The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-07
THOUGHTS OF HERMIONE.

(By Dan Marquis in the New York Evening sunl
Don't you think there has been a spiritual quick
ening over the whole world because of the war?
The loveliest man talked to us the other evening
to our little group. you know-and he told us about
some of the most wonderful things that it was doing
to Art! =
Not. of course. to American art And. suppose.
1t would be terrible for America to 60 into the war
just on account of Art Although OF course spir-
itual Impulses wonderful aren't they?
so many things are happening nowadays that it
1t is terribly difficult to Orient oneself in relation
to Cosmc Truth, don't you think?
And one must take that ones Soul does not
lose its Polarity. must one not?
Polarity! Polarity! What would we do without
polarity?
1t is simply wonderful!
Often ask myself lam I Poarized? Or am
| not Polarized?"
I was asking that of Fothergll Finch only the
other day, and Papa heard me and asked very sar-
castically if we were taking up Arctic explorers
this winter. And Polarization has nothing to do
with Arctic explorers at all, really!
Isn't it distressing to think Of all the Food Riots
this wintcr?
never let my interest in Art and Esthetics take
| me too far away from my Sociological Studies or
| my Humanitarian Work.
% "neH we neaTu ABOUT the riots FOthy and |
got into one of Papas and drove along with the
sufferers To study them, you know and show our
sympathy, and all that sort of thing It's wonder
| fully interesting.
was thinking what could do for thcm-in a
| practical sort Of way. don't you know--whcn it
occurred to me that Lent here and 1t would be
| a graceful thing to show sympathy with their
Cause by giving up something more than usual this
year during Lent
Last year I gave up singers during Lent
| never could drink more than OF them anyhow.
But this year, out of sympathy for the food riot
| ers determined would give up some favorite ar
tcle of diet.
So am doing without soft cheese and Bar lie
! Due. I am very fond of it, too.
But one must sacrifice. Especially for the lower
classes. Sacrifice. Sacrifice: Isn't the spirit of
sacrifice wonderful?
The doctor said it making me too fat any
| how, the cream cheese
| Isn't the science of food perfectly fascnatinro
| We've given several evenings to calories and vi
tamines lately-lny little group of advanced think
| ers. you know.
| II the poor people would only learn more about
| 'HaH'hes and calories am sure they would be
able to get along better with their food problems
| spoNe 10 one woman at the food riot the other
1 day about 1t. Sc had baby in her arms and was
crowding quite close to the car. The baby looked
frghtful messy. and afraid my Pom might
catch something from it. But hated to tell her
that. SO made Fothy protect the dear dogge while
TAXED 10 her about her baby-I wanted her topsee
how genuinely sympathetic was IL you get what
mean for If there is anything hate it is SUPER
ficiality.
your baby needs more vitamnes," said "Why
don't you 60 home and give it some vitamines? OF
coure, I'm In sympathy with your marching in a
sociological way. but in scientific way, can't
understand why you take the baby out into the cold
, and there must be frightful number of germs
about today-when what it needs is to STAY home
and digest vitamines."
e She was quite rude. Really!
vi That IL one trouble have f0Ssifs innn1FNzRHI
I, minister to the needs OF the lower classes They
are SO apt to misunderstood. al,
Just the same. am going to organize : class %