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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1917)
1 PAOB FOUR TfoiE WAY XO WOO $LEEP. , Trawl In Memory Soma Read Yeu Wall. In .CfftldhMtf. 1 It Is hard for me to remember now Oat any knowlcVlgo of tho sleepy road, 8Q manjsara. agones me only Mwusli Jthe .cbaoca JiJCfttAdvJlQc jton-. ped by a wise, kind, weary old doctor kg he shuffled at midnight; down the Stridor of the allcut hospital, aays tho, Atlantic Monthly. ; , . . Whatever was the errand of life or fteata that had called him In such taste, ho had time to stop and gtseW. Jl friendly word, although I, a. small Knd tncoitjgtbly sleepless patient, was Siting bolt upright among the pillows Ocflanoa of all his orders and was ktarlng wldo eyed Into tho hot, pain feauntcd dark. You think xu never going, to be pkblo to Bleep again, don't youl" he ol frcrved. "Well, sluit your.eyes and do fast what I tf U jou. , Think .of some, toad that you. ktiovr well, a good long toad that winds aud turns nud shows you water and woods and hills. Keep your eyes tight shut and travel along U in memory. Go as slowly ,s you, can, recall every sight arid sound and perfume as you pass by. "I have such a, road of my own, the eoe I used to walk to school when I tras eight yeais old. I ihave. started out ou It a hundred times when 1 thought I couhl not sleep, but I never aset very far. I come Just nbout.tothe old stone bridge over Damon's creek or perhaps to the swJxnmtnic, hole, where the willows dip Into tho brown water, Irat I never re:ich the end." Return from Auto Trip Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Holbrook and family and Alice and Leland Holbrook of Albany returned Saturday from an auto trip -to Dandon, Itoseburg, Coos Bay and other southern points. The party was gone about a week. Tho roads are fairly good all of the way they report, and tho ocean breeze makes It very comfortable for traveling. FACING THE CAMERA. Dent Dress Upland .Don't Pom Whin Having fjcturo Taken. TChere are many things I would like to say to the woman who Intends hav ing her picture ,taHW" Wj4 a famous photographer the oher day. "Many women come to me- and say: Of course yomrcfer taking actresses. They must have nany,advantagps.ye.r those women who never have time but to give an occasional glanco In their mirrors." This la entirely ( a mistake. The conscious pose never m.akes a sat isfactory portrait 1 would say em phatically to tho woman who goes to liave her photograph made not to re bearseber pose aud facial expression beforehand. "I always find it.difflcult to impress on the woman coming to my studio that clothes and Jewels are of abso lutely no account In a photograph. If a woman comes to be photographed In the clothes she Is used to wearing she will fes;l at ease and therefore look her $est "One of the curses .of.our present day Civilization is tbe ever changing ques tion of fashion. .How much more civ ilized were the Japanese, wbo realized that the kimono was perhaps tbe most perfect dress for women at all times who only varied. It with, different bro cades and girdles. The photograph that concerns Itself with clothes is soon out o fashion, and no matter bow good a Jikeress of the face has been obtained, the picture is grotesque In a few years because the clothes are passe." Will Hold Fourth Quarterly Meeting Tho (ourth quarterly mooting pf tho Methodist Episcopal church will bo hold this ovonlng In .tho pastor's, study In tho, church. . District Supor Intendcnt. James A. Moore, will pro vide at tho mooting. This la tho last meeting of tho church year and at this mooting the roports of tho or ganization nnd auxiliaries for tho church year will bo presented. Forest. Fires Rage Near J"orcst fires are raging all through the surrounding country and crows aro kdpt busy all tho time keeping Ithcra in check. Thoro aro two cn tho Mc'Kenzle river, one above Coder Flat and the other abovo Thurston, nlso one between Donna aud Marcola ,on the Mohawk. Ono at Uescrvo on the Wlllanietto has boon reported by rsldents of that country. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank the United Ar tislan lodge and the Knights and La dies of Security lodge and the many friends for their kindness and sympa thy expressed and the beautiful flow ers at our recent bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Glbbs Frank Glbbs Lewis. Glbbs Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Endlcott. Early Hop Picking Begins Today Hop picking started In the John Seavey yard, on the McKenzio river this morning. Loads of pickers have been going through Springfield for several days to the various yards In the vicinity of Springfield". The pick ing of the late hops will begin In most of the yards about September 1. Return form Hunting Trip Will, Roland, and Guy Moshler, Mr. Young, and Glen LeVee. all of whom live near Hayden bridge returned Sat urday from a hunting trip on the Sius law. They shot a deer but it got away and when they found It next day it was not fit for use as it had been laying In tbe sun where it dleiL The Professor Worried. j The absent mluded . profpssor from J Jthe university town was iri Indlanap- tolls attending a convention. While In the city he took a tour of the larger de partment stores. In one of them he was much perplexed. He read the sign over the door of the elevator: "This car express to fifth and sixth floors. Up only." . Absently he read the sign again jThen the car door opened. "I would like to know." he asked the elevator boy. "If this elevator goes only up, bow ou earth did you get down here?" . ' The elevator, boy . crfnned. 'frowned. (scrutinized jthp ,niau clopely and. then leaiu in a uigiuueu voice, "uu. i just amo down." Indianapolis News. , Putting the Cat Out at Night ' j The practice of turning the cat out of 'doors at uight is as cruel as It Is un necessary. No animal Is . fonder of warmth and comfort, and the pet's hap piness certainly is not Increased by a might spent outside In cold aud damp mess. If as much, energy was exhausted in keeping the cat indoors as too often is -expended In putting her out, how great -would be the boon to human nerves and unfortunate wild tilings! All fe lines arc normally nocturnal, and it Is At night. If. ever, that ,a curb on their activities is needed. Lee S. Craudall, In "Pets." , . . I y True. Economy. There are .great ,Jpys. ln(inractlcjng 4rue econonjy in the rlgut spirit True economy, you Bee, la t?ot aBstinence jfrom necessary things not at all. The goys of true econqmyjarp fprllipsa.whq ,)mako tho most pfwfjal they" have; Jvho, finding what' may b'tUeirg, p'ro .cced to the extraction of the greatest ibeneflt from-what Is within reach. Toe Much Flirting, TSlrst 'CoedciWby, Doris, how tired. rolled racuse jOrange Pee, ( onr eyes,laokl.,t, , . ,-.. O .OneYcflV.W-fleari I them too mui IhU'evenlng.-r-Sy I No Time ForHft,., -Physician Ypur case,, la such, mad am thnt- flmn nliSnn will effect. A cure.. Mrs. JBondaU-atycn U Is hopeless, for l never nave cr uu utu iuiuuwa(-r,-w . nr. Hp IjCneyvHer. ' lit. Gabble-I met jMr. Brown to 5ay while I was shopping. Her llus-.band-That so? What did you have to 07 BoUU Trauscrhpt Has Growth Removed From Fmger Mrs. T. J. McCracken had a growth reinoyedjfrom the fourth finger on her left hand Saturday at the office of a local physician. The growth has been on her finger for some time and was caused by a ring cutting the flesh. ivWstery 'Ar EOdm 'The Garden of Allah," the Story of a Woman Who Loved What would you havo dono If you hnd started on your honeymoon ac ross tho aand dunos of tho groat Sahara desert, if tho mystery of lovo seemed to overcast all other earthly things, if you and tRb man of your cholco woro vory happy nlono In tho desort until camo a day when tho cup of remorse was drained to Its dregs camo a day when tho notos of love no longer soundod and thoro was reason for ronunclatlon. What would you havo dono a woman 1 Seo what Domini Enfllden, tho English womnn, did in Just this snmo predicament At tho Eugcno Theatre, August 23 and 24. "Tho Garden of Allah" is a story of that great mystorlous East in twelve, parts. Tho loading- roles fcaturo Helen Waro aud Thomas San-tschi. Sunday School Clan Holds Sate Tho Sunshlnd Girls, a Sunday School class in tho Christian church taught by W. B. McKlnnoy hold a v t ;t t food sale and ico cream social In the building onco occupied by the, Hill's Department atoro Saturday aftornoon. Tho room was decorated In tho class colors, ye)low and green. , Tho not proceeds of tho sale wore 6.85, Tho money Is to bo used In paying for tho girl's room In tho crurch mid tho furnishing of It Levi Neet Goes to Texas Lovl Neot, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Neet. of this city, who left Mon day for Vancouver wont south to Tex as Friday night on n troop train. Mr. Neet hns enlisted for sorvlco its an engine repair man In tho nvlatlon corps. Sails for France D. H. Parker, a brother of Mrs. J. V. Stewart, of Jasper, and n son of C. M. Parker, of Cottage Grove sailed for Franco last weok In tho United States engineering corps. Another Boy Goes Anzcll C. Wight, of Springfield, was Bent to Vancouver, Washington, Friday Mr. Wright will become nn Infautry-mau. MONDAY, rAjWlHH 20. M' Wo aro authorised under the Fcdwid ftrvo Law to act aa an Executor, Administrator Guardian or Trustee r ThlB la a now Borvlco our ofllcorB will bo glad to dlaciiBB with you.. , , FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, ORFGON. Still Another Cut in White Shoes HALL'S SHOE STORE Two Doors from Nows Office Visits here From Washington Thomas Hobbs, and .granddaughter ! I Gertrude Hobbs, of Centralla, Wash ington, are here visiting at the home I of Mr. Hobb's Nice, Mrs. Jennie Smith ! i Mrs. Smith has not seen her uncle since she was a very small girl. The ' visitors will probably remain about two weeks In Springfield. Will Work on Gravel Train Bert Snook, of Fall Creek, has be gun work loading on the gravel train which runs .from the gravel pit near Natron to Springfield. Mr. Snook recently returned from Coos Bay where he was employed on a train. He Is now staying at the American hotel. Son Is Member of Signal Corps Ralph Coffin, of Portland, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Coffin, of thlB city spent Saturday and Sunday vis iting with his parents. Mr. Coffin is a member of the Signal corps. Mrs. Coffin gave a dinner Saturday evening in honor of his birthday. Camping at Foley Springs Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, Miss Bar bara BoUer, and I enry Fandrem all of Springfield are s lending a few days camping at Foley prlngs. They made the trip by auto. Baptized FourjYoung People At the Christian church services last evening four young .people were baptized and one yoiing man was ad ded to the church inembersblp list 1 The best Laxative To keep the bow ls regular the best laxatlvo is outdoo exercise. Drink a full glass of watsr half nn hour he fqro breakfast and eat an' abundance of fruit and yegc tables, also estab lish a regular 'hab t and be suro that your bowels movi once each day. When a medicine Is needed take Cham berlains Tablets, Thoy are pleasant to take and mild and ceatls la ctimi. 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