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The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
DOLLS WORTH WHILE
BY OSBORN MARSHALL

with sudden inspiration. She was
good for nothing but mending
dolls.
That very afternoon her caller
of the day again made her appear
ance.
Il hope you will not be angry,
Mrs. Cross" she said, "but | have
been thinking you over. You have
a perfectly wonderful knack with
dolls. / know you once mended
my little Dorothy's doll that l had
given up as hopeless, and l have
seen the fine dolls you have made
for your own children. Now, why
don't you become a doll specialist1
Christmas is only two months Off
and am sure you could make a
success of it."
Mrs. Cross did become a doll
specialist. To begin with, she went
to a wholesale toy dealer and
bought carefully-selected supply
of dolls. She dressed them in
many ways. Some she dressed in
little peasant costumes, like those
of the foreign dolls of her collec-
ton. Some she dressed as babies
and some she dressed as fashion
able grownups, but most of the
dolls she dressed as little girls.
About a month before Christ
mas she announced a sale. She
even advertised it in the local pa
per and she posted notices of it
in the various shops where she
traded. Her friends, too, carried
the news of it about with them.
1t was a pronounced success.
She sold all her stock of dolls and
was given all the orders she could
hope to fill before Christmas, for
the suburb in which she lived was
a rich little community, and her
dolls were really famous. Her
friends were kind to her, too, but
they felt that they were actually !
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and for a month she rested there
not to worry about the future. She
realized that she needed all hei
normal strength if she was to fnc
a means of earning bread and but.
ter and various other necessarie:
for herself and children. In the
meantime, the rent from the house
and the remnant of a bank account
would keep shelter over their
heads and food in their mouths.
Have you decided what to do p
asked friend who called to COM
fort her one afternoon.
mo, l haven't" answered Mrs,
Cross. 81 haven't worried about
it yet. | suppose it's my happy
go-lucky Southern disposition, but
l am going to wait just a few days
more, and then l am going to start
out and see what l can dc"
Haven't you some special bent
or talent?"
mo. I'm not clever. l can
play the piano a little, l can sketch
the babies while they play, / can
dress and mend their dolls, l can
cook a little, | can make their
clothes-but, you see, l don't ex-
eel in anything. suppose l know
more about dolls than / do about
else. But that isn't going
to help me-
After her guests departure,
Mrs. Cross thought over the situ-
alton a little bitterly. Her month
Of rest was drawing to an end. 1t
was time for her to begin to worry
about the future. What a useless
life hers had been, she thought.
Her children, she assured herself,
would be taught some useful trade
DR. profession so that they could
always take care of themselves
Mother" interrupted her older
laughter, my dolly's broken her
lead. Please mend it."
That was il, thought Mrs. Cross
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CoorgnEht, la4.J

toouuEht. lsll.)
TTELEN WILSON, in her Vir
ginia girlhood home, wa
often referred to as th'
''luckiest girl in town" Her ole
colored nanny used to tell thc
little girl that she had been borr
with a gold spoon in her mouth
and little Miss Wilson, when she
made inquiries about the golc
spoon, found that the old nanny
was simply saying what all hei
friends declared-that she was
lucky.
Her father lived in fine old
brick house of the kind that is
found only in the South, and
therein Helen was lucky. Her
mother had much old family silver,
silver that had furnished tables
graced by the presence of Wash
ington and Jefferson and many
other famous men, and there again
the little girl was lucky. She had
pretty clothes and a pony and a
rosy future and the most wonder
full collection of dolls that any of
her small friends had ever seen.
So you can see that her reputa-
ton as a lucky little girl was well
deserved.
When a good-looiing Northern
er came to WOO Miss Wilson, and
she became Mrs. Robert Cross, she
was still regarded as an exceeding
ly lucky young woman. For was
not Mr.. Cross everything that any
young woman could desire? He
had bright prospects in his legal
profession as well as the Qualities
that make for happiness in mar
riage. To be sure, he had little
money, for he was an orphan who
had shifted for himself from boy
hood; but he needed little money.
He would make it in time; in the
meantime, if he died, said the wise
neighbors of the Wilson's, Helen's
father could we'll afford to take
care of her again.
For few years after her mar
riage Helen Cross good luck fol-
lowed her. Her husband built up
a successful practice. She lived in
a simple but delightful home in a
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getting more for their money than
they could get anywhere else.
One of the commissions she un-
dertook was to furnish dolls
house, another was to make a
bridal doll with trosseau and still
another was for a set of dolls rep
resenting the little girls of half a
dozen European countries.
The day after the sale Mrs.
Cross advertised for a maid. She
actually needed all her time to, fill
her orders. So, relieved of all
played dolls" as she called it, ev-
cry day until Christmas. This
play" was so profitable that she
did not grow tired. Her only
disappointment was that she had
no time to dress dolls for her own
children. They had to be content
with old dolls dressed III Old
clothes washed and refurnished
with bits of new ribbon on Christ
mas eve.
Of course, there was a falling
off in the doll business after Christ
mas. But Mrs. Cross had received
a very satisfactory return for her
Christmas work. Later she opened
a dolls hospital, where manned
and broken dolls were sent for re-
pairs. She made rag dolls for
babies-rag dolls that had no
harmful paint on them, no pins in
their clothes, and no other trouble
some details about their anatomy
that might bother their baby
mothers.
BY May, she had a ready stock
of summer dolls. There were
small sailor boys and girl dolls
dressed in sailor suits; there were
celluloid dolls dressed in water
proof bathing suits so that they
could go bathing with their own
erS, and there were all sorts of
dolls in summer hnery that ap-
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Am erican Women
WhosAre Aiding in
Relief Work
abroad.

American women everywhere are
demonstrating a fine, humanitarian spirit
toward the sufferers in the struggle now
going on In Europe. Nowhere is this
solicitude shown more plainly than
among the social leaders Of the American
colonies abroad and by the American
girls who have married foreigners Not
only have they contributed large amounts
Of money. but they have turned over
their homes for hospital uses, their time
to minister to the wounded and aniicted,
and have taken up daily duties often
Of the humblest nature.
Mrs W. K Vanderbilt Is one of the
brave women who remained In panic
stricken Paris. and. with elbows barred
and hands In soapsuds, did menIal
kitchen work when not engaged In nurs-
ing the wounded. At the American hos
pital in Paris, where Mrs Vanderbilt
proffered her assistance, nearly a hun
dred injured soldiers are being cared for
Pensions for widows.
The Duchess Of Roxburghe. formerly
Miss May Goelet. Of New York, has ar
ranged to take substantial care Of the
families Of the men on the Roxburghe
estate who 60 to war. She has provided
for the dependents during the absence
Of their breadwinners and will give pen
sions to the families Of the killed and
the wounded.
Miss Janet Scudder, the foremost woman
sculptor Of America, who spends half her
time in Paris. has given her beautiful
home At Vile TAvray, on the road to
Versailles. to the French Red Cross to
be used as q hospital. Miss Scudder her
self having enlisted in the Red Cross
Bicycle Corps for any errand Of mercy.
the situation demanded.
Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay was one
Of the first American women to offer hsr
services as q nurse, and headed \ the
colony of American women who went to
the front to care for the wounded French
soldiers.
Miss 1LOrgan's Work.
Miss Anne Morgan. who has been in
Europe practically all winter, has left
q trail of substantial aid for the French
wounded and refugees. She has been
with Miss Marbury and Miss de Wolfe
at the latter's home, the villa Trianon.
which was 30 generously given over As
a hospital by the American owners.
Mrs. Cyril Dugmore. formerly MrG
Bramhall Gilbert. win remain In Eng
land for the present, as Capt. Dugmore
has rejoined his corps and Il at the front,
Mrs Dugmore has contributed laruely to
the Red Cross and 10 working to relieve
the sufferings Of the soldiers families as
well
Other Americans to help are the Coun-
tess Of Suffolk. formerly Margaret Letter,
OF Chicago. She has planned to care for
refugees from Belgium at her historin
Charlton Park estate, out Of London.
Lady Beatty. daughter Of Marshan Field,
and wife Of Reap Admiral Sir David
Beatty. commander OF Great Britian's-
cruiser squadron, which defeated the
Germans. has equipped her yacht the
a. . hospital ship. and win
accompany Il 70 whatever. base the ad-
miralty appoints It Sir Alfred Fripp
and DR.. A, II, Shield are consulting
on aboard.
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pealed to well-to-do little folks.
When warm weather came, Mrs
Cross, with her babies and a stock
of goods, went to a summer water.
ing place, where she occupied a
doll booth in one of the big hotels
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and in this way more than paid for
during her vacation.
By the next autumn her business
was established firmly, and ever
since that time she has made a
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good income selling dolls. She
opened a little shop, where her
childhood collection of dolls formed
permanent display and where
samples of her own specialties
were always on view And there
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she has continued to prosper.
But don't really feel as if ]
had worked very hard" says Mrs.
Cross modestly. For, you see, It
has all been just like play"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-14
Dry Town-LOwer Tnzen
Dry Town Many Buildinsu.

Hero are few OF the buildings Ia
Roseburg erected In the dry erai
all5O00 hotel
3 0b,OO0 Perkins block,
Z $4,000 Armory,
{ $4,000 First Trust Building
10000 Elke' Club aud Opera House,
No wouder Roaeburg people sey a
dry town means more and better bust
nena.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-14
PROPOSED CHARTER UNDER
MANAGER COMMISSION PLAN

To the Editor: The joint committee
from the council and charter commits.
sion appointed to work over the pro-
posed manager.commission charter
which was submitted to the council re-
Gently, desires to give the public all
of the information that IL Gun about
the proposed charter and to avail itself
of any criticisms which the public NAV
desire to make of the committee Is
work AS it progresses. In order 20 ac.
complish this purpose, the committee
has had the city attorney, as mem
Der of the committee, make an outline
of the proposed charter as it now stands
and subject to the committee changes,
for immediate publication. The com.
mittee will endeavor, as its work Of
revision progresses, to furnish you with
information 50 that the public can keep
in touch with the work and assist the
committee before the final report is
made to the council and the matter
closed beyond the possibility of change,
before submission to the voters.
The committee desires to have the
public understand that the completed
instrument will be submitteu IN ample
time before election.
Yours truly,
Rollin X. Page, City Attorney,
For the Committee.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-14
ANTLSALOON LEAGUE INCREASES
ITS MEMBERSHIP
Third Lesson i'm Practical Politics

children, is what you must not for
get that we Anti.Saloon LcHgucrs
are utter
The Rest Stroke we have done
yet in Oregon is to take IN our lat
est Charter Member, the Convicts
Vt the state Prison. You see, chill
dreil, everyone feels sorry for Con.
victs, We figured II out that there
were more Tears, moro Real Hystcr
10 hanging around the Convicts than
anything We could light ON. So we
decided to book up with che Con.
Nicts by admitting them to mcm.
borship In "Ow Fight for ore.
gou,
You soc children the Convict is
largely the product uf Had Enpcn.
les and llypenics. Vicious Parent
ago, Impoverished nth, Babyhood
aud Childhood Ignorance, Lack of
Employment and q Lot OF Other
Things which never Worry the Anti
Saloon Lacquer Hut II we could
ouly gct the Convict to say that
they were behind the bars hecnnsc
Of alcohol then We could htct
moro Hystefia into our work In
this way than In any Other WAY.
No We got few Real Christian
people worked up over the subject
and then went down 10 salem 10
Fix II with the state Authorities
to Make the Conucts lay all their
troubles onto Alcohol.
Children, II was like taking can
dv from the babies. The poor Con,
victs wero told that t. they Per-
formed Right aud rut SOME Tears
into II, they would Stand IN with
the Prison Officials and maybe
would gct their Freedom Won may
not know, children, what the word
Freedom sounds like to y convict.
" he would sandbag lone Nav.
fatcr for "a little SILVER or rob some
widows and orphans of their last
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-14

Gather closer, children, because I
want YOU TO listen closely to how
we Outside Agitators of the Anti
Saloon League have lined up Our
Fight for Oregon,
You must keep repeating u IN
your mind until you fully undcr.
stand Il that our one Stock In
Trade is llystcria. That y what
caught ON with the Pittsburg Nil
lionoircs. NY making the People
Think that W. were Trying to Save
Men We could Jam them full OF ev.
'iy kind OF tommyrot Emotional
stuff, Tho Politicians Themselves
know that the Great Majority OF
Men aud Women Of this nation are
Good, that they have real Heart
Cords that respond 60 Noble Scnti.
ments that No subject cSeitcs u
kindlicr Sentiment In the Hearts Of
Men and Women than the pictures
Of other Men aud Wumcn who have
Fallen, nor n more instantaneous rc.
sp0nsc than I'm Appeal for their
Unfit SO the Politicians told us
TO bear down more heavily ON lily.
sieiia to make the People Think We
were working for Humanity and
not for Votes Bring the tears, "
was what our Political Instructor
kept emphasizing, "thc People
wun Z RcnliFc that ~ only Paid
For Acting"
30 Whon we came to Oregon our
very first work WAS TO Lime l'p a
lot Of organizations that ARE Really
Working fot Humen uplift.-- Char.
table and Temperance oreani1a.
tions, and the hkc, We played Oh
their Sympathiea, asked them "
I'VE were not their nrothor's
Keepers - and didn Z forget few
tears. You see VI we could Fool
Them through the Tenderness OF
their Hearts we had good show to
slip over n lot vi Votes, and that,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-14

cent to buy automobiles for Show,
he would sign a Quitclaim Deed to
his Soul TO get that Freedom. He
would even 10 further maybe, than
we Field Agitators.
When the Convicts were told that
all they had to no was to lay their
Imprisonment onto alcohol they
couldn't get their names down fast
enough. They Performed no splen.
duly that We recognized them NJ
True Brothers OF our Kind, III to
rank with the pittsbmg Millionaire
aud nv Field Agitators M Charter
Mcmhcra of the Anti Saloon
League and they were Unanimous
ly Admitted ON the Spot.
by thinking the Thing NIL oyrr
between now aud our next lesson
You viii see, children, that II isn't
True Temperance we are after, nor
even Prohibition but ~ the votes
W. want We never can get the
votes by talking Temperance, 80 we
have to resort 10 Deceit, Exgggcra
ton aud Fasohood. That . what
the phtsburg Politicians told us,
Never mind what YOU tell the
People, they said. 80 long ~
you can put limp In the Peoples
Throat Don't appeal to their Rca.
SOU becausc You may get the peo.
nl1 to Thinking about Practical
Politics. II You can put Big
Enough Lump In the Threat. u may
not dissolve until after election
lay-and that's all we want.
They II have lots of time to die.
solve the lump when their taxes be-
gin coming In, when people begin
moving out OF the state, when
thousands Of men and women, IN.
cmding themselves maybe, have lost
their Jobs when values begin de.
croasinr, when incomes begin re.
duciug, when hundreds Of stores be.
come vacant and when general
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-14

and that the premium thereon shall bo
paid out of the general fund of the
city,"
Section II. Powers ana Duties)
This section is new and reads as fol-
lows: "The City Manager shall sue
ceed to all the powers and duties hero
tofore exercised by the several officers
and boards of the city government, ex-
cept as specifically granted to othor
officers by the provisions of this char
ter, but his powers and duties shall bo
only administrative and executive eS-
cept as herein otherwise provided. 1t
shall be the duty Of the City Manager,
except, as otherwise specifically pro
vided in this charter;
(a) To act as chief cOnservator of
the peace within the city and to 500
that within the city the laws of tho
state and the ordinances, resolutions
and bylaws of the Commission are en-"
forced and faithfully executed. The
City Manager shall have authority 10
appoint such policemen as may. be NO
cessary for the peace and safety OF
the city, who shall have the general
powers and duties conferred by law
on peace officers within the state.
They shall make arrests for violations
of city ordinances, and attend to tho
duties common to policemen in incorpof-
ated cities. One of these he shall des-
ignate as City Marshal, and the others
shall have the powers and duties OF
deputy City Marshals, one Of whom
may be designated by the City Mana
ger as Pound Master, who shall per
form such additional duties as may bo
prescribed by ordinance as duties Of
the Pound Master, The one designat-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-14

COPY of such receipt and Immediately
furnish copies of such receipt to both
the Recorder and the City Manager"
Section 10 Getty Manager). This
section is new and covers the most radi-
cal changes and we submit the same in
its entirety as follows: "Gity Mana
ger shall be elected by the Commission.
He shall be the executive and admins
trative head of the city, under the di-
rection and supervision of the Commits
sion, and shall be responsible for the
efficient administration of all depart
ments. He shall be elected purely on
merit. In selecting the City Manager
the Commission shall give due regard
to training, experience, executive and
administrative ability and efficiency,
and general qualifications and fitness
for performing the duties Of the office,
and no person shall be eligible to the
office of City Manager who is not by
training, experience, ability and eff
cheney well qualified and generally fit
to perform the duties of such office.
No weight or consideration shall be
given by the Commission to nationality,
political or religious affiliations, or to
any other consideration, except merit
and direct qualification for the office,
and he may or he may not NC resi-
dent Of the City of Salem, when ap-
pointed. He shall hold office during
the pleasure of the Commission. Be-
fore entering upon the duties of his
I office, he shall take the official oath
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-14

coed to the office of mayor, TO serve
as such until the end of the term for
which he is elected commissioner. Dur
ing the temporary absence from the city
of the mayor, or during any absence of
the mayor from any regular or special
meeting Of the Commission, his duties
shall be performed by the vice mayor
under the title of Acting Mayor. The
Mayor, by virtue of his office shall
preside over all meetings or the Com
mission, when present, and shall call
special meetings thereof wnen neces-
sary. He shall perform such duties as
presiding officer, as many be imposed
upon him by the Commission. He shall
have voice and vote in the Commits
sion but no veto and shall have an ad-
ditional vote in case of a tie. The
Mayor shall be recognized as the Off
cial head of the city by the courts for
the purpose of serving civil process, by
the Governor for the purpose of mill
tary law, and for all ceremonial pur'
poses. During times of public danger
or emergency, he shall take command
of the police and may govern the city
by proclamation.
Section 8. (The Recorder. This is
the same as now in force, with some
additions which are substantially as fol
lows: "The Commission controls the
salary with a limit of $l5Oo.O0. The
Recorder is made the collector of city
moneys for taxes, assessments, etc. His
bond is fixed at $15000.00 and is de-
prived Of salary in case of illness or
absence, if an acting recorder is ap-
pointed.
Section 9. (Treasurer). This is new
and reads as follows: "The Commits
sion shall designate bank in th- City
of Salem as Treasurer, which shall have
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-14

Wonder that we Lie to the Women
Stagnation sets IN.
That is the condition the Nil.
liOnaires always want in state
Then they can buy up everything
that Looks Good TO them NJ thcir
Own Price, When they control the
Public OFFICES they can Shift theil
Taxes onto the Other Fellow; they
get 80 mauy people ont of employ
mcnt that Anyone Is willing 10
work for Almost Anything, aud
that gives them u Tighter Grip on
the People.
That was why the Pittebdrg Nil
lionairc gave u "Put IL Through
dilner at their own expense TO somo
Portland Business Men at the Port
land Hotel u few weeks ago; that Is
also why the Ant.Saloon League
officers are telling all over the
state that the Pittsburg Million
aires are going 10 bring a lot OF
factories to Oregon. They We told
them that In Kansas for Thirty
Years but Kansas is stu waiting
for her factories from pittsburg
You see they are always trying TO
fool the Business Men.
The Portland Chamber of Com
mercc gave us quite q jolt, though,
wnon they voted -Four 10 One
against Prohibition. Those Busi.
uess Men generally see the Joker
IN Politics. That 3 why We try TO
Fool the Women 30 much, They
don always all stop 10 ThIuk that
maybe their own Husband, Brother,
Father. Son or Daughter may be
The one that Loses a Job, nor where
the Bigger Taxrs are coming from,
nor who is going 70 make up the
100000 lost license revenues after
all this Stagnation comes. ls u any
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-14

the care and custody of all Of the funds
Of the city, and disburse the same on
the warrant of the Recorder, and shall
keep such accounts and make such re-
ports as the Commission shall direct.
On the last day of each month the Trea-
surer shall file with the Recorder a re-
port of the amounts and condition of
all the funds of the city in its posses
sion. The said Treasurer shall pay in
to the general fund of the city at the
end of each month not less than at the
rate of two per cent per amman on the
average daily balance of all the funds
of said city, including all special funds
and any other funds coming into the
hands Of such bank by virtue of being
Treasurer of the city. The Treasurer
shall Aas such during the pleasure of
the CWhission and shall furnish a
surety bond issued by some surety com
pany authorized to do surety business
within the State of Oregon, for the
faithful performance of its duties and
for the return on. demand of all the
funds of the city, In such sum as the
Commission shall direS& which shall not
be less than the maximum amount of
all such funds in the Gands of such
bank, plus ten per cent Shereof; pro
vided, however, that bonds\Qf the city
may be substituted in whole on in part
in lieu of such surety bond in NequaI
amounts, and such bonds of the &ity
may be substituted for other bonds II
this city at the request of such bank
and all interest accruing on such bonds
shall belong to such Treasurer The
City Recorder shall have the care and
custody of such bonds or securities and
shall be responsible therefor. The Trea-
surer shall receipt for all money receiv.
ed for the city and shall retain one