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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1910)
DAILY CAPITAL JOCTIVAL, HALKM, OIIEGON. SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1010. PAffE KMSVEtf. r it IN THE ATHENS OFJHE SOUTH From tho rock of tho famed Acro polis, near tho storied Aegean sea. to ,lho delightful southern city of .Nashville, Tennessee, is a long leap for the Imagination, historic and otherwise. And yet Nashville, called tho Athens of tho South for Us many colleges of many sorts, has another claim to the name in Its splendid reproduction of that glory of ancient Athens, tho Parthenon. This is without doubt the only com plete reproduction and restoration existing of tho temple of Athene Parthenos (tho virgin), and was built as tlio crowning beauty of tho 'Tennessee centennial In 1897 to be used as an art gallery. It cople3 tho original faithfully, not only In size and form, but so far as known in tho color decorations, which were part of tho scheme of ornament of the Parthenon. The material used was stucco since reinforced tho total cost being over $75,000. It Is to ba kept permanently as an art gallery and has a fine situation, in tho cen ter of Centennial park, one of the noblest public demesnes of the South. Major E. C. Lewis was chief promoter of this unique monument to tho tasto and fostering culture of Ills state. W. C. Smith was the ar chitect, Edward Laurent a super visor of tho work. . In this connection somo' account of the original temple is of interest. It was tho official temple of Pallas at Athens (she was Minerva to tho Tlomans, goddess of wisdom), as pro tectress of the city. The" Century dictionary, in describing the begin nings of tho Anthenlan hegemony (450 B. C.) or Its rule over certain cities, has the significant fact that the political direction of the federa tion was under Pericles, whilo Phi dlas held "the artistic presidency." This gives a glimpse of what art meant In tho Greece of those days. This temple .held tho famous col ossal stauto of Pallas Athene, by Phidias. She stands holding her spear and a Victory, a serpent at her feet. Tho outside frieze of tho tem ple which is Doric In style, repre sents an Idealized festal procession of all Athens, magistrates, young, "horsemen, girls carrying utensils, chariots, spectators, etc. Theso fig ures are In low relief, 3 feet high. In tho pediments, or tlfo two end spaces under the roof, are groups of sculpture In the round. One repre sents the contest of Athene with Poseidon, ruler of the sea, for pos session of Athens. The remaining fragments of theso wonderful fig ures, the greatest sculpture in exist ence us the nrtlsts hold, are among the famous Elgin marbles In the British museum. It Is said that In refinement of design and perfection of execution this temple has nevor been paralleled. The marbles wore brought to the British museum by James Bruce, Earl of Elgin, between 1801 and 1803. These sculptures were executed undor tho direction of Phidias about 440 B. C. Among the chief of the pediment figures in the Elgin collection is tho reclining figure of Theseus, Iris, messenger of the gods, with wind-blown drapery and the group of one reclining and two seated figures called the Three Fates. SoiiWghiiiK That lias Not Advanced in Price. Apropos of tho animated con troversy on the price of novels, tho London correspondent of the Scots man points out that the fashion, established only within recent years, of charging Gs. ($1.50) for a new novel 1b a recurreTico to ancient cus tom. In the library at the British Museum Is a slim volume publishoJ in' 1780, containing a list of publica tions since the year Qifeen Anno came to the throne, with their prlco. It was then the custom to publish novels In .three volumes, and works were priced por volume. Thus Fanny Burnoy's "Evelina," published In 1778 In three volumes, sold for 7s. Cd. The volumes of "Tristram Shandy," published In 1759, wore BWfeiffii8i8tcioioincHtamiciBi(Hiaacf f ioiot SOUTH SALEM MARKET PLACE POISAL & SHAW General Grocery Store We alsr- carry a full line of druga and stamps. i priced' nt 5s. "Tho Vicar of Wake field," seven years later, camo out in two volumes, selling at 5s. sown, Cs. bound. Tho original edition bl Bunynn's "Pilgrim's Progress" was priced Is. Cd. A copy of it recently sold at Sotheby's for $1475. It was, tho same correspondent adds, Walter Scott whoso abounding popularity put up tho prlco of novels. To begin with tho advanco was mod erate, "Wavorley" and "Guy Man norlng" sold at 7s. a volume. As an odd volumo was obviously of no use, It meant that tho purchaser paid a guinea for tho book. Scott's price was next put up to 24s. ($G). For "Ivanhoe", 30s. was charged; whilo "Quentln Durward" and later ncvels were priced at a guinea and n half, a charge maintained for eight decades. Mrs. G'eskell's novels were issued at that .prlco. A short tlmo ago her old publishers, Smith, Elder & Co., Issued a now edition of her works, beautifully printed on flno paper, handy inslzo, with a specially writ ton introduction to each volumo, tho wholo eight costing little more than tho qulnea rnd a half which our fore bears paid for a single novel. Tlio Noto Book. Thero is no more ruthless disturb er of tho peace than tho coal cart. Not alone the tumultous thunder of the empty cart along the paved ways, but more especially the coal cart disgorging its merciless maw. No doubt It was held an Improve ment when the chutes for delivering coal were made of Iron instead of tho faster wearing wood; but as one remembers thero was almost a mel low, soothing quality to the tone evolved from the fall of the coal in tho old-fastloned shaft compared with the stridor of themodern ap pliance. Of all the unnecessary noises th's seems both the most unnecessary and tho severest tax on the patience of the cliff dwellers one would say tho flat dwellers, flats being chiefly notable for mounting indefi nitely skyward when cart after cart sets the echoes of the brick bound street rattling to the aval anche of coal. An observer, whose ears and teeth have never grown quite Inured to tho gritty sound of anthracite (soft coal has twice a saving quality), jumped for joy one day recently when a coal cart ap proached tho office building with huge bags that bulged with the dus ky treasure. Hero at last was a hu mane coal dealer. The bags wore plainly meant to be carried one by ono to the bin and dumped on tho unresonant pile instead of being cas caded across the long reach of th sounding slides. But no; tho cool heaver" with grim and grimy deter mination, plants his iron chute as usual, and at ease in his cart empties bag after bag down over uproarou3 metal. Hero was a crushed Indeed a jus tifiable hope. Will none join a cru sade for the suppression of crueUy in coal heavers? With men crying everywhere for work, tho added la bor of transportation would bo a boon, and would not pay ror an ex tra half hour of work with everv ton if tho delivery bags involves so -much time? o Hunt the Squirrel. A circle Is formed. One runs around on tho outside, tags ono on tho back and continues running. Tho one touched turns tho other way. When tho two meet they must stop and bow throe tlinos and, continuing running, each in his own direction, see who can first reach the starting point. o - You are disappointed. Do yon remember, if you lose heart about your work, that none of it is lost; Uiat tho good of overy deed remains, and breeds, and works on forevor; and all that fails and is lost is the outside shell of tho thing; which, perhaps, might havo boon bettor done, but, better or worse, has nothing to do with tho roal spiritual good which you havo done to men's hearts, for which God will suroly re pay you in his own way and tlmo. Charles Klngsley. JUDGING BY APPEAKANCKS Of course everybody does that, and Laundry Work can't be Judged an) other way. Everything subjected U our artistic treatment comoa out u clean as a polished surface, aa cleat as crystal and as bright as a sum merB day. Articles washed proper ly last twice aa long and look twem ty times better than goods badly laundrled. We make cheap Jabrit masquerade for something better. SALEM LAUNDRY CO., Phono 25. 130.106 South Liberty St cigars, tobacco, candy, painti, Phone 76S UP OR DOWN STREAM FOR BASS Having read a good deal pro and con about fishing up and down, stream as pertaining to trout fishing with tho fly, I am in a qunndry to know if the authorities who advo cate up-stream fishing believe in do ing so when fishing for bass and casting an artificial bait. I havo read magazine articles by men who were evidently authorities who still did not seem to havo any posltlvo viows concerning this matter. Ono of them confesses Inability to handle his luro properly or hook his fish If bait-casting up-stream, saying ho prefers to cast down-stream, "ns tho current contributes to tho control of your bait." I do all my bass fishing in tho Dolawaro river and invariably wade, getting most of my fish In tho rifts and in pools just below them. I have had good success in casting up stream when fishing a pool but not In fishing a rift. In fishing the rifts I do best in casting across tho stream and always find it pays to fish every likely pocket or eddy just as carefully ns I would If I wore trout fishing with the fly. More over, I find that it pays to mako several casts for tho same fish not all in exactly tho same place but each cast being made with a view to attracting a fish whlchmay be lying In a certain spot. I have time and again proved to my satisfaction that it often takes a variety of casts to rouso a bass to action. And I havo also found that to hook a bass, while casting up-stream, you havo to watch your luro very sharply, as he Is liable to seize It when the lino is not taut and unless it is ono of tho many hooked monstrosities to which Dr. Henshall so strenuously objects he will get off before you can strike him. I generally fish with a slnglo hook with a spinner on tho shank and a piece of fat pork cut in the shape of a minnow or a frog a3 a bait. Onco in a while I use a single hook phantom minnow. J!. E. D. Wakeley, in Recreation for August. Letter From Ancient Athens. A little leaden tablet, tarnished, ugly and otherwise trivial in appear ance, was sent a few years ago from Athens to the Imperial Museum of Berlin, says an exchange. On ono side of it Is some writing which only recently-was deciphered with precise correctness by Adolph Wllhelm, an Austrian savant who lives In Atliens. Tho tablet Is tho original of a prlvato letter that was written about tho time of the orator Domosthencs. Tho writer of the letter lived In n rural neighborhood and wished to send a commercial order to a town. The form of tho address was: "To bo taken to the pottory market and to be handed to Nnuslas, or to Thrasykles, or to tho son" (perhaps tho son of the writer was meant . Tho weekly market, to which tho Attic countrymen had gone to offer their produce and wares for sale, may bo imagined as In progress. There the boy who was bearer of tho letter was to find tho stand or booth of one of the three porsons to whom It was addressed and deliver It to him. The text of tho letter says: "Mnesiorgoos greets you cordially, he greets your family with tho samo ostoom. , Pleaso bo so kind as to send mo a mantlo, olthor of sheepskin or of goatskin, and let it be as cheap as possible, for it does not need to be trimmed with fur. Send with it a pair of heavy solos also. As soon as I have an oppor tunity I will pay you." Clmrni of Manner. By Elbert Hubbard. Onco In tramping along a country lano in England, I stoppod to admire somo very wondorful roses that grew in clusters ovor the door of a llttlo stono cottage. As I stood there a woman camo out of tho cottage carrying a baby, and thore woro two other babies tugging at her dross. And this woman said to me In the sweotost and gentlest manner, "Would you mind it I should give you ono of the roses?" and she qlipped off ono with her scissors and handed it to me. Tho action of the woman was so gontlo, generous and gracious that I was surprised, and when I tried to express my thanks I only stammered and said it was a fine day and looked like rain. Then I bethought mo I was In the land of tips and I felt in my pocket for silver. But tho woman stopped mo and said, "Oh, I would novor tako money for a rose but you nro an Amorican and my brother lives In America and perhaps you will see him and toll him that you saw mo and tho children." , Then she grvo mo hor namo and bor brother's name, but ho lived In Illinois or Colorado, she could not say which it was surely ono pf these. I promised to hunt up hsr brother. Then we thook hands and I patted her three bablas on the head and went away. I've forgotten the woman's name and the name of her brother, but the Incident of meeting her and the big red rose with the morning dew upon it I will novor forget. Why? Bo- cailsd sho had Charm of Manner, and that Is tho rarest and finest thing In tho world. To havo Charm of Manner you do not have to bo rich, oducatcd nor handsome for certainly this woman I have Just mentioned was neither. But sho was just honest, gracious and considerate and so natural in hor actions that sho was impressive. Onco In Wanamnker's I wished to buy a cako of soap. The saleswoman showed mo a kind at fifteen cents a cake, that' I rather liked. Sho told me tho prlco and then said, "But here is a kind that wo can sell two cakes for a quarter you see It is a little larger cdke, and whilo not certain, I bellovo you will like it better or Just as well I am suro that you want tho best." "Give mo four cakes of that last," I said, and slapped down a half dollar. I really only wanted ono cako of soap, because I had forgotten to put a cako In my valise, and I would be back homo in two days anyway, but that girl's Charm of Manner caught mo. Sho was 30 gracious, so kindly and so Interested in pleasing mo and worked In. such a delicate llttlo com pliment that, In somo way, I folt as though sho had taken her scissors and snipped off a big red roso, the dew still on It, and handed It to me. Not all the people In Wanamak er's have Charm of Manner this charm that is born of concentration and considoration. To have Charm of Manner you must havo both respect for yourself and for tho other person. Had that Wanamaker girl been in the slight est degree bold, it would havo dissi pated her charm she was simply natural, earnest, easy, smiling, kind ly. At another tlmo in Wanamakor'3 I was waited on by a young man who was chewing gum and talking with a girl across tho aisle about where ho had been tho night before, and how he had had such a lovely time. He looked it. The secret of successful saleman ship lies in Charm of Manner. Tho person who has it is In possession of a key that will unlock all hearts and pocketbooks. If you have Charm of Manner, you can't keep It secret you will not havo to ask for a 'raise" It will gravitate to you every llttlo while. -o PENSIONS FOR. AGED PEOPLE. (Continued from Pago 9.) Tho general plan there is about as follows: Men over 65 and women over "CO are pensioned at the rato of $2.50 and $2 a week, respectively. Restrictions pertaining to Income, residence and character surround the application of tho law most effective ly. I am in receipt of a lettor from tho Amerncan Consul at Newcastle, Now South Wales, In which he sayj: 'It Is tho general opinion that these ponslons aro a very good thing and that theso laws aro working out sat isfactorily. In order to see for my self the people receive their pensions, I was prosent tho first of this month and saw a largo number of them paid. They appeared to bo a most rospectful lot of old peoplo, and I feel certain tho money allowed thorn each month by tho govornment Is judiciously expended.' "After yoars of considoration Eng land adopted an old-age ponslon law in 1908. Under Its provisions all persons over 70 years of age are pen sionable, If they meet the require ments of regulations as to Income, habits and character. The amounts paid run from 25 cents to $1.25 weekly. "Canada passed an annuity law In 1908. Underwit people beyond the age of 55 years may draw from $50 to" $000 annually, It is a govern ment lnsurapco proposition pure and simple, "and dopondont upon prem iums; but as a stop, Is encouraging to ovory bollovor In tho humane policy of making provision for old ago a raattor of g'ovornmontal regu lation." o Free Tuition in Music. An arrangement 1ms Just been made botwoon tho education com mittee of the London County coun cil and tho London Academy of Mu sic for special freo tuition In music to be given to a small selected class of children, who aro leaving the. ele mentary schools at tho ond of the present year. Boys or girls In high er olomentary schools who aro un der 14 years of ago on Septombor 30, 1910, are ollgiblo to apply through tholr head mastors and mis tresses. Thoy must naturally havo somo musical ability, either vocal or instrumental. From the numbor rocommended, tho authorities of the acadomy will select olght, who nro to attond advanced classes on Wed nesday mornings for a year. At tho ond of tho yonr 1. e., in Septmbr, 1911 any of the pupils oonsldersd worthy of further instruction will proeMd to the higher aeademv courses. The work will he counted as part of the secondary education of those selected and their reg'stia tlon and supervision are to be ar ranged for by th educational au thority. True eloquence consists In saylni all that is necessary and nothing bu what Is necessary. La Rochefoucauld. NAME WANTED FOR AIR NAVIGATORS What Bhall wo call tho men who launch themselves into tho ocean of air nnd becomo follow voyngors with tho birds? asks an exchange. At present thero Is n multiplicity of names to choos,o from aoroplanlsts, aeronauts, aviators, blrdmen, sky men, sky pilots, etc., but it remains to bo seen whether ono of theso or some happier word coinage not as yet Indicated, will como into general and popular uso. Judging from ths Amorican press, tho word aviator, veiling In Its Latin garb tho birdllko semblance of tho now invador of tho air, seems to bo tho favorite. An Englishman has proposed that, following tho nnalogy of seamen nnd landsmen, tho term airmen would tic most appropriate for tho pioneers In tho now form of transit. If tho ret oronco to tho bird rather than to the air bo proferrod, blrdmen would seem to meet tho requirements, whilo skymen might bo offered a3 another equivalent ior airmen. As to tho machine for flying, air- boat Is naturally recommended, fol lowing the analogy of sea vessels, but as motorboat Is already appro priated to water craft, a suitable parallel to steamboat is as yet lack ing. Porhaps air motor, air motor ist and air motoring may also be considered as candidates for honor In tho now names demanded by a now nrt and science. In tho caso of tho word veloclpedo, familiar a fow decades ago, tho mouth-filling namo soon gavo way to bicycle, bike and wheel, tho tend ency to simplicity and brevity being conspicuously ovldent in this caBO. The evolution of words applicable to air transit will probably show a JIko tendency In response to the demnnJ for brevity and convenience. o UNITED STATES PAYS. (Continued from Pago 9.) steadfastly refused to rob towns In their states of tho prestige of having customs houses and, besides, thoy afford something in tho way of patronage Theso aro tho enervating days, when, as somebody hps said, men drop by tho sunstrokG as if tho Day of Fire had dawned. They nro fraught with danger to people whoso -stems aro poorly sustained; and this leads us to say, In tho interest of tho less robust of our readers, that tho full effect of Hood's Sarsa parilla Is such as to suggest tho propriety of calling this medicine steps and Buy your own lot. 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