Southern Oregon miner., January 22, 1948, Image 2

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W ILL OF THE W IN D
By W IL L IA M K K A N D O N
They were gone tlx days. Each day
Sylvia had them up and driving at
NEEDLEWORK PATTERNS
daylight and she kept on the Job,
circuiting the sights at the next stop,
until late at night. She called upon
Chip to stop often at roadside stands
where she purchased carved orna­
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She plied him with hot dogs, soft
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drinks and bad coffee She was sur­
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prised and delighted at the glazed
look that appeared in his eyes on | A MONO the arguments that broke
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the third day.
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Mrs. Hackett came over the day managers, scouts and bnllplnyers.
after they returned.
She said, there was a rather heated debate
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Well!
and paused expectantly,
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over right and left-
holding the cup of sugar In both
handed
v a lu e s ,
hands.
i Who. among the
"He went back to work today.”
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h i t t e r s and the
Sylvia said. There was a listless
pitchers, make tho
note in her voice. "He hasn't said
better ballplayers?
As the tusks of an elephunt grow
anything about going to Canton
This turned out to
throughout its life, m any u m ale
for days.”
be an interesting
in Africa eventually develops a act
Mm! And what did he say when
subject.
so heavy thut the anim al has to
he got home?” She pursed her bps.
• It began with the
I’1'“ ■' tl.ciu in forks of trees at
"That he never thought it would
hitters
and here
short intervals in order to rest ita
look so good to him ?"
tired neck m uscles, suya Collier’a.
T. W illia m s was the line-up:
Sylvia nodded She sat down on a
Left-handed
h it­
I hereafter, these elephants, be-
kitchen chair and swung one foot lers — T y Cobb. Mabe Ruth. Ted
ing unable to keep puce with their
and watched it pensively. "Just ex­ Williams, Tris Speaker, George Sta­
herds, lead solitary lives and be­
a ctly," she said.
ler, Mel Oil, Joe Jackson, Lou
come easy victim s of ivory hun­
"You won't even be able to get Gehrig —these were the tops
ters.
him to stir out of the house to a pic-
Right handed hitters — Rogers
Hornsby, Joe DiMaggto, Harry Hell,
i r ! matin, Hans Wagner, Ed Delehanty,
Sap Lajoie, llank Greenberg and
C O M M O N SE N S E..
lim m y'F oxx.
From these two lists, the left-
MU /?, p r o v d ihovtondt upon
( thoy tondi of limut I
tianded hitters have the m njorlty
and the power, although Hornsby,
Wagner. Delehanty and Lojoie were
among the greatest. And Harry K-lEH E m e some lovely old fush
ioned ladies to em broider on
Heilmann could hit his share. But
you can’t do much about Cobb, pillowcases for your guest room.
Ruth, Speaker and Jackson, not Each design m easures about five
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\ fR S HACKETT found het in the
"Why?” Sylvia wailed. "What did
1 1 bedroom crying. She stood in you do?”
the doorway and said grim ly: " I
"W ell,” Mrs. Hackett said, "you
came in to borrow some sugar, can take it for what it's worth,
Sylvie. The door was open so I just Sylvia. It worked with Mr. Hackett.
walked in. Now what on earth's I know that.”
wrong with you?”
"But what was it?”
Sylvia sat up and dried her eyes
"Whenever he worked himself up
Her starched gingham skirt was to a pitch about cutting loose and
wrinkled and her black hair was chasing away some place after
tangled and disordered. A curling something he thought was better, I
strand of it hung down beside her simply gave him his way."
nose like an ink stain. A pin had
Sylvia looked disappointed and
come out of her imitation lace collar puzzled. "O h."
and it had fallen down to catch in
"But,” Mrs. Hackett said pro­
the red buckle at her waist. She foundly. "he didn't know it. 1 took
said shakily. ' Hello, Mrs. Hackett. him on a trip. Just a week or so.
N-o thing.”
And I kept him on the jum p every
Mrs. Hackett drew down the cor­ minute of it. I always liked little
ners of her mouth. "Nothing, my trips around, anyway. Well, by the
foot. It's because of Chip wanting to time that man would get home
pull up stakes and go to Canton. again he'd be so tired of jumping
Isn't it? Of course it is."
around that he wouldn't have left
Sylvia slapped the lock of hair out
of her eyes. " I won’ , be a boomer's
w ife !” she flared. “ I w on't!”
“ M m ,” Mrs. Hackett said sourly.
'A boy’s w ill is the wind's w ill.’
That's a poem. It's the truest thing
in the world. Don't do no good to
fight against it. Remember that and
you’ll have it easier.”
" I won't be a boomer's—b-boom-
er's wife! I won't drag around to
one m ill after another all my life,
and never have anything, no home,
and no—no nothing! I won’ t ! "
"W ell, i t ’s his job, if he wants to
expensive to buy.
table— t combination of 10 vrgetibls
throw it away.”
Right-Handed Hinders
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ingredient» formulated over 50 years
" I t isn’t! I t ’s just as much mine
Then they got around to the pitch
To obtain hot-iron transfers for 4 dc-
•go. Uncosted or candy coated, their
as it is his! I don’t believe in that
crs. It was a trifle different here: slgns, color chart, stitch Illustrations and
action it dependable, thorough, yet
old idea that a woman’s just a—a
gentle, a» million» of N R ’» hive
Left-handers—Lefty Grove. Rube
slave, to follow a man around at
proved. Geta2S«box U i m directed.
Waddell, C’arl Hubbell, Eddie P lan k,
Needle for Blind
whatever he happens to want to
Babe Ruth and Hal Newhouser.
d o !"
Right-handers — W a lte r Johnson,
Now available to blind persons
"Oh. you don't,” Mrs. Hackett
Cy
Young,
G ro v e r
A lex an d er, without charge is a new sewing
said. “ And just what can you do
Christy M athew son. Ed Walsh, I»li- needle that they can thread by the
about it? ”
A L w av i c u n t *
ly Dean, Sm okey Joe Wood. Chief sense of touch alone, in less tim e
QUICK RELIEF
Sylvia bowed her head and
Bender and Bob F e lle r.
than a sighted individual can
, FOR ACID
scrubbed unhappily at her cheeks
Here the right-handers had the thread a regular needle.
UUMGESTlOf
with her handkerchief. " I don't
call. Young, Johnson, Alexander
know,” she sobbed.
M in JhCy, WC” ‘ ,up int0 M ichi<a" . «est to Wisconsin, down through
and Mathewson are far In front of
“ Of course you don't. You're noth­
Minnesota and Iowa and St. Louis to Memphis.
any four left-handers you can name,
ing but a child.” Mrs. Hackett
when
it comes to a m atter of total
sniffed. “ You'd be twenty years for a pension. That." Mrs Hackett
the
finding out what to do and by that said, “ is something you find out ture show for a month. I told you. victories gathered through
for "Comfy
Af/nty’
years.
Wind’s
w
ill,
that's
the
poem.
tim e i t ’s too late to do you any good. about men, Sylvia. They like to start
They’re
all
alike.”
She
put
the
cup
In
hitting,
the
left-hander
Is
at
m entholatum twins
Unless there’s somebody around to but they like getting back a whole
of sugar on the kitchen cabinet and least a stride and a half closer to
tell you to begin with. Somebody lot more.”
looked at Sylvia and frowned. "B ut first base. You know how many base
who knows.”
Sylvia said doubtfully, " It doesn’t I wouldn’t say you look so happy runners arc thrown out by a stride.
Sylvia was not impressed. "Whal sound like Chip would—”
But despite Ruth, Jackson, Ott and
about it, Sylvie. But you're tired.”
could you tell me. Mrs. Hackett?
Sylvia stopped swinging her foot Williams. I doubt the left-handers
"Maybe he wouldn’t. I ’m the last
What could anyone do? I ’ve argued
with him until I ’ m almost crazy but person in the world to try to give and rested her chin on her hands. had any greater power than Dele­
he—he doesn’t even listen any more. folks advice, Sylvia. Nobody wants She sighed and said, "Only of this hanty, Hornsby, Foxx, Greenberg,
He's got his mind set on moving on, it and I guess everyone has to sew town, I guess. I was just thinking, Lajoie and Hack Wilson in one year.
Few still living remember Dele­
to something different that won't be his own seam anyway. But Mr. when we came back yesterday, and
hanty.
He and Hornsby were about
it
looked
so
.
.
,
so
old
and
so
shabby
Hackett
says
they’
re
shutting
down
any different at all, and then he'll
for a week for the m illw rig h t’s and dull and tiresome . . . and 1 an a par. Lajoie was up with both.
want to go again, and—"
They were terrific
“ 'A boy’s w ill is the wind’s gang, and if Chip was to spend that thought that we'll spend all our lives
Qwck MENTHOLATUM thol, two famous, fnat-acting in­
here.”
week
in
a
car
bouncing
along
from
w ill,’ ” said Mrs. Hackett. "T hat’s
gredients ttia t help th in out thick
Most
'GracefuV
Players
Mrs. Hackett drew back and re­
When clogged-up nostrils have
what the poem says. It's just as one place to another, without even
n ‘duc® swelling, nooth*
It is all part of an old story, a
you gasping for air, and your nose cold-inflamed membranes. D on’t
true of a man or an old man, for a chance to catch his breath . . . garded her and then said again de­
is
red
and
sore—quick,
reach
for
‘
T
v
ic
e
Told
Tale,”
but
a
few
of
us
fensively,
"You’re
just
tired,
Sylvie.”
take head-cold mi/wry lying down
that matter. The older they get the Well, 'a boy’s w ill is the wind’s w ill,’
Mentholatum and h - r - k - a - t - h e ! — keep Mentholatum handy.
Sylvia looked up and her eyes who can dip a number of years back
truer it gets, I reckon. Only they and the wind can change in a m in­
Mentholatum
contains
com
fort­
were sparkling. "B ut I ’m not," she into the past were talking again
AISO RELIEVES CHEST COLD TICHTHESJ
kind of give up trying to do any­ ute.”
ing Camphor and m inty Men­
about the most graceful ballplayers,
HASAl IRRITATION «HO CHAPPIHS
said
“ I had a wonderful tim e."
"B ut what if he wouldn't want to
thing about it after so long a tim e.”
the ones you loved to see
She pushed up her lower lip and go?”
More than a few old-timers cut In
looked down her nose at Sylvia.
"Mm. You tell him you want a
with suggestions such as B illy
“ Like Mr. Hackett."
little vacation before you move to
Evans, Wish Egan, Bucky Harris.
Sylvia looked up, startled. "You Canton. I f he thinks you’ve given in
Jack
Onslow and several others.
mean Mr. Hackett used to — want about that he’ll take you. You try it
Here was our all-grace line-up:
to—”
and see.”
Catcher—Johnny Kling.
"He was the hardest man to hold
They W’ent up into Michigan, west
Pitchers — Walter Johnson, Bugs
down in this town. He got tired of to Wisconsin, down through Minne­
Raymond, Addie Joss, Dizzy Dean
everything, that was his trouble. I t ’s sota and Iowa anC St. Louis to Mem­
and Kid Nichols.
a sort of laziness, that’s all it is. But phis, east to Knoxville and
up WAS THIS THE MOST CHARMING
F irst base — H a l Chase, G eorge
he stuck here. He stuck, all rig h t." through Louisville to come home.
WOMAN?
Sisler,
You can pick up almost any wom­ Second base — Napaleon Lajoie,
an's magazine and read an article Eddie Collins.
about the most charming woman
I
Shortstop — Herman Long, Dave
that ever lived. One w riter w ill se­ Bancroft.
lect a movie actress like Ingrid
Third base—Jim m y Collins, Buck
Bergman. Another w riter w ill point Weaver, Pie Traynor.
to the fact that the Duchess of Wind­ Outfield — Tri» Speaker, Joe Dl-
1
l a
sor is the most charming, magnetic Maggio and Terry Moore.
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woman. Imaginative writers go all
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Sulattoa In N ezl Is.no.
the way back to Cleopatra in mak­ These men, in the main, made all
plays look easy. I can’t recall ever
1 Shades of
ing their nominations.
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a prim ary
It seems to me, however, that, seeing Lajoie make a play look
color
everything considered, the most tough. The same goes for DiMag
5 Fish
T S M ID N IG H T . I t ’s an emergency. H ow to "flag dow n” a
charming woman who ever lived gio, who always seems to be d rift
9 Egress
ing, not running.
passing motorist? Y o u r flashlight is your best bet. Swing
was
not
a
movie
actress,
an
Egyp­
10 Weaver-
John McGraw once said that Ray
your flashlight a tro it the road . . . w ith the beam down! Be sure
tian queen, or the heroine of a popu­
bird
lar novel. She was instead a mild, moad had the greatest motion he
11 Variety of
it s powered w ith "Eveready” batteries . . . pow erful, dependable,
willow
middle-aged woman who lived in ever saw. My vote along this line
they
outlast a ll other brands!«
IÔ
12 Lairs
Paris around the middle of the goes to Johnson, a pitcher McGraw
14 Wild horses
rarely saw until his later years
Nineteenth century.
20
(Tex.)
Eddie Collins was next to Lajoie
KEEP YOUR LIGHT MOVING, says the
Her name was Madame Re-
16 Any power­
at second, while Bradley and Weav
AAA. Standing about 50 feel to the rear
camier,
and
although
she
left
be­
ful deity
li
24
of your car, wave the flashlight across ibe
hind nothing but an exquisite legend er were close to Jim m y Collins at
17 High
third.
Traynor
also
belongs
in
this
road
. , . with the beam down! D O N 'T
“
as
of
a
rose
that
had
bloomed
for
a
(mus.)
Tr
throw the beam into the eyes of the on­
while in a garden and vanished,” list. Traynor was about on a par
18 Affirm ative
with Weaver.
coming motorist! A light in a driver’s
reply
men and women still praise her.
eyes can cause a serious accident!
19 African
The secret of Madame Reca-
antelope
m ier's charm was that she put her­ Awkward but Great
55
20 New
Grace doesn't always mt an great
self always In the other person's
Testament
ness
Hans Wagner, the greatest
KEEP A “ DANGER SIGNAL*’ HANDY! Red
place. "She was an enchanting lis-
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(abbr.)
shortstop that ever lived, one of the
means danger.” So here’s what you can do to
tener,”
one
of
her
admirers
said.
21 Observe
turn a flashlight into a danger signal. Roll a
She was. She rarely spoke herself. greatest of all players, reminded
59
22 F ru it of
40
sheet of red cellophane around the head of
But she did something far more im you of a giant crab. Hans was
the palm
awkward-looking.
Christy
Mathew-
the light. Hold it in place with a rubber hand.
23 Pampers
portant—she contrived to make you
son was no picture of grace In the
Twist the ends of cellophane to resemble
25 Nail
say bright and w itty things.
27 Mandate
flare. Keep an "Eveready” flashlight handy.
She had tremendous tact. When box. Neither is Bob Feller, who uses
28 Centimeter
almost every muscle in his body
you
called
at
her
home,
she
smiled
No.
2
(abbr.)
On the other hand, Dizzy Dean
graciously, made you feel more wel­
Proof ! . . . in the laboratory,
30 Leap
had
an almost flawless pitching mo
come
than
you’d
ever
felt
anywhere
31 Caress
3 Fare
I 26 Having lobes
32 Simper
in your own flashlight...
before. She wasn’t flowery or ex­ tlon. Dizzy finished on the toes of
32 Shinto
4 Wandered
28 Boxes with
(4 Preserve,
travagant about it. It was the way his left foot, as far forward as one
temple
lids
5 Medleys
as by salt­
she said what she said rather than could get without toppling over on
29 Reduce
33 Jewish
ing, etc.
6 Metallic
his face. For the few short years he
to
a
pulp
the
words she used.
month
35 River
rocks
had before his right shoulder went
31 Upright
34 Fancy ball
(Russ.)
One
of
her
friends,
the
great
7 River (Fr.)
supports
37 Humble
clothes
French author Sainte-Beuve, wrote lame, he was as good as any pitcher
8 Range
36 Ankle bone
on the day after her death, "She I ever saw.
11 Sultanate
Answer Io Pozzle Number
(anat.)
Ty Cobb always has rated Ed
would have liked to stop everything
(SE Arabia)
38 People of
at A pril — her heart remained at Walsh as the best five-year pitcher
13
Sling
around
Ireland
in baseball history. "Any pitcher
early Spring.”
• Brighter light, longer life! That’s what
15 Sewing
39 C ivil wrong
who can win 40 games and save 12
What
did
she
offer
these
persons
you want in a flashlight battery-and that’s
implements
40 Wagon
what you get with "Eveready” brand batter­
that they loved her so? Not wealth. others In one year is good enough
19 Fuel
41 Female
ies Laboratory tests prove it. And the best
Hers was lost. Not position She for me," Ty said some time back.
21 Scatter,
sheep (pi.)
laboratory of all - your own flashlight -
lived in a four-room flat.* Then "Especially pitching for a light­
as seed
42 Antlered
what?
The sheer charm and power hitting club.”
proves it! That’s why "Eveready”
22 Moisture
animal
B B H U ia
Babe Ruth also belongs in this
of a perfect personality.
batteries outsell all other brands-
23 Head
(poss.)
because they outlast all otherbrands! •
Jeanne Françoise Recamier was "all-graceful” list. There was noth­
covering
her full name. She lived in Paris ing awkwafd about the Babe, either
Vertical
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•According Io th , "Cenerol
from 1777 to 1849. To this day when at bat or playing the outfield. He
of crossed
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sticks
writers want to set up a standard was a smooth swinger at the plate
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