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The OREGON 8TATES3IAN, Salem, Oregon; Snnday Morning May 17,' 1931
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' "No Faeor Stcavs Us; No Fear ShdllAwe"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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Movies arid
Children ,
By C. C. DAUER, M. D.
Mrka Co. Health Dept.
At the present day there la a
distinct tendency for city children
to get a considerable part of their
amioauuia aas
attendance at
moTlar picture
theatres. Dur
ing; the school
months this
may be dis
tinctly harmful
to many chil
dren, since they
are compelled,
to spend a
great amount
of time In class
rooms 'with a
certain amount
of muscle re
straint. If we
rr. c. a Daaw add to this eon
flnement frequent attendance at
a moving picture theatre the re
sult is that the child Is denied the
proper amount of . outdoor exer
cise that is essential for good
health. -
A certain advantage of the
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: "Europe's Darkest Hour" A. ,
tmfrr-tmtrxr i T.fhhv xeeutive secretary of the national
ronrw-il for the crevention of war, visited Salem the movies is that they are accessible
twdand toH audiences of the prevalence ct 'JSS
hatreds over Europe. It continues ro De a luluTu r lnstancea they are of dls-
would flash into liame u we country j"- unct educational Tame ia inai
Door to fight lt was a discouragm?; picture;' and we could they bring to the children certain
hardly tell whether the loI coiori was renewed rf-' formao J .gS
.tort tor peace or a general VV" TTJi1 true of travel pictures and ple-
; ' The observations 01 ivir. uooy ac wx" tureg p0rtraring current events.
Oscar G Villard, who is just back from an eight montns Many parents are in the habit
soiourn in Europe. We print below the Villard comment, a of allowing their children to see
darrk picture. For ourselves however, we think the pic- u pe. of Many
. '. . m.. fnr rwarH rp active times the child, may receive a cer-
lure is too gioomy. ie xvll-ri i u-t-H o;f t1" amount of harm as so many
rA nt-ocsfner Tint tpmwr of the DeODle in DlttemeSS against 1 ... . vfrK,l. mAtlnnal
"the war system was never more pronounced. Big business type, it a chad sleeps poorly
and financial men find their interests, now so interlocked following attendance to a picture
Irnong nation, that thepn scarcely dtadlh -permit ffSJSSS&i
war to break out. Russii Alone is the black shadow wmcn formot recreatiom with one less
looms. It is not wise to look only at the sunay aide so per- exciting and one more suited to
haps it is well to reflect upon the oter aide, whicn Mr. vu- the chUds emotional nature, a
lard sketches thus ' ! Uttle more care on the part of
"Toa anLt wander about Enrope and believe that the World parents as to the type of pictures
War Is over. It will not be over la Its consequences In our lifetime, they allow their children to see
v.,, kata. biinrer. overtv. the deadly lack of work, the loss of would also be helpful.
hone one meets them on every hand. They dog one's footsteps In I Children who suffer from ye-
the streets of Instabul, the byways of London. In every lane or every strain should not be allowed- to
German town. You cannot escape them among the bare hills of attend the movies until they have
Sty, on the plains of Rumania,, on the mountain slopes of Bui- been properly fitted with glasses.
mi k'wtMtnrrar farmer nroduce and cannot sen. There la always more or less
, ' "Next to the dauger of economic collapse, the spectre of war strain on the eyes when viewing
as 3? preparations fori war remains most vivid with me. Soldiers ev- any moving picture and this
er" where . . . There are a million more fellows running around Quickly tires the eyes of a child,
IX ope w lib rifles In their hands than there' were when the murder who is under an additional emo
at Sarajevo started the disaster. Why should anyone think that Eu- tlonal strain as well. The advent
r la aafar with all this additional preparation for war than it of the talkies has helped to a
wL then? ! ' great extent since the sound ef-
"President Hoover Is right to insist that disarmament Is abso- fecta have taken away some of
lately necessary tor the financial sanitation of Europe. Far more the strain of the eyes. Psycholo-
th.n that, it la absolutely necessary for the moral sanitation of gists have shown that the atten-
Europe. I have come back more than ever In favor of the canceling I tion is better concentrated on the
of war debts and the stopping of reparations, out i wtuuuj am uu i & earing iaa on uw aigut, au
-i.s . ... AmAHra tale a ten ill this direction without exatftliig I child may obtain a certain amount
the most definite pledges for radical disarmament on sea and land. of diversion from hearing and re-
- "Every where nations are helping te impoverisn tnemseiTea oyiiiorins me wjea oi mum ui m
v..ninr fiJ!ivi mttk rma fn their hands. There Is Angora, the new I strain. -H -
..nini f -rr4v r,iaia4 Wrh n in a desolate region purely fori One of the greatest faults that
military safety Ay that able dictator and despotic ruler of hfs coun-1 children has Is to the time of at-
try. Kemal Pasha. It is narcuy saie to anve m any uirecuua uui ui .u " t
hi. A( th miiitarv lonei tov constantly run into. Some-1 are. allowed to attend during
times you may enter under restrictions; In other xones It Is a deadly hours when 10Ufft:btPi"
... 1 ... . -I, I bed. which la very harmful. The
"I have stressed In my letters from Europe the various proV hsblt of some parent who take
Iems to be grappled with, the tariffs which throttle one country mere babes Into a movie Is to be
after Another, armaments, the psychology of fear and of hate, the condemned for many obvious rea-
heaplng no of gold In Parts and in Washington, the folly of repar- sons.
atlon. and of the war-debt payments. These and! others are the -tota Is not "JfLifJ
breastworks to be Uken. They can onl be conquered by Interna- demnaUon of the moving picture
tlonal action and cooperation. Let no man be in any doubt anout
that point. The present crisis is the worst in history because it is
world-wide. It is the simple truth that no one nation can hope to
- a . a. t V nnrn , tillnti m Knn.nlnff XXTfi- - tha
tlonrnot woroVe Why are ih. ifl0' v.0"
latter not meeting like the executives of a great endangered Indus- j
try. If only to get to know one another, if only to exchange views,
to plan for united action and a united ironir une oi me Desi Known
diplomats in London declared not long ago that he had never been
able to see why the rulers were not meeting tor just this purpose.
theatre, but merely to point out
some of the evils that exist so far
as attendance of children Is con
cerned. A -more thoughtful su-
indlcated' to make them really
valuable so far as recreation and
education Is concerned.
Maris eaantT danartiaaDt af health. Tha
answer will appaar in tali eolaaam. Nam
should t tiiraed. bat will Bat ta nae aa
What baalta problem bar roof If
tka .ban mrtirl tmisaa air anaatiaa in
Trm hprlnnintr has been made. The British Crime minister has I toot mlai. wriU that eaeatfea oat and
Invited the German chancellor to come to Chequers to talk. Not ! ?. l it?r .8?,.?, J!
until June, unfortunately, and M. Brland will not be there.
"And this brinzs us to tbo chlet obstacle to a better world
France. If "Europe goes down in the next five years the responsl-1 .th ppct.
billty and guilt of France will be greater-than those of any other
country. Rotten with gold, sun the vcitims or a psychology or tear,
constantly whipped up by conscienceless politicians, the French seem
bent upon throwing themselves In front of every .movement that
makes, for the peace or Europe, excepting always Brland s adoption
of the plan tor a United States of Europe.
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Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks from The State
maa of Earlier Days
May 17, 1906
A. A. Englebart who has been
a resident here the past two years
i 1 The Stranger Within Our Gates
OREGON must show courtesy to Gen. Smedley Butler
who at the invitation of our governor comes to the
state to advise Respecting the organization of the state po- has become manager of the O. K.
lice system, judging- irom tne itinerary wnicn is announcea, uasn grocery on east state, tax-
the general is to be some kind of show, sky-planed from city ln oer the interests of b. e.
to city, to goddam his way through luncheons and banquets wa u
bu uieu w ueuari in a cwuu ui suiunuruus lauKuate. I a ranKii..n maAt.
Meantime the job of plannino; the work of the state in win be held at the Liberty
police system goes forward lath the state commission of school house Saturday, announces
which Major General White is the headButler will supplyi county chairman Murphy,
4 afa stv w. 4 avr) T imtr t-ktn4 4Vw4 vrrll w.wiVnr1w 4-Vty 1 X I -4- .-C I 1
rrurVuV"" T A benefit show has been pro-
ana wuuimuuuu wa. uu tutuuuna ui puuuui ux uuuuumj posed to raise funds to Improve
value in papers ail over tne land. ' ! quarters of the city firemen,
i Barrinsr the success of the Gifford referendum. Oretron I
731 .pt commutny TffiS wllr mS ll
"tc iiuui aiuuwu uivci tci cut, tt BiAt-wiue puuc Bjsvciu i Gervals tonight.
wouiu ue an exceaent tmng. rve must organize to ngnii
crime, and we must professionalize our men in police work I Bishop Edward Hughes and Bi-
tn fio-ht thA nmfpsQinnal rriminala WiPtrio fViia -nrill Klhop Charles Burns, both of the
th tvrto nf nrtr-nirfltinn wiVVi Hnv Ifoio ni aof n Methodist church, appeared Sun-
" Arru t7 f 712 TVa aZ. L.1 11 ' i " day at the First Methodist church
tiuuiuw t,ci. xx, iv la nut i. jaay wcume an agency OI evil in I here.
the state rather than good. s
For our part we will suspend judgment until we seel s1 senators lost to Albany
ht lnrifl f svstAm ia ftpf. lirt n1 oa hmr If wrr-Vo TV. I to 0.
screen. Rightly conducted a state police system would work! pastor of the First Methodist
lor tne prevention or crime, the apprehension of criminals. I church here, is home from chica
the protection of society. , i I 60, where he attended tiTe natlon-
An efficient state nolice avstem wAmiM 4a cr al convention of Epworth League
a . v I vorrani j
- v-v., aauncfa, UJ J UUACO HUU IUUU b let tile CTlIIlinaiS OUt
ine rxicK aoors on parole as last as -the pobce brought them
a a w. J 1 a a a . a . -
iu, ana juries wno paia'some attention to their oath.
ow mey are semag loaves or bread already sliced. It must be !
because housewives In . these times can't cut a j straight slice of
bread. Or is it because bread knives are dangerous weapons to leave '
lying arounai
New Vi
lews
The wife of the policeman at Chlloqntn shot when he rot
uruna. ana ircaiea ser rougniy. a am iota ner story, to tie Jury and
wu mciiuuiou. iviie is sun cneap up in tne reservation, country.
The uuestlon asked veaterdav
by reporters was: "Do you favor
more consolidations of rural
schools 7"
lilt CITY HIGH
ELECTS OFFICERS
MILL CITT, May If The an
aual high school election of sto-
ent body officers was held last er and Helen Mason, musician.
week and the new officers elect
ed were: j .
Marian Allen,' student body
president; DeLos ' Iloeye, vice
president; Mary Rada, treasur
er;, Auce Smlta. secretary; Ben
von jviroy, advertisiaf manager.
irwsiocicu; noger nam, ath
xHic manager; .ames belm, serg
Mlsa Xfue Madsesu a-arden an.
inonry, -no, I am not in favor of
consolidation. To do away with
the small rural schools would de
prive therdlstrlets of a commun
ity center. Also I believe that the
expense would be greater because
Of the difficulties of transporta
tion. : :- '.
. T. . Pollock of the Salem ShoeJ
""Pi A m not m tavor or coa-
anllI.MA T a. .1 1 . a... .
w. .r a.. . iT. I '. a awu s allWTS WB
,.) iiv. ir.n.t. . I aaw -wuasiia aiurrB
iLTZZT.1zI"":. -chool; besides.
oeneve it causes considerable ex
HERE'S HOW
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Tuesday Death Lnrka In her Flower
BITS for BREAKFAST
By B. J. HENDRICKS
More Sunday reading i
A rare book, long' out of print.
Wild Life la Oregon", by Rev.
.Gustavus Hines, tells of the be
ginnings of the first Proteatant
mission west of the Rockies. 10
miles below what became Salem.
W
Jason Lee and three compan
ions arrived at the mission site
and began work October C, 1834.
This book says they moved their
goods Into the first log house No
vember t, with but ten feet of
the roof on; and thus, with their
house only partly covered, "be
gan to receive Indian children
into the family with the design
of establishing a mission school.''
By the fall of 183S, they had
a good supply of wheat, peas.
oats and barley, and 250 bushels
of potatoes In the cellar. This
with six barrels of salmon pur
chased fresh by Jason. Lee from
the Indians at Willamette falls,
and salted with his own hands
and taken up the river to the
mission, furnished the means of
subsistence for the following
year.
Cyrus Shepard came with Jason
Lee up the river March 1. 1835,
from Fort Vancouver, where he
had been teaching,- and on the
next Sunday, which was the 5th,
started the first Protestant Sun
day school In the Americas west
of the mountains. That wa$ the
mother of the First Methodist
Sunday school of Salem, which
dates its existence from that first
Sabbath In March, 1835.
P. L. Edwards, :iay member
and teacher of the old mission.
opened a school at Campment du
Sable (Champoeg). meaning the
sand encampment, late in Octo
ber, 1835. attended principally by
the halt breed children of the
Canadian French settlers.
S
In the fall of 1835 the mis
sionaries sowed 2T bushels of
wheat, and near the end of that
year they erected another log
house, "principally with their own
hands," 32 by If feet, the "en
largement of the mission family
by receiving Indian children
from time to time," rendering
more room necessary. Rev. Sam
uel Parker, looking for mission
sites for the American Board,
came on November 2f of that
year, was "cordially received,"
and remained two days.
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In February, 1836, the Oregon
Temperance society, first of Its
kind west of the Rockies, was or
ganized. "Three only, besides the
members of the mission, signed
the pledge at first, but subse
quently the number Increased to
18." The adherents of the Amer
ican Board mission in the Sand
whlch Islands made a contribu
tion to the old mission, of $250,
received early in, March, 1838,
and In the- same, month the
gentlemen" at Fort Vancouver
sent 8130.
Jason Lee was a true Metho
dist; the greatest collector of his
time. Mosey was showered, upon
him. for his work, wherever so
went, and from all directions, and
he used it to the last cent xor the
glory of the cause he represented
. gave everything. including
health and strength, and ,llfe It
self: his next to last letter, on his
bed of death, bestowing the piti
fully small sum of all his earthly
possessions upon the Oregon In
stitute that by change of name
became Willamette university.
Towards the close of 183f Jason
Lee spent fire weeks at - Fort
Vancouver In receiving medical
attention, I
meeting. of the Oregon Tem
perance society was called at the
mission for January 2, 183 T, to
make plans to prevent the estab
lishment of a distillery by Ewlng
Toung and Lawrence Carmlchael
at their place near where New-
berg naw. stands. A subscription
paper was signed, pledging to
Toung and Carmlchael the nay-
ment of their expenses so far in
curred in their contemplated en
terprise. The movement succeed
ed, but Toung and Carmlchael re
fused to accept the proffered
money.
William A. filacum. TJ. S. Navr.
sent by President Jackson, came.
arriving at Fort Vancouver Jan
uary 2, 1837. Capt. Slacum was
convinced by Jason Lee of the
need of cattle, and auicklv the
Lhistoiie expedition was formed
to go to California and bring a
herd of them; furnished from the
bands formerly belonging to the
Franciscan missions there. P. L.
Edwards of the Lee mission and
Ewlng Young were out la charxe
oi tne enterprise. Oregon history
is full of the success of this then
great enterprise. Capt. Slacum
subscribed from his private funds
s&oo towards the cattle enter
prise, and gave to Jason Lee 850
ior mission work.
e V
In February. 1835. about the
time the first log house was ful
ly completed. Jason Lee wrote to
the Methodist missionary board
in New Tork asking for a rein
forcement. This brought the first
party, arriving here in May. 1837.
consisting of Dr. Elijah White.
wiie and cniid and adopted son.
-aianson lieers. blacksmith, wife
and three children, Susan Down
ing, avtra Johnson Ynd Anna
Maria Pitman, teachers, and W.
H. Willson, carpenter, and J ..L.
Wnltcomb, who Joined at the
Sandwich Islands and became the
mission farmers.
There was a Fourth of July
celebration of a sort held at the
old mission in 1837. which has
eseaped most historians. Let Gus
tavus Hines tell of it: "On the
4 th of July the annual meeting of
Oregon Temperance society was
held at the mission bouse, when
short and appropriate addresses
were delivered by Jason Lee.
Daniel I Lee, Aianson Beers. W.
H.. Willson and Dr. White.
Twelve new members were ad
ded, and a most satisfactory Influ
ence was gained for the cause of
temperance." -
It Is notto Ids doubted that
the theme of patriotism ran
tra expense to furnish transporta
tion."
S. IT. Van Trump, county, frail
Inspector. "Wherever It is -eon
yen lent and nractical. yes: and
where transportation - can be
handled without too much ex
pense. X think consolidation is
good, particularly for children In
the hill districts where census
shows a dropping off."
Daily Thought
; Msn is Incomprehensible with
out Nature; and Nature Is incom
prehensible apart from man. For
the delicate loveliness of the
flower Is as much la the human
eye as In Its own fragile petals.
and the splendor of the heavens
as sutch in the imagination that
kindles at -the touch of their
glory as In the shining of count
less worlds. Hamilton Wright,
Maoie.
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MAKE
BELIEVE
" By FAITH
"BALDWIN
'Thrown upon her own resour
ees, Mary Lou Thurston, beautiful
and vivacious orphan, applies Cor
a position as companion to a
semi-invalid in th palatial home
of Mrs. Lorrimsr at westmlu.
Connecticut. Mrs. Lorrimer ex
plains tha ad should have read
"male', as the invalid Is her son.
Travers. shell-shocked In the
war. As Mary Lou is' about to
leave,. Travers enters. He seises
her in his arms, calling her "De
light" and "wife." Then he faints
when Mary Lou fails to respond
to his caresses. - Mrs. Lorrimer
persuades Mary Lou to assume
the rol of Delight Harford,
whom Travers claims he married
in England, in order to help him
regain bis health. Mary Lou eon
fides in her friend, Larry Mitch
en, young newspaper . reporter.
Dr. Mathews tells Travers that
as Delight was very young at the
time of their marriage and since
believed him dead. It is only fair
to begin all over with friendship.
Mrs. Lorrmer acquaints Mary
Lou with the details regarding
Delight, and her vain search for
the girt. The following morning,
Mary Lou Is all set for her new
role. ' .
. . . . CHAPTER XVTI,
She went down , to the white
beach and breathed the cold, salt
air and watched the ripples foam
along the shore. There was a
swimming pier there with floats
add slides and steps at all. points
so that the swimmer and begin-,
ners alike could be accommodated.-
There was also a boat house
and . looking in she; saw canoes
ana rowboats ana several motor
boats of various sizes housed for
the coming Winter. She felt sud
denly a little Impatient toward
Travers- Lorrimer, despite all her
pity for him.. He had so much,
so much more, even, than 'was
necessary, and certainly more
than enough to i win him I back
again to .health!.. and' happiness
and to usefulness as a citizen of
the world. (
She wondered if Mrs. Lorrimer
In her great anxiety for him had
not perhaps given in to him too
much. If he had been a : poor
man he could not have spent his
days and months and years as a
semi-invalid, waited on hand and
foot. He would have had to earn
a living. Mrs. Lorrimer hadtold
her that there was a good 'deal
of business, connected with her
late husband's very large estate.
His son was, thought Mary Lou,
certainly the person to take over
the management .of the estate.
He was old enough, she contin
ued musing, a little irritated. But
he did nothing, permitted the
whole burden to fall -upon his
mother and her' hired assistants!
It was ridiculous, she thought;
he wasn't organically ill, he just
brooded. Only a rich man can
to brood, thought
Mary
afford
Lou. i
-. Krerr Comfort
After she had explored build
ings ' and roadways : and beach,
she cut oft. through a little! path
in the woods and spent an en
chanted hour wandering, getting
lost, finding her way again. The
trees were bare, for the most
part, save for a few which clung
tenaciously to what was left of
their autumnal glory, and of
course the living evergreens and
cedars. . ."
Her morning's task finished,
Mrs. Lorrimer went upstairs and
knocked at her son's door. Peter
valeted him, expertly, aad so she
found him dressed, standing idly
by his sitting room windows. His
rooms ' were comfortable and
pleasant, furnished for a man
with sound, good taste, full of
sunlight and colors neither too
bright nor too subdued. ! There
were really fine etchings on the
walls and the bookcases' were
filled with the books he had
. r-
through the temperance address
on that 4th of July. Jason Lee
had revolutionary stock running
in his veins. Seventeen Lees of
his line fought in the Revolu
tion; and he was born on the
farm of his father preempted
with revolutionary script. And
Dr. Whie White certainly did not
let such an opportunity pass for
he was ready at all times to talk
,and to tell of the glories of his
country. .1
(This record of the early mis
sion days from this rare old
book, will be continued ! from
time to time In this column)
LAY SERMON
loved a a, shild and a young
man. it - f -
-WelLi Tra vers t she asked
quietly
He put out a hand and drew
her close to him. He loved her
very much. If only, sometime, he
could shake off this dark' cloud
of dottgt of himself and uncer
tainty ( of both past and future
and "could tell her so. He de
spised: himself for a. burden, a
bit of, human i wreckage, which
had noM somehow the strength
to rebuild himself into something
which; counted . , wnicn would
be useful, alert . , . vital.
"Very well." he said, smiling,
"there's nothing tne matter with
me really, except my infernal
dolefuUessness.
Thai was true. His health was
as good as health can be which
is neglected in essentials. His
constitution was sound, the phy
sical effects of bis crash and im
prisonment had long since been
overcomes But nervously he was
in -bad! shape. He ate Uttle, slept
less. He cared for nothing, very
much, iuniess it .were his mother,
and fo her he didn't somehow
seem to! care to the extent of pull
ing himself together. He now
asked, ;irith a certain painful em
barrastmont: "Delight?"
"ShS's out walking." Mrs. Lor
rimer told him, easily enough.
"She slept well and breakfasted
with me. ; We missed you."
; "Does she want to see me?" he
asked, flushing.
. "Welt of course, she wants to
see you! 6be--he was pretty
much upset by the events of yes
terday.'! his mother told him.
"She's! a. little shy of you,-Travers.
Ton must overlook that:
you'll bate to win her back to
friendship again."
j A Weight Lifted
Tm shy of her, too, as you put
it." be answered, a Uttle bitterly.
imn i . : . . i .mi
wxiea ; saw uer suung mere,
you don't know what it was like.
mother. A great crushing weight
lifted irom my heart, windows in
dartq room thrown open . to
blinding sunUght. But when I saw
how she felt, of course, I couldn't
understand, and I made an idiot
of myself. "I would." he com
mented! fcidly. "Mathews ex
plained j naturally, and I suppose
I do see her viewpoint thinking
me dead land all that, forgetting
me, mds likely. But now well,
sometimes I think I can't wait
another, moment to see her, and
then Joel as if I never wanted
to lay eyes on' her again."
"Don't be absurd." said Mrs.
Lorrimer. speaking with rare
sharpness, "the situation - exists.
It Is, primarily, ot your own mak
ing. It has to be faced, Travers.
And by ou. She Delight is a
perfectly harming girl. I've come
to really care for her in this very
brief space of time. I mean that.
ravers, but the situation in
which ws all find ourselves is
one of extreme difficulty and del
lcaey4 You can't take up life
wherS you left It many' years
ago.") ill r '''. r-- v.
"She couldn't, at all events."
Lorrimer broke In, swiftly.
"NO. po you blame her in your
heart? Yu have altered, Tra
vers. Ypu are not the boy" she
knew! during that . short' leave
time.finl London. Admit that."
Lorrimer nodded.
"l4-do admit it. That boy's
dead,! he! told her wearily. "Now.
if If you're sure she wants to see,
me, I'll, come downstairs."
"Why ! don't you go out and
look ffor fiber?" his mother sug
gested, trying to control the ner
vous j uheyenness of ' her voice.
'S ht'g somewhere on the
grouudsL"
"All right"
His mother .bent over' him and
kissed his; cheek lightly.
"Iikuow it's terribly hard tor
you, rrravjsrs' she told him. low.
Lorrimer, after she had left
him, looked for and found a top
coat land i cap. He moved reluc
tantly. His heart hammered In
his throat. He was realizing that
no matter what had been his
long dreams, his sense of Infinite
loss pind bewilderment, his hours
uponj hours of speculation
where wss she? What had be
come o iher? Did she live or
had jShe,!i incredibly, died? ?DId
she Still care or had she forgot
ten? j The girl he was going to
meeC tht sunny, blue-gold day
was, as his mother had said, a
complete s stranger to him. Yet.
she was his wife!
The Curtain Rises
H went downstairs, encoun-
WHITE RATS
"An did all .at taa aasaa spiritual
food; and did all drink taa nma spir- I
itsal driak." 1 Corinthians 10:.,. I
Feed white rats the same food
and they will react the same. They
Will grow or languish according as
their food is or is not a balanced
ration for rats. . Deprive them ot
certain vitamlnee and they quickly
lose weight, become listless, dull
eyed, depressed,. - In a degree the
digestive spparatus of man's soul
operates the same way. Feed It
certain ideas, doctrines, beliefs
and they become woven into the
bone and tissue of his spiritual
nature. " Starre it of beautiful
thoughts and It withers and
shrivels in the heats and chills of
Ufe. . - r . .. . . -
Compare the souls of 'a thous
and children to white rats. How
shall they be fed and what spir
itual food and drink shall compose
their diet? If they are Hindu
children they will be nurtured on
the profound truths of Brahman
ism. - If they are , chUdren Of
Buddhists, their parents will till
them with the true doctrines of
Gautama Buddha. . Jf Christians
then the bible will be the source
ot their spiritual food and drink.
It is only natural to expect when
they mature- they will be loyal
Hindus or Buddhists .or Chris
tians, convinced of the truth, of
their own set ot beliefs.
In our way do we not treat
children as white rats in an ex
periment? Do we not seek to
moid them in our own opinions
and confine them, to our own in
terpretations? - We are anxious
about their spiritual welfare; but
snail tha parent's concern extend
to proprietorship over the very
souls of their children? Those
who are convinced that their own
church offers the only way will
naturally never "be content until
their children are safe In its fold.
Those who are more. Ubexal may
look upon -creeds1 and denomina
tional labels as soda fountain fla
vors to be tasted and chosen, giv
ing to their children lull Uberty of
choice or rejection. It la the old
battle ot the will of the parent or
the wish of the child, with the nd
vantage , all, on the side ot the
parent. . '.
Is there not some rational mid
die ground In: the 'training of
children? Thus we have In Chris
tianity the same spiritual! food
and spiritual drink, yet hew di
verse are the results ot that nu
triment? Same Bible, same Christ,
yet there are over 200 sects which
call themselves Christian. 1 Here
indeed we seem to have variety
within unity. So instead of: treat
ing children like white rats to be
ted certain ideas and kept! caged
that they may not get any other
nourishment, is it not well while
supplying them with careful train
ing in morals, in ethics, in rell
glous principles at the same time
to give them some liberty of study
as they grow in- years; and to im
press them that their ehoices and
decisions must be their own and
not the vestiges of ancestral In
heritances? r
, Religion, is something intimate
and personal. It is a private pos
session. So must it be a develop
ment within one's own soil and
not something imposed from out
side by forced teedlng and: sharp
restrictions. Faith attained in
this way seldom comes to: doubt
and denial when the years of ma
turity come.
taring no one, stopped in the hall
to look-in the coat closet for a
stick, and went on out.
He walked, sometimes, when
the burden of his thoughts grew
so heavy, as to be unendurable,
walked y abstractedly, sometimes
alone,- sometimes with his moth
er, about the beautiful place
which was familiar to him since
childhood. But he walked un
seelngly. At first when he re
turned home be had been physi
cally ill, nnable to leave his
room. Later, as he recovered,
he kept - to himself as much as
possible. " ne - remembered now,
suddenly, the uproarious greet
ing of a dog he'd had and "cared
for, grown to sedate doghood
since his departure but with a te
nacious memory of his old play
mate. Remembered his shrink
ing from the animal, his shat
tered nerves, shrieking against
the noisy intrusion upon his si
lence andT solitude, remembered
the way 'the dog had looked at
him, before it had slunk away.
Well, Reddle was dead now, but
there were other dogs fn the
kennels, kept carefully away
from the house because their
barking and leaping friendliness
mlrht disturb him.
He hated himself for it, but
he couldn't help It.
But it was at the kennels he
found her. -
Coming out of the long stretch
of woods, finally, she had found
herself there, a little dazzled by
the full sunlight after the brown-,
green gloom. ' . 1
Half a dozen dogs raced about
the wide runways a setter, two
'Scotties, a" cocker with silky,
trailing ears, and two police pup
pies. Mary Lou stopped and
pressed herself close to the wire
fencing. : She spoke coaxlngly to
the animals and was rewarded by
cold noses pushing through the
wires to muzzle her bare hand.
If someone were in charge of
them,, she thought, who would
ler her 'take one out for a run
She loved dogs and hadn't had:
one of her own for many years, j
She heard a step behind her,1
thought it that ot the gardener:
she had seen, early in her wan-i
derings, or perhaps whoever wae
looking after the dogs. I
i "They're darlings," cried Mary
Lou "could could they come
out and speak to me?"
"They are yours, to choose
from," a voice replied quite
quietly. I
She whirled around and played
her part better than ahe knew,
for, taken by surprise, the color
left her face and then returned
in a bright crimson flood, tinting
even her throat and the tips of
her little ears.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow)
STRIKE MADE N
QULLE HE
MILL .CITY, May 16. Tom
Winters, Fred Zlmmerle and Rob
ert Muroe, who. have been work
ing their mining claims in the
Quartzville district for the past
three weeks, returned Saturday
night from that district packing
on their backs about 100 pounds
of rich ore. '
The trk of some 25 miles with
this pack on on foot, proved
quite an arduous task. Reports
received here Wednesday from
Mr. . Zlmmerle. who Immediately
took the ore to the smelter, indi
cates that the return from the
100 pounds -of ore will be about
$1500. The strike was taken out
of a "pocket" in the ledge.
Berry Growers
Welcome Rain
HAZEL GREEN, May 16.
The yaln is - welcomed by the
farmers. If continued, it is ex
pected will scatter the ''spittle
bugs" that are causing anxiety
among growers. B. C. Zelinskl,
Joseph Garbarlno and Tony Kas
per. have dnsted strawberries
with dehydrated lime in an effort
to destroy' bugs. They expect to
begin to pick Marchalls soon.
F. J. Hufford and family went
t oCascadla Sunday to look after
berries, block raspberries and
strawberries, recently planted on
their farm there. They expect to
move there this fall.
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rr s our LooicouT to
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