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0 St. Johns is Calling You Hat seven churches. Ha a tnoit promising future. Distinctively a manufacturing city Adjoins the city of Portland. Has neatly 6,000 population. Has a public library. Taxable property, $4,500,000. Has large dry docks, saw mills Woolen mills, iron works, Stove works, asbestos factory. Ship building plant. Veneer and excelsior plant, Flour mill, planing mill. Box factory, and others. More industries coming. St. Johns Is the place for YOU. St. Johns is Calling You Is second in number of Industries. Is seventh in population. Cars to Portland every 16 min. Mas navigable water on 3 sides. Has finest gas and electricity. Has 3 strong banks. Has five large school houses. Has abundance of purest water. Has hard surface streets. Has extensive sewerage system. Has fine, modern brick city hnll. I las good payroll monthly. Ships monthly many cars freight. All railroads have access to it. U gateway to Portland harbor. Climate ideal and healthful. ST. JOHNS REVIEW Dsroted io lbs Interest! of ha Peninsula, tbe Manufacturing Center of the Northwtst VOI. n ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 25. 1915. NO 33 COUNCIL MEETS Matters of Importance Receive Attention All members were present at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening with Mavor Muck nresidimr. A request for permission to construct 100 feet of concrete sidewalk on John street was pre sented by T. J. Monahan on be half of the Evangelical church board, and the request was granted. A petition to vacate Crawford street between Fesscnden and Trumbull streets was referred to the city attorney and engi neer. Arc lights were ordorcd in stalled at Olympia and Oswego streets, two on M.acrum avenuo and one 100 feet west of Bu chanan on Ivanhoo street. A remonstrance against as sessment of cost on the Tyler street improvement was pre sented by Mrs. Dunsmore on the grounds of over assessment. The remonstrance was referred to City Attorney Geeslin. John N. Edlefscn called atten tion of the council to the neces sity of oiling Willamette boule vard, assorting that 5,000 peo ple traverse that thoroughfare on Sundays. Matter referred to the street committee. Alico E. Allen asked that a 27i foot strip of land on Buchan an street between Willamette boulevard and Edison street be vcated, which was referred to the city engineer. II. E. Pcnnoll, representing the Commercial club, asked that the land formerly known as tho Smith property at tho corner of Burlington street and Willam ette boulevard and owned by the city bo dedicated for tho pur pose of erecting a building for social and club purposes. A committco consisting of Coun cllmon Perrine, Bonham, Mar tin and Cook and Attorney Gees lin was appointed to investigate into tho matter moro fully. The council apparently favored the plan as outlined. C. Garlin, conducting a pop corn stand on tho street, asked that his licenso be reduced, ow ing to tho dullness of trade. Referred to Councilman Tallman, chairman of the license commit tee. Councilman Downey urged tho need of firo hydrants near the North school house.and the mat ter was referred io tho water and light committee, Attorney Stroud again broach ed tho subject of tho contractors being relieved of tho contract of improving Pittsburg street, and it was advised that ho secure tho consent of tho property owners, and tho council would then prob ably givo tho matter favorable consideration. Attorney Parker repeated his request that tho liquor license ordinance be amended so that tho feo would conform with that of Portland, but the proposed amending ordinance was ordered tabled. The engineer and chairman of the street committee were di rected to proceed with the work of constructing an extension of the Cooperage roadway to the dry dock approach as soon as the plans had been approved and finncials matters arranged with the Port of Portland Commis sion, the work to be done by day labor, with preference giv en to the most needy laborers of tho city. On motion of Councilman Mar tin it was decided that tho coun cil should go on record as ready and willing to do all in its pow er, financially and otherwise, to aid in completing merger, which was unanimously adopted. Mr, Martin stated that his motion was made in contradiction of a report circulated that a portion ot the councilmen were luke warm on the merger proposition. Several bids were received on the installation of a drinking fountain at the ferry landing, as follows: J. B. Fletcher. $24.50; Edmondson Co., $23.50; G. W. Overstreet, $23.00. Councilmen Martin and Per rine were appointed to assist the city attorney on the Hoogerhyde suit against the city. Councilman Perrine called at tention to the fact that the cen sorship commission had not yet appointed the board of censors. Mayor Muck stated that the time of merging was so near that it would bo practically useless to take up the matter, and no ac tion was taken, Dress and Character The following interesting pa per was prepared and read by Miss Mabel Rundall at the W. C. T. U. Mother's meeting. Sub ject: Is Dress tho Index of Character: Continued from last week. Of equal importance with Pro portion is Sincerity. It is well for each of us to occasionally put to ourselves tho question : do we enro more to be or to seem? The answer looks easy; wo are sure we would rather bo than seem to be. Still, suppose a definite case where we must actually chooso between possessing a cer tain virtue, unknown to others, and not possessing it, but seem ing to others to have it those others whoso good opinion we most wish for. Would tho de cision bo so easy? If the emphasis must be Dut on one side or tho other, where aro wo going to put it? Are wo willing to sacrifice quantities of dresses to quality? Arc we will ing to put less of time and ex- pensu on our outer garments in order to have every hidden gar ment of equal neatness and freshness? Do wo give as much caro to our appearance in the home where few see us as on the street where many see us? To sum it up. do wo take pains to have our dress sweet and clean and beautiful because we our selves aro sweet and clean and beautiful.and to dress otherwise. oven in seclusion, would violate our very nature, or because wo wish others to think that we nosscss tho qualities naturally portraying themselves in such dress? To be suro wo do not really havo tho choico in the end of whether wo are to bo or to ocetn, because never for very long can ono seem to bo what he is not. Tho next time you aro in a pub lic pluco where every ono is dressed in her best, just look about you and seo if you cannot decide to your own satisfaction which of tho women, now so carefully arrayed, would, if you slipped into their kitchens the next morning, bo found trailing about in untidy kimonas, their uncombed hair tucked under lace caps, and which would bo dressed trimly in freBh ging hams. Seo it you can't guess which fine gowns hide tattered notticoats. soiled underwear, and safoty pins taking tho place of lost buttons. 1'or, m some scarcely to be explained way, these things write themselves into one's face and bearing. "If you would not bo known to do anything," says Emerson, "never do It, For lol tho act which you commit in tho secret room you will And shouted aloud in tho market place." Let no one think she can long keep a reputation for neatness if. in the privacy of hor homo soiled shirt waist parts company from sag ging skirt, no matter with what caro tho afternoon toiletto is made. Tho fact is that there is a certain delicacy of feeling, a fineness of self respect possess ed by most of us, in youth at least, which forbids these little vulgarities: but which, if con stantly violated by slovenly hab its, shudderingly wlthdraws.and leaves us somewhat the coarser, somewhat less of a spiritual and more of a physical being. Scrup ulous habits of cleanliness and neatness aro for tho sours sake as well as for the body's. Said President Beardshear of Iowa State College,"! can tell the stu dent who is accustomed to his daily bath as soon as he steps in to my omce," Magazines of tho type of the Ladies'Home Journal are fond of telling girls what sort of dress men admire in women and there by point solemn morals of the awful results of adopting ex treme fashions, namely, the men will not like you. Now to be sure it is only natural for wom en to desire their personal ap pearance to be pleasing to men. But can we afford to have that the moving reason for dressing or refusing to dress in any cer tain way? Is this not teaching the girl to seem rather than to be? Let her strive for the per sonality that will naturally ex press itself in modest and beau tiful dress and she need not overly concern herself with its effect. Those of like nature it will please and there could be no lasting advantage in catering to the tastes of others, in truth l do not believe women have been much influenced by such argu ments. For though papers and magazines are constantly filled with man made jokes and slurs on the follies of feminine fash ions, still tho follies persist, plainly showing that tho remedy must go deeper than man's scorn or approbation. Let us hold in mind the fact that at the bottom of every hu man folly is some impulse of Nature, right and beautiful and essential. That is why repres sion, censorships and prohibito ry laws consistently fail or have an influence directly contrary to the ono intended. Nature is nl ways too strong for us. In the words of tho old snying put Nature out the door and she comes in through the window. We are slowly learning that the efficient way to meet a folly is never with a "thou shalt not," but with such a wise under standing of tho instinct in which tho folly has its source, as will enable us to givo it an opening into a legitimate and beautiful expression instead of an abnor mal one. At the bottom of the folly of woman's dress lies the instinct to make herself beautiful, an in stinct which, cultivated by intel ligence, fruits only in delight. No woman was ever yet too beautiful. It is not for her beauty, but for the pitifully nar row limitations of that beauty that she should be chicled. Beau ty is always good; it is where beauty stops that evil begins. Before all beauty it behooves us to walk humbly, and to be sure that so speedily as, and in what measure, wo make ourselves worthy of it, it will bo ours. I no fol y of woman's dress. then, lies not in her desire to make herself beautiful, but in her ignorance of what true beau ty is. It is the artificial substi tutes for truo beauty in her dress that we deplore. It is al ways necessary but not nlwaya sufilciont, for a woman to ad here to tho principles of propor tion and sincerity in her dress; alio should atso have some train ing in tho laws of line and color and suitability. For tho beauty of dress dopends upon line, col or, quality and tho fitness to the occasion. No dress can bo beautiful worn out of its proper placo. Henco the abomination of tho habit of wearing out Inst sea son's party gowns in tho school or homo. There is no moro ex cuse for n shabby or a soiled dress in those places thnn in the ball room. If a dress is good enough to wear at all it is good enough to wear in tho placo for which it was intended. If tho offender is a teacher sho is doing an incalcuableharm to tho child ren in her care by giving them wrong ideals of dross. Kimonas outsido of tho bed room, evening slippers on tho street, silks and laces in places of business all beautiful in tholr proper places, but out of them, ugliness unsur passed. As for the sense of quality. some remnants of which have descended to us from our grand mothers, we may as well re nounce that forover if wo mean to be always in fashion. If wo consent to make life a vaudeville performance with a kaloidoscop ic change in costume, what need of quality? Tho things valued thero are garments of one sea son, useless the next, and whilo quality has deteriorated, it has not done so as rapidly as would bo consistent. Indeed it would bo preferablo under present prac tice to have tho material bo filmy that they would disintegrate al together, at say the dozenth wearing, and savo our still slug gishly active consciences the trouble of deciding what disposal to make of out-of-date garments which havo never given half their cost in service. As it is, every woman's storeroom fur nishes a shameful display of clothes not fit to be worn but too good to be thrown away, her only recourse being to foist them upon her poorer neighbors. thus insulting their self respect and her own. A garment of honest quality and perfectly fitted should be a delight until it is threadbare. Our clothes should grow into affectionate intimacy with our bodies become a part of us. We have all had the experience of hating to have a dress wear out because it just suited us, and that other experience of becom ing fond of a friend's dress be cause it had grown to seem a very part of that friend. How much more our clothes would mean if this was the rule instead of the exception! Beaty in dress depends largely on line and color. Ornamenta tion that gives the impression of being stuck on in patches, or as an afterthought merely for show, is an abhorrence. It must seem to be a necessary part of the garment, to have some value in making it fit its purpose. Had a Pleasant Visit Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Braasch who havo been visiting their many friends in St. Johns for the past several weeks, left the first of the week for California. where they will visit their children and also take in the fair before returning to their lomc in New York. They cn , oyed their visit here immense y, and wish to publicly express ;heir deep appreciation of the lospitality extended to them during their sojourn here. Mr. Braasch states that it is his in tention to dispose of his real es tate in New York as quickly as possible and move back to St Johns, which they consider the most desirable place to live in tho tho U. S. There is an essential con nection between utility and beauty. Moreover, there are cctrtain lines, as there arc cer tain colors, which arc the right ones for each woman. These, it is her business to know. Good taste in dress can be cultivated just as can good taste in art, mu sic or literature. There is a doubtful virtue in making the much quoted luwf that every wo man should bo able to make her own clothes, a universal one. If-this special branch of nrt is difficult for her, and if sho be willing to do her full sharo of tho necessary work of society in other ways, what good reason is there why sho should not go to a professional dressmaker? On ly sho should demand that tho professional dressmaker bo a genuine artist. Wo nro too tol erant of slipshod work in this line. Color is tho lifo of dress. Let us not bo afraid to use it, but let us uso it wisely. So long as a woman adopts each season tho fashionablo color sho will never be well dressed. Let her know her own colors and wear them every Beason. Finally, a womsn'should dress with individuality. Sho should bolievo in her own personality and demnnd that her dress con form to it instead of it conform ing to tho fashions. Instead of many dresses of indifferent qual ity and effectiveness, let her have few, each ono of the best material, perfectly fitted and of such woll thought out design and of such conservative fash ion, that it may bo worn with satisfaction until it is, in fact, worn out. Then, and not until then, will her dress bo a delight instead of a vexation to herself and to others. It may bo admit ted that perfection in dress could bo reached only through perfect taste and judgment, but she who keeps over boforo her the principles of Proportion, Sincer ity, Individuality, and who uses what opportunities como her way for grounding herself in the principles of true beauty wijl not go far wrong. I have treated this as a wom an's problem, as it is, of course, in tho main; since men. from causes which we need not hero discuss, have largely escaped woman's unfortunute obsession by the trivial. But, although their dress-customs do not permit them such wide.excursions into foolishness, yet could men profit by attention to the principles herein laid down. They have the dandy atone ex treme and at the other the man so mired in the dregs of life that the whole world looks to him a mire and he dresses as befits it. They havo (matching tho kiinona lady) the man whose idea of home comfort is a soiled and collarless stiff shirt, instead of a fresh soft collared one; and they have him for which I real ly think women have no match in self-complacency the young man who has just acquired the distinguished art of carrying his overcoat neatly folded over a properly angled arm. And they have, to their credit, the man who, no matter what sort of clothing his work de mands, is always wholesome looking; who, whether he works or plays, dresses with taste and neatness because his own self respect demands it, and then, because his purpose is accom plished forgets his clothes for bigger matters. Applications are endless. A necktie is a little thing, but oh, the tale of taste or lack of it which it can tell! But after all, it is only in the applications that the difference lies. The principles of good dressing are the same for both men and women. Not th ltbl e gour HIGH SCHOOL Incidents of High School Interestingly Told An unusual quiet reigned at James John this week while the lucky ones enjoyed a foretaste of vacation and their unlucky classmates climbed tho last bar rier that separated them from the summer holidays examina tion. On Wednesday evening of tho past week the II. S. faculty en tertained the Senior class at a banquet given at tho "Hazel wood." Tho menu was served n tho Hazelwood'8 best style, whilo music and conversation added to tho pleasure of the oc casion. Tho Baccalaureate services were held in tho II. S. audito rium Sunday evening. As tho usual services in the various churcluis were suspended, a large and appreciative audience was present. The invocation was given by Rev. Borden, pastor of tho Baptist church. Scripturo and prayer by Rov. Jones, pas tor of tho Christian church, the sermon and benediction by Hov. D. T. Thomas, pastor of tho Con gregational church, who had been chosen for thisofllco by tho class. Tho music furnished by the male chorus under the direc torship of Mr. Clark was n pleasing change from the usual music. The annunl school exhibit was held the 17th and 18th at the High School building. Exhibits from the school gardens wcro on display in the lower hall and at tracted the attention of tho visi tors as they entered. Furniture and other articles from tho Man ual Training department, togeth er with drawings from tho Art departmont crowded tho gymna sium, proving tho wonderful tal ent of many of tho students of both grammar and High bcliool grades. Tho sewing was dis played to its full advantago in the Library. Last, but not least, were tho dainty and appetizing exhibits of tho Cooking depart ment. Tho new dining room set was on exhibition upstairs, tho tablo being laid with tho now china and silverware. Music was furnished during each ses sion by tho High School orches tra. Both evenings crowds gath ered in tho auditorium where 8torcopticon views wcro shown. "Tho Sky Riders." the High School play, was repeated on last Tuesday evening at the 11. S. auditorium by tho courtesy of tho Senior class. Thoy gave it most satisfactorily and deserve the thanks of tho community. It was given for charity's sake. In addition to the play special numbers of music were given: A violin solo was rendered by Leon Peterson; a song by the II. S. quartet, composed of Car- lyle Cunningham, Perdito Plan ner, Bernice Brownloynnd Clyde Thayer, and two numbers by tho 11. b. orchestra. A reading was given by Mrs. Hall in her most happy manner. We regret that tho poopio oi St. Johns did not respond moro generously to the cause; tho pro ceeds might havo been more nearly adequato to tho needs. -Reporter. A Queer Specimen Everyone has heard of all kinds of queer men and beasts in the circus sideshows. Stories of men with funny shapes, or the door ajar, etc., have never startled anybody, but listen to this: A nice big hen at the home of Mis and Mrs. John Gray bell of 1031 Ivanhoo street. St. Johns, recently laid a perfectly natural egg. set on it, and when Mrs. Graybell cracked tho egg to help the young chicken out, she found a specimen that would make the sideshow artists sit up and take notice. Tho monstros ity had four legs, four wings, two necks, one natural head, and an almost natural body. It ap peared as if two chickens bad walked into each other, with their heads facing sideways. The heads and bodies had run together in the collision and the remaining portions were in posi tion. Wings, legs and necks were just like those on an ordf nary chicken, and the head was also in good condition. The queer specimen died on its birth day, but Mrs. Graybell still has the body preserved in alcohol. Journal. Communication Editor St. Johns Review: In reply to tho communication in your paper last week from Mr. D. Ilogan in regard to an article in question placed mo in n di lemma. I can't decide whether to rebuke him for some of the enithcts ho was flnnnr. nnlncr or thanking him for the offer of tho $1,000 for nrovintr what hr said was true. I infer from snmn nf hln rU.mm. ciations that ho is not a reader nf tllQ tinner in minqtinn nnrl hence gathers his information concerning what it publishes at random or else ho doesn't know what ho is talking nbrut. from casual observations of its pages I have failed to find tho defamatory remarks about tho American people which ho says arc so pronounced in tho typographical work of said pa per. In this brief rejoinder I re peat what I said in my first ar ticle concerning thu Roman Catholic church and our Public Schools; this and several other points Mr. Hogan did not men tion and before I prove anything I would havo him come back to the point at issue and not delve into tho intricacies of some pub lications of tho Monaco that ho nowa nothinir nf sinei lir wmtlri not road it. 1 11111 not omtllnvnri in nnrnn the Icirnl tmtilnu fnr flm M as they havo very able counsel and can caro for tholr own in. torests at court. In the I It'll t of flints I nnnnliW Mr. Hoiran'a olFor nf SI. find fnn easy and It would bo a shnmo to tnko it. but if ho hurl mm n ft $10,000 I might havo rested from inv arduous duties nml tit. ken a summer vacation endeav oring to find some of the vile articles which he says aro float ing around in each Issue of tho Menace. N. R. Zimmerman, 91(5 Chapel St. St. Johns Pioneers Meet The second annual meeting of thu St. Johns Pioneers met at tho homo of Mrs. P. T. Smith, M23 East Kith street. Sollwond, Oregon, Juno 8th, 1915. Tho following wero nrcsont: Mrs. P. 'I' O...U1. 1M.. .....I fl 1 x. kJillillli 1UI. II I III iiilfl. 1. u. Monahan, Mr. ami Mrs. Edward Hurlburt. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Hanson, Mrs. J. C. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Minor, Mrs. Anna Downs, Mrs. Harvey Sev- crenco, Mrs. Amos Roborts, Mr. and Mrs. Jncob Ernst, Mrs. Al ico Learned. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Chipman. Mrs. A. K. Graves, who is tho oldest Pioneer, sent greetings and picturo from Me- Konnn. Washington, and the as sociation voted hor as present. Airs, braves lias exprossod a wish to livo to roach tho ono hundredth milestone. Her pros- ent ago is 98 years. Iho following officers wore olectcd for tho ensuing year: Mrs. Alico V. Learned. Presi dent; Mrs. T. J. Monahan, Vice president: Mr.Edward Hurlburt. Chaplain; Mrs. A.J.Hanson, Soc- rotary-treasurer. Tho next meeting will be held at tho rosidenco of Mr. and Mrs, T. J. Monahan. After tho busi ness session was over tho hostess invited tho guests to imrtako of a delightful lunch and was as sisted by her daughter, Mrs. Mary Cary, and grandson and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pod". Back to the Farm Would you like to own a choico little farm in Yamhill County, Oregon? If so, como in and soo what I can do for you. I havo a few friends with choice littlo farms who wish to exchange for City property. Dr. W. J. Gil strap, First National Bank Build ing, St. Johns, Oregon. For Rent Ono G room house, $8.00; ono 7 room house with J acre, $8.00; one (J room house nil remodeled, $10.00.- Peninsula Security Co., Room 5 over First National Bank. Auto for hire by day, hour or trip, at very reasonnl.V, rate. Good opportunity fir panics of four o. 'oss ti make a 'n ',it the co 'n at alow iru-i.- H, M. Wf'Mt' r.t 1 rtcr icii street, Phom ' iutiK Tuko ou i.. vt picture on an Aneco fllrn- the? court, decreed oriinl ftiir. Get it at The St. Job a Pharmacy, Ansco dealers. THE LIBRARY Interesting Notes For the Library Patrons Hours: Afternoon, 12:00 to 5:30. Evening. 7:00 to 9:00. Sunday. 2:30 to 5:80. During the months of July and August the library will open nt two o'clock instead of nt noon on week days, and on Sundays not nt all. Otherwise the hours will remain tho same. Miss Knox of tho central li brary will have charge of tho li brary during Jwly. There will be no story hour. Do not forget to chooso your vacation books early. Ninety-seven books wore re ceived in the past week. Titles of a few follow: Buttorworth-The Horixonlnl Bar. Servos as an instructor to those who are interested in tho exercise of tho horizontal bar and who for various reasons aru unable to work under thu per sonal direction of a competent teacher. Bell- Political Shame of Mexi co. An inside view of tho work ings of Mexico's military and fi nancial intrigues and tho hidden causes of the recent political upheaval. Hrady--uorder rights and Fighters. Brady Colonial Fights and Fighters. DoLoup American Salad Book. Claims to bo tho most com plete, original and useful collec tion of salad recipes ovor brot together. "Dorothy Bradford"-Crochot-cd Bags, Cords and Tassels. George A Porploxud Philoso pher. An examination of Mr. Her bert Sponcer's various utter ances on the laud question, with some incidental reference to bin synthetic philosophy. George -The Land Question. What it involve, and how alone it can bo settled. "Here Is a system which rolw the pro ducers of wealth as remorseless ly and far more regularly and systematically thnn the pirnto robs the merchantman." Gcorgo Protection or Froo Trade. An examination of the tariff question with especial regard to tho interests of labor. That we should respect the right of others as scrupulously hi we would havo our own rights re spected is not a mere council of perfection to individual, but it is tho law to which wo mutt con form social institution! ami na tional policy if wo would sowre tho blessings of abundance and poaco. Grey- Lone Slur Ranger. A romance of tho border. A story of Texas in the seventies. Things happen on ovory wg. Tho plot is of lurid type. Gutmnnn- The Motorman and His Duties. A handbook of tho theory nml practice of oloctric railway ear oporation. Harrison Angola's Business. Story of a young man, an au thority on thoaubjoctof won.Mii, who learns gradually to distin guish between those qualities which aro womanly and thos which nro feminine. Mary Wing, a modorn independent school teacher, and Angela Flower, an old fashioned "home maker," are tho two typos which afford him subject for study. Charles Ganott admires Mary immense ly, but is quite taken at the first meeting with Angola's pretense of womanliness and hor little pose of being "just a daughter and sister." Fortunatoly, ho sees through tho poso. for Ange la is not nt all domestic, not at all maternal. Sho is just fomi nino and her business is that ancient ono of retting horsolf marriod. Mooro IV 41 vx r i 'gathers. Tho ?tuiy of a . ng man who shields a t r'wi - ho has com mitted a - Hmc fend onduros im- Ipneonnwnit m gis stoad. Ropu idiau I lv nis fathor and ranQitn i ' ii; his betrothod, he takes to tl'o road and tho reader is made ; to share with him its sconts and sounds, its largo froodom and invigorating broezos. Tho love that soon comos furnishes new proof that "whon half gods go tho gods arrivo." Rico National Squab Book, How to make a pigeon and squab business pay.