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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21
"~PUSSYFOOT" ABROAD.

DUSSYFOOT" JOHNSON, who is leading the American
! crusade to make England dry, is having a hard time
of it. He is jeered and hooted down at meetings and last
week was beaten-up and ridden about London on a plank
by a crowd OF students until rescued by the police.
"Pussyfoot," however, is a good sport. Sitting up
next day in his hospital cot, he told the British that he
enjoyed every moment of his plank ride and except for
his bruised optic, did not mind the experience in the least.
Johnson was sent to England by the anti-saloon lea
que to secure the passage of s~umptua1y dry laws-and
his coming is resented by the "~beerage" of Britain. Al
ready his nickname is being applied to the drys who in
a debate in Commons were styled "pussyfooters, ' and
the publicity he is receiving is the best aid to his cause.
Johnson won his title as "Pussyfoot" in Indian Ter
ritoly years ago, where his job was to hunt down boot
leggers and suppress the sale Of liquor to Indians. He
was pronounced a "darned nuisance" but proved most eff
ficient. He was absolutely fearless, was frequently shot
at, had three deputies killed at his side. Calm and DELHI
crate, he enjoyed a fight and was never whipped.He would
creep upon his quarry as a cat might, assume DISCUSSES, or
resort to any strategy to catch and land his victim.
The British vets had better keep an eye on PUSSY
foot" whose movements are quiet as those Of a cat in a
feather bed, but who always moves
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21
PLACING THE BLAME.

S II partisan newspapers, as part of the provincial
"A game to make political capital out of the peace treaty
are already blaming the president for its rejection, it is
well to review the facts to maintain a clear perspective
through the poison gas barage of partisanship that has en-
veloped the treaty since the first effort to draft it.
President Wilson brought back the preliminary draft
of the treaty and league of nations last February from
France. He took back with him objections raised by the
senate and succeeded in having the document amended to
meet the senateS expressed views.
Congress was called in special session in May and has
since played politics with the treaty. Amendments having
been rejected, the Lodge reservations which in the presi-
dents opinion would have nullified the treaty, were tackled
on and the cloture rule applied.
Both parties were split into two factions, Il of the
republican majority, and 5 of the democratic minority OPP
posing ratification of the treaty in any form. This. bat
talon of death" comprises all surviving members of the
little band of wilful senator's" who defeated by filibuster
the arming of Amrican merchant ships against U-boats
just prior to the declaration of war, and those who play
ed the German game throughout the war. A third repub-
lican faction, the mild reservationists' favored the treaty
with minor reservations.
On the final day, the mild reservationists joined the
Lodge adherents in refusing to permit any ratification
of the treaty even to be debated or considered or voted
upon except the one introduced by Lodge, which the presi-
dent had declared would nullify the treaty, and which
had been twice defeated. A motion by Pomerene, demo-
crat, to appoint a Cancellation committee to prepare a COM
promise, was defeated. The unamended treaty was like
wise defeated.
The mild reservationists" holding the balance of
power, lined up solidly with the Lodge reactionaries max
ing a solid republican majority against securing changes
in the Lodge program that would have insured the pas
sage of the treaty. It was the Lodge treaty or none. The
democrats mustered more than enough votes to kill the
Lodge "nulification'"---and the treaty was killed.
The democrats Numbered in Withholding compromise
offers until the final moment. The republicans Numbered
in spurning the compromise when it was offered. As for
Lodge, he has accomplished his purpose, for he long ago
said: "Every country can take care of itself and l have
never thought it was our duty to look after them"--and
his every effort has been to defeat the league of nations.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21
Ripping Rhymes.
****#* y $3.50 4
HIGH CREDIT

II you've kept your credit spotless,
III nia trail you in a bunch, but bad
luck is rendered swatless. evil fate has
lost its punch. For the helpful mer-
chant princes viii 10 answer you,
'sNay, nay." when you call to buy
some ounces or a lucious bale of nay.
You can buy all things you're nedine,
from a cookstove to q cheese, without
argument or pleading, without falling
on your knees; for the watchful mer-
chant princes have your record, writ
in black; and each n Of them evinces
confidence that you'll .cobe back. You
feel clipper as q colt Is when it eats
the first June hay; you can buy a flaf-
seed poultice, and when ready, you can
pay. If you wishto buy an anchor
or a house to call your own you can
20 and ask the banker for n little time
~ loan; and the banker will embrace
O and caress you DER and DER, ana
arount a block he'll chase yon. asking
you to borrow more, But II you are
slow and heeless in the paying OF your
bills. YOU will find your children feed
less when arrives the day Of ills. And
your wife, who proudly minces, III her
new and modish gown, will approach
the merchant princes and they'll snarl
ana turn her down.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21

me than if / had gone and ordered 1t
myself with your approval"
There is nothing in this world that
a woman so appreciates as the knowl-
edge that her husband is sometimes
thinking of her when he is. away from
her. 1t makes no difference II it is a
half pound of candy, a bunch of vio-
lets. a pair of silk stockings or kid
gloves, or a motor carl believe that
the glow thai SURROUNDS her heart
when he Unexpectedly brings anyone
of them to her is the same. Many times
during our first year of marriage John
showed me this thoughtfulness, and
each time it gave me new joy in the
thought that I was his wife-the wo-
man of whom he thought.
well. hurry up. Jump into the
car, sweetheart. We are late for our
luncheon he said.
We'll, we have a mighty good ex-
cuse."
John grihned down at me.
Kate" he said, IT never knew be-
fore how much fun it was to give a
real woman a present"
Have you been given them to coun-
terfeits?" / asked, as the picture of
Bessie and John in conversation over
her dinner ring rose in mind.
That's just what l have been do
ing" said John, rather grimly. But
l shan't do it any more, dear"
Again the horizon of my happiness
lost itself in a golden haze. Why should
l care if John had given twenty girls
twenty rings before he knew me? l
had forgotten every annoyance l had
in the world and was my usual happy
self as / left the car at the clubhouse
and went up che steps to the piazza
where our friends were awaiting us.
Good gracious, John" said his sis
ter, "do you mean to tell me that you
have bought that love of a a for
Kate? Why, it's the very car I have
been trying to persuade. Tom to buy
for me for the last month"
yes, this is my wedding present
to her"
isn't it wonderful" I asked, beam
ing.
mot n more wonderful than you
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21

are" answered his sister unexpectedly.
What have you been doing to your
self, or is it that extremely smart out
fit you're wearing?"
John turned and looked at me with
such ostentation and surprise that ev-
eryone laughed.
You don't mean to tell me- said
Alice, that you hadn't noticed that
perfectly new frock and how becom-
ing 1t was. before 2"
I'VE weren't Interested in frocks,
Alice" I said. what woman would
be when her husband had just made
her a gift like that carp"
IF a man would give me a car like
that" said Bessie Moreland. II would
MT care if he ever noticed me again,
not to mention my frockt"
My happiness was made superlative
by hearing John say. soto voce:
True for you. young woman"
Continued tomorrow
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21
GRAND CEREMONIES
MARK IMITATION OE
BIG CLASS Of ELkS

BY its sacred and time-honored rites
Applied last night to 125 new members,
1.-THE Salem lodge No. 336, B. p. o. E..
today has one of the biggest organiza-
Itions in the state. Mid a splendor OF
purple. music. play and song. the new
members were initiated at the armory
last night in Of the greatest So
eial functions aver held in the city.
Gathering in orderly file about seven
le'clock last night, the antlered herd
march up State street bathed in the
glow of purple light that famed from
the streets. Maritime march airs filled
down town sections Of the city as the
parade. several hundred srong, wendell
its way to the armory
Following the orders initiation cere-
money the new members, and the old
Luck5. made merry over a most elab-
orately spread festive board. An enter
ltainment followed this.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21
LOVE and MARRIED LIFE
bq the noted author
,Idah McGlOne Gibson


AS went QUIZ % 'ue '"' :
unobtrusively at Madame
windows. / saw the lace curtains flut-
ter and l knew that she had come to
1.-THE window Immediately upon the
"honk, honk'' Of the horn.
OF purse l would never tell this to
anyone but l was rather glad to know
that my affairs had Interested Madame
Gordon enough to keep her watching
at the window most of the morning
and as events turned out, 1 was the
victor. and she Witnessed my triumph
"oh, John, you dear!" / said, and |
known | shocked his mother by throw
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21
MAY Close Kansas City
Stores To Conserve Coal

Kansas City. Mo, Nov. 2i.-Two
hundred and fifty users Of light and
power were requested today TO close
factories and stores, or reduce opera
ton during peak hours TO conserve
the fast diminishing coal supply,
Many firms have agreed TO operate
only from S a. N to 4 .. N.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21
x X X X X. X X X X X X + \ 4
X 4
X LIBERTY BOND QUOTATIONS !
X i
X X \ X X X X X X X X n II X \
4 X X x X X X X X \ X X X X. =

New York. Nov. 21.-Liberty bond
quotations:
3 LIS 1000.0S; first As 94.3O; sec
ond As 1925: first 4 LAS 94.40; sec
ond 4 LAS 92,76; third 4 1-4's 94.34;
fourth 4 las $3.50; victory 8 3-4's
1928; 4 3-4's 1925.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21

Financial engineering is the latest
feature of engineering to be empha-
sized at Oregon Agricultural college.
Professor o. 6. Goldman is giving
such a course.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-21
A TRIP TO THE CLUB

1t did not seem more than a hat
hour before q most gorgeous little
coupe was driven up to the door by
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
growing interest, What degree of
nationality may the processes of

growing interest, What degree Of
nationality may the processes of a
subconscious center attain? Here
there is a product showing a men
tality Of very high order. 1t is
original, creative, possessing del
icate sense of beauty, a hardy ra-
tionality, and, above all, and per-
haps most surprising, a moral and
spiritual elevation. Patience Worth
easily meets most tests that, are
applied to the normal personal con-
sciousness. In conversation she dis
plays quickness of insight, readi-
ness Of repartee that enable her
to hold her own in the company of
the learned"
The story Of how Patience Worth
is supposed first to have communi-
Gated with Mrs. Curran is told by
Caspar S. Yost, editor of "The St.
Louis Globe-Democrat," in a book
called "Patience WORTH" Mrs.
Curran and Emily Grant Hutchings,
wife of the secretary of the Tower
Grove Park Board, were sitting over
the ouija board in July, 1918, when
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
nd'lrngg Mystery of the Ouija Board Reincarnation

about the child and expresses de-
sires as to what should be done
with her.
The ouija board, while the appar-
ent instrument for conveying the
communications of Patience, has
now become more a habit than a
necessity with Mrs. Curran, she
declares. Patience talks to her
without it, but she believes the
board helps her to concentrate and
to keep her mind sufficiently blank.
AS result of the recent Patience
Worth meetings held here, there has
been rush to the stores for ouija
boards. Toy manufacturers are
selling them at the rate of twenty
day. The department stores are
having an unusual demand for them.
The ouija board has the letters Of
the alphabet arranged on it in two
concentric arcs, with the ten numer-
ais below and "Yes" and mo" in
scribed on the upper corners. The
planchette, or pointer, is a thin,
heart-shaped piece of wood provided
with three legs upon which it moves
about on the board, its point indicat-
ing the letters of the words it is
spelling. Two persons are needed
to operate it. They hold the tips Of
the fingers lightly on the pointer
and wait. Perhaps it moves; per-
haps it does not. Its powers have
been attributed by some to super
natural influence; by others to SUBJ
consciousness. Scientists, for the
most part, treat it with disdain.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

never revised, but is presumed to be
the finished product as it comes. It
is no unusual thing for 1000 words
to be run off within the course Of an
hour and a half. Mrs. Curran SAYS
she regards the work of Patience
as a holy thing and treats it with
reverence.
II think it is ghastly to peddle
spiritual communion and play with
Gods angels for selfish reasons" she
says. "Since Patience visited ME
have come to believe there is some
grain of truth in what so-called
Spiritualists put forth, but for the
most part I believe it to be fake.
never did put any stock in Spiritual
ism, and have always been healthy,
wholesome-minded individual. Pa
tience has not made me morbid-and,
believe me, there are no spooks
around me-
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

Then they set to talking in whis
pers.
They got out at the Place de
lOpera. Helene walked a little be.
hind them. The young woman said:
"Come with me and select a veil
veil that will go with my rose
colored toque. Does that bore you?'
"Not at all. I am free until
o'clock"
ooh, then, you can go with me tc
the antiquity shop. 1t is becoming a
disease-ny rage for collecting little
vases of the Louis Philippe period"
He answered, placidly:
~ don't know anything uglie1
than they are. But if it amuses
you!"
Taking his companion by the arm,
he enveloped her with his affection
ate glances.
"Surely he was more afectionate
than amorous," said Helene to her
self.
Troubled, she recalled the intona-
tion of his voice, his look OF despera-
ton, when he used to say to her, in
the minutes when he was sincerely
tender:
What a curse it is that we do not
understand each other! Never shall
1 love another woman as l love you
And you, in spite of our Internal dis
agreements-could you ever love an
other man as you love me? All, il
you would only try not to take SC
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
<<T AM NOT brave woman, ~
says Mary Roberts Rine-
IA hart, the author of "Dan-

gerous Days" And the
next day she flew in the clouds
above California and came down to
explain her cowardice in this way
81 do lot of things l am afraid of
! largely because I am afraid. I hate
to feel that cannot do what other
people can."
1t should be stated that Danger
Gus Days. is a novel of married life
and not of Mrs. Rinehart's flying
experiences. This, her latest book
"a best seller-is being reproduced
in motion pictures for Eminent
Authors G Goldwyn. 1t is another
example of Mrs. Rinehart's cour-
age-that she dares enter the stu
dio and express herself there.
''It was not that I was afraid.
Not for a moment" said Mrs. Rine-
hart after her trip in the air.
II was curious, interested, just a
little bit inclined to patronize the
plodders down below along the
threadlike roads; but afraid, no,
eft is all so easy. Some highly
efficient person offers you a helmet
and a pair Of goggles-why don't
we use those helmets in our motor
cars?-and q leather coat, too, large
and not extremely becoming, to
wear over ones riding breeches,
and a photographer gets on sort
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

tragically every single word I say
and every single gesture I make!"
There had never been any balance
In their relations. Either they had
remained, face to face, hostile, each
ready to tear the others heart out,
or they were merely two lovers COM
pietely infatuated with each other.
No, certainly, the couple which she
saw ahead of her were not ardent
lovers. They were friends. The re-
lation between them was like that
which existed on her side, between
herself and the man who cherished
her.
eyes," she said, Glove, absolute
love, with its accompaniment of
fears, aggravated susceptibilities,
jealousies and torments-that is the
most violent dissolvent of happi-
ness"
fastening her steps and fleeing
from the sight Of the couple, who
now caused her an invincible annoy
ance, she thought again:
Perhaps it is less case Of bad
characters than of bad tempera-
ments. That man, who seemed to
me abominable-has he not made
another woman happy? And I, with
another--am / not also happy?"
She caught herself repeating it..
half aloud:
Am l not also happy"
Then, as if to chase away a
shadow, she said to herself:
'It is curious. Seeing him again
has not had the slightest effect on
me. Not the slightest"
But that evening she returned
home, having forgotten all her COM
missions-the pate, the haircloth
glove and everything else, even the
lip rouge.
She returned home, her head
heavy and her eyes red.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

bility of understanding each other
from which we suffered! How did
I escape going mad under that re
gime of continual evaporation, of
perpetual constraint? How could l
have endured so long a man so ex-
ternally excited; whose execrable
character would have enraged a
saint; who in two hours could find
ten puerile excuses for engaging in
recriminations? Heat oppressed
him, cold irritated him, the prone
naders who walked ahead Of him
annoyed him. In an auto it was an
other song. The roads were imprac-
ticable; the chauffeur didn't know
how to drive; the tires were surely
going to burst; the dust blinded him.
"Noise made him nervous; silence
mad him sad. And with all this q
morbid susceptibility to anything
which concerned himself-himself,
who never was troubled by the
thought Of giving pain to another,
even to one who was dear to him.
Always he had on the tip of his
tongue not only the rude word, which
is pardonable, but the cruel word
which rankles and poisons.
"And to say that l loved that in
tolerable being passionately, more
than l love my admirable companion
of to-day! And he loved me, too
OF that am certain. What woman
has he since made unhappy? have
never wanted any one to mention
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

his name to me. What has become
of him? Because Of a slight infirm-
ity he couldn't go to the front. He
must have travelled a good deal
His fortune permits it. Has he mar
ried, too? If so, hope that he has
found his master-some harpy. as
much of brawler as he is, able to
hold her own against him, to reply
to his excesses with worse insults,
to wound him in his self-love, to
humble his pride, bold enough to
confront him with all his faults"
Suddenly Helene grew rigid, her
eyes staring with astonishment. The
man of whom she had been think
ing, whom she had not seen for six
years, had entered the compart-
ment. A tall woman, little heavy,
but pretty and elegant, accompa-
MED him. He held her arm affection
ately and they both supported them
selves on the back of a seat, their
faces turned away from her.
Hell be stamping on the floor
in minute" she thought.
But no; Indifferent to the noise
and the pitching of the train, he
listened smilingly to the babbling
conversation of his companion. She
was teasing him.
you are furious, aren't you?"
she said.
He answered in a calm voice:
"Frightfully so."
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

parentage. All her knowledge of ma
terlal things seems to be drawn from
English association. She is familiar
with the trees, flowers, birds and
beasts Of England. There are also
indications of a knowledge Of New
England life. Yet she has never ad-
n'tted residing in England, or New
England, or anywhere. Her CONVEX
sation is strewn with wit and wis
dom, epigrams and maxims; poems
by the hundred, parallels and ale
gories, stories of q sen1i-dramatit
character and dramas. Most of he1
poetry Is iambc blank verse in lines
of irregular length"
On another occasion she explained
herself thus, according to Mr.. Yost
II be like to the wind, and yea, like
to it do blow me ever, yea, since
time. Do ye tether me unto to.
day blow me then unto tomorrow.
"Am I broken Tyre
Who at the masters touch
Respondent with tinkle and q
whirr?
Or am I strung in full
And at his touch give forth the full
chord?"
Mrs. Curran personally is an at
tractive woman of vivacious tenn
perament. She taught singing and
music before her marriage. Now a
great deal of her time is occupied
with the voluminous writings of
Patience. In the last six years she
has written 100000 words, in
cluding six novels. She dictates
rapidly while her husband takes
down the material in longhand. It Is
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
Mrs. John H. Curra OF ST. LOUIS ,U,o the ,corld
guessing 'c'f tier strange from Patience Worth
message is said to have come in
this form:

message is said to have come in
this form:
Many moons ago I lived. Again
I come. Patience Worth is nv
name. Wait! I would speak with
thee. If thou shalt live, then so
shall I. I make my bread by thy
hearth. Good friends, let us be
merrie. The time for work is past.
Let the tabbie browse and blink her
wisdom to the frelog. Good mother
wisdom is too harsh for thee and
thou shouldst love her only as a
foster mother"
When Mrs. Curran asked her
more about herself the following
words were quickly spelled out on
the ouija board: "About me thou
wouldst know much. Yesterday is
dead. Let thy mind rest as to the
past"
According to Mr.. Yost she never
refers to any event taking place In
the world now or that has taken
place In the past. Yet she was sup
posed to indite Armistice Day and
Red Cross poems during the last
two weeks.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
NALL, elegant, charming in
her morning costume, with a
confident step-the step Of

woman who knows that
she is we'll dressed-Helene turned
into the Place de rEtoile.
! For a second she halted, in doubt,
at the corner Of the Avenue Fried
land. Should she, going downtown,
take the metro or the tramway?
The metro would be faster. But
scarcely was she engulfed in the
hideous stairway when a mob of
outcoming travellers surrounded
her and pinned her fast against the
rail. The tassel of her sunshade got
tangled up with the umbrella of q
crusty old lady. Her hat was dis
arranged. A stout gentleman, who
apologized very courteously, stepped
on her foot. But nothing upset her
good humor. She smiled mildly at
men and things, her spirit calm, her
heart at peace. If the agonizing
thought Of the men who fought did
not torment her, she would be per-
fectly happy.
Installed presently in a compart-
ment of the train, she reflected.
II shall bring home pate. The
famous pate which I discovered the
other day. 1t will be served with a
vegetable salad. That is, if the cook
understood me. A vegetable salad.
To make sure, shall telephone her
from a postal station"
She reflected some more.
cam / going to be able to match
that fiowered muslin? Sapristi! Will
l forget again the bottle Of toilet
water, the haircloth glove and the
lip rouge?"
Ten things Of equal Importance
preoccupied her mind; and this sud-