THE
u
«Ion.
Tim results. unfortunately. ;
would loud to i|if conclusion that the i
tn»my or mankind'« salvation. rather
Ilian the a lory of our Itedoemar, * a i
morn nerved In tho acta or conquest
«nd aggression which drew their Jus
tification from the bull of Pupa NIcb
By William R. Hoad, The New Age.
olae Hreknapeare. Un that an It may,
hoar *4 great deal about
the neeular of political effect« upon
men'« right«, and there hua
Ireland of Human Intervention In our
▼ V be.
been no little dUcuaHlon of
R triiK lIee to retain the right of na-
llonhood of which we were thaa do-1 I women'« right«, but tha right* of fb!|-
Protestantism Is the Hope of ■pulled, bava g e n ia lly been aelfleh. dren are leee dlacueaed and lean
ahort-alghted, or unfair.
known.
Old Erin end of the
Lat ua aee If children have any
"True, one of our poeta haa sung:
World.
right«. If thay bave, we «hall prob
■ T h i f l ’t wine from Ike royal Pope
t s ---------
ably flqd then« along the line of the
I'pon the eeean green."
declared Inalienable right« of men.
To Pupe Erin'» friend
Wa aball probably find them to be
MUiofy tea. he« hr that pope« Paul men'« right« In embryo, Or In process
V, ( ‘than V III. and lymm-ent "X. wer a of forming.
Likewiae Pernell end Neerly friendly to the Irteli rnbelllouR chief«, | I think we ahaU all agree that a
becauaa many If not moat uf tho«e ; ehjM haa a right to live. But «Inca
All of the Other Greet
were fighting for the cauae of the a child cannot make cboicea for him-
Iriah Reformer«.
Church In Ireland, aud In Great Hr»-
ln hu t a r |lwr yaar, h6 „ „ « j,
aln a . much If not mure than for that lo haTe cboic« s mad, for b, „ that
of Irleh freedom from Kngland a rule, j y m promote proper living. And since
II, JOHN N. Ql'INN
In other worda. It wa* realatance to he Is at the beginning of life, the mak
Archbishop Croke. of tiublln. Ire
her ,,w‘>
own wnpuiif
enemies which Home em our- ing of a sound body la of vast Im
.
# ».
li nf’r
Und. eapoaaed tha cau .e of P .rn a ll ^
. No pope haa portance to him. In fact, that la what
In lilt
for th« Und for Int» IrUh
hi» fighi
ri
ever lent aid. in wine or In weapon«,
I am going to call the flrat right of
peoplA In u k i the nalUmalUti of
or Indirect encouragement of any I
tho child—(he right to a sound body.
Ireland d ech M to p r o m t to ."Mr.
kind, to the cauae of an Independent
To begin with, be baa a right to be
Parnell aome aubatanltal recognition
nation." "The Kail ol KeudalUni In
born sound. Here I can only say that
of hta aervlcea to the country." An
,
Irelan d ” p 401. -|I»y Michael Davltt,
appeal
m ad. to the country fOC
( . , (hol|t.
Harperf A a tremendous responsibility rests on
parenthood. Then he haa a right to
Rtthacrlptlona. to which a fairly gen
tiro », publtahcrs; London and New .
! such protection and cart) 'as will keep
- eroua regpons# wir made.
T h lt
York: t a o t )
bla body sound. In a little «outhern
brought a letter of protest from thy
!le»poll»m Oat of Hole
mining town a community and school
Prefect of I he Propaganda. Klde ad-
dreaeed to the Irish UUhdpa. condemn
A citation from KronUe. In the light' nurse was employed. Among other
lug lb« subscript Inna to the Parnell of the present struggle In the south tblnga, she weighed the school chll-
fun.l. Intense antagonistic feeling was ,,f Ireland, appears a bit prophetic, dren, and 63 per cent of them were
aroused In Ireland, with the result
"Despottem la out of date.
W r found under normal weight for their
that lh« fund *««_ swelled from twelve can govern India; we cannot govern ages. A fter two pr three years of
thousand to thirty thousand pounds.
Ireland.
j Uculth work among these children, tho
The Irish t.arlbalUl
"Ho 11 a°- Then. let iaeland he j Darfe again weighed them.: and this
Dr Croke wa« n -*t c a ll« ! to Home:
Hh”
n" * * r» bl* kocuusa she I . tlme only U p«r cent were found un-
- I I I , | loll no«» Pope Leo had ra-
W* n,,« h, r V - **'• b'*< * * der weight. I think we all agree that
.......... . him 1 » * mo I u n frie n d ly m a n - I * " 1
° ur » rr«n«*m *n«.
,h e nurae went to that town.
ncr. lie examined hfm with r « f.C- f U' m* m * * ' b* ,BU rf* r#rt w,th' W*| many chlldrtn there were n o t-g e t-
cnee to h i. advocacy of the movemenV l ^ bnot
••*"**'
“ ■ ting what they were entitled to. When-
li d by Parnell
.
winding up
b<' l"’r'" ,n ,,,l,>r wretched b e c a u s e It a reT 63 oi eV(.ry hundred children are
APPEAL TO K. K. K.
VICTIM OF ROMISH
INF
w:
E mmett was a protestant
will, ibe charge that be (Dr. Croke, j
‘° * * * »
among (hem.
b ad b een complained of to Ilia lloll-
“ In an Independent Ireland the
irss a s 'a kind of Irish (inriltaldl
ablest and slronges'l would come to
ITgatnst law and au fh n ritr'
. . . . .. .
the front, and the baser elem ents be
Tills la st shot aroused the fteay
{
. . . . . .
...
.
...........
............
Th«
of «things which
Celt In the accused archbishop, who
would tdlsue might not be satisfactory
at once flung back this crushing re
to us. bul at least there would be no
joinder: 'W ell, Holy Father, all I
longer the Inversion of the natural
mod say. in that connection, la this:
order which la maintained "by the
If Cnrltmldl had (he same amount of
English connection and the compelled
support from the priests and people
»Javory of education and intelligence
of Italy behind him that I have had
to the numerical majority. Thin, too.
In the' stand I have taken against
Is called ’ Impossible— yet. It will
- Irish landlordism aud English Injua-
neither cu te Ireland nor allow the
tlce In Ireland. It no longer surprises
Irish to. rule them*, ivas. nature avid
me to find your Holiness a prisoner In
fact may » I I us lhat. whether we will
the V .llc a n ..........The Fall of Feudal
>r no. an experiment fh af has lasted
ism In Ireland." by Michael Davltt. a
for 700 years shall be tried no longer.''
¿toman Calhnllc Irishman, page 400
Jam ea A. Froude: History of the
An old Tipperary woman,- on hear
English in Irrlsnd. viil. Ill, pp. ns4,
ing of t h e je t t e r from Rome, rem ark
586.
ed to Archbishop Croke: “'Arran, yer
Right Mure to Triumph
Grace. It la true that the English are
May tha better element triumph
' trylny to make a Protestant of the
over the baser, so that Americanism
P op er
That the Pope haa never, befriended and the spirit of Magna Charts may
Irish freedom la thus witnessed:
prevail lh tho Emerald Isle.
"The Interferences of Rome In Irish
Previous to Collins aflod Griffith,
nffalra of a nnn-retlgious nature have Ireland has produced 42 reform ers,
been Invariably nntngonlatlc and in- and 40 of these were Protestants,
Jtirious, either In their direct mntivea among them Robert Emmett and
or Indirect consequences. Ireland. In Charles 8. Purnell. Protestantism Is
fact, haa been treated as If she. stood the hope of Ireland and o 'fth e world
In the relation of a semi-temporal Ref
When the Free State government
to tlfe holy see. The g re a te st'o f all establishes In Ireland civil and re-
Ireland's evils and misfortune«' were llgtous Itheriy s s und< fstood In the
due to the action of ona o fthrf popes. .United S tale»; when no handicaps are
who commissioned King Henry II. of forced on I'lster, and I'iater Is not
Knglatid to invade and subdue the hluderod In the free development of
■ountry.
her Industries, then and not till then
"The honor and glory of God" was. may we look for a peaceful and proa-
probably, the pretext of this comrals- perous and united Ireland.
jiiiikiiiiiriiHÏiiiiiü ' '
of lilted, and when three-
fourths of this unhealthy condition can
be removed by tho services of a health
nurse, somebody has been infringing
on child rights.
The second right of the child may
be compared with a man'« right to lib
erty. Of course, a child should not
have so much liberty as a grown per
son. but he hae a right In this reaped,
nevertbeleaa. He baa a right to bo
himself, to be a child. He has a right
to play, to run and frolic and bubble
over with buoyancy—to grow. He has
.a full right to a full measure of child-
!
and Bo factory door ahoald shut
*?
fThe cfclld Ik the
n,* n or womiul 10 t*« making. Child
hood la manhood or womanhood In
process of forming. He has a right
to the fullness of this period of man
making and woman-making.
A grown person's third inalienable
right Is the pursuit of happiness. The
lawyers tell ua this means that a man
may, In a manner consistent with the
equal rights of others, pursue any law
ful business or vocation to promote
bla own well-being. Now a child can
not yet pursue a vocation, but he has
a kindred right. He h a s a right to
opportunity. This la the child's third
fight—this right of opportunity. This
n,Pan* that he Is entitled to educa-
**on- (° proper preparation for life
1 nder th® ol,l common law a father
w* * responsible for bis child's educa-
tlon, but there was no compulsion on
'-be parent to provide any form of
schooling. As time passed the non-
compulsory system of education gave
"'ZT
r
WESTERN
AMERICAN
way to the compulsory system. Now
«Very state in this country requires
children to go to school. This la done
to m aka good eltlaena for the stats,
and It la done also to give the child
a bettor 0B°riunlty. The ^i-ni/ulsory
education law enforce« the child’s
educational rights.
Many American children have not
been getting any education. T h ere
were ln t£e Uaited States la 1120
nearly 6 , 000,000 persona over 10 years
of age who could not read and write.
This was about 40,000 ln a million.
Among
1.000,000 American
men,
enough Illiterate« could be found to
outnumber the army Lee had at
Gettysburg. These figures show an
appalling number of Americans who
have not bad the opportunity of edu
cation,
Wnodlaws 4602
May Motor
Company
Authorized Ford and
Fordton Dealer
Expert Ford Reps ring
Where Albsrta Crosses Union
Portland, Ore.
Mention T b s W ostern A m erican whan
lojrlng at our sto re and w atch us smile
T h ere are other million* who hove
not had adequate educational oppor The Blue Front Grocery and
tunity. In a study recently made In
Market
the bureau of Ednratlon, It was found
W B. W OLCOTT. Prop.
that we are a "nation of sixth grad-
465 E ast Burnside
era." T h a r la to aay, at the present
Corner E a s t KKbth 8 t.
rate of education In this country, the
average child com^jetea only the sixth
L. A. P E R R Y
grade of the school work; and In
GROCER
soma states not over four or five
D elirarles L eave a t 10 A. M. and 1 P U
grades are completed. This Is' woe
•7th St. and Bandy Boulevard
fully Inadequate education for a citl-
Portland, Oregon
xeq of a great democratic country. «toro TAbor S40S
An American chlljl baa a right to
ALL AMERICAN
UNION HHOr
more.
Now what does all (Ms about child
The Service Barber Shop
rights mean? It Is Intended to mean
O. E- COON KOI) Proprietor
that the child's Irght to a sound
body, a normal childhood, and the op i*3 Stark Street
Portland, Oregon
Near Fifth
portunity of education should be guar
anteed by the state as other rights
O. A. D a r t
are guaranteed. The state sedulously I Broadw ay 7211
K arefnl — Klean — Kompetent j
guards the right to protection from the
cutthroat, the right to go and come as
ona pleases ao long as others are not
Wholesale Produce Merchants *
Dreaeed Poultry Our Sp»clatty
|
molested, and the right to do business
Profit 6 treat
Portland, Oregon »
and own property; but the correspond
ing rights of tha ctfld have not been
SPECIAL
held so sacred.
Ohjy a tittle Vnoro than one-third of 600 dosen assorted Trout Files, dozen
our states have child-labor laws which,
‘ 40c
according to federal-law standards,
C
A.
NORWOOD
adequately protect children against la
¿607 Foster Road
bor ln factories. There were ln the
United S tates In -1920 over 1.000,000 ______________ _________t _ ___________
children between 10 and 15 years of
INSIDE BLOCK WOOD
age who were "engaged In- gainful
_
12-Inch
-___
occupations." and who in consequence
Cash on Delivery
were very probably being deprived
of normal childhood. Not more than
E. D. Bo we
Em pire 026«
one-sixth of the states make adequate 1018 S. Ivanh'M St.
legal provision for physical examina
tion and the detection of physical de
M c K a y ’S PLACE
fects among school children, and a
C1GAB8 AND TOBACCO
still sm aller proportion of the states
Steam Cooked not Lunches All Haora
adequately provide for the correction
Stan 4. Liberty M arket. FWth nod Y em
of these defede and proper health
eni
education.
Competent
authorities
4
Best Quality
agree that fully 30 per cent of our
and a square deal for alt at the
school children are seriously defective
physically. Of the men registered for
Tremont Bakery
the army of the world war over 21
3833 Seventy-second SL S. E.
per cent were found unfit for any mili __________ Portland. Oregen________
tary service. These farjs, added to I Phone EA «t O.ft
the fact that we>are a "nation of sixth
GEORGE W ETLE
graders,” with nearly 6,006,000 'unable
Repairing of Aafo Radiators
to read and write, make a poor show
a Specially
All W ork Guaranteed
ing for tha care and opportunity af
FE N D E R S. TA N K S, BODIES
forded the average child in our coun
Ac«tyl«n« Welding
try. An American child has a right 454 Hawthorn« Av#
Portland, Oregon
Con
‘
8th
to more, and It Is the state's obllga- j
tlon to see to It that he gets more.
It la not a question whether better
health measures, more child proteec-
tion, and more education can be af
forded ; it Is rather a question whether
tbe state can afford not to make ade
quate provision for these things. And
the m atter of tbe child's right to them
is not tha least Consideration in the
case.
....
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easily when the Bridge of the Gods
is built. You can help build it by
subscribing now to the stock, par
value now $ 1 per share.
Fishing is great on the Washing
ton side of the Bridge of the Gods.
Many lakes and streams can be
reached easily when the Bridge of
the Gods is built. You can help
build the bridge.
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Main 8762
B ring » I , n.lvertlssoMnt with you a s It will entltl* you to U S discount
on your furniture, repairing or roflnlshing
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ST. NICHOLAS CAFETERIA
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W o H avo Reduced Our PHeas. N ot th o Quality
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128 Sixth
Albert E . Coe
Phono B ro alw ay T2I4
Portland.
Joel H. Coe
Man Orders Givra Prompt Attention
RUGGLES, Merchant Tailoring
Mato
tU »
Cleaning, Pressing, Alterations
Gents’ Salto ClcBncd and f r aaied, IL36
384 THIRD
Radio Electric Bakery
Special Orders for Lodges
and Entertainm ents
1336 Hawthorne
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i Paper hanging, painting and Hating.
W all paper and p ain t
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Phone Tabor 6761
R. H. RANDOLPH
T. E . B uxton
Mrs. C. J. Buxton
100 P o r Cont Sarvlco
Complete Building Service
Before building or planning the new
BUXTON’S GROCERY
home, see me. for I have 100 up-to-
F resh Fru its and Vegetables
date plans to select from. Plana 310
and up.
W o Deliver
266 F . 601b S t.
TAbor «646 Phono TAbor «063
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CONTRACTOR—G E N E R A L JOBBING
Douglass A Douglass
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Plan« and Specification* Furnished
Gas, Oils, Tlroa and A nonas orina
206 E. Fiftieth S t _________ Tabor «64«
72d 8L and Foster Rond
Phono Main 0930
...U n io n Shop
BA RBER SHOP
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165 Fron t S t., B «t, Morrison and Yamhill
:
Portland. Ort.
Dealers 1 b Goodyear Tires and Tabes
VULCANIZING AND RETREADING
All Kind»
of T ir o » —W o Cuormnteo All
our W ork
Beacon 17(4
TERMINAL
• Grocery
N esr E. 2Sth St.
Open Until Midnight
Every Day in the Year
Groceries, F ru it. Vegetables,
Dairy and Bakery Goods,
and Cured Meats.
Re. Tabor i««7-offico B « ro n 6139
RAY BELLAMY
Shipley Transfer & Storage
Company
Moving, Packing and Shipping
Furniture and Plano Moving a .
Specialty
108 Fourteenth SL
Porttond, Ore.
100 T er Cent S e rv ice — D ay or N ight
J. A . CORNES
GRO CERIES
Fruits and produce ln Season
FREDERICK W. OTTO
REAL E 8T A T E — INSURANCE
V/g North Seventh 8 t
Sold Everywhere
Auto Machine Shop
Cylinders bored »2.S« oach In m oat car«
W ITH O U T REM OVIN G
113 E. KHlingNworth Ave.
WaL 5369
Near Albina
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Old Line Life Insurance
American Central Life
Insurance Co.
L. W . Keeler
The Gem Waffle
House
247 Alder
Between Second and Third
Tha Original Waffle
Hon«« In Portland
TEN TEARS IN BUSINESS
Seaside, Oregon
Q u in n #
Grandma’s
Cakes and Cookies
Ree. W alnut 1302
148 Second Street
Between MorrUoa and Alder
7<K> Couch Building
T. URE. WILLIAMS, Fiscal Agent
D U K E ’S M E A T M A R K E T
«54 E. Burnside St.
Llf« — Accident — Auto
328 Henry Building
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L IN E O F C A R PE N T ER WORK
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DR. FL E TC H ER
GENERAL INSTRANCE
BRoadway 3808
Hecoad Street and CawUta A tease, Castle Keek, W ashlagtea
The St. Charles Hotel
Baggage, Plano and Fu m ltu ro Moving
Special Trips Made Any P lace
P ack in g and Cut K ate Shipping
S U N SE T «030
SSth and Fo ster Reed
Portland. Oregon
Foot Doctor
I«ady A ssistant
BEACON ROCK, on the Wash
ington side of the Bridge of the
Gods, is a wonderful sight. The
climb to the top is a trip you will
KING KABINET SHOP
DAY PRODUCE CO.!
Help Build the Bridge of the Gods
You will want a summer home at
one of those beautiful lakes on the
Washington side when the Bridge
of the Gods is built. Help build
the bridge. Stock now being of
fered for public, par value $1 per
share.
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THAT
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THAT
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THAT
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THAT
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THAT
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THAT
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THAT
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