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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-17
Cynthia Grey :
Tifc and Mother Sees Message to All American
Pare'lthood IN Sinclair Lc,cis MAN Street
BY CYNTHIA GREY

To-day brings to close the Main Street contest That 10
cery mach Of goes ,ithout saying and from
M handreds OF letters received quite that
everyone has read Main Street"
Announcement of the priSecinnino letters u appear in
hsse columns Monday. Following number Of letters:
Leaves Wash Tub 10
Write Of Main Street
Dear Miss Grey: I've left batch of the chdrens stock
ngs in the rinse and dried my hands the kitchen towel
come IN here and tell what message Main Street brings
tome.
Regardless of the trivial details the minor
sers gossip etc, etc. there is much deeper meaning
wall
FANis Carol Surely nothnp finesor true. womanly
about her. But since she has been accustomed wearing
fairly good clothes and doing very little actual work. magnes
herself much above the common herd" Neither motherhood
f bearing one child and that unwilngy, be called
motherhood) wifehcod anything her. for
since she secentered she not big enough TO grasp
the possibilities of either.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-17

Dr. VIII - not without his share
Of the blame. paronthuod was re.
mctantiy accepted. since he did not
wish To have children until he was
able TO take care OF them the way
ne had an idea they should he cared
for. showing the absolute lack OF
faith In the good God who made us
all.
Sanr you see II. or won't you see
n. good peopicy What IL 10 become
% our splendid American institutions
and traditions IL these shirkers OF
their Gcd-gtvcn duties 40 not have n
change Of heart,
A few more generations OF this
popular raised tyy'
tdea. which means only too often one
lonely and spoiled Individual. who
has been mentally and morally
dwarscd by having too much atsen.
ton and too much OF everything
that should have been divided among
several husky young Americans. and
there viii BE- no generations to come.
Truly--is rs TO laugh. were u not
% real and trngic.
This Is not all Of the message by
any means. but fear now have
exceeded the soo-wort limit
Dear Miss Gey: To criticlse a
hook does not mean 20 praise or CON
denim the characters. This seems to
be done by those who are crisicisinr
Main Street" They measure the
merits OF the book by how much they
like or dislike tho personalities
drawn In the writing.
The book Is well written In proper.
ton ~ II realistically portrays the
characters. situations. actions. etc.
which make up It's substance.
6c one can reasonably deny that.
1--WE may not like or admire Carol
.inennicotf. the author has presented
her TO US Ia her mental problems and
actions true to the nature and char
acter he has given hor. Nearly
every one agrees that all the other
character deffneafions are especially
well done. Not 10 like the char
actcrs In this book Is like saying you
do not Ike the villain In a play. be-
cause ne has acted his part well
think the author could have
livened up the story considerably by
writing IN some extremely radical
action done by Miles Bjornstam. In
stead Of letting him fade out en-
tireiy.
Because Main Street" Is a story
Of family and community life Of
everyday characters. the story.
necessarily. lacks the quick action
and iabored-after plot elements OF
the usual novel. II L. n genuine
pleasure 70 find book that can be
read without having to guip hard
In order TO swallow an unnatural
and far.fetched situation.
Yes. Main Street has accomplish
ed It's purpose. that Of naturally and
logically causing the characters to
live and act as their natures In the
given situations would cause them to
i've and act G. A. ID.
Roa
Dear Miss Grey. A few words
about Main Street" IL is very in
tsresting reading and think. In the
main. true to real life in the smaller
towns
Some Of the characters are little
overdrawn. but people will be found
IN almost every small town TO com.
pare with the leading parties named
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-17

in the story. The undersigned has
lived In ~ towns during the past "a
years. SIX In Nebraska. six In Ore.
gon. as pastor o. the Methodist Epis
copai church. In each Of those II
towns could be found characters sifni
lar to tho leading parties named IN
Main Street" Mrs. Bogart can be
found In nearly every town In a
modified form
Hypocrisy Is the sum total Of the
religion Of many people. How differ.
ent she treated the young school
teacher to the way tho Master treat
ed those whom he found In the grip
OF human weakness.
The world would be far better II
there were fewer people like Mrs
Bogars and were like the Master. lie
came to save sinners not 60 push
them farther down towards de-truc
ton.
think tho little school teacher this
real heroine OF tho story. canno,
help but believe her story about her
experience with that drunken youn.
man. what n victory she won BY
saving herself.
Mrs. kennicott was morally weak
and In q fair sample Of many women
Of the present day. ms shown by the
divorce courts and the destroyed
homes ,nruout our fair land They
are found In every small town a.
well m the great cities.
Human weakness - how fraii va
are, Mr.. Kennicott appears TO me
as a mighty superior husband The
way he treated the spooners when
he found them In his car and saw
them safely homo. To my mind he
was just sublime. and the way he
treated the fraii. erring wife-how
superior to the usual scenes Of the
kind KsnnIeott manifested more
Christian charity and spirit than any
other person named In the story. al
tho he did not profess to be Chris
tiar.
The young man Erik may be found
everywhere. The lesson should be.
tive those who are weak and ready
10 fan. ~. II. c.
Dear Miss Grey. have followed
Main Street" with 40 much inter.
est that think could find every
step OF Gopher Prairie In the dark
Tho author certainly knows a
small town 10 perfection. I followed
Carol when she first gave the town
the "oncc over" and know jus,
how she felt: get the same feeling
when even drive thru a dingy
town. However. think Carol Is
very shallow. and foolish In lots Of
ways. and good-naturcd. careless.
happy go-iucky Dr. Kennicott IN a
way I feel sorry for him. with his
laundering ways. II he had married
Vida Sherwin he would probably
have lived happily ever after.
There always n n Mrs. Bognrf with
her Righteousness. can Just see
her when shc told about Fern Mui.
lin. black gloves and all. It's her
kind and the kind anxious for news
that run the lively. innocent ones
TO the ground.
I can't say anything about the Red
Swede as my experience IL limited
to one town and they didn't happen
TO have anyone OF bis type that I
know Of. M. r.. X.
Dear Miss Grey: I have read nov.
els ! liked better than Main Street. .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-17

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-17

making n character out OF a charac.
terless woman
Bjornstam typifies hundreds Of
workingmen. as I know them, bitter
and cynical. with a contempt and
hatred OF capital engcndered by SUI
perficial reading. independent withai
and n man as far as conditions allow.
In DIR. Kennicott, Mother Bogart.
ct al, I see only small town people
attending TO their various businesses
OF healing, gossip. trade. etc.
There Is no fine description or
thought In the book. II takes you
nowhere, the characters" do nothing
in particular. II makes no appeal to
the finer feelings nor induces any
pleasant thinking.
One closes the book In disgust at
wasted time and disappointment,
with feeling OF resentment and
nausea at such literature"
Dear Miss Grey: I have never had
the chance to pose as n literary crit.
ic. so please be prepared to receive
an earful OF wisdom from n woman
who isn't very wise. but very much
woman. Yes, I have read Main
Street: that is, have tried to digest
its contents as matter of educa.
ton. Gopher Prairie rs described by
Sinclair Lewis is true to life--maybe
But what does it matter? Having
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1921-10-01
FATE FREQUENTARE Al VosTRI FIGLI LIE sCUoLE
SECONDARIE

La scuoa eemenare primo della discipline
della coura dell aunno lobevo quea scuola 10
Tutt natt che per quso periodic
d sruzione Iaunno ha dinanzi curriculum abbaanza
lungo cole stazion d d assoluta fermaa Ora
appunto quso curriculum che mo bsogno
d essere illuminate nell interesse fgI
perc6 alcune nfOrmazion sule deO
scuole americana della eemenare.
Dopo Public Schoos giovanni possono
scegIere gener di scuOe coe:
!. La Scuola accademica.-
2 La Scuola commerciale.
3 La Scuola tecnica.
Fate attenzone High Schools generico ci
datt High Schools accademice High Schools tecnhe
High Schools commercial LIE scuoe accadnche hanno
di cotura generate preparano gil ai per lscrzone ale
unversa d medicinal egge famaca ed nsegnamenO
LIE scuoe tecnche specialza per gil udi tecnic
disegno ornamentale, dsegno Cd
Department. special per pratico Shop
Wor Gil STUDENT d quee scuoe possono iscriversi all u
nversa ne corsi d ngegnera chmca sica architecture
Ore clio questo scuoe nsegnano ragazz mesteri
Studl all
sta.
commercial gil STUDENT agli studi
merca Faccamo notae gnitor che tall scuole avvano al
gado sperore dsrzone commercae mel quae primeggia
pofessione d Public Accountant cioe perto agionere pro-
fessone motto lucOsa America da confondersl
quea d Bookkeeper che cOrrspond sempcemente al
bile La professone d Public Accountant corrpOnde quel
la del ragonere dale scuoe SUPERIOR commercio
Aunfuor della tecnica solo ragazz
attire cuoe possono iscrivers anche R gnorne stru
zione Impartial identica per tutti.
Un avvertenza uissma queso periodic di risvego della
coonia dial opOre quea che rguarda nsegnamnto del
l'ItalianO nellie High Schools.
gentor del nostri STUDENT debbono compenetrars della
necessta che questo negnameno secondo ad ac al
perc6 nell scrvere lOro g ale High Schools dovrannO
scegere lie studio della ngua taiana preerenza d queo di
attire ngue ad esempo 10 spagnuOo il francese il tede
E. fenomeno d taan che scelgono queste
ngue nvee della oro nea falsa convnzone che essee tia
an basta dar orO la paente d della ngua del
la Oro madrepatria chi adduce scusante uita
della d queste ngue che sonO la nosta
ia che 10 pagnuolo pu6 dele attrative bu
dcretamente italiano sgnca factare
motto la dell alra ngua che all alana sora
QuanO al francesca al edeco lngue nvece che delalana
quando 81 pensi che nuOv rapport lItalia lAmerica
ciederanno la ngua bene da mO o.
stoo sacrfcare ambzoni ad aspiration
zzab della cocorrenza dell lelemento spagnuoo
sustrato gia esisente ed oppOrtunita faciante.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1921-10-01

cia e domande rcevono posti ga esisten ALA
Stazoni ordinare ed suzione disseminate
miItari degi Stati Unit
Sono accea nell giovanni abbano ga compute
diciotteSimo eta Prima d
tta nhiesta ua verdcita della dcharazo
nj che ara sui state personale, di famigia
COrO che leggere scrivere ngeSe
accea esercitO cOntnuera ruzione generate
mllltarl pu6 insegnare eggere agi anaabe
LOrario dele ore sempre mantenuto nellie abbr
che edesche, gil opera inendono aontanas pra
tca MOlt di essi nfa riusc coltivare nellie
bere pccol or che possono pres aftto
zOn dale comunita dale propretari d
dnOrn della citta nellie mniere d carbone seguito
all accordo Spa frono ntrodotte stardnare
presentemente 81 all orario Is ore
ha determinato riduzione nella produzione
G industrial sarebbe in massma favOrevoli dele
diec co6 ostacato otre che dali opposzone dele
ganzzaoni operate anche dale condon d assorbnento
prodot dal fao che drvarebbe aggravio all
situazone del disoccupati.
Tanto Austria che in Ungheria d ap-
plicate in ogni ndustria.
Cosi pure verfcas in Poonia. Quivi ed Austria
connuano ad ncremento del della
Unghera risulterebbe sazonareta nellie paghe mo-
netare
Nan eguamente diusa gornata d ore in Rumenia
ecceuate la Translvania In genere pu6 d che
quanta per cento degli opera avorano 10
In Danmarca lie class operate organizzae
catO ALA gornata d otto AMI la consderno del
riduzione saaro nellie misua ora
parre dali aprle per concordat scadu que
parre daa cessazone del concorda
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1921-10-01
I L'AMERICA vUoL soLDATI IN ECCELLENTI CoND1zIoNI
FIsICHE E MoRALI

II Dpartimento della Guerra ha aperto recluta-
per completare quadr mtar no raggigere la for
biancata d $50 mla uomni
Pei recutamepte stabilize stazoni spe
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1921-10-01

MAMMA desidera che tmpegh nello sabilmento di pa
pa. Cos eg dessera dali opporsi al nosro matrimono
Ma mia 10 poeta.
Tanto mego mio Poa scriver dele paesie per
came del nOstro lucdO da
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1921-10-01
UNA RIUNIONE DI INDUSTRIALI DI UONH
M INTEREssATI ALLo svILUPPo DEGII AFFAIR."

PITTSBURGH, PA-Ha avuto uogo mel William Penn Hotel
runione d Industrial di uomni d AFFAIR." per attare m
portanza della crs della dsoccupazone Hanno ance discus
sui ssemi da adoarsi per rodnameno dele file del
C'6 motto da sperare
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-16
Big Leaguers Are
Added to Portland
Club by Kleppe1

Portland, Or, Dec. 16.-Thomas
L. Turner, who has been scout OF
the Philadelphia Athletics, has
been signed as assistant manager
and scout for the Portland club OF
the Pacific coast league, according
to word received here from Presi-
dent w. H. Klepper. who is now in
New York. Turner has been
scout and advisor to Connie Mack
for the past four years, and for
merly was a player in the major
leagues.
Klepper In his message said he
believed Turner would be of great
assistance to the Portland club in
assisting in its training, and that
Turner would do scouting during
the season, "as we expect to de-
velop players along the line of the
major league clubs and will soon
build UP one of the strongest teams
Of the Pacific coast league
Klepper added that he had Sc
cured nine fast young major
league players, but could not name
them at present.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-16
Idle Capital Held
Responsible For
Farmers Plight

Washington, Dec. 16.-Failure
of present day financial and credit
systems to meet the needs of the
people is threatening the destruc-
tion of the fundamental American
industry - agriculture - Senator
Ladd of North Dakota declared to-
day in opening the conference call
ed by him to seek legislative re-
lief from the situation. Senator
Ladd described his proposed fed
eral loan bureau as one method of
relief, asserting that through it the
government would resume proper
function of issuing money and of
providing credit to all the people
on terms of equality.
Estimating that a loss to "all
industrial classes" during the last
few years of $4,000, 900, 900 dol
lars, with an equal loss in pur-
chasing power, had resulted from
deflated value of farm products,
he declared that this could be
traced to the "non-funetioning of
capital" held by a few great cor
porations.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-16
Cloverdale

Cloverdale, Or, Dec. 16.--Mrs
George Mason, who has been In
the hospital in Salem for several
weeks came home last week.
Mrs. F. A. Dood had relatives
from Salem visiting her Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Ethel Craig of Quinaby
station spent the weekend here
with Mrs. Arthur Kunke.
Mrs. F. A. Wood spent Mon
day at the home of Mrs. w. Jones
north of Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schifferer
spent Sunday in the Waldo hills
at the home of Mrs. Schifferer's
brother.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-16
By Leo T. Heatley.

New York, Dec. 16.-Girls, steI
up and meet Ralph Walker, hand
some and debonair, who claims tht
distinction of being the only col
lege senior in New York and parts
adjacent thereto who can boast ol
but one kiss. But confine your
greeting to an odd and very pro
per shake of his hand, unless you
wish to see him dash off in horror
Ralph, a divinity student, has
been elected president of the new
: ly organized Purity League of New
York university, body of seniors
which has pledged itself to a
bunch of indigo rules that would
make the Rev. Wilbur Crafts turn
green with envy. All members
have agreed to abide by the fol-
lowing:
Ito treat the so-called gentle
sex with great reverence.
2-To schef all forms of gamh-
ling.
$40 regard the imbibing Of
intoxicating liquors as danger
GUS vice to be curbed at all times.
40 regard profanity as the
unnecessary use of language.
5--To refrain from smoking.
The purity league will meet
twice a month during the remand
er of the college year and semi
annually thereafter. These there
after" meetings will be closely
watched by Congressman Volstead,
Lucy Page CASTOR and other advo-
Gates of better and purer world.
League members have decided
that man has been taking alto
gether too many liberties with his
Master, and they have decided to
set themselves us as impeccabie
examples of the Perfect Male.
singular. The decision to regard
gambling as a horrible vice was
reached after lengthy debate and
was finally Settled by spinning
put and take" top. Gambling. it
was decided, is demoralizing
vice, tending to undermine morals
and therefore requiring radical ac-
tion to stop it. Prohibition Of
liquor drinking came in the ma
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-16


stances which the other pluities
admitted were very extenuating.
1t seems that Mr.. Walker attend
ed party in which there were
kissing games, and he lost and
had to pay the forfeit and kiss a
young lady. But he proved to the
satisfaction of the league that no.
body got any fun out of it.
All members of the league main
tain that their knowledge of kiss
ing is entirely, not to say purely.
academic.
However, as some previous OBJ
server of human events remarked,
a kiss is kiss for a. that.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-16
College Boy Kissed
But Once Elected
Purity League Head

] tuFe of an afterthought, as it wai
at first believed wise to leave this
matter in the hands of the en-.
! forcement agents. Profanity comes
under a severe ban, not even "gosh
darn it" or "gee wiz" being per-
mitted for use as expletives OF
otherwise in the mouths of the
league members. The rule against
smoking will be rigidly enforced,
particularly with regard to nickel
cigars, as the rules hold smoking
to be immoral and a menace to the
welfare of the members and their
families, to say nothing of that
archfoe of nicotine DR.. Pease.
Walker might be thought an
ogre, because of his freedom from
osculatory contamination---uxvs,
one. All wrong. He is a big,
broad shouldered, handsome and
thoroughly likable. He was born
bachelor and retains that char
acteristic. He has patent leather
hair, a nose with that patrician
instep, cleft chin and big, red,
earnest, manly ear. 1t might be
suspected that girls have lodged
him in the matter Of kissing be-
cause of a resemblance to the
Smith Brothers. But he doesn't
wear beard. He has Wally Reid
backed up against the ropes vel
ling for more cold cream and
makeup when it comes to manly
pulchritude.
The other members Of the purity
league have signed the compre-
hensive pledge and, being of sound
mind and body, fully intend to
live up to their obligations. Hav-
ing demonstrated to the satisfac-
of all during their freshman years
that beyond the Alps lies Italy, the
seniors will set an example for a
bad, bad world of men.
Jack Weinheimer, former pres
ident, was fired from office when
he did not deny that he had been
kissed, that he smoked and--hor-
ror of horrors--that he had used
cuss words.
Walker, the new president, ad-
mitted with becoming modesty
that he had been kissed, but once
only, and then under circum-
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-16

Rabbi Joseph Saul Kornfeld,
of Columbus, Ohio, who has ac-
cepted President Harding's offer
to become Minister to Persia.
The rabbi was born in Austro-
Hungary nj 1875 and took up his
residence in Columbus in 1907.
He is prominent as an author on
Jewish history and bids fair to
honor his race and his country in
his new position.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-16
Italian Towns Burned.

Bolzano, Italy, Dec. 16.-(By
Associated Press. )-Fires which
have swept virtually the entire
valley of Sesto, the upper Adige
region have burned several vii
lages and rendered hundreds of
persons homeless. Soldiers have
helped to get the flames under con-
troll
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-16

Linn county's millage, based up
on total expenditure of $746, ,023
will be 21.3 this year, mills less
than last year.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
WOOD IS TO BE NAMED
PHILIPPINES GOVERNOR
Must First Get LeaUe From
University of Pennsylvania.
Special Despatch 10 THE New YoRK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Mashington, ID. c.. Aug. IL

Special Despatch 10 THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. g., Aug. IL
Gen. Leonard Wood viii be Governor
General OF the Philippine Islands. ON
cial announcement was made to-day that
ne will remain at Manila for a year,
provided he gets leave of absence from
the University OF Pennsylvania. which
he had agreed to serve as provost be-
fore leaving for his Philippine mission.
Gen. Woods expression OF willingness
to serve as Governor-General was con-
tained In the preliminary report which
he submitted some time ago to the War
Department concerning his mission. His
decision suggests the Importance OF the
recommendations he has made. His re-
port it is understood, vetoes the idea
OF independence for the Islands within
the immediate future. 1t also includes
confidential information concerning the
strategic military situation in the Far
East with the part which the Philippines
would play in the programme which this
Government will be compelled to under
take in the event of the failure OF the
approaching conference on the limita-
ton of armaments to reach satisfac-
tory understanding concerning the Far
Eastern problem.
Legislation that will enable Gen.
Wood to become Governor-General OF
the Philippines without losing his active
status In the army was introduced to-
day by Senator Wadsworth On. Y). at
the request OF Secretary Of War Weeks.
The New York herald., 1921-08-12
TYPOS AGAIN TO MEET
AMERICAN PUBLISHERS
International Union Orders
Negotiations Reopened.

QUEBEC, Que, Aug. 1.-THE executive
committee Of the International Typo
graphical Union to-day received power
to reopen negotiations with the Ameri-
can Publishers Association relstive to
the contract governing wages and hours
of work and to draft a tentative agree
ment to be submitted to the rank and
file of the union.
1t also was decided to begin 4 propa-
ganda campaign among all labor unions
in favor of a general boycott in the
United States and Canada of production
of firms that have not recognized the
forty-four hour week demands of the
union and which were running open
shops Atlantic City was chosen for
next years convention city.
President MCFARLAND. in discussing the
forty-four hour week question. told the
delegates that the fight was not so much
for ,the shorter week as 1t was for abo-
lition of the open shop. He declared
sAome publishers were willing to meet the
terms of the Union, but that they insist
ed that their agreements be kept secret.
While 5000 men are jobless over the
question he asserted 10000 are working
under the forty-four hour week agree
ment.
President Mcfarland scored members
who fought a 10 per cent. increase In
assessments. declaring the Union was
financially unable to carry on an ex-
tended campaign. and declared that
should thousand men strike in New
York 1t would mean payment OF $4,000
d month in strike pay.
LONDON, Aug. 11.-London printers
to-day voted overwhelmingly against ac-
ceptance of the proposed reduction OF
10 shillings a week in their wages.