The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-11-17

Voltaire said of books in his Phil0-
pophical Dictionary: You despise
books, you whose whole lives are alb
sorbed in the vanities of ambition, the |
: pursuit of pleasure, or in incidence;
but remember that all the known
world, excepting only savage nations,
% governed by books.
I've been to East Africa since last
talked with you. Oh, not really, OF
course; but feel as though l had,
Tor l have been seeing most vivid
word pictures of the little coast towns
and the thickest bush and brown veldt
7 between; the stretches Of sun-drench-
ed coast fringed with white breakers:
the peaks of Pondoland piled up ahead
& and between folded hills the valleys
marked out in little patches Of UNI
fenced cultivation and thick waffle
plantations. Although the tale In "The
Mother of All Living" Dutton $1,000
4 Is one which might hold the readers
interest without the aid Of the unusual
/ Background, there is no denying that
Robert Keeble has proved his literary
artistry through his choice Of setting
for his characters. His people, too, are
convincingly drawn, and extremely
logical, although frequently highly
unconventional. In fact, Nine. Grundy
Club House at all. (My dear! Such
disregard Of the proprieties must not
be countenanced) But In the end the
young wife does stick to her prosaic
but devoted hubby; and her adorer
finds that he can be very comfortably
happy with the good pal OF cousin
who angled for him peristently
through an interesting unchaperOned
ramble through the mountains on
horseback. There were, to be sure, tle
black boys who cared for the pack
animals and camp work, but they re-
ally counted no more than the horses
they rode. Just one character was
left in the end loveless and lonely,
and that was the boyish younger sis
ter of the much-sought wife. 1t hard
ly seemed fair that she should not
somehow have been given the devoted
husband Of her sister. She had him
lust about at the point OF proposal
when big sister came back from Lon
don and bowled him completely over.
Perhaps 1t is poetic justice for the
many tales that have preceded this,
in which little sisters have walked off
with the seasons matrimonial prizes.
You remember that was the case IN
Richard Harding Davis popular nov
ell and play, Soldiers Of Fortune"
80
Who should know better what Is
'The Cornerstone Of Philippine lnde-
pendence" Century 49, than Francis
Burton Harrison, governor general OF
tie islands from October 1910 TO FeO-
ruary 1921. He has dedicated the
volume to 1.-THE Hon. Manuel L'Quezon
Filipino patriot, and loyal friend
10 1t is fairly certain he had close as
ISOLATION with the native self govern
ment enthusiasts. In his preface, writ
ten from the vantage point OF Cath
ness. Scotland, last fall, he askes:
rs the United States government In
perialistic? The American people, up
& on the whole, are not, but under our
system of government state OF wal
may be forced upon tle people ana as
result foreign territories annexed
without any clear understanding OF
the issue on the part OF the voters.
He goes on to speak OF the distrust o.
our designs, on the part OF other ma
II lions, and of the seeming justificatior
Of their suspicion because OF our &C
QUESTION Of the Philippines and Port'
Rico. Hawaii, Samoa, Guam and IN