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WILL PLAY BALL IN JAPAN
Ward Gilbert, Dalloonlst, and Em.
mono Clay, Who Served as Gob,
Off for Tokyo.
Johnny .Tnp Is koIiir to have unotli.
er look at the great American kiuiiu as
It Is played by
tho baseball nine
of Indiana uni
versity. Tho rick
shiuv in c n of
Tokyo and tho
in o r c h a n t s of
Napoyu arc going
to carry a n d
t ratio with two
mouthers of the
team who left
Seattle, V a s h
to the tune of a
hand and the,
fetd,
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cheers of tho American Legion. Ward
O. Gilbert of Kokomo, Intl., one of the
Ilooslers' pitchers, went back to col
lege after 11 months as a balloonist
.-ti France. Kinmons Clay of the catch
ing staff served 11) months as n gob.
When the Legion men In Seattle dis
covered this they turned out and
wished the pnlr good lucic.
From Seattle the Indiana party went
straight to where the sun rises. There
.Inpan college teams will be taken on,
but they will be the guests of Waseda
university of Tokyo. So great has
been the Interest shown In tho visit
that the Japan university has guaran
teed the American players $15,000 for
expenses. Unseball lias, been Intro
duced In Japan before. Two other
American college teams have traveled
the Pacific and shown their wares.
Tokyo has an American Legion post
and Its members are planning to show
the ex-service men much of tho Orient
and its attractions during the Indiana
team's stay.
TO AID THE EX-SERVICE MEN
Mrs. Madge Kino Johnston, South Da
kota, Giveo Up Mu&Ic for Amer
icanism Work.
After years of study In America and
Europe Mrs. Madge King Johnston,
Aberdeen, S. D.,
national vice
president of the
American Legion
auxiliary hns
sacrificed n ca
reer In music for"
tV m e r 1 c a n I s m
work nnd to aid
In relieving the
condition of sick
and wounded ex
service men.
Mrs. Johnston Is
In charge of
stores In eight stntes wncre articles
made by disabled lighters are sold.
She Is national chairman of the auxil
iary's American committee and has
(specialized in the formation of citi
zenship clubs and organizations of
children of ex-service men.
Uefore engaging In auxiliary work,
Mrs. Johnston nppeared as a concert
artist In many western cities. This
she relinquished for activity In be
half of ex-service men.
Her husband, Dr. M. C. Johnston, Is
n big game hunter and has brought
down mountain sheep, elk, deer and
hear In the (Itocky mountains and
moose In the Canndlnn woods. Mrs.
Johnston has accompanied him on
many hunts.
Y M. C. A. HELPS PRISONERS
Men Confined In "Disciplinary Bar
racks" at Governor's Island,
Appreciate Tralnlnrj.
Thanks to the Y. M. C. A. many of
the "disciplinary barracks" maintained
by the United States fpr Its soldiers
who fracture the rules that govern the
buck private antl olllcer alike aren't all
dark walls and dark living. Such a
one Is historic Fort Jay at Governor's
Island, New York harbor, where be
tween 1M0 antl :S00 soldiers are usually
confined, most of whom nru "In" for
minor offenses. A few, however, aro
being "cared for" only a few days,
prior to their taking up a longer resi
lience nt Fort Leavenworth, the army
prison.
. , Col. John E. Hunt was commanding
(,flleer of Fort Jay during tho World
war, and he Introduced "Y" activities
for Its Inmates. Since that time the
Secretaries hnve kept up their work.
t The "X" Is housed In the tlrst build
yng of Its kind the organization ever
built In this country. Every Wednes
day the confined men are allowed to
attend tho "sing-song," nnd nbout 17fi
of the men make tho walls resound.
The Sunday evening rcllgjous service
Is even better atteiidedinoro tbnn 200
taking part.
Another feature of tho work Is the
teaching of volunteer Instructors of
educational subjects. Spanish and
French courses, together with reading,
writing nnd arithmetic, aro proving tho
most popular subjects. The men show
a desire to absorb as much knowledge
ns possible during their period of confinement.
"BILLY SUNDAY OF LEGION"
Dan Hollcnga, Lecturer, Former
Stretcher Bearer, In Demand In
All Parts of Country.
Sixteen months' servlco ns a stretcher
bearer In France should bo excellent
preparation for a
battle In behalf
of disabled light
ers of the World
war. Dan S. Hol
lcnga, s p e o 1 a I
reptesentatlve of
the American Le
gion's service di
vision nt Wash
ington, I). C, Is
now carrying the
sick and wound
ed over the shell
boles of red tape
.In nn effort to obtain compensation
and hospitalization ftir ex-servlco men.
Although he was horn In Holland,
Mr. Hollenga had little dllllculty In
mastering the "American" language.
As a speaker for tho iA'glon In all
parts of the country, bis oratorical
ability has become so well known that
ho Is called "Hilly Sunday of the Amer
ican Legion."
A citizen of the United States for a
number of years, Mr. Hollenga volun
teered as a private shortly after war
was declared. He was soon made a
drill sergeant, but found no joy In this
"squads right" career because of his
desire to ge to France. Ho obtained
n transfer to Hnsc Hospital 03 antl
served with this unit overseas.
When the war ended Mr. Hollenga
spent more than n year organizing
chambers of commerce In the South,
and then served as a Held represent
ative for the Legion. lie wns later
appointed director of organization at
Legion nntlonnl bendquarters antl
served In that position until National
Commander Hnnford MacNIder sent
him to Washington as n personal rep
resentative to aid disabled ex-service
men In obtaining Justice from tho gov
ernment. CITIZEN OF TWO COUNTRIES
Frank Sinclair, Historian of Janesvllle
(Wl6.) Post, Honored by
Bourges, France.
The average American newspaper
spotting editor considers himself
lucky to preserve
o mere semblance
of citizenship, but
Frank Sinclair,
who holds that
position on n
Jnnesvllle (Wis.)
newspuper, bears
the distinction of
being a citizen of
two countries or
nt least of two
cities.
Slnclnlr, who Is
historian of the
Janesvllle post of the American Legion,
wns honored with citizenship in tho
city of Uourges, France, wlillo a regi
mental sergeant major with the Cen
tral Itecords office, G. II. Q., sta
tioned In the French town.
The honor, usunlly conferred only
upon high governmental representa
tives, was given to Sinclair for pro
moting closer relations between the
Yanks and citizens Of Hourges through
the medium of "The Cro," largest post
newspaper In the A. E. F., of which
Sinclair was managing editor and co
organizer. Tho common council of
Hourges awarded the honor. Lnwrenco
J. Weldman, Hoston, and William F.
Wragg, Brooklyn, were also made citi
zens for co-operating In Sinclair's dip
lomatic work. Slnulnlr and Weldman
also won renown ns the authors of
"The Unttle of Hourges," which a
Paris English language newspaper said
should bo In every American home.
For Pity's Sake.
The u. S. S. no matter, It was
tho U. S. S. something wns on Its way
to France. It was a rough night, and
tho only persons visible on that part
of the deck were Gubblns, the worst
gob In the nnvy, who was doing deck
guard, and Lieutenant Commander
Glblct, the gruffest and most generally
unpopular commander In any navy.
Suddenly there was n splash, as the
ship gave n lurch, and no more lieu
tenant commhnder was to bo seen.
Gubblns wrestled with his con
science for a moment, then gave up
the struggle, dove In, nna grabbed his
sujMjrlor by the neck as be was going
down for tho third time.
"Gubblns," gaitped the lnttcr, "I
thank you. If we are rescued I shall
do anything I possibly can for you."
"Sir," answered Gubblns, "If It Isn't
nsklng too much, would you mind not
telling the gnng who It wns that saved
you? They'd half kill me." Amerlcnn
Legion Weekly.
Tombstones, nnd even wnr memor
ials, aro being bought from Ger
many by English and American cities,
because Germany Is nble to underbid
other markets.
Breezy letters from homo-town bud
dies aro being sent wounded Kansas
soldiers In a hospltnl nt Fort Bayard,
N. M. Tho barrago waH set up by
Kansas posts of tho Legion.
A pllotless plane is becoming the
sensation of tho VUIneoublny nlrdome,
Franco. Controlled by wireless from
tho ground, tho plnno circles far and
wide over tho countryside.
Carrying On With the
ft American Legion
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View
(Prepared by tho National Geographic
Society, WnshliiKton, I. C.)
It Is dllllcult to shake the dust of
tho ages from the laud of the Nile
and to ruillzo that there Is an Egypt
of the vibrant present. The recent
announcement of the withdrawal of
the British protectorate from the
country, however, and the setting up
of Its llrst king hi more than 1,000
years turns the spotlight squarely on
the modern aspect of this long civil
ized region.
The map lucks much of giving one
tho true picture of Egypt. The coun
try Is shown covering a large area of
northeastern Africa. This Is the nom
inal Egypt. The real Egypt Is a nar
row, tortuous strip on either side of
the Nile and the fan-shaped deltn sur
rounding Its mouth. Save fur a few
oases outside the river valley, the rest
of Egypt Is but n sen of sand prac
tlcally uninhabited. Figures confirm
this, for of the more than 350,000
square miles of Egyptlnn territory
only nbout 12,000 can ever be culti
vated; and a considerable part of this
tillable area has not yet been re
claimed. Looking only at the surface of
Egypt's Institutions, one Is likely ;to
decide that the changes since the days
of the Pharaohs have been great, but
when certain fundamentals are con
sidered the wonder may well bo at
the lack of change. To be sure, the
Egyptian of today speaks Arabic In
stead of bis old tongue; and Osiris,
Isls nnd Horns hnve been long forgot
ten for Allah and Mohammed. But
In spltu of numerous Invasions, the
blood of the great majority of the
population has been altered hardly at
all.
Egypt's resources are almost wholly
agricultural, and In the agricultural
scheme the millions of fellaheen uro
the ultlmnte units. They -work long
hours .scratching the soil with crude
Implements, or tediously raising water
In skin buckets attached to pivoted
poles that the thin stream nmy save
their plants from parching. Taxes
are heavy, and It Is the lowly fellaheen
who keeps the treasury supplied. Liv
ing conditions are very poor; mud
huts lioiuo most of Egypt's thirteen
millions. In the fields they wear lit
tle more than u loin cloth, and tho
younger children of the villages go
nnked. When tho fellah Is "dressed
up" ho wears a rough shirt and loose
trousers.
Cairo the Wonder City.
Tho stamp of the outside world nnd
of the Twentieth century on Egypt Is
to be seen chlelly In Cairo, that won
derland which bus superseded Bag
datl as "the city of Arabian Nights."
Cairo Is a living kaleidoscope, with
its gleaming nnd drab human frag
ments tumbling Into n changing pat
tern not merely from East nnd West,
but from North nnd South ns well.
White-robed Bedouin, Ill-chul fellah,
shiny-black Soudanese nnd central
African negro, swarthy Turk, Persian,
Hindu, Mongolian, dusky Moor, Ital
ian, Greek, Jew, Armenlnn, nnd the
whiter folk from Europe Amerlcn
and the antipodes nil nre jumbled
together In Cairo, their various tongues
making n babel that can hardly be
duplicated at any other spot on earth.
The life that flows along the streets
of Cairo could not be duplicated any
where else In tho world. At times
the Western observer Is likely to be
reminded forcibly of circus parades
on Main street back home. Swaying
camels movo nlong with brightly
dressed riders perched upon them or
with suspended enrs In which nre
veiled daissels, while drummers thun
der their rhythm nnd fife blowers omit
their shrill notes. Snakc-chnrmors
pass along with their bags of snakes;
magicians perform In Homo nook;
bullocli-cnrts and lnden donkeys com
pete for npaco with shining limou
sines. Cafes In tho Streets.
The nl fresco enfo is ono of the
most characteristic marks of Cairo.
It Is not the more or loss well-ordered
nffalr of the boulevards of Paris.
Sidewalks and streets overflow with
seemingly Innumerable cbulrs nnd
tnbles until often u single fllo of pedes
trians can hardly force Its way
through. Ono gets tho Impression
that few people need to work In Cairo.
Even In tho mornings the chairs arc
filled with npparcntly prosperous
men sipping coffeo or sweetened wu-
&VfH?erHVCx A-tW!r'tyVO?
of Cairo.
tor, pulling cigarettes nntl talking.
Townrd noon they disappear for their
siestas, but again at four or llvo
o'clock they are out In force nnd re
main far Into the night. Among them
circulates a stream of peddlers offer
ing for cale alnfost every conceivable
ware from sweetmeats to mouse
traps and underwear.
Tho dweller In Cairo who has not
his servant or bis group of servants
Is low Indeed In the economic scale.
Those serving men carry tiny bundles
for their employers or masters. They
run ahead of carriages to clear tho
way; they fan away tho files; and ono
nfter another they come In troops
Into the presence of the prosperous
to bring smoking materials or to offer
n bewildering succession of drinks
und foods. Life Is hard antl a few
cents u day satisfies them. Even tho
porters who carry heavy bundles nnd
the boatmen who laboriously pole tho
Nile craft against tho current work
12 or 15 hours for little more than as
many cents.
In Culro Is the Oxford of tho
Mohammedan world, the University of
El-Azhar. It seems u queer "univer
sity" to those familiar with the higher
Institutions of learning or the West.
Its classrooms aro the balls and
niches of n mosque. Its professors
receive no snlarles but nre primarily
religious ofllclals, government em
ployees, lawyers und tho llko who
tench In addition to performing their
regular duties. The pupils, who at
times number more than 5,000, squat
on mats while their Instructors lec
ture. This premier college of tho
Moslem world has been In existence
for 1)50 years and hundreds of thou
sands of students have passed
through its doors. It has been the
center of the nationalist propaganda
which hns sought entire freedom for
Egypt More, It Is the hotbed of Pnn
Islnmlsm, which, like Its companion
movement In the pnst Pan-German-Ism
would combine Its own culture
with militarism to dominate the world.
But Pan-lshunlsm would go further,
nnd would bring the world, as well,
under the religion of Mohammed.
Glimpse at Egypt's Past.
The Egypt that emerges now again
as a kingdom has had a checkered
history, but that Is reasonable enough
when one recalls that It had one of
the earliest of starts. Here Is ono or
the first places In which man lived
an ordered life and left records of
his activities. Some anthropologists,
In fact, look upon central Africa as
tho placo of origin of man, and upon
Egypt ns one of tho first way-stations
in his diffusion over tne other con
tinents. After the long rclgn of the Phnraohs
Egypt had Its Grecian and Itomau
regimes which brought but few
changes. Then In Oil A. D. came the
invasion of the Saracens, from which
time began , Egypt's Mohammedan
history. For u time the country was
a province of the Arabian caliphs;
later It was Independent, though still
Mohammedan, under the Mamelukes;
nnd finally, In 1510, It became a prov
ince of Turkey, which controlled It
first through a governor anil later
through a fcort of hereditary viceroy
or khedlve.
For tho third time Europe took n
hand In the nffalrs of Egypt In 1703
when Napoleon won his battle of the
Pyramids. The British drove the
French out In 1S01 and turned the
country back to Turkey. In 1SW) came
the building of the Suez canal by Do
Lesseps, which has given Europo an
ever-growing Interest In Egyptian nf
falrs. To protect European bond
holders 'Franco and Groat Britain
made n joint intervention In 1$70 and
for a wbllo controlled finances. Tho
uprising In 1882 against tho khedlve
was suppressed by tho British alone,
nnd after that they controlled finances
without assistance. The govorninent
wns In effect Egyptlnn with British
assistance nnd with the nominal
suzerainty of Turkey acknowledged.
Wlicu the World war began Great
Britain established n protectorate,
abolished Turkey's suzerainty, deposed
the Gcrmanophllo khedlve, antl ap
pointed another prlnco of tho family
to be sultan. The British protectorato
Is now being withdrawn, but Instead
of tho former Turkish Interest being
restored, Egypt Is set up us an Inde
pendent kingdom.
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nible lnHtltute of ClilcitKci.)
Copyright. 19. Wmurn Npapar Union.
LESSON FOR MAY 21
HILKIAH'S GREAT DISCOVERY
LKSSON TH.VT-U Chron. 31 H-33.
CIOMMS.V TIJXT.-Tliy word Is a lamp
unto my feol, nml a llRht tiato my path.
-I'j Hii-105.
IIKFHUHNCIJ MATRMAU-Vh'Ut. fi:
6-1I; Jimll 1 S. Col 3 18, It Tim. 2 15. S-IMli.
I'ltlMAUV TOPIC -How the Ist lllhln
Was Found.
JUNIOIl TOPU'.-Hllklali Mieovers tho
Lost tilhle
INTBIIMKDIATIJAND SHNIOIt TOPIC.
How to Mnko tho llllilii Oar Own.
YOt'NH PKOPLl-J A.N'1 ADULT TOPIC.
Tho Authority ami liiilaeneo of tho
lllhlo.
About a hundred years elapsed be
tween the reformation under llezeklah
and that of .loslah. Some time (luring
this time the hook of God's law had
been lost. Two wicked kings had
reigned In thN Interval. The Lord
hat given llezeklah much wealth. Ills
son Maiaseh, coming into possession
of his father's property, and being un
godly, would naturally neglect the
Bible, If not purposely try to put It
from sight. Those who do not obey
the law of God, aro usually Interested
In pulling It out of sight.
I. The Dool: of the Law Found (vv.
1-1-17).
I. The Occasion (v. 1-1). It was
while repairing the temple during
.Toslnh's reformation that thu law was
discovered.
U. The Book Delivered to the King
(vv. 15-17). Upon making n report to
the king of work done, the king was
told of, the finding of the book of the
law by Illlklab, and the hook delivered
to him.
II. The Effect of the Rending of the
Law (vv. ISL'S).
Shaphnii the Scribe read the law
before thu king.
1. The Kfhg Bent Ills Clothes (v. 10).
As the luw was reatl before him he
was led to realize more seriously tho
awful extent of tint nation's departure
from God. lie knew that sin merited
punishment. The function of the law
Is to reveal sin. The man who will
honestly hear thu demands of God's
law will fall upon his knees before
God and cry for mercy. The rending
of the royal robes Indicated that thu
king was penitently sorrowful.
2. Tho King Sent u Deputation to
Mnko Inquiry of tho Lord (vv. 'JO, 'Jl).
The king included himself In the guilt
before God. "Go Inquire for me and
for them that are left, for great Is
the wrath of the Lord that Is poured
out uiion us." Ills sense of sin was
so keen that he sent them to Inquire
as to whether there was any means
of averting the Judgments of the Lord.
Instinctively the human heart turns
from God's threatening Judgments to
n means of escape. Thu soul that
sorrows for sin Inquires for u wny of
escape. The law prepares for tho
goopol. The luw Is our schoolmaster
to bring us to Christ. The soul under
condemnation Inquires, "What must I
do to be saved V
;t. The Messugu of Huhlah, tho
Prophetess (vv. L'H-'iS). (If) Confirma
tion of what the law said (vv. 1TJ-25).
She said that nil the curses written
In the law must fall, for tho sins
bad been so flagrant that God's wrath
could not be lestralned. Destruction
was hanging over Jerusalem and It
was too late to avert It. It was not
too lato to repent to obtain mercy
from God, but the outward con
.sequence of sin must be realized. This
finds fulfillment on every hand today.
Thu murderer must hang. Ills soul
may go directly to heaven, provided
ho has accepted Jesus Christ. ('J)
Acceptance of .Toslnh's repentance (vv.
1!(J-2S). Because of his tenderness of
heart and tleep penitence, tho Lord
said ho should be gathered to his
grave in peace, and should not see
all the evil to be brought on Jerusalem
and Its people. What Huldah said
was true even though Joslah died In
battle GKi: 23-2fi). When God ac
cepts n man and forgives him, his
death Is a peaceful one even though
It may be on the hattlelleld. God's
presence Is with him and he thus will
go straight to the heavenly home.
III. The Law Obeyed (vv. 20-:W).
1. Tho King Bead the Law (vv, 20,
SO). Ho gathered together the In
habitants of Jerusalem, Including thu
priests, Levltes and elders, and read
unto them tho law.
2. The King Made a Covenant Be
fore the Lord to Keep Ills Coiiimnnd
nients and Testimonies (vv. 31, 112).
This was done sincerely with all his
heart and soul. He caused all that
were present to stand to It.
!). The king took away all tho
abominations out of nil the countries
that pertained to Israel (v. !!). All
the days of the king they departed
not from following after the Lord.
He Will Save You.
When you feel as If things were
dragging you down Into the depths
will you remember that the Lord
Jesus Christ Is at your side? All hu
man help may seem very far away;
hut He Is not far away. Even through
the noise of (he storm He can hear
tho faintest cry, "Lord snvo mo, I per
ish," and He will save you to the ut
termost. Adversity.
Adversity Is the first path to truth.
Bryon,
Her
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Tho Jaxons, II..0 every other set of
parents with a four-year-old, have u
four-year-old prodigy, who, despite his
remarkable advancement for ono of his ,
Immature years, has to wrestle with
the language of the Immortal Declara
tion much as Junoii had to wrestle
with the Sunday roast fowl.
It was an unmltlgatedly tough fowl
and a piece of the doughty bird had,
stuck In the youngster's throat, lto
trlevlng It deftly with his lingers lit
registered this plaint:
"Mother, this won't swallow down,
my neck. It'll Just chew."
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