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Page Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER niwinpsrkv. Scptemter 22, 1926. r Mosf Exquisite Styles --Loveliest Materials In These Dependable Values Mu) (oak Dependable : .J. Quality ,' BOYHOOD AMBITION OF COOLIDGE WAS , TO BE STOREKEEPER (Oontlnwrl from T'uirc One) " y feature Dolman Lines and Lavish FiirTrimming A Lovely Coat With Brown Fox Trim Here is one of the choicest mod els in the entire department, styled especially for short-stout?. It is a needle-point coat in cocoa k brown, with finest fulstflHiftrnfr.' It is luxuriously trimmed with brown fox collar and cuffs a lovely coat in every way with fin est tailoring and materials. , An excellent value at $87.50 '. Peggy Paris coats, for misses and small women, have a. distinc tive style and enduring quality preferred by well-groomed fenil .ninity. . " I p Grey Wolf Fur On A Crackle-Head Blue One of the most charming col ors for fall is this crackle-head blue. And this coat's loveliness is particularly set off by the en trancing collar and cuffs of grey wolf warm and serviceable, yet unusually smart in style. The cloth material is needle-point and the full 'crepe lining is of contrasting silver grey. A very fine coat that Mill win your immediate admiration.. $97.50 This and other fine coats the creations of Wooltex Style - Craft, brands known are and for high quality and expert styling. 'Mm A Remarkable Array of the Finest Coats for Fall For the women who know the economy of buying a fall coat of fine quality, one that will wear well and retain its . style and good looks after months of hard usage, this group . of high grade garments will have immediate appeal. Sel dom have we seen anything lovelier and never have we '' shown such a wide and choice variety. ' Needle-point, Lustrosa, and all the soft pile fabrics so .popular for fall are the materials in this group with lav ish fur trim of grey wolf, fox, grey and brown squirrel, and leaver. Full silk lining of excellent quality is found in . every coat, matching or contrasting with the new warm shades for fall. Values are unusual and will be quickly ap preciated when you see the cooats $47.50 to $125. Other smart coats for fall, prettily fur-trimmed, for as little as $19.75. Dependable Quality HILL'S Dependable Values IHvnl, t'hnnk'to tim rati to. "I nid "lint only u f'W tvU eviT yoll. ,T wmi'-timr-M think it would lie a 'woihirrfur tliiiiff ir.i'Vcry rill'en li;il u rhum-f to nit down Tor a ftnv Juilnuti'S with his prcHhlcnt, just jllte way wo tiro pitting h'orr. Tlipy Iwoulil im; 'ti. li)t'of qii'Wi lanH." i "What sort Of iniratlons?" tho I riri.liji'iit'- nst;i;(l. I ''Not political Utftlons.", I .una Mvornl. , "Thi.y an-n't lin If ro much lintcrcshd in iiolith-y ;t WiwhiiiK-. lion thinks tli.y lire. Hut they arc Ion and had a fine senso of dls rlmlniitlon. Khe'lovBd pootry. It w wvon yearn brforo my -father married uitain. Miantlmn. r slny ,d a Kicat rtVal with my Omni nother f'ootirtifc. who vrnt tt mron rfnoluto woman of doeii rollirloilK onvlctions and a true duuKhter of iho iwliuna. My stepmother wit all Unit i mother could " '" wna not your very own. Hho was a. tnlentcil woman, fond of hoohK iind of a scholarly disposition: I thus had the irroat uoocl fortune lo romf tmder the Inflnraco of thno food women, a moat Import-, nut element in huit.linB Hie career J mother had miy such notion, she kept It to herself, :tn the remarks at my father rather indleated that ho thmiKht tf I did not change my ways I vmild enrtip on the town. I kept np rulmonitlnn.1 uf that fhavntiT nntll T hart -ntored piih lir life. T tliink his fotvrast Im liejrsl me h hefn,? very" iin- poriHfrt. In hk mwh irfnrtriunjty tuv buy now us when he wum a loy. . Itle ,hnM' for Ikp)s " think there is'H ht-ttur cluiiK't' for hoys to succeed now than there evei' was before," he replied. ."Some desire one :i venue of HiieYiess and xoino. nnother. If a ynunjr man wants education a?nl that menial discipline vtiich eonreji- from eon tiit with books and learned men, 1 am sure th fpportiinlty was necr so pond as It Is now. If he w(heM to earn money and txo Imo luiMlnesfi with the Mvn of aci'iimn latlnt: a etmpetetnre, tlnre are more Avenues open for that pur lnie than at nay previous time. If lie. Is desirous of Keeurinjf what I should think in a true snores hy jierformlnw u real Hervhv for Ills IhIIuw men, fi-inn which the reae tlon will nmloiioiedly hriiiK him a place In the estimation of his neinhhr.ru ami a competence, which, under u Kieat liandirap. I tali',- it will represent payment for his ef-.to mean that there, is no dntt!t in fort, I should say nrain that there .your ntii1iMli.Vt"ihar,IIik'1s :i ' -treat ' are more opporninities than at any older time In history. "What ahout the nl?n I nsked, "They run vote and hold office now. and some of them are. heIn nrnjr to imk n imiitit-H as a pns-jtnan enjoys the supreme hleHsttu sihle career." I Unit life can tfive. And no clti.i Irs Marrfne of the I'nlted wiales knows the "If a fcirl wishes to fit herself truth of that state?nent heller fur a political career, 1 ihlnk the I than 1." ' I oma CAT Doctor viyi holdinff yntir hrenth Iniitf notidh wilt mtnp hleromrhN. 8ur, land If ynu hold It Un enonirh tt will stop everything el.so. t SVITK.NI.AN1 iWt IW wHm h SltferlHHl ftttmus? I VimIi: 8wlsn rtKw l'n.f: Oh. Mxi.rthlnc tmiiilcr. B)ore lmfiremlit rmli: UmhtirireT. An iwiurf rnmllr ronulnn ft I pfwoiw ui! mnirrme tnrvew that iho .1 ivvmieotit 1ot A f a OrrnidV lny dertares thul he k swert reeim on I its se it'T's hmhsirt. He mled qutntne Sow cY.mr a hnrrid man and n:y (he rea.mn womni'st mtrntw irr clener than men's la lefuse lhy hanT iheut oftener. Mftny n Rl(eK-rer-n14 bov Ni siinmr np ltr at nttht ihan he ah-ttild t.e, m-lnir t lerh ma and ft pa the 'hnrleston. Aoionit those enterprli-es whtrh depend fr atn-fss on implicit fiihh ure hive, demnoraey und hnsh. The farmer JujM won't we;,r nn o.it efriiw In hts mmith ned snr "hy he fc" eren to pl-ate the crt owrtnontsls. X'hen lmle AVUlinm. who was hird men of hutne;i W-dted his tipphew, Willie asked him for a dime to htiy nn otniure fni-the man outside, "tiive you a dime? Certainly not !' iuild the nnele. " V on II never make ft tmnexet mn. Kitn ul und make fares ut him and perh:i!i he'll throw me at yon." A httshnnd ho ritnl rook Ihrst tny h ii ittnct nnl of Inrk a a tr th inn't make Iter rwn ?lv-io. riorNiniisv tnten-Mlcd In vou nni Mrs. CoolitlKc. They would ask , of any mnn- , ' v. ry hnman rnH-sUons-frlendly ! 'ou ,iiv0 nr a niirlnna and l.-rrlhlv frank." M.hlllon to be a Vrm an or a "What sort, of Violiona?" he Ve. raUroad engineer f J iwi,l(l, v 1 Wanted to Keep Mow I "Vc"l. foe one IhiniTv every Kindle J j)JlVP' mnrn Vri0iluc. 'of railroad Hllz.ii would want to know, Vy1IKlneprM OP pxiifrtmren." he atrs liavcn't yon -emiH .ont lo see uh in wPmi. ak f now recall It. I had jour loivn?'" iilnnvs ralher hoped that I m Ik lit ! Mlllr Time For Trnvel i kp ntnre w hen I irrew up." I The president pushed hla felt j "ind '1t ever oretir to yon that (liat haeli a little and Heliled him- yi)l m-ht le president when you 'self inio Iho old jrreen rocker, i -ew tip?" ' ' 1 j I,srom that thne on I Interruplod , "That never occurred to me.,j luiuy in luiiiiiiiim- imiii ii itoiiii om-K-' if mo f(uesuon ai twti i irT'""" : II 1.. .Il.li II.. 1 1 - I . . . . 1 11 I.Ann r.nltn i Liuiin. in- ,'iiu iini: ri'Mi, iiiiu mi m me, i I seemed to be. httviiiK a real wood I I line. J "It has not been possible for me I to speud much lime traveling (around the eoitntry.". he bewail. 1 j "The dV'luils of adiniuiMtr.itlon )- Jcoine greater and Kieater uml re 1 oidro more and more time. The j supervision of I he expenditure of nearly J-l.(KHi,fJO0,aa0 each, year Is ja very large task. It is only a few yearn uko that our expenditures rwore ks than $500,000,000. I h-ave bein told that when Wlllium Whitney was secretary of the navy under f'tcvcinnd he was In , WasliiiiKlon only 115 days during 'one year. Of course that would he ImpoHslMo now and the .story may not be correct. Mr. WhUney had a fine reputation as seerelary and did much to lay the. foundations of our p rest ut navy. It ul fn his ,day. when the army nnd navy to- Ket her w ere sup port ei for nbont , $rn,ouo.O(io he would have n good deal of leisure time which Is not DOSHihlo now. If I should lenvo "Washington one ended trips, it J would not be possihtc for inn lo f keep it) the details of administra tion." I riyinoulli Trip NeecNStiry I thought of Ills annual journey to the little village in Vermont. "There i.s one trip that you man age lo find time for every year, I suggested. ! "You mean Plymouth?' lie smiled. "That Is different. Ply month gives me somelhing that I need in my work nnd cannot get anywliern el.H0.,.,H is now-.'tl years since T left. Plymouth to study law in Nort ha nipt on. The people among whom 1 was reared were of the kind that make up the baek Ifotie of the nation. Kor sonif years I have lived in much dlf- feretit surroundings' and in a very different atmosphere. Hut I re lum there whenever 1 ran so ns to refresh my knowledge of how the , ordinary run of i-oph; lit this country live. 1 do little work on the farm now but I did mtieh when I was n boy.- T like to dispense with the kind of service that tt Is necessary for ine to have at the white house nnd wait on myself. It" I find a strap In broken, I like o get out the tools that ure ufted hy shoemakers nnd mifnoss mak ers, make a waxed end anil repair tt. 1 like to do a little blacksmlth hig around what is left of our old shop, .try my hand .again .with the carpenter's tools, go oHt and repair the fence when It Is breaking down and mend the Jatelt on the kitchen door. Most people'lil this country Ho tlmse things t hcmselvcft and do not hlr,i them donv. i I want to Keep in jnind how people live am what It is necessary for them to do to get along and meet their hills nut of their ordinary income.; My father and my fieople led that1 kind of n life frhlrh Is nltogefher natural and wholesome. It seems I lo me to ho the foundation of In-' dependence. - j I - "A hoy who hjtows up on the i farm has n very close companion- j .ship with his parents," I jfaid. PrttlH'S Parent- "Yes n nil that is a great thing 'provided the boy has the right sort of par. nts. I had the right sort 'of parents. My father had finalities that were grenter than any 1 pos sew. He was a mnn of untiring In dustry and great tenacity of pnr jpose. His long experience In local office gave Mm a very broad and. ( I found, n very accurate knowledge of law. Hy always stuck to the 1 1 ruth. It always m emed possible ! Tor him lo form nn unerring judg ement of men1 nnd things. I can not recall that I ever knew of his doing n wrong thing. He wotild be classed as decidedly a man of character. I have no doubt he is r presi'iitaliviv, of a great mass of j hiimaiia wlux are known only to their local neighbors; nevertheless they arc really great. It would be dtrrimitt t soy that he bad a happy Mile. lie never seemed to be seek iug happlneaa. Jin was a firm ne Miever In hard work, ivath visited (tie? family ttetrf. Hut 1 have na ddiibt he tookTu satisfaction In ac complishment 'Ond always stood ready to meet any duty that came" to him. Ho did not Tear the end of life, hilt looked forward to tt as a reunion with all ho had loved and' lost. Talk of Ills MoIImt "When I was l yearn old my own mother was taken away. Hh.e waw a wwt and gentle influence. I always re-call her having my U- 1t-r and me brought to hor bedside to reccK-e her blenning in her very (bist hour, phe had bevn an ln .vaitd Tor an ion as I conld ro 1 member. 1 can aa now that aire 1 n.is a wnmnn of tnste and disere-! best thlnK Hhe rhn do Is to get mar-' rid and brlnx . family. 1 eaH coiiceive'df no 'experience better1 adupteH t give ait her h wihiiuu ur man Hull, kiiowfeg-?,""-'" 1 most likely i h,y .valua n the din. charge acfniibWC ?fc& than that ' which . omea, .0'om ffrntb . Hfo. nm nwnre I here linve been many nveellent exoeutlvea both mon und women who have lived a "slnglo life. Hut 1 ,thitk that they may have worked under n groat hand. ejip. which perhaps bntltles theni to a greaur credH. A aueesHful IHiHtJenl career ronKlsts of heing nhlo trt heHn jwovide the pcopU with Kbat they need In then- relo th)nsHift with wh other.- I thin that iho family life Is the corner stone of out social Ufa, and so of our political Wo. We do not in this, country have opimVtuniUii which can he referred to as afford ing aJsti ietly tKilItteril career. Thotti me many avenues or piri.iic life, each of which reiptlreH for its hvSt execution a Hpeetnl pTeparntlnri. 'Hie national government has ten tlepni"tmi'irt nitder cahlnd officers, each one reotilrtng a speelnl know), edge' for Us administration. , ftven our municipal . governments have also many, departments. The only , preparation that Is worth anything is a course of stmly which will make one an expert In the. depart-, ment hi which U Is in-otosed .to serve. " , "1 doubt If 11 Is- possible for; a .voting man lo choorte polities na'u career.' He may go Into the dlphi matle service aa It in noV const)- luted In this rmintry or into thh civil service somewhere as the ro- 1.1 l.een finite suit Of JiassiHK itu Ti.wiimi.ito, otn. certain thul I would never he una I- ,, ,7 ificl to serve my -fellow rountry-Win u livelihood by holding polit. men in that position. 1 do not re- l-a4 offices would seem to me t call that anyone In whose judg- very undesirahle. . should say ,nent I would place much reliance that he ougiit to have some IhihI evor told me in mv vminger dayslnoss on which he could depend f.,r iimi t should bo oresident. If my - "ving, ana as ne una .... apuumc. for It lake such part tn politic he finds ho can do without los ing his means of n livelihood.' Oth evwlse he loses his Independence, t'rgcs Coth'go mirsft ".My own opinion fa that hh mnny l.ys and girls as poaslble ought to have a rollcge education, whether they Intend tn follow a profession- , career or not. , 1 think mie of the I asked whether he thinks there mistnkes lies in thinking that In?- ur-e a boy or girl lias a college education tie or she must therefore seek a- professional career. It kt my observation that' In large cities the le,ra! profession' especially is over-manned, so thai' many yuiing men are doing a very small prac ilee and ere receiving n very small c-ir.ipcii! alion. A collej;-. 0d!:cailii evjh; o fit a man or w iea t i he content in any occtiput'ett. becanhc it eni.irrtes the opporttinlty f ei:-j-.;. met t, of the . Inlelk-emnl nn.l liriiiiitl side of life, it ..i.0rix t.i i e I'nl a man witlwtco!:ege ct i ca-tioii and an artisan's Income would hu almost In nn Ideal pil lion." "Yon made one statement, Mr. I're.thb-nt which I noted pii'tlcu larly," I remarked. "Vou said that those men and women wlto havo attained distinguished success with out being married have worked comrimition to a mans micocs; "llow can there be urn d i?bt about It'.'" he replied. "A man who h;rs the co-iipanion-ship of a lovely and gr.n b.i ; wo- SOME REAL BARGAINS Special low irices on stock size Windows and Doors. We are cleaning out our stock to make room for new shipments. Call at the yard and let ns give you prices. Van Petten Lumber Company Phone Main 732 For Service ; . 78 Seconds lrM Uthcr t twl that Pt ttaar mm a tupcr kiti blade. Oaljr m nur rpm Itt Valet AitcrStrop Razor' tl up to taf
