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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1920)
,4 --' 'I 8 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 19, 1920 LIFE SKETCHEiS BY ARTIST WHO SENSES SPIRIT OF THE DAY i - J . i Hfrs. Lida B. Rinff is' for strict censorship of all Sunday read ing matter, espe- -cially that which is generally offered to young readers. For instance, let them read the Sunday School "Sunbeam" instead of those' . common books of adventure and fairy . stories like "Snow White '- ami the Seven Dwarfs," which Mrs. Rink . ' feels is positively f j the . most immoral 1 s , 3 t tales --imagine; the heroine living all alone with teven dwarfs! And not a sign of .a eron!" rr-r l iT. M eta tjt m-j ui i r:-.- SiffiF' Tlx.. - s Among Us Mortals The Blue Reformers By W. E. HILL .Copyright, Nw Vork Trlbun Inc. Why any one in his or her right mind should object to the Puritan Sunday is what puzzles Mr. Japhet Rouse. For years Mr. Rouse's program of a Sabbath has been church in the morning; Sunday school, afternoon service and evening song; and then an improving book like "Thoughts of the Martyrs," by the Rev. Harry Staton. and to bed No wonder Mr. Rouse is leavine no s'one unturned to see that others do likewise of a Sunday. The worst thing about the anti-cigarette ad vocates is the way the cigarette smokers seem to thrive in their iniquitous ways. It's . awful the way the wicked seem to flourish like a green bay tree! mm mm 81 ii . . And oh, the clothes,' or the lack of them, that the young folks show nowadays! Such scandalous sights at meet the shocked eyes' of the Reverend Waldo Bowly and old Mr. Scraggs, the sexton, when the little Norton girls with bare legs and socks pass by on the way from Sunday school. 3D $b S' '' ' MiwIGoode whoid-l 4F S' 1 . jWf, more, on Sunday. Sick f lfrfcJiT :j!?MftllnP .. and swcK up on saiuraay E f f ViJSr- A great many people seem to feel that Puritanism spells death to art and lit erature Mr Bluev secretary of the Young Men's Anti Rich Dessert League, gives the- He direct to this statement. Hxsn't Mr. Bluey one of the iworld's greatest mas terpieces right in his own home! 1 1 Burn 'ran ,irvim-j--efi?. 3 1 iiiv iAt i im m M J fl fur. .1 A ' -The end of" a "very imperfect day in a crowded city apartment. The blue laws having done away with the old - fashioned Sunday excursion, the family are spending the day indoors, in quiet Christian contemplation. There is no Sunday paper; and Pop is going over the stock quotations of the day before. Mom is manicuring and ' wondering how Joe can expect the children to mind if he loses his temper Pop,.by the way, has given out of cigarettes. .' Eddie and Frankie have got out the record of "Cohen on the Telephone." and Anna, the maid (in the kitchen), has about decided to leave and go with a less noisy family ..." f-yyr r" ? Jr"T S "A minister says here - he don't want any actors or dancers in his church! I notice he don't say anything about not wanting us to ap pear for charity now and then!" Mrs. Rosa Rsbinowiti spending Sunday In the Christian peace and quiet meditation of her home in the slums. It's a fine day, just right jfer a trolley ride to the beach, but the Wut laws say Not r ..:.i -A mm rt.fr i 4 f .8 lmJ) This is the day of specialization, and Mr. and Mrs. Waltif G. Gent, while thoroughly in favor of a strictly blue Sundar for one and all, are specializing in the army and navy. They are on their way to deliver an address on the de pravity of Sunday sports for gobs and doughboys. "How much better off they will be if we can but show them the heavenly delights of a Sabbath of rest and religion and Quiet contemplation V ' 5 A 1 i