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THE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLA ND, 'SUNDAY i. MORNING, V JANUARY 2 V 1917.
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If we traverse the world. it la poaal
ble to find cltlea without walla, with
out letter, without king-, without
wealth, without coin, without achoola
and theatre; but a city without a tern
pie or that practlaeth not wort nip,
prayer and the like, no one erer eaw.
v Plutarch.
THE APARTMENT HOUSE
A'
CCORDING to a story from
Los Angelea one person In
every five of the population
of that city lives in an apart
ment house. The total number is
100,000, Perhaps Los Angeles has
somewhat more apartment dwellers
than other cities, but probably not
a great many more in proportion
to the DODulation. That way of
'life is much In favor everywhere
, Upon the whole it Is cheaper than
the isolated house and it is far
more comfortable.
TO WILLIAM SPROULE
R'
ECENTLY, The Journal directed the attention of William Sproule,
the able head of the Southern Pacific lines on the Pacific coast,
to the almost certain benefits that would come to his company
through a policy of greater faith in and larger Justice to the
public .
In line with that suggestion, The Journal again offers advice to
Mr. Sproule. and it is advice wholly intended to establish a greater
confidence in and a kindlier purpose toward his company among the
people of the Pacific northwest.
The hotel men of the northwest, representing all the people of
the northwest, are striving to secure elimination of the Shasta differ
ential which the Southern Pacific Is struggling . to perpetuate. That
corporation is now using all its resources to induce the Interstate
Commerce commission to vacate its ordr eliminating the differential
From a check kept for two months during the Panama Pacific
exposition, it is estimated that only 7 per cent of .those who Journeyed
westward to visit the exposition passed through the Pacific northwest.
This means that 93 out of every 100 fair visitors came to the coast
and returned home via southern routes.
That is an extraordinary circumstance. Most of the travel was
in the heated ( summer months when northern routes were obviously
more attractive. In selecting the southern routes for both coming
and going, picturesque America, which has its headquarters in the
north and northwest was, for some reason, Ignored by the tourists,
who passed over longer distances in most cases and through less
attractive country in going to and from the exposition. . .,
The Shasta differential, which is a rate discrimination of $17.50
against Portland, Seattle, Spokane' and all other Northwest territory, is
ascribed as the reason for this avoidance of the Pacific Northwest by
American tourists. Mr. Sproule's company, in seeking to perpetuate
this discrimination is pursuing a 'policy that cannot be defended, and
that naturally awakens intense opposition in the territory discriminated
against.
It Is a policy of making the Southern Pacific a California road in
stead of an all-Pacific-coast road. Whether so intended or not, its ef
fect is to subordinate .everything on the Pacific coast to California, and
to submerge Oregon, Washington and the rest of the Northwest region
as minor and unimportant.
This is the conviction among the people of the Northwest. They
are now fighting through the hotel men and their allies to remove the
Shasta handicap. They are struggling to put the Northwest states on
the same map with California as to tourist rates.
In the interest of his company, the great influence of Mr. Sproule
ought to be Joined with that of the people of the northwest in securing
the removal of the Shasta Arbitrary. Its removal must come some
ern lire. Teachers -' everywhere
caught his Inspiration and learned
his educational theories. It is only
the cloistered pedagogue, joined
to his Latin and Greek idols, who
rejects Washington's educational
gospel.
A California legislator proposes
that pistols beleased to responsi
ble persons who wish to conceal
them on their persons, and has in
troduced a bill for that purpose.
If It becomes a law. It will tend to
curb the indiscriminate carrying of
concealed weapons. The pistol is
an implement that has a hundred
crimes charged against it for every
good service it ever rendered, with
the saloon. It should pass on.
P'
MIGNON
RETTY nearly all of Portland's
musical ability seems to have
I cooperated for the production
pf Ambroise Thomas' charm
ing opera, "Mignon." The sympho
ny orchestra led by Waldemar Lind
will attend to the instrumental
side. Mignon, Wllhelm Meister
and all the other parts are to be
taken by Portland singers and the
chorus of fifty voices has been or
ganized by Mr. Corruccini from lo
cal sources.
We have often said that the best
way to promote musical culture in
a city was to make the most of
local ability rather than to import
artists from abroad. Mr. Corruccini
and the symphony orchestra have
followed out this principle in pre
paring for the production of Mig
non and we hope to see ample
fruits ripening from' their praise
worthy effort. In almost any
Letters From the People
A BALLAD OF MANILA BAY
We might enumerate some of its time because it is wholly indiffensible as a general railroad policy in ! land there is plenty of musical
ability 'and training to form a good
comforts without taking much which the rights of localities of -the same group are to be respected
trouble to think them up. The and recognized. Since it must ultimately come, it would be infinitely
servant problem is evaded. Heat, better for it to come with the Southern Pacific's consent and coopera
light, water and Janitor work are tion than over its bitter opposition.
all taken care of without worry on There are few steps that Mr. Sproul could take that would do more
the tenant's part. The family can to lift his company in the confidence of the people of the Pacific
'live near the center of the city Northwest,
-without bearing the expense of a
separate house. There are no route. Trajan's troops took help
i, taxes, no visits of the gas man, meets in the Balkan country and
the electric light man, the water became the parents of the modern
man. Everything is paid for in one Roumanians
montniy mil witnout iret or iusb. It la well known to students of
In many ways the apartment house American social history that the
life is ideal. campaigns of the Civil war made
How much it is liked in Port- many a good match. The southern
land we may see from the number belles detested the "Yankees" at
ot big apartment buildings which
have been built In the last few
first, but, liking them better on
acquaintance, they took many a
would remedy this bad business. It
makes indigent children, who re
quire treatment, charges of the
county judge where they reside.
Upon proper complaint made to
him he may order the child to be
sent to the medical school of the
state university where it is to re
ceive the best of medical and surg-
opera company if it were only or
ganized and utilized.
Our symphony orchestra has
kept the good work going' for sev
eral years under great difficulties
and with only partial encourage
ment. Now we are offered a fine
opera produced entirely by local
artists.
The only way to make a city a
musical and art center is to give
ample recognition and reward to
local enterprise. Everybody is
eager to see and hear the distin
guished artists from New York and
Europe who occasionally visit us.
Our eagerness to encourage home
years. Their inmates have greatly boy in bu'.e to their hearts and I
Increased in number while the thus helped most effectually to ob
total population of the city has literate the old sectionalism.
risen rapidly. The truth is that At the 8ame time tnere haa been
the apartment house with its con- a neavy northward emigration of
veniences and comforts, its free- ambitious youths from the south
aom irom worry ana us economy, in recpnt Vears. Thev have founded
Is rapidly taking the place of the fortunea in tQe n0rth and made
old time home. .ven tne lnm- hnm h wirh Yankee wives to
vldual kitchen, so dear to many nhahiT thm Thna the eternni in-
hearts, is vanishing and people terchanee m-oceeds. The Chroni-
are learning to eat at a common cle ls rIght in 8ayillg that it is
table in the apartment house din- wpll fn onr rltiZens "to move
round a little." There is nothing
like a good circulation to keep a
body healthy.
ical aid with a bed in a hospital
and modern nursing. The expenses i la,no, aIwava Kn minifMt
tl ,7,Vt y 1 ! Vniy wer?lAnd yet if we were truly lovers of
the child lives and the medical art and music we should all UQite
and surgical treatment will be ren-jto make the most of tne gifts we
dered by the university officials as j have at nome
part or tneir regular duties witnout
extra fees.
We can think of no better solu
tion than this for the problem of
the indigent child who needs treat-
Violation of the law is responsi
ble for the death of three men
burned in yesterday morning's fire
ICommualcatloiu nt ta The Journal for I
pvt llrattcn iQ tlii 4evartm-nt anoald be writ-
i' on uuiy one aide of jne paper, aooaiu mn
exceed 3uu worda In langta and maat be ae
eenpaaied by the Bd and 4dreae of t
seaver. If the writer doea Dot deatre t bare
ine name publltbed be abould ao atate.i
The "And or Ox Case.
La Grande. Or. Jan. 17. To the Edi
tor of The Journal In connection with
your publication of a comment from
the Detroit News, you recently pub
lished another editorial criticising m
supreme court of Oregon for its de
cision in the famous "And or Or" case,
rt ported In 1S8 Pac. Rep., at page
173 and 527. and strongly Intimating
that the tuDrama court of Oregon ta
responsible for the great delay in the
final determination of that case. Be
llevlng that soma other member of the
bar or some bar association would be
fore now call to the attention of the
press certain pertinent facts arising
in this case. I have until now refrained
from saying anything upon the suo
:ect- However;, believing that the su
preme court of Oregon ls unjustly cri
ticised and held to account for the al
leged ahortcominics in the adminlstra
tion of Justice between the parties In
that case, I proceed to give my rea
sons for such belief
As early as the September term in
187J of the Oreeon supreme court (4
Or. 288) the rule was squarely laid
down that denials pregnant with ad
missions are faulty: and. again, on ue
cember 11. 1899 (38 Or. 259). the court
reiterated the rule. The ruleof plead
ing thus declared might not have been
Rood law but it is evidence or wnat
the law is and certainly was notice to
all Oregon Judges and attorneys of
what the supreme court of Oregon held
to be the law.
In their answer, the attorneys for
the company in this case charged tnat
White, the deceased, had "carelessly
and negligently" turned his back upon
the company's auto truck In passing.
Attorneys for Mrs. White in reply de
nied he had "carelessly and negligent
ly" done so. Long before the trial, at
torneys for the company interposed a
demurrer, and, according to the court's
report of the case, those attorneys
notified the widow's attorney, prior to
the hearing of the demurrer, in writ- j
lng, as follows: i
Upon the hearing of this demurrer
defendant will submit that said reply
to which the demurrer ls directed, be
ing conjunctive In form. Is therefore
pregnant with admissions of the alle
gations contained- In the affirmative
answer of defendant, and hence does
not constitute a denial in law of said
affirmative defense."
Still standing upon his pleading, the
attorney for the widow brought the de
murrer on for hearing before the
Judge, who overruled the contention of
the attorneys for the company, based
on this clearly declared rule of the
supreme court, and according to an ar
ticle on page 5 of the Issue of The
Journal of June 23, 1916, said, in over
ruling the demurrer:
"We used to waste a lot of time
when I was a boy talking about
negative pregnantt, and I don t sup
pose any boy after he has gone through
the subject knows much more about
the affirmation contained in a literal
denial, but there has been entirely too
much time taken up with that slush.
Where it is manifest that an Issue
has been Joined it ls'about time we get
away from that stuff and come to the
substance ftf the lawsuit and not the
subtllties of the school men. Ec
cleslastlcs used to devote a lot of
time to idling how many souls could
stand on the head of a needle, but we
do not talk that language now
Notwithstanding all of this notice
By Charles G. D. Roberts
YOUR threats how rjin, Correjidor;
Your rarapired batteries, feared no more;
Your frowning guard at Manila gate,
When our Captain went before!
Lights out. Into the unknown gloom
From the windy, glimtnerinf. wide sea-room.
Challenging fate in that dark strait
We dared the hidden doom.
But the death In the deep awoke rot then;
Mine and torpedo they spoke not then;
From the heights that loomed on our passing line
The thtfhders broke pot then.
Safe through the perilous dark we sped.
Quiet each ship as the quiet dead.
Till the guns of El Fraile roared too late,
And the steel prows forged ahead.
So through the dark we stole our way
Fast the grim warders and into the bay.
Past Kaiibuyo, and past Salinas,
And came at the break of day
Where strong Cavite stood to oppose.
Where, from a sheen oi silver and rose,
A thronging of masts, a soaring of towers.
The beautifol city arose.
Mow fine and fair! But the shining air
With a thousand shattering thunders there
Flapped and reeled. For the fighting foe
We had caught him in his lair.
The dominant blood that daunts the foe.
That laughs at odds, and leaps to the blow
It is Dewey's glory today, as Nelson's
A hundred years ago!
JWTa and Bottatl
Stories Fcom Everywhere
ijw tan roiuit.i. ..n - -
or ami In r Qu.. ,, . uia
for. i the dT.oT.'."
-.virij.j .
The Trouble, of . ri.t .
T iff ;t rvU e 'orporatloM Have
I- the Mcn 'helr own- n of tnm
arJST?" v'ry injured who
One of p T " and threaten suit.
r.D ,f Portland ., n.oat notahl. nuhlta
Nrvicft r,u ...... i
i luun Htm
rir of rrutcl .K anj
But every day h.
d i:-.
THE MINISTER'S JOB
lng room.
Thus economic determinism is
bringing in the reign of coopera
tion, without our noticing it. There
A 1 1 t I J.1 1 1
.are mose wuo tuaiin m cuange m Th. nonB- haB naSSAd a nuhlfr.
our habits of life is fundamental, buildines bnl that it Knows Presi-
and it proceeds as quietly and im- L,--, W11ann Vftto. T, a
: : perceptibly as spring follows win- I j,,. i,,u0, nn,Mom..
- I l.U V 0.1 Vll V UUOlUrrB. Vajll 1 CaBlilCU
ter. Does it mean new flowers of vf niruiOI,a 9nnrnnriotiM
with the expectation and desire
' i health and happiness in our na-
5& tional life or a crop of noxious
yt weeds?
Thinkers divide over this ques-
f f tion. Some hold that the apart
, T ment house is a baleful influence;
others that it is destiny working
'. out.
Objectors say that, since it gives
. no outdoors and room on green
lawns and big open spaces for them
. - 'to play on, .the apartment house
that the executive will veto them
are unworthy of their positions.
RUSSIA
in Portland. There were no lights
ment. The bill provides for him and no night locks on the doors
the best there is and gives it free- leading to the fire escapes, though Klven the attorney for the plaintiff,
IV, Bo far aa the nhilri anrl hi a tam. . wiu uoikiuiouum., w,
ily are concerned.
nitlnn nf thp stn.bllshed rule on the
At the same . of the building had been repeatedly part of the trial Judge, the interests
time the university medical school j warned by Fire Marshal Stevens' of the widow were hazarded and ai-
will nnt he without enme return ia lowed to go to trial Derore a jury.
since the reception of these un- appliances. The three men died
fortunates will provide it with in- within easy reach of. safety be
structive clinical material. j cause the warnings of the fire pre-
iwo features Of the bill merit i vention Rprvire were iimnrerl. Hn
many other owners are violating
the safety laws?
R
USSIA lives up to her historic
role. After weeks of defeat
and retreat she has "come
back" in the Roumania re
gion and is now forging ahead
again. Since the recapture of van-
is not a favorable spot for children, deni by the czar's troops the fall
and that the true home is a cottage of Odessa does not seem quite so
in the suburbs with its patch of imminent as it did a while ago.
green, its flowers, its shrubs and If we may believe the reports,
its free uncontaminated air from the Russians are pressing heavily
the big outdoors. on their foes in the neighborhood
of Riga. It is said that their ac-
Don't buy stock in fly-by-night tivity in that quarter has brought
concerns or In any concerns until the German advance in the south
you have the word of some banker, almost to a standstill. The news
merchant or other reliable person is obscure but things are working
that you know, that the venture out as if it were true.
is honest and promises to be sue- We may look for a great envel-
cessful. Before he risks his money, oping move on Constantinople from
every Investor should take the the east and south in the spring,
trouble to insure himself against The British are active in the Sinai
loss caused by irresponsible con- region and we hear vaguely of
cerns gotten up to get something Russian operations in Armenia. It
particular comment. The first is
a provision that the child shall
"not be used for the purpose of
experimentation." The second is
the provision that almost any per
son may bring the needs of the af
flicted child to the notice of the
county judge. The proceedings be
gin without much ceremonial and
are carried through with celerity.
When you have in mind the pur
chase of a lot or a tract of ground,
go to the assessor and ascertain its
assessed value, and then recall
that the law requires that all prop
erty shall be assessed at itST-irue
cash value." Then go to the owner
and inquire if he wants to sell the
property. If his price is more
than double the assessed value, be
ware. It will mean that the land
lord is profiting by undervalua
tion to the state for assessment
purposes that he is either cheat
ing the state or proposes to profit
unduly off of you.
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS
0
for nothing.
MOVING AROUND
E READ with pleasure in
the editorial columns of
The Dalles Chronicle some
comments on the guards
men who have settled in. Arizona.
The arid country repelled them at
first, but after a while they were
caught by its mysterious charm
and now they do not care to come
back home. The same spell fell
'upon the lotus eaters in olden
time. The Chronicle remarks that
is quite likely that a large com
bined operation has been planned
which may at one stroke wrest
Asia Minor from the Turks and
leave Constantinople comparatively
defenseless.
The eluding of the English
blockade by the taking of the"
prize Yarrowdale into a German
port with selected cargo and pris
oners from the captured merchant
men is an astounding feat. It Is
proof to the world that the British
blockade Is not a real blockade.
and that fiermnn sffscrlmniica (
J ,v. V. l - a. I - .-.uvoa la
lib 6uu ui mo w""4 u"try almost unmatched.
to nave citizens move arouna a
.little now and then." Exactly so.
Arizona will gain by the move and
Oregon will find new citizens to
fill the places of the exiles.
lit la quite a habit among sol
diers campaigning in distant lands
to make homes where . they nave
- served. There is a story that many
.British Tommies are taking French
wires and learning vine culture
and other callings on the sunny
slopes of Champagne and Nor
mandy. .
Alexander's soldiers on their
long campaigns in central Asia
took wiVea, from among the nai
ttves and made themselves : new
homes : in v the . cities which the
great conqueror founded along his
A
INDIGENT CHILDREN
BILL of which Senator Hus
ton has taken charge aims
to provide medical and surg
ical treatment for indigent
children. As Journal -readers are
Bttuiy aware,, eucu cnuaren,
the situation stands, often go with
out adequate treatment for years,
during which they constantly suf
fer, while ailments that might be
completely cared if taken in time,
finally become Irremediable by de
lay. Thus by; Ignorance and neg
lect many; a person who might
have been a useful citizen hecomes
a permanent charge upon society.
ine dih or. which We speak
BOOKER WASHINGTON
TK or our- entertaining ex
changes, the Pittsburg Lead
er, pokes some rather imper
tinent inquiries at the federal
government. They pertain to the
incomes and profits of the' various
trusts which so needfully look
after our food.
coffins and tools. The papers have
pubiisned tne increases or wages
which the trusts have bestowed
upon their workmen of late
Some of these increases have
without any request from her own at
torney to amend her answer, or any
suggestion that such a course betaken
from any source. As stated by the
supreme court, the widow's attorney
should have confessed the demurrer
and obtained leave to amend, which
would have been cheerfully granted by
any court. Having persistently re
fused to do this, we cannot remedy tne
omission here." In the light of these
facts, ls it not unjust to the supreme
court of Oregon to persistently pub
lish to the world that the court Is
responsible for the retrial of the case
and for her failure to secure as large
a verdict from the second Jury, and
for her being taxed with the costs of
the first appeal to the supreme court
and likewise to publish letters writ
ten by her to her attorney, apparently
drink, elothirfe. at his suggestion, wherein she delin
eates ner present, exireuuy Binigni.
ened circumstances? In view of the
fact that her attorney seems willing to
have this case persistently discussed
in the newspapers, it seems to me no
objection may properly be taken by
him to an expression of an opinion on
the part of one who also practices be
W. J. C Id Detroit Newa.
A Michigan pastor has reigned as
shepherd of his flock because the
flock desired to do some shepherding
on its own account for its shepherd.
have used those terms Just to ahow
ow inadequate they are for th
average church situation; for churches
no longer regard themselves seri
ously as flocks," and as for ministers
being "shepherds" they must wield
heir crooks verv diplomatically or
ho "flock" will hold a meeting and
replace him. If a minister is content
o regard himself as an amiable sort
of Sunday lecturer, he can get along
very well with the average church:
but If he is really a called man and
holds radrTal views of his duties and
authority, he Is paving his path with
Ijhorns. Sometimes he wins through;
if he be an hlglrfy spiritual man (and
spiritual men are usually endowed
with plenty of common sense) he does
win through; If not. he usually de
cides he can be more useful in some
other field
Only the other day a clergyman told
me that after he was installed In his
present church he was visited bv a
committee and solemnly informed that
he need not greatly bestir himself in
making present-day applications of
the teachings of Jesus Christ. (The
gospel ls "safest" when kept to the
flowing robes and allegorical lan
guage of 8yria!) But what struck
this minister most forcibly was the
evident feeling of the committee that
they were doing him a favor in thus
l errolttlng him to vegetate In his new
charge. But he wasn't of the vege
tating kind. He informed the com
mittee that they might fossilize If they
wished, but that he owed It to himself
to keep himself intellectually tnd
spiritually alive. And he ls getting
on very well not with the timber
tepresented by the committee, to be
sure, but with the younger generation
which ls asking eager questions of
the gospel.
been praiseworthy. When the trusts
are actually forced to raise wages fore tne supreme court, that if he win
they often do it so gracefully that
it looks like a free gift conferred
from above upon the deserving
poor. But our inquisitive con
temporary wants to know how
follow the suggestions of the court in
identical cases previously passed upon
by the court, and not accept as law
philosophical disquisitions about the
subtllties of schoolmen, he will have
his verdicts for his clients promptly
affirmed. And mpy I also add the sug
N
O DOUBT Booker Washing
ton's figure will grow larger
as It finds its true place
in Time's perspective. He is
one, of those men, few in number,
of whom Emerson says that they
stand out like pillars in the dark
abyss of the past. The new biogra
phy of Booker Washington by Scott
and Stqwe calls liim the "builder
of a civilization." The title is
exaggerated, but it is not, far from
the truth.
It is commonly admitted that
Washington revolutionized educa
tion for the colored race. He did
almost as much for the whites.
It is to his thought and power
of presentation more than to any
other cause that we owe the great
educational reforms of our gener
ation. He never said outright that
the education which is good for a
black' man must,, in the nature of
things, be good for a white man
too, but his reasoning made that
conclusion unavoidable. He asked
the country td give him the means
of industrial1 training, vocational
preparation and realist mind devel
opment for the negroes.
The country answered by be
stowing those benefits on all its
children. At any rate, it has be
gun to bestow them and will go a
great deal -farther In that direc
tion. v It is to Booker Washington
that we largely owe; the decay of
sterile classicism - In r our " schools
and the -wholesome .influx of mod
these wage increases compare with gestion that most lawyers are suf
th nrofits of th tmstn them- ficlently sportsmanlike, not to say pro
fesslonal, to accept responsibility for
""ICO. kUh f h ho. .a I
vvnai percentage or its DOOty, squarely In the teeth of settled adju
for instance, has the milk trust dlcatlons, and not permit, without pro
handed out in largess to Its em- on6.neBPp.r"? V.? c".ci8e
- . , i ire cuuii, even iiucicHkiaiij, i vi ue-
ployes? We should not be .sur- ciarinfr to be the law in his case what
prised to learn that the percentage it has expressly declared at least three
is small, if there were any way of times rore ln & penoa covering 4
years. a..
learning
not.
The trusts
Now the minister la human. In
tensely so. No one enters aJtrustlc
work who Is not human above the
average. And aa a h.uman being he
has his feelings and opinions. He
knows the tight-wads who pray loud
est; he knows the fault-finders, who
work least: he knows the lovers of
doctrine who will not practice what
they say they believe.
Rut ma v ha atand In M nulolt and
'denounce such people? Oh. no. That
ls not what he ls there for. You and
I may denounce them as much as we
like. The newspaper, for example,
fulfilling the duty of the publicist,
may take the chief pillar of the ehurrh
and castigate him publicly for his
antl-soclal conduct. But the min ster's
work ls to restore such people. He la
working on them from the Inside, not
from the outside. II regards the of
fender as a soul a soul to be saved
from its meanness; a soul to be re
stored to what it was meant to be.
If he began a course of denunciation,
he would simply destroy the road of
communication and Influence he may
have set up between himself and the
man denounced. And as a usual thing,
r.c matter who or what the man is,
he ls better off as a foundling ln the
church than aa an outcast from It.
A minister's lob moy be as easy as
he makes it; it mr.v be as hard as his
sense of duty. When the head of any
other institution wants things done;
the editor orders his staff, the fore
man his workmen, the orchestral lead
er his players, the stage director his
actors, the teacher his pupils; but the
minister Tnay not order anything. He
must invite, persuade; the rewards he
has to offer are not such as appeal to
man's acquisitive faculty. If he be
a man of power, he gets things done,
even in a little church; If he be an
ordinary man as most of us are he
Just struggles along with many heart
aches over tne indifference of people
in general and "his own people" In
particular; and sometimes he "speaks
his mind" and destroys the relation
ship between them and himself.
Yet the minister has the aiame
tc mptatton to "cut loose" on these
misshapen souls as the rest of us
have. Some ministers do that, and
for a time are popular, because people
like to hear others' faults exposed and
denounced. But such preaching weara
out quickly. The "called man" doea
not fall Into that snare.
And because he works on a con'
structive Instead of a destructive
plan, the minister is ofttirnes critl
cued as being "mealy-mouthed," or
"afraid to speak out." He ls - not
afraid. More times) than we knew he
speaks to the man directly. But he
knows he has no more call to make
public exposures than physicians or
confessors have. And yet be knows
what ls said about him by those wno
never go to church, and who would
corne him if he followed their advice
and It ls not strange that sometimes
he feels the burden of It.
The minister's authority and the
source of his power arc not ln his
office, but ln his spiritualized per
sonality. He lives in an age that re
quires an intellectual approach to
Wpiritual truths, and more than that,
a spiritualized personality to exem
plify them. His work is "the cure of
souls." If he degenerate to a Sunday
lecturcr or a moral publicist, or a
Christian politician, he has his place
in the world's work and a wide field
before him; but that field ls not the
pulpit. "The cure of souls" Is Just
what it implies an Interior work.
fast mTddi, h ' ,olore1 rlt"-n '
I asi middle aa. h .n ....
as he alighted ,ron7
-jnted hlmaelf ,h. n; 'day
claims department .
mandlng consolation. " "
was given a
a bland standoff.
,. - .- uirr nis case, and
cxery day he was surrerina. fiom tt.
creasing lamenefs. until at the md of
10 day. he waa acarc. i able to dm.
himself alone on hi. .rui.-h.
" active ana bright
old son.
Th claim agent ff.-i t.im $50 to
call It square.' and put i-.e mo-.ev be
fore him a8 , corKr,,,e txumilU. ,;f ag
gregated wealth. The inired cititen
Of color could not resist the oUrr l
signed the release nd slowly Mufled
the money out of simit
"Gen'men. Ah s much oMlged." he
aald. "Ah's sure ah has no mo' use
roh deae crutches Mmm,' dey ll he
somebuddy else me time" And he
walked out with a step that surprised
even the claim agent.
Whitewashing Ums ( attain.
It was bitterly cold, t'aptain Price
was officer of the da v. It was neces
sary for him to Inspect the tuiaid lift
er midnight, and fcnrrni nf iii- i,.
i he sought prevention in hot toddy.'
j says the New York Times. Kate de
creed that he should be reported drunk
on duty. Now, the men in the troop
thought much of their genial captain.
They petitioned McSwecney, orderly to
the troop commander, to go to tha
court-martial and swear to anything,
but to be sure to clear the captam.. Bo
lt came to pass that MrHweeney ap
peared as a witness. The Judge-advocate
said he must awear to the truth.
lh whole truth and nettling but the
truth. Then he thundered:
"Io you know the accuaed?''
' Yes. air." came the answer, "he Is
my troop commander. Captain Trice. "
"Did you see the accuaed on this
date?"
"Yes, air."
. ' . i i . . . .... .
" i waa me condition of the ac
cused T"
"The captain was sober, sir "
The testimony reads that ha was
intoxicated."
No, sir."
It ls further stated that ou hln
the accused In hl miurlvm "
"No. air. 1 went over to tha quar
ters with the captain."
' It la aald that you helped the ac
cused Into his bunk."
"No. sir. I took off his boota "
"Did the accused say anything I hat
would lead you to aiiBpcct that he was
Intoxicated? 1
"No. sir. He only said one thine."
"What was that ?"
"When I an leaving, sir. he nald:
'McSweeney. all me early I am go
ing to be Queen of the May.' "
PERSONAL MENTION
But unhappily there ls
perform the same
Condemns Near Side Stop.
Portland. Jan. 1G. To the Editor
function in our body politic that wouia Hke to know how long the street
a tapeworm does in the human in- I car company intend to stop the cars
testine. They devour the food that
should nourish the patient. The
more the poor fellow eats the fat
ter the parasite grows but his food
brings no color to his own wan
cheek nor does it round out the
pitiful angles of his anatomy.
Some of our national prosperity Is
of the tapeworm variety. Xhe par-
arasites wax comfortably rotund
while the victims who nourish
them totter like specters to un
timely gTaves.
There is a mournful reflection
in the announcement that 2000
horses that have been used on the
stage lines in Yellowstone National
on the near side of the street. We
had the present system not a dozen
years ago. for a time, then changed
back to the far side crossing, and If
stopping on the near side then was
not satisfactory, why is it now? It
is a regular nuisance, getting on and
off the car in the middle of the street.
And that lsn t the worst feature, we
have taken the best of care of our
parking, the same as of our lawn, and
the majority of the crowd make a
staifTplng ground of our parking and.
worse still, right in front of our plate
elass window, and some have no more
decency than to let their children romp
on our lawn.
I. with many others, am waiting im
patiently for the change. E. B.
of North
He ta a
visitor at
at
To Obtain a Patent.
Tenmile. Or.. Jan. 18. To the Edi
tor of The Journal where should I
nnlv Ia ffet a. natent tn mn lnvnrlAn
park are to be replaced with gaso- and how, and what win it cost?
line and are to be sold to the allies I. h. p.
for service In the war. From the I Write to "Commissioner of Talents,
. . - ,.. wasnington. u. -., ana ask lor a
quiet and serenity of a matchless 1 entitled "Rules of Practice."
mountain park to the roar and ter- which contains forms of application,
ror Of battle, from the delights Of with instructions, and Is sent free. It
beautiful nature to the horrors Of contains all necessary Information.
me uiuuu-Boaiea iieia i uie areaa- i trr v Tndwwt
ful- transition - under which the rr ta. pittrt.org Di.r,,'cB.
horses are to pass. The curse of I a commission of naval officers has
man Is not only on himself bat on been named to select suitable sites for
his most faithful ally In the anl- nvy yard: Vnr "l mrg its
v tv- .- authority to disclose the unsuitable
mal kingdom. The poor horses! ,ite f some we have?
Passenger Agents Visitors.
A party of Southern Pacific passen
ger agents from southwestern cities
are at the Imperial on a visit over the
lines of the system. Among them are
C. M. Reeves, Waco; S. Krtekson, El
Paso: J. B. Porter. Houston; W. A.
Snyder, Lake Charles, La. and Lewis'
E. Nltachke, Austin. Texas.
Auto Sales Manager Arrive-.
T. L. Tlncher, district sales man
ager for the Haynes Motor Car com
pany, ls in Portland, on business with
H. L. Mann, distributor for the local
agency of the car company. Tlncher
ls staying at the Multnomah.
Banker Goes to Bay City.
E. O. Crawford, president of the
Lumbermens National bank, has left
the city for a business trip to 6an
Francisco.
Army Officer at Multnomah.
Colonel F. M. Caldwell. U. S. A., is
a guest at the Multnomah.
A. J. Splawn, ex-mayor
Yakima, I at the Imperial
breeder of fancy stock.
J. M. Slocum Is a Salem
the Portland.
George A. Beavls is registered
the Cornelius from The Dalles.
P. Bogardus is a Bridal Veil arrival
at the Perkins.
Roger W. Moe, of Moser, is, at the
Multnomah.
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Pittenger of As
toria are guests at the Oregon.
C. L. Knickerbocker Is a Sheridan
arrival at the Cornelius
W. C. Waahburne, a Junction City
merchant, is at the Imperial.
H. C. Meade Is registered at the
Multnomah from Cody, Wyoming.
, Mrs. George A. Tonee, of Bend, Is a
guest at the Portland.
M. L. Ienham. Elgin attorney, is at
the Nortonla.
C. E. Brown is a Stayton visitor
at the Perkins.
J. Q. Richardson of Salem, deputy
state corporation commissioner, la at
the Multnomah.
A. H. Lea of Salem Is at the Im
perial. R. C. Hoskinson of Bureil ls at the
Cornelius.
C M. Rosenberg ls an Oakland visitor
at the Oregon.
K. A. Hayes of Aberdeen, Wash, ta
at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Johnson of Cay
ley. Alberta, are at the Imperial.
Dan Sommer, a business man of' El
gin, ls at the Nortonla with Mrs. Bom
mers. B. H Lage is a Hood River visitor at
the Perkins.
Mrs. E. M. McGinnls of Los Angeles
ls a guest at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Johnson of As
toria are at the Nortonla.
T. L. Tlncher of Denver, western
manager for the Haines Motor Car
company, is at the Multnomah.
F. G. Deckebach ls registered at the
Oregon from Salem.
The Torchbearer for Humanity.
From the Detroit Newa.
It is easy to lay blame noon na
tions instead of where it belongs, upon
war. Ail of the nations hiv. Ann
things In this war that will not bear
the light. Some of them are more ad
antageously situated than others with
reference to smothering Intelligence ot
what they do, so that we come to think
at times that only one side of the
struggle Is guilty of harshness. AU
nations have been terribly hard In this
war. The war has made them hard.
It is the province of a nation like the
United States to hold the light of hu
manlty over against the hardness and
from time to time wrench a little relief
from belligerent hands for the service
of those who have been made to suffer
even more than war ought to have
made them suffer. The United States
ls not neutral on the question of com
mon humanity.
us.
The Limoufcine Look.
From the New York Tribaae.
Perhaps It is hypercritical of
Riding ln a limousine is a magnifi
cent and awful thing, and how should
any plain mortal be expected to en
dure It without amendment to his
oui: otiii, irom our siaewsJK, we
do observe and protest. Can no hu
man being, even though to the llmou
sine born, learn to ride in a closed
car and avoid the closed face, that
blank, toplofty aloofness of expres
sion so alien to normal American
worry and cheerfulness?
ine limousine iook attacks any
happy laughing debutante or bank
president the Instant the door slams
and they sink back in what Is tech
nlcally known in motor car literature
as "mlladl's drawing- room on wheels.'
It comes on or off the face very much
as do the detachable tops that convert
an ordinary touring car of commerce
into a miniature palace fit to stand
before the biasing glory ot an opera
house with a uniformed attendant
banding in a very charming and ex
pensive wire. .
The Village Munitions To., Inc.
FORMERLY THK VIM.A'.K R I. A k .- M I HI
Under a spreading chestnut tree
The smithy lined to tand.
The smith, a prosperous man. In l e
As any in the land.
For many h sh.-Il In a forelm. ireneli
Now beats the smithy's brand
His clothes are new and fashioned "
well.
His foods a re rich and rare;
His hands are nicely manicured.
And freshly trimmed his hair .
And he slaps the whole world in tin
face.
For he Is a millionaire.
Week In. week nut. from to n till
night.
And eke from night till day.
You can nep his fuctory fire aglow
Three shifts at double pay
None makes more profit than the rmlth
In all these I'. S. A.
And people coming home from work
lok In at the open do"r.
And rny. what time they see the fires.
And hear the bellows roar:
I wish I'd bought some Blacksmith
common
When It was 24 V
Tolling rejoicing profiting
with nleamre evldrnt.
Each morning sees some shells begun
For aome belligerent.
Something attempted someone done.
Has enrned two thousand per cent.
F. P. A., in New York Tribune.
Queen o the May in January.
Bf Ella MrUnnn.
At the corner of Broadway and Alder
t reels yesterday afternoon stood a
girl In front of a window where there
were skates, sweaters and advertise
tnenta of ice hockey games. With a
cold drizzle and women hurrying past
th their furs claaped close about
their throats, the picture from every
point of view was that of winter. Ev-
rything except the girl. She looked
a much like spring as peach blossoms
or the early hyacinths. On her head
she wore a straw hat. trimmed in pink '
and blue maline, of the vintage of 1912,
when they called them cart wheels
and the car companies kicked because,
such hats interrupted and congested
traffic, completely blockading the ves
tibules of trains when the hats got
stuck golag through the narrow doors.
In one hand she held a suitcase, but
that she was not traveling, had not.
traveled and did not expect to travel.
wan evident, for she stool close to th
wall and concealed as much of her pink
face as she could under the hugs hat.
hlch cam protectlngly over the
greater. part of her features. She was
about 1, and it was reasonable to sup
pose that she had some feelings of
repugnance at appearing several
months in advance of the spring sea
son and several years behind 1)17
style.
Women laughed as they passed her.
and made remarks. Men looked shocked,
but always with sympathy that so fair
creature should be thus reduced to
such estraordinary demands upon gar
ret and rag bag.
Only one woman boldly stopped ana ,;
insisted upon Knowing ny u ap
peared thus, and waa told that she ;
merely felt the thrill of spring In her
blood and wanted to come out in spring
clothes. But the woman dldn t believe
her, and so she stood between her and
the curious crowd long enough to learn '
that she was being initiated into a
girl's sorority. ;
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
There was a feller here the last Sat-"
urday before we finished the pertater
dlggin' who 'lowed there wusn t noth
in' in no foreign country" we wanted in
ocr grand and glorious constitution. I
jest a zed him if some of our constitu
tion didn't com from England, and
some from Holland, and wasn't a good
idee liks a new kind of spjid. somethln
to be took for what It was worth. And
ho Mowed I was on of th dadbumed
nmmultM mnA tnuat ur voted far
Wilson.. Bom folks can guess right
th first time, and ba snorted wben X
congratulated him on tela suck a good
guesser - . '.' ",' Y -. - .
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