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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

never failing source OF her inspiration.
Patiently she sought its treasures.
found them, and gave them to the
world. Hers was a love for humanity
that gave all and asked nothing in re-
turn. She has received without mea-
sure the love and gratitude of count
less thousands, whose lives she ordered
out Of chaos, to whom she brought the
healing and saving Christ and who
through her precept and example are
learning how 1t is that the meek shall
inherit the earth"
Mrs Eddy's writings are remarkable
in their exposition and comprehension
of theology, science, medicine. law, the
arts, music, astronomy. mathematics,
The spiritual leaven in her thought
cast out limitations and quickened her
human intellect to higher and clearer
views and understanding. Her wis
dom was indeed profu7d, for it trans
cended books and human knowledge.
She Illustrated the truth of what she
wrote in Science and Health (p. 12S):
"A knowledge OF the Science of being
developes the latent abilities and pos
sibilities of man." Mrs. Eddy receiv-
ed instruction from God and her life
measurably prefigured that day when
they shall "all be taught Of God"
Her experience was preparatory
school which she did not fail to i'm
prove. She suffered long and was
kind. She was patient beyond belief.
She knew as few have known how to
wait on God. She was ever grateful
for the discipline of patience, but when
the time for action had fully come, she
waited not upon the order of action.
Her Initiative never failed, but she pre-
dicated every move upon divine orders.
Thus said the Lord" was her call to
action and she changed her mind only
when God changed it. Such charac-
ters have been the truly great of his
tory. They have not been responsive
TO evils arguments, nor found leading
a vicious cause. Mrs. Eddy's life was
the exemplification OF her own words:
Rich hope have / in him who says in
his heart
will listen for Thy voice,
Lest my footsteps stray;
will follow and rejoice,
All the rugged way"
(My. p. 20l.)
C0NyEn
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
GREED WORSE THAN POVERTY
Former Always Fruitful OF Evil, While
the Latter Is often Incentive
to Thrift.

The fear of poverty is not in itself
a bad thing, writes DR.. Charles Au-
brey Eaton in Leslie's. It may become
the mother of thrift 1t acts as a spur
to endeavor, and some men, like some
horses, do their best under the spur
Poverty is not always an unmixed
evil. In fact, it is and has been looked
upon as one of the distinctly Christian
virtues, although there seems to be
rather a feeble desire to practice this
particular grace.
Greed, on the other hand, Is always
bad. It is plainly the outcropping Of
the hog in human nature. 1t is the
fear of poverty run amuck. 1t is IL
lustrated by the drunkard who often
had too much but never got enough.
Greed is at the bottom Of most Of our
troubles today and has been equally
fruitful of evil inevery age and among
every class. Sc can never come 10
permanent social peace While the fear
of poverty emhitters one-half the peo-
ple and greed drives the other half to
self-destruction Nor will it get Us
anywhere to infect the whole popula-
ton with the greed germ and turn So
ciety into a glorified trough.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Cured BY Gold Infections.

The very latest postwar discovery
Is the curing Of certain ailments by
means of injections of diluted gold.
This very expensive method Of restor-
Ing lost health was discovered by a
French doctor. who has completely
cured a wealthy Partisan Of complaint
similar to shell-shock. Although gold
is very scarce at present, limited
supply is available for medicinal pur-
poses. The price for one injection Of
good quality gold sometimes reaches
the fifty-pound mark, while in one or
two exceptional cases gold injections
have cost over hundred pounds each.
Consequently, only very rich persons
can at present undergo this gold
treatment, which has been successful
In rescuing several cases Of complete
nervous breakdown. 1t should be re-
membered, however that the gold It.
self is Of no great value as tonic.
The idea in making the injections Is
to liven up the patient and prevent
him or her from brooding too serious
". This done, doctors believe that
half the battle is won. Strange to
say, the injections are not made
through the usual type Of syringe, but
generally through conicai-shaped
tube Of pure platinum costing oves
twelve hundred dollaN
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
LOOKED AS IF He KNEW
Good Reason Why Soldiers Urged
Lieutenant to Take Military Po-
Iiceman's Word for 1t.

A colored detachment under a white
lieutenant was making its way through
the shattered territory near Dun-sur-
Meuse during the thick Of the Argonne
drive. At a crossroads it encountered
e traffic directing NJ. P. who halted
the column.
Sorry, sir" he said to the officer In
charge. You arc not allowed up that
road. We have information that it ia
about to be shelled by the enemy"
The officer carefully examined his
orders. MY instructions read differ.
entity" he declared. II cannot be
lieve that this is the road to bs
sheiled. Have you any verifcation?"
At this moment q shell burst within
hundred yards, tearing up the earth
and sending debris flying in every di,
rection. The entire landscape was Oh
liberated, and dead silence, broken
only by the crash of falling stones, en-
sued, Then, out of q cloud Of set
Ting dust. arose one faint, terrified
voice:
70 Gawd's sake lootenant please
take de gemmun's word TO- it!''-xss
Home Sector.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
ANCIENT RACES PLAYED BALL
Tossing the Sphere Is supposed to
Have Had Deep Symbolic Mean.
Ing Centuries Aao.

Although 1t Is proven fact that
the game now designated baseball 10
OF modern and purely American origin,
the use Of ball in ceremonies and
games goes back many centuries
-Four thousand years ago. Ia the
twelfth Egyptian dynasty, a agcpnc
artist sculptured on the temple BENZ
Hassan, human figures throwing and
catching balls. A leather covered bail
used in games played on the Nile over
40 centuries ago, has a place among
the many archaeological specimens IN
the British museum. It has a sewed
cover and is in a remarkable STATE IL
preservation. : 81 = sisss4 Il sT53S't
41e game Of baf1 was priced By the
Greeks as giving grace and elasticity
to the human figure, and they erected
a statue to one Aristonicus for his
proficiency in 1t. Ancient medical
practitioners were wont to prescribe
a course Of ball playing, where the
modern doctor would order a diet of
pills.
1t is supposed that ball tossing had
deep symbolic meaning when played
IN the spring of the year; and that
the tossing of the ball was intended
first to typify the upspringing of the
life of nature after the gloom Of win
ter. And, whether this was the case
among the people of antiquity or not,
1t is a remarkable fact that the &C.
cleSiastics of the early church adopted
this symbol and gave 1t q very special
significance by meeting on Easter day
and throwing a BAH from hand to
hand, to typify the Resurrection.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18

The Orient and the Occident are no
where farther apart than In their
views and customs as to the mating
of men and women, according to JUL
an Street in McClure's. In Japan mar
riages for love rarely occur, though it
is said that the tendency of young
people to marry to suit themselves is
growing. Young Japanese girls often
look with envy upon women of other
nations where marriage for love Is the
general rule. Probably they suppose
such matches are invariably happy
that the love is always real love, and
that it endures forever. No doubt the
Occidental system, viewed from afar,
looks as rosy to a japanese girl as
their system looks appalling to an
American girl.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
FEW REALLY UGLY PEOPLE
Many There Are Who May Be Unat
tractive, but Not a Lot Defin-
ltely Unlocking.

looking for beauty in the faces and
forms passed on the street is such
fixed habit with people in general that
1t was q bit startling to hear of a man
In London who was looking for some
one u@lr-the ugliest female. in fact,
that he could find. This man was an
American theatrical man and he de-
sired the ugliest woman to contrast
her In a production with a girl said
to be beautiful
The Snowman found his ugliest
woman after looking over eight CON
testantS. The prize winning "clock-
stopper" was thirty-two years old and
a music teacher. She entered the con-
test because her mother told her
there would be no harm in trying"
On winning she at once insisted on
taking a stage name, as she did not
want all the neighhors to know about
it, The runner-up in the contest.
whose name was not given out, had
an unfortunate nose and an out
size" in mouths
The contest really was Of concern
to the theatrical producer, but ii
served to impress upon Londoners in
general the old truth that few people.
after all, are really ugly, that every
individual looks good to some one.
Two people, who came upon the nd.
vcrtiSenent Of the ugly contest hc12n
to amuse themselves in the genial way
OF human nature by examining their
friends and acquaintance to discover
which Of them had the hest claim to
the job
To their disappointment, says
writer in the London telegraph, they
could not think Of anybody. not even
their pet abomination, who was. con
Sidered impartially very ugly. Plain
0eop'r-oh YES, hosts Of them; dis
notwithstanding people-quite lot;
sinv-looking people-any amount; but
9eoDle definitely and conspicuousls
lgly-not one
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
NOTHING LOST BY COURTESY
Vet 1t Is Somewhat Humiliatino
Fact That Comparatively So Few
Practice 1t.

~ fRther In letter or face to face,
there Is nothing in the whole big wide
world that does so much to make a
GOOD impression on either stranger or
acquaintance as simple, elemental, ev-
eryday courtesy. 1t is surprising, with
courtesy so yaluable-and so absurdly
cheap-that more of it isn't used,
writes Fred G. Kelly In Leslie's. II
I'm on a train, let me say, and the
man ahead of me at the ice water
tank insists on my drinking first, or
hands me the little paper drinking cup
he was about to use himself, I thank
MIN. l don't merely grunt my thanks,
as If thought he had given me no
more than had coming to ME. I
thank him out loud, so that he can
hear 1t. And at the first opportunity
L try to get right back at him by do
ing some little favor for him #. I
haven't cigar to give him, at least
show that my heart is in the right
place by offering him a match.
If stranger comes to my office for
a conference, I pull up a chair for him
with my own fair hands. When he
gets ready to so, accompany him to
the door. Thus his last recollection
Of me is my courteously bowling him
out.
If you haven't a lot Of acquaintance
l feel sorry for you. The fault Is
probably your own. There must be
people all about you who would enjoy
knowing you as much as you would
enjoy knowing them. AS a sporting
proposition there is nothing to equal
the fun of seeing how many people
you can make your friends. They're
valuable, tangible assets. If I we're
called upon to give good advice In
few words, would say: "Know a lot
of folks"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Vaudeville,

The word vaudeville is a corruption
Of Eaue de Wire, the name of two pic
turesQue valleys in the Bocage of Nor
mandy, France. The name was origin
ally applied to a song with words re-
lating to some story of the day. These
songs were first composed by Oliver
BasSelin, fuller living in Wire. They
were popular and soon spread all over
France, and were called by the name
of the place where Basselin composed
them, namely Naux de Wire. AS the
origin of the term was lost sight of it
at last took its present form, vaude-
VILE.
Vaudeville is now properly used to
signify a play in which dialogue is in
terspersed With songs Incidentally in
PRODUCED but forming an important
part of the drama.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Power of Poise.

Poise is power. The man who is
not master of himself under all condi-
tons cannot feel the assurance, the
power, which is the right of every hui
man being to experience. He is never
sure Of himself and the man who is
never sure of himself is never wholly
at ease. He is not even well-bred, for
good breeding implies self-conroI UNI
der all circumstances.
There is, perhaps, no other thing
which is SO conducive to ones physical
and mental comfort, efficiency. happi-
ness and success as a calm mind. When
the mind is unbalanced, by anger, ex-
element, worry, fear or nervousness,
the entire body is thrown out of har-
mony. All the functions are deranged ;
the man or woman is not normal, and
Is, therefore, whatever the situation,
at a complete disadvantage, wholly IN
able to contend with it.-Orison SWEET
Marden in the New Success Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Pilgrims Brought Many,

The Pilgrims in America
more inclined to look after gunpowder
than books, but several hundred vol
umes were brought over on the May
flower including 400 books owned by
William Brewster, the leader. Sixty
four of them were in Latin, and a
number Of others in Greek and He
brew, while still others We're devoted
strictly to systematic theology, vol
umes of controversies with the Roman
church, volumes on liberation, polemi-
cal works, and discussions on the Ref
ormation. Every family had Bible,
Of course, and everyone read 1t. They
started at the first chapter and read
the book from cover to cover.
Of 81 Pilgrims the inventory of
whose estates is given in T. G..
Wright's Literary Culture in Early
New England" not one had less than
fl worth of books, and II had f5 or
more. though only four of these es-
tates totaled more than 1900.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
TALKED WITH MONKEY king"
Buddhist Disciple Was Positive That
the Animal Understood Speech
He Addressed to Him.

A third degree disciple of Buddha
who halls from the famous Yellow
mountains (Huang Shan) says they
are the home Of tigers wildcats, wild
horses, goats, boars and an animal re-
sembl1ng a panther, with bristly hair
and fmpervious skin-and monkeys.
The monkeys he divided into two
classes, one the ordinary brown
monkey with a tail, the other white
breasted and white faced, with a gray
back and but little smaller than d
man. He fntimated that this type
manifested a degree of intelligence
when spoken to, very much resembled
man, and was tailless.
To this second glass belongs what
he called ''the Great White Monkey
King" ruler Of all the beasts Of the
| mountains, and described as being
more than twenty feet tall, with arms
ten feet long, four tusks each at least
foot long, face and eyes proper
tionately large, and voice that made
the earth tremble whenever it spoke.
He said he had seen this great mon
key king twice-once at a distance Of
half il, and once when he dropped
down from a high cliff and stood with
j in fifteen feet Of it. On this occa-
sion the monkey king was attended by
five smaller monkeys.
He attempted to address them,
Whereupon they all sat down and gave
respectful hearing, punctuating his re-
marks with asserting grunts which in
dictated that the message was being
understood. When he had finished his
speech the monkey king arose mutter-
ing something and started away.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
CALL FOR UNWRITTEN BOOKS
Public Libraries Give List Of Works
Reading People Would Seem
to Appreciate.

The Publishers Weekly has collected
from public libraries a list of unwrit-
ten books that should be available.
Included in this list is q book on cook
cry practice, an Illustrated monograph
on canoes or history of l1oslem art,
an up-to-date, comprehensive American
book on iron and steel metallurgy.
Histories Of Armenia and Oregon
are alike demanded. A book on cob
blestone freplaces. with dimensions
and drawings, is wanted, and another
on European peasant costumes.
Enough is said on the lack of a new
etiquette book when it is stated that
the latest good one is dated 1913.
A work to prevent amateur garden
ers from pulling up a plant instead Of
weed would be as useful as an in
deN to essays or a treatise on septic
tanks. The field in concordances is
enormous.
Anyone with ten years to spare can
start a Browning concordance at once.
"a history of the novel from the very
beginning and in all countries is a
rather more ambitious proposal, pre-
paratory reading for which might oc-
cupy a few decades.
Balzac's phrase for books he
dreamed some day of writing, made IA
miliar by Stevenson, was enchanted
cigarettes" Here are enchanted ciga-
rettes by the gross for publishers. We
may hope that some of the needed
books mentioned by the libraries will
be supplied.
Or will authors persist in writing
the books they want to write instead
Of the books that are needed ?-New
York Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18

Cincinnati is one of six places In the
world where steel is strengthened by
being boiled in oil. At a plant in Car
:hage. a steel shaft weighing 10000
pounds. the largest piece ever subject
ed to the new method went through
the process of being strengthened It
was hollow bored tumbler Shaft for
use in dredging gold in California. cost
ing about $4,000 The great shaft was
first suspended in an upright furnace
until heated to just below the melting
point. A crane then picked 1t up and
dropped 1t into a huge well Of oil,
where It boiled and sputtered, throwing
out clouds Of oily mist.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Elevator Rome in Coal Mines,

One of the most impressive things
about a cOlliery, to an outsider, is the
mammoth drum which winds the rope
which brings coal up from the pit This
monster drum may measure $50 feet
in circumference, and weigh about 200
tons. and it will wind in the rope with
its load at q speed of nearly so miles
an hour. There are miles of the rope,
when the pit is deep one, like the
Yorkshire Main coIliery's, whose YER
teal shaft holds the record for depth
by going down nearly 1000 yards. and
for long distances horizontally. The
rope costs so yard and its maximum
life is three and one-half years. Every
inch of it passes each day through a
mans hands for examination. Shaft
accidents are very rare.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
TO GROW OLD GRACEFULLY
Desirable Condition That Greatly D.
pends on Ones Habits Of Mind
Formed In Youth.

The most inevitable-and one of the
easiest--of the things we do is to grow
old. Yet what difference there is in
the way different people do it!
You probably know. for instance
some little old lady who, although she
may not be beautiful or brilliant. is
Just "nice"-which is apt to mean
that instead Of bossing or scolding. she
tries not to be- troublesome or unreal
sonable to those around her. Or rath-
er, she does not have to try, for It is
characteristic Of elderly human beings
That they seldom try very hard to form
new habits. Youth. is the period of
e11eavor, and, old age of results. This
she reason Tor the. futility Of 5pnne
16lks d1spleasure at their parents
"old-fashioned" ideas. Such ideas are
fixed; they will not change.
Yet not all elderly people are age
bound in their thoughts; many can be
tolerant of innovations, and few can
even adopt them. Such q flexible con
dition Of the elderly mind is, like the
rigid, fntolerant sort, q product Of
earlier life and habits; it is not likely
to indicate any particular good or
evil trait in the person possessing it.
II the young man or woman who
feels impatient at the old folks no.
tons will cease to shrug q shoulder
and eXclaim 81 hope I'm not like
that when I'm old" and will turn his
attention to the younger generation,
starting with himself. he is likely to
do much more for human progress.
When he himself has reached the age
Of fixed IDEAS his character will de-
pend on his previous habits Of mind:
If he has kept himself free from pref
udice and cocksurednesS and has been
always willing to learn better WAYS of
thinking and doing, he will he likely
to remain correspondingly more ration
al with advancing years. and will, in
truth not be '1ike that" when he is
old.-Pendleton East Oregonian.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Deceived by Reflection,

The rumor that there was such &
place as Ell Dorado was so insistent
centuries ago that Humboldt, the ex-
plorer, made a special investigation,
and located the origin of the fable in
a territory between the Essequibo and
Branco rivers in Guiana Great
deposits of mica-slate and tale so
t1ecked the rocks surrounding a small
lake that the sun did indeed turn the
area into q vast golden mirror, but as
far as the value of the deposits were
concerned there was nothing to wish
for. The temples, houses and public
buildings of beaten gold were mere
ly the imagination of those who had
glimpse the lake, but had bee npre-
vented by natives from reaching it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
STRANGE Leases.

For weird leases London would be
hard to beat in some instances, says a
correspondent. He dealt with houses
lately which were for sale and found
that the ground landlord was the duchy
Of Cornwall the householder paying an
annual ground rent of fourpence! And
this fourpence was sent every year in
an envelope which cost twopence, and 1T
cost the duchy twopence to acknowl-
edge receipt But there is a stranger
lease in the north of London he said
some houses there are leased until
the death of the duke of Connaught.
There is no other date attached to the
document"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18

Above all it is ever to be kept In
mind that not by material but by
moral force are men and their ac-
lions governed. How noiselesS is
thought, No rolling Of drums. no
tramp of squadrons, or unreasonable
tumult of baggage wagons, attends
the movement. In what obscure and
sequestered places may the head be
med!tating which is one day to be
crowned with more than imperial au-
thortty; for kings and emperors will
be among its ministering servants: it
will rule not over but in their heads.
and with these its solitary combina-
lions of ideas. as with magic formu-
las. bend the world to its will. The
time may come when Napoleon him
self will be better known for his laws
than for his battles; and the victory
of Waterloo prove less momentous
than the opening of the first mechan-
les institute.-Thomas Carlyle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Plane That Is ALI Nina.

A system Of airplane construction
which is being developed and particu-
larly adapted to large craft appears
on its face not only interesting but
plausible and practical provided the
location of the weight is not detrimen-
tai, says report by J. H. Colwen, pub
lished in the Journal of the Patent
Office Society. Broadly stated. the
system comprises hollow plane
merged into the fuselage so that the
large trussed wing spars, the engine
housings and fuel tanks, as we'll as the
pilot, are inclosed within the lifting
surface itself. The center of the plane
between the upper and lower walls is
deep. while the wings taper to small
depths toward the tips. The entire
machine, including the pilots car is
practically a part of the lighting sur
face, thereby necessitating compare
lively few external wind resisting
parts,