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HOW TO MAKE HOMES HAPPIER
“Stone wails do not a prison make, nor iron bars
a cage," but four walls and a roof may make a home.
Where love is and content abides, where concord
rules and repose may be enjoyed there is home.
Loved ones meet there in that sacred sweet com
munion enjoyed nowhere else on earth, and from it
goes out those influences that have strengthened
man in all his long journey upward. By the light
that shines from the home hearth he has found his
way.
Yet home should be something more than four
walls and a roof. Where love dwells there is in
evitably the tender aspiration to serve love, and this
expresses itself in many ways, but chiefly in the
decoration and adornment of the home, that the
souls of those who dwell therein will have its bless
ings and its solace as^well as the body and the nr.nd.
What shape these decorations should take is not al
ways easy to express, yet it is reasonable that some
general rules be followed. Each individual has likes
and dislikes, preferences and prejudices, and these
are to be dealt with. But, each has some modicum
of good taste, as well, and is not unresponsive to
the appeal of beauty. In no other spot is the op
portunity for indulging the esthetic dement of man’s
nature than in the home.
Furniture and wall paper, pictures and lighting
fixtures, all the furnishing and decorations, should
in themselves betoken to a visitor as well as to the
owners, the comforts and happiness of a home, for
when these are in harmony then indeed is the music
felt and that peace that passeth understanding. All
can not achieve this, for all do not understand the
laws of harmony, and frequently the false note is
felt rather than realized, and the sweet bells are
jangled out of tune.
Men and women have made a study of this phase
of homemaking, and are willing and anxious to
show to others the result of their research, their
experience. This does not mean expense, it merely
requires adjustment, the little change that brings
all into the right perspective, and gives the picture
its final touch. A little study will often show the
fault, and the way to remedy it is easy.
It is to help all the homemakers that The Omaha
Bee Home Beautiful show is going on at the City
Auditorium, beginning on Monday of this week, and
ending on the 5th of May. This is not to be con
fused with ordinary building shows which deal merely
with the shell, for after a house is built there is
much to be decided in its arrangement and
decoration. Lectures by nationally known ex
perts in their line, with exhibitions showing
how interiors are to be arranged to get the best
effects, the newest of appliances, and all the things
that go into the home beautiful. This will be of
immense value to all homemakers, for they will gam
t knowledge of the latest and the best ideas and will
* take away much information that will be valuable.
Better homes for _all is the'watchword.
THE REWARD OF GENIUS
So often the story is told of genius starving in
a garret that when an instance is discovered of talent
receiving tremendous reward, there is no one to utter
a word in criticism. Paderewski, it is said, has re
ceived $460,000 in the last six months from his con
cert tour. This is an average of about $7,000 for
k. three hours of music.
I hese earnings are stupendous, even measured
by the salaries paid baseball players, ^noving picture
stars or ordinary captains of industry. In their way
they answer the charge that is frequently leveled
against Americans, that they are lacking in appreci
ation for art. Most splendid of all is it that Ameri
cans do not begrudge this sum.
Years of studious application, feeding a natural
talent for drawing the soul out of a piano, have gone
to the making of Paderewski. He has not arrived
it his powers by any easy path—and yet he has »r
-ived. There is an inspiration in all this, even for
those creative geniuses whose efforts now are un
recognized or disregarded. W hat he has done may
oe done also by any one equally gifted. America
does appreciate the best in music and will not will
ngly see any genius go unrewarded
GRANITE FROM WHICH WE WERE HEWN
Useful as well as ornamental at all times, Ak
Sar-Ben is going to give his subjects a lesson in
American history next fall. In years agone romance
and poetry have afforded subjects and themes for
the grtjat fall pageant of the kings. Fairy stories,
allegories, tales of the operas, and isles of the sea
have been called upon to afford decorative topics for
the edification of the multitude. Now the most
interesting of all themes is selected, the history of
our own country.
John Lee Webster, than whom few men are bet
ter versed in either narrative or philosophy of Ameri
can history, has outlined to the board of governors
his ideas for 24 floats, the outline has been approved,
and the details for the great pageant nrr now being
worked out. Mr. Webster is not only profound in
the subject, but his well developed artistic sense
will serve to present the pictures in the manner best
calculated to impress the beholders.
Most of the subjects have been chosen with a
view to illustrating the progress of the nation from
colonial days to the present. Many of these arc
popular in their nature, but somp are not so well
known as they should be. Naturally, the events
preceding the signing of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, then that event itself, scenes from the war
'.hat followed, and the. final surrender of Cornwallis
will open the pageant. Then will follow other his
,oric episodes, so arranged as to form a connected
itory of the growth of the United Slates, making
what, should be a most majestic display.
The thought back of it all is to stimulate interest
n our own record as a nation, by illustrating im
jortant points, high-lighting scenes wherein such per
sonages as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin,
Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall, and other illus
rious patriots worked with or followed in the
footstepg of the fathers. In this display will he found
a story that should appeal to all, and which should
arouse a popular response because of its intrinsic
merit
PILGRIMS OF THE BY-PATHS.
(io north along the river road or south past Child’s
point and Fontenelle forest and you will pass (if you
ride in a motor car as no doubt you do if you are
taking a family of small children for an airing) squad
after squad of hikers. Carefree and happy, they are
as much at ease as if instead of riding Shank's mare
they were reclining on the cushions of your car.
Do not, out of a natural impulse of cameraderic.
make the mistake of offering them a lift. It is part
of their enjoyment to be at liberty to cut across
woodland paths, making the intimate acquaintance of
the spring flowers, the birds and the squirrels. Walk
ing is a splendid trainer of the eye—and these khaki
clad girls and boys see many sights that are hidden
from travelers along the roads. They know views
of the river that are beyond the ken of motorists.
! Once in a year or so you yourself may have driven
I on a picnic to the country and discovered some of
I these wonders.
But no one measures distance like a hiker. When
! one is afoot one gets into the habit of reckoning
] how far it is to the schoolhouse over yonder or to
| the next farmhouse where a windmill seen through
the trees holds out the promise of a cooling drink.
The custom of the natives of the southern mountains
who signify distances by such measurements as “two
looks and a holler” is not in general use out here,
but it is in some such homely fashion that estimates
are made. Certainly time is no element, unless it
! be on the return journey.
These are pilgrims, bound on a visit to the sKrine
of nature. They go light-heartedly, breathing the
sweet, pure air, finding not only a great deal of pleas
ure but wholesome exercise as well. There is no envy
in Wieir hearts for thoser who pass them by—if there
be any envy it is rather to be expected from those
who whirl past unaware of the secret beauties of the
by-paths.
CHRIST HAS HELPED THE WORLD.
“If Christ came to earth today, He would be
rejected as He was 2,000 years ago!”
These words are attributed to Anton Lang, the
Oberammergau actor who impersonates the Savior
in the Passion Play, and are reported by Karl von
Wiegand, the well known correspondent. We are
disinclined to accept all that is contained in the
statement. Herr Lang has given the world on three
of the decennial productions of the drama a wonder
ful picture of the gentle Man of Sorrows, but we
fear he has not rightly appraised the spirit of the
day. Hatred does not wholly rule the world. It is
present, and is potent, but it is not the governing
influence.
Let us look about us, and compare some of our
daily experiences with conditions Jesus encountered j
in His daily walk. He found men wrapped up in
their own affairs to the exclusion of all else. Charity j
was unknown, save as the Pharisee distributed alms,
that all might know of his piety. No hospital opened
its door'to the afflicted and the miserable. The poor
cripple beside the Pool of Bethesda languished day
after day, for none would carry him down to the
waters, and he could make no headway in the mad
rush when the angel troubled the pool. Christ healed
him by a touch. The man who journeyed to Jericho
and fell among thieves would have died by the ]
roadside, had it not been for the good Samaritan,
son of a despised race, for chatting with one of its '
daughters Jesus was ostracized by the Jews for a
time; out of Samaria came the aid the poor man
needed.
Slowly through twenty centuries the pow£r of
the gospel of love, so simply preached by the
Nazarene, has permeated society, breaking down
| the barriers of selfishness, wearing away the in
durated crust that so long held the heart of man
impervious tc the cry of want, the moan of the af
flicted or the supplication of the helpless. Love docs
not rule all the world, maybe, but its sway is over a
far wider portion than when Jesus was here among
men, over more hearts than ever in history, and is
gradually extending the number of those who hold
allegiance to the first and great commandment, and
the second that is like unto it, “That ye love one
another.”
“Even a cup of water to a little child,” said
Jesus, pointing out how slight a service done in His
name would win favor in Heaven. How shall we
proceed to measure the things that are done in His
I i ame today? All the sorrow and pains of the world
' are not healed, all want and misery is not banished.
, and tears of anguish still flow, but they are not so
many, nor is suffering so helpless and hopeless as it
was 2,000 years ago. •
Jesus did not walk the earth and teach in vain.
1 Men have heard His message and sincerely try to
do His will. That cathedral which the Bishop of
Benares erected (in “The Servant in the House”),
' whose roof was supported by great arches composed
of men’s arms, their hands clasped in brotherhood,
is yet to be realized, perhaps, but Its walls are
| slowly coming up from the foundation laid so well
! when Jesus answered the lawyer who questioned
] Him that day in Jerusalem.
Love is surely prevailing over hatred in men’s
! lives, more and more every day, and while the world
i jniffht not recognize and welcome Jesus of Nazareth,
' were He to come again today. He would find that
[ His earthly life had not been in vain, and that men
'are better because He did walk among them
WORK. FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING"
, The ok! story of the thrifty farmer who crossed
| his bees with fireflies, so he could have a night shift
j of honey makers, is hning approached by a German
' scientist, who has discovered a serum to do away j
with that tired feeling. A single dose of if revives i
the exhausted muscle and nerve and the worker goes
oil as if he never knew fatigue.
It will be some time before this becomes as pop- 1
ular as some of the good, old-fashioned remedies for
the same ailment. However, it has some sugges
tions. For example, a marathon dancer, with proper ;
dosage of the drug, might set the mark at such a ,
1 number of hours that all others would despair of i
attaining it, nnd so turn th<*ir energy to more useful
j channels. The well known “tired business man”
1 might slip himself a shot of the dope, and thus per- !
1 mil something worth while to he presented at the ,
i theater. Senators who have long speeches to de- ^
liver eould surreptitiously administer some of it to i
their colleagues, nnd so he sure of a quorum while
they talk the clock around.
So many avenues for the employment of such a
specific come to mind that no attempt, will be made I
to catalogue them all. One thing may be set down
as eertain: Under the soviet regime the market i
of Russia will he pretty well closed to the new dis- !
covery.
Six thousand members are sought for Ak-Sar- !
Hen this year. Thaf'is not an unreasonable number.
Omaha’s .lime race inert is already casting its I
I shadow across the calendar.
Odes to spring were a little premature
' *
Eighteen
The poem with which Janet
Presaley of Omaha w on second
place In an intercol
legiate contest.
Annis, Elolse j&nd Marguerite
Fashion with white deft fingers
Pillow slips, scarfs, luncheon cloths
And sheer soft underthings.
Making the work fine with careful em
broidery,'
Small stitches, intricate patterns
And slender designs,
With perhaps ah occasional ribbon.
And these they fold away in their
hope chests.
But 1 — I do not have white Angers
Deft with the needle. —
And for you I fashion instead, rap#
thoughts
Exquisitely wrought and embroidered.
And mine are Anor than theirs
And more beautiful and more endur
ing,
For lueir materials are but linens,
batiste,
Mr thin silk that is gone in a day.
They may <nibroider only with pink
or blue,
Pale and Insipid, but I make my
thoughts fair
With golden threads and threads of
scarlet,
With threads of silver and purple and
crimson.
With threads of all the colors
And every varied tint and shading.
X weave quaint phantasies—bright
birds and fair gardens,
Temples, castles and woodlands,
Or sometimes only vague harmonies,
remote and lovely,
Like far-heard music.
But all my thoughts are not heavy
with fancy.
Nor rich or strange or splendid.
For every day and general use
T fold away neatly in sixes and dozens
Plain thoughts and white, with hand
turneed hems,
Made of cloth woven from thread that
Is strong
And still much Aner than usual thread.
And I have other thoughts of Almy
lace
And spider silk—so delicate
That even you may not touch them.
But only look and wonder.
Sometimes 1 leave an unAnishcd
thought on the garden seat
Where the sun will And It, deepening
its soft warm colors
And lighting all its hidden loveliness.
Thei^if Rex or John or Hilliard comes
to call,
I watch his eyes. If he only glances
at it carelessly.
Tolerantly, as 'the fancy work of a
girl:”
If lie does not see that it is rare
And strangely beautiful, then I know
he is not you.
He may not have your gifts.
But if you—should—never—come?
Why then T should still have my
thoughts.
I should take them obt quietly
Shaking the rose leaves from their
shining folds
And have them where I might wear
them every day—
A slip of white linen, a vivid silken
robe.
An eastern sash, a fairy scarf—
O, I should go smiling, beautiful and
very wise.
For I should have made enough to
last me
Down the years.
But I should be sorry for you
As I should be sorry for one
From whom a treasure had* been
stolen.
Or as I should for a child.
Robbed of Its birthright.
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* “Druida”
and a New Novelist
-By H. B. ALEXANDER.
The west is certainly coming t» Its
’Wn in literature. In every field of
writing it is producing more and more
>f the books that attract attention,
ind we seem to be In no more than
Lh« early daWn of its day. One of
those who has done a man's full part
>n working toward that day is John
T. Frederick, who started the Midland
is n purdy literary magazine for the
middle west. a few' years before the
war. and who his herically kept It
going Mr Frederick is now con
nected with the University of Pitta
burgh. but m spirit and interests he
is midwesteVn, and will certainly be
lulmed as one of our regional writers
is his reputation grows.
That it will grow' is to be confidently
predicted from his first novel.
■'Druida.” just published by Alfred
Knopf. New York. The publisher
courts comparison with Mias father's
M.v Antonia.” primarily from a cer
lain similarity of theme (coupled with
contrast) as well as from the fact that
both pertain to the same geographical,
ind one might say spiritual, environ
rnent The particular locality of
‘Druida." one suspects, is Minnesota,
in which state Mr. Frederick spent
some time as a teacher; but In such
matters state lines are unimportant:
the region might equally well have
been Iowa, where he longest lived,
or Michigan, his recent home, or Ne
braska. or any other place In the
rent nil west. The whole story Is
filled with the life of the plains coun
liv, and it will he read with most In
(crest I Imagine, by those who know
the country with greatest Intimacy
I must say that In one particular
Mr. Frederick's story sejems to me*un
true lb* take* - probably for the
sak# of dramatic oontrast-e-a too un
generous view of the human average
depicting our society ns almost sys
tematically unlovely. But no one can
deny the faults tint he rnstlmte*.
and it I* probably good medicine for
anv of us to be shown how con
temptible we may appear in or-ler
that we rna> guard against falling
Into the reality of rontemptihility
Yes. Frederick Is no giver of praise:
he secs the faults of Ids native plains
folk, and he shows them ugly and
vicious. But he see* also something
that only a plainsman could see. the
elemental beauty <»f a country which
in bound in Its day to sustain an
opulent humanity, and he dreams (aw
we also dream) that this tn«v become^
if the sttiff la In us. s noble humanity
1 have no Intention of tilting Fred
•rick'a story, but for a touch of his
quality. I Would give ,\ paragraph of
his description of Druida'* night
march across the pinlrle Presently
the wild land g*ve place to a plowed
field, where wheat was growing
Druida Imaged Bnd again at work
on his farm, her mind dwelling on the
picture affectionately She walked
on and on. The nniMlos In her lege
grew Hied and Iter feet ached Mile
long fields she passed, the wheat nil
of a size, blac k In (lie starlight v litr
paring vaguely In the slackening wind.
As she walked she thought of the
wenrlucM of Hum who had plowed
“There’s No Place Like Horne”
The Story of the Ur iter of a Great American Song.
A song that haunts the hearts of
j millions was written a century ago,
and on May 8, 1823, was sung In pub
lie for the first time in 1-ondon. No
words In our language have more
poignant appeal, none so completely
express the longing of soul for that
dearest place on earth, home!
It must have been born of the home
sirk heurt of the man who wrote it.
So easy is this to believe that much
of fiction has been woven about the
circumstances of the song's birth. Yet
John Howard Payna- was not a home
lejts wanderer wheq it was written,
i ire was a successful actor, who at the
j pinnacle of his popularity had given
over acting to take up play writing,
; in which lie had been equally success
! ful. And from the drama he had
turned to opera, the libretto of the
I opera in which the song appears hav
| ing first been prepared as a play, and
then changed into a form In which it
j was given to the public. The melody
and the words had an appeal rhaT Ini
| mediately captured the public, and
: here is the only real approach to
tragedy In connection with the hlstoiy
of "Home, Sweet Home.”
While the producers of the opera
derived royalties to the amount of not
less than $10,000 from the sale of the j
song alone, Payne did not get a cent i
of the money. He had contracted tp
write certain plays for the producers, j
one of which was turned Into an
opera, and for the job w’as paid 260
pounds, so it is not possible to say
how much he got for the song.
John Howard Payne was born In
New York City on June 7, 1791. His
father was the principal of a school j
at East Hampton, L. I.; his mother I
the daughter of a Jew named Isaacs, 1
whose reputation is sustained by the
inscription on his tombstone, that he
was an "Israelite, indeed, In whom
there was no guile.” At T3 the lad (
had written plays and poetry, and
; was giving so much of his attention
| to the theater that he was placed In ^
a counting house, where his relatives
had an Interest, In 'hope that contact
with business would change his bent.
It did not. for he found time to pub
| lish a small paper, w hlch attracted the
editor of the New' York Post, who
was hesitant to believe that a 14-year
old boy could write so w'ell.
At the editor's suggestion. Payne
was sent to Union college, where he
proved both brilliant and unmanage
able to a degree. Three years of study
there found him even more de
termined to take up the carter of an
actor. His mother had died, and now
his father failed, and was thus forced
to agree that the hoy should have
hla own way. At 18 Payne had made
for himself a name as an actor, hosts
! of friends, and seemed to have the
golden keys to success In his grasp.
At 22 he stilled for London, and In
England he quickly liecame as pop
ular as he had been at home. He met
Kemble, Kean, Coleridge, Southey,
Thomas Moore and other great men
of letters. The great French actor
of the time. Talma, became his friend
and admirer. He is mentioned in
Iamb's letters, and his correspondence
with Washington Irving has been
published. He must have had ability
as well as charm to win arid hold such
friends On the stage h» played more
than fifty roles. Including Hamlet.
Romeo, Young Norval and other big
parts. He toured the provinces and
was as successful and as popular as
h» hSd been in the city.
At this height of his flight, he com
pared himself with Kean and Kemble,
an-1 concluded he felt something short
of being a great actor, and determined
to take up writing. Otie of hm first
plays. "Brutus.” has been played by
all great actor" sinre. Had royalties
lieen paid authors on the basis that
now- prevails. Payne would have been
enriched by his work. On the con
trary. he was frequently out of funds,
and at least twice he was Imprisoned
for debt. These matters he seemed
to hive accepted as part ,,f tha play,
for he was always aWe to arrange
for his speedy release from difficulties
A fanciful tale has had much cur
rency of how the great song was writ
ten by a penniless tramp, standing In .
the rain under a dim lamp on the
I street, scribbling down the Immortal'
words on a scrap of paper Payne's
own story Is rather more prosaic
H» says he got the melodv from a
, song he heard a peasant girl singing
: in Italy He Jotted down a few notes
; of the air. which, he save, suggested
fo h:m the words for "Home. SwOst
Home and later sent the sopg and
| the notes to his composer. Sir Henry
. Bishop, who happened to know the
- air and who fitted the music to the
r words that have become so famous
Pavne returned to hi* native land
, In 183? penniless, having lost his all
| in unsuccessful ventures as H pro
' dueer in l,on don He was feted, given
. Ivenefits in various cities, and soon
was tirosperou*. Going to Washing
: Ion during the first Jatk«on sdminl*
S tratlon. he became one of a brilliant
j croup of writer* centered there
; among them Whittier. Hawthorne
, Bra-ant and Emerson He never again
I took up the stage or the drama, hut
; "eemed to hav e lost hi* enthusiasm
! for the work In which he had made
SC, great headway in lv* vouth.
A mission to the Cherokee Indians
; "aid to have had its Inception Inquest
and tilled these fields of the countless
I miles they had walked, or ridden crude
i machine*. Nick and forth, hack and
forth, through dUststorms and rain
under hlaring heat. She thought of
the blizzards, when stock must he
• cared for; of the days of hot wind
when th* shoots ,f grain shriveled
and wrinkled and would not fill; of
the green fan o'* cloud and the sicken
1 ing roar that meant Imil. grain fist
tened and shredded, the harvest lost
j l.lke a vast drama the life of these
; fai nts scene d to pass before her. the
(tiny force of man In the midst of
i blank fields, under the enormous skv
the plaything of winds and sun and
j clouds: the ant like toiler, the rreepet
j across the soil. tire harvester of
phantoms She saw herself caught In
the action of the drama, cooking In
) terminable meals, feeding cows and
tdtkken*. helping in the harvest and
the hav tusking joining In the battle
against poverty and disease, against
had markets and bail crops: laving
open the Issues of her life to tile blind
forces of tin* plains ’ Yet Bruld.t
Those llte plains. Why? Put the bool:
in youh vacation Isiggagr
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for MARCH, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
, Daily.73.997
; Sunday.80,029
Do#* Hot include return*, lefi ■
over*, •ample* nr paper* spoiled in
printing and include* no aprcial
* sale*
R. RREWER, Con. Mgr
V A BRIDGE, Clr. Mgr
I .Siihtrt ibed and awmn to befme me
this .Id day of April, 192.1
W H. QU1VRY.
(Seal) Notary Public
of a location for a new magazine,
biought him more clow ly into olH< ial
' n. and m li 12* he
was sent to Tunis as consul. A
change of administration brought him
home again in JS-J5. but in 1851 he:
\*as returned to Tunis, where he died
in 1853. At the time and for many
months he had been engaged < n a
literary work, which has never b£en \
published, for the reason that most j
of his papers were lost after death.
He was never married, his youthful !
attachment for a young lady of Ho*
ton having been chilled by parental in
t< rference. Yet his biographers agree
that although wifeless he was not
loveless. /
In England arrangements have
been made to fittingly observe the cen
tennial anniversary of the/wonderful
song. An echo of this celebration will
be heard in. America, the land of
homes, and the land of the home of
which Payne sung and for which he
yearned when he wrote the words.
His body was brought hack from
Africa for interment in 188.1 and now
rests in the Oak Hill cemetery at
Georgetown, near Washington. A
memorial was unveiled for him in
Brooklyn, in 1873; another has been
set up at T’nion college, and the old
home at East Hampton. Long Island,
where he spent his childhood years,
is the spot sought by pilgrims, who
pay homage to the song that can
never die because of its tenderness. 1
its wistful, longing sentiment, the
echo of which has been felt in the
heart of every man or woman who
ever left home.
“Be It ever so humhU,
There* no place like home!"
, McC. ,
Daily Prayer j
My pr,p«r unto Th«, O Lord —
Pi 69:13
O God, our Father, give us Thy
blessing In these moments of spiritual
communion with Thee. We come be
fore Thee In a deep sense of our un
worthiness. We have sinned in
thought and word and deed. Vet
hear us. as we turn to Thee again with
penitent hearts. Forgive us our sins;
grant us again Thy peace. And give
us grace to serve Thee in newness
of life, to the fclory of Thy Holy
Name. We thank Thee for Thy con
stant goodness; for the bounty which
has supplied our wants: for the .
providence which has kept us from
harm: for the love which has redeem
ed us from sin: fur the grace which
has helped us to serve The* on earth:
and for the promise of an inher
Itnnee in Heaven.
Keep ns from the evil in ourselves:
from ttie fv,l in the w-or*d about us:
from all selfish, unkind and impure
thoughts: from all hard and bitter
words; from doing that which tve
ought not to do, and from leaving un
done that which we ought to do. Keep
us In the constant sense of our mem
hershlp iii I'hri.* tile thought that
we are H« discird s and followers, in
th.- love of our Father's house, and in
the hope if our e’ernal h m<* W»
as): all In the name nf Jesijs r-hr!<rt.
our Lord. Amen
Comlrtlea ant adept sit h. p.-miseinn 1
• t S' Gil*#' rhurrh Edinburgh, Scotland.
BISHOP BOTH VINCENT, D D,
Cincinnati, O.
Prairie Gems
Some folks <>f the larger citie* laugh
at th*» presume*! dullness of rural life
—and roam about the street* wish
ing thev knew somebody.—Tecumseh i
Chieftain.
A New York hank trebled It* de
posit* in five years bv adopting a
habit of courtesy. Any teller who
does not say “thank you" when a de
posit is offered i* fired. leaser con
oerna and individuals can profit well
by this experience. Courtesy costs
nothing and pays handsome dividends
— York Republican.
Someone has discovered that coun
try folks visit their neighlx rs where i
there is a case of eicknes* hut city ■
folks when there is a case of hooch.—
Blair Pilot.
Metropolitan furniture stores are
now' advertising “ladies cjgaret cab ‘
inets." We were so unsophisticated
that wo didn't know “Indie*" smoke!
—Seward Blade.
The Fremont Tribune asks. What
is a Piker?" A piker is a man who
lives in a community long enough to
make a Jot of money without con
trlbuting a cent to hi* "Alma Mater." ,
and then pares it with a sneer on
his face Nebraska t’ify Pre**
Out of Today's Sermons_
New man II. Ilaw kins. pastor of
Hillside Congregational cliurrli,
will preach on “A Living Faith”
today. saying:
For our restless age one needs a
living.faith in the living God. Such
was the faith of Paul, and nowhere
is it so tersely expressed as on the
storm tossed ship as he journeyed to
Rome. Dire disaster seemed sure to
he coming to all on board when the
angel of God assured Paul of deliver
ance. At once hf began to assure
those on the ship of their safety and
before thb close of the chapter (Acts
27) all escape safe to land. Paul gave
them an the reason for his faith In
the words, "For 1 believe God." True
faith shows Itself by belief in the
word of God. In the Bible God has
given a revelation to mien concerning
the creation of the universe, man. the
fall, the flood, redemption by the blood
of t'hrist. True faith is shown by
those who say. "I believe God." rather
Ilian tin* \ain reasonings of deceived
men
Faith is the active principle of life.
Doubt chills, darkens, disturbs, de
grades. Have faith in God
"Oil God. give me Scotland or I
dip," was the cry of .Kilui Knox,
tile great Scottish reformation
leader, \V. II. .Ionian, minister of
tlie Thiol Presbyterian church,
will say this morning, giving the
fourth message on Reformation
leaders. He eontinued:
Like every other great leader, his
was a special preparation, passing as
he did through refining fires, giving
him a conviction, a courage and power
equal to the emergencies of the harsh
age In which he lived.
The Scottish reformation was the
cradle of Presbyterianism. The
prayer of the mighty reformer has
been answered in a most wonderful
way, for the influence of Knox and
his teachings Is felt world-wide.
Like AVyclif and IsUther, Knox
championed the cause of the people
and was backed much of the time by
the nobles
The influence of the Reformation
was farther reaching In Scotland than
in England. Knox enjoyed the
acquaintance and fellowship of Cal
vin. Mary Queen of Scots is said to
have feared his prayers more than an
army of 10.000 men. On the con
tinent he shared in the preparation of
the Geneva Bible. Years before when
a galley slave he cruised along the
shores of Scotland and saw the steeple
of St. Andrews, where had had so
often preached. He learned, as he
himself said, "to call a sonde a snade,
a fig a fig!" Nothing daunted him.
In his last days, when so feeble that
he was assfcoed to the pulpit, "ere he
was done with his serman he was so
active anil vigorous that he was like
tu ding the pulpits lulu Matin and file
out of It."
Kev. Albert Uulin, pastor of
Itrt han.v I’reab) terian rhlirt-li.
speaking this morning <tn Ihe sole
jert, "l/iip, the Highest Attain
nient of l ife,” fouelies upon (lie
present situation in Europe by
saying:
The root of the world war was tha
lack of brotherly love between the
French and the German nation. Every
little Frenchman had been taught in
public uchno! that it was a patriotic
duty to hate the Roche and to vow
vengeance for tie -feat of 1X71. The
foreign policy of < v- -v French min
istry was that of btnlding up a coali
tion against Germ-- - . The Immense
loans made annually to Russia for
more than 20 years er« all made for
the building of strati ic railroads that
would permit the mobilization of the
Russian army a-'Hir. the German
frontier and for the eouipment of the
Russian armv All this is common
knowledge. What else . ,uld the fruit
of such a policy he than what it has
been?
Xow France aftr-r having defeated
Germany by the aid of the rest of th»
world, is persisting in the same
policy. She is carefully nur-ong her
old hatred and Is trying frantically
to keep the anti-German feeling alive
among her former allies.
In my opinion, she is sharpening
again the sword which will kill her
ow n children. She has forced millions
of Protestant TSermans who have not
a drop of Polish blood in them to be
come subjects of Poland whos« popu
lation Is Roman Catholic: Is for th»
biggest part filthy and Illiterate, and
whose government has been for cen
turles the Joke of Europe. She Is now
choking the main artery of German
industry.
There is only one permanent remedy
for the present nervous prostration
of continental Europe: The birth of
mutual love and trust between the
French and German people. Anv
F’-ench or German policy which
works In that direction i« a wise and
statesmanlike policy: any policy
which works in the opposite direction
is suicidal. S
While Borah Is By Himself.
Senator Borah has returned to
Idaho to face a fight In his own state
and his own party. This will give
Haring and the other boys at Wash
ington a chance to r»st up and brush
off their clothes—Buffalo Express.
Irianimous!
Everyone who Is glad that the
Fnited States 19 not mixed up In the
European fracas, stand up. Yes, that
is just the way we feel about it, toa
— Knoxville (la.) Journal.
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