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Galley Saving
oeA Bottle of Bovril in the kitchen will cut
down butcher's bills, It enormously in-
creases the nourishing value of food—in fact, its body-
building powers have been proved ten to twenty tinges
the amount taken, It must be Bovril.
ExpItrcrs of thc a
By MAZO DE LA ROCHE.
•1.13,.mss<n
It all began with our discovery 0
the Dawn. Of course, we had known
all along that there was a sunrise—
a mechanical sort of affair that star
ed things going like clockwork. Ba
pawn teas a bird of snot•
If we had had our parents with us
they would have, in all likelihood
unfolded the mystery of it in some
bedtime visit; but our gat -artless, Mrs
Handsomebody, if she ever though
about the Dawn at all, probably look
ed on it with suspi'eion, and some dis
favor, as a weak, feeble thing --a
nebulous period, fit neither for honest
folk nor for cut-throats.
So it came about that we heard of
it from our good friend the Bishop.
Mrs. Handsomebody had given a
grudging permission for us to take
tea with him. In het July weather•
her voice and eyes always seemed
frostier than usual. The closely shut
windows and drawn blinds made the
house a prison, and the glare of the
planked back yard was even more
intolerable. Therefore when Rawlins,
the Bishop's butler, told us that 'We
were to have ten in the garden, it was
hard for us to remember Mrs. Hand -
somebody's injunction to walk sedate-
ly and to bear in mind that our host
was a bishop.
But as we crosed the cool lawn, our
spirits, which had drooped all day,
like flags at half-mast, rose and flut-
tered in the summer breeze, and we
could not resist a caper or two as we
approached the tea -table.
The B shop did not even see us.
His fine grave face was buried in a
book he had or. his knees, and his
gaitered legs were bent so that he
toed in.
When we drew up before hien,
Angel and I in stiff Eaton collars, and
The Semple fresh as a daisy, in a
clean white sailor blouse, he raised
his eyes and gave us a vague smile,
and a wave of the hand toward three
low wicker chairs, We were not a bit
abashed by this reception, for we
knew the Bishop's ways, and it WAS
joy enough that we were safe in his
garden, staring up at the blue sky
through flickering Leaves, and listen-
ing to the splash of a little fountain
that lived in the middle of the cool
grass -plot.
Surely, I thought, there never was
such another garden—never another
with such a rosy red brick wall, half
hidden by hollyhocks and larkspur—
such springy, tender grass—such a
great guardian cathedral, that tower-
ed above and threw its deep benefi-
cent shade! Here the timorous cath-
edral pigeons strutted unafraid, and
dipped their heads to drink of the
fountain. raising them heavenward, as
they swallowed—thanking God, so the
Bishop said, for its refreshment.
It was hard to believe that next
door beyond the wall, stood Mrs.
Han'dsocnebndy's planked, back yard.
Yet even at that moment I could see
the tall, narrow house, and fancied
that a blind moved as Mrs. Handsome -
body peered down into the Bishop's
garden, to see how we behaved.
Rawlins brought a tray and set it
on the wicker table beside 'hc Bish-
op's elbow. We discovered a silver
muffin dish, a plate of cakes, and a
glass pot of honey, to say nothing of
the tea.
Still the Bishop kept his gaze bur-
ied in his book, marking hie progress
with a blade of grass. Rawlins stole
away without speaking, and we three
were left alone to stare in mute de-
sire at the tea -things. A bee was
buzzing noisily about the honey -jar.
It was The Seraph who spoke at last.
"Bishop," he said, politely, but
'firmly, I would like a little nush-'
menta'
"Bless rhe!" pried the Bishop.'
"Wherever are my manners?" And he
closed the book sharply en the grass-!
blade, and dropped it under the table.
"John, will you pour tea for us?"
We finished the muffins and cake, '
nil talking with our mouths full, in the
most sociable and sensible way; and,•
alter the honey -pot was almost empty, 1
we made the bee a prisoner in it, so
that, like that Di4e of Clarence who
was drowned do a butt of Malmsey,
he got enough of what he liked, ati
last.
I think it was.Angel who put the
question that was to lead to so much
that was exciting and mysterious. He.
said, leaning��against the Bishop's'.
shoulder, "What do you think is the
(Host beautiful thing in the world,
Bishop?"
Our friend had The Seraph between
lis knees and was gazing at the back'
f, ily, feeling as I did that the manner
of the toad's demise was best left to
conjecture. "We want to hear about
t- the most beautiful thing in the world.,
t Please tell it, Bishop!"
j 'Well, since you corner ase," said
.,the Bishop, his eyes on the larkspur,
I should say it is the wing of that
pale -blue butterfly,hovering
• I those deep -blue flers;' above
t Angel's face fell. "Oh, I didn't,
mean a little thing like that," he said. j
-"
I meant a 'stamens, wonderful thing.
Something that you couldn't ever for-'
get."
"Well—if you will have it,' 'said
the Bishop, "come close and I'll whir-'
per." Instantly three heads hedged
!him in, and he saki in a sonorous
undertone, "It's the Dawn."
{ "The Dawn." We three repeated:
the magic words on the same note of
secrecy. "But what ,is it like? How;
can we get to it? Is ,it like the sun-
se'?"
I won't explain a bit of it," he'
replied. "You've got to seek i.t out
for yourselves. Its a pity, though,
you can't see it first in the country.".
"Must we get up in the dark?"
"Yes. I think your tallest attic'
window faces the East. You must
steal up there while it's still gray day.'
light. Have the windows open, so
that you can hear and smell, as well
es see it. But ,I'm afraid the dear:
Seraph's too little."
I "Not ase," asserted The Seraph,
stoutly. "I'm stwong as two ephel-i
. ants.'
"You mustn't be frightened when,
you Isear its wings.'• said the Bishop,'
"nor be abashed at the splendor of it,
for it was designed for just such little
fellows as you. You will come and h
tell me then 'what happens, won't you ?
I shall probably never waken early
enough to see .it again." 1
Though we played games after this,.
and the Bishop made a very satisfac-' •
tory lion pronling about in a jungle'
of wicker chairs and table legs, we'
none of us quite lost sight of the ad -1
venture in stare for us. Somewhere]
in the back of our heads lurked the!
thought of the Dawn, with its sug-I
gestion of splendid mystery.
We were no sooner at home again
!then we set about Ns -cussing ways
and means..
The chief thing," said Angel, "is to!
waken about four. We have no alarm'
clock, so I s'pose we'll just have to
take turns in keeping watch all night..
• The hall elo'ok strikers so we can watch.
• hour about."
"I'll take first watch!" put in The
Seraph, eagerly.
"You'll take just what's given to
you, and no questions, young man,";
i said Angel, out of the side of his'
mouth; and The Seraph subsided,:
crushed,
Came bedtime at last, and the three'
of us in the big four-poster; the door t
shut upon the world of Mrs. Hand 1
somebody, and the windows firmly
barred against burglars and nicht air.
Angel announced, "First watch for s
mo! You go right to sleep, John, ani
itch wake you when the clock strikes(o
I But I wasn't at all sleepy, and we
lay in the duck and talked till the 1
familiar harsh voice of the hall clock a
rasped out nine o'clock.
"You go to sleep, please, John,"., fl
whispered Angel in a drowsy voice, v
land I'll watch till ten,"
I felt drowsy, too; so I put my arm'.
about the slumbering Seraph and soon b
fell fast asleep.
j It seemed to me but a moment when
• Angel roused me. I knew I had bare-
ly settled down to an enjoyable dream,
in which I was the only customer in t
an ice cream parlor, where there were 0
seven waitresses, each one obsequious P
ly proffering a different flavor. (
"Second watch on deck!" whispered, s
Angel, hoarsely—"and look lively!"
"But I'd only just put my' spoon in k
the strawberry ice," I moaned. "Can't
be ten minutes yet." t
"Oh, I say," complained Angel 1 f
"don't you s'pose I know when the old t
clock strikes ten? You've been sleepin' a
like a drunken pirate, and no mistake.; C
Most be near eleven by now." � v
"111 just see for myself," I de t
Blared. "I'11 go and look at the 1
schoolroom clock." And I began to u
scramble over him.
"You will not then," muttered.
Angel, clutching me. "I shan't let h
you!"
y "You won't, eh? If it's really ten,
you needn't care, need you?"
"Course it's ten --it's nearer eleven;
but you're going to do what I say,"
MO) C. 7.71 9
Peril to Creeping Baby.
Does your baby play on the floor,
t'Irs. ]ouneenother? Are you very
careful to res that he comes in con-
tact with nu unclean substances? Do
you know that a deadly disease larks
in dust and dried sputum carried into
the house on people's feet?
Doctors who have studied these
matters carefully tell us that most
persons who contract tuberculosis are
infested in childhood. In.fact, eight
of ten persons have the germs at some
time in their lives. Every year 12,500
persons die of the white plague in
Canada. This means about 83,000
aetive eases in the country right now.
A large percentage of these victims
are suffering needlessly. "As many
of these patients became infected in
babyhood, mothers should be made to
realize the great responsibility that is
theirs," says Dr. Victor Vaughan, an
authority on tuberculosis.
During the. first few months of
child's life there is very little sign o
tuberculosis. If the newborn babe
and the tuberculosis germ could b
kept far apart ' the country wool
eventually be rid of the white plagu
Therefore, a serious duty rests wit
the mother.
"It is just about the time a bab
begins to play on the floor and t
have a change in his diet that th
tuberculosis infection begins to oc
cur," says Doctor Vaughan. "Th
mother places the child on the floor•
unthinkingly, perhaps, and wholly un-!
mindful of the germs which may be
lurking there. The child's impulse to!
put everything into his mouth does'
the test. Clean material should first!
be placed on the floor as a protection.!
Only sanitary toys should be given
him and under no circumstances'
should he be permitted to have a
pacifier! The latter has no merits,
whatever. On the contrary, it is a,
germ carrier and often works untold
harm to a child."
.Another matter which Doctor
'Vaughan lays special stress upon was
tat of allowing a child to drunk from
the same cups as the grownups or
biting from the same morsels of food.
'Each child should have his individual
dishes and receptacle;:' he continued.
'This is the most common cause of
infection and the quickest way in
which disease is spread."
(Serve cream soups with croutons—
small squares of bread which have
been browned in the oven—and in
this way use up bread which has be-
come stale; or place a slice of toast
!sprinkled with grated cheese in rho
onion or meat soup, and a spoonful
of pop -corn in cream of corn soup.
A "Specialty" Social.,
If you wish to plan an entertein-
ntent that is an excellent money
Maker, and that also gives an oppor-
, tuuity for the workers in the com-
munity to demonstrate their various
abilities, try having a "Specialty"
Instruct the families. taking part to
plan their contributions so that they
will bring in as much money as pos-
sible, You can arrange to keep track
of each donatio,: and to offer a prize
• for the fancily adding most to the
evening's fund.
a' When our committee arranged steeh
an affair, we told the people that they
e, could bring any saleable commodity
that they desired and could dispose of
I it in as unique a manner as they wish -
e• , ed. The sale was held in the—gym-
h nasium of the consolidated school, a
large room, and there certainly was
Y, a varied list of articles to choose
0, from.
o One woman brought five varieties
-I of cake. We knew her to be a re-
el markable cake baker and therefore
expected her to bring cakes; but we'
were totally unprepared for her novel!
way of selling them, She erected al
small booth, in which she displayed'
her wates, and sold slices of her cakes'
with the accompanying recipe, at ten:
cents a slice.
Another woman made pretty and
unusual aprons, and not only offered
them for sale, but also sold patterns
of any style desired.
A. girl who had learned to make the
new beaded chains, sold some that
she had on hand and also placed on
sale a number of home-made looms.
Then she further- demonstrated her
ability to add funds to her account
by giving lessons to anyone who wish-
ed to learn the art.
A rural canvasser for magazine
subscriptions made arrangements
with several publishing firms to ex -1
hibit copies of their publications and
to furnish the clubbing rates that
these firms made. The commission;
from her sales made her a contestant
for the prize.
• One men, who made up all the cane
f' of the district into sorghum, ran a
1 candy table. His family united their
efforts with his, and together they
made several kinds of candy. They
11 assured us that it.was a truly local
• product, from the cane seed to the
• finished candy.
Another family sold popcorn in
e various forms—on the ear, shelled..
✓ ready to pop, specially picked -out ears
for seed corn, or made into popcorn
- balls and crackerjack.
Mince -meat was another specialty,
Soups From Left -Overs.
Soups may easily be divided int
three classes: Purees or cream o
vegetable soups, meat -stock soups
and meatless vegetable soups.
The first class is usually made with
a single vegetable, such as peas, car
or potatoes as abase. The vegetable
after being cooked, is pressed throug
a sieve or colander, added to the re
quired amount of milk, or milk an
water, boiled up, thickened with floe
and seasoned.
The'second class has, as a founda
tion, meat stock to which the vege
tables are added, Every particle o
meat, bonne and gristle should be made
o yield its last atom of nourishment
n soup with which to begin every
day's dinner. It is not necessary to
serve much at a time, for more sub-
tantial food follows. Put the scrap
of meat and bone in an earthenevar
✓ porcelain -lined pot, place over th
fire and just cover with cold water
etting it heat gradually and simme
ong and slowly. Let stand over nigh
nd next morning skim off fat. Th
aver may then be varied by differen
egetables or seasoning. There are is
the bones and gristle, as well as in the
meat, qualities that are needed in the
ody.
The third class is perhaps simplest
ncl most economical of all. It may
e made entirely of left -over vege-
abies, or it may include both left -
vers and newlycoolced vegetables.
erhaps there are some cold potatoes
any kind), a little gravy, a few
poonfuls of peas or shelled beans and
little turnip on hand. Put into a
ettle sufficient boiling water to make
he required amount of soup for your
amily. Into the kettle slice one or
Ivo onions, two or three carrots and
few more rate potatoes if needed.
ook until tender, add the�left-over'
egetables, gravy, and some salt,
eppor too if liked, and boil ftp, then
se a wire potato masher to reda.c
the vegetables to a smooth mixture,
A pleasing variety of soups may be
ad by varying the ingredients.
Tomatoes in any fo1•m may be used,
even to the ririings 0f the catsup bot-
tle. Boiled bean baked henna, squash,
corn, a little cabbage, a bit of parsnip,
elery, macaroni, rice, oatmeal or the
ft -over ]neat pia (erre:, and all)
ay all be utilized in t1 - 4.e way. Celery
akes a most delieions soup. The
elery itself ma; be used; or crushed,
tied leaves, or celery salt can be,user'
r flavoring. When at straight '•ege-
ble soup is made, sold milk ata lila
e cream to gi h.. '' li c t r'.ichneee,
asking thew, beetle,. or a little geed
eking rni p b used.
A eI Le :cup for ellial.ren and -
hide is made thes; flit ono rya •
chicken heti! ti. Gee: the fire, weeli
tvo heaping tc po0;tfol.t of rice an!
at
it to ilia broth, Cook slowly fee
alf an hour, thicken with a tali]:••
spoonful of ,Atter and two of ilim
rsrbbed to a paste. Add a pint of now
Milk which has been sculled, flerve
vary hot.
offered. The exact recipe acco npah-
ied the jars or the delicious pies
which found a ready sale, especially
rimulae• The inexperienced housekeep-
ers.
Theft, there was a "specialty troupe"
s who sold their entertainment to those
e who wi:;hed to he entertained. This
e brought in a large part of the
receipts.
Ono family claimed that their
t specialty was the accumulation of
o things they had no further use for.
t So they conducted an auction booth
-1 and found that there were other peo-
ple who could use and were willincg to
pay for such things as outgrown
clothing, household appliances and
'Well,' he milled, "since you risk
n1e seriously, 1 should any this little;
curl on The Seraph's nape."
The Seraph fent ler •it.
"I yike it," he said, "but I yike ny,
wart better."
"Good gracious!" exclaimefl the
Bishop. "Don't tell me you've a warts"
"'Yee, a weal one, chuckled The
Seraph, "It's little, 'hut it's gwowing,1
I fink same day it'll he as 'big as the' 1
one on Wire. H'endeomebody's chin. It
can wiggle."
You don't say sol" said the Bishop
rather hastily. "And where do you i;
Seven I
At that we Fame to grips, and le
fought and floundered till the bed
rocked, and the poor little Seraph m
clung to his pillow as a shipwrecked 111
sailor to a raft in a -stormy sea. Ex- c
haustion alone made us stop for d
breath; still we clung desperately to fo
each other, our small bodies pressed to
lolly together, Angel's noee flattened t1
against my ear. The Seraph snuggled L
1p t0 11s.
"Just you wait!" breathed Angel; co
his hands tightened on inc, then re- v
axed—his legs twitched ---
"Strawberry or pineapple, sir?" of
amo the dulcet tones of lee waitress. t
was in my lee cream parlor again! at
flavors were laic bc'tos'e Inc'. ]t
fel to, for 1 was hot and thirty.
°To be continued.)
suppose you got et?"
The Seraph smiled 'mischievously.
"I link 1 got it off it toad we had. He
wars an awful dear ale tent!, but he
died, 'core we—"
"Oh, 1 say, don't bother about the
Told toted. Seraph!" pat ie Angel..hnet-
ktirsar4's fiinintent 'Cures t ivlItb6r1A,
brie-abrae. Outsiders cont's•ihuted
also and the booth was very popular.
Some of the women banded together
and demonstrated that their specialty
was serving supper to a large number
of people, and thanks to their ability,
every one was able to paet'alce of a
meal which was well cooked and well
served.
Besides giving those who took part
in the sale or entertainment an op-
portunity to express originality or
individuality, the novelty of the af-
fair stimulated interest, drew a crowd
• and swelled the receipts til unusual
proportions.
To Freshen burs.
Many owners of furs, on receiving
them from cold storage or on taking
them from their summer packing box-
es, are distressed to observe that the
fur --even the most, handsome --ap-
pears dead and lusterless, a condition
most noticeable when subjected to the
test of comparison with a new set.
Furs in this condition are not attrac-
tive, and it is well worth the trouble
of applying the Russian remedy,
which both cleans and freshens.
'The dead appearance of fur, as a
rule, is due simply to the fact that it
is soiled. It never seems to occur to:
most persons that any but white fur
becomes soiled, but it does. To clean
it the Russians, who use more fur
than any other people, take rye bran,
which is heated in an earthen pot
until it is as hot as the hand can
stand; being stirred alt the while, and!
pour it upon the fur in liberal quare-!
tities, ru'bhing it in thoroughly, They
then brush out all particles of bran
with a clean brush, or shake and
pound the fur.
Minard's Llaonroat gores 00108, Ata
Fresh laid eggs should not be
shaken. elendle them carefully and
they will keep fresh much longer.
An iron should never be directly ap-
plied to black stockings, or it may
discolor them. Instead, place a piece
of thin material over the stocking be-
fore pressing.
All grades. Write for prides.
TORONTO SALT WORKS
0. J. OLiFF • - TORONTO
Diangoes,
In Australia are found the only bark -
less dogs. The wild dogs of that is-
land continent, ..00hed "dingoes," can
and do bowl, but they never bark,
It used to bo supposed tbat the din -
gout; must be descended from dogs
fetched to Anetrnlln in early times end
run wild; but there is excellent rea-
son for Believing that they were there
long before the first human beings ap•
peered on the earth, inasmuch as fus-
sll bones of recognizable dingoes have
been found that apparently date bade
to the Monne,
Ao_aysmcht System
Whole Family Insurance,
'Phe tinier furnishes insurance to its
, u'mbeiei at Ontario Government Stand.
ora (Lies.
Sick and Funeral Benefits aro aloe
Rhea If desired.
The Juvenile Department furnishes
the best passible Insurance benefits f.0
the chgdlen o1 our adult members.
The Urdor ling already i td over 0600,-
000,00 in SirO and Oonetits, and
nearly Sever, :trillions or Dollars to 1n-
surit ice.
0110 Councils In Canada. If there to
not One 111 your locality there should be.
For full information write to any of
rule following Officers:
r, L. I)avldsun, w. F. M0ntaguo.
Granii Oouncltiur fart nd TtecOrder
W; PP. Campbell, J. I3 Bell, M.A.
Grana Organize, Grand pied, i55,
oiA alrf.Tui\ _ R'')
ATLANTIC FLIGHT!
Wonderful example
of the value of OXO.
Captain Sir,. 4LCOCK writes:—
"You will be interested to learn that
"OXO was a great help to us durin our
"Trans-Atlanttc Flight; it sustained us
"wonciertolly during our 16 ]sours
''journey.
"Wc had found out what a good thing
"it is when flying in France, and so
"decided to carry it with us on this
"occasion, and we can assure you that
"]tot OXO is most acceptable under such
"cold and arduous conditions. OXO
"was the only article of its kind which
"we curried."
1. ALCOCK, Capt., D.S.C.
arker's di It
By cleaning .or dyeing—restore any articles
to their former apptasyrance and return
them. to you, good as new.
Send anything from household draper-
ies down to the finest of delicate fabrics.
We pay postage or express charges one
way.
When you think of
C i e a._i
think of Parker's.
Parcels may be sent Post or Express.
We pay Carriage one way on ali orders. ,
Advice upon Cleaning or Dyeing any ar-
ticle will be promptly given upon request.
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Cleaners and Dyers,
791 Yonge St. ` Toronto
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MYSTERIES OF
"THE ISMNG
sr
AMAZING CASES OF MEN
WHO CAME BACK.
Even Yet "Lost" Soldiers Axe
Taking Their Friends by
Joyous Surprise.
Alive or dead? Tho nvor.anxious
question Is again raised by the dis-
covery In England the other day of a
soldier who, two years ago, was re.
ported "lousing," and s» bsegaontly
presumed dead.
Here ie a real, and not Imaginary,
incident. A letter for a soldier who
has been missing for many long, weary
months is delivered at hie home. It
is from a chum --a patient in a mili-
tary hospital in London --who writes
on the assumption flint- ho has been
discharged.
Pale and trembling, the parents
hurry to tine invalid's bedside, Can he
tell them anything about their lost
boy? No, nothing, except that they
both loft a German hospital together
to return to England.
Silence -- unbroken silence --- for
seventeen months, and then a woman
in South London receives a letter from
her husband to say that he is a prison-
er in Germany. Other letters quiekly
follow, till at last there conies the joy-
ful news that he is to be exphauged.
But the silence lengthens again.
What has happened? Nobody knows.
Finally, the wife receives an official
communication. The soldier reached
-Switzerland, and there all trace of Him.
is lost.
Huns' Lack of System.
I3eyond'question, numbers of poor
fellows for whose return relatives are
still faintly hoping passed to their rest
in such plague spots as Wittenberg,
where the Germans, when typhoid
broke out among. the prisoners, fled,
leaving them to their fate.
Here—and similar horrors occurred
elsewhere—our ]nen died like flies in
autumn, and were burled without any
record being kept,
System of registration there was
none, A man might have gone to a
camp like Wittenberg, died there, and
descended to a nameless grave.
Any Chance is Seized.
On the other hand, nothing is mora
certain than that some of the missing
are alive and wall. In saying this, I
do not wish. to raise false hopes.
At certain stages of the war, par-
ticularly during the retreat in 1114,
and again last year, numbers of sol-
diers lost touch with their regiment,
some returning to our lines after a
longer or shorter interval, and others
going to swell tate total number of the
Lost Legion.
After Majuba, a number of the "pre -
smiled dead" cut a dash in various
parts of South Africa, One man, hav-
ing conceived a bitter hatred of his
company oMcet., slipped away during
the confusion, and long afterwards
was ]net in Johannesburg by some of
his .old -comrades.
In the Foreign Legion.
Events in South Africa, indeed, led
to Many trouble lives. Perhaps tbo
most astonishing instance was that of
a man who was missing after Paarde-
burg, and for whorl inquiries were
made for years by newspaper adver-
tisements, notices in messes, etc.
An Engliehmtln—himself a very
"hard ease" --who was serving in the
French Foreign Legion in Algeria, one
day recognized in a comrade who had
conte over in a new draft the long -
sought mystery man of Paarcloburg,
Both fell on the Western Front in
the early part of 1916, the "missing"
soldier carrying his secret with hint to
the grave, for no questions are asked
in the famous Legion,
Back on the Line.
In one instance a men was conceal-
ed for a time by Freuch peasants, and
eitbsequently made his, way to a cer-
tain port, whence he was snuggled
back into England. The clay after he
landed 110 re-enlisted, and in less than
six months from the date of his deser-
tion he was in the fighting -line agate,
Yet bo has long since been presumed
dead, and to this day his relatives do
not know that he in alive,
How many are the caces in which
men have been seen—often in our own
tines --by their comrades, long after
they were reported missing?
They
nnmbo)e�ebu uh'eds, if nut thousands,
And, ad`si natural result., the belief ie
entertained in hones nil over the :Fns•
Mee that men o!icially dead Will sure•
ly reappear sootier or later, and not
as men who have disgraced them
selves and their relatives, but as vie -
tints of some combination of oirown-
Marn0ea such as no seneetiatnal novel-
ist ever. imagined,
Chicken a Rejtile?
"Pluck a chicken nlsl yna have u
reptile."
This remark of alt neatelolot teas
Meant to ltnply that the 0n1y very lin.
portant difference between a reptile
and a bird lost' in the fact that the for-
mer has scales, whereas the latter is
feathered, lint ±congers and 6Baias
1100 but mod Mica of he same
thing,
The earliest birds on the earth wore
vary roptlledilte and. had teeth, lir
deoct, there ueenls to he no doubt of
the feet that all modern birds are
originally deeconded from reptiles,
which may have started. to acquire
]tower n'f '(11 -;lit by j:.uliping from bough
00 1)641111 of. trees,