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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1918)
LA 0 RAXDH EVKNIXG GuSnilVLll J. 'V El M 2 r,v v: J'X- j-. ,V lu J ' jj V- M li 1 I ' V D M , n. mm mlHW femM Mil VW Illlii MATINEE J Mrs imm. ' -wi -,Bti-i----"l""w"ii-"-i.""'-'"","B,B,---""-BBIBnBin-BiBt-1 with tho i America's Greatest Exponent of the Smile in His Own Story ,1 ii o udl Ui -. A Laugh Tonic Bubbling Over With Fairbanks Sun shine Philosophy --Also LONESOME LUKE COMEDY ig iioooie joy rrogram TODAY AND TOMORROW n it ilX il..,itArrt,Vf ui A EVENINGS I . f U 20-ndl0c jj. f Bllifj &FL..J1 est, tlion mold into ' --- Interest to Women- I.-ISJI OAK KB A IA HOOVIClt Yivji, Yum! Thcso aro good. If yoi: like fried oynters you will like tills delicious meat substitute, which has much the same flavor. Try them next meatless day. - Canned tuna is a fine fish that may he had anywhere and is reas onably priced for the food value con tained. Cut the tuna into small bits and mix with bread crumbs, also cold mashed potato or rice (or both) if you have them on hand. Tho tuna should be in the proportion of about ono-tliird to one-half of the bulk when mined. Beat up an egg and cakes. Roll tho cakes in corn meal j land fry them on both sides untnil i i brown. Then put the lid on the skillet for a few minutes over a slow fire to insure cooking all the way throuKh. Used in this way a ISc can of tuna will bo sufficient for a small family or a 2 He can will suf fice for a larger family. i Margaret Mason's Fashion Letter i Last Nmnber High School Lyceum Course TONIGfiT High School Building i Admission 50c j VI -V lU.rr r.u. -' "i"? vtt1,tvl (Written for the United Press.) rinto lSeans. ITail to the IMnlo Iiean! V'ith all its pay colors it has been somewhat overlooked, despite the fact that it is two or three cents per pound low er in price than tho better known white bean, and experts now an ounce that it is also a more- "beany" bean, yieldini; more food value to the consumer thnn tho more familiar varieties. Calling attention to beans as a substitute for meat, the United States food Administration men tions the comparative cheapness hnd excellence of the variety known nr. the Pinto or Speckled bean, which Is grown in treiueadous quantities in Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico, and to a lower c::t'-r.t in practically n nsirta of the United States. Ev erywhere these colored beans sell at figures substantially under those for wbilo beans, and according to ex perls they contain about five per cent less water than the familiar navy b. nns, w hich are now in the luxury class. Incidentally, rince the Pinto bean is now helnq used extensively in both the Army aid Navy, the less nutri tious and r.v.r." expensive white bean is In (buurer of losini; its distinction as tile "navy" lma:s. In a recent bulletin the Food Ad niir.istiation aiinouuces that in ca.'es where retail"! s d- not. handle the Pintns pejstins desiring to try them are asked to write to the bean divis ion of- the United Pint' s Food Ad ministration at Washington, n. C whieh will furnish names of ship pers and o'I.er information restard Ing th.e rai.-liiK and dryiMir of these beans. To some children books aro books, To others, with brains to see, A book Is either a work of art Or of nicdiocracy. NF,W YORK, Jan. 11. Nothing is irtnier than the wise old saflng, for sooth, that "The worm will turn." Even the hookwarm, especially In the Infantllo and youthful form of book isliness has done it and with splendid somehow or other sho does not seem her inimitably fascinating and whim sical self with any but tho original Illustrations by John Tennlel even though Arthur llackliam himself has striven to replctute her. There are Further Adventures of Alice brought ottt during tho holi days and though several book dealers ussured mo it was one of their best sellers and though it was most at tractively gotten up I felt a decided prejudice against It, that any mod results. For several and sundry ern author should have tho temerity reasons the Infant bookworm has , to boldly lay hands on Uewis Car been ' slowly but surely turning j roll's adorable Alice and endeavor to against the disgusting drivel In book-I put her through her paces in 11)17 form that has been ground out vol-j prfntctl paragraphs. It strikes mo as ominously as food for Juvenile j being almost as much of a profaua bralns Infantile intellects have all tion as someone dashing off further too long been warped and stunted j adventures of "Tom Sawyer and with the silly Insipiditiea and crude Huckleberry Finn." drawings of "Chatterbox," "Our Ono of the loveliest new books for Little Ones," "Oems of Childhood," I wee lovers of the beautiful in picture and similar perpetrations. Budding an( rhyme Is "Happy All )ay girljsh greyinatter has been inawk- Through" by John O. llov. nian, with DR. RUSSELL H. CONWELL. TITHKN" a man rounds out more than half n century of active lecturlnr. I V ..,.1. .. i . .i. iivereii n Blnele lecture more than r.0o0 times. II It'i'.ll I'l II.. , i"w , r.eeiU no j-.res. i-onm:eudntI;n of his ability to Instruct nnd please nu s. s!-li Is the extract dlnury record of tho dean of American plat-li-,;?. , 1' Cmv.'H f Temple University, Philadelphia, whose ',.-',.o ni iiirui.imus" has become a classic. Iir. Con well can devote ' ' he ru!h !!! r.-i-:r.i.:f.. lei nire ' but a li st r n ' rc:d ev . poind of time to h c'.urlnir. and this community Is rortumite in .. r.i tho few levture i iicageuients made for the present lyecutn ie ni.penranro of this einitu nt divine, the oldest lecturer In point of the Au'.crlnin platform, but with 8 message very young, will be a in this rruiiir.tnity. The s-mir that roes to waste in the bottoms of American tea-cups sweetens the dreams of the Kr.i. "f. How about that three pounds of STienr? Ate you keeping down lo the conservation limit? Hover says, Not More thant Throe Pound'! of Ruirar Per Person Per Month and this must include what yon dip out of the bowl in re-tnur-nts. ishly muddled by interminable and impossible KIsie books. Tired nnd diagmwd with turning such leaves the young bookworm has at last turned himself firmly and flatly against them all nnd the de mand for quaint nnd charming verse and rhymes of childhood and bright entertaining well written books for scboolbov and girlhood has been beautifully' answered with volumes so full of literary charm nnd artistic illustrations that grown up book worniB themselves are far from spurning them. Indeed an elderly and extensively well read gentleman who has recent ly had a breakdown numbered among the books that he sent for to while away tho hours or his recuper ation, "Itobinson Cruso," "Alice in Wonderland," "Water Ilables" and ''Fairy Tales of Hans Christian And erson." To be sure these are all books of yore In the days before tho up-to- date, bookworms turned, but they shine like diamonds along with "Mother Goose," the charmingly pictured verses of Kate (ireenaway, ; , i T Alentta hooks and a few ' I others out of the messy incrk or the ! A. mass of other mediocre output. j,tr, nnd Mi tho honors. Tho club will meet again in two weeks at (ha home of Mrs. McAlistor. o ELC.IX NOTES AND PERSONALS ELGIN, Jan. 11. (Special) Attor ney L. Denham returned last Thurs day morning from La Grande where he hns been transacting business. Mr. Purounrogian, an Armeninn, spoke Tuesday evening in tho M. E. church in the interest of tho relief fund for the Armenians. His lecture was very pathetic and appealing. A committee of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Som- mer, Mrs. Harry Spencer and Charles llenn was nnnointcd to Rcrve in this locality during the drive this month ' loniaey the secret sort is no log to help the starving orphans of that jer in .ogue in Washington. worthy country. nloro man six reel lau, ouizui Doctor Hubert Underwood, a promi- with a staff of economists, clerks nent physician of La Grande, visited , and stenographers has had the.dir- SWISS-K.11HASSY IV WAIt-THIES WASHPM I').:. Jan. ll.,-Man Sulzer, business man, is tho new Swiss envoy extraordinary and min ister plenipotentiary in Washington. Ills arrival has created an atmos phere of confidence here In the Swiss situation. . . Sulzer was the first buslness-man-diplomnt the cnpltol saw. More have como slnce and more are duo. August Phillips, the Dutch minister, enrouto hero is of tho same school; unversed in diplomacy, but with a record bb a business man. Apparently President Wilson has; lot it be. known in European chan ceries that tho one-time popular dlp- -o- qualnlly colorful illustrations almost Japanese in I heir treatment by Janet Laura Scott. It reeks with Irresist- Ible charm both In picture and poesy from cover to cover. "My Own Fairy Tales," written and illustrated In color by John fireelle, Is another hopeful and artistic sign that the Juvenile bookworm's turning Is hav ing good results. ' Let us trust they will believe In the axiom that one good turn de serves another and keep on in best turn style until all the cheap paste board covered and eaudilly litho graphed and sillily written slush Is crowded orf of the book store shelves nnd expurgated from the home shelves where "l.iltie Women," "Lit tle Men," ''Little Lord Fanntleroy," "Water rtabii s," "Alice in Wonder- i land," "Itobinson Crusoe," "Prince and Pauper," "Mother Goose," and i Kate Oreenaway's children are walt-: ing to welcome other nuie mouern book heroes and heroines, worthy of I their association. 1 in Elgin last Tuesday in behalf of tho Armenian lecture delivered Tuesdny evening. , Examinations for the mid year be gan bright an'l early Wednesday morning. The examinations will last three days, so the pupils are cheering up, realizing the worst is yet to come. Tuesday evening the high school assembly was given a great, treat when Mr. Parounroginn told of the schools nnd school system of his coun try. Henry Pnxton made a busij trip to aL Grande alst week. The local Red Cross gave a silver tea nt the home of Mrs. ,T. F. Hater last Tuesday afternoon. A neat sum was obtained. A new solution of the eternal tri angle. '"Outcast," Star tomorrow. 1-tl-U. Telephone riciilt task or securing for tho Swiss, raw materials needed to kbep tho nation going. He has been success ful. Switzerland today has succeeded In maintaining fairly amicable rela tions with Germany whero all coal is bought; and has mado an admir able record in tho matter of being neutral. So Btrlctly neutral have the Swiss been that they enjoy tho confidence of both coalitions of war ring nations. Need more be said. . o Pugilist Knocked Out. JOPLIN, Mo., Jan. 11. Kred Ful ton, of Rochester, Minn , last night knocked out Harry "Tovu;" Tate, ot Nowata, Okla.. in lb- -ond of a scheduled 12-r ' Tato went down twice b. u..e .v. n lfiK a blow; on the jaw that put his out. Service SOCIETY Wilhird Carpy i Arc Your Sewers ( locgeil? The bowels are the sewerage sys tem of the body. You can well Im agine (be result when they ore stopped wp as in the case of consti pation. As v purgative you will find Chaml.Pi Snim: T.iMts e-.e.-llent. They are mild and pentle in their action. They also Improve the digestion. Adv. These ever new out invoi lies, t,,, talm d at four tables ot "i.uo against which no youthful bookworm ! jndav evening. Refreshments! could ever he expected to turn, have I were served. These prow nt were: been gotten up In exquisite new edl- ! Mr. and Mrs. Cl.irn.ce Cliarboneau. tions however, to suit the HUxjMr. and Mis. Spaelb, Mr. and Mrs. tastes. Arthur Rackham and Kd-1 Rudolph, Mr. and Mts. Chas. lllng i.iund Dulac have fantastically and nor. Misses Mildred Hush, Lois Civ beautifully Illustrated most of these. , en, Wllma 0"slerllnir, Messrs. Leo perpetual friends of bookland and ' Miller, Kd. Moon and Paul Massec. tbev have all been enhanced a thous-1 and" fold by this artistic furbishing Th. I. teky Thirb en Club m. t Willi up except "Alice In Wonderland and ; Mrs. Ciac.. Mniitor -,...r,,tuy after Throuch tho Looking Class," and noon, Mrs. Hob't. I s.ttlson winning IS Cheapest Service on Earth
