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SCHOOL DA1JS WlP I w -----a, NEVER TvtSOWfD For eves. " ' . ...... Tiiw-r ten. To i T V ,, -Pewey" Soe foe The love we give Is the only love we keep. The greatest and noblest, men and women are those whose Uvea and actions are founded upon tender sympathies and who never fall to show kindness to the helpless who come within the sphere "of their Influence, whether a human being or an animal. VITAMINE FRUITS OLD Mother Nnture has lavished the world with delightful fruits la seuson : short und blissful some of the: seasons ure, hut did you ever no tice, Unit the fruits which Hhe has mitde rich in, vltumlnes ure with us all the, year? Such fruits us oranges, lenions, grapefruit and limes. The value of such fruits has long been known, but It Is only In recent yen rs tliut we have understood why they are no valuable In the diet they are rich In vltauilnes, the valuable elements which promote the growth and add vigor to children and adults. Very young buhles are now glveu orange Juice strained, beginning with a tea spoonful und Increasing the amount as they grow. Orungcude mid lemon ade are the most commonly used drinks In ull hospitals, for It is na ture's wuy to give a pleasant tonic. Lemon Sherbet. Soak two tenspooufuls of gelatin In cold water for Uve minutes, boll two cupfuls of sugar und four cupfuls of wuter and the gruted rind ofjt lemon for live minutes, add the softened gelatin, remove from the beat and stir until It dissolves. Chill, add one-half cupful of lemon Juice, slralu and freeze. Lemon Velvet Sherbet. Take the Juice of three lemons, two cupfuls of sugar, one quart of rich milk und freeze. Frozen Punch. Doll one mid one-lmlf cupfuls of water with two cupfuls of sugar, with a small bunch of mint, for live min utes. Chill, ndd three cupfuls of weal: tea or ginger, ulo, one-linlf cupful of lemon Juice and two cupfuls of orange Juice. Chill, strain and freeze. . Orange Frosting for Cake. Mix the grated rind of one orange with three tublespooiifuls of orange Juice and one teaspoonful of lemon Juice, let stand fifteen minutes. Strain Into one beaten egg yolk, beat and ndd gradually confectioner's sugnr until of the consistency to spread. An ordluury ginger bread recipe flavored with grated orange rind und the moisture partly supplied by the Juice of nn orange, using the above frosting, Is a combination out of the ordinary and especially appetizing. (li). lBHO, W rut urn Newapuper Union. O G1PLIGAG? 1 alJ (COPYWONT) SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT - By F. A. WALKER SHADOWS "The great problem of the family," says Observing Olivia. "U how to per mit the children to express their per sonalities without suppressing those f their mammae and papa." A FEW duy ago a woman burdened by what seemed to her an un avoidable affliction came Into my office and said: "I urn in the shadow of a great sorrow. What shall I do?" Years ago I heard the sume ques tion asked and I seized upon the an swer of that fur away time and said : "Turn to the light." It Is Impossible to cast a shadow without a light. And the one way to eliminate all Impression of shadow Is to fuce the light. Once you do that the shadow disappears from view. Do you know that a shadow Is the only thing you can see, that has abso lutely no thickness? Breadth und length It has according to the object, but there Is no third dimension. It has no edge and a mil lion of them piled one upon another would be as thin as one by Itself. Hut Impalpable and Insubstantial as It is, all creation Is Impressed by a shadow. The dog barks at it. The horse shies at It. And man, superior ns he conceives himself to be, con tributes his share of the unlversul nlurm. It is feur that cripples the most of us In life's race. Not feur of realities nor of things present, but the feur of anticipated evils, the shudows of things expected. Much more wonderful in the experi ence of IUuiiel is the fact that he did not feur the lions either before lie en tered their den or afterward thnu the fact that they did not bite him. The things we fear assume a greater horror than Is their own in reality. Job, who was about equally ullllcted with fear and bolls, said : "The thing which 1 greatly feared Is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me." Perhaps if he had not so "greatly feared" them they would not huve become so seemingly actual. Frequently the shadows of what seem Impending evils are enormously larger than the evils themselves. The most of our worries ure about things that never happen. The most of our anxieties are bused on apprehension nnd not on facts. About the only thing we never ex pect is the multiplication table. One of the greatest blessings of life, however, is that remedies are a good deal simpler than disease. And If we apply the right remedies the diseases usually yield. Don't mistake unreality for sub stance. Don't tremble about some thing you only fear may happen. The wisest command ever given to a body of lighting meu was given at Hunker Hill: "Wait until ye see the whites of their eyes." Walt until you know there Is danger before you fear It. And specially dou't be afraid of shadows. Turn around. Face the light. FACE THE LIGHT. I by McClure Nawapaptr Syndicate.) O Silencing Babie$ Prof. A. M. Low of London wants to put silencers on nil the babies. He la a noise specialist and It was large ly through his researches that the din In London subways has been reduced. Now he Is currying his campaign Into the nursery. "The noise emanating from a nursery is particularly Irritat ing because It is usually at a high plteh," he observes. Doctor Low takes noises very seri ously. "There was a time," he says. "wheu we welcomed the clatter of horses' hoofs on the cobblestones. But now we want rubber roads. We can not stand the twitter of birds because It keeps us awake. We have prohib ited noisy motors, loud speakers and the shouting of newsboys." At pres ent the babies seem to be Id for It' IPDAY SIJT By1 DOUGLAS M ALLOC H Xcfi tfay 'to set yourself a'i!jlt 4 ,finlsh Itmy boy, men tell A thousand separate ways to ask Successor fame new wavsvthey f ''sell, .. 1 .,' New ways they teach but, .old or new1,' ' ."?' ' There Is no other way to do. Each day to dream yourself a dream, And then to moke the dream a fuct Well! men may lotter, men may scheme, Hut who would dream must also act, Or all that life will ever bring Is but the shadow of the thing. Each day-to set yourself a goal And then to never turn aside, Yea,uot desert your dreaming soul Until ..your soul Is satisfied Well, men may loiter, men maj Who won in any other way. Each duy to aim a bit more high, Ench day to gaze a bit more far, For what you wish to be to try, And never quit until you are Ah, there's the secret never quit I Select a task, but finish ltl by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) O WHEN I WAS TWENTY-ONE BY JOSEPH KAYR AT 21: Eleanor Robson (Mrs. Au gust Belmont) Got Her Chance at Stardom. l A T ABOUT this time Mr. Au- A gustus Thomas gave me the leading role In his play, 'Arizona,' one of the great successes of the period. "For some seusons previous I' bad been playing in stock companies. I was playing at Elltch's Garden, In Denver, when Mr. Thomas, who hap pened to be In Denver overnight, came to our performance. He told me later that as he watched the play he said to himself, 'That young girl Is worth keeping track of.' I happened to be the young girl he noticed." Mrs. Au gust Belmont. TODAY: Eleanor Robson Is Mrs. August Belmont, whose husband, one of the country's greatest financiers and sportsmen, died recently. Mrs. Belmont retired from the stage when she married Mr. Belmont In 1910. Previously she had been a cele brated actress, scoring a great suc cess in "Arizona," "Merely Mary Ann" und "The Dawn of a Tomorrow." Mrs. Belmont was equally Interested with her husband In his sporting activities. ( by McClure Newipapar Syndicate.) O AWS By Viola Brothers Shore FOR THE GOOSE WHAT'S the good of Jumpln' over board, even If It look -.8 If the bout wus goln' down? If every day was a holiday, there wouldn't be no holidays. Why Is it men make the best serv ants, and yet women make the worst masters? FOR THE GANDER If It's a spiteful thing you're thtnk ln' of doln today, wait till' tomorrow. But If It's a kind thing you're thlukln' of doln' tomorrow, do It today. Don't wonder how some "movie" star Is pullln' down all that Jack while you're pluggln' along on half of nothln'. Light things Is always car ried highest by the wind. (Copyrlcht.) O ne mate JUNGLE With Qhddtnps andihcQtrixies BILLY AT THE CIRCUS A LITTLE boy named Billy was in the tent next to the big tent He was looking at some of the ani mals there and also there were some of the Living Wonders sitting upon a platform. The giraffes were bowing their heads, and making beautiful, low, cor dial bows and greeting the crowds coming to the circus. Billy was quite sure they bowed to him several times so as to make sure that he saw them. And he bowed back, very politely. The giraffes looked over the other cages and down over the people. Oh, THE YOUNG LADY ACROSS THE WAY ILL? They Took the Popcorn In Their Hands With Delight. how tall they seemed, and Billy felt very small as he looked up at them. After he had looked at them for awhile he went and talked to the monkeys and they answered him In their squealing little voices which Billy liked very much. They ate popcorn which he gave them and they took it In their hands with delight. Then even more de lightedly they put it in their mouths and chewed It and swallowed ltl Next Billy went to see the white tailed Gnu and his brother. They had white tails and they both looked cross and they shook their heads as though to say: "We're not bowing to you. Most decidedly not. We're letting you know that we don't care whether you're here or not. "We are from Africa, though now we. travel around these parts." Then the keeper who took care of the!' white-tailed Gnu and his brother told Billy that- they were so cross they didn't even want to have' their cages cleaned. !',.;' s ' He said they ate grain ilknilJbread and hay and molasses, andso Billy knew that even though tbey did not act very pleasantly at least they liked some sweetness in their lives, and bad,; at least, what was known as a "sweet tooth." Asj.be was looking about, the tallest man' who was sitting upon the plat form by the tallest lady began to speak. , The tallest lady had been selling pictures of herself and of the . tallest man. '. She had been saying: "Now friends, don't you want a souvenir picture of the tallest man In the world? It costs but little and all youri life you can show your friends the picture of the tallest man whom you have seen with your own eyes. "Come, friends, who'll be the first to take advantage of this great and wonderful offer? "Also I offer my own photograph for sale. I have signed It as well. Signed, you see, by the tallest lady in the world." That was the way she had been talking and sometimes the smallest lady who was sitting nearby had smiled and nodded her head as much as to say: "My time will come later." She had smiled at Billy, too, and Billy had felt that was a great honor. But now the tallest man was speak ing. "The big show Is to begin In ten minutes, folks! Get into your seats for the big show. This department will be open after the big show Is over. "The parade will start now In ex actly nine minutes." Billy thought he spoke as though he considered himself and the tallest lady and the others dress goods or notions or candy when he spoke of them as "this department," but every one took the advice of the tallest man and started for the big tent And now everyone around, ticket man, program man, peanut man, everyone, began shouting: "The big show is about to begin. Hurry, folks, for the big show." And when the excitement of wait ing Just seemed almost too much to stand the band burst into music, the parade began. The big show was starting. (Copyrlcht.) ' NOAH BEERY As Told by Irvin S. Cobb IT WASN'T HIS MOVE The young lady across the way says the demand for antiques Is so heavy that she wonders how the factories can keep up with their orders. (A hr MoClar NtwmptjMt Brail THIS one, I think, Is old enough to be entitled to a revival In its sec ond childhood. As the story runs, a venerable mountaineer residing near the boundary between two Southern states sot one bright afternoon on the stile In front of his cabin busily en gaged In following his regular occupa tion of doing nothing at all. At the edge of the clearing, fifty yards away, suddenly appeared an Individual In flannel Bhtrt and laced boots who aimed at the old gentleman a round barreled Instrument mounted on a tri pod, which the native naturally mis took for a new kind of repeating rifle. Up went both his hands. "Don't shoot I" he shouted. "I sur render." Tm not fixing to shoot," said the stranger, drawing nearer, "I belong to an engineering crew. We're surveying the state line." "Shukklns, son," said the old man, "you're away off your beat. The line runs through the gap nearly half a n.lle down the mounting below here." "That's where It used to run," said the engineer, "but It seems there was a mistake In the original Job of run ning the Itne. According to the new survey It'll pass about fifty feet from your house, on the upper side of the hill." " "Say, look a-here, boy," stated the old man, "won't that throw me clear over Into the next state?" "Yep. that's what It'll do." "Well, that wont never do," de murred the mountaineer. "I was born and raised here. Tve always voted here. It looks to me like you fellows ain't got no right to be movln me plum out of one state Into another." "Can't help It." said the surveyor. "We have to go by the corrected line." "Wall." said the old man resignedly, "come to think It over, I don't know but what It's a good thing, after all. Ttb always heered tell that that was a healthier state than this, anyhow." Hk. y lb McNaiuht SVDdlot. Ua) World's $reat Men Going forward In Ufa Is a matter of Innate development, a growth of pow er equal to the demands placed upon It by the circumstances of each stage of progress. Thus are men developed I Into grratneaa. Blcbard Lynch, THE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS By H. IRVINQ KINQ III HrM y j j s & V- f l Noah Beery, the "movie" star, was born on a farm in Missouri. His first stage experience was with a stock company. He has been In pictures for the last ten years. He Is a splendid character actor and among some of his successes are the following: "Wan. derer of the Wasteland," "The Fight. Ing Coward," "North of 36," "Contra, band," "The Spaniard," "Light of Western Stars," "Wild Horse Mesa," "Lord Jim," and "The Vanishing Race." Just Little Mm Smi PA'S SUGGESTION "I see," remarked ma, who bad grabbed the paper first, "that a girl In Illinois dislocated her knee doing the Charleston." "H'm," replied pa, thoughtfully, "I notice that girls of today won't get Interested In anything sensible, and I wonder if you made dishwashing and sweeping dangerous and kind's im moral if we couldn't get our girls to go in for more of it." Cincinnati Enquirer.' Danger Signal Parson I am relieved to see you, James. I saw your wife downtown wearing widow's weeds and I thought perhaps James -Crlpes, what have I done now? She always goes Into mourn ing for her first when I've done something. STICKING TO HIS SLOGAN eHotdStenodpher RpeFulkerjor CHRISTMAS BOXES THE term "Christmas box" Is still applied In this country to the fund distributed among servants or other employees especially those employed in clubs where "tips" are forbidden. Less frequently Is the term now used for gifts sent to relatives and friends and In England the term Is commonly used to denote the money given to ap prentices, servants, etc., on Christmas. A Christmas "box" is, strictly speak ing, not a Christmas gift, but a dis tribution of money on Christmas Day to Inferiors. Formerly this money was collected and presented in a box whence the name. Boxing day, the day when these boxes are supposed to be opened, is still an English holiday. We use the term Christmas box rather loosely In this country but we still use It and the custom which It denotes is one which antedates Christianity. ' It hus been traced back to the Roman festival of the Paganalla which was instituted by Servlus Tullius some five hundred and fifty years before the Christian era and was celebrated at the beginning of the year. At this festival an altar was erected in every village upon which the people de posited money to be subsequently dis tributed to the dependants of the cultivators for Italy was then a farm ing country almost entirely. Former ly In England the Christmas boxes of the apprentices were real boxes of a peculiar shape made of clay. (0 by McClure Ntwipaper Syndicate.) TT OW I could love him!" the Ho Al teT Stenographer clasped her hands ecstatically. "Huh," said the House Detective, looking after the departing man. "Too have a big heart to love all the men you say you love." "Kelly," answered the girl Impres sively, "I have never seen a woman's heart, but I know It Is much like the toy balloons they sell the kids on the corner near the park. "A balloon Is a mighty wrinkly, flabby, unbeautlful thing until you blow It up. With even a little wind a balloon is round and pretty. With some more of the same It gets rounder and prettier. There Is almost no limit to the amount of air it will take and it grows sleeker and rounder and tha colors more beautiful as it gets full. "That's the way with a woman's heart, Kelly. It begins to develoo with her first lover nnd each succeed ing lover only rounds It out and makes It more beautiful and Its owner along with It. Like the toy balloon there Is almost no limit to the amount of lova a woman's heart con take. "You know Kelly, there Is only one place through which they can put any thing Into those little balloons. A wom an's heart Is like that. Kelly. What gets Into her heart must be put Into her ear. Beauty In men, money in their pockets, motor cars under their feet are attractive to a woman, but the man with the line of chatter is the chap who walks away with the balloon bobbing on the end of his string. "There is nothing like hot air to fill a balloon and make It soar. There is nothing like hot air to Inflate a woman's heart That bird who Just flitted by had a line that would charm a baby elephant away from Its mother." (IS. by the McNaught SyndleaU. Inc.) o QO0( m MeCtare How It Started By Jean Newton "DEAD SEA FRUIT' C REQUEXTLT we hear the expres- slon, "dead sea rruit," wun refer ence to a disappointment or dlsillu. slonment, something which, though it may have had an attractive exterior, turns out to be rotten Inside. On the face of it, of course, "dead sea fruit" would seem to be a para doxical term. The Dead sea, which Is Involved In the reference, Is a lake in Palestine which forms part of one of the deepest chasms of the earth's surface, being 1,292 feet below the level of the sea. Its shores are abrupt and precipitous, the formation being limestone and sandstone. There is no life In the Dead sea and sea fish die when placed in Its waters. Its desolation and sterility are tradl tlonal. Hence the expression, "dead sea fruit," for something which yields nothing would In Itself be easily com prehensible. However, we have a still more definite and direct source for tha origin of the expression. It Is found In the "mad apple" of antiquity that was supposed to grow around the LVad seas. It was described in ancient lit erature as beautiful to the eye but when tasted turning only to bitterness, (OepyrickC) o - Honey bees seldom Uva mora thaa I atx weeks. "When he was married, he said that his motto was 'wife and work,'" "It still is, I guess; he makes his wife work." ' Would We, Though? "Just think what we'd be mlaslnff," Said ha, "it that dellghtad Discoverer ot kiselngr Had bad it copyrighted." Trie Obviout "Doc," growled the man who had been put on a diet, "why do you al ways order a fellow to cut out the things he likes?" "Because," snapped the doctor, "ha never eats or drinks the things ha doesn't like, so it stands to reason It must be the things he does like that are disagreeing with him." What Business Needed 'Young man," said the boss pom pously and pointedly, "what we need In this business is brains b-r-a-l-n-a brains !" 'Well," agreed the youthful appli cant for -a Job, "that does seem to be about what's lacking." American Legion. RAN WITH THE SWELLS "And what makes that common sailor so proud and haughty?" "Long association with the swells." Adam Roast Td like to get an Adam's roastl" The butcher's face grew red. 'Tve never heard of such a thing." "JC single rib," she said. Worried "John, don't buy a large roast" "Why notr "The cook may quit before ifa done." Chaotic Morley So Brown took a course In first-aid. Is he good at it? Purley A little hasty sometimes. A man was nearly drowned yesterday and the first thing Brown did was te throw a glass of water in his face. How to Distinguish "What is the difference between ammonia and pneumonia?" "Search me." "Why, ammonia comes in bottles and pneumonia comes In chests." Appropriate? Mr. Jones I've Just been reading a funny case about a fellow who has been married seven times. Mrs. Jones I don't tee anything funny about that "WelL his name is Bliss." Stray Stories. Conceded That Much "So you were at the church. I sup pose the bride looked charming." "Oh, certainly to the groom, any ray."