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E. C. Hickman, President-elect of KimbalL Asks Congregation if Any Can Pick Believer From Crowds That Gather in Mart of Trade, Theaters, on Highways or at Beaches.
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. JANUARY 2, 1921
Krmnft traehd by President-elect S. C.
Hickman of KJmoe.ll School TheoioST. at
I it church.
Text: I hfar bnirid on mr body the
Uarfci of tha Lord Jeaua al. v:lT.
I LL THROLUM nis pumic mm-
istry. Jesus Christ Insists that
I there is a vast difference be
tween the follower of light and dark
less, between the worshipers of God
and Mammon. He was never uncer
tain about this difference. He spoke
In clear tones about the narrow way
ks against the broad way, about the
sheep and the goats, about those on
the right hand and those on the left.
t bo tit Lazarus and the rich man;
about those who would receive a
welcome and a reward in the next
world and about those who would be
cast into outer darkness. He recog
nized in all his teaching and In his
entire attitude that there Is a sharp
difference between the church and
tho world. He felt this difference
o keenly that he said, "If thy hand
offend thee, cut it off and cast it
from thee; if thine eye offend thee
fcluck it out. It is better to go into
life blind than having two eyes to
be cast Into outer darkness."
Nor Is Jesus alone In marking out
fhls difference. All the records of
arly Christians make It very clear
hat a great gulf separates the
Ehurch and the world. The apostle
'aul pictures in vivid language the
ontrast between tne works of the
lesh and the fruit of the spirit
rsow the works of the flesh are
pnanifest, which are these: fornica-R-ion,
uncleanness, lascivlousness, idol
ptry, sorcery, enmities, strife, Jeal
ousies, wraths, factions, divisions,
karties. envyings, drunkenness, revel-
lings, and such like; but the fruit of
the spirit is love, Joy, peace, long
uffering, kindness, goodness, falth-
knd a day have I been In the deep;
In Journeyings often, in perils of nv-
rs, in perils of robbers, In perils from
my countrymen. In perils from the
Gentiles, in perils in the city. In perils
fulness, meekness, self-control.'
Paul further indicates that there is
a distinctive mark of a Christian and
makes bold to state that be bears
branded on his body the marks of the
Lord Jesus.
In this day of loose thinking and
loose living is there such a distinc
tion manifest aa indicated by Christ?
Is there today any distinctive mark
to characterize a Christian? Are
Christians themselves ready to give
a reason for the faith that is within
them? How many modern Christians
can give a sharp, clear cut definition
of a Christian and fonow that by the
statement of Sf. Paul "I am a
Christian for I bear branded on my
body the marks of the Lord Jesus."
What then are the distinguishing
marks of a Christian? Study the
average crowd on the street. Can
you distinguish the Christian from
the non-professor? Visit the movie
or the theater. How are you to tell
the church member from) the non
church member? Examine the crowd
on the highway or the beach on a
Sunday afternoon and what marks
the Christian from the man of the
world? Read Christ's words, "What
God hath Joined together let no man
put asunder" and then study the
record of divorce courts to discover
the difference between the family
standards of the Christian and the
non-professor. Is there a difference?
If so, what? Go to the marts of
trade. What distinguishes the
Christian from the non-professor in
the busy business world? Do widows
and orphans commit their business
to him because he is a Christian?
Is the Christian of today, the man
prominently identified with the
church, free from the taint of
profiteering?
May It not be well to check up on
ourselves and consider what are the
distinguishing characteristics of
Christian? This bring. us back to
the original query, What Is a
Christian? Before answering let us
discover why the followers of the
Christ are called Christians. They
were not thus called In the days of
Christ in the flesh. The were known
as the brethren, the disciples, the
saints, the faithful, the elect, the way.
but never Christians. The Jews
from the beginning called them Naza
renes because tey followed a teacher
from Nazareth. But Immediately
that the gospel of Christ began to
spread outside of Palestine the fol
lowers of Christ were -called Chris
tians. Why? Because everywhere and
always the name of the Christ was
on their lips. The preachers In every
sermon extolled the exalted the
Christos. The men and women who
met to sing hymns before daybreak
sang these hymns to the Christos
It would seem then that a Christian
Is one who Is vitally linked in one
way or other with Christ. A Christian
is one who follows Christ, who has
the mind of Christ, who interprets
life as Christ would interpret It. Ask
Jfaui what It means to be a Christian.
He will speak in no uncertain tone.
He says, "A Christian? What Is a
Christian? I am one. I bear branded
on my body the marks of the Lord
Jesus." You have seen the brand
burned Into the very flesh of the
cattle and the horses of the plains,
which marks them as coming from
a certain ranch. This is an Inde
structible, not a temporary, mark.
Paul is, of course, referring to the
scars across his back where he has
received the lash which has left Its
imprint on his shoulders; to the scar
across his face which bears mute
testimony to the shower of stones
which have been heaped upon him
as he was cast out of the city and
left for dead. As the Christ bore in
his body the marks of physical suf
fering and torture, so too does Paul
come Into the succession.
Does it mean that to be a Christian
I must bear physical suffering and
persecution? Not necessarily, but
possibly. Loyalty to Jesus Christ to
day will lead many a man to a pre
mature grave through bodily suffer
ing and exposure. But that is not
necessarily a requirement.
Nor la it necessary that in following
Christ we should conduct ourselves
as Jesus did. I do not understand It
Is the requirement that we should do
all the things which the New Testa
ment says Jesus did. He lived in
Palestine, an oriental country, nearly
2000 years ago. It Is a vast stretch of
time and territory from that age and
clime to this 20th century here In
America. Jesus washed his disciples'
feet. We would bring the cause of
Christ Into ridicule if we attempted
that today. Jesus had no home, he
accumulated no property, he never
married. It would be folly to say that
we should follow him in these things.
Now, there are certain outward
marks of a Christian today which
ought not to be ignored. May I Indi
cate three:
First Reading the Bible Is not a
guarantee that a man Is a Christian.
But it Is the mark of a real Christian
that he does read his Bible. If I find
a man with the open Bible before him
or under his arm day after day I
have a right to infer that he Is at
least Interested In Christianity. On
the other hand. If I go Into the home
of a church member and find the
Bible occupying the chief place of
honor on the center table, but with
the accumulating dust of months upon
Its covers; if I pick up the Bible and
discover the book to be in perfect
condition, with the leaves sticking
beautifully together, with no thumb
prints, with no pencil markings, with
no spots on its sacred pages which
look suspiciously like teardrops; If I
can find no such evidences of a used
Bible. I have a right to question the
absolute sincerity and depth of that
Christian's faith.
Second Prayer either In public or
private Is no necessary guarantee
that a man is a Christian. But it is
a mark of a real Christian that he
does pray. Surely a man may be true
to all the outward forms of the prayer
life and have a heart as black as
midnight. But show me a man who
never gathers his family about him
for morning and evening prayer,
whose voice Is never heard In en
treaty and thanksgiving, whose closet
door Is never closed upon him as he
seeks after God in the quietness of
his own soul; show me such a man
and I think I have a right to question
his religious faith.
Third Nor Is church membership
or attendance a guarantee of Chris
tian life. But the true Christian with
the love of God in his life and a pas
sion for a lost world on his heart will
normally and habitually be found in
the house of God. I am not so narrow
as to suppose that all the Christian
ity of the world is shut up in the
churches. But I do believe that the
easiest and the best place to develop
the Christian life is in the church and
in faithful and regular participation
in the activities of the church.
But the real marks of a Christian
are Internal, not external; spiritual,
not physical. No set of minute in
structions for Christian living could
be laid down 1900 years ago that
would be vital and meet the condi
tions of 20th-century life. We have a
changing world and new occasions
teach new duties. But there are cer
tain eternal characteristics whici
mark the whole-hearted Christian.
May I suggest three to you this morn
ing. Not that these three exhaust the
catalogue, but If these marks are In
evidence it is safe to say that the In
dividual in whom they appear has the
right to call himself a Christian.
Let us examine the spiritual marks
which are In evidence In the life of
Paul:
The first mark Is his supreme con
fidence in Christ and his claim as
Savior. Paul passed through the stage
of honest doubt. He was absolutely
honest in his persecution of the
church and in his attempt to blot out
the very name of Christian. But
when the light broke, when the vision
came, when the miracle happened and
Paul saw Jesus Christ, from that
hour he had unwavering confidence In
Christ. He never tried to defend the
gospel; he never apologized for Christ,
but he went everywhere proclaiming
Christ and bis gospel of power, "I
am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ, for it Is the power of God." "I
know whom I have believed, and am
persuaded that he is able to keep
me." "My God can supply all your
needs through his riches in glory in
Christ Jesus." "Now unto him that
Is able to do exceedingly abundantly
above all we ask or think."
We need a generation of Christians
who have this supreme confidence in
the person and power of Christ. We
need a generation otk Christians who
will meet the world, not with the
common, present-day prayer-meeting
testimony, "I hope I am a Christian";
"I am trying to be a Christian"; "I
am trying to serve the Lord In my
poor, weak way," but a generation of
Christians who will go to the world
with a strong, clear faith and lay
before them, not an argument, not a
debate, but a proclamation that Jesus
Christ Is able to save to the utter
most all that come to him, because he
has saved me. Why this wide-spread
lament that the church has no con
tact with the worklngman. that the
church cannot stop the conflict be
tween labor and canltal. that bolshe-
vlkl are overrunning the world? Be
cause the 20th-century Christian does
not half believe his gospel. If Jesus
Christ has lost his power, if his gos
pel is out of date, if It -Is not the one
and only solution for the Ills of hu
manity, if it is not the one true
stndard of human relationships, then
why continue the hollow mockery of
maintaining a church and keeping up
the forms of Christianity? Let us use
the modern method and send It to the
scrap heap.
, But if it is still true that Jesus
Christ has power on earth to forgive
sins; if it is still true that he is able
to save to the uttermost all that come
to him; if it is still true that he can
take sin out of life, that he can lift
a man out of the hell of selfishness
and greed and dtebauchery and shame
into which he has sunk; if it is still
true that Jesus Christ is the most po
tent Influence in the world; if these
things are still true then In God's
name let us believe thom with all
our hearts; let us proclaim Christ and
his message with undaunted courage
and fidelity; let us not be ashamed
anywhere and under any circumstanc
es to let it be known that be belong
to the company who believe this gos
pel. Let us wear the marks of our
faith so that the world may recognize
us.
The second spiritual mark In the
life of Paul is his loyalty and devo
tion to the person and teachings of
Christ.
"I am determined to know nothing
among you save Jesus Christ and him
crucified."
"This one thing I de. forgetting the
things that are behind, I press toward
Christ."
"For me to live Is Christ" "Paul
a bond slave of Jesus Christ" Paul
is a slave of Jesus Christ, absolutely
committed to him personally. He is
a man of magnificent powers, alt of
them. Intellect, affection, will, body
soul, spirit, utterly consecrated to the
service of the cross, wholly given
to his Lord. Other disciples had asked,
"Loid what shall we have?" "What
do we get out of our dlsclpleship?"
Paul, when the vision broke, ex
pressed the whole attitude of bis life
In the query, "What wilt thou have
me to do Lord?" "How can I ex
press my devotion and consecration to
thee? '
Oh, for a generation of Christians
who are marked by their devotion to
their Lord both as to his person and
his teachings; men and women who
will dare to believe that Jesus meant
what he said In laying down the con
ditions of dlsclpleship, "If any man
will come after me, let him deny him
self and take up his cross and follow
me." he that loveth father and moth
er more than me is not worthy of
me."
Ws sing glibly, "All the way my
Savior leads me.
"Where he leads me I will follow."
"I'll go where you want me to go."
But are we marked men and women
to the extent that we are actually
doing the thing about which we are
singing. Without hesitation I assert
that a genuine Christian ought to be
marked by his absolute loyalty to the
person and teaching of Christ.
The third mark of Paul, the Chris
tian, was his imperialism. Paul, the
Jew, becomes the great apostle to the
Gentiles. He set out with the daring
of his master, to be a world conquer
or. From the very beginning be took
the world for his parish. He never
was satisfied with the territories
covered or the work accomplished. He
always planned wider Itineraries and
bigger things. His plans always out
ran his possibilities. Like his master
he dreamed of a kingdom world wide
and eternal. Why can the Apostle
Paul say. "I bear branded on my body
the mark of the Lord Jesus." Why
can he recount the most vivid tale of
all autobiography, ancient or modern
"Are they ministers of Christ? Aye
more; in labors more abundaatly in
stripes above measure, in deaths oft.
Of the Jews five times received I
40 stripes save one. Thrice was I
beaten with rods, once was I stoned,
thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night
in the wilderness, in perils in the sea.
in perils among false brethren; in
labor and travail, in watchings often.
in hunger and thirst, in fastings oft
en. In cold and nakedness." Paul bells
this personal story because he Is filled
with the passion of the homeless
Christ for lost men, because he be
lieves the gospel of Christ is for all
men, under all conditions and m all
climes.
Where Is the spirit of imperialism
ia the church today? Is the modern
Christian marked by this world wide
vision and passion which dominated
St. Paul? Are we willed by that spirit
which will impel us to sacrifice even
life itself to spread the goepe) of the
Son of God even to the uttermost
parts of the earth. The ultimate mark
of the Christian is his willingness to
follow the Christ to the end of the
road.
If Jesus Cbrit la a man
And only a man, 1 aay
That of all mankind
I will follow him
And to hitn will I cleave elwaj.
If Jeaua Christ 1 a Cod
And the only God. I swear
I will follow him thru hejaven and hell.
The earth, the sea and the air.
Ilatnrr of the Thrift Movement in Amer
ica, by Simon W. btraua. Illustrated.
i. B. Llpplncott Co., Philadelphia.
Mr. Straus, president of the Amer
ican society for thrift, has for many
years been an earnest preacher of the
rospel of thrift In money, time and
naterials. His work along that line
lias been an inspiration and blessing
tnd no one in business life in our
America of today is better fitted to
liucuss such an important subject.
In this book of 253 pages, with five
tartoone on thrift drawn by Rollin
Clrby of the New York World news
paper, Mr. Straus, in common-sense.
orcible style, writes on thrift as he
ees it. from a life-long study. The
lessage Is a cordial, helpful call to
luty, health and comfort for all Amer
ica, particularly our young men and
aomen.
Mr. Straus writes along Interna
tional lines and tells of thrift not
nly in America, but iu different
countries of Europe. He thinks that
the recent world war was at least
beneficial because it taught many sur
prised Americans what thrift was and
t'hy it was necessary so that this
country could help to win that war
Ind to live more reasonably after
ward.
Mr. Straus points out that until re
cently the popular definition of the
irord "thrift" seemed to suggest self
ishness in petty affairs and greed in
large ones, and that penny-counting,
cheese-paring, money-hoarding prac
tices were looked upon by the public
the Ideals sought by those whe
rled to encourage thrift.
It Is urged that thrlft-lessnns
learned In the late war period ought
become permanent In our country
for our own good. Shiftlessness,
waste of time and money, carelessness
of health and strength, exhibitions of
bad temper, senseless extravagance.
refusal to provide for one's declining
years and failure to take advantage
of our opportunities and to live within
pur incomes are fully discussed. Such
are not thrift. Lessons are drawn ac
cordingly.
How thrift helped to make men
great and useful is Illustrated with
examples. Habits of saving are shown
pot to be Irksome and Mr. Straus
points out that honest saving Is not
Net
Mr. Straus explains that he did not
write this book from self-seeking mo
Itives. "When the committee on thrift
Icducatlon of the National Education
I association asked for the preparation
of a history of the thrift movement
lin America, it was felt that such a
book could be made to serve a
worthy purpose only Insofar as It a
might help in removing the popular f
prejudices that exist against thrift; J
land in setting forth such facts as
night assist in bringing about a more
adesprcad appreciation of the moral
I and mental, as well as the economic
values to be gained from adherence
to the practices of this virtue." p. 19).
In writing such a thrift message
I Mr. Straus has performed a national
service of worth that Is beyond meas
ure because Its possibilities are
boundless. It m-ill make better Amer
icans if Its kind and efficient advice
lis heeded.
Chapter heads are: Characterization
Io' Thrift; Early Thrift Activities;
America's Record of Thriftlessness:
Waste, Its Deteriorating Effects on
I the Individual; The Activities Inspired
by Thrifty Parents; The Organization
of the American Society for Thrift;
"What Thrif; Accomplished in Europe;
The Advantages ot Thrift to the In-
I dividual and to the Nation: The In
ternational Congress for Thrift: Na
tional Committee on Thrift Is
I Formed; Individual Preparedness;
The Greater Thrift; Resolutions Rec
commsnding the Teaching of Thrift in
the Public Schools of America: Thrif ts
scenes of the battle he had witnessed,
Mr. Gibbs came to this country to
meet Americans, for rest and recrea
tion, and found It, as his book bears
witness. He saw the arrival of the
27th American army division from
France, and as he was probably armed
with plenty of letters of introduction,
he soon made friends with different
classes of people whom he met In
cities of the Atlantic sea coast
Among them were society people, re
turned soldiers, newspaper people,
politicians, etc. He does not appear
to have visited the west this trip,
and possibly bases his impressions of
America and Americans on what we
in the far west call eastern people.
In speaking of the kind of moving
picture film which "reveals to sim
ple folk the wickedness of wealthy
villains, the dangers of innocent girl
hood and the appalling adventures of
psychology into which human nature
is led when 'love takes possession
of the heart," Mr. Gibbs says: "But
I suppose that the common sense of
the American people reacts against
the absurdity of these melodramas
after yielding to the sensation of
them. Yet I met one woman who
told me she goes every free after
noon to one of these entertainments
depicting passion and cave-man stuff
'in order to get a thrill before din
ner to relieve the boredom of domes
ticity.
The freshness of observation and
originality of view make Mr. Gibbs'
new book decidedly worth reading
by the American public-
sent folklore current among the
peasantry of the eastern provinces of
Poland, and also in those provinces
usually called White Russia. Glinsk,
has written that he has set down the
tales Just as they were related to
him by the peasants. These fairy
rales are certainly new to small
American children. The pictures are
full-page ones and are in color.
Problems In Foreign Bxchane, by Pro
fessor Martin J. Shugrue. D. Appleton
ac Co., New York city.
A clear and concise explanation of
the field of foreign exchange trans
actions, written by the assistant pro
fessor of economics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; 127 pages,
with appendices, and the whole book
otism of War Savings and Peace Sav
llngs, and Little Talks on Thrift,
With Examples.
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New England in the Life of the World:
A Record of Adventure and Achievement,
by Howard Allen Brldg-man. Illustrated
with maps and pictures. The Pilgrim
Preaa, Boston, Mass.
Mr. Bridgman is editor of the Con
gregationallst and Advance maga
zines, and also the author of the
books "Steps Chrlstward" and "Real
Religion." He Is an enihusiastlc New
Englander, and literally steeped in
the knowledge of his subject. The
dedication of the book is: "To my
father and mother, whose lives on the
earth illustrated and transmitted to
me and to my children, the New Ens
land Ideals."
The book is an Important one for
its historical word-pictures which are
written with animation, rather than
technical presentation. Much of the
material has rarely, If ever before,
been brought within the compass of
one volume. This work extend to
368 pagws, with bibliography and in
dex added, and is emphatically a book
for Americans, native and naturalized.
Often Mr. Bridgman is eloquent in
writing up facts of history, and the
motto of the entire book might well
be taken from a quotation in the first
chapter, borrowed from James Rus
sell Lowell's essay entitled "New
England Two Centuries Ago." and
reading: "Leave New England out
in the cold! While you are plotting j
it, she sits by every fireside in the ;
land."
Mr. Bridgman thinks that New j
England is "a holy land" and pro- ;
ceeds: "For what makes a land,;
worthy to be venerated? Not the i
product of its soil and Us mines, but i
the kind of men and women it rears.
This is the outstanding marvel: not 1
that New Ensland has furnished j
shoes and cloth to multitudes, but
that since the Pilgrims landed, it has
been a seed-bed in which w-ere Incu- .
bated those gerrojnal Ideas and deep- j
going emotions that in due time
found expression in schools, colleges
meadow lark, to a brown horse, flow
ers, death, love, dawn, confession,
and blown roses.
One of the poems Is particularly at
tractive. It Is written In the Italian
American dialect that Thomas A.
Daly of Philadelphia already has
made known and is told In curious
half-broken English. Its title Is,
aptly, "Shine."
Drake. Nelson and Napoleon, by Sir
Walter Runciman, baronet. Illustrated.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City,
It is a great trio that our author
writes about and he fashions word
pictures that have decidedly fresh, at
tractive and historical Interest. A
large portion of tha book was com
pleted during 1917 and 1918. Our
author has traveled far and has made
painstaking studies of his subjects.
In this book of 375 pages our author
first discusses Sir Francis Drake and
what he calls the "fleet tradition."
of which he regards Drake, the great
est Elizabethan sailor, as the Indubi
table founder; next he discusses at
considerable length Nelson, tho lat
ter's relations with Lady Hamilton
and the various heroic achievements
which have Immortalized his name.
From Nelson the author passes "n
to Napoleon the great, and shows how
Napoleon's career and policy have
had a vital .relation to the late world
war.
TO LITERARY PERISCOPE
Banks of Boston Employ
1000 Women Experts.
Almost Every Department Shows
Broad Field la Covered.
OSTON, Jan. 1. One thousand
women are employed in the banks
of Boston. This would not be sur
prising but for the fact that a large
proportion are employed as expert
clerks an elastic term in all de
partments of the institutions.
The women were employed, in many
cases with reluctance, as a war emer-
SfaaBAV. Whpn tha Iwiva n'.nt mariihlnv
away, but they are said to have I
shown adaptability to the banking
business
Caroline P. Stickle, In charge of
the woman personnel in an institution
BY ETHEL R. SAWYER.
(Director of training class. Library assocls.
tion of Portland.)
JAJIcS BRANCH CABELL in his
"Beyond Life," has affixed to this
latest book of literary criticism,
diverting volume extracts from all
the. most unflattering reviews his
former books have received. Mr.
Cabell is, you know, by way of be
coming a literary celebrity in these
days not because he has recently
discovered the art of writing. He has
been for some time producing much
the same sort of literature. No, the
lime-light of popularity has been di
rected his way because he provoked
the hand of the censor to lift itself
against him. Not the political censor
there is still something not quite
"nice" In coming under his ban
something red and raw and violent
and that our sort of people don't do.
But to elude the moral censor has a
certain spiciness about it makes one
feel that he is a "regular fellow" and
all that. It's Interesting how daring
we are in unimportant things like
morals nobody can tell us what we
ought to do along this line. Mr.
Cabell must be having a good time
laughing at the effort of some of his
critics to right-about-face. But when
he thinks of tho apparent reason for
it he must feel rather ironic.
. s
It is well occasionally to try to see
ourselves as others see us. A reviewer
of Stephen Graham's "Children of the
Slaves" gives us a glimpse of what
we probably look like to many of our
perplexed negro fellow-citizens. He
says: "On the one hand we have a
policy of ostracism, of subjugation, of
occasional incredible brutality, and on
the other a policy whereby all the
resources of American culture are
made accessible to the negro. Con- j
Lady Diana is also reputed to have
been actively concerned with the Ir
repressible Margot, in her renderings
of what some critic has called the
reactions of a two-dimensional per
son in the midst of three-dimensional
events. English society must be get
ting a most disconcerting shake-up
and it will need a great deal of Mr.
Walpole's calm reassurance of the in
herent inevitableness and perfection
of the divine right of duchesses to
sooth its ruffled plumage.
August Strlnd'berg's immediate fam
ily, tojfcther with Ms German trans
lators and rublishers, have estab
lished a prize of 3000 marks to be
given annua'.ly to the author of the
best poem cr general work written
in the German language and espous
ing the cause of friendship between
nations. Strlndberg's friend, Carl
Ludwig Schlelch, has assumed respon
sibility for the manuscripts and the
conferring of the award.
.
Francis Hackett's new book, "The
Invisible Censor," is dedicated:
. Ts
My Wife.
Signs Tokavlg,
whose lack of interest in this book has
been my constant desperation.
By the way, wouldn't the study of
dedications prove an interesting; and
amusing hobby for a person with a
nice sense of humor?
along.' Our members subscribe fair
ly liberally but we need at least one
rich man interested in literature who
will be a Carnegie to us."
Six years ago extensions to the Lon
don library were Interrupted by the
war. In the meantime, donations of
books have continued. Several great
collections have been received, but
there is no place to put them. Thou
sands of books have been piled on
staircases and in passages that are so
narrow it is Just barely possible to
get by and quits impossible to get
at them.
CANADA IS PROSPEROUS
Agriculture, Forests, Mines, Fish
eries Contribute to Wealth.
OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. L The dawn
of the new year finds the dominion
of Canada in perhaps the most pros
perous condition in its history, ac
cording to agricultural leaders.
In 1920 Canada harvested its larg
est crop and the wealth of its agri
culture Is reflected on every hand.
Its ftsfests, mines and fisheries like
wise contributed more than usual to
Canada's prosperity in 1920.
Royalty at Show as Demo
cratic as Anybody.
Kino.
Draw
tion.
4.urcua and Princesses
PriKcai at London Exblul-
Treaty Commission Organized.
PEKIN. The Pekln government
has organized a peace treaty commis
sion, headed by C. T. Wang, one of
China's delegates to the Paris peace
conference, to act In an advisory
capacity to the ministry of foreign
affairs on matters concerning China's
Interest in the league of nations.
Other rrmmH.r. thus fur nam,t a rr
Rudyard Kiplrng has lately wonIUll Ching-Jen, former minister to
damages from a medicine company I Russia. and shen jui-iin. one-time
using certain lines of his 'If minister to Austria. One of the first
IntiAHtfnnH In .t .-..p - -re A hv tViA
commission will be the Shantung
affair.
for
i for advertising purposes. That ratf
I minds me of a tale told by J. C. 1
j Squire in his "Books in General" of i
j a similar atrocious assault upon lit
I erature, which apparently went un- I
; punished. Here is the advertisement
j he quotes:
A GREAT POET
AND A tJREAT TOi-IIC
Pink P.homboida
LONDON, Jan. 1. Two kings, four
queens and two princesses lined
up the other day Just as ordinary citi
zens at the counter where the prizes
from a "lucky dip," a popular feature
of the SFhite City Advertising exhibi
tion, were handed out.
King George of England, amid
much laughter, drew a sponge and
a packet of cigarettes. He promptly
offered the sponge to his guest, King
Christian of Dermark. who had drawn
a blank. Quee'.i Alexandria of Den
mark captured a box of crackers and
Queen Mary of England reoelved a
bar of soap and a box of face cream.
Another bar of soap went to the
Queen Mother Alexandra of England,
and a box of peppermint creams to
Queen Maud of Norway. Trlncess
Mary's prize was a boy scout'B diary
and Princess Victoria's a box of tooth
powder.
All the royalties enjoyed the fun
of the fair in a thoroughly democratic
fashion and laughingly stuffed their
prizes into their pockets.
An improved style of typewriter at
tracted the king of Denmark. "I wish
you would use one," he said teasingly
to his wife, who types all her corre
spondence on an ordinary machine.
When King George was told that
Britain's annual expenditure on ad
vertising was close upon 100,000.000,
he said in amazement: "This is really
one of our big industries. I didn't
know it before."
I employing 318 women, says that last
year 200 women bank clerks occupied
much of their spare time obtaining
added knowledge of the principles
and details of banking afforded by
England in settling and making new the evening courses conducted for
homes, towns and cities all over this I the benefit of the Boston chapter of
country, and beyond it. is described 1 the American Institute of Banking
with both pathos and power. The Of women in the banking world she
and hospitals, in philanthropies, re
forms and far-reaching enterprises
that have wrought wondrous changes
in the nation and the world.
The nation-making work of New
story Includes New England pioneer
. Strans, author of
of the Thrift Move-America,"
specially valuable to all staffs in
business houses.
A survey is furnished of foreign
exchange markets and methods. Typ
ical examples of illustrating foreign
exchange transactions of all sorts are
worked out in full and serve as
guides to the solution of various
problems set for the student in tho
main body of the book.
says:
Ing and sta'.e-buildins in New York, "Until within a few years most no-
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, sltions open to women within banking
.Minnesota. Iowa, Kansas, the Da- i institutions have been largely in the
kotas, California, the Pacific north- nature of stenographic work. At pres
west, Hawaii, the near east. India, ent ,-ou wm fjn(i women in almost
every department and when the de
Each problem Is selected from
S'lace in a Nation at War; The Patri-fctual business practice and lllus-
Ireoplr of Destiny, by Philip GIbba. Illus
trated in colors. Harper Brothers.
New York city.
"I am bound to say that during my
to me cnited states I fou:id
luch mors to admire than to crit-
licise. and perhaps because I was on
the lookout for things to like rather
than to dislike. 1 had one of the best
times of my life in some ways the
ry best and came away with re
spect, admiration and gratitude for
the American people."
t-uch is a paragraph taken at ran-
Idom. pp. 6S-69. from this frank ap
preciation of America by our author
book of 198 pages.
Mr. Gibbs writes in friendly, frank
laTtyie. and always delightfully, like
the trained newspaper correspondent
Ithat he Is. He was one of the prln-
ipal English war correspondents
during the late unpleasantness in
France, and wrote that Illuminating
book of the "afterwards" of that
Krar. "Now- It Can Be Told."
When the big war was ended and
peace signed, to excaps from
trates some essential point, and the
knowledge to be derived from care
ful study of the collection Is both
practical and complete. -Typical formn
used in foreign exchange transac
tions are given In appendices, and
there are illustrations of the tables
in use for the slmplicatlon of foreign
exchange calculations.
Two Illustrated Story Boohs for Children,
John Lane Co., New York city.
These two books have arrived at
this office too late to be included In
the pre-Christmas book review col
umns. Each book measures lH by 8
Inches. Is strongly bound In cloth and
possesses amusing pictures.
"Peter's Pencil," by Phyllis Morris,
with IS illustrations, is an English
story about Peter, a little boy who
persistently drew pictures because he
tould not help doing so. to the great
wrath of his governess and family.
Peter has many strange adventures.
"Polish Fairy Tales." translated
from the works of A. J. Glinskl by
Maude Ashurst Biggs, is a book pre
senting such tales from Poland. They
come from a far distant past, and It
is stated they may even date from
the primitive Aryan times. They repre-
China. Japan and Micronesia in the
southern Pacific ocean.
Chapter 13 has special interest for
Oregon readers for it describes the
Influence and work of New England
people in this region, the Pacific
northwest. The chapter extends to 22
pages with one notable picture in it,
that of Dr. George Henry Atkinson,
one of the early educa'ors in this
city, and who helped to shape the
early school system of Oregon ter
ritory. The state-building work of these
New England men is narrated: Cap
tain Nathaniel J. Wyeth. John Ball,
"Oregon's first schoolmaster," page
210; John Ordway, Dr. Samuel Parker,
Rev. Jason Lee, Mrs. Chloe A. Clark
Willscn, Rev. J. S. Griffin, "Father"
Eells, Dr. George Henry Atkinson.
James W. Nesmith, Lafayette Grover,
S. F. Chadwick. Zen'as Moody, Reuben
P. Boise, Judge E. D. Shattuck, Isaac
J. Stevens, Henry W. Corbett, William
S. Ladd, Simon French, Theodore B.
Wilcox, Samuel R. Thurston, Dr. 3. B.
L. Penrose. Simeon G. Reed, Amanda
Reed and others.
The last paragraph In this ISth
chapter says: "In summing up the
story of New England's part in the
material intellectual and spiritual de
velopment of the Pacific northwest, it
may be safely stated, in the language
oi ueorge ti. Mimes of Portland, an
eminent historical authority, that 'the
New England states exercised a much
greater influence than any equal
number of other states.'"
Tossed Coins, by Amory Hare. John Lane
Co., New York City.
Real poetry American made looks
at one from these 81 pages. Tha
poems are more than 50 in number,
and several of them have appeared In
the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Mag
azine, the Princeton Alumni Weekly
and other publications.
The poem from which the title of
this book Is taken consists of one
poem of 16 lines, and graphically pic
tures the thought that as one chances
to spin coins so the gods halve spun.
There is a slightly bitter thought in
the last verse, which reads:
So I have tossed and spun, and held
The bright coin In my hand, to read
Whether it was a song It spelled
Or those dark fears that aorrows breed.
The elder gods all played at cha-nce
Thus came adventure and romance.
Our lives are shillings: like as not
The gods have apunand then forgot.
The poems are divided Into three
departments entitled "Joy o' Life."
"In Sorrow" and "Quietude," and In
clude verses on the weather, the
parlment head is consulted he will
tell you that the woman clerk's work
Is very satisfactory indeed.
"Occasionally we hear of some
woman who has attained an execu
tive position within the conservative
circles of banking, although such at
tainments have not been at all gen
eral. This is not a bit discouraging,
however, when we realize that what
we have been given to do we have
done satisfactorily. We need to real
lze that the future may bring greater
opportunities and to be ready for
these we cannot have too great
a knowledge relating to the prin
ciples and details of banking. '
RED CROSS AGENTS BUSY
Refugees In Harbor of Constanti
nople Get XeeUeii Aid.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 1. Foul
hundred and seventy tons of Ameri
can supplies were distributed to refu
gees In the harbor of Constantinople
by the American Red Cross during the
first 12 days following the arrival of
the first ship from Crimea, after the
collapse of General Wrangel's army.
The American Red Cross also sup
plied more than 60 ships with medical
and sur&Ural" goods, equipped a 3S0
bed hospital at the Russian embassy,
furnished beds and equipment to three
orphanages and 1000 blankets to the
relief station which the American
navy established on the island of
Proti, where 3000 refugees were cared
for.
International Patent Planned.
PARIS. An International patent bu
reau is to be established at Brussels
under a convention signed November
15 by France, Belgium, Brazil and
nine other countries. The bureau is
intended to facilitate the work of an
inventor in protecting his rights
abroad, and may lead ultimately, it
is said, to the creation of an interna
tional patent, valid in all countries
signing the convention.
Czech Language to Be Taught.
VIENNA The Vienna city govern
ment has yielded to the demands of
i Its Czech population and will estab
lish 24 public schools in which in
struction will be wholly In the Czech
language. There are 9000 Czech chil
dren of school age In Vienna.
fronting the negro stands white , Thcn feJt j lik. some watcher of the skies
America, under one arm the knout, i when a new planet swims Into his ken;
and under the other the complete j Or like stout Cortez, whan with eagle yea
works of Emerson."
The French are getting out a "Com
plete Works" of R. L. Stevenson in
French. Wouldn't it be Jolly to read
"L'lle au Tresor," which Is already
in its 20th edition?
One of the most Important finds In
Egyptology made in recent years was
unearthed in the underground necro
polis of the famous ruined temple at
Delr Medlnah, Egypt. Thousands of
mummified bodies of tho sacred ibis
were discovered, each bird in an
elaborately decorated earthenware
vase, embedded In a mass of papyri
manuscripts. The work of decipher
ing these documents will take years,
and think what it may do to our
Egyptian histories.
BOOKS ET VERITAS
When I was a youngster Just going to school
(The Ditlful tale that one tells:)
My brain ran a-ripping with ballads by
Kipling,
I worshiped tho earlier werk,
I often was seen with the Strand magazine
I adored Lancelota. Bedlveres,
Bobbled Stevenson's fable and Arthur's
"Round TabU"
And swore by the "Three Musketeers."
When I was as green, yes, as green aa tha
gaga
That pouts from a Jam I adore,
I wore out "Tom Sawyer" till scarcely
page
But fluttered away to tha floor.
I thought Howard Pyie. In his "Wonder
Clock" style.
Could hardly bo beat by the best;
Tha thrills that I had in A Modern
Aladdin"
Supplied the infallible test.
When I waa untrained and unversed In the
' arts
I loved Andrew Lang, Edward Lear;
Bought numberless tomes of tha great
- snerioca rioime
And envied his brUltaut fareer:
In the "Tale of Two Cities" the thrill that
Is Pitya
Conveyed how superb It may still be
I thought "Keniiworth was a Joy upon
earth.
And I simply was dazzled by "Trilby."
When I was a sprig and my standards were
low.
Uncritical, nnnutocratlc.
used to exult in Jack London and Pal,
Which I read In bed, bathroom and attic.
Alas, that's the truth of my terrible youth.
Such tho Dooas l tnougnx way auote par.
Gee, I thought they were great, in my
Juvenile state. . . .
in t still am convinced that they are.
Wm. Rose Berret in N. Y. t"vening root.
Tr, restocking the shelves of the
library of Louvaln university, wun
the next shipment the united states
will have contributed 24,089 volumes.
v
Referring to the peculiar chanting
rhythm of Vachell Lindsay's readings,
a Cambridge magazine sums up the
effect of his recent recitals in Eng
land: "And those who came to scoff
remained to sway."
a
Colonel Replngton s reminiscences
of the war contain a large amount of
data on contemporary English social
life in London, which is bringing him
considerable criticism, we hear. It Is
rumored that much of his compilation
was assisted Into print through the
collaboration of Lady Diana Man
ners, the celebrated English beauty.
Ho
at the Pacifio and all his
stared
men
Looked at each other with a wild surmise
Silent, upon a peak In Darlen.
"What a bracing effect there Is in
such lines! (The pity of it, that the
writer died at 25.) They send the
blood along the veins with an added
glow. Supplement this with Pink
Rhomboids, the Reliable Tonic. They
enrich the "blood and increase the
number of your red corpuscles the
the army service corps of the body."
The nitv of it. that the writer died
J at 25, before he could collect dam
ages from one of these advertising
body-snatchers.
Mr. Wells In his "Outlines of His
tory," is going to give some hero
worshipers a dreadful quarter of an
hour. He says of Napoleon, for in
stance, that he was " a scoundrel
bright and complete . . . whose
name has been one of the utmost re
assurance to multitudes of doubting
men . . . hesitating over a more than
shady transaction. . . . We live in
a world full of would-ba. Napoleons
of finance, of the press, of the turf;
half the cells of our Jails and many
of our madhouses are St. Helenas."
And a reviewer adds: "I do not know
what you think, reader, but this is
Just what I should like my boy to be
taught about Napoleon." Isn't this
very radical and revolutionary doc
trine of Mr. Wells? very upsetting
to many old admirations and requir
ing us to provide ourselves with a
whole lot of new ideas and ideals.
What becomes of the glory of con
quest and 4ride of domination and
successful expansion and building up
a navy that can outnumber any other
two, or an army that can beat the
world? Is this what we went out to
make the world safe for democracy
for? Maybe it is.
BRITISH LIBRARIES FULL
Thousands of Books Piled ,TJp for
Lack of Shelf-Room.
(London Correspondence.)
Most important among the importa
tion of foreign books to British libra
ries are American works on econom
ics, I am told. Books from Germany
are beginning to come in again, but
they are not about the war. They
include for the most part fiction and
philosophy. Scientific works are not
yet prominent in the German output
Instead, England leads with books on
chemistry and practical subjects, as
fuel and petroleum. The new French
books are mostly provoked by the
war. No directly new literature Is
coming from Russia.
The chief difficulty of London li
braries is a financial one. C. Hag-berg
Wright, librarian at the London li
brary in St. James square, told me.
This library is next to the British
museum in size, and though it is piti
fully overcrowded with books which
can not be stacked because there is
no room, there are no available funds
for extensions.
"What amazes me is that we never
seem to have a millionaire In this
country, as you do, who says, 'Here
is a good Institution, I vUl help it i
For the New Year
You will make
many good resolutions
some of which you will keep .
but most of, which
you will break.
Among the resolutions
that you will faithfully keep ,
we suggest that
you include;
a most worthy one
and one that we
have mentioned before
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II
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-when rus
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