OREGON CITY, ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1922.
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ctdpcts AND THE BUDGET
OREGON CITY'S street department
) i m oori r reorganization. The
O1
j..;no- TBhir-h the Dlans for the
coming year are being framed, is ai
hand, and the., budget committee
should seriously consider -ways ana
means of increasing the efficiency of
one of the most important divisions
of the administration.
lareelv an economic
one. Though the figures indicate that
a large sum is proviucu
work each year, the subdivision of
this same fund shows that no great
amount and in several cases, an in
sufficient amount, is left for different
classes of street work.
The total Budget of the years is a
trifle over $15,000. Of this amount,
$7,000 or nearly half is to be expend
ed in permanent streets. In 13.
only $5,000 of this fund will be avail
able The present Molalla avenue im
provement was completed by b"ow;
ing from the coming year's funds. In
this way the entire street was sur
faced and a considerable saving to the
city resulted. I
This will mean that a comparatively
small amount is available for perma
nent work. The budget committee
should decide upon the improvement
of the most necessary thoroughfare,
and the surfacing of either Washing
ton street or 12th street should be
carefully considered.
Outside of the permanent improve
ment program, a 'total of $8,000 is
available. Us distribution is: Super
intendent of streets salary, $1440, la
bor, $3560; supplies, $3,000. This fund
has been depleted because some or it
has been used to pay the engineers
salary during the past year.
There is at present practically no
street equipment. The city owns a
street truck of light capacity and a
few hand tools. Whenever the de
partment is confronted with a heavy
piece of construction, it is practically
helpless. More equipment is badly
needed if the streets are to be proper
ly repaired.
It is impossible, or at least -unad-visable,
to increase the road fund
taxes. The only way to secure great
er latitude is through the proper
form of econocy. This presents- itself
in the plan of doing away with the
office of street commissioner and
combining the position with the city
engineer.
nr, onrineer at nresent re
ceives $175 a month. The two jobs
could be combined very easily as
there is considerable overlap at pres
ent. The technical knowledge that the
city engineer possesses in regard to
street work would make him doubly
of value in complete charge of the
city's thoroughfares. Savings that
have been effected by the engineer
in the past year in street contracts
could easily be extended to the mat
ter of upkeep.
If this were done, it would not only
provide a more efficient administra
tion, but would provide more funds
nDlies. A total
of $3,000 would be sufficient for la
bor, considering the employment of
two men at $90 a month, and the em
ployment of some additional labor
when conditions warranted. The sav
ing from the street superintendent's
salary, would leave a fund of $2,000
annually, which is now being prac
tically eaten up by duplication. This
added to the existing fund provided
for supplies would give a working
fund of $5,000 and provide economical
handling of street repairs,
i The purchase of a small hot stuff
mixer, such as is in use in many of
the small towns would keep Singer
Hill and Seventh street in condition,
provide for the repairing of numerous
crosswalks in the city, and be good in
surance for the pavement now laid.
Numerous other pieces of equipment
which are badly needed could be
bought and if necessary, part of the
fund could be used for additional ma
terial and supplies.
In addition, to the physical advan
tage of the consolidation, it would
provide centralized control of the sit
uation. This would overcome the
present looseness in the repair and
upkeep of the streets. One man
would be responsible for the street
as a whole, which would serve to keep
the council more intimately in touch
with the situation. The success with
which the engineering department has
been handled demonstrates that the
same technical skill could be capital
ized if applied to all street matters.
The consolidation would be a great
improvement. It merits the serious
consideration of the budget commit
tee. ADMINISTRATION RECORDS
npHE QUESTION of how much cre
JL dence should "De given the state
ments that the return of the republi
can party to power in Congress in
November will insure an administra
tion of efficient economy is abundant
ly answered by the performances u
the past few years. Senator Charles
Curtis, who is a member of both fi
nance and appropriation committees,
has compiled a summary of the major
appropriation savings since 1919.
Curtis points out that when the ex
tra session was called in May, 1919,
the new republican congress was call
ed upon to pass upon the big supply
bills which had failed of passage be
fore March 4, 1919. The amount rec
omnTended by the previous congress
amounted to $3,767,975,974,73. The
amount appropriated was $2,828,283,-
AtO 1R a i.ariiitfnn f Q!t9 fi92.541.-
97 made by a republican congress. TITS !
estimates ior ivzx and were oui-
mitted to congress by the democratic
heads of departments and the appro
priations were as follows. Appropria-
lions nscai year j.zu, o,nu,oi',v' , i
appropriations fiscal year 1921, $4,
780,829,510; appropriations fiscal year
1922, $4,066,316,366.
The appropriations for the fiscal
year 1923, made at the session just
closed, and upon estimates submitted
by the republican heads of depart
ments, and submitted through the
budget, amounted to $3,747,035,382.64.
They are less than the appropriations
for 1921' by the sum of $1,033,794,127.
71 They are less than the appropria
tions for 1922 by $319,280,984.10. The
largest of the reductions in 1923 was
in the army and navy.
The appropriation for the army for
1920 was $794,621,564, and for 1923,
$256 411,169. The appropriations for
the navy for 1920 were $623,673,230
and for 1923, $294,336,577.
mi t.i tYia tmderpt estimates
submitted by the president for the fis
cal year 1923 amounted to $3,809,242,
159 53 The supplemental budget es
timates were $110,334,269.97. making
a total of $3,919,558,429.50. The
amount actually appropriated by con
gress was $3,747,035,382.64, being a re
duction of $172,523,046.86.
The ordinary receipts for the fiscal
year ending July 1, 1922, were $4,109,
104 150.94, and the total expenditures
including public debt items, charge
able against ordinary receipts, were
$3 795,302,499.84. leaving a surplus for
the year of $313,801,651.10, as against
an estimated deficit last December of
$24 468,703. The total gross debt of
the' government on June 30, 1921. was
$23 977.450,552.54, the total gross debt
June 30, 1922, was $22963,381.708.31.
The reduction in the debt during the
year amounted to $1,014,068,844.23.
The total gross debt of the United
States on May 31, 1919. was $o,916.
874,096.83. The reduction of appropriations and
the consequent reduction in expendi
tures has, of course, reduced the gov
ernment taxes. The amount of the
reduction for 1921 (calendar year) was
$80,000,000, and the reduction for 1922
(calendar year) will amount to $860,
000,000. There has been a reduction
of employes from 691,116 on July 1.
1920, to 568,390, December, 1921, mak
ing a reduction of 122,76.
In this regard it is well to consider
the summary of democratic extrava
gance: . .
The failure of the Wilson adminis
tration to produce the guns, the shells,
the gas, the airplanes and the tanks
with which soldiers fight was not so
significant as the amazing quantities
in which they produced less essen
tials. We ordered 41.100,152 pairs of
shoes and received deliveries of 32,
227,450 pairs though we had only 3,
513,800 men.
During the whole ware we had
580,18 horses. Of these 96,000 died
and only 67,498 were shipped over-
Tnortial0si3 for the 484,182
seaa. iw
horses which survived, the democratic
administration bought 4o,uuu sauu.c.
585.516 saddle bags,
1637A99 horse brushes, 2.033.204 nose i
bags' 1,148,364 horse covers, and 8,
781.516 horse shoes.
We had about 20,000 officers in the
ordinance corps during the war. Mr.
Baker bought for them 712,510 com
plete sets of spur straps, about
sets for each officer. For the army
of something like 4,000.000 men he
bought 149,456,611 hard-bread cans of
which 31.50J) were used.
It is now four years since the arm
. .. in almost every
i lsiice was jc-
! large city of the country sales of sur
! nlus war materials are being held
daily and thousands oi
opened to sell blankets, tents, rain
coate, shoes, and other merchandise
with which the department under Mr
Baker had overloaded. The elevated
price plane of 1917-1921 was largely
due to these colossal requisitions. The
people were taxed beyond reason to
pay for them, and then the people
had to pay high prices for their own
necessities because the government
had cornered the market. And all
this in the name of ''democratic sim
plicity and economy."
The Bonar Law government seems to
be laying Its pians to accomplish the
same thing that resulted in the resig
nation of Lloyd George. That's poli
tics with a vengence.
Baseball season Is over. But in the
list of those things that 'ain't bein
done" this year along with the Beavers
doing a sizeable victory, is the Univer
sity of Idaho defeating Oregon.
What's the use of reducing taxes?
The minute one fellow finds a way to
save some money, along comes some
body else with a scheme to spend it.
The telephone claims that they have
los.t money since they raised the rates.
Wonder what they would claim if the
rates are reduced:
A New York banker is being sued
for divorce by the wife he admitted
he spanked. Spare the rod and spoil
the alimony. . -
' Europeans mostly Frenchmen
have pledged a fund to make America
wet again. Haven't much faith, but
we're willing to let them try.
The Cincinnati brewers who were
! sent to prison for manufacturing beer
were charged with a 'conspirdi-y.
First cousin to spirits.
Reports of the expense account of
the two parties seem to be centered
on how much the control of congress
is worth after all.
If it costs a billion roubles to buy
a cow, haircuts must be worth all the
fiat in the country.
They say prosperity is Just around
the corner. Which corner?
Borrowed Comment.
What Editors of State and National
Papers Have to Say.
The statement is made that Gerald
ine Farrar ia through with opera. It
is more nearly probable that opert
is through with Geraldine. That she
is to go on the speaking stage junder
the direction of David Balasco "would
seem a Joke unless Dave is to put her
on the stage in a whispering gallery.
Corvallis Gazette-Times.
Lorado C- Taft, the sculptor, says
the only objects of beauty the average
small town possesses are its trees and
its girls. That's all right for a sculp
tor, but lots of hard-headed people
think the most beautiful thing in' the
world is the picture on a $10 bill.
Eugene Register.
Those quarrelsome and fighting na
tions of Europe England along with
the rest would have a. better 'stand
in" with this paper if they would pay
us the 12 or 15 billions of dollars we
loaned them to keep them from being
wiped off the earth during the big
war. Jacksonville Post.
Most of those who resolved that the
direct primary, with a few modifica
tions, was all right are the ones who
have been leading the fight for its ab
olition. Politics makes strange bed
fellows and it makes strange doings.
Woodburn Independent,
Millionaire Wiaburn is reported to
have reached the pinnacle- through
pluck, pluck, pluck. If Mr. Pierce
attains to his present ambition he
will have to attribute his success
largely to kluk,.kluk, kluk. Corvallis
Gazette-Times.
When a Kansas City man got sassy
with his son a few days ago, the son
promptly shot and killed' him. - The
old folks should be kept in their
places all right, but shooting them
should be the last resort. Haines
Record.
' A woman with brains, says Leo
Ditrichstein, is as distressing a spec
tacle as a camel with four humps.
But what does Leo Ditrichstein know
about women with brains? Eugene
Register.
Over in Eastern Oregon -they have
discovered an automobilist who volun
teered the admission that he was
wrong in a collision. Eastern Oregon
is a wonderful country. Eugene Reg
ister. "Boston Citizens Sweat," says a
headline. ' What a vulgar work to use
in connection with the populace ot
the staid old city. Perspire should
have been the word employed, by all
means. Ashland Tidings.
With a rodeo, a county fair and a
murder trial attracting cowboys, rough
riders and Indians, an Easterner in
town this week might be led to be
lieve Dallas was still a frontier town.
Polk County Itemizer.
Beats all what pleasant and cour
teous manners those political office
seekera develoo and how delighted
they are to meet us common voters
just about this time of the year. St.
Helens Mist.
With the number of W. C. T. U. or
ganizations increasing from 7 to 15 in
Clackamas county within the past few
months, it looks like booze has a hard
luck future. Oregon- City Banner
Courier. The governor of Pennsylvania says
too much time has ben lost in solv
ing the Halls-Mills murder mystery.
At this distance is looks very much
as " no one wanted to solve it. Eu
gene Register.
In discussing the politcal unrest, a
writer asks "What's the mater with
the American people?" We have built
a Tower of Babal and every voter is
thinking in a different language.
Eugene Guard.
America may tax the people for the
sake of a few, but even that is better
than Europe's plan of taxing the whole
people for the sake of a feud. Med
ford Mail-Tribune.
America holds the world's crime
record, and pistols are responsible
for 90 per cent of this country's homi
cides. We favor war when it's war
on the pistol. Weston Leader
The reason why" there are so many
oalamitv is: It is lots
easier to find something one can pick
a flaw with than it is to find some
thing perfect. Banks Herald.
Over seven million gallons of gaso- j
line and distillate were sold in Ore- j
tmn dnrintr the month of August. In-;
dicating that the cost of high living is
still going up. Eugene Guard.
"What is becoming of the Republi-1
can party?" asks David Lawrence...
We'll hazard the answer that nothing
o,v.iaw wnmiiif nf the Re-'!
publican party. Athena Press.
X Jl- W L " J y J
.It is now possible to buy 2600 Ger
man marks with one Amercan dollar;
but what would one do wtih them even
at that price? Eugene Guard.
Knockers do not kill men they Kill
business. They are the persons who
sift sand into the gear boxes of pro
gress. Heppner Gazette-Times.
The foolkiller, who used to go out
with the proverbial club, now loafs
around home and lets the automobiles
do the work. Crane American.
What the Turks really need is not
Thrace, but a thrashing. Oregon
Statesman. . . '
Under Attorney-General Daugherty's
latest ruling, even the ocean must go
dry. Eugene Guard.
The Office Cat.
By Junius.
OUR COMPLICATE!:, r,ANGTJAGE
She was from Boston; he from Okla
homa. "You have traveled a great deal
in the West have you not, Miss Ba
con?" "Oh, yet, indeed In California and
Arizona and even in New Mexico."
"And did you ever see the Cero
kee Strip?"
There was a painful silence, but fi
nally she looked over her glasses at
him ana said: "Sir, I deem your ques
tion exceedingly rude."
Respect grandpa's memory forget
his methods.
- All the education in the world can t
prevent a man making a fool of him
self if he is determined to do so.
There has been "a good deal of ag-
itation for the past Zew years anent
a new motto for the coin of the realm.
Reasonally, we have leanings toward
"Abide With me
Sam What do you miss most since
you moved-out into the country?"
Pete "Trains". j
Its a good thing, that most of the
auto drivers on the roads are decent.
The few who are not make trouble
en6ffgn".
A MATTER OF DIET
He: A thin clock has at last been
placed on the market.
She: How do they make plocks thin?
He: The same way that they make
people thin, by putting less inside o?
them.
TROUBLE WITH WIVES
An eastern editor says that a man
out West got himself into trouble by
marrying two wives.
A" western eitor replied by assuring
his contemporary that a good many
; tiio section have done the
111..', .u 1,
same by marrying one. (
nnriiifn editor renorts that quite
a number of his acquaintances found
trouble by merely promising to marry,
without going any further.
A southern editor says that a friend
of his was bothered enough by simply
being found in company with another
man's wife.
oo
"The toast was drank in silence,"
wrote the teacher on the blackboard.
"James, correct that sentence." she
said.
AHf ty,a worst nenalty tnat couiu
be put onto some birds would be to
make them earn an honest living.
STORY OF THE IRISHMAN'S
TWINS
They asked him how he could tell
his twins apart and he said: "Wei.
Sor, if ye put your finger in Pat's
mouth and he bites you, then you
know it was Mike."
oo
TELLING THE TRUTH
A prominent local department store
recently advertised: "Sox first time
since the war the well-known blank
brand, pure thread silk sox 59 cents,
they wont last long at this price."
They were right. 1 bought a pair.
"Papa, what do you call a man who
runs an automobile?"
"It depends on how near he comes
to hitting me."
oo -
It is really wicked to hate anybody
except the chap who clutters up your
radio evening with a political speech.
TWO OF A KIND
"Did your wife or her car get-injured
in the accident the other day?"
"Not much, just a little paint chip
ped off both."
"A contract is something that never
.gives the party who draws it up the
worst of the deal. That's the one
thing you want to remember as you
pick up the pen look for the dotted
line."
Two French girls wanted to &cheye
modish slenderness and laced so tight
that the undertaker soon had a joo.
This is another argument against the
return of the stays so many women so
gladly discarded this last summer. -
"Drive Slow and See Our City",
"Drive Fast and See our Jail . an
nounces a certain western city to in
coming automobilists. ,
That reminds us or anoiuci
j once , saw along th
we ouce saw ""o - . . ,
"Three miles more to Podunk Qenter;
"Don't cut out your muffler before
you enter.
"Drive slow and bear in ma-. ,.
"We eat the dust you leave behind.
Money talks. Did you ever see a
man's head on a silver dollar-
It is hard to tell whether the pres
ent troubles of France are u"-""'
by her nerves or her nerve.
, . wrtOWN
I AM will I shall
Make of me what you win
reflect you as clearly as a mirror
throws hack a candle beam.
If I am Pleasing to the eye t the
stranger with my gates. ,f I am such
a sight as, having seen me he
member me all the days as a thing
of beauty, the credit is yurs-
Ambition and opportunity call some
of my sons and daughters to high
tasks and mighty privileges to rn
greater honor and to my good repute
fn far places, but it is
those who are my trength .
strength is in those who emfan'
are content with what I can onerthem
and with what they can offer me u
was the greatest of all Rom ana who
said: "Better be first in a little Iber
ian village than be second in Rome
lam more than wood and brick and
stone, more even than flesh and blood
- I am the compositer of all who call
me Home.
I am your town.
Do You Remember?
Stories of the Old Pioneers and
Yarns from Old Newspapers.
FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
Taken from the Oregon City Enter
prise October 31, 1868.
Jackson County The assessment of
Jackson county for 1867 Is $1,255,397.
Last year it was $1,306,879. The as
sessor says this difference is attribu
table to the $300 exempted from each
householder, making the actual
wealth of the county about $200,000
over last year, as there are about 820
persons entitled to the exemption.
Ladies' Equestrian jsrn A lady of
this county. Miss Amanda Ribbins,
took first premium at Salem for eques
trianism . Miss Maggie Gilcrest, of
Marion county, and Mrs. C. B. Hutch
inson, of Lane( took second and third
prizes.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Taken from the Oregon City Enter
prise October 28. 1892.
McLouflhlin Monument Fund The
following subscription list is made on
the plan suggested to raise $10,000 for
a monument to . Dr. John McLoughlin,
the father of Oregon, one-half of which
should be by popular subscription and
one-half by legislative appropriation.
No one is employed to solicit sub
scriptions. Those having already do
nated are as follows: Enterprise, $50;
Thomas Charman and wife, $50; Geo.
Harding and wife, $50; George C.
Brownell, $5; George F. Horton, $5;
S. M. Ramsby. $5; P. F. Morey, $100;
C. H. Caufield. $25; H. E. Cross, $25;
Rev. Father Hillebrand, $10; J. P.
Shaw, $10; J. W. Noble. $5; W. C.
Johnson, $25; E. M. Rands, $10; C.
O. T. Williams, $5; D. C. Latourette,
$20; N. O. Walden, $25; C. H. Dye,
$10; H. C. Stevens, $5.
j There will be a rousing big parade
' in Oregon City next Wednesday eve-
ning, and this will be followed by a
1 speech by Senator Mitchell, which will
; be given at the Shively hall. It will
I be a demonstration of the campaign in
! Clackamas county.
The steamers lona and Iralda col
urtoi at tha mouth of the Clackamas
I river in a dense fog on Thursday eve
! ning. One man was killed outright,
! another drowned and several passen-
gers on the Iralda injured.
A special meeting will be held at
' PmiA'. fcall next Tuesday evening to
1 elect a director to fill the vacancy
made by the removal from the city
and resignation of M. A. Stratton.
F will eive a grand ball
; at the armory on Thanksgiving night.
Knights of Pythias Ball-Achilles
Lodge No. 38, Knights of Pythias,
. . . i. 1 1 sx V, q ooaenn laRt
gave me iirsi. wui -" " .
Friday night at the armory. There
was a large attendance. The floor"
managers were E. E. Williams. F. J. j
Louis, Joseph Lynch, H. J. Thome,
T?ainh Miller and R. L. Holman. t
A supper was served at Liverniere's
hotel.
The prevailing colors la ladies' cos
tumes were blue and pink. There
were several in more subdued "colors
while several wore red.
The dancing program composed of
21 numbers and there were a number
of extras played by the orchestra.
THE MIGRANTS
By Fred Zigler. Jr.
I faintly hear, far up in the cold sky!
The silver music of a hurrying host.
The voice f winged armies as they
fly
Through cloud and star-lane to a
distant coast.
Warbler and thrush, and finch and
vireo.
Clan linked to clan, they sweep in
wild crusade
Borne on the winds beyond the reach
of foe,
Wrapped in impenetrable mist and
shade.
I strain each sense to catch the flaked
notes
And vainly stare aloft to pierce the
dark.
Wondering what rapture swells the
pilgrims throats.
What shore it is toward which they
all. embark
Wishing I, too, could join the ventur-.
ous flight :
To' that strange clime that lies be-i
yond the night! i
Philadelphian Public Ledger. !
TO A NEW DAY
I slip from the unconscious realms of f
sleep, ' j
Released refreshed from the long
peaceful night; ;
I hear bird-songs; I drink the morning
deep; '
I feast my eyes upon the dawning'
light.
Till, suddenly, there leaps into my
thought
Knowledge that it is Day, a new j
made Day!
A Day still sealed, unknown, unspoiled :
by aught . i
Oh, what of gladness may it bring!
my way? j
What mysteries lie hidden just behind j
. the veil?
Who knows, today, but from the
open sea,
All unexpected, I may sight the sail
Of some fair ship, coming to port for j
me? '
Great crises may occur "twixt dew and
dew
- I, fearless, bid them happen as they
may!
I. thrilled with wistful wonder, wel
come you.
Immense with possibilities. Tiew
Day!
The Poets Corner.
Songs and Sonnets From the Pens
of Modern Writers.
CHING LOO DREAMS
By Jack Hyatt, Jr.
Pitter patter pit
Yellow feet slipping back and forth.
"Mark this collar;
It is new
And goes with that white shirt, a
married
Man is he I can tell by
His socks."
Some day, some day, I will
Go back back to
Yen-San,
Land of Lovely Dripping Moons,
Back to her,
Princess of Laughter;
Silks shall be hers and lacquers old,
Jewels and a house one hundred
Dancing girls
To chase away
The weary shadows in her eyes
make them Pools of Merriment.
Dancing girls to amuse her.
And I with her
Thru the all too short, short
Night of Slumbering Shadows.
Pitter- patter- pit,
"Thirty-seven cents.
When I return, heads will bow
And T will sit
With robes, scarlet, and green, hands
clean
All Anv
do nought but eat and sing and
dream
And watch, untiring,
Mr Princess of Laughter dance for
mine eyes
Alone.
And when the Moon of Moons
Sleeps for the Hours of Night
I will take, her in my arms
her lips will meet mine.
Taking all Little Dove of Mirth.
"Eh-h-h that rice tasted good."
Now, to smoke
And rest for much awhile, to dream
Of soft leaves spread
For her and me
As we
Move in the Floating Shadows
Before the Lilting Waters of Ten-Ye-Sal
move lazily, dreamily, ever more.
"Collars ready, Thursday."
Next week, next week, I leave
By the Great Bird on the Waters
Across the Sea
which smiles with nve
If I can but furn
A lucky card, tomorrow a day,
At Sen-Ko-Pee's Palace
On the Street of Slanting Shadows. -
Pitter patter pit,
Yellow feet slipping back and forth.
Lyric. West.
AT DUSK
Percy Ripley
Into dark unity the dusk
Blends marsh and wood and. distant
-. hill;
All earth's ivided things must soon
Be one beneath the night's strong
will.
Within sleep's veil is firmly set
The evening's sadness to redeem,
One golden star where beacons yet
The promise of the mornings
dream.
O Death, that makes us darkly one,
- In silence which no love can break,
What sign is ours in thy vast night
That we at some far dawn shall
wake?
Saturday Review.
SWEETNESS
We make Efficiency our gilded god.
Do we forget the choicest things of
life?
We come, see. conquer; bend beneath
our rod
Inertia, chaos strong in work and
strife!
In youth, we're rich in time, but poor
' in cash.
We laugh, . read, play, and mingle
with our kind.
In middle age, we choose the dross
and ash
And cultivate a hardened, sordid
mind.
What do we get for our strain and
might?
We cram our lives with cares and
leave a dearth
Of that which makes for sweetness
and for light!
Are any substitutes of equal worth?
VACATION MEMORIES
I
So light our cares we flung awav.
As free as children and as fay
Some echo of our holiday
Shall live within my heart for aye.
The blissful walks along the shore.
The constant sound of water's roar:
Emotions vast which' these inspire.
And quickening pulses set on fire.
How charming seemed each sight and
sound ! -What
funds of interest .we found!
So witching Nature all around,
She held us fascinated Bound.
What fortune came we shared we
-two
Our separate duties were hut few.
Still the comradely wraith of the pres
ence of you -Seems
hovering near me in all that
I do!
Though winter rage, warm shall en
dure. Those memories locked in my soul,
secure!
I have only to yie'd me again to their
lure
When hosts of sweet fancies come
trooping sure.
The Woman's Column.
By Florence Rlddick-Boys.
UNDERSTANDING YOUNG FOLKS
Young people divide mothers into
two classes: those who understand
and trust them and those who do not.
The former are loved, confided in, con
sulted, and regarded as up-to-date
The latter are avoided, and whatever
they say is taken "with a grain of
salt." They are to be endured, deceiv
ed, and considered old fogies. Which
are you?
The class to which you belong de
pends upon how much experience you
have had with young people and may
be inferred by knowing the number
of children you have mothered or
palled with. .
The mother-of-one thinks that Llew
ellen or- Marry-Ellen is the only good
child around and all the rest are "bad
little boys and girls." True, they have
more freedom, act more natural, and
are apt to do things which the afore
said -ellens would never dream of at
tempting, but ten chances to one, they
are as wholesome, or more so. Chil
dren of large families necessarily have
less restraining, as the hen with a
dozen chickens cannot so incessantly
chase after each one.
Seeing the bizarre things many of
our young people do, we might mis
judge them if we did not know they
are unsuspicious of evil, innaetly pure
in hear and motives, and noble in
sacrifices and service as the world
war showed. We judge, to, oy iuo
few showy dnes, forgetting the "nine
ty and nine" plain plodders.
We forget, too, that our parents
worried over us, in the same way, and
that Adam and Eve probably thought
Cain and Abel were going straight to
the dogs and still we have not ar
rived at the bow-wows.
Open your home to young people,
play with them, work with them, and
you will be startled -to discover how
serious and high minded they are, and
how they are striving up toward a
noble ideal.
Youngjeople are the people of to
morrow. We can safely turn the
,.i,.iri wor to them. But why deny
i ourselves the pleasure of carrying-on
; with them now?
j PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR GIRLS
The recent war, the defective phy
siques discovered by the enlistment
tests, the necessity for women per
forming men's work: all this has giv
en an impetus to physical training m
France. England, Canada and the
United States. Many colleges have
added courses in physical training to
fit teachers for public school work m
this line. Eventually it will be taught
in all the schools, hut as yet only the
city schools teach it.
In France a law has been passed
requiring physical education for girls,
while in England the benefit of this
training is still doubted. Some Eng
lish educators claim that the present
system is too severe, unfits girls for
motherhood, hardens the muscles bt
does not make them elastic. One
teacher claims that the f?gt are the
only part of the body that should be
made strong. One woman doctor
claims that athletic women produce
daughters but not sons. Some advo
cate light exercise but not rough
games such as hockey and foot-ball.
While these opinions are expressed
by a few, the great majority endorse
the modern organized games, la
crosse, hockey, and net ball, as well as
dancing. The argument about non-e as
ticity cannot be brought against danc
ing as it makes the body graceful and
elastic as well as strong.
In Ancient Greece, where games
and dancing ware encouraged among
women, the race was noted for pro
ducing beautiful, strong and well bal
anced children. While modern athlet
ics have not passed beyond the experi
mental stage, the probability is. that,
in moderation, physical training will
make for a finer motherhood and
childhood than we have yet known.
Athletics not only develop Jhe body,
but cultivate poise, balance, self con
trol, mind, vigor and keenness, en
durance, courage, fair play and many
other traits which are both mental
and spiritual. ,
While we do not wont our daugh
ters to be over-specialized physically
yet we can have no more beautiful
ideal for them than a splendid mind
and heart lodged in a splendid body.
INTIMATE FRIENDS
Intimate friendships are delicate re
lationships and must be guarded with
their sweetness. One
! should not presume upon the security
! of such friendships to give vent t3
one's worse moods; nor should one
' treat the intimate friends with lessr
j courtesy because his "friendship is as
j sured; nor use him as a means to
' grind axes.
Intimate friendships snoum
come so close as to interfere with the
relations with those of one's family,
to whom first place is due. as. for ex
ample, to one's mother, or to one's
husband or wife. Many an intimate
friend has usurped the place due to
o. e of these.
Intimate friendships should not be
come so exclusive as to preclude other
friendships. To intimate friends should hot "be
confided family secrets nor such con
fidences as one will regret in case the
friendship becomes in time less inti
mate, as it is likely to do. .
Intimate friends should not demand
too much of one another's time.
Too great familiarity with a new
acquaintance is unwise and impolite..
Too hasty a friendship is apt to be in--
One should never call a friend by
his first name unless requested to do
so.
MRS. SOLOMON SAYS
A place for every thing, and every
thing in its place but not the SAMH
place. .-