314 THE IERIGA TION A GE. 



Bridges and fences were attacked and resi- towns of Elma and Folsom, in Chehalis 



dences threatened in South Portland. county, Wash. , have been partly de- 



The sawmill of the Bridal Veil Lumber stroyed. 



company and the whole town of Palmer, _ . We have received a 



situated twenty miles east of Bridal Veil, poster from "Gouverne 



were destroyed. ment Ge"ne"ral De L'Indo-Chine, Fran- 



The damage in eastern Multnomah caise," announcing the Exposition to be 



county amounts to $42,500. The most held at Hanoi, French-China this year, 



valuable timber belt in Clackamas county, The poster is striking in colors and is, in 



Oregon, is practically burned out. The its way, a curiosity. 



MY MENDING BASKET. 

 It is made of the stoutest of willow; 



It is deep and capacious and wide; 

 Yet the gulf stream that flows through its borders 



Seems always to stand at flood-tide! 



And the garments lie heaped on each other; 



I look at them often and sigh, 

 Shall I ever be able to grapple 



With a pile that has grown two feet high? 



There's a top layer always of stockings; 



These arrive and depart every day: 

 And the things that are playing "button-button'' 



Also leave without any delay. 



But ah, underneath there are strata 

 Buried deep as the earth's eocene! 



Things put there the first of the autumn, 

 Still there when the trees have grown green ! 



There are things to be ripped and made over; 



There are things that gave out in their prime; 

 There are intricate tasks all awaiting 



One magical hour of "spare time." 



Will it come? Shall I ever possess it? 



I start with fresh hope every day. 

 Like a will-o'-the-wisp it allures me; 



Like a will-o'-the-wisp fades away. 



For the basket has never been empty, 

 During all of its burdened career, 



But once, for a few fleeting moments, 

 When the baby upset it, last year! 

 -Bessie Chandler in Harper's Bazaar. 



