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ideals worthy of adoption by all the nations of the earth, and
:apable of bringing to fruition the highest hopes of human
ly. " '
Tbe cause of the midair trag
edy in England has been discov
ered. The time to have found tbe
latent danger would bare beca
before the trial trip.
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." CONSTITUTION DAY ;
; Constitution Day will be appropriately observed in Sa
lem by the Bar Association and tne uaugmers ot the Ameri
can devolution and the Woman a-Reliei Corps.
1 he Constitution of the United States was adopted by
Ahe convention of delegates from the original thirteen states
1 on the 17th ot September, 1787 ; 134 years ago today. It was
ratified by all the thirteen states before the end of the fol
lowing year, "excepting three, though by rather close votes in
some of them for instance, the vote in Massachusetts was
,187: to 168. The vote was unanimous in only three states,
Delaware, New Jersey and Georgia.
' North Carolina did not ratify till November of 1789,
Rhode Island in May of 1790; and Vermont in January of
I Of those attending the Constitutional Convention, 39
signed the document and 16 refused., ,
rhe. adoption of the Constitution was opposed by many,
who believed that the extensive powers granted by it to con
gress' and Jhe executive would be dangerous to the liberties
of the people. It Jwasr, however, finally adopted, chiefly
through the exertions and writings of James Madison, John
lav. and Alexander Hamilton. Virginia ratified the Consti
tution with the declaration that she was at liberty to with
draw from the union whenever its powers were used for op-
. pression; and New York, after Hamilton had declared that
no state should ever be coerced by an armed lorce. ,
The government is about to sell
2S6 vessels for $2100 each that
cost tbe, taxpayer $230,600,000.
That is making money after the
manner , of tbe dealer who sold
overcoats for $10 that cost him
$25. He claimed that he got bis
profit by the large trade he had
at the lower "price.
The Filipinos cannot eat their
cake and have it, too. They want
to be independent, but still have
the protection of the I'nited
States. They are children. and
the? will be children for 1009
years that is. all but a few cun-
They are no longer hampered wiih
four petticoats and 10 yards of
dress. They have attained a
measure of sartorial freedom un
dreamed of by their grandmoth
ers and only tbe extremists
among them have exploited their
new liberty with immodesty. And
with it all they have managed to
increase rather than impair the
artistic.
Men have really gained less lib
erty than women sartorially. And
they have certainly sacrificed the
artistic. They still wear starchc.l
shackles, still burden themselves
with too heavy clothing In hot
weather, still hold ' fast to ha'.s
that are neither becoming nor
practical. All of wbich may be
significant in other ways for
milady has certainly made more
in the last 100
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foolish. It Is tbe contention oticomerence ana the saunme possi-
the Jersey sleuths that this ten J , bility that 300-ialle guns and all
to put the officers la disrepute the other deadly appurtenances ot
and impair their importance in j war will become superfluous and
the community. Even the small I disgracefully unfashionable. Wo
toy on the street is likely to hail j have us$d up all the enthusiast!!
the cop with derision. The at
tention of the directors and sce
nario writers is called to this un
pleasant situation. Unless the
cop can be made to appear as in
telligent as an ordinary human
beta? the officers of New Jersey
are going to have the film censored.
THE I XCMi JOK AMENDMENT.
we had to snare for briliiantlv
conceiving bloody weapons and
scientific ingenuity in death
dealing and are looking forward
to a world in which the monu
ments will be raised to the peace
makers rather than to the war
makers and to the occasion- when
that typical munitions manufactu
rer in Shaw's play, '"Major Bar
bara,"' will erase his motto from
the wall . "Unashamed." and re
place it with "Remorse."
ever c omes when the- gossips are j
taken to asylums" it will be aeces- j
sary to build aWw'seL Of coursa
gost-ip is here used in the sense
of small scandal! It Implies , a
'careless disregard of the truth
the spreading of a tale without
guarantee of its worth. Most com
munities would be bettered It the
gossips of this class could be restrained.
toTiave a future, yet Aiasaa aas
great resou recs, a wonderful cli- ...
mat and bowl most remarkaVe
scenery There na pcrnsps seen
I CHI UIUVU - f""v.
Alaska will como '' back with a
marvelous buret, some ot these '
days. .j :'r ';. v " ! ..
THROl'till TIIK lSIXti GLASS.
progress
years
ning politicians among the 10.-I 'h" milord in sex privileges and
000.000. most of whom have no
conception at all of the ideals of
a government of tbe people by the
peopfe for the people as they are
understood In this country.
advantages and she started under
a greater handicap. She has im
proved her intelligence, her in
terests, her capacity and ber
scope generally, while msn has
remained largely content to rest
The federa: authorities are upjon hls traditions,
against the real thing In trying ! 1,er clothes may be cither the
to deoort buddoko.1 Chines immi- i cause r the effect ot these con-
grants. Any given number of
Chinese .contrabands 'againbt
ditions, but she has certainly ac
quired and reserves the right to
Whom deportation proceedings are ; dress prcUy mucn a she P,ese
had (wur thv .ro Um n... 1 whether it be trousers for bik-
ponfc street, San Francisco, an 1,
being native born, are not sub
ject to deportation. And In most
of the cases they get away with
the claim. Dupont street must
have been a famous breeding
ground for the Chinese.
j ing or negligee for hot weather
whire men are still the slave
of certain very restricted custom,
which they would shudder to af
front. -
FIATS AX1 MISULKS.
"The settlement of the ions
standing lawsuit over the copy
right of the song, "The Sweet By
and By," by the payment of $16.
000 to the heirs of the late Joseph
P. Webster recaps the fact that
Webster also wrote the sonc.
'Lorena," which was doloriously
chanted by every youth and maid-1 instead of
en fn the United States in thn iaa-
'li,,
3 As Daniel Webster declared.1 "We live. untier. the only
government ihat ever existed which Avas framed by the unre
strained and deliberate consultations "of the people';,
y In the same, speech from yfJhe:BXm&e
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Iter saia, among otner imngsr:; -
'.The American Constitution is the purchase of American
valor. It is the rich prize that, re wards th$ toil of "eight years
Df war and of blood: and what is all the pomp and military
glory, what are victories, what are armies subdued; fleets cap
tured, colors taken, unless 4hey end in the establishment or
wise laws and . national haDDiness?
i 'The Constitution is the great memorial of the deeds of
our ancestors. On the pillars and on the arches of that dome
their names art written and-their achievements recorded.
J "All countriesand all ages produce warriors, but rare are
the instances in Which men sit down coolly 'at the close of
- their labors to enjoy the fruits of them;: Having destroyed
one despotism, nations generally create another; having re
jected the dominion of one tyrant, they make another or
themselves.. England beheaded her Charles, but crowned her
Cromwell. France guillotined her Louises, but obeys her
Bcmapartes. (This speech was delivered in 1802.) Thanks to
God,; neither foreign nor domestic usurpation flourishes on
our soil! x ;v-. !-:'.;'
'The true definition of despotism is government without
law. It may exist," therefore, in the hands- of many as well
. asof one.. Rebellions are despotisms; factions are despot
isms ; loose democracies are despotisms. These are a thousand
times more dreadful than the concentration of all power in
the hands of a single tyrant. The despotism of one man is
like thq thunderbolt, whic.h falls here and there, scorching
an$ consuming the individual on whom it lights jjbut popu
lar commotion, the despotism of a mob, is an earthquake,
which in one moment swallows up everything. It is the ex
cellence of our government that it is placed in a proper me
dium between these two extremes, that it Is equally distant
from mobs and from thrones. i
t; 'In the next place, our government is good because it' is
.practical. It isoiot the sick offspring of closet philosophy.
It did not rise, vaporous and evanescent, from the brains of
Rosseau and Godwin, like a mist from the ocean. ' It is the
production of mea of business, of experience, and of wisdom.
It is suited to whatman is and what it is in the power of
good laws to make him. Its object the just'object of all
governments is to secure and protect tne weak against the
r. strong, to unite the force of the whole community agains
the violence of oppressors. Its power is the Dower of the
nation; its will is the will of the peopled It is not an awk-
wani, unsnapeiy machine which the people' cannot use when
tney have made it, nor is It so dark and complicated that il
is the labor, of one's life to investigate and undersfunH if
All are capable of comprehending its principles and its opera
tions. ic admits, too, ot a change or men and measures. A
the will of the majority, we have seen - the crovernmpnt n
the nation pass from thchands of one description of men
into tliose of another. I .-.rr r r ' ! '
"It is, too, an equal government. It reject principalities
and powers. It demolishes all - the artificial distinctions
which pride- and ambition create. It is encumbered with no
lazy load of hereditary aristocracy, -It clothes no one with
the attributes .of .Godr it sinks no one to a level with birnf ps-
yet it admits-those distinctions in society which are natural
and necessary. The correct expression off our Bill of Rights
is that all men are born equal a It then rests with themselves
' In Mn!t! IL.I J : t?l 1 li t . i 1
iiiaiiiiaiu iiitir equaiuy Dy tneir worm. .
v Pages could be filled bv trie tributes nf irreat AmoHmns
to the Constitution of the United States. .Nor are such trib
utes coniined to Americans. Gladstone-predatmed it. "the
K:uau pouncai worK tnat was ever struck off, at one time
-.v iiie orain ana purpose of 'man." ;! .. :.- r
tinued observances in honor of this great document, and fresh
70s. Remember the words, "Tho '
years creep slowly by. lrena, the
snow is on tho grass again." But
it was the " first named compa
ction, one of faith an1 hope, that
Aide the reputation of Webster,
who was a New Hampshire Yan-
Wee with a musical education, who
toiled and died teaching music
in the little town of Elkhornj In
the extreme southern part of Wis
consin.
A Parisian milliner, who has
made a vast fortune out of hats,
has just donated tbe funds for r
sumptuous athletic club for wo
men by which she hopes to en-
; courage Frt nchwomen to embrace
the new vogue for muscular and
r"tysiral development. "he wanvs
to wee thnm a!l Junos ann Diana
t' c ".s-cty. fibbhy, art-
lmilatioii specimens who
SAHTOKLVL KFFICIEXCV
We moderns seem to have made
some little progfes in the use
of clothes. One is particularly
impressed with this fact after
viewing certain "costume films"
In which one realizes how oiur
ancestors burdened themselves
with complicated raiment, not
3n1y the women, but the men. In
tbe swashbuckler era both mea
And women must needs have tak-
an a couple of hours to adorn
themselves, and the maintenance
of their wardrobes in good repair.
neatness and rectitude must have
becq a most exacting duty. The
Juried wigs, the' laces and nifties
ihe knee breeches, silk stocking
and fancy doublets for men
what modern among us can con
ceive or maintaining such a stan
dard ? And the women, wefghed
qown with layers of r.rm.m.
- oB Maai,f
maneuvering and piloting tho
fearsome, bunchy gowns, powder
ing and curling those alarming
wigs can they ever have had
time to attend the club, run ttaa
city, influence politics, reform the
woria ana tend their enormous
in . .
wmhiw inio the bargain? No
wonder the chief feminine topics
ot interest handed down through
me generations are clothes, ba
bies; maid servants and gossln.
Now.although masculinity ha
sacrificed all pretense to art i.i
the process, a man can dress i;t
13 minutes, including a shave and
UA .Jl . .
w7 aujuBinicni or a stiff neck
shackle. And even women, witli
kt i . ....
..en last peuicoat shed, their
one-piece dresses, their minimnm
of lingerie, their, snug-fating ha?s
and their - simple hair dressing,
can achieve it in about an hour,
at tho worst.- Which may go far
o account for woman's increased
interests, and the timr she is bi
to devote to public aL'aif.
A f this ii to th good, this
greater efficiency in clothes, it
la ntftttl . .- .
Biiipuaucauy one form cf
progress In which real' gains hava
de. Women po .longer
lace themselves into tight corses
mat distort their bodies, ruin
t Knf. a I '
"jv,.r uiScBuons and. give them
.lUBir oeaas are -1
louger fearsome erections of UU
powdered hair and tottering hats
Svplnbar
FUTURE DATES . ;
BaUrday Cratlitvlioa
IV;
fETtZZr "Vlre.ft Court
have so readily expfided fortunes
for tiieir hats at her Bh..,i i?'h
says it was always the weediest.
most fragile specimens of her se
that demanded chic "sport" hat.-
knowing and caring naught for
sport.
'Such jaunty, little, practical
bport hats on such unhealthy, im
practical women it is my wish
that tbe jeunes filles should be
as practical, durable, useful and
chatming as tbeir sport- hats,'' aire
Bald.
There seems to be an enthusi
astic vogue for athletics among
frenchwomen just now for the
first time in history. Formerly
they were apt to hold their Eng
lish and American sisters in con
tempt for their physical exertions
their boyish strides, their unfenil
nine energy, and for a long time
'sports clothes" were advertised
ia "i!.ngiisn" or "American.- Hat
now tne newest snort attim la
frankly claimed as French and
'he Frenchwoman, ever being re
-ponsive to her gowns, is evi
lently going to live up to the pic
ture.
And, incidentally, the French
woman is first and last a special
st in man-pleasing. Always it is
her aim to be the kind of womau
monsieur admires. Voila, mascu
'ine tastes must be running to
ithletic maidens with lissom
healthy, capable bodies other
wise there would be no athletic
ogiic for women in France.
ANOTHKIt CONSPIRACY.
T11K GRKAT OXKS.
- The business manager ot a New
York musician make3 the state
ment that the celebrated harpist
Is concentring ia France. Wo
understand thai F.abe Ruth, the
celebrated horue-runr.ist, is base
balliiing iu America and that
Demnsey. the rightist, lias been
black-eyesing in- S'ew Jersey.
Boston Commercial- bulletin.
KXtKKIXti Of IV ALLIbi.
There ouuht to be a twentieth
amendment to the constitution, so
changing the language of secuoa
article I. as t except the 18tn
j;CiriPi of Illinois from the elec- iscount James Brice, author of
u j
toral requirements obtaining else- "The American Commonwealth."
wnere ' ; savs that three men came out
The amendment should provid3 lle giants from the ruck or th
that in tne rive counties compos-j .t
ing the Illinois 18th there shall hiSh abe the rest; they are Ma-
be no new election of representa- " a, me vzecno-siovaK execu
tive as long as the Hon. Joseph J tlve; Venixelos. the former GreeK
. . - ! nrAniiop rtrl Ian Phrktian Sitintc
Carney Cannon is wining " c,tk Vm n i American who had gone overseas ( present SUtesman buildinr til
i i wnnii ihn ie 'he South Afiicau soldier anil , . .. ui, tae
serve. ...... ...... oarea tne eauor to attempt to
returned every two f "a"--"'- " l " uuu! clean him out
row v libon 19 it ol evt-ii wntapercu, i
but one would think that there
An eastern paper Fpoke of the
necessity to the community of
cleaning out the dirty alleys, but
spelled it "our dirty allies." An
I
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST
Constitution day. .
I
It was adopted IS i years asj
today. , - .
But ft took some time, and
some fight, to get It ratified.
j
There were many folks in
those days who were afraid the
states were giving up too ratnv
. mrv
few states claiming 'enough ot ;
tbeir rights, and their responsl
bilitles.! , .
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"Al" Croasman was in Salem
yesterday, and be wandered off
down town while Mrs, Croasoua '
attended a party. A. B, Croas
man was ltostmaster ta Salem un
der President Arthur, along In
1883 and 1884. The nostofn
was then in the corned or h& .
automatically
vears during an indefinite future.
nd much election money expense
would be saved in Ford, Living-
. . . . . i . - .i
ston. L-osan, jicueH uiju wwu-
ford. And the whole country
would be sure of the continued
satisfaction of knowing that this
esteemed and venerable states
man was not yet in the past plup
erfect. N'cw York Herald.
KXI'KKT KNTHtSIASM.
And be (s still do-
utlght at least be mention of Mar
shal Foch." Hut it scorns that the
Sighting men do not count cts
heavily as was imagined.
Military and firearm experts'.
we are assured, arc highly enthus
iastic about a new guu which will
jhoot rour-ton explosives 300
miles. It can attain the velocity
if a mile a second and be de
pended upon to deal deatn aaa
destruction with peculiar cinci-
sncy.
We can hope this exciting en
thusiasm is exclusive lo the ex
perts, for just at present the rank
ind file of usl the teeming mll
lons of average citizens of us.
re confining our enthusiasm to
Jie succei-s of tho disarmament
THE ltlCi BLOCK AIM-:.
The League of Nations says it
will blockade the UnTed States,
along with tlic rest if Uncle Sam
essays to sell supplies to any
country which is being disciplined
by the League. Even the bis
League would find it something of
a task to bottle up America, but
it is to be hoped that the states
men at Washington will so be
have as to make even the threat
unnecessary.
fiant.
CillKAT CIJMATK.
Snow and ico In Montana re
mind us that this is a great coun
try and that even the people who
want ice every day do not hava
to rely on the Ice man.
ix fin: swim.
A woman ' swam Trom Albany
to New York, a distance ot 143
miles, and was in tbe water for
64 consecutive hours. No man
has equalled the watery task.
There is no question about the
ladies being in tho swim.
Tllli MTTY WOULD.
Tbe Chicago health officer says
that gossip is a form of insanity.
It scem3 to be mighty prevalent
and there must be a lot of nutt
people in the world. If the time
IX Till-: FA It NORTH.
Alaska is shrinking ln4-popuIa-tion
and some of the pioneers ate
worrying lest It becomelcnown
only for iti Christmas trees and
reindeer. If a place can only be
remembered in connection with
Sa'nta Clans it ran hardly be said
part of the building now occupied
by the jW. C. T. U. Then he, was
postmaster of Portland . under
President McKlnlcy, from 1815 to
1903. All Salem old timers knew
Mr. Croasman, who was active- ia
business and social life he for
so many years. He 'Still thinks. "
Salem ;is the most beautiful and -
sociable city In the world. 1U .
was surprised at the many Im
provements. Mr. Croasmaa 1 1
now in, the mortgage- loan busi
ness In Portland. . His dauchter.
Lillian Croasman. Is In a leading
Broadway. New York, theater od
she is one of the leaders In th
United) States In her line.; His
other daughter, Alice, is married,
living In Portland. "Al" spent
some time at the supreme court
building, and Chief Justice Bur
nett . and Justice Mellrlde put
aside their duties .to talk old
times, j In the old days "Af and
"George" (Burnett) were among
the leading firemen of Salem,
members of the old Capital En
gine company when the fire ap
paratus ; had .to be , dragred by
main strength of the men through
the muddy streets to tires. .
Little drops In "Krvvera,"
Little cuts In "Joleo' ,
.Speed the spending spirit"'
And make us all cat loose.
A woman who claims lo have
invented a pork-and-bean biscuit
is suing the Armours, the Rocke
fellers, Charles Schwab and other
plutocrats for 5120.000.000 dam
ages for an alleged .conspiracy in
restrain of trade. She claims
that but for these jealous milllon
aices the armies of tbe world
would have been equipped with
her pork-and-bean biscuits and
would have been able to figh!
that much the fiercer. Berause
of their opposition she has been
beaten oat of 1120. 000. ooo. sh
says, and she insists that she be
now reimbursed. A pork-and-bean
biscuit sounds very good. It
would seem like fit nourishment
for warriors aud battlers of all
kinds, but it would also seem that
no woman could have a patent on
the combination or an exclusive
right in tbe baking. If the pork-and-bean
biscuit is such a desir
able thing the Armours would
have been making them Ions ago.
But why ring in Charlie Schwab?
Did they expect to give the bis
cuit a Bessemer steel casing?
THK POLICEMAN'S LOT.
renewals of devotion to the ideals it represents, which have
prrccrvorj us. a. nation: tho fnrrmnc.t,-,, ii M.UPwb. at. 22 .a ta-..u. - r::r . " uc uc"1' uuu I
rrT"-"-v" v v...mwu, u T-chri iBttitntr T l buad and likewise horoughry
The New Jersey policemen are
angered at the manner in which
jthe orficcrsof the law ate bur-,
lesqued tn tbe moviea and In son
ventlon the other day resolved H
fry and do something to correct
this unhappy condition. -!,-
A . policeman in Cue movies is
supposed to be deaf, dumb and
My
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The Vacuum Process is a figurative "FpunUirkof.
Youth," for coffee packed by this method retains
its original freshness and flavor for an indefinite
period There is nothing magic about the method.
On the contrary it is quite simple.
Coffee becomes stale on account of the oxygen
in the air oxidizing the essential elements that give
coffee its delicious flavor. Under the Vacuum Pre
cess the coffee is packed in air 'tight cans from
which the air is withdrawn -preventing all detc
rioration. Hills Bros, use this method s it insures
the purchaser of receiving the fine, rare coffee of
which "Red Can" is composed, in as perfected
fresh condition as when leaving the roaster.
To) .
3 teHHSSo
nnonrr
nD I
Originators of Ute process ,of
pacmng conee in vacuum
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