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UNITED, WE GET ACTION
THE LULL in the negotiations con
cerning the completion of the
Pacific highway through Oregon City,
brings the actual settlement of the
many problems in the construction of
the road no nearer. When the new
state highway commission takes its
office on January first it will be con
fronted with nractically the same
problem which faced the body of men-
which is retiring with me ttepuonwu
state administration.
Thje Pacific nigbway through Clack
amas county has been the bone of con
siderable contention during the past
two years. In addition to disagree
ments between county and state offi
cials there have been minor contro
versies, among proponents of various
for the furthering ef either mu -
plans
nicipal or personal projects. These
ulv " ... ... , i
things have given rise to local ngnis
vWch bear a similarity to the battles
over the city hall. While in some de-
Tree good may have been the outcome
o the disagreements, their greatest
L . H .i Joi.,in. of Tro-l
gress in the highway construction pro-
What will be the effect upon the new
commission should it find in Oregon
City a factional fight over the high-
wav routing? Unhampered by opm
ions based upon past actions they will
be in a position to decide the entire
matter in a new light. If Oregon City
itself cannot agree over where the
highway should go what chance has
the new commission any more than
the old, to assume the position of a
mediator and compel the establish
ment of one or other of the lines?
Oregon City must realize that its
hope for the solution of the highway
problem lies in a mutual agreement
before the matter is presented to the
highway commission. It is patent that j
tne aetermiuaLiuu jl nuau iuu- xo w
be selected is no easy matter, but it
should be the simpler problem for the
people of Oregon City to get together
among themselves than to try and bat
tle the thing out before a group of
men, who view the two blocks in this
city as only a detail in the thorough
fare which extends through the state
to the California borders. i
The completion of the road under
the financial program outlined means
the saving of more than $100,000 to
the community. Oregon City itself
has no funds with which to make the
Improvement. If the present negotia
tions are allowed to lapse the city and
county will be faced with a serious
problem of paying for something
which they once could have had, rel
atively, for nothing.
Those who are really interested in
the completion of the highway through
Oregon City must see the benefit of
presenting to the commission a single
plan with the statement, "Gentleme.
this is what the unanimous opinion in
Oregon City declares is the best rout
ing for the highway." Whether
Seventh street, Fifth street or some
other line embodying the use of the
bluff, is selected it stands a good !
chance of being approved. The situa
tion today to all intensive purposes
is a deadlock preventing further con
struction upon one of the most heavily
traveled thoroughfares in Oregon.
The crying need for the develop
ment of -Oregon City is a little bit of
cooperation. A federal building which
should have been built here was lost
because the citizens couldn't get their
heads together on the matter of the
location. The citl hall bonds were
nearly recalled because of the same
disagreement, Unless the municipal
ity is careful it will lose a valuable
improvement in the construction of
the bluff road, but more than physi-,
tcti gaiu Duuuiu uuiutru opm. utr -j
ed as the thing of value in the build-'
ing of a greater town, a finer com
munity, and a more progressive popu
lation. COL. HOUSE IN SESSION
TT IS TO BE HOPED that the' Eur---
opean Chautauqua on "How Am
ericans Should Run Their - Govern
ment" will end with the Clemenceau
series of lectures. For four years at
ed courteously to European advisers
on what we should do to be saved. The
housewife" who leaves her beds un
made, her dishes unwashed, and -the
children engaged in a battle-royal in
the parlor, while she visits her neigh
bor and instructs her how to run her
.household has nothing on these Euro
pean statesmen'.
On two things many of them seem
to agree: That Europe's debts to us
should be canceled; and "that Uncle
Sam should assume the roles of butler.
eardener. cook, stablemen, and night-1
"oto- ir, tv,. Mr-TTadrton Tnata of
T.to,w nf
a few hunared iflillions ior the satis
factory performance JI these duties
would be appreciated.
The American people are disappoint
ed in Clemenceau. They knew him
to be a fighter, and believed him to be
a practical diplomat. They watched
his craftsmanship at "Versailles with
something akin to amusement, . and
Mr. Wilson's desperate trading with
the Tiger to receive his support of
. . . . It. 3 .
the league of nations witn Bumeuims
akin to disgust, lney Know mat iim
"Versailles Treaty is responsible for
most of the misery of Europe today;
that It was a document drafted by
Clemenceau, approved by Lloyd
George, and attested by Clemenceau, j
approved by Lloyd George, and at-
I J -- "
They resent the statement of M.
Clemenceau that America left France
in the lurch. They remember that
Clemenceau sneered at the league
idea, but sold his support of the league
for Mr. Wilson's promise that Amer
ica would become a party to a triple
alliance of Great Britain, France and
the United States, a promise which
(Mr. Wilson had no authority to make;
a promise which was made after 39
United States Senators had nerved no
tice on Europe that they would vote
against the ratification of the league
covenant as drawn.
The Ameircan people were prepared
to accord M. Clemenceau an ardent
welcome. His strictures have surpris
ed them into what quite probably may
result in rapidly diminishing cordial-1
ity. It may be said, however, in ex
tenuation of the French statsman's
malinterpretation of American public
sentiment, that he fell into bad hands
immediately upon his arrival. Colonel
House appears to be his mentor and
guide in America. Let that fact tem
per our judgment of the finest patriot
France has produced in a century, re
membering the old adage, "evil com
munications corrupt good manners.'
BUILDING ROADS '
66TARIO.N CQNTY,r reads a press
report of the work of the road
department there, "at the close of its
1 three - J-r building Programme on
"
m nc rT navoil marlrpt rftfli? with 31
"-'". I 7 , 7
of the. 34 officially designated market
roaas m the county represented in the
j improvements. This was annouced by
W- J- Culver' cunt? oaT ?s ter' ia
his aunual report filed with the coun-
ty
court.
'Three
years ago Marion county
I adopted a Aye-year market road
j Programme and authorized the issu-
ance , ci nonas m ine amount or r
! A Aft ioitt nn tha wnrV RVrvm thin
money and funds raised through reg
ular taxation, it was estimated that
150 miles of market road would be con
structed, in addition to keeping the
other roads in good repair.
"Paved market roads in Marion
county have cost on an average of
$15,000 a mile, which officials said
probably had established a new. low
record in the" west, if not in the en
tire United States. Of the total pav
ed mileage 24 miles was paved this
year, from the four county-owned
plants located at Salem, Stayion,
Mount Angel ScoU3LTi
"In Marion county no market roads
are . improved by contract. The
county owns its own paving plants
and labor is assembled from its citi
zens." 1
for i
There Is considerable food
thought in the accomplishment of the
neighboring county. Clackamas coun
ty has spent well over half a million
in the past year in the construction of
new roads and in the repair of its ex
isting thoroughfares and yet can point
to no record which compares with that
of Marion county.
It may be interesting in passing to
note that Lane county has a record for
systematic upkeep which has been
studied by counties over the entire na
tion. Lane county, with a large mile
age of macadam has more good roads
than any other county in the state be- j
cause of the fact that the proper meth
od of keeping them In repair is provid-,
ed. J
In Marion county it may be true (
tnat tnere has not oeen sumcient time .
to ascertain whether or not the roads j
laid are of the type that stand the
usage of heavy traffic. Laying of road
with county equipment is always more
or less of an experimental matter, and
in some regards the experience in
Clackama9 county has been none to)
profitable. If however, Marion county
finds that good pavement can be laid
for $15,000, this district might take
the opportunity of a next door call to
find out how it is done and perhaps
stretch the present bond issue over
more territory than has generally been
figured it will cover.
"Silks," says The Fairchild .News - t The greatest letter in all the alpha
Service, "will play a most prominent j bet ls the "l" without which some
role in women's spring apparel. Crepe3 rnen would have nQ vocabulary at all.
continue to be the most prominent." f Oregon Journal.
That's what comes ,from all this hus- j
band - shootmg business.-Amencan
.
Herbert Hoover has not come up to
the great expectations voiced by his i
press agents during and infmediately j
after the war. Recently he wa torc-
ed to write and publish a book about
nimself in an effort to keep in th;j
public eye. Eugene Guard.
therg faeeper i& &n except that
we always seem to be the brother and ;
never tne Keeper. Uhio fatat Jour-,
nal.
i
An alarmed European economist
asks what Russia and Germany have
in common? It is what they lack in
common' that counts. Wall Street
Journal.
There is a movement on foot for a
"kiss your wife" week. But up to this I
time the women most directly con-
"lrecuy, i
naveu t seconaeQ me motion.
Eugene Guard.
. . I
. A Chicago woman shot her husband;
when he wouldn't go to church. She'
was going to get ' him to heaven one i
man (Chicago).
"Holiday Hquor load seized," says.
a headline Those citizens who were
preparing for a wet Christmas m.'
have to look to the weather bureau to
get it. Oregonlan. t
The deposed King of Greece is
coming to America. Well, 'there are
Still probably many good shoe-shining
stands to be acquired over here. Bu-
gene Guard, v
Borrowed Comment.
What Editors of State and National
Paper Have to Say.
Another thing for which we can be
mildly thankful is the presence of a
federal building superintendent here
for the purpose of ascertaining our
needs for a new postoffice. This is
the first .progress we have made in
our age-old campaign for a new feder
al building for a long; time and it will
at least light the fires of hope again
and stimulate us to further effort.
Astoria Budget.
Portland has begun her annual Com
munity Chest campaign. This year the
Rose City will raise an approximate
$650,000 for charity. The Community
Chest nlan is an economy. It saves
the time of those who give, and in the 1
end should result in more help for
those who really need.it. Hood River
Glacier.
After all, we shuffle around In this
and that channel, but in Oregon we
are finally fitted to where we can best
work. It took an experiment with
world's fairs and exposition dreams
on the part of some of the people be
fore they were ready to settle down to
effective work for developing Oregon.
La Grande Observer.
A Dertoit woman is reported to have
offered a gunman $20,000 to go out
and "pot" her husband. The fishy
part of the tale is that in these days
of free and easy killing anyone should
find it necessary to bid so high. Eu
gene Register.
The proud American boast that we
do everything better than other peo
ple needs to pause a moment before
the fact that our annual fire toll is
greater than that of the rest of the
civilized world pu together. Polk
County Itemizer. 1
A New York man is suing his wife
for divorce because she eats five
meals a ' day. If she likewise cooks
five meals a day, she'll probably have
no trouble in finding another mate.
Eugene. Register.
With a change of administration at
the state house there will at least be
different feet tracks leading, to and
from the public crib. Sllverton Ap
peal.
Henry Ford makes $264,026.41 a day
We are glad we are not Henry. We
could never have nerve enough to take
a day off. American Lumberman
(Chicago).
Looks from here as if John Bull
had started for Normalcy. He'll meet
Uncle Sam coming, back. Brooklyn
Eagle.
The election result sounds the call
of the nation for fewer fence-riders
and more fence-busters. Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
The Sultan of Turkey insists that
he has not quit his job just because
he ran away from it. He talks like
a striker. Canton News.
Many 100 per cent Americans seem
to be making an unpatriotic choice be-
tween the flag and the flagon. Nor-
jGj Virginian-Pilot,
Maybe it sounds foolish but it is a
fact that otherwise brave men get
cold feet in a snowstorm. Oregon
Journal.
The so-called Prohibition Navy
proves that' there's many a ship 'twixt
the cup and the lip. New Cork Tri
bune. The chap who can wear the same
hat for five years may not be stylish,
but he certainly is satisfied. Oregon
Journal.
Ru minister for
gnd commerce. wtat will do her
most good is an evangelist to stage
a revival.- Manila Bulletin.
Americans generally regret that do!
lars for Near Eastern relief can not
be accompanied by bullets for Turkish
murderers. Pueblo Chieftain
Radio messages traveled 5200 miles
in four minutes and 18 seconds' but
Christmas comes faster than that.
Albany Democrat.
The links that bind most peoples to
Kether are the golf links. Oregon
Journal.
"Two gangs stage gun fight in autos
on New York streets." The wild and
wicked West! Oregon Journal.
Yon can cure a Red by giving him a
fortune, but there's nothing you can
do for a yellow. Wall Street Journal.
Hats off to Japan if she would rath-
er keep a promise than a province.
'
.-
Well, it's nice of Turkey not to de-
mand an indemnity from the Allies.
'vepUii. jiu..,
Cheer up. If you freeze to death,
j part of the joke will be on the mine
I ownerj Asheville Times.
About an League of Nations has
done sQ far ,s wIah tne UnIted
states belonged. Toledo Blade,
.
A cultured inan is one who has a
lot of information that isn't worth
anything to him. Indianapolis Star.
All the featherweights, so to speak,
aren't confined to the prize fighters so
classified. Oregon Journal.
The Office Cat.
By Junius.
YULETID15 MUSINGS
t do not trot with those who hold
- That Christmas gifts should be
Of Nature sternly practical
It matters not to me.
If In my festive sock I find, 4
When comes 'the Yuletide dawn,
Some gift for which I have no use
I'll merely pass it on.
L ENVOI
I do, however, yearn to kill
That Yuletide pest sublime
Who holls a present back until
I've spent my last thin dime.
Lending money is a
fine way to
improve your memory.
oo
Alarm clock prices are back to pre
war figures, as the children come
home now just in time to wake be
old folks up.
A New Jersey naturalist tells of a
rabbit killing three cats. Now, which j
one got hold of the stufr the rabbit
or the naturalist? .
-oo
lA! candidate for the position of the
world's meanest man has appeared in
the person of the editor of a small
Missouri newspaper,, who published
the following item in his "Social Gos
sip" column: J'Miss , a young
lady of 20 summers, is now on a visit
to her twin brother, aged 31."
- SURE ENOUGH
"What in the world are you staring
at that married couple so intently
for?" asked one young lady of another
on the train.
"Oh!" said the other girl with a
start and a sigh. "It's so natural for
us girls to contemplate matrimony,
you know."
x oo
A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING
The sweet-faced elderly woman,
who was shopping was peering near
sightedly at a small cup which she
had picked up from a pile on the coun
ter. Presently she remarked: "J
can't see very well through my
glasses. Are these tin?"
"No," said the sales girl, "they're
fifteen." s
oo
The Lord helps them that help each
other. . Business shows that the more
we help the more we prosper.
"Have you read Ivanhoe?"
"No, those Russian novels bore
me."
oo
Report says crockery and pottery
will be very scarce this coming year,
which will be good news for Jiggs,
but tough for Maggie.
SMALL AMBITION
The man who is entirely satisfied
with himself wants but little here be
low. oo
When a girl is so bow-legged that
she can wear a parenthesis for stock
ings she just naturally has no use for
short skirts.
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY
There was a young man named Sam
uel Jones
Who said he didn't need an educa-!
tion.
Now each week he earns eight bones,
Sweeping out a railroad station!
oo .
It is sometimes said that the office
seeks the man, but usually breaks his j
neck to have it find him.
"Smile when you can. The alter
native of smiling when you can't Is
said to play havoc with one's features.
SUITABLEMATCHES .
A lawyer should marry a Sue,
A porter a Carrie should wed.
A gambler a Betty, a landlord a
Letty,
A fisherman Nettie, 'tis said.
..
Ai florist should marry a rose,
A printer should marry a Dot,
A milliner Hattie, a rug maker, Mat
tie, A pastryman Patty eh, what?
oo
Very few dollar bills have ever been
in the collection plate.
po
"Spiffens is the most henpecked
max. In the world."
"Haw come?"
"His wife makes him put on eve
ning clothes to sit home and listen to
a radio concert!"
oo
"An automobile recently drove up
and stopped in front of the court
house and from a casual inspection
by a spectator one hundred feet away
It- was impossible to tell whether
tnree men, three -women, two met.
and a woman, two women and a man,
a woman, a man and a girl, a woman,
a man and a boy, two men and a girl,
or two women and a girl got out. All
three looked just alike." .
oo
A Monday morning grouch, if not
cultivated too assiduously, ought to
wear off by Wednesday.
"Wa8 it a beautiful marriage dear?"
asked the preacher's wife as he re
turned. , '
"Only $5," he replied, sadly, slip-j .'
The only .way a mail carrier can
attract any publicity to himself
through the newspapers is to Nwork
long' enough to waljj a million miles
or have some one. leave him money
for faithful service.
Things seldom get so bad that they
couldn't be worse.
Many girls think there is no man in
the world good enough or them, and
often they are right. Yep, and some
times they are left.
,The Poets' Corner.
Songs and Sonnets From the Pens
of Modern Writers.
, PENSEE .
I
By Vincent Starrett '
Great taverns for our wit were all too
small
In those brave days of youth, remem
, bered well.
Great were the Btories that we used
to tell.
Fired by strong cups. The stains up
on the wall
Marked the hot crisis of "some splen-
' did brawl
As .when one claimed one's verses to
excel -
The rhymes of Dante at the gates of
Hell, . . -
Are flung a challenge to the good
Saint Paul. .
Great were the maxims writ in debt
or's chalk.
While paradoxes glittered -through the
smoke.
Epigrams suckled at the breast
scorn
Crackled and mocked and slew.
of
O
Brilliant talk!
Had we the wit to write the things
we spoke
Few were the truths yet waiting to be
born!
New -Orleans Double Dealer.
THE CARAVAN
A New Hebrew Melody
By Martin Feinstein
The camels are leaving Jerusalem,
Swarthy Arabs are driving them,
And the tinkle of camel bells.
Rings in my dreams though the
world's between
Myself and the City I've never seen.
But O, where my whole heart dwells!
The camels come, softly stepping
down
The road that leaves the holy town,
Moving in single file. '
And my thoughts keep pace with the
caravan,
That's bound for Dimaschk or Hindu
stan, Or Cairo on the Nile;
Till the bells of the camels are heard
no more,
And the fall of their feet on the desert
floor
Is lost with the sight of them.
Then back to the hill-throned City I
ride.
With a song on my lips for my holy
bride,
My beloved; Jerusalem.
The Nation.
A ROAD IN IRELAND
By Charles L. O'Donnell
From Killybegs to Ardara is seven
Irish miles,
'Tis there the blackbirds whistle
and the mating cuckoos call.
Beyond the fields the green sea glints
above the heaven smiles
On all 'the. white boreens that thread
the glens of Donegal.
Along the roads what fee have passed, j
cuma tney dui ten tne story, i
Of ancient king and saint and bard.
the roads have known them
all ;
Lough Dergb, Doon-Well, Glen Col
cumcile, the names are yet a
glory, " -
'Tis harbor slips of Killybegs glis
tened with Spanish sail
The days Spain ventuher round the
world and held the half in
thrall '
And Ardara has writ her name in the
proud books of the Gael, '
Though sleep has fallen on them
now in dreaming Donegal.
Cloister and Other Poems.
WHEN I WAS IN BABYLON
. By Margaret C. Huggins
When I was Queen in Babylon
In Babylon, the old, the rare,
A thousand slaves, each day, I ween.
Did plunder diamonds for my hair
Chalcedony- rich merchandise
(Great opals, gold, to glad mine eyes
And many princes found me fair,
In Babylon, when i.was Queen.
When I was Queen in Babylon,
In Babylon, the old, the wise.
Cut emeralds blazed out their green
Upon my arms between my eyes
Ten slaves stood o'er me, with a fan
Of peacock plumes, from Turkestan
Mine ears were set with pearls of size
In Babylon, when I was Queen. ,
When I was Queen in Babylon,
In Babylon, the old, the white,
I was more fair than man hath seen
My robes flashed forth a golden light
Sapphires burned among ray curls.
And half a score of dancing girls
Capered for ever in my sight.
In Babylon, when I was Queen.
: ' ; N ''.'! ' ; !:
When I was Queen in Babylon,
I Babylon, the old, the great,
Men kept their knives and daggers'
t
keen,
For woe to him who earned my hate!
i Two snow-white leopards worked my -
Cn those whom I had deigned to kill
V ot enmmnnR none came late :
To Babylon, where I was .Queen!
When I was Queen in Babylon,
In Babylon, the old, the gay.
Kings kissed my jewelled sandals'
sheen.
Great chiefs bent humbly to my sway.
And if I chose to kill them all.
Twas done ran red my banquet-hall
(And none would dare to say me nay,
In Babylon forI was Queen!
From The Pulpit
Sermon by. Rev. Willis Pettibon'e
First Baptist Church
The Challenge of the Christ.
The words of our text, "If any man
willeth to do his will, he shall know
of the doctrine, whether it be of God,
or whether I speak of myself" (John
7:17) are a challenge to those who
doubt. It is a challenge to all to
the unbelievers who question the
claims of Christ as the Son of God,
and the only way of salvation for a
lost world; to the professed believer
who has doubts of God's love and wis
dom In his dealings with mankind.
The challenge of the Christ is a
challenge from one who knows the
way. He himself has blazed the trail
through the unknown and unknow
able wilds of the earthly journey.
"When the crowds were turning from
Christ because of his refusal to ac
cept their worldly homage, He said
to Peter, "Will ye also go away?"
Peter replied, "Lord, to whom, shall
we go. Thou alone hast the words of
eternal life." The untrodden path is
before us. The footprints of Jesus
alone show us the way. '
There are many sincere and honest
doubters who would give all they pos
sess to be sure that Christ is the way,
the truth and the life. In the chal
lenge of the text Christ promises to
do that very thing, to show to those
who will accept the challenge that
He is the Christ. ."If any man, He
says, "willeth, he shall know."
There are many who take their re
ligion on what other people "say. Mis
taking the science of religion, for re-
ligion itself, and the formal state -
ments of the creeds for the life of
God -in the soul, they later in life
swing away from the faith that has
not. been translated into action. The
brilliant English scholar, Je.orge John
Romanes, upon reaching the universi
ties, and coming in contact with mod
ern thought, lost all faith in the teach
ings of his childhood days. Years
passed, and a little volume of science
written by a missionary named Gu-
lick fell into" his hands. Romanes
wrote to Gulick, asking him how he
who believed in the supernatural could
make so valuable a contribution in the
field of pure science. Gulick replied
that he applied to the field of science
the same method he wa3 accustomed
to use in the domain of faith, "prov
ing all things through personal exper
ience.'' This was a new thought to
Romanes, the finding the claims of
religion true or false by a "trying out"
process. He began to realize that he
had started at the wrong end. He de
termined to seek God through obed
ience, through the loing of what was
declared to - be his will. Starting
with no confession cjf faith, but with
a very definite desire to do God's will,
he worked his way back into the clear
sunlight of a living faith- in a personal
Saviour. He wrote a treatise on re
ligion, the key-note of which is "Do
not think"; try."
To arrive 'at truth through purely
logical processes is to enter a blind
alley. Philosophers from time im
memorial have been trying to think
out a religion. But this contempla
tion of abstract principles has thus
far had little effect upon this weary,
sinsick old world of ours. One may
know the date and authorship of every j
book of the Bible, may be able to give j
the final word on every passage, but it
will be of no avail. If one would
i study Christianity, let him study It in
action. Long after these various books
have gone out of print, the lives of
such men as Paul, David Livingston
Father Damien, Wilfred Grenfell will
testify to the living truth of Chris
tianity.' Chrism's mightiest mjiracle
Is he who incarnate3 the Christ. Je
sus did not answer Pilate's question
if he were the Christ. He had a bo
ter answer. He WAS the the answer.
At the "World's Fair at Chicago an
engineer named Ferris noticed that
the engineering profession received
scant recognition. With this thought
in mind, he experimented and finally
built what his friends called a mechan
ical nightmare the Ferris wheel. The
day appointed for testing out the ma-'
chine arrived. A wind was blowing
at the rate of forty miles an hour,
and the suspended cars were swing
ing ominously. The inventor was ac
companied by , his wife. She, ' who
knew nothing of the law of mechanics
was willing to risk her life in the ex
periment of the first revolution be
cause she had faith in his creator. Up
they went through the whistling gale,
he with his technical belief, she with and the mutual friendliness inspired
her personal faith. But as they re-1 by the Conference was regarded as a
turned to earth and stepped from the j cause for rejoicing in the nations con
car, they possessed one faith, the faith ! cerned.
of experience. This was the metho.1
demanded by Thomas the so-calleJ ;
sceptic among Jesus' disciples, .le
sus did not reproach Thomas, for hs
was honest doubt. The Master bade
him draw nigh and thrust his finger
into the print of the nails. There is
no physical Christ today upon whom
such, a test can be made. But we
have the record of his life, we have
hig teachings in the Word of God. All
He asks is a sincere and earnest trial.
He desires an honest testing of his
claims. "If any man willeth . . ha
shall know."
Some one -who reads these lines
may say that challenge fits my case.
I have doubts, but I would like to
know the truth. But how can I as an
-1 ' 1 1 . w y-v 111 find
individual know the will of God cob-
cernlng my own wamauat me. -er-
haps an inciaeni in me experience ot
j a notea evangelist uiay give us an m-
sighf into the nature of the divme
will
A bright young man came to
i him and told him his life story of
drifting from thg things he once be
lieved until he had come to the place
where he was afraid to go on. The
evangelist asked him if he had no
faith at all. He said he still believed
some things, he still believed in God.
He was asked if he believed enough i
in Him ' to act on his belief, if he will scarcely be tasted. Watered vin
would be willing to speak to God. He j egar will serve the purpose if you have
(Continued on page five.) no orange or lem$n at hand.
The Woman's Column.
By Florence Rlddick-Boys.
HOME
I once heard a denizen of a large
city say, "The way to learn to apprec
iate the country is to live in a city.'
So it is by the lack of things, that we
grow to appreciate their value. Ap
propriately, ' it was , John . Howard
Payne, the homeless wanderer on the
face of the earth, who wrote "Home.
Sweet Home."
And is there a sweeter iavention
than Home? Away back in the cave
man days, the place of refmge, the
shelter, the resort of the best beloveds
must have had its charms and its sen
timents. As "blood is thicker than
water," so the dwelling place of those
who belong to you is the dearest spot
on earth.
To appreciate It to the uttermost
try staying away from . home foj
awhile. The chief beauty of going
away on a trip is the coming home
Home, to the returning on looks fa?
more beautiful than anything he ha?
seen on his journey. He feele like
falling on his knees and kissing the
doorsill as Columbus and his sailors
did when they first put foot on land
after their long journey. There is no
more poignant suffering than the pains
of nostalgia homesickness. The
word comes from the Greek words
"nostos," a return home, and "algos"
pain. It is defined in the dictionary :
as. " a severe and sometimes fatal
form of melancholia due to homesick
ness. None of us ever knew of any-
4 - one really dying of it, but most of
us have gone through the pangs of the
acute stag when we though we would
succumb.
The severest onslaught of this mal
ady comes to the youth for the first
time away from home. Many of our
boys and girls are suffering from it
now in the first months at college. But
it is like many another disease from
which we suffer, after the first at
tack, it never is so severe again. Our
your.;; people will weather it' throu'i
somehow, and then come home for the
holidays with the keenest zest. But
before ten days are over, they will be
counting the hours until they can re
turn to the beloved school. Never
thereafter will the home of their par
ents Ibe quite the same. They will be
henceforth semi-detached until they
settle In homes of their own. "
And the building of the new home,
how sweet he task! To prepare a "
place which lovers twain may call
their own. With what joy and hope do
they gather together their belongings,
as the birds assemble the straws for
the nest. It may be but a rpom or
two, but if the spirit is there, it is
home.
It Is the place the wife delights to
keep sweet and clean and comfortable,
for hers the task to keep the home
fires burning It Is the place the man
delights to provide for and to return
to at close of day.
One of the pleasant features) of the
snappy weather of autmun, its its
driving of the family indoors together
around the cozy hearth. Well may
Thanksgiving and home festivals be
In the fall. It is then that the family
is most conscious of their need of one
another and of home. -
Home, Sweet 1 Home the place
where true hearts together meet what
life may bring; where babes are fed
and loved and guarded . in safety:
where little ones play and grow and
develop; where young people bring
their friends; where expanding char
acters re-stock on wholesomeness;
where middle age reaps the rewards
of labor in comfort and satisfaction:
where the old rest. There is nothing
like it, no place so dear as Home,
Sweet Home.
WOMAN-I-TORIALS
Why the Federated Clubf
Mrs. B. B. Clark, of Red Oak, Iowa,
gives this answer: "The union of all
who love in the service of all who suf
fer." Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt has ac
cepted the Presidency of the Pan
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Women, the organiza
tion which grew out of the Pan-Ameri-acn
Conference of women held in Bal
timore last spring. When the dele
gates from Canada and South Ameri-
ca returned to their homes, each of
I these was received with enthusiasm
In Novemiber, when the blasts are
chilling, and the trees are bare, ro
mance drops away from the heart and
we see realities undisguised. We cet
down to rock bottom ia our thoughts
and see plain, simple truths as they
are. . . '
But, in naked verities, life is still,
beautiful. We find the substance of
it sweet and rich. We are tbanfelul
then for fundamentals, for it is the
simplest things that are the most
worth while after all.
For food, for- shelter, for warmth,
for health, for work,; for love and for .
the fun of living we are thankful.
WHAT TO DO
When Castor Oil is needed. Young
babies will take castor oil nicely if the
nose is held and the spoon tipped well
back Into' the throat so it will be
swallowed quickly. Sprinkle a little
sugar on tongue immediately so baby
will get pleasant taste and swallow
freely. -
For older children and odults. 1.
Have mouth cold as possible from cold
drink. Take sup of orange or lemon
juice, then oil, then orange or lemon
Juice immediately and then the oil