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PAGE SIX Sage of Salem;. Speculates 1 By D H. TALMADGE r . i ni" ra fori A V life Is tilled with memories dim, X Aug hlii g faces and faces grim. Vapory figure of the past. Visions that somehow failed to las& Pains and pleasures cone with " the years. Laughing echoes, marks of tears, Meekly, we, bow" our whitened head, ,.. : - Pondering words ths prophets said. . . . Mystery's edee we barely touch. We striye to learn, but learn pot much, . Dimness behind,-darkness ahead. Looks like sense, what the poet aaid - "Our Ufa Is nothing bat Today, Rotter Tm look at it that war. And in faith and with courage -. strong Do thy duties and plod along." Rip T wilier was sitting on a beer keg at an np-Taliey railway station one noontime. He held a piece of cheese In his left hand, bat he was not eating. Looking at himI InToluntarily thought of -"Rodin's "Thinker." the pose being similar to that of the familiar fig- ore. X did not burst In on his medi tations. But presently, as I was quite sure he would. Rip burst out with what was troubling him.. Tto been wonderin'." he said, "why they put holes In the cheese that dont need Tentilatlon- and don't put 'em in clieese that does need Tentllatlon. Why, do you a' pose I was worried for a moment. Then Rip laughed, and I knew it was just a cheesy way he has of being funny. An extreme case of insomnia Is reported from Turner. The patient cannot sleep, even when u is time to get up. Big news flashed from Europe by cable one day recently, with pictures for the news reels: The Duke of Windsor drank a Scotch and soda and skiied down a small mountainside. 31y first view of a pair of pa Jamas was bad 47 years ago this summer over in Wyoming. Cir cumstances one night required a young chap from Boston and I to occupy the same room at a hotel, and at bedtime he produced the pajamas from his suitcase and put 'em on. It was quite an ex perience. He said it was the com ing thing in the way of bight ap parel, and subsequent develop ments have proved that he knew what he was talking about. An Item in a recent issue of a New York paper gives the incident added interest. The item states that an edict from Paris in 1892 established pajamas as the only correct robe de nuit and banished the nightgown to oblivion, where, by the way, it did not remain. The fact that I saw a pair of pajamas In actual use in 1890 leads me to believe that I was among the very first in this country to see one of the garments. However, at the time I was not particularly inter ested in nightwear. As a matter of fact, on that Wyoming trip I wore the same shirt day and night a blue flannel, on the bosom of which were spots resulting from the absence of napkins in that section at that time. . The "Lloyds of London" pic ture at the Grand theatre the past eek, which was accorded house capacity business from its first showing, was in no sense a dis appointment to those who saw it, 'as sometimes Is the case when ex pectations have been raised to un usual heights by enthusiastic re ports from other cities. The pic ture is In effect a pageant filled with color and drama. It is not likely. I presume, that it is entire ly authentic historically, but in a general way it throws a broad light on an interesting period in English history and reveals the growth of the British underwriting :. syndicate, from a small group of men gathered in the London cof fee house of Edward Lloyd to a 1 world force in the mercantile ship- - ping business. It Is a story of ' heroes and heroism, with a de- - lightful piece of acting by Tyrone Power (which we were not look- - ins for) to set the pace for a fine company of players. "Lloyds" is known widely as being a London Insurance concern.- This picture : will give many thousands of. us an idea of the magnitude of the : Institution and the nature of it which few have even remotely realized. A considerable percentage of those who saw the Curwood film. -God's Country and the Woman." at the Elslnore during the week were attracted by the fact that the. picture was for the most part filmed at Longview. , Washington. The log jam and railway shots were made on the Co wilts river at RIderwood, and the mountain shown lr ' the film is the north slope of Mount Hood. These things gave the picture -an interest to me far greater than it would have The Safety Valve Letters from ; : Statesman Readers ' (Continued from page 4) lets or circulars and mall distri bution, to any and every voter in the country- at government ex pense. Ttyanny " cannot grow or develop nnaer sucn s uw.: ioom who seek power must Xlrst kill those who Initiated this law' be cause this law makes It impossi ble for any man to become a dic tator. ' ' " HERBERT DENNETT, - West Stayton. Oregon. possessed had they been lacking. The coloring of the film was al taost breath-taking. Some folks are fussy in the mat ter of historical accuracy. "The Plainsman," shown in these parts of late, conceded to be a splendid film, has aroused quite a wisp of dust amongst the punctilious ones. because, ther say, it doesn't stick to facts. As a matter of truth, it probably was a bit colored in spots tor the sake of the story. But, even so, it was doubtless as near ly authentic as the majority of his tories. The greater number of so called Inaccuracies are trivial in their : nature anyway. Tet there Is a percentage of the reading pub lic sufficiently large to make profitable the publication of books picking small flaws in the charac ter of certain of our historical heroes. Some of these books make out that the contents of the his tories used In the public schools ore so ridiculously beyond fact ps to be practically without value. It ls-all rather wearisome, v By the way. a correspondent at Hollywood, touching upon the matter of historical accuracy in the lives of Wild Bill and Calam Ity Jane as shown in the "Plains man" picture, innocently Inquires as. to the line between one thing and another which it is desirable to recognise in the' presentation of historical data. The secretary at Washington, who connived with lawless whites in the Indian country to furnish guns and am munition to the Indians at a time when Wild Bill Hlckok and Ca lamity Jane Canary were prom inent In affairs at Deadwood, where the arms delivery was to be made, committed suicide. Go ing back somewhat further Into history, the school books do not relate the story of the movement in New England to secede from the union at the time of the war of 1812. Omission of dead Issues of a non-essential and painfully unpleasant nature Is to be com mended, rather than condemned. Which reminds me, X saw and heard In a news picture some time back a 21-gun salute given the president. Why 21? I'll sure take it kindly it some historical accurator will; answer the ques tion definitely. And at the same time I'll be obliged if he will ex plain to me just how terrible it would be If the gunners should at some time lose count and salute the president with only 19 or 20 guns. A psychologist gentleman, whose name as I recall It (can't find the newspaper) is Watson suggests reconditioning labora tories for the emotions. More failures in business, he says, come from lack of control of the emo tions than from lack of Intellect. Fear is the most devastating emo tion. Lore, in its broadest sense, is the only useful and non-harmful emotion that we have. It is stated in the papers that the production of sausage in 1936 was the greatest in any year of the country's history. I wonder does "sausabe" include boloney? Down town again after six weeks of illness Frank Chap man of the Imperial Furniture company . . . One more snow storm echo man living on 23rd street said, "Walking is the finest and most healthful of all exer cise bah!" . l . Mae Wm) re ceived the second largest salary paid In the United States last year, $480,000 ... A Baltimore girl drank 76 classes nf wator without stopping. That's another way to get your name In the pa pers . . . 37 people killed on far western air routes since Decem ber 15. Something radically wrong ... Between now and mid night of the 4th of March, which used to be inauguration day, but isn't any more, the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Hollywood will decide upon the "best" actor and the "best" actress of 1936. The customary number of motion picture fans will fall to agree with the decision ... Current ma gat ines are featuring snrinr fashions . - . Spring cleaning and a new dress for the walla nnrf celling is in progress at the scnaerer drug store ... A great variety of wet pictures have -been shown in the news reels during the past several days.' The wet- lesi looting ot ail the larger towns Shown was Padnrnh. Ken. tucky, Irv Cobb's old home . . . Talk In the sports columns Is turning towards the June ring battles ... Arlilnllo'i MTAel Man" he does not speak evil of otners, even or. his enemies, un less It be to themselves. He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy, whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy, and is afraid of solitude . . . Salem coincides with other critical communities in admiration for the Howard Shearer Interpretation of "Romeo and Juliet.' At beautiful picture . . - Public opinion, fully aroused, is a tremendous force. But It is fully aroused only with great difficulty. It appears in Us cus tomary state as half indifferent to the Infraction ot regulations and satisfied with "Investiga tions" which are only as thor oughly done as is necessary to insure the Issuance of the usual pay checks. Perhaps this Is the way It should be for the welfare of all concerned. Private opinions differ as to public opinion ... Number ot cigarettes made In the United States in,193C, 153.166. 336.093. I dont know just how many that is, but I reckon It's quite a lot . . J Mischievous boys are beginning to shake off their winter apathy. A eat with an air filled paper bag attached to its taiL at any rate - a streak which was thought to be a cat with aa air-tilled paper bag attached to its tall, was observed on State street during the week ... Little t ' : " ' " life of Composer Comes to Library Tchaikowsky of Interest Now; Social Hygiene Volumes Received I ' - Salem Public library ' readers who plan to hear Tchalkowsky's Nutchacked Suite" at the Salem Philharmonic concert on Mon day night, will be Interested la the story of the- great composer's life entitled "Beloved Friend," by Bowen and von Meek, which is on the library's current - list ot ac cessions for the week. f , ' Parents, physician-, and educa tors will welcome trie addition-of a number of new books on sex and sex education recommended - by the Oregon Social Hygiene soci ety, which will bring up to date the library's collection In this field. -,; ; 1 ; Insurance men will find O'Don- nell's "History of Life Insurance" a comprehensive and fascinating survey of this field, which should hold Interest for all business men. The list, as released by the li brarian, follows: -v , Fiction .. J- White and Kendall. "Northern Trails Omnibus." - Reference, Biblioeraphy Van Hoesen and Walter, "Bib liography, Practical and Enum erative"; Schneider. "Theory and History of Bibliography"; Ayer's directory of newspapers and per iodicals; World almanac and book of facts. , Psychiatry, . White, "Twentieth Century Psychiatry." r , Economics, Sociology : - Brookings institution. "The Re covery Problem in the United States' t Sex Education . Edson, "Training Youth for Parenthood"; Gibson, "On Being a Girl"; Robinson, "A Boy and His Girl Friends"; Stevens. "The Right Thing; How to Be Decent Though Modern"; Stevens,-"Stev ens - Marriage Questionalre"; American Social Hygiene associ ation, "Guiding Boy-Girl Rela tionships in Adolescence"; But- terfleid. "Engagement": Butter- field, "Marriage and Sexual Har mony"; Chapman, "How Shall I Tell My Child! Hutton, "The Sex Technique In Marriage"; Rice, The Story of Life for Boys and Girls of Ten Years"; Royden. "Sex and Common-Sense"; Stone and stone. "A Marriage Manual": United States Public Health ser vice, "Sex Education In the Home, McLean and Hubbell. "Male Impotence"; American So cial Hygiene association, "The Truth About Syphilis": Scham- berg and 'Wright, "Congenital Syphilis and Gonorrhea." Natural Resources U. S. Congress, "A National Flan for American Forestry": U. S. National Resources; board, "Re port on National Planning and Public Works, 193 4'1; "Regional Factors in National Planning and Development. 1935": "Def icien cies In Basic Hydroloric Data. 1936"; "Report on Water Pollu tion, 1935"; and "Federal Aren cies Concerned with j Water Use ana control, 1936." ! , Ufe Insurance O'Donnell, "History of Life In surance." j- Home Economics Parents' magazine, "The Moth er's Encyclopedia." Ayars, "Contributions to the a m M w a . -nx ui music in America by the music industries of Boston Bowen and Meek, "Beloved irriena." t t to- Wood ward, "a New American Graduates of O. S. C. Receive Appointments In Federal Army Corp CORVALLIS. Feb. IX. WnM was received recently by the Ore gon State college department of military science and tactics that Jack Graham, former president of the student body I and 1936 graduate, and James i W. Sloat. J graduate, Doth from Port land, received annointmenta n thi active Engineer corps of the unuea states army. ! Graham was cadet colonel of the local R.O.T.C. unit! Sloat was presiaent of Can thorn hall of the dormitory during his senior year. Before their annointment two men had been on active duty uuuer wo mo mason act, Graham With the Cth coraa nrtiiMM Fort Lawtoa and Sloat at Fort 1 ' '" ' ' ! Corvalli8 Downs Astoria Quintet CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. H.-GPV-The State rham Tallis high hoop , team defeated Aaiuria s -isnermen ,z to 18 last nignt. The home-to wners led 12 to 2 at mid-game, saw the margin almost wiped out and then drew ueaa zor a saie advantage the final gun. , - i - story handed In by ai valued xnend SmalUboy taken by his parents to communion service asks, "Daddy, why didn't you take a cracker with your cock- iui iDxerences may be drawn io suit tne taste of the reader. Moving i Storing Crating LAItSIER TRANSFER & STORAGE We' Also Handle Fuel Oil, Coal and Briquets and High Grade Diesel Oil for Tractor Engines -and Oil Burners The OREGON STATESMAN, Safest, Statesman Boole h'oolt Reviews of New Books and Literary r , " " . News Notes ' ' ' ." By CAROLINE. GL JERGEN The Collected Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore. The MacmlUan Company, 1937. In An era when we have grown satisfied and placidly content to set aside fantacles and mystics to the i centuries which have passed before, it is , of great interest to pick up the writings ot the con temporary Rabindranath Tagore, whose poems and plays are avail able now for the first ; m In ope edition. In this are gathered to gether Gitanjali, The Cresent Moon, The .Gardener, C h 1 1 1 a Fruit-gathering, The Post Of fices, Lover's Gift, Crossing, Stray Birds. The Cycle ot Spring, Sacri fice, and others. There is also an index' to first lines which Is in valuable to those who knew and love some of the poems. ' 1 The mystic quality which . we cannot separate from India, the age-old - and , wise philosophy which is Just as inseparable, the profound to be found In the sim ple, and an exquisite music sel dom found anywhere, and almost never in modern poetry, all com bine to set Tagore'a work; apart. - For examples, I quote a prayer from Gitanjali and two short se lections from Crossing: - . "This is my prayer to thee; my lord strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart! . " Give me the strength lightly to hear my Joys and sorrows. - , Give me the. strength to make my love fruitful In service. . Giro me 'the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might. I Give ui e the strength to raise my mind high above dally trifles. ' And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love." "I know that this life, missing its ripeness in love,. Is not alto gether lost. v t I know that the flowers that fade in the dawn, the streams that sprayed in the desert, aren't alto gether lost.. " ' I know that whatever lags be hind in this life laden with slow ness is not altogether lost. , I know that my dreams that are still unfulfilled, and my melodies still unstruck, are clinging to some lute-strings of thine, and they are not altogether lost." And: : "I came nearest to you. though I did not know It, when I came to hurt you. I own ml yon atlast as my mas ter when I fought against you -to be defeated. . I merely made my debt to you burdensome when I robbed you in secret. I struggled In my pride against your current only to feel all your force in my breast. Rebelliously 1 put out the light In my house, and your sky sur prised me with its stars." Tagore was born near Calcutta, India, in 1861. At the age of for ty he founded a school at Santlni- kentan In Bolpur, Bengal. Ta- gore's winning of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, brought attention of American to the fam ous poet of India. Since then his work has found great favor in this country. We are told that his songs are sung from the west of India into Burmah wherever Bangali Is spoken and that plays written before his twenty-fifth birthday are still played In Cal cutta. At the age of sixty-eight he took to painting and has exhib ited in many ot the European cen ters. As a composer, he has set over three thousand songs to mn sic. These words of this capacious genius (taken from Gitanjali) can surely not be based on lntro- spectlon: "The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days In string ing and unstringing my Instru ment ' - The time, has not come true, the words hare not been rightly set; only there is the agony of wishing in my heart. ' The blossom has not opened; only the wind is sighing by. I have not seen his face, nor have I listened to his voice; only I have heard his gentle footsteps from tne road before my house. The livelong day has passed In spreading his seat on the floor; but the lamphaa not been lit and I cannot ask him into my house." : It Is said that It is too early, while a man still lives, to speak ot the lasting qualities of his work. But It Is quite sate to say. i am sure, tnat the beauty and wisdom of Tagore's philosophy will not die away with the going ot the present generation. -. It is difficult to find words to accurately describo the effect of Tagore. But Tagore nicely de scribes this inability of expression in a quotation taken from his "Stray Birds": -: " 'I am ashamed ot my empti ness.' said the Word to the Work. - I know how poor X am when X see yon. said the .Work to the Word - Erich Maria Remarque Js still busy revising Three Comrades, his forthcoming novel. Those of yoa who think yon are reading It in- Good Housekeeping will find when the book comes oft the press later this spring, that yon Oregon, Soaday hernia?, February 14, 1S37 TAGORE 'Collected Poems and Plays"" : ; (MacanlUaa) - hare read but scarcely one half ot R. The entire book extends to about IT 5.0 00 words. It has much the power ot "AH Quiet . oa ' the ' Western Front, The scene and time is Germany in IMS. . ' . A book to be published this month, by Knopf Is Erna Fergu son's "Guatemala." It deals with the cities and the countryside, the fteTTZ?-,: 2-J yha,,--" It has never occurred before in auto mobile history that 25 million cars of one make, bearing one name, hare been manufactured under one man agement. The 25,000,000th Ford car rolled off the Ford Rouge Plant pro duction line on January 18, X037. 3C million cars since 1903 ... more than one-third of all the cars ever built . . . enough cars to transport the entire population of the United States. , The figures represent a remarkable contribution to the Social welfare, the industrial stability and the general progress of our country. " People respect Ford efficiency. They know Font uses fine materials, the best See fe! CENTER & LIBERTY Indian villages, the native hand icrafts, religion, festivals, .local customs, economics, politics ot a country which bids fair to. become a new American tourist! heaven. ! Miss . Ferguson : is known for her "Dancing Gods" and her "Fi esta in Mexico." Dne to the Insistent demand for "Oriemtal Bags" by John Klmber ly Mumford, Charles Scribnr's Sons reissued the volume on Jan uary 2!. Although recognized as the supreme authority on the sub ject for many "years, the work has been out of print alnee 1SS4. The text remains unchanged in the present issue of the book and there are no changes in the illus trations which Include numerous full-colored reproductions as well as half-tones i . - .On February 10 th, Scribners will publish "Chinese.; Jade: A Comprehensive Review , ot Its Characteristics, Decoration. Folk lore,: and Symbolism" by Stanley Charles Nott. Mr. Nott gives a full and descriptive account of the signif icanee and meaning of the Jade earrings ot the Chinese craftsmen from the earliest times down through the Chon dynasty to the twentieth century. Sir Ce cil Harcourt Smith, who was for merly Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, has written an introduction, and the book includes over -two hundred pages of text as well as a remark able collection . of Illustrations. There are ISO full-page plates showing some 210 specimens, SO of which are shown In the natural colors of the originals. More to New Home SILVERTON. Feb. IS. The Carlos Hankes have moved into their new home and are getting THE has Just t'Tl aX x A. vwv' :':-:- r workmanship at good wages, the most exact precision measurements. They know these things are passed along to purchasers in the form of extra value. Naturally, they like to do business with such a company. That's why it has been required to produce 25 million cars. Naturally, too, they expect more of a Ford car, more this year than last yearmore each year than the year before. They hare every right to. . The experience gained in building 25,000,000 cars enables Ford to produce today a really superb motor car at ft really lowprice with me beauty, comfort, safety and performance of much more expensive cars. FORD MOTOR COMPANY Drive Stl Ihe Nsvv Ford V-8i VALLEY MOTOR COMPANY STS. Mt. View School Still in Recess SILVKRTON HILLS. Feb. Telephone service has been re stored here this week following the storm.' .'..." - ':" Porter school opened again Monday after a complete week's close-down. ML View district is still dosed and w4U remain so until roads are thoroughly open ed. Some storm Injury was done to wood and playsbeds at Mt. View. - Work Is being; d o n e on the Bridge Creek road this week. Three feet of snow still covers the. ground in this rgeion, while about six Inches ot snow lay on the ground in the Silverton Iims community club district. ' Real Surprise . Party : . . Staged at McDowell's - Residence on Heights ' ORCHARD HEIGHTS, Feb. 1. - Guests at the H. R. McDowell home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Porter, Mrs. Goy Miller and daughter Beverly, all of Junction City, Mr. and Mrs. James Porter of Eugene, Mr. and Mrs. joe Fisn er of Portland and Luther Stout and' his son Harold of Mehama, Each, group of guests, all of whom are relatives of Mrs. McDowell, arrived independently, not know ing of the impending " arrival of the others and additional rela tives arriving Monday from Port- nicely settled. They recently pur chased the four-acre tract owned by Mrs. Alice Gustafson. 77 77 77 been &uzt Henry Ford and Edtel Ford with the nr land were John Cavitt and Jay Porter .. !. r-v ' ' Travel Pictures) Taken ! 'By Fred DeVries to De : Offered at Eldriedge ' ELD RIDGE, Feb. 13 Fred de Vrles of Pratum will show motion nlctures and rive a talk Wednes day night,!:-February 17, at the echoolhouse. - People of this com munity will enjoy these pictures which were taken before leaving and after arriving In - Norway where De Vriee attended j the world's Sunday school convention some months ago. 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