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G 0 f OUittfH WTSrORD (OBEGOm MAH. TRIBUNE Sunday. August 28, 195S Old House at Cape Cod Could Be 0 Bf A. OBERT SMITH Ttibunt Correspondent 5f Cod, Mass. In a clear ly 37 the jlnes here near the lb(B!fl falmoSth stands a mon urrif before which the Ameri can lumber industry might kneel irmost reverent appreciation a wood constructed Cape Cod house nearly 200 years old. his oldest dwelling on the cape, built entirely of wood (and without benefit of nails) during t'(2$ the colonial days, still stands sturdily on its foundation since the day it was -erected by Miss "Virtue Gifford's Quaker fore bears. But this is not a restored tour ist attraction. It is the house in which Miss Gifford still lives as she has for over 80 years; its cedar shingles still defying time . Cftd the eroding character of the 4$a air. Unlike the houses that are tirelessly advertised throughout the East as Cape Cod type houses, Miss Gifford's residence is as authentic as any could be. It 9 has a mark of authenticity that has died out in contemporary building even on Cape Cod a bowed roof that looks like an overturned ship's bottom. CaDt. John R. Peterson's 20- year old home also has a bowed roof, but later Mrs. Peterson had dormer windows punched into the sloping sides to make the second floor more practical with lighting and ventilation. When an addition was put on the orig inal house, it had a gambrel or Dutch-style roof with dormer windows something the archi tect wouldn't hear of two decades ago. These variations on the Cape Cod house are now commonplace here. There are even a few con temporary houses, but so few that a daring modern house built during ; World War I days by Architect Frank Lloyd Wright still looks daring in a setting of "salt boxes," as the simple Cape Cod is often called. But everyone, with scarcely an exception, builds with, wood, Even the wealthy.' It's not be cause the cape has a thriving i " " X SO NEAR TO FREEDOM Members of the Russian farm delegation visiting the United States are shown aboard a ferry boat on its way to the Statue of Liberty (back fjround). They remained aboard the boat for the round ffip instead of disembarking at Bedloe's Island. Green Flash in Sky r J- HUGH PRUETT Astronomer. Extension Division Ortfrm Higher Education System Two readers in widely separ ated Pacif jf Coast localities have recently asked me to repeat my discussion of the ."green flash" ' published a few years ago. This refers to the verdant blaze of light fight on the horizon just asHhe upper rim of the sun sinks fom view in the west'. For this green flash to be visible, the sky must be unusually clear and free from haze, and the ob server must be very patient and not look too directly at the sun until it is practically gone. Avoid a bright sun through field glasses. Eye injury could result. This phenomenon finds its ex planation in the greater bend ing, absorption and scattering of the rays of light of short wave length than that of those of the longer. The explanation is not difficult, but we are more con cerned here with the appearance than with the. theory. Blend of All Colors It is sufficient to state that sunlight is a blend of all colors of the rainbow, and the order of wave length goes from red, the longest, through orange, yellow, green and blue to .violet, the shortest. A distant horizon gives the best opportunity for seeing the green flash. Watch the setting un rather indirectly so that your eyes will not be blinded by its glare: Then when only the final dot of the yellow disk gremains, turn your attention more fully to 4t. If conditions are then right, the green will blaze forth with startling sud denness and be gone in a second or two. In '-ery dry climates the green flash, is quite often seen. The Egyptologist, Dr. W. Groof, saw it many times when in the Nile country, and reported evidence that long ago the people of that land were familiar with it. Made Special Study With optical aid this phenom enon may be seen much longer than a second or two. Prof. Don Hunter of the University of Ore gon has made a special study of it for many years. On one oc casion he viewed it through binoculars for fully 20 seconds. Then after the direct light was gone, he saw the trees on the distant mountain crest glow with (i the green coming from below his horizon. Three of us two years ago saw the green flash twice within a few minutes. Motoring north ward we watched the sun set be hind a high place in the distant Coast range and finally saw a de lightful blaze of green. Driving on, soon again we saw the sun over a lower horizon and once more were rewarded with the verdant flash. Jules Verne, the noted French author, mentions this effect in his Le Rayon Vert (The Green Ray). He has two young lovers going often to the top of a hill to try to witness this phenom enon. But when j others wtth them saw it, the lovers never could for they were not look ing toward the sun. The green flash can also be seen at sunrise when conditions are right. MOST VALUABLE Louisville, Ky. (U.R) The Baseball Writers of the Amer ican Association today an nounced the selection of Ranee Pless of the Minneapolis Millers as the Association's most val uable player of the year. The 29-year-old slugging first iase man has been a strong factor the Millers' race to the Associa tion pennant. ROGUE VALLEY LEAGUE Rogue Valley league got off to a good start with 10 full squads. John Compagnoni, City Hall, took the honors for high series with a 534 and Vern Al len, Klievers, turned in the high games with a 205. Since Thurs day was the first night of the season all scores were scratch. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS LOOK FOR THi . L HAPPY LITTLE DOG KM TOPS IN QUALITY! IN PQICQ lumber industry, for its scrub pines aren't very productive of building materials. It's just that Cape Codders are sold on the durability of wooden houses. Even the hotels, from the smallest to the largest, are made of wood, most of them covered with cedar shingles. Most were built decades ago and were mod ernized inside to suit the fancy of changing times. ' Slick modern conveniences don't seem to count for much Monument for Lumber Industry here. One hotel owner seems to have standing proof of that. His barn-like inn, painted an un becoming umber color, has made only two concessions to the 20th century electric lights (bulbs dangling from cords) have been installed, and a measure of in side plumbing has been hooked up for the guests, for the ladies at one end of the hotel and for the "gents" at the other. The old clapboard hostelry is filled all summer. Although the well-to-do : are plentiful here among the 200, 000 who inhabit Cape Cod for the summer, this resort was never in the class with Newport, R. I., or Lenox, Mass., where the rich of a bygone era built veritable castles equipped with gold lined bathtubs and battal ions of servants to keep them from tarnishing. While those castles crumble or give way to commercialized use as hotels, the more modest but still ex pensive homes of Cape Cod are maintained by their owners from Boston and New York in blissful seclusion. In some areas of the cape, estate owners have protective associations, employing peace of ficers to keep rubbernecking tourists from invading the priv acy of their summer way of life. But whether the Cape Cod residence is a $100,000 country estate or a $10,000 salt box, it is still strikingly similar in archi tectural "design, faithful to the Cape Cod tradition to a great ex tent, and always built of wood. Montgomery Ward To Use Credit Cards The Medford branch of Mont- Lgomery Ward company will in augurate a credit-card system as part of its montly payment plan it was announced recently. N Store Manager J. J. Materie said a customer will be able to purchase up to $35 worth of Wards merchandise on terms, by showing the credit card to the sales clerk. The Ward credit system was initially tested in Baltimore and Denver. Present credit customers here wffl recehr thefcr ctrdi through the mail by Aug. 25. New credit customers may apply for cards at the credit desk, Ma terie stated. . I GM33U33a I Enioy health, rest, com tort ortf tspitalir omidsf pleasant surroundings. Completely burnished Sleeping and Housekeepinqj Cabins, with all modern facilities. HOT MINERAL and MUD BAI Mr Rheumatism. Arthritis, Neantn. Sciatica, Nervousness CARSON DIOXIDE VAPOR BATHS Ant excellent for Eczema, Sinvs, Skiit fioni. 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