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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
Adequate Punishment for Motorist Who
Kills and Then Speeds Away.
By LAMBERT WALTERS, Laredo, Texas

No punishment could be automobiles who kills
person and then deliberately drives away hope of escaping The
laws OF Texas make this felony but punishment to fl
the crime What needed drastic law fixing punishment as severe
can De nxd under the Constitution for speders crash into
pedestrian or another kill persons and then speed avay
The law should Be person caught after it went
INTO eject would form example that would motorists in the In
ture from taking chances and when they do have an accident from
shirking responsibility by running away
Traffic accidents largely due to pedestrians Rt b a
that happens out the road with very exceptions the ful
Of the moton hope to the Texas this respect
and think state the Union doing general GOOD -
passing laws against this practice drastic they can be
made under the Constitution. "
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

Heidenstam, the Swede, and safter a
gap of three years 1t is now the turn
or knut Hamsun, the Norwegian. Evil
IDENTIFY If Americans are to keep up
with the times they must pay more
attention to the Scandinavian Ian
guages or put the translatOrs to work.
1t is no impeachment of the judges
or the prize-winner that Hamsun's
fame should have been so long in
crossing the Atlantic, although his ro-
nance, Hunger" was published as
long ago as 1888. The Nobel prize,
under the terms of the founder, is to
be given annually ito the person who
shall have produced the greatest work,
in the ideal sense, in the world of let
ters." The names are apparently those
OF authors with wide continental rep
utation rather than those most es-
teemed by their own compatriots.
Hamsun is evidently a born writer.
Perhaps his boyhOod In the Far North
helped to make him writer, poet and
dreamer. The long arctic nights may
have brought out the hereditary trait.
For such nature as his is described,
''paradoxical and rebelliOus as it is
poetic and picturesque" seems neces-
sarily the final fruit of powerful he
reditary tendencies, and his peasant
forbears are said to have been marked
out from their neighbors at least once
in each generation by an artistic
tendency that made of them skilled
craftsmen. At any rate, from the
time he learned to make his letters
he was striving at literary creation,
and when at seventeen he consented
to be apprenticed to a shoemaker ii
was in order that he might earn the
money to have printed at his own ex-
pense his first two complete works,
a short novel and a long poem.
The next use he made of his ap-
premiership was to jump the job with
some more savings and go to Chris
tiania, where he hoped to work his
way through the university. But
In that hope he failed. There were
two reasons for this failure. The
more important was that he had
hoped to pay for his lectures by SELL
ing stuff to the Christiania publishers
of newspapers and periodicals and
he couldn't do 1t. They did not want
his poetry, his fiction or his essays.
This failure produced the second rea-
son why he could not remain at the
He became either an un-
Dearable nuisance to his fellow stu
dents or the butt Of their jibes. They
did not understand him and he made
no effort to be understood. So he
left the university and came to Amer
lea.
Hamsun, like other geniuses, was
apparently born to be misunderstood. |
Shallow SOIL" published In
1898. was the result Of Hamsun's life
among the Bohemians of Christiania
after his street car experience In Chi |
,ag0. 1t does not seem to have been |
I pleasant period In his life. Evil |
1ently he was no better understood |
,r liked by the bohemians than he |
had been by the students at the uni
7ersity dozen years before. Ham,
Jun took his revenge by his violent |
attack on the bohemians in "Shal-
ow Soil" The same life has been de-
'cribed by Strindberg In a much more
,ood-humored way.
Hamsun's career and final success
'eem to point anew the moral that II
s hard to keep a good man down. He
lad hard life, and success seemed a
mere ignis fatuus, but he kept on
rying. go
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
Amber a. Medicine.

The medicinal uses of amber ha'
recently been discussed, and 1t
somewhat curious to find the belief
the curative virtue Of amber nee
laces. In cases Of cold in the hea
still seriously held in China. On
correspondent reports such a cure
a case that had refused to yield
any other treatment, and attributes
to the action Of amber so worn q
the mucuOus membrane. Another go<
only so far as to suggest that SIND
amber had apparently q curative Vi
ne as used internally by the old phys
clans, its use in necklaces had a n
tiOnal basis according to the vies
once in vogue" which is reasonabl
enough.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
Chinese Lily Fine Plant

One OF the most successful bulbs for
house culture is the Chinese sacred
iiiy. variety Of the narcissus which
IS imported from China. Place in a
dish about three inches deep. put in
one and half-inches Of sand. and GOV.
er with one inch Of gravel. white peb-
bles. or broken marble. On this set
the bulbs to prevent them from float.
ing. Place them in sunny window
and they will bloom perfectly. The
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
THE THIRD HEAVEN.

According to an ancient Jewish opin-
Ion there were three heavens: (1) that
wherein the birds fly. (2) that where
In the stars move. 60 that where the
Highest and His angels live. In II Ger
inthians st. Paul's reference is to the
heaven OF heavens. the place of Gods
ruling over angels and all powers, as
distinct from Paradise where the souls
OF the faithful dead abide, to which
best place he was raptured, also, a.
be says In the same passage.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

Danish newspaper, Hunger" placed
Hamsun in the first rank of Scandi-
navian authors. His novel of the
same title, Hunger" made him world
famous. The mastery and Impress
I've analysis of the human soul in
Hunger" is characteristic of all of
Hamsun's writings.
His great success and fame not
withstanding, Knut Hamsun con-
tlnues to live a solitary life; he did
not care for hOnOrs. When his fifth
eth birthday was celebrated through
out Norway and the Norwegians
rhapsodized over him as the greatest
living poet" Hamsun retired to a hut
In the forest near Gulbrandstal.
When he had reason to assume that
his admirers would find him there he
went further north to the Hamsun
farm, where he lived when a little
child. From there he issued his en-
ergetic Honor to the Young" coming
out for youth against age, in defiance
OF the accepted theory of the superb
ority of the old.
That he himself had not aged he
proved by his novel, "a Wanderer
Plays With the Sardine." Subse-
quently ne wrote the wonderful satire
OF the drama, .Gotten by the Devil"
which showed that the high quality
of his own dramatic creations was
not adversely Influenced by his con-
tempt of dramatic art and technique.
His other dramatic trilogy AT the
Door Of the Wealthy" Queen Ia
mara" (his best drama), and "Munken
Vendt" Ian impressive picture of the
life of a debauched theologian)-is
powerful.
Still better are Hamsun's novels,
among them Mysteries" Editor
LANCE" and the love story pan" All
these writings are strange mixture
OF rude realism, dreamy mysticism
and impulsive sentiment. On the one
hand Hamsun let's loose the reins of
phantasy and introduces us to n
world Of wonderfully dear dreams:
on the other hand, he is a cold critic
of the human soul, who exposes the
weak side Of modern life with pepe- |
trating intellect.
1t is said that 65,OOO,OOO pages Of
Hamsun's work have appeared in % |
languages. but 1t is safe to say that
the average well-read American had |
never heard Of him. In short, the
award comes as distinct shock. By
what mischance all these years has
he overlooked the Norwegian writer's
name suddenly to be Inundated by his
own ignorance? II he subjects to ex.
his acquaintances who have
earned the. reputation of being explor.
ers in the world of books, II NAV no
some consolation to find that they are
no better Informed about Hamsun and
his works. Have American publishers
done their duty to country whose
forests are rapidly being depleted in
the cause of literature in sighting an
author held worthy by; the Stockholm
Jury of signal honors?
In former years when the Nobe,
were announced tbero
was no such cause for self-reproach.
At least 1t was reassuring to know
hat they were persons Of worldwide
'enown. however widely read. Sullv.
Mommsen, Bjornson.
histral, Echegaray, Sienkiewicz. Car.
iucci, Kipling. Paul Won Heyse. Mae
eriinck. and the rest, whether French
ierman, Norwegian, Spanish, Polish.
italian, English, or Belgian, for the
occasion needed no Introduction. Then
n 1915 came the browning of Werner
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

/
ductOr back in the eight
les. Anyway, Knut Hamsun, who is d
Norwegian and lives a near-hermit life
in the wilds of Norway, has been
awarded the belated prize of 1919
whereat most Americans are vastly
astOnished.
Some old-time Chicago residents of
Scandinavian blood remember Knut-
they seem to think in those days
that 1t was spelt with three letters.
"Why, sure, I-knewl him; l knew
that Knut Hamsun," said DIR. Anders
Doe, for many years prominent in Den
Norske club. "He was such an out
at-the-elbOws lad; he was very poor.
NO, he had no money. That was in
the early eighties. when he came to
Chicago after working as a plowboy
on the virgin North Dakota prairies.
He got job as conductor on the old
HaIsted street line. The horses pulled
the cars then. And, my, it was cold
on the back platform. / still remeIn-
Der knut's chapped, red wrists, where
his coat-sleeves forgot to meet his
mittens. And he carried books in his
pockets. Always books, Euripides,
Aristotle. Thackeray. Such a dream
er! The passengers used to get mad.
he would forget to pull the rope. They
missed their corners"
And so disaster befell Conductor
knut Hamsun. The Halsted street
horse-car was not for him. He couldn't
remember the streets. On pilgrimages
down the line he used to call out
North avenue" for division street,
One day an old lacy asked Hamsuh
II the car was southbound. Hamsun
scratched his scraggled blond hair. He
ran forward, trampling over the pas
sengers' feet.
Are We going south? p he asked the
driver.
I'VE are going to H." growled the
driver.
And so the superintendent of the
car barn gave Knut Hamsun the sack.
He said the Norwegian was too stupid
even to cruise as skipper of a Halsted
street car. Hamsun went TO New
York. He got berth on Newfound-
land fishing-smack. Later he worked
his way to Norway as a seaman.
1t Is restless life, full of adventure
that we find in Hamsun's writings
which are properly called the au-
thor's confessions. He is truly rem.
of the Scandinavian bobe-
mans whom he lets look in the glass
IN his novel, "The Earth"
Born in Gulbrandstal on August a
1850. Hamsun wrote little poems when
young shoemaker apprentice. He
lid not like that trade.
His progressive longing for adyen-
ure drove him to the United States.
where he tried to make a living as q |
'abin boy, miner, store clerk. horse. |
ar conductor, and what not. Durinr
nat period he wrote a sketch or poem
nee In while, or was an aggressive
lgitatOr OF atheism and anarcb,sm
When he believed he was a consumn-
i've he was. for short time. a preacb.
II and devoted his spare time and en-.
'rgy to the study of religious mysti.
ism.
In all dilemmas Of his adventurous
lie Hamsun was homesick. When no
anded at Copenhagen he was without
money or friends. Disguised with
lie, ne hid In garnet to starve him
elf to death.
His sketch Hunger" was the off.
pring of the struggle between volnn.
airy starvation and the instinct of
eif-preservation that could not he
onquered by the longing for the
great unknown" When printed in a
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
N.A. hAt~ea
RECIPES WORTH HAVING.

Orange Marmalade cske.-Take one
third of a cupfu1 Of shortening, one
cupful of sugar, two eggs, one-half cup
full of milk, one cupful of orange mar
malade, one and three-fourth cupfuls
Of sifted -four. three teaspoonfuls of
baking powder and one teaspoonful
of cinnamon. Mix and bake In a loaf
pan about fifty minutes, in a moderate
oven.
A most delicious dessert IL made
with minced crystallizeG fruits, nuts.
whipped cream and marshmallows.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

mowers are white. with a yellow-tinted
cup the stems having a truss, with
from three to seven blooms. The Chi.
nese cut away the hard skin on the
top Of the bulb. which seems to IA.
ciiitate the growth. but in cutting, one
must be careful to cut only one-eighth
OF an inch In depth. or the leaf growth
will be injured.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

kings ransom. Examination of few
OF the letters reveals the fact that
the entire collection of correspondents
once occupied the files in the law of.
nee OF one William Morris Meredith
man of large acquaintance, who re.
ceived letters from persons in all parts
OF the country and abroad.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
Versatile.

my wife Is woman who alwaJ
speaks her mind"
"Her conversation must be mons
onous."
mot at all. She's continually chane|
ing her mind. Boston Transcript
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

promoting health, Of
cousse aids beauty as
well and the habit of eat
ing an apple or more a
day Is one which it is
wise to cultivate. There
are few who are not able
to digest a raw apple;
for those unfortunates a
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
Under Curess.

That's a perfectly lovely coat 20
have on, my DEAR" "a
ut ought to be. / had TO accu
John of flirting three times before
managed to get it."-Browning's ~
sxine.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

work believe beginning early educate for citizenship The children
should be made realize that citizenship also believe
that in the schools girls should given special business instruction
and fact all possible equipment that will help fit them for their
particular niche In life What the particular niche be hard
question You can't lay law because all depends
the heshe environment training
talent and most important of ALL her inclination.
AS to the rewards and dapponmnts of public service
women are young yet In their field of opportunity But believe
they be less material than that when they pub
lie service they have bigger detectives and will therefore have bigger
wards OF they will have the disapponmnts that
nave added the sacrifices have make when they public
life that men do
matter of fact believe fitted for municipal
positions than they for national that their breadth SYM
pathy and understanding of problems much
bigger municipal work. In the Red Cross for instance the national
work such huge undertaking that unless had given
hing to interest them in local them
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
obeys Natural Law

A top or any other spinning body,
If under no restraint, will gradually
turn on Its axis and point to the pole
star.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

Why orones Are Numerous.
Inc great puzzle has been why did
nature create so many drones among
bees, when but one ever served a def.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

htillS III ptlSOu
IL oVer,th phone the price, perhaps, is
the best qualification. Oranges should
De chosen by weight, as well as crane
r-uit. The fruit may or may not be
all edible; If the skin is heavy there
Is not much left after peeling. as the
peel is of little value for eating mr.
poses. The oranges that are heavy
win seeds cannot be called a good
purchase. BY testing one of each of
various prices and weighing the pulp
AFTER peeling and seeds, if any, are
removed. one may have a means Of
comparing values and of judging Of
the right kind of purchase. As to quail
", that elusive something which may
taste like the aroma of flowers or be
as tasteless as water is hard TO choose.
so really the old proverb ''the proof Of
the pudding is I'm the eating" is the
only real test of fine orange. The
FLORIDA orange is usually much thin
ner skinned than the California navel,
out Is often full of seeds. However.
one VIII not sacrifice flavor at the ex-
anges are not at their best until after
christmas and are usually cheapest in
February and March.
Orange Soaffle.-To the whites of
three eggs add small pinch Of salt
and beat until stiff. then gradually
beat In three tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Beat the yOlks of three eggs until
light aDl lemon colored, add six table
spoonfuls Of powdered sugar and stir
In enough orange juice to thin to the
consistency Of coffee cream. Into
this fold carefully one-half of the beat
en- whites. tusn into baking dish and
COOK IN dish of water until ii puffs.
spread over it the pulp of three or
anges. cover with the remainder of
the egg whites and set in the oven to
brown over lightly. 1t is always well
TO remember when using oranges that
the pulp becomes bitter If cooked Mt a
high temperature.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
fl x&tBi$HE{E4H

The friends we've loved and love may
have departed
Some gone for aye: yet memory
holds them dear.
The partings left us sad and broken
hearted:
The twilight shades of evening bring
them near.
Edith Louise Farrell
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
WHAT TO EAT,

Each year the value of apples as a
health fruit Is Icing more appreciat.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
Parcel Post System and the Salary of
the Fourth Class Postmaster.

By ". H. BRoPHY National League Of Po,tm.,t.r,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
Il Believe That Every Girl Should Be
Trained to Do Something"
By MISS MABEL BoARDMAN District of Columbia Commissioner

Do think young woman should enter public
service provided she has the inclination? That de-
ponds upon circumstances; family conditions most
always playing large part in a woman's decision.
Her first duty lies at home, and nothing can ever
change that
On the other hand l believe that every girl
rich poor-should be trained to do something,
either by which she could make living or by which
she could benefit humanity. There is excuse for
absolutely selfish existence Every woman, with the
possible exception of the young mother with growing
family should find some opportunitv for pnblic service
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

All the past things are gone and over:
The tasks are done and the tears are
shed.
Yesterdays sorrows let yesterday
cover;
Yesterdays wounds which smarted
and bled
Are healed with a healing wbieb
night hath shed.
Susan COOLIDGE
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

One OF the crying needs OF the service classified civil service
us for third and fourth class pomaster parcel post system
has placed burden the postmastes of this that is all ont ~
proportion to their compensation Since the parcel post system was e
bshd 1t has grown gigantic proportions and smaller towns
where large percentage of buying done from order houses
1orms the bulk Of the mail handled.
The present compensation of the postmaster is fired IN
conditions that existed half century ago. pay is based on nor
omee Of the cancellation OF stamps in the outgoing mail Incoming
maui nom three to eight times greater than the outgoing mail and
TIE postmaster gets nothing for handling That means that b b
nom three TO eight times work to do free than paid work
An adequate scale based the of service ou;res .a
s amount OF work performed what National Ieapue Of p
.sszs stands for and will be asked grant such scale at the
coming session. " ''
james Hoc President National Council Teachers Of Emo
the most powerful factor forming opinion in
country that governed by public opinion To have good
must however have an educated clientele Like everything else news
papers are as good then readers demand All journalists look
sne posph OF improvement the quality of their pan as IT,
pubic responds to better and dgnfed treatment of chr
Judge Harry Lewis Chicago-Many home h.s bean broken ~
s'es'se the man has been too lazy pet his wifa
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
A CHAPTER ON ORANGES.
From the pres

From the pres
ent time up to
April and May
oranges will be
plentiful. NJ o S {
people Judge an
orange by the size
and color. if mar
keting in person;
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
~Az7zcxvJ C0LzYz7HY

I'D you ever hear of Knut
Hamsun before he won
the Nobel prize for lit
erature? Well. you need
MT feel lonesome-un-
less you are an Old-time
resident of Chicago, where
he was a horse-car con-
ductor back in the eight
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08

Judge Harry Lewis Chago-Many home has BEEN broken -,
ssssnss the man has been too lazy pet his vita =
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-13
ST. CABRlEL'SBUYS
NEW APPARATUS
ADDITION OF NEW INVENTION
PUTS HOSPITAL HERE
AMONG BEST

The past week has seen new era
in surgery here; new invention Just
on the market for the first time has
been purchased and added to the equip
mcnt of St. Gabriel's hospital of this
city that puts that institution in the
very front rank of the great hospitals
in fact in no place in the world, those
in y position to know, state, is anything
superior to this device to be had.
The invention has to do with the
making of X-ray pictures of the
human body. Heretofore in all appar-
atus X,ray photographs were blurred
by what were called the secondary rays
of light "fogging' the plate. This
new patent eliminates this trouble en-
tirely and all parts of the body can now
be photographed with the greatest
clearness; the most minute injury locat-
cd in any part of'the body, the spine,
hips, and skull, all of which before were
most unsatisfactory, are now clear as
the fingers. Internal organs and ;ntcs-
tines are brought into view as never
hefore-even gallstoncs are successful
ly seen and food photographed entering
and c1nptying from stomach.
An apparatus of this kind is deemed
of incredible value, both for diagnosis
and for treatment of the sick and in
jured. One may better appreciate what
it means to have hospital thus equip
ped wAcn it is pointed out that st. Ga
h1icl's hospital purchased the twenty
sixth machine put out.