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hers. may be. I pray that it may be peon—
Renate! vary soon:'
ter, to "Pin'gine you're eo straightforward
to his about it Whiteheuse," Bald the old
L train man, Sere sunk into a chair, "I don't
iimself need to be buoyed up by any false
those hopes, You can understand that it
is a very terrible blow to Mr. Ewart
an'd myself."
"I can indeed.," said the dattor sot-
s einnly. "I brought her in to the waxed,
you know. , It ie a tragie'ehocic to me.
P11 get back now, if you'll excuse me,
I have a very serious case in the vil-
lage, but I'll be over first thing in the
morning, and P11 bring a small bottle
of something with me. You'll need it.
with this anxiety:"
"Nonsense, Whitehouse," declared
e the General stoutly. "I'm perfectly
all right. There's nothing at all the
y matter with nee. I don't need any of
your hegad slush;"
'Now, my dear triend." said the
d medical man cunningly, "it's my busi-
ness to look aimed. In the next few
days you'll be too anxious to eat, so
I'ni going to bring, you something that
will 'simply s•tintaiNate your appetite
and make yen want to eat. It's not
good for any man to go without his
meals, especially when that man's get-
ting on for sixty."
"Thank ye, my dear fellow ". said the
a1d Haan, more graciously. "'I'm sorry
to be such a boor, but I thought you
meant some begad tonic." The Gen-
eral was getting on for seventy; to be
exact, he was sixty-nine—he married.
at forty-six—and when the medicine
came he took it, "because after all, it
was bega.d decent of Whitehouse to
have thought of it."
I spent a miserable night. I went
to bed early, and lay awake till .day-
break. The hideous nightmare of the
green ray kept me awake for many
nights to come. The General agreed
with me that we must waste no tame,
and it was arranged that we should
take Myra up to London the nest day.
"You knew, Ronald:". said the old
man to me as we sat together after
the mockery that would otherwise
have been an excellent dinner, "I ryas
particularly glad to see you to -day.
I've been very worried about—well,
about myself lately. I had an extra-
ordinary experience the other day
which I shoul'a never dare to relate to
anyone whom r could not abeolntely
rely on to believe me. I've been fidget-
ing for the last month or two, and that
window that you say you saw to -day
has got on my nerves. I've been im-
agining that it's a heliograph from an
enemy encampment. Simply nerves,
of e arse; but nerves ought not to ac-
count for extraordinary optical delu-
sions or hallucinations."
"Hallucinations?" I asked envious-
ly. "What sort of hallucinations?"
"I hardly like to tell you, nay boy,"
he answered, nervously twirlin, his
liqueur grass in Me fingers. "You see,
you're young, and Pin—well, to tell
you the truth, I'm getting old, and
when you get old you get nerves, 111111
they can be terribio things, nerves."
I honked up• at the haggard fare,
drawn into deep furrows with the new
trouble -that had fallen on the odd man,
end.I was chocked and started to see
a 1ook of absolute fear in his eyes. I
leaned forward, and laid my :sand en
his wrist, _
"Toll me," I suggested, as gently as
I could, He brightened at once and
patted my arm affectionately.
"I coufldn't tell the Iittle woman,"
he muttered, "She—she'd have been
frightened, and she might have
thought I -was going mad. I couldn't
bean that, I hadn't the courage to
tele Whitehouse, either; but you're a
good chap; Roneld, and you're very
fond, of my girlie, and pear father and
I were pals, as you boys would say.
I daresay it,was only a sort of wak-
ing dream, or—" He broke off and
stared, at the table -cloth. I took the
'glass from his hand and filled it with
liqueur brandy, and put it beside him.
He sipped it thoughtfully. Suddenly
he turned to me. and brought his hand
down on the table with a bang.
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"I sweas I'm not mad, Ronald!" he
cried fiercely "There must be some
explanation of it, I know I'm sane,"
"What was ib exactly?" I asked
quietly. "Nothing on God's earth will
persuade•me that you are mad, sir,"
"Thank you, my boy. I'll tell you
what happened -to me. You won't be
able to explain it, but you shall hear
just what it was, You may think it's
silly of me to get nervous of what
sounds like an absurdity, but you see
it happened where—where to -day's
tragedy happened."
"What "Myra calls the Chemis't's
Rock?" I asked, by this time intensely
interested.
"At the Chemist's Rock," he replied.
"It was a lovely afternoon, just such
an afternoon as to -day, I had been
going to fish witle girlie, but I was a
little tired, and—era—I had some let-
ters to write, so I said I would meet
heir later in the afternoon, It was
agreed we -should meet at the Chem-
ist's Rock at half -past four. I left
the house about a quarter past, and
strolled down the river to the Fank
Pool, crossed the stream in the boat
that lies there, and walked up the
apposite 'bank past Dead Man's Pool
tbwards the Chemist's Ronk. I Men-
tion all this to show you that I was
feeling well enough to ,enjoy a stroll,
and a very'rocky strol4 at that, he
cane, if I hadn't )leets feeling perfect-
ly fit, I should have gone up the.back
way plea the staltic, the way you mime
back this afternoon. So you see, Does
undoubtedly quite well, my boy. How-
evea', to get on with the tale. As soon
as I came in sight of our meeting-
plaeei, looked up to see if girlie had
got there before me. She was not
there. I looked further up stream, and
saw Sheltie come tearing down over
the reeks. I knew that he haat seen
me, and that she was following him.
1 naturally strolled on to go to the
rock—i say I went--" Ile 'broke off,
and passed his hands across his eyes.
"Yes," I said s'o'ftly; "you went to
the seek, and Myasa met you—"
"No," he said; "I didn't. I didn't go
to the rock,"
".But I don't understand," I said, as
he remained si1'estt for some moments.
The old, man leaned forward and laid
a trembling, fever -scorched hand on
Wale,
"Ron•aki," he geld, in a voice that
shook with germine horror, and sent a
cold elfiver downs my spine, "t did not
go to 'the rack, The rock Casio to
hie."
(To 'be continued.)
Timm .pipe aeltee end cigar or Cig-
arette gtttslps in the deist of rile road
uud easing or risinolt out, the fire .before
leavitrg thane, Don't throw pipe ashes
crud cigar 0.0 elgarette Mangle into
brush, loaves, or ;pine needtes,
,and the worst is yet to come
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The Sergeant's Sermon.
During the Great War some soldiers•
of an English regiment in •France
wished to have a religious meeting
among themselves. They chose a
tumble-down cottage tor their place of
worship and,.screening the windows
and the holes with turf and sacking so
that no light should show and attract
enemy aeroplanes, selected the hymns
and decided who should make the
Mayer, Then arose the question who.
should preach the sermon, At last
the choice fell on a sergeant known
as Tubby. The nickname was a tri-
bute to his jollity. Tubby gave careful
thought- to his task and after :the
hymns and the prayer read the story
of the storm on the Sea of Galilee,
Then he delivered his sermon,
"I don't know," he began, "whether
you chaps ever noticed that it says,
'There were also with him other little
ships.'- It's about those other little
ships I want to talk. What were they
dein' there I don't know; their ditty,
I suppose, same as you and I are tryin'
to do here. But, anyway, when the
storm fell on the disciples' ship those
other little ships got it too. They wore
tossed- about like corks and had a
reg'lar bad tisue of it. Thea when
Jesus rebuked the wind and made the
sea still, a.nd there was a great.ealm—
well, those other little ships got that
too,
"Now, it's just the same in the war.
The big ships are in it, but there are
other little ships also. Denmark and
Holland and Switzerland and Norway
and Sweden --they're getting tossed
about and having an anxious time. And
when we win the great peace those
other little shlps'll have it too. -
'And Isn't it the same with yau and
me? If we get to playin' the fool with
drink and' gambling and other sins,
we'll not be the only ones to 'keel the
storm, There'll be other little ships hi
it with us—wives, and children, and
sweethearts, and friends. They'll get
the storm too. But then again, if you
let Jesus have his way in your heart—
well, then those other little ships'll be
as safe and happy as you are. Isn't
it worth trying far, boys?"
Need it be sold that every heart in
thnt little gathering so fair from home
and kindred, so close to danger and to'
death, was deeply touched by the see,
geant's sermon? Some tune later
Tubby was killed in an attack, but his
words will live after him and help to
make the great sea of life safe for
"those other little ships"
Artificial ice was first made in 1783.
Stretching the spine for a taw min-
utes each day is the Meat recipe foe
prolonged youth.
Seeing the Earth Move.
Well a bowl of water and some pow-
dered resin one' may observe the
earth's motion. It is commonly sure
posed that it is not possible to de-
monstrate the movement of the earth
without elaborate apparatus; which is
far from being the case. In the first
place select a room that is fairly free
from vibration, Then obtain a good-
sized bowl or tub a Boot or more in
diameter and rather deep, and nearly
1111 it with, water. Place this on the
floor of the room in such a position
that it need not be disturbed for some
hours. Get some finely powdered re.
sin and sprinkle a coating of this on
the surface of the water. Any fine sub-
stance that weals' float and not be
dissolved for some hours would do as
well;
Next secure a little 'coal clust and
sprinkle some on the top al the resin
in a straight line'from the centre to
the -circumference, 'Carry this line up
over the rim of the bowl, and make it
broad enough to be clearly seen—say
about en inch in width. The bowl
may now be lett for several hours, at
the end of which time it will be no-
ticed that an interesting thing bas
happened. It will be seen, writes S.
Leonard Bastin in "The Scientific
AmerIcan," that the line of the surface
of the waterhas changed its pdsitioh
and that it no longer meets that which
runs up over the rim ofthe bowl. As
a matter of fact the black line on the
4 •.rface of -the water has swept around.
from east to vest e'-
What has, happened is this; The
water in the bowl has stood still
throughout the time which It has been
left while the vessel itself has been
carried. around by the motion of the
earth from west to east. Another way
of putting it is that the earth has
swung around a considerable aro from
west to east, leaving the water quite
stationary.
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Sentry Go.
True lad who shared the guard wlth
me,
That night of welding anew,
What other nights have brought to you
I shall net knoq%,
I never even heard 'your name,
And hardly saw your face;
Yet you poured out your heart to me
As we kept pace.
I don't know if you're living still,
Or fallen in the eight;
Butin my heart your heart is safe
Till the last night.
—Wilfrid Wilson Gibson,
Below five hundred fathoms' depth
in the ocean there is no light.
The Prince as a Humorist
"'fie Is a shy and sensitive boy, r a
well-known personage once said of the
Prince of Wales, . "but although he
sayslittle he thinks a lot, and has a
keen brain and keen sense of humor,"
It is this latter trait in Sts character
wilieli has won for the Prince a reputa-
tion as a story -teller, The Prince, in.
deed,, sues the funny side of every-
thing.
Once,. in Australia, while taking an
early meeting gallop, the Prince had
some difficulties with Ilia saddle, An
Australian boundary rider arrived and,
noticing the English accent, aoked,
politely, if he were an emigrant?
"1'm the Prince of Wales," H,R.I1.
said, "`
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"Oh, are you," replied the Aussie.
"Well, I'm bis father,"
Next day at a reception the Prince
saw the same man and, pushing his
way through the crowd, seized him
by the hand and exclaimed, "Fialtoa,
dad!"
The Prince's stories are straightfor-
ward In their appeal, !Here is a
characteristic one, a product of the
Highland season:
Au old lady from the remote High-
lands of Scotland was taken to illdfn•
burgh, Who're'=heard modern sing.
Ing In a church for the first time. Aelo
ad by her lady oomponion what the
thought of it, the old woman melted:
"It's verfa, verve bonnie, but oh, Inc
leddy, it's an email' way o' speeding
the Sawbetli," •
'Olne Prince delights in relating an
ineidelit tvhlc1 occurred its London.
Ile had' ,boee "hung up"' in itis car,
white dashing from one nubile meet-
ing to anothel'. A man, not iecognlz-
ing the oocillant of the ear, Mcleod
Me urate, remarking, "011e of the idle
('telt:'
"Rich„ perhaps," the Prince retort-
ed; but hang it all, not idle "
Even in his younger days the Heir,
to the Throne enjoyed a good joke.
A rather inquisitive man once -asked
Minn if he was not worried over the
responsibilities involved In being the
King's oldest son.„
"Well, to tell you the truth, I've
'never looked at it quite in tbat tight,"
he replied, "But I think it is rather
good luck to be an eldest son, for then
one does not have to wear one's
brother's old clothes."
Perhaps the best of all the Prince's
Jokes is that concerning the lady who
had, been reading about some bridges
having bean swept away by a flood
Site turned to a male friend end re-
marked; "These bridge disasters are
terrible."
".I should say 00," the ratan replied,
"My wife lost all her year's pin money
at it Met night."
The Prince is fond of legal stories.
Here' is one ' he onto related to an
ensinent judge:
A plaintiff told the Court that he
had found the debtor eating roast
chicken and yet, while he owed .five
pounds, he was offering only half a
crown a week to pay it off. There was
a sensation in court,
"Your worship," the harassed debt-
or broke out, "11 Is Lime. 1 could not
afford to keep the bird,"
During his visit to America, rho
Prince, was at the While House. The
President tools the Royal guest over
to one of the window&
was from that window." the
Presidoht said, "that your grandfather,
bored Lo tears by the unceaslug round
0f pubiie entortutnments, escaped olio
night clown a rope ladder,"
"I wish 1 had a rope redder ie nay
luggage," the Prince remarked as ha
gazed snit of Lim window.
When in'xoront4 elate the
Royal C)ntario''Museu
050 ,illoor 0 ,''Wes1t, 100Ar i '5iina.,lit,
Longest oermanpnt exhthitlon 1n t14n6¢a.
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aeontploby, Zoology, Open dully, 18 tt..331,
to 5» m f upday, a 19 5 (1m• i3loer,
Belt 1 ins, 1)upent raid arenue Itcl, etre,
Infinity and Finitude.
Bach and forth went the man with
the lawn mower, leaving' a wider space
of velvetlike'gnass with every out. As
he stopped et the end of the.yard he
noticed a elight movement on tile bee
between the two 'wheels of the lawn
mower. Getting down on- his knees,
he saw that the moving object was a
tiny measuring Worm, '
He started the mower again and
left the little fellow measuring, his
way here and there over the machine,
To the worm the machine was tl whole
world. Wilen the man reached the
other end of the lawn the worm was
still busy at its work of measuring,
Every few minutesthe man looked
down to make dire that it had not
fallen off.
When he had done his mowing and
had turned toward the shed with bile
mower, the measuring worm had also
reached its long journey across the
mowers He left it 'measuring one of
the wheels.
Now the man was imaginative. He
often thought at the tiny worth and
its world. How big and interesting
and mysterious it was to the little
measurer! And the worm knew no
more of the man who had pushed the
mower than it knew of the stars shin-
ing in the sky at night.' 'The man
smiled when he realized that the worm
had not known that the lawn mower
had moved at all; to the worm it was
a great fixed thing on which he lived.
To it the yard was as the universe and
the -lawn mower as the world.
In the eyes of 'God do we not seem
much as the tiny measuring worm
seemed to the man? Though our plan-
et is one of the smallest, it is the
"whole world" to us, We circle the
sun once a year and never realize
that we have moved. And as for Him
Whose hand holds up the world and
the sun andthe stars and whirls them
round in their orbits, we have_never
seen' Him and would not know that
He exists if it were not that in His
love and mercy He bends down close
to us and speaks to us in words that
we can understand. How humble and
reverent we slloeld be!
$30 a 'Week Mechanic -
Jumps to $750 a Month
Out in Chehalis, Washington, V.S,A.;
lives. W. El. Pence,'"Electrical Expert."
Chelalls ian't very much of a town,
somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000
poop'e—and Pence doesn't pretend to
be a whirlwind "Master of Finance"
by any means. But his income is the
"talk of the town." With great pride
he exhibits the books of his Electrical
Business, which show a net profit of
$750 a mouth.
Pence himselt says that two years
ago he never dt'eamed of earning so
much money. ,At that time he was
making $30 a week and wondering it
the time would ever edme when he
could huy anything he wanted, like be
XtOw is able to do. . .
Owes Success to Electricity.
Pence doesn't talk much about his
success. He isn't that kind. But
when he does talk about Electricity
and the great future which It holds
for men and boys—he hits "right from
the shoulder." Without any reserve•
tion he gives all credit for Isis amaz-
ing success to the thorough Electrical
training which he has received in
spare time during the past months.
But let Pence tell his own story.
Read his letter dated October 9, 1921,
to L. L. Cooke, Chief Engineer of the
Chicago Engineering Works:
"Dear Mr, Cooke:
Less than 2 years ago I was an ordin•
ary mechanic earning .$25 to $3a a
week. To -day, thanks to you, I am an
"Electrical Expert," in business. for
myself, and making over $760 a month.
My success, Mr. Cooke, is entirely
due to the invaluable help you have
given me. The thorough, practical
training I secured through your Easily
learned, Spare - Time, Home - Study
Course in Electricity, has made me
financially independent, and a highly
respected business man in this come
mutiny,
Sincerely yours.
W. E.'Pence."
For 15 years Mr. Cooke has been
training men at home during their
spare time, for Big. Electrical Posi•
ttons, and he has received thousands
of letters like the above. His system
offers every man,^regardiess of age,
education, or previous experience, the
chance to become, in a very short
time eu "Electrical Expert," able to
earn $3,500 to $10.,000 a year,
Electrically -Trained Men -Scarce,
Because of its prominent position in
the Electrical Field, 'The Chicago En.
gineeriug Works frequently is called
upon, by industries in the largercities
in the 'United. States and Canada, to
supply trained men for electrical Rork,
To meet these demands 211•. Cooke
is now enrolling a attain] Class for
quick training. He expects to develop
from this class "Electrical Experts"
who can go out and take over the big
Electrical jobs that are now open.
Complete particulars and actual
proof of the great demand for "Electrl•
cal Experts" is contained in a booldet
entitled clow To Become An Electrl.
cal Expert," which may be had with-
out cost by -Writing to Chief ldugineer
Cooke, Chicago Engineering Works,
2145 Lawrence Avenue; Chicago, U.S.A.
The greatest problem in the
tine art of living is to get out of
the Menem maehthe the maxi.
mum of service with the mite.
m001 cf friction; tibd this can.
only be done by so disolpling the
mind that we can relax or turn
ou 0nd cif our brain -pewee at
will, aid concentrate it with all
the energy et our being upon the
thing in hand. Concentration is
the key to power, the setrej of•
t
achievement bet the mars w to
cauuot concentrate on play as
well 05 on work, has not nraster-
ed the secret of•rsal living, or,
tot that matter, the secret of
nsa~;11111ttu eeeellence 10 wore.
onceoco
The I arm Laundry
Doing the family washing is onto
hi.'anclt of domestic life that is often
drudgery, but since it is just 40 news -
WW1 to our living as eating end sleep-
ing it must he removed as fai? Froin
drudgery as modern conveni0stecs and
the housewife's intelligence can get it,
Since machinery is cheaper than
Jabot; a good washing machine is a
geed 'investment, Snell maolcines are
very (helpful for heavy clothes, and
for Lange washings, The wear it
saves on the clothes will soon pay for
it,'te say' nothing of the backache it
prevents.
The machine must be kept clean,
free from 'dust and rust, and out of
the weather. Use a wringer. 'Twisting
clothes is destructive; besides the
wringer prossee out much dirty water
that the hands cannot remove. Keep
the wringer oiled and cleaned. The
rubber 'rollers wild last much longer if
the thumbscrews are loosened when
wrie"l"ger is not being used.
The boiler should' 'be largely of cop-
per, not only because of greater dur-
ability and immunity from rust, but
also because cop$er transmits heat
more readily than any ether metal
Which is used to make boilers. The
clothesstick may be made of an old
broomstick.
Most women agree that soaking all
the white arbieles the nig'h't before
makes it easier to remove the dirt.
Rather than spend part of Sunday
sorting over elathes, many women
have changed washday to Tuesday.
Another very good reason for break-
ing away from the ousoms of our an-
cestors in regard to "blue Monday" is
that as far es paesible it is desirable
to mend the clothing before it is wash-
ed. A two-inch team may very easily
extend to ten inches in washing, bang-
ing out and ironing.
The ganments should be looked over
for stains and the stain treated ac-
cording to iihe best means of removing•
each p.abicular stain, for soap sets
practically every kind of stain e:teept
plain, •ordinary dirt. If there is plenty
of soft water, a little melted soap may
be added to the seeking water, but if
on must use herd water, do net use
soap, but only a small amount of same
mild softener• such as washing soda,
ammonia or whatever acts best on the
water you use, Use only "a small
amount," for all those softeners are
chemicals, and too liberally used, they
injure the fabrics and cause them to
wear out rapidly.
In the whole process of Maundering
there is noihil}g as important as thor-
ough rinsing. No matter what care has
been taken with the work, if the
clothes are not thoroughly rinsed they
wile never• have a 'good collar.
Always wash colored fabrics its
warns soapsuds—never apply the soap
direct: Rinne in two or three waters
to remove every 'particl'e of soap.
When You Hang Pictures.
A. few go a long way is •bhe general
rule—ghat is, don't hang too many
piotares in one room. The living -room
should contain 'pictures which guests
would enjoy, while the bedroom may
be hung wibh the family portraits and
photographs of a more personal na-
ture, The shape of well •space slimed
be considered and pictures or prints
of similar shape or ones whioh be-
long to that apace should be chosen.
Unless a 'picture is hung with screws
dipeotly on the wall, see that the wires
up to the molding are parallel with
the siders of the picture rather than
forming an angle at the molding.
Hang them ae neatly as possible op-
'pos'ite the level of the eye when you
are standing: Whenever possible, hang
then so that they are under a side
eeess
tight. A plain side wall is :better thee.
a figured for settirug off pietures.
A Hobby Party,
For iso entertainment that is en-
amel, isrexpe'reive and most entertoin-
ing, try .a hobby party. Agit every
guest be wear something that indieatee
a habby of ills or hers that is net too
£anotitar to the reet of the group.
When all are assembled give eaoh per,
son a lead permit and a white weed with
a hohbyhorre sketched in one comer,
Have everyone write en his card his
guesees aboa t the hobbies that are
represented; then, after an evening of
old-fae:hioned games and stunts, eec
who tate guess:led correctly tihe greatest
number of hobbies,
At a hobby party one of the boys
carried a yeast cake, a toy rlagpoie,
and a sapling; his hobby proved to
be raising'poultry. A girl who enjoy-
ed piecing quilts wore small square:(
of bright -colored material pinned to
her dress. Another guest, arriving
with a loaf of bread tucked under her
arm, d'efindtely established her repu-
tation for disliking work o8 any kind,
There are any number of possibil-
ities—tor example, a twelve -inch ruler
and a .rubber ball for the feotball en-
thusiast, a bagful of flour for the girl
whose hobby is her garden, a picture
of a tromp far anyone who likes to
hike.
Have plenty of room in which to
play the games. Serve ice cream and
cake.
If you wish to give a prize to the
person who s'uccessful'ly guesses the
greatest number of hobbies, offer her
a pair of toy reins with which to hold
her hobby in check.
Mother at Eighty -One.
W'ha't does it mean to be eighty-one,
with the most of life gone by?
It means a journey of many mile's,
sonvetinses 'neath a cloudy rky;
Sometimes the path was rough and
steep, sometime the sun shone
bright;
,Seel in between emits peaceful vale:'•,
ant a. place to rest ac nig"it.
It means alternate elm and chsde, s!-
tern0te smile and tear;
Sometime to make a bridal wreath;
sometimes to deck a bier.
But now it means an eve of met; the
busy day is done;
A time to think, to lead, to pray, to
watch the wes•t'ring sun.
What are the thoughts of eighty-one;
when sinking sun dips low?
The thoughts are dreams of other
days, of friends of long ago.
They dream of ehildhecd's sunny
hours; of youthful joys,• so fleet;
Of wedded love and happiness, of
motherhood. so sweet,
And of the many dreams of age, the
sweetest and the best
Are dreams about the liItee, ones- who
slept upon her•breast.
Oh, wondemes are the dreams mf age;
so clear '(would a•lmaat seen(
That dreaming is the real life, .and
real life a dream.
Does hope stile live at eighty --one? Aii,
yes; but 'tis the truth
That hope in age is not the same as
Shope in restless youth.
The aged hope that olouds will pass
'the sun shine warns and bright;
For tidings of the absent ones; for
restful sleep at night.'
They hope that love and tender care
evill fail not till the light
-Of earlier days shall fade away, am(
God shall send the night.
And hope most sure and steadfast.
as they near the "silent" land;
Eternal life, a starry crown, a place
at God's right hand.
Marshal Foch's Boyhood
Home.
A little city in Southern France,
Tarbes, is •destined to a big place in
history as the birthplace of a nsan
who commanded the largest army ever
assembled on earth and brought to a
victorious conclusion for civilization
the bloodiest conflict that ever has
been waged. As the native place of
Marshal Foch the town is destined to
be not only a French shriee'but also
a place venerated by' nearly all of man-
kind,. but long 'before Marshal Foch's
day the town contributecl to the mili-
tary prowess of France.
Honored by a conspicuous statue
and by the name of one of its princi-
pal streets is Dominique Jean Larrey,
who introduced the "flying field hos-
pitals," adopted and developed by Na-
poleon, the genesis of the modern am-
bulance. More recently it has been a
centre for the breeding of the famous
Pyrenean horses, an Anglo -Arabian
breed, valued primarily for their light
cavalry use. It also has an important
arsenal.
Tarbes is a place at scarcely more
than 25,000 persons, a little less than
a hundred miles southwest of Toul-
ouse, from which the majestic Pyrons
COS are plainly visible, Standing out
boldly :fiou the principal range is the
Pic du Midi de Bigarre bare and pre-
cipitous and rugged. The strength of
the kills is in the people of the De-
partment of the Hautes- Pyrenees, of
wh',eb Tarbes is capital,
This region is the hone of the Bas-
ques, speaking a language 'whose
origin is a puzzle to scholars, and pos-
sessing a Spartan abstracter which has
given viae to the saying "Every Bas-
que a noble.". Tie, Edwin A, Grosvenor
in "The Races of Europe" notes that
Marshal Poch is a typical Basque and
recalls that Ignatius Loyola, founder
of the Jesuit Order, was n Basque,.
Ono 'brother of the Allied geaueralis-
e11110 is 51 Jesuit priest.
Tarbes is a mhlintu'e Venice. It 1$
situated on the Adour, and channels
Mee been cut into all :parts of the
town throe Iwhich flow the waters
of this stream, Physically the loca-
tion is important, because from it ra-
diate three valleys, those of Lourdes,
Avenue/id I ignrre, The plains about
the city are fertile and verdant, Agri.
calture unci cattle raising are carried
'on. Beyond them • are forests where'
wolves, bears and boars may yet be
found.
One traveller called Tarbest the
most truly Pyrenean town of the
plain." A landscape gardener who di-
rected the arboreal and floral arrange.
manta of Versailles gave to this native
town the Jerdian Massey, a thirty -five -
acre tract, long before modern city
planning made parks a municipal nes-
essity. Herein is a museum and a
cloister which has a bust of Theoohile
Gautier, reminder of another :f;tmou,,
son of Tarbes.
As one surveys the industrial sstmh
lislenents of Tanbest, its banneries and
mills and rile works, 'and its arsenal,
he notes that they aro not permitted
to mar the beauty of: its major "gar-
den, and maty lesser parks, its
houses with fruit trees and flowers
growing about them, and becomes con-
scious of the never -casing murmur of
its many artificial rivulets.
Its fairs are noted. Its market :aye
present a never -to -be forgotten pic-
ture.- In the Place Maubourguet are
tree -shaded booths, where women
from the countr'y'side sell produce and
pcultry, and the splashing fountains
a.nd statuary that forts the setting for
tile scene do not seem •in•congruous.
Another square, given over to auctions
of horses, is shaded 'by tall plane trees,
Tarbes lacks the ar'alsitectural treat••
sures of the towns of northern France.
Its ancient cathedral suffers from
heapiness and a mietu'e of style. The
only remaining part of the Castio ea
the Counts of Blgorre is a tower which
latterly less been eonve;•ted int) ".
prison.
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