THE StTNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND. DECEMBER 10, , 1923
MILLS OPEN-AIR SCHOOL BUILDS STRONG, HEALTHY CHILDREN
Physically Abnormal Youngsters Are Treated not Every Under-Nourished Child Comes From Poverty-Stricken Homes, But Many Are From Well-to-Do Families Tuberculosis. Victims Never Accepted
BY LOUISE F. SHIELDS.
CHILDREN at the Mills open-air
school like their daily routine
of rest, special diet, study and
play so much that they find argu
ments against transfer to other
buildings wnen improvea enough
for the regular achool work.
Allen, who came from a comfort
able home in a distant part of the
city, began to reason at the end of
tia geoond term at the school that
lie might have to leave. He said.
'Mother, I am five pounds over
weight. I am afraid I will be trans
ferred. I'll go light on the food
from now on." Shortly afterward
he had to ga and make way for
some other child whose resistance
was below the fine standard he had
built up, much to his regret, al
though attending Mills meant his
starting at 7:30 in tne morning.
The children have a slogan.
Don't drink all your milk or you
will get overweight) and be trans
ferred." The school is for the physically
subnormal and has the anaemic
more than any other type. Not
every undernourished child comes
from the poverty stricken home.
Often the child of the well-to-do
has become anaemic through the
permission of his fond parents to
have an unnutritious diet which he
happens to fancy.
Contrary to the common impres
sion, the Mills school does not ac
cept children with tuberculosis. It
receives help from the Oregon
Tuberculosis society because of its
preventive value in caring for
children who have been in homes
where there is tubercular infection
and who need to " build up an un
usual degree of resistance, and
children who have passed through
influenza, acute bronchitis, pneu
monia or other predisposing causes
of lung and throat trouble. The
term of weeks or months at Mills
not only builds up the body while
training the mind, but they also
prepare the children to keep right
health habits for the remainder of
their lives.
Building Accommodates BO.
The building at East Sixtieth
and East Stark streets accommo
dates only 50 children in its two
open-windowed classrooms, but it
accommodates far more than that
number during a season through
the fact that the doctor transfers
the children to other schools just
as soon as they build up a certain
resistance. -More than 300 have
been cared lor in the three years
of the building's history. The
school board also maintains a modi
fied health programme at the
Couch and Buckman buildings. This
building with equipment represents
an Investment of about $35,000, and
has served as a model in other
cities for a similar effort to combat
disease among school children.
Miss Anna Thompson, principal of
the school, said when asked if she
would favor another unit in the
present plant: "It would be more
.economical to build onto the plants
in different parts of the city, rooms
on this model, in order to' save the
time and expense of transportation.
We now have a waiting list of more
than a dozen, largely because of
the exhibit we had at the recent
health exposition. Many parents
have Just begun to realize that their
children's failure in examinations
or disobedience may have a health
reason.
"The pupils here need special
care to bring them up to physical
standard," said Miss Thompson, "but
xney are as ambitious as other chil
dren to complete theirgrade school
work on schedule time. We receive
them ih grades from one to eight
and organize the classroom work
on a grouping plan, which is less
embarrassing to the backward than
the strict grading plan, and usually
have three groups in each room.
There has never been a ease in
Mills where a child has not kept up
to or above grade with children in
the other buildings, a record which
should not be considered uncompli
mentary to this type of school. In
case a child fails to improve
promptly we investigate to find
what health principle is being vio
lated and sometimes find the fault
is in the social conditions in the
home, and we use every possible
means to secure co-operation from
the parents in following the pro
gramme laid down by the doctor
and the home visitor."
Visit Paid California.
Miss Thompson has just returned
from two weeks In California at the
FAITH IS DECLARED REQUISITE FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE WORK
Higher Life With Which Man Is Endowed Is What Mainspring Is to Watch, Says Rev. Edward Constant Delicate and Fragile Quality Is Easily Displaced and Put Out of Order, Asserts Pastor in Discussion.
BY REV. EDWARD CONSTANT. ,
Pastor of the Highland Congregational
church.
TVe wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of darkness of tWs
world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places. Ephesians 6:12.
HE IS strangely mistaken who
thinks it is an easy thing to
live. It might be if living were
simply breathing and sleeping, eat
ing and drinking, merely so many
physical movements. These things,
however, belong to the corporeal
life. That is nothing other than
animal mechanism.
We have a higher life to live
than the bodily. The body you may
weigh and measure and the period
of its existence may be marked by
weeks, months and years. The real
life of the man is not to be so
gauged or limited. Man is spirit
and reveals himself through the
body in which he dwells. No one
hath seen man at any time, al
though man in many ways declares
himself.
That higher life with which man
is endowed is to the individual
what the main spring is to the
watch, and, like the main 6pring, is
delicate and fragile, easily displaced
and put out of order. The spirit is
the governing power. The exterior
is no sure indication of the life
within. The homely-looking build
ing may be a perfect treasure house.
The gilded palace is not always
what it seems. The contents of a
book are not made valuable by
costly binding or the paper upon
which they are printed.
Real Man Often Yelled.
Often the real man is a veiled
character. There are veneered men
as well as veneered buildi; g.
Many things are given a artificial
appearance. AVe may be acquainted
with the features of a man, recog
nize him by his dress or walk and
distinguish him from others by his
accent, but the secret workings of
the Individual soul come not within
our ken. What we take to be cn
iasy-flowir.g, graceful life, free
from doubt and care, may be
fraught with the experience of the
midnight vigil or may have felt the
coia steei oi tne enemy s weapon.
There are numbers who have a
invitation of the scheel hygiene de
partment for addresses and confer
ences at the Oakland health expo
sition and a study of the health or
ganizations of Alameda county.
"I found," she said, "that Cali
fornia Iras no school of the Mills
type except a few financed from
private funds, as the Francis Parker
in Pasadena. San Francisco is now
starting some open-air schools un
der the public school system, but
has not as yet any adequate build
ings." The pupils at Mills begin the day
with shower baths at 8:30 A. M. un
less excused for physical reasons.
The teachers are present in the
shower rooms and detect any infec
tious skin diseases or other condi
tions which may necessitate a new
examination. After helping a 10-year-old
who made only a light
application of the wash cloth, his
teacher took him to the mirror and
told him to see how pretty and pink
ears could be worn when they were
clean. He gave one scornful look
and said, "It seems to me you are
trying to mix teaching and house
keeping." That is just what Mills
does it mixes teaching and the
housekeeping of the body.
The class room work is broken at
9:40 for the first serving of milk.
Ten minutes of play come at 10:30,
with games as quiet or as strenuous
as the teachers determine right for
each child. At noon the children
place their chairs with attached
desks along three sides of the class
rooms, take out the cots from their
recesses in the wall, and place on
them their sleeping robes ready for
the rest hour. They go through a
cleaning-up drill in the lavatories
and enjoy a lunch with one substan
tial hot dish added by the school to
the sandwiches which they have
brought from home. After the quiet
visiting in the dining room in place
of active games at noon, they go
through a toothbrush drill and then
to the cots for rest. A teacher reads
for ten minutes. Many of the chil
dren go to sleep. All are silent and
rest. Their preference is for nature
stories or hero stories.
Cots Are Put Away.
At 2 o'clock the children rise, ex
cept those who need a longer period
of rest. They put away their cots
and blankets and replace the chairs,
have another serving of milk and
after the period of study, have the
second recreational period of the day
at 2:45, with either games or gym
nastics, including postural exercises
and correct breathing.
The brownie coveralls with hood
provided by the school to be worn
on chilly days are like a fraternity
emblem among the pupils and are
decidedly popular as their Insignia
of privileged rank. Sleeping robes
are also provided, made of canvas
lined with gray woolen blankets
which launder well.
Physical examination upon en
trance consists of sight and hearing
tests, throat, teeth and chest exam
inations, weight and height meas
urements. A notice of defect Is sent
to the parents and a home visit is
made by the nurse as soon as pos
sible. If the parents are not finan
cially able to provide needed medi
cal, surgical or dental care, the
nurse by consent of the parent uses
the services of the free dispensary,
county hospital, surgery and dental
clinics. School carfare is provided
for those unable to pay it. A health
record showing the progress o each
child is kept in the files.
Parents are invited to come once
a month for an informal conference
They are supposed to be members of
Parent-Teacher association in their
home districts. Here the group is
changing so cbnstantly that there
could not be a Parent-Teacher asso
ciation. Menu Copy Sent Home.
A copy of the menu of hot dishes
for the following week's lunches is
sent home each Friday, so that the
mothers will know how to supple
ment them with the right kind of
sandwiches and other foods. For
the past week the menu has been:
Monday, hot milk toast; Tuesday,
apple tapioca; Wednesday, lamb
stew with vegetables; Thursday, hot
cocoa; Friday, hot rice.
The matron says: "One of my
greatest opportunities Is to teach
the children to eat vegetables in
stead of juet meat' and bread and
sweets. Each child is expected to eat
all that is served to him. Frequently
a child will say, 'Mrs. Moore, I don't
like vegetables. Please don't give me
much of that.' Almost always they
come back for a second helping
after I have granted such a request
and say they did not know it would
taste like that. I consider I have
done a greater service by helping
fierce and painful struggle for daily
bread. Some of these have well
nigh worn off their finger ends In
scratching for their physical needs.
We have faint idea of the battle
they have had to maintain their
respectability. Sometimes the prison
bars have seemed to break through
the gloom as if beckoning them on.
For some of these material want
means spiritual starvation or even
moral deterioration. There is a
lowering of soul vitality. Such turn
cold with hunger and hot' with
despair. Physical debility or pinch
ing hunger makes them an easy
prey. Courage is apt to ooze out
as they stand up against opposing
odds. Some of them faint away
before the foe or languidly yield to
the seducer. Enticing vice is pro
fuse with specious promises, while
virture seems to stand mute in drab
appeal.
Strife Always Is Keen.
The strife to which our text
refers is always keenly waged and
all know something of the conflict.
It is a test which none can escape.
E-very soul is brought face to face
with Its spiritual foes. Our hidden
adversaries are eVer alert. It takes
eternal vigilance to preserve the
better self. Unguarded manhood is
certain to be. overthrown.
The forces against which we
contend are of the most subtle
nature. They steal upon us like
the twilight. Temptations appear
before us with the suddenness of
the crafty reptile which unexpect
edly stands in the path of the
traveler through the woods. The
air is filled with invisible hosts.
It seems to many a one at certain
moments as if he is pursued, by
some sprite bent upon his ruin
Occasionally we meet men who de
clare that they despair of ever
gaining the mastery in the con
flict. They will tell you that all
they can do with their inherited
tendencies is to take the chance and
hope that fortune may so favor
them that they may receive nothing
save scratches and scars. They tell
you that the disposition is born in
i them and that they cannot get away
from it. Such often regard them
selves like hunted deer, running and
panting before their pursuers, but
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them to like vegetables than if I
forced them to take a. large helping
and try to swallow with prejudice
for a sauce."
The average gain at the school is
two pounds a month. The school
board provides the building, equip
ment and teachers. The physician
ie a member of the staff of the city
health bureau. The Oregon Tuber
culosis association provides the 24
quarts of milk daily and the hot
food at lunch, and the services of a
rfatron and nurse.
The pennies which go for Christ
mas seals this year will help main
tain these necessary parts of the
programme. Practically all the
money collected by school children
for the Christmas seals goes to the
support of the Mills school.
Red Pepper Preferred as
Name to Algernon.
Red-Haired School Boy Pleased
With Playmate's Nickname.
CANDACE dropped her books on
the table as she and the three
other Ginger children bounded
into the living room where their
mother sat darning the family
stockings.
"Mother, what do you think?
There's a boy at school today who
lives next door to us, and his name's
Burns and he has fed hair and the
boys called him' "Red Pepper
Burns" to try tA make him mad.
And
"He's sure good-natured," Inter
rupted Mary, "about that awful
name. He just said: 'Go ahead.
Suits me all rjght. I'd have been
homesick If you'd struck any other
nickname, but what I've been used
to."
"He's just 12, like me," burst in
Billy, "and the rest of the boys
tried to guy us about being "Billy
tJinger' and 'Bed Pepper," but we
squared ourselves u together on
the curb and told them to come on,
any two of them at a time, and we'd
take care of them. Big Ned came
along just then and said: 'Say, kids,
don't you know these two have got
sand, to say nothing of Ginger and
Pepper?' and he took us off to play
on his team."
"You don't mind having your
niCKnames, do you? Mollis O. Slim
Jim, Billy Boy and dear little 'Kandy
Ji-ia oi uanaace;- laughed their
mother, "or mind having 'Ginger'
for your name?"
"We like it," said Mary. "If dad
could get you to change your name
from inconspicuous Smith to "such
a glaring name as Ginger, the chil
dren can stand it and stand up for
it as the best name on earth," as
she helped her mother and Candace
with the supper work and Jim took
tne milk bucket to the barn.
That night at supper father James
sure of being finally run down and
captured.
There is more than romance in
that episode of Jacob at Peniel, the
time when he wrestled with the
stranger. It is no less than soul
history told in poetry and best
appreciated by those who at times
have felt themselves to be in the
grip of powerful forces. All
through the night that memorable
struggle went on. Determined ef
fort looked out of the eyes of the
patriarch, but effort after effort for
mastery was met by superior force.
Each output of strength, however,
left him weaker and even though the
victory was ultimately' gained he
came out of the contest a lame and
limping man. He was never free
from the twinge of the lingering
pain. "The bird with a broken wing
never can soar as high again."
Incident Is Emblematical.
That incident in Jacob's life was
emblematical. What a warfare. was
that man's career! How it was
darkened by deceit and selfishness!
What plottingsfc craft and treachery!
How the lie gurgled in his throat!
And when the better feeling was
aroused in the breast of this man
what prolonged struggle ensued!
The enemies of his life were not
slain by a single stroke. Man is not
made over in a day. One does not
go to bed a sinner and arise in the
morning a saint. The devils which
infest poor humanity are not killed
as easily as that. They are endowed
with longevity, and will never cease
their insidious designs as long as
the human soul is clothed with mor
tal clay.
Thus Jacob, like all rthe rest of
human kind, found life to be an in
cessant struggle. Habits clung to
him like bark clings to a tree. The
danger of relapse never passed. The
man was timorous as he thought
how easily he was overcome. Tem
per was still "liable to flame up. The
promptings of avarice, greed and
ambit-ton were still strong. Many
were the inducements to be tricky
and deceitful. The old Jacob was
not dead. Scheming and cunning
appeared to be in the blood. No vio
lent wrench could tear him from the
past. Good strangely allied itself
with evil. His path was fringed
with the emissaries of evil. He had
to fight his way, as all men do, to
Ginger heard the story of "Red
Pepper" and suggested that he and
mother call at once upon their new
neighbors and welcome them into
the community. Thirty minutes after
they left the house they returned
bringing "Red" with them, and say
ing they found Mr. and Mrs. Burns
had gone out for the evening, but
Bed had finished his lessons and
consented to come over for an hour
of games with them.
Red has told me a secret," said
mother. "He wants you to know and
keep it a secret, too: His name is
Charles Algernon, and he would
rather be called "Red" than that
name."
"I'd rather be 'Red Pepper' Burns'
a thousand years than 'Charles Al
gernon' for one minute, added Red.
"Let Kandy Kid have first choice
in naming the game," said Jim from
six 16-year-old vantage ground.
Candace clapped her hands. "I
have a brlloon for Cousin Jennie's
baby's birthday, but I'll show you a
game with it, if you'll be careful."
She ran for a sheet and had all take
the edges with the left. hand and
bat the balloon with the right hana
the object being to keep It on the
opposite side.
Mary chose acting out songs. She
put the new march on the Victrola
and father acted "Steal Away." Then
the others acted. "Blowing Bub
bles," "Pinafore," "Little Boy Blue,"
"Yankee Doodle" . and "Keep the
Home Fires Burning," as their choice
when their turn came. Mother act
ed "Mother Hubbard" and, after it
was guessed, she said she took It be
cause she knew a cupboard that
was not "bare," where she had
some puffed rice candy which she
would ask Jim to bring in after a
few minutes.
Red remembered that he had
played "rice race" once, and asked
if they had any plain rice and tooth
picks. So they took their seats
around a table with a bowl of rice
and each one tried to carry the
grains fastest on the end of a
toothpick to his saucer before him.
Father decided that Billy had won
a double portion of the puffed rice
candy because he had the most
grains in his saucer at the end of
ten minutes.
While they had the refreshments
father Ginger read aloud a story in
a current magazine, and explained
the service a good man did for his
community in taking the .telephone
charter from a dishonest man. Just
as he neared the end of the story a
ring came at the door and Mr. and
Mrs. Burns inquired for Billy, since
they had seen him through the
window. They accepted the cordial
Invitation to return the call which
father and mother Ginger had made
earlier in the evening.
"Public education is the birth
right of the child. The idea now
prevalent is to train the child in
public affairs and teach him to
think."
the better life, and the way to that!
better life was up the craggy steep.
Often some slight triumph was fol
lowed by sickening fear or a sense
of shame. Danger spots and peril
ous places places where many a
soul has been wrecked and many a
hope destroyed had to be passed
on the way to a redeemed manhood.
Every-Day Life Similar.
Is not that very much like our
every-day experience? What an
effort it costs the human soul to lift
Itself up to the heights of God! As
piration itself is of slight avail un
less we are aided by the power di
vine. Our varied experiences make
us aware that we can make no real
gain by our own strength. What we
call life is as treacherous as the
ocean now serene and sunny with
not a breeze but what speeds the
good ship on its way, then the dark
ness and the fog with their hidden
perils, followed by a furious gale, in
which sails are rent, lifeboats
washed away and the vessel itself
is in danger of being submerged or
mercilessly driven by the wind.
Is not life something like that for
as? Is there any place where we
can escape from what we term the
storms of life? God never intended
that we should dwell in perpetual
calm. To sit in ease upon the lap
of luxury induces nothing but in
dolence and feebleness. The ship is
not built to stay in the harbor. That
is but a temporary refuge. She
must spread her canvas and put
out to sea, minding not the risk if
she would fulfill her purpose and
bring rich cargo into port
Inspiration comes to us on the
hill-top of vision rather than on the
couch of the dreamer. To idly drift
with the tide and imagine that
things will come out all right, what
ever we may do, is nought but de
lusion. Life's work is not done
in that manner. Character building
cannot be done by proxy. Man is
"captain of his soul." .We decide
our own destiny. It is impossible
for another to weave for you a
disposition or make for you a life
in the way a tailor may make for
you a garment. The habits we wear,
are in accordance with our own self
measurements. Manhood is grown,
not manufactured, and is non-transferable.
The individual must wage his own
Plans for Observance of
Christmas Suggested.
Singing of Carols by Community
Organizations Favored.
RECREATION experts of the na-
tional community suggest plans
for the observance of Christmas
which may interest people in cities
and towns outside' of Portland as
well as here. .
A meeting should be called of
representatives from schools, public
and private, musical societies, men's
and women's civic and commercial
clubs, labor groups, fraternal or
ders, parent-teacher associations,
churches. Boy -Scouts and girls' or
ganizations. Responsiaility should
Be assigned to individuals or groups
for the various items of the- pro
gramme. A large Christmas tree should be
placed in a central part of town
(already planned for the business
of Portland by the Community Serv
ice committee of the Federation of
Women's clubs), with many-colored
lights and the top the star, the
brightest point
In a large town several trees may
be in different' sections so that all
may conveniently enjoy them.
A suggestion -which may interest
some Oregon towns: In the spring
plant a community Christmas tree
in the choice location for such cel
ebrations and dedicate it to the use
of coming generations, who shall
keep the spirit of Christmas.
Setting Up the Tree. Many
groups could assist. The firemen
might secure and se.t up the tree
and the electrical workers string
the colored lights.
Programme. Let all the church
bells ring out the hour for the
carolers to gather. Twenty minutes
of community singing led by the
carolers. Songs by different na
tionalities In languages of their
native lands. Children's Christmas
songs and games. Tableaux and
games should be brief. Best time
5:30 or 6, as people are on way home
from work and can stop to take
part.
The Carolers. Choir leaders and
other musicians in the towns and
rural districts are the natural lead
ers. Mothers and teachers may help
to get group's together to learn the
words and melodies of the choice
Christmas carols. All the carolers
should come together at least once
for a rousing rehearsal under an
inspiring director and should sing
together at the tree under his direc
tion. Upon leaving the tree at 6
o'clock or shortly afterward the
groups of 10 to 15 should divide, in
order to cover as many sections of
town as possible. One hour's sing
ing in the open Is enough for the
average voice. Announcing a defi
warfare. God has endowed us with
freedom of thought and expects that
we do own own thinking. There are
some things in this world beyond
purchase. There is no priest or
minister who, for payment, can be
our substitute, can atone for us
or do our work. Whatever grap
pling with the forces of evil has
to be done must be done by us. We
cannot assign our duties to others.
"Every man must bear his own bur
den." We are the ones who will
be held responsible. Hence the im
portance of the words, "work out
your own salvation." We can hire
no man to be our spiritual valet or
do our religious choresl
That one, too, makes an egregious
mistake who supposes that a change
in place or condition means an es
cape from temptation or the task
of life. This moral and spiritual
warfare has to be carried on at all
times. There is no truce. Our foes
creep upon us in what we call sac
red moments and holy places.
Elijah's stand on Carmel was that
of a stalwart champion or mighty
hero. Later on his courage de
serted him and his prayer was that
he might die.. He had his weak
spot. Like Achilles, he was not in
vulnerable. The shaft of the enemy
found the exposed place. We find,
as did Elijah, that the hour of ela
tion is succeeded by the moment of
depression. Ecstatic experiences
are abnormal. The warmth of the
day of victory is followed by a
lower temperature which brings a
chill to the human system.
Fearful Temptation Met.
Right on the heels of his bap
tism came the fearful temptation of
Jesus. The glorious light of the
happy season of consecration had
scarcely faded away before he had
to struggle with pride, ambition
and spiritual presumption. Every
phase of his life indicates uncom
promising warfare. He walked upon
no bed of roses. The insidious at
tacks of adversaries had often to
be shaken off. Their wily designs
manifested themselves in the whis
perings of disciples and the ap
plause of crowds. There was a lurk
ing danger in the hour of popular
ity. Instances may be perceived
in the ministry of Jesus when he
seemed near to being made a pris
oner by fear.
As it was with him so it Is with
nite hour secures co-operation from
many homes.
i Lighted Windows. Announce by
handbills and through the press
that the carolers will try particu
larly to sing where lights, whether
candles, lamps or electric bulbs, are
conspicuously placed in the window
as a symbol of welcome.
Routes. The officers should ar
range for each group to have a
section as near as possible to their
own neighborhood. Two or three
blockB will be enough if many re
spond with lighted windows.
Leaders and Chaperones. The
leader shall be responsible for -organizing,
training and on Christ
mas eve directing the singing. The
chaperone shall accompany the
group on Christmas eve and be re
sponsible to the mothers of the giris
who sing.
Music. Only the best standard
hymns and carols, to be sung. The
current popular songs, good for
other occasions, are not appropriate
for Christmas eve. The words and
music of not more than three carols
should be memorized by the singers.
Usually sing only one verse of each
of three carols at a house. Sug
gested carols: "Joy to the World,"
"Hark! the Herald Angels Sing!"
"Oh. Come, All Ye Faithful," "Oh,
Little Town of Bethlehem." "Holy
Night,, Silent Night," "Whila Shep
herds Watched Their Flocks by
Night" Portland Community Serv
ice headquarters will furnish copies
of the words to those who do not
find them In books at home. Price
75 cents per 100 copies of ten ex
cellent selections.
Costumes. Effective but not nec
essary costumes may be made of red
cambric capes and caps or red stock
ing cap's, with possibly borders of
cotton for snow.
Lights. Old-fashioned lanterns
will add picturesqueness. The use
of tin horns and the wearing of
comic costumes should be discour
aged as out of keeping with the
carols and hymns.
Musical Instruments. Such as
cornet, guitar, violin, mandolin or
ukulele, add to the effect
Transportation. If in the country
or covering scattered sections of
town, have committee on automo
biles or sleighs.
The Expense. 1. Carolers give
their time and voices and enthu
sisam. 2. Certain business men give the
tree.
3. Other business men give ligt
and decorations.
4. Groups of Scouts or other boys
clear the streets of snow if needed.
5. Mothers may make the red cats
and capes. Let these belong to the
community chest of costumes for
the plays and pageants throughout
the year.
6. Club or church groups may
provide refreshments for the carol
ers at the close of their routes.
For Indoor Programmes. Com
munity has two little plays which
require one or two rehearsals. "The
Miser," with the following charac
ters, miser, boy, spirit, farles, chil
dren; "The Toy Shop," with toy
mender, little boy, dolls, noor Ilt'.le
girl, fairy of toyland and elves.
The Portland office also has . A
Christmas Carnival," in carols and
pantomimes which may be present
ed on the stage of a hall or on
floats moving through the ttre-jts.
For information about Christmas
plans, telephone Broadway 7972, or
write Portland Community Service,
Oregon building.
Three hundred and thirty Ameri
can cities in 46 states reported nav
ing Christmas carols sung on the
streets last year, and for shut-ins
and hospital patients ther? were
even more cities which spread the
Christmas cheer by carol singing.
Detroit stands at the head of the
list in having the largest numbers
in the groups of carolers, reporting
more than 10,000 people singing in
the residential districts, turning De
troit's twilight streets into 200 miles
of song.
J.n many cities the carolers an
nounced beforehand through the
press and by handbills the routes
they would take and that they
would sing before every house which
displayed a candle or other light in
the window. C. M. Tremaine, direc
tor for the national bureau for the
advancement of music, with head
quarters in New York, reports that
many carolers raised money for the
needy children of the community.
' The- 330 of 1921 compare with 100
cities in 1919, and indicate the re
markably rapid growth of a once
universal and subsequently almost
forgotten old English custom.
"In a democracy there must be
something radically wrong if some
children receive an education which
others may not have."
us. The human heart is the battle
ground where right and wrong
wage their contest. Motives clash.
We are swayed by impulse and de
sire, love and hate. Duty often
points in one direction and inclina
tion another. Conscience speaks in
imperious terms and says you must,
while prudence or self-interest whis
pers that you had better go a little
easy. Certain things captivate and
we are induced to stifle conscience
or for the time being to rule God
out of life. There are times when
we are persuaded to take the com
fortable course in preference to the
difficult. Compromises are easily
made. Actions, however, should
never be guided by mere policy.
Expediency is not to be made the
rule of life. To temporize is a sign
of weakness. Too many want to
be on the winning side. They are
caught by the cry, "it pays there
is money in it." -
Faith Is Requisite.
Faith is a requisite for the work
of life. None can make advance
without it. Faith means absolute
conviction, stoutness of heart, un
wavering determination, robust
moral and spiritual courage. "This
is the victory that overcometh the
world, even our faith." But, on the
other hand, an overweening confi
dence is an unconscious step to
wards defeat. There are those who
fail who appear invincible.
Let it never be forgotten that the
life of blessedness is entered by
means of the strait gate. That is
no true son of God who does not
experience the agonizing sweats of
Gethsemane. It is not the parade
ground, but the battle field, which
proves the mettle of the recruit. The
student may easily acquire the les
sons of the lecture room, but the
stern lessons of the outer world are
not so readily learned. To .men
tally follow the wanderings of the
Christ of Palestine as w.e sit in the
sanctuary may be a pleasure, but
it is another matter to follow him
in the actual warfare of today, into
the wilderness of the present cen
tury, and yet it needs to be done.
Done, too, it must be with all the
bravery of a Lincoln proceeding to
his inauguration amid mutterings,
threatenings and curses or the
Chance Open for Young
Portland Women.
Three to Be Picked for Bryn
Ifafrr Summer School.
THREE young women who repre
sented Portland at the Bryn
Mawr 1922 summer session for
women in industry are eager to find
just the right candidates for the
trip the coming summer and to that
end ask suggestions of social work
ers. Louise Jennings, Ida Lambert and
Grace Dooney had credentials rank
ing so high that the college commit
tee accepted all three of them in
place of the two which had been
Portland's allotment. They are in
sistent that the standard be kept
up and that the finest type of north
western representatives be selected,
they have in mind soma rAnrifHatAa
but want suggestions frrno all who
have acquaintance with the women
in industrial centers throughout the
city. -
Those eligible are "women work
ing with the tools of their trade"
and not in any supervisory capacity.
This definition does not include
saleswomen, waitresses, teachers,
clerical workers or other groups ex
cept workers in factories. - The pref
erence is given to those between
the ages of 20 and 35, though 18 is
named as the lower age limit.
The summer session, which was
started in 1921, is the outgrowth of
an idea of a former president of
Bryn Mawr, M. Carey Thomas, "to
offer to young women in industry
opportunities to study liberal sub
jects and to train themselves in
clear think'ng, with a spirit of im
partial inquiry and free from any
tneory or dogma. It is hoped that
thus the students may secure a
truer insight into the problems of
the industrial order, increase their
influence &nd add to the happiness
of their own lives."
Of the 98 students enrolled in 1922,
69 were native-born, and of that
number 35 had native-born fathers;
29 were foreign-born and of them 16
came from Russia. The industries
represented were: Garment work
ers, 31; textile, 13; printing, 7; elec
trical, 6; telephone, 5; tobacco, 5;
shoe, 4; mercantile, 1, and miscel
laneous, 19.
The course of study includes Eng
lish composition, hygiene, psychol
ogy, history of civilization, English
literature, history of the labor
movement, advanced English litera
ture, advanced history, advanced
economics, science, government and
appreciation of music
Forty-five of the girls had taken
no organized recreation before com
ing. Eighteen who could not swim
learned to swim and 17 received
the letters. "A. S.," meaning au
thorized swimmer. Several interest
ing debates and forums were ar
ranged by the committee in charge,
one on "Collective Bargaining" and
one on "Monotony in Industry."
Three cases were argued by a class
in economics, with students repre
senting the employers, the workers
and the impartial judge. With great
feeling and with a good deal of dra
matic fire they argued the details
of certain situations arising in the
garment industry.
The value of the school is shown
by the reports from students of both
summers, which show that in every
section of the country they have
Joined existing study classes for the
winter or have organized new ones
and are going on with their studies.
The three 1922 students from Port
land are enrolled in the classes of
the Labor college at the Portland
Labor temple and are endeavoring
to bring into the classes young
women whom they consider good
candidates for the 1923 Bryn Mawr
summer session and to help prepare
for the great opportunity for study,
for the educational value of the trip
all the way across the continent
and the contact with people from
all sections of the United States.
Louise Jennings said: "No matter
what subjects you take or how much
they interest you, you will wish you
had taker what the other girls
chose when you hear them talking
about looking at the moon through
the telescope or learning all kinds
of interesting things about bugs in
their science classes, but the eight
weeks are all too short. There are
such wonderful girls there that you
wish you could just stay around
talking with them instead of study
ing at all. And when you get
into class each subject is so inter
bravery of a Socrates drinking his
hemlock. It is not the wound, the
pain or the cross we need fear.
Those are only momentary. We
naturally shrink from pain, but
there are experiences more to be
dreaded than pain. Why be trou
bled if we are in the minority if
we are sure that we are in the right,
even if all hell be against us? Happy
is he who can look hell in the face
and say I care not, for I live for
God and the truth.
No sane man seeks physical ex
tinction. He finds a joy in living.
This mundane sphere is no prison
house. The world, after all, is
God's world, svhere both freedom
and happiness are to be discover
able. Sooner or later death comes
to alL but a true man does not
dread death. Why should he? You
may look upon death as an evil, but
there is something worse than
death. What we should fear is the
stain upon the soul. What is life
devoid of truth and purity? What
sacredness is to be found in the
word of him who wilfully violates
a solemn pledge? He is traitor to
God and himself. He is the child of
deception. The foul blot upon his
honor is worse than material loss,
however great it be. A degraded
character is thrust back upon a man
like a debased piece of coinage.
There is no redemption for a coun
terfeit, and it matters not how fine
the craftsmanship may be. The
wprld will not accept it and pass it
along as genuine. The loss of man
hood means the loss of life. What
dois not amount to when stripped
of his virtue? Where can we place
a man of that description? Such a
one falls back from the light of
day into the darkness of the night.
There is a suggestive story told in
the Old Testament concerning a cer
tain man of God.. He claimed to be
long to the school of prophets, and
solemnly pledged his word of sacred
honor. He posed as a man of Ve
racity and chivalry. He freelv spoke
of his promise to the Lord. A day
came, however, when he listened to
the seductive entreaty of another.
Returning to his home he was slain
by a lion and his carcass left a
prey to vultures, but men took up
his carcass and deposited it in a
grave, Baylne "Alas, my brother," as
esting that you want to give all
the rest of the summer term to
studying that and let everything
else go. And then you have such
fascinating good times, games,
stories, plays and last of all the
marvelous lantern pageant."
Women workers wishing to be
come candidates for this wonderful
trip across the continent, with all
expenses paid and the eight weeks
of study and contact with leaders
it industry and in education, and
those knowing promising candi
dates, are urged to communicate at
once with Mrs. J. H. Esterly, route
5, Hewett boulevard. Portland.
Chest Contributors Also
Can Join Red Cross.
Receipt of Payment Is Pass to
Membership in Local Chapter.
EVERY contributor of a dollar or
or more to the Portland Com
munity Chest may become a member
of the American Red Cross by pre
senting the receipt of his payment '
to the Portland chapter of the Red
Cross in the Fitzpatrick building, fit
the corner of Oak and West Park
streets and obtaining his member
ship card. Fifty cents of the dollar
will go to the national headquarters
and 60 cents reman, in tne local re
lief work of the Portland chapter.
Miss Jane Doyle, executive secre
tary for the Portland chapter of the
American Red Cross, speaking at
the Oregon social workers' luncheon
a few days ago, said:
Every good American should be a mem
ber of the national organization. Mem
bership in It Is the or.ly means we have
of providing- relief In case of national
or international disasters, as In the case
of the $10,000 recently fforwarded to the
earthquake sufferers in Chile and 'the
5700,000 sent to the near east.
Many Portland people have thought
that their contribution to the chest au
tomatically made them members of the
national organisation, because the Red
Cross is pamed as one of the beneficia
ries. However, that is not the case. Only
the local work of the Red Cross Is cov
ered by the chest unless the contributor
brings his receipt to us and requests the
national membership card. There has
been a marked decrease in Portland's
number of members in the American Red
Cross since the joint campaign plan was
undertaken, owing, doubtless, to the lack
of understanding as to what constituted
membership.
It is the national Red Cross, too, which
looks after the social welfare work among
the ex-scervice men, as in No. 77, the
veterans' bureau hospital at Second and
Hassalo streets. There are now 821 ex
service men in hospitals in Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho. Of course, the gov
ernment provides the building, equip
ment, medical care and food, but it is
the Red Cross which looks after the
occupational therapy, teaching all the
men who are able and want to keep their
minds off their bodies or prepare for
self-support after their recovery, sucu
occupations as typing, wood carving,
weaving, leather and bead work and
knitting. Portland friends also do much
for the comfort and happiness of these
men. A librarian comes every morning
to distribute books.
Miss Doyle was wearing a hand
some silk scarf which she said had
been knitted for her by one of the
dozen men at the Pierce sanitarium,
where the government has a con-
j tract for the care of tubercular ex-
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been bought from the earnings of
another. When asked if she were
not afraid of the germs in the scarf,
her face was illumined as she re
plied: "I am not afraid of catching
anything but good will from any
thing those boys make. And that
does not mean that I do not believe
in disinfectants and use of them, too.
But I mean that their gratitude for
the little we do for them is a rebuke
for America's doing so little in re
turn for all they have given for us."
"When I was in Washington re
cently," said Miss Doyle, "I visited
the Walter Reed hospital, formery
a general army and navy plant, but
now used exclusively for veterans
of the world war. Its grounds have
a Red Cross hut and many of the
features of the overseas plants in
which I had the honor of serving. I
realized that the war is not over as
far as these men are concerned. As
I walked across the lawn I felt as
if I were reliving in a bad dream.
Inside the wards I walked down tha
same line of eager, wistful faces,
and was not surprised when one of
my own patients from overseas
greeted me with, 'You took care of
me in France."
;"I asked them- all, 'From what
state do you come?' There were four
from Oregon, and I brought back a
personal message to their mothers
here. One of the boys said, 'Ain't it
great the Red Cross din't stop when
the war did?' "
they remembered what he had prom
ised. To them he was doubly dead.
As Whittier says: .
"When faith is lost, when honor
dies,
The man is dead."
This struggle, though, to which
we are called, need not find us un
prepared. He who is defeated be
cause he is unequipped has only
himself to blame. Our resources
are just as limited as God himself
and no more. In the divine armory
are all the weapons required for the
conflict. No one goes down because
of the shortage of munitions. Back
of us are all the forces of righteous
ness. We are furnished with ex
ample and inspiration. We are given
light and instruction and all that is
Implied by the term, "the grace of
God." "The Lord's hand is not
shortened that it cannot save."
There is the assurance of victory for
him who has the faith to strive and
endure a victory which means en
larged capacity, a richer life as well
as safety. One declares that "we
are more than conquerors through
him that loved us."
Take Courase, Is Plea.
Let us, then, take courage. With
God working for us we need fear
nothing. Light is more powerful
than darkness and truth is stronger
than fiction. All the powers of evil
may be in league against us, a con
tinual threat and menace to our
spiritual good, but God is greater
than any combination in this and all
other worlds. We cannot hide our
selves . by some smoke screen,
neither can we deceive him by some
clever bit of camouflage. There is
an inherent power In truth which
nothing can weaken, Righteousness
may suffer a temporary eclipse, but
it never knows defeat. From the
plain of contest it moves on to the
triumphant crowning. Truth is spirit,
righteousness is spirit and so is
love. The form which encases the
spirit may be bruised or broken
but the spirit, born of God, is inde
structible, eternal. Love is uncon
querable. It survives the storm, the
scaffold and the grave.
Let us, then, obey and reverence
him who is truth and love. Thus
shall we know what is meant by
saving grace anI the . sustaining
power of almighty and eternal love