Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1920 — Page 2

"But Only God Can Make a Tree"

THE FOREST POETIC These poems are from * booklet, "The Forest Poetic,” distributed with the compliments of Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the America* Forestry association. PROSPECTIN’ Up the mountain and through the burn Wo climbed. An’ ’mongst the brush an’ fern. An ole man drove his maddock home, An’ slapped a tree in the gapin’ loam. “Mornin’, Father. What’s the game?” “Plantin' trees,” the answer came. “You don’t ’spect to live to see The standin’ timber, do ye, say?* He looked reflectin’, down the hill: “Wall- no. But, thunder, some ’un will.” —J. R. SIMMONS. * * * THE SERVICE OF THE TREES *Home«r’ said the forest, shagging the range, ••Lintel and floor, roof-beam and door, Homes we build and deserts we change To cities that smoke and roar. Steel and stone may come to their own. But first we shaped and prepared for these. We raise the world, who are overthrown We rise and toil!” said the trees. “Ships!” said the forest, tossing its plumes. “The weltering tide we master and ride; Oceans and smoke with hurricane dooms, All ports of the world beside. Iron and steel may set their seal On hull and keel, with clanging boasts. We won a world to unveil and reveal All continents and coasts I” “Beauty!” the forest in silver light Wreathed dim and strange through the sunset change; Star-crowned, striding along the height Lord of the lofty range. “No stone takes lines of such vast designs— No steel such immortal mysteries I From the birch by the take to the mountain pines, 1 We dwell with God!” said the trees. —W. R. BENET. * TREES What is the wisdom taught of the trees? Something of energy, something of ease; Steadfastness rooted in passionless peace. Life-giving verdure to upland and glen; Graces— compelling the praises of men; Freedom that bends to the eagle and wren. T expanding in ripeness and sixe; Shadow that shelters the foolish and wise; Patience that bows ’neath all winds of the skies. Uprightness— standing for truth like a tower; Dignity—symbol of honor pad power; Beauty that blooms in the ultimate flower! STEPHEN HENRY THAYER. WHO PLANTS A TREE <?»va fools their gold, and knaves their power; zLet fortune’s bubbles rise and fall; Who sows a field, or trams a flower. Or plants a tree, is more than all. —JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. * * * ■ MAJESTIC WOODS Majestic woods of ev’ry vigorous you, Stage above stage, high waving o’er the hills. Or to the far horizon wide diffused. A beansßess, deep imensity of shade.

TREES I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pre st Against the earth's sweet flowing breast. A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lainf Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. KILMER.

PLANT A TREE If when I am gone Thou would’st honor me, Then plant a tree. Some highway, bleak and bare, Make green with leaves. So radiant and fair And full of leaves, my monument will bo So ever full of tuneful melody. My monument will be A sight mbst rare — Trees planted everywhere, A highway bread from city to the sea, Plant this in memory of me. —DAVID H. WRIGHT. THE LEAVES DO NOT MIND AT ALL The lrave*_do not—mind at all That they must fall. When summertime is gone, It is pleasant to put on A traveling coat of brown and gray And fly away, Past the barn and past the school, Past the noisy little pool It used to hear but could not see. Oh, it is joy to be A leaf—and free! To be swiftly on the wing Like a bird adventuring. And then, tired out, to creep Under some friendly rail and go to sleep; The leaves do not mind at all That they must fall. —ANNETTE WYNNE. * * * SHADE The kindliest thing God ever made, His hand of very healing laid Upon a fevered world, is shade. His glorious company of trees « Throw out their mantles, and on these The dust-stained wanderer finds ease. Green temples, closed against the beat Of noon time’s blinding glare and heat, Open to any pilgrim’s feet. The white road blisters in the sun; Now half the weary journey done, Enter and rest, O weary one! And feel the dew of dawn still wet Beneath thy feet, and so forget The burning highway’s ache and fret. This is God’s hospitality, And whoso- rests beneath a tree Hath cause to thank him gratefully. —THEODOSIA GARRISON. * * * THE TREE PLANTER _ He who plants a tree. He ptants love; Tents of coolness spreading out above. Heaven and earth help him who plants a . Aad his work its owa reward shall be.,

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

THE GIANT SEQUOIA When Babylon was riotous thy head Was wise with years; when Bonaparte on cold Helena’s rock lay still thy heart was bold As youth against the storm; no hair has fled Of all thy leafy locks through age; the dead Since thou wert young have swept in ranks untold “ To immortality; straight as of old Thou wait’st the generations still unbred. Why build we monuments of crumbling stone Or tawdry brass and bronze to mark a name And spare mere memory to unheeding time? I, were far sweeter, though to be To rest beneath green trees. Could marbled fame Sleep softer bring though graved with sacred rhyme? —M; J. RIORDAN. * * THE HEART OF A TREE What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants the friend of sun and sky; Ji He plants the flag of breezes free; The shaft of beauty, towering high; He plants a home to heaven anigh For song a mother-croon of bird In hushed and happy twilight heard, The treble of heaven’s harmony— These things he plants who plants a tree. .y a _ - • a f - What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants cool shade 'and tendor raih, And seed and bud of days to be, And years that fade and flush again; He plants the glory of the plain; He plants the forest’s heritage; The harvest of a coming age; The joy that unborn eyes shall see - These things he plants who plants a tree. What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants, in sap and leaf and wood, In love of home and loyalty And far-cast thought of civic good— His blessing on the neighborhood Who in the hollow of his hand Holds all the growth of all our land. A nation’s growth from sea to sea. Stirs in his heart who plants a tree. * * THE RANGER’S LIFE Nights that are spent in the open. Under the whispering trees; x Slumber that’s sweet and dreamless ■■ Lullabys sung by the breeze. Waked by the first red sunbeam Unto no day of strife — Waked to a day of pleasure— Such is the ranger’s life. Over paths flecked with sunshine, Threading the tree-lined ways; Fording a snow-born streamlet There where the big trout plays; Surprising the elk at the dawning, The bear at his clumsy playFeeling the heart-beat of Nature - Such is the ranger’s day. Think you the city can call him? What charm has the marketplace? Why should he turn from the mountains, Inviting, from peak to base? Town’s but to dream of at even, When camp fire smoke curls high. So lives the forest ranger Under the western sky.

HANDMADE UNDY

Sheer Garments, Tucked and Embroidered, Are Costly. f Factory Work, When Hundreds Are Cut at One Time, Result* in ______ Great Saving. If It is a hand-made affair of sheer pink linen, with a few tiny tucks and perhaps a simple edge of hand crochet you pay a good price for It because one person has made it—by hand. If It Is an elaborate affair of pink batiste or voile trimmed with lace Insertion and edging and. made by machine, perhaps a dozen people have worked on it —yet you pay considerably less for It That seems queer, does It not? But the distinction of the linen chemise lies in its hand-made quality and in Its material —fine, soft linen which is a bit of a luxury but the smartest fabric now for lingerie garments. Have you ever been in one of the factories where machine made undergarments are turned out? Big, bright and — nowadays — beautifully clean places are these factories, and despite the hundreds of people at work and the whir of the busy machines, there Is a wonderful order. Your pink batiste and lace chemise was first fashioned by a special worker. She produced it on a special machine from a sketch made- by a high-salaried designer. The garment thus produced was called a sample. It went into a glass case where It was displayed to buyers who came to select models for the season’s business. Before the sample went to the glass case a working pattern was made from - it.

DAINTY SILK POPLIN DRESS

This tan silk poplin dress is charming for the young woman, especially when It Is piped with old rose and softened by a dainty white collar.

Gowns Have Straight Lines

Design of Spring Flapper Outfits Affect Garment From Neck „ to the Border. The chic spring fashions for the nifty young flappers are delightfully suggestive of the buoyancy of early youth. The leading flapper gowns have straight lines the neck to the border, which finishes just below the knee —even at fourteen. Some of the gowns allow a reach to midway between ankle and knee. Some modeli In one piece fall straight with a belt on the hip line. This line is defined in other models with a wide long sash that is wonderfully fluffed at the back or right side. The sleeves are elbow length for afternoon gowns. Modest little gowns have sleeves three inches above the wrist Even caps are seen in some afternoon negligee gowns that are to be worn in the parks, on the beach and at home. Linen and silk lawn, organdie and swlss muslins are billowed into gowns, with a lot of flying ribbons hitched midst the sweeps of fabric—still these

The New Jabot.

Very full Jabots of plaited lace are B et in open coat fronts instead of flat waistcoats this spring. Some of these frilly Jabots are creamy In tone, others are pure white. Almost always at the top of the jab la a smart little tailored bow or ribbon which makes a background for a handsome bar pin.

SPORT SUIT OF TRICOLETTE

This striking sport suit is of rose tricolette. The hat I* of straw and Ie suitable for any sport costume.

This working pattern was a 'cut out of heavy paper and on the paper was sketched the pattern of the lace trimming, with carefully written memorandum of the number of yards of lace required. The working pattern, or dummy, as it Is called, then went to the factory, In a room 200 feet long and half as many feet wide the material for the chemise Is plied in layers and layers, and sometimes a hundred or more chemises are cut out at one time with an electric cutter. In another room the yards of lace for the trimming are being cut. Along go the material and S minings to another department with j dummy sample, and the pink chemise moves along from machine to machine, where busy girls do various kinds of work; Hemming, felling: seams, hemstitching, joining lace, ruffling, and even sewing on buttons. The, final process is the pressing and them the pink chemise is ready to go on lIS' journey to you. Yet all its peregrinations from designer to cutter, to stitching machines, to pressing room have taken less time than it took one worker to make the pink linen chemise by hand!

“Peach Rose” Color.

A color which has created quite a furor in Paris recently is of a yellowish pink in tone and called “peach rose.” It is equally becoming to blond and brunet, and this reason alone will tend to make it a popular shade for summer gowns.

Fragrance.

The one who likes a faint suggestion of perfume about her clothes may achieve it by pouring a few drops of toilet water in the rinse water or the starch or by sprinkling orris root or sachet powder under the ironing sheet.

small garments are taut in defining the figure loosely. The coats are modeled much like those for the “younger set” just ahead of the flappers. Their hats are the sailor, In straw, In fiber. In metal braid. There are turbans and jaunty caps. Low shoes in black and white lead—and the flapper in walking abroad is shod in oxfords and pumps with spring and three-layer heels.

Feathers Are Good.

Feather neckwear promises to be extremely good during the spring and summer. Many of the more elaborate evening wraps show high collars of ostrich, curled and flat, with similar ornamentation at the armholes. Marabou is also appearing as decoration on many of the new sport wraps. Ostrich boas and collars of marabou are appearing with more frequency, and would seem to be the logical outcome of the present season’s vogue for ostrich fans and similar decorations of ’ feathers. •

Coats With Cape Backs.

Coats showing cape backs are seen tn all lengths, from that reaching barely to the waist to the full length model, says Dry Gobds Economist In some of the full length coats there is a very original mixture of the salient features of cape, coat and dolman. The dolman influence Is seen most frequently tn the sleeves, the cape in the loose, full back and the coat in the belted front and vest effects.