VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
Egrets' Watchmen
Set of Lovely Lace Filet
MIDNIGHT PIDEib
WHO ROTÇED /
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PAUL
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REVELE
Paul Revere was a gold-and-
silver-smith, a trade which he
learned In his father's shop.
A fine copper engraver, he
was the pioneer of copper / ' -**
manufacturing in America.
An officer of the militia,^
Revere was a brave patriot^
and took part in the Boston -F
Tea Party. He induced the
Colonists to seize English
stores and to capture Fort
William and Mary—one of
Ji the first battles of the Revolu-
jVionary War!
Revere was a member
of the band of 30 patriots
who formed a patrol to
watch the movements of
the British forces. Long«
fellow, in his well-known
poem, has commemo
rated the famous ride of
Paul Revere at midnight
on April 18th, 1775, to
rouse the farmers and
warn them of the ap;
proach of the British
* forces.
halts a holdupV
@ Orosset & Dunlap.—WNU Service.
Legend, Mythology and Superstition
Among the Chinese
PEIPING. CHINA
LL of the Western civiliza
tion that can be shipped
into this country from the outer
world will have no effect upon
the established beliefs of the
vast majority of her population.
Here is the ideal country for the
establishment of god« and aeities,
created out of hand to suit any con
dition that may arise. The old
establishment of gods and deities,
credited by the adoption of new
ones.
Prepared for any emergency,
the Chinese have shown what they
could do in a pinch by creating dei
ties for submarine, automobile, pho
nograph, wireless, radio, aviation
and television activities.
Buddhism, accepted out of India,
brought with it a deity today known
throughout China as Kwan Yin,
"one who hears and is moved by
the world.” Legend has it that this
personality about to enter heaven
after death heard a cry of anguish
from earth, and. with one foot on
the threshold of paradise, turned
back In pity, to be of service. In
the early stages Kwan-Yin was rep
resented as a man, but during the
T’ang Dynasty, 618 A. D., a senti
mental official with powers to
change even the word of Buddha
announced that Kwan Yin there
after would appear on all historical
scrolls as a woman.
Goddess Made to Order
Her throne is on the island of
Pootoo, two days out of Shanghai,
where she arrived, according to the
legend, "floating on the leaf of a
water lily,” and there today is her
image. If ever a goddess was made
to order for Chinese patrons, Kwan
Yin, first woman to deplace a popu
lar male idol, is perhaps the best
example.
While on this subject the atten
tion of the Authors League and men
of the pen generally should be called
to Confucianism, which is the reli
gion of the profound, bookish and
philosophical, so to speak. Wen
Ch'ang. the special Confucian cabi
net officer in charge of literature,
is always shown in the society of
four other gentlemen, one of whom
is deaf anu another dumb, as a
ket design with flower garlands
set off by a cool, open mesh
stitch. You can make, in addi
tion to doilies, a buffet set, cen
terpiece and tray cloth that
match. In string the larger
doilie measures 18 by 24 inches
and the smaller 12 by 12 inches.
In pattern 5627 you will find
complete instructions and charts
for making the doilies shown; an
illustration of them and of all
stitches used; material require
ments.
To obtain this pattern send 15
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Pattern 5627
Household Arts Dept., 259 W.
New china, glassware, even the Fourteenth St., New York, N. Y.
Write plainly pattern number,
furniture newly polished — but
what about a set of doilies to set your name and adress.
off all this loveliness? You’ll
want to gather up crochet hook
First Things First
and some string and begin at
It is a mistake to let life be
once on this lovely filet design— come complicated. You should
pattern 5627—and graceful bas put first things first.
Uncle Sam’s “egret guard” has
been mobilized in the Florida Ev-
verglades. For twenty-two years
this detail of game wardens has
watched over the egret, the bird
distinguished for white and silky
plumage during its spring nesting
period.
Once the egret-plume bootlegger
prowled the swamps, destroying
the birds for their feathers
(wanted for women’s hats) and
leaving the young to starve. Now
the bootlegger is almost extinct
and the egret has a chance to
survive.
precaution against hearing or im
parting administration secrets.
The third distributes such coveted
degrees as seem appropriate in the
eyes of the literati. The fourth
hanger-on is known as Mr. Red
Coat, whose life is devoted to boost
ing authors, poets and space-grab
bers who, failing in all other intel
lectual endeavors, have taken up
creative literature. It is the func
tion of Mr. Red Coat, when all
seems lost, to merely nod his head,
thus winning for the literary flop a
certificate of membership among
authors who really sell their stuff.
Wen Ch’ang is also worshiped by
potential mothers, the analogy hav
ing something to do with children
born of the body as well as the
brain.
Lightning Lady’s New Job
The Mother of Lightning, in years
gone by highly esteemed, has re
cently become the Goddess of
Broadcasting. This revision was ef
fected without calling for a single
alteration in the general appear
ance of the Lightning Lady, hereto
fore shown wearing magnificent
robes of blue, green, red and white.
In both hands she carries a mirror
from which two streams of light flare
upward. A zig and a zag in any di
rection will do as a trademark for
any one of the numerous broad
casting corporations now disturbing
the public ear, and at the same
time satisfy China that she had the
right idea before the General Elec
tric company was in the field.
There is no limit to the influence
had upon the Chinese by supersti
tions and fetishes. The Empress
Tz'u Hsi, one of the most learned
and diplomatic rulers in the empire,
and the last occupant of the magifl-
cent summer palace, one of the
show places of Peiping, went into
daily consultation with gods and
goddesses, supposedly holding in
their hands the destiny of China.
China's Marble Dreadnauglit
Take the famous Marble Boat,
moored forever on a solid granite
foundation. This craft, which lifts
its superstructure 30 feet into the
air, and thrusts forward a blunt-
nosed marble prow, was built after
a conference between the Dowager
and some of the best spirits availa
ble at the time. An appropriation
of $30.000.000 for the building of the
Chinese navy was used for its con
struction.
The general opinion was. and is.
that the marble ship, which to this
day continues to behave in the man
ner of something stuck in a pool of
cement, is entirely responsible for
China's defeat at the hands of
Japan in 1894. Nothing could have
been stupider in maritime progress
except for the Dowager to construct
a few cobblestone submarines and a
convoy of brick cruisers. She died !
unconvinced of her error.
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