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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28

work Of slaughter. Most Of the raD-
bits make their winter home under low
scrub bushes of hard wood and hunt
for food under the dead leaves which
have been blown from the trees during
the fall frosts These mounds of
leaves are just the place to conceal the
strands Of wire and horsehalr to be
used us snares, and 1t is indeed a wise
rabbit who can escape the trap.
A liberal supply Of whole corn and
oats is used as bait for the rabbits,
being scattered under the leaves in
close proximity to the snares. The
wire Is run for some distance along the
surface Of the ground and is then at
1ached to the strand of horsehair with
a loop and running moose in the end.
In this moose more corn or oats are
placed than anywhere else, and the
rabbit invariably spends much time
over few kernels Of the grain. 1t Is
while thus lOafing over his food that he
Fleets his doom.
After breakfast has been served in
the camp and the men have gone to
their work the cookie" commences his
rounds Of the snares. Never does he
have far to go from the starting place
to find one or more bunnies carefully
noSing through the leaves and select
ing the choicest pieces Of corn. SO at
tentIve is the animal in his quest foi
food that he seldom notices the ap.
proach Of the hunter or any one else
unless there be a dog in the party
And while thus eating the hunter
CFoucheS under some tree at the far end
OF the wire and at the opportune time
pulls the string" which catches the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28

Now we feast
So did the pilgrims,
Now we take in football.
Then they lodged hostile Indians.
Now the hostess thinks up novelties.
Then they were pleased to have plen.
ty Of plain food
Now we revel in asparagus, arti.
chokes, peas and celery
Then onions, potatoes, turnlps and
cabbages were their vegetables
They were thankful, devoutly so.
Are wei
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28

ginning for a Thanksgiving message,
so he changed 1t to when we review
the calamides which aGlct so many
other nations, the present condition Of
the United States offers much matter
Of consolation aud satisfaction"
Even this sentence was changed, re-
written, corrected, revised, modified
and altered several times by various
members Of the cabinet, to whom 1t
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28
TwouIln't pIcngcd mo bottor n b0

lWoulln pleased ma better N no
Ast mo 10 bo prcsldunt,
80 IN lcss.n half a my
We was In restornt.
Now" says pa, "go through tho meenu,
Passn' mo tho bin o. fare.
Order what you want" for he knew
! was hungry as bear
First / ordered sweet potatoes,
Charlotte roosh an oyster fry,
Fish, leo cream an stewed tomatoes,
Apple. mIuce an pumpkin pie,
Turkey with a lot o. stumn',
Then some things that / fergct
But tho waiter brought enough IN,
An We ct an ct an eL
Saturday the sociatlon
Listened for an hour TO ma
While she glye EN- an oratlon
Bout reformln' me an pa;
Said that ever since Thunksglvln'
We'd been happy Wen an strong,
80 she guessed that simple llvln
Would be- proper right along.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28
The First Thanksgiving
Proclamation

Ut is mistake to suppose that the
annual Thanksgiving proclama.
II ton Of the president Of the Unit
ed States Is always written or
dictated by the president. As a mat.
ter of fact about all the president has
to do with 1t is to sign his name to It
The actual composition Of the Thanks.
giving proclamation is the work Of a
specialist in the state department at
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28
FHlina a Want.

Blghead- My folks say that II come
home for Thanksgiving they'll kill the
faupd calf
Miss sharpe Yes; ! suppose n you
don't go home they won't have any
fnttpd cnIf there
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28
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! Thanksgiving Day !


40 ''.' '' 'HiNh' aNNN ANAINNN COLO
u,os belongs the honor OF ho.ng
the Hrst TO proclaim In America son-
cmI thanksgiving day which should be
% Iestlru. as we'll as q day of thnnks-
giving THE month of November lD2g.
md been weary one to the bitterly
tried pilgrims Their months VI TOLL
nnd wucut waiting for the lugathcrIng
OF the harvest seemed about 10 end In
the deepest dIsoppumtm1nt The earth
was parchcl, the whole land cried out
Tor rain, and tho crops were being
ruined tor lack OF moisture II was
under these depressing conditions that
Pilgrim Father Bradford cuucd together
the little baud NJ settlers and set apart
a day to be- devoted to fasting and
prayer that the gmssy skies might be-.
come cloud covered ond the windows
OF heaven be opened to give llfo to tho
thirst dying fields.
lt did not look promising for a day
OF thanksgiving and yet circumstances
changed tho day appointed for fusting
aud prayer TO one OF rejoicing, fcastug
and tmukrulncss The pilgrims were
In the very net of praying for rain
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28

ever issued by a president of the Unit
ed States was signed more than ll6
years ago by George Washington, and
the original document is preserved in
the library Of the state department
The first draft of the proclamation
started of: IN the calamities which
aflict so many Of the nations" But
Attorney General Edward Randolph
did not approve of such a gloomy be-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28
INAsMUcH

I lnasmuch as you have fllsd
4 Tho neod8 on him that w.llsd,
Z In that measure b0 you thrilled
I In your thanka
!. lnasmuoh 40 you have given
( IN tho aid Of what has strlven
Upward 90 be you. too, driven
. BY your thanks.
br you Iftsd you may r0ao,
. You may aoar beyond Tho skies.
Even Wits tFs thought that Hros,
W0tb your thHOas
. E Barf7j .n Philadelphia North
American.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-28

find them preserved in red leather vol
umes in the state department. While
George Washington originated the Gus
tom. many OF his immediate success.
sors did not follow his example, and II
was not until Abraham Lincoln be-
came president that the annual
thanksgiving as a November holiday
became regular institution in the
United States,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07
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YER a section Of northern At
rica, where the legions Of inn
perial Rome once held sway
and where various races and
civilizations have contended
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tinued, after a moments pause, If ]
seem stupid. It is scarcely month age
since read of your engagement to Har-
bord. The papers all said that you were
to be married at once"
She nodded.
That's exactly It, she said. That's
why l am here"
What. you mean that you are going tc
be married here?' asked Julien.
II am not going to be married at all. y
she replied, cheerfully. Between our
selves, Julien she added. II found
couldn't go through with It,.
Couldn't go through with it!'' he re-
peated. feebly.
Lady Anne was beginning to recove,
herself.
Don't be stupid she begged. You
used to be quick enough. Can't you see
what has happened? I became engaged
to the little beast. I stood 1t for three
weeks. I didn't mind him at the other
end Of the ROOM but when he began to
talk about privileges and attempt to take
liberties, l found couldn't bear the crea.
ture anywhere near me. Then. all Of a
sudden, woke up this morning and re-
membered that we were to be married In
a week. That was quite enough for me.
l slipped out after lunch, caught the 2:2C
train and here / am
Exactly Julien agreed. Here You
are
With my luggage" she continued
swinging the jewel case in her hand and
laughing in his face.
tWxth ZQuZ lnEEaka" cullen eoaaa6,
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE MISSION OF VICTORIA WILL
HELMINA. BY Jeanne Barthoiow
Maroun. New York: b. w. Hueosch'
THE STORY OF DOCTORS TELE-
PHONE-TOLD BY HIS WIFE: by
Ellen NJ Firebaugh, author OF Inc
PHYSICIANS Wife Boston: inc
Roxburgh Publishing Company.
THIS WORLD OF OURS. BY Min
ME Milbank Dodds. New forn. Ahe
Shakespeare Press.
THE CARE OF THE SKIN AND HAIR
BY William Allen Pusey, a. -, III .
D., professor OF dermatoiogy III .ne
University of Illinois. Ne" iorh'
D. Appleton co.
THE BORDER WATCHs story OF the
Great Chiefs Last stand. BY JOSEPH srpn
A. Altsheler. author OF he
Young Trailers," etc. Illustrated
New York: d. Appleton & co.
BUCkING THE LINE. BY William
Heyliger. author OF ,,,,ssrateS
New York: D. Appleton h Co.
THE TUDOR SHAKESPEARE@MU
ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Edited Dy
William W. Lawrence, Phi. D.. asso-
ciate professor OF English In Co
lumbia University. New YORK: Inc
Macmillan Company
THE TRUST PROBLEMs Replies OF
10000 Representative Americans 10
0uestionaire Sent Out by Depart
ment ON Regulation Of Industrial
Corporations Of the National Civic
Federation. Publfshe ed by the feder-
alton, New York.
GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER AND THE
ARMY OF TENNESSEE. BY John
Witherspoon DeBose. author OF
The Life and Times of Yancey,
etc. New York: The Neale Publish
ing Company.
FIFTY YEARS IN OREGON; Experien-
ces, observations and Common
taries Upon Men, Measures and Gus
toms In Pioneer Days and Later
Times. BY T. T. Geer. formerly Gov
ernor Of Oregon, and one Of her ma
tive sons. New York: The Neale
Publishing Company.
THE WAR Of THE SIXTIES. Com
piled by E. r. Hutchins. who served
in the United States army, and later
in the United States navy. as an Of
f1cer, from May, 1861, to December,
1866, and who is now a physician
New York: The Neale Publishing
Company.
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was looking . little more untidy than
II got your wire all right Julien said,
and I am laundering glad to see you.
sort Of copy, or is there anything spe-
cial doing?"
Something special" Hendricks an
swered, and you're in it, When can we
talk? No hurry, as long as 1 see you
some time tonight"
declared. 81 have been bored to death
for the last few weeks and l am only too
anxious to have a talk. You don't mind
II I see this young lady to her friend
house first? / don't know exactly where
it is. but 1t won't take very long. She is
all alone, and as long as we have met I
feel that I ought to look after her.
Naturally" Hendricks agreed. Il can
go to my hotel and meet you anywhere
you say for supper
Julien glanced at his watch
1T is 10 o'clock within a minute or
| two," he announced. Suppose we make
it half-past II at the Abbaye?'
Hendricks nodded.
"That'll suit me- So long!''
He strobe away in search of cab. Ju-
jewel case from her fingers.
It's all arranged" he said. You are
quite sure that You have no more lug
gage?"
She laughed
mot a scrap! Have you ever Travelled
without luggage, Julien? 1t makes you
feel that you are really in for adven-
lures"
Does it!' he replied, a little weakly
Somehow or other he never associated
a love for adventure with Lady Anne.
isn't it fun to be in Paris once more?''
she continued. II want q real rickety lit
tie voiture. and want the man to have
g white hat, II possible. and l want to
drive down into Paris over those cob
bles."
ANY particular address,
She handed him a card. He called an
open victoria and directed the man. To-
gether they drove out Of the station yard.
Lady Anne leaned forward, looking
around her with keen pleasure.
Julien she cried. this is delightful,
meeting you! I hope shan't be bother
to you. but really 1t is rather nice to feel
that have one friend here"
Yam cnn16n't pcaabaz h2 q 3atAR4a4
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work, and she had already been accepted
by the Presbyterian board Of foreign mis-
sions and assigned to a field of labor
when sickness caused her to give up her
purpose. She has been active. however.
and now has gathered her fugitive poems
into a volume which is issued as an offer
ing, all proceeds from the sale to go to
church work. There are three groups
Of poems, those which treat of and per-
tain to childhood. miscellaneous verses
and sonnets, and finally religious poems,
some Of the matter being Of high merit
as literary offerings. The little book
to the personal friends Of the writer, for
it has distinct literary merit.
THE SINS OF THE FATHER. BY
Clansman," etc. Illustrated by John
Carsel. New York: D. Appleton Co.
Mr.. Dixon has written here another
story in which the motif is the conflict
ever present with Mr.. Dixon-between the
whites and the blacks in the south. Even
those who disagree with his conclusions
must. if they are honest. give Mr.. Dixon
the credit Of deep convictions, bitterly
biased, it is true. but with a bias that is
racial and instructive, and altogether hon
est:
The Sins of the Father is the story of
a southerner whose single misstep from
the path OF purity. and racial purity, is
Indirectly the cause of his young wife's
,Intimely death. while it is the direct
cause OF the sinners suicide. Such tale
may well be-and in the present instance
it certainly is-grippingly interesting; it
can never be made sweet or wholesome.
Powerful medicines seldom are sweet,
and Mr. Dixon long ago gave evidence of
his belief that the south and the nation
need to be purged of certain evils that for
generations have eaten like a cancer into
the Anglo-Saxon vitality Of the south's
social fabric. There is nothing gentle in
the manner in which the author excori-
ates the leaders in the effort to elevate.
educate and refine the colored people
in the south; vitriol could not be more
corrosive than some Of the speeches
| which he puts into the mouth of Maj.
| Norton. who first appears in the story as
editor of a newspaper. then as governor
Of his state, and later as leader of the
movement looking to the total disfran-
chisement Of the negroes and their re-
moval from the country.
| 1t is story that. once begun. will not
be laid down willingly until the end is
reached. And it is to be regretted that,
in the effort to provide the dramatist' $
HAPPY ending the concluding chapter
Of the book-fortunately a brief one-is
SO conventionalfzed as to become weak.
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X NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS y

bring to Washington many distinguished
artists and laym en- interested in art. The
American Federation of Arts has 100
chapters scattered throughout the United
States and the majority OF these will be
represented by delegates. The represen-
tation Will be almost nation wide The
! sessions of the convention will be held
| In the auditorium Of the National Mu-
scum. 10th and Streets and will be open
| to the public. On Thursday the sessions,
both morning and afternoon. will be de-
voted chiefly to the business of the fed
Grafton. reports being presented by the
chairmen of the several special commit
| tees. In most instances these will, it is
| thought, be found both interesting and
significant. c. Howard Walker Of Bos-
ton will report on craftsmanship, Ralph
Adams on sculpture, Percy Mackaye on
civic theaters, John w. Alexander on
painting, Lee McClung on the es-
Enlistment Of national school Of in
| The program for Friday. May 10, is as
follows: 'Civic Institutions for the Peo-
pie of Our Large Cities by Franklin w.
Hooper. director of the Brooklyn Insti-
tute of Arts and Sciences; art for Use:
a Scheme for High School Training by
DR.. James Parton Haney, director Of art
| in the high schools Of New York; Amer
lean Sculpture an illustrated address
by Augustus Lukeman: Town Plan-
Ming" by Cass Gilbert: "Civic Art in the
tary Of the American Civic Association;
! The Housing Problem by Edward T.
! Hartman secretary of the Massachusetts
Civic League That afternoon a special
| conference on museum methods and i'm
proved public service will be held indie
pendently under the leadership of DIR.
| Fairbanks, director of the Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston
| The evening session of the convention
j Friday will be a meeting in memory of
| Frank D. Millet the late secretary Of the
American Federation Of Arts. At this
! meeting, cards to which have been is
/ sued by the regents and secretary of the
| tinguished speakers intimately associated
with Mr.. Millet in various fields of his
| work. besides which resolutions will be
| presented by the representatives of the
| several organizations to which he be-
| longed.
| On the last day. May II. new business
| will be taken up, an address on the Freer
collection will be given by Dr.. Laufer of
the Field Museum Chicago. and the
Freer and National Gallery collections
will be visited. In the afternoon there
will be an excursion to Mount Vernon.
I N the Shelby Clarke Art Company gal
: leries there is now on exhibition a
| collection Of water colors by Edwin Lam
Mr.. Lamasures work are seen quite fire.
| quently, but he has not exhibited here
/ for some time. Mr.. Lamasure gives
most Of his time to what is known as
commercial art-that is. producing for
| photographers, and in this he has been
specially successful. He is talented
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and in competition with the latest devices
in Cambridge and Princeton!'
Thus speaks Student Brockhurst to a
group of his fellows who are endeavoring
to get hold of something like a working
theory Of college institutions. Slower,
who has figured in other books by Mr.
Johnson, has been going through a pro-
cess of evolution at Yale, arriving from
a preparatory school with the prestige of
foot ball star and evidently destined
to be big man Of his class. He has
laid his course under advice from higher
classman. with a deliberate design to
make one of the societies. When he
finds the society Is disposed to interfere
with his friendships he revolts and
thenceforward takes an opposite course
becoming intensely democratic, and. 1t
is to be regretted, somewhat lax in habits
But the essential strength Of Stover's
character brings him out of this trial
triumphantly He finally makes Skull
and Bones on tap day.
This story is an intimate disclosure Of
the conditions prevailing in larger Ameri-
can colleges. It sets forth the intense
rivalry for social preference and for the
distinctive honor Of being elected to men,
bership in various organizations. Brock
bursts Outburst, already quoted, repre-
sents the view of those who believe that
an educational institution should be for
educational purposes. Mr.. Johnson has
returned a powerful indictment against
spired in this writing by the ideal as that
which Brockhurst expresses in the final
lines of the tale:
I'm not satisfied with Yale as a mag
nificent factory on democratic business
lines: I dream of something else. some
thing visionary, a great Institution not
Of boys. clean, lovable and honest, but
men Of brains, Of courage. Of leadership
great center Of thought. to stir the
country and bring it back to the under
standing Of what man creates with his
imag ination and dares with his will. It's
visionary-it will come"
RATIONAL LIVING: Some Practical
Inferences from Modern Psychology.
By Henry Churchill King. president
of Oberlin College. author of per
sonal and Ideal Elements in Educa-
tfon," etc. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
This admirable study strikes the right
key. Impressed with the achievements
of modern psychology, and with the i'm
mediate applicability Of it's differences to
the present problem of rational living,
this author gathers these differences into
a body Of notably practical suggestions.
These point directly to the ordering Of
life according to human natures methods
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Seriously. is that all that you have
brought?'
mother7''
Yes. know your mother!" he admit
ted.
We'll. didn't exactly feel like taking
her into my confidence Lady Anne ex-
planned, smiling Under those circum-
stances, l thought it just as well to make
my departure as quietly as possible xon
Really" she assured him. you are
becoming quite intelligent. They do not"
I'm other words. you've run away
Marvellous" she murmured. II sup
pose it's the air over here.
A sudden idea swept into Juliens mind.
OF course, it was ridiculous. yet for a
moment his heart gave g little Jump. Per
haps she OWNED his thoughts. for her
next words disposed of it effectually.
"Of course, knew that you We're In
Paris, but I had no idea that we should
meet, certainly not like this l have q
dear friend to whose apartments I shall
go at once She is milliner."
"She Is a what?" Julien asked. blankly
A smile played about Lady Anne's' lips.
MY dear Julien she exclaimed, you
know you never did understand me!
repeat that she is a milliner and that she
Is q dear friend OF mine. and am going
just as am to tell her that have come
to spend the night. She will have to find
employment"
Hendricks, who had come by the same
train, and whom Julien was there to
meet, was lowering in the background
Julien. seeing him. could do no more than
nod vaguely.
Lady Anne" he began
you needn't bother about that" she
interrupted. I'VE were always good
friends weren't we?' she added, careless
ly. Besides. to call me Lady anything
would be rather ridiculous under the pres
ent circumstances"
well, Anne, them" he said, please let
me get my bearings. I understand that
you were. engaged to Harbord = you
weren't forced into Il, ! suppOse?"
mot at all. I tried to run along the
usual groove. but ] came up against
something too big for me-. don't know
how other girls do it. simply found /
couldn't. Samuel Harbord is rather by
way Of being something outrageous, you
know"
tiQ& eau1e-hes4r sfulisn-A8zaeAe-Xifh
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sudden appreciation Of the fact.
You needn't be SO vigorous about 1t. I
remember your almost forcing him on to
me the day you called to say goodbye"
II was talking rubbish Julien assert
ed You sec. I was in rather an un-
fortunate position myself that day, wasn't
I? No one likes to feel like discarded
lover. l can understand your chuckins
Hartford all right, but I can't quite see
why 1t was necessary for you to run
away from home to come and stay with
q little milliner.'
She laughed.
MY dear Julien. you don't know those
Harbords! There are hordes Of them,
countless hordes-mothers and sisters and
cousins and aunts. They've besteged the
place ever since our engagement was an
nounced. II the merest whisper were to
get about among them that l was think
Ing OF backing out. there's nothing they
wouldn't do. They'd make the whole
place intolerable for me-follow me about
In the street, weep in my bedroom. hang
around the place morning. noon and
night. Besides. mother would be on their
side and the whole thing would be i'm
possible
Il have no doubt Julien admitted
that the situation would be a trifie diff
cult, but to talk about earning your own
livtng-you, Lady Anne
what a stupid old thing you are, Julien
You never found out, l suppose, that 81
heart am bohemian"
mo, I never did, he assented, vigor-
ously.
"Ah. well,' she remarked. you were
too busy flirting with that Carraby wom-
an to discover all my excellent qualities.
We mustn't stay here. must we? Are
you very busy. or do you want to drive
me to my friends house? OF course.
meeting you here will be the end of me If
any one sees us. Still. I don't suppose
you object to a little scandal, and the
more I get the happier I shall be-
I'll take you anywhere" Julien prom
Used. You don't mind waiting while I
speak to the man whom I have come to
meet?
mot at ALL she replied. You are sure
he won't object?"
"Of course not Julien assured her.
Hendricks is an awfully good Sort
The two men gripped hands. Ken
bricks was carrying his own bag and
smoking his accustomed pipe. He had ap-
laIent1Z Aaan asaaan IN the naZEtAEa- md