THE SUXDAT OREGOXTAX, PORTLAXD. XOVEMUER 13. 1921
POOR CIRCULATION ONE CAUSE OF RED
NOSE EPIDEMIC DURING WINTER SEASON
Exercise, Cold Baths and Plenty of Fresh Air Recommended a Cure Indigestion From Too Rich Food
and Long Sessions by Fireplace Declared Another Trouble.
BY AXTONNKTTE DONNELLY.
A LITTLE red nose or a big red
nose or any kind of a red nose
Is about the leas decorative
touch of color for your face. Not even
the proverbial enchantment of dis
tance gets an Inning If a red light
protrudes from the middle of your
physiognomy.
Therefore, a red nose not being1 a
thlnsiof beauty, what you ail 'g-wine
to- do about yours?
First, since you are not intemperate.
you probably wonder why la a red
oe? The mercury descent is not the
answer. A perfectly healthy body
bangs out no such lantern. A red
nose is a danger signal that some
thing- is wrong with your machinery
wmewhere. And of course the stiff
and biting breezes are the S. O. S. sig
nals.
Circulation Root of Trouble.
The first thing you may make up
your mind to is that your circulation
Is wrong perhaps not all wrong but
In need of repair. Defective digestion
and impoverished condition of the sys
tem, due to the sluggish blood circu
lation, are other causes.
Indigestion Is the root of the trou
ble more often than not, because it af-
fectsthe circulation. It la a fact that
people suffer more from indigestion
during cold weather for the simple
reason that they stay indoors more
and Wad a much more sedentary ex
Mtencc when the crackly logs in the
.replace are ao tempting.
The cure obviously rests with more
outdoor life in cold weather. The
same attention must be given to keep
ing the bowels in regular action as in
triV summer time. Drinking water
and fitting vegetables are two valu
able winter pastimes that most people
n ii k to trie detriment of the beauty
of their whole systems and especially
heir Tioses. The temptation to take
ot drinks and heavy ones and to eat
hot,-- rich foods exclusively is strong
when the mercury is low. The 1m-
-veilshed condition of your blood and
PRAYER
, BY DR. W. B. HIXSON,
Of tho K.iat Sid Baptist Church.
TThnt orof it huvA if no " t..v.
XXI.IV "
AND defiantly in reply to that
question some would, nay. "No
T.mf It at a 11 A n . l -
u ouid thus reply are not to be sought
in- the islands of the sea, up the
Ctmgo river or the Ganges or the
Nile; but they ara herj on both
of the Willamette river in Pnrtinnri
Ami the majority of the people in
im City WOUld this mnrntno- i
Tly to the question, "Does God an-
war prayer?" answer "No." So you
ac our subject is time.y.
A grtat scientist has sniil "X
ft bubble and a prayer hath like effect
and satisfaction." That pvkh u th
snap bubble which the child blows ap-
pi-ar ior a moment and then is gone
forever, thus iMirnK..i. ta 1.
of man's hi art in prayer. And a no
un iuuh ."Yiiierican once said. We cry
aloud and we get back nothing but
the echo of our cry."
Hut I think there are others who
would cjuite tragically .say. Ve have
no profit hv nrnvi-r " qml thu-
s.iy it tragica.'ly because of contrast
reiween ineir present and tht-ir past.
For there are hundreds in this city
V Iiq nr:i vpH nni hut i a nnn.
And I doubt not there are om in
unit ncuse wno prayea more "Ju years
ago tlwa they pray row. That old
prayer li.t of yours is your accuser
today, for you have no such thing
row. Thoe places where you used
ih. you had forgotten them until my
iinnre worn nrougnt in m duck into
our imagination. And you this morn
ing -say. "There is no profit in
1 baiieve you say it half-regretf ully.
And some of you, I think, musingly
y, "There is no profit in prayer."
r you are thinking, "If prayer fails
profit, then what recourse will be
mine in the day of trial, of exigency
and of crisis?" For you know, my
hcurf-r. there are millions of people
whe place no valuvon prayer and yet
datn knells would sound in their
hearts if they knew they would never
nave the privilege of praying. For a
man likes to hold as a last resort. If
tie tempest get too fierce, this pon-
,b?)My of crying out to his God. And
thought this mornln? while I pon-
d. red this message of an Old Testa
ment character who has always
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t irouDies.
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your sluggish circulation will be im
proved by exercise and fresh air, prop
er food, and oaths.
So regard the daily walk of twi,
miles as part -of your red nose cure.
Breathe dee-ply before you go to bed
and the first thing in the morning
before an oyen window. And. above
all things, keep your sleeping rooms
well ventilated. It seems incredible
in this enlightened age that any one
could think of sleeping in an airtight
bedroom, but I know of a number of
people, old enough and educated
enough to know better, who close
their windows tight at night.
If you can stand the morning plunge
your mirror probably does not reveal
a red nose. Nothing is so good for the
circulation as the cold plunge or cold
sponge, followed by a vigorous rub.
Cold feet and a red nose are nothing
if not affinities. What causes one
causes the other. What cures one
cures both.
The circulation is bad when you
suffer from cold feet. Outdoor exer
cise, the morning plunge, and the im
proved circulation through improved
digestion all have the same happy
BASED UPON FAITH IS
"Ask and Ye Shall Receive, Seek and Ye Shall Find, Knock and It Shall Be
charmed me more than I think he
should Saul, Israel's first king. Do
you remember how, at the close of his
life, that man uttered one of the sad
oest wails that ever went up into the
ear of God?
Forsaken, deserted, defeated, he
said: "God hath departed from me
and he answers me no more." And he
turned away to a witch in Kndor's
cave. Oh, my heart went heavy for
that man this morning; and my heart
goes heavy for the numbers of people
who ona? prayed once worshiped
and once prayed but they have trod
den the trail of Saul and have gotten
away now so far that when the chal
lenging txt cornea, "What profit have
we if we pray?" they, saddened and I
think jieart-broken, say, "None at
ail."
But if there were no profit in
prayer O the multitudinous pictures
tnat rise up before me! What is that
mother going to do who wants to
pray for her boy; and what Is that
child going to do who wants to pray
for his sick mother; and what is the
s.ul going to do who is caught in a
place where two seaa meet; and what
of al! those sick and sad and discour
rtged and despairing live? the whole
world over? Why, soul of mine, it
looks as though a deadlier than Ger
man gas would settle down on the
whole world if what some say is true
and there should be no more profit to
us if we prayed.
But when 1 ask this question of the
Bible, the I.ible has a plain answer.
For after careful reading and thought
1 cannot but utter my conviction
that the I.ible teaches that every true
prayer is answered. I think about
that evangelical psalm, the 3-d. that
I read this morning. "I confessed my
iniquity unto thee." says the psalmist,
"and thou forgavest my sin. And be-
cause of this everyone that is godly
pray unto thee in the time when thou
may'st be found."
Oh, the teaching of that old testa
ment in many a hundred passages is
to the el" feet that God hears and an
swers prayer. And there rises up
before me that marvelous prayer of
the friend of God in some respects
the most wonderful prayer ever ut
tered by human lips when Abraha-
j ham said. "God. you will not destroy
the city if I can find you 50 people
I who axe good?" And God said. "I will
not." And Abraham, with a holy dar
ing, said, "Suppose I lack five of my
j 50. will you spare it?" And God said.
"I will." And Abraham said, "Suffer.
effect on both feet and nose, so that
when you work to cure one you work
to cure all.
ExftrlHfN Are Good.
There are a couple of exercises that
the cold-footed may do for immediate
relief. The tiptoeing exercise which
is nothing more than walking on tip
toes around your room.'1' gradually in
creasing the speed as you go should
be done just before hopping into bed.
The stationary running may either
precede or follow the tiptoe exercise.
The former exercise is tiring, and I
should advise you to do it not more
than two minutes at first. The move
ment is the same as an ordinary run
ning movement, except that you stand
in one spot instead of covering any
ground.
Chapped hands are helped also when
the circulation is improved. The less
oil there is in the skin, the more one
will be troubled with this most pain
ful affliction. Heavy gloves or a
muff will do much to prevent it in
cold weather. Another aid is the use
of a good cold cream at night, just
before retiring. Rub the cream well
into the skin, especially about the
me to speak again; if I only find 40,
will you save Sodom?" And God said.
"Yes." And Abraham, impelled by
what motives I may not say, said, "If
ther should be only 30, will ygu
spare it?" And God answered that
prayer, too. And Abraham dropped
to 20, and then to ten; and then. I
.suppose, sure that he could find ten,
he ceased his prayer. But. mark you,
it was Abraham who ceased praying,
and it was no God who ceased an
swering. And I see in solemn pro
cession the innumerable multitude of
those old testament saints who
prayed, and who have left on record
the statement that God did hear their
prayers, and gave them answers full
of satisfaction and glory and peace.
And yet this morning there came to
me out of that old testament another
prayer which cheered me more. Do
you remember Hagar, the cast-out
woman who went with her child and
her bread loaf and some water out
into this, world. And the water was
soon gone, and the mother put her
child under the shade of a bush and
moved away lest she hear it cry and
see it die. And the great God who
saw Hagar when she was thrust out
of Abraham's house and heard the
mocking taunt of Sarah, Abraham's
wife, the great God, I am told, heard
Hagar's cry. Oh, we may not be
fitted to pray with Abraham, the
father of the faithful, but get out
there under the bush with Hagar and
your prayer shall be heard just as
certa-inly as was Abraham's.
And w hen you come into this new
testament there is one sentence there
to which I always cling. "Ask and
ye shall receive, seek and ye shall
find, knock and it shall be opened
unto you." Tautological becomes God
in his effort ;to show us how surely
prayer is answered, and he says, "If
you ask you shall receive." Now that
might" be enough, but he repeats.
"Seek and ye shall find." And as
though saying the same thing twice
might not suffice, he goes on to add.
"Knock andtit shall be opened unto
you." And in that prayer that we
prayed together this morning, did
you eier notice how Jesus puts the
whole horizon of human life into it
as he says, "You may pray for all,
from your breakfast this morning
clean along to the coming of the
kingdom of God. including a pardon
of your sin and your deliverance
from the evil one; you may pray for
it ail." Aay Jesus, "and you may
finger nails and after this dust with
talcum powder, to form thick cov
ering for the hands and prevent the
cream from being rubbed off on the
bedclothes. In the morning the skin
wtll be soft and pliant. In case the
hands are badly chapped, old gloves
should be worn at nigh. and a quan
tity of cream left on the hands to
be absorbed.
Treatment I Advlne-d.
The cold cream treatment for the
lips and face should consist in rub
bing the cream well Into the face be
fore going out Into the cold. Dust
over ' with powder and be careful,
above all, to dry the hands and face
thoroughly after washing. Women
at home suffer much from chapped
hands because of rushing outdoors
while the hands are still damp from
dishwashing.
A little bran or oatmeal In the wa
ter has a softening effect. It makes
the skin velvety. Almond meal is
also excellent for this purpose. Equal
parts of camphor and glycerine for
akins that can .stand th glycerin is a
good remedy for chapped hands, face
and lips.
Beauty Answers.
Wrinkles Massage from the .base
of the neck upward toward the chin
and outward toward the ears. Cleanse
the neck thoroughly first; scrub it
with a -camelshair brush, warm water
and soap; rine in warm water. Then
massage skin food into the neck for
a couple of minutes, giving extra
movements in care directly under the
chin. Wipe off carefully and go over
the throat with ice, which is an ex
cellent astringent and will prevent
wattles from forming under the chin.
Aunt Kate Surprising how many
people have the habit' of biting their
finger nails and don't seem to be able
to use will power to stop it. Here's
something that will. It is a nail var
nish: Alcohol, 13i ounces; chinoidin,
ounce; gum mastic. 4 ounce; gum
myrr, 1 ounces. Mix. Let stand
48 hours, shaking bottle occasionally.
Apply with camelshair brush. Can be
removed with alcohol or hot water.
Matron Man Is himself plus what
he reads. So saith the adage. Read
good magazines, newspaper editorials.
BY LORHTTA KINO.
THERE was an air of excitement
about Dorothy as she joined us
nt lunrh vestprdav. Shft erected
us hurriedly, and literally flopped
into her place at the table. Marion
was in the midst of a funny story
about one of her brothers, and Doro
thy had a hard time to keep from in
terrupting her. She hadn't heard the
beginning of It, and wasn't as inter
ested as the rest of us.
When Marion finally finished I
turned to Dorothy, and. to give her
an opening, asked what had kept her
from joining us at the usual time
we were half way through with our
iunch when 'she'd come in.
"Oh, you'd never guess!' .she ex
claimed. Then she went on breath
lessly: "Miss Rend, the girl who re
lieves me for lunch, went out as usual
for her lunch today at 11:30, and
when she came back, only a minute
or two after 12:30, she announced to
the office in general that she had just
been married. Well, you can imagine
the excitement thai caused. Of course
I had to wait to hear all about it.
That's why I'm late."
'Do you mean to say she was mar
ried while. she was out for lunch?"
Ann asked.
Dorothy nodded.
"Well, that was exciting " Ann
agreed. "Is she going to stay on
working or will she give up her job to
keep house for her husband?"
'She intends to keep right on with
her job." Dorothy replied. "That is,
if'the firm will keep her. Otherwise,
she'll have to look for a new one, as
she must work for awhile."
"There isn't any doubt that the firm
will let her stay on, is there?" Marion
wanted to know.
"Yes, there is," Dorothy told her.
"I'm not sure just what the objection
is. but you know there aren't any
married women in our office. This
Is the first time since I've been there
that one of the girls has been married
without giving .up the job on her own
account. They may keep her after
she's married, but. our office manager
never hires a married woman."
"That doesn't seem quite fair to
me," said Marion. "I know several
married women who simply have to
work in order to" get along at all, and
I have three or four friends who mar
ried within the last couple of years!
and stayed right on at their jobs, be- I
pray with a strong heart full of con
fident faith." And yet I thought again
of a woman, and I believe she heart
ened me more this morning than any
man never did. A poor woman with
her sick child, and sick of soul, and
she drew near to Jesus and asked for
help.
Ah, I did not understand the atti
tude of the Master for many a year,
but I understand it now. For he
knew what he was going to do at
last, as he said, "Woman, you are a
Gentile, and you know Gentiles are
regarded by Jews as dogs, and I am
a Jew, and you are a Gentile. And
quick as thought she said, "Lord. I
am willing to be a dog; I will take
the dog's place; but a dog eats the
crumbs that fall off the table, where
children have abundance and to
spare, so I v. ill take the dog's place;
and now give me the dog's portion."
And he said. "Woman, your faith
might surprise even Christ. Your re
quest is granted." And her prayer
was answered.
And I come down to the story of
the church in the Acts of the Apos
tles and I notice how on every single
page it is prayer and answer, prayer
and answer. And yet there was one
man there whom I had overlooked in
all my previous studies, and he came
to do me more good in my present
mood than did Peter. Cornelius a
man who knew little about Jesus, but
he prayed. And God to Simon Peter
said, "There is a man over yonder in
the adjoning town and he prays, and
I want you to go to him." And you
remember with what difficulty God
persuaded him to go. For the Jew
rose up in Peter, and when God gave
him the vision of the sheet and the
animals in it, and bade him eat. Peter
said, "I have never partaken of any
thing unclean, and Cornelius is a Gen
tile dog. and he is unclean." And the
gentle Christ said, "What God hatn
cleansed; call not you unclean." And
Cornelius knew so little about God
he was ready to worship Peter when
he entered the house. And yet the
God who listened to Paul and Peter
and John and James listened to the
prayer of Cornelius., and made Simon
Pt ter convey to the Gent ile an an
swer of peace. Yes. God does answer
prayer, so the Scripture affirms.
And as I close, I want to give you
an illustration or two about prayer
taken out of the Bible. Do you re
member how, when Peter was in
prison, tho church met in prayer
good books. Train yourself Into the
good reading habit, If you can only
stick for ten mlniitM & day at start.
After all. a good mind Is th beauty
of age. Bo better begin now getting
the wrinkles of discontent out of
yours, because it adds to the b-eauty
of youth as well. Ridiculous to say.
men don't want or appreciate brains
In a girl. Haven't you heard brother
criticise a girl for being "dead from
the chin up?"
Facial Yes, I think the mud baths
on the face now and then are good
not too frequently, though. They haw
a certain astringent power. However,
unless one has a passion for "fawncy"
baths one can keep her face and skin
in nice condition with the usual
cleansing followed by an ice rub. The
ice la a fine astringent, and tones the
skin. A good cleansing cream used
first to get into the pores and remove
the dirt, and then washing with, wa
ter and soap, Is the best way.. Some
skins do thrive quite beautifully on
cleansing cream and no soap but
they are fine-grained with the pores
so tight as to be unnoticeable.
Matron Persons unaccustomed to
exercise find their abdomen very
weak. In such cases this exercise is
recommended until the abdomen is
strengthened: Lie at full length on
the floor with the hands under the
hips. Bend the knees, bring them up
on the abdomen, return to starting
position and repeat. Do this move
ment ten times, then bring the knees
afternately up on the abdomen 15 or
20 times. For constipation and fat
and flabby abdomen this is a fine
exercise.
Helen D. Your backaches may be
caused from flat foot or broken
arches resulting from Ill-fitting shoes
or strain from wearing heels that are
too high. If you will send me a
stamped addressed envelope I will
be glad to sejid you exercise for flat
foot.
Mrs. K. A. Silver-gray hair should
never be dried before a hot fire, as
this tends to turn it yellow. Jt is
best, whenever possible, to dry it In
the sunshine, or fan or rub it dry.
Put a few drops of blueing in the
last rinse water to keep it silver
white.
cause if they didn't they would have
had to stay unmarried."
"Miss Rend told me that she had to
keep her job," said Dorothy. "She's
the sole support of her mother, and
as her new husband is only -earning
about 40 a week she couldn't put
that extra burden on him. Her mother
wanted them to wait until the boy
was earning more money, but they
decided otherwise. Business condi
tions right now are so bad that they
could see no prospect of a better job
for the boy. So they decided to take
a chance on matrimony as they were."
"I don't like the idea of women
keeping their jobs after they're mar
ried," said Ann. "As far as a woman
Is concerned, marriage and business
are- two distinct careers, and you
can't live both successfully."
"That's right, Ann," said Marion.
"While I think it's unreasonable for
a business house to bar married wom
en from their force, I do think it's a
mistake for a married woman whose
husband is able to support her com
fortably to go in definitely for a busi
ness career. I'm not speaking of
women who continue to use after
marriage some natural artistic gift
or a talent that's been carefully cul
tivated that's a different proposi
tion. But there are a lot of married
women who simply stay on in ordi
nary commercial jobs simply to shirk
the obligations and responsibilities of
their marriage. And, incidentally,
they keep deserving people out of
good jobs."
"I know," said Dorothy, "that there
are a number of married women hold
ing good jobs, whose husbands are
well able to provide for them and
their families, and they are simply
too selfish to give up the extra In
come they've established. But that
Isn't Miss Rend's case, I'm sure. She
Intends to work only long enough to
save a little nest egg for her mother.
I think she's perfectly right, and I'd
do the same thing myself. If I were
in her position."
As Ann got up from the table she
walked over and patted Dorothy on
tne shoulder. "If you told me to
morrow that you were about to be
married under similar circumstances,
I think I'd be tempted to say, 'Go
ahead, dear.' for it's better to be mar
ried, even U' you have to work, than
never to be married at all."
As we left the table Marlon and I
couldn't'help exchanging a glance of
amusement at Ann's turn-about-face.
Her fine ideas and principles, always
will crumple up when applied to
ANSWERED IN GOD'S OWN WAY
Opened Unto You," Cited as Christ's Promise Never Unfulfilled Nor Broken.
meeting and prayed for Peter's de
liverance? Now Peter was asleep in
the jail, and an angel touched him
and awakened him and took the hand
cuffs off his wrists and the fetters off
his feet, and bade him rise and pre
pare for his exit. And I always laugh
when I read "The iron gates of th
prison opened of their own accord."
They opened of God's accord! And
Peter went out. Well, now David
had said a thousand years ago, "The
Lord delivered me out of all my trou
bles," andi surely Peter and the early
church will sin-? that song in that
early morning. But what about
James? For James a few days before
went into that same jail and slept in
that same ceil in which Peter slept,
and I know the church prayer for
James, and I know James prayed for
himself. But what becomes of David's
psalm now? For the Lord did not de
liver James, but Herod killed him.
What about that prayer being an
swered? Well, do not be in a hurry. There
was a man being stoned outside a
city, and as the stones struck him,
that man, the deacon who has made
the diaconate immortal, looked up
ward, and in spite of stones and ac
companying pain he said, "I se
heaven open and Jesus standing at
the right hand of God." Shout it
again. David, it is all right! "The
Lord delivered me out of all my trou
blr'fe." I tell you Stephen canslngit.
and so can James, just as lustily as
did Simon Peter. For God's method is
two-fold: He aoes without doubt de
liver some people out of all their
troubles, but he does without doubt
deliver some people in all their trou
ble. He has given the wings of a
dove by which many a soul has flown
away to be at rest: but he oftener
gives the strength of an ox whereby
the soul steadies itself under the
burden and bears it gloriously for
God.
I know it was said to Daniel, "At
the beginning of your supplication
the answer went forth." And some
times the answer treads on the heels
of the prayer, but not always. For
my Lord one day said, "Let me teach
you the lesson of importunity in
prayer." There was an unjust judge,
and a widow went to get justice from
him and he would not give it. But
the woman kept on going and going,
until he said, "That woman will have
me mad, ur have me dead if I do not
grant her request." And so he grant
ed it.
Sometimes when God's children are
-HfPv or. vitality W
He needs it
The Iron Food for Vitality,
Stewed Raisins
Serum for breakfast every morning
and get your daily iron tkim way.
Raisin Pie
A.M am quickly refrMd at night
by a dtisert Ilk tkia,
2 cup. Sun-Maid Seeded
Raisin.
2 cup. water
4 Teaspoon salt
2 table.poon. lemon Juice
1 tablespoon corn starch
1 teaspoon augar
TTiih the raislne. put In
saucepan with 1 cup cold water
and brine; slowly to a boll. Add
suKdr, salt and corn starch.
which has been mixed with 1
cup cold water. Boll 1 minutes;
add lemon Juice. Pour In pie
tin which has been lined with
crust, while hot cover; brush
top with cold milk and bake la
moderate oven until brown.
DID you ever hear a fragment of
some sweet song and yearn to
hear the rest? Did you ever read a
snatch of some story and never have
the opportunity to finish it? Did you
ever catch a glimpse of a lovely scene
and long to see it again at closer
range? Perhaps when you hummed
over that fragment of a song you
added a bit of tune all your own. Just
to fill out; perhaps when wondering
about the unfinished story you
planned an ending to uit yourself;
perhaps the lovely scene which you
but jflimpsed became later, a com
plete picture in your imagination.
And so if I give you just a sketch
of a true love story for all that was
given me was scarcely more than a
faint outline can I hope, dear render,
that you will read between the lines
and make the story sweeter, more
complete?
A brilliant young fellow, former
American ace, came to our city on
business this summer. He had been a
college mate of a friend of mine and
brought a letter of introduction to me
from my old paL He remained sev
praying he shuts the mouth, and there
is no more prayer required then. And
sometimes the soul prays 30, 40 or 60
years, and goes into heaven befors
that prayer is answered, but it is an
swered some time. So says the Bible
And I want to help you by another
illustration as I helped myself. I
know three men who came near to
drowning. Y'ou know them, too.
There was Jonah. He came very near
to drowning and he did not drown
because God prepared a strange house
to hold Jonah. And there was Peter
who came near drowning, r or he
was walking on the water, and I
think he looked at his feet instead
of at the Lord's face, and he said.
"Lord save me or I perish." and the
Lord picked him up and he did not
drown. And there was Paul, who
stood on the storm-driven deck of a
quivering ship one morning, and said.
"Now do not get fussed up, for no
body is going to die." And so I read
how some were on boards and some
on broken pieces of the vessel, but
they all escaped safely to land. I
think Paul hugged a plank! But
Jonah and Peter and Paul alike were
saved from drowning, though they
were variedly delivered. And God has
his own ways of answering prayer,
but he answers It. I cannot help
believing that from the nature of
God.
Journeying to De Moines the other
day I 'watched a father in the car
as he tended his little child. I noticed
how that man made frantic efforts
to do the impossible to help that child
endure the heat and the discomfort
of the journey. The father actually
attempted things that human power
could never perform, that he might
help that child. And I at there with
tears in my heart, and I said, "I have
a father and he loves me more than
that father loves that child. And
my father can do all things." And I
do not know that ever in my life
there came to me such a realization
of God the Father's love as in that
car. O. we haye a great God, and Ije
is as good as he is great, and his love
is as great as his power. And if I
call to him for anything that is for
my real good, he can give it. And
when I come like the leper of old
and say, "If thou wilt thou canst
make me clean." he always says, "I
can and I will," and he does it. 1
Let me tell you the story of the
Black Prince. When the battle was
raging, the Black Prince sent word
to his father, the kins, "Give ma re
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Offer them plain bread or raisin bread.
See which they select, and why
Some day, soon, do this:
Offer raisin bread and plain
bread, side by side, to your boy
or girl.
Note how the little hand at
once selects the bread with raisins.
The flavor first attracts them
they know the deliciousness of
raisins.
i Unconsciously they know too
that these raisins are good for
them.
, Every normal child craves
sweets naturally, and should
have them. Here are Nature's
oxvn sweets, the kind thoy should
have practically pre-digested and
rich in vital iron.
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eral day and I grew to know him
fairly well. One day when we were
out in the woods together he drew
from his coat pocket a little case.
"Would you care to see the picture
of my wife?" he asked.
"Indeed, I should," was my reply.
The face that looked smiling up at
me was a beautiful, girlish one, and
when he handed me a second picture
with the words, "and these are my two
kiddies." I was not surprised to see
two charming, happy-faced little girls.
I gazed at the pictures for several
moments, during which time my friend
was extremely quiet. Then he said. In
a slightly strained voice: "My wife,
dear little Janie, died of flu while 1
was in France."
A man seldom knows what to say
to another man at times like that, and
I was no exception. I only gave him
a firm handclasp and said: "Old man,
I'm mighty sorry."
We walked on further, and he
stopped again, took another picture
from his pocket, and handed it to me.
"This is the picture of my wife
now," he said slowly.
A bit nonplused, I took the pic
ture, and as I did so he asked, "Do
you think she resembles my first
wife?"
She did, indeed. The fare was a
trifle youngfer, I thought, but a lit
tle more serious a face that told of
sadness as well as Jqy. However, in
inforcements." And the father from
a hill was watching that battle with
Intentness. And he said, "You go back
to my son and you tell him not to
worry, for I am too wise a king not
to know, and I am too good a father
not to send reinforcements when they
are needed." And the word went
back to the Black Prince, "There are
' no reinforcements coming now, but
your father says, "1 will watch and
when you need them I can send
them." I wonder If God does not talk
to us somewhat along that line. Oh,
I clamor for reinforcements. I say
not always under the highest con
straint, "Come Lord Jesus, come
quickly and wind it up." And the
answer comes back, "It will be wound
up, but it will be wound up in my
time and in my way and in accord
ance with my purpose."
And when I remember the nature
of prayer, I know it necessarily is
answered. For
Prnyer Is the breath of God in man
Returning whence it came.
0 let me get that into my life. When
1 pray what do I do? I express that
which God has breathed into my life.
Now God's breathing is effectual, and
that God-given prayer will be an
swered. I never could pray so well
alone as I can in company. When
two or three kneel down, or stand
up. or sit down it does not matter
what the posture is when they pray
I find I can pray a great deal longer
with them than I can pray by myself.
So will you think as we close about
two people who pray with you when
ever you pray, Jesus Christ and the
Holy Ghost. Jesus ever liveth to
make intercession for you. And the
spirit himself maketh intercession
with groan ings which cannot be
uttered. Now then, get your prayer
and put it alongside those two, will
it not be answered? And Jude says,
"Pray in the Holy Ghoat." Now then
suppose Jesus is praying, and the
Holy Spirit is praying, and I In the
Holy Ghost pray, there are the three,
Christ, the spirit and myself. And
Christ asks what the spirit asks, and
I being in the spirit ask what Christ
asks and the three-fold cord cannot
be broken. I prayer answered? Yes.
prayer is answered, it cannot but be
answered for here I touch the height
of my poor meditation, as I say God
cannot deny himself. And when a
man prays In the Holy Ghost, he
prays a prayer begotten by God 't
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The iron builds up healthy
blood lasting vitality for play
or study.
Children need but a small lot
of iron daily, yet that need is
vital.
Healthful foods sometimes
must be forced on children.
Not so raisin bread. They
choose it for themselves. Just
try and see.
Delicious raisin bread and rai
sin pie are sold by bake shops
and groceries everywhere. Buy
of them to save baking at home.
Real Raisin Bread is made with
lots of raisins. Insist on it. First
class bakers do not stint.
RAISINS
less (grown without seeds);
Clusters (on the stem). Also a
fine, ever-ready dessert.
Raisins are cheaper by 30 per
cent than formerly see that
you get plenty in your foods.
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general outline, in beauty, and char
acter, it was strikingly similar to
Janie's.
"You see. Mary Lou was the only
sister of my wife, and her husband
fell in the trenches over there," my
friend ventured after a pause. "He
and I had been pals, and when I carne
back well, my Janie was gone and
her Dick I guess I don't need to
tell you any mure. This spring Mary
Lou and I were married. Hhe has
a small son and I my two llttlo girls.
We are happy and I'm sure that Dick
and Janie, wherever they are. would
not have it otherwise." E. C B.
Housekeeping Due by KlectrU'lty.
NEW YORK. Electrical housekeep
ing was demonstrated in a most con
vincing way at the electrical show by
a display of appliance for every
phase of housework. There is tha
electric clothes wawher operating on
the reversing cylinder, the electric
ironer with rufflor and convenient
double control, the combined electric
dishwasher and kitchen table, electric
range, the electrical sewing machine,
the vacuum sweeper with its slow
speed motor-driven brush which so
effectively whisks up the threads and
loose lint without injury to rugs, ap
pliances of all kinds, such as fans,
irons, toasters, grills, all contributing
to ease and comfort.
Almighty, and for God to refuse to
answer his own prayer is unthink
able. And it is God's prayer you
voice when you pray in tho Holy
Ghost.
x
A strange thing happened to me this
UnanHwrrfii yet, the pruyur your 11 pa have
pleaded.
In agony of heart theao many yearn;
Dees faith begin to fail, is hop depart-
ins?
And think you all in vain those falling
teari?
Say not the Father hath not heard your
prayer,
You aha II hftVft your desire, sometime,
somewhere.
Unanswered yet, though when you first
presented
This ono petition t th Fat her' k throne
It seemed you could not wait tho time
of HHklrift,
So urgent was your heart to make it
known.
Though years have passed since then, do
not despair.
The I.ord will answer you, sometime,
somewhere,
UnaiiKwerrd yet, nay, do not un
Kranled ;
PerhupK your task Is not yot wholly
done,
Tho work hfiritn when first' your prayer
was uttered.
And timi will fltilHh whHt he ha." begun.
If you will keep th jncenne hurnlng there,
His glory you shall see, sometime, some
where. Unanswered yet ; faith cannot bo unan
swered. Her f'-et were firmly planted on the
roek,
Amid the wildest storm he stands un
daunted, Nor quails before the loudest thunder
shot k.
She knows Omnipotence has heard her
prayer,
And cri", "It nhall be done, sometime,
somewhere." i
A woman is sitting here who said to
me in an agony of soul not long ago.
"I prayed for my boy" (I forget how
many years she said; I believe it wns
30) "and my prayer has never been
Answered. Is the answer coming?"
What am I to say to that woman?
Why. I will not say anything. I will
jifst quote from God's own word.
"Ask and ye shall receive, seek and
ye shall find, knock and it shall be
opened unto you." And we will stop
as we emphasize the one word In that
sentence that ought to be empha
sized. "Ask ard ye nhnll receive, seek
and ye shall find, knock and It Nhnll
be opened unto you. And never a
single Khnll of Christ's will fall to -the
ground unfulfilled or broken
Amen.