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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1925
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Salam. Oreeon
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Equal Rights Fallacy
As if the federal constitution had not been sufficiently
mutilated by the numerous amendments destroying the
character of the covenant, the National Woman's Party has
had introduced into congress a resolution for another amend
ment which provides that "men and women shall have equal
rights throughout the United States and every place subject
to its jurisdiction," lor the purpose of "removing all dis
criminations in law."
The effects of this amendment are set forth by Edward
Clark Lulcens in the American Bar Association Journal, as
" follows:
What the amendment really means Is that neither the United
States nor any state shall enact any statute under which the rights
ot men and the rights ot women aro not equal, and that all existing
statutes shall be Invalidated in so far as they contain instances ot
unequal rights, and, furthermore, that the common-law inequalities,
where still in force, shall no longer be applied by the courts.. The
effect would be to render Invalid any law which gives men rights not
given to women, or which gives women rights not given to men, at
loust as far as such discrimination is concerned. A statute discrimin
ating in favor of women would, of course, bo as Invalid as a statuto
discriminating in favor ot men.
Certain injustices and irregularities exist in the present
laws of some states, but most of them have been removed
by the passage of liberal statutes giving women property and
other rights denied in the common law and every year wit
nesses the further removal of ancient disabilities. It is a
matter for state rather than federal action.
The passage of such an amendment would deprive women
of whatever privileges they now have over men. For instance,
in Oregon, jury duty would be compulsory instead of option
al. The legislation protecting the working conditions of
women and their hours of labor, night work, etc., would be
vitiated, and as such discriminatory laws would be impos
sible in the future, the women worker would be brought to
her former position of exploitation.
Another sot of laws that the passage of this amendment
would invalidate would be those providing penalties for wife
desertion or failure to support. Moreover women would no
longer be exempt from liability to arrest for vagrancy, or
from exempMon from arrest on civil process in damage suits.
Many other instances could be cited wherein women
would be penalized by losing the protection of certain laws
that help equalize her sex handicaps in life's struggle. In no
one way could women lose more than by being forced to
wear this mask of equality.
Santa's Team
Snnta CUii's and his reindeer attracted as much attention
In Salem from the grown-ups as from the kiddies, but "the
reindeer proved the most interesting, as it was the first
time the legendary steeds had ever been glimpsed here in
daylight. The reindeer is not a creature of beauty,
but makes up in usefulness what he lacks in grace, but his
thick legs, squat body and long flat horns and general clumsl
ness provide a picturesqueness of their own.
The reindeer has ever been a friend of man, a source of
food, clothes, shelter and weapons as well as a pack and draft
, servant and a source of locomotion. He has been identified
with man since the first, and still ranks as a chief resource
In the lands ot his habitation.
The reindeer are especially equipped to withstand cold,
snow and ice. The flat horns, which adorn both sexes, are
used as snow shovels to uncover the tundra moss that con
stitutes the winter diet, while spreading hoofs make them
equally at home in snow or swamp, nnd they are just as fond
oi seaweed as of moss.
The lower levels of the caves of southern Europe which
contain the first traces of primitive man, prove that rein
deer formed part of the diet of men of the old stone age,
charred and split bones abounding. The reindeer had come
south with the glaciers and retreated north with them in
the inter-glacial and post-glacial epochs.
Reindeer wore still abundant in Cro-Magnon times (about
25,000 B. C.) and herds of them as well as bison were etched
and painted by the artists of the period on cave walls, as
well as on the horns, used as weapons. Probably their hides
were utilized for shelter Gradually the wild-horse and the
red stag replaced the reindeer as the forests the tundra, but
the kitchen middies of the Baltic show that they lingered
aoout its borders until historic times.
The reindeer Santa exhibited in Santa are descendants of
those introduced in Alaska from northern Europe by the
government. They have flourished and multiplied into great
herds and furnish a food supply for the future. They differ
lrom the native reindeer, called caribou, being smaller and
easily domesticated. They migrate in great masses north
in the fall, to regions where there is less snowfall, and south
in the spring.
Loves Greatest Gift
By VIOLET DARE
KVKRYTIIIXG HIT I,OVI3
As Mary dreaeed that evening
for her dinner with Hamilton aha
told herself that It waa almost un
believeri ble that she could enro so
little about dining with him, when
only the Saturday before ah had
been so delighted at the prospect.
She could not help feeling angry
at Stewart for the chnnge in the
manner toward her. That feeling
spurred her on to definnnce toward
him. Well, ahe showed him that
It didn't matter whether he liked
him or not; aho had other friends;
other men would tnke her out and
give her a good time.
A box of flowers tame for her
Jturt am aho finished dressing, Ham
ilton hid sent her a corsage bou
quet of tiny yellow rosebuds, or
ange and pora pom chrysanthem
ums In tones of soft yellow and
orange. She thought she never had
ceen anything so lovely; she had
often aeon such flowers In the win
dows of the large florist shops, but
had not dreamt of having them,
over.
"But doe what you want ai.
waya come to you at last with a
heartache ?' she asked herself, sad
ly, as she pinned them on. j
"You're Inrgy if it comes at all,' ,
hor aur.t told her: she had come I
Just In time to overhear Mary's re
mark, which the girl had made to'
herself with no thought that any
one else would hear her.
'I've slaved all my life and never
got what I wanted," her aunt wont
I always wanted pretty cloth-,
and a good time, and a nice
home of my own yes, and a big
family. But you know how It's
been with us; when Lulu waa born
I waa staying at home with my
folks; when you haven't any money
and your husband ojes his job,
that's the only thing to do. After
ward It seemed as If I waa alwtiys
going home to my folka while we
wont to some other town and look
ed for work.
"I used to make excuses for him,
of courae he's the beat husband
in the world, but he Just can't seem
to make money. Sometimes it was
aa If he was hoodooed, the way
he'd get work, and then the com
pany would have a strike or fail
or something.
'Wo couldn't raise a big family.
couldn't feed and clothe a lot of
children, and anyway, I had to
work so hard and Lulu was so sick
ly that I was glad wo didn't Ua ve
any more. It's all right to marry
for love, Mary, but It's just as well
to see to it that there's enough
money as welt na lovo tlue days.
If I'd marred a little differontly "
Mary wondered, as her aunt broke
off- and ran to answer the tele.
phone, if all women thought that
they might have married well fi
nancially, If a ghostly millionaire
always loomed In tho background
of every woman's life, as the grew
older and accepted her fate.
'it's somebody 'phoning for Mr.
Hamilton, to any that he's sending
a cur for you," her aunt announced
rushing back. "Honestly, Mary, I
novor know a man to be so atten
tive as ho 1h and he's known you
such a little bit of awhile, too!
Do you suppose of course, you
can't tell much, so soon, but well.
don't you think maybe he's fallen
in love with you? Hilda thinks so."
'Oh no! Why, I barely know
him!" Mary protested. And yot ;
tho way he'd talked to her, the,
look in his eyes, the things he'd
tried to say, that she had averted;
did they mean? Ho was a man of
tho world a man who went straight I
after anything he wuntod and got
It. Perhaps, then, he'd meant the
things he juiid, about liking her
so well. She hadn't dared jtnke
them for more than mere conver
sation. Married to Pat Hamilton- her
thoughts swung Into that channel
in a stronger tide than ever before
Auntie was right, of course, about
being poor though with the right
man It wouldn't maUer so much.
And for her that right man would
be so different from Uncle! ;
As she drove through the crowd
ed, cluttered, noby streets la the
car that Hamilton had sent for her
who saw other girls like herself hur
ryng to catch elevated trains and
street cars, standing, waiting on
corners till they could get across,
running to sheltering doorways
when a sudden gust of rain blew
up from tho lake. And here she
oat lu comfort, being carried along
with no effort on her part. After
all, money did make a difference!
"Let's have dinner at tho Albe
marle," suggested Hamilton, when
he had greeted her, taking both
her hands In his. "We can be more
comfortable there than we can
here."
Through the rain again, In the
big closed car that purred Its way
so tjuickly and quietly through the
streets, out to the restaurant whose
windows overlooked the rain
swept lake.
"Ever been abroad?" Hamilton
asked, as Mary's eyes came back
to him after that first, long look
over the water.
She shook her head, with a rue
ful little smile. How did he sup
pose she could go abroad? '
"Well, you ought to go. Lord,
I'd like to show you Par is -.-and
the Italian lakes and Home and
Vienna and London. Let's go
shall we?" There was laughter
In his eyes, but It. faded Into ser
iousness as ho looked at her.
"J'd love to see Europe," Mary
told him, dreamily. "I've always
wanted to." 1
"All right let's sail, let's see
shall we say a week from Batur
day? You could do your shopping
In New York, just enough to last
till you get to Paris and buy more
clothes there. Then we'd get a
car and drive down through the
chateau country, and on to the
Mediterranean Coast and over the
most beautiful road in the world
Into Italy."
And Mary wondered. Wondered
what he meant, if Indeed he dl(J
mean anything. A honeymoon
abroad how marvelous It would
be! No more hard work In an of
fice, from nine tilt five every day,
with just a hurried hour at noon
nnd saving to buy clothes that
weren't what she wanted. No more
riding on noisy cars, shivering from
from too much heat, breathing
stale air, stepped on and crowded
into corners by other passengers
alt herded In together like cattle.
And what a lot she could do for
her aunt, and uncle, and Lulu
what lovely things she could bring
them when she came home. Hilda
and her baby she could bring Jun
lor such cunning little suits, Uko
the English ones you saw In mag
azines. She could
"Like me, child?" Hamilton's
voice cut through across her
dreams.
"Oh, I " His hand was stretch
ed out to her across the table. She
laid hers in It for an instant. "Yes,
of course I do!"
Offer.
Salem Kiddies Must
Be Good If They Get
Presents Asked For
fOnntlnuea vwmi Patre One.)
too," he said. "Being away from
home I can't keep in touch with
everybody the way I used to. Most
of them tell mo about it In their
letters, though."
Snntn aid before leaving here
that the reception he received In
Salem waa the moat enthusiastic
ho bad been given at any point
where to stopped. "They were
more interested here than they
were in Portland," he said. "Clod
bless tho Utile folks. They crowd
ed all around me; there waa no
keeping them back. I they asked
me once they asked me 100 times,
the names of my reindeer. One
youngster held my hand and held
it and just wouldn't lot go." The
special reception in his honor was
held at the court house squure yes
terday in spite ot the ruin.
Only two ot Snuta Clans' six
reindeer were brought to Salein by
him yesterday. He lett his team
of leaders. Dundcr and UlUzen,
and bis rear team, Dasher and
Vixen, in Portland, coming to Sa
lem behind the middle team, Dan
cer and Prancer. "I would have
brought Dasher and Vixen," he
said, "but Dasher had a little sore
spot on his back."
Yesterday's trip Is to bo the
oniy expedition away from Port
land that Santa CI ana Is to make,
he announced. "I had planned
trips to Eugene and other places,"
he said, "but it's hard going on
this pavement when my reindeer
aro us 3d to snow, so I decided to
come only to. Salem, the state capi
tal." When asked why he uses rein
deer for his trnusportntlon, Snutii
explained tlint the reindeer is the
very gent last creature in the
world. A child is safe amonrc a
herd of "wild" reindeer. "They
can flglit it they want to, by
standing on their hind legs and
using tftielr front feet to strike
twrnM.
with," said Sail la, "but by disposi
tion they aro very peaceable.' The
reindeer bare one peculiarity
which distinguishes them from
overy other animal, there is a ten
don In each front boot that snaps
when it puts Its foot down. When
the herds up north, among which
Santa lets bfs animals run In tho
summer time, are on the move it
sounds Uko an electrical storm.
The reindeer that Drought Santa
to Salem yesterday were much
smaller than many people expect
ed them to be. "My teams are
about the size of ordinary rein
deer," be suid. "Most ot the ani
mals averago between 250 and
350 pounds in weight." The horn
that fell off one ot bis animals
just beforo It arrived in Salem
yesterday will begin to grow Im
mediately, he says. Considerable
concern wag shown over them by
Salem youngsters as they crowded
around the animals at a locul
sura eg yesterday afternoon, feed
ing them apples and generally
making much of them.
Santa ucd hie only now articles
of clothing fur the first time on
hlii vlist to thuj city. Being accus
tomed to the snow, he usually
wears a great red overcoat on bis
trips, but he had made a great red
-dicker, with hat to match, as soon
as he decided to come to Oregon.
He used them both for tho first
time during yesterday's rain.
NEWS BiilEFS
London. The balck museum ot
Scotland yard, where relics ot
murders and other crimes are
stored, hns received a surprise visit
from the Prince of Wales.
Warsaw Joliboche, a square In
the new part of the city. Is to bo
renamed for Woodrow Wilson.
Twenty unmarried old ladles In
Bayou tie, France, havo formed a
uuion to combat tho high cost of
living.
Thirty-nine per cent of the wo
men employed in laundries In
Washington, D. C are married.
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