White Magic Poem by Berton Braley
Poem lyricizes white imagery as a lure to travel and home. The speaker describes white sails, white wakes, white roads, and white peaks, ending with comfort in a white cottage and the warmth of love and family.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1921
Page
4
Poem lyricizes white imagery as a lure to travel and home. The speaker describes white sails, white wakes, white roads, and white peaks, ending with comfort in a white cottage and the warmth of love and family.
The text references inviting a group nicknamed the stickup boys to a conference focused on disarming measures. The item appears as a brief historical note about attendance and event framing.
A fragment notes actors believe they can write better than critics while mentioning a price readjustment period and questioning whether everyone has forgotten the taxicabs. The text blends literary vanity with urban transport costs.
Charles G. Dawes stirred interest about the process of a trooper taking an oath, prompting questions on how such oaths are sworn and administered.
The new New York fashion decision requires spring skirts to be knee length or longer. A state constabulary could be used to maintain order at public hearings on legislative measures. Vice President Marshall heads to Europe in search of a five cent cigar. Congress by canvassing the electoral vote yesterday revealed the startling fact that Harding and Coolidge were elected.
Skeptics query who runs the Deutschland-Weber-Alles protests in Germany while reflecting on who should receive praise in the wake of wartime efforts. The note on Inez Mee- Whorter highlights culinary praise amid political chatter. Public restraint on objectionable shows is praised though not widely echoed in action. Railroads are said to focus on wages over transport as conferences continue in Chicago. The American Legion mocks Jack Dempsey becoming an honorary member of Disabled Veterans. Washington politicians expect a smooth transition as the new administration forms its cabinet.
A Penn State college push asks men to learn cooking for emergencies. The Lorimer family drama follows Ann’s bold pursuit of art and independence, with a jail note and a stirred household as the holiday party unfolds.
Philadelphia Feb 10 Hog Island the world largest shipyard has ceased activity after delivering the steamship Aisne to the army transport service. Since keel laying in 1918 Hog Island produced 122 vessels totaling 956 750 deadweight tons and carried 8 613 694 long tons of American goods worldwide.
A community movement promotes High Point as a fit location for a Methodist Protestant college. Advocates cite churches, wholesome religious atmosphere, low living costs, central rail access, and a modest city size as advantages for student life and education.
North Carolina residents invested over 454 thousand dollars in thrift and war savings stamps and related securities last year, part of a 1.97 million district total. Savings clubs with more than 11 thousand groups mobilized pennies nickels and dimes from schoolchildren, while district per capita investment stood at 30 cents and the nation at 40 cents.
The scene centers on a marriage dispute as Daddy Lorimer grows grave and warns of legal action the next morning after a quarrel over vows. The exchange hints at custody and domestic conflict with a lawyer’s involvement looming.
George F. Wilson of Wilson Motor in this city attended a Ford dealers meeting in Greensborough at the O Henry hotel. The 10 o’clock conference ran into the afternoon with about 35 dealers present. Discussions covered conditions, outlook, and sales plans for tractors.
Fannie Hurst story Humoresque becomes the Broadway feature next Monday and Tuesday. Alma Rubens leads with Gaston Glass and Vera Gordon in the cast as Leon Kantor moves from boy prodigy to concert hero.
Dean W. Hoskins of the New York University Veterinary College says latest dog fashions mirror human styles. He notes the Boston terrier and Pekinese are fashionable, with the Boston terrier enjoying particular popularity at the time.
Miss Blanche Peckert listed as a principal of the Palache Pickert Stock Company performing at the Orpheum theater next week.
ALBEMARLE N C Feb 10 The proverb about wicked fleeing when no man pursues is tested as night officer Vance Lowder observes a car dash by then stop down the street The chauffeur checks the motor and Lowder approaches to offer aid in the dim doorway
After a wreck scene the driver fled from a car carrying several gallons of North Carolina moonshine. Authorities in Lowder stopped the driver as he fled, leaving two men and the vehicle. Investigation confirmed the case involved illicit corn liquor.
West Orange New Jersey reported by national lines a historically low death rate. Of 160 deaths last year 31 people passed 70, 11 passed 80 and one reached 90, reflecting the town’s health status in the era.
Alexander's hosts a remnant sale featuring silks ginghams percales madras and white goods. The event runs Friday Saturday and Monday with new and desirable goods on display.
Helsingford Finland Peh 10 reports timber industries as the nation’s leading wealth source in the coming days. A tally shows 268,160,729 timber trees. Hydro electric plants are tied to pulp and cardboard production.
Brookline Massachusetts asserts it is the largest town in the world governed by a town eating system.
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