TOE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 21. 1922 -
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Superstitution is but the jiatural expression of ignorance.
With the dawn of the light of knowledge the ghosts, hob
goblins and demons which people the imaginary dark world
of superstitution disappear, even as the terrors of night van
ish with the coming of the great orb of day. Not only have
men woven superstitution about things' of which they knew
absolutely nothing, but they have supplemented their imper
fect knowledge of many things with superstitions having no
foundation whatever in truth or fact. Thus have cnm all
the superstitions and foolish conceptions that have fastened ' which His creatures may elect to live ; but they must obey
doubt and unceriainty as to their future, and became -wretched.
Many minds were unbalanced by these fears. Cheerful
ness almost disappeared from some parts of the earth, and
solemnity and piety became synonymous terms.
Such unfortunate people could wake up on a spring morn
ing and hear the birds singing as if their throats would burst
trying to express their joy; see the sun shining, the flowers
blooming gloriously, and all nature alive with joy and light
and beauty, without changing their attitude. They would
still feel that they were walking "through a vale of tears."
Why should religion be such a somber and forbidding thing
amidst all this riot of song, color and cheerful beauty? Why
should men fear their God if He be a God of love, as Jesus
declared? And it would seem that no word of Holy Writ
should be necessary to make them know that He is love when
they think even of the physical blessings He is constantly
showering upon them. Being a God of love and wisdom, He
knows and has Charity for our imperfections and weaknesses.
He has made all of His universe glorious and created it for
life and joy and happiness, no matter where His laws may
bring us. There is nothing, in the future, not of our own
making, of which we need be afraid.
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Then why not banish all these fears, superstitions, hor
rors and uncertainties with which the ignorance of the past
has filled the future? More, why not let the God of love
reveal Himself and His love and truth to us, not only through
the words of the New Testament and His beautiful physical
universe, but out of His spiritual universe which is today just
as real as it ever was ? Let our souls live and think and see
so that we may hear His voice today, every day, instead of
blindly groping in the darkneses of the past. Let us rise in
aspiration, prayer and life where we may claim our Divine
relationship, our spiritual sonship with the Father. This
is the hope of the world.
The God of love has established the law of love under
themselves upon religion, many of which still persist in spite
oi tne great increase or knowledge. -.
For example, there has always been, there still is, a great
mystery about the death of the body for most people. Con
'nected with this perfectly natural phenomenon there has
come down to us from the past many childish and supersti
tious ideas, .When the . body suddenly ceases its activity;
when the;life, ; the personality, that animated it is gone;
when the soul that smiled its love into our hearts and the
eyes of compassion for our frailties and pains are but a sweet
memory, it is hard for us not to still connect thesef things
.with the "silent form lying before us.
; Many most intelligent religious people are coming to un
derstand, however, that there is not, that there never can be,
, any more union or connection between the soul that has gone
, on and this inanimate garment that it has cast off than there
is between you and the worn out coat that you laid aside last
year. As, soon as it has served its purpose, when its useful-
1 ness is gone, it drops out of sight; and as you come forth
clothed in the new coat to go on with your work, so the
. soul clothed in the new garment goes forth in the newtlife
better equipped for the tasks it is called to perform in work
ing out its destiny. The soul once out of its physical tene-
ment could no more go back into it than the chicken once
hatched could return to its shell, :m-.'
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y. Death is as natural as. birth. Indeed, birth is even a
more wonderful phenomenon than death. Why should the
one be clothed in mystery more than the other? Why should
T superstition obscure the meaning of physical dissolution,
, or undertake to surround death with terrors any morethan
When the Bible speaks of death it does"not: as a rule.
;,mean death of the body. It usually refers to this in some
...... sucK"words as "He was gathered to his fathers' or "He gave
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sup tne gnost. . me -death" ot the Bible is a condition of
spiritual torpor, of ignorance of truth and purity, a state of
animalism and sin, whereby the life- of the spirit in man is,
;5 for the time being, stifled or destroyed, v -7-vi
i In the past- superstition filled the- life after death with
; such-uncertainties and terrors that the stoutest heart 'was
f overcome with horrible, undefined fears at the mere thought
. 'ofifacing it; 1 Accordinir to the old teaching the soul a it
--r slipped out of the body, would, either immediately or after
.'the long sleep, be consigned to unlimited bliss or to everlast
ing torment, its status already fixed forever. Most people,
1 "being conscious of their own imperfections, were filled with
this law if they are to live under it. He has given to His
children something of His own life; but they must cherish
and nurture this life if they are to enjoy its blessings. Un
der this law of love and through the quickening of this Divine
life in us we may come to have a real religion, shorn of su
perstition and theory, that shall be a guide to our feet and a
stay to our spirits now and always. Such a religion inspires
courage and makes one ready to meet whatever. is in store
for him. Knowing that nothing, either on land or sea, either
now or hereafter, can harm him who has set his face to the
true "light that lighteth every man that cometh into the
world."
lation of the blood, and the Bes
semer process for the manufac
ture of steel. There are a lot of
things he must clear up. Watt's
steam engines and Stephenson's
railways will follow as soon as he
is able to get around to them.
A New York preshytery has re
solved to allow women to -become
deacons. If the march of im
provement goes on some of these
days the sex will be allowed to
go to heaven. And. seriously,
what would heaven be without
them?
DEFKXIW FLAPPERS
The flappers have found a per
fectly good defender of unim
peachable standing. She is the
Rev. Maude Royden, England's
most famous woman preacher.
And she is in New York doing a
little preaching on behalf of the
flapper.
She srys she likea the flappers,
she approves of their cigarettes
and their short skirts and- their
bobbed hair. She says their man
ners are natural and charming,
not vulgar and wicked. She says
they are independent and. capable,
not parasites and wasters. And
she thinks their independence
and naturalness have a particular
ly good effect upon the young
men.
are physically ponderable. Pos
sibly he is wrong. But why not?
With the air about us filled with
sounds we cannot hear until
Ecience opens our ears; with a
printed page radiating music
piat gives forth words, and from
the fuccersion of words thoughts
and from the thoughts full fellow
ship with all aspiring irinds, what
is not impossible? If the air is
full of things unheard, why may
not space be filled with things un
seen, and why may not "the forma
of the departed" "enter through
the open door" when 'science has
pried it open?
What a show it is. the, phan
tasmagoria that the curious mind
of man has made out cf a rather
simple old world that our grand
fathers knew. When we call oil
Ben Franklin no on the phone,
how we shall Jolly the old mm
for sending the key up on the kite
to bring down the lightning froi.i
the clouds. He surely unlockeJ
Pandora" box of grief and trou
ble and amazement with that old
key!- WUliaifi Allen White in
Judge. .-. u
SERMON BY YE PASTOR
A Warning to reel tired be
fore exertion la not laiiness if
a sign that the system lacks vi
tality, and needs the tonic effect
of Hood's Sarsaparilly. Suffer
ers should not delay. Get rid of
that tired feeling by beginning to
take Hood's Sarsaparilla today.
Adv.
Congressman Simeon Fe?s an
nounces himself as a candidate for
the United States senate from
Ohio to succeed little Atlee Pome
reney Wonder If he is any rela
tion to the Simeon, son of Jacob
and Leah, of the old Bible story?
"Rev. Percy Stickney Grant,
rector of the Church of the Asf
cension, New York, has volun
tarily reduced, his salary, from
$10,000 to $5000 a year 'It is
evideflt he knows Just about what
he is worth." -Exchange." The
foregoing, in different forms and
with various comments, has been
going the rounds of the press.
It is a ood Item ; .and some of
the comments are -witty and wise.
But it is not true. There is noth
ing in It. Rev. Grant says it is
not true, and never was thought
of. It Is almost on a par with
some of the campaign lies of the
late' unpleasantness in Oregon.
Gutenberg, the discoveries in elec
tricity by Franklin and Galvanl,
Priestly discovery of oxygen, the
smallpox preventives of Jenner,
Harvey', discovery of the circu-
Havlng settled that there is no
such thing as evolution, a friend
at the wrfler's elbow says Col.
Bryan will next dispel the misin
formation abraod about the in
vention of the printing press by
FUTURE DATES
May 15 to 81 Elka' Proiperity vMk.
in Portland.
May 22, Monday Willamette iirw
tity school of music recital by Evmrett
Craven, baritane, and Eugenia My era,
pianist, at the First Methodist Church,
8 p.m.
May 22 to 27, Monday to Saturday
Swimming week for boya and stria at
Y.M.C.A.
May 24, 23 and 26 Ore ton Jersey
Jubilee. ., '
May 26 and ST. Friday and Saturday
May Festival. Oratorio Oreatioa Friday
tn armory; living pletnree Ba tar day kight.
May 31, Wednesday Health week be
gin. , l
June 8, Saturday Automobile racew
at state fair grounds. .
June 5. Monday Trie 'taee'C WnW
. ettd aid Pacilie Uaimtlty at forest
wove.
June 6. 7. S and 8 Oreemi
Orange convention at MeMiaaville.
Jnn 14, Wednesday Flag Aay.
June 16, Friday Jilga school gradua
tion. ,.u ,0 .
Jnae 20, 21, 22 and S3 r Portland Rose
festival. V
Jane 29-89, Jury 1 0nremtloa a
Oregon lire Chiefs' association, at Marsh
July S sad 4 Monday and Tuesday
State convention of Artisan at Wood burn.
September 2, 8 and 4 Lakeview
Round np, Lakeview, Or, ; - - o
. September 18, Wednesday Oregon
Metaodie conference meets in Salem'.
Beptembes- II, 81 aad 18 Peadletoa
tonad-ip. .,. ,
September 25 SO laehuive Oregon
State Fair. ... , ..
t Tuesday 0 omega!
State
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TOE SYYtf.tf.HNG CLASS Lesion 1
i BY JACK GIHON "
The. Mas Who Tangbt One Thous-
:, and New Orleans Boy and
- Girl. How to Swim
. It Is peculiar, but a fact, that
all the movements of the body re
quired In ordinary swimming may
be learned on dry land more easily
k C . than In the water.
M oat beginning
swimmers have a
tear of water, and
the-presenee of this
. tear ; retards f one's
progress Is . master
ing the stroke. II
the would-be swim
mer accustoms, him
self to the stroke
ItM4 before he enters the
water he will learn
Leg Kovojb nQW tQ awlm more
jnulckly- than he otherwise would.
- The ordinary stroke consists of
three movements: The let move
ment. arm stroke and the breath-
ine.' Each of these should be
learned separately and then com
bined. ; ' ; '-s
Start with the leg movement,
i Stand with yonr' heels together
and your handi on your Hps. Lift
your right leg up. wtth Jour knee
pointing out to the side, until the i mouth and exhale through the
heel' almost touches the left knee. ' nose. Exhale as your arms shoot
Kick out the right leg,until it ts
straight. The right " foot should
be about 24 inches from the left.
Bring the foot down to the start
ing position using a quick, smart
motion. Repeat this action with
left leg. ,1
Learn the arm stroke next.
Stand ' with your feet together.
Place your : hands, palms down
and fingers pointing forward, be
fore your c hest' about ten Inches
below your chin. Hold the fingers
of each hand close together.
Hove your hands forward until
your arms are extended ahead full
length. Then, when" you have
reached on t as far as possible,
turn the palms outward, and with
your thumbs pointing toward the
ground, describe a quarter circle
with each arm, bringing the arms
stiffly back until they extend at
right angles to your body from
your shoulders. Bend the elbows
slowly, bringing your hands back
to the starting posit ion J ; As yoi
do, turn your hands so' that the
palms again are toward the
ground. ' ' ' " 'f -
The third thing to learn la the
breathing. ' ;; '' -
' Breathe smoothly and easily,
not Jerkily.'' Inhale through the
1
DAILY PICTURE PUZZLE
Whal; Parts Of An Automobile AnsTncsc?
ti yp-? ray's:
'Make hay while the sun shines.'
forward at the be
ginning of the
stroke. Inhale as
they start back
ward in the stroke.
By the time your
hands have reached
the chest position
your lungs should
be filled.
The fourth step
consists of these
mice iaru ui luo
am Stroke stroke combined.
Stretch your arms out In front of
you. Bring them back in the
quarter circles, at the same time
taking a deep breath. As your
hands come to the chest position,
raise your right leg. Start your
hands forward at the same time
straightening out the right leg.
When the arms are almost fully
extended to the front, bring your
right foot down to the ground
with considerable force. When the
hands again reach the chest, raise
the left: leg,, and so on. using one
leg and then the athec for each
stroke. -
' ' Jack' Glhon Is one of the best
swimming teacher la America. If
you don't know ; kow to swim,
here's your chance to learn. If
you do know he will teach you
diving, fancy swimming, and speed
strokes. 1
s There are eleven more articles
In the series.
"Be a good neighbor." That's
the only way that the world's
problems wi!i be solved. They
sren't going to be settled mainly
by legislation or war or througn
"scientific" methods. Charity or
ganization societies ara very
necessary In our complex city life.
but by tar the best way that they
work is through "good neighbors"
-men and women who become
responsible for a family or ,an
individual. "Be a good neighbor."
Live it and talk it. Get others
to be "good neighbors." Ana
when you succeed In getting
enough people in your community
and your town to assume the
friendly care of somebody else
helping them to find jobs, advis
ing them when they are in trou
ble, having a sincere interest In
their children we'll all be a
whole lot nearer the dawn of the
millennium. "Be a good neigh
bor." It doesn't require much
money, either mostly it needs a
heart and a love for humanity,
and some common sense. "Be a
good neighbor." Arkansaw
Thomas Cat.
Dr. Lee A. Stone of Chicago
says the flapper is no mystery. He
thinks she is Just a female who
has lived down thousands of years I brinR. Somehow or other w to
ot hypocrisy and has beme agine Dock has the right ".lope."
what she desired to be. a human 'as the saying goes. Exchange.
Back-East
RoundTrip Fares
Lowest Years
Daily May 23 to August 31
By The
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Return Limit, October 31
Choice of Routes and. Liberal Stop-over arrangements
on going and return trip
Round Trip Fares from Salem:
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Proportional fares to certain other cities ; in the East,
and fares one way via California will be ' supplied on
. request -
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Sleeping car arrangements made, baggage checked and
tickets issued through from Salem. Train schedules and
other details will be furnished gladly. ' p
Oregon electric: railway
J. W. RITCHIE, AGENT, SALEM, ORE.
MODERN MIRACLES
What a marvel it is! Our mod
ern miracles are so much more
unbelievable than the wonders of
old. Radio concerts cover thou
sands of square miles, the human
TOice carrying around the world,
and one after another of the
plagues of men falling before se
rums. A great French scientist
declares that discarnate spirits
At Last!
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I THE SHORT STORY, JR.
:
V' - ;' Glen Garden - -j
"How xnanf times," said old
Sandy, flourishing his hoe threat
eningly, "have I told ye to stay
awa,?, The son' of the assistant
gardener drew back. "Out of here,
out of here!" shouted Sandy.vi
Waited walked slowly out of the
beautiful and closed the gate be
hind him. Much as he .wanted to
stay, he dared not for fear ot get
ting his father Into trouble with
the croutchey old head gardener.
who railed against ' having any
"destroyin young-uns" in the
wonderful garden of the manor
house.
"rather,' said Walter that
night, "why can't I have a garden
of my own? You could bring me
some seeds or plants they don't
want."
His father pushed back his
chair angrily. "Don't let me hear
you talk that way again." he ex
claimed. "My son is not going to
be a gardener. Never talk to me
about gardens again."
Down In the glen beyond the
house, Walter made his flower
garden, starting with seeds he had
found back of the greenhouse. It
was all a secret, and he was al
ways in fear of being discovered.
One day he was working over
his garden when a shadow ap
peared above him. He looked up
with a sudden fear, "and there
stood the master of the manor,
looking down at him intently.
Walter was on his feet in an In
stant, trying to explain, his
throat dry with terror. And some
how he fouud himself telling
about Sandy, and about raising
flowers. And the master listened.
Then he took him Into his house
and into his library and pulled out
book after book on natural science
and It all seemed a dream to Wal
ter. "And to think," old Sandy
would say,' in days to come, when
he spoke of his acquaintance with
Walter Blum. the great natural
ist, "that it was me' started him
gardening - "
Make Your Porch a Summer Time Outdoor Living Room ;
With a few comfortable chairs a rocker or two a table and a luxurious swing you can turn your veranda
into an ideal outdoor living room and enjoy the summer breezes to your heart's content. ; - -
We are showing a splendid variety of furniture for this purpose chairs, rockers, tables, settees, etci, in reed,
grass, fiber and old hickory. Strong comfortable swings of canvas make your porch a real living room and
our moderate prices on this class of furniture are an added inducement for you to enjoy this summer to the
fullest extent.
H00SIER Kitchen
Cabinets
The HOOSIER Cabinet is the
kitchen cabinet that is repre
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homes. There is a reason why.
Let us show you. $1.00 puts
this labor saver in your home.
Look Beyond the Cost When You Buy
a Refrigerator
K Refrigerator has more than one price.
The price you pay is only the beginning
of epense. The ice cost is the big cost
that will equal or exceed the first cost
every year if you buy a cheap ice eating
refrigerator. Food costs too much to let
it spoil from the want of a good refrig
erator. Our prices are from $14.40 to $85
on the best line of refrigerators in Oregon.
Let us show you
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Our showing oft good dependable
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We have a full line of Sturgis and
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Hand Bags, genuine
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