The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-10-06


Questions gladly answered. Write
me In care Of the editor.)
BOOKS are the legicies that a great
genius leaves Nto mankind, which are
delivered down from generation to
generation, as presents to the pos
terity Of those who are yet UNBORN
(From Joseph Addison's Spectator"
Papers.)
have new dictionary on my desk
at tae office, and it is such a conven-
fence, such real comfort after hav-
ing gotten along with the one that
was unsatisfactory, that want to tell
you about 1t. 1t is the Practical Stand
ard Dictionary, just published by
Funk & Wagnalls 1854 4th Ave.. New
York City, So In size it is a conven-
lent book. half way between the huge
tome of an unabridged and the usual
small desk dictionary, 1900 pages, in
dexed for thumb reference and abso-
lutely new from cover to cover. /
started to boast about 1t to the college
presidents secretary, and she replied:
"Oh, yes, have aad Standard on my
desk for long time-an earlier edi-
tion-and l like 1t better than any
otaer." College presidents, you know,
have very wide vocabularies, and
sometimes use large and unusual
words. Their secretaries must be alb
solutely sure of their notes and trans
criptions. This new dictionary has
many words in it that can find in no
other have seen, such as Dali Eirean,
coagulen, Binet age, radio-broadcas-
ing, vitamin, and telantogram. The
Twentieth century, that l have been
using, has some good special features
in the back, such as copy of the
Constitution of the United, States, of
the Declaration Of Independence, and
the language of flowers. But it does
not have the word derivations, illus
trations, and scope of the new one.
The Standard has the additional ad-
vantage Of putting everything under
one alphabet, so You know just where
to look without consulting extra lists
front and back. Under F. for example,
is page OF Fowls, showing illustra,
tons of all the representatives types
-bantams, games, Silver 'Spangled,
Hamburgs, Waite Leghorns, Plymouth
Rocks, etc. Schools that need diction-
aries but feel that they cannot afford
the big unabridged ones, would find
this Standard Practical dictionary the
next best thing am sure.
&**
Charles M. Fassett used to be may
or Of Spokane, and did his work SO
we'll as city executive that the Uni
versity Of Kansas sent for him and
made him their specialist in municipal
governments new kind of professor,
with an enormously useful field OF
work.
The Thomas Y. Orwell Co., of New
York nave just published new book
by Professor Fassett (Which he dedi-
Gated to his wife because OF her wis
ion, insight and kindly counsel'). 1t
is called Assets OF the Ideal City,
and ii taken together with his pre-
vious book, a Handbook Of Municipal
Government" also published by Crow
ell, will make good working library
for any mayor, city councilman, or
other town or city executive. ! wish
every voter who has a complaint to
make against this or that or the otler
civic unrighteousness and nuisance
could read this book, and then get out
and run for office. If he took the book
to heart he could not help being
useful administrator, and his previous
crouch would give him starting
point for reform.
Besides all the help that is given
for solving problems in different de-
partments of city administration, the
book carries at the back list of 120
useful reference books, grouped under
the different headings, such as Parks,
Recreation and Social Welfare, NUM-
cipal Finance, Housing, Highways,
Health, etc.
Discussing the matter Of charters,
Professor Fassett says, THE old no
ton that all we need to produce good
government is good men in office, is
a proven fallacy; we know now there
are three principal factors in good
government. viz, good laws, good men
and a continuing interest on the part
of the citizens" II you are man in
city politics you need to read this book
to get ammunition" for the next cam
paign. II you are able to talk intelli-
gently about all the things discussed
in Fassett's book, there is no question
taat those who hear you will agree
that you know something about the
Job you are after.
spoke recently about Montrose j..
Moses Treasury Of Plays fr Child
rem. Percival Chubb has one along
the same lines called Festivals and
PLAYS in Schools and Elsewhere"
(Harper, $2), and Jesse E. c. Lincoln
still another, Festival Book" with
Day suggestions and dances, musical
games and revels, suited to the play
ground. the school and the college.
(Barnes.) More on Games for the
playground, Home, School and GYM
nasium" may be found in Jessie H.
Bancroft's book Of that title MAC
millan). Some of these are quite new;
others have been in use a decade, and
proved every present help in time
of trouble, as the little boy described
a lie when told to define it.
Do you know what "blurb" is? 1t
ia the complimentary advertisement
on the wrapper or paper jacket
around a new book. 1t has become SO
muca a habit for publishers to an
nounce that this is the greatest novel
Of the year., or "the most interesting
hook we have ever perused" or the