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Zurich Herald, 1919-04-28, Page 6The Incomparable bl Tea -Pot results always obtainable firom. an infusion, has given. it: a prestige possessed by ne other tea on sale. outdrawn aril out -classes ii other teas. "This is no idle c. aim 5500 T 1 7` N 13y EARL, R. RICE. A tense silence filed the room: when Mrs. Morrison arose and an nounced that the moment had arrived for the election of officers. The otb.or business of the Blandon Church La- dies' Society had been but prelimin- ary to this, the really outstanding event of the year. Every lady menm- ber but two had answered "Present." 1 at roll -call. No one on the list would have willingly absented herself from! this annual meeing. The exceptionally fine reports had' elicited only feeble applause, although the Bazaar committee had outdone' previous years. Calling committee; civics and reform, literature and tracts, committees opecial and tom- mitees standing, as well as secretary i and treasurer had all felt themselves hopelessly in the background of in- terest on that day, however import - Ant at other times. For in this meet- ing, as in former years, the society, was to determine its leadership for 1 the next twelve months. The turn of the election meant; either victory or defeat to its two; well defined factions, accordingly as it inclined in one or the other direc-I tion. No one could have told just! how the factions came to be, but as; to their reality all could testify. Ordinarily victory or defeat fors either party meant little more than a new distribution of honors or minor offices. As a matter of fact, the winning party must accept responsi- bility for work done. And thus far nothing very serious had conte fromi the strife, if a few "injured feelings," ou ' instiited intentions," might mei excepted. But this year it was dif-i ferent. Since its history began Blandon had boasted of but one church. The' •'Old Church" had satisfied all long -I ing hearts and tilled all prayerful as- pirations. The good "Old" pastor had; given counsel and comfort to all, and; the activities of the "Old Church" had been the channels through it•hicllt the outward expression of the reli-I gions life of the town had flown. One might as well have become a bar -1 baelan and would probably have. been; considered worse than a heathen, if he had gone elsewhere. For there; ba,l been no other place to go hre- 1..ofore. 131St new all was changed. A. "New Chervil" had come and it was ^asy to "go over." Indeed, some had gone., Arei the "OId pastor had heard. with, ain, that the turning of the election that November day, no matter which way it irei.t, would take others from his care. At norm, the day of the meeting,' Mre Brown, the mistress of the eenifeeteble farm hinse on the out skipt e of the town, in which the an• - nisei. meeting was to be held, had volved to her hns'1nn.i her despair over the situation. "I do wish something would turn; up to bring us to our senses to -day," she said. "But goodness only knows' what it could be." Shrewd John Brown pushed barseH lis plate and reflected a moment be -i fore answering. "Ilow would it do for all o€ you to' forgive and forget?" he suggested. "Put how could we?" she recur: ed.' "A part of us might forgive but no-' body could po stilly forget the way' those folks have acted. Why, last! yea r••—" e-, yes, I know," said John, who lbr•.cl heard the stork, many tunes. And' tiler- be finished rather honr•lcesly, i "Yon might begin by trying:" Mrs. Brown said nothing "At any rate I'll put Sin :u' fire in the furnace fee yon before I ;47 to i*-orr•," her ha ha Ad sold, "I n.n l et h -men lam, for we. nasi finish tilx' rg tie'::e 1tte tensa." ` r'. 0'0 way," he heel; ,. ins t` t",' . "if ern' r:iil_ait.r.}}'la ct.>1:t • LOTS 1 S hnl rl.. . r: ti '-1. 1 ,1r'ii_, 1 Pi:` a•:, zap t. "'13 .1{lt't'. at.d. ; :`t .1 , , ., ., 1, i t.:'1 rl for , r,R y. WOLFSON c;:: !hems .St. „ - Toronto :hem down to the orchard. That may help you some•" Gond as his word, he put an extra shovelful of coal into the furnace -and '•irefully adjusted the drafts and dampers. The short days of Nevem- her were fast putting chill into the air and down in the orchards the frost lingered all day. By two o'clock the ladies had be- gun to arrive. Mrs. Brown greeted all alike, as a courteous hostess should, and tactfully guided those friendly to each other to the same upper room to put aside wraps and afterward to places congenial in the spacious rooms below. To her de- light all went along smoothly. She was a little dismayed when .ehe law that Mrs. Morrison had brought her hopeful son Jimmy, a lad of nine year's and in high reputation for mis- chief. Thankfully she recalled her husband's invitation to send the chil- dren down to the orchard and avail- ed herself of it. And thus events had run on to the moment announced in the first para- graph. After the preliminary motion that the society proceed with the election of officers there carne a little pause. Mr. Brown glanced over the assembl- ed company and noted that though the lines of opposition were rather closely drawn there still existed a little uncertainty as to the result of the voting. Some old members ltad dropped out during the year and several new ones had come in. Just how these new ones would vote no one could tell, though both sides claimed thein. "Are there any nominations for president?" asked Mrs. Morrison, the chairman, herself an active partisan, She knew very well that she was to receive this honor from one of her followers. Nor' was she disappointed. But scarcely was her name put in nomination than a lady of the op- position named Mrs. Benjamin, her closest rival, for the same honor. The battle was on, The candidates were both estim- able women. Had not fate—or some- thing else --put thein in rival camps they would have been, doubtless, warm friends and co-workers. Each secretly admired the other, and per- haps—who can tell—could pride and stubborn self-will have been put aside, each would have gladly drop- ped all differences. So near do fine folks get to harmony and goodwill— and yet stay so far apart. Mrs. Mor- rison and Mrs. Benjamin had not worked together for years. ' With nominations closed, balloting should have followed immediately. iatel3. Mrs. Brown prayed fervently that it night be so, But no. One of Mrs. Morrison's supporters claimed the floor on a question of privilege and bluntly challenged the election of hirei. Benjamin on the ground that she had heard that in the event of defeat Mrs. Benjamin's faction would igo over to the "New Church" in a body. All this was hotly denied and Mrs, Morrison's good faith attacked in return. Just as the discussion promised to become waren there came a momen- tary diversion. Jimmy Morrison ran excitedly into the room with a prize in his hand. Out in the orchard the men had found a huge hornets' nest high up on an apple tree".branch and had given it to him, :Bore than a foot in diameter, its cone shape, cunning- Iy devised, had been the hone of a vig .ious colony during the summer. But the inhabitants were now pro - beide, scattered far, and cold and fif les. j Now Jimmy had d o€ten heard his C' e l .:ia+.h., who lived. in the city, :env that. 1Ie would like one of theee cones isf,a' (leeeratiag hie then. Ile had even aft'e ^.'1 Jimmy a dollar to firsts him tr c, Mini; ran ..,,eal<rht to his n.othev ;the e ;,l -neat' the ('entc r of the ^ii51. Bet's, mother," he said, "keep this I for MC 'till we go hone," I With a sigh of relief, for she had ('"Sheeted some teaeing request, lairs. Morrison took the beautiful cone and held It a inoment in her hand. .As Jimmy went out she turned and hung it on the chandelier at the side of the room.. But the diversion had had its of feet. The talk momentarily sub- sided and the tellers soon were busy counting the ballot. It proved a tie, Another ballot was ordered. Thanks to John Brown's furnace the room was warm. If the ladies no- ticed it, however, they gave little sign of the fact, But up near the ceiling the warm air pressed and there presently produced some startl- ing effects. • It is a fact in nature that hornets and yellow -jackets are numbed by the first cold nights of autumn. Later they revive and for a few warm days aro active. As the cold increases most of them in a colony die, and only a few survive the winter to re- produce their kind. In Jimmy's cone the hornets were by no means lifeless, though com- pletely chilled. As they hung in the overheated atmosphere they came back to life—back to summer days and stirring activities. Had the ladies of the society been less occupied with other things they would have noted a gentle hum that presently proceeded from the cone. But while the tellers counted the sec- ond ballot the chatter of many ton- gues arose. "Br-r-rr, hm-m-m-m-mm." The tellers finished their counting and gathered the ballots in two places. ."Buz -z -z7., buzz-z-zzz." "Are the tellers ready to report?" "We are," was the response. "Buzz-zz'l.—zzzzz," said the horn- ets. "We will listen to the result of the ballot," said the chairman. One of the tellers arose, cleared her throat, and began—but she never finished her report. At that moment a very much alive yellow -jacket poised in the entrance to the cone, and with a note clearly audible throughout the room launch- ed out toward the nearest resting place, which happened to be Mrs. Morrison's devoted head. Other yel- low streaks followed him. Hither and yon they flew, and wherever they lighted a wild waving of hands beat the air. Timid ladies screamed and dodged. Pandemonium ensued. Rout. indescribable followed. Out of 'the room the ladies fled, each bent on seeking friendly cover. A door in the hall stood open . and into it plunged Mrs. 'Benjamin. Mrs.- Morrison rs.Morrison followed her and as the door slammed shut they were in total darkness. "0, dear, what shall I do?" shriek- ed the former. "0, please take that thing out of my hair," wailed the latter. With mutual assistance they found and crushed their tormentors. • And then as silence reigned out- side they ventured to open the door a crack and peer out. While they hesi- tated valiant Mrs. Brown, with a fly swatter in either hand, came back to combat the hornets. Others came, too, and with windows open waged a brave fight. Presently every mem- ber was in the midst of the conflict. Many hornets died in battle and the rest were driven c,uiside and gassed by the cold. When the victory was complete the Italica looked a innon ei t at each other. Everywhere was the disorder of strife, and here and there a swell- ing casualty. Then someone laughed. 1 perfect storm of merriment bloke loose. It continued till the last bitter feeling in the society had van- ished. sec1 . With order restored Mrs. Morrison made a new kind of speech. "Ladies," :die said, "this is the first fight ina a lung time in which we have all been on the same side. From now on let's have but .one Bide in this society." Mrs, Benjamin led in vigorous ap- plause, After that it did not seem to matter which way the election went. Keep your feet dry, your con- science clear and your bowels open, and you'll live to be a hundred, Sap LA The New Milk Maid. "Where are you going my pretty maid?" We once asked a land -girl so neatly arrayed In brown boots and leggins, with soft hat and smock, But 'the answer she made fairly gave us a shock. "I'm about," said the damsel (a pail in her hand), - "To proceed to the structure where quadrupeds stand Of the species called 'bovine,' from whom, with much tact, The fresh lactic liquid T daily extract," A sackbut is an obsolete bass trumpet with a slide for altering the pitch. 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It has (if. well cut) the "fire" of a real diamond, with a brilliant sparkle of reflected light, Bence it easily deceives the every- day observer. • But an expert would tell you that is lacks the peculiar luster of the diamond; which is not by any gleans to be successfully imitated. And before very long, owing to loss of its new polish, it is deprived of much of its brilliancy. There are, however, certain natural stones that, with proper cutting, dol counterfeit the diamond with a fair degree of success, even to its luster -- snappy. cold and glittering --which the French r:a'il "eclat." One of these is the colorless zircon. Another gem -stone that serves the purpose almost equally weli h; tate colorless sapphire, the hardness of which (rendering it capable of an ex- tremely high polishl approaches that of ibe diamond. When cut it has a tine briliianey, The sane remark, in 1t dogma?, ap- plies to colorless topaz, }Shish we i, well anei take, an extremely high poli: -h. while exhibiting a display of • "fire." One of the largest alleged dia- montl; of the world is the uncut "Pre- game.," belonging 10 tr.e gotieeninnnt of Portugal, nhie'h le suspected to be 1L white topaz. Zat fo}rnel' days Owen rock-crytitel parson for tl]lrnloncl. Only within conn - penal s'ely recent. years has there been accurate knowledge of gem -stones. Iatt the modem expert eltnnot bo de- ceived. A culorl0oa beryl, for ex- ample, yields when well cut a. very brilliant and dhunoncl-like stone, but nobody could pass It off on a fairly in- telligent pawnbroker for a Peal tlia- mnnrl