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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
PLAYING WITH
FIRE

- NERYBODY knows that horse
will run straight into fire in
stead of away from it. OF
course, no man or woman would do
such an insane thing; and yet, when
you give the matter serious thought, is
it not true that, while the human spe-
cies won't run straight into fire, still
it is a common temptation to play with
fire." to hover around the flame like the
proverbial moth?
1t Is Fascinating.
There is something fascinating, excit-
ing about playing with FIRE" Especially
is this true for many young girls, around
sixteen and older, at the romantic and
sentimental age. II is also true OF the
boy, of the young man, and while the
girl seeks adventures in love, the boy
seeks the adventures that challenge his
strength, his nerve, his courage, his en-
durance. The boy dreams of travel and
exploration. The more hazardous and
dangerous the task, the more it is
apt to appeal to him. He likes to play
with fire." to undertake the hard and the
dangerous task. He seeks the oppor-
tunity to fight and struggle, and he is
often easily lured into a life of self-in-
dulgence and sin. When he goes TO the
city he must go down the line" He
must see the underworld" and inves-
tigate the centers of hidden vice. He
knows better-the childhood teaching
and the admonitions of mother and the
warnings OF father were clear and EN-
phatic, but there is that irresistible i'm
pulse, that deep-seated desire to know
at first hand, to explore, and so. right
In the face of actual knowledge, fully
aware of the dangers, he throws him
self into the flames.
We have no reason to consider a
horse an .'ass" or fool because he runs
into the fire, when We realize that thor-
sandsS of human beings who ought 20
know better. who do know better, who
have the actual knowledge, run delib-
crately into danger play with tempta-
tion and invite moral ruin and death.
PrOiting by Experience.
When the western states were settled
and the telegraph wires were strung
through the country, the prairie chick
ems would light upon them, At first 4
great many were electriocuted by iive
wires, but it didn't take long for whose
who survived 10 learn the lesson. and
keep away from the wires that were
charged. Prairie chickens can profit by
ether prairie chickens experiences
Many a person can not. He deliberately
handles the ''live wires in the face of
absolute knowledge. He will run into
the FIRE as deliberately as the horse He
courts danger, he. invites trouble, he de-
lights in playing with FIRE"
II is just this strong temptation to
play with fire" which has ruined more
young girls than anything else If the
boy must dream of being Sinbad the
Sailor, or of being a pirate hunter or a
treasure hunter, so the young girl simply
must dream her dreams of adventures
in love Her romantic nature leads her
into dangerous friendships, hirtaiion<.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
"HAPPY, THO MARRIED"
AN ART TO BE MASTERED
One Rule.> Never Let Him See How Far From Lovely
You Can Look

of daily life which need be nothing and
are fairly torturingl Listen to Case N
IA as cited by w. L. George. 1t is the
absurd and yet really tragic story of
a marriage which went on the rocks.
81 was very much in love with him,
and only at the end Of our engagement
i noticed how hard he blew his nose.
After we married | thought: "Oh!
don't be silly and notice such little
things; he's such a splendid fellow A
little later: I do wish he wouldn't blow
his nose like that. II drives me mad 7
And now find myself saying to my
self, with an awful feeling of doom
Hes going to blow his nose
Trihes like that assume tremendous
proportions when they are magnided by
constant repetition. Each of us knows
how a scarlet hat which seemed per-
fectly beautiful when purchased on May
first became an actual eyesore long be-
fore the season was over. Anything
which stands out, and is conspicuous. Is
apt to become annoying when you have
10 see it constantly.
Knowing all these things, how dare
anyone laugh or brush aside the sug-
eestion hat constant repetition of al
most anything is tortrrei
Here are some rules for making mar
riage endurable: Don't be sloyenly.
Don't let any habit get possession of
you Don't be obvious. Don't be an
noyingly and brusquely sincere. for pub
lie reproof leads to private unrestraint
Vary yourself-your pursuits. your con-
versation. your garments, your view
point, your response to situations, and
keep your temper and your poisc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

~ HE worlds 50 full of a number OF
kinds of voices. all the way from
low, sweet voices 10 high, shrill
ones. The voice is q more or less de-
pendabie indicator of the character.
One doesn't expect to find gentle, loys
able nature where the voice is raucous.
And yet there are gentle. lovable ma
lures with misleading voices. naturally
nice ones. but fallen into disrepute
through csrelessness
Now, whining. for instance, isn't
quality of the voice at all hits a very
Improbable habit. Breathiness. huski
ness, indistinctness and "headiness" are
habits. too. Fortunately they can be
overcome, though, IL only they first be
realized and after that given remediai
treatment.
There is many a woman who eats
carrots by the peck because they happen
to have marked effect on the complex
ion, and maybe II those same women
could be convinced OF the marked effect
lemons, onions and pincapples have Oh
the voice. there would be just few less
unpleasant sounds in this world of ours.
Pine apple will sweeten the huskiest of
throats, as will lemon taken with glycer-
in. OF course, you know the joke about
famous prima donnas and oniens. But,
remember, this vegetable method Of
sweetening milady's utteranees can not
be expected to work where there are
real organic troubles of the throat.
sPiacing~ Your Voice.
Don't pitch the speaking voice so
high that II gives the unpleasant i'm
preston of neither talking nor singing.
Well firs, OF all, some good, sincere,
but beloved friend must put the matter
TO her tactfully. Il she doesn't have
some hin, OF ii already, and then she
must practice placing" her own voice.
Singing through shut teeth is one way
to throw the tone straight from the lips,
instead of out of the top of the head,
50 TO speak. The girl who is really in
terested in overcoming this annoying
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

TN the fact that familiarity Is allowed
10 breed contempt lies one of the
stumbling blocks to married happi-
ness. The demon who invented Mother
Hubbards and curl papers mot to men
ton collars which come off shirtbands,
and thick white socts) ought TO go
down in statistics as the prime cause for
divorce.
One Of the old French philosophers
wrote out three rules which he insisted
that all women who would be successful
ir holding the affections of men must
observe. and this was the one on which
he laid the most stress: "Never let him
see how far from lovely you can look y
Balzac, in an essay on woman" said
that marriage should combat without
respite of mercy that monster which de-
yours everything Habit His rule can
be enlarged TO take in men as weil>as
women; for the habits of slovenliness,
both mental and physical, of too great
inquisitiyeness, and of giving ones self
ONtF 10 TIC ODflOuSf CitHCi III AiOiNt Vi
clothes or of conversation, destroy all
charm of man for woman and woman
for man.
Just why we should make ourselves
fine for the person who enters our life
but casually, and permit ourselves to be
totally rnattractive both physically and
mentally for those who are the very
fibre of our lives is an unsolvable prob
lem. For him who does not care and
for whom we do not care, we are at
our best, and for him or her whom we
love most, second rate, even third rate
raiment and mentality viii do.
Proximity sets up terrific enough irri-
tations without our adding wantonly and
deliberately thereto. Almost every hu-
man being has peculiarities, personal
habits of some sort which, when one
lives close to them, are maddening.
"A little more and how much it were,
a little less and how far away" How
well that applies to the tiny irritations
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

and compromising situations. She
knows better. of course, but the ro-
nance in her makeup demands sat
iSfaction and her heart wakens to love.
She plays with fire." and is very often
lurcd to ruin and disgrace. Playing
with FIRE is always dangerous business.
but 1t is doubly dangerous for a Young
girl and She IS a wise daughter who
viii heed the warning and the counsel
OF mother and those older than herself.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

NO quality is needed quite SO much
~ as patience in every domestic re-
lation, whether it be between hus-
band and wife, mother and child, or
brother and sister If harmony and
peace are to reign, the members of the
domestic circle, must be lenient with
each others faults and shortcomings.
Unfortunately, the uajority of homes
can scarcely come under the head of
harmonious; there are many quiet, hap
py households, to be sure. but they are
in minority compared to those wherein
arguments and wrangling reign.
DO you know the greatest menace to
every happy home Nagging II is the
surest way to drive your family to dis
traction. Nagging has broken up more
homes than any siren who ever lived /,
and the worst part of it all is that the
pagger seldom sees herself in her true
colors. She doesn't realize that she
nags; all she sees is that others are so
unreliable OF so impatient or so ire
sponsible, or so something or another
that they shouldn't be.
Are you a naggers If you begin to
examine yourself truthfully and honest
ly you may recognize the symptoms.
The nasger is constantly finding fault
and she does not allow a mistake to be
forgotten. She harps on one thing aft
er another until those about her are OH
the verge OF nervous prostration.
Nagging seems to be peculiarly fem
mine characteristic; there are few
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
Housekeeping :
Is a Science
<<U HAD such funny time with
Mrs. Shirker this afternoon"
said Mrs. Happy HomemakeE.

said MIRA. Happy Homemaker.
with little reminiscent ehuekle.
"Iier daughter Stella and sister both
elected to take domestic science in school
this year. and strange to relate. Stella
has developed the most extraordinary
interest in the subieeS But with the
etactless enthusiasm of sixteen, she feels
called upon TO remedy AN the things
which do not come up to what she con
siders standard in her home, much to
her mothers indignation.
az am going to make her stop it right
awayi 1t is perfectly absrrdr am
nounced Mrs. Shirker. In my mothers
day and mine, people did not fuss over
the chemical constituents of food, pro-
teins, carbohydrates, and all such nom
sense, or measure every drop and ounce.
and still we have managed to live and
raise families, and be reasonably
healthy
my dear, we mothers simply have
got to get used TO being taught I said
1t is the way progress comes. And look
at it this way. This putting domestic
scieAce on the basis of real science Is
changing the whole idea Of housekeep-
ing. 1t used to be drudgery, which
was accomplished without any idea but
TO get through; now II Is becoming
profession where skill In execution
brings reward just as in other profess
sions. The. interest our daughters are
taking in domestic science, is, 10 my
mind, Zone of the most encouraging
signs Of the times
Young Girls Are T0kin0 Eew Pride
In Things Dossssiie.
Young girls are doing it all over ths
country, and our most important duty
as mothers is to stimulate and help with
all our might. just think how much this
knowledge will raise the standard of the
future housekeeping which these girls
of ocrs-.Eill introduce into their homes
OF course, we are bound to be somewhat
irritated by the desire of these young
scientists to change the whole existing
Oruer. lAcy may nave tucdS WHICH
seem absurd. But do let us be patient
and remember that they must learn
through the application of their theories
day after day TO weed out the unneces-
sary, and discover the realities.
You and/I choose homemaIcing as
profession when il was somewhat of
hit or miss proceeding TO keep house
that is. so far as scientific rules were
concerned remember hearing the
story of wonderful cook who always
took great pride in saying she never
measured anything. One day she failed
in cake for which she was famous,
and it came out that an old cup she had
always used was brokens She had really
been working on principle while she
boasted the opposite. So we mothers
ought to rejoice that our chosen profss-
sion is becoming an exact, workable, IN
teresting science, that our girls are a
step further along the road than We
are"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
Rice Mullins.

Scald one cup milk and pour OVER
half cup corn meal; add one table
spoon butter. two tablespoons sugar.
When cool add half cup cooked rice,
one-third cup -four sifted. with three
teaspoons baking powder and half tea
spoon salt; add one beaten egg Besi
well and bake in creased muffin tin4
about 20 minutes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
Apple Cake.

Two cups dried apple soaked "a hours
and chopped, then stewed in two cups
rnolasses until three-fourths done, then
add half cup butter. two eggs, two tea-
spoons soda. two cups Horr. Spices to
taste
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

A SMART winter dress, the lates;
u one-piece military effect, can be
made from your spring suit (if the
coat is not too closely 6ttcd). Rip and
wash or turn. Discard lining and inter
lining The cutting and fitting are prac-
tically eliminated The sleeves will need
to be made smaller at the cuff. A wide
belt covers the seam at the waist line.
Have a collar TO match the belt. Trim
with buttons and military pockets.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
PIE
Lemon Sponge Pie.

One crp sugar, three tablespoons but
ter, yollzs of two eggs; beat. Add juice
and grated rind of one lemon and three,
tablespoons flour. Mix. Then add a
cup OF milk and stiffly beaten egg
whites. Bake As minutes in slow oven.
using only one crust.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
BREAD
Corn Meal Gems.

One-hab cup corn meal. one erp -four,
three teaspoons baking powder, one ta-
blespoon sugar. one tablespoon melted
butter. one-half teaspoon salt three
fourths cup milk. one egg. Mix and silt
dry ingredients, add milk gradually.
esq well beaten and melted butter. Bake
in hot oven in buttered gem pans Is
minutes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
Plain Loaf Cake.

One-half cup butter, one cup sugar,
two eggs well beaten, half cup milk.
one teaspoon lemon extract, two cups
-four, two level teaspoons baking pow
der. Beat the butter and sugar till hgh,
and creimy; add the well-beaten eggs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
Delicious Tomato Pie.

Finely chop enough green tomatoes to
fill pie plate; add three-fourths cup
sugar, handful OF seedless raisins, and
season with nutmeg generously. Bake
with top crust.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
Sour MIR Chocolate Cake.

One and a half cups sugar, one table,
spoon butter, two eggs beaten lighth,
one-fourth cup of cocoa, one-fourth cup
boiling water mixed together and set TO
cool, then stir into butter, sugar and
eggs; then add one cup sour milk with
one teaspoonful soda stirred together
with two cups -four, one tablespoon va
niila, one-forrth teaspoon salt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

habit of voice will hum every chance
she gets and do it through shut teeth.
Al,o, she will cultivate breath control;
she will take her breaths long and deep,
and learn how to hold on to them, in
doors and out. Her talking ought TO
show marked Improvement after that
Another way to rse the lemon in cases
Of periodic huskiness is to squeeze the
juice of whole lemon into basin OF
water, boil the solution and inhale the
steam. 1t is beneficial, too, to hold the
mouth open over the vapor bath. But
be sure to curtain the steam by holding
a towel around the basin. And so much
for the treatment of periodic huskiness
or "breathiness" of voice
Learn to Speak Distinctly.
There are many, many faults of voice,
but quite the most unforgivable of all
is indistinctness You know people who
mouth" their words, people who make
a foolish attempt to talk with their
mouths almost closed, and people who
seem to positively swallow the things
they say before they get to you. 1t is
difficult listening TO speakers like that,
isn't it, And yet great many of us
have such faults without knowing il
Indistinctncss is pretty much as unsus-
pected as it is common. So if you would
test youseif for that particular bad habit,
just stop to think, do people generally
have TO ask me to repeat' Am l con-
tinually being begged pardon because ]
wasn't heard the first time? That's an
acid test. And the cure is:
Speak always with delberation, con-
sciousiy make every single word clean
cut, learn to open the mouth when
speaking. practice breath control, and
read aloud regularly. Even when read
ing to oneself, it is an excellent plan to
do it aloud. Then when you do read to
an interested listener. neither she nor
YOU will have the uncomfortable feel
ing that you are practicing on her
All that have just said, though, are
the merely mechanical ways of putting a
smile into yorr voice. Psychologicaliy,
there must be the smile in your heart
first. In fact, one great singer of our
own day aseribes all the exquisite
sweetness Of her voice to a perpetual
feeling of love for the new beauties that
she discovers in everyday life. Be sweet,
then, If you would talk sweetly. Take
every means both mechanical and spiri-
ual TO put smile in yorr voice
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
CAKE
Gilbert Cake.

One cup sugar. one cup raisins, one
cup sour cream, one egg. one teaspoon
soda, half teaspoon cloves, ono table
spoon syrup. Flour 10 make stiff bat
ter
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
Bpr t1TcHgE

then the milk and favoring. and Ea.tt,
the -four and baking powder sifted to-
gether. Beat well, and bake in a Loaf
cake pan about IS minutes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

crochet hook make chain of eight
join, and iato the loop thus formed sin
gle crochet eight and 20 on around and
around until the rug is the desired size,
of course widening when necessary by
a single chain:in order to make the rug
lie fat From 20 to 22 rows make a
medium sized rug. Either cotton or
wooden may be used, Mix the eolors;
have a row of light and two rows OF
dark
A SMALL fiat top trunk can be
"A made into ,ohildPs make-belief
. - couch and hold the toys at the
same time Cover with cretonne or 9TH
er suitable material, padding the top.
Pad is made separate, so cover may be
washed when necessary. The dolls gen
orally lrecline on top and have few
small sofa pillows for their own use,
. n easy way of washing a heavy
"A comforter is TO pin it on the
clotheslue on nice, sunny day
and play the hose on it.. After wetting
go around the edges with soap on all
soiled places and rub with the hands;
rinse thoroughly on both sides, turning
the water on full force; let it dry on the
line without wringing, for in this way
the cotton is not pulled from the tufts
and when dry il is like new
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

RUG made by braiding all black
n stockings with a border made IRON
"A old neclsties is prettier than the or
dinary braided rug.
ROZEN eggs are sometimes un-
svoidable in winter and when
tha2ed out the yolks will have a
cooked appearance. Place the eggs in
water as hot as you can bear the hand
In it. Set on back of the stove where
it will keep warm for one hour and your
eggs will be good as new, providing
they are good eggs to start with.
SIMPLE and inexpensive way to
a renew silk is as follows: Add one
4 u tablespoon of gelatin to one quart
of hot water. When gelatin is dissolved
ami the water has cooled, dampen
wrong side OF silk with a sponge dipped
in the solution and while still moist, roll
tightly around curtain pole and let
stay until dry. The result will be very
satisfactory.
rWERE is a very simple and easy way
to make pretty and serviceable
- rugs: Cut your material into
strips varying from one-fourth of an
iuch TO one inch in width. according to
the texture of the material; sew these
strips together With large wooden
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

Nasging seems to be peculiarly fem
mine characteristic; there are a few
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-12-20

lettuali necessarie per tener from
tie a personaggi Sorti da 81 tremen-
do cozzo di forze di personalita
nel vecchio monde, non aveva af-
fatto esperienza. "
Poi dice che 10 stesso Wilson E.
ia incapace di sedere ALA Confe-
renza, non avendo alcuna coltura
politica e non sapendO nulla del
Europa, allo infuori di quanto
gil era state riferito da persone
inette da consiglieri che sapeva-
no memo di lui.
II libro ha prodotto una profOn-
da impressione in questa capitale.
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IL prOSSlnO CenSl-
mento dIAmerica

II quattordiceSimo censimentO
degli Stati Unit d'America sta
to decretato dial Congresso CO.
mincera ad essere effettuato il me-
Sc venture. Ogni dieci ami il cen-
Simento viene eseguito per dare
luogo al governo di pOtere compu.
tare esattamente la pOpolazione
degli Stati Unit, cosa che risulta
di motto giovamentO a tutti gil a
hitanti di questa Malone.
Naturalmente lie persone incari-
cate di girare per raccOgliere tut
te lie information che sono neces-
Sarie per il censimentO devono en-
trare in qualsiasi casa ed interro-
gare qualsiasi persona. Il neces-
saria un po' di pazienza da parte
del pubblico. insieme ad una certa
quantita di buona volonta
Ogni persona dovra rispondere
a lutte lie dOmande sulle schede di
censimentO riguardanti see la pro-
pria famiglia. II censimento vien
fatto per avere statistiche ed in-
formazioni riguardanti la popola-
zione lie risorse degli Stati Unit.
lie informazioni ricevute da spe-
ciali AGENT governativi, rimango-
no segrete non vengono in nes-
sun modo usate contro chi lie da
per ragi0ni qualsiasi eli impie-
gait governativi che rivelassero
qualcuna dele information sono
sottoposti a gravissime pene. ST
PREPARING adunque nostri letto-
ri ad aiutare come meglio possono
affinche agli impiegati governati-
Vi che Ii visiterannO sia reso facile
il disbrigo del lOro ufficio, Ri
spondano senza temere con CHA
rezza correttezza ad ogni DOMAIN
da nella scheda che vera ad essi
presentata Gil ufliciali governa-
tivi che 81 presenteranno a casa
vostra avranno carte di identified
zione che potrete richiedere in ca
SO di sospetto. Sc qualche impo-
store venisse scoperto dovere di
ognuno deferirlo allie autorita.
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Nena nostra Contea

Unit d America, ci ia sapere che
j minatori del DistrettO numero ?
hamo accettato l'ordine ufficiale
internazionale, riprendendO IL la
voro. Anche mel territorio nume-
ro g dell Indiana County la mag
gioranza del minatori unionisti
hamO ripreSO il lavOro come iii
conSueto, meutre altri vi faranno
ritorno quando prima | minatOri
ora Sono in aspettativa dele deci-
sioni del presidente Wilson, men
ire gil utficiah International vivo-
no fiducioi sui riSultato che ritor-
mere a tutto favore del ''operaio.