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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1923)
cova 5 CD L/T 5 hesitated a minute— said he'd wait 'till morning If It would help. She had been so sure she had made her mother ; Why She Ran A w ay ; call me. “ Sisters, If I had never ^ fo r e be With the Circus lieved In llod, a God of love and mercy Infinite, last night would huve con verted me. Only such a Hod could put so much o f kindness, pity, helpful ( C o a 4 ttct« 4 br N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l o f t n * Bo* ; By M A R T H A W IL L IA M S Seoul • o f A m o r i r * i ness in human hearts. Men and wom ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ en, they did all they could. Nobody i<C l t l l . by McClure Ne w sp ap er Hyudlcat* ) seemed to think of bed or anything MOTHERS AID SCOUT SONS Says l.a Rochefoucauld, prince of but cheering and heartening IHtrothy— cynics: “ We are always glad to sec and making the train gc faster. The “ Mother,” whose commendation champion bareback rider brought her others brought to our own level.” counts for the most and whose appro flowers und fru it; the train boss slid This possibly explains the acrid tri val Is hardest to win In matters |>er a bottle of something Into her hand umph in Mrs. Kelly's voice as she told talning to the welfare of her boy. Is bag, mutterlug It was good for sick her elbow-neighbor at the noon prayer- more and more showing herself “ heart ness, and the dancer, who s< uudallzed meeting. "It's true as preaching—every some who saw her, 1 am told, wrapped and soul” with scouting, as attested word. Dolly flatten bus run off with the child warm In something that felt by the growing number of scout moth the elrcnj. Sam, my son, saw her get ers' dubs und auxiliaries. eiderdown; then the trapeze expert on their train, lle'd have spoke to her “ Faith, love und protection of our cradled Dolly us though she were a — only he was too far away. But he buhy. and the prlma donna—It was her boys,” Is the motto of tbe Topeka saw her—no mistake. And all she had drawing room we occupied—sang a (Kan.) Scout Mothers' club; Its pur with her was Just a handbag; that lullaby so soft It almost made me jtose, “ To assist the scoutmaster In shows her folks didn't know." sleep. It soothed i>olly—o f course she any possible *uy In advancing the “ They’ll be mighty cut up over It,” could net sleep— but that mad train, <-uuse and to learn in our association the neighbor, Miss Powell, returned. running minutes ahead of schedule, together, more of our responsibilities “ But 1 say It's a Judgment sent—al landed us safe— and tr.en und women as mothers of scouts.” ways boldin' thelrselves so high and circus i>erformers and train hands In Portsmouth, Va., members of distunt, never doing things the rest of stood outside to see us pass on our the Scouts' Mothers’ dub wear bows us took intrust In. Why, to my cer way. Dolly looke* 1 at the big station of ribbon In accordance with the tain knowledge not one of that family clock, whispering huskily: Th ey have rating of their boys. This club alms ever sent as much as a pair e’ socks given me teu minutes more? Think to keep the meaning of the scout oath to go In the missionary box.'* of It! God bless them!’ And at the and luw before the community, to Mrs. Kelly nodded. "And always very last It was the tra;>eze woman maintain a feeling of comradeship be piping up about cbarlty beginning at who called: ‘ Remember! You are not tween mother and son, to co-operate with the scout leaders In their work, home, us If the dear good men we to let'Frank d ie!’ send out to save the heathen didn’t “ God helping us— we didn’t let him and to put before new residents the Popular Milton Sills, one of the need creature comforts same as the die. I married them five minutes after advantage of having their boys Join bright “ movie” stare, le a product of mill workers, only more and worse we reached him. Dolly knelt by him tbe scout movement. M “ We are very proud of our Scout Chicago. The player spent hie boy hchllng both his hands tight, pouring Mothers’ dub and think it would he hood in that city where he also at “ It's hard to have a thankless child the strength, the power c f those In splendid for every troop to have one,” tended the Chicago university. After — hut I calu't he sc.rry for the lluttens, spired eyes Into him, simply refusing u Buffalo scoutmaster. he graduated he went to New York not when I remembef how they to let him go. I t o o k out the surrep advocates and for eight year* was a successful wouldn’t give a rose to he sold at our titious bottle— the surgeon snatched It From Bhlladclphlu comes the state actor for prominent producers. He ment: "Mothers' auxiliaries formed Christmas fair and sent armfuls of the —what he <lli| with It you may guess. hae been seen in the title role In tome very finest to the folks that live on Frank had lost blood until he was in a number of our troops seem to be of the best pictures. Mr. Sills is mar the Lane. We’d ’a' given 'em io per eorpse-llke; there was no pulse In his filling a reul need.” Tbe miniature pin ried and hat one daughter about for women associates Is popular In rent O i l sales, and that nn ney would j wrists, and not too much la the tern- eleven years old. He is six feet tall Montclair, N. J., "and worn by worth 'u' done a heap more for those shiftless, pies. But in an hour he was less livid; and weighs 180 pounds. He has light dirty women. I’d never dure to call Dolly, still kneeling, began chafing his while women, certainly carries a hair and gray ayes. worth-while message,'' comment* a myself a Christian If I set up what I hands. By daylight she had so far -------- O-------- thought was right agalriRt the Bible won him back the wise men said he local scout official. In a number o f other communities and the church—" Miss Dowel! broke had more than a fighting chance— und , * In. A crisp voice beyond her Inter I started home to tell her mother well-organized dubs with constitu jected: “ I don't know ns Mrs. Batten everything. I forgot to say her fa tions and hy-laws exist and do a R nor any of ’em called themselves ther was away for the week, else I splendid work. “ The supreme compliment to scout Christians. But I say they’d no need shouldn't have been called upon. Mrs. By MILDRED M A R S H A L L Batten and Louisa will go to Dolly this ing.” says a woman observer, "Is the ■ — they showed It so many ways." mother's praise and assistance.” afternon. I had to tnke a freight train, “ I wasn’t speaking to you, Mra. Facia aiout your name; lla hlaiory ; Gee,” Miss Dowell returned Idly. Mrs. lonce am so late. But I am glad you »waning; whence II waa defined; HONOR UNKNOWN SOLDIERS Kelly clucked disdain speech was welted, doubly glad there are so mnny aignlficunce; your lucky tiere to listen. Sunday past I preached hazardous with lawless Mary Gee In and lucky Jewat a wurnlr.g against the circus. Now I earshot. Mary moved majestlrully to 5 ____________ ______________________ the bench In front, grinned Joyously, tell the story you have heard to let then sighed and began to read her you share the light I have received. AUDREY psalm hook. Huge, with a heart as tig Dlense take It home with you and hold as her body, she was amused, ashamed it fast. But before you go let us all UDREY I s closely allied with Ethel. and sorry to see a triple attendance kn«sd and pray silently, earnestly to Both signify “ noble threatener” he forgiven our dally sins and mls- upon this season of spiritual refresh since they have their origin with the Judgtnent. We cannot stand too firm ing. She knew what hail drawn her Anglo-Saxon feminine name Ktheldred fellow Christians—not zeal, but a keim ly for things true, pure, lovely and of or Aethelthryth, which In turn conies good report, hut we may easily be desire to tell and hour all about this from the German Kdlltrucl, noble amazing occurrence. Sittings were overrlghteous.” maiden. Those who heard were glad to kneel, free, hut by usage a pew high up was The first Audrey o f note was the An always left empty for the Battens, un veiling thus their bowed heads and glo-Saxon Saint Audrey. She was In til there was no longer hope of their streaming ayes. Even Mrs. Kelly had reality Queen Aethelthryth, who was coming Now everybody looked st It a touch of keen compunction, hut I rather an unsuccessful wife und retired furtively — then Instantly glanced doubt If she ever admitted It to any to a monastery, later being canonized away. Mentally everybody was asking, body but herself. as St. Etheldreda. She was revered as Would Mrs. Batten ami Louisa, her St. Audry and many fairs are given In stepdaughter, coine to face down the W oliey’e Good Qualities. her honor by the peasantry. It Is said family disgrace? A kindly minority Thomas Wolsey, I letter known as that the garish little articles sold at hoped they would not, hut the mass Cardinal Wolsey, tried twice to tie these fairs have given rise to the term sat on edge, starting a little at each elected pope. He was the most power "tawdry” . entrance and turning to stare r.t new ful man of his time In Fngland. next Because o f her saintly reputation, comers. almost malevolently In their to the king. He lived In a most volup- the name of Audrey reached a high es disappointment. Frothy murmur* of fnous manner. Ills train of servants tate of popularity In England and has reprobation now and then boiled up— rivaled Unit of the king, and was com never ceased to he In common usage. this nan what came of letting circus posed of many | ersons o f rank and Particularly of lute has It been revived people play their devil’s game In nice, dlatlnctlon. But while he dazzled the and set to rival Its counterpart. Ethel. clean country towns. eyea or Insulted the people by nn ar Addy, which Is commonly believed to Commonly a woman led the prayer- ray o f gorgeous furniture apd equip be the contraction of Adelaide. Is really meeting. Today the minister had age, such as ex.... . the royal estab the Devonian diminutive for Audrey. promised to be with the sisters for a lishment Itself, he was a generous and The agate Is Audrey's talismnntc special service. But minute dragged liberal patron of literature, and In gem. It Is believed to have the power after minute, wtIII the reading desk the midst of luxurious pleasures and to draw success snd good fortune to was vacant, there was not even a rus pompons revellngs, he was meditat Its wearer, and to guard her from all tie In the vestry. Mrs. Kelly was on ing the advancement o f science by a harm. Monday Is her lucky day and 4 the point of rising to ask, “ Why wait munificent use of those riches which Eagle Scout Conrad Strayer of her lucky number. longer?” when n figure wholly un- he seemed to accumulate only for Troop 39 of York, Pa., at the tomb of (sg) by W h M l i r S y n d ic a te . In c ) cnnonlcnt strode rapidly up the nlsle, selfish puriMvaea. -------- o -------- the unknown soldier, Arlington ceme paused at the altar rail and turned a _______________ ___ _ __________a— ______ f t tery, upon the occasion of the fourth travel-stained face to the gaze of the educational tour of the boy ecouta of Largest Gold Mine. A LINE O’ CHEER waiting flock. York. The greatest gold mining region In “ Dear sisters,” he began, "Instead of the world le the Wltwaterstrand dis By John Kondrick Bangs. apology let me tell you a story.” There A BOY SCOUT HERO trict, neur Johannesburg, Transvaal, n thrill rustled all through the ranks. South Africa. The largest producing A SUGGESTION "Last night around three o'clock,” the The great moment In a scout's life Band mines in 1910, with monthly out minister went on somewhat huskily, when his preparedness can be the put, were the -following: Crown mines, F S U C H « h a l l be y o u r m e n t a l " I waked from sound sleep to hear s ta t e 208,000 tons; F.ast Band Droprtetary. means of saving a human life, came to Mrs. Batten culling distractedly, ’Meet First »'lass Scout Cecil Smith Birch of T h a t y o u can 't h elp e x a g LW aai tons; Knight* Deep, 102.400 IVorothy nt the station, go with her; Troop 9, Texarkana. Texas, under clr- ge rate. tons. T. A. Rickard considers the you must I Hurry! They are holding In s te a d of. a t most m o r t a l s do. cumstance* requiring resourcefulness New Modderfonteln the greatest gold E x a g g e r a t i n g t h in g s o f rus. the circus train. She will explain.’ and courage to a high degree. Birch, mine In the world. In 1910 It was H e e d this s m a ll b it o f h a l t i n g Naturally I went to nn-et Dorothy »h o la suffering with tuberculosis of rh y ms fhc hone o f the lower leg, was walking white and steady ns mnrtiìè.'like death 'l '" , T 'T An d t r y f o r Just s l i t t l e t im e T o m a g n i f y y o u r J«-»ya and see were In "•"» u,rl," r' h ,v* tU* * slowly tow ards home after school when H o w much m o r e hap py yo u w i l l spinal. They had put her In a draw continuane» o f this ore to the total he was attracted by a sudden scream be. ing room. Two of the women were of nearly 20.000 tona. This Is also In from a tree nearby, and saw there a T h e n t a k e y o u r s to c k o f dally the Band district o f the TransvnaL with her—they started to leave her ns tr o u b le s MM'I boy caught high up in the A n d tu rn th em Into a i r y b u b Í came, hut she made them stay hrai hes and hanging to an electric b le s — Little One’s Voice. ! wire. The crippled boy climbed to th* ’Frank !s dying.’ she said clearly. T h s d a l l y t r o u b le s th a t y o u ’ ve All children should be encouraged te top • f the tree within a tew inches of •Frank Allen we h-ive been secretly nurs ed— engaged a whole year He has three sing, for the voice Is God given, n prlc^ j Die lonacing current. On account of A n d b l o w th e m up u n t il t h e y burst. hours to live, the doctor said, lie must less Instrument thnt needs no trick fi*c the heavy voltage he did not touch the l>7 McClure Newspaper Syndicate ) sec me before be goes. 1 will see him, Its us<>. And It Is beautiful In child chibi -i body with his hands until afier thanks to these good people— it was h ood, before wrong and careless specif- he had freed him from the wire. This -O- my only chance!’ I knew without tell Ing and singing have made their In Hlrcli managed to do by taking off hit Aviation Schools In Ecuador. ing—no other train till eight this roads of Injury. W e should do all In vest which had large armholes In !L Aviation schools will be established morning, and n car mtihlu’t make the our power to encourage this s w e e tn e s s throwing It over one of the child’s legs rxin. with last week's storm taking of voice— by suggesting a moderate de si. I then jerking him from the wire, ■t Guayaquil and Quito by the govern gree of tone In «peaking and singing, ¡The i out caught the little fellow In ment of Ecuador. away ao many bridges. —:-----O-------- ' “ Later I>olly told me 4n>w she had by example more than precept, t’hil- | one a io, then brought him down from Mother's the ti ■e and carried him to his home, gone at'breakneck speed In their car dren Imitate ao quickly. to the atatlon told her plight to the quiet voice or teacher's well modu- j There he administered first aid treat ment pending the arrival of the doctor. head o f the circus there- he hadn't lated one Is sure to have effect. < > . M ilton Sills What’s in a Name?” A I Sardinian River Tirso Harnessed by Italians Rome. An artificial lake fifteen . t cln instance* Imaginable. miles long by two wide t* being con Tbe marshy character of the low structed in Sardinia to harness the basin has made t unhealthy. Control power of the swlft-fioWng lllver Ttrao. o f the river will convert the etagunnt The project la said to be one of the districts Into heilthy field*. largest attempted In Europe The lake The hydraulic force developed I* ex- w ill serve a double purpose In Irri | pec ted to give n great Impetus to Sar gating a vast era which, a? to th* dinian Industry, particularly to mining. present, hae been nothing but a barren Japan ha* a written history extend , waste, where cultivation has been un dertaken by the people only under tb* ing ove.- 2.300 year*. "CIVIC H IK E ” FOR SCOUTS A number o f boy scout councils make nse of a "know-your-elty" eerie« o f hikes to strengthen civic pride and In terest. Milwaukee, Wt*. : Newark, N , J ; Seattle. Wash.; Washington, p. C.. snd Stamford. tV»nn., are among those ( round)* sponsoring trips to vertone points of Industrial and historical In terest. A vielt to the local telephone company, sn Inspection of manufatur- lng plante, a tour of historic ground» all are typical features of tbit knowl- edge-by-blklng^actldtj,___ V 'T B B THE CRAZ Y RABBITS T T W AS th* first gray dawn of th* morning that Mr. Fox was awak ened by the sound of running feet. He Jumped out of bed and went to tbe window. Peeking through the shutters he could see a long line of rabbits run ning down the path through the woods that led to the meadow. "What in the world Is the matter with all the bun nies?” thought Mr. Fox as he began to dress. “ Wonder If th* woods la on fire?*’ There was nothing the matter with the woods, he found out as soon as he was outside. The sweet smell o f early morning filled the air. Not even the chirp o f a bird was to be beard, only the faint sound of the little feet In the distance did Mr. Fox hear, and the last rabbit as It disappeared through the trees did Mr. Fox see. But he must know what was going on. Down tbe path he sped. He reached the edge of the woods Just as the last rabbit ran Into the meadow. Just before he caught up to them, Mr. Fox saw that the rabbits were running along by a pond, and when the , ijp'-w.p f --W “ And Then They All Sat Down.” head rabbit, who was named Stubby Tall, reached the far end of the pond. Instead of keeping straight on with his run he turned, coming down to the ottier side o f the pond. The rabbits that were following did not notice this. Each one seemed In tent upon following the rabbit In front, so when Stubby Tall came to tbe side of the pond nearest Mr. Fox he fol lowed the end rabbit, who was, of course, beginning his run along the bank of the pond. “ Crazy,” exclulmed Mr. Fox, every one of them! Running around the pond in a circle like a lot o f mad crea tures ! “ What In the world 1* the matter with you all?” called Mr. Fox when he reached the running rabbits. “ Here, you stop running or you will be so dizzy you will tumble Into the pond.” For a second all the rabbits stood still and blinked their eyes In a dazed THE RIGHT T H IN G at the RIGHT TIME By M A R Y M ARSH ALL DUFFER T I 31E A M ) PL AC E /'"YNCE It was most unusual to select Saturday for a wedding day, but of late years there Is a decided preference for this day. Then, weddings often take place at country home» and busy men can more easily arrange to be present for the wedding when It comes at n week-end than at any other time. Moreover, as evening weddings have quite gone out o f fashion, the best time that an afternoon weddiug can take place le Saturday, when so many man take a half-holiday. Juna end October are the favorite month* for wedding*, though the Easter season Is likewise popular. Among the ancient Roman* there wa* a decided prejudice against May weddings, as that month was supposed to he under th* influence of spirits adverse to happy households. June was with them, as with us, the month of wedding*, and no time In the year was so highly re garded as a wedding day as a day In June when there was a full moon. For tunately we have no rich superstitions. However, society folk, whether church members or not, seldom choose to be married in Lent. Now as for the place. The large, formal wedding Is usually celebrated In church—more *o In fact o f late year* than ever before. The fact that a brilliant wedding party appears to bet ter advantage In the aisles o f a church than In most private residences per haps has had something to do with this. Then, o f course, many persons prefer to be married In church because o f religious associations. As far as the proprieties go, a wedding may be held In church, tha vestry room, the rectory or minister's study, at th* home or of fice of the Justice of the peace, or st th# home of th* bride. The hotel wed ding Is In good enough form, providing th* p tents Or guardians of th* bride set as host* N e v e r, Coder any circumstance*, should the wedding take place In th* home r f th# bridegroom, nor should the bridegroom or his family provide for tb* wedding hospitality. I f * young woman of extremely hnmhle origin marries * men In far' better circum stance* th* should be non* th* '#•* 'n- etetent that such wedding as she ha* be at her home U M «C l« r* S m p t j « I r i l u s t s ) O sort of way and then they all sat down. "What Is th* matter?" asked Mr. Fox of Stubby Tall. "W ere you running away from something?" Stubby Tall blinked, shook himself, and called to his mates. "W e won’t find him now ; we had better go home.” All the Babbits got up and hopped along after Stubby and Mr. Fox, who was still asking questions about the strange sight be had seen. “No, we were not running away from anything or anybody, "we were trying to catch somebody.” "T o catch somebody?" repeated Mr. Fox. “ Who In th* world did you want to catch?” Stubby Tall shook his head, "That we do not know,” he said. “ We only heard the sweet music that he plays, little piping strains of th* sweetest music you ever heard.” Mr. Fox stood still now, looking at Stubby Tall. He was certain he was crazy but Stubby did not seem to notice Mr. Fox at all. “ I heard It Just before the dawn came," Stubby went on saying. “I ran out as fast as I could but he had passed. I could hear the soft sweet piping down the path. “ So I called the other rabbits and began to run after him, but I only saw his footprints. I guess no one has ever seen him.” Mr. Fox looked along the path.” Do you mean those footprints?” he asked, pointing to small hoof marks. Stubby Tail nodded his head and Mr. Fox burst Into a loud laugh. "Those are the footprints of Billy Goat and I know he does not play on a pipe or make sweet music—ever hear hi* voice?" “ It wa* not Billy Goat," said Stubby Tail. " It ’s some one who loves all of us animals an* comes playing tunes In the soft early morning.” Mr. Fox looked at Stubby In a way that plainly showed he was disgusted with him and shook his head and then he ran toward home to get his break fast. He told Mr. Coon about Stubby ^all and what he had said, later In the day. "Crazy; every last rabbit In this woods was crazy this morning Just before sun rise,” said Mr. Fox. “ I am not so sure about that," re plied Mr. Coon. “ I have heard fhat there is a creature half niun and half goat called l ’an. who plays on little pipes made of reeds very, vpry early In the morning; but no one ever see* him, though some suy they have heard the piping." “ Have you?” asked Mr. Fox. "No, replied Mr. Coon. "Neither have I," replied Mr. Tox, "and I don’t believe a word of such foolish talk.” But Mr. Fox was wrong, for In ■ mystic hour Just before the dawn I’ an passes with his pipes and calls the world to awaken. (<£). 1923, b y M c C lu r « N e w s p a p e r S y n d ic a t e .) Has Anyone jj At You ' Because — Laughed F^HEL r . PBYSEt You always want to travel? “ Isn't America good enough for you?” "W hat’a the matter with our New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago?” "Have not we got enough historic nionu- ft ments?” These are some of the » laughers' ammunition. You ft like to travel perhaps because > you see new things dully; you may be getting Impressions to use In some useful way. You may have no home ties and trav el Is a pleasant way to live and see the world. Yeu are learning not to be narrow by travel and are seeing that all mankind is after all the same under the akin. Let them roar! SO Your Get-away here le: The more traveler* and tha mora th* world understand* th* world the lee* war and strife. ( S by lfoClurs N » w ,p »p .r S in dlcatl ) »5 « I Locate Sit* of City of David. Universal Service is Informed by the British Colonial office that the pro posed excavation o f the ancient city o f David will be made In the vicinity of th# Cenacolo, on the hill popularly known as Mount Zion. The real site o f Zion, the city o f David, has long been known to archeologists. It lies not on the hill on which Cenacolo stands, but further eastward on the little triangular spur called Ophel, which runs southward to its apex above the old pool of Slloam. It » a* on this small spur, which the Jebusl'e* first occupied, that David founded hi* d ty o f Zion. Here his tomb will prob ably be found and here the excava tion# will be carried out --------O-------- Government Butter Inspection. T h * United State* Department of Agriculture maintain* a butter Inspec tion aervlce on the Boston. Chicago. New York. Philadelphia and San Fran- claco markets, and at the request of shippers or other financially Interest ed parties makes official inspection of butter offeredefor interstate shipment or received at important central mar- kate designated by the secretary of agriculture.