Socieiu'-'Editorial
Automotive
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"Better Homes: l
SECTION TWO
Pqaes.l to 8
CLEAN AND V1. GO ROUS
SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PEEP INTO SANTA'S
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Old Woman Who Livd in a Shoe
A CHRISTMAS CAROL BY ROBERT HERRICK
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20 Million Dolls Produced
Annually, Thousands of
Skilled Workers
New York City is often regard
ed as a cold, unfeeling city. Yet
in the metropolis and vicinity are
located more than three-quarters
of tli1 doll factories in the United
States. Thousands of New York
er are busily engaged very, day
m making dolls that will find
their way to little girla all over
the country, spreading happiness
and joy.
What could he more delightful
than a visit to a doH factory!
First. let uh look at the making
of the unbreakable heads, which
are ( haraoleristk of all dolls made
in this country. Huge machines
with special moulds heated by gas
extend in a row before us. The
heads are made in two sections,
each machine capable of making
a dozen naif heads of medium
;iye in one operation.
In making the unbreakable doll
houd; the moulds are filled with
a special composition made of
wood jmlp and binding material.
This composition for the raanu-
tilClUre OI UUUI CdKdUIC IICBUS WHS,
devefoped in America after' ex
tensive research involving the ex
penditure of close to one million
dollars. After baking for several
minutes the half heads are taken
from the moulds, the rough parts
are removed and the . front f and
rear halves of the heads are glued1
together.
After sandpapering and
smoothing on buffing 'wheels, the
doll heads are ready to be dipped
into the sizing, bath-. Being pink,
this sizing , material not only
makes- the doll head' as smooth as
the skin of a baby, but it also im
parts a glow of health to the head.
Now the heads are placed upon
peps in tall racks to dry, setting
up an appearance that might
cause one to Imagine that head
hunters of .the South Sea islands
had been out on a raiding party
and had placed the: heads of their
victims on racks to demonstrate
their prowess.
After the pink sizing complex
ion has set. the heads are taken
1H hole carefully drilled fortbe
Q3s; Nft"the rosy cheeks are
sprayed on. When this is dry a
ciot hfrh lustre enamel is
Kurave.i h the entire head.
Highly paid men are employed
to naint the Hps and eyelashes by
hand. It is curious how , greatly
the expression ot a noil's face may
be changed by varying tne mem
od of applying the Hps or eye
lashes.
When the bead has received all
it facial make-up. It is taken to
(Continued from pafs 5.)
FOR POSTS
One Lady SoughVto" Borrow
Stamps, Womart Corres
Dondents Fewer
ATLANTA. (AP) Whatever
Santa Claus brings to the letter
box of the city postmaster, it will
add but little more to the daily
.ippeals that come to him as a sort
of Lord Bountiful, representative
of a rich and great government.
Every postmaster has a box all
his own and through It run the
freaks, fancies and emotions of
the citizenry. Edward K'. Large
of Atlanta, is but one of thou
sands of Uncle Sam's postmasters.
These are some of the ups and
clowns he has found in his box
this year.
A woman who wanted to start
a business said she would like to
boTrow some stamps until she
got started. As he had plenty of
them and she needed a large' sup
ply to conduct an advertising cam
paign, she knew he wouldn't mind
lending her some, would he?
From New Jersey came a letter
from the "Prophet and King of
the Southland" warning "the
South to set her house in order"
before being taken to task, for her
"doings." As the communication
did not mention what conditions
were to be corrected. It was im
possible tb remedy them.
An old negro woman, baffled by
the electric tabulating machines,
''"VnPttTitAra init ftttiBl TiniapmnTrln sr
devices, made known her bewild
' erment in these words: "Bless
Nme, I meant to go to the .postof
STRANGE REQUESTS
We see Him come, and
know Him ours,
Who with His sunshine and
His showers
Turnes all the patient
ground to flowers.
The Darling of the world is
come,
And fit it is, we finde a
roome
To welcome him. The
nobler part
Of all the house here, is the
heart,
Which we will give Him
and bequeath
This -Hollie, and this Ivie
Wreath,
To do Him honour, who's
our King,
Ind Lord of all this revel
ling. 7
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Baseball Schedale -Appears
Ten Games Listed, Team
Works Hard
(By DAVID EX RE
Here they are! Parrish Para
graphs prints, through the consent
of the Parrish Periscope, the re
sults of the limerick contest.
First prize, five basketball tick
ets, won by Helen Childs, 8A. Her
limerick was:
An ex-Parrish man named Leroy,
Always got fours when a boy.
When, he was grown
His head was pure bone
And life he could never enjoy.
There were two second prizes.
each' one being three basketball
tickets. There they are:
At Parrish the boards in the floor
Began to sink more and more
The workmen came fast
And fixed it at last
And now it Is safe to walk o'er.
Margaret Munn, 8B.
The boys on the teams from Par
rish
Mflkfl the ODDonents team look
scarrish !
For they've got the stuff j
Never try to get rough
And play the game square to the ;
finish
The latter was written by Glen
Mat his, 9B. There were a number
of honorable mentions besides the
third prize of two tickets, which j
was Won by Edith Clement, 9B. '
xitr urner... ru a
The Conduct Conductors are al -
ways
Going up and down the hallways
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PARR1SH PARAGRAPH
AIOUiE
They look after you
As they keep parading the hall-jed
ways.
Parrish congratulates the win
ners and thanks all who so will
ingly tried.
Speaking of the Conduct Con
ductors in the last limerick sug
gests that Parrish makes it known
that the Conduct Conductors, a
group of boys and girls relieving
"traffic" congestions in the halls,
are making a huge "success. The
R. Ck T. nominating committee
held a meeting in Room 6 Tues
day evening and voted that two
Conduct Conductors be put on the
upstairs hall "beat" and to sta
tion reserves op the stairways.
This Is a large step in the devel-.
opment of student'government.
School closed its doors Thurs-
ih -1
Peace on the earth.
They sang at His birth.
'Twas a song that came from the
sky;
The heav'ns a-gleam
With radiant beam .
Aflame.; eaaght-tnerUHgel's 'glad
cry;
Relied it along.
Re-echoed the song
"Till many a sad, troubled breast;
Happy release
In comfort and peace
Found a heaven of quiet and rest.
"Good will to men "
It rang out again.
From angel voice chanting the
song;
Till in refrain.
Broke forth rtie sweet strain
Of a host of the angelic throng.
The strange light danced.
On a hilltop it glanced,
And every dark vale became dry;
As they sang on.
All striving was anno,
From hearts where good-will held
sway.
"Glory to God."
They herald abroad.
The Angels His coming proclaim;
They tell of love.
The hjghest. above.
And worship His wonderful name.
Full praise to do.
Let men join anew.
And worship Him, Saviour and
Lord : x
While glad hearts sing.
The Christmas bells ring,
In good-will and peaceful accord.
Ernest -H. Shanks.
Ancient Guns Prove Good
as Most Modern Fire Arms
A century and more ago a shot j
gun double barrel side-bv-side 1
or
over-aud-under t h r e w a
, tnarge of shot as fgr f t ,
; 0. .
" r V. II I f U loll tifulCrtl ttn iX 13 XI U L
'; u" - te properties
i were and still are a shotgun's
i fundamentals; they have remain-j
unchanged among the changes
round about them during a cen -
tury
luring far more than a cen-
tury.
A century and more ago the
world held a number of widely
celebrated makers of finc shot -
guns. Their guns, while f itnda-
mentally the same as modern
ones, differed slightly in appear
ance because, their firing mech
anism was in evidence, while to
day it is hidden. They differed
also, but not radically, in the
time required for loading and in
the number and bulk of accessor
ies required in their use. HowT
ever, shotguns, like golf sticks,
and tennis racquets, beving play
things, some -doobt is present
whether the added time and ac
cessories did not fcdd also to "the
Joy of use. "Field ana stream
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DEATH RATE LOW
Life of Grown-Ups Imitated
by Manufacturers, Bobbed
Hair Popular
When James Whitcomb Riley
penned the delightful lines about
the broken doll, science had not
jet become interested in dolls:
"There! little girl, don cry!
They have broken your doll,
I know,
And your tea set blue, and your
playhouse, too,"
While the simple beauty and
pathos of his verses depicting
childhood's greatest tragedy have
seldom been equalled, they ob
viously do not apply to the mod
ern American doll with unbreak
able head.
For during the past quarter of
a century the denizens of the doll
world have evolved from beinga
with heads almost as brittle as an
egg shell into creatures with
craniums capable of withstanding
all save the most unmerciful im
pacts. For centuries the broken doll
has been the bugaboo of child
hood. But modern science came
to the rescue and through its aid
the doll makers of this country
are able to give the child of today
"a thing of beauty and a joy for
ever." The perfection of the un
breakable head in this country at
the dawn of the present century
is the outstanding development of
American doll makers. It has
' contributed perhaps more to the
Bum of human happiness than any
L,wo,MOMntnf thofiwi.
'""CI v. v v . vv w . v
century.
Now all dolls produced in this
country are equipped with un-
i breakable heads, made from spe-
! cial wood pulp composition wnicn
upon baking becomes almost as
hard as wood. The only dolls
with fragile bisque heads one'
finds in the shops are those of
1 foreign manufacturers. These,
! however, form only a small part
of the total number of dolls sold
in the United States.
While the death rate of Amerl
can dolls has diminished sharply
in the last twenty-five years, many
other striking changes have. also
taken place. Not only have dolls
become more durable, but j they
have also become more beautiful.
more lovable.
Next to importance to the per
fection of the unbreakable -head
in the development of the modern
Lon List of Queer Customs
of Other Nations Given
in Article
Because of the antiquity of the
doll it is to be expected that var
iouH customs and traditions would
become woven about it in various
parts of the world.
In the Orange Free State in
Africa every Fingo maiden re
ceives upon her maturity a doll
which she retains until sho be
comes a mother. Then her moth-
j or gives her a new doll which she
careiuily couserves until she has
a second child", and so forth.
These dolls are held sacred and
the owner never voluntarily parts
with them. Similar customs pre
vail among other tribes, notably
the Hasutos.
Very frequently dolls take on
religious significance and are as
sociated with sacrificial rites. The
little girls of the East Indies at
the time of the Dassivah Feast
dress themselves in their best cos
tumes and going solemnly to the
nearest river or pond, cast their
cherished dolls into the water.
This offering of dolls to the spir
its that preside over the destinies
of the children is said to symbol
ize the spirit of thanksgiving. The
fete lasts nine days. This rite
must be the supreme sacrifice of
the girls of that land, for they
are given no new dolls until three
months after the Dassivah Feast.
In ancient Rome the girls fre
quently made votive offerings of
their dolls to the gods, throwing
their playthings into the. large
tires erected by their: elders to
propitiate the gods. Another
widespread custom of Roman girls
on arriving at marriageable age,
was the offering of their dolls to
Venus as a sign that childhood's
days were over and life's work
was about to begin.
l tie Kiver Ganges occupies a
prominent position in the relig
ious life of the natives of India.
At one time young children used
to be . sacrificed to tha crocodiles
that infest the stream. Fortu
nately, this custom has died out
However, in a sense It still gur
vives, for at certain times of the
year the childreh, giite expression
of their thanksgiving by casting
their dolls into the sacred stream.
When the Nile riis, the Egyp
tians make it a festive event by
casting a life-size doll into the wa
ter in thanksgiving to the river
spirit in watering and fertilizing
the soil. In oldfjn days-a younc
maiden or boy used to be sacri
ficed in this ceremony. Perhaps
the voyage of Moses on the Nile
may have had some connection
with this rite.
Although occasional doll par
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Dinner at Yule. Time Thing
for Imagmatiod Belief of
Famous Chef
LONDON. (AP) Francois
Latry, genial chef of the Savoy
hotel, master of the mixing spoon
and baking oven, scholar and food
artist, has rebelled against the or
thodox Christmas dinners he has
been designing for the past 20
years.
Instead of the traditional tur
key and plum pudding, he has
prepared a Christmas menu of
historical significance including
the choice viands of, Cardina.1
Richelieu, Queen Elizabeth. Hen
ry IV. King' John (the first Eng
lish gourmet) and Catherine de
Medici.
"The Christmas dinner, like
nothing else in I the world, must
be a thing of imagination, senti
ment and perhaps" a little mys
teryy Latry said earnestly, in his
kitchen. .
"No meal in the world has had
such a history as our Christmas
dinner. Why not offer a meal
every dish of which insed to be the
favorite Christmas Christmas del
icacy of great historical figures?'
He produced his menu. It read
Le Pot Henry IV; Les Filets i de
Sole Richelieu; Le Dindonneau a
l'Anglaise a la Keine Elizabeth
Cranberry Sa use; Les ,,Petit
Choux aux Marrons ; Christmas
pudding f tambe Joyeaux ; Dorta
Fiorentina de Catherine de Medi-
CHRISTMAS HS
FROM OLD HISTORY
' . r- Ufa iii
"An Oid Woman Who Lived
D. Schaefer (who, of course, isn't old). She's chairman of the
Little Mothers Aid association, New York City, which ar
ranged for a Christmas fete to astound the little folk. The
"Old Woman's" children are dolls representing stars of stage
and screen.
LOCKLEY DESCRIBES
J, W, Lillie in Charge of 566
Prisoners, Real Charac-.
ters Found
The Oregon State penitentiary,
located on the outskirts of Salem,
presents a very interesting study.
In this institution some real char
acters may be found. Fred Lock
ley of the Oregon Journal recently
made a visit there and interviewed
a number of the prisoners in ad
dition to the officers. The follow
ing article tells of this visit:
"J. W. Lillie, warden of the
Oregon state penitentiary, is a na
tive son of Oregon. lie was born
"east of the mountains" as the
pioneers used to Kay. When I vis
ited the penitentiary, a few days
ago, I had the good fortune to
meet W. L. Jackson, who, with
Ralph Cronise, owns the Albany
Democrat and is chairman of the
parole board. W. A. Lightfoot,
secretary to the governor; Mr. Lil
lie and myself spent an hour to
gether in which I learned of the
functions of the parole board. I
also met Rev. Norman K. Tully,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, a recent appointed mem
ber ot the parole board, as also
Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, Miss Todd
and Miss Randall, advisory mem
bers of the board.
"Before I describe my visit
through the penitentiary it might
be well to give a thumbnail sketch
of J. W. Lillie. who is in charge
of the 566 prisoners.
"My father and mother were
both born in 19 49," said Mr. Lil
lie. "Father's name is Charles'
Li. Lillie, and my mother's maiden
name was Josephine Llewellyn. In
1882 they went up from Lebanon
tb Gilliam county. There were
four children of us all boys, and
all born near Mayville, in Gilliam
county. My brother Charles L.
Lillie Jr. lives in Portland. He is
in the department that weighs and
tests grain. I was the next child.
My two younger brothers Lonnie
and Tony axe twins. Lonnie lives
at Prineville, while Tony runs a
place in Gilliam county. In 19-14,
when I was 27 years old, I was
elected sheriff of Gilliam county,
and at the time I was the young
est sheriff in Oregon. I had tak
en up a homestead, and at the
time was a wheat farmer. I serv
ed three terms as sheriff. On July
4, 1907, I was married to Miss
Ethel Gof f of Lone Rock. We were
married at Condon. I am a demo
crat, while my father is a. republi
can. He was so strong a republi
can that it actually hurt him to
vote for me for .sheriff. Gilliam
PEB TENT ARi VST
in a Shoe," portraved bv Julie
0. S. TOY
Export MarKets Awaiting
Development, Thirteen -Fold
Increase
The growth of the toy industry
in the United States during the
last two decades in which time
it rose from a relatively insignifi
cant position to that of the world's
leading toy producer is revealed
in a trade bulletin by J. M. Cal
vin, specialties division, depart
ment of commerce made public
today.
.Twenty years ago, the report
discloses, Germany dominated the
world's toy trade. Outside of the
United States this dominance still
exists, but in this country German
toys now account for only about 5
per cent of the domestic demand,
although in 1904 the proportion
was not far from 50 per cent. In
that year the value of toys made
in American factories was only
?;".578.000, while imports were
valued at approximately 5,000,
000. Last year American toy pro
duction reached a value of not far
from $80,000,000, while imports
had fallen to a position where
they represertetl only about 5 per
cent of this country's demand. In
20 years, then, while the popula
tion of Uiis country has increased
170 per cent. United States toy
production has risen approximate
ly 1300 per cent. At the same
time the proportion of imports to
demand has dropped from 49 to
a trifle more than 5 per cent.
The war is undoubtedly respon
sible to a large degree for the
present strength of the American
Hoy industry, curtailing as it did
the exports from Germany up
until then the world's premier toy
country. In 1914, according to
the report, the United States
bought about 57,700,000 worth of
German toys while last year the
value of toy imports from Ger-
msny was only 13.156,971. How
ever, as indicated above, these im
ports are now insignificant com
pared with domestic production.
While the American toy indus
try has established a remarkable
record in the domestic market. It
has been far from getting its pro
portionate share of export trade
American manufacturers, the re-.
port indicates, have made little
attempt to capitalize the advan
tages in foreign markets created
by the wari Last year our total
exports of toys were valued at
only $3,240,000 about 4 per cent
of production. During the-. same
period Germany exported toys val
ued at nearly $27,000,000, which
NDUSTRY
HOWS
BIG GROWTH
THREE KIK CAME
FROM THE ORIENT
Bethlehem5 Star : Served as
Their Guide as They Sought
Out the King
(By REV. E. It. SHANKS
"Look! look, Adah! Three great
white camels! . They, Just came
through the eastern gate. v Isaw
them the moment they'i'came
thru." f
Adah and her. younger 'brother
had been playing near the pool' of
oeioeBun ion was jusi idsiub iut
gate, that led through the outer
wall trom the east. It w-aa thtv
road usually taken by those com-
lug CIUU JAULU iJVlUVU .11111
Jericho, through the valley of Je
hosaphat. The "mount Of "Olives
was beyond the valley, from the
top of which the valley and the
Adah, and Ezra, her brother.
were 10 and 8 years reHpectlvely.
Their hdme was not far 'from
Bethesda Pool, and they often
"played beside the pool and along
the road leading to the gate. The
way la now called Via Dolorosa.
On this day, they had been 'play
ing merchants and traders from
foreign lands, with imaginary
buyers coming from city homes
and near by villages.
"Yes, Ezra, I see tbem.. They
are dromedaries, great white
dromedaries, the largest I have
ever seen. Ezra, "they are from
the far distant country. I believe
they must be from the far away
East."
"I wonder who they mar "be.
Adah. See, they are stopping by
Pool." - '
The three travelers halted.
Their camels knelt and the 'men
got down from their richly -curtained
seats. As they stepped to
the ground it was plain to see
that they were not ordinary
tradesmen. Tall, erect, handsome
men, dressed in the richest fash
ion of their Eastern country.
Adah and Ezra watched them
as they tied down the. leading
straps of the camels, disposed ot
their extra burdens, and then af
ter the fashion of the East each
knelt and bowed low to tha
ground, as if worshiping. They
remained for some moments iq
this attitude of worshiD. The chil
dren watched them with keenest
Ir erest.
Then the three men aroee and
passing through the sheep. gaU
that led to the upper city, tbe
mounted the steps that led to
Mount ZIon, where were theiTem
ple and the King's house. Curious
to watch them, Adah and her
brother followed them toward th
Temple, supposing they were go-
tCoBtinad a pmf 4.)
ATTACKS OF RUST
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Hope to Be Able to Predict
Coming of Spore and Sug
gest Remedy
WASHINGTON CAP) Ag
ricuture scientists here are wait
ing with Interest the outcome of
experiments conducted by their
agents, Oklahoma state authori
ties and army air corps fliers, with
a view to finding some effective
means of rp i H mf onn .
tacks upon crops.
While the field experiments
were under way, army aircraft
were sent out daily from tf'ort SilL
Okla., to search the air for rust
spores. They fished elevations
from 1000 to 3000 feet, using
glass plates covered , with Micky
substances with which to hook the
spores. Milk bottles were used
for game bags and as the plates
picked up the germs or organisms
they were placed in the bottle coo
tainers and tightly sealed.
Oklahoma state and federal ag
ricultural experts have been sup
plied with spores caught by the
air pilots and are trying to solve
the rust problem for the farmers.
Memoranda were attached to each
bottle of spores turned over by the
aviators to the scientists which
gave information regarding the al
titude, time, wind direction and
rainfall data, prevailing at the
time the spores were caught. J
The studies now in progress are
expected to give the scientists for
mulae by which they can predict
the coming of rust attacks, par
ticularly upon wheat and oat
fields even if they fall to work out
of the data they have a system of
defending agriculture, from that
destructive pest.
SCIENTISTS STUDY