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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
GRANT-CONWAY

Miss Agnes NJ. Conway, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. p J. Conway Of 1917 Brown
street, was married today to Mr., William
j. Grant at st. Agathas Church. Thirty
eighth and Spring Garden streets The bride
wore a gown Of silk net over georgette
crepe with veil of tulle. and carried lilies
of the valley and Bride roses Miss Anna
j. Conway, as maid Of honor, wore pink
pussy willow taffeta with white overdress
and pink hat, and carried pink roses, Mr..
James Simmons acted as best man and the
ushers were Mr.. John O'Neil and Mrs AL
fred Murphy. A reception was held at the
home of the brides parents. After a we'd
ding trip through Virginia Mr.. and Mrs.
Grant will be at home after August l at
573O Bemar terrace,
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Banqust TO Italian Envoys, ,Beiievue-strnt
ford, 1870 o'clock Invitation
Concert Paramount Park Band, at Bel.
mont Mansion o'clock. Free
Concert by Municipal Band, Fish Piaaa,
Broad and Butler streets. s o'clock. Free.
Concert by Philadelphia band, city Hall
Plaza o'clock. Free
Southeast Improvement Association meet
ing, Doak's Hall, Passyunk avenue and
Moore street, o'clock. Free
Class Day entertainment at Girard Col
lege, In chapel. 1880 o'clock. Invitation.
Electrical Contractors, Association, dinner,
Hotel Adelphia. 1890 o'clock Members
American Association OF Nurserymen,
Hotel Adelphla. Members
Graduation Industrial Art School, Girls
Normal School. Thirteenth and Spring Car
den street Free.
West Philadelphia Catholic Clubs ban
quet IN honor OF Father McGinniss, formerly
OF st. Agatha's, but recently transferred to
81 johns; clubrooms, Thirty-hinth and
spring Garden streets, Invitation.
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BEGIN WORK ON CAPE MAY
NAVAL TRAINING STATION
Henry Ford's Farm Being Prepared
for $500 Reserves-Building
Twenty Barracks
Bv q star Correspondcnt

WASHINGTON, June 20. Work has
begun on the new training station for naval
reserves at Cape May, ~ j., which will
provide accommodations for $500 men,
1000 at the camp and 500 al the operatins
base.
rms station is established on a farm
owned by Henry Ford, OF Detroit, which
mas been leased from Mr.. Ford at the norni-
nal price OF 81 by Mayor william l.. Ste
Nehs, OF cape May who turned the agree
ment over to the Navy Departnent
Twenty large barracks and dormitories
VIII be erected, with officers quarters.
power plant laundry and hospital. The
buildings will be one-story frame wooden
structures of modern type. Especial at
tentlon Will be paid to sanitary arrange
ments, ample hospital facilities will be nro-
Nlded and every precaution taken TO safe
guard the health Of the men auartered there.
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ToDAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

MIivNe R Nr ID; M9rtn, New, York city. and Helen
cGsrls b wet@orSs. GE e. Nsw sH York city and Sara
osas oda MJatTEissi rs Rtos,emogn.. Rta,, Pa.
John r. Hagelind, a5i2 hutchinson st.. and Mar
MisoR Is0Roi II TYSsssle, jr. t2i Lyqsum ave-. and
Frs@sP fs Mst SFEas5s%aorf FsPaega fa Pa and Edna F.
Nssiy a{sS $. '3iS Mote 1TSSon st ave. and Anne
p GbeTt IT. S%s sSSer Y i5th Isn' s CITY, and Dorothy
JQhn, J. pggy;, Ii04 Green ST.. and Mary A.
Morris ErsnkGl 1899 S galloway st.. and Minnie
George c. ,McCabe, $50 shackamaxon st.. and
,hSsissssi hMsssiG J3nGsii 39SSi $50 @ @ShackamaXon st.
GeSSrge 7. ,Lippncott, 2o2s N Hope St. and
William /. Dwell 1850 BraddOck B GSc st.. and Mary
Richard n. Kelly, MSnitwoc, wis. and Gather.
To o9 ine' krags. TULIP and ontario SITS.
Goldberg, 40 Purf9T 81. 'o,'1" 81, anu i'O.'
william JenEl9s @s5i i" $. = ga St, and Alice NJ
Harry B Helms, Audubon n J.. and Emma r.
arthur {" XetroRe. ?sis s, Mole st, and Mary
ca%ae s st. and Ruth
"SeT MtHG 3st,Sy SS5 SSI5 ave- and
Robert N . Quis,ey,, 1929 Larchwood ave-. and
cGS Love- III 5ss s MGfr. iGa s. st. and Anna
jack 9GufSdy R"ddy ShS Rse is,s 2Sh Ho, and H.ar
Joachim, Pa n. Franklin at.
Ernest r. Pither, 1914 Oakdale st.. and Esther
Gilmore l0li Oakdale st
Samuel Il. Williams OF ogden ST., and Helen
+. Jones, 22Oh Kimbal st.
Francis S. A. Hasenplue, hardwood, N j., and
- Josephine =. Paden, G51 N. 18Th st.
Frederic r. borden. Camden, n, j., and Sara ",
Scott 1919 s. PsNon st.
John JilbrIde. $50 W. Susauehanna ave. and
Agnes Hall 500 n. 18th st.
Francis v, Godfrey. 270 Harvey St. and Laura
X. Kuebler, $50 f. Washington lane.
John F. Gi9s91s 9s9 l0dt T. olst st. and Florence
Francis Del Mannol. 1929 Dunield ST., and Bar
hara Stone, 4217 Adams at.
William f. Beck S2i2 NJ Carlisle st.. and
John c. Feaster, 1902 N 52d St, and Irene 2.
Hogentogler, l702 N SGD st.
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CHAPTER XVIII

TNHOR heard the dogs when they were a
i mile away. There were two reasons why
he was even less i'm a mood 10 run from
them now than a few days before. OF the
dogs alone he had no more fear than II
they had been 80 many badgers, or so many
whisters piping at him from the rocks He
had found them all mouth and little fang.
and easy to kill. 1t was what followed
close after them that disturbed him. But
today he had stood face to face with the
thing that had brought the strange scent
into his valleys, and II had not offered to
hurt him, and he had refused to kill It.
Besides, he was again seeking Iskwao, the
she-bear, and man is not the only animal
that will risk his life for love.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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CHILD SETS HOME ON FIRE
But Boy Escapes Spanking Because
Father Is Away

Little Jacob Wesseling, four years old.
escaped a spanking this morning for only
one reason-because his father is away
taking food to the Allies.
Jacob has a weakness for playing with
matches So, when he reported to his
mother in her store at 30l7 Almond street,
Port Richmond. this morning that he had
burned his fingers, she concluded that he
had been at his "old tricks with matched
again. Investigation showed that she was
right. for the curtains In the bathroom
above the store were burning and the wood
work had caught fire.
Mrs. Wesseling rescued two other chill
dren, James. six. and Madeline. ten, and
then turned In an alarm. The hre did about
500 damage. She said later that had
Jacobs father, Jelmer Wesseling,'a seaman
been at home the boy would have been
properly spanked.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

A wedding OF interest to persons in this
city took place in Chester this after
noon at o'clock, when Miss Phoebe Delaney
Wetheril, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob.
ert Wetheril, of Graystone, Chester. be-
came the bride of Mr.. Carl NJ. Noting,
There were no bridesmaids. but Miss
Katherine wetherll, a sister Of tho bride,
acted as maid of honor.
small reception followed the cere-
mony, which was performed at the home
Of the bride, after which Mr.. and Mrs.
Noting left on n wedding trip.
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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PFOPT =
Affairs for Various War Works Interest Society
/ Red Cross Headquarters Scene of Lively In
dustries-Other Matters

nc TTIAYER tells with n fruit ,us
grounds her country place at Vnova afternoon for r ]
branch Of Queen Nfarys , oeneh
Ted BY residents of the whose gardens % anu run VIII be
cause a..
sometimes ofener and has , meets
socts contain
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mighty pretty.

Doctor Lamb, rector of the church, will
perform the ceremony, and Bishop
Rhinelander will give the blessing.
The engagement was only announced
about ten days ago, and at the time there
was not a positive idea of marriage so
soon However, Lieutenant Commander
Todd, having received orders for sea
tuty the wedding was hurried.
Sylvia is the daughter of Mr.. John Hamp-
ton Barnes by his first wife, you know
She was Miss Emily Harrison, daughter
Of Mrs John Harrison, and she died after
4 short married life, leaving three
daughters Sylvia, Dorothy and Cecily.
Mr.. Barnes then married Miss Eleanor
Bdde, and she has certainly proved a
delightful mother to his motherless chill
dren. She has several children of her
own and small Eleanor, who is aged
eleven, will be the flower girl at tomor-
rows wedding.
Dorothy Barnes will be the maid Of
honor and Cecily and Gwen Martin will
be the two bridesmaids.
Nelson Edwards, otherwise known as
Tim is to act as best man, and the two
ushers will be Henry Barclay and Joseph
Wharton Lippincott. There will be
about 25O guests at the reception, which
Is to be given at Westacres, the Barnes
home in Devon, at 4:30 o'clock. Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Todd, of Charleston,
parents of Lieutenant Commander Todd,
will come up for the wedding, and will
be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes
during their stay here, as will Mrs.
come on from Saunderstown for the
event.
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JAMB-CROWLEY

captain Orrln w Crowley and Mrs.
Crowley, of 901 South Slxtieth street an.
nounce the marriage of their daughter, Miss
EDNA NJ. Crowley, to Mr.. Everett Truxton
Lamb, on Saturday June l6; The wedding
took place at the home of the brides par
snts Mr.. and Mrs Lamb will be at home
after September l at 63i Marlyn road, Over
brook,
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ADAMS-POwER

The marriage of Miss Mary f. Power
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John +. Power
Of 5lS5 Baltimore avenue, to Mr.. Frederick
n. Adams. took place today at the Church
Of st. Francis de Sales Forty-seventh street
and Springfield avenue The bride wore
gown of white georgette crepe with white
hat. Her only attendant was her sister,
Miss Dorothy Power. who wore pink. Mr..
Thomas Reilly acted as best man. After
wedding breakfast Mr. and Mrs Adams left
on a wedding trip.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

Mrs Carl Greenewald, OF Twenty-sxth
and Hagert streets, gave a birthday supper
TO the Arion Ladies', Of which she is a life
member. During supper Mrs. Greenewald
announced the engagement of her only
daughter, Miss Alma Greenewald, to Mr..
Mathis Schiffers, who is now stationed at
Fort Mcpherson, Atlanta, Ga. Those who
attended were Mrs. Astfalt Mrs II. Bareiss,
Mrs. NJ Donovan, Mrs, Doring, Mrs. Faigle,
Mrs Fisher, Mrs Gressell, Miss Alma
GreenewaId, Mrs. c. Greenewald, Mrs. lol-
stein, Mrs, Schlcher and Mrs Jickmantel
Mrs. Short and her daughters entertained
q few friends on Sunday at their home,
9O4O North Sixth street Those present
were Mrs NJ O'Rouard, Mrs, John Ward,
Miss NJ. Butler, Miss r.. Morris, Miss NJ.
PeilIv. Miss X Short, Miss r., Walton Miss
N Berry Miss NJ. Berry, Miss NJ, Gibbons,
Miss r. Kelley. Miss A. Short Miss NJ,
short. Mr. Patrick Flanagan Mr., Nalen-
tine Mcdonald Mr.. John Murphy, Mr..
Il O'Toole, Mr.. John Ward, Mr. =. Berry,
Mr. f. Eppnar and Mr. a. Malone
Miss Katherine G, Sheitz, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank j, Sheitz, of 1914
Jackson street was the guest of honor at
an entertainment last evening, given by
her friends in honor of her graduation
from the Philadelphia High School for
Girls. There were many prominent South
Phiadelphians present and Mrs, Charles
Boyle acted as POSTMASTER
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edward Atkins, Of
Merchantville, who are now a their sum-
mer home In Ventnor, announce the en-
gaRement OF their daughter, Miss Helen
Marie Atkins. to Mr.. Simon Gillian. Of
Mount Holly,
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sunnyside Nursery Buys Building

The Sunnyside Day Nursery has pur-
chased from the estate OF NJ. NJ. Vodges the
three-story brick dwelling at 1918 Thomp-
son street. which adjoins its quarters at
1911 Thompson street. The dwelling win
be used as an extension. ~
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wrTNORE-wATRIss

a quiet wedding on the Main Line took
place at l o'clock this afternoon at Gre
field Farm, the new home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter S Thomson, at Rosemont, wnen
Mr. Thomson'S sister, Mrs. Sara Thomson
Watriss, was married to Mr., Charles d.
wetmore, Of New York The Rev, DR. kitto,
pastor OF the Simpson Memorial Methodist
Episcopal Church. Of Ardmore, performed
the ceremony, in the presence Of the fam.
lily and few intimate friends Tho bride
wore a travelling gown and did not have
any attendants. After n wedding journey,
Mr.. and Mrs Wetmore will live In New
York
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An ENLARGEMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. Gustavus Wynne Cook an
nounce the engagement Of their daughter,
Miss Nancy Wynne Cook, TO Mr., Alfred
putnam, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl B. Put
nam. of 1926 Spruce street.
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snndar school Work Leader Quits

The Rev. william Ralph Hall, head Of the
,,ounR peoples work department OF the
Presbyterian Board OF publication and Sab
stion Is 20 take effect September 1, Mr..
Hail viii conduct conferences at Pocono
Pines.
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McCARGO-CHRISSY

The marriage Of Miss Helen G. Chrissy,
daughter of Mrs. William Morris, OF l9AS
Iudson street. to Mr., Harry McCargo, Of
1923 North Twenty-third street was sol
emnizSd at o'clock this morning in St
Elizabeth's Catholic Church, Twenty-third
and Berks streets. with the Rev. Father
Ring officiating. The bride, who was given
in marriage by her stepfather, Mr.. william
Morris, was attended by her sister, Miss
Ethel Morris, and the bridegroom by Mr..
Joseph Collins owing TO n death in the
family Of the bride the saremony was a
quiet one, and the breakfast, which fol-
lowed at the home Of Mr., and Mrs Morris,
was attended only by the families, Mr..
and Mrs. McCargo will spend their honey
moon in Atlantic City and will be at home
I'm the autumn at 292S Judson street
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WEI-BLOCH

Miss Bernce Bloch, daughter Of Mr and
Mrs. Nathan Bloch. of 3S32 North Seven
teenth street. and Mr.. Mortimer i. We'll,
of Hartsville. Ala, were married at noon
today in the Rittenhousc Hotel by the Rev,
Joseph Krauskopf Of the Keneseth Israel
Temple. The bride, who was attended by
Mrs. Samuel Marcus, as matron of honor,
and Miss Fannie Dorothy Herzeld, of BIZ
mlngham, Ala, was given in marriage by
her father Mr. Edward We'll, Of Helena,
Ark was his brothers best man. The
ceremony was followed by a breakfast Mr..
We'll and his bride, after n southern honey
moon trip, will he at homo in Hartsville,
and will receive after July 90. The bride Is
prominent in Jewish social circles in this
city, and will be entertained extensively In
her new home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

TlHE Red Cross headquarters at Wayne
held an enrolment day yesterday from
10 in the morning until that same hour
IN the evening. The committee was most
anxious to raise the membership from $50
70 1000. ! did not hear definitely if they
mad succeeded, but I do not doubt that
mat lively branch accomplished wonders.
Mrs. Robert Brodhead, who belongs to
mat branch, has inaugurated knitting
Classes, which will start next week. The
new sweaters for the soldiers are made
OF gray wool instead of blue as hereto
iore' as it was found the blue dye came
OIL and, needless to say, such a hap
pening would add greatly to the discom-
iorts of the trenches, instead of allie
Waiting them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

'IhE Ogontz and Huntingdon Valley
branch of the Red Cross is working
(Nonderfully hard to raise the sum of
10000 for the fund which is to be given
o'er to the Government this week. The
vsohtz chapter had a meeting on
monday night, and appointed a mems
.ommittee, headed by Percy Madeira and
sonh Newbold, to raise the funds. Mr..
D''ls addressed the meeting, and was
{ u'ost interesting, rousing great enthu-
ionorrow night the Glenside branch,
which Mrs. Maurice Pagan is chair
nan Will hold a mass-meeting in the
N'ehslde Methodist Episcopal Church,
sno Colonel Sheldon Potter and Judge
.Onn Patterson will address the multi.
,uue' It's quite thrilling to hear how
aiu the various branches are working
\ 'ase money for the much-needed cause.
10 hope the $4,000 900 wanted here will
pe collected
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THE Barnes we'd
i ding Will b e a
pretty affair tomor-
row afternoon in Old
81. David's Church,
and from all l have
heard most artistic.
Gowns and arrange
ments to fit t h o
cualnt old place, and
that sounds very APP
propriate, doesn't it?
No, / won't tell you
what Sylvia's gown Is
10 be, but take it
nom me twill be
-.ioht,y nrattV
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NIX he -
I, various kinds ana
n sorts of gauzes,
.0ttons, sponges and
,nssthetics' -.
besides the vege'
,.bles and fruit there
mi be Eats" ready
Il be eaten; in other
cords, ice cream and
s.Ess, and can't you
,,ar the kiddies on
me Main Line: Oh
axe me, mammal!
roh, goody ice cream
and cake"' exclaim
,be tiny gourmands'
and forthwith they
viii go and eat to
,belr hearts content
and never get enough
,or they are always
ready for another
party in a day. and
,njoy It is much as if
they had never had
ice cream in their
uyes before. Such is
youth!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

WIS. ALEXANDER BROWN and her
sister, Kitty Penn Smith, and the
s.''sl Brown kiddies left Bryn Mawr yes
'',uay Tor Narragansett Pier, where they
~ spend the summer. Carol Hartman
peen spending a week with Mrs.
,yV~h since the announcement of her
easement to Mrs. Browns brother,
Penn Smith, made a week
liz. There was quite a little quiet en-
'rn'hg for her but Mrs. Brown, Of
ss' did not figure in it, as she is still
ussp mourning for her husband, who
Tragic death last fall when making
-s'ns trip in his aeroplane on the Della.
/ 4 VEG bird told me that the wedding
Hartman and Mr.. Smith would
n n the very. far future; but who
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What PeOple Are Doing

DR. and Mrs William Henry Dean will
entertain their friends this evening at the
AIdine from until 2 o'clock in honor Of
the doctors graduation from the University
Of Pennsylvania today.
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can tell? Sometimes birds do a lot Of
chattering.
MUSE indefatigable townswomen of
- ours, Mrs. Henry Brinton Coke. Mrs
George w. Childs Drexel and their asso.
ciates, simply cannot sit idle one minute
while there is work to do Mrs. DreXel,
you remember, was the nstigator of the
Women's League for National Prepared.
ness here last year, which so efficiently
fed the soldiers who passed through this
city on their way TO the Mexican front.
Well they are hard at it again, and the
idea is once more to provide refreshment
for the sailors and soldiers who will pass
through the city to the front or the
training camps during the coming
months
Each auxiliary of the Red Cross has
been asked to help by promising to take
charge Of one day or half day.
Mrs. Drexel has given her home at
Eighteenth and Locust streets as the
headquarters for this branch, and will
be there every day for the next two
weeks to receive the various offers of
aid 1t takes one hundred women and
one hundred dollars to provide food and
drink for one thousand men. OF the one
hundred women seventy prepare and cook
the food, twenty serve it and the remain
ing ten see to the transportation of it.
Already twenty-five auxiliaries have
signifed their intention of helping and
n a
they must hold themselves in readiness
to he called on at any moment They will
simply get n phone message and they
must be ready to beat It" at minutes
notice.
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DR. HENRY PAUL BROWN has left

Dfor France recently and Mrs. Brown
and her children have gone to Clapboard,
Me-, where they will occupy a cottage ad-
Joining. the Houston estate during the
summer. Mrs. Brown was Margaret
Houston Young Edwin /. Atlee, the son
of the Edwin Atlees, of Germantown has
gone TO France with Doctor Brown to do
ambulance work. NANCY WYNNE.
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T HEAR that Bishop Rhinelander, who is
head Of the mems committee of the
Armenian Branch of the Emergency Aid,
Will give luncheon at the City Club to-
morrow in behalf Of these poor people.
and that Mrs. Mute and several others
who know the ground very we'll will
speak Of Armenia. The mems committee
and the women's committee, under the
craftsmanship Of Mrs. George Horace
Lorimer, are working diligently together
for these poor creatures who have suf-
fered untold agonies during the present
horrible conflict. We are so apt to give
all of our sympathy to Belgium and
France that there are times when we do
not realize that other countries have
been practically wiped off the face of
the earth beside Belgium, and other peo-
pie are going through the same sorrow
that she has endured with as great forti-
tude and pluck,
I think the luncheon will prove very
interesting affair.
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l. have taken a cottage in Ventnor for
the summer, and they will close their
Chestnut Hill home in a fortnight and
move down there with their dear little
children. Mrs. Brown was Juanita Har.
mer, you remember, daughter Of Mrs
George Warder, and one of the prettlest
girls of her debutante year, which, by the
way, was not so very long ago.
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can tell? Sometimes birds do a lot Of
chattering.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-04-09
By Mary Aquin

gaza7 Are we not tca. constituted 10
Re a4 diversified ana changing - lae
seasons with which nature nas bless
at this section Of 8he fertile western
han9fzphereE DO we grow too used 10
beauty to seek anew lee Elotel5
naunts Ghe fTouds ot young ferns <ui n
over the rock that shelters a latent
beetle aa little hilltop snEestis sa1loH
and catch the antot5aSe4 sweep d
alnd across the 5uucture Of cur river
threaded fields Have we grown SO
.aundlced la spirit that liver VIII not
loosen All sight Of the Master Workman
moll5nE the earth anew The greatest
artist at work cgloEE9g tie sky Et5e
p}astarer tr0wel1nz the ground into
neat sections 0f further abundance
the April eaTbaEe-uaaas Hlu7ius. sweep
ing with drenchtHg fury The debris on
roof and curb and hillside and valley
II we feel no urge TO take to the
pike. feel no stretch cf lang expansion
these days ot spring 1n Already taeas
indeed ae DO not have 70 question
friend or Sunday supplement as To our
age We are old, undeniably So when
blood fails to leap al tac Easter burst
1f aha only season oE the year fhat
sends beauty ahead of usefulness 90
remind us that love, sweetness. odor
exaLtatj0u Of spirit are the first essen
tiais 1f life.
Il was Us Italy that Browning was
maro8ne5 when lie pauHed those hnes-
,.FFana Thoughts 5rom Abroad" and
we think we 6u oar i&tta patch of
world sd far 8par. know too what ae
meant and how mis- heart yearnea as
he cried