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Young Ferdinand Foch
The Game of 'Nations
• The leading elieraCeerifftiele Of Male
ehee Foch, conneancier a the Allied
aredese aro •IthoWn to everY0110; llig
OOPIlige, hie minnelleity, bie pletYr hi6
By DONNA SHERWOOD BOGERT.
hatred et theatvicalism, hie, straleigle
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WenTY, rret eahable teltini care a
Irmelf, Mr. Treviesion is With Ina"
Lgno,Sllovt(34.
"Trevaddon couldn't hold his inn-)
again ts man!" he returned contempt
uonsly. e
5The red flamed in Peggy Herfoed's
cheeks
"Huth! Ilene hint corning ep the
like plain which was, for the time slope. Wit until you nee able to
being, his home; the tich, green pewee what you say, Deere."
grass? the colored splashes a free Trove -Mon foUnd Peggy, her feee
grant wild fl'owees; on every side the like a rose, apperentey deep M con
-
towering niountains meted with yereatien with Lonox and experienc-
spruce and pine and balsam that ed an odd sensation of dierippoint-
tmetured the air wieh un seribable ment. Instinctively he leaped to the
sweetness and pungency, conelneion- thattennox was waiting
to et:induct them hack to the ranch.
qaL Y end de Dating autheei
Canada, no less then Franco, believes
hIin te be a good and a greet man,
But tholigh the ellen we have of
hini le' drawn, in hold and Clear out-
line, it has not been ailed In, Mitten-
• ed and illuminated by such little
touches a peesonal anecdote as brin
our owu loaders close to our everyday
eaMillar knowledge and liking.
The recent presented= ofaile char-
acter by itie friena Bane Andre de
Maeleesird, in, Harper's klageziae, Is
all Cid snore welceo;ffer this reason,
Them ere merle int ate Rad delight.
u1 touches, but Deems none more so
than two 0081105 Oepicting the Attie
Ferdinand in hie child/wage He was
born ante family evith military an'
cerstry aild,traditions; and grO4,
aunt, Jenny ,Duening, was the *widow'
of Gen. Noguez, wins was vicerey oe
Holland under the First Bemire. She
was known in the family as Aunt Nine
Aunt Nini Was very deal and, in a
quavering voice, loved to dwell on the
stories of old times, She had accom-
panied her husbaod in the *ars,of the
empire, and this prodigiou$ 1.118.111ory
lighted up the evening of her life. She
used to make the little Ferdinand sit
down straiglat in front of her on an
uncothfortable chair while she re-
counted to him her wive:fares. --
"Do you remember, Ferdinand," elm
would say, "that wonderful clay when
the emperor gave us a bail in Prue-
_
sia?",.
"But no, my aunt!" the. future -mate
Meal would cry. "I Wasn't born yeti"
"Ah, yes, that's true."
But soon the old lady, pursuing her
dream, would say softly:
CIIA.PTER X.
Sttetehing both SINUS above Ilia
ilead in a huge, dootented yawl, Tree
vaetion strelled leisurely edist of his
tepee. The day ha,d broken clear and
warm end sunny; "it was a glorious
morning end <good eea be alive, The
wonderful, golden shnshine foil< with
mellow eadianee upon tee small, cep -
Below, between two densely wood-
ed‘eleltes, ran the valley and through There would be no more lovely,iinger-
it• a ribbon of silver water bordered ing dem no more companionable
by huge bowlelees are: smooth hours •heeeeth the stars, conversing
.. 'stretches of eludes. Hovering with kind dreaming, Walking shoulder to
breeding wings over the valley, a shoulder for warmth in flee -chill of
hawk hung suspended in the motion- frosty peaks. He strove to greet
less air. • Lennox with cordiality but lin spite
Thew
se two eeksin the mountains of himself, his tones Tang WI.
had wreught a change in Trevanion. "He isn't glad to see me either,"
His fade woe painted a healthY broeventeasoned Dave shrewdly: "I reckon
by the wind and sun of the Rockies, I know where the shoe lunches. Dell*
end covered with a stubby growth of 'him, for his good leeks! I'd like to
beard. His grey flannel shirt, mien plag him full of l'eadl"
at the throat, was soiled a-nd traTefe. "We -el," he drawled,.. "this emetic
stained; as were his flapping, cordu_ life seems to agreeewieh you. Yottre
roy, trousers. looking fat-atand sertug—and content:
For the last week the -little party ed like."
had been journeying at dts ovsn eweet Trevanion's eyebrows lifted. "Why
will, sometimes covering' no more not?" he an<swered briefly, "By the
than four ore five miles -a day; camp- way, Peg•gee, Dottie seed to tell you
ing out under the stars; feasting on she was going for a etroll but that
delicioue sheep steaks and loaves of she'd be back shortly. to study the
goldenebrewn bannock. It had taken habits of those "curious, little ani-
Trevanion fully ten days to beeome male.' What did she mean? What
acoustoined to the mountains; the are you teaching her now?"
henteback <travel, to sleeping -in al The glee laughed, relieved that the
blanket on the hard ground or on an tergeion of the moment was broken. '
imprevised cod& of balsam boughs."I've been digging out gophers for
Daily he and Peggy pored ever the her," she confeesed. "She's really
inap, only to find that the Object of, quite faminated by them. Which -way
thairequest appeared as unattaineble did 'she dm Mr. Trevanion?"
as the day before. The g-uide Was, "I' didn't ,notice. -Mee you needn't
O silent, sullen individeal, could offer, worry about Dottie. She's too timid
no, intformation. . He . regarded the' to stir very far from canna"
abrupt change in their course of I Nevertheless, it Wes Miss Dore -
travel merely as one fancies of thethere's solitary ramble which furnish -
:idle rich. Peggy was of the opinion' ed the key to theeheart of the impend -
that they had_penetnated too far into ing mystery.
the mountame and for Oak of a bet-
ter view, Trevanion was iinclined. to. CHAPTEB XI.
agree with her. "Hoo--iiroo—bool Where are you?"
As he indulged in a second poncla- "Oh-e!—Miss Dorothea—
oils yawn of pure enjoyment, the girl "Dottie! Dottie!"
came within range of his vision, Peggy and Treganion filled the
[hull:ming a laelcadthisioal, little 'air mountain spaces with echo -es as they
, which had been popular whets he left eled and yodelled all in 'ram. a ,
New York, serriething, he eecollected, "It's noon," said Peggy. "She
about a rose, a -and a maid. should have been back long ago."
Peggy wore her riding habit of blue Trevanion was worried.
serge knickerbockers and negligee ,T1 go find her. Don't wait for
blouse. Her slim booted legs and dinner, If we only knew which direc-
rakish; soft hat tipped' down over her tion she took."
bits& hair, made her look like a lithe, Voter slowly, after-Trevanien's de -
fearless bey: A scarlet- bandana tied parture. Peggy descended the slope.
about her throat, easeboy fashion, wap Lennox and the guide were cooking
decidedly picturesque. She was in dinner.
harmony with the rugged- mountains; "Set right down," commanded the
and the wild, free life. 'foreman. "I'll pour out your coffee."
"Peggy!" her one-time employer, His face wore its meet engaging
chuckled, "you look like a little devil smile, "We have all the packing to
of a bandit! If you Were slinging do this afternoon, so as to get en
O gun, I should actually be fright- early morning' start."
ened." I The girl frowned. "I'm not ready
The girl sat down upon the soft to go," she said "and—you
grass and regarded Teevanion with‘needitt Wdrry, Dave; I'll take the
offizzical intentness. 1 blame. This life just suits me.
"You look like a roughneck your shan't gide it -up till I'm ready."
self," she observed unkindly. "Your; With a great clatter, the guide was
hair is all rumpled up and 'yonr face pilisig firewood into the 'damp stove.
is diety and if I met you at night Lennox loweeed his voice,
after dark, I should scream!" Laugh -I "You Won't give up-Trevanion, you
eng at his discomfiture, she settee' ineetn,"_he saicl roughly, and the
down full length upon the slimed, head hands which held the coffee pot
pillowed upon her interlocked fingers, trembled so the liquid hissed upon
hat tilted carelessly over her eyes. the red-hot lids. "Good God, Pee,
"Breakfast has been ready an hour, don't you see Yin twice the man he
Don't tell me you're not hungry. Per- is?" /
bape there'll be a little for you, only- The girl swan abruptly on her
—I've finisbed and Miss Dorotheaheel.
is eating like, a famished wolf." "Ale right. Irfeyou're a man, go
Her companion, grinned- at the 'find Miss Detothea. She's been gone
eimile. His sister'
whom they ruthe since eight o'clock this morning. Her
lessly had dragged in their wake, heide brother has already started. See
efter a few nights of weariness and which one of you beings her back."
'terror, settled down M make the best (To be Continued.)
e a bad situation. But she still
erhuddered at struggling insects in
her- coffee, and peeked warily at the .
tamp food. Punctured By Tiger's Tooth.
Trevenion Med this image of Miss Automobiling in America does not
porothea in rnmel as he disappeared, often leasi to experiences as thrilling
Peggy could her him scramblingas one that befell a Java banker, Louts
down the ragged Mope into the valley von Hemert by naine, while he was
Where the meals were prepared and;
driving th
eaten, the stones dislodged by his: rough the heart of the Sum
descent, rattling nee neaten, wilderness, A half-grown tiger
steps. --Thee, walsfetrie'r itiliellisshaf-td-,I.bit a hole in a tire of his autonibbile,
metallic clatter had *ceased, she' Tay We were traveling slowly across the
very still, steeped in delicious reteer,1 island in a large tearing car to inspect
her senses haled by the monotonous eager Peal -teatime in which my three'
drone of the bumblebees dipping froebcompanions were interestedeede says.
!Meyer to flower, the faint gush of the It was hard work steering the carover
stream below, the murmur of number -I
the Mat, deeply ruttee, jungle trailed
less slerealts tumbling clown from thd ante one evening nine o'clock Mend
maintain tops. The warm sun saterne
etecl her body. She -ivas dreamily es inthe midst od an ironwood forest
happy—drowsily. content. where everything was in inky darknees
Suddertly the spell broke. She had, enceet the tow yarde of rough road in
heard no sound save the caponing the lighe of! our lamps,
lullaby' of the mountains but throug Imagism our surprise when two full -
el alosed eyelnle she had sensed a grown tigers, followekby, &large cub,
darIenhig g a 1 w walkea maJestically across the road
had swept ets wings across her fa-ce. '
their long tile twitching nervously
Her eyes flew Oen,- Leaning over
and their yellow eyes giving back the
her, so nearethat his hot breath al-
most, moreleed her oheelts, eat Dave glee% ot the headlights. Putting o
Lennox, kis body a thin line of eager the brakes, I stopped the car almost
passion, He had come with the silent on top of the cub and sounded our
caution of an Indian up the same sires. At the first blast of tile horn
slope down which Trevanion had just the two tigers leaped, growling, into
clambered bet -without the tattle of ,the
darkness on the father side of the
tihe smitelest pebble to betray him. goalie but tbe cub, evidently frighten -
"Peg!" said Lemex. The touch of
his both wide drove the blood to the ed 00 of ies wits, reared and clawed
girl's heart. He had pinned het trown at the right fender. I thought it was
suddenly by her two, bare arms, and combs% at old right over the hood ,aud
was devouring her gypsy beauty with through the wind shield, and I creeds -
o world of hunger lo -bis gaze! "1 ea iestinetively. My companions Were
couldn't Mae- away," he whispered, as etaftled as.I, artd I afterwards
41'411 Mad °Ibblit Y.°131 girl—Thad— learned that the mati beside me start -
Mad!"
• Peggy shivered end fee an. ihstant 4 ed 00 open the door to jump out of the
evay, while the two on the back seat'
She remained fascinated, wok from
the unexpeetedness of ale „made fully expecting one of the old tigerg
then tried desperately to struggle to to '001110 through the roof, curled up
in sitting Pesitiora She hael no dread In the bottom oe the.ear. But the cub,
of actual bodily Meet from Letitox, Aserlieg end scuffling, slipped Ade -
but she did fear, withgeteiyeeing siek wise off the oritsitte of the cae, and the
disgost, the embraceIfe
of s ererns and neece thstaiit 1 heard the hiree of male
the contaminating' touch of hit un- ing a r.
clean lips,
efi the cue folicierod the old tigers
' "Dave," she, commanded eliatrilY,
nee gee, Hoe Nag yea? -alba out of sigethe the jungle, I thecae in,
elo you mean ety Mining bete? Her the dutch and slatted oh, bet by the
Scathing .gazo made the cowboy's eyes WftY WO bilented e knew at once what
:fall away from hers and .cheeked the had happened. The elle -had mom
',force of his desire. 'Slowly lee re- tercel the tire with its Meet We did
based her torn en the instant she net stop to chaego that tireehoWever,
twee on her feet. instil We reachea-the plaetatiota seven
"Weill" she demanded, "What eee , •
brines yds? Did Jim stind you?" di "'3'
"Your brother wants you b•ome,"
:Lennox, "He's deseevered your Miembee Galene.
'guide knee truthwerehy teed Ile sent ..
IneAb to being youebeekee, . The averege henther ot microbes 00tide mermage, -Which tenon teaspooneul of Milk Iceet ender the,
stated to eitit, hie Memo, most, salami conditions :IS 600000,
1 IS°ggy's "Iwegartia' bamma la'alute Sete Of themre aprobable (Ming time
Wee, s'teeeed acreee ths. to eee
wut, wthih
At nOr0 mau twt:ittuulY
1Vgliey,
11111l8 Vary kind hut eite sheer/diet ,
e
"Do you remembeeeleeNintisel, thee
pu tho evenlog oe Austeente_e, „
"But me MY gent, 1 ween't born" yet,"
"All, yes, tet'e true,"
BM,- all the mule, the glorious paint -
Mose messed „baton the mate of the
inieginetivo ohild and evoke to ithee of
the glorieri of-Fr/mete
The little lad early aequired Use
haelt 01 peompt anti- loyal obedience,
Heanten•dicl bettor thee merely ebon—
ite wanted te (bey, Yee, eve» when Ile
least veuntee to! He hated peas. One
evertieg at Chimer ia the wort dining
hall, where the Envie° furniture added
te the SOlolilnitY and strictness of the
atmosphere, his parents forced him to
at Isis DESte, and were astonished to
See the child gebble thera up hastilY.
They cosestionod hilo,
"My heart comes right's* in- my
mouth when I cdack them„" aneevered
Ferdinand. "Thera as I want tie obeg,
as tereally want to obey," he added,
holding ,bable Inc tears, "I mallow
them in one guipe' •
He was out of his boynoiiil, but still
a student at the College Saint Cle-
ment in Metz, when the Feauco-Prus-
Man War ended In the shameful peace
dictated by Freesia. Twilight Was
falling upon the sombre study hall
where MI the heerts -were sombro
also. Around Metz the voice of the
cannon began to thunder forth the
triumph of Germany. The ground
erembled, the windows shook. No one
dared say a ward, Then a Jesuit
father, who had been a naval officer,
said slowly, scanning his words:
"ely children, pray God for the fu-
ture Of France, Alsace and -Lorraine
are iso longer ours."
"We prayed," said the marshal; "no,
we did 11101.0 than that. We made our
vows. And now that we are at the
evening of our life our prayers are
heard and our VOWS are fulfilled."
WAR -MONEY IN
MANY LANDS
PAPER, CARTRIDGE -MET-
' AL AND STAMPS. \
Aluminium Also -Was Used to
Keep the Currency Poi
Apart from the introduction of dile
lei -my -notes consequent on the with-
drawal of gold, Great Britain got
WA:ugh the acetial fighting without re-
soriing to any desperate shifts, though
in 1914 small change was so spree
that postal orders were issued free at
all post offices, that they might be used
as currencg.
As early asethe end of August, 1914,
there was a remarkable scarcity of
small change in France and Belgium.
In some establiehmentswould-be cus-
tenors could not purchase) anything
unless they could tender the, exact
amount •lit Payment, ana nippy restau-
rants and'eafes even exhibited notices
to the effect that bills for -2e, 50, -or 100
francs would be accepted only on con-
dition thet they should be placed to
EL customer's' credit till exhausted.
ea -Russia a year later the pleght of
the populace generally was still worse.
Numerous riots tetikeeplace because
shoelteepers refused to give °bong°,
and many people' travelled free on the
trams ei"Ing to the inability of the
cooductors to change a one -rouble
note, e
Sooner or later, indeed, coins be-
came more or less "short" in nearly
eyery Contineetal coentry—the reason
why is a mystery yet to be solved. It
is known that agents bought large
guantities of Russian ‚gold, and con.
Toyed them through Turkey into Ger-
many. But, tee obvious- explanation
of the general shortage—that emis-
saries of the enemy tampered with the
currency, will net; in all cases, hold
water.
French Expedients. '
Many were theeee:pedients reeoeted
to en. consequence- of the ecarcity, The
French Government authorized the
various large towns to issue-- stettally
throiigh the Chamber of Commerce—
notes for two francs, one franc, fifty
centimes, etc, and at the sense time
authorleed 'the smaller towns add the
villeges to put into circulation. ten
centime (ewo cent) mid five centhne
(one cent) tokens, in the form ot ;Mall
notes on cardboard discs.
In -Belgium the, note of lowest value
introduced to (lope with wee, condi-
tions was One for a franc. But the
little countdy was the birthplace of a
prime curiosity eta paper curreuey—a
twenty -franc note winch, though dated
"27-844," bears arneclallion portrait of
Leopold I., belonging to 1820, after the
War of Independence against Holland!
The explanation of this jecongrulty is
simple. Whets the Germans eetered
-Brussels, the ,eurrentrnote dies. were
destroyed, to prevent th.em from te-ir-
ing into enemy hands, and the Belgian
Government -'then ers• Antweep—had
a number of rotes printed from the
brigieal die of Leopold I.
The Germans, like the 'Fran, subs-
tituted small loeal notes for colas.
Some of such bills were of at -low a
Value as ,one Outing, nominally Altai
to aboite one-quaeter of a cent. TWo
thousand of these preemie notes—
enough to set up in buranees a score
of "bunknaisteerers"--eare worth, at,
the pre-war rate Of exchange, about $5,
German Candor.
Other wee eotes issued in Germany
embodied diming niglets of fancy„A
singuMr instance is a fifty-pfeneig
bill, vouehed for by Noiderethestehe
It bears two cirelete ono containing
repeesentation aOl ham, raid the other
of sev,erlil tuenips; Aimee the ham is
the 'Inseelption, "Tended longings,
sweet hope*" and over the turnips ap-
peers the fraek atheissiote '<This is
how we dye In 1917," Such emulous'
Was toonnuch Mr the Imperial Gov-
erstmente which peomptey euppeessed
the notc.
iletesia„ too, pear:Weed some remark-
able paper Melee, By 1.916 the ootas,
try Wati flooded With note$ for ono, two
three etel live eopeolce---etee copeck%
it Mud be edoeiribeved, equal Limey,.
flee Center itomilud-which soon be,
calm $o thee 1;110 well-toalo, into
whose hands they fell, gave them to
beggars just to get ria ot them.
Another method of dealing with tho
widespread shortage of smell change
was by issuing postage stampe ,cur-
rency. In Russia the Romanoff series
of designs was printed on thick paper,
with an inscription on the back, "Hay-
ing circulation o15 a, par with silver
subsidiary coins." These stamps,
though intended primarily as currency,
could be used for Postage also,
Later, -Ukraine , sliuiiariy issued
stamps for currency purposes, and
palmy tokens on the same kind, value
ono franc, two francs, etc., have been
°imitated in Madagascar. 6
• Increased in Value. ,
Some varieties of this paper cui:-
rency are already very rare andanuch
sought after by collectors, who am
praise them at nearly as high a value
as certain curious notes issued by the
Germens in Best Africa. These make-
shifte—Which were produced, on a
typewriter in the field, and range M
face value from one rupee to three
rupees -»'-were need at, the close of the
rairtY season of lean eo pay the Ger-
man Askaris (native soldiers), who did
not take rie ail kindly to them. They
would have preferred gain, though—
thanks to collectors—they would ac-
cept any amennt of German provision-
al money now.
Another expedient was, and till is,
The issue of provisional -coins, The
Germans etrewed Belgium with zinc
money, which answered Re purpose so
well that it was subsemeutly used in
the' Fatherland itself. Millions of zinc
coins, all stamped "ersatz" (substi-
tute), were minted there, and are still
hi circulation.
In France a similar shift has re-
cently been adopted, largo embers of
temeettime and five -centime pieces
having been struck in aluminum.
The crudest makeshift coins used
during, as' in consequence of, theWar,
are smile German &1St Africa pieces
made out of cartridge-metal.`e0n one
side is the denomination, and on the
they, "1916 D. 0. A..' (Dnitscb Ost
Afrika),
A Volcano at Chre Range.
now it Mole to be close to a live
volcano is told in au account by leer.
Herbert J. Spindon, who was present
at, an erupt:inn of the voienuo of San
Salvador. 'When the 'phenomenon was
ateits best, 'flays, Spluden, we
climbed almost four ;thousand feet up
a steep reatr throtede maize fields and
(toffee plantalione to the rim 'of the
crater, . The thitetly peopled valley
rolled 'hut before -0s as wo StieellasUUt
far below in the distance was Lake
linpengo, itself a large crater,end
mountain riage upon mountain ridge
beyond that. But the sight that we
sew from the rim of the orates' ahnost
everwholmed our senses. .
We stood on the edge of a great fun.
nee more than a mile in diameter and
a thousand feet deep. The walls were
banded peke, dell red and dark gray
in color, which showed the lenge of
growth by •which the volcano had built
op -its cone. Clinging to the shelves
and sheer cliffs weee *Meg and trees
silvered With ash, In the dusty centre,
of the driedom lake Was au opening
like the month 'of a sunken tube, and
from .this 'opening a black geyser of
cinders and letva fragments shot up at
intereals, with a throaty noise, while
the earth trembled,
When the black geyser had forced
itself to a height of perhaps Mar hen.
dred feet, the.stteam Meet out iu jets
of pure whtto Mem the poised 'meas.
Cincievs rain4d down, and layeaslabe
fell like the., crinkled ash of burnt prie
per round the mouth of the tube, Col-
umn:I of white Melees ahrtest blotted
out the backgmend es they blosomed
tuto dotes and' rose', high above the
rinrof the eater,
< Mathis thee therte still wore Poole
of, violently agitatedI water tear the
margin of the old Ake Later, when
them were aOl tlimumed, the eteE1111
turned to smoke, and at niget them
was n inarveleue (Berney of erowerere.
('le Oould t)o 10
net Atelst: "Well, old man, how's
Internees?"
!deeded Artielf "Ola splendid! Get
o eemmission tale morning from a
millimmite, 'Volts his Widen melt-
at1;11°'ettY (pletteratitly) "Well,
my boy, you're the very man forethe
0
The Basket fitaidto
"Row cm earth do yeti Mani it?
You have Made four trips to the cel,
ler already to -day and it is onle
140111 TOW ChiStPSI1/00 pie/Peed lee
beside...tile kitchen Move end your
furniture polish is, Oh the !dude -stain;
And I haven't seen you (lb a stitch
of mending, and 1. have been here
over a week. If 1 kept hobo us you
do Ien suee 1 ehould be a wreck in-
side of a month."
This • outburst come from Aunt
Mary, who alMted us last dall, which'
we's several months ago, and 000 euro
she couldn't say, the ,steree Oleg if she
evere he.° to -clay. You see, 1 took.her
advice. She preached "baskets," and
I listened and am now using baskets,
had never thought a it in just
that way, but I liave discovered that
the more I work my brains in house-
keeping the less My hands and feet
have to do. If all hotesekeepers real-
ized that, how many more would have
a -simple market .leseket eitted up
with a needleliooke eciseoes and cot-
ton, a little bag holding button e of all
kinds, a mending ball, etc., and keep
it ever near! It case easily be carried
froin kitchen to living -room without
leaving half of the necessities ,for
mending behind.
•If a neighbor comes in on an errand
and stops tp chat, T0(5willnot bother
to hunt up your sewing; but if it es
all in one basket at hand you -will
pickaet up.
All through the busy day there will
be Eines when you can takeea Mitch
or two—while waiting for a cake to
bake or for the men to comeeen to
dinner. The amount of darning you
can accomplish in these spare minutes
will astound yoteit did me.
It maybe the week's mending or the
making of a, school -dress, blouse,, un-,
derweleor table linen; but -whatever
you are busy with, put it into your
basket each morning and carry it up-
stairs at night.
A basket of this same type Can be
,used for changing linen. If the sheets
pillow slips, towels, etc., are put into
it, meny trips to the linen closet or
chest will be salied.
And now I bring up all of my hely
supplies from the cellar it one bine.
It's easily done. You see I hang a
basket over one arm and do a little
planning before my one trip. ,
I mei to be one of those house.
keepees who ha/e a way of putting'
things down anywhere, and then hav-
ing to hunt madly for the dustpan, the
brush, or the furniture polish. Now
I keep all such things in 0 basket in
-the back hall.'
When caring Ter plants, a smaller
basket, such pa:grave come in, is in-
valuable. In it can be placed a pair
of scissors 0e.1" a knife, a cloth with
which to wipe up the water , that is
sure to he spilled, a package of plant
food, and a met brush to keep the soft
velvety eerives clean. Dampen a
sponge to use on the shiny esthher
leaves. In this wee:- the necessary
things can alw.ays be en hand, all to-
gether, and can be carried about the
house with -little trouble.
If your esthetic sense is shocked by
such a homely basket EIS 0. common
,maricet basket is apt to be, a little
paint will remedy that. For inseam --
the outside of the mending basket
may be rose and black, and the inside
rose. And the bags and needlehook
may be of some pretty figured cre-
tonne. it basket Lilted out in this way
would make a dainty gift ---for any
housekeeper.
For Christmas and Easter presents,
Or any time during the year, little in-
expensive baskets san be paented or
colored with dye in attractive shades
and filled with fruit, flowers, and
even vegetables, Send a basket that
has been colored a golden -brown, fill-
ing it with fresh eggs, and lay on
tep a little cluster or wild flowers, to
an invalid friend; or, at Christmas
thne, color • a fruit basket green, tie
on the handiesa bow of Christmas rib-
bon, fill it well cranberries and send
it to the eelatives hs the city.
Gifts of this kind will be sure to be
appreciated, and pardel post makes
the mild:mg of them an easy matter.
A market brisket filled with a variety
of fruit and vegetables can be made
most attractive. _nese things that
the pe'ople in the country valve so
lightly aro luxuries to the city dwel-
lees, and a basket filled with firm,
cleats beets, carrots, turnips, paeseips,
apples, end so forth; would Me a wel-
come gilt in any home. Jars of jelly
os- home-made preserves or pickle are
more attractive if packed 01 a basket
that has been painted, and a. dainty
bow -of ribbon, or a bunch of wild or
cultivated flowers, Or even a bit (If
green from the woods, Adds to the
effectiveness of the gifts.
A basket felted ftom the woods, with
moss, berries, jack-in-the-pulpit, or
any of the many beautiful things that
can be found there, will envy to the
city dweller a beauty that any other
gift would not have.
The big or little baslcet has many
wonderful esee, both practical and
decorative, whether they are of the
ten-cerl variety or nioro expensive.
ones cres be picked up and made
int workInige with silk wed ribbon
tops, oil they can be used to hold
plents. In fact, there are mnany
unique end artistic uses as well as
practical ones for the ethyl°, inex-
pensive basket,
Plannieg a Church Supper, e
These clays if you are going to give
trn garde of any kind at the Church 11
will have to be unusual if you hope to
draw the crowd,
It ere eurprising how much you can
make from pemiee if you ;Met make
your affair atteactive enough to excite
the intereit of a lacge nember.eMert
people cm be attracted to a penny so-
cial then to one - that coat fifeY ,ocllta
or a re:wrier even, thoggli inthe long
run they may eipend more.
The ladies' aid ef. one my enter-
prising chuech gave ri Mose Wong-
ing affair of this sete lest yen', Dilly
they ealled IL A "Wee social." The
=de that they sent out 'were in the
dorm tee birthelaY fleeces. -Several of
the giele in the Yeung Peohle's So-
ciety made them. The cake Was drawn
On pink eardboerd, with lines to repro.
sent the icing, Two of these evere
pasted' together around the edge With
firm nnecilage. In the top was a slit
cot tig enough to admit a penny, and
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sispkInt
Into this cake please slip a cent,
And bring you -Monday night,
ca'kveTs.slialelleati you in to Mach delight,
This wee; the
course. The entertamment WS a ser -
les
of asireiradisiseiss'ate, Aid,
les of rather 'impromptu charades got
up by the young people of the cher*
eMled "Cakes That You Have Eateh."
Tallies cut -from rough yellow brown
paper in the shape of lady fingers
with tiny peteils 'were passed around
ancl the charades were guessed in or-
der of their appearance. Following
is a list of the cakes represented:
Cup—Boy en athletic costume hold-
ing e large silver loving cup.
1VIdantain-eGiel In cap and apron
mouivisteritgo—azsrsvtaepbalyaseldpegia.yisi
marbles.
1, 2, 3, 4--elelackboard, with teacher
pointing to these ninnerals.
Angel.'. -Girls posed as famous pic-
ture -of angel.
Devil's food—Small boy dressed as
devil -eating heartily.
Wedding cake—Bride and groom.
Pound—Housewife weighing on
scales.
Lady fingers.--aWoman's hand
°thrust through curtain. ,
Poor man's -fruit cake—Very ragged
man with basket of fruit.
acSeP."ge—Mother washing child's
f
These were purposely made not too
hard, so that the average Demon could
guess them. Cakes that had been do-
nated by the women of the congrega-
tion and hot coffee, were sold after
the charades.
Make Your Broom Serve Doable Time.
To have it broom last its full quota
of days it must never be left stand-
ing on the straw. A notch cut irethe
handle near the top EIrolillE1 which a
string can bo tied to Teem a loop furn-
ishes an easy means of hanging the
broom 1,0 a nail so that no part °felt
touches the floor. When wear has
caused it to become one-sided its effie
deny can be metered by clipping and
pulhng out the two bottom rows of
stitching and then, after having soak-
ed the broom in hot water, trimming
the straw to a straight edge with a
pair -of sharp scissors. Though some-
what -shortened, it will perform as
good work as previously: Later, when
once ntore it has become -lopsided, its
days of usefulness can be prolonged
by trimming the straw to a point, in
a shape of a triangle, making a very
efficient cleaner for comers and
around the legs of heavy furniture
and perts of machinery not easily ac-
cessible in the brooms' original
squrfee-cornered shape.
The Secret of Contentment.
"I'd give everything I have if I could
find the peen° and poise that Ed. Ful-
ton has. Think ot a man's being able
to keep as cheerffil as he after having
lost his only son in France! rd like
to know his secrett"
"I think I know it, George," said his
minister. "It's the same secret that
Paul had, when he said, 'I have learn-
ed, 01 whatsoever state I am, there:
with to be content. . . . I can do all
things through Christ which strength-
,.
etieth "
"Yes, I know," said George Wright,
"but how does religion help a man to
do that?"
"I can't answer for EIL FUlt011, but
1, can answer for !misdeeds of others
who have eound the eecret," seed the
old min/sten "In the first plave,
Christ has brought harmony within
their souls that helped them to MO
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know, la largely what WO mike it The
old proverb has it, 'The eye creates
lialf it sees,' A turbia world within
creates a turbid 'world without. You
remember Anders shrewd ohsorratton,
We are never more discontented with
others than when we are discontented
with pureelves, The consciousness of
wrongdoing makes us irritable, and
our heart quarrels with what is oet-
side of it that it may deafen the clam-
or within.' You've heard of the man
who said that coffee didn't disturb
him when he drank it, but it mado
those about him irritable, Our real
quarrel is with our shadow. Into that
disordered weld within Mist comes
and brings the seeeet, strong odor of
the kingdom of God,
'There's another thing Ilis coming
does for -ens. It gives us et, peace that'
makes ceir happiness indegendent 94
outward con d atom Christ says,
Whoemiver drinketh of the water that
I shall give him • shall be in him'
O well of water springing up into ever-
lasting 'Mee George Herbert put 11
all Us a sentence when his own disap-
pointment came. He had been trained
for diplomecy under James I, of Beg -
land, but just hs lee was to receive his
appointment the king died, aril his
proipecte vanished. He took a little
Miura off in the country, and years
after he wrote lu his diary, '50111-2 re-
joice to see, God's pathless springing
up out of the earth rend to see the
blossoms •bronk iliso ocean roans over
the hedgerowe, iit speingtime,"rhat
is the victory ' that ovegenneth the
"i"llteatith s'eents .to have Omni it an
aggreselee force that masters theme -
enema, ena cia MI things thrdugh
Christ which strougtheneth me' For
Patti there bet:WWI tO bo 1 Nod ot
divine elchemy about faith that evened
every oveut MO food for charaeter,
His there le the Meth boname for him
elm the grit of mad out of which the
oester builds' a pearl, Nei man elm
speak for another, butaI think its
\isioaisu°,thing like that which Fulton
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Scrapped Titles.
Many years ago that clever French-
men, Voltaire, wrote these words:
"Offensive -wars make kluge: de -
Yeasty° wars make repdblics."
Dia any prophecy ever prove more
true? Germany made war, the rest
at 'ourselves protected ourselyee, and
the end of it is republics by the 51020114,
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otyhael Ellitglogse.st scrapplag. in history
There was _ a time, not so massy
geese ago, when the mere titles of
dignity and titles of possession SS.
sumed by guropeaa Royalty would
have filled a volume,
The King of Portugal, tor instance,
used to call himself King of Portugal
and Algarve; in Africa, Seigneur ot
Guinea and of the navigation and cone
merce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia,
and tee Indies. ,
Nor is it very long since, our Eng.
lists. Kings termed themselves Kings of
France, while at least thrego different
European Royalties claimed to be
Sovereigns of Jerusalem,
The original titles of the, ruler of
Muscovy, which afterwards became
tho Russime Empire, were Groat Lord,
Grand Duke, Autocrat said Tsar, It
was not until 1721 that 'Peter the
Great called himself '"Isar of an the
Ruggles" (Great, Dittle, New, Black,
Red, White, and Southern, Ruesias).
All these titles have gone by the
board never to be revived.
The title, Grand Duke. Wits etarted
at Kief, in Russia, and came from
there to Germany. The six sovereign
Grand Duchies of Germany aro now
all,,Dgaoyne,. was
once a greater title than
"Sultan." It has now disappeared,
"Sultan" means merely "mighty man."
Tne title of "Majesty," by which the
ex -Kaiser was always known to hie
Court and subjects, was first adopted
by the Roman Emperor Diocletian.
Louis XI, of 'France was the first
European king to use it, while ill Beg.
land Henry VIII, was the earnest to
be called "Your Majesty."
Very eensibly, our modern monarchs
'have droPpea title except for the most
formal occasions, and NADAS George
vastly prefers "Sir" to any other de.
signation.
Ice -Yachting.
It is difficult to picture anything
mdre exhilarating than selmining over
vast plains ot ice at sixty miles an
hour.
The great lakes of North America
are the scenes of yacht races com-
pared with which the Tan for the
"America Cup" is ad tame and Immo
citing as a race between tortoises, In.
stead of bustling through the water at
ten or a dozen miles an hour, with
vexatious intervals of being beceiraed,
the American ice -yachts skim over the
frozen lakes, swift as tho swallow.
The champion icegecht, whiet be•
longs to a member of the minniatonice
Icesebeht Club, has a sail•ares of
nearly sixty srmare yawls, a length of
3 feet, and a Imam of 1701 feet. Die
der fovorable conditions it has reach.
ed a speed of eighty milee an hour
turn has covered ton milee on a trl.
antgltions, track in the space 01:12
lni
On tile fiords or Norwey, n favorite
pastime is skate -sailing, which le no
mean subetituto for the Mee laborioue
ice -yachting. The ekalee, who is
molintml on skates more lima a yard
long, holds in his right hand, a Mum
boo pole, to which is attached a sail
twin as high as himself,
In his left hand he holds a steering,
cord, with which he inclines the sail
to a proper angle; and hie baieboo
rod is shod with steel, which he digs
into Use ice when he wishes to reduce
his speed.
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