the georgetown herald wednesday evening may 1 4th 1941 hat aocwt toe chaixkngg or perish sajfs dorothy thompson dorothy thompson was tendered one of the greatest ovations ever given a woman when she spoke in toronto recently she is fine tapranking woman journalist and lecturer on the continent and te internationally known for her keen insight into vorld affairs and the uncanny accuracy with which she predicts the totalitarian programme of ruthless aggression she is no less well known as a friend of britain and has used all her influence to stir opher fellow americans to a full realisation of their peril and their responsibilities tftdl greyhaired and very handtome mis thompson is now 7 but looks much younger perhaps because she has such a buoyant magnetic personality she is a powerful and eloquent speaker her platform man ner is delightful but though she uses efll the arts of the bora actress to dramatise her subject no one hearing her could douhfner sincerity or her belief m democracy as a living creed at a mn reception held afterwards in her honour the writer of this column nl the pleasure of being presented to miss thompson and will long remember her warm n and friendly smile the theme of her storing address was democracy in 1m1 we p are feeing she p not the test of arms but he test of whether we are worthy to survive hitler cannot destroy us he can only connive that we destroy ourselves in the anglo saxon world there are 300000000 people if we act as one people without regard to race or creed or economic conditions noth ing in this world can destroy us and whoever attempts to do so will be destroyed jf we desire isolation we shall have it the isolation of a prison puny penned up while hostile nations do their best their vicious ftot oxganhed sdadmned ruthless best to destroy us from inside by an internecine fight miss thompson understands the fundamental rehgious character of the present struggle she believes a world revolution is taking place she says we should abandon such false slogans as the one we are de fending our way of life a great wave of dissatisfaction and unrest has swept over the entire universe and there is a growing feeling there is ffpmffog wrong in a world that chokes to death on surplus commodities but in all the turmoil and discontent there is something divine the passionate desire of men and women for a better life a better we of body of mind and of soul a better world to live in if we try to oppose hitter with a defence of this way of life we shall certainly fail but the new order will not be nazism nor oommun ian the wave of the future will be democracy federation common wealtn freedom equality the exact amount of our effort today will ae- teimine in exact drooortion the world of tomorrow t t t t that dorothy thompson is held in equally high esteerr in her own country was amply shown at a testimonial dinner in her hoi our held at the hotel astor new york city last week it was sponsored by a com rtnlttee of prominent citizens in recognition of the distinguished and un forgettable service she has unfailingly rendered her own country and de mocracy messages were read from churchill roosevelt and mackenzie king mr sara delano roosevelt presented her with a bust by jo davidson in accepting it miss thompson said i have heard myself described on the german radio as enemy no 1 of hitlerism in america and looking at mr davidsons conception of me i can believe it he has chiselled into my features the wistful indignation that falters too often in my real heart a strength of purdose which i only sometimes feel and a vision at i very rarely glimpse in the address which fallowed miss thompson listed the 10 articles of her own personal and social faith her anwer to the search for a bet ter life the summing up of 18 years of gradual slow dawning expert race it is one of the finest statements of practical democratic ideals ever formulated and should be studied carefully by everyone who has the des tiny of the world at heart were all taxpayers now the new usley budget was a bit of a jolt to the canadian public but it would have rocked canada from ocean to ocean if it had been oug gested even two years ago passed at a time when our attention was fooussed on a series of swiftmoving worldetirrlng events lbs impu cations evoked but little comment from the average citizen the remark most often heard is this we do not mind scrimping to pay heavy taxes if we can be sure the money really goes for necessities of war but we should bate to have it wasted or spent on nonessentials or to nne the pockets of some chlseler there has been a certain dissatisfaction in some quarters with the governments war effort but mr ralston cleared up a lot of tmsunder standings when in a recent address he gave us a detailed account of what canada is doing her armed strength in the different services the pro gress of the air training plan the rapidly increasing production of ships transport equipment guns chemicals and ammunition mr menzies has said this war will not be won by the defeatist neither will it be won by the man who sits in easy and idle optimism who says we will win we always do it is useless to mlnlmlm the im minent peril in which britain beleaguered on all sides finds herself nor the desperate odds she is facing nor her great need for planes and ships and men and equipment but we cannot all be in the armed forces nel ther can we all be engaged in war industries we can however make the greatest contirbution possible in the sphere in which we find ourselves we can all be on the alert to do any war job that comes our way and we can fit ourselves for greater usefulness when needed on housewives largely will fall the burden of reshaping the house hold budget to fit in with the new tax levy economies will have to be practiced in some cases the whole standard of living altered but despite these necessary sacrifices the canadian people will still be much better off than most other peoples of the world in any case whatever the price of victory may be it is lower then the cost of defeat let me remind you let not thy creations be too expensive lest the pain of purchasing them exceed the pleasure thou hast in their enjoyment tibetan book review how america lives by j c pumas and the staff of the ladles home journal oxford press 3 00 haven t you always been curious about how the other half of the world lives in the little house across the tracks in the big house i up on the hill in how america lives you are given a true and intimate picture of the everyday life of 16 representative families in the united states you are told what they eat what they wear what they worry about their problems their joys their sorrows how they make their money how they spend it how they bring up their children you are told too how they love ftrf quarrel and what they dream about how they spend their lets ore what they read what their hobbles are there are families belonging to the privileged classes farmues of average means there is one family on relief and a sharecropper with 17 children trying to live on king cotton in every case their story is told without glossing over facts or resorting to false sentimentality one of the conclusions reached is that money seems to be the great est source of trouble in the american family jealousy infidelity and drinking au take second place but on the average americans are a good people surprisingly modest in their demands upon life and willing to work to achieve what they want it is no haphazard picture of american life based upon guesswork that you are presented with but authentic facts based upon careful in vesugauon and study over a year ago the staff of the ladles home oo the worlds news seen through the christian science monitor an international daily newspaper h truthful com onbjucd ftm from s d fan editorial arc timely and init and ita dauy fmtbrov together vim m wddy magazine section maks tfco chrissl seine pdbliihfag sodacy oim norway strwt bopton miwichuiitn prica 112 00 yearly or 1 00 month sttvraay imu including magaona section 260 a yi introductory offer 6 imu 25 cn6j h sample copy on request international uniform sunday school lesson broadening christian horiz on pauls conversion sunday may ib 1941 golden tejct whereupon o king agrlppa x was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision acts 36 19 lesson passage acta 9 1 1 x did not think i did not strive the deep peace burnt my me alive the bolted door had broken in i knew that x had done with sin x knew that christ had given me birth to brother au the souls on earth sauls thinking 1 2 to us it seems that saul had receiv ed an education hi prejudice tie was given pride in his birth in the tribe w benjamin and his education as a pharisee he yma taught to think of himself as an hebrew of the hebrew his jewish nationalism was stressed and when he received roman citizen ship he took pride in that also his religious training did not make htm catholic in his sympathies but section al and nationalistic as the christian movement gathered strength he did not investigate it impatrtiaqly his mind was made up at once he would resist this innovation and seek to put it down he was so convinced that he was right that he was ready to use cruel methodnm persecution is it possible that modern methods of education should produce similar re sults of superiority and prejudice children who are taught to worship blood and soil will doubtless develop narrowness and bigotry the chris tian religion is a powerful force in teaching the practice of understand ing and sympathy christ convicts us of our sin and makes us much mare considerate towards other people a dramatic experience 35 the story of sauta conversion is brief but in a few sentences the tumul tuous experience is described saul set out from damascus as a resolute persecutor but when he entered the dty he was a meek disabled man led by the hand saul started out vindictive towards christ but after his experience on the damascus road he was a bond slave of christ saul was armed with authoritative official docu ments to persecute christians only to discover that he was actually persecut ing christ there are many modern examples of conversion in which there has been crisis and dramatic change similar to that of saul certain per sons who have been resisting religion and fighting cod have been trans- farmed in spite of themselves they give god the glory but their neigh bourn are soon aware of the change not everyone has a dramatic conver sion such as saul had many people grow into the christian life gradual ly yet their christian faith is real and their growth in christian spirit is evident asking for action 6 s sauls first question was lord what wilt thou have me to do evi dently saul was a man of such pro minence in the pharisaic society that he expected some responsible commls slon instead he was told to go into the dty of damascus on faith there to receive further marching orders the great scholar and leader of the pharisaic party was led into the dty by the hand fur three days he was blinded and could not eat or drink it was a deep humiliation for this proud and haughty man but he ut tered no word of complaint he had first of all to learn the lesson of humble obedience later he was to re gain great authority but only after he had won a victory through discip line and self surrender many of the great leaders of the church have pass ed througlta time of preparation and lowliness such as paul had to under go the man who trusts himself and wishes to manage his own life cannot give the fullest service to christ when christ enters the heart he comes to reign a heslunt helper 10 14 ananias had nothing of the genius of saul yet he served a useful pur pose at one stage in the career of the great apostle he was told to go to visit saul naturally enough he drew back from going to see a man who had earned a reputation of cruelty as a persecutor ananias feared that saul might be working a ruse upon the christians this hesitant helper finds a place among a number of men who were helpers of the great missionary barnabas befriended paul luke be came his travelling companion silas and timothy and john mark gave him great assistance it is seldom that ft4 cyu u3 fruc ftyjwj martinsenour 2 jituatl en 6i juia mum use vmmv paint ti lordllil flnrf richardsons hardware phone 25 we delivery georgetown men of 30 40 50 pep vim vigor subnorntalt tonic itlmuluti great deeds are done by generals or statesmen or scientists without the cooperation of humbler helpers one man may get the glory and publicity but in the background there are people who are willing to serve in a humbler place the work of a great leader is made possible only by the loyalty of his followers a man of destiny 15 16 at last ananias was convinced and he went bearing a message of hope and guidance to saul little did he know what a great destiny awaited the man he was helping he could not foresee the letters that saul would write the missionary journeys that he would take the inspiration that he would give to thinkers and saints the number of churches that would be named after him the spiritual influ ence that this blinded man would ex ert throughout the christian centur ies tjying back we can see clearly that saul was a man of destiny his thinking clarified the gospel for the jews but his greatestappeal was to the gentiles saul was specially chos en for a great task but he was never promised happiness his way was one of hardship and suffering facing pain and persecution shipwreck taprison- ment and martyrdom saul sought no glory for himself his whole purpose was to bring glory to the christ who transformed his thinking and replac ed prejudice with love questions for btocusaton 1 how far was saul the product of his education 2 how intense are your rehgious emo tions 3 do what did that twoletter word mean for saul 4 am x ready with an alibi as ananias was 5 saul was chosen by whom for what lesson outlines copyrighted by the international council of religious ed ucation used by permission united church presbytery endorses prohibition campaign the presbytery of halton met for the may meeting in the united church lfowville on tuesday may 6th at 100 am ministers and lay representa- uves were present from all the char ges in the presbytery the work of the presbytery was reviewed in pre paration for the annual meeting of the hamilton conference to be held in mcmaster university hamilton on tario may 36 to 31 the election of presbytery officers resulted in the appojotment of rev a o w foreman ba balhnafad as chairman rev 14 p mercer of appleby as secretary and rev d a biaoey ba as treasurer for the en suing conference year 1941 and 1942 rev d h oallagher ba bj of oakvllle and rev j o totton of hornby are the presbyterys nomlna journal approached the first family made friends with them and were given permission to take pictures and write up their family life just as they lived it since then a new family has been presented each month in the how america lives series now the whole series is presented in book form wth several added features for your perusual and enjoy ment 1 t t t hyde park to grow vegetables the shipping situation being what it is britons are gradually awak ening to the need to grow at home a greater share of what they eat so this year hyde park in the fashionable grosvenor house district will be a show spot for onions brussel sprouts and vegetable mar row instead of tulips and geraniums xt is the first time on record that food has been cultivated in the park t t t t pineapple delight a plentiful supply of small cakes on hand is a great boon to the busy housewife pineapple delight keeps well and it also will make a hit at a company meal 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 jar pineapple jam h cup butter 1 cup white sugar 1 egg beaten 2 tablespoons butter 1 hi mfc 1 egg beaten sak 2 ottps coooanut 1 oup flour 1 imnnwhi vanilla 81ft the flour baking powder and salt work in the butter add the egg and milk when thoroughly mixed pat into the bottom of a g cake un spread a layer of the pineapple jam evenly over the top to make the frosting cream the butter add the sugar sod beaten egg then the vanilla and coooanut mix thoroughly and spread car in an even layer on top of the pineapple jam bake in a mode oven 350 de p for 29 mtautei or until a light brown cool sttghtly and cut m square agent for executors the queitph trust company is prepared to take over the duties of parties who are now acting as executors or trustees and who find that they are unable to give to those duties the time and attention re quired we would be pleased to furnish in formation on this service the guelph fluist compahf j r howttt kc president j m puroell mnrtft director office corner wyndham and cork sta tion to the settlement committee rev r w obrien convenor of the christian education committee repor ted the success of arthur charles dayfoot in his years work at emman uel college having won first class honours in his first year in theology and the ryerson prize in general pro- f icency the other candidate for the ministry who is in his final year in arts has supplied the work at glen williams while taking bis work at victor college the presbytery adopted unaminous- ly the report of the committee on the work of evangelism and social ser vice which was as follows 1 we note with satisfaction the suc cess of the efforts of the lords dty alliance m their defence of the sanc tity of the flahhath and im our appreciation of then suuusswfta oppo sition to the operation of sunday ex cursion trains we mmi the ab- lance to che hearty stpport of our church 2 we again deplore fiie crfmtaai waste of the liquor traffic in these tragic days when the clency is necessary in every effbjst to prosecute the war we affirm oor opposition to the use of atoohoite br- erages and would call upon oor htff- ple to create such a strength ot pcsv ho opinion as win compel our oowr ment as the government did te tt great war to enact total r for the duration of this war wis i urge that a our chpches eacn support the ontario temperansa erauon 3 we heuevb that the i treads and problems call tor sg our preaching that sometimes tg apt been winphawiswl people sga dared and we meet tnanr b0 tm toot sure what they dattsye the an calls for a defltfe affirmation of tootta for whichwe stand such ah thtflns- uon as will lead people to say it i know i am sons of christ my 8 lour and i bettere m god and s my definite purpose to ex mi bemet to my d l thjs report vw presented tor h9 f o overend of oearg