Page Four.
THE SALEMITE
Saturday, December 6, 1930.
WEEK-END TRAVEL
In the Realms of Gold
“Much have I traveled in the realms of gold."
Yare, yare! Tlie pilot is at the wheel. We are off to the
unknown—to a Dutch garden, to mystic India, to the republic of
the bees, to classic Cambridge, or to the prairies of Dakota, golden
with wheat.
In the Dutch garden we see Prunella falling in love with
Pierrot in spite of the strict guardian aunts who hire a small boy
to drive the birds away lest Prunella see their courtship and get
ideas in her head. Such a dainty lovemaking! Such pathos and
delight!
To go to India with Tagore would be an exalting experience
which we can approximate in reading the Gitanjali. We shall see
dark-eyed maidens light their festal lamps, we shall smell the
lotus flower; and the mystery and beauty of oriental night will
enfold us while the poet sings in tender tones of str.mge, high
things.
Maeterlinck will be our guide in the city of the bees. W'ith
affection and poetic insight lie will show us the ways of these
little brown ])eoplh who store up a bright golden hoard iii a struc
ture larger in proportion to their size than .St. Peter’s at Rome.
He will give us a sense of destiny and awe while he reveals the
.age-old pattern of the lives of these tiny individuals, all inspired
with an altruistic passion for the well-being of their republic.
Hugh Walpole will take us to a football game, or to a boat
race on the Cam, or behind the “sported oaks” of Cambridge stu
dents where we shall make the acquaintance of those captivating
chaps, Olva Dune and Cardillac. With Olva IXine we shall ])ass
through a great experi(”uce—one that sifted his soul and found
the gold.
Nearer home, but not less entrancing are the limitless prairies.
The rough, vital epic of their development, with its cruelties and
tragedies, its fierce joys and its bitter defeats is only beginning
to be sung. Holvaag'—emigrant, pioneer, artist—keen of percep
tion and of understanding, has added a canto. He has told a
storv of valiant deeds and of fortitude in daily struggle in Peder
Houseman, L. and Barker, G.—Prunella.
Maeterlinck, U.~The Life of the Bee.
Rolvaag, O. E.—Peder notorious.
Tagore, R.—Gitanjali.
W'alpole, H.—Prelude lo Adventure.
A RUSSIAN I.F.GEND
(Continued from Page 3.
never tell any mortal about that
which you will see here.”
The woman with joy raised her
hands and gave her oath:
“I swear by Prophet, by his beard,
by the moon and stars, that no
mortal will ever hear a word about
what we will see here. I.et the sea
swallod us if I break my oath.
After an hour the young man
was in the palace, and still an hour
later returned to his home with rich
gifts, the first of all barbers who
after touching the head of the
sovereign did not lose his owM.
Praise to Allali!
The m(^ther met her son with
kisses and tears of joy and it seemed
that nothing else from that time
could disturb the calmness of their
life.
But it only seemed that way. On
the next day something happened to
the widow. The work fell from her
hands, .and deep sighs came from
her breast.
Her son had much work, since he
was the only barber in the city, but
soon he noticed that something was
wrong with his mother.
“Tell me, mother, what happened
to you?” he asked, “I will do any
thing for you.”
She cried, and sobbed a long time,
but refused to say anything, when at
last she said, “Oh, my son, if I do
not know what you saw in .Shah’s
palace, I will not live any more.”
“Mother, mother, but you gave an
oath that we would not tell it to
anyone.”
“But my son, I swore that I would
not tell to anyone else, but we both
are like one person, if vou will not
tell me, I will die.”
"I will tell you all, but don’t for
get about the oath. Well, when the
Shah took off his turban I s.iw on
his forehead horns, two big high
strong horns!”
From this time on the woman re
covered and became happy. She
sang and worked all the day. But
two days later the mystery was a
heavy burden for her. At first it
was down, then it turned to wool.
Her son watched her carefully
and warned, “Remember the oath,
mother.”
Once she went to the well to bring
some water home. She bent over it
and far down saw her own reflection.
She could not resist the temptation
and whispered:
“.Shah has horns.”
Her words resounded so loud in
the well, that she shivered, but at
the same time she felt such delight
and relief, that she could not resist
the temptation any more and began
to repeat louder and louder:
“Yes! yes! Shah has horns!”
But what is this? Sihe heard
some sound in, the well that became
louder and louder. The water blus
tered and raised higher and higher
and soon ran out of the well.
Soon not only the house of the
widow, but the whole town and later
all the valley was overflown and all
living creatures perished.
That is why it is so calm here;
this is the grave of jierjurers. Let
be cursed the memory of Shah, who
let the good woman in the secret
and thus ruined a whole nation.
Hakim, love a woman, but do not
trust her, even if it is your mother.
Great is Allah!
From the translation by
—ZINA VOLOGODSKY.
Dr. Howard Rondthaler is attend
ing the annual meeting of the South
ern Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools of which Salem is
a member, and which is the highest
accrediting organization. The Asso
ciation is meeting this year in At
lanta, and Dr. Rondthaler is spend
ing from Saturday, November 29,
to Monday, December 8, in that city.
Miss Read Tells
Of European Trip
Italy Chief Topic for Interest
ing Talk to History Club
The History Club held a most in
teresting meeting Tuesday evening,
December 2, in the living room of
Alice Clewell. The attendance was
of the members being present. Miss
of th members being present. Miss
Hazel Horton Read gave a brief
account of her trip to Europe this
past summer, dealing especially with
Italy in detail. Miss Daisy Litz,
President, was in charge of the meet
ing, which was cut short a half hour
on account of the concert over the
radio given by Salem girls tfiat
RECITAL Will be given
(Continued From Page One)
In addition, numbers will be
played by Miss Elizabeth McClaugh-
erty, violinist; Miss Mary Ann Mat-
thewson, organist, and Misses .'Vgnes
Pollock and Elzabeth Willis, pian-
Miss Millicent Ward and Miss
Dorothy Thompson will each play
the initial movement of a well known
piano concerto, with Dean Charles
Vardell sup])lying the orchestral ac
companiments at the organ. Miss
Thompson’s number will be “Lar-
ghetto Calm.ato,” from Edward Mae-
Dowell’s great D Minor Concerto;
while Miss Ward will play the “Al
legro Aetuoso,” from the .Schumann
A Minor Concerto, which was the
composer’s only work in this form.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend.
MR. CRAIG VIVIDLY
DESCRIBE AFRICAN TOUR
(Continued From Page Three)
he recovers, his innocence is certain.
However, he is more likelv to die an
agonizing death and thus his guilt
is confirmed.
Womanhood in Africa is the low
est strata of Hurfanity, nevertheless,
the womanhood who suffers most,
who is the despised beast of burden,
is often the most indifferent, the most
superstitious and the hardest to
reach. This is the situation |in
Africa. Women are merely slaves
yet they are the hardest to convert.
There is a brighter side to mis
sion work and this side continues to
become more bright. There is a
written language in Africa now and
the scriptures have been translated.
There arc monthly church papers.
There are from fifteen to eighteen
thousand boys and girls in mission
schools. Their thirst for knawledge
is pitiful yet very hopeful. There are
Industrial schools where carpentry,
broom making and architecture are
taught. 223 young men are in Bible
schools studying for the ministry
and lastly the women are rapidly
becoming capable of Christian devel
opment.
In the conclusion of his wonder
ful .address. Mr. Craig said that if
any person felt called to the mis
sion field this person could go rest
ing assured that she was making
the greatest possible investment of
her life.
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