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THE HOUSEHOLD ENGINEER
- "The only trouble with machin
ery," commented the sceptical bach
elor brother of the woman who was
ridefully displaying his new motor
washer, 'is that as soon as you install
a machine jrou have to install also
an engineer with a time card to tend
Many women have found this true
of electric labor-savers to their sor
row. . In one large and generously
run home, the electric iron and vac
uum cleaner had to be locked op be
cause the woman who came to do
the laundry work and cleaning so
frequently put the whole electric sys
tem of the house out of commission
through her carelessness, not to
mention nearly burning the house
np by forgetting to disconnect the
Iron during ber lunch time.
But the answer to this difficulty is
not In the refusal to Install the ma
chine. It lies in the education of
the housewife along mechanical and
electrical lines.
It doesnt really take superhuman
mentality to grasp the fact that a
motor must have a chance to get
started before a heavy load Is put
upon it. Nor the fact that the rea
son why the iron doesn't get too hot
while at work is that the work uses
np the excess heat as it goes along,
and that the heat will overflow the
Iron just as the faucet will over
flow the sink If allowed to run with
out sufficient provision for draining
It
Domestic service is going out. In
some communities it Is practically ,
gone already. In others it is rapid-
ly on me way. me sonuion or me, v . ...... -.. . b i chkihiiu hiiu bo lar away, i nave a
difficulty lies almost wholly In ma-1 "r0Kram- After the war Is the crlt- bad cold and couldn't talk this
. Pl. thB m-hiprrilcaI tlme- I' ru think I am right, mornn(,. We have no fires or lights
chlnery. But with the machinery . along Jonr. on 8ccount of , J
must go tne engineer. learning x
be the engineer Is one of the pre-
ent duties of the housewife. The
woman now too elderly to take on
new Ideas will go her difficult way
as of old. The younger woman will
adapt themselves to the new regime,
but with some difficulty. But the
girls should not be allowed to grow
up without some knowledge of how
to use modern tools.
While we're building merchant
men, we're building warships, too,
though that phase of construction
attracts little ' attention. Franklin
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
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navy, Is authority tor the statement
that w now have 170 warships on
duty In foreign waters, and hardly
a day passes that w dont add an
other to the fleet
A Berlin correspondent wrltea of
von Hlndenburg: "I found him in
high sptrlU and Ailed with pride
over the happenings in the east." If
Hlndenburg can be proud of what
Germany Is doing In Russia, he's
even more of a brute than we
thought him.
10
ELECT STANRFLD
E. J. Adams, of Eugene, former
member of the state highway com
mission, was In the city yesterday on
a business trip. Although Mr. Ad
ams Is an extensive dealer In cedar
shingles, selling car lots, he la never
theless greatly Interested In the po
litical situation and la boosting for
Stanfleld, answering all objections
that are raised snd maintaining the
position that Stanfleld Is the msn we
need in the senate.
" Mr." Adams in an Interview said:
"I am very much Interested In
whom we select as our V. S. senator.
He Is elected for six years. During
this time the period of re-adjustment
after the war, the laws returning the
country to a peace basis will be writ
ten. "Just as every rule and regulation
for aiding the war has affected your
business and mine, so will the laws
written during the reconstruction
period affect us. They will mean
either success or failure to the small
business man and farmer, and pos
sible Idleness and need for the la
boring man. They will either stim
ulate or stagnate business.
"It IS the most important period!
In the history of this country since
the civil war. Government control
of the railroads; price fixing by law;
enforced arbitration of labor dis
putes; a merchant marine; manning
of vessels flying the stars and stripes
under living conditions; and many
other questions of Importance will
press for solution then.
"You and I must live and do bus
iness under whatever laws are made.
The rich can dose up shop and go Canadian soldiers her. Some that
to Europe If they don't like It. hav been In the service before. Eng
"8tanfleld bas a fine record as a. land Is a pretty place but nothlnu
producer, farmer, breeder, stock i
man and business man generally.
He has the confidence of labor be
cause he has been considerate and
fair with the men working for him.
He holds the confidence of the bus
iness world and bankers, because he
Is practical and reliable,
He is a big
practical, square business man with
legislative experience, and In my
judgment, much the better man for
Oregon
All talk about not cluing-
Ing during the war Is bunk. All the.
friends out to vote Friday the 17th
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4 Plenty of potatoes and hard
4 work make for the best of
4 health. 4
4 Write the United States De
4 partment of Agriculture for
4 new, potato recipes.
4 .o save 'vour oocketbook idn't CM mUCh f0r ' the EnllKh Thev tlc,t UD ole" "boul three l"et
4 They Ive y 7 ('-to o cooking. Haven't seen any raids high at each vine This co.mtrv
4 hard day's work Th'rv zlv. vn,. ' yrt' ' Am rathel anxl"" 10 Me one-.ould be beautiful If it pe-.ee-I
Li Zl?n Z . '1 . J- Th ' the' make more nol ful and the people had tin., to ke..,.
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SOLDIER-LETTERS
France, April 14, 111 S.
Dear Mother: .
I just received your letter of
March, and I want to tall you I have
received, I guesa all of the letter
you have sent, though I had not at
that time, and please don't try to
make them any shorter, for the
loqger the better. 8prlng la here,
too. I guese It goes away with April
as It la raining and blowing awfully
now. We sure get those April show
ers her. It only takes a light rain
and everything Is muddy. I received
the Weekly Courier laat night They
sent It to me and It Is the best paper
I get to read, as It Is right from
home.
Tea, those Bochet, (It means
swine) are a stubborn lot, even
those who have been made prison
ers are Just as certain hey are go
ing to lick us as they were the first
day they started. They have had the
military and kaiser stuff beat Into
them ever sine they were born and
sey know nothing els. ' Their Ood
Is the kaiser, or at least he comes
first, but now von Hlndenburg Is the
high muck-amuck. They all are a
bunch of war-Insane brutes. Well
that's enough. They have to be
licked and will be. Well I must close
this time and I don't want to miss
saying. I am feeling fine. Your lov
ing son.
BERT BUCHANAN ZUVER.
Supply Co. 30t,
,Q. M. C. A. E. F.
A postscript added to this letter
says. "Bert Is bossing German pris
oners now."
Somewhere In Englsnd,
April 10, 1918.
Dear Folks:
Well I am In England now. Can't
tell you just where I am. We ar
rived here last 8unday. Had a nice
trip over the water. It took us eight
days to make the trip. I was sick
three days, but not seasick, for I was
sick before I got on the boat. Most
all of the boys were seasick and we
had lots of fun with thsm. Had a
storm a couple of days out-and the
boat did some tall rocking, but it
was interesting at that. We didn't
see any subs on the trip.
We are In what- they call a rest
camp here, and not so bad aa I ex
pected. I don't know how long we
will remain here. There are lots of
like home. The foliate and eras Is
pretty and green now, but we don't
see much of the sun yet. It is pretty
cold and there Is plenty of rain.
The English people treat us pretty
good here, but they like the looks
of our money. Everything Is so high
Und hot much to buy, and the soon -
r we get used to that the better for
jus. We use English money here
and pretty hard to get use to.
How is everything at home? It
doesn't seem possible that I am in'
the American Y. M. C. A. at present.
We get reading matter here which
Is good to pass the time. Our squad-
ron Is on guard today, but I was let
lout on account of my cold.
Our,
. eats are not so bad over here yet, as only a foot apart each way and have
tllongf a. the Americans cook It. t'only two or three sprout, on them.
than they do damage. ' . .
1 suppose you received the cardials !t all afi-t the war,
that we had arrived 0. K., and did1
Blevens send you my pictures and
were they good?
k Well this Is a pretty short letter,
but can't let von know much nnw
4 Maybe part of what I've said will be
crossed out so I will close this tlmej
Paris Ute Mvautlful City
From Clifton W. Booth, of the
class of 'IT, Grants Pass high, whose
diploma waa issued to btin after his
entrance In he service by order of
the superintendent of schools of
Oregon, and now with the 17th aero
squadron, A. K.(J , ,
' J Paris, France, April It; 1118.
Dear Opal and Folka:
' "So this Is Paris!" That Is what
I said when 1 got my first glimpse
of the city this morning. There are
four of os her at present who came
to take some trucks back. They are
to be used by our squadron.
This is sure some city, believe me.
It's almost exactly as I had thought
It would be, although the war bas
sure had its effect on the place as
well as on the rest of France. I
doubt very much It there could be a
city much more beautiful than Paris.
There are pretty parks all over and
at nearly every corner Is some stat
uary or something of the sort.
I went down to the Hotel des In
valldi's today. It is like a museum
or something of the kind. I am send
ing you some vlewa of the place that
I got there. In the courtyard are
many guns captured from ,the Ger
mans In this and also In the 1870
war. Ther ar also the wrecks of
two German Ootha planes that were
brought down over Parts and also
piece of a couple of German "Zeps."
Inside the building are statues,
paintings by Raphael and also any
amount of antiques, such as old ar
mors, swords, etc., that date as tar
back aa th old Romans. It Is sure
a fln collection too. It Is In this
same building that Napoleon's tomb
waa placed. The tomb Itself la sand
bagged to keep It safe as possible.
I'd sure Ilk to see it though. I saw
all th rest of th place though. It
was worth coming miles to so.
I saw th Arch of Triumph, the
Eiffel tower, statues of Alexander
III,- big . French hospitals and too
many thing to mention.
, Paris Is a very pretty place. It
has big. wide streets and very tine
buildings. There are not msnj; good
auto here. Most of them have been
taken for wr work. There ar a
lot of auto her of old style that
are used a taxi. Ther ar a lot of
old stylo hansoms toj. They are a
good reminder of old times.
One thing that doesn't seem to be
affected by the war Is the stylo of
dressing. I never saw better dress
ed people than I've seen here. They
are just fine. The good looking
French girl (and there are lots of
them) sure do their best to improve
their looks by dressing. They are
pretty good at It too.
The French people here seem to
be very friendly to the Americans.
It sure Is fun to go Into a store and
try to buy things without a very
good stock of French talk. I gen
erally get what I go after, but be
fore I'm through I generally have
to resort to sign language. .
I have been getting my mall all
In bunches lately. If yon feel In
dustrious you can make rakes and
send them to me. That's what I
Ineed most of all right at present.
Must close for this time. Love to all
CLIFTON.
lien W. Coutant Writes
Same Place In France,
April 15, 1918.
Dear Folks:
You can keep th Engineering
News-Records until I come back, but
I don't think I will renew the sub
scription until then. Don't have
'much time to read them and would
j rather have them to refer to at
home.
' Have not received the parksge
with the mitts, but suppose they
! will be .along soon. '
j ve arrived In France before the
T.ni ,. mink.
Put In a aood Sunday yesterday.
We do not have to work on Sundays
any more, so Howard, the fellow
from Portland, and I Jumped on a
truck and saw some country we had
1 not been over before. It was surely
a beautiful trip, over hills and
through valleys, through small vll
Uges and by acres and acres of
vineyards. The vines are planted
lit uo I sure would like to hav you
The April showers seem to be the
same here as they are back In Mlnh
igan, for it rains about four days
out of the week, but not the pelting
rain we used to have there, but more
'like the Jsnuary weather In Oregon.
Wrote a letter last night In an-
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Has pi-artiea! mi loin ami aineUti In Irrigation. Si (
seating llomlinii Cuinpanlea. (I'ald .iilvrtUrmet)
swer to a letter received the other
day written February Ith. It tells
of the wild flowers blooming. The
flowers here are blooming now and
th fruit trees are in blossom.
Must ge and get a little sleep.
Lots of Love. WALLACE.
Somewhere In France,
April 31, 1918.
Dear Folka:
We bav moved again, only a
short dlstanc from our other camp,
but farther away from th firing
line. W cannot hear the guns as
plainly as we did before and It
seems Ilk there Is not much going
on.
Have your letters of March ,10th
and 18th. We left the good old U.
S, A. four days before you figured
and arrived In France February
6th. Haven't re elved .the package
containing the book, . rator blades,
etc., yet and have not heard from
Mr. Jennings. The mal Ifrom Eng
land I very slow though.
Company A Is one which waa or
ganised In August and September
and th members ar all compara
tively new at th war game and
there are several who have never
shot a rifle, but we are all getting
pretty efficient with the pick and
shovel. '
There Is not much that you can
send which will pay to send, only the
things I have already'told you. We
ar getting plenty of sweat stuff
now, either buying them or getting
them from th mess. The Y. M. C.
A. and th Sal. Army help out a
great deal. W got a raisin pi th
other night at the Sal., put apple
sauce on It from the mess and put
powdered sugar and condensed milk
from the sales room on It. Th con
coctlbn was pretty rich but It tasted
Hood. '
' There" ha been quite a bit of ac
tion on this front the last day or
two, hut nothing In comparison to
thst on the other fronts north of us.
The weather has been pretty bad
lately, rain and cold, but It warms
up In the day time In spit of the
heavy clouds.
Our new camp Is the best one yet
In Frsnce. We are In view of
small village and only take a short
time to walk up there. The Y. M.
C, A. and the Sal ar good places to
go when we have time and there Is
one each In the town that I work In.
Two of us have charge of th road
through this little town and try to
keep It patched up and In shape for
heavy traffic both for trucks and
wsgons and heavy munition wagons.:
Am bunking next to a Norwegian,
from Alaska who Is a Christian
Scientist and ho has the literature
and books and goes through the les
sons. He had no quarterly for the
present quarter, however, but has
written to London for one. You had
better send one for July when they
are off the press.
Must get a little sleep. Lots of
love. WALLACE. '
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