anaheim-gazette 1926-06-17

Mr. and Mrs. Sallie being the Confessions of a new wife... by Gladys Baker Illustrated by Paul Robinson Copyright 1925 by Publishers Autocaster Service Consolation "Nonsense, my dear, when you've lived as long as I have, you'll begin to know that husbands and lovers are two vastly different men. And, although they won't admit it, they are each true to type. I can tell you, I think, just exactly why Curtiss went to the dance without you tonight and why he probably will have a very good time." I couldn't anticipate her thought. She went on. "He knows that he has you now for his very own and he can go to a party and have a very relaxing, carefree time. Even flirting a bit, perhaps, with all the silly little flappers out there, but, my dear, all the time he is conscious of the fact that he has a sweet, charming wife at home. You furnish his background, His concentrated effort on matters of business during the day, together with Electricity Strikes Increases Use Now Forcing Hens Eggs Each All joshing aside, lots of hens are now laying two as a result of the advance electrification made in the include the lighting of unholy hours to fool thinking it's morning. This statement was not a personage than M. H. New York, managing National Electric Light who is attending the tion of the Pacific Co Association, which conducts day's session at the Billings. "Egg production has 33 1-3 per cent through lighting of henhouses," Aylesworth. "But that the multitudinous uses of the farm. Of course, such prosaic forms of tuning, driving the feed grinder, separator, but in addition using electricity for drying cows and stimulating vegetables. "At the Iowa agriculture are experimenting with plow that will require than the pressing of a implement will ramble without attention, turn glebe in masterly fast farmer sits on the side line smoking his pipe and mans casual eye on the electric Through the co-open bureaus and agricultural California farm electrified to such an extent rest of the states come ideas on the latest wrist worth said. "But that isn't the which your state leads field," he continued. "three times the amount capita consumed on His concentrated effort on matters of business during the day, together with the unexpected heat, which continued even at night-time, made him irritable and difficult to understand. "Yes, I believe I do, because before we were married he didn't care at all about such things. But it's the lack of romance and sentiment between the two of us that makes me grieve." "Romance," she repeated, "listen, Sallie, I'm going to tell you something about romance that you've never known before." I leaned forward eagerly in my chair and she began. "As for romance," she continued, "this is a bit of advice from an old woman, little Sallie, that I wish all wives who were starved for the thrilly-bubbly kind of romance would understand. Don't expect the romance of moonlight and honeysuckle after you're married, except as an individual, and then you'll never feel your heart break because he fails to thrill with you to a sunset or a poem when he's probably thinking about stocks and bonds." "Oh, but I couldn't live without romance," I mourned, "life would be cynical and mater-of-fact and cold." "But wait, my dear—there are many kinds of romance and just as you've adjusted your little girl ways to become a housewife and moulded your wishes and desires into others that are congenial to his, so will your conception of romance change—and it really should, my dear child." "What do you mean, Mrs. Wright, that there are many kinds of romance? I don't know but one kind, I'm afraid." "Neither did I, at one time," she replied with a far-away dreamy look in her eyes, though her lips still smiled, "you'd be surprised to know that there's romance in keeping a well-ordered home, now wouldn't you, my dear? Or in making everything so comfortable for Curtiss that he'd adore being here or that there's almost the same thrill in viewing row after row of shimmering." My feet grow weary for the roads Beyond the break of day. But Love has such imploring eyes. I could not quench their light; And so I bake and sweep and sew And—lie awake at night!" For a moment there was silence in the room. It was as if the shadows still glebe in masterly fashion farmer sits on the side lining smoking his pipe and muscled eye on the electric rest of the states concerned ideas on the latest wrinkle worth said. "But that isn't the which your state leads field," he continued. "three times the amount capta consumed on throughout the nation.nians lead in the amd utilities securities held at large. "Selling the consumer their business originated fornia companies, and all over the country. amount of money raised various companies throug aggregated $300,000 purchasers far exceed those of any other state like a hand-clasp and I prayer, for. I knew, what I had found a friend. We had thought that of September would be two weeks of the month release from the terrific extended over the entire audibly the weather wave of intense heat so ham had never expired Everyone who could got out of town, but turned, thinking the spent itself inthe month. Curtiss worked man job of planning the new large mining settlement down. He was trying to through so that the menies could occupy the hills concentrated effort business during the day the unexpected heat, even at night-time, ma and difficult to underst. I began to realize that had consisted of a ser interesting days and natural love for respo ship rebelled. There was another the summer had brought caused me grave conce able it was that even nature, such as mine, sense what was going Letitia Evans' interest was increasing day by day so strong was he her that she made loving who knew of for a married man." wife and moulded your wishes and desires into others that are congenial to his, so will your conception of romance change—and it really should, my dear child." "What do you mean, Mrs. Wright, that there are many kinds of romance? I don't know but one kind, I'm afraid." "Neither did I, at one time," she replied with a far-away dreamy look in her eyes, though her lips still smiled, "you'd be surprised to know that there's romance in keeping a well-ordered home, now wouldn't you, my dear? Or in making everything so comfortable for Curtiss that he'd adore being here or that there's almost the same thrill in viewing row after row of shining jellies and jams, creative work of your own, yes," she reiterated, "just as much thrill as there used to be in seeing pink hollyhocks against an old stone wall." How did you know I loved hollyhocks against— "Against an old stone wall?" "Why, yes." It's not unusual. Most women do my child." They are all disciples of Beauty at heart, but men? No, no, no—just as women are more susceptible to spiritual things, blind faith and ritual and such—to men these intangible things come hard, they've got to SEE' with their eyes." She reached for a dictionary in one of the book shelves on the wall. "Look here!" she exclaimed, "Just as I thought." I followed her finger eagerly along the printed line. "Romance—absurdity," she pointed out, "you see it was written by a man." She laughingly put the book back into its place on the wall and when she had resealed herself I begged her to go on. "Oh, it's just that for one aesthetic man there are. I guess, five hundred who are not. That's why so many of the poets have woven this theme into their songs. It's not new. Fact is, its as ancient as the hills and as immutable as the stars. Remember Faith Baldwin's lines?" She leaned forward and there was a singing cadence in her tones: "Love caught me in a golden net, All scented rose and rue; Love lured me to a little house And set me tasks to do. To Hills of Far-Away: I look from out my window pane" My feet grow weary for the roads Beyond the break of day. But Love has such imploring eyes, I could not quench their light; And so I bake and sweep and sew And—lie awake at night!" For a moment there was silence in the room. It was as if the shadows still sang softly with the echo of her voice. "That's strange that you should have thought of that verse, for I was just repeating some of Edna St. Vincent Millay, along the same line, when you came tonight." "No, it really isn't, my dear," she shook her head, "that's what I'm trying to tell you—that the resentment and self-pity you felt for what you thought was romance leaving your life is a fundamental emotion known to almost every wife, who isn't a bride, and I'll wager you'll find one such idea in the repertoire of every woman who writes these little songs." "I think I begin to understand," I exclaimed. "I was wondering tonight if there were others like myself who felt romance drifting away, but now you've made it so beautifully clear and I feel quite comforted that I'm not alone in this yearning for the prettypoetic—the fairy things of life." "You precious child!" my guest arose as she spoke, preparing to leave, "of course you are not. And listen, my dear, keep your enthusiasm and keen appreciation for these things 'not made with hands'—for through them you will gain an inner joy that no circumstance or condition can take away. Then, when Curtiss does thrill over something that you, too, have found most dear, it will be a pleasant surprise and, when he doesn't, you won't feel personally insulted at his neglect but," she concluded, "you'll just realize that he's a man." Long after she had gone it was like I had stood before the warmth of a cheerful, singing blaze. Instead of the disturbing, jealous thoughts that had filled my mind when I had pictured Curtiss at the dance, I felt strangely calm. This lovely woman's presence seemed to linger on. Her words were Electricity Steadily Increases Usefulness Now Forcing Hens to Lay Two Eggs Each Day All joshing aside, lots of California hens are now laying two eggs a day as a result of the advances in farm electrification made in this state, which include the lighting of hen houses at unholy hours to fool the hens into thinking it's morning. This statement was made by no less a personage than M. H. Aylesworth of New York, managing director of the National Electric Light Association, who is attending the annual convention of the Pacific Coast Electrical Association, which conducted its second day's session at the Biltmore, Los Angeles. "Egg production has been increased 33 1/2 per cent through the electric lighting of hen houses," declared Mr. Aylesworth. "But that's only one of the multitudinous uses of electricity on the farm. Of course, there are always such prosaic forms of usage as pumping, driving the feed grinder and milk separator, but in addition, they are now using electricity for drying hay, milking cows and stimulating the growth of vegetables." "At the Iowa agricultural college they are experimenting with an electrical plow that will require nothing more than the pressing of a button and the implement will runable all over the field without attention, turning over the globe in masterly fashion, while the farmer sits on the side lines contentedly smoking his pipe and merely keeping a casual eye on the electrical wonder." Through the co-operation of farm bureaus and agricultural colleges in California farm electrification has advanced to such an extent here that the rest of the states come here to get ideas on the latest wrinkles, Mr. Aylesworth said. "But that isn't the only thing in which your state leads in the electrical field," he continued. "It uses nearly three times the amount of current per capita consumed on the average" Sport News From Southern California Graduation was hardest on the track team than on any other squad at the University of Southern California this year. Ten track men completed their athletic careers this month. These include Captain Bud Houser, weight man; Leighton Dye, Kenneth Grunbles and Ronald Stever, hurdlers; Percy Niersbach, Mike Elwood and Ralph Shawhan, distance men; Bill Cook and Chester Olson, javelin throwers, and Alden Ross, high jumper: Football lost only five men in Capt. Harold Adams, Henry Laebvre, Raymond Earle, Bill Cook and Newton Stark. From the basketball squad, only Capt. Kenneth Boyer and Gene Dorsey will be missed. Baseball also dropped only two men in Capt. Harold Adams and Walter Scott. That football carries the entire program of sports at the University of Southern California was shown this week in the annual athletic report. The books showed that a net profit of $98,000 for the football season and all but $7000 of this was used to pay losses for other sports, all of which failed to pay expenses. The $7000 is to be spent this summer on permanent improvements on the athletic field and training quarters. Southern California will again open the football season against Whittier College this fall. A contest, scheduled for September 25, was booked last week. This brings the total of games to ten, other opponents being Santa Clara, Washington State, Occidental, California, Stanford, Oregon Aggies, Idaho, Montana and Notre Dame in order. Last season the Trojans opened the season with Whittier, beating the Poets, 74 to 0. Despite heavy losses in the ranks of track athletes, the University of Southern California again has an opportunity to win the intercollegiate championship in the East next season. Last month the Trojans won their second consecutive冠军. Renewed war is to be waged on the Argentine ant, a common pest of the citrus grove in certain parts of the county, and the opening gun will be fired at a mass meeting of citrus growers called by the citrus growers' department of the farm bureau, cooperating with horticultural commission. The meeting will be held in a typical orchard where the ant may be observed in its various stages, so that the grower not familiar with its habits may identify the pest and learn details of scientific control measures. According to announcement from the farm advisor's office, arrangements have been made to present every phase of the ant problem as it confronts the orchardist. Entomologists from the citrus experiment station and horticulturists from the state department of agriculture will outline in a practical way the best control measures known to practical and scientific workers in the field. The ant and the mealy bug are coworkers. The ant has been known to protect and spread the mealy bug and other pests in the grove. In order therefore to secure good results in mealy bug control, it is necessary to eradicate the ant. The proper poisons and equipment for efficient control, the proper time and season for the work, and other details will be thoroughly outlined by authoritative speakers. Present indications point to a large attendance, according to Dr. J. R. Schofield, chairman of the department. The field meeting will be held at the place of W. J. Cadman, Fullerton, on Friday, June 11, 10 a.m. Go west on Commonwealth avenue about half a mile to Richman avenue, thence north on Richman avenue about half a mile to top of Golden Hill. Let Nine Contracts For Highway Work First Gold Town Almost Deserted Hidden in the Eldorado county hills northeast of Sacramento, lies the original boom town of the gold rush days—Coloma, on the site where James Marshall found the first flake of yellow metal that was the impetus for the greatest westward movement known to mining. Once a city of 10,000 population, it has dwindled until the census taker must count carefully to register a total of 150. In this village in which California’s present-day prosperity was born, there remain on its main street only a combination grocery and lunch counter, a postoffice, an automobile service station and here and there the shell of a fire-gutted building or the weed-grown foundations of business blocks. When the gold fever was at its height, stores of all kinds lined the streets of Coloma—there were 14 hotels, the inevitable Wells-Fargo express office and the usual saloons, gambling houses, a Chinese bank and even a sewing machine agent’s office. There was a jail, an armory, four churches and three schools. Pool's gold still glitters in the sand near the monument marking the site of Sutter's sawnmill, in the mill race of which Marshall made his discovery, but the yellow wealth of '48 went with the six pony express lines that operated between Coloma and surrounding mines delivering mail for $1 an ounce. The old jail which housed killers and bad men in those days now is a stable. On a slope back of the town is the lonesome-looking memorial statue of Marshall with bronze finger pointing to the spot where the gold rush began. The field meeting will be held at the place of W. J. Cadman, Fullerton, on Friday, June 11, 10 a.m. Go west on Commonwealth avenue about half a mile to Richman avenue, thence north on Richman avenue about half a mile to top of Golden Hill. Let Nine Contracts For Highway Work State Commission Reconstructs Bridge Over Santa Ana At a meeting of the California highway commission in Sacramento, nine contracts with a total of over $250,000 were awarded for work in various sections of the state, including bridge work in two southern counties and improvement of the northern entrance to the state capital. The awards include: Ventura County—Stairways connecting beach with Rincon seawalls and highway; awarded to R. H. Travers on informal bids; bid. $11,589.86. San Bernardino County—Building foreman's house and other improvements at Fawnskin maintenance station; awarded to Nels B. Burkey; bid. $3250. Imperial County—Construction of timber trestle bridges across New river, Tamarac and Trifolium canals; awarded to Norman B. Conway of Holtville; bid $14,198.50 for redwood floors. Orange County—Reconstruction of concrete girder bridge 564 feet long across Santa Ana river two miles north of Santa Ana, to provide 40-foot roadway and six-foot sidewalk on either side; awarded to Charles and F. W. Steffgen of San Diego; bid. $98,875.10. WITH SCG COURTESY For Real Cooking Satisfaction! Cooking on a modern gas range equipped with the Oven Heat Control and other labor-saving features assures you many leisure hours. Convenient! Easy to clean! “Touch-a-Button” Lighter! Instant heat! No worrying with a properly designed and well regulated gas range. AND— when the meal is served you'll be surprised to find that the food actually tastes better. Here is indeed Cooking Satisfaction! Southern Counties Gas Company District Manager Are You From Terre Haute? Big plans are under way for the regular annual picnic of the Terre Haute Society, which will be held Sunday, June 27, 1926, at Sycamore Grove park, 4702 Pasadena avenue, Los Angeles. Every person now residing in California and formerly a resident of Terre Haute, Ind., is urgently requested to be present. The sunken gardens have been reserved in the park for those who care to bring their lunch, and those who do not may come for the program, which will be held at the bandstand at 2:30 p.m. There will be music, dancing and a little oratory by some of the best talent in Southern California. With this splendid program and plenty of refreshments every one is promised a wonderful time. Further information may be obtained from the secretary, Miss Anna Black, 390 North Broadway, Santa Ana, Calif. Inter-connected Systems ...product of WESTERN Initiative Much has been said and little done about the projected interconnecting plans for the electric utilities of the eastern coast of the United States. Little has been said but a great deal accomplished in the development of a real inter-connecting system for the Pacific Coast States. Ten years ago, when the need arose, a practical inter-connecting system extending from Vancouver on the North to Mexicali on the South, was put into operation. Thru the intervening years this vast network of transmission and distribution lines has grown steadily until Little has been said but a great deal accomplished in the development of a real inter-connecting system for the Pacific Coast States. Ten years ago, when the need arose, a practical inter-connecting system extending from Vancouver on the North to Mexicali on the South, was put into operation. Thru the intervening years this vast network of transmission and distribution lines has grown steadily until today it touches even the smallest towns and villages. This is not a mere plan but a practical operating system ready for any emergency which it may be called upon to meet. Your own light meter is actually electrically connected to every important power plant on the Pacific Coast. 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