The Athena press., June 13, 1919, Image 4

Celebrate the
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County-Wide Victory Celebration
JULY 4th AND 5th
Come and bring the whole family, and treat them to the best time they ever
had. Something doing every" minute. It's going to be the greatest Celebra
tion ever held in Pendleton Dancing, Base Ball, Races, Sports and Games
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Everything will be Free. Let's Co
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Standard Theatre
moEss SATURDAY
"THE
WITHIN'
With Dorothy Gish, George Fawcett and a Special
Star Cast in a Powerful Secret Service Story.
cA 2-Reel Sennett Comedy: Are Waitresses Safe?"
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WEDNESDAY;
WILLIAM DESMOND
in His Newest Picture
LIFE'S A FUNNY PROPOSITION
The Theatre Showing Good Comedies Always. Pathe Weekly Every Sunday
HOW LANGJaUli IS ENRICHED
New Wordo and Phrases Most Fre
quently Have Their Origin in the
Patter of Thieves.
It Is necessary tliat the language
of a nation should be refreshed and
strengthened now and then by the In
troduction of new words and phrases,
and, us befits democracy, these spring
from the soil ; not one of them !e
scends upon us from the Olympian
heights, observes the New York ller
uld. Neither scientific nor scholastic
bodies ever enrich the common tongue
with expressions so apt nnd full of
meaning that they gain immediate nnd
enduring vogue. The slang of the un
dergraduate collegian Is pitifully In
ept nnd meager.
For anything that can give a new
zest to the vulgate we must look to
the stage, the gambling bouse and even
to the opium den nnd thieves' resort.
Returning soldiers will certainly bring
will) them much of the argot of Held
and trench of which "cooties" Is n
sample. The word "joint" as applied
to Inltpiltous nnd other resorts comes
from the joint of bamboo from which
ati opium pipe Is made. "Dope" was
originally the slung term for opium
hence "dope" and "dopy." Innumer
able are the verbal products of the
gambling house. Among the common
er of litem are "four flushing," "keep
ing tub," "standing pat" and "down to
e!isejr.'-'iiQ'o "give the office" or "of
flee J'i olWje one Is a very old bit of
London thieves' slnng.
The cause of all this Is quite ap
parent to the thinking mind. Persons
of education and cultivation have a
vocabulary of their own sufficiently
large and varied to enable them to ex
press themselves without going be
yond Its limits. Those who are lack
ing In education sometimes coin words
in an emergency that prove so expres
sive that they acquire general cur
rency.
SUBSEA VESSELS AN OLD IDEA
Inventors Had Thoughts of Such Craft
Centuries Ago, as Ancient
Records Cive Proof.
Not In 1000, when Lord Verulam
first made n vague allusion to the
subject, but In 1018, It seem, was
first mention made of the submarine;
and then nt some considerable length
In a memoir published at "The Braseo
Serpent, In l'nul's Churchyard." And
with this discovery comes another,
that the submarine, or "Arl; for Sub
marine Navigation," as the author,
John YVIIkins, terms It, had been tried
and found a practical possibility In
the days of the civil wars, "t'ornelous
Dreble" had experimented with "the
contrivance." "here In England," nnd
"found It feasible." There Is some
thing enptivntingly Elizabethan about
this John W'llkins, 'Chaplain to the
Prince Elector Palatine," and his far
sighted consideration of the subma
rine as a war auxiliary. Londoners
became acquainted with him one
March evening recently, as they
opened their Pall Mall Gazettes and
dipped into the contents. "Coraelous
Dreble and his contrivance" arouse
a tantalizing curiosity.
Hen's clothes are to be more gaudy
In color. Be careful, father; don't
plunge.
weiM unit:
Japan and the United States Ex
change Ideas.
The arrival here sometime ago of a
mission of eight officers of rank and
distinguished record from Japan la
proof of at least two things. It wit
nesses to the steadfastness of the na
tional character, in seeking progres
slveness as well as progress; and to
Japan's purpose to keep in the fore
ground of Invention and achievement,
remarks New York Sun. No other
nation realizes more keenly that In the
rivalry of civilization the old must per
petually be renewed. There can be no
standing still.
From the dawn of history Japan has
excelled In fine and dainty work. Her
museums Illustrate the fact that her
craftsmen Invented and adapted. A lit
tle more than a real, not a poetical,
"cycle of Cathay,!' that Is, sixty years
ago, according to oriental reckoning,
the hermit nation suddenly found her
self in the market place of the world.
Though at first dazed, resources of
mind and material were not lacking.
Age-old taste, skill, experience nnd
reserve armies of trained craftsmen
were at hand. Foreign teachers con
ferred no gift of brains or secrets of
cunning. They simply pointed out the
new paths and taught the modern
methods of meeting the nation's needs.
As early as 1S01-G3, after three years'
labor, our own Raphael Pumpelly, still
among us in vigor, revolutionized min
ing methods In Japan. When, in 1S08,
the intense inward political struggles
between the old and the new were over,
and Japan had a truly national govern
ment, the alertness of her people to the
new situation supplied a striking fea
ture In the history of modern educa
tion. At a date -when in Europe manual
and technical training was still new,
and among us the Rensselaer Polytech
nic school at Troy was a lonely vet
eran, Yale and Harvard were at be
ginnings in this form of education, nnd
even the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology a baby, Japan had started
In the race. Even before the depart
ment of education had been created,
the necessity of Japan's training bee
own engineers, chemists and masters of
applied science was pointed out to the
Important government. The newly
elaborated scheme dividing the empire
Into eight great educational districts
was, with the curricula, submitted to
an American for criticism. He noted
me serious detect of r.o provision ror
technical educattou. A long letter out
lining courses (if technical education
and addressed to the Dai Jo Kuan, the
supreme council, fell as spark upon
powder. The department of education
was created and a technological school
started simultaneously In Tokyo. The
system has ever since that time had a
healthful development.
In addition to the eight universities
and 37,810 lower schools of nil sorts,
there are now In operation under the
government eighteen technical schools
of the higher order, requiring a four
years' course after graduation from the
middle schools, while those under lo
cal or private auspices number many
more. It was settled at court, by the
United States minister in Yeddo, In the
case of Raphael Pumpelly, thut an en
gineer, civil, mining, or mechanical,
was a gentleman and eligible to audi
ence of both the president of the Unit
ed States and the emperor of Japan.
Ever since, the official and social status
of a man trained to use his hands and
brain In unity has been secure In the
mlkudo's empire. At least two score
of Americans have received Imperial
decorations for promoting technical
science In Japan.
Nothing but good can come of mu
tual exchange of Ideas. What the Jap
anese have borrowed from us Is in the
limelight, and we boast of it; what
hundreds of American Inventors and
seekers for knowledge have found in
Jnpnn and taken as loan Is cryptic and
untrumpeted. Yet our debt is none the
less real. It is well for the two civili
zations to enrich each other. If, In ad
miring legend, King Solomon set the
mechanic on the throne to signify the
basis of his realm's wealth, none the
less should both republic and empire
honor the technician who unites power
of brain and the discipline of education
to dexterity of manipulation. Honor
to the technical workers of Japan and
America I
Finland's Aristocracy.
One of the anomalies of Finland,
now struggling for its independence,
Is that it has Inherited 'a foreign ar
istocracy, speaking Sw edish. How for
eign It remains to the true interests
of Finland may be seen from the fact
that it has all along worked for Ger
man intervention in Finland, and even
helped to send thousands of young
Finns to join the German army. With
the importation of German rulers Into
Finland, the Finnish language will have
one more competitor to cut it from the
linguistic field, unless Swedish is en
tirely driven out by the language of the
newly arrived supermen.
'M IRISH BRIDES
Ulany United States Sailors Mar
ry in Ireland.
Queenstown, Ireland. Plans for thr
dismantling of the American naval stai
Hons in nnd around Queenstown are
going forward rapidly. Time will be
required to remove the base, hospital
at White Point and much work will b
Involved In removing the many big
warehouses which were brought here
from America and set up in record
time. Other Important parts of tht,
American plant include wireless sta;
Hons at Queenstown and Aglada and
many hutments.
American officers and men have,
made a deep Impression on the people,
of Queenstown and in other parts off
South Ireland, and relations generally
have been of the most cordial nature.
This is proved by the fact that a num
ber of weddings already have taken,
place, and more than one American
sailor has promised to return for the
girl he must leave behind.
Queenstown has prospered greatly; j
since the station was established here, J
but the people declare their regret In
seeing the Americans depart Is be '
cause they have become accustomed to
their presence and like them for the
fine young fellows they are.
Live Stock for Belgium.
No one in Belgium rejoiced more
heartily when the Germans were
driven out than the small farmers
whose lot under the Invaders had been
made Intolerable by the constant req
uisitioning of produce and stock by
the enemy. A British farmer, who
has just returned from the wide agri
cultural district around Menin, reports
that the country Is now practically
devoid of live stock and that tillage
and farm operations generally are at
a standstill in consequence. Efforts are
being made by the agricultural relief
of allies committee to replace the ani
mals in that neighborhood killed or
stolen by the Germans with good Brit
ish stock and a first consignment of
dairy cattle will be forwarded In the
course of a few weeks. These animals
will. It-Is hoped, play a valuable part
In restocking the farms of the peas
ants which lay across the path of the
Germans in their mnrch toward
Calais.
To be In a distinguished class now
adays one must not own an automobile.
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