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THE PROTEST AGAINST THE ROOSETEXT
MDI.
Professional humanitarians may
sometimes be too awfully mild, pitiful
and humane to permit them the use
of their customary good sense -when
dealing with their favorite topic of
kindness to animals. It Is an Instance
confirmtngwhat the great Shakespeare
says when he observes that "goodness
grows to a plurisy" (not pleurisy), and
"dies In Its own too much."
Our Humane Society of Oregon Is
disposed to second and support the
protest that comes from similar so
cieties in other states against the
Intention of President Roosevelt to go
to Africa on a hunting expedition for
"big game. Objection is made to use
less slaughter of helpless creatures:
against which so distinguished a man
as Theodore Roosevelt ought to set
the humane influence of wise example,
instead of participating In such acts
of cruelty himself.
We permit the hunting of big game
at home, in this, our enlightened land:
and we do our best at all seasons of
the year to kill noxious animals
wherever we find them. We have
open seasons, moreover, for killing all
descriptions of wild birds and ani
mals. Our state is Just about to enact
a law to promote the ruthless slaugh
ter of coyotes, and everybody Is at all
times encouraged to kill Jack rabbits--both
for sport and pastime and for
protection of crops and gardens.
No civilized country forbids this
form of sport; yet The Oregonlan will
admit for itself that it doesn't Quite
see why there should be so much
fondness for it. We have trapped the
beaver out of existence, have almost
annihilated the elk, and have reduced
the deer kind to rare specimens ln
our woods. One gooa result nas come
from this destruction, namely, we
diminish the number of bears, cou
gars. Jaguars, ounces, pards. coyotes
and wolves, by cutting off the supply
of the animals they prey upon though
indeed one does, dislike to see our
pheasants and other birds extermi
nated, as a means of starving out the
skunks and wildcats. However, it la
always a strife for balance of the two
forces of nature: and the bears and
wolves and skunks and wildcats, cut
oft from their supply of food by ex
termination of game by our hunters
and sportsmen, become more trouble
some to our poultry end to our sheep
folds; and noxious and Innoxious ani
mals therefore must perish together,
till like the few remaining deer and
bears and buffaloes the last specimens
are preserved in private or public
parks, here and there.
But Roosevelt likes to hunt big
game, and Is going to Africa to find
it. He doesn't care for shooting ducks
or rabbits. His nature is such that
In him "it more stirs the blood to
rouse the Hon than to start the hare."
He goes to And lions and tigers and
hippopotami, animals not specially
friendly to man. As for the elephant,
it is all but extinct. Sources of our
Ivory now are guncotton or papier
mache. Rut our humanitarians seem
to think it terrible cruelty to kill Hons
and tigers? Why not also let the
rattlesnake of Oregon alone? He
only obeys his natural instincts. God
must have intended all these animals
to live, or he wouldn't have placed
them on the earth. But man has
other ideas about them. Or perhaps
some of our people have mistaken
God's Intent.
Man is In a struggle "with Nature,
always. He Is not guided at all times
by a very high intelligence; but he
knows that It is his business on the
earth to exterminate his enemies. He
likes to kill, too. Just for the delight
of killing. It is "sport" for him. If
he has deer or pheasants In his own
enclosures he will protect them. But
If they are anybody's property he
wants them. He takes wild animals
and birds of passage, wherever he
can get them. And fish, too. Some
don't care for the sport. Others there
still are who expect to lay In their
supply of Winter's meat. Still others
like Theodore Roosevelt, like to hunt
"big game." The element of adventure
and of danger is as exhilarating as the
charge up the slopes of San Juan Hill.
As to noxious and destructive ani
mals, it is not the business or duty
of man to protect them, but to destroy
them. It is a very practical business.
It is part of the necessary (work of
Man's triumph over Nature: and the
ends of humanity are served, not by
sparing such creatures but by destroy
ing them. Look on this picture, which
we And in one of Huxley's essays:
A tigress carried oT an unfortunata In
dian villager as a cat may carry oft
mouse without dolnr th man any mortal'
Injury. Tracked to her lair In tha J untie,
tiie brute was een to et down tha ha;f
dlsabled raptlT-e before her cubs, who com
menced mumbling; and mauling- him to th
best of their Infantine ability, while th
tender mother complacently watched their
rlumsr efforts to deal with tha bis; (am
he had brousnt boms. But If tha man.
driven desperate, succeeded for a moment
In beating- eff hi small tormentor and
.rawllne away a few yards, a judiciously
administered grip with tha thoughtful
parent's stron Jaws, or a cuff from her
heavy and sharp-clawed paw, at one re
duced the victim to a stata In which th
-ub could safely resuma their worrying
and scratching.
A ball from a rifle of large caliber
ended this touching scene of natural
instinct and motherly love. The love
of a mother for her offspring Is a
very beautiful thing but apart from
man there is no morality In Nature,
and our friends who call it "Inhuman"
to slay wild beasts fail to think the
subj.-ct out. Killing merely for sport
some may, indeed many do, deplore;
but it is not inconsistent with the gen
eral sense of mankind, and Judging
from the long historical past, it is
not likely ever to be so regarded. But
torture of animals, even of ferocious
animals. Is matter of another kind.
Universal humanity protests against
It. Even the cock fight and the bull
fight, based on the combative spirit
of animals, provoked for the amuse
ment of man. are not tolerated In a
highly developed .moral civilisation.
But, admitting man's.right to kill ani
mals that would destroy him, what
right has he, on the doctrine of our
so-called humane societies, to take the
life of any Inoffensive animal? What
right has he to take the life of a sheep,
to keep hlmslf from starvation? What
right but the right of Nature, which
Is the right of the strongest, for sur
vival of the fittest?
SPECIMEN BRICKS.
Mr. Fitzgerald, a deputy in the of
five of the District Attorney of Multno
mah County, Is at Salem, to urge that
his salary be Increased from $1800
to $3000 a year, because he has so
many arduous labors to perform,
iwhlch keep him late at night, and de
prive him of the benefit of tired
nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep.
Yet we doubt whether "he would sleep
better if he had the 13000. Indeed
there Is reason to believe he would
sleep less. Observe that he Isn't
working so hard at his official duties,
night and day, that he hasn't time to
go to Salem, and lobby for more pay.
Besides, If he is overworked and
underpaid, what Is to hinder Mr. Fitz
gerald from tendering his resignation?
Is there any statute that compols him
to do this work for insufficient pay
and with loss of sleep? Or is he
"doing time" under a sentence of some
court? These are interesting In
quiries. This application for more
pay is a type of many more; indeed
of all the rest. The Legislature is
beset day and night by these people,
who want "more." But there Is noth
ing under the sun to prevent them
from seeking "more," in private em
ployments, and getting it, too, if they
have the energy. Industry and ability.
One and all they are trying to "milk
the state," and to get something
not merely something, but something
big for nothing. It Is a problem for
the committees of appropriations, and
of ways and means.
The beggary Is shameless; Its
schemes are infinite. Here, for an
other example, is a proposition to cre
ate the office of State Fire Warden.
He Is to receive a salary of $3000 a
year, and is to have an expensive
office and office force, with an Infi
nite or unknown number of deputies
and clerks all paid out of the State
Treasury, or less directly by the pub
lic. It seems that neither the owners
of property nor the Insurance compa
nies are able to take care of their own
interests. The one sort want their
property to burn, the other sort want
to pay the losses; and to prevent dis
aster we must have a state bureau,
composed of a lot of office-seekers,
who know nothing at all about the
business, but want the Job. They
who own property and pay taxes
ought easily to pay $15,0(10 to $20,000
a year to support these parasites; who
invent this job, because they are too
worthless to work, and know that as
common beggars they would be turned
down.
These are but instances. Ab duo
bus disce omnes. Appropriations
asked for new schemes or for exten
sions of old ones, are infinite in num
ber, and in amount beyond compu
tation. It seems that the state is ex
pected to support everything and
everybody. But we believe the Legis
lature wishes to be mode-ate and rea
sonable. Great pressure comes on the
heads of committees. A day of prayer
for their support and for increase of
their strength might not be out of
place or time. O, the Heavens! the
multitude of these people who want
to live and fatten upon the state, and
are perfectly shameler-s about it! They
are of the class who are too proud to
work, but to beg they are not
ashamed!
PLAINT OF A SOCIALIST.
Inasmuch as the people calling
themselves Socialists are unable to
agree among themselves as to what
constitutes a genuine dyed-in-the-wool,
name-blown-in-the-bottle Social
ist, it is perhaps pardonable in The
Oregonlan if It falls to draw a line line
of distinction between the different
classes. In a communication printed
elsewhere Mr. William Isensee takes
exceptions to comment made In this
paper on "our real leisure class." Mr.
Isensee questions the propriety of call
ing people Socialists "because they say
themselves that they are." There is
in some respects a distinction- without
a difference between socialism and
communism. The basic principle of
each is tho abolition of inequalities In
the possession of property. Kach has
In view a complete reconstruction of
our social system. There Is a strik
ing similarity in the dictionary defini
tions of tho two words. Of "social
Ism" Webster explains: "The word,
however, is used with a great variety
of meaning even by economists and
learned critics."
The Oregonlan applied the term
"socialist" to people who say they are
socialists and to those who are advo
cates of the doctrines of socialism as
defined and understood by "economists
and learned critics." The "sentimental
nonsense" which Mr. Isensee asserts Is
taught at the Sunday schools has no
direct bearing on the matter. The
text for Mr. Isensee's criticism was
The Oregonlan's favorable comment
on the honest, hard-working citizens
who by Industry and thrift In" early
life had amassed a competency which
permitted them to spend their declin
ing years lr ease at the southern
health resorts.
"Now," says Mr. Isensee, "If they
would really spend the money they
had accumulated, no Socialist would
say anything about It even if he had
not earned It, because there Is an
enormous natural wealth which is
In existence without anybody do
ing anything, and anybody who
has the Intelligence to appropri
ate a part of this natural wealth
and use It for his or her ben
efit, is entirely welcome to It.. All hu
man beings ought to have a share of
it. But most of them do not spend
their wealth there. They do not
spend the money they have earned or
accumulated; they only spend the In
terest or income therefrom,"
From this it would seem that the
worst offense of our leisure class is
their refusal to spend all of the money
that they have amassed during years
of hard labor and privations. The
capital should go with the Interest;
then If sickness or unexpected re
verses occur, instead of a peaceful. In
dependent old age at the health resort,
the "real leisure class" can Join the
socialists and make a raid on some
other hard-working, thrifty man who
has not been spending his principal
along with the Interest. In the opin
ion of Mr. Isensee, Mr. James J. Hill
is today the greatest and best indus
trial socialist we have in the United
States. "That man troubles his mind
how the millions of people will be fed
and clothed in the future."
With all due respect to Mr. Hill, he
has never allowed the food and cloth
ing of the people of the future to lead
him far enough Into the path of so
cialism to cease his unremitting labors
for the creation of more millions than
he can ever spend, even in a quiet life
at a health resort. And yet he gives
liberally to the needy, and the same
can be said of many other millionaires,
some of whom secured their wealth by
questionable means and some by
strictly honorable business methods.
Mr. Isensee says that "whenever
two or more men or women unite in
an industrial enterprise, either as part
ners, stockholders or shareholders,
for their mutual benefit, there is the
beginning of socialism, crude and Im
perfect as It may be." This, If true,
woufd make the Standard Oil Com
pany an "industrial enterprise" in
which Rockefeller, Rogers, Flagler
and others united "as partners, stock
holders or shareholders," an Ideal so
cialistic undertaking. On the whole,
we think The Oregonlan's interpreta
tion of socialism will measure up "fa
vorably with that of our critic.
A CTOPtAN SUGGESTION.
The trouble with the educational
Institutions of Oregon is that they
have grown up without a plan. They
are situated where they are because at
one time and another Interested per
sons have wanted them there for their
private advantage. The public wel
fare has never been -onsldered in lo
cating them. This is Just as true of
the University and Agricultural Col
lege as It Is of th Normal Schools.
None of the rlans ror solving the
everlasting Normal School question go
to the root of the matter. To do that
the University and Agricultural Col
lege would have to be included. Large
as the sum Is which has been spent on
these schools for buildings and equip
ment, the state would gain financially
by throwing It all overboard and
grouping Its schools under a careful
plan at some one place. A saving in
buildings, equipment, salaries and in
cidentals would thus be .effected,
which in a short time would more than
make up all that had been sacrificed.
This suggestion" Is made, not with any
hope that it will ever be followed,
but merely for the pleasure of con
trasting a little common sense with
the routine vvhich has heretofore been
fpllcwed and which will not be aban
doned. (
A scheme to group the schools
under a common control at some cen
tral point would not be In any sense a
blow at education. Of course the
places which were to lose their par
ticular institutions would thus Inter
pret the change, but nobody else
would. In reality, education would
gain by it. The total sum now frit
tered away In maintaining several
Schools feebly would endow a single
one amply. It would provide a strong
faculty, a great library, good labora
tories and convenient buildings. What
rational excuse Is there for maintain
ing a faculty at Eugene and another
at Corvallls to teach substantially the
same studies with a corresponding du
plication of buildings and equipment?
Why should there be Normal Schools
separate from the University? Why
not provide a corps of teachers quali
fied for Normal Instruction and let
them teach their classes in the Univer
sity buildings? If tne buildings are
not large enough, it would be cheaper
to enlarge them than to build new
plants.
TRYING TO HANDICAP PORTLAND.
Advices from Salem indicate that
Portland, as usual, must make a hard
fight to prevent the 'passage of commerce-hampering
pilotage laws and to
secure legislation admitting of Im
provement In the service at the mouth
of the river. Portland has spent mil
lions in the improvement of the river
and to aid in facilitating shipping.
The economies resulting from this ex
penditure have reduced freight rates,
thus increasing the profits of every
producer in the Willamette Valley and
Eastern Oregon. In this, work of
deepening the river and Improving the
pilotage and tug service, Portland has
received no financial support from lo
calities beyond the Port of Portland
limits. That such support from local
ities which were sharing with Port
land in the benefits from this expendi
ture has-been withheld is unjust, but
it has In no manner Influenced Port
land to abandon the work.
Tho early builders of the city se
lected this port because It was at the
farthest point Inland at which ocean
vessels could load and discharge
cargo. Their successors have main
tained its early prestige., Regardless
of expense, continued improvements
will be made to meet the ever-changing
requirements of commerce. Port
land is earning on this work uncom
plainingly. We are taxing our people
to provide a tug and pilot Bervice at
the entrance of the river in order that
the service may be improved and the,
expense lessened. Nine-tenths of the'
ocean tonnage entering the river
comes to Portland to load and dis
charge, and nineteen-twentieths of
the ocean commerce of the river is
handled by Portland capital.
With these facts in view. It seems
strange and unfair that at eyery ses
sion of the Legislature Portland is
obliged to send a loDby of business
men to Salem either to aid In prevent
ing the passage of legislation directed
against the port or to secure the pas
sage of laws which on their merits
should be passed without opposition.
Thanks to the vigilance of Represent
ative Campbell, of Clackamas County,
a fair-weather passage of one of the
most pernicious of these anti-Portland
measures that has yet appeared was
arrested Thursday before it had com
pleted Its voyage through both
houses. The main point in connection
with this Astoria opposition to Port
land regulation of pilotage and towage
matters Is that Portland, handling
("practically all. of the business that
passes in and out of the Columbia
River, and being held responsible for
any shortcomings In the service at
any point between Portland. and the
sea, should have a voice in the regu
lation of this service in keeping with
her Interest therein.
Aside from this feature of the mat
ter, every improvement In the service
on the bar, either in pilotage or tow
age, must help Astoria proportionately
as it helps Portland and tho territory
served from this. city. Portland is
paying the bills and handling the
business, and it has and can prove
the ability to get better results than
can be secured by persons or ports
having only a slight interest in the
matter. Portland has grown in size
and strength since the late Captain
Flavel with a paid lobby so success
fully maintained his pilotage and tow
age monopoly at the entrance of the
river; the tail no longer wags the dog.
Mene Keshoi, a young Eskimo, who
is the sole survivor of a band
brought to New tork by Peary in
1S95, is studying civil engineering In
New York. As soon as he finishes his
education he will start on a polar ex
pedition of his own. That he Is per
fectly familiar with the manner In
which twentieth-century polar expedi
tions are conducted Is shown by his
statement that the present explorers
"lit out comfortable ships and stay in a
comfortable harbor until Spring, and
then make a dash to see how far they
can get. When the Summer Is over
they start back home, and when they
return, write books and magazine ar
ticles." Keeshol will vary the monot
ony f this type of polar search by
going as far as he can each year and
making a permanent camp, from
which he will start the following year,
and by this method he seems confident
that he can reach the long-sought
northern will-o'-the-wlep.
The refusal of Attorney-General
Bonaparte to appear before the Senate
committee . on Judiciary and explain
the Tennessee Coal & Iron deal can
not fall to excite adverse criticism. It
was a transaction of National import
ante. If it was conducted in accord
ance with law, there is no reason
for concealing the particulars from
the public. The mere fact that
neither the President nor his Atftr-ney-General
has shown a willingness
to have the affair thoroughly ventil
ated will cause a far greater commo
tion than anything which the investi
gation would bring to light.
A man who has been growing fruit
In Oregon for thirty years has moved
to Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and
proposes to introduce Hood River
methods In apple-growing. He is
nearly three-score years,, but has the
optimism of the West, and will show
his neighbors how he can get as much
for a box of apples as they get for a
barrel. Proximity to the big markets
Is in his favor, and it is safe to say
his old ago is assured from want. It
is also safe to say he will get heart
sick at times for a sight of the moun
tain and river and the timber line.
In support of the enormously in
creased cost of the Health Officer's de
partment as compared with the eco
nomical administration of Dr. Wheel
er the present IncumDent asserts that
Dr. Wheeler's statistics were improp
erly kept. The Increased cost of the
office amounts to several hundred dol
lars per month, a sum which would
employ a large number of statisticians
If that Is what the city needs when
it employs a health officer.
Ike Stephenson, who spent over
$100,000 .to get the primary nomina
tion for Senator in Wisconsin and
got it has escaped investigation by
the Wisconsin Legislature, which has
decided to let the matter of his cam
paign expenses drop. Stephenson is
Wisconsin's great producer, and nat
urally they don't want to worry him.
The "home talent" among the Cen
tral and Southern Oregon lawyers
ought to be strongly In favor of Sena
tor Kellaher's bill, which is Intended
to keep Judge Webster In Portland
instead of permitting him to spend so
much of his time on private legal busi
ness in remote parts of the state.
Mr. Shanahan should 'read closely
the news as printed. Mr. Roosevelt
did not ride one horse ninety-seven
miles. He had twenty-mile relays
and thus returned to the city with
the animal on which he left. The only
"Inhumanity" was to himself, and he
can stand a lot of that.
Governor-elect Cosgrove has started
north to take the oath of office. Sev
eral hundred expectant office-seekers
will start for home soon after Cos
grove's arrival, for the offices in
Washington, as in Oregon, have never
been equal to the number of men who
wanted them.
The Northwest Sabbath Associa
tion, whose petition for a "proper" ob
servance of the Lord's day will be sent
to the Legislature, makes too fine a
distinction in stopping everything else.
They should include streetcars, for
those who desire can walk to church.
Ten dollars a day pay, four-dollar
rooms and one-dollar meals for Demo
crats who are members of tho Oregon
Commission at the Seattle Fair, and
think of the Republicans who should
be spending that money! The world
feels cold on the outside!
Another of those timely vetoes by
Mayor Lane came yesterday, when he
refused to sign the ordinance appro
priating $3000 to remove the snow
from the streets. Fine Judgment to
stop payment before the Chinook pre
sents its bill.
The frolics of the rich make the
virtues of the poor. The nasty details
of the latest London scandal but serve
to show that Idle time is the most ex
pensive thing a woman may have,
unless It be a French maid who wants
to tell.
. Mr. Hopkins, people's choice for
Senator in Illinois, continues to be shy
about fifteen votes at Springfield. In
these days of Statement No. 1, and the
like, it Is well enough not to overlook
the Legislature.
The deadly overhead wire continues
to levy its tribute now and then. But
then we suppose it would be hazard
ous to put the wires underground on
account of the danger of earthquakes.
Now the Northwest Sabbath Asso
ciation wants no theaters, ball games
or other amusements on Sunday. The
Northwest Sabbath Association should
call In a permanent snow storm.
"Joseph Letter," the news dispatches
say, "was today successfully operated
on for appendicitis." And about
$5000, more or less.
The Cuban Congress Is going to
raise the salaries of all members from
$300 to $400 per month. Cuba is ob
viously civilized.
It being Senator Albee's first session,
perhaps he looked for too much.
FIRST STEPS IN NEWSPAPERDOTt
DIsconraKtmeot of One Toung Man
Knocking at th Gate.
PORTLAND. Jan. 19. (To the Editor.)
It la not so much yourself to whom I
would address myself, as others in the
newspaper business, who may read a
statement such as this In your far
reaching publication, and who may be
favored with a more generous amount
of time to think over a matter that is
comparatively unimportant.
It happens that I wish to be a writer
at least In later years, and to that end
I have advertised in "want ad" columns
of The Oregonlan. By this medium I
have secured several Interviews with
men who run newspapers and if I am
not Imposing, I should like to tell of an
experience or two.
One gentleman I recall In particular,
who had an Immense Inclination to pull
me along, up the steps of a train en
route to his town and paper, only to
push me back again with the chill In
formation that whatever the sins and
Imperfections of his man might be, he
must have an expert proofreader. A
person Is not apt to be any sort oT a
proofreader at 20, let alone an expert.
Neither grammar nor high schools teach
It, so far as I am aware. It Is probably
a fact that very few "expert", proof
readers have learned by a correspond
ence course. The learning of the art
shrouds Itself in profound darkness. One
would Judge from the inaccessibility of
any practice in It, that proofreading is
indeed one of the occult sciences, and
that at some Himalayan Initiation It is
conferred on the mystic candidate, a
full-blown art. Away from this dark
some view, the only route to proofread
ing, one would suspect, is to proof-read
say at a printers' or preferably at a
newspaper.
Another very courteous and presum
ably veay Influential gentleman of this
city, recently talked to me, and inci
dentally told mme much that will do me
good. "Efficiency is what this world
demands," he told me. and at the words
"this world" unintentially gave a short
glance about his office. "This world Is
not cold-blooded, boy, but it wants effi
ciency and cares not how much medioc
rity It upsets in its effort to secure it";
or, with words to that effect, he contin
ued, and also told me of other matters
more specific I trust he sees this, and
again from this medium accepts my
thanks for the Interview.
At the risk of appearing falsely con
fident, I will offer a mhior criticism on
these same newspaper 'men who have
talked to me. They are usually capable
of grasping and speaking Intelligently
on wonderfully diverse subject matter,
but I cannot understand their sympa
thetic and almost patronizing attitude
toward a stenographer. They associate
with the term "stenographer" the ideas
of "machine" and mechanical." Up
to the present writing I have repressed
myself from explaining how It Is that a
good stenographer can no longer be good
if he dares become as mechanical as the
average salesman, clergyman or actor.
Approximately speaking, is It not the
same trend of mind classifying stenog
raphy with . mechanlcalness that asso
ciates a wronged heroine, a che-yilde
and stage snow with the once beautiful
"Flower Song" of Lange?
But the foregoing Is, as I said, a minor
criticism. There Is a great anomalous
convolution in the brain of the news
paper man who has the employing to do;
and that certain convolution has been
in a state of aberration so long that
undoubtedly it feels quite natural. It
was caused by his preaching that the
greatest lights In Journalism, as well as
in other lines of endeavor, learned In no
other school but that of experience, and
that experience practical, not school
experiences even at this day moulds
the master In each line of activity. You
will note that I spout the Identical
phraseology of the newspaper preacher.
What further helped to set the way
ward convolution toward the line of the
moon's Influence, was the refusal of the
newspaper publisher to employ any one
young enough to need experience. They
would not take anyone who' had not
made considerable progress In some
other line of work, and consequently to
whom newspaper work meant a second
"beginning." Even the word has a
warping Influence on the manlla envelope.
The city papers, for excellent reasons,
will not employ a young writer If he have
no experience on some country dally.
For which a city publisher cannot be
blamed. The country publishers, on the
other hand, do not conceal their desire
to secure men with practical city experi
ence. It helps eliminate from their pa
pers much that is thought of in connec
tion with rural publications. And they
certainly are to be commended for their
effort.
And as the peaceful, happy moments
roll, the new man Is to commence where?
Youra very truly,
HENRY SCHAEFFER.
The new man is to begin at the bottom,
where the great army of newspaper men
got their start. This correspondent has
ambition to become a writer. His letter
Indicates that he has the making of one.
Singularly he does not make use of the
word "reporter." Perhaps It did not
occur to him, and' therein may lie the
k cause that led to barren results from his
want advertisement.
All city newspapers want young men;
those with college training, as a rule,
have the preference. The local staff Is
always full and there Is always a waiting
list; it is too much for an applicant to
expect a Job the day he applies. He will
do well If he gets a place on tha extra
list within a month. A young man In
Chicago now holding a $75-a-week desk
position tells that he hung around six
weeks waiting for his first assignment,
and received for it $1.50.
Sooner or later, the novice is certain
to get a tryout. If he has the news In
stinct and knows how to write a news
story, he will have permanent employ
ment. His advancement will be In pro
portion to his efficiency. Meantime, he
has ample opportunity to equip himself
for higher work.
The reason why the city newspaper
Inclines to prefer the country reporter as
against the Inexperienced city man Is
that presumably he Is an all-around man,
having come into touch with the various
sources of news and knowing what con
stitutes news. In "the city where he will
specialize, he will develop his power to
put news stories into attractive literary
form. The city newspaper wants men
familiar with the history, traditions, hab
its and especially the spirit of the field
in which it circulates: yet It also wants
young men from other sections of the
land. Their aims and Ideals, forming a
union with those of their adopted state,
bring about a most happy combination.
The young novice whose ambition Is to
become a newspaper writer must have a
little patience. He can't force an open
ing, but the chances are good for begin
ning as a reporter. With his foot on the
lowest rung, the height to which he rises
lies with him.
The First Thought.
Baltimore American.
"The first time he went out in his new
auto he ran across a few friends, and"
"Did they leave families?"
Bryan Getting Into Touch.
Washington Star.
Mr. Bryan sp.ys he hopes he will not
have to run In 1912. This shows that
he Is developing a faculty for getting
Into touch with public sentiment.
What Csrnegle Knows.
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
At least this much may be said for
Mr. Carnegie's views oil the tariff
he knows when he has enough.
1 WHY DID SOME Stuuui r ajll, 1 .wi. r .
Composition Contest Disclosed Weak
Spot In Portland School.
PORTLAND. Jan. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) The contest in composition writ
ing by the pupils and students of the
city schools, inaugurated by The Ore
gonlan, has given much public Infor
mation, relative to .literary work that
Is done, or that ought to be done. The
selection of "Ben Hur," as a subject
was very apropos. It demanded that
principals and teachers should re-read
this beautiful story, so as to put be
fore pupils and students tho salient
features. In fact, it made Ben Hur
copies In demand among pupils of the
schools. This Is of itself a stimulus
for good reading. The simple story was
easy to reproduce, but the deductions
from the teachings of the Christ have
to be supplied by Instruction by prin
cipals and teachers. No doubt, this
point figured In making- the awards,
since this. would show the originality
of the compositions.
The Oregonlan has accomplished a
composition contest in the schools for
public Information and has given the
successful competitors the opportunity
to see the living story with its proper
deductions.- The Oregonlan has done
more: It has inaugurated the first com
position contest in. the city schools,
whereby patrons ana citizens can esti
mate the teachings of this particular
subject of the school curriculum.
The two high schools, whero compo
sition writing Is a Bpeeial feature,
made a .very creditable showing. So
did, the .Catholic schools, but a better
record was expectfed from the elemen
tary schools, as a whole. Very credi
table showing was made by 14 ele
mentary schools, with attendance ran
ging from 400 to 800, notably Brooklyn,
Clinton Kelly, Falling, Hawthorne,
Highland, Holladay, Irving-ton, Ladd.
North Central, Shattuck, Stephens, Sun
nyside, Williams-avenue and Wood
lawn. These schools virtually captured
all of the awards.
There being more than 30 elementary
schools, the natural inquiry is: "what
is the matter with the remaining ele
mentary schools?"
Among the schools that failed to win
any recognition three have attendance
that ranges from 400 to 800 are Ports
mouth, Ockley Green. Thompson, Atkin
son, Kerns, Montavllla, Mt. Tabor, Ver
non, Aiieta and Chapman. The Shaver,
Lents, Holman, Stilwood and Couch,
having attendance that ranges from
350 to 750, won one reward each. Da
vis school with an attendance of 100
won one reward. Other schools with
attendance ranging from 150 to 250
Ainsworth, Creston, Glencoe, Peninsu
lar, South Mt. Tabor, Terwllllger, and
Woodstock drew blanks in the contest.
The Oregonlan has brought before
the public by this contest, a failure In
many schools to develop In pupils what
Is so much needed In active life. - A
semi-annual contest of this kind would
awaken the dormant prlncipuls and
teachers and bring them to face the
exigencies of short teaching, since the
public omission of their schools from
the list of winners would not be credi
table showing to their patrons, nor to
the public in general.
The course of studies for the ele
mentary schools prescribes language
and composition. The Importance of
this branch of work has been frequent
ly Impressed on principals and teachers
by the City Superintendent, since his
Incumbency.' E. M. EDGAR. ,
NAPOLEON'S FINERY.
The Elegant Stuff, Now Brought to
View, That Never Was I'sed.
Lettw, Detroit Free Press.
Among the many curious museums in
which Paris is rich the one called tha
Garde Meuble has a unique Interest. A
visit to its galleries makes one feel as if
one had touched hands with dead kings
and queens. It is the most intimate col
lection of Its size in all Europe.
The reason Is that it contains a multi
tude of objects which were in personal
use by the dead and gone rulers of Franco
clothing, toilet articles, furniture and all
sorts of personal belongings. There are.
more than ' 1000 articles In tlie collec
tion, most of them not only interesting
but beautiful and costly as well.
' All these things are arranged historical
ly so that one sees together the belong
ings of Louis XIV., of Louis XV., of
Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, of Na
poleon, of Louis Philippe, of Napoleon III.
and Empress Eugenie, and finally ex
amples of furnishings used under the
present republic.
Not long ago the directors of the mu
seum decided to take an Inventory of its
tfoasiire "not n thirrl Of which are OD
public exhibition. Many of them haveV
been hoarded careruliy so careiuuy, n
appears, that the very existence of some
of them had been forgotten, for an in
teresting discovery has been made in one
of the houses whero the overflow is
stored.
This is a collection of materials In silk,
velvet and brocade of the greatest mag
nificence, which were ordered In 1SU by
Napoleon I. for the refurnishing of the
great chateau at Versailles, unoccupied
since the tragio departure of Marie An
toinette. Napoleon had been living In the Trianon
across the park from the grand chateau,
but decided that he was cramped there
and that, he would reign at the huge
palace in a splendor not second to that
with which Louis XIV. had tilled it. So
he sent orders to tho silk and velvet mer
chants of Lyons for immense quantities
of costly fabrics for hangings, upholster
ing, and so forth.
The idea was a trlfflo too late. The war
with Russia came soon, and tho next two
years were spent on 100 battlefields In
stead of In silk-hung cliateaus. In April,
1S14, Napoleon abdicated and all the gor
geous materials have lain in obscurity for
almost a century.
The iMnt Squeak.
Newbcrg Graphic.
In the last state campaign a number
of Republican candidates for the Leg
islature rode Into office by signing
Statement No. I. but this was the
first shovel of dirt In the digging of
their political graves. The last blub
bering obsequies were performed Mon
day, when they endeavored to pull
themselves from the mire by explana
tions, before casting their votes for a
Democrat.
Why She Needed No Bracelet.
New York Sun.
The Venus of Milo explained.
"Pulled 'em off hanging on car
straps," she said briefly.
Thirs we learn that beauty does not
always obtain a seat.
Tatty Lavey.
rpatrlck Lavey Is tho Tom Richardson of
Vancouver. Wash.
Do yes molnd the great commotion
Do yez hear that rushln' sound
Lllie a cyclone that'B In motion
From the clnter all around?
Arrah, thin. I'll tell the rayson
Tts the shtartln' av the sayson
Wuln to knock" will be High Trayson
In this town.
Och, It's Lavey! Lavey! Laveyl
He's the laddie-buck for mo
How he does the trick so nately,
Sure, 'tis more than I can see.
But he's wakin' u-j Vancouver
Till she's lively as can be,
' And the secret av it all is Patsy Lavey!
Sure, 'tis quare to see the antics
That the ould town's cuttln un.
(It will drive thlm mossbacks frantic
But they'll have to drink .their cup.)
Musha, lads, we'll have a city
Folne an' large an' rich' an' pretty.
If we'll all be brave an' gritty,
And buck up.
Och, It's Lavey! Lavey! Lavey!
Dlvil wan av us can say
What that lnterprizln' spalpeen
Will be up to, anny way.
But there's wan thing sure entolrely.
He is comin" here to stay.
For welil niver, niver part wld Patsy
Lavey!
Vancouver Dally 'Columbian. '
ChlenRo's I. litest Movement for Banish
ing Mental Ills and Worrie. .
Chicago Tribune.
A psychic rest room, where one s
worries and mental Ills are to be ban
ished by that subtle power which ev
erybody Is supposed to contain within
onself, Is to become a fact in Chicago.
This rest room the first of its kind
is to be maintained In connection with
the classes in Christian psychology
which meet at the Immanuel Bapclst
church.
It. was at last evening's session of
the class, the first to bo held at this
church, that the Rev. Johnston Myers
announced that the rest room would be
established In the near future. While
declaring that It was not expected to
become a panacea for nil Ills, he said
it would be maintained by the aame
theory that had permitted him to keep
in such physical condition that he
could remain In his pulpit until the
present.
Just where the room would be Dr.
Myers did not know. It has been sug
gested, however, that the room be
opened in the business district. In or
der that tired workers in the loop, a9
well as shoppers, may seize upon a leis
ure moment in tho day and banish all
worries and troubles for a brief period.
I have insisted on taking an hour
of this sort two, if posslblo at all
times, myself, and I credit my present
good health as much to this praoolce
as anything else." said Pr. Myers. "I
shut mvself In a room, close the doors,
and forgot that there is such a thins
as an outside world. I tell everybody
about tho house that I am not to be
seen by anybody.
"The result is surprising to anybody
who knows nothing about tills practice.
I arouse mvself at the.end of the hour
feeling refreshed and ready to take up
my work again. It isn't that I have
been asleep, but that I have learned to
relax myself in such a manner that I
can forget to worry about anything.
"I read of a similar practice by Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, of New York
City and believe it has been Just as
bene'ficial to that Indefatigable worker.
At his busiest times It is s:tld of him
that he will retreat Into his office
lock the door and refuse to see visitors,
no matter how important tho mission.
If the visitor places his ear to the key
hole, however, it Is probable that he
will hear deep, long breathing, telllntl
of the prosecutor's restful condition.
The class In Christian psychology
was organized a week ago by Bishop
Samuel Fallows. Dr. Myers. In his ad
dress to tho class, spoke In praise of
practically every known .curative pow-
er'"We want to put our knowledge of
psychology to work where it will W
the most good," said Dr Myers. Pay
clrology has been used before but It
ITs been used, generally In a blunder
ing manner. Now we hope to study
how it can be used best, and I believe
we can accomplish wonders by its prop-
erISthink that these lectures will be
of great value, primarily, to ailing
Persons who can come here They may
study how to help themselves. They
will be of greater good, however In
'that they will teach these people how
to help others."
Have the rnrnmonnt EII Quality.
Kansas City Star.
The full name of Ohio's next Senator
is Theodore Elijah Burton. And EllhU
Root will be the next Senator from
New York. Both of these statesmen
possess to a marked degree the para
mount "Eli" quality.'
The Pot and the Kettle.
Exchange.
The woman never lived who was satis
fieTwUh a man, and the men are equally
fussy about the women.
Bough on the Bich.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Tnst think of the poor rich who have
to rido in automobiles this weather.
B-r-r-r-r!
TnEODORE'S RIDE.
(With apologies to Longfellow and Paul
Revere.)
Boise Statesman.
Listen, my children, and you shall roar
At the all-day ride of Theodore.
On tho thirteenth of Janu'ry, nineteen
nine; ,
He didn't wait till the weather was fine.
But on thrcugh the sleet and snow he
tore.
He said to three men, "If you ride with
By roIl and river, o'er hill and dale.
We'll let tho Army and Navy see
That only a Mollycoddle would fall
To stand tho simple physical test
That I impose for promotion s sakel
So puil on your boots and button your
Comer Come! You're Just about half
.awake!"
Then they mounted steeds and they
broke away.
Galloping on to Virginia's shore
Just as tho first faint streak of day
Lightened tho awful tempests roar.
There was durgeoii-Geiteral Rixey, he
Is a mightv man in our navee.
And Dr. Gr.-yson and Dr. Butt
They rode 'cos they wanted to ride!
Tut! Tut!
It was wet when they started out, but
I was'wetter still In a little while.
And they all forgot tho pretty way
That the riding-school taught them
to ride in style.
It rained, it hailed, it blew, and hailed.
and rained!
Had yoivheard the wicked words that
flowed
From their lips, my children, you.
would have been pained.
It was afternoon when they stopped at
last.
In the little inn at Warren Green.
Where the starving riders brokethelr
fast.
While Theodore broke Into speech
'twould seem
That tho breath of the tempest didn't
compare
With the breath of Theodore making
a wheeze
To the Warrenton people, asserting
there, "
"My paople, my power and my poli
cies!" It was half-past eight by the Senate
clock
When the quartet rode into Washtng-
None of them boasted a nice, dry sock
At the end or tnai siretiuuua umoi
mlie run;
Chilled to the marrow, but still erect.
They galloped on, past the Capitol
And each had "a good hot drink I ex
pect
When at last he alighted safe at
home.
So through a day rode Theodore,
And so through that day in wild alarm
The folk In every village and farm
Say that he didn't ride he tore!
And that word shall echo forevermore;
For borne on tho night wind of the past
Through all our history down to the last
The wise Gazabo, when he shall hear
Of that reckless ride through the
tempest vast,
Shall say, "What good It did, isn't
clear!"
And he'll hug his fireplace all the
more
For ttie reckless gallop of Theodore.
: Bobble Babble,
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