WEDNESDAY, March, lj lSlff; v
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVES . :
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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"
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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,
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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.
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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.
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Others
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