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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1919)
r TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, "SEPTEMBER 21, 1910. WORSHIP OF MIGHT IS GERMAN RELIGION ii Maximilian Harden Tells Little Willie's Training. of HISTORY IS PROPAGANDA Militarism, Wars, Generals, Dates Featured; Hatred Taught; ltcsult, Disaster. (Continued From First Page.) Is told that he will not alter the divine order of thinprs, and that instead of wasting his time in useful speculations he would do far better to strive to "get ahead," so that he may not be a financial burden to hi3 parents too Ions. Religion for Sunday Only. To be strong, to have courage, to "get ahead," to earn money, to achieve respect those are the goals which parents, relatives, teachers set up for his life. What is told him during the hour devoted to the study of religion sounds different. There humility, sim plicity, honesty are praised, the noth ingness of all heroism, warlike suc cesses and earthly goods is preached. This teaching, however, has currency only for the next world; at most for Sundays and holidays. On such days one may be a Christian. On week-days, gentle, peaceful, sympathetic, not bent on gain, filled with brotherly love and ready to give the poor who begs for stockings his shoes to boot such a one would never get ahead and would have to fear that he would end his life in a garret. Between his lessons in re ligion and his other studies there isn't the slightest connection. And the whole spirit of hi3 school is such, as If the old Teuton gods still reigned in heaven. History as Germans See It. History plays a big part in his studies what one calls history. Is there such a thing? Isn't it rather merely the vision of an individual tem perament, or tradition, a confidential fable, passed on from generation to generation? Picture to yourselves how In the various countries the "history" of the years 1914 to 1919 will once look If things go on in the accustomed hack neyed way. The history which little Willie learns Is sucked full of patriotism like a sponge with water. The fatherland was always In the holiest right and has always done much more than any other country. There are colossal quantities of dates and names of rulers to be stored up in memory. Its his tory of kings and, generals, wars and battles. Glrla Mast Learn Strategy. And not only for boys. Sister Ber tha, going to the "gymnasium," must in the next to the last year draw the strategic plan and preliminary march ing movements of the battle of Denne-. witz. where the Prussian General von Buelow is credited with having de feated in 1S13 Marshal Ney of France. Woe to the youth who haven't all the principal battles from Cannae to Sedan at the tip of their tongues! Of the peoples, their culture, psychology. In tellectual and economic development. they don't need to know much. All the Instruction is throughout "Germano centric," and on the two national holi days, the kaiser's birftiday and Sedan day, this feature was particularly, em phasized and illuminated by the orators of the day. . German Superiority Admitted. "Because the German is the most in dustrious and possesses the greatest ability he is hated," this holiday orator declares. "For centuries the sly ene mies have prevented the harmless, good-natured German from attaining the goal of national unity. With the sword the German has had to fight for and achieve it. It became the ladder to a new upward climb. The German, hav ing reached the peak of power, now be came verily hated and any day the hour may strike which will force the Ger man to draw the sword again. The sword must be sharp in order to be able to defend our most sacred posses sions. "Therefore must the will to military preparedness stand in the center of our life. Universal compulsory military service, high-tensioned sense of honor, strong monarchy, rigid discipline, obe diance only in possession of these in stitutions and qualities are we sure of our national future and protected against treachery. If we maintain these for ourselves then will the poet's tvords come true: "The world will some iay grow well, thanks to the German nature and character." "The republic is a sort of state of wilting, degenerating nations and is in separable from corruption. The French man is vain, a hot-head or decadent, a comedian or dancing master. The Eng lishman is a treacherous beast of prey with the long teeth, a world exploiter and globe usurer. The Italian loafs his time away in a gondola, plays the man dolin, eats risotto, lives off the tourist industry in the giga'ntic museum of his peninsula. American's God, the Dollar. And every child knows that the American, on every floor of his sky ecrapers, prays to the dollar as his god, is separated by oceans from all idealism and that the best in his na ture he owes to the German immi grants, from Steuben to Carl Schurz. Is not all that 'History?' Who ever denies it does not think 'nationally' and Is unworthy of respect. The duty of thinking nationalistically 13 nammerea into every boy and eirl from the time of playing with lead sol diers, not the duty to rejoice over one particular national character and to strive with all ones strength to im prove and render it finer and also to be happy over the fact that in the gar den or numamty other flowers bloom and are fragrant.' No. The duty to consider one's own nation as the high est purpose and the crown of creation that is what is hammered in. The word "international," which shines ahead of all history of Christianity, all art and science, passes for a word o abuse as synonymous with "unpatri otic" or "without a country." Humanity? An empty phrase im ported from the west, from nations who befog the German Samson with an in toxication of words and then want to cut off his locks. Other "Empty PhraKi." "Because we aped foreign ways and were proud of intercourse with a Paris tailor, a London cockney; because we, parrot-like, repeated the phrase about 'liberty, equality, eternity,' our country remained divided and impotent. We must and will be Germans. If we are Germans in every fiber, if we are na tional to the marrow, then will the so called humanity best be served." That tendency pervades one's whole life to the smallest detail. Besides chil dren's books and historiography even the street signs drill the memory con stantly to remember the glory of the empire, of its princes, heroes, institu tions. Kaiser, King Kurfuerst, Crown Prince, Hohenzollern, Wilhelm, Fred erick, Bluecher, Moltke, Koeniggraetz, Sedan every town has streets, ave nues, squares baptized with, these names. Schools and universities, acad- 1 emies and laboratories, hotels, beer I palaces, drug stores borrow their 1 names from the court and military spnere. In the tiniest hamlet war and battle monuments irritate the wander er's eye. Their artistic value is equiv alent to zero. But they, too, "promote patriotism." And that's the main thing. Willie Prefer Army. Willie Krause is to become a busl-' ness man after alL Too bad. He would rather be an officer. But for that, more money is needed than the parents can still raise; and whoever isn't of the aristocracy can only ; through a very particularly favorable chance get into the "fine" regiments. To be a student would also be nice. : Brother Emil. the philologist, wears a ! colored students' cap and sports three j colored knots on his watch chain; ! sports also strange, warlike, healed wounds on his cheeks and chin, the result of student duelling, and can ! drink half a quart of beer at one swallow; can, if desired, repeat this ' performance several times in sue- ', cession. But who knows how long the poor fellow will have to watt for , an appointment? And when he finally lands one, the pay is wretchedly small and there's small prospect of rapid j advancement. Kobillty of Sonl Uaelexm. Willie has from his earliest youth heard that one must be strong, self assertive, self-confident, use one's el bows, crowd the competitor out of the way, get ah-ead. not let one's self be intimidated and imposed on: only actual performance, accomplishment, matters; everything else is incidental. Always and everywhere he has seen that peo ple whose nobility of soul, whose spot lessly clean character, is praised find no place, no patron; that on the other hand every one is eager to acquire p--ople for his business or enterprise who have the reputation of unscrupu lous shiftiness. Nobility of soul is therefore worth nothing; metaphysics are merely phraseology or furniture for the parlor, which one opens only on Sundays and holidays. ''Deutsch land uber alles" means performance above everything. j The two concepts blend into one. : The ideas of fatherland and nation be- i come identified with the concept of a. "mutual association for gain," whose power increases the power of each of its members and therefore brings in interest. He who is efficient performs much, is thorough and doesn't "do any- ; thing foolish" meaning deviate from the highway of practical self-interest, ! to become conspicuous through some I "incorrectness" or other, or even to: marry "for love a girl without dowry will quickly get to the top, and once there can buy whatever his heart craves orders, titles, state "honors" of all kinds. Pride Taken In Titles. Willie knows no other world except the one in which there are imperial, royal, grand ducal purveyors to the court, in which everyone is addressed and referred to by his title, the wife even by her husband's title, be it mere ly that of an "expediting railroad sec retary"; a world in which nearly every gray-haired head is called a ' Herr Ge ne imrat and in which the guests in vited to even the smallest private din ner wear all their order ribbons, stars. crosses, oak leaves and swords on show. Willie has been, brought up to be a nationalist and militarist, educated to rigid brusqueness and to underrating everything foreign. Now he shall and will become a busienss man, because one can make a success in life quicker. From his education and the sum of beliefs which his education gave him a bridge leads into his future occupa tion in life. His father said comfort ingly: "If you behave yourself, young fel low, you can become a reserve officer." Lieutenant's Rank Is Goal There is a goal toward which all his forces not otherwise absorbed by the striving for profit can . passionately strive. . One of brother -Emll's main cares, asthat. qX every grown-up German, was to see that his military papers were always in good order; he was commanded to report at control meetings, he was called up for exer cises with arms, his "politics," too, was controlled;1 and he belonged to an as sociation of regimental comrades. If Willie could succeed In getting as far up as a lieutenant of the reserve .then would heaven open for him and he would receive the initiation into the "first estate of the state." This, too, he achieves, competent in every field of activity. He has his own peculiar "honor," possessed onlv by officers, whose injury must be atoned in a' duel; he stands under a 'council of honor," a court of honor. and can place on his visitinz- card. "Lieutenant d.R., section chief in the department store Rudolf Spiesrelberi? ec. -o. ana may watch the parade In uniform which the all-highest war lord is graciously pleased personally to re view. Doable Life Led. Did he ever dream of greater won ders as he played with his lead and tin soldiers on the floor of the nurs ery? He leads a double life, like Mollere's coachman-cook in "Harpagon," he is business man and officer, but al ways in the service of the mutual bene fit association, which bears different names and which must be promoted witn various tools. The growing up and life experiences oi sucn a vvniie urause are typically German; typical in a nation which attained unity and prosperity late which therefore gives offense by many a parvenu quality, which out of its own resources cannot feed all its chil- 01 3 HI H r HI i 1 1 M ti in iii ii i i in til i iiiiin 1 i "":.ri III e " . - Hill MiHn X ill 1 1 iii ii ih itMssnWnrflfTi '-WfififtYi Tn nli ill III alii Style a Factor in Eyeglasses i U F-5 1 , -0.7--- ,:v , y. - ... - .... tottstv. ..jWV. J Our Ophthalmoscope and Rellnoscope is one of the most scientific eye-testing instruments in the world. With it ne can deled error of vision instantly. 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He was too competent, in order to be moral in the highest sense; he was too blindlv obedient and loyal to the state. as a mutual benefit association, to feel himself as a serving member or hu manity; and for the worshipper of per formance the noble content of the soul had no market value. Was it really so very much better elsewhere in the time of the selfish mammon cult? Was not only the outer husk, the form, dif ferent from that of Willie's? His world your arms have smasnea to bits; and the German world 01 Wolfram and Walter von der Vogel weide, of Duerer and Gruenewald, of Kant. Goethe Schiller. Lessing. Scho- RELIEF IS OFFERED WOMEN WHO SUFFER Oregon Resident Tells Why She Recommends Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as a Tonic. "I believe that there are many women who are suffering from nervous head aches, exhaustion and indigestion, be cause they have never tried the remedy which I know by experience will so tone, up the system that these ailments will disappear. 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I ask women to give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills' a trial and am confident they will be helped." Your own druggist can supply you with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills or you can order direct from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, K. Y., en closing fifty cents for one box or $2.50 for six boxes. Write today for the free booklet, "Diseases of the Nervous , System." penhauer. Moerlcke, Bach. Haendel, Reethoven. Mozart. Schubert, of all ih artists, scientists, benefactors of humanitv of German race can arise snln. In that world every man is valued at lust as much as he is worth by his own grace, not by the grace of others; every man is pledged to main tain loyalty to himself, to the deity in hia bosom; in that world honor cannot he conferred or taken away from with out. and the empire of humanity, which alone is worth while, begins only be yond efficiency, thoroughness and its income. Established ISO. At the End of the Long Journey, '"PHE far places of the Ori ent were patiently and carefully searched in order to discover and to gather in one great mart this wonderfully fascinating collection of rare Oriental Rugs Lovers of the beautiful and the artistic are cordially invited to 'visit here and see these treasures of fabric and color. It is advisable to make early selections, for Ori ental Rugs are certain to advance in price. Cartozian Bros. Incorporated. Washington at Tenth Bargains tsena ror our latest Bulletin of used and shop-worn band instruments. Aprenta for C. G. Conn. Also Vein Tnbaphone Banjos Mcllonnll MnMe Co. 325 Alder St., Portland. r m S-JIrv ' 2 IT'S always dining time where good food is served. Ye Oregon Grill is famed for its food and its service. You will do well to make dining here one of your good habits. Sunday and Weekday Table d'Hote Dinner 5:30 to 9, $125 Service a la carte 11 A. M. to 1 A. M. 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We have large and select classes, and the social feature alone is worth double the price. Private lessons all hours. Call afternoon or evening. Learn from professional dancers. Phone Main 7656. Select dancing parties every Saturday evening. THE STORE THAT UNDERSELLS V BECAUSE IT SELLS FOR CASH.' This Week We Are Devoting Special Space to the Display and Sale of the Season s New gas SUITS, COATS and DRESSES That Are Especially Becoming to Stout Figures (J Every garment a carefully chosen model of attractive autumn attire, in styles ex clusively shown by us those especially becoming to stout figures models which assure the desired slendering effect the latest modes in making and trimming the fashions in fabrics that are recognized aa distinctive designs for fall. An assortment so varied and extensive that every taste may be suited, and a price range that cannot be equaled elsewhere for value-giving. CLEVER SUITS I FASHIONABLE COATS From $34JS0 to $S0. From $35 to $S5. 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And best of all, prices will be found to be equally as attractive. NEW NOVELTY GEORGETTES AT $2.98 Yd. I Exquisitely beautiful Printed Georgette Crepes in clever designs, in both light and dark color ings comes full 40 inches wide and is an extra fine quality, although underpriced. NEW CHIFFON CLOTHS $125 Yd. (JT An ideal material for inexpensive party and evening dresses. It is an all-eilk, double-thread fabric shown in 40-inch width and more than fifty different shades. J Have Your New Fall Garments Fashionably Fit Over A High-Grade Corset $3.69 Pr. Purchase at This Sale at and Save 1-4 to 1-3 Choose From Back or Front Lace Models in Merito Henderson and R. & G. Makes C These fine Corsets come in rich Brocades fine Coutils and Fancy Ba- tiste.' The ranee of figures is splendid, including nearly every popular model from slight to the heavy elastic, double bone styles. Sizes range from 19 to 36 in most all styles. ff Broken lines but a splendid assortment of strictly high-grade Corsets, selling at this sale at a price -"that brings to you a worth-while and most extraordinary saving. A SALE In Our Basement of Gloria Aluminum 3-Piece Sauce Pan Sets at S1.69 a Set ONE EACH IN ONE. ONE AND ONE-HALF AND TWO-QUART SIZES special price. Cf Again we have arranged an important underpriced sale of Aluminum Ware this time you can purchase a set of three good, heavy quality Lip Sauce Pans in 1, 1 Vi and 2-quart size FOR ONLY $1.G'J A SET. 100 Aluminum Double Boilers on Sale At S1.49 1 They are of good size and quality, and youll find them to be unmatchable bargains at the above Here Is a Bargain Price on a Fine Lot Wash Goods 25c a Percales, Ginghams, Cheviot Dutch Calicos and Strong Cloti nr A closing out of broken lines standard qualities in light, m 1 dark colors and patterns materials desirable for men's, wromei dren's garments every yard of dependable quality and every yard u k . for this sale at 25 a yard. WoolFini: -h Cotton Batt :; , $1.98 Eacr An exceptionally f ine Three-poun . ' -"pure white and of wool finish . large sheet 72 by 84 inches. i New Cotton Plaid Suitings at 50c Yd. I A splendid and very attractive material, espe cially desirable for school and house dresses styles exceedingly pretty. 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