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8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21,. 1914 Latest P&sMonsS :X 5 Mahogany colored velours de lalne ! used for the modish coat and skirt 'costume here pictured. Several nota ble new touches are In evidence in this , design, and it is one that combines chic and good taste. , ( The coat runs rather short In front, with a line sloping diagonally to the back, but no appearance of awkward ness U noticeable, for the vest of chamois-colored broadcloth that ex- ; tends below the front lends novelty and grace to the cut. . The right front Is cut with a rounded tab at the neck to button over the fur collar; and another at the bottom of - the coat buttons further; over, with Just a glimpse of the chamois vest showing at the bust. The sleeves are straight and three-quarter length, set ' " Into extended armholes and given a -broad cuff of fur.. The back of the coat has a short belt section mittoned - across a high waist line and the but 1 tons "are covered with self material. The skirt, made with a high waist line and gathered across the back, has - two horizontally run tucks started sev eral Inches below the waist In front and covering a space of some 12 inches across. These are left free at each end so that soft, folds of drapery fall " toward the sldett below the hips. Skunk, coney, fox, moufflon, or vi cuna, are all furs that will look ex ceedingly well with this particular model, or in other colors, of course, other furs will look better. ' One of the amethyst shades. should be most attractive with collar and cuffs, of smoke color moufflon or of civet cat, while a dark bottle green could be most e'fffctively trimmed with the r-amy ytllow vicuna or with nat ural raccoon. Blue and Krays always take dark furs best, anil skunk is probably the best.of all of these. Nordiea (Jetting IteUer. Thursday Island. Jan. L'l. Madam IJIllan Nordiea is n-cov-ring from, her j aiiaca vi jjneu muiiia. I musicians was read by Mrs. Clark In the absence of Mrs. Kinder. Mrs. M. T. Elliott of Long Beach, CaL, who has recently returned from an extended European trip, is a bouse guest of the hostess and she added much to the afternoon's pleasure by telling Inter esting Incidents of the life and peo ple of France. She also displayed a number of pictures collected on her travels. There was a large attend ance of members and the following guests: Mrs. Elliott of Long Beach, Miss L. Hark en of Chicago, Mrs. Jen nie BoDlne and Mrs. J. D. BoDine of Portland Tailored suits of mahogany col ored velours de laine. Worn en s Clubs WHERE MAN IS SUPERFLUOUS By Edna K. Wootey. A S YOU know, my cousin and I conduct a manless household," began the school ma'am. "She performs the home duties and I bring in the money. We get along very amicably, and it every hus band and wife would adjust their af fairs, both personal and financial, as we manage ours, there'd be less busi ness for the divorce court. I know a number of these manless households, by the way. Don't tell me women can't live together In peace and happiness! Mar ried people squabble a heap sight more than we women who have found we can get along without a man. "But that isn't what I started out to tell you UNCLE SAM BECOMES - COLLECTOR OF SONGS Anyone Possessing Old Eng lish Ballad Is Requested to Contribute. Kerns Association Meets. The Kerns Parent-Teacher associa tion held an Interesting meeting yes terday, Mrs. A. L,. Stephens presiding.: The address of the afternoon was given fcV Tlr CV I T fhanmu rt wkn onlr . the Montessorl method, teUing of its' "This morning I was awakened extra earlyby hearing my cousin scuffling Inception a few years agp in Rome and through the hall. of its wonderful growth and spread " 'What's the matter?' I called out. all over the world, because it embodies i " 'This house is so cold I guess the furnace fire has gone out,' she ex the fundamental- of all real advance-: plained. Don't get up. I'll 'tend to it.' ment, self help and self education, a "Pretty soon I heard sounds from below which convinced me that the fire question box followed the address and ' was really out. . My conscience smote me for lying snugly in bed while my this brought out many Interesting facts I cousin was down there wrestling with the furnace, so 1 slipped on a heavy that Droved helnfnl bathrobe and Joined her. "'Cant 1 chop some Klnaiing wooa ror you: i onerea. " 'Don't bother.' she said. 'At this time of night I've got something better.' "Then I observed that she was ladling the contents of the clothespin basket Into the maw of the furnace. 'Hi ' I exclaimed. "Isn't it rather extravagant to burn up our clothes pins?' " 'Not when you can buy three dozen for 4 cents,' remarked my cousin. 'That's cheaper than you can buy kindling wood.' "Thus," laughed the schoolma'am, "I learned another lesson in modern economy." bers were received. Club Briefs. The business meeting of the Port land Woman's club will be held Fri day afternoon at 2 o'clock. .The cur rent events will be In charge of Mrs. G J. Frankel and there will be a dis cussion of "Prison or Parole." The current literature department of the Woman's club will meet tomor row afternoon with Mrs. Otto Klee man, 575 Belmont etreet; take Sunny side car. Mrs. P. L. Thompson will finish the reading of Wlthin the Law." The regular meeting of the Vernon Parent-Teacher association will be held this evening at the school house at 8 o'clock. Judge W. 1?. Gatens will be the speaker. This Is an important meeting and it is desired that every family in the neighborhood be- represented. "Metlfonl 'Flylcs in 101. V "Aledford flyless in 1915." is the slogan agStthe ladies of the Greater 11 eflforfff ; it, arid according to Dr. Clifton wjnge of Eugene they can ac complish it. The lectures of the distinguished fly specialist the last wek have aroused great interest in an nntl-fly campaign, end at a nipetintj railed Friday by Mrs. A. A. Bird, chairman of the civics sec tion of the UrpHter Medford club; Mayor Ptirdin, 1'. S. Collins, superin tendent of schools; City Health Offi cer Thayer and President Gates of the Commercial club, all indorsed the movement and pledged themselves and their .associates to assist in the cam paign. To provide funds for this work it is planned, to have buttons printed with the slogan, "Medford Flyless in 1915." Dr. Hill, a newcomer to Medford, but a man. with experience in civic work. . has offered his services free as deputy state food and dairy inspector, and as soon as the office Is created he will start about cleaning up the alleys, eat ing houses and residences of the city. According to Dr. Hodge, who made a preliminary survey of the city, with comparatively little work Medford could be as j free from flies as it is from prairie dogs. Political Science Club Klection. The annual business meeting and election of officers of the Woman's Political Science club was held yes terday afternoon in the library. There was a large attendance and the re ports of the officers showed the past year to have been a very active and Interesting one. The meetings have had an average attendance of 35. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Edith B. Rockwell; first vice president, Mrs. Josephine Sharp; second vice president, Mrs. Frank I-cith; corre sponding secretary, Mrs. Anna M. Points; recording secretary, Mrs. H. C. ITtOff; treasurer, Mrs. B. A. Whiting; auditor, Mrs. Anna Fulton. 1-ovejoy, general secretary of the na tional child labor committee. Requests for literature have kept the commit tee's office busy and some 19,000 pam phlets have been distributed Eince the first of the year. Mr. Lovejoy accounts for this rising tide of interest partly by the fact that next Sunday and Monday are Child Labor days, when several thousand clergymen ant; teachers will wish to be prepared to speak intelligently on tlie subject of child labor. Further Mr. Lovejoy says that the national child labor committee Is this winter taking part In 3 0 active legislative campaigns, and a large number of pam phlets are needed by local organiza tions in these 10 states. "There is an Increasing demand for facts rather than sentiment," he con tinued. "The committee has always based its reports on facts gathered by expert investigators, but it has not al ways been possible to get them clearly before the public, without a sugar coating of emotional appeal. We are now waiting impatiently for the day when this lively interest In facts will be expKpssed in a larger membership of the committee and more general In terest in the enforcement of such child labor laws as already exist." To Make Baby Clothes. The Woman's club of Overlook will glVe a baby shower at the residence Woman's Progressive Club. The Oak Grove Women's Progres sive club having now affiliated with the State Federation clubs, are prepar ing for a successful year's work. The Indies of the club are planning an en tertainment for the near future, the proceeds to go to the scholarship loan fund. Tlie next meeting will be held at the home of the president, Mrs. J. B. Evans, February 11, on Cedar avenue. Judge Gatens to Speak. Judge Gatens addressed the Cen tral W. C. T. U. this afternoon at the union's rooms in the Dekum building, at 3 o'clock, on the anti-narcotic question. The Coterie to Meet. The Coterie held Its business and literary meeting this morning at 11 o'clock at the Oregon hotel. Mrs. G. of Mrs. Robert Berger, 79 Melrose ' Aloser and Mrs. Robert Berger con Drive, tomorrow afternoon. The pur- tributed papers, pose of this shower .Is to prepare a little layette for a rive in this world. baby soon to ar- , Psycliolojty Students Meet. Circle No. 6 of the Phychology club met with Mrs. J. C. Hare Monday and enjoyed one of the most Interesting meetings of the year. Each member talked on some thought that had been especially helpful, JjQve," "Encour agement'; and "Our Bodies a Temple Beautiful" being among the themes. Thla circle keeps up its active inter est in the "big sister" work and re cently helped a sister secure clothing preparatory to entering college. At the last meeting refreshments Will Lecture on Oregon. A stereoptlcon lecture on Oregon by C C. Chapman will be given at the Jonesmore school, East Eighty-first and Tillamook streets, this even ing. The lecture, which will be under the auspices of the Parent-Teacher as sociation, will begin at 7:30 p. m. Creston Association Meets. "Foods and Food Values" was the subject of a most practical and en lightening address given yesterday afternoon by Miss Grove of the Wash ington high school domestic science de partment at the regular meeting of the Creston Parent-Teacher association. The mothers were particularly inter ested In the suggestions made by the speaker regarding nourishing food for children going to school. At the close of the meeting there was a social hour during which refreshments were served. Little Stories for Bedtime Chehalis to Clean Up. Members of the Chehalis Women's Civic Improvement club to the number of a dozen, attended yesterday's meet ing of the Chehalis city commission to urge a cleaner town, and other things for the welfare of Chehalis. On invitation of the city commissioners the women- will appoint a permanent committee to attend the city commis sion meetings at regular intervals and confer on matters affecting Chehalis with the purpose of working in har mony with It. Dr. Winshlp Speaks. On account of the very stormy even ing, only a small cwwd gathered laat night at the Irvington school to hear Dr. Winship's lecture. Those who were present, however, listened to an address of unusually high order on the value of encouraging personality In the child. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS By Mary Lee, Chatterer Grows Too Curious. By THORNTON W. BURGESS. (Copyright, 1914, by J. G. Lloyd.) Everybody knows how curious Peter Rabbit is. He is forever poking his wabbly little nose in where it has no business to be and as a result Peter Is forever getting into trouble. When ever Chatterer the Red Squirrel has heard a new story about Peter and the scrapes 'his curiosity has got him into Chatterer has said that Peter got no more than he deserved. As for himself, he might be curious about a thing he saw for the first time, but he had too much sense to meddle with it until he knew all about it. So Chat terer had conte to be thought very smart, quite too smart to be caught in a trap at least to be caught in an ordinary trap.. Now, a great many people manage to make their neighbors think they are a great deal smarter than they really are, and Chatterer is one of this kind. If some of his neighbors could have peeped into Farmer Brown's corn crib the morning after Farmer Brown's boy found the tell-tale corn cob so carelessly dropped by Chatterer they would have been surprised. Yes, sir, they would ha-e been surprised. They would have seen Chatterer the Red Squirrel, the boaster, he of the sharp wits, showing quite as much curiosity as ever possessed Peter Rabbit. Chatterer had come over to the corn crib as usual to get his daily supply of corn. As usual he had raced about over the great pile of yellow corn. Quite suddenly his sharp eyes spied something that they hadn't seen be fore. It was down on the floor of the corn-crib quite near the door. Chat terer was sure that it hadn't been there the day before. It was a very queer looking thing, very queer, indeed. And then he spied another queer looking Superintendent of Schools L. R. Al derman has received an announcement from the bureau of education of the interior department to the effect that uncle Sam is searching for all the old Scottish and English ballads extant in the I nited States. "Anyone who knows any of them or variations of them, will please com municate with the bureau," reads the notice, "because the rapid changes in conditions means that they soon will be lost unless collected now." In Great Britain it has been learned that there were 305 of the old bal lads. Many of these were "Imported" to this country during colonial days and have since been carried through out the length and breadth of the land and handed down from parent to child for generations. In some Instances It has be"en ascertained that the text lias been changed slightly to meet lo cal conditions, and these variations are looked upoa as valuable by the nation's officials song collectors. Health ejiJBeaait Helps terday on an Inspection of the line to Spokane, and General Manager W. D. Scott is inspecting the Astoria division. Costumes From Crepe Paper. All rhilrlrnn hovs and elrls alixe, enjoy the fun of "dressing up," hen-e i ming near n, oniy ims was very mucn the reason why they like a fancy dress j smaller. What could they be? He frolic so much better than the aver- ' looked at them suspiciously. They cr0 ortv ThPn the costumes can be , looked harmless enough. They didn't got so Inexpensively nowadays. unanKB to the Inventor of crepe paper and the low prices for pretty fabrics a chil dren's fancy dress ball 'Is now only a common occurrence, much to their delight. Any woman who knows how to sew can make the costumes, once she has the ideas. ; move. He ran a few steps toward j them and scolded, just as he scolds at ;' anything new he finds out of doors. ; Still they didn't move. He ran around ; on a little ledge where he could look j right down on the queer things. He was sure now that they were not I alive. The biggest one he could see all I through. Inside was something to eat. kimono ahdnash or,ome7hap JaT-i11"1-1 V". "J? n" ... -. a Q., totv Hn intwitn fury blts of wlre on top. It looked as If it was made of wood and In the sides were little round holes too small for him to put his head Organize Boy's Gym Classes. A boys' gymnasium club opens Ar leta school next Saturday evening. This is for working boys and boys in the higher grades. Girls' classes are held Thursday evening, and are ODen to working girls and older women who m irht f n.1 , P ; r. 1 a - were served, Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Wat- "Z """aT7 ;lJU)"":,u - 1,1.. gjmnasium work. The afternoon mil- kins being Jiostesses. : Stepliens Association. The Stephens Parent-Teacher asso ciation held a most interesting and en thusiastic meeting Friday .evening, 130 or more parents and teachers being present. Mr. -Steel, the principal of the school, opened the meeting with a short talk in the relation of. the school to the community and the necessity of co operation. Selections by the orchestra, directed by Miss Foster, a mixed chorus and a boys chorus, conducted by Miss Woody, were enthusiastically applauded. Judge William N. Gatens of the ju venile court delivered an address, in which he pointed out- many ways that the association could do helpful work In aid of the juvenile court. This address was followed by Pro fessor A. C. Newlll of the Oregon Civic league, who made an earnest plea for higher standards In life. Set for your self a high standard and live up to that standard. linery class o'clock. opens Thursday at y2j " Much Interest in Child Labor. The first three weeks of January, ,1914, hold the , record for popular in terest in child labor, according to a statement made yesterday by Owen R. WeWantYourPrescriptions sir HAACK BROS. Main 712. A-S712 Alt we ask is just an opportunity to s h o w you what exclusiTenesa means in the drug busi ness, aii we ao is i Prescriptions. "ASTD VTE TTLX. THEM : SIGHT" - Preserlptloa Druggists, Medical Blag., 351 Alder St. Rose City Park Association. The Rose City Park Parent-Teacher association held a highly interesting session last evening, the first evening gathering of this association, which was addressed by Jifdge Gatens of the juvenile court. In the course of his remarks the Judge emphasized the fact that it is the parents' duty to look after their children; that they need not ex pect it all to be done "by the school teachers. He declared that the need of a juvenile court is the outcome of lack of parental responsibility and that if each parent in Portland did his duty mere wouiq soon be no juvenile court. Following his address an opportunity was given for the parents and teachers to ask questions. Much interest cen tered on the motion pictures and Judge Catens assured the parents that a large percentage of all boys and girls who came Derore tne juvenile court confessed that they had gotten their ideas rrom the motion picture show He deplored the fact that the censor. oiiii in rm nana was not more se vere and said he hoped and thought it suun would oe. At the business session there was a ltnginy ana animated discussion of the need for a hot lunch on account 1 f n.nn .1.11.3 . I v. n.CT.iy Liiuurt;u Having to go a long distance in trie rain at noon. Final plans for this will be made later. Corriente Club Meeting. A most delightful meeting of the corriente ciud was beld yesterday aft ernoon at the home of Mrs. C. D. Bo Dine, 285 Jiargo etreet According to tne ciud custom luncneon was served first-The tafcle, bntfet and mantel were graced with Oregon grape and laurel toiiage ana spicy carnations. Covers were laid for 5. France was the subject of the after- I noon. A most able and interesting paper on "Fans and-IIer Treasures" was given by Miss Bertha Moores. Mrs. Myrtle. Kinder's paper on French anese stuff, and carries a Jap doll in one hand, and a Japanese paper para sol open in the other. 1 lie uiu nuiimu wuv iicj 111 j through shoe" may be represented by the hos- i "Leave less, as wen as oy a smaii guesi. aiii wears a blue cheesecloth skirt (quilt ed) under a bunched red iverdrcss with elbow sleeves, a white fichu and mob cap, while attached to her back Is a huge cardboard sho gilded over and filled with tiny dolls. She wears black mittens and carries a birch broom in one hand. The dolls she dis tributes among the girls as a way of solving the problem of not knowing what to do with her family, and breaks her birch broom, giving a strand each boy. Most small boys will prefer being Jack Horner to Little Lord Fauntle roy. Jack carries under his arm a deep tin pan covered with crepe paper to represent pastry and wears gaily striped stockings, brown buckled shoes, brown trousers, a blue bloust with brown belt, and a peaked cap. He also wears a white ruff around his neck and white ruffles around the trouser legs. A section of the pie Is cut away to allow Jack to pull out an immense paper plum. The "Snow Man" looks very funny In a suit of white cotton flannel, long them alone," said a small voice Inside of Chatterer. "But I want to see what they are and find out all about them,'' Bald Chatterer. "No good ever comes of meddling with things you don't know about," said the small voice. - "But they are such queer looking things, and they're not alive. They can't hurt me," said Chatterer. Nevertheless he ran back to the pile of corn and tried to eat. Somehow he had lost his appetite. He couldn't take his eyes off those two queer things down on the floor. "Better keep away." warned the small voice inside. "It won't do any harm to have a closer look at them," said Chatterer. So he once more scrambled down from the pile of corn, and little by little drew nearer to the two queer things. The nearer he got the more harmless they looked. Finally he reached out and smelted of the smallest. Then he turned up his nose. "Smells of mice," muttered Chatterer, "Just com mon barn mice." Then he reached out a paw and touched it. "Pooh!" eaid he, "it's nothing to be afraid of." Just then he touched one of the little wires and there was a sudden snap. It frightened Chatterer so that he scur ried away. But he couldn't stay away. That snap was such a funny thing, and it hadn't done any harm. You see he hadn't put his paw in at one of the little holes or It might have done some harm. Pretty soon he was back again meddling with those little wires on top. Kvery once in a while there would be a snap and he would scamper away. It was very scary and great fun. By and by the thing wouldn't snap any more and then Chatterer grew tired of his queer plaything and began to wonder about the other queer thing. No harm had come from the first one and so he was sure no harm could come from tlie other. George A. Bute, personal representa tive of Frederick Creston Search, cel loist. and Robert Raymond Lippett, pianist, is at the Multnomah. M. J. Blagen, a merchant of Ho qulam. is a guest at the Multnomah. Dr. A. E. Wlnship, editor of the Journal of Education, is registered at the Multnomah from Boston. J. R. Molera, a wine manufacturer of San Francisco, is stopping at the Multnomah. Roy T. Bishop of the Pendleton Woolen Mills is at the Oregon from Pendleton. Chauncey E. Bunting, a merchant of La Grande, is stopping at the Ore gon. C. H. Barlow, a harness manufac turer of Bellingham, Is at the Oregon. G. K. Wentworth of the Dumber mens National bank and wife are guests at the Oregon, having regis tered from Chicago. L. F. Wakefield, a business man of Crescent, is a guest at the Imperial. Dr. G. E. Darrow of Eugene Is auto graphed at the Imperial. Dr. E. E. Ross and wife of Belling ham are stopping at the Imperial. Will R. King, chief counsel of the United States reclamation service, who has been at Salem for several days, is at the Imperial. C. M. Reader and wife of Salem are guests at the Nortonia. W. A. Bonner and wife of Salem re registered at the Nortonia. Dr. J. W. Donnelly and E. I How- land, a merchant of Condon, are guests at the Cornelius. E. C. Rogers, a merchant of Rock Creek. Is registered at the Cornelius. L. H. Rose, an orchardist of Hood River and wife are stopping at the Cornelius. M. L. Thompson, a tlmberman of Iake the Most of Yourself. By Abigail Moore. No woman Is so Ill-favored that she may not take heart in the assurance that she has something on which to build. She may-not .become a beauty according to any artistic standard, but she may make herself "perfectly charming" which, after all. Is more desirable. To achieve this "charming" effect a woman must study herself Impartially, as though site were another. As a be ginning, let her look In a mirror and judge the reflection's possibilities. Is her hair dressed most becomingly, forv instance? A slight change is suf fi- j cient to alter the apparent contour rf the head even to affect the-- shape of the features. If the head Is too round for beauty, the coiffure may be built out; but first she Bhould be convinced that this very roundness is not one of the-foundationH upon which to eitect her beauty structure. If the mirror shows a snub nose, she need not strive to turn it downrward. Let her rather train her mouth line and eyebrows to harmonize wtth the snub nose. I cannot tell her exactly how to do this, oecai.ee her otner fea tures must be considered In the plan; but she will see for herself. T3ie most that advice on beauty-making or beau ty-keeping can do is to point, out pos sibilities and suggest different meth ods. Each woman must select and ap ply what appears to be boot for her case. Through the medium of dress sh can do much but througii the mind she can do more. She can keep posted on current events. She can- develop a sincere interest In her fellow beings, which will bring to lier personalitv that sympathetic quality which is so potent a factor in genuine charm. She can aoiuire poise, control, personal magnetism which is better than mere physical beauty, and without which such boauty Is in vain. II :fr.,-zS. U3 W IP - 'mJ.J I It tA5 4l 'Avoid routine," suggests Viola Gillette, "ir you would make the most of yourself." Carson, Wash.. Is at the Cornelius. J. J. Laughlin, a tlmberman of Crookston. Minn., is at the Perkins. Harry Wright. a merchant of Vader. Wash., Is registered at the Perkins. A. W. McDermott of the 1 S. navy is at the Perkins from Bremerton. Leslie Butler a banker of Hood River, is stopping at the Perkins. A girl doesn't jthlnk much of a lovn letter If there isri'l ft single blot on iv Next Story pld Mr. Trouble Chatterer at Last. Gets Princip dhLabout People HINTS FOR GIRLS By Jessie Roberts. How Can I I The annual banauet tendered the tO fmulOVPB of Archer A- Witreins riaal- l ers in automobile accessories, was held ; at the home of E. R. Wiggins, 10 : East Thirty-ninth screet. last night, about 30 being present. Dancing formed the post-prandial entertaln i ment. The following toasts ' were j given: I. L. Cash, "Mental Polarlxa : tion the basis of Business Psychol- ogy"; A. R. Keene, "Why Does a Water ! Logged Spark Plug Short-Circuit?"; S. 1 L. Heath. "My Ideas of a Real Sales I man Isch ka bibble"; G. Steele, "Let George Do It, or Jack Got By"; John Salvatore, "George, or the Scent of i Limburger Cheese"; K. R. Crookhara, 'The Relation of the Apartment House, trousers and short coat, the latter Particularly East Side Ones, to the Ac- trimmed with immense black buttons. ! cessory Business He wears an old black beaver hat and has a corncob pipe in his mouth. A very small child will look very cunning as an Easter rabbit, dressed in a suit closely fitting every part of him of gray flannelly stuff. The cap is fitted with upstanding ears and covers the head completely, only just showing the face. He carries a bas ket upon his arm filled with eggs made from cotton wool covered with white tissue paper. Should the children get riotous and throw the eggs around no harm will be done. A small brunette will look lifellk as "Mother Goose" dressed In a black skirt with an immense white goose cut from white canton flannel ap plied across the front and panniers of stiff black cambric. The waist is tight fitting and is finished around the neck with a ruff. Long blacV sleeves are banded at intervals with stripes cut from white cotton to look like ermine, and a border of the same finishes the skirt. . The blaik hat is cone shaped, with a brim upon which rests a paper snake, its head running up on the crown. A tiny toy kitten can be attached to one shoulder and a top broom to .sweep the cobwebs from the sky should be carried In the hand. C. M. Mattoon, "The Annual Rainfall of Astoria as Com pared With the Sahara, or When Is a Man Entitled to Credit?"; George John son, "The Effect of the Panama Canal on Ford Specialties"; Victor Flack. "Rapid Transit"; W. R. Howe, "Why Is a Satisfied Customer?"; J. A. Idleman, "To the Hostess," and the annual ad dress of Mr. Wiggins. General Manager W. R. Scott of the Southern Pacific left for his home In San Francisco yesterday after a two days' conference with General Super intendent D. W. Campbell. Mr. Camp bell Is accompanying him as far as Roseburg in a daylight inspection of the main line. President L. C. Gil man and Traffic Manager W. D. Skin ner of the North Bank went out yes- Better my Present State? I was talking with a friend of mine recently returned from a business trip abroad, and she had this to say of the difference between the workers on this j side and those on the other. "Here everyone seems to be working with one main idea at the back of his head: 'How jean 1 better myself?" You can't travel In the cars without Feeing it in people's faces; you can't talk to anyone, man or woman, without hear ing some expression ot it. It is the well nigh universal American trait. While over there the main notioii seems to be: 'How can I remain as I am?'" This difference is what makes it so worth while to be Sn American, One of the millions grinding away day after day, often enough it uncongenial or exhausting labor. The other morn ing I ws talking with a young girl who is a cashier in a candy stora. It was the lunch hour and she was, tak ing a hasty sandwich with me across the way. "I'm going to night school," she told me. "I mean to do better than this sort of thing, you know. Thjere s a big chance for women caterers in this town, and I'm going In for 'a. good business training then you'll see." Don't you find this attitude tnspir- ln? , - The person who Is worklnjr in that spirit has about nine chances in ten of getting ahead of the person who simply goes along from day to day with no h.gh plans for the future. There is a good deal ofsuff talked about being content. But when Emer son advised us to hitch tmr wagon to a star lie was not preaching content ment. Not the kind thai in satisfied to stay where it is and not to strive for something better, aifyhow, be sure of that. Be ambitious. Not vaguely so, but definitely, with a clear outlook and a strong determination. Make up your mind to "better yourself." The employers of the TTnited King dom are reported to be forming a new organization among themselves. They propose to raise a guarantee fund of 1 $2,600,000, it is said, in order to pro-1 tect themselves against strike move- menta- 1 mm lc tfenuinc Baker's Cocoa have REG.U.a.PAT.OFF. ESTABLISHED I78Q Baker's Chocolate this trade-mar konevery package. WALTER BAKER SCO. LTQ DORCHESTER.r4AS& STEINjWAY the Best investment in PIANOS Q A Steinwaywill outlast two ordinary pianos, either of which may cost nearly as much. f Steinway Pianos, whether 5 or 25 yeari old, have a cash value at any Sherman, Clay & Co. store. I An investment in- a Steinway the STANDARD by which all other Pianos are judged. assures com plete satisfaction and closes the avQue to future regret. I Yoa will never be satisfied until you 'own a Stein way. We will sell you a less expensive Piano now and aTee to take the same in exchange for a Stein way, any time within ONE year allowing you the full purchase price paid. f Moderate payment terms on any Piano, Steinway. even a Sheraian.wav & Go. VX2 ! VICTOK TALKING IfACHIXM STEINWAT, WEBER AKD OTHER PIANOS PIANOLAS Morrison at Sixth, Portland, Opp. Postoffico For Eveiry Automobilist Whether you are an owner of motor cars a manufacturer, a driver or one vvhoie occasional recreatiofi is auto mobHing, you will find articles enter taining and instructive in The Jour nal's Special Fifth Annual! Automo bile Edition, next Sunday, January 25. i r There will he comprehensive history of the automobile, f howingtthe mete oric development of the industry with in a generation. The man improve ments and tendencies of thef past year will be described. Pictures;, of 1914 models. ? Attractive road tours near Portland will be featured, with a view to giving useful information to owners and pros pective owners of automobiles. 1j Read and preserve for reference the special motor section, giving facts re garding the coming Automobile Show. !.. . -, ?N - .