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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-1-27, Page 6.n+.-.- .•,- 4 s in the Cup Das no equal for quality and flavour. havee, you � e t not tartest �alaada *wane a poet stand for a tree wimple Stating the price you now pay and if vont1 se Btacke Green Or Mimed Teas ,address Salad% Toronto 11.241.9 The Rosary of Mrs Nimrod Briggs By WILLIAM DUDLEY PELLEY. 111401•0011•13.61161•011M..4 ,INIMMO09101aSselis76%.......11.1104.010.1431 CHAPTER IV. "Oh, Gewd, if I'd only had a "I went aweey and I took the job, chance!" cried the boy. "I'm not a Mr. Briggs. You understand how it creek. But there irever was no one to is. They thought I was a man, from help me—and my eye going bad all my letters! and when they saw I was the trine! I'rn at the end o' my rope." •only seventeen and young, they re- Mr. Nimrod Briggs sat staring fused' to give me the wages," blankly at the wall beyond the boy's "And your wife kept writin', weintin' bed. On the get . the boy groaned to know why you didn't send her the with the pain in his body and his money to join you—" heart—the father who was too young "That's it, Mr, Briggs. And she to be entitled to a baby, a baby he was afraid to leave her job in the fac- had never seen. tory for fear she aright not get an- Did it come to ikIr. Nimrod Briggs' other and I'd be burdened with two father heart in that moment—a heart stunted and disappointed ley hie years of us to support " Nimrod'Briggs thought of the long, of bachelor existence—the agony and closeIy-wretten Ietters, full of love worry and tragedy in the heart of the and endearment and youthful hope boy? Did ho .read into . the boy's and pitiful aspiration which had been, story any of his own experience? the first he had.; read that afternoon. Perhaps. What could it have been Then he thought how they had that made Mr. Nimrod Briggs sit so dwindled. But the boy was going on silently by the strange bed of illness, again: • ! with the stark sorrow in Ms hazy -old "I tried to ,make her understand ' eyes, and never mind the cold, or the Mr. Briggs. But she said I'd stopped ghostly noises of the old ark, or the lovin' her. She said I was spendin' weird' oil lamp that at times burned my wages on myself—that she'd ruin -I blue? ed her life 'marrying me on impulse,!. It must have been toward four end I didn't never intend to send fort o'clock in the morning, a raise dank her," dawn, that the boy on the bed awoke "I understand, bub," said Nimrod to find the oil lamp still burning and Briggs. "I understand." the old man sitting like a faithful "I .worked hard—Gawd, how hard I sentinel beside the bed. tried!—with my eye botherin' me more "Sonny," said the old printer, "you and more all the time. I can't stay here; it ain't your house, Nimrod Briggs sat stiffly, with his and someone night tomo any time. chubby hands on his seedy little knees, You got to spruce up somehow and his gaze far away. Even if the bov try to walk. You got to lemme help had received a manes pay, when di- you get back to town." vided by two and the young wife's The boy was a bit mere sane than share sent to -help out with her bills he had been a few hours before, when she finally became incapacitated; "I stole money," be said in a for factory work because of her young ,strange, hollow voice. "I'm a thief, motherhood, there would have- been 'and they're after me. It's better that little enough left for the fare to bring I di" her to him and to furnish a home. I"No, no, sonny; no, it ain't," de "But, every week, I sent her all I ll could possibly spare," the boy raved maxed the t rig; "Nimrod ou trBrust Nimrod he' on. "I tried to get 'em to- raise my pay, make See rifhyou Ycan stand, sonny. but -hey never could understand. I Nimrod Bniggs will help you up and was getting as much as most boys of back to town. Foreyou've got to go my age and why shouldn't t I be sat- „ - isfied? I tried to tell 'em about my. b Though the boy was inclined to wife tie and the baby; but they. laughed trine him, it was a long time before - I he waes persuaded. He tried to stand. "So I got another jab, and another; But lie was dizzy and weak. Ile sank but it was always the same. 1 had a back. man's expenses, but they would never; "Let Nimrod Briggs help you, son, gay me more'n a boy's wages, -never There, put your arm around my shoul- mcnd how hard I worked. Anal my eye' ders—sot" grins; worse and worse all the time"1 "Wo can go out through tho front Nimrod thought of the hard, strange door; I got the key," said the boy nds- ring he had detected in the last two' erabfy. "Oh, well, I'll go back and or three of the boy's letters in his give myself up I guess, I suppose it's p•owife i feect. aneifbaby up1n't t1ere wite h hinrwant ?'his rightNimrod Brings will fix it, sonny. in a score of placers between the lines, Trust old Nimrod Briggs to fix its" sounded the distraught woman's; "Do you really mean demand - e ery. And Nimrod saw that the boy. ed the boy. "You ain't liddin' are are had not 'told her all of his poor luck, you? Oh, Gawd, you ain't kiddin' of the injustice of hes wages, of his me?" - tr'tnrpings across country to get the "Nimrod Briggs never kids, son; better job and find a vrny out, with Nimrod Briggs never kids!" He reached down for the hemp, sup- porting, the boy with the other hand, and together the strange pair made their way out toward the front door. "Where you takin' me?" asked the boy piteously, when they finally reached the road—as if it lend just penetrated his feverish consciousness that he was out of the house. his heart a leaden thing within hint. Finally he remembered the ultimatum in the last letter he had road—the letter the boy must have., received while working at the "Telee'ranh" office: The doctor from the Institution bad said it was only a •question of time; the little son's death Welt bo averted if certain things,, all costing money, were provided, or if the wife and baby were up there with the hue - hand, "Anel you stole Sams pay roll to noes soar child's life?" sugge&ted Mr. Brigirs. "There wasr_'t any other way," re- plier) the boy. "Where's the money?" • "I mailed it to her Saturday noon a few minutes after I took it. I wish I could die!" moaned tie boy. "1'm only standin' in her way. Maybe, with ms gone, she could marry someone else who'd take caro of her ---and the baby, She's pretty; she could get married again." The Iroise was cold and dark and silent. The flame in the lamp quivered •and at times burned blue. Outside, the wind washed -with melancholy monotony through the trees and shrubbery. "I'n takin' you to Nimrod Briggs's room at the boardin' house, sonny. You just trust old Nimrod Briggsl" With thi ;boy's arm around his hunched and bowed old shoulders, supporting half his weight and guid- ing his flagging footsteps, the little old man with his strange burden headed toward town, They came up Main street in the silecst dawn. They met no ono. The boy had become more and more ill with the exertion. Bet, for that mat- ter, so was Mr. Nimrod Briggs very nearly exhausted with the unusual effort, the exposure, and the nerve- racking ordeal of the night. But the tittle man had his mind made up, set on realizing his purpose, and there was no turning back or giving up. (Concluded in next issue)) • • • Mhy'Stery. One of tiro moat hnproesive spiritual _retie of the opening twentieth century in the, vastness of Reran ignorance. Yoe just because mankind an a whole lion learned So much, mu as an indi- vidual has BO inures to ]earn.; and we kava so greatly widened the limits of c•)11e t1e knewledgo the.t each of 1,.: - it d,!fiiru'• , ,;,tt. any common teen, eve of ib; twee:1 -hon or others: 14 as°; ;•r r,{ !-i; s . 1 ehmer of poeeible ;L''1'•, n;•::,1 . ,•,i.rr.,,nent the chief . era,: a•: -r1ic^ of lite intelligence 1s. to rcrn„ n;n t how limited and incom- ecielt, ,t le. Stupllty believes it !tint 1^nnOphantiy proclaims that It laserc t weir wild!, blind fry on Ise Manaileee i r.orauce thee It mis- ta�e.✓ toe kno ,;edge, Intelligence Is esaitione, quiet, looks in front, behind and *hoist, before it takes a step, ad- mits that every day it Is learning new i' owe, seeing new lights, modifying aid oonvetious, oarraot and will net eat until it Bete acme idoa of the fall bearing oh its* action, Intelligatnte goer✓ further prod •macho os iee greatest acr:tevement III trans- forming Sgrtoreace tato Mastery, The difforeeece betra'ec¢a .the ewe is not a difference el fact !rat of attitude, Igs neeranco is beato(t11, peinfui, torments trig, Metetery ie tete tee the 'moat beautiful Menge in the world, Inatead or reboiling again:get our universal ig• noeance, of crying Out kr final, ire stanstanooute elear041 truth, ws meat learn to enjoy the pmrpatuelly renewed wonder of lifo. We must he au the watch for the sweet surprises that nwalt us daily. Now secrets are being unveiled about us, New, strange re- sources of the natural world, new hid- den powers of the spirit, spring tip constantly to refresh and 'rejoice us, Columbus and the great explorers of the sixteenth century discovered oceans and continents, but there are deeper oceans and wider continents to be traversed in the unsearched re- gions of the soul. And as the aesthetic correlative of mystery is wonder, so the spiritual eorreltitive is reverence. Once show us how ignorant we are, and we meet he humble, Mahe us feel that with our greatest efforts we can but touch the Isom oP 't'ruth's garment, and our souls must be purified•and simplified. In the face of mystery we must drop our vain conceit and self-neeertfoa and be ready to look, listen and learn, even as Little children, A Lesson in Thrift. Belgian and 7areuoh people, both old ens voung, have a happy habit that we eau imitate with profit to ourselves, They plant along the roadsides the seeds Of auo11 fruits tee theairpie, the Reach, plum, persinmou anti chert We uonehalantlea fling the aeods' aI fruit in any diroceiot that our fantoe auggesta; a )Prenohmun. 05'4 13018104 makes a hole in the ground by swing- ing It ateelf around en his !reel, drop tete awed therein, Coyero it up, e$JNdy �fikeCses the earth with the pole Of 13111 Oboe, CANADA'S EXPAND- 1NG APPLE 'MARKET CONIVERING ADDITION. c **E JMARMT%, certain $pecies Are Produced in Praline Provinces -- port Trade on Increase, ',�, ire fall of 1920 saw' (tsnadi tsn apple further extending` teem) tee0 ts pepulaidty ar1d seizing a4d4tionel foreign met'lcete in ii,,is onwawl parch, Canada's diveraity soli and elimatie conditions melces or the production throughout the,4lffereut prov'inees, of a fruit of varying quality and proper-. ties, hut the wide sale fruits from both Atlantic and Pacific areas enjoy, upon export to widely nattered por- tions of the -globe would indicate the favor with which the product of evert section is accepter!, Considerable fruit, and of a very excellent' quality is raised in the Pro- vinceof Ontario end Quebec, the nor- mal production for each being about 100,000 'barrels annually. This, how- ever, does not even satisfy local de- mand, so that not only le there none of the fruit available for export but importations from other provinces are necessary. The apple-exportitrlg provinces of Canada are Nova Scotia and British Columbia,• and the names of Annapolis Valley in the former and Oicanagan Valley in the latter have, from the fame of their high-quality product, become £ainiliar in the fruit markets of the world. In 1919 Nova Scotia produced approximately 2,009,- 000 barrels of tipples, whilst British Columbia's crop of 8,600 carloads was worth $5,250,000 to the growers, Increasing Popularity Abroad. While a portion of the British Col- umbia apple crop finds its way to On- tario and the prairie provinces and that of Nova Scotia' is always to be found in Western Cenaddnn cities, the principal outlets for export are the British lsles and the United Steres. The British Isles fortns the largest export market for Canadian fruit, which has for years been growing en favor there. In 1910, of a total of 420,610 barrels of apples imported into the United Kingdom, Canada sup- plies 226,175; or more than one-half, and indications aro that shipments in 1920 will bring Canada's aggregate and quota to much higher figures. Cer- tain sections of the United States alio provide markets for the Canadian ap- ple crop, and a gratifying feature in the past few years has been the ap- peal which British Columbia apples has made to United States wholesalers and consumers. The Okanagan Valley, through its energetic and progressive fruit grow- ers' associations, has, of recent years, made strenuous efforts to build up an export market and these endeavors have been attended with satisfying results, so tenet already the market covers an extensive foreign field. From little towns in the picturesque valley, large shipments have been made this season to England and Scot- land, to New York and other United States points, to New Zealand and Australia, whilst carloads consignee! to Montreal for reshipment had un- designated destinations in foreign countries. New Markets Continually Opeuiug. ' Energetic growers of the valley are continuously opening up new markets, which the fame which hats preceded the fruit simplifies, as witness the re- cent large shipment, a first venture, to Cleveland, Ohio, where the consign- ment was received on its first appear- ance with favor and exhausted within a short time of 'its receipt. The Bri- tish Columbia apple is now so popular in the United States that a large por- tion of the 1920 crop was purchased V. One Greater Than Soiamorg "•The queen of ,the south WO rI, a lit the Judgment with men oe Oils Ohara• ton and eondenen them; o 110 ca e om the ends of the earth t o Iigqtett 9 i��hhhe wisdom of Nehmen, fl d here r Opp ;mater thaai poloneen, There IN sO*u$ tin that ripq 'ma illation to a yyrlaiii etons gt a 4glleene of e South ol', la re t o o hint She Ifrga ad 490, a� b Mitin t o d u tt ##�p+ u, b t d �At(knt en 'b .f3 � heb ��t3s ea, !ti alati Scripture, r'lP � wa� a u , e at he - bbq hero-rote/lip. war 1 . �h dad hoar � i�b wenderft l king te, t to ilrittti, o WS wisilein, Is great and rospeeto Born s 0 teasof int *tale Met stories of tt_ 0 5rc; t ate kr hereeif, Christ fist that inch ads eager spteit• a ices' tbi 1 Stan. ' tho ltdgment, da aI soft ells indif- ferent indolent brass, of inar4 Who care net enoiigit $$* tit, teslitibs vi lite to strive fdr t brit: 'he 3 will bring sibs matt of all tinea S. Time will feet tenet, fie+ miles, ;noir the color of it *Lel AM, 9t rhad who lived in the fltlt @�ntl WM stand beside one who lived in the twentieth eentury: Patti Wfil stand near •Greeley, i'tei'o wlI1 be in sight of George ' T, And theta *i11 he udged i>y the motives they had, and 1114 eaedis Hess with Which they behold enm. the light that Shone in their day. . Think of $aton'e Work in the New Hebrides islands. One night Mr. Pa- ton hid himself in a palm tree, white, twenty feet below, the cannibals wale roasting a human victim. the victim took the place of the missionary, who was to have provided the repast, if he had not escaped. Years later Mr. Pa- ton gives as a Sunday inorning scene on the same island. It is five•o'clook, The :Mete aro still rising off the tropic lowlands, when the boll in the little church steeple rings oat. In a few minutes several hundred natives Bath- . er in the church and for an hour they m• - Make themselves heel/ with OhriO 1q bei q aoi0grr er,lig hoelaryq, 1f' t qr upper' ti 1O flitlle 000 r. peeenopi1 t ¢5'e i lr tepee. arou e island to visit ether Tillages, ,A Jim anatiser nervicpe of ao3S, *APO e go tilexii suit sinks oat of osht leer the t+tiipuneping gets, We a 5ldgr that Christ spoke Orr plaid• 1Y, It fa. but reasonallie that gee in' t se 50015 as the iran0igrmed n tive oQ t1�o New Hebridoe hauls rade ay t e in mont ains the derelict and e• v rwho i+! p arse, wil r o Hinck AS e Rini er the appeal of ni • who ib theWay the' Truth, the 14o, iraw ie d i 'i"a• greats • than polo- ritiift Mow IO.110 %eater' than at the tee and mightfof tiro patt0114. ages? !Meet, becteuee fie Ss sinless, tie never repents, lie never shows try word, deed,' intimation, that he Mee the a:llghtest conselousnege 4f tan. He has heeling tee regret. O what human can Such s thing be eaidt tie noblest Soule are often that* who reppeat the Meet. at it is mat so With Meet, He like nothing ib ,•Pliant of. Peat, 100k at the protegee -lona of. Christ. fle said, ''I and the nether are one," "No one cometh unto the Father but me." "I am the Way, the. truth and the Wel' ehefore Abrahal`n Was, I ami' "I have Power to lay dopa my 1115,nd. I have Bawer to take it again!' What man eau you fait ighte deter -Mg statements like 'those? Stroh claims made by a Man would be preposterous, blasphem- bile, lndlCrgtrs in their Sneaks egotism, but they come pettedly naturally from the lips of Chelot. And the feat that men front out teend gave their lives for the proposition . that they knew Christ had risen from the dead, was another link in the evidence that Christ was more than mortal. "A, greater than Solomon le here," be- cause he had qualities as far beyond the power of Solomon, as the fixed Mars are from the earth. by American dealers whilst yet on the tree, and at prices in excess of those prevailing at the time of purchase. Nova Scotia has a splendid market for its apples in the British Isles, where the fruit hes been a steady fav- orite for many years,' This footing has been considerably strengtheneer 'since the harvesting of the 1920 crop and a still more insistent demand created. In 1919 the Province of Nova Scotia shipped a total of 1,584,000 barrels of apples, of which 482,000 barrels went to the markets, of the United Kingdom. Up to the end of November, 1920, the shipments for English ports from the season's crop totalled 485,000 barrels, or more than those for the entire previous season. Nova Scotia Product in Demand. A considerable portion,of the crop of this province also finds its way to the adjacent market of Newfoundland, whilst every year carloads going to the Eastern United States markets are favorably received, • Opportunities for the marketing of a portion of the Canadian apple crop in continental countries, discussed by F. Forsyth Smith, Canadian Fruit Trado Commissioner, in a report to the Department of Trade and Com- merce just published, says: "It is to be hoped that Canadian ex- porters have taken steps to get in touch with the many Scandinavian im- porters, who have expressed an inter- est in developing business with Can- ada. Unfortunately, Norway, one of the most promising markets, has placed an embargo on imported apples, but Denmark and Sweden are doing an important business with the Uzlited States and should r.ot be neglected by our shippers. The embargo on apple importation into Franco has been re- moved, and, while exchange conditions will make business difficult, interest eel inquiries from French importers have been received," Apple growing is undoubtedly on the increase in Canada, and as the number of provinces which can supply their demand from within their own confines increases, a still larger ex- port trade can be built up. The prairies have exhibited their adeptibility to produdsing certain spe- cies, and the time Is forecasted when the apple orchard may be an adjunct of`every prairie farm home. Unable to Duplicate Rheims Stone. A new problem has arisen fn con- nection with the restoration of the Rheims Cathedral. The peculiar kind of stone used in the erection of cep Min portions of the building during the thirteenth century is showing signs of dis•intregration, probably due to the constant subjection to poison. gas and shell fire during the war. It is feared that for this reason impor- tant sections of the walls may col- lapse. It was generally believed that the whole cathedral had been built out of limestone taken from .the Ithelms :iioundain, but it 1s now learned that the thirteenth century work saws all dono with a peculiar alluvial rock for- mation brought from Filmes, which is known as "Roman block[." When pol- ished this Roman block took on a rose gold surface in which email fossil for- mations could be detected. Seven hundred winters, centuries of rainstorms, had left this gene prac- tically undamaged until the German war gas got in its destructive work. Thus far, however , gealogists Have been unable to find more of this Ito• man block for the repairs which, if done with ordinary stone, would de- tract from the beauty of the striae' Lure. During the whole course of the war elf) Victoria Crosses were awarded. Wear • tee W14• Jerr'up or Scranton - R.A. winner or !92® CN12,fhield fieesiara ills ®d C.N.8b. •1 i i15ora ' stet eReee corappleet tea roes nor0-ir rseelone&p.s mg* ••• 11iptatteta s 9da lles'o,'wlria weird tetate Vitae fit£PLSG'SfES"a'znvw�""ad.,,. • -��: itv ,Neil '4 Doucefl t,apY' S'111CGY l f 'Orient Cirient-1ECt14 Arid 3 Sjx cirnenr off" T3r^o(4k Trout) the' lower or which it Mr J't>rrup r which cciphxrecl the Trophtl-�---- . atetingle-»14 Dinner. '4'lro pi» a-ut'wh dionor IS a retOrri td b `Wtiyu of a ortteentitii'tres who env d'tinae t1Ont loel, Ikarus waahirvty end tllshweahf g -by 0000 Jug 1n one of the dhief dikes fop• a d4z nen, and serving eyery member of the Rata- t utiudetlawroa Ct1datefu ,witofh tas�a pein 1 aen s dkiat sispoo nglne-Wdashth ydgoehmtoe sant emcite, forAnn? national dallen are merely example, the Iirreneh pot du feu, the Scotch haggle, the Hungarian gonlash, the $panislr olla-podrida and the Am.- reric n clsowder, ie eingle-dish dinners here sug- gested are more carefully balanced than either the national dishes of those that were ,intuitively put to- gether r y jhe Housewives of an earlier day. Bach of the following dinners includes all the foodstuffs necessary to a emerpiete meal, and each is ample for six persons. Bread and butter, a simple green salad, a fruit dessert. andartd s! 10, eofl°ee mete' ire added,1f'that seams Baked platter of pork -4 or 6 potatoes, 6 pork chops out from the ribs, 6 email sour aplr • , salt, pepper. Scrub the potatoes well, heap them in the centre of a large:enamel-ware pie plate end core the tipples. Rub salt and pepper over the chops, cut clear the, reb-bane end of each for one inch and impale an apple -on enols strip oil bone so exposed. Arrange the chops round the potatoes, set the dfeh in a medium oven and, bake it until it is done: -There are many delectable var- iations of the dish. For example. mut- ton chops garnished with parsnips or fresh tomatoes. • Serve plain lettuce salad %pith the "platter,' and follow it wiith some cool, light dessert, such as sliced oranges and sugar. Cheese jumble—Four largo pota- toes„ '4 pound of grated hard cheese, 2 tablespoons of butter, 1 pint can of Lima beans, ,pepper, salt, Bake the potatoes and quickly slice them into a baKing dish; then add the cheese, the butter, the salt and the pepper, and quickly mix the whole together. Pour the beans over the other ingredients and place the dish in t'he oven; leave it there until it has become heated through and until the butter has part- ly melted, Then •serve the jumble at once from the dish in which it was cooked. If you prefer, substitute for the cheese fresh mushrooms, hard- boiled eggs or cooked salt fish, and serve some canned vegetable other than beans. A salad of shredded cab- habre makes a delicious side dish for the jumble, and a dessert of sliced fresh pineapples will put the finishing touch to the meal. Creole casserole -1% pounds of lean beef from the lower part of the shank, 2 green pefppers„ salt, 2 onions, 'potatoes, 1 pint can of tomatoes. Slice or dice the beef, chop the peppers fine; slice the onions very thin and place all in a large casserole. Then add salt and pour the tomatoes over the other ingredients. Pare the potatoes, cut then in half lengthwise lend place them on top of the dish. Cover the whole and cools it is a slow oven for three hours. A jointed fowl or the shank meat from. veal may be substi- tuted for the beef. Serve a salad of chopped celery and, for dessert, sliced sweet apples garrnished with red jelly, Chartreuse of spinach--% pads of spinach, 14 cupful of 'butter or a sub- stitute, 2 eggs, 4 potatoes, 1 small onion, water, 1 cupful of coarse bread crumbs, 1 pound of chopped ham, salt, pepper. 'Scald the spinach in boiling water, drain it, chop it and tainto the onion. While the spinach is still hot add the imtter, the onion, the salt and the pepper. Stir in the bread crumbs and the ham, then beat the eggs well and add them. Place the whole in a deep mould and cover it with tho po- tatoes, pared and sliced very thin. Sfecurn the dish for an hour and a half. Yon can subatitute any other green vegetable for spinach, and any other salt meat for haps. A grapefruit -and - lettuce salad and a dessert of ripe - pears are appetizing accompaniments. The Choice. "Would I go!" Peggy cried. "Would I go! Wben 1 get a chance to hear real music just about once in three years! Wait and see—" Peggy let the sentence break in the middle; her facts almost turned white. • "I forgot!" she cried. "I—•ian'tl" It really was a cry and had something like a sob in it, She instantly stun- nloned a smile to persuade Dnleie and herself that her voice had sounded ;just as nit always did, But Miele was not to be deceived, "Margaret Halsey Stevens, you tell ase sera;fight out what you mean. Why can't you go? Because you haven't a new hat?" "J should say noel As if I'd care if I had to wear Margie'e tam!" "Then what is it?" Peggy said it slowly; alta was so a.fiaicl that Delete would not under - game And it was hard enough to lieu° to give up that delightful con- cert without having a struggle with Dtaleee over it, But there was nothing to do crecept to say it. "It' Margie," she said. "And Billy anal filhm I'rear and little Jimmy Curia I've promised them a party - to -order. is make animals and dolls out of gingerbread, you know. Each of them can order three animals," Dutch's pnetty blue eyes widened with astariishment, - "Peggy Stevens! You don't mean you'd stay . hone aeon a concert for latex adtildren!" "Kut I promised Naomi" Peggy ex- plained. "And they've been cooking forward to it len ton dirge. I prom - teed Margie she couldNemit for be- ing 'brave shout hex adenoids," "Bat they could have it the next day just as well,» '!bio, they couldn't, for the next day's •Sunday. And Monday we couldn't have the kitchen with Susie washing there, or Ttrasduy when she's ironing. They'd have to wait four days at the very least and maybe a wools, and a week's a lifetime at Ar t:- gte's age. It would mean that for, peopla would he disappointed inetta9 of one. Don't you see, Duicre dear?" ?" "I see that you're a goose) Dalele retorted sharply, Then she relented. "Ilut a dear one," she added grudgiug- 1, y Peggy went slowly hone, 1t di seem hard when she had so little chane° to hear real Int efc, Half -way home she passed the Currey's, and Jimmy waved to her ft'om the porch. "I'm canting early to -morrow!" he called, Jimmy <ltd come early, and not alone; his mother brought him. Her fate was shining weth pride. "1 want to tell you , about Jimmy, Mies Stevens," she said. "You didn't knew he fell and hurt hie hand, did ewe? He ran .a rusty nail into it; and the doctor had to cauterize it. And he didn't oven whimper, beeause he wanted to tell you when he came to the party how brave he had been." And suddenly all regret for the Music she had mined was swept from '1'eggy's heart. Suppose she had failed Jimmy! She !oohed down into the eager, happy eyes. "I think a little boy who has been - as brave as that can choose four ani -e male; r she said. Uses for Old Stockings. The other day a young housekeeper asked me what I do with old stocking loge, when the feet are worn out and the lege shrill good. I assured her• that, even now, when stockings are no longer as firmly woven tee of old, they still have many vses. New feet can be bought with double heels and toes and sewed to the old legs and one has a practically new pair• of stockings. The old feet are cut off carefully and the new ones sewed on with a neat seamwhich cannot ]curt the ankle. Care should be taken to avoid the poor thin feet which are sometimes offered in the stores, for they are not worth the labor. Neither' are feet made from old stocking legs. Old legs mended with new strong feet, are not the prettiest or moat fashion- able .of stockings, but they wear a long time and with high shoes they do very well about home, and save the price of expansive stockings. Another excellent use for old stocking legs is to draw them over the. arms as sleeve protectors. White stocking lege are particularly nice• to use this way, because one can see as soon as they become soiled and wash them. They should have a thin. rubber run into the wrist and also the' arm end to keep thein in place. Again, a pair of old white stocking, legs, or even black ones, can be made into a pair of drawers for a child. The hems should be ripped out and each leg should be cut down a short and' equal length at one side and then be• 'sewed neatly together in the shape of a pair of drawers. The crotch should be strengthened with a square piece for a gusset. Slat down at each side, sew on bands sad make the button- holes. The legs maty be finished at the bottom with a here or with a hem. and rubber drawstring, as one prefers. Such a pair of drawers give both wear and warmth.. Or, one may take four good black stocking legs, rip out the hems, and. split down through the narrowed aides. Then sew all together neatly with the Wide ends running the same way. Fin- ish the narrow ends with a placket and a band as the thp of a woman's petticoat. To the lower part one may sew a silk or sateen rue& of a width. to make the petticoat long enough. The result will be a shirt vahich may be depended on for good service. Old black stocking legs make very good dusters. Two legs smaeld be split down the sides. and then joined with a wide and a narrow end running the sane way. White stocking legs, treat- ed in the same way, make excellent dish and wiping cloths. At last, when the old legs have worn out two or three pairs of feet, they are still capable of beiri.g cut into carpet rags, woven and sewed together for rugs. Or they may be woven in regu- lar rag rug fashier,. One can mix in. pretty colors with the clack to make them attractive. Blue is especially pretty thus mixed in with the black. A rug a this kind is very useful and good looking for a bedroom or bath- room. PI$]rds and Sweets. The experiments of an amateur na- turalist in feeding ruby throated hum- ming birds from bottles of sugar sy- rup placed inside artif esial flowers throws an interesting light on the. reemcry of. these thy birdie. The ex- periments covered a period of at least seven years; the originel aim of the feeding was to attract the a summing+ birds to the yard in the hope that they might remain to nest there. The little bottles of syrup were placed in arti- ficial flowers that were made of white, oilcloth, had their edges stiffened with wire and were painted to resemble nasturtiums and tiger lilies. The first summer only a single bird found the bottled sweets. The next summer two came, and the third sunse mer as many as seven birds were pre- sent at one time; they were invariably females. A bird consumed about a teaspoonful a day. Several facie point to the conclusion that birds of former years returned to be fed, Thus a bum- ming bird was seers thrusting its bill into the bottle on its first observed visit. On another occaslon a newly arrived bird buzzed about the chserv- er's head, as no other bird's do except those that have had expeelence of tate feeding. Two marvellously long jonr- neya, sage the Observer, of flan 1,000 to 2,000 miles cackr. had this small sprite taken since eke heti alma frame the !bottler; sot she had not forgotten then, nor the one that fed ter, She was quite prone to remind the enter- alist when the bottles. were empty try flying abont Iris head whenever she chanced to find him, whether in the yard or in the street.