Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-13


compillnr Golden Book, recording
the bravery and grit of the boys and girls
who are dong So much To keep things
going IN workshops and ON farms while
the men are away at the war.
No more hcrnlc chapter Ot the war Will
ever bc written than the story OF the work
done bv chlldrcn IN France and FLANDERS,
left fathcrless. and sometimes motherless,
too. hv the war As far as they can, they
tall the places of their parents who have
gone
: rLUCKY COWGIRL.
Take. for instance. the story of Irene
Ferret, who worked for farmer OF Novillc.
Nobody expected anything of i6-ycar-old
Irene. except that she should continue
taking care of the COWS But when all tho
bows and men had gone she said to tho
farmer
''Rut. maitrc, let me sec to the horses :
it's tho Same as COWS
so he tried her.
Irene got on splendicily with the horses.
Then she made up her mind 10 plough.
And ono morning thcv found her hard
AT Aftcr she had plowcd and narrowed.
she ~,,wCd
lvcn the bows couldn't havo done
better She worked for four. said Mistress
BeauenuSln. the farmers wife
Nll the country girls Of France and
Normandy have ploughed and narrowed
tended horses and helred get III the haN
But what thcy did not. and dared not At
first was 10 rim he reaper and hlnder. and
wcpr mons clothes as lrrne dld right at
the vcrN beginning If tho war. She smoked
- man plpc. too Not because she liked u
'Quui done. she saws. 1T pleases the
horses When they SEQ the pipe they think
~ themselves. We know that girl Is
drrNlng Us but she looks like man and
suol - like man So perhaps We q better
obel her inst as II eEc were q fn1n'
lhr .u,-prcicct has hcr namo ~
sr,ral do-~lcr. nnd some day. after the
ver -he will he called M and duly re-
warded
TlNl FARMER
tnntl,r .tor, of , ch,ld's ln,lnntahle
pluck IS that of Icon NalIc. 2 small hoy
~ II. Who nuns hiz father tiny farm of
T. pcro~ Tho father Is a wounded, and
ncprahl, ~ working
This small hcrn plovs and sows ands
rc.,re
'Mha'"' someone asked aNou mean
- sax tbat httlo vhipzter hes plouehed
and -owcd and rcapcd' nid you really"
hc said turning - Icon
"Ncs me and Rouhotc. answered
con Name
Rouaoto IS q tall gray mare. and the
visitor couldn't help wondering how such
a very small ho, could possibly manage
to harness So l1rga ~ anmal
Rut how do Won rit the collar on
Rouiotc2 he asked
stand On = box. sald con Marie
Nnd how 10 ycr put the birdie on hcr''
I climb up on the rack Tcnog vou
-hlll ~ce' Nnd tic visitor did 500 and
u vas worth seeing thc vav that little
fellow managed tho Inc mare
Ihc Year hofore las when everybody
thought that tho tractlon-rcapcr wasn't
coming con Narlc rcaped and bound
about an scrc - wheat before tho machine
arr,cd
u seemed to hrn ncr,lv 2 matter of
course The bnv va- irving tc do wha-
hi- father used IL do before tho war
That an
Hr,D ~ IN rAWul
ll,ur Callouot i another whose name
vii figure on the Golden LIST. Of littlo
substitutes
llcurl logan to run the s. acre farm Al
tbc ago ot ~ when his father mobilizcd
Two vcar- later tho soldicrfathcr dicd at
Ncrdun. and Henri. on his 18th birthday.
v;,S tho head Of the family for good
lightweight acres 20 wa.ch over fields.
pastures and orchards to plough, harrow
SOW reap and set the crop in
The mother. Who Is not strong. has All
She can do 10 bake tho bread get the meals
do he weekly wash and run the poultry
Tho slstcr feeds and beds thc stock,
manages tho DAIRY, Cultivatcs the vcge-
table garden, helps her mother with the
housework and bitches up tho dogcart
to sell butter, eggs, turkeys and poultry
al Bcrna1
Indeed she would willingly help her
brother with the heavy farm
farm work. too. il he would let her. But
this hc will not allow
NV SISTER. saws Henri. 'for You the !
light work and for me to do what ! can
to replace our father as much as possible "
- Henri Is keeping the home fires
burning IN this splendid way, for without
hm his mother and sister could not
BRAVE ATTEMPT.
ono Of tho most touching stories, per-
hap, is that of Robert Pigal lad of IA