The Lucknow Sentinel, 1924-07-17, Page 2• A pleasant
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'A prominent Canadla.n newspaper a •
few weeks •ago carried an -editorial
headed .',"A pooru4 ,of Orgoototo.- 'rho ,
' araretitclteli:;a4B id.,,ocutlisqtroiliashApire4,. dbbeyn,
vertising , for an organist ,tor sonie
tiele—bat witliont". results. ,
dudnetuse,41se Teint ,that
ergan-
1;ts le many plAcei'iliresighent--,Caries
4.4a. Ofielssere ofurilaily 'papezystite -
writer recently :noticed as. many t1.8 '
three "want -ads" all .d.eingstiett to. catch
• the eye of seal?. person seeking the '
vi)egassiatal°.cnieTfere4evti!trice44 1)07."64eZte''' Ttirreq
the, surmly Of those WIte.ate cape,Isie of
the position.s. Were Showlog that
handling an 'Organ Is' not., equal rte.,the. •.'
demand-. - -
Now what Is the Soletiort?, ..
either Canada ,wiil. have -to:, turn:41'1ft, s
more Musicians !With' speelal leartingssi
towards the. otgan, or 'depend :linen_
imported organists. froM Englaed. and
other ecieetrios. 13E4 surely the form-
er isspreterahle.'s'There it •much more:.
satisfaction' to .he derived frear train, .
•Iiig the 'seuths. mid maidens of, our
country to.falte np'-the study Of .the
gae, than to. rely Upon the Services Of
those Who secure. their education. else.;
whre, Jest as.; thereis more satisfac-
, Lion. in Anannfaeinring geods, In one'S
,,own ountry ratlier.than being depend-
ent open the fncterieS cif'apothericouna. .
• try for the supply.• 'And 'what's more; "
' -more patriotic, to tnanufactUre. . -
One's 'avin ceiintryl ' °
it up to .the Music tea'ohers in our , •
schpols, colleges and conservatories' to
explaht theer pupils ''the. needs ' kof •
• the churehei, respecting organiats. • If.
this • were derie, It is' 'quite likely. that
- notOnfr. would „there. •-be •.,tt :Astalleient
nuniher. Cottle 'Mtwara. to study thla
1, king or All Mutical. :iestruments;1but
niany..:nicife 'students' , would be found
•
to take,sie the study of some prepera-,.
tory itistrenieet,- like the ,piano, .
harnioniem, etc,,i; before commenting '
the'crgan,
clothing nuiysbe -folded and hong en
hooks ouf'of .the way: StoCkings and
ether articles of daily As.e.„Iiiing ifl
marked bags Solve the 'shortage -of -
drawer qiiesticin -Make with •tight
s • • ' '
drawstring for, articles Stered away
and with an opening in front . like ir
Hats,vlurned:s:l shoes, s ff-bU6i, 1:d;:xgwse vaieynn. ait, l ye ssi el,: •
put
,
• Highest l'a.rt of New Zealand.'
The highest peak in' New Zeeland IS.
12,350.feet high, •
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TANDEM •.
PUMP.
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Pumps more easi iy, more silentlaa
more efficientlythan,theWing type
model which it has defliiiter replaced
Repeirt eaAy made with householdlools.
Can be drained to preventfree;in4.
fatiliprimed: •
.ASICABOUT IT AT YOUR' HAI4DWAIIE STOPE,
JAMES SMART PLANT
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BYO, DOVQ VAS
,shopman—riou miy have your twopence
colored." '
"Solemn Smell Boss --"Penny plain, please,- •nit- better value for .
the money.", • .
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l.,iIiISolooms eiVe40u,s°14.;
About. s V mSeif;wioteti.t,1.1
to'David at Oxford- .,
. is 'Wonderful spectability; any attempt at adorn -
how ninch new there is that People
ea.
writeeveryeniveurYnthnch.theurredarsi'uifuthithuegy wthaaitt meAtimiseirqthleik,e/i''as asked me to call
. her that) trembles Before her, turd
eeerns worth telling. ,
• Jean wrete. ' • that- Makes Bella worse: ,She wants
-
,". : •,
You have been away now for as°trnheelca:egrilin• shtaens:1;7sPhet°-Sirp'1.-ythtlhaiunths
four days, and we still truss you badly.,
Nobody sits in..iour_place at the table, when Pamela is charming to her that
s
anditgives' us such a herrld,Thereav- i.l.e"i"Shelsii"E"ehrarinertatrtoe.- everyone, this
ed feeliag.When we look- At it: Miler sad,,,ess.,0e, Is 411a,s,, 4, Jock and mhos.- and
; ,...kseewas tews daajytiagnaa thtsha a° ggahtteYnin°rr al; pi. !),..rt isle. bringsMrs .M. ,u` C ow shbooksa re all at ail papers
feet.aa
nary, run o . i . your
- ' ' . ' ' . f vegetables' sliest Of xis lri''triumph, • • He was particularly in-,
terested in hearing about o scout chocolates and fruit, and ansiket US
put op. In it most exclusive shop in - g - s Y -, feel we are conferring the favor bs.
• • and has added his t the list h accepting them; she is a real charm._
the .city she had seen lieets about the-,
prays for. ; You will be ,glad .to hear. .
Sstirriengof bheiansgMaarnbdIeSp,eastinYinlimpiantbeans,
that. he has got ovel. his 'Prejudice. er, for When she speaks to you she
against going to heaven. It. seems it mtnahkeess h5aujafeesti-etaheatenneGrseoinfe; Andsheand such were the dainty first fruits -Ai because someone told hi that
'of the stifle which were to appease the dogs A. em is simple (or at least appears to be) ;
:aP'sPetites Of her friends. Then there wauldne'toudidesnetrt go
Paentdert charming -manner that • is so difficult
ir she hasn't the Now-Lamsgoingsto-be-
are the out-oisthe-ordinary '''' jellies, other Wor.ds. Jock has put it nig.
by telling hint that the translaters-of
the Bible probably 'made a slip, d
an . for she is very—pliable, I think is the
to bear. It is such fun talking to her,
fruits' or picideis.—Thobarb jelly; elder -
rant , jellies. SPleek-eurra• Accustomed to converse
berry jelly, mild rilum, or 1 black cur-
nts andl u• lghhort, now everyone
eiantnTelistelyR. every word I Want
with, people who constantly pull one
spiced cranberries can seldom be to heaven,' hoping thus to smuggle augrP eseir, rut iwiThtehrer / thinky'Ahnoouwid
are aamit'at
bought° '' - . his dear companion. • ' Wrong,'..it•iS wonderfully soothing to
- . if You start at hiistmis shelf now, "It is an extraordinary thing, 'but discuss things with saracime who has
when the season of 'gift 'giving is at almost the ' very the air ' of 'being convinced by one's
hand you will -be 'neither hurried nor Priorsferd things bnieginaunt.eto"huappleent.,
• worried. •••• ‘,/ told you in the note 1 wrote the arguments. It is weak, I know, but
tre afraid I agree with Mrs. MsCosh,
divadygerY°;tihodleat arrived that BueuldlLthBoattbrahteLS wbho described a friend as 'a rale nice
seen.- her, but,..1 .didn't realise theny:dst,' She clinics wi' every.word
•
what a difference her coming Would 9 am thinking to myself ' bo*
make to us. . I never knew such
friendly person; the comes in at any 'a Greataunt Alitam would have -dread-
ed Pamela's influence. She would, have
THE SUMMER 'CHRISTMAS
SHELF.
Instead.of waiting until Christmas
18. almost hero and then rushing mad-
• ly ,about to pureliase 'gifts for Your
friends -Why not start a Christmas
644, now?, EierY walk' apd drive
abut th� enAntrY and every lat?
..awaselrom home may be Made to eon-
• tribute to,the collection.
,
•
'Sofa, ; pillows stuffed, with balsam
have rengbeen in, use and :will 'ever
Wing 4oght.'tx• the weary city
Less,ImO*, but not less. delight-
- ful, are Cushions filled with sweet fern
. and bayberry,IpaYes: Thesweet fern
'Should be gathered when in full leaf,
but before it has began to dry.
The, ideal place to dry theni:is,in .a
hot drtroom indoors. Use two-thirds
• Sweet • fern. to 'one-third ,bayberry
Those who live, where the white
birch grows will find it a, contributor.
Unique and rusticlooking, plate
!Cards may he nuide for the friend who
• is always-lboking for, something a lit!
• tle 'different for her 'luncheon enter-
• tainments: • 'Your camper friends
Would 'like napkin rings made of birch
•
• Anyone who has at, her Command
4'okt:fashioned herb .garllen can pre-
pare gifts which'will be appreciated
.by ' any -housekeeping - friend.. ' Who
would het be, glad t� have the spicy
• fragrance. of 'herbs greet them .when
shaking out the Woolens and tura hi
the. fallrather than •evil -smelling
Moth' balls? •
The following formula of carefully
dried herbs is a ' good preventive
against MO*: rosemary and spear
mint, eacha haif. pounds tansy: and
thyme, each .fotti ouocet,'. and, freshly
grotint:i cloves, two . tablespoonfuls.
MIX and Store in well -closed boxes tin-
• ' til the holiday •season.
'No perfumes made by man Can egM-
pare with some 701'-thairWhich-sire
• the' , product. of the ..garden. If there
,
, are a few bushesef lavender at ecini-
' mend one has material for inany hice
• remembrances. If there is'lemon
•Verbena around; it is well, to know it
combines Wonderfully; with lavender,
one improying, the other. Think how
delighted would he the ,,dainty houSee
• IseePer who likes her linens and sheets
to have the old-time lavender smell to
•receive a, bag of this mixture well
, -
Last summer I met a girl who was
• filling her Christmas shelf with vege7
tables canned in glass, not the ordi-
•
Made i?t Canada.
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ISSUE No.. 243-,-'24
Malte.gp a little, but he was, difficult
liantrilvit-Vmst"rif s‘ot‘. tfterlaTnelehrirVe "
40.41i'omuildtofi.0.14i5t4b4Upt ofloohkisasowdiatycboodmye
had ever made -it fins of him, I asked .Aft er every meal
Mill to stay with us for a week, but
he wouldn't -I think he thought I was
rather mad to ask him, and Pamela
laughed at me about it, . : She laughs'
aiessifo.,
istes:rnsowTriploh4euevrenaae,itaeigsl:ioths°d:iiej nld.uegnacl.f.hu.e:anyidl.,ob‘ueerallilesttelnre'tio-1
'morrow to hear howpyou.are settling
•
ctilisseafterneoas_ , . , •,-
•down. lytre. lircosh has baked some,
ihOithioadlor "to4,7*1,41h,1;00.11'POW
°L.OYA /*rein qachI. na, and Retarg
"Jean."
sort of time—after breakfast, a few
minutes before luncheon, for tea, h seen in' he.r the personification of° the ordinary Jewels. :These. are what I
like—odd things, old things, things
een nine, an en a nig .
. World, the Flesh, and the Devil—al-
•
d 1
tell you her uome .parneia. Resiton beit She would have been much inl-
and her brother, who seems to hz Apruenstsedby-Alison r descent: dear
ranging about India somewhere, is
Lord Bidborough CA lord -no -less,' as an'effect °the same, Davie, it j,s odd what
Mrs. M'Cosh. Would say). :She calla D'yOuremerni'sbeer heoawrlyindistereaurianggeasdhG.:
• him Biddy; and seems devoted to him. , A. Alison was about our levitY=esPe-
• "Although She is horribly' rich and ! cially • mine? 'She once said bitterly.
an 'honorable,' .and' all that sort ..Of. that -1 was life the ell-woman—hollow
thing; she isn't in the least grand.She
never impresses one with opulence —because X laughed in, the middle.of
the Bible lesson. And how antiquated
does. Her eletheS. are beautiful, but took
as, for instance, Mie. Duff -'Whalley and stuffywethought her views, and
much a p f h lit that pleasure In' assuring ourselves
4
• CHAPTER VII.
' ."You should never wear short
string 'Of beads when You are Wearing
big earOnSu,!' Pamela said.
"But. why?" asked :Team, ,
- "Welt see for yourself: I ens Wear,
ings-big-rounct-earringsliglits.J.s.spist
on the beads that match—quite Wrong...
It's a. question 'of ?
. "I see," Said • ! Jean •-:;theughtfully,
• "But 'how de .yon learnthose things?"
• "You don't learn them. Yoe either
kneW then, or you doiet. A sort of
instinct for -dress, I suppose"
Jean was sitting in Pamela's bed-
room. Pamela's bedroom it was now,
certainly net Bela Bathgnte's• .
The swinging laoldng-glasshad
been replaced by one which,According
to Pamela, was at leasttruthfuL"The
other one," she complained; "made me
look pale green ,and drowned." • '
A cloth Of fine linen and, lace Cever-
ed the toilet -table Which was spread
With brushes 'and boxes n tortoise-,
shell andgold, quaint -shaped bottles '
l
for scent, androses in a tall glass. A jewebox stood open and Paniela
was pulling out earrings and neck-
laces, rings and 'broothes for Jean's
amusement.„•. i
"Most of My things • are at the '
bank,” Pamela was sayingas she held
up • a pair of Spanish earrings made
_of, rows of „pearls. "They .generally
are there, for) don't ?are a. bit abut
o ou' never 'think ;of them: Her Pearls
at that We had got far beYond thein, And
a o her persona
you spent an evening tea -les in your
On't•hit you in the fade as most other room because you, ' said you . would
people's do. Because she is sass un -
he is lovely. rather be a Buddhist -than, a Disrup-
onscious of them, I suppose. I think
•Jock -says she is like ,a tio;rNeiTzrtbhyytiropaytouAurileint ellbise;thhaatd?
greyhound, and f know what he means blinded better than she knew. When
It is .the long, swift,, grateful way 'Pamela laughs `How Biblical' or says
he has of moving : • She says, she is in her Pretty, . soft Voice : that our
orty. , T. alWay& thought forty ': was , great-aunt's religion must have been
uite old, but now it seemsto.Me the a hard and ugly thing, 1, get hot with
ery prettiest age. Age. doesn't really anger and t feel I 'must 'stick un -
matter at all to People who haYe, got swetviriglY to thee anticinated ...dews.
aces 4441 figures and - manners like Is . it . heetiuse. poor; Great-aunt isn'
Pamela Reston. ' - They win,. always here' to Make ine? _I don't know. -
makewhateyer age they, are seem the "Mhos ' is really ! surisTisinglif
naughty, , Yesterday I heard angry
shoots.frozil the rciad, and then I Met
Mlior sauntering in, on his face the
Seraphic expression he wears . when
some nefarions scheme has prolpered
ilq02
Striking Frock of Simmer Silk
. ,
, Note the siniple, graceful lines
• of pie.- semi-fltted, long -Waisted
bodice with smart.bateau neck and.
Bertha. collar., Two' styles of
sleeves are pro•vided, either of '
which are in good taste: 'the longer
• sleeves -firtished With a tuck above
• hem. Attached two-piece 'slightly
gathered • skirt• with, graduated
tucks. •• Plaht.. or printed ,
°bellies or cotton. fabrics May be
• used for.this model.• Misses' dress
No. 1002'eut in .siies•16. 18 and 20 ,
years. 'Size 4.8 requires 4;/'4 yards
40 �r 44 inch material, with
yard plain material,„86 Or 40 inches
"tvide for Bertha collar.-",
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'Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt of 20c in silver, by the Wilson
Pattern Service 73 Adelaide St. West,
Toronto, • •
OUR NEW LIVING ROOM..
• say living . room,' for 'I have
had:, the c� -operation :Of _the' entire
ontistiik---;et-711,47 husband,daughtet,,' age& folirteen.; smaller
•heys, the Youngest 'eleven, anda, Wee.
'
..-Our ,kitchen and • dining seem- have
always been On the north' side Of the
lotto, „lyirtatti_t:ss,1 ;IWO! ''in the
,
"north :and lart-OF nfil In 415, 40.
did•Nery " in sulianier' 'When,
tie dor i Could be .open,.but on Cloddy
winter day's. it was,, dtearYsfrom. day-
light, till dark.
" -This year we ha'vn changed •things.
The two tenth seems Which' have. al -
Ways been 'parlor and tpareisedrooin„
used be_kitchgn
ThereAte. tWeltirge
dOnble Windows in the' south and the
he
same in. t'eta east door and
large, window in, .the vett: ,
-slit 'Our liVing.....roeni, -WU I -be -d'oi4y
rockers an inviting *Couch, a Warm
-rligTe-Bif:corner back of the *heater
with a pretty box for 13aVy's play-
things, plenty of geraninnit in the
WilidOWS;silsofiCspillifosis.stoVened with
floWered cretonne.' :The same: ireten no'
he.atdduble doors in place of por-
tieres. and els°, for everdrapes .at the
witidOWs. ester. ineXpensitte
taint,WhiChs can be etisilY laundered,.
• We shall have. a library table 18 the
• centre of the ktunn th.a 'good lamp
and . the . late niagatines and daily
pePer). large'entitigh se that the fain,.
can.tather ardtinci-siti thesettenitig;
to :Andy; reed Or play' games:, have
a flat -top trunk Which I Shall, pod
m ;
w-rm, Old ebratorter 'kind •COVer With
the cretonne for seat at the
south 'windowl this Will •.iitte be 'a
"I ' do wonder ,what brings' her. to
PrioreferdI I. rather: think that hav-
ing been all her life so very 'twopence
colored'. she wants : the 'penny plain'
for a change. ' Perhaps that IS WItY and in his hand thbrass lireakfatt.
she likes The Rigs and' us-, -.There Ss
. t' n • ' ., z
=it jumpsto heeil'
kettle. He had beeorpeniring water on
no mistake about our `Penny -Plainness' the passers-by from the - tepof ,the
wall. Only, he explained to me, . on
sq. am just 'afraid she won't stay the men who wore 'hard. black 'hats,
who could swear.' .' •
. "I -told him the pollee would probab-
ly:
Visit as in the course of the after-.
neon, and pointed out to him hew un
gentlemanlike was his behairiour, and
he said he, wag Sorry; ,but Pm afraid
he ,will soon think ; of , some other
wickedness '
-"He thinks he can do anything:he
hasn't been bald not to . do, but how -
'could 'I 'foresee that he would *ant to
pour water, on men with :hard' black
hats, capable ,of swearing? , .
had almost forgotten. te-telLyou,
an old rnaa'came yesterday arid want-
ed to see over the house. Yen can im-
agine what;a Scare I got—I made sure
he wanted to buy it; but it- tureed mit
that he had lived at The Rigs as a
boy, And had come back for old, Sake's
sitice.: He looked ill -and rather shabby
and Idon't believe life had been -Very-
goo- -.NI him.. 'I did want to try and
very long. There are so many pretty,
little houses: in Prioisford, and so
many kind and forthcoming, land-
ladies, it bad luck that she should
choose Hillview aria Bella' Bathgate.
Bela is'alinost like a stage-caracature
ctf a Scotswoman, so dour she is' and
^ I
ecintainer,for needlework and genies.
When our room is finished, It. Will be
so cozy We shall almost welcome the
long Winter evenings. ' •
Daughter hesarixious for .the room
to be finished so she can inviteher
school friends in to spend_ the ,night
with her. I The boys are just as .en-
• thusiastie.1 Their part Will be' to fix
thewindows.for the plants and .the
box ,:for baby's ,playthings: Father.
has ordered the 'rug and we shall soon
be snug in the brightest tOorns in the
house:: I lUtVe no fear that my, chil-
drenand huSband. will hunt amuse-:
inentintewif or elsewhere., --P.
picked up in odd Cerriers of the world,
things that have a story and •a mean-
ing. Biddy got • me , these, turquoises
in Tibet: that S; a devil che.rrn: isn't
that Ade delicious? I think I like
Chinese things best of all." '
She threw a string of cloudy amber
round Jean's neck and cried, "My
deer, how 'it becemes. you. It br.ings
.
out all the -golden lights • in your hair
and eyes." .• ' •
'Jean sat forward in her chair and
looked 'at her reflection, in the glass
with a pleased smile. ' ' •
"I do like dressing -Up," she con-
fessed.. "Pretty things are 'a great
temptation to 'me. I'M afraid
had money .1 would spend a lot -in
adorning my vile body.' •
(To be continued.)
For Sore .Fhet--Minard!a „Liniment:
A-BATx-.t.oAnDTOir' flABW •
, ,l•to :One I.thing : has been of greatet!
value as a .,back, , .foOt . and: thine saver
t� me,. in. the Care Of my baby, than,
the', bath .boaid. ,which., :my 'husband
made 10. p,tit 4crog the'tub for lAbY's
diapering, and bath:, • .
.,We have a small house -and
et bathroom., A nursery table Was out
of the question, so ,my husband Made
a boa"rd to fit across one end of the
bathtub:It -is Made' with cleats under-
neath,. soA,that it cannot Slip and is
.covered With' oilcloth., . The hoard is
-221W2rincliet: 7 "
On this board' when baby Was tiny
there wet Iroonilor bath basket small
tUb.and baby himself. Later when he
wea.' big: enoughto;Pat' intil_theJiig:
tub , it was So- convenient to lift hini
Onto tit§-hdttird'whieltI, Iffid
covered with a large towel, wrap him
in the towel, and continue ,with' the
rites of.4his..bathAsvithsall,his „things -4n, ,
his bit iti trent Of
grew larger the basket had to be
moved from the beard to make room'
for him 43iit there was always room'
for th2, Stack of diapers. ' ,
, As long as,diapering Was necessary;
we, Used the beard' for that, and found,
it saved ilozene of 'Steps. Everything:
needed was Tightthere. We are using,
'the board yet for bath and dressing,
and I don't know what' I will do when
baby outgrow t his 'bath board, ---J.,
L. W,
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ISSUE No. 28—'24,
1
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ourse
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taste, satisfy
thirst aridrefresh-
• l
yofurse •
Sold everywhere it
fOthtliibOt
ii
•• a few peanies:
Delicious old RefrOgiiii0
—The 'Oka -Cola:, Comptania caniida;-Ltd.,
- Mead Office: Toi-onta
,
Arita.' That, Eat .Forests.
' There' ifs a • large Parts of Northern .
Atistralia where ',Wooden houses never
last long for If they are built they .are
eatea...i'.The.Whele.,of the woodwork Is
chewed te'pnliS .from
and the :house laeocrinea, .a. mere
shell;'•. thicket ," than '
liaper.,.1,Vhed.asturra Conies it- rails •
'
. Nothing short'Of :sheet. tree
from, these .pest. ' Xurnithre,- rafters,: ,.
lieerfioards,doer posts—Abe ants eat
thtn.kli. The White hat; which Is not ,
reallY;nn.aat at ill. blitn. termite;
the Mose ,terrible•Of .inset plagne. '
If lives hills '• the size•Uf:WhiCh
edinpared with the 'proportionsof:the.
ifuSect itself is simply staggering...Fi.
teen. to .eighteen. feet the wrerage ' •••,
height. -But some tower to"tweaty.tve
. ••
..or :even, ,thirty feet!• Could fnaa: build.
on a .proportionate scale;',the,honses;
It 'London would tower to the height
' nen- Nevis, '
•
These hills are usually irregular:
'bones with odd 'littlepinnacles but
• • there, is onesert of termite,. ,paited the
!'meridional," .v.shich
five 'times. As long, as, they are wide.
The _most" extraordinary point about -
;these strange- dwelliegs, is that. theop, .
posit& 'emit point -with perfect,, pre-
• clsioa to. the Magnetic poles.,
' TO -day there are hundreds Of square
Miles;"or emintty detted al over With
theSetills.., Each hill•MarloS the spots, .
v,--here-:,-a: tree, ,otice.. gre*;•• k :tree ri�w.-
Satena Way to its Very roote„ tor the. ter.
ratio,",net content with the deetrtiction''.' •
tt works . above grenind, ,wIllburrow • ,
• 'Sixty feet down • inW: the 'eallit
•search.O.f moisttire,,
A Poem You (Night to Know..
"000toak."
. . ,
'Th --critics Itiefitte. to eto
fleflry
. .
Wadsworth Longfellow a place 'in, the
firSt .rank, of tbe. poets,;, but if .,
‘the,Valtie bf n'po-et wereAn'he reckon-
ed by, the pleasure he lia.s.given to the. '
largest ,trember;;IsongfellOwie, position
Would be a veryligh otteindeed: For •
etie person who ;could", recite -a. verse
(rens:Tennyson; '13,rowning„ Or Keats,..a-
hundred 'could quote from the anther
af 'The 'VlIkige, Blacksinith,".,
:ws.theAtiadvarigeline."...,,-Ilere•le a
petilape got te faniiittir
,as those ,nartieds-t.
• A. wind came up ont'of•the sea,
said, "O MistS, niake 'rat* for • •
It. hailed the ships and cried,
Ye mariners;the sightsts-gone.".-
Atel hitrried landward far:away,
' Crying, ''Awo.kel. it is, the ,day.",
•, ° ".'
ft.said unto the forest,..",.houtt • 1
Han
it touched the Wexki•birtv§, folded, wing. rj'
. ' Andsaid, .blrq,:awako and sing."
And o'er -the farms; '11- chatitleideis.
Your, clarion -blow; 'the dails Wear,- .
It •whispered to the ileitis et Corn,
Bow down. and hail the g
cemin,
, . ,
It shouted throat; ET the belcry-tower,
sAwake, 0 bell! proclaim the hoar!'
' b
It crosSed the churchyard wit q sig ,
And said -Net yet! in quiet lie,"
Nothing is lost until you've loSt
your courage.