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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-12-02, Page 3DADDY. REDCAP, BY ANTIQUE, A bright, merry little girl was Bell and at last, prompted by past expel!, Cherry, dancing half the ' day like a sunbeam, and chattering like a saucy 'brook over round, white pebbles, here , and there, hither, . thither, without thought, and,. alas, without head! ieuce, arose to investigate. In the hail she met Bell, with one hand rolled up tight and a look of quiet enjoyment on her faces which expression told her mother that all A pair of the brightest eyes would was not well, ae the little mischief look up in her mother's 'face, and a appeared the most demure when she rosebud mouth waudd,'answer demure- was hatching the queerest pranks. ly to the frequent charges not to do thus and so, whatever the forbidders subject plight he, end, for that mo- ment, Bell would anean to obey; but, saw the organ -grinder 'shoulder his, within five minutes, her good intention • organ, -teak his monkey under his arm would be forgotten, and the little je;irl and make off quicldy, fedi into sad disgrace. • She quietly led Bell upstairs to her. pee day Mrs. Cherry was busy pet- bedroom, and there found her bureau ting an old clothes -press in oder, h. drawer open. and a roll of pennies, to which wa„ carefully packed awayseine`the amount of a dollar, torn open and relics of her mother's young days --I gone, with. the exception of the'few antiquated silks, heavily embroidered. loft in her hand. with huge flowers; a tally tortoise -shell Miss Bell had given -then to the comb, that must have surinounted the monkey, malting frequent trips to her head like a turrent, in the days when mother's bureau to stretch out the fun such things were worn, and a .big poke as long as she could, and very natur- honnet •of, heaver, trimmed with red ally the man played his cracked tunes flowers and feathers. ` over and over again, while this har- BeJ sat perched on the arm of :a vest was going on. chair, eyeinig all these queer looking Bell looked anxiously at her mother.. things with silent delight. It was not "Was it my nose made me do it, often she was permdtted within the mother?" she questioned, putting one sacred walla of her mother's store- thrger cautiously up to touch it. room, for her mischievous spirit was And without thinking,her mother a source ofedread. replied that it was that inquisitive But to -day she had been so quiet member, which always brought her that she was permitted, as a reward, trouble. to witness the dusting and refolding Then she was locked within the nur- of grandma's wedding finery, fiery, to paws her evening in solitary A sudden request of the cook's call- confinement, as a punishment for this ed Mrs. Cherry awe and with tic last bit of naughtiness. Little Bell strangely sa an hasty look at her y�demure little I B 11 felt t 1 d d daughter, perched so primly on the arm of the old rocking -chair, and sat- isfied that it would be safe to trust her, she went downstairs to the kit - cher It seemed but'a abort whilebefore Mrs. Cherry opened the roiled -tap fist,' aihd a lot of pennies fell into her, hand, while through the open door she BLIND BOY WINS ESSAY AWARD ALten Pasta, 200 Symingtcin Ave., 'Parente, who won a cup duo ateceby ,the Iuigeriisl Orders of the Daughbere of the Empire toran eueaor on "Des velopmsut of Toronto in the Last Twenty-five Yews:" Aflenis an. expert at need and rush: waok and lw look1ii for ondere for his work, lairs dog, Tiny, ewes givee to bin(by a mother who lost her btlndr Mee that the little man was nothing morel nor lose than her own nose, with legs,' arms and red gap, and that it turned up with the most knowing wink, -She was afraid to speak.' "I'm Daddy Redcap," said the fig- ure. "Know me?" Bell cautiously felt her face -there was the big nose. Daddy Redcap nodded, and chuckled. "Ian going to take you walking, IS THERE LIFE ON MARS? Conditions on the Red :Planet. The .interest we ell feet in the great known to preeeint. Tele peobi:cau is question od the possibility of life on other planets is shared by ell actino• overs, and wi, are always, glad when they are able to give ue informatloe bearing on the eul;ject, Professes' Adams aid Profeesoa' tit. ,Sohn,'.of the Mount Wilson Observatory, have re- contly added a little to our knowledgeof Mai's, If Inman beings 'like cense3was do aye oat Marrs we May i e sure theMr- false condttious au the, planet do net stiffer much from some of the extreme conditioirs under which men have lived *0. dllfere•nit pasts of the ear'th's, "And I have everything, and won't mind my mother:" Daddy Redcap seemed to grow smaller and smaller, until she no long- er caw his pert little figure on the window -sill; but still .the plaintive song came up from the street, and Bell sobbed on. A strong pair of arms lifted her up.; she heard a kind voice say; ttu'feoe. The Human Limit. to determine in, what,prepoettens these eubs'taneee 'are present, and how the quantttlte af, say, oxygen and water, M vapour on ars •comeabre with ,the quantities et oxygen and: water-valenun' on the Barth., If we wish to compare. the relatilrve aneenees of water vapour le the two atmosphere we have only to look through a spectroscope, first at the Moon and then at Mare. The light from the Moon.is pure reflected etrn- 12ght, asthe Moon has no observable at- mosphere whatever, but the -light from Mems will hergi e asse0 twide through nro the Martian atephere in the oourse of .,being fefiooted . from lits suirfaoe back: into ori• sUectroscopa: if there Foe example, the work.ot exlrl'arera is any. water•vapoier= In that atmos - hes -shown that men cau•ld not live In phone it esu males o itsw known by h much greater quid than to found near the North end South Poles, nor in much greater heat tkue is found in eertaln tropical regirovs; and we have learnedfrom Everest •d.'ulmbeia that, at, though the human body earn accilma- bite itself to lass oxygen than we nor- mally use, tbare le a limit bayonrl whioh we cannot go. Aetronomers.have fermi it possible m;a to estimate in various ways how the candltione of •climate: on Mars ccm- pare . with terrestrial conditions, and they, basso found a great deal of evi- dence d ce eo'intimg to the tact that Mars has au atmoeiplte•re. There is also geed reason to believe that some of the timelier terrestrial elements, ouchaye oxygen and ultrogen, are constitu- ents of the atmosphere of Mars, in ads - clition to water -vapour, which is ago year's to come. totrsifydng certain dark, hands in the spectrum of the pleastWassonThe two Mount Won pm/tesserahave lately been compering the spec- troll pectruer of Mara with that of the clay, and have loecwd that there is in the More aims/sphere only about twoableee of the oxygen found. above Everest,' and. only as sixteenth, part of the Water - vapour in theair above Mount Wilson. We must Conclude from these foots that men end.women like aurselveai fled d It almost impoe:sibLe to hireon the etrrface of the Red ?Santa, As- tronomers believe, nevertheless, that they hare seen vegetation •there, and Lt ds not impossible that same farm at lite may exist. It is very dotrbttul, however, it astronomy wall be able to tell us much more than. -this farmany Shadows of Their Past—Lives Wrecked by Conscience. is it possible to be too conaciend ous? A Bow months ago—this Instance is taken Diem. real life --a couple wea'e planning where they should spend their honeymoon. But they del not subdued as she heard the key turn Bell," piped he. And Bell knew the arms and voice marry. in the lock and found herself alone "ah, no, I can't! I'm—punished— belonged to her father, and when she The men tea bound to reveal to his with her thoughts and her nose. for—badness," cried Bell, in alarm; raised her'. eyes there was his face prose -Naive Inside a back page in his She was half afraid of it, and crept but, to her surprise, down hopped bending down to kiss her, while moth lite. Rsiii y it wits • not a very bleak to the bureau inthe corner to peer Daddy Redcap froin the high clock to er stood by, smiling. page, and held—net vine or wicked - into the glass at it. the woolly mat, and taking off his cap "Dreaming and crying, eh, Bell?" nese— but jus-, a story . of youthful It was a very little one, and turned bowed politely to her. said daddy, as he let her slip down on folly. The episode, moreover, had she was. back agmen; but,din even that upsaucily at the end,with a don't- "You're to do as I say, Bell," retort- her feet bean cortnpltitely closed for nary space of time, Beit had disappeared,Bell looked. around, eagerly. No years• But his sweetheart—she may .hope anl dingftth. her Grandma Cherry's wed- care ll felttI-please look about theetip. ed he, gottlu.and weld • . • Bell it curiously with her fin- Bell up slowly, half afraid yet. Daddy liedeap or clock or .window- have been as•super-sensitive as he wee Much o'er mountain, crag, ding Emery! _. "But—my mother—" -she began. sill. She put up her hand to her face super - oousciontvaus -- wished him WitTIM yo heart serene and bald, _ A burst of laughter from the away "botheryour mother! What do —her own little nose. Then it was all ''Good-bye." Two lives spoilt. Tilt you trilce that streak of gold; dJh So, hopeont and a merry little voice singing away you care for herr' • laughed Daddy a dream? : But hark! that was a real Some yraara ago a girl of eighteen, „ gleefully, `drew and Mrs, Cherry's attthe that Redcap,hopping to the window -sill. voice singing in the street. fascinated by a plausible soouhdrel, - , window,on thither,'looking shes from the Bell blushed and held down her "The little street -singer., Bell," said left her home eeoretly to marry item, Never yield to weak despairing; what in grandma's s but Misse b B head. mother. "Don't you remember I told He told her he had a License ready. It Hope an! Betel arrayed in favorite "Come along," called Daddy Redcap. you how she tried to help her poor was a lle, She lived with himi for a liltraeles are wrought be daring; g> to I-Iopo out And bolting up in wonder, Bell saw mother and the and childgiTe en?her week—each ea nd then dis ion-. When you prove you'eo unafraid, the window open, and - the pert little Como down, now, and well give her bring the him He died a year later. And refuse to Sheath your blade, figure can't beckoning her to come to it, a warm supper and some pennies." Eight r site -swards she met, and Friends wiwn rally to aeon' aitl; "lean't climb down" faltered Bell, But :Keil first pulled her mothea s Ei5'!Lt yens • o him she colo- So, hope on! drawing back; "and ii isn't right." "ilio ha!" laughed Daddy ROYAL HEALERS.K1nge Who Cured by Touching. s The late ?releaser Cape, with his method of curing disease by auto -rug- gestlon, had': many predecessors, It fact,' wonewers derful cers have f oetriehed- from very, early tissues. it is probable that IDsculenpius him- sai:lf pertained his •cnresi oninctpally, tf not solely, by working on the imagine - don of his T atien ts, and ter, oenturles a slander modewas in vogue in Bri- tain;, where' it was a anstteir of wipe, Isebelief that the sayorelgn load the power of cueing ,scrofula, or king's etre, merely by the totuob of his hand. A000edlntg 'bo Wi111am. sit Malmea Btl'- bury, waa':d the Condeeser was the Mat who practised thus healing art, there ere is authentic evbdenuee 10 Slio•w that it was to use in the thir- teenth 'century. Two centuries tater, ' during the medgu of Edward IV., tilt John Fortescue, a learned leadleadwriter, sipeake of the ,gift of healing as a Privilege ofthe kings of England Prom time immemorial, and ascribes the vdetue to the unctionimparted to • their hands at the coronation. "1 Touch, But God Healeth." So niry rooted was this belief in. j the mithaude of the English people that there was a regular office ie the Boole of Common Prayer for the peatonm- ance of the •oeretnocy. Those desirous of being .cured were introduced by a Bishop or other church dlgudtany, iPrayers were said and every effort made bo produce in elle patients a firm reliance on the power et God about to hands manlitested through the royal ha At the moment of imposing the hand the king -said, "I touch, but God heal- etir, Elizabeth often appeared before her secbjeots in the oharaoter of a royal and healer, athe Stuarts were great sticklers for this part of their piaroga- tive, and frequently put it in use. Santee I. for a time objected to touch, but later reluctantly consented. In after yeare ho showed less hesitancy, and In "Macbeth" Shakespeare could flat- ter him by telling not only how Ed. wand had curled the sick by his touch, but how he bad left "the healing bene• diction' to "the succeeddng royalty," The Jacobites' Belief. Both Charles I. and Charles Il, per- formed the ceremony.; ht fact, the practloe was at its height during the reign of the Second Charles. Macau- lay acaulay calculated that the "Merry. Mon- arch" touched no fewer than 92,107 persons. The smallest number in one year was 2,983—in 1669—and the larg- est argest in 1684, when many were trampled to death by pressing et the chirur- geons• door for tickets:' Queen Annbe was the last o1 the Eng- - Ilse sovereigns who actually perform- ed the c'er'emony, and among those brought to her to be touched in Leant, 1702, was the tuture Dr, Johuson, then thirty months old. Being asked later In 14fe if he remembered the Queen, the doctor said he had a "confused but Hope On! Though your prospects may seem dreary, Hain on! Though life both sad and weary, Hope on! Joy shall wax and sadness wane, Summerfiim:e tome round again; Still It's blue beyond the rain! So, hope on! When your best -pian nsd schemes are failing, Rope on! Laughter helps far more than wailing; gens,: one after the other, wondering how it made her bad and thoughtless, and finally wishing it would come off and she might get a new one t a would make lief a good, obedient girl. With a little sob, she crept to the window and looked down in the street. sunflower -pattern robe, her long curls Little children were running along, tucked up on the top of her head, and merrily shouting, some holding by a surmounted by the tower like comb, mother's or nurse's hand, others eom- which made her look at least a foot,. taller? The beaver -poke hung down ing from school with their satchels, , loved, smother man. P but all gay and light-hearted, face down to her and sobbed. her Back by the Strings, which were "I had an awful dream, and I will sc'uentieusly revealed the bock page iu Bellwatched th ally with her Redcap, if •sad he asked her to release tied round her neck, .and dangling a' ems from her wrist was a large faze of nose pressed against the cold pane, peacock feathers. I and the tears trickling down its saucy A more comical little figure could ptip, None of them had a nose like hers, not well be imagined, and when . she 'brocade dress on each and so she concluded they'were all caught up the good children, and she alone was the shrilly. "Ho, ho! It:isn't right! Bell Cherry stopping to thinkl" He hopped wildly about on the dow-sill, waving his red cap, and nod- ding and winking at her, 1341 stood with her two little herds side, and danced away like a top, the only bad one in the world. holdf beaver bonnet flying out .like some: •ng on oig-__herself queer bird, and the fan swinging back dOchiled- by .the tyrthe thought, wat; a if to ormentorback, timid and chilledthrough by the contact of watched her tormenter with timid and forth like a pendulum, even her, the frost -crusted glass window against eyes.. Presently he peeped down into astonished laugh that broke from tris email crowdbefore g snugged down on a woolly mat, sem l i p good mother. I—can't—work for her d e-- —you—but—I— can—think—and hint. Was she too conscientious? hi the Karoo. mind—you Y' In matters of conscience no .L•ard- And, strange to say, she succeeded in becoming thoughtful and trust- worthy, but she never' saw Daddy Red- eem again, except in the wood -fire. d And often, when she was chilled -with the frosty air, and sat ovet the fire to warm herse�f, she could feel her s nose tingle, and swell as if it would grow and grow; but it never did sin nor did her own little one ever ted mother had to loin the her face h left thed d she a winoW an the as bed o t the pavement to watch log -fire in a wide, open fireplace. this quaint performance. ' Grandma's The :heat felt good at first to her finery was rescued, and Bell confront cold cheeks, and the pretty blaze inter - ed with the consequence of her mis- ested her for awhile, as it chauged and chievous vanity,flickered from one picture to another, "That prying little nose of yours will bring you info trouble some day," until presently a strange feeling came warned her mother, (into her nose. I It -•tingled, etnarted and then seemed saucy, : iva, as ea ure with ! was bigger than her .head, and rho of refiective'penftenc. 1 could not see out of her eyes Then And Boll rubbed the tip of that to grow end grow' and grow until it • i d f t an air She was very geed after this for 1'eontracted to a smaller size. s. quite a white, and it was beginning to l While she hid her face in the woolly be believed that her thqughtless little! she heard a little bit of a voice head• had at last had some wisdom •say,' high over her head: talked into it, when again disaster "Do you like your nose now, Bell?" befell her. An organ -grinder came along one, day with a hideous monkey, clad in She looked up timidly. On the mantle -shelf stood an old - dirty red, and Bell danced' down to fashioned clods, which may have been with a shout ee glee. one- of grandma's wedding presents, the doorstep Her mother watched front the wrist - mid there, sitting astride of the gabled ' dot„ amusement, . siitisfied that this woe a harmless top, was the funniest tittle man, in a ann1. , nt 1from which Bela could de- red cap, Bell had•eyer seen in: a plc- rive no trouble. tore book. - After awhile,it struck hert ttle no had two little thin legs, a little man'. lingered- 4 long while in front of -thin body, and the queerest little face the house, and that the monkey bob- l :tnagtneble, and hie -red cap had a bed back and :feral from the doorstep•basa'e on the end, which hung down - to the man's band a great deal, and :nil the: right shoulder. ` he remembered hearing Bell run l .As Bell looked up with frightened uthen s ! is strait e s ctacie she Saw up anti„down stairs a number of times, eyes at this g pe REG'LAR FELLERS —By Gene Byrnes. •2OO essessee the street, and put his red cap on In head soberly. "Come, look, Bell,” he said, gen y, ag tl and-fast i,:oxambee nrie can be lapid A. dint gray light comes stealing In somehow au sort or. solemn rocoileoti•on dozen, but veered it be wrong to say the eastern horizon and stars melt at a lady Ln diamonds, with a long that when an episode is a.bsoie tely sevieely, till at last only one is lett as biosis hood," oloecd, .and there is not the slightest watcher. The purp•ie sky wave, drys Since Ammo's death there have been possibility of a spectre tram the past ts;l grayness turas into a teae spatirane9 no touching& by English sovemeigus, intruding, silence is permissible? of e'h•Luung air; and at its lower rim, and the ofacehas dropped Quietly out Should not the dead past be left dead where the sky clasps the, earth, it is of the Prayer Book. The Jacobites, however, while they denied the power by delicate deception cannot of course, Eighee tap hang rosy, :ratifaatt balls —if it la? Happiness that is snatched tingled with daffodil. be justified. Petri:button would as- of cloud, like some rich tapestry hos weer was made in the days that "buck pages," Song since eanoell- when e.oravans came from the East ed, and with >y written on should be resurrected? Bless the Hot -Water Bottle! The hot-water bottle season has be- gun mad it is interesting to learn that . the Herald of approachlang dray, doctors see no real y any at sunset vies with irould ref119-Mfrom tts I thewest racoS These comforters do not, seems, mountable repose with purpled meets tend against any of the rules of health, d meet the sky. I, shafts being math preferable to said feet of eight sirike the nearer•, shelving the secret of the dye that makes i"s It is suggested, however, that the hurls. While adubira'ion Idea the oar- euve •the mulYil-ediorecl trees is lei r' - bottle's use s:hovld be similar to that l,,elmr spellbound, the briiliant reds only to the inventor, • of the warming -pans a woo .of the past—that sad yeelaws pale-rap4713. Clagitita likom their outer surfaces to iho Is, to produce a warm bed, but hot to hearts of their trunks, ttee&bave Been indelibly dyed, and neither water nes seta effects their artificial coloring. Birth, beech, and ma'p'le trees have been used as the bases for 11 experi- ruents, and already_ buttons, embretla handles, cigarette cases. and canttt,le- a dyed sttalls have been radii Frani th dY wood, which, once carved, needs only to be polished. The dye neither kite nor itiji:ree aro oftener receive your own the tree and though festa haus pravod than by the artifices' or the that the artific :it witting buts a tete flea of others lefts, to ht+:rden the ,synod, the invent- or or insietts that the true would continue to grow. 1 f It were not .ctli.... , rise or six helea are -bored-at the Base at Ike tree to meta a ee.servair for the die. Into two of ih-, holes are put g'•as-jet plugs.. Thee null :ur;; gal; barge rates ase sieseeudeal In the :roe as dye reservoirs, Tile (lye flews dow5t Into the trunk, the 'tp takes it ito Ise to the irse, and in Ascot Luo to iron deb's the pae•ocss is completed. itis Wish. tittle Bey—"That lady gave ma some chocola,tos.' Mother• -".1 hope you were polite about it"" L1t.tlo Boy---“Yes,-s„mannas,” Metter—" What dlti ,Qii ray'?" • "Little Bei. -"I aide 1 wished pa bad met her botene'ho pot arque:e ntre with yr't•,• Snaith Commonest Surname. Among surnames in England the commonest are Smith, lanes, Jirnwu, Taylor, Davies, Wilson, Walker and Marne. of the Georges to li•ra1, still believed that -the Stuarts possessed tho girt, suredly follow. But le It necessary whose The last instance occltrredatHole-coo 1 And the little girl, glad to find him lead her into mischief again. A in 1.745, when "Bonnie Prince Charlie" giving up his nation of taking her."Finis" Ltt them and rebore purple racist is lost touched a child brought. from Perth. through . the window, carne softly to d a the window and looked out. It had grown dark, but the stars tag 1 8 b Dyeing Trees as They Grow. were out, and the reflection of the �.. � p Touched by the magic wand of whlte'enow made objects standout in. i d�" `�� 1 scleuoe, trees in the forests near Mac- bold' relief.' bias, Maine, have turned from their As Bellloaked girldownnto the street, Diem The splendwr natuvat •colors to lavender, yellow, bane slie saw a little girl standing on the s nal bag that of dawn, n and orange - curb in the front of the house, poorly it of A German scientist, Fritz Vol- L b r, clad, and her shivering; andthe as she looked, _... .,�,^upraised solitary bird, upeprimgiatg from the sorubby veld., sings its, song 10 Ma- inz a deeper gold urns In one art of the sky es changing sales , throb and mead; a -cool Mr is bon:, O1 has wrought the transformations; food she saw horlift up her pale, thin face `— t*�"" to the star -lit- sky, and then a low, sweet song came from her cold lips.. "Sir is very: poor, Boll," whispered Daddy Redcap, through- the music. ""The snow and wind blow through the cracks of her tumble-down hone, and around the, glint fire sit little brothers and sisters crying for food, while the mother tries' to soothe them with promises of food to -morrow. She cries out at last: 'Mother, I will help youl I will be some good to you!' And here she is, you see, singing her little song from door to door, to call people out to hear her •tale." , Bell was sobbing as if her heart would break. ;W tN7R1<G SLUS £ or.4 Klee AT , DECISIONS • Aftermath. English Fish (to French Fish)—"I'nl bloomin' glad those foot channel swim- mers won't be around pestertn:g us again until nest summer!" In Order. Teacher --"Now Willie, what is the Order of the Bath'!"i Wiale—"Heli, in our house, mss, It's baby first, thou Tammy, then Johnny and I come last," net as an artificial circulator all night long„ In cases of slight rheumatism, a hot- water bottle wlvt often bring great re- lief, becstese the heat penetrates be- low the eki•n into the joint. f: This onuses the flow of blood in the joint to increase, releasing some of tho bane- ful products. We deceived b hearts rascali 2 -rob$ Ate SIMMti>" YotYRE lee BEST 4UOE1E Go c'MON'. ADEiiDg M�Ta.`In,vs twilight diesoends upcna, the &sena; sears begin 1.0 ,twinkle ih the turquoise sky. There comes the croauing and stetting of a eight .zephyr in alt Its geed-onese, The peacoat a day that is fled .becomes one with the sweetened stii1noss of the night. Trow above the hareem hangs the Southern Crass. Sold, "You can have them oboes for ninety eight cents." "Are there any alrings to this offer?" Pretty Rough on the Referee. JiMMIE' SAYE HE CAN Hrr HARD6R'N pUDDINHEAD SO EACH toe GETS A yCcit You AN"StS0 is) 84 HARPER! fl ti, ..•"5 Y �'�`..,� C-g¢Ila-• LCuP' 1gi", 1926, by The Ben Syndicate, to<2 ��Rit4•?S.