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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1921)
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS PAGE THREE giniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH'l'""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'"" M A R Y SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT old UAitTii ui:ilii:h. ONB rilsht Just before (ho Spring called her children to come forth In all (heir splendor of color and bcnuty, a little (lower poked out Hi lend and asked: "Vhcr does the now go that covered the Karth all wlntcrr "Oh, what a useless question I" aald another (lower; "who enrea where tlie anow goes a Ions aa It goes and we can coma out and find tho auo ilea and warrnT "I think It must go Juat aa the rain docs," aald another (lower who waa ready to come out In the morning aun. "Hut where la thatr aaked the drat flower; "that la what I want to know end no one can tell me." "I do not use It," aald a big rock. "I let It llde r'ght off of me. I'd 46 fa nrJtP. tvUL NOT much rather he nice ami ury and 1 cannot ait of what use the anow and rain can he to anyone. "Well. I CHn tell you thut If we had no anow or rain we should not crow." anld a tree standing nearby. "Hut where It goes after we have had all we need for our root a, I cannot tell you." "I wonder If the old hunman drinks It tip?" aald the drat little (lower. "Oh! no; I tun aure he doea not," aald the tree, for he liaa all the water he wants nearer home. There are all the rain clouda right tip1 there where lie Uvea." "Oh, dear, will no one answer my question?" asked the drat little flow er. "Here I ntn ready to blom and the one thing I wanted to know I have not discovered, and all the winter I slept, with one eye open, too, Just to find out." "A nlc the btrda," auggeated another little (lower. "Hut the blrda are all aaleep at night when we can talk," aald the flrat little (lower. "You forget the Owl; he Is awuke, sister," replied one little (lower, "and I have heard that he la a very wiso bird." "lie la ao fnr away," complained the flrat flower; "my hend la hardly above the ground nnd I can never make lilra hear. Where do the anow and rain go? Will no one tell me?" "Why not ask me where they go?" aald Mother ICarth, who had listened all this time to what had been aald, a. "What's in a Name?" Facts about your name; its history; meaning; whence it was derived; significance; your By MILDRED SADIE. THE quaint name of Sudle, lately spelled Sadye, has Itsorlglu with Sarah. It comes from a Hebrew verb meaning to light or rule, and hence came to signify "princess." The first record of the use of Surah or Sara belongs to Bible history where the wife of Abraham waa so called. Sadie cume Into existence through the IrlHh unless one came to believe that she Is only un Americanization of one of Sarah's many diminutives. But for the sake of etymological exactness, It Is nice to believe that .the Irish Kudhbh was the real forerunner of Sudle. But between the time of Abraham's wife, and the appearance of the Irish version of her name, Surah had been adopted by otlwr countries and had won great popularity. In England Sura Ut'uuchnmp gave It vogue In the reign of Kdward I nnd Surrota de Moulton, who lived In a former reign, was also supposed to possess a name which was another and favorite form of Sarah. The French preferred Su. without the "h" and It still contliiuea In great vogue there. They huve another form. Knrotto. which Is also populur. Ire- .. u,n,ih 11, ul America's Sudle 1 lllllll r niiin." 1 are apparently ihe only other exist "you seem to have forgotten ine, my children." "Hut,, Mother Karth, I thought you were ao old-fashioned that you would not know," aald the flrat little flower. "This -la a new queatlon. I have never aaked It before, aud I have never heard anyone elae ask It, either." "My child, there la nothing new on- rtr Hi a aim to me. and If VOU had aaked me flrat you would have been apared all thla hot tier. ttven 11 1 m nM I run answer all aueatlons. old or new, that my children aak." "Well, tell ua then," aald me nine flower. "Where doea the anow go when we come bock In the aprlng?" "I drink It, my dear, of courae," re plied Mother Karth; "how do you auppoae you all would grow If I did not? "Vour root a are nourished. It la true, but flrat your Mother Earth drlnke and then ahe gives ,to her chil dren the nourishment they ahould have. "How would the Infant aeeda know what la good for them If I were not here to feed them?" "Do you know everything, Mother Eartur aaked the, little aprlng flow era. "All you need to know, my deara," replied Mother Earth. "Now go to sleep or you will not be able to bloom tomorrow." (Copyright o Qlant Insect The largest Insect known, but now extinct, was a dragon fly, which had a wing-spread measuring two feet The Right Thing at the Right Time By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE WHEN YOU TRAVEL An agTeeeable companion on a Journey Is as good as a carriage. Publlua gyrus. DONT open the window until you have asked your seat-companion whether or not ahe would object, aa many a person detests a draught nd Is aerlously tormented by the duat or aoot that cornea In. Don't weur a hat with a feother long enough to threaten eyes and cheeks every time you turn, or carry great bundles of (lowers which take up too much room in tho seat, or else drip water from the rock above. Don't forget that when you draw up the shade of the window In your own seat you may be causing the rays of the sun 10 shine directly In the eyes of the person In the seat behind you. by lowering It slightly you can re vent this without blocking your own view. Remember that when you pay a lucky day and lucky jewel :y jewel. 5 .WrVWWUWW MARSHALL Sadie has a curloua tallsmanlc gem malachite. If It ia engraved with an Image of the aun, It will bring her peace, freedom from danger and disease, nd sound sleep. It la partic ularly lucky for children, and It Is aald that a piece of malachite tied to a child's cradle will protect It from dangera throughout later life. Satur day la Sadie's lucky day and 7 her lucky number. (Copyright) CI ririiiKiiMi-i,ttii"iirtfr'"r'taiiiiir- tT ff .''" - " If, f t: V- .. a r - - V4 - ri .i ' '' ",' ". ' : ' tj i, .1 Among the hundreds of popular "movie" stara tliere la one who Is known aa the "world's sweetheart." 6he la Mary Mary Plckford-Falr. banks and she Is known to practical ly every man, woman and child in this country and In all others. single fare for a ride In a day coach you are really entitled only to a single aoat Tou are not, . therefore, confer ring any favor on the person who asks whether he may ride beside you. Tou have actually paid for no more than half the section; so when you permit your luggage or other belongings to lop over on the other aide you are using something that doea not bekjg to you something, In fact, that your acatmate has paid for. Don't forget, however, If you take a seat beside another person to express your thanks If he moves bis things to make more room for you. This need be no more than a formal but gracious "thank you." In short, do nothing that you would not do to your best friend or the per son you loved with all your heart, for every train traveler la your brother and alster In a broad sense. (Copyright.) - 1) A LINE 0' CHEER By John Kendrlck Bangs. s HOW FARES THE LEAF? HOW fares tha leaf that you turned o'er When glad New Tear first showed her facet Today what seems to be the score No mortal hand can e'er erase? 'Tie withered? And your promise fair Hath gone to glimmer with the days. And many a blot hath fallen there Through lapses Into former ways? Ah well too bad. And yet Time's tree Holds leaves abundant to your hand, And If thla one shall withered be A fresher waits for your com mand. (Copyright) -t- THE PENCIL. IN '' TUB earliest days draftsmen used simply bits of colored chalk or clay to mark with; a little later metallic lead was used. The modern plumbago or graphite Is not lead there has come, to be a confusion of names owing to the ancient use of the metal. The first graphite pencils wer manufactured in England in 1304. From there the Industry spread to the United States, which now leads lu the manufacture. (CopyrUhu How lt5forted &&,-,JJLgEi By F. A. Illllillllllltllltlllllllllllltllllillllilstllll.lllllllllillllllllUllllllfUIillllUlll-IIIllltlllilil LOOKING IJACKWAItD. IN A Fifth Header which I atudled In a New Hampshire country school was a selection which began "An aged man waa standing at a window." I rinnnt rprnprnlipr nnv morn of It ver batim, but the story teld was of the appeal of the old man to a star to give him back -his youth.' Aa a boy the story had a peculiar effect upon me. I felt a great and sor rowful sympathy for the man who sought what It was Impossible for him to attain, and I hoped prorounaiy mai no one that I knew would ever have to seek from his star what he knew In Advance could not be granted. a a There U nne nlcftir that we all paint rich or poor, successes or fail ures. It la the portrait of "The Man I Might Have Been." We look hack over onr Uvea and see where we might have planned more wisely, acted more discreetly, Duuaea more substantially. There never waa a man who. If he could have lived his life a second time, would not have varied It In some way. Very likely the accord living would not have been so free from regret aa the flrat but we are prone to think It would, because we flatter ourselves that we would bave avoided the first's mistakes. a a a A tiny pebble will change the course of a great stream. There are . little things In our youths that have pro found aftVeta nnnn our manhoods. Who knows what would bave hap pened to Abraham Lincoln 11 wary Owens had not told him she could not marry him because he was "deficient SCHOOL DAYS 1 Lsssr-- Blossoms are spread like a tapestry price less. Orient opulence over the land. And skies have grown Diuer, And hearts have grown truer, For the magic of springtime but few can wlthamud. -Christina Kerr Davis. WHAT JO EAT. FOR those who are fond of hominy, try cooking it In bacon fat after It has been cooked in boiling water untli tender, or the canned variety may be used, draining It before fry ing. Bran Bread. Take two cupfuls of bran, one-half cupful of molasses, one-quarter cup ful of sugar, one teaspoonful of Bait, two cupfuls of Bour milk, one tea spoonful of Boda, three and one-half cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful ' of chopped rulsins. add one beaten egg, mix all together nnd bake In a alow oven an hour and twenty minutes. May Party Cakes. Break into a lurge bowl six eggs, one cupful of sugar and three-fourths of a cupful of softened butter (not melted). Set the bowl In hot .iruter iiinl heal until tbe butter" Is well mixed WALKER In those tittle linka which go tor make tp the chain of a woman's happlnesa." She meant that Lincoln in nis awk wardness did not know how to mate love after the fashion of the day. But Lincoln wol very fond or ncr and many times, perhaps, long years after she had refused him, he thought of "The Man I Might Have Been- nao ahe married him. You can Imagine, too, that she must have thought sometimes of what would have been her history had 'she been tbe wife of the Great Emancipator, e e The man you might have been, which you picture with greater or lesa regret la only a fanciful being, per haps less lovable, less capable of good, less fitted for your real tasks, than the roan yon are. The man yon are Is a reality, and realities are the only things worth thinking much about Regrets never built much of a suc cess. Yon have to add right action to get a substantial and worth-while tesult. Do not waste your time or worry your mind about "The Man I Might Have Been." Bend all your energies to the shaping of "The Man Yon Are Going to Be." lie la In the making. He will be a. reality. He Is worth-while worrying about. If we ahould worry about anything. Don't say, "It Is too late." It Is never too late. There Is an excuse for everything but quitting. Just say over to yourself those two splendid lines that Henley was Inspired to write: "1 am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my sout" . And put the accent on the "L" (Copyright) with the Ingredients. Add one cup ful of flour, sifting It In a little at a time while beating and continue to beat until the mixture thickens slight ly. Pour Into a shallow pan lined with greased paper and bake until firm. When cold cut In fancy shapes nnd decorate or use for jelly sand wiches. Cornmeal Doughnuts. Cream one tablespoonful of fat with one cupful of sugar, add one well beaten egg, sift one and one-half cup fuls of flour, one cupful of cornmeal, one-half teaspoonful each of cinna mon and nutmeg. Dissolve one-half teaspoonful of soda in one-half cupful of sour milk and add alternately with the flour mixture. Roll out quite thick, cut and fry In hot fat. A celery salt may be prepared at home by drying the leaves and stalks, grinding and mixing with Bait. Bottle nnd keep tightly - corked. Bran Bread. Take one cupful of whole wheat flour, one auart of bran, measured lightly, one cupful of white flour, one pint of buttermilk, one-half cupful of molasses, one teaspoonful of salt. Stir all together and mix well. Bake one hour. (.' 1111. Western Newspaper Union.) ing forms.