HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-04-29, Page 2HOW THE STAR GOT BACK 1-1OME
BY JOSEPHINE E, TOAL.
Once, upon e time the star in the the time talking smartly. "What's•the
end of the Little Bear's tail grumbled. news, Frost; outside the pole wan -
Now, Poky was a bright little chap. try?" he asked.
Everybody noticed him. He had more 'Terrible - news, terrible news,"
attention than'most anyother star tic mourned Jack, shaking hia -frosty
the North 'Pole country and he should head sadly. "Ships losing their course
have felt flattered with it all. Instead at sea and smashing on the rocks. Men
of that he fuseed, }Ie, had been on the lost in the woods and perishing. Care -
end of the tail for thousands of years vans dying an the mountains. All be -
and he thought it was time he got off. cause they cannot find theh' way since'
The Bear's tail was too long anyway, the pole ata'r is gone from the Little
he ai'gtrad; it would look better to be Bear's tail?'
shortened a star or two. Posey heard and a feeling of great
The other stases did riot reply. They' guilt clutched his heart. "Oh," he
only winked et one another and went gasped, popping up in the pot of gold,
on trimming their lights. So one I I didn't think! Please, Mr. North
clark night when it was so crispy cold Wind, I must be going."
that both the Big Bear and the Little "Ho, ho l" blew up the gruff old
Bear were frozen stiff as icicles, Poley giant, "we'll see about that. I.think I
squirmed and twisted about until be know eno�ugh I;o keep a diamond -rag -
succeeded in snapping himself right chine whe?s 1 find it."
off the Little Bear's tail! With that, quick as scat he slammed
Whew! He almost lost his breath the door of the cave shut -slammed It
when he felt himself falling, down, so herd that the icy ffoor cracked wide
down, down. All- that night and all open and the pot of gold with all in -
the next day and all the next night he side it tumbled through.
went on falling, and he never could 'Poley felt himself falling again,
tell just how long he was corning down through, darkness but this time not
but his head was dizzy as a windmill so far. Soon he saws a pale gleam of
when at east he plumped into a rain- silver light and in a moment :found
storm and landed, ]wet and bs'eatltless, himself in another' cave. This one was
at the end of the rainbow, 'slap! in the not dark and gloomy but filled with a
pat of gold. soft -radiance. Beautiful rose and
For .a second he lay there, scared violet and gold- and silver fornix float -
and breathkeae, battered and bent But ed about.
Paley wasno quitter! In about one "What is this place?" inquired the
more second he was' up, trying to climb wondering Posey.
the rainbow but its bright red and
yellow and green and blue stripes
dazzled him so that he fell back into
the pot of bold.
Just then along breezed gruff old
Giant North Wind. He caught up pot,
"It is Aarora Cave, the home of the
Northern Lights," answered a grace-
ful, silvery shape. "Asad who are you
and what do you want?"
"I am Posey. I belong in the end of
the Little Bear's Tail," replied Poley,
gold, Polay and all and with one stride, "And all I want is to get back to the
before the little star could know what sky. You see, It was easy enough to
was happening, carried them off to his fall down but r don't know how to fall
up]"
"We have a chance about the north
pole to -night," he was told. "Come
until the whole cave rattled and shook, with us and WO will see what" we can
Poor Poley might have been a very do for you."
lonely Little star had he not remember- Oh, what a wonderful dance that
ed to shine to keep up his spirits. In was! Leaping and swaying, rising
his cheerful light the dark cave grew and falling, the beautiful Lights from
brighter and brighter. hter. Its frosty Aurora Cave mounted higher and
walls sparkled and glittered, higher in the sky, until at last, with
ing was hung with dazzling crystals, one wild leap, they reached the very
its flair glistened with silver. home of the Little Bear and swung
When old North Wind woke he rub- Paley, happy and sparkling, to his
bed his eyes in amazement. "Dia- place on the end of the Little Bear's
monds! Ocean; of 'ami" he roared. tail,
Seizing the telephone, he called up And now on some clear night, when.
Jack Frost, Sums tack was et the the wonderful Aurora folks are clone -
door. Did he want any dfamosids? in- crag in the northern sky, you Indy see
deed he did. He needed a lot for a Poley in the end of the Little Bear's
snow fairies' party. lie week! take' tail, twinkling down a friendly greet•
a million billion. ing to them and to all men every -
North Wind weighed them out, all where. For Posey remembers.
ice -cave under the north pole, Chuck-
ing
hucking then. away in the darkest corner,
North Wind threw himself down on
his frosty couch and snered sand snored
COMMUNITY DAY A SUCCESS
Ten country ,'koala, nue-room bard to find a spot on which to set the
sohools, uniting In into big edema don individual platers.
al i I. i 1tt di It the. judging of the
, tett eair ona toes, a,'CaN on, gave ! ar dinner came
eve--- wase _a- ea oss l rue: e - - . m,,
OTTAWA FOR THE AIR
Hon. P. C. Larkin, Canadian latah goulmissioner, shown to the left of
Lady Maud Hoare,wife of a English air minister, durting the christening
tit W g
of the "City of Ottawa," one or the giant planes to be recently put into ser-
vice. Six Sa mel ishahowu on the extreme left, Sir Eric Oeddes en' the right.
Doing and Talking.
People, who do things aro. usually
those who have least to say' about
what they de. They just do it and pass
on to something else. The talkers aro
always going to do -but seldom do It.
They say they will, but there It ends.
Those who are always protesting and
murmuriug somehow never iso any
pushing to help the world along.
There are those who tell us they are
honest, . practical, straightforward,
and so on. We wouldn't know unless
they stated it! There are few Indica-
tions. You see, if a man'is honest and
straightforward. these virtues will be
self-evident. He will have no neoessityr
to proclaim them.
When one says, "To tell you. the
honest truth," we may conclude two
things: first, that he does nut under-
stand what truth Is. It is In itself al-
ways honest. And also that he is not
always in the habit of sneaking the
truth and he wishes on this riccas!on
to impress us, -
We usually- speak before, we. do; but,
when we do we are usually silent
about it. it 1s the doing that imprees
es most. People will forgive us talk-
ing if they but know we do our duty
too.
Explauarlons are not often toler-
ated. In busines=s life rarely. so, be-
cause it is assumed that before a per-
son begins he knows whet is expected.
The man .nil 3 thus knows gets on with
Ms job, anti docs it just because he
know he'w to do it. Others are soon
weeded out.
.Then it is up to pe, mentally, physi-
cally, niorallry,'to equip ourselves for
the work we •,, have undertaken,
Throughout 'life we aro expected to
show trbat. progress we have made.
The Bible euggostas that at the last the
question will be, "Where is the fruit?"
Something done -is to be expected of
us. Speech' will not count.
Whatever may be'3'our business It is
up to you to know all there is .to be
known about it - That will be a life -
tune's study. When you ,know, then
talk! That' is legitimate, 'Until you
eau ..do --and do , well --practise .nettclr
and talk little.
So many things wan'. straightening
out and shaping well that none of ns
has time to waste.,,. We have to ire up.
and doing, and lose no momen by
gossip that glosses our .deficiencies,
Not Necessary.
"Language was given us to enable ns
to coueeal our thoughts."
"Don't say a word.
The memory is said to be stronger
in summer- than in winter.
SOAP AND SUNSHINE
Two things that are within the reach
of everyone--sunrhue and soap, the
letter liberally nixed vett: Ault w.•tter-
are effective disinfectants of the rtr-
ticles that have been used by a person
Suffering from a communicable dis-
ease. This applies to rusher., utensils,
bedr':ing, clouting and other personal
articles, as well as to the walls and
us all some thrills lata 'atilt spring.1 school exhibits, whirl: Included lila- floors or the room he has attempted.
Marey sof these schools have hardly !sons, drawliags, articles of furniture, Disinfection should be carried out
more titan twelve pupils, snit saes and cooking products cannel goods spool- during rho ilisani as well as at he ter-
m cry one is doing_ tin;* worst. The linens of grains and woods, flowers, urination, tlia, ie, diehtfeetion should
y w Then canto be both concurrent .:!na terminal. By
gathering table place in is large public sewing and fancy teal,.
building in town, as it wale more can-; the community shag, the games, and
irally located than any other place. i tt general mesal time which lasted un -
concurrent disinfection is meant the
kind of disinfection Lbsrt-h, carried on.
and no ordinary country imihl:ng could I t11 chore time in the evetning, rontinunnety du. ing th5 s'eistse of the
accommodate the crowd. It was borne- There were souse gray haired people disease. Per _nstanro, a parson who
coating, field day, exhibit day, picnic who had been pupils in the old log has a common cold - or an uncommon
day and stunt day al! rolled into ane, school -houses, and there were so many Ono --On acus ellen--of iutlu•anza, sore
with numerous prizes, none of then babies that it looked as if the future throat, diphtheria, pn:eumoniat, tuber
worth very much money. but all worth schools would have more pupils than mitosis, sc•ar;et fever, measles, whoop
trying for. - now, An entirely new feature that ing cough, infantile paralysis --any one
We star'ted with the stunts, sada pleased at11, Was the absence of long of the diseases that is aecompauled
school. putting forth their best ellorts drawn out addresses. by discharges froth the nose and
in song or play or d''lit or recitations. Some schools merely close, and that throat or either of them --is urged
Everything was el -art and on time. ow- is the enol of it, but our community al- either to use paper handkerchiefs that
ing to the brisk, businesslike woman ways has something sin Mal. All the can' be destroyed, by hurtling, or to
the board of edircau;,'n had put in high school pu; ils who once went to tuctel5 the diss'hargce in handkerchiefs
charge of ilia affair 1 had the honor tiro one -edam ailsoola are. asked to din• matte nI chc:c;e c:uth, or -other soft
of being one of the judges, and felt nor, and though they mise the rest of cloth, that ca.n be burned, cr tfiat may
like refusing, as it wsss so herd not to the fan, they :show their loyalty` to the be disinfected, or Eternized by boil
think first of the old school where 1 little tempi" of iearniag that gt,ve Ing bi het water,
had been a pupil and where I had there;heir start. it was a great day, When a lihyelclan or health otilcer
taught any first terms. and some teem visitors who wanslesied, tour: the t.trsi n who las carnet for one
As I1 by magic, anhlrs, sprung tip nit 1in during the afternoon had their ryes who has e Collison:t abets disease that
ter the stunts. They wore the kind oa one f as to the pr>asibilities of the the deities noted by a kalbc'a'tadcseis pa-
with movable .legs, and the way those, rural ar•har.tl. Tise sulterletrn.t nt of . tient must lie boiled sifter each meat,
youngsteas Ebel boars and ttet Chant up tits eunnty town wheats swirl much of- that the chili] u•ho'51518 Scar1cI: fever OF
was a wonder: The ladies were no I tl:e work done with Poor equipment diphtheria. or just an ordinary sore
less busy, and such quantities of good sand under manly ltanrlicails, wag: 1letterthroatspurt have his owls towel and
food soon covered theist that it was 'lhan Some tuiau grades could shuw, � wade cloth, that such things must he
REG'LAR FELLERS -By Gene Byrnes.
ess..alt olg abormw: x, --_.._._,
kept separate from the bed linen and.
flowers of the rest or the family, and
must be bolted before laundering, with
plenty of hot water -and strong soap,
be is simply advising the protective
vigilance that'nmst be applied' every
day, so that the disease does not
spread to other persons. Another in-
stance of day by day disinfection that
is required is the conscientious stunt.
'nation of all discharges before thoy,are
disposed of, in cases bf typhoid and
other diseases of the digestive tract.
When the quarantine is ended the
patient should have a hot bath and
shaniparo, followed by a • complete
change of clothing. Dishes, utensils
and bell linen should be treated as al-
ready described anti the room 'given
at thorough housecleaning, The Soon,
bedstead, and other furniture' should
be washed with hot water, soap and
washing soda. The wells and windows
should be wiped with u clone wrung
out of hot water, soapsuds and soda,
The mattress should be scrubbed with
the same solution and a stiff brush,
and loft -out-of-doorsin the sunshine
tor a day or two until dr'y. Am a rule,
ordinary waShing is all that is required
for blankets, but if badly soiled they •
' l t ' burned.,
should be sterilized by steel or
The room should then be thoroughly
sunned and aired for a day or two,
with.. the windows wide open day and
night, Sunning 'and 'airing ales import-
ant. •
Thorough cleaning s a safeguard
Thorough g 1
but It should be remembered that die -
oast is nearly always spread dh'octly.i
from the sink to the web and rarely !
through inanimate objects.
i' I
New Series FERGU ()N
,flurry f `??rgu on on c4i tio2,12 ii4e'
Coprrleitt 1925 by itoyle, Jr,
ARTI CLE No: 29
Ie every evening's play one or row ehands are always bound to come up that
bring .out interesting principles of play ors,biddutg. The writer noted two such
kande the other evening,
Band No. 1
Hearts --A, 7, 2
Clubs - Q; 10, 8
Diamonds - 7,. 6, 4, 2
Spades --Q, 8, 3
Hearts- K, Q 10, 6, 4 a Hearts -9, 8, 5, 3
Clubs -7, G, Y t Clubs -A, K,2
Diamonds -8 to I3; Diamonds -A,Q,10,9,3.
.- Spades- J, 10, 9, 4 t Z • . Spades- 6
Hearts -,J
Clubs j, 9, 6, 3
Diamonds --- lC, J,5_,
, Spades -A, IC, 7, 5, 2
No score, first game. B dealt and bid
one diamond, Z one spade, A two hearts
and Y two spades. B bid, three hearts,
Z three spades, A- doubled and all
passed: A opened the king of hearts
and Y won the trick with -the ace.11ow
should Z play the band? Z must lead.
the deuce of diamonds from Y's ltasad,
In order to be sure of two diamond
tricks, the suit must be led twice from
Y's hand. The only other sere reentry
is the queen of spades so that if.dia-
monds are to be led twice from Y's
stand, they must be led at trick two
and when the' queen of spades is played'
otherwise Z would be compelled to lead
diamonds frons his own ]rand for the
sure loss df'a trick, Note. this play for it
is one that comes up everyday. Be sure
which hand you want in the lead and
why. When a hand is in tite lead think
to yourself: "Can I lead a suit front
this hand to more advantage than I can
from the other? If so, roust I do it now
or can I get the hand in later?' If you
will ask yourself these questions -and
Hearts -none
Clubs' -•J,8,7,6,5,3
Diamonds - 7, 3
Spades -J
answer these correctly before you plan
the play of the hand, you will save many
a track, There is another point worthy
of considering in-thelay of this hand.
At trick two Z should play the deuce of
diamonds. 13 should win the trick with
the ace and lead a low heart. Z should
trump this trick and then lead three
rounds of trumps winning the third
trick in Y's hand with the queers. He
should then lead the four of diamonds
and finesse the jack. A should trump
this trick with his last spade and lead
another Seer• Here is the other point
of play for if Z trumps this trick with
his last trump, he will never get another
trick for Beta! has another heart. Z.
should discard the trey of clubs. On the
next lead of hearts, Z'should trump
and lead the clubs. As 13 has the ace
king of clubsand no more hearts Z
must make a club trick provided B has
discarded two diamonds, his best dis-
cardbefore he finds out A's cards, Itis
an interesting hand and well worthy of
careful study.
Hand No. 3 -
Hearts- K
Clubs - K, Q, 9
Diamonds- J, 8, 5
Spades -K, 5
A Z H:
Hearts -A, J, 6, 4
Clubs - none
Diamonds- K, Q
Spades - Q, 4, 3
Hearts - 8, 7, 5, 3, 2
Clubs -none
Diamonds -10, 6
Spades -9,7
In this hand spades were trumps and Z was in the lead. How can he play the
hand so that he and hia partner can win four of the nine tricks against any de-
fense? An analysis of this hared will be given in the next article,
Hearts - IC 10, 8,3
Clubs -J, 10'
Diamonds - none
Spades - J
Answer to Pspblerrr No.14
Hearts -A, 7, 6
Clubs --9, 4
Diamonds -none
Spades- Q, 2
•
oA
Z
Bw
Hearts -J,
Clubs -A, 7, 5
Dieniende -none
Spades - IC,d
Hearts -Q, 9
Clubs -K, Q, 6
Diamonds- none
Spades -7, 5
-Spades are trumps.and. Z is in the A must now lead hearts up to re hand
lead: How can YZ win four of the seven and YZ must win the balance of the
tricks against any defense? Z should tricks. (2) Suppose 13 allows Z to (told
lead the king of clubs and Y should the first trick with the king of clubs.'Z
piny the nine of clubs. B can either (1) should -then leadthe queen of hearts
win this trick with the ace of clubs or acrd -if A covers, play a low heart from
(2) allow Z to holdthe-trick, Suppose Y's land. A can now lead (a) a spade
.13 wins the trick with the aceof clubs. cr (b) a club or (c) a.lreart, If A leads
If he now leads a heart or club, Z will the jack of spades, Y covers and B is
be able to trump the third round of forced to win the trick. No matter
^- clubs in Y's hand and therefore make what he now playa, YZ mast win three
four tricks...II is forced at trick two to more tricks. If A (b) leads the jack of
play the king and follow with the trey clubs, 13 is forced to win the trick or
of spades. Y should play the queen of allow Y to trump the third round. No
spades on B's lead of the king and thus matter what he now plays, YZ'must
allow Z to win the third trick with the win three more tricks. If Ac leads the
seven of 'spades. A is forced to discard five of hearts, Y should wan the trick
with the ace and lead' the four of curbs, -
No matter what B does, YZ imust now
win a spade ade and a club trick.
The foregoing is a verytricky problem
and its vnriationsvery interesting send
puzzlin'. Work them all nitt for pec
tub.
on l,h_e second round of spades. If he
discards the jack of clubs, Z will pint Y
in the lead with the ace of hearts and
lead the four of clubs through B's hand,
thus enabling Z to win two club tricks.
At trick three therefore A must discard
the five of hearts, Z should then lead
' the six of clubs and force A in the lead.
The Wrong Kind.
• r a au English'
Some fess ea s o
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fnmfiy,souted a Scottish castle, up in
the Highlands: It was situated near
a loch, and ono day, desiring to make
an _excursion into the nearest town,
the visitors arranged. for a ferry -boat
to take then aeross.
Just before their departure hoivever,
the sky became overcast. Great black
clouds hung late ober the water and
rain seemed imminent.
The father, fearing that his daugh- 1
ter might suffer from the effects of a
soaking, turned to the boatman and
"I say, can you toll me where 1
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alightget hold' of a mackintosh for my
daughter?"
The boatman rested on his oars for
a moment, and Liren Ile replied:
"Well, there's. no McIntosh about
here, hitt a little hei'aw,the held of tat'
loot there's . a brew McDonald, a
bachelor, who might salt the yr>ung
ledda."
"Don't you (leek you bead better
selcet sense other e,'itis", The nate.
logic says titer,:! won't Menne for two
years,"
"Don't worry. This eaialcrgueis a
yews• olds"
When ignorance is Bliss.
`toueluTA GEE!
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SWAPPED BUMP UUD50id,
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BLADES FOR A'PITCHER
MACHINE WITH '1-1E
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BOOKS AND
GARDENS
In suy garden I spendmy days, las
yisy libptury 1 spend my nights. My in -
forests are divided between my ger-
aniums and my beaks.• 'With the flow-
er 1 am in the present; with the hook '
I am In the past. I go into nay Ithrary
aria alt histery.nmolls`before me. 1
breathe the morning air of rho world
while thescentof Eaetl'x rettessyet
fingered iu it, white it vibrated only to
the world's firstbrood 'of nightingales,
1080 the pyramids building; 1 hear the
olroutinge of the armies of Alexander;
It is ne in a theatre,. the Otago is time,
the play 10 the play 01 the world..What
a speotacle it is•I What pracesslalua
Elie pasts what cities barn le heaven.
What; a ellence,in 'those old books 00
-
of a 110.1tpeopled world -what bleating
or naelrsi•-what green pastoral rest-
whtut indubitable human existenced 0
nten and wanton, so far separated yet
so near, So strange yet so well kisowtt,
by what miraculous• power do 5 know
ye all! Books' are the true Elysian
ltalds wilere we meat.. What rating's
court can`bowst Seek company? What
aohool of philosophy such wisdom?
The wit of the anotent world' le giallo-
tug and fiasdsing thele. There ie Pan's
pipe, there aro the, songs of Apollo -
I tattle down a book and it speaks with
Inc In a ,tongue . not uaw heard on
earth and of men - and things of which -•t
it- alone pos'ses'ses knowledge.; I earl
myself a:solitary, .but sometimes I
think I mis'appiy the term. • No 'man
sees more exon any tinea -I do.
•Moat'Loved Spot
A,round my house there in an old-
-fashioned raiwbliug garden, with olotte-
s''l ven grassy plats/ and fauMiseleally
clipped yaws, which have gathered
their 'darkness from a hundred sum -
mors and winters; alba su-dtals, in
whit:lt the sun le constantly telling his
age; and statues., green with negleot
aid the stains of weather. The gar-
den 1 love more than any piano on
earth; itisa botter,stuidy them rho
room 1irslde the house, which it digni-
fied by that wane, 1 like 'to place its
gravelled walls, to alt in' Sia moss -
house, wiltc'h is warm and corny as a
bird's nest, and wherein twilight
dwells at noonday; to enjoy the feast
of oolor•'spread for nae in the cur'iosly
shaped floral spaces. My garden, with
Its sllenee and the pulses of fragrance
that onto and go on the nary uudula-
tkone, areata use like sweet innalc.
Care stops at the gsitex, and gazbs
at Ilse wistfully through the bars.
Among my bowers and -treses nature
takes nue trite her own hands, -and._ 1
breathe ac freely as the first mats: It
is curious. ,.I sometimes think, haw
/deeply seated in the- human tweet Is
tho llkkng for gardens and gardening.
Something Le always happening in
a garden. Today is alw tyre different
from yesterday. Title seeing a chaf-
finch built a inset Iu one or my yew-
-trees. 1 go to the southern well,
against which I have trained an•y fruit
trees and find it a sheet of white and
vermeil blossom. What beauty in
that blooming. wall! In this pleasant
summer weather I hole my audience
in my garden rather than in my house.
In all niy interviews tho sun is a third
party. --From ,'fr,'antbhorp," by Atex -
ander Smith,, •
The Child's Dream.
Last night,Sabare 1 fell asleep,
I thought I hoard Goa go
Down the loug corridor,
Slow -slow- slow.
He came near -and -nearer"-
But the next than I knew
The sun was streaming in my room
And the sky was-April•bluc.
But later, picking cowslips
Down by the :stream;
I suddenly remembered
That 1 had hada dream,
13ut how was I to telt it
lu any kind of words
When the nearest tiyugs to ilaehae.l
That we havo•nre wings ;anis birds?
And l ow to toll the colors
When iba; nuarr.at lbws ave tutor
'co tate bice assd al.ait of -..tr} s Cress
Are a' i!, .,ii', aite time 7
For something more golden
Than sues hart menisci uhnut:.
i NISI heart. a l;'rtat singing
1Viih n 1,t and trdllirasil_
Then IaAI risolt answered iSa
And, twill/nog into 'words,
It said; "i!trina:uiel singing
Was tvl!>I run hoard."
Then the, Lfr,ts Ic 1 a-tw.1-1ring
Thaugl It wes 11 !nits1 t
And 1105 1 passing 11001'.1.
Ilssn tt•d fl t : iity W,ty,
Aisdai vO1Ot, iiltra rah
take jay t ltd tato OWO, - a
Said in sifter'. t 1t >510::fd:;,
That y r,t i aril and 1110'!" '
'Phcia. thew came a chore.;
From tile sl ys'im,
And from the meadow oachrentcs:
"She has seen Ilinxl-
-Isabel Fiske Conant
, A woman has been appointed in a
marriage registry bureau in London,
so that. Loudon couples may now bo
married by a woman, which novelty
has attracted many to seek ,her ser-
vices.
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