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Evening star., 1945-12-02

historical bent, but I'd like to lay a
little bet that not one in fifty of
those who can cite that book have
read it-I mean all the way through,
like you read novel. read it be-
cause I had to-all 485 pages. with
footnotes
Naturally profited by the read
ing or wouldn't have done it. I
learned all about fine and sig
nificant public career. and this I
learned accurately. But of the
private person and the private per-
sons of host of his contemporaries
who were mentioned-one of whom
was writing about at the time-I
hadn't even a glimpse. Not even a
sight of their coattails going round
corner.
Having followed this man through
485 pages, including two wars and
as much inherent drama as falls to
the lot of q dozen ordinary men,
I just didn't know him at all. Aside
from his face. reproduced in a por-
trait. 1 didn't even know what he
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Early A m merica

Men and women who like to know
about the early struggles of this
country would be overjoyed with
two things we have seen. One is
the three books written by Claude
G. Bowers which compose his trilogy
on Thomas Jefferson. The three
titles published earlier as "The
Young Jefferson" Jefferson and
Hamilton" and Jefferson in Power"
have now been done in slim little
volumes, bound in red cloth,
stamped in gold and housed to-
gether in a slip case which carries
Mather Browns portrait of JEFF
ferson in color on the front.
The other book is THE Feder-
alist," a foundation book, so to speak,
for Americans. This is the famous
collection of essays written by Alex
ander Hamilton, James Madison
and John Hay for the New York
newspapers under the alias of
"Publius." Their purpose was to
convince people that the Federal
Constitution ought to be ratified.
The Heritage Press edition of it, in
blue and white binding with red
leather back strap, is handsome
thing to own, especially If you like
linens on books. c. G.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
4 Happy Ending

One of the most touching little
stories of the war is Leave Can
celled," by Nicholas Monsarrat. 1t
will probably be classic love story
OF the war. It is concerned with
the all too common experience of
brief time together soldier and
his young bride had in England
before long separation.
Be careful to keep 1t out OF the
hands Of any woman who has lost
her husband In this war AS jose
phine Pinckney's heroine wondered
in the novel Three O'Clock Dim
ner," ITO be beloved, and then to
be denuded of love. How could the
human constitution endure that
violent change Of climate?" This
book would completely annihilate
the bereaved 1t is q story only
for those who have personally ex-
perienced happy ending.
The binding is work of. art. A
black cloth cover has calendar
marks stamped in it. Over this is
the shocking pink paper jacket with
cupid swooping down from the
corner. The deft touch is-can-
collation. holes in the jacket-which
might be identical with those marks
punched on cancelled leave. C.C,
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Reviewer'sChoice

THE author Of the accompanying
article lists these books as his selec-
ton Of the best in this field during
the past pear.J
LINCOLN THE PRESIDENT,
by J. G. Randall. Dodd, Mead,
2 vols; $7.5OD
NO MAN KNOWS MY HIS
TORY, by Fawn M. BrOdie.
(Knopf's; 50
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRIT
INGS, Edited by Carl Van
Doren. Viking; So
THE YOUNG JEFFERSON,
: by Claude G. Bowers. (Hough-
ton-Mifflin: $3.50
TOM PAINE, AMERICAS
GODFATHER, by w. E. Wood
ward. (Dutton; $500 .'
THE TROLLOPES: CHRON-
1CLE OF A WRITING FAM
lily. by Lucy Poate Stebbins
and Richard POate Stebbins.
columbia University Press;
81.
TOLSTOY AND HIS WIFE,
by TikhOn POlner. Morton;
$2.75.) ...
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Brief Reviews
PLACES.

FLASEko.
Gumbe Ya-ya, by Lyle Saxon,
Edward Dreyer and Robert Tallant.
(Houghton Mifhin; So A collection
of New Orleans folk tales.
Asheville, In Land of the Sky, by
Marthat Norburn Mead. (Dietz; So
A sort of handbook to the famous
resort.
A Picture History Of Russia, ed
tied by John Stuart Martin.
Grown; $3.75) Twelve hundred
photographs and illustrations, de-
signed to give an idea of Russian
life from the earliest times to the
present. ...-
EUROPE.
Nationalities and National Mino-
rifles, by Oscar I. Janowsky. (Mac-
milan; $2.75) A survey of Eastern
Europe from the point of view of
the racial and religious minorities
which inhabit the region. The,au-
thor suggests federation.
MATH.
Algebra for Home Study, by Will
liam L. Schaaf. (New Home Lii
brary, 50 cents) A full-length. pop
ularly written text.
Evening star., 1945-12-02

Marquis James Uas reared
tn the Cherokee Strip of Okla
homsa. and aDorked on neaDs-
papers in Oklahoma, Ne,0
orleans and NeW York. He
1Oon the Pulitzer Prize for
biography i0ith his life of Sam
Houston; "The Rapen" and his
"Andre,0 Jackson; Portrait of
a Prestdent"-one of the Uery
feW people to get that prize
ttOice. His last D0rk is the
present best-Seller "The Cher
okee Strip" autobiog-
raphy. The tollo,Ding story
W0s Wrttten exclusively for
The Star.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Biography as Literary Art

looked like, whether he was tall or
short, fat or slim, the color of his
eyes or hair. didn't know how
he dressed. I didn't know whether
he liked dogs or music or drank his
coffee from a saucer or whether
he drank coffee at all or something
stronger.
I knew nothing of his recreations,
and no man works all the time. I
knew nothing of his home life.
The shortcomings of biography
have been realized for some time.
Carlyle said a well-written life was
as rare as a well-spent one, and he
was pretty near on the beam when
he said it.. Nevertheless, we have
some good biographers. Their books
sell about as many copies as sue
cessful novel does. They have done
a good deal toward making bio
graphical writing part of the.
art Of literature.
Life Is a Story
All of them have ever talked to
on the subject confess debt to
James Parton, the first real Amer
ican biographer. He wrote in the
SOS, the SOS and the T0s, and he's
still read. His life of jackson is the
best life of jackson, the man, there
is. Carl Van Doren tells me Parton's
life of Franklin is the best Franklin.
Dumas Malone, who is working on
Jefferson, says Parton's Jefferson is
the best there is. And, I'll say the
same for his Aaron Burr. All that
despite the fact that Parton's works
have very serious defects. He was
a careless historian, and had no
very clear conception Of underlying
social trends. But his people live
And SO do the books they are in.
A biography should tell story.
Anybody's life is story; postman,
stone mason, I don't care who he
is, there's story in his life some
where. The thing is to pick. it out,
and then tell it, truly and with some
regard for the requirements of the
old, old art of story telling. The
life of 3 general of the armies
or Of a President of the United
States is story, larger and more
complex story, but story all the
same.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Precious Little Stuff

So, in my opinion, biography Is
story telling in which the story tell
er has to grub like the devil for lot
of his material-the precious little
stuff that makes a man and his en-
vironment human. No one will dis
pute that writing novel is story
telling. The novelist has to grub,
too, but sometimes I think not so
hard. Within limits, he can invent.
The biographer never can. But the
novelist, when he really knows his
business, his period and his people,
can write just as good history as
the historians, and just as good
biography as the biographers, and
write it a lot more entertainingly
Evening star., 1945-12-02

than most historians or biographers
we have had SO far.
Where Is the clash Of the Jeffer-
SON. Hamilton PHILOSOPHERS better
set forth than in The Tree Of Lib
erty"? What history tells how the
early New Englanders lived as well
as it is told in Esther Forbes Para
diSe"2
Evening star., 1945-12-02

Just as much part of him as any
thing else.
The Bones Are Needed
Those are the bones that are hard
to come by-especially If your man
died hundred or so years ago. But
if you don't get them. or some of
them, you can't re-create the story
of man, but only of a general, a
president. or as the case may be-
I have in mind standard work of
biography, a work known by name
and by author to most persons of
Evening star., 1945-12-02

Q tes dss 1855 3a15l1os
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
CALENDAR
looming Events.

Friday, Sept. IA.
The Theta Rho Girls club will
meet at Z p. m. at the L. L. club.
President Alice Dickson will preside.
Monday, Sept. II.
The Laurel Federated club will
have its first fall meeting at Mrs.
c. A. D~uncan's home.
Wednesday, Sept. 10.
The Lutheran ladies' aid will meet
in the basement of Our Savior's
Lutheran church. Hostesses will be
Mrs. Charles Wood and Mrs. Kirck-
wood.
The V. F. w. Auxiliary will meet
at $50 dinner at the l.. l.. club.
All members are requested to be
present. For reservations phone
Cora Roberts by Monday. Business
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
1t. Olive Fisher Is
Bride At Livingston

Announced this week was the
marriage of First Lieut.. Olive M.
Fisher, daughter of John Times,
and James R. Ryan of Livingston.
The ceremony took place last
Wednesday at the First Methodist
church in Livingston with Rev. l..
L. Ortmayer officiating. Attend
ants were Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Sha-
doan of Livingston. The bride wore
the uniform of an army nurse.
Following the ceremony a sup
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12

per for 10 guests was served at the
home of Mrs. Ted Jenkins, and
later the couple were guests of
honor at a dance at the Moose hall.
Mrs. Ryan has been an army
nurse for three years, the last Is
months having been spent in Eng
land. She leaves this week for
Camp Beale, Calf. Mr.. Ryan is
employed by the Livingston Moose
lodge.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
Letters From
Our Boys
and Girls

Sgt. Walter Armstrong, Fort
Lewis, Wash, Sept. a:
Recent army action makes it pos
sible for me to get out of the army
and return to civilian life. / ex-
pect to return to Laurel in the very
near future.
I wish to thank you, and all
those people in Laurel who made it
possible, for sending me the Laurel
Outlook all these years.
At n time there were five mem
bers of my family in the service.
One was killed while in training "a
Year ago. Another, who is still in
Europe, won the Bronze Star medal.
Two other brothers are in the far
Pacific. 1t was interesting to note
from the Laurel Outlook that there
is another Armstrong family in
Park City with five boys in the
service. We are not related to this
family but it is nice to see they are
keeping up the good work.
The Outlook has kept me well in
formed about the folks back home
in Laurel. I knew Lew Richmond
and DANNY" Foley real well. l
met young Foley out here before he
received his commission, and I was
grieved to learn that they had been
killed in action. My deepest sym
pathy goes out to their families. l
know that their loss will be felt
more keenly when they see other
service men return to their homes.
We are all glad that this fright
full war with it's sorrow and heart
ache has come to a close. Many
men have returned to civilian life
and it won't be long until all of
the boys and girls have returned to
their homes.
Best wishes to you all.
Public relations office, Fort
George Wright, Wash:
Sgt. Robert P. Palmer has been
given an honorable discharge from
the army at the AAF regional and
convalescent hospital, Fort George
Wright, Wash, after Sc months in
the service, including "a months
overseas in the European theater.
Sergeant Palmer served as a me-
chanic on fighter planes with the
Fifteenth air force. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Palmer,
POI East Fifth street, Laurel, Mont.
Before entering the army in June
1941, Sergeant Palmer worked for
the Northern Pacific railroad 1
the car shops at Laurel.
Public relations office, Camp Nc
Coy, Wis:
Arrival of Staff Sgt. John III.
of Park City, Mont, at
McCoy's personnel center for
redeployment was announced here.
Sergeant Carpenter served with
Fifty-fifth fighter squadron in
the European theater of operations.
Decorations consist of six battle
stars, good conduct medal and
neritorous unit citation.
He is the son of Fred Carpenter
If Park City.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
To Prevent Knotting

When you use a double strand of
thread in sewing, tie a separate knot
In each end instead of knotting both
ends together. This goes a long way
towards keeping the thread from
getting knotted and twisted.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
Rayon Prices

Prices for rayon staple fiber have
declined from go cents a pound in
1928 to Is cents a pound at present
on a net weight basis, say reports.
There is practically no waste in US
ing rayon.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
Renew Seals

Your empty milk containers will
make nice little discs to renew seals
In jar lids. Cut the discs to fit and
you will find they are just the right
thickness and better than the layers
OF wax paper which many now use.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
Tobacco Beds

Tobacco plant beds that received
chemical treatment to control weeds
should not be reworked before
seeding. Rake the seed into the bed
gently and do not otherwise disturb
it.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
First Election

First national election in the
United States in 1889 resulted in Sc
lection of George Washington as
president and John Adams as vice
president.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
Annie PeeIS

AS you peel apples for pies, drop
them into a pan of cold water con-
tanning a few drops of lemon juice;
this prevents apples from turning
brown.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
NeatneSS Habits

A well-planned closet where chill
dren a take care of their toys as
well as clothes will help to teach
them habits of neatress.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
Milk ~ityprnductS

Several milk byproducts such as
milk sugar have been given new i'm
petus as the result of the war and
the discovery of penicillin.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
Tougher Nails

Brittle f%ingernails can be tough
ened by dipping them in a weak So
luton of alum, then soaking them
in olive oil.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
Spice Juices

A pleasant way to drink fruit
juices in chilly weather is to have
the juices hot and spiced.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
Hash Seasoning

The family will enjoy hash flaw
ored with a little poultry season
ing"
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-12
meeting and initiation at 8 o'clock.

Thursday, Sept. 20.
Zidonian chapter, o. E. S., will
entertain at a special program, with
all members of Rainbow for Girls
as guests.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-16

III have to explain this bit. In those days
there were two Portlands, the river separating
them. East Portland had mayor and police force.
So did Portlandt proper. They couldn't agree to
which had authority on the river, 50 left the Villa
mette a nomanS land.
But Mary loved her Ivy Green She didn't care
for the water even river Not oven UaIfnint
could move her And do you know what he did
one night? He punched Mary in the nose. He
called her a bad name And what did Mary do?
She broke down and cried cried like baby.
Halfplnt never went back-not for long time
He went to Portland'S North End and there put
his proposition to Nancy Boggs a woman Of no
good name Nancy fell for il.
She and Halfpint Git her money! bought
an old sternwheel steamboat painted it yellow
striped with red stocked il with lot of beer and
rotgut, got a player piano. and loaded her ten
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-16

dancing girls aboard. The Nancy BogRs' Captain
lIalfpint Iaverson, was open for business
Nancy and Halfpnt did big business for two
years, and meanwhile the police of both cities got
their heads together. They would raid the scow.
NANCY somehow was tipped off to the coming
~ raid, and when four launches OF police ap-
preached the scow, Nancy met the onslaught head.
She grabbed a steamhose and turned live
steam the cops. Two were so badly burned they
were taken to the hospital and the others skipped
But where IIalfpint Halverson during tn
raid? He under bed in a stateroom. q
When Nancy had repulsed the attack Of the
law. she started looking for her little partner.
When Nancy had made it plain what she
thought Of him she luRged him To the rail of the top
deck and dropped him over the side
"Sink, you -- --louse," she shouted
Illustrated bv Matt CLARK
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-16

long, slim cheroots one after another, and was
cTaCkcrjaCk at blowing rings.
Most of the time Mary goodhearted, and
many lumberjack and sailor got eating and sleep
ing money from her
MaryS only trouble was that she didn't know
her own strength. There the John =. Sullivan
case. 1t made Mary powerful mad
This John p Sullivan a logger from near
by ScappooSe, man who fanCied himself nearly
as able John /. Sullivan, whose nephew he
claimed to be.
One night in 1905, John p. came to Portland
from camp 1t the Fourth of July shutdown
John p. headed straight for Mary'S The whisky
that night went to his heaO. With the bar well
room, and then spoke in loud voice.
Il lick any man in the
place." he shouted.
20 September l6, 1915
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-16
For Fifty Years Lumberjack and Still at 1t
No 2-The Queen of Lady Bouncers.
BY JACK MAHONEY

For Fifty Years Lumberjack and Still at 1t
No. 2-The Queen of Lady Bouncers.
NVIIIEN the great horde of lumberiacks moved
W west from the Lake States into new
w pastures in Idaho, Washington and
Oregon, of the ladies who had entertained
them in saloons and dance halls went along too.
Portland in Oregon became the first of the
sawmiit cities, and it is still of the greatest
lumber centers on earth. score of big mills
and Woodworking plants still whining along
Portlands waterfront, and by the look of things
they will be running forever
This is because the new school of lumbermen are
also foresters They went 10 college and learned
growing them at the time under planned
forest management.
1t wasn't that way years ago, but things have
changed and / expect my grandchildren and their
grandchildren will be following their old in
saving Oregon timber into boards. 1t is a good
sign, healthy But / must say that great
deal of the od-time zip and bang has gone from
the industry.
Lumbermen these days are married. They have
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-16

swinging OOOfS.
Not so good" Mary said. With
three long strides she was bending
over the daZed man. Again she ap-
piled her two holds. This time she
picked him up and held him aloft.
open the doors, some of YOU"
commanded Mary. The doors
swung open. Mary stepped
through, and then with n mighty
heave she sent John p. Sullivan
skidding along the sidewalk.
But Mary had a soft spot, and
this spot was a little man named
Halverson. Halfpint, we always
called MIN. Halfpint was around
five feet tall, weighed 120 pounds.
perhaps. Mary Cook was i'm love
with him. She gave him money,
she bought his clothes, she gave
him free drinks.
Halfpint had worked on Villa
mettc River steamboats, as a deck
hand and had also blown whistles
as signal boy at logging camp
near Wauna on the Columbia. But
now, what with Mary's attentions,
he began 10 think himself impor-
tant. He tried 10 get Mary 10 close
her Ivy Green and start a whisky
scow in the Willamette River.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-16

gOOu noTneS, rlght IN tne camps,
and schools. They are coming
to know that they won't have to
move every so often.
Yet l still long for the old
days, the bad days, the days
when lady bouncers were still in
practice.
Probably the most efficient
bouncer of 'em all was the late
Mary Cook of Portland, Orc, at
least +. c. (Spider) Johnson
thought so, and old Spider knew
them all.
Mary never had a bounccr in
her Ivy Green Saloon. She did
that pleasant work herself.
Mary was what Spider calls
"behemoth of a woman" She
was tall, big.boned, and heavy.
Quick as a mink, too. Her tenn
per was not easily ruffhed, but
when she did get it up, then you
had 10 watch your step, for
Mary's fury was blind and ter
rible, like a wildcats.
1t was Mary's custom every
afternoon TO take up a position
near the front end of the bar.
There she stood greeting custom
crs all day long. She smoked
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-16

Does that apply p
10 women, too?"
The voice was so ~
prano, and very =
sweet. 1t was Mary
herself.
I'm talking about
anybody, man, woman
or devil" said John +.
Sullivan defiantly.
BvStanders watched
breathlessly as they saw
Mary throw her half
smoked cheroot away. S.
busted her hands, then q
bled toward John p. Sulli
who stood his ground, figl
TO slap the woman's face
attacked him.
John p. Sullivan Startet
something, what, nobody
know, for Mary got her
in his collar quick as ligl
applied her right TO the
pants. She picked him u
pounds-from the floor.
and threw him almost the
room. He hit the floor il
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-16

20 September 10, 1915
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-26

phone problem asserted that in 1920
almost 215 million farm homes had
telephones and that by 1910 this
number had decreased to about IL
million, decrease of about 40 per
cent. Rates for farm telephone serv-
ice have increased from about ST. 80
to an average of $1.8O at the pres
ent time. He also pointed out that
rs per cent of the nations farms
numbering 4,166, 600 still do not have
telephone service.
Some 10000 smaller telephone
companies in the nation would be
the chief beneficiaries under the bill
as borrowers from the fund to mod
ernize their plants, rebuild existing
lines and construct new ones. Loans
would be made on self-liquidating
basis at an interest rate of IA per
cent with 35 years in which to re-
pay the principal.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-26
Rural Telephones May
Get Federal Loans
Bill Would Provide
For Private Expansion
BY WALTER SHEAD
WNU Washington Correspondent

VIM washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON D. C.-'The Party
Line" long the butt of jibes and
ridicule, may be on its way out if a
bill intended to provide or improve
telephone service in rural areas"
becomes law under the new 10Th
congress.
Considerable interest has been
aroused in the measure introduced
by Senator Lister Hill 3D., Ala.)
which would provide for a special
fund of 100 million dollars and
create federal agency to be known
as the Rural Telephone admins
tration."
This administration would ad-
minister the law and the fund with
authority to make loans to tele-
phone companies, or to individuals,
corporations, states, municipalities,
utility districts, or to non-proft CO.
operative associations, also to the
Rural Electrif1cation administration
for the purpose of financing the con-
struction, rehabilitation, moderniza-
ton and operation of telephone sys-
TENS, exchange lines, or other facili-
ties for furnishing telephone service
to persons in rural areas who are
not receiving adequate service. The
measure also provides for improve
ment or betterment of existing serv-
ice to persons in these areas.
Senator Hill, as a result of con-
siderable study on the rural .tele-