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THE". SUNDAY ORT2GOXIAX. PORTXA1VP. FEBRUARY 9, 1913.
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A Wayfarer to China, by Elizabeth Kendall.
Iiluetrauxl. 2.50. HouKton, Milllin Co,
Boston.
The whole world just now Is watch
ing: China, and wondering If the new
Republic will really produce the men
and women who will bring a new.
educated, civilized China to take her
proper place among the first nation
of the world, as good as any. Will
there be a return to Manchu mlsgov
ernment and graft, or a revival?
One of the books that will enable
. fnrm his own opinion
ol the ne China of our day, a book
that is informing, lively, authoritative
and easily read, is Miss Kendall's "A
Wayfarer In China." She is head of
the history department of Wellesley
College, and adds to the trained mind
of the scientist and scholar the en
thusiasm of the wanderer and the
sympathy and keeness of vision of a
trained observer. She did not confine
her visits to a short residence at Pekln
or one of the treaty ports, take as
sertions for facts, and then depart for
home to write her book. She traveled
over the roads and byways of China,
accompanied by her Chinese guard, and
often In company with her best friend
on the trip. Jack, a little, chummy
Irish terrier.
Miss Kendall, through interpreters,
talked with Chinese and knew them
intimately, far from railroad tracks
and often amid desert wastes. The
most remarkable portion of her trip
was across Mongolia, that vast plat
eau, "almost as large as all of China
proper, 'from whence had come in days
past horde upon horde of savage war
riors, the scourge of God. the terror
of the West, carrying North and
South, from Peking to Budapest, from
the Volga to the Hugh, their victorious
banners. Before me stretched the
treat Mongolian plateau. The wind
.l.. m fgrA had blown over
i iiuai iHivi&u j
L'thousands of miles of prairie and des
ert. The long lines ui d'J.
bllng camels, the great droves of sheep,
herded by wild-looking men on sturdy
litUe ponies, told of an open country.
Each mile led deeper and deeper into
the rolling grassland and the barren
-.- nnhi ami between me and
waaio na " " , it
the next town lay nearly 700 miles
of treeless plain ana Darren -mm.
four days we were crossing the grass
land, wide stretches of gently undulat
ing country covered with thick, rich
grass: wave upon wave, it rolled like
a great ocean up to the ramparts of
China. As far as the eye could reach,
there was nothing but living green,
. .... ...1 Kir nlnnch or BDade? Un-
UlilUULUCU "J ....... r. - - . .
, i wham little lines of set-
Druacu " . " - -
. .......,. v, ...i c a -lutchiner fin-
lierueiii. i5 1 t-ii'"'-
gers Into the sea of grass, the menacing
advance of the Chinese, me tuier
the soil. Most of the time I walked.
a.. unnirntB hurrvintr to
1 11 W RIUUB " .
h town irreeted me in friendly
fashion; the look of the desert was In
their faces, bold, haray. Durnt, auu
lined by sun and wind and biting cold.
The book extends to 338 pages and
the Illustrations number 39. The trip
was taken in 1911, in the last quiet
months before the Chinese revolution,
'It is true, I had some special ad
vantages." says our frank autnor.
flMlWAOl J " ,
was an American and a woman, and no
longer young. Chinese respect for grey
hair Is a very real thing: a woman Is
not feared as a man may be, and
hostility Is often nothing more than
fear; and even in remote Szechuan I
met men who knew that the American
Government had returned the Boxer
Indemnity, and who looked kindly upon
me for that reason."
The contents are: Across Tonklng:
Days in Tunnan-Fu: Across Yunnan;
. i -v.i pii'iinc- Tachlpnlu: The Less
er Trail; Across Chengtu Plain; Omer
Shan, the Sacred; Down the rangise,
From the Great River to the Great Wall:
The Mongolian Grassland; Across the
rcrt of Gobi; Unga, the Sacred City:
North to the Siberian Railway; A Few
First Impressions of China.
To show the lively character of Miss
Kendall's literary style, let this quo
tation suffice:
Just before reaching Hua-lin-plns. or
Pboentx" Klat. where we were to spend
the night. 1 espied across the narrow val
ley to our right a picturesque temple perched
at the ton of a high, wooded cliff. A it
1 ,u .ftrnnnn I turned
was sxiii cimij ' - , .
off from the trail and, accompanied by the
Interpreter, scramniea aown tne biuv j
: -t.a - m r harm Inn wooden
a.. .nnnnlng tlie torrent. After a sharp
pull through a fine forest, we came out m
front of the temple, which was dedicated
to Kuan Tin: bv the way. It is rather sig
nificant that China's favorite delly is the
. j . Kn-v The place seemed ae-
mnti we wandered about at will. Ap
parently extensive repairs were going on.
and roofs and gods alike were being refur
bished. After a time an old priest turned
... .-.it e through the timber-built
...... wj,hini1 the temple. Here, he
tola us, cii-i-"u i" "
hood often spent a few weeks In Summer
to escape the damp heat of the valley.
The practical Chinese do not hesitate to put
their sacred places to use, and they serve
In turn for schools, political gatherings.
Rummer resorts. , ,t
I was half a mind to cry a halt, the
place looked so attractive, and all the more
when on stepping out of a door there
opened before mo a wonderful vision of
heaven-Vlsslng mountains. While we were
Inside the clouds had lifted, revealing the
whole line of the gnat peaks that stand
as sentinels at the eastern end of the vast
Tibetan plateau. Westward from that snow
toi.ped line there Is no lowland until yon
reach the plains of India. For a few
minutes we stood spellbound, and then the
clouds shut dawn again, leaving only a
glorious memory to cheer the descent
throush a grey, dripping world.
What of China of the future? It
jviiss iemian Kvn " 1 v "
sion: "China has ages of ex
perience both in organizing and
In rebelling, back of today. Establish
ing a republic, however, is something
new; the Chinese have never before
tried their hand at that, but If they will
only bring into play now all their un
doubted power of organization, of re
source, of moderation, they will cer
tainly make a success of their new
experiment in government. Given time,
and they will do it. Perhaps my view
of China's future is rose-colored. But
k v.ir noon and felt Is of tremen
dous force, and the Impression of
power that the Chinese made upon me
was rather overwhelming. And. any-
. a f,inHiv nninion ma v be par
doned In one who, during months of
solitary travel in China, never met any
thing but courtesy and consideration
from all. whether coolie on the road.
villager or innkeeper or priesu
n. nrfrin tid Antlaultr of Man, by G.
'..... n.i.t.. n t.I-D.. F. O. S
w reun luav "
... in,..,ii Ribllotheca Sacra
Co.. Oberlln. O.
Very often books on this subject are
of the learned, ary-as-ausi nu u
. k , .ttmot the hiehlv educated, but
fh. nrHinnrv reader. This
hook of S47 pages, with a wealth of
Illustrations. Is written attractively on
a popular basis, but rich in Its mine
, i vnnwi.Hff-e nrMpTited so In
terestingly that even the non-sclentlflc
reader Is fascinated. The suojeci is one
.honld all know about. The book
win v., tiaanr(l m one of the most im
portant and scholarly friends on one's
bookshelf. iL
Dr. Wright says he haa studied the
subject for 40 years, and he takes the
position that in tne ngni oi mouern
i i aii fur nnlv a moment's re
flection to see that the human race has
had a limited period of existence in
the world, and that It Is destined to
extinction in the near future. Accord-
, . . w. cohln? of astronomv." says
1110 IV o - . -
our author, "the solar system consists
of centers of matter and force whlcn
f"TT i.r T,r,'SA l
View 7b.fr Ovzz Jtfrazrteye,
u hi-h " hn WW A x
f iri-v. T 1 1 life
Corner, eza"J Wayfarer m
-i . i . . i. . . , .iiralv no rf in ir with their
am t,uh bu.u- I a - . - -
heat and tending to dead uniformity in
their various modes or motion. j.iic
earth upon which we live is but one of
v, .. i-. ,wl i n ,r nlnnetarv masses and has
become fit for the habitation of man
only during recent geological ages, a
few million years ago the heat upon
the surface of the earth was so great
that it would have been impossible for
man. with his present physical consti
tution to have endured it. A few mil
lion years hence and the rigors of an
arctic climate will have settled down
over all. for the sun Is losing its pris
tine vigor, and finally, instead of being.
as now, a source of lifegiving power,
will itself need to be warmed at the
fireside of some longer-lived and more
fortunate luminary. Sir George H. Dar
win maintains, with the genius of his
father, that It is not more than 50,
000,00 or 100,000,000 years ago that the
birth of the moon took place, coming
verily out of the ribs of the earth, as,
in Hebrew story. Eve Is said to have
come out from man, naving oeen
thrown off from the rotating mass o
earth, as water Is thrown from a grind
stone, by accelerated ceniriiugoa
force. ...
"Everything was in an incandescent
state. There was no solid eartn, ana
there was no water on the earth or
above it, but everything was In a mol
ten or gaseous condition. Gradually
the heat was dissipated and the volume
of matter contracted, and the rotary
motion of both the earth and the moon
commenced to be reduced, until the
present happy medium condition of af
fairs was reached wnicn renaerea or
ganic life possible. How life began
upon the earth It is not our province to
ask. Whether, as some Buppose, it was
spontaneously generated in the effer
vescent turmoil of the cooling elements,
or whether, as some others have sug
gested, it was brought to the earth by
the fortunate collision with some more
fortunate planet, or whether It was
brought Into being by the creative fiat
of the Almighty, are questions which
we will leave for other times and op
portunities of discussion. Here we will
simply say that those who take the last
alternative certainly cannot be charged
with choosing the most difficult hy
pothesis. Every supposable hypothesis
makes extravagant demands upon the
reasoning powers of the human mind.
The solar system is running down and
the earth is moving to a condition of
universal glaciation."
In other words, man will, some time,
he disturbed, because the sun will no
longer give him warmth, and he will be
frozen. The world will be a frogen
world of deadly cold. In which life, as
we know it, cannot possibly exist.
Alfred Russel Wallace Is quoted as
saying that the age of the oldest sedi
mentary rocks Is 28.000,000 years, and
it is the belief of our author that post
glacial time is to be reckoned by thou
sands of years, rather than by hun
dreds of thousands, or even tens of
thousands. On page 494. after ex
haustive reasonins, the statement Is
made that the antiquity of man. so far
as the question depends upon his con
nection wltn tne giaciai epocn, m
proved to be. even when a generous
margin Is allowed, greater than 12,000
ie AAA ..abm T. Is tVirmo-ht that one
or j-,vvv . " -'- "
of the very earliest traceable homes of
man was In the valley of the Euphrates
and in Turkestan.
Of snecial interest is the chapter on
man and the lava beds of the Pacific
Coast.
Old Age. Its Cease and Prevention, by San-
loru lienneti. iuiuLia.cu. . .
Ciilturo Publishing Co.. New York City.
C fmnnrtant In the miblift health
does this book and Its message seem
that before passing an opinion as to
t tenrhines I nave careiuny lean
ever one of Its s4 pages, ana nave
looked at Its 67 illustrations. 1 nave
no hesitation In saying that the views
i,.,. sound, and that the book
ought to be brought to the attention
of all people wno wis a to eipeucu
. i i.imn-A fnr wn cn xnev were 1:1c-
ba that Is to eniov me to lib
fullest and live to the age of at least
100 years. To experience goou neum
and live to this good old age, wnai
must we do? Here is the lesson: ah
.. .i - a n A oil nrarnns increase in
: -.i, ah a1 ii r r 1 v when nrop
SIaC. BllWft"" " t ill
erly exercised. Tms is inn prmuiiiai
secret ol neann, sirenBui au c.i-v.-
ity of body, and a long uie.
T av.a. wnrHv- As a man thinketh
so is he. Think good thoJghts, and lead
clean lives, but above all, exercise.
XT. Duinntf IS Known US Lil LIIO.LI
who was old and sickly at 50 years of
r. ..I o vmmt man at , an
through sane exercise and right living
and thinking. He oia not joiu mi'i
ball team or work heavy dumb-bells,
Kt invented slmDle exercises of his
nn , nhnmine. exercises In bed. He
ran at the Stadium raceuacs; in ou
c--A..Ai--r. ihnrtln after hla 71st blrth-
j miiA in 7 minutes and 55 sec
onds, pulling up at the finish without
any distress. By ue time i naa iiu
f of mv exercising
clothes and running shoes, say In about
10 minutes, my puise was ua6
. i.i.. it vu when I started. Mr.
sietiuiij ' ' i . i
Bennett gives pictures oi me prai"""
of his body in taking the exercises he
advises.
Mr Bennett's lamer was a cunauuiw
tlve who, when he died at the age of 42,
was known to be a nervous, dyspeptic
i . Atllno- nnrl alwavs taking
.omethine for it." Our author was a
, .. .. v. ka was not Axneeted to live
through childhood, so you see he stat
ed to live wnn many miiis"
1.1 ti.. 1, a vnn nut. bv exercise.
"Health cannot be found in drug store
prescriptions, nor can life.be materially
prolonged by any memouiii''""'"
r,? - nt -
C&na-.
i. 'T Vi n anliltinn of the D I' O D -
lem lies only iu nature's principal
methods of Inducing heaitn sunugni.
pure air, pure water, nourishing food,
cleanliness and exercise. Given these
tmnnrtani fnctnra and an observ
ance of what we know as the general
laws of hygiene, health and a long life
; v. i .. n .1 uaiiniiv vnrv nrobable.
tiro (iveaiiiii;, " ' " " " - '
But without these conditions they are
not obtainable, ana me ions mi
Hll,,al remedies With Which the
world has been afflicted, will not re
. 1 ...... 1 nnnillHni1"
umn c i, v, i.
r i ... . ohvum npalnftt the use
of intoxicating liquor and tobacco, but
. -. kA emnlTAa 0 little" and
aamna i uc "
that he usually drinks beer or claret at
his meals, but only men. mm i re
freshing frankness! On page 213, he
-i . 1 r Mllnnal llL'sln TT nf tlV-
savs iiiu-L ii. . i iiL -
gienlc law and an equally rational
system or exercise ior me u" "
made a part or tjnrisuan dcibuuc
ii,. , . i ,i .nrolv h nrDloneed.u
III till ilia wu'"' J ' '
and our stay upon this earth would be
easier and more pieasanv. w vs.
71 119 and 215, Mr. Bennett praises
' . , ii A Hh.l.tlan S.lAnr SLR
ana speaas wen
a miKhty force for good. He makes the
point clear that ne is not a reu6ii"i"
in any sense.
This book Is brought to the attention
ui all ' '
or 30 years old.
.. ii ... v. a,.,, "hrnlcen aown ttl 3V, v,
Tk. t. shore, bv Rose Macaulay. J1.25.
r.inria H. Coran Co.. New York.
Quite a story of commanding merit-
seeing that it won In the Hodder &
Stoughton prize novel competition an
j tmnn .nii -iftur n naraful ex
amination of its contents, it is a pleas
ure to say that the awara i juu
iaa DAAnAA nre mostly laid in Eng
land, and afterwards In Italy. The
hero- is Peter Margerison, a natural
born aristocrat and a rebel against the
restraints of conventionalism. He, at
first, is the butt of all jokes, but makes
plenty of rrlenas wno ime mm.
cause they can t help It. He marries,
but marries the wrong woman, and a
son is born to them. They call him
Thomas, because Peter saia, ne nu
skeptical look aooui me tj mm
nn " Peter's Wile, wnen ner uou, .c
brought to her, says: "Take him away.
please. He tires me. rcmi
along socialistic-vagabond lines, to the
,.i A.noie nf his swell rela
tions, meets the right woman and loves
ADEQUATE EXTENSION
WORK MEANS MUCH
(CONTINUED
tures given in the Interest oi more
and better poultry and eggs from Ore-
-I . .. Tn nrlrlitlnn to this.
Bun jji uuulm j. ;
service demonstrations were given at
three Grange lairs, at tne oi-
and in four high schools. Six orchards
at different points in the state were
also the scenes of practical instruction
given to 4oU orcnaruis m Vi !.....
In the manufacture of lime - sulphur
spray.
Fair Exfclblta Extensive
in.iw nhiu nf extension work
which reached unprecedented propor
tions last year is that of officiating at
fairs and similar competitive exniDi
tinn throughout the state. In this
i jn.n9 .i.i. nnRt vear. the col-
6B1I1"!, uu'mB 1 -
lege sent its experts to 37 exhibitions.
ranging from rose snows is uii.j..
fairs, and requests ior Bimum ""w
wo.-,. reatlv In excess of the number
the college could satisfy. As expressed
bv the secretary ot one oi tne organi
sations served last year, and whlcn
has already requested a like service m
1913, "the popularity of the college
faculty members here In this line of
work is due to the fact that their decl--i
. i . irlth full reasons, and
B1U119 All 1 "--
explanations, thus enhancing the value
of the xair irom an cuuiiivnn. '
Plnt- . . .. ,
Next, in looking up tne omce ui Al
lege extension work in tne puonc
BChools, a material service is Known m
have been rendered by the college In
conjunction with the State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction in the
promotion of the school fair movement.
In the field the extension division was
represented by Messrs. n. - mans "
C C. Thomason, who were employee
through the Portland union toca
yards Company and the State Bankers'
Association. Devoting full time to ths
work, these men visited the publlo
schools of every county in the state and
gave Instruction to 41,105 school chil
dren relative to the preparation of ex
hibits for tneir respective sumui io,. .
The work of the field agents was
. i A h,, llio nislstflncs nf three
faculty members, who devoted 15 days
to the Industrial lair campaign auu
reached 7035 school children, in addi
tion to mwoi' 1 cr .v.
In connection with the school fair
movement were also published three
Extension Bulletins In editions of
en non R-riea 1 No. 1. "Industrial
Aaa Hrounn TtOVS and Girls"
Series 2, No. 1, "uregon aoya anu uun
and the Eeg Problem"; Series 2, No. 2,
.t.i.A--innine- Piirs for Oregon Boys."
These bulletins were written at the
college and financed Dy tne uregon
Bankers' Association, Portland Com-
i-i riii.ii Portland Union Stock
Yards Company, and the office of the
State Superlntenaent oi ruuno imuut
An Antirelv new demand, for exten-
Ainn wnrir in the oublic schools has
sprung up this Fall, in the form of re
. - aa i ha aaIIaota pTntrti to a n
IUDBia ii . i ' .'"..n i -
pear at regular Intervals as lecturers
.before high school literary societies
her best, but fails to win her. Then he
takes to the life of tne roaa s
eling hawker or tramp, and, with
great humor, emerges as a cneentu
philosopher whose creeu is
is, is best. ,
Good luck to this healthy novel, free
from shams!
The Ghost Girl, by Henry Kitchell Webster.
Illustrated, S1.23. D. Apple"" & Co..
New York.
Another Sherlock Holmes mystery
story, to which is added a little of the
horror of Poe. The body of a beautl
. , to f ,-m n rl frozen In
IUI JUUUg " i,iiia.. -
the river Ice. She had been shot
i . v. i. ...... ii-a t r 1 1 1 in l weal 1116
evening dress, but there was no bullet
hole In the bodice of her gown and no
blood-stain on tne wmte satm -.w u
been dressed in the gown after she was
killed. Her name was supposed to have
been Miss Claire Meredith. Arthur Jef
frev, artist, and Mr. Drew, lawyer (who
tells the story), seek to ferret out the
mystery, and there are several we.i-
constructea surprises.
Pictures of the Panama Canal, byJoseph
Pennell. J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadel
phia. ' .
Handsomely illustrated, this book Is
of the edition-de-luxe class and is so
distinctive in its artistic worth that it
occupies the foremost place among the
many illustrated books on this subject.
The title page says: "Reproductions of
a series of lithographs made by Mr.
Pennell on the Isthmus of Panama in
January-March, 1912, together with im
pressions and notes by the artist. The
. . j ,,..- to eicrht pages
111 111 ini makici -- .
and for lucidity of description and
beauty of brevity it can ne rammtim.
The illustrious number 29 and are so
admirable that they are worth fram
ing, each and every one.
Bunch Grass, by Horace Annesley VacheU.
Our author went 30 years ago to Cal
ifornia ana ior n , ,
. - uu.mn.hAr TTfl lived in
v,. hAraa.thiAf. outlaw and
stage-coach. In this story he is qu ue
successful In depicting ciiim-i"."--
in soutnern inn"" n y ,.
Izatlon of Miss Aletnea uene " ; V-
an, school teacner iram
is an unusually able one, Decause n
so interestingly human T.t,xin,TI
SEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
. . i i ........ i. rimra
a dashing story of adventure, and the sea.
the story being ioiu "'rr" J i.
The Private Life ot Henry
Morley Roberts, a nove jui e out of the
,narya Eng.T.,hmin. and ivents are nar
rated w.tu rare iranKueaa " Y'vltn
real hero is siaieu iw ic "r "
Who really lived but ha I since Passed on
and the promise Is made that shall
very probably before long be treated to some
more or ills aiHCiuui c - n - -- -. --
ury and literary conditions declared to exist
in England today, each novel l.-5 (Geo. H.
""cvn'thia: "jiLeonard Merrick, a smart
nove? of English life with a merary hero
and likeable femininity: and The Man Who
Was God. by" Leonard Merrick, an English
novel, very well done, with stage I fe motif,
each book 1.2I (Desmond Fitzgerald.
N-The' First Lady in the Land, by Acton
Davies and Charles Nlrdllnger. one of the
fine novels of an entire year, search "hers
you will, the heroine being a gay widow.
Mrs. Dolly Todd; other characters being
Aaron Burr. Thomas Jefferson, James Madi
son and others, who all fall In love with her.
Officer 6B. by Barton V. Currle and Au
gustln McHugh. a rattling story with a
Doliceman much In evidence, with a mustard
king's son as hero, and a heroine that is
worth while, the plot being taken from the
play of that name, each novel (The
H K. Fly Co N y ).
Handbook for China, by Carl Crow. J2.30
(Mex.). more than a guidebook. It is a
personal attendant explaining to intending
Sect to see when tn get There.;' ? 'pages
r. . t, i. innnAFA EhnnirhnL China!.
The Green Overcoat, by Hllaire Be'loc,
Illustrated by Gilbert K. Chesterton, Sl-jO. a
delicious plot fashioned into an entertain
ing novel, affecting a green overcoat and
an English professor ol psychology (Mc-
Bride. Nast & CO.. Y.).
told novel of the Civil War. with a Vicksburg
Interest. 1.20; and The Caverns of Crail
by Thomas Sawyer Splvey. $1.2o. a novel ol
high dramatic, nisionoai imuo "i h h a
one oi toe pnuwiioi ... -
description of the first war between the
Medes and Persians (Cosmopolitan Press.
N"Love. Marriage and Divorce, by Brian C.
Bullen, 96 pages, a series of sensible essajs
on these subjects, the argument being con
ducted on a liberal basts (J. S. Ogilvie Pub.
CRelIglon "and Medicine, by Elwood Wor
cester D. Ph. D., Samuel McComb. M.
A D. D.. and Isador H. Corlat, M. 1.. 42.
pages, a valuable, instructive book dealing
with the moral control of nervous disor
ders not Christian sclence as practiced lr
the healing movement undertaken by the
Emmanuel Church. Boston, said to be the
only official book on the Emmanuel move
ment and the only authentic presentation
of tbe principles and the methods that un
derlie the work originated and carried on
by the authors. $1.50 (Moffat, Yard & Co..
N. Y..
FROM PAGE 8.)
and before joint meetings of pupils and
......... T.nnlr nf nnerinl nrovision for
such extra requirements has made it
impossible for the college to comply
fully with a single one of these re
quests, although In some cases one or
two lectures have been or will be fur
nished in place of the series desired.
Itinerant Schools Asked.
Still another line of work which hits
the extension division in a weak spot
is' represented by three requests now
in the office for itinerant schools to be
held in different parts of the state for
the benefit of the men and women
whose home duties prohibit attendance
at the college for the regular exer
piapn nf Farmers' Week or the Win
ter Short Courses. Such requests as
these find the college practically help
less as the handicap, which has thus
a I. 1a Ka haIi.aa nf limltcwl nlVl.
LtXL UHUll 111 V11L liniui. ...... . . f j
cal endurance on the part of instruc
tors, is now extenoea to eijuipiiiuiii- ah
ItfnA-An ui.hnnl In nn t Ii In kn hie without
apparatus and full instructional equip
ment; so this important branch of ex
tension worK must, at present, oe de
nied, except in a few special cases,
where local high school equipment Is
made available for the use of the col
lege In connection wltn sucn instruc
tional work.
rillnninc T, i it ( . f rnview of the
development of the O. A. C. extension
service, whlcn has snown tne scope oi
tbe work, explained the subject-matter
1 a1.. a I,, a- nnln tliA mnat H1"Q r' t i I'O
A.B 11H.1UU1UB . " 1- -
courses taught at the institution, given
in detail the agencies through which the
work has oeen none, ana maicaiea tne
m-Aeon. .nnttutitl v incre.sRlner demand
for such service, the question arises.
W nat wouia an aoequaie ex.i.eiiiwii
aaIaa mAAn tn tha nannln nf Cir eernn ?"
Tnls question can do auawere-j m mu
ways In terms oi collars ana cents,
with the consequent improvement In
a.aaaaAa nf llirlriD. nnri hv cnllinCT &t-
LU11UU1 UL3 v. J . " ' n .- J v.--.-c7
tention to tne possioiuties ot tne wum.
Reasoning Irom tne results oi anaio-
aaahIaaa whlnh arA rteinir ron-
uercu ill tiiiii.i i .i. ... . . - - -
.3 .1 1a a. AAA A.A-AA It Vlllllll Trt A n
the saving or nunareas or aoiiars to
the people of Oregon lor every ooiiar
luvesim in oui.il bcitiia.
r.. in toncrlhlA u t tn Indlviduals.
communltles, and the state at large.
an adequate extension service in urer
gon would mean institutes so sched
xiail -hat itpn rommunitv In the state
could have the college experts with
them at least once each year; It
would mean more demonstration work
i . . i. AAmA . n thncA. ii-V, n are snxlens
U 1 IV 11 f, -1 L fcw ......... -
to adopt new methods which have stood
the test ol practical trial; it wouiu
mean that every new settler in Qre-
AA..lrl tinVA a MHnnll - vifllt f TOTTI
BU11 .itt.a " f -' .
aVaa ivIsap ii-Vi n wnilld exDlaln
to the newcomer just what activities
have accounted tor tne success or mn-
a a.aaa In hla vlAlnitv it would
mean the establishment of correspon
dence courses at such time as justi
fied. In all subjects which can be satis-
- i , 1. kv ttifA tnethndr it
lacwin; vaufeiii. j - -
would mean an Instructional exhibit
POET ROSTAND NOW HAS LITERARY
RIVALS IN HIS OWN WIFE AND SON
Play Composed by Youth and Mother Prodnced-Vinir Daly Leaves Stage to Reduce Weight-Ine. JdhoUaad
. to Lead Suffragists Mrs. Brush Owns BasehaU Team Lucie Cherbonmer to Wed.
-SSSSaSa.
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BW YORK, Feb. 8 (Special.)
N
Th nrndurtion of the fairy play,
"The Good Little Devil," which
David Belasco has put on In New York,
introduced to the American public
Madame Rostand, the wife of the fa
mous poet, and his son Maurice. Mad
ame Rostand is a poet, having pub
lished her writing while she was still
Rosemond Gerard. Maurice is begin
ning to write poetry, though he has not
yet reached his majority. The play on
which they coliaDoratea was prouuueu
in Paris sorpe months ago and achieved
a success.
It is whispered in Paris that Ros
tand Is jealous of his talented wife and
son, but it is hardly likely that the
author of "Cyrano de Bergerac" and
"Li'Aiglon" is afraid of comparison. The
Rostands live In a quaint house . at
Cambo, in the south of France. It is
on the road to Bayonne. Here "Chan
tecler" was written.
"The Good Little- Devil" is the story
of a boy who goes away from his home
at the gawky age and returns from
and demonstration from the agricul
tural college becoming an Integral part
of every fair in the state; it would
mean a closer co-operation of the col
lege with the secondary schools in mat
ters of industrial education; it would
mean the publication of Instructional
bulletins giving the results of Impor
tant discoveries ana ior tne oisscuu-.
nation of much valuable information 1
now compiled, yet unpublished for lack
of funds; It would mean movable
schools and short courses Ior counties
. . . . -AA Anm tha Onlle-P. tO
W II n u are iw i - -
permit all Interested to attend the work
here, in otner woms, a ayoux n
quate extension teaching would result
In the betterment ot ru uuim.
and standards of living, in more pro
ductive farms, more and better live
stock, more permanent rarm improve
ments, better roads, more social advan
tages, and, consequently, happier
homes and more prosperous communi
ties. . , i i . .-nhDhlir will not be
in conuiuniuii, ii. -
out of place to reiterate the statement
that this work nas an oeeu ii "J
43 members of the college faculty and
i . ..inti.m t ii f f with the as-
11 i pi: 1 1 in ti ii t .i ... .
sistance of the field agents who de
voted their entire wme a an.cu""
to the school fair campaign. At pres
ent there is not a single instructor on
the staff of Oregon Agricultural Col
lege whose duty it is to umi.
specified time to extension teaching.
i -aa.- a ii that the demand for
extension work in Oregon has kept
pace with the rapia oeveiopmeui m
state is an apt and accurate expres
sion of the situation.
And furthermore, that the success
of the work done in Oregon and the
demand for more extensive service
along the same line, is merely the local
expression of a Nation-wide movement
demanding the dissemination of useful
knowledge, is witnesses -uy iue
.. .....niotivi islnw-mov-
tnat tne ever twiwut
ing Federal Government has expressed
its unquaimea commence, in ouv."
by favorably considering the Lever
Smith Extension Bill, now pending be
fore Congress.
If It could liKewise oe -uumi v..-.
provision has been made by our own
state to render a service adequate to
meet her present-day requirements,
the conclusion inevitably wouia iouow
that Oregon has just as efficient and
.1.-1 - A..A,Am nf a aIaiiI tural and
practical yoi'" - ------ -
industrial education as any state In the
Union. "
IRISH WIT AND HUMOR
Seumas McManns I.ectnres In Port
land February 17-18.
in aa uuyiVanna. tha. Irish writer
and lecturer, who is to lecture in this
city February n-is unaer tne ui-pn.-of
the Portland Library Association,
gives his opinion that the wit of an
TAA-iiAViman will nut be liable to blind
you when it scintillates. He says that
i i.. a aaa Aar i-i ili n i- nn an in-
wnen no wm vnw j -
aide tourist car. in County Kerry, he
got into a dispute on irisn wn wnn
rather thick-headed Englishman who
. i .iaa him An absorbed were they
in their argument that when they
reached a rather steep hill on the road.
i . i. . i aa-. .grHrivnr who. hv
the way is the greatest wit In Ireland
had jumped off to lighten the horses'
, xj . - ."
Paris at 20 a thorough snob. But he is
rails v a" ...... o - - -
met by his own younger self, and at
Eight oi tne Doy oi it m "
was. all the snobbishness oozes out.
Belasco has put the play on with a
fine cast and all the scenic accessories
which make a Belasco production al
ways notable.
Vlnle Daly, well known for many
years as a dancer and more recently
a singer in opera, has sailed for Europe
to take the cure at Kissingen. Miss
Daly wants to get thin. Her ambition
to be thin Is so great that It may take
her from the opera stage. While sing
ing in Hammerstein's opera-house in
London she found that she was taking
on flesh at a rapid rate. Inquiry
showed that this was the usual fate
of singers, and was due to the deep
breathing and diaphragm exercise.
Miss Daly says she would rather be
thin than be an opera singer, and sh
.i it.., Aint-AAt 4iTnt before she left
ueuuucu ..un. j :
America. MIbs Daly is only 26 years
old. She has been on the stage more
than 12 years, having made her debut
load up the hill, he (MacManus) fot
got his duty to the dumb animals, kept
his seat and went on with his argu
ment. The jarvey, walking behind the
car, opened the door of it several times
and slammed It again with a loud slam,
which at length so annoyed the Eng
lishman that he irritably asked why he
Was UUUlg mill. , , -
the sly jarvey, "every time the horses j
i . . v. aaaa ctAm tvioi. think that1
aniA . n a . "Haimniiii. Kir. nuiu
ileal Mini, uuv" o.u.,.. -.. -
another man has got out, and it gives
the creatures encouragement vu mo
hill." The Englishman, at hearing this,
slapped his knee and let out of him a
great guffaw. To Seumas MacManus,
who had taken the hint and jumped out,
the Englishman, settling himself back
ror a more comionaoie wai,
umphantly: "And this is some of your
boasted Irish brightness, eh? Ha, ha.
hai Did vou ever know anything more
stupid?" "Well, I must confess," re
plied Seumas MacManus, "that Ireland
carries its share of stupidity in the
tourist season." At this remark again
the Englishman slappea nis Knee auu
roared right neanuy.
. . . i , ii........ .alia bnw When he
Ana iii ui. 'i i ii u -1 -
was in America eight months later, he
read in an American paper a paragraph
copied from a London journal, in which
the writer told how when he was tour-
t i a v. a AAAtHAUA Summer, his
ins ii r-i.iiiii mi, i - '
jarvey, a fair specimen of the Irishman
who is cried up ior nis Drigui-iie-his
wit. thought that he encouraged
. - , . i. . hill hv fi-annant fllam-
nis noraea vu -' - - .
mlng of the door of his waggonette to
give them tne laea mat panoeuBum
were alighting. "And." went on the
naraaraDh. "the most remarkable part
of it is that a young Irishman who
traveled with me and wno seemea to
have had the advantages of a middling
. . .. . .i .. . i Ajt nf hnvlnsr visited
iair 1.-11111.111-111.1, j
America once or twice, tried to explain
to me that lor some awiruw iioji-i.i,-i
i i AAAenn it wns nnlv in the Sum
mer time that the Irish were stupid!
And these people," the article con
cluded, "are asking us to let them gov
ern themselves!
If they were allowed to govern
themselves," MacManus says, 'they
could in the stupid season have the
guidance of brilliant English tourists."
PARISIAN VISITORS ARE GAY
Gowns and Dancing Do Sluch to Add
to Animation.
PARIS, Feb. 8. (Special.) Many vis
itors came to Paris during the holidays
and so gay was the city that scores of
-i 1.A..A AAmainAt 1nrioflnite.lv. The
strangers have no doubt contributed
largely to the animation at tne princi
pal restaurants. It is they who dress
in the loveliest of their latest acquisi
tions and pass through the long halls
with the knowledge of their power to
make every woman look up from her
..ui... nr -ravfish her oysters or
Cluctieii.
Supper parties after the theater nave
.aa tiiiaitaat nf entertainments.
ueeu i ii " i, . . ..... -
and in some of the celebrated places
the most charming oi khi u-.o
enacted. A pretty girl In red satin,
for Instance, with her skirt open on one
side to the knees, dances the fashion
able waits with an "elegant" young
man. The guests applaud. Then an
. aa.i-.1a An thmne-h all the
AintriLAU wujih fa" ' '
contortions -of face and limb that the
as a child dancer at Mechanics' HalL
in Boston.
A
-r Itlllinllotnl KW YOrk Btlf-
miss in iiiiii,.."
fragist, will lead the suffrage parada
in Washington, D. C March 3.
Mrs. J T. Brush Is the' second woman
to me into control of a major league
baseball club by Inheritance.
Mrs. Britton, of St. Louis, airs. u..
has decided to leave to men the mat
ter of managing her" property and to
remain in the background. Brush him
self never interfered with McGraw In
the actual control of the players, and
McGraw will have full latitude under
the new regime.
Lucie Cherhonnler, one of the pret
tiest girls in Baltimore, and known In
the horse show world as one- of the
most daring women riders In the coun
try, is to be married. She has Just an
nounced her engagement to Ensign
Howard Adams Flanagan, of the Navy.
Miss Cherbonnier Is the daughter of
Caleb Dorsey Cherbonnier.
latest innovations require, and the pub
lic applaud again more rapturously than
before. The majority of the spectator
are American and English, with a.
sprinkling of Parislennes from tha half
world.
PRISONER'S RUSE FAILS
Man Steals Warder's Clotnes vn
Exit Is Blocked.
PARIS, Feb. 8. (Special.) A dartaff
attempt to escape from the Bant
Prison was made last vveanesaay ui-.ni.
. i ... nan,A j-'i-ii nripn who oc
cupied a cell adjoining that of a war
der. During tne latter s ooei
man crept Into the warder's room ana
.... . 1 I . AAl.AllTAA A All Sill
stole nis uuuui in. i n . .1 .... .
The warder, on discovering his loss.
at first thought that a comraao iim.
played a practical joke on him, but
ii.il . 1. . r.,..lAn'a ah 1 1 will PilltltV
luiuing ui-.!. - - i -
he realized what had happened, ana
gave the aiarm. m
Meanwhile the head waraer noticea
strange warder making his way
towards the prison exit and chal
lenged him. In reply Eckerlen, for It
was he, pointed the revolver at the
Af'iAiAi Tha i u i tpr with orreat pres
ence of mind pulled out a long skele
ton key and pointea it at me uiiiii.i.
as though it were a revolver, exclaim-
in sr. "Throw down your weapon, or a
will fire!"
Eckerlen was deceived by the ruse
and, realizing that he could not escape,
attempted to end his own life. As he
was in the act of firing another war
der who had rushed up struca mm on
the arm and the bullet Just missed the
head warder. Eckerlen was over
powered iiw-i-)
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