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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1921)
TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 16. 1921 TIMELY CARTOONS DRAWN BY F. G. COOPER, FORMER OREGON IAN EXCITING MOMENT IN THE WOf?L0 5ERIE5 4v'-jSy 9,iUm'K question - ' AMS7V 7" CRACK! TV1, . WfiyHji THE AUDIENCE HAS DrVIN DIED TQA DISTINGUISHED FEW "7 P5ST! CONNlf" ! rtACHER,5 lookin! RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED FOR THE CON- ' 5 J OE RATION OF. THE DISARMAMENT CprfFCRENCE WtfEEMMMBQM A NATIONAL ANTHEM lets That nobody gets awy with. that ort of fudging. r ' if fv fir ss 0. sir vu :s "Lit-: UT- ipO YEARS ! . -aw in, m -.FATHER, DEM r--- FATHER, COME HOME WITH og rjn Hurrah for Disarmament! Cniju.t keep these soldiers , at .io protect treaties." nere- country (H tf J &uenry Jf - "MJybe I can protect a "Same eaty bettec with these." here "Well, maybe I can protect if "Well. ,B "jV7m see what v ' J. , "liter Vou started it) JTj PRIDE OF RESIDENCE AND UPKEEP ONE OF REMARKABLE POINTS OF PORTLAND Houses Are Kept Painted and Yards Are Fitted With Sod, Flowers and Shrubbery in Twilight Zone, Just Outside of Retail Section Contrast With Other Cities Strong. Thin IMter Is thm fourth of a series p reartnn in The Sunday Oreicontan. They re wr;tten hy a newspaperman who has arrived in Portland from the middle west. AlihoiiFh familiar with the principal cities ot the e:ist, this la his first trip to the Pariflr roaM and he is recording hla Im pieyfiona of Portland and Its environs. DKAR AGXES Tou say that the winter weather does not frteht en you that if it could ap proach Kansas City at any time In disagreeablenesa such as we exper ienced one New Tear's day when- the temperature was 75 degrees above jit. t ' o'clock in the morning; when ire started out for the day and the thermometer reentered 15 decrees be low aero 12 hours later when we re turned It would not deter you U other conditions are as I state. Well, my dear, rain of the winter months is the only question mark raised here as to tlio perfectness of this place this side ol paradise. Hut 1 eive you fair warning: that the old timers here those who have lived In this section SO to 4) years tell me that it usually takes one to two years for newcomers to sret thor oughly acclimated. After that they pay you would not leave for love nor money. Really I have begrun to feel that, for the lure of the atmosphere is beginning- to take hold on me. One of the most attractive feature! of Portland as I see it has not been touched upon in any of my previous letters. It has to do with the twilight lone of the city that part where the retail section leaves off and the old residence section is beginning to be encroached upon. It you decide finally to come out here take a final look at the decrepit and 'disagreeable section of Kansas City in the section there similar to the one I have described in Portland. Tou will find tumble down houses, un painted, rotting siding, porches fall ing down, residences on Nob Hill, once the homes of the wealthiest in the city, crone to decay and disreput able in appearance and in occupancy. Tie yards, you will find, are still a disgrace; filled with tin cans and other rubbish, fences falling over, al leys in a bad state of sanitation and bleak hills standing where houses have never been erected. You will find the houses filled with negroes or very poor, shiftless la borers. Tou will find the owners sons and daughters of former leaders of the city or speculators who have bought up land waiting for business to come along and make their dis reputable looking places valuable business property. In the meantime they are getting income from what sources are obtainable to help pay taxes and they arc refusing- to ex-1 pend a cent toward the upkeep of the present property. What many cities we have been in in which this class of disloyal and short-sighted land owner exists. What a poor advertisement it is. They do not realize what a black eye is given to the city daily as visitors travel about gettirrg impressions. - Portland Is Different. Tou see what I am leading up to. Portland is different. In walking about the downtown retail section of the city and out In all directions from this point my eye ana senses have been delighted with the contrast to our native city. There are houses, old houses. There are yards, old yards. All just out of the Immediate sone of downtown business. But are they decrepit? Are the yards filled. with signboards? Not by any means. The houses as a rule are well painted. There seems to be the same pride of upkeep, that one finds in any of the residence sections of the city. In fact that is one of the remarkable points of the city the pride of residence and yard upkeep in all sections. As I was saying the twilight sone just outside the retail section really is creditable. The houses have been kept painted. The yards are filled with sod and flowers and shrubbery. The fences are kept up. The trees and vines, which are old and have been well kept, are even more beautiful than in the newer portions of the city. Like many women this section of the city is growing old beautifully. - Parkings Are Beautiful. What I am'saying holds good even to houses and yards down near the river next to loadine docks and indus tries. But I am not speaking about the places out from the city in what is known as the industrial center. I do not know about that yet for I only caught a glance of it as I came in on the train. To top all this pleasant surround ing to the downtown section of the city there are beautiful parkings about one block wide and stretching blocks and lined on either side with boulevards. These parkings are filled with beautiful old trees and there are comfortable benches and . drinking places. It is a touch that is beautiful. Tou remember how delighted we were when we firjt went to New York and found similar breathing places in un expected places just off the busiest business sections. To tell you the truth this artistic touch to Portland, which shows the spirit of the people within more truly than any other touch, is what draws me to the city more than any other item. You understand I am not talking of the scenery outside of Portland. That, is nature. What 1 am talking of is human nature and its expression within the limits of the city. Remember me as ever. TOUR SEARCHER FOR THE GOLD EN FLEECE. Greatest Thing Is to Describe. John Ruskin. The more I think of it, I find this conclusion impressed upon me. that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk, for one who can think; but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly poetry, prophecy and re ligion, all in one. I Am Success. Florence Folsom In Nautilus. I am Success. Men named me Failure, once Bat that was long airo. So Ion aro I've half forgotten the poor fecklesa dunce They stamped and trampled In the muddy anow. With hoofs and heel that knew not what they did (Who scathes a sinner, lower farts than he) But I know what I do; I no more akld, I bear to one point swiftly, steadfastly. I cannot lose my own: my own are mine. As ateet grips magnet so they staad to me. For I am Love, who once with. Passion's awlne. Ran over Ruin into Misery. And I am Health; I am fresh wind, bright sun. Clean stars, green trees and grasses, and white dew. Who once sat shackled in a prison dun. Who once lay coffined, and who death's grip knew. I am Attainment: glant-thewed I climb; With Titan sinews, laughing. I ascend Life after life athwart the hills of Time To where their last" peaks with th' eternal blend. Baldness Is Discussed. Edinburgh Scotsman. ' The charwoman was lamenting the fact that baldness Was attacking her son. "But therel" she wound up, re signedly. "I s'pose e'll 'ave to put up with it. 'Is father's bald and so was 'is gran'father, and they do say as it'a airyditty." Brighi 'Sayings of ?faCMdren& WE HAD just bought a pigeon, and we Invited the little fellow next door to look at It. The pigeon had two identification rings on its legs. When Bobbie saw these he said: "She's married, isn't she, but where's her husband?" A. B. Marjory brought her baby sister over to see me, and while there the little one pulled several books from the table, for which act Marjory apologised with: "She's so little her know better hasn't growed yet." L. R. C e Louise and her mother were playing a game; each in turn described an animal, to be guessed by the other. Louise described an animal that had whiskers, a long tail, and that said mew. "What color is it?" said mother, not wanting to guess It right away. - "Crray," said Louise. "But," said mother, thinking of cats, "is It always gray? Isn't it sometimes black, or yellow, or spotted?" "Not this kitty," said Louise. H. F. M. Mrs. S. was scolding her son for using slang. Dorothy, an interested listener and evidently anxious to emphasize her mother's reproaches, piped up: "How do dey det dat way?" V. A. B. Virginia has a water spaniel named Brownie. Up In the next block la another spaniel almost identical. One day she took Brownie up to see him and when she got back I asked her if Brownie was tickled to see him and she said, "Yes. he was. At first he thought it was himself." J. E. S. Everybody in the family had been humming and singing and whistling popular songs. Alice protested that she was tired of it and did not like it any more. I was rocking her and began the same old tune, but said, "O. you don't like that song, do you, dear?" She looked sweetly into my face and said, "O, I likes it pretty well jwhen you sings it, dear ma!" M. H. Little three-year-old Willie was in the habit of calling on our next door neighbors a little too frequently. His mother thought he was getting to be a nuisance to them and so she told him not to go in any more unless they asked him. One day they saw him standing on the outside looking in. Seeing that he wasn't invited in, he called out, "I can come in if you ask me.", E. O. Perry wamdered away from home one day and found his way to the local high school. One of the teach ers, who knew him, invited him in and engaged him in conversation. She asked him finally if he knew his A B C's. He said, "How could you expect me to know them? I've only been here five minutes.". J. H. B. Elizabeth, when dressed for a walk, pointing to her first pair ot half sock:; :::iid: "Muvver, I tant go with my 1- -s hanging out." D. H. B. m m m Coming in from school, Dorothy told about one of her schoolmates who had 18 cousins. She said, "He has two sets of triplets, two pairs of twins and eight common children." O. V. L. A neighbor was passing one cold wintry day and saw Clarence out playing without suitable clothing and asked, "Hey, there. Fatty, what are you running out without a coat for?" Clarence replied, "O, I'm fresh air ing myself!" M. Z. Little Anna, who is four years eld, came to our house the other day all dressed to go out. I asked her where she was going and she replied, "O! We're gcing downtown and we won't come back until the lights are lamped either.". J. T. ' Mary was taken to the park zoo and was particularly Interested in the reindeer. After looking at them for about ten minutes she said: "0. mother, those are tho horses that Santa Claus rides on, ain't they?" W. O. William's little brother had been half sick and fretful for some time, and not a very satisfactory playrmttc. At last, one day, William coaxed tiie child into his lap to look at a picture book and called to his mother. "Look, mamma, Bobbie's getting tame!" C M.
