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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1919)
Civilized Man Just Can’t Live Without Cooks O A V E R T the new peril which. Jhe war being over, ha» rtaen to endanger Health Insurance One of the distinctive qualities o f fo o d baked withxRoyal Baking Powder is tvholesomeness. This is health insurance of such vital importance that millions of women bake at home just tp be sure that Royal Baking Powder is used. Remember the adage—“Bake it with Royal and be sure.” Absolutely Pure homes of the United Ktatea and Great Britain, American hnuaewlvee T ire the working out a plan along the lines o f a movement already under way hi GREEK REFUGEES TELLOFOUTRAGES fCnglund to solve the servant problem. In Iyiiidon the answer la the Legion- Colony Near Salonikl Victims ef ary. In thla country, according to the . Dire Atrocities in Last United Mtateu department o f labor. It 1» “ the luduatrlullzaUou of domestic Five Years. •ervlce." t ’ooku and honaemalilM, having es caped from the home, refuae to return to It on the old terms. Money In Oie rn»e o f d.uiientlc servants ap|ienra to YY lie no object. In this country at leant, Lx 0 ^ for cook». If they will consent to conk, Forced to Llva In Optn Fields #r In enn earn war wages even In the kitchen. Ougouts and Driven Hither and In spite of this'and o f the fact that women are more In demand as Von by Enemy— Are Grateful domestic servants than in any other field o f human activity. re|a-rta from all to United States. over the country to tire employment service agree that woinen are reverting to housework only when driven to It hv nheer necesalty, and then on the p ain Ralonlkl.— High upon the hills o f tha Understanding that they will remain only until they can get something else './JMlIng Macedonian city Is a pi*» to do. settlement «h e r* 3J»)0 I'udex these circumstances there ha« been created In London the Lefflon- turesque Greek • refug«-e*. driven from Asia ary. and f t the United Statea there Is In process o f creation the "1ndin«tr1all«fl domestic.“ The legion a ry la llie brain-child o f I-ady ILondonderry, president I Minor hy the massacre o f 1014, make Hundreds o f other o f the Women's legion, I-ady Londonderry'« plan la to organize, as women their hmtiM. are demobilised, n household section. No uniform will be worn during the Greeks who were Interned by the Bul garians In Lobrndja during the war h o u r » o f service, but when ofT duty the women will wear their badges and have j»lne<] them recently. Tha service strl|»-s and. If they please, the uniform o f the legion. I»oim-Mtlc servants recruited anil supplied by the section will work under houses In this refugee camp were con Conditions arid term» o f service drawn up by the legion, the Ideu being to struct««! by the Gr«*ek government. A render domestic work attractive b f giving It n status equnl that o f similarly space equivalent to a large New York paid work outside the home. Hours o f work and o f recreation and texws of furnished room Is allotted to a fam ily o f from five to eight. «-•rvlce, Including a minimum wage, are d e a rly defined. The settlement ha* been given »he pretentions name o f "T h e Quarter of the Trium virate" In honor o f Or*>eee’« three great modem patriots— Premier • _____ • _________ HE political savants who watch the course of events “ op on the hill“ In Venire!***. Admiral Konntourlotl* end Washington are chuckling over the clever, manner i>i which congress General Danglals, who. repudiating recently passed another federal child labor law. The new law Is tacked to the King Constantine, ««paused the muse k end o f the revenue bill, sand la so o f the alli«w when Germany sought to technically correct, accordlug to one of win <*ver the Greek army. Grateful to United States. Its framer*, that »he Supreme court la Mnny o f the people have b ee« going to have a hard time proving it help«-d hy the American Bed Cr«*sa unconstitutional. For there bt a feud between the and speak gratefully o f the United United State« congress and the United States and Its people. As the Associated Press correspowl- State« Supreme court which dates hack to the days when John Jay man ert was visiting the village, tw o ox aged to make the court m uclf more in carts loaded with Greek refuge«»* who fluential than congr*-** thought It had had been driven hy the Turks from any right to be— a feud which has lost thp v*l!ages along the sen o f Marmora none o f Its virility. Thus the new child In 1013 and 1914. and who. during »ha lal-or Iqw is worded-very carefully. It provide* that In addition to all other presen» wnr. were expcllixl from Mac«» taxes, an excise tux o f 10 per cent o f the entire net profits shall be collected donla hy the Bulgnrs. made their way by the commissioner o f Internal revenue on the output o f mills, canneries, slowly up the steep mountain road. worfcaliofta. factories and manufacturing establishment* employing children The refuge«»s had Just come from under fourteen years of a g e ; and «if quarries employing children under sixteen Dobnnlja. to the south o f Ronmanla. years o f age. where they were practically exll«*«l by This same tax will also he le\le«l where children betw«*en the ages o f four the Rulgars. They had been nearly teen uml sixteen are employe«! for more than eight hours a day or on night two nntnths on the way. and virtually a'l Jhe food and aid they got mine work. That Is all. Nothing la said ubout bow the law is to be enforce«l. In the «•xecutive, legislative and Ju«llclal appropriation bill, however, the from the Ameri«-an It«*«! Cross, which commissioner o f Internal revenue Is provide«) with an appropriation o f $1S4.- has relief posts along the line lending lf>*. which he I* p«-rt::ltt«-d to turn «iver to the secr«*tury o f labor to enforce from Bulgaria Into Macedonia. Many the child lalstr law. It do«*« not say that he must do this, but that he may do !L were T itle tots from one to five year* (.'«ingress did not dare mention the children's burt-au, wht«ji was given old. The wonder was how these Ut- authority to en foreq jh e first child lulmr law. T h e whole matter I* left to the tl«> ones, sickly and tinder-nourished, discretion «if the comii>l«si<»»i«r c f internal revenue. I f he want* to employ were able to survive the long trip by the children's bureau to do this work for him it is not Illegal. trehi. motortruck and ox cart. The faces o f these returning refo- -T n-es wore an inexpressibly sad and barrr«s*-d look. For five years th«-y were drlvtn hither nnd yon by Turk and Iiulgar. and had never known A. F. Adams o f Kansas City Is the what It was during »hat time to hava man appointed by Postmaster General a roof nnd shelter. Under th*» Rnlgnr« Burltvon to take over the manage they were forc*»d to live In the open ment o f the Postal Tel«>graph aud fields or In dugouts or stnbles. Eight Cable company in place o f President een Tours n day at hard lahor under Clarence H. Mackny, removed from constant Intimidation era« the lot o f Thr«»e-flfths o f a office by the government. Postmaster some o f them. General Burleson's order summarily pound o f black bread a day was the relieved the chief officers, directors .pitiful rccomjiense they rceelved from and owner* o f the Postal company the Bulgurs. Often those too v-enk to from all duties In connection with the work were beaten by their ruthless management o f the entire system. masters. One refugee dechi red to the corre I »¡ITerenccs between Mr. Burleson and Mr. Mackay, acute si m e the f*'deral spondent that at one time there were government t«H>ii over the company, mnr«* than sixty deaths n day nnmrg brought about the action. The an •he refugee colony In P obn idje from nouncement o f the p«>st office depart malnutrition, exhaustion end expos ment said that the management o f the ure. In certain s«»eflnns. he said, the company neglected to follow instruc Greeks were forced to live largely on tions and to put In forts* a new wage the rinds o f watermelons which the Bulgarian soldier« threw In th i sohetlule and au eight-hour day. W. streets. W. C-Kik. générai counsel, and William Tell Bitter Experience. .1. I Vegan, secretary, were removed TTTC older residents o f this refugee with President Mackay. These officers, “ suburb” o f Salonikl. most o f whom relieved o f their iluties under the government, retain tlielr c«innectlon with the Company Itself; the postmaster general's authority extending only to the hnd fled from diltt'rent parts o f Asia Minor during the .wholesale massacre« actual control and operation o f the company’s properties. there in 101L have hitter experiences Mr~ Adams Is president o f the Kansas City Home Telephone company to relate, almut th* lr treatment hy the Hn«l a member o f the government's general telephone and telegraph operating board. As Mr. Burleson’s order makes practically a «-lean s\v«-ep o f the Turks. Some o f these rumple llred In the city o f Phocis. where the whole higher officials of the company, Mr. Adam s is apt to be a busy man. «"'hrlstlnn population either had b«-en ! driven out or were ktll«v1 hv the Turks. The women wept as they told abont the outrag«-s o f the Moslems. The worst story was that told hy an Inteb ligent peasant woman, who declared that In a hntchershop opposite her home In Phocis she saw the TurVa take a young girl who was consider«»«! the most attractive In town and cut her body into pieces. They hung the pieces on meat hooks and offered them for public sale, she said, to show the Turks’ contempt for Greek ClirH- tians. What most Impresses the eye o f the visitor In speaking with these nnfoe- tnnnte peopl,e is their sad. wan nnd furrowed faces. TU«\v have been driven about hy the Invading toe until the* have reached the point aF most o f despair and distraction. TURKS AND BUIGARS CilliL Lawmakers Sure New Child Labor Law Will Stand T M ade from Cream of T artar derived from grapes With the American Camouflage Section in France HE drmatids o f the Ainerl«-ati <-X|M-dltlon«ry force* frequently • ir n lw l the of. fHr-off region* In III«* moat extraordinary fu.hlini. Last sum T mer. p«*oj>lr* for example. tln*re was some danger o f Hie worn«*« o f Mudagaicar having to go naked I mm « iiw their only srtb’le o f rlothlng « a « purchased In auch « ■ traonlluAry qunntltle« by the American camouflage corps. accontine to »tat«*- Hirni» maile on the floor o f ty«- hon-e lu debate. The rimlutnr of n Mala gasy «roman mnalai» o f nothing more than * a three-yard length o f nail'**- ^ j»- ” r woven, on ri li rolnroil matting. It « 1 » v> ‘ , <tl»cnvered that thla malting. wh-nlnl«! ^ ‘j ; ’ _• upon Ilio gi omul, linltutcil 11 path an h »C-, x y " a« would he mudi* by tin* fe d o f » I- — * <t-k iwtg tllcra. to perfection. So. In oril -r 10 bewilder nml deceive the liilim 11 Innen, a irrita b le network o f Imitation pntha ana laid ilm n licMml the American linea. W,litio mile* o f women a dreaa s- oil. living Imported for iti purpose from Mndugiiaenr. The .American cam iti liege aeet . n uand more lliiiii four and one-quarter million -qente yards o f hurlnp every monili. Ttiere were burlap* dyed nuit "slashed" l»i Im itile pio ml Held- preen Held«, ronda, lawns, «pjiirrlea. water, rook a. and aprmg. ainnnier a ut up n Hid winter fo lia g e; In almri, every phase o f un ture na found In analem I- ran e. Ily fur the tuoat Importuni work o f tile* camouflage aertlon w'aa the eon atructlon o f "taire Contour»" for the conceulineut o f troop», gun podtioin». am munition dump», and the like. One o f the "tnlxe conioura” erected by the cattHiuflage enrpa wir» »0 clever ly exeen'ixl that 11 pea»anl'» enw gru zing on the hillside, at rayed out o tto tin burlap nurture, broke through, and wua extricated only with considerable 'difficulty. !"|00O- “ Golden Bell.'* Famoua Irlah Relic. Curio collectora had un opiairtunlty o f obtaining d famoua Irlah relic at ntictlon recently, at Lond«»n. England. Thla la the "golden bell" whieh. accord ing to tradition, ileacended from heav en and wan lined for obtaining Inform«- tlon when all other meana failed. On one occaalou a pair o f aaddle- haga with $1,700 was atolen. and na all Inquiries were unclean the prleat «luted he-would «w ear all hla flock on the hell on Sunday. On the Suturilay night a man came and aald; “ Father/ there In no ooea ulon for the golden bell— here I* tha money, every bit o f It, all wife and Bound." Literary Rock«. Theodore D reficr la a novelist o f repute, hut Ida novela are apt to be very long— 700 or S00 p a ges In fact. “ There arc nomiona In »tone»." Mr. r>re!s«r wild at 11 Greenwich village ten. whereupon n young InVy sculptor Interrupted him: “ •Yea, that In very true.' she said. ‘Put you -night to remember that the pro clou* »tones are nil small, and that they require n lot o f cutting."* S A Y , you’ll have a streak o f smokeluck that’ll put pep-in-your-smokemotor, all right, if you’ll ring-in with a jimmy pipe or cigarette papers and nail some Prince Albert for packing I Just between o u rs e lv e s , you never w ill wise-up to htgh-apot- smoke-joy until you can call a pipe by its first name, then, to hit the peak-of-pleasure you land square on that tw o-fisted -man -tobacco, Prince A lb e rt! W e ll, sir, you’ll be so all-fired happy you’ll want to get a photo graph of yourself breezing up the pike with your smokethrottle wide open ! T a lk a b out a m o k e -a p o rt t Quality makes Prince Albert so Copyright iti# W J Hr y Bold Tobáceo Co. »r ! A. F. A D A M S SU P E R SE D E S M ACKAY appealing all along the smoke line- Men w ho never b e fo re could srqoke a pipe and m en w ho’ve smoked pipes for years all testify to the delight it hands out! P. A . c a n 't bite o r p a r c h / Both are cut out by our exclusive patented process I P U N TO ENDOW MOTHERHOOD __ 1 _____ British Family Endowtnent Committee Seeks to Increase Marriage snd Birth Rate. London.— The family endowment committee would endow motlierluxxL The proposal, as laid before the na tional birth-rate commission, Is that the state provide a regular we«»kly ln- come for fam lli«'» with children un«M years o f ace. Kmlle Burns, representative’ o f th« f: m lly endowment «'ointiilttee, c»i»- ri-nd« that the effect o f the endowment wouldLl>e to induce earlier m a illa g «« and tend 10 remove the economic re- 1 ••friction o f tit«’ birth rate. The cost to the government would i he about $1.200,1 MO,UtX) u year. Right now while the goin g’s good you get out your old jimmy pipe or the papers and land on some P. A . fo r w h a t at la y o u r p a rtic u la r s m o k e appetite ! Y O on U b bu u y y P è r ---------------- i n c * A l . b ■ e r t e v e r y w h e r e . . to e a b w a c m c o ________________ • « o t í. T a p p r ___________ r id G f i a n n d h a lf p o u n d t in h u m i j o r ^ a n d t i d e r e d t i n e , h a r d t o m e p o u n d 1 a — th a t d a n tv p r a c t i c a l p o u n d c r p e t a l g l a t a h u u m m u i d fo o r r w w i ith th e am KT V" V " c r v e t a l g la ta h pon m o is te n e r t c i th a t kem pt th e to b a c c o in e a ch p e r f e c t c o n d itio n R. J. Reynold« Tobacco Company, Win«ton-Salem, N. C. i