Clemenceau, Foe of Pessimists, Feared End of France Was Near, Says War Council Interpreter that day Petain. aa in telligen ce grave and som bre, took a ccou n t exactly, alas, o f the difficulties o f the task. T h e buffet supper, fo r you n g and F och , on his side, w as F o c h ; that is to say, as M. C lem enceau told m e, ,a old, is now' an established fav orite. F or those in search o f new ideas fo r man raging to fight.' " And im m ediately M. C lem enceau sandw ich fillings, the fo llo w in g m ay January 5. Lesson I, Childhood of prove to be h elpful suggestion s. thought, and said: Jesus-- Matthew 2. 10-23. Golden " Our Duty W as to Die W ell, and First to Fight as if W e W ere " ` 1 see but on e man w ho can save T ext-- Thou sha't call his name Savory Sandwiches us. It is F och .' Jesus: for he shall save his people Sure o f Conquering," Tiger Q uoted by Confidant ; Chop up som e m ustard-and-cress, " Then the m eetin g was held at from their sins.-- Matthew 1: 21. Premier at First Preferred Petain to Foch w hich F och receiv ed his fu ll pow ers. shred som e ch e e se and m ix the tw o. A N A L Y S IS as Generalissimo, Says Second W riter " M. L loyd G eorge d eclares that on Put a light sprin k lin g o f this filling I. THE VISIT OF TH E W ISE M EN , 10-12. into the sandw ich, sea son in g w ith a O f the m any a pp recia tion s o f in the im age o f the past. Th at was this occa sion M. C lem enceau ' s role y. , , * , . , r, . I I . FLIGHT INTO EGYPT, 13-15. D o nDt j n i . r e t u r n t o N a z a r e t h , 16-23. G eorges C lem enceau appearing in the the natural con seq u en ce n ot on ly of w as n egative. W h at does he know shake o f tom ato ketchu p. season the in gredien ts as th ey w ill be about it? H e was not there. The I n t r o d u c t i o n -- In b egin n in g these Paris press ju st a fter h is death none his age, but o f his fundam ental pes head o f the British delegation was tasty enough w ithout this aid. stu dies f.'o m the first gospel, one m ay w as m ore in teresting than the a rticle sim ism . A tin o f crayfish w ill supply fill reca ll the rem ark m ade b y a d istin N ow the latter has " B efore the con fe re n ce opened he Lord M ilner. ·written fo r " Le Journal" by Captain ings fo r a n oth er set o f san d w ich es. gu ished F ren ch sch olar, R en an , w ho P au l J. M aiitoux, the brillian t ch ief used to talk o f the difficulties o f m ak told in detail w hat h appen ed; and he pays a brilliant tribute to M. Cle Shred th e fish finely and let it soak said, ` T h e G ospel a cco rd in g t o St. in terp reter at th e A llied Suprem e in g a g ood peace^ fo r a few m inutes in som e salad M atthew is the m ost rem ark ab le book m enceau. " ` T o m ake w ar -- that is easy W a r C ou ncil and at the Paris P eace cream , w hich you have thinned with th a t h at ev e r been w ritte n ." I t p r o ·M. Clem enceau, after he had re enough. A ll that is needed is men, C on feren ce. Captain M antoux a ston a little vin egar. D rain the fish w ell, vides as w ell a w o n d e rfu l p ictu re o f ish ed all w ho ca m e in con ta ct with m on ey and m aterial the cou n try w ill cogn ized in F och the predestined the M essiah, and show s how Jesus then put a gen erou s portion into each liim in his official ca pa city by his furnish rather than perish. You need man, w ho ought to snatch v ictory out w as the fu lfilm e n t o f th e p roph ecies sandw ich. T h is filling is particu larly o f th e O ld T estam en t. T h e w rite r w on d erfu l com m and o f languages only to give ord ers and n ot to lose o f a desperate situation, pushed him m akes it cle a r th a t th e C h ristian is with dip lom acy, but also good w ith brow n bread. aud his u ncan ny a b ility to rep rodu ce you r head. But to m ake peace, and j forw ard T h e co m m o n p la ce fo rce m e a t can |the h eir o f a ll th e prom ises o i Isra el, with obstin ate and untiring persistin variou s tongues, w ith ou t the least esp ecia lly to practice it, it very dfffibe used as a basis fo r a very tasty and the tru e in te rp re te r o f scrip tu re. T he j ence. h esita tion , lon g and com plica ted cult and very com plicated. filling. T a k e the you n g, crisp hearts I . t h e v i s i t o f t h e w i s e m e n , 1 0 -1 2 . statem en ts m ade by statesm en and F ren ch know w ell enough h ow to j " Th ere is som ething m ore. V . 10. T h ere a re tw o a ccou nts ol o f celery heads, see that th ey are fo r their cou ntry. W ill th ey Spoke in Defense of Foch gen era ls. B e fo re the w ar he lectured die v e ry clean, then ch op them finely aud the b irth o f Jesus, one in M atthew f\nc kn ow h ow to live fo r it ? ' on F ren ch h istory at the U n iversity of " At the end of M ay w e suffered the m ix w ith th e fo rce m e a t. If you can the o th e r in Luke, and these togeth er " And he added: g iv e us a cle a r view j f this m ost m a r L on don . hard blow on the Chem in-des-Dam es. " ` W h at strikes me, when 1 look in French opinion becam e suspicious of m anage to mak\ the sa n d w ich es only velous event, in th e h isto ry o f the H e w as in tim ately associated with a sh ort w h ile b efore th ey w ill be eat w orld. T h e a ctu a l date is u n ce rta in ; C lem enceau on the W a r C ouncil and ou r streets at the trophies o f Louis F och. P arliam ent dem anded an in during th e p ea ce n egotia tion s re- 1 X IV and N apoleon, is that the form er vestigation and a ction. W h at did M. en, pour a little m elted butter on to b ut it is p roba b le th a t Jesus w a s b orr This the filling, and then w ait fo r envious several y e a rs b e fo r e A .D . 1. ce iv e d his personal con fid en ces and \ rep resen ts the P ea ce o f U trech t and C lem enceau d o? It was the session m others to ask you the secret o f this seem s to fo llo w fr o m th e f a c t that ·was in a h ighly fa v o ra b le position to the latter tw o in vasions, W a terloo o f the Cham ber o f D eputies on June H erod w as still "living when J ts u s was d elicio u s co n co ctio n . ju d g e h is ch a ra cter as a man and as and Vienna. W hen will our cou ntry, 4, 1918. H e m ounted the tribune and b o m , and it w e a ld a p p ea r th a t H erod The rem ains o f poultry or gam e h appier than H annibal, kn ow h ow to a w ar leader. H is a rticle contained died in B .C . 4. Som e th in k th a t the sa id : (detach ed from all b on es) can be sayings o f C lem enceau h ith erto un profit from v ic to r y ? ' " ` N othing has happened w hich per m in ced finely and m ixed w ith ch o p record s o f th e sta rs m a y a lio help to fix th e da te, b u t th is is n o t a t all " T h is Frenchm an, in w hom shone pu blished and em phasized the para m its m e to ex ercise any disciplin e ped cook ed beetroot. A touch o f add sure. W e m u st a lso read th e accou nt dox that the man w ho ruthlessly so con sp icu ou sly tw o m aster quali against anybody. If it is n ecessary, ed flavor is .given by a sm earin g of in L uke 2 : 2 w h ere th e even ts are . F ran ce pas stam ped ou t defea tism aud pessi ties o f our people, lov e'1 in ord er to obtain the a pp robation of F rench m ustard. con nected w ith the m ovem ents in the H e loved it as did the m ism in F ra n ce in 1917 w as him self sionately. certain people w ho ju dge hastily, to Rom an E m p ire great patriots o f the R evolu tion , Sweet Fillings tem pera m en ta lly and fundam entally V . 11. T h e W ise M en or M a gi, w'ere abandon ch iefs w ho h av e deserved w hom h e had w orshiped in his youth, i a pessim ist. M ixed fruit salad, drained from its a M edian tribe, w h o devoted m uch time w ell o f their country, it is an act of I see him now show in g a ca ller at | Demanded Miracle, and Got It. cow a rd ice o f which I am in capable, ju ice and ch opped finely. A gen erous to the stu dy o f th e sta rs. T h ey w o r the W a r M inistry a ch assep ot with shipped the h eaven ly obects, and j D o not exp ect me to com m it ii Chase a pp lica tion to the bread o f rich cream Captain M antoux w rote: th ou gh t th ey cou ld tell fr o m the p r o its antique bayonet: aud then a p o rtio 1 o f the fruit, with me from the -tribune if that is w hat " I saw his w ill trium ph o v e r o b gress o f the sta rs how th in gs w ei'e tc " ` This gun,' he said, ` belonged to a dusting o f finely-grated co co a n u t on happen. T h e v is it o f these m en re p re you w ish.' s ta cles w hich appeared to be insur on e o f the men w ho hated m e m ost " Foch w as saved. Fou r m onths the top o f all. T he ju ice from the sents the first fr u it s o f the u niversal m ountable. A t the m om ent w hen the and w hom 1 hated m ost in return. later, on O ctober 2, M. L loyd G eorge fru it w ill turn com m on p la ce lem on m ission o f C h ristia n ity , and it is arrival of th e A m erican troops in W e even fou gh t a duel. It is the sent the M arshal `sin cere felicita ade into nectar. a fine trib u te pa id to Jesus as the m asses had b e co m e a vital n ecessitv gun w hich D eroulede carried in 1S70. Chop som e brazil nuts very finely, R edeem er o f th e w orld . B ethlehem is tions' on the latter's birthday. F och f o r the A llies, tonnage was lacking H is sister brought it t , me as a in rai ' w ine. U se brow n a sm all to w i south o f Jeru sa lem , and a n sw ered ; 'I am greatly touched, etc. soak to transport them. F ifty thousand sou v en ir o f him on A rm istice Day. bre^id, app lyin g a little -·aspberry jam a cco rd in g to M a tth ew , th ere w ere p r e I shall n ever forget that it w as to ca m e in January, 40,000 in February. I have n ot changed my opin ion about diction s th a t th e p rom ised M essiah you r in sistence that I ow e the post b efore filling w ith the soaked nuts. F o ch dem anded 140,000 a m onth. And i his politics. w as to com e ou t o f th is place. Luke, Be he was a man of P reserv ed g in g e i, sliced v e ry thin m en tions th e p la ce o f b irth , b u t om its in the m eantim e the Germ an arm ies, h eart and one w ho loved his cou ntry.' w hich I hold to-day.' " Th at w as the M arshal's thanks to ly an dspriukled w ith ca stor sugar-- the prop h ecy. T h ere is n ow a fa m o u s freed from pressure on the side of Called Misanthrope and Ironist w ith a drop or tw o o f lem on ju ice -- ch u rch b u ilt o v e r ti e sp o t w here Je.'us M. C lem enceau." R u ssia, broke the British lines at " M. C lem enceau was that and m ore. m akes a nother new and exce lle n t fill is said to h ave been born , ca lled The Saint-Quentin. This m isan th rope-an d this iron ist in ing, and again brow n bread is best. C hurch o f the H o ly N a tiv ity . " In an in ter-A llied cou n cil held dur carnated, in the gravest hours, the V . 12. H erod , w ho is m entioned here, in g these som b re days they counted h eroic soul o f F ran ce." w as a lso called H er id th e G rea t, and New Zealand's London up the ships available, w eigh ed the w as K in g w over of o J^ uu de p · · waa c j. the me w w h ole i/i t a ,; but A n oth er w riter, M. Jean M artet, o f im m en se needs to be satisfied and ar fered -- also in " Le Journal" -- som e Commissioner Kesigns j he -was n o t com plete ru ler, since he had to ack n ow led ge th e sovereign ly rived at figures w hich caused despair. new in form a tion about the relations L on don .-- N ew Z e a la n d 's H igh C om o f R om e. H e m ust be distinguish ed M. C lem enceau then said: b etw een C lem enceau and F o c h -- re m iss io n e r.in L ondon, S ir Jam es P a rr, fr o m H erod A n ti; as his son. H e was " `W e need 300,000 A m erica n s a lations w hich w ill, perhaps, alw ays is le a v in g h is p o st to take i p w o rk in an able ru ler, but unscru pu lous a rc m onth. You tell me that w e have ton rem ain b e h a lf o f the m ovem ent f o r fr e e trade cru el. a s u b je ct o f con troversy nage enough fo r on ly 100,000. In aus- am on g h istorian s. R e p lyin g to Lloyd w ith in the em p ire. II. FLIGHT INTO EGYPT, 15-15. w e r that w e m ust n ot calcu late the G eorg e's ch a rge that C lem enceau had S ir Jam es, a n ative o f N ew Z ealan d, V . 13. E g y p t alw'ays had close asso n u m ber o f m en to be transported by little to do w ith the m ovem en t to h as been H igh C om m issioner h ere fo r c ia tio n w ith P alestin e, and it wT as not th e tonnage, but that we m ust ca lcu make F och gen era lissim o o f the A l th ree yea rs. H e held va riou s position s unusual fo r Isra elites in tim e o f peril late the tonnage by the num ber o f lied forces, he sa id: in the N ew Z ealan d C abinet fr o m 1920 to tu rn to E g y p t f o r help. T h e recen t m en to be ca rried -- and w e shall find to 1926, and has since represen ted his w a r show s h ew close th e con nection " T h e truth is that M. Clem enceau it.' E g y p t w a s a m uch rich er dom inion in th e L eagu e o f N a tion s, in still is. alw ays had a h igh er esteem for Pe`H e dem anded a m iracle, and the tain's person a lity thau fo r F och 's. Up W illie-- " Can't you assist th e cou rse o f h is duties as H igh C om and m ore civilized la n d , and a t this tim e th ere w as a la rg e n um ber o f Jew's to the efforts o f our E nglish allies, to to M arch 26, 191S, it is m an ifest that I belong to the vast arm y m ission er here. th ere, e sp e cia lly in A le x a n d ria , w hich e co n o m ie s and sacrifices, 2.000.000 he saw in Petain the great ch ie f of o f the u nem ployed." w as said to have on e-fifth o f its pop u A m erica n s w ere '.anded in F ran ce Mr. H ardm an-- " Then y o u 'd better th e F ren ch arm ies and the man lation con sist o f Jew s. W e d o n ot learn A City Tree w ithin a few m onths. fro m any oth e r source o f the v is it o f through w hom , soon er or later, v ic beat it back to headquarters qu ick ." W h en I behold an aged tree " H e w as alw ays in a ccessib le to Jesus to the land o f the N ile. tory w ould com e. H e was slow ly --------F ettered secu re in streets o f stone, fe a r aud his m oral cou ra ge w as equal V . 14. T h is sto ry o f the fligh t has preparin g fo r the realization o f the I think that T h am es must surely be been m ade fa m ilia r b y m an y pictu res. to his ph ysical cou rage. D anger on ly E X A G G E R A T IO N single com m and, and I believe that F o r h er a stream o f B abylon, T h e ve rse leaves th e im pression o f stren gthen ed his resolu tion , and Ills if the even ts o f M arch 26 had not T h ere is no su b ject in the w orld, A nd that in dream s, tearless and vain tn s te . fe a r , and con cealm en t. T h e p a ven ergy had no need o f the stim ulant been produced, if th ere had been no h ow ev er true, holy, and n ecessa ry it 5 h e scen ts far pastures in th e sun, ents rem ain in the land o f E g y p t till o f h o p e ; fo r this man w ho treated D oullens, w hich wras, perhaps, the m ay be to retain in its in tegrity, And fo r e s t stillness, and pu re rain H erod dies. pessim ism in tim e o f w ar as a crim e m ost d ecisiv e day o f the war, Petain about w hich w e do n ot talk a great V . 15. O ne o f the m ain fe a tu re s ot That falls n ot h ere in B abylon. w as h im self a pessim ist, though in a M atthew is the use o f th e O ld T e s ta would have been ch arged with ` c o deal o f nonsense. H um anity has the -- E ric C hilm an in G lasgow H erald. sp ecia l sense o f the w ord. H e was m ent. H e w a s w r it in g f o r C hristian ordination o f the A llied arm ies on facu lty o f exaggeration to an en or a p essim ist in the p h ilosop h ic sense. Jew s w'ho w ere in need o f B ib le p r o o f the w estern fron t.' mous exten t; and refined gold is " R ich e s and edu ca tion are in co n to u phold th eir b e lie fs w hen attacked " A part from a few faith fu l friends, Took Up Foch After Doullens gilded and lilies are painted in spite flict with each oth er." -- A lexa n d er b y th e Jew s. One o f th e o ft-re p e a te d h e despised m en ; or, rather, h e des " But D oullens cam e along, and on o f Shakespeare. M eiklejohn. sentences is, " T h a t it m igh t be f u l pised hum an nature. H e w as far from filled w hich -as spoken o f th e L ord b elie v in g in an im m in ent ju stice by th e p r o p h e t." T h e passage h ere w h ich ca n n o t fa il to trium ph ; but he Heavy Storms Have Been Playing Havoc in England quoted is fr o m H osea 1 1 : 2. w a s rea d y to fight fo r it as if he w ere II I . RETURN TO NAZARETH , 16-23. certa in o f su ccess. In the carriage V . 16. T h e m a ssa cre o f th e innocents w h ich w as taking us to V ersa illes, h as o fte n been p o r tra y e d b y the a r t w h ere th ey w ere to discu ss the term s ists, and it is d o u b tfu l i f these a re a l w a ys h isto rica lly a ccu ra te. P roba b ly o f the arm istice, at the m om ent that th e n um ber o f ch ildren m u rdered w as V ictory w as brin gin g his ca reer to a sm all, as there w ould n ot be very p rodigiou s clim ax, he said to m e: m an y y o u n g e r than tw o y e a rs in a " `W h en the w ar b rok e ou t-- and I sm all tow n like Bethlehem . H ow ever, had seen it com in g for several years it w as a v e ry cru el deed, and quite in -- I said to m yself tha it meant, per k eepin g w ith w h a t is know n fro m haps, the end o f ou r cou ntry. A fter oth er sou rces o f the ch a ra cte r o f this s o m any cen tu ries o f a grea t h istory, man. W e do n o t read In th e gospels th a t Jesus ev e r cam e back to B ethle ou r duty w as to die w ell, and, first, hem, b ut it is in te re stin g to w ond er to fight as if w e w ere sure o f con quer w hether h e ev e r retu rn ed to see the in g.' inn in w hich he had been born. Criticized fo r Unsatisfactory Peace V . 17. A g a in w e note the ten den cy to call attention to th e fu lfillm e n t o f the " T h ey have rep roach ed him fo? prophecies o f scrip tu re. R am ah has m akin g an u n satisfactory peace, a f been som etim es identified w ith a sm all ter h aving m ade a v ictoriou s war. He v illa g e E r-R a m a , a bout five m iles did n ot m ake peace single-handed. n orth o f Jerusalem . T h e error o f the F ren ch peop le is in V . 22. On th eir return to P alestine, fo rg e ttin g how m any opin ion s and in the pa ren ts rem ained in the south, in Judea, b ut th ey are w arn ed in a dream terests had to be co n cilia ted b efore th at th e da n ger is not over, and th ey re a ch in g a con clu sion . I suw M. go n orth . W e m u st tr y to keep clea rly C lem enceau every day, argu ing and in ou r m ind the g e o g ra p h y o f P a le s stru ggling, w ith as m uch cou rtesy as tine, w hich is divided into th ree p a r ts : firm n ess-- even days w hen, sca rcely Judea so u th ; S a m aria n ext and G al ou t o f the hall, his im patien ce flash ilee n orth . T he k in gdom h ad been ed up in pictu resqu e ebullitions. His divided a ft e r H e ro d ' s death a m on g his fo re ig n in terlocu tors -- a fter som e sons. A rch ela u s received Judea and S a m aria, and ruled so b a d ly th a t a fte r sh ock s o f aston ishm ent-- had learned eig h t y e a rs h e as sent in to exile, and to re sp e ct and lik e him . L loyd R om e asum ed d ire ct con trol. H ow ever, G eorge, h earin g o f the result o f the G alilee rem ained u nder Hei-od A n tip a s prelim in ary v ote w hich denied to M. till a ft e r the death o f Jesus. C lem enceau th e P resid en cy o f the re V . 23. N a za reth , w hei'e Jesus w as pu b lic, excla im e d : b ro u g h t up, w a.; an im p ortan t tow n " ` T h ey w ill no lon ger rep roach the and it la y on th e ro u te o f the travel fr o m E g y p t to th e E a st. H ere Jesu? E n glish fo r burning Jeanne d 'A r c !' TH E M ISA D V E N TU R E S OF AN ENGLISH H O U SEBO AT ON TH E RIVER T H A M E S w ou ld see the regim en ts o f soldiers " C ertain p eop le b la m e him fo r n ot Badly dam aged h ouseboat after it had been blow n into R iver Tham es by recen t terrific storm that sw ept L on passin g, and he w ould h ear o f the h av in g v e ry m uch con fid en ce in the events h a p p e n in g in the w orld . The future, w h ich h e cou ld en visag e on ly don. Bi at finally cam e to rest against b rid g e at H am pton Court. scen ery also w a s b e a u tifu l. Luscious Sandwich Sunday School Lesson