VERNONIA EAGLE. VERNONIA. OREGON HEROES OF AMERICAN HISTORY For Bedspread and Scarf HIS PEN WAS MIGHTIER, THAN A SWORD John Hancock attended Harvard University and then entered his uncle's trading business. At 27 he fell heir both to the prosperous busi* ness and to a large personal for* tune. His wealth and social position made him a great influence in the Colonies, and the battles of Lexing* ton and Concord were directly due to the attempt of the English Gen­ eral Gage to capture him and Samuel Adams as the leaders of the Revolution. HANCOCK Hancock fought in Rhode Island during the war and attained the rank of major general. He was the first governor of Massachusetts, and his popularity was attested by his re­ election eleven times! He served In that of­ fice until his death In 1776 Hancock was the first boldly to affix his signature to the Declaration of Independence, a very brave move, when it is considered that as first published 'the Declaration went abroad with only his signature on it. His name is now an expres­ sion to signify the signing of any great docu­ ment. Hobson's Choice chet a simple medallion in hum­ ble string. Repeated and joined they make stunning “heirlooms.” In pattern 5560 you will find complete instructions for making the square shown; an illustration of it and of all the stitches need­ ed; material requirements. To obtain this pattern send fif­ teen cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W.Fourteenth St.,New York, N. Y. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address. V. '.J Pattern 5560 We Perform Most Tasks “Company’s coming!”—so out with the best bedspread, the dresser’s matching scarf, both crocheted this easy way. You’ll have reason indeed, to be proud of this lacy pair, to say nothing of a tea or dinner cloth, buffet or vanity set, all of which grow little by little as you cro­ Because of its many labor-sav­ ing devices the United States per­ forms half the useful tasks of the world. America is the chief user of power, about 13 horsepower per person being consumed. For­ ty times as much work is done by mechanical means in the Unit­ ed States as by human labor. The quotation, “Hobson’s choice,” came into being as the result of the eccentricity of Tobi­ as Hobson, an English stable owner. When a man came to him to rent a horse, he was shown a number of animals in the stable, but Hobson always in­ sisted that he take the horse which stood next to the stable door. “Hobson’s choice” was thus born to indicate that al­ though the selection was suppos­ edly yours, that of another person was forced upon you. © Grosset & Dunlap.—WNU Service. Ddvi/M T&veaiifflâ. Six Hours in an Aisle Scat Absorb­ ing a Classical Vengeance TOKYO. AR away and long ago in the fourteenth year of Gen- roku, 1701, during the rule the Tokugawa Shogunate, 47 loyal retainers of the Lord of Ako, inspired by thirst for ven­ geance because of humiliation heaped upon their leader, squared the account with a series of blood lettings and acts of sacrifice that still stir the pulse of Japan. To give even an outline of the story, offered the present genera­ tion in the form of classical drama, a single production of which runs from 3 p. m. to 11 p. m., with two hours lapsed time consumed by in­ termissions, is out of the question. As a time consumer, any one of Eugene O’Neill’s earlier dramas would have been a mere curtain- raiser and Parsifal a one-act skit compared with “The Forty-Seven Ronins.” The Kabuki-za Theater, where the production is given every two years for a period of three weeks, boasts the largest revolving stage in the Far East. With a seating capacity of 1,600 at prices ranging from 6.50 yen in the stalls and dress circle to 1.40 in the upper circle (the yen reckoned as a Jap­ anese dollar), the house packed for every performance and the au­ dience being fed at six restaurants during the several intermissions, this vengeance drama drags down what New York managers term “Important money.” Death Scene No. 1 In death scene No. One, Uzaye- mon Ichimura, the outstanding thespian suicide in the kingdom, ap­ proached the tragic moment in a beautiful setting of silver and jade, kneeling on an immaculate mat, himself clothed in no less than five white kimonos trimmed in pea green. While murmuring regret at the necessity for extinguishing his life, in the presence of 46 brother ronins kneeling in the background he removed his raiment, layer by layer, as one peels a Bermuda on­ ion and with such deliberation as to create a suspense indescrib­ able in its intensity. At precisely 5:05, slowly, like one unaccwtQWd W haste, wyjg F the pressure of both hands, he in­ serted at the base of his ribs on the left side of his body a short dagger to its hilt, his eyes fixed on space. Simultaneously, the orches­ tra, consisting of a one-piece stringed instrument augmented by a human voice trained to express mortal agony, put forth from a bamboo-curtained loft located 15 feet above the wings on the right side of the stage a burst of vocal and musical anguish that chilled the blood. Ichimura, under perfect control, then proceeded to carry on a conversation, apparently with his conscience, in which he re­ viewed the business in hand. of Withdraws Dagger at 5:30 At 5:30, he withdrew the blade, examined the crimson stain care­ fully and slumped forward in a heap, the weapon clutched in his fingers. The orchestra put forth a discordant note or two,- signify­ ing the end of the self-slain ronin lying in his numerous garments like one who had fallen from fa­ tigue. At this juncture a hench­ man, with tenderness in every ges­ ture, took possession of the dag­ ger, smoothed out the white and green garb of the departed and placed incense before the silent figure. The hands of my watch recorded 6:03 within two minutes of one hour from the thrust to the end. Behind the living screen of his comrades, the still form was lift­ ed into a palanquin brought into the palace to receive heroic clay. Parting, they revealed the lifeless sacrifice to the ancient code. The suggestion of death was perfect; the auditorium silent as a tomb. It is written, "When the master is insulted, his vassal dies.” With! vengeance complete, the remaining 46 Ronins followed Ako by com­ mitting hara-kiri on one and the same day. Public Rushes for Food In acting and in stagecraft, it ■ was magnificent, this pretense of reality recalled from the feudal past Immediately following this scene the audience, one and all, made a rush for the six restaurants ready to serve Lght or heavy re­ pasts in accordance with the public hunger and took nourishment, thus fortifying themselves to look upon the talented Uzayemon Ichimura perform another seppuku between eight and nine the same evening, one in which he used a standard sized samuri sword, all but disem­ boweling himself. In a technical sense this artist aimed to show how a plebian ronin would behave in comparison with an aristocrat, as depicted in the hara-kiri scene first described. He showed that gentlemen prefer complete sereni­ ty even in their dealing with death, aad deliberation as well. 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