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Newspaper Page Text10 THE SIORXIXG OSEGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MARCH 10. 1916. rOBILAXD. OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Foatofflca a second-clasa matter. Subscription Rates Invariably in advance. .. (Br Mall.) palljr. Sunday Included, one year f SS Ijally. Sundav Included, six months 4.Z5 Daily, Sunday Included three montha. . Caily, Bunday Included, on month... Dally, without Sunday, one year Dally, without Sunday, mx montha... Dally, without Sunday, three montha.. Daily, without Sunday, one month.... Weekly, one year Sunday, one year... Sunday and weekly, one year , (By Carrier.) Dally. Sunday included, on year Dally. Sunrinv InMnrit-rt rtne month.... 2.25 .75 (.00 S.ltS 1.75 .60 1.50 2.60 1.50 t.OO .75 How to remit Send postofflce money or der, express order or personal check" on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postotrlce addressea in -full. Including: county and state. - Postage Kate 12 to 16 pages. 1 cent: 18 to 32 pages, 2 cents; 34 to 48 pases, 2 cents; to to Uu pages, 4 -cents; 62 to T6 pages, 0 cents; 78 to ii pages. 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Castern Business Office Verree Sc Conk 11a. Brunswick building. New York; Verree & Conklin. Steger building, Chicago. San 'ranclco representative, K. J. Bidwell. 4 Market street. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1916. COOS COUNTY'S FCTCRE. Coos County is soon to have a long deserved, grand opening. The hopes, the ambitions, the labors and the plan ning of years are to be realized with the coming of the Southern Pacific Company's new line into one of Ore gon's richest districts. A study, there fore, of Coos County and its develop ment is interesting and expedient at this time. The census of 1910 gave Coos County a population of 17,959, Marshfield, the largest place in the county, having 2980. Other towns, Bandon, Coqullle, North Bend and Myrtle Point, had perhaps nearly twice as many people as Marsh field, thus giving the county an urban population of between 9000 and 10,000, and leaving a rural population of some thing like 8000. There is now an other town, Powers, with a population probably in excess of 1000; but this population is made up practically of old residewts of the county, largely from Marshfield. Thus, taking the county as a whole, there is a rural population of something like forty per cent, which is a good showing and better than many of our Oregon counties. Since 1910 Coos has grown more rapidly in population than almost any other Oregon county. There are only Jtwo that have approached the Coos progress, and the growth continues. At present a visitor may well wonder how this growth has been made and continues In the face of the handicap of inadequate traveling facilities. It is far from a pleasure jaunt to get from any other portion of Oregon to Coos Bay and return. ' There have been, and still are, sev eral ways to get to and from the Coos country. One is by steamer from Port land. In fine weather it is not a bad trip, although there are two bars to cross and there has never been a first class vessel running on schedule. There Is a number of small coast vessels entering the bay. They carry passen gers from the ports along the coast and from Portland. Another route still in operation is by stage from Roseburg to Myrtle Point, thence by rail to the bay. Still another is by stage from Drain to Scottsburg,- thence down to Winchester Bay by boat, along the neach by stage to the channel above Kmpire, and then by boat. Not an in viting trip at best. The other route, from Eugene to Mapleton, on the Sius law, by stage, thence down to Florence by boat, thence by the beach and boat, fin hv the Drain route, hns hppn short ened by taking the new Southern Pa cific line from Eugene to Cushman, thence by boat to Florence and down the beach. " Whichever way the passenger now travels he will, especially in wet weather, wish he had taken another route, save possibly when a fair trip is made by steamer to or from Columbia River points. Most of the travel is now by the Eugene - Cushman - Florence route, which necessitates nine or ten changes and entails travel by rail, boat, auto and wagon. As some of the changes are likely to be made in the dark, for the trip along the beach can be made only at low tide, it is tiresome even in fair weather. In rough weather Jt is vastly worse. Tet nobody can be blamed. The mail cotractors and owners of stage and boat lines have done even more than could reasonably be expected of them, for there never has been traffic enougn to pay to duuu nara-sunace roads from the interior, and the beach road is changed by every tide. In the dry season, when all roads are pass ably good, it is rather a pleasant trip by auto from Roseburg. and a big travel by the lighter machines has gone that way. It Is not a safe venture for large, heavy cars. Now the end to all of the hardships pf the past la in sight, because the new Southern Pacific line from Eugene to Coos Bay will be in operation some time this Spring. There will be only one ' change, a mile ferry trip across the Umpqua above Gardiner, but the bridge at that point will be completed by early Fall and then the fetters that have hampered and bound Coos County since the first white settler went there will be broken. That Coos has built up a population of over 20,000 people tinder such a handicap in the way of transportation is evidence that it is a county rich in resources. From the three foremost industries lumber, coal and dairying Coos will develop wealth enough and have people enough in a decade or so to mark it as one of Oregon's richest and most populous counties. The dairy business alone is an excellent example. Coos has now more than 10,000 dairy com. It is doubtful if any county in the Northwest has so many cows that will average in grade with those of Coos. The Coos dairymen are not of the hit-and-miss sort. They are breed ing up. up, all the time, as is evident in their 300 or more registered sires. Dairymen and experts have learned that in no section of the United States can a cow be kept for so little as in Coos if we except a few sections along the coast in Oregon and Washington. Tet no other section has ever shown the average net earnings of the dairy cow to be so high as in Coos. Cod's has the largest sawmill in the world, which lays its lumber down on San Francisco Bay for a carriage cost of S6 cents a thousand feet. Others will no doubt be built of equal capacity and with equal carrying cost. Coos Bay, it must be remembered, offers almost ideal shipping facilities. The harbor is one of the largest and finest along the coast- Already there is a large and prosperous shipbuilding plant there and others are bound to come, with other manufacturing plants. There is untold wealth of Coos coal. But why go further? Coos is coming into its own. With the advent of the Southern" Pacific Company's road there will be such developments down there as but few of us have dreamed of, but which the good people of that section 1 1 1 ii niArl fhtt-w havA .. .. i -1 and patiently for connection by rail with the outside world and they have labored as they waited. Now can be seen the dawn of an era of prosperity which they so richly deserve. MORE WATCHFUL WAITING? The exploit by Villa and his raga muffin outlaws in his attack upon American civilians on American soil was designed chiefly to show his con tempt for the Anjerican Government and the American people. Perhaps Villa hoped thus to precipi tate intervention; but what he has to gain through pacification of Mexi co by an American army is not clear. It ought to be obvious to him that if the job is undertaken It will be thor oughly done. When It shall be "done this arch-braggart and multi-murderer is likely to get his deserts. He is not a soldier. Me is a demon with a lust for blood and a monster who makes a plaything of woman's virtue. There is a price on his head, and if he is not caught and hanged by Mexican author ity he should be by American. It is high time it has long been time that the Mexican problem be faced seriously, with due acknowledg ment of imperative duty and definite responsibility. For three years America has parleyed, blustered, hesitated and retreated; and the magnitude pf the situation has grown rather than de creased. We have suffered insults without effective retaliation, and we have met, with verbal protests only, the- murder of men, the ravishment of women, the confiscation of property and the devastation of a state. Yet we talk in poetic prose of our inter est in humanity. It is not easy to reconcile Presi dent Wilson's announced policy of protecting, at any cost, Americans who venture abroad on the armed mer chantmen of belligerents with his systematic refusal to defend Ameri cans who travel through the territory of a neighbor (Mexico) on lawful business. In the latter case Ameri cans have been murdered for the sole reason that they were Americans; in the former because they projected themselves knowingly into a remote war zone, where they were slain be cause they were in - the way. It is hardly to be questioned that the American duty in the Mexican case is at least as clear as in the European. Years of anarchy, terrorism and de struction in Mexico are not to be terminated by American tolerance of more anarchy, terrorism and destruc tion, miscalled watchful waiting. MCST HE E IMPRESSED T There will be no great difficulty in interpreting Theodore Roosevelt's mes sage to the American people, sent from the far-off West Indies Islands. If, he says in effect, tho Nation believes sufficiently in its ideals to fight for them if it is ready for "something heroic" I'm your man. If it thinks more of dollars than of honor and more of peace and comfort than of duty and sacrifice, I'm not your man. That's the talk. "I will not enter into any fight for the nomination," declares the Colonel, "and I will not permit any factional fight in my behalf." He does not say what nomination. But there could be no factional fight against him in his own party. He would spare the Re publican party any internal convulsion over him. Evidently the Colonel has aimed his letter at both conventions, which by a well-arranged coincidence meet at Chicago on the same day. While the Colonel would prepare for war against any foreign foe, it is con soling to know that he is definitely for peace between the Republican' and Progressive parties, and within their respective ranks. It seems clear, nevertheless, that there is a certain anticipation at Oyster Bay (temporarily transferred to the West Indies) that the Republican party must go a-gunning for a candidate. DR. BOYD'S SUCCESS FORMULA. The formula for success which Dr. Boyd gave at Pendleton the other day makes up in practical value anything it lacks in elegance. Sweat! This little word, inelegant but terse and ex pressive, must be accepted by the per son who aspires to the goal of ulti mate success. The greater and high er the success the more one must sweat. Entire libraries of mottoes and of advice to beginners in the struggle for success have been written, but we cannot recall a single phrase or word that tells so much of the story in a way so brief and pointed. Passing success may be enjoyed by the drone, or by any one who is not especially active. But the genuine success that is attained and sustained means continued effort, concentration and perspiration sweat. The higher the aim the more one must sweat. The word was not meant literally, of course. The man who actually sweats the most may accomplish the least. The mere fact that one perspires freely does not indicate progress towards the goal of success which so few of us, too few of us. ever reach. But taken In the sense that one must apply him self when the flesh rebels and the va grant spirit fee the lure of pleasure's bid, then sweating is a necessary proc ess. There are diversions on every side for the ambitious tyro in life's ardent struggle. One's whole future may depend upon his strength in put ting aside these diversions, which in trude themselves, invariably, at an hour when important tasks remain un done. Tomorrow is the eternal and ubiquitous stone in the path of to day's achievement. To avcyd the stone, to disregard the alluring diversions, means to sweat. If not externally, at least internally. Self-denial, persist ence within wise limits in following a prescribed course, mean inward sweat ing. But there is the sure reward at the end of the course the reward of success, since no one who really ap plies himself can fail to find the meas ure of success that corresponds at least to his" native abilities. LEARSIXG TO SPELL AT COLLEGE. If there are any Nobel awards this year for distinguished service- in the interest of culture, human advance ment and cvilization, let the whole sum be awarded to Columbia Univer sity. In addition we would recom mend the entire faculty excepting Froressor Matthews for decoration with the Iron Cross, Pour le Merite and Order of the Black Eagle, first class. For simplified spelling, eu phonious spelling and other forms of abridged and corrupted orthogra phy have been repudiated, but not by special decree or personal denuncia' tion. Vituperation is nothing more than a flow of words. Columbia Uni versity has done more than to talk. Spelling classes have been established lately and now the student body is be ing taught to build letters Into words in accordance with the ancient and honorable architecture that has served us so long and so well. They are through -with "thru, tfcrqugb, and fkrouati, A sgeUing book containing 5000 words has been pro vided and the classes are learning the nomenclature of words by means of spelling bees preceded by careful study. Nor are they spelling jaw breaking words. Rather they go in for the simple words that cultured persons are apt to misspell every time they use them. For example, such words os cemetery, creamery, privi lege. Indict, recipe, receipt, alignment. The more complicated words are of less concern. The person who cannot for the life of him say-.whether it Is license or lisence finds no difficulty spelling embonpoint, embouchure or emberizlnae. In these days of ortho graphical decadence the most cultured would have to visit the dictionary in order to spell "lickerish." which is the way the euphonists spell It, even If that does not so much as approxi mate the proper spelling of the word. Word that the Columbia spelling classes are popular is refreshing. The classes are voluntary rather than com pulsory, which Is a matter of some regret. Yet when we hear so many volunteers responded at Columbia that new classes had to be added the out look is cheerful. And now that Co lumbia has marched to the rescue of orthodox spelling, it remains for other patriotic American colleges to mar shal their forces and help save the English language from becoming a misshapen mess. THE HEART OF ESOLASB. In another column on this page The Oregonlan reprints today a collection of little paragraphs taken from the "Personal" columns of the London papers. In them Is reflected the mis ery of war, the Joy of hope, the stoical attitude of English men and women when face to face with the somber spectacle of war. There are flashes of ambition, of patriotism, expressed longings of a dutiful soldier that his dogs at home be cared for, and the bearutiful picture of a sacrificing mother in pursuit o.': news, be it ever so meager, of a son she has sent to serve, as she believes, her country in its present need and posterity. These paragraphs are taken from the English papers for obvious rea- ons. No doubt there are parallel ones in "the German, French and Russian newspapers which would appeal In the most human way to friend and foe alike; to sympathizers of the allies or of the central powers. War has not drained from the world all the milk of human kindness. Of this we are sure. The "Personal" columns of the Eng lish newapapers and those of other countries involved must be the clear ing-house for requests and answers of such human attributes. A Lieutenant ready to return to the front seeks to buy a good revolver cheap; a "gay and sympathetic" lady of the countryside would willingly correspond with a wounded soldier; a lady whose fiance has been killed will marry and give up her life to caring for blinded or otherwise incapacitated soldiers; a birth notice tells of a son born to the wife of a late officer all these (and more in the "Personal" columns. We offer a dozen or more examples elsewhere. In their native simplicity they tell much not carried in the great array of news dispatches of the day. SEIZIN'ti THE STATE'S AUTHORITY. The Shields water-power bill, which has passed the Senate, vests in the Sec retary of War jurisdiction over develop ment of power in connection with dams constructed for the improvement of navigation on navigable rivers. By it the Government exercises not only the authority given by the Constitution to safeguard rivers for the purpose of navigation but assumes authority be longing to the states to regulate the use of water for generation of power. State jurisdiction in the latter case was by implicatwn recognized by the United States Supreme Court in the recent decision declaring that states may grant the right of condemnation over, private land for power purposes. The bill Is much less objectionable to the states than the Ferris bill be cause the provision under which the Government might have collected rent on water which belongs to the state has been amended to permit such exac tion only on the value as land of Gov. ernment land which is used in connec tion with the power plant. That and similar amendments explain the oppo sition on the final vote of ultra conservationists like Senators Cham berlain, Cummins, Kenyon, La Follette, Lane, Norris and Poindexter. The op position of men like Senators BorahJ and Works Is explained probably by their opposition to the measure of Federal usurpation which remains in the bill. The Shields bill is a fine illustration of the attempts to enlarge the power of the Federal bureaucracy, which characterize all measures of conserva tion which emanate from the votaries of Pinchotism. . Congress takes ad vantage of the grant by the constitu tion of a small measure of power to seize more. It has no authority over navigable rivers beyond the protection and promotion of navigation. By the Shields bill it assumes jurisdiction over the use of rivers for power purposes. It has no authority whatever over the use of water in non-navigable streams for any purpose, provided that such use does not impair the use for naviga tion of rivers whereof those streams are tributary. By the Ferris bill it attempts to use Government owner ship of abutting land as a club to com pel states to permit Government con trol and exactions for the use of those streams. National forests were reserved to promote forestry. The Forestry Bu reau has stretched its authority to con trol of water power, to reservation of treeless land and to exclusion of set tlers from agricultural land. The only safe course for the Western states to follow is to strike at such attempted usurpation whenever it ap pears. Unless they do, they will grad ually sink into a position of inferiority and subordination to those states in which there is no public domain. PSYCHOLOGY MADE EASY. Hugo Munsterberg has a bright idea. Such an unusual thing for Hugo that one Is led to suspect that some enter prising motion-picture man originated it. But let that be as it may, the idea is both novel and profitable. It provides a means of giving a ground work in psychology to everyone. Not the species of psychology that enables one to detect at a glance all the soul secrets of his associates, but the prac tical sort which will prove of value to the baker as well as to the banker, and to the streetcar conductor as well as to the opera conductor. Psychology is to be taught through the movies. Not In regular lessons. No one would go In that event. But through a series of movie stories which will have plenty of action and Incident. "Are you fitted for your Ijob?" will be the title and they will teamsters, chauffeurs, policemen and other humble workers. The field is one that should appeal with peculiar interest to the largest number of people. The educational value of the undertaking is not to be underestimated. For example, it can be shown that the irritable man who attempts to squabble with the con ductor Is a victim of brain Irritation precipitated by irregular habits. The fussy woman, the impudent police men and various annoying types can be explained so that one will not bother to take offense at their short comings in the future. In the past study of psychology has remained for college students and a few persons of leisure hours with a taste for unassorted textbooks. Now It is to be brought within the reach of all and In a way certain to impart much valuable information. Professor Munsterberg, in under taking the direction of this series, has pointed the way to popularization of hitherto restricted subjects. High brow pedagogues may stand aloof from the plan, but it is one that might be embraced to the National benefit In other branches of profound learn ing. ' The Democrats of New York have taken bold advantage of the general lack of confidence in Democratic plat forms; else how can the following resolution, adopted at Syracuse, he ac counted for? We recall to the consideration of the peo ple the condition of depression and lack of confidence that prevailed In this country during Republican Administrations from and after the panio of 1B07; and we Invite atten tion to the unprecedented prosperity now nJoyed by the United States as reflecting restored publlo confidence after nearly four years of Democratic Administration. W point to the commercial reports, which show heavy buying and selling of domestlo prod ucts; the voluntary Increase of washes; the launching of many new enterprises; the remarkable gains in bank clearances; the gratifying Increase in railway tonnage; a decrease In the number and amount of busi ness fallurea and a liberal placing of Fall contracts. Indicating continued business activity. There is no record that the Demo cratic convention gave a rising vote of thanks to Kaiser Wilhelm; yet It was his due. A curious discussion has been going on in England as To who is most likely to favor reprisals upon the enemy, the man of middle age or the old man? The London Evening News gives the following list of distinguished Eng lishmen, showing their attitude for or against dispatch of air craft to devas tate Germany: For Lord Rosebery (Oft), Sir A. Conan Doylo (56). Sir Alfred Turner (73), Lord Beresford (70), Lord Winchilsca (63). Lord Wllloughby de Broke (4, Lord Headley (CD, Joynson Hicks, M. P. (40). Sir For tescue Flannery. M. P. (64), the Rev. Lord W. Gflscoyne-Cecil (Gil). Against Viscount Bryce (78), Sir Edward Clarko (75). Professor Dicey "(81). Dean Yv'ace (79). Professor Pollard (46), the Into Lord Alverstone (73), Mr. Lloyd George (53), Mr. Tennant (30), sir Evelyn Wood (78). By this lifit it appears that the averago age of the "fors" Is fifty-nine and that of the "againsta" ia sixty-eight. It would appear to be true that young men are for war and old men for counsel, or for going slow. She platform of the Hon. Robert La Follette. candidate, .as usual, for the Republican Presidential nomina tion, contains the following Bryan esque planks: (A) Absolute embargo on tho shipment of arms and munitions to belligerents. (B) Government manufacture of all mu nitions of war needed for National defense. C) A standing Army, only If spending Its activities In social service. (D) The urging of a neutral-powers con ference to make an effort to bring the European war to an end. That ought to satisfy the most bel ligerent of the pacifists. The first re sult of an embargo on arms would be to restore the country to depend ence upon a protective tariff for re vival of its industries. It seems strange then that Senator La Follette did not find Toom in his plautform for men tion of the Wilson-Cliderwood tariff act, for which he voted. The odd thing is that American troops had the temerity to fight back. It will be recalled that when two offi cers pursued a band of bandits into Mexico recently, in an effort to recover a captured comrade, they were or dered under arrest and held for court martial by the American Government. The object of the war on cigarettes by the Women's Christian Temperance Union is to stop their use by boys. Missionary work must begin on the parent, for if he smokes, the son will hold he has the same right. It is not a pleasing variation in the day's news to read that a child has been injured by a runaway team, but it shows the car has not- displaced the horse in city life, which people are forgetting. But if something had been done about it last time American citizens were murdered in Mexico this latest atrocity would not have occurred. The Emperor has conferredLbe Or der of Merit on the commander of the Moewe, which means free drinks any where in the empire. Nebraska is to electrocute a 16-year-old boy who murdered two women and, judging by his confession, he deserves the punishment. , With Congress on the job and watch ful waiting under fire something may possibly follow this latest Mexican-outburst. Teddy denies being a candidate un less a crisis demands. But we suspect that he feels certain of a crisis. The Mosaic law is good enough for Massachusetts and she refuses to abol lsh capital punishment. These vice investigations show what trouble a wily minor girl can cause, and then people wonder. Berlin offers to behave if Britain will set the pace. Same old story in the same old way. Married men between 27 and 35 In England will get the irresistible call next week. The German fleet sailed right out and turned around and sailed right in again. A rockpile sentence might Induce a "drunk" to reveal the bllndpig. The vigil on the border must have been relaxed. Villa should pay for that atrocity with his life. Serve canned music with canned sal mon today. Once more, yiva yatoaful Eaitinsl How to Keep Well Br lr. W. A. Kvans. 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 is not. suitable, letter will be per sonally answered, subject to proper limita tions and where stamped, addressed en velope Is inclosedv. Dr. Fvans will not make diagnosis or prescribe for Individual dis eases. Requests for aucn aervlca caunot be answered. (Copvrlght. JSo. by Dr. W. A. Evans. Published by arrangement with Chicago Tribune.) Customs as to Baby Cure. THE death rata among babies from colds in Winter Is nearly as high as that from diarrhea In Summer. There is almost as much need for change in the Winter-timei customs as for im provement in milk and feeding cus toms. The custom .among foreign-speaking people Is to keep the baby's head wrapped up. The feet are often bare, no shoes and stockings, but the head is always wrapped. With them "cold" is the solution of every disorder. A cold shows In the head therefore the head must be protected. The feet do not mat ter. Cold Is In the head, not in the feet. They commonly keep the upper part of baby's body too warm; the low er part too cold. It Is difficult to get any fresh air Into the baby's room. For one thing, to raise a window means more fuel must go on the Are. When coal is bought by the basket and kindling by the bundle the opening of a window takes a good slice out of the dally wages. Another reason is the dread of colds combined with the notion that If freBh air strikes the baby's head he will catch cold. Another factor Is the custom of changing doctors. Sometimes as many as three doctors will be called In a sin gle day. The father will call a doctor before he goes to work. That doctor will call in the morning. Toward noon the grandmother will come In. She notices that the baby Is coughing and has fever. The doctor's medicine has done no good. A second doctor is called. He comes during the after noon. When the father comes home at night and finds the baby no better he goes ot.t and gets a third doctor. The case cited la extreme, but three different doctors In the course of a case of pneumonia happens so frequent ly that it might be said to be the rule. There is a notion that if the baby's legs are crooked when he starts to walk it is because he has not been strapped tight enough. The following is the method of strapping a baby: A baby Is placed on his back on a pillow with his head toward one corner and his feet toward the opposite corner. The lower corner is brought under his feet and up in front of his legs as high as his knees. The side corners are folded over his arms and in front of his chest. The pillow thus rolded is strapped aroundthe child's body, arms and legs. This custom of strapping a baby to a pillow is widespread among foreign speaking people in American cities. .A strapped baby is easy to carry. The disadvantages of strapping are: It leads to cold in Winter. It leads to heat prostration in the Summer. It binds the arms and legs and keeps them inactive. It draws attention from wrong feeding as the cause of bowlegs and knockknees. The custom of sewing up the children for Winter applied to the older children rather than the babies. This custom is said to be on the decline. Mistaken as to Cansf. H. II. writes: "Please advise me In regard to a mother and daughter sleep ing together. They both have good health, but the daughter is not very strong of late. Do you think the mother is taking the vitality out of the daughter, who Is 18 years old, and the mother is 60? They have slept together all their lives. Please let me know your opinion of It." REPLY. On general principles it ia better that two people should not sk-fT in the same bed. Beyond this general objection there is no special reason why this mother and daugh ter should not sleep together. An older woman slocplng with a younger one does not eap Iter vitality. That opinion Is a superstition from; the dark ages. Children's Eye Defects. . E. L. S. writes: "A reply to the fol lowing will be appreciated: "1. At what age should congenital strabismus be corrected? "2. Are glasses advisable at the age of 2 years? "3. Will glasses correct it so that an operation will be unnecessary later? "4. If glasses are used at the age of 2 years for congenital strabismus does it mean glasses for life? I have noticed few if any who begin wearing glasses are able to discard them. "5. What causes the eyes -to be un steady and shake, as It were?" REPLY. 1. As soon aa possible. 2. Yes, if needed. 3. In some cases. The eye specialiat must decldo in your case. 4. If the only trouble is with the muscles, no; otherwise, yes. 5. The condition Is known as nystagmus. Tf your child has nystagmus as well as stra bismus I am sure a specialiat should see her. The causa of the nystagmus may he In the brain, the nerves, or in the eyeball. Creaking Joints. M. TC. writes: ."What causes my joints to crack also my jaws when I eat? Is this curable?" REPLY. It Is not curable, but It wiir not materially harm you. It could have been prevented, and evvm now you can retard Ita progress. Creaking Joints result from a long con tinued low-grade inflammation. In all prob ability you have not exercised much, not kept yourself fit. You should have exercised In your bathroom, done gymnasium work, played ball, swam, skated, played billiards or bowled. Probably for yeara your teeth have been- bad, or your gums, your tonsils, your noee, your gall bladder, or your, ap pendix. Always Tears. E. C. B. writes: " 'Tears the best eye wash'? Yes, but how often is this pure ly natural medicine at one's disposal, since Its use is not at all arbitrary, but entirely dependent upon circum stances?" REPLY. Tears wash the eyeballs continuously night and day from birth till death. Occa sionally there ia an overflow, and then we are made aware of their presence. OP WELFARE FOR HOISEWORKERS Regulation of Honrs and Living; Quar ter Susrsrested to Commission. PORTLAND, Or.. March 9. (To the Editor.) Would you please publish this in the interest of the women and girls who are doing housework? At the Industrial TV elfare Commission meeting at the Chamber of Commerce in behalf of a 48-hour week instead of the 54-hour week for store and fac tory workers, no one said a word of the women who work 82 hours a week in the households of this city. Anyone who says housework cannot come un der the head of hour regulations such as exist for store and factory workers Is much mlstaKen. Jtiut it takes a unit ed effort to Io it, and the Industrial Welfare Commission had better give it some of their time and thought. I am a worker in a family, have what is called "a good place," and I work on an average of 13 to 14 hours a day. After 3 P. M. on Sunday I am free, pro viding no company comes for dinner. An attic room to sleep in, with no heat, la my room. My case is similar to that of thousands of women who must work honestly for a living. People say, Why don't the girls do other work? But the fact remains that the work must be done, that it is healthy and the wages good. The occupation would at tract a better, more intelligent class of workers if they had a comfortable room and decent hours. Let the In dustrial "Welfare Commission think it over and start now to do something, and benefit the employer as well as erap.Ipye, IAN, AFRICAN. .GLEL, ENGLAND'S "PERSONAL" COLVMNS Parasrrapbs Whlek Reveal Noble Side of British Nation- Are Many. The following little paragraphs are all genuine. They were taken from the personal columns of the London papers and reveal a. noble side of the British nation that must appeal to all: LADY, middle aged, social position. would willingly correspond with lonely officers. Box L-4S4. the Times. CHAPLAIN at the front desires use of small car, also a gramophone and records for the men. Box L-29S, the Times. WILL ANYONE give or provide tuition in motor driving to two ladies, V. A. D., linguists, who have oppor tunity of serving at front? Box M. 663, the Times. TVILL any disabled officer sell army re volver, compass and binoculars, cheap to young officer? Box 385. Harrod's Advertising Agency, 32 Hana-Crescent, c. v . CAPTAIN DOUGLAS PASS. 1-lst. Dor set Yeomanry, wounded and missing August 21, Gallipoli, is now known to be a prisoner of war in Turkey. LADY, fiance killed, will gladly marry and give up life to care and happiness of man blinded or otherwise incapa citated by the war. Box Y-49D, the Times. M'LAUGHLIN On September 8, to the wire of the late Edmund C. McLaugh lin. Lleutnant Sixth city of London Rifles (killed In action, France. May 18), a som TO ANY PATRIOT Will you guarantee is per month for the support of a subaltern's wife and little girl whilst he fights for them and for you? Box M-94, the Times. WILL anyone sell cheaply Lieutenant going front, revolver, periscope, pris matic compass, flash light, mackintosh with detachable lining. mackintosh sheets? Box M-84, the Times. C. O. Public school boy desires nomi nation for commission. Matriculated 1914; 12 months' military training. First-class Scout: good shot: athlete; references, etc. Box L, 845, the Times. WILL any kind person give, or lend for ie of wounded soldiers at the Rroolr War Hospital, Woolwich? Tobacco. games and books are also greatly needed. WOULD a wounded officer, one who is lame and unable to ret about much. like gay and sympathetic letters from lady li-ing in the country? Box L-290, the Times. AN OFFICER Invalided home, is de- biiuus oi oecoming possessor or doff. as companion: bulldog. Airedale or Aberdeen preferred. Guy Smith's Book shop, Eastbourne. WILL somebody give a kind home to a youna- officer s two verv vh Inutile affectionate, and gentle dogs while he is at tne xront: otherwise they must be destroyed? Box Y-503, the Times. A MOTHER is anxious for news of the last hours of 9893 Lance Cornnrn! Thomas Pace, London Rifle Brigade, who died of Wounds, Ypres, S4 Field niouiance. Belgium. .iav 4. r.. 09. Holland road. London, W. IF any of the survivors of the Trans port Royal Edward can erive. anv in formation attending the circumstances or tne loss or Major Cuthbert Bromley, First Battalion. Lancashire Fusiliers, in the sinking of that ship, his mother. Lady Bromley, of Sutton Corner, Sea ford, Sussex, will bo deeply grateful. JACIv 1-TtOST AND HIS ARTISTRY. Recent Silver Thaw Producrs Painting Like One Old Song Telia Of. PORTLAND, March 9. (To the Edi tor.) Having read with Interest J. l' Ford's communication on "Beauti ful Creations of Nature," and having loved and admired the beautiful pic ture made by "Jack Frost" since my earlieefchildhood, I want to tell of a lovely painting done by him last Win ter at the beginning of the Silver thaw. We used to sing at home and In school when he were children the song, "Jack Frost." Since then I have sung It to my own children and to my grandchildren. I suppose few of tne younger people know tho words At me lime ot wnicii i write 1 was visiting at the home of one of my daughters. My youngest daughter was there with her small children. Thev would often ask me to sing or recite lor mem. Tney loved "Jack Frost.' One morning I saw a beautiful pic ture had been painted there. I stoDDed to admire it and it seemed to me that all the different points mentioned in the little song were pictured there. I called the babies, got hold of a pointer, and, as they looked, sang tho little song and pointed to the dif ferent scenes. Here Is the song: The Frost looked forth one still, elear night And whispered. "Now I shall be out of sight. So through tho valley and over the height lu silence I'll take my way. "I will not go on like that Musterlifg train. The wind and the enow, and the hail and the rain. That make so much bustle and noise in vain. But 1 11 be as busy as they." So he went to the windows of those who slept. And over each pane like a fairv he crept, wherever he breathed, wherever he stepped, By the light of the morn was seen Most beautiful things. There were bevies of birds and swarms of bees. And towers and temples and cities, and these All pictured In silvery sheen. But ho did one thing that was hardly fair. He peeped in the cupboard and finding there That ail had forgotten tor him to prepare "Now, Just to set them thinking, "I'll bite this basket of fruit." atd he. "This costly pitcher I'll burst in three. And the glass of water they've left for me iihill click to tell them I'm drinking." My darlings were delighted, and I was glad. MRS. N. E. DE SPAIN. MAYOR'S STATEMENT CHALLENGED L. 31. Johnston Says Mr. Albee Erred In Address Before W. C. T. U. PORTLAND, March 9. (To the Edi tor.) It does not seem fair to the public to have our Mayor make the statement he did in an address to the W. C. T. U., that the liquor men were making as much monfey now as they did before the state went dry. He must know that is an untruth or he has not taken the trouble to inform himself. True, quite a number of the former saloons kept open after Janu ary 1 trying to sell soft drinks, lunches, etc.. but the majority of such 'places have been forced to close because they cannot meet expenses. Some are still hanging on with the hope that when we have warmer weather they will sell more of the near-beer and other soft drinks. But the ex-saloon mart gets very little encouragement to con tinue in business. With the department stores putting In lunch counters. soda-fountains, cafaterias, low - priced dining-rooms for their employes, what show has a restaurant man with competition of that kind? It Is untrue and unjust reports made by persons not informed that are mis leading and are used to gain votes all over the country. Let us have the truth, be It ever so painful. L M. JOHNSTON. Driving: to Win m Bet. London Punch. Nervous Country Gentleman (as taxi Just misses an island) Do drive care fully, please. I'm not accustomed to taxis. Driver That's funny! I ain't used to 'era, either. As a matter of fact 'ye oiiiz taken itus, pa JP a, ksj, . In Other Day. Halt m Century Abo. From The Oregonlan of March 10. 1S6S. N. C. Mayhew, deputy grand master of the I. O. O. F.. of Oregon, was buried at The Dalles on Thursday with the usual rites of that order. The entire number of National banks now In existence in the United Slates is 162t. Numerous parties have fitted out re cently for golcKmining in the vicinity of Fort VancouNr. We are informed that both placer claims and quartz are being worked, the former yielding at present from $3 to to per day. Workmen are employed at Bruce's shipyard, in this city, in getting out material for another new boat. 115 feet in length. 22 feet beam and 5 feet depth, of hold. A fire was suppressed by the in vincible department of this city yes terday morning at the barrel factory of Messrs. Lane and Rodgers on Front street, near D. Washington. March 5. The disburse ments of the Treasury last month were 47,927.0U0. The Controller, having set tled an military and naval claims last month, revised accounts involving $5. 111,000,000. Washington. March 5. General Grant has gone to West Point with his son. who will enter that institution next June. Washington. March 5. Alexander Campbell, founder of the Campbell Theology, died at his residence near, this city last evening, aged 50 years. Twenty-five Yeara Ago. From Tho Oregonlan of March lO, 1S9L Lieutenant Graham D. Fitch, United States engineer, who has been ap pointed assistant to Captain Symons, has arrived here from Duluth where he has been stationed. Dr. W. If. Saylor and wife returned yesterday from a six-weeks' trip to, Honolulu. Rev. II. G. Rominger's lecture oa Japan tomorrow evening will be il lustrated by Japanese costumes and furnishings and appropriate music at Plymouth church, coiner Fourteenth and 1 streets. Diphtheria in the family of Dr. W. R. Campbell, of Pendleton, caused tha death of three children. The two re maining children are now convalescing. Captain Stanton K. Mason, command- ing E Troop. Fourth Cavalry, stationed at Vancouver Barracks, is not expected to live. He is a victim of Briglit'a disease. Julius E. Miner, a very wealthy and prominent lawyer, of Minneapolis, is in this city visiting his relatives, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Buttertield. "The Long Strike." which has been produced so often and so successfully all over the country was presented last night at Cordray's Theater by the stock company. l'tKA FOR CITY'S OLD HORSES Cannot ComiuiMSioiiers Mnke Good Home 1'rovlalon In Advertised Auction f PORTLAND, March 8. (To the Edi tor.) In regard to the horse auction which takes place March 14. cannot something be done to insure the faith ful beasts a good home other than taking chances with them on tho auction block? Many of these animals have been in the city service a long time and it doesn't seem just the right thing now that their usefulness is gone, to commercialize them. The "Prayer of a Horse" comes to my. mind: To three, my master, I offer my prayer. Feed me, water and rare for me and when the day's work is done, provide me with shelter; a clean, dry bed and a stall wide enogh for me to Uo down in comfort. Talk to me. Your voice often means as much to rive as the reins. Pet me sometimes, that I may serve you the more gladly and learn to love you. Do not Jerk the reins and do not whip me when going uphill. Never strike, beat or kick me when I do not understand what you mean; but give me a chHtiee to under stand you. Watch me, and if I fail to do your bidding, see If something lu not wrong: with my harness or feet. Examine my teeth when I do not eat. I may havo an ulcerated tooth, and that, you know. Is very painful. Xo not tie my bead In an unnatural position or take away my best defense against files and mosquitos by cutting off my tail. And, finally. O. my master, when my useful strength is gono, do not turn me out to starve and freeze, or sell me to some cruel owner to bo tortured and starved to death, but do thou, my master, take my life In the kindest way and your God will re ward you here and hereafter. You may not consider me irreverent. If I ask this in the name of him who was born in a stable. Amen. v- Cannot the City Fathers reconsider before holding the advertised auction) MRS. JESS C. HESS. 532 East Forty-fourth North. Debtors' Court. MOSIER. Or., March 6. (To the Edl tor.) I understand there Is a small debtors' court where persons holding small accounts can send them and that the court sends the debtor notice. If no answer Is made, the creditor takes judgment without further costs. If this is so, will you kindly advise me what the court or the judges are for the several counties or districts. E. M. S. A bill drafted by District-Judge Day-" ton, of Portland, and passed by the Legislature In 1913, provided for a small claims department in all dis trict courts of the state where small claims are informally settled without attorneys and a court cost of only 75 cents. Multnomah County as yet ia the only county in the state, we believe. In which there is a small claims court More "Pissrlnktam" History. PORTLAND, March 8. (To the Edl-i tor.) Referring to recent letters from subscribers regarding the origin of the word "pizfirinktum." I found a para graph in The Weekly Oregonian for Saturday. October 10, 1857, on the sec ond page, which is quoted herewith: gome slanderous, sore-headed pro-slavery Democrat has circulated the report that tha Statesman has besin sold to James O'Meaxa. Esq.. who Is immediately to take charge of tha "official organ," make it a pro-slaverj paper, and by a party manipulation put all the free-tate Democrats into a mesmerlo sleep until after the vote Is taken on tho constitution. This pizzerinctum of Democ racy ought to be compelled to go into part nership with Leiand for telling tales out ol school. The spelling of the "word differs somewhat, but It ia undoubtedly the same one to which other correspond dents refer at dates later than the above. L S. The New Fashion of High Boots . And now the fair sex are encasing dainty ankles in high boots a foot fashion born of the shorter skirt. The new shoes are aa trim and attractive as they are sensible and come in a variety of lasts and leathers. The stores are showing them, and the advertising in The Oregonian tells about them from day to day. The fact is mentioned merely to emphasize the great news value in advertising. No feature in a newspaper holds more of human interest.