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Sunday. Mreh 17. 1937!
BeIs $f Ireland Said Ideal
Wild Gold-Star
Fpf Bouquets, Arrangements js . Flowers
About 20 years a?o a seeds-1 bouquet to bring out the colors r
By AL HOBART
Secretary Says Legislature Marked
With Trial, Trivia and Tribulation
man in Chicago "discovered a ; of the flowers by contrast, ine
new flower that was most unique; tall spikes lend character to the
m w-f!.!! erppn'arranifpmpnt in their own right.
in color. He was so enthusiastic 1 Small leaves also appear along j spring flowers is the little bright
aijout it that he reproduced it : the stems. Although they are at- j yellow Gold-star. It is only a few
In full color on the cover of his tractive, they do tend to hide ': hin and at a little dis-
catalogue. He gave it all of the the beauty of tne Bens, iuosi
publicity that he po?siblv could. ; people remove the leaves before
But alas' It Droved to be a dud. i using the stalks. Some leave an
Almost no interest was shown i occasional leaf to add interest, j brinjant little suns or, as the
in it by flower gardeners. Leaves It is all a matter of taste. , name indicates, like gleaming
golden stars.
The Goldstar
One of the very earliest of our
tance the leaves and stems are
unnoticeable, but the shining
half-inch flowers show up like
were suDDOsed to be green. But i Bells of Ireland are easy iu ,
not Xlowers! It lingered for a few '. grow. While one should not ex
years in spring catalogues and ! pect 100 per cent germination,
"dropped completely out of sight seeds sown two or three inches
and out of mind. apart will produce an ample
Our Chicago friend was 20 -stand'. They should not be
years ;iead of his time. For! planted any deeper than the
qui'aj recently Molucella lacvis ! packet states,, usually an eighth
(our cen flower) appeared or a quarter of an inch. The
i. ihi. nnrirr the name ' seerilinns should be thinned or
rBel'a of Ireland. It almost in-; transplanted so that the plants i dclion:
iantly tescame one of the most, will be at least a foot apart and
populir of flowers. Why all the ' preferably a few inches farther.
enthi.sm this time? There ; Most seeds of this variety are
rrjy be several reasons. But the i raised in Texas, although Cali
essent.! one I feel sure is thatfornia growers are taking more
this time there was much greater and more interest, me dcus
will grow and produce exceneni
results in any state of the Union.
Plant this variety in full sun
either in your cutting garden
interest in flower arrangements
among flower gardeners in gen
pjeral and among garden club
Bells of Ireland is ideal for or between colorful flowers
in
(Crocidium
multicaule) is a member of the
sunflower, or aster, family. The
stems are very slender, one or
more to a plant. A single
flower'' is borne on each stem
The light-green leaves are most
ly basal, like those of the dan
thev are much shorter
than the flower stems, ratner
narrow, wider near the outer end
and usually with a few incon
spicuous teeth. The few stem
leaves are much shorter and
narrower than the basal. All are
rather fleshy, somewhat wooly
at first, and becoming reddish
with age.
These cheerful little flecks of
sunshine seem content to grbw
ments. The bloom itself ls-unim- 33 excellent Inr oacKgrouna ana
portant. It is an insignificant contrast in the garden as in
blo5som that appears in the bouquets.
green bell lor wnicn xne imwri
is named and which 13 botnnical
ly called th calyx of the flower.
Every flower has a calyx to cov
er the base of the blossom. But
in Bells of Ireland its lovely-
shape and color, make it tne
flower's important feature.
The Bells appear on long,
curving stalks, scores of them
crowded toeelher for a foot or
Gladamson Unit Plans
Meeting on Tuesday
Gladamson unit of Wesleyan
Service will meet at the home
of Mrs. William Sweet, 722
Pennsylvania avenue. Tuesday.
March 19. at 7:30 p.m. Dessert
will be served.
The second section of the
more on each stalk all a soft ! study book, "ihe Lnurcn in
light green th;0 is most attrac-' Southeast Asia," will be given
tive. As the green goes well with 1 by Mrs. Clifford Proctor. All
any flower it cao be sure in a members are urged to attend.
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use in bouquets and arrange- your beds and borders. They are I anVwhere, just so they can ex
change smiles with the real sun
during much of the day. A sunny
bank or bluff is a favorite spot.
If you examine carefully the
blossom of the Gold-star you'll
find that it isn't a single flower
at all, but a whole colony of
them all working together to
give the appearance- of a single
bloom. The central part is com
posed of a close-packed group
of tiny perfect flowers. Even the
petal-like "rays" that make up
the showier parts of the Goid
star are individual flowers, each
with a tiny akene, or fruit, at
tached to its lower end. Daisies
and all other members of the
sunflower family are made up
of many small flowers in one
floral unit as in the Gold-star,
although " some have no ray
flowers, while others are all
rays with no central, or disk,
flowers. Because of this peculiar
composition the sunflowers are
called composites.
There is a rocky open point
down by the river not far from
my cabin that is a favored
campsite of the little Gold-stars.
It is convenient to watch be
cause the road passes just be
low the point and above the
river. There on the 10th of
February, just after a good
storm, I found dozens of them
in full bloom, their little freshly
scrubbed faces shining as joy
ously as if it were summertime
These cheerful little wildies
take readily to transplantation
and in your dooryard, before
winter -has hardly gone, they
take you happily by surprise
with their sudden, radiant ap
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By MARIJANE DUNCAN
These quickly-passing days are
filled with trial, trivia, and
tribulation. All of us here
are by now thoroughly in
doctrinated into life in this "mar
ble palace" which is Oregon's
State Capitol. Speaking of mar
ble. Gene Vanderdyne. custodian
and guide in the Capitol, loaned
me an interesting brochure the
other day which described the
various sorts of marble used in
the State buildings. It comes
from Vermont, Missouri, and
Arkansas, and some even from
France. The colors are indefi
nite, shading from pale grays
and cream to a lovely rust-red.
If one looks closely, one may see
many specimens of fossils there
in, some of them quite perfect.
Bob's judiciary committee has
heen snowed under with bills.
to the extent that grimaces of
nain cross the faces of the mem
bers whenever anyone refers
anvthinff to Judiciary during a
tession (they often do:) One of
the most interesting bills now in
that committee, to me, is the
Capital Punishment bill. This is
a problem that has been much
debated and often legislated. As
you mav remember, Oregon did
not have capital punishment for
a few years, then reinstated it
Now this Legislature may once
again put it to a vote of the peo
ple of the State. Surely such a
step upward should emanate
from the conscience of the peo
ple. I attended the hearing on the
bill and was disappointed that
only the proponents made them
selves heard: not that a donny
brook should be waged over
something so serious, but be
cause there are people who op
pose it and say so elsewhere,
and it seems they should ex
press themselves when an open
forum is offered. Warden Glad
den testified first, and his words
were lent weight by his open
ing statement that he, himself,
had a sister who was murdered.
His testimony was somewhat
distorted by some of the news
papers which headlined that he
"urged" the death penalty for
those serving life terms. Actu
ally, he simply gave his approval
to the bill as written. Should
any of you be interested in read
ing these bills, HB 355 and HJR
11, copies may be obtained at
the library or courthouse.
Sometimes Fun
During a session of the House,
seriousness can turn to fun in a
moment. We were very serious,
one day, about a bill which Bob
was introducing. It was SB 6
an important bill as far as Jack
son county was concerned, but
of small concern, to the rest of
the state. Bob explained this
carefully, touched upon the high
points of the bill, then sat down
confidently to wait for the ex
pected vote of approval. The
first jarring note came in the
form of some rather cutting oo
servations on the possible intent
of this seemingly harmless legis
lation, this from some to whom
we had looked for support. One
representative even went so far
as to state that it looked suspic
iously to him as though some
lawyer somewhere might' just
reap a fat fee from this kind of
bill. Bob answered this "ban
ter" with an assurance that such
was not at all the case, that, in
fact, just the opposite was the
intent. The -ill was designed to
validate a school election and
to avoid possible litigation.
Again he sat down, this time
somewhat less confidently. He
was, in fact, a bit worried, re
membering a "lawyers' bill"
that had gone down to defeat a
day or two before after similar
discussion. There was a call for
the vote, and it began. By the
tim the "D's" were reached, it
was evident that things were not
going well at all. Halfway
through the roll-call, Bob turned
to me to ask, rather hoarsely, U i
I was keeping track of the vote. I j
was not. I could see it was use
less. Our bill was going down
to defeat, and we would never,
never be able to go home to
Jackson county. If Bob couldn't
get a simple little bill like that
through the House, what good
was hcto his constituents? These
were my thoughts, and from the
expression on his face, I could
tell that Bob shared them. It was
over: there had been a few
"ayes." and for these we were
grateful; but our bill was done
for, finished, and we must have
looked stricken. At this point,
and before the speaker could
announce the result, at least a
dozen people jumped to their
feet. As soon as the first one
spoke, we knew. "Mr. Speaker,"
said iie, "I wish to change my
vote!" There was a clamor of
voices, all repeating these lovely
i words; and we sat there feeling j
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Mail Increase
The volume of mail has in
creased tenfold, and in spite of
the time and work involved in
answering all of it, we are very
happy to see this. It indicates a
healthy, lively interest in state
government and a real desire to
help solve the problems which
beset this Legislature. We have
had mail concerning the pro
posed Saturday bank closing,
the bill to raise the speed limits
on Diamond lake, 4-H club dor
mitories, the tree tax, lots of let
ters on school problems, and
other subjects which affect the
people of our district. School
legislation is something which
concerns us deeply. We hope the
large difficulties faced by our
educators can be worked out
quickly for the good of all of our
children.
Bob has developed an interest
in problems of mental health and
has visited the State Hospital
and talked with the staff and
some of the patients. He is try
ing to inform himself well on all
things which will come up this
session, but, failing that, at least
on the most vital problems. We
both feel mental health falls in
that category, since it touches so
many families directly or indi
rectly, and since, with modern
methods, it can be combated.
often with amazing success. It's
victims range from smal chil
dren to those in their nineties-
and each evening as we drive
past all those huge, silent build
ings, we are again appalled at
the number of persons who must
reside therein realizing at the
same time that there are count
less others who desperately
need help and have not had it,
Five Not So Many
We do get out and have a good
time it's not all work. We must
limit our social events for two
reasons: Bob can't spare the
time very often, and we want to
spend as many evenings as pos
sible with our family. We take
them along whenever anyone is
rash enough to say "bring the
children." All of us enjoyed a
potluck dinner given by the
Marion County Democratic club
in February. We arrived late and
in force, and they were crowded:
but they took us in and fed us,
none of the kids behaved dread
fully, the food was good and the
coffee hot, and we had a jolly,
old-fashioned evening
By the way, we .learned tha
night that five children isn'
such a darned big family after
all. Mr. McCarty, the sergeant-
at-arms of the House, turned out
to have seven; as did Representa
tive Dick Eyeman of Eugene
Take Cruise
Another outing on which chil
dren of a certain age were wel
come was the river boat cruise
sponsored by the Portland Mari
time commission. One of the new
commissioners, Dennis Lindsay
is an old friend, and he and his
wonderful wife, Betty, wel
comed Bob and myself, Nancy,
and Angus, aboard a real stern
wheeler one Sunday afternoon
The boat looked much too small
to carry all of us (there were
over two hundred) from the
shore; but once on board, w
found that with a little "giving
and squeezing, we fitted nicely,
It was a perfect day for such
an "adventure," and to us (with
the exception of Bob who is an
old sea-dog) it was that.
We sailed up and down the
Willamette, under bridges and
through bridges, observing with
interest the various vessels tied
Spelling Hints
Given Students
By OSC Expert
up at the docks. I had no Idea
there were so many sizes of tug
boats (there is something quaint
and cosy about a group of them
clustered near a pier). The most
exciting event of the afternoon
was our encounter with a real,
live ocean-going steamer, a Li
berian ship complete with non
chalant and swarthy deck-hands.
We cemented international rela
tions with much tooting and
waving and a light-hearted race
down the river. We won but I
suspect they let us!
A pleasant evening wn nor.
by Bob's mother and I attending I
a reception given by the Bovd
Overhulses. Everyone seemed "to
u mere, and I wasn't too sur
prised to see Paul Haviland and
Hugh Collins who were passing
uuuugn me capital that evening.
Mrs. Duncan met the Governor
and recalled that she had met
him on a previous visit tn n.
Ron, at a picnic in Tou Velle
Park "before you were Gov
erner." There was a pause as we
all reflected what changes time
hath wrought! The Overhulses'
daughter, Emmaline, lent grace
to the evening. She is her dad's
secretary and obviously a real
joy to both her parents.
Holmes Entertain
Another memorable evening
was spent by Bob and T at
the Governor's residence. The
Holmes are launched upon a
program of entertaining all the
members of the legislature and
their wives in groups of thirty
or so. We were glad to see Phil
and Shirley Lowry appear and
the rest of the group proved
equally congenial. We became
reacquainted with the Howard
Morgans, the Tom Wrights (he
was born and raised in Sams
Valley and is now public rela
tions man for the Governor) and
I was treated to the company
of Senator Musa and his sweet
and capable wife, Representative
Musa, at dinner. We sat in
groups of six at round tables in
the very unusual living-room
which boasts a real water-fall
against one wall- (It wasn't turn
ed on, however, arjd I didn't
quite have the courage to ask to
see it operate.) Later on, Marie
Holmes sat down with us. She
is a lovely person, and I'm sure
everyone who meets her must ;
succumb to her warm friendli
ness. Besides all this, she is so
pretty. What more can one ask in
a Governor's lady?
We often think longingly of
home and friends and wish Med
ford weren't quite so far away.
It would be such an operation
to move our household for a
week-end that we decided at the
beginning not to try it. Two of
us, however, have made the
long trek: Angus took the bus
home one week-end and had a
hangup time with his closest pal;
and Bob flew down one week
end to talk to the Southern Ore
gon Conservation group. They
both brought back tales of sun
nier skies and familiar faces, and
we were all homesick for a little
while. Well, the half-way mark
is surely reached, and May
should see us digging once again
in our own backyard.
Dance Announced
At Camp White
Ladies' auxiliary to the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, Depart
ment of Oregon, will sponsor a
dance in the Camp White the
atre Monday, March 18, at 8 p.m.
Music will be furnished by
Zoe Peters orchestra of Ashland.
Those wishing transportation
may take the bus at the Trail
ways depot at 7:30 p.m.
Couple to Speak
In Rogue River
Corvallis Good spellers are
made, not born, and they're
made mostly from desire, cor
rect pronunciation, and knowing
the meaning of words to be
spelled, according to an Oregon
State college professor who is
autor of a new spelling book for
high school students.
Ned D. Marksheffel, assistant
professor of education, says
spelling is basic to writing and
mat u is an extremely impor
tant subject.
"Many factors are involved in
spelling intelligence, ability to
reaa, oackground of experience,
etc. but the average student
can learn to be a good speller if
he wants to and if he works at
it, Marksheffel insists.
His method for studying spell
ing includes these steps: know
the meaning of the word; be able
to pronounce it correctly; break
the word down into syllables;
say it aloud: and then write it.
Special emphasis is placed on
knowing the meaning of words
to oe spelled. "Learning to spell
words which have no meaning
may be a fine .form of mental
gymnastics, but it is not condu
cive to spelling growth," he says.
ttere are some other sugges
tions: Always learn to rjronounre
the word clearly and distinctly.
Research by spelling experts has
shown that a person needs to
know how to pronounce a word
before he can spell it correctly.
Library and government, for
example, are often misspelled
because they're mispronounced
"libary" and "goverment."
Review is important. Within
24 hours from the time you
learn new words, have someone
test you on them again, he ad
vises students.
The dictionary is a great help
Rogue River Women's asso
ciation of Hope Presbyterian
church in Rogue River, will
sponsor a family potluck dinner
Thursday, March 21, at 6:30 p.m.
in Fellowship halL
Immediately following the din
ner Mr. and Mrs. W. Brewster
Hayes of Allahabad, India, will
speak of their work in that coun
try. Allahabad Agricultural in
stitute, a 1 union institution, is
world famous for its program
of teaching, research, and prac
tical demonstration. Mr. Hayes
is head of the department of hor
ticulture. Mrs. Hayes, a medical
doctor, works in the Jumna Dis
pensaries, one at Ewing Chris
tian college and one at the Agri
cultural institute which serve
the general public as well as the
faculty and students.
All families are cordially in
vited to attend. Those attending
the potluck dinner should bring
a dish of food and their table
service. ,
in "studying" words, Mark
sheffel points out. It helps not
only with ' definitions but also
with pronunciation and with
breaking the word down Into
syllables.
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Sunday School for Children 1 1 a.m.
Regular Center Activities;
Thursday Midweek Servite 7:30
p.m., Friday morning Study Class
11 a.m.
HOIJ.Y BUILDING
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