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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

head fun OF bright ideas about the
new scheme.
He waited fully fifteen minutes aft
er he heard the sound OF The automo.
bl'e takns Miss Salisbury TO the sta
lion: then slipping through The hedge
hat separated his own home from
has uesghhoy's Big yard, he crep, UP
toward The house.
just how 10 get mo the LouSa was
someth.ns Ted nadn ,uougn, aUoul.
N his pans ne uad always nlagHed
ihe door wide op,a Gu th.s duul
was locked usM shut aua, u ,he tru n
must be to.d. dada su-N t"e lvas, IN
Iung.
~ ny she didn't cave II Npen toi
me, n. sa.U 10 usu.se,t, H0N isa
.aIi fanny, Alsd / AauN saeu aht
10 nave uie cone .n---,A, a.Ndys ducs
o less a "a, l,ua1 ..t...c Il open sA,
'.esl nave iuts ., ---,tnU siea os su.rl
,r haas Say wa n..Uu ia u4v.4a
s...ss J..=, Il sa,t Ua u s.4ss--
.-AAe ,.,ea ossH -. ...."
NJ" Lou M.,sn o oud ooy as lou
,!s ,",Ah.ns o5 noM p~.Jd4s ne was
~. cn,,. -, az uc,vG .A.d - >.,l oat-
.u,-,, uI ~~S" o~a,uu as ears or
.4s,s LAe t"t~ DIj .ols oi ioiks
,,J.- uN~ - 70 suAe oI tLe tn.ass
s-->s tSd..y have 40 ~ anu suii
~ >AvI4i s4.d 81 tety u.ue aIsei an.
....d ~ Is surr lnu Ieu uetrr neNeI
.a5N II "a lae VIDE UU..U vNCt tnUGsat
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4Ac tTo4J.s MAS ,a..s a. d..I ,nJGsd a.
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.a4u nc nAId s,-."~a .tbOdl Il Mith
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duusat lie VueL, - 10 49, N~.y a."s'e
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- ne GIunv .u.O tn- ,.ouss Just taa,
-,.>y aI4 tOOh pOs-CsstO". SOuIenoh
tue Us iVus n,,iis sreat~d !eaftuity
-eH-sUnIe a-.u leu u-~..~4 ,4di ae
=, uu.u ct, D.th q, u..,p ,as,t.d .;
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- AJ..e every HIJIa.us. ne supped
Jtu sAe oI-N dOur. ."A-.n "os easy
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Ve.A ,nrousn tAG "s4se 10 eel E,s
D.o,Aer.
'louye got into Miss sJlsbury's
huu-e!' exclaimed der 10 utter
wAvn Ted whispered the
4ntltaUon, "khy Tea. Gla.alu! Don't
you know you'iI get Put in JAN if you
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04
II Junior Cook

CABBAGE AND CARROT SALAD
Wash ! head of lettuce, wrap in a
cloth and put by the Ne at least =
hours before meal lime.
Cook six carrots. scrap, cut in long
strips and Il in cold place.
Select small head OF cabbage,
wash '". cut very thin slices cross
ways BE careful 10 keep slices to-
ger u possible as the wnole slice
across makes such a pretty salad,
fut the slices of cabbage in a pan
OF cold water to freshen
At meal time, drain the water off
the cabbage and arrange the slices
one on each individual plate. II the
slices OF cabbage break up, as often
happens, arrange neat, low piles OF
he shredded cabbage
On top OF the cabbage arrange the
strips OF carrot rldiating out from the
center Ike petals OF aower
In The very ccnIer put spoonful
of n1ayonna!se, either cooked or fresh
viii be Sood.
Serve al once The beauty of Il
summer salad makes the meal so ap-
pe'!zins lhat /; pays TO take the trou-
Ole 10 make salads very pretty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04
DID YOU KNOW {?

7ZHHY have al. he pictures and
Nstatues OF saints those fuany
w rings around their heads7" a-As1
Jack. returning from au ar; cxstDH
one day.
Those funny rings are called
halos," explained mother. "snd 'hej
have come 10 be ASSOCIATED WIN
saints. much as a crown Is tho4g1i or
in connection with king In 7fdtn
times ihs statues OF the Roman dla..-.
were decorated Hitb q c.r1.-t Of <fsrs
about the head. Tue n0nan Emyeror-
who considered them eNs. no" eaDgi
Of tine gods adopted the -a1is form Of
decoration. In The early dess of Chfis-
tisniiy, ell such form Vf decoration
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04
E55zRR7E77Eox tie 4OUNG~ ~pEOPLE[ - -

they were in their own play house in
the back yard, never suspected they
were doing anything they shouldn't
and they were not discovered, Each
day and each hour the three became
more and more careless till Dick, as
he climbed the step ladder for a GER
tain jar Of jam he thought he wanted,
stopped a-top TO sing song about a
bold, bad pirate and-fell headlong
TO the pantry floor!
Now 1t was one thing to plan to
keep house all by yourself and its
quite another to give your head a
terrible smash and have no mother
near TO look after the bump Dick
was no baby but that was a bad fall
and anybody, s"en a grown-up man.
would nave wanted help, Ted shout
ed for his mother and Madge
screamed at the top of her lungs and
not one OF the three OF them thought
a thing about where they were.
Mrs. Graham heard the noise and
following the sounds of distress. she
came running straight to the pantry
where Dick lay still and bleeding on
the floor.
II she guessed what caused the
trouble she didn't say so. She took
Dick home and made him comfort
able. But chat afternon, when the
bump was better and Dick was feeling
himself again she brought her mend
ing basket out on the porch beside
him and said, Now Dick. tell me all
about it." And Dick told. He told
everything and he took all the blame
like the little gentleman he really
truly was. Then, when he had an-
ished, he said, Now mother, what
can | do about it?"
Mrs. Graham thought quietly a few
minutes, then she replied. You will
be well in day or two, Dick. no
you think that II | went over with
you. you could clean up the pantry
and polish the stair rail and make
everything look exactly as ii did when
you went there? 1t would be lots OF
hard work"
DICK thought he could.
And then, you know you have sew
Nral promises to cut grass" continued
his mother. III YOU take that money.
and Ted takes the money from his
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

hun as foreign enemy. Thus, all
unknowing. Oedlpus had made true
the word OF the prophet. spoken be-
Tore his birth. But he did not realize
that he mad slain his father. the King
OF Ihebes, Great was hls surprise,
therefore, to learn that the King OF
Thebes was dead ana that tho crown
OF that kingdom was offered to any
man who could answer the riddle OF
the sphinx.
The SPHINX was strange monster
with the face of woman, and the
body and claws OF lioness. She
crouched on a hill near Thebea wait
ing to pouuce upon and kill all tho
men who should pass by, because mono
OF them could answer her riddle.
When Oedipus heard OF the harm this
creature was doing to men he deter
mined to rid the country of the
Sphinx. so he went boldly I'd to tho
monster and said: TELL mo your
riddle"
Ihen spoke the Sphinx: There il
wohdrous creature and its like ia not
iound on eartn, ia air or in the water.
Al hrst 1t goes on four legs, then Il
goes on two legs and in the END Il
goes on three legs. What is III"
1T is Mani" erred Oedipus. And in
truta! In infancy man crawls on all
tours. then he walks on two legs and
IN Old age he leans on stick as a
sort OF third leg. When the riddle
was guessed the Sphinx cast herself
oyer the side of the hill and was
crushed to pieces on the rocks below.
Great was the rejoicing of the people
OF Thebes as they welcomed oedipus
ana crowned him as their king.
One day Oedipus discovered that he
was really the son of the man he had
Killed. The Sunshine went out of hia
llfe and he was haunted by the awful.
ness Of the crime he had committed.
lie gavo up his throne and wandered
blindly about the country, clothed I'm
beggarly rags. Nothing could console
him nor protect him from the prickins
OF his conscience. But his last daya
were made enslcr by the kind care of
his loving daughter who never forsook
him. but accompanied him wherever
he journeyed and comforted him and
helped him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

When first comes rain and then the
wind.
Topsail sheets and hslyayds mind;
Make all aloft both snug and fast.
In trim to meet the coming blast.
Mackerel skies and mares tails
Make tall ships carry low sails.
II early morning sci in siormiug
'Tis apt to storm all day;
But storm al night for lack OF ligh;
Is apt to lose tts way.
a rainbow in the morning is the sad-
ors' warning.
4 rainbow al night, is the sailors
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

ureh's mother as she ladled the
whipped cream over the BAKED pp,cs
and passed them around the table.
seems a shame to shut up that lovsH
mouse for three whole months. Dick.
you must remember 10 Keep a Wa ch
out and Il you see anyone around thc
place tell me, I promised h + ia
help keep an eye on things for he, :"
Blu, Ted put his think.re cap on and
made plan. Such a beautiful house,
Such cupboard full Of lam ,Aadnp
he been there and Z asted ihyra,W
on many occasionS?l Could or. Rrd
a more ideal plaeS TO so 70 aons.-.
keeping 81, 81 big ward Nrh
plenty Of bushes % upke ,rsrac, and
a Ions hall with beauiifuIy shining
floors for sliding
In t~@ tw.nkliIg Of an eve his a.onv
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

Al-kINS on suits Is taVorlte
Il outdoor amusement for boys.
To an observer il appears
wv rather a dangerous kind OF
spert but II IS not 50; because with
little practice walking on stllts be-
comes extremely easy.
Shepherds in the South OF France
whose land lies In the desert region
use them with perfect freedom am
great rapidly: constant habit enables
them TO preserve their balancs 30 well
that they run. jump. stoop and dance
with tiN greatest ease and security.
They are by their stills enabled TO see
their hocks at a much greater dis
tance, over a perfectly fiaf country.
their feet being protected from water
6Nr4nR the winter and the heated
sasds in summer
Another form Of stilt used By shep-
herds, not shown in the drawing. is
the short silt having the pole cut of
below the knee and strapped to the
LEG. with this style OF stiit they use
a long ssaff. which they carry In their
nands: this guards them Against an
aeoldeAtal trip. and forms a third leg
when 1ex wish TO rest This form
OF stils 4 eften used without the pole
hy the I'll man IN the circus or on
the etana6 toU ,sdyeftsFipS purposes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

was carefully syoited, ,or in no way
Nas the pagan art 10 be confused
Or Associated win that vi the new
church. One day however. someone
conceived tHe .Gea oi putting broad
circular brass plates around the ncads
of statues which were placed out OF
doors and subject TO the seasonal
storms and H!njs. - i...,e es7' ~
ne o-ig'.'.: r"g-,.. iur these brass
t'g.-. was apparently Overlooaed. for
,tsfs - placed indoors we're SIN, larry
adOi .eG. SO ii vas that when piciures
Of these statues OF the SAINTS were
painfed he brdss plate or haio became
q permanent form Of decoration, that
mas lasted until ihis iey though few
can explain or teil the reason Why"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

were made. He wouldn't say word to
anybody until the house was his.
Then he would take Dick 10 the place
and tell him of the wonderful fun.
1t would be hard 10 say Just why
Ted didn't tell his mother and ask
Miss Salisbury for The keys He was
so sure his plan was q good one and
vet something seem d at the same
time, TO tell him that grown folks
wouldn't uuderStand-grovn folks are
queer sometimes. you know: at least
that is what some folks th'nk.
So he went to bed w,thou' saving a
word 20 a soul about h.s plan: ne
dreamed all night of he fun fhev
would have and he wakened sar'v HI.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04
DICKS HOUSEKEEPING

WISH had q house OF my ownl"
exclaimed Dick. as for the sixtieth
time (more or less), his mother
reminded him to tidy his shoes be-
ioro walking on the fine rugs. "You
just ought to see how Ia do, ia
never keep a thing clean and I'd never
nave anything to eat except what
folks WANTED to eat and"
Whether It was good for 'em or
notf" questioned Ted, Dicks younger
brother, breathleSsly. Ted had a great
admiration for his bigger brother and
he thought no one could plan such
brave deeds or thinks up such won.
oerful plans.
WHISTLER II was good for them or
not" repeated Dick firmly. ITS ali
foolishness about carrots ana oat.
meal. When you live in my house Won
don't have to eat such things Ted
You can have craekerjack and lam
every meal"
"Well, wish you would hurry IN
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

dhu II was Tuna great deal of fun
10 so mo ;Aa lovely Dig Jam closet
dnd sh't al ali the luscious looking
Jars and glasses and Try TO decide
Which. on- ~ open. The boys had a
'e@s thai Gay and went home making
'Neser plans ;or more fun they we're 10
nave. II" next day baby sister Madge
followed them though The hedge and
% ths back porch OF Miss Sa,sbury's
house before tAey saw her.
"You 80 baeK home, Sissy" said
D:ck nrmiy I'm just Il seeing If ev-
cry hing Is ali right here"
"Aw let her stay" saId generous
titi'e Ted,' she Won't ttll and She loves
jam ZOO So Mddge stayed and had
d part OF the feast.
For three days the children spent
most of their play time in the big
house. Their busy mother. thinking
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

penny. That's the reason he had no
new football that fall as he had
planned.
Dick is now a big boy in high
school. but II anybody talks about
keeping house or doing things with
out their mother. he tells this story
it's n true one.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

delight.
A blow afternoon will pass away
soon.
4 blow after night is apt 10 be slight
When wind comes before rain
Soon you will make sail again.
with an easterly wind and a sunset
clear
That nights weather you need not
fear,
"Of course these simple rules may
not always be right. but the sailor boy
who follows them is apt to come safely
into port"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

and get your houese, Dick" cried Ted
and Dick laughed good naturedly-he
was old enough 10 know that such
talk was mere talk and he didn't give
another thought to what he had said.
But TED took it all very seriously.
II Dick could have things so very
nice and comfortable, food folks liked
and no shoes to clean or chores to do.
what pity not to begin that charm
ing existence at cncei
And that very night at the dinner
table the idea. big and full grown in
9 minute. popped into little Teds
head.
"Mis Salisbury Is going away to-
morrow morning" remarked the chill
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

steps can be raised aiiei ,ne operator
learns 10 walk 81 the lower distance.
The pole is held under The arm and
for this reason It viii be we'll 70 round
The corners.
TO walk with The s.ilts Sand on
step or boz about he hs.Eat of the
stiIt steps. place the poles Undpr the
arms and your feet on the st.l steps
and you are ready for your Grsi lee.
erft
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04
Me RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

the woods to die and returned to tho
court telling the king that he had left
the baby dead. The fates looked kind
ly upon the child, and a woodsman
passing by picked up the infant. not
knowing Of his royal birth, and took
him to Corinth, where the child grew
up in ignorance OF his origin. One
day in the service of the King OF
Corinth Oedipus. for that was the
youths name. met the King OF Thebes
not knowing who he was--and slew
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

Howeva--, ~ balance Oh sliiis from
three 70 six feet from the ground re-
quireS considerable practice and is a
lit-ih too difficult for the beginner.
For making the sriits al me nfor-
maiion necessary VIII be found on the
drawing. In selecting material for
the poles be sure there are no Knots in
them. a knoty pole might break.
causing a serious accident.
Holes arc bored in The po'cs 81 The
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

bank. think you will just about have
enough to pay Miss Salisbury for the
jan sou ate or opened, What about
lt?"
Wen do II, that's fair" promised
Dick, And he did, When he had
earn the money. he wrote a letter
70 Miss Salisbury and sent Il, every
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04
PUZZLE CORNER

SUMMER FUN SQUARES

SUMMER Fun SQUARES
%
Atv FIRST We do at the sedshore
Ny second IS wet sport
Ay uaird IS a thought
Ay .ourth gives Us strength
t2)
Ny first we do in the country
My second IS enclosed space
My third is given for lttle whle
Aly touF,h is d G!rls udme
go
Ny first We do IN vacation time
Ally second is good TO tramp along
My third is d girls name
My fourth is q cycIs OF time
\ SUMMER ADAGE
III w--rk md n ply NIX --S
J--ck - d--ll by.
ENIGMA
am composed Of u letters.
My I2-l-f are d girls name
ny 3-7-2-y form an outer covering
ny ll-5-S-5 form an hero
Ny 10 IS vowel
Ny whole Is a time all boys anu girl,
nave
ANSWERS
s'>@@ER <j& AlAABFS
6 WI " W Tx PLiY
" A DE- AK ga Ian
I DEA LINT An Ma
N Eat KAT TT 4 A II
SUWNER ADiGE-~AT I iCOfk ami no
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04
VAIN BETTY BELL

Her playmates glances were expressive,
OF how they thought her style excessive.
To go a-picnicing-lor laces
And silks aren't made for picnic places.
So when into the woods they went.
What anguished hours poor Betty
spent
Her laees caught in branch and
bramble.
In pinchng shoes she couldn't ramblel
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

A picnic one bright sunny day
Made Betty's heart both light and gay
1t was moi for the social side.
But that she could display her pridel
Dear little girl, do not forget.
Fine feathers often cause much fret,
And tears that come of Vanity
Are never looked on pityinslyI
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04
lll

The others laughed to sec her plight.
They knew twas vanity and right
Good punishment, for Beity's airs
To find her froek in spots and tears.
"AlasI" said Betty. Now see,
"FIow sad thing is Vanilyl
To Mother now Ill give good heed.
ance:
No pleasure comes Of disobedicneel"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

90 ONG ago. in the days OF ancient
Greece, the future was foretold
b by wisemen at the court of the
LIN king. Once certain king of
4"eOes was told by a prophet that he
was doomed to be killed by his own
son. The king was troubled over this
announcement, so when a baby boy
was born to him he ordered that the
child be slain. The hunter whose task
it was to kill the infant felt so sorry
for the pretty boy that he left him in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

And We ry sad 1t is to tell,
Except It points moral clear
That some might take to heart. my
dearl
For Betty gave her parents pain.
To think their child should be so vain |
Quite early in her lfe began her
Sad putting on Of airs and manner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04
tiF+t..!-eI4es'rh

fyl cur 'he la's o' e The,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

ALKING on stilts Is a favorite
outdoor amusement for boys.
To an observer il appears
rather a dangerous kind OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-04

HUW " LH HUdHL--f NVft' uHH 10
play makes lack dHH tOB
ENiGHA-EUd, Coat, NHL I. Ike.
Tac1tloH TiMs,
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Salad Bowls

Need a Salad Bowl for the %.
ThanksgI giving table? Here are ECS
some in fancy tint and decoration for
only 29c Others at SOC.
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER p, 1921.

conference. Major General Tanaka is in
Washington, 1t is believed, merely as an
Onlooker representing the interests of the
Japanese general staff, of which he is one
of the most powerful members. OF the
Japanese in Washington he is consid-
cred the most militaristic, a soldier of
the Prussian school. He is one of the
rising powers in the military element of
Japan and is now chief Of the second, or
information, bureau of the general staff,
a post of great influence.
Major General Tanaka is not to be
confused with his superior of the same
name, General Banor Giichi Tanaka,
former minister of war 1t is an I'M
usual coincidence that in the navy there
should be two Katos IN such prominence
in connection with the conference and
I'm the army two Tanakas who are now
much in the public eye. Kato and
Tanaka are the japanese surnames cor
responding to Smith and Jones. Cen.
Baron Tanaka retired from the post
Of minister of war last spring because
of poor health and was generally con-
sidered shelved. He has. however, re-
covered with remarkable rapidity, and 1t
is now understood that he viii shortly
become chief of the general staff. a po-
sition of even greater influence than min
lister Of war. He is now the actual
leader of the ChOshu clan, which con-
trolls the army and which still pays al
legiance to the leader Of the elder states
mon. Prince Yamagata, who. however, has
delegated most Of his authority to Gen
eral Tanaka- The Junior Tanaka comes
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sion is not so easy to define. It IS
hardly fair TO say his appointment Is
u bit Of window dressing, although GER
talnly he does represent an element
among the Japanese nobility whose
liberalism IS greater than their influence.
Educated at Cambridge. Prince Togu-
gawa has much of the mir Of the Eng
lish gentleman, and when he speaks
English Il is with the accent Of his alma
mater The Tokugawa family ruled ia
pan with absolute power from the time
Of Iyeyasu, the greater founder OF the
dynasty. at the beginning Of the seven
tenth century, down to half century
ago. The heir to this great position,
the present Prince Tokugawa. is a man
Of greater ability and stronger character
than most of the later Shoguns. who
were somewhat faineant IN the last dec
AIDES, and could have caused much trou-
BILE IN Japan had he not Loyalty ac-
cepted the new order. which involved
complete negation Of his ancestors glo-
ries. He was content, however, with the
emptiest Of all honors-the presidency
Of the House OF Peers, with something
Of the functions nj tho Vice President
of the United States as presiding OF
fcer Of the Sennte-in place OF the IN
limited power Of the Shotgun. From
active politics he hold aloof. content to
serve impartially IN the place allotted
10 him SO little was he considered
a possibility for tho assignment to the
Washington conference that the an
nouncement of his appointment was re-
ceived with universal surprise.
There remains a sixth member Of tho
japanese delegation to be noticed, Ma
for General Tanaka, the chief military
adviser It Is noteworthy that among
the chief delegates the army Is not rep
resented and It Is understood on good
authority that tho instructions to tho
delegates explicitly state that no de-
cisions affecting the strength Of land
forces shall be taken without reference
back 70 Toxic, presumably to the gon-
eral star.