Evening star., 1926-03-28

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vessel is equipped with means 10 care
for any passenger who may die on
voyage. Wireless communication
Is made with home interests. and
terms stated for keeping the body
until the ship docks.
AS TO the drinking water of Europe
] have never cared for wine-nOth-
ing virtuous intended; just don't Ike
wine~-anG as mineral waters tabpr
like so much medicine / had to drink
the native waters of the sin coun
tries ! skidded through or 90 thirsty.
There was always ice. and the water
satisfactory. except for the prejudice
enEendered by constant criticism.
One man at our table, hut not OF
our party. told the woman with him
that it was propa ganda instigated ny
wine and mneral-water interests.
but of that ] do not know and have
no right to say. The next time you
90 To Naples and see the high-up
mountain from which your hotei
mines water that is as clear as crys.
tai and cold enough To chill Your
glass. YOU will notice that wines and
1.harged waters are in demand INST
the same. Naples is mentioned no
cause il was there | was warned tha5
| would have 10 drink wine II ] eN-
pected to keep up with my party.
CONCERNING shops: When you
~ have only two months in which
to store your mind-and heart-wlth
sights YOU Will want TO remember
forever and ever. YOU will have no
time 10 bother over duds. But ! dld
take an hour off here and there to
hunt small remenbrances Tor nome
fIiends-to find that most souvenir
shops are twins to ours. 1he one
difference is that the beads, say thA'
they export to us At price tnat lels
them he sold AT A dime counter are
tagged at thrihble hat sum TO the
tourist foolish enough 10 buy Then
again. just as YOU are getting dlS-
coura Ced. YOU will find some odd
trife for a mere nothing. and wa NJ
To buy the store out. All this docs
not take i'm the big, reliable stores
that carry treasures priceless enough
for a proverhial kings ransom but
the gayly giamourous shops along the
highways of tourist travel.
In Difference to sentiment-hunser
for a coral rose-n0t the pretty light
mink Of ordinary commerce. hut the
House Of Lancaster red that is of
a deepdyed splendor from Mediter-
ranean depths found an Aladdin's
cave where everything was gorgeous
lv real, even 10 the red rose Of my
dreams But If you have friends ana
love them. YOU will want IN begin
with real ivory blossoms. and cora
necklaces. an uncut cameo or two,
and mosaic pins. and so on-and nav
ing already dipped eNhaustiYelY ln'o
vour spending money for i6 pairs or
Kid gloves. a few pretty odds and
~
and pieces Of cobwebby lace from pill
low workers by sunny doorway in
France. you whisper in strlctest con
fdence to the red, red rose:
IF ] bought you today. dearly he
loved. and an emergency was n over
take us before we get back to the
hotel, how would / feel if ! had
suuandered my last yellow hack on
you--iust for myself But, ] tell you
what. m going Ia hunt UP another
like YOU when get to LuCerne-
The moral Of which is: If YOU see
what YOU want in Europe. buy II
without looking further-because You
won't find It, And don't be too pre-
pared for emergencies that seldom
come You Will only deprive your
self If something YOU would love 10
have-and have the trouble nf put
ting the leftover spending money in
hank.
4 PPREC1ATINE Of the interest "f
n Just an old lady who reads your
work every Monday morning. as J d.
not read newspapers on the Lords
day" and who is kindly concerned
enough to want To know If ] so to
church on Sundays and what church
attendant for the reason that !
was asked about the same question
not so long back-here goes. with an
apology to all the rest Of you dear
folks who cannot be expected to care
the traditional whoop whether ! so
to church or stay home
II was born in the faith Of my
fathers. ] love il for Its associations.
| respect il for its antiquity. ! revere
il for it's intellectual strength. | Wor-
ship it for its Sermon on the Mount.
But / do not believe that heaven is
walled-in place TO which my church
only has the key, | like TO think of
il as a wide wide country. open TO all
creeds and to no Creeds. and 10 all
peoples of all Coiors who walk through
life according to the light given To
them-and from which | shall he
forever shut out If | am not as
worthy as they. My earth -clogged
mind may balk al Genesis hut !
have seen mountains and seas ana
deserts. and the more inSCruta hie
wonders Of life that only the micro
scope can reveal. ! walk in n world
of mystery under sky of mystery,
and il makes me know that the Sur
preme Power that made Tll this
could if il So willed, make an Eve.
with garden to put her in: ser,
pent to tempt her. and an Adam who
did eat Beyond this. humanly speak
ing, do not know. You do not know.
We may ask each other. WHITTIER
Coest thou" But who can answer?
1t is Gods secret that, for some
L. IL L.