The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-07-28

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| BY ALICE LINDSEY weea
Wuestions gladly answered. Writ.
me IN care Of the editor.)
BOOK CHAT
MANY readers judge of the powa,
go, a oook by the shock it gives thei,
'eeiihgs. '-Longelow's "Kavenaph .
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Margaret Pedler certainIv I
now TO put plenty of feeling into her
novels OF English life. In her new ona
me Hermit of Far End" (Grossett q
Duhiap) she has dramatis personao
rather similar to that of another ~,
cent story of hers, THE Moon Out of
''eaen, OF which spoke a fortnight
ago. Ihere is the heroine of vivid
peauty and an impulsive Temperament
urawn partly from French strain in
ner ancestry. There is the lover. who.
LOT mysterious reason, must repress
ms mounting passion for her and NAV
not respond even when she does all
the wooing. but lets himself 90 when
he thinks her unconscious from n fall.
mere Is the nice boy lover whose
ihother moves heaven and hell ives.
moves hell right into the front parlor)
10 get her son what he wants. There
IS close parallel, too, in the runaway
escapade in the night with a villain
Gus married artist person. only in this
case 1t is not the heroine who does the
naughty deed but a minor character.
But though Miss Pedler may not have
great variety in her puppets. she has
an extremely pleasant way of present
ing them and their complications Her
houses and gardens are good places to
wander about in, even in fancy: her
pictures are clear. and her ideals al
ways clean and high. This book, for
instance, upholds like torch the yir-
tue of moral courage, personal val
our, and the sancity of ones word
when when once given.
| wish | could quote the whole of
e. l.. d. SeymOur's nice little book on
The Home Garden just brough out
by the Country Life Press Garden
City, N. ". But since that is obvi-
ously impossible, / am going to give
you some of the special directions and
helps that are included with the dis
cussions of garden plans, common fall
licies, garden accessories, and the ele-
puaptc an1 nrofitc NJ oo rJan
Success against weeds means keep
ing them out, not taking them out at
ter they get in.
Cultivate after every rain as soon
as the ground is dry enough to work.
This is to break the surface crust and
conserve the moisture, and to kill the
weeds while they are small.
The best time to cultivate is early
in the morning, so that the weeds
thrown up by the process will be kill
ed by the MONDAY sun and before a
nights dew can revive them.
But never cultivate or handle any
kind of beans when the vines are
wet. This is the easiest way to spread
serious disease and ruin the crop.
Provide brush or wire for peas and
poles for beans before they really
need them. A vine once tangled and on
the ground is never so good as one al
ways supported.
The most common disease OF most
vegetables is some form of mildew.
To control it, spray with bordeaux
mixture or sprinkle with sulphur.
The commonest vegetable insect
pests are plant lice and various kinds
of chewing insects, such as caterpil-
lars and potato beetles. For the former
use kerosene emulsion or a tobacco
spray called BLACK Leaf 4O". For
tho latter use arsenate of lead except
nm plants that are soon to be harvested
in which case hellebore is safer.
A little attention every day Is better
than several hours once week. I'm
less YOU are ready to really care Tor
It. don't start garden at all, Tor a
neglected garden is a disappointment
and discredit to its maker.
That is only taste OF the many
good things packed in between the
bright blue covers, with many pen
drawings and photographs showing
chow and eight charming color
mates of garden features. All this foi
zoe I seem to remember.
Walter Lippman of Harvard, now
with the New York World, proDaDiy
knows as much about public Opinion
and what makes it, and why, and what
IN do with it. as any man on earth.
hove inst read his new book on tae
subject (Harcourt Brace and have
been astonished at the thoroughhess
with which he has covered The whole
Field BEGINNING with comparison
of the world outside and the pictures
within our heads. he goes or TO ana
I'VE the different approaches we nave
IN the world. He talks OF censorship
and privacy, contact and opportunity
time and attention, and words Will
their speed and clearness. he speahs
of sterotypes. blind spots and theli
value codes and their enemies. inter
ests play a large part, he shows, al
the forming of public opinion aho
,horo are various elements that enter
into the making of what is known az
the common will. ;
There is a decidedly clever analysis
| ~ democracy and the influence vi
| nrhIic opinion upon them Here Is "h'