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THE STORY With his English wife, Catherine, and son, Jeerns,. Hehry Bulain. French settler in Canada in 174'>, cultivates a| farm adjacent to the Tonteur seixneurie. As the story opens the" Bulain* are returning from a visit to the Tootears. Catherine's wandering brother, liepslhah. meets them u t!i presents tor the family. To deems he gives..ai pistol, bidding him perfect himself in marksmanship Jeerns fights with Paul T.i< he, cousin o? Tolnette Ton-* teur. whom ,thoy both adore. Next day deems caSl* at the Tonteur home- and apoiogise* for brawling In front of Tolnette. The Tonpurr go to Quebec Four years pass. War between Britain and France dames deems returns from a hunt to find his home burned and his father and mother slain !•<«• goes to the *• •! finds the manor destroyed and ToY.teur and hs • servants dead Behevelng him xn enem>, Tdinette Wounds J**tns an<! denounces him as an Englishman. CHAPTER Vl—Continued — 2 ips »<-;ir.v:y BDf* )>•• spoke the' ■Words. . They rang back through the years as if ri iibosj had < •■no- i.f»-v'iio-e memory they had flayed out of their hearts a long time ago. “What are yen' itiiiig here?’’ she She might have asked that same question in those unimportant years ■when he had d.irej to visit TonteUf manor with .hls gift-, why was be here"' He pirhej sir the dsrec tioti fmm which she had come and held out his hand,, not for her to take, b it-as a trice Sh»‘ understood what bin burden had been. Tear,-? Such trivial things could not exist in the after heat of the holocaust that had consumed them. I’ride.-gi raised her chin a little as she obeyed going. And when she < ante to the plrcv Jc.-riis Tiro! pre;.;: red. .-lie was like a white angel who 'had up'pea red to o.• .sos a Kx ihi'llt. of two ujHin the dea.h With a tool.he had found,. Jeetnc hud made a gnor It W >» Shallo* arid ..t.u.iiie o-ss uMii i‘"'U w ith a bed of golden grass. Tontenr /did not seen) tthhappy «' he lay upon it, The top of his head was Covered <••> T< «..it ! d not see. She knelt and prayed, ntld Jec;i:s drew bjs- 1,. feel.ag that to kneel with her. 'with the marks of | on nig f,icesand body. would lie’ sacrilege. Even now, when, it should bake to w i. ne and 'scream, and suddenly it occurred to Jeema; that it could not' have been that Way yesterd.ty when T-micur wa- skive. A detil must have. to abide at the top of the mill! He wailed. >• aiming the horizons that «< re thinning of their smoke I tenth lasi '■ iamh de-. ■ night return over its own blackened trail. i think of that. It seenuxl a long time before ‘he rose tq; face him. She was I 11. r ... w .Te bi lie stars In a countenance as pale as marble, 1 sun ahone’-OB her and gave an unearthly radiance to her hair. Her tieauty held him stricken Just as hl* own. terri 1 eti. ss ■ f'oryed from her n gasp-of protest when he drew off the o>at borrowed from one of the dead men ami spreud.lt over Tontenr. .Hut she did not speak, only the mill wheel ■continued Its " virulent ,plaint as the loose earth fi ll on the baron. Tolnette looked steadily ’ tow ard tire sky. and when Jeerns was dune she accompanied him back to the mill. She watched him go for his bow, where he saw that the form he had thought was Tolnette was the wife of Peter the Younger. He catne back nnd spoke to her a sec.md time The lips m e had broken w;th the musket barrel were swollen, and the brand across his forehead was turning a dark arid angry color. The cloth he had twisted about his woundcd arm was red. Sickness and pain were forcing their way into his eyes. -I must take you away,” he said. ■“There is not time to-. care fur the others. If they come back—” “They will not harm you.” she said. Jeerns made no answer but looked, away over the RJchelleu toward Champlain and Dieskau. “And they wilt not harm your father or your mother or anything that belongs to the Buialns. but will reward them for their loyalty to murder and outrage. Is not) that true?" Still deems did not answer, but stood listening for sound to come out of the dlstanceur. She saw the sickness gathering In tils face and eyes, but pity for Mm was as dead In Iter breast as her desire to live. She knew where he would take her. Tb his home—a place left unscathed by the killers. To hls mother, the soft and pretty woman in whom her father had believed so faithfully. To Henri Bulaln. the traitor, who had bartered hls honor for an English woman. Over her father's Wil. In Forbidden valley, were safety and mercy at the hands of her country’s enemies. Her Ups found away to cut him deepen “Your father and mother are waiting for you.” she said. -Go. and leave me here. I prefer to wait for the return of your Indian friends. And I am not sorry because I tried to kill you!” He moved away from her to where Hebert and Juchereau and the aimpletninded Raudot lay on the ground. Thia tlma It waa the Idiot's coat he

took, a fine coat made by the idiot's mother. The boy had toyed birds and flowers, and on the lapel of the coat was a faded geranium bloom. Jeerns took it off arid tucked it between the dead lad's fingers. Then he went back to Tolnette and said, "We had belter go." After that he added. “1 am sorry, but I must go to my mot her and .father fl rst.” He staggered as he set out. and Tonteur hill (lippi-l and wobbled before hls eyes. There was an ache like a splinter twisting In hls head, and as she followed him. Tolnette could- see the effect of her unresisted blows with the iron gun, barrel. For «he did follow. out of the smoke fumes Into the clearer air <jf the meadows and across them to the worn path that led to the Indian trail and the home of Catherine Bulain. •‘They’re tkiwn there." said Teems, and . pointed, speaking to Odd .more than to her. He took the hatchet from his belt and carried it in hl« hand. They en.forest, and Odd, who had traveled .between them, dropped back toTolni ride and thrari his muxxle against her hand. Sb- did not snatch It away from him now. ■They came to the slope, and .Teems forgot than-Tohiettewas behind him. He'walked straight down like a . tall, thin ghost and the girl stopped and stood.alone, staring at the place wbera his home should have been, a cjy wr.r g t’.g ' ■' ' Jeems did not hear. He saw nothing but the clump of rose bushes and the place where bls mother lay. ‘He went tti her tir-t. 'oblivious of other presen<’e.‘ unconscious of the sun. of the ruins 'till smoldering,' hi? soul, stirring once m<>re with the faint mad spark of incredulity. But she was dead. He sa.w her .with, clearer eyes though he was sick with hurt. He knelt beside her calmly for a Tittle whbkk- He tou< bed her face gently with his hand, and then went to his father. Odd tct J.-d nt 'I s I,. >• In the stump field v, ,< , xlmv. fttiler hi> mother's big tree he planned to dig. ' Whew be returned, hls mother waa not alone. Ifineite was-there, on the ground, with the English woman's I ,-a :; irt r ■ .:■ lb r ev es hla/.-d up at J. <nis. and something.like defiance was in them. '< tnething that was pos- -• -■ re and t'hiillejigiirg and which hi<J w! t’vxer pity she might have bad for him. or pleading for hi' forgiveness. Her hinds were pressing tpe. cob! fnee of the wont-jn she bad wanted to bate, and stie continuetl to look tit ■ statjdingly that Rhe seemed almost to be waiting for him to punish her with a b ow. •■ ■ ■ . Then she bowed her head over his mother, and the shining yell of her hair <. vered death. I'tnler the big tree he began to dig. • • • • • • • It was late afb'Tnpon when they left the . valley-, a Still, slumbering hour when the sun was about to go to its early rest, leaving glows and sunset paintings behind that might have been made of swimming inetais, Toinette’s hand lay in Jeerns’ as they went. They were like a young god and gialdess ready to fata- the hazards of a savage world with a strength wrought out.ef fire. The sickness had left Jeetns. His wounded arm was cared for by fingers as gentle as hls mother’s had been. Hot tear? caressing his flesh from Toinette’s dark lashes had;cured his physical pain.' Wonis tqavken in a voice he had never heard from beg lips entreating his forgtveness for years of misunderstand-

World’s Great Debt to Little Town of Athens

Five hundred years before Christ, In a little town <>n the far western larder us the w'ttled nnd civilized world, a strange new power waa at work. Something had awakened In the minds and spirits of,the men there which was so to influence the world that the slow passage of long time, of century upon .century and the shattering changes they brought, would be powerless to wear ftwftjr that deep impress. Athens had entered upon her brief and magnificent flowering of genius which SO molded the world of njiQd and of spirit that our mind and spirit today are different. We think and fed differently because of what a little Greek town did during a century or two, 2.409 years ago. What was then produced of art and of thought has never been surpassed and very rarely equaled, and the stamp of it is upon all art and all the thought of Astonished Congregation One Saturday two clergymen were our together. Towards the end of the day it occurred to one of them that he had no sermon ready for the morrow. He confided his difficulty to Ills companion, an old prison chaplain. “Oh, never mind.” the latter said. T’ll lend you one of mine.** The defaulting clergyman accepted the offer, and. sending for the sermon on Sunday morning, took it into the pulpit without examination. For a time everything went smoothly, but then the astonished clergyman found himself addressing a bewildered congregation In the following words: “I have seen some of you here before, once, twice, even thrice; but I hope I shall never see any of you here again’-”—London Tit-Bits.

ing were like the peace of the aa< itself about Ids heart., Out of ruin she had raised his soul to splendid j heights of courage and resolution. They passed his mother's gardens of XlQwers vvhero-rheifw blooms were nodding filled/to overflowing with ripening they skirted the turnip field where a purple-breasted crop lay wait- I Ing for spicy frosts to give crispness and flavpr to its flesh. In a <»lace where fresh dirt was scattered about were tools used yesterday—axes and shovels and hickory prying poles and the big double-bladed grub hoe which Hepsibah had made at Tonteur's forge. On a stump partly dug from the earth was one of Hepsibah's pipes made of half a corncob with a hollow reed for a stem. Jeerns stopped and looked about, his throat almost tensing for the old ■ familiar call to Hepsibah. But the stillness warned him. Like a friend It was whispering the sacredness of another trust. His eyes turned to the lovely head near his shoulder. In a moment Toinette raised her eyes to meet his. and even with his mother they had not been so deep and gentle. "They must hare caught my uncle . out there” he said, keeping Ids voice steady and gazing over the forest tops of Forbidden valley. "He set the signal fire for us and then was killed. I would go nnd find him, if it were not for you." “I will .go with you.” answered Toinbtte. But Jeems turned west and did not look back at his home or betray the choking in his breast. He found himself talking to Toinette as if she were the child of s t.he old days, and he. I chanxed into a man. were explaining s things. He descrilel. for the first time how the savages had come while ! WM OU b's Way hone from Lnssan's place, and gave his reasons for beHerihg ’hey had departed.ln haste, leavitm many things, like the gathered < r i-~ <>f-fruit and grains which they would surely have taken had they hot , licet? pressed l.v rinuimstanee. He was sure they had not gone farther down the Richelieu hut had turned back, through I '--.rbiddt-ll valley to Hie | Mohawk country. Their own hope was to 't>g westward out of the path of stragglers.- then eastward aram toward l.u-'/ii.-s. Tomorrow <T the day following, he would have her safely at the next seigneurie. and there She would find means to be taken to her friends in Quebec. He would then Join Dieskau to fight the English. The important thing was to reach Lussan's tonight. The Indians would not go near there, for they believed all alian.doned places to be inhabited by ghosts and evil Spirits. If they stumbled upon it by accident they would get awav as quickly as possible. i He still held her hand as darkness gathered doser. In this gloom she Whispered: • p<»es yon arm hurt, Jeerns?” , “So. I had forgotten it.” "And your sac I struck you?" ■ j "I find forgotten that, too.” Something touched Ids shoulder . lightly. He could not tell what it was, . f.-r they w>-••«■ ia a p--■! of darkness. But whatever It might have been, a falling leaf, a twig, even shadow itself —it tilled him with a strange exaltation. Out of the wreck of a world obliterated ih a scourge of horror he had a soul beside bis own to fight for. T«i e in the next hour Odd iialte<! ami gave, a growl which warned of danger In the air. .Teems strained hls eyes to see and his ears to hear—and | once more, when they stopped t'o : listen, he felt the gentle touch against < Ids shoulder. They struck a deer run and fol-! lowed it into a plain Between two lines of hills where a devastating fire had passed some years before. Here they traveled through a young growth of bushes and trees reaching scarcely above their heads, with the light of the stars falling on them. It stirred a ' soft radiande in Toinette’s smooth '■ hair and illumined Jeerns' face until I the wounds made by her hands were plainly revealed. They climbed the northernmost hill after a time, and at the top of it stopped again to rest. Jeems, like Odd, stood tense and listening, searching the slumbrous distances of the wllderoess which lay about them. He caught all movement : and all sound, the direction of the j wind, the shifting play of the shadows, the almost noiseless flutter of an owl’s wings, over their, heads. (TO BE CONTINUED!) j

the western world. And yet this full Stature of greatness came to pass at a time when the mighty civilizations of the ancient world had perished and the shadow of "effortless barbarism” was dark upon the earth. In that black and fierce world a little center of white-hot spiritual energy was at work. A new civilization had risen in Athens, unlike all . that had gone before.—From ‘The Greek Way,” by Edith Hamilton. Excavation in Germany Digging in Germany might prove a profitable pastime. Within one week a householder of Marionburg dug up a keg of 997 silver coins of 1625 and 1626, which were probably buried during the Thirty Years' war; a tourist discovered the skeleton of a bear in a cave near Karlsruhe, where none have been seen for 300 years; graves of ancient Celts have been found with bones 5.900 years old: at Konigsburg the oldest find was a stone ax dropped there before the glaciers came down over Europe 8,000 years ago; under the altar of Speyer cathedra! the stone sarcophagus of an early Christian saint was brought to light; near Frankfort-on-Maln a Roman military camp has been excavated and found to be steamheated throughout its 16 rooms. Small Boy Honored The little boy burled in Arlington cemetery and called the “Little Corporal," was the son of SergL Frank Lankton, General Pershing's orderly during the World war. and was always called Little Corporal by the general He Is buried in the civilian portion of the Fort Myer post section of Arlington,

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Improved Uniform International Sunday School ' Lesson ’ (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D.. Member of Faculty. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (©, Newspaper Union.) Lesson for May 3 JESUS in th£ home of ZACCHAEUS LESSON TEXT —Luke 19:1-10. GOLDEN TENT —For the Son of Mas is come to seek and to save- that, which was lost. PRIMARY TOPIC —Jesus Makes a Bad Min GoodJUNIOR TOPIC —Jeslis Makes Zacchaeus Want to Do Right. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPlC—Beginning a New Life. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPlC—Repentance and Restitution. I; JeSus Passing Through Jericho (v. I). Jet-ieho is noted as a stronghold of the Canaanites which was miraculously delivered into the hands of Israel in response to their faith. Joshua »5. and also for the faith of Rahab which saved her from destruction with the city Heb. (11:31). Two notorious sinners, Rahab and Zaccliaeus, were saved at Jericho. 11. Zacchaeus Seeking Jesus (vv. 2-4). 1. His object (v. 1). He sought to se* who Jesus was. He doubtless had heard of Jesus’ kind treatment of publicans, so was prompted to see what kind) of a man be was. 2. His difficulties (vv. 2,3). (1) His infamous business (v. 2). He was a tax collector of the Roman government. The -very fact that a Jew held such an office under the bated Romans woi|ild make him extremely unpopular. Then, since he was rich, it was evident that he had practiced extortion fin collecting taxes. By virtue of his traitorous act in accepting such an office from the Romans and his extortion in collecting taxes, he was ostracized from society. Many men have a hard time in coming to Christ because of their unpopular business relations. (2) His shortness of stature (v. 3). He was too small to crowd his way through to Jesus, and being hated by the people, they had thrust him aside, no doubt, with taunts ami jeers. 3. His persistence (v. 4). lie ran before [the multitude and climbed up into ia tree. What he lacked in stature he was determined should be made up [by the height of the tree. Zacchaeus Seems to have been of that temperament which knows no defeat. The obst.-ieles placed before him he brushed aside: those he could not brush aside he climbed over, because he had set his heart upon the goal. It was somewhat undignified for this rich man to climb the tree, but his soul was so bent upon seeing Jesus that he cast his pride to the winds. 111. Jesus Finding Zacchaeus (vv. 5,6). While Zacchaeuk was trying to see Jesus. Jesus was looking for him. This is always the case, when desire is stirred up in a heart to see Jesus, jesus is seeking that .one. When Jesus saw him he commanded him to comedown from the tree and declared ms inteniion to go home with him. Jesus called him by name, but did not utter a word which would humiliate Zacghaeus. Jesus knew his heart's desire and dealt with him accordingly. AH', souls who earnestly seek Jesus shall be found /of him. Zacchaeus quickly responded. He came down, and with joy received Jesus. He acted wisely. in that he did riot hesitate. ;A moment's indecision and waiting would have kept Zacchaeus from Jesus —from Jesus arid salvation. IV. Zacchaeus’ Conversion (vv.7-10). His conversion was sudden and thorough. He was converted before he reached the ground. 1. What the crowd said Jv. 7). They said just what they say today when sinnejts come ,to Christ. They call to mind the man's former sins. They also reproached Christ saying that he had sgon|e to be'a guest with this notorious extortioner, the tax collector. That for Which they reproached Jesus was his glory. His supreme mission was to save sinners (v. 10). 2. What Zacchaeus said (v. 8); H's conversion was thorough. It took hold' upon his heart. His new life was begun with resolution and restitution. He dedicated half of his goods to the poof. The man who a little while ago was a grafter was now a srenerous giver. His conversion got hold of hls pocketbook. His determination to make restitution wherein he had wrongly evicted taxes shows the genuineness of lis conversion. While God forgets th 1 past of the sinner when he comes io Christ, the sinner who is convert ?d will seek to make right all wrongs), be they unkind words or unrighteous fleeds. Sorrow for sin is not enough when restitution is possible. 3. What Jesus said (vv. 9. 19). ‘Today is salvation come to thy house.” The publican was now a child of God. a son of Abraham. Salvation is a present reality to those who receive Jesus Christ. Serve God Now It is for active service that soldiers are drilled and trained, and fed. and armed. That Is why you and I are in the world —not; to prepare to go out of It some day) but to serve God now —Henry Drummond. Bible Give* Light aad Strength The Bible is a book In comparison with which all others are of minor importance, and which in all my perplexities and distresses has never -failed to give pie light and strength.— Robert E. Leaj Dynamic Prayer In his hour |of trial Christ fell back on the great unfailing resource—(dynamic prayer i’ith the Father. Let us. too. tap this , boundless reservoir of knowledge and power.—Van Rensselaer Gibson. Prayer Neglect prayer, and your whole life U a question mark. —lee.

FASHION LACE-CONSCIOUS ON SUBJECT OF WEDDING GOWNS

A "LACE season” is this. The spring bride is especially reminded of this fact, in that when it comes to her wedding gown, she finds that Dame Fashion is in an extrehiely laceconscious mood. So much so, that designers, according to recent Paris cables. are creating many of their most charming models almost entirely of lace. Latest messages from the French capital Speak of "chalk white” alb over lace posed over satin slips. In most instances thread alencons is chosen varied now and then with

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duchess lace. A very smart Paris bride sets a new fashion in that her nuptial gown is made of sheer as-a-cobweb white wool lace, with just enough of white georgette interworked to relieve the sameness. For the many brides who cherish the thought of the traditional white satin, fashion ofTers au alluring compromise In that some of the loveliest wedding gowns of the season are composed of the two—satin plus lace. In many instances almost the entire govyil will l»e of the lace with perhaps satin for the hodice and the sleeves. - A decided innovation recently cited for tile bride is the wedding gown with a lace overblouse the same styled with a peplum and posed over a gracefully flaring-at-the-hemlirie satin skirt. The veil, also of lace, adds lace upon lace in a very effective manner. Which all goes to show that lade -is playing

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a very important role in the realm of nuptial robes for the spring bride. The charm of lace in combination with satin for the wedding gown is very happily portrayed in the illustration. In its quaint off-the-shoulder fitted bodice, its short pufi-sleeves and its full skirt with deep flounces of lace, this model is reminiscent of modes which flourished in Civil war days. The girlish lace yoke which tops, the bodice adds greatly to the charm Os this gown.

Hints of the Spring and Summer Fashions

1-ace pajamas are reported as being In excellent standing. These are usually pleated. The jabot Is recurrent in spring coats and Is important also on dresses and blouses. Among the white accessories exploited are black or na’vy kid pumps with tiny white tailored bows. Short-sleeved jackets are not as numerous as short-sleeved dresses, but they are quite as important.

A chief attraction of some of the handsomest prints brought out this season is that their flower designs are strikingly realistic. That is, the motif plays up the natural flower both as to size and to beauty of coloring. In some instances so true to nature are the floral patternings they look as if they might be paintings drawn from the original. For the matron what more lovely than a frock of one of these gorgeously beflowered prints? A charming picture of "a lady” madam presents as she pauses at the threshold of her

home ready to greet her guests, wearing. as the illustration portrays, a costume of beautifully beflowered bemberg chiffon crepe, the superb coloring of which makes it outstanding. Enhance Her Charms. The life-size roses which pattern this exquisitely -sheer beniberg crepe are done in soft rose, french gray ami white silhouetted against a black background. It is prints of this type which particularly enhance the eharms of the comely matron. A slenderizing style is this jacket ensemble, for a two-piece it Is. (Wising a jacket over a sleeveless gown. Deep fine pleatings border the sleeves and the hemline of this jacket. Which reminds us—when in doul»t. triHßwith manifold pleatings of se’.f fabric, for the pleated vogue is stronger than ever. > A costume fashioned after the man-

ner of this "classy” model is as practical as it is beautiful, since later on in the evening by removing her jacket in less time than it takes to tell it madam transforms her chic afternoon ensemble into a most fetching gown suitable for the formal dinner hour. Items of Interest in regard to the newer prints cite the importance of gray as it combines with other colors. especially with black or white. CHERIE NICHOLAS. (©.1931. Western Newspaper Union.)

Suits led In the Eastef parade, the preference being for soft-lined suits, belted and worn with contrasting blouses. Coarse and often very glossy braids are hand sewn into close-fitting hats on which a single flower or small cluster is often used. Ruching is in vogue again. A taffeta capelet completing a printed chiffon frock was bordered with a boxpleated taffeta ruching.

: CABINET I L. ...J To me it seems if when God conceived the wqrld, that' - was poetry: He formed it, and that was sculpture: He varied and colored it, and that was painting: And then, crowning 1 all, He peopled it with living beings, and that was the grand divine, eternal drama. —Charlotts Cushman. " THE TASTY TORTE For the cake par excellence, th* torte is one of the daintiest. Our Ger-

man cooks excel in this kind of a cake combination. They are rich with nuts, chopped or rolled fine, plenty of eggs and crumbs, with spices. The baking is another important point, as slow, careful baking is; necessary for a light and tender torte. T c rte.—Beat three egg

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whites until stiff but not dry, add one cupful of sugar very lightly and gradually, not to lose the lightness, a pinch of salt, one-half tablespoonful of vinegar and one-half teaspoonful of vanilla. Bake in two deep layer tins for one hour. Put together with whipped cream, dr add nuts and chopped pineapple with the cream. Walnut Torte.—Beat the yolks of six eggs with one cupful of sugar, add one-fourth pound of walnuts and six lady fingers grated, two tablespoonfuls of flour and one teaspoonful of baking powder. Add the juice and rind of a lemon and when all the in- „ grefiients are well miied, add the stiffly beaten egg 'whites to which a pinch of salt has been added. Bake in layers in a moderate oven and use the following: Filling.—To one beaten egg yolk add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and three-fourths, of a cupful of milk. Cook, stirring constantly until the mixture coats the spoon, add one and onehalf cupfuls of grated walnut meats witty a flavoring of almond and vanilla. Use between the layers and ice the top of the torte. Date Torte.—Rub sixteen dates to a smooth paste with two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice. Beat two whole eggS, add seven yolks, add one and three-fourths cupfuls of sugar, beat well, add the dates, three tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate and one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, allspice, and a cupful .of cracker crumbs. Stir well and fold In the stiffly beaten whites of seven eggs. Bake in a larga spring form forty-minutes. (©. 19il. Western Newspaper Union.) Early Hospital* The establishment of hospitals in the sense in which we understand them now probably occurred in Europe during the Middle ages. Historians differ somewhat on this, but it is generally agreed that the institutions conducted in Europe by various religious orders were perhaps the forerunners; of the present-day iiospitals. It should be remembered, however, that there were certain place* ' set aside for the treatment of the sick in early Grbece. These Were more on the order of clinics rather than hospitals in the modern sense of the word. The first hospital in the United States was established a few years after the settlement of New Y’ork . was made, about 1670. Ancient Festival Originally a kermess was a church festival, but later was an outdoor festival or fair held annually in the Low Countries of Europe and French Flanders. Either an; indoor or outdoor fair on the order of the Flemish festival is sometimes given the name. Key to Pro»perity Every good and enduring possession of mankind is the product of toil arid thought There are times when work seems unnecessary and thought a weariness of the mind, but these are not the times of progress.—Collier’s Weekly. ’ New Ob»ervatory Near Pole The “farthest north” observatory is at Thomso, Norway, to be used for the study and photography of the northern lights. It is equipped with a spectrograph which splits the colors of the northern lights so that they may be subjected to scientific study. Mona Li»a Win* La Gioconda sat three years for Da Vinci's famous painting, Mona Lisa. Thus. ln> addition to being a beautiful woman, she was one of the earliest of the endurance sitters.—Detroit News. Contact! A scientist has discovered a new species of mosquito. We understand, < however, that it discovered him first —Bystander, London. Interesting Collection A collection of old plantation diaries, journals and records and Confederate banknotes, dating from 1849 to 1900 is in the Louisiana State university library, the gift of the DeClouet family of LaFayette, La. Always Something Worse If your neighbor’s radio annoys you, think of the hundreds of other programs on the air to which you don’t have to listen, and be grateful.—Louisville Courier Journal. True Seat of Fear-Quake* A scientist says all fear reactions originate in the brain. He might expand the story by telling how quickly they reach the knees. —Toledo Blade. Appropriate Name Scripture cake is a cake particularly popular with ladies’ aids and other church societies. The recipe ia made up of Biblical references. When these are looked up they ar® found to bo the necessary ingredients of the cako.