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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, RprPT"E3rBTrR 27, 1914.
GERMANS MAKE LESSONS APPEAL
AND SCHOLARSHIP RANKS HIGH
J. H. Klein, of Portland Trades School, Finds Customs and Manners of Teutons Interesting, but Educational
System Carefully Worked Out and Ignorance is Frowned Upon by All Classes.
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books, carefully posted. The pupils are
required to be In their places five
minutes before the session opens and
to beg-in cleaning up ten minutes be
fore It closes. Annually they make
one trip to the German Museum with
their teacher.
All Work Salable.
"The cost of stock and supplies for
woodworking is about ninety pfennig
or twenty cents, American money, each
pupil for every term. Stock and sup
piles in other trades, work Is propor
tionate. "All work made In the schools Is of
a merchantable character and is sold
to the master lri the city and the
schools also receive orders for work
to be done in the schools for pay."
Mr. Klein has made detailed com
putations on the work of the classes
and the procedure in almost chrono
logical order. He has made a table
of the course of study for comparison
with the infantile American- trade
school and has gathered a wealth of
information on the cost of the main
tenance of German trade schools and
the direct income from these schools
which is shown to be considerable.
The donations, use of practical factor
ies for work and private subscriptions
amount to a considerable sum. .
Duel Scars Honorable.
Not the least interesting of Mr.
Klein's observations was the student
duels, which are not duels in fact, but
scientific fencing under the guidance
of experts and physicians, with the
avowed intention of giving a student
one 'or more ' sword wounds of which
to be proud. The German girls look
with disdain on the student who does
not carry one or more "honor" scars on
his face, due to the "Schlager," says
Mr. Klein.
Beer drinking among the students is
an object for study as well as com
ment according to Mr. Klein, but the
marvel of it is the ease with which
the German student drinks.
'The German students are by no
means the swashbuckling, bullying,
dissolute companions painted by those
who know nothing about them" Bays
Mr. Klein. "They may drink more beer
than we deem necessary for health or
even for comfort and they may take
their exercise with a form of sword
practice that we do not esteem; they
may be proud of the scars of these
raitatlon duels, but these are all mat
ter of tradition and taste. I have
passed many days and nights with
these young gentlemen students at
Heidelberg and have been made one of
them in their jollity and good fellow
ship and I have seen them go home,
head as clear, eyes as bright and legs
as steady as if It were 10 A. M. and
not 2 A. M."
PEACE WEEK ARRANGED
MASS MEETING NEXT SUNDAY TO
LAUNCH ROTARIAN EVENT.
1 Trade School In Munich, Showing; Well-Cared-for Space tor Recremttoa and Exercise. 2 Zeppelin, In Which J.
PI. Klein, Portland Trade School Teacher, Rode. '3 School Boys in Mnnlch Carrying; Books Like Knapaack. 4
Cabinet Display of Work Turned Ont by Munich Students. 5 Party of American Teachers Aboard the Kaiser
Wllhelm Der Grosne, En Route to Europe. .(The Vessel Haa Since Been Snnk by the British Kleet.) 6 A Mod
ern Trade School In Munich.
Alfred H. Brown, of American School
Pce Learoe Committee on lec
tures, to Addreaa Catherine.
Education in Germany is made at
tractive as well as thorough, and for
one reason that is why German stu
dents are capable, painstaking and
leading the world as a nation in edu
cational matters.
This is the view of J. H. Klein, of
the Portland Trades School who, as a
member of the American Society for
the Foreign Study of Industrial Edu
cation, was one of the American dele
gation which March 31 this year went
abroad in the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Groeae, which has since been sunk by
the British men-of-war.
Mr. Klein spent the most of his time
In Germany, although he visited prac
tically all of the European countries
except Russia. Spain and the Scandi
navian peninsula. He mixed with the
students, getting a touch of their per
sonal life as well as the procedure in
their studies. What he learned in the
German homes and student clubs, he
eays. will be as valuable In handling
American students, as will be the
knowledge he gained In German sys
tem. Carefnl Diary Kept.
In a diary kept from the day the
party started from Hoboken, N. J., un
til the delegation was well Into the
continent, Mr. Klein has enumerated
happenings which will be of Inesti
mable worth and interest for papers he
has been asked to. prepare on his trip.
While the trip primarily was to study
Industrial educational methods land
ilr. . Klein has brought back scores of
pictures to prove he invaded the in
nermost sanctums of the German edu
cational machine he and his party lost
none of the attractions which Europe
has to offer from taxi riding on a Paris
boulevard to climbing historic peaks In
the Alps and listening to the sing-song
tale of past heroes from guides in the
various museums.
Early in his diary Mr. Klein has re
corded some of the wonders of the Ger
man home, the most interesting of
which perhaps is the part the old-fashioned
sofa plays in the life of the Ger
mans. Of German etiquette he writes:
American Manners Shock.
"I am not Intending to fix standards
of etiquette. I can quite understand
that we grab the hand of the German's
wife and shake it like a pump handle
instead of bowing over it; that when
we nod cheerfully in the street with
the wave of the hand or a lifting of
the cane or umbrella Instead of taking
off our hat; that when we rail to ad
dress both him and his lady with the
title belonging to them, no matter how
commonplace that title, I know we
shock his prejudices and his code of
good mannera -
"If there is a stranger, a lady, in the
drawing-room before dinner the Ger
man men line up in single file and ask
to be presented to her. If the lady is
tall and handsome and the party a
long one. It looks almost like an ova
tion. If you go to dine at an officer's
mess the men consider it their duty
to come up and ask to be presented to
you. The men wear mourning on their
forearm instead of the upper arm, and
their wedding ring on the fourth finger
of the right hand. .
' Sofa Old Institution.
"The sofa too, plays a role In house
hold and office life for which I have
sought in vain an explanation. Not
even German archaeology supplies his
torical ancestry for this custom. It Is
the place of honor. If you go to tea
you are enthroned on the sofa. If it
an office engagement, say to the po
lice or to the office manager of the
slaughter-house or to the hospital, you
are maneuvered about until they get
you on the sofa, generally behind
table."
Mr. Klein, much impressed by the
German dinner. In his diary gives some
interesting data on the habit of saying
"Alahlzeit at the end of the meal.
Mr. Klein also remarks on the fluency
with which Germans manipulate titles
and writes:
"It is sometimes thrown at the Amer
icans that we love titles, such as 'Hon
orable,' "Colonel 'Judge' and bo' on.
Many Americans prefer "Mr." or 'Mrs.'
or 'Miss,' as the case may be, but this
Is not so in Germany. The Germans
have a ravenous appetite for these
flimsy tickets, and the women carry
the titles of their husbands."
Compulsory Education Rule.
Touching on the educational system
of Germany, of which Mr. Klein has
taken copious notes, he writes:
. "Under, a regulation of the Depart
ment of Trades and Industry, towns
with more than 25,000 inhabitants are
empowered to make their own rules
compelling commercial employes ujider
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tain number of hours monthly and fin
ing employers who interfere with this
attendance. This law will reach the
girls beginning this Fall, 1914.
"The secondary schools of Germany
are well known as the Gymnasium and
the pro-Gymnasium,- the Real Gymna
sium and the Realschulen. Roughly,
the Real Gymnasium prepares for the
university and the Real Schulen for the
technical institutions. Admission to
the universities and to any form of em
ployment under the civil service de
mands a certificate from one or anoth
er of these secondary schools.
Kalner TTrsjes Chanffe.
"The present Emperor In a. recent
speech suggested that these secondary
schools devote more attention to tech
nical training-. As a result of this, the
certificates of the Real Gymnasium and
the Realschulen now are received
equivalent to those conferred by the
Gymnasium where Latin and Greek are
still paramount.
"Of these secondary schools, some are
state, some municipal and some private
institutions, but all are amenable to
the rules, organizations and curricula
approved by the Btate. AH secondary
and elementary teachers must meet the
examinational requirements of the state
which fixes a minimum salary and con.
tributes thereto. In the universities
and technical high schools, all profes
sors are appointed by the state and
largely paid by the state as well.
lgrnorance Not Tolerated.
"The uneducated man of position
does not. cannot exist in Germany. This
is therefore no phantom, but a real ter
ror. The man of 25 who has not won
an education and a degree faces a
blank wall-barring his entrance any
where, and who must work for next
to nothing and who keeps down the
level of the earnings of the rest be
cause there is. an army of candidates
for every vacant position. On the
other hand, the Industries of Germany
have bounded ahead because the chem
Ists and physicists of patient training
and ability who work for small sal
arles provide the country with new
and better weapons and tools than
their rivals.
"Strange to say the Federal constl
tution of 1871, which gave Germany Its
Emperor, did not Include the schools
and each slate has its own school sy
tern. In 1875, however, an Imperial
school commission was formed which
has done much to make the system of
all the states conform.
"Germany is, even now, somewhat
FIRST BABY READY FOR CON
TEST OF LAND PROD
UCTS SHOW.
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Miss Eleanor Evelyn Ledbury.
Little Miss Eleanor Evelyn
Ledbury, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Ledbury, of 322 East
Fifty-fourth street, and grand
daughter of Mrs. John Heischler,
of the Astra Circle of the Wo
men of Woodcraft, is the first
baby to be entered in the baby
contest of the Manufacturers and
Land Products Show to be held
In Portland, October 28 to No
vember 14.
, The Women of Woodcraft have
complete charge of the baby con
test for the show and the entry
list is in charge of Mrs. E. T.
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loosely cemented together. Their lead
ers may feel that it is necessary to
keep ever in the minds even of the chil
dren that Germany is a nation with an
emperor and a victory over France;
that France, in political rags and
patches, at the time is behind them."
One of the marvels of the German
system Is the thoroughness and ef
fectiveness of the shopwork In the in
dustrial schools. Of this Mr. Klein
says:
'Shopwork was permissive in the
Munich common schools beginning in
1900, but it became compulsory in 1907.
It has always been of two kinds and
each occupied the time of every boy
during his last year In school for five
hours a week for half a year, -one hour
being for shop drawing and eight to
10 hours In all being devoted -to talks
on tools and materials. The purpose is
general education and pre-vocational
training, and these lines of work were
selected as being basic to all lines of
trades represented in Bavaria. Since
the introduction of this work It Is
worth noting that the number of
classes necessary for those mentally
deficient has been reduced to 16.
Shops In Basements.
"Dr. Kerchenstelner, head of the
Munich Bchools, has asked for a pleas
urable atmosphere among the boys In
their work and it is almost always
noticeably present. Shop work of some
sort or another is being carried down
Into the sixth grades and would be wel
comed In the fourth even. Woodwork
has been carried down to the first year
in some cases and with great success.
The school shops usually are base
ment rooms, adequate in size, with
plenty of artificial, light and black
boards adjustable vertically. The newer
schools have generously large rooms
with natural daylight facilities. Ven-
tilation Is not perfect from the Amer
ican standpoint and a few towels and
a metal drinking cup are used by the
students in common. Sometimes
teacher goes to two or more schools
in a day, and often a student from an
unequipped school comes to an equipped
institution to get his training.
The students are taught order in
caring for their tools and when a class
has finished work the tools are put to
their cabinet or proper rack and none
ever is seen lying around on work
benches or the floor.
Teachers all Experts.
"The teachers in these trade schools
of Munich are all fine, clean-looking.
well-dressed young men with a thor
ough knowledge of their craft. Prac
tically all are masters of their trades,
have been apprentices and journeymen
and have of course served their time in
the army. There are no pormal schools
for candidates lor these teaching posi
tlons. but all must serve a year with
out pay, after which, if they are ap
pointed? have almost a life position.
"The teachers wear long linen coats
In the -shop. They teach 30 hours
week and put In from five to 10 hours
more in caring for their shops, prepar
ing illustrative material, sharpening
tools or some such work. When their
school teaching days are over they re
ceive a pension.
"In . the schoolroom many of the
teachers are stern and compelling, but
usually harmony between teacher and
student-body Is evident.
"The German teacher is 'long on dem
onstration, and one of the Impressive
sights and one which shows the ef
fectiveness of the German school and
the personal touch of the 'system Is
that of a crowd of boy students around
a teacher at a work bench. The teacher
explains this or that and discusses
with' the boys and not 'at' them the
why and wherefore of something.
"Co-relation that is a co-ordinating
of grade and trade work wherever pos
sible Is one of the outstanding fea
tures of the German system.
Pithy Answers Required.
"Another feature is that the students
In answering a question put by the
teacher must do so in a complete, well-rounded-out
sentence, short and to the
point, but a complete sentence withal.
The student must use technical lan
guage also. They teach a select choice
of words.
"A review of the last lesson usually
precedes a new discussion. The shop
discussions or sessions may be had any
time in the day between 7 A. M. and 7
P. M., any day of the week except
Sunday. When any class is in the shop,
all others of that grade are in school
regardless of the hour. There are
fourteen to twenty in the average
class, the equipment being for twenty
one. Pupils do not sit for any of their
work, even in drawing. They keep neat
Peace week" In Portland, Inaugu
rated by the Rotary Club, will begin
next Sunday and a big mass meeting at
the Armory that afternoon will be ad
dressed by Alfred H. Brown, of New
York City, executive secretary of the
committee on lectures and readings of
the American School Peace League,
which Is affiliated with the American
Peace Society.
Mr. Brown Is in Portland on a visit.
He Is president of the department of
dramatic art of the Brooklyn Institute
or Arts and Sciences. He will go from
here, to Los Angeles to discuss the pro
duction on the Pacific Coast of one of
his plays with Oliver Morosco. His
last visit to this city was three years
ago, when he delivered lectures on the
drama In several Portland homes.
The Rotarians plan to make the week
a feature and have arranged for dally
peace luncheons" at the Commercial
Club.
The day on which the "peace week" Is
to begin is that set aside by President
Wilson as Peace Sunday.
POLK COUNTY FAIR HIT
BY RAIN, BUT SUCCESS
Opportunity Afforded to Collect Fine Exhibit for Coming State Pair at
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REPIDLICAS LANDSLIDE: 19 PRE
DICTED AT L1XN MEETISTG.
WIFE ALLEGED TO 'SCOLD
Office-Building Superintendent Says
Mate Has Tantrums.
That his wife was cross and given
to scolding, and that when he had to
work evenings as superintendent of an
office building she seriously objected
and made scenes, sometimes refusing
to speak to him for a week at a time,
were charges made yesteiday in a di
vorce action brought by Daniel Palmer
against Bessie Palmer.
Lou Garwood sued William C. Oar-
wood for divorce on the ground of de
sertion and the same complaint was
made by Ruby R. Ake against George
Ake.
Judge' McGinn granted a divorce to
Hazel M. Paulsen from Niles P. Paul
sen. It being charged that he flew Into
rages and beat her. The right to re
sume her maiden name. Smith, was
allowed.
Judge Gatens granted $20 a month
alimony and the custody of the chil
dren to E. S. Tuttle, who received a
decree from Jessie M. Tuttle. Judge
Gatens also granted a divorce to De
Etto Samuel from Bert Samuel fcr desertion.
Youth Ends His Life.
Despondent because of ill health,
Joseph Hawks, 19 years old, shot and
killed himself with a 22-callbcr rifle
in his room at 113 Thirteenth street
some time Friday night- His body was
discovered by a friend, I. L. Talbott,
lying on the bed. The body will be
taken to -Hawks' place of birth. Rush
Springs, Okla.
SCORE OF 00 PER CENT IS
MADE) BY PORTLAND
YOUNGSTER.
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DALLAS. Or., Sept. 26. (Special.)
Despite the efforts of J. Pluvlus
to drown out the exhibition, the
fourtli annual Polk County Fair, which
closed Tuesday, will go down In the
hist,ory of this county as the greatest
and best event of Its kind ever held
here. Its greatness is not due to at
tendance, for the almost continuous
downpour of rain tended to keep away
many who had planned to visit the
fair, but Is due to the fact that the
exhibits were larger and better than
have ever been witnessed here, and
far exceeded expectations.
The stock department was larger than
last year, stock coming in during the
whole of the three days of the fair
last week. The other departments
were far above the standard set in
previous exhibitions. Though from a
money-making standpoint the fair was
almost a total failure, still as an as
sembling place for exhibits for the
State Fair and the Panama-Pacific Ex
postion It has been undeniably suc
cessful. The best of the exhibits were, gath
ered and have been taken to balem.
The school children's department was
taken intact. Polk County children
again having designs on the grand
sweepstakes at the State Fair.
One of the most unique and Interest
ing exhibits was that made by the
local postofflce, under authority of the
Government, and designated- as the
United States Postofflce Parcel Post
Exhibit. This is the first exhibit of
the kind made In Oregon, and included
almost everything that can be sent by
parcel post.
Outdoor Dance Impossible.
The fair opened Thursday. Septem
ber 17. Rain fell almost all of that
day. A large number of visitors at
tended and the hotels were taxed to
their full capacity. During the even
ing the Dallas band gave a concert
in the large pavilion on the grounds.
On Friday the rain continued, and this
led the fair management to announce
that the exhibition would be continued
for the first two days of the follow
ing week. On , Saturday a large at
tendance paid homage to the wonder
ful exhibits from Polk County. Dur
ing the afternon and in the evening
Albert J. Gillette, of Eugene, was the
entertainer in the pavilion, with a se
lection of songs. The Dallas band
also gave a concert.
Owing to the unfavorable weather
conditions, the big dance, scheduled for
the pavement around the Courthouse,
was given up. and a gala time was
had on the fair grounds. The Rose
City Amusement Company, of Portland.
furnished entertainment during the
fair, and the shows given were commended.
Baby Contests Held.
Two baby contests were held dur
ing the fair, one for pretty babies
and one for eugenics. Bernlce. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Harvey, 15
months old, won the first prize in her
class in the beauty show, and Agnes,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Stm-
onton, was awarded second prize. In
the boys' contest, Harold, son of Mr.
and Mrs. N. A. Beach, was awarded
first prize In the over-one-year class,
and John, son of Mr. and. Mrs. Tillman
Crook, first prize In the under-one-year
class. '
In the eugenics contest, Lorse Bar-
ham, the 13-months-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Barham, of Dallas,
won first prize, with a score of 99.4
per cent, with Jack Grant, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. J. Grant, and winner in
last year's event, second, having a
score of 99.2 per cent. There were 2
entries, and among these but few fell
below 90 per cent, and. most bf them
were above 95.
Children's Prises Awarded.
In the school children's department
North Dallas and Orchard View tied
for fisrt place in Class A. In Class B
Perrydale took first place, Buena Vista
second. Alrlie third. In Class C Dal
las took first. Falls City second and
Independence third. Guy Stalger, of
Dallas, got first prize for the pupil
making the largest display of exhibits;
May McDonald, of Dallas, second, and
Homer Bursell, of Mistletoe, third.
Clifton Martin, of Ballston, took first
prize for making the largest display
of earden products.
Tho textile exhibit was excellent, and
the Old Pioneers exhibit was Interest
ing. The honey exhibit by Floyd E
Smith, beekeeper, of Dallas, was the
best of its kind ever seen here. This
exhibit Included demonstrations - of
queen raising. .
The premiums awarded were large
in number, and covered almost every
branch of agriculture, horticulture and
livestock. Polk County people . fully
expect to carry off honors at the State
Fair.
Markns Richard Rosnmny.
Markus Richard Rosumny, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Rosumny, Cornell road and Sky
line boulevard, received a score
of 99 per cent in the "better
babies' " contest. In the Teon
building, last week. He - has
brown eyes and golden hair.
suggested to Portland bankers a few
days ago. but they decided to continue
accepting Canadian money of all kinds
at par. as they have in the past.
At Seattle the bankers have been
forced to discount Canadian currency,
however, on account of the sudden
flood of such money turned Into Seat
tie as a result of the policy of the
Canadian banks of placing a premium
on gold.
It was found that thrifty Seattleites
were taking United States gold coins
across the Canadian border In grips.
boxes, trunks and by the pocketful.
The Canadian bankers paid them a
premium of 12 per cent. Canadian
currency was accepted In return. As
a result, Seattle soon had almost as
much Canadian paper money as United
btates gold.
No such action was found to be nec
essary in Portland, however. Although
some of the stores here have started
discounting there Is no need for such
action, say the bankers. The banks
will continue to accept all kinds of
Candlan money currency as well as
coins at par.
CANADIAN MONEY AT PAR
Seattle Banks, However, Forced to
Discount Dominion Currency.
Portland banks will not discount
Canadian currency as a result of thi
war.
The advisability of placing a dls
count rata of 10 per cent or 20 per cen
against Canadian paper money was
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Top Agricultural Exhibit.. Midd
Paroel Pont Exhibit. Hclovr Lone
Barham, Winner In Ententes C'
test.
Registration Doable That of DcmocMts.
Newspapers and M'osaen Are
Active In Campaign.
ALBANY. Or.. Sept. 26. (Special.)
Despite the fact that it was ralninx
hard the meeting of the Linn County
Republican central committee at the
Courthouse in Albany today was at
tended by a large and enthusiastic
crowd of committeemen and candidates,
Ralph K. Ohling, Albany, chairman of
the committee, presided, and F. M.
Brown, off Brownsville, secretary, was
also present.
Reports of committeemen from tUo
various precincts of Linn County indi
cate one of the largest Republican
votes in the history of the county, and.
as one committeeman expressed It. "a
Republican landslide." Plans we
completed for an active campaign, for
which funds are coming in rapidly.
Republicans in Linn County will vote
the straight ticket.
Republican newspapers in this county
have pledged their support to the party
and are conducting an active and ef
fective campaign. The Republican reg
istration at present Is more than all
other parties combined and nearly twioo
as great as tho Democrats.
The registration books at the County
Clerk's office and reports from all parts
of the county indicate that the women
are taking a great interest in tho
forthcoming election and that their
votes will materially swell the total
number of ballots cast. Linn County
has two precinct committee women.
They are Mrs. A. H. Frum, of Center
Precinct, and Hannah Warren, of Prov
idence Precinct.
MRS." B. HARRIS IS DEAD
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Paralysis Vatal to Old Resident of
Clackamas County.
OREGON CITY. Or., Sept. 26. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Bridget Harris, the wife of
I'atrick Harris, who had lived in Clack
amas County for the last 38 years, died
at her -home in Gladstone early this
morning. She suffered a severe stroke
of paralysis last Monday and was un
conscious until her death. The fu
neral will be held at 9 o'clock Monday
orning from St. Johns Church.
Mrs. Harris was born 80 years ago
In Dublin, Ireland, and came to this
i-ountry when a young woman. Mr. and
Mrs. Harris came to Clackamas County
in 1876 and nrst settled near Sandy,
where they lived until a few years ago.
Mrs. Harris Is survived by a son. Pat
rick Harris, Jr of Portland: two nieces,
Mrs. Anna Mair and Mrs. May McDon-
ough, and a nephew, John McAdama. '
LONG-FOUGHT CASE ENDED
Princeton Trust Company Loses In
$40,000 Equity Suit.
A long-drawn-out case that occupied
almost a week in Judge Kavanaugh's
court, the suit of the Princeton Trust
Company versus Herbert S. Johnson
and others, was decided yesterday by
Judge Kavanaugh in favor of the de
fendants. This was an action for alleged equity
in property at Park and Morrison
streets amounting to $40,000. In addi
tion to Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Mary Crane
Johnson, the Hurley-Mason Company
and the Shasta Investment Company
were defendants.
Negro Caught With Dogs, Lynched.
ROCHELLE, Ga., Sept. 26. Nathan
Brown, a negro, was lynched by a mob
near here late today for shooting to
death Edward Rountree, a farm over
seer. The negro was caught after an
all-day chase wtih bloodhounds.
Cleveland's 1J15 city rovernment will cost
taxpayers 009, 000, despite cuta In estl-matea.
Lecture is Postponed.
No meeting of the Portland Ration
alist Society will be held this afternoon
in tho library, as had been planned,
owing, to inability to arrange for a
speaker. Instead the first meeting of
tho society will be held at 8 o'clock
next Sunday night in Room A of the
library, when H. C. Uthoff will deliver
a talk on "The Mission of Rationalism
in Modern Life."
Alberta Club to- Meet.
The Alberta "Woman's Improvement
Club will meet Tuesday night at the
residence of Mrs. Josephine -it. Sharp,
1033 East Twenty-fourth street North.
Men and women who wish to study the
proposed amendments to the constitu
tion are invited.
PORTLAND BABY MAKES HIGH
SCORE.
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Miriam McCrea.
Miriam McCrea. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. McCrea, 1305
Patton avenue, is a bonny, bright
baby, who made one of the high
est scores in tho recent eugenic
test, conducted by the Oregon
Congress of Mothers.
SEE THAT
JPURVE
KHYPTOI
mthouilinci
In tho
Two Pairs
in
One
Without the
Difficulties
Coma in and see them at the
home of KRYPTOK lenses and
SHXJB-ON eye glasses.
Thompson
OPTICAL INSTITUTE,
209-10-11 Corhett Bldg.
2d Floor, 5TH AND MORRISON.
Nice Steinway
upright $287.
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