The Washington times., 1917-02-28
The Thoughts OF Hermione.

II Inc AhOuBuu Ot hcrmlOuc.
Don't you think there has been a
spiritual quickening over the whole
world because of the wa-? The love
liest man talked to us TIM othe- eve.
ning-to our little gSpup. you know
land he told us about some of the ,nost
tcoHderfHl things that it was doing to
Art!
Not, of course, to American art.
And, suppose, 1t would be terrible
for America to go into the war juat
on account of Art Although, of
course, Spiritual Impulses are wonder
(ul, aren't they?
So many things are happening
nowadays that it is terribly difficult
to Orient oneself in relation to Cos
mic Truth, don't you think?
And one must take care that ones
Soul does not lose its Polarity, must
one not?
Polarity! Polarity What would
we do without polarity?
1t is simply tconderfH!
Often ask myself: "Am I Polar
lied? Or am not Polarized?"
/ was asking that of Fothergill
Finch only the other day, and Papa
heard me and asked very sarcastic
ally II we were taking UP Arctic ,ex-
plorers this winer. And Polarization
has nothing to do with Arctic ex-
plorers at all. really!
1
Isn't it distressing to think of all
the Food Riots this winter?
never let my interest. in Art and
Esthetics take me too far away from
my. Sociological Studies or my Hu.
manitarian Work.
So when we heard about the riots
Fothy and I got into one of Papa's
cars and drove along with the suffer
ers. To study them, you know, and
show our sympathy, and all that sort
Of thing. It's wonderfully interesting.
was thinking what could do for
them-in a practical sort of way.
don't you know-when 1t occurred TO
me that Lept was here and it would
be graceful thing to show sympathy
with their Cause by giving up some
thing more than usual this year dur
ing Lent.
Last year I gave up stingers dur
ing Lent. l never could drink more
than one OF them, anyhow.
But this year, out of sympathy for
the food rioters, determined would
give up some favorite article of diet
So am doing without soft cheese
and Bar lie Due. I am very fond of
1t, too.
But one must sacrifice. Especially
for the lower classes. sacrince, Sac
rifce! Ism the spirit of sacrifice
ico.nderfuI!
The doctor said 1t was making me
too fat, anyhow, the cream cheese.
Isn't the science OF food perfectly
fascinating?
We've given several evenings to
calories and vitamines lateIy-my lit
tie group OF advanced thinkers, you
know.
II the poor people would only learn
more about vitamines and calories
am sure they would be able to get
along better with their>food problems.
l spoke to one woman at the food
riot the other day about It. She had
a baby in her arms and was crowdine
quite close to the car. The baby
looked frightful messy. and I was
afraid my Pom might catch something
from II. But l hated to tell her that.
so l made Fothy protect the dear dog
gle while l talked to her about her
baby-I wanted her to see how gen
timely sympathetic / was, II you get
what l mean. for IL there is anything
l hate II Is superficiality.
your baby needs more vitamines,"
l said. why don't you go home and
give II some vitamines? or course.
I'm in sympathy with your marching, |
in sociological way. but in a scien-
ttfc way. i can't understand why YOU
take the baby out into the cold and |
there must be a frightful number OF |
germs ABOUT today-when what. IL |
needs is to stay home and digest vita
mines"
She was quite rude. Really
That is one trouble 1 have found in |
trying to minister to the needs of the |
lower classes. They are SO apt TO
Just the same. / am going to or
ganize a class on the East Side and
teach some OF the poor things about
calories and vitamines. Preach to
them, you know, about food values.
They eat some of the messiest things.
And the poor little Pom caught cold.
after all. He has been sneezing ever
since. II he got any germs from that
baby I shall never forgive myself.
He couldn't eat his\squab last night,
poor little doggums!
Don't you just dote on dogs? They
take to me at once. And so do babies.
Even the messy little thing In the
food parade leaned toward me
though, OF course. i wouldn't let It
touch me.
They get my Spiritual Aura. IL you
know what mean. Papa, who makes
some very coarse jokes at times, says
that he has noticed that many crea-
lures OF less than adult human men
tality seem to hang around me, and