COOKING-RANGE IN THE OLDEN TIME.
COOKING-RANGE ON A PULLMAN CAR.
"I'm not sure that I know exactly what the star of empire means," said Frank. "I used the expression as I have seen it, but can't tell what it comes from."
He looked appealingly at Doctor Bronson. The latter smiled kindly, and then explained the origin of the phrase.
"It is found," said the Doctor, "in a short poem that was written more than a hundred and fifty years ago, by Bishop Berkeley. The last verse is like this:
"Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The first four acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day:
Time's noblest offspring is the last."