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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Jul 1934, p. 19

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ralensice can flardly Jelp. his love for horses. The tradition is 400 years oId in his family, lie was informed recent- ly by the Viennese actress when she ýSat for a porirait to hini in Holly- wood. She told him too by: way of addngtohis knowledge of fànmily history that the barons were great fighiters-anid a case in poi nt is that aft.er figliting in 'the German-Aus-' trian war Mr. Paleniske's father came to America in >1804 to figlit in the Civil war. Ré simply had to fgltsone- where. 1This is about ail the knowledge Mr.' Palenske lias of, lis family, roots ini eastern Germany, and it amuses himi that. he shoulci have just learned it -"ie room was filled witli interest- ing curios, old brasses which the Palenskes picked up in England, a colorfui priîit from Munichi over the ireplace, sculptures of horses-an Irish hunter by Willis Good. and a western. pony, with aà cowboy rider by La Vern Black which is autographed t o *Pal"-a1 portrait -of Betty Palen-. ske painted by the family friend, Al- bert H1. Ullricli, whoý is noted locally for combining a department store business with a paintinghobby. But the 01113' work of Mr. Palenske im self Was the study of a girl iii ,^billow- ing white chiffon over the piano. "I have, neyer studied art ai ail," confessed Mr. Palenske, "bût. after quitting the newspapýer.game I organ- ~!1NM6L~ e. A4~T~sT ANI~ Al~VERT I $'U%~Ca IY~A~ 4 ~~A'4Nb~, pU).X. S~TUt~4P$ - T54A.>4 PLA~y family comes wich. 1 had evén forgotten to finishi tliatp O11 the wall in the living room of the Palenske home at 226 Tenth1 stréet. Wjlmette, liangs a sketch1 framed in red, the onîy sketch of horses ie lias at home. It was made1 during the.East-West polo games atý nuty to practice thie customns of the landed gentry to whom lie belotngs. He built a roaci a quarter of a mile long on the- place, riglit tlirougli a mosquito-breeding pond, to tlie dis- may of the neigliboring farmers wio. said a road could not..be built tliere He did it by digging an eight-foi hole in the middle of the pond, whicli then drained througli to the, gravel below and. disappeared foréver. SLkes "Fatna» Exorcise A hli obstructed, the view to the Souiti,. so he borrowed a- tractor from bis neiglibor and leveled. the S-ton' hlI. Rather than play golf lie likes to, pull tip: stumps, clear 'land, build fences.: lis habit of acconiplishing things was started early in' lis, career. As a staff artist, for the Chicago t)aily News lie was assigned ,to cover the famous . Harry k. Tiaw trial in New York City. He liad. no'press pass and only 50 of the 500 clamoring newspa- per men were adImitted, He got ini 1 Curious incidents abound in the life of a mariwlio has served tlie Hearst organization and covered news wlier- ever it broke, liandled advertisin g foôr rine railroads, and devised the freàk tests which demonstrate the durabil- it%- of the Dodge automobile. For four years ie lias been traversing and * re-traversing the 2,200 miles of the Canadian Pacifie railroad from Nova Scotia to Vancouver in planning itsý advertising. "IT i u e liis n .. à. ....1...l S INc'ae, Dur, ýzxjce irien t ve stop. ned the, speedometer." Frieud of wiii Rgr His advertising and sketching work has led to many interesting adven- tures with noted- authors like Mary Roberts' Rineliart and Emerson H ougli.:the Blackfoot Jndians, and so on. He bhas known Will Rogers* for 10 years, having met him in New York City at the Lanbs club tlirougli H. T. Webster, the cartooniat. mue by nie.1haioqi tmatL 4U11 sa»cause rney say rie ste by bis own because the iinstructor asked me for a campfire,» That's the cowboy defini- job. That canvas you see there of tion foi being snobbish, that girl. in white was painted on Veteran Trr.,i 0roake those three evenings." Part work, part fun-is the breaking Downtown in lis office with Ruth- of trails in the mountain passes so rauff and Ryan, Inc., are thé portrait that -tourists ýon the C. P. R.. kmay sketches he did recently, in Holly- (Continuec& on Page 33) ýL.eng oers >e>tP'-bdevhd Lob. Lads. <991hà*snw-trimnoed hem- Mhe. mW n ù loedmPj.. mile, Msgh blff *h#. am Sprayoeand owRI..v mut in a seting flgJ0SWgrandeu. Louise Lae in ta <ANADIAN ROCIES 'of theworla-TENNIs--DANc- iNG - world -famous GoLF - or boat while you soak in glo- nious inile-high sunshine and breathe in ozone-filled air that gi1ves a new zest to food, a new thrill to lite. This year you c an do it ail for so littie-fares and hotel .and, camp rates are the Cfflit Your Travel Agent or THOS. J. WALL, Geneal A gent 71 East jackson BIvd. (Straus .Bidg.). Chicagm. Tou>hena WABh 1MO

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