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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-04

ter well-defined social circles until,
within three or four years of a girls
happy commencement" she finds
herself with hardly an escort and little
social life outside of that afforded by
church. lodge, women's clubs and the
like; and If she has the average home
she must get her 'courtin" in sundry
remnants of time, with nothing done
by her parents to accelerate the young
mans interest. Perhaps in no country
under the sun are average parents so
Indifferent on this question as in Am
erica.-The Delineator.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-04

The fair is over. Now let's arrange
for building a big thresher factory.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
II Nesv Glass of Hufo Buyers
Cars No Longer Those Who Purchased ThenH
as q Novelty q Toy.

purchased for pleasure who expected and vera
willing 70 hire skilled mechanic 20 care fer ana
operate the machine. and who were willing to pay
large maintenance bills in order that they. their
families and their friends might enjoy the new
method Of locOmotion imperfect even though Il
was al that time The mperfections have largely
passed away. and the superb productions to oe
shown at the GranI Central Palace viii partly in
dictate the well known fact that a new class ot
buyers then created
The touring car. the vehicle able TO carry severI
passengers comfortably at high speed across ths
country over vile roads practically as fast as our
railway trains and able make longer trips with
out stopping for fuel. water oil than DO loco
motives in regular service. viii be shown in it5
highest development by ul1-v makers and ar a wids
variety OF prices
The vehicles Of greatest P"- Harity. however will
be those which. be rv=. or their more moderate
prices appeal to much Iarger classes OF buyers In
brief the year 1899 promises to be an epoch maker
in the production Of splendid value in medium
weights powers and sizes Of touring cars at prices
ranging from $50 up TO $500 and $500
These splendid values At these moderate prices
will bring about a great popuIarizaton OF tns
motor vehicle during the next twelve months,
which means much for the future Of the business.
and which will go far toward the displacement OF
the horse so confidently predicted in years past.
This great movement toward a more common Use
Of the vehicle will spread its effect TO many
places directly connected with ths motor ve-
hicIe industry. The demand for good roads viii be
BTedtE tliilelLts4. -iOlt JUST 'lIu iol-'Ac-t
lation will be demanded; congestion in the cities
will be somewhat relieved with consequent in
creased growth and value Cf suburban properties.
while kindred industries will derive much strength
from the large volume OF business sure TO follow
this pOpulariza Of what has now become recos-
nized as a daily necessity.
No great change can possibly take place quickly.
and the many years required popularizs thus far
the motor vehicle simply indicate the greatness
of its bearing upon lives Of the people great
-rF,f tn 1ra- fr<-.
and which will undoubtedly continue to fncrsaaa
for many years.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
SOME NEEDED AUTOMOBILE RULES
FOR PEDESTRIANS.

Rule / Pedestrians crossing boulevards
at night shall wear a white light in front and
n rel hight in rear.
Rule 2-Pedcstriaas. before turning to
the right the left. must give three short
blasts on horn at least three inches in
diameter.
Rule 2-Pedestrians must when an mex
perienCed automobile driver is made ner-
yous by n pedestrian. hide behind a tree U7-
til the automobile has passed.
Rule 4-Pedestrians shall not carry in
their pockets any sharp substances liable to
cut automobile tires.
Rule 5-Pedostrianz shall not In lodging
automobiles. run faster than twenty miles
an hour
Rule 6-Pedestrians viii not be, permitted
20 emit cigarette smoke on any boulevard
in manner offensive 20 passengers in gaso-
lene automobiles
Rule Pedestrians must register at the
beginning of each year and pay license fee
of s.. Numbered license tags will then be
issued 10 them No rebate will he allowed II
they do not live through the entire year.
Rule S-Pedestrians before license tags
will be issued to them, must demonstrate
before an examining board their skill in
lodging leaping, crawling and eXtrlcatng
themselves from maChiueryy
Rule 9-Pedestrians not wearing num-
bered license tags will be held responsible
for all damages done to automobiles or their
occupants b. Collision.-George Fitch in COL
lier's.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01

be enacted in each Of the states of the Union Ihs
law should embody in its provisions the best thought
and the best experience which have peeh had III
all the states this country and in all other cou-
tries since the automobile became means or loco
motion o ,,,
It has been considered that such a bill should
he simple in its provisions and the Dill mas peeIl
drafted accordingly. The more complex a statute
* made the less likely is it to be oheyed ana
- ,ccomulsh the end desired. 1t has been con
sidered that the bill should be short ana contain
as few provisions as the requirements oL 'i'7 N1S0
demand There were three main points to be COW
cred bv such a bill. and the provisions OF the oiI
a,.a been a,ro,ped about those three points, WHICH
are: ~ Means for identifying the machie IN caS0
Of violation of the law or the perpetraton o,
wrong: ~ regulations as to speed with when the
car might he run. and GO purlshiheh'S io' >''
ton Of the provisions Of the act .
7 cannot here go into discussion of the authoII-
ties but IT is perfectly clear that under tne COM
,rerce clause of the federal Constitution congress
may enact statute providing that registration ol
an automobile in the state of its owner iI
followed by registration at the national capi'a'
shall leave the automobilist free 10 use tle hiei-
yvavs of the country without further FeelS'iatio"
and without further payment OF trloute I" "'o'iei
state He will indeed he subject to the ponce reg
1tors of thc other states-to wit. the regulations
respecting speed. identification marks brakes sls
nails lamns and the like-but he VIII h"t nave ~
Ta,, q tax for privilege of going from one s'fte
into another That has always been. ana shouiu
remain 4 natural right which cannot be erected
into privilege by the imposition Of tax.
The remedy lies in bill providing for the federal
raie+ratf Of ant 1nobiles SIch bill has been pre-
JARED and submitted Congress 1t does not inter-
fere in the slightest degree with the enforcement
bv the several states Of their own motor Venicie
laws re spectng the use OF the aItomonhe III 'no''
t,+es II simply provides that. upon the regstra-
,for of the vehicle ut Washington. after II mas Deeh
registered in the home state and the registration
fee maid in the home state as well as at Nashlhs-
ton the automobile owner has federal Incense
-, cb viii take him through any state in the Union
-,-tncut further registration ana without furIher
,avr17ant of license fees. II is not without pTece
don't It is supported by the Constitution OF the
United states I'm its commerce clause. and II Is sup
,ortad h, unnuestioned decisions Of the United
states Supreme Court touching the subject dealt
With in that clause. Congress has exercised the
mower 10 which this bill is committed III statutes
which have been approved by the courts oi 'he
United States in repeated decisions.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
CARE NECESSARY BEFORE cRANKING.

While it seems almost unnecessary to suggest TO
anv one competent to drive car that care should
he taken to have the emergency brake set and the
sDeed lever in n neutral position before cTantlnS
the engine yet the frequent accounts OF accidents
caused by negligence in these matters are an eVl-
derce that manv drivers fail 10 realize the hlpor-
tance of simple precaution for their own safety.
The nabr or always looking at the control levers
before starting is easily acquired ana Wheh
one realizes that small boys have a tendency 10
nIay with everything within their reach the he'eS
sity OF making sure Of the position OF the SPAIN
tbrottIa and speed controls is prime importance.
Motor World.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
BY CHARLES f. DURYEA.

v-ber +an or a dozen years ago. d few sef-pro-
aIIed vehicles were cautiously offered 10 the pub
lie the first buyers were men of mechanical tastes
who. unable to decide whether or not the motor
vehicle had arrived fully believed that 1t could ar
rive and ventured their money IN those orls i.'dI
crude affairs with little thought and no knowledge
as N tine possibilities of trouble concealed in the
cumbersome looking bodies then supplied.
After n few experiences this class OF buyers with
drew, leaving the field almost wholly to those VINO
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01

claims the right fair treatment, and to that end
that the laws which regulate his use OF the hlgh-
WAYS shall be plain and reasonable that ne
who runs an automobile may read them ana may
oha,, then, and still be able travel with com
fort and With freedom from intolerable eXactions
and burdens
For example the owner Of automobile resi-
dent in New York City may think that he may
take his motor ferryboat to New Jef-
soy and run three four blocks through Ho-
boken TO the pier Of transatlantic steamer 10
get his family by complying with all the Ia"S Vi
the State of New York in that regard, AS to the
Identification number, lamps, signals. brakes. non
slddjnr devices and speed but he will find himself
very much mistaken and will come off luckily II ne
does not land in Jail before his family lands upon
the pier
He cannot run his machine upon the SOL OF Ne"
Jersey, until he has applied for and received reg
istration certificate duly executed by the proper
officers Of the State Of New Jersey; until ~ mas
maid two separate fees. aggregatinS Sl*' uh1l he
has read over ard signed. sealed and delivered All
instrument appointing III" Secretary OF state ms
attorney TO receive all process for hin in any Su
which may be brought against MN TOUCHING ,.'
use OF his automobile: until he has hung upon MS
automobile the tags required for Identification am
until he has complied with the various requirements
or tho law of the State Of New Jersey touchlhs
1au,ps signals brakes. non sllidding devices 'he
speed at which he may travel and al o'ile' ii'''
,artaining 20 the machine and It's use
I. is not enough that he has compiled WIN al
-. Iay,s or one sovereign state-to Wit, the state
~ his residence; he must comply with all 'ie l'"S
Of another state. which may be vastly diIeFen''
and so different that he could not have had 'le
slightest conception Of them in advance IL means
thai his rights IS citizen of the United states 10
,,se the highways of travel are 50 restricted ana
hirdened with harsh eXactions that they aIi"'S,
60 20 no available to him ct ali This should
NOT be 1t Is not common sense. Can any one be
blamed for protesting against such state OF al
fairs?
REMEDIES TO BE APPLIED.
The remedy for this complexity OF divers laws i
suggested by the evil itself There Is no l,aS'i
. by motor vehicle laws OF all the states OF me
r-fo, should not he identical, substantially so
Tbe same conditions and the same requirements ol
sneed pertain everywhere What is reasonable ana
safe with regard 10 marks cf ldentica ION i.i.-
,.,,s brakes and speed for part Of the coun-
,r, ,e eouaily so for every other part there-
fore nropose a uniform state motor vehicle law TO
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
NEED OF UNIFORM
MOTOR LAWS
ro,FTSION OF SYSTEM IN
MANY STATES.
c.r-rss Thaddsus Terry Says Con.
rress Has the Right TO Secure
zmeliordtion Of Conditions.
nv CHARLES THADDEUs TERRY.

,,.;-,an Legislative COMMITTEES of American
Automobile Association.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01

The way to avoid automobile troubles is to avoid
buying the wrong car.
lire trouble, for example, frequently due not to the
tires themselves but to the fact that manufacturers
order to econOmze equip their with tires that
too small for the strains which they must stand.
You can avoid this needless tire trouble by buying
the $500 Mitchell described here. This is
equipped with 324 inch tires when, theoretically 3ox
inch tires would be big enough
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01

that be found in any car regardless of price We
pump Just twice much through the water Jackets
per minute. any other That is why the Mitchell
engine STAYS coothat is why it will cheerfullv and
smoothly through the most trying ordeal you will
give it.
There axle troubles there carburettor troubles
transmission troubles crank shaft roubes-troubles un
counted-that beset the who buys the 5tvong car
But in the Mitchell Just we have eliminated possible
brake trouble possible tire trouble. possible ignition
trouble possible overhcated engine troubejust have
eliminated all OF the other troubles which eight years
of motor car experience have developed.
In these eight years have built than 5000
Mitchell cars SIIOOoOOOOO worth of Mitchell now
in active satisfactory service on the road.
And the result is a car at low price containing per-
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

for what he really was Mr. Craig tells us OF
the meeting between Carlyle and Irving when
both young. and Irving. to make converse
tion asked about domestic affairs in AMMAN
Carlyle replying with noticeable curtness. pro-
yoked the observation that he seemed to know
nothing. Whereupon he replied. Sir. by what
right do you try my knowledge in this way?
Are you grand inqUisitor or have you authority
to question people and cross-question at discre-
ton? l have had interest to inform myself
about the births in AMMAN. and not if the
process of birth and generation there should
cease and determine altogether" Mr. Craig
characterizes this as an amazingly Swiftlike
reply and goes on To say: Not Swift himself
could have bettered the retort, and it prepares
one for the information that every one who ever
listened to Carlyle carried away almost in
variaby profound admiration of his abilities
and conversational talent" We wonder If some
Of the sury Scots interlOcutors did not with
draw from his society under the impression that
he had exceedingly bad manners.
The hard work to which Carlyle was con-
Gemned in his formative period got on his
nerves but Mr.. Craig is careful to point out
that neither his burdens nor his privatiOns were
precisely tragical. Moreover. he had a good
constitution, which carried him triumphantly
through many heavy task Of breadwinning
He could endure the slavery" says his BIZ
ographer. "as well any one living. and much
better than the vast majority OF men" The
dcspondency into which he was apt to fall was
due, are told, to the immense seriousness
with which he took the problems of life. II
was due in great measure likewise. to the seri-
BUSINESS with which he took himself The self
wiIled peasant crops out again and again. One
of the luckiest incidents in his Career-and he
was never without friends. who were glad to
help him when they cOuld-was his reception
into the Butler family, as tutor to the two
young sons of the house, position yielding
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

older than myself had been at school along win
M though never in my class. very innocent
conceited insignificant but strict minded. orthcdoX
creature. for whom. knowing him to be OF no Schol
arShip strength Of Judgment. had prlVdttesIs
very small respect, though civilly following MN
about in things he knew better than l. AS IN Ine
streets Of Edinburgh. for example, on my nISt
evening there, On my journey thther ne Lad Dee1
vearisona, far from entertaining. mostly SlIeHt
having indeed nothing to say He Stalked on ger
orally steps ahead, langud!y WhStlinS lnEtu5H
his teeth some Smilitude of 4 wretcEed IIlSh Iuue
which / knew too well as that OF a sun rloIe
vretch-d dcggercl song called the Belfast Shoe-
maker" most melancholy TO poor me, given up 10 20
my bits Of reflections in the silence ot the HootS
and hills.
Very characteristic is this reminiscent scorn
Of poor Tom Small. No doubt he was feeble
wight but the fact is irrelevant The interest
ing element in the situation thus sketched for
us is Carlyles conceit- He had that from
his family. The Carlyles were ever wont to
think well of themselves. and the member of
the clan destined to distinction was prompt in
adopting the complaCent tone of his forbears
Undoubtedly there went TO the making of Car
IvIc" qualities of temper and pride which were
deep rooted in his ancestry. 1t IS amusing. by
the way. to observe the inability of the biOg-
rapher who is once sealed of the tribe of Tam
mas to see the uncOuth peasant in the latter
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

winded This biographer might assert that he
is no hero wOrshipper. He speaks with candor
on more than one Of Carlyles foibles. But we
need not expect TO find a writer erring on the
side Of impartiality when he is capable of say
ing that There can be question of the fact
that Carlyles intellect was far and away the
greatest intellect Of his age" Fortunately this
overwrought sense Of Carlyle's greatness does
not prevent Mr. Craig from dealing in an inter
esting manner with parts at least OF the par
ticular period in his subjects life which he
has set out 10 traverse
At the outset ne pays abundant attention to
Cariyles peasant origin From it there
doubtedIy flowed many Of the traits which in
later years were to render the author "gey Ill
to live wi" The circumstances of his early
life combined with his own temperament TO
make Carlyle rather hard in grain. As Mr..
Craig points out he was never boy" in the
strict sense Of the term never glad sojourner
in the land Of pretend make believe
Continuing the biographer notes that the young
CARLYLE was always graver than his years. with
thoughts in him older and graver than the proper
thoughts Of a boy II is an important point
to keep in mind in surveying the life of TINS
dour ScOtchman There was room in his
nature for romance for that warm and generous
expansion of the imagination which is developed
in healthy boyhood Gifted with high intel
lectual powers and precociously battening upon
knowledge he went forward with q kind Of stern
eacerncss to take up a mans work He has
himself left us a significant note on the mood in
which he travelled to Edinburgh for the com
pletion of his education:
We had walked some twenty miles that day. the
third day of j. urney from Ecclefechan; my
companion. Torn Small" who had already
been TO college last year and was thought to be a
safe guide and guardian to He was some years
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

him c 200 a year and many opportunities =.
foregather with interesting people To say NOR
ing of constant courtesy from two high r..
employers But even Mr.. Craig is constr,;,.4
TO observe how tenacious Carlyle was % ~.
ne conceived to be his individual inporta,a.
The biosrapher says:
The Buffers were left in 10 shadow OF do,,
to the party obliged by the tutorshfp Tb
knew very well they must treat CARLYLE social.
equal. while Irving had more taan EiDts
that mentally and morally CARLYLE was e1or
mouSly their superior On their side thew aDDra
ciated Carlyle. and were really kind a9i
il CARLYLE could have tolerated his being en-
ployed by anybody. For Carlyle. as we saT w.
king and not dimly aware of IT, Nevert6e'sssss
he was eXiSent OF ms reinoteSt rights and hars
to deal with. for the world views these tbirna Mil
differently Carlyle was there to teach the vSrii
it was wrong
II was an uphill job CarlyIe's sufferinps q.
the way to maturity and success as a writer a.
we have already noted, were never desper,..
but neither did he tread a path strewn with
roses. Mr.. Craig well describes the slow procss-
of growth. the earliest bits of hack work the
more considerable excursions into the mas.
zines. the translation of Wilhelm Meister- ana
the opening of relations with Goethe and fnalIv
after divers moves and much dubiety. the writ.
ing and publication of the book which was m
make him famous Side by side with his po--
trait Mr. Craig draws one of Mrs. Carlyle and
here he is only irritating. In stolid humorIess
fashion he paws over the relations Of these two
before and after their marriage. being at great
pains to demonstrate that the wife was a lesser
figure than the husband. her very mundane
traits sadly contrasting with his stupendOus no.
bility. 1t is all very wearisOme. impertinent
and of no earthly consequence. this miputa
analysis which has of late been revived with
such gusto. OF what Carlyle and his wife mar
have meant to one another. The subject has be-
come a bore The story of CaryIe's develop
ment as an author never loses its interest ami
in his contribution to this Mr. Craig is unde-
niably effective He indubitably shows Us the
man behind the literary personagr a human
character moulding its fate
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
THOMAS CARLYLE.
4 Study Of the Formative Years Of
HIS Career.

THE MAKING OF CARLYLE BY r. S Craig
5vo. pp. 5lA John Lane Company
This is a rather unconventional piece of bio
graphical writing Mr. Craig carries his story
down only to the publication of The French
Revolution" but ne is content to leave his hero
at that period All that he has to say relates
to the formation Of Carlyles character and the
establishment of the great man in the world
Of modern London. The lesson that he has to
enforce and this book is plainly the book of
a noralist. is such may be drawn from the
spectacle presented by man of genius during
those years in which he is finding himself This
being the case. Mr.. Craig might easily have
made his point in a volume half the size of the
one before US, even in an essay, but your
worshippers of Carlyle nothing if not long
New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
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SUNDAY. APRIL I. 1909.

,ri.ara * = Brcnte Society in London. 1t mas
.ro usual more or less distinguished member
CHI, ard IFS objects are. of course, unimpeach-
ohio But The address by Mr.. Sidney Lee TO
which If listened the other day has moved MI
Andrew Lang to playful Indignation In The
Morning Post he says:
For the sake Of argument and with full con-
eoio,,sness of the dangers that | am mourning
1-isb TO plav DEVILS Advocate against our moo
ern institutions which, in Mr.. Sidney Lee ;
nhrase .,andeavor to keep alive national inter
est in all that survives of =. homes OF
raniIs | would also plead that Cnarlolte
8Rronts worship may be Overdone that she was
NOT really as an author. worthy OF the crown
ord raIn1s Of literary sainthood. II VIII diso
he my I1Itv to congratulate other literary SAINTS
abo,If --hose homes, relics and private ilIe no
narticuIar fuss is made by institutions,
Tho cist of Mr. IAng's argument is that liter
orv societies should not encourage gossip
VII, Charlotte Bronte drove home with ME-
Smith her publisher from that famous unSuc-
cassrui dinner at Thackeray's house. 1t appears
tbot she spoke acidly of the two little girls
ber hosts daughters. Now Mr.. Lang Is Wen
aware of the fact that this was unsanty, ou[
no adds If Miss Bronte 50 insanity why
bouId her LAPSE from sanctitude be dragged
ont Of th, dustbn of memory into the light Oh
d3y?" No one can say why, unless II De
member of i literary society