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t1VJue u1mL L1M.Fisis an rate, these women seem to have thet edge'on their colleagues when it cornes to achievement, esprit de corps, and alertness. One of the case histories 1 shall quote in this projected opus is that -of Mrs. Myron T. Harsbaw, 1173 Asbury avenue, Winnetka. She bas thé four childrei,: the prof essional career, the. spécial ý qualities of en- thusiasm, humor, and vigor. I went out to interview ber in june, 1934, on a Sunday mnorning, and. for no good reàson it bas.taken two years and a' balf to get this article into print. The delay is interesting enough to make a story in itself, and has led to ail sorts of delightful de- veloprnents, but you, dear public, must bc cottta kow ±1Ia ope reas9J was the lack of an acceptable photo- grapb. M..t at BrStldast When I arrived, 1 learned that the Harsbaw girls were marooned up- stairs on suspicion of scarlet fever. Mr. and Mrs. Harshaw were at break- f ast, with young Turner, then aged 22 montbs. Tbey politiely urged me to join them, and 1 accepted, politely it dificuit to approximate them où goddeSSes in miiiviz y' '.q".-.. - the cffete north shore, Consequently - "I had been dramatizing a lt hie, three daughters, Maritha Jane, based on Greek mythology," she said, now a junior at New Trier, and Patty, "and the children were so confused a sophomore at New Trier, and Hope, that I tbought 1I would, over the weekc- significant, to -Mrs. JlarshaWv, wno was undoubtedîy influenced by the inter- ess f ber own. children.,. So. once. more she>waded into researhà en ing she, read 22 books for informa- tion and atmosphere. 0f these.books she especially recommetids "The Vik-. ing Age" by Du Chaillu. Eacb of its two volumes is .three iinches thick. Writes UBoo<kof.th...Month" In due time the publishing world welcomed her second book, "Reindeer on the Waves." It, too,, is beautîfully- illstate, y.Margaret. lannelli, ini c -osand designs suggestive of old Norse tapestries.. Immediately upon publication it w as1 selected, as the book-of -the- monlt h by the Junior Literary Guild. Recognition had come, at last! "You neyer. do hiave a momenlt in the writing gaùme ïhough vheià you say to yourself, 'Now I've arrived,"' laughs Ruth Harshaw. "You're al- ways conscious of what you might have done with the book or of what you want to write in the next. The Big Moment neyer comes 1" Her writing. of books has been in- terruvfted in the past tbrce years by covery, that Mr. Harshaw was on the board of directors of the. Wis- consin Alumn i association (he bas since served as president), so we talked university with great gusto. These discoveries were accented by anDnrn1riate murmurs f rom the lady iving." bfle eeueves tnat a c- ment store can be a most inter- tg and practical field for edu- ýn. hink what it bas to work. with," explained, "books - the wboie of books - art department, y sbop (she has written a baby, hlm consists. was a mix-up ab, iacc cap stage, Finally sbe real ieeP. m. on Tuesdays. ' She wi-l talk ar j (Cotin.ued on page 33) ý,WilW