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TIIE OREGON STATESMAN: TUESDAY APKtL IS, 1010 6 Artist, Commissioned by British Go vernmen t, Surrounded by His : ------- Portraits of Notable Pworis Who Are at the Peace Conference you im .-"-"flFE-SRGENTINA.' Described l! Woman Who Lived in Capital. F EW I I Mrs: WP; Lord.-who II vT there while her late husband, 'Governor Lord, w;. United State ambassador to th .fi:.;atlne Republic, has con tented U Al Statesman readers in serle of article something of 'life la the great city at .the other end of the globe. Following' la the seventh article in the series: ) ' Italians have control or the veg etable and fruit sales. Delicious or anges , f roaJPataguay and white grapes from fcrazil. are abundant in winter, and. In comparison with oth er things, cheap.-Vegetables are very high the government receiving a duty on every article as it is brought Into 'the city. An inspector is sta tioned - at -every -road leading to the city, and nothing escapes his ,TlgI hint eye. 1 An American lady told me she gave some cantaloupe seeds received from "The States" to a gar dener and when they ripened he brought in a coop!e to her for a pres ent. They were concealed under the seat of his cart, but the Inspector dis covered them, and. in spite of hii explanation that 'the melons prere not for sale, he had to pay 20; cents apleee for them. -Potatoes, -an on : ion tcr- flavor,-aad -eabbage,' with a slice . of -pumpkin -or-weet potato, makes the "pacharo" dish,- which is the monotonous daily menu for the native. ' ' - - Onions cost from 3 to 5, cents apiece, spinach 50 cents a pound. asparagus, $ i a 'swall tnch; toma toes, which teemed to be plentiful in toe season, were very- high. When-winter came on, I looked in vain for' canned vegetables,' especial ly tomatoes. 'There wTe"ome:from France, put BP Z In Plat bottles in , -form of puree, at 75 cents each. Perserverance at last wan rewarded; the 'grocer bad received an "Invoice, and a dosen cans were ordered. Im aginenny. chagrin on opening . one . ta find 'three disconsolate shrunken tomatoes, still in their skins, float ing In a can of ; water. . . . -The native population are not fa miliar trlth "vegetables, i They live entirely en bread and -meat, 'on the eatanctus. A. sheep is roasted over an outdoor fire or a ' quarter of beef; this is called an asada. - ." A tea 'mde"oT;a lieHneryer- , bamaie, wards off the ill effect of too' heavy- meat diet. "This drink 11 universal even inTthe'ciljr, and is eontlnually, on the brew. Strawber ries -came in 'the' fcpring'-and 'were hawked, about the streets. In -open patters, at 20 cents a qnart' There 14 .no ' wood in the country suitable for .'containers. -Even paper and string come from over seas.'a'M great, ecqnomy is exercised la their use. Ooal is brought from -England, and is -used for making gas only coke being sold to housekeepers. fht cost $15 a ton, ' The last 'four years . nrust have been hard on the house keeper -In "Bmttow Atres. -rSteamera bring-cal-have also to rrytheirre- -turn fuel.4 .- A very complete system of mar kets Is distributed throughout, the who.; For buy "city; with tiled pavements (.from Ger many); flushed dily, when the mar ket Is closed. I had hoped the open ing of a new one in our Immediate 'vficinlty .would solve , seme of .my housekeeping . troubles. Early ' one morning-1 started out accompanied 'by the reluctant Marie, who volubly explained "that never,- no never; did a-lady ever go to market in Rueaos Aires that was the duty of cooks': and their helpers. Our advent ev idently created ! a commotion1 and prices at once soared. Crestfallen. I returned and sent out the porter, who was ab'e to corrall a basketful of -assorted vegetables, at cne-thlrd the price' demanded f ' ua. " There after our early morning constitu tional took us market-ward devel oping into a lark with Marie, who de lighted In chafing the market "peo ple; 'telling them what their, prices ought to be. and what tobbpfs they were. "'Occasionally we would get an article somewhere near its val ue. - But the staid Spanish porter, who had orders not to know1 us." fol lowed in our -wake, greatly to the saving of the family purse. ; One day the cook said, "Madame, I "would like to give you a surprise for dessert; something we have in Prance. I have, seen it at the gro cery." "Very well, Nancy," and ;we waited in suspense vfor the "some thing." " WVell, imagine the surprise of the family when Marie pjaced L before each plate a'smaii saucer containing three -prunes. They looked so lone some, . they .. made me homesick: I Waa; still more surprised "on; receiv ing the grocers : bill, for the same; as .1 . recall, they cost about "three cents "apiece. . . '. ' , About this time.". we- were-'.'the guests of "honor at a banquet given by an Argentina, a former ambas sador to the United States. - The whole family,- even : to ' the ""In-laws", were the most enthusiastic boosters for. the United States we ever "met. They had taken a comprehensive tSur of "the gorfntry Before returning to their -own, even visiting Sao. Fran Cisco and. Portland. - ' ' "Their one ambition was to build- a house on" the" American modei.' U wanted to suggest an American kit chen) 3Vell.- We dined! for three mortal ;hours-f our footmen helping and by actual -- count seventeen courses were 'dispensed, and in 'that efitfrememi there was' but one veg etable Berved. I remember, because a' Seated discussion: developed, home ward bound the party of the other part . insisting . there was not tone, while my end of the argument' was substantiated finally by designating one dish, which cocld not be iden tified' as fish, flesh, or .fowl.'itmt was, and was at last acknowledged otdy an eipert - jcould identify; It." But the 'crowning glory of the feast was "it he -work 1 of art in a pudding whlchwai 'placed in the center .of sth ; tabe. with;, great ,ewljarra,3s: ment." it was built "ta lour recede Ing, sections held together Jn places -- r oes W3BM ITS-.- ; ;C . !. f TiV'. Therie is someone in your family who has a big responsibility. Food'tb huy for the ;taj)le ; Jcldthes for, the children and grown-ups ; new household utensils linen, furniture, books and all the hundred and -one little thmgiibr which the iamOy income is spent " ; In most families, )ne person does the bulk of the buying. . And it h "that person's job4 toHsee. that the money b well spent that you all get "full value for every xent that goes out V -'-o.l-:, ; '-Wl The success of a family depends on wise baying Just us the success of a business does. , Wise buying; means mtelligent buying. -It is necessary to have knowl edge of goods and stores. ' . ' The be$f way to get this knowledge is by reading advertisements. TTiey tell you what is new arid good. They tell you where and when to to advantage. - V . Nt only the person who does the buying -buf every member of' the family-should tead advertisement?.. It is the duty of all the others to Help the one who does the buying bv oointing out advertisements of new goods arid givmg all the information possible as to tastes and styles and values. ; Ti .":"!;; . r -: . .- J " '. , - .-" '-' "Advertisements are published for yourbenefit Make use of them by reading them. . . . i ' JITy-. v -f f . I.-. -itf - ' - t , j ;. ......... h. a-y --r . - m - .-w t, 'f av i w - 1 $.:.": . i h ' . r- ' M hi n ii i n .Mil sin m mr 1 1 ' r1 at , AH' ,v4iw. Atfcjfcj ...... t -- ' ;" Great Britain has commissioned several -prominenT artists 10 paini portraits or notaoies attending the pc-aco conference. This photograph shows Sir ."William Orperr at work" On five portraits-which' will be a part of the British, -of ficlal collection. The likenesses are those of the 'Maharajah of Bikaner. who commanded the Indian troops on the western 'front, Lord Heading, an. Egyptian Emir (name not" given). Sir Robert Borden and M. Venizelos . . " '. -: ' ' ' ' " ' '. ; ba? filigree frosting, and on each cor ned stood a prune rampant! ; Some: day there will be a great opening In Buenos Airefor Oregon prune, fruit . Juices and'- jams and dehydrated' ' vegetables especially soup .vegetables,! The only presem ed' fruits I saw there were, the Cross & Blackwell from England. I 'once J bought a pint of ' cranberries at 75 cents' of their "taake, but the fruit was Unlike any cranberry I ever tast ed, not even being acid. ' I saw, no saloons In. the city, and never saw an intoxicated inan -'though, the use of wine wa'a uaive:sal a claret al ways being on .'the dinner tables. There"" Was. some 'wine made" In the country, but vln ordinanre came Franc.. -Fruit Juice is in great de mand In the summer, mostly orange or raspberryr fromf Germany, . served at small tables, outside .the shops.' on -Ave de-Mayo, the leadlog city st:eet. Four o'clock teas aro univessal, a -dinner Is never served until 7 p. m. or later., and the fruU Juices., with small cakes; take the . place of tea during the hot summer weather. Synthetic milk Is being produced t from peanuts by European chemists. EeaH the ,Clas -ied - A ds. B uying an ?....... ijram' liy Vir.?,r''m" ' V ' Mil 'SIR. AVitU AM' ORPt M BALLOT MAT BE COMPLEMENTED BY PRAYER IN -NEWSDHMOCRACY, ALL SIGNS - INDICATE Are ' the' destinies of the world tobe shaped by the adult equivalent of "Now I lay-mo down to-sleep?" - Will th-"ballot be complemented by. 4HT?Vy?T -san-instrunent. of popular power In the new Democ- Sheer prayer-power, organised and concentrated'. throughout? the United States, already Is being put behind a program ot - world reconstruction. ' Church leaders declare that laten elye' prajingwIU help the achleve medt ofrgreat material aims. ' Koch prayed every day. His strat egy was f KtOtVQ-"., , Wbbdrow Wilson, a Presbyterian elder, it is $a! ra fonnd .one aay on . his knees in the White House. The Ideals for which ho stands are conquering. , More than 2,000,000 American sol diers went to France to fight a great flight. Thousands t of them -how many no nue knowa--on F -ench fields, awaiting the. ''zero hour" prayed for the first time since child hood. ....i . , At home millions of women prayed every night for, their. men. 3 ,.: '"7 ill rmm, - i J . ji :"l ' Communities, slates, "made prayer for victory. - . . . Behind and 'above thra all, stood Lincoln. VI have. been driven many times to my knees." he said, "by the over whelming convirtloa that I had no where else to go; my.wrs'lom and that of all around me seemed insuf ficient fo- the day." . Centuries ago Plato Vaid: "Every man of ens. before beginning an important work, will ask help of, the gods. . ' "The act of praying.' 'safd Cole ridge, long afterward, "is the very highest energy of which tho humaa mind is capable.' " ' The intensive application of 'that; "energy" to great tasks or life, to national and to world problems, if not to be abandoned with-war. It is already b?lng hanessed for reconstrnctlon. To concentrate the energy of pray er behind a 105.000.000 program of world reconstruction, a national fellowship of int-rceiIonhas been organised, by the Joint centenary commission' of the Methodist Episco pal church Since the signing of the armistice. moe than 200.000 perscjs have reg tered for membership. Additional registrations are being received at the rate of approximately 5,000 a day. Twenty-two denominations are represented In the fellowship, begun primarily as an organization of Methodists to mobilize spiritual pow er for the Methodist centenary move ment." Twenfy countries outside the United States have added members to a body originally conceived as purely national. And every member- U pledged to pray dally for the success of the world program of the centenary. When the Methodl.t Episcopal church determined to celebrate the tentenary of the founding of Its mis sion wo-k by Initiating-a world-program of .reconstruction necessitating an expenditure of $105,000,000 In five years,-its leaders decided that such a movement would depend upon two major- forces the .practical force of organized action and the spiritual energy of prayer.. Believing this, and seeing thai the world's new will to prayer, demon strated by the war. .must not be Giants' $100,000 HliM'I 2MWt--UAH Hundred thourand dohar Infields Here Is the latest one. Upon It the lert to right the players are . - - . . ;- 9 . "I 11 1 ' ' 1 " m mm'mj& -Vt!.. " ' ." 1 ' 1 - w , .-' . ;-.r -v...- . V . L . m- 1 hFW i 'Av-H-"'! - ' l" v -Av-t ' -.V!sr " A"--. I 3 A - :-i v J : ; r-H,-j-V::r- V..- -:.Sj- - T '; i I n Mi -.hi -Vf-.-ft .V.-:.v4 i j$ It W P' S. a w. ns;n-i. xiiVlTvah siai i-aii't , it the players are Heinle Zimmerman. Hal Chase ArthnV wTt,. , ,eIr Pennant fight. From takcattheGUnUfprlnStxaliK8uadat nd LIT-' ThU photo- graph, was cl someone who wants to buy -'-"-. willing to sell yours for. HOW would it take yon to get there? A Statesman win find that person for ' 1 day; lc a word; 3 days, 2c .1 month lost, they organized a department Of the mobilization of spiritual re-1 sources, and sit at its bead a eon mltte of 0 of the nicst prominent churchmen f MetbodUm,- The department, vinder th direct enprvision of a New -York man, W. K. Doughty, has Its offices at 111 Fifth Avenue, New York, the nation al headquarters of the centenary movement. Here is not the atmosphere - of prayer, but of business. Tiline cases contain the thoiajiIi of rlgned pledge from every tat In the un ion and' many ctonntrte -outside of It. - 'A corps of typists and of clerl cal workers, devotes itself .to receiv ing, sorting, numbering and filing the pledges. ' Yet 'prayer plays Its part here, too. " . Every day at hUh-noon t rn; taps fhriee. At ' the sound every typewriter is hushed, stamping ceas es, work Is laid aside and heads are bowed. For the rpace of a moment silence. Then a tap cf th goos, and work fa resumed. At the same hour. Tound reds and thousands, of "intercessors' are generating rhe "Very highest energy of -which the human mind Is capable'. in cities and towns Innumerable. - John it. Mott,' leader cf th Young Men's Christian Assciation, and one of the foremost of American Metho dists, ha3 Interpreted the objects of the concentrated prayer of the fellow-ship. -- '-- 'v - ' " " , They are as he nas set them down: That all centenary-leaders may be chosen of God and 1 empowetwI for ""' - - .. l !'' "That the plans, may be Inaugur ated -and carried throuzh In obedi ence to the will of God. . That the campaign may enrich the life of the churcU. inspire it with new faith and courage, and usher in a new era of sptritnal conquest." Mr. Mott's conception of the pow er, of prayer is printed oi the rverte of every memberfhip tlank In the "Fellowship of Intercession." "We are in greatert need of help." he says. "In what I believe In my in most soul is the most Important thing, next to fcrayer Jtself. that we ever have to do. and that is the en listing of men tn the exercise of real prayer: ! "The church has not yet dWeov ered. still less ha began to realize, the limitles3 possibilities of Interces sion. Every other consideration and plan and emphasis, is secondary to that Or wielding the forc- of prayer." At the present rate of Increase.' It is estimated at the headquarters of the movementr that. 1.000.000 per sons will be praying daily for . the Methodist world movement, when the climatlc period of Intensive pray er begins. Talm Sunday; April IS. At that time final enrollments of the day are expected to Include more th.m S. 000.000 additional members from the Methodist church. Thus. It Infield at Spring Training are rare, Connie Mack started M New York Giants r,!r - i aZ & used car at the price you arc r LONG Classified Ad you. Try one at once a word; 1 week, 3c a word; 9c a word is calculated that mora than 2.000. 000 member of the fellowship will pray in the great "Intercession Day? of the centenary campaign. The complement of tb prayer en ergy is found In a portion of the pledge of the "Fellowship f latr ceaslon," which reads: - , "Ilavinc prayed. I will eo-sjperata with God in answering tny prayers. The application of organized and concentrated prayer-energy to-'the achievement of big political, social v -and moral pruMeuis of the, XnUue i ' he i rig demonstrated. In. the Ullef of J the centenary -leaders, by the "1 lo.wsh!p of Intercession." It Is pre dicted that In the Mepi cf this or ganization will cuius- an amplified means of realizing upon the energy of prayer In the life cf the natioa and of the world, for -the mainten ance of peace and the extension of democracy, and for the general ele vation of human living.- IXT TIIH CHIIJUtKX GROW Coughs, colds, "muffles." that hang on tend to weaken the tyitent and a suffering neglected child spends so much strength combating a cold that . the little one cam not grow as fast and soand la body as when free from afrUetlon: Foley's Honey and Tar Is tplendld for coughs. colds, crou?, whooping cough. J. C. Terry. TWO MURDERS : TO BE PROBED . . State Department Orders Ir vesication of Shooting hy Mexican Bandits WASHINGTON. Apnl H The state department today ordered a thorough investigation of the shoot ing of two rvmerican citizens by Mexican bandits In the Tamplco olF district and the robbing of a pay master of the Huasteca Petroleum company of 15.000 pesoa. - Tho at tack, which occurred April 10. was reported today to the department. George De Hay. a pipeline superin tendent, was shot through the neck and Frank Willis, a construction en gineer, received a serious bullet wound In the shoulder. A Mexican member of the xarty was killed. The dispatches describe the attack as hav ing been made ne-ir Rivera, at which point the federal garrison for the Tamplco district Is stationed. The a! tack reported today znake a total of 15 Americans who have teen, wounded or killed by bandits In the Tanpieo district. Seven of the num ber were killed. Camp.b Florida mmd LAK2T OOTUL a.i-. ..." 1 '".."" - 1,Z . els Athletics. 4