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' v . , . , INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRI ' Y lllT i Page Six READING COURSE UNDER "U" WING Oregon .Becomes .Unit National Reading Circle JAPANESE AVERSE TO CHANGE Idea That They Would Tak Kindly to Amerlcan-Bullt Houses Proved to B Wrong. PAINT By VIRQINIA BAKER. , Thev were full of oldtlme costumes. The first national program of a diary of the fatuous actor, a license for Booth's father to practice law, signed by the king of England, and a collection of old playbills and pro- I rari,ie phlll.Ie stop him when his hnnd Washington Citizens of Oregon who have enrolled in the national readintr circle of the bureau of edu cation, or those who contemplate the reading of one or more' of the 16 courses issued by the home education division of the bureau, will be inter ested to know that a plan of cooper ation has been perfected and adopted by the bureau of education, the Oregon state department of educa tion, and the Oregon state university in connection with the home reading course The extension division of the Ore gon state university has now enter ed into cooperation with the bureau of education, and with the approval of the state superintendent of edu cation the work in Oregon will b e carried on by John C. Almack, assis tant director of the extension div ision at the university, Eugene, Oregon. In the future, certificates award ed to readers completing any of the courses of the home education div ision will be signed by the U. S. commissioner of education, the state superintendent of public instruction, and a representative of the exten sion department. Readers living in Oregon are re quested to send all papers and letters to John C. Almack, assistant direc tor, extension division, University of Oregon, .Eugene, Oregon, who will keep the bureau of education informed of the progress of the var ious readers. Members of the national reading circle of the bureau of education include men and women of all pro fessions, boys and girls, and ambit ious workers who agree that "Books are tools, and we should use them to do the world's work in a better I way home education to be adopted in the Unitrc! Spates was formulated by the present commissioner of educa tion in 1913, and today the national reading circle includes members in every state in the union, Hawaii, Alaska, Canal Zone, Porto Rico, Phil ippine Islands, India, China, and other countries in which Americans have installed temporarily their lares and penates. The national reading circle was formed to answer the needs of old and young who had long desired some guide in their reading, and who needed some inspiration to continue a course after having: commenced it. Such inspiration is provided in the awarding of a certificate signed by the commissioner of education, which is given to each person who offers satisfactory evidences of having read the required books in any course. The courses already issued by the bu reau include courses in literature, history and biography, home-making and child care, and such vocational courses as machine-shop work, ship building, iron and steel, navigation. Co-operating committees of special ists in literature and history as well as individual specialists were ap pointed to assist the bureau of educ cation in the preparation of home reading courses. Four vocational reading courses were prepared with the cooperation of the publishing board of the American' Library as sociation, assisted by specialists in vocational 'subjects. The home reading courses publi shed by the bureau of education, all of which are available upon request, include: 1. The World's Great Literary Bibles Great Literature Ancient, Me dieval and modern. Reading courses for parents. Miscellaneous course for boys. Miscellaneous course for girls. Thirty books of great fiction. Thirty world heroes. American literature. Thirty American heroes. American history. France and her history. Heroes of American democracy. Vocational Courses The call of blue waters Sea manship and marine engineering. Iron and steel. Shipbuilding. Machine-shop work. Books listed in the various courses may be purchased from publishers or borrowed Ifrom libraries. The bu reau of education does not furnish or lend books. With the double hope of business success and social service, a certain tlrm In Japan some years ago bvgtxn the Importation of Anierlcan-imide movable bouses on a lnr;e seule. The houses, the tlrm believed, would otter verv comfortable and cosy little homes I at reasonable prices to the salary-earn In;; classes of Nippon and would brlnii about a peat Improvement In the do mestic life of the Japanese. The enterprise, well-meaning na It undoubtedly was, turned out to be a failure. It was like an overzenlous but enlightened missionary trying to Impose the dogmas of Christianity on heathens, regardless of the latter 8 Ideas, temperament arid history. The Japanese have their own customs, modes of living and traditions, which. Irrespective of whether they be goo or bad, are dear to their hearts and hard to give up In a fortnight Homes are the most basic of Institutions, and house construction Is the result of centuries of home life to a nation. To try to Induce the Japanese to give up their houses Immediately and dwell In the American-made houses la like trying to urge them to give up all Japanese ways of feeling, believing and thinking, and to adopt occidental ways of behavior. It Is preposter ous. East and West News. MEMENTOES OF GREAT ACTOR Diary of Junius Brutus Booth and Other Interesting Relics Are Found In Old Theater, Diaries and relics of Junius Brutus Booth, famous In the annals of the American stage, were brought to light by wreckers working on the recon struction of the famous old Walnut Street Theater, at Philadelphia, Pa., the oldest playhouse lu the United States. Away up In the eaves, and there was no evidence to show how they were put there, were two big hampers of wicker, falling to pieces from age. The theater's manager had a ladder put up, and he and a workman started to as cend The ladder broke and the workman had some ribs fractured, but the ham pers, when finally brought down, proved well worth the trouble. by McOlur Nwppr BynJlcw. Jl'hey were Just nt that stnfte In the affair when other people were wy Ins: "When do you suppose they'll announce It?" and they were wiytun to I each other all sorts of sweet unrepeat able things. Hut, between you and nie, what ho mild was really quite conservative, fur be was Scotch. Added to this native elrcumspoetness. was an unrteinonwtrn tlvenoss fostered by a mother who came from bid New England stock. So, because he Inherited a conscience and old-fanhloned hula's, one of the things he had to whisper to his girl was : 'Thllble, dear, I wish you wouldn't put so much of that red stuff m your Hps and cheeks,. You really don't need It, you know." This was Just a mild protest. Rut, ns Phllble had no Scotch or Puritan bjood In her veins, rather quite a spir ited mixture of Irish and French, she replied wKh a mischievous toss of her bobbed brown curls: "How do you know? Do you know If you've ever seen me without It?" "Well, really now. as you put It that way, I couldn't exactly say." Angus sidled down, rather embarrassed, be cause he had only seen Thllble 12 and a half times. The nnir was wnen ne had first met -her In the paint and varnish department of the Armstrong riardware company, where Angus was clerk. Phllble had given him quite a large order for white and green and black and red paint. She and her mother were fixing up the little house they had bought with part of dear papa's insurance money. They had never had a real home before because they hnd traveled around with papa, who had been an animal trainer with Buys Slnko circus. It was this environment which was responsible for Phllherta's pernicious practice of rouging. Then, as lovers always do at least once, they quarreled. lie even went n fnr as to say that he didn't want to kiss her any more If she smeared that stuff on, because his Hps never touched hers they Just tasted that paint. At first Phllble was furious. "I press you 71 never get the chance again, after that," she flung at him. Ancrus took his" cue and his bat. But the animal training Instinct, which she had Inherited from her father. ivtomk TAV FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW Frequent Inquiries are received by collectors of Internal revenue from i. .i.. im.l other business men ns to whether the taxpayer In busi ness for himself may deduct from his gross earnings an amount or Hil ary paid to himself. Wag or sal ary drawn by n taxpayer from lui own business are rnotv in the nature of a charge against profit. H J' ll,.., w.nilil liiel'eiV be lidded to his income and the effect would be to take money out of u l'uK,,t and put it in another. Therefore claims for such deductions are not allowable. Salaries paid to minor children employed in the conduct of a tax payer's lousiness' are not allowable deductions. If, however, a son or daughter has attained majority, or is allowed free use of their earnings without restrictions, a reasonable amount paid as compensation for their services may be claimed. A farmer who employs a man to assist in the operation of his farm may deduct from gross income the for such services. Likewise, if he has a woman whose entire time is occupied in taking care of the milk, cream, butter and churns, or if her services are devoted entirely to the preparation and serving of meals furnished farm luborcrs and In caring for their rooms, the compen sation paid her is an allowable de duction. If, however, she is employed solely in caring for the farmer's own household no deduction can be made. In arriving it net; income upon which the tax is assessed, deductions may be made for ordinary and nec essary business expenses. The rev. enue act specifically prohibits the de duction of personal,' family or liv ing expenses. Such expenses include rent for a home, wages of servants, cost of food and clothing for the fsm ily, education of the children, "and all items connected with the1 mainten. ance, well-being and pleasure of the taxpayer and his family," Ibr&Rocojnf Crop grams that are Invaluable today. Alongside the hampers, resting across two beams, was a big, thin slab of marble. It was found to be a litho graph stone on which were made the pictures advertising John Sleeper Clark. Arc and Microscope. Before the Royal Microscopical so ciety in London there was described a method of photographing objects mag nified by the microscope. The light of the electric arc Itself Is employed, that of the Incandescent lamps being shielded ; the light itself Is filtered. and thu a powerful monochromatic light, at the extreme limit of visibil ity, is obtained. With this light excellent photographs of minute objects, under a magnifica tion of 2,200 diameters, were made and exhibited upon a screen. The ex perimenter suggested that lenses spe cially corrected for the ultra-violet rays would enable photography to do for the microscope what It has already done for the telescope. New lork Evening Post. 2. 3. 4. B. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. paving Dallas planning street campaign this spring. Aurora has authorized erection of a $25,000 high school. Peanuts Gain In Popularity. More than 2,000,000 acres In this country were planted with peanuts last year. The demand for them is Increasing by leaps and bounds. They are one of the most nutritious foods known to man, one pound of them (shelled) containing nearly lialf n pound of fat and a quarter of a pound of protein, both high grade and read ily digestible. For running the body machine they are three times as effi cient as an equal weight of beef and five times as efficient as an equal weight of eggs. Peanuts yield a sweet, wholesome cooking oil. A bushel of them In the shell will produce a gallon of oil. Many lard substitutes now sold and popular are peanut oil converted into a solid fat. May Combine Languages. It will be of interest not only to students of philology in general but to anyone who has wondered why Nor way, Denmark and Sweden waste so much time through having three differ ent languages to know that Adolf No reen, long professor of philology at Upsala, has started a movement to bring the three languages more close ly together. Ills Husk Is stupendous, but since he Is a philologist tumself he may usher In the day when a drama written by a Dane can be played In Stockholm without being translated. Tha Variously Valuable Shark. Sharks are now prized for their skin by manufacturers of shoes and leather articles. Special seines have been constructed with which to catch the man-fish, and as many as 200 a day have been captured. One hide, says Experimental Science, will pro duce 10 to 40 square feet of leather. The liver of the shark yields upon boiling with water a valuable oil, used In making glue, soap, paints and mefli- Eugene high techool adda course i m main 8,ue' f'up' lnts amJ ,ueal" . . , , , . . . cines. The meat Is white, resembling in cement work, plumbing and wir-1 ho,,, . .... was on the knob of the screen door. "Angus," she said, "I won't put It on any more." And she mernt It, be cause she saw the truth In h!i brutal speech. She wanted hlra to Kiss her now. quick! He turned and saw her there rub bing furiously at her lips with a bit of a handkerchief. But because be was Scotch he did not gather her In his arms and cover the red on the handkerchief as well as her lips with penitent kisses, as a movie lover would have done. Ob, no. Becase he was Scotch, he said : "You will promise me, l'nilherta. never to use or have In your possession again this disgust ing red ointment." Phllble meekly promised. "Yes," be cause Just then he kissed her. rhilbie was very busy finishing the dressing up of the little house, be cause1, on the afternoon of a certain red letter day, ten of her best girl friends were coming to a tea pnrty. And then one day, a week before the late et for the pnrty. Angus called in the morning when Phllble was not expecting him. Ills call was very Informal. lie almost had her In his arms, and bent down but be did not kiss her. He hnd seen her face. There was a red blotch on each cheek. He stared at her so long that Phil- bie asked in a troubled voice: "So i early in the morning! What do you want?" "Nothing, now." Angus cut off the words with cold finality. Then, as nn after-regret, and with deep reproach in his voice: "You said you wouldn't put it on agnln !" "What?" asked Phllberta. And be cause she looked at the can in front of her, she put both bands to her cheeks. Thereupon she began to laugh an ever increasing crescendo of gur gles and trills. Finally, she struck her already Hllhtly discolored finger Into the can before her, and with it she touched each of Angus' cheeks. That outraged 'gentleman had stood in motionless amazement at her mirth, but now he cautiously put up one of his own fingers to his cheek. it ieu wei ana rather sticky. He looked at his finger, srnelled of the red smooch, and then he, too, began to laugh. When a Scotchman finally does see, a Joke on himself, he can appreciate It. "What the deuce were you doing, anyway V Angus asked. "Oh, Just trying to paint up those two old card tables to look oriental, like some lacquered ones I saw In town. Won't the girls think they're sporty when they see them on the veranda next Thursday?" "George I What a capable little wife you're going to makel" and Angus laughed some more. The laugh did not Inst as long as It might have ; It was very soon smoth ered against a daub of red on an other wise smooth, pink cheek. Yes, An gus not only kissed the paint on Phll berta's cheek, but he himself trans ferred some of it to the place where he had said It was most esnoot0n Gas and Acid Stomach Relieved in Two Minutes by taking a heaping tc&iqiooiit ul of JO l O in a gluM of lint water. Absolutely Imnnlesa. Hold bv I All Druggist. Oil SIXD CATAtOO Jl.mUrd ZZJZL .rtnran of 1 1 f ,V,W"J bVl" ow eooipMf tlnV fVtOU. JVuNrr na IW-J Spplt. BP'" MAKE EVERY td pi planted, and tvery . cm cultivated, yield tha v biCfieat return. Diamond Quality Sdt aro reafaf c, and adapted to the dim. 1J tic and aoil condition tf jjj the Northwest, Yew can ,a" "bonk" on Wg crop when f, you plant Diamond Qua. U; ity &eda. U jUt for Catmtog No. CO k 0! 11" -Mr,Atf5K' "In Every Respec ayf the Good Judge i le 01 if You get moro genuine chew-t ing satisfaction from the Reall Tobacco Chew than you cvcrl j got from tho ordinary kini The good tobacco tasted lasts so longa small chew' of this class of tobacco lasti much longer than a big chewf1' of the old kind. That's why J it costs less to use. ?,r Any man who has used both ic kinds will tell you that. bl Vut up in two itylet W-IJ CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco RIGIITCUTisashort-cuU hi . iwiiuyiyyyyi y mi itiir'iiiirtftliilrfli tHiti.111 iiiiihrti ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND ABOUT YOU- There are two kinds of news in the paper. Part of the news is about the affairs of other people; their sayings, doings and goings to do; things that have hap pened may happen didn't happen. But there's also a lot of news in this paper if you know where to look for it about your affairs. That's the part of the news you'll find in the Advertise ments. There's valuable news there about things you want or will want; perhaps about things you have that others want. Every Advertisement carries a message to someone. s 8 n tl "V tr "ui jr; m it Bi Pi it m: ill a lb( ro is n, it int .18 na it te 11.1 Many Advertisements cany messages of interest value to you.. or You can't afford to miss the Advertisements because so many of them are news relating directly to you or to your affairs. ing. tabooed. 0P