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Some Looks At Books
CHARLEMAGNE. THE LEG.
END AND THE MAN by Harold
Lamb (Doubleday $4.50). Here
again is a good narrative by the
author of “Gengis Khan” and
ether books which have brought
to life characters from those dim
centuries between the Roman Em
pire and the Renaissance. Harold
Lamb has found a congenial sub
ject in this Charles, son of Pepin
the Short.
he brought back learned men to
his court, studied with them him
self, learning to write at forty,
had his children taught, establish
ed schools. He fought hard, stud
ied hard, loved, hunted, played
hard.
Though his kingdom fell apart
after he died, the “Carolingian
renaissance” lived on. Also his
legend grew, and the author con
vinces us that it was right that it
Admittedly much of the book is! did, for here was a man of great
surmise, for the chronicles of the soul who strove untiringly to build
eighth £md ninth centuries were
brief, and some of the little that
was written was lost in the dark,
chaotic years that followed, some
was distorted by legend. However
the author has given us a consist
ent and convincing picture of the
strong, awkward boy as he devel
oped into a great king and a great
man.
Pepin left to his two sons a pre
carious rule over half a dozen
barbaric peoples, “dividing it so
that Charles, the more forceful
had to guard the borders and the
seacoasts.” Immediately there was
rebellion in the South, promptly
put down.
More formidable was the strug
gle with the pagan Saxons in the
North. Charles, who had signed
his first order ‘‘Devoted defender
of the Church,” marched into Sax
ony, drove the Saxon warriors
from their log fort, found the sa
cred grove where they made
human sacrifices to their tree
god, Irmansul, and cut down the
great tree itself. But this was only
the beginning of his struggle to
bring Saxony into Christendom, it
went on for most of his long reign.
Already he was dreaming his
great dream of a united Christen
dom which would channel the en
ergies of the warring nobles of
Western Europe, push back the
Moslems on his southern border,
convert the pagan tribes in the
North. This unlettered youth,
brought up in a barbaric court,
had a great yearning for a better
order in the world, an order that
included net only peace but civ
ilization. When he went to Rome,
a greater and more enlightened
kingdom; so that in time he be
came irl men’s memories “the
heroic monarch of humanity at
large.”
MINE THE HARVEST by Edna
SL Vincent Millay (Harper $3.00).
The poems in this collection have
not appeared in any of the earlier
books, but a few have been pub
lished in magazines. Miss Millay’s
sister has gathered together all
the late poems that Edna Millay
was w;riting for a new book—the
•first since 1940—and has added
some early ones never before seen
in print. Miss Millay died only
fouf years ago. With her death, we
lost a great poet who had a def
inite message for each one of us.
She was a modern in feeling, but
her verses are never obscure in
meaning as is the case with some
modern poets.
This book can be read for pure
enjoyment. Many will read it
through at one sitting, and then
turn back reading this and that
poem again and again. The early
poems, particularly “The courage
that my mother had. . .” are most
appealing. Equally moving did I
find her “Journal” which makes
up Part Four. “Not for a Nation”
shows her patriotism and breadth
of vision. The sonnets of the last
section are pure beauty. “And If
I Die” might be her own epitaph.
This is a book to own and treas
ure. —JANE H. TOWNE
PICTURES FROM AN INSTI-
TUTION. A Comedy by Randall
Jarrell (Knopf $3.50). One of the
tributes on the jacket cf this book
says, “A most literate account of
The approaching summer cast
its shadow before it during April
when, according to the records of
Mrs. 'll. A. Kelley, official Weather
Bureau cbsejjfver here, maximum
temperatures went to 80 or above
on 14 of the month’s 30 days. Only
four days early in the month fail
ed to see the mercury rise to 70
or higher for the maximum temp
erature record.
Hottest day of the month was
April 28, with a maxinium of 88
and a minimum of 65.
Coolest was April 4,with a high
of 61 and a low of 41. Lowest min
imum tei^iperature, however, was
recorded April 2 with 38.
Rain fell on nine days of the
month, according to Mrs. Kelly’s
records, with a trace of rain on
one other day, for a total of 2.38
inches.
most literate people.” This, I feel,
could be changed to “A most
clever book about most clever
people,” for Mr. Jarrell is very
clever — sometimes appallingly
clever. He makes his chief figure,
a woman writer named Gertrude
Johnson, a keen dissector of peo
ple, but she is far behind the
commentator himself, whom we
assume to be Mn Jarrell. He sees , .
into people in such an alarming P^^ aps the driver
fashion that one would almost be
afraid to meet him. However, he
is not unkind to all his characters.
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Soriptnre: I Kings 21.
Devotional Reading: Psalm 32.
The Grabbers
Lesson for May 16, 1954
NCE there was a little boy who
went to a party. His sister An
nie was invited but she was sick
and couldn’t go. When the party
was over the lady of the house
gave each little guest a sack of
chocolates. The little boy got two,
one for himself and one for his
sister, just alike. On the way
home he stumped his toe, fell
down, and when he fell one of the
paper sacks broke and the choco
lates spilled into the road. “Poor
Annie!” he said. We are all like
that little boy. There is something
in each of us that
wants more than
half of everything.
If anybody is go
ing to take a loss,
let it be some one
else! One car will
pass another and
car being
passed (if he has
no manners) will Dr. Foreman
Me. e window: “Road
He loves two or three of them I Hog!” As a matter of fact, isn’t
a road hog just a person who
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and pays tribute to their “differ
entness.”
This all takes place in a “pro
gressive” college for women. For
tunately the publishers tell us
that Benton is not a real college
and that all the characters are fic
titious. If it were not for that, we
might fear to put our trust in any
modern college or its faculty. As
this book is hsted as a comedy, we
need not take Mr. Jarrell too seri
ously. He has written one of the
most amusing and literate ac
counts of college life that we have
had. —JANE H. TOWNE
THE MOON IS SHINING
BRIGHT AS DAY; an anthology
of good-humored verse by Ogden
Nash (Lippincotl $3.00). This is a
delightful gift to boys and girls
from Mr. Nash. He dipped into his
own memories of childhood for
his favorite poems and added
more of the same from modern
pcets; so you will find a wide
representation of poets from
Shakespeare to T. S. Eliot, who
had imagination and liked a little
playful fooling with words. That
includes ‘‘Anon” and Mr. Nash
who have both made worthy con
tributions. The general tone of
the book is gay, though there are
some serious poems and even a
prayer. You will find many non
sensical -limericks and quatrains,
dramatic narratives about Daniel
Boone and Robin Hood, romantic
bits from Walter Scott and his ilk,
and exquisite lyrics about living
from Emily Dickenson, Robert
Frost and others who knew how
to catch precious moments in sim
ple homely words. In short, we
think Mr. Nash has a collection
that is just about right for the
pre-romantic age, say nine to thir
teen.
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Greed and Deceit
You might think the little boy in
the story would be less of a grab
ber when he grows up; but he
may be worse by that time. You
might think people could be cured
of being greedy by giving every
body just exactly the same; but
there would be any number of
schemers figuring how to get their
share increased. You might think
people could be cured of the grab-
habit by letting them have all
they want; but that seldom works,
because some of the greediest
people in history have been peo
ple who had more than any of
their neighbors. The Bible story
of Ahab and the vineyard of Na
both is a case in point. It isn’t a
story of the poor stealing from
the rich, it is the story of the rich
stealing from the poor, which aft
er all is a rather' common occur
rence. The story of Ahab also illus
trates some notable facts about
this thing called Greed. One is
that greed and deceit go hand in
hand. Ahab told some terrific lies,
and got others to do the same, all
because he wanted Naboth’s vine
yard. When Hitler was on the
rise, he made the solemn state-
.nent that all he wanted was the
little area of the Sudentenland;
what he really wanted was all of
Europe, only it would never have
suited his schemes to say so.
When a poor taan gets into the
clutches of a loan shark, he is
never told at first what the rate
of interest is. When the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch back in 1898 justly
accused some prominent citizens
of having accepted a quarter of a
million dollars in bribes, of course
those gentlemen denied the whole
thing. Your greedy man—or for
that matter the greedy corpora
tion—aU the way from the simple
robber who pretends to be the
night watchman, up to the mon
opoly that overcharges the public
—never likes the light of truth
on the operation.
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Tuesday—^West End school, 10
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a. m.; Vineland school, 11:15.
Wednesday — Aberdeen school
10 a. m.; Colonial Heights, 3:45 to
4:30 p. m.
Thursday — Pinckney school,
Carthage, 10:30 a. m.; Carthage
Library, 11:30 to 12; Elise High
school, Robbins, 12:30 to 1; Rob
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ZZZZZZ. 7
They’re always talking about me! They say
all sorts of things I can’t understand: Isn’t
she cute? Just a year old. Looks like her
mother, doesn’t she?
I wish I knew what it all means. But they
always smile when they talk about me—-so it
must be complimentary.
Frankly, I haven’t a worry in the- world.
My Mamma and my Daddy always seem to
know what’s best for me. I’m sure they want
to do everything possible to make mine a won
derful life.
I just hope they realize how important it
will be for me to go to Church School. But,
of course, being the wonderful parents they
are, they’ll realize that little souls must grow
up just like little bodies. And they’ll not' only
provide for my religious training—they’ll set
the Christian example that a little “princess”
like me simply has to have.
the church for AU. . . .
AU FOR The church
The Church is the greatest fae-
tar on earth, for the building of
character and good citizenship. It
spiritual values.
Without a strong Church, neither
democracy nor civilization eon
eurvive. There ore four sou^
person should
rttend servic®s regularly and sup-
Church. They are: (f)
j- ®. ®°he. (2) For his
'h« sake
.1 community and nation. (4)
Which C*""'**
Which needs his moral and ma
terial support. .Plan to go to
sZ^y..As ‘=''‘P‘®5Ver,ss
Monday.. Hark _
Tuesday.. Mark * 4
Wedn’sd’y Mark 4
cl. ?■ ■ • -^Pheaians 6
Saturday. II Peter 3
1-6
1-14
14-25
26-32
14-18
1-9
8-18
Greed and Murder
■When a murder has been com
mitted, almost the first question
the police ask is: “Who stands to
make money by this crime?” Mur
ders are about as common in the
country as in the city, in propor
tion to the population. What is
the story back of killings in the
farmlands? 'Very often it is some
quarrel about a boundary line,
about some stock, about the price
of land or produce. Not all mur
ders are for the sake of gain;
but if a man is greedy enough, he
will not stop at murder. Peniten
tiaries contain many a “lifer” who
would not be there today if he had
not been a greedy man.
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The Prophetic Spirit
There must have been thousands
of Israelite citizens who knew
Ahab was a greedy murderous
scoundrel. But it took the prophet
Elijah to come out with the truth
in plain language. Prophets are
not always wild figures in hair
cloth robes. They are not always
even preachers. A newspaper can
have the prophetic spirit. That St.
Louis paper, for instance, broke
the Teapot Dome scandal; it ex
posed a half-million dollar “slush
fund” spent by a utility company
to bribe a legislature; it defeated
a Democrat for gove^;nor who had
tried^ to steal the election; and it
defeated a Republican by showing
that his party was tied up with
those number-one Grabbers, the
lig-time gamblers. The spirit of
Elijah is not dead; otherwise the
.rabbers might inherit the earth.
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The Youth Fello'wships meet at
7 o’clock each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday.
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David Hoke Coon, Minister
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11 a. m. Training Union 7 p. in.
Evening worship, 8 p. m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:30
p. m.; midweek worship, Wednes
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third Tuesdays, 8 p. m. OhurcH^
and family suppers, second Thurs
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Grover C. Currie, Minister
Sunday School 10 a. m.
Worship Service, 2nd and 3rd
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Sunday morning, 11 a. m.
Women of the Church meeting,
8 p.m. second Tuesday.
Mid-week service Thursday at 8
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Holy Communion, 8 a. m. (ex
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Church School, 9:45 a. m., with
Adult Class at 10 a. m.
Morning Prayer, 11 a. m. (Holy
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Father Peter M Denges
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