Thursday, December 27, 1945
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS j
The Black Mountain News urges our readers to either mail, phone i
or bring in all news for this column you may have. We want all :
social events and visitors to your home published in this column
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Mr- and Mrs. George Stone have
returned from a visit with friends
and relatives in Indianapolis,
Indiana.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Cunningham
were dinner guests Sunday of
the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Jolley
of Swannanoa.
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Mr. and Mrs. John M. Stepp and
Miss Elizabeth Ann Stepp of
Marion visited Mr. J. R. Swann
and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hinkle of
Black Mountain.
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Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hutchins
and young son, and Miss Unabell
Hutchins, all of Bardstown, Ky., j
were recent visitors at the home
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[ and patrons for their business |§
l the past year S
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APPLIANCE CO,
IS NOW OPEN
Expert Repairs on All Types Electrical Appli
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Yes We Have Tubes and Batteries
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ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY
Between Bridge and School House
SWANNANOA, N. C.
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COFFEE.
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s | Mr - J- R- Swann and Mr. and
s Mrs. Bill Hinkle of Black Moun-:
- tain, and Mrs. John M. Stepp of
j Marion. Mrs. Hutchins is the
j former Miss Helen Pendergrass \
i of Black Mountain.
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- Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hutchins
and Jannie ; Miss Unabell Hutch
ins, of Bardstown, Ky., Mr. Rob
|l ert E. Pendergrass and Miss Eliz
abeth Ann Stepp were guests of
, Mr - and Mrs. John Stepps of Ma
rion for Christmas dinner. Mrs.
Stepp is the mother of Mrs. Hutch
ins and Mr. Pendergrass. Miss
; Stepp was on vacation from Berea
College in Kentucky. Mr. Pend
j ergrass who was discharged from
! the -Air Corps in June, is now
CARE OF COW AND CALF
DURING PARTURITION
Cows calving late ip the spring
; an( l in the summer on good pas
i ture seldom need assistance dur
-11 ing parturition. However, it is
j advisable for the herdsman to be
I on hand at the time of parturi-
S tion, particularly in the case of
11 heifers and cows whose gestation
i period has been unusually long.
| Since many cows give consider -
1 1 ably more milk than the calf can
consume during the -farly stages
of its life, it may ljp necessary
for the herdsman to the cow
daily until the calf is large
enough to consume all its moth
er’s milk.
In the winter and early in the
spring, particularly during cold
and stormy weather, a cow or
heifer due to calve within a few
days should be comfortably housed
in a stall by itself but prefer
ably near other cattle. Generally
speaking, little change should be
made in the animal’s ration. Im
mediately after parturition it is
driving a bus for Atlantic Grey
hound.
Mrs. Ida Austin, and Mrs. Em
ma Stone, of Indianapolis, Ind.,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. George
Stone of Black Mountain.
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DRAKE—PATTON *
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Drake of
Black Mountain have announced
the engagement of their daugh
ter, Miss Hazel Lee Drake, to
Paul Eugene Patton, son of Mr
and Mrs. Ben F. Patton of Swan
nanoa. The marriage will take
place in March.
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* ART APPRECIATION *
* By Request *
* By Mrs. Thos. E. Sharp *
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“The more things thou leamest
to know and to enjoy, the more
complete and full will be for thee
the delight of living.” Tennyson.
This was written on the fly leaf
of the manuscript copy of “In
Memoriam,” presented by the
author to Harvard College, Cam
bridge, Mass.
Tennyson once asked Watts his
notion of what a true portraitist
should be. The reply so impressed
Tennyson that he embodied it in
these lovely lines in Elaine, “The
Idylls of the King.”
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"As when a painter, gazing on a
face
Divining thro’ all hindrance, finds
the man
Behind it, and so paints him that
his face
The shape and color of a mind and
life,
Lives for his children ever at its
best.”
The external physical facts are
given by a photograph. Things,
as they affect the human soul, are
brought out, exclusively, by true
art, —some great spiritual depth
or truth which we may never have
known.
Have you ever thought of the
difference between a photographic
view and an artist’s picture? The
view is taken directly from na
ture. A picture is composed to
embody an idea. The artist shows
us what we have not seen, or have
only imperfectly realized. “Don’t
you wish you could, madam?”
was the English artist, Turner’s
reply to the woman who after
looking at one of his marvelous
landscapes, remarked that she
could not see in nature what he
put in his pictures!
Next spring look for the violet
color in apple blossoms. Have
you ever noticed it? It is there,
and very distinct, too. The artist
finds that, and shows it to us.
“Apple blossoms are a little less (
than rose and more than violet,”
Dante said.
We are told that composition
depends, mainly, upon two things:
the subject treated and the art
ist’s individuality. The “individ
uality” is of much greater import
ance. Composition (from two
Latin words, com, “together” and
posit, “put,” “i*lace”) the “plac-1
ing together,” for the artist is j
that the pictures shall produce
an effect that is pleasing to the
eye-
Ruskin said that “no vain or
selfish person can paint, in the
noble sense of the word,” that the
foundation of art is “moral char
acter.” There must be a yet deep
er quality of the love of truth in
T7IE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
AGRICULTURE
desirable to allow the cow luke
warm water, followed in a few
■ hours with a small .quantity of
J bats, wheat bran, and legume hay.
■ j If a cow has not calved within
4 or 5 hours after the onset of
■ | labor, it is advisable to make an
examination. The herdsman who
has had considerable experience
with cattle can usually render any
| aid that is necessary. However, in
j some instances it may be neces- j
j sary to call a veterinarian. If the
calf comes lifeless or very weak
! at birth, the attendant should ex
amine the nostrils and mouth and
remove any mucus that may be |
obstructing normal breathing. !
Blowing air into the mouth and
nostrils after removing the mu
cus may aid in reviving the calf.'
Small and weak calves should be
assisted in nursing through the
first day after birth. If calves [
are born dead and it is definitely'
known that the cause is not suf- j
focation, it is desirable to have
them examined thoroughly by a
i veterinarian.
the artist character even though
the artist is dependent upon lgiht,
shade, and atmosphere.
The attending lectures on Im
pressionism at the Metropolitan
Museum of Arts, New York City,
we were advised to try to put our
selves in a sympathetic attitude
in studying the composition of a
picture. “Intelligent appreciation
is much better than carping criti
cism,” Moeterlinck wisely said.
Remember that art is not imi
tation of nature even though
there must be an ordered arrange- j
ment of light and shade, of color
and line. Milleb wrote, “A work
should be all of a piece, and peo
ple and things should be there
in an end.”
Movement, “rhythm,” is the
quality which gives life to paint
ing. This gives it “unity,” makes
it “all of a piece.”
Look for certain “lines” in pic
tures, certain principles are ex
pressed in these. The perpendic
ular is a line of dignity and se
verity. Notice the early Italian
portraits—the stiff primitive
Madonnas of Cimabue and those
of the later ones of his pupil
Giotto-
The horizontal line suggesting
repose, solemnity, is the landscape
line while the sowing or wav
ing line is the one that expresses
grace and beauty. This is par
ticuary appropriate for the hu
man figure, shady Batticeli’s
paintings.
The pyramidal composition is
found in Italian words of art, es
pecially the Madonna groups. In
these the Madonna is gt the apex,
thus focusing attention. Raphael'
used the oval, or the circle, in
his “Madonna -of-the Chair;” Cor
regio, the arch, for his "Corona
tion of the Virgin”- and Raphael,
the diamond shape in his “Listine
Madonna” —the Great Madonna.
This has been called the most
beautiful picture in the world.
(See these pictures in the win
dows of the drug store.)
There will always be differ
ences of opinion in regard to pic- !
tures. The English painter, Mil- ,
lois, replied to a young student
who complained that his picture
had been rejected by the Academy
for exhibition: “They wouldn’t
hang mine if I wasn’t a member.”
The spiritual vision must be
great. Sentimentalism represents*
the weakness of personality, while
sentiment has been called “the
life and soul of fine art.”
When Lra Angelico painted his
lovely Madonnas in the old Mon
astery of San Marco, in Florence,
he often kneeled on his knees.”
When our young people can as
sume reverent, appreciative, un
derstanding attitude towards the
true, the beautfiul in art as in
life, they will live with higher
ideas of joy.
I The cure for flimsy and worth
less art work is more art instruc
tion, and that by competent teach
ors who love beauty and under
stand. We should teach art be
cause it is “life”. True art can
spring only out of the life of the
people. We will have something i
to sap with our fingers, our hands,!
our tongues, when we know how
! to make life serve beautiful ends,
j to express ourselves.
To stop nuts ami fruits sinking
to the bottom of cakes, mix with a
little flour before adding to bat
ter.
If you want to hurry baked po
tatoes, boil for 10 minutes before
putting in the oven.
Gardening For Health
By Floyd Bralliar, Ph.D.
December in the garden is a
l very critical time. In most of our
country the ground does not act
ually freeze before the first of
December, but all the insects that
spend their winter in the soil
1 have excavated their own tiny
rooms, plastered them with a wat
! ertight plaster, and gone to bed
for the winter. In the ordinary
garden there is probably at least
one such insect to - every square
! foot of surface, and these hiberna
tors have not buried themselves
very deeply. They can withstand
1 the hard freezing of the winter
| provided they are dry, and as
| they must dig their way out in
j the spring, they do not penetrate
I the soil too deeply. Besides, the
| more deeply i hev bury themselves
the more likelihood there is of
I water standing about them.
I One of the most important
I things to do in the vegetable gar
den at this season is first to pull
I up all corn stalks, cabbage stalks,
I and tomato plants, and burn them, j
We recognize that some people |
will say that we are burning ma-
terial that ought to go into the I
soil to make humus. But these
plants are too likely to carry dis
eases and insect pests to make
it safe to risk bedding them in an
ordinary garden.
There are several reasons for
this. This will break up the
homes of many garden pests, es
pecially tomato worms and cut
worms—or rather, the parents of
these pests—and will exterminate
them. It will also put the fertiliz
er deep into the ground, where it
: will be thoroughly decayed and
j mingled with the soil at planting
time next spring. If the ground
is inclined to be dry it will ab
sorb moisture much better for
next year’s crop than if it were
left hal’d so the water would run
off.
If the garden is flat, or level,
so that water will not readily run
away, or at least wash the soil
away, or if it is far enough north,
for the ground to freeze to a
depth of at least five or six inches,
it is better to leave the soil rough,
just as it was turned over. The
action of frost in the soil is very
beneficial. It not only releases
plant food, so that it can be used
by the next season’s growth but
also destroys insects, insect eggs,
and many disease germs. Soil
that is thoroughly frozen in the
winter usually produces a better
crop than the same soil would |
produce if it were not frozen.
However, if the location is far
enough south so that the ground
will freeze but little, it should be
immediately sown to field rye and <
raked or harrowed down level. We I
recommend rye for this purpose, |
for it is .more sure to germinate j
and grow in cold weather than j
any other cover crop. The pur- j
pose of this rye is to pfoduce
enough growth to prevent the j
soil’s being washed away .by )gjn- j
ter rains. This eover crop ean be 1
plowed under in the early spring {
just before the garden is planted, j
and will prove very beneficial as i
a green fertilizer. »
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