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U GRANDE EVEHING OBSERVER
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Count-? Tie of Tha, LarW
f Liberty
Putting English Girls Back
in Thoir Old Places.
They are having strenuous times in
England .demobilising their 1,000,000
or ho female munitions workers, and
all because the girls who have been
working for from $18 to $20 a wk
in ihn fiwtni-toa lit ntA InlfO U'.mDv in
the auririt!on that ihev rr.iirn to 1 1,10 Pul)llc
their old positions us domestic Rcr
v.nntB at $:J or $:t,50 per week. They
do not like the prospect evon though
their government reminds them that
times are trying, find urp"M them to
chow tho same noble spirit of kjuti
f!co now that they 'lid in war lime.
It is very true that wh'.-rcver tho
problem of demobilization loomc l:.rre
tho labor situation is extremely diffi
cult, and every one will hnvo to du bis
hnre of sacrificing. Hut for nny gov
ernment or private individual to uiyu
thnt nny girl work as a, dementi,' nor
vmit at a wage of $.'1 to $:i.50 n week
Is nil wrong. This Is not n living
wago In England or In any other civi
lized country, even if tho nmida do
"get their Itoiird and. rooms, too " 'I he
value represented by that same r".oin
and Iward in tho average household
does not equal by n good deal what
the girl would earn In over tirro in
any factory if she were on duty as
rnny hours ns she in when en'ployed
In tho household, and any girl wn.ld
prefer any day a job with hour. ni-r
vrges permitting her to live mid play
fuming her own kind.
Conditions bring just what they aro,
undoubtedly it is desirable for women
everywhere to turn us far ns is pos
sihlo to those kinds of employment
which will interfere the least with the
employment of men. Housework Ije
lotigs in this elnss, and offers a large
field. Nevertheless, it Is shameful to
ask the girl to take any job at starva
tion wngs. She will not do it; or if
forced into it by w:wit sho will become
a dissatisfied, ugly, menacing mem
ber of society, bitter with a sense of
wrong.
This is not the way to solve the
problem. Tho way to serve it is by
mining domestic service and other
characteristically feminine occupations
to it point where because of the fair
ness of the wages and hour they at
fain a dignity commensurate with the
factory job.
Until this is done England and
America both will Miffer from a sur
plus of empty kitchens nd a surplus
of idle girls, and of men idle because
the girls would not give up good jobs
for bad.
tion '01 be completed before the
amendment i effective. 0ctual)y,
then, the liiOi' traffic hi only a lit
tle morogthan four me'.h lease of
life.
We t v $i t e f a n d wet co m m u n i t i es
will pi fldy make th most of it. The
more they make of it, the gladder
most people will be when it is nil over
and the nation can settle down toa
periodof permanent sobriety,
Restricting -Publicity Con
cerning Peace Meeting.
Thora .win. to huve het-n t-onaider-
al'k miunikTMlnnlinK as to the na
ture of the "i.p'ji diplomat" expected
at Versailles by all Americans. JVime
of the ncjv.spaper eorrcrtpntidents have
lc n pained to discover that they will
not be admitted freely to the daily
sessions and allowed to report the de
liberations in full. It develops that
nothing of tho sort was ever contem
plated by any of the statesmen con
cerned, and that indeed a policy of un-
rcHtiiitcd publicity would be danger
ous and possibly disastrous.
It is BomethliiK like the executive
sessions of the United States senate
or house of representatives, as com
pared, with the usual open sessions.
The press is not admitted, but the re
sults of the proceedings, when in prop
er shape, arc Riven to the press. There
is to lie a diplomatic communique ev
ery day, liko tho army commun;que
that kuvc the official news while the
fidhtinif was in progress.
This method, restricted as it is, rep
resents a f?nin over precious peace
conferences. Tho public will bo taken
into the diplomats' confidence more
than ever before. News will be held
up only as long as its publication
would Herve to make trouble and in
terfere with the success of delicate
mensures.
There may not be so much publicity
from day to day na the newspapers
and the public would like. But assur
ance is given that thero will be no pos
sibility of betrayal, because nothing
final will be dono without Informing
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nriouncement '
Funeral Obsequies of 'J. B.'
, In Four Months
There will ho no "secret trentios,"
mndo nnil filed nwny In government
archives without public knowludgo.
And this, experts sny, is the real
meaning cf tho phrase, "no secret di
plomacy." The diplomacy of the big
conference will be "open" because it
will all bo placed on public record and
submitted to public approval before
the nations concerned nre finally com
mitted to it.
European Immigrants May
Still Be Needed.
In 1!M our country absorbed 1,200,
1)00 immigrants.
For ten years previous to Hill wo
absorbed over a million a year.
Tho returning nrmies nre not going
to disturb labor condition ns much
as many imagine.
Wars make individuals restless, dis
contented and hnico there h an enor
mous labor turnover.
There is no normal labor supply
Kssible in times of normal prosperity
without n largo foreign immigration.
The first generation bom of immi
grant parents under the transforming
power of the Melting l'ot aro unwill
ing to do hard work ns common la
borers. Our country will always need sonie
immigrants from crowded countries to
supply the demand for labor on the
farms, in the mines, and in conduct
ing all tho raw material industries.
There is no tpiestion about that. The
only piestion is how many do wo need
and of what character?
For certain sections the industries
prefer northern Knropeans, others de
i.mml Mexicans, others Italians and
i.oothcrnKuropeans, and other sec
tions prefer Orientals.
'I hose who would exclude all immi
gration tako a narrow view of nation
al traditions nod national needs for
development.
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All the world's a stage, and the
movie enmern is filming every net.
Pictures were taken the other day
in ilVrliu of the I!ed battle. Well,
there is nothing like the pictures to
how up bad actors.
A.n opportunity, that -must prove irresistable to. the woman,with her cbaCsuit or dress
still unchosen, your irrestricted choice of any. coat, suit or dress in the store at 1-2 Price
January Clearance Sale Prices on all Men's, Women's, Children's Shoes
WOMEN'S SHOES SEASON'S NEWEST COLORS AND THE LATEST -
STYLES AT RFDUCED PRICES
MEN'S SEOES-WEW SPRING STYLES AND COLORS SALE PRICES
ONE LOT WOMTJN'S SHOES LACE AND BUTTON VALUES' TO $6.00.
YOUR CHOICE $2.49
BOYS' SHOE'S LACE AND BUTTON BLACK AND TAN-ALL SIZES
YOUR CHOICE $2.50 TO $3.50 ' ......
Our regular lower than elsewhere prices reduced in every department
CHARGE ACCOUNTS IN- '
VITED
MERCHANDISE DELIVERED
m III i.-Hl.VFmwwFm a mi miff
The world contains an ovorsupplj of
average r.cn.
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. The. country is now dcfinilrly ottd
, dry. More than the Imiuilile t h - e -fouiths
of the states have ratified the'
fi'.kral prohibition amendment. Oth
ers will-ratify It duiirir ike rtil few
tttiks for k01! incasuro. It is not
Iikellf ir,t mure tian half dozen wilt
iihk..(d th.-ir aif'iMval.
'til ftmirfinenf flee n4 fc'nn:f im
v;liul!y i'rative. !t is to go into
ffivt one year after ratification Tht
irir o Tl'tle more than one year
from he present time, hecnuse the
l.jtifivation is officially dated at the
time l!ti secretJU'y of staid io(a:vc
formal notice 4" "A the stuto gov(n
ments. tristitutional amend
mo t, tjcrefn', must te:t until I'eh
When the country goes ilry will au
tomobile tourists have to run their
cars with steam, or can they get "it
mi the druggist's If they have physi
cian's prescription?
nnpplnesR l oftea the price ot fee
ing commonplace. , . .
A man may know a dollar lit eight
and still not know Its .value.
It sometimes huppenn that S man's
bluntnesu In due to Ida sharpness.
The trouble with most men Is that
they huve to die to be appreciated.
Some presidential timber Is unavail
able bex'uuso It Is too stln to bend.
There Is electricity la a kiss, says p.
scientist. Certainly they can shock.
Kven tho man whoso reputation for
veracity Is unimpeachable cuonot af
ford to lie. .. ..
If n man draws a blank In a lottery
he can tear up tho tlckut ; but It's dif
ferent In matrimony.
There Is always a breath ot bus-
plclou about tho man who parries
cloves In his vest pocket ;
Though a man mny think himself
popular with a widow, he must know
that he Isn't her first choice -
Only true friends stand by yon when
you are under d cloud. Swarms of In-
octs surround you when the eun
shines. ,
It's difficult to convince a man thnt
his wlfo doesn't love hi in In tho snuie
old way ns long ns she continues to go
uiroimn ins pockets.
x FAMOUS SAYINGS j;S
Corn Is tho sinews of war. Works.
IIo did not care a button for It.
Works.
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Nothing Is stronger ttinn custom.
The Art of I.ove.
Subject to a kind of disease, which
at that time they called luck of money.
Works.
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They come to seoj they com that
they themselves nitij be seen The Art
ot Luvu,
It Is tho mind that makes tho man,
nnd our vigor Is In our liumartul soul.
Metamorphoses.
How shall I bo ublo to rulo ovr
others, that have not full power nnd
command of myself I Works.
Then I began to think that It Is very
true which is commonly said, that tho
one-half of the world knoweth not ko?
the other half llveth. Works.
WITH THE SAGES
TWa bi HAthju 11 (tie to ttt rtitljr
T at In spirit. 1I kens.
: FLASHLIGHTS i
After a tiian has been secre
J tary of some organisation he
usually, quits hungering for of
l Be.
The t.-ion they sny "n fxd
for luck" Is because If a fool ao-
. niMiiuisne auylMng bo bus to
I J kv lckv
lixh ef nr lift Is irnt to mnrrlaj j
our o tullutiH'. tiixrue tltii. I J
Excellence In never r rantcc! to :
num. but n the r-.u!t of fa' l-r. Sir ;
Joshua itoj-nokla.
IiHllvl.lunltlt li ererywhoi-o to bo '.
spared and rcpeetrd as the root of t
BVer.MhliiR giHid. Hk liter. I
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How easily n i mti pt fallacies, when i
we m;w Iriii: for an excuse fur not
Tsa run wb has Wn too
bsy to a frlea aanally Anils
the urkl Juat as bu.-y he he
nrtsl oos
Once In a bile you run across
an htimtilo man who admits ho
would not make a gmnl preshleut
of the I'nltcd States,
The t.Hrson there arc tao sides
to fttrj Quesilou U berauae
tken nn usually two or Biore
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Formal Suit in Rich Pile Fabric
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MISS M. M. MACQUEEN
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M. Macqueen. cniei eauca- !
Suggestion
on iiczema
It will take Jutt few moments to tiep fn
knd aalc iui wluit our espericiKt; haa Ixvn In
the way of trratcful cuntomer. with Jtlia sooth
iug wub of oils, U,U. bu
i'our money buck unlets the first bottle re
lieves you.
Arte xiccuicL wuuii
C. 1). IMltman Drug Store, the ItcxuII
Sorc- -' ..viutilt;J
ACQUIRING A
PERFECT FIGURE
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Anyouu yvho can rt'iniMuher nil o
the iii'w nnnu'H by whlili various
nuil lieautiCul new plli fnln'ks ure
cuIUh! mny so tn the heail uf the class
In niiMnory culturo. They are all
iluslua u reality, ami tlu-y promNo a
season that will bo nunioralli fnr tlic
ilch elTeets th-.-y make possible lu for
mal suits ami In aftenauin and din
ner gowns. No cointntinplace drsimi
lnR Is worthy such fabrics, and they
have Inspired artlMs In woiucn's ap
parel to such efforts of elcanru as
appears In tho costume pictured
above. Anions many handsome units
this was the .-tar at the recent stylo
show at Chicago.
This suit Is made of a black fabric
resembling panne velvet but having n
longer imp and therefore a sturdier ap
pearnnce. Hinck Is never somber In
these brilliant surfaces, and this fab
ric Is both brilliant and rich. Its de
signer has acquiesced In the season's
vogue for lengthened skirts, tuni's,
wide, Boft, girdles, the stralgbt-line
tlhouettc, and Incorporated utl of
thorn into an original nmdel that han
dles tht'tn in a instinctive, individual
manner
The skirt In this suit has a tunic
that Is uneven In length and a straight
line, except for a bit of drapery at the
hack. The coat is more: accurately
described as a jacket, with hii;h muf
tler collar nnd fronts much longer than
the sales or the hack. The fabric Is
just tlm right background- for very
hnndnmo cut steel buttons, used with
Just the rl::ht reserve, in two sizes, on
the front of the coat. There are four
of the smaller buttons at ttie back,
(.'oat ami skirt nre wedded by tho
mrtst clever of wide girdles, which
loses Its If In the'novel back drm-ery.
The lermthoned skirt may not be no
cop ted for practical cloth street suits,
but it is most npproprlnto fur this af
fair, nitli its air of limousines, con
servatories, nnd iirand opera. '
Mies M
uonai aaviser, tooa production depart 'j
ment. Enaland. has on her hands the
Important task of instructing Eng. !
land's populace tn the best ways of j J
conserving food. i
Hot water bottles, face bottles, '
rubber tubbing. Always a good stock
of these will be found at
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FAMILY DRUG STORE
l-A SRANOC,OREfiON.
MONEY ON CITY PKOPKRTY
Jack Oliver has money He. will loan
on city property cn very easy terms.
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ruary or iJtOivh,,!;, Por fulfitlmctil. ' dolnc our mi. du(yr-):agem O. Ko ! I'-Ih? liitertHUHl In It.
Act?flly, though, tl: whole country Ut.
will he drvOiir befwe that. n 6 -m i
null i the cofres.n.nal nctOwhicli! ?n n,J"IMnvtf "vx j Uave.the lall, . which standi
her
pomes effective.Iuly 1, foU yv:r.
j ivturnlly -i;jr vucuttt vf llt.i:lit It-
aw If ..ft.1 i ... .iA..-.. t'....ul .. ......I.. a
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for
fair vorkini; cou.iiti.-ft. put oi your in
job printing. Thtt tb5trr i" one of yj
U e sh. ii) (lown ol f:-viii( union,,
PLANNING FOR PLANTING
In planning for the planting of your crops you
are very careful to put the right crops in the
right place. You don't close your eyes and put
any kind of old seed in any kind of old worn out
soil. You get the best seed you can find and put
them into the soil and have the soil in good condition-
you try to get everything in shape for good
results. ,
But how about the place you aro planning to
plant your dollars? There is as much difference
in some banks as there are in some soils. Thi3
bank studies the needs of its customersis a
bank of personal service ard a dollar dep"opit?d
with us, .will thrive. .
La Grande National Bank
..ilnr hracriia Steve 8? attar-
PHYSICALLY Fll
AT ANY AGE
It isn't site, it's careless living thnt
puts moo "down and out." . Kv your
niUriiul nrgtuiM in good cmulitioa sntj
joa will aiways be physically fit.
The kulQt'ys are the moat over-v-orked
.urgana in the human bod.
When ttfy break down undtT th
miin and the deadly uric acid ac
rt.mnlttt'8 and crystallizes look oat!
Thtjup sharp crystals tear nnd scratch
tht delicate urinary channels causing
excruciating pain and set up irrita
tions which nny cnuse premature de
seutTHtion and often do turu into
' diadly ItriKlit's Disease,
One of the first warnings of aluR
Rlsb kidney action in pain or stiffnew
In the Biuall of the back, loss ot apufr
tite, indigestiua or rheuniatiwn.
Uo m-t wait uotil the daiiKer is Upon
you. At the first indication of trpublt
go after the cause at once. Get a trial
Capsules, imported direct Irwm toe -
laboratdties in Holland. Tbjy wiU fiTo ),
almost tnimediate rlief. H for atr
cause they should Dot, your money ' win ( I
be refunded. Put be sure to get GU :
UEPAIj. None other is gcnuiM. IM
ended boTtes, three sizes. . (V
Most women who have perfect
figures did not have them orig
inally. They have acquired them.
A woman gradually takes, the
shape of her corset so the corset
produced by the most artistic
designer is the right one to wear
to secure a perfect figure.
it V j C jTorv-t Laced
are most symmetrically and ar
tistically designed. The; arc
comfortable, stylish and grad
ually mold the figure into those
beautiful lines that every ynr
mAu, admires and desires.
PAULINE
LEDERLE
HAS ANYONE
Had1 a Fire .
Mad a Baby'
Had a Party
Sold a Farm
Been Arreeted
to"vi
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- (Si33EItVER ABVTI2IN(?wilftringrfsmCS'.
Died ' V
Xloped
Divorced ,
Smbezled
Left Town
Come to Town
Had Twins or Colic
Sold a Cow or Lost an Auto
Laid in a Stock of Whisky c
Stolen a Dog or His Friend's Wifv fi
iJommitted Suicide, or Murder f"
Fallen From an Airplan ox
Fallen Into a Ccwil Hole or '
Fallen Into a Legacy? o t,
THAT'S fKEW3l
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until th army in i1i moliili;0',ut 4) I p t .
har()? p.S.ililr that oVmobiliwi-'o A"W.NT At' vill do It. a
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