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SUNDAY 2.1 C?.I JING, 4 FEBRUARY 20, 1027 i Oregon -'".fc-Iad Daily EP TITS STATXSJIAII PUBIXiHnf OCOMPAlfT VPvS 15 Soatk ConHMfofcl St,Balam.Qrto .t .... iltufer; Irl8.MeSwrry . V - .:-aMiet EiUaf "', .SilES OI THS ASSOCIATED FBX3S ... Wkluiy Tha MWI fubliMhi ktTt'ilK tX 1 1 'J ".J - BTJSIXZ.SS O. B. Ball, 203-22 Ki m - W rrSTiW5 Yor" l,.5W..31tt St.; Clicafo, MrntU Bid. CST MtEJl 7ioW VfpMte.ta.iT., Bid., Loa Angeles B.i... Offieo S .VFJ'; Entarad at Ota PaaVfHa IniWlein, JAnd he shall Judge aiWsth t;ions, and shall rebuke many people and they shall beat- ifcelr" rfwords into plowshares, and their Dears Into pruning hooks: ntonsh all not lift up sword against "nation,, neither shall they learn jar ! ! Why 'does -this1 Dewspapejr5 vpte so much space to the I news of the struggle in C3nfla,'an Stow so much enthusiasm over the success of t.fbrces thatATupresent the ideals of s Marshal Feng, the, Cnese Christian scleral, in their fight to iend the misrole of the heathen This' is fair question, put to : And the answer is, because .China is oyr neighbor. Our ighb'or in the meaning of that word inferred in the parable of te Good Samaritan; and our neighbor, to in being rather joined to than separated from Yoii : have heard the remark about an .imaginary hole straight. through the earth to ina; "that 'couijry, beins. on the jpther. side of the world from our country But it, costs less to get freight from Portlarjil- to China than' it doesito ship the' samefreight t. Spokane -nd it will costal less from ;Salem; with still water in; the Willamette, which we will have In due course. It costs only about twice as rjiuch to get a ton of paprrom; the ports of Norway and I Sweden as i costs to get the same-ton ?of paperfrom .Portland ! to Saiem; . the rate to Portland is 44 cents a hundred pounds, i China has about a third "of the whole ; human . race,and ' she has a territory larger than the. United States and Alaska : ; ana all bur insular possesiions.' conbined, and in natural I xesdurces' China is the richest of all countries on the globe ' Aiid China is bur neighbor; right -at. bur front door, witn i trade possibilities almost beyond the Teacbi of limaginatibn. ; . Jimfllill said, when he was building his. big. steamships tbrun I to tMe Orierit, that if all the Chinese could be taught to use ! while flour,-and would eat a biscuit a day, the surplus of all the wheat lands in the vast territory served by-his railroads : would be Jtaken . j; . . ' iVnd China, right now, could take all the dried apples the Willimette galley could furnish, byusing pur entire crop of I apples,' and only7make a dent In the outer fringes ol the'pbs , Biblejdemandatherftrtii :?r ' ". Vi ? ::r. - ','r.- ; And Qaina, made prosperous by the complete victory of the,:, nationalists, the Cantonese ilatshal Feng, and peace and great development following, as remained Jri power, and China made a : republic in fact as welj as in name, that country would need all the lumber our Pacific. northwest could spare IvVould need all the spruce making of coffins alone And there Would be developed such a trade between the . Pacific coast, and Oriental ports as would make the commerce on .the; Atlantic, between Europe and America look small in I v comparisons h v:::l jwr: . . : - '.; i Vt:-A:--:- ; i '-v . i- - . -. . .'fj And, beyond tiiis, and more than this, a Christian China would 'guarantee permanent world peace. ; The Chinese are riauraHy n peace loving people. They are industrious above any totheri people on fearth. They are individually honest above any ; other people j , r Theyare good neighbors. ; i So. Safeni and Oregon and the Pacific coast and the rest of !the United States, and the rest of the world, are or ought to.be interested in the struggles of the great leaders of China who desjre , to ; make of their distressed ; country . a .united nation; to mike it the United States of China, copied after our bwri country. 1 - - Y - ; There is' printed in this section of The Statesman of this miprningran article by Robert E. Lewis, for ten years secretary of. the Internatibnal Committee of the Y. M. C. A., resident of Shanghai, China;, copied from a late issue of the Congrega tionalist. . This is well worth reading. It gives a clear idea of the mistakes the representatives of our country in China have been; makmg--our official and representatives. . - . . 'I Without .our missionaries and : Y: ILi C. A. workers, in China, we would now be in a much worse state: -Tha forces of the heathen overlords loot and steai and rape. The Baptist xaissionaries at, Hankow on Thursday wired the Shanghai officials of their mission that the fleeing hordes of the heathen armies had looted the majority of the missions there. andhi;is the general rule. far as they can, protect the this wiU be the rule; still more rigidly "enforced ; when - the Yictonous -Cantonese troops ther north by the Christian -, i. - -- : A GREAT 1 There is printed in this mcrnin an account of the; observations of Col. E; Hof er of Galera on a recent trip.' of a 'thousand miles along the coast country north of here . The readir.2 cf which will cf our corner cf tha United natural ;"vealth cf The reader i3 ccaamcndcd' Statesman W. H. Henderaoa - Ctreilstloa Manacar Ralph H. Kletziag - Advartiaia Manager Frank Jaakaaki - Manager Job Dept. K. A. Khotan . ; - Iivattck Editor W. C. Oonar .; - , -PauUxy Editor ttld to &a prtlieatlo. of U Ma paper and aiaa tk-a local OXTXCES : Sk.roa Bid-.. 8w. Fra.ci.eo. Hiit,. . . iiJP?r!? 52? Ortfo. aaeond-elaaa matter. jay more. Isaiah 2:4. : neigiibou- overloads of that country? the editor 'yesterday us by. the Pacific ocean. armies ' and the armies of order assured and a period of it. would follow if. these forces Oregon could spare for the vVj-;- - W- t , .. .... " f commercial and news agency . s--i',:1tN?wV',Ji.,: But the victorious Cantonese, as mission property and lives, and are joined in their advance fur soldiers of Marshal Feng. i -- - ; - , . ; COUNTRY section of The Statesman of this , -. .' v ' . -' : . r- v give an idea of the. greatness States, and of the enormous the Canadian territory, over 'the. Liter to this srticla if hs needs sny- BUDDIE; AND HIS FRIENDS THE &URNI. OUESTiON THOSE &RCK5 f- NOW THY thing to make him a bull on our. to make him an optimist. ' V .. - - r I i I J'-.., 7t ..I.I II . , ' 'TTWEPE'rbNft.ntSED;L , -i-"trVW : -: - - S. U-AUGU&'SE&' If? YOU CANLJ h. - '." MttrapnBeanrha'apirSarrlea ' rtr . 2Q-2 , ' There is a man writing to the. Northwest Poultry Journal, published from the Statesman luuiuca iiw oui BctuuiK iarjfe small holdings for the development of a great poultry industry colony, with an experimental says there are literally thousands' of people in this country (he says millions) 'who ; are looking for. such opportunities," TT hpliPVPQ nur nniiltrv trnafr4r . r,Ul. f- 5o T. I .r; t J r- gemng a lair-start. The inquiry is getting the proper attention from the right sources. ; ; ABRAHAM 'LINCOLN V : . . . REAL CHRISTIAN v (Continaed frost paga l. j mony is that he was the; "best boy .she ever expected to see. He had almost no formal school ing Xut enjoyed ,a;ess to-ajew good j books, the Bible, Aesop's Fables,' and' Pilgrim's 'Progress.' No . better books could ' be ' found; Thdy did much to ' perfect that which , the jnother's' teachings; had begun. ' Their qnaintness. simpli city.' earnestness, truthfulness and purity became part and parcel of his being. ' . ' , " ' ; ' Then follows the period of ques- tioning. about 1831 to 18S5. Young men are naturally critical. They love to pull all things up by the roots to examine , the roots. I They feel stronger then than they f ever feel , afterwards. and they know i more than - they ever learn afterwards. The mind is wondr- ously alert and actite, and 1 Is ready to dare, anything.? So it is not strange than Lincoln should have Questioned. This Is what he ought to have donei lYet It is not true that he wrote. incisive essays against Christianity, so biting that his friends burned It,' Something burned, but v it was &' letter not an attack on Christianity.' He did, however, at that period give an explanation of the atonement which I have never seen surpass ed. In commenting on the pass age In Scripture, "As in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive," he said that what the hu man race lost In Adam It recov ered In Christ, - . ' ;, ; The .years -from ; 1835 to 1848 may be characterized as a period of indifference. He had drifted. then questioned and - now settled down to practice his profession and make a living. These pursuits en gaged" aU his attention. Again, he Is running trwe to 'human na ture but not scoffing. : This Is not remarkable considering : his pio neer, disadvantage. X bave known many a man much better advan taged to be far more Indifferent. Yet there are many indications during this period : of nis controlling- religious beliefs. . ." . . From . 1848 to 28S8 the ap proaching slavery conflict roused him. He began to seek, the true light- in earnest. He ' wrestled with the doubts oft middle life, which are the' grave . doubts. - He illustrated Tennyson's lines: "There is more faith in honest doubt Than in half the creeds 'The ministry of Dr. James Smith, pastor of the First Pres byterian . church in Springfield, helped him ( immensely. ; Dr. Smith's book, on 'Christian. Evi dences' also contributed to h"is en llghtenment. He . not ' only at tended church earnestly but some revival meetings also, and was soundly: converted. ; . t , rom 1858 to 186Z we may say that he was entering Into full fellowship with Christ. His fare well address to his neighbors in sprinf ieid, Teb. 11, mi, is re- KEt - l - Y,TSv IP Vf NEED ANO T WILL ASSIST IT R HEr? j V - . - corner of this great country; - ' 1 building, concerning the oppor- iracLs 01 jana uj aiviae up into; farm, in its center. This man .wjr. u0b dolent of the best Christian pietyi His, speeches en route. at Colum4 bus. StubensvUle, ' Buffalo, Newj York, ! Albany, and Trenton, aljj breathe a humble dependence up on Go"d. Hs first aight in ,Wash- ington drew from him the publiO declaratipnthat wjth the suppori of-Hhrpeoptean the j assistance of s the Almi-rhty be hopedv o ge alonfc. i His "tecord now becomei one of deepening aitlr;anl more and more dependence " upon th Divine. : '.He-'prays; before the !m augu ration. - His address- emph etzeaS TntXlXgrcev. p'atriotis Christianity, and "a firm telianc on Him who' )ias" never yet" tors ken thisifavored JandVHIs firsl ,me88ae to Congress, July 4. 18611 contains t this sentence. "Having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with . pure purpose, le "new oar trust In God. and go "rw" w Iear ana wuf manly hearts.'' - He continues to grow in spirituality as his bur dens 4 Increase. - His course is marked by more and more prayer. Bible reading, meditation, and de- sire.ior me society oi minisie and Christian people. ;4." Finally; his career comes to r, climax in the years from 1868 t 18 65, when we can, trace his sof- emnf joy as a true - follower - of Jesus Christ. He was sanctified by sorrow when little Willie died on Feb. 20 1812. His deep sadr ness and melancholy was relieved only by prayer and Bible reading. It was then, that vhe spoke of his "good Christian mother? and how her prayers had f ouowed him." Then . followed a' series, of procla mations ;; for . Ifast Days ' and Thanksgiving days out of which has .come, our annual custom of Thanksgiving day in November. On the Emancipation , Proclama tion of- Jan: 1 . 1 8 3 , ha invoked "the considerate ' Judgment Vof mankind and the gracfous . favor of Almighty God.r "Lincoln was a sincere man..; -; fTV-- .- ' Lincoln, did nor Jofaf the church early"In life because he. tad no opportunity. Later the habit, of being, a good moral citizen, got hold or him, and many a man to day can testify b6w in his life the good Is enemy of the best. After his conversion-under the ministry of Df. Smith In: Springfield he in tended to Join the church .at the next communidn." but was called to Detroit on ..a patent case which kept him . away ; that Sabbath Then the old habit of waiting ben c ame' uppermost again. ' II e thought be was doing all the; law and the 'gospel, but later saw his mistake, and recognized that for hia own good, the sake, of ha ex ample and out of loyalty to Christ a believer ! ought i to join His church, He i attended regularly both the worship and the prayer meeting of the New York Avenue Presbyterian church in Washing ton. 'Ha intended to make his public confession. That was one of .the- things which the assasln's bullet prevented. C - Down to . his . very, last speech he pleaded for the recognition of Him from whom all blessings flow. His last day of Ilia was his ANY HcLP OUUVic Be, VEr?CA GiAO TD WOULD BE A PITY, : If I Out of the Mouth of Babes - Can you speak with tongues of children? Can you view the world through their unbiurred vision? Hear the music of the spheres through their ea, 80 keenly attuned T It .you cannot, ah. great's the pityf . t - -- .,, For '.childhood and Paradise are out a., step apan. , - Drear indeed and . drab, , is that Corner; of . Grown-up . Land from whpse-boundaries; Peter Pan- is barred, within' whose borders wist ful thought and glamorpu.s dream are unwelcome guests. - ;. vBut the irieuu vl children? Their intimate! , i latrvy the luck of him who; find ing ccpanionshiptwltb, a little Ikd inch as pe -uaed -tobe; remembers that : Open Sesame to the Long Whether this one be married or slagler ""youthful, ; middle aged- or old it does not matter. ..Sufficient nat ne unaersianas cnuaisn hearts and childish hands. . For him there is relish in child tumor, charm in child devotion, wonder at a child's engaging commentaries on, life here and in the Beyond. na ne win una - trutn witn a Whimsical flavor in the "sayings f -. the chUdren" as set down by their mother, Pamela Grey, on the wa . . a J rjngnsn saires ana aowns ana m London town known as Lady. Grey of Falledon. -."-'? , : t !i ' '' . But it isn't me doing' it when I whine." carefully explains a small on. corrected, "it's my heart Cry ing!".: ;t ; -w. iiy-- Maturity iten sets .seal unon lipa through which only the throb of a tortured soul forces plaintive waHs to break. '." . Not a bad explanation 'for the complaints that child, grown to man,' makes in spite' of himself,, is it? You know, when you're too much, praised, you feel ashamed! Could one older than this baby- kin have mads wiser characteriza tion I of Hhat ''foolish feeling," which fulsome Hattery, to startsJ ; A group of -children had been listening to thn flrnoV mvth Ti beautiful stories had gripped their imagination and stirred them id a discussion entirely unexpected -but illuminating. - - - - - we read 1 about these people and we say their gods are untrue. Perhaps hundreds of years after we are all dead a lot of people will be bornwho will read about us and say our God is untrue!" ; "Pernaps i there is no untrue God. I Perhaps every one's God is tr,ue."-- --. r.t .r; ';."?;: T "No, there's never been any un true uoa. only the little idols and happiest. .Addressing hfs wife Tie said.j "Mary, we -have hadf a hard time ;ot it since we came to Wash ington:; but now the war is overt ana, wun uoo i blessings. We may hetefor four vparn of ? n happiness, and then we will r go back to Illinois and pass the rest of our days in quiet." - ' ? 1 1 His last wish was to visit -the Holy Land and see the places hal lowed by tne footprints of -our Savior. There waa no city he so much wished to see as Jerusalem. ;j Such was the religious Interest of "The Ideal American.- John I fall called , him '"The, greatest character since Chrlst We max wpu see me . roots or that charac ter i In the -- Chrtstlarf ' rellrfon.- tolstoy. somewhat" extravagantly saia that "He was & Christ in miniature." - -; - - ;We may say that the true way ra ceieorate hjs birthday and hon ors nu memory Is, to confess hia Christ and follow his righteous example, r ;- - - - . cruel Images are pntrne. "A1I ihe beautiful gods are the same God. t)ans:htrs of' tBIg Businw Yesterday's traditions are teet ering and tbppUng like so many ninepins. Ilere goes anoiner inio Discard Alley, , . . j - A arirl mno is ame to earn her own liTlng can be trusted to h&v6 enough sense to know ' what She ought to wear; And if she hasn't. it's her own affair. Women wno work in offices should dress Just exactly as they feel like dressing." She., who. thus j noncnaianuy "bowls oyer? one of the Big Busi ness' choicest conyentions concern ing its feminine employes Is Miss Helen . Woodward, described as a wqman who began to earn her -trying at nineteen, holding numer ous positions as a . typist. clerk. stenographer, copy writer and ad vertising executive. ." ' Certainly if actual experletr i qualifies one to express anopm ion". Miss :WoodwrdJsyfrws are thlreartng. -And" It need -ply her frank declaration to maxerus realize the radical changes that ti ma--, wrougb t f in the public's attitude toward the girl who earn her own bread and butter and that girl's attitude "'toward her-! self." - - ---A.; ' ' ' ' For ! Instance, this question j of dressy It 1 wasnTso very " long ago that the business girl was expect ed to wear a. trim white shirt waist and, skirt, and nothing, but trim white shirtwaist apd skirt, to te office. - . : ; ! . What has happened since .the e8satIon of Impertinent interfer ence with the dress problems! of women who work? Why. every body's happy -the -girlf who J re tains her Individuality, and satis fies her tastes, and the employer. ho has learned that an; attrac tive, becomingly garbed assistant Is. an asset in -his office. - Like the mahogany chairs and the Oriental rug, she ."speaKS business success. well" , for his Reindeer steak Is available In the Faneuil Hall rpubllc market in Boston at 75 cent&to 1 a pound. European Queen Continues ; to Buy Clothes in London v . . ., ; :. , , - -. j . ; LONDON. . (AP) European queens continue to like London as a v clothes buying, center. iThe" Queen of Spain and the .Queen of the Belgians do much -of v their shopping here, and now, a notable addition is to be made to this list for Queen Marie of Rumania is ar ranging to pay a visit to, London for shopping' purposes. She mill stay wth ihe Infanta Beatrice of Spain, at her home near Esher, in Surrey. ' . 1925 Standard ?-uick Coach". In excellent condition. -.. Looks land mna like new car. ' Otto J. Wil on. The nuick Man. " 388 . N." Comn, Tel. 2Z0. - () S.:' -jsP 1 5i? - va Miw ,awatf - .--." p-fi Just now we have quite a lot of wall paper remnants left from the 192(6 Many of our customers are ribw using -''thenew '?:hiSHif:W9p which comes in ISilll "Dot telttrie something about tie play." Bhe said to the ; -young man. "They say the climax waaTsuperb." "Well;' the . heroine C s&me stealthily' on the stagehand knelt, dagger - in hand, .behind a clump of ribbons. . The - hero emerged from a-large bunch - of - purple flowers, and. aa 'soon as , she per ceived him she fel 1 upon - , him, stabbed . bij , and sank, half unconscious- into a very; -baXNLaowe aigrette. This may sound , queer, but the woman in . front- of . me wouldn't -remove- her - - Jiat,-and i fim.tiiow'lt"1ooked" ' -. , 1 The'jtouthera lady; returning to her home from a trip north, was far too wise and too fond of Man 4y to forget a present for her. She searched New York ' tor Just the snade of red that pleased Mandy le8U However, he found Mandy clothed In blacky ";-v J- : Yas'tn. ' said. MandyV;Mah thu'd b usban's died.' '. .- .'- "I'm so sorryVft'I'll jive the'red wal4t to Linda and uy you some thing else." ;, ma'am u Don, do dati. uat van'f nn ontml. nonow. IUU A it--- 'ts.-i PVa;rvar VAairlvr fny m i a ava s. i.' 1; -ci-irit'.i' - . Vk a ' lineBdttihtirry 'beUse tHeyare veryA fmil;G6f the new decorative colors ! DRIES IN FIVE MINUTES gib me dat Witi. V'JIlVsho am a gran" color Fturi trioy on m jes be. in mohnin .fumV tie wai down!" : r..-;.r- .- . . . . f . " ' :Now, "boys ' said, r the teacher; can any of you tell me how iron was first discovered?" 1 A hand shot, up. - vv Yes, sirV" I cried Thompson. ' I "Well, Thompson, Just tell the class what your information is on that poinL7..: u . "Ple,e slr.'Crepiied the scholar. I "I heard father say yesterday that they smelt4t;:4v5 : . "I see yott'nave a sign In your store, 'W Aim tb-f leise, I teark3 the4TTTfsYeTrrattotnr. : ' ! . "Certainly,: , re: '.; l.t the , I 1 pr ia to r ;" " t ha tja. .o s x , iatxfv.3-j "Well." retorted the ten -'omer. "you -ought to take. a liftlo t!nie' off for target practlee." . ' . A particularly stout lady, at tired In very, tight riding attire, was taking her morning canter in Rotten . Row, -London, accom panied -by herhusband. Suddenly- a button, unable to withstand the excessive pressure, flew off the lady's coat. ; - .j "Dear, dear. said- the wearer, fretf ullr-r "What : makes these buttons come -off ?M "Ahent . .'."force of habit, my. - .'.f&i :iaix.w- ti.iCi ' ,i M!'V"M:-,!j,'r' . ?i Vt4-i rr i uwuiuuuvu QuicTt with jjreat success for furniture and i a fa I r 1