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THE OREGON : DAILY -JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER: 21. 19,4.;
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VAlhr AND SUNDAY. .
frtia yar.... 47Ba'Ona mmtth . . . . "S
Public charities and benve
Jent assoniations f or " the gra
tuitous relief of every Hpecies
of distress are peculiar to
Christianity; no other system
of civil or religious policy has
originated them; they form Its
highest praise and . character
istic feature. Col ton.
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FIMS
TOncnT. there will be finis
for the CbriEtmas shopping.
As you have walked through
. the busy storeB, have you
ever contemplated the shoppers? .
; It Is a beautiful picture. There
at the counters, are infinite tons
61 human affection'. The thought
that is uppermost in every mind,
the impulse that surges in every
lieart Is a yearning to secure some
thing that will carry a Christmas
message of love and devotion to a
brother or sister or parent or child
or friend.
Busily
and earnestly,
almost !
feverishly they survey the offer
ings and mentally mirror the mo
ment and the smile and the look
of tenderness when the gift goes
Into the recipient's hands. The
eagerness to make a purchase that
will match the tastes of those to
be remembered expresses itself in
the lineaments on every face and
radiates an atmosphere felt no
where except in the crowded shops
at the Christmas season. It is a
scene which no master brush has!
ever painted, that no pen can ever
picture.
Life knows no sweeter symphony.
Those heartbeats around the coun
ters yield a harmony as gentle as
an angel chorus, fuller of tender
Impulse than the music of a thou
sand choirs. "
The mother is there with her
quiet quest for a love tokii for
every one aroundxthe family cir
cle, the sister in search of a 'mes
sage to brighten brother, parent or
friend, and all the others, seeking
gifts to gladden, the little articles
that will send smiles and apprecia
tion and satisfaction and cheer. It
Is woman in her most delightful
,mood.
To take ihe sun out of
the
neavens woum roo tue wona oi
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Its. seasons, its flowers, its har-1 jio,611; exports, $156,052,333; excess
vests and its life. To abandon ,of exports, $16,341,722. September,
Christmas shopping would be to ij fo" oTS" m-4'M3; exPorts'
deprive the riire of the exercise of October, 191H Imports, $138,0SO,520;
One of the gentlest and most gen- exports, "$194,711,170; excess of ex
erous sentiments that abide in thoj ports, $r..CS8.650. October, 1913
human heart.
OS T1IK ICE
H
OWKVEll much disromfort
mayi attend upon freezing
teatWr it brings great com
priftwUion in its ice covered
lakeb and rivers to the niiddfe" ased
by convincing them they have not
forgotten how to skate and are
just as young as they used to be.
You can see them every day at
Guild's lake, out Kenton way and
la other directions set forth in
trepidation. Mayhap they will take
a tumble at first but soon the old
feeling of security comes back,
they get the stroke and '.are off
with all the grace of a tango
dancer. Instinctively their feet
fall into the position to make the
tarn to go backwards and it is not
.long before they are cutting figure
eights, pigeon wings and spread
eagles in the sight of an admiring
younger generation. Th3re i3 no
thought of rheumatism Inhabited
joints and muscles. Age has been
left on the shore of tho oond to
nhiver and f'r,.t
Greater comDensation than thei'Gorman wno Presented the mat
knowledce you have not foreotten
how td skate is the return of Ions
lost vouth when all the world was
an Ice pond over which you glided
without restraint, and In which the
; thinly frozen spots were marked
with a "danger" sign. Once more
the "shiny", game, "crack the
whip" and the jump.
Then the greatest game of all,
that of clasping the hands of your
heart's desire and skimming in the
warm light of sentiment to the
Island of di .ams in the center of
the pond.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE
iHIRTEEN customs districts
handling 86 per cent of the
nation's foreign trade showed
a balance of $27,028,263 in
favor of -the United States for the
week ending December 19. It was
an Increase of 'more than $6,000,
000 "over the balance for the pre
vious' week. The aggregate favor
able balance for the first three
weeks of December was more than
$70,04)0.000. .
- Exports from the United States
are gradually increasing in volume,
and if jthey continue proportion
ately a new high-water mark will
soon be reached.. November is the
latest full month for which reports
are available.
November exports amounted to
$205,766,424, as against imports
ot $126,467,007. This left a trade
balance in' our favor of $79, 299,-
OUR OWN UNITED-STATES:
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UR country has its critics, t
country nas lis critics. ,ney a 1UUU5 " ' i
They assail our Institutions; they question our liberties; theyi
asnerse oar nubile sentiment:
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Some attack the administration,
assailing the president's progressivism, attaching ms new; laws auu
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UH W1LU uawuui uinumviu..
v.vuw, an uW lArnuii xniaca. llc ua
the war began. He says: fc
What is the matter with the United
Why are the American factories not
tho railroads not opening up new territories and getting reaay lor tne ran-
lions f immigrants who have already
!ai hwA as the war is over?
Why are there not fifty American
tr Boll tonA AAA AAA ren.th n P AmAi.ir.on
bought last year from Germany and Austria? J
From the European point of view, the United States is a baVen of peace
and -ecurity and prosperity. It has no troubles that it dare mention to
Klium or Austria or France or Germany or Servia or Great Britain or
Kvt-ry tenth Briton has enlisted. Every' tenth Frenchman is at tha front.
Every tnth Belgian is dead. What does the United States know of trouble?
Indeed, what does the United States know of trouble! The land
is radiant with the halo of Christmas. There is a great nation north
of us with which we are at peace. Three thousand miles of imaginary
border line separates us, but it is 3000 miles of border line without
a fort, without an arsenal, without
symbol of force. We are at peace
at peace WitSi every nation on the hemisphere and in the world.
In tranquility and with every fireside unbereaved by war, with no
family touebedby battle of our making, we wait for the dawn of the
morn that rings out through the world the Christ message pt peace on
earth, gdod will to men. We can clasp hands' across seas or over con
tinents with the meanest or mightiest nation and exchange the greet
ings of the day and hour with no blight of blood to draw our tears or
make us. mourn. In 6uch a mood and with such an outlook, Mr.
Casson goes On to say: ,
' If I could afford it I would, charter the Mauretania and Lusitania and
convey a party of 8000 American advertisers to Europe for a trip of educa
tion. I would give them a week in London, a week in Paris, and a week in
Antwerp. ; . I
I would let tfiem look at the United States from the scene of war. I
would give them a look at real trouble. I would let them sfe trains, ten at
a time, five minutes apart, packed with the maimed and the djying.
I would let them hear, from fragmentary survivors, the incredible story
of battlefields 150 milesi wide, and armies that are greater thah the entire
population of Texas. ! i
I would let them see Kraves 100 yards long and full, the Belgium, the
country that was. nothing now but 12,000
Then, when they began to understand, to some slight extent,
tude and awfulness of this war I would
'Now eo 1 wok -and appreciate the
tunitles. Iont start digging trenches
fall down when, you have not been hit.
chance you "have ever had in your life.
Get ready for the most tremendous
had.- Build your factories bigger.
i money, ijo afiead, ana inanK tjoa mai
in alive, and that you are living in. a land that is at peace, at a time when
nearly the whole world Is at war." - I
And tomorrow, while we gather in cheer around thej Christmas
fires and reTlect that no home tie is broken by a brother or father or
husband lying in distant trenches, there will be many who will be
profoundly grateful for the cool head, the steady hand and the great
heart of the man whose infinite concern for the lives and property
of this country has protected them
of the world is mangled and bleeding
By comparison what a Christmas
417. The -excess of exports over
j imports in October was $56,630,
650, and in September $16,341,-
722, as compared with an import
balance against us in August of
$19,400,296 and in July of $5,
538,344. . Foreign trade figures
covering the entire war period are
encouraging. Here they are in
detail:
July, 1914 Imports, 1159,677,291;
exports. alM.l.iS.SM"; excess of im
ports. t5..r38,344. July, 1913 Imports,
$139,061,770; exports, $160,990,778.
August, 114 Imports $129,767.
R90; xports, 5110.367,400; excess of
imports. I19.4-00.39S. August. 191S
Imports, 137B51,553; exports, $187,-
uur.u.iu.
.w.mrif isn'imrmrts iiS9:
imports, fiAZ,vy,iv.; exports, -i,--
fe6ll64.
November. 1914 TmporUS, $126,467.
007; exports. $20.r.,766,424; excess of
exports, $79,299,417. November, 1913
Imports. $148,336,536; exports, $245,
539.042. For the week ending December
5, which included one day in No
vember, imports were $24,968,284
and exports $46,S20,626, the ex
cess of exports being $21,852,342.
For the week ending December 12
the imports were $24,428,446 and
exports $45,417,932, making the
excess of exports $20,989,486.
SENATORIAL COURTESY
T
HE question of senatorial cour
tesy is again to the fore. By
sonrr it Is predicted that this
is going to be the rock on
which the ship of the present na
tional administration is to run.
During the congressional recess
President Wilson, appointed a New
York man to a federal office.
When congress reassembled he sent
the nomination to the senate for
conurmauon. ine man appointed
was not the choice of Senator
ier to 1116 senate as a nreacn or
bflB!llonai courtesy, inis view was
I taken by the senate and the nomi-
nation unanimously rejected.
There are a number of other
appointments pending under like
circumstances. The constitution of
the United States provides that the
president shall appoint officials by
and with the advice and consent of
the senate. The whole question
revolves around the interpretation
' ot this clause. Presidents have
taken it to mean that they should
consult freely with senators regard
ing selections but that there was
no reason for them to bow to the
senatorial judgment,
Senators have interpreted it to
mean that while the president has
the appointing power It Is more of
a, formality than a real power, the
senators having the right to reject
and therefore the right to name
A notable contest of the kind
occurred in the Garfield- adminis
tration when Senators Conkling
and Piatt both resigned- because
not permitted to name the col
lector of customs at the port of
New York. They were candidates
for re-election, and though vigor
ously supported by Vice President
Arthur, both failed to be returned.
It was thus over a petty question
of patronage that Conkling, a Tjril
liant senator dropped ' from public
life. Subsequently, he was named
as associate justice of the United
States supreme court, but the
honor Cas declined, It was be -
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They are among our own pwpie.
rthey denounce our Mag. t,
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denouncing our foreign policy
it K-f xt rnn rfAft.Tin'a this
u -
uu .co.u0 .
States? . . r.. ?
running night and day? Why are
made up tneir mmaa to ipave .urujo,or
. ! ..io :
mers in London right now, trving
,3 ,n piaCe of the goods that were !
drum
trnnA
a military post, without a single
with every nation south of us and
square mtes of wreckage.
the magnl-
say to them:
United States. Realize
your oppor
you. Don't
when nobody is firing at
Don't be blind to the iost glorious
business boom that any nation over
Train more salesmen. ' Borrow more
you are auve ana mat your lamuy
in profound peace when so much j
from the awful havoc
of war.
for our own United States!
cause 1 of Piatt's act In resigning
with Conkling that he! was given
the sobriquet of "Me-Too Piatt."
In the present- instance, the
president of the United States is
obviously little concerned with
patronage, his thoughts and pur
poses being more interested in the
wellbeing of his country, his coun
trymen and mankind, and there is
little chance of eventrations that
will cause him to break the har
mony that has been a conspicuous
feature of his relations with the
senate. j
Nor is there reason to believe
that a Benate which, in the past
wo years has been party to the t
legislation that the present senato r
has helped give the 'country, is
likely, over a petty issue of pat- Jcast for' tne ..rlght to work" measure,
ronage, to take an attitude Of hos- an avowed Socialist ipeasure amouht
tility that can only mar the record ing to some 68,000, will begin to talk
and dim the lustre of achievements at the 'next-election, when this meas-
,.., !,,, ... ... ij. v : . ! ure is presented to the women voters,
that have already gone into history ..w. . .n ,nnlprl hv th nr ,.'
as the most notable legislation by
any congress in a generation.
AFTER A CENTURY
0
NB hundred years ago to
night, in the old Carthusian
monastery in the city of
Ghent, Flanders; American
and British plenipotentiaries signed
the now famous treati of Ghent.
It was the instrument which in
theory marked the close of the
war of 1812 Between England and
the United States, though the bat
tle of New Orleans, and a great
victory over the British forces,
ary 8, 1815, fifteen days later, the,to the tragedy of iut,e Margartf Mn"
news of tho Ricnino- ofi th t.ntv in the Lutheran church ; of Sacra-
nag nun uj juuicw o auivuu , jauu
in the rude means of communlca-1
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tlon of the time, not having been i
received in the United ! States. I
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lonignt, tnereiore, completes.
100 years of uninterrupted peace
between the English speaking peo-
plea Of the world. It Us the more
con sni en ones bv- ' reason nf th
conspicuous by reason Of tne
Slaugnter every day In progress
now in Europe. It is still further
areentnaterl hv thi trpnUndmm fart 1
that no symbol of forte, no fort, I
r . !
uu 111111 Lcii puai, uu ciibeuu. tJilSLS
on a long border line of more than
3000 miles which separates the
United States from the! subjects of
Great Britain on our north.
The treaty of Ghent was scarcely
more than an agreeing to cease
hostilities and settle th mifttinnt
in dispute at some othef time. The
questions under negotiation In
cluded the impressment of sailors
on American ships by the British,
the American right to fish in Brit- j ribie deeds of Menesclow Alton. Leger,
ish waters, the British navigation i Tirsch vincenez Verzeni Gruyo. Only
of tie' Mississippi and! trade with.a co?!,t00'
! , .
the Indians, the armaments on the
ureaT. Lanes ana tne American
claims for British spoliations. The
treaty was ratified Ffebruary 1,7,
1815, and proclaimed the next
day.-
The British demands .n the he
ginning included the cession of a
large part of what i!s now the
Northwest of the United States to
British oossessions in Canada, and
many other impossible demands.
But in the naming of negotiators,
the British made the blunder of
selecting third rate representatives.
Including a junior lord; of the ad
miralty without diplomatic experi
ence, a young under-secretary of
state, and an., unknown lawyer.
Tho United States," oja the other
hand, sent five ot the most bril
liant statesmen in the country.
men with no superiors In the world
in ability, experiences, kaowledge
and clearness of purpose. They
were John Quincy s Adams, Henry-
'Ctar Albert TCallaHn- Tomou 4
Bayard and Jonathan Ruksell i
Th British at nhat tlni " had
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uccu nv ty i iwi meutj jcaru auu
wearv of flsbtine- i ah Eh-
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strjiggles with ; Napoleon, who Vas
yet to return to France to be.
reckoned with. The diplomacy of j
Am.,!,,.. i ... !
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m61B inumpu, auu us moauaieui
their work, bequeathed the
treaty which has been baptized and
V, , , AA ,
glorified with 100 years! of con-
i tinual peace, a peace that under
jan advancing Civilization seems
never to he interrupted
"KelT never to De interrupted.
Letters From the People
(Communication sent to Tbe Journal for
publication In this department should be writ,
ten on only one side of the paper, ahonld not
cznaed 300 words lu lengtu and must be ac
companied by the name and address of tb
coder. If the writer does not desire to
bave the name published, ba aboul4,ao itate. )
"Discussion Is tha greatest of ail reform-'
era. It rationalizes crerytblng It tourhra. It
rubs principles of all false sanctity and
tbrows them back on their reasonableness. It
they bare do reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and set up its
own conclusions in their stead." tVoodrow
WUsoo.
Post-Election .Reflections.
Portland, Dec. 23. To the Editor" of
The Journal Election now being over,
it is time for reflection. It has been
said that nothing is settled until it is
settled right. Time will tell of the
result of that Just past. The women
of Oregon have spoken. It has been
their first state-wide expression at the
ballot box. They decided everything,
both for and against. It was largely
a press-instructed vote. This is not
intended as a slam; time will prove
them more Intelligent voters than men.
Their universal "no" vote when in
doubt, or on matters- they do not
understand,; will be reversed by the
same voters, when they study thete
problems.
Prohibition was carried by their
vote, which was intelligently cast
through a previous study of the prob- i
lem. Abolition of capital punishment, I
a measure intuitively understood by ;
them, needed no advice. The natural
ization of foreigners was a press-advised
vote, and clearly against their
own interest as members of the work
ing class. The policy of this -measure,
initiated by the legislature, is to dis
franchise as many as possible of the
working class, which in turn win help
to defeat all initiative legislation in
the interest of that class. The inter-
ests of workers are alike the world ,
over, and extended residence qualifica
tion vs unnecessary for workers to
vote in their own Interest. If for
eigners may be disfranchised until six
years after their arrival, it will be
easier for capitalists, working through
the Non-Partisan league, to defeat
working-class legislation. If ; more of
the workers could be disfranchised, de
feat of legislation that would relieve
the unemployed problem wfould be
easier accomplished. Wait until
the women have a trial i of the
profit system under a group
Of t
officials of their own choosing and
under laws of their own making, and
you will find them quite different
from their male companions, who have
simply been swapping capitalist horses
by changing political parties all these
years, always getting worsted as the
system measures and tightens its eco-
nomic grip upon them.
Tee steady growth of Socialism and
" w,final e?lu,tl? ;xnmic
"voting it straight" when voting for
candidates, and "vote no iwhen in
doubt" on every measure, when they
should not vote at all, unless they
understand what they are voting
for or against. j
Tho women will now bpgin;sclentifi
cally the study of politics,! as they
have the prohibition question. They
will demand the reason whyi promises
are not fulfilled. They will ask to
see the job. and it will be shown them
in the "right to work" measure, to be
initiated by the Socialists iii 1916.
C. W. BAliZEE.
"To Curb the Reast Mn."
Portland, Dec. 23. To the Editor of
The Journal Referring to the article
in The Journal of December 9, relating
mjnto. whoever committed the horrible
crime, let justice be without leniency,
. atonement be without mercy.
What was the motive? Unbridled pas-
cfrkn ttint sam ft mntlv that iha.s ruled
thA mnr.., a(,A atln-
totter and decay, brought men from
the highest pinnacles in life down to
'brutish beasts; that same motive that
his filled our histories wjth black
paKes. tnat gave to the Roman empire
uch characters as Nero. Tiberius, Car-
' acalla. whose delight and . pleasure it
was to see men, women and children
?Jaustere?, be'0f ,!?f .tt" JJl""!'
their beastly desires; that name mo -
tive whiclv inspired Gilles dc liay, who',
was executed in 1440, after confessing
the murder of 800 children in eight
years; that actuated Catherine de
Medici to have women flayed before
her eyes; that brought out in tne rev
olutionary period such a one as Mar-
d5,.sfde:, eUll
i . ... -. . e n..v. !
j tU who wl exmi details
of cases no less remarkable ' for their
atrocity may consult Kraft, Ebing's
"Phvchopathic Sexuales," In which
. . .. 1 ramarUQh a Tnr th.lf
may be found full histories of the hor-
cuara -m
. whether he belongs to that ; class re-
f erred to or not.
MICHAEL KENNY.
. Making Friends. :
From the Omaha World Herald.
When the Wilson administration
came into power an attitude was as
sumed toward the South American
nations which has brought a. quick re-
eTitnaia. from all of them. Thev n.i
i longer fear any "aggression1 And the
. most friendly spirit has grown 'up. The
I invitation of the A B C Kownments
C r:;" f" :
1;1&U "XL UlVEl ' fl-1' L' J C1LCI.I, &11U cinv c
that time volunteer organizations have
been formed in most of them to work
for peace and cooperation s between
all the nations of the North and South
American continents. A party of
American educators who had been sent
to South America, to investigate the
school situation there, report that
they found in every cbuntryi visited a
friendly feeling f or 4he United States
and that even the women in . those
countries, where heretofore i they had
taken no part in public affairs, are
now organizing societies to perpetuate
A FEW "SMILES
; 1
,HksvlU8 stag.' Hand -('to tnomhtir
of visiting "Hamlet"
company i it cer-
taimy can't be no fun
havin' to play & grave
dirrer niirht ' aft.r
niiit" " .
Actor (cheerfully)
Oh, the position is
not to be sneered at
when a hostile audientu biau3 l o-Ja
bardment - Puck.
The-moon shone flfckeringly on a
pair of lovers who
were seated in a re
mote corner of the
park.
"But I am so un
worthy of you. dar
ling." he murmured,
as he held her close
to him.
'Oti, t rcu, ' sue sighed, "if you and
father agreed on every other point as
you do on that, how happy we Ehould
be:"
A Georgia magistrate was per
plexed by the conflicting claims of two
negro women for a baby, each one
contending that she
was the mother of
11. , xne judge re
membered Solomon,
a n d, drawing u
bowie knife from hit
boot, declared that
he would give hall
to each.
The women were shocked, "but had uu
doubt of the authority and purpose
of the judge to make the proposed
compromise. "Don't do that, boss,"
they both screamed in unison. "You
can keep it yourself."
peace in their own countries and with
all the rest of the world.
It is thought that this movement
will have a large influence in abolish
ing the military dictatorships that
have In the past done so much dam
age, and assist in establishing per
manent free governments. One of the
things that has given great stimulus
to this movement has been the re
fusal of the United States to intervene
in "Mexico and the final withdrawal of
troops from that country will, with
out aount, aaa greatly to it.
The re-
versal of the jingo policy nas had a
"I081 Powerful effect and will bring
afcout Improved commercial relations
to the benefit of the United States
andjtll the other countries on this
side of the ocean.
Is There a Santa Claus?
A famous New York Sun editorial,
printed in the issue of December 21.
1897:
"We take pleasure in answering at
once anu tnus prominently the com
munication below, expressing at the
same time our great gratification that
its faithful author Is numbered among
the friends of the Sun:
" 'Dear Editor: I am 8 years old.
Some of my friends say that there is
no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you
see it in the Sun it's so." Please tell
me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
" 'VIRGINIA O'HANLON.'
"Virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
the skepticism of a skeptical age.
Thev do not helleva
Go. Th.V f 1 Inlr that V, 1 V.
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which is not comprehensible by their
little mtnYis. All minds, Virginia,
whether .they be men's or children's,
are little. In this great universe ot
ours man is a mere insect, an ant. In
his Intellect as -compared with the
boundless world about him, as meas
ured by the intelligence capable of
grasping the whole of truth and
knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. lie exists as certainly aa love
and generosity and devotion exist, and
you know that they abound and give
to your life its highest beauty and
joy. Alas! how dreary would be the
world if there were no Santa Claus. It
would be as dreary as if there were
no Virginias. There would be no child-
like faith then, no poetry, no romance
to make tolerable this existence. Wo
should have no enjoyment except in
sense and sight. Tho eternal light
with which , childhood fills the world
would be extinguished.
"Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might as well not believe in fairies.
You might get your papa to hire men
to watch all the chimneys on Christ
mas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even
if they did not see Santa Claus coming
down what would that prove? No
body sees Santa Claus, but that is no
sign that there is no Santa Claus. The
most real things in the world are those
that -neither children nor men can see.
Did you ever see fairies dancing on the
lawn? or course not, but that's no
proof that they are not there. Nobody
tan conceive or Imagine all the won
ders that are unseeable in the world.
"You may tear apart the baby's
rattle and see what makes the noise
inside, but there Is a veil covering the
unseen world which not the strongest
I man, nor even the united strength of
; an the strongest men that ever lived.
could tear apart. Only faith, fancy,
poetry, lovo, romance, can push aside
, mat curtain ana view ana picture tne
; supernal beauty and glory beyond,
it all real? Ah. Virginia, in all
Is
this
w orld there is nothing else real and
abiding.
"No Santa Claus! Thank God! be
I r,ani 'V1
1 years irom now.
forever. A thousand
Virginia, nay. 10
times 10,000 years from now. he wil
, continue to make glad -the heart of
childhood."
Roosevelt Hns Nothing to Add.
From the Lincoln (Neb.) Star.
No wonder Mr. Roosevelt, when in
vited to appear before that congres
sional committee and tell what he
ZTJT
! ' - - - .
responded that he had nothing to add
to what he has already had to say on
that subject. For he has already had
a great deal to say, in a aeries of spe
cial jingoistic articles he has recently
given the press, or at least that part
of the press that was willing to pay.
But Mr. Roosevelt did not say In
bis special articles, whicb were written
to discredit the Wilson administration
among those who are easily alarmed,
that the government is now and has
been of late, spending $40,000,000 a
year more on the navy than it slid
while he was president, and $18,000,000
a year more on the army.
In 1908, the closing year of Roose
velt's term, the appropriation for the
navy was $98,958,501.50, and those of
1914 were $140,718,434.53. For the
army they were $78,634,582.75 in 1908
and 94i266,i45.51 in 1914
No wonder Mr. Roosevelt
doesn't
1 care to risk a cross-examination. He
! might have to admit that if our de
fensive equipment lg being Jie glee ted
now, jt was neglectU even more under
his administration. , '
What sort of patriotism is it that
leads these jingoistic statesmen to
clamor for a large increase of expenses
of government Juat now? t.Is it a de
sire to see a Democratic administra
tion plunge the country into the old
discredited race between rival powers
to outdo each other in spending money
for war equipment? And what la to
WwA
M WL
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMAXIi CHANGE
'Thanksr' About all a man expects
for the present.
I Brush riff that littlw whita lia-
"Oh.
it's Just what I wantedT
It's a tough turkey that is able to
hold over for another year.
a
The Christmas present- difficulty
will soon be a thing of the past.
a
Mother's present to father will be
something she can use as usual. .
a a
Contentment comes to those who
desire little and are satisfied with
less.
Oh, for an exchange at whVh we
could swap what we got for what we
want!
a
Poverty may be a virtue, but it
makes a poor Christmas tree orna
ment. a
Tomorrow will prove that the wash
erwoman is not the only one who
hangs up hosiery.
a
Don't give your husband too much
rope tomorrow eve; give him real
cigars, for a change.
a a
Perhaps a green Christmas mav not
make a fat graveyard, but a white
Christmas makes a lean coal bin.
a a
Blessed is the man who expects1
handkerchiefs for a Christmas present,
for he isn't likely to be disappointed.
a
Our idea of a human curiosity is
the man who announces that his gas
bill ii lower than he expected it to
be.
During the last few days men "have
been going about town bundled up in
overcoats, but you can't bluff the
wishbone girls.
a
Nothing succeeds like the Riicress
of the girl who knows just what she
wants tor Christmas and hands the
right young man a gentle hint.
THE FAR-RIDING COSSACKS
. From the Boston Globe.
By repute the Coesaeks are among
the most terrible warriors In Eu
rope. A troop of English Tommies
with plentiful machine guns might
wreak double the destruction, but Cos
sacks are preceded by the terror of
their reputation. And if cities trem
ble when they hear that these furl
ous horsemen are on the move, it is
quite as much in dread of their pro
verbially ferocious revenges, when
victorious, as of their military prow
ess.
"Far-riders' the Cossaeks ' always
have been and far-ridefs they are
still. Hordes of them, for the pres
ent business of war, have come from
the southern frontier of Russia, and
the most recent dispatches tell of
their riding within 20 miles cf Cra
cow, and of a civilian population or
dered to decamp. They are reported
to have accelerated, by their activity,
the retirement of the German from
Warsaw and Ivangorod from seven
miles a day to 20 miles a day.
The Cossacks, 2,500,000 of them,
are the human rampart of the Rus
sian empire, flung out in a long line
from the Black Sea to the Pacific',
along that southern frontier which it
has been their traditional office to de
fend.
In the sixteenth, seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries the Cossacks had
their own semlrepublican states, gov
erned by a military chief chosen by
their own people. They grew power
ful enough to ranee the government
of Muscovy to quake for its suprem
acy. Furious wars raced between the
two with varying fortunes until the
Cossacks were, partly by force, partly
bj fraud, gradually weakened.
Then, by a cunning stroke of state
craft, the Muscovy tzars maneuvered
to unite their foes peaceably with
Holy Russia and tirn their impetuous
valor to the defence of her frontiers.
Ermak, a Cossack freebooter, to pro
pitiate Ivan the Terrible, offered as
a present to Russia the emrmous
continent of Siberin. which he i:if. in
the year ir.so, invaded at the head. of
his horsemen and had captured from,
Mongols and Tartars. That. too. was"
something of a "far ride" about S000
miles., The tpot is still ehown where,
by tradition, Ermak rode his horse
into the surf of the Pacific.
NEW FEATURE OF
By John M. Osklson.
In a recent letter from the American
Society for Thrift, a succinct state
ment of Its plans was made. In the
following paragraph I want to call
especial attention to the first part of
the first sentence, and to the second
sentence:
"Active membership will be made to
carry the receipt ' of an established
savings bank in the region where the
membcrfiqlp originates for an initial
deposit, a subscription to, a monthly
bulletin. The Ways of Thrift,' and to
pamphlets and literature of the So
ciety on Homely Phases of Practical
Thrift, such as "The Value or Cash
Uuying,' 'School Gardening, 'Thrift
for Class Rooms. etc. The bank is
suing the" deposit receipt will be the
Thrift' bank-of that vicinity. The
literature will include merchanfH?ing
helps to prevent waste in the garbage
can and also in the junk pile of dis
carded utensils.-'
The other day 1 went to the room
in the. New York city hall, where
clerks were mailing out three excel
lent pamphlets'describing how to pre
pare the cheaper forms of nourishing
be gained by entering that sort of a
race when we know that we, as a self
governing people, must tire of taxing
ourselves for such a purpose, while
the people of other powers may have
that sort of taxes thrust upon them?
Thtre Is no limit to the size of the
army and navy we ought to have if we
propose to be a bully or a war cham
pion among nations. Each time we
doble our military and naval power we
simply Invite a suggestion that we
ought to -double it again.
The material thing which th is 4 In
vestigation is disclosing is that 'we
are in much better shape than we
ever were when the critics of our ex
isting status were in command.
Primitive Journalism.
From the Coquille Sentinel.
Like an owl, tho Oregonian sits in a
cave of gloom and hoots, hoots, hoots,
at the Wilson administration because
It has not Involved us In war with
Mexico and begun to make Oregon
wive, widows. and Oregon children or
phans. A journal for the most part so
excellently edited, betrays a strong
atavistic tendency in thus berating an
administration which has kept us in
the paths of peace. It used to be the
rule-for the party newspaper to com
mend nothing and condemn everything
an opposition administration did; and
th. Oregonian harks back to such
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGOX SIDELIGHTS
The Outlook predicts that Gresham'a '
recent calamity its $40,000 fir will
De pronounced a benent by this time
next year.
Deposits of kaolin near the Dead
fanning teedTand His hoVed
by those Interested that competition
7!.VlJhe Florida supply may be estab-
. a a !
"The passing of tho ordinance that 1 Sf Hwepe ? G' Holland. Clark W.
all buildings in the Haines business f?ryan' Samuel Bowles and hi brother ,
district would be fireproof is a good benjamin F. Bowles, W. M.: Pomeroy :,
one." says the Baker Herald, "and and J. F. Tapley. In thoaei dkya the
should aid that busy city in keeping Springfield Republican was apittlished
an8gtPwork M aal" t. K A SpriUleld.
m I -iass., ana no money was spared to
Umatilla county's state and county j otourna "ft
tax is 2 mills less for 1915 than It was ' -hn ?u, icje"'"Prise. .11 -for
1914. The actual reduction tneas- 1 , ..n'? hchy'.r Colfax, the ipeaker
ured in dollars and cents will, how- or tn house, made his first trip' to th '
ever, be a little less than the 2 mills west during the mimmer.of 1866) Sam
difference would indicate, inasmuch uel Bow lea, the editor- of the&DrlnBT-
hleht-r ' uiuinMiiH!s nun
6 ' , . j upon his trip. It is Interesting 'o turn
With its accustomed chivalry. thp j o t he old . f i! . of U.e -ring-"
Lebanon Express remarks: "When j '"I'l R''l'ul.li.n.. and mtil ft3crlp.
Lebanon shall have attained the popu- tljn of tn'' w,fi of i years afco and .
lation of Albany, It .will not have to of the iimphecieii made by .Bamuel
hold a campaign of education regard- i Bowles as to the future of thjft west.
V?tV:""
.....ti v,t V "
Pendleton East Oregonian:
A mini-
ber of people in the west end of the
t-uuuiy nave neen pnootiiiK ratiuita and
securing $1.50 a dozen for them by
taking them to Echo, from which
town they are shipped to Portland
One lady is reported to have killed
tight dozen rabbits on Saturday at
that price.
Eugene Register: Many interesting i
and amusing scenes are expected on ,
the return of the members of the.
present senior class of the university, j
as Christmas vacation has been desig-
nateri as the time
ffrnwihi. ia.. n
principally the latt.r. A number of
the class who are remaining in Eu-
gene have done away with, their razors
mustaches.
already.
It may be questioned whether ever
before or since so immeasurable a ; at lne neaa " navigation on tb Sac
territory has fallen to so mall a I ran,ento river and la a central point
party of military invaders. Ermak s ! of commerce for all Northern; Call-
present to Ivan the Terrible Is larger
than the whole of Europe.
So Russia obtained, at the -price of
some subsequent fighting, to be sure.
not only a continent, but an army
which has remained- loyal. The Cos
sacks receive special privilege In re
turn for an exceptional term of mil
itary service lasting from the age
of 18 to 8. They now muster more
than 300.000 men. and. incidentally
they have better popular education
man is enjoyed by other Russians.
Contrary to the popular euppost-
tion, the Cossack is not an unmiti-
gated barbarian, according to the
testimony offered by W. Barnes Ste-
- V. i - . i. . . i .
in his recent volume on "The Russian
Army From Within." In peaceful : tTmp1ua rivers present rich fiMta for -times
they are an agricultural l-eople ! culture. The soil is-a gravelly lOAm,
li-ing on their own acres, merry, not ' warm and fertile, and especially fa- '
unkindly and the possessors of an vorable for fruits, but the ysny to
art of folk song and folk dancing i market is long and hard arid the
which is reputed to rival that of the j products of agriculture muwt ; gfo out "
Welsh and the Scandinavians. j to tho world for the present i?f hoof
It is war. apparently, which liber- or In the form of wool. w found -
nieir lerocny, in wnirn, pernaps,
they are not'unlike other humans.
Their horsemanshio i orobablv lin -
surpassed anywhere in the world.
rhcy are, as the saying is, "born in' portion of his own party andjiils oc
the saddle." The exploit of a Cossac k cupatlon bf public life Is guta?. "He
woman riding 6000 miles from Harbin in
northern Manchuria, to Petrograd, and
bringing ber horse in euch condition
that the hair was not even worn off
the animal's back, is characteristic
k. is cnaraoicristtc . noe xarno as a. pioneer, anpTlionest
race, wjiich Napo- and intelligent gentleman, lneorrupt
learned to dread in '"le " thought and -act, and ij maker
from Moscow, dur- of good cider, kept liicretiiUi.jjjj-aa we
hi tins teinaur l
lepn's grenadiers 1
vnat looff reireai irom sioscow, our-
lng which they were all but annihl-
luted by continual assaults of these
dashing horsemen.
Of recent years the Cossacks
pcent years the Cossacks have
an unenviable name for rid-
o.-n and lashing with the terrl-
earned
ms now ii biiu iausnins7 wnn me tern-
bio loaded whips Russian, assembled
to protest against srovemmental
abuses. Thin office has made their strong and original In thouit and
name a synonym for ruthless official expression. Ho is such a mart Sips you
suppression. Their own history o. wond-r to find here in the wijsda and
fierce independence seems, however, to would rejoice to find anywliie .and
exonerate them from this reproach ex- : hunger to have in his rightful po.si
cept insofar as they have allowed them-; tion. Oregon ought mire1y jj . send
selves to be made the instruments of Jesse Appleeate. to Washlmrdj!. and
autocracy.
THE THRIFT SOCIETY
food vegetable, fish, the cheaper
t uts of meats, -and substitutes for
meat. Through the school children It
was expected to distribute some
800.000 of these, pamphlets to the oco-
1 V T XT I.
ul nw i in a..
T . I . . : i . . . .
in onier citieti t.pet iai enoris are
being made. But I do not know of any
country-wide agency better fitted to
spread the practical teaching of thrift
than the. American Society tor Thrift,
with headquarters in t'hicago.
If to the receipt from a savings
bank tho new tnemlier of such a port,
ety should add a receipt for the first
payment on a,t leant one oh.-tre In a
good building arid lon affociation, I
should regard it a better J-howlng.
"America") great task,"' as the ex
perts agree, is to check extravagance,
to dignify and make popular thrift
practice, anil to oncouraen saving.
Not only is this tank brought before
us as a present ecomonii; necessity, .
but it Is a great moral need.
Whoever, like thla Chicago society,
demands a savings bank deposit re
ceipt from one who seek, admittance
to membership Is helping forward the
day when thrift will become general
and popular.
primitive practices with a frequency,
greatly regretted by those who find in
that paper so much to admire.
The Ragtime Muss
To Thai iii. 1 j
Most human of the mighty nine;
Your fondness, for all things bucolic
Leads us to hope you'll fall in line
With this 'ere frolic.
In dialect wo may appeal
Less to Minerva than Maria,
But any old thing goes, we feel.
With you, Thalia!
In overalls and stiff brogans. j
On barn floors must we tread our
measure;
Your presence and the hired man" a.
Will give us pleasure.
We'll serve with chicken and mince
piea
And dance and do things gastro
nomic; Cider. Mnemosyne's fair daughter, f
That beata, or for the ribbon tlea.
Cast alias water!
Come then, fair muse, and help us sing
And dajice and do things gastro
nomic; Your bag of tricks don't fall to bring
We love the comic!
This sad old world must ahake its
blues - ......
And. take to rhyme, forgetting
reason, i
And with your aid. good ragtime muse,
Lnjoy the season! . .
IN EARLY DAYS" j'
By
Hey. Special Staff Writer
tot The Journal -
As far back as the 'arly '60s th
Springfield Republican had gained si
" on. of 41.. leading news,
PaPcrs of the United States. It is not
much to be wondered at when on! re- -
members that among its- editors and
from I'ortland
it.i.. ne says: "Oregon Is
iitfvela-
tiii. Our point of departure tti- Ore.
K'n was Sacramento, and the stance
.- . . : .
V 10 Portland- la. butffiuiU.
. .... " oiwi i,n.a ui ciiirowi
put us forward in the Sacrameijjio val-
ley about 50 miles. At Orovtpe w.
began tho stage ride proper. Ai-Chlco
we took nupper with General ' Iiitwel!,
one of the pioneers of the raciflc'
coast and ono of the now inejiijj-ra of
cnress from California. JiltiS by a
young woman who chose a lovfi with
more acres. -he turned rover anrt cam
out we.st from Missouri In 184 lias one
,,f a secret filibusterinsr t.arf' th.t
j v. , ' v " I ' a ICIUIUUUII 41
.against ;
' s''-o. as California .was thenalled.
: nn" taking California, annexing it.to
j Texas, the Lone Star republic. f4e now
has -a farm of 20,000 acres, fa 1863
his yield of wheat-averaged 4"jbush--els
to the acre. He has. 1801 acres",
of wheat. . . vi'
"We passed through th prosperous
little town of Red Bluffs, wiich 14
: - . . .. i 1
iumiji ana noutnern Oregon, :na is :
the home of the widow and ;3auah- -
'. tcrs of the immortal John rJrown.
They straggled In here, weaify and :
worn from their overland Jjjjjurney,
but found a most hospitable gfioeting '
from the citizens, and have make Red '
Bluffs their permanent home.1 Mrs. '
Brown earns both love and 4ipport
as SL Successful ntlrwA j'nH I Mnftn
Her two older daughters areWteach-
j ers ,n "l0 public schools.
II
flr
I jacKsonvme was the flrK con
spicuous town In Oregdn and rifhowsd
obvious first cousinship. to Yrfc$a and .
Shasta, but its gold diggings made",
1 better report. The men' enKus(! upon :
lnem were prosperous and. oal were -
Hill k fn i xrr.rwl ,i ,. ... . rt
I r'o valleys of the RokU and
inn inioiern anu prosperous)
i gentlemen farmers. ".Joe Ine, ll.imoun ;
iin Oregon politics, -lives in s:Sn of -
' these valleys. He - fell, oiit 'Xjflth
wa.1 put out by the rise in Nolnme ,
of anti-slavery sentiment, whrni-iit be
has never shown any sy'tnpatlij!-.
"We stopped at Jesse Appjigate'n,
. whose fame as a pioneer, antbonest
i K'UHi ciner. Kepi lncreaiUi.jjjjaa we
neared bin home an the Umpqpk. - We
made bold to tell him we. ha. come
;to see him and to eat brcakft- with
mm. we iouna a vigorous jirT -man
who had heen here. lor 2a yoidrn end
had participated largely In ' t lif! trowth
and history of the country Ulid the
anu nisiory or me country and the
conversion of its people to tf right
' political principles. He U !4ir jncl
she would, were he not so Imiaoably
hostile to .11 the helping arjii of a
politician and place-seeker, lifrinlng
here in Oregon, ho sal t, is a!.- cheAn
and careless procen. Labo( U no
dear and grain grows so easily sind '
the market is so distant . tha there
is no incentive for cultivating! and
care in the business . of farmlug. Ho
. mild are the winters and so a titindant
, U . . 1. . . I ...... I . . i i. ....
: wits icni li in i, iiiuuKU iii- i eeoic; caiiie-
.... 1. . . i . a . i .J. . -
"y i-n uuiiurtruis ajio inouiiain, ae
has now 125 tons of hay, Ct two
, years ago, for which he'lias' lo use.
i "Two day. and a niirht' jfjj rough
j riding from Jacksonville ovi-Jfi aome
! rather unmilltary rouds buljii some
'years ago by the now famous general
Hooker brought us oiit cm alfeweet.
June-like afternoon upon the hH that
a-ki-r.flookn th htiatl tf fti. WHtumm
valley, the garden of Oregon which
led emigrant here' years before thg
gold diKcoverlca on tho PaciflM coast;
tho holder of nearly two-thlrdf of th
inhabitunts of the Mate; thi chief
source of its prosperity and itn sure
security for the future; lipping It
ahove the miccruuriuea oi mining ana
Kiviit ort-n'iii a KUisriiii.y o l nioiiicy,
intelligence and comfort to its iliifODl.."
. . ; Iii - .
A rsritiKh patent baa been !rli"anted
for a. ship so construct! that, frf event
of wreck, the hull would fink Ifljhd the .
uei.HH iiuai awn wnn tue- .J7iisaen-
grs. l . -
S At:
LOOKING BACK !K
OVER THE YEAR
So fast do the events of 'suc
cessive days crowd each ffther
that it is impossible to recall
even the more important! fiap
penings in their chronological
order. -' -
Following its practice ofjlpre
vious years. The Journai'jpext
Sunday will present a newi) re
view of the big events ofj the
year, and a perusal of thi re
view will convince all tha t' the
championship for epochal events
belongs to 1914, jij
Nor are events at home Over
looked. A day by day ryiew
of the more important ha-pPnen-ings
in Portland and the north
west will be a worthwhile
feature as the star's .'enfa ap
proaches. i
The Sunday Journal
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