"NACH PARIS" AND BACK
Tho gem of the collection of Germany's war medals in the "Strand," says Sir Whitworth Wallis, "is the silver medal insoribed 'Nach Talis, 1 191-1, with a portrait of General von Kluck on the face of it, on the reverse a female figure on a horse, holding a torch, with a burning town nelow. The l'ool-fury holding the flaming brand possibly unconsciously delineates that Teutonic 'culture' with which wo are now acquainted—if so, it must be reckoned ono of tho happiest designs on record. As the designer, however, was also aspiring to the ranks of a prophet, tho medal being struck in anticipation of the triumphant entry into Paris, •it somewhat missed its purpose. Paris, without any considerations for his feeK ings, declined to fall, and the prophetdesigner got badly left. "I am told that several other medals were struck in readiness for the capturo of Paris, but later they also had to be consigned to the molting-pot."
The willow herb is a puzzling substitute for jute, unless the Germans can uso tho stalks —not the cotton fluff of the seeds—as a textile fibre, writes a botanical correspondent. Tho common -nettle suggests itself as more valuable for this purpose. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and is still used in Piedmont and other count-iics. In Hans Anderson's tale of tho Wild Swans, the king's daughter lias to weave skirts of nettle-cloth for her brothers. In Denmark the name of nettle-thread (naeldegarn) is still given to finely-spun cotton thread. Nettlcclotli as a substitute for linen was formerly known in Scotland. Ono of Scotland's poets used to tell that in his mother's house lie never slept between any sheets but nettle-sheets, or dined olf any tablecloth but a nettle ono. The plant, cut in the middle of the summer, is treated like hemp, and produces yarn and cloth of both coarso and lino quality. "I suppose you were touched when your wil'o gave .voul.hul 00-dollur easv i-hiil'- to v«ur 'lp.ii. "I MUe ivticjisii .betoro sUa save it."-
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2663, 7 January 1916, Page 7
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340"NACH PARIS" AND BACK Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2663, 7 January 1916, Page 7
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