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2 12 PAGES FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1941 WOMEN'S NEWS and AMUSEMENTS Elizabeth Madox Roberts, the Novelist Who Was Ever a Poet, Is Dead Strange Gods' for publication. She Is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Roberts, Springfield; four brothers, William G. Roberts, Louisville; Charles R.

else she had just "stayed" in Colorado a few months before her college years. Miss Roberts was In Louisville last summer, preparing "Not By 1 m'i. hung with many of her own fabric designs. Many designs had been given away and others were stored on shelves and in drawers. For some time she had made a custom of going to the Florida lake country each winter, returning with the warm months to stay at Springfield until autumn.

She always thought of Kentucky as her home, pointing out that she had never "lived" anywhere tional Institute of Arts and Letters. She was described a year ago by Rena Niles, Kentucky biographer, as a woman "with long ash-blond hair and the face of a pre-Raphaelite Madonna." Makes Hobby of Weaving. Miss Roberts' relaxation from writing was in weaving on a hand loom. The white walls of her borne at Springfield were SANDERS Innerspring i I A-" Free Delivery Attention Farmers: If you have choice poultry-it will pay you to sell it to SANDERS. Undergrades not wanted at any price.

Burial Planned At Old Home In Springfield Nolr1 Krnlurky Author Is Victim of Anemia Utile more than a month after the last of a long list honors. Elizabeth Madox Rob--ts, Kentucky author, died of Thursday in an Orlando. "ia hospital. She was in a coma or the last two days. Her bdy will be taken, in accordance with her wishes, to prtnsfield.

for burial. Springfield was her lifelong home except for a few months she stayed in Colorado, and the winters which she liked to spend in Florida. Final recognition of her twenty-year literary career was her admission in January to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in New York City. Last Book Just Off Tress. Hej- latest work, "Not By Strange Gods." had just come off the press.

It is a series of short Etories. Miss Roberts had been, in her own mind, a poet for most of her 55 years. When she was 8 years eld she read in one of her Mcj Guffey's Readers the line "Elizar beth Barrett Browning was poet." And to herself she said -And that's what I am a poet." While her works included not only poems but short stories, and while she was most widely known for her novels, she still clung to the idea "I am a poet." And her novels wore the poet's stamp of words so chosen that they sang. She was born near Springfield, WA 1264 QUALITY POULTRY FOR Delicious Young Pullets for Roasting; 5 to 7 Lbs. Springers 2 to 4 Lbs.

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Miss Roberts published her first novel, "The Time of Man," in 1926. It became Book-of-the-Month choice for October that year. In 1930 she won second prize in the twelfth annual O. Henry Memorial award for best short stories of the year published in American magazines. Her winning entry was "The Sacrifice of the Maidens." Her 1930 novel, "The Great Meadow," was Literary Guild choice for March that year.

Southerners Honor Her. The Southern Women's National Democratic Organization in New York gave her honorable mention in 1939 for "Black Is My True Lcve's Hair, novel the title for which was taken from an old Kentucky ballad. Other volumes included "My Heart and My Flesh," 1927; "Jingling In the Wind," 1928; "A Buried Treasure," 1931; "The Haunted Mirror," a book of short stories, 1932; and "He Sent Forth a Raven," 1935. When the 1935 volume was published its reception was un-enthusiastic, but it since has come to be regarded as possibly Miss Roberts' best. In January Miss Roberts was granted membership in the Na- RAISE 95 OF OUR CHICKS Sensational Offer! This electric Liv-An-Gro Brooder with 40 (yoar choice) of our U.

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Her father was Simpson Roberts, a civil engineer, schoolmaster and poet, whom she remembered in per poems, "Under the Tree" written while she was a student in the University of Chicago. Her mother was Mary Elizabeth Brent Roberts. Is Named to Phi Beta Kappa. Miss Roberts received the bachelor of philosophy degree from the University of Chicago in 1921 and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa. During her undergraduate days she was one of a small group of writers there including Glervway Westcott, Yvor Winters and Janet Lewis.

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A. Fihe voted for the couple and County Judge Mark Beau-champ voted against giving them the rock. Commissioner James Hcnning was absent. Liicien P. Beckner Asks $16,050 for Injuries Injured a year ago when he was kt neked down by a bicycle ridden by a messenger boy, Lucien P.

Beckner, 1204 S. 4th, geologist, sought $16,050 damages Thursday in a Circuit Court suit against the Southern Optical Company, 600 S. 4th, for which firm the suit alleged the messenger boy was working. Legion Auxiliary Plans Service Registration Volunteer service registration for all members of Jefferson Unit, 15, American Legion Auxiliary', will take place at 10:30 a.m. Friday.

The meeting will be held at Memorial Auditorium. A board meeting will precede the regular meeting. Roberts. San Luis Obispo, Calif. John D.

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