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H-M-H-H-I-M- M 1 I 1 M-M"H" M V llWWM-l 1 1 1 1 1 M I l-1 1 1 1 1-H-H- The Most Beautiful Dy F. A. WALKER -I-! I 'l1! I I 1 I ; 1 I -I r-I-I- I-l-l -I- l-r i -I-l-I -I-I-l-I-l -I-l-I -I -I-I-1 1 1 I I I I' l i IH AVE you ever thoug self: "What Is the lit to your most beau tiful thing of all the wonders that Ood created?" Not the sea. It 18 too turbulent and cruel. i Not the sky. It Is too vast for our conception and too unfathomable. I Kot a flower. While It Is wondrous ly beautiful it has no soul. The most wonderful thing In the world Is the human being, and of these the more beautiful Is woman. One of the most worthy tributes to woman ever written was from the pen of Lafcadlo Ilearn a writer whose grace of expression and splendid style entitles hira to a much greater pItce among writers of English than he Is popularly assigned. In his "Out of the East" is an essay on "The Eternal Feminine" and In tl Is this: "Whatsoever has once been likened to woman by art or thought has been Strangely Informed and transformed by that momentary symbolism. What ever delights us Imagination has fem inized the rose of dawn the vas! caress of day night and the lights of Heaven even the undulations of the eternal bills. And flowers, the flush of fruit, and all things fragrant, fair end gracious; the genial seasons with their voices; the laughter of streams, and whisper of leaves, and rippling ot song within the shadows: all sights, or sounds, or sensations that can touch our love of loveliness, of delicacy, of sweetness, of gentleness, make for us vague dreams of woman." 1 One of France's most famous gal lants, said: "There are no ugly wom en there are only women who do not know how to look pretty." Real beauty Is In the mind and Its outward expression and what goes on lu the mind has an extraordinary ef fect on the body. Could you conceive of a loving moth "Some bankers begin their careers as runners," says Cynical Sue, "and some end them that way." (Copyright.) J Mississippi's Secession Mississippi, In state convention, cdopted a secession ordinance declar ing the state's allegiance to the-United States of America at an end on Jan uary 0, 1801, following the lead of South Carolina, which wus the first state to secede. er who would not be beautiful? Could you think of a woman with a baby cuddled In her arms, even though that mother came from the slums and wore the habiliments of direst poverty, as being other than a supreme expres sion of beauty? Madame de Rtael, one of the most brilliant women France ever produced, was noticeably unattractive In face and figure, but of her It was said "She talks herself Into a beauty." Cultivate your beauty of mind and thought. Spend more for books than for rouge and lip sticks. Re sure that no outward comeliness can atone for an evident lack of Intelligence. Peo ple will remember what you snld and how you said it long after they have forgotten how you looked and what you wore.' If you are a woman keep In mind always that you are In reality the 'most beautiful of Cod's creations and live up to the reputation. ((c) by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Self Rule Demanded by Mob in India n The photograph shows a riotous mob at Madras, India, being dispersed by troops nfter the police lost control. The cause of the riot was the arrival of the Simon Investigating commission. The mob -cried, "Simon Go Back" and "Self Rule for India. . - ..H..H-n..l"l"l"H"l-H"H"M"H"l"M"l 1 1 H'iiM 1 1 n..l..l..l..i..i..i..n-n-H-M-1-H-MI-r I-H-H H-lll Mill M-H-M-H; V 1 THE SEEING EYE V 1 ; By JOHN BLAKE t i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m THERE used to be a belief preva lent throughout the world that the eyesight of savages was far su perior to that of civilized men. I'loneers In new countries noticed that their native guides could look Into a tree, and see there a bird which was Invisible to the white man. They saw them look at the hori zon, shading their eyes, and then an nounce that a deer stood there. , The white man could see no deer. He put the Indian's discovery of It down to his miraculous eyesight It Is probable that the white man SQUAWKS By Viola Brothers Shore FOR THE GOOSE VfOU cnn't enrn 8ome m from ev. I erybody you talk to. But you can from everybody that talks to you. The greatest misfortune for a wom an ain't to stop beln' loved, It's to stop lovln'. Doln' more favors for people that proved they was ungrateful Is awful noble; but a terrible waste of time. FOR THE GANDER The worst swearln' a taxi driver can do to you don't hurt as much as the littlest bump. If you must use flowers of speech, be sure they're perfectly fresh. If you let on as how you're very good, a lotta people doubts you. But If you let on as how you're very bad. everybody doubts you. (CooyHKht.) Nellie Maxwell Recipes The "luck" that 1 believe tn Is that which comeH with work! And no one ever Hurts It Who's content to wish and shirk. The men the world calls 'lucky" Will toll you every one. Thnt success comes not with wIsnlnR 13ut by bard work. bravely done. , Ebon Uoxford. ! PUT ON A FEW FRILLS IT COSTS thought, rather than very much money to send foods to the' table with the attractive garnishes that make hotel meals so delightful for the average "home folks." There is really no good mason why even n fairly busy housewife should not treat lier "home folks" to prettily gar nished dishes. Dietitians, psychologists, neurolo gists, all agree that food does more good, Is more readily digested and as similated, If eaten In pleasant sur roundings, In a pleasant mood, and If It is appealing to the eye as well u to the palate. Tho garnish, In other words, Is as much n matter of good digestion as of style. The garnish should be edible as well as pretty, whenever possible, and most garnishes, with the exception of the frilled paper tips placed on chops and crowu roasts, are good to eat. Asparagus Mousse. Cook one bunc'h of finely cut as rwrugus with some of the three-Inch tips removed, nnd cook separately one cupful of medium white sauce, one tablespoonful of gelatin, one eighth teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, one fourth teuspoonful of paprika, one cupful of stlllly whipped cream. Soak tho gelatin five minutes In two table spoonfuls of cold water, add to the hot diced asparagus and the white sauce, blend well, add Beusonlnss, fold In the whipped cream and pour Into a well-wet tett mold and let chill sev eral hours. I'nmold on lettuce, gar nish with asparagus point dipped In French dressing. Serve with mayon naise. Increase the amount of gelatin If made In hot weather or molded In a large mold. Chestnuts and Ham. Alternate thinly sliced cooked ham and mashed chestnuts In a baking dish, season with sage or marjoram nnd bits of butter. Finish with the chestnuts on top. Bake until brown. Mashed chestnuts as a vegetable are delicious; serve with sausage. Chestnuts with apples make a good combination for snlad. The nuts may be either cooked or simply blanched and Rllced. ((c), 19,18. Western Newspaper Union.) The savage can neither read nor write, yet he Is educated In the es sentials of his existence. v The sailor may be Illiterate, yet he knows how to use his eyes better than does the college professor In the .deck chair. We all start fairly equal with re gard to the senses. It Is In their use that we differ. And it is that difference that makes could see the bird as well as did the savage. In fact after It was called to his attention he did see it. He also, without doubt, saw It was a deer. Only he did not know It was a deer, and the savage did. For long experience hnd taught the savage what a deer looked like at a great distance. He could not possibly mistake It for a bowlder or a hummock of grass, as the white man could. The white man, had never seen a deer at a distance. Or he had never taken the trouble to look Into a tree long enough and Intently enough to distinguish a bird from the foliage among which It was hidden by Its protective coloring. Much the same thing Is observed by passengers on ocean steamships. The officers on the bridge will look at the horizon and detect an Iceberg. Invisible to the passengers. It Is not because their eyes are bet ter, It Is because they know how to distinguish the motionless white of the Iceberg from the moving white of the waves. This Is supplementing sight with observation. And that Is what makes the dif ference between the educated and the uneducated. . ' s) by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) t t t I us useful to ourselves and to other people. It Is the seeing eye of the "author which enables him to remember and describe the scenes which make the background of his work. It Is the seeing eye of the painter which enables him to produce a mas terpiece. Yet the difference between artist and author and other people 1b not really in the eye at all. It Is the brain behind the eye that makes It a seeing eye, and that brain must be trained by hard work, or it will never amount to much. (Coovrlcht.) oooooooooooooooooooooooooo ORIGIN OF "BLOCKHEAD" By JEAN NEWTON oooooooooooooooooooooooooo FOR the origin of this word which Is used constantly to describe some one who appears to us to be extreme ly stupid, one whom we want to call a dunce, we must go merely to our old friend Shakespeare. It Is In his "Co riolanus" that he coined the word as follows : "Your wit will not so soon out as another man's will; It Is strongly wedged up In a blockhead." The reference made by the word was to the then familiar dummy beads which stood In the show windows of the wig makers of the day. Like the faces of the was figures which are oc casionally seen in modern show win dows, their expression was blank and lifeless. Another contemporary refer ence to them Is found as follows: "As stupid as the face of a wig maker's stand." (Copyright.) Bedtime Story for Children ii I'M nin GOING to tell you this eve- Ing," said the Sandman, "about the smart baby Moles and the Mole family. "As you know, the Moles live .un derground. "Their home nest Is of leaves and grass and It is, too, under the ground. From their home nest Is a long, wind ing tunnel which they build through the earth. , "They must keep the earth out f the nest, and so It ts pushed upward to the surface. You can Imnglne the work It Is for these little creatures, so tiny and yet so clever. "From the nest there Is a special runway by which the Moles can es cape If danger suddenly overtakes them when they're in their nest, "So thnt they really have fortresses, too. you seel "And all this Is done by little crea tures who are almost blind. They have lived underground eo much, and so constantly, that they can hardly see at all. "Some of them cannot see at all. Hungarians Are Arrested K1 n u' ac- 4 vfr tttv V-:'v v4A A 1 $A 1$ Jin A delegation of Hungarians opposed to the present government In Hungary recently made a demonstration la front of the White House and were arrested. "The Moles have pointed noses, which are very strong, and which help them In their burrowing. They also have front paws, which, too, are very strong. "But these are their only tools. They do not have the help of carpenters tools1, but they work only with what they have themselves. It Is so won derful to see what they can do. "And often they will burrow great, great distances In a short time, for they work steadily, and so powerfully, and so energetically. "These Moles I'm telling you about this evening are cousins of the Star Nosed Mole?, and are sometimes known as the Oregon Moles. "Now. there were three Itttle baby Moles who had been born in the early The Moles Have Pointed Noses Which Are Very Strong." spring. They did not remain helpless tor long. And In less than two months they had grown to be almost as big as their parents and were helping In the building of tunnels and the plan ning of their home. "The Moles, as you know, build mounds and they have tunnels for roadways to their nests and also other tunnels which they use for hunting. "At night the Moles come to the surface and look for food. Sometimes they have a long tunnel under a fence, which Is used as a general road. "That Is, In much the same way as we have a main road along which lots of people walk, or run, or ride, and as we have our little private gar den path and our own. halls leading tnto different rooms. . "'Now. little Moles, said Mother Mole, this Is Mole advice. "Do not waste your time doing nothing. A Mole would consider that a disgrace. Often I wonder If people up on the earth know how steadily the little creatures under the earth are working. " 'We, for example, are working al most ail of the time. We do not be lieve In resting. We believe In work ing. '"We want to build, and we want to look for food. Insects and nice worms are what we like. Of course we like drinks of water, too. And to be good providers of food we've al ways found we must look for It. '"We couldn't sit still and have It come to us. Good earth makes a dif ference, too, as In rich soil we can find more to eat. "'But I cannot talk to you any more. I have given you Mole advice. And Mole schooling doesn't last long. Little Moles graduate from their schools very, very soon. " 'Fancy children graduating at two months.' "So the smart baby Moles began the work all Moles must do." (rnovrUht I Asking Sons 4 By Douglas Malloch AGE Is always asking youth, Asking favors, that's the truth. What, you ask, does age desire? If you'd know, then ask a sire. There are favors, certain ones, Sires ore always asking sons. Sires are asking sons to play In a clean and decent way. Seeking pleasures, but the kind That will leave them pure of mind. Brave of heart, and strong of will. Purer, braver, stronger still. Sires are asking sons to spend Time, before the time shall end. For their hours of study, too. Doing what they need to do That their future may be made Fruitful wltb some honest trade. SIrea will labor, sires provide. Sires will walk that sons may ride. Asking, as each father delves. Sons they help to help themselves. These the favors, this the task; Does It seem so much to ask? (ft ms. Oomcla Malloch.) LIFE'S LITTLE JESTS n 71 , A f-i WHY HE LEFT "What Is there about me that In terests you so much?" asked the call er, Irritably. "I was just looking at your ears," remarked five-year-old Flossie. "Well, what's the matter with them?" demanded the caller. "Nothing that I can see," replied the kid, "but mamma said they must 'a been burning up the day you didn't come to the club, but they don't evea look scorched, do they?" Then She Woke Up It was a lecture about modern worn-1 en by one of them. ; "Do you know," she cried to her au-! dlence, "that our present style of sen-! sible clothing has reduced accidents on trams, trains and busses by at least 50 per cent?" She paused to let this sink In, when a male voice from the rear boome.' forth : "But why not do away with ncei dents altogether?" HEADING FOR COURT Hubby (savagely) If this can't be called quarreling, what shall we call' It? j WIfie (stalking off) Let's call It' quits. Citizen's Privilege To be a citizen Is great, Assuring a position proud. If 1 can't be a candidate, At least I'll holler with the crowd. Good Advice Producer (Interrupting singer at! voice trial) Does that end the first' verse, miss? Singer Well, I've got to where It says "Refrain." "Good ! Please do as It says 1" Lots of Time Yet I Mabel 1 simply must buy Dorla a birthday present before It's too late. Harry Oh, that clock Is 15 minutes fasti A NATURAL ADVANTAGE Babbit I never had any trouble, with arithmetic ot school. Turtle No wonder. I always heard that rabbits multiplied very rapidly I Laugh Heartily It takes a lot to cheer me up When I am In a hole, But that's time I sure could smile Should I see a bank roll. On a Diet Steno (to Impudent office boy) Well, what's on your little, narrow mind now? Boy You always make me think of Friday. Steno And why? Boy No meat. Wealth Heck Wouldn't you like to be rich enough to do as you please? Peck To be happy I'd have to be rich enough to do as my wife pleased. Fair Warning Mistress (to departing maid who has asked for a reference) Of course. Mary, I shall have to tell Mrs.' Brown about your ungovernable temper. Mary Glad to have you. mum. It'll make her mind ber p' and q's. Evolution The Snob The Fitr-Smythes come of very old stock. The Cynic Yes. Their family tree goes back to the time when they lived la It