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Show TBEJO RDAN JOURN AL,MI DVAL E.UTA H _ -.... ' ·········· v • • ····· • • • • • ····· • • • • • 0··~! • • ............ , • • • $ • • • I AROUND THE HOME W he n By MARG ARET BRUC E .................. I I I I I I I . . .:........... I I I I ............ • __... ....... , I 1;1 I I I I yo u bu y a ca r on credit I WNU Service Your Consci entirlus Child 1'here had been a little unplea!la ntness at breakfas t. Polly, a winsome little person of thirteen- going-on -fourteen, just waking up to problem s of right-and -wrong, pollcy, diplomac y, and with a conscien ce which was working o\·ertlme , burst o.ut with a story of some foolish blunder she had made the day before at school. ' She ha<J rectified lt seemed, very promptl y; 1:>\lt she had made It and she frankly told of lt. Her lri1pat1ent father had reproved her sharply, and ' Polly's eyes had filled ·with tears. "I didn't have to tell It," said Polly later, as she curled up on the window seat beside. her mother. "I could haYe j kept It from daddy-b ut I never have · kept anything from you two, and I I hate to hide things- I hate to!" "But It was all over, wasn't it? You had straighte ned It out and made It right? It really didn't do any good to go all over it again, did It? And It didn't make very pleasant table talk, you know." "No-o-o, " admitted Polly. "But you want me to be frank, don't you? You don't want me to c'onceal the foolish things I do, do you?" The mother hesitated .. Here was Polly's first contact with a situation calling for tact, for a greasing of the ~·heels of life, so that they might run 1 When you buy a Gener al Motor s car on credit, you may be sure that the purch ase plan is as depen dable as the car itself. I u: • By ELMO SCOTT WATSO N liEN the historian of the future looks back upon the year 1026, it Is possible that the most significa nt event connecte d with that year which marks the one hun(tred nnd fiftieth annivers ary of the winning of America n Independ ence will not be the Sesquice ntennial e_rpos!tl on at Philadel phia nor any of the numerou s local, state and national celebrat ions with their parades, pageants , gathering :> of patriotic citizens, speechm aking and unveilIng of monume nts, but the publicat ion of a set o:t books! A strong stateme nt that, perhnp~. But look nt "The P11geant of America ,'' puulishe< l in commem oration of the sesqltlce utennlal of A merlean Independ ence by the Ynle Uulyer:; ity P1·ess, and see If you still think this an overstat ement! 1'hls ortlele Is not a "book review." It Is the story of a new kind of e_·pto~lng expeditio n, of an adyentu re In America n history. It is a story of a fine plet·e of patriotic enterpri se unrl\'rtnk en by an America n universi ty, the story of a lH·Uliant achievem ent by a group of scholars whose persever ance and devotion to theit· ta:;k matched the boll! Imagina tion which conceive d the ldPa of their quest, an achievem ent of which all AmerIcans cnn be proud. When the North pole and the South pole were finally reached It seemed tl•at the po_;;~ibillties for explorin g hitherto unvisited spots on the globe were definitel y ended. Then man'~ c\rrios!ty turned to the past, to vanished peop:es and vanIshed culfures so that the e:!..--plorer could return from some dlstnnt corner of the earth nnd exhibit to us stay-at-h omes, avid for new thrills, his trophies of an ancient day. During the last few years Egypt, Mongoll n, Yucatan nnd South America haYe been yielding up their treasure s of the distant past, and modern pliGtograpl.~ and 11ewspa per lllustrat lons have made tl\e ob· jects o:t use and art of these ancient peoples as familiar to the average Ame1·!can as the articles of his every-da y life. Five years ago 'the Yale Unh·ersl ty Press was •truck with the Idea hat ten generati ons of America ns who have preceder t the present one on this continen t have left behind thPm a great mass o:t interesti ng objects and pictorial records of scenes with which the America n of today is totally unfamlll ar. 'Vhat then could be more Interesti ng to us than to reveal to us our own tntlqultl es? So the Press set out upon its "explori ng expedition" with the sanction and under the supervis ion of the Yale universi ty councll'! l cotnmltt ee on JIUbilcat lons. Ralph Henry Gabriel of the history of that Institutio n was selected for editor. With him were associat ed member s o:t the Yale and other faculties . Henry Jones Ford and Barry Morgan Ayres were made associat e -erlitors; Olh·er McKee, assistan t editor; Charles M. An· drews, Herbert E. Bolton, Irving N. Country man, William E. Dodd, Dixon Ryan Fox, All_en Johnson, William Bennet't Munro, Victo H. Paltslts, Arthur l\I. Schlesin ger and Nathani a! W. Stephenson , arlvisory editor!<, and Davis M .• Matteson , Indexer. '.ro their aid was summon ed a group of brllllant writers and a stat!' of historica l inveRtlgators and the work began. The object o~ the "expedit ion" was to discover material of all ~orts which would en!tble them to pre8ent In pictorial form a historica l record which any person, e,·en the Immigra nt who hus not yet learned the tongue of his adopted country. could read and see himself the onward sweetJin g march of Amerprogress In every phase ol' America n life. From the beginnin g It was realized that Amer· lean history goes back mueh farther than that October dny In 1492 when Columbu s set foot on the snll of the New world, that the rllscover y of America was hut an Incident In· the discover y of Asia and that to Illustrat e the backgro und of America n hl:~ory It was necessar y to find pic· tures whiC'h would show the Influence In Europe as far back as the time o! Carplnl and Marco Polo. So the earliest llated picture In tbe Pageant Is a page from the Latin manusc ript· of Adam of Bremen, written In the l'}leventh century, In which the ftrst mention of Ylnland Is made. This manuscr ipt was located in the Staats lliblloth ek at Vienna, Austria. It Is typical of the wide range of research necesaary for the 11uccess of the undertak ing. The libraries of Europe, of Canada and of Mexico were ransacke d !or forgotte n objects and pictures . quest for material took the re ·earch workers to every poslllble source in the 48 states of the nlon, to private collectio ns, governn wnt collechistorlca l sodetles , state libraries , muart galleries , learnecl societiell , institute s, ous nnd erlucatfo nal Institutio ns, munlclp al eu'll~<"uons and archives and dealers• collectio ns. ID every case ~nly authenti c pictures were ac:fe]pte:d and many of these are reproduc ed for the time. An example or this Is the portrait of l!local~oJitas, perh!lps the most noted Indian woman history, whiCh Is one of the Illustrat ions for article. The photogra phic reproduc t!QD of The purch ase plan offere d by Gen.. eral Motor s dealer s is anoth er way by which you secure greate st value for every dollar you spend for a Gener al Motor s car. This is the GMA C Plan, operat ed by a memb er of the Gener al Motor s family . It combine~ sound credit prac.. tice with very low cost. The Gener al Motor s line is a com.. plete line- " a car for every purse and purpo se." And under the GMA C Plan, purch ase may be arrang ed ac.. j ;). cordin g to the circum stance s and asstire d incom e of indivi dual buyers . Any Gener al Motor s dealer will be glad to explai n th~ GMAC Plan. I .. this antllPntl c portrait, mnue by special arrangement with the present owner; who lives In England, has nevet· been reprouuc ed until It appearei ! in the Pageant . \Vhen even the most exhausti ve research disclosed the fact that no authenti c picture, portraying an importa nt point In our national his· tory, existed, un original drawing was prepared either uy Ilnrry A. OguPn or C. W • .Jelfrey,;, both distingu ished historica l artists. Three of the pictures which accompa ny this_ artlcle- "The Conestoga "'agon,' ' In which the tide of America n expansio n rolled westwar d, "Pilgrim s Leamlng to l<~ertillze With l<'l::;h,'' the earlle,<;t example of "scientif ic agricultu re" and "Thresh ing Wheat In Colonial Day::;''- ull by ~1r. Jeffreys, are example s of this special work. 1-~,-en more strlldng Is the fact that l\Ir. Ogden took two and a half years to prepare a series of seventee n puges of lllustratiom; depletin g in color approxim ately 240 examples of the uniform s worn by otl1cers and men lq the army and navy through all the wars. as well as the uniform s of their opponen ts. This alone cost more than $0,000, but it presents a fun(] of hlstori<:a l informat ion which has never before been availabl e to historian s and writers. With more than 10,000 authenti cated pictures as the basis, publicat ion of "The Pageant of AmerIca" was then begun in fifteen ,-otumes , each with approxim ately 050 illustrat ions und N• "llO words of text. Although the Pageant Is a • • ..:w. · ~ history, it Is not a history in pictures alone. Each volume begins with an essay or outline in which the historica l developm ent to be pictured is swiftly aud graphica lly describe d. Each chapter deals with a group of pictures In sequence with short introduc tions and short captions under the picture which tie together the pictures in the presenta tion of the main topic-a n lllu::;trat ed "running story,'' as It were. In keeping with the dignity and Importan ce of the subject matter Is the craftsma nship which went Into making these books: Special paper, printing the picture:> from half-tone s instead of f1•om electroty pes made from half-tone s and running the presses at.half speed iu order to Insure un evenness of impress ion-all contribu te to markIng an epoch In the art of bookmak ing. The fact that history Is more than a recorrl of war and pollt!cs was never more strikingl y illustrated thau it Is in "The I'ugeant of Alllt>riea." Every phase of America n activity Is represen ted. Agricult ure. commerc e, indu;;tt·y , reli<:ion, euucatlon. the fine arts, Uteratur e, architec ture, the elrama and sports-a ll are Included In the scope of the wot·k entation of ments of a tapestry of and all contribu te to a faithful presthe origin, struggle s and aclllevegreat people woven Into a rich great <1eeds. The titles of the volumes Indicate the comprehen.slve nature of the series and the names ot the men and women responsi ble for the Individu al ,-olumes Is sufficien t evidence that here Is an auth!'ntl c lnterpre tntton of America . Volume one, "Advent urers In the 'Vildern ess," Is by Clark Wissler, curator of the division of anthropo logy of the America n Museum of Natural Illstory und a noted writer on the subject of the America n Indian; Constun ee Llntl,.;ay Skinner, historian , novelYour Husba nd's Friend s Ist and playwrig ht, and William Wood, author and Probably one of the hardest tasks m1lltary anti naYal historian . It deals with the that conf1·ont s the newly married native America n before the coming of the white womttn is that ot man, the coloniza tion of America by different adapting herself to Europea n countrie s down to the time of the lnher h u s b a n d • 1 evltaule confilct for mastery In the New world. friends. It does Volume two, "The Lure of the Frontier ,'' by not always foltow Ralph Henry Gabriel. associat e professo r ot his-in fact, it rarely tory at Yale, !!'lis of the westwar d push of our follows - that· bepioneers until the wilderne ss had been concause one has fallquered. Professo r Gabriel Is also the autllor of Yo!en In love with a ume three, "Toilers ot Land and Sea" which Is the man, one must also epic o:t the farmer, the plow followin g the march fall fnto friendsh ip of the pioneer. The flshe1·1es Industry Is suborwlth·hls old school· dlnated to agricultu re In this book but, It presents mates, his college an adequat e record of the han·este rs of the sea. pals, his golfing To Malcolm Kelr, professo r of economi cs at Dart· compani ons a n d mouth college and a not!'d author on economi c his business associsubjects , fell the responsl billty for volumes four ates. Half the time these gentleme n and five, "The March of Commer ce" and "The either bore her stltl' or otl'end her taste Epic of Industry ." The names are self-expl ana- and her sense of refineme nt. They to1·y and these two volumes no less than the may be good fellows to him, but they others present a marvelo us pa.noraru a or Amer-~ are sad failures as far as she Is conlean life. , cerned. Yet it fs a very unwise woman who Volume six, "The Winning o:t Freedom ," by Wil- l throws water on her husband 's limn \\'ood, l!us a special interest at tl'\ls time frlend::;hcold lps and makes his old chums , beC'Il.use It Is the reC'oru of the forces which feel awkward and unwelco me In her~ brought on the ~truggle for independ ence and of 1 p 1 l? h 1 that struggle it:-;elf, the sesquice ntennial of which 1rouse. er laps-w 10 cnn tel - e we are ce!Piwat iug this ~-ear. Included In this vol- feels the very same· way about his ' ume also Is the pictol'ial record of the \\'ar of wife's girl fri('nds. He may wonder how the world she can endure such 1 1812 and the ~Ie:xican wm· and In volume seven, plain,In unintere sting, siUy chatterf? rs, 1 "ln Defense of Liberty, '' :Mr. Wood takes up the even while she Is marvelln g at his 1 theme of our milltm·y history at the 011ening of fondness for the loud, guuche backi the conftict between the states and carries it slappers who haunt her pretty new j 1 down through the World war. home. Each forgets that such friendIn ,-olume eight, "Bullde1 ·s of the Republic ,'' the ships are the result of wopinqu 'a;y, Pageant turns from war's alat·ms to ]lOiitlcal his- of past good tlmPs together , of early tory, which l<'rederlc Austin Og~:, professo r of acquaint ance loyally kept up. The political science at the 'Univers1 ty of Wiscons in, hridP ;;ees het· friends in the 11 surveys from colonial days to the opening of the of their first confluen ces, their Civil ~vnr. John Spencer Bassett, professo r of ties und danePs. The 'history at Smith college, then takes up the theme views his one-time pals in volume nine, "~Iakers of a New Nation,' ' and haze of college carries It down to the present time. In volume ten I ·pedltion s, and Luther Allen Weigle, Sterling professo r of rellgl-.i Well, it's up ous educatio n at Yale, tells an Illustrat ed story of to bridge this "Americ an Idea!L;;m,'' embraci ng America n rellg!- her husband 's ous life, e11ucat1on and the rise of humanit arian whether she moveme nts. has a rlgh The titles of the remainin g volumes . of the series speak for themselv es. "The America n Spirit In Letten,' ' by Stanley Thomas Williams , assistan t professo r of English at Yule; America n Spirit In Art,'' by Frank Jewett ....uaJJI~ Jr., Marquan d professo r of art and arch at Princeto n unlyersl ty; Cliat·les Hufus the same institutio n, and William Ju son, music critic and author; Spirit in Architec ture," by Talbot lin, archited , author anu can Stage,'' by Montros e J dramatic critic, and " by Charles Pike and author- all l!f(! as 1t has i.s today. I I THRES HING WHEAT IN COLON IAL DAYSDrawn for the Pageant of America by C. W. Jeffreys from accounts left by John Bordley 'of Marylan d, one of the pioneers of America n agrlcul. ture. Thia drawing llluatrate s the unique method of threshin g grain on the Bordley plantatio n. more smoothly and pleasant ly. Yet she dreaded to put a brake on that open-mi ndedness and franknes s. "\Vel!, dear, If they are things that' t·enlly matter, tell us, of course. But we could all ~pend much of our time rehearsi ng the silly mistakes ot ourselves and others- and where does it get us? Isn't It better to learn our lessons quietly and not make the same blunder twice, than to bore others by going Into details of thingS: that are over and cannot be helped? You can always tell me every little. thing. of course, anrl I hope you wlll, but don't make table talk of exasperating episodes that make every one uncomfo rtuule. ·we all make mistakes, and unless tlley need to 1. rectified lt Is better to drop them and not discuss them. That Isn't hiding or conceali ng them-It Is mPrely keeping the atmosph ere of the home c:heerful and avoiding ' unplea~antness." l '. ... l GE NE RA L MO TO RS AC CE PT AN CE ·co -RP OR AT ION operatin g the GMAC.P lan for tlte purchase of CHEV ROLET • PONT IAC OLDSM OBILE OAKL AND • BOICK • CADIL LAC FRIGI DAIRE • DELCO -LIGH T . Vinega r Catche s No Flies The Talker One l>enver hellbo~· say;; he ~ver• The num who hnd heen evPrywh ere agel! :::10 a day in t ip:s while the dele" had hPI,!ll talking fot• ]lOUrS llUOUt hiS gatt>s to the Amerka n Bur nsstJdut ion au ven tm·es. ''<ln<:e,'' he hega n n uew meeting were there. "How 1.11!,1 ~-ou do stor~·, ''l aw a man enti11g tlgn." It?'' a m·w:;pap er reporter ask ell. "I "Thnt's nothing, " lutenupt ell a eaiiPd 'em nll judgP." - ('upper's weary l1Parer. •·once I saw a man Week)y. eating rahhlt.'' . ~, Mild Name lor Them Quit ~<Knocking" A•1to \a1·ntion lsts that strip the trees l•'lr;;t Yeg,g-1 \'hat d'J·e say and ~5l1rubhery, and litter the farmers' knock oil' uow? lim Is an1t flowery luwns. ma~ uvpro- 1 Secoml Y(•gg-S ure t'in:::-. Who'll priatPly he raiiNl "the lTnch·lfizPrl· of we knodt off? - Ameril'a n Legion the Cities." .\tlanta Constitu tion. Wceklv. Little said Wither. 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