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f- NEAR AND YET TOO FAR
AMERICA LOOKS UP from the
breakfast table and contemplates
with well-fed horror the conditions in
-k -Kaar Ratit. The average man.
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perfectly generous, and very much a
human being, feels shocked, remarks
to his wife across the span of linen, .
that something should be done about
it, and turns the page to become lost ,
in the perusal of the financial or sport .
'section.
One of the most striking stories of
the total lack of the barest necessities,
a story that is almost incredible, :
rnmcs from Dr. Esher Lovejoy, of,
Portland, who is at work for the Near
East Relief in Smyrna. Dr. Lovejoy
writes:
"Never was a group of babies
brought into the world under stranger
jj, ,-iinrliTirH I have just
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returned .to Constantinople from a;
week in the inferno of Smyrna. Ij
worked day and night directing the,
birth of hundreds of infants. Many
were born on the planks of the wharf,
the laboring mothers being protected i
from the panic stricken crowd only j
by the thin white line of American j
sailors. One baby was born while its
young mother was standing in line j
unwilling to give up her place even
for the birth of her first child.
"Turkish soldiers systematically j
wxt Tn Tofn stags, wrenching rings ,
from women's fingers. The quiet of j
the night is disturbed by piercing cries
from young women and girls who are
being taken by Turkish soldiers. They
desist from their crimes only when
the searchlights from American war
ships are turned on them."
To the United States, the war has
passed. For a brief time the Maritan
c!oud hung over the horizan, but for
the time at least the danger of a Turk
ish onslaught is not imminent. Ap
peals for aid, to a national conscious
ness jaded by the "drives" of three
years ago, mean little. And yet is
the appeal from the Christians in tne
Near East less worthy of recognition? j
The American Relief organization
has asked for $15,000,000. "With this
fund, a millioji sufferers are to be
cared for. Regardless of creed, con
dition, or any other factor, to provide
for them is the duty of tlfi only nation
which in the world today is organized
to provide the relief .
J. J. Handsaker of Portland, who is
the state director of the Near East Re
lief, who is located at 613 Stock Ex
change Building, Portland, is handling
the work from Oregon, and is appeal
ing for contributions. His plea is the
doubly sincere one of the man who
has worked among the suffering peo
ple and knows their condition, a con
dition worthy of the attention of ev
eryone who lives beneath the social
and economic security of these United
States.
A NONESSENTIAL COURSE
THERE IS MORE to a university
than books. There is . consider
able that is gained in a collegiate
course which makes for better man
hood and womanhood that does not
spring from pursuit of the academic
curiculum. Student life is a part of
a university education which is in
valuable. Ana it is to this end that
student activities, sports, and such
things are provided.
The affair in Los Angeles Friday,
however, is going a trifle too far In
this direction. Rivalry in college cir
cles is desirable. It makes for that
elusive something that is classed as
"school spirit." But fights with clubs
and brickbats, to the physical injury
of the combatants is not necessary.
The students themselves in their
saner moments will recognize this as
fact.
In Oregon there is a spirit of jeal
ousy between the university and the
agricultural college. It is manifested
but seldom in violence. The fight is
reserved for the gridiron and the dia
mond. This is as it should be. The
keener the rivalry, the better for the
schools and the individuals compris
ing their espective student bodies. It
teaches the worth of .the sporting
spirit which is a valuable adjunct to
daily life. But it should also teach
good sportsmanship, and the desire
for clean competition.
This is the lesson that California
has to learn. The example of the
Oregon schools can be recommended.
In te exuberance of youth it is for
gotten that the best point about a
good thing Is knowing when you have
enough. This applies to collegiate
rivalry as well as meat and drink.
A NEGLECTED. RESPONSIBILITY
FTHE POPULAR MIND an in
dictment is returned against the
average motorist for all of the mis
haps upon the highways. It is true
ttat fhe careless driver is fo blame
for the greater proportion of the ac
cidents. There is no brief for reck
lessness and no excuse for speeding.
But whatever the faults and short
coroiags of the man behind the wheel
may be, the pedestrian should realize
that he bears a certain responsibility
1n protecting the safety of the road.
The last special session of the leg
islature in revising the highway code,
provided that all persons walking on
the roadg should use the left side. Al
though this is contrary to the popu
lar idea of proper procedure, its value
is obvious. The man, walking on the
left side, is facing travel coming to
ward him. If necessary through the
press of other cars on the highway, he
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can step off of the pavement, and is
warned to do so in time. Cars going
in the same direction as he is going,
pass upon the opposite side without
bothering him.
This rule is often neglected. Dur
ing the past few months failure in Its
observance has resulted in several
minor accidents, happily none of them
serious. The lesser mishaps, should be
a warning to the walker that he
too should assume some of the re
sponsibility when traversing the main
traveled thoroughfares.
Men who drive cars are seldom of
n .i,ia wursni when they take
to the highways afoot. They under
stand the difficulty which faces the
motorist who approaches several peo
ple who are walking in the direction
he is driving on the right hand side
of the road. But the man or woman
who has never driven fails to compre
hend that passing pedestrians is
equally as precarious a matter for the
autoist as it is for the man afoot.
During the nights the observance
of the law is more necessary than
during the day time. At the present
season of the year, with a heavy fog
often covering the roads, the pedes
trian who nses the right hand side
does so at his peril.' .
It should be remembered also that
the law is plain upon this point. A
pedestrian who is injured on the
wrong side of the road has little re
course for damages, just as the motor
ist who is on the wrong side of the
highway becomes liable for an acci
dent Motorists, as a tribe, are hu
man" reasonably careful, and desirous
of doing the right thing. Consider
ation of the walker demands the ped
estrian's consideration of the law and
the autoist.
Oregon City traffic is still menaced
by the iron policemen at Tenth and
Fourteenth streets on Main. The coal
oil lamps are so dirty that the light
: a lm.n five feet.
-annot ue seen i""'7 . . ,
It might be agood idea for
partment to occasionally take alittle
exercise and clean off the chimneys of
the lamps as long as the city is too
oor to pay the prive of installing elec
trie globes. -
Bill Jackson, of Poplar Bluff, 100
years old and going strong, says its
due to chewing tobacco. "Bury me
with a chew of tobaccer in my j aw.
is his plea- He expresses the cer
tainty that later he will have no op
portunity to smoke.
f tii Chicago wheat pit
A lie - .
THlline off of a few col-
lege professors and making of more .
mechanics. The genuemiu,
tion lacks the dignity-of academic
training.
A Kansas City medium has appealed
for legal aid to wrest from a usurper
the spirit of "Little Eva" whom she
claims another medium has taken
from her. She should have come here
for advice. An Oregon City injunction
can stop anything.
Prohibition brings strange wrin
kles. Upon a time, the head of the
house used to get aruns ira
should have given his wife. In Eu
gene, a man arrested for imbibing,
was released when friend wife mailed
the money to pay his fine.
Development of a fast, hardplaying
eleven at the local high school is a
credit to be the faculty as well as the
students. The fostering of a spirit of
clean sportsmanship is a valuable ad
junct to academic work.
Lloyd George evidently isn't going
to take a back seat in English politics.
The determination of the premier to
keep up the fight is one of the best
things that could have happened to
England.
A mule in Walla Walla is said to
have attained the age of 38. Looking
over the congressional record will
prove that even this is no record for
chronic kickers. '
There is one thing wrong with the
idea to form a national woman's party.
Since the woman suffrage question
has been settled, there isn't anything
else the fair sex can agree upon.
County officials in Ohio are going
to close a road , which has become a
rendezvous for petting parties. That's
one way to leave the spooners unmo
lested. Dr. Gardner says that the use of
tobacco may well be one of the attri
butes of a perfect lady. That's good
news. The perfect lady crop must be
on the increase.
The only thing that can be bought
in Germany for one mark today is a
wire naiL That seems to be what's
holding down the value of German
currency.
Two pounds of butter now costs as
much in Germany as a cow did before
the war. There are some kinds of
stock it doesn't pay to water.
The Kansas City man who whipped
his wife because she smoked, probably
laid his pipe upon the sink board while
he performed the operation.
A Long Beach, California, couple
were arrested for spooning in a tree.
Hitch your wagon to a star.
city hall ex- j
of growing j
We havent notice-
hibiting any sympfeft
pains.
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Plans for the hill outlet to the Pac- United States to give his annual fare
ific highway seem to have gone south, well concert tour. Eugene Register.
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Borrowed Comment
What Editors of State and National
Papers Have to Say.
A Sioux City, Iowa, policeman had
a great deal of trouble with a certain
girl auto-speeder. . whom he arrested
and warned time and again. Finding
his remonstrances of no avail, the of
ficer married her to reform her. Speed
ing is said to be on the increase on
the beats of marriageable policemen
in Sioux City. Corvallis Gazette
Times. It is a long way around to get notice
able results in the way of lower taxes,
but if the people will just keep in
mind that they are just as responsible
for higher taxes, in many respects, as
the officeholder, eventually things will
work out all right. Roseburg News
Review. Every dollar of all the money in
circulation in the United : States
changes hands on an -average seven
times a month. How can it do that
when there are only four pay days?
But. anyhow, that explains why it is
so hard to hang on to a dollar. It has
to go the rounds. Oregon Statesman.
What is so rare as a fall day in
Eastern Oregon? With ideal weather,
the fields full of hay and' grain ready
for market and plenty of work for
everybody so Inclined, this section can
feel herself as one of the most favor
ed spots in the northwest. Haines
Record.
A Tacoma woman prefers ' jail to
affixing her signature to certain docu
ments the court ordered her to sign,
saying "she signed some papers once
and was always sorry. Referring to
the application for a marriage license,
maybe. Eugene Register.
Maude Adams Jas perfected an in
vention to permit the showing of mo
tion pictures without dimming the
theatre lights. If Maude could hear
what engaged couples over the coun
try think of the scheme, her ears
would burn. Eugene Register.
Surely something to harvest most of
the year. First it was strawberries,
then loganberries, peaches and ever
green berries, then prunes and hops,
now the English walnuts, apples and
spuds; and so its goes. Amity Stand
ard. .
uw Hum the Democratic party ever
expect to get around the Republican
state central committee's fearless ap
proval of the Rossevelt highway down
the Oregon coast. Medford Mail-Tribune.
A city that has built a reputation
with industry and commerce should
.itv. The stay-backs and
pull-backs among its citizens often
harm themselves more tnan mey u
their city. Baker Heram.
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"Legion neaa nnyo -
Bonus", says a headline. That's all
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right witn us. omy wj u
whether he used a golf stick or just an
ordinary club. Eugene Guard.
Wilson tried to make the world safe
for democracy, Harding is going to
try to make it dry. Will Hays will
make a picture of it, and McAdoo will
show the real thing. Eugene Guard.
President Ebert has issued a decree
forbidding speculation in German cur
rency But who wants to speculate in
a thing that is worthless Eugene
Register.
The cost of . living has increased in
three months on everything except
what the farmer raises. Can you blame
him for having a small grouch?
Crane American.
The housing problem seems diffi
cult of solution in Eugene, me car
penters can't work fast enough, it
seems, to keep up with the demand-
Eugene Guard.
It is consensus of opinion that Port
land should quit fretting about a
world's fair in 1927, and try and get
a ball team in 1923 Medford Mail
Tribune. If we were as adept in recognizing
people's rights as we are in seeing
their wrongs, the world would go
along like a song. Roseburg News
Reiew. Marcelo de Alvara has been inaug
urated as the 18th president of Ar
gentina. Hereafter, we judge, mar
cels will be the very height of fashion.
Eugene Register. -
President Ebert has issued a decree
forbidding spculation in German cur
wiifT. But who wants to sneculate in
'a. thing that is worthless? Eugene
Register.
It is reported that . the football
teams are thinking of carrying a few
studies as a sideline ths season. Ash
land Tidings.
This abdicating is getting to be a
popular sport, wnat u me women
take It up next and mother abdicates?
Albany Democrat.
Move over and give the Balkan war
cloud a chance. It is her first appear
ance for a long time. And how famil
iar she looks. Oregon Statesman.
They used to say that the only
good Indian was a dead Indian, but
they overlooked Indian summer. Eu
gene Register.
The ex-kaiser's hride Bays she will
assume the title of "Queen of Prussia."
She's acting more like the joker than
a queen. Eugene Register.
Paderewski has sailed for- the
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The Of Bee Cat.
.By Junius.
Old Lady OI conductor, please
stop the train. I dropped my wig
out of the window." i
Conductor" Never mind. lady, there
is a switch this side of the next sta
tion. What would you call a man who
hid behind a woman's skirts."
"A magician."
Chicago experimenters ' are feeding
Children sheep glands to build their
brains; -tfhich Inspires the following.
Mary had a little imb;
She ate a gland one day.
Now Bla, bla. bla, bla, bla, bla,! .
Is all that she can say.
Thn wife of a cara?n man in St.
robbing and arson. In this part of the
country the garage men do the rough
stuff themselves and do not ask their
wives to help ''out.
Golfer "I want a boy who can
rnint Now. what are five. six. and
tnree.
Caddie "Five, six- and three, sir?
Eleven, sir."
"Come on. You'll do."
In days of oide, whenne nyghts were
colde.
A girle, whenne wythe a feller,
If she hade sande, woulde holde hys j
hande.
And thynke she was an heller. j
But nowe a dayes, whenne Ice does
glaze I
T& takes ande alle that boundes
them !
Ye daymes get mad if every ladde j
Don'te wrappe themselves arrounde '
them.
A sandwich and a concoction at
nft ririnv stand recall the glory
that we grease and the grandeur that j
was rum.
To lengthen or not to
lengthen it,
That Is the question.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
. Mistress: You have seven waists in
ha wash this -week. Mv daughter has
.
: only two.
j Maid: Your daughter's young man's
I a bank clerk. Mine's a coal man."
in tii a ffrat six months of this JTrar,
1 1,120,000 autos and trucks were built.
; That's going and trucking some.
i RIGHTO
j "What are the wild waves saying?"
she asked, sweetly.
And as he thought of the tips that
; had sent him broke he groaned:
"I think they're all saying iximme.
Another reason for high garage bills
is the fact that every mechanic leaves
about 50 cents' worth of grease on
your steering wheel.
Many a sweet pensive little girl
grew up to be just expensive. ;.
It isn't likely that the boss would
ever become boss if he had quit be
cause he didn't like the boss.
She: in Africa a man doesn't know
his wife until after he has married
her. -
He: Huh, Why mention Africa par
ticularly. Iowa has a baby that cried mother
as soon as it was born. Coney Island
not to be outdone has a boy with 14
shining teeth on its birthday. Next
some state will produce a youngster
old enough to vote when it arrives.
FROM LAYMAN TO MINISTRY
A young country minister, noted for
v: 4im- was dinine at a farm
house one Sunday, and when his plate
I of roast chicken was passed to him.
"Well.
here's where the ehicken enters the
ministry."
"Hope it does better than it did In
lay work." rejained the bright boy of
the family.
THEY LICKED THE ETHER CLEAN
Jack Spratt likes jazz an' that
His wife wants classic song;
He had to buy a coupla sets
And now they get along.
Joe the Plodder says the trouble
with too many of these 'live wires" is
that they need too much insulation.
Look on the brite side. If you wore
better clothes people might take you
for a bootlegger.
n 1.1 Aai.nnoji ffllrir
I Kememoer me om lat.v
exhibition of
mind reading by blindfolding himself
and driving a team of horses at break
neck speed through the streets Noth
ing, only there's a lot more of them
nowadays driving Ford delivery wag-
There is no surer way of getting
deeply in debt than trying to follow
; the neighbor's pace.
SWEDISH DIALOG
"Hello, Olaf where you ban so
long?"
"I ban got married."
"That's good."
"Not so good., my wife's got two
children."
"That's bad."
"Not so bad, she got $10,000.
"That's good."
"Not so good, she wouldn't give me
i the money."
i 'That's bad."
j ".Not so bad. She built a house.
I "That's good." .
i "Not so good, the house burned
i down."
'That's bad."
"Not so bad, my wife burn up in th
house." '
Do You Remember?
Stories of the Old Pioneers and
Yarns from Old Newspapers.
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Taken from the Oregon City Enter
prise. October 26, 1867.
The Next State Fair Already there
is talk about the next annual state
fair. This is in consequence of the
hands in whose keeping the Society is
placed." William Elliott, of this coun
ty, who is giving considerable atten
tion to the improvement of sheep and
horses, was re-elected as one of the
vice-presidents, and Major Joseph .Ma
gone, who is perhaps a well inform
ed about fine stock as any man in the
state, was put on as manager for
Clackamas 'county.
New Residences Mr. J. W. Chase,
Mr. W. Eudy and others are putting
the finishing touches to new resi
dences In the canyon. The house of
Mr. Chase is -a fine one. Mr. F. Chap
man is about located in his new home
on Main street below the' canyon.
Fros On Saturday and Sunday
evening frost in considerable quanti
ty visited this region. It is not any
material, injury to have frost so early.
People ought to be prepared to re
ceive it.
Church Meeting Tomorrow just
before the hour for. Sabbath school at
the Congregational church, a meeting
of the members will be held to take
some measures toward securing a min
ister. Democrats Considering Democrats
of Ohio are considering the propriety
of contesting Hayes' election on the
ground that negroes voted in counties
contrary to law.
Indian Trouble A dispatch from
Corvallis on the 24th speaks of trou
ble at the Alsea reserve. There is
a general muss among them, and
Agent Simpson notifies settlers to be
on their guard.
Ground Broken Ground has been
broken and work commenced on the
Southern Branch of the Union Pacific
Railroad at Junction City. Kansas.
The work will be pushed vigorously.
Official Accounts Official accounts
from Crete confirm the report of a
renewal of hostilities. The idea of
returning to allegiance to Turkey has
been scornfully rejected.
Bear Hunt In the neighborhood of
Oregon City the common, large black
speciesjf bear have of late become
very troublesome. One farmer has
lost some of the best of his orchard
trees by Mr. Bruin's work at gather
ing the fruit. He seems to take de
light in tearing the branches off as
well as taking the fruit. He is being
hunted and no doubt will be captured
by next week.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Taken from the Oregon City Enter
prise October 21. 1892.
Mrs. Ella Higginson was visiting
friends in Oregon City frcn Friday to
Sunday. She left New Whatcom on
the steamer. Premier, and was much
shaken up in the collision that wreck
ed the ship on the Sound.
The Canemah Sabbath school is
progressing nicely, and it is hoped to
have a new organ by next Sunday. It
will cost $125.
Columbus Day at Canby Canby
school and citizens intend to ' cele
brate the 400th anniversary of Colum
bus in an appropriate manner. Fol
lowing the program a collation was
spread to be followed by a baseball
game and other athletic sports in the
afternoon.
Names Numerous The number of
those whose names appeared on the
pro-cow petition who now rea"y
haven't any interest and don't care
about the matter" is surprisingly nu-
finastinn in Oregon
merous. " - - ,,
. -. h)woT- than a mans
juy is HOW liu "'BO
hand", and it requires a spy glass to
see it. A short season oi
... l. rA-otraining or-
O Deration ui m -
dinance sufficed to win over many
who were previously oyuo -
and a year hence there wifl be mighty
few citizens who will want the cows
brought back to the streets and yards.
No frost yet. It is nearly the mid
dle of October, and the weather ob
server reports that 47 degrees is the
Lwest temperature Astoria has had
this fall. And some people make dis
garaging remarks about Astoria s cli
mate. Astoria Budget.
The Episcopalians have cut out
-obey" and "--f Cse
rlage ceremon y Some of
Independent.
. AlthoughThe present s1 '
Banks Herald.
The editor is gomi to cuUto Issue
Ehor7and get down to the big barbe
cuenfor ft may be that he will not get
another square meal for another jear
He will take no chances. Blue Moun
tain Eagle. .
w, ..vi is tn have "Smile
Week". Well that's good and all right.
but here in OTegon we B"
better; we have "Smile Year."-Am-
ity Standard.
v. ,; hair. Annar-
ently, he didnt want to be mistaken
for a flapper. Asnevuie i.iuo.
The Book Corner.
By C. E. G.
LOVE AND HORROR
THE OUTCAST: By Selma Lagerlof.
Translated from the Swedish by W.
Worster. Doubeday, Page and Com
pany, New York.
Many people and more books ap
parently cling to the somewhat worn
belief that love is blind, but here is
a book that declares love the seer,
that conceeds to it a clarity of vision
capable of doing mighty things. Rath
er centered about the Fifth Command
ment is this story, "The Outcast" by
Selma Ottillia Lovisa Lagerlof, trans
lated from the Swedish.
The book open with horror, a cloud
of austere gloom seems to invade the
very air of that island of Grimon,
on the western coast of Sweden. It
rises from the. rocks and reefs, and
hovers over the dilapidated old house
that is to receive Sven Elversson up
on his return from an expedition into
the far north. Pride, which had a
large share in his departure upon this
expedition, is destroyed by shame at
his return, for Sven has been convict
ed by public opinion, of committing
a ghastly crime while" the ship was
frozen In the ice. With a loathing at
himself in his own soul the young
man comes home to avoid people, and
goes through a long period of suffer
ing. Finally the cloud is dispelled
and by unselfish love for his neigh
bor and a divine humility, Sven comes
into a heritage of love and respect.
There are many vivid pictures of
the land of Sweden in this tale, a land
which may easily be strange to many
noel readers. The author gives the
sea a majestic and almost unearthly
beauty, and sketches the sea folk, who
believe In wierd tales of the super
natural. The country inland seems
distinctly drab, with the exception of
the one beautiful setting at Hangar,
with its ten lakes and its ten peaks.
"On the slope between the small
house grew tall, century-old apple
now In their finest bloom, mak
ing a roof of delicate white and pink j
flhnvn t.hfl lawn." !
The characters are for the most !
part, clearly drawn, and are allowed J
to work out their own problems, with
the exception or the last tnree cnau
ters. where the author frankly uses
them to preach her sermon, and then
rushes them around in haphazard
fashion to catch up the loose ends of
the plot. .
Although the book deals with events
which take place during the world
war, its message is timely just now,
because it brings out the harsh tyran
ny of death in war, and the value
and sweetness of human life. Love is
offered as the healing power bring
ing light and vision to those who stum
ble in the dark.
CHRIST AND RELATIVITY
Of course, it is only a relative mat
ter. If time isn't really time at all,
as he himself believes, the six week's
imnrisonment eiven Dr. Karl Einstein
for blasphemy, didn't really amount to
much. And the 10,000 marks line, at
present rate of German currency,
proves that even the most serious
things don't come high in the Teuton
republic these days.
Tt all hanoened when the learned
German wrote a book called the "Dis
agreeable Message." Like his rela
tivity theory, it started something, so
much, that he was brought into court
on the first blasphemy charges on rec
wi ;n thn Teuton republic
In his book, Einstein pictured the
Saviour placed amid 20th century
surroundings and even besought while
on the cross for his memoirs by an
enterprising publisher! He told the
court that he merely wished to show
how people today react toward
Christ's presence.
Einstein and his . publisher were
prosecuted on the complaint of a
churchman, who found the book blas
phemous, after reading the review of
it in the press.
Vorwaerts decrying the action of
the government in the case, prophe
sied that it will not be long before
there will be burning of witches in
Germany.
t niir'st walked the earth today
his life would have been taken as it
was some 1900 years ago. declared
Einstein, defending himself before
the court.
NOR EASTERN HUMOR
w, . . t MnriAv n "his "Trans-
U nnsLc ijiaci iuui6j, . .
lations from the Chinese".
some theories that savor but little
of the oriental view of the accident.
Among them, one called the "Hubbub
of the Universe," follows:
Man makes a great fuss
About this planet
Which is only a ball-bearing
In the hub of the universe.
It reminds me
Of the staff of a humorous weekly
Sitting in grave conference
On a two-line joke.
THE BEST BOOKS
What are the best books? Here is
the score of the,Bookman, taken after
a survey of Sepetmber reading m the
field of fiction: -
1 if Winter Comes, A. S. M. Hutcn
inson; 2. Gentle Julia. Booth Tarking-ton-
3 Maria Chapdelaine, Louis He
mon; 4. Brass, Charles G. Norris;
5. The Head of the House of Coombe;
tinWoann Burnett: 6. The Ve-
hement Flame, Margaret Deland,
7 Alice Adams, Booth Tarkington;
8 To the Last Man, Zane Grey;
9 The Great Prince Shan, E. Phillnps
Oppenheim; 10. Saine Teresa, Henry
Sydnor Harrison.
Them are two kinds of strikes tnat
ought to be encouraged. The strikes
of husbands whose wives demand all
the money for their own use, ana t.
strikes of wives for their share of the
family income. Roseburg News-Re
view.
The Woman's Column.
By Florence Riddlck-Boys.
THE AGES OF PUBLIC WOMEN
It is encouraging to those who are
middle-aged (at least) to note who
are the public women, the women
who are doing things in welfare and
reform. ,
These are not young up-starts who
have a theory and an overbundance
of energy and enthusiasm and see an
outlet for all of these; but they are
sane, experienced mature women.
Their influence with the men they
must deal with does not arise from
physical charm so much as from men
tal ability and judgment and a sound
cause based on the facts of experi
ence. Among the women of great public in
fluence the rule is not "silver threads
among the gold" but rather there are
Qccasionally a few golden threads
among the silver, which by far pre
dominate. There are probably two reasons for
this: It takes maturity and experience
before one comes into her best pow
ers of accomplishment and to win
public confidence; and the young
er women are too mncr occupied in
their homes rearing the next genera
tion. The public women are the
grandmothers and their hands, now
emptied of family cares, are able to
serve the children of the world.
AVAUNT MOLDINGS
What a boon to the housekeeper
perfectly plain surfaces would be! In
building the house we ask the carpen
ter to put them in and we learn to our
astonisTimenT that the mills which
grind out our finishings have all de
creed that these shall be one pattern,
fussy and be-cornered. Was the de
signer of such really in cahoots with
the demon of drudgery or does it
merely seem so.
How much more hygenic. too would
be rounding corners or curves! These
are easily wiped out with the dust
less dust cloth and abolish the hid
ing places for moths, and germs.
And speaking of hiding places for
pests, the resort of that kind de luxe
is the baseboard arouna m
Here mice and roaches can propagate
in security with never a housewifely
approach at their seclusion.
The house ideal will have rounding:
corners or curves on the stairway
s n .svot, imtT. in cunboards and
111 Oil 1 VJU... V ' . ,
drawers and moldings. Then the
housewives can turn from saarxuas
into Marys. -
THE ELECTRIC CORD
Do you often have to take to the
repair shop your electric pad, perco
lator, iron, or vacuum cleaner? Per
haps it is because you think of th
electric cord as a rope, forgetting
that it is made up of several strands
of fine copper wire. The number of
times you can bend these without
their breaking is limited. When you
would detach the machine from ftie
cord do not take hold of the cord ana
jerk 'it but grasp the edge of the plug
to pull it out. Take care to keep
the cord from kinking, being jammed
in doors or stepped on. Breaking the
wires of the cora diwm -and
the "juice" capnot slip along
and do your work.
FEDERATING WOMEN'S CLUB
Both Iowa and Georgia State Fed
eration of Women's Clubs have ruled
that all clubs affiliated with the State
Organizations, shall be and are also
federated as well with the General
Federation of Women's Clubs. This
will greatly increase the number of
clubs and club members ine na
tional federation, and will bring th
inspiration and helpful leadership of
this great organization to all tne
small clubs located in " ol
these states. It is expected that this
plan will presently become general.
The Federation of Clubs is the
great mass of womanhood of the na
tion seeing life whole. It brings to
gether every, woman, ever y club
every city, state, democrat re publi
can. socialist and bolshevist in -great
mass of normal women. Friend
ship in work is the inspiration of the
Federation Mrs. Thomas G. Winter,
President of U. S. Federation of Wo
men's Clubs.
WOMAN-I-TORIALS
It is tremendous the influence of
women's organizations. It is because
w have been so sane in our under
takings that we have won confidence.
novo Hffn SA
incessantly
liCUi UOo v "c
l.usy, or merely because mankind is
just naturally indulgent to us? At
sny rate whatever women want anJ
organize for they eventually re.
Women are great agitators. They al
ways educate public sentiment until
it is favorable, and that brings leg
islation. One-story school buildings are
among the latest approved types.
They are built in the form of a hol
low square, the hollow being a gym
nastic court They have no base
ments tut the heating plant is in a
separate bunding. They are less ex
pensive fhan two story buildings as
they eliminate stairways and hall
waya. -hich occupy almost one fourth
of the area of most school buildings.
These buildings are fire proof and
panic proof and when a city tries one
of them it is pretty likely to make
all the rest on that type.
. SMILES
Single-mindedness
"When is your daughter planning
to wed?"
"Oh, constantly! Her father said-