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and Thy staff they comfort me." 1
commend to your reading that "wonder
ful little book by Professor Fosdick
"The Challenge of the Present Crisis"
from which I take a closing quotation.
"When force is ruthlessly employed
for wrong, it may have to be met by
force employed for right. And the pres
cnt war brings a call to service that Is
clear and undeniable. The Christian
must bear his part and in those hours
when he carries up to God the sad and
tangled confusion of the world V affairs
and seeks in the divine light the clue of
duty, he may plead America's cause in
sincere and hearty prayer
" 'Oh. God, bless our Country, we
lament before Thee the cruel necessity
of Avar. But what could we do? Our
dead Uy hundreds lie beneath the sea,
the liberties that our sires baptized with
their blood and handed down to us in
trust, so that they are not ours alone but
all humanity's, are torn in shreds. And
a foe is loose against us whom we have
not chosen, whom we have not aggrieved,
and who in his will to conquer counts
solemn oaths to be but scraps of paper,
and the chivalry of the seas an empty
name. We have grown weary to the
sickness of our souls, sitting comfortably
here while others pour their blood like
water forth, for those things which
alone can make this earth a decent place
for man to live upon. What could we
3o? With all the evils of our Nation's
life, that we acknowledge and confess
with shame, we yet plead before Thee
that we have not wanted war, that we
liate.no man, that we covet no Nation's
possessions, that we have nothing for
ourselves to gain from war, unless it be
a clear conscience and a better earth
for all the nations to live and grow in.
We plead before Thee that if patience
and good will could have won the day,
we gladly should have chosen them, and
patience long since would have had her
perfect work. And now we lay our hand
upon our sword. Since we must draw it,
oh God, help us to play the man, and to
do our part in teaching ruthlessness once
for all what it means to wake the sleep
ing lion of humanity's conscience.' "
Children' Entertainment
The children gave the party. But
the grown up world from Cottage and
hotel seemed to gather as much enjoy
ment of it as any tottling in the place.
It was Thursday afternoon, shortly
after lunch that everyone that could get
there packed into the Carolina Ball
room, and entered into the spirit of the
occasion. This for the moment was
Christmas eve. The immortal and
familiar scenes from Louisa Olcutt were
being depicted by an all star cast, led
"by Elizabeth Cheatham, in the role of
Meg, ably supported by Clarissa Met
alf, Louise Emery, Algine Edson and
Francis Thomas.
Mrs. Boustead had unearthed an em
"barrassment of talent among the young
folks. And they proceeded after the
fashion of the Lambs Club to resent, a
variety of acts and numbers that held
the sophisticated audience entrant
Off went the scene from Little Women,
- iucugaici jucxenna in a
sheen of white, to render the pathetic
story of Little Bo Peep. Margaret is
only three years old, and this was posi
tively her first performance. Such mis
takes in pronunciation as were remarked
only heightened the enthusiastic recep
tion of this recital.
Margaret Chapman, the living imper
sonater of the wonderful mechanical
doll was then brought in and wound up.
After which she displayed some strange
and wonderful evolutions, after the man
ner of an automatic jumping jack to
the hugh delight and satisfaction of the
company assembled.
She was followed by the much her
alded Chin Chin dance, a Celestial quad
rille to Oriental music, executed by
Theodora Johnson, Hugh Carter and
hilarious ring-around-a-rosy fandango.
Helen Waring, Lillian Ross, Anabel Mc
Nab, George Dunlap, Clarence Edson,
and Sumner Waters were responsible
for this number. And the afternoon
ended with a grand finale, even as it is
done in the Alhambra in London, with
the pageant of the Allies and the Aigis
of Victory. Theodora Johnson led a
Brittitania to the inspiring strains of
God Save the King, Betty Hitchcock
bore the tricoor and marched to the
Marseilles; Italy was represented by
Dorothy Chapman; and these were fol
lowed by the leading spirits of the em
battled world the Eed Cross heroine,
Margaret Chapman; Yankee Doodle,
George Dunlap; Dixie, Algine Edson;
Columbia, Betty Bicknell; with Helen
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At this juncture this very versatile
program turned into a more serious key,
and the company was treated to a really
first class performance upon the violin
by Dorothy Chapman. She rendered
Santa Lucia, and finished to tremendous
applause, calling for an encore. She
answered with Auld Lang Syne, ren
dered in such wise as to bring down the
house, and necessitate a retreat to keep
trom playing all afternoon.
Swinging back to the diverting, the
Sunbonnet babes and the Overall Bovs
romped into the limelight with a wild
Waring bearing the starry train, and
the following in her escort Julian
Waters, Margaret McKenna, Anabel
McNab, Lillian Ross, Clarence Edson,
Sumner Waters, Philip Johnson, Hugh
Carter, Dick Overton, Forbes Wilson,
Arthur Olmstead, Louise Emery, Francis
Thomas, Clarissa Metcalf, Elizabeth
Cheatham, Virginia Pierce, Julia Pierce,
and Katharine Hill.
The formal show being over the
youngsters reverted to their natural
selves and indulged in the games and
larks of their native heath, and then re
paired without urging to partake of a
-a a I " " smser goodies
provided by Mrs. W. H. Priest.
VUttlngr the StlN
Charles R. Miller, Miss Madge Hier
and Hoyt Miller are the guests of Ju I
and Mrs. Sanford H. Steele at their
cottage. Mr. Miller is the editor of the
New York Times, and shoulders the
responsibility and the credit of tho tre
mendous support given by the Times to
the Allied Cause, which was a very
large factor of our own entrance into
the war, and the leading factor in the
support afforded the administration by
the respectable press of the country.
Red Croc .Activities
The Executive Committee of the Red
Cross announce that hereafter the Fri
day afternoon session of work at the
Carolina will le discontinued, the hours
for work up there now remain Tuesday
and Friday mornings from 10 to 1.
Open' the Cone
Mr. and Mrs. Parker W. Whittemore
have arrived and have opened the Cones
for the rest of the Season. Mr. and
Mrs. John C. Spring are at the Log
Cabin once more, and the Charles T.
Crockers have been welcomed back to
their plantation out Linden way.
LADIES DAIS
'Silver Folia Prog-ram for the Year
Having started with that certain
antidote for future discussion, the KICK
ER 'S HANDICAP, the ladies of Pine
hurst belonging to the Silver Foils in
augurate a series of golf tournaments
under the leadership of Dorothy Camp
bell Hurd. Coursing through varied and
interesting assortments of play, the pro
gram reaches its climax in the champion
ship on March 11th, and concludes with
the inevitable contest with Bogey in
April. The complete schedule is
ship.
March 16 Mixed Foursome.
March 20 Handicap , vs. Bogey.
March 27 Medal Round for those
who have not won.
April 5 Handicap vs. Bogey.
Pat' Trouble
An Irishman came to a doctor com
plaining that he had noises in his head.
"Oi have thim .arl 4he toime," he
said, "an' sometoimes Oi can hear thim
fifty feet away ! Lippincott 's Magazine.
Dusty Rhodes I understand Weary
Wrangles was caught sawing wood and
fired from the Tramps' union.
Dusty- Riffle He wuz to be fired, but
he explained as how he wuz gittin' out
de wood to make wood alcohol, an' dey
let him off wit ' a reprimand. Los
ville Courier Journal.
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