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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1921)
II: SECOND NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 4 Pp end Progress Pages, Society, Genercl News and Classified y fc SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS I - ... i CI i i I 5! . i i ' Mm By MARGUERITE GLEESON my ,X7ITH Christmas little more YY n a week distant. Salvia folks are devoting more than a little time to planning and carrying out projects for the hol iday time. From the Salvation Army's bell, -which reminds all who pass that the "time for giv ing In here," the crowded stores nd the holiday bazaars to the college boys and girls thronging home for the happy holiday time, all are Christmas almost as much as Christmas morn Itself and are a part of that Joyous time. Willamette university will not close for the holidays until De cember 21, but both the Oregon Agricultural college and the Uni versity of Oregon close Friday. December 16, and Salem Btudents at the I'niversity of Washington are expected home this week-end also. The college dance to be given next Tuesday by the Salem 6. A. C. club, honoring the Salem high school seniors, will be even bet ter than previous years, accord ing to those in charge. The presence of the college Btudents will be the occasion of numerous social affairs during the coming two weeks. Various pretty Christmas costumes will be carried cut this year. The Siha lo corps of the Girl Reserves of Washington Junior high school CHRISTMAS You Must Hurry We are. crowded every day... Why shouldn't we be since we have the largest assortment of Christmas gifts in the city? Our stock is still complete, but it will soon be exhausted. Time is getting short. Please rush in now and avoid the last minute rush. - Open Till 8 p. m.to Aid s Christmas Shoppers Salem Variety Store 152 North Commercial Street will presfnt the "Birds Christmas ' Carol" at th-. state tuberculosis ; hospital Christmas eve. while next j Sunday, December IS, all Girl j Reserves in the city will take part j in a vesner service at tha Fir.it i Methodist church. A program of Christmas stor ies will be given by the Salem Arts league next Tuesday in the library. Dr. Carl Gregg Doney will tell an original Christmas story and Miss Flora Case will tell the story of Materlinck's Blue Bird. Various other organizations are planning Christmas parties and baskets of cheer and -ris of ma terial things and others will be added to the list from day to day as-the happy time draws nearer. Mr?. M. L. Prunk has recently returned to hpr home in Eugene following a two weeks visit with relatives in Salem. The Tri L. club met for dinner in the Y. W. C. A. dining room Tuesday evening and enjoyed a pleasant social time. CLUBS AND WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES New officers for the Royal Neighbors were chosen at the last meeting of the lodge. They in clude Mrs. Esther Fraser, ora cle; Mrs. Mary Ackerman, vice oracle; Mrs. Melissa Parsons, re corder; Mrs. Ida Keene, receiver; Mrs. Millard Nash, marshal; Mrs. Viola Barton, inner sentinel; Miss Laura Schwab, outer sentinel; Christmas Seals Finance Fight Against T. B. by Education; Buy These Flags of Cheer, Aid the Cause IF SKIN BB OUT ID ITCHES APPLY SULPHUR H13 only son lay ill and with out proper care, yet he must leave him while he went ou: to earn the money to provide a few of the things needed for the loved one. Work wa.s scarce at most times but, this was, state fair time and work was plentiful but, oh. how he dreaded to leave his boy. No mother or sister wa? there to give the woman's touch to the lonely boy who had grown ill so gradually that neither he nor his father realized how serious it was. Kind neighbors lived around, but tluy were afraid, came seldom. ?tay?d but a short time, and then went away. Then one day the health nurse, stationed in Marion county for a demonstration of what the ublic health nure dors, heard o the boy and came with a phys rian. Then the heartbroken father had learned for the first time that his son had tuberculosis in a very advanced stage. The nurse said there was not room then for the boy at the state "San," but realizing the father's need of work, and how he dis liked to leave his son. she told him to go on to work and she would stay with the boy. While this quiet, cheerful wo man could do little to relieve the boy. yet she madf life so much more cheerful and the hare little rooms so clean and fre?h that life could not help heine worth while to this lonely sufferer. The fath er felt better, too. when he camo home at nitht to find the Ikhh' "readied up, ' and his boy so much happier. This father and -;on will always bless the public lieaith nurse, the woman who helped them in a time of need, and mad it possible for the boy to be admitted to the san itorium. The Christmas seals, those tiny flaus of pood v:-hes and pond health, make possible the fight against this great white plague, T. M. When yon invest in Christ inas seals, you not only spread the gospel of good health and good cheer, tut you finance an educational campaign for the prevention of this disease which took WTO lives in Oregon last year and reduced the efficiency of so many more. Buy the Christmas seals! j The average person who tries to 'did not Insist on asking a patio j -kill two birds with one stone a iot of question when his mout a..H"n i an euner one 01 mem. ia fn nr - iniiramt, An-h It strikes us that a dentist who change j make a big nit in toia town. V. Just the moment you apply Mentho-Sulphur to an Itching, burning or broken out skin, the itching stops and healing begins, Hays a noted skin specialist. This sulphur preparation, made into a pleasant cold cream, gives such a quick relief, even to fiery eczema, that nothing has ever been found to take its place. Because of Its germ destroying properties, it quickly subdues the itching, cools the irritation and heals the eczema right up, leaving a clear, smooth skin in place of ugly eruptions, rash, pimples or roughness. You do not have to wait for improvement. It quickly shows. You can get a little jar of Mentho Sulphur at any drug store. Adv. Mrs. Gertrude West, manager. The Royal Neighbors were en tertained by the Woodmen Mon day evening at the Woodmen's hall. CLUB CALENDAR . Todav P. E. O.'s with Mrs. F. W. Selee, Liberty road and Han- sen avenue. Women's Auxiliary, Amer- ican legion, with Mrs. Walter Kirk, 540 Mill street; eUc- tlon of officers. Only 9 Shopping Days Christmas Until rt i a , ARISTOCRAT OF TH CORSET WOR THOUSANDS OF GIFTS ALL OVER THIS GREAT STORE Include a Corset on Your Christmas Gift List SHUSH S "TOUT-LA VIDA LESTELLE Beautiful Brocaded fabrics and trimming characterize these lovely holiday gifts. Once you wear either one of these models, you will always prefer it to others. They emphasize the Good lines by concealing Bad ones. They impart the gowns, the intended fashionable drape, and lend the grace of modish elegance to your appearance, regardless of your size or weight Ask to see them. Prices Range From $4.00, $4.95, $5,00, $6.50, $7.50 10 $9.00 Your Mail Orders receive careful attention. .We pay the postage or ex- -press. " Portland More Salem Store 466 State Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money cheer fully re funded. ' 383 Alder MY HEART HI Adele yarrison'a New REVELATIONS OF A BP Phase! of WIFE CHAPTER 243 stantly that I was mistaken, and turned my attention to my fath er, who. I saw with surprise, was also looking intently not at the distant boats, but at Lillian's face. Why Field Glasses? Without turning her head, al though I was sure that she was aware of our scrutiny, she asked casually: "Who is going to row you?" "A sturdy Gaupner or ilie hoy. Mrs. Ticer," my father responded, "and her son, Jerry. They live about half a mile from here, own a good boat, and are very glad to make a little money by taking out fishing parties. Do you girls want to come along?" "What do yon say. Madge" Lillian's voice was so casual. h?r face so devoid of any unusual ex pression as she turned to me that I scored my. imagination for Its folly in suspecting that she saw anything worthy of watching in the manoeuvres of the two boats. "Oh. I'd love it,- 1 returned fervently. "I've been saltwater fishing only two or three time, and then I didn't aich anything." "Yoii'ii i-aicn -tiougii todav." my father said. "The bottle fish and the king fish are simply yearning for the hook, according to my friend, Mrs. Ticer. " "We'll pet ready richt awav." Liilian rote briskly. "We brought some old waterproof thintv on purpose for an expedition of tl: kind. We'll simply put them on over our bathing suits, and wear our bathing slippers and woolen stockings Then if we get soak ed wp won't take cold. Come, darling," to Marion. "change your wet bathing suit Tor a dry one. giving yourself a brisk rub first. "l?y the way." she turned t my father. "Did you bring any field glasses with you? 1 have a fancy to see whether I can dis tinguish the buildings on Shelter Island when we are out In tli bay. I have been told that 1t is remarkable how far von can se.5 things." "I never travel without mine." my father rejoinea, "r.c they are entirely at your service." "Thank you," Lillian said per functortly, while I castigated my imagination again for the wild fancy that It was not the build ings on the island, but the men in the fishing boats she wished to inspect througn the field glasses. (To be continued ) We use the Post System for Feet Broken arches and other deformities corrected without the use of arch supports, casts, pads, etc., and without the loss of time from your regular oc cupation. Not Chiropody. Drs. White & Marshall C. 8. Bank Bids. 4 LANGT"PACIFIC" EXCLUSIVE FEATURES THE IDEAL KITCHEN RANGE WHY HOUSEWIVES PREFER The LANG "PACIFIC" Family Range was designed to meet every requirement of the modern kitch en. Its construction is embodied around the famous Lang HOT BLAST PRINCIPLE, thus enabl ing it to furnish the maximum of heat nnits for the least possible amount of fuel consumed, "Tha Labi Ht BUtt will mm Im Make a ton ! Cm! ptriara Uka twa." Call at our store and let us show you the "LANG" before you buy. 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She is used to her mother's bad inage and does not often take It seriously. "I'll admit that those men ont there are getting my goat," my father admitted with what was for him a surprising use of slang. "They seem to be pulling in fish almost all of the time. I'd like to get into the game before they get all the fish out -of the bay." "They're certainly persistent," Lillian said Idly, looking out to the bay. An inflection in her voice caught my attention, so used am I to every intonation or my friend. I recalled that she had spent much time watching the two boats with the persistent fisher men to whom my father had re ferred, and realized also, for the first time, that there might bo something 'unusual In the fact of the same two boats occupying about the same positions relative to each other fcr three consecu tive days. They were anchored in the middle of the bay, too far from us for anything save the fig ures of the men to be distinguish ed, and at a similarly long dis tance from each other. Persistent Fishermen. As I looked hack over the three days, much of which I had spent in luxurious and needed rest upon the veranda couch I realized that one boat evidently had been keep ing out of the way of the other. The boat nearest to U3 bad more than once startei in the direction of the other one. and the serond had promptly pulled up anchor and chugged farther away. , to come back to its original position later when the first boat was safe ly out of the way. We had commented upon this fact with lazy mirth, knowing the childish jealousy of fishermen. wondering why the occupants of the first boat had not stood on their "fishermen's rights" and warned the others from thir fav orite grounds. 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