The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Ct ad ATS, a --t wo Sr iy Se >, SCN --r N "9, PLAS Lon \d Smt 0 >. i ea ar a, ~ » i, Ip -------- 'over the land of Egypt. v EY § 1. SN RR Sul Ba ROE ANE Mh AS AFD Mg RL $< : RANEERBAR OLY SRE RNAS ARTS ne #, GUNDAY ----LESSON=-- SCHOO] : P JOSEPH'S EXALTATION June 6th "Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him 6 Let Pharaoh do this, and lot him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt In the seven plenteous years." --- Literally, . the phrase should read: "Let him fifth the land, i.e. levy a tax upon its pro- duce to that extent which was double the annual {mpost exacted from Egyptian farmers, but which the un- precedented fertility of the soil en. abled them to bear without com: plaint.""-- Thomas Whitelaw. "And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. And the food shall be a store to the ldnd against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants." --The advice which Joseph gave to Pharaoh is found carried out in the latter part of this chapter, and in chapter 47. Such an immediate exaltation to a place of supreme power and influence as i8 described in the following verses is difficult to understand by those of us who live in such a time as this, and are citizens of a nation in which high office is generally obtained by electiod:: Yet the entire episode "and the description of Joseph's function and position as vizier are in full ac- cord with all that we know concern- ing the duties and privileges of the state officials standing next after the king. In this connection we are particularly enlightened by detailed regulations for the office of vizier preserved in the tomb of inscriptions of Rekh-My-Ra, the vizier of Thutmo- sis III (15601-1447 B.C.). After the king, the vizier is the highest digni- tary in the state with all the rights and powers accruing to. the king. In a world, he replaces the king. In the king's absence, the vizier is the actual ruler, and in the king's absence the vizier is the actual ruler, and in the king's presence no person and no matter ean reach the king except throu hh the vizier's mediation. It Is the vizier who fssucs all orders and he it is who carries ort the royal comnts, Il'very officer from the highest to the Invest must report to hiro. "And Pharaoh said unto his serve ants, Can we {id such a one ag this, a ron in whom the spirit of God fe? Awd Pheraoh said unto Joseph, For- asimucen as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou. Thcu shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my peop'e be ruled: only in the throne will 1 be greater than thou. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Ecynt. And Pharaoh {ook off his siznct ring from his hand, and put it upon Jeseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and prt a gold chain about his neck." --The signat ring signified not only the con- fidenca of the crown, but it was also. a token ef high privilege, the bes'ow- al of which rested with the king alone." "And he made him to ride in the socond chariot which he had; and ther cried before him, Bow the knee: and s~t h'm over all the land of Egvpt." --Joseph was driven in a "royal chariot through the streets with ruaners calling for attention in front of him. There are many pictures showing royal chariots in sumptuous oficial apparel, the horses fully capar'soned as on solemn occasions of state ceremonies. It is noteworthy that some old Ezyptian customs have Leen preserved to this very day in the valley of the Ni'e. In the same manner as runners were employed in front of Joseph's chariot, so through- out the ages right down to the khe- dives and viceroys of modern times, runners have been employed to clear the way for kings and high person- ages. Probably Lord Kitchener was the last counterpart of Joseph to have the runners with swords in their hands running in front of his car- rage." The véry word here trans- lated "bow the knee," 'which is the word '"abrek", meaning, literally, "mind thee", is the exact equivalent of the Arabic word "balak" which is used today by vehicle-drivers® in Cairo when shouting to the pedes- trians, by which they mean "Look up!" "And Pharaoh sald unto Joseph, 1 am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."-- The full meaning of this verse is explained in the quotation given above from Pro. fessor Yahuda. The meaning of the new name which Paharoh gave to Joseph has been vigorously interpret: ed. Some sugerest that it means "the salvation of life," or " the salvation of the world," or "the food of the lfv- ing." * Professor Yahuda combines all these and says that it probably means "food of the land is this living one," conveying the idea that Joseph was the feeder of Egypt. Joseph's mar. f v -3 riage to Asenath is only another evi: dence of the high position in which he had been placed, for the priests were the highest and most privileged class in Egypt, and {intermarriage with this caste gave him the very highest social position. - The name of his first child, Manasseh, "making to forget'; the name.of his second child, Ephraim, means "to be fruitful." Our lesson closes with a brief notice of Joseph's remarkable, administration over Egypt in preparation for and durthg the years of famine. To Phar- aoh belongs the proud distinction of instituting the world's first ministry of food with Joseph as food-control- ler. There is always wisdom in pro- viding for the future years. What is true of corn i8 also true of character. Rationing {8 never a pleasant experi- ence. It means doing without some things for a while and partaking sparingly of others. Pleasure hours may have to be rationed, but only for later advantage, to stave off idleness and ignorance, and to secure the ovie-radio --gossip benefits of a good education, Only the three or four 'ranking stars in any studio are given little portable bungalow dressing rooms parked" right at the side of the set where they are working, so Robert Taylor was rather surprised when he went out to work in 'Broadway Mel: ody" to find George Murphy and Bud- dy Ebsen occupying a most elaborate one. Seeking out the business man- ager, he asked if he couldn't have a dressing room on the set.since he had so many costume changes to make, "What's-the matter with the one we gave you?" the business man- ager demanded angrily, stalking out on the set. Then he spied Ebsen and Murphy and bellowed: "Those clowns are at it again." : 'When Lanny Ross abandons the 'Hare Hounds Dog For Share of His Dinner Boy, 2-year-old collie. and Girl, 6-months-old rabbit, do their best to chase away that tale of hares and hounds by eating out of the same "dinner" bowl in yard of their owner, Gregory Bissonette, of Los Angeles, 3 Claims Co-Eds Are Spiritless " Woman Professor Declares That Modern College Girls Lack Fire LINCOLN, Neb.--The modern col- lege girl lacks fire and spirit, in the opinion of Dr. Louise Pound, pro- fessor of English language at Neb- raska University. . Dr. Pound, sister of Roscoe Pound, former dean of the Harvard law school, recalled when co-eds always were fighting and plotting some- thing. Today's maidens, she said, tend to be disinterested in every- thing. "It is most discouraging," she de- clared, "to have the young lady in my front row applying lipstick the entire period during my class. In reading some beautiful poem, when I am trying to keep myself from be- ing moved to tears, or am trying to move my audience to tears, I find it a fascinating distraction to watch this girl smearing her mouth, ob- livious." 3 Sightless Folks "Making Good" General Public Does Not Realize Their Work in Professional Fields LONDON, Eng. -- While many per- sons know of the skill of blind crafts- men, the extent to which sightless men and women are today "making good" in professional fields, fs not yet fully realized by the general pub- lic, according to the National Insti. tute for the Blind here. Since the World War, it is pointed out by the institute, 73 blind students in Britain have successfully graduat- ed at the universities, most of them taking honors degrees, BE Men and women studying for the professions receive help in many ways from the National Institute for the Blind. For example, a speclal sti- dents' library of ° Braille books fis maintained, This has been built up by preparing a Braille hand-tran- scribed copy of every work which any blind student needs for his-studies, The professions most accessible to the blind are the Christian ministry, the law, and teaching. Prominent among. the blind clergy fs Canon Bolam, honorary chaplain to the Na- tional Institute. Many other blind rec- tors and vicars dre successfully car- ryin out parish duties in various parts of the country. : Music is another ffeld in 'which blind men occupy high positions as composers or instrumentalists, A considerable number are organists and choirmosters, and for these the National Institute runs a special bureau, "Show Boat" program shortly, Char- les Winninger, the original beloved Cap"t Andy, is expected to return, but Eddie Cantor thinks that Winninger will be. much to busy making pic- tures. He says Winninger is a knock. out in the new Cantor picture, "Al Baba Goes to Town." James Stewart is so worried for fear M-G-M will change thelr minds about lending him to R K O to play opposite Ginger Rog- ers that he has stopped having the phone answéred at his, house, and spd most of-his corner of the RKO lot where they are unlikely to logate a him. To add further | Ginger difficulties to the | Rogers lives of phone studio onerators, Buddy Ebsen spends most of his time on his new boat. ODDS AND ENDS--Warner Broth- ers wouldn't ask Bette Davis to take a supporting role in ' Gentlemen After Midnight," the new Leslie . Howard- Olivia de Haviland picture, but she surprised them by asking for it . . . Basil Rathbone has a chance to play a hero at last in Bobby DBreen's new picture, "Make a Wish" . .~ Paul Muni rehearses his lines by speaking them into a home recording machine, then listening to them . . . Sidney Black- mer rehearses in a room with five mirrors placed at various angles so that he can see himself all around . . . Betty Furness has a charm brace- let from which dangle a dozen or so fraternity pins. She claims she pick- ed them up at.a pawnshop, but con. sidering her popularity with college boys all the folks around the studio are frankly dubious. .. Victor Moore's son and daughter are making their screen debuts in his RKO picture, "Missus America" . 4. John Beal recently rented the house formerly" Laughton in' occupied by Charles Hollywood, but didn't get around to explore the cellar until recently, He thought he might find mementoes of some of Laughton's horror roles, but confronted by weird sounds and a pair of flashing eyes, all he found was a mother cat with a litter of kittens. time in a far away. £ - Farm Problems Conducted by PROFESSOR HENRY C. BELL with the co-operation of the various departments of 3 Outarie Agricultural College { I H : i l | ; Question: --*"How long does it take manure to produce nitrate in the soil? How does it give the nitrate, potash and phosphorus?'--L. B,, Tim- iskaming Co, Answer ;--The nitrogen of stock manure is quickly available, especial- ly when it is applied to the soil in the spring when the prevailing tem- perature 'i rising. Bacterial action is very rapid at this time, and nitrate nitfogen which is" a product of bac- terial action, therefore, becomes rap- idly available. The phosphorus and potash become available as the plant materials decay. They will - not be quite so quickly available as nitro. gen, but will surely be sufficiently available to nourish the crop to which 'they are applied. You probably know that if manure is fairly well stored so as to takp care of the liquid manure, it will con. tain from 10 to 15 lbs. potash per ton. Generally stock manure is quite low in phosphorus, however, since the ani mal removes phosphorus from its feed in order to build its bone. Manure needs supplementing with phosphorus carriers especially. Question: --*"I have been applying chemical fertilizer (K.N.P.) in the following manner--dusting it on the "tawn by shaking through a coarse gunney sacking bag. The result has been that the grass has burned. 1 followed the application of the fer- tilizer with liberal watering with gar- den hose. How can this fertilizer. be applied without damaging the grass? Will the application of such fertilizer kill out moss? How much should be applied each time and how often? When is the best time? --G. W., M,, Northumberland Co. Answer:--I would say that it is pos- sible that you have applied the mix- ture of the carriers N-P-K in too con- centrated a form. If you use Sulphate of Ammonia as a carrier of nitrogen for instance, and apply it fairly lib- erally, its first action would be to burn the grass. However, the grass should soon recover and show much healthier and more vigorous growth, It you are using a mixed fertilizer and dust it on the lawn after the dew has dried off, following this with a good sprinkling of water, you should have no trouble with burning. If you apply it at about two ounces per sq. yard, you will be applying it at the rate of 600 lbs. per acre. It the fertilizer is acid in reaction, «it will not kill out moss to any extent, To make it alkaline, however, if you -care to apply a small dressing of lime, . you will find this will curtail the growth of the moss. In other words, moss does not thrive under -alkaline conditions. Hence the application of lime would tend to kill it out. I would suggest that you give the lawn. a treatment as early as possible and again in about a month, and possibly again about the middle of July. This should bring it back in good form. Girl of Six Writes Better Backwards MONTAGUE, P.E.I, -- Miss Novel la Cunningham, teacher of grades one and two at Montague. Memorial School, uses a mirror when she checks six-year.old Veda -Allen's ex- amination paper. Veda is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Allen, The grade one pupil entered school last September and was getting along fine until January tests when she was intent on writing 'an examination pa- per and.found it was mor convenient to write it backwards. She is left handed. J Her writing {8 good for a first year pupil and she is one of the leaders of her class in reading --and arithmetic, Miss Cunningham reports. She can read the 'mirror writing" as easily as the other and appears quite surprised when grownups pick out a word in a sentence and ask her what it is. "She tries to please by writing the way she is asked, but her examind- tion papers are quite often about half and half," Miss Cunningham said. BOA Re a A farmer near Wheaton, Ill, plowing a cornfield with the aid of se Night Work On Illinois Farm SE archlights. Farmers throughout the area are working day and night to make up for the late start caused by the heavy rans earlier in the season. | The Empire's Statesmen Conference in London The first plenary session of the "Coronation" Imperial Conference was held in the Queen Anne drawingroom of St. James' Palace-- scene of the historic Indian Round-table Conference. Hon, Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the Mother Country. The Prime Ministers of the British Empire met under the chairmanship of Rt. This picture shows a complete general view of the session.- Left fore- ground: The Indian Delegates; centre foreground, the Australian delegates. On right, Mr, Baldwin (standing is surrounded by mem. aL bers of the British Cabinet. At Mr. Baldwin's right hand are Canada's representatives. .coming a Tomatoes Grown In Tanks of Water No Soil Used but Chemicals Aid fa e'! WOOSTER, Ohfo. -- Rows of hardy green tomato plants nod sleepily in long wooden tapks through which clear water slowly churns, Their clean roots. spread .over the bottom of the tank. Not an ounce of earth is in evid ce., It is Spring outside, but in the greenhouse of the Ohio State Agri cultural Experiment Station Summer has come. Dr. L. J. Alexander, associate plant pathologist, discussed water culture, the scientifically valuable method whereby experts hope to learn exact- ly what makes- plants grow. Water culture, he said, is the ideal means of "putting plants on a diet", and thereby learning which elements help and which hinder their develop- ment. Although there is hope, there is no immediate prospect of the system be- commercial success, he warned, despfte coursless enquiries received from persons who would like tu start a truck farm in. a tub of water. Water culture, he explained, is the growing of plants in water to which chemicals are added. He hopes to make findings which may help con- vert barren fields inta productive acres. The essential chemicals of the pro- cess are calcium, potassium, phos- phorus, nitrogen, sulphur, maganese, boron, zinc, copper and iron." Some others in minute traces may be valu- able. These elements are dissolved in the water, and the plant "steps right along" as if raised in the earth. Plants are supported -in' trays above the water and the roots reach into the solution. Suggests Canning As An Experiment Packer Thinks Vegetables Might Be Put on in P. E. I. CHARLOTTETOWN, PEL -- A few acres of vegetables, principally beans, tomatoes and peas, should be grown in Prince Edward Island this year as an experiment in an effort to arrive at the cost of production in quantities sufficiently large to war- rant operation of a canning factory, in the belief of J. D. Jenkins, Island packer, ] } Considerable discussion concerning the establishment of canning plants has been evident throughout the pro- vince lately. Mr. Jenkins said he fa- vored the idea but "didn't want to see anything foolish done along theso lines." BN } He cited a case when he was forced to turn down an order of 1,500 cases _of beans from a certain store operat. ing in thie Maritimes because ¢1 could not meet prices of Upper Canada packers." Prices quoted by Ontario packers were $1.35 a case of two dozen tins f.0o.b. the factory, or $1.50 per case . landed in the Maritimes. Approximate ~ cost of the finished produce hore, al- lowing the farmer three cents a pound, would be $1.82, which included cost of raw products, tins, processing, sales and other costs, Mr . Jenking said. il Upper Canadian packers were able to 'undersell" packers on their own market here because "their season is two weeks longer at both' ends, Wo~ ~ cannot safely sow the seed here be- fore June 15 and the early fall frosts comes about the first of September. Then too, our farmers here can only grow about 3,000 pounds to the acre as compared with a production of 6,000 pounds in Ontario or Quebec." There was also the problem of mass production, Mr. Jenkins said, "for op- erating up there with so great a quantity of raw material to handle the canners do practically everything oy machine. The beans come in at ono end of the:factory and go out tho other end a finished product. The installation of such machines for the quantity that we handle here would entail altogether too much overhead, and in this way we cannot competo with them in the matter of price." Girl Will Study For Rare Degree Bachelor of Science in Dramatic Art is Her Aim EDMONTON.,--Gwendol:ne Pharis of the University of Alberta Exten- sion Department, has been awarded. a $5600 Rockefeller Foundation fel- lowship by the University of nortiy Carolina. She will study for a degre rare in educational circles, Bachelor of Science in Dramatic Art. This is believed to be the first scholarsh'p of its type presented to an Alberta candidate. Miss Pharis, who resides at Magrath, / Ita, is an enthusiastic drama executive and ac-"¥ tress. - She graduated from the Uni- versity of Alberta with an Arts de- gree in 1982, Since she has acted as secretary to Mrs. Sterling Haynes, department of extension. Drama di- rector. ~ A year has 10,000 days on. the planet Jupiter, va py f----som------ LT * ox DQ A 4 EE -- MA, A on oh ren