CHURCH WOMEN
MEET APRIL 30
Two Day District Meeting
of Foreign Missionary
Society At Winside
Winside. Neb., Ap.-ll -* ^Special)
—The district meeting for the
Topeka branch of the Norfolk district
of Woman’s Foreign Missionary so
ciety will be held In Winside, April >0
and May 1.
The following out of town speakera
will be present: Miss RutH Copely,
a missionary from the Philippine le
landa; Mrs. Gene Hopper, Stanton,
Neb., who spent several years In
India; Dr. E. D. Hull of Norfolk.
Neb.; Mm. Lydia K. Andrews of
Guide Rock,. Neb., and Mrs. Celia
M. Gates of West Point, Neb.
Young people of the Wayne Mis
sionary society will present a playlet
“Unto the Heary Laden.’’
ROBBERS LOOT
GROCERY STORE
Take 10,000 CigareU From
Wholesale Warehouse
At Columbus
Columbus, Nsb., April ' <—Mors
than 10,000 clgarets were stolen by
thieves who drilled holes near the
bolts In the doors of the H. W. Abts
Wholesale Grocery company's ware
house here during the night.
Police clues Indicate the work was
done by some one familiar with the
place, since the holes wsre drilled
outside at the exact location of the
inside bolts.
THOMPSON BEGINS DUTIES AS
MEMBER OP SUPREME COURT
Lincoln, Neb., April H.
Thompson Is now a full fledged menu
her of the supreme court. He came
to Lincoln Tuesday and took the
oath of office. He will not begin
active work until next Monday, when
the court holds Its regular semi
monthly sitting. He Is a member of
the capitol commission, and will en
deavor to arrange his duties so that
he may continue, as the work of that
body Is now wefl along. Judge
Thompson takes tha place made va
cant by the death of Judge Aldrich.
He sv&s the high man In the Fifth
district primary.
VETERAN ADVENTIST BEC0ME8
PRESIDENT OP UNION COLLEGE
Lincoln, Neb., April P* -Rev. W.
W. Prescott has boon elected presi
dent of Union college, located at Col
lege View, a Lincoln suburb. It la a
Seventh Day Adventiat Institution.
Doctor Prescott has been a minister
of that denomination for 49 years.
He succeeds Prof. O. M. John, who
goes to Rerrien Springs, Mich., to
take charge of an Adventist college
there. Doctor Prescott has spent the
greater part of the last two years us
head of a similar college in Australia.
He has been an extensive traveler In
the interest of his denomination.
ORCHARD DEVELOPMENT IS
80URCE OF GOOD REVENUE
Oakland, Neb., April —Alfred J.
Peterson has sold more than $209
worth of apples In each of the last
two years from bis farm orchard of
About three-fourths of an acre, he
told E. H; Hoppert, state extension
agent In horticulture, who recently
visited the county to conduct prun
ing demonstrations scheduled by
County Extension Agent Fouts. This
profit comes as an addition to thl
benefits of all home grown fruit
that the family can use. No fancy
price was obtained either year*
most of the apples being sold for $1
& bushel, Mr. Peterson said. He has
about 40 trees which are 20 years
old, In his orchard.
TWO MEN PAY NEARLY |460
FOR VIOLATING BOOZE LAW
Humphrey. Neb., April Etnil
Kohn, soft drink dealer here paid
flee and costs of $342.10 In Platte
county court at Columbus following
his arrest by State Agent Cal Broady.
Hugo Krenz, Humphrey harnea shop
owner whose shop was also raided,
was fined $10o when state agents
found liquor In his possession, while
In Koljh’s case Illegal sale was the
charge which brought conviction.
TRAVELING MAN BUYS WATCH
STOLEN FROM “HELLO GIRL”
Columbus, Neb., April ““--Mary
McCabe, local telephone operator,
didn't known her watch had been
stolen from the dresser In her bed
room until today when she received
word from B. D. Daniels, Central City
traveling man who purchased the
timepiece from a hungry tramp along
the Lincoln highway. Arriving home
Daniel's found Miss McCabe’s name
In the watch case. It was the first
Information Miss McCabe had that
the watch was stolen and search at
home revealed that It was missing
from the usual place on her dresser,
which stood near her bedroom win
dow.
ALLEGED AUTO THEIVES
ARRESTED IN WISCONSIN
Columbus. Neb., April ** -James
Spencer and “Tod" Resce are being
held In Wc.ukesha, Wls., under arrest
for stealing an automobile from tn
front of a Columbus theater nearly
a year ago. according to word re
ceived by the sheriff here. Spencer
Is said to have confessed the two
stole their first car in Waukesha and
one here, going to California, where
they sold it and returned to Wis
consin. Whether they will be tried
there for theft or brought to answer
charges here has not been determined.
DUGOUT HOME
OF WOMAN, 93
State Inspector Finds Dis
tressing Case—Son to
Be Prosecuted
Lincoln, Neb., April -Mrs. J. C
Morrow, inspector for tna bureau of
public welfare. Is back from Sidney,
where ahe investigated several cases.
She found a woman, Mrs. Mary
Sucha, 93 years old, living In a dug
out under distressing conditions, al
though she had a son who was well
able to take care of her. The son Is
to be prosecuted for falling to take
care of his mother.
Despite the urgency of the Innpect
or, the old woman refused to leave
her dugout, saying It was all she
owned and all her own. Bedding and
some clothing were provided for her.
COOLIDGE’S CAMPAIGN IN
NEBRASKA COST $9,565.29
Lincoln, Neb., April .Special)—
Frank P. Corrlck reports that the
Coolldge campaign In Nebraska cost
$9,666.29, al lbut $1,400 of which was
contributed by the national head
quarters in Chicago. The $1,400 came
from the delegates on the Coolldge
"'late. The two principal Items of
expenses were $6,563.36 for printing,
Advertising, circularization and post
age and $1,543 for management and
clerk hire. The postage expense
was largely Increased by the ruling of
the attorney general that the Coolldge
delegates could not be grouped, but
that all names must be rotated on the
ballot. The committee printed thou
sands of slips on which the names of
the Coolldge delegates were printed
and distributed In person at the polls
and by malls.
CLAIM LAWS NOT ENFORCED
IN DEUEL COUNTY
Lincoln, Neb., April *" (Special)—
A delegation of Deuel county citizens
called on the governor Wednesday
to complain about the Indifferent en
forcement of the law In that county,
and also preferred a charge against
Deputy Sheriff William K. Geer that
he had sold game ltcenses.
RECORD RAILROAD SHIPMENT
ESTABLISHED AT COLUMBUS
Columbus. Neb., April 17.—The first
full train load of cattle to be shipped
from Columbus to the Chicago mar
kets In a full train for a period of
several years, was sent out of here
last night when 28 car loads with
approximately $44 head of fat cattle
were taken.. to Chicago by Charles
Carrig, John Dodds, J. F. Donahue,
J. J. Burke and Jack Smagaos. Dur
ing the night 10$ cars of stock, the
rest of them for the Omaha markets,
were handled out of the local yarde.
making a total shipment for one night
of 8,488 head of cattle.
BRYAN NOT YET OUT OF
WOODS, PROGRESSIVES SAY
Lincoln, Neb., April *-Governor
Bryan Is In receipt of a .etter from
Edward Sughroue, middle of the
road progressive, who has contested
with the governor for the progres
sive party nomination, congratulating
him on his success. He says the
governor made a fair and clean can
vass, and that the verdict of the pro
gressive voters was for fusion, which
he accepts.
Progreeslves say that the governor
Is not yet out of the woods. W. J.
Taylor, one of the party leaders, has
In mind the culling of u mass meeting
at which he proposes the vacancy be
filled. Taylor contends that as Bryan
is not a progressive he cannot com
ply with the requirement that all
nominees shall affiliate with ths
party whose banner they carry.
BEEMER MAN TO BE HEAD
OF WYNOT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Wynot, Neb., April (Special)—
E. R. Oettlng of Bearner nas been se
lected as superintendent of the Wy
not public schools for next year.
8TATE BANKING DEPARTMENT
QUE8TION3 COURT’S RIGHTS
Lincoln, Neb.. April '.~The state
tanking department has filed with
Ihe district court here a demurrer
letting up that It has no Jurisdiction
to say what it shall do In the matter
Of Issuing licenses to Installment In
vestment companies. Tho Investors'
Syndicate of Minneapolis has asked
for an order requiring approval of
Its application to do business In the
state. It contends that the secretary
has acted arbitrarily and unreason
ably.
The position of the state Is that
the Issuance of licenses to do busi
ness Is discretionary, und that Its
discretion cannot be controlled by
a court order. The company says the
action of the state has Jeopardized
$6,000,000 of contracts It lias out
standing.
ITATE RECEIVES 18 BIDS
ON NEW HIGHWAY PROJECTS
Lincoln. Neb., April —The state
department of public woi-ks received
bids yesterday on 18 new road pro
jects. Bids are now being tabulated
and awards will be'made within a
few days. The projects are located
In Lancaster, Otoe. Sheridan, Har
lan, Saunders, Seward, Johnson and
Thayer counties.
CONTRACTS FOR ROAD
WORK AT LOWER PRICES
Lincoln, Neb., April (Special) —
Anolher big batch of road contracts
were let Wednesday by the state de
partment of public works to about a
dozen different contractors, most of
them doing their first work for the
state. Many of the contracts were
for graveling roads, the price ranging
from 26 cents for three Inch gravel
to 30 cents for four inch deposits.
Earthwork contracts are bringing
around 2 cents, which is less than
last vear.
CONTRACT FOR
INTERIOR WORE
Nebraska’s Capitol Commis
sion Takes Another Step
In Construction
Lincoln, Neb., April 19.—Sever*
Important contract* for work on tht
Interior of Nebraska’* new capltol
were announced Friday. The Lahr
Hardware company of Lincoln se
cured the contract for the hardware
In the governor’* suite and the »u
preme court rooms with a bid of
96,100. There wa* such a wide
range of bid* for the Interior wood
work that no action wan taken on
thi* contract. The Caldwell com
pany of New York, with a bid of
915,000, eecured the contract for the
Installation of the light fixtures in
the supreme court rooms, the statu
library and the governor’s suite.
District Oratorical
Contest At Wayne
Wayne, Neb., April. 19. (Special)—
The district oratorical contest held at
the auditorium cf the state normal
school, Friday afternoon and evening
resulted aa follows;
Numerous—Dorotry James, Fender,
first; Iola Purcell, O’Neill, second;
Margftret Promeroy, South Sioux
City and Mlelenz Stanton, tied for
third.
Oratorical—Howard Jaoboson,
Hartington, first; Alfred Ludken,
Nellgh, second; Charles Taylor,
Winnebago, and Eugene Thomas,
Pender, tied for third.
Dramatic—Ethel Oliverlus, Albion,
first; Mary Lampson, South Sioux
City, seoond; Elmer Maehler, Pender,
and Margaret McQulstran, Wake
field, tied for third.
The winners here will luter go to
the university, at Lincoln to take part
In the state contest.
UNABLE TO GIVE BOND
ON GIRL’S COMPLAINT
Fremont, Neb., April 19. (Special)—
Verne Opperman, Fremont autom
obile dealer, has been unable to
furnish bond of $5,000 following his
preliminary hearing on a charge pre
ferred by Iola Hays, 13 years old,
who related before a packed court
room, the details of an automobile
Joyride and the break down of the auto
mobile, necessitating the occupants
—four young FYemont couples—to
take refuge for the night in a de
serted farm house. Members of the
party, she said, produced a bottle of
whisky and a l’. participated in drink
ing it “to keep from freezing.”
Opperman has a wife and young
child.
COLLEGE STUDENTS BEAT
THE POSTAL LAWS
Columbus, Neb., April 19. (Special/
—In order to halt sending of written
messages with parcel poet packages,
a custom which Postmaster Fred
Scofield finds In general prevalence
among university and college stu
dents who send laundry and other
materials home, postal authorities
here are making systematic searches
of the packages. In cases where a
written message Is found the person
who gets the package must, pay the
first class letter rate on the parcel.
In one Instance a parcel that would
ordinarily have cost only eight cents
cost the recipient $1.58.
CAPTURES EIGHT CUB
WOLVES NEAR WESTFIELD.
Westfield, Iowa, April, 19. (Spe
cial)—Amos Rosa, of Hancock
township, dug out a wolf’s den and
captured eight young ones this
week. This Is an old den where
many finds have been made In years
past but not often so many cubs at
a time.
MAY CALL GRAND JURY
TO INVESTIGATE BANKERS
Sioux Falls. S. D., April 19.— that
the affairs of Insolvent state banks
In Sioux Falls will be made the sub
ject of a grand Jury Investigation
at an early date Is practically a cer
tainty. The grand Jury will probably
be called to convene at the May term
of curcult court which opens In Sioux
Falls, May 12.
The possibility of grand Jury ac
tion, which may Involve criminal
complaints being brought, has been
suggested from time to time by de
positors and it Is expected that a
grand Jury Investigation will clarify
matters and either place responsibil
ity where It belongs, or relieve mis
directed suspicion.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
DURING SNOW 8TORM
Oakton, S. D., April 19.—(Special)
—During the snowstorm,- Tuesday,
which was accompanied by an elec
tric storm, Edward Speck, who lives
four miles west of Okaton, was struck .
by lightning. He was rounding up
his stock for the night when the ac
cident occurred. Both he and his horss
were thrown to the ground In a dazed
condition. When consciousness was
restored, Mr. Speck started toward
home leaving his horse, as he thought,
dead. He was found still dazed
sometime afterwards by te Llnqulst
boys and taken home.
WOMEN OF HARROLD
ELECTED TO CITY OFFICES
Harrold, S. D., April 19. (Special)
—This town is the only one In the
state as far ns can be learned where
the women were almost completely
successful in the municipal election
of Tuesday. The women had o tick
et all of their own and elected all
of their candidates with th r ex
ception of one town trustee a id the
assessor. The clerk, treasures, jua
fee and two trustees were all ca
rted off by the women, who wa^ed a
spirited campaign
THE WIRES
Whenever I go out to walk
With Daddy, we Just talk and talk.
I ask him questions, too, although
He often anewers, “I don’t know.”
And so I asked the other day
About the wires along our way.
They stretched above us, high and
tight.
From pole to pole, clear out of sight.
Hs told me that those wires wsre
meant
To carry messages we sent
By telephone and telegraph
All round the world. I had to laugh.
I seemed to see them creeping past.
Up on the wires, all going fast;
And some had legs, and some had
wings—
Those messages were funny thingsl
Now when I’m left alone at night.
Tucked In my bed without a light,
I think about those wires out there
And all the messages they bear.
I do not look for I might see
A message never meant for me,
'lut as I lie awake and hark,
hear them singing In the dark.
-Laura Lee Randall, In St. Nicholas
Soft on the Grafters.
From the New Republic.
The most shocking aspect of the
whole shocking business Is the atti
tude displayed toward the revela
tions by a large part of the press.
All their Indignation is saved for the
mistakes and frailties of ths Investi
gators; they have none to waste on
dishonest officials and their boot
legging, drug-smuggling, bribing al
lies. If you were to read only the
editorial pages of most of the great
conservative dallies In our larger
cities (with a few honorable excep
tions such as the Boston Transcript)
you would get an impression that the
members of the Senate committees
were hysterical fools and that the
| persons they are investigating have
{ done nothing which ought not to be
condoned, with a wink, a^-ft&rmless
peccadilloes by men of the world.
Such an attitude on the part of al
leged leaders of public opinion might
well cause the henest citizen to de
spair.
A PURIFYING POWER
Whatsoever things are pure.—Phil,
4:8.
Where good men are in busb»ess,
lying and cheating and gambling
should be more difficult, truth and
candor and fair dealings should be
easier and more popular, Just beer.'fse
of tihelr presence.
Where good men are in soclrty,
grossness of thought and speech
ought to stand rebuked, high ideals
and courtliness and chivalrous ac
tions and "the desire of fame and all
that makes a man,” ought to seem at
once more desirable and more at
tainable to every one who comes into
contact with them.
There have been men of this qual
ity In the world.
It Is recorded of Bernardino of
Siena that when ihe came Into the
room, his gentleness and purity were
so evident that all that was base and
•illy In the talk of his companions
was abashed and fell Into silence.
Artists like Tra Angelica hare
made their pictures like prayers.
Warriors like the Chevalier Bay
ard and Sir Philip Sidney and Henry
Havelock and Chinese Gordon have
dwelt amid camps and conflicts as
Knights of the Holy Ghost.
Philosophers like John Locke and
George Berkeley, men of science like
Newton and Herschel, poets like
Wadsworth and Tennyson and
Browning, have taught virtue by
their lives as well as wisdom by their
works.
Humanitarians like Howard and
Wilberforce and Ralkes and Charles
Brace have given themselves to nob<e
causes.
Every man who will has It In his
power to make 'his life count for
something positive in the redemp
tion of society.
The great bells In historic Notre Dame
de Paris, which once were pulled by
Quasimodo, the hero of Victor Hugo’s
novel. “Notre Dame de Paris,” are now
rung by electricity. The small control
levers are operated by the hand of a
woman, Mme. Herbet.
SPREADING THE LIGHT
Unto all the nations.—Luke 24:47.
More light Is what the world
wants.
And do you think tthat it will make
less light to kindle a greater fire?
Do you suppose that one more
Christian In China will make one less
Christian In America?
Do you imagine tthat one less ef
fort to preach the gospel In Africa
will mean one more effort to preach
the gospel In America?
Do you suppose that one dollar
that Is given for foreign missions
Will be taken from home missions?
I tell you, no!
It will be taken from self-indul
bence, from avarice from worldly
luxury.
Peter is not robbed when Paul is
supported.
Demas, the worldling Simon Ma
gus, the astrologer, and Demetrius,
the idol-maker, are tih* only ones
that suffer.
Peter and Paul grew strong to
gether, and the farther the one goes
abroad, the better the other works
at home.
In 1812 a man in the senate of
Massachusetts objected to the in
corporation of the American Board
of Foreign Missions on the ground
that “the country ihad no religion to
rpare.
If that objection lead prevailed 1
believe by this time the country
would have had no religion to keep.
New citizens for Canada from the
middle western states of the United
States should be numerous if the ex
ample of the Emerson club of White
water. Wis. ,1s freely followed. A pro
gram of the winter's operations receiv
ed by the chief librarian of the Tor
onto Public Library, George H. Locke,
shows a long series of papers on the
history and condition of Canada.
Getting the idea from seeing a vaud
eville performer swallow swords, Jacob
Ztenke, of Chicago, bought ten butcher
knives and essayed to swallow them
one by one. One was enough. It stuck.
•'I’ll bet there's a trick to it,” Zlenke
wrote on a pad for ona of the hospital
nursas.
Fanaticism Can Kill Literature
Without Benefit to Human Morals
From the Cedar Rapids Republican.
In the state jf New York there is much indignation because
of the introduction in the state legislature at Albany of the “clean
books ’ bill which is sponsored by a powerful lobby but opposed
by publishers and by literary folk in general.
Augustus Thomas declared that the “clean book” bill is an
insidious attempt to break down the bill of rights.” He men
tioned the scene, many years ago, in “The Wizard of Oz,” when
there was a scarecrow and a little girl Dorothy from Kansas. Shfr
expressed a desire to have the scarecrow come to life. So it was.
brought to life, but it had no brains at all. Then the scarecrow’s
head was cut off, a bit of sawdust removed and three or four
spoonfuls of brains poured in.
. -inen tne scarecrow walked down to the front of the stage and
instantly launched into a speech on reform.
Those who are in favor of the clean book bill are like that
scarecrow, according to Thomas.
^ne men sP°he in favor tff the bill declared that
the newspapers are against it, because they derive a revenue from
the advertisements of books. That was the ignorant accusation of
a mean minded man.
The newspapers are against such a bill because it would be
impossible to select a committee whch could so effectually bar bad
books as does the great American public. Granted that there are
some vile books today, they are not nearly so numerous an they
were a hundred years ago.
And who is to judge when a book is bad. At a recent meet
ing in New York city, the chairman asked an audience of 5,000
if any one present had been harmed by a so-called dirty book. Not
a hand was raised.
Not so very long ago a book was publshed by B. W. Huebsch
«f New York, written by Roger Sergei and entitled “Arlie Gel
ston. It was a book which presented life on the Iowa prairies^
and small towns in the raw. Several reviewers criticised it severe
ly. But 100 copies of the book were sent to discerning persons alt
over the United States with the request that they read the book
critically and then write a letter giving their opinions of it.
These letters have now been printed and practically all of
them are in favor of the book. One of the most appreciative let
ters is from Frank Luther Mott, a professor at the state univers
ity and a critic in whose judgment overy book lover has confidence^
The conclusion of the whole matter is that the public is the
best critic. No committee can do the work properly.
ON CANDIDATES
Jay E. House.
A man really becomes a candi
date for public office three or four
ysars prior to the date of the elec
tion In which he expects to par
ticipate. Sometimes it is longer
than that. In any event., and us
ually under the pledge of secrecy,
the intervening time is spent in
lining up influential supporters
who are prominent in politics and
finance. When he has thus lined
up what seems to be sufficient
support to give him a chance at
the nomination—or some claim to
the postoffice in his home town—
one of his supporters writes & let
ter to the paper or gives out an
Interview demanding that the po
tential candidate run for the office
under consideration. The potential
candidate, being interviewed, pro
fesses to be greatly surprised and
says he has never given the mat
ter any consideration, but if his
friends really want him to run
he'll make the sacrifice. It is also
considered good form and effec
tive campaigning for the potential
candidate to Bay he must first
consult his wife about It. These
details having been attended to,
and his supporters having been
advised that the time is ripe, an
invitation to run for the office in
question is sent to him. The po
tential candidate then gulps once
or twice—it is considered good
form for him to be overcome by
his emotions—and says he’ll ac
cede to the public demand.
They Need to Study English.
Henry A. Perkins, in the North
American Review.
One of the most serious needs of
the modern type of American student
is a knowledge of English. I do not
refer to the needs of foreign born
Students, or even of those with for
eign born parents, but to the per
fectly good Americans who come
from homes where books are un
known. Not only are they unable
to speak or write their own language
correctly, but they do not under
stand it when it is spoken with pre
cision, and are quite Incapable of
reading a page of any but the easiest
kind of fiction. - It is positively cruel
to put a serious work into their hands
and expect them to understand it and
recite upon it without further assist
ance, while the professor who likes
to use what his class would call high
brow1 language in his lectures, with
out resorting to colloquialisms and
simplified paraphrases, finds that he
is talking over their heads. They
actually do not understand what he
Is saying.
wnai is me remeuy; v/uviousiy
English, and plenty of it, In the form
•f grammar, themes, literature and
public speaking, and, second only In
Importance, enough of those lang
uages from which English Is de
rived to develop a knowledge of
words and expression that can only
be gained by an understanding of
Latin and French, with German and
the rudiments of Greek added if pos
sible. The necessity of some know
ledge of Latin as a foundation for
all serious reading or writing seems
to me so Important that I wish It
might be required of every college
student before he could take a degree
In any department whatever from
bachelor of arts to bachelor of fin
ance, If such a degree should ever
exist.
A Small Job.
From the Troy Daily Herald.
To keep the neighbors from worry
ing It has been suggested that the
words "Paid for" be painted on the
spare tires of all motor cars not
mortgaged.
Creole Proverbs.
From the Boston Transcript.
The tongue has no bones.
Chickens don’t boast what good
soup they make.
He who takes a partner takes a
master.
When your hen Is laying don’t put
her in the pot.
He went to school a kid and came
back a sheep.
Behind the dog’s back it is dog,
but before him It Is "Mr. Dog.”
If your petticoats fit you well, don’t
try to put on your husband's breeches.
Why Polygamy In France?
From the St. Louie Globe-Democrat..
There la considerable agitation in*
France for regulated polygamous!
marriages. Representatives of the
most experienced nation In that mat
ter, the Turks, are advising it. The*
plea is that France is a dying nation
unless her birth rate can be increas
ed. Why? Solely because, In a world
within the borderland of savagery, the
nation which has not enough soldiers
to meet other nations on the field
of battle, is in constant peril of over
throw. The specter of a militant
and growing Germany, a Germanjr
now fired with hatred of the French*
and a desire for revenge greater
than ever before, is a terrifying vis
ion in the minds of French states
men and all intelligent French people..
So French statesmen want more- *
babies—boy babies, to serve as “can
non fodder,” when the Inevitable war
with Germany breaks out again. The
birth rate for a long time has been
on a much lower percentage thart
that of Germany and of all other
European nations. In addition to
this fact, there are now 2,000.000
young women who have no prospect or
marriage on the monogamous plan,
and this is still further reducing the
birth rate to a perilous smallness
when gauged by the needs of a mili
tarily organized world.
And yet, were It not for the shadow
of war and the need of soldiers,
France might well be congratulated
upon her slow Increase in population.
A low birth rate should mean less
unemployment, less poverty, less ig
norance, less crime and misery, a.
higher average of intellectuality and
education, greater appreciation of the
spiritual side of life, more contribu
tions to science, art, music and liter
ature, and higher average of happi
ness. In other words, save for the
needs of war, growing out of the
ceaseless struggle by overpopulated
nations for a “place in the sun,” a
low birth rate should be a blessing
instead of a peril to any people.
When we stop breeding children for
war and devote ourselves solely to
the arts of peace, we shall turn our
attention from the quantity of our
babies to their quality, and that na
tion will become greatest which de
velops to their highest capabilities
each rising generation.
PARABLES AND PICTURE8
With many such parables spake her
the word unto them.—Mark 4:33.
Christ was not fond of definitions.
He was more poet thau loglclan.
Chrlst taught by parables and pic
tures.
H« came Into the world to be the
Saviour of tjien.
What that meant in all its fulness
could not be put into any doctrine,
any theory, any definition.
So Christ looked around him irt
the wor'd of life, and whatever he
saw that was beautiful and useful
and precious he claimed and used
as a picture of himself.
“You do not know," he said to«
men, "you do not know what my
coming to you really means.
“You think that I have come mere
ly to teach you something, or per
haps to do something for you.
“No!
"1 have come to be something im
your life.
"All that is best and most needful
and most glorious is but a type and
symbol of what I am.
“I am the bread of heaven.
“I am the water of life.
“I am the light of the world.
“I am the true vine.
"I am the good shepherd.
“1 am the lamb of God.
“I am the way, the truth, and th
life.”
Complete Reform.
From The Los Angeles Times.
The women had finished the thl;
rubber, peace had been apparently re
stored. and they were killing time whilo
refreshments were being brought in. At
sueh times women are likely to turn to
the subjects of husbands, and grow
personal.
“Well," saJd Mrs. DePrymme. “It
pays to marry a man to reform him.
Why. when DePrymme was courting nw
he let it out that he was an Infidel. He
holdlv told me one day that he didn't be
lieve in hell. That was twenty years ago.
and—“
“i’ll bet." said Mrs. Cutter!*}' sv e« t
lv, "he believes in It bow!"
