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1 to Mr. Wilson's insistence) on his I that would keep religious Interests
1 league without change. I alive. Churches in the rural regions
Mr. Wilson is the issue of thecam- which have passed beyond the clr
paign, and his efforts to make the cuit-rider stage of. development but
league the issue only strengthen the neglect to harness the pioneer spirit
proof, for by his own acts the twg of co-operation are missing an op
are so closely bound together tMat portunity to fit themselves to their
they cannot be separated.
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THE PRUSSIANS ARE COMING.
Democratic Prussianism Is now at
tempting to dictate where the Mc-
twentieth century environment.
The movement of which the sur
vey in Ohio and in other states is a
part is directed toward the solution
of certain fundamental problems
which are only remotely related.
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d "ufPort sha" S- !or Motd?! however, to church unity. Co-opera
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tion need not depend on organic
union, and it has been shown by a
number of demonstration churches
that the former can flourish without
the latter. Rehabilitation of rural
and semi-rural churches will be ac-
the democratic nomination this
year. It is quite understandable why
1 McAdoo does not want the honor
.. .75 (this year. But let that pass. - The
. -6.00 1 Prussians in the democratic nartv
. 8.25 , 7 : , Z. . : ana semi-rurai cnurcnes win De ac-
. .60! ave set out to swing the McAdoo complished CDly by giving attention
S:oo rrX.," . r r. to economic as well as- spiritual
. ,. " . , r . " , : neeas. .cquitaDie aistriDuuon or ei-
and enlightened vote of the party fectlve churcnes may mean ciosing
ixrv , 4 . , of a number of those which are not
Who is Carter Glass? He is un- (ulmlln(r their mission. Tet it will
known to Oregon democracy as a proVe worth while, and In' the church
i-.ui... l.l,. -K,roEramme of the immediate future
WILSON STILL THE ISSUE.
President Wilson's mind is com
pletely filled with thought of the
league of nations. He can see noth
ing in the republican platform ex
cept the part which refers to the
league and therein he can see only
a purpose to "becloud and negative
that paramount issue." In fact the
platform condemns many sins of
omission and commission of the Wil
son administration aside from the
president's work at Paris. It pledges
the republican party to pursue nu
merous and certain policies, among
which that regarding the league is
only one. Whatever he says of other
questions has the league for its text.
The president's mind seems able to
go no farther back than his journey
to Paris.
The most striking feature of Mr.
Wilson's Denouncement is the con
trast which it presents with his
earlier utterances, especially those of
the war. Even when he was vainly
striving to maintain neutrality, his
speeches and notes struck a lofty
tone, a tone which rose far above
party controversy, for it appealed to
thfiKs nnhlfi sentiments which are
cherished by all Americans of right
instinct. His war speeches seemed
to possess an inspired note, and they
there will be less concern by denom
inational leaders over entering new
fields than with consolidating and
to the polls in the May primary
25,312 democrats, good and true.
Had they been just plain democrats.
not good and true, they would have strengthening local organizations al-
: ", "'"s"5" " "i-u..us -...I ready ln existence,
voted for republican candidates. The
good and true voted in all for fifteen
different men for presidential pref- TKE atrplastb PATROL.
erence. Some of them, after pains-1 some careless camper leaves tne
knight errant nation which was pre- (
pared to right all the wrongs of the
world.
Hostilities no sooner ended than
the American people turned atten
tion to their domestic affairs., They
did so with Mr. Wilson's approval, for
he told them that the war was over.
But he undertook to bind them to
indefinite, continued intervention in
old-world affairs. While they were
returning to realities he tried to lead
them In new adventures ln idealism,
fie could not have succeeded without
enlisting the aid of both parties, as
he did in making war. But he took
no men outside of his own circle into
his confidence and he provoked the
enmity of the party which controlled
the senate, though without approval
from that body all his work might go
for naught. . Not having been edu
cated to connect ideals with their own
interests, the people had an access
of caution and gave ready ear to
those who would limit our foriem
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ooiigations ana to those who would I tively beyond normal life require-
have us relapse into our former iso- ments, society loses. Men. who have
OUR DUAL CODE OP POLITENESS.
Way Hen Mar Properly Smoke In
Public and Women Not.
PORTLAND. June 18. (To the
Editor.) I will not make an issue
over whether or not I am a nas
been" as a recent correspondent
avers, though I conceive a 'progres
sive" has but conveniently classified
one who questions the soundness of
some so-called progressive doctrine.
Woman is not today of equal econ
omlc importance with man; she never
will be so long as there is another
generation to be born, reared and
educated. That is not saying that she
is not of great importance economic
ally, especially ln dealing with con
sumptlve goods. The fact that she
buys about 90 per cent of the- goods
gives her vast opportunities which
she makes better use of than a man
would. Nor do we detract from her
greater importance in other fields.
But man is, and probably will remain,
more productive economically. So
long as he uses wealth to the best
advantage ln production, society
benefits, when he uses it consump-
taking examination of the field, could embers of his bivouac burning in'the
find no acceptable democrats, so ex- deep litter of the forest. ; Ranged
pressed by their votes the desire to about and stretching away in bil
have republicans nominated on the lows that sweep over hill and moan-
democratic ticket Johnson, Wood, tain crowd the trees that cost nature
Lowden, Capper and Hoover, were I centuries of patient care. To the
all selected by some in preference to I present and, the future the fronded
any democrat. I titans mean homes, and ships, and
Others of the good and true were factories, and wealth and . service.
able to discover acceptable demo- Successive thousands of toilers are
crats besides McAdoo. They voted to find their life work among them,
for Wilson and Bryan and Owen and Behind the whistling hunter or va-
Clark and Edwards and Lansing and cationist a smoke wreath lifts idly
Cox and Palmer. But of all the above the tallest fir, swings into the
25,312. good and true, not one voted I brisk breeze and is gone. Another
for Carter Glass. I follows, larger and more tenacious,
Let the Oregon delegates beware I Through the undergrowth the crack- 1 service for one employer. Indemnity
of attempts to overthrow the presi- ln8" tongues of an incipient forest m case 01 dismissal and professional
dential primary. Let them look outfire are licking like avid serpents. I priority f t engagement. Already it
for Prussianism and Dolitieal skull- Forty miles to the eastward, soar- has enrolled some 200,000 members.
duggery. But above all things let in8 like an eagle born to the vicinage A. hopeful, if vague, feature of its
them beware of the old guard. Ore- of canyon and cliff and timber, programme is a plan of education in
gon democracy has spoken. Next to drones an airplane of the forest pa- what may be accomplished without
McAdoo it's for Hoover . arrnrrtins trol. And while all other mortal revolution.
to the votes of its good and true eves are blinded by distance and I There is at the outset a measure
members, faithfully recorded and topography the searching vision of I of snobbery in the title that it will
officially counted. tne pilot picks up that far-off thread seem difficult to overcome. Except
of smoke and knows it for an un- 1 ln lne purely manual employments.
leashed peril, threatening not the such as tending machines, brains
life of the forest alone, but all that now count as much as brawn. It Is
that connotes industry and service peculiarly true of the construction
lation. We must wait until a new
man is found to lead us out of the
confusion which Mr. Wilson has pro
duced, and meantime must endure
the stigma which attaches to one
who has aroused hopes only to blight
them.
BRAIN WORKERS' CNIONS.
It was in 'France that men first
succeeded in organizing a "Confeder
ation des Travailleurs Intellectuels."
or brainworkers union, and to the
French we shall leave the task of
prescribing its boundaries and lim
itations. For the present it is to
include artists, teachers, clerks, scl
entists and other so-called "profes
sionals." Its purpose is to procure
for its members salaries (not wages)
commensurate with the needs and
social contributions of each profes
sion, obligatory contracts, pensions
after twenty-five years of continuous
Those Who Come and Go.
the same kind is his present refer
ence to "political skulduggery" on
the part of those who oppose his
league or to "selfish and sinister mo
tives that lie back of the republican
WASTED BRAVERY.
Only occasionally do we read now
adays of a feat such as that recently and comfort and commerce. In the trades that the worker who thinks
performed by a Kentucky lad of four- old days a year or so ago, the fire he labors is the valuable man.
teen, who descended a steep cliff would have spread black ruin in its Efficiency experts have demonstrated
from the top, swung himself around wake over thousands of acres of im- that there are opportunities for brain
JUT"B lne nelP Pr a mensely valuable timbtrland. until work in the meanest of occupations.
rope lowered Dy nis playmates, and it waned and died under a summer The brainworker here is the one who
arter some hours of patient and storm or because it found no further avails himself of them, either to
death-defying labor succeeded in malms to ninnH.r Mnwi , I lishten his taslr nr to ir,, vi
were indeed an inspiration to the reaching the crevice of his desire, message of the forest fire flashes output. It is not easy to make a
people. But in his letter ot October, "uu " "l1 10 capture tnree back in a twinkling, mapped to the hard and fast distinction. It is plain.
1918, he descended tne scale; ne naa 6 c" ?". "J'ich, as soon foot, and the menace is conquered nowever. that to say that a book
continued downward witn increasing unem, were set before it grows formidable. Keeper is a brainworker while
acerbity as his exasperation at the liberty. It would be interesting Three government Dlanes have stone carver is not is to m:ik
thwarting of his plans has grown. follow this boy's career through been assigned to forest patrol duty comparison not only invidious bu
Hia drop from the dignified attitude lne vearf to come. He seems to be hn sections of Oregon, Washington untenable from any other point of
which becomes the elcctoa neaa 01 juum wuU eees in 00- and northern California this season, view.
irreat nation was marked by his siacies only something to be eur- Tk.v spt at i th ,nr.rohneinn The thincr that In hlnr .it..t.j
description of the senators who op- mounted; he is one who never takes that none was to be detailed for this I however, is somewhat more obvious
posed him as quitters, as men whose I a "are, ana tne giory or achievement I eervice. Unquestionably they and I 11 is to organize the group better
heads were only knots to prevent , lu"1 tne material reward is their pilots will render invaluable known in this country as the "white
their bodies from unraveling. 01 . , . craves. assistance to forest protection when collar men." On its own merits, if
, ' may be a su" the dry season comes. But "even lt is found possible to harmonize a
! . . 11 one wm run oown considering the speedy radius of their vast variety of ambitions and inter-
"sx or aaredevlls, who wasted nights it would appear that the trio ests, the movement deserves to sue-
"'"-" "'""'J not a ntue in- of planes is inadequate to the task ceed. But its title is a misnomer,
genuity and' initiative in feats that I at Th nr,-t..cAn and in Amtrln i J
I . . I ...... wu,a i v UUC 1 LUU11 1 - " v v u iu. J II 1 V ill V I L
plan to stultify and discredit the "enemea nopoay, ne win not find try is without selfish pretense when ridicule. There are mighty few oc-
XJnited States in the eyes of the 1 w a great many captains 1 it lays claim to an importance that cupations nowadays that do not call
Ts,-orld." i xiuuiannanans, or concerns the entire country. It is ior me use of brains and from the
Terms such as these are applied oerf. 0.1 really great things. Steve 1 the last stronghold of the big trees. few the white collar boys are by no
to the acts or tne cnosen represenia- 1 irom mt 11 tnree planes are not enough there "'cans exciuaea.
tives of fully one-halt ot the Amen-1 J " a saii&iiea to oe should be strong and unremitting
can people. They represent in gen- M1 Keeper. 1 ne man who went requests for more. I' ft is true, as has been announced
eral the same Kind or people as com- ".6..a m a uarrei oe- - 1 rrom the University of Strassboure
pose the democratic party. If the came famous for nothing else. rt.v.. -s. . . that German engineers have sue.
words, were true, the American peo- 18 an engaging thought, never- rr,r... ceeded in improving on the invention
Tift wn m navn fnnn lar in moral 1 ' ..i.iilii; itauiujicu .w. . Llt ruu liuu. i r j i i.nprai x i n 1 m t- ,
" " . . . h. 1... ... . - .. - .. . . . . !-..-, tiUcl 01 tne
decadence. They are not true 01 " uj me jveniucKy 01 tne results or president Wilson- united States K -nai .nm
ct.n.i ..n..KTinni younester are oualltics tint an o9t9. . Jmifii .i 1 . . . ' .
onuci o.lkj, ..Liuuftij 0 - - 1 suvciuuic 111 worm u 1 in u 111 Lit y , as kcieiiuuue ana eierraDh mes.
condemn tne acts ana oppose tne ucveiopiuenu quoted in The Sundav Oreeronian sages simultaneously over th samo
principles of the democratic party. I we wu id ke to see the boy who from John j. Learys "Talks with T. wire, it will not be the first time
they would not ascribe to tnat party -i. a ue.-i tuxorea in R - have been fulfilled with remark- tnat Americans have laid the ernunrl
ln the mass the malevolent purposes I ucn a way that he would enjoy able accuracy. They bear witness to work ior achievements of great im
which Mr. Wilson attributes to the lumping hurdles that amount to the ex-Dresident's sound iudirmpnt portance and later failorl to
republican convention. When Mr. something. This is the spirit that of men. to his understandine of hu- them to the full extent of thir Tr,.
Wilson wrote' his statement, he s sought to awaken through the man nature and to his familiaritv sibilities, or the first time. ith,.
wronged nis better sen. tie wrongea .uu Dy teacn- with world affairs. . tnat uerman scientists have seized
not only trie opposing party but nis -- . mere peaagogues, Mr. Wilson did "arouse hones that ana elaborated on the ideas of for
own, for it is made up of the same na 11 13 one ot the most significant never can be realized" and the eign discoverers, as they did with the
Kina 01 peopie. " ""T: ' primary crowds that acclaimed him a year synineuc cnemlstry of a British
Nothing but extreme partisanship education. d ,f condemn him now. chemist and the submarina nf an
couia nave prompted tnis expression "- ""s a point on tne He did prove a tenderfoot in "nlav- I American inventor. The latest an
pdii pnr ann i-,nnm.r.jt.i. j . c 1 . 1 . .
vft.ifh i 1 4 ' , c -iuur yi ing diplomacy with the worfd's most "cemeni is perhaps as full of
4VUbU aV 10 wuuii wiiiie to learn i -i i j : j i nromisA n nrv nf jt
nilAA n r , 1 orviucu u ipivi 111a. 1 aim 113 um giva 1 cicceuine Ones.
Ty. Heroism, lest it degen- them promises the American people for u Presages the time when we
c,ttLC 1,110 mere bravado. There is m k0 t I shall be able to tr.ncm
accumulated considerable fortunes
productively. have. by so doing,
emonstrated their ability to serve
society's needs and their fitness to
control productive wealth. From
uch men the daughter inherits
equally, with the son. Most rich men'
ons of this country are now doing
quite well in discharging their
rusteeship or great weaitn. Malice
might hint that some wealthy heir
sses "revolt against the slavery of
the American woman and go else
where to enjoy the "equality" o
European courts and country places.
So great is the innate desire for
equality ln ome women. We men
ill back the Ideal of going ".Da a
one better, against the one of acquir
ing a European title, taking the good
of present and future American or
world society as the criterion.
Notwithstanding occasional abuses
of wealth. I do not think society
would be benefited by universal. dis
tribution of wealth; productive wealth
would be broken up and in a vast
number of cases become consumptiv
wealth and lost; nor would society
be generally and permanently bene
fited by transferring the control of
wealth to so-called progressive poll
ticians, historians, sociologists, econ
omlsts, or even divines, be they
chosen from the male or female
the genus homo.
As to woman s being excluded from
educational responstbilit --, she is pre
dominant in every home and school
till the vocational training for econ
omlc tasks is taken up. Her finer
sympathies and moral and religious
feeling make this highly desirable,
while character is being formed. We
men do not begrudge her state super
lntendencies, or national chairman
ships.
At the risk of being didactic, I
repeat decency depends on convention
and circumstance. Odysseus' appear
ance before Nausicaa was not in
decent. Nor is that of an athlete in
trunks at a meet. It would be in
decent, however, for a guest inten
tionally to appear at the president's
ball with no other covering than red
flannel underwear and trousers, al
though every lady in the room were
decently attired in the latest decol
lette gown. For the same reasons, or
lack of them, it is not Indecent for
the man, but is for the woman, to
stroll up the street In A:.ierica smok
ing a cigarette. We fail to see the
hardship in it, either.
We confess a pretty woman in a
bathing suit pleases us more than
those who are not pretty. We would
state, however, that we think the new
style suits are more appropriately
worn at the beach than on the street.
We can forgive the wish that would
please, and still regret that Port
land's remoteness from the beach does
not enable our girls more appro
priately and decently to exhibit the
beauty of a day of which they are
now so justly proud.
EX-BACHELOR.
The people wanted a safe and sane
candidate for the republican ticket.
nd they've got him," asserts J. I.
Day. republican county chairman.
who returned from Chicago yester
day. Mr. Day says that Harding and
Coolidcre form a stronsr tlcKet ana
ne which will win. He predicts tnat
Oregon will be carried by the repub
lican ticket by between 30.000 and
50.000. "The people wanted someone
who was safe." continued Mr. Day
and when it is pointed out that
Harding meets these requirements
there is no more complaint. In fact.
the nomination of Harding meets
with general approval. It was some
what of a surprise and. of course,
some people were disappointed, but on
the whole the "ticket is well re
ceived."
Gene F. L Porte, one of the live
wires of the Baltimore delegation to
the traveling men's convention, left
with his family yesterday atternoon
for Seattle. He intimated that he
might Journey on for a brief visit to
Vancouver. B. C. and may have some
thing of Interest to his friends here
on his return if the customs offi
cials are a wee bit lax. So enthusi
astic are he and Mrs. La Porte over
Portland, that they have decided to
change their itinerary and remain
over for the Shrine festivities. He
has procured apartments for all next
week.
LlTERATniE IS ESSENTIAL STCDT
Movement to Relegate It 1b Impor
tance Decried by Correspondent.
PORTLAND, Juno 18. (To the Edi
tor.) During the past few years
literature has been included in the
list of subjects considered essential
to the education of high school and
college students. It has been recog
nized ,by prominent educators that
the knowledge of literature, with its
vast resources for mental and spirit- I
ual development is a vital factor in
the development of a civilization. A
course has been worked out and we
find literature occupying Its right
place in our school curriculum.
Recently titers has arisen a certain
class of educational futurists who op
pose the extensive study of literature
and these worthy folk are advocating
the abolition of all subjects which
have no dollar and cents value. They
propose to substitute domestic arts
and sciences for the English courses,
with the object of making practical
our system of education. They ad
vance arguments in support of their
attitude to this effect. "Students do
not continue to read books by famous
authors after having finished school
courses. The study of literature tends
to cultivate a dislike for it in the
average student. Literature is not
practical, lt has only a minor part
in our modern life."
Perhaps the first statement involves
a measure of truth. The general tend
ency seems to be toward a deprecia
tion of literary art. Ruskin, Tenny-
More Truth Than Poetry.
Br Janes J. Bfontagrae.
"There are about 400 cars stalled
on the Pacific highway in Washing
ton, this side of Chehaiis. says
H. W. Cunningham of Helena, Mont,
who arrived at the Imperial yester
dav. "The htsrhway is in a terrible
condition and it is impossible to get
through. I motored from Montana
and when I found conditions so Dad
over in Washington I shipped my car
to Portland and came ln by train.
There are scores of cars, however.
that are stuck in the mud and will
remain in the mud until the road
dries out." Mr. Cunningham belongs
to Algeria temple of the Shrine, and
is the first' of his delegation to reach
Portland.
son. Browning, Milton and other great 1
authors have contributed ideals and
inspiration of inestimable value and j
lt is unthinkable that the younger
generation should be allowed to be
come blind to their beauty. The fact
that interest in literature appears to
be diminishing La no reason for plac
ing lt in the background. Rather
should more care be taken to teach
appreciation ' for the vast heritage
many generations have enjoyed.
"Men cannot live by bread alone" is
a statement the truth of which has
been often proved. The place of the
"practical" studies is no uncertain one.
We need the practical ln our schools,
but we also need the high standards.
the culture, the recreation which only
the study of literature can produce.
Upon it depends our intellectual depth.
"We can't stop highway work right A comprehensive, balanced and ideal
now." explained -tv. A. rtootn, man-1 cuin-anuu ucmauus iu
way commissioner, at the Imperial. I The appreciation of an art comes
"I've met several people recently who I only through the knowledge of that
say we should suspend operations be- art. Unless literature is thoroughly
cause prices are ana tne oona mar- i uuomwoo it cannot oe enjoyea 10
Uft in down. The commission has to I the fullest extent. The world has ever
go forward with the work it has con- I grown oetter under tne influence or
tracted, and it would be poor policy to I me ricn numanness oi snaKespeare,
ston until the sections are linked to-I the sober philosophy of Burns, the
gether with enough surface to a impn majesty oi Jiuion, tne spin
th irradrs. We intend letting enough I tuality of Tennyson. Are we plan
contracts for rocking the grades and n ing: to remove this influence from
A TALE OP" TWO LAWYERS.
I know an erudite lawyer.
Conversant with all the report.
He retains in his head all that Black-
stone has said.
On pleadings and answers and tort;
He reels off judicial opinions
From Marshall's to Chief Justice
White's.
Injunctions, restraints and amended
complaints.
He says are his greatest delights.
But though he quotes obiter dicta.
And knows, furthermore, what they
mean.
And though he has stowed every word
of the code
In the depths of hia marvellous
bean.
At sessions, or even at police courts.
You never will see him appear.
They keep him at work as a library
clerk.
At seventeen hundred a year.
I know of another attorney
Whose knowledge of law is ao
slight.
That his colleagues can't see how he
got his degree.
Unless with a black-jack, by night.
But he blusters and shouts at a jury.
Spouts language all over the place.
And the courtroom is filled and the
public is thrilled.
Whenever he's trying a case.
His clothes are the latest and loudest.
His fees are the highest there are;
And the people agree as a unit that he
Is the brightest young man at the
bar.
This tale is the truth, not a fable
And therefore no moral I'll draw.
But I trust you'll observe that an
iron-clad nerve
Is an excellent thing in the law.
.
Another Delicate Situation.
Cuba is sure to regard the nomina
tion of a wet candidate as an un
friendly act. . .
Bai Example
If young John D. was afraid his
children wouldn't grow up to be
democratic why did he contribute so
heavily to a republican campaign
fund?
The Kick Is Gone.
The small boy can go fishing now.
but it isn't half so much fun as when
he had to play hookey to do it.
(Copyright, 1920. by the Bell Syn
dicate. Inc)
makintr the two main highways
usable, and then we can stop until
conditions change.'
our students?
MILDRED COLEMAN.
THE SUNSET GIRL.
altar of the republican party." says Her she comes with lightsome trip
Sanfield Macdonald. "The barbers
at Chicago were in too much of
hurrv when dealing with customers.
Each day a barber would snip oft a
chunk of my adornment and it oe
came lopsided. This gradual inroad
on the mustache became so aggra
vated by the time the convention was
Her hair in a waving curl
Swinging her hat of chip. Just chip
The happy little sunset girl.
The scarlet peeps from cheek and lip
As she moves with a dancing whirl
The roses nod and dip, just dip
To the happy little sunset girl.
ready to adjourn that the last barber
who shaved me snipped off all that The ' Wko''
remained. And now I feel as though 'n'nmJor.n.,n
I have lost my best friend.'
of opinion from Mr. Wilson:
The processes by which the republican
platform was accomplished seem to me te
have been essentially and scientifically
Prussian in inspiration and melhod.
APPRECIATION.
How droops the bird which sings alone
bliut ln Its narrow ceil;
How sinks the heart which wakes the
lute
To heavy ears and dull.
Why should I walk the cloudy heights
Where dream the sacred Nine,
Or keep a convent with the light
Where breathes the Attic vine;
Or break the clusters of my soul
In feeling's purple wine
If for a dead man's eyes and ears
The burning dreams combine?
O, it were sweet to know that one
Did read and understand
d then lets slip
g pearl
The fir trees sigh and drip, just drip
On the sorry little sunset girL
.f V, - natlnnnl officers of the
-.. i fi j i i i j ... j i . ,
T. P. A. are still talking about that I ucnu an wnu uawuj quip
crawfish supper they attended at the 1 "e.r goiaen nearts un un;
home of Paul J. Sullivan ot tne local i " "' " .-. "
convention committee. All of the na
tional officers, headed by "uy mi
kev. were in on the feed, and the sun
was beginning to sprout the next
morning before festivities had come
to an end.
"I'd like to have you take care of
my friend for the coming week." said
a. local merchant to Phil Metschan
yesterday. "The best I can do for
him." exnlained the hotelman. "is to
srlva him a cot and you can put it in
vour drusr stoVe." "I'll do it," agreed
the pill merchant, and that's how one
visitor to the Shrine conclave win De
taken care of.
Daniel Boyd of Enterprise, Or.,
which he contends is one of the best
towns in the world, is at the Imperial.
Mr. Boyd just lost out in being nom
inated as a delegate to the republican
national convention, so he decided he
would not sro east as an alternate.
He sat in two conventions as an Ore
gon delegate.
Among the Kiwanls members regis
tered at the Perkins are w. in. Biew-
The dew with the sunset girl..
The ro.-y bands of morning tip
Our flags that slow unfurl;
Beneath their folds we'll skip, jus
eklp
With the happy little sunset girl.
WILLIAM C. BEN BOW.
In Other Days.
A soul with depth to hold a. thought, I art 0f Dallas, Tex.; C. S. McNulty of
a vaudeville quip about the fellow
the American people, though still without wires, a point In wireless
Yet the inspiration of the platform who bet that he could lean further V.' "."i" communicaUon l.C Z "i.f
was obtained from the replies to out of a window than another man nis aWon been placed Tn the ght of hard1 PossibI tor the Pagination
thousands of questionnaires on every and won. Like the bov with the -uL . . to tro. ""agination
- I a- nauuu n uiuii Uiaws aJetUiV jl ru III I U 1- I w
topic, which were sent to republi- hawk's nest, he proved nothing let n , ,v . ,
cans of every station in life and of the incident intrigae . T beef use fit "18, 7l2?tW nl -"V"
all shades of opinion by an advisory I the possibilities it contains.
committee of the national commit
tee. That committee was at work
for months before the convention
met and it collated the replies in
reports of subcommittees. Compari
son of the conclusions as to prevail
moral obligations. ' ' ' ne visiting Shrine temple Plans
The present confusion in our rela- I to notify Portland of its arrival h
tions with Europe arises from his I releasing: homing: pigeons from the
failure to regard the true relation train at points en route. But even
between' ideals and realities. That a Pigeon wouldn't go home till morn-
error began in. his war speech on I lDB wnen tne fahriners are here.
A RELIGIOUS SCRVET.
In the book, "Six Thousand Coun
try Churches," written bv Otis Gill
and Gifford Pinchot and rlpniinc with April 2, 1917, and it has run through
intr oninion on each suhinrt with th the outward aspects of the relic-ions his entire policy of both war and! A Chicago woman democrat T f-
platform planks reveals a remark- situation in Ohio, is made 'clear one peace, tie piacea in tne oacKgrouna i ing to get the party to adopt the
able agreement. The nlatform in I 01 tne reasons why the state of the I tne iact tnat we iougnt in aeiense oi rooster ior its emblem in nla r
truth reflects the ODinions of the clluKn ls oepnnmg to rive concern ln eiemeniarr nnuondi ngci, ana di me laminar aonlcey. This will molt.
mass of republicans as conscien- to thoughtful people. Ohio, reli- men's minds on his declaration it mighty handy when crow-eating
tlously ascertained by a proceslsmuo1' i:aains, is me Dest surveyed t"al ""5 vuim tumea next November.
wnicn is as democratic and un-Pru i -" union. tne dook in oa"' . uv..j. . ,u uiuo
ian as man can conceive. question, together with the survey make sare tnose American rights Chicago leads the country .hi,
Although renublicans have been or the state made by the Interchurch which dermany attacked, it was nec- converts in thn .......
thinking, and thinking deeply, of the World Movement, shows that of the essary to destroy German military campaign, and Chicago needs them
league of nations, they have thought 6000 ohl churches, more than 5500 Power. The result would be libera- the Lord knows.
Of it as one among many examples receive oniy part-time service of a uon OI ne peoples mcn Germany
of the one vice in the Wilson ad- paior. in tne rural districts, 66 naa suDjugatea, ana it was ngnt in
ministration from which all of its Der cent have fewer than 100 mem- making peace with Germany to apply
other vices and evil effects on the bers each, 55 per cent have fewer the principle of self-determination to
country have sprung. That vice and than seventy-five members and 37 these peoples. But Mr. Wilson pro-
the remedy are stated In the follow- I per cenl lau oeiow fifty members. I niuigatea tnat principle in sucn gen
lng paragraphs of the platform: I In view of the widely accepted prin-I era-l terms that he fired the hopes of
The outstanding feature, of the demo- ?'ple an ar"sted or decreas- nations ana races wnicn were not
eratlo administration have been complete I population a Church with less I unaer tne rule or any or our enemies
unpreparedness for war and complete un- I than 100 members has less than one I and with whose government our vlc
preparedness for peace. cbanoi in thru fnr ,,.i.,.i ,i rni-v nusr Garmanv snH Austt-ia nv.
We undertake to end executive autoc-I , . ' ' mo out- i - - -
racy and to restore to the people their I look for the rural church can be 1 us no risht to interfere. Its applica-
consuiuuonai government. i appraised witn approximat an 1 tlon to the liberated peodes was
That pledge Is In itself an accept-1 couraging accuracy.- . fraught with endless difficulty, for
ance of Mr. Wilson's challenge to I Of 1515 churches in thirtv-one I ethnography conflicted with geo-
a popular referendum on the leasrue. I counties in tne same state, more than grapny ana witn tne economic rela
His course has provided the chief!1000 were "arrested or dying." and I tions and necessities of the peoples
example of unpreparedness for peace m lne open country" three-fourths I affected, lt was possible only If
and of the executive autocracv which OI -ne cnurcnes were reDorted no nnt some disinterested nation should ex-
dictated unpreparedness for both war I growing. Forty-eight per cent of ru- ercise police power during the period
and peace to his party, and through Pastors were in their first year of of reconstruction
lt to the people. But for Mr. Wll- service and 78 per cent had served The president proposed the league
son's autocracy the false cry of mil- two years or less, while "an appalling! of nations as the means of exercising
ltarism could not have blinded the 1 """r were iouna to be unedu-1 tnls Ponce power, it was ottered to
catea. a. large share of the fault France as a substitute for the Rhine
lies ln uneconomic distribution. I frontier and to the small states as a
caused by, ill-timed rivalrv. The I guaranty against future aggression
cnurcn wnicn is being poorly served from great powers or from each
Dy a part-time pastor finds small other. But these nations had their
consolation in the fact that other minds on realities as well as Ideals,
cnurcnes in tne same communitv and France ln particular demanded
have part-time shepherds for their! the American and British defensive
flocks. Two half-time dominies are alliance as a substitute for the Rhine
not equivalent to one whole one. in frontier. In order to win the league
the mathematics of church adminis-1 the president consented. He also
tratlon. Communities so situated are encouraged hopes that the United
overchurched, because by reducing I States would accept a mandate not
the numDer or organizations they solely for Armenia but for the whole
1 would be able to maintain resident! of Turkey. He led Europe and Asia
and efficient leadership of a type to regard the United States as a
A comrade's clasping hand;
One noble, lofty, generous breast
To' bring a spray of bloom.
And lay it on my hungry heart
And not upon my tomb;
A voice to tell me that my lute
Had eased a bit of pain;
The sword I carry in my hand
Had cleft a captive's chain;
A voice to whisper gently near
You have not tolled ln vain.
Oh, that were like the dews which wet
The desert scorched and bare!
Or music melting to its death
On odorous, ambient air:
Or mother hands which softly press
Transgression's tangled hair.
But, ah, to open vein by vein
These inner cells which bleed.
To spread the scripture of my heart
To those who cannot read.
To fill the Samian bowl and drink, .
Yet as you drink to own.
Because no lip will share the feast
You drain the glass alone.
GUY KITCH PHELPS.
nmnoke. Va.: E. P. McUee of Rome,
na w a. Robinson of St. raui;
W. N. McAllister ot ban Antonio,
Tex.; W. H. Van Horn of Wabash, Ind.
Mayor Caldwell of Seattle. Wash, is
millnr his headquarters wnue in
Portland at the Motel wasninRton.
With him are other members of the
Seattle Kiwanis club
Tvla Raw. who used to be a clerk
ln various hotels in Pojtland, is now
Sketch of Mammoth Cave.
Exchange.
The Mammoth cave was accidental
ly discovered by a hunter In 1809. and
Is annually visited by 5000 persons.
It ls ln Kentucky, 85 miles southwest
of Louisville. It ls the largest cave
known, extending below the surface
of the earth for a distance of ten
miles, although the various avenues
and passages already explored have
a total length of about 175 miles. The
main portion of the cave is four miles
long and varies in width from 40 to
300 feet. It contains a vast series of
halls, domes, cloisters, grottos and
caverns, to which appropriate names
have been given. There are also sev
eral streams and lakes, among which
may be mentioned the river Styx.
Echo river. Lake Irfthe and the Dead
sea. The air witnin is pure ana
healthful, while the temperature re
mains at 52 to 56 degrees Fahrenheit
throughout the year. The curiosities
of the cave Include eyeless fish and
crawfish and blind Insects.
Tweaty-KIve Years A sro.
(From The Oreirontan of June 19. 1805.)
Seattle At a meting oi representa
tives of 23 firms from Tacoma, Port
land, Seattle and Mount Vernon, which
ship SO per cent of the shingle output -of
the northwest, the Pacific Lumber
and Shingle Shippers' association was
organized.
Oregon City Five thousand visitors
here today witnessed the mile-long
parade of the Grand Army encampment-Pupils
of the Astoria schools were
the first to send to Treasurer Henry
Failing a contribution for the $10,000
testimonial for the battleship Oregon.
Dr. James B. Cutler arrived here
yesterday to remain after an absence
of two years in the east.
A QUESTION I- VALi;ES.
I used to love the robins I have
written in their praise.
But I did not own a garden in those
haDpy. care-free days.
I had not dug and watered, and I had
not used a spray
Until, when it was time for bed, I
was too tired to pray.
But my weary- limbs were strength
ened by the thought or lots or
cherries.
And I quite forgot my backsche when
I gazed on my sirawoerries.
doeer Sbavlnsr In London.
London Sphere.
Customer "Here, what's the mean-
Insr of this? I don't mean to be
shaved by this kid!"
n.rktr "It'a nnlv mv own voune
traveling on the road for a Pittsburg,! 8ter j iet him have a bit of fun to-
people to the dangers which bade
them prepare for war. But for the
same cause the signing of the armis
tice would have been promptly fol
lowed by his co-operation with con
gress in preparing for peace, while
delegates appointed with the approval
of the senate would have negotiated
peace on terms on which he would
have agreed with the senate. The
facts that we are not yet at peace
and that we are not members of any
league are due not to republican op
position to any league a charge
which the entire history of repub
lican foreign policy disproves but
Cigar makers "at Baker an
strike for more pay, presumably to
keep the home fires burning -
Light-minded people who thlnV a
clergyman nas a "snap" must con
sider the case of Dr. Waldo.
Meads, who killed another student
in jjartmoutn . coueae. 1b o-,tt
reauy eariy to De crazy."
No matter the location. New York
or Portland, the murder mystery has
a woman in it.
Crasoline is, not a public utilitv.
rules the commission. How about
chewing gum?
The religious revival in - Chicago
is probably the reaction from the
convention.
One-way traffic on the sidewalks
will help a lot.
Legal Right to Be "Wt
Harry L. Foster In Leslie's.
One of the first lessons that the
American learns in his business deal
ings with Mexico is that he must not
neglect the politicians. Merchants who
ship goods into the republic without
first greasing the palms of the cus
toms officials frequently lose their
goods. Mine owners, who think that
the protection of their property is in
sured by the payment of the regular
government taxes, discover to their I You slay them all: Ana wnnoreT
p.. concern. He ls registerea at tne
Hotel Portland.
Mrs. II. J- Overturf and son are at
h lintel Portland irom mnn. jrs.
Overturf's husband is a candidate tor
the legislature.
I ROBINS DISLIKE BLUE PAPER
Simple Scheme to Iveep Tnem u u
Fruit Said to Wera,
T.A GRANDE. Or.. June 16. (To the
Editor.) I notice several letters in
The Oregonian in regard to the birds
bothering fruit and wouia uks to
suggest the use of strips of bright
blue paper, as was recently tried at a
Rritish experiment station ana iounu
to be very successful, according to
the Garden Magazine.
The paper was hung on strings
around fruit trees and in gardens and
not a bird approached them.
For
day, sir, because it's his birthday."
sorrow that they must also remunerate
the state governor, the military com
mander of the district, the local chief
of police and probably several unof
ficial bandits.
Later on our Journey Curtis and I
met a traveling salesman who was
reputed to be the only American in
town who could get drunk and raise
the devil without being arrested.
"How do you work it?" we asked
him.
He showed us an official-looking
document, stamped with several im-
nosing red seals. It read, in Spanish:
"This is to notify all concerned that
the bearer, Senor , has permission
to become intoxicated upon Saturday
evenings and while so intoxicated to
conduct himself as. be sees fit, pro
vided that his conduct injures neither
Droperty nor persona
"Of course," he exclaimed. "I had
to bribe them pretty liberally, but it
pays the best in tne end. lou ve got
to do it."
scant nanaiui,
more or le
other
of
iln
This School
Interesting.
election Is getting
Detroit is fourth largest city.
Henry!
Oh,
What threw the scare into McAdoo?
The rose bushes are doing fine.
Who said it rained here?
But One Source.
HILLSDALE, Or, June 16. (To the
Editor.) Please answer this: Why I crushing the beetle In his coat of mall.
Of
wheat.
u rr barley, or some otnrr a;ra
Scratcnea up at i ,iiun u, ,uuU.i.iiuu
x ri tr for worm or weevil after rain!
rtr m. fw cherries that are not so sweet
As are the sours these uninvited Kuests
gins; at tneir least wua ojuunnwn
breasts.
Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings
Do you ne'er think who made them and
who taurht
The dialect they speak, where melodies
Alone are the Interpreters of tfcoujcht?
Whose household words are songs in many
kcyi.
Sweeter than instrument of man er
Whose habitations in the tree-tops even
Are halfway houses on the road to
heaven!
i
You call them thieves and pillagers; but
know
They are the wrnred wardens of your
farms. . .
Who from the cornfields drive the lnsidl-
And from your harvests keeo a hundred
harms:
Even the blackest of them all. the crow.
Renders good service as your man-at-
arms.
did od destroy Sodom and Gomor-
rah 7 a i&Ai;Ln.
We have no information on the sub-
lect other than that given in the
scriptures. - ,
ami ervina havoc on the slus and snail.
CARRIE A. PICKENS.
Chaasrins: Given Name.
ASTORIA. Or.. June 16. (Special.)
(To the Editor.) Will you kindly
answer where to bppu in uruer to
chance a person's name? My name is
one tnat - psvn. " """"' i
His Wooing Bku.
Boston Transcript.
"Jack told me I was queen of his would like to reverse my first two
heart.
"Well?"
"I asked him
jewels were."
names.
A SUBSCRIBER.
where the crown
Go ahead and change your given
name, tiesai yiuvcso wuukbow
Portland's Welcome to the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
In a special section, glowing with three-color artistry, the Sun
day issue welcomes the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine to
Portland rfor the 1920 convention. To the citizen as well as the
Shriner the issue will serve as a handbook of facts about the big
assembly, with complete data relative to the participating tem
ples and with the entire programme printed in fulL
A Word of the Imperial Divan. Not only does the special
Shrine section afford an introduction to hundreds of the promi
nent pilgrims who seek the oasis of Portland, but it dwells as well
upon the history of the far-famed Masonic organization and treats
of the men who are its leaders. Sketches are given of the offi
cers of the organization, together with the directory of the 147
temples of Shrinedom, listed in the order of their charters.
Pages of Pictured Nobility. From every city of the nation,
lone before the advent of the convention, were gathered the scores
of photographs of Shrine dignitaries which appear in the special
Sunday section, led by W. Freeland Kendrick. imperial potcntate
The official greetings of Imperial Potentate. Kendrick and of
W J Hofmann, general chairman of the convention committee,
are also wafted to the assembly through the pages of the special
issue. .
Shriners of F.ast and West In comprehensive page reviews,
the public is introduced to the various western temples and their
notable Sheiks, and to the noble pilgrims from the far eastern
states Each temple has been given an official headquarters for
the period of the convention, and the directories appear in fulL
' From Southern Temples. A page with illustrations is given
to the Shrine pilgrims from the south, with complete roster of
the temples to be present, and with intimate chat of their plans
for participation.
Guidebook to Mecca. The special Shrine section answers
almost every conceivable question that convention visitors will ask
relative to the location of headquarters, daily programme, general
arrangements and features of entertainment. It places the pil
grim in touch with informational sources that are accurate and
official, and it gives the pre-convention news fully and clearly.
And the Big Sunday Issue Itself. There remains the un
equaled news service of The Sunday Oregonian, together with
its special sections and feature pages comprising both news
paper and magazine, with all the news of all the world, at home
and abroad, ready for the breakfast table.
Bigger and Better Than Most Magazines
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
That was before they ripened, out
now, a-lack a-day:
My fondest hopes are blighted, ior
go to them wnen l may
A score of robins Ilutter up into a
nearby tree.
And. Judging by their manner, they
are ridiculing me.
While 1 view the loot and damage
they have wrought among my
berries.
And in the grass beneath the tree
find lots of nibbled cherries.
They act more like collectors than
like one who comes to plunder;
And, from their bold assurance, 1 am
sometimes led to wonder.
Were they wise as prim3 donnas and
asked pay before they'd sing.
If they know we'd pledge what fruit
they'd eat, some day in early
spring?
For the spring would not be spring
time if we missed their cheery
songs.
But it's hard to think of music when
I'm smarting from my wrongs.
MAUD HAFFORD HURLEY.
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