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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1923
CITING AND RECEIVING
The Christmas spirit Is best sum
med un In this brief sentence: "It
is more blessed to give than to re
ceive." That is true; every word
of it all the cynics in the world to
the contrary notwithstanding. , Tha
thrill of giving is a finer thing by
far than the thrill of receiving.
The other day R. A. Booth gave
en address to Boy Scouts and their
representatives. The kernel of his
sddisfcs was the assertion " that
what a man achieves In this world
- is measured ia th last analysis by
what he ia able to give to the
world. No truer words were ever
spoken. Lincoln isn't great be
cause he was chosen president of
the United States at a; critical
period in the country's history. Be
Is great because of what he gave to
the nation In Its hour of need.
Henry Ford , Is , probably the
richest man in the world. But he
Isn't great on that account.- Yet,
undeniably, he la a great man. Ho
Is' great because he took a little,
seemingly Insignificant Idea and
developed it into a great boon ta
mankind. Be gave to us the power
to get cheaply and swiftly i from
place' to place he realized the
- vision of the ancient dreamer who
conceived- the myth of the magic
blanket. And, -while ' conferring
that boon upon mankind, he found
ed a great industry, that enables
thousands to earn more and have
more.'. .That la why he Is great. I'
- is why all men who rise above the
ruck are great. It is, because ' of
what they give to others not be
cause of the trifling and tempo
rary things that they receive tor
themselves. . . .' .
. ' There are those whfi say ' that
Christmas, save as It applies to the
children, is a failure that the
burden of giving is not worth the
effort involved In bearing it Per
haps we all-rail of us, that Is, who
are of maturer years have said
that very thing in our more cynical
moments. - But It Is not true.
Christmas ia not a failure. The
spirit of Christmas Is a holy thing,
a living thing, a constructive thing
that touches the lives of all of us
and leaves us better for its touch.
Man's days ara brief. Be comes
Into the world and plays his little
' sketch upon Us stage, and in a few
moments for the span of a human
life la but a moment when com
pared with' eternity the curtain
falls- and his hour Is done. When
the time comes for the curtain to
fall U is not what he has receive!
that counts in the record, but what
he has given, it Is truly more
blessed to give than to receive, and
he who denies it Is blinder than a
bat.
MORNING REGISTER, EUGENE, gRE.j FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25,
it. He kopt order tbo well en
forced the laws so rigidly tliiU
businoss was hurt. That is why the
big cltlos are as wicked as they are
which la not quite aa wicked as
they are painted. They don't want
the laws enforced too rigidly, be
cause it hurls business.
Then there Is another angle, thai
might as well bo considered while
we are in the considering business
cities everywhere, big and llttto, put
a lot of law on thotr books that
are designed to look well and sound
well but not to bo enforced. Tho
curfew laws are an example. As a
people we are fond of passing high
sounding laws and then forirottltiif.
about them. That Is one of the rea
sons why law enforcement in this
country la as lax as it Is.
Kimono, T,nR Angeles, Oruillls,
Sun KrancUoo, 8ouiiooau and
Miami, It lutns.
Another' inmate of tho peniten
tiary, this time the recolver of
bribe, has been released. Another
case of when a penalty Is not a
penalty.
"American Cnn Higher," says s
stock report. Those who love the
high mountains will wonder how
cans can get any higher than now.
A' disaster is said to hove oc
curred to the Island of Yap. Stll!,
there's too much yap elsewhere
that goes unrebuked.
The miners, says a headline,, are
tiring of the cool strike. They are
not alone in their weariness.
Here's wishing everyone a merry
Christmas and not too many bills
on New Year's.
(irvnlllx (iiiiiMlo-Tlmos
The esteemed KuKeno Heltei
says that it orlcinuti'il thn lileit
that we on b lit to eaplinllao Oie
Kon's m'n uiu! woliMtm's the ll.ta-ette-Tlmea
to lis ranks to preach
the Klait ll.llnt.-H. Tills 1m the (ll'Ht
we lnul heart! of the KetrUter's
feel'ng In tho mailer. Why doesn't
It Uilvortlso? Anyway, wo are Kind
to flitht under any i-lKlneoua ban.
iter Just so the flhtiltK is Kooil and
there ts plenty of it. Wo thought
we had Hdu-ied HonietltlnK wlioii
the OroKou Journal noticed our
effort by repioiluoli'.K it, hut If
the KoKlstcr has a pt-lor claim, we
will buck out us Kiacctully ns(ioH
H.lile and right In tho ranks. Hut
lit any event, lot's reform tho prt'ss
in the mutter of exucKcrulinK and
Joli.iiK about rainfall m OroKou.
Dross
According to
Thermometer
(lie
.Fallacy of V"ulur Notion That
Good Health liiiululus Kroiii
.'initio Dxiiimuro to tho Win
ter's Wot and Hold
1925
lly UOY.U, ft. l'or..t..N'0, M.D,
(Vniunl Hlutt'i Svitnlor (mm Nw Yuik)
t-uimvr mmitl-rtltiiittr m llvaltlt
New Yurk City
LARSON GIVEN FREEDOM
MAN'S lMtOTIIKtt MKKl'S DI'.ATII
IN Al'TO AlVlli:.T
(My Tho Auociatrit Trta)
SEATTLK, Wash., Dec. 24.
Peter ljirson was freed hero today
of a munsluuKhtor charge placed
airatnsl him ufter his brother. Al
bert met Ueuth December 16. i'eter,
who was driving the automobile In
whlrh Albert was killed when it
went over tho bank, was directed
to appear as a withes: against
John Almquist, living near Kirk
lam. Ahnqul.it was accused yesterday
of selling llo.uor to tho J-urstms.
Man StinaiH Self
NEW YORK. Dec. 3. After
placing tho last trinket on it
Christinns tree, prepared for tils
younit daughter, Hryun Coleman.
-7. world war veteran, shot and
killed himself today, tit Roosevelt.
Long Island. "I wonder If this
blame thinjr works." Coteman re
marked, ns he pulled tho trigger
of the revolver.
Early Days In Eugene
(From the Morning Register,
December' 25, 1906)
Mrs. M. J. Thompson of Dayton,
Ore., arrived here yesterday to
spend Christmas with her parents,
SljC. anrt J5. D. M. Aicvraay.
W. 3. Mulkey, wife and daughter.
Alta, went to Medford yesterday
to spend Christmas .with friends.
Marriage licenses have been is
sued to the following: Theodore
Kruger and Miss Blanche HIbks:
Guy M. Keer and Miss Cora Grif
fith.
' E: J.- Frasier hoe contracted to
erect a large skating rink for Good
fellow, the skating rink man. on
east Sixth street near Willamette.
In the voting contest conducted
by Gorton's minstrels for the mojt
popular teacher. Miss Pearl Luckey
was in the lead last night. MisJ
Mary Weatherbee, Miss Netta
Kress and Miss Mae Kinsey are in
the contest.
Tho men of Five Rivers have or
ganized a league'known as the Five
Rivers Improvement league. Wil
liam Harter is president, K. W. Ry
an Is vice-president, E. 8. Prlndel
secretary and H. H. Cooper, u
treasurer. ... ...
The Register will Issue no paper
on the morning after Christmas,
allowing all its employes a full holiday.
Woman Itiiiullt ItciMirtctI
(Hy The AAAtH-tntrd Pra)
SEATTLE, Wash. Dec. 24. A
woman bandit, who remained at
the driver's wheel of an automo
bllo while her mnlo escort held
up a pedestrian was reported to
police here today.
A wreath of everirreon represent
ing tho undiminished loyalty of
Portland and Oregon to tho Ideals
and memory of Woodrow Wilson
will be laid upon tho tomb of tho
late ex-president on his birthday,
December 2S.
- A few weeks nro I took a drive
with a succcrm doctor, a Ioiik
lime friend ol mine, It happened
to be one of the
trait cold vluja
at tho heuln
ItltifT of winter,
.My doctor
friend Kl'owled:
"Well, we'll be
h e u ring now
a ti o u t t h e
lieulthiulncHs of
c old, snappy
weather! Mosi
folks hold to
the Idea tha
such weather Is
good for us and
that wo thrive
In contu'ttuenee
of It."
Ho went on
with tils tirade uguiiwt the "Idiotic
popular ideas." ".snow mo a torn
pci-ulurno chart with oho day
ifx'MW
KB0VM.SC0rtUN
1 MOTHERS!
I AND TBBIR CH1LORBN I
Daily Lesson In English
By W. I Gordon
Words Often Misused: Don't say,
'After having completed the task."
'After" is superfluous.
urten MisDrononncea: Literature.
Pronounce the "u" as In "pure,"
not as "oo" In "poor-"
Often Misspelled: Perspire, Not
pre, -
bynonyms: Abbreviate, condense,
summarize, contract, compress, re
duce.
I Word Stndy: "Use a word three
lmes and It Is yours." Let us in
crease our vocabulary by master
ing one word each day. Today's
word, Terrestrial: pertaining to
earth: belonging to the present
world. "Who can claim perfection
on this terrestrial plane?"
OTHER PAPERS BEARD FROM
VALE GENERAL BUTLER
Something over a year ago the
. city of Philadelphia ezpertencel
- one of those spasms of reform that
come over big and supposedly
wlck4 elties at occasional Inter
. .vats, and set out to clean houss.
' Since the U. S. marines have a
reputation for cleaning up things,
a hurry call was sent to Washing-
1 ton, and General Bmedley D. But-
' ler was assigned undor special
leave to the City of Brotherly Love,
where he was put in complete
charge o police activities.
. Be got action at opca. Dives
, were closed and gunmen were
chused out. Visitors to Philadel
phia within the past year have been
Impressed by the sight ot husky-
looking polloemen bearing sawed
of f shotguns and two regulation au.
, tomattos each'. They were a wicked
and hard-bolled-lQOklog lot. It is
' sld that they kept order.
Now General Butler Is out. The
reason., probably, would not be hard
o fln t anyone cared to look for
Bonor of Being First to Brag of
Oregon's Rain Contested
(Portland Oregonlan)
The Eugene Register vows It
was first openly to proclaim a
proper pride in Oregon preclplta.
tlon. There It stood, that fear
less paladin of a free press, bare
of head In a pelting Oregon mist,
calling out to all and sundry that
It liked the rain; that it had webs
between every toe, goose-feathers
sprouting from its front page, the
beak of a duck and the eye of an
osprey and that It rejoiced in
these regional peculiarities. Well,
let It pass. For oeventy-flve years
The Oregonlan has extolled the
Oregon rainfall, early and late,
and broken many a cudgel for the
faith. If the Register things It
was first -. ... m no matter. There is
glory enough for all, precisely as
there Is an abundance of rain to go
around.
Rain. The loam drinks It deep
ly, great swallows of the crystal
line bounty of heaven, and up
springs the grass, and down goes
the price of milk. Leastwise, It
ougnt to go aown f there Is aught
In cause and effect. More rain.
Through s green countryside the
crooks baste riotously to the
creeks, and the creeks rush Im
petuously to the rivers, and the
rivers go wallowing down to the
sea. Rain. We have so much of
It that we are disposed to contri
bute far more tnan our quota' to
the blue Paclfc. More rain. It
they say to you, "Yes, but It rnlns
In Oregon," then say to thorn, "I'll
say It does!" And say It with tho
prideful Inflection of a fond father
praising the brightness ot his fav
orite child. Thus you may con
trive to have them on the hip.
The Oregonlan is content to nerr
mlt, -without tbo least impatience,
any or-all of Its state contempor
aries to claim honor for originat
ing this Doia stand in favor of rain,
During the summer season, when
at times the rain comes not, and
the breast ot earth is sore, and
the lawn hose dovelops a leak, and
somebody has made away with the
noxzle, we are apt to grow peev
ish', petulant and pernicklty. We
ore prone to quarrel over trifles,
and to split an argument exactly
to ht mid-rib of a hair. But not
now. It rains. And tbon It rains
some more, we are at peace with
Dressing Quiekly
Ono Mother Says:
My boys were very slow about
dressing and undressing until wo
started the "bealini; game." At
night I put a record on the
Victrola and they try to gel ready
for bed before It stops. They call
It "Beating the Music." In the
morning I give them a tlmo limit
on the clock. They beat the clock
by getting dressed before tho
hands'reach the given place.
uf
sero weather Immediately follow,
ing another zero day, and I'll sltovv
you a marked tall In the health oi
the community." "Such wus the
verdict of my friend.
'What can wo do to prevent such
results?" I asked.
"Have ovorybody dress accord
ing to tho thermometer, guard
ugatust oxpogm-o Indoors and out
and never go to bed with cold
feet. That is tha remedy," ho re
plied. Ono reason I dread the coal
famine Is because tho houses go
cold. It Is just us easy to get a
terrible cold Indoors tts out In the
weather. To get chilled, whether
la your own parlor or on tho streot
ts not good for you and ono place
of exposure is Just as bad us tho
other.
Lots of persons, women particu
larly, have naturally cold feet
that is, they feel cold to the touch.
Hut I do not refer to coldness of
this degree When 1 speak of cold
feet I mean tho uncomfortabio or
painful chilliness which follows ox
posuro to continued low tempera
ture.
One of tha foolish Ideas ot too
many persons is to be uslmmed of
warm stockings or wurm shoes. It
is all right to wear sheer, silk ,
stockings if your duties do not
keen you out-of-dors, or In a cold
houso hours ut a time. You cun
not afford to huve habitually cold
feet and you cannot afford to sub
mit to tho dangers of cold . fci t
when you ure not used to tho cold.
You must use your hoad on a, I
such matters. Don't go to oxtromoj.
Guard against tho very rlnnuaroiu
extreme of extremely cold weathor.
.My friend's long experience hiul
taught him a thing which every
body should know.
Indoor workers who spend but a
little while each day In tho cold
out-of-doors should havo heavy
overcoats or wraps, utid other
means of protection against that
terrible chilling which cuts to the '
bone. It may seem unnecessary
to take precautions ugulnst a fen
minutes or an hour of cold air. On :
the contrary It Is very foolish not
to do It.
Please don't go to tho other ex
treme and get no fresh air at al,.
That Is even worso than tho chill
ing. You need tho oxygen Just as
much as in the summer more In
deed. Hut in getting fresh air.
day or night, keep tho body, the
feet and the hands warm. Then
you will avoid Illness.
V 6,
I Answers to Health QuorlcM I
eight weeks, although the rough
may last for some time niionvunl
, The . vact'liio treatment Is
probably the heat tl'oalmunt. Hum
lug n vapor lamb In tha room a;
night often relieves tho cough,
a a
A Header. U. What cause tho
paints of tho hands lo pvrspliv?
Answer. This Is usually due lo
nervous condition, lify iHithluu
tho hands with a weak solution of
alum,
a a
It. X. Q. What causes the legs
to fee) weak from tint hips down,
and a Pnlu In thn hack right
the waist tine, also In tho ankles?
Answer. This condition Is prob
ahly duo lo rheuiuatlsiu. Hwitd
selt-addt-vssed, slumped envelope
tor foil particulars, uud repeat
your question.
a a
.Mrs. 11, T. g, What cituaes
secondary nuetutu? Would the
tonsils cause it?
2. Would this rnttso au upset
siuumch, huving no appetite?
a
Answer. - Heud self-addressed
stamped envelope for full particu
lars and repeal your question.
v. This condition may be duo
to indigestion.
i'o.)im-ht ny
Ni'iait- Kvaturw srvlcs, luo,
Briofs of Oregon Life
The latest lllik'atloll of tho I'has
rnmiKtuy itsaluse tho Salem 1-rult
union and a largo number of
loganberry growers, promises to be
a long drawn out as the first.
when the l'hes company won over
tho fruit union, taking a Judgment
MHS. D. J. Q. How long doei
whooping cough Inst? ,
2. Is there anvthlnir that 'will
shorten or relieve tho disease?
Answer. Usually from six to
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Merry
Christmas
The Bank of Com
merce wishes each
one of its patrons
and friends the very
Merriest Christmas
they ever had.
BANK
COMMERCE
EUGENE OREGON
wir q
Five Day Sale of Dependab le
HOES
Some radical reductions in prices to' clean up dif
ferent lines. Prices so low that you can secure
Shoes for Any Member of the Family at almost a
gift. No time to lose make your purchases now
while assortments are intact. Cost and former sell
ing price absolutely forgotten. ( .
SHOES AT BARGAIN PRICES
Great rp Great
BOYS'
( GIRLS'
t MEN'S WORK
U. S. REP RUBBER KNEE BOOTS
KTUfc Savings
Savings
FOOT WE AH
828 WILLAMETTE ST 828
of tiver 1 1 1 0.0110 and cleaning mi
the assets of the fruit union, In.
eluding its minding ut naue aim
llltth sli'iiola. t t
Tim steady rainfall duilliir rs
cent days has caused tho Willam
ette river lo rlso at Oregon t'lty
sufficiently to llmuro opurulloit Of
the mill grinders, which will give,
several hundred mull steady am.
phrymoiti, Those grinder have
been slattitd several times, lint on
each occasion were forced to close
down on uccounl of low wuttir,
throwing muny out of work.
a a
Klvo-dollnr bills, 8100 ut thoiii,
mmw f I M 11 as a." lit" stivvmts-
Mvuuluu l.umbor contpun "ml tho
pnm'MM-ii.Kuu t'uiuuiwiy ui num.
l ...III... l.iU I. iu .inu r.e.ll IIj
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two tiny. In liiH'tfiiiuor, uud vuuU
woilu-r, hm bv roctvHl hln chvetc,
fouiul u $fc lunik uuto iiluttoti to II.
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hvtwiuMi I'Vrry unit Htutu uttotiU
lit Sult i u In unnounooil by Uuurtto
I V Will 'I'llll Ml ftlltttll-H Mill
ui'proxlmntoly tlOM'UU, niul piob.
ably will bo ouiii,HUi by AuguM
i ui uvxi jvnr.
Thn tinrfni'llnii Olnvsi fttnl Mhi.h.
furtlitniiir cmtiuunv. with hnit..iMs. ;
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Special Christmas
Dinner
Soup Cream of Tomato
Filet of Sole with
Tarter Sauce
Hearts of Celery and
Head lettuce
Roast Tom Turkey with
Celery Dressing
Baked Virginia Ham
Candied Sweets
Southern Fricassc of
Chicken
Cream Cabbage
Snow Flaked Potatoes
Cranberry or Ptimjikin Pie
Eulano Restaurant
450 Willamette
'Pence On
Carth
good IVill K
Christinas Day the lauujitcr of little children
snowy hills the tinkling 'of merry slrifh belli-
nttu titc uiinciiiu; nj;iii!i oi me v. in isliniis Tree I
Cliristnias when tlie world rrsi from its labori
ntiu cxiircsscs iovc lor iiicihis mm lutullics.
Christmas the Day of Days, since that first Christ,
mas in the humble maiiRrr of Hctlilclu-m when the
mcssane oi 1'ciicc on i-.artn iiootl Will to Man"
illuminated the world.
We wish for you the true and lasting joj ol
v-iiristuiusiiuc.
Wish
es
Very, Very Merry Christmas
to
All Our Customers and Friends
in
Eugene and Lane County
Get a Calendar
We hoped to, have a, nice calendar to distribute before
Christmas but they were delayed! They will be avail
able soon after New Years,
WETHERBEE
-'''-POWERS
1M. MAMf NIMTH AND ttAM .