Tht OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday llornlnr, llxrcli S, 1$38
Diverted Hops ' Mam
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PAGE SIX
Government
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Stabilization
Plan Involved
Means Loss of $28 a Bale
Even With US Aid, but
- ..4; Agists Ifidugiryv-"-
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-- By C. GENEVIEVE MORGAN
A c drive over the countryside
these, days, brings to view many
the ground is dotted with what
appear, to be bales of bops, some
what" disheveled because the bur
lap has , been torn . away. And
that's Just the case, f M' v
Hop 'grower In Ihe three coast
states are diverting thousands of
bales of hops of 1 ) 4 and
earlier I crops to fertilizer under
one of the first realized moves
to stabilize the market.
The stabilisation program seta
up $7; per bale to the growers
lor inverting the hops irom mar
ket 'a n d commercial channels,
bat actually the grower realizes
J 6.60 per bale as the adminis
tration costs reach SO cents per
'tale s?-H- ' ' ' ' :'-t- - .
Around 80.000 bales of hops
of -193 and. earlier are being
spread out upon the ground in
this manner, and estimates here
show that about (1.000 bales of
this, total are growers' holdings.
The. rest are held by dealers and
speculators.: The rate of pay-
"meat under the federal payment
of $6.50 per bale Is 34 cents
per pound. . "'- "
' J !v; Loss Is Taken ' ' . I :
-Withi the cost of production
placed at from 1 to 17
cents per pound, the present
"damping" of hops means a loss
(oau-basis of" the outside fig
ure)1 of (28 per bale on produc
tion costs alone, or a loss of
$2,240,000 for the 80 000 bales
being scattered as fertilizer un
der' the federal payment.
As fertiliser, the hops are put
on 'at the rate .of 2 tons per
acre . and their value Is r laced
at twice the value of straw used
for fertiliser. The burlap must
be stripped and the bale of hops
left , Intact on the field until
a government man comes along
to check the field distribution.
The ' only salvage from the
bales of hops being lost to the
market under the growers volun
tary ttabllization market is the
canvas or burlap In which the
Lops are wrapped. Each bale
requires 5 yards of burlap,
which : at a cost of 15 cents a
yard : represents 82 cents per
bale or $65.(00 ia burlap alone
for the 80.000 bales going to
fertilizer. ". Mi
Some of the burlap will be
salvaged for use" as . tarps and
shades: in nop pickers' camps,
4 Benefit Eventually
In: spite of huge combined
- losses on the -voider hops held on
the "coast, hop growers are ap
parently optimistic about the di
version ; process and -believe no-
dance 1 of this old surplus win
help swing the market back to
Its feet.
With the 1 3 4 and earlier
hope out of the picture, grow
ers still have a r o a a d 42,00
bales of hops -on band from the
135. 1931 and 1917 crops, fig
ures released here this week
show. !
California has about 7000
bales of ; 35s. 3 (a and 37a j on
band. Washington haa about 9.-
000 bales and Oregon has 28.-
141. bales or a total of 42,141
bales as present stocks repre
sented i by the carryover for the
,art three harvests. .
Oii the Record
By DOROTHY THOMPSON
- (Continued from page 4)
ucatlon he Is condemned as be
ing a fascist. According to that
definition, the fathers of Amer
lean democracy were all fascists.
One , cannot read the federalist.
without realizing how ( indebted
Hamilton, Madison and Jay were
to Aristotle and the classical phll
osophers. And one often wishes
that our present legislators and
brain trusters had had the same
training In methodical thinking.
and were half as familiar with
the accumulated wisdom of the
past. ' ' . " . ';
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Yes I foresee, a parents' re
volt. And a lot of teachers will
join j 1U Some day the parents
are going to rise up and demand
that the teachers in our schools
spend less of their time getting
Teachers' college -credits in the
technique of teaching a subject
and learn more about the sub
ject they teach. Our-; teachers
know how to teach history, ac
cording to the most approved
methods, but they are without a
passionate interest, in history
They know how to teach Latin
tot they are not imbued with
Cther the spirit of the language
or the spirit of-the world it ex
pressed. -Many of them would get
Aim Too Late
; Remembering your past, O Februaryv
Your sunny smiles amidst the winter rain,
Almost too late across the dripping prairie
You fling the golden riot of your train.
Almost too late, and yet serenely certain
You touch the stops that work a magic change, -
To lift, the fog as deftly as a curtain -1!
And trace the shining peaks along the range.
And suddenly the daffodils are blooming
And pussy willows yellowing the boughs;
Beyond the hedge the grassy swaU is booming
Where multitudes of-waking frogs carouse. .
Almost too late, yet this retarded splendor !
" Your closing: days in irujesty put on, ! ;
Uplifts the heart to heights diTinely tender
In thanks to God who gave us Oregon. !
EDwTN T, REED.
Hops to Raise Hops; 576 Bales Placed Upon Lands
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This hopyanl near "Wheatland, is receirtasf a drsliig of 576 bales of 1034 Oregon bops for fertiliser. Es
timated productlen cost of these bops Xor wtucn growrrs receive 97 a oaie rrom we government , ex
ceeds $20,000. Had. these 576 bales passed into the brewing industry they would have produced ap
proximately 140,000 barrels of beer holding 31 seiiona each. Bat as
tons to the acre, tney nave out
How Does Your
July Blooming j Perennials Include ,Iany t Eas
to Grow in Gardens of Valley;
By LILLIE Iij MADSEN
Answers to questions:
Recent inaniries have number
ed several about avocado culture,
Unless , one is
equipped with
special place for
growing any
thing s o large
as an avocado -tree
seen be-
comes, it Is bet-E 4 -
tar not to at- 4 a
tempt Its -culture.
It Ii 1
nrettr tree when
it is smalL But
It una mitrrawl
Its general use-nt5il r " ft
fulness.: If one WXJM
persists In keep-i ji umt Miw
ing It, he'll soon find himself In
the position of trying to care for
aa elephant "in the stable of a rac
ing horse. i i 1 '
Some complain of leaves drop
ping off avocado trees. This may
be caused from too small a con
tainer or from poor drainage.
Mulch For Violets
A good mulch for violets Is leaf
mold from the woods or from ones
own trees If one Is I fortunate'
enough to have some, j If one is
getting peat moss anyway, that la
an excellent mulch. Peat moss is
certainly one of the standbys.ina
garden. It is a mulch that is so
trea from weed Seed; too. Sawdust
is useful on plants that require an
acid soil. -N I j
If the gardener who signed him
self '"Mr. Gardener" will send me
self-addressed t envelope. 111
send him the" names of two or
three nurserymen nearby who can
undoubtedly supply the small
shrubs 'he inquires about.
In reply to Mrs. R. L. of Salem r
Dr. R. E. Kleinsorge whose name
you saw mentioned in a recent
Western Hemes does live at Sll-
verten and has been doing a mar
velous Job of hybridizing Irises. If
Mrs. R. L. had ever watched him
hand pollinate, she wouldn't refer
to the work as "a matter of luck.'
Although Irises ean be transplant
ed now. this is not at all the prop
er time to do so. unless it is abso
lutely necessary to move them.
leave them where they are until
they hare bloomed.
Daphne Cneorum and Garland
flower are one and the same. It Is
a grand little shrub for the rock-
garden as the foliage; is lovely
even when there are no flowers.
It blooms inT both spring and au
tumn as .a rule. They will grow In
full sun or partial shade and like
light soils. They seem to dislike
lime. In pronouncing the specie's
name, the "C" is silent. This Da
phne can.be propagated by layer
ing branches in the spring.
, Perennials For Jaly
. 1
i Perennials that will bloom In
July Include Pink Yarrow, Anchu-
sa Italics," Shasta Daisy, Geums,
aay lines, nouynocas, pentstemon.
phlox, scabiosa. ; 1
i The Leadwort or Plumbago Lar
pentae, is a late blooming border
plant, starting in July and keeping
up until a frost stops it. The flow
ers are cobalt-blue and grow on
wiry stems. The plant grows from
10 to 12 inches high. It is a good
rock garden plant! also. Sunshine
and. good garden soil lire all that
it needs, v
much more that they coald trans
mit" to their pupils, out or vaca
tiona in Athens or Sicily than
out of vacations spent taking
Teachers' college coarser But
they hive to take the course, be-
canse without the' credits, they
can't expect promo ion. . And
since they are one of the worst
paid classes In our society, pro
motion matters to them.
.
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twice tne Tame o straw. en xuaxweu rnwo. j j . (
Garden Grow?
The Geum is a very useful sum
mer flower. It grows about 18 in
ches tall and is easy ! of culture.
Fun sunshine or partial shade: will
suit it. The one objection it has Is
wet lee t in winter. It . should never
be left : where ' water ! will stand
about it in winter If It Is expected
to bloom again next summer.
Among - the named- varieties are
Mrs. Bradshaw with its large flow
ers, wavy petals and bright crim
son color, and Lady Stratheden, a
deep gold-yellow.
Flowers For Rich Soil
Coralbells and Henchera are
the same. .They prefer a rich.
moist loam; although they will
succeed well in a variety of soils
except a heavy clay. Spring Is the
time to transplant. These are at
tractive 1 when planted in smaft
clumps at the edge of the shrub
bery or -in the rockgarden. In the
perennial border one sees them so
often crowded out or overshadow
ed by heavier blooms. :
Maybeils is a name sometimes
given to lily-of-the-valley. Occas
ionally one even sees them called
so in books; Gardeners from the
cornbelt are, It seems,: more prone
to call them that than western
gardeners, j Their Culture Is very
simple. Give them shade and a
leaf mold mulch in the fall. They
increase rather rapidly and need
replanting every three or tour
years if the flowers are to remain
comparatively large. ; I -
Sweet Lavender is very: easy of
culture. They grow readily from
seed slanted in the soring. The
seeds should not be planted too
deeply. Their permanent position
should be sunny and their, soil
light. They winter over nicely
here. One of the best Is Lavandula
officinalis, lit will grow two or
three feet high and it Is very frag
rant. A dwarf variety ia L. Nana
Compacta with larger blue flow
era. It will! grow about 12 inches
high and is frequently used in the
rockery. ! . ii
Pereuial Lobelias
There are two perennial' Lobeli
as listed in some catalogues, bat
neither la the small blue flower we
have come to associate with the
name "Lobelia." The Cardinal
flower is officially known as Lo
belia Cardlnalis. It is perfectly
hardy and will crow, best in par
tial shade and a rather damp spot.
It grows from three to four feet
tall. The other perennial i Lobelia
is blue and is called the Great Lo
belia. Its. height and growing re
quirements" are very similar to
those of the cardinal flower.
Certainly, an entire rockgarden
could be made of primulas. Prim
alas are very lovely if , grown in
heavv masses, almost sufficient' to
cover the rocks entirely. The ans
wer to the 1 question as to now
many varieties there are' is that
there must be several hundred va
rieties, but not all of them by any
means suitable for I outdoor cul
ture. The tolors. of the hardy
primroses range from white to
deep crimson and blue. Their one
unchangeable requirement is that
they .must have perfect drainage
Also they will fade out of the gar
den picture if they are not given
some water during the summer
months. The soil should be quite
loose, and rich. Also they like best
some shade.- ... . , i- ;, -
Pentsteman Grows Here
Pentsteman cornea' in many va
rieties and we have many native
sorts here that are worthy of cul
tivation. They need a good, deep
gardon soil: mixed with leaf mold
and sand. The soil should be well-
drained; and a litttle shade won't
be out ot the way. 1 The Pentste
man is found quite profusely
along the Santiam.
The Sensation Is not a native,
It is really a lovely flower and
worthy of a place In the peren
nial border. Some of our pro
fessional growers tell us it had
beet be treated as a biennial.
Sneeseweed haa two more at
tractive names, its common name
Helens flower, and its "surname
Helenlum. This is a tall growing,
autumn' flowering relative of the
sunflower. It starts blooming in
mid-suramer-r and blooms until
quite late in autumn. The flowers
range through mahogany-crimson
eoppery-bronxe to the light and
rich yellows. The flowers remain
fresh for a long- time as a cat
flower. Heleniums will, thrive
well in any: soil. -
; Gdifornians at Gates
. GATES i-Mr. and It r s . Sam
Godden, with Doris and .Daane,
have arrived from Areata, Canf.
tor a aabrt -visit with lira. God
den's, pa rents, 1 Mr. and Mrs,
stitta.
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fertilizer, spread at the rate of 2
Highlights at
Salem High
By Gene Huntley
A new club designed to cater
to ' the enthusiasts ot winter
sports had been organized during
the past week. The organization.
a ski club which haa not yet de
cided on a name, was approved
by the All-School council and held
its -first meeting Friday. Several
members of the club, along with
many other: Interested students,
pepartei this morning on the ex
cursion train for an enjoyable
day of skiing, tobogganning. and
ice skating : at Crescent lake in
the ..Cascades.
A hilarious, highly entertaining
program very appropriately en
titled the "Waldorf Hysteria" was
presented by the junior class in
their annual vaudeville given
Wednesday afternoon and even
ing. The setting was in the lobby
of a large! hotel where prospec
tive talent for a "grand ball'1 was
being tried out. Those arriving at
the hotel to demonstrate their
ability ranged from hill-billies to
opera singers. Both afternoon and
evening audiences were kept in
an uproar of laughter by the an
tics ot "Stooge" Lindbeck play
ing the part of the dumb but
willing bell-boy. The program
consisted of such high school fav
orites as Hewle Allen, Ray Lam-
ka. Jean Burt, Bill Lawyer, Bob
Relnholt, Betty Demarest, Lee
McAllister, ! and host ot others.
Claire Marshall was In charge and
Mary E. Eyre served as faculty
adviser. 1 ; .
In the balls were seen posters in
forming the students that the
Chemeketa I chapter of the De
Molay is to - present its annual
spring formal dance at the arm
ory next week. The event prom
ises to be an outstanding affair.
Roberto Gerrero de la Rosa,
a young college stndent on a
good . will j sowr from Mexico,
spoke before a capacity j andl
eace ia the assembly Thursday
afternooBW Aaaoac other things,
he described very Interestingly
and amusingly the ens torn of
eresuidiac the yow senorltas
in bis natlre cons try. The
speaker was tatrodaced by Dr.
Bruce Baxter of Willamette
university. U'
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Social elegance and artificial
ity that had been so passion
ately desired had worn thin and.
begun to pall; pleasures were
empty and ended in boredom.
Society, lifting itself out of the
viciousness j and lassitude of
Louis XV's reign, looked about
for a new sensation. : The only
untried norelty was moralty.
Its exponent was Jean Baptlste
Greuze, painter of- simple : homi
lies. ; :;u . 'Mil.
The Frenc.h academy where
his pictures had . consistently
been refused, at last exhibited
one when 1 he was 30J Its title
was "A Father Readme the
Bible to His Children' i
Crowds gathered before the
homely, virtuous scene. As a
result he was made aa associate
at the academy, exempt from
jury selection. The picture itself
sold for a large sum. He made
friends because of it, was given
a studio by one, and ' a trip to
Italy by another. When ihe re
turned . be ! had become the fash
ion. , ; I ; ! 1 -
Painted Broken Eggs
He painted with One J crafts
manship, scene after scene ot
minor domestic tragedy is acci
dentally broken eggs, the popu
lar one of "The Broken Pitcher,"
and also countless heads Of pret
ty young girls., M'.H'M:.
He had , been born of poor
parents in Tournus In France in
1725. His father had hoped he
would become an architect, and
is supposed to have whipped him
for painting pictures j on .'the
walls. - 'i, I : - -.; "; M" M
y .Later he forgave him his tal
ent when the boy presented him
on his birthday with a pen and
ink drawing that had been cop
ied at night while his father
slept. He even sent him oft to
the tudio of Grandom, which
was nothing short ot a patnting
factory for cepyinc. recopying
and turning out potboilers. It
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age
Specu
lates
By D. H.
- i .- . Fleas
Tor something be grateful every
' ' . dayt .: . .:. .
There's heaps to be grateful
i for; - - ,
Life means little to people who
' -say, -: '
The world's a terrible bore.
I knew a fellow a while back
who came out to California to
live, and he had' been told fleas
were pretty bad down-there. So
he started in right at the begin
ning "to guard against fleas. He
let fleas make life a sort -of misery
to him. Of coarse, every old Tesi
denter he spoke to about fleas told
him the kind of powder to get,
and the women prescribed lotions,
and he was feeling;, pretty good
with , himself,' because . In .three
years he was not attaeked by a
flea. Then one morning when he
wpke up he surprised six or eight
fleas in the act of jumping about
upon his anatomy. But not a bite
did he. get. TheInsects did not
like the way he : tasted. He was
immune to fleas had . always
been. Well, naturally, he was
mighty . grateful, I and it set him
to thinking. And he is now, I am
informed, one of the most cheer
fully active members ot the For
Something Be Grateful Every Day
society. But, also he is somewhat
disgusted with himself. ,
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Text for today: "The wicked
flee when no - man pursueth."
(Prov. 28-1). But this, of course,
has no reference to the man whom
no flea pursueth.
I rather like the foregoing para
graph. It reminds me a gentle
old Jokist whom I knew more
years ago than I caret to cennt
Some ot the finest characters I
have erer known never . proved
false to their favorite. jokes. And,
though it may appear somewhat
strange, these oft-repeated pleas
antries answered the purpose for
which they were intended very
well. .
Which reminds me that I saw
a Will Rogers film again during
the week, George Ade's play "The
County Chairman." It may not
seem entirely reasonable, but I
think the principal of the Rogers
charms lies In the fact that most
of his utterances I have heard be
fore in one form or another
around the box stove in the rear
end of an Iowa general store.
And they are fully as good, per
haps in some instances better,
than they used to be. Age does
not wither them. The Grand filled
In with the Rogers feature be
tween "The Baroness and the But
ler" and a Dolores Del Rio Chi
nese war film, "International Set
tlement." Scene, Shanghai.
It is all but Impossible to ig
nite a match upon certain sur
faces. Upon ether surfaces a mere
touch causes a flash. People are
somewhat Uke that.
If the conversation seems to
have difficulty In getting under
way, you might suggest that your
new acquaintance give you bis or
her opinion of double feature pro-
grama as now perpetrated by
many moving picture Palaces.
A Trifle of History
I Some folks have a "hug" for
history. One of these "bags" hi
been telling me the story of Bal
STORIES OF
by Howard Simon
I i J
CKETJZK (SELF rrXKTKAIT)
ins-asM :
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was not a place: to learn origin
ality the weakness of copying
was deeply ingrained in the
young painter., M
At 20 he Was handsome,
blonde, self-satisfied, and he
came to Paris from Lyons ex
pecting rewards tor a talent that
he himself already rained high
ly, When at last after 10 years.
the academy hung his picture,
it only confirmed his own opin
ion. -
Rebuked Dauphin
Commissions ! swamped hint.
The Dauphin -himself ordered, a
picture. And his rudeness came
to the fore again when the Dan-
phin proposed that he paint the
Dauphine. "I can't paint heads
like that," he said angrily, mean
ing that the artificiality of paint
and powder did not please hint,
In 1761 he sent the now fam-
It was as great, sit not a greater
sensation than ( his first. He
could aak the highest prices and
be . sure of purchasers. Praise
that would have turned a strong
er I head was heaped upon him.
em
TALMADGE
boa. He was not acquainted with
Balboa ' nor with any member ot
his t amnyvHis acquaintance with
Balboa was derived" from "a book
or perhaps '; Sunday nagasme
section." It does not make any
great, difference,: .anyway. The
story: is j the thing. :Why , e , so
fussy regarding facts? 1 " ' ' .- .
Balboa, it appears from this
teller's tale, was an unfortunate
man. And, "as was no more than
might have been expected, he
came to an unfortunate end. The
story runs that on a morning in
1500 or I thereabouts, somewhere
in the Panama; region, he left the
camp of j his party and went out
for a stroll. Like all Spaniards in
that day j he was desirous of dis
covering! something, . preferably
something of great value that
might be hidden in a capacious
bootleg. i
Imagine his surprise when, hav
ing attained the summit of a hill,
he discovered i the Pacific ocean,
this side ot which had been vir
tually in a state of disuse, due to
lack of discovery, for centuries, j
It was a sorry day for Balboa
when he discovered the Pacific
ocean. It, was too big and wet to
do anything with, and the dis
covery had aroused the Jealousy
of his brother! officers, who put
their heads together and framed
a story to the effect that he had
been seen moving furtively ocean
ward with a shovel tver his
shoulder.:
Balboa-said he was only intent
upon gathering a few dams,
which was probably the truth, but
his brother -officers accused - him
ot being i engaged in a nefarious
attempt to drain the ocean, his
purpose being to engage in bull
raising and bull-fighting aPon the
land thus obtained.
So one soft spring morning
they carried him, laden with
chains, even as they had carried
Columbus not many years before,
on board a ship and sailed him
back to the old home town, and
they called a fiesta in his behalf
and hanged him. It la said that
friends of the family were
somewhat grieved by this, it be
ing their contention that he
should have been permitted to
die like a man at the horns of
a bull. Bat shucks! there's
mighty little real justice In the
world.
His name is not, but should be,
Snail
Still behind with his Christmas
mall!
Upon the desk before me has
rested for some time a spring
poem from Mira Ann Horn ack
er, who lives at Sandy. As spring
poems go, it is a good poem,
or so appears to me, and I
ahould like to see it in print.
But it is too lone te be prac
ticable for use here. So I am
using a yerse or two, that read
ers mayj get a general Idea of
t&e poem's motif, and am return
ing the manuscript to its author
with thanks for bavin been
accorded j the privilege of seeing
it. There are publishers, I am
sure, who will be glad to print
the poem:
Said a great big tree to a little
browa shrub.
"I am tired of my old dress.
Let's you and I a-shopplng go!"
And the little brown rhrnb
said; "Tee!"
Often he made -himself ridicu
lous. Once he pointed to one
of his own works and said.
"Here is a picture that even
astonishes me, who made it."
When he had been in Italy
the daughter of . a duke had
fallen in love with Mm. He had
to pretend he was! Ill: to escape
her importunate pleas to take
her bach to Paris with him.
When he returned) to Paris, he
brought with him! a portrait he
had made of her. Eventually
he forgot her for, he had met
and married the beautiful daugh
ter ...of , a j bookseller.
Wife a Shrew
Anne Babuty fwas 'her name
and ; she j was an incomparable
shrew, empty-headed, extrava
gant, vile-tempered and unfaith
ful, neglecting ; his home and
their children. When he could
stand it no' longer 1 he sued and
won a separation, f .
He removed to! the studio In
the Louvre awarded him as an
honored member R ot the acad
emy. Here came king and
queen, and even; an emperor, to
see France's most popular paint
er of the people, x j
' The academy that had launch
him on his popular success was
the cause! ot a bitter disappoint
ment to him.' The rules required
eaeh academician to present the
academy with a picture. It had
waited 14 years tor Greuze.
At last, after requeated re
quests, he appeared bearing his
contribution. 5 Its historical sub
ject was grandiloquently treated,
and it had a title ot forty words.
The rainUng , was - meant to be
the answer to those i who , had
considered he c 0 a-1 d do only
commonplace subjects.-
' The above painter Is among
48 great Masters .represented
whose pictures are offered ia
rr prod actio . form by thia
newspaper 43 Masters ot
Art la original colors
.They are divided into 12
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Art Appreciation and' persons
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meaning those Elsie DInsmoreish
days ;when people "who were good
were, really good and people who
were bad were really bad" and no
one . was a little of both , as . they
are i in "modern v times," i shotlld
read; PARADISE. :
Even In -the -days , of Plymouth
Rock there were those. whor like
Fenton Parre, thought that fit
seems to me we Puritans have tak
en every uncomfortable custom
out of the Old Testament, and the
pleasant ones our teachers have
overlooked." . Esther Forbes has
managed to make these people (of
the long ago seem just as human
ss the people who surround us to
day, 1 Only their customs were dif
ferent. and their thoughts as
far as those thoughts were guided
by the customs. The Ten Com
mandments were obeyed and dis
obeyed somewhat in the same fa
shion they are today. Those who I
enforcement like in Puritan days"
will find .that the same culprits
returned over and over, to the
whipping post and the stocks. The
severity of the punishment did
not seem to deter them in their
stepping off the straight and nar
row. ?!
The thousands who have read
and enjoyed GONE WITH THE
WIND, the lesser number who
read and enjoyed Santayana's
this last PURITAN, and those
who are now reading, with pleas
ure Robert's NORTHWEST PAS
Indeed, they were so shabby.
They were ashamed to be seen,
S they hurried to Mother Earth's
storehouse, (
And asked for shades lot
creen.
As a plain matter of fact, the
coming of spring Is a: pretty
wonderful piece of business, even
in these parts, where the change
from winter is less marked than
elsewhere. It is only in the re
gions of Intense winter that
spring assumes its full - miracu
lous character.
However, spring Is fickle, de
ceitful, wheresoever you meet
her. Many an old man hare 1
known in the land of low win
ter temperatures who. in the wis
dom of his experience, donned
aa overcoat in the spring, where
as he had failed to do so dur
ing the frigid season.
That attractively bizarre little
beastle ot New York syndication,
the designs for which and the
wise sayings of which are ; the
work of Naomi Phelps (yes. I of
the Salem Phelpses), "The
Church Mouse, has had Its con
tract renewed for another year.
Some bond of sympathy must
prevail. I think, twixt mice and
men, ! else how accoant ter the
success of Mickey an Minnie
and this hungry, wise little
creature of Miss Phelps' ; fancy?
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Life is pretty .puxxllag at
times. Isn't it? The most enjoy
able things we de as. tor ( in
stance, sitting in .an open win
dow w the springtime are least
enjoyable in their undoing.
My desk presents a collection
of heaps. 1. endeavor to prevent
the accumulation of these heaps,
and ' occasionally make critical
remarks of the desks ot other
people, - also ot a heapy appear
ance, j But the heaps continue
to heap. Today in one! of
these heaps I find a tear-out
from the American Magazine! for
February two pages carrying
an article under the title. "She
Budgeted ' for Happiness," j by
Mrs. Coble de Lespinasse of Hub
bard, j a completely sound. - Sen
sible and, at the same time! in
teresting (which combination is
not 80 frequently found i as it
might! be) article. Mrs. de Les
pinasse Is a real personage. .
An j entertaining friend and
you would be surprised I to
to know the number of such I
have-i-I know I am iurprlsed
tells me of a really convincing
advertisement , he found recently
in a magaeine. He almost bought
some lot the articles advertised.'
The only reason he did not: do
so is! the fact that the article
is a remedy 1 tor itch, and. 'un
fortunately, he hasn't the itch.
It was thought for a time
first-aid ear would have to
the
be
called." but the . man ' recovered.'
It seems he almost strangled in
the effort to prevent 1 himself
from making sarcastic remarks
about I sunny southern California
weather.- . ;M .: ' t'.-jv.
The : wind comes up and tears
around,;' ; M i
Clouds spurt rain on the' patient
. ground;' . , MM
It seems to me., that 'tis quite
- clear M M--- M--.'M 1
A Swinburne Hound of Spring is
here. ; ; ..- . , ':
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V
'Shortly Short
. Perhaps: the longest short dis
tance ion i record the trail I of
the old post office . . j. Kay
Francis announces her cominc
marriage. ! Number . !. Paul
Muni reads the dictionary .for
recreation i . . . When Thomas
Jefferson died he was $107,000
in debt ) . ,' "JIrss. chimpan
zee movie star, died at ; Holly
wood last week. Burled in a.
satin-lined casket with silver
bandies: . ! . . With s some men
business is always "cood, with
others ! invariably 'bad.'; M May
mm ' .aTI mmmm .n' V.a.iIi .
To California ; weather , adminis
tration: Defer further shipments.
Overstocked . . . Appointment of
Mrs. Bpauldlng to fill unexpired
term of her husband la the
state senate meets with general
approval. m
SAGE will certainly enjoyf PARA
DISE, m v.. mm;: - mi ,
As GONE WITH THE WIND
paints a realistic picture ot the
Old South, so. PARADISES gives a
realistic picture of a 17th century
Massachusetts Bay settlement. . No
novel could give a clearer or more
understanding pictujwet: its time,
Esther Forbes does- '-not -dwell
alone on the pious meditation - so .
prevalent in romances ' dealing
with the early Plymouth years.
She gives us the men and women.
not only as they prayed, but as
they drank, ate,, bred, farmed,
governed and struggled with the
Indians. Miss Forbes manages to
include a lot of knowledge in her
stride without flaunting surplus
atmosphere.
The reader learns the status of
master and servant, of the regard
in which women were held, of the
strict and narrow laws of the pur
itan,' Of the herbs used and how
used, of the punishments and why
they were meted out, but In learn
ing the reader is unconscious of
learning but believes he is only
reading a very good story.
It Is a long story, but not nearly
so long as GONE WITH THE
WIND, and Uke GONE WITH
THE WIND it will be remembered
long after It Is read. i
PARADISE ' opens in the year
1639, when Jude Parre, gentle
man, Andrew Redbank, , pastor,
and some dozen others of ; various
trades, petition Governor Win-
throp that they be permitted to
leave Boston and settle upon lands
20 miles inland. And so, the town
of Canaan came Into being.
Jude Parre, with: his English
wife, who loved him and whom
he did not love, built a great
house of stone and timber, which,
after his ancestral home ; In far
away Kent he called Paradise.
Three English-born sons died, his
wife died, and he married a ser
vant, whom he loved and who did
not love him. The two wives left
him five children to grow to! man
and womanhood. There jwere
Fenton and Christopher, j Agnes,
Jazan, and the pious little Hagar.
As. the years passed, the village
prospered. Farms reached Into the
forests and the friendly Indians
dwelt ia a settlement nearby.: Jude
Parre. the center of his great
country household, sat ' in the
huge hall of Paradise and admin
istered his benevolent and j wise -justice
over villagers and savages
alike.
Jude. Parre lived to see Fenton,
dark and dashing, who bad a
"way with women," brine home
as wife the beautiful but unde
pendable Bathsheba. He lived to
see Christopher submit rebellious-'
ly to the discipline of Harvard
and later, with Bathsheba. brand
ed on the forehead with the lettter
' k " lufAM til. MAAIll... '1 'Kftd-
ton Common, after they had. been
overtaken running away from
Fenton. Bat he knew that Bath
sheba and not Christopher, was
to blame. And later Christopher,
in indifference, marries Salome.
the cast-off "promised wife" of
Fenton.
But Jude Parre did not live to
see the romance that lingered
around his daughter Jasan and
Gervase Blue, the servant, whom
custom forbade her to marry, and
so Instead, she marries Fore
thought Fearing, the very right
eous and very Infrequently hu
man. Puritan minister. ! j 1
After Jade Parre's death, the
ruie ever iennan oecoraes more
strait-laced and tn consequence
there is more rebellion, more
crime.' and more disaster. This
struggle between, the over pious
and the progressive people ot the
colony Is done with unusual nice
ty. The reader's sympathy is not
cast entirely with the one or the
other side. There are time Miss
Forbes brings a certain inevitable-,
ness into her writing that is al
most depressing. But always, she
gives that twist to the story, that
saves it from complete melancho
lia, and at the close all ends weil.
Esther Forbes Is well equipped
to write a New England historical
novel. She herself was brought up
on tales of New England (puritan,
days. Her family roots are deeply
imbedded In Massachusetts bissv
tory. .:.,... .M .
..a . .. m .
ford academy in Massachusetts
she studied at the' University ot
Wisconsin. During her university
years she wrote a number of short
stories, one of which was selected
for an O. Henry memorial collec
tion. M . !
Her first novel. O GENTEEL
LADY, an Instant : success, was
published in 19 2f. In 1929, she
started wore on rAKAuisK.
Since then, with but few Interrup
tions, she worked continuously on -this
novel. ; - J:,; j ;
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Building boats Is fun. he de-
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There are motor boats, cruisers. ,
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sailboats as well as lighthouses,
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Although" this book Is written
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