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I VCrARDEI SECRETS.
Espionage is a polite refinement of
modern international relationship
which will fail to appeal with any
degree of force to the American tem
perament. Yet along with the pro
gramme of preparedness must come
a system of spies If America would
render effective the measures for Na
tional defense which are now being
proposed. An enemy in possession of
all our military and naval secrets is
doubly armed. He knows when,
where and how to strike to the very
best advantage. He knows our great
est weaknesses and just how to take
the greatest advantage of them. .
An able discussion of spy systems
of Europe and our lack of any such
service was presented lately before a
patriotic body by John B. Stanch
field, an eminent New York lawyer,
who has made a study of espionage.
While Mr. Stanchfield dealt mainly
with the need of legislation against
spies, he called attention to a Na
tional necessity of the first importance
and one which should be given the
fullest consideration at the present
session of Congress. It need not be
said that it is too late now to protect
our present military and naval se
crets. Every foreign country that
might become embroiled with the
United States is fully informed. Our
coast countries have been mapped, our
Army scanned and our Navy checked
up boat by boat. It is entirely prob
able that well organized bureaus in
continental Europe have nearly as
much information concerning our de
fensive limitations as may be found
in our own bureaus and departments
at Washington. Possibly more.
But now that we are on the point
of selecting a new coat of armor, its
flaws should be kept under official
cover. Plans and specifications of
warships, distributions of land forces,
location and extent of military and
naval stores, data relating to the an
nual production of these materials
and other National secrets should be
maintained as secrets and not pub
lished broadcast. It has been said
that the spy in America need do no
more than read the Congressional
Record in order to keephimself fully
posted. Military and naval secrets of
the highest importance are frequently
brought out of the files and published
before Congress. Opinions of high
naval officers 01 the best manner and
method of invading the United States
are aired freely and fully. The num
ber of shells and reserve rifles is
quoted. In fact the Congressional
Record leaves nothing to the spy's
imagination.
So the spy's lot is an easy one in
America. He does not need to work
under cover, since the provincial
American mind has been taking no
notice of his Insidious activities. Our
laxity, moreover, provides a new and
fruitful field of endeavor for foreign
spies. They may concern themselves
with the development of a system for
striking at us from within should their"
country ever decide upon striking us
from without. In the first few weeks
of a sudden war the railroads and
the telegraph, telephone and wireless
systems are of the very first import
ance. Without them mobilization is
next to impossible. A carefully or
ganized system of internal enemies
might paralyze our lines of rail and
wire communication. Provided with
information as to the hour war would
occur, it would prove an easy matter
for them to strike the first blow.
Bridges blown up, railway lines
crippled, wires cut in hundreds of
places, wireless stations wrecked, mu
nition plants assaulted. America would
receive a serious blow from within.
Obviously mere laws will not serve
to end this menace, no matter how
stringent the laws may be. The spy is
a bold creature who is willing to pay
the penalties, even with his life, of
successfully prosecuting his mission.
He will continue at work no matter
what laws are enacted. Therefore the
necessity of a system of counter
espionage a system of spies to spy
upon the spies. The cleverest secret
service talent In the country should be
enlisted In the American service of In
formation and their sole duty should
consist in ferreting out the spies who
are on duty In the l)nited States at
all times. An abundance of work will
be found for such a service in keeping
suspicious foreigners under surveil
lance and observing civilian employes
of the big Governmental departments
who are frequently placed in position
to obtain valuable data on National
secrets.
As for gathering data concerning the
forces of other nations the importance
of such a service cannot be empha
sized too strongly. Men assigned to
such duty would find their- task a
more difficult one, for the reason that
European governments already main
tain highly developed systems of espi
onage for protecting their secrets as
well as for ferreting out the secrets
of other countries. Nevertheless there
is much valuable information they
might obtain. Terrain maps and draw
ings of fortifications would be of no
value to us, since it is improbable that
an American Invasion of foreign soil
will be undertaken. All our needs are
defensive in character. But Informa
tion aa to the state of popular mind,
the extent, scope and distribution of
naval and military units and stores and
the course of diplomatic adjustments
should be kept under careful obser
vation. It is recorded that the German se
cret service goes to the extent of re
cording the personal habits of all army
and naval officers of foreign powers.
If a certain officer is given to drink,
if be is Indolent and inefficient, the
Kaiser's agents probably recognize the
facts before they are noted at home.
It is easily seen that this information
might one day come to be of the high
est value. The sector of a defense line
commanded by such an officer would
offer certain attractions for attack that
Umt lectors, jundc more ab)a com
manders, might not present. Now that
the United States has gone into the
business of bolstering up its defenses
and brushing the cobwebs of neglect
from the agencies of National secur
ity, such refinements as modern espi
onage should be fully considered.
FAT AD CONTENTED.
A letter to the New York Times sets
forth what purports to be the Kansas
view of preparedness, in the follow
ing: Not one organization lias declared for the
preparedness programme In the state of
Kansas. A list of Kansas organizations
that have gone on record against the so
called preparedness plan within a few weeks
or moilhs Includes the Kansas State Teachers-
Association, in a "convention of 60"".
the Kansas State Grange, with 4.fUU mem
bers; the Kansas State Farmers- l-nlon,
with 11.000 members; the Kansas state
Federation of I.abor, with .".O.iMitl members;
the Kansas state Mutual Insurance Associ
ation with rtO.OoO members; ttie Kansas As
sociation of Machinists, with 7-00 mem
bers; more than toil churches, 4r0 fraternal
orzanlzatlona and forty women's clubs.
-Moa- of us who live where It Is realize
that thj Kansis spirit, as Kansas knows
It. still exists; It sull dares to do Its own
thinking. .
If the President should really need them.
100.0OO Kansans. not unacquainted with the
manual of arms, would answer his call
within forty-eight hours.
The Kansas Idtfa is evidently that
there is no excuse for getting ready
to fight, but in case of trouble call
on 100,000 Kansans who know how to
fight, for they are "not unacquainted
with the manual of arms." Can it be
possible that Kansas is opposed to any
more preparedness because Kansas
feels prepared?
There is a strange contrariness about
Kansas. Orvee it was militant and un.
afraid; now It is fat and contented.
All it wants is to be let alone. Pos
sibly its geographical situation in the
heart of America loOO miles irom
the Atlantic." 1500 miles from the Pa
cific and 750 miles from the Gulf of
Mexico contributes , to its feeling of
ease and security. One might almost
wish that the whole of Kansas could
bp moved for -awhile down to the
Mexican border.
Kansas, once proudly sought to live
up to its motto ad astra per aspera
("through difficulties to the stars ).
But now Kansas is ready to adopt a
new slogan "We don't care what hap.
pens, so it doesn t happen to us.
Prosperity has done too much for Kan'
sas.
IF ROOSEVELT, WHAT?
The discovery made by a suspicious
correspondent that The Oregonlan has
a leaning toward Colonel Roosevelt as
the Republican candidate for Presi
dent may or may not call for explicit
reply. It ought to have been obvious
to our sturdy Republican friend that
The Oregonian has sought, by what
ever influence it had, to encourage
the nomination of a candidate who
will make a good and safe President
ana wno can oe eiecieu.
If the Roosevelt apparition has ma
terialized with startling vividness late
ly, to disturb otherwise placid and
well-satisfied Republican imaginations,
it is not at all the fault of this paper.
The Oregonian will repeat that it
has rather hoped for the nomination
of Justice Hughes and has not ex
pected nor desired the present political
recrudescence of Theodore uooseveit.
This is said without prejudice to the
ex-President, but solely with a view
to his availability. There are Repub
licans who will not vote for Mr. Roose
velt just as there are Republicans who
will not vote for Mr. Root. vvny
should the party split upon a rock
which may well be avoided? The
great desideratum now is a reunited
party and a united people. It is fairly
in sight and no issue over a candidate,
present or prospective, should be per
mitted to defeat that end.
But The Oregonlan looks for the
Chicago convention to settle the ques
tion as to the candidate. - It will hope
that the merits of the Roosevelt can
didacy if there is a Roosevelt can
didacy will be fairly considered
there; and that every other candidate
will also get whatever he may deserve.
If the result shall be the nomination
of Colonel Roosevelt, The Oregonian
will not seek to fight over the cam
paign of 1912 in 1916.
There is said to be an active Roose
velt boom throughout the East and
Middle West. There is a growing
opinion that he may be nominated.
The Oregonian does not share it. But
if he should be, what then?
The laudable and instinctive Na
tional aspiration for the assertion of
a vigorous and self-respecting Amer
icanism, so that America may again
take its place. In the sun, will find
adequate expression.
A WET AND DRY KXOHANGK.
The proposition comes from the
Byron (Cal.) Times to exchange Cali
fornia "drjs" for Oregon and Wash
ington "wets." The suggestion runs
something like this:
California is wet and is likely to
remain- wet. Many property owners,
business and professional men are dis
satisfied with the situation. Oregon
and Washington are dry. Numerous
property owners, business and profes
sional men, it is assumed, can
not here attain their desired degree of
physical comfort under the legal lim
itations upon Imports of Intoxicants.
All that is necessary is to bring the
California dissatisfied in touch with
the dissatisfied of Oregon and Wash
ington. They trade places and prop
erty and everybody is made happy.
It is a grand idea, but it has its lim
itations. California, wedded to wine
manufacture and bibulous pleasures,
would doubtless be glad to rid Itself
of Its more active reformers. Like
wise, we should consider their trade
for some of our pickled citizens more
than a fair exchange. But the real,
simon-pure reformer Is not happy un
less he is chasing the devil up the
road. The thought will intrude that
their elysium must not ..be a locality
where all is good and pure, but a
place nvhere valor against evil may
every day be proved, else they will
forever be unhappy souls.
Otherwise the controversies of man
kind would long ago have adjusted
themselves. The single taxers would
all be in Saskatchewan or Yucatan,
the Sunday-observance promoters in
Boston, the medical freedomites In the
South Sea Islands and the initiative
and referendum would have retired
permanently behind the door. ,
In short, the scheme reads well, but
analyzed there is nothing in It to en
courage excursion rates on the rail
roads. COLLEGE ;IRLS AND AM CSE3LENT.
In order to refute charges that
young college women are given to ex
travagant amusements, Miss Ada Com
stock. dean of Smith College, has com
piled data showing Just how much
money the young women of her school
disburse for entertainment. The girls
at Smith's spend on an average of
$765 a year, and of this S7.4 per cent
is for necessities, so Dean Comstock
reports. She fails to classify this class
of disbursements by recording what
portion goes for clothes or what makes
sities. But she-finds after a careful
check that 8.2 per cent is all that is
devoted to luxuries and pleasure, and
she includes in this list payment of
dues, contributions to church and
charity. A fraction more than 4 per
cent goes for books and stationery.
With these figures before her. Dean
Comstock draws the deduction that
young college women are very simple
and retiring in their tastes and habits
and hence are far removed from the
category of social butterflies in which
some would place them. But the good
dean's figures would be far more con
vincing if they included the sums ex
pended by the young beaux of the
Massachusetts school community for
theater tickets, flowers, bonbons, taxi
hire in attending dancing parties and
the various other items of tribute
Iovled UDon the susceptible male. A
mere summary of what a woman
spends for amusement gives little or
no index of the amount of time she
devotes to amusement It is all too
likely that someone else foots the bills.
A rare spectacle, indeed, that of an
attractive young college woman going
to the theater unescorted, or at her
own expense. Nor does she buy her
own bonbons and trinkets.
It may be assumed that the college
exercises wise restrictions and that
studies are not neglected in pursuit of
pleasures and social gaieties. It may
be that the young men in the vicinity
of Smith's College are stingy and spend
little for theater tickets and chocolate
drops. But Dean Comstock's data do
not indicate this to be the fact any
more than they prove what she sets
out to prove
PERFECT MEN'.
Where is the perfect man to be
found? If he will make known his
whereabouts news of importance
awaits him, for he is being sought with
great earnestness by the National As
sociation of Merchant Tailors. Per
fection in those attributes of tempera'
ment and character which might go
into the making of an ideal male
specimen is not what the association
seeks. No one, not even Diogenes
would set out on such a foolhardy
quest. Physical perfection is the qual.
ity in quest; and before any of our
modern Apollos use up athletic club
stationery in making response it might
be well to observe the plans and speci
fications of the perfect "thirty-eight'
male biped. .
He must stand five feet ten inches
in stature. No more, no less. He
must weigh within a few ounces of
150 pounds. His chest must show a
circumference of thirty-erght inches,
his waist thirty-four Inches, his hips
forty inches. This is the perfect male
as seen by the tailors' association, and
any individual who is able to meet
the specifications is in demand as a
model at a good salary.
But just to think that such a crea
ture as that should be set down as the
perfect male even in the eyes of a
tailoring association, the same band
of cutting-room dictators that would
deck our young manhood out in laven
der vests and wine-colorad trousers
with red stripes. Would such a man
be able to stand before a stiff gust of
wind? Chest ' thirty-eight and tjhe
man standing nearly six feet in the
air. Waist thirty-four. Who has a
waist these days and at the same time
is able to patronize a tailor? We have
seen such men, but always in the
fashion-plate section of some popular
magazine. The fact that they are rare
in real life is Indicated "by the diffi
culties experienced in filling the order
for a model.
We are glad they are rare. Ameri
can physical standards have fallen far
short of that happier day when we
were a more vigorous people. Too
many men have a circumference at
the waist out of all proportion to
chest and hips. Physical rehabilitation
is a necessity that may be forced upon
us one day in this troublesome age.
But when it is, fancy having such a
model of physical perfection before
us as that put out by the National as
sociation! Six-foot giants of bulging
muscles and heaving chests put aside
in favor of elongated, pindle-bodied
specimens that must resort to subter
fuge in order to cast a shadow. No,
such standards cannot be forced upon
us by any mere tailoring association.
The specifications are not the dimen
sions of a .perfect man, but of a per
fect lady.
ROOT AS A POSSIBILITY.
The indictment against the Wilson
Administration could not have been
more forcibly put than it was by ex
Senator Root in his speech to the New
York Republican convention. It gains
force from the calm, temperate lan
guage in which it is phrased. The
counts in the indictment are undenia
ble by any man who with an open
mind has followed the" course of
events daring the last few years. To
such a man it is patent that the Ad
ministration has not provided for back
ing its diplomacy with force and that
therefore its "diplomacy wins no re
spect in a world which has made the
supreme appeal to force; that the
Administration has made threats and
has failed to make them good, has
thereby failed to assert our National
rights and has forfeited the respect of
the world; that therein the Adminis
tration has failed to interpret the spirit
of American democracy.
The truths enunciated by Mr. Root
form the basis of the platform which
the convention adopted. In contrast
with the Wilson failures. It offers com
plete preparedness, economic. Indus
trial and financial as well as mili
tary; insistence on the principles of
international law; protection of Amer
ican rights in Mexico and everywhere
abroad; fulfillment of our trust in the
Philippines; establishment of a. tariff
commission and restoration of the
merchant marine.
These are distinctive Republican
principles which will remain leading
issues of the coming campaign, not
withstanding President Wilson's elev
enth-hour conversion to some of them.
The place which Mr. Root occupies as
their spokesman brings him once more
to the front as a fit leader in the strug
gle for their endorsement by the peo
ple and as a fit man to put them in
practice. His distinguished public
services in the Cabinet and In the Sen
ate, in oombating invisible government
and in contending for sane progress
have fastened upon him, as the man
for President in an almost unprece
dented crisis, the attention of multi
tudes. He holds a foremost place in
the esteem of, thoughtful Republicans,
notwithstanding his repeated denials
that he desires the Presidency, his re
puted coldness, his former employment
as an attorney for corporations, his
connection with the split in 1912 and
his advanced age. Though unwilling
to tie its hands by endorsing him when
circumstances may require it to turn
to some other candidate, the New York
convention kept him to the front as
a possibility by selecting him to de
liver the keynote speech.
No Republican who calmly weighs
thfi merits S Ms. Rao, aa 4auftt tb&tlia iba cwnws caamajgn.
he would safely and wisely steer the
Nation through the critical times dur
ing which the next President will con.
duct the Nation's affairs. He has
Droved that abundantly. As Secretary
of War he reorganized the Army
pacified the Philippines, prepared
Cuba for independence, directed our
Dart in suppression of the Boxer re'
bellion and . in the subsequent settle
ment with China, and he prepared the
Government's case for acquisition of
our insular possessions when its con
stitutionality was disputed. As bee
retary of State he conducted diffi
cult negotiations with Japan, success
fully resisted the impudent claims of
Colombia and made a tour or boutn
America which did much to draw
closer the bonds of friendship between
the Latin and Anclo-Saxon nations in
this hemisphere. As a Senator he was
among the ablest of constructive
statesmen and of critics. As a political
leader he has stood for genuine pop'
ular rule against boseism on the one
hand nd demagogy on the other
hand. Colonel Roosevelt, who quar
reled with him in 1912, had said of
him:
He is the greatest man who has appeared
In iha nuhl!. lite of anv country, in any
position, on either side of the ocean, in my
time.
Lord Bryce described him as the
greutest man who had ever held the
office of Secretary of State.
Though it is generally agreed that
Mr. Root is admirably equipped by
ability, character and experience
to be President during the crit'
ical times before us, there is a prev
alent feeling that,he could not be elect.
ed. He was attorney forBoss Tweed
and for seVeral trusts; this fact is held
to have fixed in his mind an immov
able bias, though his subsequent course
in opposing bosses and as a Cabinet
member in counseling anti-trust legis
lation and prosecutions proves the con
trary. He is called cold, though men
who know him speak of his "strong
emotional nature." He is termed re
actionary, though he has opposed re
action and has merely refused to ac
cept as progressive anything which
was offered under that label. He Is
held to be unavailable because his
nomination would revive the antag
on isms of 1912. No loyal Republican
denies his capacity to head the Gov
ernment, but many shake their heads
and say he cannot get the votes neces
sary to elect him. The thinking and
unprejudiced say he is one among the
few who are equipped for the office,
but they fear an adverse verdict from
the unthinking and prejudiced.
Because this is the situation, it may
be unwise for the Republican "party to
nominate Mr. Root for President and it
mav be impossible to elect him. The
party doubtless has other men who can
wisely and safely lead the Nation
through these turbulent times. Yet it
Is a sad commentary on popular rule
that at such a time the people must
or will deny themselves the services of
such a man for reasons entirely dis
connected from his ability to serve
them.
That was a peculiar chain of more
or less infelicity handled by Judge
Gatens in which the formar co-respondent
became the second wife, who
in turn named a second co-respondent.
The judge acted nicely in throwing the
mess out of court, for its only solution
lies in the primitive code of the stone
If children are a hostage to fortune.
that Idaho family would need a mil
lion of them to keep straight. Prob
ably nowhere in the country can be
found a similar case of parents and
three sons in the penitentiary and five
young children being cared for by the
state until the parents are released.
A Philadelphia young woman who
rivals Venus de Milo has many pro
posals of marriage. And without any
data being available as to her disposi
tion and batting average as a house
keeper. Man, indeed, is a moth.
The millions to be spent by the
Southern Pacific for equipment to
handle Coast traffic would indicate
faith in good times coming, for rail
ways do not spend money on dreams.
They have a different way in Omaha,
where a streetcar knocked an auto
truck off the Missouri River bridge
yesterday, sixty feet to the ground.
Trolley cars here are really tame.
The dismissed midshipman at An
napolis who started in to whip his late
instructor is said to be an all-around
athlete. He never will be an "officer
and gentleman," however.
Greece knows where to bank when
sha sends her $75,000,000 to the United
Stiftes. Ferdy and sopnie are not rais
ing chances on going over the hill to
the poorhouse. -
Any old bottom in the Atlantic now
brings a good price. The Dunholme,
which sold for $30,000 after a fire a
few years ago, has changed owners
for $850,000.
A wife may sue for divorce when
her husband drops angleworms on her,
but what can an old maid aunt do
when a small boy drops tadpoles down
her neck?
Dye products have increased 3000
per cent in price. A submarine with
a cargo of dyestuffs should net money
enough to carry on the war for some
weeks.
Somebody would stampede the Brit
ish cruisers in the Atlantic by telling
of Germans about to sail from the
Canaries as commerce destroyers.
It may be done, but a union of Ore
gon's or any other state's cattlemen,
horseraisers and woolgrowers sounds
too dovey-dovey to be true.
Tt has been made clear by the open
ing guns that the"Republican hosts will
attack the Democracy in the vicinity
of its spineless diplomacy.
Bills carrying millions In harbor and
river Improvements have been drafted.
The pork-barrel scramble is about to
begin.
Have they looked in the club cel
lar for the Chicago cner, alleged
poisoner and bum kettle-cleaner?
The allies have renewed their
pjedges to Belgium. Yet that country
has never wanted for pledges.
The British national debt approaches
$11,000,000,000, which means "con
sols" for centuries.
The Bulgarians are getting their full
share of heavenly manna from allied
aircraft.
Preparedness will be the vital isaue
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. Evanf.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease. If matters of gen
eral Interest, will be answered in this col
umn. Where apace will not permit or the
subject la not suitable, letter will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped, addressed en
velope Is inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual dis
eases. Requests fAV bucIi service cannot be
answered.
(Copvrlght. ltilB. by Dr. W. A. Kvans.
Published by arranisement with Chicago
Tribune.)
Some Caaea ot Rheumatism.
Case 1. A working girl was subject
to rheumatism. A. number of years ago
she had an attack of inflammatory
rheumatism which kept her in bed for
several months. Fortunately, her par
ents were able to take care ot her.
Her father was a factory worker with
a fair-sized family, and when the girl
got over her rheumatism she started
out to make her own way.
Her rheumatism troubled her a good
deal. Remembering her former expert
ence with it, she was always in fear
that she would have another prolonged
attack and would have to" go to the
county hospital. She beard of some
pills that were good for rheumatism.
A box large enough to last about half
a week cost 60 cents. She was not
earning much money, and she liked to
wear nice-looking clothes and to go to
the oleture shows, but the fear of an
other spell of rheumatism haunted her
and sha had some pain all the time, so
she spent Jl a week for the rheumatism
medicine. Her medicine seemed to have
such a hold on her and she seemed so
willing td deny herself that she might
have it that friends accused her of
taking dope. This she neither affirmed
nor denied. She did not want to be
laid up with rheumatism and she had
faith in the Dills.
Last Summer someone persuaded her
tn have, her teeth fixed. She had many
cavities. Some of her teeth were pulled
Some not so badly decayel were filled
Allv of her teeth were cleaned. Her
gums were treated. When her mouth
was put in order her rheumatism
stopped. She has had no pain in her
joints for several months. She quit
buying the rheumatism medicine last
Fall. She has saved nearly enough pill
money to pay for her dental work.
Case 2. A woman 58 years of age was
suffering from a chronic, slowly pro
gressive incurable disease. From time
to time she would have peculiar spells
lasting a few days. During these spells
she had a little fever and her mind was
cloudy.
It was noted tnat sne naa an aa-
vtfnced case of pyorrhea. Her gums
were soft, and pus oozed from the tooth
sockets. The, nhvsicians came to the
conclusion that the spells of fever and
the typhoid state were due to absorp
tion from the gums. At any rate, to
have the teeth pulled would do no
harm and might do good. The teeth
were pulled. Within a few days the
discharge of dus had stopped, the gums
had healed, and the typhoid state passed
away almost Immediately after tne
teeth were drawn.
Case 3. A woman had rheumatic at
tacks. She- was advised to have her
nose and teeth put in order. This she
did, but her rheumatism did not stop.
A surgeon found that she had gall
stones. He operated on her gall blad
der, finding gallstones with a suppur
ating gall bladder. The operation cured
her rheumatism.
Straining; the Eye.
A. C. writes: "1. When a person of
40 years of age badly strains one eye,
does this eye ever get right again
that is, can this person ever get so he
can read much? 2. Can you tell me
something that will strengthen the eye
after one gets the correct glasses?
"3. If one has astigmatism, and
gets glasses fitted to suit the sight, but
does not correct astigmatism, what ef
fect does this have on the eye? 4. JJoes
it damage the eye to wear glasses of
this kind?"
REPL.Y.
1. "Straining one eye" is a very vague
and meaningless term. Whether the eye will
recover or not depends upon the extent of
the injury and how long the injury haa been
allowod to remain unoared for.
. Proper glasses are all that Is needed
unless there ia a diseased condition. This,
of course, means -that proper treatment
should be had in order to overcome what
ever disease you have.
3. straining continues.
4. Not In every case. You ehould stop ex
perimenting and go to a first-class oculist.
He will thoroughly examine your eye. If
you need glasses he will fit you. One's eyes
are too precious and important to be experi
mented with.
Nnanl Treatment.
Reader writes: "1. Will you please
tell me if liquid (a simple solution of
salt and water or something equally
mild) in glass nasal douche used in re
clining position to loosen catarrhal se
cretions in head can get into the ears
and cause inflammation and discom
fort? 2. If so, what is the remedy?
REPLY.
1. It certainly can. Any nasal douche or
wash, hard blowing or nasal obstruction may
produce this.
2. Go to a competent throat, nose, and
ear specialist, one you are sure ia honest,
and follow his advice.
Canker In the Month.
M. Li. W. writes : "Will you kindly
answer the following question In your
valuable health notes: (1) What is the
cause of canker in the mouth ana stom
ach and the remedy for it? (2) Also if
tomatoes and oranges are injurious to
eat?"
REPLY.
1. When cankers develop In the mouth
It is a sign that the eating habits ape badly
wrong in some way. A frequent fault is that
the diet is badly balanced. There is too
much of some articles and too little of
others. Another frequent fault ia rapid eat
ing and poor mastication. Another is con
stipation. Th cankers heal in a few days,
but that has little to do with the case.
The wrong habits must be corrected.
. No.
Let Talkers Contribute.
PORTLAND, Feb. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) A new appreciation of St. Paul's
admonition, "Let the woman learn in
silence," came to the writer while sit
ting in the gallery of the White Tem
ple during the past few days, for it is
difficult to follow a speaker while an
intermittent conversation is being car
ried on near you. It came to mind
again during Dr. Young's instructive
lecture on Alaska Wednesday evening
that if every woman were fined $1 for
each unnecessary remark during that
lecture and the fine turned to the mis-
Ion funds, much good could De accom
plished.
We talk m season ana out or season,
and the women are not the only guilty
ones. We attend church presumably to
worship God, and talk until service
beeins and ofttimes during the service.
Sometimes a pastor will converse with
visitor during tne choir numbers.
and then rise to compliment them upon
the beautiful service rendered, or come
late to the young people s meeting and
enter into conversation while the young
president frantically tries to hold tne
udlence.
No one means to be unkind, but we
certainly are inconsiderate of the
rights of others, and it Is good to see,
as we recently have done, a man brae
enough to openly rebuke a thoughtless
audience. MARY G. HEDLEY.
Robin la Thief.
HEPPNER, Or., Feb. 16. (To the
Editor.) Speaking of robins, I was
amused when I reaa or tne Kind lady
who left a few cherries on the trees
for them. if sne uvea in n.astern
Oregon she'd be fortunate if they left
a few on tne trees ior ner.
I love the Dlras, Dut write me, also.
as One wno lovea nis ictiuw man ana
also loves cherries. ,
tv AUU3. a.
HOW MANY SX THE IDEAL FAMIWf
Mother IVamea Rlicht St'umher f Chil
dren aa Four or Five.
PORTLAND, Feb. 17. To the Edi
tor.) I have been reading the letters
on birth control and feel compelled to
answer the one who has dared to sign
himself "A Christian." I cannot com
prehend how r man can be so absolute
ly devoid- of human kindness. I thank
God for the sake of women that thero
are very few men so selfish and narrow-minded
as the ones who signed
themselves "A Father," "Father Black"
and "A Christian." Most men theso
days are broad-minded and kind-hearted.
They are good and loving husbands
and fathers. They do not wish their
wives to go through unnecessary pain
to bear more children than can possibly
be cared for. It is quality, not quan
tity, we want.
When father and molher bring into
the world four or five "healthy, happy
children the home life will be happy
and cheerful; the mother will have
time to go out frequently and receive
company and also read and keep up
with the worlds events ana oe a com
panion to the husband and children.
Life is a pleasure under those condi
tions. I am th,e mother of four children. To
me there is nothing In the world so
dear and sweet aa a little child. In
spite of all the worry and sorrow they
may cause in the future, it is well
worth while just to hold them in my
arms and know that I have attained
the highest and most exalted pos tlon
known to women that of mother. But
do you think I want eight or ten more?
Certainly not.
The average woman of today has not
the time nor strength to bear 10, or 12,
or 16 children. There is no woman
who would willingly do so if she could
help it. Life is as sweet to her as
anyone. Many a woman has given up
her health and her life to bear num
berless children for such men as "A
Christian" and those men, to cover up
their own degraded passions, will put
on a cloak of religion and say God
wills it, when God has nothing to do
with it. God gave us the wonderful
power to bring" children Into the world,
and he expected us to use it wisely and
with common sense, and not drown It
In sensuality. We mothers are glad to
give birth to a decent number of chil
dren uncomplainingly, but when it
comes to dozens we draw the line.
It is a sin for any man or woman
to marry who does not want or love
children. Sucfi people should stay sin
gle. It is a greater sin to allow chil
dren to be born of such parents. It is
a crime against society, it it can be
prevented, to allow a large family of
children in a home where, through pov
erty or 111 health, they cannot be prop
erly cared for. So, it there are to be
large families, they must be only in
the homes of the wealthy.
MRS. R. L. S.
3VOT PROPER STAXDARDBEARER
Republican Believes) Mnny of Party
Would Not Vote for T. R.
PORTLAND. Feb. IT. (To the F.di
tor.) In reading The Oregonlan 1 see
frequent mention is made ot the prob
ability of T. Roosevelt becoming the
nominee of the next Republican Na
tional Convention. Judging from the
tone of The Oregonian it strikes me
"that the wish is father to the
thought."
Surely the great Republican party
can find a standardbearer whose self
respect and fidelity to his parly are
greater than personal ambition one
whose record is free from taint to
load It to victory. Charles H. Betta.
editor of the Lyons. N. Y., Republican,
December 22, 1S15, in his letter to the
New York World expresses my senti
ments much better than 1 can when
he, in part, says: ,
It is evident that Roosevelt Is still obsessed
with the idea that he can vet become a
Caesar or a Napoleon. He will never for
give the National uouveutiuu m ....... .--
nominating "Taft instead of stampeding for
himself. He will never forgive tho Repub
lican convention of 1!H-' for compelling him.
so far as it was able to do so, to keep his
pledge to the American people imt to be
come a candidate or accept another nomina
tion " He will never forgive the American
people for electing Vfoodrow Wilson Presi
dent of the United States Instead of elect
ing himself on a platform of party treason.
Ho will never forgive Wilson for being Pres
ident, although it was his party treason that
elected him. He will never forgive the
Kaiser for becoming the leading figure in
the Kuropean war. He will never forgive
God for not permitting him to run the uni
verse. .
Colonel Roosevelt today presents a sac!
and pathetic spectacle in American polities
Despised bv all loyal Republicans, deserted
by all honest and patriotic Progressive, iso
lated on tho island of his own conceit, ho
is now rolling in agony on the bed of party
treason at Oyster Bay and being pricked to
death by the sharp thorns of disappoint
ment. .
I have voted the Republican ticket
in both state and National elections
since I cast my first vote for Blaino
and Logan in 1884. I have been true
to my party because I believed in its
principles and its ability to govern and
give prosperity to all: but I will never
vote for the man who defeated Mr.
Taft in 1912. and who has never hesi
tated to sacrifice either his friends or
rifv his DOlitical ambition.
Give us a clean man, for I for one do
not want a political renegaoe to vui
for, and. I believe, voice the sentl-
ents of many tnousanos oi .nn.-i ..no
Republicans.
W. U. YOUNG.
COOS BAY TRADE AND ALASKA'S
Wl
Titer SnggesU Opportunity for Work
Near Home.
r incnpti7Tri - TTeh IS. fTo tho
.iinAoiii'iuu", v... - .
Editor.) On February 8 The Orego
nian commented very unfavorably on
what was thought to be my attitude on
community publicity. The writer Is a
lember of the Doara ui "
. rtamV,ir rt r'nmmoree.
tne juiii'Minciu
I.est the attitude and endeavors of this
institution be misconstrued, I hone that
In view of tne imporianuo mvm i
the matter by The Oregonlan, that
equal stress be laid upon the correc
tion. m
The following excerpts from a com
munication to the Coos Bay Harbor,
whose editorial inspired your comment,
will be understood.
Those who heard my remarks at the
Marshfield Chamber of Commerce banquet
seem to be about equally divided between
the views that they were Intended to criti
cise the newspaper men and that they were
Intended to indicate my conception of the
duty of the Chamber of Commerce. lho
latter view is the correct one.
Any attempt to suppress any sort ot news,
whether favorable or unfavorable, to this
section would be unwise. I do believe we
would be falling short of our duty, how
ever If we did not acquaint tho outside
world with the facts In connection with the
climate which indicate Its livahtllly and aa
I said in those remarks, "attempt to create
the same Impression on people that tliey
would get from living here a year.--
Southwestern Oregon is the homr of
30 000 people. He first railroad only
no'w is nearing completion. Its won
derful latent resources, salubrious cli
mate and splendid harbor have at
tracted this population. Wo certainly
do not now need to enter Into a cam
paign of misrepresentation to attract
residents. .
In those same remarks, which in the
one respect were so unfortunately mis
understood, I alienu. iu N.u. .
land in a more favorable light before
our residents. In this connection 1
want to say that your city could keep
within the bounds of propriety and
work along the lines of conservative
promotion by adopting a policy whim
will get the trade from this territory.
We have half as great a population aa
Alaska, the trade of which distant land
vour city is so covetous,
jout city a CHARLES HALL.
Hia firoundleaa Fcara.
Judge.
Kaid the huce untiuinly elephant.
"I'm
bigger than a house,
And atlll I shake and tremble at the mere
slzlit of a mous. -But
scientists all tell me lis there truth In
what they say?)
That out worst wtoe ue Ilea onl lioua la
the way.
In Other Days
Tirent.v-nvr Irsra Ao.
From The Ote;ont;ni of l',!iruury 1. T .1 .
Philadelphia. Feb. 17. Mis An
Lawle Willing, tlaimliter of Ldwiird .
Willing, of tins city, was iti.inied lura
today at 1 o'i'loi'l to John .l:t, nh .stui'.
Washington, Feb. 1 7. t I-'iict ;i 1 Srho
field today received a i :i hi. k i iin Irom
the Count of Paris r.nressin- i;eicf at
that death of Cciioriil Slu'fiiiiui.
R. .1. Brethertoti, ciiralor i,f the Ore
gou Alpine Club, lias returned from
talent, whern he exhibited a ."llci nou
of curios nnd natural e'pci limn., il.iiiuij
tho Grand Army fair.
W. C Steel has pone to San 1'tan-
cisro Hllii Stockton to be K'Ule M il till
days on business.
Noel IT. Jacks returned from .pok.mil
Falls yrsteriia v, w hore lie vent to de
liver lho anniversary address for tho
Young Men s Christian .esocia t not ui
thut city.
A friend who called to see Coum'H
man. denies yesterday found lihn m
senii-consclous rotutit ion, unable !'
recognize aliloil. The nurse take.-
a hopeful ieu- of his case says hit
rested well ami lln ie is a fair show
for his recovery.
The Prince of Wales bus presented to)
John Hare a silver sn'.ifi'lni for his re
cent performance at Saiulrin-'.ham,
Such a gift Is not to lie sneeze. 1 at.
British Jii.nt K Mir: is ii.i.i:;.ta
Seizurea on Siiapli'loii Arc ot Kxruaed
by lOvldencr of FvaNtuii.
WILMUR, Or., Feb. ir. (To the V.tiU
tor.) In your leading article, 'Free
dom of the Seas." February 11. you
write: "It (Piitain) forbids neutrals to
import goods which it merely pupccU
to be destined for the enemy."
in view of tile "merely suspects," yota
may be interete! in the enclosed copy
of the Imdoii laily Mirror. Notice
the advertisement from the Nolle Fritei
I'resse and the figures given in lhi
table of exports. They speak for them
selves. M. BltllJU.
The advertisement referred to, at
translated by the Mirror, read.-f:
Provisions from llnlluinl. Cocoa la bats
rels and tins. chocolate, potato-flour,
"l'lock" sausage, half salt plus, butter, cof
fee, tea, sardines, clsurs. oranges, lcmonv
raisins, fis. arbdet matches, etc.. are sup
plied at prices that cannot bo biaten. Ilcnr
J. van Dljk, Wijnstra.it S. Jtoturdam.
We never doubted that which this
advertisement proves, that merchant
in neutral countries import much mor
chandite for sale to the Germans, liut
that is not the question at issue. Tna
question is whether the means adopted
by Great Isritaiti to prevent neutral
trade with Germany aro legal, not
whether they .lie effective. The Uniteil
States Government does not deny that,
if Great Pritain were to proclaim a
blockade in accordance with Interna
tional law and were to make the block
ade effective, that country would have
the right to intercept goods goins to
and from Germany through neutral
countries under tho doctrine of contin
uous voyage as applied by the. I'tiiteJ
States during the Civil War. 'lho
United State Government's criticism ort
the ordeiH in council does not tel. He to
their necessity In order to destroy Ger
man commerce or their effectiveness In
accomplishing that end: as a tn-uti.il
Nation, the 1'niteil Stairs is not con
cerned in that question. We simply
deny their legality. Great Britain can
render its procedure legal and can ac
quire tho right to tiso more dtastlo
means by proclaiming a regular block
ade. Leading British newspaper rec
ognize the weakness of their govern
ment's position legally and its failure
to cut off Germany completely from
commercial intercourse, for tliey uigo
their Cabinet to make Its action dc
fonsible against neutral complaints and
more effective against Germany by
proclaiming a blockade
llnoiigh Troiililm of Our lu.
LA CEN'TFK, Wash., "cb.lt. (To th
Editor.) There has been considerable
condemnation of tho hyphenated Amer-
lean, especially by tin- powerful east
ern press, but no condemnation ot tin
pro-ally press. Can anybody seo why
the continual prodding of GcrinuiiV
and the German character can result in
anything but antagonism of the Ger
man population of the 1'nitcd Slates?
1 should say that it were a poor
sort of citizen who had no "prido of
race," regardless of previous national
ity. I think it will be admitted Hint
more than a fair share of our great
industries is dominated by Germans m'
their descendant s. Not hecuuso they
acquired ability by the slmplo contact
with American soil, but heciitisn Uio.-a
traits ot character that enable them
to do those things are bred and trann ii
into them by the mother stock.
We seem to think that war should,
be conducted after a "Gaston and AJ
phonse" manner. But wo should not
lose sight of tho fact Unit every m iv
invention for destruction makes it
mora inconsistent to expect human it V
in the death grapple ot two conloiidin
armies I believe wo liavo plenty of
domestic problems to olio without
creating- new ones needlessly.
PKO-AMlilUCAN".
I
Alice Cooper.
rOllTLAND. Feb. .17. (To the Krt
Itor ) riease give in The Oregonian .1
brief outline of the life and works ot
Alice Cooper, sculptor. B. I S.
Miss Alice Cooper, the. sculptor. Is a
Denver girl anil known ch icily for her
"Saeajawea," lho statue that came to
the Lewis and Clark Imposition la
Portland in 1903 for $7000 and now
permanently placed in City Park. She
studied at Art Institute in Chicago un
der Loratlo Toft.
Abatement of Stable Nuisance.
PUKTI.ANU. Feb. 17. (To the Kdl
(or ) Kindlv advise what course I
should take to get rid of a. ham within
a." feet or my back door that is hous
ing two horses and In a very unsani
tary condition. Is thero not a law cov
ering: stables within Uio city limits?
KKAl'KK.
Complain to City Health Officer, niy
Hall.
Choose Your Manufacturer,
Mr. Dealer.
Pick the, ones who arc willing to
help you.
Favor those who help you develop
trade by advertising in this news
paper. Show the newspaper ndvcriisenj
goods in your windows. Back thein
up.
As a rule, advertised goods under
a standard name are of heller qual
ity than the nondescript kind, be
cause the manufacturer of Hie for
mer is striving to build a reputa
tion. When you put your own name on
a brand of goods you are pretty
certain as to thu quality aro you
not? '
The mannfneturer has moro at
take thun you have.
The reason llin public favors ad
vertised goods is that it has come
to know that advertised brands are
usually the best.