HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
Giving Them the “ Once-Over”
Something to
Think A bout
S cen e o n a
G o b b le r F a rm in
W here Some of
A Real
b y Frederic! ; Hart
M cC lure N ew sp a p er S y n d ica te.
ers stu ck obstinately in th e m anner
of gome draw ers. She gave a h ard
tu g ; th e wood rem ained o b d u rate; she
set h er teeth and pulled violently.
T he next mom ent she w as sittin g on
th e floor w ith th e recalcitran t d raw er
upside down in h er lap and a lot of
odd-looking p ap ers scattered about.
W ith a little laugh and a slnaig a t
her aw kw ardness she rose and stooped
to g ath er up th e papers.
As she
picked up one scrap, la ig e r th an th e
others, she happened to glance a t it,
and som ething th a t w as w ritten on the
top grippes' h er atten tio n . W ith the
blood dyeing h er cheeks, she re a d :
“To B arb ara.”
Below w ere some lines of poetry.
She read them through. They were
not so good, a s poems g o ; in fact,
th ere w ere spots w here th e m eter h a lt
ed and staggered, and th e rhym es
w ere not above criticism ; but to the
h e a rt of th e girl who read them , they
w ere m ore b eau tifu l th an any words
of th e g reatest singers of all time.
F o r th ere in w ritten w ords w as ex
pressed th e love of a man fo r a maid—
th e love of Bob, h er hero, fo r h er—
fo r herself, B arb ara H alden 1
S he read th e verses through. Then,
w ith the blood dyeing h er cheeks, she
h astily th ru st th e p aper Into th e bosom
of h er dress.
Bob— Bob loved h er!
H e bad never spoken, but the verses
spoke fo r him. And she—she knew It
now—she had loved him ever since be
had come to th e house.
H er h eart
sang a paean of thanksgiving t)iat nt
la s t she knew. And he w as coming
In on th e evening tra in !
The 7 :25 bore to the town n h and
som e young man who hastened from
th e statio n to Mrs. H alden’s house in
the n earest taxi. He was greeted with
"I don’t see why he didn’t w rite !”
said Mrs. H nlden pettishly. ‘‘Of
course I’m glad he’s coming hom e for
T hanksgiving, nnd all th a t, but he
m ight have given me longer notice.
B ut th a t’s Just like Bob—alw ays drop
ping in .lik e a tornado, w ith no more
than a telegram the day before he
comes—and how I’m to get his room
ready, I sim ply don’t see! I have the
dinner to a tten d to, and goodness
know s It’s hard to get things these days
w ithout m aking p rep aratio n s fo r an
other guest.
I f he’d only w ritten !
All he had to do w as to sit down a
week ago and w rite—”
“Now, m other, don’t get all w or
ried,’’ p retty B arb ara H alden slipped
an anil around h er m other’s am ple
w aist.
“I know you’ve a thousand
things to do, and Boll’s coming m akes
It h ard er—hut you ju s t go ahead and
m anage the dinner. I ’ll fix his room
and everything.”
“B less your h eart, dear, ru n along
nnd get It ready. I ’m alw ays gald to
see Bob—” H e r speech w as cut short
by th e ab ru p t exit of h er daughter,
who danced off up th e stairs, followed
by her m other's call. “Be sure and
p u t out the sm oking tab le! You
know how Bob likes his pipe 1”
“All right, m other dear—I will 1”
And B arb ara sped to th e little room
under the eaves th a t had been sacred
to Bob H olliday since th e time, tw o
yenrs ago, when he h ad first come
to th eir town to practice law and had
taken up his residence u n d er Mrs. j
H alden’s hospitable roof, which he
declared
alm ost offered
com forts i
J
enough to m ake him forget th a t he ■
ever had had any o th er home.
Since th a t sum m er, when he had
saved Mrs. H alden’s little savings and I
h er home from the d u t i e s of a grasp- i
• lug syndicate of real esta te sharks,
he had been like a son to the good
woman. She had let him do very |
much as he pleased around th e house, i
and had even hinted a t his paying no ;
hoard, hut Bob had Insisted <m giving
her w hat he term ed a ridiculously In- I
adequate sum each month.
When success brought him fam e and
fortune he had refused to tak e up o th
e r lodgings, claim ing th a t he enjoyed |
the home cooking and the home asso
ciations of the little brown house n ear
the edge of th e tow n m ore th an he
could ever like th e garish splendors The Next Moment She Was Sitting on
of a hotel or th e loneliness of bach
the Floor.
elor apartm ents.
F o r th e p ast tw o m onths h e had effusion mingled with reproach by the
been traveling in the W est on a big good woman and by a girl who had
railroad case.
Ills sudden w ire, re form erly rushed lo g reet him w ith a
ceived the dny before Thanksgiving, glad cry and o u tstretch ed hand, hut
had been the first apprisal of his re who now shyly stqod hack and blushed
a t Ills h earty clasp. And Boh. looking
tu rn th a t Mrs. H alden had had.
Now as she busily arran g ed het keenly a t h er w ith his eyes train ed to
kitchen In preparatio n for th e m anu read hum an faces and learn the
facturing of a dinner th a t should su r thoughts ben eath th e m asks, realized
pass all her form er efforts In th a t th a t she knew —and grew red and em
line, she blessed th e chance th a t b arrassed beneath h er glance.
It w as not till a fte r th e la te sup
brought “h er boy,” a s she called Bob.
home a t the holiday season, while she p er th a t they had a chance to talk.
outw ardly feigned g reat irritatio n at And the first w ords th u t Boh said «»
his uncerem onious announcem ent of he sat alone w ith B arb ara in Mrs,
Hidden's* tin y living room w ere:
his return.
“How did you know?”
M eanwhile, up In Bob’s room, B ar
“I—I —oh. Bob, forgive m e!” B a r
ham
w as hnsily
p n ttin g
things
straight, spreading clean linen on the b ara wns alm ost In tears.
Ills arm around h er shoulders as-
bed, arran g in g th e cover on the*dress
er, seeing th a t th e sm oking table w as so red her of his forgiveness.
supplied with m atches and tra y s for
And then, w ith averted eyes, B ar
Bob's ever-present pipe, and generally b a ra repeated a few lines of the
A few only, for
m aking thing« fresh and sw eet for the ve-rses she read.
reception of her hero. F o r B arlw ra, Bob’s tipa on h ers sfr>p|«ed h er Is-fore
Bob w as a good deal of a hero, though I she had gotten fa rth e r than the first
she would hardly have confessed It, “I love you.”
even to herself.
“I knew I'd left those foolish verse«
She attack ed the dresser last of all, behind,” said Bolt a fte r a time. “B ut
Intending to ta k e o at of the d raw ers I never dream ed you’d find them ."
any odda and ends th a t might be In
“It w as an accident," replied B a r
them and leave space for sh irts, col b ara, happilv. “But oh, Boh dear. I'm
lars and other articles of m asculine so glad It happened 1”
apparel.
And Mrs. Hidden. ersnlng in to wish
T he hlg low er draw er» w ere em pty, I hem gissl-night and a happy T h an k s
and beyond a quick glance In search giving, said, when «lie had recovered
o f tru a n t dost she did nothing to from h er surprise, th a t she was glad
theia; bat one of the small top draw too.
-.
S tate
T IS frequently rem arked by close-
observing Englishm en who visit
A merica, th a t our people are
sham efully w asteful, and fling away
money w ithout any ap p aren t thought
gif the proverbial rainy day.
j W hether these alien com m enters
' have pen etrated deeply Into th e sub
ject Is not definitely known, but Judg
ing from th eir o ft-repeated averm ents,
assum ing a t tim es a form of caustic
j criticism , th ere Is doubtless more
J tru th Ip th e m a tte r th an we suspect.
It Is not w ithout a pang of regret—
a ruffling of our pride, p erhaps—that
we Americans, who a re disposed to
analyze conditions w ith unbiased
minds, relu ctan tly adm it th u t our Eng
lish cousins are right.
. . .
W e recognize th a t we have many
spen d th rifts, constantly settin g a bad
exam ple to "the young, th a t they are
ex trav ag an t and decidedly foolish.
Money is poured out like w ater, as
though, like Topsy, “It Just growed.”
T here Is consolation, however, in
th e th ought th a t th ese profligates
come m ostly from th e ra n k s of the
newly rich and thoughtless Inheritors.
T hey have no idea of th e stem
realities of life, n o r th e long dragging
years of Incessant labor and self-de
nial th a t a re nepessary for a working
or professional m an to accum ulate
e v tn a m oderate com petency for old
age.
These people congregate w here the
m usic flows, w here th e tables are
heaped w ith dainties. They smile nnd
hnckblte, puff them selves up like frogs
and spend recklessly. They fall n atu r
ally Into a sta te which is common to
th eir kind.
If we could follow’ them through
th eir Im provident course- to the end,
we would find them in pitiable plights,
rep en tan t and likely as not homeless.
. . .
T he necessity» of conserving tim e
and money ought now be im pressed
upon all of us w ith considerable more
stress th an It has been In the recent
past, and p articu larly upon th e In
considerate young men nnd women.
L e t high thinking, h ard w ork nnd
th riftin ess form th e im p o rtan t unrt of
o ur spiritual bill of fare, so m a t In
th e end we may he robust o f body
and soul, sound of purse, u n afraid of
landlords and in position in old age
to accept all th e v agaries of life with
suprem e confidence and complacency.
■
(C o p y r ig h t.)
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LYRICS OF LIFE
B y DOUGLAS MALLOCH
WHY NOT TELL HER SO?
O
F COURSE you love h er Just the
sam e
As when a t first you wed,
P erh ap s with not so hot a flame,
B ut still th e coals are red.
T he new-made blaze Is b rig h t with
heat
And ruddy w ith d e s ire ;
B ut tim e shall give you som ething
sw eet—
Peace, and the quiet fire.
Of course you love her ns o f old,
Your love she ought to know.
New loves burn hot, new loves tiffn
cold.
W ith all the w inds th at blow.
But tim e shnll bring the steady blaze,
T he flame th a t never d ie d ;
Yen, tim e shall bring contented days.
T he q uiet ingleslde.
O f course you love her as of yore—
T he years th a t you have she red
Have m ade you love h er even more
T han ever you have en ro l.
<tf course you love her ju st the same,
Your love she ought to know.
F or tim e h as brought th e steady
flame—
B ut why not tell her so?
(C o p y r ig h t.)
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HOW DO YOU SA I IT?
By C N. LURIE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
“SPOONFULS,” ETC.
N CONSIDERING th e proper form
o f the plurals of such w ords ns
"spoonful,” “cupful," arm ful," etc..
It m ust lie borne in mind th a t the unit
considered is not th e spoon, th e arm.
the cup, etc.,; b u t the m aterial that
fills th e spoon, etc. Thus, th e unit is
the spoonful, not th e spoon, and as
“spoonful” Is th e nam e of a thing In
itself, the projier form «if the plural Is
found by adding an “s” to th e word
“spoonful,” and not to the l>art of the
word “spo«»n.”
O f coarse, th ere a re tim es when the
unit Is th e spoon Itse lf; th a t Is, when
tw o or m ore spoons a re filled. When,
for example, you have before you two
spoons filled w ith sugar, you should
•ay “tw o stsmmis full," ami not “two
spoonfuls." R ut when yon take a
spoon, fill it w ith sugar and em pty It
Into your «-offee «Tip. and repeat the
ow es-«, you have taken tw o “sissm -
fula" of sugar, and hot two “»jxe>na
fulL”
I
(C e p y r g k t.)
D epartm ent
Specialist
Draws
Them Up Before They A re Submit.
tedWor Presidential Signature.
I
Birds A re Raised
DAY FOUHANKS
Presidential Proclamations Are
Prepared With Care.
O U R W A S T E F U L H A B IT S
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the Finest
í O ’ í í
Normand
By F. J . fTáLK E R
M a r y la n d ,
© . 1921, by
Ì: Mabel
It Is a m istake to suppose th a t the
annual Thanksgiving proclam ation
of the P resident of the United
Stutes is alw ays w ritten or dictated by
the P resident. As a m atter of fact,
about all the P resident has to do wltji
KjtAx. ftfendfenl
tiu V<utU.
Upon her recent arrival in Chicago,
Mabel Normand, the winsome “movie”
etar, joined the decorators’ union. She
is seen at work here helping decorate
a new tnillion-dollar motion picture
theater.
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THE RIGHT THING
AT
THE RIGHT TIME
; Issued on Jan. 1, ITOS, and set a p art
the fdllowlug Feb. 19 as a day for
thanksgiving and prayer.
Any one who desires to see all the
Thanksgiving proclam ations Issued by
Presidents of th e U nited S tates will
find them preserved In red leather
volumes In th e S tate departm ent.
Some y ears ago, observes a w riter
of national reputation, I had the rare
pleasure of having an otfleful of the
S tate departm ent show to me the
proclam ations
Issued
relative
to
TTinnksglvlng dny.
They a re all
handsom ely bound in red leather
keepers, and It w as gratifying to see
w ith w hat care these documents were
kept. Even the one Issued hy Presi
dent George W ashington w as there In
all Its glory. B ut It was not concern-
'UwXLcL ftoAw
C w w ccxz
TlocduL tloXío ojJtwU mwu A . wuúRév »f cmaolalói-n.
It Is to sign his nam e to It. The actual
composition of th e T hanksgiving proc
lam ation Is th e work of a specialist In
the S tate departm ent nt W ashington.
H e endeavors, y ear a fte r year, to ex
press practically the sam e sentim ents
In an entirely new way, or a t least
w ithout repeating verbatim anything
th at had been said In previous T hanks
giving proclam ations. And, as may he
readily understood, this task Is be
coming more difficult w ith ench suc-
Ing a November holiday, as It w as ob
served on Feb. 19, 1795, nnd dated
January, 1795.
The other P residents Interm ittent
ly or occasionally proclaimed the «lay
of prayer, and I was curious to know
Just w hat engaged the attention of
P resident Jam es Madison In 1810, Just
100 years ago, and It bus. In part,
these good lin e s :
“T he dny be set a p a rt on which all
may have opportunity of voluntarily
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFER
juau L o X ip I
H OW TO SE T A T A B L E .
S light n o t w h a t’s n e a r th ro u g h aim in g
a t w h a t’s f a r .—E u rip id es.
U o A fu z n c ^ o n W c W
w o k tfw» fenfcmtnL 1
»f tfu tw u M . f u t « Ao «ttowvmend. ta «XI Cuf-jwui
JoeuluS ewwL ¿«« sowwmo CU om S omX. ferait p s e a a t ó « r tL k 4Ä»
WrufeL
Id b tt ajvuA O lm X
o L mm UC.
-y
tbx *“•”
S T H E R E anything more unappetiz
ing than a carelessly set table? All
. Ocuj r j
x u X <U a, da«j jwxtLt ^JfeawAí^wóxj weX jwa-jiv aeX
of us. presum ably, should have a
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soul so fa r above buttons th a t we
would not notice our food overmuch.
But few of us have reached the happy
cessive annual call fo r a day of re offering a t th e sam e tim e in their
sta te w here we e a t only to be nour
respective religious assem blies their
joicing and thanksgiving.
ished. Most of us a re quite suseept- ¡
The first T hanksgiving proclam a humble adoration of the G reat Sov
ible to dainty food an d dainty service.
tion ever issued by a P resident of ereign of the Universe, of confessing
Tills being so, the economical house
the United S tates wns signed by th eir sins nnd transjfresslons and of
wife should appreciate the value of
George W ashington, and the original strengthening th eir vows of repentance
serving every meal daintily. F o r food I document is preserved In the library nnd am endm ent. * * * They will be
that Is enjoyed will be b etter asslinl- ! of the Stute departm ent. T he first Invited by the sam e solemn occasion
lated and therefore will do its full
d raft of the proclam ation started off : to call to mind the d'stingulshed
duty of giving nourishm ent to those
“In the calam ities which ulfllct so favors conferred on the American
who eat It.
many of the nations ;” . but Attorney- people—In th eir security and In the
A nicely set table Is the first req- ¡ General E dw ard R andolph did hot victories which have so pow erfully
ulslte fo r the dainty service of a
meal.
~V~
Spoüessness nnd neatness are es-
J L mx COU.X* tiu h a l t f f a
Shntlal to a nicely set table. No m at- j
VMiftLd Çutoa «f CuMMvea feri*
Cs tAiu
te r how simple the meal or how simple
the table appointm ents, they should
a w a A-zjvuzt t i t lOMxt M Ìii wuj &a*uA. «jDOîtf aX
and can alw ays be clean and neatly nr- J
ranged.
tfet -¿«fe^of
'TlèjX
dai} 9^
At breakfast and luncheon dollies or
runners can be used. It some houses
runners are used even nt dinner. If
Í of t i l
if&l'UAJÁA.ItakA »f
they are used—or If dollies a re used— j
the table m ust he perfectly clean.
W hen a cloth Is used first spread a |
felt or asbestos covering to protect
th e table and hush the sound of plates
nnd sliver. Then spread a cloth with'
the fold th a t m arks the middle of it
laid evenly from end to end of the
table. Always fold the cloth In the
approve of such a gloomy beginning contributed to the defense nnd protec
sam e creases, and lay It neatly In a
for a Thanksgiving message, so he tion of our country—to safety ag ain st
draw er until It Is w anted again. O r
changed It to “When we review the dangers from nhroad.”
else fold It only once lengthw ise and
While George W ashington origi
calam ities which afflict so mnn.v other
then roll It on a wooden or [insteboard
nations, the present condition of the nated the custom of Thanksgiving,
cylinder.
United S tates offers much m a tte r of mnn.v of his Im m ediate .successors did
A fter the cloth Is neatly laid, put
not follow his example, and It wns
consolation and gatlkfactlon.*
on the silver. At the right of ench
Even this sentence wns changed, not until Ahrnham Lincoln becam e
place put the knives and spoons nnd
rew ritten, torrected, revised, modi P resident th a t the nnnnii) T hanksgiv
nt the left put th e forks. At the end
of th e ’ knives place a glass for w ater 1 fied and altered several tim es by ing ns a November holiday he n'ne a
various m em bers of the cabinet to regular Institution In the United
anil nt the end of the forks place a
whom It w as subm itted, but It wns States.
b u tte r plate.
F o r an Informal home dinner there
should be a Inrge knife next to the
not our bird of paradis«- It Is certain
T U R K E Y IS AM ERICAN.
[iluté on the right for cutting meat,
th a t his presence eontrlhutes much to
next to that a spoon fo r dessert nnd
T he turkey Is a gennlne American w ard m aking a paradise of our homes
next to th a t a soup spoon« On the
nnd not w hat his nam e would Imply. on T hanksgiving day.
left there should he ns many forks as
Who th a t has spent his youth In a tu r
will be needed—one for the m eat, one
key raising community falls to recog
for the salad and one fo r the dessert,
THANKSGIVING DAY.
nize th e dignity of th e turkey cock
or. If none Is needed for dessert and
when,
w
ith
w
ings
loose,
he
w
alks
there ts no salad, only one fork should
N ev er let d ay n o r n ig h t u n h allo w ’d pa«n.
through his domain with Ids obedient B ut »till rem em b er w h at th e Ixird h a th
tie placed. If oysters are served to
flocks of follow ers? If the turkey Is
done.
-B H A K E B P E A U E .
begin with tin- oyster fork is placed nt
I
tin- right of the soap spoon. The b u t
te r spreader, unless It Is largp. Is
pliieed on the b u tte r p la te ; If the
sp read er Is large, It Is placed next, on
the right, to the knife for meat.
A centerpiece of some sort should
be placed In the c en te r of tile table.
Brow tag ferns o r cut flowers can be
used, o r a little bowl full of evergreen
leaves or foliage. A dial) of fresh and
beautiful fru it can also be used.
The napkin should eith er be placed
a t the right of th e sliver or else It
should be folded and placed on the
plate In front of each peraon. Of
course, when clean napkins a re not
used every meal and the napkins are
kept In rings, they should be plsc«-«l
a t the right, or else In front of the
plate, Isdween the w ater glass nnd the
b u tter plate.
(Copyrteht )
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LIGHT
“ Buzzer Is a man who
w eigh t his word« isn’t he?”
alwaya
“Yes, Lut It takes a deuce of a la*
si 'em to weigh anything.” ___
.
L IFTE D ABOVE A LL NATIONS
Surely American« Have Abundant
Reason« for Giving Thank« to the
Bestower of Our Blessings.
The history of Thanksgiving day
tins been told Innum erable tim es In
song and story, from pulpit and p lat
form and In the press.
From the
tim e of Its first celebration 300 years
ago men and women nnd children of
tlda nation have heard Ihe message of
th e serious purpose of thia rommetno-
ratlv e day. No less mindful than
were our fath ers a re we today of the
ancredness of Its purpose.
True. In days gone by It w as a
much more simple event. In th e early
■lays of Its origin, a little settlem ent
here anil another th ere rendered
thanks to the Itclty for the blessings
they felt He had bestowed ti|ion them
And they w ere sim ple blessings fot
’he most p art. G ratitude for the gift»
which N ature hnd handed th em ; re
joicing th a t In an »lien world the)
were none the less happy nnd con
tented—these w ere the re tu rn s for
which they gathered In fam ily groups
to give thanks.
N ature has not w ithheld fr«nn us
this year her custom ary bounty. Our
h arv ests have been g ra tify in g ; we do
n«>t in this regard lack cause for re
joicing.
Nor Indeed Is our present
sta te In m atters th at do not pertain
merely to harvests and fields of grain,
one Hint Is altogether w ithout splendid
prospects for great achievem ent. By
a com bination of elreunistarii'es we nre
today th e one nation In the world to
whom her sister nations may look for
nhl anil eisnfort In their hour of need.
As potential world power for good,
America has reason to he grateful for
th e privileged position It holds among
her sister nations. T hat Is nt least
one cause for national thanksgiving.
New Use far Wood Pulp W asta.
By lu rry in g a step fu rth e r (he p ri-o
•»s of recovering sulphite spirit front
«lie wsste o f w«s>d pulp factories, hy
evaporation. It has been discovered
ih at a new and valuable fuel may hit
prorineod, says Popular
M w hanicS
Magazine. T h e process preclpilales tea
organic «untenis of the lye In the form
of oowderert coal
C hinese M»» m < j «.
Me«tlcal gym nustles were w in c e d to
i scientific system by T solst monks.
I’he main point of the Chinese system
•f m assage Is the th ree principal a t
titudes, stundlng. sittin g and lying,
ind thr«-e modes of breathing, through
-he mouth, nose and Inspiration and
expiration a ltern ately through both or-
ranst Iron halls a re rolled sw lflly to
and fro In the hands to strengthen the
muselee. To m assage the stom ach a
wooden Instrum ent consisting of threu
movable wheel« 1* applied-