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Highland Park Press, 22 May 1930, p. 40

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Educational Program at Prison Is Success " I'H‘nl RELIABLE LAUNDRY and DRY CLEANING COMPANY House Furnishings, Drapes, Curtains, Rugs and Blankets beautifully dry cleaned vlucatinml paint-m for “litur- smuted n the Joliet Prison wwille by Rodney H. Brandon, " public welfare, under Gov. .uuis ".'. Kmrhersort, has pro- highly satisfaetory results. IO were totally illiterate when a few months Mo, luv In write their own letters to tk tin tondum the will The "Idea! "mines-a Cotteern in Highland Park In Taylor, principal of ol for the Deaf It s appoint educa- r to ratamh the mco wan made com- muhlithem nf the PHONE 178 tie I irame c at The Mate 3150 is conducting I school at‘the women's prison. It has an enrollment of 48 and is supervised by Mrs. John r. Taylor. f general policy that no more illiterate men and women.would be walled from the Illinois penitentisries A Chicago woman held I 13 dia- m'ml hand in bridge, bid six no trumps and Inst. Her husband broke a cut glass bowl aver her head and she wants a divorce. We should say that she got " easy eraveiderintt the rsften.v. They his have a hermit in Indin who hands aloft fur twentrflve Wtuldn't he make an ideal THE PRESS The Green Pastures, by Mare Connolly: Closely related to the pre- ceding hook in "The Green Pastures." The author tell us on the title page that this book was suggested by Roark Bradford’s, "01' Man Adam an' His Chilluri," which preceded "Ol King David an' the Philistine Boys." This play is so popular onBrnnd- way that seats can he bought only from speculators The action starts in a negro Sunday school, and con- sins of pictures of Heaven, and how the Lord moves on earth to enforce His will. These pictures are thekrea. rim of a Sunday schnol superitttend, out to make real to the children the stories he tells them. The play was recently awarded the Pulitzer prize for l930. A National Theatre Fontlights Across America, by Kerr. m-th Maczowan: A study ot the new theatrical system that has spread thrrugh little theatres, universities, and high schools all over the United States. Photographs show buildings, settings, and scenes. ' Scotland l ln Reach of Scotland, by l, C. v. Morton: A discursive, personal rec- ord of a motor journey around Scot- laml. It is not a guide-book but an mjnyahle mixture of ancedote, des- criptirm, and stories from the past, well seasoned with humor. The Old Time Religion Ol' Kine David .and the Philistine Boys, by Roark Bradford: One should propan- for reading this book by go- ing through the old series of Stories from tho Bible. The reader who has done this, or who does not need to do this because he knows the stories already has a great treat awaiting him "m this hook. Each chapter in the hook is n well-known Bible story told in negro dialect, and illustrated told in mgr“ dialect. and illustrated with allusions sure to he familiar to the proarhor's listonors. Two of the chapter titles are "The Widow Woman Named Ruth" and "Throw Down Jez- ehel." Controversial Times llmi'raicl; A Life of Anne Hutchin- son: Anne Hutchinson would have been an outstanding character in any are. As a religious leader in seven- teenth century New England her dis. scnting views and her fearlessness made her a center of controversy, and led to l',' expulsion from the Massa- chusetts colony. In this entertaining biography her life is-imaginatively reconstructed. nma.basis of authentic fact. with a real feeling for the tem- 'per of those controversial timer. Antiques ' Furniture Tr wry~ by Wallace Nuttinz: 'l'hea€l two large volumes contain 5000 ill stations of objects dear to the collector of antiques, cov- ering the fbsld indicated by the sub- title: "All periods of American fur- niture, with some foreign examples in America. also American hardware and household utensils." The deserip. Hons are very brief hut the examples of each type are so nunierous' and the photographs so clear that verbal LIBRARY This Lurk will be on exhibition for Vim. month before being circulated. The First in the Trilogy Australia Felix, by_Henry Hendel Richerdson: tn the early days of the cult nization of‘Australia, it was "Aus- tralia Felix, blast. thrice-blest Austra- description is hardly necessary. Per. haps the mrst surprising, if not the most beautiful' item, is a chair with a fly-switch river the sitter's head, op- erated by a pedal and evidently in. vented before the day of window mreens. - V Richerdson: in the early days of the cult nization of‘Australia, it was "Aus- tralia Felix, blest, thrice-blest Austra- lia!" Often true., Fortunes were made in the gold rush over night, and lost as quickly. This novel, the first of the triingy. of which The Way i'lnme is the :u-eontl‘. and Ultima Thule Is the last, clearly shows sides of life in the nld Australia. The story is centered around Richard Mahony, an Irish doctrzr, who,.at the beginning at the book, is a. storekeeper in a muzglimz gold-mining town. The novel deals with his rise to a pros- perous practice as a, physician in Bal. iafet, and ends as he and his wife sail for England, because of Ma. hony's dislike for the country and its inhabitants. . The Crusades; Iron Men and Saints, by Hamid Lamb: Harold Lamb con, tinues to delve in the Orient, and this time he has taken the crusades, a f'wld as yet somewhat free from mod. ern writing, We know so little about the causes of the Crusades, and the aetuul process of getting the men to the Holy Land, that this book is certain of a cordial welcome. The hork is full of pictures that remain in the memory, as the final end of the hosts of Peter the Hermit. ' Americana A History of American Magazines 1741-1850, by Frank Luther Mott: "This volume is intended as an intro. duction to the magazines pf which it treats. and an outline history of mag- :zine development since IMO,"..-) face. " _ American periodicals have long been in need of this book, since their his- tory is so closely allied to that of the country in all fields. Mr. Mott is pre- raring a second volume to carry the history to date. - Dearle Mother on a little voice is calling To an Nor listeriintt ear, And the childish wants are falling Where a tender heart and dear Patient harkens as no other ' To the call of "Dearie Mother!" An'inwa man buried alive for 391 hours claims the record. And here is one endurance record that not many people will seek to break. hs, tho child. no longer youthful, Lehns upon her mother's heart, Tells her waves in accents truthful, Seeks tor comfort ere they part,- Then how sweet her head to smother On the breast; of "Denis Mother'," God Wills It'. Thursday, n 22, 1930

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