The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-04-20

CnflSt came TO Chicago. Melville
Davisson Posts new book, "Tle
Mountain School Teacher" might be
called IF Christ Came to the South
ern Mountains" For the chief char
acter in it might be taken as a reincar-
nation of the Christ. with his love of
little children, his tenderness for
sorrow and suffering. his sacrifice of
ais life for others. 1t Is beautifully
told, and the colored pictures on the
cover Innings, front and back, are re-
productions of oil paintings deserving
a recognition | do not find on the title
page. The signature of the artist is
not clear, but it looks like "P. f..
Ward However, the only painter of
Ward. who died in 1915. (Appleon.
$500
l wonder If you know Snow Long
ley's cycle of nearly score of Son
nets Of Spinsterhood" paul Elder &
Coz My little sister wrote, in send
ing me the book, I'VE have all surely
felt some things in common, and
think her sympethic expression of
them is helping. am hoping you may
find a friend in the author"
Here is one of the sonnets:
Some women walk the way Of life
unwed.
Nor ever lose the yearning for loves
prize;
When early charm and wine of hope
are sped,
Still CLEANS loves sweet expectance
in their eyes.
And others strive to cozen times de-
cree,
Yelling with artifice the face of truth
And evermore, with outworn gayety
Flaunting the tattered banners of their
youth.
But some few wear the crown that
life bestows,-
A laurel leaf for every passing year
Hid in thir breasts pale, remem-
bered rose,
And in it's heart the dew-drop of a
tear.
On their calm brows l see this mes
sage run,
10. l have loved and suffered-it is
DONE"
There is a game called" Rare Spe-
Laundry Work for Home and Ssool"
Clos" wherewith you can entertain
your friends. In the middle Of the
floor is put a basket or bowl of all
sorts of fruits and vegetables. to
feathers, pins raisins, toothpicks
wires, nails, corks-anything that is
handy. The guests sit on the floor
in a circle and make creatures "such
as never were on sea or land" There
should be prize for the finest crit
ter" This is one Of large number
of amusing and entertaining features
described in Dennison's "Bogie Book
90 cents). When the season of fairs
and festivals comes round again you
can find much help in How to Decor.
ate Halls and Automobiles" (also Den
nlSOn III centS).
You remember my enthusiasm ovei
George Marshes "Whelps of tle Wolf
penn. 1t has evidently pleased 9TH
er readers as much for the publisher:
have had to print 10000 copies to sat
isfy the demand for it. This is unusual
| for an authors first novel.
Another newcomer, amongg move
writer's who is proving brilliant sue.
cess is Howard Vincent O'Brien. who's,
| ''Trodden Gold" Uittle, Brown, ha!
gone into a fourth large printing
since 1t first appeared February 81.
| Here is good news. Scribner II
about to publish "The Burning Spear
which made such a stir in Englan,
when it appeared anonymously there
1t is discovered that John ellsworth.
| is the originator of this most interest
ing tale of single-minded Englishmal
who took too literally the newspape
headlines and went out to great adven
ture, modern Don Quixote.
|
Another London success which IA
been off the English PRAISES a mont
is also to be brought out here b.
Scribner-L. H. Myers The Orissers.
The author. son of the late presiden
of the Psychical Society. Frederic
Myers, who wrote the mystical wor
on Human Personality" has evident
ly inherited his fathers preocupatio
with psychological studies. The ne'
book is a sort of dramatization of sub
conscious mental activities.
80 -
A Dozen Good Books for Farm
Women.
Do you know j. Buell's book. "On
Woman's Work for Farm Women
(Whitcomb)? 1t is the story of no
one woman worked to bring farl
women of her state closer together.
One of the best cook books is Fan
ny Farmers Boston Cooking Soho,
Cook Book" Little Brown, so. Mis-