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12 THE 3IORXING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, 3IAY 25, 1917, rOBTLASD, OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce as second-class mail matter. Subscription rates iuvariably ia advance: (By Malt.) Pally, Sunday included, one year J8.00 Laily, Sunday Included, six months -4.25 Laily. Sunday Included, three months... 2.3 Zally, Sunday Included, one month...... .75 Ially, -without Sunday, one year 6.00 lally. without Sunday, three months.... 1.73 a 'ill;.. , miuuuL tsuuuaj., vita uivulu...... ' - , . l r.nl Sunday, one year 2.50 Sunday and "Weekly 3.00 ( By Carrier) Pally, Punday Included, one year 8.O0 Pally, Sunday included, one month. .... 3 How to Remit Send postofflce money or der, express order or personal check on your local bank. Humps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Olve postofflce adaress in full, including county a.iA state. Postage Rates 12 to 16 pases. 1 cent: 18 to 32 pages, 2 cents: 34 to 48 pages, 3 cents; 60 to BO pages. 4 cents: 82 to 76 pages. 5 cents: 78 to S2 pases, 6 cents. Foreign post age double rates. Kastern Business Office Verree Conklln. Brunswick building. New York: Verree & Conklin, Steger building, Chicago; San Fran cisco representative. K. J. Bidwell. 742 Mar ket street. I'Oli T I. A Ml, FRIDAY, MAY 25 1917. INDIVIDUALISM. "America's finest" are learning right now the finest lesson they have been privileged to learn perhaps in all their lives before, under the stiff discipline of the officers' training camps. Accounts coming back from Platts burg, from the Presidio and from else where where reserve training camps have been established, all tell the same Btory; , the story of submergence of American individualism the most in tolerant individualism in the world- under the inexorable tide of military discipline. "The first formations saw varied ar rangements of shirt collars, leggings and hat cords, but now all is uniform according to the Army rules," says one who tells the story of how Amer ican individualism is letting Itself be taught at Plattsburg. From the Presidio came recently the story of young men who went there to train for commissions, talcing their dress suits along, and how these dress suits are being shipped home without even being shaken out of the suitcases. The men are already saying that they don't expect to be out of service khaki again until after the close of the war. The large liberty that Americans have enjoyed for so many years has been in truth so large that we have no doubt failed to appreciate it, just as we have failed to appreciate the vast distances and the Immense easiness of life in this new continent In which our ways have been cast. Our ancient freedom, indeed, be came "unnoted as the breath we draw." We were inclined to think that it was by the grace of kind prov idence rather than by the hard pound ing of ancestral Generals and Admirals that we had attained, as the people of no other nation had attained, the "leave to live by no man's leave, un derneath the law." The circumstances that have arisen to make it necessary for men to lay aside temporarily those large, loose, easy liberties which they enjoyed as Individuals so long will be bound to produce a keener appreciation of the sweetness of those liberties. The men in the officers' reserve training camps, and eventually the people of the whole United States, are being given a forceful and direct ob ject lesson in the value of Individual liberty, by being compelled I to lay it aside and submit themselves to the machine-like military control, for the sake of having those same old liber ties returned to them with more cer tainty of their being permanent. Many a -man may have slipped through the public schools without having received any very emphatic Impression from the more or less theoretical and formal lessons In pa triotism that were given him there. But It is safe to predict that there will be few men who learn the lesson In the military camps, of giving up their liberty to guarantee their own and their children's liberty, who will not come back with a clearer knowledge of "what peril is and price," of the debt that Americans owe to their fath ers and the duty they owe to their posterity. PATIENCE WITH EVOLUTION. Humanity, spinning in the particu larly violent whirlpool in the stream of time Into which it has Just been flung, has little opportunity to look either forward, or backward. It Is a rather reassuring thing, accordingly, to discover one small and sturdy group that has the calmness, in the crash of falling empires, to keep green the fame of the man who made "Looking Back ward" a vogue some thirty years ago The "Bellamy Club," perhaps a sur vival of the days when Bellamy's so cial theories were new and startling and commanding of attention, still meets in Boston, and it held Its last meeting only a short time ago. From the advanced standpoint of thirty years, men must already look back ward upon some things that Edward Bellamy put in the far future, in his book, but there is still a great deal in the social evolution, as he forecast It, that remains yet to be attained by us. Whatever may or may not have been the merit of his work, there was one truth that did not escape him for a moment, and that was the immeasura ble patience and slowness with which evolution is willing to work out Its scheme of things. Dreams he had, but he was never betrayed into the belief that those dreams could be realized without long and steadfast preparation. His was never the error of attempting to apply at once the perfect principles of a new social order to the Imperfect con stltuents of the old order. Too often the thinker along lines of social eco nomic reform is intolerant of what seems to him needless delay, and too often he chafes against the lmpossl bility of realizing in his own genera tions the ideal state he has conceived It is such temperament that keeps the caldron of humanity continually and futilely bubbling here and there, with- out accomplishing anything tangible. Human selfishness will ever desire to eat its cake and have it, and the re former who is the type of this selfish ness must live in a state of constant irritation because he cannot apply to humanity as it is today or tomorrow condition which necessarily presup poses profound evolutionary changes in habit and thought. There is a certain grandeur in the thinker who can perceive the end to be attained, and can become willing then to regard himself . as nothln more than a function in the evolution of humanity toward that end. He might be compared to a coral crea ture, given a vision of the atoll as it will stand completed, but which would be willing patiently to live and die in that vision and to let its body, become a minute, serviceable piece of masonry in the wall that must be still a million more years building before the vision is realized. Bellamy, placing his emphasis upon the need of educational progress as well as economic reform before the ideal state should be attained, preached in his way that grand and serviceable gospel, the only gospel, perhaps, through which Impatient and selfish humanity shall ever be able to pass over the age-long expanse of nec essary spiritual and material evolution that lies between things as they are and things as we would have them. THE LATE SENATOR LANK. , The name of Lane has long been prominent In Oregon. It has been identified with public affairs continu ously from the early day (1849) when Joseph Lane came to Oregon as its first territorial Governor, through the long interim until his grandson, Harry Lane, was elected to and served in the United States Senate. The first Lane was soldier. Governor, delegate to Congress and United States Senator. A Lane of the next generation was a Congressman, and the third generation likewise produced the representative whose public career has Just been closed by death; and he,- too, was a Senator. The Oregonian for the most part has disagreed heartily with Senator Harry Lane in public matters; but it pays him the tribute of commending his honesty and his courage. He had his own Ideas and ideals and he was willing always to stand or fsrtl by them. He engaged in many controversies, and he acquitted himself always as an open and valiant foeman. At the last he followed his convictions against the overwhelming opinion of his state and his country; and it is not ungenerous to say that -he must have suffered severely for it; but he suffered uncom plainingly. The Oregonlan's close knowledge of Harry Lane goes back to the time, thirty years ago, when he was superin tendent of the Oregon Insane Asylum at Salem. He was a skillful physician and he possessed intense human sym pathy; and he had there a most suc cessful administration, marred at the last by a political difference with the Governor, who displaced him. It has always seemed to us that Dr. Lane's best public service was performed there. The chapter is closed, and It Is well to remember Senator Lane's virtues. which were many. He had a loyal fol lowing of friends and a most devoted family, and to tliem the sympathy of state Is due, and will be fitly ex pressed. CONSCTENTIOTJS OBJECTORS. An unnamed correspondent sends us enough scriptural references to make day's reading and challenges us to give one instance wherein the New Testament supports enforced service for one's country in a bloody war. 'Why," he asks, "does the press Insist on men entering the war when the New Testament rejects such a stand?" Wa recall a passage In one of Paul's epistles in which, among other things admoninshed upon scriptural teachers. Is that they put the people "In mind to be subject to principalities and pow ers and to obey magistrates." But in view of one provision of the new mili tary service law, It is hardly pertinent to elaborate the admonition. There are religious sects and or. ganlzatlons whose creed forbids their members to participate In war of any kind. It may be presumed from the familiarity of our devout correspond ent with scriptural passages inter preted to oppose war that he is a member of some such sect. If so, the brother may depart In peace. He Is specifically exempted from draft. But if, perchance, he has but lately acquired a religious tenet and had not joined the other brethren of the faith before the conscription law was passed, he is, alas! subject to duty. There are those who perceive a holy duty to Join In the promotion of free dom and democracy and. In the words of the apostle, are "ready to do every good work." As between these and conscientious objectors there is a line of demarcation, fully recognized by the law. We think the provision is sufficient answer to the correspondent. even though it takes no account of eleventh-hour converts. ITALY'S WAB FOR TTXTTY. Arrival In the United States of an Italian mission should be the occasion of a welcome for which there are sen timental reasons less only than those which prompted the great reception given to the British and French mis sions. American sympathy goes out instinctively to the nation which was formed by the expulsion of the Aus trian conquerors and of the coterie of petty despots among whom Italy was formerly divided', and which is now fighting to complete its union by re covery of Trent and Trieste. That sympathy is quickened by the memory of the romantic career of Garibaldi, whose first fight for Italian unity had no sooner failed than he gave his services for the liberation of Uruguay and who for five years found a refuge In this country. Italy has won the admiration of Americans by the long and gallant struggle by which she became a na tion and by the courage with which she tore loose from the alliance with the Central European autocracies and took her proper place beside the leagued democracies. Americans are the more willing to forget that the head of the Italian nation is a King because he is the representative of a dynasty which placed itself at the head of a democratic movement to realize national aspirations and because he rules as head of a self-governing na tion, not as. a despotic monarch. In terest in the arduous struggle of Italy to break through the wall of moun tains which envelops the country is intensified by the knowledge that many thousands of Italian soldiers have gone from this country to fight for their motherland. Italy needs much help which the American people will gladly give. Money is needed to buy the war mate rial which Italy must import in larger measure than any other of the allies. Artillery, ammunition and coal are the greatest necessities which this country can supply. Steel and railroad cars are also needed to keep the transpor tation system up to the strain of war. Pood also must be imported, though not in such- quantities or as early as by France and Britain, for Itafy is more nearly self-supporting and has an earlier harvest than those coun tries. The fact that the United States is not formally at war with Austria, against which Italy most contends, is not likely to hinder the President from giving the help required. Since Aus tria is allied with Germany, that coun try is Indirectly making war oa the United States, and ltaly is effectually making war on Germany by fighting Germany's ally. By sending, Italy abundance of fuel, steel and muni tions, we can contribute materially to the early victory of democracy, which will lay the foundation for lasting peace. OREGON'S WORK FOB TEE NATION. Oregon performs a great part In equipping the country for war. First to muster its National Guard for serv ice, first to supply Its quota of men to the Navy, second among the states in enlisting its quota for the regular Army, this state also leads in supply ing many of the materials of war. Oregon will provide grain, meat, fish, butter, cheese and milk to feed the fighting men. It provides wool to clothe them, and manufactures It into blankets and clothing. From the hides of its cattle It makes leather for. their I shoes and belts, and for harness. From I its forests it cuts timber to build can- tonments for the Army, ships to carry the soldiers and their supplies, and aeroplanes for all the allied nations, Tf V.i.n,1 V snlns utrVili-Vi a rtx tn fari-r I its own products abroad. It also pro- duces the copper, platinum and chro- mium which are used in making shells and steel. It plays an Important part ln feeding. clothlnr. housing and arm- I ing the soldiers. All of Its industries are enlisted for -the war. The money which Oregon con- tributes to the liberty loan will not be carried away. As much as Oregon I subscribes, perhaps more, will be ex- pended in the state for purchase of 1 the state's products. Uncle Sam will be the medium throuch which It will I pass from the hands of the lender to those of the producer. The Govern- ment will set It to work, and it will spreaa prosperity On all Sides. I The varied contribution which this state is making to the material of war is an evidence of the military strength of the United States.- The resources of this country include nearly every I material needed in war. Very few imported commodities are required to enable us to fight without sending across the ocean, and almost all of these can be brouR-ht bv land. Owlne to neglect of preparation, nearly all our products are latent as military resources, but when they are devel- I ooed this Nation will be able to fieht indefinitely, provided an invading army is not permitted to land and to cripple us by obtaining control of some of our vital resources. CLOISTERING GENICS. The personal touches In Edmund Gosse's "Life of Algernon Charles ioaded wlth adventurers to Borneo other things needed by women in con Swinburne," with their startling and and a8alated the guit ia conquering finement and by young babies in a faithful portrayal of the eccentricities of the genius who set the mild-man- " ...ww tlemen stampeding i horror, contain perhaps an indirec. -gument in favor of the cloistering o artists for the sake of their readers and audiences. It is hard sometimes for the reader to establish the spiritual connection between the creator and his creations. in the cases of genii of extraordinary individual eccentricities. George Ber- nara csnaw expressea mis irutn wnen he declined to embark on a lecture tour in the United States. He pointed uui. ii. wttc the Ideal that the American people had conjured from reading his works, with the real Shaw, who at best must wlth the real Shaw, who at best must h n i-nfhpf ordlnai-v srontlnman and i Vn t.rLfrth!nt o 1 umuiirauiuuuo. i Rather harder to reconcile than mere ordinariness 01 appearance, one would fancy, would be the utterly freakish absurdities and eccentricities that Swinburne displayed. Swinburne's uuuiempuranoo, ui tuuut, wcio mum i in danger of having their heroic idol """u "J 5 touch With the jumpy, nervous, daz- zlingly red-headed original, than those laict uajo. ic.c. 6'" u. vi.iu ouuuBu ei'uipoo u. i m person, inrougn me enraoramaniy faithful description by his friend Mr, Gosse, to set one wondering how har mony shall be achieved between the gorgeous expressions of his spirit through his poetry and the astounding trivialities in the personal behaviors of the poet- It is rather the same shock that one gets after he has caught himself breathless in one of the magnificently orchestral lines in Chesterton's earlier poetry, and then has turned to a por- trait of the poet himself, huge and rubicund and looking far more like a good old brewing monk than a singer of "the purple plumage of strange and secret seas." Mr. Gosse describes deliclously a scene in one of the studios of the day that of Ford Madox Brown In which Swinburne appears more like some freakish parlor pet than the poet of the swooning ecstasy of an older pagan world. "He was not Quite like a human being." says Mr. Gosse. "The dead pallor of his face and his float- 4 em Kollnvn a- waA Vat nflrl fi raOrlv illg 1 AVU la va. a i-a. aa.a a auva wt vuj though he was but in his thirty-third year, a faded look. And as Swinburne talked, Gosse gives a picture of him, standing per fectly rigid with his arms shivering at his sides and his little feet tight against each other, near a low settee. He pictures how, every now and then. without interrupting the flow of his conversation, he hopped onto this sofa and then hopped down again, "so that T waa remtndpd of soma stransre orftne-a-crpsted bird a hoonoe. rjpr- lianQ linnnlne1 m Tirr-n te nmn in a w Sutnhnma im tn Tiava naan anma- w).9 of a anor-ir tn vai-irnna. avan hla admirers with whom he came in per- Rnnnl rnntaot. TAndor. whan ha burst in upon him at Florence and fell upon his knees, was driven away by his eccentricities, and George Moore, when he first caught sight of the poet, Rtrfitph(1 on nla had in nla "oiirnlnor bush" of red hair, "stammered out an inniiit-v for a 'Mr. Jonas' and fiad precipitately, never to see him again." Rossettl seems to have been wrought upon by the eccentricities of "his little Northumberland friend," as he called him, and declared that "Algy. used to drive me crazy by dancinsr all over the studio like a wildcat." God has endowed my son with genius," said the poet's father, "but he has not vouchsafed to grant him self-control." And the only woman to whom Swinburne proposed mar- riaee. according to Mr. Gosse. lausrhed in his face, "probably from hysteria," the biographer charitably admits. It was this erratic, irritable Individ' ual, hopping about drawing-rooms like a hoopoe and driving his friends crazy by dancing about their studios like a wildcat, who shook Victorian London to its foundations and set all England singing in glorious pagan rebellion against the chaste classical laws of art under which they had been nurtured. It was this irresponsible chap who used to Invite his friends to readings and read them Into weeping wearl- ness; or to prepare for readings and then forget to invite half the intended guests, or all of them; who fashioned the poems that "swept the young men at Oxford simply off their legs with rapture" and caused the Cambridge boys to Join hands and march up -and down the street shouting "Dolores:" It was this will-o'-the-wisp, flickering madly about pre-Raphaelite studios. who brought down upon himself in his artistic rebellion the deep and digni fied disapproval of Queen Victoria, and who, although forever barred by her from consideration for the laure- ateship, was laureate In the hearts of a generation of young spirits of en- thuslasm, for whom he kicked down I the bars of the Tennysonlan pale so I that they might frolic out Into a new field of art. The description of Swinburne In his personal character Is given with the deep kindliness of a dear friend in Mr. Gosse'a book, but the contrast be- I tween the magnificent, celestial spirit I mat gi earns through nis poetry, ana the trivial, almost comic, form in which tfcajt celestial spirit was housed, does suggest a very definite advantage to DC Rained DV US WO rid DV QlSSOClat- lnT men of genius. In their commoner fleshly manifestations, utterly from the works that they produce. Mr. Gosse himself intimates that Swln- burne, personally, was hardly a satis- factory member for general, quiet and weU - ordered society, and it is possible I that Watts-Dunton should have been I Praised rather than censured for the I close guardianship he held over the Pet tor the thirty years they lived together at Putney. One cause of the recent outburst of criticism of President Wilson at a pretended -secret session of the Benate was his decision to appoint Herbert nwvw iuuu uirecior unaer me pru- posed new law. That alone proves the narrow, factious, patronage-grabbing spirit wnicn animates many senators. There was no politics about the selec tion of Mr. Hoover; his name has never been mentioned in connection with politics. His selection is abun- dantly Justified by the ability which he displayed in handling Belgian relief. He is precisely the man for the place, TM senate's alsgruntlement can only explained by consciousness that he cannot be nanaiea by politicians tor political ends. That is one of the strongest arguments for appointin him. A romantlo Incident of British colo nial history is recalled by the death of Sir Charles Brooke, rajah of Sarawak, RAm ttt tTA ova of fin T T i a unnlo e.. onV. , !ln'.nftV . the rebel head.hunter9. a reward he wa8 rlven the m,e of raJan and much territory, which he had to con- quer from the. natives and which he enlarged by purchase. Sir Charles Joined him In 1851 and succeeded him in 1868. The Brookes are hereditary rulers of the colony under British suzerainty. Tt Is A. nltv tha C!onstltutloi nrp. venta members of Congress from re- talning their seats while serving in the Armv or Naw. If a number of" them were to have actual experience in bat- tie. and were to come home for an occasional furlouerh. thev could arlve colleagues some practical knowl- edee which would choke off much edKa which would choke much . . , - , . . .... . . 113? tall about military matters to aisnnguisn uetween luose mwmaa- -.-, whnsA tiatrlotlRm la nra rtlcfl 1 ers whose patriotism is practical and those in whom it is merelv vocal The nroriosal to make the increased lncome retroactive receives the .-sant of tha Chicago Kvonlnir Post. v.... i. that tha Kama nrinn nla ho extended to make economy reach last year's appropriations. It calls for re- .... of tha r,orlc-r,arral river and Vrnr- bor pubUc building and flood-control imi. c.nne-ress seeks means or raisins? more money. It can pour millions into the war chest by saving that which it has voted to waste. The point is well taken. " Dewey's famous order to Grldley at the opening of the battle of Manila has been revised to read as It would have read if Grldley had been as di latory In preparation for action as the present Congress is. Anna Ruth Weeks writes to the New York Times: raising our Army. I am reminded of those I stirring- words of Admiral Dnrty at Manila: "If you vr In tha world gst ready. Grid- ley, for heaven's sales, flral Claudius, appealing to the Federal courts against conscription as a vlol lation of his constitutional right to Pr?te.?u5;n ,frm ""SS "17? "'ZXZ erhood to the Individual who plants himself on the anti-vaccination plat- 1U" v V. ."' IT: Pestilence rather than eubmit to some w '"" I "A"tj -V A v. Victor Berger need not fear that So clallsts who want to go abroad for a peace meeting will be compelled to stand on their rights." They will stand In line to get food if they get 'gay and cocky." " An Increase of 6 cents in the price admission to a baU game will not affect attendance. The real fan will sxana. lor uunnr il " ' 1 ball. Down In North Idaho they are kill- ing magpies ana truwu ""-s regarding the fact that those birds are peneiiciai moat, oi me um... Since iroressor tseais is w leave I-ortiana, nis successor must, do cjugm early and lmpressea witn weatner neeas. I Mr. Cordray. who has resumed his literary efforts for the season, has peculiar styie or nis own AU the big roads are seeking freight cars now. Portland can give special rates to clubs. Really, that must have been what the weatherfolk call a stray shower yesterday. I Plant beans alongside the house and I pick your dinner off the wall. I The Memorial day scheme this year I will be lilacs and snowballs. I With a rise In the price of a halr- I cut, who gets the clip? I - Pneumonia, like war, takes the In I est and strongest. I Best way to avoid waste is not to I make any. Dr. wu Ting-Fang is tne handy man I of China, How to Keep Well By Ir W. Am Kt Question pertinent to ay1m, sanitation and prevention of diaeaa. It matter of gen eral internet, will be answered in this col umn. Where space will not permit or the subject Is not suitable letters will be per sonally answered, subject to proper limita tions and where stamped addressed envelope Is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis r prescribe Tor Individual diseases. e uests for such services cannot be answered. (Copyright, 1916. by Dr. W. A JEvans. Published by arrangement with the Chicago Tribune.) WHEN BABY 19 MOST NEGLECTED. The baby death rate is falling, but the rate of decline is slower than It should be. When the situation is stud- led more closely It Is found that the Improvement is tn babies over S months old. The death rate among babies is heaviest In the first day of life. The first week has a higher death rate than any subsequent week. The first month Is the most trying month. More babies die in the first three months of life than die in the following nine months. The reason for the lack of improve- ment In tha death rsls of babies under s months of age Is poor maternity serv- Ice. There are people so smug and un- christian that they object to having me 0r any other writer refer to maternity matters in this column or In any other public print. Last year the Detroit Home Nursing Association lnaulred into conditions as they Doro oa Bome phases of maternity Jn io.ooO homes of rather poor people In that city. They Inquired as to condi tions in homes where 2000 women had young babies. About 70 per cent of the women had been attended in confine ment by physicians, a little less than 30 per cent had been confined by mid- ve. 1X WOmen had a-one through con- flnement without the care of either physicians or mldwlves. Of the 2000, 84 had remained in bed one day after confinement: 61", two days; -111. four days; 141. five days; 420, five to seven days; 1123, eight to ten days. "In the great majority of in stances the time the patient remained In bed was determined, not by her physical condition, but by the assist ance she was able to secure. The pres ence of boarders or roomers In the house at such times very materially shortened the time the patient re mained In bed; likewise the presence of young children to be cared for.' Of the 2000 babies, 1633 were breast fed and 8S3 were bottle fed. Of the 353 bottle fed 135 received a certain brand of condensed milk. About one-fourth of the mothers had prepared clothes, towels, sheets and home where there is a confinement case. In 35 per cent some preparation had been begun, but the mother "didn't expect to be sick so soon," and the confinement was not prepared for. In 39 per cent there had been no prepa ration except a few baby clothes. In the 1384 cases attended by physi cians 394 had not engaged the physi cian before the women got In labor. Of the 2000, 688 had had the urine examined prior to the labor, the re malnder had not; 50 per cent of the woman wtthnut medical advica prior to the pregnancy: none of them had had any nursing service. Thi investigation was not in tha poorest districts. Most of the husbands wr wrvin- mil tima at bnv. ih. " working full time at above the I uw. u... average wages. The women of the poor- pital) and aispensarl M Anri flrfl Visiter by nursing agencies. The care they get averages better than that given the better-to-do women. Here lies the rea son for the high baby death rate among babies less than 8 months of age. The babies do not get a proper start. Their I Kttj.- arm. Hnriio h. last two months of pregnancy, during confinement and during the first two I .v.. k. kw TTr,ft1 thl. is given the death rate of young babies ui nnA Appendicitis Adhesions. S C. writes: "I would be very glad nav- vni.r onlnlon whethei It i la ad- have your opinion whether " to vlsable from a matrimonial point of view to marry a girl that has com plained to me of the following: "She was operated on for appendicitis when she was 14; now she Is IT'A, and claims that the operation was not sua cessfnl; that there is something left which at times gives her a lot of pain. but she simply resists It; and also that she has lost quite a little weight and sleeps little, eats sparingly, is rather nervous at times and also that she is not allowed to bathe unless in warm salt water. , I understand she Is taking medicine for cure, but with no success ful results. Don't you think she will have to un- dergo another operation in the near future and do you advise a person as suoh to marry?" REPLY. The young lady probably has soma ad- healons. Nothing stated in your letter con stitutes a bar to maternity. Dancer Slight. Anxious writes: "I am 40 years of age, weigh rather too much for my size. Have been an arrested case of t- b. for about a year. Do not cough nor expeo torate to amount to anything. Sputum has been negative for a year and a half. Do not work hard, sleep outdoors al ways. (1) Is there much danger of re newed activity In my lungs? (2) Is here any danger for my young chil dren of contracting the disease from me? (3) Is It safe for my husband to shake out the dust of my outdoor top blanket7" REPLY. L Kot much. Ltvs right. Keep In tha open air. Do not worry. Hold your (lean. Work moderately. 3. Kot from you In yonr present condition. S. Yes. Let blankata be sunnad and aired before being shaken. Seeda and Appendicitis. G. S. M. writes: "Does the eating of fruits and berries with large quantities of seeds in them, such as strawberries. blackberries, raspberries, figs, etc., have a tendency to cause appendicitis, or to aggravate it if present In a mild form ? REPLY. Tha theory that seeds of berries caused appendicitis was rather generally accepted 20 years ago. Operating surgeons and pathologists found so little to confirm It that It has been relegated to tha background. Asparagus and Rheumatism. K. writes: "Am living on a diet of fruit and vegetables and a minimum of sugar and starch with good results, but am told that asparagus Is Inadvisable for people of rheumatic tendencies. Shall I omit mis vegetaDie irom my iistr REPLY. Tha eating of asparagus has no tendency to cause rheumatism. 1804. HFirrXER, Or., May 23. (To the Ed Itor.) To settle an argument, please inform me in what year Coxey's army marched into Washington State. A READER. A Great War, if By Wallace Irwla, or the Vigilantes. A few nights ago a publlo demon stration was held in Madison Square Garden to honor the crews of visiting French warships. That night was truly inspiring to loyally and to brotherhood in arms. The 12.000 who beat the other 13.000 to the door and stormed the au ditorium were on their feet most of the evening, shaking the girdered cell ing with Yankee cheers and rebel yells. At one dramatic point a French Lieutenant-Commander leaped over the ropey into the central arena and whipped out his sword, a tongue of flame, to sternal many hundred French bayonets which sprouted suddenly sky ward, a cornfield of steel, raised to the glory of a new ally. The ensuing din was terrlflo and 1 on the tide of a young enthusiasm helped knock off the hat of the only pacifist present. It was out of the contrasting silence which' followed that I heard the warn lng spoken softly by a little man Just I behind me. It'll be a great war, he said, 'If we don't weaken." If we don't weaken there's the point J a sermon! Nobody likes to preach on "A', tho business of killing; and belnsr killed and at such a time none of us can af- ford to trifle with the truth. We mustn't weaken and we must cut out the rotten roots of weakness. Sane America wants the manufacture of alcoholio beverages stopped for reason that has nothing to do with sen timental twaddle. The manufacture of alcoholic beverages, if continued with us. would amount to a deadly German plot In our midst. This is a matter of plain business fact. The world Is faclnc starvation, America must feed herself and the world; and she cannot sit by nJid see millions of tons of good, clean nain being poured Into vats to make a rather expensive, somewhat poison ous. entirely useless liquid. Already they are talking of giving us war bread. Your grocer, has learned to say "food shortage" as he doubles the price of every edible and in the saloon next door ' the workman who would surely serve our Industrial army a'llt tie betterwere he sticking to cold wa ter is cheating somebody out of i square meal every time a glass of "the same" Is shoved at him over the bar. It's un to tha banker and tha baiter the pub and the club. We are Strug- gling desperately to make food ships, larare percentage or which are des- tlned to feed Von Capelle's ruinous and cowardly sharks. War Is becoming something hell never dreamed of. And If we're going to out-face hell we can't do it by getting drunk at the expense of soldiers abroad and children at home. Uncle Sam has got to go. in training for the big fight. If he's go ing to win he mustn't be starved or drugged. Patriotic brewers and distil lers know this and are diverting their business into channels useful to the Government. Those who are not pa triotic must be compelled Into decency mil your influence will help, if you don t weaken. OREGON IS Sn KEPT RAIL STATE Mosler Farmer Ttalnkj It Time to Cure Poor Road Reputation. MOSIER. Or.. May 23. (To the Ed itor.) We are living in a state that still has roads that are sheeptrails. If anyone doubts this, come to me and I will spare my valuaable time and show them. Come either with horse. the same and would like to have you auto or wheelbarrow and I will use follow me. I don't wish to kick or knock at Oregon, but I have lived Loa.? between Hood Riv on the main HV? "ooa R.ver and I Dalles for the past nine years. Our road today poore condttlon I 1 t ... rnta Ih. Knnria mill a rnrr- deserving farmers out of the mud build roads. I do not care where you build them. but I wish the tax on autoa were triple. I will do my bit. Compare the California auto license with Oregon's, then travel on the hard-surface roads for five -months in California without puncture. I have lived in many states of the Union. Including Florida and Georgia. with the ereat shell and tarvla roads; I ciSm-iui-iri. roads; Alabama, with oiled and beau tiful roads, and many other states too numerous to mention. I think voters wt roads now. not after we are gone r after the war U over' When PeoPlB from other states caU Cre on road8 sheptralls, I think it is time to build roads, i wisn it was tis.000,000 in bonds and then we could have roads and the average taxpayer would soon see w ii ore roaas not only increase values of property, but make property many other ways. ARTHUR KUHN. PATRIOTIC EFFORTS APPRECIATED Democratic Senator Impressed by Tne Oregonlan's Attitude in Crisis. LEBANON, Or.. May 23. To the Ed itor.) Will you let me congratulate you upon the evidence of patriotism I that seems to permeate The Oregonian from Its editor in chief to Its humblest newsboy? I have read The Oregonian for many years. Sometimes In political cam paigns Its editorials make me so mad that I think that I will never look at the paper again, but there Is a fascina tion about The Oregonian which I can not resist, although I disagree with It oftener than 1 agree with it. But I have been greatly Impressed by the fairness, the unselfishness and I tha ability with which the leading Re- publican paper of the Pacific Coast has supported a Democratic President in his untiring efforts to protect and pre serve the dignity, honor and safety of I tho Nation. After a while, maybe, you will come to admire President Wilson as much as I do. In the meantime, as the French say, ' Let me salute you." SAM L M. QAHLAKD. Hats Made of Flag;. LEON A. Or., May 23. (To the Edi tor.) is it unlawful to take our American flag for the making of hats that could and would be worn at all times? x Wouldn't it show more loyalty to the Stars and Stripes, or could it be called destroying the flag to put It to sucn a purpose as imu i am anxious to know, as I wish to make several. PATRIOTIC. It Is unlawful in Oregon to expose to public view or to manufacture, or eell. or to have in possession for sale or for use any article of merchandise upon which shall have been attached the American nag In order "to adver- Use, or to call attention to, or to deco rate, or to ornament, or mark, or dis tinguish" such article or thing. Men la Remote Plar-es. ASTORIA. Or., May 22. (To the Edl- tor.) I have two sons who are In Alaska. They are where mail cannot reach them until after the Bth of June. Can others register for them? Can they I be nunished in a case like this? E,P. 1 Write them at once advising them to I register at the nearest voting precinct I or anplv to the Governor of Alaska for Instructions. Men In places so re- mote that they have received no in formation as to conscription require ments will not be punished If they act at once upon receipt of uch ln- j formation. In Other Days. HALF A CESTrnV AGO. From The Oregonian of May 25. 1967. J. H. Mitchell will go down the river on Monday for the purpose of de livering a lecture at Astoria on that evening in aid of the Congregational Church of that place. Governor Woods came down from Sa lem yesterday and called on us last evening. He Informs us that at his earnest solicitation. Ueneral Steele has promised to send a force of troops as soon as practicable to establish and occupy a post on Willow Creek, about 12 miles south of Clark's Creek In Southeastern Oregon. This is a region of country that has hitherto been un protected and whero the Indians have been particularly troublesome. A scheme is on foot In this city to construct a draw" bridcre across the Willamette, connecting this shore with the high land at East Portland. It is to be ardently hoped that the enterprise will be undertaken and carried to com pletion at an early day. Johnny O'XeiL who has been and is particular favorite of theater-sroers. leaves this morning on a professional tour to i-uget sound and Victoria. A. F. Miller has lust opened a store " l"? rnt ' r Washington streets for the sale of fruits and flowers. - Twenty-five Years Ago. From Tha Oregonian of May 23. 189a. Brussels The Klnsr has annroved a. legislative resolution for the revision. or tne constitution. Universal suffrage and the referendum system are to be taken up and considered. London The Albert medal of the So ciety of Arts has been awarded to Thomas A. Edison for his services in electric lighting, the telegraph and the teiepnona. The audience at last Friday's concert of the Alberta Choral Club was Rreatly pieasea Dy tne delightful singing of Mrs. Allsky in her aria from "La. Travlata." Mrs. Games showed crreat. ease in her vocalization. They are pupils of Mrs. E. J. Flnck. I r- p- Shelby, vice-president of the 1 reat Northern, arrived in the city yes- I loIuaJ' Dr. N. O. Blalock and J. W Trnt,i Walla Walla, and E. H. Wilson and J. McLean, of Colfax, delegates to the asnington Democratic State Conven tion at Vancouver, are at the Esmond. The Biggs case came un for a mo ment at the General Presbvterlan As sembly yesterday and was put over until today. Will Carleton. the noet. made hl first appearance at the Tavlor-tr.t ' Church last night. His theme was "The Drama of Human Nature." WAYS TO INCREASE POTATO CROP Good Eyes In Seed and Proper Cultlva- tlon. Increase Yield. TA2CGENT. Or.. May 23. (To the Ed itor.) Several years ago I received a small premium for writing a small ar ticle on potato culture from an agri cultural paper. I have had more expe rience since that article appeared in print and take the position that the best judgment is born of experience. x tsKe tne position that the eye of Potato Is like the human eye the mtr- m t ,h. th. 3 I """" " B must see tnat the spud has a good, strong eye. because if we plant a potato with small eyes we will har- I oi. v. u i uu ut DOlHlOfll UDOUl IDA ft,?1 ma-Tb with little silky roots or fibers. In cultivating our crop we should loosen the 6oll around the hill every time the rain packs it down. 6tlll more important than all the rest Is- to hill your potatoes at the right time. Draw an inch or two of dirt around the vines while the ground Is very damp. It will kill the weeds and cause the damp ness to stay In the ground. Try this method; It will open your eyes. I. W. NEWCOMB. Small Arms of Warring; Countries. PORTLAND, May 24. (To the Edl- tor.) Kindly publish, if you have the information available, the weights, lenKths and veIocUjr of tho hylUe?9 ,i I the muzzle of the various rifles used I by the countries at war. R. H a. I The United States rifle, Springfield tvna velrh. ft ft nnn.,. Biihn,,, k. onet , , , fet ,onff and h9 a muu velocity of 2700 feet a second. Germany uses the Mauser rifle: weight. 9.3 pounds; .length, 4.1; veloc ity, 2960. France, Lehel rifle: weight. 9.1; length, 4.3; velocity. tZKt. England, Lee-Enfield rifle; weight. 9.2; length. 4.1; velocity. 2440. Austria-Hungary, Mannllcher rifle; weight. 8.0; length, 4.2; veloolty. 1840. Russia.' Na grant rifle; welarht, 8.8; length, not given; velocity. 2800. Japan. Arisake rifle; weight. 8.6; length. 4.2; velocity, 2120. Italy, Paravlcino - Carcano rifle; weight, 8.6; length, 4.2; velocity. 2300. Belgium. Serbia and Turkey, Mauser rifles; Bulgaria, Mannllcher; Portugal. Mauser-Vergulero; Roumanla, Mann llcher. In these smaller countries weights, lengths, velocity and caliber vary from those of the same type of rifle used in other countries. Wnen Man Has Home. SANDY, Or., May 23. (To tha Edi tor.) I am 39 yeans of age and subject to the coming Army draft- But I am compelled to state where my home Is and I have no home; haven't had ona for years. I travel all the time and my business Is such that I have had no opportunity of voting any place or In any other way establishing a perma nent home, or legal, or voting resi dence. Now, may I register In any place I may happen to be on June 6? Knowing that I have no intention of staying in the place where I register, will I be allowed to clam that place as my home? Could I register in Port- hand by giving my address simply as "Portland Or."? REJU)iK. You should register as an absentee. Apply to Portland City Auditor or to County Clerk for instructions. How Slackers Will Be Detected. SHERWOOD, Or.. May 23. 1917. (To the Editor.) How will the Govern- ment get tha names of those who are not 21 years old on June 5, but will have attained that age by the time the draft takes place? READER. Sheriff. Deputies, Constables, police and public will report cases in which suspicion exists that draft Is being evaded. Status of German. ASTORIA. Or.. May S3. (To the Edi tor.) Please advise me if a German of military age who has taken out first papers and afterward enlisted in the German army through a German Con sulate Is subjects to draft or In classed as an alien enemy. SU BC lU B12 R. He is an alien enemy and not sub ject to draft, but must register if In this country.