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George Wharton Pepper
European Conflict Handled
From Every Angle irvSeri
ous Work and Fiction.
Deals With Question From
Standpoint of Lawyer,
WAR NOTE SOUNDED
NOW AND ANON IN
NEUTRALS HEARD, TOO
Interest It Taken In at Least
Bom Writings Shown by
Keprln tings.
Dr. Chalmers Mltrhfll In his volume
entitled 'Kvolutlon and the War,'" re
cently issued by K. I'. Dutton & Co.,
sets out to present In a tnnrr or less
.popular nnd toploal form some of the
Insistent rrohlems of biology and
. shown In what way the so-called laws
of nature apply to und are Illustrated
by the war.
Starting with the German claim
1 that "the natural law to which all
r laws of nature can be reduced Is the
i law of struggle," he points out that it
Is not maintained, as It Is merely an
unsupported assumption to apply to
human beings what Is observed In the
animal world.
He shows that there is no rongrulty
between the facts of jsi-oIok.v and bot
any from which the "'Law of Klruggl,
for Kxl.steme'' was derived and the
facts of national existence to which
the nermann propose to apply It. The
argument throughout Is enlivened by
a large amount of Interesting facts
and illustrations from history, blog
rap by, etc.
Since Its publication In December
"With the Allies," Mr. Davis' story of
the war flni the iimlde, has had five
editions. I'our of those were printed
within two months. Two of them were
printed before publication.
The war widens, and it will widen
still more before It Is over. To the
nine powers who were in the arena
last August three more have already
been added Turkey on the Germanic
side, Portugal and Italy on the side
of the allies. Horn three-fifths of tho
total population of the earth and over
thre'e-flf tlis of Its land surface may
at this moment be classed as belliger
ent.
In Kurope. of course, the proportion
Is much higher. Some Tii per cent of
the peoples of Kurope, inhabiting
roughly a,200,0o() nquaru miles out of
a total area of slightly more than
3,800,01)0, are now at war. rom the
north of Scotland to the south of
Spain and thence to Constantinople
and the I'ral mountains, and so round
the entire circuit of the old world,
only about one person in eiht, only
about one acre lu six, lie outside the
struggle.
Of the 5K, 000, 000 Europeans who are
at present neutral, perhaps only the
L'0, 000,000 who dwell in the Spanish
peninsula are certain to continue so;
one-half of the remainder are poslble,
the other hsflf likely combatants. As
matters stand today Turkey and the
Germanic powers together dispose of
some 460,000 square miles of Kuropean
soil and 1 19,000,000 Inhabitants, and
the allies In Europe of six times us
much territory and about two and a
lalf times as many subjects. Sydney
Brooks In September Atlantic.
Cn the Trail"
Has Big Appeal
"On the Trail." bv T,lna Heard nnd
Adella R. Benrd. This latest volume of
the Misses Beard tells how a girl can
live, outdoors, camping In the woods,
following the trail, -anoelng. swim
ming, learning to know the. wild in
habitants of the woods In such a way
that Its Instructions 'can be followed
with the greatest ease.
i Every emergency, every accident, Is
provided for In advance, i.nil the minor
discomforts of camping life as well as
the more serious dangers are taken
Into consideration, so that the girl
who follows the simple rules of this
book will find cn outdoor life of true
recreation, health, and the real luxu
iles that the woods provide.
Such details as cooking are planned
In' a way that makes the mouth water.
Arrangements for sleeping are made
Ideally comfortable out of the raw
materials of the forest.
The smell, of the camp-fire la suf
fused through all. the pages of this
book nnd should make every normal
girl hear the call of the Red Gods.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
SI. 26 net.
More Satire by Galsworthy.
"The Little Man and other Satires."
by John Galsworthy. This volume con
tains penetrating studies of various
phases and types of modern society.
In a general way It belongs to the
class of "A Motley," "The Inn of Tran
quillity." etc., being a collection of
sketches. Including several brief plavs.
which express the author's personal
views and observations In a peculiarly
poignant way.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
$1.30 net.
Are You a Boomerangostang?
How many people have heard of the
American Society of Boomerango-
lanes? it is probably the smallest
athletic organization 'n America, for
there appear to be only six Americans
really skilled in the outlandish art of
.boonieraiiKthruwing. One of these is
V. M. Hillyer. authqr of "Child Train
ing" and he..d of the Calvert school in
Baltimore, win, confesses to an affin
ity with the Inishman in holding this
3 his favorite sport.
Stevenson for Hoys and Girls.
On the Sorlbner list for early pub
lication there is a "Life of Robert
Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls,"
by Jacqueline Overton. To one who
remembers the romance of Stevenson's
life with its enthusiasms and courage
and high spirit of adventure, and his
eternal "spirit of boyhood," it is sur
prising why such Va ' book has never
been written before.
MEMBERS OF MYSTIC
SHRINE
OASIS
TO
AT
Caravan From Al Kader
Temple to Pay Homage to
Imperial Potentate,
Just .us the last sun rays faded In
the west last night a caravan of
some 500 members and friends of Al
Kader Temple made a start from the
city for the country home of Poten
tate 0; V. Stapleton on the Damascus
road. Gresham, of which the high
Schrlner Is mayor. They went to pay
homage to their Illustrious chief.
The great majority of the caravan
treked over the Section Line road in
automobiles, of which It Is estimated
there were at least a hundred. The
others traveled In two special cars j
over the Estacada line of the Tort-i
land Hallway, Light & Power com-j
pany. The caravan reached the Mec-
ca a few minutes after 8. Al Kader
band, directed by Frank Lucas, was.
among those present, and with It the
"jitney male ouartet," composed of
Messrs. Cramer, Patterson. David
son and Hutchinson.
Beautiful Oroundi Illuminated.
The affair was in the nature of a
lawn fete and reception. The beauti
ful grounds were illuminated with gar
lands of varicolored electric lights.
Elaborate arrangements had been
made for the entertainment of the
guests, for, in addition to the music
hy the band and singing by the quar
tet, solos were rendered by Mrs. O. .1.
Brown, soprano, of Gresham; Gus H.
Cramer, baritone; Mrs. R. W. Schmeer,
contralto; A. F. Davidson, basso; Mrs.
.1. B. Kttinger, colorature soprano, and
MJss Vera Kitchen, piano.
The hosts were surprised with two
valuable presents! Potentate Staple
ton's being a large iron cross, and
Mrs. Stapleton's. a beautiful cut gla-ss
decantnr. The presentation wa-s made
by Master of Ceremonies E. T. Red
field, in a happy speech, to which Po
tentate Stapleton responded In an
equally humorous vein.
No Limit Placed.
"If there is anything you want,
take it; even unto the curb of the side
walk," he told the fez wearers and
their friends, "for I know that if you
want anything you'll take it anyway."
Long tables containing luncheon
were ordered assailed at 10, after the
concert, and by midnight the autos
were on their way .home.
New Country From
The Civil War
That a new continent-wide America,
with a new vision and a new spirit
voiced in a new outburst of literature
arose from the Civil war is the conten
tion of Professor Fred Lewis Pattee,
of the Pennsylvania, state college,
whose "History of American Litera
ture Sin.ce 1S70," is announced for pub
lication ; r.ext month by the Century
company. Our National Period, he
says, began in 1S70.
Before that time American literature
bad been provincial, narrow. Imitative
of foreign models. The new period be
gan with the new laughter of the
west, originating in gatherings of men
under elemental conditions. In camps
of the Civil -war. on steamboats of
the great river, in excited boom-towns
on the gold coast.
Bret Harte added to this the touch
of art and Joachim Miller the primi
tive touch of poetry, and then began
that amazing outburst of dialect, pro
vincial, and local color writing In
which Americans first found. Ahem
celves and their country in literature.
JOURNEY
AM
t St- jlr IN SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES 1 eS
How Rupert Hughes
Gets Local Color
Rupert Hughes, author of "Kmpty
Pockets," stated In a recent Interview
that peculiarities of dialect have al
ways ben a source of great Interest
to him. "I always take special pains,"
he says, "with that part of characteri
zation." In writing "Empty Pockets"
he wished to mak use of a dialect
called Ladino spoken by Jews whe
have emigrated from Spain tD Turkey,
and thence to the United States, so
he went down to New York's east side
to find out about It.
'I told a druggist In that district
frankly about my difficulty, and ex
plained that I was writing a novel and
needed his help," he said.
"He took me at once to a restaur
ant where I spent a delightful hour
talking to the Ladino people about
their customs, and registering In my
mind their forms of speech. They were
very courteous, and I drank much ori
ental coffee as their guest."
The Leares Are Turning Yellow
and So Is Charley Myers'
Straw Hat.
Vol.
SAT. EV'G ALIBI
Rex Lampman. Ed. and Pob.
Sab. Frioe, On Jitney.
Sept. 4, 1915.
EDITORIAL.
WE EXPLAIN Alili.
The following ,rom the
"Smudging Pot" col. of the
Medford .Sun, edited by tnat
peerless grouch, A. Gordon
Perry, gives us a chance tu
explain ;
It is noticed hy his
picture in the Portland
Journal, that Wrecks
Lampman, so well known
hereabouts, has escaped
the pitfalls of the city
onlv to go and raise a
weakling mustache.
We had nothing to do
with the said libel, which
was due to flagrant sabot
age on the part of C. 8.
Woodruff, who beguiled us,
in a moment of folly, into
standing for the picture.
Tommy James, the usually
gentlemanly foreman; Ez
Fulton, the maniac make-up
man; Bill Grunow, O. Clar
Leiter and other criminaU
they put the thing in the
paper, and we have a notion
to get even by printing all
their pictures with the
proper labels.
TOWN TALES.
George Shepherd drop
his "h's" when he gels ex
cited. Postmaster' Myers seemed
to take his being a commo
dore at the Astoria regatta
seriously. ,
Bob Maguire, the mean
young barrister, reads "The
Pickwick Papers" every
night, he sayV
E. L. (Daisy) Powell has
come back from Chicago a.nd
finds that all his old girls
are marriedj.
Harold Grant was the best
looking young fellow on
the 8 o'clock Ore. City car
Thurs. morning.
. The entente cordiaie be
tween Mike Clohessy and
Gov. Withvoombe is said to
be slightly addled.
Bill Goldman is one of the
Atlantic Monthly Offers Illuminating Article on "The Monroe Doc
trine as Germans See It," a German Explaining That There
Is Xo Hostility to It in Germany.
The Strand magazine for September
makes its bow more particularly as an
American magazihe than ever before.
This was foreseen in the appoint
ment last February of Wendell Phil
lips Dodge, a young American news
paper man, editor, dramatic, critic and
literary director for David Belasco's
important theatrical and dramatic en
terprises, as editor of the American
edition of this magazine, which in
Great Britain is the leading and great
est monthly periodical.
In addition to two strikingly Ameri
can articles of timeliness and inter
est, " 'Billy' Sunday and His Home
Run Religion" and "Cncle Sam at
Work," as told In mptlon pictures,
besides the regular American theatri
cal feature, "'Masks and Faces." every
article and short story has a direct
appeal to Americans.
The spirit of adventure, sought or
thrust upon one, is to be found aplenty
in the Wide World Magazine for Sep
tember. The midsummer number of "The
Drama" is devoted in large part to the
work cf the noted French dramatist,
"EVERYBODY
PORTLAND, OR., U. S.
leading amateur Sat. after
noon swimming instructors
at Windemuth. The girls
quarrel with each other to
have him teach them.
Joe Hammersly very sel
dom sings the "Miserere,'"
but when he does he feels
every note of It.
Jim Kyle, who does all
the mayoring Stanfield
needs, was here all too
briefly this wk,
A great many people who
meet Staples, the weler,
tell him that his face looks
familiar to them.
Jack Latourette is going
to take ye scribe and Clar
ence Reames out to lunch
one of these days.
Ad Bennett wants us to
start a garbage wagon agi
tation, as he says they
stand too long in one place.
Josephine R. Sharp, the
w. k. Alberta uplifter, was
In yesterday and told us
about another civic outrage.
'Gene Horton, of Lake
wood, is thinking of buying
a goat, with which he has
never had amy actual experience.
(Great film,
OUR NEIGHBORS
Burns Bluffs.
Jimmy Dennegan as
sessed i bay mule at $34.75.
Jimmie alleging the war
Justified him in a six bits
raise.
Hank Levens was seen
castine admiring clances at
the Leven's block this
week.
Bill Hanley is home from
Portland, and folks think
the sore toe that kept him
there was just one of those
stories in the newspapers
The North Pole club built
a railroad from Burns to
the maita line one dav last
week. i
Tacoma Tattling.
All the regular trains
now stop here.
Publisher Baker, of the
Tacoma News, can't see ML
Rainier in any weather.
Elmer Dover, head of our
gas company, who used to
help Mark Hanna make
president's, called on Theo.
Burton at S. F.. and says
that while Burton used to
be an iceberg he is now a
glad-hander.
James B. Kerr is back
from the S. F. Expo. He
was much taken with Jump
Off Joe. an alligator 19o7
years old.
Charley Rudeen, of the
State Market, says every
man should have at least
one dissipation, and his is
his farm.
Milt Seaman, one of our
leading theatric patrons, is
back from his vacation,
which cost more than he
was told it would before he
went.
Alta W. Giesy says that
the friction between a low
stock and a heavy insur
ance policy has been known
to make work for the fire
laddies.
Capt. Jas. P. Shaw, the
Lakewood real estate strat
egist, has been having trou
ble with his pump, h.nd the
water supply of the neigh
borhood is menaced.
Art Fish Is going to 8 F.
aarain, and if he has time
will look around arid try
and find Rev. J. Richard
Olson's watch, which was
lost In that wicked city a
few wks. ago.
Bat "Why Don't Thayf
J. Hen Murphy says that
another thing the matter
with the Irish is that they
don't hang together.
Emile Augier. It is a surprising fact
that so great a playwright, the first
to introduce socTology to the stage,
one of the first to write the modern
thesis play, and a brilliant technician,
should be so little known to English
and American readers. Except for the
publication in the same magazine
some four years ago of one play, al
most none of this significant material
has been made available In English.
Eugene Brieux writes in an article
preceding a translation of the cele
brated "Marriage of Olympe," nn ar
ticle attempting to fix Augier's place
in modern drama, that his own de
scent in form and attitude can be
traced directly from Augier. One judges
that M. Brieux considers Augier a
moulding force In the drama of today
as Important as Ibsen.
Other articles of interest are a hu
morous treatment of the parsee
drama, an account of an Interview
with Frank Wedekind, a study of the
evolution of the actor from his early
position as a dancer, a scholarly re
construction of the Shakespearean
stage, with illustrations by Charlotte
Porter, the well known editor of
Shakespeare, and of the Poet Lore
STEEDS OWJG."
A., SEPTEMBER 4, 1915.
SCENE OX A WIXDY DAY
L L-- j ri
"" tZD SHUCKS
after being seen by cencor board.) j
Ring Out. Mild Bells
Slag.
Harry Thorne got 'married
this week, and tried to get
the license at the city hall,
but trev wouldn't give it to
him there, and lie finally
got it at tiie courthouse.
Hong.
Just six years ago today
we were married, and the
young woman who took t lie
chance said thrs morning
that she hopes we get our
pay raised pretty soon.
Why Wet rrtnt the Slag-ram
th Same WMk?
Arthur D, Moe, ed. or the
Hood River Glacier, who
doesn't like The Alibi be
cause It makes him think,
has a funny column, -"Fins,
Furs and Feathers," in his
paper, and sometimes dia
grams tne oes tne e
following. For instance:
The joke is On the
Glacier. The point of the
joke Is the first item in
'Fins, Furs and Feath
ers" was omitted last
week. The passing over
of a paragraph has
caused many readers to
ask the Glacier the
meaning of the joke.
Dr. J. B. Ziegler is out at
Banks again, and we miss
him.
Left Despite their recent action In banning the wist watch for
men, the American National Association of Retail Jewelers care
fully refrained from tasting any slighting remarks at the new
ankle watch, which made its appearance lately on Broadway.
Center Germ an soldiers who were wounded in the arms or hands
are taught to do all 6orts of handicraft, so as to restore the
normal suppleness of the injured members. The photograph
shows a class in knitting. t
Right Lady Hope Nelson, called by English society the most beau
tiful American ever presented at court, is to quit her husband's
castle in Leicestershire to nurse soldiers iu a French hospital.
Cables to her family in St. Louis say that the beauty, who
lief ore her marriage was Miss Isabelle Valle, has gained her
husband's consent and will take up nursing at once.
magazine, and a discussion of the pos
sibility of removing from the stage
those elements of personality supplied
by actor, manager, scenery, etc., but
not intended by the dramatist, this
discussion by Hufttly Carter.
Three important and unusual arti
cles open the September Atlantic. "The
Monroe Doctrine as Germans See It,"
by Herbert Kraus, is particularly Il
luminating in view of the recent dis
cussions of Pan-Americanism and the
Germanophobia so prevalent today.
Ir. Kraus, a German scholar unsur
passed in knowledge of the political
Harry Rice Says He Used to Know
a Lot of Things That
Weren't So.
No. as.
HALL OF FAME
Driver is the name of an
evangelist operating al
Hood River.
E. S. McCoy of 408 Mon
roe st., reads Swedenborg
and used to use snuff. He
is 74. but don't feel It.
Harry Duck is chef at
Pat Lindsay's place in Hood
River and specializes on
the Denver sandwich.
C. M. Rynerson says that
files are worse on bald
headed men when the
weather is hot and cloudy.
Dorsev Smith, the trans
portation czar, always looks
out of the window when
talking to a prospect, and
the railroad bovs say he's
looking for another.
The Curse ot Property.
Carl Reiter. new mgr. of
the Orpheum, has moved
here from Seattle with his
family, including a Ford, a
bulldog and a large daven
port which they couldn't get
into the flat they rented on
the east side, arid the bull
dog is so frightened by the
bustle of our city that he
refuses to go outdoors.
Weekly Alf Item.
Alf Cridge. who has been
expositioning, says that if
the ladles attending dressed
after the same styles as the
statuary there would be
more interest taken in the
Expo, at San Fran. Alf at
tracted a good deal of at
tention himself, considering
the other sights.
It Pays, AU S4bt.
Aaron r rang lost
his
Llewellyn setter and put an
ad. In our est. ev'g con
temp.. The Journal, and
when he got back homo
after so doing the setter
wai sitting on the po:ch.
Bulletin.
Jimmie Fletcher, war
corr. for The Alibi at Rose
burg, scftds us the news via
8. P. that a sign thrown on
the screen of a. movie the
atre down there says: "We
are neutral; don't shell our
floor."
EXTRA!
Ashley Van Tyne iB out
of town again, either at Sol
Due or Banff, he didn't
know which when he left.
The last time he was away
he had quite a time trying
to put out the electric light
in his berth.
relations of the Americas, interests us
when he Informs us that the Monroe
Doctrine has no definite scope; that
everybody has a different idea of it;
and that there is no hostility to It In
Germany. He does more than Interest
us when he claims that the exporta
tion of munitions is "ag contrary to
the Monroe Doctrine as the present
tone of the American press," and
threatens that "It will doubtless play
a part unfavorable to the union In the
general accounting."
All who share the widespread anxi
ety concerning the German attitude
toward the United States will find
this paper suggestive. Also suggest
ive, and more brilliant, is "The Mod
est Immigrant," by Agnes Reppller
a scornful attack on the "alien who,
having done us the honor of nccept
lng citizenship, wields his vote as a
cudgel, bidding us beware cf the
weapon we have amiably placed in his
hands."
The Atlantic's war articles include a
well-considered plan for "A League to
Enforce Peace," by President Lowell
of Harvard; humorous and entertain
ing "War Notes From a Newspaper
Desk," by Simeon Strunsky; an arti
cle on "Side Issues of the War,' by
Sydney Brooks; one on "War and the
Wealth of Nations." by L. P. Jacks;
and the final Installment of Mildred
Aldrlch's exciting "Adventures in the
Little House on the Marne."
In the September Issue of McBrlde'a
Magazine, Philip Glbbs, the novelist,
tellg of his experiences In Paris curing
the past year. He describes many
scenes that Illustrate the overwhelm
ing change that has taken place In th
people and the city. The following is
typical: '
"A Tuno spoke under the statue of
Aphrodite In the gardens of the Tull
erles to a crowd of smiling men and
girls. He had a German officer's hel
met. He described with vivid and dis
gusting gestures how he had cut off
the man's head -lie clicked his tongue
to give the sound of it and how he
had batlied his hands in the blood of
I his enemy, before carrying this trophy
j to his trench. He held out bB hands,
I staring at them, laughing at them as
thoigh they were still crimson with
j German blood. A French
woman shivered a little and turned
pale. But another woman laurhed
I an old creature with toothless rami j
with a shrill, harsh note.
I "A dirtv race.' she naid' 't ahnnM
be glad to cut a German throat:'"
Goethals Explains
Work on Big Canal
San Francisco, Cel., Sept. 4. (U. P.
Major General George W. Goethals
gave an outline of the construction of
the Panama canal and the canal cone
here today to several hundred mem
bers of the Commonwealth club. There
was no fuss or ceremony about his ap
pearance and his request for no pomp
was carried out.
Tuesday the builder of the canal will
be honored with a "Goethals day" at
the exposition, when the greateat mil
itary review since the exposition
opened is planned.
Rex Beach in New York.
i Rex Beach, author of '"The Auction
Block," apparently does not find It
possible to forget the metropolis even
in summer. He motored Into New Tork
last week from his country home at
Lake Hopatcong for a few days' visit,
, in order to attend the opening night
I at one of the theatres. Mr. . Beach's
next novel will be published la September.
FLOCK NOT CONSIDERED
Author Bnowa Coaaldaration ana
Sympathy for Congregation
asA Man In Pulpit.
It In interesting to find the name of.
George Wharton Pepper among tho
of the prominent men in the Platts
burg military camp.
While many will recognize Mm a
a distinguished lawyer, perhaps mora
will be familiar with his work as a
layman In the church. Ills new book,
"A Voice From the Crowd," just pub
lished by the Ynle I'nlverslty Presa,
contains a criticism lining thHt word
In Its best snse, to mean constructive
analysis containing its much praise as
blame of the preaching, and Incident
ally of the practising, of today.
With the clearness of a lawyer and
with sympathy both for the congrega
tion and for the preacher, he describes"
the faults which sonif ministers hav
to avoid. Among them he says:
"If a man has c.piupHSsloii for -th
crowd he will preuHi for their aaks
and not for his own. I have heard
many sermons which were obviously
delivered primarily for the satisfac
tion of the preacher. He had become
interested in a certain line of thought.
He had happened upon what seemed
to him a bright idea. Or. perhaps, lis
had been reading a book which pleased
or pained him. Forthwith he was
eager to ease his mind. Sunday
was at hand and the pulpit w.is his.
He never seriously asked himself what
were the needs of his flock.
"What followed 1 can best xpreM
by setting over against ..that tragic
picture of tho sheep in the now ona
of those unreal Arcadian tyenes In
which the shepherd, playing upon h'
pipe, holds the center of the pictura
while the sheep, moi e f' rtunato than
the congregation, wander listlessly
away."
New Play by
John Galsworthy
"A Bit O'l-ove." by John Galsworthy.
- A play set in a "village of. the
West" In England. The theme centers
about t he young curate, a strange,
beautiful character, full of passion in
restraint, who enduren with a temper
that seems the very essence of Chris
tianity his desertion by his wife and
the scorn and gibes of the village folk
that follow on the scandal. , It I" all
In the best manner of Gulsworthy,
Imply. In the dialect of the peasants,
with the setting of spring In the sleepy
rovmtry and suffused with white moon
light Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
60 cents net.
Compliment to
Wilson Answered
The distinguished author of "When
a Man Comes to Himself" Woodrow
Wilson recently received a copy of
this book, In which 51 members of
the Yonkera Y. M. C. A. had written
their names. The president wrote the
following letter In acknowledgement:
"Will you not say to the gentlemen
whose name are on the flyleaf on thlit
book how much 1 am Interested that
they should have read It, and express
to them my hope that the doctrine
preached In this little essay may seem
to them worthy of something more
than a passing thought. Cordially and
Incerely yours.
(Signed) "WOOHRoW WILSON." 1
Mary Phagan Speaks. f
You care a lot about tne, you men of
Georgia, now that I am dead. ?-v
You have spent thousand of dollar
trying to learn who mutilated
my body.
Trbu have filled the oluMns of your
newspaper with the story of
my wrong.
You have broken into a ptUon and
murdered a man that I might be
avenged.
But why did you not ;ire for me when
I was "alive?
I was a child Inn you shut -me out of
the dayllgl t
You held me within four walls watch
ing a machine that crashed
through Une ;i I r.
Endlessly wauhlne a kniff as It cut a
piece of wood.
Noise fills the pla'e nolce, dust anfl
the smell of oil
I wish some of the tlMiubands of dollars
that you spent on the trial
might have kpt nie In school.
A real school, the kind you bulla for
I worked through the hot August day
When you wert "inn mrc s"io, r
shooting birds.
Or lounging In doorways '-urnlng the
nigger.
And you never paid me enough to buy
a pretty ores
You sometimes apoke coarsely to me
when 1 went to and from; my
work ;
Yes you did. and I had to pretend I
' liked It.
Why did you despise me living and yet
love me so now?
I think I know. It is 'Ike what tha
preacher told me about Christ:
People hated Him when t.e w alive.
But when He was dead they killed
man after man for His sake,
MARY WHITE OVIN01TON..
In The New Republic
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