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Immobilization of our military forces and of the greater army of workers in industries directly connected with the war, if it is accomplished without distress, will require both intensive organization and business optimism. It is necessary that there shall be no Midden and extensive changes if it is possible to avoid them, and at the nunc time it is desirable from the viewpoint of National economy that we shall ccare the manufacture of exclusively war materials at an early date.. For this reason it is especially good news that the Government has recognized its obligation in the prem ises and that the War and Navy De partments, together with the .'War I.abor Folicies Board and the United States Employment Service, will co operate in making plans to translate all of these men and women from the ranks of war service back to peace time industry. The maximum of Na tional efficiency will be exhibited if this is accomplished in such manner that resumption and expansion of the industries which before the war were classified as non-essential shall keep pace with the demobilization of the war essentials. The magnitude of the problem will be seen from the estimate that while some 4,000.000 men are included in the military and naval forces, the number taken into the various supply Industries probably is close to 10.000, 000. Of the military forces, it is likely that more than a million will be retained in the Army and Navy for a considerable period. It is certain that this number will be required until after the peace treaties are signed. The war industries will be relieved to a certain extent by the voluntary retire ment of numbers who worked in them mission, and former president of the United Mine Workers of America, said the other day that 100,000 men could be used in his state alone as the re suit of the building boom which had already begun, and that 35,000 men were urgently required for permanent employment on farms. These repre sent only two industries in & single state. Removal of the ban on raw materials will automatically release the brakes on other industries, and in other localities. The number of persons for whom employment must be fonnd, while large, is less appalling whe,n considered in connection with the vastness of the industries of the United States. In the reckoning, va rious public improvements which- may be undertaken by cities, towns and states as post-war measures have not been considered. Road-building on a large scale, for example, and land reclamation are likely to be ready to be undertaken during the coming Spring. The value of a sanely optimistic out- look is emphasized by the well-known fact that business depressions are often psychological. If it is borne in mind that sound fundamental condi tions obtain tn the United States, that there will soon be demand for more goods than we can produce, and that immigration, which has been greatly restricted during the past few years is likely to continuo to be curtailed it would seem that the purely psycho logical influences should tend toward optimism. We can afford to be pa tient, and we have reason to believe that, except for a comparatively few instances of individual inconvenience the transition from war to peace will bo accomplished with minimum dis tress. Indeed, there are sound think ers who believe that a shortage rather than a surplus of labor is extremclj likely to be noted in the near future. aiter tae manner in which we too often treat lawbreakers at home. This war may teach us something about tne inappropriateness of maudlin and mistaken sympathy. SHOCK ABSORBERS. The Government has made available a certain amount of Treasury certifi cates of indebtedness, issued in antic! pation oC receipts from income and other war revenue taxes. These cer tificates are available at all Oregon banks but their sale Tags. The certificates have a special value as shock absorbers. They enable the payer of large war taxes to spread the call upon his resources. The certifi cates also bear interest at the rate of 4 la per cent. The purchaser not only makes a fairly profitable investment but prepares for the day upon which his Federal taxes fall due. The certificates mature on March 15. They are payable in cash or they are acceptable in lieu of cash for war taxes. The Government meanwhile obtains uso of the money invested in them. There is both, profit and patriotism in the purchase of Treasury certifi cates of Indebtedness. They should have a readier sale. THE COMING TOrRIKT CROP. One industry that gives promise of revival to unheard-of proportions is that of catering to tourists. Press dis patches have already told of the flood of inquiries directed to steamship companies concerning the reopeningof travel to Europe. The foreign coun tries themselves have not forgotten the tourist crop during the war period. An arl vortiKine- firm In Ww "V nrlr through patriotic feeling and who will announces that for two years it has not seek re-employment immediately or at all. There will be other vacan cies in industry as the result of the similar withdrawal of workers, par ticularly women, who were attracted toy high wages, but had no thought of remaining for a great length of, time. These further simplify the problem, but do not solve it. In most favorable circumstances there will remain 10 000.000 or more individuals to be re adjusted. Many readjustments must be made at once, and the greater part of the total within a year. The practical working of the Gov ernment system was illustrated re cently in Long Island City, N. Y., where demobilization of the employes of the Government's gas defense plant was begun as the first step in the great movement. In co-operation with the War Industries Board and the local draft boards, which furnished the names of employers who had pre viously sacrificed their employes in order that munitions plants might be manned, the Federal employment serv ice found 1050 jes in. a choice of twelve factories for the 400 workers who were being dismissed on the first day. This will be continued in this community until all of the 12,000 em ploycs of this especial industry have been cared for. Those who do not readily find employment for which they are fitted, or do not want the jobs open to them will be listed ac cording to thoir capability with the Federal agency, which will be operated without cost either to employer or employed. The plan of the War Department is to divide the country into zones, for the purpose of ascertaining the labor needs from time to time as recon struction progresses, and in this it would seem that the machinery of v local draft boards might be employed to especial advantage. These boards know, as does no other agency, the needs of their localities and the quali fications of the men they have sent into the service. When sufficient data have been collected, the Army over seas and at home will be combed for men who can' perform the kind of labor for which there is need. The Questionnaire of the future will take new significance. It will be directed to employers rather than to men, and will be made the basis of such a gradual demobilization as seems best to serve the interests of industry as a whole and of the men as indi- , viduals. Much dependence will be placed upon the farmer in the coming year. There is no doubt that, despite labor shortage and other incidents, farmers as a whole have prospered during the past year, that they have money which they have not been able to spend, and that they will soon begin to spend it for agricultural implements which have not been manufactured recently for want of steel. Demand for food stuffs is certain to continue, which indicates continuance of fair, if not of liigh. prices for some time. The- farms ought to reabsorb as many men as " left them during the war, and indi rectly to furnish much employment for workers in Implement factories to which reference has been made. The railroads are notoriously in need of new equipment, manufacture of which must be begun as soon as material can be obtained. Mines will need more men unless there is to be a fuel famine, which already has been threatened. The quartermaster's de partment of the Army will continue to make large purchases until de mobilization is completed, and the Shipping Board has Indicated its pur pose substantially to complete the work it originally set out to do. John H. Mitchell, head of the New York State Industrial and Food Corn- had on deposit $30,000 to be spent immediately upon the close of the war for soliciting travel to one of the European countries. The Swedish government and the Travel Club of Sweden have had a representative in the United States for more than eighteen months. He has lectured on the attractions of Sweden in many cities and has illustrated the same subject with 25,000 feet of film. More than one year ago France sent a delegation to this country to study arrangements for establishing a French information bureau in every principal city. It is said that building materials. purchased in this country, have gone to Europe and will be used to con struct hotels up to the former firing lines. Monumental war ruins have been fenced in and trenches have been preserved for inspection of the curious. These activities inspire the thought that it would be a poor time to aban don the "See America" campaign. Our own attractions in the Northwest have been enhanced of late by construction of good roads and the building of nu merous tourist hotels. If there is si lence concerning them and the coun try's scenic, beauties we cannot hope to compete with the tragic attractions of France and Belgium. The historic grounds of those coun tries will draw the irrepressible sight seers in countless numbers, but there are countless others to whom calm nature appeals as nothing else. But the glories and the conveniences of the Northwest must be made known or we shall lose them, too. HUMANE TREATMENT. It was not necessary for Dr. Solf, the German Foreign Minister, to ap peal to the President of the United States for abatement of the terms of the armistice in order that his people might be saved from starvation. His cablegram was clearly a part of the propaganda upon which the unre formed militarists still found their hope of saving something out of the wreck of empire. The point is fully covered in Section 26 of the armistice protocol, which says: The allies and the United States should rive consideration to the provisioning of Germany to the degree recognized as necessary. President Wilson also had covered the point in his address to Congress, in which he said that the humane temper and intention of the victorious governments had already been mani fested in a practical way, and added: Their representatives In the Supreme Wat Council at Versailles have by unanimous resolution assured tha peoples of the central empires that everything- that is possfble In the circumstances will be done to supply them with .food and to relieve the dis tressing want that Is In so many places threatening their very lives, and ateps are to be taken Immediately to organize these efforts at relief In the same systematic man ner that they were organized In ths caae of Belgium. Both of these statements had been made at the time that the German Foreign Minister sent his cable mes sage. There is abundant reason for knowing that Germany will not be permitted to starve, notwithstanding temptation to remind its people that they thereby would only be suffering the consequences of their own mis deeds'. There will be, on the other hand, no reason to suppose that the same cool heads which formulated a policy of humanitarianism will be turned by the cajolery of any member of the old regime. The phrase, to the degree recognized as necessary," protects us against imposition, and provision for systematic organization is a guaranty against waste. The offender at the bar is not suddenly to become an object of adulation, and showered with cookies and flowers,1 PREMATURE. Organization of a new National Guard in Oregon at this time bears certain evidence of prematurity. It is not altogether certain that the Na tional Guard system will survive the military reconstruction process. ; If there shall be a failure in the pro posed formation of a League of Na. tions to enforce peace, it is not con ceivable that the Nation will ever be permitted to return to the old semi preparedness basis. Our entry into the general affairs of the world will call for something broader in scope than a voluntary National Guard system and a tiny Army. If there shall be a League of Na tions to enforce peace it is possible that military preparation will con template, so far as state organizations are concerned, only sufficient forces to quell local disorders. It may be a National Guard structure and it may not. But, assuming that it will be, there will shortly be available for the ranks of such an organization thou sands of young men who have "had not only military training but war ex perience. National Guard history following the close of the Spanish-American war discloses that actual service arouses an interest in youths in military or ganizations during peace times. The young men now in France will return home with a wish and willingness to be of further service, but they will also be possessed of a natural pride of achievement. It is not a belittle ment of the purpose or sincerity of those now entering the National Guard to say that the returned soldiers will not readily submit to becoming the equals, in a military rank of those who have never heard the sound of battle. Yet it is true. It is human nature. The new organization may be need less. If needed its formation now will tend to deprive the state of the services of thousands of young men already trained for military duty. Whatever the future may bring forth a National Guard is not immediately essential to National defense; it is not immediately needed by the state, for the home guard organizations are capable of preserving order until the military policy of state and Nation is shaped. It imposes an expense upon the state that can well await develop ments. COXTIXVE THE WAR CARD EX. The Food Administration is timely in issuing an appeal for the continu ance of the war garden, and in its statement that "we in America have no more than touched our capacity for making gardens." The accom plishments of the Summer of 1918, it goes on to say, showed the possibilities of the work and placed it beyond th experimental stage. , The making of gardens must go on long after the close of the war, in order to supply both ourselves and the - peoples of Europe. From whatever angle it is viewed garden-making is still a useful and a fascinating occupation. There were fewer failures in 1918 than there. were n 1917, and it is reasonable to sup pose that improvement will continue In direct ratio to the persistence of the gardener. That there is profit in it at present prices of food is already apparent to those who made their gardens intelligently during the season now ended. These have materially re duced grocery bills and at the same time they furnished vegetables whose freshness was beyond doubt. We think the item of labor in most cases can fairly be charged off, as having been offset by the spiritual and physical benefits which work in these gardens has bestowed upon the laborer. The war garden, now become peace garden, is necessary if we are to keep our pledge to help feed the world during the period of reconstruc tion, and also if we are to continue the practice of thrift made advisable by every consideration of pruden foresight. The lesson of thrift cannot be taught too persistently, and the home garden is one of its most obvious manifestations. the .Austrian-Germans than in Ger. many, and are more anti-militarist and anti-monarchist. They and the Slavs -would block any policy of ag gression. In case of war, the new re public would still lack the essential materials lost to France and Poland and would have gained slight com pensation in Austria. The new state of Austria would project like a wed. between the Czech and Jugo-Slav states, but the Czech republic would in like manner be a wedge between Austria and Saxony. If Germans should make war after taking twenty five years to recuperate, her enemies on he south, east and west would also have grown strong and might be combined in a defensive federation no League of Peace should be estab Iished. Future danger from Germany is less military than economic. If the new government should prove to be only an expedient to . meet the de mauds of the allies for a government responsible to the people, and should bring with it no change in the spirit and purpose of the German people. there would be the same danger as ever of German economic and politi cal penetration of other countries, the more insidious because cloaked with an outward show of democracy and of adherence to the new law of nations. Such a Germany rriight gain even more complete control over the resources of other nations than im perial Germany had at the outbreak of war, and it might dictate their pol icies to the point whero they would be paralyzed for self-defense. Close watch needs to be kept over the course of events in Germany itself to guard against this danger. . If the junkers and great syndicates should succeed in retaining their privileges and in con tinuing their aggressive commercial policy with the government s backing, the allies would need, in self-defense, to restrict foreign investments and alien activity. We have learned that economic independence and suppres sion of alien political activity are necessary to national independence. One time the Prince of Wales "lied like a gentleman" and received the plaudits of the world. - On the other hand, a fellow in a local court in criminated himself at the expense of the woman in a divorce case.- Judge Gatens never naps and caught the confession of guilt. Is there punish ment too severe for a deed so base? The President has a boss, which is Congress, . and Congressmen have bosses they know; in fact, everybody has one but the members of the Su preme Court, who lock up shop and call it. a day or work as they reel dis posed. Court adjourns over Thanks giving. - will cermaxt fight again; The Kaiser has no doubt gone to Holland in hope of a reaction, to plot for it and to be at hand in case it should come. That has been the prac tice of all deposed monarchs, and the Stuarts and the Bourbons were re stored for brief periods. The factors In favor of the restoration of the Kai ser are the presence of National Lib erals and a few militarists in the new government, the support which Von Hindenburg gives to it, the apparent readiness which a large part of the army gives to him, and the quick sup pression of Bolshevism. But the facts of- the present situa tion are all against return to Kaiser. ism, renewal of the war or prepara tion for another war,, or against suc cess if any of these things should be attempted. It is obvious that Ger many is carrying out in good faith the terms of the armistice. The sol dlers are so sick of war and in such hurry to go home that they throw away arms and equipment and aban don large quantities of supplies which they are not required to surrender. The bonds of discipline are broken or loosened, and the officers can nevef again resume their iron rule. When the armistice terms have been com plied with Germany will have lost half her navy and the other half will have been disarmed: probably half her re maining artillery, machine guns and aircraft and much of her railroad equipment. With fhe evacuation of France and Belgium and the loss of Alsace-Lorraine she will have lost three-fourths of her iron and prob ably half her coal. The supply of metals, coal and food hitherto ob tained from Russia, Russian Poland and the Balkans will be cut off, and Germany will be without allies or hope of finding any. The neutral strip east of the Rhine will cut off the Krupp works at Essen and all the great mineral and manufacturing dis tricts of the Rhine Valley. The Ger man army, if it renewed the war, would be like a man armed with a club fighting one armed with a ma chine gun. Apprehension' is expressed lest the proposed federation of German-Austria with the new German republic should make Germany stronger than ever, but Is without cause. Loss of Alsace-Lorraine, Polish Prussia and Schlcswig would take at least five millions from Germany's sixty-seven millions, while gain of German-Austria would add at most twelve mil lions, making the population of the new republic seventy-four millions. But at least one-third of the popula tion of German-Austria is Slav, and the Socialists are far stronger among Now is the-opportunity for the pro- Huns who have kept sulkily quiet to migrate to the Fatherland and put in practice the ideals of .free government imbibed here;, but tney win not leave the country wherein they have prospered. The intentions of the Belgians who displayed home-made American flags were so good that they may be for given the shortage of stars,, and they might be supplied with a million or so having the full complement. The woman with the bandit who killed Frank Twombley can be counted on to give him away.' Wife or other wise, the enormity of the crime will work upon her with that result unless she, too, is killed by him. With the demands on food produc tion necessary to feed starving Eu rope, there will be no reduction in prices in America. That is another way to "give until it pinches" the American way. Keep yonr eye on the Jap. A steam ship with ' a cargo of Brazil coffee is at New Orleans and she will land machinery for the home trip through the canal. Japan is. not neglecting business. i Stars and Starmakers. By Leone Casa Bacr. . Prominent among the blessings of peace is the news that "military styles and chic uniforms for women are go ing out of style." Peace is going to be tough on some of the sisters who never had a Bpeck of attention 'in all their lives until the war forced 'em into well-fitting khaki trousers. It's an ill wind, etc. e Among the atrocities of peace I fig ure the thousands of war correspond ents who will write books about their experiences. But the worst peace atrocity wDl be the seven thousand individuals, each of whom claims to be the man who fired the last shot in the war. Also I predict an epidemic of "firsts" to remove the wreaths on the Strass burg monument. see Read where an actress alleges that her husband deserted both herself and the Army. Probably she'll let the Army edo as it pleases in the matter, but she wants a divorce for her part of it. e See where Mr. and Mrs..Ignatz Dyke have christened their newest offspring Wilson Pershing. With such enterpris ing parents no child need bother about making a name for himself. - e "Think before you telephone," Is good but most or us have plenty or time to get brain fever from thinking while we are waiting for central to answer us. e The only wrinkle an actress ever gets is from struggling to look intelligent. ! Those Who Come aad Go. , I ll I In Other Days. A Swedish actress married a Hebrew, divorced him to wed an Italian and is now the wife of an Irish policeman in China rn. "Bride of all nations," as it were. e Social note: Mr. and Mrs. W. Hohen znllern and children have arrived in Holland for an indefinite sojourn. Mr. Hohenzollern would not be interviewed but has expressed himself as charmed with his surroundings and especially the climate which is proving a delight ful relief from the warmer atmosphere of his home town. It is not known when the Hohenzollerns will return to Berlin, but on their arrival several big affairs will be given for them. e . e 'Women who have taken men's jobs will marry returning soldiers," says a headline. Well, it's going to be difficult to support a husband nowadays in the manner to which Uncle Sam has accus tomed him. see The more I read of the condition of Europe's commissary department, it looks to "me as if Hoover had a life time Job. m e Mim! Augulia, the Sicilian star, may appear on the English stage this sea son, although arrangements have not been completed with George H. Bren nan, who announced .he had secured The Supper of Practical Jokers." The play in which Duse appeared In Italy is by Sen Benneli, the original title being "La Cena Delia Beffa" (lit- rally, "The Fools' Supper"). The leading role calls for the im personation of a young man through out. This made the piece adaptable to sage by Sarah Bernhardt, who pro duced it In several Continental capitals. The titled Hun is too mean to give credit to France and England and says America did it. That is part of the propaganda to create strained rela tions. , Missouri cares not to be shown and stays "wet by 75,000 majority. Mis souri is a great Summer and Winter resort, equally salubrious in Spring and Autumn. By and by this Government will de mand permission of .Mexico to go after Villa and other bandits who hold Americans for ransom, and will get them. If any man still believes that old calumny that the British fought it out to the last Frenchman, let him look at the casualty list of over three mil lions. Captain Persius explains why the German navy did not come out and fieht. It could not, for it was gutted to build submarines, and itTs now just scrap. It's a laudable desire of women to want a delegate at the peace confer ence, but a mere man must name her. The women never would agree on one. There ought to be some way to put the camouflage on an old hen and make her resemble a turkey next Thursday. It's a job for an artist. About the only wars remaining are those of Villa in Mexico and the Bol- sheviki In Russia, and they are of much the same kind. There is no armistice in breaking the hold of Germans on American business, and A. Mitchell Palmer keeps right at it. A Nation-wide strike in this coun try and one in Great Britain and Canada cannot make an innocent man of Mooney. An American ship trust would not be so bad if we are to become the carrying Nation of the world, as once we were. The Huns and Bolsheviki will de vour each other in the end, and Jn that way lies solution of the German problem. A Governor can free a convicted murderer, but he cannot restore the lives of his victims. No matter how high the increase in food prices, there is little decrease in appetite. The murderer of Frank Twombley knew he could not be hanged. It seems to be up to Hoover to feed the last of the Hapsburgs, . Tryin-Out-an-Old-Sweetheart-Note. William A Brady has in rehearsal the play by Robert McLoughlin, of Cleveland, called "An Old Sweetheart of Mine," which will have its tryout at Wilmington tonight (Friday). In the cast are Maclyn Arbuckle, Tim Murphy, Madeline Delmar. Fred Irwin, Helen Weir, Saxon Kling. This is the piece which Mr. McLaugh lin dramatized from James Whitcomb Reilly's poem of same title and which he tried out in St Louis last season. M. -T. Snyder, of the M. T.' Snyder Steamship Company, of New Orleans, Is a guest at the Hotel Oregon. Mr. Snyder has had a number of ships built in Portland and one of the latest, the Ethel, was sunk recently while in cargo from a Central American port to Norfolk, Va. The Ethel was built at Linnton by the Columbia Engineer ing Works, the concern which con structed other vessels for the Snyder Company. Captain Alley, of the Ethel, is now on his way to Portland and is expected sometime during the coming week. Two Multnomah guests made use of the hotel Cupid yesterday morning to locate the marriage altar. They were: George H. Buck, a prominent photog rapher of Vancouver, B. C, and Miss Ruth E. Andrews, daughter of a well known building contractor of that city. Manager A. B. Campbell was asked to aid in producing the license, but some how he could not remember having met his guests when he lived in Van couver. But it was no trouble for Mark Woodruff to remember all about them and the publicity man for the hotel took them along the trail, with stops at a jewelry shop for a rinsr, the doctor's for an examination, the County Clerk' for a license and into the office ot Judge C. U. Gantenbein for the ccre- mpny -Mr. Buck was a resident of Portland during the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905. A few minutes after registering at the Imperial Tuesday night, Frank Hahn and his wife were injured by an automobile. The couple, formerly residents of Salem, had arrived in town, registered and stepped out to the street for a trolley car when two boys in an automobile sped down on thoni, knocked the couple to the pavement and hurried away. Mrs. Hahn sustained injuries to her back and hip and was removed to a hospital. Mr. Hahn, with a gash on top of his head, was taken to the emergency hospital. T. B. Van Doren, of Astoria, is in the city on business and is registered at the Benson. i Fred J. Holmes, Fuel Administrator, is in the city , and registered at the Imperial. His home is in La Grande. W. H. Wilson, a prominent attorney of The Dalles, was among yesterday's arrivals at the New, Perkins Hotel. Mrs. Emma Bush, one of the oldest employes of the Multnomah, received word from France yesterday that her son, George D. Lang, died of pneu monia. Mrs. Bush has two other sons serving in the United States Navy. F. H. Stickley, of Arlington, Or., has registered at the Hotel Oregon. H. E, Stewart, a prominent business man of Everett, Wash., is at the Ben son. Airs, carl N. Miller, of Enterprise, is down from Eastern Oregon and is stay ng at the Multnomah. She is accom panied by Miss Irene Bassctt, of Bloom ington. 111. Gale S. Hill, former District Attorney at Albany, is a visitor at the Imperial. John Doumit, a Cathlamet merchant. arrived at the Hotel Oregon Wednes day. Twenty-Five Years) Ago. From The Oregonlan, November 21, 1SBS. Work has been resumed on the Bull Run pipe line and Mr. Hoffman, the contractor, expects to get a mile and a half or two miles more laid this year. The trench is dug down the bluff of the Sandy, and a tramway is beinir built to move the heavy 34-lnch pipes up the hill to their position in the trench. It is necessary that more pipo should be laid this season, if possible, in order that the whole line shall be finished next year. At the recent meeting of the stock holders of the Willamette Rowing Club, it was decided to keep the boathouse open all Winter. Hereafter athletics will be made a feature of tlio club, as committees on athletics and entertain ment, and classes In wrcstlintr. club swinging, fencing and dumb-bells were organized. Postmaster Steele has been notified that In view of the public exiKCncy which requires the immediate perform ance of the work, he is authorized to accept the proposition of Mr. J. W. Stenslc for furnishing the data and in formation required to the site of the proposed custom-house in this city. Mr. Stengle will at once commence t' tuirvey the block and forward the in formation desired. The water committee yesterday paid all regular contractors the amounts due them for work and material furniwhed during the month of October, and also paid Messrs. OW'eil and Aldrirh the amounts earned by them in discing ex cavations for the reservoirs during Oc tober, amounting to some JiOOOi The Marine Corps football team and band came to the Imperial yesterday Larternoon. i The am.ual dinner for newsboys given by Eric. V. Houser tvill be held in the Arcadian Garden of the Multno mah, the event re-openinir the crarden ror tne first time in months. Pete Schmidt registered at the Im perial from Olympia, Wash., and Salem. Ot In the former place he manufac tures a drink from apples and in the latter place he makes a loganberry drink. Mr. Schmidt says $1, 000,000 worth of loganberry juice has been sold to the public. PLANTING TIME FOR PERENNIALS Hope I don't have to review it. e e e Johnny Dooley has been g"iven a role In Sonhie Tucker s new play "A J?at Chance." Jack Lait, who wrote the play, Is writing in the part for Dooley. .see Mark Twain's homestead, "Storm field." at Reading, Conn., has been do nated by Clara Clemens, his daughter, for the housincr and care or convaies cent soldiers from artistic fields, the homestead being given over for the duration of the war. "Stormfield" during that period will be under control of the 'newly formed "Artist' War Service League," headed by a committee of four leading repre sentatives of the arts. The committee consists of John Drew, drama: Enrico Caruso, music Rudyard Kipling, literature, and Daniel C. French. sclDture and painting. Membership to the league is to be sought, revenue- from dues being em ployed to pay the wartime expenses of operating "Stormfield. , In croiectinc his new play in which May Robson is to star and which was dramatized by Edward Rose from the famous "Tish" stories of Mary Roberts Rinehart. Augustus Pitou began to de vise wave and means for eretting a suit able title for the piece. He offered Lib erty bonds and cash prizes and awarded many matinee boxes to the perform ances of "A Little Bit Old Kasnionea in which Miss Robson is now appear ing. but when all of the 417 names sub rnitted by various contestants were sized up and compared, and when 11 of the valuable prizes had been paid orr, t suddenly dawned upon everybody concerned that nobody had hit upon a title half as good as the original "Tish And that will be the name of the new Pitou vehicle for Miss Robson when she sets out to make it famous soon after the Christmas holidays. e Speaking of "us girls," here's Jessie Bonsteele, one of our foremost ac tresses in stock, turned director. Miss Bonstelle, who for years conducted her own company, herseir playing a wide range of parts, has succeeded John Cromwell as general stage director at the Playhouse. New Tork, for William A. Brady. Mr. Cromwell has joined the Army. Miss Bonstelle. largely responsible for the authenticity and correct detail of "Little Women," is at present cast ing and directing a new Brady production. e At the Lambs' Club, a theatrical or ganization In New York, the names of two members who are in the service in France are posted as among soldiers who have recently been gassed. Cor poral Frank Jefferson, son of the late Joseph Jefferson," was slightly gassed and is confined to a base hospitali Lieutenant Frank Currier, son of Frank Currier, the actor, was gassed in a re cent engagement and is now in a Paris hospital. He received the Croix de Guerre end the Distinguished Service medal. . j Joseph Craven, former employe of the club, also is mentioned as being gassed. and, while being carried to the rear on a stretcher, was killed by a German sniper. November Is Favorable Month. In Vi hlch to Prepare Flower Bedi. PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Ed itor.) For the benefit of the American Red Cross a sale of perennial plants ha3 been arranged for at Fifth and Stark streets on Friday and Saturday November 22 and 23 and it is to be hoped that it will attract all lovers of flowers and amateurs generally, also those who have occasional thoughts of embarking in flowers as a recreation. Planting during the month of No vember is an Ideal time, provided the soil is workable and the weather open. Before planting, however, the ground should be well trenched to a depth of not less than two feet, and assuming that the soil to this depth is fairly rich and free from heavy clay, the plants become well established during the Winter months. In the Spring, say about the middle of April, a light trenching among the plants, to a depth ot about six inches around the larger plants and rather less for the smaller plants, is desirable, and a month later a surface mulching of two inches of leaf mold or well-decayed cow manure will nourish and protect the plants during the hot dry weather. In addi tion to these benefits such mulching prevents excess evaporation and when watering actually becomes necessary the mulch prevents surface caking of the soil and largely does away with continuous cultivation, which other wise is the method of producing satis factory results. The question of plants Is a matter, of taste and also the color combinations. With the amateur the great point is to get well-grown plants and if this can be accomplished the road to other ven tures is wide open. What can be more beautiful than well-grown plants of delphinium beladonna. and, as a con trast. the madonna lily or lilium testa ceum? Such contrasts and colors should be interesting to the ladies, who show such wonderful taste in their own adornment, and if the same enthusiasm could be Imparted to beautifying home urroundiners the lord and master would-willingly take up the spade and Join with his helpmate to make the home what it ought to be. THOMAS KERR. Fifty Tears Ajro. From The Oregonlan, November 21, The fare from Portland to Boise Pity is now reduced to $45 in coin: from Boise City to Salt Lake to $100 in cur rency, and from Salt Lake City to New York City to $130 In currency, making tho entire fare from Portland to New York now $294 in currency. We learn that largo forces are nt work irn the railroad bridges on tlio West Side; that one of tho fipavic.t structures is completed, ready for tlio ties, that others aro well under way. and that the timbers are on the ground for nearly all of them. It was exported that the "deep cut" would be finished yesterday. San Francisco Arrived Ship Twi light, .145 days from New York; 6hip Monatum, 151 from New York with railroad iron; ship Wanderer. 202 days from Hamburg. At 10 o'clock today, Mr. A. B. Rich ardson will sell at auction at his sales room, six acres of laud adjoining tho "Canyon Gardens." The tract will be divided into lots fronting on the ex tensions of Jefferson and Madison streets. The sale will furnish an ex cellent opportunity for the purchase ot homestead locations within ea-sy dis tance of the business district of the city. Sugar Regulations. NKVERSTILI,, Or., Nov. 19. (To the Editor.) Being a cook I would -like to have you Inform mo through your columns (1) how much sugar tho Gov ernment allowed to tho man before the new regulations went into effei-t and at tho present time. (2) Please let me. know if it is permissible to put susar bowls on the breakfast table when cer eals are served, and (3) if two lumps of sugar are allowed at each meal. COOK. (1) The Government permits one-half ounce of sugar to be served each per son at each meal at public eating places. This regulation has not been changed, but the regulation governing the amount of sugar each family may purchase has been In creased from two to three pounds for each member of the family. (2) Sugar bowls on the table are not allowed. Most eating-houses have small envel opes partly filled with sugar which they distribute with each service or cereal or other dish ordered. (3) With coffee or tea orders two lumps of sugar or the equivalent of two lumps in granulated sugar in an envelope or special small dish may bo served. EHKOK. While Nature maims, we wait and pray and gropo for explanation thai shall clear our mind Of bitter censure and restoro our hope and confidence in that trusted "Power Divine". That power which does such cruel things, sometimes, that human souls recoil in quick affright. Yet turn their lamentations and their whines to supplication for the truth and light. "While Nature maims?" Oh. there no blame may lest nor condemnation fall, If 'we are fair; Alone we keep, or mar oft times with zest, those gifts which Nature fashioned with such care. How confident, bold and proud are we, alas, within our fancied strength, secure and sure. Until our mortal errors bring to paps such plights as even God can scarcely cure. GRACE E. HALL. Firemen Are Appreciative. PORTLAND. Nov. 20. (To the Edi tor.) In behalf of the members of the Bureau of Fire, the two-platoon cam paign committee acknowledges your fairness and generous spirit in support of our measure during the recent cam paign. We also express our gratitude ana thanks to the voters and members of the City Council who made it possible for the firemen to continue under a more. Americanized system. of duty. It will be the pride of the firemen to give the best that is in them in an endeavor continually to improve the fire protec tion of this city and show the pub lic their confidence has not been misplaced. B. F. FRANCIS, Chairman; GUY STABLER, Secretary; Two-Platoon Campaign Committee. Employment and Draft. PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Edi tor.) Does a man under the registra tion of September 12 have to notify his local board in the event that; he change's his occupation or address or both? Of if he is working at essen tial work and changes it for non essential work? t A DAILY SUBSCRIBER. Yes, if ho has filled out his ques tionnaire, but if he is one of those not required lo fill out questionnaire, Na Flirnres on Measures. PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Ed itor.) Will you give the state returns of tho recent election for the measure to establish two more normal schools and a home for defective, delinquent and dependent children? If they have been published I have not seen them. AN INTERESTED TAXPAYER. Normal schools; Y'es, 43,965; no. 6fl, 021. Children's Home: Yes, 43,237; no, 65, 2D1. Complete figures on these and other measures were published on page 5 of The Oregonian November 13. -With holding of Pay. PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To tho Edi tor.) Could you give any information as to whether part of a soldier's monthly salary i withheld each month, aside from his insurance fee so that he would have something in reserve on his. being discharged from the Armv? SUBSCRIBER. In case a soldier or sailor docs not allot one-half his pay the Government may withhold a portion of such one half pay. It is paid to the soldier or sailor at a prescribed time, with interest. Location of Town. LA GRANDE. Or., Nov. IS. (To the Editor.) (1) Where is Crane, Oregon? (2) What county la it in? (3) Do you consider an-investment in real estate safe, there? J. O. F. (1) Crane is a new town in Harney County on the recently built branch of the Oregon Short Line. 2) The Oregonian, in no cir cumstances, will make recommenda tions concerning private Investments. "' Term of Uraft Service. FALLS CITY, Or., Nov. 19. (To the tr.ditor. If a man is dratted does li have to stay three years or Is It Just for the duration or war? Duration of the war. :