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PURITY 1 n V Vol. I. January 25, 1929 No. 1 TIES T BE SERVED BY HUGE RETAIL MERCHANTS OF ST Al 35 COMMUNE AliLIANGE OF 'E SOAP BOX ORATORS LONDON INSTITUTION i.-" ' isBWMaaasaaB "" Fanatics Expound Their i Theories in Park. ' - i: ' y i-:: . . : I-ondon. The soap-box orators 'tt f Hyde park are famous the world rer. They Include fanatics of alt kinds religious, soclnlistlc, hygienic. all the Isms known to man. But there I probably do more picturesque figure than Cbarlfe Chalice, who holds forth dally, assisted or hindered, however you like to look at It, by Charlie's chorus. i 1 'ha rile "Is a man of some fifty or fifty-ttve years old. He has been re citing the same three speeches nightly, "and twice on Sundays, for elj;ht years t the marble arch corner of Uyde. park. Charlie's chorus Is composed of a group of the hecklers who are as regular In attendance at the park as 'the orator, hut who prefer contradict ing to speaking. The chorus la made tip of young men. not many of whom have followed Charlie's eight-year ca reer, but all of them have followed It long enough to know by heart each one of Charlie's stock sentences and each one of the long quotations gen erally from Sliakeieare with which his speech Is embellished. They have learned to chant these sentences and quotations In unison; s.nd as Charlie begins each one. the chorus gleefully catches up the first Vonjs and howls out the rest of the sentence, drowning out the orator entirely. Has Three Subjects. Charlie has three subjects: The war debts, cigarette-smoking mothers, and bis own mental condition. He is against the first two and for the last. The great heart of America." he be gins, and the chorus finishes, "does not want that debt to he paid." Some times Charlie dwells sadly on his visit to the mental hospital, to which he was taken during the war after he had burned some pamphlets In a cor- rhlor In the house of commons as a p.-otest against something or other. Hr has been indignant ever since at the audacity of the authorities tn put ting him under observation. Yer. If Charlie were entirely sane he could hardly be taken back so un expectedly each time by the rehearsed remarks of his chorus. There must be hundreds of refrains In Its repertoire. Without any apparent signal fifteen or twenty young men will lreak out simultaneously In a chant of. "Charlie, If brains were Ink you wouldn't bare enough to dot an i.' " or "You must be twins, Charlie; one person couldn't be so brainy." Each time that one of .' these time-honored chants Is repeated Charlie Is taken utterly by surprise; he throws back his head and roars Kith appreciative laughter before ad monishing his hecklers to stop annoy ing him and let him finish his speech, Enjoyment Is Mutual. As a matter of fact, probably Chnrfle would be the most disappoint ed of all If his hecklers took him at his word. Their enjoyment Ik mutual ; and when Charlie lacks the shilling which the guardians of the atepladder llke platforms, from which the mis named soap-box orators speak, demand for an hour's rental of theli rostra, one of the beelfers Is slways ready to pay. He gets his reward by conduct ing a particularly fierce and personal attn-k on the gentle-faced, slightly In sane old man. T-ou will , not find Charlie and his chorus In any of the guide books to London. ' But If you find yourself In the Kngllsb capital go to Hyde park at seven In the evening and yon will find Charlie there declaiming earnest ly: "The great heart of America does not want that debt paid," NiiJ Mm Roeiaf New York. So many ieple have been dabbling In the market that the stork exchange has bought two build ings o provide for expansion. THE FEATHERHEADS THERE IS A $ High Cost of Wives Is Worrying Chinese Men Shhnehtil. Chinese business t men whose Imp rfane Is rated 4 according to the number , of wives are pr.tev.lng against the Z Increased prie of helpmates T Since Nankiiig'was - made , the X capital and. Nationalist official $ Kjient so much time In Shanghai. the price of a zood wife had J risen alarmingly, l-mver clnss Chinese still can obtain young X girls for as low as f ItNi. Sluing hal currency. - GREAT CLEMENCEAU -LEADS LONELY LIFE Visitors Are Ghosts of Dead Whom He Loved. Paris. Georges Clemenceau, who has wrecked many cabinets but won the country's gratitude In the war. Is bit terly conscious of a great loneliness In the evening of his life. , When his sister died recently, friends gathered st his I'arls home and one of them asked: ' "How many "official' visits do you receive? How many ministers, how many marshals call on you? The Tiger began. In what all thought an evasive way: "1 sleep little; old men sleep little. Often at two or three o'clock In the morning I awake. I would be bored In bed. awake, so I get up. I come out here, with difliculty. for some times my legs go back on me, and here. In the silence, I talk with the dend M "It Is during those night hours." went on the aged man who so often governed France, "alone with gliosis, dear ghosts, that 1 have written my memories of Claude Monet. Ah! There come many of the dead, 'at night, lap this room. v "That Is my destiny. I see them go, one after another, those I love," all of them." Then, facing the one who was so anxious to know who remembered him, the Tiger snaked out: "I am alone, monsieur, alone," Suitor Chains Girl to Bed Post for 3 Weeks New York. For three weeks, forty-year-old William K. lilies, senior. held his Hftoen-year-old bride-to-be In I captivity, chaining her nude o-idy to a bedpost so no more youthful sheik could Tarry her off and marry her before her elderly admirer could save up for honeymoon expenses, 4t was re vealed. , " Mrs. Sophia" Sader, landlady of a rooming house, beard groans etna natiug from the room and told her husband, who called the pollceJo lib erate the girl. . She. however, told them to mind theii own business and get out, asserting her sweetie could make her a prisoner If he wanted to and . in any fashion he chose. Next day the girl left her trunk with the Saders a secu-ity for two weeks' back room rent and with the money allies might have had' to pay out for that Item they tripped to the city hair where a marriage ceremony was performed. Princess Gets Tortoise From Japanese Diplomat London, A valuable tortoise, a pres ent from a Japanese diplomat. Is the latest pet of little Princess Elizabeth, dauchter of t lie duke and duchess ol York. The tortoise has markings of red and orange, denoting Its arlsto cm tic pediaree. and has been named "Madame Butterfly." One of the first things the little princess does on get ling up In the morning Is to go Into the garden and feed her tortoise Its cabbage lent. ; . DyOt&rM t ftOLD tfl& COLD SWWSff I FlSASSl ( rV If FT fT CM UT -.. !S . rSSr-- V UNITED Three 'Z r, t ltiree;f the men who have "" ' pl ' - v. i - , 4 - - f . ... '1 and the Oregon coast country Into the United PURITY Stores are hwn here. On the left Is Theodore Roth, president and manager of the Willamette Grocery Co., widely known wholesale grocery firm; center, Edward Schnnke. president of Associated Stores, which are now merged with United PURITY Stores; right, C. M. "Lee. general manager of United PURITY Stores and editor of United PURITY News, which will be delivered to you every week. Effort to Increase Strawberry Profits Washington. To determine the ma Jor factors which affect the returns to growers the Department of Agricul ture Is to study the strawberry in dustry In regard to price ranges, com position of market supply, weather conditions and competition of other fruits. Economic Informatloaalready has been gathered In North Carolina. Vir ginia. Tennessee, Kentucky and Flor ida. Similar work will be undertaken In New Jersey. Delaware, Loulslanu and Arkansas. Maryland-State College of Agriculture Is Independently Insti tuting a similar survey In that state. Factors of particular Interest which It Is expected this study will disclose are the place of strawberries In the organization of (tie furni; the seasonal movement from different areas, the variutlon In time and period of move ment, the tendency to overcrowd par ticular markets and methods of mar keting and transportation. Gets $12,500 a Barrel for Bottled Crude Oil .Oklahoma City. Okla. The. market price for the grade of oil produced by Oklahoma City's discovery guher Is around $1 ttO a barrel, hut one pro motor Is selling a barrel of It foi SI2..100. lie gets 2Ti cents for a dram bottle of the oil attached to s postcard There are 61,200 drams to a barrel, assuring him a net profit of S12,.V)0. at least. If be disposes of every dram. The bottles are. bought for. souvenirs and for gifts to be sent to other parts of the country. Srieu Problem ' One crying need of the day seems to be a method of disposing of old automobiles. So many have been dumped serretly on vacant lots In the Bronx that the hoard of trade Is dis cussing the problem. Your Weekly Newspaper Each week the message of the United Purity Stores will be brought to your home in the UNITED PURITY NEWS, a newspaper and advertising medium which you will welcome. Not only will it contain the prices of scores of attractive food specials at the nearest United. Purity Store, but it will contain several pages of interesting news and feature material. . If by any chance you should miss your copy of this paper, please notify the manager of the nearest United Purity Store and he will see that one is sent to you at once. ..... :. Snalcv Music Please I I STORE NEAR YOUR HOME - SAVE MONEY EY PATRONIZING IT of the Men Who Sponsor Merger v 4s - rf - .;'.-;i4H:o. j? , "'7J been active In organizing the leading; Hungary Gets New Port by Reclaiming Swamp Budapest. One of the finest ports In central Europe has been opened at Czepel, near Budapest This was formerly a waste area of swamps and mud. now transformed Into the port of Budapest Construction work was done by a French company which 'holds a 50 year lease on the oroperty. At the end of thai period It passes to the Hunga rlan government The new port will benefit the Danublan states and is expected to stimulate trade between Hungary and her neighbors. Air-Traffic Cops Make 219 Arrests in Year Washington. Air-traffic cops have made 219 arrests without a single complaint that the aerial bluecoats were sleeping on their posts. Fifty Inspectors of the Department of Commerce air regulations division, charged with arresting and prosecut ing air-traffic violators, have been on the Job throughout the country for more than a year. Sixty-five of the offenders drew fines of $3,000 to SA.000 for their of fenses, while 110 were reprimanded. One 'hundred ninety-five cases have come np for hearing since the division wss organized. Charges included landing In an authorized sections, low flying over congested areas, stunt flying with pas sengers aboard and carrying explo sives. Catl ta Bcm Cannery Munich Klesnhelm castle, near Salzburg, once the property of the ilapsburg dynasty of Austria, Is to be come a canned meat factory, and pigs will be fattened In apartments once sacred to royalty. M i retail 'grocers of the Willamette valley OIL STRIKE HELPS UNFORTUNATE ONES Blows Suffered in Past Now Forgotten. Are Wichita Kan. Blows which they have suffered in the past are being forgotten by Willard Goodrich of tills city and his two motherless - hlldren, as fortune repays them for their pa tience and perseverance. An oil well has come In on their 80-acre farm, which was left them by the wife and mother, who died 11 years ago. The flow of black gold assures the family comfort and euse for the rest of their lives. Willard Goodrich It known for unflagging devotion to bis little family. Mr. Goodrich rented his inherited farm. He preferred to fatm his own land. He stayed with his double Job throughout the years, rearing the chil dren, Arlene, eighteen, and Date, fifteen- The father cooked the meals, did the family washii.g. sent the chil dren to school, and provided the In come to maintain the home. Sitting In his comfortable home. Mr. Goodrich said oil had aroused no dreams In his mind. "I have no particular plans," he de clared. "I don't know whether I'll move anywhere or not I don't know what It would be like to live more than a mile from home. Of course, I'm glad we struck oil; It means a lot, especially to a fellow with children." China Grants Widows Right to Remarry Peking. Toung wldowa are being encouraged to marry again by the au thorities. , In the old days, when the Son of Heaven sat on his dragon throne, widows were rewarded for their vows of celibacy by seeing, their names In stone tablets sanctioned by the em peror. That is entirely too old-fashioned to suit the young Chinese of today. Superstitious acts of filial piety, la the hope of curing the sickness of a parent, will not earn the commenda tion of the Nationalist regime, such practices being classed as unworthy along with the ancient custom by which young widows refused to re marry. Neither will the acts of a girl de clining to marry after the death of her fiance le regarded us commend able virtue, all of which has been set forth In s draft of regulations gov erning awards and official commenda tion of meritorious services ; submitted to the Nationalist government coun ell by the ministry of the Interior. GREAT NEW GROCERY ORGANIZATION AIMS TO PROVIDE SAVINGS Enormous Buying Power of Willamette Valley and Coast Retail Merchants Merged In United Purity Stores to Bring New, Unheard of Economics to Housewives ol This Great Area. ORGANIZATION of United PURITY Stores, announced in the daily pres's of the northwest several weeks ago, won the instant attention of housewives throughout Oregon. This first issue of United Purity News confirms the report of the organiza tion and officially announces that this great organization or retail merchants is "ready for business." 1 A group of Salem's leading retail grocers and leading grocers in at least 35 of the most important Willamette valley communi ties, as well as in the important towns of the coast country, have joined forces with the Willamette Grocery Co., of Salem to form the United PURITY Stores. Back of this great new organization are all the buying advantages of the Willamette Grocery Co., which is associated with another outstanding organization of more than 400 retail grocers whose united buying runs Into the millions of dollars annually. This redoubled strength gives to the United Purity Stores the ability to pass on to the public the utmost advantages In the quality and price of foodstuffs from the market places of the world. Public Will Profit For several months plans have been going forward among the stores represented in the -United Purity Stores organization, whereby these In dependently owned stores could be welded together Into one great asso ciation. The public as well as the dealer will profit from such an association, inasmuch as tremendous advantages will be gained in the matter of large buying power, united advertising strength and other economies which caa be made and passed on to the public. In this great group of stores at least 35 cities and towns In the Willam ette valley and the Oregon coast country will be represented. The stores eventually will bear a uniform color of blue and white, while Interior ar rangements of stores will be uniform as well. Each store will be known as a United Purity Store. There certainly is one or soon will be one of these stores in your neighborhood. Six Days of Bargains One of the great features of the United Purity Stores will be th Special Values Offered Each Week. These will be available for six full buying days and at the end of that period new specials will be offered. Complete announcement of these special buying economies will be pub lished each week In the United Purity News. We urge you to start right now today in studying these bargains. Just think of the economies you can effect by profiting by the enormous buying power of this great number of stores. Thrifty housewives who want to make their household budgets go as far as possible are bound to welcome this announcement of outstanding new economies. United Purity Stores can and will afford through their large organiza tion the utmost In low prices and quality goods. Read this issue of United Purity News carefully and watch for your copy of this interesting newspaper each week. Baluchi Women Faro III in Divorce Cases Peshawar, India. Divorce used to be an easy matter Id Baluchistan, the little-known stste which lies Just over the northwest frontier end to the south of Afghanistan. All a Baluchi had to do was to ap pear before the local court or "Jlrga," composed of a committee of respected elders, and state that his wife was un faithful. He would at once he grant ed s divorce, which. Incidentally, gave him the lawful right to kill her. It was argued that any man who submits to the indignity of acknowl edging his wife's unfaithfulness must have true cause. No opportunity was offered the woman to state her case Now there are changes. Westerni zation of the East, so strongly sup ported by King Amanullah of Afghan Istan, has crept south, and Bnlucbis are grumbling that the new divorce laws are not nearly so satisfactory is the old. According to the present system, the woman 'Is allowed to give evi dence In her own defense. Even so. the odds are against her. The -Jlrga- Is composed of men. and la all-powerful In Baluchistan. There Is no redress from faulty verdicts.' The accused, when found guilty, tus to pay the penalty prescribed and summary Justice Is meted out. Russians Clamp Lid on Old-Time Music -Washington. D. C The thorough ness with which Soviet Itussls la' attempting to supplant utterly every part of the old order which existed before the revolution Is un limited according to ' the reports brought back by travelers who have been Investigating the Bolshevik ex periment. It Is the -fixed Intent of the Soviet leaders to remake Russia so completely as to leave not a memory of the old days of the czar and the nobility, or. at least, not a pleasant memory. Knowing that Intangible as well tangible things have, a di rect bearing upon the thoughts and aspirations of a people, the Itusslan officials have gone-so far as to cen sor music and to encourage a whole new school of music. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, a Scotch philosopher. Is the author of the famous observation : "let me write the songs of a nation and I care not who makes the laws." The Soviet leaders apparently have every confidence In that statement and have effected a complete revolution In music In the last decade, Just as they have changed the social order, remade the government, altered all practice concerning property owner ship and generally set up a new Rus sia. With as much rare as was devoted to the dissemination of propaganda of a political and economic nature the Soviet government created a special deportment charged witm the revolutionizing of music. , . Modern Hotels in Paris iiave'American Names' . Paris. A feature of many .of tboi modern style hotels whleb are spring ing up sli over Paris ! the American ' nomenclature given them. "Betel des : Etats-Unrs," the "New York; "Wash-' Ington and such like are becoming' more and more familiar. Tots Travel Far New- Tork. Vernonlca Wotonln, six years old,' and her' sister,' Anna, five, have come from Poland all alone , to- Join their father la Tdungstown, Ohio. They bsve not sees' htm sine they were Infanta.' Their, mother Is desL. 3 A i "I I 7. ' VY . :. it.' - SI V 4 .