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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1918)
The Maker of Bandages Red Cross W orkers Solve in One Minute the Mystery of the Stony Hearted Mrs. Britt. What’s the Matter with Oregon? fy O f th* Vigilant«*. A diam ond I* not th « h a rd m t thing In the world. A diam ond w ill ru t glana and bore through c'aae hardened, tempered chrom e ateel, hut glntut and »teel— the diamond llaelf to o - are aoft ■ ompnred to aome thing«. T h e hurdeat itilng In th « w orld la a hard woman. Mra. Ilrttt waa aurh a woman. 1 have aeen hard women In mjr time, hut never one who waa harder. Hhe »lulled acldom, and when »he amlled It waa like the g litte r of Ire. Hhe a|M>ke Infrequently, and when ahe «poke her »l>eei'h waa the tinkle of hnll on alate roofing. Hhe did not look aa If ahe hud ever wept In her life. Uverjr m orning Mr*. Itritt appeared at the Ked Oroaa a u xilia ry In upper Broadw ay. Hhe waa the Drat to a rrive In the m orning, the laat to leave at night. No one knew m urh nlxiut her, though. Hhe waa not the aort that make roufldrnrea. Hut that ahe waa a w o rk e r— a hard w orker— no one would dlapute. Kfflrlenry. aa you'd auppoo*. waa a trnlt o f Mra. B ritt's. A r* Efficient W om en Hard7 Efficiency— dreadful w ord that I How often hard women are efficient I How often efficient woman are hurd I Hhe wua both, Mr*. B ritt. T h e moment ahe la m e In at the door ahe had her hat and Jacket off. T h e next Inatant ahe waa at her place, her mouth art. grim , auatere and h ard — hard at w ork. Prob ably ahe did her work only from a aenae of duty. H a rd women alw ays profile* that trait. D u ty , d u ty ! Hut, then, few women are na hard aa Mra Itrlft. In contraat to her waa Mr*. Farlo w . Hhe waa aoft and wom anly aud gentle the exact oppoalte. Hhe waa not very efficient, of courae. though ahe tried. D ay after day Mra. F a rlo w aat at the w ork table, her mouth q u ive r ing. Binding w la tfu lly, the tear* atartlng in her eye*. T h e bandage* that came from her w ere often aolled and ruin- pled. poorly aewn. too. by her poor lit tle trem bling finger*. It waa a won- ler ahe could even aee to b o w at all. Again ami again what ahe turned In had to he throw n away. Hut no one reprim anded her. No one even let fall a hint that ahe wna more of a burden than a help. T h e hearta of all thoae women ached w ith wom an ly pity for the poor, atrlcken mother. Once In awhile, though. In her co m er at the hack of the room Mra Itritt would turn around and throw a glance at her. T h e glance waa na hard aa rock* hnrder. In fact. Mra F a rlo w had a non In the Rain bow dlvlalon. T h e non wna the oldeat of her four children, and until he went aw ay the little m other had been the • ippleat woman In the w orld. N ow any day he might be ordered off to Fruuce. Ilia picture waa In the locket ahe wore. K ve ry half hour ahe would atop her work to look nt It. Hometlme*. her fuce wlatful, ahe would «how It to the other workera, voicing the angulah that w ith every w aking breath ahe drew twanged hollow ly In her m other'« heart. One afternoon Mr*. Farlo w 'a oldeat daughter came h u rry in g In. H e r face waa white. Hhe hail Juat learned that the Rainbow dlvlalon had been ordered overacaa. Mr*. F a rlo w roae, her face tragic. One glance *he gave about her, then ahe rollapKcd. alnklng to the floor. In her fall ahe overturned a huge pile of antlaeptlc gause Juat to m Into aquarea fo r Tria n g u la r* No. 18. T h e room Inatantly waa In confu- alon. Inatantly every one aprang to the m other'* aid— that la. every one but Mr*. I t r it t Rhe roae and reacued the bandage« under fo o t Th e n , her face hard aa nalla. g rim ly Mr*. Itritt went hack to her w ork. When Mrs. F a rlo w , «till atrlcken, waa led aw ay to her car outalde the drab figure In the c o m e r waa plugging away aa mechan- le**lly and meth«>dlcally aa ever. T h e one glance ahe threw over her shoul- der ut the weeping woman waa almoet contempt uoua. A hard wom an. Mra. It r it t ; a heart- lea* o n«, too. It waa agreed. Foi d a y« nothing waa aeen at the a u xilia ry of Mra. Farlo w . It waa un- deratood that In her g rie f and appre- henalon ahe waa III In bed. Th e n one afternoon, pallid and quivering, ahe catne In at the door. Hhe amlled wlat- fu lly when the other« gulhered about her. “ Let me w o rk,” ahe appealed plaintively. “ W o rk may help me not to th in k.” H e r B andage« W orthless. Hhe took a bandage and tried to eew. Hhe made poor work of It. how ever. Th e n her head aank on her hreaat and the bandage allpped from her hand*. “ I can’t— oh, I can't I” *be wept Once more ahe waa led away. T h e aarne thing hapfiened three or fo ur day* later. A week later the m other wandered In again. B y now the flrat of the troopa were In the trenchea. and her pale, trnnaparent face wna like a w ra ith 's She took a bandage; ahe tried to new. and for a th ird time Mra. F a rlo w gave In. “ O h. my hoy, m y boy I” ahe walled. T h e next Inatant a face waa thruat Into her*. T h e face waa Mra. B ritt's, and the hnrd, bony vlaage waa q u ive r ing w ilh III concealed linger and con tempt. “ Sit down I Stop It I" an Id Mr* B ritt. W ith one hand ahe thruat M rs Most Hated of Men War Work Report •‘Gentlemen,” said his Satanic majesty, addressing a group of lounge lizards In the Gehenna lobby, “ meet my friend the em peror, late of Berlin.” “ Notbin« doing!” chorused the indignant Shades. “ You have heard of him, of course?” "W e have, your majesty.” - “ He tried to claim kinship with me,” growled Attila the Hun. “ But my barbarians never used poison gas to defeat the enemy.” “ I’m better known in history as a baby killer.” said Herod the Great, "but I never killed babies with Zeppelin bombs!” “ Don’ t bring him over here ” cried Nero, the toughest Roman of them all “ I’m rving to live down a wicked past myself,” “ Belay there, you submarine pirate!” bellowed o l d Captain Kidd. “ Bad as I am. I’d never have sunk the Lusitania without saving the women and children.” “ W ilhelm ” s a i d hi s host, “ you’re certainly in bad with the men. Let’s go over and meet the ladies.” But after Jezabel and Lucretia Borgia and Lady Macbeth had sniffed the sulphurous aif, and switched away their asbestos robes, the devil gave it up. “ Even down here,” sighed his majesty, “ the evil that men do lives after them, just as Shakes peare said. Boy, page Judas Is cariot, and tell him he has lost his title of the most hated man that ever lived.” — Modern Woodman. War Savings are climbing. Last report is $109,860.27 to the credit of Washington county. The amount required for the year is $20 per capita on Dec. 31. 1918. This means an investment of $1.66 pec month per capita. The average family must save and invent $8 33 per month Each family doing less compels some other to do more. We are a little over one month behind in our al lotm ent. Everyone who has not started buying W. S. S should get in now and help boost. Every one who has bought should keep it up regularly. Everybody should be a member of a War Savings society pledged to save and lend to Uncle Sam regularly. If there is n o War Savings society in your reach or ganize one. The Gale Grange at its meeting Saturday, voted unanimously to organize a War Savings society. The scholars are organizing. The County Officials have or ganized at the court house. N A. FROST, Chairman of War Savings. - f nm*m B , MAXIMILIAN FOSTER ) F a rlo w hack on bar c h a ir; with the other ahe tlirual at her the half fln- laheej handagv. H e r tone aa grim IIH her face, ahe «poke, and attain the auuud of It waa like hall pattering on alate. “ Y o u're not thinking of jrour •«in," «lie «aid. “ Y ou're Juat thinking of y o u ra e lf!" T h e re waa a m u rm u r of remon- Htranre. Mra. B ritt heard It, and ahe fln«h4-d a look about her. But when ahe *|aike again It waa to Mra. F a rlo w «he apoke. T h in k of Y o u r 8on. "Y o u 're not the only mother In thla w a r,” ahe «aid. " I f you thought a lit tle more about them and a little leaa about youraelf you'd he doing aome- tblng. You'd he helping your aon, for one th in g !“ “ W h y , w ha t do you mean?” gaaped Mra Farlo w . Mra. B ritt smiled another adamant, try «m ile. “ Y o u r «on w ou ld n ’t die for want of care. A n y one of theme bandage« I’ve aeen you ru in m ight aa\e hi* life. A n y one of them m ight ante the life of aeiine either meither'a aon!" Mra. Farleiw ahrank a* If *he had be-en «truck . She’d neeer thought of It that way before. T h e allene-e. the grim n-aerve. which had clemke-el Mr*. B ritt ae-emed for a tneiment tee quit her. " I have no aon." ahe aald. her flinty voice tilling out the word*. “ I had one. hut he died at Huantanam o. It waa In the Hpanlah w a r." «napped Mr*. B ritt, "nnd there were no bandage»— nothing. Th a t'* w hy he died. T h a t '« why I'm here now. It '« to ke-ep other women— moth e r «— from liee-eimlng the aort of woman I am .” A hand), brittle laugh eaca[>ed her. “ Oh. I know whHt you think of me. I've heard what you aald. W e ll.” «a id Mra. B ritt, “ my aem wouldn't have dleet like that maybe If I hadn’t aat around anlffilng and anuffilng. never doing a thing." Th e n , her lips draw n Into a bony smile, ahe glanced about her once m ore and «talked hack to her place In the co m er T h a t night Mra. F a rlo w roae from her plac-e at the bandage table and sought the table at the hack. F o r the first time that day Mra. F a rlo w had managed to create half a dozen hand- age*. none of which had to be thrown aw ay. T im id ly ahe held out a hand to the drab, dingy figure In the com er. " I — I've done better toelay,” »he »aid tim id ly. Mra. B ritt looked up at her. Out of the c o m e r of one g ln »»y eye something welled, then fell, running slow'.y -town her e-heek. " H e was only tw enty. H e waa all 1 had,” aald Mrs. B ritt. they must not sell their product* for more than a nasonable ad vance over the cost of same anti that a full report of all sales made in cario id lots must be made to the Dried Fruits Division of the U. S Food Administrai ion at Washington, D. C. Any dealer in dried fruits desiring details of the new regulations are referred by Mr. Newell to the County Ad ministrator for t h e county in which his business is being carried on COUNTY SCHOOL NEW S The eighth grade examination will be held at the various schools having candidates, on May 16 and 17 The program is: Thursday A. M , Arithmetic, Writing and History Thursday P. M , Agriculture, Spelling. Friday A. M., Physiology, Lan guage ^ Friday P. M., Geography, Civil Government and Reading. The following is a summary of the War Work report of the Washington county schools for the school month ending April 19: Dried Fruit Regulation Washington county teachers Portland, Ore., May 7.— Under own $8,500 worth of Liberty a new regulation just announced Bonds. Of these the teachers of by Assistant Federal Food Ad Forest Grove own $2,450 and the ministrator W K. Newell, all teachers of Hillsboro $1,000; of dealers in dried fruits are prohibit the $17,375 of Jthese bonds owned ed from entering into any con | by Washington county pupils, tract of sal** or any commitment Forest Grove is credited with of new crop fruits until after June $4,300 and Hillsboro $4,250. 1. Dealers are also notified that There are 605 $5 War Savings m ■zm* V • a ' vH - % ■ »t. » & N. SU afM d. R. N. STANFIELD (R epublican) For United States Senator ” 1 have a very strong conviction that Oregon has been discriminated against by the National Government in many way«. Mr. Stanfield shares this feeling and promises, if elected, to correct it as far as it lies in his power to do so. Senator McNary denies that any such discrimination exists. He was quoted in a dispatch from Washington to the Oregon Journal as saying that he took no stock in the statement that there had been discrimination against Oregon. O f course, if he believes there has been no discrimination he will make no effort to remove it.” — S. B. Huston, who withdrew from the Senatorial contest and is supporting Stanfield. W hy do the Telegram and Journal complain that Seattle is always taking payrolls away from Portland, then attack Stanfield because he has built up an industry which benefits Oregon and Portland, creates a payroll and adds thousands of dollars to the tax list? W hy has Portland lost so much to Seattle—is it because there are elements in Port land always ready to knock onyone who tries to help the community? Five lawyers comprise the Oregon delegation at Washington; there has not been a business man, farmer or toiler in the delegation in a generation. W hy has the Chamber of Commerce felt it necessary to hire a special representative at a senator's salary of $ 7 ,5 0 0 a year to look after Oregon’s interests? Stanfield never represented a corporation at Salem. Stanfield is no man’s man. Stanfield will not be dictated to and controlled by a political boss, by corporations or by newspapers, but he will serve all the people of his state, playing no favorites and giving a square deal. No one has ever said that Bob Stanfield is a double- crosser, or that he is selfish or not liberal with his resources or his friendship. There isn’t a lazy bone in his body. He has been a toiler all his life and never had a cushy job. Raised on the range, he is no silk-stocking. Stanfield has built up from nothing through constructive labor until today he is one of the genuine assets of Oregon. He did not marry his money nor did he inherit it. He worked for it. Republicans know that Stanfield is 100 per cent. Republican. He is not a 5 0 -5 0 Democrat-Republican. (Paid A dv., by Stanfield Senatorial League, 203 Northwestern Bank Building) Certificates owned by teachers in ¡county 635. Fortst Grove has the county, of which the Forest thirteen pupils in the Rainbow Grove teachers own 104 and those Regiment, as follows: of Hillsboro 120; county pupils Gretta Ross, Thelma Mills, own 2396 of these certificates, Elizabeth Whitehou?e, Lois Allen, with 401 owned in Forest Grove i Elizabeth Tucker, Elizabeth Joss, and 326 in Hillsboro; of the 259 Martha Schuh, Maude Graham, Thrift Stamps owned by county | Irvin Thomas, Mabel Allen, Eliz teachers, those of Forest Grove abeth Todd, Donald Randall, have 4 and Hillsboro none; 4727 Fred Patton. Thrift Stamps are owned by pupils in the county, with 1053 in Forest Wanted— Fire-proof office safe, Grove and 159 in HilLboro. For est Grove has 32 pupils belonging must be cheap, for cash. Inquire to Industrial clubs, Hillsboro 14; at Express office. tf