The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-04-21

The increased importance OF letters
in the business field has made it nee
essary for every business man to un-
derstand how to write and to use them
il he is to keep abreast of modern
methods" says Edward ii. Gardner in
his book Effective Business Letters"
(Ronald).
IL you are one of those self-made
business men who have climbed with
out the aid OF thorough education,
or one of the practical minded sort
who can handle figures with your eyes
shut but were the dispair of your
English teachers. you will appreciate
the help this book can give you. 1t is
very thorough and complete. And al
though it is in such form as may be
readily used in a text in high schools.
colleges, business courses, or night
schools, it is also we'll suited TO the
desk of busy man who wants a ref
an authority in that line said to me
recently, 1T is the best book of its
kind l know anything about After
considering the form, and common
mistakes, the different sorts of letters
are discussed. as credit letters; col
lections; sales; orders; adjustments;
applications for positions; recommen-
dations and introductions. The appen-
dix also has special help for those who
must write kilograms and cables.
There is useful little new pamph-
let OF some 40 pages on Original Re-
cipes for Using Canned Foods, pre-
pared by the National Gamers Asso-
citation. at Washington. d. c. 1t has,
for example some % different soups
described, as well as 20 ways of serv-
ing canned fish, Il entrees. 81 vege-
table dishes, SO salads. a wide variety
Of sauces. sandwiches, appetizers, and
an interesting section on deserts. All
are entirely practical and impress the
reader with the ease of handling the
problems of unexpected guests, espec-
tally in home far from market. 1t
is not bad idea to have a canned
goods emergency shelf to fall back on.
got my copy of the pamphlet from
the Evening Journal, Madison, Wis,
but any other of the Frederick j. Has
kin papers will send it, free of charge
on request.
In Europe, educators see salvation
from prevailing immortality, by estab-
fishing coeducation Ii is a growing
movement; while in the United States
We are shaking our heads doubtfully
for the high schools are eaten through
by sex scandals, and the college cam
pus. the green. sweet-smelling campus
is not as safe as it used to be.
In the pioneer stage. especially in
the west. where the pioneers strug
gle was prolonged by droughts, grass
hoppers and cyclones-when a col
lege education meant a struggle. CO.
education was safe and sane 1t is at
least a question whether today it is
either.
In many of our colleges young
women come to the class room dressed
as If semester was one long tea par
ty. with Interruptions for dances and
movies. Pampered young men-moth-
ers' darlings--come, with high power
ed cars and low powered brains, and
the elective system enables them to
choose course which teaches them
to do nothing gracefully"
Now, what do you think of that? And
he is college professor, too. But
not in Washington He is professor
Of applied Christianity at Grinnell Col
lege, Iowa. Maybe the things he in
weighs against are true of Grinnell
students. But can say positively they
are not of the State College of Wash
ington. Why, only today / went to an
assembly Of the Women's League,
composed Of all girls in the college.
and saw-not silk and satin and lace
tweeds, and serge, and MILDLY blouses
Of flannel or linen. Wool stockings on
neat ankles, with sensible boots. And
sensible heads, which were busy
planning a conference for high school
and college girls for discussion of life
vocatiOns for women. saw them COM
ing out, greeting their coed men
friends with a CHEEKY, hearty hello,
that was quite without the giggle and
blush and shipper you would expect
from Prof. Steiner's description And
the men? Well, SO per cent of them
are earning either all or part of their
expenses: they can't fool around much
under the circumstances. and they
work too hard for what they get. to be
satisfied with learning Ito do nothing
gracefully"
In fairness to Prof. Steiner. how
ever, ! must say that this is but an
incidental side-line Of discussion at
the end Of very interesting book on
immigration, subject on which he is
an acknowledged authority. He has
called it "Old Trails and New Bor-
ders," and given in it the results of his
last summers trip over to Europe and
about the haunts of the immigrant-to-
be. He first lived in the New York
tenement district during the war, to
see how the war spirit affected the
foreign speaking population. With this
as a background. his trip and the
things he has to say about it are par
interesting. He came back
after revisiting Slovakia, from which
he, himself. immigrated TO America
not so long ago, more in love with his
new adopted country than ever, feeling
he had come "out of the tombs of
empires. and from the grave OF civ
ilization," with an intensified will to
save my country from the doom of