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NO OPTIMISTIC PROPHETS.
There once were prophets, we be-
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, . ROUGH STUFF IN ART. '
There Iso fathoming the feelings
of the futurist in art, but it is even
harder to plumb the depths -of the
tninds of patrons ; who make his
raft profitable. A recent exhibit
'of paintings of this new school In
New York, a feature of which was
a number of sketches done on sand
paper thatjbrought out a chorus of
-'ohs!'. .and 'ahs!" from highbrowed
persomvwrhose conception of high
art apparently is that it must be un
intelligible, illustrates this point. So
long as futurists draw crowds, while
galleries of the masters are neg
lected, we shall continue to despair
for the development of art in
America.
It will be suspected by those who
know little and care less about the
overworked "psychology" that per
vades everything nowadays that the
purpose of the art of the palette and
brush, no less than that of music and
literature, is to propel ideas con
ceived by the originators of them.
Yet one of the central features of the
New York exhibit was a painting
called "The Rope Dancer Accom
panies Herself With Her Shadows,'
which to the ordinary observer re
sembles. nothing more than it does
a Japanese fan, a sunfish, a tight
rrope, a calrs liver surmounted by
presence of the alien radicals confers f an umbrella and a geometrical fig'
first offense barred him.from obtain
ing a legal divorce. George Eliot be
came a step-mother to Lewes" chil
dren, and the pecuniary returns
from her novels educated them. She
was not defiant -of the conventions in
the everyday sense of the term. Her
Romance Clusters Abont the Hasaes
of Lover of Laeloaa Bivalve.
In all countries there are records of
the excessive fondness of great men
for oystersV The New York Sun sup-
conduct in this regard has seemed a plies the following enumeration:
paradox to some, because in all her Napoleon Bonaparte preferred oys-
writings she taught sacrifice to duty. tera above any other item for the
and by her life indicated in other , .
! ways that she held in reverence the I
established laws or tne social oraer ..". "
under which she lived. That the I failed to arrive the night before
step was taken "only after full and
due deliberation, and with a thor
ough weighing of consequences and
duties," finds a logical sequel in the
fact that she took pains to prove that I
she regarded their compact as mor
ally binding as it could possibly be.
and that she was a devoted wife to
Waterloo.
In early Rome many a ruler, some
good, some bad, had private oyster
ponds, but it remained for one Ser-
gius Orata to create the business of
breeding the bivalves for the local
trade, old Serg becoming the first
Those Who Come and Go.
"Do people like to see their names
in the newspapers?" Just ask Don
Carlos Boyd, editor of the Junction
City (Or.) Times, and he will give
you an emphatic yes for an .answer.
Nine months ago Mr. Boyd took over
the Junction City weekly when it had
a circulation of 110 and when its
monthly advertising accounts hovered
around $40. Js"ow he has a circulation
of more than 800 with the monthly
advertising account boosted to be
tween $300 and $500. "When I took
over the Times I made up my mind
to print the names of every resident
of Junction City every week If it were
possible," explained' Mr. Boyd yes
terday at the New Perkins hotel. It
is a hard job some weeks and con
sumes from six to eight columns of
space, but I have managed to stick
fairly close to my goal week after
week and the results show for them
selves." Mr. Boyd recently purchased
a new linotype machine to take care
of the needs of his growing plant and
his visit to Portland this week is to
fignt the battles of Junction City res
idents before the state highway commission.
With a Kick in It.
. By I. L. I).
Lewes and mother to his children Oysterman.
until his death. It is an interesting Vitellius is credited with being the
subject for speculation that her sub- I greatest of all oyster eaters, having
sequent marriage to John Walter I surrounded 1000 at one historic sit
Cross in 188 0 may have been at least! ting. Caligula, Roman tyrant, was
In part Influenced by her desire to an oyster gourmand, and Cicero ii
show that she did in fact respect the I said to have nourished his eloquence
ueu on mem. LaPine. Or., is noted for two thi
may. 111 nuj cveuu, t-umu "" uanton. RobesDierre and the other Fov thr- 1 ,,, ..,, "st.rv.
denstein, a friendly commentator, French revolutionists who naved the 1 Plantation." the farm home of Guv E.
has suggested, "have made It easier 1 way for Bonaparte were all habitues k0116"6- well-known Montana
to form a new alliance after the I . th- -p--..!-- I newspaper editor, and It is likewise
death of her first husband." .?, !rP?- J near LaPine that a lost mine of fab-
XI ueurge jliiui vta.s uui iuo uiuai
-Tralm Schedules Are Cot."
You may not ride for pleasure
On continental lines."
So says Director-General
Of Railroads Mr. Mines.
My gosh! Is Mines a-kidding ua?
How does he get that way?
Train riding's been no pleasure
For lo! this many a day.
Back to the Dark Ages.
Twentieth Century Limited Sus
pended for First Time." says a head
line. Evidently it has reached its limit.
"O. nhn the Dowaa Are Uarllna."
O, when the downs are darling
With May's most magic flowers,
When comes the vagrant starling
To long neglected bowers
Then well do I remember
Those morns of other springs
That keep through each December
All half-forgotten things.
r
ngs.
tion 1 1
Important literary figure of her sex
I oysters were conducive to learning.
ulous wealth is believed to be located
X'tr. 1-1111.11. ""11 Tt i tr. ho -nno if wo Ho.
If President Wilson has devised a port an woe if we don.t- .
plan . acceptable to the coal miners Mental contemplation of this sit
under which they can resume work uation is said to have put both Miss
without anv increase in the price of Goldman and Friend Berk'man in a
coal to the public, his action in mak- happy frame of mind as they took ; do we get the idea that we suppose
reposea. in tne artist s cereDrum
ure or two. One may believe that the
sandpaper medium is intended some
how to convey the subtle impression
of roughness, but the rest of it rep
resents only subtlety gone mad. Nor
In c a proposal to them will meet with . jf t,
ins i"ui,uoal " Soon they are to be on their way to
general approval. But if his plan in- soviet Russia. Even the problem of
volves an advance in wages so large wnat a professional revolutionist can
that the operators must pass it on do in a country already revoluted,
to the public in the shape of higher where all the talking-jobs are filled
prices, it will be condemned by all and counter revolutionists are de
except the parties immediately con- Pped by the gun powder method
K " disturbs not their peace as they re
cerned. fleet upon the disasters they leave
The president must understand behind,
that the people are behind Dr. Gar- so it goes. No prophet nowadays
field, the fuel administrator. In this ever thinks of predicting anything
matter. Like him, they are "sick nice. It is only the pessimist who
and tired of proposals to make the can gain attention, from the fore
people bear additional burdens." caster of a hard winter clear, down
They have seen . wages raised time the scale to the confirmed calamity
after time and prices raised to cover 1 nowier.
the increase, and more too. They
have heard tne stereotyped expiana- 1 WHAT OF DUTY TO WORK?"
tion "it is tne war until tney are Those who are working in behalf
nauseateu. xney see mat tne people of a poUtical alliance of federated
wno piay tue game never pay tux it, unions railroad brotherhoods and
but always "pass the buck to the farmers. organizations in Oregon are
people, iney nave reaoiveu tiiat ui getting around to pratical politics.
tmng nas got to stop, in weir upm- special lures for the farmer are now
Ion the government of the United
States is the government of all of
them, not the government of the
miners or the operators or of any
particular interest. They look to Mr.
proposed. The farmer needs a lure
or two. He has been resolving loudly
and publicly, here and elsewhere,
against the shorter hours and halting
production of the urban workers. He
in some secluded spot in the barren
In her century, she was at least very " "II l" 1Krt "V
nar It Charlotte Krnntfi alone tors of the Sorbonne to all the oysters been scores of prospectors with tneir
near It. cimriotte uronte alone . j grubstakes and hopes of great wealth
seems a possible rival and if sus- A " , . . . , who have searched the hills for the
tained effort be considered. George Among other notables who left en- ,ost mlne but thu9 far ,t haa e8Ca,ped
Eliot is likely still to hold the lead, viable records as oyster eaters the detection, providing it exists. Fred
Although in "Komola" and in "Dan- following must not be overlooked: L. Mahan. a returned overseas veter-
lel Deronda" she ventured on alien Cervantes, Voltaire. Alexander. Pope. I an- 18 registered at the New Perkins
ground and more abstruse themes. Dean Swift and Dr. Richard Bentley, 'ro LaPine, although he confesses
she showed in other stories that one who could never pa., an oyster shop smi """o quul f'llsr Sow-
need not go iar irom nome ror plot witnoui Having a few nibbles. Mar-1 ever, with Editor LaFollette's "Star
or characters. "Silas Marner" and shal Turgot ate a hundred or two 1 vation Plantation."
Drifts back to me the magic
Of blossoms long since blown.
The tender and the tragic
Loss that was never known,
clasp to me most dearly
Each wilful wastrel hour.
That woke the lark so clearly
To hymn the earliest flower.
Wilson as their president, to protect needs to be shown that there is some
their interest and to concern himself sort of community interest in a
with the quarrel between operators trjpie alliance
and miners only as regards equitable But we tnmk the ,urea su&gested
division between those two parties of are not enou&h. Thev inclu(le state
the price which the public pays for owned packing p ants, warehouses
coal. They have seen oefeat of the and cold storage facilitieg. The in
revolutionary steel strike, and they timatlon ia tnat urban labor wil vote
nave reacneu tne conclusion tnat tue
Which depicts "My First Born" by
means of two figures that look like
ashcans. The "illusive abstractions"
that futurists talk about so glibly
convey psychological impressions
to whom? .
We. tolerantly concede a certain
latitude to artists and poets. Tenny
son crushed a commentator who had
displeased him with the condemna
tory; "I regard him as a mere
photographer." Yet a good deal
will be permitted a Tennyson that we
cannot allow in one who has never
yet succeeded in making himself un
derstood.' - The craze for mere nov
elty Verges on the bounds of insan
ity, and discourages those who like
to think of art and music and litera
ture, as mediums of communication
for all people with aspirations to
higher things. The sorrowful phase
of the "futurist" movement in
poetry as well as in pictures and
song is not that it has an occasional
crazy exponent, but that It always
succeeds in getting a numerically
formidable following. A thing may
be ever so useless, but if it only
mas "novelty" enough it is sure to
attract attention. -
coal strike is a good opportunity for
a finish fight against having the 1
buck passed to them every time em
ployers and workmen fall out.
For this reason the public is likely I
to ' view with misgiving the an
nouncement that the president, with
out the knowledge of Dr. Garfield,
for these if farmers will vote for the
"right to work" measure. The latter
provides for public employment at
any time to all comers of five years'
citizenship in the state.
But what of duty to work? State
owned packing houses, warehouses
and cold storage plants offer no con-
v. .. , . , ri ., 1 , , ; .... .... -
, . i- ti; y else-when men refuse to work" there-
whlch they are disposed to accept. It in or insist on condltions of employ.
may be that, in view of the contempt ment that make economic operations
proceedings against the leaders for impossible. And when the empIoyes
continuing the strike and of the evi- of tnese ,ant ar(J wllH to iv
dent readiness of the public to fight fair .d .. Work for fair the
it out on the lines laid down by Dr. scheme stm ls fault ,f rlkiWo em.
Garfield, the president has advised nlnv- nr. ,. ,t, ,
the miners to accept the 14 per cent fu as th farmera ana th men Jn
increase for the time being and to niant.
negotiate as to what they shall have
In future. The people will have no
fault to find with such an arrange
ment, provided it implies no Increase
In the price of coal.
The situation, as the public views
It, is this: Dr. Garfield has deter
mined that a 14 per cent, not a 60
per cent, advance in wages is suf
ficient to bring the war increase in
wages to a par with the war increase
in the cost of living: that the oper
It is a poor rule that does not work
both ways. If the public has a duty
to provide employment for labor in
the hour of labor's need, then labor
has a duty to work In- the time of
public need
The "right to work" amendment is
n6t worth a moment's consideration
unless to it be added a "duty to
work" provision. Let it be so at-
"The Mill on the Floss" are con
spicuous examples. Her father was
the prototype of her "Adam Bede'
her mother that of Mrs. Hackit in
Amos Barton" and perhaps of Mrs.
Poysey. Her aunt. Mrs. Elizabeth
Evans, was the inspiration for Dinah
Morris in "Adam Bede." Yet it will
be observed that, even with her
natural genius for seizing on every
material at hand .and making the
most of It, and with a gift of analy
sis that must have been a heritage.
she did not take up her pen to write
a novel until hers was one of the
most accomplished minds of her
time.
It is true that sincerity and high
purpose alone do not make a great
or even an endurable, novelist. Some
each morning to whet his appetite
for breakfast.
No lesser authority than Bertram,
author of the "Harvest of the Sea,"
said: "The oyster. I maintain, mav
be eaten raw day by day, every day
of the 214 days In which it is in
leason, and never do hurt. The man
who ends the day with an oyster in
his mouth rises with a clear head."
Tribute is paid by an unknown
author to the hardy man who ate
the first one:
"The man had sure a palate covered
o'er
With brass, or steel that on tha
rocky shore
First broke the cozy oyster's pearly
coat
bis throat.".
Few persons are aware of the nur
ber of holidays observed In the world.
ranged that the farmer may never
:l f'A I II nnrionna . i n 1 . . t '
J?:? ePs while he beseecherin
of their profit, hence that the op
erators have made excessive profits,
though not on the enormous scale
stated for campaign purposes by W.
G. McAdoo; that, therefore, no in
crease in the price of coal shall fol-
men in the market
place to go to work for him. When
the legislative programme of the
proposed triple alliance has been, so
further arranged that the public may
without question lawfully demand
t l"l 11 t nn aacantlol 1,1...-. . ,
lnw th snttlonipnt hnlw.nn rr.lr. I " "ut., or PUD11C
" . " , , ' " utility snau be closed by strike or
and miners. This conclusion has been ockout. and tnat in othJ ,nduK8:ri"
appioveu uy i.ie enure cuumet. ana nQ workman m d t
the public will look to the presl- workman hls rlht her
dent to stand by It. If after work and not untu thJ the wise Varmr
" -..-"B.- i,KeIy to heed the call.
juoiii, w ui lieu uui uy wuieii
miners' wages shall have a definite
relation to the price of coal, so much TRADE with German
the better, provided the government. Among the several reasons for
as the people's agent, sees that the early settlement of the controversy
two parties do not get their heads in regard to the treaty of Versailles
together to raise both wages and I is the practical necessity for full re
profits at the consumer's expense. I sumption of trade with Germany.
The people have awakened to the I This does not Imply that we should
fact that, whichever party wins a condone the crimes of the German
strike, they always lose, and they are people. It is a practical question 61
in the temper to strike against any national self-interest, which has no
strikes having this result. When the connection with our opinion of their
government has finished with coal, character and conduct,
they may call upon it to take up' the No apprehension is felt by those
enso of shoes, clothes and other who have studied the economic con
necessaries, and to be their "busl- dition of Germany that that country
ness agent
strike.
GEORGE ELIOT
Revival of popular interest In
George Eliot and publishers have
not neglected so obvious an oppor
tunity as a centenary affords for
stimulating that interest can have
nothing but a wholesome effect on
popular taste, now a little vitiated,
perhaps, by much reading of fiction
less conscientionsly constructed and
lacking, on the whole, the high pur
pose which moved . this "spiritual
teacher of the Victorian age" in all
her writings. Her earlier life had
taught her the supreme idea of duty,
compassion for suffering, sympathy
with the aspirations of others. Dom
inance of duty above every other
consideration is manifest in every
thing she wrote in plot and char
acter delineation, and also in her
own preparation for her career. She
was 37 years old when she began to
write fiction, but the preceding years
had not been wasted. She acquired
in childhood a good knowledge of
the continental languages. She be
came a fair Greek and Latin scholar
later, and read the Hebrew scrip
tures in the original. Mathematics,
physics, astronomy, botany and biol
ogy, together with not a little music.
tested her marvelous versatility, and
for perhaps twelve years before she
wrote her first novel she further for
tified herself. by omnivorous reading
of the best In English as well as con
tinental literature, and by such phil-
osophico-religious tasks as the
translation of "The Essence of Chris-
tianityV.by Ludwig Fuerbach. These,
together with a monumental transla
tion of . David Strauss' "Life of
Christ," to which she gave three
whole years; 'her work as assistant
editor of an important review
numerous essays and criticisms, in
cluding "Silly Novels of Lady Novel
ists" and "German Wit," had given
her an important place in the Eng
lish literary world before she even
ventured on the serious undertaking
of her life. Those who. in a more
dynamic present day, are in such
haste to become famous that they
omit all the preliminary labor, will
draw their own moral from this
phase of the life of George Eliot.
Her first novel, published anony
mously, was "The Sad Fortunes of
the Rev. Amos Barton," the title of
which is said to have come to her
in a dream. This was completed
of the stupidest folks possible have And risked the living morsel down
tried tneir hands at purpose writ
ing, and an elevated tone ls no guar
antee of immortality. But there oc
casionally rises an artist who sue
ceeds in being inspiriting and enter
taming at tne same time. Such a
genius was George Eliot. Now it ls
said that publishing houses are com
plaining of the dearth of good fiction
and are having to print more re
jection slips because offerings are
below the standard demanded even
by the present generation. But until
all have read at least the five great
novels that George Eliot wrote, and
a few others of hers besides, there
need not be much concern over the
dearth of modern best-sellers. To
have stood th
of a century
a book. We can view the present desia ana a cnurcn festival day
For nearly a year during the recent
war. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gram of
Salem gave their son, John, up as
lost. .arly last year they were of
ficially notified that the bey had
been wounded in battle somewhere
in France and had been sent to a
hospital somewhere In the rear. From
then on they made repeated efforts
to find trace of their soldier son. Let
ters to him were returned and neither
the war department nor the Red Cross
could relieve the minds of the anx
ious parents. It was not until Repre
sentative McArthur got busy and de
manded some word that the parents
learned that their son had recovered
and was in good health. Mr. Gram,
who is state labor commissioner. Is
registered at the Seward, with hia
son.
"Montana people, you know, have a
reputation for sharing honors with
the south so far as hospitality goes,
but from my observations during the
past week I can say in all honesty
that Oregon can give both Montana
so as a matter of convenience to I and the south a few pointers In this
banks with foreign connections the
Guaranty Trust company of New York
Issues an occasional bulletin on the
subject. A recent issue discloses only
11 of the 31 days in December not on
the holiday calendar somewhere in
More Truth Than Poetry.
Br James J. Meataarve.
For lo, when dawn upstarting
Strides down the sprouting wold.
Ah, keener far than parting
Comes memory of old.
And deep within me waking
Are all the Mays I knew.
With many mornings breaking
On faerie fiefs of dew.
Thus while my heart ls leaping
For mirth that May IS come,
There sits within me, weeping,
A stripling smitten dumb.
'Twas well I knew the stranger,
Whenas his glance was high,
A lithe and laughing ranger
The lad that once was I.
FRIAR TUCK.
Vo-o-o. Buddy!
The timid ctoughboy, on his first
day under fire, left his company un
ceremoniously and fled rearward. He
covered a lot of distance before he
pulled up at the command of a port
ly soldier:
"Halt, there! Where are you go
ing?" "Oh, I'm Just going. Who are you?"
"Ira General Richardson."
"Holy smokes! I didn't know I'd
run as far as that!"
The American Legion Weekly.
Eggaactly.
Let millionaires their ducats hoard.
I covet not their golden megs;
But I'd rejoice could I afford
To dine each day' on two fresh eggs.
Indianapolis Star.
Let princes sit in regal state.
I grudge not one his coronet;
But I'd delight to deck my plate
Each morn with one fair ome.let-
POOR GRASD-DAD.
Makers of artificial teeth have gone
on a strike, creating a famine in their
product. News item.
At grandpa's teeth the doctor looked
And said there wasn't any doubt -
But that the old man's goose was
cooked
Unless he went and had "em out. -
Though grandpa shook his head and
whined
That minus teeth he couldn't chew.
We told him that he needn't mind
False teeth would make him good
as new.
So grandpa to a dentist went.
Complaining loudly all the while.
And left there with a badly bent
And absolutelv toothless smila.
He took on in a shameful way;
ne d cuss and fuss and swear and "
fret.
And so we went to town next day
to get an ariincial set.
But though we searched the city
through
(Poor grandpa always had bad
luck)
We found that all the people who
Build artificial teeth had struck.
A few boys' sizes still they had.
But they, of course, were far too
small.
And fitted grandpa's jaw so bad
He simply couldn't eat at alL
He's getting thin and peevish now;
He storms and rages all about
And makes the dickens of a row
Because we had his teeth pulled out.
Apart his jaws we have to pry
And feed him with a tablespoon.
And he or we are due to die
Unless that strike is over soon!
Vcneerrd.
Wash a bolshevik and you'll find a
socialist.
Dangerous.
Closing the schools because of the
coal shortage is only making etrike
sympathizers out of the children.
Bum Risks.
There are Mexicans in Mexico who
are friendly to the United States, but
they are never pestered by life insur
ance agents.
(Copyright. 1919, by the Bell Syndicate.
Inc.l
A Ron Without
florists.
a Thorn.
Fine flowers and floral designs,
branch stores."
St.
No
respect," is the rumination of "Bill"
Culbertson, proprietor of the Corne
lius hotel, who returned yesterday
irom the state convention of hotel
men held last week at Albany. Mr.
Culbertson has been located in Port
land less than a year, but he is Quick
the world and two of these 11 days I to admit that hs missed a lot of worth
are Sundays. The holidays, of course. wnlle living during the years he
onmmmnrt. rl. f hi. nd "uuaieu near tne radiators at Mis
1" - ,7 . I soula, Mont.
events. jeuamuer x is lias any in
1'ortugai and "Newport day" in Ll- I vv hen a man wants to travel or is
berla. On December S the kinsr'a compelled to travel, a little thins: like r residents or tne east side nave or
late teit exceeaingiy indignant over
ipulators of the
o iiiurriauii-BireuL uriuKe imva a uauii
gave assurance yesterday that the f totally ignoring the rights of citi-
Runaway Thoughts.
By Grace E. Hall.
bridge; users denied rights
Thousands Held Up by Small Boatn
Pasalng MorrlsoD Bridge.
PORTLAND. Dec. 8. (To the Edi
tor.) It is safe to say that thousands
lOdem Dest-sellers TO oria. w n i-'ccemuer tne- kiukb v.. . ... ... l . . 1 1, A nine i ii i ii & line -
le test of three-ouarterK coronation ls celebrated in Slam. De- railroad administration restrictions late felt exceedingly
iie test oi tnree quarters ... ... and rules doesn't cut much figure is the fact that the man!
is something in favor of cember 4 is "Shanghai day" in Rho- the beef of portlandotelmfn. who Morrison-street bridge
e can view the nresent desia and a church festival day in ...j.. .v.. 1 nf tntniiv imnrinr th.
threatened famine with equanimity Russia and Serbia; December 8 in I pending elimination of many trains zens who have to cross the bridge.
If we realize that the past still has a I many Catholic count ies commemor- I and the coal shortage is not making Perhaps they are not to blame the
good deal to offer. Books that were ates the immaculate conception; De- an appreciable difference in hotel pat- men who stop all bridge traffic at
so satisfying to our grandparents I cember 12 ls a saint's day in Mexico;
ought not to be wholly inadequate I December . IS Is "Dingaan's day"Mn
to our own needs. the -South African Union; December
28 ls "proclamation day" In South
ronage so far. Although there were I inopportune times perhaps it is the
no conventions in Portland during system. vy nicnever it is, eitner tne
Ihe latter part of the week, the hotels men or the system needs changing,
continued to be crowded. In fact, it Almost any morning between 8:15
is a rare day during these times when and 8:45, when street cars are run
any of the Portland hotels has any ning full tilt, overflowing with pas
sengers, wnen autos Dy tne score are
ready to cross the bridge with loads
The steel strike ls said to have cost I Australia. Several of the days are eel
the country 1250,000,000, which islebrated for reasons not given in the I vacant rooms.
19 R(i A, .An, I I A - . . 1 T-1. - a ...... A 11 .. .A lA I
nhlM -f - ti,- ,,rT -rv.. . . , ki. I i a """" Although the serious coal shortage of people going to work, the bridge
child of the population. This is fig- wide public holiday in any month. ,n thl9 country is having: lts effe; will be swung. Then it will be closed
ured on the basis of lost production, Christmas comes nearest It, but It la on railroad travel. It appears not to and traffic will proceed over It, but
but when it is understood that this not observed as a holiday In Bulga- be causing gray hairs or frowns or before half the waiting cars are over
loss never will be atoned for it will ria, Greece, Rumania, Russia, Serbia I worries to Canadian railroad offi- I it will be opened again for some small
A flock of thoughts stole out one
morning, Just to travel free.
And mingle with the others that a-
roaming chanced to be:
To slip the leash, to seek and find and
try untrodden trails.
To catch the sentiment afloat and list
to strange new tales;
So, wandering on a bit too fast, some
few went quite astray.
Nor did they turn to homeward paths
when others did, that day.
This foolish flock gasped in amaze a.
what they chanced to learn: .
They soon despised the docile ways
. and all control did spn-n;
Kept wandering further from th- trail
that saner thoughts had made.
Until at last completely lost they
halted, sore afraid;
They would have gone the backward
route but Pride was standing
nigh.
And smiled derisively when one at
tempted to slip by.
The homing thoughts returned im
proved from mingling with the
best. -
And sought with conduct unreproved
their mental niche, to reBt:
Invigorated by their flight, they
gained in strength and speed.
And seemed to bring a clearer light
to shed when there was need.
But lb! the truants, gone too far, re
turned in deepest grief.
From mingling with a lawless band
led by a cheat and thief!
be seen that no strike can be ap-1 or Turkey except by foreign banks
praised in dollars and cents alone. I and merchants, and Is observed by
only the foreign community in China,
The Sheik-nl-Islam. head of the I and by European colonies only in
Mohammedan church, is delighted I Africa, Liberia and Morocco.
to observe that Americans are obey
ing tne command of the prophet by 1 what Representative Weaver of
banishing intoxicants. A good many I North Carolina doesn't know about
or us win he surprised to learn that
our orders came from that source.
cials. At least, there was no out- boat or' log raft to go through, the
ward appearance of trouble visible rights or needs of the thousands of
about the party of Canadian Pacific people being ignored In the interest
In Other Days.
railroad representatives who regis
tered yesterday at the Multnomah ho
tel. Included In the party are G C.
Dew, Asiatic freight agent, with head
quarters in Montreal: H. W. Gillia
foreign freight agent, with headquar
ters in Montreal; W. Howie, division
Rather shameful to contemplate
Multnomah county is a few thousand
dollars "shy" in the Roosevelt fund.
One day's conscientious work should
produce It, but the "conscience"
part will be needed.
If 4000 hens at the state hospital
can make a profit of $10,000 a year,
there is no reason why every woman
in Oregon cannot own a house and
lot. That, at least, is how she will
figure It.
birds ls not worth knowing. He un- freight agent, with headquarters at
derstands their habits, can imitate I Vancouver. B. C, end J. H. Clenden-
their calls, is on speaking terras with 'ng, assistant foreign freight agent
in conducting their I w'ill
FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND TRADE.
Foreign exchange may mean noth
ing to the average man, but It is the
barometer of International trade, and
its present rates show a condition as
harmful to this country as to others.
So many units of the money of other
""I ucuuuib a serious com
petitor for world trade. Darwin P.
Klngsley quoted from the report of
a British commission statements as
to the abnormal death rate during
the war. which increased rapidly
each year, the bad physical condition
of the people due to under-nouri"shr
ineni ana tne bad mental condition
due to defeat. There are also coal
itliin fr woot-, a tlli,nj 1 ""'""
1857 and brought' her about 20. Jable,S wU1 be necessary holiday 0eid and killed herself eating green
.. . . - I traffiC. I tr .1 AA AAA1.A KA A.Iaa-a
Adam neae, wnicn loiiowea, early com. nwnut
in 1859, attracted wide -attention and! T. ., TT7 1 man's wife ran out of the house, up-
kiiiui "i"u m outing nen is -ttlng a four-gallon churn run oi
at cottage throve, tnis necessary road cream into a basket of kittens, drown-
work must be done at night, when ing the whole flock. She slipped on
all well-regulated sitters knock off the cream and fell downstairs, break
work. I , , , , Q , --1-A
1I1K UCI lnB A 111. a, a.w w. " ' "
teeth. The baby, left alone, crawled
S to an I through the spilled cream Into the
countries are required to buy a dol- """ a Jmoralized
lar's worth of goods in this countrv !ran.8.portat.lo.n stem. and .almost
hit h npi,nl nf Fiirnn- r-a , ""ai 108a OI Shipping tO Contend With
...... lu.i. a ... j Loss of coal, iron and nnfaoh n-u.
I'll L IlVbiO VI US UB) UIIU UUBU1U1Q I ,lli . a,
necessaries which they can obtain !V" .f,?.V.e"t Ge.rmny bidding
nowhere else. They can raise the . . 8teel industry
value of their monev in comoarlson Vu" "greasing xood produc,
with ours only by borrowing from us J,.". 1 Pre-War level. No longer
or by selling goods to us. But they nf . sur.plus of Potash and
must buy raw materials, of which d,rlven otner, nations to de-
-ii . .v.- -vi- i elop their own supply. Ofrmn -an
til ia tuuuii j o um nuui ,.i i u 11 u i ci , ill Iaaa. a . , ' "
order to make these goods. Onlv as " ' oner U8 that fertilizer to foree
they buy these materials, manufac- T concessions from other nations,
ture them and sell a large part of n 'for 15,000.000 of the
the product to us can the rate of ex- PePle must be drawn from abroad.
a ,... i k Germany will need so great a nn..
etoratlon of the balance between ex- 1", . ' . uiminisnea supply of
increase iood production
at home that little wyi remain for
export. ...
t-ernlany owes a huge suh- for
reparations, and can pay it only in
6"' produced Dy industry. In
order that these goods mav h- nrn.
duced. Germany must be supplied
with raw" materials and with food,
and must be given credit, for fheir
purchase. Then" we must b prepared
to buy manufactures which would
ouiance credit. The world also, is
ports and imports.
Hence the United States must buy
In order to sell. If we do not buy.
the stream of our surplus products
will be backed up right to the fac
tory door. The necessity of foreign
markets to keep our Industries mov
ing has been incueased by the im
mense growth In our productive ca
pacity during the war. If we do not
sell abroad, the result may be shut
downs and soup kitchens, all the
time with, other nations calling for
their eggs, and everythnig. When
the house ls not In session Weaver
wanders around through the capitol
grounds, holding converse with the
jaybirds, sparrow hawks, crows,
blackbirds and such other birds as
are found around Washington. And
the town Is full of birds. Weaver got
the bird habit through wandering
about the. North Carolina hills.
Washington. Star,.
. -
"Out on Long Island they are telling
Some class to Councilman Moore I of a farmer who was - too stingy to
of Salem, who will pay from his own I take a newspaper.
pocket for wages and material in One evening he sent hia son over to
sewers he ordered built and for borrow the paper, and while the son
which the council refuses to pay. was on his way he ran Into a large
stand of bees, and in a few minutes
Perhaps science some day will be I his face looked like a summer squash.
able to extract the heat in a cake of! Hearing the agonized cries of the
ice and then the people east of the son,- the father ran to hia assistance,
mountains will have it on us In a I and in doing so ran into a barbed
coal strike. Li -.--a -utttnsr out a handful of
flesh from his anatomy and ruining a
About the time the new schedules 4 pair of trousers.
are working, production of coal will Th old cow took advantage of the
of a boat that should be made to wait
five minutes while the accumulated
traffic passes.
It is getting now so that the man
who is due at his place cf work at a
certain hour needs to allow 10 or 15
minutes extra for such performances.
It certainly would seem to the man
not on the water that unless it is a
fireboat or something equally im
portant at these rush hours the wait
ing traffic should be allowed to cross
the bridge before It Is again swung.
The people do not rule as far as the
manipulation of this bridge Is con
cerned. One will often see the bridge
keep on swinging open after the boat
with headquarters at Vancouver, B. C
When it Is a man's job to advertise
hia railroad's best points In an effort
to Induce tourists and travelers to
buy their pasteboards over his line.
and then the government steps In and
says Decause or tne coal shortage, has gone through, and there Is ap-
travel must be restricted, it's no won- parently no consideration on the part
der that the advertising man loses a of the bridge men for the rights of
lot of sleep as well as his rosy out- the public. If the system is to blame
look on life in general. O. D. Wheeler, it should be altered, and In writing
of the Northern Pacific advertising this letter I am but voicing the sen
department, gave it up as a bad Job tlments of thousands of my fellow
wnen tnese circumstances came about I surrerers,
and came to Seaside where he has 1 I desire to add a word of praise for
been taking the salt air treatment for the police department for stationing
the past few days. He sinned his t tnese rusn morning nours an oi-
Twesty-Klve Years Ago.
From The Oreiconian of December 8. 1RJ4.
Paris. Ferdinand de Lesseps, the
man who made the Suez canal, died
here at the age of 89.
Tacoma. Investigations following
the subsidence of portions of the
sound here show that In many places
it was much greater than 80 feet,
which was the measurement at the
wharves.
It is stated on reliable authority
that the new through Great Northern
and Oregon Railway & Navigation
train between Portland and St- Paul
will be inaugurated December 15.
Agitation for the leasing of the
Morrison street bridge is growing and
it is proposed to give the bridge com
pany S500 a month rental.
resume and another juggle of time hole In the fence, got Into the corn
caused much speculation as to its
authorship, the public being then
not so receptive as it is now to the
notion that a woman can rise to
great height in literature. "The I
Mill on the Floss," completed in I 77
-n. Hiin.H wlt-K Am ear oi tne world comin
name yesterday on the .register at
the Multnomah hotel. Hie headquar
ters are at t. Paul.
sportsmen from throughout the
state began gathering in Portland
yesterday for the meeting of the Ore.
gon sportsmen's league which will
oe new today at the Imperial hotel.
Among those to arrive yesterdav for
the meeting and who registered at
ins imperial were Ray Bremraer. Sa
lem; E. 8. Hawker,. Albany: J. C. Alt
ken and P. H. Daliey. Medford; W. G
emery, rwewport. and J. M. Thnm
toon say.
One of the biggest Droblems con
fronting the Oregon Agricultural col-
lege during the present school vear I-
to house the students properly, ac- and is unfit for office.
1860, was destined, with "Adam
Bede," to rank among the five really
great novels from her pen: There
was a gap of three years, during
which "Silas Marner" was produced.
before perhaps .the greatest of all
her novels, "Romola," appeared, and
another Interval of nine years which
produced only "Felix Holt" until
Middlemarch" was added. "Daniel
Derohda," last of the five, and in
some respects the most noteworthy
character study of the century, came
In 1876. It was her last novel that
lived. "The Impressions of Theo-
phrastus Such," published . in 1878
did not add materially to her fame.
An event In the life of George
Eliot which has given the moralists
a good deal to debate was her union
with George Henry Lewes. Undoubt
edly it has influenced many persons
to refrain from reading her books
another fact for. .Ihe moralists to
concern themselves with. She Joined
Lewes In 1854. and thereafter lived
with him openly as his wife until his
death In 1878. The train of circum
stances was a peculiar one. Lewes'
wife had deserted him; she had re
turned-and he had cared for her
tenderly: the second time she left
him, never to return. But by a pro
vision of then-existing English law.
end in ten days U beneficial in onepalor and rulned 40 carpet. Dur-
i cajicvi. At uia.jr luiuw a scare into
some too "hard boiled" to reason.
The legislature will not meet for a
year, yet much state work ls being
done. In politics, however, the early
bird seldom catches the worm.
What the brotherhood man laid
off by the elimination thinks of the
coal miner might be unfit to print.
Can you blame him?
Mr. Frick spread his money where
it will do a lot of good. It will be
observed the family gets a lot, however.
After seeing the latest picture of
"Pussyfoot Johnson, we wonder
more than ever at the appellation.
When a lawyer is fined for speed
ing there would not be a joke In It
If he 'did not appeal.
No one Is giving much attention
to the steel strike., just letting it wear
out itself.
Anybody see the jewelry burglars
get away in a, lane, Friday. Z
ing the excitement the daughter
eloped with the hired man, taking the
family savings with them
The moral is that every man should
be a subscriber. New Tork Evening
Sun.
s
Cassell's new English dictionary,
recently published In London, contains
a large number of words that came
into use during the war. many of
them borrowed from American slang.
A few of the innovations are:
Bus An aeroplane.
Cold feet To be In a funk.
Dud No good.
Guy A toff.
Highbrow A highly superior per
son.
Eyewash Humbug. -No
flies on one No fool.
JazzA noisy and boisterous dance
In ragtime
Movies A klnematographlc exhi
bition.
Umpteen Any number.
For the benefit of Americans "old
bean" Is denned as "old fellow
ficer at the east end of the bridge to
control the traffic. He certainly is
needed and he saves much rasped
feelings when an entire community is
up in arms at the unsatisfactory man
agement of the bridge.
R. M. TUTTLE.
, -
NO (JIALIKICATIOV IS LACKING
Opponents' Every Llstes Essential
Possessed by General Wood.
CORVALLIS, Or.. Dec. 6. (To the
Editor.) In a letter published In The
Oregonian we are informed what kind
of a candidate the republican party
needs, also what qualifications he
must have. Furthermore we are told
that General Wood is a "militarist"
cording te Dr. W. J. Kerr president
or ins ooiiege. wno is a visitor to
t-ortiana. or. Kerr says that the at-
tenaance at the state college is high
er mis year man ever before in Its
history. Ex-service men, who .gave
up their books and athletics to heln
whip the Hun. are flockinsr
collesre In larae numbers. rr. it--- bowinsr to "German kultur.1
Is a guest at the Multnomah Next he says tnat tne candidate
Lniimi Ha "safe and sane." and "must
Mr. and Mrs. J. Jorey, Mrs. H. Leh-I not hear voices from the air," must be
back and two children, all of Rose-I guided by the interests of America in
burg, and Mr. and Mrs. John F. Puetz his foreign policy, must be 100 per
of La Mont, la., are SDendlnsr tha cent American and last he must not
Mr. Spencer also states that "most
folks are sfck and tired of war and
this soldier stuff." The writer would
like to ask where the United States
would be if we had not gone to war
against Germany? Also where would
we be if It vasal ror tnis "soiaier
stuff?" No doubt we would now be
"harbor nor preach class or race
hatreds." What one of these essen
tials Is it that General Wood lacks?
Not one. He more than fulfills every
one of them. His Americanism is sec-
week-end in Portland and are regls-
ierea at tne juuitnomah.
George D. Beaumont, a Seattle an.
tomooiie dealer, is etoDDlns: at the
Cornelius on a business trio to Port- nrt onlv to the late Colonel Roose-
land. During the war Mr. Beaumont) velt's. If he is 100 per cent American
served as a major in the signal corps he cannot fail to possess the other es-
uu overseas auty. sentials.
wiAiA- 77i h. , "In being denied the privilege of
"11. U3 HIIIIUUL 1IK1 ... .A l.'AA AAA ('AAAAA , W OOfl Tl T fl V O
official head for a few days this L..!f . mm American, for Instead
week while R. H. Cady, mayor of the cf complaining of his lot he gdt be
thrlving little eastern Oregon com- hind the game and did all that he
munlty.ls sojourning on a business could do to win the war. In his many
mission. In addition to sruidins- th I ..i,. made in the cast five' years
nothing but the most stirring Ameri
canism is found. His cld;e friend
ship with Colonel Roosevelt and the
colonel's high regard for him both
speak well for this great American.
Were -Teddy alive today nothing
would please him more than to see
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Ore'gonlan of December 8. 1S69.
Washington. President Grant's
message was read in congress and
1U0.000 copies were ordered printed.
Helena. The legislature of Mon
tana territory is now In session. It
is almost entirely democratic
The monthly report or the depart
ment of agriculture for the first time
has a definite report on crops in
Oregon, the data covering crops of
this season.
The sheriff of Washington county
has offered a reward of 8300. for the
arrest of Courtney Meek, murderer
of Jake Smith, and Robert Emery adds
S100.
WHERE NO VISION IS TIS NIGHT.
If I each season's day and passing
years
But saw my food, my raiment and
my tools:
If I but lived each day with atl Its
tears.
And spoke by rote and worked
alone by rules;
If plows or engines or the whin of
wheels.
The roar of trains or airships over
head: If these alone were all my real self
feels;
If work alone were all by -which
I'm led. - - -If
I saw naught beyond the potters
clay;
Discerned no vision back of each
day's strife;
If all there was and ls were but to
day: How utterly insipid then were life.
But I behold In all life's wires and
strings ,
A grand and tender symphony or
things. a -OTHERS. .
destinies of Wheeler, Mr. Cady is pro
prietor or us largest general mer-
cnanaise store. He is quartered at
tne Oregon.
Among the Bend residents visiting
In Portland yesterday were Dr. P. M.
; 1 Moore and Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Petti- c-neral Leonard Wood elected presi-
"concby. as a conscientious objector; I bone. Mr. Pettibone is In the ware- dent of the Lmted fctates. Let us
hnit " as "the verv beat, and I house business at Betid. Thev ura follow Teddy's example.
"washout.." as a failure or muddle. I registered at the Benson. i fi. J-. SPAIN,
Acknowledging Wedding Invitations.
PORTLAND, Dec. 4 (To the Ed-
ltor.) Kindly let me know if all
wedding invitations should be ac
knowledged, either In the city or out
of the city. A SUBSCRIBER.
If one is invited to a home wedding
or a wedding reception following a
church wedding, either In the city or
out of town, it should be answered
at once. If one only is invited to the
church it is unnecessary to answer.