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Evening star., 1935-11-10

which produce the slightest emotion
and they are SO stereotyped in thought
that they cannot be received as other
than good rubber stamps. One of these
is by no less writer than Don Mar
quis. t is noble tale, likely to bring
tears to simple eyes. 1t tells of a
brave old country doctor risking death
in order to get to a patients bedside,
Don Marquis, of course, knows all there
is to know about writing, and one
piece of his knowledge is how to COM
pose his tongue in his cheek. 1t must
have amused him to learn that his
high-minded story had been thought
worthy a place in this years book OF
gold.
A second one which has the out
ward appearance of genuineness is
Lay Me Low!" by Louis Paul. This
story is we'll written Git has charm)
but its theme is purely conventional
one. It deals with the artist who loses
his ability as soon as he is recognized.
Being an intellectual. rather than an
emotional concept. one cannot hear
it repeated too many times without
finding it familiar.
Jesus Knew" by E P. ODonnell,
is comedy tale which would be good
if the author had kept his light touch
more consistent. As it is, one feels
that the comedy has happened more
o. less accidently.
The eleven remaining stories are
either utterly undistinguished or vague
and meaningless to the point of down.
right despair. Since the form for every
tale Is inescapably inherent in that
tale, to lay down rules for writing is
OBJ iously an absurdity. There are
exactly as many formulae as there
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WEEKS BOOKS ADD UP AS SYMPOSIUM ON NEW RUSSIA
DURANTY TELLS BEST TALE

Barbuse Writes Evangecally of Stain and Former Cos
sack Officer Tells Story of His Savage Squadrons-Rob-
inson's Last Volume of Verse-O Henry Prize COL
lection Again.
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and female critics. Miss Slesinger Mr.
Fadiman. Mr.. Jackson-in order to
keep a vigorous, unhampered strength
functioning for the pure purposes of
art, the while they labor at their great
task. ranking A. B and C in true, un-
shakable relativity tstyle and charm)
thus to remain for the eternal in
struction of all literate posterity? No
vegetarian diet. let us hope, but rath-
er good red steaks from the beeves of
the sun and ambrosia from Olympus
Miss Slesinger. may I offer you a
mite more of this elegant ambrosia.
ma a'am?" mo. thank you kindly, Mr..
Jackson. I wouldn't wish for any
I've great plenty, thank you" What
a banquet!
Well. let them not faint at their la
bors. They regularly put out one of
the funniest books of the year and one
would miss it sadly.
To get to it-although there is no
real reason for doing so. since this
years volume is indistinguishable from
the preceding ones-they have selected
l9 stories of which are first-rate.
These are The Home Place" by Dor
othy Thomas (they awarded it the Sec
ond price John the Six" by Joseph
inc johnson (it has already been men,
toned in these columns for its mer-
its); Little Elsie" by Dorothy Nc
Cleary, and only the Dead Know
Brooklyn" by Thomas Wolfe.
Any of these is worth the volume.
John the Six" it should be said, was
given third prize.
OF the remaining IS it is really fu-
tile to speak, use-obviously-a
story is good or non-existent. There
is no middle ground or need for mid
die ground. A good story will survive
bad telling, but a vacuous tale can
not be made full This was true when
'Omer smcte his bloomin' Tyre. and it
will not be Miss Slessinger, Mr.. jack
son, Mr.. Fadiman who disprove it.
But one gets this prize volume only
once a year. And it is so richly
comic!
So let us take the story which won
the first prize, THE White Horses Of
Vienna" by Kay Boyle. We are given
eulogies of the tale by each of the
three judges. but no explanation of its
accepted superiority unless 1t be the
statement made by two that it deals
with contemporary problem. curl
GUS basis for critical valuation. surely,
since it puts such themes as love and
death down as of less merit than those
of current politics and finance. 1t is
vague piece, full of vaguer symbol
ism, mysteriously limited at as mean
ing something. Maybe it does. but.
when reader has finished it, unless
he is an anxious highbrow. he is likely
to yawn. That is the only effect that
the tale seems likely to produce. 1t is
loftily pretentious and insignificant.
It is an arty variety of tosh.
OF the others, there are only three
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and raconteur. Tree Toad Is Bob"
Davis himself, go years ago.
The very young Bob Davis became
Tree Toad one afternoon when the
sickle pears were ripe in Nebraska, he
explains in Tree Toad" just pub
hshed. It began when the young
mans mother stepped out on the porch,
a bright green toad dropped into her
lap, and she explained the mysteries
OF protective coloring in nature.
RRoTFER WILLIAM, a year or SO
older than Bob. waited until
kitchen duties called Mrs. Davis inside.
Then he informed Bob that he had "a
great idea" And Bob followed him
under the porch. When he emerged
a short time later he had been strip
ped, painted q beautiful green even to
his eyelids, and persuaded that he was
actually invisible. -.
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Bob Davis Tells Story of His Life as "Tree Toad"

Brother Bill pointed to the sickle
pear tree:
go and help yourself climb up
and eat your fill no one can see,
you cannot be seen ,. God is takin'
care of you . bring some back to
me. ripe ones"
On the way to the tree Bob INDUCED
one desire he had had for a long time
he thumbed his nose at his father,
who was an Episcopal clergyman. Mr..
Davis did not notice, which proved
that the green-painted boy really was
invisible. He climbed into the tree.
Once there Bob decided to hiss his
father, and that was fatal. This dia-
logue ensued:
"Can you see me?" enquired, hop
ing to clear the atmosphere.
"Plainly."
"Where am II"
"Thers you assl" somevhat be-
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George Egerton Leigh Westbrook-a
man who spent so years of his life
in the South Seas and who knew many
tribes and islands before the corrupt
ing influence of white commerce be-
gan to be perceptible. 1t is sort of
Trader Horn, without any attempt,
however, at fiction.
Mr.. Dana, describing his meeting
with Westbrook, says that some
silent violence of the spirit" first at
tracted him to the veteran adventurer.
He describes him further as "wanderer,
boy king. trader. diplomat. dabbler in
mountaineering, principal proponent
of native liberty, twice elected M. l..
c. for Samoa, champion in losing
battle for the tribal integrity of the
jewels strewn in the sea which men
call the bright islands.
This is a pretty good description of
the book. 1t has so many colorful
adventures that to pick out one or
two would battle the reviewer. 1t is
book of fascination. For lovers of
adventure nterature-the words be-
ing used exactly-it can be COM
mended.
THE ENDLESS FURRow. BY A. G.
Street. New York: E. P. Dutton
Co.
THIS is one of those radiantly
stupid pieces of trash which
English authors sometimes strike Off
apparently when seizure of the
deeper emotions Of being British over
comes temporarily the action of the
famous British phlegm. 1t is all about
rising from the status of grocers' ap-
prentice to the point where the local
earl speaks politely to you, and reap
ing your reward in sense of pro-
found inner something or other. It
is reviewed here with some apology;
the reviewer at the time was suffering
from an eye ailment and did her
reading while wearing a black patch.
Two black patches would undoubtedly
have produced a better notice. At
present this is the best that can be
submitted. The jacket blurb, Incl
dentally, says the theme is worthy of
Hardy. It Is assumed that this refers
to Thomas. an Englishman who used
to write novels.
INVISIBLE LANDSCAPES. BY Edgar
Lee Masters. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
EDGAR LEE MASTERS, who started
a revolution years ago with his
Anthology of Spoon River" gives us
another Of his volumes of verse in In
visible Landscapes" Mr.. Masters is a
curious personality among our literary
patriarchs. He has. at times, written
very bad books. When this happens
the young reader is apt, cockily. to
decide that he is through. that he Is
another reverent old figure to be sat
upon the shelf. And then Mr.. Mas
ters produces somethinS that disss.
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NJ YHILE the Agricultural Ad-
~ justment Administration
wv has been occupying con-
snicuolls place in head
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pates that attitude as the sun dissi-
pates the morning mist. That he is
not through becomes apparent. He re-
mains. like Dresser. man to be reck-
oned with in American letters. and
man whose lapses only make his
achievements more interesting. He
must need be regarded as privileged
character. He has earned the per-
quisites.
His present book is a collection Of
philoSophic poems done for the
most part in a stately and beautiful
style. Philosophic verse is difflcul
medium. for the poet employing i.
usually is more concerned for his idea
than for his poetry. Obviously, this is
a terrible mistake. Ideas are COM
mon; good verse is rare. Mr.. Masters.
happily, seems to realize the superior
ity of the poet to the mere thinker.
He has more poems here than could
possibly be good-of course. That may
be said of every volume of verse that
was ever made out of the writings of a
single poet. But his heights more than
offset his level stretches. 1t Is
volume that can be recommended.
HONK THE MOOSE BY Phil Stonr
Pictures by Kurt Wiese. New York.
Dodd. Mead g. Co.
THERE is something appealingly
ludicrous about this new juve-
nile which makes it seem likely that
adults will be amused at it. while chill
dren love it. 1t is an animal story. It
tells how a big, lazy imperturable
NOSE came to spend the Winter in
Mr.. Ketonen's livery stable. because
he was cold out in the woods. Mr..
Ketonen was Finn and he did not
change his mind easily. He decided
that Honk should move out. Honk
was likewise a creature of deliberate
decisions, and so they entered into a
contest of wills. Honk remained.
Eventually he became Town Moose.
And then he left-but you had better
read it for yourself: The pictures are
grand
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Effort to Hiss Father Was
Beginning Of His Dis
iIIusionment.

wildered he prodded me with the grass
rake. Right there!"
The feeling of security along with
my faith began to ooze out of me.
Father, will you please see mother
about this?"
Eyes, my son, later. Come down."
The young man came down, was
tubbed with various paint removers,
given other significant treatment. and
put to bed. The next day was Brother
Bills birthday. He gave Bob present.
which was the nickname Tree Toad.
It stuck, through prank after prank
and page after paSe.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.
NOn-FictiOn.

BOOKS RECEIVED.
Non-Fiction.
SHAKESPEARE IMAGERY. BY
Caroline F. E. Spurgeon. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
AN EXPERIENCE CURRICULUM IN
ENGLISH A report of the Ma
tional Council of Teachers of Eng
lish. English Monograph No. 4.
New York: D. Appleton-C Gen.
tury Co.
THE SYMBOLS OF GOVERNMENT.
BY Thurman w. Arnold New
Haven: Yale University Press.
LIVING ALONG WITH HEART
DISEASE. BY Louis Levin, M. D.
New York: The Macmillan Co.
THE PATHWAY OF EMPIRE. BY
Edward Hungerford. New York:
Robert M. Mcbride g. Co.
NEW WORLDS FOR OLD. BY Trina
Skariatina and Victor Blakeslee.
indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill Co.
Fiction.
ROYAL PURPLE. BY BERTHA Hard
ing. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill Co.
Mysteries.
THE HEX MURDER. BY Forester
Hazard. Philadelphia: j. B. Lip
pincott Co.
MURDER IN THE SENATE. Geoffrey
Coffin. New York: Dodge Publish
ing Co.
Drama.
IF THIS BE TREASON Bv .Iohn
Haynes Holmes and Reginald Law
renee. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Co.
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By Mary.Carter Roberts.

I WRITE AS I PLEASE. BY Walter
Duranty. New York: Simon g.
ShuSter.
STAIN. BY Henri Barbusse. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
SAVAGE SQUADRONS. BY Sergei
Kournakoff. Boston: Hale, Cush-
man e. Flint.
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Flavor of Huck Finn Lives
Anew in Autobiography
of News Writer.
BY John SELRY.

BY JOHN SELBY.
n YEW YORK.-The unmistakable
M flavor of boyhood, the flavor
/ that makes Huck Finn and
Tom Sawyer live through war
and famine. has been captured again.
The new boy Is named Tree Toad,
although he Is known more formally
as Robert H. Davis of the New York
Sun, probably the most widely travelled
newspaper man In the world. The
total is 100000 miles, and the man is
known the world ovss Is author, editor
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-18

Creel and Chas. w. Barnes gave in
teresting talks and Hilma Rasmussen
gave a good reading. The club will
sponsor dance at Ogema hall, July
9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Irons and daugh-
tiers, Alice and Marion, had dinner at
the Pat Holmes home Sunday.
Arthur Lubrecht has been working
for Geo. Brown the past week.
Victor Golf spent Saturday night in
Pine City with Carl Anderson.
Harry brakes parents of Couderay,
Wis, visited at his home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Irons and little
son, Lowell, and Victor Golf called
at the Ben Irons home Sunday eve
ming.
Lenard Robertson and family of St.
Paul, were Sunday and Monday guests
of M. A. Robertson's brother, Charles,
and his family.
The Lem Irons family were Sunday
dinner guests of the Claus Toering
family, west of Hinckley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Grace and baby
visited in Webster and Grantsburg
Sunday and had dinner at the KEEP
sadie home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-18

Erickson) are spending two weeks at
the Gotfred Erickson home. Eloise
Todd, granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gotfred Erickson is spending her va
cation there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Wallin and fam
lily visited relatives here over the
weekend Lloyd Wallin will spend
his vacation here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arndt Nelson, Chas.
Olson and Mr.. and Mrs. John Hagen,
were dinner guests at the Andrew
Stoke home in Rutledge Sunday.
Church Notes.
The M. e. Ladies' Aid will be en-
temained at the Emil Ryden home
Saturday evening. July 20. A cord
ial welcome is extended to all.
An ice cream social will be held at
the Gotfred Carlson home Saturday
evening, July q, for the M. E. Ladies
Aid. A cordial invitation is extended
to ALL
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-18
WILLOW RIVER

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Aakhus,
a seven pound boy Wednesday, July
10. Mother and baby are doing fine.
Mr.. Aakhus is superintendent of the
village school
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Novak and
daughter and Maurice Anderson drove
to Minneapolis Sunday to visit Helen
and Bennie Novak. They returned the
same evening.
Sylvia Guessing and Caroline,
younger sister, and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Goldman, Delmar and Gloria,
of New Brighton, left Tuesday, July
2, for an auto trip to Yellowstone Park
and the Black Hills country in South
Dakota. They were gone about two
weeks, returning Sunday and reported
a very pleasant trip.
Louis CHASER, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred CHASER, was unfortunate in get
ting his foot cut by a mower Satur-
day. DIR. w. C. Ehmke took several
stitches in the foot and Louis is now
on the road to recovery. The Glasers
are at the Thompson farm.
Mrs. E. I. Ross of Menomonie, Wis,
came Wednesday of last week to visit
her mother, MRS. Anna Stepan and
other relatives. Mrs. Hughie Lyons
of Minneapolis, brought her here by
car and returned to the City the same
day. Mrs. Anna Dahlin of Park Falls,
is here also spending a week. Mrs.
Ross left Tuesday,
Lucille Stepan, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Joe Stepan left Monday for Fin
layson, where she has secured en-
p1oyment.
o. L. Cerney of Thief River Falls,
spent few days here with his wife
and family who are spending the sum-
mer here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. K. Nelson. Mr.. Cerney left
again Tuesday.
Mrs. Octavia Erickson spent a week
recently at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Addington and Mrs. Kate Addington
of Anoka, spent Sunday there. Mrs.
Erickson left Monday for her home in
Grantsburg, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bohaty are i'm
proving their house by giving it a
new coat of paint.
j. r. Stanton has recently COM
pleted a double garage near his resi-
dence on the pavement.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gorniak and three
children, Dorothy, Leroy and Nor
bert of Chicago, came last Thursday
for two weeks visit at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kohone.
The Community club picnic Sunday
was we'll attended by the old settlers
from here and other towns. This
gathering is becoming more popular
every year. 1t gives one an opportun-
ity to have an annual lunch out OF
doors and meet their friends. There
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-18
DUOUETTE

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry COrwin, Harry,
Jr., and Miss Velma Corwin of Nash
wauk, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
ALI Erickson.
Mrs. liver Ellefson and Verne were
in Sandstone between trains Monday
to have some dental work done.
The baseball boys won the ball
game Sunday from Mahtowa by a
score of to 6.
Mrs. Oscar Upman and Edna Torell
arrived Tuesday to visit their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellick Torell.
The C.. C. club met Wednesday of
last week at the Wagner home. A
short business meeting was held and
lunch was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wagner spent
Saturday and Sunday in Superior.
Miss Pearl Schwartz of Duluth. was
a Duquette visitor Saturday. Miss
Schwartz is the teacher for next year
here.
Clifton Erickson arrived here Mon
day for a visit
Jennie and Einard Edin returned
Saturday from Duluth, after weeks
visit with their sister.
Mrs. John Edin and sons, and Mr.
and Mrs. Felix Kvasnicka were Sun
day callers at the Ellen Anderson
home.
Next Sunday the boys will play
Thomson at that place.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-18
DENHAM

Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Larson are ap-
preciative of the monetary gift that
was given them Saturday evening, and
for the spirit of goodwill which was
shown by the many friends and neigh
bors who thus helped them and who
gathered at their home for a social
hour Saturday evening.
Nels S. Nelson and brother should
have been named in the list of peo-
pie who were present at the Ole
Wallin home Saturday night, July 6.
An apology is hereby made to them
for the oversight
Anton Larson came home Wednes-
day of last week after having been
employed in Minneapolis for a num-
Der of days.
Mr., and Mrs. L. ]. Larson and Alyce.
Mrs. Swan Olson, Mrs. Sam Kron and
willard and Gladine visited at the
Per Larson home Tuesday evening,
the occasion being Mr.. Larson's birth
day.
Miss Edith Gorenson is spending
her vacation at her home here.
Mrs. John Kroon attended the fun
eral of her aunt, Mrs. Miller, of st.
Paul. last week. Mrs. Miller, with
her husband and three children. lived
in this community nearly thirty years
ago.
Alden Erickson visited at the Au-
gust johnson home last Sunday.
Mae Upgren spent the weekend at
her home here.
Laurence Hohensee is spending a
few weeks at the Charles Upgren
home.
Albert Nelson returned home from
Minneapolis Friday.
Mrs. George Hickman and her
daughter, Lila, and son, Dale, and
Mrs. John Kroon. came Friday from
St. Paul to visit at the parental John
Kroon home for a while.
The following visited at the Charles
Upgren home Sunday: Mr.. and Mrs.
Selmer Hanson and Joyce, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hohensee and Laurence, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Nelson and Leonard, Miss
Holt and friend from Rochester and
Charles Kron.
Mrs. Lehet and Alice, and Mrs.
Gmitro (Margaret Lehet) visited at
the McVicker home last Thursday
afternoon
Phillip Johnson visited over the
weekend with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs August Johnson, and brother
Albert. He returned Sunday evening
/ to his work near Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hack. Violet
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-18
EV. LUTH. CHURCH NOTES
Emanuel, Bruno

Emanuel, Bruno.
Sunday school every Sunday at 10
a. m.
Vflstad Church.
Mrs. Lindstrom will entertain the
Luther League next Sunday at the
Rudolf Hoganson home at p. m.
The Ladies' Aid will have a sale at
the Rudolf Hoganson home Thursday,
July 25, at p. m.
Sunday school every Sunday at 10
a. m.
Oak Lake.
Luther League monthly meeting
at the home of Alfred Anderson Sat-
urday, July 20, at p. m.
Sunday school and Bible class next
Sunday at 10 a. m, and English serv-
ice at 1920 a. m. This will be my
last service as pastor of this congre-
cation.
Emmanuel, NickersOn.
Services next Sunday at 2:3O p. m.
This will be my last service as pastor
of this congregation.
CHARLES S. RYDELL, Pastor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-18
NORMAN TOWNSHIP

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Berg and chill
dren spent Wednesday evening of last
week at the Steve Purull home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Purull and fam
lily were Sunday dinner guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Marihart.
Elmer Berg came here from Mime
apolis Saturday to visit his brothers,
Walter and Carl. and their families.
He returned to Minneapolis Monday,
visiting his parents at Braham en-
route.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hyatt and son
and Mrs. Geo. Hyatt and son visited
at the Steve Purull home Friday aft
ernoon and evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sangren mo-
tored here from Duluth Sunday and
visited at the Art Sangren home until
Monday.
Forrest Watson and his sister, Mrs
VIM. Hennen, called at the Steve
Purull home last Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Noeldner and fam
lily were Sunday dinner guests at the
L, H. Kowitz home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Purull and
daughters visited at the Walter Bere
home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hesselroth and
daughter, Lille. motored here from
Braham to spend the day with Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Berg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hiatt and son
Robert and Mrs Geo HYATT and son
George, Jr., spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Art Tietz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Purull spent
Monday evening at the Geo. Hyatt
home.
Oscar Nelson and Clara Degerstrom
called at the Steve Purull home Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hennen left fol
Minneapolis Tuesday.
A large number of neighbor ladie:
went to the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Bert Forsyth recently to help Mrs
Forsyth celebrate her birthday.
nice lunch was served and Mrs. For
syth received many useful gifts from
her friends with the we'll wishes fol
many more happy birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Watson, wht
have been visiting at the Geo. Watson
and VIM. Hennen homes, left for theil
home in Minneapolis, Saturday.