The Sunday Oregonian., December 23, 1917, Section One, Page 16, Image 16

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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAX. PORTXiANTV DECEMBER 23, 1917.
PORTLAND WILL BE
HOST TO SOLDIERS
Big Celebration in Auditorium
' Will Include Dance and
Many Other Features. ,
LOCAL THEATERS TO HELP
Thousands of Soldiers and Sailors
From Fort Stevens, Camp Lewis
and Other Forts Expectedl to
. Share In Hospitality.
Al'TOISTS, ATTEXTIOX! GIVES
SOLDIERS A RIDE.
As part of the Christmas en
tertainment of soldiers visiting
Portland, Mayor Biker urges all
autolsts to make a special effort
to pick up soldiers on the streets
and elsewhere and take them for
rides about the city, over the
highway and elsewhere.
From now until after Christmas
Portland will be host to hundreds of
soldiers and sailors from Camp Lewis.
Fort Stevens, Vancouver Barracks and
Bremerton. They are pouring- in ot
every train on leaves lasting- for the
most part until after Christmas. Some,
however, have to report back to their
headquarters tomorrow morning. Ad
ditional hundreds will be down tomor
row to remain, over Christmas.
Outside of the usual attractions and
special Christmas attractions there is
nothing out of the ordinary in the way
of entertainment scheduled. before
Christmas day. It is then that the
city will spread itself in an effort to
show the visitors the time of their
lives.
Celebration at Auditorium.
Mayor Baker announced yesterday
that plans for the big Qhristmas cele
bration for soldiers and sailors at the
Public Auditorium have been com
pleted. The doors will be opened at
noon, and a band will be on hand to
start the music for' dancing. The hard
wood floors in the two large side halls
and the stage have been waxed, a hand
stand has been erected in the center
of the main auditorium, and everything
is ready for about 1000 couples in the
latest dances to the latest dance music.
Four bands will be on hand to furnish
dance music during the afternoon and
evening. The affair will continue
until midnight.
The soldiers and sailors will be free
to come and go as they please. They
will be permitted to bring dancing
partners, and those in charge have ar
ranged to have a large number of
young women on hand for partners for
those unacquainted in Portland. A
delegation of 25 members of the avia
tion corps stationed at Vancouver Bar
racks will act as floor committee.
After each few dances the pro
gramme calls for theatricals. Ar
rangements have been made with the
Orpheum. Pantages. Strand and Hippo
drome theaters for their best acts to
be put on the Auditorium stage during
the afternoon and evening. The sol
diers accordingly will get the best
theatricals the city has on its cards
next week.
Theaters Donate Acts.
While the theatricals are on the
dancing will cease and the visitors
will be able to find seats in the main
part of the Auditorium and in the
balconies. Refreshments also are on
the programme. Honor Guard girls
will do the honors in this respect, the
eats to be furnished by various or
ganizations which have come to the
front with liberal offers.
The O.-W. R. & N. expects to add
materially to the Christmas soldier
liosts tomorrow, when a special tra-in
is run down from Camp Lewis. Ar
rangements for this have not been
completed, but the company expects
the train will carry several hundred
men.
Camp Lewis tickets used on the spe
cial trains from the camp are good for
return any time d-uring the remainder
of this year.
MAYOR SENDS PROTEST
REMOVAL OF OREGON BOYS FROM
STEVENS ASKED.
War Committees Suggest That Soldiers
Housed Inadequately Be Sent
to Vancouver Barracks. .
In compliance with requests from 21
war auxiliary committees of Portland,
Mayor Baker yesterday sent telegrams
to the Oregon congressional' delegation
reporting facts as found by the auxil
iaries regarding conditions at Fort
Stevens, where Oregon boys are sta
tioned, and urging the transfer of the
men now occupying tents to Vancouver
Barracks until new barracks at Fort
Stevens, now under contract, are com
pleted. The new barracks will be ready
In about three weeks, it is believed.
The Mayor's message reads:
"Twenty-one war auxiliaries of Port
land, representing every branch of the
service, have made personal investiga
tions of conditions of Oregon troops
stationed at Fort Stevens, Or. They re
port that troops outside the regular
barracks are housed in tents under
very bad conditions, owing to constant
rain and wind storms. These auxll
laries have adopted resolutions " re
questing me to call to your attention
immediately these conditlns and urg
ing you to ask the War Department to
transfer these troops to Vancouver
Barracks until such time as new Fort
Stevens barracks, now under contract,
are completed. Have forwarded by
mail reaching you Monday a complete
statement of facts.
MASON IN OFFICE 17 TERMS
Edward Washbnrn Re-elected Secre
tary of St. Johns Lodge at Albany.
ALBANY. Or., Dec 22. (Special.)
Edward Washburn has been elected
secretary of St. Johns Lodge. No. 17,
of Free Masons of this city, for the
17th consecutive time. He has been
secretary of the local chapter of Royal
Arch Masons and recorder of the Com
mandery of Knights Templar for the
last 10 years.
Willard L. Marks was elected master
of St. Johns Lodge in the annual elec
tion and the other officers to serve for
the ensuing year were chosen as fol
lows: Joseph D. Gilbert, senior warden;
Percy R. Kelly, Junior warden; B. D.
Cusick, treasurer; C. H. Cusick, trustee
for three years: John R. Fenland, trus
tee for one year, to fill a vacancy.
FORMER JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, OF THE CREW OF
THE JACOB JONES, UNITED STATES DESTROYER,
SUNK BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE. .
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Cornelius Lane Transferred!
From lll-Fated Destroyer.
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PARENTS LONG. ANXIOUS
Former Jefferson High School Stu
dent Spared Unpleasant Experi
ence and Possible Death
by Timely Order.
There was tense anxiety in one Port
land home, that of Dr. E. L. Lane,
when news of the sinking- of the Jacob
Jones, an American destroyer, in for
eign waters, with a loss of 65 men, was
first made public.
For Dr. Lan-e s son, Cornelius Aus
tin Lane, 19 years of age, had but n
short time before been transferred
from the destroyer Huntington to th
Jones. Published reports did not give
his name, either among the lost or the
survivors, and the parents were frantic
until they discovered a dispatch in The
Oregonian, some days later, which
named their son as among: four seamen
who were not with the destroyer when
It was torpedoed by an enemy subma
rine. It is apparent that young: Lane and
his messmates must have been on de
tached duty, a circumstance which
spared the Portland boy, as one of the
first experiences of his naval career.
the sensation of feeling his ship lurch
to the impact of the torpedo and settle
to sink. The Jacob Jones was sunk
on December 6.
Until April 8 Cornelius Lane was a
student at Jefferson High School. Two
days after war was declared he had
enlisted in the Navy. For a time he
was stationed at Pensacola, Fla. Then
the parents received word that he was
a seaman on the Huntington, with
the duties of chief primer. He served
with the Huntington till November 10,
when he was transferred to the Jones.
The cover illustration of "Our Navy,"
standard publication of the United
States Navy, November issue, is a re
production of a photograph that of a
stalwart young seaman wig-wagging
a message from a destroyer at Bea. The
same picture is also utilized as an il
lustration in the magazine. The lad
who posed for the striking illustration
is Cornelius A. Lane, late student of
Jefferson High School, and now first
class seaman in the United States
Navy, destroyer service.
REED GRADUATE IS LEADER
Howard Barlow Has Rank of Hon.
orary Captain at Camp Greene.
Howard Barlow, a Reed College
graduate of 1915, is leader of the Army
songs at Camp Greene, with the rank
of honorary Captain. He was director
FOUR ALBANY BROTHERS WHO JOINED THE COLORS AT THE FIRST
CALL.
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Gilbert. OrcROn Field Artillery Earl Dnrnln Gilbert, United States Navy;
GleniT Robert Gilbert. OreRon . Coast Artillery.
A four-star service flag flied from the home of .Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Gilbert, of Albany, Or., testifying that four of their six sons have volun
tarily enlisted in the Army and Navy. Leland R. Gilbert, for the past three
years city editor of the Morning Astorian. Astoria, Dr., - is a well-known
Oregon newspaper man, who has. Joined the Oregon Field Artillery. He served
for eight years in the Oregon National Guard., both in the infantry and
Coast Artillery. Until May, 1915,. he held ' the commission of a First Lieu
tenant In the Guard, resigning when he removed from Albany to Astoria.
In the Fifth Company. Oregon Coast Artillery, now at Fort Canby, are
Walter and Glenn Gilbert, both high school students of Albany, who
elected to e-erve in the company of which their elder brother was formerly
an officer. Each of these youthful Gilberts Is 6 feet 3 inches in eigh't.
Earl Gilbert volunteered for service in the Navy, and passed an excellent
examination. Prior to enlistment he was employed in the freight depart
ment of the Southern Pacific at Albany. Each of the brothers had mil
itary training service previus to American entry in the war. P. D. Gilbert,
father of the four, served as Mayor of Albany, and until 1906 was in the
employ of Lang & Co. and Wadhams & Co, of Portland, as traveling sales
man. He is head of the mercantile firm of Gilbert Bros., of Albany.
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Standard Publlratlon of the Lnlted
States avy. Showing Cornelias A.
Lane In Service. Lower Cornelius A.
Lane. From Photo Taken Shortly
After Enlistment. Seaman Lane,
While Aftnlirned to the Jones, Was
Not With the Ship When It Was
Torpedoed.
of the Reed College choral society be
fore enlisting in the service, and now
wears a Captain's uniform and gets a
Captain's salary, for his work is directly
connected under the War Department
and not under the Y. M. C. A. He is
officially called governor of the repre
sentative training camp activities, and
four days each week are spent in di
recting the Binging at the camp. In
addition to this, Mr. Barlow conducts
large community sings in the city of
Charlotte.
He is conducting a big Christmas
concert at Charlotte, with a civilian
and soldier chorus of 2000 voices and
an orchestra of 300 pieces. The prelude
which will be played at that time Is of
his own composition.
FEW FAMILIES ARE NEEDY
OFFERS OF CHRISTMAS ASSIST
ANCE DECLINED IX SOME CASES.
Confidential Exchange Reports 400
Families That Should Be Aided and
Orsranlsatlons WUI Act.
Indications are that fewer families
will be recipients of Christmas baskets
this year than, last year, although each
family's quota will represent more
money than last year, on account of
the rise in prices. The decrease in the
number of families receiving aid is not
due to any lack of activity on the part
of the many charitable organizations,
but rather to the apparent lack of
needy families. Many families de
clined donations, declaring that they
were not in. need, of them.
The Confidential Exchange, which is
directing the supply of Christmas bas
kets so as to prevent duplication, re
ports that about 400 families will be
included in the distribution. All work
of distribution, will be done on. Mon
day, each organization- attending to its
own list.
The list of charities distributing bas
kets this year include the Cathlic Par
ish, Catholic Women's League, Coun
cil of Parent-Teacher As-sociations,
Fruit and Flower Mission, Episcopal
Social Service League, Juvenile Court,
Methodist Deaconess Association of the
Oregon Conference, Peoples' Institute,
Portland Industrial Center, Public Wel
fare Bureau. Rotary Club, Visiting
Nurse Association, Salvation Army and
Volunteers of America.
Hotel Man Recovering.
Victor Brandt, manager of the Carl
ton HoteJ, who suffered an injury to
his leg in an elevator accident a few
days ago. is improving rapidly at the
Good Samaritan Hospital. It was feared
for a time that it would be necessary to
amputate the leg, but this was found
unnecessary.
$50 PRIZE ATTRACTS
Thrift to Be Important Topic
of Teachers' Convention.
BANKERS' HELP ENLISTED
Children of State Will Be Interested
in Thrift Campaign Through
Committees to Be Selected
at Portland Meeting.
At the state teachers' convention in
Portland, December.26-29. much thought
will be given to the subject of the J50
prize which was offered last June by
the Oregon Bankers' Association to
the county whose schools evidence the
best showing in the promotion of thrift.
A thrift committee of the Oregon
Bankers' Association, composed of W.
E. Kyler, cashier of the Benton County
Bank, of Corvallis; H. Hirschberger,
president of the Independence National
Bank, of Independence; A. C. Schmidt,
vice-president of the First Savings
Bank, of Albany, and Dean J. A. Bexell,
of the Oregon Agricultural College, was
appointed to devise means for award
ing the prize. Through Dean Bexell the
State Teachers' Association's co-operation
was enlisted and plans laid for in
teresting every county superintendent
in the state.
During the teachers' convention the
details will be put before the teachers
in anticipation of Interesting all the
children in Oregon. A score card will
be sent to each school in the state,
through the county superintendents, on
which is to be reported the enrollment
of the county.
From the score cards the ratio of ac
tivities to the number of pupils in each
county will be determined and the
award made on this basis.
The Teachers' Association has named
a committee to handle the campaign.
The committee is composed of F. J.
Tooze, Superintendent of Schools at
Oregon City; Joseph H. Albert, banker.
Salem: J. A. Bexell, dean of the school
of commerce, Oregon Agricultural Col
lege; Clyde T. Bonney, Superintendent
of Schools in Wasco County; L. L.
Goodrich, teacher, . Portland public
schools; A. C. Strange, Superintendent
of Schools, Baker, and T. H. West, as
sistant cashier Ladd & Tilton Bank,
Portland.
In addition to 'the co-oueration of the
Oregon State Bankers' Association, H.
C. Seymour, state club leader of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture and Oregon Agricultural College,
will, throughout the state, co-ordinate
the boys' and sirls" club work with this
movement, which will not only create
an added interest in the club work car
ried on by the boys and girls of the
state, but will give them credit on the
thrift score card for the work done in
their club activities.
Former Oregon! an Employe
Is Delighted With France.
Ralph Henderson Writes Letter In
Which He Tells of Experiences In
the Role of Mule Driver Brake
Gives Way and Wagon Over
turned. MEN now serving in the Engineer
units of the "Rainbow Division"
in France are supposed to know a lot
of things, even acquaintance with Mis
souri mules and their little mannerisms
proving valuable, knowledge, according
to a letter received from Ralph Hen
derson, formerly employed in The Ore
gonlan stereotyping department. An
amusing episode, in which Private Hen
derson acquired valuable experience as
an amateur "mule skinner" is recount
ed in the following excerpts from a
letter received by Bert Phelps:
Just got The Oregonian of October
12, so you can see how the mail comes.
I am always glad to get the paper.
Well, Bert, tell all the fellows this is
a great life, if you don't weaken, and
the Engineers' game is delightful. You
are supposed to know a little about
almost everything. Just to show you,
here is what was pulled on me the
other day:
The sergeant came up and said,
"Henderson, do you know anything
about mules??
"Well, I understand they eat hay,
and I paid 10 cents for a ride behind a
couple of 'billy goats' at a country fair
once when I was a kid."
"Good. Tou go over to a town," (the
name of which I am not allowed to
tell), "and bring back a field kitchen
and four mules."
I went, and when I got there hunted
up the stable sergeant and asked for
the mules. Well, they had about 400
mules lined up and all I was supposed
to do was walk up behind the brutes
and select the ones I wanted. Say,
Bert, those mules may have been kind
and gentle once, but that was in the
distant past. He then showed me the
harness. Well, I got the mules hooked
up and started.
Did you ever see a field kitchen?
They look like a field cannon broke
in two in the middle. The range and
a lot of junk is on the front and you
pull a pin and it parts. They rattle like
h when you move them. The mules
had not been worked since they left
the States and God knows how long be
fore that. Every time the pots and
pans rattled those old birds jumped
about 20 feet. The kitchen has no
brake that you can reach from the
seat. A man Is supposed to sit on the
rear and wcrew up the brake from the
wheel Well, all went well until dark
and then I came to a long hill.
The kitchens are heavy and every
time I pulled the mules up a little the
wagon would run against them. So I
decided to try and keep the mules in
the clear and let them run. Tou never
saw a fire truck going like that out
fit. The hill was longer than I
thought, and the result was the wagon
was going faster than the mules and
started hitting the old wheel mules
about every jump. I held them in the
road until I saw the chain on one of
the tugs break, and Jhen I decided that
the trip was getting too warm for me
so I decided to ditch the outfit. Well,
we kept right side up and all O. K. ex
cept some mlxup. I got them straight
ened out and went back and set the
brake and skidded down the remainder
of the hllL
Well, Bert, we are not allowed to
write much about what goes on over
here, but can hear the big guns going
all the time, and we are working hard.
France has some pretty places. Some
of them were built long before Amer
ica was discovered and are so different
from our own that they are interest
ing to me.
With best wishes to all the bunch.
RALPH.
p. S. This is the way my 'address
should be written:
Ralph K Henderson,
First-class Private, Co. E. 117th Eng.,
Via New York.
Linn Farmer Buys Thrift Stamps.
ALBANY. Or., Dec 22. (Special.)
George Allphin, a farmer residing north
of this city, has arranged to buy J400
worth of thrift stamps from the Al
bany Postoffice. These stamps ar
selling rapidly from the local office,
but generally are taken in small
amounts.
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Rose City CocktaiL -Toke Points, Half Shell.
Celery, Jumbo Olives, Salted Almonds.
Pottage Lord Mayor, aux Crouton Souffle.
Essence of Beef Bouquetrere.
Medallion of Striped Bass, Dieppoise. Potatoes Laurette.
Allied Goose Pattie, St. Hubert. Braised Calf Sweetbread a
la Hauser.
Croute of Hawaiian Pineapple, Nuee Rose. '
. Christmas Punch.
Roast Turkey, Chestnut Dressing, Cranberry Sauce.
Asparagus Tip' Polonaise. Special Baked Potato,
f .- Salad de Luxe, St. Regis.
English Plum Pudding, Hard and Brandy Sauce. Pumpkin
and Hot Mince Pie, Neapolitan Ice Cream,
Fruit and Cake.
Assorted Nuts and Rasins.
Coffee.
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The Price is $1.50.
The Phone is Broadway 4080.
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HONOR GUARD GIRLS GIVE PARTY
FOR CHILDREN.
Each of Poor Youngsters Presented
With Toy and Plenty of Cake, Ice"
Cream and Other Goodies.
The hearts' of 73 children from, among
the poorest families of the city were
gladdened and. filled with the happy
spirit of Christmas vesterday, when
they were the guests of th social serv
ice committee of the Honor Guard! at
the home of Mrs. J. George Keller.
There was a big, sparkly Christmas
tree laden with fruit, nuts and. gay
bags of candy, which were distributed
to the youngsters. Every child was
given all of the cake that he .or she
could eat and ice cream cones and
how they d.id enjoy it. There was a
doll for every girl and. a drum, or gun
or marbles or some other toy for every
boy. These children would not have
had any Christmas tree or any toys or
goodies had it not been for these nonor
Guard Girls.
There was a programme of readings
and songs, after which they played
games symbolical of Christmas. Mayor
Baker took a few minutes out of a
busy afternoon and went to the Keller
residence to talk to th children.
Mrs. Keller, who is chairman of the
social service committee of the Honor
Guard, was assisted by Dorothy Low
enson, Helen Honeyman. Marion. Citron,
Mamie Helen Flynn, Katherine Hoyt,
Mrs. William Henry Metzger and Hatti
bel Ogilbee, who are members of the
committee.
S. Benson Mrs. Henry Metzger. H. X..
Pittock, the Covey Motor Car Company,
the Howard Auto Company, the North
west Auto Company and the Pacific
KisselKar Branch donated the machines
which conveyed the children to and
from the party.
SORORITY RULING MODIFIED
Ban Affects Only High School Girls
Initiated Since January 1, 1916.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Dec. 22. (Special.) The Pan-Hellenic
ruling that any girl who was initiated
fn DtinAl drf fir 1 ft tar JlftCletV
or sorority before entering college was
ineligible ror pledging to a nauonm
college sorority, the restriction which
prevented three Portland girls from
being pledged during rush week In Oc-
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
4ORTIAND
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TODAY, 3 P. M.
"THE MESSIAH" '
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Big Chorus and Orchestra.
-85c, 65c, 40c. 30c, 20c
Box office opens 10 A. RI
Free Lecture Tonight
"The Occult Meaning of
Christmas"
All are Invited. Free lending library
and Reading-Room. -
Theosophical Society
303 Central Building, . Tenth and Alder
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sity. , '
The Oregon chapter of the National
Pan-Hellenic Association has decreed
that only those girls - initiated into
high school sororities since January 1,
1916, when the rule went into effect,
shall be barred from the campus chap
ters of National sororities.
CA It I J OF THANKS.
I wish to express my sincere thanks
to the kind friends and members of the
Woodmen's Camp, No. 77, who so lov
ingly assisted me in my recent bereave
ment In the passing out of my husband,
Arthur I Boscamp. and for the many
beautiful floral offerings.
Mrs. Henrietta Boscamp and Family,
Adv. 500 East Washington St.
CAMPBELL HOTEL
Twenty-third and Hoyt Streets,
Phone Marshall 881.
Dinner Served 4:30 to 6:30 F. H.
65c SUNDAY DINNER 65c
December 23d, 1917
Fruit Punch
Head Lettuce Salad
Ripe Olives
Mock Turtle Soup
Roast Turkey With Dressing
Sirloin Steak
Browned Potatoes
Creamed Celery
Huckleberry Muffins
Apricot and Pineapple
Conserves
Chess Pie
Caramel Ice Cream and Cake
Crackers Cheese Coffee
CHRISTMA-S DINNER, 1917
One Dollar
Grapefruit
Head Lettuce Salad
Ripe Olives Celery
Spiced Peaches
Salted Almonds
Cream of Pea Soup
Roast Turkey With Walnut
Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
or
Candled Sweet Potatoes
Brussels Sprouts
Pop-Overs
Strawberry Preserves
Mince Pie
Apricot Ice Cream and Cake
Assorted Nuts Raisins Mints
Cheese Crackers Coffee
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741 Waehlna-ton Street. Phone Main 7584.
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one of finest on the Coast.
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Breaklast 60c Lunch 60c Dinner $1.00
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SANCTITY OF THE BODY
Br r. JAMES E. TALMAGE
Of the Council of the Twelve, ChnrrA ni
Jeana t hrlut of Latter-Day Saints;
Salt Lake City, Utah.
"Know ye not that ye aw the temple
of God. and that the Spirit of Cod
dwelleth In yonf If any man defile the
temple of God. hint ahall God deatroyt
for the temple of God la holy, -nhleh
temple ye ire." (I Cor. 3:16; see also
619; and Doctrine & Covenants 93:35).
In these and kindred Scriptures the
sanctity of the human body is affirmed
with impressive simplicity. The word
of God stands in strong: contrast with
the erroneous assumption that the body
is a hindrance and burden to the spirit
and ought to be contemned and kept in
subjection by self-imposed afflictions
The Inst of the flesh" as manifested
in perverted appetites and passions Is a
very real temptation, and servitude
thereto is among the commonest of
sins; but this is the evil against which
the saints of old were so solemnly
warned in the foregoing- citation.
If the mortal state be an advance
ment beyond the preexistent. unembod
led condition, and a preparation for a
yet more exalted existence, and so the
Scriptures attest, then the body of
flesh and bones is an endowment of
supreme worth.
The genius of the current age rec
ognizes the nobility of the mortal tab
ernacle in fact if not in theory, and as
a result of this advanced conception
means for the maintenance of health,
and preservation of the bodv and the
conservation of its divinely implanted
functions are taught in school and col
lege, and are enforced by statute for
community observance.
After long centuries of painful ex
perience the race is coming to under
stand that the human body Is essen
tially good; and the word of God so
proclaimed even in the beginning. I
venture to affirm, that every natural
appetite, yearning, passion of the hu
man organism is inherently good; and
that evil comes not from the normal
satisfying of these cravings but from
the perversion thereof.
As early as 1833 the Lord spake to
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, in warning against the use
of stimulants and narcotics, and In
council as to matters of food and drink.
This revelation is currently known as
THE WORD OF WISDOM
"That Inasmuch as any man drlnketh
wine or strong drink among you, be
hold it is not good, neither meet in the
sight of your Father, only in assem
bling yourselves together to offer up
your sacraments before him.
"And, behold, this should be wine,
yea. pure wine of the grape of the
vine, of your own make.
"And, again, strong drinks are not
for the belly, but for the washing of
your bodies.
"And again, tobacco is not for the
body, neither for the belly, and Is not
good for man, but is an herb for
bruises and all sick cattle, to be used
with Judgment and skill.
"And again, hot drinks are not for
the body or belly.
"And again, verily I say unto you, all
wholesome herbs God hath ordained for
the constitution, nature, and use of
man.
"Every herb In the season thereof,
and every fruit in the season thereof:
all these to be used with prudence and
thanksgiving.
"Yes, flesh also of beasts and of the
fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have or
dained for the use of man with thanks
giving; nevertheless they are to be
used sparingly.
"And it is pleasing unto me that they
should not be used only in times of
winter, or of cold, or famine.
"All grain is ordained for the use of
man and of beasts, to be the staff of
life, not only for man but for the beasts
of the field, and the fowls of heaven,
and all wild animals that run or creep
on the earth.
"And these hath God made for the
use of man only in times of famine and
excess of hunger.
"All grain is good for the food of
man, as also the fruit of the vine, that
which yieldeth fruit, whether in the
ground or above the ground.
"Nevertheless, wheat for man, and
corn for the ox, and oats for the horse,
and rye for the fowls and for swine,
and for all beasts of the field, and bar
ley for all useful animals, and for mild
drinks, as also other grain.
"And all saints who remember to
keep and do these sayings, walking in
obedience to the commandments, shall
receive health in their navel, and mar
row to their bones.
"And shall find wisdom and great
treasures of knowledge, even hidden
treasures.
"And shall run and not be weary, and
shall walk and not faint.
"And I, the Lord, give unto them a
promise, that the destroying angel shall
pass by them, as the children of Israel,
and not slay them. Amen."
Hot drinks, against which the peo
ple are specifically warned, are un
derstood to Include tea and coffee, and
the counsel -against their use was
preached and published long before
chemists and physiologists had recog
nised the deleterious effect of theln
and caffein, which are poisonous alka
loids contained in the beverages named.
The inhibition, however, applies in an
other sense to all liquids at high tem
peratures. To this point special in
terest attaches in view of recent dem
onstrations in science. Dr. Wm. J.
Mayo, a surgeon of world-wide fame,
declared in an address delivered in San
Francisco, June, 1915. that hot drinks
are among the predominant causes of
gastric ulcers and cancer.
The Word of Wisdom is generally but
not universally observed in its entirety
by the Latter-Day Saints; and it is per
tinent to inquire as to the results re
vealed by the vital statistics of the
people. The Presiding Bishopric of the
Church report that, for the six year
period ending with 1916, deaths among
La.tter-Day Saints in the organized
Stakes; due to cancers and malignant
ulcers of the stomach, averaged 15.83
per 100,000 of population. For the Reg
istration Area as a whole, during the
six year period ' covered by the latest
report, which, however. Is earlier than
the sexennlum of the latest Church sta
tistics, the average mortality from
stomach cancer is 28.3 per 100,000, or
nearly double that among the Latter
Day Saints. Deaths from all canceroua
affliction, among members of the
Church during the last six years aver
aged 31.15 per 100,000, or only 2.86 more
per 100,000 than the National rate of
mortality from atomach cancer alone
for the six years last reported.
The statistics of the Church show
for its members resident in organized
communities exceptionally low death
rate, high birth-rate, and high average
age at death, as compared with the
official reports of corresponding data
for the Registration Area of the coun
try at large.
The Divine promise of health, pros
perity, and prolonged life are In course
of rich fulfilment among the Latter
Day Saints as in part the natural efreot
of obedience to the word of the Lord
embodied in the Word of Wisdom.
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