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THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL 11, 1915. HERO G COURAGE OF FRANCE MPRE5SNE Oregon Woman Is Thrilled Horrors Endured by Sol diers in Trenches. by MEN IN RANKS DON'T HATE Only Those Without Suffering Fonnd to Be Bitter Part of Journey From Geneva to Paris Is Made With Wounded. Mra. Ruby Flint Hughes, author ot the accompanying ar ticle, is a well-known Oregon -woman, who formerly lived in Portland and Salem. She has been studying art in Paris and Geneva for the last four years. Other letters from Mrs. Hughes will be published in The Orego-nian. BT RUBY FLINT HUGHES. PARIS. March 10. (Special Corre spondence.) All trains entering Paris from the "south of France' and from Switzerland arrive in the early morn Inc. LMvinir Geneva at 23 hours (9 P. If.) we reached Pontarlier. just over the French frontier, at midnight. It was a beautiful sight coming over the Jura Mountains, with their far-reaching line of snow the first heavy snow that Switzerland has had in four years. The fir tree, stood out on the mountain sides in the moonlight, taking on the forms of whirling derviehes alone and in groups. The valleys below were shrouded in mist. At the frontier, a few yards apart, outlining the boundary line on each side, were long traces in tne snow, proving the eternal vigilance ot the soldiers, who. night and day, come and go upon their snow, shoes. At Pon tarlier there were six feet of snow, with temperature at freezing. Everybody had to get down with all hand lug gage for inspection and to have pass ports signed. iThe United states uov eminent has demanded that -all Amer ican citizens residing in Europe must nrocure new passports from Washing ton. r. G. signed by Secretary Bryan and an emergency passport, valuable for six weeks, the time consumed for the arrival of the permanent passport from Washington, is given, thus maK lne all previous passports invalid. Each passport contains a most minute detailed description -or the person, to gether with a photograph. If you have a mole on your left shoulder you al most have to tell it. The emergency passport must be issued from the United States Embassy of the country in which you reside and not from the Consulate. " The reason of this new law i3 because innumerable passports have been fraudulently procured and abused by spies. Hospital Dot Dijon Region. It was cold at Pontarlier, which is only a small station in aJiarroxr moun tain pass. " guarded by r& modernized middle-aged fortress high up on the mountain, yet- hanging . protectingly above it. The officers- searched the train thoroughly. Knitting yarn woolen cloth, electrical appliances and tobacco were the things sought. From Pontarlier. the rest of the night people got in and out continu ally. In the region of Dijon there are many hospitals. At Dole there was a great movement of troops toward Sols sons and Besancon. tor it was the third night of the battle of Soissons. where the losses of dead and wounded were so heavy. We were delayed by passing trains of wounded trains bearing wounded are always given the right of way that were being evacuated to Dijon, Lyon and Avignon. By the ar rangement of the new system of hang ing cots the most seriously wounded can be taken comfortably out into the Pyrenees Mountains to Pan and to Blcrritz. The compartment in the train be came full each compartment holds eight persons. There sat next to me a young captain of the Red Cross on his way back to the front after hav ing taken a train of wounded to Bor deaux. He is doing service in the trenches and has been in Alsace since the beginning of the war. lie told of the great difficulty in removing the wounded from the battlefields, that all rescue work had to be done at night and then even under the fire of the Hermans, who disregard continually the Red Cross. He explained the new form of ban daging, of how .now each soldier was "provided in his personal pansement case with a small tube of iodyne. that Its application might be immediate, thus lessening effectively the cases of lockjaw; how quickly all wounds that can be left unbandaged heal when ex posed to the air. In all the hospitals the lightest bandage possible is being employed. Early Moraine Cold Intense. The young captain left, and there came into the compartment three men in heavy fur-lined coats. The win dows were closed tightly and the ra diator wide open. The temperature went up Into the infernal regions, but that was nothing compared with, the hatred and vengeance that spit out from their mouths the mouths of these four fur-coated gentlemen. 1 have found in my observations that It is the gentleman who makes war from his arm chair who hates the fiercest. I don't believe In hate, and I belietve in fresh air. so. enveloped in mr greatcoat. I went out into the passageway with the soldiers. It was 3 o'clock in the morning and intensely cold. On the window sills there was Ice a quarter of an inch thick. A i-avalrv officer, with his arm in a sling and "his forehead bandaged low. making his eyes seem larger and more brilliant, described how two horses had been shot from under hm: how his doe alwaya accompanied him: how he had been wounded by a bayonet be cause in trench-wsrfare in a cavalry i-harge. -ften the horses must be left far in the rear; how when the war began the horses were not famous, but that since the consignments from Mon tana. United States of America had ar rived, they were renowned. He said with his face full of sadness. "It hurts me when I see those poor dumb brutes help less and wounded. They lie there in heaps wounded as we do, but my dog, he is fine he is always with me. It was Pascal who wrote "Plus Jo vois les hommes. plus J'alme men rhien." The great hope of this officer was quickly to regain the use of his arm that he might return to the front. The courage and determination of the French soldier is magnificent. alienee In Battle Terrifying. A big shouldered, finely formed artll. lerv officer said: "It is the noise that is the devil, and the mud too. The mud is awful. The bullets sound like the humming of angry bees, these rifle bul lets, and the thud that they make when they hit the parapet in front ot you. Then the exploding shells and when they explode, it is awful to see your comrades around about you blown to glory. Then-there is the noise of their big guns and of our big guns. When you hear our 'F 6" you think that Dante's hell is paradise. Then the silence. Rarely, but it occasionally happens, that in the midst of the tumult of battle there is a complete silence. This silence is terrifying. It cannot be described." The lines in this man's face were deeply graved, especially from the nose to the corners of the -mouth, showing his mental suffering. His whole nervous being quivered when he told me that the shell that had shattered his leg had, he saw when he came to himself, cut off at the same time, the two hands (leaving them hanging only by tendons), of his best friend who was in the trench beside him. And this is what they are doing in Servia, in Turkey, in Russia, in Belgium, In Ger many, in France: At 4 o'clock there was left only one soldier and myself in the passageway. I could see him at the far end of the car. His silhouette was that of a night rambler of the Mont Martre district. with red pantaloons soiled and much too large for him, short navy blue jacket, a gray woolen scarf around his neck and the usual red kepi on hie- head. I could hear him say to himself from time to time: "C est epouvan- table." "Quel mal beur." And then he would lift his head and sing. It is wonderful what courage singing gives. It is harmony, and harmony is religion. He came to me and said: "Madame, it is better that you go into your com partment. I am afraid that you will take cold here." He himself was shiv ering and I saw that his visible clothes were probably all that he had on his body. I offered him from my thermos bottle hot chocolate, and sandwiches from my sack. "It is necessary," he said, "to have courage and to have patience. This war is not of our making, and in the end we will win, because we have many friends. The war will cost much and be long, but we must not hate anyone. It is disgusting how they have insulted women and mutilated little children. I have no respect for such a people. What a soul beat under neath that shabby blue coat coat not thick enough to keep his young body warm and only a glass door separ ated him from the four fur-lined coated gentlemen, who could ride in luxury and safety because sugh as he who could not hate would give his lire and defend. Environs of Parts Reached. This young soldier is France the real, the true, the wonderful France one of the most civilized of nations. Then he told me that he sang in a cafe concert hall at Mont Martre. that he had been to Dole to cheer up some of his comrades -who were wounded and to sing to them, but.that while he sang the tears ran down his cheeks: it was so sad to see his friends so ill and mil tilated; that everybody was going to the front, and that it would be his turn soon. At six o'clock lighted villages be came more frequent, we were nearing the environs of Paris. At seven o'clock the train pulled into the station, Gare de Lyon, at Paris. Here as at other large railrpad stations in the cities of France was much movement, but less than at Lyon, which seems since the beginning of the war, to be the center of France. Soldiers in all Imaginable uniforms going and coming with such stern faces, on business bent, no longer the chaffing, laughing Paris. Everything is serious, everything in order. Paris has a charm in the early morn ing that it has at no other hour. There is a blue gray haze that en velops and softens all that is prosaic. ith eyes half closed, a trick em ployed by artists, one can look across the Seine, realizing a picture worthy of vS rustler s genius. Going down the Rue de Rivoll at this . early hour one can see radiating into- all - directions, - pushed by bare headed women, little carts filled with oranges from -Italy and Spain, heaped in geometrical lines, carts of vege tables from Algeria, pyramids of cauliflower, bunches of little round carrots and tiny red radishes, such as the women wore on their hats last year: other carts heaped with laces from Lille; others with corsets to fit little girls and big girls, others with smoked pigs feet displayed on green ivy leaves, other carts heaped high with bunches of violets and plumes or mimosa from Southern, sunny France. Women Do Work Everywhere. Women sweeping the -streets, women taking down the shutters that closed the store windows. Dodging the taxis as she hurries across the street, the lit tle shop girl is on her way to work. This little shop girl who by bit of lace, ribbon and flower imitates the chicness of the grande dame whose gown often her fra gil fingers have fashioned, has much charm. She dodges across the street alone, her cavalier has been enlisted. Place de la Concorde is deserted. The Obelisque that Xapoleon brought from Egypt was never more alone in the desert. The mourning on the great statue of Strasbourg has been taken down and replaced by countless cou- ronnes of flowers and. flags, -and I read as I passed, "Qui vive. France quand meme." Then out into the Ave nue des Champs Elysees. where in the afternoon or late morning saunters the wealth and fashion of the world. Here the scene was vastly changed. All the grand hotels and many large private dwellings have been changed into hospitals. The Red Cross flag nredominates. Here where the air is soldiers who come back from the bat tlefield. Under the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe, knowing that the aero planes fly continually in the high air currents, guarding Paris, hundreds of weary wounded lie comforted and con tent upon their white cots. As I looked back down the broad Ave des Champs Elysees, the sun, red and round like a cartwheel, came out of the blue-gray mist, touching and illuminating the Place du Louvre, the golden Dome des Invalides and the countless nude trunks of the chestnut trees with their wide-reaching, high reaching branches. A new day was born! A new day for France has been born! All of her great qualities, her worth, her intelligence, her civiliza tion, her courage, her patience, are re newed In their new birth and newly baptized by sword and fire. EUGENE GOESTO FARMER PROMOTERS OF BUSINESS INTER ESTS TRY SEW FLAX. With Radiator "Get Acquainted'" County's Rural Sections to Benefit of Commonwealth. tmnvKV. dr Anril 10. (Special.) A new idea of boosting has been de veloped by the Eugene Commercial Club. Each year the Eugene Radiators travel hundreds of miles to display the Eugene spirit of neighborliness. Eugene suddenly has discovered that the farm ing communities at the entrances of the city appreciate a little of that same relationship given to the more distant towns. , . io- u veritable vaudevl troupe, a dozen or so motorcar loads of Eugene business men became the guests of the Irving lirange xnurao.) ;,, Th men from the city pro vided the entertainment and the Irving farmers responded with a banquet, at which more than 100 parucipaiu. A similar meeting was held fat the Willakenzie Grange hall several weeks ago. This was the first of the new movement. And the plan has been so successful that it .will be carriett on throughout-all of the county s rural sections. . "It 13 this getting together that we all need." said C. J. Hurd. deputy state grange master and first master of the Irving Grange. "We re all just ... n trvine- to achieve the same re sultwe want to make the country v.ottr anrl metres prosperous. There is a striking similarity between the pre nn.hi.. rxt thA i7-r.nee ana -r.uKena v uin mercial Club charters.' Yet we do not meet enough in a business way or in a social way." "The differences separating the farmer from the business men are growing small," insisted E. J. Adams, -enreaentine the Commercial Club. The i,rmn r becoming more and more as business men, for farming is De coming a business matter, and it is often hard to tell whether a man is a farmer or a business man. EXPECTED DEATH LATE rnni PIONEER DIES AT AGE OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. htrr t.sld br for Old Age Becomes Exhausted One Year Before Na tive German Passes. njvnnv rr Anril 10. (Special.) To i live longer than he naa expecmu was the experience of the late Henry Miller, who died last week at the age of 100 years, after having resided on an SO-acre farm near Coos Bay for 60 years. - ' ' Mr. Miller sold his farm a few years ago, thinking the proceeds would b sufficient to meet his needs as long as he lived. While frugal, Mr. Miller's mnnv hucime exhausted a year ago and he was compelled to apply to the county for help. Until one year ago Mr. Miller at tempted to earn his own living, but age was against him. A native of Germany, Mr. Miller went to sea when a youth. After ar riving in the Coos Bay country in the 0s he marrlea an inman woman, uui no children were born. He aaoptea a half-breed girl, who is believed to have died. FEDERAL POSTS VACANT Examinations for Civil Service Posi tions Are Announced. The United States Civil Service Com mission announces the following ex aminations: Mav is. cnier or me train ing school, female, for service in this capacity at the Government Hospital for the Insane, Washington. D. C, sal ary $1200 and maintenance; May 12-1S, marine engine draftsman for sub marines, male, for a position in the office of inspector of machinery. Elec tric Boat Company, Groton, Lonn., sal ary $5.04 per diem. Information and application DianKS v. Hutcnins, ... .nd tho nn has broad space has I may be obtained from T. V. Hut been chosen the place to nurse the I local secretary, postotfice building. Operation Not Needed - j Mra. W. A. Barnes, who Uvea In Ballard. Calif.. ban .ent t. the Plnti. laboratories a very strong endorsement of rultoln and ITaxo. In her letter, Mrs. Barnes Bars' "Doctors say gall-stones cannot be cured without an operation, costing much money as well as unnecessary suffering. I am cured, I know, and this is proof posi tive, and my friends know that such is the case." Frnltola la n powerfnl lubricant for the Intestinal organs, soften Init the nardened particles that cause so much suffering and expel ling the consented vrnnte In an easy, natural manner. A single done in a.o-lly sufficient to clearly Indicate Its efficacy Trail . In a Pedid tonic alterative thnt acts on the liver and kidneys, stimulates the now of gastric Jnlces to aid digestion, nnd removes bile from the aeTrral circulation. Trail should be taken three or four times i.n 5n following n dose of Frnltola to strengthen and restore the weakened, run-down system. For the eonvenlenee ot the public, nrrnnKements have been ""de lo supplv Frnltola nnd Trail throunh leading drnsr "tores. In Port land they enn be ohtnlned at the store ot The Owl Drug Co. It 's PAOLA. KANSAS, October 31, 1914. Bankers Life Insurance Company, Lincoln. Nebraskn. r.r.XTLEME.N": I received today ihrmiE-h vour agent. 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Just Received 100 Pieces CURTAIN SCRIM 29c Yard For Regular 35c Quality A timely and important sale of new Curtain Scrims a special under priced purchase just re ceived. Included are the most attractive new styles with hemstitched and open-work borders. They come in full widths and in white, cream and ecru a quality sold everywhere at 35c a yard. Priced here at ...29? A Complete Line of Col ors in Collingbourne's Tatting, Crochet FIBERSIXK 25c For 100-Yard Spool Collingbourne's Luxura Tatting and Crochet Fi bersilk is more beautiful than silk. It does not cling to fingers or split; comes in 100-yard ' spools and in most any wanted color. Moderately priced OCA at only Reliable Qualities in SilkGloves Short Silk Gloves, made with double-tipped fingers in two-clasp style. They are shown in all the best shades as well as, black and white, priced Short Silk Gloves, made with double tipped fin gers. They are of extra fine quality; shown in white and black. Priced for this sale 1 AH at....75 andplUU 16-Button Silk Gloves, made with double-tipped fingers in all the best shades; also black and white. Priced j QQ WOMEN'S HOSIERY Replenish your Hosiery needs from these splendid lines and there will be no disappointments style, quality, durability and fit will please you and you'll find the prices most rea sonable. SILK LISLE HOSE 25$ PAIR A stocking specialty rec omended for its splendid wearing quality and com fortable fit. It is made from fine silk lisle with elastic garter top and ex tra heavy heel, sole and toe. All sizes at 25 pair. The Phoenix Silk Hose, a Pair, 75 The Phoenix Silk Hose have long been known for their perfect fit and wearing quality. Strictly high-grade Stock ings in all sizes in black and all colors. A Stocking of unsurpassed 7C value at, a pair. . . . Store Opens 8:30 A. M. Saturdays at 9 A.M. Pac Phone Mar. 5080 l,.',.,jLjJimjrtiMM'i . The Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Closes 5:30 P. M. Saturdays at 6 P. M. Home Phone A 2112 YOU CAN DO BETTER FOR LESS ON THIRD ST. WITH UNPRECEDENTED UNDERPRICING OUR GREATEST EMBROIDERY SALE Starts Tomorrow Three Large Windows and an Entire Department Crowded to Overflowing With the Most Beautiful New Embroideries and All Are Greatly Underpriced Thousands and thousands of yards at a third to a half less than real worth. Never before have we had the opportunity of offering such wonderful values in all sorts of fine Embroideries such as this sale contains. irnnorter's closing out of surplus 5. j-,.U of fViaca con en f inn n 1 nrirpR nnlv the - ..to ELUCJ0 d-UU even ai witu, v,iuiv,u.. - . ---- 4 very newest and most desired styles are offered. The : natterna. materials and Qualities will compel admira tion at first frlance and the nrice savings will surprise you. For instance, you have choice from: - FLOUNCING AND CORSET COVER EMBROIDERIES 40-inch Embroideries of fine Crepe and Voile, embroidered in silk in dainty, small patterns, in white, blue, old rose, lavender, red, orange, black, etc. 18 inch Embroideries in a full variety of, dainty new patterns. They come in sheer Swisses, organdies and in fine cambric and nainsook. 27-inch Em broideries of fine organdie, Swiss or voile, in a large variety of well worked patterns; qualities that are sure to please you. 22-inch Embroideries m all over and baby patterns; also 9 to 12-inch Novelty Organdie and Swiss QO. Edges, in white and in light-colored patterns. Values to $1.25 at, yard LOT 3 AT 15c A YARD For 25c to 35c Embroideries An unusually extensive showing of brand new patterns to select from in 18-inch Corset Cover and Flouncing Embroideries small, dainty effects and bold, conventional designs; 25c and 35c qualities. This sale at, yard . . 15p LOT 2 AT 10c A YARD For 15c to 20c Embroideries Included in this lot are fine Baby Sets, Swiss, Crepe and Organdie Edges; 18 ineh Corset Cover and Flouncings and Allover Embroideries. All new goods in delightfully pretty patterns. Regu lar 15c to 20c qualities, at, yard. .10 NEW NOVELTY EDGES AND 27-INCH FLOUNCINGS In 48c and 59c Qualities on Sale at 25 Yard Strictly high-grade Novelty Edges in pretty colored effects and in dainty white patterns. They come in the best widths and are made of fine imported Organdies and Crepes. The Flouncings come 27 inches wide and are shown in both baby and dress patterns. They come in hemstitched, scalloped OCp and ruffled effects. Regular 48c to 59c qualities priced at, yard 27-INCH FLOUNCINGS IN VALUES TO $1.75 A YARD AT 69 Extfemelv beautiful Dress and Baby Flouncings, shown in a huge variety of patterns." The quality of, materials and the workmanship is of the Q best. They ere the kind regularly sold up to $1.75 yard. On sale at, yd. vj EXQUISITE NOVELTIES IN 27 AND 45-INCH WIDTHS Vnlnps TTn tii S2.98 a Yard on Sale at S1.19 a vnvnVhr rvF rmrome t.n seWr. frnm in hirfi-erade 27 and 45-inch Noveltv Flouncings, made of fine imported Organdie, Voile and Marquisette. They come in new tlorai ana conventional uesigus m wmie aim m u exquisite colorings. Regular values up to $2.98 a yard. This sale atV'A Well-Dressed Women Will Show Preference for These a Quick Handsome Suits You Pay M O Cf For Re?ular 0nly 1 Z.OU $17.50 Values Too much emphasis cannot be laid on the im portance of this sale of Women's Handsome Tailored Suits. Not only are the styles the latest and the best, but the price brings to you a liCllCl UUO OdViXlg uwittj - . :. j-,.l -fit- nnolitv nf motonala nnH u everyway sivic, m, 411011 mui- in workmanship. They come in navy serges, Copenhagen poplins, cravenette fabrics, etc.; models for dress and for every-day use; also a fine lot of Done gal Sport Suits in -attractive styles for outing wear. In fact, the assortment is so varied that every taste and every figure may be suited. 1 O Cfj Suits of excellent values at $17.50 priced for this sale at, V vr Sale of Women's Dainty, Comfortable House Dresses Charming New Styles in Gingham, Percale or Chambray All d! 1Q Sizes and Colors in $1.50 Quality at At this sale you have choice from both high and low-neck styles in neat i i -.s.o oni in -nlain fnlnrs Thpv ATP wpll made, well fin- ished House Dresses, made of standard quality ginghams, percales J 1 1Q and chambrays ail sizes garments uauauy aumai.ovyMv.Cuo, t A Comprehensive Show ing of the New Wash COTTONS At Popular Prices We request your imme diate inspection of our splendid new stock of trMi'll finrJ rnmrlpff nssnrtmpnt.S of the mOSt desir able weaves, patterns and colorings in thoroughly dependable qualities and at prices that cannot be equaled for lowness. , New Kimono Crepes, all styles and colors at, yd. 18J New Irish Poplins in white and in colors, yd. 25 Printed Silk-Mixed Crepe de Chines at, yard. .75 PRINTED VOILES Extremely fashionable and beautiful Printed Voiles, shown in the popular large spot effects, wide and narrow stripes and in pretty flowered and figured styles; all colors. 9C c Priced at, yard y Here's Another One of Our Extraordinary One-Dollar Shoe Sales Broken Lines and Odds and Ends in Regular $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Qualities Women who have profited by our past sales of this character will be the first to respond to this an nouncement. They know from past experiences what extraordinary values are to be had. Our de termination not to carry over broken lines or odds and ends prompts us to make this great sacrifice. Included are standard qualities in patent and dull kid, velvets, suedes, Russia calf, lotus and gunmetal leathers both button and lace styles in desirable short vamp models light, medium and heavy weight Shoes hundreds of pairs and not a pair in the lot but what we will guarantee to give perfect satisfaction. Come early and see how well it will pay you to hunt for your size in the style you like best. You have choice from $2.50 to $4.00 C - AA qualities at a sensationally low price, pair px,W