LENOIR, N. C. LENOIR NEWSTOPIC, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1920 Page Three " THE GARDEN LADY'S STORIES (Written for tit United State School v Army Garden, Bureau of . Education, Department of the Interior.) THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF A RAINDROP By Ethel Allen Murphy The Garden Lady, Nancy, Jane voices chanting to a music that was and Tommy Thoughtful had run up like the tinkling of little guitars or on the back porch to get away from ukeleles a sudden thunder shower that drove them in from the garden. They sat Between the rain and the rainbow looking out on the fresh greenness A magic secret lies that began to sparkle with rubies and diamonds under the beams of late sunlight that broke through the clouds. "I heard a very pretty story last summer in the Golden Girl's Gar-; den," said the Garden Lady, "and this rain reminds me of it." j "Oh, please tell us!" cried Jane I and the other United States School 1 Garden Army soldiers who clustered . about the Garden Lady. j "One late afternoon, just after a ' rainstorm, I was walking down the , grass path in the Golden Girl's Gar- j den. I didn't mind getting my shoes wet, for they are shoes that nothing ' hurts, and I do love the garden after a rain. The sun had come out alter i a good, long, not-too-hard rain, and every flower and leaf was hung with little rainbows. The grape arbor looked as if it were especially grate ful for the nice, soaking rain, and I remember thinking how fine it was that the rain had come, because if the thirsty grapes had not gotten a good drink just then I am afraid there wouldn t have been any nice, drops. quivering grape jelly, with its deli-1 " 'indeed, so many adventures cious flavor and lovely purple lights nave , had that , can not remember And, of course, everyone knows that when they beKan but part of tnem there is nothing nicer than grape I conle back to me n0W) as i look int0 jelly on a bread-and-butter sandwich., your eyes Garden LadV( and what j in the winter. .remember 1 will tell you if you will "But how would the drouht have lt,nd me words You see a raindrop ii m i yie BiP u muc wuuiu nut iirtvrr ucc u any jciij , asncu i vuiutj j inougntiui, wno, Deing a Doy, oian c know as much as Nancy and Jane about jelly making. "Why," answered the Garden T.adv. "ipIIv is made from fruit juices that has acid and pectin in it. " 'I let myself shp from the blue It is the pectin in the fruit juice, cradle into the other one, and found which, when it is cooked with sugar myself in a little hollow pake among and acid, gives, after cooling, just racks. about which fringy green the right consistency to jelly." And things and bright nodding bluebells the Garden Lady smiled mischievous- Krew- It was from a bluebell cradle ly as she used the big word "con-sis-. that I haJ slipped int othe other blue ten-cy," and added, "It is a great cradle in tothe hollow. There I disappointment when. the jelly does foun(i many more like myself, all not 'jell.' i shining and floating about. But "You see, Tommv, when there is a darkness dropped down on us, and drought it keeps the plant from stor- out of the darkness came a great ing up the pectin in its fruits. And spluttering and splashing, as hun no pectin, no jelly! But I started to dreds of little fairy creatures dressed tell you about the story I heard. in s!ver leaped in among us, spread- "I found myself looking down at a golden squash bloom, which .had very, very bright raindrop just hang ing uii us tjue. "Suddenly I heard the deep, mel- low voice of my old friend "the Gal lant Scarecrow. The Golden Girl calls . him the Garden's Guardian Knight. It seemed to me that he had leaned over his pansy bed to call me softly. " 'The Speaking Hour has come. Listen, Garden Lady!' he said. "Then I heard millions of silvery SENATOR WILLIAMS SCORES DEFEAT OF THE TREATY Declaration by United States Sen atpr John Sharp Williams of Missis sippi that defeat of the league of nations "more than anything in my life made me come nearer doubting the cause of democracy, somtimes almost in the providence of God himself," enlivened a joint session of the legislature in Jackson last Friday. Senator Williams in his address said: am just from Washington, where I have listened ad nauseum to the mso tconfused gabfest in the his tory of the world since the maker created it. I do not see how any man who loves his country can look with unconcern on what has just oc curred. But the trouble is we don't seem to know what we want to do while the continent of Europe is in chaos. "There was a chance for the Unit ed States to stand at the head of a council of nations of the world; to lead the universe in the pathways of peace. The opportunity was rejected and future historians will refer to the last two years as the time of the great conspiracy; that the history will be discreditable to some, espe cially in the American Congress. America went to war not because it wanted to, but because it was a ne cessity. We preached to our boys at home and in France that this war was being fought that wars might be no more. We looked on the suffering of Belgium and Serbia and resolved what we would do when it was over. Then it finally was over and we have done nothing. So far as we are concerned it appears we are willing to go back to 1914 before it all be-' gan. The long-winded arguments in the Senate were like fiddling as Rome i burned; talking with the world in chaos. Do you blame me for saying that I would rather be a dog and bay the moon than to spend one min ute in the Senate after the expiration of my term of office? "The great conspiracy commenced u when the President went to Ver ' sailles, and every time news came from Versailles that the President advocatd or opposed something ' the consiprators opposed his plans. I call them that because that is what they are, no matter how high their station. "Senator Lodge is the head of the poison squad, and after the treaty had been emasculated with reserva tions that no Democrat could accept he sought to blame the party for its rejection. . "Has any great institution founded by our forefathers fallen down at the time of stress and travail like the Senate has fallen down? "I believe there are now men glad that the President is sick, perhaps hope for his death. When McKinley was shot down, when Garfield was shot, was there a Democrat but ex pressed sorrow? Has anyone seen words of sympathy for the President in any Republican paper! A great man is sick, a great mind and a great character, and they have whispered 'We've got him now., "Men sometimes disparage ideal ists, but they are coarse-grained jack asses who do so, and do it because When the sun and the rain are meet ing Across the cloud skies. Here in the heart of the Garden A magic wonder wakes, Hark to the voice of the raindrops Before, the rainbow breaks!" "Then out of the raindrop floated an airy form. I can hardly tell you ; anything about it, yet it seemed to my inside eyes to be a very beauti- J ful dream-figure, with deep blue eyes I and soft floating hour that changed every minute with gleaming lights and rippling shadows, and its dress i was soft and floated like mist full of rainuow colors, me ngure seemea to rise until it swayed gently just in front of me, looking deep into my eyes Then it began to speak in a sweet, silvery voice like the voice of a little brook in the quiet woods. " 'This is the speaking hour, Gar den Lady, as my friend, the Scare crow, said, and I will tell you some of the many adventures of the Rain cannot speak in words. 'Out of a mist and darkness I woke to find myself in a blue, blue cradle that was swinging to and fro I over what looked like another cadle 11 LI 1 - I as ulue as uselI onlv preiuer. out inngy sKiris as mey aancea and skipped about. We all laughed and took hold of hands just as the raindrops did that fell in the shower a ft'w minutes ago. " 'Then suddenly were all joined in one, yet separate, too, in a way; and we went floating, flowing, out and down down, crying out, sing ing and laughing as we ran. We were frightened a little, because we didn't know where we were going. And where do vou think we were go ing Garden Lady?' " GET READY FOR "FLU" Keep Your Liver Active, Your System Purified and Free From Colds by Taking Calotabs, the Nauseales3 Calomel Tablets, that are De lightful, Safe and Sure. . Physicians and Druggists are advis ing their friends to keep their systems purified and their organs in perfect working order as a protection against the return of influenza. They know that a clogged up system and a lazy liver favor colds, influenza and serious complications. .To cut short a cold overnight and to prpvo- serious complications take ono Calotab at bedtimo with a swallow of water that's all. No salts, no nausea, no griping, no sickening after effects. Next morning your cold has vanished, your liver is active, your system is puri fied and refreshed and you are feeling fine with a hearty appetite for break fast. Eat what you' please no danger. Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty-five cents. .Every druggist is authorized to refund your money if you are not perfectly deliehtcd with Calotabs. (Adv.) they arev coarse-grained, but the idealists point the way and cheer men's souls. "If the Republicans elect the Pres ident the first thing he will have to do is to make explanations, but the Democrats will enter the fight with something definite. Let us do as St. Paul said he had done: 'Fight the gotod fight and keep the faith.' 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"A ship has just arrived at a Bal tic part from Russia with 700 refu- I gees, among them 15 generals and many women. Numerous typhus cases being aboard the ship, the ref ugees were not allowed to land. They had previously been refused permis sion to disembark at other ports, and three more ships similarly laden are on the way. The Red Cross has been trying to establish a 1,500-mile cor don fro mthe Baltic to the Black sea again pestilence. Further east this is impossible with the present authority and facilities of the Red Cross. "In Montenegro four doctors are trying to look after more than 420, 000 persons. Some countries, which are quite rich and well to do, such as Czechoslavakia, are in extreme want of medical supplies. For them it is no question of money, but of obtain ing what they want and having it transported., "The work of relief in central Eu rope is of a magnitude too great for the Red Cross league and must be done by the aid of the allied govern ments. If the governments will sup ply the fundament.il elements food, clothing and transport the Red Cross league is willing to appeal to the world for volunteer doctors and nurses, for medical supplies and dietary foods. We can supply or ganizations and these medical re quirements, but cannot supply food, clothing and transport. That must be done bv the governments." The question is already being con- sidered by the council of the league of nations. The letter of Arthur J. Balfour, as president of the council, appealing to the Red Cross league to end the suffering of central and eastern Europe, has been approved by the league of nations council, which, it is understood, will take up the subject again. The score or more women, duly accredited by Democratic county con ventions in North Carolina, will at tend the State Democratic conven tion in Raleigh today to participate in its deliberations. Guilford's del egation of 25 women will head the list in size, and other eountips are as follows: Durham, 15; Wake, 5; Buncombe, 4; Sampson, 3; Montgom ery, as many as desire to attend. Merit That Makes Mileage In Tires for the Smaller Cars lOx 3'A Goodyear Double-Cure Tjcn Fabric, All-Weather Tread. Lj $21? MANDATE IS ONLY SOLUTION OF TURKISH PROBLEM While the American mission under Maj.-Gen. Harbord which investigat ed conditions in the near east last year did not recommend that the United States accept a mandate over the former Ottoman' empire, Gen. Harbord in his report said some power should accept a mandate as the only solution of the Turkish problem. j Constantinople, he said, should be included in the mandatory territory, but he disapproved several mandato ries for different portions of Turkey. The much discussed report of the mission was transmitted to the Sen ate Saturday by President Wilson in response to a second resolution of request adopted several weeks ago after the Senate had failed to hear from the White House concerning its first resolution adopted in Xoovem ber. While estimates of the number of troops required for a mandatory vary from 25.000 to 200,000, Gen. Har bord declared that in his judgment 59,000 would be needed for the first year. The cost of the mandate was estimated at $275,000,000 for the first year, including $88,500,000 for the army and navy, and $756,000,000 for the first five years. TEA TO DARKEN HI She mixed Sulphur with it Restore Color, Gloss, Youtbiulness. to Common garden sage brewed into a heavy tea with sulphur added, will turn gray, streaked and faded ' hair beautifully dark and luxuriant. Just a few applications will prove a revela tion if your hair is fading, streaked or ! DhUr recipe at home, though, Is trou- blesome. 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