Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1928, Page 11

HODVER PROVED GODD OFFGE BOY Fortland Business Man Re- calls His Methodical Preciseness. By the Assoclated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., November 8. —That Bert Hoover was “a darn gtd office boy” was the emphatic declaration of B. 8. Cook, Portland real estate man, who was one of the two men, who gave Herbert Hoover, Republican candidate for the presidency, his start in the world of commerce. And Mr. Cook, an elderly, jovial soul, carefully folded up a aote of friendly gresting he had recentiy received from the Republican standard bearer, and stowed it away In his letter case after | having proudly displayed it to the cir- cie of friends who had gathered for a chat. Worked in Realty Office, It was back in 1888 that Herbert Hoover first entered the trading marts. He started with the Oregon Land Ce., et that time a thriving real esfate busi- ness in Salem, Ore. Hoover Was em- ployed as an office boy. Born in Iowa in August, 1874, Her-1|" bert Hoover was brought to Oregon by | his uncle, Dr. H. J. Minthorn, in 1885, shortly after the death of the boy’s mother, a widow. The doctor and Mrs. Minthorn cared for Herbert as though he was their own son. Upon arriving in Newberg, Ore., Dr. Minthorn, a stanch Quaker, started Pacific Academy, now known as Pacific College, in the tiny Quaker settlement. For three years the boy, Herbert, attended this school. - B. 8. Cook, the Rortland real, :estate .man, was Dr, Minthorn's colleague in or- ganizing the ‘school, dnd was trustee of the institution, Organized Company. __ At about this time the Orgeon Land | Co. was organized in Salem, a small | town then, about 30 miles away. Dr.| Minthorn and Cook were the or- ganizers. “Bert” Hoover, as he was then known by every one, was employed by the firm. ¥ 2 “Bert was the best office boy any firm ever had,” Cook said as he re- viewed the old days. “He never fussed around and he stayed home nights and he knew just where everything was in the office. And he knew, too, just when n;ybody would want arything in the office. “Yes, sir, Bert was a smart lad. And how he could talk when he got started! He said some things that were really wonderful—all about geology and ge- emetry and such, you know. “I have one of his geometry books home now,” Cook said. Smiling gent- 1y. “Of coul¥er e hastened to add, “I don't khow: Bhything about that sort of thing—I just kept the book as a sort of keepsake, you know.” ‘Was Systematic Boy. Mr. Cook continued: “Bert was always industrious. He was mI; most flliysugntéc boy I ever saw. our office ke, everything just so—books where they befin tters all sorted and filed, and every- thing“in order. ‘When he was not busy he had his head either in a book on mathematics or geology. He was a ‘wonder in arithmetic.” When “Bert” Hoover was 17 years old_his uncle, Dr. Minthorn, sent him to_Stanford University to complete his schooling. ~When he was graduated frof “Stanford, hé“ began his career as CAPITAL COLLECTION OF FANS TRACES ART TO LOUIS XV ERA Feminine Vanity of Bygone Days Echced by Mrs. W. L. Crounse’s Specimens. Holland, Spain, France, Eng- land and China Rep- resented. “BY GRETCHEN SMITH. An ‘extremely rare and beautiful col- lection of fans is that of Mrs. William Livingston Crounse of 2419 Wyoming avenue. For many years Mrs. Crounse has been “gathering her fans” from all parts of the world. She has done her collecting not because it is a fad, but because she is an artist who loves her subject and knows the beauty and the worth of each piece she acquires. Sometimes it is a tiny shop in Paris where she discovers the hiding place of an old fan of the days of hte Louis, or it may be in staid old Holland that she comes across the gay accessory of a senorita of far-away Spain. But wherever it may be, if the fan be of sufficient beauty, value or interest, Mrs. Crounse sees to it that the fan is added to the coliection which she loves so dearly. Mrs. Crounse is one of those excep- tional individuals who possesses beau- tiful things and enjoys sharing their bazuties with others. She led the writer into a sumptuous drawing room, tastefully reproduced after the salon of a famous French chateau. She un- locked the drawer of a table and dis- closed several rows of fans all neatly folded, ranging from a tiny French jvory onme to a large hand-painted parchment fan made in Spain more than 200 years 2go. & “I will first show you the lace ones,’ she said. “They do not date back as far as some of those in my collection, but I think they are very beautiful.” Royal Message Revealed. It was not difficult for her visitor to shiare her enthusiasm, as Mrs. Crounse tenderly unfolded a fan of Venetian ged, | rose point of matchless beauty. Then came a rare old duchess lace with deli- cate sticks of pearl. After showing several lace fans of incomparable work- manship, Mrs. Crounse took out ome of a delicately painted white kid. The design painted upon the panels showed a king's crown, below which was a pointing hand, a small May bush andg below the symbols the French worc “voeux,” meaning “wishes.” “This,” explained Mrs. Crounse, “is 4 &s%ad‘able ': .7:-» VICTROLA A No. 7-11 A Talking Machine ‘#hat the music of the world's by the most notable artis RCA 6-tube Radiola No. I8. enacts with absolute fidelity TemOost composers as interpreted 3 combined”with the wonderful All electric—built-in. Speaker. Single control tuning antenna aerial. nearby stations without that brings in _Genuine Victroh—\y&h'Orthobhonic Sound Box PRICE $250° %, Somites i RO0OP’S MUSIC HOUSE s 6 S Bhres ¥ Complete with tubes. -Street A HOMAS' treatment has relieved me of that fear of becoming bald, It has helped me retain my natural head/of hair and promote Mr. Lyman; normal hair growth,” ‘says You, teg, can save your hair or regrow hair by the reliable fifteen-year proved Thomas' treatment. 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The Hecht Co. ?& Featurés : ¥ > Victor Electrola Radiola Another Nationally Known Product the custom in those days,” she con- tinued, “for the royalty to send a fan as an expression of their hopes and desires to the object of their affections and, the symbolic message sent on this fan by Louis to his, future Queen means literally, ‘I hope you will crown my wishes.” " tion of fans in Paris. | posed to selling it to me. appointed,” continued Mrs. “and picking unusual delicacy and must be silently for a minute, It 3 Place instrument anywhere ; ;2 plug in and play. Antenna-plate brings in nearby stations wrlbnt an aerial of $250 ;. A fine zéaj/ &7 to sa) Corner Twelfth & G Sts. HONE| US SOMEONE on your Christmas list 'would be tickled pink to get this fine, all-electric Radi- -ola, cothbined with a Victrola in the same attractive cabinet, Here is a gift ‘that does not dic with the Christmas tree ~—it goes on giving pleasure The New Orthophonic Mrs. Crounse said that this particular fan was purchased from an old collec- “He only kep about 12 fans in his possession,” she | sald, “but he loved those fans dearly and it always saddened him to sell one. He did not care to sell more than onc fan a year, and when I visited hic shop and was shown the ‘royal en- gagement fan,’ he was very much op- I was dis- Crounse, up the fan, I slowly unfolded it, realizing it was a plece of andled as such. The old collector watched m and then h T will sell it to you because I know you will love it the way I do and that you will take care of it. That I know because of the great care with which you unfold it."” The fan of French royalty was fol- lowed by one of rare Spanish worke manship bearing the images of a king and a queen with the names “Isabella and John.” This fan was signed by the artist who had decorated it and the sticks of exquisite carved ivory, were entirely different, show an dmazing variety and intricacy of de- sign. A number of French fans of the early eighteenth century showed a de- cided “Chinois” influence both in motit and color. Jesuits Foster Art. It was explained that this was due to the return at that period of French history of the Jesuit priests from China to Prance. These priests were, of American Furnace Qil American Heating Oil g5 AMERICAN OIL COMPANY SOUTH WASHINGTON,, VA “MERRY CHRISTM S” through the years, It is Model Seven-cleven, and lists at $250, complete with tubes and built-in" speaker. «7-11” means a lucky Christmas for someone. And, say, why not make yourself a present like this? 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Snes ot wit panels bea scenes_of ladies with the high waistlines of that time and the fan sticks of gold-bronze, “ormolu,” so typical of it L There were fans with sticks of mother- of-pearl, carved ivory, white tortoise shell, silver inlay and even black lac- quer. Mrs. Crounse showed one fan which at one time belonged to the Count- ding | ess de Rastznac and one from Fontaine- bleau, which had been specially made for a lady in waiting to the Queen. But to the visitor who gazed in be- wildered enjoyment before this incom- parable collection, two little fans stood forth conspiciously—not because . of because the! period. | tifully flapper carried her beauty ‘“patches” to a ball 200 years ago. 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