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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23
Daily ShOrI S1OzU
Never Chase a Woman
Bv BELLE BRICK

from al SNekA SoNi'1N'3 y -
weeks she had known him, had
told her about Hank Borden-and
that was plenty-Chevy Mason had
figured there was bound 10 be
trouble between her and Scott
when Hank got back home to The
apartment he and Scott shared.
What she hadn't expected was
that trouble wouldscome up be-
cause OF Hank even before he re-
turned from his business trip.
Yet here Scott stood in her liN-
ing room, three doors down from
his own. looking miserable and
apolocetic and Imply holding a
telegram in his hand. The tele-
gram. or course. was from Hank.
Honestly. Chevy" he pleaded
am sorry a. hell about this. But
Ican't let Hank down. I've just
got TO meet him at the station
tonight"
whats the matter s' asked
Chevy. cant a man who's been
ashore in strange ports all over
the wOrld--and likes TO brag
about II, the way ! see it--find
his way home from the station
himself. And what about let
ting me down, not 20 mention
Mrs. Spooner. who's probably
spent the entire day over the
stove preparing dinner for us:
FEELS BAD FOR SPOONERS
sNow have 10 trek all the
way out TO Long Island myself
and think up some really i'm
portant reason To give them for
your not showing up"
81 feel bad about the Spoon
ers, I really do. I'll make II up
TO them one night soon. But L
do think you're taking the wrong
3 attitude about Hank. Wait till
YOU meet him
did yen ever hear me express
such a wish: You can put II on
record right now that 1 never
want TO meet q conceited, super
cilious fool who goes around air
ing such motto as; Never chase
n woman; let her chase you"
Chevy's lips curled scornfully.
Now listen,' protested Scott.
THAT'S just one of Hanks
Jokes"
which he probably takes
seriousiy--you and me both, i
guess, nov that he's back direct
ing your life."
SEE YOU AT BREAKFAST
Scott edged awkwardly towards
it door.
& "Hank can't help II II women
find him attractive, can he? And
while I admire him tremen-
Z dously, he doesn't direct-Oh,
let's not quarrel, Chevy. I'll see
YOU tomorrow at breakfast,
same time"
Hank permitting" said
& Chevy with what was intended
&c be a whitening glance. But
Scott was already closing the
door and didn't see ii.
Chevy spent frustrated evening
az the Spooners. AS he had fore
seen. Mrs. Spooner had shaved to
prepare barbecued lamb, a blissfulI
salad and hot biscuits especially
for Scott. and her disappointment
when Chevy appeared solo was
painful to behold.
Further, Chevy missed the last
express and had 10 local back. So
ID didn't help her mood any when
she passed the door of Apartment
&c, Borden-Saunders, and heard
through the closed door the spe-
cia, combination of male and fe-
male laughter, tinkle of glasses
and record-playing which means a
certain kind of a party.
She decided as she got into bed
that there was one person in the
world she positively detested and
his name was Hank Borden. II
was Hanks fault that her evening
had been ruined and that she had
uuarreled with Scott.
No doubt il was also due 10 the
influence Of his idol that Scott had
ADVERTISEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

(Tomorrow's short story: "B.
Y. o. S." by Anthony Rud.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

HORIZONTAL
Look for.
5--sleeveless outer garment.
g-BefoTe.
I2-American cartoonist.
13-Baking chamber.
14-TAtter.
Is Dock
l6-Noung bird.
1s-Rages. .
20-Sklns.
2l-What German composer wrote the
opera Tristan and Isolde?
23-Edible seed.
2t-Mountain aborigine.
2S-Dancer.
30--PArt OF a vessel.
32-ObserVe
33-Small mergAnser.
SA-Necessary.
5T-AmericAn writer.
as-Had existed.
3e-Fire whistles.
41-Denude.
44-Muffled the sound Of.
45-Captive.
4T-Fleshy food.
30-Floor covering.
5I-Solitary.
52-Hence
53-AffirmAtive vote.
54-what March date was fatal to julius
Caesar?
55-Russian ruler
VERTICAL
PLANT Juice.
2--SilkWorm.
3--Strengths.
4-What IL called the Mohammedan
scriptures called
5-Opposites.
6-The birds.
T-Foot-like part.
Skinner course.
a-What is the poetic name for Ireland7'
l0---Shoemaking piece.
li--OvA.
DIFFERENTIATION.
1e-Beak.
21---What heroically defended u. 8. island
fell TO Japan?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-23

22-Sweetsop.
23-Amusements.
26--HawAiian garland.
27--Obstructers.
2s-Gaseous element.
29-Fills with reverentiaI fear.
3l-What colonel invented a machine
gun used by the Allies in the World
War?
35-What Is another name for NaplssT
36-llluminated.
4o-Rejoined.
4l-Nimble
42--Authentic.
43-Capital of Latvia.
s4-What is the first word of the hand
writing on the wall"2
46--Short bow.
4s-Former Turkish officer.
4e-High, craggy hill.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20

Don't Deloy! Act NOW! All arrangements ~
the biggest housing development in the hlstoaY
Of Mount Clemens hove been completed Ae1N1f
construction will soon begin. As q reward ~
prompt oction, we ore being permitted 70 jottA
more thrifty. forword-Iookino horss seeker 1et9et
his choice Of lots and house design NOW. JnG4;
odvontoos OF this opportunity. Cons n ~
speet the many designs ord plds,s ~. 49,
locations 80. make cestolN - ~ ~ - A
wont /. :. Rsmsmbes ~ s'eosiy elI6 q M
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20
Hawaii (uI'
Food Prices
MiIitssy Act .
End psofitsssiaS

HONOLULU. March 3QC0
The Military 0oveGnnAsnt q
Hawaii took further sttrs te1av
to prevent profiteerine IN l1o1-
stuffs by setting maximuu i Nh
prices for fruit and DfoduQ
II was announced Inst r ~
would be ret on . monthly hoGlo
on averages Of the past yeoS md
that mo matter how larOo u
small amount arrives a. ~
market the price will remain III
same"
The prices set inc1ude6 -
cents q pound for asparagus M
cents Z pound for bananas: lroe-
coli. Is cents . pound; cur6m-
bers, IL cents q pound, and Hi1h
potatoes five cents Z pound
A recent order set the nox1-
mum price Of butter at 50 eento
q pound, SO cents . doeon ~
medium mainland eeGS, md q
cents Z dozen for Island ergR
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20
BY DANIEL DE LUCE

b1 DANlEL DE LUC6
MANDALAY, Burma, March
20-(P-Burma is broke, hun
cry and battered by invasion but
even today. as the British pre-
pare to meet new Japanese
thrusts into the hinterland OF
the country, Burmans are clam
oring with growing insistence for
independence.
Burma's appetite for self-rule
has been whetted by the impend-
ing visit of Sir Stafford Grips
to India and Governor Sir Hugh
Reginald Dorman-Smith Is said
unofficially to have asked Lon
don to send Grips on here.
PIGEON-HOLED
Since the Japanese invasion,
the Burma autonomous move
ment had been pigeon-holed by
mutual consent but with indica-
tons that India is approaching
dominion status Burmese lead
ers have taken up the cry again
and are understood to have made
formal representations.
In the jungle no-man's land
on the Irrawaddy and Toun-
goo fronts, meanwhile, the Brit
ish evidently were drawing in
their advance guards to make
their stand on a battlefield OF
their own choice in the attempt
to stop the enemy drives along
the two roads which dictate
strategy for both sides in Bur-
ma.
The major fight in central
Burma. apparently, will be for
the paved Prone road, which
runs along the broad Irrawaddy
| river through the rich Yenang-
yuang oil fields to Mandalay.
The Japanese are moving
troops up from the Rangoon area
to this front by land and water
and also are strengthening their
line lon the parallel Toungoo
road, to the east.
TRIPLE AIM
British military sources pic
ture the Japanese aim as three
fold-control of the eastern
shore of the Bay of Bengal. con-
troll of the Burma road and sep
aration of China from India.
To achieve these ends they
must push along the two high
ways-the east and west branch
es of the Burma road-because,
military men say. it Is virtually
impossible to move heavy sup
plies and reinforcements an y
other way, even in this dry sea-
son.
(The British Withdrawals In
dictated to informed London
sources that Lieutenant General
Harold Alexander, British COM
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20
Appetite for Freedom
|Whetted by Dire Straits
Jungle. No-Men's Lond Expected
10 be Scene Of British Stond

mander In Burma. means to fight
somewhere south of q line drawn
from Prone to Toungoo with his
center thus based on Pegu Yoma,
range of hills running north
and south in the battle area.)
HOLD CONFERENCES
Six of the nine members of
the Burma cabinet-appointees
of the governor since Burmans
do not elect their own govern
ment-are meeting daily with
Dorman-Smith In q temporary
up-country capital attempting to
deal with the vast problems Of
evacuating hundreds of thous-
ands Of Indian laborefs.
They had been routed from
the Delta region by the Japanese
occupation which, besides sud-
denly depriving Burma of her
foreign trade, also cost her most
Of her granary and some Of her
industry.
Financially, too, Burma is now
described as broke but British
loans are expected to tide over
that emergency.
Food supplies in upper Bur-
ma are believed to be sufficient
to feed the population although
the best rice fields and large
food stocks were in occupied
areas. A salt shortage Is being
felt for It was produced on the
Tenasserim coast and the near
est source of supply now Is at
karachi, on the far side Of In
dia.
Gasoline, now severely ra-
toned, probably will Be with
held altogether from public con-
sumption.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20
Ex-Sergeant Ners
is Mow a CAPTAIN

Louis Viers, formerly a SER
geant at Selfridge Field and hus-
band of the former Evelyn Job
Of Hall road, is now a captain-in
the Air Corps, reports reaching
here revealed today. Capt. Viers
is stationed at Cheyenne, Wyo.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20

A population increase to g..
891, TOO was shown by Pennsy-
lvania In 1910. a. compared
with 0,031,350 In 1890, census
figures show.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20
PRECINCT NO. I

PRECINCT NO. I
Precinct Leader:
Raymond Titus
Section Leader:
Richard Hogarth
Squad Leader:
\ Peter ]. Ballard
Joe Simkovitz
Squad Members:
Floyd j. HILBERT
Thomas Alexion
Albert Keiser
George Langlois
Paul Jankowsky
Ralph Moore
Sam Abramarjak
Ameel Dunyslager
Gustave Depey
Carl Klusendorf
Leon Mandell
Frank HILBERT
Ernest Pasfield
David Ullrich
Section Leader:
Julius Madou
Squad Leader:
Everett Page
Julian Williams
Squad Members:
Arthur Talbot
Arthur Prosch
Noah Fountain
Sandy Smith
Mr.. King
Fred Jenkins
Floyd Miller
Robert Blay
Joe Card
Morris Daily
Archie Moore
William Fortier
Kay Thorbrogger
Section Leader:
William Maulee
Squad Leader:
Alvin Ballor
George Burdette
Chester Deghtol
Squad Members:
William Tucker
Clifford Hays
Rev. Woods
Rev. Otis McCary
John Mial
Alvin Crothers
Donald Terrill
John Wiegand
William Smith
Ronald Reaume
Ed. Lawrence
Harry Miller
Phillip Plevek
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20
PRECINCT NO. 6

PRECINCT NO. 6
Precinct Leader:
Patrick O'Grady
Section Leader:
John Madou
Squad Leader:
Roland Charbeneau
Dave HILBERT
Fred Rickert
Homer DeSlover
Squad Members:
Otis Miller
George D'Luge
Floyd Shorkey >
Robert Kepsel
Frank Petitpren
John Normington
Vern Diehl
Harry Schwaberow
John Wienert
Fred Van Hollenbeck
Rene Denewith
Walter Diehl
Section Leader:
Jesse Shawow
Squad Leader:
Edward Mclaughlin
George Spears
Ed. DeSmet
John Donaldson
Squad Members:
Walter Allor
Jack Simpson
Joe Charbeneau
William Meldrum
Henry Livingston
Cleo DObbs
Melvin Beckett
Bernard Moore
Jerry Baert
Leonard Delecke
Fleet darOlQSOn
Oscar LaCroix
Section Leader:
Stanley Woodhouse
Squad Leader:
Harry Bates
Gerald Bourdage
Russell Labadie
Ed. Miller
Squad Members:
Ed. Hardness
Russell Otte
Robert limerick
Ed. j. Miller
Delbert LaForge
Herbert Rehburg
Floyd Barney
Elmer Peltier
Edwin Klockow
Joseph Clos, Sr.
Joseph Clos, Jr.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20

Brussels sprouts cluster along
the stem of q plant which often
grows five feet tall.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20

PRECINCT NO. S
Precinct Leader:
Jack Perrin
Section Leader:
Waldo Pease
Squad Leader:
Henry Schwartz
Kurt Bennewitz
Squad Members:
William Novak
Frank Gironimi
Albert Wallace
Walton McKenna
Clarence L. Barney
Roy Forton
Oliver Marks
Rudolph Pelkey
Theodore Nank
Section Leader:
Ed. Harder
Squad Leader:
Lawrence Plant
Tim Peltier
Squad Members:
Logan Braughton
Frank Cooley
George Baughman
Harold Frederick
Frank Krause
Michael Jamrus
John Robertson
Edward Champine
William Kursteiner
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20

Section Leader:
Angelo Fisher
Squad Leader
Casper Redmond
Edward Forton
Squad Members:
Oscar Dubay
John Rowland
Rudy Weiss
Lester Sans
Walter Peltier
George Pingle
Stanley Young
Carl Glefke
Herman Hodnett
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20
PRECINCT NO. 3

PREClNCT NJ. s
Precinct Leader:
Earl Daniels
Section Leader:
Edmund Phillips
Squad Leader:
Otto Wisner
Melvin Goldenbogen
Walter Burgan
Squad Members:
Charles Lozen
Frank Vivoli
Martin AlWardt
Arthur Ullrich
Lyle Rogers
Robert Eickhardt
Austin O'Malley
Mike Jankowski
Thomas Alexiou
Section Leader:
Sidney Leach
Squad Leader:
Earl Haughton
Harold koth
John ProSch
Squad Members:
Leland Rood
Joseph Cornish
Frank Dryer
Ed. Smith
Guy Campbell
Roy Kidd
John Nunneley
Frank Gatz
Roy Cramer
Section Leader:
Charles Dugan
Squad Leader:
Andrew Woodarski
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20

Willard Cattanach
John Sawicki
Squad Members:
Norman Dedenbach
James Hufstadler
Elmer Snay
John Frederick
Amiel Duprey
Elmer Tebo
Robert Fox
Oscar Bobcean
PRECINCT NO. 1
Precinct Leader:
Stanley Campbell
Section Leader:
Walter Brass
Squad Leader:
Harold Peltier
Barney Szumal
Austin StAdler
Tom DAILY
Lee Pennington
Squad Members:
r. B. Wines
Arthur King
Edwin Koltz
Joseph Brehler
Richard Remer
Fred Klockow
John w. Miller
Manley Sampson
Flavian Petitpren
Arthur H. Graft
Gordon Green
Henry Schwartz
John Stadler
Cass Brink
Section Leader:
Charles Mikelait
Squad Leader:
Lee Fredericks
Harold Shields
Floyd Yeoman
Ivan Penley
Sam Levine
Squad Members:
Bill Woolcott
Harry Kracht
A. Lardie
Charles Pasett
H. Mengle
William G. Hatch
r. A. Switzer
Elmer Hohf
B. Greenfield
John Allis
William Essig
Guy Griffiths
Merritt v. Fisher
Walter Harms
Section LEADER:
John Vice
Squad Leader:
George Smith, Jr.
Roy Sutherland
Homer Smith
Stanley Salisbury
Jack Green
Squad Members:
Curtis Wilde \
William B. Brandenb
Harold Knight
Fred Klockow
Arnold Kraatz
Henry Trombley
Archie Lubahn
Earl Golf
Hans j. Schlutow
Norman Almstady
Ray Brandenburg
Arthur Schroeder
Norvel F. Dubay
Harry Eschenburg
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-20
Mount Clemens Civilian
Defense Police Reserves

PRECINCT NO. .
Precinct Leader:
Albert Wright
Section Leader:
(Vacant)
Squad Leader:
Ray Ward
Joseph Warren
John Paulus
Mark Schwartz
Squad Members:
Kenneth Whipple
John Madsen
William Irwin
Roy Trombley
Lawrence Diehl
Alfred HOUSTON
Jim Kleinhans
Arthur Hoff
Emil Stier
Section Leader:
Francis Rouleau
Squad Leader:
Ed. Pringnitz
John Reynolds
Glenn Lewark
Harold Charbeneau
Squad Members:
Bernard Campau
Ray Ward
Art jenkins
Floyd Trombley
Paul Hogue
Ronald Reaume
Ben Miller
Russell Bliss
Walter Ebert
Section Leader:
Harry Moore
Squad Leader:
Earl Burk
Manion E. Baxter
Earl KilleWald
Arthur Hintz
Squad Members:
Harold KrauSeneck
Macon Trabue
Roy Biaga
Fred Bobcean
Joe Blundo
Daniel Merchant
Rupert Crabbe
Fred kendrick
Lester Spencer
Evening star., 1942-07-19
Dinner


.Barbecued Broiled Chicken
Green Peas and Scallions New Potatoes
Raw Carrot Strips
Honey Raisin Bread Pudding
Coffee or Milk
Recipes for these dishes appear below
BREAKFAST COCKTAIL
cups orange juice lines, juice
2 cups canned grapefruit Mint sprigs
juice
Combine fruit juices Sweeten to TASTE if necessary
Garnish with sprgs of fresh mint Yield: portions
BLUEBERRY BRAN MUFFns
~ cups sifted enriched n ateaspoon salt
-four egg, beaten
3teaspoons baking u cup milk
powder Kcup bran
Il cup sugar "a cup blueberres
ID cup melted shortening
Mix and sift dry ingredients. Combine egg milk
and bran let stand minutes add to dry ingredients
Add berries and shortening Mix lightly and quickly
Turn into creased muffin pans filling IS full. Bake
in hot oven (4OO0 F. 2O-25 minutes. Approximate
yield: IL mullins.
DEVILED EGG SALAD
6hard-cooked eggs tablespoons minced
n tcdSpoon pdpIlhd PhnCiieo
n teaspoon salt l tablespoon prepared
tablespoons pickle mustard
relish Mayonnaise
Lettuce
Cut eggs in half. lengthwise Remove yolks, mash
and add paprika SALT pickle relish, pimiento and
mustard Blend to paste with mayonnaise and refill
whites Arrange on lettuce. Yield: servings.
PEANUT BUTTER TRIAN0tE8
slices enriched bread tablespoons softened
n cup peanut butter butter
II cup minced cooked bacon
Trim Bread cut each slice diagonaly to form trl-
angles. Blend peanut butter. butter and bacon
Spread on triangles Yield: IL triangles.
PEACH WHIP
package lime gelatin Few drops almond extract
cups sliced peaches
Evening star., 1942-07-19

Prepare lime gelatin as directed on package. Cool;
add almond extract Chill until syrupy Beat with
rotary beater until light and fluffy. Fold in peaches
(sweetened if necessary. Pour into mold which has
been dipped in cold water. Chill until SET Approx
mate yield portions.
BAABECUED BRouED CHICKEN
n cup butter teaspoon chopped onion
tablespoons -four can QNo. p tomatoes,
l cup water strained
2 tablespoons mustard l teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar n teaspoon pepper
l teaspoon Worcester Glove garlic
shire sauce broilers, ~ lbs. each
Melt butter: blend in -four mix until smooth Add
water, mustard, sugar, Worcestershire sauce onion
tomatoes, SALT pepper and garlic. Simmer Is minutes
Have broiers split down back. Wash and dry thor
oughly Place skin side down, creased rack in bro
ing pan. Pour sauce over broers Place broiler pan
on rack in preheated broier (3500 F.. Basic every
few minutes with sauce Turn broiers when half DONE
Allow 3O-4O minutes total broiling time Yield: 4-6
portions
GREEN PEAS AND SCALLIoNS
3 cups green peas tablespoons butter
l bunch scalions Salt and pepper
Cook peas in small amount of boiling salted water
until tender Most of the water should be gone at end
of cooking period Slice scaion bulbs; cook in butter
until golden brown; add to peas Season to taste with
salt and pepper. Approximate yield: 4-6 portions.
HONEY RAIsM BREAD PUDDING
u cup seedless raisins n teaspoon salt
quart milk, scalded teaspoon vanilla
cups finely diced n teaspoon cinnamon
whole wheat bread u teaspoon cloves
eggs slightly beaten n teaspoon nutmeg
Nh cup honey n cup melted butter
Rinse rasins with hot water; drain; add to milk
with diced bread. Combine eggs, honey SALT vanilla
and spices: mix well. Add milk mixture to egg mix
ture Add butter Pour into casserole. Set IN pan OF
warm water Bake in very moderate oven (325' F.
rs minutes or until inserted knife comes out Clean
Approximate yield: 6-8 portions
Note: This recipe uses whole quart of the days
milk quota as we'll as eggs, and whole-g grain bread
Evening star., 1942-07-19
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-16

war NEWS
BY Mrs. Chas. Krantz
Pine County Farmer Fieldwoman.

The confectionery industry annual
ly consumes 669, 632 900 pounds of
whole milk, or the yearly production
of 1921 cows. The number of
cows in Pine county is approximately
10000; 19,703, 900 dozen eggs, which
is the annual production of 1864, 900
hens are also used.
The industry consumes All, 488, 900
pounds of beet sugar, which is III
per cent of the entire beet sugar
crop and in the way of corn products
702, 892, 900 pounds 60 into candy
making.
These and other agricultural pro-
ducts had a value of $187, 490, 900 last
year and required more than mil
lion acres of American farm land to
produce.
One candy manufacturer in Chi
cago annually buys more Minnesota
milk than is consumed in the cities
of Minneapolis and st. Paul.
-Confectioners Journal.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-07-16
Church and Home
BY REV. M. MIKKEI SEN

Soul care is an art entrusted to
Christians in general. We may not
all be masters in it, not even all
pastors, but as Christians we are
possessing the light of the Spirit
which enables us to see, like the
artist, the finished product in the
raw material even before the cary
ing and molding process is started.
When Jesus began His work on
earth by calling few men as dis
ciples to assist Him in this work il
was by no means finished product
that stood before Him, but they were
in His hands as clay which was
gently and carefully nodded into the
likeness of the heavenly Father whose
majesty and glory were ever present
before Him.
This molding process, or Soul care,
today is work that must be shared
by church and home alike, it should
be carefully planned and carried out.
Although nature (also human ma
ture) under efficient care and cult
walton is very beautiful and able to
yield beautifully it is like the good
earth, if it isn't cultivated and moth
ing is planted in it, it will produce
weeds. This, evidently, is respon-
sible for the opinion entertained by
some, that nature is very wicked.
OF course it isn't, but it has been
thwarted by sin. It is rich, unassum-
ing, neutral and highly productive
of any type of fruit, and will serve
its own purpose without any distinc-
ton as to what is good or evil.
One of the greatest French writers
of the eighteenth century, Jean
Jacques Rousseau, was perhaps the
greatest advocate of his time of a
back to nature movement. While it
remains true that no one today who
would understand the present crisis
in cultural development can afford
to ignore his social philosophy, and
that many today would agree with
him on the danger which highly con-
gested city areas present to healthy
living, it is impossible to agree with
him on the consequent conclusion to
which his thinking leads him, that
only by returning to nature as So
ciety freed from the influence of the
institutions of learning and enlighten-
ment may we as such escape or
prevent our own destruction.
Another great French writer, Henry
Bordeaux, has devoted most of his
work and certainly all of his ability
to prove that human nature, when
neglected and uncultivated, will pro-
duce weeds and, in time, bring about
the destruction of society.
But whether one agrees with the
one or the other of these writer's, or
perhaps disagrees with both of them,
it may nevertheless be a great adj
vantage to acquaint oneself with their
works. And in case of disagree
ment it may encourage one to look
into other fields of research for light
on these problems.
The world is in a sorrowful mesh
Can you see any hope anywhere?
Yes, in the fact that the Galilean
who stood on the beach calling tc
men to show the world new way
of life, is still calling to you and
me to reveal the beauty and glory Of
God.