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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-14

ages destroyed, in the name of re-
ligion, many of the finest monuments
of ancient art. A fanaticism whose
votaries believed the Koran the only
book needed by the world, destroyed,
in the name of the Prophet, the great
library Of Alexandria, in which was
stored the most of the literature of
the past. The old Athenian craze was
for art and culture. The ancient Ro-
man craze was for war and conquest,
the Crusades began and ended in re-
ligious madness. The craze for chiv-
airy, after long lease of preposter-
GUS life, was drowned in peals of
laughter called forth by Cervantes in
his "Don Quixote.
Eighteen centuries was an era of
crazes. In this age a sentimental
craze took possession of the romantic
world, finding its highest expression
in Geothe's "Sorrows of Werther,"
while France went daft over the
teachings of Rosseau. In this same
century, "The South Sea Bubble" "
and the fraudulent, Mississippi
Scheme" of John Law, turned the
financial world upside down. The
present craze for lurid fiction and
grotesque art, has come down to us as
legitimate inheritance from those TO-
coco ages, when society went daft
over debased art, literature and taw-
dry ornamentation.
Now as of old there are enthusiasts
who like Joan of Are, hear voices, see
visions and dream dreams-who in
spired by a sacred madness, led on
hosts to victories for truth
and right. Now as in the days when
the strains of the "Marsellaise, and
the "Ca Ira," fred the soldiers of
the French revolution; now, as in the
days when the hymns of Charles Wes-
ley sent Methodism singing its way
around the world, the power of song is
eXemplitied in martial lyrics, in gospel
hymns and the militant strains of the
Salvation Army. The present age is
carried away by many crazes and en-
whose sanity or madness
time alone can test. "Today is al
ways mad" says modern philosoph-
er. "It becomes a thing of reason
when it becomes yesterday" But
in human progress it often happens,
''That the demon of our sires become
the saints whom we adore"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-14
AS TO PROHIBITION.

There are but few thoughtful Amer
leans, perhaps, who have not taken
notice of the tendency of the times in
all sections of this country toward the
oppression, entire or in part, of the
liquor traffic. For years this move
ment has been gathering force until
at the present its influence has to be
recognized and reckoned with. Peo-
pie who have small faith in any le-
galized effort to stop the sale of in
toxicating beverages and who ridicule
the actual good ever to be accomplish
ed by prohibition, must still admit
the advance made in this cause.
Whether those people who admit so
uncompromisingly this measure really
believe in its efficacy is not the point.
1t has been often charged that they do
not, and that they as well as their
opponents realize the thorough mad
equacy Of the step to further the
cause of temperance. The liquor ques-
tion in all of its phases is such large
one, and fraught with such vital i'm
portance, that even those who so con-
stantly carp upon the failure of prohi-
bition and temperance efforts general
ly are backward in suggesting wiser
or better method of minimizing, if not
absolutely stamping out, the liquor
drinking evil. And yet because no
better plan is put forward it does not
necessarily argue that prohibition is
the thing. Most people admit the
great evils to be justly charged to
the liquor traffic. Men who are in
this business, and whose worldly
wealth consists therein, do not deny
there are evils. What they do deny,
and what thousands of others also de-
ny, is that prohibition actually ac-
complishes what is claimed for it.
All people, at least those who get
around much and who have lived in
prohibition cities, understand and
know that intoxicating drinks are to
be had in such places. The regular
saloons may have been put out of
business, but the sale of liquor has
not necessarily been stopped. This,
of course, is a matter of common
knowledge and stock argument of
those who oppose prohibition. To this
argument it is replied by the anti-sa-
loon forces that a. revolution cannot
be effected in a day and that, while
liquor is sold secretly in prohibition
communities, the saloon as an eduea-
tor of youth is eliminated and in the
long run the number of new drinkers
developed is decreased. In many
places the revenue from the liquor
traffic is an important factor in the
support of municipalities, and men
have opposed prohibition on this
ground. They are not champions of
the liquor traffic, but on the contrary
regret the evils resulting therefrom.
Believing, however, that prohibition
does not prohibit they see no advan-l
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-14

The voter should be aware of freak
legislation. Some forty-fve bills and
amendments to the constitution have
been initiated for a popular vote in
November, some of which measures
must prove injurious to the best in
terests of the state. The people of
Oregon must get down to solid
basis in the matter of handling pub
lie questions.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-14

The prohibition rally and the edi-
torial rally are announced for Dallas
on the same date-next Saturday.
What a splendid combination.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-14

The salmon run is ahead of the
politician this year-it got there
first.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-14

To clean lamp burners boil in water
in which beans have been soaked.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-14

Tell the world your wants in an
Observer want ad.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-14
BY LEW GATES
Subscription Rates.

THE TREES.
At break of dawn their branch
es hold
The choirs of singing birds,
Who with glad song sing out
the joy
That has no need of words.
Soft through the whispering of
the leaves
The mornings gentle breeze
Plays as minstrel on a harp
Might play sweet melodies.
When moons hot breath is on
the fields
And deep in every glade
Beneath the trees is shelter
found
And bowers dim with shade.
Amid the leaves a coolness
dwells
AS in a cavern's heart,
And from their hidden. inner
depths
Slow winds refreshing start.
When twilight wraps the hills
with peace
The trees unmoving seem,
Like those that line the quiet
ways
Where one walks in dream.
And he who knows their quiet
ness,
Their gifts of joy and rest,
Can well believe the saying
old
Who loves q tree Is blest!
Wallace North.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-07

day He
painting The Man for his garden and although he lived
distance had heard the radiance
cultivated and wonderful plants and determined the himself
When The Artist Mans garden
that died and simply
color and stepped his the perfume of the flowers
ut is perfect place" he told The Man
Il wonder?" came the detected reply
After this The nothing
the first of its radiance The Artist
of something wrong
had all the of his youth making sad and disappointed
There is flower missing" said The Artist
know answered The Man. but do know and therefore
find
The Artist looked into the sad sad of The Man,
why of course he cried suddenly should have
wheeupon whispered
world The Man
it once" 1 knoww
find
by perfume" of none other
The jound again He went into crowded
places the but he did any
whose perfume him He
finally plant
upon
unfamiliar but when he they pans
from weeds of which he had worked hard his garden
for TO- these many
go home garden any more" himself
"for could satisfied
Artist is the sweetest and in the world"
Hea-weary discouraged The returned night
Before the he went the garden take last look all the
beautiful things had planted there tended through
their midst and told them that he had gody them He told
them that they were goo to look upon a % mad saed him for many
but that he had crossroads where he needed
while he talked beautiful began
lift theft wonderful heads for the had confessed hush
tqu The MANI they their radiant faces
the morning
The Man watched them in He had come forth to tell them
goodby forever and and all they had been clothed With
oess radiance nhaing the spirit of the
As The Man stood thus in the midst Of his garden he was sud1 con-
of perfume Over and above all the others ging like
fine the garden The Man had made penetrated his
being sufusng him with great joy.
When he lifted his The the small which
often noticed gg the outside wall of his Garden of Life had
fow single blossom ated the lights of
gEtened did need
the of the flower Love- that was the that he
the length and breadth of the land although he has ceased marvel
that hoomed there within the reach of his hands vine which
he had frankly despised and often been tempted
The Washington herald., 1914-11-07
A Call for Fudge for the Soldiers

A couple of Washington .ris in Eng
land have written home that they are
devoting all their spare time and all the
money they can get TO the making OF
fudge.
The English army doctors said that the
soldiers liked fudge. that II was easy TO
carry and that IL was nourishing. They
like 1t especially when it is made accord
ing to an American recipe. As it is orig
inany an American confection. this is
not TO be wondered at. So English girls
were urged to make as much fudge as
they could for the soldiers
The two American girls referred to
heard the appeal and set about making
fudge. Every pound that they could put
together was greedily accepted for use
among the soldiers
Now the two girls are at Brighton,
England, where there is a convalescent
camp. The soldiers lie on the sands
when the weather permits, in charge of
army nurses. to recuperate. And the two
girls spend their time making fudge and
distributing as much Of il as each man
is allowed to eat to the eonvalescent SOL
dierS.
In times OF peace. doubtless fudge
would seem an odd article Of diet for a
convalescent. But il is palatable, invig-
orating-like anything composed mostly
OF sugar-nourishing. because of the
chocolate and sugar and milk, and easy
to handle. So the two girls, who had
offered to spend their time knitting or
sewing or nursing. will keep on with
their seemingly frivolous work of making
fudge.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-07
Lading the Christmas Ship.

At the Bush Terminal, in Brooklyn,
N Y. writes the New York correspond
ent for the woman's Herald, hundreds
of cases for the Christmas ship Jason
are now being received. These cases
contain every sort Of gift for child and
they are going to the orphan children OF
the European war.
There is an entire room assigned to
the cargo Of the Christmas ship, and
here the freight cars are backed and
unloaded They are then carried to q
section where Mrs. Leonard Wood, wife
Of the commander Of the Army Of the
East, and several other wives OF army
officers, are sorting the gifts so that they
may be more easily handled when they
reach their destination. There Is an un-
ending procession Of mail carriers, too
bringing packages by parcel post from
children and grown-ups who have re-
sponded to the appeal.
1t became apparent yesterday that II
the Jason were to get Of within reason
able time, a tremendous force Of sorters
and packers would have to be employed.
When the situation was presented over
the telephone to Secretary of the Navy
Daniels he secured authorization for
Gen. Wood to assign sixty soldiers to
help to get the cargo ready. These men
appeared for duty yesterday afternoon
under the command of Mai. Lawson.
Mrs. W. X. Draper, head of the New
York Chapter of the Red Cross, who is
in control of the purchases and shipment
of Red Cross supplies in New York, is
giving personal supervision to the pack
ing. Secretary Daniels has assigned
Lieut. Commander Courtney to command
the Christmas ship.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-07
Baby's Name.

Choosing a name for a new baby is al
ways matter of anxious consideration.
but In certain lands the anxiety has been
minimized by the laying down OF rules to
guide the choice.
The Mohapmedans, for example, write
five names Oh slips of paper and place
them in the Koran. One slip is drawn
out, and the name written thereon is be-
slowed upon the baby With the Egyp-
tians three lighted candles are taken and
named-one name always being Of Bibli-
cal character-and the candle which
burns the longest determines the child's
name, says the Buffalo Sunday Times.
The Hindoos allow the mother to
name baby when il is twelve days old,
but IL the father does not like the chosen
name, he selects another. Then the two
names are written on slips of paper and
held over a lighted lamp. that which
burns the brighter being the name finally
adopted.
In China, girl babies are considered
not worth naming, and are simply num-
bered in order of birth. Chinese boys are
named until they are twenty, when they
receive fresh names specially chosen by
their fathers.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-07
HOROSCOPE.
.rhs star a.e...e. lbut 90 bod eompel"
. setnresy. Nevemher .. 1sll.

Saturday. Sevember :, 1914.
ThIs Is not lucky day. accGJding TO
the reading Of astroiogy. 6atnrn is In
. place strongly adverse. while Jupiter
the Sun aud Mercury are all unfriendiy.
Neptune II mildly benefc and late In
the day Venus exercises kindly influence.
The rule today augurs; disappointment
and discouragement. Those who seek
favors through the good will Of others
will be easily thwarted.
It Is not an auspicious day for begin
ming journeys or making changes In
places Of residence or business sites.
Commercial ventures are under an evil
government. Loss OF opportunity Is
probable while this conhguration pre-
walls. It 10 foretold that the United
States VIII be slow in taking advantage
Of what IL possible on the highways Of
the sea, but there IL a promising sign
for shipping which will operate before
spring.
Women today should be fortunate in
love affairs and IN all social enterprises.
1t is lucky time for weddings and re-
ceptions.
There Is good aspect for theaters and
all public entertainments. Again the rise
Of new favorites 1is indicated and unex-
pected success is foreshadowed for one
Ut Two bIuDlliOub pTOQuCLlOlb. .
The rise Of a prophet is prognosticated.
The seers predict that q man Of supreme
powers will be recognized by the world.
Some declare that he win be a great
teacher-a new Messiah-and others in
terpret the promise Of the stars as mere
ly the heralding Of q poet or a phil
osopher. ~
An omen of disaster to New York City
Is frequently recognized by astroIogers
who differ in their Interpretation OF the
sign. One belief Is that a tidal wave
Will submerge q greater part of the city
when IT shall have become the refuge
Of the nations OF Europe. This date il
read as 1875.
A return to modesty and reticenee IL
foretold. Uranus, which, the seers think.
has caused. many eccentric actious and
customs. will cease TO be powerful and
women will return to older standards
OF life, It is predicted
Persons whose birthdate It is have the
augury OF an anxious year. Loss o.
money Is probable. The health should hs
safeguarded. Girls may be courted. but
disappointments are Indicated.
Children born on this day are likely
to demand much of life. They Tnny be
extravagant and careless in financial af-
fairs. Their sign Is Scorpio and their
principal ruling planet Mars.
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The Washington herald., 1914-11-07
Why Be Somber?

1T will be very interesting" said Mrs.
Patrick Campbell to a New York corre-
s2ondent a few days ago. ito see how
American women win dress in black and
yet manage not to look dowdy. Since
nearly all Europe is mourning, and win
be for some time to come, I feel sure
that American women also win wear
black and somber colors-"
But why should we Araericans-either
for fashions sake or out of sympathy for
our amicted European cousins-assume
the gsrb Of mourners? To be sure, as
Mrs Patrick Campbell went on to ex-
plain, we Americans generally do man
age to look smart and chic even when
dressed in black and dark colors. But
almost every woman will admit that q
touch, at least, of color In her costume
adds immensely to her appearance.
Therefore, in these trying days when
every morning brings fresh news Of the
wastefulness and suffering Of war. let Us
Amsrican women do our best to counter
act this depressing influence. There Is
q psychology Of color that no one can
deny. We are AL primitive enough-and
especially 90 the sterner sex-to feel the
stimulating influence Of q pure tone OF
red, the passion Of violet, the elevating
influence Of blue, the cheerfulness Of
yellow, or the cool restfulness OF green.
And this season when the fabric makers
have laid before US such q tempting ar
ray Of rich fabrics-many Of them de-
signed abroad before the war began
why shouldn't we seize the opportunity
to lend a note of life and gayety by
wearing colors?
Already there Is q turn in the right
direction-in spite Of Mrs. Campbelrs pre-
diction. Bright red hats have won their
way to the front in a season that began
All black or black and white in things
millinery. Brilliant evening wraps are
the choice Of women Of fashion and taste.
Innings even of dark sport coats show
silks Of exquisite briIliance, and for even
ing wear there are fabrics that rival the
rich splendor Of medieval ecclesiastical
embroideries. So If your heart aches. as
Mrs. Patrick CampbelPs heart aches, for
the bereaved women Of France, find
some other way Of showing your SYM
oathy than by going into somber colors
for the winter. To manifest our thank
fulness that peace prevails at home why
not go ahead and make this a season Of
bright coIors?
The Washington herald., 1914-11-07
November MAR. curi..

One OF the most remarkable intellects
of the present generation is Marie Curie
whose name is so closely Identified with
the discovery and application of radlum.
She is only forty-six years old today
and yet there are few scientists. men or
women. whose scientific attSirmenfs are
50 great as those of Nine. Curie.
Marie Curie 8 a native OF Warsaw,
Poland, her maiden name having been
Marie Sklodowsl1a. From her 6trihood
she reYea.ed a remarkable genius for
mathematics and scientific studies and
after having studied in her own eoun-
try she vslt to Paris. There she took
degree in mathematical and physical
sciences and received instructions from
NJ. Pierre Curie, one Of the most able
scientists OF the French capital. The
marriage Of Marie Sklodowska and
Pierre Curie is one Of the most interest
ing cases of the marriage Of two
geniuses.
It was when Marie Curie was but
thirty-two that the Curies made the an
nouncment of their discovery of the
substance Polonium, named in honor OF
Poland, the birthplace Of Marie Curie.
Later in the same year came the an
nouncement Of the discovery OF radium.
II is interesting to conjecture whether
n. Curie would have made these dis
coveries without the aid of his gifted
wife or whether Marie Curie could ever
have made the discoveries without NJ
Curie's assistance. Perhaps il was q
work that could only have been accom-
plished by two masterful geniuses work
ing in perfect understanding and single
ness OF purpose. 1t is said that Just
before these wonderful discoveries were
perfected the Curies were about to aban-
don their work through lack Of funds.
and that only through the timely aid
of a few interested individuals were they
able to bring their work to fruition- 1t
was a small gift Of money, but it was
what was needed to finish the researches
that led to one Of the most remarkable
discoveries of the century.
NJ Curie died eight years ago, but Nine
Curie continues her tireless experimenta-
tons with radium- She is regarded as
the highest living authority on that lit
tie understood substance. 1t is said that
the long hours that she has spent IN
the laboratory working over noxious
chemicals have faded her hair and taken
the life from her complexion, but the
sweet expression Of her face which was
always so striking still is evident II
is an interesting fact that this greatest
Of all walnen scientists of the present
age-perhaps of any age-should have
also been one of the most thoroughly
congenial and helpful Of wives and that
amid all her long hours of study and re-
search she has had time to devote TO
her only child.
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THE FOWL AT IT'S BEST.

The fowl, which term covers chicken
and roosters from a year and half 70
two years old. Il to be had now at a very
reasonable price, and can be served IN
a large variety Of formA SouthernerB
are particularly successful in cooking
fowl. perhaps because in the warm cli-
mate II Is not possible to keep fresh
meats for any length Of time, and the
cookery OF poultry becomes an art with
the least pretentious Of Southern house.
wives. They seldom serve poultry plain,
but combine II with rice, vegetables, and
rich Sances and gravies
Here are some excellent chicken recipes
CLEANED from Southern cook-boo<s:
Pilah 10 another combination Of chick
en-, rice and tomato. which ID simpler IN
its construction. The fowl is prepared
as for creole stew. Melt two tablsspooa-
fuls Of butter and add an onion sIiced
very thin. When the onion ID cooked add
the chicken and allow II to cook for q
moment without browning, shaking ths
pan gently TO keep IL from sticking. Cover
with boiling water and after Il has come
to the boiling point push the chicken On
the back Of the stove to simmer for three
quarters OF an hour or more II the chick
en- is large Have ready . cup OF rice.
which has been washed and soaked in
cold water. Drain on this water and
sprinkle the rice over the top Of the chick
en-. Flavor with salt and pepper. put on
the cover tightly and cook for thirty min
utes, being careful that the rice does not
absorb all the water and cause the chick
en- TO scorch. In another saucepan rub To-
together two level .abIespoonfils Of but
ter and the same OF salt Add two cups
Of strained tomato Juice. pour over the
melted butter and -four. and bring to
the boiling point Dish the chicken on q
hot platter with the rice on top. Flavor
the tomato sauce with dash OF salt and
pepper, and strain through a sieve over
the chicken.
For a chicken less than a year old thS
Southern method Of smothering Is ex-
tremely tasty. Split the chicken down
the back and lay fat, bones down. in a
baking dish. Season with salt and pepper,
and pour around them one pint Of water.
Cover tightly and braise until half done.
basting frequently. Now remove the
cover Add to the drippings one-half
pint of rich milk. or, better still, thin
cream. Dredge the chicken lightly with
-four and bake rich brown, basting fire.
quently.
Pressed chicken is a delicious supper
dish and an admirable device for mask
ing a fowls age. SINCE and draw
chicken, but do not cut it up. Boil until
tender. in Just enough water to keep it
cooking When il is almost ready to
fall to pieces, remove from the pot and
slip out all the bones. Chop or salt
the meat very fine. season with salt. pep
Der, and melted butter. Add the liquor
in which the chicken was boiled which
should now be reduced about half, and
one cup Of softensd bread crumbs, l. e..
bread crumbs which have been soaked in
hot water and then squeezed dry.
Heat all together, press into a square
mold and serve cold with a gaTnish OF
Jelly and parsley.
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The Washington herald., 1914-11-07
ENDows HOSPITAL ROOM.
Mrs. F. n. Barker, in Will. Asks
Memorial to Husband.

The will of Fannie r. Barker. dated
May 13, 1913. was fled for probate
Wednesday. She asked that a room be
endowed at George Washington Uni
versity Hospital in memory Of her hus-
band. DR.. Howard Hine Barker. Mrs.
Barker died October 80.
The residue of the estate is to be
held in trust by the executor and
the income paid to the son and daugh-
ter until the granddaughter, Mar
garet Foster. is twenty-five years old,
when the property shall be distributed
equally among the son. daughter and
granddaughter.