Where did you get your eyes so blue?
Qut of the sky as I came through.
What makes the light in them sparkle
and spin? i
Some of the starry spikes left in. |
Where did you get that little tear?
I found it waiting when I got here.
What makes your forehead so soft and
* i
A soft hand stroked it as I went by.
What makes your cheek like a warm
white rose? i
Something better than anyone Knows.
Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss? |
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.
Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.
Where did you get those arms and hands? |
Love made itself into hooks and bands.
Feet, whence did you come, you darling |
things? i
From the
How did they all come to be you?
God thought about me, and so I grew.
But how did you come to us, you dear?
God thought about me, and So I grew.
—George MacDonald |
same box as the cherub's wings.
m————— A —————
THE VOYAGE OF THE
GOOD SHIP LUNA
ow Penhallow Freedom, com-|
fortably tilted back the wall |
in his big barn, watched the four
young members of the Hammer and
Chisel Club at their tasks. Especial-
ly was he interested in the
Duck Travis was busily con-|
structing.
“That's a fine thing to build,” ob-
“Lots of fun |
studying the heavenly bodies—a lot
more fun than going to them. |
The boys looked up at this. “What |
do you mean going to them?" quer-'
eople don’t
go to the stars and planets. That's |
|
“A i
people felt
flyin’ in the air. We |
live and learn, although stubbin’ our
toes on scientific problems is kind
ul. Some day, who knows
but what some future Lindbergh will
off to the moon or to Mars— |
just like that?. Once, when I was
quite a bit younger, I remember—"
“Yes?” prompted the boys, as the
Captain hesitated. “You can't fool
us. You've got a story up your
Sleeve. Come on Captain let's hear
Captain chuckled and began to
whitle on a soft pine stick. All
work in the workshop ceased, and the
as they al-
ways did when the genial Captain
spun one of his star-spangled dra-
mas.
“One day I was in New York,"
began the Captain, “and I'd parted
company with my ship. Didn't like
the skipper. or several weeks
nothing turned up, and I to
worry, 8 about a bad habit
I'd got into eatin’ three meals a
day, One mornin’ I picked up a
newspaper and, havin’ nothin’ be
to do began readin’ the want ads.
One struck my fancy right away.
It read:"
“Wanted: Expert Navigator.
young man with more than
usual amount of courage, who will
undertake a voyage to a far-distant
land, and no questions asked. Double
pay, and none but those of an ad-
venturous turn of mind need apply.
Call in person at 17 Maypole street,
Baythurst, Long Island.”
“Well that struck my fancy some-
how, and in five minutes I was on
my way.
“No. 17 Maypole street was a neat
old brick house with a bit of garden
in front. I rang the bell, and the
man who opened it must have been
waitin’ right behind it—i. opened so
suddenly just like jack-in-the-box,
And he was just as surprisin’ as
one of those toys, too. e was tall
and awful thin, but it was his face
that startled me. He had a long
nose and the most remarkable eyes;
they blazed just like black diamonds.
And you could see he wasn't afraid
of anything. He almost barked at
me.
“You came in answer to the ad-
vertisement young man? Were you
ever afraid of anything in your life?
Answer me that!”
“His manner made me mad, so I
gave him back as good as he sent.
“No and I ain't now neither!”
“He
then stood back. “Come in. Maybe
you will be a relief. I've been talk- |
ing to lily-livered poltroons _all yes-
terday and today, If you're one,
I'll throw you out!”
&
A
“T let this go by, because I knew |
1 could break him in two, if he used
that recipe on me, He led me toa
big room, all filled with books, charts
and queer-looking instruments. We |
sat down, he still was ' at me. |
“T am Prof. Aloysius McGonigle.
No doubt you have heard of me, 1
am the world's foremost astronomer.
I admit it. And now who are you?”
«I am Penhallow Freedom, late)
second mate of the Julia W. Pren-
tice. I've sailed everywhere—"
“No haven't,”
Not where I'm
courage than the grassh
been interviewing la
”"
“And then I said som tool- |
ish, which I began to
minutes later. Tl go any place you
or any other man will!” i
“80?” he said, soft like a cat
i
ready to spring. “Well sign that, |
It said: T the under- |
do hereby
as navigator, as one Prof. A
McGonigle shall direct and for the | cou
rrr
| them g
‘times more
4
glared at me for a second and space,
duration of such voyage as he shall
designate.
“1 signed it with a flourish—and
leaned back in my chair, still
at him. He folded the
do I go to work?" I
“At once,” he said.”
“And—where is this place we're
‘When
»
queer
| shot to the moon!”
| “You don't need a navigator for
that,” I said. “What is the power
that shoots the rocket? I've only seen
0
in the air on et
“ Bah! Those chings! Why, I have
a thousand
than dynamite!
invented an
We shall be shot from the earth, and
in a trifle over ten hours we shall be
on the moon!”
“Won't that be kind of ?
We'll never catch our breaths that
We shall shoot through the air in
absolute comfort. Of course, the start
may prove a bit—er-—abrupt—"
“ And our arrival? Don't forget
Shat: My first aiiip 1dothed at only
nine an hour and wrecked a
good wharf. What if we land on a
—if the moon has rocks?"
He smiled. ‘That is one reason w.
I selected you. You see you are wi
cevered with fat
padded, in fact,
fast.”
turned down sever-
al navigators on account of their thin |
I looked hard at him; a skinnier
man I never saw. ‘“Well-—you're go-
in’, aren't you?"
He laughed--the only time I ever
and that wes ev
heard him give way—
one reason I t he was sane.
| “I have made to order a special suit,
padded to protect the vital parts
well
of the body, There will be one for
you, too. I am going to call you Com-
modore Freedom. I am, of course, in
sole charge, but Ishall bestow no ti-
tle on myself. But you shall be Com-
modore. Here is your first month's
salary, Commodore report here at
8:30 A. M. tomorrow.
“Good-day."”
I wandered out from that inter-
view so muddled I didn’t know wheth-
er I was walkin’ or flyin’ The Pro-
fessor was busy, checkin’ up a huge
lot of goods of all kinds.
“Are we bein’ shot away this morn-
ing?” I asked with a gulp.
here, ]
shot away in about ten days. Have
some popcorn?” He took a handful.
Now, you see the enormous car-
riage it rests upon? That holds the
charge in a cleverly protected breech;
X Resigned it f. There is enough
of explosive in there
t now to blow the whole of Long
up to Vermont! Have some
rn, Commodore?"
The hinges in my knees almost
flew apart, and I guess I jumped
back from it.
But the Professor was ramblin’ on
the with his technicalities.
“This rocket is not in one piece, as
you might suppose. It has a sort of
cap at each end and these are noth-
ing more than giant shock-absorbers.
A most cleverly designed contriv-
ance. I designed them myself. You
see, the aft cap will absorb our shock straigh
from the explosive, and the fore cap
will absorb our shock when we hit
the moon.”
“Wonderful,” 1 said. “How-—how
fast will this loony ship go?”
“About seven miles per second!’
“Did—did—did you say sev-sev—"
“Don't stutter, Commodore. TI said
seven miles per second.”
What are my duties?” T asked.
“Come inside. You will have but one
task really—just to keep the ship
pointed according to my oral instruc-
tions as we travel.”
We climbed up the ladder and en-
tered a steel door. The inside was a
marvel, and under any other condi-
tions I'd have been crazy about it.
He indicated a ougs thie some-
thing like a gear 8 on an automo-
bile. This was set in a plate with a
ot utcimpery oy: tt
It very simple,” said
through
ed. I designed it myself. Have some
Commodore ?
“You "are the luckiest man in the
world, Think of the honor. One of the
first two earth men to reach the
moon!” ¢
“rd a good sight rather be one 0
the billion men to read about it,”
said I.
It was the night of the ninth day
afterwards, when two men climbed
into the Luna. One earth man was
eating
than Lit Only, of
rse, Columbus didn't get snapped
starin’ |
feet |
up a couple of hundred a W .
tissues, quite well
| tunnel.
upwards,
trapdoor blocked our way. We hes-
itated. 4
‘the earth my
paren
| might
| tho
in
‘away from the dock like he was
kicked
‘a half.
he mumbled.
Who is speak-
‘are we?"
He moved and soon he had a flash-
‘light turned on. The e was a
wreck inside; instrument board was
smashed and objects all strewed
| abet. Suddenly the Professor yell-
“We're there, Commodore! We're
at the moon! The clock is broken,
but my wrist watch says 7:30. That
But—but I
only remember one jolt—"
“One was enough!” I said.
“But there must have been two—
otherwise how could you have been
sitting on top of me? Eureka! We
are the first earth men to reach the
Oh, how wonderful-—and to
think it came out just asI had work-
ed it out. Still, that was to be ex-
pected!
I felt weak all of a sudden.
i 1
It
‘seemed like an awful dream-—and yet
it must be all right, because the Pro-
| fessor said so, He was strapping
lon a gas mask, and he handed me
“We are about to go out Commo-
dore! About to set earth feet on
another heavenly
He sprung the lock on the door '
and pushed it open!” “Regardez!”’
The moon!” i
Well, the first view of the moon
was kind of I ex-
disappoin ,
pected everything silvery and sparky,
but it was darker than a cellar ona
rainy Friday night. We seemed to
be in a cave—loose dirt all over
erything.
“Most interesting,” cried the Pro-
fessor. “The soil is much like ours.
I hhd thought it to be a sort of lava.
A slight m ulation only. Ah,
here is something.
The flash showed an opening to
what looked like a tunnel. We push-
ed our way over the loose dirt and
crawled in. We could stand up, It
was a tunnel.
“Wonderful! Stu ous!” cried
the Professor, “The moon is in-
habited! this is the work of beings!
Look! Stonework! old and worn, but
creature built! Let's on.
“I guess we'd about a
mile when we came to an old door.
The Professor went wild over this.
AL. t I” he said.
hb} imagine. are not
| nly, tunnel but door build-
ers!” . { Fe
We didn't have to open that door;
it fell when we touched it, it was so
old. And that was the end of the
A rough flight of steps led
and we went. A sort of
i
“This Bives me a feeling akin to
the of Pandoras box,” said
the Pro r. “Who knows what we
ghall see when we open this door?
Who knows what the Lunans will
look like? Who knows but what
some wild, ferocious creatures are
on the other 44d
ye py go on,” I said.
. tar ] Professor. And
we push ;
ell, I've A some J Yrites in
my life, but that one led all the rest.
On coming out of the hole w
faces of
g
wi Le
of bristl red ait
The otter
first 1
he |
an
other for a
anybody coul course
we coutdn't
scared
ground
But Prof.
afraid of no one. He
to e. .
Eo this is the moon!" he said.
The two creatures stared at him.
This is wonderful! We are from
friends. You know
although you
. two stated at ue, guable 2
speak. We though
dumb, y
“You see,” went on the Professor,
“we left the earth last night. This
is our first trip to the moon. We
shot ourselves here in a big rocket. P
Shuuuuuuush! Like that!”
And the Professor gave what he
t a fine imitation of a rocket
“I suppose you are Lunans—or
quaintance.
The two queer creatures looked at |
each other, and I'd swear they ex-
Ghee ‘motions, Evidently
EE
talk.
twice :
gygss its all right |
we let them'blindfold us. Any- |
| thing now wouldn't have seemed odd. |
i
began |
it was real . For instance,
their tiny were bright purple—
and I saw a a green and
blue one sittin’ right on top of one.
It certainly was utiful scenery.
now and then I could hear
the yell about something.
Up and down and around we went,
through dark passages and then up
and out. And finally we shot
around a sharp curve and stopped.
There was a gate, and our new
friends took us m the car and
outside They were grinning from
ear to ear and up at a sign
over the gate. It read, “A trip to
the moon Ten cents!”
Prof. Aloysius McGonigle's face
was a study, especially as his hel-
met was over one ear. He looked
as if he was goin’ to have a fit. He
choked ard blurted out:
“Wha-what! Where are we?”
“Crescent Park, Long Island, State
of New York, U. 8. A,” grinned the
clown. “This is Mike Dookins, my
friend, and the contortionist of the
show whose nds yon came up
And Tm Stubby Owsler,
King of Clowns. What was that
stuff you were tellin’ us about the
moon ?”
But the Professor couldn't speak.
I shook hands with the boys, and
wished 'em good luck and led the
Professor away. Never was so hap-
py in my life. We were only a mile
from the point where the rocket was
shot away. When we got back to
the laboratory, there was a big hole,
and buried in it was the rocket.
The breech had been unable to
stand the explosion and instead of
shootin’ up the rocket it had gone
backwards and tore a big hole in
the ground, By accident it had hap-
pened at the mouth of an old un-
used tunnel,
And that was the nearest we'd
come to the moon-—-as near asl ever
wanted to get, too. The Professor
was kind down hearted.
“Cheer up Professor,” I said.
“We're alive.’
“Yes, I know. But I hoped we'd
get there. The moon is as far
Nay as ever. Too bad Commo-
re.”
“Never mind, Professor. Have
some popcorn?” I said. Youth's
Companion
pn.
A iy
CAUSE MILLION LOSS
Forest fires have caused three
deaths, burned over 50,000 acres of
woodland and caused damage of
more than $1,000,000 in Pennsylva-
nia this spring. Secretary of For-
ests and Waters Staley said today.
More than 1,800 forest fires have
been reported this year and 99 per
cent were preventable through ex-
ercising o care, Staley said.
“Every one of the 118 steel for-
est observation towers is being man-
ned day and night and the entire
personnel of the department is using
every resource of attack where the
need is greatest,” he said.
Staley announced that Deputy Sec-
re John W. Keller has been de-
tailed to direct forest fire fighting
8
1:800 F(
in the northwest of the State;
Willis M. Baker, tor of the For-
est Research Institute, has been
sent to Johnstown to supervise work
there, and that H, E. Clepper, senior
research forester, has been assigned
to the anthracite region.
Telephone lines to observation
towers have been placed in service-
able condition, roads and trails have
been brushed throughout the State
forests, fire hazards removed, and
forest fire hting nt over-
hauled. Schools of instruction for
wardens and towermen were held
the State. The most ef-
in f will be determined to a
large extent u the control of
forest fires,” Staley.
Secretary
‘The purpose is, not y to ex-
tinguish forest fires promptly but
also to eliminate the cause by hav-
ing hazards cleaned up, and by edu-
tating the peoble tobe: cargfil with |
fire while in woods. Much de-
pends of course, on the extent to
which the public co-operates.”
There are 4396 forest fire wardens
in the State, 1400 of whom have or-
ganized fire fighting crews. One |
huadred and eighteen steel fire ob-
servation towers have been erected
by the Commonwealth, so that now |
ractically the entire forest areas
of the State is under constant ob-
servation during fire seasons. Thirty-
six of these are on the State forests
354 sgaty arelotaten upon private |
Carelessness is the cause of 99
per cent of the forest fires in Penn- |
sylvania, Secretary Staley pointed |
out. Every citizen can help in for-
est prevention. P the |
matches |
them |
use |
careful to
stamp out the embers left in the
ashes whel they build rex n the
woods. addition, a good
plan to pour water on the fire to be |
to
that it is really out. i
———Subscribe for the Watchman
| treuse, orange,
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN,
DAILY THOUGHT
Have you noticed the shrub that some-
body stepped on? It is trying to bud
—Advance spring messages be-
plaids printed on the bias
slenderizing look
and smart styles in jackets, blouses,
to ensemble witha
ontrasting plain color, Dots
importance as touches
on a drak dress
and ensembles for
without a coat. Sophis-
two color prints have the de-
le color on
All to a blue season,
and tkis should be kept in mind
when replenishing the wardrobe, for
blues are tricky and need careful
harmonizing. The purplish tones
of navy, such as fleet blue and pilot
blue, will be in the lead. Other
tones all the way to the palest wa-
tery tints of aqua blue and aqua
marine will appear as accents or en-
tire dresses to contrast with dark
coats,
-~Important fashions on Easter.
You saw more beige gloves than any
other color. But you saw more
white gloves than you saw last year.
And you saw them worn with black
and navy costumes.
You saw white touches everywhere
on black and brown and blue cos-
tumes. White furs on coats. White
lingerie trimming on dresses. White
tops and yokes on dark dresses.
White ribbons and feathers and flow-
ers on hats.
You saw more beige and taupe
stockings than any other shade. Be-
cause they looked better with the
black and blue and green brown
costumes.
And you saw more opera pumps
than usual—but lots of oxfords, too.
And if you watched heels, you saw
that 1931 heels average lower in
height than the heels of many sea-
sons,
Evening dresses have a tendency
to incurve at the sides at midthigh,
thence spreading to the hem. Ber-
thas and variations of berthas still
mark chiffon, lace and net models.
Much satin, both the shiny and the
new dull weave, is used for evening,
also marocain, crepe de chine, or-
gandie, chiffon and lace, usually em-
oyed with chiffon or net. Youth-
ul models spread from waist to hem-
| Chiffon for evening is usually large-
patterned.
For evening much white is still
seen; also palest blue, a very much
lighter and brighter green, off-white
shades, especially ivory, and a slight
mauvish tinge; lemon, pale char-
daffodil, tomato and
some black.
Novelties inciude a crystal neck-
lzce bowed in front, halter-like. A
waistdeep garland of flowers is new.
A diamond with another stone, such
as a sapphire, ruby, to etc., is
much favored as . White
kid gloves with soft gauntlets ac-
company short-sleeved summer
f Rosepetal collars are charm-
4
ing.
Where there are a top and bot-
tom rod both on curtains of sheer
' material it is very satisfactory to
hang them immediately after they
are washed, without ironing them,
Adjust the gathers and when they
are dry they will look as if done in
the usual way. This method keeps
them clean longer.
Green pull-down shades can be
made to look like new if they are
turned with the top to the bottom.
This, of course, necessitates a new
hem but the cost is very slight in
comparison to the cost of new ones.
The work may even be done at home.
However I found it better to havea
drapery shop do it for me.
—Rubbers and galoshes, as well
as oa wil Jat much longer if
wra, in newspaper
ey the I re the hot sum-
mer months.
—Very often an
from
electric iron be-
the starch. This
shoes
ook is
ialists, T
feet, shoes should
and flexibl Tight or sho
that the
1
7
| muscles and bones lose their strength,
and the toes become deformed.
rules to remember are: Toes
straight ahead, using the large toe
as a lever; never toe ont and kee
the weight on the outer border of
the foot. .
Exercise often helps foot troubles.
These exercises should be taken in
the bare feet two or three times a
day. First pull the toes in and un-
der as if pic up something—re-
peat thirty or forty times; pick up
marbles pencils with the toes;
walk pigeon-toed; walk slowly on
the outer borders of the feet with
toes turned in.
—Snowballs—Cut or break an an-
gel cake into small cubes—about one
to 1% inches. Holding the cubes
with a fork, dip them into icing
which is thin enough to flow readily.
With a spatula, cover the cake on
all sides with a thin coating of the
ising. Allow the surplus to drip
off.
frosted cubes into white
with
or tea.
—Tea punch.—Prepare tea, using
four teas of tea to a quart
of boiling water. Let stand fi
minutes, strain, add two cupfuls of
) and lemon juice, two cup
of ice water and 2 nger
ale. Serve with maraschino cher-
ries.
and rected toward
and
Ve | smoke while handling d
FARM NOTES.
—Build low roosts for the chicks
when they are three weeks old. Pro-
vide plenty of room so the chicks
will not crowd, These precautions
will help to prevent coccidiosis.
| —Keeping records on milk produc-
tion of dairy cows is especially im-
portant when the price of m is
low, All low producing cows
should be weeded from the herd as
soon as detected. Serious losses
‘may thus be prevented.
—Pruning and thinning out
branches of ornamental plants re-
‘duces transpiration flow and aids in
shapitg the plants for permanent
ect.
Before setting plants from the
greenhouse or hotbed into the field
' be sure that they have been harden-
ed sufficiently by gradually lowering
the temperature and reducing the
amount of water supplied.
Wool should be stored in a
clean, dry place until it is sold. It
should never be stored in a base-
ment.
—Real co-operation is needed if
Pennsylvania forests are to be pro-
tected against their greatest enemy,
fire. The easiest time to fight fire
is before it starts.
Sweet clover, “seeded alone early
‘in the spring on good land which is
adapted to it, may make good graz-
ing after midsummer, say State Col-
lege farm crops ts. Seeded
in B Swest glover generally
‘needs m e t year's growth
to make sufficient root for maximum
| yields the second season.
—For summer pasture, oats seed-
‘ed with sweet clover, or crimson
and mammoth, will make a palatable
| pasture of heavy cropping capacity.
—The great object in plowing un-
der green crops is to increase the
amount of vegetable matter in the
soil. The actual plant food these
crops furnish is not very great, ex-
cept in the case of clovers.
—There is alot of argument as to
which kind of clover is best. On
soil that is limed, sweet clover will
add more plant food in a hurry than
‘red clover. If soil is not so
very rich in lime you should use red
clover,
—Silage cutter tests show that the
| cutter elevates the cut corn by throw-
‘ing rather than by blowing. It
was found that elevating fans with
a low air pressure were the most
efficient and require the least power
to operate.
Calves should have a warm shed
to “keep the hump out of their
backs” this winter, according to C.
W. McDonald of Towa State College
at Ames. Such care will prevent
colds, lung fever and scours. A
well bedded open south shed will
provide the protection at a minimum
of cost. A ration of gral and
good legume roughage furnish
the necessary feed for growth and
put the calf into condition for spring
‘pasture or for the feedlot as the
case may be,
—Of course, when cows are on
satisfactory pasture and giving a
reasonable amount of milk, they
generally need but a small amount
of grain: if producing more than one
pound of butter fat each per day,
the grain may be omitted entirely,
, of course, that the pas-
ture is a real good one. In case
‘the production is higher, some grain
should be fed and it should contain
in te neighbatiiood ou per cent
protein. cow
‘should have grain in late summer.
—“Alabama's forestry work is di-
encouraging the land-
owner
ants in
the most profit
lands,” saia Col.
who directs the
efforts among .
press them with the benefits to be
derived by conserving the forest
lands. t is
many ty RS onlays ng
Re that go added enormously
to the productivity of farm lands.
Similarly. practical forestry avails
itself of the application of numerous
principles of science, management
and business that
greater and quicker yields from the
woodlands than accrue when the lat-
ter are neglected or abused. For-
_estry is both a science and an art
and the adoption of its principles b
the owners of woodlands mean prof-
it instead of loss, and the mainte-
nance within the State of thousands
of wood-using plants, er with
the employment of tens of thous-
ands of wage earners.
—Crimp all caps with cap crimp-
ers rather than with a pair of pliers,
Overholt recommends. Pliers are
likely to crush the , thus cutting
off the powder train the fuse
and oft times, as a result, the charge
is either delayed or does not go off
at all. ‘The use of cap crim
the blaster's best form of 1 in-
surance and aid in preventing ac-
cl
accidents in blasting opera-
why
AAS
a delayed
Fuses, he
.
Most
tions are due to investigati
charges have failed to go
pest not to investi te
charge until a day later.
feels, should be at least a foot and
'a half long; this length allows the
operator about a minute and a half
leave the stump or boulder.
Where a blasting machine or bat-
[tery is used. it is safest to use
wires at least 200 feet long.
Always face the charge so that
| pieces of stone or wood may be
1 if necessary, and never
mite, he
d be kept
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