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f 1 5 - f !: i.. ir iWDOD'S APPOINTMENT HELD FORTUiTE FOR PHILIPPINES That thw appointment off Leon ard Wood a governor general of the Philippines in a forerunner of better times for the Islands, es pecially la educational lines, is the opinion expressed by both Mr. and Mrs. Hadwen II. Williams wuo are in the united staie3 on leave of absence from their work with the bureau of education on the islands. Mrs. Williams, who was former ly Mlsa Ada Kunts of Salem, has been In the islands for three years, while Mr. Williams has been there for eight years previous-, to this trip, to the United States. They are guests while in Palem of Mrs. Williams' parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Kunts. Inlander Education Mad "The Filipinos are education mad," said Mr. Williams in speak ing of conditions there- "No . compulsory school law is in -' feet because there are neither , teachers nor buildings to care for ; all the students should they pre sent themnalve. The first all- Filipino commission appropriated SIB. 000.000 to be used during a U mil 0 You Can Do " : ' -1 t ,-. Uhe jforuc joi ! ARCH SHOE I SMART STYLE. A" Not a Line to r Betray Its Special Comfort Features VAVith the same trig lines as a shoe fashioned just to be stylishthe Arch-Tone Shoe wholly conceals its big purpose iniife, which is to bring perfect comfort to feet that tire and weaken and ache. - Three special features in the Arch-Tone Shoe insure its ease on the foot, and it3 lasting shape liness in service. V An exceptionally, strong yet light steel "bridge" is built into this shank of the shoe. It holds the arch of the foot always in natural, comfortable position, and preserves the shapeliness cf the shoe. Stronger counters keep the heel in place, and prevent unsightly bulging. , . , , , Then, too, many of the models of this shoe are built over Combination Lasts with a bit of extra room across the ball. Come in and see the many smart models of this new type of shoe "the tonic for tired feet." Our showing is complete now and prices are moderate, ranging from Prices Ranging From $8 to $9.50 s ,1 i Li.- n reriod of five years to establish new schools. "At the beginning of each year the superintendent comes to the teachers In the high school and asks for the names of all students in the freshmen and sophomore classes whom they consider are capable of teaching in thi prov inces. If those whose names are given refuse to give up their school work, and they often do, then they will take anyone who applies among the student.'. They do not ask the mper claismcn; to go, feeling they will do better to complete their work. Only na tive teachers are employed .n the grade schools. American Teachers Wanted "Leonard Wood has recom mended that more American teachers he employed on the is lands. There are now 323 Amer icans In the bureau of education while more than 17,000 native teachers are employed. Goverroi Wood says that the Filipinos wifl make greater progress eventually If they learn the language from the Americans. More than 6,000 Better on a Piano dr At This Store -TONE PERFECT COMFORT ,11 LK'a'1 lupiaaiift. At The Electric Sign "SHOES'? Americans are on the islands and 1 11.000.000 natives. Only 1.000,-j COO of the natives are not Chris tians." A Filipino will mafce any sac rifice to send his children to school, Mr. Williams said. Pen Finados, students sent to foteign schools at government expre. number 80 each year. They are attending schools in France, Great Britain -and the United States. These students receive ibeir ap pointments through the different bureaus and arc studying differ ent' lines of work, commerce, med icine and education. Some w -men are included among these, hie jsays. They for the most part ere taking nursing, j i iWomm Come To America t Few FMpino women, continue tneir education into nigh scnooi, Mr. Williams says, because they marry so young. Some of the up per class families are sending thejr daughters to college. Nota ble! among these is the daughter of Aguinaldo. the noted island leader, who is attending Wiles ley. j Domestic science and domestic art are emphasized In the schools of the islands. Mrs. Williams says. as are other manual arts v This partly because the Filipinos are so skillful with their hand?, she ex plains. The trade schools give courses in furniture making, wood work of all kinds ?nd other allied accomplishments. Hospitality Remarkable "Love of music and hospitality Player Piano re two outstanding things about the natives," says Mrs, Williams. Thev are the onlv Oriental peo- jle who use the same musical scale as America and Europe ao. They are quick to pick up a uw rong and nearly every, one plays sonve instrument and ;mary now have phonographs." Mr. Williams told of being on on a tramping trip wth some Fili pino bays. In the evening one of them asked him wher4 he wished to stop. "Well I don't don't know, where can we stay?" "Well, you pick oit the bouse In which you would llk to -1Jv and I'll tell the poopls and they will move out f"r nvn!fht." "I picked out a house and the people moved out en l I had the fcnns for the night," ; said Mr. Williams. Appointment Re-dily lMvrf Mrs- Wiiliams, who was teach ing in Vancouver Wash , snw a notice of how mnci tlie puvern niint tnted eachers fu the Phil ippines and applied. She received her appointment soon after and transportation to th3 Islands. Americans going to the Island? In t--H nii-n a m ltract tor two rrt and at the er. i df thi tin-ej any money they have paid out is refunded to them. If they re main Ihrw vpars thev mar have pa.v of absence to visit the Unit ed States and again their trans portation is paid on the return trip according o the Williams. Teachers' Camp Interesting A great need for teachers " the islands exists, according to Mr Williams who has! been a su pervisor in the province school for some time. One of the most ; interesting places on the ' islands! according to Mr. and Mrs. wjliiams. H Teachers' Camp, at Bagnio. This is a summer resort 5,003 feet above the sea level. The camp for the American teachers is main tained bv the bureau of ec.ccatlon during the 10 weeks vacation which comes during April and May. . "One of the best golf courses m the world, wonderful tencis rmirit hoantiful scfinerv and nnthino tn An hut onloT it", is the way they describe life at Teach ers Camp. Holidays Celebrated During the school year, from June until April, the Americans are scattered throughout the pro vinces, and alUUMign tney nae two weeks vacation at Christmas, travel is so difficult on; the islands they do not plan to leave their lo cations. While the i Americans are at Teachers Camp they cele brate all of the holidays in true American style. One night they celebrate Christmas with pinejdec oratd tables and real Christmas trees. Another night is New Years dinner while still another night " celebrated as the Fourth of July. The big night, however, ac cording to Mrs. Williams, is the night of the States Dinner when the different states' representa tives meet and sit at tables ac cording to their home states. Cal ifornia and Kansas have the larg est representations, she says Talfcs. songs and stunts are put on by the different state groups which is looked forward to by all of the teachers. Peso Worth 50 Cents. tt1r salaries in the coin of th r.nvrnmpnt p'mDloves rece'T islands, pesos are worth 50 cents in American gold. The war af fected prices of many things in the islands which were' apparently unrelated to warfare but this was due to the lessened buying power or the pesos, according to Mr. Williams. . -J Mr. and Mrs Williams sail No vember 5 on th Keystone State Underwear For Children R. A. Underwear for chil dren has the same wear, and fit as the women's garments. It's comfortable Warmth is a protection to health. R. A. differs from ordinary children's underwear be cause it is cut to exactly fit the lines of a child's figure 8rtd because it wears for several seasons, if properly washed. The back of the pants are made full, and special but ton holes keep the garment buttoned. The wide spe cial gusset gives room and prrvents gaping at the seat. R. A. Underway, is made for children and women. Medium and heavy weight cctton unions and sepa rate garments. Aik Your Dealer J. C ROULRTTK A SON5 H AC-t rOVW. VSD. M4nu!ctutercf R Aln5erw, Igllp i JAPANESE EMPEROR 111 3 IM MmM U:y jJ1 1 maswBsf mi Emperor Yoshihito, whose illness has been causing alarm in Japan. In an official statement it is declared his condition is most unsatisfactory. At the imperial household it is explained that the Emperor's physical and mental condition has become aggravated. The difficulty he has experienced in walking and holding conversa tion has been augmented, while his memory and capacity for attention have declined. There are signs that he has been suffering from a severe disease of the brain. from Seattle. They will be in China for Thanksgiving and will dock in Manila Bay December 1. Tbey spent a month in China while on their . way over. They have been in tbe United States Bince the last of August. They are just back from a trip east. They visited with Mr. Williams" relatives in Iowa. While in New ork Mr. Williams made his head quarters at the Explorers club of which he is a member. He is p.lso a member of the Circumnavi gao club in New York. "The Philippines is home for us now and we will be' glad to get back," said Mr. Williams. Adele Garrison's New Phase of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE CHAPTER 207 WHAT ARTHUR WALTERS BROUGHT TO MADGE. Despite the assiduous interest in my convalescence which Maj. Grantland displayed, an interest which .-never permitted my sick room to lack fresh roses, he wa3 not the first grown-up masculine caller I had when my fractured rib had healed sufficiently to per nut of my walking around down stairs and into the carden. It was a far- different sort of man whose card Katie brought to me the first day I was downstairs She tendered it at the end of her fingers as if it were something that would bite. An Insistent Caller. 1 "I jooat tire sweeping dot bunch of soup greens off front porch," she said pertly. "He coora every day for two, tree days. Fay he want see you. I tell him noth ings doing till next week, but he coom joost same. Missis Lnder wood she say bring everybody to her, but he never have time to stay. She ask me vot he look like, and ven I tell her she say he probably some young book agent and tell me to say you never home, he get tired cooming. Ho never give me dot card before, but he saw you in yard joost now and say bring dot card to you nveeck. Vot I Fay? Tpo heem get qveeck to hell out of here?" "Katie! Katie! ' I reproved. repressing a smile with difficulty, for my little maid's adventures iu American slang and mild profan- ty are irresistably funny some times. "You must not say such things." "I know. I always forget. Ka tie returned with superb nonchal ance. "But you please let me tel! dot empty can on front steps Joott dis vunce vot T said?" Her eyes were laughing, her lips pursed and pleading, and 1 knew that she was anxious to save rae the possible ennui of see ing a persistent stranger- But thc iame on the engraved curd which she had handed me was n.t strange to me. although I bad never seen the man who owned the cognomen. ARTHUR WALTERS, Walters, Hines & Gibson 79 Front Street. Attorneys-at-Law Bayview, L. I. One of the most lovable girls in my class in the Bayview high rchool bore the name of Esther Walters, and I knew from her girlish comments that thi8 must be the Idolized brother, "Art", of whom she had so often spoken. That the -young man- was a Ftaunch friend of Kenneth Stock hridge I also knew, and my de cision to see him was, taken In a moment. ! "Tske Mr Walters into the liv ing room, Kalie," I j said with aulet soberness, the manner which talwavB best subdues my volatile IBID If BAND SERIOUSLY ILL. little maid, ''and say that I will be there directly." She looked at me shrewdly. The Sealed Letter. "All rights I feex," she ac quiesced, and in another moment I heard her assuring my caller that "Meesis Graham, she coom in double qveeck." My first impression of Mr. Wal ters as he sprang to his feet at my entrance was of extreme boy ishness, but.: a second look told me that he was much older than he seemed, that in fact the early thirties were not far away from bim if he had- not already enter ed them. But young or old he was a most . prepossessing chap, and I felt the tremors which seiz ed me at the eight of the wora attorney" one to be dreaded in tb,e prsent state of uncertainty surrounding the mystery or aimy ?tockbrIuge's. . death vanish at my first look into the steady nas- el eyes, of the young, solicitor. : "Mr. Walters, I believe," I saia cordially. "I am Mrs. Granam. i have heard of you orten irom your sister, Esther." Ho lauched boylsniy. "Not more often than I have heard rif vou from the same source," he countered promptly I nnlv hone her accounts of me rr as entnnsiasuc as iuuj ou . -, gives of you " "Thev are the last wora in en Hiusiasm." 1 smiled, and men as we sat down in chairs facing eacn other I saw-that the young attor ney's face grew grave. 'I rrvi detain vou only a vao- ment Mrs Graham, ior I uuu - - . Ml Jt hat because of my frienasnip ior Kenneth Stockbridge I am con stantly -shadowed. But I have a letter for you from him which he i-nuld trust no -one else, and which he insisted that I must aenver ni.iv in tn voir own hands. I know nothing of its contents, uui i know that if you are ever asueu ir T hroueht. vou any messag" rrnm Kenneth Stockbridge you must, deny it positively Say that mv business with you was a pure ly personal one, invent any ex cuse you please, but give no one an inkling that my friend has ever sent you a message of any sort, ou will promise this?" Of course." I said simply, hut I felt again the shadow of in- We have cars of 1921 Paige Glenbrook 1921 Oakland Touring 1920 Oakland 5 Passenger 1921 Mitchell 5 Passenger j Reo 5 Passenger! in fine shape. Olds 8 at a real bargain j Studebaker 5 passenger Ford Turing 1 Buick 7 Passenger ! ' i I And Several Others. Come in and see them. You are obligations to buy $' tolerable mystery "and crime en wrapping me as I'epoke, ITo Ixa conqntied)'. Olcott Intimates He Will Again be Candidate When asked yesterday whether he will be a candidate next year for a second term as the state's executive. Governor Olcott Inti mated that he will be, but de clined to make a direct reply. "I have nothing to say yet." answered the governor. "I will say this, however: I have nothing else in mind,. If I did not run for governor, I don't know what else I would do." i Some of our greatest admirers of athletics In others, call their automobiles or a taxicab rather than to walk a half dozen blocks to a doctor who wilt tell them that they need more exercise. We Are Baying and Selling 1 Used (bars Above all things we want to impress in the minds of SalemAuto Enthusiasts that we are strictly , Used Car' Men. We will buy, sell, or sell on commission. If you have a car, and if you want to sell it at the RIGHT. PRICE you may be sure we will find the buyer. f i 1 if . - i We absolutely refuse to waste time on cars whose own ers are asking holdup prices. 1 ' , : Make The Price Right and We'll Sell Your Car ' . j - : ..')-. v. 1 i , ! " . 3 'j i : s . . . . , j J . 1 i v i . Oleson's Auto ExchMige 341 North Commercial St Plume 666 I 'Salem's Used Car Center 4 j III AUTO Why not c loll up the old car. A nice tailored top will make it look like a million dollars. ? f - j ' - ' . T-: ii . ' " '' ,i ?' i ' -'..K-.t'- ' j . . ' :i i. -i ..; Clothes make the man---a new , top makes the car Years of experience enables us to give you the very latest styles, the best of workman ship, and the highest quality fabrics at a sur prisingly ow price. Walter E. Grunert AUTO TRIMMER 256 State St Opposite U. S. National Bank SALEM, Phone 793 1 1 We have reduced the prices OUR USED CARS to the last notch all prices and can suit your among our stock ! 1918 Paige Touring. VICK BROTHERS High Street at Trade 1 STEINBOCK JUNK CO. The House of Half a Mil lion and One l&uxains. I buy and sell anything and everything j Household Goods Jimk Old Cars - i Rags j Sacks ! i j , Rubber i Metals Battles : I Before! you buy or sell, I call us r Phone $23. 402N.ComU i - TOPS Let us figure -with you. OREGON of 'A means. We have under, no . 'I -