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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-03-23
Four Red Letter Days in 1922.

: Four Red Letter Days in 1922.
While August Fl, %, % and "a, the
dates of Minnesota's legion and auxil-
larry state convention and $40 and 8"
reunion seem long way off, legio-
naires Of Virginia, Minn., are sitting
up nights concocting plots and plans
to make them the red-letter days of
1922 in the memory of Gopher legion
and auxiliary members. In fact, the
whole Mesaba iron range is laying
plans to entertain the several thousand
delegates who will go north next
August. Hanford MacNider, legion
national commander, and other FAM
Gus men, will be there.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-03-23
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Big Gopher Rally May S and 6.

Big Gopher Rally May S and 6.
Minneapolis is the place, May 5 and
6 the time, when Minnesota's thousand
legion post commanders and adjutants
will meet in big state rally to rub
shoulders, learn each others IDEAS
and condense their ideas into plans
for the future. This was decided at
a meeting of 20 district commanders
and adjutants held in St. Paul on
March ~. National Commander Mac
Nider, the originator and a strong be-
lever in the plan of getting together
the men who actually do the legion's
work, hopes to be present.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-03-23
WHEN SELF-LO IS WOUNDED
Then q Called Into Play the uolisst
Of All Human Passions, That
Of Jealousy. .1s

Jealousy is the ugliest of all human
passions and the one which makes
the greatest misery in the world. It
is the outcome Of egotism, the twin
sister of vanity, and it's brood are all
the sorrows of the human race. =
But what is jealousy when an
alyzed? WI
It is the bitterness which arises
either when someone else possesses
that which we desire and cannot OBJ
tain, or the fear that what we pos
sess may be taken from us by another.
The very fact of our feeling fear shows
that we know this other possesses
power stronger than our own-and
this is a reflection upon our personal
merit, and therefore a wound to our
self-loye, says Elinor Glyn in the Lon
don Times.
Men and women are jealous when
another approaches one they love-
their natural egotism is wounded by
the inference that this other has not
realized their own worth, and dares to
dispute their sway jealousy being
reused to fury should the one they
love respond to alien glances, because
the wound to self-love is deeper still
in that case, and the poison sinks into
the very being.
But jealousy between the sexes is
more pardonable fault than any 9TH
er form of the virus, because it goes
back to the instinct Of elf-preserva-
ton and, in the broader sense, race
preservation, and although it's indul-
gence produces misery and cTme, it's
origin is not altogether base or wholly
egotistical.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-03-23
He Wasn't Saying.

"You want a big army, battleships,
submarines and airplanes merely for
self-defense?"
"Of course" said the diplomat.
"And you have no thoughts Of ag-
erosion against any other nation?"
"None to speak off, replied the dip
,omat, slyly.-Birmingha Age-Herald
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Oratorical Achievement

"What do you consider the most in
fluential speech you ever made?"
''The one I delivered day before
yesterday" replied Senator Sorghum.
"The cook was threatening to leave,
and by exerting my powers Of elb-
quence to the utmost persuaded her
to STAY"
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Gophers Are on Job.

A. R. Wilton, circulation manager
of the American Legion Weekly,
writes: *tThe number Of dues re-
ceived from Minnesota legionaires for
1922 indicates that the Gophers are On
the job. I want to congratulate you
on the splendid showing Minnesota is
making. If all states showed the same
spirit and activity the membership of
the American legion would be doubled.
Nothing is too good for the Gopher
gang at the office"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-03-23
Incapable.

Mrs. Gnaggs-Very few men are
able to govern themselves
Mr.. Gnaggs-I suppose that's the
reason so many of US ungovernable
guys get married.
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No Crankinq for Her.

II want to look at a car"
Eyes, ma'am," said the suave sales
man. eve handle positively the best
automobile in the world. Is there
any particular style you want?"
'No; Tin not particular about the
style, justs so it's a self-beginner."
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Fine. Clean and American.


To the 1900 legion posts and l.
100000 legionaires who chose him as
their leader for 1922, National Com
mander MacNider says: "Build big,
fine and strong. Keep clean, straight,
and American"
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The Joker In tho Transaction.

The Joker In tho Transaction.
II understand you are trying to sell
your farm and all the live stock"
"Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel.
1.-THE deal has got to cover everything.
I've got mule that I've made up my
mind to get rid of, and the only chance
Of doing it is to put the animal across
as an incidental item."
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Natural Gift.

Natural Gift,
Miss Catt-What makes you think
Miss Wry would be a good usher7
Miss Nlpp-Because she is always
trying to put people in their proper
places. -.
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The PesSlmlst.

Mans faith IL not what once It was,
At least, 80 we are told.
But still, we know, there's just a. much
Eake stock as ever sold.
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Pure Negligence.

II notice they arrested another big
gang Of bootleggers in Chicago yes
terday."
"What for? Getting behind with
their deliveries ?"-Life.
a:.syru Il, t,-s; Il ;;;gsdS&H
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as San Francisco. but the cost would
be prohibitive. It is much cheaper to.
locate factories near: the falls.
Dire Threat.

Bartholomew had been very naugh-
ty, and at last in despair his mother
shut him up in a large cupboard
wherein were stored all sorts of arti-
cles. He Immediately began to below
and stamp and make terrific noise
generally. Finally silence ensued, and
his mother who was just showing his
auntie out remarked as they passed
the cupboard II think Bartie has bro
ken the record this timer -.
"Yes' came the unexpected re-
joinder from within. II have, an
If you don't let me out I'll smash the
machine( as we'll !" Detroit Free
Press.
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Easier to Manage.
Bunter-Neither my brother nor 1
was able to get to sleep last night; he
had the toothache, and I, you know,
am in love. ~. t..
Hunter-And who fell asleep first in
the end?
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The New York herald., 1922-07-02

When M. de Poncheville a month
after the armistice hurried to Hahn
aut, he heard that the poets home
had been invaded by German ball
loonists and finally destroyed by fire.
NJ. Laurent had tried to save Ver-
haeren's books. papers and picturess
but although he pointed to the
order of the Kommandatur and
locked what seemed to him most
precious into room, which the in
vaders promised to respect. he found
them going in and out of it. On the
9th of November, 1918. he saw smoke
coming from the house, but his own
place was being bombarded at that
moment, and he could not go to the
rescue. What De Poncheville found
when he came to the place where
poet who belonged to the whole
world had written some of his most
exquisite works was ruins and de-
bris.
Thus the Caillou-qui-biqu which
was to have borne commemorative
tablet, disappeared without leaving
trace. But the memory of the poet
lives not only in the hearts of his
people but in the monument to his
home life contained in a book by
Sweden's philosopher on love and
marriage. Ellen Key. For an artis;-
couple of our time to be singled out
as a model by that idealist is
rare distinction.
= 'Andre de Poncheville: verhaeren
en- Hainaut. Paris. Mercure de France.
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poete," the simple folk understood
"un Boer." a term then frequently
heard by them, and soon he came to
be known as "le Boer du bois."
later 'le monsieur du bois." Thus
are legends woven about great men!
The house at Hainaut was gradu-
ally furnished by the poet. So dear
to him were his country and his
people that he would have little in
it that was not the work Of native
artisans. He acquired the furniture
piece by piece at the neighboring
farms and the antique shops of Mons.
10 his workroom there was q table
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vironment; it was furnished in ma
hogany in the Empire and Restora-
tion style. Verhaeren had a collec-
tors sense for beautiful furniture
and was always discovering some
treasure in an antique shop. Once
he had an inlaid table. that he had
seen at Mons. sent to Saint Cloud. His
guests here represented many coun-
tries. Verhaeren had intelligent in
terpreters in Johannes Schlaf of
Weimar and Stefan Zweig of Vienna.
1t was at a lecture in Munich that
the writer saw him In the spring OF
1911. He spoke on the cult of en-
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the German manifesto could only
say to her: 'Go! there is nothing
more in common between us.
Some weeks after this meeting, d /.
Poncheville saw him once more at
the home of Nine. Stuart Merrill in
Versailles. Verhaeren had learned
through neutral representative,
that the 'Kommandatur" of Roisin
had vouched for the safety of bis
home at Hainaut. which was close
to the fighting zone. The death OF
Verhaeren cume in the fall OF that
year. He was spared another dis
appointment.
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thusiasm, and although there was
nothing dramatic about his delivery.
the earnestness Of his appeal:
"Admirezvous les uns les autres!"
was unforgettable.
In the summer of 1914 Stefan
Zweig, who has since become a
disciple of Roman ROLAND, was to
visit Verhaeren at Hainaut. They
were not to meet Nor was YER
haeren ever to see the Caillou-qui-
bique again. When the war broke
out M. de Poncheville was with the
French army that had hurried to
the defense of Belgium Dismissed
from one hospital and on his way to
another, he stopped at Saint Cloud
to see Verhaeren. Thus he learned
from the poets own lips how the war
had struck him
1 was in Brussels when heard
the monstrous news of the entry
of the Germans into Belgium and
their hypocritical proclamation. In
that moment I felt sudden revo-
luton take place within me: 1 be-
came another being; hatred had
invaded my heart Only a few
days before ! had met a German
friend. He said that he antici-
pated grave events and confided
to Nine. Verhaeren and me the
care OF his wife, charming.
pretty. intelligent woman I had
loved them both. But when read
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srmounted by book shelves that had
been designed by his friend Theo
van Rysselberghe. A bronze bust Of
the poet by the painter Georges Tri-
bout served as paper weight. On
the mantelpiece was a clock Of old
yellow marble. topped off bysa bronze
statuette of Napoleon. Verhaeren's
portrait by Montald was hanging be-
tween the two windows. On center
table were portfolios with engravings
and etching by Bernier, who had a
studio In the neighborhood, and
Brangwyn. whose designs embellished
some editions of the poems. Cherry
and oak predominated throughout
the house. sometimes painted in
bright colors and decorated with cop
per trimmings. In the dining room
was massive old oak piece which
had belonged to an uncle Of Ver-
haeren.
The two rooms in which he re-
ceived his guests were full of mod
ern paintings. some by Nine YER
haeren, others by friends like Ryssel-
berghe, Montald. Bernier Ruffin. a
drawing by Constantin Meunier and
d sketch of Christ on the cross by
Van Dyck. The curtains and cush-
ions were all the work OF Nine. Ver-
haeren. What symposiums took
place in these rooms whenever De
Poncheville came over on his bicycle
from Valenciennes. accompanied by
Julien Desjardins, the landscapist of
Picardy: Ruffin, whose portrait o.
Verhaeren. hanging in an adjoining
room, was likened to a work by
Frans Halls; Clerfeyt, the poet who
was to be verhaeren's biographer.
but died before him. and others! Jules
Mousseron. the miner-poet of Denain.
was frequent guest. So was Bernier.
Hours radiantswith genial hospital
ity they were: meetings at which
friendships were made for life.
But the most beautiful hours of
Hainaut were those afternoon hours
when the poet returned from his
walks, where for hours he had barred
his brow and chest to sun and wind
and had bathed in the light and the
air and the fragrance of grass and
flowers. 1t is such hours that he
commemorated in the unique volume
Of love poems. ''Le Heures d'Apres-
midi" from which the following lines
are taken:
81 bring you tonight a gift of joy:
Into the frank and merry wind I
plunged,
Into the gold and silk of the sun
I bring you. the life and beauty OF the
plains:
Their fresh and wholesome breath I
bring to you.
The mints have caressed my fingers,
and the air.
The fragrance and the light are In my
flesh
w.
Such was the life OF Verhaeren at
Hainaut, where he lived several
months of every year, the remainder
being spent at st. Cloud. His home
there was also adapted to its en-
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r VENTURE to remind Mr.. Mich
olson. who discusses the
Anglo-American literary "con-
troversy" in yesterdays book sec
ton. that Sir Philip Gibbs has cham
pioned America consistently and
intellectually; that w. L. George
on leaving the United States said
that American literature was way
above the British standard; that
Hugh Walpole and St. John Ervine
both expressed themselves enthusi-
astically on America in the pages OF
Vanity Fair; that Arnold Bennett
wrote a book on his visit over here
which, far from containing sneers.
says it with flowers of speech; that
Cecil Chesterton, G. X. C.'s brother.
died just before completing history
of America, which shows his SYM
pathies to be entirely with this
country. and that John Drinkwater's
greatest success. not only in Eng
land but over here. was the play
Abraham Lincoln"
Very truly yours.
A. HAMILTON GIBBS.
NEW YORK, June &c.
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Emile Verhaeren at Home

works of that period indicated .
gradual return Of health and
strength. Travels on the continent
followed, which in a measure added
to the strongly stimulating impress
sions which he had gathered in
England. The final product Of those
years of wandering were the three
volumes which are considered the
highest expression Of his genius:
lies Villes Tentaculaires." Lies
Visages de la Vie" and Lies Forces
Tumulteuses."
Still far from well. yerhaeren
sought the quiet of his native town
and returned to st. Amand. I'M
mersed in memories of his youth,
rambling once more through the
meadows and the woods that had
known him as a boy, he entered upon
a new phase Of his development.
His Homecoming made him live over
the first twenty years OF his life
in the volume dedicated to his
sister: 'Tendresses Premieres." The
need Of permanent home, where he
could come and go and work in
solitude and rest in the company
of congenial friends. became urgent.
Verhaeren had married some years
before and his native soil seemed to
draw him closer and closer. The
mother of his friend Georges Roden-
bach suggested as a suitable place
Hainaut. 1t is lovely spot in that
corner of Belgium east of Valen-
ciennes which projects sharply into
French territory. and is called Call
lou-qui- -biQue.
III.
There Emile Verhaeren came In
1899 to live in an old house belong
ing to the extensive dairy farm of
the Laurent family. The owner
suggested building for him, but Yer
haeren said: "No, M. Laurent, I
must have old walls" To one who
had been so closely associated with
the revaluation Of values which
revolutionized art and literature at
the century's end and had lived in
the very caldron where the divers
movements originated. this quiet
spot. all through the spring abloom
with the little yellow jonquils
sold in the streets of the cities
must have seemed a haven. Hero
the poet regained the robust health
which was his racial Inheritance
Here he rose early every morn
ing. for he was a hard worker,
began to write from o'clock ON,
and after having finished the task
he had set himself to accomplish
that day. went out to roam about
the countryside. Bareheaded, in
an old brown velvet coat, his mas
sive head thrown back, his eye bent
upon some far off goal. he was a
strange figure. The peasants he
occasionally met on these walks
looked at him in bewildermeDt Andre
de Poncheville, who consecrates a
precious little volume to those years
in Verhaeren's life, repol IS that,
having heard him spoken Of as "un
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

A cable has been received by
Harper G Bros. giving some details
of the ex-Kaiser's Memoirs" 1t
has been found. say the publishers
that the manuscript is even more
sensational than the newspaper re-
ports stated. The book will be
brought out some time in Noyem-
ber. A translation is now being
made. j.
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Correspondence

EDITOR Book SEcTIoN-Sir:
= VENTURE to remind Mr.. Mich
Alma record., 1922-03-02
Play GreenUiUe
Here On Friddy

The Alma high school basket ball
team which defeated Greenville high
at Greenville two weeks ago by a
margin Of two points, will meet the
Greenville quintet on the local floor
Friday and hopes around the school
are that the local team will put over
another victory on the fast Greenvlle
cagers.
1t is expected that the Alma outfit
will be crippled for its game this
week by the locals have every hope
that on the home floor they can repeat
the trick that they turned on the small
Greenville court.
This fray will be the last home
game of the season for the local team
and if the Alma fans desire to get
another look at an Alma basket ball
team in action this year they will get
their chance Friday night. The game
promises TO be good one from start
10 finish and should prove a highly in.
teresting fray from the standpoint of
the fans
Alma record., 1922-03-02
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

Whereas: 1t has pleased the Great
Creator of Heaven and Earth to re-
move from our midst our esteemed
and worthy Brother Walter c. NAL
lory, and whereas, we deeply feel the
loss of his love and companionship,
therefore, be it resolved that Alma
Lodge No. 244 F. & A. NJ. has sus-
tanned an irreparable break in one of
the staunchest links of its chain.
Brother Mallory by his strict ad-
herence TO the principles Of Masonry
endeared himself to every member of
the Fraternity and it is justly due
him that we should not withhold from
him the commendation which his vir-
tues deserve.
BE it resolved that we sympathize
with his bereaved family in their af-
Fiction; also with his friends in the
loss of just and upright citizen, who
was a staunch believer in the Golden
Rule.
BE it further resolved that a copy
Of these resolutions be mailed to the
bereaved family and that the Great
Lights and Charter of the Lodge be
draped for a period of thirty days.
Alma Lodge No. 2i4 Free and Ac
cepted Masons, Alma, Michigan.
February %, 1922.
Wallace Amsbury, Stephen l.. Ben
nett, Frank w. Stone, Committee.
Alma record., 1922-03-02
BATTERY MEN
BEING CALLED
COLLEGE PITCHING AND CATCH
ING CANDIDATES STARTING
TO WORK.

Candidates for places on teams IN
the big leagues will not get a much
greater start than will the battery
candidates for the Alma College base
ball team who are being put to work
this week by Coach Roy Campbell, to
condition and harden up for n strenu
uous dimaond season during which it
is hoped that the Maroon and Cream
may make good showing.
The pitchers who are being started
out this week are three in number,
one veteran and two youngsters. Crit
tenden, the veteran, during his two
previous baseball seasons at Alma
College was one of the premier hurl-
ers of the Michigan Intercollegiate,
and Alma is expecting great things
Of the Howell lad this year. Gather
man of Pennington, a freshman, who
has a fine high school record as Il
hurler, is expected to show consider
able stuff. Hckerson, new conner
to the college this semester, and who
halls from Detroit Central High, was
rated as a classy high school box ar
tist, and is one of the three
Three candidates for the catching
job are also being put to work with
the pitchers this week, aiding the
hurlers in the limbcring up process
that is necessary. Buddy" Ryan of
Caro- high, rated as Il slugger in high
school circles is one of these. Ryan
is also a new conner to Alma College
this semester. "Red" Carty, from
Detroit Northern, has a good high
school baseball record behind him, and
will make a good fight for place.
Allen Dickie Of Pennington, a gradu
ate of Pontiac High, is the third back
stop who is being put to work this
week.
1t is expected that as soon rs the
basket ball season is brought to a
formal close the balance Of the base
ball squad will be called for the pre-
season workouts in the old gymna
sium. From all reports it is expected
that there will be a number of candi-
dates.
The baseball schedule is not yet en-
tirely completed, although the Michi-