f ' ' - , " u - . -. .'?.''.. . Li I SIX PAGES SECTIONTWO PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1914. SHERMAN UNITS FAIR WAS IN EVERY RESPECT Event Is Strictly Farmer's Affair and Farmers Have Control of Same. RACES WERE A FEATURE Visit of Ths Dallas Booster With Band Wat Muck Appre ciated. Moro, Or.. Oct. 17. The fifth an nua Sherman county district agricul tural fair in the opinion of those who attended was the 'best ever held in this county, in point of Interest taken, and the variety of entertainment of fered as well ns quality of stock, cat tle, horses, sheep, goats, swine, poul try, etc. Home of the best of blooded ' bulldogs, as well as rabbits, competed for ribbons at this fair. The Sherman county fair is essen tially a farmers' fair. It is officered by farmers, with the exception of the secretary, and receives but little sup port aside from voluntary subscrip tions and work on the part of the of ficers and farmers of the county. During the past year funds were provided for the grading of the ren, ter of the raco track to a level bolow the fence line of the back stretch, and the widening and raising of the track to nearly a perfect level. This made necessary a fill of 25 ft at both ex tremes of the track and the moving of thousands of yards of earth. Also a new barn was built to ac commodate toe racing teams, thus sep arating them from the horses on ex hibit, A combination Judges' stand and band stand was also built during ths last year as well as a large con fectionery stand. Besides these build ings tfhere are exhibition buildings for horses, cattle, poultry, a second re freshment stand, and a restaurant building that includes complete equip ment, and which was open from early morning until late at night during the day of the fair. Speed Frog-ram Good. There wero three afternoons of speed program this year. Interspersed with tills program were hippodrome races, trick and fancy riding, and bucking contests. Each day there was a chariot race between Ben llur and Messala, driven by Moro and Wasco drivers. This race Is a replica of the Roman chariot race, four hor ses abreast competing and the horses were pushed to their utmost speed from the beginning. Automobile races, motorcycle races, and a race against time wero features of the fair. The big day was Friday when Moro entertained a crowd of excursionists from The Lilies and intermediate points. Besides the large number com ing by train there were a score or more of automobiles from the county, each with a capacity load. The regu lar train for Shaniko was held that evening until 6 o'clock to accommo date those who lived In the southern part of the county. During the after noon close to 200 automobiles were counted grouped around the band stand watching the program. At noon of Friday the "Hooligan" band of The Dalles, composed of the business men of that city dressed in fantastic garb, took the center of the street and furnished music. The mem bers did not always play the same tune at the same time, but they fur nished much amusement. The exhibits at the fair were well up to the usual number and quality, except in the horticultural division. The season for local fruits had made impossible as complete an exhibit as In former years. This year the fruit. ' of Sherman county has been consis tently about three to fur weeks ahead of the usual schedule, and this made v It impossible to have as good a dis play as was desired. The two Seals brothers were at the fair this year, and furnished some of the special track features, using most ly local horses. In- the hippodrome races the horses of L- N. Lemon were used, for the first tlmo for the pur pose on any track, and they performed well together, running even and true. The lust day one of the Scales was thrown In this race when the horses tried to leave the track for the barn, but he remounted and started over. The other Seale brother was thrown in the running pony race the same af ternoon when the saddle turned with him, but he was not seriously hurt. Thursday and Friday evenings the young people of Moro put on two dra matic productions which were pre sented to capacity houses. The young actors acquitted themselves in a sat lsfactory manner. SUCCESS THE EVENING STORY (Copyrighted, 1914, by W. Werner.) ALICIA loved the two boys' father so mucli that without him life woufd not be worth much to her. Kh was 30 years old and had never supposed herself capable to caring so much for a man as she did for this clever lawyer, Herbert Collins. Her life before she met him seemed now In retrospect a gray, lifeless stretch of business days. She remembered with amusement bow once she had prated childishly about the independ ence of the business woman. Now she looked forward with a secret de light, almost childish, to cooking for one man, mending his socks, and even sweeping up tobacco ashes after him. But she did not love his two sons. And as for cooking for them, looking after their clothes . Well, some times, teing a reasonable, fairly good hearted woman. she actually felt wicked under the intense feeling of dislike that came over her at sight of them. Bert was 12, Harold was 14. Both were ugly, stolid featured boys, sullenly silent . whenever she was around. . She tried to like them. She telt dejectedly that there was some flaw in her love for their father since it could not reach to these, his flesh and blood. But It couldn't reach and she did not know whether she could stand the wearing daily contact with . them which marriage insured. Some days she was sure, she could not Other Aays she tried to persuade herself that r BLUE-BLOODED ARISTOCRATS OF THE STOCK FARM STEP HUQH AND LIVELY AT MORO vi',v. '"' 'yJtH. , VUL ' iw'cVi : vi 1 - Top, left I Bottom, left A section of the parade. Middle A stallion in parade regalia and prize winning form. Right Some more stallions in line for the '"once over" by the Left Molly Elliot Seawell, who, in old Dominion. Middle Mrs. Anna Steese Richardson, leader in the "Bahv Contest" movpmpnt. and author of "Rpiior Babies and Their Care." Right Edna Ferber, author of "Personality Plus," another satisfying "B KTTY'S Virginia Christmas," by Molly Klliot Seawell. Would that between the cov ers ofj every "best seller" there were such a sweetly wholesome and refreshing story. Not that "Betty's Virginia Christmas" is a best seller, or may become one. Never theless it were better and more to the credit of the reading public that it should be, than should the worthless sexual or sex tale of seemingly inex haustable crops. Though the atmosphere is southern, Miss Seawell paints a Christmas pic ture that is universal in appeal, Christ mas days as they used to be In the south, and the spirit of tender love and devotion, clean living and clean thinking is the happy strain through out the story. The time of the story Is 20 years her dislike would dull and perhaps Unmanly Cubs, aren't, they?' woman he loved. It was evident that Lemon's four-horse draft team, one SLLC "Betty's Virginia Christmas." has or so after "the war." and the locale, as the name implies, is the "OU Do minion." Betty is the granddaughter of old Colonel Beverley, with whose finances the war have played havoc, and who' has found it imperative, after holding out as loDg as he could, to sell the old family mansion and move to a much less pretentious home. The story opens during the Christmas holidays of the first year that the Colonel, Betty, and Aunt Tulip and Uncle Caesar, the gray haired colored ser vants, have lived in their smaller home. Knter Philip Kortcscu?. a voung northern officer of the United States army, son of the man who purchased the Beverley homestead. At the old fashioned Christmas week dances, feasts and fox-hunts, Philip falls in change to tolerance. But these latter days were very few. It was not Jealousy of their dead mother. She would like to have had that excuse. But she was too reason able to feel jealous of a woman dead 10 years. Besides, she was too sure that Herbert loved her sincerely. Sometimes she had half a notion to tell him that she didn't like his sons. He , had never guessed her feeling toward them, she was sure. But she could never bring herself to the con fession. It sounded so dreadful to put into bald words: "I dislike your stu pid sons." It might overthrow the entire edifice of his love. She knew that, like all men, he Idealized the he calmly took it for granted that she would be mother to them as well as wife to him. But she had an uncomfortable idea that the "boys themselves saw through her constrained efforts to treat them affectionately. They looked at her sul lenly. And she was pretty sure they returned the dislike. Their attitude also couldn't come from Jealousy over the dead mother, because only Harold remembered her, and he only dimly. It couldn't be because they dreaded her authority. She had assured them, with a playfulness of tone only too plainly forced, that she wouldn't "boss" them. And she hid been care ful to consult them about furnishing the new Horn. Their father had vouched that they, as well as he, would be glad to move from the shabby old i of entries at Sherman County fair. ofiered a delisrtatful siorv of the "McChesney" story. love with Betty and Betty with Philip, There seems to be no bar to their hap piness, but youthful pride causes a break when the young people consider what is to become of the old Colonel. Betty refuses to think of leaving him, and the Colonel refuses to accept the hospitality of rhilip's home. There is a quarrel, and the breach is only healed when Philip is recovering trom near blindness which' threatened him as a result of burns received when fire visited Betty's home. There is the eventual marriage, the birth of a son, and the ending is happy and peaceful a.s it sees .the old Colonel taken to his Fathers. v , Plot and action are subordinated by Miss Seawell,1 and to good effect, to description and sentiment. Betty is an' adorable young creature. cottage and say an eternal good -by to the slovenly old housekeeper who had cooked them indigestible messes so long. t?o, to do her share toward making a friendly footing, she had insisted that each boy furnish his own room just, as he wished. She had put in only a word or two of advice. Their father had yielded with a smile and a shrug. "Don't humor them too much." And they had gone with her sul lenly, selected chairs and wall paper sullenly and really seemed to think that they were doing her a favor by coming down town at all. As for the luncheon to which she took them well, thev had erunted there, too tntil she was ashamed In front of the waitress. She had mentally decided that this was her last shopping trip with them. "Little beasts," she murmured to herself, as she wearily ran up the tteps or her boarding house. Un mannerly cubs. I simply can't live all my life with them. I wonder,1 drearily, "if Herbert would feel dread fully bad If I asked him to send them away to school. A good, strict, mill tary school, that would put some cour tesy into them." But she didn't ask him." She couldn't- She was Just enough to remember that after all their claim on him had come first, and that she had no right to ask him to put them away for her. If she had been younger she might have Right H. M. Shull's six-mule team The story is altogether good. J. B. Ltppincott Company, Philadel phia. Price, $1.60 net. "Personality Plus," by Kdna l-'erber. This is another Mrs. McChesney and her son "Jock" stories and has to do with the making of Jock, after he leaves school and starts to "carve a career" for himself. It Is altogether a readable sort of a story, too, with a iot of good humor, philosophy and joy of living thrown in, and with a pinch of heart interest to give it balance. "Personality Plus" is a nifty little title but natural inference from the only reference to "personality plus" in the entire story is that the title hardly states the case fairly. When Jock McChesney, breaking into the advertising game with all the "cockiness" in the world, falls down on his first assignment, the boss says: "McChesney, do you know why you fell down on that Athena account?" And Jock replies: "Because I'm an idiot. Because I'm a double barreled. Mrs- Richardson, as national chair corn fed. hand picked chump and " nian of the department of thygiene of fhat's one reason." broke in the "old man." "But it's not the chief one. The reason why you didn't land that account was because you're too darned charming." "Charming:" Jock stared- "Just that. Personality's one of the biggest factors in business today. But there are some men who are so likable that it actually counts against them. The client he's trying to convince is so taken with him that he actually for gets the business he represents. We sy of a man like that that he is per sonality plus. Personality is like elec tricity. McChesney. It's got to be trained to be useful." Jock learns his lesson, in time, with the. help of his irrepressible mother, and is made western manager for the concern. Kmma is proud of him. to be sure. but it means his going away, and there's a girl at the station, too, to bid him good-bye. Mrs. McChesney in retrospection sees herself a grand mother within two years, but at that she's not too old herself to listen to a little sentimentality from Buck, the tTlg president of her company. "Personality Plus" is "good stuff." Frederick A. Stokes company. New York. Price $1 net. "The American Boys' Workshop," by Clarence B. Kelland. Never was a red blooded boy but who at some time or another wanted to "make something," and this book undertakes, with a large measure of success, to explain by text' and diagram how almost pvity kind of funmaker. as well as a number of real ly useful things, may be built and op erated by any boy of average ability. The text is by a number of persons, each having made a study of that of which he writes. The matter has all been rewritten and edited by Mr. Kel- selfishly insisted, but at 30 you have 'Oh Alicia stood very still and listened. learned if you are capable of learn- II parading before (the judges' stand. land, who ia the editor of "the Ameri can Boy." There ia instructive treading, pfcttrres and diagrams for amtasement devices and comforts for the t outdoor boy in summer, the aquatic loy, the outdoor boy in winter, the indor boy, togeth er with a chapter ofi miscellaneous helps, and a chapter on l rope work, ty ing of knots, etc., information that would be of valne to every young ster, or grownup, either for that mat ter. There are directionls for making "things" from a simple' tin can lan tern to a working model of an aero plane. Lhivid McKay, publisljer, Philadel phia. Price. L2S. net "Better Babies and Tb.pir Care," by Anna Steeee Richardson. iHatber than laying down any program of set and fast rules for the care slnd develop ment of "better babies," &k-s. Kichard son makes allowance fon the inert differences in babies, and her chap ters are in the nature of pood heart- to-heart talks with mothers. the Congress of Mothers and Parent- Teacher association, and a s the real instigator of the "better barbies" con tests of nation-wide interest. has been in position to study at first . hand the methods towards better babieti and th.? results of the campaign. The author begins her wrk with a chapter on "Prej.ration for! Mother hood," and in subsequent chapters of fers solutions of the problems of ba by's health, sleep, diet, cloth.rrg, etc., always allowing for individual i har acteristics and existing conditions ay they may be found In dif ferentl .homes. Frederick A. Stokes compare. New York. Price, 75 cents net. "TJr. Montessorl's Own Hand book, by Maria Montessori. M. D. Dri Hon- tessori puts her official O. K. ci this volume as follows: "I wish to state definitely that the present wor(, the English translation of which hasl been authorized and approved by me, i the only authentic manual of the Mqntes sort method, and that the only pther authentic or authorized works of Jmine in the English language are The Mon tessori Method and 'Pedagogical An thropology.' " '; The handbook contains a full) ac count of this comparatively new land, in some quarters at least, favoijably accepted method of the instructioii of the young, and includes a description of the Montessori apparatus with, in structions for its use. The book iilso answers questions that will probably confront those who teach the met food, to whom the volume will be valuafile. Frederick A. Stokes company, ?Jew York. Price $1 neL "The Book of Athletics." edited I by Paul Withington, M. D. College stb-rs ing that your rights don't $iwa-4s come first in the world. So she triejl to be resigned, and succeeded in beint? doleful. "Headache?" Herbert asked her that night as they motored along the lakt "Boys' tastes too much?" with a laughs Unmannerly cubs, -aren't they. Butt after they've lived with you a while I fancy they'll be different." "Not at all." she answered politely' to his second question. But inside she gave fierce assent. She had worked down town in an office for years and had little expe rience with any but the pert, poised office brand of boy. But she had seen other kinds pleasant voiced, polite lit tle fellows at some of her friends' homes, also some who were not pleas ant voiced nor polite, but still human youngsters, whom one could like, if not love. She told herself gloomily that she wasn't a heartless woman. If the boys were not so stolid and stupid she could endure them. But at every sight of Harold's pale, sol emn blue eyes, at every accent of Bert's stolid nasal drawl, she was ir ritated afresh. She quaked to think of the future. It would be terrible, those stolid but all-seeing eyes on her every movement, those stupid faces at every meal. , There would be no spontaneity or pleasure left In her intercourse with her father. Quite likely they would listen and laugh afterward and perhaps rehash little judges. and champions, together with noted trainees like the lat "Mike" Murphy and Keeno Fitzpatrick, have supplied chapters for this book, the matter be ing arranged In interesting, readable shape by Mr. Withington. himself, an amateur athlete of note. Emphasis is placed in each one of the several ar-' tides on the necessity of clean-living, clean thinking, fair play and modera tion in all things jn the making of a successful athlete" amateur or pro fessional. Illustrated with 77 illustrations from photographs of leading athletes and, athletic event". lxthrop. L.eo & Shepard Company. Boston, Mass. Price, $1.50 net. YOUR LEISURE TIME By Jessie RobeKs. , Arraan at the he&d of an important batdness lately remarked Chat he tried to -find ou what his employes did in their leisure h-mrrs. "When I give a younff man er a young woman a raise, or an important position with us, I don't do It on their office showing only," he told me. "I make it my, job to discover as well as I can what they are up to when they leave work. That'a the true test. I don't want a girl as my Bocrvtary who tangoes half the night week in and week out, and I don't want to put a oung fellow into a position of respon sibility if he's hitting It up around town nt a lively pace. It isn't a ques tion of morals, it's a question of being fit and possibly a question of tempta tion, "The girl or man who is too bnsy having a gay tvne needs money, and needs more of it all the time. That kind doesn't save, and If there's a squeeze you can't be rure what they won't do. At any rate, they aren't going to improve, physically or men tally, and I want the sort of employe who Is going to better himself, who'a going to be worth more next year than he is now." This sort of talk is worth noting, for more than one employer, and the right kind of employer, too, thinks that Bame way. ' Your leisure time is your most im portant time. It is then that you can fit yourself for a wider scope; it ia then than you can get your proper rest, the sort of 'rest and amusement that will set you up every way; it is then you can improve your education, your j ai(ii it y you r prospects. The people yoa associate with during business hours are a matter of necessity. Those you mingle with during your leisure hours are a matter of choice, and they" can be the kind that will inspire you or the kind that will drag you down. Think over what you are doing with your leisure. incidents to the neighbors' boyae Vls ioning all the annoyance that they had it In their power to Inflict, she sometimes could scarcely repress a scream. One afternoon she was walking in the neighborhood of Herbert's home. She had given up her position to pre pare for her wedding and this day bad had to hunt a laundry woman. Instead of taking a car. she walked, hoDine by physical exercise to stir herself into a more cheerful frame of miDd. But a glimpse or tne coinage sent lier back into the blues. She hurried Vn to get away from It, fearing she night meet one or both of the boys itnd have to stop and talk to them. , She was not in a humor to pretend, just then. A block from the cottage tfcere was a vacant lot, surrounded by a high board fence. She heard a bab bits of young voices and shivered at thte sound, for through the combined hifllaballoo came Bert Collinss nasal drtwL. V"hen over the shrill sounds came on- voice, clearer than the rest Aw, Bef-t, he's Just stuck up 'cause he's going to get a swell stepmother. May be ishe won't be so fine as you think she i is. ":?hut up." amiably drawled Bert. "Itfaybe she'll make yoa Jump. I guess not." "Ebtcha she does." "Aiw. shut up," said Bert lmpa- SCHOOL CHILDREN TO ADO, PENNlESJdAID TE CHRISTMAS SHIP. I,! Sancjlpn of School Board Is Gin to Plan and Money Befns Coming In, M0V&-GIVE ASSISTANCE Wmiti! Make Talks Explaining- Z t Numerous Gifts From X.ocal PaoPls Mads. i; i lis Vella Winner. Every j:'rhlld irt the public schools of Portlarld;. a ontributor. to the Christ mas S!f": feeerrffi; like a big statement, doesn't t, yet ghat is the pbjn and it has the sanctiojUof the "powers that be." 'L,etf;ach bring a penny." was the proposal;-; made by Mrs. I. Leeser Cohen at the Iwoman's Christmas Shin meet ing Wednesday and on the following lay Mai. Cohen and Mrs. Frank W. r-vantrt attended the meeting of th ' school gwoatd and presented their plan Tor naming a rox placed In each room for tlnfigathei ing nt the pennies. The - plan rft with the approval of the board ad yesterday the plan was an nounce? to the 27,942 pupils of the -public iliools of our city. The- "plan met with instant -approval ' ju l,"!s ;'" loe rnuarrn ami u i- leady any .pennies have found their : way tf:. the little boxes which the teacheqrtj'have placed convenient for the childref i-i Mo-vies Aid Flan. Isn'tgihe idea a splendid one? Not only vil a considerable sum of money be col&Cted in this way, but the chil dren vSEiJl be made to feel that they -have a' part in the unique gift of one nation i; to another. The money thus . collectJ4 will be used in the purchase ' of wan underwear and bedding for -the chld-ren and women of war strict- y en Europe. The Christmas Ship Is being greatly aided y the moving picture show ' i houses of the citv. who have nr. - ously sffered to show slides telline of the Christmas Ship plan. The Grant Carter jpiide company ha made up 60 slides considerable expense and tneae ".fare shown throughout the city last nfjjht. The. slides tell what is most wanted and give a short explan ation op the plan. Tony"b:t half a doren well known women jwill make short speeches at many the moving picture show houses iftrther explaining the real mi- . sion ot'the Christmas Ship, telling what lSwanted, when it is wanted and wrtetc to send it, so if you are in doubt kicerniug any of these points. If you fio to a "movie'" tonight you will ' bej Instructed in Christmas Ship -lore anwell as ente.rta.ined by th "movleM? To Mrs. K. B. ColweU be longs li of the. credit for securing this spbyidld cooperation on behalf of the motion picture show proprietors. iMakinf Baby Clothes. A bwt of -outing flannel donated today Mrs. Guy W. Talbot is being sewed mAo baby garments by Mrs. K. A. JobelH and her f riends and a group of worntn from one of the Swedish churchi J. I. Serrca contributed box ofpoys stockings. From 1. J. Lei t hauler came a one dollar bill, a friend Sent in a bundle of clothing labeled J?"f or a two-year-old child." The boys 6ffhe Sell wood school brought in a generous contribution of toys, tab ou rot lets and sleeve boards. Mrs. Hel en G rive s contributed a bundle of shoes ajd stockings. M. J. Hlchel sent in a bundle of clothing and the last contributor for the day was Elizabeth Heinl. Ja diminutive maiden who brought 'a bundle and toys, dolls and clothing J.ht was almost as big as her- -qelf. ,3 The Numerous inquiries as to what Is most iwanted, when and where to send thl' things and kindred questions give assurance that people axe busy, with Chjistmas Ship work, all of which Is veryVratif ying. As soon as you finish .'Qur work, wrap and securely tie yoifj contribution and bring H to the edJUJrial rooms of The Journal at your ealliest convenience. M, ONE -GRAFT IS CHECKED j;' Londri, Oct 17. The war office learned-something in the Boer war. Soon sfter the present outbreak start ed there? was a flood of applications for thrtijobs of purchasing horses for. the arnfy. During the Boer war tre mendousf sums were given agents to buy horfces wherever they could. The war'offTt-e .recently lusued an order that trs buyers would receive a t sum f Of expense, but that all the horses ould be paid for by checks from 0 war office. Immediately scores p applications were canceled. tlentlyjSt.You don't know her." "I bee she wishes your pa didn t have y$" "Oh" Alicia stood very still and listenedf . She couldn't help it. "She Tikes us terrible well. " chimed in Harjid. "I bet- she s Just pretending. "She feain't!" shouted two Indignant voices, a And then Bert drawled: "Say, quit taikflng about a person you don t know. Mgtit, say, she certainly does wear g)od clothes," patronizingly. His fatfeer had that same patronizing tone soanetimes. Alicia giggled. "Oh, f have seen her. She ain't so much." -SI There'was a plunging sound. Later came -oilier significant sounds, as of two boys - pummeling one. "Iet me up!" "jCait she" "111 lake It back" "You bt you will!'" "Oh,'fjkaid Alicia softly, and walked on verjf,vfast. She had Jieard enough. That flight the boys' father said worriei j, "Alicia, I've been thinking that prfiaps you won't like two half- . grown JiCubs sharing our home. I'll send tcf-m to a school If you wish." "Youliwlll not," she said, promptly. Theg'l'e sullen kids." "Not ffcullen." she corrected. I thought, o at firstr They're Just bash ful. A34 at first I thought my love for yo rcou'd reach around them" Tes! TiapprehensVvely. "But?i?heir 4ove reached around me."' - sJei said. So it's the same thine." --i . . - J t