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?
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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.
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B , MAXIMILIAN FOSTER
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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
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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.
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