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About The Willamina times. (Willamina, Yamhill County, Oregon) 1909-1972 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1931)
P age 7 TIM ES, W ILL A M IN A , OREGON T h u rsd u y, A u gu st 13, 1931 POETS HAVE SUNG GLORY OF SUNDIAL F IR S T -H A N D K N O W L E D G E A little girl who Itnd torn touring her doll to piece* (luring the week ■(tended Huixlay school the follow ing Sunday and »«» usketl of what Adnnt was imn'e. "Dust." *ho replied. “And what wua Eve mode of?" asked the toucher. "Sawdust,” promptly answered the little ml««. GETTING ALONG •W hat a dend thing la a clock." soya Charles Lamb, "with Its pon derous embowel men ts of lead and brass. Ba pert or solemn dullness of communication, compared with the simple allar-llke structure and allent heart-language of the old dial!" lie thought that. If the busi ness uses of the dial had to be su perseded by more elaborate Inven tions, Its morel uses and lie beauty might have pleaded for Its contin uance. Tv him the dial spoke of "moderate labors, of pleasures not protracted after sunset, of temper ance and good hours; It was the primitive clock, the horologue of the drat world. Adam could scarce have missed It In Paradise." The sundial sa a thing of beauty and a Joy forever has more than fulfilled his desire for continuance In the century that has passed since »be death of Elin. Nearly all formal gardens, and many leaser ones, add Vhe sundial ns a ’’measure for sweet plants and flower« to spring by. for birds to apportion their silver war- blings by." hut not "for llocks to pasture and he led to fold by." Many books have been written about the mottoes attached to the sundials; about the different forms they take and where they may be placed and by wlmt surroundings. Every one knows of the classical thought found by lla zlltt on a sun- d o t I near Venice: "1 count only th<* hours that are serene." Queen Al«x- andra may have read Id« dissertation on It, or ahe may have had a twin- thought expressing Itself at the some time, for on her diol at Hand- rlnghnm there Is s motto chosen by the queen berself: "Let others tell of storms and showers. I only count the sunny hours." But, as Hnzlltt says, If hours were all serene we would take as little notice of them as the dial does of those thnt are clouded. It Is the shadow thrown across that gives us warning of their flight. The cave man’s great rock upou which was cast the shad- ow of a long pole driven into the ground, may have been the fore shadowing of the appenranoe of the sundial which Is of ancient origin and of many and diverse forma. The dial of Abac, mentioned In the Old Testament, supposedly about 700 B. C„ Is about the first we hear of It. Two centuries later, Pliny claims the honor of having Invented the sun dial, for the Greek scientist Anaxi mander. Another two centuries go by and we hear that the high priest Berossua. not being satisfied with a shaft, like Cleopatra’s Needle, be cause thé shadows varied from day to day. according lo the position of the sun. Invented a clever way of marking time correctly by mak ing the dial hollow like the In side of a bowl. The shodow was cast by a little round ball or bead at tbe end of a pointer that stood horizon tally out over tbe bowl. Many cen turies Inter, similar devices were found In the ruins of I’ompell. and hi the gardens of Cicero's villa near Tusculum. Mundials wer« often surronnded by masses of roses, or sunflowers (which were Ila z lltt’s preference), or by tall hollyhocks, larkspur, core opsis, and all the old-fashioned flow ers so much In use today. The sun dial seems to have a very particu lar fascination for the poets. 1 found three different sundials to which Henry Van Dyke gave trib ute. For the class of 1904 at Wells college, he wrote of the sundial: The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past. Before If, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness and beyond thy power. Behind Its unretumlng line. The vanished hour, no longer thine. One hour alone Is In thy hands— The Now on which the shadow stands. —Indianapolis News. Desperate The borrowing habit Is not con fined to the United States by any means. They actually do U In dear old London and are not In the least, particular whom they borrow from. One of tbe big London daily pa- l«ers carries a classified advertising section, somewhat similar to tbe Times "personals" In which English people of high and low degree air their troubles. It was In this col umn thnt the following ad recently appeared: “Will the persons who have bor rowed Waverly Novels No 5. and Leg Miserable* Vol. I from Cllven- den library, kindly return same to Viscountess Astor. M. I ’.” One mentions In passing that tbe Polytechnic College of Engineering U S md Madbaa Mu, (bklmd. CaUarafc Leading Engineering School U a rn n tty Standanla in Tadw ical Sdaacaa E iu t h iM m — O n t tioo.ooc Pltat. Chtumd >« gmu ¿ tn a •« ig n A ll no-)-«ag«ntlal axtilaeta om itted. In - tanalvu— practical— thoroxxh couraaa In B a c t r lm l. M echanical, CH1I. M in ing. A l l l t r c t o r n l M n d h l T O i - t o r a l K n - gtn rrrtn g . Mew W i n « In A .ro n a n ti- cal am i A irplane E n g tn w r tlg . Special r<.nr>c. In A irplane Mechanic«. Aato M r rh a iic a . M achine Shop. Klcctrto Shop, Ig n itio n . B a tte ry , etc. Com pi -4 c n c c tr lc a l. H rd ra a lle . Steam and Tenting Laboratories, ja m afcnu tna haw Students aaalstad In an n n rln g th e ir eaunas. W rits fo r fra a catalog. W . B. G IB S O N P r e id a a t W . I. W OOD R eg istrar W. N. U., Portland, No. 33-19Í1. M. P. after Lady Astor’s name does not stard for motion pictures nor mounted police, but member of par liament. Some men so mnc-h hate fighting that they drop out of the business world. C ar O wners bought more “I think we could get along line together." "Well, It'a certainly time you were getting along. It'a eleven o’clock.” Figures Never Lie Son (making out account a for fa ther)— How much shall I charge Smith for that little Job—10 hours’ work? <’ar|ienter—That would be $!•. but make It a round figure and put $10— wait a minute— put $11 «« that It doesn't look aa If I have been making round figures-—Der Wahre Jukob, Iter- lln. M o d e r n C in d e r e lla Little Mary waa attending her first party, and the hostess noticed that she did not play with the other chil dren. but ntood looking out the win dow. r The child waa naked to come and play, but ahe replied aweetly. "1 am watching for the prince, thank you." Voice of the Tempter Small Boy—I don't think the gentle man next door knows much uhout music. Mother— Why? “Well, he told me thia morning to cut my drum open and y e what was inside It.”—Birmingham Gazelle. AGAINST THE GRAIN Firestone Tires during May, June and July th a n in an y lik e p erio d in H isto ry S HERE are reason* for thia — Firestone ¡a build ing the Greatest Tire falne» in hietory, with the result thut Firestone Factories are operating 21 hours« duy,6daysu week, tomeet public preference. Thia ia the year everybody ia scrutinizing his purehuses. This is particularly true in tire buying because of the many confusing and misleading statements made about tires. To give car owners the facts. Firestone published comparisons showing quality, construction and prices. Then the public went to Firestone Service Stores und Service Dealers— made their own com parisons with cross sections cut from FirestoneTires — and from special brand mail order tires and others. When they saw the facts, they bou ght more Firestone Tires during May, June and July than In any like period in Firestone history. Let the Firestone Service Dealer show you these Firestone Extra Values and have your ear equipped for Safe, Trouble-Free Motoring. Drive in today. C O M PA R E C O N S T R U C T IO N a n d Q U A L IT Y Tir<$ron« S 4 -4 0 -1 1 C O M P A R E P R IC E S Culler— Why are you sorry to say It? Maid—Because It science to tell Ilea. hurts my con New Racket A fnther said to Ids young dough ter. aged eight, “Wlmt are you going to be when you grow up?” “I ’m going Io be either an artist or a dancer," ahe answered, "because I don’t think I ’ll he much good nt this mother business !”—Parents’ Magazine. A b o u t T h a t Sixe Mrs. lleav.vwn'te— ( h, look, Henry 1 See that circus tent over there? Her lltisbi.nd—E r—yes—that re minds me, dear. Didn’t yon it” » y<»ur skirt on the line when we It ft home? All B u t "So you’re not going to Pnrlf,, this year?" ••Noe-Il’s London we’re not going to thia year; It was Paris we didn’t go to last y ea r’” < D s u b l« d s s r s s t « « —Bv»n> lir * m ansfatlartd kz Firw tana kaori the nemo "F IR E S T O N E " «nd c a rritt Flroitana’« n n lln lttd g s a n n tM and that of oar 5S.SSS S trv- ico Daalara and S trvlta Star««. Tag ara doubly prataettd. F ire s to n e S e rv ic e S to re s end S e rv ic e D ea le rs S ave Yon M oney end S e rv e You B e tte r
