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which ia temporary at most. It is a
question whether for the long, steady-
pull there shall be trained leaders and
United States is potentially- the most
powerful support of the new code of
international law to be framed at Ver
educated workers for the task. Stu-1 sallies, but its strength must be de-
dents are asking; now, "What shall 1 1 veloped in order to command respect
do?" -and the more quickly the an-1 from unruly nations. Because the
swer is ready for them the better it j British fleet was ready to 'go to sea
will be for America and for the world. I on the instant, the German fleet was
shut in and the great initial victory
OCR IMPOVERISHED CABINET Ju"es was won n victory wnicii
Tl. , . , in its far-reaching- effects over-
, t,m!rjn-PeI,,V ,n!,h 5aH 'shadowed all of the Allies- victories on
r lv. -1 ' . u land and rendered the German vie
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PORTLAND. SlJiDAY. NOV.I 4, 1918.
AX EDUCATIONAL CRISIS.
The approximate end of the war has
fastened a condition which easily may
prove to be a crisis in American edu
cational affairs. This is being ob
served in all schools, but in particular
in the colleges which were chosen as
scats of the Students' Army Training
corps, me last-named organization,
although it is to be continued for the
present, is undergoing visible signs of
disintegration. "It will be practically
impossible, for one thing, to maintain
the military spirit with which it was
imbued when every student was
prospective officer in our Army over
seas. As for the academic branches,
they already are going back to the old
ways. The students may or may not
be continued indefinitely upon the
payroll of the .Nation: the point is
Immaterial by comparison with the
4 confusion now prevailing and which
is an enemy of consistent study with
a prime purpose in view. These young
men who had set out to educate them
selves for the service of their country
suddenly find themselves adrift. The
sooner they are brought down out of
the air the better it will be for every
one concerned.
The S. A. T. C. was an ambitious
scheme. It is not disparaging its
originators to say that its introduction
was attended by mistakes of omission
and commission. We expect some
waste In war. It is not surprising to
be told that it attempted to deal with
students in classes which were enor
mously too large, or that its sudden
intrusion into the orderly scheme of
the average university produced pro
found confusion. Doubtless the cur
riculum, the dormitory facilities and
other matters would . have adjusted
themselves gradually as time ran on
The whole plan, in any event, would
have possessed the decided advantage
of furnishing a high incentive for
serious work. The demands of pa
triotism in war time, the glamor of
the military side, were mental and
moral stimuli of a high order. There
was a definite object to bo gained,
something which every student might
visualize for which to prepare him
self. Perhaps not the smallest part
of the success of the plan so far as
it has gone has been due to the cir
cumstance that responsibility for
choosing the course of study and ap
praising the fitness of students was
assumed by the Government. There
was to have been, at least in theory,
a process of fitting the square and
round pegs to their corresponding
square and round holes. This in it
self had relieved students and parents
of an onerous task. The situation bad
been accepted cheerfully.
But the students are once more
adrift upon an uncharted sea. De
prived of their purpose to serve their
country in the very practical field of
war, they are confronted with the ne
cessity for making a new - decision.
Shall they return to their pre-war
tasks? What courses shall they take?
tfor what future shall they prepare
themselves? To what extent is the
cultural going to fit into the coming
cheme? Are we going to. have a riot
of industrialism, in which men will be
judged chiefly or only by their power
to produce food and to fabricate "use
ful" commodities? And if the latter,
shall they turn to chemistry, or engi
neering, or foreign trade? It must
have been observed by this time that
young men are asking themselves, in
deeper earnestness than they have
ever done before, what they ought to
do to make themselves able to bear
their share of the burden of their own
generation.
The war has sobered many minds.
Boys have become men overnight The
experience of the past nineteen months
lias matured us greatly. It seems al
most as if there were no happy-go-lucky
lads of 16 or thereabouts any
more. It would not be accurate to say
that there is a sense of foreboding,
but there is a feeling of uncertainty,
and of appreciation that it means
more to take the right or the wrong
step than it has meant in less eventful
days. Professors are more frequent!)
called upon for serious advice. Youth
is in a mood to qualify itself and un
derstands that the times call for
trained men. The outlook becomes
less and less parochial. We are ac
quiring a broader" social viewpoint.
The war has made us understand the
, value of service, as it will put a pre
mium on the doers of deeds, and as it
may cast the mere theorists and
preachers of homilies into the rubbish
heap.
The moment is ripe psychologically
to take advantage of the situation thus
created. It may mean a good deal of
scrapping of old systems, but it would
be well to avoid lost motion so far as
possible In taking up the slack. If the
8. A. T. C. is to be continued in some
form, it ought to be removed from the
atmosphere of uncertainty without de
lay, and the usual work of the col
leges at least should be placed upon
an enduring basis. It may be that we
shall see fit to revise the work of the
lower grades to meet the needs of
those who do not intend to seek
higher education in the universities.
The question will recur now whether
the grammar and high schools ought
to continue to be way stations, or re
vised in accordance with a new idea
that they represent all the schooling
that a vast majority of young men
and women ever will acquire. This
issue remains undetermined, and it is
important that some action shall be
taken before interest is lost again. -
The question is broader than that
of demobilization and readjustment.
-K- .i . iu.nu ana renaerea me uerman vic
denied the National prerogative of . , , ...
looking for a deeper motive for re- i" ' 7 c. f oecisive resuiu una
tirpmonf rVnm t.K r" - efc! J United states needs suh Navy, as
" . " "B " """' ready as was the British in July, 1914
expressed in the formal letter of w. . v.,
We need a great Navy also to pro-
rpi. . .. . , , I ici.t vui iasi-iuwiujs mei u-uaui ma.1 me
Z ":.T,t." 71.7 . " and our fast-expanding foreign com
merce. British shipping and com
merce have grown because the British
navy followed and guarded them on
every sea and inspired respect for the
nation in every port. The American
resignation.
are plausible,, without doubt. Living
expenses have vastly increased in
Washington, and abinet salaries re
main at the old figure. Other Cabinet
members have found the living prob-
. . ... . uaiiuu in cvcjv uuiu Ilia AU1CI1UIU
Iem severe in normal times. It was vti , ji,i- .
. ... ., . . I .Nation nas won an enviable place in
but recently that Mr. Brvan. then I .. . . . .... . .
but recently that Mr. Bryan, then
Secretary of State, augmented his sal
ary-with pay as a Chautauqua lec
the esteem and trust of the world, but
it will fortify this position among the
well disposed if backed by a show ol
ll'iRr01"11 Bom den-ee f sufficient force to restrain the ill
uccaau;. jlui mcie me viuei mem
bers of the President's Cabinet who
do not enjoy independent means, yet
seem to exist somehow and keep up
their necessary social obligations. We
! disposed.
THE PRESIDENT AS PEACEMAKER.
It is to be presumed that the Presi-
do not recall that there is among them I dent read and considered deeply the
a single W anamaker, or one who has I opinions of the newspapers canvassed
married great, wealth," like John Hay. I by the New York Times on the subject
If there is a deeper motive and it of his going to France. Having read
concerns political ambition, one must I and considered deeply, the President,
admire the astuteness of Mr. McAdoo. I as usual, decided to adopt his own
He retires still in the good graces of judgment.
the Administration and his party. He I The opinions quoted by the Times
has successfully directed the financ-1 were given prior to the President's
ing of a great war. He has converted I decision. He was at that time merely
the pooled railroads of the country I considering personal participation in
into an efficient wartime machine. the peace conference. Of the journals
But it is obvious that in all his activ- I that were other than noncomittal
ities he has had behind him a united I nineteen opposed his participation and
people, ready to sacrifice or bear bur- I ten approved
dens in behalf of a great purpose. I The reasons of the opponents do not
In the culinary art there is no such I impress one strongly. There is the
thing as a successful unscrambling of I matter of breaking time-honored
eggs. The practical politician knows precedent. No President has ever
that the equivalent is true in govern- crossed the Atlantic while in- office.
mental affairs. The public that sub- I Most precedents are founded on good
mitted to higher railroad rates and I and sufficient reasons. Once a jour-
curtailed service as a , war measure I ney of this kind would have been ill
is quite likely to become restive under I advised. It was a long and somewhat
the same conditions in days of peace. I perilous voyage in those early days of
But, whether there shall now be re- the Nation when Presidential prece-
adjustment or no readjustment, the I dents were formed. Communication
head of the railway institution cannot I was uncertain and long on the way.
proceed without treading on some- It would then have been a virtual re-
one's toes. I tirement from office. Today the
Likewise, in the flush of patriotism, President would be but very little less
sacrifice of money for war taxes does in touch with Washington at Ver-
not rest heavily upon the public. But sailles than at Portland, Or. There is
let war taxes be continued long into nothing sacred about a precedent as
the era of peace and the necessity such. When the reason lor it no longer
therefor needs a vast amount of ex-1 exists there is not any serious argu-
plaining and encounters a great deal I ment for observing it.
f grumbling. ! The further objection that domestic
Mr. McAdoo is at the zenith of his Issues, require his attention crumble
career as a Cabinet officer. His skill, I under the same analysis, .and there is
is earnestness and his wonderful in- I left only the suggestion that the Presi
dustry have earned for him an out-1 dent will outrank the other members
standing reputation. If he could ac- of the conference. But American del
uire the same success during recon- legates, if they rank at all, must either
struction and reorganization he would I outrank or underrank the peace dele
exhibit elements of greatness. But it I gates from other countries. The United
is doubtful if any man, however in-1 States, for example, has no Premier,
herently great, could come out of the It is but journalistic fiction so to term
later period with a large degree of I the Secretary of State. His functions
personal popularity. He who has an I are. not those of a European Premier.
ambition to become President may I And all matters of rank in a democ
well break the bonds of office in such I racy are more or less fiction. The
rcumstances and rest for a while I Presidential ideal is one whose quali
under the laurels of a hard-earned I ties of leadership are admitted, one
reputation. I whom the people revere and in whom
But deeper motives, as already in-1 they have confidence. The President
dicated, are matters of speculation. I was but yesterday a private citizen
We enjoy the prerogative of discussing! tomorrow he will be that again.
them and now turn cheerfully to the But it is not to be denied that the
next page of current history with the opinions of the President at the peace
lingering hope that the other mem- table would be given greater weight
bers of the Cabinet are not so hard I than like opinions expressed by dele
greatly in demand in the war, as stated themselves recognize this , when the to be heard from again, and pre-
by an authority on the question, was ward reaches the age of dismission, sumably was lost at sea.
that "they can go where it is imprac- It is significant that upon their de- Followed a few years in which it
ticable for motorcars to penetrate." parture, institutions almost invariably was believed that the "curse of the
The reason why they hold up in num- seek to secure for them employment Hapsburgs" had run its course, but
bers despite greatly increasing use of including the protection .of homes, so finally the Duchess d'Alcenon, the
the automobile seems to be the same, that the immature citizen may start Emperor's sister-in-law, - was burned
The automobile and the motor truck in the outside world under favorable to death in a charity bazaar fire in
have created a big field of their own circumstances. Such official arrange- Paris. Soon after tha Emperor's
without displacing a single horse. I ments, as the report says, are a true I granddaughter eloped from her royal
form of child-placing in families. husband and lived with an army of-
- The issue is made timely by the ficer, and, to add to the unhappy
double inroads of the recent influenza ruler's cup of woe, the Empress, be-
epidemic and the war. Of the twain, I lovea above all others by Francis
up that they are suffering.
POR A STRONG AMERICAV NATT.
Secretary Daniels' request to Con-
gates less representative of the whole
American people. If the United States
sought indemnities or territory, or any
material gain whatever because of its
participation in the war, any policy
nrocu - mitkAplh, 4. V. , , ; l .1 -1 I I'd. I l.
f. Ill " "V" J ""I 011 that might be construed as a desire
.ZT hsen t . e",1Bhtenment to dominate the conference would be
k, h"latS. J Wfr haTa ill advised. But we ask nothing, want
fiiirf with D!f lk.i nothing material.
filled with the pacifist theories of
W. J. Bryan. Mr. Daniels' reversal of
mental attitude began with the disap
pearance of his political mentor from
V, Pokln.l -J r .l :
j V v T : " v '. y: conqueror. It will be conscious of
wM mem-u uy conunuance oi hfc b t d wm toward Briton,
elma!?,rUbraarine raTTaEeS and.by th,e Frenchman, Italian or other associat-
;r:h V--.- ed nationality. The stronger its rep-
The United States will enter the con
ference without jealousy or overpow
ering desire for revenge. It will be
devoid of the natural rapacity of the
evident when he proposes a big Navy
in face of the fact that victory is won.
that the U-boats are being surrendered
to the allies and that no new danger
seems to darken -the horizon.
The head of the Navy Department
at the timewhen the United States
entered the war must have been im
pressed with the necessity of prepared-
resentation the harder its brake upon
any movement for other than exact
justice.
We have fought for a lasting peace
and for the permanent safety of free
peoples. That we must assure. It is
not inconceivable that there will be
conflict of interests among the allies
that would menace the ideal for which
ness to exert immediately superior . w ,v,f,,
v. 9 I W r? 1UUKUU T C3 vail Lll s IX sa. Jiv viih-
nAWAP of GAO Tt vroa Vita r ntw n I & 0
I., r , " ,,. er mediator among the allies them-
vide means of not only protecting our
coasts but of making the way safe for
a great American Army and a great
fleet of supply ships to go to Europe,
and for other ships to bring war mate
selves than President Wilson.
MORE HORSES THAN" EVER.
The figures of the Government Sta-
rial from all parts of the world to this tistical Abstract rise to confound the
country. He lacked those means, and prophets who predicted that the horse
was forced to rely on the British navy, would disappear before the advance
with some aid from the allies, to make I of motor transportation. Neither in
good our deficiencies. Our ships were actual numbers, nor in relative pro-
splendid, 6ur men were- the' bravest, portion to population, has the horse
most skilled and most patriotic in the shown any decline in the past twenty
world, but there were not enough of years, which period covers the devel-
them and they could perform but a opnient of the automobile. There were
fraction of the work of killing sub- 13,538,000 horses in the United States
marines, convoying transports and In 1900, according to the census, and
shutting the German fleet in its har- the number in 1917 was 21,210.000.
bora. It must have been mortifying to Our population in the former year
him, as it was to the whole American was about 75,000,000, in the latter
people, to have to lean on an ally, approximately 100,000,000. The numT
even so staunch an ally as Great Brit- I ber of horses increased by 56 per cent
ain, in such a crisis. He may well I while the population was increased
have resolved that, if he could accom-I some 33 per cent. The fact that we
plish it, this country should be so I were furnishing horses to the allies
strong at sea that it could defend itself I in Europe did not prevent an increase
alone, unaided by any other nation. I of some 51,000 in the total number
It was often said before the war during the year 1916-17. .And it is
that the Monroe doctrine was no I reasonably safe to guess that despite
stronger than the navy defending it, I our own participation In the war,
and that we owed its maintenance to I there are now more horses in the
the naval strength of Great Britain, I country than there were in 1917.
not to our own. The war has brought I Consequently-one will be inclined to
home to us the truth of those asser- I accept with caution the suggestion
tions. and it has changed the view- that the horse is doomed. There ap
point of the Administration and Con- I pears still to be work for him to do
gress to radically that the lawmakers The fact would seem to be that motor
are now ready to act upon that truth, transport has so greatly enlarged the
There are still some little Navy men, field of human activity that it has
and others have been so filled with created work in which horses are in-
optimism by the downfall of autoc- dispensable. accessories. It often hap-
racy that they consider no Navy neces- pens that way. Just as labor-saving
sary. devices nearly always create a greater
All hope that a League of Peace demand for labor instead of having
will be formed and will establish its the opposite effect. Mechanical trans-
power so firmly that armies and navies portation, by extending the area ,of
may be reduced to the minimum I profitable farming,, for example, causes
needed to constitute an international I a greater demand for horses lor farm
police force, but we have had too work.
severe a lesstfn in the folly of over- I it undoubtedly is true at the same
optimism to act on that assumption. I time that the horse is undergoing a
The world is so profoundly disturbed change. He is no longer in much de
that it may not quickly settle down. I mand for pleasure driving, and he is
National rivalry and distrust still pre- seldom seen drawing a hearse. The
vail and may prevent formation of the I sport" of horse-racing has declined be-
league, or may cause some nations to cause the falling off of riding and
stay out or, after going in, to resist driving has removed the incentive for
its decisions. There are possibilities breeding these specialties of the horse
of disturbance of the world's peace in world. Curtailment of free range has
the emancipation of Southeastern Eu- reduced the number, of scrubs. There
rope. In the reorganization of Russia is. on the other hand, a vast improve-
and in the gradual awakening of ment in the quality of work horses in
China. Nations which have just found use, as a natural corollary to the in
themselves. Just realized their strength, creased cost of feed and forage. Farm
are restless, adventurous and impa- ers are learning everywhere the lesson
tient of restraint, and they may fol- that inferior animals of any kind do
low another ambitious leader as the not pay for their keep.
FrgncJa , fallowed. N?Qjfios , T&e .One reason why. horses sere go ,
SNAP JUDGMENT.
The Oregon Legislature, when it
adopted the public utilities law, wholly the former is tne more seri0us in this Joseph, although estranged from him.
exempted irom ine operations or tne connection, not only because it may was assassinated in 1898.
act any utility owned or operated by have orphaned more children, but be- Francis Ferdinand, heir apparent,
a municipality. At the time of the cause it has left them without benefit married beneath him and the hum
law's adoption no one could foresee of a soldiers' compensation act. The led Emperor was forced to acquiesce
that thft dav WrtllM --m n -Cl-Vi nn tha Legislature of 1917 had neither of and- just before the start of the pres-
National Government would operate tnese especial purposes in mind. It ent war, this same Francis Ferdinand
local utilities. Likely if the Legisla- was concerned chiefly with the dis- and his wife, the Duchess of Hohen
ture could have foreseen such a cir- covery if possible of preventive meas- burg, the former Countess Chotek,
cumstance it would also have excluded ures"- ' "To answer the child question." were assassinated, this being the pre-
Government-operated utilities. The says rr- Slingerland, "we must ana- text for tne war which involved the
theory of the exemption seems to lvze the causes of crime, disease and woZjd-
have been that government can do no poverty." But when these have been The aed Countess Karolyi's curse
wrong. ' 1 analyzed, ana remedies provided so . . .--, ciiiaiciiuj, even longer
It follows that if it were the citv far as possible, there still remain chil- t " "IB "le 01 lne emperor. F rancis
nf Pnrti.-.nrf rati,r dren orDhanei and denendent throueh JOS?Pi died, as he had lived, amid
Postoff ice DeDartment which operates the visible fault of no one. And it is intense sorrow, with his people, whom
niot e r;s mi i c I easipr tn Tinmill.n unnn crime, dis- ne proressed to love deeply, eneraeed in
v. iuo x ai.1111; icicuuuiic a . .
TeleeTanh Comnanv. thn hitrher rates ease and poverty than it is even for n"Snty war with powerful foes
now in controversy could be applied the most confident reformer to abol- Pressing on all sides. Now his heir,
without interference by the Public ish them. Meanwhile there are or- paries Francis, nephew of the mur
Service Commission phans to be cared for and their care fred b rancis Ferdinand, after less
Yet the one incident indicates thai cannot wait on the settlement of other VL gn, nas aDdicatea,
government is not always considerate questions. , Z7( utterly defeated and
of the patrons of a utility it operates. There is, indeed, sound argument ced to capitulate unconditionally to
So far as reports go, there has been In favor of the stimulation of private ;al'anoanaIh!a armies. his em
no detailed study by the Postoffice philanthropy. Attainment of the so- 'hI1t as"nd?r y "volutin and
Department of the need of the local cial "ideal," the entire support, of all eU'nad T tdrea,mii of emP"
telephone company for the exact fig- dependent classes from the "results " " . ,f 7 lor"er; nl
ure of the increase proposed, or for of an equitable taxation of the entire V'h t?ryK at arms of l,h
any increase. The company has sub- population of the state," even if it fif d .ut by those fevol-
mitted to, the Postmaster-General an were practicable, would still deny the ,'adershin rff ,f D?ry ndef !he
estimate of the additional revenues important benefits to be gained from i!!5 Pw' U"t fro'y'. of the
required to provide for contemplated the "perennial springs of humane U1 "unarlan fami'y w.hse
i, ,.i.ri od helDfulness." which the report recog- nty)ears ago uttered the
the Postmaster-General has accepted nizes as a continued testimony to the
.1 . 1 : I tnnu7inc cinnTi'ithv ond irnnn will nr
LJies iciuii ita v.. I '- n . t j s i . . ,
There may naturally be the sup- people generally and wmcn wouia not t ""'"tiiieiii m going - over
position on the part of the Postoffice "no outlet or opportunity ior aeveiop- u..u.cu war wont drive
Department .that, inasmuch as the ment through payment of taxes. WeP?ltn a subscription of. twelve times
company has no financial interest in commend this extract from tne writ- "" "8ueu to mat country
any proposed increase, its recommen- ings of another of the Russell Sage D Ur- Mott derives its especial sig-
dations must be accurate and impar- Foundation's staff, Dr. L. Walter nmcance from the fact that 90 per
. . -. Pont rr a t : 1 : -
tial. But there are the possible ele- Mason, as expressive or a line idea:. ""luuuons are irom
ments of error, unnecessary overhead, The highest excellencies of human char- i"nSf: The amount is not large in
extravagance, mismanagement, any or acter can only come from the sense or oh- i" l" lne ereal Population or
all of which might be discovered and K"d" rTnow'in. that 7 the er' ZrVr:ulm. -lc 13
corrected if an independent investi- can be no return save the satisfaction which ue'.lu.lB an aw aKening or tne
gation were had. A forehanded cor- comes from the exercise of the highest ot social responsibility in a coun-
poration, too, might look to the future, K""" T . ' ', "een udio-
whpn it's nrnnprtv would be returned , """"'J anuus to ine needs or even its
to ttfiroXmtSTjH AS a matter f fact WG are HOWn people and in which the victims
tO It IOr ItS OWn management dnu UP 1 formo nnUo o:lY f ta nnnn 9. i j ; ,
aMtinn I ' - I -,a.a5 nuuua mm lamines nave
era-LlOn. I e- V tilrnn sqva v V10 I K , ,
There is sound reason why the pro- ' , vl -n. T T" u'i Danaoa .lo.tne,r
nnpd incronsp in ratps should take -. '"" cpteau 01 tne spirit or cnarity
thl reiur course before the State "bUt nIy & feW Powers." And to the Orient is likely to prove a pow-
tne regular COUn8 ueiure mo H nnnlH on ill.xnnc dorod Kvstom I s. .
Public Service Commission. Snap " ,T,d d;;, 'ee""rauo" a"a
judgment, when it means something ,i rnl ,co am tn.e
Your Boy in France.
What He Ia Doing and Thinking
About, as Glrnnrd From The Mara
and Stripes, Official Newspaper of
the A. K. K.
to nearly every purse in the comma
powers or refuse them opportunity for work in Europe will flow back with
self-expression.
though, as in this case, excessive
profits, if any there be, would go to
the Government. The case suggests
that there is wisdom in having an in
added increment of selp-helpfulness to
tne source from which it came.
A WAITER OPPOSES TIPPING.
The most encouraging sign in recent The great Government sale of saw-
times that the "tinrjintr evil" mav be mills, railroads and logging outfits is
dependent restraining hand on any ftbated may be read in tne statement al very wel1- but at 'east one spruce
sort of Government control of public
utilities.
CARE OF DEPENDENT CJrllTDREJf.
Dr. W. H.. Slingerland, the special
agent of the department of child
helping of the Russell Sage Founda
tion who was retained by the Oregon
Child Welfare Commission to aid in
the inquiry into the care of dependent,
delinquent and defective children in
this state which was authorized by
the last State Legislature, makes a
nice distinction in the report prepared
under his direction between the terms
made by Benjamin F. Parker, presi
dent of the Chicago Waiters' Associa-
I cut-up mill should be reserved to sup
ply the Army. Aircraft will play as
tion. Speaking presumably on behalf 7 m,1"
-if i t nn i-n matenals wiI1 e as necessary as ar
1" "" sonnla novo Moon i t .
that the custom of tipping is an
imported, .non-American institution."
IUIU,C'' "c well to reserve an ample supply for
man who serves a slice of roast beef I ,,,,, . , v o.y
senals have been.
too much airplane spruce in the coun
try, and the Government would d
and a baked potato to me is any worse
military needs, for spruce is superio
I onir ntiiAF ... ,-. ,1 ; u ; 1 ....... .
than the clerk who sells me an under- "s"""s ii.
Mr' -PaT-Vor Pxhihits a. mistaken This is a good time, for the merely
no ,.,non 1,0 Qin curious to stay away from Europe,
no no "uo i r.rHH a sn-1 They Jiave only a morbid desire to
. . . ... o PrAhohhr in tno mind " wuunuo ui BuucrillB ua
study" and "investigation" as applied , " " V ""; v io tions, and they would be in the way
Ui, cuts av ci age nmci n-aii i . , , . , .,
garded as nothing of the kind. The fJnhse must blnd P those
to research efforts. He rejects
its implication, and as '
"in
vestigation" as usually destructive m b"" ; , wounds. There is so much hard, seri
leaving a bad f VT- VVoc,fo; ous work ahead in Europe for the
taste in one's mouth," whereas the l'"s -uu"u ,M . v.i CZ next few years that tourists should
term "study" relates to good as well as
to bad, almost invariably has a con-
much of this kind of snobbishness.
There are waiters who succeed in
not be tolerated.
ment and betterment. With this dis
tinction most students will agree.
It is significant of the "study" so
..... . .t -. , malrine- themselves exceedingly well
strucuve spim ana . appneauon ana - f and tnee others who Indianapolis exhibits a smug self-
nas ior us central purposes aavance- - - . t. ,ri, jiff00 satisfaction because it is ahle to "sit.
UO X1UL. DUb liic uiatciiai uumi i - -
hotwoon tho. waiter and the clerk is back with money in the war chest
that the latter does not exact a gra- wnne tne rest oi tne JNation nas been
i v. i? . T 1 . i7 x. tuitv for his services, while the former, busy digging up for the war work
made by Dr. Slingerland that although tuity for t i service drive! of
duty of the "atrrolssuml the re! -only doei The slice of roast beef is missing in not being privileged to
i.!ii i o,ontnood undoubtedly is as necessary a. cum- ."""
IVvuiiiiiii 6"'" I 4V. ;t;mta opinio woa r-
for the children within its borders, " 77 Y", ",7'a
they do not construe this to mean that lng apparei, uul
the state shall rear-its needy children
in
institutions, or that the poorest I? of inferiority is never ra sed.
One of the finest testimonials ever
nnnn to fee the clerk, and hence the given to American efficiency was cpn
1 - . . I . . -3 : .. . i. i .l . . . . , . ,
of the Belgian Relief Commission be
up
... , : . I we 1 L as wen Bivc
snail OB aemea me ueucuu. oj. iiuvauo ...., tt tn.,,h nnnlied in Germanv. Rut tlio nAcossi-
home. The report, indeed, if its most - dining ties of the situations were far differ-
important cnapter o cons merect out -?-- his has Deen tried. and it ent, as it now appears.
oi tne oraer in wnicu it is prnncu, i ... t. tvi i
.v. Ulwavs has failed. The same thin-
may oe regarueu . a. xUi ... skinned sensitiveness to what other Those 100,000 who have already
Se thTnk which causes Mr. Par- applied for passports to go abroad
placing. IhlS, It IS admitted, SnOUia t- t.ji "Coolol nit. nood nnlvr'ho Txotiont and thou- onnn
be aried. but the lo - trhet. will be able to travel over a good
favor of the system are well-nigh un- fast is exm,ieu wifhm n nnrt
answerable. Financial economy is c.on""e"
nornnn, tho lpast. of these. The "nor- rendered a man wnuo v,k'"-" - r
maUtyV of the method is the point conduct need not be considered ux in tne Puttonno.e.
.. . .....i.j hf the waiters themselves decide that I
fact " says the report "that children tipping is "non-American." and if they The ultimate consumer won't care
!af ' . f?L,,foPn a absorb enough of the spirit of Amen- much, with the December east wind
relations to family life and society so
canism to make them willing to deny blowing:, whether the styles in straw
CUJf oj i - . . . I -t . J -.- 1,
long as they are thus massed." When tlemseives ior a iin'i"-. "' T " J'c
lu"6 1 J .1 :,i i rt o-o I will hft n. riiKh fnr thom when thpv
11 1 1 ... rrr. , o VO rt COf W ill XlCt V JS LVJ t - , J
L 1 1 L V 1111C11V cmcigc iucj e I
away from institutional habits and
customs and Jearn the ways of pri- the CXRSE of the HAPSBURGS. -vate
homes and communities. From count Karolyi, one of an ancient
are put on the market next Summer.
It Is not too much to hope that the
these handicaps the child placed earl, I a ,ong powerful Hungarian family prtiple of price regulation
? Tr7trh. tnTd thnt is in charge or ariairs ox iruuuicu m remember a Southern staple
It will interest many to be told that ..i.,. Trine- of .:-v. i . i .v. ...
tl MU.IIn. n-d.m 1 35 00 vpars sxaie Ul nuii6J. - w llitll ciucis Ktieeij mm .lie inniu-
XVd ond that Tt w fli letallv and H"W and Emperor or Austria- facture of cloth,
old and that it was first legally and abdicated his throne. .
i-L -r ( 1 I t"1 11 II 11 i I V - JlcVa auun-wi-vu
nationally used oy ine oewa, wuo I ha famous Hapsburg
IZl ,ont" Ze ' other peon e n dynasty and the rise to power of WIti1-BO' keon a sense of the pressure
work longer than any otner people m I , to mind the traeric his- .v. li. ni ;
iiui vij - 1 ui t-iir; J11511 t-ijit J a. ii v mg cui to ijvu
The people will regret that a man
history."
To continue:
tnrv nf the hOUSO Of Hapsburg Since .....j y. -M- --A Jnn .annnt romain
In tha laws of Moses, recorded in the . . spventv vears ago when the L noJition in tho nonmont
Bible, and in the Talmud, a body or law. " ' ,vj ronounced the " & S
and comments not lneiuaea in tne renin- . agcu w -
teuch. we find the first historical records I "curse of the Hapsburgs upon X ran-
of .child welfare work: and they are the Joseph. Emperor of Austria.
only careful and aennue provision ior or- - T i. vj ,i tn
. , 1 J . i ... . .. .. V. i 1 .1 . lnnwn .... I' TILIIC 13 JUaCPU h,ful1 -
p.. All UUU UCBULULO V ....... .... ...... -- .. ...... I - .
,.,nin, mnv nation of th ancient world. I rpmpmher the name oi K.aroiyi. xnis
the
Peru and Chile might as well arbi
trate. No war that they can stage
will get them a first-page position
while the European peace congress is
in session.
It was required that children lacking- par- .i.r often referred to as the "Em
Snt"A. B.h.oul.?."?af,e mmle" ' ..,.! oeror of Sorrows" because of
able, and if none were, some other house- many tragedies in his household, was Douglas County is in a position to
hold; and the children must be trained up believed by many of his superstitious! , ... iPi,..vi,H-
for efficient adult life. According to the I ,-o noon nndpr trip hane- 1.15" .-e..-".t,
Talmud, the custom in reg-ard to foundlings sublets to have been under the Dane turkeys with a deg.ree of equanimity
not vouchsafed to the rest of. the
state.
THE latest Stars and Stripes received
is October 25 and "On to Berlin
is declared to be the slogai at all of
the nine base ports which tho Ameri
cans have established in France.
France has great difficulty in under
standing the Americans. Small won
der, too, when the Yankee doughboy
calls the big battle a "show" and in
sists on treating everything with a lev
ity more befitting a comic opera than
the greatest war the world has ever
known. t
And the least understandable part
of it all is that the- biggest funniaker
In the company is the best fighter
when the time comes to rush a machine-gun
nest. The great majority of
the Americans never really knew what
hard work was until they joined tha
Army and now the harder it is the more
Inclined they are to make play of it.
For example, the unloading of the
"argosies," as they call the food and
munitions ships at the various basa
ports, is made a great 'game or contest
in which the men at each port strive to
outdo all the others. This rivalry has
been going on for some time, but an
nouncement was made officially that
beginning November 3 records would
be kept, on approval of the commanding
general, who has appointed contest of
ficers to keep ta-lly on freight unloaded.
Moving pictures of the men at work are
being made for exhibition In tho United
States, so it may be possible to see your
husband or your son hustling cargo as
he never hustled before.
During the contest the port which is
In the lead for any' one week will bo
allowed to fly a special banner signi
fying its lead. This must be taken
down if it loses its position. Brassards
also may be worn by small units of
men, platoons, companies or detach
ments, who make the best showing at
thoir respective ports. The armistice
will probably have little effect on this
contest, for ships have to be unloaded
as before, though now there will ba
more food and less munitions. Prizes
for individuals who make tho best
showing are announced as a special
10 days' leave of absence.
This little paragraph well illustrates
the spirit of fun that pervades every
thing the Yankee boy dots, even the
dowufall of the Kaiser, and Trussian
frightfulness:
"William Hohenzollern & Co. can pro
ceed with the presentation of their .
roaring farce, "The KinK and the Vol
cano," or "Peace Before It Goes Off."
There never seems to have beon a
doubt in the minds of those brav fel
lows in France that the war would be
over before AVinter.
w that each such child was taken into the ful influence or tne curse upon mm.
home of a childless couple, who brought it I The "curse" was pronounced by
"-oor.ThH.H.n. w wn.n. -.r. Countess Karolyi, whose son was put
mainly Jews, took into the new church the to death for participation in the Hun-
child welfare methods of the older org-aniza- I garian uprising of 1848
tion. For nearly 200 years child-placing !n Countess Karolyi denounced the
xamiues was me oniy memoa ior tne care or 1 . . .
dmendents used by the christian church, it I Emperor in the most scathing terms.
became customary for the bishops to place I she prayed that his life might be de-
orpaau snu inner uepenueni. cnuaren. ior f haPPlneSS: that misery and
whom no permanent family home at once 77 7 J tl ,.,j t.
offered, in the care of selected widows at suffering come to those dearest to
church expense, thus establishing the equiva- him, and that he be crushed in de
tent 01 ine mwmins-oui system pracucea Dy 1 gpajp
uiuuri 11 Bocteues. itier, institutions were I . , . -. , rt . . .
founded, but chiid-Dtacin in faWiiea nevet From that time sorrow filled the
was abandoned, and la in operation today on house of Hapsburg. The Emperor's
a larger scale, and with more systematic brother, Maximilian, was sent to Mex-
methods, than ever In past ages.
ico as Emperor, where, after a snort
The universality of a plan does not reien. he was executed by Mexican
always recommend it, but in this in- I soldiers. Garlotta, wife of Maximilian,
stance it would se.em that the state- went insane as a result of her hus-
ment that "the laws of every state in band's execution. The Emperor, was
the Union recognize the method in wounded by an assassin who tried to
some form" is a natural corollary kill him with a knife in 1853. Again
to the claim that these arrangements in 1882 he was a target for an assas-
are not declining remnants of former sin's bullet and later that same year
processes, -but are the up-to-date de-1 he barely escaped .bombs placed by
velopments of all the leading states I anarchists. The Crown Prince Ru-
of the Union. Final place is given, I dolph and Baroness Vetsera were
as a fitting climax, to the contention found dead together in 1889 and the
that, "whatever makeshifts we create mystery of the death has never been
and use In the care or dependent chil-I cleared. Then the Archduke, John
dren, the family home is the ultimate I Salvator, nephew to Frapcis Joseph,
institution." The child finally, whether I renounced his succession to the
he wills it or. not, returns to ordi-1 throne, assumed the name of John
nary social conditions, Institutions I Orth. and sailed for America, never
The dollar-a-year men who are re
signing, unfortunately for the taxpay
ers, do not greatly reduce the cost
of Government by getting out of it.
The American Red Cross will go in
triumph right through Germany,
though the American Army may stop
just across the Rhine. t
An interesting subject for specula
tion is: What would the French people
do to the Kaiser if they got their hands
on him?
Landing fields and repair shops for
airplanes are now a requisite of every
up-to-date city, so Portland gets in
line.
Those Canadian slackers would have
had a far easier time if they had sub
mitted to draft.
Denver failed to "knock wood"
when it called off its influenza re
strictions.
Tou realize on your Red Cross dol
lars, as the tales come across the sea.
"Heaven, hell or lloboltcn before
Christmas" was no idle boast, and who
can doubt that those whose bodies now
lio in French soil have won the firrt
in their glorious victory for justice and
righteousness?
The battle of the Argonne' is still th
principal topic of news in the official
paper of the A. K. F. and thrilling ac
counts of heroic fighting are given on
nearly every page. "The setting of to
morrow's sun," says one writer, "will
bring to an end the first month of tho
Battle of the Argonne, which, measured
by the number of troops engaged, iu fur
and away the biggest battle in Amer
ican history."
Another writer says: "When the
American conquest of Argonne recedes
into history it will tako form as a
dogged, inch-by-inch, foot-by-foot fight
for a desolate and difficult land. And
3 the successive hilltops of that land
rise now above the all-blanketing Oc
tober fog that hides the valleys, so
memory will hold fast to certain hill
tops that will rise sharp and clear
above the mists of time."
To the Americans was assigned tho
task of striking at the enemy's vitals,
striking where it was known he would
defend himself most passionately.
Ahead of the Americans the German de
fensive line converged toward an cast-
em pivot like the sticks in a lady's fan,
drawing close to protect the Mezlcrua
Longuyon railroad shuttle, the vital ar
tery of Germany's army of occupation.
Break through in the Argonne and tho
whole tottering German machine in
France will crumble to pieces," the
Americans were told. And it did.
Now it can be understood why :10
German divisions, fresh or weary,
whole or decimated, every available
man of all ages, in fact, were thrown
in to dam the steadily advancing
Yankee tide. No army ever had a harder
task than these brave American boys.
More than a month of steady fighting.
through drenching rain t.nd knee-
deep mud, through swamp and foresi,
up frowning hills only to meet another
just ahead on and on inch by inch.
foot by foot, but ever advancing!
After the first fine rush there was
no swift movement. Rather it must
be said that "the Yanks gnawci their
way to the Kriemhilde line and
through it. hacked and chewed their
way past thousands of machine guns,
finding even conquered ground treacii-
rous with acid mines, exploding 10
days after it had been wrung from tha
nemy.
Of course the ne s of the first
roping of the Germans after peace
was flashed to ine outermost post
n Argonne. and rumor ran wild. The
Kaiser abdicated daily a d Metz sur
rendered every night, but the. Yankees
paid no heed, just slogged on.
Here is one order that served to
nimate our men just before they
charged the enemy:
The Division Commander directs that the
enlisted men of this command have ex
plained to them by their officers the de-
irability and necessity or striking, at tnts
particular time, hard blows. The enemy s
peace offers are extended that he may pre
serve from destruction his fighting forces.
The peace and security of the world in our
time and generation can only be assured
by the destruction of his army. Hard blows
?lone will wring from him the long pace
to which we are entitled. The Commanding
General cautions all that upon tho entrance
Into action of this division, they muut ba
prepared to endure hunger, cold and fatigue,
and points out that the surest way to alle
viate these conditions is to conquer. The
utmost limit of endurance and achievement
ii required.
How well they did what they ware
called upon to do the world now
knows, as well a-3 the beaten, humili
ated and broken Germany that will
never again endanger the peace of the
world.
What to pack in the 9x4x3 Christmas
box allowed to be sent to each soldier,
has been the subject of much discussion
and many suggestions have been
printed. One of the best is the scientific
packing outlined by a quartermaster
sergeant as follows:
Cubic Inches.
:0 Candies, silver wrapped 110
box sweet biscuits 12
Ismail can jam "-"1
1 box figs 1'J
1 quantity shelled nuts 1.1
1 supply cotton, needles, shirt, under
wear and pants buttons 4
1 dozen razor blades, popular brand.... t
1 face cloth 4
3 handkerchiefs, khaki s
Spare space for sundries 7
Total ..... ..........7loi