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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morning:, December 19, 1337
. .
ing of
CheeP Wei
Annual Task
Christmas
Public Role in
Project Large
Dks, .remen, Salvation
Army and Red Cross
. pirect Program
By C. GENEVIEVE MORGAN
' The Christmas spirit . . :
And so ' there are countless
people in Salem and its environs
who remember fn their Christmas
giving that group of folk; who
hare not the w&erewtthal to pur
Chase 8 Noel feast or a toy for
small Johnny and Mary. -
Major dispenser of this- fchrist
Bti cheer here will be the Elks
m-htrh'hsB become the tra
ditional Santa Clans when it comes
te giving toys: and the combined
efforts of the Salvation Army and
the American Red Cross, which
i will present to the needy f am
I Hies hereabouts a basket laden
with, foodstuffs.
Salem firemen play a full share
- In the Yule cheer provided by the
Elks lodge, and it is through their
tabors that toys which go oat for
Al SX I .. InnVtn.a rf taa
f Cortunate families are recon
- jtructed and remodeled until they
- work and glisten like new.
Public Plays Role
And it may be said in passing
that the "whole selfless giving of
these agencies is made possible
. through the generous donations
at citizens, club groups and school
1 boys and girls.
Christmas eve will see between
.150 and 200 baskets of food de-
liverea to mat m a n y wmme
through the Joint-sponsorship of
the Salvation Army and the Red
Cross. ' : 't-er'
These baskets will be as nearly
uniform as possible, and will con
tain about S5 worth of goods
tnviuuiUK m s man i5iuw
- aa possible a chicken, to replace
the beef roast that has formed
the . Christmas feast piece de re
- alstance in recent years.
"Trimmings" in the basket will
include:
Staple articles, sugar, coffee,
rice, milk, canned goods, a half
twin nil nf hntter. bread, notatnes.
-elery, macaroni, two , or three
W w
vegetables and candy and oranges.
The whole will be presented in
' holly dress, symbolic of the season
, ana me gooa wisnes wmcn ac
company it. .,
(And any farmers or ranchers
Who have a chicken or two or
vegetables to donate to this cause
will help materially In the spread
thla PKarma a bias a -in co va
Captain Allen of the Salvation
' . Army.) ' '" .
Ill-Y Participates
High school students, through
the sponsorship of the 1II-Y boys.
wilt contribute large Quantities of
foodstuffs for this cause.
And nf course' funds from the
Salvation Army Christmas kettles
ii a u a.j uui vuaoiuB aa v ioimuo
for these baskets, as well aa con
The Salvation Army and Red
Cross pool this year has been -devised
to avoid a duplication of
families, or efforts and funds.
Donations and purchased goods
will be accumulated by midweek
at the Army storerooms here, and
baskets will be , made up there
for distribution just before
Christmas.
To top it all, poor children will
own at the Salvation Army ball
at- 7 JO o'clock Christmas eve.
'- with toys 'to be distributed at this
"" time and a program to be given
by the Salvation Army children.
? The Red Cross-Salvation Army
' gifts will be delivered to f am
flies', only after a careful check
gainst, relief rolls and with other
agencies has been made to assure
that they are going to proper
rnanneis. Ana persons who need
them, should have their names in
at the Army , headquarters not
later than Tuesday. Friends who
wish to report names of families
for this cause should; also do this
early, and thus be a real help to
. the, cause. .v"
' ; Toys Are Restored
Salem firemen, .ire. their Santa
Clans ; role, have been working
' since mid-November on the pleas
" arable task of refurbishing toys
for the Elks Christmas giving and
late the past week a full truck
- load, containing among other
things more than 200 larger play
things, was delivered to the Elks
temple preparatory to the Elks
distribution. "Nearly 50 tricycles
and similar articles have been do
Bated for this purpose, some of
" then atmost as good as new. And
hundreds of toys are yet to be de
livered from the basement room
la the Jire department where the
Elks Santas have their workshop.
Dolls, drums, musical instru
meats, blocks, books, doll buggies.
tops,, building toys, trains, balls,
ans these and dozens of other
. different toy varieties make . np
the renovated stocks from which
the Elks Santa Clauses (the lodge
holiday cheer work is virtually a
two-man affair for the committee
composed of Robert Cole and L. A.
Thomas) -will make their selec-
' iions to fill the requests In scores
ot Santa Claus letters that have
bees received from poor children.
Hundreds Blade Happy
Last year the Elks distributed
between 900 and 1000 bags ot
randy, oranges and .nuts and
Christmas toys, and a similar
amount will go this year to make
December 25 a happy day tor boys
and girls in those homes where
soothers and fathers are enable
te provide. The Elks will also dis
tribute clothing and food as tar
as their supplies of these extend.
-"" . Funds for the firemen'a work
aa children's .playthings com
.-chiefly Xrom their annnal benefit
dance, and the Elks' a a an a
Christmas charity play funds .go
into the purchase of candy,, nets
ad eranges. The candy supply
alone this season win reach 1100
sounds more than half a ton!
That, while It la the whole-
aale aide of the Christmas cheer
C rtr the needy, I truly but part
. X tan micisx Car mora tines
Stage of Salem
Speculates
By D. H.
A WORD TO CYNICS
You tell me cynicism' in, -
That Christmasism'a out.
But I .am sure the statement is
Subject te much doubt.
It may be that more cynics are
Upon the earth today.
That myths of sweetness and of
light
Have come to be passe, v
And it may be -our modern ways
Have brought about a change,
But the change is largely seeming,
No more than passing strange.
The Christmas spirit is alive.
Though customs change a lot.
Ay, it's still there, but deeper in
God help as if it's not!
Meekly suggested: Defer giving
a piece of your mind to a certain
party until next year.' You 'may
need all of your mind to get
through the present rush . 7 , .
Don't hesitate to prevaricate at
Christmas time. A false "It just
what I wanted is not sinful . -. .
Watch your step, particularly in
the crowded aisles of the toy shop.
An iron wagon about as big as a
Nebraska grasshopper was left in
a toy shop aisle last year by an ex
cited youngster, and a lady from
Gimlet creek stepped on it. and
one of her legs was fractured.
Thus she became the Caboose of
the Christmas train in the Gimlet
creek district instead Df the loco
motive, and she did not like it any
too well, because she preferred to
be the locomotive ... Do not take
too seriously what .anyone tells
you about Christmas and the giv
ing ot gifts. I once knew a rough
and tough lumber jack up in the
Washington woods who snorted
when anybody mentioned Christ
mas in his hearing. He said It was
a sissy business. But when the
bookkeeper girl in the lumber
company's office gave him a two-
for-a-nickel cigar tied with red
and green baby ribbon he purred
so loud he could be plainly heard
at a distance of several hundred
feet.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Things that we should do,
But stubbornly won't;
Ships we've expected
To come in that don't;
Tis the season ott& sunrises
and early sunsets. Midnight at 6
In the morning, or a bit darker.
Night in the late afternoon. At
this time of year I sometimes re
call people and events and circum
stances associated with such sea
sons in the past. Nothing burden
some or unpleasant, mere
thoughts in yie train of a sugges
tion, it is so, more or less, with
all of us. I presume. It was at such
a season, for instance, that I be
came acquainted with John Sieg-
mund. now county judge. There
were December mornings 25 years
ago when he and I came out of
East Salem together on a small
red trolley-car. Half past by the
court house clock. He and I the
only passengers. Perhaps yon are
not aware of It, but you have a
different understanding of a man
with whom you have ridden in the
early morning darkness. You see
the real man, before he has put
on his business face and released
his business tone of voice. And I
came to like him. And I like him
yet. Odd, Isn't it?
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS
EVE MEMORY
Christmas eve in Salem in the
year of our Lord 1915. Shadows
dancing in the rainswept streets
as the strung-together lights In
vogue at the time swung back and
forth in the' south wind. Folks
from , the south and east said it
was tunny -weather for Christmas
eve. Native Willamette valley
folks said it was not funny wea
ther for Christmas eve. Then they
looked at one another, somewhat
sternly, eye to eye, and changed
the subject. '
However, it" was an ordinary
Christmas eve for the time and
place. The customary amount of
late buying in progress. Lighted
churches, where Christmas -exer
cises were going forward. Moving
picture theatres blazing. with invi
tatlon to drop in and see the show.
And yet it was not an ordinary
Christmas eve. Through ome
combination of c i r c n m stances.
now forgotten by me, if Indeed I
ever knew, an extraordinary- at
traction for so small a town as Sa
lem then had been booked for that
sight at the Grand theatre. Sir J
Forbes-Robertson, ' one - of the
greatest of English actors, was to
appear, with the support ot an
English company. In "The Passing
of the Third Floor Back," that
"idle fancy" of Jerome K. Je
rome's, which exemplifies so beau
tifully by s modern Instance the
nature and the power ot the Man,
whose birthday Christendom ob
serves at Christmas time.
Many of yon are familiar with
the story of .'The Passing of the
Third Floor . Back" - the cheap
boarding house, the boarders with
their human weaknesses,' and the
change effected In them by the
talL slender, softly spoken stran
ger, who occupied a cheap back
bedreom three flights up. It -is a
pretty story, peculiarly adapted to
Christmas' eve, and I think that
most ot nt who were In the audi
than one eaa reckon, e h u r e h
bodies, veterans posts and auxil
Isry and other groups are eon
trtbuting their Share of the
Christmas spirit to families ' they
know would otherwise find- that
cheer a wantiac auality.
TAUIADGB
ence-that night were deeply im
pressed by it. It is a sermon, when
competently presented, with all
the animation of a play.
1 had a little talk with Sir
Forbes-Robertson that night; I
wished, and did not quite know
why. to take him by the hand. So
rI went back stage. He. was stand-
figure, (at. any rate, . I thought of
Lincoln at. the moment) watching
a. scene on the stage. He greeted
me .with grave courtesy.
"Yea. he said in response to a
are a. long. .long way from home.
I trust I shall never be so far
away from home at .-Christmas
time again, and I do not think I
brilliant observation by me, "we
Shall. We are now," with, a grave
twinkle in his eyes, "positively on
our farewell farewell tour. But I
feel better," he added, "than I felt
before we jnet jour Salem audi
ence. Naturally, 1. did not know
what to expect., but your people
are quite like my own people."..
Si Forbes-Robertson was born
in fiSffdon in 1853. So far as I
have heard or read to the con
trary .he is still alive. But, jo far
as another farewell American tour
is concerned he has kept his word.
A THE R TRAVEL .
. NOTE
Our here is here, but our there
is where.
But listen one thing that 1
know
A gentle breeze in a sunlit air
' Is better than bluster and blow.
Statesman, December 12.
The lines above have been read
i and reread.
And surely you've hit the nail on
the head; ,
Yet sunshine and breezes differentJ
things have behooved
It rained, like the dickens the day
'that we moved!
Florence Hooper, Salem.
Bije Bilwig says-he reckons if
he was to go into weather proph
esyin' seriously as an occupation
he'd move out of the Willamette
valley.
I invariably laugh at the Ritjt
brothers.! realize that I might
weary of their, peculiar type of
comedy In time, and possibly a not
very long time, but I get what may
be termed a genuine jingle from
their antics at present. And for
laughing purposes the three Ciril-
lo brothers, who appeared on the
week-end bill of vaudeville at Al
Adolph's State, theatre, are much
as funny as the Ritz boys. The re
mainder of the bill, with a word
of special praise for Marcy and
Roberta, acrobats, was good. A lot
of us vaudeville followers are
agreed on this point. The State
was the -only Salem theatre show
ing vaudeville last week. A re
showing of . Twentieth Century
Fox's "You Can't Have Every
thing opens at this house Sun
day, and it is. an excellent feature,
as we who saw it at the Grand not
a great while ago can testify.
A young pastry cook journeyed.
to Rome in 1616, from the north;
of France, working along the way
at his trade. He was 16 and he
found he could draw easily. Rome,
he had heard, was, full of won
ders. And to Rome, he had heard.
one went to learn the art of- paint
ing.
He was almost illiterate. He
could not make himself ; clearly
understood in' any one ot the three
languages of which he had a
smattering French, Italian and
Latin. There are . scraps of his
writing on the backs of drawings,
and all three langvages'are badly
misspelled. His own n a m e he
wrote as Gelee, Gillie or Gillet.
Later he was simply called Claude
Lorrain, after his birthplace.
Of his parents, nothing but
their name. Gelee, and their hum
ble circumstances are k n own.
Claude, one ot five sons, had had
to straggle for the bread he ate.
Hunger might have dulled his
wits for' he learned little or noth
ing at school. But he was free to
go to the city of his dreams when
he was through with the -dreary
pastry cook apprenticeship and
could make his way by It.
Stable Bey in Rome
He looked about him in Rome
Its wonders had not been ex
aggeratedand tore himself away
because he heard . of a German
landscape painter in Naples. For
two years he stayed fn Naples,
learning to draw, and then was
back. In Rome. He was admitted'
here to the household of Agosttno
TassL a mediocre painter but kind
hearted, from whom he received
board and lodging and lnstr ac
tions ' in "the best principles ot
art."" In return he gave his serv
ices, as a stable boy, a. -color
grinder, and general boy of , all
work. -
He absorbed what knowledge
he could ot painting, bnt at 26
he left Borne once more, wander
ing about Italy, to Bavaria, and
coming at last to bis native Lor
raine, fie set forth almost lmmed
ately, this ame going to Cham
pagne and Nancy, where he met
Claude "Deruet, patater te the
reigning Duke- Henry IL Claude
.became the wealthy Derent's' as
sistant. ' '.
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Program at Brush
College Tuesday
The Christmas program will be
presented by the Brush College
community club and -school at
the schoolhouse Tuesday night,
December 21, under the direction
of Miss. Edith Ross, Miss Mar
garet Blood and Mrs. Fred C.
Ewing. Brush College helpers
will provide treats. The decora
tion committee is Edwin nd
Tandy Burton. Donald . Ewing,
Mrs. Joe Singer, Ruth Whitney
and Irene Cutler,
A Christmas tree, exchange of
gifts and Christmas cheer bas
kets featured the Christmas
meeting of Brash College Help
ers, when Mrs. A. E. Utley and
Mrs. C. L. Blodgett were hos
tesses at their borne, Triangle
ranch, Thursday. Those present
were Mrs. A. R. Ewing, Mrs. M
Focht. Mrs. Fred Ewing.. Mrs.
Esther Oliver. Mrs. F. E. Wilson.
Mrs. Charles Glaze, Margaret
Blood. Edith Ross, Mrs. Leland
Weadt and daughter Beth. Mrs.
Bertha Garrow, Mrs. Garfield
Anderson,, Mrs. Carl. Hanitt
Mrs. Delbert Harritt, Mrs. D. Ad
ams. Mrs. V. L. Gibson.' Mrs.
Fred Olson and daughter Nadlne.
Irene Cutler, Ruth Whitney. Mrs.
Ferdinand Singer, Mrs. Oliver
Whitney, Mrs. Ferdinand Bayer,
Mrs. Esther Dawson, Mrs. Ar
nold Zysset and daughter Mrs.
Glen Martin. Mrs. Joe Singer,
Mrs; Louis Singer and the hostesses.
Violence Occurs
Near Ford Plant
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 18-(P)-Three
men were shot, one was
overcome by tear gas, at least a
dozen suffered severe beatinss
and more than 100 persons were
arrested here late , today shortly
after employes of the labor
troubled Ford assembly plant
quit work for the day.'
Two deputy constames were
wounded as they escorted ap
proximately 300 Ford workers to
their homes from. the plant where
the United Automobile Workers
or America, a CIO affiliate, call
ed a strike a week ago.
The officers, Dan Mustaine, 30.
and Bob Scott, 20. were struck
in the legs by , shotgun pellets,
but were unable "to say who fired
the shots. Russell Williams, 28.
a bystander, was shot In the
hand.
700 Idle as Burns Mill
Atcails Improved Market
BURNS. Dec. 1 S-(IP)-losglng,
sawmill and railroad operations
were halted this week by the Ed
ward Hines Lumber company to
reduce a 30,000,000 board feet
inventory and await better mar
ket conditions. The plant employs
TOO men;
Teacher Suffers Flu
AMITY Miss Evelyn Um-phlette,-
who teaches school at
Sprague River, Klamath county, is
here at the home of her parents,
recovering from an attack of the
flu. She will return to her school
classes after the Christmas vacation.
STORIES OF
by Howard Simon
' CLAUDS LOKKADl
He longed again for the soft
southern skies of Italy and set out
for Marseilles to await a ship. But
before the ship arrived he was
taken ill with a fever that nearly
made an end .of .him. While he
was ill he wai robbed of all his
possessions. Fortunatety a Mar
seilles merchant ordered two
paintings and was bo delighted
with them that he would have or
dered more, bnt now that the
young painter had enough -money
with which to continue his jour
ney, he was anxious to be oh his
way. - ' ' -
He arrived Id Rome for the
third time. The next few years
were to be the moat Important In
his life. He worked inexhaust
inly, rising day after day before
dawn, and going Into the country,
He absorbed color and light, form
and distance. He returned to his
studio- long after nightfall and
tried to reproduce what he had
seen and felt. ' i
He abandoned this method and
went into the open with hi can-.
vas, working directly frem 9a
tare. It wai a new departure in
the "painting of landscapes. He
worked with fidelity and with
feeling and his 5w o r k became
highly prized. By If 35 his reputa
tion was solidly built. One .of his
sketches sol for 99 florins
- He neVer quite mastered the
. human figure and valued his laad
scapes rather tor' themselves than
How Docs Your Garden Grow?
Bulbs, Shrubs, Vases, Magazines and .Tools Are
Among Suggested Gifts for Gardeners -
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
A few garden friends have
written this past week to. ask
suggestions for - Christmas gifts
suitable for
other garde, n
friends. Some
want to give
g r o wing things
or things thatlV; ;
n ntvn rT.v .. ,j
Will IVf. Vtt
want to give a I
garden 1 m p 1 e -j
ment or book.
I hare noticed
that both Portri
land and Salem4
m e rchants have j
various boxes of!
bulbs a r r angedft
for gifts. Some of unit lfdan
them are mixed bulbs, others are
all jot .one variety. They Include
hyacinths, various kinds of nar
cissuses, tulips and other small
bulbs. Many of these, it planted
outdoors immediately after the
holidays will bloom this coming
spring. In one Portland atore . I
noted violets blooming on plants
arranged for Christmas gifts.
Of course there are any number
of potted plants, but as a rule
the real . garden 1 o v e f prefers
something suitable for the out-of-doors.
Yon will notice, too, that
small evergreens, done up in
cellophane, will make a lovely gift
If the evergreen has been cor
rectly balled and potted so that
it will keep a few days before it
can. be planted out. However, you
should make sure that the friend
has a place to plant the article
given.
Garden Reading Welcome
Garden magazines form about
as nice a gift as any gardener
could wish to receive. A subscrip
tion to any one of the practical
or artistic magazines should be
very welcome.
Vases are another group of
gifts. Few people have too many
vases. There are so very many
shapes and colors to go with any
type of flower or flower arrangement.-
One practical gift to a practical
gardener is a pair of leather gar
den gloves. About the best I have
found are made by a manufac
turer right at Salem. I have used
the gloves made by that firm for
years and have always found them
satisfactory both as to wear and
as to workability.
Basket Practical Gift
A very attractive flower-gather
ing basket is. now on the market
for $2. It is handmade of oak
splints, comes in attractive colors.
is lightweight, measures 8 inches
wide and 18 Inches long. There
may be others on the market than
this particular one. but this is one
of the. handiest and most attrac
tive that I have seen.
There is also a rattan terrace
or lawn chair which is exception
ally comfortable and also strong.
Bars at the bottom prevent it
from sinking into Boft ground. It
is mentioned as an all year
around chair. It sells, for some
thing between 36 and $7, I be
lieve.
The garden labels which with
stand the winter rains form an
other pleasant gift thought. They
ran be had at Salem. At least I
purchased mine there.
Sueeests Watering Pot
A very pretty watering pot in
colors of .blue, black, white plum.
green, yellow or red, is also an
attractive gift, and- a, useful one.
It is particularly handy for water
ing ferns or other bushy house
plants. Also it is convenient for
adding water to a vase mat nas
been arranged before completely
filled with water. The long spout
on the pot permits getting water
into the container without upset-1
ting the bouquet. ;
The new "Garden Encyclopedia
DUt out by W, H.' Wise & Co. and
sells for 33.65 and is useful to I
anyone interested in gardening.
Of course. Bailey's "The Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture is the
last word in garden encyclopedias
for anyone who uses one exten
sively but this cannot be bad com
plete for less than 315. HOmer
D. House's "Wild Flowers" is an
exceptionally attractive garden
volume, Ortloff and Raymore's
Garden Maintenance" is about
as USeiUl a one-yuiuaio bbiucu
book as can be had.
Books for Work and Joy
Of course, the same can be said
of "The Complete Book of Gar
dening" put out by Dounieday
Do ran. It sells for 2.35, I be
lieve. It was published a year ago.
Alfred Hottes "1001 Garden
Questions Answered" has been re
vised within the past year and
gives much information it did not
contain before.
If yon want to give books for
pure mental enjoyment to the
gardener rather, than for practical
purposes, give one of Ernest Wil
son's.' There is much that is prac
tical la these;, too, but they are
descriptive rather , than advisory.
"America's Greatest Garden," a
description of the Arnold Arbor
etum is delightfuL V
Bese Spray Time Ahead' '
Collect all. rose leaves, foliage
and prunlngs from the rosea, and
burn. Diseases carry- over in these
if they are left lying about during
the winter. T was asked thl past
week it roses should be sprayed
now. Well, they should, but as
for the people he. placed In them.
"I eell my landscapes and throw
in the figures,." he used to say.
The above painter is among
48 great wasters represented
whose picture are offered te
.reprednctioa form by this news
paperfa master of art te
erigtaal colors. " .
They are divided into 12 sets
of four, oae set a week for only
Sde asid a foipos -froes this,
aewspaper. Each week's set coa-
; tains a Jeason te art apprecia
tloa had persons who obtain all
13 weekly acts wfll get a free
collect era' portfolio. j . " -Clip
the first coapoa oa page
4 aow ' '. .i
there are still some In bloom it
seems a shame to cover these with
bordeaux. H o w e t e r , they will
likely be completely dormant soon
and then can be sprayed." Lime
sulphur is one of the sprays that
should be given- to rose bushes
during their dormant season. Be
sure that all parts of the bushes
are reached with the spray -
Spray your peaches and lilacs
with the lime sulphur, dormant
strength, ' now.. Then repeat in
late January. Grape vines should
also be sprayed thoroughly now.
Dry Bulbs Before Storing
Dahlia bulbs should be dried in
a cool airy place before they are
stored. Then brush oft the dry
dirt. and pack them fn dry peat
or sawdust. Keep them In a place
not cold enough to permit them to
freeze, and not warm enough to
make themsweaLand shrivel.
In cases where the dahlias have
not frozen and one still wants
them to mature, cut the stalks off
near the ground. This Trill have
the same effect as frost.
Holly trees should be sprayed in
June or very early July, not at
this season-of the year.
I have a note from a former
resident of the famous Berkshire
Among the New Books
Reviews and Literary Netvs Notes
By CAROLINE C. JURGEN
Sun Across the Sky. By Eleanor
Dark. MacMillan, 1937. S2.50.
A good book, but only just good.
The style is very charming, easily
read and sometimes bordering on
the brilliant but only sometimes.
The situations are human and
well portrayed, so well in fact,
that the reader Is apt to wonder
a little why the story isn't greater
than it is. But it really isn't.
The scene of the hovel is an
Australian seasLde resort, which
was . created by Sir Frederick
Gormley, a millionaire with self
indulgent habits. The central
character is Oliver Denning, an
attractive and human doctor, who
is unhappily married to the beau
tiful. Helen, who is afraid of life
and all It offers, who wants noth
ing more than a pretty home,
pretty clothes and bridge parties.
Real life, with its emotions, its
poverty and struggles, its . give
and take, completely upsets her.
She refers to this life she wants
as "asking "very little" and calls
it "harmless enough."
To which her husband replies:
"Harmless! Good God. Helen, do
you think it's enough to be 'barm
less'? Do you think life lets you
off because you're passive?"
And to which she answers: "I
don't see why it shouldn't. If you
want just to live quietly not in
volving yourself in anyone else's
life. I don't see why you shouldn't
be left alone to do it."
But her husband lives on the
principle that to be passive is to
be as good as dead, "and if you're
dead you're no good to life." And
Helen insists she doesn't "want
to be any good to life."
The author gives a good de
scription of the doctor in, "Oliver's
mind was like a windy seaside
house with all its doors and win
dows open, all its rooms full of
a rush and a clamour of rude,
bracing air."
While Helen's "imagination ran
ahead in alarm, in panic. You had
to see that your luggage was safe
ly bestowed, and tip porters, and
find taxis for yourself."
The novel is really a quite ex
cellent study of a vital man tied
to a woman with the mind of a
good child, a child who even lacks
ordinary affection.
But, of course, Oliver finds an
outlet elsewhere for his emotion.
The helter-skelter Lois Marshall,
artist, furnishes this.
To these characters the crisis
comes when a fire set in the dry
bruG&i on the hillside above the
fishing village sweeps down upon
the village itself.
The ending is rather vague. You
wish the author had cleared up
a few points. You feel upon clos
ing the book, rather as if you
had been hearing the story of
old-time friends but that the feller
had been Interrupted before she
had completed the telling.
One other point - of criticism :
While the men of the novel appear
more or less as men in ordinary
walks of life appear, the women
are all unusual. . There are no
normarwomen in the entire story.
This is not Eleanor Dark's first
novel. "Return to Coolaml" will
be remembered by some. She was
born and educated hy Sydney. She
is the. daughter of Dowelly
O'Reilly one of Australia's au
thors and his country's first lit
erary stylist.
Eleanor Dark is the wife of Dr.
Erie Dark, and now lives in Ka
toomba, the principal location - of
the. Bine mountains. She is a keen
mountaineer and gardener, devot
ing much time and care to the
Introduction of rare-native plants
and trees Into the gardens sur
rounding her homo-. It is one of
her ambitions te cultivate a. suf
ficiently large area of blue euca
lyptus in her grounds to serve as
a canctnary for the charming and
harmless small, marsupial, the na
tive bear, which is now almost
extinct ia Australia In its natural
habitat. . . , - :
Another 117 MacMillan intro
duction is D.. J. Hall's Periloa
Sanctuary, his. too, la more of a
character-study- novel than one
with an absorbing plot. The strug
gle la the story is more In the
soul of one man. than ia any ac
tual physical action. ...
This man. Hick Bowles, a mis
fit Englishman who was reared
and educated to "make something
of himself." becomes Instead an
egoist who all his early Ufa had
a faith ia anything but his own
Importance ' and;- his ' prodigious
strength.
hills who wants to know if the
mountain laurel which was native
there would grow here and if so
Vhat It ia called In the Willam
ette valley.; '
Kalmia Will Grow, Here
This laurel which has made the
Berkshire hills so well known for
beauty, is the kalmia which I have
talked of so often in this column.
This shrub does remarkably well
here and has not been planted so
very much. It will grow in either
shade or partial sun. It is ever
green and Its flowers in. spring
are some ot the (most beautiful
that we .have. Wherever they ire
seen they are admired. The shrjub
Is easily grown. It like a gtfod
drainage and a leaf-mold soil. Tftie
kalmia hedges, where a taller
hedge can be used, are vejpy at
tractive. However, the kalmia is
not a fast growing shrub.' At least
it has not been so in my garden.
The shrub is listed as kalmia lati
folia. Recently, I had the opportunity
to talk with a woman from Eng
land. She, like I understand other
English people are, is very garden
minded. She spoke of our pretty
countryside and said that if the
present gardening continued here
in the Willamette Valley, it would
soon be noted -for its countryside
beauty aa England now is. I think
we should all strive toward this
end and make "better gardening"
one of our New Year's resolutions.
When he had completed his col
lege training as an engineer, he
finds work easily for a time but
takes up with communism. When
he finds this no longer flatters
his vanity, he jumps ship in an
American port, meaning to make
for himself a new life with even
more power than he had had in
the early communistic work. But
an accidental killing involves him,
and to avoid arrest, he escapes to
the New Mexican desert, where
he : is saved from death by a
Spanish-American landowner, Don
Santiago. The intangible walls of
being part guest, part prisoner
torment him. He divides his time
between spying on the Penitente
Brotherhood and making love to
the wife of one of the Penitentes.
This same man later warns. Bowles
of the approach of state troopers
and he has difficulty deciding
whether he should stay or leave.
Bowles frequently seems a little
more wooden than human as does
also Don Santiago. But the indi
cations of Bowles' gradual awak
ening from materialism to things
spiritual, descriptions of the
desert scenery, and the story of
the Penitentes offer much that is
interesting.
The author. In a preface note,
tells us that the events narrated
are placed in the spring of 1936.
Those relating mainly to the
people of San Bartolo might Just
as well have happened in 1736.
The contrast between eighteenth
century minds and twentieth cen
tury procedures proves interest
ing, but, the reader cannot desist
from thinking, could have been
given more life. Mr. Hall also tells
us that nowhere is there any ex
aggeration in what is related here
concerning Los Hermanos Peni
tentes. He explains that it is pos
sible that some of the readers,
knowing nothing of New Mexico,
with its 123,000 square miles of
mountains, csnyons and deserts,
may be ready to dismiss as fan
tastic happenings in the third
decade of the twentieth century;
But. Hall quotes William Blake,
"Everything possible to be . be
lieved is an image of truth." Even
Hick Bowles realized this in the
end.
A student of English life should
appreciate H. S. Bennett's "Life
on the English Manor," an ac
count . of the everyday peasant
village life in the 12th. 13th and
14th centuries. Mr. Bennett has
had to page through many docu
ments for chance 'hints dropped
of customs and conditions which
were too commonplace to deserve
direct recording for future gen
erations. Out of many such, hints
he has put together a convincing
picture of theworking man 700
years ago.
The result of the federal wri
ters' projects are now coming off
the press. Houghton Mifflin com
pany has two such books off the
press In the past four weeks. First
of these is "Connecticut, a guide
to the roads, lore and people of
that state. The illustrations them
selves are very good. The recrea
tions, drama, music literature.
farming and labor are described.
The . other writer's project Is
"Rhode Island." This is very
beautifully illustrated and its text
covers the natural and' historic
setting of Rhode Island, and the
contemporary scene, ranging
through the art, architecture, folk
lore, literature, sports and foreign
group. An especially Interesting
feature of this volume Is a aeries
of eleven .tours ranging through
the state.
The Kew Etlqaetie. By Margery
Wilson. Frederick A. Stokes.
1937. &50.
wn 1'. am almost temoted to
say I think she's got something
there." However, Miss Wilson ob
jects strenuously to slang so well
Just skip that.
The book is full of enthusiasms
and Ideas of overcoming self
eoasciousness, and "inexpressive
neaa." In fact some ot the en
thusiasms wax so high as to be
come almost wearying. We are
also treated to the history of vari
ous divisions of etiquette. For In
stance, there is that en conversa
tion, where we begin with the con
versation of the cave man and are
brought up rapidly to oar own
smart modern talk.
There are 19 chapters and they
cover about everything from when
I ana hew yea sip your last drink
Three Links Club
Elects at Dallas
DALLAS The Three Links
club met at the home of Mrs. c
H. Olmstead Thursday with Mrs
E. M. Loban. Mrs. W. H. Vinton
and Miss Anne Haugeberg as as
sistant hostesses.' v
Election of officers for the new
year was held with the following
results: Mrs. Elmer Schulson
president; Mrs. Mar vis Stone, vice
president, and Mrs. Ralph Howe,
secretary-treasurer.
A special feature was the Christ
mas tree and exchange of gifts.
Late in the evening refresh
ments were served to the follow
ing members: Mrs. Mary Starr,
Mrs. C. B. Teats. Mrs. Lewis Had
ley. Mrs. Irene Lynn, Mrs. Elmer
Schulson. Mrs. Alta Burns, Mrs.
Albert Burelbach, Mrs. Anna
Kestler. Mrs. Florence Hunter,
Mrs. T. L. Parsons, Mrs. John
Friesen. Mrs. Paul Bollman. Mrs.
Marvis Stone, Mrs. W. A. Ander
son. Miss Helen Butler, Mrs.
Ralph Howe and Miss Hazel But
ler. Dunlap Purchases
Tnriw FppJ Mill
- M. vvu iixixt .
t
TURNER G. I. Dunlap lot
Parrish Gap has purchased the -Weddle-Turner
Feed mill and wiir
taTce possession the first of the
year. W. F. and L..A. Weddle,
formerly of "Tfefferson, became
owners of the mifl property in
1934. .
Lee Barber ot Barber's grocery
became very ill the middle of the
week and was taken to a Salem
hospital.
"Five Busy Bees," a wood-work .
club, is the seventh K club or
ganized in the school, with Prof,
L. J. Uhrhammer, leader. Officers
are Kenneth Barber, president;
Robert Ball, vice-president; Rex
Michelle, secretary.
Mrs. L. J. Uhrlhammer and
small daughter, " Nancy, enter
tained the "Jolly Little Sewers"
4H club and Its leader. Miss Agnes
Bear, with a pre-Chfistmas party
Wednesday afternoon.
Polk Dairy Men
Meeting Tuesday
DALLAS The second meeting
of the two-days series planned !for
dairymen of Polk county will! be
held on Tuesday, December 21, at
1 a.ra. In the Polk county court
house, states W. C. Leth, county
agent. j
."7 .ncviv uiauflUCUiCOl Will
be the main theme discussed at
this meeting. Various phases: of
management will be considered.
such as disease control, raising
calves, pasture management and
other problems.
Dr. B. T. Sirams, head of the
veterinary department at Oregon
State college. Professor I. R. Jones '
of the dairy department and Willis
Cyrus. Washington county agent,
will assist with the meeting.
Officers Elected
For 4H Clubbers
SWEGLE At the first meet
ing of the 4H clubs, these officers
were elected: sewing club, Mar
jorie Blanchard, president; Glad
ys Dalke. rice president; Mar
garet Smith, secretary; Joan and
Eleanor Smith, song leaders; and
Alice Blanchard, yell leader. !
Cooking club, Gladys Datke.
president; jenny Winchell, lice
president: Alice Blanchard, sec
retary; Marjorie Blanchard, song
leader; Daryce Kliewer, yell lead
er. Reporters are Phyllis Ames
and Jenny Winchell.
Mrs. Marion West is leader of
both groups and the clubs, meet
at her home at 3:30 Friday after
noon for sewing and 2:30 -Saturday
afternoon for cooking. Each
club has about 18 members.
Clackamas Funds
Report Deplored
OREGON CITY, Dec. 18-r
Fred A. Miller, Clackamas county
district attorney, said today game
commission auditor's statements
that justices of the peace had fail
ed to account for funds owed the
state were' misleading.
"To publish a statement of that
kind without first attempting to
ascertain the facts . . . creates
doubt as to the integrity ot the
courts, Miller said.
He added that Judge C. F. Rich
ardson of Milwaukie bad overpaid.
Son Born to Myers -
WOODBTJRN Born to Rev.
aa Mrs. John T. Myers of Ore
gon City and former residents of
Wood burn, a 7 pound 12 ounce
boy. Dick Edward, Monday at the
Oregon City hospItaL
and smoke your last cigarette-or
do whatever yon do last at night.
There's everything Included from
the simplest dinner to the smart
eat fox hunt. Miss Wilson says,
"Today we must be inclusive
not exclusive or we are not be
ing smart and modern. If we nse
this measurement for "her book,
we mast admit it is very "smart
and modern. w : -
But we still believe that Emily
Post Is the kinder, therefore, per
haps the best mannered. Mrs. Post
has never, that we recall, suggest
ed entertaining sophisticated eity
friends in the country by taking
them to barnstorming shows. "If." ,
says Miss Wilson, "their shows
are bad enough, they are good en
tertainment Guests may be pun
ished fa . some amusing way tor
laughing at the w r o n g time,"
Maybe, after all, we jest -don't
understand the new etiquette... .