Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-23

The recruiting station looked like
Christmas card with Its yule green
walls roof-edged with icicles and its
holly red curtains within.
Across the snow from everywhere
came soldiers in the making. each man
Of him bearing gift more royal than
frankincense and myrril.
Outside, at one hour, couple of
young wives waited for enlisting hus-
bands. For them var was a national
adventure. which was to give their re-
spective John and Jimmie chance to
show the kaiser a thing or two. The
exhilaration of II had put pink in their
cheeks and given TO their voices so
strident a patriotism that each might
have outranked the other in some
feminine legion OF death.
A little way off stood an oidish
with tears. She had tried to raise her
son as a peaceful Christian, but he
would come out this morning to join
She said itH and more. to another
woman who had paused to see what
was going on, and. having caught the
spirit of the thing. had fingered to ask
pardon of humanity that she had no
son to give to its cause.
Then another oldish woman came along
with Swapping youngster in tow. and as
the two mothers shared the poignancy
Of their breaking hearts. It seemed TO
the sptnster woman. that the difference
between youth and age means a lot
more than outward looks show for. 1t
must be an inward Something-it must
be-that marks the great divide that
separates the fire of life from its
ashes-
When we have breasted the tropical
breakers of youth and sailed into the
| cool zone of maturity. II is easy enough
to talk peace. and. If we are lucky, get
paid tor il, but
There is always youth. And youth
will forever fight. as it forever loves and
eats and sleeps and plays, because it is its
nature to.
Never mind. dear. prohibition is COM
ing and after that the country will live
in peace according to the Bible, as
Christians should
1t to comfort the first. and, Of course.
it would be like smacking a sick baby
to contradict such optimism, but
You know, neighbors, that when that
outlander Of our Father Adam he declared
the worlds first war. And We have
been warning ever since.
And 1t is the history of the world
never understand peace until he at
| tains the peace that passeth under
standing.
ct don't see how a country that calls
itself Christian can take away a moth
er's only SON and put him to killing
others until he gets killed himself
do you? They don't stop TO think
that the Prince of Peace came into
the world to bring peace-do they
The first oldish woman had returned
to the spinstery one for confort--and
as the good God has given to the sin
gle woman motherliness which only
God and the single woman know
labout-there was no Biblical reminder
bring peace left the world by way of
the cross.
Then the son came out of the station
and sprinted over the snow And
as the two crossed to the Avenue. she
clinging to his arm and he trying 10
jolly her into something of his own
spirit it seemed to the spinster woman
that they stood for the two great OPP
posing factors of human nature-that
have never met-that have never I'M
derstood each other and never will
but that have come down the ages
| together on their way to the end of
the world Youth and age-the eagle
and the dove.
Look at my Antoinette ruche, Does
| it remind you of anything
| An Antoinette ruche naturally recalls
tAntoinette's neck--and the queen rigid
with terror as the guards drag her
to the knife-and the Princess Lam
belle. with her coquettish head on