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AN OLD FRENCH
“SEVENTY‘I"IVE"
‘Bx; Marion Couthouy Smith
‘W’
HE dnesn‘t limit so deadl
The tniuons “Sevt>nty-llve";
YDIYVJ hardly dream other pomp and
DOW!
or the torce or her ieariul drive;
She’; slim and huitcreri and wcury.
lier guards and gears are heut,
she lies like is wounded lion
Wlluse llulltlllg days are spent
ller broken wheels are saizizlng.
cc.
And she’s proud ol the very mild she hears
rroio the lighting tleids oi rrance.
A savage thing you coil her,
Lilly "Seventy-live"?
the himll that lotlslill her Ilolls
The walls or freedom. the gate: or hope,
lIal.I nli crashed dawn to death.
Hilts DII to the OILI Defender,
ldinous"seven -lIve”l
oul behind her.
on the lighting line oi France.
6 6
ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION
eter Wharton
IITIIIQ I)- I)
set what you were taught in gemill:try,doesl1't.lt,
h 7-'
o n
"“'lint do you mean hy geometry’! what's that
to do with Pele?" inquired the other,
“Do u reineinher that we were taught that
the whole is greater than any of its parts?"
"Yes, but 1 don't iollow you yet. Whiii. are you
coming at?"
“Just this," answered thc inlnlstcr, --that rcter,
through his loss, h hccome grealcr tlllm ever.
u .
alter the manner OI earth‘: reckoning, Is It?"
“I never thought OI It In that llgllt before,” snlil
John
8," replied the minister. “l'ln alrald nnlle
one
a doe.-sn‘t sny'mucli lvllklllt that
method, except possibly in the Book oi Jon," said
0 n.
“Oh, yes. It does, John, when you lhlnk 01 It
, d Jacob on his thigh, so
that Jacob llmped ever after? The story days that
as Jacob went away Il'0l!J that wrestl 5: male e
sun came up over Penlel and shout: on hilli. Pr,-lllel
means the face aI ad. I suspect that -I
lllnped lurther into the favor of God on that lei;
than he could ever have: walked on two Flfllllld
limbs. The part was greater than the whole [or
or
o
c
a‘
two .
"And don’: you thlnk the thorn In the Ilush was
I: asset for aulr I d n
tive preacherol Illlll. You can't be a great preacher
without sympathy. Paul lacked that when, as saul,
O W n Iorth ‘bra out tllreatelllllgs.‘ He
never could have put that human tolliill lnm one al
his
It was [or Pa
t
, on.
"We're a slow-wlttcd lot, we huiiions. We know
icor nioro iron.
on by uulitrac-
tlon; that the part is greater than the whole. But
sl am e Iilnilness
Ind wisdom or God in the suhtractlons oi lilei”
9 6
PEGGY AND THE WAY
L). the way down Maple street and
past live houses on izhllton Avelllle
Peggy‘: brows were limit In per
piexity. When and )’E3l)hB1I the BIXIII
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"In the ilrst place, Peggy iilarsliall, you're a
' chomp, and I'm ashamed or
ii you haven't got money ior
gills, or how you feel-you're not going to let Eliz-
aheih guess it thing. Do you Illlllerstanil?"
Elizabeth, Iylng In her hell, was watnlllilg ior
her, and Elizabeth‘: room was Itlvcllcr than ever.
Alint Etta had put up heautliul soit curtains. and
the heautlrul room, hilt she could not restlst tn
jonq .
“In Jznuaryl" she gasped
“Did you ever see anyone
aheth.
Pa gy whlrled rolinll. Slit: knew every illlsule til
Elizabeth’: voice. There was lnrnrthlMl.' (in, ii it
could possiilly he conic-tiilulr illic could (llll
‘‘“'hat I: It, Ellzahelli? Tell nlel" lime CYIPII.
2
so lucky?" said l-:liz-
“It's no use; you always rind a ieilow ollti" she
retorled lllllglllnglyi “I'm so aollallled that there‘:
an it" ,wlth is room like t and everyone so
dear. And besides, I might as well Wlsll ior a
pull-ice-or n n I was wishing, you see,
In
“VVhnttl0 you nieani" Peggy demanded breaih-
s y.
“l'ln nshlznled to mean anything. But Gerlru-ie
e a book she
and-P
looking like that Ior?"
“Becallse I've Iilund lti" Pelzgy declared joy-
ollsly. “Blessings on GEi'tI'lI1lE Posiiey-blessings
and blesslllgsi You shall have the book to- gilt.
Elizabeth. And you shall have a new one Irolll
some one In town txiice a week, sllre. Bellilltl
Peggy ilnrshall, private llhroilunl 0 Elizabeth,
II yilu kllew how I had wanted to do solnetillilg
till I was ready to burnt with Wan ‘n .’
“Wlly, reggyi" i-:iiz-ahetii cried. “As it you
weren‘t enough lust by youiselll"
nu e d not hear. There was a way, and
the had found It.
6 6
FROZHV IN MID -AIR
HE Russlall Slkorsky biplanes were of IIu-
mensle value while ltiissitt was still In the
ar, was to one OI these emlt that the
lnclderlt occurred that Mr. (flare Winchester
same German gunner ventured nearer; Iillt this
light was the ins which he participated, ior
the next moment his craft was diving headlong to
arth.
There were iitlll two Germans to be dealt Wlth.
iissinii lines tiirougli exliaustion of
petrol presented theiriselres hr!
8 .
prevented a Iurllier leakage of iuel iroin the main
to k
n .
The enemy now made a special mark or the
llrnve avlnior and 3 hull grazed his leg. t he
' posiililn, ihnllsllnds OI feet
as intense, and the
I
dizzy Ilelght and the extreme telnperntllre had
Blfected Illnl. How he managed to keep his llanrls
liver the hullet hole: was 8 miracle, for the in
chllle swayed and tun
some weeks heioru he could leave the hospital.
6 9
A " CHEF" FROM CHINA
dln
Mr. Slllu Wong Chan has just pu
' gllsll, tlillse
rds interesting reading to
housekeepers who are in search oi novelty. The
clizj Irolll Clllna ls deilglltfuliy certain that the
I hi
coo e ve la d Is the very best In
the World The metllnds upon which It based
were lnven (I, he tells u some-where about the
year 3000 n. c. by the emperor of Pow Ilay Se,and
e Inllorseil and advocated and raved 3
struct his countrymen
eat sclentiilcally.
portion of meat, say: the nutllor, should
not be more than that of vegetable. There might
to he 3 little ginger In on would
not eat anything that was not chopped up prop-
crly. . . . in sncientdays the Chinese used knives
and forks. Latenlhey Iilunil thl-It sonletllnes these
impaired the delicloils ilavor oi the iood; hence
their use olchopstlcks and spoons.
o many or the receipts call tor a large pro-
portion oi lis poultry, henns. nuts and green
vegetables that they would certainly win the
a
7
Hoover. They also sound iippeliz.
3;-
Z
ilourand lemon juice. (e) rut into a suitahie pan
and iiti>am ior three o
attribute that our chrl Imldly cl r Ciilnese
bod In genwral, OI being at once ilellrlniliv nnil
whtllestillie. It umrllln rlith; hut, tl) quote the clin-
ciilillng parnizrnph or his cook hook:
Elllillletll, on her pillows, Iluzihml gulltlly.
“When a man sees or smell: something that is
TIIE Chlllese COOK Bi>ok,a little volume that In
D1 in?
tasty his mouth begins to water. The water is a
dilution oi hydroclilodc acid, with wilicil mod is
lorln oi iillliie liydroclllorlc aciii to digest
his undigested mod, and so he will feel ai gut.
since Cililiese mod is prepared in so tzmiy as well
iancy a way, it nlakes one‘: ruoiuh wuter the
iuonieut you look at it. Tiiereiore it makes lnili-
gestioii Impossible."
9
NOTHING TO SPARE
Donald-ll yer change rm recht. Jocitr
Jock-Ayv ll’: Mum-hut only lunl
-will owen In the roller.
9 6
JUST CATS
T the angle or the fence where three gimlens
ca together, illrs. winihl moiin 'n[; a
, leaned her arms on the top
bar and looked down upon her neighbor, Mrs.
onne among the rich earth and
fresh young green of la llilwer be .
.5 -
she said, “what 0 DD 3
oi
(2
inlo ilerkltcilell and slammed the door. wliaievers
3]'lp(’ll&
‘‘Ail-cllooi " sneezed ilirs. Bonney, turning to
her questioner a plump, st
curiously contorted hy a
are cleier enollgh
to know it. But Llicretia.-well, you now how she
goes on nt -coc - slic vows and declares ii I
won't hear re:ta'on- t's her-urid the claim
to court for ]l('p-
perln’ her poor, innocent pllsilycnt. All-cilool Ail-
clioozveor me, there uiust a little have got onto
hiy llandkerclllel." ,
“Fur goodness’ sakes, susaii Bonneyl " clucu.
lated lllrs. Wimble. "What should you Wllrlt to
pepper Il'ly0nB'S cat I0l‘?"
"Well,lni.ile ilistplttce,"sald Mrs.BolllJcy,"l‘vo
no notion or walltin’ to scorch any poor henst's
throat or hlind its eyes like Lucretia dcuouriceii
B
idiot. W0 I haul. Cats are clever, lilnsi.
as clever as they are dainty. The
smells and spicy leaves and tender young shoots
that give out fragrance when they're llilililell or
rolled Dn -”
“I guess they iioJ” assented Mrs. “'Inllllc
had a perfectly dreadiui time with ‘em inst y ii-,
In my patch at bee balm."
“Garden Ilellotrope-that’: Whzlt. I've gilt ll '
a grand, blg ciurllp; well, it d
they love It like It was cntnl .
mine fortwo years. I could have crletll I'll dnsllliilt
and shot) 'em. and dance Iilnil at wlld war ilzllhcea
at ‘em, and t row stories that just mlsseii; d
they'd look sort OI politely .!LIl'pl’lsed like I'd lor-
d I0 9 0 new feet, null the
give up and go in, back they'll come to
resume their asant diversions.
'-'l'hen,'-continued illrs. Bouncy, "I heard about
pepper. You just pepper the clump, heavy, WIlI'll
the shoots are llrs ll once Ul‘
Ii: 81,’ In If in shovlertsashes It all too nililll. The
cars sol malt
sense enough to know-hut then. she hasn't tor-
giveu rue yat,I spose. ior what linppeneil oelore,"
“What did 9-' askell hlrs. wliuhle Wllll interest.
"Why, 1 did tench one cat to keep oil heiore l
at the pepper ides; anll lt hap-
oi hcr rent
the M
rnliill’ on the Illit (lower stalks of
the amnion. and Iarahht-ll liinl up
bytiic scruii DI the neck and run
with him In the sllvll, “here there
was it poll in lrozt-ll Mllltlll,-We
I’I:MllilI1IIL‘E cream lilrilllilier.-lillil
I plunked him ilrlwn Into It, imtl ilivn I(‘t g Ilc
went all like a streak oi ynller lightiiiu'; iiiid lies
never hem tllls Slile nf ' "
you told l.iicretln7"
"She saw me do It. She started In to say that
cat was hlltll-hred and sensitive and ilellcnte and
would sure die oi luiluenza iind pueuriic
lew other
shim. Says I, ‘Lucretia Odlln. ncllt l 3 is llves
and it hilmamnlle. i saw you I5L‘1t winter gettIll'
out oi your brother .lohh's car, wenrlll‘ along iur
THE COMPANION FOR ALL THE FAMILY April 18,1918
coat; and I saw you slip on a piece of ice and set
down sudiir-,n in the gutter in the c k‘ in oi a
puddle. just like 1 cut your cat; and you ain't died
ys I; ‘kind I guess what you can stand
your cat crtll.‘ "
--lliy, inyl" sold Mlnnle Wlrriole. “She couldn't
Ila’ uccu exactly pleitseil with you, susan."
--she WlilSll't," agreed Mrs. Bonlley. “But was
logic. and cats are cots. You put pepper on your
bee palm, Mllllllt:-, you'll llnd it'll Work."
6 6
A GERMAN BATTLE HYMN
F we wish to know the spirit in vi hich u people
lnake war, we to the guarded and
iornidl speeches or its public me
or a brittle song that was iouu on a German sol.
ilier taken prisoner in ltiiiy. Mr. William Roscoe
Thaycr, the historian or ltaiy, has made it public
on this side e u' er.
The song is u-ortliy or the age when the ancestors
north to overthrow
n. it is prlnievzil,snvage; it tells u wi
the Germans themselves tlllnk of their diploma,-
tlstll’ zulscnion that this was for them a "war of
ilefens ” our readers wish to see what wlde
contrast: there may he between the war splrlts OI
gr-eut nations at war. let them. after reading tlils,
rend lllrsi. Howe’: at le H Republic.
Son at Geriilany In aims: Fonvardl This is the
joy i!.ll(I of glory.
in :i.rtlliei'lst, thy powerful cannon. thine
lllvulllcrltble lirotller, calls thee; was it not l.na(I8
to renew the worli
Oll, our rilleman, beholdl thou art the force that
wins; wherever thou penetratest is German .
0 our citvai ttnck, overthrow!
let tiiy will spur on thy horse like a winged victory.
Tllut cowardly flesh [the Itaiiall 15 made to ma.-
nllre the llelils. which shall he thine and thy sons’.
s ii of ucrmnny in arms, the great hour has
collie.
Life 1109:: not llnlsll, it passes on and Is trans-
Iorlneil Wlthiillt rest; the life of the conquered ls
llliur (II
Oh. it
belontzii to the n W thou canst
glitller on the breast of thy holy Iatllerlaml the llle
DI the Worll .
Do not Ilenil to Womnnlsh plty toward women
and children ; the child of the conquered has often
been the i:0nqI'iel'0r to-marrow; an What, w
wry avail II raven '8 comes tomorrow‘) What sort
M’ 3 Ialher woulilst than be H thou sllauldst klll
ly and sllouldst leave alive the enemy DI
sun of cerinany in arms, iorwai-dl Fulmlnnie.
sliaitcr. hcut down. transilx, devastate, hum,
iiil.l., xll.i., KILLI
Tile hour oi glory opens ior us.
6 9
ART BY THE FOOT
URRY is not ciiaracierlstlc oi the present
rt
aiilst vunllcrslraaten, according to 3 story irom
Ikls Eclla, was a mas '
and saving me.
ter in sclielruug out short cut!
gl 3!. nne Ior the shadows. When he
egln [rulntlllg he called to h‘
M
o
vlltllout a lllillIIelit's waste of time, until the thirty
lallilsolirlcs were iiui. ie .
(In occzlslilns Vaniierstraaten would paint In ihe
iiiniiiiorilesi-rilied a lzlnilscztne upon along piece
of canvas. In Illl the orders OI customers he
' lII(l cut the strip into pieces of various lengths.
A purchuscr could hu ieet oi
lnllilsm.-tilt-,, itm-oi-rllng to his fancy or according to
the Elm OI the sluice he wished to decorate.
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‘ WHEN THE PROFESSOR SLIPPED
N Illa roiirlitly pllllllsheil book. In Good Cam-
I pruly, iilr. Cillllsiln Kemrthnn tells an anecdote
tlnit prim-s tllilt even is iearne proiessor may
lllilko lIII>tfIk(‘S,1I.lIilIlIOK‘9 than that make them
IIIV ()VliII proper field.
The Illlnillis traveler and mountaineer, Edward
“'ilylllpt':r, once Set out to expl
i wrote, say lg that he attached great
liiiportniico to the ilinl,onll asked lilr.miyli-iper to
coino and no Illlll. ill r. wiiyinper did ‘
ilcllil; the two pieces a! cone. the professor
pronoillltrrd them to be two djllererlt species DI
lnalmillla.
I, uol" said illr. wliyrnper. “One magnolia.
r rnu't hi- any ilniilvt about that."
‘You are llIl9t:!I(l‘ll,"Sr1l(lIvl'l8 oiessor, greatly
nnllrlycll at ooiug cillllri-ullcted. "1 have put both
under the mlrroscope, imd l assert positively they
are ill illilercot spccles."
opented llir. 'Wllyi'liper.
ted in
. . nhymper joined the two iragrueois,
Whllih Illlcll perltecily. lle hlld prerloilsiy split the
Iilssll Into halves in order In exalnlne It better.
6 6
OTHERS OF THE IIJC
ITII “lint seems aomelinies to be A per-
verse illuegnrd lvr the illness OI llllllgs,
ruulli-al Illciileliis have Si way or ilanpening
wilii lnamllilpllale ii-cqiii-licy at those hio pa.
ihctlc ol Ilisiiiiiilrlns. B.!yllIlnS for the insnile. It is
Tlblllls that voiiciles I01‘ the luliowlniz story:
I. Ilalshllry, the former Lord Uiiancellor OI
Englrilid. ililrliilt lilsl term of office, had occasion
It, In Ills (lmclal capacity. 8 certain lunatic
" t
“I'm the Lord
ntirliilant at the
TI
(Ihnnct-.llor," he announced to the
door
niriu lnrikvil at iilni curiously ior s moment.
VQTY Ill'llIly; “W0 IEVG
II In Why, sir." lie unlil
' i
three more (II ’eln In 'erei”