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ASHLAJTD TIDINGS Thursday, IVcember 20, 1912. PAGE SIX THE COLLEGE MANA BORE mauy gkkf.k (x)xkijx says ;kadi ati-s akk df.fkiknt. THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO TALK Anil the (Wd Is as Hail as Her .Masculine A-sstMiato, Asserts the Author of a J took on "Conversation." Below is an article from the Bos ton Herald by Mary (ireer Conklin. who is a sister of the editor of the Tidings, B. It. Greer, the author of a book on "Conversation," which was recently published by Funk & Wag Tails, New York and Boston: ' 1 wouldn't for the world say any thing that would tend to make col lege girls defiant or antagonistic, hut it amazes mo that young aspir ants for university degrees can be content to indulge their talk so con tinually with trivialities. Learning does much for the college-going young man or woman, but it doesn't seem to make them pleasanter to talk with than their elders of much less education, not, at least, until they get older. Many young people w:io grow "like a forest oak by neglect," are as well off conversationally, so far as the sentiment in their dialogue is concerned. Those adults who have to depend at all upon college-bred youth for their conversational soci ety feel a void like that of a dairy farm deprived of its cows, with only the calves left. When a Woman Is Interesting. I am always rominded of a Bunch cartoon that showed a young beauty sitting alone with a matron whilo the men were all gathered round a woman of 30. "I can't imagine what the men see in her! No woman is worth looking .it after she is 30!" exclaimed the beauty, petulantly. "No, my dear, nor talking to be fore!" replied the elder woman. Like the cock f.nd the fox in the fable of Marie do France, college young ieople usually "Chatter when thry should be dumb, And when they ought to speak are mum." Prone to every conceivable con versational vice, they talk universal ly In the lanKiiag. of wagrf. While one cannot stay that they are not well , bred, they are given to the under breeding of excess excess in com-1 pliments, excess in adverse criticism, excess in striving after wit, excess in' i laughter. Many Are Catcli-Worrt Fiends, Much of the vociferous taJk of col lege students- in directed indiscrimi nately against their instructors, men Will Furnish Ilans for Farm Build ings. Blue-prints of plans for the con struction of various farm buildings, such as barns, silos and houses, will soon be furnished to the farmers of the state by the farm mechanics de partment of the Oregon Agricultural College upon request. This is a new departure in the service of the col lege to the state. In a recent lecture to visiting farm ers, Professor W. L. Powers showed the plans and views of many farm buildings now in use at the college or experiment stations or on the farms of progressive Oregonians. The septic tank, standard ventila tion system of barns, model farm houses and tool houses were shown and explained. The reasons and ad vantages of substituting the two-inch framing instead or the old heavy joist framing were given, and plans and models of the tool house at the Harney experiment station were shown. A workshop for the farm, a poultry colony house such as in use at the college, the trap nest, all these were explained in detail. Plans of individual hog houses costing about $5 for materials and labor, and for the consolidated hog house on the college stock farm, which cost 350, or about $30 a pen, were thrown on the screen. A new stave Filo has just been erected for the dairy barns, and this, too, was shown and a detailed state ment of the cost given. The silo is 17x2 8 feet, and the cement founda tion cost $18.40, the lumber for walls $78.10, for roof end chute $16.55, and the hardware $35.94, making a total cost of $148.99. As 75 tons of feed were weighed into the silo, the cost of construction was about $2 a ton capacity. The farmer, Professor Powers said, should be able to get the lumber and labor cheaper. "In this country, the only alterna tive of the stave silo is the concrete silo, for performance," said Profes- son Powers. He then showed plans of such structures, and of dairy barns, including the model on the state fair grounds at Salem. Sani tary cow stanchions and similar ar rangements for the health and com fort of farm animals were shown on the screen. One of the best barns in the state, that of Senator Dobbins at. Enterprise, was portrayed, togeth er with the plans of buildings erected in the past. . CHRISTMAS DAY " IN BETHLEHEM. A vhose mere acquaintance is i liberal education, men who, along with everything else' admirable, have in them several sons of superiority be sides that of having been college students. Undergraduates are sometimes phraseologists and eatch-wcid fiends. Their talk often convicts of the petti est sort of jokelets or pretty speech es, which make very sickly conver sation. More often it Is college song nonsense, tiresomely reiterated and carried to the point of buffoonery. They are splendid babblers and wag-Ke-rs, but conversationalists, never! These youthful conversationalists talk so much without reflection that they seem to have lost the power of reflection. Not only that, but they usually ex pect their conversrih to clo all the listening. They do not try to enter tain and intrc:;t otners, but tr.lk to gratify theniixd res, like children. Ihes Not Kvixs't Much. 1 don't niei'u to say that we ought to expect the talk of college students to abound in "freezing immunities of the pulpit," nor to be esthetic or classicul, but wo can expect it to be indicative of having emanated from trained minds. Certainly, the truly wise relax at time.4 and sport in tri fles, but they always talk nicely even on trivial themes. Nonsense can be delightful as easily as unde lightrul. Unexpected hyperbole is often witty, but utale repetitions of nonsense such as we are obliged to hear continuously do not constitute wit. A rlever and mature woman, de scribing the effeotu of a tornado, said: "As I looked out the air was quite dark with my intimate friends." -Nrii this sort of humor and few of the proitflelies and delicacies of dis course are vouchsafed immature col lege BtudentH. What Is Good Conversation? Good conversation is the nimble ness of mind to take the chance word of the accidental subject and play upon it, and make it pass from guest to guest at dinner or in the drawing room. It is the discussion of any topic whatever, irotn religion to fashions, and the avoidpuce of any Selling Yourself an Automobile. .lames Montgomery Flagg writes an amusing sketch about buying an automobile in the January American Magazine. Following is an extract: "You and Polly are given a demon stration. "The psychology of the trade starts psyching at the moment you take your seat in the car. The in stant the wheels turn you are a goner! "You are now the best salesman they have! You sell yourself the car! You root for that car as if it were something you had invented yourself. "An awful clattering underneath your feet, that in later years of ex perience would clearly Indicate fraz zled bearings, you are now eager to have explained away as nothing but the sweet purr of perfect mechan ism. "You sit on the edge of the seat, nerves taut, inwardly challenging the:se men to say anything nasty about their own goods. Their own? Yours! "You clutch the leather arm-rests with the fierce joy of ownership, and cry 'Gee some boat!' " 'We could a-done that hill just as easy on high!' grins the wicked demonstrator as he looks around for your approval. " 'When can I have it?' you hiss, hardly recognizing your own voice. " 'By the way,' says the salesman, doubtfully, to the wicked demonstra tor, 'this car isn't sold, is it?' " 'Oh, my God!' " 'Oh, no, it's all right I was of that 1911 runabout of no, It's all right!' this season of the year prob ably no city of the ancient world presents a more pic turesque or attractive aspect than Bethlehem, whose population Is many times multiplied by the pres ence of a vast army of pilgrims from every part of the globe. Mecca, in the height of the great annual Moslem In flux, or Hurdwar, In upper India, at the season of the sacred festival, may bave much greater but they cannot be said to bave more devout or more cosmopolitan crowds than those that flock to the city of David In the Christ mas week. Shaped wonderfully like a crescent, yet the only thoroughly Christian town In all Syria, Bethlehem puts on Its gayest garb as Christmas approaches. At all times a pretty and attractive place, it is then a thousand fold more so. The thrifty townspeo ple, their handsome wives and dark eyed daughters, prepare for the festiv ities weeks in advance and are ready to welcome the first arrivals. No words can adequately describe the grandeur of the Christmas services at the Church of the Nativity, which is the center of interest for the pil grims. These services ace kept up the entire week. On the way to church the visitors are beset by peddlers, who Insist on pushing under their very noses little ornaments of olivewood and mother-of-pearl. The Church of the Nativity is one of the oldest struc tures In existence, and, although it has been repeatedly repaired, it still re tains much of its original form and character. In the side aisles at dif ferent altars priests chant the service In tones that swell and die amid the tall columns that support the roof. At the shrines groups of pilgrims kneel in reverent adoration, while still other groups are guided around the church by monks, who point out the rich relics and sacred places, the most venerated of all being the shrine of the manger, beneath the church, which. It Is claimed. Incloses the actual birth place of the Saviour. During the Christmas festivities this manger shrine is resorted to by great multi tudes, who crowd each other in their pious eagerness to kiss the marble slab on the floor with a silver star in the center. So fervid and enthusiastic lire these worshipers that the marble slab has beeu repeutedly kissed away in places, rendering a new slab necessary. The same experience has occurred with the stone covering of the crypt In the Church of the Holy Sepulcher In Jeru- KNOW OF THE DOCTRINE. Dec 29. "If any man willeth to do II is Kill, he (kali know of the doctrine, whether it be of God. or tchether I speak of Myself.' John vii, tl. OH word doctrine seems to be offensive to the majority of Christians. Each denomina tion realizes that its doctrines are undefendable. Hence by mutual consent Christians seem disposed to ignore doctrines, believing that the matter never will be clear to anybody. All this Is a mistake; the doctrines of Christ, as presented by the Great Teacher and His Aiwstles, were great Message, of which uone were ashamed. The difficulty Is that we gradually fell away from those doc trines into bondage to human tradi tions and creeds. We need the doc trines of Christ and the Apostles to brenk down our t creed fences, which A i have separated .Lfi-JV-Oi' - -? r . ft. 1 A . Vl.. f! "Mima, tell ut story about Golden Rod boyi and Kirls. We're so glad other Children can have GOLDEN ROD OATS to eat, too." At all Grocers SPECIAL NOTICE AlphaM-tlml li-ttM- In ptitj pai-Up- nf "j.ld'-n UihI" nliH-tH. fmr th-in till you cud BeU "Colijeu Rod" and get a tine 42 ilvec Pinner Set. JAP THEATRE. thinking Johnson's " 'Oh!' "You nearly swallowed your Adam's apple." How to Bankrupt the Doctors. A prominent New York physician says: "If it were not for the thin stockings and thin-soled shoes worn by women the doctors would prob ably be bankrupt." When you con tract a cold do not wait for it to de velop into pneumonia, but treat it at once. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is intended especially for coughs and colds, and has won a wide reputation by its cures of these diseases. It is most effectual and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Poley's Drug Store. Most of the coca imported Into the United States is produced in the West Indies and Central and South Amer ica. Juice from a freshly cut white po tato, frequently applied, often, will remove an obstinate wart. phase of any subject which might stir the irascible talker to contro versy. MAHKKT FLACK IN BETHLEHEM ON OHH1ST UAS MOKNINQ. snlem. which has had to be renewed several times in consequence of its out er surface being literally kissed away by pious devotees. The tradition is that Christ was once laid In this man ger. A rew reet distant is the cnapei of the Magi, where the wise men of old, Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar, came worshiping with rare gifts. A subdued, rich light is diffused throughout the grotto by the softly glowing lamps over the star, and the swinging censers lend an agreeable odor to an otherwise close and musty atmosphere. All worldly thoughts are banished as the kneeling pilgrims lis ten spellbound to the melodious chant of the sacred office or the full, sturdy. noble singing of the grand looking, bearded priests. The low roof, the living rock," the ceusers, the music. the lights, all seem to dissolve, and in their steod there appear to the moist eyes of the adoring pilgrims the man ger cradle with the babe, the Virgin mother and Joseph, the mean surround ings, the oxen and their litter of straw and the gentle, wondering sheep. The Christmas festivities, however. Ire not conlined to the Church of the Nativity. The week is n general festl val in the town and a season of finun cial harvest for its citizens. Like all orientals, they are thrifty to nvnriclouR ness, and the Bight of the splendid gifts that are brought year after year to the church and especially the Grotto chap el. by strangers from afar widely ex cite their cupidity. Among those thou sands that are living temporarily in tents, or. it moy be. quartered in the more comfortable convent, there are many rich who can be easily persuaded Into generosity when uudcr the super natural influence that seems to pervade everything at Bethlehem. PhillJel Dhia Record. God's people into various denomlna tlonal folds, contra ry to the Divine ar rangement; for God hns but one fold for all Ills "sheep" of this Age. we put away sec- Christ Kill break tarianlsm and the down our creed creeds of our fore- fathers, and go with sincere hearts to the Lord and Ills Word, we shall there find the "one Lord, one Faith, one Bap tism, one God and Father over all, and one Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." and one "Church of the First-Born, whose names are written In heaven." The Doctrines of Christ What God's people need is to put away other gospels, other messages of hope, aside from the one which the Bible presents. Theosophy is one of these, Evolution another. New Theology another. These hold out a different gospel from that of Jesus aud the Apostles the one given to us for our sanctilication. The doctrines of Christ are those presented in the Bible by Jesus and doctrines relate tc ' . ,V VVV the Church and tc ' .( 1 V.'-- the world, and God's blessing for each to sin and its for giveness: the terms of that forgiveness the basis of that forgiveness the death of Jesus -and the hope ol Wic virgin, ,HU tunt forgiveness, re be able to under- lease from Divine stand the deep condemnation, f e I thimjs of and." 0Wship with God. and everlasting life through resurrec tion of the dead. Someone may iuquiro. Why are the doctrines of Christ so misunderstood that six hundred different denomina tions have resulted from the differences of theory respecting them? The ex planation is that, shortly after the death of the Apostles, the Adversary sowed the seeds of false doctrines, us ing human lii and pens in his service, through pride and ambition. The dark ness became so great that we speak ot the period an the "Dark Aires." The various denominations of Chris tendom are evidences of honesty, per severance and love of the Truth, be cause our forefathers who made these creeds were each trying to get back Into the true Light. They all made the mistake, however, of holding too much to the creeds and theories of the past. God. who foretold through the Proph ets this darkness, aud who has blessed and guided His children throughout it. has promised that with the Kud of this Age will come u great enlightenment upon His people, scatte" . g the dark ness. "The wise shall uifl!rsrund, but none of the wicked shur i.t.dertand." We are In the dawning of this New Age. and see clearly the Ti' ine charac ter nnd Plan for human --. 'utlon. , Willeth to Do His Will. Today's study is a message from the Master's own lips. He gives us the key to u clear knowledge of His doc trines; namely, that the student must be fully consecrated to God and fully desirous of knowing His will and His Plan. In order to see the Truth, from the standpoint of Divine Revelation we must draw near to God in the spirit of our minds, consecrated in our heart. We must will to do His will. God's will represents actual perfec tion of thought, word and deed toward God and toward all mankind. This Is the Divine Standard, but we are no more able to fulfill Its demands thnn were the Jews. The best we can do Is to will to do right, and to the best of our nblllty carry out that covenant. But for those who hnve come Into harmony with God through Christ, their Advocate, n provision has been made whereby all desiring to do the Divine will and manifesting endeavors so to do. are counted as righteous as though they did the Divine will per fectly. This class are the prospective members of the Body of Christ. To these the promises of our text apply. They shall know if our Lord merely made tin these teachings, or whether He was the active Agent of Jehovah. On the threshold of a new year shall we not determine to give our hearts fully to the Ixrd to do God's will? If so. we shall doubtless be enabled fully to understand the doctrines of Christ the deep things of God, reveul ed to this Class by the Spirit of God SjKtkune "Brown" Folks Have house. lay- Spokane, Wash., Dec. 20. Stir ring incidents in Nipponese history five centuries ago are being por trayed in a series of dramas in an opera house built by Japanese of Spokane, and manned entirely by lit tle brown folks. Japanese in laundries, pool rooms, fish markets, restaurants, general stores and chop suey houses are greatly stirred over their dramatic venture, and Americans are attend ing the shows in large crowds. The first show staged wa3 Futa bagunki, a story of war between op posing factions in Japan when the nation was divided as to seating the emperor. Seven actors, four of them women, participated. In the second act the new Japanese orchestra en tered with a wild flourish. The in struments played are the sanomsen, somewhat resembling the banjo. The kettle drum and tanko take care of the tempo. Swords of yardstick length, cos tumes of padded silk, wigs such as were worn five centuries ago, and other elaborate garb were worn by the Japanese players. The new theatre has not been founded as a money-making venture, but for charitable purposes. Profits of the first series of plays will go to the relief of the poor of Japan whose homes were swept away by floods and whose families have fall en victims to the financial flurry fol lowing the sweep of the waters No vember 7 and 8. The Japanese theatre has been given the name Kioi. SUNSET MAGAZINE and Ashland Tidings one year $2.75 to old or new subscribers. Regular price of Sunset Magazine is $1.50 per year. IV Ml' AVlia Ml V Behind helCounter Proper display Is absolutely essential In making sales. Even a good salesman can not get the results in a dark corner that ho can In a well lighted department. People want to see the goods and see them In the light. Don't use an illuminant that gives wrong color values If you want to hold your trade. Custom goes to the store that gains confidence by using the right Ight electric light. Ashland Electric Powar and Light Company a Home to the Folks FOIl Christmas and New Year Holidays THE I W SU N S ET 1 I lOGDENaSHASTAl I V V . ROUTES I Mcif Has authorized a low round trip fare from all points on its lines in Oregon; from points on the Corvallis & Eastern; Salem, Falls City and Western and the Pacific Railway & Navigation Co. of One and One-Third Fare SALE DATES:- December 21st to 25th inclusive and from December 28th to January 1st, 1913, inclusive, with final return limit January 2nd, 1913. For specific fares from any station, train service, sale dates, lim its, etc., call on nearest agent, or write to JOHN M. SCOTT General Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore. I II fl II T I I I - ' ' '
