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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, TORTAM)y KAY. 14', 1905.
SERMON BY REV. NEWELL DWIGHT HILUS
the optimism: of greatness versus the doubt
AND FEAR OF MEDIOCRITY & dp 5 dp 'dp
Text I hear the tread of comics rain.
MONG the great men -who have
f made history we must make a. large
place lor the prophet of a new era,
Elijah, the optimist. From every point of
view he was the outstanding man of his
time. Single-handed, he stayed the move
ment toward idolatry, turned the stream
of superstition and idolatry hack in its
channel and recovered men to faith in
theism. For that reason he shares with
Moses the honor of being associated with
Christ in Ills transfiguration scene. Elijah
differed from the great emancipator,
Hoses, however, in one striking particu
lar. If Closes was a constructive man.
who ushered in new institutions, Elijah J
was essenuauy a obstructive nature, over
throwing old and had customs. As such
ho was the typical reformer, rough, of
granlte-like endurance, a narrow man,
narrow enough to have a cutting edge;
at broad man, broad enough to have weight
and momentum. His symbol was the nail
for separating the wheat from the chaff,
the knife that cuts away the wound, the
tongue of fire that consumes all evlL
Like John the Baptist, lie was an ascet
ic, dwelling in the desert, wearing a coat
of skins, and living on locusts. Like
Bernard, he broke "with his sovereign, and
was hunted over the hills by the soldiers
of his King. Like St Francis of Assist,
he -was a prophet of the open air. In the
stroke of the whirlwind discerning the
stroke of God's footsteps; yet like the
Mystics, he recognized God's footprints
chiefly in the still, small voice. In an
era when the Xing and Queen headed
the reactionary movement toward the
worship of Baal, Elijah braved public
opinion and stood out boldly against the
political leaders. It was as if one man
should go with naked breast .against an
army of soldiers armed -with spears, and
with his naked fists beat them down.
When he was 21 years of age, Abraham
Lincoln wrote these words in his journal:
"If at any time my soul expands until I
feel that I am the son of God, It is in
the hour when I imagine myself standing
up alone In the face of all the people who
try to frown me down. It is for others
to say we are the last to desert our
country. I will say. I never deserted her."
And Elijah was the forerunner of our
great Emancipator, sublime In his opti
mism and in his faith in justice and in
God.
A Dramatic Scene.
JUo scene Ih which this doubting serv
.n fA this optimistic prophet play their
S.itfi is one of the most dramatic
jfr, history. For months the clouds had
tC-lthhcld their rain. The heavens were
brass and the earth Iron. Through fierce
ness of heat the sun had burned the grass
Into its roots, shriveled the olives and figs
upon their trees, made the Jordan itself
a sinuous thread of heated and bare
stones. All this, too. In a land where
harvests meant water and drouth meant
famine for man and beast. In their de
spair all tho people rushed together before
the King's palace. In their fear they
exclaimed against God: "He has forgot
ten his promise; he said that Summer
and -"Winter and peed time and harvest
should not fall; but they have failed."
"With one accord they turned toward
IJolatry, rushed to the. altars on the hills
and offered sacrifices to Baal. Then stood
forth the man of God. Hen Jeered arid
scoffed, but Elijah wrapped his mantle
about his face, and, though there was
no stain of vapor In the air, he answered:
"I hear the tread of coming rain."" Going
apart from the people, the man of God
sent his companion to the hilltop to look
for the approaching storm. Six times he
returned to answer. "There is nothing,"
and six tlme3 Elijah, with hands upon
his knees and face within his hands, not
even lifting his face to look toward the
horizon, answered: "I hear tho tread of
coming rain." Returning the seventh
time, the youth beheld a cloud rising like
unto a man's hand for size. But the cloud
grew and overcast all the sky. Then came
.h ominous , rush and roar of wind that
precedes the storm, bursting o'er the land.
In long, slanting rays the clouds poured
forth their treasure. That night the King
in his chariot rode wheel-deep through
And Elijah was the forerunner of our great Emancipator
(Lincoln), sublime in his optimism and in his faith in justice and in
God.
The new times bring new men, but to these new man thoy bring
the old experiences.
History is God uttering himself through events.
Never "was such a system of university extension invented as the
Jewish Passover system.
The Eoman spirit and the Christian faith entered the amphi
theater and the gates trore shut.
But midst the fear and the darkness our Puritan lathers
answered with the optimism of greatness: "God is abroad. 'He has
not forgotten. We hear the tread of coming rain. We are a hand
ful, but we shall become a great company." .
And now behold. Wisdom and knowledge have come in like a
flood. This band has become a host The millions knock at the
gate of this republic Liberty rejoicesr Humanity is glad. The
poor are become too strong to be oppressed. All the nations have
gone to school to the republic Ycrily doubt is mediocrity. History
scorns pessimism. All tho great are optimists. For it is always
better farther on.
the overflowing brooks. The Arabs have
a legend of Elijah and his servant. "We
are two." said tho boy. "and King Ahab
hath an army pursuing us." "We are
three," answered the man of God, "and
in one hour God can make the river- to
be a. sea that divides us from our ene
mies." Thero Is nothing." said the serv
ant, and all tho people answered, "There
la nothing.'' But that fear was the voice
of mediocrity, and that doubt was the
speech of littleness. "I hear tho tread
of coming rain." exclaims tho man of God.
It Is the optlmlEm of genius; it is the
faith of greatness.
The now times bring new men, but to
these new men they bring the old experi
ences. We hare it on the highest author
ity that "what has been shall be." The
land is new, but the experience of Elijah
and his servant is repeated again and
again In the career ot patriots and heroes.
Indeed, lest men should grow fearful, and
optimism fail in the great, this book of
God oft reiterates the principle. Here sre
the three friends of Job, counselors of
fear and doubt. They remind him that
he has lost children, herds and flocks,
health Itself. "There Is nothlngleft but
to curs God and die." But Job is the
eos ceal&s, aad this is bis answer;
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JThe cloud Is black, but light is behind
it. These are but the whisperings of his
wisdom, the full thunder of his love who
can understand." And here is Ellsha,
hunted by his enemies like a partridge
o'er the hills, and at last driven to cover
in a little village. Hl3 companion ex
claims, "There is nothingl" but when tho
young man's eyes are opened, lo! the
mountains are filled with the chariots
and the horsemen of God. And here is
the despondent prophet, who exclaims,
"I alone am left! Now take away my
life." And, behold, there were seven
thousand who had not bowed the knee to
Baal. Here are the pessimists of today.
They are appalled by the might of cruel
wealth and organized corruption. They
think the forces of evil are steadily wax
ing. Iniquity seems rampant, the wicked
flourish like the green bay tree. The
righteous are clean forgotten of God.
But tills I'olce is the voice of mediocrity.
The great man today stays his heart on
hope in God. "What do you see?" said
one to tho dying hero In a dark hour for
the church. Then answered" an Intrepid
soul, "What do I see? I see Jerusalem
falling upon the Christy I see Rome .fall
ing upon Jerusalem. I see the Goths fall
ing upon Borne. I see the Lord arise to
go forth and smite his enemies." And
the hero conquered by faith In that God
who subdues all enemies by sheer weight
of love.
What History Says.
History Is God uttering himself
through events. In this divine book he
speaks through tho experiences of di
vine souls, the prophets, the apostles
and the martyrs. In the book of Na
ture he speaks through the laws of
light and heat. Among the nations he
speaks through events In their causes
and sequences. Let history, therefore,
utter her voice and speak, enforcing
this principle. Perhaps events. will de
termine whether there is ground for
the fears and doubts of mediocrity,
and whether or not the centuries have
justified tho optimism and faith of
great men. Tho generation that lay
before the coming of Christ was an era
of fear and doubt. It seemed as if
every Intellectual torch had been ex
tinguished, leaving the world in the
night of ignorance. Slowly all tho
stars burned to ashes. Ilk a candle
flickering out' in Its socket. In Syria
the last of the noble Maccabees is dead.
In Ephesus and Athens tho lecture
room3 that have been filled for cen
turies were empty andsllent. In Rome,
violence and murder had stilled the
voice of the-last great speaker. Julius
Caesar was slain -44 years before the
birth of Christ. Tho next year hat
Cicero, whose motto was "I try to make
my enmit)e transient and my friend
ships eternal," was beheaded "by An
thony. Three years later the great
satirist, Horace, who tried to laugh
his countrymen out of their follies and
sins, fell in death. Shortly afterwards
YirgiL too, passed away. The golden
age of Intellect had gone forever. Not
a single statesman was left to lead the
people, not ono great orator to plead
their wrongs; not one poet whose songs
should cheer the people In camp, by the
fireside; not one horo who could still
lead them through the fcoscrt. What a
night was that. Murder, violence, lust.
cruelty, avarice, ambition, rampant
everywhere. The passions of the Em
peror and Senators, like- fierce flames,
consumed very vlrtae. What a spirit
ual drought was that. Do you woHder
DWIGHT HTIXIS.
that men said "there Is nothing"?
That slaves and gladiators and people
were sodden In hopelessness? And yet In
that very hour, when weak men trembled,
as did Elijah's servant, the great men
could answer, "I hear the tread of com
ing rain." In the hour when other
lights were extinguished, the star that
made others dim by force of bright
ness arose; when Intellect perished,
the supreme intellect of all the ages
stood forth to teach. Where had been
the uncleanncss in palace and slave
market, was heard one saying:
"Blessed are the pure In heart." After
Anthony had put to death his greatest
enemy. Cicero, there .came a teacher
saying: "Love your enemies; pray for
them that despltefully use you." To a
generation that looked toward death as
an awful plunge Into darkness, came
one saying: "Let not your heart be
troubled; in my Father's house are
many mansions." Verily it was dark
est just before the dawn. Verily the
light burned low, only that it might
flame up In new and unwonted bril
liancy. Surely the events of that epoch
havt Justified the optimism of the great
souls that answered doubt and fear,
saying: "In this our drought I hear
the tread of coming rain."
Beginnings of Christianity.
Then three and thirty years passed
away. There canfo a time when ear
seemed to have a right to say: "There
Is nothing." The last year of Christ's
ministry was drawing to a close. The
first year of his teaching was the year
of public curiosity. The next year was
the year of popular favor, when people
pressed and thronged about the new
Teacher. During the third year of his
ministry he went Into the remote re
gion ot Tyre and Sldon. and into the
country beyond the Jordan. To those
who sat in darkness he preached the
coming kingdom of heaven, the king
dom of righteousness and love, set up
In tho city of man's soul. It was true
that the leaders feared him, and that
tho rulers and scribes were plotting a
conspiracy to compass his overthrow.
It was also true that he had won the
attention of the spiritual and that the
common people heard him gladly.
With what expectant hope looked he
forward to tho coming of the passover.
For the disciples and their Master
events seemed propitious. It happened,
also, that the passover year was a
favorable ono for the Incoming of
strangers. Never was there such a
system of university extension Invent
ed as the Jewish passover system. Once
each year tho Jews assembled for two
weeks In the home capital; merchants
from the East, the hankers from Alex
andria and Antloch. the financiers from
Epncsus. A full half million people
were assembled in Jerusalem and their
white tents covered all the hills round
about. For two weeks tho people list
ened to the great rabbis, who returned
from many a distant town to unfold the
Messianic scriptures. At last the ripe
hour had come. Every moment was big
with promise and also destiny. When
the people met their Master with bo
sannas, strewed palm branches In the
way and brought him in with banners
and trumpets, the disciples entered
Into their full victory. Then when a
few days passed, lo, every hope went
crashing down in ruin. It was as if
some satanic Samson had bowed him
self to pull tho temple of Jewish civil
ization down upon -the Christ and crush
him midst tho universal ruin. First,
tho chief priests made common cause
with the Boman governor. Then the
great teachers from foreign cities grew
cold and doubted. Thereupon the com
mon people caught the contagion of
fear, and they, too, fell, away. When
all passers-by frowned upon, him, ho
called his twelve disciples Into an upper
room, but even this company began to
fall In pieces. First, Judas took his
sop and was gone into the night. Then
Christ foreshadowed the denial of Pe
ter and the flicker of fear on young
John's face. He felt that even this be
loved disciple would soon follow afar
off. , Six hours later he was alone In
tho garden, deserted by all his band,
surrounded by enemies assembled to
compass his death. Littleness would
havo said: "There la nothing; all Id
gone. God himself hath forgotten."
But the one "whose name Is above
every name," said, "Lot not your hearts
be troubled. If the Jewish priests and
the Roman rulers and the common peo
ple all deserted him, he said to the
twelve, "fear not." If Judas betrayed
and Peter denleJ. and all played the
coward and fled, he kept his untroubled
heart, even In that hour. Was hi faith
justified by events? Was there solid
ground for this optimism? " Leap over
the next 40 days. The' "disciples are
back, henceforth a solid band, unyield
ing as rock. With them have come the
great company of three thousand.
Three days later there are five thou
sand. Twenty years later they are two
hundred thousand. A century later
there are two millions. And now, these
disciples, each with a torch in his
hand, are marching straight away from
Jerusalem Into every corner of the
earth, that they may kindle a Are, that
will never "die out, upon the altars of
the human heart. Verily again events
have Justified the Man of God, who an
swered the fear of the time,, of "drought,
"I hear the tread of the coming rain."
A Dark Hour and the Bright Hope.
Now pass over another century. Let us
not speak of the era of that Nero who
slew Paul, and led his quests through
his gardens that at night were lighted up
by rows of Christians wearing coats of
burning pitch Come to the era of Corn
modus and Diocletian. Unnoticed and de
spised, Christianity has been growing in
secret. It was a leaven that worked si
lently, but It worked, and, oh, how rap
Idly. It had Its Initial impulse from the
Apostles, and from men like Paul, who
went with quenchless enthusiasm into the
huts o'f slaves, and into the cells where
gladiators lived, who assembled the sol
diers in their camps and brightened many
-a stormy night. In this life the poor
had no hope, and they gave eager- hear
ings to these messengers whose souls were
overflowing with hopeand Joy. Also the
wise word of Christ, the beauty of his
parables, his stainless life, the wlnsome
ness of his love, his enthusiasm for pub
lican and dnner, and the high hopes of
the life beyond that he held out melted
all hearts. Could we go back to that far
off scene we Bhould see many an old
disciple In the darkness, surrounded by
a little handful of the poor, and while
he tells the story of this wondrous teacher
tho tears fall on furrowed .cheeks all un
used to tears. The scholars went over
first, and secretly, and the poor followed
hard after. Last of all the middle class
began to move. By the year 120 the mem
orabilia of Christ bad taken final form in
the Four Gospels. By the year 140 Celsus
and Luclan and the adherents of Jupiter
and Apollo had becomo alarmed, and
turned the whole force of ,thelr wit and
ridicule against the new religion. Then
the Emperors began to feel alarmed.
Plainly Christianity could bo no longer
Ignored. The better aleo the Emperor,
and the more patriotic and tho more faith
ful to the Boman law, the more zealous
In persecution. Diocletian made a stand
for his nation's faith. The old Roman's
spirit put on Its coat of mail, whetted Its
sword and went forth to exterminate. The
conflict between the two was like a duel
between an armed knight and a spotless
girl, whoso only weapon Is her stainless
Innocence. Dr. Hitchcock has beautifully
said that the Roman spirit and the Chris
tian faith entered the amphitheater and
the gates were shut. The noblest writers,
like Orlgen and Justin Martyr; the great
est heroes, like Polycarn and Icnatius:
thectost beautucl women, like Perpetna.
and Fellcltas, wero burned or tortureO, or
torn by wild beasts or tossed on the horns
of bulls. The flames of persecution were
exceedingly fierce. If tho heavens gavo
Vorth any ralnr tho drops were red with
bided. And In the sands of that arena
the -cruel knight fought with the spirit
of Innocence, that had no weapon and
Sun s Rays Beneficial to Mankind
Theory Advanced by Army Surgeon Portland Safe Itefuge.
WASHINGTON, May S. (Special
Correspondence of Tho Sunday
Oregonlan.) That we Ameri
cans, like Hamlet, are "too .much I the
sun." are light-daft to an alarming de
gree, are nerve-worn and over-stimulated
by sunlight; that the 'darker our
immigrants the further south they
Bhould settle, and vice versa; that there
are but small corners of the United
States where blond and black men can
thrive, unless tho former take .to the
mountains or to the Pacific Northwest:
that tho blonds have been the brains
and rulers of the world and should be
still: that they are 'degenerating be
cause leaving their cold and cloudy
zone; that they should wear white
outer garments and black -underclothes
in Summer: that there wero two Gar
dens ,of Eden one for round and the
other for long heads; that tho Adam
and Eve of each were brunettes. These
are some of. the deductions to be made
by Major Charles E. Woodruff, surgeon.
United States Army, in a forthcoming
treatise which, among man students,
promlso to be the sclontlflc sensation of
the year.
Death Proportional to Sunshine.
"Tho death rate of a place Is pro
portional to Its sunshine and Inversely
proportional to Its latitude other fac
tors being eliminated." This rule Dr.
Woodruff fits to the United States. The
zenith sun of tho tropics glvos the
greatest light, and tho amount of rays
per square foot of surface diminishes
as we go north. But the further we g-
from the tropics tho greater the layer
of air which the rays must pass
through to bo absorbed before they
strike man.
Some solar rays are poisonous to
man. The slowest ether waves are from
100 to 150 feet apart, and among them
are those used In wireless telegraphy.
Shorter and faster are the dark heat
waves, and slightly more rapid still
are those Influencing tho eye, giving
It the sensation first of red and then,
as they grow still faster, of all colors
of the rainbow up to violet. Those fast
er than violet 1. e., the "ultra-violet,"
are Invisible to man; although some
lower animals see them perfectly, and
thus see In a room dark to us. The
short violet and utra-vlolet rays set
up very rapid movements without be
coming heated. Among them are X-rays
and radium rays, the latter sometimes
penetrating an inch 'deep In metal.
Sun Hays That KUL
Each ray lias its effect on life. Those
dangerous to man are tho short ultra
violet, violet. Indigo and blue. Dark
pigment of the skin excludes them, but
admits the harmless green, yellow,
orange, red and those longer than the
red. The violet and ultra-violet are
"deadly drugs," curative when used
In moderation, like arsenic also stim
ulating, like alcohoL They kill mi
crobes, but have the same effect upon
our protoplasm as upon that of the dis
ease germ. They can paralyze our sense
nerve, and thus act as an anaesthetic,
like cocaine. A Russian physician per
forms operations under .a laap giving
weald not reefet. "Wfeea the dtiel was
over, Christianity, like a young girl, bore
the wounded taught In her anas, out of
the arena, and healed his wounds, and
nursed Mm back to life again. Meanwhile
the force of persecution had driven the
disciples over the Alps Into the forests,
where dwelt the Germans. Westward
Into' the borders of Spain and England,
eastward toward the Ganges, south
toward the head waters of the Nile.
Again, if in the hour of persecution, fear
and doubt, said, "There la nothing," the
faith and optimism of greatness answered,
"I hear the tread of the. coming rain."
Hope Safer Than Fear.
Pass over the centuries familiar to us
alL Recall only for a moment the dark
ness of that era when the Florentine
monk was burned, only to be followed
by the era of faith and light; the time
of drouth that fell upon the land ot the
Huguenots, to be followed by that burst
of enthusiasm and faith unparalleled In
history; the time of Luther, when there
was only s German monk to stand up
against the excesses of the age of Indul
gences. Though a generation later this
monk had given Germany a new lan
guage and ushered In the great modern
Protestantism. Come on to the time of
our Qwn Puritan fathers. It Is the time
of Charles the First The church has'
grown rich; It has lands; it has gold and
sliver. Its pope lives in a palace. When
the Prince Is welcomed by that pope the
magnate lifts his jeweled fingers and
points towards his coffers overflowing
with coin, saying, "The day has gone
when the church must say, silver and
gold have I none." To which the Prince
answered. "Yes, and the day has gone
also when the church says, rise up and
walk." Wishing to gain the power of
gold, the King "becomes a spiritual lord,
passes acts of uniformity. He orders
prayers to be written; assumes the right
of sovereignty over every man's con
science. And when the people rebel the
King lifts his mailed hand to strike. In
London the great scholar and pastor was
scourged in the market place and his
ears cropped off. On a single day 4Q0 pas
tors are led from their homes in chains.
Sir John Eliot dies in London Tower.
John Bunyan goes through Bedford
Prison. The women In Scotland are
staked out amid the rising tide. Our fore
fathers leave their manor houses, their
lands, their native land. They make
their way to Holland, and when life there
Is no longer tenable they march down to
the sand, fall upon their knees, commit
themselves to that God who holds the
sea in the hollow of his hand, and sail
forth to meet savages. Winter, famine,
pestilence, that leaves half their number
dead, lying under the snow, ere the first
Winter had passed. All over Scotland
and England and In the new colonics
doubt and fear exclaimed: "There is
nothing left; God has forgotten; oppres
sion Is rewarded; righteousness goes to
the wall." But midst the fear and the
darkness our Puritan fathers answered
with the optimism of greatness: "God is
abroad. He has not forgotten. We hear
the tread, of coming rain. We are a hand
ful, but we shall becomo a great com
pany." And when Fear said, "There is
no future for us," lifting his hand to his
ear the Puritan listened, and in the op
timism of his greatness answered: "I
hear the tramp of -coming millions, keep
ing step with God's footsteps and leading
the hosts Into the promised land." And
now behold. Wisdom and knowledge have
come in like a flood. This band has be
come a host. The millions knock at the
gate . of this republic Liberty rejoices
Humanity. Js glad. The poor are become
too strong to bo oppressed. All the na
tions have gone to school to the republic
Verily, doubt Is mediocrity. History
lEcorns pessimism. All the great are op
timists. For it is always better farther-
on. (Copyright, 1S03, by McClure, Phil
lips & Co.)
out violet and ultra-violet rays. It
'dea-lens pain when held eight inches
'distant for 20 minutes. It will ease the
pain of burns, rheumatism or pleu
risy. Scaled glass tubes of radium will
kill young animals when placed upon
their spines. X-rays can 'destroy cells,
glands, blood vessels and even muscles.
Light rays also affect the emotions.
There I3 a theory that the blue de
presses and tho red excites; another
that those from red to yellow the long
ones calm. "It Is well known," said
Dr. Woodruff, "that red has a tremen
dous psychical effect on the bull, and It
Is generally acknowledged that red Is
more or less used for erotic purposes by
the demi-monde. It Is quite likely that
red Is a general psychic excitant, as it
is also to the retina. On the other hand
the soothing and depressing effects of
violet and blue seem to be in accord
with their well-known anaesthetic ef
fect. It has been said that some manu
facturers of photographic plates have
been compelled to remove the ruby-red
light and substitute another for the
darkroom, because prolonged exposure
caused psychic Irritation to the em
ployes. It has also been popularly sup
posed that men accused of crime in
Russia and confined In cells so a3 to be
Immersed in violet and blue light have
been ao dopressed. mentally, in a few
weeks as to offer no resistance to the
police Investigation, and that if carried
too far the depression Is permanent
and may even result In profound, incur
able melancholia. Light of various col
ors is now being used In the treatment
of the Insane through Its stimulating
or soothing effect, as needed. It Is said
that some remarkable
been reached at Ward's Island, New
xorK. j. no diseased, nervous system
thus shows Itself to be very suscep
tible to these short rays."
Darkness Increases "Weight.
Livestock are found to greatly In
crease in weight If kept In the dark.
Darkness Is soothing. Babies are" quiet
ed by It. Man can do without light. "In
spite ot his fanatical faith In Its abso
lute necessity." Miners live to a good
old age, generally. Paris sewer-workers.
In spite of foul gases and germs,
are as healthy as, or healthier than,
street workers. "The darkness, instead
of injuring them, has apparently
helped them, for they have not been
damaged by Ileht waves. Th rmninnu
of the London, Paris and New York
subways will be better off in Summer
man tnose exposed to the surface glare
of the streets."
Dark houses are harmless, accord
ing to Dr. Woodruff. The houses of the
hardy Scotch have always been small
and dark. The earlv cavedwell
In ncrfect health for millenniums tk
Eskimos, Russian peasants and Sibe
rians are virtual caveawellers. Chinese
and swarthy Europeans are found to
thrive best when huddled tnmfii. t
cellars. InSt, Petersburg 250,000 people
live as parasites In the cellars of the
weaitny. contagious diseases among
the large underground -nonnlattnn. r
London and New York are no greater
than among inhabitants of lighted
rooms subjected to the wrap cnn.UHnno-
of- overcrowding. Houses of the poor
iri3a peasants are . mue better than
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XO. 8T8 Is a Golden Oak Stand, top
16 by 16 Inches, braced, with shelf
like cut, highly polished; Is reg
ularly priced at 5.00; same stand
in mahogany at same price. Call
for the number and take Q n 7 c
it this week at ,$Zi 0
NO. 305 is a Golden Oak Stand, top
16 by 16 Inches, legs with brass
and glass bases; a very popular
little table at $3.00. fr 7 c
This sale sells It at only $ 1 1 1 G
I. QEVURTZ & SONS :
173-175 FIRST ST.
caves, and yet these people are the In
struments by which England rules so
much of the world. Many hf the pio
neers In this country thrived In "dug
outs." A 'dark house Is not harmful, ex
cept as a healthy place for bacteria as
well as rman.
"We Have Gone Light-Daft.
"We moderns of the Intelligent
classes," says Dr. Woodruff, "alone vio
late the mother's Instinct to hide away
In the dark with her baby, and we ruth
lessly thrust it out In the sun's rays
actually strapping the poor little suf
ferers Into their carriages and tor
turing them with the direct rays of the
sun, pouring down upon their faces.
Every now and then a physlclon has to
call attention to the damage done. We
are the "only people who have gone daft
on the subject of admitting streams of
powerful light Into schoolrooms and
nurseries far more than Is necessary
to see well. We are also 'daft on the
subject of letting the light stream Into
the living-rooms and consequently suf
fer from all kinds of nervous effects
-wholly unknown to our ancestors, so
careful to keep the blinds closed. In
each case light or caffeine too much
seems to be harmful, for they are pow
erful agents for destruction."
Light In Evolution Two Edens.
Light rays "have been powerful fac
tors in human evolution, the surgeon
opines. The first men were brunettes;
but not so dark as the manlike apes.
Thoro probably were two cradles of the
human race, both cold, light countries.
Central Europe was the cradle of the
long-headed and Central Asia that of
the broad-headed -men. A huge inland j
sea separated Asia from Europe, but as
the years went on this disappeared
and about 10,000 B. C. the biggfer,
heavier, broad-headed brunette men
came across from Asia and overran al
most all of Europe, except Southern
Italy, parts of Spain and Scotland.
They overpowered the native long
headed brunettes, but their descend
ants have never become blonds.
About 20,000 B. C some of the long
headed Europeans, pressed at the rear
from Central Europe, had gotten Into
Scandinavia. The glacial Ico sheet had
receded and they found their asylum
foggy, misty, dark and cold. There
was a great destruction of the small,
frail, darker and stupid. The forests
which had sprung up after the Ice
sheet had receded afforded darkness,
needed to filter out the short rays of
light and to make man's hair and skin
fair, his eye3 blue. The rigors of the
climate allowed only the most Intelli
gent to survive. Thus was Scandinavia
the cradle of blondness, superior intel
lect and tho Aryan race. Later, from
their Baltic home, tho blond Aryans
flowed like waves all over Europe, sub
merging all brunettes met with. Be
fore history opened they had become
the autocracy and royalty even in
lands densely brunette. At least 100,
000 and perhaps 200,000 years ago, some
brothers of our brunette ancestors de
parted from the northern cradle of the
race and went toward the equator.
They became black about 80,000" years
after they started, although It took
only 10.000 years for the Aryan blond
to evolve from his brunette ancestors.
Cause of Color and Features.
Man's color pigment Is his natural
armor against short solar rays, and Its
depth became proportionate to their
intensity. Hence the negro of the
tropics, where these rays are most
severe, is nearly jet black. Going
north, complexions gradually lighten
as more cloudy, cold and forest-clad
climes are reached. But In countries
which are light as well as cold men
are red or yellow, which colors exclude
dangerous short waves ot light, but
conserve those of heat. The Eskimo,
therefore, Is darker than northern peo
ple who live in darker climates. He
must be protected against the long
Arctic day and the fierce snow-glare,
but yet must have heat. The Indian
has not been here long enough to
greatly vary his color.
Mixed types do not Inherit hair from
ono parent and eyes from another, but
are reversions from ancestral mixed
types. Blond skin and brunette hair
occur together because some ancestral
race became pigmented on their bared
heads., while their bodies 'were pro
tected by clothing, whereas that of the
pure brunette went entirely naked dur
ing their original evolution. Red hair
may be the result of some flaxen-haired
type's sudden exposure to slightly more
light through clearing of skies or de
struction of forests. The white hair of
age. Is Just as opaque to harmful rays
a3 black, but radiate less heat at the
time, when the body needs most to
conserve It. Tanning and freckling
are unhealthy signs that one Is out of
his proper zone. The negro has wide,
open nostrils and a flat noso to permit
air currents to enter unimpeded. CoriV
sumption among our negroes I3 partly
due to this nose's admission of too
much cold air. Tho nose of cold coun
tries Is large, with greater warming
surface and with slender, slit-like nos
trils, admitting air In thin ribbons,
easily warmed. White women have
smaller noses than men because they
lead a more Indoor life and have less
need of nasal protection from cold air.
The blond, as well as the black man,
commenced to degenerate" as soon as
he commenced to violate t the natural
law confining him to the aone to 'Which
NO. 693 A very good Stand value
in Golden Oak that is priced reg
ularly at 52.25. This week it is
marked down. Call for tho num-
uer ana tase it
51.25
0. S8S If you are looking for
something real choice and at a
give-away price we have It in this
article. The Table is 24 by 24
across the top, quarter-sawed
Golden Oak. piano polish. Sells
anywhere In- town for $12.00. If
you ask for the number 7 nr
our price is wiZO
219-227 YAMHILL ST.
his ancestors adapted themselves after
millenniums ot suffering.
Color Zones for Americans.
Dr. Woodruff divides the United
States Into color zones corresponding
with those to which the races became
accustomed In the Old World. In their
proper zones immigrants to this coun
try receive Just the amount of short
light rays that their pigments allows
them to withstand. If any race over
steps Its zone, degeneration must re
sult, as it is already resulting.
Between 25 and 30 degrees from the
equator Is our lowest cold zone. In
cluding the peninsula of Florida and a
bit of Southern Texas. This Is the
same zone as Nubia and is suitable to
the black man only. The negro, he
says, is tending In the direction ot lt3
proper belt. The center of his popu
lation has moved southward 476 miles
from Virginia to Northeastern Alabama
since 1700.
Our color zone where only brown, red
and yellow men can thrive lies between
the 30th and 40th parallels. It Includes our
southern tier of states and Is about the
same as lower Egypt, where negroes must
eventually die out. This belt Is wholly
unfit for whites of any complexion. South
ern white families who do not leave it
and go N6rth every Summer become en
feebled. Indeed, degeneration and extinc
tion Is the rule among them there, he
finds.
Our zone for only dark brunettes and
people with olive skins lies between th.8
35th and 40th parallels. This embraces the
states where the negro does not flourish
and was not profitable In slavery day?. It
Is the zone of Southern Spain, Southern
Italy and Greece.
North of the 40th parallel Is the re
maining northern half of the United
States, whose boundaries reach only to
40 degrees. In this zone only th bru
nette immigrants from Central Europe
can flourish.
Small Corner for Blond?.
Outside of the forest-clad mountains
with their misty air and foliage, which
combine to filter out the short rays bom
barding all men In sunny climes, there 13
but one possible refuge for the golden
haired, blue-eyed chosen-of-God, within
our entire domain. This Is the northwest
corner of our Pacific Coast, including
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. The region
offers almost the same dark, cool
conditions as the cradle of the
blond race Itself. Tho Winters are
cool to cold and there Is an
average of only one sunshiny day per
week. The white people there are "ab
surdly healthy" and the children "al
most burst with rugged health." "They
should thank God that they are protected
from his sunshine," says the surgeon.
"Portland, Seattle and Tacoma are fairly
bristling with brilliant blonds, with com
plexions which the Eastern people envy."
Our blonds will thrive also In Southwest
ern Alaska and even In the Adirondacks
and Green Mountains; but In the sunny
lowlands never.' Blond Norwegian immi
grants who settled lh Illinois are found to
be melting away from consumption. In
fact, the American blond Is degenerating
physically wherever out ot his small zone.
Everywhere In the country are examples
of degeneration ot Americans In general
due to mls-zonlng. White women almost
Invariably break down In Arizona and
New Mexico. Cloudy days are found to
have a quieting effect on the neurotic
people of Denver, who should have the
complexion of Thibetans to withstand
their" bombardment of short rays.
Foreigners to Thrive Best Here.
Tho Armenians, Slavs, Greeks, Huns,
Servians and Bulgarians now flocking to
this country are the people who will flour
ish here, because not deserting their zone,
whereas the. blond Immigrants are too far
south even In Boston. New York Is per
fectly suited for the Jews of Poland and
Central Europe.
The blond will, however, continue to
stream over hero from Europe and may
learn to avoid the dangers of light. But
to reduce his mortality so that his disap
pearance will bo only gradual he must de
vise some artificial protection from light.
To accomplish this his outer clothing for
a Summer day should be white, or at least
gray or yellow, to reflect heat rays. Ilia
underclothing should be black or yellow,
preferably the former, which will shut '
out the short violet and ultra-violet ray3
not reflected with those carrying heat.
The hat should be broad-brimmed and
might well be-llned with tinfoil, opaque
to all solar rays. The hair should be long
during the Summer whan the short rays
are brightest.
JOHN ELFRETH W ATKINS.
The Uhlan-
Thomas Walsh In Century.
Xoung Hugo's an Uhlan.
An Uhlan so fine;
His horse Is the Kaiser's.
But Huso Is mine.
To the cry of the clarion rides he away
Tis with softest oC whispers I make him
obey.
Though, sunlight flash bravely on saber and
lance.
I feet that he trembler In meeting: my
glance.
But fearless -la battle my Hugo can be
As fierce to the foe man as tender to me.
Ay. flutter, light pennon, away to the strife;
On my tiniest finger X balance his life;
For Hugo's an Uhlan,
An Uhlan so finer -"His
horse Is the- Kaiser's,
But Hutro Is lalae.