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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-14

j Many Development Plans for State
Legislation intended to promote the
development Of Oregon has not been
overlooked this session, and if the var
ious measures with this purpose in
view are approved, the legislature will
be able to point TO something accom-
| plished other than stream of salary
raising bills. And as to the latter,
there are about so salary-hoisting bills,
Most Of the development bills re-
quire fundssin large quantities. AS
rule, they cali for bond issues. They
are aimed to open up Oregon's re-
sources of land AM water power; to
bring into being steamer lines to
stimulate commerce and navigation,
and to provide roads fofsall sections of
the state. These are thesmain meas
ures, which are supplemented by sew
eral minor ones.
Primarily, the farmer is benefited,
and industry advanced. Potentially,
these measures are creators of labor,
for to carry out almost any one Of
them will require The services of an
army Of skilled and common laborers,
County Initiative Bill introduced.
i Counties would be given the same
initiative and referendum rights as
are now enjoyed by the state, under
the terms of bill introduced by SEN
ator Nickelsen. The bill provides that
the people in any county may hold
initiative or referendum elections ON
all matters. The state law governing
these two rights Is followed in every
detail in the Nickelsen measure.
! Legislative Brevities.
By unanimous vote the senate
passed bill which provides for recog-
milton of Washington's birthday by
the public schools Of the state.
The state superintendent of public
instruction will be given salary in.
crease Of $500 year under the pro
visions of bill passed by the house
The house passed bills increasing
the salaries Of supreme justices, insur
ance commissioner and dairy and food
! commissioner
The bill by Representative Gallagher
allowing counties to vote on the ques
ton OF jack-rabbit bounties under the
Initiative passed tie house.
Dehorning Of cattle and docking o.
horses and sheep, which has long beer
practiced in Oregon, would be legal
lied under the provisions of bill BY
Representative Woodson which passed
the house
A memorial to congress urging ma
tional legislation which will establish
a Pacific coast merchant marine on 3
basis which will enable 1t to cope witt
the merchant marine Of other nations
was passed by the senate.
Inconsiderate winter landed with
!, both feet In the lap OF smiling autumn
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series also passed house sos
ARMENIA AND SYRIA.
ANOTHER JOB FOR THEIR UNCLE SAN

series also passed the house. It makes,
it a felony to escape or to aid in the
escape Of any person from penal
institution. Curiously enough, no
such law has heretofore been written
on the Oregon statutes
Red Flag Bill to Become Law.
Representative Gordon's "red flag"
bill was passed by the senate withou:
debate and without dissenting votes
All the fireworks over the bill we've
shot off in the house and the senate
passed the bill without oratory or fuss.
Briefly it provides that it shall be
unlaw ful for any person in Oregon to
display red flag or any other en-
blem indicating disloyalty to the Uni
ted States government, or belief in
anarchy or other political doctrines
the objects of which are the disrup-
tion of organized government or defi-
ance of the laws of the state or the
nation.
$75 Minimum Pay For Teachers.
A minimum salary of SIS month
for Oregon school teachers is provid-
ed by bill passed by the house. The
measure, which was introduced by
Representative Mrs Thompson, makes
1t unlawful for a board Of directors OF
a school district in the state to pay a
teacher less than s75 month, making
the members Of any board signing a
contract in violation Of the provisions
of the measure personally liable fol
the amount specified In the contract
and withholds all aid from the county
school fund.
Bill Provides Education For Soldiers
Free tuition. board, lodging ant
clothes for honorably discharged sol
diers who wish to attend any educa
tional institution in the state, which
is supported wholly or in part by pub
lie funds, are provided for in a bill
introduced in the senate. by Senator,
l. s. Smith and Walter Pierce.
| The bill applies to soldiers who hav
served in the army or navy within tn,
last two years and who were resident
of Oregon prior to entering militar,
service.
Budget Cuts Total More Than Million
Out Of total budget estimated re
quirements of s6,S24,758. SO far acte,
upon by the joint ways and mean
committee. that committee has tenta
lively allowed to date s5.449.137.2
and has made total reductions aggre
eating $1,3S5, ,65o.72, total Of redrs
ions which many legislators fondl
warned the committee early In tn
session could not be reached
1t is believed the outside appropria
tion bills are pretty well in now an
efforts will be made to pass the none
around as far as it will go. But tn
committee and the legislature is CON
mitted to the policy Of keeping With
he 6 per cent busis and intends +
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Working the Roads.

4 Frank Berlin. VIM. Pinkerton and
otheSs having farms west of town have
this week been engaged in road i'm
provement work. The work included
grading and surfacing with rock the
approaches to the bridge at the place
where Bern Banister resides.
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Change in Store Room.

The store room of C. A. Barrett &
Co. is being altered this week in order
to give more space for the display Of
shelf goods carried in connection with
their agricultural implement line. The
Office will be NOV ed to the rear Of the
building and additional shelving will
be put in.
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The sAthen. Press circuiates inPthe
homes Of readers who reside in the
heart of the Great Umstilla Wheat
Belt, and they have moneyto to spend
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a. 0 Hammond with y. m. c. a.

Many Athena people will read with
pleasure. the following letter from "A.
0. Hammond. q former popular pastor
of the Methodist church here. whichis
contributed by Charles Downing:
(. Paris, Franco, Dec. 20.
II left Oregon more than six months
ago for service with thu Y. M. G. a.
overseas. Have been in France since
8lst Of August. Most Of this time
have been out near the firing line. |
taught the French language on board
ship and in England. When arrived
at Paris. was assigned to the French
Army where am compelled to speak
French all the time. After the arrnis-
tice, returned to Paris for re-assign-
rnent. and was sent to big French
camp 20 miles from Paris. After New
Years, Iexpect to 90 to the German
border. perhaps Strassburg. like
the French soldier and find him very
appreciative Of the assistance Of the
Americans. o. course there Is no
soldier SO great as the Amsrican: but
enc can admire the courage and pa
thence and politeness Of the French.
II saw at Paris, the King Of Italy,
the King Of England. General PefahinG
and President Wilson. Have seen the
President Of France several tines !
expect to be here at least six months
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Percy Wilson on the Rhine.
"Engers on the Rhin,

"Engers on the Rhine, Jan. 3.
II don, t know how long we will be
in this country, but hope it is not for
long. We have all kinds of reports
about going home, but that Is always
the way inftle army. Saw Chas. Owens
the other day, he was on a truck going
through this town and did not get to
talk to him. He is in the las Field
Artillery. not far form hero and when
getthe chance will go and see them.
The la7 and l4s are in this area some
place also. don't know IL the 1l6th
Engineers are in France yet, I heard
that they went home. 1t sure will be
one happy day when we get orders to
leave for when we leave here | don't
think It will be long before we are
aboard ship.
"We passed over some very hilly
country in coming here. There was
plenty Of nice scenery, SO they say,
but you do not enjoy scenery when
touring country by hand. with hun
dred pounds in your pack tied on your
hack. My idea Of touring is altogether
different.
81 was on all the fighting fronts in
France but two--the Flanders and the
Somme -and have been in tho thickest
Of the scraps. Have not missed one.
and am still following the Hcinies to
see that they do good lob nleaving.
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to consider the matter, all the
trumps in your own hand.
You state elsewhere in your let
ter that the other members of the
household are all grown persons,
stronger physically than yourself.
Then why continue to fret your
self over their defects and failings =?
You cannot bring them to see your
point of view. 1t is a case of you
in your corner, and | in mine" So
why not leave them to enjoy life in
their own way and part company,
retaining what affection and good
will for them you can?
Think how fortunate you are.
Young, self-supporting and capable.
1t should not be difficult at all,
among your friends, acquaintances,
or even among strangers, to find a
comfortable, respectable place to
board.
There is no one dependent on
you, and you would be doing a last
ing kindness to your relatives by
permitting them to realize their
own possibilities for hustling a bit.
1t is probably very largely through
force of habit that they let you
bear all the burdens.
That is one of the penalties of
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rhythmic yet hardly perceptible un.
dulation. Many of the women OF
our Indian tribes have this splen-
did characteristic in walking due
to the bearing of head burdens.
Ideals change the excessive
slenderness that has been so much
admired in America of late years
was not very long ago regarded as
distinctly unattractive. The bellies
of the eighties wore garment
called basque" that fitted them
as a pin cushion fits it's cover. Fur
thremore they distended the back
breadth of their skirts with steel
atrocities known as reeds" and
they were not obliged as are their
present-day counterparts to give up
cream and potatoes in order to side
step adipose tissue. ..
Before the reeds we had the
crinolineS of the sixties which
were, of course, a revival of a much
earlier fashion. The farthingale of
the EliZabethan days and the hoop
skirts of the Valasquez sitters were
doubtless designed to heighten the
suggestion of embonpoint when ex-
cessive corpulence was the feminine
ideal of beauty.
Havelock Ellis also notes a mascu-
line preference for blondes as wide
spread. Even in Italy and Spain,
where an olive complexion is a
racial characteristic, fair women are
preferred.
The sole exception to this ap-
pears to be the Chinese, who abhor
blondes, regarding them as the re-
incarnation devils. When Miss Carl
ltlinted the portrait of the late
dowager Empress of China, the i'm
perial lady gave the artist a mag
nificent sable cap with which to
cover her blonde tresses, as even
a glimpse of blonde hair was dis
tasteful to her
Men write books on physical
characteristics and continue to give
themselves away in their chapters.
But woman does not commit her.
self; she is there, however, with
whatever brand of beauty is called
for. I'VE aim to please" might be
the motto of the fair sex, only on
this subject she has succeeded in
an absolute silence. He
does the writing and talking, she
acts
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CHAPTER CXXXVIII
Copyright. 1919. King Feature

(Copyright, 1919, King Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
When Virginia seized the telephone
from Anthony Norreys and lnslteo
on being the one to speak TO Betty
companlon, Miss Moss, l felt that
my sister-tn-law' character na0
come TO a grave test. would Wiz
sinia think coldly and seihshly IN
Ie,ms of herself? Or would she
,.isualize the situation warmly ana
GENEROUSLY for Betty's greatest nap
iSnt when she talked over the tele-
,,bone 10 Miss Moss, Virginia was
1yonderful. She said that OIL US az -
- was only l who's been lnspiIeu ~
discoyer this way oil reachlhS ','1a - ,
and that some OF us "oTtu Than sne
uo"N tarshlf to catechiZing MISS
saNo When she turned from lhe
,"sione MoSS her face wore an expires.
-, tbnt was almost sheeplsn.
sion sion ,,, to see that Virginia WASH
We ir,hit of giving in to any one
III - rather ashamed OF What sie
a,.identlv thought was her own
ness. ,. ,,,or+ IN worry us,
Virginia said. Sne ""o s,o,.roxv
10 Miss Moss phone to-nioll w,
atnore maor was lust u little operation on
iLar arm, and she preferred TO IA
me- 1iceiv over before she tolu
o,,t II It's all right now, MISS MISS
Moss assured me. She Won obt
No MoSI ,,se of her arm. It's her rlshe
avn, oh, Betty's too sooo ~
"Betty Bryce is a glorious reV-
man" said Anthony Norress
erently. , III, thin face. and
e, Wv" +nrned very humbly to me
my tbot showed beneath ms rlsle s
sioNe s,lo seemed to hear AGAIN tne
sieNo words he had spoken at Jul
mrs. sSrbev i,e got the good old right manu-
,,i. IN the days when IeFfE "iN
7 ,,,nre together at Nerdun. .,s,,,
And now Betty! Our pea af hers
nroud Betty. That gesture oi osore
az she had stood SO olien ,it band
,,,e with her Scared whlte msa ,a4b
me ber lips. Wars attermath
,sln asall' crueI | sent up quick n.tie
$50 10 81 that | might see Betty asaii,
pt.aaSS tar hand against her lps' anu
VIZ Wier, non,e the thought of the pam
ld ., +bc fear that gesture must nav
an .tS;ontcd What fear had Betlg .
i.l,orrcd white hand pressed paCM 1'ar.
from screaming its way out u
throat in a terrified plea 1or mU1p pd
'n5 Then. he precisely as if he had turneu Tnn
,,,,i choatic thoughts, Anthony NOT
Freys answered me: .,.ougb
F'! Anne, our Betty will win througn,
Shes been enduring sore pam no
dn'bt THEY'LL cure that. And scars
don't matter. Bettyn learn that
soon-when Terry's love teachSS ts7oi.. =.
20 her. She has a big love 10 plesS
her. And love comes from ss
iiGi, l.;do. +o her beauty and-sp lendor:
Don't Dor, grieve too sorely NcSer BettEs
Tr1 Ther strangely enough found
that il wasn't Betty but ANhony
Norreys over whom was grieVing'
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MAKING THE MOST OF -
OUR CHILDREN &!
A Series of Plain Talks tn
Parents
By Ray c. Beery, ABB, MA.
President of the Parents Association.

OF course, if all of our neighbors'
children were trained to perfection,
the task of properly rearing our own
would not be so perplexing.
But the fact is that, there is
scarcely a community in which
there are not at least a few fami-
lies whose influence is undersira BILE
from the standpoint of training chill
dren in the way that they should
go.
The very atmosphere of irrever-
encc, profanity and vulgarity in
some homes is degrading, and par
ents OF higher ideals who happen
to live next door" often find their
problems very difficult.
Let us take a case of this kind
one mother writes:
our nearest neighbors use pro-
ZANE language necessarily and some
times in our home. How can I
approach them? | have wondered
Tor months how best to handle this
matter without hard feelings on
either side. 1t grieves me to hear
my own children use such LAM
guage."
Have your children gather round
you some evening at bed time and
tell them you wish to talk about a
PiNiiC thdI you want TO nave
with them in week or so. This will
gain their attention, their interest,
and also ther good will toward you.
Ialk about what you are going to
take along to eat and what games
YOU want to play.
After you have their interest
keyed up to a high pitch, tell them
in low, confidential tone-as if it
were secret-that you would like
to take one or two of the neighbors'
children along on this picnic but of
course you couldn't think of doing
it because they are not careful
enough about how they talk.
Continues: IF we could teach
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Maeterlinck Marries Again
Five Weeks After Divorce

Nice, March S.-Maurice Maeter-
hnck, the Belgian playwright, sew
eral days ago married Renee Da-
non, a young woman of Nice, it be-
came known yesterday. Maeter-
llnck has been a resident of Nice
for the last ten years. The mar
riage took place at Chateau Neue-
de-Contes, small village twelve
miles from Nice, with the strictest
privacy. Only four villagers were
present as legal witnesses.
1t crowns romance which COM
menced eight years ago. Maeter-
Hnck is 5S years old and his bride
26. Maeterlinck was divorced from
his former wife, Madame Georgette
lie Blanc, five weeks ago.
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| For he was wounded and manned,
! and he had neither beauty nor love
| to compensate him. So l went over
| and laid my hand on the wrist
above that gloved wooden substi-
tute for the right hand.
What a friend you are! What
a friend!" / said.
What friend you are! Betty is
rich in you and Wee. Whatever
comes you girls must make sure
that Betty sees nobody can be Grip
pled-eXcept in his own mind. The
wounds that have come out of the
war are going to secure for lifes
step-children-the lame and the de-
formed-their rightful place at life's
table. Don't pity Betty. Promise
me you won't do that, whatever hap
pens. Just love her"
We promised. And then, after ar
ranging to have the car in readiness
to start as soon as l heard from
Terry, Anthony Norreys took Vir-
ginia home. AS she kissed me good
by l noticed how tired and wan she
looked.
Now what am l going to do?" 1
found my sell ASKING OF space when
they had gone.
1t was only o'clock and the
prospects OF the hours until jim
snouId come home and l could talk
1t all over with him seemed inter-
lninably long. l had SO much to tell
snIm, running the gamut from our
discovery OF Betty'S Whereabouts to
the loving farewell kiss Virginia
mad given me. So it was with
shock like the prlnckle of cold spray
tnat L remembered that Jim had
said he might not be home to dim
ner.
Then the phone rang. 1t was
Carlotta Sturges inquiring for Betty.
l told her our news.
Weren't you going to let me
Know" she asked almost reproach-
fully.
Remembering all her kindly in
terest, l assured her that l would
have phoned her, and l think l
meant it in spite OF my discovery
that her fathers company had
ruined Jim's father. After all,
vengeance was not mine. And Ill
spite of her fathers business meth
DDS and her own friendship with
Pat Dalton, Carlotta Sturges had
won right to my kindness.
A long, lonely interval after Car
lotta's call, and then the telephone
again. 1t was Jim. | blurted out
that we had found Betty.
Great! Bully. Didn't 1 tell you
so?" he cried, almost absentminded-
ly. Now you'll be in a mood to
celebrating my forming a new firm.
Meet me at the Occident Theater at
Sis"
But, Jim-must l have dinner
alone?" l cried.
on, cheer up; that won't hurt
you. Just think how happy you are
about Betty and cut out the whim-
perlnS. Meet me at SIS. And
now"
"Al right" 1 promised. But YOU
haven't told me who's in the new
firm. Jim-Jim"-
But Jim had rung off.
(TO be Continued
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competence; but competence also
has its rewards. There is no rea-
son on earth why you should re-
main in the nest and bicker when
you have wings for fight. There
are people who cannot live the
community life; they want their
own place, no, matter how small.
But do not protest against in
justice. You are only wasting your
breath. Instead, eliminate injus-
tice. The majority rules; if the
other members of your family do
not care for that neatness and
order which are necessary to you,
why try to force it on them?
Merely murmur: Good bye, and
God bless you!"
Also, when you go, be careful
not to pack up that ranking sense
of injustice among your belongings.
1t is the heaviest, most incommod-
ing and useless piece of bric-a-
brac any one can carry about with
him.
Another letter 1 have is from a
woman who holds the difficult
position of stepmother to several
girls who are nearly grown but
still in school. She complains that
| they are impertinent, unruly and
| dlso Dedlent, and That they never
dream of assisting her in the work
of the household.
| 1t might be an excellent thing
for all concerned if she would take
to her bed with a NERVOUS break
down'-no doubt she is on the
verge of one-and would show suffi-
cient strength of character to re-
main there, even though the skies
fell.
Then when her stepdaughters had
come to some realization of her la
bors in doing the work of the house
she might have a plain talk with
them, recognizing, of course that
she can never make an impression
on them by quarreling, finding fault,
or holding up their misdeeds to
them.
She would be accomplishing
much. though, if she could make
them feel that their home was a
sort of corporation, where all held
equal shares and each gave his best
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them to talk right and not swear,
may be we could take them along
on a picnic the next time we go.
whenever they come into our house,
Wen show them that we don't want
them to talk ugly What else
good to eat do we want to take on
our picnic?"
After this, you are in a position,
when any one of oyour own children
swear, to call him to you and con-
findentially advise him that he is
not to repeat such expressions in
the future. Look him in the eye and
slowly ask him if he can 'remem-
Der: when he promises, say, "All
right, | know you can." and then
turn the conversation to something
of interest.
Do not criticize the neighbors too
harshly in their absence, but at the
same time do not neglect to make
your children feel that it is not
right to swear and that the neigh
bors are unfortunate because they
were never properly trained.
When you can see some little i'm
proVement in your children, go to
the neighbor's wife and in a very
friendly way tell her that you are
so glad to have your children ston
thS use Vi pIoldne lang udBe ana
ask her to help you in every way
she can to break them of swearing
Very much depends upon the spirit
in which ou make these remarks. Be
kind and consderate to her. Say
nothing about her people swearing;
talk about your own. Be frank and
sincere and be sure to make her un-
derstand your friendly attitude and
your desire for the best possible
training for our family.
If you carr out the simple and
natural procedure outlined, your
children very likely will begin to
show marked improvement in
their language.
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Life'S Problems
Are Discussed
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW

BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW
Most people feel very strongly
that they could manage their own
affairs entirely to their own salts
faction if they were not always
being interfered with; but unfortu-
nately for the perfect working out
of this theory, our lives and our af-
fairs are usually all tangled up with
other peoples affairs and other peo-
pies lives. And that is what makes
this matter of living so adventurous
and exciting.
Almost all the letters which I
have received this week deal with
the complexities and perpleXities of
family life. One of my correspond
ents writes me:
Il am a self-supporting girl of
over twenty, and contribute to the
family budget. l have made my
home what it is, and | also do all
the housework whenever l get the
opportunity; but no one appreciates
it. My family do not seem to real
ize that if they have nice place
to bring their friends to, it benefits
them as much as it does me. In
stead, they take things easy, stand
around and watch me do it all, and
/ am not allowed to say word. If
l protest against the injustice of it
there is terrible row. What would
you do about it?"
There is an old proverb about
driving willing horse to death. and
this family seems to be putting it
into effect. One can visualize the
whole scene without much effort;
that easy-going, slipshod family who
have no compunction about letting
the one energetic, r-loving
member do all the hewing of wood
and carrying of water figuratively
speaking, but who do violently OBJ
ject to having their own shortcom-
ings pointed out to them.
Yet it all seems very easy of So
luton. You, my dear unknown cor
respondent, have if you will pau.