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the clerk who hare suddenly bloomed
Into Army or Navy uniforms and
who ar still holding down their old
jobs, perhaps at higher salaries, as
members of what has been most ap
propriately termed "the safety first
brigade." They were the subject of
severe reflections In the House, and
one member proposed that they should
all be sent to the front, but he was
Informed that the men In question
had received no military training.
though they wore the titles of Lieu-
about a threshing- machine, like hay
ing1. Is exceedingly strenuous. It taxes
the endurance of men not Inured to It.
The woman who can undertake It
safely Is the exception to the rule. '
There Is no 'doubt that the hearts
of the women of the country re in
the task of winning: the -war, but it
needs to be established that the best
purpose will be served by assigning
them to excessive manual labor. The
relatively lighter duties of the farm
promise better results In the long run.
There Is danger in too much seal. A
tenant and Captain. They are not to good-deal can be accomplished by wise
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tticna ner-io aro ao roarot
he confounded with jpen of technical
knowledge who have given up good
positions to serve the Government at
officers pay. which Is much smaller
than their ordinary incomes. A time
will come when the male population
will be combed out to discover good
material for soldiers, and . then the
safety first brigade will no longer be
safe.
distribution of labor. The problem Is
administrative as well as muscular.
renuiiD. thcrmiat, jlibc h ti.
WISCONSIN'S bOND MXC AT STAKE.
"vt'lsconsln stands before the United
'. ftatae as a state which has at best
Just drawn back from an open declara
tion of dlntoyalty to the country when
It is engaged In the greatest war 01
its history. That Is the logical con
elusion fnnt the doubtful vote In the
Jtepuniicau primanrs miavrn mo
- loyal Lanroot and Thompson, follower
' of the disloyal Senator La Follette,
- and the large vote cast for the Social
- ist Berger. who Is under Indictment
for Bra-Gvrman atalltion. If Lenroot
- should be nominated, his success will
be due to the defection of many for
mer supporters or ux roneue to wr
ger. not to the presence of a loyal
majority In the KepuMlcan ranks. Jf
he should lose, the demonstration of
the prevalence of disloyalty In Wis
consin will be the more emphatic, for
then It will be evident that anti
Americans are so numerous In the
KepuMlcan ranks as to constitute a
majority, even after many thousands
f them have seceded to the Socialist
. party.
These humiliating facta, which show
In darker colors because both of the
candidates for the Ieniorratic Scna-
tonal nomination are straight -out
Americans, are the fruits of La ol
letteism. Swollen with egotism, ob
sessed with fanaticism, this super
demagogue has perverted the Repub
lican party of his state from Its sound,
. honored principles to the cultivation
, of class tvarre In the service of his
ambition. Lone after those abuses
had been corrected which constituted
the sole Justification for assaults on
corporations and on men who had
succeeded In business, he has con
tinued his campaign against them for
the purpose of Inspiring a hatred
which would produce a class cleavage
to he exploited for his selfish ends,
finding In Wisconsin a large element
Inclined by kinship to sympathize with
Germany, he has courted Its favor by
snaking his anti-corporation cult a
plausible excuse for opposition to the
war with Germany. Following his
cue. men who dare not give sympathy
with the National enemy as a reason
for opposing the war have pretended
that holy Indignation at the sins of
the rich against the poor Inspires
them, lie Is that most damnable of
all traitors, a man who ascribe his
treason to a virtuous motive which
does not exist.
The political doctrine whlrh has
masqueraded In Wisconsin as Repub
licanism can best be described as La
Kollettelam. The great gain which
Herger made at the primaries at the
expense of Thompson proves that this
new Ism Is but a halfway house on
the road to Socialism, which under
the leadership of lierger and his
clique Is thlnlr dlsrulsed pro-Grr-manism.
Ijs Kollette has been breed
ing Socialists, for many men who have
Imbibed his teachings would Inevitably
go the rest of the( way. Once landed
In the Socialist camp, they would fall
easy prey to the men whose sophistries
win recruits for the Kaiser's auxil
iaries la this country.
The men lo Jhe KepuMlcan party at
Itrge ha have trafficked with La
Kollette for Immediate political gain
without regard to the serious perma
nent Injury which he did not only
to their party but to their country,
cannot evade their share of the re-
rrvoaiuiiiif awr aiiar iat a n:oi nai v(4ia
has become a hotbed of disloyalty.
Tone who acclaimed him because he
called his doctrines progressive wtll
now recognise that an attractive name
often covers not only polltlral and
economic heresy, but outright treason.
The men who have angted for the
German vote, or the rote of any other
alien element, by permitting that Ger
man be taught In the schools to the
etrlulon of the language of their
country, and that the German Kaiser
be extolled In school books will now
realise that they have thoughtlessly
helped to butld up a little Germany
In the heart of the I'ntted States. All
of these must have learner! that there
Is no room In the t'nltrd States for
anything but unflinching American
Ism. It 1e now the duty of every loyal
eitisen of Wisconsin to forget all else
and so to vote that his state will elect
a loyal American to the Senate and
will wipe out the blot on Its good
name. If. as now seems happily not
to be the case. Thompson should win
the Republican nomination, party
allegiance should be forgotten In de
votion to country and support should
be transferred to lravles. the I demo
cratic candidate, whoso loyalty Is
beyond question. If the cancer of
La olletlelsra should have eaten so
deeply Into the minds of the Thomp
son men that enough of them may
throw their votea to Berger to make
Ms election possible, there would still
be only one course for loyal Repub
licans. That Is to forget their party
and vote for taxvles. There Is but
one choice between a Republican of
the La Kollette stripe and a loyal
I democrat: that is the I democrat. It
must not be said that the Kaiser has
won an American election and has
representative In the highest legisla
tive body In the I'nited States.
This election Is not solely Wiscon
sin's affair. It concerns the whole
Nation, for a La Follette victory would
stamp Wisconsin as pro-German as
a German outpost In this conntry. It
la vastly more Important that the
Senator from Wisconsin be a staunch
upholder of the Nation and of Its Ad
ministration In the war than that he
be either a Republican or a Democrat.
rATIUOTIC PEBT1CE.
Frederick W. Mulkey Is a cttiien of
high personal worth and wide pro
fessional and political repute and he
Is also, an ex-Senator of the United !
States for Oregon. The Oregonlan Is
pleased to note that he has responded
to Its proposal that some one who has
the confidence of the state submit his
name as a candidate for the Senator
ship (short term) with the purpose
and pledge of an Immediate resigna
tion after election, so that the Govern-
nor may appoint for the balance of
the short term (ending March 4.
lilt) the Senator-elect for the regu
larMerm (beginning March ,4. 11)
It is necessary, of course, that Gover
nor Wlthyrombe Join In the arrange
ment: but It Is on Its face so wholly
commendable that It may fairly be
assumed that he will do his part, and
will say so.
The Mulkey idea Is without preju
dice for or against any other candi
date for Senator: but It Is with dis
tinct prejudice In favor of the state
and for the dignity and usefulness of
the Senatorial office. it ought not
to be permitted to go by default.
even for a few months, to any candi
date who would not otherwise- be re
garded aa entirely lit for the place.
An unseemly scramble by small men
for a seat In a large chair should by
all moans be avoided.
WITH prr.iNO EYES.
The Farmers" Union In trl-connty
convention (Garfield. Columbia. Walla
Walla) at Watlsburg. Wash., the other
day. went on record. In denunciation
of the Non-Iartisan League as sedi
tious and pro-German, and In repudia
tion of all efforts or statements pur
porting to "associate. In any manner
to connect, the Farmers' Union with
the Non-Partisan League movement."
The resolutions of the indignant farm
ers of Southeastern Washington make
Interesting reading, particularly in
teresting, no doubt, to Brother Brown,
head of the Farmers Union in Ore
gon. and Brother S pence, master of
the Oregon Grange. There Is a fac
ulty member or two at the State Agri
cultural College, too, who will find
that his efforts to Identify the farmers'!
and other agriculturists of the North
west, actual, nominal or merely pro
fessorial, with the Non-Partisan
League are appraised at Just about
their proper value.
No doubt the experiences of the
Ralouse and Walla Walla farmers with
the American Bolsheviks, otherwise
the Industrial Workers of the World,
or "wobhlles," have led them to In
quire Into the underlying motives of
the Non-Partisan organlxers, and they
are moved Irresistibly to link the two
organisations together. Probably they
remember the Townley scheme of
bringing 60.000 (more or less) L W.
W. to North Dakota last year.
The North Idaho editors and pub
lishers assembled at Moscow last
week, adopted clear-cut loyalty reso
lutions, and summoned the people of
Idaho to "refrain from membership
In the Industrial Workers of the
World, or the Non-I'artlsan League.
and to reject the subtle preachments
of these two organizations, both of
which are hampering and have ham
pered our Government in Its effort to
wage war on autocracy."
It takes a hardy nerve, or a strangely
guileless nature, for any man or
woman In these times to Join hands
with any such organization, whether
disloyal or under suspicion of dis
loyalty.
' BITING AT HOME.
The Legislature In 1915 passed
law which gives officials discretionary
power to grant a 6 per cent differ
ential In favor of Oregon materials
and Oregon manufacturers In the
letting of contracts for public works.
In other words. If an Oregon manu
facturer Is within 6 per cent of the
lowest bid the contract may be
awarded to him.
It seems to be opportune to call at
tention to this statute. Not only Is
the upbuilding of Oregon Industries
desirable in order to establish perma
nently the prosperity that has been
brought about by additional payrolls.
but there are at this time transporta
tion difficulties and there is on that
account an Injunction from the Gov
ernment to buy at points nearest to
production.
The Dock Commission Is to let a
cop tract today for a large amount of
cement- xne commission may prop
erly bear the law - In mind If there
hall be a bid from an Oregon man
ufacturer which, although not the
lowest, seems to be reasonable.
There need, of course, be no fixed
policy of paying Oregon contractors
more Just because they are Oregon
contractors. The Intent of the law
Is clearly not to encourage profiteer
Ing. but to give public aid to those
home industries that may be handi
capped by higher costs of material.
higher wages or other unequal ele
nients that enter into the manufac
ture. Properly applied, the law
should work to the advantage of
both public and industry.
ClOTHES FOR THE BELGIANS. '
Old clothes and old shoes are of no
use and of small value to their own
ers, but will be a godsend to the Bel
gians. They have just passed through
the fourth Winter of German Invasion,
have been robbed of all means of
making new clothes and must by this
time be reduced to rags. All leather
has been taken from them, their live
stock has been killed and the hides
taken to Germany, and they wear
wooden shoes or none at all.
To such people a pair of trousers
baggy at the knees or frayed at the
ankles, a coat that Is shiny or out at
elbows, or a pair of cracked shoes
will seem like luxury. To get them
into the hands of the people who need
them requires only the exertion of
taking them out or closets and sending
them to the Red Cross. The Belgian
Relief "Commission undertakes to- see
that they reach the Belgians.
This is a small, easy. Inexpensive
service to render the people who have
been most dire sufferers by the war.,
Every family should gladly render it-
One of these days there may be a
house-cleaning at Waahingtoa, which
WOMEN AND FOOD rRODl CTIOX.
"When we analyze the difference
between work and play," said Mrs.
Fred T. Dubois, of Idaho, recently. In
an address on woman's adaptability
to farming, "we find that It Is only
when the Interest Is left out that It
becomes work." Any woman who can
row. play tennis, golf, swim or engage
In any other athletic sport, she adds,
ran wield a pitchfork, hoe or rake,
and ran plow, prepare the seedbed
and scatter fertiliser over the earth.
"It Is." she says, "no more fatiguing
than any one of these sports, only one
must have a vision and Interest In the
work that Is being performed."
Mrs. 1 Hi bo Is declares that there
must be a concrete mobilization of
all women capable of farm work if
the food situation is to be saved. The
Interesting feature of her summary
of the duties of women In the emer
gency Is that she presents a list of
tasks that she has seen women per
form on the farm. , and which, she
says, can be done 'Without undue
fatigue. A good many persons will
not share her enthusiastic wish that
she might paint a picture of the "gar
nering of the bay crop In the golden
davs of September." for to most of
those who have pitched hay It has
seemed like mighty hard work, hardly
ntted to the strength of any but
the exceptional woman. Still. Mrs.
Dubois has seen women pitch hay.
and has seen farm girls raring for the
enure process of cultivating corn to
Ita fruition. She has seen a woman
In control of an Irrigation and canal
system, and she knows women who
have succeeded conspicuously In ani
mal husbandry. Of the latter she
says: a
It ra a nateral place for vomM. The
mother Inatlart lylnc dortaant In every
woman flte ker particularly lor Ible vo
cal, on. It require patieac aad detail to
ralae atork and wemea are particularly
trained in these virtue. There Is a sreat
hortace of ealtle, hrae aad hemes la Ihie
country- It la a uaitr-r of sreat concern te
our Government. Te the youns women
werkera of Ihta Nation let us point the pic
ture of the 'youag Ctrl surrounded by her
cMrkena. cabas and other animals la such
l.aelBf co:ors that ehe rat feel the call
tram w-itMn to so forward to oatte for
food In onlvr that her beloved countrymen
behind the guna and avord thruata on the
blood-stained flalda of Fraace, may aave
food aod raimont.
She has also seen women do every
part connected with the threshing of
grain, except the running of the en
gine, which was In charge of espe
cially skilled men. and she predicts
that before the war ends women will
have become skilled engineers. They
are. It Is true, already operating!
EGGS.
The Importance of conserving the
egg supply of the country by such
measures as can be adopted by indi
viduals Is made apparent by the un
certainties of future storage. At pres
ent the Government Is controlling the
supply of ammonia, although it is
making allotments' for cold storage
plants, but it is not possible to pre
dict with accuracy how this can be
continued. The demands of war will
come first in any emergency, and while
storage will be protected to the fullest
extent possible, it will be well to be on
the safe side.
The classic method of home storage
Involves the use of sodium silicate,
commonly known as "water glass" or
"liquid glass." The technic Is not dif
ficult, and the cost relatively small.
The housewife who preserves her own
eggs by this process will be taking a
hostage from possible future egg
famine. There will be insurance
against the higher prices of Winter,
In any event.
The greater proportion of all eggs
are laid in four months of the year
from March to June, inclusive. The
number of laying hens probably will
be greatly diminished soon after the
end of the "laying season." There are
poultrymen who, by scientific man
agement and close attention to their
business, say that they can make
profit even with feed at present prices,
but there are many others who see
nothing but loss. The latter will not
be inclined to carry their flocks
through the non-productive period.
So it would seem that, by providing
their own supplies for Fall and Win
ter so far as possible, the householder
would be performing a public duty
as well as a prudent economic act.
This counsel should be heeded par
Ucularly by city folks, who are less
acquainted with home storage than
their neighbors on the farms.
burg- field from Germany, while an
advance through Belgium would give
the allies the coal mines of Liege and
Limburg. A further advance of
twenty miles from the Moselle River
would deprive Germany of the Saar
coal district, and an advance of
eighty miles northeast from the Bel
gian frontier would carry the allies
to Kssen and would put them in pos
session of the7 great coal and Iron
field of Westphalia,
If Germany lost the territory de
scribed, her power of resistance would
be so vastly diminished as to be prac
tically gone. About half of Ger
many's -Iron, or half of her domestic
supply, is drawn from German Lor,
raine. This, with 2,000.000 tons a
year additional from Westphalia and
the bulk of the coal supply, would be
lost- by a retreat behind the Rhine.
Not for several years at least could
this loss be replaced by increased de
velopment in Russia, if that country
should remain under German control.
In addition IS per cent of the peace
time supply derived from France and
Spain would be lost, and Germany
would have only one-fourth as much
Iron as In 1913
Iron and coal are the first neces
saries of war, for without them guns.
rifles, machine guns, shells, automo
biles, railroad cars, locomotives and
railroads themselves cannot be made.
A nation without them Is as powerless
as a medieval knight whose sword is
knocked out of his hand and whose
lance is broken. The allies need not
go to Berlin In order to destroy Kai
serism. They need only cross the
Rhine in Westphalia and reach the
Rhine In Lorraine, and do so before
Germany has been able to develop as
great new sources of supply in East
era Europe, if that be at all possible.
The collapse would not come imme
diately, but it could not be delayed
much beyond the time when the pres
ent stock was exhausted and when
the allies would have reopened the
mines and rebuilt the furnaces and
mills which the Germans would
wreck in their retreat. If the Ger
mans held out till that time ships now
used in carrying iron ore and coal to
the allied countries could be released
Stars and Starmakers. -
By Ieae Caaa Baer.
SOMETHING for esthetic dancers to
worry about: The economy board
has ordered that in order to con
serve wool no more than four yards
and a half of woolen material shall be
used in any garment.
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Anyway we've gotta give those
esthetic dancing folk credit for one
thing. They certainly do Hooverize on
their wardrobes.
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Speaking further of esthetic dancers,
dldja ever notice how they seem to
think that no one in the audience Is
from Missouri.
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Ruth Gates says that "kindness
always pays," and cites as an instance
a headline in the woman's page of a
paper which says, "Boiled potatoes are
ever so much better if they are gently
boiled."
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Something else to worry about: Eels
In "London are selling at 35 cents an
inch and market reports say that they
will soon be equally expensive In Amer
ica. Well, at 35 cents a mile of eel, a
mill's worth Is more than I need.
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"To save wool," we are told, "ostrich
feathers are to be much UBed during the
Summer."
Yep. Always providing we can dig
up enough ostrich feathers.
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Elsie Janis has finally ' arrived In
France accompanied by her mother,
Mrs. Bierbower. Interviews , say that
Elsie plans to work at the soldiers'
entertainments in France,
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Here's a pretty little thing from May-
wood, K. Y, which may be of Interest
to members of local dramatic endeavor
societies.
Stage kisses given married women.
with the husband present, are fraught
with the same peril as those given in
all seriousness, Norman J. Avery, of
Barryville, has discovered by a ruling
to carry food and other materials I Jt made by a police justice In May-
from other countries and to carry
more troops from America, Contin
ued resistance would only hasten and
make morn complete the Kaiser's
overthrow.
The more rapidly the allies push
forward the sooner they wtll gain the
Use of Germany's essential war ma
terials and the less time Germany will
have to develop new supplies in East
ern Europe and Asia. It is a race!
and If the allies should win that race it
Is not probable that the Germans would
force the allies to invade the heart of
the empire by further resistance.
They would fear that their own coun
try would be reduced.to as barren a
waste as they have made of North
eastern France and Belgium.
The American Army holds an hon
orable place J n the fight for iron, for
It holds the fine only about ten miles
south of Brtey, the heart of the
French Lorraine iron field. . In driv
ing north to cut off the St, Mihiel
llent it would penetrate that dis
trict and would restore to France the
mines which have been feeding the
Hun furnaces.
Another illustration of the aggro
gate value of little things is furnished
by the request of the Bureau of Inter
nal Revenue that all persons pay their
Income taxes by check. More than
6.000.000 persons will pay the tax this
year, and if all heed the request the
time it otherwise would take to write
6.000,000 receipts will be saved.
Mention of James Caseys cam
paigning in Oregon with General "Joe'
Lane carries the mind back to what
now seem p re-historic times, so re
mote are they. Those were the days
when the Salem clique reigned and
when Knownothlngs were active
politics.
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BEACH THE RHINE AND WIN.
German policy has had for its chief
Immedtate purpose what is called the
"drang nach osten the push east
ward and that push has been so suc
cessful that It has carried Germany
far into the Interior of Central Rus
sia and to the Black Sea coast of
Southern Russia, after having already
extended through the Balkan penin
aula into Asiatic Turkey. But Ger
many must now exert all her strength
to resist a drang nach osten into her
own territory. The combined forces
of France. Britain and Italy, backed
by the great reserves of the United
States, are driving eastward toward
Germany as the Germans have driven
eastward into Russia, Roumania and
Turkey.
The first prize for which the Ger
mans strove awas the coal, lead and
zinc mines and the farming regions
of Russian Poland, and the oil fields
and grain fields of Roumania, which
lie close to the border. The coal and
iron of Southern Russia and of the
Ural region, the grain of the black
earth region and the oil of Baku are
also sought, but they are more re
mote and must be carried long dis
tances through a country where
strong guards must protect trains
from guerilla attacks by a population
which is hostile at heart.
By contraaC the similar resources
now at the command of Germany in
the west, and at which the allies'
drang nach osten Is aimed, lie close
to the front of attack and they are
far more extensive than those near
Germany's eastern border. As the
allied line moves forward it will first
recover the coal of Northern France
and the Iron of French Lorraine and
After the United States has given
70 rifles to the Chinese bandits
ransom for Messrs. Purse 11 and Kyle,
it will be up to somebody to send an
army to take them away again, lest
they be used to take more prisoners.
There Is a holdup man loose who is
a humorist. He compelled a young
woman to "frisk" her escort a highly
proper proceeding after marriage
without orders from a robber, but al
together too previous before.
Danger of invasion from Mexico
and South America may seem remote.
but so did war with Germany a few
years ago. It is as well to be pre
pared for the worst, for then it Is less
likely to happen.
Grievances in shipyards must be
adjusted, no matter the cost to per
sonal feelings or in ruffled dignity.
The Nation wants the ships, and. para
phrasing Farragut, will "Damn the
delay!"
In a recent village election In Min
nesota a "German-American" ticket
was In the running, but the man who
framed it is awaiting trial. That's an
example of the Hun spirit when It
dares.
The age limit for applicants for
police Jobs has been lifted three years.
and that should put good men on the
force. There's a lot of good in many
men under SO in these strenuous
days.
What difference does it make
whether Dutch ships carry troops and
munitions or not? The Germans will
sink them on sight whatever they
carry, hot excepting German wounded.
The skipper of the municipal fish
ing schooner will be paid on the basis
of his catch. In other words, he will
receive a captain's commission In the
food army.
Higher wages have increased meat
consumption, despite meatless days.
which only goes to show that the
meatless days were more than ever
necessary.
It will I be time enough to call i
convention to form a league of na
tions to enforce the world's peace after
the Kaiser has cried "Enough!"
Behind the big bluff of a tremen
dous offensive may be a sneak through
Switzerland. The Kaiser is not above it.
The leading newspapers of Ger
many have stocked up on red Ink for
the great blow on the western front.
Luxemburg, also the coal of Belgium
motors and driving ambulances on the around Mons. The next push would
war front. But moat of lae work . taks the rest of the Jworraiao-XAiXeoi-
The Germans expect things to go
their way on the western front. Per
haps they will toward Berlin.
Lucky for all of us that oranges
are not a substitute, though they have
the look.
Thia Is &a easy eaulaoctlal.
wood.
During an amateur dramatic per
formance recently in May-wood, Avery
alleges. Thomas Birdsall. of Maywood
punched and knocked htm down. He
was said to have been infuriated be
cause Avery kissed Mrs. Birdsall. Avery
told Justice Elmendorf, In seeking
warrant charging assault, that he only
gave Mrs. Birdsall a "make-believe1
kiss the plot of the playlet required.
The Justice refused to give Avery
warrant, 'Those who kiss other men'
wives," he concluded, "must do so at
their own peril when the husband is
around."
Reports say that when Madame
Bernhardt returns from Cuba, where
she is now touring, she is to start on
a 20-week Orpheum engagement which
will bring her to the Pacific Coast,
e a o
Irene Castle has gone to Cuba to
finish some film work and on her re
turn to New York she is going to go
in vaudeville with a new dancing
partner.
e e e
Following a series of written com
plaints from patrons of his chain of
Orpheum theaters, Martin Beck issued
circular orders to bis managers this
week instructing them to censor all
song repertoires offered by acts play
ing the circuit.
Two songs were, spefically mentioned
in the order and were banned as un
patriotic, "I Don't Want to Get Well"
and "There'll Be a Hot Time for the
Old Men When the Young Men Go te
War."
Mr. Beck In his circular letter claimed
the songs tended to discourage men of
military tendencies and served to make
a travesty of a very serious condition,
The Instructions Issued gave the man
agers power to summarily order off
any song either risque in lyric or that
carried any light reference to the Army,
Navy or the war. The managers were
also Instructed to make weekly reports
of all song routines and where a banned
number is repeated the act will be
promptly taken off the route.
The United Booking Offices have also
Instructed managers to be careful of
lyrics and may take action on the same
numbers, although as yet nothing has
been Issued from that agency mention
ing any specific song.
e a e
Evelyn Nesblt wants to be trans
formed from a song and dance artist
into a dramatic actress and Is looking
about for a sketch to prove that she
can do it- I'm for her. I believe she
can act. She developed a voice where
there was apparently no voice. She
learned by hard work and close appllca
tlon to daace a little better than the
average and she's tireless In her ambi
tion to succeed as Evelyn Nesblt, She
started with an awful handicap. More
power to her if ehe makes good.
a e a
Major passes a private seated on his
haunches whittling: asks for a match.
Without looking up the private re
plies: "Kawl" Major passes on. giv
ing no heed. Private looks up as
Major Is disappearing in the distance,
rushes after his superior officer, sa
lutes and apologizes. Major listens
and says:
Forget It, my boy, but take my ad
vice never do that to a Second Lieu
tenant,"
HOSES AND HIS LIEtTEXAXTS
Co-operation and Co-ordlnatloa Xot- a
New Thing.
Exodus xiii:16-26.
And it came to pass on the morrow
that Moses sat to judge the people; and
the people stood by Moses from the
morning unto the evening.
And when Moses' father-in-law saw
all that he did to the people he said:
"What is this thing that thou doest to
the people? Why sittest thou thyself
alone, and all the people stand by
thee from morning until even?"
And Moses said unto his father-in-law:
"Because the people come unto
me to Inquire of God.
"When they have a matter they come
unto me; and I judge between one and
another, and I do make them know the
statutes of God and his laws."
And Moses' father-in-law said unto
him: "The thing that thou doest is not
good.
"Thou wilt surely wear away, both
thou and this people that Is with thee;
for this thing Is too heavy for thee;
thou art not able to perform It thyself
alone.
"Hearken now unto my voice, I will
give thee counsel, and God shall be
with thee. Be thou for the people to
Godward, that thou mayest bring the
causes unto God.
"And thou shalt teach them ordi
nances and laws, and Shalt shew them
the way wherein they must walk, and
the work that they must do.
"Moreover, thou shalt provide out of
all these people able men, such as fear
God, men of truth, hating covetousness;
and place such over them, to be rulers
of thousands, and rulers of hundreds,
rulers of fifties and rulers af tens.
"And let them Judge the people at all
seasons; and It shall be that every
great matter they shall bring unto
thee, but every small matter they shall
Judge; so shall It be easier for thyself,
and they shall bear the burden with
thee.
"If thou shalt do this thing, and God
command thee so, then- thou shalt be
able to endure, and all this people shall
also go to their place in peace."
So Moses hearkened to the voice of
his father-in-law, and did all that he
had said.
And Moses chose able men out of all
Israel, and made them heads over the
people, rulers of thousands, rulers of
hundreds, rulers of fifties and rulers of
ten a
And they judged the people at all
seasons; the hard causes they brought
unto Moses, but every small matter
they Judged themselves.
In Other Days.
Tweary-flve Years Age.
From The Oregonlan. March 21. 193.
San Francisco. Ex-Representative
C. H. Blount sailed from this city at
noon today on the revenue cutter Bush,
bound for Honolulu on a secret mission
tor President Cleveland.
The concrete foundation of the Union
passenger station wtll be completed
this week.
The Council has Instructed City Sur
veyor Hurlburt to lay out the cityte
new boundaries.
Property owners who hoped to have
Improvements made on the installment
plan are in for disappointment. The
Bancroft law was improperly passed
and is therefore not' in effect at all.
Half a Century Ago.
From The Oregonlan. March 21. 1SSS.
The merchandise market presents
very encouraging features in every de
partment and trade is far in excess of
the past year.
The river has been rising- the past
few days and experienced steamboat
men say it is from the head.
Printers on The Oregonlan sent
heartfelt thanks to Messrs. Ludwlg &
Weiser, proprietors of the East Port
land Brewery, for excellent lager
thoughtfully supplied them, and pre
dicted a big growth for the firm If the
quality kept up.
The Democratic convention has
passed a resolution calling upon the
Government to appropriate funds to
assist railroad building in this state.
Wilson Mlzner was called in the
gambling Investigation Assistant Dis-
rict Attorney Smith is conducting in
New York. When asked if he had
played chemln de fer at any of the
gaming clubs, playwright Mlzner re
plied he had. often, because it is a
imple game and be wasn't called upon
to think while playing It
a a a
Lillian Russell, who has not appeared
In musical comedy since the first
Weber-Fields revival six years ago, is
playing as featured assistant to Ray
mond Hitchcock in "Hltchy Coo" at the
Colonial In Chicago.
a a e
Blanche Bates and Holbrook BHnn
are to head a company to give enter
tainments to speed up American and
Canadian recruiting.
a a a
Wonder which one of the Kaiser's
sons he has selected for King of Ire
land?
e e e
Frances Carson, who played Judy In
"Daddy Long Legs" the last time It
was here, has gone Into pictures.
e o a
Milton Seaman, manager of the Al
cazar Players, paused t'other day long
enough to Interview the new applicant
for a place in the company. "Let's see."
he said, sparring for time, while he cal
culated the possibilities of the plump,
overconfident applicant, "what sort of
part can you play?"
"Oh. well," said the woman careless-
lXa "what parts aave youJT
If
THAT "SJIILEAGE" LOOK,
it dries up a tear and induces a
smile,
"Be it ever so humble," the thing is
worth while;
If it brightens an eye and produces a
laugh.
It Is not to be scoffed at, although It
be "chaff."
If it shakes up your sides with real,
genuine glee,
Tls a tonic and "builds up" the whole
family!
Ob, any old thing thafs a foe to the
"blues
Is the lane that in haste we should seek
for and choose;
We need it each day to annihilate
gloom
'Mid the ten thousand cares we are
forced to assume;
Each chuck that we chuckle is driving
away
The enemy, worry, that plagues us
each day. ,
If you haven't the "smlleage" look, get
it at oncel
This broodlng's the habit of sluggard
and dunce!
That man is a failure who gives up the
race
Before he has tried with the others his
pace;
And he who by worry is fretted and
tossed - -
Has a handicap start and his chance Is
half lost.
If you yearn to be loved and to live to
old age.
There's a hint you should heed, be you
statesman or sage:
In talking life over, forget all the
while
Those things that, perchance, have de
nied you a smile;
Be the man with a gain! He's the
thrice-welcome guest!
And he Is the wisest who laughs last
and best, GRACE E. HALL.
ACTION BETTER THAN WISHES.
I wish I were a billion tons of liquid
fire and gas.
And I would settle down and burn, and
choke, the entire mass
Of murdering, raping, German beasts,
and treacherous, loathsome Huns.
I wish, you wish, we all wish, yes, but
what arood does it ao.
I don't become the fire and gas, or bul
lets, nor do you.
So let us give up wasting time In this
. weak, futile way.
For the German beast and cowardly
Hun is over here this day.
With its deadly mental poison, and Its
slimv loathsome spy.
Its labor agitator and misleading Red
Cross lie.
Its hateful hidden meirtber, that sows
distrust and fear.
And belittles our own country to our
faces with a sneer.
The Industrial Workers of the World,
the Kaiser's spawn.
The Socialistic soapbox men, and on.
and on. and on.
You see we're up against the Kaiser's
Kultur pretty strong.
We love our country, and we give our
sons, our cash, our work.
We're extremely, patriotic, and very
rarely shirk.
But If we want our Nation to be pure.
and clean and strong.
And not rot vilely at the core, the way
it will ere long
Unless each citizen awakes, each must
with justice meet.
Stamps out Pro-Germanism as a fire
beneath his feet.
DOROTHY M. BARBER.
Notice to Vacate.
PORTLAND, March 20. (To the Edi-
tor.)-r-A tenant tenders his rent in ad
vance, on date due, as usual. The land
lord refuses to accept same and noti
fies tenant rent has been advanced;
also gives ten days' notice to move or
pay advanced rent? Is this notice of
raise in rent legal or does it require
30 days? And what are tenant's rights
in the premises? A TENANT.
A notice to terminate a tenancy from
month to month must. In order to be
sufficient, be given for a period of ten
days prior to the expiration of any such
month. Unless you have been holding
under a lease with a fixed date of
termination which arrived coincident
with the notice to vacate, you can 'bold
for another month at the old rate.
Secretarial School In Portland.
SALEM. Or., March 19. (To the Edi
tor.) Please tell me if there are any
secretarial schools on the Coast or in
the Middle West- G. W.
A full course of training for this
work is provided by the Portland High
School of Commerce, Fifth and Harri
son streets.
la the Garden of Wishes.
I'd like to be a million bullets
In a million different guns.
For every breath the Kaiser drew
Kill a million bloody Huns.
If when these beastly Huns I killed
Old square-head Bloody Bill
Was one that made his fare-you-well
- I'd be happy e'en In helU
TSUDSR UXXIaS UOTH&.
FINANCING OF HOSTESS HOUSES
Money Raised by Popniar Subscription
for l Buildings.
PORTLAND, March 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Replying to the question asked
by one of your regular subscribers re
garding the financing of Hostess
House, I am glad to send the following
information:
The war work council of the National
board of the Young Women's Christian
Association is directly responsible for
the erecting and maintaining of the
Hostess House at Camp Lewis. The
funds for this building and 60 other
hostess houses now either completed
or in course of construction were
raised by popular subscription through
a campaign conducted all over Amer
ica, Thirty thousand dollars of this
money was allotted for a Hostess house
at Camp Lewis. The building was
erected under the supervision of the
executive committee, composed of
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma women.
The building is in no sense the prop
erty of the Government, though owing
to the fact that it is on a military res
ervation, it 1b under Government su
pervision at all times.
The building is used solely for the
comfort of the families and
friends of soldiers and for the
soldiers themselves. There Is employed
a regular staff of workers to meet the
various demands made upon the build
ing1 by the public. These workers are
all Young Women's Christian Associa
tion secretaries, and are mostly chosen
from Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and
San Francisco. It is the desire of the
management to make the building- self
supporting through the cafeteria which
occupies one end of the building. Should
this not be successful any deficit would
be supplied from the war work council
of the National board from the funds
contributed in the general campaign.
MRS. WM. MAC MASTER,
Chairman Northwest War Work
Council, Y. W. C. A.
Soldiers aa Entrjmea. ,
HEPPNER. Or, March 19. (To the
Editor.) (1) Please state whether
an enlisted soldier now in the service
in Texas, whose home is in Oregon,
can now tile on a homestead in Oregon
or elsewhere?
(2) Also kindly tell me where to
write to( get Information in regard to
whether an alien has taken out na
turalization papers in New York state
and also where one would write to
find out if papers had been taken out
in Oregon. A READER.
(1) An enlisted man may make before
his commanding officers a declaratory
statement which will enable his wife
to obtain a homestead anywhere she
chooses. She must then live upon the
land. An enlisted unmarried man can
file homestead papers in person. The
time he serves in the Army counts on
the residence and cultivation require
ments. (2) In New York state the various
Superior Courts and in Oregon the
County Circuit Courts all issue natur
alization papers. If you know the
district where the papers are supposed
to have been issued write to the court
of that district. If you do not know
the city or district you may be able
to get the information by writing the
Bureau of Naturalization,- Department
of Labor, Washington, D. C.
Oregon Marriage License Law.,
VANCOUVER. B. C, March 18. (To
the Editor.) (1) When securing a mar
riage license In the State of Oregon is
it necessary that two witnesses be
present who know both the man and
woman?
(2) Is there a law to the effect that
one must undergo a medical examina
tion by a doctor before license can be
issued?
(3) Can a license bought in one
county be legally used In a different
county?
(4) What is the difference between
the marriage laws of Washington and
those of Oregon?
OLD SUBStJKltJtt.
(1) Only one witness is required, but
he must know both the man and the
woman.
(2) The man must present a health
ceertiflcate executed by a physician
licensed to practice medicine in this
state.
(3) The license must be obtained In
the county in which the bride-to-be re
sides. It can be used in any other
county.
(4) Detailed Information concerning
the marriage laws of the State of
Washington can be obtained by writing
to the County Auditor oi any county in
that state.
Paper Box Magazines.
PORTLAND, March 20. (To the Ed
itor.) Please let me know what paper
Is published and where in the interests
of the paper box industry.
E. M. CHURCH.
Paper Box Maker is a monthly pub
lication With offices in New York.
American Box Maker is issued month
ly in Chicago. Shears, another monthly
devoted to the paper box Industry, is
published at La Fayette, Ind.
Address of Artillery Company.
SHERWOOD, Or., March 19. (To the
Editor.) Kindly tell me how to ad
dress letters to a soldier In Battery D,
6oth Company, Artillery. The company
left Fort Stevens February 26.
HA.TtiLL.DA. JUKKaUt r.
Better direct as usual to Fort Ste
vens until you know definitely that
the company is overseas. Tour letter
will be forwarded.
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