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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-07
ORIGIN OF SAY 1T
WITH FLOWERS TOLD
BY ADVERTISING MAN

BOSTON. Mass. Dec, THE
story of the slogABn fssy g with
flowers, the circumstances which
prompted It's coinage, how Il came
into existence, and SIS subsequent
spread throughout the country. Is
told by =. !. O'Kcofe. It's orlgina-
tor, head OF local advertising
agency, oKocfe suggested the slo-
gan TO the publicity committee Of
the society OF American florists In
Cleveland, December, 1917.
1T was evident that a slogan so
worded as I oilduCh people to use
lloworJ more geuerally-to buy
moro flowers needed" SAYS
o'kcefc, describing the birth OF
the slogan, which recently was
claimed by another, I'm great
mass OF quotations which | gath
cred from the rhupsodic uttcrauees
OF poets, working under the i'm
pctus ~ spring fever, I came across
this;
Flowers are words,
Which evdn babe may under
stand"
From Bishop CoX's-"The Sing
INK ot Birds"
There o., said lis the germ
ot a slogan, There Is language
Of flowers. They da xpeak, Even
a babe can understan1. Now TO
work that into goth century
phrase that conveys the meaning
That flowers do have language
-
Naltop--Now mill OF Penn Lum.
nor IN
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-07
CHURCH WOMEN
IN FUND DRIVE:
$3,OOO,O00 For Colleges
In Far East Sought In
Nationwide Campaign .

WASHINGTON. Doc Z For,
gottIpg UNCONVENTIONAL linca. church
women Of America ARE making an
effort To complete by January I
u S3,0OO,0OO fund for tho uryon
union colleges for education Ut
women In tho Far East They
already have obtained &i,00n,000
toward the fund aud the L1urn
Spolmhn Rockefeller memorial fund
has promised another million " the
fund Ia completed by the flrat of
the year,
Tho ohurchvomon have orThniz.
cd - country .wIdc dollar day. "a
BE- held next Saturday Women IT,.
respective of their rollg,oul uffIiIu-
tlona. will b. asked 90 rlyo Que
dollar zach towards tho education
Of leaders Tor rhr 900 600 600 wom
rn ~ AHIn
Mrs. Henry " Peabody ~ Hos
ton h chairman ~ tho c0mmll,nn
which has organized 100000 aux
lliarira of all determinations IN
practically every larrc city aud In
every state
Mrs. Harding was ono of tho fIr1t
contributors TO tho fund. which has
tho endnranmrut ~ ih" president
aud Secretary Of State Hughes, not
only for their work on b0h8lf ~
Christian education. but also bo-
cause of their bearing upon inter
national frlondahip.
Tho boycu Union Christian col
lcgcs for women nfc located iu
either the capitals or leading rlt0os
Of the Far East Two ~ them
are medical schools Tor TRAILING Or,.
entail women o. physicians ThpN
are maintained hy ten d"uomln1-
tional bodies Of this country IN
one Instance. missionary boards Of
Great Britain also pro cooperating
The aim Of the schools iH 10 Pre-.
parr future Christian leaders ~ tho
east.
The movement IL an ou.rrnWih OF
tn. world war when Il began IN
1914 only two or three small at,
tcmpta at tho hIghOr education OF
the women Of the OrlcRt had been
made. The war Rad grOat intlu.
onco on th0m aud Whom u oaGoI
seven Union colleges had bocn or
fanlrci. \ $4,000 600 fund Is o..
QuIrcl to provide sites ana huiid.
inEv All tho colleges are at pre-
sent working IN small Inadequate
building. some OF which are said
20 be several hundred yolrs Old.
Each whoa romplricd will provide
for 400 residents.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-07
STANFORD HAVING
LIGHT PRACTICE
BEFORE LAST GAME

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CAL
Dec. Il Light football practice g.
being continued at Stanford TINT,
vcrsity for the varsity's game hero
against tho University OF Pits
burgh Panthcrs Dec, so
Stanford rootori are hoping that
the team viii continue, In the Pit
game, tho bitter fsht Il mndo In
the "bIg Tamo" against tho Unl-
yorsIty OF California, A dctcrmln-
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-07

Goshen-Lowen road to be built by
county and state.
Roseburg-shell OH Co., To cree;
new distributing station here.
Albany--Alco Wood Products Co.,
let's contract for addition to plant,
North Bend plans $4,000 COM
munhy building,
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-07

Nalton--Now mill OF Penn Lum.
Der Co, starts operations.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Then he crossed the street and shut
himself up in pay telephone booth.
Hello! That you, Maybelle?'
This is Miss Riker," the girl an
swered, trying to keep a thrill out of
her voice.
This is Mr. John Williams" came
over the phone.
May / ask which Mr.. John Will
liams?" the girl queried. There's
only about a hundred of 'em in the
directory"
"Aw. lay off. sirly." his voice plead
ed. Il didu't say nothin' last night.
but l apologize for it. anyway"
"Well-'' The girl hesitated.
Well, we'll let it so at that-this
time"
Thank Ciawd. the man answered
fervently Il hoped you'd forgive me
easy. Guess it's cause Christmas is
comm an a certain little girl ex-
poets "a swell present. Well. she's
goin to get it, I'll tell the world"
Women may classify individuals of
the opposite sex as good, bad. hand
some. ugly, but they have one gen.
eralization which blankets them all:
"Why are men such fools??"
1t is a wall rather than vitupera-
Evening star., 1922-12-17
FINANCING SENTIMENT

and the theater list was canvassed
aimIessly by each. Maude was un-
excited and gracious. but her mega
tives were inflexible.
Archie Jay found moment alone
with her and tried his luck for a
third time He was assistant treas
urer of prosperous theater. You're
absolutely wasted in boarding
house." he said. TT isn't your natural
environment, grille. You would be a
winner in the theater."
What do you mean?" she asked.
"Why, there isn't q girl lin the
chorus in The New Noon that shines
as you could. And I am the boy that
could get you there, If you cared for
popularity and all that"
| Don't you think I'm popular where
r., I ann"
altogether too popular for such an
environment"
But the theater has no fascination
! for me-unless I'm in the front row
Of the balcony with some one like
| "Ohi Then you have a suitor?"
| ct didn't say so. But I don't need
one"
After the various young men were
! satisfied that, she was not for their
| society. shey. held little experience
meetings and compared notes. As
long as all were hopeless they might
as well be candid with one another
And they all seemed to think more OF
her than ever.
IT even saw the Scotchman asking
her to go with him somewhere last
night" said Grafton. "and, although
she smiled at him just as she smiles
at all Of us. it was useless. A swell
chance that tightwad would have
wouldn't he?"
"The movies are his size" replied
Hanley, "and if in an insane momen,
he shold ask a girl to go, his pecu-
mary regret after the show would
be poignant"
The young man referred to was
Donald Ferguson. who was said to
| be thriving in the skirt and suit
trade, which is a highly competitive
business. His name alone suggested
his origin, for he was a New Yorker
born. And he was as good to look
at as any of them. In a quiet way
donald had been as susceptible to the
charms of Maude as the Others, but
his frugality was standing Jest
He seemed to be the only young male
abou. who had not brought Maude
beribboned boxes of candy and fow-
ers. ~ - $
..Wells said Archie Jay she's one
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Broken Diamonds.

MUCH attention has been given to
A'A the question of the origin of the
numerous broken fragments of dia-
monds found in the Kimberly mines
One hypothesis is that these frag-
ments owe their condition to violent
eruptive outbursts that shattered the
rocks in which they occur. Another
common belief is that certain classes
of diamonds frequently break spon-
taneously. One authority states that
light brown, smoky diamonds often
crack on exposure to the dry air, but
they will remain intact If kept in a
moist place. In accordance with this
notion there is a popular story of
, South African diamonds being sent to
England inside potatoes.
Another authority seems to at
tribute the fractures to the sudden
lowering of pressure in the space sur
rounding diamonds and speaks of con-
sequent explosion. He states that he
has met persons who have heard of
the bursting of smoky diamonds, but
| none who ever witnessed this phe-
nomenon with his own eyes. This
idea of the bursting of diamonds is
of great antiquity. Albertus Magnus
says that a diamond immersed in the
fresh, warm blood of a goat will
burst. especially if that animal had
previously browsed on parsley or
drunk wine. Pliny vouchsafes a SINH
lar notion. The majority of modern
authorities believe that, in most cases,
the breaking of diamonds has been
due to the energy exerted by the min
eral inclusions which they so often
contain. These are most frequently
garnet, but sometimes zircon, ilmenite,
iron pyrites, and possibly chrysolite.
The thermal expansion of nearly all
crystals, except those of the beryi
family, at ordinary temperatures is
much greater than that of the dia-
mond. If the same is true under in
tense conditions of heat and tempera-
ture, differences in the rate of expan-
sion and contraction of the diamond
and its inclusion would account for
the shattering.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

the lutte. At any rate. the lutte had
been rifted-rifted when all seemed
to be going smoothly, with the peal
of wedding bells ready to break.
x x
1T was just two weeks before Christ
I mas. and the mail-order house was
seething with industry. Office boys
dumped heaps of shipping tickets
into three baskets marked lin on
John Williams desk. The man
glanced at them one by one, scribbled
the symbol for express, parcel post
or freight in the space left blank for
this purpose and cast them into bas-
kets marked out" which were borne
away at regular intervals by other
office boys.
1t was work that required concen-
tration, and John, Williams barely
lifted his head till bell tinkled for
the noon hour and the flow into the
baskets marked lin" ceased. Hastily
scribbling F. on a ticket for a cot
tage organ destined for Pickens, S.
c., and "P. p" on another hat call
ed for an ivory manicure set to be
dispatched to Deer Lodge, Mont. the
head shipping clerk rose to his feet
and slipped on coat, overcoat and hat
Evening star., 1922-12-17

tion. Maybelle had received her ad-
mirer back into grace, but his first
move forced her to hand him some
thing-and hand him something she
did, When John Williams emerged.
perspiring, from the telephone booth
it was with the complete conscious
ness that he had received his.
MRS. RIKER kissed her daughter a
1Nl hurried goodbye, then summon
ed her spouse to return up the stairs.
I'm late as it is. mommer," he
complained from the floor below.
II amt your mommer. I married
you-I didn't adopt you," she called
down to him. Though heaven knows
you're more trouble to me than six
or seven children. You come right
back here an get your muffier,"
Mr. Riker came. After the muff1er
had been adjusted he kissed. his wife
under the chin. She slapped him, but
did not look displeased. The door of
the apartment closed.
Mrs. Riker went about her house
work, humming as she passed from
task to task. When she reached May
bellies room the humming ceased.
however, and her face took on look
Evening star., 1922-12-17

of concentration. All was not well
though she would not have acknowl-
edged it to her own husband. was
perfectly conscious that the girls un-
happiness was her own fault.
'If I'd been so highty-tighty in my
young days I'd never "a had hus-
band" she soliloquized. How girls
do change-an' / don't think it's for
the better, neither. Well. what to
do?".
She passed into the living room and
sat down In the red plush rocker, her
dusting rag still in her hands. 1t
was perfectly obvious to her that her
daughters happiness depended upon
one John Williams. But he didn't
know it, and she hadn't the slight
est intention of enlightening him.
Neither had she any intention of let
ting things rest as they were.
Her eyes roamed about the room in
search of inspira ton. A letter on the
table caught her glance. 1t was an
alluring Ietter-a long envelope with
a team of reindeer speeding across it.
The Santa Claus in the sleigh behind
had his arm around a white haired
old lady who was smiling happily off
into space.
Mrs. Riker picked up the letter
opened it and read the contents:
Dear Sir or Madam:
The merry Christmas time ap-
proaches, when all the world is full
of good cheer and friendly wishes.
Busy manor woman-as you are,
you can add your part to happiness,
and that without moving from your
home or your office desk. Write on
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Ascent of Sap in Trees.

THE question of the ascent of sap
in trees is not yet settled. accord
;np to an eminent American scientist
It appears that in the highest trees
the total pressure required would be
nearly 100 atmospheres, according to
what we know of the vessels through
which the sap passes in the trunk.
We cannot suppose that the leaves
exercise so intense an osmotic sue
tfon, and the sole hypothesis that has
any probability is that some sort of
pumping action is exerted in the wood
by the living cells. But 1t Is not clear
how. this could be. Therefore the
question:, still remains open.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Fiber for Brushes.

QUITE a fair trade has developed
x in what is known as palm fiber
in Hongkong with the United States
for the manufacture Of brushes. The
material is the center of the leaf
stem OF, the small palm Givistona
Chinensis), which grows wild over
much of the south China hill country,
and which is generally cultivated in
some districts for its leaves-the COM
mon palm leaf fan Of commerce.
The fiber is obtained simply by
soaking the stem and stripping off
the outside portion. The fiber in the
stem is then cut into convenient
lengths and shipped in bundles of
about 200 pounds each. The fiber is
used locally, and in fact all over
south China, in the manufacture of
what are populariy known as "bam-
boo brooms'' and for Chinese scrub
bing brushes and similar articles.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

TIME boarding house was of the
better class. The odor of pow
erty, which is more obvious
than the odor of sanctity, vas
absent The rates excluded it,
But the boarding house nevertheless
had human variety. Most of the
woman guests were of sedate age, and
of manners and aspects that insured
them freedom from the wiles of de-
signing men. Four of the ladies, mid
dIe-aged and with ample means, spent
their leisure about a table at auction
bridge OF course, they had their little
differences, but always these were
solved. Their luck and skill were so
uniform that the end of each week
Of play saw them pecuniarily where
they started, plus amusement.
There was but one woman in the
house warranted by nature and age to
quicken male pulses. She was the
chief dining room girl, and her name
was Maude. She was tall and will
lowy, yet athletic, with a face perfect
in contour and a complexion suggest
ing a peach of the prettiest variety.
Her hair, abundant and unquestion-
ably original. was the color of brass
the day after polishing. Maude went
home every night after dinner.
The old and middle-aged male
guests, having wives that kept track
of their impulses, smiled at Maude as
fathers smile. But every young man
xl,A 70 hc
was no fiirt. She greeted them all
alike, paid appreclative glances for
compliments-what woman will not?
and was self-reliant and verbally
able when repartee was pertinent.
Maude was what the young men
called "a swell dresser" Perhaps it
was her figure. but she always looked
like model for clothes, and the
women whispered with one another in
wonder at her appearance, knowing
their own apparel cost much more
than Maude's. And she looked at all
times as though she had just been to
a coiffeuse. But it was all her own
skill, with the prime asset of beauty
behind 1t.
y y \
'0NE by one the young men in the
~ place secured brief moments with
Maude to try themselves out. 1t never
worked.
John Grafton waylaid her one eve
ming in the hall after dinner. as she
was going home. Grafton was chief
clerk In brokers' office and had all
the nerve and capitalization Of his
kind.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

the inclosed form the names Of your
friends to whom you desire to send
YuIetide remembrances. Gift Granly
will mail each one card asking that
each one name ten gifts desired.
Then Gift Granny will write you or
telephone you the lists. and you may
select a gift among the ten listed
on each card from our splendid stock.
1t will be sent with your namN and
appropriately wrapped for the sea-
son, as you indicate, on receipt of
check from you covering the cost of
your selection.
1--WE cali your attention to the fact
that the recipients will not know the
name of the donor until the gift is
actually received on Christmas eve.
A real Christmas surprise! A joy
bringer! /:
with all holiday wishes.
GIFT GRANNY.
"In care of Brown & Brown. sos
Broadway"
Welt" said Mrs. Riker aloud. "It
may not do any good, of course, but
it ought to start somethin', an any
thin's better than nothin'.'
She rose to her feet, and after some
search found pen and ink in the
medicine closet in the bathroom.
Filling out the card with John Will
liams' name and address, she put it
into an envelope and slipped on her
coat and hat to go out for stamp.
1t will be noted that Mrs. Riker did
not add her daughters or her hus-
bands name to the card. Not for
worlds would she have given up the
annual struggle of selecting family
Evening star., 1922-12-17
BY
ELMER BROWN
MASON
THE POWER OF WILL

MOST American youths acquire a
1N1 certain knowledge of girls dur
ing the leisurely period oi Adde'S
cence. They take, as it We're, a
graded course in Irritation to prepare
them for the high school of wooing.
1t was quite otherwise with John
Williams. He had been far too busy
working. Hence he attacked the Sc
rious business of wooing without a
proper foundation and his first re-
verse caught him without a solution.
He didn't know what to do and was
very unhappy. OF course, during
working hours-and they were long
ones at this season-his mind was too
fully occupied with the problem of
deliveries to have room for anything
else. but aftcrward-well, il was
rather awful.
Going home in the evenings was
the worst part Jonn Williams work
ed late, and when he left the big
mail order house the lights were lit
outdoors, bringing into high relief
the green leaves and cheerful red
berries of the holly wreaths hanging
in the store windows. the CLINT of
tinsel, the glitter of Christmas tree
| decorations.
The faces of the nassers-by seemed
to reflect this holiday light They
were smiling and happy. OF all the
world, the man bitterly told himself,
he alone was utterly miserable.
| Once in his room, he had no desire
to go out. The pleasures New York
held out made no appeal to him. For
sheer want of anything better he
turned to The Power of Will"
There was one passage he read over
many times:
! ut is of paramount Importance that
the individual should examine care
| fully into what he thinks he desires.
and be sure he really desires il, be-
fore he turns the irresistible force of
trained will to its acquisition. At
tainment should bring the same or a
greater satisfaction as its forerunner,
the struggle for attainment If it
does not, it is not a real desire, or it
is one the attainment of which will
bring unhappiness."
The man pondered over this para
graph for two nights, but finally de-
cided it did not apply to his case. He
was sure.
The next paragraph brought him
some comfort:
"It must be remembered that, once
the power of viii is working to the
attainment of some object, it will
continue to work for this purpose
as long as ii Is still desired, and often
without the conscious knowledge of
| the one who so desires. 1t is not
necessary TO make physical advances
| toward this goal. Simply concen-
! trate on its attainment, giving no
| thought to the way of attainment.
The power of will. once set in mo-
titon, never ceases 1t is not neces-
sary for the individual to make a
conscious effort"
/ John Williams accepted this YER
batim. He made no attempt to think
a way out of his difficulties. but he
never ceased to hope for one. He
would concentrate, just concentrate.
In the meantime he was very un-
happy.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
arvE TWO SEATS AND NO PARTNER"

':Ah, Maude! But you look winner
tonight! 1 wonder If you wouldn't
like to go to the Follies? I've two
seats and no partner"
Sorry" Maude replied, 'but I've an
engagement"
Some other evening, thenf'
.oh. my evenings are filled for quite
a SPELL" And she laughed and went
her way. IS s. u = &
Another evening Billy Hanley,
Evening star., 1922-12-17

CATURDAY, eight days from Christ
- mas, was a erueling day. John
Williams walked home wearily
through the cheerfully decorated
streets, his head bowed so as not to
see the happiness in the faces of his
fellow beings. Wearily he turned
latchkey in the lock of his boarding
house door and glanced at the settee
for mail.
There was one letter and the man
was tempted to tear it up without
reading at the mere sight of the en-
velope. 1t was long envelope.
Across the top hurtled a team of rein
deer, behind which careened a sleigh
driven by jolly Santa Claus, his
arm around a white-haired old lady
who was gazing happily out into
space.
Some adj the man said disgust
edly
Evening star., 1922-12-17

hit IN q beauty CnOTuS.
Il X X X
TINE boarding house mistress had
i loitered and heard something of
the conversation. IF you're talking
about Maude," she remarked to
Archie, you're on the wronk tack.
She would never become an actress.
She's engaged to be married"
There was a chorus of queries as to
when. aid about the man in the case.
"I don't know the lucky man or
when, but she has given me notice.
She will leave two days before Christ
mas" said the mistress.
Lets club together in a purse for
her." suggested Grafton. as Donald
Ferguson was seen entering. We'll
make it a Christmas present as well
as a matrimonial compliment"
.'Goodr' replied Archie. "And we'll
show up the Scotchman. Let's all
give the same amount and make it
worth while"
Grafton wrote a check for $50. The
others responded each with a like
amount as Ferguson came forward.
Grafton explained what they were
doing. Surely, Ferguson" he said,
"you must think as much of the lady
as the rest Of US. And Christmas is
coming"
.I think a lot Of her" was Fergu-
sons reply.
"Well, we have financed our good
will. Come across"
Donald wrote a check for $50 with
out a word and put it with the others.
you're a brick, after all.' said
Hanley. 1--WE didn't think you'd do
it,"
.ewhy shouldn't do it?" asked Dom
aid, Pm to marry the lady,"
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1922-12-17

another boarder. was waiting for her
on the corner. He was resident buyer
for one of the big shops. He flashed
pair of Hippodrome seats and
wanted her company. She thanked
him, but it wasn't possible. And the
hway she smiled left him as good
natured as before.
At. various times she Yves also ap-
preached by four other young men Of
lthe house AL had plenty of money.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

TIME boarding house was of the
better class. The odor of pow
erty, which is more obvious
than the odor Of sanctity, was