Independence enterprise., July 23, 1920, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

iMfiwPKNDENCE KNTERPRISE
JULY
WAR SHORN OF ITS GLAMOR
Modern Palntere, Who Themaelvee
Have Looked on Death, Depict
Slaughter as It Really la.
Tor the first time In history war Is
painted as It is. The varnish, the
glory has been taken off. It stands
out In all Its sodden horror. The
opening of the Salon des Artistes
Francala, filled for the most part with
canvases of men who have bs In the
trenches, show an astonishing ab
sence of battle scenes.
Most of the painters have sought In
spiration elsewhere. Those who have
found It In the war have rendered
only the dull misery of life" at the
front.
They show do clash of armies,
these painters who have b&n through
the war, no flourish of trumpets, not,
even fragments of general fights. But
war as it Is. A soldier, limping toward
the linos, exhausted, despairing, hold
ing op to his mouth a handkerchief.
dark as a clot of blood Is what one
sees. The face Is distorted with suf
fering:, and the uniform is of that in
describable color which cones only
from continual exposure to the ele
ments. (Jerry paints a blinded soldier
guided towards a relief station, Michel
and Pouzargues show water-flooded
trenches.
If governments In the future- wish
more pleasant and cheerful war
scenes they will have to call on art
ists who stayed away from the front
Those who served were too close to
death to paint anything but the truth.
JUST REPETITION OF HISTORY
Fads of the Present Day Had Their
Counterpart In the Fashions
of Years Aflo.
Nothing is new under the1 sun, not
even the newest and most up-to-date
girl striker of the present day, with
bobbed hair, nor even the employer
who complains of the fashion. A writ
er In "Blackwood" has discovered that
in the time of James I, this fashion
was affected by women who donned
the doublet and hose, which aroused
the ire of an unknown author, who in
1C20 lampooned the women of the day
for so dressing, and instead of keeping
to "the modest attire of the comely
hood, cowl or coif and handsome dress
and kirchifs" betook themselves to the
"cloudy, ruffianly, broad-brimmed hat
and wanton feathers." Nor was this
all. The extravagance of her costume,
with the "French doublet" which took
the place of a "concelled straight
BROUGHT BACK SAD MEMORY
Little Wonder That Comedian Could
Not Look on Buns With Any
Degree of Affection.
"I cover ent buns," the comedian
said sadly, "they remind me of a hor
rible experience I had once."
The listeners drew near, thrilled by
the tenseness of his tones.
"I was on a ship In nildocoan," went
on- the comedian dramatically. "Iler
cargo was self-raising flour and cur
rants, and a touring theatrical party.
Suddenly. In the dead of night, we ran
Into an Iceberg,
"There were no boats, so things look
ed Tery desperate for us. The huga
waves dashed over the sides and down
the hatchways.
"Then we heard a curious noise. The
water had tot to tn self-raising flour
and presently it began to ooae up In
large blobs, like buns, with the cur
rants mixed up In it.
"As the great lumps of dough floated
on- the water the heat of the run baked
them hard. I got on top of one of tla
biggest and floated away trem the
sinking ship.
"But alas! the ocean thereabouts
was full of sharks and they deemed to
like my bun. Anyway, they nibbled
and nibbled at it, and dally It grew
less, until I had hardly room to hang
on. I got washed ashore Just when
there were only two bites of bun left
for them.
"Kver since, then," be ended, with a
sigh. "I haven't been able to look at
a bnn without shivering."
KNOW LITTLE ABOUT EARTH
Dwellers on This Globe Have Shown
No Curiosity Concerning Possible
Wonders of Its Interior.
. The earth's crust is compared to
the skin of an apple by the writer of
a leading article In the Scientific
American Monthly. Our knowledge of
the globe on which we live, he says.
Is not even skin deep; for an apple
as large ns the earfh would have a
skin twenty miles thick; and no one
has been much more than a mile In
to the crust, or has bored into it with
tools more than a mile and a half. It
Is rather humiliating to think that
we know more about' the sun, ninety
millions of miles nway, than we do
of the solid earth under our feet. We
think nothing of dispatching exploring
expeditions to unknown regions thou
sands of miles away ; how about
little expedition to points only a few
miles distant vertically downward?
gown" was not in the author's eye the i Such explorations have been proposed
deadliest offense ; Incredible though It I although the boldest explorer has not
dared to suggest going further than
twelve miles a trip that would take
him on theN surface of the earth only
from . one end of Manhattan Island
to the other.
seenfc, she would "out and cut her
hair to the despicable fashion of the
Puritan." So the bobbed hair comes
as a reminiscence of the modern maid
en's forebears in the Covenanters'
time.
.Selling Shoes Under Difficulties.
Dean B. Stover, southern salesman
for a Brockton shoe concern, got an
order under difficulties while out on
his last trip. He made a North Car
olina town and hired a taxi to take
him to a township 15 miles away to
which few trains ran. Arriving on
the outskirts of his destination he
found that the heavy floods had
washed away the only bridge. Mr.
Stover decided the only thing to do
was to turn back until the taxi driver
suggested that there might be a boat
somewhere around. Mr. Stover hunt
ed along the banks until he found a
flat bottomed skiff and be rowed
across. He Interviewed his customer,
paddled him back to the other shore.
requisitioned a small wharf and laid
his samples out on the roadside. And
he made the sale. Brockton Enterprise.
All Blush Now.
Playwright Eugene Walter apropos
of a New York publisher's conviction
for publishing a supposedly obscene
novel said :
"The novel In question is harmless,
and the people who brought about
that poor publisher's conviction were
as silly as as well as It reminds
me of a story.
"The lady principal of a famous
girls' school took her older pupils
to the Metropolitan museum one day.
Entering the hall of sculptures, the
principal said, as she looked up from
her catalogue:
" 'Attention, young ladies ! When
we come to the next statue but one
you will all-blush.'"
Success Through Optimism.
At one time while building the Pana
ma canal there were eight thousand
men engaged in the Culebra cut alone,
Every night as much soil slid into the
cut as could be taken out during the
day. But there was not a sign of dis
couragement the men enjoyed the
fight Colonel Goethals walked
through the cut one morning just after
an extensive slide. The foreman bad
been on the Job since midnight.
"Well, how is everything this morn
ing, Mr. Hogan?" asked Goethals.
"Fine. CoIoneL fine. It burled that
steam shovel over .there and tipped
over two batteries of drills and cov
ered all the tracks through the cut
but .one, but everything's fine, sir.
We're dlMln'." H. H. Moore in The
Youth of a Nation.
Assyrian "Ambaasadreat,"
The Lady Surma d'Mar Shlmuxn has
arrived in London as the official am
bassador from the Assyrians in. the
Kurdfstan mountains, says the Argo
naut
Very handsome, not unlike the
queen of Montenegro In profile, very
bright lively and animated, Lady
Surma d'Mar Shimum Is only a little
more than 30 years of age. Of fine
physique, she is also a highly cultured
woman, eo cultured that the arch
bishop of Canterbury closed a re
cent interview with the "ambassador"
with the remark : "It is extraordinary
to find so much civilization where one
could naturally have expected bar
barism."
Newlyweds to Tents.
A honeymoon colony, believed to be
the first of its kind In England, has
been established In a meadow near
Farnham, Surrey. At the edge of a
certain wood half a dozen tents may
be seen. They are the homes of the
four brides and their husbands who,
rendered homeless by the house short
age, have begun their married life in
the open air.
The colony Is likely to be still fur
ther enlarged, for several other cou
ples have applied for admission.
From the Continental Edition of the
London Mail.
Immunity From Ivy Poisoning.
Persons susceptible to Ivy poisoning
can be rendered immune by taking
a treatment described by Dr. Jay
Frank Schumberg In the Journal of
the- American Medical asociation. It
consists In taking after meals a prepa
ration of tincture of poison ivy, in
doses gradually increasing from one
drop to a teaspoonful. The immunity
conferred by this lasts for about a
month. Ivy poisoning may also be
cured by administering the same drug
in larger doses, increasing more rap-Idly.
The Atlantic Patrol.
After the wreck of the Titanic, 11
of the leading nations of Europe
Joined with the United States and
Canada to provide a service for the
observation and patrol of ice along the
north Atlantic steamship lanes. These
nations contribute In different propor
tions to the expense of this service,
but tl'.e work Is done by the United
States coast guard cutters Seneca
and Tampa who cruise back and forth
(luring the warmer months when the
Icebergs come south and send out to
all vessels wireless reports of the lo
cation and movements of the Ice.
Boys' Life.
INDUSTRIAL RE
VIEW OF STATE
The Dalles Juniper Flat, a great
level plateau south of here, which
contains something over 100 square
miles, has never produced anything;
but wheat Now it is springing up
in orchards, berry patches and di
versified farms. This change,
which has converted a near-desert
to a veritable garden, is all due to
the operations of the Wapinita Irri
gation company, which began work
here six months ago. Water was
brought from the high hills to the
east of the plateau and works have
now been completed to the point
where every farm on he flat can be
supplied with abundant water. Ju
niper Flat is- bounded roughly. The
principal towns in Juniper Flat are
Wapinita, Maupin, Tygh Valley and
Wmiv The territory is tributary
to The Dalles and is connected with !
this city by railroad and Bl&ge lines.
Shaarar -The falls of the Des
chutes river near here, which have
been the site of nothing but a toll
bridge and a, white elephant hotel
for the past 30 years, are to be hnr-
Had No Experience.
An artist was showing a young wom
an over his studio. After she had
critically examined all the pictures,
jshe remarked:
"I notice several sunsets among
your works, but not a single sunrhse.
How's that 7'
The artist, who was rather noted
fpr his bohemlan habits, blushed a
little at the question, and then stam
mered: - .
"Ypu see, it's this way. To tell the
truth, the reason I've never rain led n
' sunrise Is because I'm never up at
that time." -
nossed soon by the Eastern Oregon
Land company. Enormous jo entiul
electrical energy is now going to
waste.
Ilarrisl.urg-Humlrcds of tons of
hay recently harvested near her
nro lying around and may bo lost,
all because there is no baling wire
to be had in this vicinity for
love or money.
Hood River It is estimated that
this year's apple P will reach
only 50 or 60 per cent of last yeart
2,000,000-box crop, but the fruit ii
of exceptional quality.
BenjThe two sawmills nd all
the logging camps of the Booth
Kelly Lumber company have resum
ed operations. The plant closed
down for Independence day and the
mills have been undergoing repairs
since that time.
Salem With capital atock of
$300,000, the Moore Dry Kiln com
pany, organized under the laws of
Florida, has filed application for
permission to operate in Oregon.
Canyon City A Mormon bishop,
who has sunk a mine 200 feetdeep,
recently brought In several hundred
dollars' worth of wire gold. The
bishop has been at work on hia mine
for two years.
ivrtlaml Ralph Schnedwk & Co
of this city have ii'curwd the contract
for building the irrigation vyatvm
of the North Unit district.
000,000 bond issue for this
was voted last March.
A $,
project
Portland The keel of the second
of seven 12,000-ton tank steamers
will be laid by the Nrtliwest llrldge
& Iron company within the next two
woeks. Only BOO Wn are now em
ployed in the plant, but wral
thousand men will be required when
atcol production and transportation
are Improved sufficiently to allow
the yard to operate at full blast
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Portland Aft r building th ma
chinery for the seven largest milk
condcnsarlei on ,the Taclfic coast,
the Schaefer copper worki of this
city is continuing the tfood work by
qulpin the packing; plant of the
Pviyallup A Sumner Fruit G rowers'
Canning company at Puya'dup,
Wash. The Schaefer plant has just
purchased new buildings and equip
ment and doubled its capacity.
Portland Increasing cost of wood
and coal is proving highly beneficial
to the Hall Gas rurnaca company.
The mounting prices of solid fuel
have caused such demand for gal
furnaces that the capacity of the
.a
duct throughout y
Mm for the tJiA
lumber on motor trO
Portland TK. . .
company, wy "N
.the flrat lndu.tr. IT 1
linn "Hi?
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upholstery, th. iJT7
company
co, Oregon, three yMf,.!1
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Lolng company. .
iwo-.ld. camp nftl,'(
timber on the Lewl.iV
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PorUand-nii city fcj
ba the largert wool aJ
center in th. M j.u j
S. W. McClure, man.,;
lumbla basin wool
waa a recent visitor It P
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roarit The U. S. Chain
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in back in
TEN years ago you might
have seen one or two
automobiles waiting outside
the station, when the weather
was pleasant.
Today the square is crowd
ed with them. And most of
the cars you generally see
there are moderate-price cars.
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Anybody who tells you that
owners of moderate-price
cars are not interested in the
quality of their tirci has
never met very many 0f
them.
We come in contact with
the small car owner every
day and we have found that
teisjust as much interested
as the big car owner.
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There if one tire, at least,
that makes no distinction
between small cars and large
cars so far as quality is con
cerned the U. S. Tire.
Every U. S. Tire is just
like every other in quality
the best its builders know
how to build.
Whatever the size of your
car, the service you get out
of U. S. Tires is the samo.
It isn't the car, but the mai
who owns the car, that sets
the standard to which U. S.
tires are made.
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We feel the same way
about it. That's why we
represent U. S. Tires in this
community.
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