The Brussels Post, 1921-5-12, Page 74
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The Kingdomo
The Blind
By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM, ---- --
! Major Thomson are enagod to be
inarrled,"
CHAPTER 1II,
A few rays of fugitive sunshine
werebrighter in:g Pltcatlly when
Geraldine earl her .escort left the Rite.
The moment:,ry dein:essien ocee nod
by the dramatic little epi,:ede of a
few minutes ago, seemed- thready to
heve peed from -the g:rl'u maturer
eho walked on, itumming to her•se1
As they paused to cross the road, she
glanced as though involuntarily ac bex
eomp•tnion, His dark morning clothes
and rather abstracted air created an
atmoslphero of sombreness about hi.
of winch she was sucklenty eoneoioue
"Hugh, why don't you wear uniform
in town?" she asked.
"Why should I?" he replied, "After
all, 1 am not really a fighting man
you see."
"It's so becoaniog," she sighed,
Ile seemed. to oateh the reminerecent
and offered a salver on which were flash in her eyes as she looked down
several. eupa of coffee and+ liqueur the street, and a shadow of forebod-
glaeses. Captain Granet leaned for- ing clouded his mind,
ward in his place and stretched out his "You found: Captain Granet inter-
handt to serve hie companion. Before esting,'?
ho touter take the cup, however, the Very; she assented heartily,? � "1
whole tray had slipped from . the think he Is delightful; don't you?"
waiter's fingers, ealrght the corner of "He certainly seems to be a; most
the table, and fallen with its contents attractive type of young man," Thom -
on. to the carpet. The waiter himself son admrittod,
—a small, undersized person with "And hove wondered to have had
black, startled eyes set at that me. such adventures!" she continued. "Life
•ment in a fixed and unnatural stare— has become so •strange, though, der
made one desperate effort to save Mg the last few months. To think
himself and then fell) backwaid+s, that the only time I ever saw him be
Every one turned around, attnacted fore was at a polo match, and to -day
by the noise of the falling cups and
the sharp, half -stifled] groan which
broke from the man's lips. Captain
Granet sprang to his feet.
"Good heavens! The fellow's in a
fit!" he exclaimed.
The maitre delete' and several
waiters came hurrying up towards the
prostrate figure, by the side of which
Major Thomson was already kneeling.
The manager, who appeared, upon the
Scene as though by magic, and upon
whose face was an expression of hor-
ror that his clients should have been
so disturbed, quickly gave his orders.
The man was picked up and carried
• 'ever .Do much more than we can. One away. Major Thomson followed be -
:soldier only sees a little bit of his hind. Two or three waiters in a few
own corner of the 'fight you know." seconds succeeded in removing the
"But can't you tell me some of your debris of the accident, the orchestra
'own pensonal'experiences?"`she per- commenced a favorite waltz. The
listed. "They are so much more In: etre d'•hotel apologized to' the little
teresting than what one reads in groups of people for the commotion
!print." —they were perhaps to blame for hay -
"I never had any," he assured her. ing employed :a young man so delicate
"Fearfully slow time we had for —he was scarcely fit for service.
!tenths." "He seemed to be a foreigner,"
"Of course, I don't believe a word Lady Anselman remarked, as the man
you say," she declared, laughing. addressed his explanations to her.
"You're not taking me for a war "He was a Belgian, madam, He
correspondent, by any chance, are
you?" he asked. was seriously wounded at the chum
She shook her head. direcerof the war. Wetook him
„ , direct from the hospital:"
Your, language isn't sufficiently "1 hope the poor fellow will soon
picturesque! Tell me, when are you recover," LadyAnselman declared.
going 'back?„ "Please
re
"As soon as I can pass the doe- of
eeffairdo oast tfar taass weiarecoom-
tons. in a few days, > hope." oerned. You must let me knew later
You hope?" she repeated. "Do you on !tow he is."
really mean that, or do you say it The maitre d+hotel; retreated with a
because it is. the proper thing to say?" little bow. Geraldine turned to Cap -
He appeared for the moment to tain Granet.
soewhat repent her question. "I think," she said, "that you must
"The fact that I hope to get back,' be very kind-hearted, for a soldier,"
he remarked epldly, "has nothing He turned and looked at her.
whatever to do with my liking my job „ y?.
when I get there. As a matter of fact, "You must have seen<so many her-
I hate it. At the same Lime, you can .rible sights -so many. dead . people,
surely understand• that there isn't any and -yet „ -
other place for a man of my age and "Well?" he persisted.
profession:' "There was something
e
"Of ccurse not," she agreed softly. inYour kind
"I really am sorry that I bothered of
horrorn the mane st I s re a kind
you. There is one thing I should like it r uoh I ant"sure you felt
to know, though, and that is how you it quite as much as any of us:"
He was silent for a moment.
managed to escape?" "In a battlefield," he observed slow
He shook his head but his amiability ly, "one naturally becomes a little cal
seemed to have wholly returned. His low, but here if is different. The fel-
eyes twinkled as he looked at her. low did look ghastly ill, 'didn't he?
There we're up against a solid wall I wonder what was really the matter
of impossibility, he replied. You with him."
see, some of our other chaps may try "We shall know when Major Thome
the dodge. I gave them the tip and son, 'returns;' she said.
I don't want to spoil their chances. Granet seemed scarcely to hear her
By -the bye, do you know the man two words. A curious fit of abstraction
places down on your left? • he added, had seized him. His head was turned
dropping his voice a little. "Looks al-
most like a waxwork figure, doesn't towards bhe corridor, he seemed to be
he?"
adBdTag
Conducting a Riichca Shower.
f, The following plan war re eptly
carried out wit", great suocet•ia. The
'bride-to-be wan invited to a "thimble
purtvY Qa her arrival eke found•
i'ieveral of her friends already as-
m sembled and 'there were numereus re -
Merles concerning others who were
said to 'be late. Presently the Itoetess
remarlceil, "We night have come
music while we are waiting for the
otter girl's to come, Did we tell you
of the new instrument which we got
last week? It is called a 'kitchen -
ale,' "
As the . hostess, 'pronounced the
word, the doors between the living-
room and dining -room were opened
disclosing the missing guests grouped
as an . orchestra or band ie grouped,
each one holding somesort of kitchen
utensil which she proceeded to use ae
if it were a musical instrument. Ai
the moment when the doors were
- opened, some one in the background
started the talking -machine, a' record
- for a merry tune having been previ-
ously put in place.. The performers
kept time to this music and were led
by one of the girls who acted as con-
ductor, beating time with a wooden
spoon which she used as a baton.
A girl at one end of the first row
played ",bones," using clothespins fox
the purpose; the girl at the other end
held a sieve and went through the
motions of playing a tambourine.
A . large dish -pan and a wooden
spoon made a good .bass drum; an
aluminum kettle made a smaller
drum; a frying- pan did duty as a
ma'tidolin; a coffee pot trade an ex-
cellent cornet, and a teakettle made a
trombone. A broom and a poker made
a wonderful 'cello; the violin, repre-
sented by a dust -brush and a toasting
fork, was equally good. A hand -
organ was contrived out of a cake box
and a coffee -mill; an egg -beater made
a good rattle. Pie plates were used
as cymbals; and a wire broiler was
"picked" banjo fashion. A set of
fireproof glass custard cups, set out
en a enmll table were "played" as
orchestra .bells, the performer strik-
ing the cups with wooden meat skew-
ers. -
The tune worked up to a maignif-
cent crescendo, ending with. as much
noise as could be made, and all the
performers "played" as hard as they
possibly could whether they contri-
buted to the noise or not.
The guest of honk, convulsed -with
laughter, begged for an encore. An-
other tune was started and played to
the finish. Then the conductor, turn -1
Mg to face the audience, bowed and I
said to the ,bride-to-be: "Realizing the+
value of music in the home we plan-
ned this wonderful instrument, the
kitehenola, just for you. We are pre-
senting it with our best wishes, and
trust that you wilt become a skilful
performer and that your performances
upon the 'lcitchenola' will be produc-
tive of much happiness." Whereupon
she presented the "baton" (spoon) and
stepped aside to allow• the other girls
to present their parts of the womler-
f it instrument. Of course, each
article 'had a card attached to it, the
donor's name and an appropriate
jingle halving been written on the
card.
.After each gift had been duly ad-
mired ansa acknowledged, refresh-
ments were served. The decorations
for this part of the entertainment
were quite in keeping, for the hostess
had used a box holding a card index
for household recipes, for the centre-
piece, surrounding the box with curly
parsley and little red peppers. The
"bride's" place was indicated by a pile
of the cards tied with red ribbon, each
card containing a recipe which had
been contributed and signed by one
of the guests. The other place cards
were made by pasting pictures of
kitchen utensils on index cards,
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CHAPTER L--(Cont'd,) were seated. She welcomed him with
"An Admirable Crichton,". MNsjor a anvils,
'Thomson murmured. "Are no?'"
coming to have coffee
'In sport, at any rate," his neigh- with no .? she asked,
'fuer. assented. "Hehas always bean "If I may; he answered, "1 shall
vote of the most popular young men have to be off in a few minutes,"
about town, but of course the women A waiter pause t before their table
will spoil him now.
• "Is it my fancy," he asked, "or
was he not reported a poisoner?"
"Ifo was 'mieeing twice, once fpr
rover a week," Mrs. Cunn!ngbam re-
plied, "There are allants of stories
as to how be got beck to the Mines.
.A perfect young dare.devi'1•, I should
think. I must talk to Mr. Daniell for
a few minutes or he will never pub-
lish my reminiscences,"
She leaned towards her neighbor on
-the :other vele and Major Thomson
was able to resume the role of atter-
'hive observer, a role which seemed
,somehow his by destiny. He listened
without apparent interest to the con-
'versation between Geraldine Conyers
sand+ the young man whom they had
eel discussing.
"I think," Geraldine complained',
"that you are rather overdoing your
'diplomatic reticence, Captain Granet,
You haven't told me a single thing.
'Why, some of the Tommies .I have
iboen .to see in the hospitals have been
!far more interesting than you."
He snided.
"I can assure you," he protested,
"'it isn't my fault. You can't imagine
tow fed up one gets with things out
'there, and the newspapers can tell you
"You mean Major Thomson? Yes,- remarked pueer resently. .rt of stick,
Thomson," het
I know him," she asserted, after a p y. Feat
moment's hsitation. "He is very! friend of yours, Miss Conyers?"
She hesitated for a moment.
quiet to -day, but he is realty most' ."I have known him for some time."
interesting. Something in her tone seemed to
Their hostess rose and beamed on disturb him. He leaned towards her
them all from her end of the table,
"We have decided," she announced,) quickly. His face had toe its good-
"to take our coffee out in the lounge." hrtlyed very muchce. in earnest as eve
CHAPTER II. I "Please don't think me 'impert!-
it lpartytrooped t ofth
The liteo ec out e
restaurant anmde their way to a giant
hefriend?"
begged, "but—is he a very
corner of the lounge, where tables grSh fid no
had already been prepared with coffees She did not answer. She was look -
and liqueurs. Geraldine Conyers and ,ng over his 'shoulder' towards where
Captain Granet, who had lingered be -
:Major Tlmmson,•who had just return -
hind, found a table to thonselves., ed, was answering a little stream of
Lardy Anselman laid her fingers upon qu"The man is in a shockingly weak
Major Thomsons arm. state;' he announced. "He is a Bel-
Please talk for a few minutes to gian, has been wounded, and evidently
S'elarne, she begged. "Your french subjected b great privations. His
Is such a relief to her." ! heart is very much weakened. He
He obeyed; immediately, although' had a bad fainting fit, ;but with a long
his eyes strayed more than once to ,
wards the'table at which TheCaptain'lehe may recover,"
Granet and his companion were seat-•. to little party broke up once more
ed. Maclnme Seiarne was in a gossipy; itnto groups. apart , who had drawn
mood and they found many mutual for a moment apart and seemed to be
Acquaintances. adjusting the knots of his sling, turn
"To speak a foreign language asled to Thomson.
yy-ou do," she told him, "is wonderful. vet?H'ss" lte)askedtoveted consciousness
Is it in French alone, monsieur, that "Barely.," MIS the terse reply.
you excel, or . are you, perhaps, a There was no specie,! cause for his
great
1 cant sears t�ly eall myself that;'Jne going off like that I suppose?'
replied, "but I do speak several other Surgeon -Major Themson's silence
languages. In imy younger days I
travelled a good deal,"
"German, perhaps, too?" she in-
quired
nquired with a little gamete.
"I pats ata hospital in Berlin," he
confessed.'
Lads Anselman's party was cud-
deny increased by the advent of some
acquaintances from an adjoining tablet
all of whom desired to be presented
to Madame Selarno. Major Thomson,
set at liberty, "made his way at once
ttowdttxls the mall table ab which Cap-
tain (Crane, and! Geraldine Conyers
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was scarcely a hesitation. He was
standing perfectly still, his eyes fixed
upon the young soldier,
"At present," he said, "I am not
quite deem about that. If yen are
ready, Geraldine?"
She nodded end they made their
farewells to Lady Anselman, Granet
looked after them with a slight
frown. I•Ie drew his aunt on one side
for moment.
"Why is Miss Conyers here without
a chaperon?" he asked. "And why
did he o away with Thomson?"
Lady Anselman laughed,
"Didn't ,she tell you?"
"Teel me what?" he insisted eager.
ryLady. Anselman looked at her
nephew curiously,
"l tdently," ahs remarked, "your
,progress with the young lade was not
so rapid as it seemed, or she would
have told you her secret--ea:Me by -
the -bye, isn't a secret at all. "ho and
we sit side by side in a restaurant,
and, although he won't speak of them,
one knows that he has had all man-
ner of marvellous adventures. He
was one of those who went straight
from the playing fields to look for
glory, wasn't be, Hugh? He made a
hundred and thirty-two for Middle-
sex the day before war was declared."
"That's the type of young soldier
who's going to carry us through, if
any one eau," Major Thomson agreed
cheerfully.
She suddenly clutched at his arm.
"Hugh;" she exclaimed, pointing to
a placard • which a newsboy was car-
rying, "that is the one thing I cannot
bear,.ttle one thing which I think if
I were a man would turn me into a
savage!"
They both paused and read the
headlines:
PASSENGER STEAMER TOR-
PEDOED WITHOUT WARNING
IN THE IRISH SEA. TWENTY-
TWO LIVES LOST.
"That is the sort of thing," she
groaned, "which makes one long to
be not a man but a god, to be able
to wield thunderbolts and to deal out
hell!"
"Good for you, Gerry," a strong,
fresh voice behind them declared.
"That's my job now. Didn't you hear
us shouting after you, Olive and I?
Leek!"
Her brother waved a telegram.
(To be continued.)
Tradition in Navies.
The navies ot the world are peculiar
in their traditions and customs. The
wide collar on the seaman's shirt re-
mains, though the grease -slushed
queue has long been forgotten. The
American man -o -war's -man wearsa
black neckerchief because the British
sailor put it on as a badge of mourn-
ing for Lord Nelson; the three white
braids on his collar are similarly
adopted in token of .memory of Nel-
son's victories at Copenhagen, the
Battle of the Nile' and Trafalgar.
He has put a star in each corner of
that queue -guarding collar, and he
holds to some other peculiarideas,
which other services share, but the
battle between the Monitor end the
Merrimac, the morning of S3nday,
March 9, .Tufty -nine years ago, i'sre-
membered and memorialized by all,
the great battleships of the world's
navies without regard to nation, re.
cognized as introducing the greatest
improvements . and reforms in the
structure of fighting ships since ships
were built.
Canada has over 38,000 miles of
railway, or one mile for every 224
persons.
•
In Holland all Christian names
afterfirst the fi t are taxed.
Mtnard's Liniment for, Burns. eta
Preserving the Graceful Antelope
Half a century ago countless ante-
lope roamed the piniries of Canada,
the United States and itlextco; today
it is doubtful. whether there are 15,-
000 of these graceful little animals in
all this vast area, though in past years
reliable observers have seen several,
thousand in a single day.
Mr. Thompson -Seton has estimated
that, at the time of first settlement of
the west, the range of the antelope Cov-
ered two million square miles, and
that there were no less -than twenty
million of these animals.
The riffle and the advance of agri-
culture have done their work, One
writer, in describing the antelope
herds of the "seventies,' says "the
prairie seemed to vibrate with the gal-
loping of these swift little creatures,
and they were slaughtered to such an
extent that their outstretched oar -
cases were piled is heaps like cord-
wood."
The antelope is one of the most
graceful animals; it is soarooll more
than three feet itigh at the shoulder,
and is fleeter titan the swiftest grey
hound. It is feared, howovor,ethat,
while, the antelope is absolutely pro-
tected in tits western provinces, it is
too late for the species to recover, The
Donminion Parks Brunch is endeavor-
ingto save the antelope in preserves.
In but one of these, However, is sue•
cess reported. A !nerd ot the little
animals was discovered near Memis-
kam, Alta., and these were surrounded
by is wire tence enclosing eight sec-
tions. As the land was eminently
suited to the purpose, and unfit for
agriculture, it has been created a na-
tional preserve for the preservation of
tete antelope, At the time of capture
the herd consisted of forty-two ani-
mals, and this number has now In-
creased to about one hundred, This,
unforitutately, is the ouiyerecord of
increase of antelope in captivity, and
is undoubtedly due to the fact that
they are enclosed in their natural
range. Dr. W. T. Ilornaday says:
"Tho chief difficulty encountered in
trying to afford protection to the ante-
lope is In ifs own nature. Itis deli-
cate, capricious and easily upset, It
is so sensitive to shock that it liter-
ally 'dies at the drop of the hat' Ow-
ing to the extreme difficulty in main -
Mining this species in enptiv!ty, its
iotal extinction at an early date seems
absolutely certain, -tutees it is fully
and permanently protected in its wild
state, on its native range, for a long
period,"
Canada's action In giving milvorsat
protection and providing natural
=gee for the antelope will inidoubt-
edly prolong the exbsteneo of the
speeles, but it Is only a question of
time when the atts 0Iice of elviliiation
will entirely absorb the free natural
ranges' and templeto its extinction,
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While tete affair was most Oaeeess- Ineeeoteen. very large otock always on
ful, we thought afterward that it
wetted have 'added to the effect if the
girls had worn crepe paper•reps, inad'e
the craps -worn by'enembers ofa
beam; or taking. a little more trouble
they could ;have made the caps to
resemble ].it'chen'utensils, using card-
board sand emcee paper for the purpose,
"1JotherItoed," .
The fair young earth hushed ell her
sounds of life,
As eveeing,gathercd in the western
sky,
And calmed the sportive winds that
*The might hear
Tho , world's' ' first mother's - first
lullaby.
A rapture, such as mothers share
with God
By sweet melodious cadences ex-
-
"My chill! Part of my heart in 1111. -
TURD form—
My diving thought, plucked from my
throbbing breast!"
How good was God to give such ,balm
divine
To sinning Eve bereft of Paradise!
To grant .her, mourning over Eden
lost,
To find new Edens in her baby's
eyes.
And every mother, crooning o'er her
child,
Catches the same sweet rapture
from the dries,
Amd, though shut out of earthly
Edens, finds
In mother -love a sinless Paradise.
—Mary Wood -Allen.
Their Own Things.
Let the chtldrren have their own
washcloths and towels. Children de-
light in haying their very own things,
and the magic which is brought about
by these simple articles embroidered
and labeled is v ens1erful. Even grimy
;handed boys have been known to rel-
ish their ablutions when accompanied
with a washcloth crocheted around
the edge with their favorite. color,
'which is generally red, and narked in
one corner with their name or initials.
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When the Izoy is too mannish to allow
crochet he .will still held dearly to
a washcloth which'eme his name print-
ed on it. Indelible -ink, put on by hie
own pen, will mean touch.
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Prune Tapioca -2 cepa milk, 2
tablespoons minute tap+ieea, '/s. tea-
spoon salt, 1 tablespoon butter, 2
tablespoons sugar, 2 egg yolks, 1 cup
prune pulp. Gook milk, tapioca, and
salt in double boder fifteen minutes.
Remove front fire; add butter, sugar,
and -egg yolks. Pour into a .greased
pan, and bake half an beer. Rub
stewed prunes through a sieve until
there is one cupful. 'Spread this pulp
on the tapioca, and cover with mer-
ingue.
Date Pudding -3 eggs, % cup
sugar, 0 tablespoons flour,•3 teaspoone
baking powder, 1 cup nut meats, 11,4
cups dates, 1 cup whipped! cream, juice
1 lemon, Beat the eggs until light,
and add the sugar. Mix bhe flour and
baking powder, add the chopped nut
meats and the dates, which .have been
stoned and cut in small pieces. Com-
bine with the eggs and sugar, and
bake in a moderate oven for twenty
minutes. Serve, while warm, with
whipped cream, flavored with the juice
of one lemon.
*Hoard's Ltntment Relieves Oolde, ate.
The only test of real Christian"ity,"
the .brotherhood of man, the only test •
that your religion is of the right sort,
is your attitude boward His children.
"And whosoever shall offend one of
these Little antes" --that is, set them a
bad example or cause them to become
dfscouraged and dissatisfied with life,
"it is better for Brien that a millstone
were hanged abeut his neck and he
were cast into the sea."
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"Is it neceseary,to leave the farmer
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by becoming the prey of greedy
plunderers? , It ifs a good thing
to prevent forest fires; it would be
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Choquette, .at Seventh Annual Meet-
ing - of the Commission of Conserva-
tion,
The United Agricultural ' Associa-
tion of Medicine Hat district has
entered into a contract with "Rain-
maker" Hatfield, under which, if four
indhes of rain shall fall between May
1 and August 1, 1921, Hatfield is to
be paid $8,000. He is to be ' given
credit for one-half of the precipita-
tion at $4,000 per inch up to a maxi-
mum of four inches; in other words,
if four inches of rain falls, Hatfield
gets credit for two- ineltes and re-
ceives $8,000 while Providence is
to get credit for the other eve inchies.
Iri order to carry out his part of
the contract "Rainmaker" Hatfield is
to "construct and build a rain precipi-
tation and attraction plant" ata suit-
able location, also rain gauges.
The Dominion Meteorological Bur-
eau, Toronto, says of this proposal:
"In my opinion the whole thing is
absurd. We are not ignorant as to
the causes which lead to rain, and
fully recognize that the fences of
nature involved in the production of
a summer shower are gigantic, so
gigantic indeed that it is hard to can-
ceive that any forces chemical or
otherwise that can can bring to bear
are otherwise than absolutely- pic-
ayune. The explosion which wrecked
Halifax in December, 1916, did not
lead even to the formation of a
cloud."
Campaign of Education Necessary.
C. V. Marvin, Chief of the United
States Weather Bureau, says his de-
partment is "eagerly desirous of as-
sisting in the protection of farmers
and others against payment of money
for rainmaking schemes and con-
tracts," also that "unquestionably a
long campaign of education is neces-
sary to completely suppress the in-
juries of these fraudulent schemes,"
Prof. E. S. Hopkins, of the School
of Agriculture, Olds, Alta., speaking.
at the Soil Fertility Conference of the
Commission of Conservatic"n at Win-
nipeg in July last, showed from re-
cords of 36 years duration that during
this long period the average precipi-
tation at Medicine Hat for what is
known as the growing season, May,
June and July (the period covered by
the Hatfield contract) was 6.14 inches.
This average includes the three dry
years, 1917, 1918 and 1919. "Water -
Powers of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta,' published by the Con --
mission of Conservation, in 1916,
states that the average precipitation
for the sante three months -for a per-
iod of 29 years preceding 1914, dins
6.36 inches.
Hatfield, in securing such a contract
from the Medicine Hat farmers, is
therefore gambling on fifty per cent,
better than an even chance.
Well inay Monseigneur Choquette
appeal for protection for the farmers
from those who, with nothing at stake,
gamble against -ha skiving's of the
farriers with faded dice.
Sky Science.
There are skies blue, red, yellow,
black, and grey. What makes the
colorings, and what do they portend?
lair
st it must be noted that thereis
really no "sky" in the sense that poets
write of it as the "arching dome."
What we call the sky is just air,
plus the itlnsory effect of distance.
And a blue, red, or other cohered
"sky" is only air which is holding
or reflecting blue, red, or other rays.
A yellow sky is that colot because
the air is moist. Moist air is more
transparent than dry, and it allows
the yellow rays to pass. A yellow sun-
set is an indication of wet, because the
color shows that the vapors in the
air are already condensed into clouds,
Which wit) soon discharge as rain.
A blue "sky" is brought abour. in a
somel'•hat peculiar fashion, The weak
blue rays of light, which are reflected
upwards from the earth, cannot get
through the air, and are the'efcre
sent down again. So we get a pre-
dominant blue- vision, or a blue "sky."
A grey sky at sunrise is caused by
the air being sufficiently clear to al-
low the three main colored rays-.
blue, red and yellow -4o pass with
feeble intensity. The combination is
le "grey." A red sky means that bhe
air Is zlT•.t'ereee that 11.; <A,*iq All hitt
the red rayl.: This air density is fitler
to a great excess of vapor at the
point of condensabion auto rain. Thus
"red in the morning" portends a wet
day,
Flies .Olslike Clover,
Clusters of clover, if hung in a room
aria lett to dry and 'sited pellet o
tlu'augiz elate air, will drive away 01050
flies man, stielty saucers of treacle
and other fly -traps and fly -papers Cru
ever Collect.
Character is the peer meta' capital