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PIUS X AND THE CHURCH.
The man who ia chosen successor
.to Pope Pius X will direct the policy
of the most powerful institution on
earth. More than 200,000,000 Chris
tians bow before the throne of
Bt. Peter and acknowledge its occu
pant as the vicar of Christ and the
terrestrial representative of God. The
vicissitudes which have deprived the
church of temporal dominion have
Increased Its spiritual authority. The
loss of worldly empire and material
possessions has strengthened its rule
over the minds of men and the Pope,
deprived of the attributes of temporal
sovereignty, is a more imposing figure
than those of his predecessors who
commanded armies and dethroned
Kings.
Up to the year 1870 the states of
the church formed an independent
dominion in the heart of Italy, with
Rome for the capital and the Pope
as monarch. The origin of this ec
clesiastical state dates from a remote
antiquity. Politically it was almost
always badly governed and it involved
the papacy in international entangle
ments which threatened its dignity
and often impaired Its spiritual influ
ence. The Italian patriots who
schemed and fought for the unity of
their country toward the middle of
"the nineteenth century naturally
looked upon the papal state as a bar
to their ambitions.
Pius IX, who was Pope at that
time, found in Louis Napoleon his
principal supporter against the Ital
ian revolutionists. Napoleon's troops
reinstated him In the palace at Rome
from which he had fled to escape the
mob and maintained him there in
spite of the efforts of Garibaldi and
his associates until 1870. In that year
the outbreak of his disastrous war
with Germany compelled Napoleon
III to withdraw his troops from Rome
and the states of the church were
quickly incorporated with the Italian
kingdom. The protest or tne rope
against these proceedings was vain, as
might have been expected. He was
treated with great formal considera
tion by the Italian government and
permitted to reside in the ancient
palace of the papacy, but in many re
spects his situation was intolerable.
The transition from the estate of an
independent sovereign to that of a
private individual in temporal affairs
was one to which Plus IX never could
reconcile himself. Although he con
tinued to reside in Rome and was
really free to go and come as he liked,
he was often spoken of as a prisoner
and he declined to accept the large
pension which the government had
granted him. It is accounted among
the merits of the late Pope Piux X
that he established somewhat more
friendly relations with the Italian
monarchy.
With this loss of temporal posses
sions may be contrasted the great
spiritual victory which the church
gained not long afterward in its fa
mous struggle with Bismarck known
in history as the Kulturkampf. For
some time before the war with France
It had been Bismarck's policy to un
dermine the authority of the Roman
church in Germany. He was particu
larly jealous of its political influence
and denounced the Centrum, or Vati
can party in the Reichstag, as "one
of the most monstrous phenomena in
the world of politics." The great
Chancellor was asked from Rome to
assist in restoring the Pope's temporal
power, but hi demands were so exor
bitant in case he should grant the
favor that they could not be conceded
and events in Italy were allowed to
take their course.
But in Germany Bismarck greatly
underestimated the papacy's power.
He believed that it could easily be
broken down and began a course of
procedure against the clergy so vio
lent and ill-considered that it drove
the extreme Catholics almost to the
verge of rebellion and made even the
moderates bitterly hostile to his pol
icy. It was only a little before that
time that the dogma of papal infalli
bility had been proclaimed and there
was at first much opposition to it in
Germany. Pius IX had his heart set
on the adoption of this tenet by the
Catholic world and Bismarck by his
mistaken course played into the hand
of the Vatican. "The Kulturkampf,"
in the words of one authority, "was
the greatest piece of good fortune
that could have befallen the Holy
See." It united the German bishops
in favor of infallibility and made the
Pope more securely than ever the
head of the Catholic church. This
must have afforded Plus IX substan
tial consolation in the troubles which
beset his reign.
Pius X. who followed Pius IX with
only Leo XIII Intervening, made it
his purpose in life to fortify the spir
itual authority of the church. The
various reforms which he introduced
centralized and increased his power,
while at the same time they clarified
the relations between the church and
the world. The codification of the
canon law was a task which had long
demanded attention, and the reorgan
ization of the Roman curia was
scarcely less important from a prac
tical standpoint. By taking England
and the United States from under the
direction of the Congregation of the
Propaganda he raised the status of
the church in those countries, in
creased the self-respect of the clergy
and made Rome and Its institutions
sensibly more popular.
During his reign the papacy has
seemed to many men to be the one
rock of safety amid the revolutionary
tumults of the modern world. It is
perhaps the most ancient of existing
institutions. Its policy has pursued
substantially the same continuous
course for almost twenty centuries. It
wtands as It has always stood, for sta
bility, authority and the predominant
worth of the spiritual as opposed to
the material side of life. Its position
in history attracts and encourages
those who have power or property to
lose by popular innovations. The
vastness of its dominion over men's
minds awes the soul into submission.
The splendor of its ritual enthralls the
imagination, while its tremendous
possession of the keys to the eternal
world and its mission to speak with
the voice of God himself on earth
draw toward its protecting fold with
almost irresistible allurement all who
are alarmed at the audacity of unre
stricted science, the decay of mon
archical institutions and the specula
tions of socialistic philosophy. Dur
ing the reign of Pius X the Church
of Rome definitely assumed the part
of the savior of society from revolu
tionary periis.
JETTISONING THE OVER-CARGO.
Governor Chamberlain handed
down the succession to Governor
West and Governor West seeks to
make Dr. Smith his succedaneous
candidate. It is a perfect chain of
machine management if it can be
forged. But can it be?
Now we wonder how long before
Dr. Smith will file a notice of disso
lution of partnership. It has become
evident that he is to be the sacrificial
goat of the Chamberlain game. He
is to be thrown to the Republican
wolves, provided only they permit
Chamberlain to be saved.
Poor Smith. There is not room for
him in the Democratic machine's
schemings to ride. When two men
ride a mule, one must ride behind, as
West has learned. When three try to
ride, one must get off, if the animal
balks. Our George intends to make
the descent as easy for Smith as pos
sible by subtly whispering to his
friends the necessity of lightening the
load. George would have carried him
along if he could; but he cannot. Is
it not better that one should be saved
than all should be lost? Yes, oh, yes.
George will, of course, nominate the
candidate who is to.be saved and the
other who is to be thrown overboard.
GHOULISH JOURNALISM.
Pope Pius X died at the Vatican,
Rome, at 1:20 o'clock Thursday
morning. August 20, 1914. But many
hours before that fateful hour a pre
mature report that His Holiness was
dead was circulated throughout the
United States by the United Press,
and printed in various successive edi
tions of many afternoon newspapers,
including the Portland Journal. The
exact facts about this shocking and
daring exhibition of newspaper "en
terprise" are thus set forth in a state
ment by Melville E. Stone, genera!
manager of the Associated Press:
Pope Plus X died at 1:20 o'clock, Rome
time, ihis (Thursday) morning, as announced
In last night's dispatches of the Associated
Press.
There Is six hours' difference in time be
tween New York and Rome, so that the
hour of his death, New York time, was
7:20 P. M.
At 2:29 P. M. New York time (8:29 P.
M. Rome time) Wednesday, or four hours
and fifty-one minutes before the Pontiff had
artimilv DMsed awav. the United Press As
sociations distributed throughout this coun
try a formal announcement tnat tne rope
was dead. Aa will be seen, the United
Press announcement was false.
It does not at all mitigate the in
excusable nature of this painful epi
sode that the United Press, with char
acteristic temerity, boasts that it
scoorjed" all other news associations.
It would seem that the Vatican and
its solemn scenes of death and mourn
ing ought to be a sanctuary even
from the vandal invasion of yellow
journalism.
THE SIN OF EARLY RISING.
A clergyman of original views, the
Reverend Father Dwight, has spoken
out boldly against what he calls the
"noxious superstition of early ris
ing." He does not use precisely those
words, but they carry his meaning ac
curately enough.
Father Dwight does not deny, as
we understand him, that the early
bird gets the worm, but he contends
that this enterprising fowl loses ad
vantages which are worth more than
many worms. They lose, for exam
ple, those delightful dreams which
never come except in the late morn
ing when conscience is urging one to
get up and be at work. They lose,
also, the benign satisfaction of a pain
ful duty done which the lazy man
feels when at 9 or 10 o'clock he at
last slips out of bed and goes to work.
"Falsely luxurious, will not man
awake," sang the poet Cowper, "and
springing from the bed of sloth" go
about his duties? But this verse, in
spiring as it is to the early riser, was
written in bed, like most really good
poetry and a great deal of good fic
tion. Father Dwight tells us that late
rising and civilization go together.
All savages rise with the sun and so
do the beasts that perish. With the
growth of refinement and science peo
ple incline more and more to late
hours at both ends of the day.
Perhaps in the perfect state to
which we shall some time attain we
shall sleep all day and play all night.
Of course nobody will work in that
happy future either by sunlight or
candle light. Work, it is understood,
is a distinctly savage occupation.
HOW LONG WILL THE WAR EAST?
The Oregonian is frequently asked
to give its opinion as to how long the
great European war will last. The
Oregonian hesftates to venture even
a guess as to a question so full of
hazard and moment. It can at best
be delphic and say that the war will
be over only when one side or the
other sees that it is beaten.
Ancient and medieval wars lasted
often through many years. Modern
wars have been comparatively short.
The great American Civil War 'extend
ed over four bloody years. Not since
has there been any struggle Involving
so many casualties or costing so much
money. The Crimean war (1854-56)
extended over two years; the Austro
Prussian war (1866) seven weeks;
Franco-Prussian war (1870-71), six
months, with a single month of severe
fighting: the Russian-Turkish war
(1876-77), two years; the Turko
Greek war (1897), one campaign of
a few months; the Spanish-American
war (1898), four months; the English-Boer
war (1900-1902), thirty
months: the Russo-Japanese war
(1904-1905), eighteen months; the
Balkan-Turkish wars (1912-1913),
one year. It will be noticed that Im
mediately following the recent declar
ations of war between the great pow
ers the armies were in the field and
the navies stripped for action. The
first great battle is about to be fought
or is being fought.
The present war is something more
than a contest of strength between
nations. It is a vital struggle for per
manent prestige. It is more than an
effort to win; it Is a battle for the
world's supremacy between Germany
and Austria on the one hand and
Great Britain, France and Russia and
their allies on the other. Germany
and Austria are outweighted and out
numbered: but it remains to be seen
if they are to be outclassed or out
lasted. One battle, or two, or three will
probably not decide. The scope of
operations will be widespread, with
changing results everywhere. There
can be no clean-cut issue at the out
set. There will be later, when forces
are massed and strategic centers de
velop. Money will be a great factor.
Food will be another. The temper of
the people in each nation will be an
other. The inspiration of victory or
the desperation of defeat will be an
other. The human element will"" be
another; and effective military and
naval organization will be another.
There are therefore may factors to
be considered. One is overwhelmed
when he attempts to weigh them all.
It cannot be done. Only the unfold
ing of great events will disclose what
the future has in store for all the
world. But it is going to be more
than a thirty days' or seven weeks'
war.
AFTER TWENTY DAYS.
After twenty days of fighting there
is little to show over which force the
god of victory intends to fly his pen
nant. Of fighting there has been
much, of bloodshed a harrowing
quantity. Yet there has been no ac
tion that might be called decisive In
the larger aspects of that term.
At a glance the military situation,
so far as disclosed, is this: The Ger
man fighting machine has extended
Itself, developing an aggressive line
of action some 280 miles in length,
reaching from north of Brussels to
the lowermost point of the German
empire just beyond the boundary of
Switzerland. The German army is
plainly on the offensive, with the evi
dent purpose of crushing France.
Clearly the German main objective is
no less a point than Paris. The
French army, in the meantime, has
extended itself, but the true extent of
Its lines is not disclosed, although
heavy French forces are massed along
the Franco-German frontier and in
support of the Belgian troops in the
vicinity of Namur. The English ex
peditionary force of some two or three
corps is also in France, available to
support the French and Belgians.
Thus far the brunt of the northern
campaign has fallen upon the Bel
gians, and it is inevitable that the
Belgians shall .be swept aside, yet,
from the viewpoint of the allies, they
have served the most useful pur
pose of delaying an ominous German
advance. The fifteen days which
Germany has consumed in penetrat
ing to the heart of Belgium have
given the allies, with their slower
mobilization, a marked advantage. It
Is doubtful if the Germans had count
ed upon this delay.
The German forward movement
may be said to have dominated that
Dortion of Belgium running north and
south on a line with Liege, while the
advance elements are now pressing
forward. A heavy German column
moving north has pushed the German
line west of Liege in northernmost
Belgium, as reports from Antwerp in
dicate. It is not yet clear whether
this is an intended French invasion
from another point of the compass.
although it appears likely that the
troops sought that route as following
the rtne of least resistance. This
force will be enabled to protect the
flank of the German army and may
become a serious menace to the allies,
as the heavy attack now Impending
In the Meuse Valley around Namur
develops.
Despite the frequent reports of
German reverses, it will be noted that
the German line is moved forward
almost from day to day, slowly but
surely. Many of the German reverses,
doubtless, were mere defeats of brig
ades or divisions on reconnoissance
in force. Inasmuch as it is the func
tion of such a force to withdraw with
out seriously engaging the enemy
after developing his position, no im
portance is to be attached to these re
ports of minor defeats. They may
bear little relation to the main
problem.
So far no great strategical surprises
have been sprung. Nor have any
master strategists asserted themselves.
However, the period of maneuvering
has not yet passed and the war is
very young. At this time the indica
tions point to a foot-by-foot struggle
for possession of the territory leading
into France. Military experts are in
clined to believe that the German
army would prove powerful enough
to overcome even such desperate re
sistance and fight its way possibly to
the doors of Paris. But this might
take months, and there is another
element in this several-sided conflict
which might make it impossible for
Germany to confine her attentions to
the work of subduing the French and
English armies. That element is
Russia
Russia has not yet succeeded in
making herself strongly felt in the
war. Necessarily the Russian mili
tary movements must be directed
against the east front of the German
empire. With Germany in undisput
ed control of the Baltic, it is impos
sible for Russia to reinforce France.
Thus the Russians must -take up an
offensive campaign, prodding Ger
many with sufficient severity to di
vert much attention from France.
Already a number of Russian corps
are operating on the Russo-German
border, but reports show that the
Germans, taking the initiative, have
seized a number of important strate
gic points in Russian Poland and are
holding their own, while the Aus
trian are mobilized in sufficient force
to prevent a successful invasion from
their front.
There is an odd similarity between
the German movement to the west
and the Russian advance on the east.
For while Germany seeks to crush
France, Russia seeks to smash Ger
many. Thus the German problem be
comes a dual one offensive at one
border and defensive at another. It
may be that while the Germans are
crying "On to Paris" the Russians'
cry is "On to Berlin."
Nor should such an ambition on
the part of Russia be belittled. Her
army is the largest in the world
larger by half a dozen corps than the
German army, although it lacks the
splendid organization and mobility.
Yet, obviously, when the Russian
pressure becomes sufficiently strong
on the German frontier, it may be
necessary to divert troops needed for
the French campaign. Force of Rus
sian numbers may compel this.
Up to this time the naval aspects
of the war are of little importance.
No important engagements have been
reported. The German fleet appears
to be clinging close to its base at Kiel,
iutent on steaming forth on short sal
lies, perhaps in the hope of engaging
British squadrons and reducing the
English naval power piecemeal. Later,
should the war prove an extended one,
control of the sea may become a far
more important problem. The sinews
of war must be nourished and the re
sources of no power engaged are equal
to providing its own sustenance for
an indefinite period. Supplies must
be had overseas.
So, after twenty days, the war con
tinues In a formative stage. There
can be no forecast of the probable
outcome based on the present status
of operations. Weeks, even months,
may elapse before the great straggle
enters upon its decisive stages.
People who fancy that an open win
dow thoroughly ventilates a room de
ceive themselves in many cases, ac
cording to recent medical lights. It
has been found that the air some
times remains foul near a window
open both at top and bottom. The
only certain way to sleep in fresh air
is to sleep outdoors. Fortunately this
practice is growing and all the doctors
commend it. Beneficial as it is to the
sick it is doubly beneficial to the well.
S. S. McClure's first job after he
graduated from college was to teach
bicycle purchasers how to ride. He
did not know how himself, but he
managed to teach the art with pleas
ing success, won the good will of his
employer and was promoted to edit
the magazine now known as Outing.
The bicycle merchant started it as an
advertising medium. In this modest
way the publisher of McClure's Maga
zine laid the foundation of his career.
Henry Ford, the famous automobile
maker, is said to have learned the se
cret of being happy though his In
come is a million a month. He pur
sues the simple life in a modest coun
try bungalow, wears overalls much of
the time at his shops and keeps only
two domestics. By lopping off super
fluities he retains his peace of mind
and by avoiding luxuries he keeps his
health. We know poor men who
might profit by Mr. Ford's examp(e.
Modern teachers are coming to re
gard fear as an undesirable state of
mind, perhaps as a disease. G. Stan
ley Hall's new book on "Fear" tells
how to "treat" the affection as if It
were a case of measles. Certainly it
is as destructive as most diseases, par
alyzing the mind and weakening the
body. An old philosopher wrote that
"the fear of the Lord is the begin
ning of wisdom," but he really meant
"reverence" instead of fear.
The press association which report
ed the Pope dead five hours before
the end merely took a chance. Had
the Pope lived it would have reported
the previous dispatch false. Such are
its methods and it frequently slips up.
When Charge O'Shaughnessy was
missing in Mexico City this press serv
ice reported him assassinated, later
denying the report. Reliable press
associations, of course, never resort to
such tricks.
Few people enjoy the society of de
tectives, but everybody likes them in
books and plays. Harvey J. O'Hig
gins and Harriet Ford have writ
ten a play, "The Dummy," in which
the hero is a boy detective who does
wonderful feats of courage and cun
ning. The play is said to be "a care
free, sophisticated comedy full of
pure gaiety and simple sentiment."
This sounds attractive.
Those who value spiritual things
will be glad to hear of a new transla
tion of one of Rudolf Eucken's books,
"Unity of the Spirit." This great Ger
man thinker insists upon the reality of
the inner life and in all his .works
sustains Its claim to be nourished and
cultivated. He is the foremost cham
pion of spiritual values in the mod
ern world.
A man at Clatskanie is making a
bit of money by growing sweet peas
and selling the flowers in Portland.
There is nothing great in such a
proposition, to be sure, except that he
had the wisdom to find a market for
his product, and that is something.
Other men can develop other lines
and get the money, but they must be
men with ideas.
Reform in the conduct of the Gov
ernment Printing Office has been
long delayed, and if nearly a $1,000,
000 a year can be saved the time is
ripe. Abuse of courtesies in connec
tion with the Congressional Record
should receive first attention.
If the weather man will slip a cog
or two In his machine and send the
"westerly" breezes from the sou'-sou'-west,
the resultant favor will be ap
preciated. The American in Germany must
talk through his nose or use wild,
Western language if he would not be
mistaken for an Englishman.
Belgian resistance Is about done for.
The heavy fighting will come when
the French and English supports take
up the burden.
The sealer of weights is needed at
Klamath Falls. A man there says he
caught a twenty-two-pound trout.
Just now the world is not a vastly
different place from what it was cen
turies ago. In Europe, at least.
The price of sugar having fallen a
fraction of a cent, we are now able
to sprinkle a little in the coffee.
American millionaires and laborers
mingle freely in Paris. Necessity is a
great leveler of class.
Taking Mulhausen appears to be a
regular dally affair with the contend
ing armies.
So far, however, sugar has not
reached a value as great as that of
radium.
The Mexicans have an American
Consul in jail. At their old tricks
again.
The German navy, in the meantime.
Is keeping its keels mighty close to
Kiel.
The world awaits with keen Inter
est the advent of a new Napoleon.
The Idzumo will not get hurt if she
keeps a day behind the Leipzig.
The career of Pope Pius reads
stranger than romance.
Wish the weather would help us
out with the lawn.
Not even a whisper from Teddy of
late.
Promise of rain is in the air.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of August 21, 1864.
The amount of water put upon Front
street and First street, every day,- for
the purpose of laying the dust, is 22.200
gallons, distributed by two sprinkling
wagons, capable of carrying 600 gal
lons each, and yet, like Banquo's ghost,
it will not down, not but that the carts
do their work effectually, but because
there are not enough of them to extend
the good work over the length and
breadth of the entire city.
An Importation of girls by the last
steamer has revived the amusements at
saloons called "hurdy-gurdies."
Mr. James Castor, of this city, has
brought some specimens of stove coal,
found on the Chehalis River, one and
one-half miles from Claquato, W. T.
Halifax, Aug. 16. The Persia, from
Liverpool, the 5th. and Queenstown the
7th, has arrived. The following are
stated to be the terms of peace agreed
upon between Denmark, Prussia and
Austria; Luxemberg and Schleswlg and
Holstein is to be ceded to the Great
German powers. The Island of Aroe Is
to remain with Denmark. Alsen and the
islands in the North Sea are to go with
Schleswig. Reoccupation of the Jut
land frontier wHl take place.
Through the politeness of Captain J.
M. Keeler, Provost Marshal for the
District of Oregon, we are enabled to
lay before our readers his report of the
enrollment of the State of Oregon as
follows: Jackson, 918, Josephine 381,
Curry 79, Douglas 852, Coos 177. Lane
970, Linn 1491. Benton 603, Polk 598,
Marion 1476, Clackamas, 732, Yamhill
698, Tillamook 41, Multnomah 1831,
Washington 638, Columbia 118. Clatsop
164. Wasco 1800. Umatilla 662. Baker
843. Total. 14.954.
COMPULSORY VACCINATION BOON
Writer la Ready to Defend Opinion In
Debate nnd Supply Hall.
PORTLAND. Aug. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Accept the thanks of the writer,
and I think I may say of several
thousand others In Portland, for your
miblication of August 8 of the health
commissioner's timely exposure of the
attempt of fanatics to stop the vaccina
tion of school children in the Mount
Scott district, and thereby bring upon
Portland a terrible and devastating
scourge.
Vaccination is the greatest boon ever
conferred upon the human race and it
Is high time we had a stringent law
compelling every person to be vaccin
ated often enough to entirely prevent
smallDox.
Otherwise we never can stamp out
that most dreaded and horrible disease
known to man.
In Japan before vaccination was
made compulsory the number of deaths
every year from smallpox was simply
appalling, whereas for the last twenty
five years smallpox has been unknown
there, and the same is true of all well
vaccinated countries or communities.
Our citizens ought to show apprecia
tion of the work of the Health Com
missioner instead of cermitting its
iiamnerlnir bv Dersons who do not thor-
misrhiv understand vaccination, and
what it has done, and is doing through
out the world.
Let us have universal, compulsory
vaccination, strictly enforced by law
which is one of the strong points
brought out by Dr. Smith's "law en
forcement" with heavy penalties at
tached, as in Japan and Italy, as then,
and then only, are the most beautiful
and beneficial results of vaccination
made manifest.
I challenge any anti-vaccinist to
meet me in a public debate of the vac
cination question, upon any date named
by our opponents, and I will provide
the hall.
It was by vaccination that smallpox
was entirely stamped out of our army
many years ago.
BERTHA DALLINGER.
LET FOLK KNOW WHAT THEY BUY
Contributor Wanta Beef From Tuber
cular Cows Labeled.
PORTLAND, Aug. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) The law relating to the slaugh
ter of stock found infected with tuber
culosis provides that one-half the
indemnity to the owner be paid by the
county and the other half by the State
of Oregon. The amount paid for such
cows is 125 per head, regardless of
whether she be a blooded animal worth
hundreds of dollars or whether she be
of common stock valued at much less.
This practice is not only Incurring a
great expense to the county and state,
but is causing a great loss to the
dairymen as well a loss that means
much more to him personally than to
either the county or the state.
I will readily admit that it is neces
sary to kil such, cattle in the interest
of humanity and for the safety of the
public health. But were the law to
stop at this there would be little cause
for complaint and whatever object
tions might be raised in regard
to the result in doing so could be over
looked. The meat of such cows that have
thus been condemned as tubercular is
then "Inspected" and sold to the
butcher for what he may offer. He in
turn takes this meat and sells It to the
public at a price that is asked for any
choice cuts of beef. The dairyman is
not allowed to sell the milk from
tubercular cows, but the butcher is
permitted to sell you the tubercular
meat at a price charged for any other
select beef. Would you as a consumer
relish the roast upon your supper
table tonight, did you know under
what conditions It was obtained?
As a remedy for this-state of affairs
and in fairness to the public, I sug
gest that the pure food and drug act
be enforced and all meat thus obtained
by the butcher be labeled "tubercular"
and sold as such in the public mar
kets of the city. W. VERNON.
Lament of the Tourist
Br Dean Colllna.
I used to think I'd like to roam
Away from quiet scenes of home:
I used to sigh and yearn and pine
To go canoeing on the Rhine.
Now that my dream is realized
It does not make a hit with me:
I wish some scheme could be devised
To tote me back across the sea.
Home! Ho-me! Swe-e-e-e-t! Swe-e-e-t
ho-o-o-ome!
The only thought that's In my dome!
I'd swap the Rhine's whole scenic track
To be back on the Hackensack!
Oh war is Just what Sherman said!
fv inv in Hfnri' mv hones are sped!
Marooned in foreign climes am I,
To wait and weep and curse and sigh.
My travel vision has come true.
But little joy it brings to me.
I'd rather be in Kalamazoo,
Or Kankakee than gay Paree.
Home! Ho-me! Swe-e-e-e-t! Swe-e-e-t
ho-o-o-ome!
In Baltimore, New York or Nome,
It's any place, I'm here to say,
That's hooked up with the U. S. A.
St. Petersburg's a doleful spot;
There Is no Joy In Wein, I wot;
Berlin, or Munich, Amsterdam,
Or any other place I am
No more looks good, or brings me Joy;
I dream of San Antonio,
Or of Chicago, Illinois,
Or any other spot I know.
Home! Ho-home! Swe-e-t Swee-ee-ee-t
Ho-o-o-ome !
This foreign travel's no sweet pome!
My eye will not be Drigntening,
My heart-strings won't be tightening
With joy. until I lamp the flame
Of that long-lost and lovely dame
Old "Liberty Enlightening"!
Stars and Starmaker
BT LEONE CAM BABR.
BILLINGS, Mont., Aug. 17. With the
papers chock-full of war news not
even the biggest actress in the world
could get more than a three-line men
tion if she started a breach of promise
suit.
Haven't seen a single resurrection of
that be-whiskered war Joke about
soldiers facing the powder and women
powdering the faces.
And Isn't it high time we heard from
our old friends the end men: "I see
you're back from the front." "Heavens.
I knew I was thin, but I didn't know
you could see my back from the front."
One of the real horrors of war is
the poetry It stirs up.
Ditto the popular songs with senti
mental refrains.
That actress who in the course of 11
marriages wedded an especial husband
named Smith four times must have had
intermittent but natural longings to
conceal her identity.
Mary Edgett Baker was approached
t'other day by one of the reg'lar
nuisances who hang around stage door
entrances. "Miss Baker may I put you
down for a couple of chances for a
raffle we are getting up for a poor
old man?" he asked presenting a paper.
Mary E. B. looked surprised.
"Certainly not," she answered, "I
wouldn't know what to do with a poor
old man if I won him."
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This bonmot Is accredited to Robert
Kegerrees. "The author of a bad play
has one satisfaction, no audience can
yawn and hiss at the same time."
Ray Cox, the comedienne who did
the airship, travesty at the Orpheum
two years ago and sang her own made
up songs in a big deep voice, has gone
Into the legitimate. She always has
aimed at doing It. and even when she
was here she was pulling every string
sVie knew toward such an end. Now
she has the leading role in Margaret
Mayo's farce dramatization. "Twin
Beds."
Ina Claire, who hns made a big
personal success In "The Belle of Bond
Street," Is to be the Gaiety's new lead
ing lady in London. Hostilities permit
ting she will make her first appear
ance in December at that famous house
In a musical comedy which Paul
Rubens and George Orossmlth are
preparing.
"Lack of rain causes death of five
acres of fish." says a headline. Why
on earth did the fool fish come out of
the lake during a dry spell? They
might have known they couldn't And
water elsewhere.
Gertrude Elliott, or Lady Forbes
Robertson as she now is known, is
not coming with her distinguished hus
band on his American farewell tour.
Just at soon as he can arrange It Sir
Forbes-Robertson Is coming over and
will bring a new lending woman. Laura
Cowle. Three plays only will be taken,
"Hamlet," "The Light That Failed" and
"Caesar and Cleopatra." Lady Ger
trude Is to stay at home on her English
estate with her three baby girls.
George Beban, of "The Sign of the
Rose" fame, is soon to take another
fling at the legitimate. He has secured
a play from Harriet Ford and Is dick
ering with a manager. The play con
cerns an Hungarian musician. A few
years ago Beban had "The Sign of the
Rose" lengthened from a vaudeville
sketch into a llfe-slse play and It
failed. Then he boiled It down once
more and has delighted audiences
everywhere with it. He was last In
Portland with the Anna Held road
show.
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Cecilia Loftus is exceedingly anxious
to appear as Juliet or Desdemona In
London and Is negotiating for a theater
in which sho will appear with her
own company, says a dispatch. Wonder
if there'll be any theatergoing this
season in London.
Can you get a mental blue print of
that blonde little throne wrecker Gaby
Deslys asking for "Thursday ufternoong
off, please ma'am" and reciting glibly
her abilities to sweep dust, cook and
do general housework. Well, once
Gaby did it. She was a house maid.
Also Gaby is past 30. All of which
has Just come to light In an article
in the Dally Sketch, an English publi
cation. Gaby recently Just escaped
drowning, and then she was sued by
a Jeweler for a great sum of money
for Jewels delivered. It wss whllo
the case was being tried (yes, the
Jewel case), that many interesting
details were elicited from her concern
ing her birth and origin and early
years. The Daily Sketch proceeds:
We have always regarded this dainty and
attractive creature as the last word In
things Parisian. All wrong-. She Is an
Austrian, born 30 years ago In the Moravian
village that baska In the name of Hornl
Moatenlce. Her name waa Hedwlg Navratll.
As a girl she obtained situations as a house
maid, but even then her heart waa set on
the theater and ahe was singing and dan
cing all day long. Which led to frequent
changes of situation. Her genius was first
recognised by an elderly aunt, who had her
taught dancing. Then she vanished.
The next that was heard of her was
that ah had made her debut at the Apollo
Theater. Kattowltr (Silesia). Then little
Hedwlg adopted the name of Rogee, appear
ing at varloua theaters. Next ahe appeared
with another girl as "The Sisters Nografll."
Next she won popularity as "Little Hara
kln," and attracted the attention of a Rus
sian colleague, who gave her lessons so
successfully that Paris was soon taking to
Its fickle heart Mademoiselle Oaby Deslys.
And after Paris the world.
It takes all sorts of people to make
a war audience. There's Just as many
who are eager to get abroad and see
what's doing, as there are those
marooned who want to come home.
Adele Blood has closed her Summer
stock company In Toronto, Canada,
and returned to New York. Corlnne
Rellly Barker, a Portland girl, was
a member of Miss Blood's company.
The season lasted ten weeks.
"Actresses will parade for peace,"
says a headline. Which surely will not
surprise those managers who have at
various times had to parade 'em for
peace of mind.
Little Editorials
on Business
The Chocolate Girls.
This is a little story of two girls.
One lived in Rochester, the other in
Philadelphia.
Both girls loved chocolate one
in cake and the other in candy.
They made other people love, it.
Rochester is the home of cameras,
clothing and candy.
"Mary Elizabeth," the originator
of the famous brand of chocolates
bearing her name, is as important
a personage in the confectionery
line as Eastman is in the camera
business in Rochester.
Mary Elizabeth knew how to
make randy. Her chocolate creams
were delightful. She packed her
cream in cute little boxes and sold
them in the cigar stand of one of
the office buildings.
Her fame grew. She began to
advertise and hns kept it up ever
since. Good candy and good ad
vertising made a fortune for her.
In Philadelphia a young bride
delighted her friends with the most
wonderful "Devil's Food" cake they
ever tasted.
"You can get dollar per pound
for this eake. Don't hide your
light under a bushel let us enjoy
this cake with you," they ex
claimed. The young matron thought it
over and a few days later baked
several of her cakes, which were
cut into individual slices and de
livered in dainty boxes to a number
of the best homes in that city. An
engraved card in the box invited
orders.
The samples made a hit. This
chocolate girl then entered into ne
gotiations with the chief caterer of
the city. She taught him how to
bake the cake and shared the
profits on sales.
The newspapers were used to ad
vertise this cake nnd the result was
another chocolate success.
Every day The Oregonian reaches
f8.000 homes, but on Sunday near
ly 80,000 homes are reached and in
fluenced by The Oregonian N6
days of the year. They buy the
things advertised in this newspaper.
As you read this article think of
something you can do that is better
than anyone else can do. Tt may
be making cake or candy, children's
garments, soap or mouse traps.
Capitalize your ability. The Ore
sronian will show you how you can
lay the foundation for a very prof
itable business.
Twenty-Five Year Ago
From The Oragonlsn of August 21, 1SSS.
The stage between Canyon City and
Baker City was held up and the entire
mall captured and gone through by
robbers on Saturday last.
Among the families who went Into
the mountains to spend the heated
term was that of Mr. C. M. Wlberg. of
Mt. Tabor. With his entire family and
a few Invited friends the past two
weeks were spent In the shadow of
Mt. Hood at Summit Prairie. East Fri
day the younger members of the party
started out to gain the summit. The
party consisted of three men and six
ladies The party reaching the summit
of Crater Rock did not get back to the
teams at the foot of the mountain
until 7 o'clock at night. Then
noses were counted. There were mlae
Ing Mrs. Geo. Bonar. Miss Snllle Wlberg
and Mrs. Frank Morgan, of East Tort
land. They were lost on Mt. Hood H
10 o'clock. It Is said, 20 men with lan
terns were scouring every nook and
crevice of the mountain for the loat
ones. Shortly before midnight, away
on the eastern slope of the mountain,
near White River, the three lost women
were found perched high up on a large
stone, huddled together, with one long
pole with an Iron spike In the end
which they had used for climbing, as an
only means of defending themselves
from the panthers and wolves supposed
to Infest the mountainside. They
were weeping with Joy when they were
found.
The rommittee appointed by the Ma
sonic order to select and purchase a
site for the new and magnificent tem
plo which the Masons propose to bullo
In this city, yesterday concluded ne
gotiations for a quarter block at the
northeast corner of Washington and
Eleventh streets, paying $26,000 for the
100-foot square.
The unusually dry Summer hns
eaused a great scarcity of feed on the
ranges In many parts of the North
west. salvation MMMNH aortJUT.
Lack of IMsrnlty Seen la Way Seate
Approach Urltf.
PORTLAND. Aug. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Throughout my pilgrimage on
earth my attention has been called and
quite often to the many and Strang..
Ideas entertained by man as regard"
his future salvation. Borne, It seems.
Imagine that the deity Is conciliated
by the blowing of horns, the beating
of drums and the like. Some get the
Idea that self-humllletlon Is pleasing
to the Creator; they even go so far
as to Invest the Almighty with certain
human attributes, sucn as Jealousy,
anger, vengeance and the like. But
they often forget dignity. Many of
them approach God In anything but
a dignified manner, as In such
songs as:
The wonder working Jeeus;
The spirit moving Jesus;
Praise hla name.
Let us imagine a -soldier at Valley
Forge going Into the presence of Gen
eral Washington with such a song aa
this:
The great fleneral Washington;
The great General Washington;
Bless his name.
Picture the look of frozen dignity on
that majestic countenance and laugh.
Now 1 chanced to observe a very
peculiar brand of salvation a few
night ago In North Portland. 1 was
attracted by a loud noise.
On inquiring, I was told It was souls
seeking salvation In fact, they had
already found It. I was asked to Join
In and "get saved." I told them I
was already saved, whereupon they
shook their heads in doubt.
The humor of the thing struck me.
though, and I remained a while to
listen. Four or five aged women were
praying at once. The burden of their
praver waa for God to grant this, and
grant that, as If God needed to be told
and coached as to the way he should
handle the universe. They seemed ob
livious to the fact that God had given
them a world and life, and eternal
laws; laws that no prayer has ever
changed and never will. But I sup
pose the average mind cannot climb
tho heights or philosophy and thus the
hag of superstition still rides her
broom. u. E. SAN1J3.