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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Friday, May 4, 1928 or are you not going to gll'e me a drink?" 'l'he orllerly squatted on his beelll by Eadie's bunk. "Soldier," suld he In au emha rrassed wanner. "I'd like t<J give yuh a drink. I would, I ain't klcldln' yuh, but to tell yuh the trutb we ain't got no WHter on tl1e train.'' "No more wuter I" "No, we ain't got no more water. But we ought to be lu In an hour or so an• til~y'll put yuh to bed ao· lllu.rtration.s by IRWIN MYERS, D. S. C. you'll be all right. They'll put yun Co'PYrlcht bJ Oeorce a DoraD Companr. to bed an' give yuh a shot o· coneyac WNU Service an' soup an' you'll feel a lot better."' The uft~ruoon darkened Jnto night and the train still crept shudderlngly llirougiJ the r.:tretcher and bls sboul· "Chow!" be cried, "come an get it. on Its way. lt was no longer a secret der blades, too. wllo wants some cbow?" -18that tileJ'P was no water to be bad, Tbe morning advanced and this "What ha,·e you got?" a~ked Eadie. sergeant, then, hanging on a and comment Oli this fact war.: bitter. "Canned willie an' spuds." ueck and mm·ing his feet time Eadie wus unable to dnze. lie These weu we1·e getting worse, they I wus wide awake, tortured by a thou "That's no stuff for sick men." transferred hiru~e!f from were drifting luto the stE te where "LooJ;it, guy, we ain't been to the stretcher, two blankets were sand aches, and consumed by a .bur~ life or death mattered l'ery little to O\'er him. and lle was borne out ing rage. That his rage was impotent garage for three trips. Do yuh know them. In fact there was a slight the ouisy ward. A long swaying ruarle It all the hotter. 'l'here was that there's lots of American wound· preference for the latter. Some of the "'""""'u, marked with much grunt· not eren on orderly there to curse ed beio' sent out In oox cars? You weaker ones died una were put off at don't know how lucky you ure to h~> on the part of tbe bearers, ond out. way stations in the night, to be burled Men went by carrying a stretcher. on a real hospital train with nurse8 t clattering of board runways uu by details of Annamese lab<>r tro<>ps. Eadie watched them idly until they uo' everything. \\'baddyub wunt, anyfoot, bmught them to a dark shed Another long night of borror, of s must be the loading [Jiatform for had disappeared from his range of way 1 Chlf'ken ?" noise, and shock. Eadie remembered vision. "I could go a bit or £oup." ho~ltul trains, for Eadie coulll little of it afterward, save H terrible "You could go a bit o' soup." The an engine panting somewller" The ~tretchers Howed faster and uightmare In which be seemed to be the clank and rattle of shifting faster until a steady stream of them orderly snorted and mopped his brow falling Into unthinkable depths, with The str·etcher was !ald down on went by, the bearers trending 00 each with his shirtsleeve. "Well, there's a runny stones that rattled and rattled. nigger In a white coat Issues out the woorlen horses, the blankets re· other's heels. He suddenly realized that a wave ~oup. When you see a oi""Cr !o a and the bearers left him. • "Bey!" Elldle. cried "l::low's , .. or fresh cool air was blowing tn bls white coat come through, ask blm for shed was very cold and tl!e chances on going out to tbat train?" some soup. Maybe he'll bring yuh face. His wind cleared at once, as imtrPIC'hiPr became after a wblle eJ:· "Take yuh lo a minute I" su!d the wme champagne with ft.'' He went though he had just awakened from tremely uncomfortable. 'fhe brace on down tbe car, rattling bls spoon sleep. The train bad stopped and the held the str~tcher open ground bearers. air In the car was cool and fresh, with "Whaddyuh roy!" he called again on the sides of the wash boiler. to his shoulders. He found tllat by a smell of grass and black rich earth ten minutes later, "take us out, will The train jerked and banged Its up hiE legs and crawling down In place of the foul reek ot rotten Yoo'.'' way through t he night. Orderlies bur· wny, thi~ !Jressure was relieved, but blood and men long unwashed. They "Sure, neJ:t trip.'' t·Jed through the car and the gas cases 8 P"->itlon caunot be maintained bad arrived at last, tor the wounded A nurse went swishing b.v up the wandered up and down llke lost cbil any length of time by anyune but were helng carried out. Presently It snake. If be shoved the other way aisle, and her Eadie seized In a dren. It appeared that an Icy draft wa;o bls turn. Two big men In slick· blew along the floor of the car and head hung down behind. l:le trletl drowning mao's grip. ers put their stretcher beside the "Lookit, nurse," said the sergeant, ng hi~ head on o handle of the bunk. (Copyrioh~ W, N. U.l her. This worked until be ''I've been llere since yesterday ,after· "Now, then," said one, "where you noon. Now they've run In u train aud Into a doze and bls bead bit?" ~ ou len with kindly hand ELMO SCOTT WA1SON ed off, nearly breaking bls neck. they're bringing the men out of the Eadie tried to tell them, but was , . _..... !\ SUNDAY, A child into the light of truth Ma 13, wards. mil· I'll probably get left again:· 0 went by and to blto Eadie And made an honest man. startled to find that be nad trouble In lions of American;; will be ''Is that so?" exclaimed the ourse. speaking. 'l'he E'tretcber men did not Mother love nnu lo,·e for mother wearing carnations as a ''I'll fix that. Here, er·you two, thl~ show any surprise; doubtless they have been the Inspiration for somE> ruau goes out next. I'll sit right here symbol of love and rewere well enough acquainted with pas· of our best-known poets and have remembrance for their mothby blm to see that you don't forget.' "Couple ot wlnutes, buddy," sala sengers on hospital trans. The two sulted In the writing of some of our ers and sendlnl! loving She sat down on the end of the wood· other over biE shoulder, not even stretcher bearers bent over Eudle's best-known and best-loved poems. greetings of one sort or eo borse and sure enough, In a few to see wtJo had called. tag and then prepared to lift illm out Rudyard Kipling was writing for all nnother to them. For the minutes, back came four bearers, "Couple of minutes I I've been here of the bunk. · of us and expressing a nelief whll'h ~econd Sunday In May of seized Eadie and started out with couple or hours already I" "Now tiJen," said the man at the all of us holtl when he wrote him.'' each year has oeen Set NY ou're right, soldier," suid a weak head, "put your arms around my neck, aside as Mothers' day and They weut out into the sunlight. ''What the h-1 are we waiting old fellar, and just lie limp and we'll MOTHER 0' MINE t.llliiiil~ despite an unfot't"Jnate elebere? This !s no way to treat a down a long platform, and Into the have you out In a jiffy.'' ment or commercialism that has be· S'UY I Yuh'd think we was big brown car of the hospital train ''Take off bl& olankets first," said come associated with It, the lrlPa If l were hanged on the highest hill that was drawn up there. Inside were the town or somethln'." the other man. Mother o' Mine, back of It has such a uol7ersal ap. Eadie turned his head. On the Iron bunks, running along both slues I know whose love would follow me "Naw, lift him blankets an' all; he'll peal that few holidays or special days still, horse heslde him was another of the car. a double tier. They put oe warmer that way. It won't be any are more generally and sincerely ob Mother o· Mine. on which lay what tooked ~;atlle In a !ower In the coruer. Evl· border. Look out, now. All setl" served by all Americans of all rates. If l were drowned In the deepest sea, a snow man. The light In th~ deutiy he had been gi\'eo the laro:t "All set." Mother o' Mine, classes and creeds than i~ Mother's 1 know whose wns dim and It was some tim~ bunk, for seven or eight fully dressed, tears would come down Tenderly they lifted Eadie, then day. The celebration of Mothers' day to me, Eadie could make out this !Jarebeaded. muddy men were thrust swung l!lm expertly onto the stretcher. Mother o· Mine, Mother o' Mine. Is now twenty yenrs old. It was oriJ!i· man was d roan whose head wn~ In and the double doors slummed shut. The cool wind olew on his face as If I were damned of body and aoul nated by Miss Anna .Jan·is of Phila· mass ot bandages. There was n The dressed men all wore a huge L know whose prayers would make me they bore him out. Shortly be was delphia In 1908 and gi>en official bole oehlnd which one mlgtot see white card bung to the buttons of whole, out In the open air with a light rain recognition In l!l14 when Preshlent Mother o' Mine, Mother o' Mine. rolling eye and a kind of crock out their overcoats. They looked about falling In his face and making blm Woodrow Wilson Issued the first them sadly for a few minutes ana whlrb came the man's voice. blink. Ile looked up into the burry· Louis Uutermeyer confessed ror all Mothers' day proclamation. tben sat down upon the t!oor. Eadie "What hit . you?'' gasped the ser lng clouds and thought bow pleasant of us the Inadequacy of m('re words The glory and beauty of mother looked at them for sorue time, grlu· the falling rulst was ~nd tbe clean to express our deht to the women love and the consequent lo~e for nlng ba[lpily. These muddy meu were "I Know, Colonel," Said the Concili- cold wind "Notbln' hit me; 1 hit a house. after the closeJ.e~s of tbe who gn n' us birth wMn he wrote ating Voice, "but There Isn't an mother with all the Joy tl111t it bring~ gas cases and not entitled to a bed. rhanfHn' for General Pat·ks. hospital car. The stretcher tilted Empty Bed in the Hospital!" Is as old as the human race. There TO MY MOTHER rurmln' with no lights and the but must sit on the floor of the car downward aE the bearers went down Is an ancient Jewish saying that until the train reached its destination. mnde a curve. There wns u no blankets had been pro\'lded for the runway from the unloading plat on the other side or the curve.'' Eadie wriggled a bit with satisfaction. those that must sleep thereon. Eadie form. Then the stretcher was leveled "God could not be everywhere und Poor recompense to you were I to fill therefore Be made mothers." Some This page with rhyme and rhetoric "What did you do. go through the He had a real wound. slept In snatches, rudely awakenell out again and set down with a squush to dl"play In a very few minutes, so few that each tirue by the &hock of the train In the mud. The bearers stretched of the greatest men of all ages. with Only the poet and thereby betray the true humility of the great and F.adie felt a chill as be thought of how stopping or starting, and the pain of themselves, working their oodles "Naw, I went through the root o My earliest thoughts for mere poetic with the bre11dth of vision wllil'h his wound. Toward morning they backwards and forwards to take the house. I been gettln' a raw deal close he had come to passing unothe1 skill recognizes the true values of lift Poor recompense, tndeed. ~·ere 1 to made a long halt and throughout this ldnk out of their backs, and then •v<•rvwhere 'cause I got hurt In an 1 night In the shed, there was a distant hare acknowledged their great dei.Jr thrill !Janglog of doors, an Jfllcer ran down Eadie slept hea vlly. Be opened bls sloshed off out of sight. acc~ldE!nt Instead or oeio' wounded." With my own mustc. turn to you and to the guiding forre that mad" their the platform making sure that e,·ery- eyes once, however, to Hod the car Eadie lay and watched the clouds know," said Eadie wltb sympa· say, thing was closed, there was a faint almost dark and a tangle<'l heap 11y dJ'Ivlog by and let the rain tickle hi~ achievements possible. Such an or "l give you these, my verses; let The conversation ended there knowledgemeut has ne,·er found u whistle, and an answering toot fronJ the doors where the gas cases slept cheek~ and wondered If he would be them pay .._,nn'"' It was tiring to both men to the finer expression than that attributed For ail you gave and all you give m• engine. like so many snakes all entwined with taken Inside before the blankets were An electric light was turned on •till." to one of the gt·eatest men of all Crash ! A chorus of groans from all. one another. quite wet through. For a while be time. For it was Ahrahum "Hey I" cried Eadie, "these - Lin<"oln Clank I Slam! Another cl10J'US ol t am too poor to buy yoa back th• A second day was a replica of the could bear no sounds except the faint going to leave us bere all night. who is sairl to ha,-e declared onre: years groans, and the gassed min cursing Hr.-t, out on the third day a nurse enlls or the men bringing the wounded they?" A mother pays for with her dreams where they had been flung In a heap. made her appearance. Thl~ was th1• out of the train, and the hissing noise "All that I am, or hop~; to be. I ow!' and 'ears, husked the former to my angel mother." The train took up Its flat-wheeletl ftrst time anyone had seen ber and of men walking 'to the mud, and the For I am rich In nothing but In love. And last year on Mothers' day a So Let me gJve my th:tnks, so let me be Journey. l1er entrance Into the car was the sh-sh-sh of wet slickers. Then he And so It was. The sergeant slept, splendid trihute was paid that moth Forever in your debt. who gave to me "By G-d I" cried Eauie, "that bird signal for a clamor. heard voices louder than the rest, er when, to qiwte from a news dis· with tbe cold and a sensa· The breath of life-and all the joy "Iley, nurse, where we goin'?" quite oeur thereof. of being broken In two, curled must think he's running a freight 1 1 patrh sent throughout the Unite£1 never had a rougher start e,•en on ~ "Whereat could 8 man get a few "Now, listen, sergeant, I wallt two StatPs from Lincoln City, Ind.: ~ln1Relf up In a ball and slept onre How many "little tired out boy<>" •forty hommes' train." dgu rettes r· blankets for every one of these men. awakened with pains In cramped "Motlwr's duy was comrneDJorut~c -even though they were "hoys" of "They 8aid we hnd an American "Ain't they anything to eat her~ Two blankets apiece came otT the and his wound burning as though here toda~· to one of the oat inn·~ twenty, or fort>· or sixty ,l'enrs-hare hut canoed bill?" train with them and two blankets greatest mothers-Nancy Hank~ Lin Be had put In some terrlh:e crew on this train," said some one. not wished that they could put Into The nur~r waved her hand wearily "Yuh might know!" answered a a[liece 1 must have to ~how for those colo. since he had been In France. words the lon~ing that Eu~ene Field never a worRe one than that. It man from an upper bunk. "They pic!; "We're going to Nevers, or some· that I'm going to leave here.'' ''Gathered at tile grave of the moth expressed In his "I know that, sir, out we haven't endless. The third time he out tile engineers like they do tile wlwre near there," she replied. "We'll er of the ~mnnl'lpator, the executive be there pretty soon." cooks. Tiley lloe a bunch they've ju!"t nny extr·u hluokets. It's so cold In the commlttre nf the Indiana Lincoln a nurse stood beside blm. CHILD AND MOTHER un "Where the b-1 !s ~evers?" mut caught an· a· looey says. 'Count otr! wards that all our blankets are on Inn plt>di(E'd itself to the "Much pain?" she ~sked. task of huild the patients. Couldn't you get more As a matter of fact Earlie felt quite NuruMr one Is conductor, number two tered several. in:; a nationnl shJ'!ne In honor of the 0 Mother-my-Love, If you'll give me As the nurse pa>-sed his uunk. Eadie hlnokets at the garage when you go 111n1fortable that time, hJt he Instant· fireman, and number three engineer. your hand. mother who. against all the hin· reached out his hand and caught her thel'e?" And go where 1 ask rou to wander, decided he had been groaning In The rest of yuh Is shacks.' " drance~ of a rude l>ioneer life, molded 1 will lead you away to a beautiful "What the b-1 Is a shack?" asker! skirt. Here the first speaker seemed to the character of Abraham sleep and that this nurse would Lin~oln' landsome one. "Hey, nurse," he called, ''I've got pray s while, In most uuprayerful gll'e him o little jolt. The Dreamland that's waiting out "An aviator. r.oominl( low over the "Bra kemuo.'' a !,elly wound and they told me In the tones however. "By this and by that;' yonder. "Yes!" said Eadie. gra ''e and cahin site, dropper! this "I bet he's right, too," muttered the hospital not to drink any water. Do he soil! ftnally, "If 1 don't get two We'll wall< tn a sweet post• garden out The ourEe thereupon gently lifted ther~ eJ:-chauffeur "But they, oughtn't to you suppose I could now? I'm pretty !Jiankets fot· e\'ery mao that came otT message: blankets and slyly piorheil bls Where the moonlight and starlight Tn the Manos of :<laney Hanks Lin· put these here catch-as-catch can en· thirsty." that trnin and ;oee them piled In the are 5ttreaming g!oeers to runnin' hospital trainl"." "Certainly you cail drink," she said. cars In fifteen minutes, I'm going to The- coin: And the !lowers and • birds qre filling men and women ar~ here, beside "Be yourself I" said the sergeant. th• air The train rattled away through the ''Don't take too much, though, it have theru of!' these wounded. I'll be your gra\'e, badly wounded.'' \Yith fragrance and music of dreamafternoon. There were windows In It, might make you sick. Here, orderly. eternally condemned If I'm going to Among the guarding trees, to make Ing. "I'm pinching you so that the needle their \'OW but the lower bunks were below the gi"e that mao a drink." This last she he done out of two months pay for ''Your name shall never die''; and to burt," explained the nurse. "It Strangely any nit·wit pill-roller." sill and so Eadie could not look out. said over her shoulder. There'll be no tittle tired out boy to their pral::~e, didn't pinch you'd let out a shriek undress, The gas cases talked and smoked' enough, the orderly did not seem to We add our trthute from the sky. There was silence for quite a time, would wake up the men In the among No questions or cares tp perplt"x you: hear. Be leaned ngain~'t the purtl· then Eadie heard the whistle of the them~l~es, occasionally • walk· t'here'JJ be no little bruises or bumps We are the artificers or the past, ing up and down the aisle to stretch tion of the little cuhby hole with 1rain and some men tramped past the to caress, Whose handicraft has gaIned the praise "Ali!" 'l'he sergeant saw the light their !eg.s. The train stopped on the closed eyes, swaying with the move· Nor patl'he~ of stocklngB to vex you head of his stretcher. "We give him of men. E\•ery time they plnche'd his average of three times an hour, com For 1'11 rock you away on a silver dew ment of the train. He might be his blankNs all right," said one, "but With stone and clay, with bru$b and stream, he had been getting morphine. No lng to a grinding, smashing halt that asleep. pen, he didn't hove time to count 'em and And sing you asleep when you'r• \Ve wrought, to leave expressions ot 1ro1nd1~r he had slept so much. Eadie waited a minute or two and they're about a hundred short.'' There slid every moo against the head of hi~ weary, the truth we found. No nHH'e until daylight, \l'hen some bunk. A long walt, several false then, reaching In back of his head. was a deal of laughter at this and A.nd no one sha11 know of our beau~ brought him a bowl of cocoa. It starts, each one marked by 8 glorious rapped on the partition. tlful dream, But you-ycu dared to take a llvinJ< then >"ilence. But you and your own littl• dearie. bot ani! the sergeant drunk It in crash as the engineers took up the child, a plastic Infant mind, "Watcha want?" asked the orderly, Eadie, the cool air blowing upon his To mold Into a soul of love, an tnstru· spilling a good deal down bls ~lack anll finally got away with a jerk projecting his head from the cubby hot foreheud, c'osed his eyes. And when I am tired I'll nestle m;r It was ment divine. head that threatened to take out every hule. Your genius u~ed an art that ours wa~ quite comfortable here after all, a tn the bosom that·~ soothed me so Ideo ln leaving u~ drawbar by the roots. The woundetl mean beside. "How's chances on a dJ'inl; ?'' thousand times better than that curse11 often, 'l'o you, then, Master Artlsl, we send ?" demanded the sergeant. The orderly's eyes flickered. groaned and curaed end the train has· train. Be was disgusted and enraged And the wide awake stars shall sing our word of praise. h'.rbey brnught you out for H train, .. tened on Its way. Eadie judl!ed that ain't got oo cup right now." said he, to have his rest broken luto by more In my stead A song which our dreaming shall the wun who had brought the It made about fifteen miles an hour "but a _guy's gonna hrlog me some voices, one conciliating, the other Through devlou,s paths that masked th• ooften. "antl the train got fuJi und there on the down grade. way, hnck In a minute." wrathful and loud. 1 -a··~n·• ull) more. They expected one Eadie lay down aga!n. H( had been The sergeant discovered after a "0-d d-n It, there's no excuse tor two o'clock yesterday on' It didn't while that by taking hold of the mesh thirsty for sumP time, not extremely leaving tl1ese men here in the rain. 1 [laper o~kiug her to set u date for an up. Maybe It had a wreck, 01 spring of the upper bunk he coulrl so, but mildl,v uncomfortable. Now don't care what they tolll you! Here inten·iew iu regard to a sto;y. The the crew got sick ot It an raise himself up and so lessen the that he had been told that it would are seriously wounded men, and there writer r~plied: over the hill. It'll come In ao~ pain of the stopping und starting of uot hurt him to drink, he oegan to are the wards; your duty Is plalu. "Unable to com~. owing to quince The lndependen<:e pns~ible to au the train. When the train begun to cra,·e water. His mouth felt al" Go around and shove all the patients thors who hu,·e uttaiued literurj· presenes." slow down, he would hook his Huger> though It were full nt sand und u tbnt can stand It Into tents :Shove The editor, being a woman. recog· ubiquity, and. incidentully. the gentle In the mesheso and lift himself hail great weariness of mind and spirit he· 'em out whet11er they can stand It or ulzed the force of the excuse and re· and chastened spirit of the modern "Didn't anyone have sense out of the bunk. Here he would han)! gau to steal O\'er him, a sort of nag· not, but get tlwse meu under cover 1 joined: editor who h:1s thest' authors to deul for that, or don't they give until the rattle nod bang apprised him glng unrest. There's room for 'em somewhere!" "At·e you doing them up, or are with, Is illustrated by this story from that the train had stopped. How 'l'hree days on this cursed train 1 "I know, colonel," said the conclllat· I New York: thel' ilo!rg yllu up?" "Aw, It's too bad aoout you!'' re- thankful be wus for that custom the Why, In three duys he hud gone from log voice, "but there lsn·: ur; <Jmpty A young woman who is oot only the orderly with asperity. "You French have of tooting the engine Le Cornea•! to Saint Oizier, diagonally Led In the hospital !" Thi.> five cities ha\'iog th~ hl:,:hpst ,·ersntlle in literary matters. but bus your junk out or you and all whistle beJ'ore the train moves! When from one corner of France to the "Well, you empty some 1 That will her moments of domesticity. received suicide rate r~re all nloug the 1\'l'St up comfy with nlee clean blttn· that whistle did Its stull', Eadie again other, and that In a freight train full oe your job! Meanwhile put these a letter from the editor of a woman's coast. an' still crabbin' 1 There was t!f· seized the spring and pulled himself or replacements and casuals, that men on the floor, or under tile beds, or from bls bunk, ju~ In time to escape stopped In every town whlie tll1! train anywhere to get them under cover." hund~~d stretcher case~ just otl lines timt had to stay out In tbe the slam that took up the slack, and crew wen: up to the Cafe de Ia G~re (TO BE CONTINUED.) Minding Own Bu11ines. all last night because there the jerk that started tbe train out and bad a few drinks. Mary Eldon was to spend the day room llTJder a roof for 'em. again. Eadie rapped again on the partl Snow Line on M ountaina with l1er granilmother. "Don't tell th~ It grew dark after a while and a tion. ''How about that drink?" Ice and snow are found on high Originally the term "amateur" was family affairs; they will worry grand muttered Eadie, dim electric light was turned on. "Just a minute, ol-timer. we'll mountains the year around above applied to a rcrson who did ~ome spe· mother. \\'e must keep our own bnsl make this harn any When the train went at its full speed, bn \'e it.'' what Is known as the snow line. The 1 ness to ourselves," ar!monlshf'u thE' ciul kintl of work t!Urely be~ause he lraJ~mt~r nor this stretcher any softer," this light was fairly bright, but when The minute stretched Into several snow lioe Is the line sl1owing the liked it. Correl'tly used, the wortl re· ex-rha uffeur began to gro1o the train slackened there was just minutes and the sergeant's patience limit of peq;etunl snuw, varying with ' con~cieutious mother to her ,·oluhiP tains much of thb original meaning. li\'e·~·par·nld daul(hter. a "hile, softly and regularly. enough light to ~how where the bulb became exhausted. Lie pounded on the climate In different part:;> of the Mary lcltlon's rare was hPamln~ on An amateur b OIH' who perfects him felt like keeping him company, was. An orderly came hustling the partition but there was no re- world, !Jut situated nt upproxlma:ely her rptnrn home anti she confid.•il "elf In ~ornething, without mnldng a remembered that the nurse had through the car and !~sued each man sponse. A hnlf bour later thE' orderly 1,000 feet 11hove sea level, ut latitOde ' wit11 her mol her: "Grandma nnd I profe~~ion nut of it. It is not rorrect bim not to. It was. anyway, too a tin plate. Then be appeared with went down the car. When be re· 70 degrees; 5,100 feet, at GO oegrees; IHlVe "el·n•ts. too. Grandma salol nn1 to use the word "umuteur" In the t an effort He could swear that a wath lioiler In which be menily rat· turned Eadie ~ized his ankle. "For G,SOO feet, at 50 degrees, aDJl from sense of 8 beginner or one who Is to tPII IIPr bttslm•ss and gPt .rou wnr stretcher brace bad worn a hole tied a gi~antlc spobn. -:---- sake," he demanded, "are you lG,OOO to 17,000 feet at the equator. poorly trained. "Amateur" is the l'iPd. 'y,, all "-lind our o;;u busitH•'s · ) ·C·H EVRON S By LEONARD NASON l So Mother-my-Love, tet me take your dear hand, And away through the starlight w~ll wanderAway through the mist to the beautiful landThe Dreamland that'o waiting out yonder! 0 ..---t or And all the "familiar poems•tr what one Is better known and strikes a more responsive chord In the hearts ot all of us than Mrs. Eliza· beth Akers Allen'8 ROCK ME TO SLEEP, MOTHER Bt<ckward, turn backward, 0 Time, In your flight, Make me a child again tust for to· night! Mother, come back trom the echole•• RhOrf', care, Smooth the few sliver threads out of my hair; Over mv slumbers your loving watct keePRock me to sleep, mother-rock me te sleep! Backward. How backward, 0 tide of the years! 1 have grown weary ot dust and de· cayToll without recompen•e, tearo all In va~n- Take them and give me my childhood again! 1 bave grown weary or dust and de· cayWear.,. of fllnglnl' my soul ' we th away; Weary of sowing for others to reaPRock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleeo! Tired of the hollow, the base, the In· true. Mothor, 0 mother, my heart calls for you! Many a summer the grass has grown green, Blossomed and faded our faces bt· tween. Yet wtth 'strong yearning and pas· slonate pain Long I tonight tor your pres'ence again. Comes from the .s11ence so long and so deePRock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleep! Over my heart, In the days that ar.l flown. No Jovo like mother love ever bas shone: No other worship abides and endure•Faithful, uns•IHsh and patient !Ike yours; None like a mother can charm pain From the sick ooul and the weary brain. Slumber's so~t ~aim o'er my llds creepRock me to sleep, mother-rock sleep' away world heavy me to Gome, let your brown hair, Just lighted with gold, Fall on your shoulders again as at old; Let Jt drop over my forehead tonight; Shading my faint eyPs • way !rom the Jlgnt; For with Its sunny-edged shadows once more. . Haply will throng the sweet violons • of yore: Lovingly, softly Its bright billows sweepRock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sloop! Mother, dear mother, the years have' been long Since I last hushed to your Lullaby song, Slog, then, .. nd unto my soul lt ohall seem Womanhood's years have beon only a dream. Clasped to your beart In a loving em· brace, With your light lashes lust sweeping my fat'e, Never hereafter to wake or to weePRock me 10 sleep, mother-rock me to sleep! r Cousin• Preserves or Manuscript The folder advertising the boat cruiSI! read:' "GI\'e the n~mller In the party, with names, relutifm>'hlp, etc." Heller hud never made reservatl~ns before and this puzzled him. He wrote: "Johnson and I will trar~l witi'i you. Am not sure of our exuct rela· tlonshlp.'' Luter he wired: ".lollnson's uncle and my father were ~econd or third couslus. Must I bring furthe!W proof of our relationship?" I Defining "Amateur" ( Take me again to yo·u heart a8 ol yore; Kiss from my forehead the furrows of I antonym ot professlouul. Often an amateur Is more skilled in his work than a professional.-l'athfiurler ~!itga· zine. Real Philo11opher~ The reusoo woruen ha >e more \\Teeks than men Is hetau~e sHen !nen In ten let their wl\'e~ do the rlrlvlr,g.Snn Francisco \hrouirle. Between [i5 and 00 per rent of automoblle sales are on the i.NHtllment plan. |