"The OltEGON STATESMAN, Salem, .Orescn, Sunday lloniiai, February 21, 1S3T
PAGE SIX
Emerson Held -7orId
Leader
Individual Is Stressed in
His Message, Explained . --X
in Oliver's Lecture j
TUia nen4 iaetara ia a aariaa giraa
hf BMbm at tta Willutatt .
vanity faoalty waa- 4alivara4 by Br
bart 8. OliTar, aaaiataat profeaaor af
Katiiah, Uat Tnaada? night -ia Iaua-
1 mm hall lavitad gaeata besides tha
faculty truateea war 8alem chap
ter. FW Beta Kappa,. Salem Art
league, Salea Woman'a elub, Town
ad Gowv elnb. Praaideat Baxter pre
sided Miaa Kathryn baaolUa aaag, ac
companied by Mary Virginia Mooter.
Prof. Oliver's aabjaet waa "A Caa-
tarr o( the Iafloenee af Emerson." A
r eaadanaatioB at bia addresa follows:
C'A little over a hundred years
at - Emerson,wrote in his journal,
"- 'Henceforth 1 design not to utter
' any speech, poem or book, that is
not entirely and peculiarly my
ow n work.' lie had begun to culti
vate the garden of his souL He
had ust . settled in the little
Tillage of Concord where he spent
the remaining 48 years of his
life, writing, speaking, but al
ways thinking, thinking his own
thoughts. 'There is no event,' he
said, 'but sprang somewhere from
the soul of man; and therefore
there is none but the soul of man
can interpret.' He delved deeply
into his own soul, and thereby
has become ' a priceless heritage
not only to his countrymen;" but
also to the world. ... "
Trust Thyself '
. "In the summer of 1837 Emer-
. eon was invited to deliver the
Harvard Phi Beta Kappa lecture.
... Emerson went through the
open countryside with the dust
of the fields on his shoulders, to
tel that group of Harvard dig
nitaries. Trust thyself. That was
his'message, the speech that many
of hla hearers called 'Our Yankee
version of a lecture . by Abelard,
and that Holmes, then a college
. student, called 'our intellectual
" declaration - o f independence.
Trust thyself. That is the message
that made Matthew Arnold call
Emerson's essays the greatest
prose work written in ; English
during the 19th century.
."Emerson had sought solitude
and country life in order to work
out his doctrine of living, and
this was it. Trust thyself . .-.That
is ; the message that gives man
; his rightful place in the world. If
there be one lesson more than
another, which should pierce hls
ear. it is. The world is nothing,
tin man is all. The Individual is
the unit of -measurement of the
. universe. In yourself is the law
"of all nature ... Men In history,
men in the world of today are
bugs, are spawn, and are called
- the mass and 'the herd.' We
have made the individual of no
account'. J(Ve have made him less
than a man. Now we must restore
him to his manhood.
"That was the message of Em
erson as he gave it to that Cam
bridge society a century ago. He
was at the time 34 years old, 'the
quietest, plainest, unobstrusi vest
man possible.' His tall, spare form
'was not one to attract attention,
but he had an aura about him thjit
was contagious. His thought was
neble and his presence convincing,
f Came Opportunely t '
, ' I "Emerson s lecture came at a
time when all New England was
waiting for some great message.
The ground was prepared. It only
needed someone to sow the seed.
In Emerson converged the great
thought of the world and he, with
- his creative originality, built his
tboueht. . . .
t "What place, we might ask.
does Emerson's doctrine of sell
reliance have in the lives of a
- nation of .wage earners? ... One
hundred years ago the state en
croached upon the individual but
slightly and Infrequently. Now thw
state asserts Its rights to regulate
and control . . . The complexion
of our whole economic and polit
V lal life has changed in the past
' century. Does Emerson's doctrine
- . i. . have any validity today?
j "In the first place, before we
can answer this question, we must
x. prevent one possible misconcep
tion. We must not confuse Emer
son's dectnne of self-reliance with
, the rugged individualism of which
we hare hrard so much recently.
. ; . Selt-eiiance in t!e Emerson
ian sense doca-not irean ruggtd
Individ iciism.
Give Man D?cnity
"With this ivrtrtetton in .ii'ud
we can, I think, t.nwer our ques
tion of the validity of Emerson's
'teaching by looking-into it once
more. Emerson said,' In all my
lectures I have "taught the doc-
trine, namely the infinitude of
the private man.' When a man
looks deep within his own heart
he stilt finds there the universal
spirit. Hitch your wagon to a star,
till means as it-did when Emer
son first spoke those memorable
words, that ; we should 'put our
selves in contact with illimitable
- powerthat we i should look to
ourselves, within ourselves, ; for
:, the divine principle . . .
. 'He hasl been a the same, time
the most '! liberalizing : and - the
-' most civilizing force in American
thought.' His spirit and his teach
ings have worked to tree man, the
.'privateman, from the shackles of
mere convention, mere custom,
mere tradition. It is easy, he said,
to see that a greater self-reliance
must "work a revolution In all
offices and relations of men; in
" ' their religion; In their education;
their modes of living; their asso-
"eiation; in. their property; in
their speculative views. When
'custom and- convention conspire
with society to make us. robots,
we must look to ourselves, and
trust nrselyes. Emerson has giv
en dignity and assurance to .the
spirit of man." : . . ,
filoves'-to South Falls
- SILVERTON HILLS. Feb. SO.
C. J. Towe, who drive the
"high school bos for this district,
has moved to South Silver Talis,
where he plans to lire during the
remainder- of - the winter. Towe
has had numerous difficulties in
making his dally trips this - win
ter because of weather conditions.
Play in Contest ?
FAIRFIELD, Tebr-lO. The
rlay "The Neighbors" will ha
I resented for the elimination
contest at Wood burn Saturday
. night when North Howell and
Zutterllle will also compel -
Survey Under
WAWAL
ICC
Captain Edward Mustek
Another extension of the. frontiers of the aviation
world is under way with a survey for an sir tout
linking' Hawaii with Australia. This newest pro
ject in commercial, aviation is being: sponsored by
Pan-American Airways as part of the far-flung-air
communication system in. the Padflc Capt
Edward Mustek, the man who charted the route
from San Diego to China, was chosen to blase sv
Sage of Salem
Sp
eculates
By D. H.
Street Crossing.
Into the current for better or
worse,
;. A sliding, a skip and a leap.
A grinding of brakes, a truck
driver s curse,
.A motor's half frantic peep-
peep.
A look to the left, a look to -the
right, ;
A glance quickly shot to the
' rear. . i
A stop and a start, an instant of
fright, t
, A scurrying into the clear.
A gasping of breath, a trembling
. r of knees.
A thought-of a wind-propelled
. leaf, A I
A leap to the 'curb a matter of
; - , ease,; I ; '
A feeling of grateful relief
And then, by jingo! believe it or
not,
We find we must cross back
again, ! '
To get a small thing we'd bought
-and forgot,
Alas, for the weakness of men!
Isn't it terrible? But we have.
only ourselves to blame. I reckon
there's nothing to do under Such
circumstances . but snap at some
sensitive person who won't snap
back. And if no such person is
available we can always kick the
cat. .We- men : certainly have a
tough Jofirat times to prevent our
self-respect from backfiring.
t Taste and Nature
During the week I hare heard
two men discussing, somewhat
heatedly, ; the relative charm of
mountains and prairie and sea to
the human vision. Nothing was
settled by the discussion. When It
was over, each held the same op
inion he had held before the dis
cussion began. Possibly a- trifle
more so.. . j 4 --,-'.
. Personally, - i my sympathy is
with the prairie lover. But I do
not actually dislike the mountains
or the sea. None of " us, I think,
actually dislikes any of nature's
landscapes or seascapes. We may
say we do, but we usually say so
after have, eaten something
which disagrees with us.
I prefer my landscape undulat
ing, although there is great beauty
in a flat prairie. I would have it
gently rugged .in spots, the color
scheme largely green, and -a river
winding slowly through it. A wide
scope for the drifting shadows of
the clouds, ? - ; -
But why discuss such matters
heatedly? Goodness knows .there
are plenty of mountains to soothe
the aesthetic yearnings of the
mountain lover, and there is a
supply of prairie quite ample to
meet tae requirements .ox the prai
rie Iover7 and for those who like
best the sea "the glorious mir
ror, where the Almighty's form
glasses Itself in tempests" well,
there's enough of that to go round,
too..-,.'.-. ;-'-t . .-:
Each to his own taste. dear
friends, and each to his own no
tion of that which gives the great
est satisfaction. In a single scene
are many pictures. . . -
A proper balance between temp
erature and ventilation Is desir
able, but not so easy to attain. It
would , doubtless be easier to at
tain were folks t one mind as to
temperature. One person thrives
and is comfortable in a room is
cold as to cause another person
to turn blue and burst into a vio
lent rash of goose pimples. There
is the ragged individual who en
tertains the Celuslon that all
fresh air in winter must be cold
air. and there is the sensitive one
who drapes, a handkerchief over
the keyhole of the door to keep
out the ehilL George Kennan, who
investigated social and other con
ditions In Russia 40 or so years
ago and published the results
thereof la the Century msga.a,
Way tor Air Route to Australia
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(UNITZD STATES)
v t -
Jfropoeed rwrte ta Anstraita
TALMADGE
touches upon this matter of heat
and Tenfllatlon. The house of the
average peasant had but one room.
In the middle of this room was the
stove, k flat affair builded from
bricks. The entire family slept on
the stove, having first brought in
a. bucketful of outside air, which
was considered sufficient for their
modest requirements until another
day should dawn. : Mr. Kennan
spent a night In such a home. And,
although his heart was with the
peasants, he was unable to become
inured to the smell.:
Dwellings In this country today
are Duiiaea ana equipped wun
heating facilities and ventilating
systems, i am toia Dy a wntie-nair-ed
old gentleman, who came to
this coast during a visitation of
"unusual'- weather there was not
a comfortably warm bedroom be
tween Puget Sound and Los An-
geies. l myseii, not .so many years
ago. nave occupied a waii&lde
bed in Washington. I say I oc
cupied the bed. I was unable to
sleen ln.lt. because of tha Wan.
paper, which billowed crackling
ly under the influence of an Icy
wwv coming mrougn tne wall.
Not .- only did that wallpaper
crackle, out ever and anon, as thtf
story books used to say, it billow
ed out sufficiently to give me a
oat on -ine ear as i lay on my aids
half dreamlne of a winter nia-ht
once spent in k sod house in Neb-
rasKa, which was dusty but de
lightfully warm. Mr host Inform.
ed me next moring that it was
nne to live in a country where the
walls of the houses did not! re
quire plaster. Doubtless he chang
ed his view later.
But. as I endeavored to atata
the beginning of the foregoing
p&ragrapn, an is .changed now.
There is no more iimiiirit w
tween the dwellings of the Oregon
coast country, including the Wil
lamette valley, today and those of
au years ago. than there is be
tween the comDleiinm nf ttm
women and girls of today and
those of then.
However, there i
Ing Influence that in sii nrnhahii.
ity. will never cease to disturb
a room is aiwavra ton warm rn
some individuals and not warm
enough for others. . . . -
The . Crockett . famiiv
known-to the world of rain n
eners-in,; made, themselves right
swa company ior a heap of folks
at the Grand themtr WBnA...
and Thursday. They are the same
good-natured, modest and likeable
uuuca iaat we round them to be
two years aro. And thv rt .
good show, enlovabl .van riv.
who have been, for two or three
weeks keyed up to Ttomeo and
Juliet, Lloyds of London, Winter
t and Dpdsworth.
J-Tlle morning paper of Thurs
day carried news of the death of
Frank Davey. at the age of II.
The news brought with it a gentle
pang, not or grief, for one does
not grieve when a friend passes
at the age of SC. It is only that
ona remembers long ago days in
a new country, when smiling
aveetings of a plainly . unselHah
nature were tew and far between.
Frank Davey is one of the pleas
ant memorial. : . .
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It Is' impossible to forbear men
tion of s line or two In a recent
bulletin frost the League of Na
tions, -referring to the Spanish
war as a threat to peace. Those
legioners certainly do make the
most astounding discoveries. Im
pulsive, too. ,
Scientific Poem
Fleas have lesser fleas to bite 'em.
And the earns is true of germs;
Other germs sail la and fight 'cm.
' Paclao Clipper shlp
trail with one of the powerful "China CUppersf to
the Antipodes by way of Palmyra. Kingman's Reef
and Christmas Island. . One of the important bases
in the route will be tiny Kingman's Reef which was
claimed by the United States only 12 years ago.
despite the fact that it was first discovered in 1850
by Captain Kingman, veteran Pacific mariner. The
new line is scheduled to start operations in 193S.
ICnight Memorial
Concert Planned
The choir of the Knight Mem
orial church, 19 th and Ferry
streets, will be heard in a musical
worship service Sunday night at
7:30 o'clock. Donald J. Allison is
organist. Scripture continuity Is
by Cayrol Braden and words and
music by, Jane Fisher and the or
ganist., . . The musical numbers Include:
Anthem "Appear Thou Light
Divine" (Morrison) Incidental sol
os, Beneltta Harland, H. I. Bra
den. : :
. Trio "A Benediction" (Hamb
len), Harriett Adams, Cayrol Bra
den, Beneltta Harland.
Anthem "Seek Te The Lord
(Roberts), obligato solo, Ailene
Moored.
Solo "O Lord Be Merciful-
(Bartlett), Maynord McKinley.
Trio "Hark. Hark My Soul"
(Nevin), Beneltta Harland, Har
riett Adams, Richard Smart.
A Anthem "Come Unto Me" (Hey
scr) 1 -
Duet "Crucifix" (Faure), Ai
lene Moored, Ray Drakely.
Anthem "When Winds Are Rag.
ing" (Nevin).
Mail Pictures to
Be Shown m Gty
No Salem man or woman should
miss the opportunity next week
of seeing the motion picture.
"Here Comes the Mail," which.
will be shown free-of charge at the
chamber of commerce at S p. nu.
Tuesday and In the senior high
school auditorium at 8 p. m., Fri
day, Dr. E. T. Hedlund, Portland-
postmaster, declared . yesterday
while visiting in the capital city.
"It is one of the best films I
have ever seen," Dr. Hedlund
said. "I hope every school child in
Salem will se this film. Every
adult whojsees it will realize the
magnitude and the preclseness of
the postoffice department."
In addition to the two night
showings, the official postoffice
department movie will be exhib
ited in the city's schools during
the week. The showings here are
sponsored and financed by tire Sa
lem chapter, of the national postal
clerks' association with the coop
eration of Postmaster H. R. Craw
ford. ,
Daughter Born
SILVERTON. Feb.- 20. A
daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Koy. L. Harris Friday eve
ning at the. Silverton hosnital.
The baby weighed eight pounds
i 10 ounces.
On the Record
A By DOROTHY THOMPSON
i (Continued Jtrom page 4) -intended
: to mean, restriction to
matters of procedure and fair
trial. And, finally, a very neces
sary amendment to extend to the
states .the, prohibition of restric
tions on freedom of speech and
religion the provisions of the
first amendment which our more
careless liberals constantly for
get have beea enforced on the
states by the supreme court un
der this same Due Process clause
which they so despise. .
As to the theorr that It' win
take years and rears to ret
through - any amendment with
the child labor amendment reneat.
edly cited as proof that will de
pend on the - awareness of the
people of neesaity. and the wlU
inmess'ot all natrlota to forra
party alignments. evidences of
which are already gratifyingly
snowing: themselves. : The child
labor amendment is not analagous
to this situation. ' But that is
another column. -
While the patient victim
! ;:- squirms. -. - t . :.:;, ; fy
But thus far the flu germs smite
Knock 'em for a loop of aches:
They would make a swell news
. item
Germs nocsessiag what It takes.
Northwest ,Boo!aS
library
Historical Volumes Here;
Lost Continent of Ma
j Is Also Treated lr.
Early Pacific northwest history
and travel is included in t h 1 s
week's list of ' books announced
by James T. Rubey, librarian. Sa
lem, publie library. Charchard's
two books on the lost continent of
Ma have been added In response
to numerous requests, as ha v e
Marks Three Grown Straight."
and Cathers -Not Under Forty.'
A partial Hat follows:
.-' ' ' -laCtlOSi- .' " '"'i "
Blake, "David and Joanna; "
Cather. ot Under Forty;" Dit
sen, "An Old Heart Goes A-Journ-eyingt
Hutchinson. "Shining
Scabbard; Lutes, The Country
Kitchen;" Marks, A Tree Grown
Straight. " ; : ;
Itooaav. "
Bagley, Directions for the ComT
pilatlon of BibUographlea. -
Psychology, BeUgfcna f
RItchey, "Little Talks on Fam
ily Finance:- Credit; Perkins,
"Report on Activities of the Y M.
C. A., with the A. E. F.;" O'Hara,
"Pioneer Catholic History of Ore
gon." v4 i ; 5 .t '
hfanners and Customs
Churchward,; "Lost : Continent
of Mu; Churchward. ' "Sacred
Symbols of Mu, Hammerton,
"Manners and Customs of Man-,
kind." . .. ' -' -' . '
" Social' Welfare w r--
Field.' "Child : and Mother; "
Oregon state planning board, "Ad
ministering. Public Welfare ;-U.'
8. national resources -board, "In
dian .Land Tenure.-
1 Foreign Relations
'Armstrong, "We or They;
Goldsmith, n "Next Step in Inter
American Relations." - . - r
Federal Goremment '
TJ. S. information service, "Di
gest of the purposes' of current
federal agencies; Libraries of the
United -States government In
Washington, D. C; Office of in
formation and publications."
Aeronautics
U. S. Buearu of Air Commerce,
"Air commerce regulations;, Air
worthiness requirements; : Aero
nautic publications; Air commerce
regulations; Proceedings of the
national conference: 'Report of
committee on airport zoning."
, - Trade and Commerce
Atkinson, "Objections to t n e
Postal System' Trade-marks."
Oregon Planning Board, -"Price
Trends of Oregon Products.".
National, State Planning
Oregon State Planning Board,
"A report from consultant and
staff; state building needs in Sa
lem." - U. 8. National Planning
Board, . "Final report ; regional
planning; progress report; recent
references on national and state
planning;, public works planning;
state planning." '
Science, Useful Arts
Trimble, "Mines and Mineral
Resources;" American Concrete
Inst., "Pavements;" B r o g a n.
"Trees m crook County;" Gen
eral .Fire-proofing, "Building;"
Jones, "Stock Raising in Califor
nia" "Light Through the Ages;
Oregon State Planning Board,
"Oregon's foremost problems
shipment of fruit; mining and
geology; Bonneville power; el
ectricity inr Oregon; stream poll a
tion; Oregon's wild life resour
ces." Page and Hill. "Cabins of
Real Logs;" Pennington. "Where
to place food in the refrigerator:
save the wild flowers of our state."
Qulett, "Pay Dirt; Sheldon-Rlp-
ley, 1 -Oregon flowers; spring
beauties.' Sherrard. ."Earliest of
wild flowers;" U. S. national re
search council, "Exhibit prepared
oy national research council;
drainage policy and project." .
-. Biography and Travel
- Frost, "Voyage and Travel ;
Wilkes, "Narrative of the United
States Exploring Expedition:'
Wilson, "Three-wheeling- Through
Africa;" Ellet, "The Pioneer Wo
men- of the West; Maury, "The
Statesmen of America;" Genthe.
"As I RememoerT
Early Northwest History
Nunn, "Origin of the Strait of
Anlan;" Caldwell, "Rainbow Stor
ies and Indian Myths; Olden,
"Shoshone Folk Lore; Thatcher,
"Indian Biography;" J u ds on.
"Myths and Legends of the Pa.
dflc Northwest;" Laut, ."Path-?
nnaers or tne west;" Nordoff,
"Northern California; "Oregon
ian's Handbook;" Piatt, "The
Frontier;" Drake, "California
Names and Meaning;" McGroartr.
. m . w . J W1U XW
mance;" Hines, "Wild Life, In
Oregon;" Hlnes. "A V o y a g e
uouna - tne world:" Kelly.
"Unpublished Letters on Ore
gon;" "Diamond. Jubilee of
Methodism; Nash, "Oregon.
"There and Back;" Nash, "Two
Years in Oregon;" Odell. "A Semi
centennial Offering; Roger, ."Re
bounding Vengeance;" Stratton.
"Captivity of the Oatman Girls:
Warren, "Memoirs of the West;"
Young, "The Correspondence and
Journals of Captain Nathaniel J.
Wyeth; McConnen, "Early Hie,
tory of Idaho; Judson, "Myths
and Legends of Alaska." '
Silverton Chief Starts
Rigid Law Enforcement "
7 For Traffic Violators
SILVERTON. Feb, 19. C. E.
Hartford, chief of police, has be
gun his traffic enforcement which
will be carried strictly through.
he insists. First to fall victims
were Mrs. Edaa D, Darn can, Ralph
Larson and R. Dale Dennlson who
paid t fines for parking on
the wrong side ot tha. street,
Mr. Hartford Insists that ha Is
solna to ' pick my aU offenders
possible In the safety campaign.
To Observe Golden Year
SILVERTON. Fob. 2. Ur.
and Mrs. William D. Storts wilr
observe their golden wedding an
niversary 'February it at their
home at 400 Jersey street. .
The Storts moved to Silverton
from Hawarden. Iowa, ' 29 years
ago. '
Statesmen Book tt3b!c
' Reviews of Tew Books and Literary :
NewsJNotes ,
: By CAROLINE a JERGEN
Mortage Your neari. By Sophns
. Keith Wmther, Macmillan.
; . ISST. S3JW. . -,- : I
The. reader : closes- ."Mortgage
Your Heart" with the decided feel
ing that-this, story of Peter Grim
sen and his family is not yet fin
ished, that there Is more to come.
The characters themselves breathe
a promise of more to come. There
is, for instance,, David who, we are
told. ..kept .the knowledge ot his
unhappy itarriage within, himself
for twenty years. The twenty
years are not ended in this story.
Undoubtedly Mr. Winther intends
to : write a triology, for "Mort
gage Your Heart" is a continua
tion" of "Take A11 To . Nebraaka."
that very interesting and colorful
novel of" immigrant iife which
came out a year ago.'"' .
It has been said, that Wtuther's
novels have much the same qual
ity as do those of Rolvaag. There
may be a similarity. Perhaps -Rol-vaag's
are a little stronger, but I
find. Mr. Winther with more un
derstanding, more sympathy than
I did Mr. Rolvaag. In "Giants ot
the Earth," in "Peder Victorious"
and even in "Their Father's God.?
the characters are harder, more
stern than those of either "Take
'All to Nebraska" ot "Mortgage
Your Heart," There are readers,
I feel sure, who .win dispute this
statement. They will feel that Win
ther'a -peter Crimson is as hard
as any Rolraa character. But Mr.
Winther keep? his readers' contin
uously conscious that Grimsen's
hardness is rather a lack of un
derstanding than an ' actual lack
ot kindliness. " .:
We all realize that many of the
"hurts", of life are not intended.
Mr. Winther has an unusual abil
ity to show these common human
misunderstandings and their
causes. As I said ot "Take All to
Nebraska," I say again of "Mort
gage. Your Heart:' it leaves one
with a certain nostalgia-: for the
things that might hare been and
for the past that has slipped
through the fingers before the full
flavor conld.be enjoyed.
The story of the -Peter Grimsea
family cannot be other than tbe
storyof the author's own family
at least in part. Perhaps that is
why he is able to put so. much
sympathy "into the noveL "Take
AU. to Nebraska" was hi tlrt
novel. This Is his second. I am
eager to know, after he has com
pleted the stery of the Grlmsens,
If he is capable ot writing other
stories, different but equally good
and well done.
. The Grlmsens are Danes. Mr.
Winther Is of Danish descent.
During his childhood he lived on
a farm. la eastern Nebraska. His
undergraduate work was done at
the University of Oregon, and he
took his Ph.D. at the University
ot Washington in 19 Z7. Since then
ho has been -teaching English lit
erature in that university.
"Mortgage Your Heart" is more
pleasant reading than was "Take
All .to Nebraska." Those of you
who read the earlier of the two
novels, will recall how Peter and
his wife. Meta, struggled against
the "landlords," the '.'bankers"
and the strange customs ot
strange land. You will recall the
humiliations the children suffer
ed because they were not acquaint
ed with the ways of the people of
tne land of their adoption. To
make matters - worse, there was
the continuous battle against pov
erty.
In "Mortgage You r Heart,?
times for the Grimgen family have
oecome better. There have been
good crops on the Nebraska farm,
and prices have made the crops
worthwhile. Peter and Meta are
ao . able, as rent - farmers, to
wring a lirellhoood for themselves
and their six sons from the rich
loam or Nebraska fields.
But the real tragedy of the life
of the Peter Grlmsens is still pres
ent, n nes with the parents who
feel that with all their ton and
patient fortitude they cannot win
ior tnemserres a true place in this
country so different from that of
their birth. Even by their lane
uage. the parents are cut off from
the lives of their sons whom they
watch grow from children into
men. from Danish immigrants in
to American citizens,- American
citizens, passionately claiming as
their own the traditions and Ideals
or American youth and at. the
same time retaining the soundness
and lndustiiousness ot their par
cat's country.
. This character-mixing of the old
and the new. is illustrated very
cieariy in : wmtner's story of
Fourth ot July celebration. To the
sons. Fourth of July, meant going
"around with other boys, to hare
friends." Hans and David, after
completing the work their father
required, went to the celebration
where they mingled with the side
show goers and amusement seek
ers but failed to become one with
me crowns. The-celebration fell
iiat, out "both were too loyal to
their faith la a Fourth of.Julr
celebration to admit that their
part In It had been a failure," and
"much as the boys had hated their
father for insisting on completing
the wheat cutting on the dawn ot
this eventful day. now as Hans
and Darid sat resting in the soft
moonlight they too were proud of
the perfect rows of shocked
wheat and a lob wen done.
This story stays most closelv to
the life of Haas, giving vivid pic
tures of his first humiliating days
of adjustment at the nrenaratorT
school, -his idealistic love of
Fayae. and his later life at the uni
versity.. -
Too many readers may think ot
"Mortgage Tour Heart" as S story
of immigrant life alone. In so do-
lag they may miss the thread of
profound understanding of human
eings, an- understand! nr manr
authors seemingly fan to hare, or
saving n, ran to make their read
ers feel it, If "ilortnri Tmr
Heart" is read as a study of the
birth of an American eftiawn
rather than merely a story of lm-
lgrant adjustment, tha reader
wiU be left with a much deeoer
satisfaction. After alL all Ameri
cas citizens are the children ot im
migrants. It .14 out ot this immi
grant dissatisfaction with confines
of an old world and tha immigrant
necessity to struggle against aU
odds that the strength ot Amer
ica has grown. -; ;;
- "Somehow or other the idea of
defeat was almost unknown to
them"-Winder put It. "They had
taken. part In so. many struggles
fought out on the edge ot despair,
that to endure was often the only
sign ot victory known in the Grim
sen home. Endurance in itself
may be supine or merely a moment
of rest before beginning the -battle
pace more, and in the Grim
sen family It was never supine." '
-Winther makes one feel - that
this ideal, never to admit failure,
is the Ideal that has won for Am
erica her place In the world. It
will only be when she has so far
outgrown ' the Immigrant spirit
that she becomes ' over-confident
and refuses to struggle on "the
edge of despair" that she. will fall
as a nation. - . t :
As In "f ake .AU to Nebraska"
there are times that- the. reader
may wish Mr. Winther would not
insist., upon being quite . so outspoken.-
The story, could not have
lost any of its strength even had
the author omitted a little ot his
frank phraseology.. However, the
otfenstveness is much less In this
book than in the first, and lowafd
the last of the story, there is none
at all. . - v' ;- -
The title comes from a state
ment of Meta's, when Peter tells
her they are no loner rent-farmers
but land owners. They agree
that they wish to continue to live
in Nebraska, that they love the
I state and that they have no desire
to return to tneir oia country as
other than visitors. ,
" 'Mortgage your heart, that's
what you do in Nebraska.' said
Meta as if speaking to 'the low;
rolling hills."
In "A Woman of Washington"
Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr., (Dutton,
1927. $2.00) writes rather melo
dramatic of skulduggery behind
the scenes in the capital. Through
one of the smooth hostesses, tbe
villain ot Wall 8treet nearly tor
pedoes honest old' senator's pub
lic utilities bin. V
A new autobiographical study
from the life of a wandering re
porter Is "Tramp Reporter" by
Hampton Sidney Smith, jr.
Ethel Hueston has a new love
story, "A Roof Over Their Heads,"
which will be -welcomed -by those
15 LONG YEARS OF LIVER,
stomach, mm PAINS
RELIEVED BY VAN-TAGE!
Mrs. Cooper Had Tried
Everything to Ease Her
: Awful Gas -Pains, Tor
pid Liver and Constipa
tionHad No Strength
or Energy 7 Now Savsi
"Van Tage Has Done
More Good Than Every-
; t h i n g Else Put To
gether!" .
Another Widely-Known Ore
gon resident, Mrs. Mary Cooper,
1511 ft. W. 20th St., Portland,
Ore., Is now adding her name to
the long list ot people who are
publicly praising and endorsing
VAN-TAGE. This Is the "Amas-
ing Mixture of Nature's Roots and
Herbs and Other Splendid Med
iclnal Agents" now being intro
duced and explained to crowds
daily in this city by a Special Van-
Tage Representative, known as
The VAN-TAGE Man, at 170 No.
Liberty Street. Mrs. Cooper has
lived in Oregon for 10 years where
she is known to a wide circle ot
friends and acquaintances. She is
also an Outstanding Member of
tne -' rresoytenan cnurcn. Mrs.
Cooper says: "I bars come here
today ot ray own accord to see
the VAN-TAGE Man and to give
him my Truthful Statement about
this Great Medicine, for I don't
believe there IS anything like It
ANTWHERE!" Read her sincere
testimonial. ' .
Almost Afraid to Eat Due
to Gas and Bloat
"For IS years. says ' Mrs.
Cooper, "I had been a. victim of
terrible stomach. Uver and bowel
sluggishness. My stomach was in
such a poor condition that all my
meals -, would disagree with- me
and I was fuU ot sour gas and
horrible bloating.. My stdmach
flnallygot so bad that everything
ate would turn into this agons-
ing gas and bloat and I was in
such misery that I never knew
what it was to sit down and eat
a hearty' meal like a normal per
son does because of the : intense
suffering . afterward, f . WAS AL-
M O S T AFRAID TO TRY TO
EAT! My liver was la a distress
ing condition sad I felt soVslug-
rish and tired ail the time that. I
Just didn't have any strength or
energy left in my body and I
would drag around day. after day
feeling half-sick and drowsy. My
bowels seemed dead and paralysed
and X had to take a strong physic
every night as they , wouldn't act
without it- This constipation
Oiled my system with old wastes
that gave me torturing headaches
constantly! ' ,
Now She Feels Like a
New-Born Person!
I TRIED EVERYTHING TJN-'
DER THE SUN, but nothing
helped me and I was surely die-
who enjoy a light and wholesome
story, wholly American.
"The Trailer Home'Lby Clack
burn Elms gives practical advice -oa
trailer life and travel.
. ' .The End.
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Additional Thefts
Admitted by Trio
The three young men sentenced
to Jail here Thursday oa various
chicken, automobile parts, radio ,
and pile driver hammer theft
charges have also confessed to
having stolen a large quantity of
food from the Jason Lee Metho
dist church building about 10 days
ago,, to numerous gasoline thefts
and to wholeral "lifting" ot milk
from the city's front porches, state
police reported yesterday.
The trio, Jesse "Pete" Holland.
Bennett Wheeler and Ralph Har
ris were apprehended by city and
state police as the climax ot sever
al days ot Investigations.
The loot from the church ln
cluded a sack-ot Hour, two sacks
of: salt, and a quantity ot fruit
juices and canned fruit, from a
stock- kept by the church tor dis
tribution to needy families. Entry
was. gained, by forcing a window,
state officers said.
Tbe trio was declared to hare
admitted being' responsible for
widespread stealing - of mHk
throughout the city and having
sold the empty bottles, many of
them at Woodburn. The three also
said they had removed many bulbs
from, automobile lamps and sold
them about town, the officers said.
Holland, 29; held to be the
ringleader, was taken to the peni
tentiary on a revocation of parole
while Wheeler and Harris were
sent ' , the. county jail.
Orchestra Organized .
At Middle GrWc Will
" Play at Club Meeting
MIDDLE GROVE, Feb. 20.
An orchestra composed of piano,
violins, harmonicas and trumpet,
has been organized among the
school pupils and will make its
Initial appearance at the next
Community club meeting, Feb
ruary 20. The following persons
are In the group: Arlene Hicks,
Caryl Snyder, Beverley Jean
Pattlson, Donna' Starr, Thelma
Polzell, Mannle Jewett. - Sylvia'
Elsenbach, Edward Dimbart, Don
ald Page and Keith La Due.
Edward Bartruff, accompanied
by his wife and children, left Wed
nesday morning for Everett,
Wash., with a truck load of house
hold goods belonging to his moth- '
er, Mrs. Mary Bartruff and oldest
brother and wife who are moving
there. - -
MRS. MARY COOPER, Popu
lar Oregon Lady, Says: "VAN
TAGE Has Made Me I-Vel Like
a New-Bora Person and I
Want to Publicly Endorse It!"
couraged. Recently I got Van
Tage and 1 will say THIS GREAT
MEDICINE HAS DONE ME
MORE GOOD than everything
else put together! It had a won
derful' action on my stomach
organs and cleared out the ter
rible gas and bloat. It has put a
COMPLETE stop to all the awful
old gas misery I used to have and.
I am not afraid to eat any more
because my food is digesting as
good as when I was a child! It '
had a Great Effect on my liver
and aU ot my former sluggishness
is gone. In tact 1 have more ener
gy now than I had in years and
I- never get drowsy like I used
to. It Certainly had a wonderful
action on my bowels and they ars
regular now For The First Time
In Years! Van-Tage Has Made Me
Feel Like A New-Born Person! It
simply Improved my whole being -and
I want to publicly endorse it
to- all poor, suffering people, for
it is Wonderful!"
Acts on Bowels Stomach;
Helps. You in General
VAN-TAGE Is like several
medicines In one. That is, It con
tains over S0 Ingredients. Includ
ing 21 Natural Herbs. 80 It helps
you la several ways, ALL AT
ONCE. It ' cleanses the bowels
and clears gas sad bloat from
stomach. It enlivens the Uver,
cleans sickening bile from sys
tem and relieves awful bilious
ness, sick headaches and worn
out feelings. .It invigorates the
kidney action, thus relieving
night rising aud backache. Weak,
miseratie people daily write os
they soon feel like different men
aad women.
A 8 pedal Van - Tage Repre
sentative. Known as The VAN
TAGE Man. is now at 170 N. Lib
erty Stl Salem., daily meeUns
crowds of people aad introducing
and explaining this Remarkable
Compound. '
pn Sale at Fred tlejer
Toiletry Shop
170 W. Uhtrtj EC
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