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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-21
a BosrON COGITATIoN

If man has nothing. he must do
something TO have anything. But If
man has something, he needn't do
anything to have nothing in a very
short time.-Boston Transcript.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-21
IN A MIRTHFUL VEIN
REBUKED

The captain of small transatlantic
liner, whilst friendly and polite to
his passengers when below, is gener-
ally the reverse If approached when
on duty. He was on deck one after
noon during recent trip across when
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-21
HAD AN AWFUL FRIGHT.

Gee! 1 had an awful fright last
night"
"Yes: saw you with her."-Har-
ward Lampoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-21
A SONG OF OLD DREAMS.

Sometimes. amid the tumult
and the throng.
We hear an old, sweet song;
} A broken strain from one we
used 10 hear.
Back in some yesteryear:
} A melody, borne through the 4
drifting haze
OF life's forgotten days:
The tumult died around us, 4
strangely thrilled. 4
} With roar of traffic stilled:
Our eyes are dimmed-our 4
hearts turn back-and
then 4
} We dream old dreams again. 4
-Grantland Rice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-21
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IAN work and no play makes Jack
a dun boy" So the Athenians have
arranged the Gale
Time to Play. donian picnic begin
ming tomorrow and
two weeks later the annual Pioneers
Picnic and reunion will be held at
Weston. These events will give all the
boys and girls, under 80 years of age,
an opportunity to have a good time
and get the proper outlook on life in
general. The world was not created
for the purpose of holding primary
a man could make without killing
himself off or getting into Jail. 1t
was intended as a play ground as
much as anything else and the fact
many people lose sight of the truth
does not alter the case in any way. If
you don't believe it you are ma
Scotch.
The Friar's Club at Milwaukee has
been engaged in selling liquor to men
accompanied by girls as
Oregon and young as Is and II. So
Colorado. a taboo is again placed
upon the club by Gov
ernor West, who declares the place
will be kept closed during his term
of office.
How undignified and how petty for
a governor to take personal notice OF
such law violations and how ignoble
that members Of thes militia should
be used for the protection of girls
against such establishments. In Col
orado there is no such sentimental.
ism. There the militia is used tC
shoot down the wives and children o.
striking miners in cold blood. 1t Il
used TO slaughter women. not to pro
tect them. There is no "maudlin sen
timent' in Colorado like there is IL
Oregon. How our tories must lik'
Colorado The surprising thing i
that they do not all go to that stat
10 live.
Col Roosevelt should first give u
the full facts regarding that newl
discoy cred river
Col. Roosevelts Some explorers ar
River. making the CLAIM
he discovered rive
that had not been lost They admi
he found a river with real banks an
real water. but as the New Yorl
World expresses It. doubt is cast upol
the claim that It is a real 1914 mode
river. rather than an old 1918 mode
without a self-starter. cigar lighte
attachment, etc.
"Our own sympathies are with tn
Colonel. and as a geographer he ha
the fullest measure Of our conf
dence." says the World. I'VE ar
stnl convinced that everything wi
work out all right when the Colon'
has a chance 10 state his case in fu
and answer his critics. Even II
should be proved that somebody els
found the river first and explored
long before the Colonel got boils an
lost his dog, Il will remain the on
river ever discovered by third-ter
candidate for president OF the Unit'
States who had been robbed Of nor
ination by burglars in control Of
1919 republican national convention
That should be distinction enoul
for that river even II II is as large
the Rhine and the water flows do,
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Under the heading Gospel Of Al
erica" Harpers Weekly had the &
lowing editor
A Guaf ~ keen inter
Change Underway 20 those who 9
low current eyel
thouTbfullyi
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Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
WOULD HAVE SUNDAYS Dull
British Member of Parliament Sees
Mistake in Nonobservance of
the Sabbath.

II think Sunday ought to remain
what some people call dull" said ].
Ramsay Macdonald, M. P, speaking
Mt Leicester. He appealed to religious
institutions to see that Sunday is not
secularized. People talked a lot OF
nonsense about the Scottish Sabbath,
and did not know what they were
talking about. If they were only
trained to appreciate the Scottish Sab
bath-it would take some amount Of
training-they would not be sorry II
they had it.
All the talk about turning Sunday
into day of recreation was humbug
and dangerous. In trying to do it
they were beginning at the wrong end
Of the stick. They should not sacTi-
fee the blessings they had got.
He looked forward to the time when
everybody would have sufficient time
for recreation during the secular days
of the week An enlightened demo
cracy should value a day of spiritual
rest SO much that their hands would
be lifted up against any man or move
ment that desired to secularize the
Sunday-London Chronicle.
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man advised me to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and got
bottle. 1 felt better the next month so
I took three more bottles of it and got
well SO / could work all the time. /
hope every woman who suffers like did
will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound" - Mrs. P. W. LANsENG,
Route No. /, Florence, South Dakota.
Why will women continue to suffer day
in and day out or drag out sickly, half
hearted existence, missing three-fourths
of the joy of living, when they can find
health in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound?
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands Of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as disptacements, Inflammation,
liberation, tumors, irregularities, etc.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence
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SLIP MAY BE ELABORATE
Dainty Work Altogether Permissible
on Garment for the Smallest Of
the Small.

There is but one joy greater than
making ones wedding outfit for the
mating with the one man-that of
making a layette for the first little
one. The materials must be of the
softest and finest and the stitches of
the smallest. The little everyday slips
will, of course, of necessity be rather
simple; but it is now permissible to
have q rather elaborate dress for
baby's dress-up time, even though she
is the tiniest of the tiny Some of US
do not approve of much elaboration
for children, and so there is, for US
who so disapprove a compromise be-
tween elaboration and simplicity-the
little shocked garment
The small yoke will be so tiny that
but two rows of the shocking will be
required to form it. The neck is cut
low and square; not low enough to
expose the little chest. but a trife
lower than collarless. The whole gar
ment is made in one and the yoke de,
side is placed a streamered rosette OF
ribbon. If desirede a row or two of
shocking may be put about the bot
toms of the sleeves. White thread
and not silk should be used for smock
ing, as silk will yellow and form an
unsightly contrast with the white ma
teriaI.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
ECZEMA ON CHILD'S FACE

MarpletOn, w. Va.-'When my little
boy was one year old he broke out In
little fine pimples all over his face.
At times they would dry up and get
scaly and peel off, then they would
break out fresh again. He would
scratch them until his face would be
raw. The eczema looked angry and
ran blood and corruption. His face
was red and disfgured. He seemed
restless and had to be up with him
the greater part Of the nights.
Il applied various remedies without
result He continued to break out
with the eczema until sent for some
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. / used
them and the first application eased
him. In ten days he was completely
cured (SigneO Mrs. Lizzie Mollo-
han, Jan. 2, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L. Boston. ADV.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
eoVERNoR Sill wAITe.
John H. Cunningham Mentioned For
Workmen's Commission.

Governor Goldsborough's announce
ment that he would hardly be ready to
name the members of the Workmen's 8
COMPENSATION Commission until some
time next month brings up the sug-
gestion that Western Maryland is the
cause for the delay.
1t is generally thought that State he
publican Chairman John B. Hanna Will
be appointed chairman Of the Doard.
The other Republican member would
logically be Western Maryland man,
preferably a Washington countain.
Washington has been feeling some
what aggrieved of late that the ot1clal
pIums have been going elsewhere, ana
the supposition was that the county
would be given a place on the new
industrial board. However, there has
developed a factional fight in Wash
ington for the place which may result
in switching the appointment to an
other county. The Governor would not
care, it is said, to have put up to him
the burden of palliating the disappoint-
ed faction.
Unless some agreement can be
reached within the next few weeks 1t
is rumored that the Governor may
select his appointee from Carroll, in
the person of John H. Cunningham,
who was defeated for Comptroller, as
Mr.. Goldsborough's running mate, by
Emerson G. Harrington. Mr.. Cunning
ham was brought forward tentatively
as a candidate for the place on the
Public Service Commission which went
to Albert G. Towers.
The leading candidates for the DEM
ocratic place on the board, seem to be
G. N. Steigleman and James Higgins.
Steigelman was a member of the COM
mission appointed by the Governor to
draft compensation act to be pre-
sented to the last Legislature, while
Higgins gave valuable aid to State
Insurance Commissioner Shehan in the
preparation of the hill, parts Of which
were incorporated in the Hammond
measure when that was passed.
In regard to the place on the Public
Service Commission which will be va
cant when Chairman Philip D. Laird
resigns, the Governor is expected to
act within the next few days. He has
stated that he would make the ap-
pointment by August 1, when Mr. Laird
will leave. 1t has been thought that
the Governor will name a Democrat
for the place, but who the appointee
is to be is a matter that the Governor
has kept strictly to himself.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
WHAT MAKES GOOD HOSTESS
Ability to Entertain LaVishIy Is 4
Very Small Part of Her
Qualifications.

A talent for originality is not suf-
hcient to make a good hostess-that
goes without saying. 1t is not the
mountebank who wins the genuine
praise of the initiated, but the real wit
who has the gift of magnetism-that
is, of sympathy with what is human
and lasting and can touch the heart
of an audience. Is it not the drama
that can move to tears that remains
on the boards the longest? And is
it not the woman who loves her kind
who keeps their affection, who draws
people to her whether she is rich in
this worlds goods or fortune turns
its back and leaves her little resource
beyond her delightful personality?
Nine. Recamier received her friends
with the same grace in her shabby,
brick-tloored little room-all that re-
verses allowed her-as when she had
queened it in her almost royal man.
sion in the Faubourg Saint-Germaine.
Nor did they gather less eagerly there
than in her beautiful home, because
she retained in her poverty the same
charm, the same qualities that had
made her the most sought woman in
Paris.
The essential thing to successful
entertaining is that instructive knowl-
edge of and sympathy with human
nature which enables one to put peo-
pie at their ease and make them
happy.-From Novel Ways of Enter
tanning" by Florence Hall Winter
burn.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
Hero Of War Of 1912.

One hundred years ago Capt. David
Porter, one of the naval heroes of the
War of 1872, was given a great pop
ular ovation by the people of Philadel.
phia. Ten days previously Captain
Porter had reached New York after
a long and hazardous voyage from
Valparaiso, where on March 2S, he
had commanded the frigate Essex in
her gallant, but unsuccessful fight
against the British ships Phoebe and
CheTub Upon their arrival in New
York, the surviving officers and mem.
bers of the crew of the Essex were
given an enthusiastic welcome. From
New York Captain Porter proceeded
to Philadelphia, where another pop
ular ovation awaited him. On his ar.
rival in the suburbs of the city the
horses were taken from his carriage
and it was drawn to the hotel by the
populace
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
PRIZE FOOD.
Palatable, Economical, Nourishing.


A Nebr. woman has outlined the
prize food in a few words, and that
from personal experience. She
writes:
After our long experience with
Grape-Nuts, cannot say enough in
its favor. We have used this food al
most continually for seven years.
I'VE sometimes tried other adver-
tised breakfast foods but we invariably
returned to Grape-Nuts as the most
palatable, economical and nourishing
Of all.
when I quit tea and coffee and
began to use Postum and Grape-Nuts,
was almost a nervous wreck. was
so irritable could not sleep nights,
had no interest in life.
After using Grape-Nuts a short
time began to improve and all these
ailments have disappeared and now 1
am a well woman. My two children
have been almost raised on Grape
Nuts, which they eat three times a
day.
They are pictures of health and
have never had the least symptom of
stomach trouble, even through the,
most severe siege of whooping cough
they could retain Grape-Nuts when all
else failed.
"Grape-Nuts food has saved doctor
bills, and has been, therefore, a most
economical food for u.s.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to Well
Vile" in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, trues and full of humaa
lntereSt. =.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01

are well made, the
sole should be perfectly flexible.
For the general utility tramping
costume, nothing has ever taken the
place Of the old standby-the Norfolk
suit. This has been modified and
varied in a number of ingenious ways,
but it retains the characteristic Nor
folk cut.
This serviceable suit can be had in
various materials, in the durable cor
duroy khaki, which is durable enough
In reality and handsome when new,
but soon grows to look shabby under
hard usage, and in the new English
worsteds and tweeds, homespuns and
serges which seem to have been in
vented for this particular purpose.
The skirts of these suits are always
short, at least from six to nine inches
from the ground and are never killed.
except in some cases there is an in
verted plait
One tramping suit of the modified
Norfolk cut shown by firm which
makes a speciality of sporting gar
ments was of khaki. The suit was a
threepiece affair. There was a
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
MARYLANp,s BIG cRoPs.
Department Figures Show Thia Will
Be A Banner Year.

Maryland is sharing in the bumper
cereal crops with which the nation is
being blessed this summer.
The foremost of crops just issued
by the Bureau of Crop Estimates Of
the Department of Agriculture pre-
dieting the size of the 1914 crops on
the basis of actual field conditions on
July 1 shows that the prospective crop
of corn, winter wheat, oats and barley
grown on the farms Of Maryland this
year will aggregate 1869, 900 bushels.
The annual average of these combined
crops for the past FIVE years has been
32,907,000 bushels.
Maryland will therefore produce
$4,000 bushels more corn, winter
wheat, oats and barley in 1914 than
the average Maryland contribution Of
these crops for the past five years.
Last years production of corn in
Maryland was 22,110,000 bushels. The
forecast for this years corn crop is
$4,000 bushels greater The winter
wheat crop Of Maryland for 1914 is
considerably above that of 1918. The
forecast for 1914 is for 1O,335,OOO
bushels of winter wheat, as compared
with 8,113,OOO in 1913. This means
that 2,242,O00 more bushels of winter
wheat are promised for Maryland this
year as compared with last year.
There is a slight falling off predicted
for the Maryland oats crop, which was
], 100000 bushels last year, and is ex-
pected to amount to only 933, 200 BUSH
els this year These three cereals,
corn, winter wheat and oats, promise
a production of 33,523,OOO bushels in
1914, compared with 31,483,OOO bushels
in 1913, an increase of 2,O42.OOO BUSH
els this year in these crops alone.
The indications are that there will
be tremendous apple, pear and peach
crops in Maryland.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
FOR SMALL GIRL AND BOY
Hot-Weather Costumes In the Lightest
of Materials Are Offered for
the Mothers Choice.

Most attractive are the small boys
suits and the little girls dresses made
of blue and white, tan and white or
pink and white poplin, pique or linen.
They are sometimes made with plain
starehed turnback collar and cuffs,
sometimes with scalloped collar and
cuffs, sometimes with colored skirt
and white blouse, sometimes with
white skirt and colored blouse. They
can be bought in the shops all made,
but they can also be bought stamped
ready to embroider, but with the
seams stitched and the plaits in the
skirt laid and the hem turned and
basted. ready for alteration.
One very attractive small frock, in
a size for child of five or six years,
shows blue poplin skirt and a white
linen blouse, with little blue patch
pocket stitched in place. There is
rundown collar Of white, embroid-
cred with blue-rather, there is blue
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brocade moire with amethyst clasp.
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actions of the day, in an attempt to
minimize the spreading and consea
quent weakening Of the arches which
the days work has entailed.
Next, exercise the toes. Resting
the right heel on the ground, lift the
rest of the foot and work the toes up
and down vigorously and quickly, un-
til you are conscious of a sensation
of fatigue in the sole of your foot. Do
the same with the left foot Rest a
few minutes, and then take this spe-
cial exercise for strengthening the
arches of the feet.
Standing erect, head up, chest out,
arms hanging loosely at side, heels to-
gether and toes slightly turned out,
rise slowly on the toes until the heels
are as far from the floor as you can
lift them. Sink slowly to the noor
again. Rise on toes again, sink to
floor, and continue for five minutes,
or until you feel an active sense of
fatigue Be sure to inhale while ris-
ing on toes, and to exhale while drop
ping heels to floor again. Rest for five
minutes after this exercise.
The three different exercises you
have taken will have counteracted
the ordinary wear and tear of the day,
according to Mothers Magazine Be
fore retiring, however, hold cake of
cocoa butter over the flame of a
lighted candle to soften it; then rub
over the feet. Massage gently with
both hands, being sure to rub from
instep toward toes. Be careful to rub
between the toes with your fingers,
which have been made oily by the
cocoa butter they have absorbed in
With this few minutes care of your
feet each night, you may be sure that
unless you wear ill-ftting shoes, adopt
pumps for the street, or indulge in
French heels, you will be free from
corns, bunions, chilblains, or any 9th
er ills of the feet; and that nervous
headaches will soon be thing of the
past. Nothing really has such a sooth-
ing and healthful effect upon the nerv-
ous system as well-cared-for feet.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
Military capes for Girls.

Women are dressing better than
ever for travelling, and more sensibly.
A new macintosh cape has been
designed this year which is copy of
the fashionable military cape. 1t is
more popular than a coat, because
pockets are placed in the inside, and
when the cape is fastened these pock-
cts are very much safer than those of
a coat.
Women's mackintoshes are now
made of very pretty silk and cash
mere materials, so that woman trav-
cling can. wear what would appear to
be an ordinary smart silk coat, but
which is really a useful macintosh.
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IN SPORTING CLOTHES
DESIGNERS SHOW SOME GOOD
NEW EFFECTS.
"Dresslns the Part" Is a Thing in
Which Women Take Vital Inter.
est and the Fact Has Been
Recognized.
By MARY DEAN.

Sporting clothes are a matter of the
moment and each new sport that Is
taken up by women means an addi-
tional costume, or perhaps several ad-
ditional costumes, in the summer out
ht. Dressing the part is the corner
stone Of the average woman's interest
in sports, and though each year the
designers turn out sporting costumes
more appropriate as we'll as more be-
coming than those Of the previous
year, attractiveness must not be sacri-
feed to practical utility If the model
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And the Preacher Mu.ed.

A mother sent her little daughter
down to open the door and entertain
the minister, Mr.. Black, while she fin
ished dressing. When she appeared
the little kitten ran in ahead of her,
and the tiny maiden jumped up and
down and screamed to the top OF
her voice: "Oh, kitty, kitty. go out,
quick"
The mother was Mortified, and said;
Daughter, what makes you act so?"
We'll, mother, dad said last night
that Mr.. Blacks sermons were enough
to make a cat sick and don't want
mine sick"
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
KEEPING THE FEET HEALTHY
Results Will Well Repay Time and
Trouble That Are Called For to
Get Results.

Slip out of your clothes and into
your nightgown and kimono, and,
picking out a nice easy-chair, settle
back in it in the most comfortable po-
sition imaginable. Now raise one
stockingless foot, and point the toe
down, contracting every muscle of
the foot as much as possible. Relax
the foot; contract, and point down;
relax, contract. Do this ten times,
then change to the left foot and re-
peat. This is merely reversing the
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01

were attached, back and front, two box
plaits running from yoke to the bot
tom of The coat. A belt of the mate
rial surrounded the coat at the waist
line-running underneath the box
plaits, and fastened at the front with
a single button.
There is a general utility cape
called the Lancaster cape, made of
Scotch tweed Such a wrap as this
would be found useful in the outdoor
outft-for either mountain or shore.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
No HeIp for II.

At one of the New York restaurants
a willowy cabaret young person was
doing the latest steps. The room was
crowded, and most of the patrons
stood in order to get a better view.
One old gentleman, Kentuckian, re-
manned in his chair, playing idly with
his glass, though the other members
of his party were on tip-toe with in
terest. Finally one of them, young
girl, caught the old gentleman's
sleeve and pulled it impatiently.
"Oh, come on, major!" she said.
BE modern!"
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01
GermanY,s Care of Its Babies.

OF late years there has developed
in Germany, and especially in Sax
ony, theory that the COW, and not
the milk, should be the subject of
first care. Germany is proud, not only
of its high birth rate, but of its grow
ing ability to make the births effective
by caring for the infants through the
period of greatest mortality. Proper
nourishment is recognized as the
largest factor.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-01

thread with which to embroider it
and the collar is stamped in seal
lops and a simple flower design-and
the cuffs match the collar The en-
broidery could be well done in a short
time and as the result of a 50 expen-
diture one would have a most attrac-
tive little frock.
Caps are sold to match these frocks,
all stamped, for 80 cents each. They
have scalloped brims of color, and a
puffed crown of white