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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1928)
EAKL C. Brownleb Sheldon p. Sackett " Publishers Salem, Oregon Wednesday Kovember 21, 1928 aftoircs ; Editorial - -F I t V British s IR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, British foreign secretary, used his recent health-seekine tour in America to give utterance once acrain to Britain's friendship for the United States. Just before he sailed that his country had no rivalry with the United States and no desire to enter upon a naval competition with them. It is a commonnlace to sav that there is no country in the world with whom we have Great Britain and so little rational reason to suppose we could ever have conflicting interests serious enough to bring us into war. Yet it is also common knowledge that with no other nation have we ever been so often on the verge of war. Britain so sharply challenged our right to annex Texas that there was danger of war. She rightly contested with us for the ownership of the Oregon country and there were tense times which raised ominous war clouds. Rival logging inter ests all brought war over the unsettled boundary between Maine and Canada. Our too active Irish sympathies and aid to the Canadian rebels in 1837 likewise placed us in the posi tion of courting war. The Civil war relations edged war un til after the struggle turned definitely toward emancipation of the slaves and northern victory was assured. And so through the years. The American public and press have always been amaz inorlv nil lVV r tV offense at Encrland and to demand a pnnrsp of action which if followed must lead to war. The British public have always ings. This strange attitude remind ourselves that we are and stubborness in common fights. But fortunately the kind, not going so far but that some level headed memoer mn hrino- the hot headed ones back to at least surly reason. Contrary to popular belief the ones who have so brought the two peoples to their better senses have been the diplomats and governmental officials who have thrown their influence for peace while the people nave demanded ineir own way even at the price of war. A wiser teaching of history in our schools, and less indulgence of story books about Redcoated villains will make the younger generations more sanely re sponsive to the leadership whkh points to the ways of f riend ship with our British cousins. Woman Without a Country WHEN Edward Everett Hale wrote "The Man Without a Country" the idea of woman suffrage was young. The world now has on its hands a woman without a country In the case of Mme. Rosika Schwimmer, cultured Hun garian Jewess, active internationally, one of those who un successfully tried to help Henry Ford get the boys out of the trenches by Christmas. She has several times applied for American citizenship, and each time she has been refused because her ideas of duty to the government do not coincide with what Uncle Sam expects from his adopted children. She says she has no sense of nationalism, only a cosmic consciousness of belonging to the human family. She is to be credited with the courage of her convictions. Many would bury their cosmic conscious ness long enough to obtain citizenship, but her courage will not obscure the fact that in the opinion of most thinking men and women her sense of obligation is all wrong. If becoming a citizen is worth while it is because there is an oblicration from the citizens to the government which diatinoTiishes this countrv from every other one. Not be cause this country is better, but because there is value in the national feeling which the citizen of any country holds to ward his government.. Mme. Schwimmer would better re main a citizen of the world if she feels that way about na tionalism, but a little reflection should convince her that her usefulness to the human family in which she claims mem bership is in direct proportion to her service on behalf of . . . . A 1 1 1 J 2 city, state ana nation oi wnicn sne is a aenizen. Loyalty to one's own government does not imply dis loyalty to the human family fact. Only by being worth while, to a community can one De come worth while to the world. Most Americans will agree that the lady may well await without the portals until she gets a change of heart as to what her duties will be if she is admited. Making Haste Slowly IF the boys and girls attending the public school of the Salem district had to learn an alphabet of even 1000 characters instead of their own 26, they would have some thing about which to complain But in China they think they are lucky because a" new system of writing has been put into effect known as the 1000 character system" to take the place of the old system involving the learning of 40,000 symbols. When one has learned these 1000 characters he can read newspapers and is given the degree of "literate" citizen. They are trying to teach the new alphabet to 100,000,000 at first, which they think will make a fair start toward over coming illiteracy as a whole. This is making haste slowlyv China is very old and very conservative. In Turkey, they have adopted our alphabet of 26 letters And China will get around to this in due course. The moving picture and the airplane and the typewriter and tele phone and telegraph and the newspaper and all the rest, will hurry along this process ; the 100,000,000 "literate citizens" will help a lot. English will some day be the universal language, and all alphabets will be like ours. International trade is hastening this movement. A Catholic Carrie Nation rpHE Abbe Bethleem, a French Ccholic priest, has adopted JL the militant methods of Mrs. Carrie Nation in dealing with the foul literature exposed for sale in the kiosks or news stands of Paris For these publications he pieces before the astonished .Naturally this summary, court where, after the imposition of a nominal fine, he has declared his intention to proceed en the same line until the authorities do their duty in suppressing this sort of printed matter. rm. i inis gooa pnesi nas unaeriaicen a large size task in cleaning up Paris, but there are many law abiding people in tne united states as well as m Ing counties who will "glory well in his holy crusade. He can point for his example to the harsh methods of his Master in driving the money temple at Jerusalem. Smaller C1MALLER but better currency is under preparation for re- O lease in next July, the United States treasury depart ment navmg Deen at work tor ttiix.1i j iu legate iuiuiuiia ui culation. There will be eleven denominations of the new money $ku win ix six ana iive-sixieenins Dy two ana eleven-sixteenth inches in size, in contrast to the. present size of seven and one-half inches by three and one-fourth inches. Convenience to the public and tremendous savings in the cost of producing paper money are reasons for the new size. Each of the eleven denominations will bear a portrait of a U. S. president, the dollar bill showing Washington, the two dollar bill Jefferson and the five-dollar bill Lincoln. Professor Lipman of the University of California is re viving microbes which have lain dormant 100 million years. Some one suggests that to a layman that would seem foolish. , as there is a plentiful supply of ,uu yuiyuaca j vmi. iiejsiiuuiu Cousins from Canada he ascertained so much in common as with heartily reciprocated such feel can best De unaerstooa wnen we cousins wun so mucn oi priue that it is easy to have family quarrels are like most family at large; quite the contrary in has simply seized and torn to dealers. method has brought him into ' m France and all the other lead in his spunk," and wish him changers out of the ancient Currency two years on the new bill size iiulcs ui larger size now in Cir modern microbes for all prac-: let a sleeping micro oe oe. I I II "vni:" ... it r- ' ' : : I I I I t J V. m. m II;. I it - mi i v I I I Iff I m '9 y It 1 S -V ' T-1 II J II Who's Who and Timely Views EARLY MARRIAGES AXD FREE IXVE SCORED By EUGENE BBIEUX French Dramatist Eugene Brims was born in Paris. France, in 1458. lie beesn his carper as a journalist, hat at the age of 21 col laborated with (.-as ton Salandri in the production of a one-art play, lie did not begin writing seriously for the stage until 11 years later when he made his first aacress in "Menage d Artistes.' After this he became one of the nod prolific of Krench playwrights. He was electee to the Krench Academy ia 1909. His plays deal with incial problems of the day. almost without exception. M ARRIAGE is not for the very young. before the war the gener al reply to the question Is It wise to marry young? would haa bei a Tery decided nega ' tive. No. because it Is folly to take on the burden of a family and household be fore establish ing a good sit uation. Today, loo many youths are mar rying young. Many of them hare not 'yet found thpfr to. KEUGEKEBRrEUX. cat,on are gtm floundering from Job to job. The war taught them risks and uncertainty and the moment they fall In love, they go off to the registry ofice. Life is short, they say, so let's go and hare the big gest time possible. They run to the altar with the idea that marriage Is only a lit- Old Oregon's Yesterdays Tew Talks from The State, aaa Oar Fathers Read Nor. 21, 1003 Elmer Bashor, Ralph Din ger and Atonzo Perkins were stars for the school boys and Harry Wilison and Penryn Kantner for the working boys in a basketball game between the two groans at the Y. M. C. A. The school boys iron 10 to 8. The Marlon county commis sioners court Is in session and -has under advisement the changing of boundary lines In several voting precincts. Jacob Vogt. shoemaker, is now located on State street, opposite Roth and Graber's store. A demonstration of the uses of gas stoves and ranges is being given in the Klinger building on State street. Hi' I , . : C STe' J 146 x eW Tr rVimiM',rM J j AfTetSr tSCOTT.'-B TR1 WlfW HES -ufkT 1 1-1 jwjjj 1 w - OW3Z ,6 spf SMt jt 'v - '' . hv;. ' ;;:rr:;-;. ! -v.M-v:' , - 'j. , , f tie passage way from which one may easily pass by way of the di vorce door. No, young marriages are ex tremely dangerous, but neverthe less they are preferable to June bug unions. And June bng unions mean "free love" in plain terms. It Is the worst of all. In which the wo men are the worst sufferers. Cut of from all relationships, they are hed together by a thin little band of love which breaks in a short time. Home life becomes a succession ot bickerings, and petty quarrels. A child would be- a catastrophe for many reasons. There is ab solutely no future for either par ty. Now and again one of these unions turns oat to be a happy one, but that is one in a thousand. Don't gamble with marriage before the age of 30. And keep away from "free love" at all ages. Dinner Stories A man had Invited a business acquaintance to play a round of golf with him. The guest, who was a very pompous individual, was also a poor player, and hack ed up the turf with each stroke. After he had carried away an unusually generous portion with his Iron, he turned to his host and said: i m Jtnow, x aon t care par- ucmany ror tne game, but I like ine glorious open country here abouts. uite," replied the other, as be surveyed the scarred ground. out ao you mtnd closing up the ODea country as we go along?" T!e One-Minute Pulpit And be said unto them. r.o m Into all the world, and preach the gospel to every; creature He that belle veth and 'ta han- tised shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. St. Mark. xvl. 15-16. For the first time in their his tory wandering gypsy tribes which have lived for centuries by pillage and mendicancy have their own country and their own parliament. Cs-Horod in the Carpathian high lands Is the capital of the new gypsy state. The Way of the World By OHOVB PATTBRftOlir TURN" TO THE BEES To find a real civilization George' Bernard Shaw says we most turn to the bees and the ants. They live In a civilised country. Even In the ant and bee country it is doubtful. Shaw thinks, whether every insect real ly knows what It's all about. Probably most of them are just working under orders like human beings. , Human beings work under all sorts of orders. Most of the in structions come from our in stincts. Few; have a clear picture of the universe and its workings. Few have even an Intelligent the ory of the world and life and the plan of existence. A NEW GLASS WORLD Few things more Interesting ip me industrial realm tnan toe change in glass. In a few years we have seen cut glass go almost out of use and all sorts of Inter esting varieties come into use. Now E. C. Baly, professor of chemistry in Liverpool, England. announces an unbreakable glass. It Is not merely non-shatterable. It is non-breakable. It can be molded to any form and turned like a piece of wood. It Is still much too early to lock, np the patent office. UXSEEX STEPS A young man In a neighboring city a few days ago was a'jrnard in the criminal courts building. Today he Is a lawyer and an as sistant state's attorney. Looks like quick overnight work. Looks like pull. But we don't see tne steps by which men rise. They are often hidden steps, i They are tollfully climbed through the years. This young man bad been studying law by nights and work ing at a common job by day. He sensed the capacity of his own mind. He put it to work. He used what he had. He made him self productive mostlV h not bsing laty. DE-BUXKIXG A modern movement which ought to have our close attention is tne de-banking movement. There is so much of interesting. snappy, startling attractive state Bite for Breakfast By R. J. Once more- 4 S Get the bean contracts for the canneries that want them; and all they want. This will mean at least 25 more families on the Santiam irrigated land tracts. It is to the interest of every one in the Salem district to help In getting more irrigated land nsed. This is the biggest thing there Is for the Willamette valley S Because Irrigation will be the mother of diversified agriculture, leading to beet sugar factories and all the rest. Leading towards the time when this will be the richest valley for its size in the world. m Speaking of color schemes, the new senate will be composed of 46 black, one red and eight pink one republicans. There will be farmer-labor member and 3 9 dem ocrats of a more or less neutral tint to harmonize the color scheme In the case of Mr. Hoover, how ever, he is rortunaieiy coior blind. He has a happy faculty for and a habit of getting along with people, even politicians, by letting Uhem all think they are running the whole snow S V But urging them to run it the right way. which Is his way. That's what he did in feeding starving Europe. That's what he did in the department of com merce, and in handling Mississippi flood relief. That is the Hoover way. S Mr. Hoover is like the general manager of a railroad system that painted all its cars and most of its buildings red. He was giving di rections to the man who had charge of the painting. He said: "Paint them any color you like just so it is red." S Up at Corvallis. where they think of such things more than thev do in other towns, the Gaz ette-Times says: "Anoiner gouu ment that passes for truth. We hear things, say things, believe thines that simply aren't so. One reason we believe them is that we like to think they are, true. An other reason we believe some things is that we fear they are true, and haven't interest enougli to look up the facts. All kinds of false ideas, for ex ample, are spread about the ef fect of eating meat or not eating meat; eating white bread or not eating white bread; all sorts of theories about tobacco and exer cise. There are strange and in teresting theories to cover all our waking activity. Let's be broad minded enough to listen to every thing. Let's be discriminating enough not to believe everything. Let's de-bunk ourselves. MENU HJXT BREAKFAST Orange Juice (Set In Ice box evening before) Rolled Oats (cooked over night) French Toast Jam or Syrup Coffee LUNCH Toasted Cheese Sandwiches with Stewed Tomatoes Lettuce and Cucumber Salad with Pepper Dressing Rice with Caramel Sauce (rice cpoked In double boiler during morning) Wafers Tea DINNER Escalloped Potatoes with Canadian Bacon Tossed Carrots Cottage Cheese with Chives Cole Slaw Whole Wheat Bread Butter Apple Crumble with Cream Coffee This day's menu was planned for a family of three adults with tne housekeeper a business wo man who must make every mo ment and movement count. Today's Recipes Lettuce and Cucumber Salad with Pepper Dressing Cut np a small head of lettuce and mix with a sliced cucumber and on ion, if desired. Chop a sweet pepper very fine and put into a screw-top Jar. To the chopped pepper add three tablespoons olive oil, two tablespoons vinegar, half teaspoon salt, half teasnoon sugar, quarter teaspoon paprika. Put the top on and shake vigor ously. Pour this over the lettuce and cucumber mixture and serve at once. Cabbage may be used in place of cucumber. Apple Crumble peel and quarter six tart apples and place in a buttered casserole. Mix thoroughly three-quarters cup sugar, quarter cup flour, four tablespoons butter, one teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle this mix ture over the apples. Add half cup water and bake till apples are tender. Serve with cream and sugar. Household Hints BY MBS. MAKV MQ8TOH Hendricks co-educational institntion Is a small son." In Aurora, Turkey, the sexes can argue on equal terms. There are two men to one woman. Chicago Is to stop all forms of gambling except, of course, that of walking down the street. S S We see by the papers that a barber who slapped his wife is survived by her and two children. Modernised version of "they liv ed happily ever after:" Tbey lik ed the same radio programs. K K 'm It takes about three generations of prosperity to make one think it self God's Chosen Family. "U It isn't location that makes a i hick, but the conviction that his j location is the center of civiliza tion. James M. Cox says that Senator Borah is a political adventurer.! He is probably right but the Idaho senator makes a success of be ine an adventurer by keeping him- j seTf on the government pay roll and in the spotlight, which is more than his accuser can do. People have to be reminded that Mr. Cox was the gentleman who ran for president orr4he democrat ic ticket eight years ago, quite un successfully. "Women of Salem with whom I have come in contact have been uniformly pleased with the New Statesman's coolting school." said Mrs. W. C. Parsons, home econo mist of the P. E. P. company Mon day in commenting on the re sults she has observed from the school. "Almost every woman I have talked to said she has received much practical help from Miss Williams' work." said Mrs. Par sons, who added that any of the products used in the school have become outstanding favorites groceries. One grocery reported to Mse Pasons that several of the lines featured at the school had been entirely sold out on several occa sions since October. Mrs. Parsons expressed the opinion thai the cooking school was the best she had ever parti cipated In and gave credit both to the Woman's club for its help in promoting the affair and to the New Oregon Statesman for its share In the activities. Gets Honorable Mention Word has been received at the office of George W. Hug, city school super- mienaent, that Miss Ella Deyoe, last year a teacher at th r.mnt school but this year In the Engle- ooa scnooi, wrote the best lesson in the state 1927-28 National Safety cmpign. Florence Helen DuRette of Gervals won third place In the students' division of the contest. cure SIMS GOOD CIMOUS PU Ty ron -you're PkXz --tjTcnzs hpsbele on your cfraX" n..t .l-Vs rvH INK ' cXj L-t- ioo The Grab Bag L ii J Novoembcr 21, 1928 Who am I? What did al Foch call me? Where home? Who is national superiri! ot the Anti-Saloon Leami. What is the nickname i : Carolina? What are Mexicans son called along the border? "For he lhat is not ag;i is on our part." Where passage found in the RU1. JIMMY JAMS &orc h" Got A t"i Mtr V, WORTH OF CAMDY BUT I WISH IT WAS OSWALD INSTEAD 'CAUSE I'M THAIS OSWALD TcxLiy in the Past On this day. in 1C20. t lie zrims adopted the famous May flower Compart THJsy"s Honscpe Persons born on this day independent thinkers. They prompt and reliable and no arn ari OIK ran worm secrets from them. A Dally Thought "The prosperous cannot easily form a right Idea of misery" Quintilian. Answers to Fircgofna Question, 1. Sergt. Alvin York; "great est hero of the world war;" Ten- uesaec. 2. F. Scott McBrlde. 3. Palmetto 4. "Greasers. M 3. St. Mark fx. 49. J I -VEP- : ZJ i ri i ' r-