staunch !.!!: Drima Takes. Plica7 Willi
EvcnlTu Satire and Lucid Whknsey
James Stephens, Wj Lardner and Iloso W ilder Lane are
rumors Whoso Work Is Chosen for I it-view
By AUD&ED BUNCH v
ns WAS A MAX" TT Eow Wilder
n Published y Kirper ft Bros.,
Jew York. Pric $3.60 art.
A biographical adventure, the
tedious and eventful growth or a
man, $ not an easy form of litera
ture to endow with virility land re
verberating life, to organize: into
a dramatic plot, and to Interline
with the hangers; the cries and,
In the end, the unmistakable hu
manity of all those who live.
"He Was a Man"; is a novel, en
grossingly told. It Is a novel that
seems more "told" than written.
Every page of It seems told di
reetly from the lives of the char
acters without any transforming
medium. This Is due to the ex
perience of the author, who Is
stralght-forwardly a journalist be-
story," concludes Mr. Lardner, in
finishing his improvisation of the
Cinderella classic, "but It strikes
me like the plot with the poor.
ragged little gal finally getting
all the best of it could be chang
ed around and fixed op so it would
make a good Idear for, a, play."
lie finishes the description of his
trip, to Europe in such a tempting
manner that: one wonders that
chambers of commerce don't hire
him to make them inviting bro
chures" for their campaigns. As
an afterthought, the way Mr. Lar-
ner happened to select "What Of
It?'.' as a title for his book is quite
an essay in Itself. It comes at
the first
JUST FOLKS
It is small- but exceedingly bo-
. r ' . i mey this cottage, on the outskirts
euhiect. anri eh fia maris ? . .
readers know , it. Like the most! lown. which. I. have passed al-
fiuent novel this epochs) book
reads, -and like an epie, of stark
grandeur i stands. One guesses
readily the man for whom the
name Gordon Black is. only an
who was born In San Francisco on
a rainy night who knew newspa-
paperg an.d news reporting and
Eras and sca-farlng, and from the
rlittle tike with the ill-fitting coat
-becaniena figure of whom the en
tire continent , became '(' proud,
mourning his untimely death at
the age of only 40. Gordon Black
Is not' the only character who
stands but.' ? At the turning of the
last cae one realizes he has been
dealing with human beings glossed
only with ; their own ambitions,
their own undertakings, their own
undying dreams. i
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"IK - THE X.AXD ' Or- YOUTH" By
3rme 5te!bao. - Pu'blislied fcy tba
KaeMiUa Cpmpany, Kw York. Pric
- r $2.60 net. v ,
The Irish poet, James Stephens,
with a touch increditably magical,
has, written "In rf the Land of
Youth" toVestore light to the eyes
and a matchless touch to the fin
gers. Fabulous in spirit without
being fantastic, the pages have an
engaging reality that " makes one
forget it is the unsubstantial land
of Faery with with they deal. The
young reader will see in it at once
a progression of - adventure- now
elnrlr anri frfn-htful nn I annaal.
ingly beautiful. His elder will see
h'a dearest dreams 'typified and
idealized and endowed ' with the
irresistible flesh. And withal it;
is a fairytale. There-are i many
paragraphs - as savorous as the
sweet forest nuts that have been
'stewed in honey. - There I the
king with a beard: like foaming
rnlrf Thfro fa Vlr -Anri thr
is Neva, the intrepid, the daring,
and the valonrous. And after
"The Feast of Samhain" the book
opens at part two, ; and with the
Feast of Lugnasa a thousand sen
tences become wisdom.: James
Stephens is like a mountain spring
that way his paragraphs couldn't
run lank If he wanted them to.
Stephens ' writes with the clean
gleam of the costly gem,- and never
with the glitter of the .Imitation.
"In the Land of Youth" is done in
the same cherished style as that
In which be did Immortal "Delr
dre." .- '"' ti""-
"WHAT Or IT?" By Bins W. Lardner.
Pnbiihd by Chwl 8erUnr Sons,
2fw York. ?rte $1.75 aet. r ..
Ring W. Lardner has evolved
a volume that Is inconceivably In
structive. One doesn't expect to
be so informed and so side-splt-'tlngly
entertained at the same
time. But Lardner does It. He
does it so faithfully that tho read
er cftn't let" his suspicions be
aroused in regard to any motive
beyond that" of uprightly ; tomfool
cry. And in the tend, the sheer
Jollity of Lardner' s vernacular Is
far. better than any "sugar-coating."
lis analyzes, scrutinizes,
paraphrase and reconstructs. And
what he wants to say bo says. He
says It In such a fashion that even
those whom; "the shoe pinches"
are still constrained to dash up
and shake hands with him In no
small admiration. 'That's all the
most daily during, the past four
years. : Down In town you would
have passed it by possibly,, with
only a mental note. $ut here It
stands out In a -setting' for, the
most part, of disordered wreck
age. ' . i '
'First, I wondefwhy the location
was selected. No; answer. " Or can
it be that these young people had
in their dream only the little nest
they were. to. build, regardless of
the, setting. Or, did they propose
to show by contrast, that home is
not merely a house.
Regardless of these conjectures.
they built a house," then little by
little the home developed. The
house was painted in subdued,
harmonious ; colors; a porch j in
front with some" lattice; work In
green, a row of roses along front
and side; a few shfubs and an
nuals, placed with rare art, adorn
the front. . ' - ' -p-:
The rear of the small lot Is en
closed with a neat fence of wire
netting.- Several varieties of ber
ries, are, growing in- neatly- kept
rows;' a small house, where a few
hens are kept." --: : i - t ' H
As ; time passed and,4 perhaP
resources increased, a small gar
age was, erected; In which was
installed a car; not a high priced
one either. I never saw It look
other than well kept
, Just &. short time, ago, poles
were raised and-wires connected,
clearly indicating the installation
of a radio set. : ' '"
But what of the "people who
have accomplished this? I know
very little. Their name even,, is
unknown to me. , There is. reason
to believe the younr man works
down town, r possibly at "the saw
mill. Some three years ago he
must have been in an accident.
For a long time he as about with
a bandaged arm. ; Often I saw him
walking among his berry vines,
doing what he ould with one
hand. He seemed ill at ease, no
doubt with the thought that one
so strong should be thus disabled.
The wife is the sool of neat
ness and the fitness of things.
Whether about her household, du
ties, or at work' with flowers, or
what not, she is always the same.
Also, there is the little, fairylike
girl of five or, six-years, usually
la hite, always Immaculate. So
reserved ia she that rarely have
I received a shy wave of the hand
in. recognition of my own. '
Why all of this about three
people and a house? Ifnt it" the
common rule of life? Is It?
- r I have meditated and attempted
to moralize. Is It ? ,'-p;
. (This home is in Salem, Ore.)
Signed; A. SNOOPER.
SUNDAY VACATIONS
Why are vacations, anyway?
Why do we break fnto the order
ed routine of a perfectly cheerful
and useful life, and go wandering
off" into the various ends, of the
world in search of whatever it is
we are looking-for? What makes
us shift restlessly on our office
chairs when the balmyihreezea.of
early summer begin to ruffle the
papers on our desks? And why
did we catch ourselves wander
ing absent mindedly into a sport-
ing-gooda store, when Wife asked
us to bring home two pounds of
steak , last i night? The questions
are asked by the Oregon State
Board of Health, and also answer
ed. ' ' .
Change Is a wonderful thing
It's natural to develop a craving
for surroundings and life that we
-miss in our daily routine. The
yearning of the lonely prospector
for a good blow-out in the big
gest place nearby is no stronger
than the desire of the city dwell
er fog a apell of "back to nature."
Both these feelings are perfectly
normal, and on the way that we
go about fulfilling these wants of
ours for a change depends the
success or failure of our vacation.
Change is the first essential to
a vacation. For; a- real rest, we
must leave, our usual haunts and
occupations, and, find new ones,
Rest id not an entire lack, ot oc
cupation, but indulging in pur-
suits which are strange to us 'In
our ordinary life.;' The' lonesome
worker in the open ; wants gayety
and social diversion; the worried
office worker needs physical ex
ercise and - enough mental exer
tion; to keep his mind off . his
problems. .-' ' " : -
The greatest danger in "taking
vacations is. that of overdoing. We
are supposed to return to work
rested,' refreshed and ready tor
another period" of our" daly work.
Instead we of ten come back home
to recuperate from our vacation.
It is very: easy to get carried away
by tho joy of the unusual-outdoor
life, or by the attractions of the
social swirl, and to attempt feats
that would have taxed our powers
when we were much younger and
in better condition to stand the
strain. We must pick the place
which wllj Ta u the sort of re
laxation we" need, . and then we
must take it in the proper doses.
The best plan is not to confine
the vacation to one, lump, once a
year. A longer vacation at that
time is very uoeful, but it is much
better to get entirely away from
our work oftener once a week,
say though it, be for' only a few
hours. When we do that, we are
not apt to overdo - things; we
spread our enjoyment over a long
er period and get the good effects
of " vacation" permanently, " Thle
need not ' ntle out the nsual holi
daybut let: us plan definitely to
leave our routine behind us for
one day a week, or half a day, all
through., the yearV Then "let us
cerloasly organize the time so
that it will be a true vacation in
every sense of the word as far
removed '.'from business : as possi
ble, and giving us what we do not
get the rest of the week. This
will be the very best kind of a
holiday for us.
MARS WARMER TH AH
MAD BEEN SUPPOSED ?
ASTRONOMER AVERS
PRESCOTT. Ariz Dr. W. M.
Slipher, director of the Lowell
observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz.,
when here recently, predicted that
planetary astronomy was on the
threshold of finally accurate de
terminations in" connection with
the study pt Mars.:
' The' astrqnomer ; expressed this
opinion after months of research
based on - observations which he
and other scientists obtained' last
summer when Mars made its clos
est approach to the earth. Among
the discoveries, said Dr. Slipher,
is that the planet, is much warmer
than had been supposed and has a
much denser atmosphere than it
had been credited with, ' These de
terminations, he ' explained, are
tendencies in support of the theo
ry that the, planet -bears life,
The temperature of the planet
was approximated by the "Cqblenz
radiometer, one of tho latest astro
nomical Instruments, so delicate
that it measures the heat of dis
tant stars. Dr. Slipher considers
this device as important in adding
to the knowledge of the tempera
ture of planets as the Michelson
Interferometer is In determining
the apgular diameter of: celestial
bodies. , - ;
Dr. Slipher offered no final
opinion? on "the guessed-at and
often controverted; matters affect
ingMrs. " But he emphasized, as
other astronomers -' h a v e. the
strange regularity of the radiating
lines popularly called "canals."
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Ccr.crcl Lcsss, Power cf Attorney, Prune Books and Pads, Seals Pe
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L els frcri 23 to S3 cents. .
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LIIGAL ELAini ITE AD QUAETHHS
At Ensirrr"! Cfic, Grct"."!.! ,
Cot
The fading-of the polar caps with
the advance of the warm seasons
and subsequent darkening of the
areas presumed by soma to be till
ed regions, afford the geratest ar
gument for those contending the
planet Is Inhabited, he explained!
The regularity of the "canals,: he
sdded, is evidence in favor of their
artificial origin. ; "
FOREIGNERS LISTEN
Ifl PEKING PALACE TQ
THE LIVING BUDDHA
PEKING. Nearly 1.000 fo
reigners and Chinese gathered in
the inner, court of the Ting T'ai
palace in Peking on the afternoon
of- Easter Sunday to witness a
reception offered to the Panchan
Lama by the united religious bo
dies of China, The Ying T'al
palace, which was the scene of the
Imprisonment and death of the
Emperor Kuang Hsu, and later
the prison of the ex-president Tsao
Knn, is now the home'of the
Panchan Lama, the Living Buddha
and spiritual ruler of Thibet, who
has been for some weeks the guest
of the Chinese government. 4
The spectators were grouped
around a raised platform at the
head of which stood a chair drap
ed in yellow; silk, and In which
a few minutes after the appointed
hour, the Living Buddha took his
seat. This was the signal for the
Lama monks who occupied places
on the platform to begin a Bud
dhist' Chant, the deep, organ-like
tones of which were heard to
great advantage in the. open air.
the reception, made a- short ad
dress of welcome in which he
emphasized the nniversal, nature
of the'meeting, in which all Chin
ese ; sects and representatives of
the v missionary bodies and the
Russian Orthodox church were
taking part. He expressed the
hope that thi3, might be the first
of many such meetings -which
would enable the churches to unite
in their effort to attain the ob
ject which all had In view, namely
the betterment of the world.
A copy of this speech, in Thib
etan,, was then handed to the
Panchan Lama, who spoke briefly
In reply." He expressed approval
of the ideals which had brought
this, meeting together and in a,
"short resume or the main prin
ciples of Buddhism, pointed out
with those of all. other accepted
faiths, i Translations of hl3 words
in Chinese,tEnglish and Mongolian
were read after 'which the choir
of the Peking Choral Society sang
a selection from Stalner's "Cru
cifixion." !
Dr uuoert Reid, organizer of how compatible its tenents were
Eleventh Century CfJf fins
In Restoration of Church
LEICESTER," Eng., June 2-
During restoration" work recently
on SwithlandChurchr" Leicester
shire, which dates hack to Saxon
times, three of the eleventh cen
tury windows were uncovered. Un
der the floor were found two cof
fins of ' children of the Danvers
Butler?, family, ancestors ; of the
present Earl of Lanesborough,
whose county E?at 13 at Ewlthland
Hall.
An Interesting connection with
Swithland also i3 the -tor-Sir
-Joseph Danvers -wl- ? t
Iy 200 years ago. It if
the only instance in
where half th e grave
.hiirchvard and half in
crated ground. Sir Joseph had in
structed his son to bury hira 4a
this fashion, so that when the last
trumpet was sounded he shouli fce
able to arise on the Judgment Day
upon hi3 own land. ,
tone of
- 1 rear
: 1 to be
Uzland
is ia a
unconse
Bad Breaks Sod ;
Are embarrassing, but 1 I rakes
automotively - are ' djwrrihl
treacherous. See Mike rrnek
about your brakes and avoid bad
breaks. Drive to 275 S. Com
mercial St.
KLEEP YO;ClR . KITCHEN COOL WITH A WESTINGHOUSE
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Y"our;Hinner cooked while you're away with
out human supervision- done to a queen's taste
ready to eat when you wish! Sounds in
credible, doesn't it yet it's true?,
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Place your fowl or roast or what you wUl-1-
surrounded by vegetables -if you wishin your
oven. Set the clock then forget all about cook
ing 'till dinner time: when you're ready to eat!
Enjoy these glorious summer days out of doors
i spend:more time on the links or with the
Tlie Iron zMhJhs
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laddies, !Add Hours fo eacK -day and leisure to
your housekeeping. Enjoy a cool kitchen this
summer with aWestinghouse ! ,
During June while this very convenient offer
is in effect we will give to each purchaser of
a .Westinghouse without additional cost the
new .Westinghouse ; Automatic Iron the iron
with a click ! The heat is perfectly and auto
matically controlled never too hot ne?er too
cold! ' " " t :
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"BalancQ on easy
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The oven of this famous range is automatically controlled, " When the correct temperature
is reached, the fyeat automatically turns off. The "fireless cooking, methods do the
rest and conserve "juice' Electrically cooked food is thoroughly cooked food r net
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