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No. 28 "Do not hang all your mottoes on the wall. Hang some of them in your heart and in your life." How Would You Like Dessert For "Your First Course? Many families in England have their dessert first. In fact, "Those people who eat Yorkshire pudding with meat and potatoes are all wrong. We eat #t always at the beginning of our meal," said the Yorkshire lady from England with nature's real complexion of peaches and cream. Then by a strange coincidence ad- vice comes from Baltimore with the same instructions. "How would you like your apple pie smothered-in ice g¢ream first and then finish with beef- steak smothered in onions?" In China, too, the people start a meal with dessert. Then after the eweets have taken the edge off the ap- petite as much meat and vegetables may be eaten as desired. The Rev. W. A. Crawford of Frost Emmorton, Md., Rector of St. Mary's church, says: "I am persuaded that this Chinese ¢ustom was adopted centuries ago as @ food conservation measure, for fami- lies are common and people run into millions in small areas. These Chinese customs are more rational and less Animal than ours, and it is also more ealthful, for when one ends a meal with sweets and acid reaction occurs fn the mouth which is bad for the teeth and system generally." Twilight Hour Story Chicks and Other Little Friends won't they be cute? Do you think their fur will be long like hers? Oh, I can hardly wait till we find them." Then he got quite excited, and get- ting down on the floor close to puss, he coaxed, "Fluffy, where are they? Oh, do tell us, please, Fluffy." But Fluffy just sat there and purred and put her paws under her body more comfortably and wouldn't tell a thing. They hunted and hunted but couldn't] find them. If they went down stairs and listened sometimes they heard a little scratching noise. Oh, a very lit- tle noise, but that was all. . "Well Billy, I believe Fluffy has her kittens away underneath the floor. However did she get there? She must have gone away back in the attic where there is no floor and then walk- ed along underneath between the floor and the downstairs ceiling util she got to the chimney. She chose a nice warm spot, didn't she? But how are we going to get them out is the ques- tion," said Mamma Lady, thoughtfully and quite puzzled. "If Daddy were here he'd soon get them out by tak- ing up the floor, but he won't be back for three weeks. If we should leave them there all that time they would be so shy we couldn't get near them. We want them tame and cute, don't we?" . "I should say we do," he sighed. "What can we do, Mamma? We must think up a way." Billy was feeling pretty disappointed. "Why did she go and put them away in there?" "Well, you see, Rover is pretty big looking to Fluffy, and sometimes a lit- tle rough. I guess she remembered how he.used to run after her when Fluffy was a funny puss that day up | {n the attic, wasn't she? She just sat on the floor and wouldn't do anything but sit and pretend she was sleeping. "Car't you guess, Billy boy, what that little scratching noise was?" "No, I can't guess. Do you know?" gaid Billy, giving up guessing. "Yes, I know," said Mamma Lady. "Fluffy had her kittens and has hid- den them away. I fixed up a nice box for her to have them in, but, as I told you, she was afraid Rover would come nd poke his nose in the box some Ps when he was snooping around end she just wouldnt have that, so thought she'd hide them where Rover fhousht come." This was wonderful news to Billy know Fluffy had kittens, and he ughed and laughed. "Oh, Mamma, * A World Language Cairo Sphinx: One of the anomal- os of Egypt is the faot that Egyp- tains take more time and trouble to learn English than any other fore- fgn language, and yet fail to insist on its full use as a secondary langu- @age. English is the administrative language of five hundred million-- one-third the world's population. It {s the language "of the sea and of commerce, is taught in practically gll the secondary schools in most olvilized countries, and is the langu- ge in which 65 per cent. of foreign usfnesses are conducted. Nearly e whole world's literature is in fo as some amazing statistics ave recently shown. English is jpoken all over the world except in Slavic Eastern Europe, Asia Minor nd South America, but even there } gaining ground. It is the second fanguage of the Mohammedan world. --p-- she was just little. So now she thought 'he might hurt her babies." They walked slowly back to the at- tic door leading downstairs and when they looked for Fluffy she wasn't there. Mamma Lady laughed. You see, dear, Fluffy went to her kittens when we weren't looking, She seems to want to tease us, doesn't she? Now that she is with them, perhaps if we go back we can hear them when she starts washing them all over like Topsy used to do with hers out in the barn. They are always so glad to see her they begin to meow, which means, 'Hello, Mamma, I'm glad you are back"." So back they hurried for the spot where they though the kittens might be, and put their ears to the floor and listened. Britain's Export Trade London Times Trade Supplement: Too many firms have been content to await orders from merchant houses and to make no efforts to keep in touch with cHanging .condl- tions in the countries where their goods are consumed." The latest and most authoritative warning of the inevitable résult of neglecting to make personal visits to foreign mar- kets has come from the Prince of Wales, and in confirmation of what he hes said 1s the fact that during the prolonged depression of recent years nothing has been more remarkable than that certain businesses which have made a practice of keeping In touch with their foreign markets by frequent visits, paid by important and responsible members of the. firm, have suffered less acutely than others, ------ qe British Goods Are Best . The Advantage of Co-education Lord Lytton in the New Era (Lon- wy I am a firm believer in the gen- al principle that boys and girls ghould be educated tpgether as far as possible. Family Hfe is the natural vironment for the child till adolesc- nce. School life is an inevitable de- rture from the natural, but this de- Barus should be made as little as ssible. The segregation of boys and Blrls in separate boarding-schools pro- duces conditions which make the wid- possible divergence from those of e family. The size of the whole com- fnunity, the existence of large num- bers of approximately the same age, and finally the presence of only one Box, produce gn environment which 18 wholly unnatural and artificial. It ghildren must be boarded together in er to be taught, the schools should kept as small as possible, and uld include children of different figes and both sexes. - ------ World Radio Parley Will Be Held in 1932 Copenhagen, Den.--At the Interna- tional Radio Conference, at which dbout 40 nations were represented, & pumber of proposals were drafted for submission to the world congress, which is scheduled to be held in Ma- drid in 1932. ° i The question of the distribution of wave bands, which occupied much of the time of the congress, was referred to a committee which will with representatives from the United States problem. for further .duscussion of he Truth (London): The Prince of Wales, whose energy and willingness "to pull his weight entitles him to our warm gratitude, and whose common sense is quite uncommon, has been telling Manchester that British goods are too good for the modern world, and { advising Lancashire to turn out more | shoddy. When we remember Carlyle and Plubson of Undershot, we were lat first inclined to shudder at this ad- | vice; But the Prince of Wales "a bien etudie sa bete." He has travelled and studied business in all countries, He is perfectly right. This is an age of artificial silk and sham jewellery, Bri- tish goods are too solid and wear too well, They must be made more cheap- ly. a mrt Amusement Taxes : Raised in Russia Moscow.--The cost of entertainment has gone up in Russia. The Central Executive Committee of the Republic of Russia, issued a decree recently raising all taxes on amusements from 10 to 80 per cent. No reason was given for the in- creases, but they followed the boosting of the prices of basic commodities on an average of 60 per cent. rr -- ------ Building Growth in Calgary Calgary, Alberta.--Building permits B. Johnson, Inventor of radio "Z" ray, called 'death ray," demonstrating its power. He is melting bar of steel with, this new current, ray passing through his body. Johnson demonstrat- ed this to show that deadly ray has no effect on human body when the current passes directly through It. Explorer F nds Vast Field Of Ice in British Columbia Montreal--Discovery of an im- The Assen: Bank of England Have you seen the gold in the Green Bank of England? - Woufertu I, beautiful, lovely to be- Aconite and coltsfoot, buttercup and daffodil, ; Crocus and celandine, and dande- - lion bold! Have you found the gold in the Green Bank of England? You may go and take it--none of _ It 1s sold. Gorse, broom, and ragwort, bedstraw and cowslip, ; Kingeup and pansy, and silver- weed gold. Yours is the gold in the Green Bank of England, Yours for the asking--treasury un- told; Potentilla, primrose, yellow .vetch, and trefoll, Pimpernel and hawkweed, . and pussywillow gold. --TFlorence Hoatson, in White Gate." ---- amie see A Windy-Day Task It is well to select a warm day for washing quilts, and a bit of wind is helpful in hurrying the drying pro- cess. A generous suds {8 made In soft water, or water softened with borax, using a mild soap or soap flakes, © The quilt is Immersed In this soapy bath and allowed to soak for 30 minutes before the washing propey begins. . Dip the quilt up and down in the soapy water to force out the loosen- ed dirt, but do not rub, because that loosens the cotton filling and forms lumps in it. The washing machine may be used for the heavy work, and It there are still badly solled places, they can be removed with a brush dipped in soapy water. "The Little mense and accessible ice field of about 350 square miles in the Bridge River district of British Columbia is reported by Major F. V. Longstaff, of Victoria, B.C., who, wiht two Swiss guides, explored He believes it will become an {m- portant scenic attraction. In his opinion it surpasses the famed Col- umbia ice field. It provides the source of several large rivers, among them the Squamish, Bridge, Whitewater, LIil- loet, Tobamand and Southgate. K On or near the ice fleld the explorers noticed a dozen mountain peaks about 10,000 feet high. The distance from the nearest point of the motor road in the Bridge River valley to the gravel flat of the main glacier is forty-five miles by the river trail, the explorer said. A Valuable Wood In the sitka spruce Canada possess- es one of the most valuable woods used in aeroplane construction. There aro few woods of its great lightness to equal it in strength, toughness-and resiliency and there is no other wood with these combined qualities which is available in large sizes and quanti- ties, comparatively free of knots and other defects. The real progress of humanity probably depends far more on the conception of duty than on the con- ception of rights.--Lord Hewart. mm ---- the reglon.! High Noon in Camp Rinsing is done In two waters, both of the same temperature as the wash water, Thén the dripping quilt is hung outdoors between two lines. Wringing is also to be avoided, since it forms lumps in the cotton filling. Careful squeezing is allowed if there is no twisting. When the quilt is partly dry, beat it lightly with a rattan carpet beat- er, or a small branch stripped of its leaves. This gentle beating helps to make the cotton filling fluffy, The quilt, when dry, may be pressed with a warm iron. It will then be just as attractive as a new one. fon ee nin A Case in Camera The police officer was put in the wit- ness box. "Well, constable," said the magis- trate, "what is the accused .charged with?" "He's a camera fiend of the worst type, sir," said the constable, "and ~ "But surely," interrupted the magis- trate in surprise--"surely you didn't arrest this man simply because he had a mania for taking pictures?" "Oh, no, sir!" explained the witness. "It isn't pictures that he takes--it's cameras!" tn. Farm Hand: "Artist gentleman, sir, wants permission to sit in first mea- dow and paint." Farmer: "No, let'm sit in the field we've just sown--'im"ll keep crows off fine!"--Passing Show. iw the scout camp since 1889. Boy scout rings eight bells--the moon hour--in the scout camp at Gilwell Park, near London, England. Sea time has been used 1 Jose Jurado, Argentine golf champion, equalled course record with a 71 in second round of British open golf championship at Carnoustie, Scotland. Neverthe- less he bowed In the Anal to Tommy Armour, Canadian open championship. What is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries tho earth, if il be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see it glisten. The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And thre's never a leaf or bud too mean To be some happy creature's palace. The little birds sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives. His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flut- ters and sings; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest,-- In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best? --James Russell Lowell. Uses Stage Magic To Reclaim Boys Columbus, Ohio.--Stage magic is being u-ed to control and help way- ward boys and make them useful members of society. J. Harry Messer- smith of Harrisburg, Pa., attending the International Brotherhood of Ma- gicians' convention, disclosed how he utilizes his tricks to arouse the inter- est of wiywar. vouths and direct them to tha =iraight path. He hax 0 boys under hic chars in Pen -cylvania. ' Fifteen runutes of magic and sleight-of-hand tricks bring better results with a wayward boy than could otherwise be accomplished in a month," he says. | He shows them tricks, and they; want to know just how they are done Some of the lads Lave decided to le- vote their lives Lo studying stage ma gic, and are recognized by the profes- sion as magicians of unusual ability." Messersmith takes the boys camp- ing for weeks at & time, teaches them his art and in scme cases gives them money to get a stert in life. re er lpn Water Sterilized by Beads; Harmful Germs Electrocuted | Harmful germs in water are elec-! trocuted by a sterlizing process de- veloped in England that uses neither chemicals nor filters. Instead the! water: is purified by s'mply immers- | ing specially treated silver heads in! it, explains "Popular Mechanics | Magazine." It has long heen known that certain metals, including silver, | gold and palladium, have the prop-! erty of destroying bacteria, when | brought in contact with them, and the sterilizer accelerates what is call- | ed the "oligo-dynamical" action so that water is made germfree in one or two hours. Water so treated has powerful sterilization properties of its own and may be used for wash- ing nursing bottles, cooking utensils- and surgical instruments. The life | of the device Is virtually unlimited, | one set of beads being capable of | dealing with 250,000 gallons of wa- ter before deteriorating. 1 a-------- irre Mummy's Name for Him A four-year-old boy was asked by an elderly visitor what his name was. "Jinky," replied the boy. "But have you no other name?" asked the visitor. "No," replied the boy. "But what Is your father's a _| she persisted. "Daddy," came the reply. "No, no," she went on; "hasn't he another name? What does your mum- my call him?" "Fathead," the boy replied. -purposes. Sunday School Lesson > July 86. Lesson--The Gift of the Holy Spirit--Acts 1: 649; 2: 18. Golden Text--Ye shall receive power, after the Holy Ghost Is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both ia Jeru- salem, and In all Judaea and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.--Acts 1: 8. ANALYSIS I. THE PROMISE, Acts 1: 6-12, II, THE PREPARATION, Acts 1: 13, 14, III. THE FULFILMENT, Acts 2: 1-13. INTRODUCTION--This week we begin a study of early Christianity and its spread into the Gentile world. The movement was definitely launched in that glowing experience on the day of Pentecost. On several previous oc- casions the disciples had assurances that their crucified Lord was alive. But these moments of illumination were not long continued, and eventu- ally they ceased altogether. "Jesus was parted from them" at the Ascen- sion. Then, ten days later, came this new experience--' 'The Gift ol the Holy Spirit." I. THE PROMISE, Acts 1: 6-12, The disciples were met together for what turned out to be the Risen Lord's last appearance. Their minds were occupied, not with dreams of the prom- ised Spirit (v. ), but with dreams of a restored national independence. The kingdom of God which they had in mind 'was material, national, and to be won by force. Their Master brushed aside their questioning about this kingdom. The kingdom he was going to establish would not be a Jewish State, but a spiritual kingdom, not na- tional, but universal. They looked for political power; he promised them, in- stead, a Power different from, and greater than, that of which they were dreaming. That power would come when the Holy Spirit came upon them, That is, when the Holy Spirit, which is the Spirit f God, which is the Spirit that was in Jesus of Nazareth, would be in them also--when their ideas and atti- tudes and purposes would be in har- mony with his ideas, attitudes, and Then they would possess not the political power which they ha: in mind, but a moral, personal, spivit- ual power. With their new vision and driving power they would witness for him in. Jerusalem--and far beyond the boundaries of Palestine. But they still held inadequate ideas of God aad his purposes. They stil lacked tne courage necessary or witnessing. "Therefore, until the illumination came, which would reveal kim and his plang more truly, until they could speak with boldness, they were to weit in Jerusalem. II. THE PREPARATION, Acts 1: 13, 14. The disciples where were in Jeru- salem kept together. They knew that the time must be close at hand when they must face the world as witnesses for their Lord and his kingdom. They realized now that their old idea of that kingdom was wrong, but they felt themse'ves inadequate to the proclaiming of the new So, with one accord they gave themselves to prayer and supplication. "With one accord" --thby were agreed among themselves. Prayer-meetings to be effective must be made up of people who are sn good terms with each other. An atmosphere of symapthy, unity of mind and pur- pose is essential. Thus agreed. they continued in prayer. They placed themselves, mind and heart, unreserv,, edly at God's disposal. They had one overwhelming d>sire; to come to fuller knowledge and be the channels through which God's grace and power could flow. In this mood of expect- ancy and consecration they waited for the fulfilment of the promise IIT. THE FULFILMENT, Acts 2: 1-13, God does not fail lives so consecrat- ed and expectant. While the believers were met for prayer, they experienced a vision--a sound like a mighty rush- ing wind, tongues, not of fire, but like fire, lighting upcn each one present. To the waiting believers there were impressive and significant symbols. They were an assurance that the be- liefs to which they had been growing concerning their Lord and his king- dora were true. God wag indeed speak- "ing to them, commanding them lo go forth with his message, assuring them of his sustaining power. The signal to launch the evangelistic movement had been given. The believers' joy expressed itself first, in that exuberant emotional de- monstration--"speaking with ton- gues." This was the confused excla- mation of hearts overflowing with sud- den joy and thankfulness and praise, and which, as yet, had no "language but a cry." See Acts 10: 44-46; 19: 6; 1 Cor. chap. 14. At first these ecstatic utterances and exclamations were so unrestrained that they at- tracted the altention of passers-by. Soon a crowd gathercd--citizens of Jerusalem and pilgrims from all parts of the Empire who had come to the Holy City for the Feast of Pentecost. "Pentecost means the feast on the fifticth day after the offering of the first sheaf of the first grain crop, bar- ley. At the end of that harvest came the Jewish thanksgiving of Pentecost." Some of them thought they were wit- nessing a drunken orgy. These strange occurrences, however, were but the "externals" of the Pente- costal experience. The essential im- portance of Pentecost lay in the fact that these men and women became vividly conscious of God. Their Master was no longer t'.e absent Jesus of Nazareth. He and God were now, as Sta.ley Jones says, merged in ome. That One was universal, spiritual, ever-present. They knew now they were in harmony with him. They had one" to share him with others. within 11 days of England on June 6th when Flight Lieutenant Charles W. A. Scott brought his Gipsy Moth plane down at the airfield here tem days and 33 hours after he had lect Port Darwin. By his feat Scott beat the record of Wing Commander Charles Kingsford-Smith, who made the westward flight from Australia to England, by nearl; 48 hours. Previ ously he had clipped 20 hours from Kingsford-Smith's eastwerd record, making the flight from England to Australia in nine days, 3 hours and 20 minates. Scott had not been expected home and he missed an elaborate official welcome which had been planned for him at the Brooklands airdrome a day later. However, after leaving Brindisi, Italy, at dawn, he decided to travel the entire 1,360 miles in one day. Consequently he landed to the greetings of the air field attend- ants only, the same men who bade him goodbye on his departure for Australia two months ago. The alrman was tired, was suffer ing from gas fumes and was badly burned by the sun and wind. "It is too far and I really am glad it is all over now." he sald. iene fmm Kingston Woman, 100, Gets Royal Message Kingston, Ont.--Mrs. Annie Town send of this city, celebrating her 100th birthday on, June 3rd, receive ed a cablegram of congratulation from His Majesty King George V., in which it was said: "The King and Queen heartily eongratulate you on your 100th birthday and wish you every joy and happiness." The cable was signed by the King's private secretary. A telegram of congratulation was also received from Right Hon. R. B, Bennett, Premier of Canada while letters from: other prominent men were received. The Kingston Con. gervative Association presented Mrs, Townsend a birthday cake, bea'iag 100 candles. The cablegram from the King was read to Mrs. Townsend by Lieut-Col, the Hon. T. A. Kidd, M.L.A. Mrs Townsend iv in full posses- slon of her faculties and on this birthday sang the 123rd Psalm and "0 Beulah Land." steers stmt ' French Scientist Has Hobby, His Own Miniature Railway Rene Claude, son of Dr. Georges Clande, whose experiments fn vtilig- ing the difference ia temperature be- tween deep-sea and surface water for the. production of mechanical energy have attracted world-wide attention, has an unusal "hobby". Lots of little boys have miniature railway trains in their gardens, but not many men have complicated electrical transport systems to play with Ia their spare moments, writes the Paris correspondent of "The Chlrist- ian Science Monitor." Around an artificial lake in his garden, M. Claude has constructed about a kilometer of railway tracks and dozens of freight and passeng- er cars, all in miniature, but strict ly true to scale. There are eloctrk cal switering and signal systems, miniature repair shops, and all the material of a full-grown railway sys- tem. While playing with his trains M. Claude gets helpful Ideas ehout ralirpad mechanics and safety de- vices. A - Air Service Offers Ne Occupation for Women Portland, Ore.--A new profession for women i8 now opening on the Pa. cific coast, according to a corresponds net of The Christian Science Monitor. Three stewardesses have been em- ployed by the Pacific Air Transport Line on its tri-motored planes flying between Portland and California. The program for the stewardesses requires two round trips each week. The duty of the stewardesses is to care for the comfort and, answer the questions of passengers. The Pacifie Air Transport Line is daily receiving applications from young women who wish to engage in the new pursuit fe women, ER Home Tannery Inexpensive And Simple, Farmers Told Raleigh, N.C.--The farmer may save money by tanning his own leather, said R. E. Nance, animal husbandman at North Carolina State College. "The farmer is the chief producer of hides and skins," Mr, Nance said, "but he is also the chief user of leather. The hides he has to sell usually bring prac. tically nothing, while the leather he has to buy is usually expensive. He may get out from between these two millstones by curing and tanning the hides and pelts at home. This work may be done in off-seasons and is neither expensive nor difficult." tems eens "The study of psychology carries the unfortunate effect of producing skepticlsm about all the other aclences."--G. K, Chesterton. : -

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