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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 18, 1020 MERCIER PLEADS FOR AGED PRIEST HELD IN COLD GERMAN CELL Cardinal Asks Lancken, "Can You, in the Name of Humanity, Justify the Detention of an Octogenarian?" Also Appeals for Worn an Locked in Cavalry Barracks in Malines. CARDINAL. MERCIER'S STORY Including- his correspondence with the German authorities in Belgium during the war, 1914 to 1918, edited by Professor Fer nand Mayence of Louvain uni versity and translated by the Benedictine Monks of St. Augus tine's, Ramsgate, England. Explanatory Comment by Profeasor FrrnBDd Mayence. FROM the late summer of 1916 un til the end Baron von der Lanck en, chief of the political depart ment of the German administration In Belgium, signs most of the letters in answer to the -cardinal's protests. Kvidently the Teuton authorities were convinced that the Prussian au tocrats at the head of the regime In Belgium were" unequal to intellectual combats with the courageous primate. Von der Lancken seldom lost his tem per, and although his hypocrisy and alleged "subtlety" were quickly ex posed by the cardinal, the baron usually preserved the outward forms of courtesy, which permitted the con tinuation of the correspondence. Von Bissing, moreover, ceased to be a. factor In the government of Bel gium in November, 1916. His health failed rapidly. During the Christmas holiday season he was taken to "Wies baden and given the "cure" treatment. But the phase proved ironic. The governor-general was doomed. He died In' April, 1917. His name in Flanders has been linked with that of Alva, but although Von Bisalng represented a tyranny he was not on the whole a perfect em bodiment of It. Occasionally the mon strous plans of the brigands in Ber lin offended his instincts of justice, defiled and warped as they were. The hideous blot upon his name is the murder of Edith Cavell. It is to his credit that he qi- reled with Hln denburg concerning a new policy of ruthlessness and that an insensate government once or twice suspected him of being "too mild." Von Falkenhausen, his successor, -was a thoroughly brutal, egoistic, pit eously despotic satrap. He informed the cardinal at once that no protests from Malines save those which strlct ' ly concerned the church would be con sidered and that he would reply to no letters which departed from that rule. Mercier, however, refused to alter his course of action.. He spoke out fearlessly whenever the occasion de- . manded. The new governor-general signed five replies. The balance of the letters from the headquarters in . Brussels were written by Van der Lancken. (Continuation of chapter 32 Mer cier pleads for priests.) The cardinal asked Von der Lancken for details and took advantage of this opportunity to intercede in favor of some persons detained under pe culiarly cruel circumstances.. "Archbishop's House, Malines. Jan uary 16. 1917. To his excellency Baron von der Lancken. chief of the political department, government general, Brussels: Dear Baron For a long time I have wanted to revert to the - governor-general's esteemed letter, . dated November 25, 1916, in which he II l . .... 3. r"- .it. L r-Sw?- -'OC- r"0i. ri au's '.'" r;--;rv -i'-3tvr : , . complained or certain demonstrations. unseemly beyond all reason, which according to reports made to him, took place in several Brussels churches. In this letter his excellency mentions the signing of the "Braban conne," national flags being unfurled and waved and other secular melo dies rendered in church, etc. He in vited me to prohibit them, to save him the trouble of forbidding them him self. I have received information from ' reliable sources and have not suc ceeded in finding a single church, either in Brussels itself or in the surrounding district, where the above mentioned abuses are or were preva lent. I am aware that Baron von Bis sing is absent and that is the reason why I have put off till now the pres ent correspondence; but possibly he took you into his confidence before leaving and you would therefore be in a position to specify the churches he had in view. I embrace this opportunity of bringing to your notice certain events you are interested in, or in which you would be perhaps willing to interest yourself. "The chaplain of Luttringhausen prison induced Canon Loncin to peti tion for the remission of the last three months of his sentence; Canon Loncin writes to his family that his appeal has been rejected. "Again M. l'Abbe Herman, cure and dean of Orple-Grand, a venerable priest of 63 years of age and an in valid, has undergone, first at Rhein bach, then at Kahn (Khld) 13 months' imprisonment for humane acts which every man who is not absolutely heartless and. still more, every priest devoted to his country was obliged to perform; you had raised my hope of his release and even the holy father deigned to interest himself in his case. So far the wretched captive has, so he informs me, not a gleam of hope. Shall I be compelled to tell him that he must serve the . remaining nine months of his sentence? The Abbe Bernaerts, too, who is so indis pensable for his parish and the social work of which he was director at Antwerp, is still Interned. 1 en- deavored to visit him on the 7th inst., but was denied access to the prison. You will remember that a woman of mysterious character, certainly with out a search-warrant, examined In the presence of an officer Abbe Bern aerte's confidential papers an inci dent I have already brought to your notice. May I ask you whether the inquiry has been fruitful of results? "You must have heard that the mayors and leading citizens of several communes in the province of Ant werp are Interned at Malines, because some, workmen In their respective communes have evaded deportation. Among those interned is an old man of 80. I do not wish to reopen- the discussion of deportation Itself for the present, but; the temperature be Ing what it is, can you, in the name of humanity, justify the detention in an icy cell of a venerable octogenarian? "But there is something else even more inhuman than this. A poor woman named Madame Wilputte, who is about to become a mother accord ing to the doctors within the next fortnight is lodged In the cavalry barracks in Malines and notwith standing her condition, the local au thorities have made known to her their intention to have her carried off to Germany immediately. "Is such conduct conceivable? Can you do nothing to put a stop to it? "Please receive the assurance of my sincere esteem. "(Signed) "D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER. "Archbishoo of Malines." The chief of the political depart ment contented himself with replying as follows: "Political department of the gov ernment general of Belgium, Brus sels. Jan. 17. 1917. S. No. 1.597. To his eminence. Cardinal Mercier. archbishop of Malines. 1 have to ac knowledge the receipt of your es teemed letter of the 16th inst. The governor-general will still be away for some time. Nevertheless. I am able to give the desired information about the patriotic demonstrations which were made in churches. The Incidents mentioned in the governor general's letter, dated December 15. occurred on December 3 at St. Mary's church at Schaerbeek. During the 11 o'clock service a procession was formed inside the church in which the Belgian flag was carried around. This ceremony was repeated in tne same church on January 7. Thee so-culled demonstrations consist ed In a procession which took place, regu- arly inside the church on the lirst bun- day of each month. Even before the war the national flag figured prominently therein. "These particulars will suffice to guide your eminence In seeking sup plementary information. I should like, however, to add that If these demon strations continue, their authors must not be surprised If they Incur severe penalties, for it is a proved fact that the leniency we have hitherto shown has given rise to an increase in cere monies of this kind in church, the tendency of which is obviously po litical. "As I am on the point of going on a journey for a few days. I am sorry can give your eminence no exact in formation, as to the other matters dealt with In your letter. I hope, how ever, to be able to obtain the neces sary authority for you to visit Abbe Bernaerts. Moreover, I have taken certain steps in favor of the Cure Herman and the Malines people under arrest, and on my return I shall be able to give your eminince fuller de tails. "Please receive the assurance of my sincere esteem. "(Signed.) LANCKEN. "N. B. I have just this moment heard that the leading Malines people who were arrested with a view to their undergoing an urgent examina tion have been set at ".berty." . CHAPTER XXXI II. The German authorities, not con tent with despoiling the Belgian fac tories of all their machinery, went so far as to carry off certain tools used In the instruction of apprentices at St. Lambert's technical school, Malines "As soon as he became aware of this new encroachment on the right of private property, the cardinal com missioned one of his vicars general to lay a protest against this unjustifi able act of commandeering before the competent German military authority but he was too late, for on the arrival of the cardinal's delegate the material was already loaded in railway wagons labeled for Germany. "The cardinal hastened to complain to Baron von Bissing in these terms "Archbishop s house, Malines. De cembcr 11, 1916. To his excellency Baron ven Bissing, governor-general Brussels. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that this morning engineer, engaged in the Rateau works at Muysen-lezMalines, advise me that 39 engineer's twin vises, for ming part of the apparatus of St. Lambert's technical school, were com mandeered by a German officer. "St. Lambert's technical school is free school, under the patronage of the archbishop of Malines. It trains workmen, ironworkers among others. who attend a practical course, in a section reserved for them at the Rateau works, using tools and other apparatus made by their own hands. I at once sent one of my vicars general to protest against the taking away of these tools and to insure their retention for the use of our , apprentices. When my delegate ar rived the iron vises were already loaded in trucks, at the' station at Muysen. and tomorrow they will be dispatched to Germany. "The officer. Lieutenant Buehler. had already gone back to Antwerp, but the vicar general called at his ffice in the afternoon and asked im to postpone their dispatch. The lieutenant excused himself on the plea that he was obliged to ohey rders. "I have ventured to place these facts before your excellency in the firm conviction that you will admit my claim by restoring to our young workmen equipment doubly dear to them, because it is not only forged by their own hands, but also insures them a means of livelihood. 'Accept, sir, the assurance of my sincere esteem. "(Signed.) "D. J. CARDINAL MEItCIEIt. "Archbishop of Malines." Baron von der Lancken received orders from Baron von Bissing to reply to the cardinal's protest. He made no attempt to justify the com mandeering of engineers vises and even Implicitly acknowledged the Ille gality of the proceedings taken by the military authorities. Moreover, he declared that the occupying power would do its best to repair the dam age done to St. Lambert's school. Political Department of the Govern ment General of Belgium. Brussels. "December 15. 1916. "To His Eminence Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Malines; "As soon as 1 was informed over the telephone by Monselgneur de Wachter. auxiliary bishop, of the re moval of engineers' vises from St. Lambert's school, I exerted myself to the utmost to settle the matter. The next day the governor-general, after perusing your letter, seemed very anxtous to comply with your request. It has not, however, been possible to prevent the transport of the articles in question, but the governor-general has given orders to return as many vises to St. Lambert's school as have been taken away. "According to information received. only three of the vises belonging to the school were parallel or twin vises; the others were of the common type. I am sorry to have to warn your eminence, however, that the parallel vises will be very hard to restore: the stock with which we are going to replace them will not comprise this special kind. "I offer to your eminence the ex pression of my sincere esteem. Signed) LANCKEN." The assertion that the military au thorities had only taken away three parellel vises was untrue. Moreover. Baron von Lancken himself acknowl edged as much in a letter to .Mgr. Legraive, the auxiliary bishop. "It was my mistake." said he, "when 1 said that all the vises requisitioned were not parallel vises." In spite of the governor-general's promises, the articles taken away were neither replaced or paid for by the Germans. The school, at Its own expense, had to purchase a new stock. (To be Continued.! Copyright. 11!. bv Public Ledger t:o. Copyright. Canada. 11I, by Public Ledger Co. International Copyrighl. 191U. by Pub lic I.dger Co. llillilMiSSl never fall to a small card of another uit. As cards grew in favor a suit ;nown as the trump suit was intro duced and given a value in excess of .hat of the other suits. So great, in act, was the value given it that its tlnued until it does fall, and then, no matter what is led, declarer at once recovers the lead, -and leads a club; dummy gets in with king and makes his remaining diamonds. Dummy thus makes every diamond THE roles for the raise of a part ner's suit bid, as given last week, apply equally whether the orig- inal. bid calls for two tricks or but one. For instance, the dealer bids a epade and his lefthand adversary (your partner) "2 hearts." The third bidder calls "2 spades." Tou, fourth bidder, hold two hearts (the requisite number of trumps to a raise), the ace of spades (a trick), the guarded king of diamond (a raiser) and a singleton club (another raiser). Having a trick and two 4-aisers you are justified in raising your partner's bid, if neces- . sary, twice. To the first round you . therefore call "3 hearts" and in case the adversary goes "3 spades" and your partner passes, you go to "4 hearts." Should the dealer overcall your "3 hearts" with "3 spades," your partner himself go to "4 hearts" and third bidder to "4 spades," you must absolutely go to "5 hearts," thus an nouncing your second raiser. Your failure to do so would mislead your partner and often cause him to relin quish a bid which, with your help, he would have had little difficulty in making good. By the very nature of the case the principles governing the raise of your partner's no-trump bid are apprecia bly different from those governing the raise of his suit bid. v Singleton and missing suits, which are often v an important factor in the raise of a suit bid, are of no value; in fact, more often than not they are a det riment to the hand. At a no-trump declaration no one suit has any ad vantage over another so far as trick taking properties are concerned, so in calculating as to the strength nec essary to a raise you include any guarded honor as a trick and any other guarded honor as a raiser. Therefore if you hold two guarded honors you hold a trick and a raiser and are Justified in one raise; If you hold three guarded honors, you hold a trick and two raisers and are jus : ".tlfied in two raises, and so on, pro- ; vlded one of your securely guarded honors is in the adversary s suit. This, in fact, is the sine qua non . to the raise, and just as at a suit bid, " vou must hold at least two Of the suit to justify a raise, regardless of your strength in other respects, so at a no-trump bid one of your se curely guarded honors must be in the . adversary's suit, regardless of your protection in other suits. Lacking this protection, your raise wouia De un warrantable and frequently work havoc to the hand. The reason of this is clearly apparent: The adver sary, not your partner (the declarer) is the player who leads to the first trick and unless you (or your part tier, and as to this you take no ..chances) have the power to stop his suit, your contract easily can be de feated before your side gets in th . lead. Because of this reason the honor you hold in the adverse suit should be unusually well guarded, such card as insures not merely the possibility but the certainty of securing a trick In the suit. It should be preferably ace, king guarded by queen, or by jack, 10; or queen guarded by jack, 10, etc. All such combinations insure ' at least one sure trick and may safely be counted upon as stoppers. . King guarded by card other than . Queen or jack, 10, doer; not necessarily insure a trick, though it is a guarded honor and you so reckon it in your estimate of the strength necessary to a raise. The same is true of queen .when guarded by other cards than jack, 10, though if guarded by any two cards it i3 a guarded honor and has an important bearing upon your estimate of the strength essential to the raise. The number of cards nec essary to guard an honor card de pends upon the rank of the honor card. A king, which is second only to ace, is guarded if accompanied by one other card. A queen, which is third in rank, needs two cards; a jack three, and so on. Going back to the statement that you must have a stopper in the ad verse suit in addition to certain mother strength to raise your partner's no- j trump bid, I would explain that if. lacking protection in the suit, you have passed on the first round of bid ding and your partner himself has raised the bid, thus showing that he has protection in the suit, you may raise on the second round, if pushed to it, if you have the needed strength in other suits. Suppose, for instance, jour partner calls no trumps and sec ond bidder "2 hearts." You are with out protection in hearts, though you nuiu ace, King ana two small of one suit and guarded king of another. xou nave a trick and two raisers, but you may not raise because you are unprotected in hearts. Your partner goes to "2 no trumDS." thus shnwlnc that he is protected in hearts. If, then. second oiaaer calls "3 hearts it is your duty to call "3 no trumps." Your pass on tne tirst round and vour raise on the second, after your partner has snown protection in the adverse Buit, will enable him accurately to esti mate the condition of your hand. This situation may develop somewhat dif- terentty, as, for instance: Your part ner bids no trumps, second player "2 hearts" and you, with the holding as above given, pass. Your partner calls no trumps" and second player pusses; you also, jj'ourth plaver. how ever, goes to "3 hearts." Your part- iici, me original no trump declarer, passes; iiKewise second bidder. Now is tne time to call "3 no trumns" and inform your partner as to the special make-up of your hand. This vou are justified in doing, and should do. for- the reason as in the above mentioned case, tnat your .partner has shown protection in hearts and you in other respects have an assisting' no-trump If the principles ing the original bid and the raisin bo consistently and strictlv ohservd th. two hands will practically serve as v.. it. win nappen but seldom that a bid will go wronir No more concise or better rules gov- ciiiing ine original bid and the raise t LJC eiven man the following front iwmo irwin: --.uet tne bidder bid legit imately and then count his losers not his takers. The assisting hand iieea not trouoie to count losing cards must eiuipiy announce all his legit imate 'raisers.' "Let the making hana count all los ing earns; let the assisting hand announce all 'raisers'; then let the maKing nana deduct his partner's an nounced takers from his own losers, ana ne win know how high to bid." Referring to card games in general, it is quite universally believed that tne principles and rules governing are piayea without a trump are simpler and more primitive tnan tnose governing a trump. Th leaqs to tne deduction that when cards were lirst Invented all games, whatever tneir nature, were played without a trump. This meant that one suit was as good as another and tha the ace of any suit could always be counted upon for a trick of the suit to which it belonged when such eu was led; in other words, that it could smallest card had a trick-taking pow- I trick save one. Ignorant or careless er a Dove the highest card of any of I play by declarer to the first round tne otner suits. The games thus ac- ta.nd but one or at the most two dia- quired a zest and interest -which at I monds would have made. lirst were lacking. I Players must not run away with Not long ago I devoted a paper to the idea that a re-entry card must of the importance of all players, the ad- I twrtaaitv h n. hiErh card. Anv card versaries equally with the declar ant, paying strict attention to the! dummy hand and as far as possible profiting by its disclosures. At the time I spoke particularly of the obli gations of the adversaries in this re spect. I will now speak briefly of a few of the many ways in which de- which enables a player to regain the lead, be it ttce, king, queen or a three spot, is a re-entry card. It develops occasionally that one or more tricks in the dummy's suit must be won adversely with card or cards other than the commanding card. When this situation makes itself ap- ENVIABLE CHARACTERS BRED IN OREGON DAMP CLIMATE Cosmopolitan Observer -Notes Many Interesting and Unusual Facts as to Life and Environment in Beaver State. clarer can often turn to his advantage I narent. if the dummv hand be with and that of his silent partner the I out the needed re-entries to bring in many vaiuaDie nints wnicn tne Hand the suit and declarer has not a suf- requently affords. ficient number to throw it the lead Among the many important things I th. an it Ik established, the first. which declarer should note in the and at times the second round also dummy hand and consider in connec-j 0f the suit should be thrown to the nun wnn ms own are ine cnances or adversary. This is known as "duclf- tne hand bringing in a suit; the num-I ing" As an example: The dealer gets ber of re-entries the hand contains h. hi at nr. triimni The lead is a or should contain; the possibility of 1 fourth best diamond. Dummy reveals: nailing or Duuaing re-entries, as I --n - - - -" r oui.u '"-o" I A T 9 fm m ntia Vi q nil n t V, w- V. . U . V. 1 VIA n order to finesse in the hand which I " nsures the least risk; the Importance I Dummy undoubtedly should have of unblocking and of leading from I made the overcall of "two clubs. the hand containing the fewer number I Since he did not. the only thing, of cards of a suit to the hand con-1 however, is to make the best of tainlng the greater number: the im- I the situation. Declarer's hand is well portance of establishing a ruff in the I nrovided with re-entries, among them dummy hand, when possible, a cross I the ace-queen of diamonds, his ruff, etc. I hand also contains two small clubs Building or making re-entries Is an I find at first sight it looks to him as exceedingly pretty play that develops I though every club would make. To in a number of forms which declarer I the first club round, however he. of hould be always on the alert to rec-I course, leads a club after winning the ognize and improve. Among the most diamond trick his left-hand adver effective of these methods are the Des I sary renounces, thus marking the re- tnapeues coup (wnicn has recently I main nit adversary with queen, jacK been explained), overtaking, unblock- I and 10 of the suit. One of these cards ing, trumping with a higher trumn la bound to make, so declarer sees than is necessary in one hand In or- I the only possible way to bring in the aer to inrow tne lead to the other I clubs is to force It to win wnue ne nana witn a trump of less value, etc.. I still remains with a card of the suit etc. I h therefore nlavs a small club from Overtaking consists in taking a the du mm v hand, fourth player wins trick which is already one's partner's, I with the 10, and returns his partner's or in winning a trick with a card diamond lead, which declarer wins higher than is necessary, when in so with ace. Declarer at the next trick doing one raises to command a small-1 id his other club, dummy gets in . . ... - i- - . . .. er cara 01 tne suit neia by the part-1 with king, and makes his remaining ner. An example win pest illustrate: clubs, in all seven tricks in tne suit. ine aeaier oias no trumps, which I In this case again careless play on holds the bid. Adversary leads fourth I th nart of declarer" to the first club best heart. The dummy hand shows I round would have lost every club save as xoiiows: two. Q J K 8 K J 8 7 5 8 6 Declarer's hand is: A K 4 A J 7 5 Q A J 9 7 3 2 Ribbon Strap Slippers Are Returning to Style. Many of Xew DibcIik Pumpn" Are CrlH-CroHcd Over Instep and Around Ankle. In estimating the possibilities of MMANI OI lno new Mnc'"B suppers the two hands, declarer at once seesli-VJ. have narrow ribbons criss-crossed that the diamond suit is the one which! wr- the lnsten and around the ankle insures the greatest number of tricks n-tn -,i ,. and the suit which he must try to "" establish and hrintr in. H iJ a feminine foot look so particularly holds but one card of th suit niieT.'l dainty. When the slippers are of sil- and he knows it is most nniiicoiv th. ver brocade the narrow crossed rib ace will be played to the first mnd i Dons are unver i, aim uniea -satin In this event dummy will need two! slippers are matched by ribbons of re-entries In order to bring in the tne ,tme shade and by silk stock suit. As his hand stands it contains ,nS3 too. Some of these dancing slip but one. the king of clubs. In order I pers have the funny little short toe therefore to provide it with another I that prevails In Paris, but the best BY COLOXEL JOHN M. LEADER. ! THE present Oregon winter hap pens to conform to the national predilection for drought, but the unwary traveler who visits Portland for the first time in the winter season is apt to suffer from a peculiar hal lucination tne fellow thinks It Is raining. If, however, he criticises the weather in any way to a native son, the latter plants his feet (tenebrous liglatures and all) firmly on the sod den ground and tells you it is the first wet day of the winter. If this state ment is queried he says that it's a good thing there is something in the country wet, and on further criticisms he points to the complexion of his roses and his women undeniable ar guments in favor of a damp climate. Deep down, however, he rather re sents his wet winters, because when he hears of a hurricane in Texas or 50 degrees below in Dakota he chuckles over it and points out to all and sundry that we don't have that kind of thing in Oregon, any how. The caste line is very clearly de fined in Portland: the aristocrats have automobiles, the plebeians have not, and, speaking as almost the only member of the proletariat, I find the game of dodging the Innumerable sons of Nimshi a thrilling and sparkling exercise. These jenus are a crow u of real good sports and generally give you a run for your money. Rule of Game Kxplalned. The traffic in the Portland streets is heavy and Impetuous and affords considerable excitement to the stran ger until he learns the rules of the game. On all the more crowded street crossings parallel white lines are drawn and the pedestrians nave to nass between them. If an auto runs ver you while you are peiween mese line, it doesn't count, ana you are in no way to blame, but if you ven ture outside these parallels, every driver with an ounce of sporting in stinct has a go for you. Ihe stranger Dedestrian is a good deal hanaicappea by the fact that the street names ro not on the corner houses but on the lamp posts along the curb, so that to fix your position you nave to u- vance warily into tne miaoie oi mo nH then read. However, no w,n,i .nnrtinz driver will bag you iimHap thPNA ftircumstiinyco. . be like shooting a siting bird. The city father of fortiana is a kio- m.n in everv sense or tne on He is proud of his city, for which he has done so mucn, dui nis "' nn.iitv la tinged with a certain gen tie melancholy because he did not happen to be the chief executive of Seattle on a recent notorious occa sion. There are many other most in t frost ine- celebrities in Portland whom I would gladly descrme were n not that the present prohibitive price of barbed wire makes It almost impos sible to put my residence in a state of defense. Portland has all tne germs or a If an elephant wished to catch an express train he would do it the same applies to the man of Oregon I do not refer to the express trains of Oregon. I saw a good deal of the Oregonians who were learning the art of war in 1918. It is possible that they are not all of them of the class up In the morning, but it's nicer to stop in bed." .The old pioneer spirit of good fellowship is the prevailing temper of the land and it may well be largely owing to that spirit that Oregon labor, during the war, under sound and sane leadership, set a standard of loyalty and patriotism that might have been followed with advantage to all classes in the rest of the English-speaking world. Oregon is pre-eminently a country of homes, s. country of solid, sane people, who mind their own business and take every man as they find him. Flun keyism is as impossible in the state as is bolshevism. and if the red tide of communism ever were to sweep over this western hemisphere, the people of Oregon would offer as stout for the purpose of demanding reforms, more especially the granting of uni versal suffrage. A group of young men who formed the Young Men's Reconstruction as sociation called on Premier Kara and asked his views on the question of universal suffrage. Mr. Hara replied that the question was so important that he could not give an off-hand opinion. of troops who break the smoke of a defense against it as did their pro battle with a thousand sabered charge, but then battles are not won that way, and if the Oregonians ever do lose a battle they will be found lying In their grim unbroken lines with all their wounds in front. A bulldog has not the same spring and dash as, say. a biradog, but if you match the two, it is better to put your money on the bull he wears better. In the late war Oregon played her full part, but I never heard of any Oregonlan or of any Oregon paper declaiming that she won the war. with, perhaps, the help of a few al lied soldiers. Kipling might have been describing the men of Oregon when he wrote of men slower to bless than to ban, and little used to lie down at the bidding of any man About the women of Oregon I can say no more except that It has been source of perplexity to me how the ancient cult of Mormonism was Confined to Utah. declarer overtakes the jack, which dummy plays to the trick, with the ace and the desired end is attained. Dummy s queen becomes a re-entry. At the next trick declarer leads the diamond queen, and, as he expected, ace does not fall. He then leads his small heart, dummy gets in with the queen and takes another round of diamonds. Whether or not ace is played to the trick, does not now affect the result. Diamonds are con- models, from authoritative slipper shops are long and slender of to a mucn more graceiui style and more correct style in this country. Quite as pretty as the dancing slippers are afternoon boots with high curved heels and tops of smoke gray suede Such tops are buttoned and fit neatly over instep and ankle. The buttoned style is the accepted style this win ter for formal and semi-formal oc caaionSu ' Late Slomberi Herv. Oregon has lost few of its pioneer characteristics and the old Puritan spirit still regulates much of its life. The ancient American vices permeate all classes; business men. however wealthy, sit in their offices all day and direct their businesses them selves. Oregon still spurns Harry Lauder's advice that "it's nice to get mammoth city, but I hope It will not fulfill its destiny for a few years anyhow, because under such circum stances the Portiander will lose that distinctive personality which marks him out so clearly from the citizens of any other part of the world. The Portiander the Oregonian is accused of being slow moving. I always used tn, think an elephant a slow-moving beast until one 1 was riding at Durbar in India bolted with me. when my viewa underwent a radical change. totypes, tire people of La endee. nearly 130 years ago. In summer there are few fairer sights in the world than the City of Roses. Tokio in the cherry blossom season in April is the only city I know of that can compare with it favorably, and Tokio has not the same ideal summer weather. Port land may not be quite as quick off the mark as some places, but once she starts going she makes good; whatever be the failings of the Oregonian, the atmosphere there breeds no quitters. The Rose Festival in summer is now one of the great world shows, and anyone who took part in the home guard movement of 1918 can testify to the bulldog char acteristics which appear to permeate all classes. The longer one lives, the more one appreciates that it is the people of a place that make that place, and I know of no better home country than that fair land lying be tween Washington and California, a country which under one head com bines the hospitality of the south, the tenacity of the English, the cour tesy of the Celt, and the scenic beauty which except perhaps in British Co lumbia has no equal in the world. BE PRETTY' TURN GRAY HAIR DARK Try Grandmother's Old Favor ite Recipe of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Almost everyone knows that sage tea and sulphur, properly compound ed, brings back the natural color and luster to the hair when faded, streaked or gray. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, which is mussy and trou blesome. Nowadays, by asking at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and ouipnur uompouna you will get a large bottle of this famous old recipe, improved by the addition of other in gredients, at a small cost. Don't stay gray! Try it! No on can possibly tell that you darkened your nalr, as it does it so naturallv and evenly. You dampen a sponge or son. orusn witn tt and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning the gray nalr disappears, and after an other application or two, your hair Decomea beautifully dark, glossy and attractive. Adv. Japanese Demand Reforms. TOKIO. Mass meetings are fre quently held in Tokio and other cities Your Hair Needs Danderine! Let Danderine save your hair and double its beauty. You can have lots of long, strong, thick, lustrous hair. Don't let it stay lifeless, thin, scraggly or fading. Bring its color, vigor and vitality back. Get a 35-cent bottle of delightful "Danderine" at any drug or" toilet counter to freshen your scalp; check dan druff and falling hair. Your hair needs this stimulating tonic, then its life, color, brightness and abundance will return, Rupture Kills 7000 Annually Seven thousand nrmnm nirh laid a wav th bur-it. l rrttfi.t'A w i marked -Rupture' Why? Because the unfortunate ons had neglected themselves or had been merely taking car of the siicn (swelling) of the affliction and paving no attention to the cause. What are you do ing? Are you neglecting yourself by wear n truss, appliance, or whatever name you moose to call 117 At beMt. the truss Is only a makeshift a falne nmn a ruin.t a collapsing wall and cannot be expected iu ict u more man a mere mechanical support. The binding pressure retards blood circulation, thus robbing the weak ened muscies or tnat which they need most nourishment. Rut science has found a wav. and everv truss sufferer in the land in invited to make a FREE test right in the privacy of their own home. The PLAPAO method i unquestionably the most scientific, loRinal and successful self -treat moot for rupture the world has ever known. The PLAPAO PAD when adherlnur close ly to the body cannot possibly slip or shift out oi place, therefore cannot chare or pinch. Soft as velvet easy to apply in expensive. To be used whilst you work and whilst you sleep. No straps, buckles or strings attached. Ijcarn how to close the hernial opentnir nature Intended so the ruptur CAN'T come down. Send your name today to PLAPAO CO., Block 374, t. Iouls. Mo., for free trial Plapao and the Information necessary. Adv. Iff I f ayui mm Qsraacsmf?! 4