Chicago eagle., 1902-07-12
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+. Brochat, who lives near Lauraville.
Nd, gave a feast to his friends. He
served locust soup. locust fritters, n
locust pie. locust on tOast. md locust
in any old form his guests desired. II
wasn't much Of a banquet. Nobody
was hungry; nobody asked for a sec.
ond helping or called attention to the
delectable tenderness Of the white
meat or the succulent flavor Of the
brown. The plan to get cheap and
stable food supply and Of an Insect
that Is nine parts vocal organs and the
rest wings. fell like hod Of bricks.
And now comes Prof. A. r. Uhler. n
Baltimore savant, who has eaten To-
Gusts In all styles. He says that the
locust Of now and the locust Of an.
Client times are rs different as are the
elephant and the spltx pup. The locust
that served as food hundreds Of years
ago was really large and juicy grass.
hopper, as tender rs quail and as de-
liclous as n Blue Point oyster. Prof.
Uhler adds that the cicada has no taste
and little meat. He does not believe
that man could eat them fast enough
to keep from starving to death, 40 little
nourishment do they possess. II you
are anxious to fight the meat trust by
heroic means. eat grasshOppcrs. sug'
gests Prof. Uhlcr. As for the clcada,
the maker Of monotonous harmony, the
rival Of the treetoad. the poor fellow
must necessarily be fleshless. He does
not even possess jaws, as does the
grasshopper. He has only n sharp
pointed beak which he can sink into n
rootlet under ground and suck out the
sap. The only marvel Is where he
gets the strength to sing. Prof. Uhlcr
has spoken In time. II you are invit'
ed to a locust banquet you may prop
crly send your regrets and put the
blame on science.
An organization known as The Chill
dren's National Guild of Courtesy has
been thriving ana growing In England
for ten years. In 1901 1t had nearly
81 900 members scattered through some
500 towns and villages. Its professcd
aim IL ito encourage spirit Of chivnl'
ry amongst children; to stimulate them
to be courteous; and to promote habits
of neatness and cleanliness, and purity
Of action and speech" A boy or girl,
between the ages of 8 and Is, becomes
n member by paying penny. the
amount of the annual subscription. a
bronze badge of membership costs !
penny more. The branches" are or.
ganized In the simplest manner-usual'
ly In public and Sunday schools. Once
a week the rules of the Guild are read
aloud. They are arranged under va'
riOus headings-cOurtesy rs regards
yourself, courtesy Mt home, Mt school
at play. In the street, at table. every
where. Taken together, these rules
provide for the foundations of good
manners-to which good morals are
first cousins. Reports from many parts
of England tell of the noteworthy ct
feet which this concerted action on
behalf Of courtesy has wrought In the
life Of school and town. II 1t Is needed
In Il country where the bus conducto!
says, THANK you, sir" when you pay
your fare is there not room for n sim
ilar movement In our less deliberate
land! To incite the members to fol
lowing their rules of courtesy, the
Guild declares: "Three Of the bravest
and greatest men who ever llved-thC
Duke OF Wellington. General Gordon
and General WashingtOn--were distin
guished for their courteous behavior
1t Is significant to find the father OF
our own country singled out as one OF
three models for English youth. From
this striking fact American boys and
girls-and their elders-may be left tc
draw the full suggestion and stimulus
Few familiar sayings convey more
erroneous notion than the phrase
True as the needle to the pole" IL
order to keep track OF the unfaithful
ness OF the needle to the pole, or thu
variation of the compass" from tru.
north, the United States maintains {
separate bureau, the Division OF Ter
restrial Magnetism. The government II
now preparing, In cooperation will
European countries. greatly to enlarge
its work, and to make the investlga
tions Of 1902 mepowble for their thor
oughness. The, ma }netic needle variel
not only at dfrer6 \, places, but thu