The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-04-07

Oregon. ! ii,ea with Dr. Margarel
| Smell. founder c: the home ecorIrlic.
department G. o. A. c. Sac fonio
Wake Rol IN in my bookcase, s.lf
| pro Dosed tina; We read it tosethcr 81
eys,y 10; ring she came an sat Ly
until breakfact time, her gentle, cul.
| tivated voice matching the happy con.
tent and strength of her sweet face
with its crown of silver hair. The re-
| turn of birds in the spring, the mi
grants in the hemlock boughs, the
very words birds nests, bring
pleasant memories not of Burroughs
| books alone, but of Miss Smell. the
freight on her face, the book in her
hand. enjoying both. Suppose you get
uncle, or some one of the dear "old
folks, to read one of Burroughs
books with you. You will both enjoy 1t
not only now, but long time after
ward
If you like dogs better than birds,
you might read "Stickeen" ca by
John Muir, another grand old man.,
who discovered the great Muir Glacier
in Alaska The little dog "Stickeen'
went with him on many a difficult and
dangerous tramp across the noun
tains and terrible crevasses. DR.. S.
Hall Young, Muirs exploring COM
panion, calls the slim book the
worlds greatest dog classic"
*~.s
I've asked dozens of people who
Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone" was
and though not one of them had the
slightest notion, and said they had
never heard Of him before, III wager
YOU could tell me in second il
quote a couple of lines of the poetry
that has made him famous:
81 turn the leaves of fancy, till in
shadowy design
| find the smiling features of an old
sweetheart of mine"
Why. yes, o fcourse. Jas. Whitcomb
Riley His first book came out under
the pen name Of Benz. f. Johnson of
Boone. You are probably acquainted
with his Child World" 90 which has
for introduction an orchard descrip-
in their happy realty, of the descrip
lion of the blind boy David among the
apple bins on the winter night in
Bitter Sweet 90, telling by the
fragrance of each what variety it is,
and where it grew in the orchard.
There is also the storytelling around
the fire, till
Each little jacket
Is now "A packet
OF murderous thoughts and fancies, y
when Joseph relates the old tale of
Blue Beard in a thrilling manner.
learned the Is verses of it when
was ten years old to speak at school,
and I've often used it since to enter
tain groups OF children
Two excellent, practical books for
domestic science teachers of the State
College are Feeding the family by
Rose Mary Schwartz, published by
the Macmillan Co.; and The Ameri-
can Home Diet" by E. V. McCollum
and Nina Simmonds, published by
Frederick c. Mathews Co, of Detroit,
Mich. The latter is said to be ian
answer to the ever present question,
Some New Books.
The Sense Of Humor' by Eastman
(Scribner's).
High Egg Production" by Tancred
and Atkinson. (2) Qn press.)
"Old Trails and New Borders" by
Edward A. Steiner. go.
America and the Balance Sheet of
Europe" by John F. Bass and Harold
G. Moulton. ca
Effective Business Letters, by
Edward II. Gardner. 90.
Cd D. Appleton & Co.
(2l Reliable Poultry Journal Pub
Co. Quincy, Ills.
What shall we have for dinner?"
ca Houghton, Mifflin & Co. New
| York City.
90 Bowen-Mer Co., Indianapolis
Indiana.
60 Charles Scribners' New York
City.
60 Fleming II. Revel Co Chicago.
% The Ronald Press CO. New York
City.