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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREQOlf) Threat of War Residents1 Characteristics, Habits Told : (Edltor'a notet The follow ing U another article written by Leonard Carpenter, Vaiitai orchard. Madford, who with ' Mm. Carpaniar la now in Europe). . By LEONARD CARPENTER Stockholm, Sweden Just how it happened that Sweden re mained neutral in the last war is beyond my, comprehension That it did so remain was a great boon to the Swedes and to thousands of hunted fugitives who fled from surrounding coun tries. But even the demands of war and the quick profits to be made from war materials did not upset to any great degree the economy of the people. There are more growing trees today and more lumber being harvest ed than before or during the war. Expansion In the manufacture of engines, ball bearings or other scarce things was not inflated enough to need deflation. One hour by plane, or at most 80 minutes, Is Russia. Just across the Baltic what six years ago were independent countries is Russia. The U.S. Is far away. We are very alone here. Under the big rock hill with all those cooperative apartments over there is a bomb shelter for 10 000 people. "We hope we won't need it or all the other ones." Never Grows Dark It never quite grows dark these nights, and so when I woke up at S a.m. and looked from my hotel window and saw the "big rock hill" and the thought came Who Is to count the people en tering in alarm and to tell the ten thousandth one that she can enter but her husband Is barred out? And who, far back In the blackness, will be the last to emerge into a ruined city or after an alert or a false alarm, be behind nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine others? And will he or she ever-wlllingly fo back into that awful rocky prison again? To bring you up to date statis tically I must quote my friend the taxi driver who had worked somewhere In England and who firmly tells me that there are more than half a million bicycles In Stockholm Itself and another half million ridden in and out of the city each day. I will take his word for It as I did not try to count them. Engineers Bought-After - Swedish engineers are very much sought-after In all coun tries and here is an interesting story told me one night when we dined with him and his wife at their apartment. "I worked for four years for an American construction com pany, mostly In southern Cali fornia, on bridges, buildings and dams. Finally, I was put in charge of preparing the way for the building of a great air base In Greenland. I was given my data by the Army and with the help of the FBI, I assembled 8,000 workers who were merely told that they were to work at their trades outside the country upon a 40-hour week with usual overtime and double-time pay. We embarked, everyone from higher up to lowest down, with not mora than half a dozen knowing where we were going because It was top secret. So away we go to be joined by 5,000 soldiers, who Immediately told all my workers exactly where we were going and what AMAZING NEW EXOTICA "Dutch Wone.r Flower" , Leeks Like aa Orchid Small! Like a Rom Grows Like a Glse fenutlonal Introductory Price Only 25C Bulb Direct from Holland'! finest grow ers comes this sensational new EXOTICA . . . mora unuiual than any flower you have ever aeen. Rich creamy white bloaaoma with deep crimaon throata (all the beauty of the rare and highly prized cattylea orchid). Each bulb produce! up to 8 colorful, fra- f:rant blooma on atately 3 ft. ftema. deal cut flower. Eaiy to trow I Live for yearal Imagine how proud you'll be when they bunt Into bloom . . . like a whole garden of glamorous orchlda and with the heavenly scent of a hundred Amer ican Beauty Rosea. Limited Sup ply. 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Private busi ness in America Is so efficient that it Is the despair of all other business and manufacturing na tions, but as for the Army! nothing in the whole world is more inefficient. The part of Greenland that I know best Is almost a desert. Less than half an inch of precipitation per year. No snow except what is blown off the snow fields and the Ice cap. Almost dark all day In the winter and With equally long hours of light In summer." Swedes are tall and slender, seldom fat, with serious faces, and purposeful mien. Even when loitering on a bridge watching the fishermen they seem full of purpose. Although one does not see beautiful women, he does see many nice-looking and charming ones. The horse tail style of hair-do Is quite popular but "poodle cuts are a rarity. The Hollywood "all like one and one like all" style of face make up Is entirely absent and every girl wears her own face, and we are all for that. Men's Looks Average - As a whole, the men are above average In masculine looks. Here again each man does nothing to bring himself into a type. Many Swedish men and women who are going to hold executive posi tions are sent to England or the U.S.A. to learn our language and our methods. In one large de partment store where I had to buy some razor parts I was es corted by a very attractive and efficient girl Interpreter who con ducted me to the proper coun ter, made out a bill to show our custom officials, helped me pay for them and later when we bought other things, arranged for them to be sent by mall to Medford. She was training an other girl who had just come back from America where she had worked for more than a year in a department store In Detroit and New York. "Well, how about skiing? Did you do some of that in America?" "Oh, yes, but It is our national sport here. It Is very different. In one place where the lift broke down none of the Americans knew how to climb up the slopes, while with us that is just as much a part of the fun of coming down. It was funny, I thought. "Where do you ski, close to your home?" I ask. "Oh, it doesn t matter. We go where skiing Is good. Last year my wife and I went north. When we left the train we skiied 35 miles over the hills to the slope we wanted where there is a little ski hotel." "Thirty-five milesl In one day?" "No, in IVi days. We knew of a shed part way up. We had to carry all of our own food and blankets and clothing. For tunately, there is fire wood and pots and pans at the hotellet. They have two children and are not young fry. Sightseeing Different Sightseeing here, as also In Denmark, is very different from the same thing in France or Italy, what is most enjoyable is the very beautiful countryside, especially with all ' the new greens of spring trees and fields, fat red cattle, pigs and a deep earthy red paint on prac tically all farm buildings. The towns are picturesque rather than beautiful and the churches and castles Interesting and in presslva and not artistic or lovely. From the point of view of hu manity and of the people who live here or there the odds are all for these. Here one feels no strain of severe competition. One delightful guide we had gave up the job of managing a big city transportation company because, he said, he was too old to work that hard any more. He enjoyed guiding and had plenty of jobs doing so and meeting nice travel ing foreigners. He talked perfect Oxford English and had been for several years In Hollywood In executive positions In the movies and an assistant director In some movies made In Italy. I suppose he Is about SS years old. Appreciate Own Country People are very conscious of the beauties of their country. Whenever any excuse offers they get into buses or little cars or on bicycles and go to the coun try. Every day, on every road, and In every place we have been we see school children being es corted to castle, manorhouse, museum or other places of Inter est. Yesterday on a half-hour boat trip to an island where there FOR SALE SALES YARD LOCATED AT EL RANCHO MOTEL 1 Mil North ef Ed Nilet' Lbr. Co. OffN KVtNINGS and SUNDAYS PHONE 2-2988 Sunday, June I, I SSI Over Sweden; I are two historic churches, we I 1 ,J U.. SO 16-year-old girls. They sucked peppermint sticks, giggled and sang songs and they all ate a hearty lunch, but I don't know if they saw any churches. The Swedes are very clean and healthy, and when they laugh the chandeliers tremble. They are hardworking, honest and glad to help, and they are indi vidualists. You can not help lik ing them and why should you try not to? I take my beret off to them. Long Meals It is seldom possible to order, be served and finally pay for the simple lunch under an hour, while for dinner from two to two and a half hours I are re quired. We have solved the mys tery but few others have. If you order fish, a fresh one is caught and cooked. If veal, a calf must be obtained and prepared. If soup, a consultation by the keep er of the ice box, the vegetable man and the chef is called and the order Is made to specifica tions. The results are worth the time spent in watching the other guests waiting for their soup. Only In the department of eggs for breakfast Is speed used. Here all eggs are cooked for a various number of minutes, very soft, medium, hard or stoney hard, and placed in a common basket. Upon receiving an order for medium-boiled, the special breakfast-egg-cook picks up an egg, eyes it carefully and then places it In a pan of comfortably warm water just for the number of sec onds needed to warm the shell and so fool or satisfy, the cus tomer. Well, after all what Is the use of travel except to show us for eign customs and broaden our points of view and even, in some cases, make one more con tented with home? Pretty In Colors! SO EASY TO CROCHET, why not have several face-flattering hats to match all your summer cottons! Use straw yarn. Bonnet in petal stitch, cap In mesh with loop stitch trim. These hats pack easily! Pattern 7015 has crochet directions for both styles. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS In coins for this pattern to The Medford Mail Tribune, House hold Arts Dept., P. O. Box 5640, Chicago 80, 111 Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with PAT TERN NUMBER. Exciting! Our 1952 edition of Alice Brooks Needlecraft Bookl Brimful of new Ideas, Iff only Twenty cents. NINETY-ONE il lustrations of patterns of your favorite needlecraft designs, plus SIX easy-to-do patterns printed right In the book. New Fluorescent Dyes To Replace Bluing New York The ancient blu ing technique in laundering is on the way out, says the 1952 Encyclopedia Americana Annual. Fluorescent dyes which will mask a slightly stained or dis colored fabric and make it seem a brighter white are already in use and gaining favor rapidly. NEGRO HONORED Newbury, Mass. (U.PJ Julian D. Steele of West Newbury ll the first Negro ever elected mod erator of a Congressional Christ ian association in Massachusetts. Steel was moderator of the 123rd annual meting of the Essex North association of Congrega tional Christian churches. mm r l inu j lW' ?r.A aw r v. a w i TAKEN PRIOR TO FATHER'S DEATH, this portrait study of Queen Elizabeth II and husband, Duke of Edinburgh, was withheld during period of court mourning. She Is wearing smoke gray tulle and lace ball dress. He Is In Royal Navy uniform. f International) As We Live CHECK-UP IS IN ORDER 1 IF YOU ARE ALWAYS TENSE Do things get on your nerves to the point where you feel like screaming? And does everyone and everything irritate you? If so, beware. You will soon v sHr' "3 be nervous wreck. f I How did you I get that way? v I Is your work 'j 1 I a source of con- -afc""""! stant irritation Dt. Huriock ? y,u?JD,? yu find it dull and boring or are your fellow-workers responsible for letting your job get on your nerves? And what about your home life? Is there too much monotony in it or do the other members of the family, especially the chil dren, Irritate you when you come home after a hard day of work? Once the ball gets rolling, it's hard to stop it. Thats' why you must find out what is at the basis of this vicious circle of irri tations and stop it Immediately. First, have a complete medical check-up. There may be a cal cium deficiency in your system that can be corrected if you fol low your doctor's orders. Or you may not be getting the right type of food or enough sleep for the kind of work you are doing. Are You Happy in Job? . Then analyze your job. ' Are you really happy in it or do you keep it just because you are afraid to make a change? If so, start looking for another job at once. There are plenty of jobs available now and If one doesn't suit you, try another. It has a very bad psychological effect on anyone f.o spend the major part of the day in an environment that gets on his nerves. And what are your ambitions? Are you aiming too high for your abilities? Nothing will cause dis appointment and disillusion more quickly than to feel that you are constantly getting nowhere. Examine Family Life Finally, examine your family life. Are you disillusioned about the person you selected as your mate? Does family life seem like a terrific let-down from the ex citement of your courtship days? Or are you expecting your chil dren to act like adults Instead of children? If you can take things In your stride, accept the bad with the good, and add a touch of humor, you will be surprised at how quickly you will get over your Irritations. LETTERS FROM READERS Plck-upsi "Does a man over have the right respect for a girl when he meets her through a pick-up?" (A) 'Pick-ups' are somewhat dangerous. They may turn out Can you hear NORMAL SPEECH at 30 20 10 Jnst how close to normal IS your hearing? You'd be wise to find out And you eon-prlvately, and without cost or obligation. TVe're scientifically equipped to measure your hearing. We'll give you a trustworthy VI" I X " SONOTONE """ C. R. Adamson, 839 E. Jackson, Medford, Ort. Per as Rttle a Me.OO - SONOTONl Tee Monte el Hearing By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. well but they are more likely not to. If a man really wants to meet a girl, he can usually ar range for an introduction some how. If he knows no one who knows her, he can always find out where she goes to church and ask her minister to Introduce them. The attitude of a man to ward a girl whom he meets through a 'pick-up' is likely to be that she is an easy mark and this will not encourage a real respect for her. Spring Fever: "Is there such a thing as 'spring fever' and, if so, what Is the cure for it?" (A) There is no physical dis ease called "spring fever". It is a state of mind or a "psychological state" of a person which consists of restlessness, boredom, and a desire for a change. Because of this unfavorable psychological state, it is hard for a person to do good ' work. The best cure for "spring fever" is a change. That does not necessarily mean going off on a trip. A change can be obtained from getting some new clothes or a new hairstyle, from fixing up the home in Its summer slip covers, or from taking a rest ful week-end trip in the country. The important think is to break the monotony that comes from the routine schedule of the win ter. Tom-Bovi "Are some girls lust natural 'iom-boys' or how do they become such? My 12-year- old daughter seems to have no really feminine characteristics, (A) 'Tom-boys' are made, not born. They are generally the re sult of parential desires for a boy which have been thwarted when a daughter was born and the consequent treatment of the girl which makes her feel that she would be more loved if she were a boy. Hence, she tries to behave like one. If you try to, Im press upon your daughter the belief that being a woman Is not such a bad lot after all, I be lieve you will find her becoming more feminine in her looks and behavior. (Copyright, 1952, General Features Corp.) Philadelphia To Hove City Summer Theater Philadelphia Philadelphia will have the first municipal sum mer theater in the country this year. The arena-type stage will be In Falrmount Park under a tent which will hold about 1,000 seats. Theron Bamberger, who runs the Bucks County Playhouse In the summers at New Hope, Pa., will be managing director and producer of the new enterprise, Attractions will be changed weekly. FEET? FEET? FEET? report on Ita keenness on its ability to give you the fullest enjoyment of music, plays and social life. This free Sonotone Service is yours for the asking. Avail yourself of It Come in and see us-todayl balance ee easy terete Crt .- Around Hollywood Hollywood (U.PJ A crisis oc-l curred in the juke box world only the bobby-soxers didn't know It. Frankie, Laine almost lost his voice for keeps he r e v e aled last week. - Laine strug gled for 17 years to reach the top. But his Cinderella s story nearly turned to Aline Mosby tragedy. At the peak of his career, his voice conked out from overwork and laryngitis. For six weeks he couldn't speak or even whisper, under a doctor's orders. It wasn't until the singer opened his mouth at the end of 42 days that he found out he still sang like Frankie Laine, after all. "Sure, I was worried," he said. "I already was figurln' other ways to earn a livin.' I would have written songs, gone into personal management, stayed in show business some way." Voice Began to Fail Frankie's voice began to fail last September after he'd recu perated for seven weeks follow ing an operation. "I went on a tour, and you can't do five shows a day after laying off that long. I strained my voice. "In Buffalo I could feel the hoarseness coming on. I worked Pittsburgh on Friday and Sun day I couldn't talk. "I tried to get out of the en gagements, but the theaters would not let me. I somehow did the shows. When you push hard enough you can force it. A doctor got me through one show by oiling my vocal chords. It's like when you break a leg. The doctor tells you not to walk, but if you have to, you do, any way." Contact Ulcers Found Finally he got to a throat spe cialist to discover he had "con tact ulcers" on his vocal chords from straining them. "One doctor wanted to op erate. I might have come out like Ezlo Pinza or Baby LeRoy," he grinned. "Another doctor de cided to treat the wounds with silver nitrate and I couldn't talk for six weeks. "It was a strain on my wife. She'd say, 'I'm lonesome.' I had to write everything down. We made a game out of it and play ed charades." Mil u JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S MOUNTED POSSE 10TH ANNUAL ROGUE RIVER'. SATURDAY & SUNDAY JUNE 14 & 15 Jackson Cal-Ore Equipment Co. A. L. Nash Sam Jennings Tirt Rogue Equipment Sales Cullen 4 Curry Barnes Chevrolet The Red Barn Oak Grove Furniture Cal-Ore. Power Company Brill Metal Works By ALINI MOSBY United Press Corrsspeadeat The voice chords healed, and Frankie took breathing lessons so he wouldn't strain his voice again. It was a tense moment when ho arrived at a recording studio to sing with his retreated pipes. "Everybody was waitin' to hear what would come out," he said. "I hit that E right on the nose, nice and round and flat." Laine is back on his regular singing schedule, and opens at the Cocoanut Grove here Thurs day. "I have a wider tone range now," he beamed. "That teacher said if she'd .gotten me when I was 15 or 16 I'd be In opera." New I00F Officers Visit Encampment Two newly elected officers of the grand encampment of the IOOF were visitors at the Table Rock encampment No. 10 at the Medford IOOF hall Thursday evening. They were Hugh Lewis, Yamhill, Ore., grand patriarch, and H. M. Munsell, Klamath Falls, grand senior warden. The officers spoke at the well attended meeting, reporting that a number of special meetings have been planned for the en campment this summer. The encampment at Eugene will hold a Beersheba meeting early in August, and a meeting for all encampments will be held at Klamath Falls in Sep tember. Kostelanetz Returns From Tour of England New York Andre Kostelan etz has returned from England, where he conducted the Royal Philharmonic Symphony Orches tra on a tour of the British Isles and in London. In programs of works by Mo zart, Rossini, Debussy, Ravel and Prokofieff, Kostelanetz found that the British reception to Gershwin's "An American in Dr. Robert J. Urie OPTOMETRIST Moving To 28 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE Next to Sub-station Postoffice SAT. SUN. County Sheriff Posse Grounds ROUND-UP BOOSTER Crater Lake Motors Harold Brown Kaiser-rraier (Stevens) Pinnacle Orchards Gibson Saddlery Lilenquist Motors Orchard Park Farms Becks Bakery Lamport's Sporting Goveis E. R. 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