.
It Mirku for duration nnd pernin
nrnc It I'lol- before mid nft
i mid. building on the expert
!! "f aire will -h II iv p;it. It
labor dliigcii'ly for the benefit
of ni:ex to eoine.laulol Web- '
ttvr.
I Good Goods-Good Service at Wests I
- Always that existing spirit of personal service arid satisfaction. As our lists (
, of customers has broadened 'so, has grown the capacity of this store .to serve
and give each customer a special interest that wins the good .'will of every one.'.
Every
Every Woman's Spring Coat
Reduced
Jauniest Spring models Short and three quar
ters, Silk Moire, Waffle Cloth, Blue. Serge .
Cheviots and mixtures in Black, Tango, Green,
Browns, Tans and Greys. Every" one of them at
special price of v
V3 off regular price
Every Woman's Spring Suit
Yz Price
woman should
have one of those new
Bungalow Aprons we
are showing at 25c, to $1.
See Window , .. . , , .
One lot of $2.00, $3.50
$4.00. . -.'r
WMte Waists
12 Price
Pretty lace trimmed
long or short sleeves,
some with Dutch neck
and some high neck, alt
at one-half price.
NO MOTHER SHOULD MISS
the big saving We are offering on children's coats. New nifty styles in Blues,
Checks, Reds, White with stripe, Brown and Tans. Sizes 3 to 16 '
EVERY CHILD'S COAT
Vz OFF fkou
REGULAR PRICE
FREE DEMONSTRATION O-CEDAR MOPS
and different uses of O-CEDAR Polish.
1
3'S'8S$SSsSSSSSSJ
8 $
f ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Everybody in town is going to the
big benefit ball Saturday night, May
30th at Rex Hall. Admission 75
cents, balcony 10 cents. ' 5-27-4t.
Nothing helps ones health more
than a thoro cleansing, purifying
Remedy each Spring. You ought to
cleanse your stomach and bowels,
purify your blood, tone up your sys
tem take Hollister's Rocky Moun
tain Tea, 35c. Tea or Tablets.
Rdd Cross Drug Store. Adv.
1 5-20-14
Whooping Cough.
"About a year ago my three boys
had whooping cough and I found
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ' the
only one that would relieve their
coughing and whooping spells. I con
tinued' this treatment and was sur
prised to find that it cured the disease
in a very. short time," writes Mrs.
Archie Dalrymple, Srooksville, Ohio.
For sale by all dealers. Adv.
FOR RENT Five room modern cot
tage. Everything built in. Call at
1610 Oak St. 5-29-6t.
Auto Truck. I
Baggage, Moving and Freight Ser-j
vice. Want it done quickly? Then!
phone Black 641. F. D. Haisten Fur- j
niture Store. 4-24-tf. I
Read the advertisement? too. !
Read the advertisements loo. j
Shores' Taxi Service Sommer Ho
tel, Main 740. Adv. 2-21-tf
PRAYER OF AJAX.
AJax, king of Salamls, who
acted a prominent part in the
slei;e of Troy, Is given lines In
Homer's "Iliad'' to lit his heroic
character. Pope's translation
reads:
"Lord of earth and air;
O king, O father, hear my hum
ble prayer;
k Dispel this cloud, the light of
heaven restore;
Give me to see, and AJax asks 1
no uior.
If Greece must perish, we thy .
" will obey.
Eut let us pr-rish In the face of
, day."
SPECIAL
W. H. Byer
Plasterer and Contractor
Interior arid exterior plaster
ing. Ornamental work of all
kinds.. Satisfaction guaranteed
Red 1931.
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