La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, March 01, 1916, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY, March, lj lSlff; v LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVES . : PAGEFOUB . THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner for a principle, but first K l w'vn- able to make ure that the principle is worth the fight and that thee i not a superior principle to be e".e" 1 i :,.ut-.. Entered in the Postoffice nt La '"" ' Grande, Oregon, as ; second Class I TEACHING LOVE. . 8UHSCEIPTION KATES. Daily, single copy Be Daily, per week 15c Daily, per month 65c Daily, per six months in advance $3.50 Daily, per year in advance $7.00 Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 Weekly Observer-Stur, per year in advance $1.5C Advertising rates on application. All ' copy for display advertising muBl reach the office the day before the ad appears. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street. FIGHT FOR A "PRINCIPLE." A landlord In Chicago demanded $26 damages from a depnrting ten ant; the tenant offered to pay $11, and they went to court over the $14 difference. Of their own funds the litigants have expanded $10,000 and at least $1,000 of the people's money lias been wasted in court expenses. One man is broken in health, and at tributes his illness to the strain of numerous hearings. The valuable time that has been squandered is not estimated. . Similar cases have frequently dragged through courts. They clut ter the machinery of justice and af ford a spectable of folly which raises a question as to the reasoning cap ability of the human spec'os. But all such conflict" cjjh be ex plained.. Those concerned have ready answer to justify their' unyielding bitterness. Each will declare, "It iB a matter of principle." Now many offenses against com mon sense and humanity are com mitted in the name of principle. For "principle" should often be read "prejudice," or rather, the most elemental promptings of the spirit of vengeance, of ridiculous rivalry. A part of the religion of the in habitants of certain sections of the world is revenge. For every injury Buffered on equal injury must be in flicted., To step aside from the course of selfish reprisal is a sur render of self-respect. Legal feuds are fed by the same kind of feeling. The competitive instinct is a val uable one. Every person and evory nation needs it. It is a worthy thing to seek supremacy in legitimate fields and to maintain one's dignity and personal integrity. But it is to be observed that those most wilting to fight for a "matter of principle" have, in general, the fewest and flim siest of principles; those who believe that honor is best maintained by bloodshed hold dubious concepts of honor. It is a sncred privilege to fight A course in the theory of iove aii'l marriage has been added to the cur riculum of Goucher college, liuiry land, with a spinster in charge of th; lectures. The seniors are encouraged to ask any question that occur them concerning the great dynanin. The value of the course has twn questioned because the professor l:aa had no personal experience wib marriage. We can conceive of no one better suited to lay down rul"s in this field. No poet, wife, divono, orientalist, man about town, biologist, psychologist with experience w;.!l attempt off-hand answers to queries concerning love, its nature, its work ings and methods of enduring or of mastering it. The ancient suge who classified tw mystery of a man with a maid with the mysteries of an eagle in the aif. the serpent on the rock and the ship at sea would be as much at loss for a solution of the chicfest of his riddle were he alive today. The snake', method of locomotion, the soaring feats of birds and the physics of a vessel under sail are fnirly well ex plained. A man and a maid continue to create their own precedents. Science is on the trail of love, and in laboratory and library the delving into its elements is carried on. but other states followed rapidly, so that now half of the entire number have either a law or regulation re garding drinking cups." Day the president announced his . IUA nl.A nnnnimfoH hi ' engagement no mov 'f.ivored better home defense. Makes la difference when you've got a wife I to look after. ' Spring styles for men include wine colored evening dress with a lavender waistfcoatt, Fashion's ledicts, now jever include no jail term in the pen alty providec lor violation, piizzTedITpoet The Societies Formed to Study Browning's Works. HE DIDN'T FEEL FLATTERED. SCHOOLHOUSE SANITATION. Forty of otur states have raken some legal action toward the safe guarding of public school buildings, according to a bulletin recently is sued by the national bureau of edu cation. "Pirobfibly nine-tenths," says ahc bulletin,, "of tho existing regulation of this sort has come within the past decade. Each state riofits by Hie ex perience of forty-seven others. A law passed in one extreme of the country today is copied next month or next year by a state 2,000 or 3,000 miies distant." Thirty-eight states have some legal provision regarding the school site, according to the bulletin. Near ly all of these provisions are state wide in their application ijnj arc mandatory in character. These provisions include the proxi mity of "nuisances" availability of the site, and size of the site, Nine teen states have laws prohibiting the location of school buildings within a specifed dstuncq from places where liquor is sold, from gambling houses, houses of prostitution, and noisy or smoky factories. Thirty of the states have sought, to regulate the water supply of the public school. "Tho revolt against the common drinking cup," says the bulletin, "Has come within the last five years. Kansas wus the pioneer, HOW ARE YOU FIXED? I IF YOU WANT TOJ BUY A HOME IT IS BEST TO FIRST HAVE ENOUGH IMONEYPILF.D UP IN THE BANK TO BUY IT. THEN YOU CAN BUY IT, AND IT WILL REALLY BELONG TO YOU. YOU MUST HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK TO SUPPORT ANY ENTERPRISE YOU MAY UNDERTAKE. WE WILL KEEP YOUR MONEY SAFE FOR YOU. BANK WITH US. WE PAY PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON Fred J. Holmes, President F. h. Wvers, Cashier Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $50,000.00 Resoarse $1,000,000.00 C. C. Penington, Vice President E. Zundel and II. E. Coolir'ge, Assistant Cashiers. Fred T. Holmes C. C. Penlngton A. Bloklsnd DIRFX7TOH3. J. G. Snod grass H. S. Brown ton A. T. Hill J. F. Conley F. t, Meyers H. E. Coolidgs Thought It Peculiar That It Required Organized Effort to Understand His Genius- An Afternoon Tea and a Story About Tennyson. m her book "Pleasures and Palaces' Princess Lazarovicu - Ilrebellauovlch, formerly Eleanor Calhoun of Califor nia, who as a young woman won fame (is an actress abroad, gives tills story of tier meeting with the poet Rruniilng: Tl'e revealing churin of Loudon lay no' alone In making acquaintance with those who "dwell In marble hulls" (In Kiigluiul, be it said, they ore not umr-hi.-, but sculptured wood or sculptured e.onn uud undent tupestry), but In that v:u-t r.nlverse of bouses, lilg aud smull, wliiye lights glimmer softly through hazy atmosphere or blink morosely lu the vt, where the aristocrats of genius also rove. On cortalu days, from gray miu dull, the place suddenly brightened lu'.o a new enchantment, as into my nk'.ure there came along somo poet or paiuter, some writer of novels or other greni duo whose numo since childhood made my heart flutter llko the yet low popples on the California hills. I, response to the Invitation, "Won't you 'One in for n cup of tea with us oc Wednesday afternoon?" I had gouo to ilin house of a ucw acquaintance, midl.'ig In renlltya crush of fashionables la her drawing room. She put me into a stat and introduced me to an old Inuv on my right and an old gentle man on my left, both ot whom looked very bright and nllve. "Mm. Hryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall), mother of Adctuido Procter; Mr. Browning the poet, you know." At Lbe names my heart thumped. 1 was wedced In between them. "I surely have a lucky star," I snld, "to think of my good fortune In being placed Just here!" "Yes," piped the old lady merrily; "It's nlrs to like one's fellow sardines." Bkv.uIhr said: "i nui always glnd to meet Ameri cans; they are so appreciative, only in oeo way tiiey're worse even than our people bro. 1 think I tuny say (lint the thing lh.'t puzzles me most in the world Is the Browning society, and America seems full of Browning so cieties." "Tat shin's how much you menu to Aaic.JcH," 1 ventured. "Il-m, ye-.." he answered dryly, "It Isn't very flattering to think you enn't bo uiii',oif:t'VHl without the aid of or ganized effort" Ho was very sweet and lau.'Thed at himself. I zji'-.'tlut.ed Tennyson. Old Mrs. I'roctor snl.I: "Look sharp. IIo does not lovo Americans. I simply adore Lowell, end Tennyson is one of my doniest I've tried In a hundred ways to hnvo h:n meet Lowell, but ho au swers l'Ucj a brute. I'll not give up, though., liowcll wrote me a poem on my birthday. I thought that would fetch Alued. so 1 took It down to Unh-mere, tllrted It before his face. "'Yon shan't read it, 1 said. He grunted. I folded It tip and stuffed It into my pocket and said, 'I'm back to town.' lie pouted like n naughty child, seized my hand and growled: " 'You may read It.' "'Ob. no, never,' I sold. Ho finally Insisted. 'Well, since you bog mo to, It begins Ilk.; Mils: "I know a girl, they sav rho i:i eighty" ' I paused. fiimlliar!' snorted Alfred, never crack lug a smile " The old lady chuckled. "Hut he's nu anel till thesamo, they're both angels." In the midst of our talk somebody began to play n long clnssleul piece on tho piano. Fverybody said, "'Shi" Brown In,;, who was In great vein, whispered, "1 abominate plimo players murderers of conversation." It was cruel: tho piano rau the whole gamut of Its possibilities for half on hour. Mrs. Trocter and Browning rolled their eyes at each other and at me as If tn agony. At !.m It stopped. Browning applauded ; antknlly, holding out his hands and looking back over bis shoul der at us, while he began to sny, "Thank God, K's over! I must tell you about tho strangest experience 1 ever had. t ns in France" Just then He r'-'ntft began an encore. Browulug almost groaned: "What's she doing You don't think she Is go ing to" 'Teg," 1 said, "yon applauded so ard she bad to begin again." "God forglvo me!" ho wailed. "Never gain wilt I commit that error." The old lady choked with laughter, and Browning I u.tui for the door. YOUR HAT TELLS Whether You are in Date or not STYLES CHANGE EACH SEASON And our New Spring Styles of $3 "Gordon" and $4 "Stetson" Hats Have that "Different" look that lets everyone know whether your's is a New Spring Style or a "Hold-Over" from last Fall. erdnT'aiiuTirlbVer 'fir feriiy alToweo' "fo come and court his sweetheart through the heavily barred windows of her futher's homo. After they are married they pass along the streets In Indian flic, the woman marching ahead, so that tho husband can be lu a position to prevent any tllrtntlons. A Fizzle. "My speech fell flat" "Yon told me you had rehearsed It until you could say it either backward or forward." "I bad. But I started It backward and couldu't snitch." Louisville Con rlcr-Journul. Girls !.- Guatemala. None of the ;.,ildeii In Guatemala sre allowed to go broad from their kfiiaes .without U? company o.j chap- Life is a campaign, not a buttle, and has its defeats as well as its victories. -Piatt BIBLE LANGUAGE. " A Revelation of Perfection and Terse ness In Speech. A correspondent called attention the other day to the language f the Bible in describing u windstorm, ns an ex ample of concise speech, as follows: "And the winds came from tho four corners of tho earth and fell upon tho bouse, and It was not" IIo mentioned It as an evidence of the simplicity and directness of Bible languuge. And It is well to cull atteuton to the words and sentences of this grand old book from time to lime, for in all literature there is none other more beautiful of diction, more direct or eveu moro po etical than these ancient writings found In the Bible. Take the' opening sentence of the Bible as an Illustration, "In the be ginning Ood created the heavens and the earth." That is the whole story told In ten words. You cannot go far ther back lu time "in the beginning" -i-tlmt is all there Is to bo said upon the subject A modern writer would probably consume a dozen pnges try ing to tell when the creation took place and then fall. But In this won derful old book we have it stated so any ono can understand It, and In the only way It could bo properly stated "In the beginning." But one need not pick out Isolated sentences or chapters. The whole book Is a revelation of perfection in speech. Tho writings of Paul, for Instance, can be taken ns examples of perfect dic tion. Tho description of tho shipwreck when ho was making his way to Rome will stand for all time as the most thrilling narrative of a storm nt sea. Ills appeals to the members of tho various congregations with whom j ne corrcsponueu may oe nccoptea as tho best writings we have upon teach ings of tho Nazarcne. The poems or psalms of David, written hundreds of years prior to the time the New Testa ment was written, are still tho choicest bits of sentiment and Imagination that can be found, inspiring in their fuith and beauty and enchanting in their eloquence. Dayton News. X ft ELKS ATTENTION The annual election of Officers for the ensuing year, will be held at the regular meeting of the Lodge on Thurs day, March 2, 1916, at eight o'clock P. M. All members are requested to be present. M. B. DONOHUE, Exalted Ruler. Use Our Exchange Department If you have furniture that doesn't suit want something more up-to-date and better 'phone us and we'll send a competent man to see it and arrange to take it as part payment on that kind you want We'll make you a liberal allowance for your goods, and we'll sell you new Furniture at lowest prices. The new furniture will be promptly delivered. Have furniture you'll be proud of and pay as you use it. Fn 14 A 1QTF1M FURNITURE ON . U, rlAlO 1 HiN, EASY PAYMENTS Weinhards Nector on Draught Hot and Cold Lunches at THE LOTTES Best of Service 1118 Jefferson Ave. immm HKUMBtQta mm RICHEY PIANO HOUSE FACTORY TO CUSTOMER FINEST LINE AND ASSORTMENT OF PIANOS EVER SHOWN IN THIS CITY GET PRICES WHICH WILL BE SELF CONVINCING. Sterling Bennett Estey Huutinrrton Schulz Others Several other makes All direct from factories. FACTORY REPRESENTA TIVES. LIST Knabe Ivers & Pond Sohnier Lester Bush & Gerts JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF OF STERLING PIANOS Can you find an assortment to equal this represented by any one house? All foods shipped direct from factory. j No culls or worked over stuff, shipped from other towns. Call and examine a real assortment of pianos, we invite a comparison of goods with othor dealors, together with prices, as we dp not deal upon consignment or buy at rotail prices, we are in a position to make the customer a good substantial saving. UU.MJS mailt u iiUiN CUM KACT HERE AT HOME. RICHEY PIANO HOUSE Opposite Sommer HouseBewarc of Apprentice Taners. WE PAY TAXES. I V