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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-10-14, Page 2Meow For Boys and Girls SILVERDEW A. FAIRY STORY BY HELEN M. WHITNEY, It was a brilliant moonlight night. h Ii1e whip p.aox•-wilis were singing and the fairies were having a frolic down in Farmer Miedet's meadow. The Elves and Pays enjoyed "themselves scamp ering about wherever they pleased. They reeked themselves in the trill, blue larkspurs, or swung on the long etargrass,;or sipped the honey from the red clever's pointed flagons. Ills majesty, the icing of the Fair - 1e, sat on a toadstoce, beaming good- naturedly, with his royal feet drawn up' to keep them but of the dew; for his majesty was not so young as he ad been several centuries ago, and of LL'Ate- years:... had felt several sharp twinges of rheamatisn ensiling his royal back. The queen was floating about on a tuft of thistledown, attended by her maids of honor,: while Silverdew, his majesty's .private secretary, was run- g here and there, with his usual good nature,it is of no value there, and is never! and went ro7mg v d d t h oxeouting half a dozen er. eyes, "I greatly fear the disap- pointment will sour his majesty's royal temper if'. something' is. not done,", se Silverdew pledged Himself` to what he' could do , and set out upon his mission,. though with a heavy heart. Mrs. Millet had just done shaking her head,' and saying, "Wee must trust in Providence," when the youngest Mi'llet, a boy of six, burst into the room with five golden -yellow bananas hi his hand. • fairies he cried, "what one of the s giver} mel' Teee BLACKBURN. "BLUI BM:at Farmer Millet turned ,r pale, A. tiny* airplane with Meting wings, : was demonstrated in. reoent aviation Ono apiece!" he exclaimed. "They oonteses,at the Lympne airdrome, near Loudon, England. Wish to poison us!" "No, no?" said his wife; "they are. good fairies, I am sure. -Let us eat last hottr'had'�rome, thinking it was a ++ stork that had attacked him. the bananas, But when they broke them open, a The shock was somiddenand unex- handfu•1' of gold fell out of each enol pected that the Iung and Silverdew Gold is so pl'eutiful in Fairylend that both lost their hold of the moonbeam o er an o er o t e doubt, iiret in interest, The River of Golden Sancl. Sixth ie. size amoug the rivers •of the world, the•stream called, by West, erners Yangtze Kiang la, without! commissions at once, putting up esti used for money, very bottom, Silverdew under the king, web swings for the Flays, carrying Run, run," cried Fernier Aimee and both of them :gasping for breath. a e.y gathered cup moss goblets of gooseberry lemon and beg the good fairies to come and A crowd im5iiedi t ' 1 side to the maids of honor, or perhapsdonee wherever .they wish. Tell them! about thorn, crying, "what is it?" but r• no ono cooed tell. taking a tilt at the ethnic touramet whichwas held under a - mushroom th The three conspiraeors dared not tent in one corner of the meadoww. The tell, lest they should betray their share in the accident, low was concerned, and his majesty Having recovered his .breath, the the king, to testify his royael apprecia- king sat up and looked around. tion of the important service rendered "Silverdew!" he cried, recognising by Silverdew, at once increased his the battered figure of the favorite salary and ordered the court to Silverdew, fail on your knees!" con- furnish him with an entire' new suit inanded the king, drawing his glitter - of clothes, including a pair of'box-in'e Ford. on toed, patent -leather boots, r salary- He was almost The moon. was full again. Farmer „ out at The new crop of clover was in fine Oh, oh! his majesty is going to be - the elbows and knees even now, and condition, and the fairies head him!' whispered the three ono of his boots was reallyin need i les were having p Cour- of patching. a merrytime, tiers together, in great.d urged But Silverdew The king was in such high s its And the one who had urged poor kepta happy heart in that he forgot his threatened rheum- Silverdew to bake the fatal step, fel spite of his poverty, and hid his grief atism and climbed a 'slanting n10o - so well that no one suspected that he ions,n the ground behind his two ti mean - gave 1a1 that thought to his shabby attire beam with all the agility of a boy. and rolledaogre several times in 1 t to d that' Farmer Mil- let; Reefing climbed quite out of sight much agony and grief, dance al} rover the place and on the house -top, ifthey 'like!" Farmer Millet's invitation was ac- cepted, so far as dancing in the mea - tent was illuminated with' glow-worm helps, making it as bright as moon- light. Silverdew was a great favorite with everybody who knew him, but he had one great trouble. The position he held was one of much trust, but little profit, and .Silverdew found it almost impossible to maintain himself his Silverdew obeyed, turning very pa however. As feor as the name is eoiscerned, the Chinese call the entire stream simply River, Long River or Great River, using in eadb case the ward chiang. Different stretches, however, have epeoillo names, and the Yangtze refers • to the portion running past Yang Chou not far from its mouth. In its upper reaches the name used is Chla Sha Chiang—River-of Golden Sand, Gold, is actually -washed from the sand, but apart from this pre- cal reason those who have passed through the famous San Hsia or Three Chasms at High Water cannot fail to. bave been struck by the singular apt- le! nese -of this name. When its source is released from the grim clutch of winter, tele Great River descends, a raging, gleaming torrent of most mar- velous color. .A. colo' impossible to describe. it is' like molten copper, or as• the Chinese world say, "red brass." Starting at a height,' eeveniieen thousand feet above water level, the river falls, before it bas run half its course, .to a point but a few hundred feet above the sea, • bringing down such masses of golden sand, that even the ocean where It debauches, and the tributary rivers at its mouth, are high- ly colored: When esperlonce anal study bring a realization of what. this coloration means, the approach to Chiuese sbores through what is often disparagingly called "muddy Yangtze water," pro- vides an ever-increasing thrill of ro- mance. - A world in the making is seen, As Egypt is the giftofthe Nile, so the ertile plains of Reangsu and Chekiang re freely given by the Great River, mile of rich alluvial land Is added o the coast •Itne every sixty years, his Is seized upon.by the inhabitants who for centuries have pushed for- ward as opportunity allowed and have trickly transformed salt marshes into ourishing mulberry groves, The change is so rapid that in order to ac- ount far it -the Chinese attribute the eclasnation to the efforts of the lady a I{u, a famous Immortal, who is Imposed to inhabit P'eng Lai, a tabu - us island in the.jade-gray s ea.— Florence Ayscough, in "A Chinon irror." Now, it ha z$av let was out of sorts i' z s drat night, owing to a sudden fall in the price -of wheat, and after Venting part of his ill - humor on poor Mrs. Mil:et, he strode outset the house, and, by chance, took. his way to that very meadow whets the fairies were holding their festival: "Hello!" cried Farmer Millet, gruff- ly; "get out of my meadow, there, tramping my clover and pasture - grass I Vagabonds!" he cried. But, at the first sound of his voice, the fairies had inethntly disappeared, leaving him staring about and wonder - Ing if it was all a dream however, his majesty concluded to rest his Silverdew," said the king, raising. awhile before sliding down s swo d and looking about him with At this very moment, whilethe"king great -dignity="Silverdew has this sat perched on one of the topmost day preserved our royal life from the rounds of the moonbeam, puffing a lit-. attack of a voracious, stork, for which tie with his exertion, it must be con- , variant act we hereby bestow on him fessod, and fanning himself with his the title of Marquis of Silverdew and royal hat, Silverdew came along where - ReeFer of the Seat -ring. Arise, Mar= three of the courtiers were standing guts of Si-vethew," he concluded; gent - at the foot of the moonbeam. •y touching the newly -made nobleman, Now it happened I with the blade of his sword, ppo d that the three "May it .please your majesty, sire," courtiers were a little envious of Sift' mid the marquis,. respectfully rising, verdew, on account of his new suit,' and again fallingon one knee and his popularity with the kin The before had, thereforeformedg' Y the king—"may it please your ma - had, .a little jesty, I saw no stork; it was only—" The 'fairies were all safe in their plot to get him into disgrace with his "Nonsen a 1" cried the king,inter- dominions onoe more; but, dear me, majesty, what a slate of affairs! As Silverdew reeking. "You are too modest, mar- came along, whistling quel Not see the stark? whe,.I tan The king was so put out by what the pathetic ballad of "The Three' feel the blow he gave me with his had occurred, that he kicked her ma- Blue, Blue, Ii'iue Betides," the first sharpbeak in the royal " jesty's tortoise -shell cat, Fee -fee, who courtier nudged the second and the ! And of course the matter (mach tt e d. chanced to be lying on the floor near' second nudged the third. The third,tt .lues satt511- the throne having no ons to nod' iI The three courtiers, finding that Sit - to do the talking ge, was compe3.ed verdew was not beheaded, felt relieved, fl The queen, who was very tender- g himself, took a abused favorer "Silverdew" f a A T n said hearted,t k the !though they at once began grumbling e to he, with a persue- again ° pantry and allowed' her to lap the erre smile, "since you have become "More good luck forSilverdew," the anti, cream off' a whole, g o Adntr mirk. pan of mornings such a fluorite at court:and have a, they said, walking away. `And only M In the meantime; Farmer Millet fine, new sunt on, you are too dignified ourselves to thank for it, too!" s for a frolic, no doubt?" And as they were the only ones who to effect of las 1 b "Not at all," returned Silverdew, know the truth o£ th std -n t "What a matter, and a ur u good-naturedly, 1 iii s it?"ar � dared e of betray ethemselves seemed se v s by,eat M d to ,ytelling attack i him g I soon fest the e surly e- havior to the fairies. Miafort en all sides. The `Why," said the courtier you " it the Mar ui rust destroyed his clover -pastures and would not dare to slide up that noon marquis to this very Silverdew remains a meadows, and his wheat crop was beam feet foremost — would you ru incl by sprat, lie was obliged to sell now?" off all his stock for want of feed, and "You, shall see!" said Silverdew. soon he had paid out his last dole'ae And dropping his plush cap, with its for bread -stuff, scar'' -et plume, he threw himself, ,lace "And where the next is to come downward, on the moonbeam, and was from is more than I can tell•," he said, soon gliding rapidly upwards, feet despairingly, to his wife, • foremost. "It is a judgment on us for driving A collision was inevitable, and his the fairies away," said good Mrs. Mil- majesty was suddenly startled by re - let, shaking her head. "But we must ceiving a violent dig in the pit of the trust in Providence." royal stomach from Silverdew's foot, But although so much had happened incased in the new box-toedeaten - aboveground, only a few moments had leather boot,' p t 'paned in Fairyland, as time moves I "Bless me," cried the king, "it must very slowly in that favored realm, be a stork!" Her majesty, the queen, finding that, New, the king had a great terror of the ping took it so much to heart—he storks who it is•well known, are the —sent for Silverdew and besought himrace, and w11. gobble them up as quick - was still sitting sulkily on the throne greatest enemies to the whole fairy to make terns with Farmer Millet ly as if they were snails laals or 8 9 ` )1 1'1. d whereby they might have the use of crabs Did You Ever Notice -- -How the world Uelleves in the mail who has faith In men? —How easy 1t is to see the faults in people you do not like? —dery quick our- boys are to learn our vices and how slow to imitate our. virtues. —How positive the ignorant are and bow conservative the wise? —How easily we forgive the good- natured sinner and how slowly the sullen saint? —1iow quickly some men resort to profanity when they are not sure of their facts? - -I-low it is cleverness 111 our own children and 'impudence in our neigh- bor's children? Peggy. As lily grows up easily, In modest, gentle dignity To sweetperfection, So grew she, As easily. Or as the rose that takes no care Will open out on sunny air Bloom after bloom, fair after fair, Sweet after sweet; Just as did she. —From the Irish of Raferty, by James Stephens, Accommodating, "Did that repairer cause you any em- barrassment by his charge?" "Nce, he kindly consented to take the me in part payment." 7 s meadow for their next fete I Therefore when the collision TVI f I to turn in rate of 400 a minute by a new camera, rsn t occur- any d 1.1000 who used "Poi;" she concealed, with tears in red, his majesty mads certain that his early now tun late R.EG'LAR FELLERS—By Gene Byrnes. Photographs will be taken at the THE HONORABLE LITTLE GENTLEMAN . - One the ;most .significant tied Whom ho holds suet despotic ewes,: striking featuves of- the `rural• life of The situatie rand the clenate� of a Japnnfs the ell -important pert played large part of tete eenttsl and southern In It by the,womou Whether it is the provinces of Japan are particularly platelet'traeselanttng, ;or harvesting] favorable to the all iniporianl. indus- of •the glee that is on Band, they etre try' of sericulture, and with the mild always to' the fore; they weed the silk- climatic condltions and the abundance worm, and conduct most of 1119 (deli- of steep labor afferded by one of the oats sand, important eperatlons :con most Intelligent and, •industrious of all nested. with It.' . • .- Wbat would be the world's peasantry, it is not surprise the lose to the,:silk industry were. it dug that more than hall of the world's of for the women's share in '1t one silk 18 .prodneed to Japan, which wen - can scarcely •conceive. Nearly two try exports about seventy per cent; of million families, representing perhaps its tote] output of the raw article: Of eight million people, are engaged in,; all the gods whieel she sends to other the task of roaring the 0 ko same, lands this is the rnost•importeet. "Tlie honorable lhale gentleman," as Among tee many incidental 'wit - this precious worm is styled! Their posses to the'rogerd In which the pre - homes are "found mainly in the moue- Mous worm is -held -and let us not for. taro districts of central Japan, and are get iris formai distinction as O kit better cad bigger than those of the eases, "The hoeorobie little gentle - "average ,peasaiiti•y, They consist man"—is a cha'rmi ig Utile bit of ritual usually of twa stories, and aro pro- at a time when the ordinary and all- eided with., the 'peculiar .ehimnys eugressdng operations concerning hen stalled for by the heating arrange- aro yet a Jong way off. It usually meets needed for the wearee wail -be- takes place in winter' -tints, on which Ing, No toil' is 'so excreting as -that ever'dey in Januaay happens to 00111- which he involves. In childhood he side with what is known as Hatsu-ti has to be fe.d seven or eight times a "The 'first day of the Hare"j, the ace day, anti m sultry Aug'ust his nurses time Calendar peeled' named after tela only get eome three or four hours' rest fourth sign of the zodiac, U,'being the in the whole twenty-four. The eight- abbreviation for Usagl, "Marc," : On long noise of the'ulbbling.of the (Dunt- ,this occasion a kind *f' Chr1atmas-tree less myriads in some farmer's home -.is set up in the.farmer's house in stead is as the scratching of ten thous- honor of .the iritic ,friend,' decorated and pens, 1n a great university ex- with cakes of rice -flour' gaily colored. amination hall.' The maytt ta:ma Is believed to, act as It Is believed that any harsh, noisy, a romdnd'er to the silkworm tribe In 11 -mannered behaviotr in his presence general that its preciousness is never at this peeled will seriously affect the forgotten and an assurance of" -the quality of the silk he is to produce, pleasure -derived from the. bounties We can realize, thereffore, what an ins 'conferred by him upon thole where portant disciplinary influence' he must chief concern lie is, -Walter WVeston, exert on the character of those over In "A Wayfarer in Unfamillar eapan," Hill amid Valley. HD. "Come let us climb to the helght, Peak after peak in the sun, As' the rays brighten, grow rosy lighten, Now that the thunder has done, - SH'FE, Majority, or Minority?. There are few pleasanter-, expert - The Boy That the. World Makes Way For - A'Mesaagtefor'Boys; Real Bova •• the Oetdooh• Kind. In honor of 'Bops' Weeir," a.Chicago nluale 110050 recently published in a local paper one of the most origleal ads seen in a Mug ,time. IL 'occupied a third of a page aucl was charmingly illustrated with .small-dn'awings show. tug a typical lad, a •ball and bat, a vialin, otc.-The/loading of this article 18 a reducticu from the title of the tails to boys which forms the bulk of ' the ad. It reads as follows. -- He boy's boy,a man's man, and a natural leader, thin 'Boy That the World Makes Way For,' We have known him for a great many -years, We have known him' in knee pante watched hen grow tip, and watched the world really make way for him, "What is he like? How does he do It? How can anyone else •get the knack? "Well, If you are, really lntereetet ' 1n becoming ening, that sort.of man's man and natural leader, you can probably do it. Hem :are three, ways to•begfnt ".Learn how. to '•'handle a baseball well, "l eern how to awl' well;" "Learn how to play Y some musical natrumeait, "First of all; learn haw to handle a baseball well. You don't want to be left sitting on the, aide -lines when everybody else is in the game. You can be rune that the 'Boy the n tee Make Way Fore doesn't Sit on the side -lines in any game. He Is out there in the thick of things,' "Secondly, learn. how to swim, The world, you'll find, is made-up of two. kinds of •people= -those who can do the needful things at the right ten's those who `can't; Some day, when you east expect 1t, you will need to• know how to swim. You will need to know it badly, either to save another per. eon's life, or to save your own. Too ate, them, eto start learning.. The fel Jew who knows how"is the fellow who counts when the big :test comes, And the big test almost always comes. "Thirdly, learn how to play a mued- cal Instrument, "It's just like being a good diver and s immor. Some day, when a Iot f felows are gathered around. a fano, one of them Is going tit kaove ow to play. Will - you be the cne who an do it, when that times comes? Or Ill you be just one of tlee •crowd Who can't. Willseces, like the swimmer, be eadyto jump in?- Or will you he on of those who have to bang back—be; cause they anover Teemed how? - "There is a closer connection t1tun ou would expect between outdoor parte and musical Instruments. - Tt kes determination to master the rano, the vial; or the saxophone, st as it tabes eedtermination to hold 'hat 0810 off the bat. It takes the ams sort of grit to May with s ly- ing unt11 you've licked it, whether Its object is mastering a musical in. r trument or making a flying tackle on . hard field. "Being able to play the plane, the andolin or the saxolhone isn't evert -- Mg in the wo'1$, just as handling a ir. of boxing gloves and being able sprint and pole vault isn't every - ng, "But there ere times when it Wei mighty important, and the question Well you be. the 'Dos, That Me aria Makes Way Far,' or trill you st be ane of the bunch that Watches ei go?" apses in life than belug 0, member of , l a. majority; to feel that the tide of and public opinion' or public feeling is with you rather than against you, to see the light of approval ,in friendly eyes and I hear your suggestion greeted with a hearty "Good!" from a dozen throats is to taste the sweet, intextcating plea- sure of popularity, to which all of us are more or lees suseeptfble. And why,ahouldn't a man take pride in being a meinber of a majority? In free goverumenta it le, majorities that "Nay; through the leafage, the light Mealier glimmers below; See-through the valley .the rivulets. Singing aloud as they go, • HB. "tband-y, ahl grandly the hill Broke the blank storm on its crest; All the cliff finder went leaping the thunder,. Growling away in the west. - ° SHE. "Marc it is restful and still; Only the drops from the trees, Where the shades darkle, fall slowly and sparkle, -- Here there is solace and ease. . HE, "Child, but the eagle above, Now that the mists are withdrawn, Never wing -weary, sails up from his eyrie, E'en to the eye of the dawn. SHE. "Ah; but below ns the dove, Crooning for joy du 'the nest, Fills with soft slumbers the without number; Shadow and quiet are best." —Austin Dobson. Place men in office, at ° p P riolictes into effect anted( most of the world's work, h They are proper and necessary, for 0 they represent power lawfully and ef- w fictently applied, "A working rea-.: jority" is no idle phrase. But leefol'e you congratulate' your- r' self 04 being of the majority- ruck your- self whether you are helping to make the opinion of the majority, which alone gives it power, or whether the e majority is making . yoam *pinion-- to whether; le short, you are swimming p with •rho tide merely beeaueb it Is et easier and. pleasanter, or are going a that 'way because it 1 s the diraction in which you 3'ea11y- wish to head, th There are times in a 1n,an's life where tl 1}e cannot afford to be of the majority; s times when wee" "Duty R:hl peva Mw, thou must!" and the "'must" means, .oppositions.. in- m Stead of acquiescence. ' Those times, et Poems, come even in school' days, when the pa occasion domande° that contidenc I rather Only Taking His Time. Wife -"John, sante on, if you ar going out! You're taking ell night • get your watch!" clubby ---"No, leen net, 1'm•only teak ing my tlnie." • • Great Family. "I see that Min feeble son has joins the greatuajority." "What do you mean? 1' "She' has. nrtirric'd a fellow named e W than eoavenfeuce answer. 'Phe 1� coward. utters .his .perfunctory "yes" er keeps still; but courage disdains to be withholdeits "no, even though it be' is the only n sue Y Lo break the silence, e co at id w tlioeigli jeers or laughter drown it. It ju is in the moral treat of suoh momeutd hl that obaracter. is forged and tempered. If history leaches us anything, it is that the minority of, yesterday, if .1t• was right, ;e' the majority of to -day; and; as Wendell Phillips sald, is one of the noblest senteales• that man ever ee uttered, "One on God's aide is a ma- be jorlty „ ', O Ire fro Books. pr Hooke ' are a guide in youth, are in d an fat entertainment for age, They support d us under solitude, and keep us from becoming a burden to ourselves. They 11i help us to forget' the crossness of mean co and things, compose 0111' cares and our to passions, and lay our disappointments rhe Candy to the Queen's Taste. One of the points of ^.attraction for inlets in England this summer has en the little shop in Windsor, where o Queen buys her chocolates: It is pt be two elderly maiden lacliee m Scotland, who have had the rare Ivtlege, by royal warrant; of supply - g the royal household with "chose es of good quality" ever since the aye of Queen- Victoria,. They -have just become really fa- me because. the tourists have dis- vered that the Queen actually goes the shop to make tar' private pur- ses. In fact, there -is probeely no p in the world that is so often itc,T by a Dineen. When she goes she is waited ea by NI t "a Henrietta Cameron, the sole 'nes manager and saleslady 01 the establishment, while her sister, heirs ohne, keeps in the beckground as the I:;:Leper of the. grand 1 secret of stow make chocolates that. aro lit. ler sons. She makes th•em.l1erself, anti wee that whoa the Pence -or Wales. t traveling he had spe;:ial patin- a Of Miss Caroline's cltocelates sent r him a5 far a9 Indin.' hci tiro prim ladles Ore living ro- of the Victorian Igo; in dreg::, in peers ani""' business - methods. Ir ehoe has .a tiny wMeow,'lLung 1 blue curtains anti one of the nest door Bees in Windsor, With a int • non foot scalper outside They started the shop many years ago, having come down from Scotland and have stated in the sante place aver• rice. What will happen) when they are no more, and who will 111113011 the recipe that earned the roe it warrant hanging up in the shop, no 0119 I flows. leap. 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