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Pag* Three PORTLAND LABOR PRESS jtoüiiay July 13. HB4 r c h il d r e n e d u c a t io n r e c r e a t io n W O M AN A N D H E R IN T E R E S T S THE TABLE T H E K IT C H E N TH E GARDEN WHY 8H0ES ARE WORTHLESS. of it just as straight and prim, and only far enough away from the wall The following striking information to prevent marring the plastering; the as to the adulterating treatment given marble top center table placed squarely D A M A SC U S io sole leathers, is particularly inter-I in the middle of the oom under the BY SAMUEL OOMPER8. e«ting as coming from a government hanging lamp. From lue walls there Look (or the Trade-Mark Cap report. Bulletin No. 165. Bureau of looked down on all this primness and CATEP48 TO . (Chemirtry: formality of arrangement the family B u tter. Cream. Milk and B u t Few fully realize the vitally import- the teachers are to attain highest in- An extended examination of scie portraits surrounded by heavy gilt THE WORKING MAN ter Milk o f ab so lu te p u rity — , ant work that teachers perform for dividual development and greatest use leathers shows that a surprisingly frames, and a wreath of wax work or a t your crocera or d elivered by ua. Kve,vthi»g for Men, Women and our nation. With the development of fulness to the school. lar—e percentage contain great quan-; worsteds over which was draped a the public school system and the con -, Too many teachers are forced to „ties f f »reign materials. Tanners fancy silk scarf. This room, which was /b.I.Uen ¡n Keadyto-Wear Hat., Milk T h a t S ta y * S w ee t la Mot W eather stant widening and deepening of the give so much concern to bread and stale -.hai leather is “ loaded” with carefully swept and dusted, was al Clothing for the whok T '^ ily scope of school instruction, the power butter problems that they ha\e not foreign materials because the boot and wavs ready for company und it was and the influence of the teachers have time nor strength to possess their souls shoe makers will buy only the lower seldom used except on such special Damascus Creamery increased until now they hold in their and reach up after new ideals. How priced leather, which “ cuts to ad- occasions. With all this stiff, solemn C a ll up H a s t 3240 o r B 0156 hands the molding of the nation’s ean they bring to the children that vantage’*; that is, from which the grandeur, there was no room for cozi- life. which is starved out of their own greatest number of soles can be cut ness or comfort. Instruction of various kinds, that lives? at the lowest cost pair. If the A ehair placed invitingly near the was formerly left to the home or was | If they have not the means to con- poorer portion of the hide is stiffened ' table, and others drawn away from 165 167 First Street neglected entirely, has, little by little, tinue to add to their own mental de- and weighted with foreign material, noithe wall with something of the get- OUR CLOTHES been added to the province of the velopment and social experience, how matter how useless it is nor how soon 1 together air, as if occupants had just ARE UNION MAPE school. Now the educational ideal is can they continue to give out to the j» may wash out, some shoe manufac- left them after a pleasant eonversa- “ to send the whole boy or girl to world? turers will thus obtain more soles fromjtion, will do much toward producing school.“ in order to make education The teachers of the country are be j Thus weighted leather costs the desired coziness. What if a book life. As the educational ideal grows, ginning to realize that they must solve tbe manufacturers lean for soles than is found open on the table, with a the teacher must measure up to new their own problems. Strong individual tbe unweighted leather. “ Unloaded,” handkerchief beside it just as tbo you an procure bread bearing thia demands upon culture, wisdom and must not wait passively for some out- flabby- leather makes poor shoe soles, reader left it. Surely it would * a d .:e Union Label character. side force to secure justice for them »n<I “ loading” with materials readily an air of comfort aud enjovme ' . iat And what of these teachers of Amer they must feel responsibility for right goiub|e in water increases the cost to would be a pleasure to one coinin' jto ica's children—those to whom are en ing their own wrongs. the purchaser and does not make soles the room. trusted the health, minds, morals, j If a teacher is not capable of self ,110re serviceable. Fverv article that is placed in a ideals, of the children? help, is that teacher capable of ineul- Ixtading or weighting materials are room should be carefullv considered America boasts of her school build- eating the principles of democracy in cheap, costing from .75 to 2 cents a that oue may be sure that it har x i N S C?Í5AM ings, of the money ex|>ended in mod- the youth of our country! pound. Those most commoulv used I monizes well with everything else in ern improvements, but does she boast <»ur present day school system pre are glucose and epsoni salts. Loading the room. If one is not a good judge of the social and financial recognition sent» some serious problems, and not w;th these, or with water soluble or of artistic furnishings, there are ex- that are given to those whose lnflu- the least serious is the anomaly ot ganie material, is often detrimental tolperts «■ ho may be employed; but care enee can make or mar human lives? autocratic management of the schools leather, rendering it hard, brittle, should be taken that the mistress of SCHOOL BOOKS Are these public servants paid accord- of a deinocarcy. inure likely to crack, and after the the home has sufficient voice in the egister Sold and Exchanged ing to the value of the’* erviees, or The teachers themselves hate long loading washes out, as usuallv hap- subject that there niav be something We have new and second hand are they to be content with “ compel» realized the seriousness of their prob- . |H>ns quite q„ickly, it is more’ easi’v | of her own individuality reflected, at the sations greater than mere money?” lems. Tradition and conventional pub- penetrated bv water. Loaded leathers ____________‘ Hyland Bros. 16b Fifth St., opposite Post Office Are the teachers given social recog- lie opinion have restrained them from are lnore expensive to the public, less I THE “ SHIFTLESS” POOR, jewel b a k e r y 211 Second St., near Salmon. nition as those who have in trust the the only method by which they can Idurable, and a menace to health. ______ nation’s ideals, who are a vital and help themselves — organization. But' A comparison of the percentages of It hurts me to hear the tone in 291 GRAND AVENUE honorable part of the common life? organization is the practical method of materials in the loaded leathers, with | which the poor are condt owed. as Phone East 124 Are they consulted as those best in- professions and trades. What orgeni- the fig,lres given for normal leathers, ” shiftless. ’' or “ hiving a |i»up»r HAAKON GLASOE, formed on social and community prob- zation has done for them it ean do for shows te st the epsom salts, glucose spirit, ” just as it would if a crowd H IO H-OXADE WATCH KEFAIXINQ A lems and closest in touch with the the teachers. and wa » soluble materials are pres mocked at a child for its weakness, or SPECIALTY heart of the nation? Organization will bring to the teach- ent, as a rule, iu more than permit- laughed at a laine man because he The Old R elia b le All work guaranlMd Duel what is T. ask these questions brings out or* wages that will enable them to live sibie quantities, while the amounts of could not run, or a blind man because right. whether it pays flnaaciallr or aot. how the actual is at variance with the in such a manner that they can bring f ats an,| „¡i8 anj actual leather sub he stumbled. 125% First Street Near W uklnfton ideal. What are called the grade more to their work, more into their stance are lower than thev should be. I “ L azy!” Some of them are “ born SUNSET CREAMERY teacher?, those who mold the plaatie lives and ideals of future citizens These figures show a serious moral, tired,” and enter into life without minds and hearts of {he greatest num- themselves hut they will make the economic and business condition. their share of vigor or vitality. Some COMPANY Phone Marshall 2141 bers of the children, are not even school better, aiming at higher ideals. The tanners whose leathers have of their mothers were overworked and paid what would be a minimum wage i The effect will be cumulative. been examined produce a large per-’ undernourished, perhaps scrofulous .M a n u fa c tu re rs o f W. W. CONNER for factory workers. Many an unskilled ' Organization must and will come to ,-entage of the sole leather made in ¡Some of them, themselves, are over Shoe and Repair Factory laborer is paid higher wages than the rescue of America’s teachers. It is this countrv. According to these sam worked and underfed, or have lost Butter and Ice Cream Oar Motto: “ Quality sad Quickness" teachers in grade schools. a right they cannot be denied under a pIes> f„l|v 60 per eent of the g()le their efficiency through illness or ex W ait Jobs a Specialty Though there inav be other compel»- free, democratic government. leather is loaded with undesirable ma posure. And they breathe poisonous Phones M a in 52, A 4211 58« WASHINGTON STBEET sations than “ mere monev,” vet these ------------------------ Iterials, aud practically all of it eon- air, sleeping in unventilated quarters, 211 F irst S tre e t P o r tla n d . O reg o n $>nipensations will not feed, clothe. 1 Women never really admire each tains more uncombined tanning ma-1 six or tw ehe in a room. Thev drink provide for the physical and intellec other. They are too busy admiring terials than it should. j sewage-poisoned water that makes peo- Trank O u ex e d e r Fred D u srlr ttial wants that must be satisfied if each other’s clothes. At least 150,000,000 pounds have pie lethargic and dull.—Albion F"’ Phono Main *170 been weighted annually with no ini- lows Bacon, in the Survey. Heidelberg Restaurant provement in its wearing value. The CHILDREN. and Oyster House , people have paid for not less than I 12,000,000 pounds of epsorfi wilts snd --------- Open Day and H ight. F rlvate B oom s BUSINESS COLLEGE fo r L adles and ra m illa s. glucose, plus a profit to the tanner Train them to virtue; habituate 939 T I W W T T .T . g T H B B T »nd TELEGRAPH SCHOOL for working them into the leather, and them to industry, activity and spirit, B etw een E irat and Second Fourth Street Near Morrison have obtained nothing of value Mgke them consider every vice as Write—No Trouble to Answer thereby. shameful and unmanly. Fire them with In addition to this, the almost uni ambition to be useful. Make them dis- Portland Candy Kitchen versal use of too much uncombined dain to be destitute of any useful 245 MORRI8ON 8T. H. C. SCHROEDER ' tanning materials, is perhaps the most knowledge. Fix their ambition upon THE ALBINA reprehensible form of weighting. g*eat and solid objects, and their con- Home Made Candles Mad* Freeh Every Day. Practieallv all the leathers analyzed tempt upon little, frivolous and useless HOUSE FURNISHER We Cater *o the Union Trade. contain as much unoombined tannin ones.—John Adams, Houses Furnished Complete ns good quality opk or hemlock bark Olve U* a Trial. Cash or Installm ents Woman In Mining Industry. and many contain more. Approxi 244-246 Russell St. Portland, Ore. mately one-third of the tannin in In Upper Silesia, Germany, women these leathers is uneombined, the quan are employed in mines at very low THE ROYAL COFFEE STORE Telephones: M a in 7215; A 3121 tity varying from 9 to 17 per cent, wages. The numbers in each class Gotta* Boasted at onr Store This is sufficient to tan one-third as are; Dealing in Coffee, Tea A Spleea. We MAX M. SMITH Unarantee the P u rity and Quality much sole leather as is now made. Mining, large coal, 5788; iron ore of Our Coffee. Florist Fully half of this wasted tannin can mining, 386; zinc and lead mining, We Cater to Union Trad* Chole* c n t F low er*, « o r a l D esign * and should be saved. It is worth ap- 2584; coke ovens and cinder, etc., do- Phon* Mata «209 152 Second Street Near Morrison lilt s Sixth Street (S e llin g B u ild in g ) proximately $1,000,000 aud would tan pots, 180; blast furnaces, 757; iron and P ortland, O regon I approximately 100,000,000 pound* o f : steel foundries, 32; Ingot and maliea- ; leather. This tanning material is nowjble iron and rolling works, 581; re- practically a total loss. fineries, 763; zinc sulphite furnaces, We eolldt th * trade e f onion famllle*. . THE KANDY LAND Leather properly tanned is of light, 372; pig zinc, 1276; zinc plate rolling H igh Grade Candle*. Freeh Made Every FINK A LEW IS ' uniform color. Consequently it is com- works, 15; lead and silver blasting, 32. Day. W e C ater to Union Trade. | merciully desirable that leather im Pricea R igh t— 20c per lb. Staple and Fancy Groceries I properly tanned should hear a similar Dressed Poultry, Etc. GEO. J. WETLE, Frop. Millions for Churches. appearance. To attain this, bleaching 230 Alder, and Y a a k U l M a rket, 2nd and Phone* Eaat 58 2; C 1450 Contracts thus far Jet call for church YaakUl j is resorted to. Bleaching is especially 514 Miaiitsippl Avenue, Portland, O f . structures in this country that will i detrimental, as the process greatly cost between $35,000,000 and $40,000,- hastens the rotting of the leather. The 000. While all of this money may not i cost of the leather is increased bv this THE MISSION TEA CO. , .. ..... . .. 3*? sjient upon the buildings before the procedure; the serviceability of the ' „ , . . „ . . ° , J. E. Kelly's Family Liquor Store "The Store That Doe* th* Bnala***" __, ___________, ........ , .... .... . end “ ,,s year contracts uncompleted leather is decreased; and the superiorly be ¡nni ()f th„ *'» Sell for Cash. Pricea are Right season will Im p orters— W h o le sa le and R etail appenrame secured in this way permits Coffee*. Teat, Spice* a Speeialty make the total ex(>enditure this year Grnreriaa and F ru it the fraudulent sale of the leather nt M a in 28. A 2802 154 M orrison St. approximate $40,000,000. We Olve Sta-npa a higher price. The bleaching of G ul 2106. A 1281— 537 William» Avenue heavy leather is the most useless mid Understands Crowding. harmful of all leather-making prac Little Elizabeth's mother was mak tices, and the most vigorous efforts Phone Marahall 3205 BOSTON CANDY KITCHEN ing cookies and when there seemed no ■-houbl be made to eliminate it. E. Vlrgllion * O. Simon, Prop* more room on the moulding board she DR. A. W. KEENE rieeh Candle* Mad* Dally DENTIST COZINESS IN HOME DE8IBABLE. said, “ Mother, will some have to sit in the other's laps?” 20c Per Pound NEW MAJESTIC THEATBB BLDG. Park and Washington Street* When furnishing a home there is We Cater to Union Trad* Entrance 851 *4 Waehington Street. Woman In 811k Industry. often a temlency to purchase too much 250 Alder Main 1102 595i First St., cor. Saiaea Sixtk a More than 5,000,000 silkworms will furniture at first, to have everything complete when one settles; but in do be raised in Napa County, Cat, daring ing that it is found later that this the coming season through the activ- leads to crowding, for as the weeks iti*» of a woman's silk vulture societv. and months pass other pioees are ------------------- -—- found to !><• 'needed ami some of the Swift. Will satisfy you if you are dissatisfied with the bread you are original purchases could have been Mo fast gossip travels omitted. getting. Try it. That sometimes we feel Crowding is one of the greatest bar hame Rumor must ride iu All ingredients in Butternut Bread are accurately weighed by automatic riers to an artistic home. However An automobile. scales, and the flours carefully blended. beautiful the furniture may be, much —Boston Transcript. of the attractiveness is lost if the <H>in is cluttered, Hiid as one neces A Moment of Suspense. sary piece after another is added after Teacher—Now, children, I want vou the house is supposed to be furnished, all to be so still that vou can hear a it is not long before there is a clut pin drop. tercil look which detracts greatly front Bov (after a moment's silence'—• Get the Best in the artistic appearance desired. Ij*t her drop.—Boston Trauscript. The first requisite * for attractive MILK, CREAM AND BUTTER furnishing is a cozy, home like look N ot Satisfactory without which no house will have a Betty Van Kocke- -Did you have a Portland Pure Milk and Cream Company comfortable, inviting appearance. Ar- satisfactory interview with ,>apa ? rangement of the furniture has much Jack Brokelcigh Not »■•»•»; he «aid to do with producing this comfort and all he would give «■»« his consent attractiveness. Primness in placing tbe Boston Trtnwript We Carry Fir* and Burglar Insurance for Protection of Our Customers furniture is never conducive to a cozy- — -------- BROADWAY DYE WORKS looking room, as illustrated by the par- Handy Couvenloncea. H»J* A Haya, Proprators lors 01 former days. ; Mhe—Let me dri'-k in the beauty of GBAUD AVE AND BCHUYLEB STREETS One recalls the old fashioned high ¡this starry night' Prompt and Careful Attention Given to Express Orders organ or low melodeon placed straight j lie All right; there's tselb the Ph,,« East 3S3. C 1442 against the wall: the chairs each side'Great and the Little Dip|>e» P O R T L A N D . OREGON THE famous Department Store H elp for A m erican T eachers the famous Department Store R ^ Housewives of Portland Cultivate the Habit of Purchasing UNION LABEL PR O D U CTS BUTTER-NUT BREAD and he an Employer of Union Labor M ad e b y th e U. S. B a K e ry Give preference to Merchants who Advertise in the L A BO R P R E SS They Assist Your Cause À