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Slary: I would not use a depilatory
on my face and neck if I were you. The
most effective way of removing super
fluous hair is by the electric needle.
The cracking open of your Angers may
be due to some skin disorder caused
by a rundown system. I suggest your
consulting a skin specialist about it.
Interested: Why allow yourself to
grow paler worrying over that one
pound that you are under weight? in
stead, use every effort to" build up your
utrength and gain lledh by setting more
sleep and rest. Kiit simple, nourishing
food, avoid all greasy food and pastry.
Get a reasonable amount of exercise in
the open air, not e-nouh to make you
exhausted. Drink water between
meals and keep your bowels in a
healthy condition. Kleep witli plenty
of fresh air in your bedroom and make
it si point to get eight hours' sleep
every night. ID If pushIMc. 1 ahull l
glad to Bend you my dietary for glu
ing fleoh if you will bend nie a blamped
addressed envelope.
J. P.: Try this ulinple ex. -nine for
reducing your leus: tnnd up straight
and kick out with rarh foot in turn,
bending the knee so us to draw tlm
heel of the foot hurk as far us It will
go. Kepeat the exerclBo from 15 to
times a duy.
PAPER OF EARLY DAYS
SIMILAR TO 1916 WORK
Policies Outlined in Columns of "Spectator," Unsigned Communications to
. Editor Refused and First Obituary-Is Printed. .
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Feb. 19. (Special.) Just 70 years
ago this month The Spectator, un
der the guiding hand of W. (S. T'Vault,
made its debut at Oregon City. The
issue of February 5, 1846, was Volume
I, Xo, 1. of the first newspaper printed
west of the Rocky Mountains.
This last statement is on the au
thority of George H. Unites, curator
and secretarv of the Oregon Historical
'. Society, Tortland, who has provided
the school of journalism with a fac-
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been the order of the day, and most of
the public journals advocated or op
posed the measures and principles that
were adopted or proposed to be adopt
ed by the Government of the United
States: hence it is to be presumed that
a portion of the citizens of Oregon
have brought with them their views
of politics entertained while residing
in the Tailed Ktutes. It might also
be expected bv a portion of the clll
seiiM that the -Oregon Spectator would
he a political paper: but reason and
good sense argue differently."
In those early days the anonymous
writer of letters to the editor was nl
readv abroad. Jn a notice to such
writers. which sounds auspiciously
like one that Mr. T'Vault might have
copied from a metropolitan dally of
l'ntl, he s-'iys: "Anonymous communi
cations will not he published. No
communications should be sent In
without the full address of the writer
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fertile part of the continent with
salubrious clilunte, the soil yielding a
rich reward to the Industrious cultiva
tor, with an abundance of water power
not surpassed on the globe to Invltn
the attention and Investment of cap
italists In the establishment of ma
chinery," says a verbless sentence of
boosting.
"Immediately ui.itn the f'o.ist of the
'mighty Pacific, with tn and rivn
traversing our rich and lerlile plains,
affording the greatest facilities to
commerce, and must with the Intelli
gent and enterprising Anglo-Saxons in
a short time beconio one of the great
est commercial commie on the Pa
cific," says a similar sentence in which
the enthusiast forgot his verb.
What menns of rapid communication
have done for Tort land in 7 J eais n
shown bv (ho following: "Iliimor-Wi
are Informed bv a respectable Kentle
nian. who a short time since received
a b'tter from Captain Oianl. of Fort,
Hull, staling that Pr. White, Indian
auetit for Oregon Territory, and Ins
whole partv hud been cut off by the
bioux Indians between Fort Hrldgen
and Fort Laramie. Cnptaln Grant
writes in the positive. The information
was from Mr. llastlnKS, who left New
York on the tith of July last and must
have passed the scene of massacre In
ictober."
Here is an Item that Is commended
to the intention of the newly organized
Safety Forum of Portland. U uppeais
under the caption "Serious Accidents."
and reads: "Mr. Wallis, while engaged
about his business in the sawmill of
tlie Oregon Milling Company, received
a severe iniury on his head, occasioned
IF a woman has J4000 a week spend
ing money, how much should she
spend on hats?
Miss Billie Burke, th charming
little movie star, is the only lady of
jny acquaintance whoso weekly allow
ance qualifies her to answer the above
question authoritatively.
But her JloOO a week salary isn't the
real reason why Mlsa Burke rtin speak
with authority on that subject, which
lies so close to woman's heart. If Miss
Burke's allowance were us limited as
that of the average woman, she still
would be an authority on headgear.
For she certainly knows how to choose
a hst, .how to put It on her pretty
head, the exact angle at which it
(should be worn, and how to give her
red-gold hair that deft and skillful
little rearrangement about face and
hrow which has everything to do vith
th beeomingnesa of a hat.
And what doea she say about the
amount of money a woman should
.pend on her hats?
"Expense has nothing whatever to
do with the smartness of a hat," says
Miss Burke, thereby making of every
bill-paying husband and father a
friend for life. "The simplest shape
with a single rosa for trimming and
posses: ing lines that bring out the
best results from hair and features
may easily excel a millinery product
laden with excess baggage in the way
of flowers and plumes and ospreys. I
might pa(- hundreds of dollars for a
hat and if its linen m-ere unbecoming
I might look a perfect frump In it."
I have my own private convictions,
however, that It w6uld take a sad
pieee of millinery, indeed, to make
applicable to Miss Burke the word
"frump." I couldn't picture it and
told her so,
"Well, a hat chosen for expense at
tho sacrifice of beeomingnesa would be
the most exp-ditious means," the
protested laughingly.
"Do you love to buy hats?" I asked
Misd Burke' foolish Question, of
course, to aW ot paa so thoroughly
feminine. Who ever heard of a woman
w ho didn't iove to liuj bats? But then1
it's nice to know that a busy little
person like Miss Burke doesn't let her
work obsess her to the alienation of
the e'ternally feminine affection
pretty hats.
"I'm Just like every other woman In
this respect," she said. "1 love to get
pew dresses, . shoes, stockings and
blouses. But the purchase of a hat
carries with it a pleasurable feeling in
a woman's heart which only the pros
pective, purchase of a hat inspires.
And, besides, a hat has so much to do
with a woman's looks that we cannot
afford not to place it first in our af
fections. "Th trouble with a great many wom
en is that after they have filled their
souls with pleasurable anticipation of
the purchase of a hat they sally forth
without the slightest knowledge of
the way hats should bo chosen. They
will let the milliner sell them anything
so 'onjr aa it carries with it the assur
ance taat it is the "very latest." When
I buy a hat I must be satisfied that
that hat Is suited to me individually
before I say I will take It. It is not
enough that the front view is good,
but I want tho side and back views to
yield a perfect line of hat and hair as
well. The lines of the hat must be
right. The most marvelous trimming
in the world will not redeem a hat if
the lines are baa. -
Some women know by instinct the
exact lines to adopt. I am sure Miss
Burke is one of them. But if instinct
didn't guide her she would strike the
right note in headgear anyway be
cause she believes in taking time and
using the greatest discretion and care
In the purchase of a hat.
"Are- you more partial to large hats
than small?" I asked her this before
I was introduced to her hat closet,
which Klsclosed an undivided affection
for large and small hats.
"'o, I cannot say that I am." she an
swered. "I -have a little theory of my
own about wearing large and small
hats, For days when a woman does
not feel hor best a larga hat will shade
the f''O i kindly way. while a small
hat will prove Quito trying. The small
hat is best for days when you feel
really 'topnotch.' "
Terhapa this will explain to somo of
us women why our small hats seam so
much less becoming onfi" day than the
day previous. At any rate, there is
a good point in the suggestion.
"With the large hats a more careful
arrangement ot hair is necessary," 1
suggested.
"I think the arrangement of the hair
is tremendously important in the suc
cess of any hat. ..When I buy a hat
I dress my hair with care and I dress
it in the style in which I Intend always
to wear it with that hat. Few hats
are adjustable to different styles of
hairdressing. For -instance, if I buy
a hat over a high coiffure it will provo
thoroughly disappointing if 1 attempt
to wear it with my hair done low.
I notei particularly at this interview
the way Miss Burke put her hat on. It
was done unhurriedly. The hat was
put on at ihe back of her head Hrst
and then drawn rlrmly forward. Then
the tilt was given ever so slight it
was on this particular sailor of deep
purple velour, but so much of the style
of the hat was included in that tilt
and, finally, there was that deft ar
rangement of hair at the sides and
brow. No little detail was too small
to be overlooked in the adjusting of
her hat and that is why I say Miss
Burke on a limited income could still
be an authority on hats an4 how to
wear them. -
'Do you think every hat is improved
by being worn at an angle?" I asked.
''Yes. I think a hat set perfectly
Straight on the head is inclined to bo
severe and settled looking," she an
swered. "I have known girls who on
a modest expenditure have acquired
reputations for their smart hats just
through the trick of putting them on
at a clever angle and being careful to
allow no stray wisps of hair to spoil
the picture."
Being a diminutive creature. Miss
Burke eschewa extremely large hats.
And she coniideda further point about
hat buying which Is well worth remem
bering: - "I mo never satisfied to sit down be-
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fore . a mirror and look at the back,
side and front effects when buying a
hat. I walk toward a long-glass,
studying the effect of my whole figure
with the hat at its crowning point. Co
often a hat whicn looks quite well
when you are seated appears hopeless
ly out of proportion when viewed in
conjunction with an upright iigure."
If the choosing of a hat is an art',
then no one can accuse Miss Billie
Burke of neglecting that art.
If the possession of many hats is as
consistently pleasurable for Miss Burke
as tho buying of one by the average
woman, then Miss Burke's hat closet
is a veritable joy fund. Its greatest
joy to me, however, was not in num
bers bo much as in the note of simplic-
simile of the editorial page of the first
copy of the old journal.
Even after all these years editors
have not ceased to make their "bows
to the public," and accordingly Mr.
T'Vault writes in his foreword to the
public:
"The editor, in making Oils bow to
tho publio as the conductor of the pub
lic journal. i3 well apprised that it is
a time-honored custom and one from
which he is not disposed to shrirSk to
give a brief synopsis of tho principles
which will govern him in the dis
charge of his duties. ... A large
majority of the citizens of Oregon are
emigrants from the United States and
for the lust 20 years; politics have titers
the address is always kept sacred,
being merely a guarantee to tho editor
that the contents cf tho communica
tion are wcrthyot credit. . . . 'New
Emigrant' has complied with the requi
sition 6f tho editor and Is published.
'Observer' is rejected on account of his
being persunal. 'A Settler in Oregon' is
also rejected on account of being
anonymous.'1
The individuals and club that have
boosted Portland into its present state
have commonly supposed themselves
the originators of boosting for Ore
gon. Tho columns of tho Spectator In
dicate, however, that they are scarcely
even pioneers,
"Happily situated in a healthy aud
by n slab coining In contact with a
circular saw and being precipitated in
the direction of Mr. Wallis. striking,
him on the head, cHltlni; a large g.iMi
across tlie front part of it. Within
a few minutes before or utter this hap
pened a Sandwich Islander cailio very
mar Having his leg amputated by the
same saw. Those t;tnllctiicu attending
that little circular saw better bu on
their guard.''
There Is an Interesting half column
obituary of Kev. Jason I who had
died March U', JS1J. .No jircvloiis obitu
ary bad been possible beuauso theie
had been no newspaper.
Js'nrtii I'brollna 'mt year produced nilu
eralti uluci at vv.T'.Gbtk