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PAGE THREE SCHOOL DAYS i If. tli. ltd O tU tU i;v- " I -iV l.t. f.a.i ou THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Something to Think slbout By F. A. WALKER , hliihim; thi: la. Mr o , K ALL the stories (hat out of a fur-dltunt hi t have come, down t eiitcrtiiln mid tench us none In more compelling In It Interest than Unit of Aluililln uixl 1iU wonderful lump. There ore scverol versions of the fuel, liut one fen tu re rcmulu the same In ull t'.iu vnrlutlons In onlcr to get tin- benefits which the lamp hud pow er to confer the possessor had to rub It. In other words. It took WOUK to get tlio desired results ond to enjoy the benefits. The grcutcst disgrace In thin life I to be Idle. To produce nothing, to feed upon the mental or physical labor of other, reduces man to a rank lower than the animals, for they strive at least for their food. "Ho Is not only Idle who doen nothing." says Kenecu, "but ho la Idle who might bo belter employed." 'J lie thing to do la to find that tank for which you ure bent Uttcd. which you cni do with the greatest efficiency mid the greatest pjcumire, and do that tusk with all your might fount your efforts by results. The punch that does not land never overcomes your opponent. The bullet Unit spends Ita energy In the air never helped to win a battle. rroduction, It'liSL'LT.S, Is what truly measures endeavor and lives lta value. Idleness Is emptiness. Kmptlncss as to the present, emptiness as to the f ut ii re. One of the most Indcfutlgable work ers In America, a lunn whose accom plishments are known the world over niiil whose name In a synonym for tic coiiiplUliinent In his profession said In a lecture to u group of young men recently: "The mail who works only with th" purpose of self-preservotlon ; whose only object In life la to satisfy his hunger, cover his nukedncss and provide himself a jdicltcr, may be good but he won't be good for much." A mau WITH A IJUAIN ought to have something that the machine can not have, lie ought to have aspiration imd ambition und a vision of a better future. i If be bns not how is ho better than V the combination of belts and gears beside which he works? I could never qulto seo why Adam was very severely punished when as a result of his Infraction of the rules of Kden lio was told, "In the sweat of thy face sholt thou eat breud." I cannot believe that the Creator looked upon work as a curse, a punishment. Work boa brought more Joy Into the world, cured wore Borrows, wended more , broken Leurta and built wore "happiness than any other function of mankind. Curlylu puld a splendid tribute to work when ho wrote, "There la a noble ness und even a socrednesa In work. There a nlwnys hope lu a muu who actually and earnestly works. The latest gospel In the World Is, know thy work and do It." Work will make us love life. It Is the one means of satisfying ambition. It Is the ono way to turn dreams Into realities. It Is the ONLY way by which a mnn run prove his right to existence n nd establish the wisdom of the Cre ator In having made him. The best purt of the story of Alad din Mild his lump wus tliut he had to rub the lump to got results. He bud to work to accomplish what ho sought. And thut was mu.h more satisfying than ever marrying the Sultuu's duugli ler und living happily ever after. ( uiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiit: THE GIRL ON THE JOB How to Succeed How to Ot H Ahead How to Make Good By JESSIE ROBERTS 1 5iimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimtiiiiimiiiimiimir; Li:CTUUITKACIIINO IN I'AItIS, when our soldier boys were on leave and seeing the sights of the gruut city, It was common to meet uu American girl taking a bunch of the boys through one or the other of the museums that make part of Its glories. They made these trips Interesting by telling stork's about many of the fumous pictures und statues. Anna Curtis Chandler Is doing some thing of the sumo sort In her Sunday Story Hour for children In the Metro politan museum In New York city. She confines her work to the lecture hull, however, und Illustrates what she says with stcrroptlcon slides. Hut there Is nn Idea here thai might bo carried out in many of our smaller cities and towns. There are often excellent lit tle museums In such towns whose con tents, If they were brought to the at tention of the young people, and the older ones, too, would add Immensely to the appreciation and understanding of art and beauty In a community, as well as to the knowledge of the his tory of art. A clever girl who wished to do this sort of work would have to take u course In art history. She would need to understand the different periods, to know the musters. She would be utile to find much Interest ing material on which to build her stories, much human Interest, too. Working with the co-operation of the curator, and advertising her talks In a way that would attract her fellow townsmen, she might make a real suc cess of this now little-worked form of lecture-teaching. (Copyright.) WITH THAT VOICE He: I have formed the habit of Inglng at my work. She; How you must hate It , That's Right A measure which alma to teach the children how to play appears to be not without merit when the schools are being urged to do bo much that probably does not odd to the Joy of youthful life Ilostpu Truuacrlt, , I wander'd lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vale and hills When all at onre 1 saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodil; Ilrslde tha laka, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breette. Words worth. WHAT TO HAVE FOR DINNER. PLANNING the family men Is Is not a task to be spoken of lightly, for It means much thinking, planning and economy. A nice dish which will be liked by the fumlly und will be asked for again Is: Codfish Chowder. Take two thick slices of salt pork, cut Into small cubes and fry until brown; add one-half dozen potatoes sliced, three small onions also sliced, cover with boiling water and cook un til the vegetables are tender. Add two cupfuls of shredded suit codfish and one quart of hot milk ; cook for Ave minutes, add one half dozen milk crackers softened In boiling water and serve at once. Soup From Bones of Fowls. Itemove all bits of meat from the bones of a fowl. Separate the bone at the Joints and crush with a ham mer ; add all the bits of skin, pieces of neck and the feet which have been acalded and skinned. Cover with cold water and set over the fire. Melt three tablcspoonfuls of chicken fat, slice Into It an onion, three stalka of cel ery and a scraped carrot, add three sprigs of parsley, a blade of mace, cover and let cook, stirring occasion ally until softened and yellowed slight ly. Hy covering the dish the vege tables will steam in the fat and their own moisture. Add to the bones with a cupful of left-over canned corn -nd simmer partly for an hour; remove the bones and strain through a fine sieve. This broth may be used In tnuklng almost any variety of soup. By the addition of salt, iiepper and a smull can of tomato soup, a particularly good tomato soup results. Banana Salad. Slice one-half dozen bananas and chop one cupful of walnuts fine; add a little suit and mix with enough may onnaise dressing to make the salad of the rlitfit consistency; add one cup ful of freshly-roasted peanuts," and serve on lettuce. Young cooked beets hollowed out and filled with peus, peanuts and chopped pickles makes, with a good well-seasoned dressing, a most tasty salad. Ham Loaf. Chop one and one-half pounds of uncooked ham, add one and one fourth pounds of round steak chopped, one-half pound of lean fresh pork chopped. Mix well, add two well beaten egg9, one cupful of oatmeal or rolled oats, one teaspoonful of salt and one teaspoonful of pepper (level). Mix and bake In a loaf one hour. "KuxaU . Writers Newspaper Union.) O SejejejejejB)ejejese)eaejjejejBjBjBjea THE WOODS By DOUGLAS MALLOCH la a sisiaia si a ataiaiai aiaaaiaiaiaiaiia1 THE PASSENGER PIGEONS. WHERE roam ye now, ye nomads of the air? The old-time heralds of our old time Springs? Once, when we heard the thunder of your wings, We looked upon the world and Spring was there. One time your armies swept across the sky, Your feathered millions In a mighty march Filling with life and music all the arch Where now a lonely swallow flutters by. Where roam ye now, ye nomads of the air? In whot far land? What undiscov ered place? Ye may have found the refuge of the race That mortals visit but In dream and prayer. Perhaps In some blest laud ye wing your flight, Now undisturbed by murder and by greed, And there await the coming of the freed Who shall emerge, like ye, from earth and ulght. (Copyright) Preserve Scottish Phrases. The Scotch origin of wauy north ot Ireland fumlllcs Is shown by the com mon words In use. ltoth speak of a burn, but lu both Scotland and Ulster the phrase wee strcum la much wove llkeLy to be heard. The S-tar j Span 61 q a B anner Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light. What so proudly wa hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes sad bright stars, thro' the perilous fight. O'er tha ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air. Care proof thro' the night that our flag was atill there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled ban ner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the borne of the brave? On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep, Where tbe foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes. What is that which the breese, oer the towering steep. As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected, now shines on " the stream; 'Tis the star-spangled banner; oh, long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave I Remembered Debt to Lafayette Whether you have been there or are planning to go, here's a story of Val ley Forge you will want to remember. I give It as It was told by a writer In Our Dumb Animals: The Incident I am about to relate oc curred In 1S24, during Lafayette's laet visit to this country. Forty years hull passed since his promise to Washing ton to return ns his guest. He was now nearly 70 years old, but his heart tent ns warmly for his adopted coun try as In those earlier days when he had fought for Its liberties. A brllllunt reception was under way. A slowly moving line of stotely guests ptiRsed by Lafayette, who greeted each with courtly grace. Presently there ap prouched an old soldier, clad iu a worn Continental uniform. In his hand was an ancient musket, and across his shoulder was thrown a small blanket, or rather a piece of a blanket. On reaching the marquis the vet eran drew himself up In the stiff fash Ion of the old-time drill and gave tbe military salute. As Lafayette made the return signal, tours started to his eyes. The tattered uniform, the ancient flintlock, the silver-haired 601 dler, even older than himself, recalled the dear past. "Do you know me?" asked the sol dier. "No, 1 cannot sny that I do," was the frank reply. "Do you rememlier the frosts and snows of Valley Forge?" "I shall never forget them," an swerd Lafayette. "One bitter night, general, you were And where are tbe foes that so vaunt ingly swore That the havoc of war and the bat tie's confusion A home and country should leave ns no more? Tbeir blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From tbe terror of flight or the gloom of the grave; And the star-spangled banner In tri umph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of tbe brave. Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation, Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our v cause it is just, And this be our motto "In God is our trust r And the star-spangled banner in tri umph shall wave O'er the land of the free and tbe home of the brave. going the rounds at Valley Forge. You . cume upon a sentry In thin clothing, and without stockings. He was slowly freezing to death. You took his gun, saying : 'Go to my hut. There you will , find stockings, a blanket and a fire. After warming yourself bring the blanket to me. Meanwhile I will keep guard.' "The soldier obeyed. When he re-' turned to his post, you, General La-' fayette, cut the blanket In two. One half you kept; the other you present ed to the sentry. Here, general. Is one half of that blanket, for I am the sen try whose life you saved." Historic Yorktown. Yorktown, Va., one of tbe oldest set tlements In the United States, has been the scene of decisive events both la the War of the Itevoiutlon and In the Civil war, consecrating Its soil to tha memory of great deeds. Naturally, Yorktow n contains many places of his toric Interest, not the least of which Is the ruins of the old fort which played a significant part in the sur render of Cornwallls and hU army to Washington. It was the battle which closed the War of the Itevoiutlon and created the United States as a na tion. A monument marks the 6pot where the sword of Cornwallls was handed to Washington's representative, General Benjamin Lincoln. In the Na tional cemetery maintained at York town lie the bodies of wany French and American soldiers who fell In the battle. Should Be Commemorated. Independence day lives In the hearts of the people, rather than in specta cles. It la recognized wsd -observed in. spirit, whether there are parades or fireworks or pageants of any kind. It requires no noisy demoustrotlon to keep It active as an influence for good citizenship. And yet it Is good for Uie people to get together on that day and commemorate It In some fashion, to utilize It as a stimulus to their best sentiment.