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1;u. PAGC SIX The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, November, 14, 1937 Russia Builds Strong Force Younger Men Conscripted bat Nation Apparently - Is Aiming at Peace .MOSCOW,. Nov. lS.-CSVSoTte1 officer are drilling discipline into gome half-million raw conscripts for defebse of the socialist father land against the armies of what It calls itsi fascist enemies. '-: Military statistics are the most ' closely guarded of soviet secrets, Jut foreign military-attaches estl- mate the red army at about 1, 400,000 men, of whom possibly ' S50.000 are the fresh conscripts of 1937, ranging In age from 20 to 22. The figures for the 1937 class, , composed of young men born in 1915,. 191 and 1917, are based on an estimate that about one bait of approximately a million i men examined were-accepted for service. :. i Contrary to the common suppo sition that the ; Soviet Union Is swelling Its army by indiscrim s inate drafting of whole new blocks of. fighters, military experts say the selection of conscripts is made with the country's peacetime re quirements In view. ; Carefully Chosen IbM frnm tha SbVSicallV XlTl-i fit, who gradually are becoming i 5 fewer, thousands are excused from service to - continue . technical training for industrial or profes sional careers, or because their work in factories shops and fields ta considered essential to the : country's industrial and economic development. I Alarmists see (preparations for an attack ' on Japan or Germany i in what they (consider unduly i large classes of conscripts. Apolo- ; .ut. t . v& nnnthsr ilov thnl the &imm v .... . ...... I calling of youths jof different ages ' Is. intended to fill Out the lean ! ranks of recruiuj who were born ! in the famine years of the World I war, revolution and civil war, i when the birth fate was low and infant mortality high. -i Soviet officials, however, "'-give ta entirely different explanation. ; Before the' new system of draft- u Inr. was introduced last year, wm- ; pulsory military service began at 1 the age -of 22. Authorities said experience showed that was too far along in life to begin carrying a gun in enforced military Berv . ' ice for one's country, j' Two to four years of training for civilian life was lost at the - very beginning of the adult ca reers . of most jnen. When they left the army .at the age of 2 4 or 26, to enter farms, . factories, offices or laboratories, the acqui sition of skill .In, their peaceful - pursuits had been unduly delayed. 19 Years Basis Boon i '' Progressive youthening of the army, tnereiore, was oegon so i i that, by calling younger men to service under the red flag; each year, the draft age will be estab lished at 19 years by 1940. . Since service is for. two years In the infantry and three to four years in ' the technical branches, the Russian soldier.- eventually will be no older than 23 when he returns to civilian . life. The estimate of 5S0.000 men conscripted this year is about the same as estimates for last year and higher than those for 1935, when approximately 400,000 men ; were drafted. , Foreign military experts fn Moscow agree with, other ob- : servers- that Soviet Russia seems intent en avoiding war with any body: They point to the soviet failure to make .warlike moves ver the 'Sinking of soviet ships In the Mediterranean, the dash with the Japanese on the Amur - rived and the white Russian at taek on the soviet consulate at Tientsin, which Moscow says was Inspired by the Japanese. Yet the soviet press resounds with threats that the red army "will knew how to defend Ihe fatherland's frontiers against the i fascist aggressors. That ' this might be no idle threat Is indi cated by reports of army authori ties that the physical fitness of ' the military classes called up each ' year is better than, la the pre- r ceamg years. Teacher Reception I liAOrinir riff- I In lino y ' DALLAS Invitations are now : out for the teacher's recestioa "given each year by the Dallas WemWs club. The affair will be r held Tuesday night, November If in the club rooms in Library faalL An interesting program is being arrange! by Mrs. Ivan E. Warner. : Mrs. R. R. Turner and Mrs. Sid- ney Wbitworth will be in charge ' of the decorations and Mrs. Har- , vey Carpenter, chairman, Mrs, Jl. '' D. Peterson, Mrs. Oscar Hayter, Mrs. Paul Bollman, Mrs. William .. Young and Mrs. Cecil Dunn will mult a an fit - refrenhment enm. mittee. Mrs. Porter Is Hostess to Glib SILVERTON HILLS Twenty- five members and friends of the Silverton Hills Sewing club met Friday with Mrs. John H. Porter a home hostess. The meeting as an all day affair and a no hostess luncheon was served at noen. The day war spent in quilt ing and working on tea towels for Mrs. Porter. During the afternoon, officers were elected with Mrs. Pearl Por ter, the new president; vice pres ident, Josie Mires; secretary-trea-turer, Ethel Loron. The next meeting win be held December 9 at the Silverton Hills community hall. . .. Move to Lamb Farm MISSION 'BOTTOM Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Shirely and s mall daughter moved recently from Y.'oodbura to the A. L. Lamb , farm at Gervais. The Shlvelys formerly lived at Eldriedge. Sage of Salem Speculates . ; By D. H..TALMADGE -. 8 At 8 Many and fond are the plans we've made . .. -. r- Fotthe welfare of us and ours; Many and . sad the prices we've paid For" the tares that we thought were flowers. We have seemed to fail, but why the groan? " .... i 'v. We all make errors, why, who can say! ... A waste of time to onr faults con- done, - .'. . . , . Well do things better another . .. ' day. ' . Many a fall the triumphant knew. Each giving strength to purpose firm: - i They had what it takes to fight things through. Praise to him who conceived the term! A fall or two's no cause for dis v ' pair,; . , . - v A few email bruises and sore perhaps; . We may at least to ourselves be - fair - Geewhix and all that! why be -: saps? There are times when I suspect myself of being a sap. Frankly, -I am rather proud to consider my self entitled to a place In that greenish yellow radiance. There are such nice people who are saps and so many of them. I reckon a person who is proud because he is a sap, or even suspects -that he is a sap, would not have a very high rating among those whom old King Solomon had in mind when he said that pride goeth before destruction. Of course, pride in a general sense is one of those things that sometimes bring about human downfall, and human downfall of a decisive sort squel ches pride pretty completely, but still and all there is good pride and bad pride, and there is a pride, 60 called because there is no other name for it, that is neith er the one thing nor the other, and is not worth bothering about, be cause it is' too late to remedy it, anyway. I have known a heap of saps in my time, and still know a few. Mighty fine folks too, most of them. I have never known one to be destroyed .because he was thought to be a sap by some ol his acquaintances, but I have known a number who were de stroyed because they listened to the counsel of people who would be insulted beyond words were they so much as slightly accused of being saps. , .Eddie Cantor, in his satire on the New Deal and certain (of . its offspring "All Baba Goes to Town." which yon "have perhaps seen at the Grand theatre during the week frankly tells the queen of Bagdad that she is a ''sour puss" and informs the command er of the Bagdadian army that he considers him a "heel," and both are, greatly flattered until they learn what the terms mean in Am erica, and theji All Baba is com pelled to flee for his life, which he does" very entertainingly. The dividing line. between sat ire and , sincerity is a very thin one. , . - ' " . - Eddie also suggests in! "All Baba": a severe penalty for the In fraction of law. He suggests that the guilty person be sentenced to sit through a double feature1 mov ing picture program twice. Gradually .we are attaining the higher altitudes of civilization. People are now ref errccT to as saps who SO years ago would have been said to be dampbules. But people were mistaken as many times 60 years ago as they are now, only they were not so flighty about it. An f interesting' feature of the weekend vaudeville at the State theatre was demonstration of the latest dance erase. The Big Apple, by two accomplished per former. ' I am withholding per sonal comment. I am of a period in history when the polka was considered violent physical exer-4 else, il near favorable comment from the youngsters. While this matter is in mind I want to toss a bunch . of flowers not orchids, bnt well, pansies to the Gresh am and Blake team.' who clowned through 20 minutes of audience hilarity, and would have done it alL over again, perhaps twice could the customers have had their way. Miss Blake led. the act with, a line of "patter," none of which; X remember bnt which- I laughed at heartily, and Mr.' Gre- sham and she danced popnlar dan ces thick with burlesque and fell down, and she sang a song, and the twain imitated the' ventrilo quism act of Charlie McCarthy and his father, and altogether it was not so much to read about, bnt a! funny and likable example of what 75 percent of. that myster lous something called "personal ity can accomplish for a vaude ville act. The Aathor of "Trees" . Beating upou the request of a reader for information relative to Joyce; Kilmer, -the-poet, printed here several days ago, "has come a communication from Joseph M Portal, Route 3, Salem, which Is gratefully acknowledged. Says Mr. Portal: : ' "Before entering the war, Joyce Kilmer - and -Alexander Woollcott J were fellow-members of the staff w ia nev.jon limes. Ana it was Sergeant Woollcott who brought the news into staff head quarters of the Stars and Stripes, official "newspaper ot the AEF overseas, that Kilmer, an Intelli gence sergeant with the 165 th In fantry of the Forty-second divi sion. had -been killed in action during the Ourcq fighting. With him Woollcott carried a frayed ! manuscript copy, done in pencil, of ; 'Rouge Bocquet -one of the most famous verses to come out of the Great War - . f "This great poem commem orated 19 fellows of Company E, IS 5th, who'd, been killed by a shell-burst in the Bois de Rouge Bouquet, Foret de Farroy, Lunne vlUe sector, on March 7, during the 165th first tour of the front line. This monumental poem had been read by Chaplain Francis p. Duffy at a. service In their mem ory. ... - - "Later is appeared in the special edition of his (Kilmer's) works put out by- Doubleday,' Doran Co. It follows r In a wood they call the Rouge Bouquet There Is a new-made grave to - i day, .. .. v . Built by never a spade nor pick Yet. covered with earth ten me tres thick. There lie many fighting men, - Dead in their youthful prime, Never to laugh nor love again - Nor taste the Summertime. t 7. For Death came flying through ' the air v And stopped his flight at the dng- out stair, v Touched his prey and left them T. there, : : Clay to clay. He hid their bodies stealthily In the soil of the land they fought 1 to; free ; And fled away. Now over .the grave abrupt and "J- clear - :.- : ;'- ... Three volleys ring: And perhaps their brave young spirits hear The bugle sing: Go to sleep! r Go to sleep! v X STORIES OF I 'J,, ... by Howard Simon To disprove the firmly estab lished i theory that genius and madness go hand In hand, there Is the calmness and sweet reason ableness of Raphael, who was slow td anger who was -without animosities or. jealousies and who preferred. to turn the other cheek. His self-portrait reveals a handsome head with dark, glow ing eys, a true young prince of the Renaissance. He was born in the year. 1483 in Urbino, high in the Appenine mountains where the beautiful country-side rolls away for miles. His father who was an artist of local fame took the boy often to the home of the Duke of TJrblno, where they. were honored guests. The palace was one of the most beautiful in Italy and the duke. a solaler-scholar, was a devoted patron of art and literature. The child Raphael had access to his fine collection which Included some Tan Eyck oil paintings, the technique of which was not yet tnoroughly understood in Italy. Before Raphael was 25 he had already painted three master pieces,! the famous La Belle Jar diniere, St. Catherine and St. George and the Dragon. The most resplendent talents of the age, Bramante and Michel angelo, were in 1508 at work in the service of Pope Julius II, who sought to embellish the Vatican. Leonardo was at Florence, ' but the yonng Raphael of whom the Pope had heard and whose work he had admired, could undertake the decoration of the unfinished chambers of the Vatican. He sum moned him and added him to the painters at court. -Fort Raphael there was no struggle. He was so attuned that lie ' could learn from bis great contemporaries. n Titian he ob served soft,.: glowing color; .in Michelangelo, the .restless spirit of dynamic, action; and in Leon ardo the calm approach ' of the scientist. Slowly and with, ever increasing skill he welded -these elements. The frescoes were su premely beautiful. jr ! -: Hailed in Rome H 'When the: great murals for Julius II were completed he was hailed In Rome without rival, ex cept for Michelangelo. And Indeed there were ' two factions. One fa vored Michelangelo and the other Raphael. The cardinal, Glullo de Medici, was to render" the j deci sion, and commissioned Raphael to paint The TranflguraUon, and Del Ploinbq to paint The Raising of Latarus. Before long, Raphael heard that Michelangelo was help ing Sebastian with the actual drawing of the figures upon the canvas. Sebastiano's weakness, Michelangelo knew, was drawing. The story goes that Raphael with characteristic i gentleness said, "Michelangelo compliments me, for he has indicated that I am worthy of competing with him and not , with Sebastiano!" Raphael - built himself a : fine honse, ; mingled in society and Hved in splendor. His school pros pered and there was no discord among his pupils who Included fresco-painters, sculptors, easel painters, mosaic - and marquetry workers, builders, arras-weavers and decorators of ceilings and floors. . - -. : : Remained a Bachelor The matter of choosing a wife presented a financial as well as a sentimental problem In the 15th century. There is the letter that Raphael wrote to his uncle, Si mon Ciarla, which mentions among other things, "In the first place: as regards taking a -wife I reply; to you that in respect of her whom erewhile you were for giving me, I am quite at ease Slumber well where the I shell screamed and tell. ' - Let your rifles rest on the muddy floor, j - ' i on win not nee a them any more Danger's past;. Now at last. Go to sleep J" . There 1a ' on - earth no worthier grave ;f ' - I, To hold the bodies of the! brave Than this pace of pain and; pride Where they nobly fought and no- -' . bly 'died. . .... -i Never fear hut in the skies j Saints and angels stand . , Smiling with, their holy eyes On this, new-come band. St. Michael's sword darts through . . '.the alr .... . - ,: Xf,. ..;, And touches the aureole on his . hair As he sees them stand saluting :. tnere t . His stalwart sons: . i J v And Patrick, - Brigid. Columklll Rejoice that in reins of warriors stui -i:..,-;;-r;,,-t,.vv . The Gael's! blood runs, j . i And np to Heaven's - doorway floats, .q .' v 4- From the wood called ' Rouge - Bouquet,' :- !! A delicate cloud of buglenotes. - That softly say: "Farewell! Farewell! Comrades true, born anew, peace tO yOU!' .? - I ; ' ' ' : Your souls shall be where the he- roes aft; i - And your memory shine like the . morning star. Brave and ;dear, - ; Shield us here. Farewell!" N "At prairie du-Chien, Wiscon sin, on October -31, the only lit erary monument ever erected in honor of this poet and brave man was dedicated in .the presence of an enormous crowd there to do him honor. Of course monuments and small memorials have been, from time ta. time, erected to his memory: throughout the country since his death. ' .j't . "This bit jot information about one of the colorful figures of the last war comes so .Opportunely that perhaps! you'll be glad to re lay this information to your many readers. And the poem is so fit ting for Armistice day." ! j - ' -A 'j?ii,ll1r .v...:.-. mm -1 BAPBACi; (SELF PORTRAIT) ; - j ! 14SS-1&2S and thank ; God continually that I have taken neither her nor an other .. . . tin to the present time I find myself in the position of holding property at Rome worth 3000 gold dacats and ian Income of 50 gold dollars (monthly, since Bis Holiness; our Master has given me a salary of 300 .gold ducats for conducting the building of St. Peter's) . .... I find ait Rome, a pretty little j woman of very good reputation; according ;to what I have hears, jboth herself and also her belongings, who will give me 3000 gold i ducats as a marriage portion." Hi . Bht he 1 aid not marry "the pretty little iwoman" nor Cardinal Bibblena's own niece, even though the cardinal had urged this match. In the midst of a career that had not the shadow of nn f alflllment Upon it, he was seised with a fever, caught while mak ing subterranean excavations on behalf of tie pope. He died1 In 1520, on hlsl 37th birthday. ' Of Raphael's rhoile or material, John Addington Symonds wrote, "He shunned .atom and painful subjerts. H painted no martyr dom, no Last Judgment, no Cruri flxion, if wsj exrept a little early picture. His ; men and women are either glorious with outh or dig nified in hale old age." His-, life was the brief and crowded history of a man whd was Jtnownij to be gentle and humble, whai achieved success and great fame Jn his own time, and muuse un nngs oown tne cen turies as the creator of some of the most beautiful pictures of the Renaissance Of the whole : long series of his Florentine Madonnas, all tenderly wrought,1 the Slstine Madonna antf the Madonna of the Chair represent the- finest flower ing of his genius. .' The abore painter Is among 4 great masters represented whose pictures are offered In reproduction form by this news paper 48 jjj masters of art la original colors. ! They are divided into 12 sets of fonr, one set a week for only S9c and 0 differently numbered coupons from this newspaper. Each week's set contains a les son in art appreciation and per sons who obtain all 12 weekly sets will get a free collector's portfolio. : - Clip the first coupon on page 2 now, - ..'si Bridge Club Meets With Mrs. Zeis of Mt.; Ansel 3 MT. ANGEL Mrs. Lawrence Zeis was hostess ; to her bridge club at her home Wednesday nighty. A late sapper was served after the card playing,, at which Mrs. Joseph L. Wachter won the high score prize. How Does Your Garden Grow?) Care of (Tuberous Rooted Begonias and Planting of j Rockery Chief Questions Now ' j By LILLIB L. MADSEN The one question which , has, come to me . more than any one other ' question this fall concerns how to cafe; for tuberous -rooted begonias now that winter is right before us. Almost everyone who has erown these delightful flowers duringv tne sii mime rfA w a n t s to taae - , co n tin throughout) t winter. Th should not ' be Unit Msomi done. ! . Wait until after the first light frost. Lift them from their beds, let them dry somewhat and store them In i sand in a place where the temperature remains around SO degrees.: ' . -I . :- "...'' In lifting! the tubers, break, off the entire stem and foliage about three or four Inches above the soil. To dry, lift the tuber with all the soli that will stick to the roots, placer in a cool, dry room and allow to remain there until the soil is perfectly dry and the fleshy " roots at . the tubers have dried. This may take two months. Then shake the soil away, brash the tuber clean and place In dry sand until spring. Fumigate Before Storing It is becoming customary to fumigate the tubers "before put ting them away. Advised for this is a common washboiler. Place the tubers In the boiler or tub. PJace the boiler or '.tub upside down off a -group of dry boards, slip - four . tablespoons ;. of Cynogas under the container. - n Pack i-soil tightly, around the boiler or tub to keep it air-tight. Leave It here for 24 hours and then remove. This should be done out of doors on a quiet sunny day. Propagation of Begonias To the question of how tuber ous-rooted begonias are propaga ted as a rule, the answer Is: By cuttings or seeds. Division is sel dom practiced, I am told, because the plants reproduce more rapidly from the seeds or cuttings. How ever, divisions can be made by cutting with a sharp knife when young sprouts show. Care must be taken not to injure the sprouts. The cut part should be ieft ex posed to the air for 4S hours be fore planting. Question: When should Abeiia be pruned? i Answer: In the early spring: It is in bloom at' this time of the year and If properly cared for, will con tinue to bloom until a severe frost stops it. In early spring It may be cut back almost! to the ground If desired. " . j 1 About New Abeiia There is a new Abeiia called floribunda said to have - reddish flowers and to be more spreading. Whether or not.it will stand the Willamette valley climate; I have not yet heard. I have not seen this shrub but have been tola that u is an exceptionally fine one. "Is it possible," a Salem: garden er wants to know, "to have an evergreen rockery." She goes on to say- she heartily dislikes the looks of the average rockery in the winter time. She reports she has a rather large space for a rockery and wants to know some evergreen plants which do well. Her rockery has a natural set ting, she-adds.-She further wants to know It she can start it this falL :.. . . . 'if This gardener is very fortunate in having a natural rockery. Starting New Bock Garden September this year would have been an ideal time to start a new rock garden. However, it can still be done. Much depends upon what type of a rock garden one Is plant ing. For smalt flowers the hepati cas, the native blue violets and the English' daisy does well and never give a shabby appearance. They usually settle down almost at once as if they had been there since the world began, j Heathers,, perennial candytufts and the very dwarf shrubs should not be ignored In. rockeries large enough for them. Of course al most any rockery is large enough for the heathers and the candy tuft. The Mount Hood , Juniper is not a rapid growing evergreen and can be used quite effectively. Rock daphnes should bei used in every rockery. They .have nice every green foliage and the pink flowers In early - spring are. de lightfully fragrant. Several of the sedums and sax ifragas are good example! of nice rock garden plants. Of the shrub. Cotoneaster horlzontalis Is one of the best for the rock garden. It bears pink flowers in early sum mer and now is covered with bright red fruits., !f Flowers- for Rockery One of the small spirearas suit able tor the rock garden Is the S. Bullata, a little Japanese shrub which grows about a foot; high. It bears small light crimson flowers in summer. There is also Spires decumbens, which grows but a few inches high. It has small white star like flowers. A i small spirea used considerably here Is the Hen dersona which growsf about six in ches high. The foliage turns bron zy red. in fall. The white flowers appear in summer, i i! There axe . also i many little blooms which are attractive In the rock garden both when they are In bloom and when they! are not In bloom. Among the better of these Is the. Cytlsus Adroinil, a small sprawling plant that comes Into bloom in early spring with bright yellow flowers. One that grows about 18 Inches tall and rives forth purplish flowers in May-is C. Purpureus The broom. Genistas radiata. is a very bushy little plant growing; about a foot tall. 1 Rose is Fine Addition Of course most of yon, who fol low my articles at all, will remem ber that I have written frequently of Rosa Rouletti as a delightful little rock garden rose. !i It was found some years ago in: a Swiss mountain Tillage and has been 4 great favorite sincet. The little Texas rose, Rosa f oliolosa alba, i crows about tea Inches high and bears creamyr fragrant flowers, all summer long. - It .should be used much more, plentiful : than It is here: Some of you may have seen the little Rosa pithamea which is native of our own Southern Oregon. It" spreads by means - of underground roots and forms wide colonies. . Trailing Arbutus also should be grown more extensively in roc a gardens. It will soon establish it self in our gardens. It seems to prefer an acid soil and semi-shade. The Box Huckleberry (Gaylussa- cia brachycera) is also very good in the rock garden, j it grows only a few inches high and has white and pale pink bells on I was go ing to say in May. That is the time It is supposed to be in bloom. But mine has developed a trlckish trait and is blooming again this fall. I am told It also fruits. But while I have grown mine several years it has ; flowered but . never fruited. Perhaps someday;, v . i I There are also small rhododen drons suitable tor the rock gar den. But as my space is taken and as I have had request for cultural directions for these I'll leave them for another week. Orchard Heights Women's Club Is Entertained at Mrs. CII. Fisher Home V. ' ORCHARD HEIGHTS Mrs. C. H. Fisher was hostess Wednesday to members of . the Orchard Heights Women's club. Mrs. Grace Bliss and Miss Helen Bliss will entertain December 16 when the annual Christmas celebration will be observed. , Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Kennedy and family left Thursday for Che halls where they will visit rela tives over the weekend. Returning with them to his home was Ken nedy's father who has been a guest here for a fortnight. Among the New Books Reviews and Literary News Noies By CAROLINE a JURGEN By CAROLINE C. JURGENS j Death by Invitation. By Gail Stockwell. BlacMillan. S2.00. 1937. "I asked you here so I could persuade you to bring my mur dered to justice," is the extra ordinary statement Miss Agatha Wollington . uses to Introduce Klngsley Toplitt to the strange happenings which engross this clever detective during a mad weekend at the Wollington estate 17 miles, from everywhere. I Miss Wollington, who has been bed-ridden for a period of 20 years, has many delightful ideas, such as inviting a group of rela tives whom she; hates, to the place for a weekend party, having her lawyer read her will tn'j front of all of them and telling them she is going to be murdered. Her -room Is found empty the next morning and blood stains are on her pillow and night clothing. This evidence does a disappearing act. The detective is of the opinion that the playful old lady wasn't murdered, but Is in hiding watch ing the effects of her seeming murder. He ,1s soon furnished with three corpses, secret clossets, secret liquor supplies and plenty of motives. . There is no, question fhat Miss Wollington deserved to die. But it is also evident that she had not Intended to do so at the time she did die. The mystery .makes Quite nice reading for those who enjoy good and bloody fictitious murders. "How Clean Is Tour House' by J. C. Geiger and P. S. Barrett in November Hygela, is Just the right sort of article to read on top of a -messy murder story. It brings us down to the pleasant, sate and sane things of normal living; such as washing dishes, dust, re frigeration and ventilation. After reading this article we had strong desire to grab a lot of hot water and disinfectants and go thoroughly over everything we cleaned an hour ago.- i ' The-article ! filled with such encouraging information as this: "The average housewife would be Insulted if she were told that her home was not clean; bnt experiments carried out on dishes and clothing washed in the home bring out undeniable evidence that many of the cleaning methods commonly employed today are antiquated and ineffectual. In the words of the author, "housekeeping brought up to modern standard is not the simple thing of j grandmother's day." - w -.-.J ...,. ' Likely some of us w a n t to answer with the question, "Why not? Grandmother seemed to get along." . . -' -.-' , --.:L j;-.:-----" . - To which tjie author answers, "We have ' much ' additional in formation since that time on the cause and . spread of ' various di seases and the proper jmethods of preparing and serving food." We think he should nave added that with the increased popula tion and the faster living we also have better means of spreading germs of various sorts, Not only housekeepers should read this article. It will not harm anyone. .... ; ''Cancer Cures and Treatments by Arthur J. Cramp, is another article worthwhile In the same issue of Hygela. It Is an expose of the various fake "cures' and 'treatments' on the markets.1 The article is based on the statement that ""There is no one susceptible to the ordinary demands of the human . conscience who would withhold for his private means such an important matter as a cure for .this disease." r ' If you . are in . the mood for something amusing, and you still have Hygela before you. you might turn to the article "Riding for Health. This graphic picture of a young woman's attempt to Assembly I3 Held At Keizer School Students There Rank High in I County jSpelling Tests, Revealed KEIZER Keizer Ischool'a first student assembly for! the year was held Wednesday morning. ... . A . short business session was held w tt h election1 of officers: President, Nellie Pearmine; vice president, Chester Emmert; sec retary, Armoud Carrow. j I Ross Shannon, as (Reiser's out standing track ' participant, pre sented! the 1 1937 MArJon county track plague to the student body. - Returns concerning, the county spelling test have been received from ! the superintendent's office. Reiser's standing amjong the largq schools of the countyjls as follows: Grade I 3 ranked second plce, gradesi 4 and 5, first jpiace; grades 6, 7 and 8 third putce. Election Is Held By 'College Club - - -' ;.;-' .v i . BRUSH COLLEGE A social afternoon and election of offi cers was held by Brush College Helpers at the home of Mrs.; Oli ver Whitney, Thursday. Mrs. Carl Harritt was retained las president; Mrs. -Charles Glaze, vice-president; and j Mrs. Leland Wendt; secretary. Mrs. Fred Ew ing was in charge of devotion als. The group made plans for Fed erated! Rural Women's club meet ing for November for which they will be hostesses with Spring Valley i Home Missionary society. West Salem, Sweet Briar and Orchard Heights clubs. Lunch was served by the Misses Irene Cutlerj MargareJ Ewing and Ruth Whitney. ride, taking her from the time she first discovers "Comic artists to the contrary, after a first ride, kitting ! down Is quite possible; It Is movement that brings thoughts of the Spanish inquisition," until the time she learned "to canter so perfectly balanced that a leaf between me and the saddle re mains In position" is highly en terts'ininE if you are at all in terested In riding. . Cold Morning Sky. By Mary Zaturenska. MacMUIan. $1.50. September, 1037. 1 Tlie I poetry contained ' in this slim little volume reminds one somewhat of the lyric beauty 'of the I Irish born WHliam Butler Yeats. 1 In face of. the fact? that some critics more experienced In the : eritlcism of poetry than! I may! scoff, I still will say that here and there in this volume are even "sounds" that remind me of i Kipling. I couldn't keep Kipling's "Requiem" from run ning through my . mind while go ing over the poems of Zaturenska, Alright. I'll admit that as a whole Kipling-is very little alle gorical. We seldom think of Kip ling as a "mystic" In spite of his Indian i background, and in spite of the times he does run to mys ticism.! No one denies Tagore's mysticism. No one denies the fine quality of Marya Zaturenska's em blematic verse. Yet the two do not remind me of each other. Zaturen ska's poems are more a revival of Buy Your j-- Christmas Cards '- Now LOOK AT THIS BARGAIN pA beautiful ;.' 5" Cards imprint- j. ed iwith your name for only $1.15 Order Early HAVE YOU SEE THE KEW ROHNGTON ' ELECTRIC SHAVER Cutting head Is neither round or square,; but com bines advantages of both. Comes in Ivory ease i with brush and zipper pigskin bagj Complete for 116.00. Needham's . ! 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