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PAGE EIGHT I PAItY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENINCf, SEPTEMBER 23, 1821. TEN PAGES t New Lccdar of Bureau Erins Efficiency ar.d Deep Under standing to Her Task. that ore vitally needed to benefit thc The teeming shims and' foreign chlUI life of America. Hut the. first j quarters of Chicago fascinated her, and foremost stands education. After 'and the years that followed her eol tliflt comes hyg.one. the abolition of ! leirn In rtrnn.t t.lxm vh .h aia hlld labor and kindred matters. Kd-.allot into the conditions which she ueaton will eradicate the other ills af- found nil too prevalent in the Windv flicting American child life. With ed- City. For some years she una tlr..o- lrcation, hygiene will take o.ire of it-!tor of the Chicago Leasno for the pro self, and villi education there can be'tectlon of Immigrants, nn organization no child labor, because the evils of It 'which many now prosperous Chicago are ch nr to the educated mind. I business men remember gratefully. Xo kilo dreamer is this new pod- Then Huston attracted her and she mother to the children of America, went to Mas-sachusetts as executive who has taken over the children's bu-secretary of the state immigration rem ot the department of labor. It is commission. Under her direction PT OKOIW1E It. HOLMES. International News Service Staff Correspondent. n'tFTV, .", ( Grace Abbott, iiiou.i-r to some in,i,M)ii,''iOo American children, wh.it is the crying need lor the American ch Id get on onuwrr ijulrli "Kducnticn"' . - .... . . ..... ... ... ......... ... mi-, iht uireeuon an , one or toe biggest iops a woman can exhaustive investigation and report no.u m tt arninvrton. except perhaps in were made in Imnilgnitlon problems. point ci salary. Then Illinois reclaimed her and she l.adiatcs l.rr.elenoy. went back to the scenes of her early And M es Abbott brings to it no lofty 'experience as executive secretary of theories and idealistic notions about ' the vtnte Immigration commission -- v. K-pt. 23. Ark Miss t'h.it can be dona to better the child ated in Illinois. the new government .'fo of the nation. There is little ot fcmin'na fluffmess about her, either pctwnally or the manner In which she of today and you has tock'.cd the Job. Jtather she radi os a flash: lates r PTic'cncy not the cold, steel-like jofftpk ncy rf the machine, but the To usrt her own expression, Miss Ab J bott "came up from the ranks-' to her present position. Of course thr-re are other arcade She learned early in her welfare work that to accomplish the most good weltare work must be started j ,with children. , So in 1917 she came !to Washington as director ot the child i j , , , , iattor division of the ch ldren"s bu- things "f'!'n"nf sort of efficiency that (bespeaks a love of her work and an unusual knowledge of human nature. Miss Abbott brings into the chil- TODAY naX hart tu of the department of labor. the school of hard knocks in welfare work. She was born in Nebraska thirty-odd years ago when Nebraska ,s u '-'- federal child labor self by dint of hard work and close;, ,f Champion of Children, This division administered the first and Hiss Ab- K.Ytt n-1.1 fV..m . I .. annPritlon to business which ha leff i . . . ' ."umi,. iespon . . ' . : ISlple Tor the rormntiuM wl 111 THE DEATH , . TRAP. Thomas Sanclii in Tlic Prospector's Vengeance. Comedy Mexican Mix Uj ever so tiny a wrinkle between her snipping black eyes. After graduating from a little col lege In Grand Island. Xeb., she did post graduate work ot the state uni versity, and then wenito Chicago, where she studied philanthropy at the L'n vers.ty of Chicr-go. After graduating from a little col lege in Grand Island, New., she did post graduate work at the State uni develop ment of Its policies. Feeling that she ought to get Into work more closely allied with the war, .Miss Abbott transferred (her abilities to the war labor policies board and rendered able, efficient service until the war closed. "And there's tho story," sTio concluded. that was not quite the end, for a si! versity. and then went to Chicago, few days ago President Harding se where she studied philanthropy at thej'ccted her from a horde of applicants i University of Chicago. to head the children's bureau In ! which she has labored so diligently as j a divisional chief. The polition navs , j $5000 a year and is one of the most! eagerly sought positions in Washing-! ton. t GiRLS! LEMONS DLEACH SKIN WHITE She has entered upon her new du ties with a vigor and close application to duty that set a hard example for her associates. It was a sweltering late September afternoon when the question was pro pounded to her of what is the crying need of tho American child. Outside thousands of government clerks were hurrying down the heat-waved streets, their day finished. But Miss Abbott stile'.: grimly to her desk, perspiring, it is true, but sticking. She keeps no union hours. "Education js the keystone," she sa'd simply. "That Is our principal aim. Y nil cr mt- fiini-la ....... . I Pnronns st-ir V.n si t ven this 1pm- I , ' 1 " L:,z ;;h.;v .k.tf,rnw are ,o limited - "recti Squeeze the juice of two lemons Into bottle containing three, ounces of Orchard White, which liny drug store will supply for a few cents, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of harm- j less anil delightful lemon bleach. Mas- ! swge this sweetly fragrant lotion into I the face, neck, arms and hands each i day, then shortly note the beauty and j whiteness of your skin. I cn lotion to bleach and bring that soft clear, rosy-white complexion, also as a HIMMlti.I freckle, sunburn, and tan hleach be- niiKO it doesn't irritate. ivoli Today PAULINE FREDERICK ' ", -IN- THE MISTRESS OF N SHENSTONE IN ADDITION ' SNAPPY SONGS CLEVER DANCES GOOD SINGING GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! A MUSICAL REVUE ' contact work, so we must content our selves with preaching, teaching and instructing. I urtaifciiOTit Injures. "Ton would be surprised at the ut letters we receive every month asking information on child 'Welfare. Last month they were S.000. Many of them came from mothers, many came from students. One thin? in particular they want a pamphlet on infant care. "We comply to the best of our abil ity, but our resources are so scanty in comparison with the demand. We can only fill about half the requests we receive for literature and advice. The advice Is easy, but the literature coms hard. Like all other depart- imenis in these days of economy we have had to curtail our operations, particularly our printing bill, and it s hard not to be able to supply the demand. j Mi;a Abbott Is going to give partic ular attention to bettermentof child life in tho rural districts of America. She grew up in rural Nebraska and she knows some of the problems and the heartaches of young rural America. 'For years," she said, "we have heard so much about the terrors of child life In the slums and congested centers of cities. It is all true, but is also true that conditions In some of our rural regions are just as bad. "Children are kept out of school to help with the crops; they are kept out of sschool to tend stock; they are kept out of school to tend to the thousand I :i" one thines about a farm, and it i isn't right. "hildren in the rural dis- i u-u-ts should have the advantages of I school just as much as those in the j cities." f"ie i undaunted by lack of funds j and other resources necessary to the , growth and expansion of the bureau j "These are hard times," sho said, smiling. "We will do the best A a Today THE PARIS MUSICAL REVUE ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM. A Bevy of Beautiful Girls in a Snappy Mu sical Revue. Good Dancing Beautiful Costume3 PICTURE PROGRAM Louise Huff -IN Dangerous Paradise Ivis enters the dangerous paradise of mar ried life. Champion t vr' 9 Wj4 i a'; V i " . ,1 1 1 ? f h- t -V.1 Manners don t "get Rip'' wiui Lena Grasse. fihee the shot put ting champion of Germany. Here he is in action at an athletic nuvt Si w.'.. .;. 'ytX' ' lb 1 j'i'.v UpC , v':.;-;,i'.r - ' ft. s. 1 4 n , - .1 ' , "'' i i - .... - . . . ,y The oimd-Up is here and so are Paramount Pictures Both arc ,ool shows. lon"t miss cither. I'araiiiouiit llitnres draw jwoplo from longer d Mani'os tliaii tiny wlnir plioto)u,vs. 'Twenty miles each way nnd worth it!" for tlk folks of the oix-a country Jiilsht bo tran.-Iatcd. "Twenty blocks each way mid worth it!" to tho city dweller, who nuiy pass three or four ordinary theatres cn route. I'nriiniitting devotion to the ideal of belter cntcrtuimiiciit, bt-tter motioti pictures, lias not gone unrewarded. You people Willi an nmitv of dls criiu.iuition know that I'niaiiioiiiit Pic tures uro cver-lnstingly there. Vim I a now by your own business giiniptlou ami experience that more I ha n ll.'J(H) thentrcfi are not showing Paramount I'litures rcgulnrly merely becaiiKo sonieono said tliey were b,'t tcr. 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