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Says L. J. Colman
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Urges Observance of “ Gold*
en Rule Sunday.”
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Coolidge Pleased
at the Results
President Hopes “Golden Rule
Sunday” Will Promote
Peace.
Recently the t.e u r i : ■•llnisn R o rke
feller Foundation. after m Investlgi
Ilea ooverlng two m nt) -
• .-«-d
1115.000 00 to th e N e e r I i«- R. i ,
to
Help refund the deficit ........... | ... th e
»«ruing of Smyrna. At that time the
;x«*r East Relief by the free u.-e o f
Ito orphanage supplies saved the i
O f 150,000 peoj-le hut Incurred a de
which It carried for three years,
T o th e T u rk
gnm» pray some play.
T h is th a n k fu d day,
Some even have *e w o rh |
P u t co m . w tia l may.
W a r e hare to aay:
H a le off to tba T u rk
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Eminent Divine Explains the
? Modern Application of
“Gclden Rule.”
I Oolden Rale Sunday Is December 6
On that day people of more than fifty
countries will partake nt a simple
meal, will read about the orphan chil
dren of the Near East and then make
such a gift as they would have some
one make If their children were among
the desolate In the Bible lands.
"The essential thing about Oolden
Rule Sunday Is not the day on which
(f
It Is observed, nor the eating of an
orphanage meal," states Rev. W. B
Hinson, Pastor of the East Side Bap
tist church of Portland and Vico Chair
man of the Northwest Regional Com
One of America's 35,000 Near East
mtttee of Near East Relief. "The es Orphans, exiled from hie ancestra
sential thing Is that wu should each home, but happy because he le confi
for ourselves answer the question. dent that America, which rescuec
'W hat would I have some oae else dp him from death, will atay with him
If my children were hungry and some until he la sixteen, when he will be
oae bad my Income here.’
ready to go out and make hie own
“Oolden Rule Sunday sets a terrific way.
ally high standard of giving. Parents
worthy of the name will go hungry
aay time that their children might be
fed. No sacrifice Is too great If It Is
far their children. Jesus demands the
same standard of sacrifice for others
as we have for our own. It Is drastic,
revolutionary but Imperative. 'Why
call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the
things which I command you.’ Be cries
"The one who would observe Gold
en Rule Sunday should, In hfs Imag
Inatlon, see his children deprived of
Laurence J. Colman, of Seattle, ba
their natural protectors, scattered
like sheep having no shepherd, hiding tccepted the Chairmanship for the I
by day from their enemies, gathering Near East Relief and Golden Rule |
what food they can by night, exposed Sunday for the Northwest Region, In
ludlng Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, J
to the bitter cold of winter or the
Washington, British Columbia aud
burning sun of summer, claiming ref
uge at an American orphanage only Alaska, of which J. J. Handsaker, of |
Portland, la the Regional Director.
to be told there Is no room.
"He should see «Id llargue Strug
Colman is well known through the I
gllng through snows, an orphan grand
Northwest on account of his interest [
ehlld by each hand, with the baby on in religious and philanthropic Institu
her back, who finds at night that that tions. among them being the Seabeck, I
baby has frozen to death.
Wash., conference grounds, which he
"He should see twelve year old has donated for the use of various |
Charlambus struggling along with oth summer groups.
er deportees bearing his six year old
Speaking of Golden Rule Sunday, he I
brother to safety, carrying his body
says, "There are three great days in
even after he thought the boy was November and December. The first, |
dead. He must see In these two boys Thanksgiving Day, the third, Christ
not only the symbols of almost count mas, and midway between comes Gold
less thousands of children, but he en Rule Sunday.
must see In them his own boys.
"On Thanksgiving Day we count i
"There Is little * use to attempt to our blessings. W e count our enormous I
visualise the vast number, 35.000 or wealth of more than three billion dol-1
phans, now in American care and the lars. We think of our vast farms,
equal or greater number whose help- great universities and colleges, factor
lessness Is a claim on American char Ics and other evidences of material I
Ity, but for whom no provision can be prosperity. We are, or should be
made. When we see our own children thankful for a government under
comfortable and happy we can think which both property and life are safe |
of the same number homeless exiles
Christmas Is again a day of feasting ,
In the Near East.
and mirth, to which we Invite our
"There are few spiritual exercises friends and with whom, too often, our ]
more fruitful than this, and men and
gifts” become merely exchanges.
women who honestly attempt to ap
"On Golden Rule Sunday, December I
ply the Oolden Rule to these other 6th, we can remember the word.
children will not measure their gifts When thou makest a feast, call the
by pennies, but by dollars, by fives poor, the halt, the maimed and the |
and tent and hundreds and thousands. blind.' We can practice that pure re
’All things therefore whatsoever you liglon which visits the fatherless and I
would that men should do to you (or widow In their affliction. Surely there |
to your children If left destitute) do was never a greater contrast in all
ye to them likewise’."
history than the one between our |
wealth, prosperity and security and
tlio condition of the people of the Near I
East, exiled from their home lands
without employment, homes or food,
except as the Oolden Rule operates In
our hearts to make us do to others |
what we would have others do for us
“In more than fifty nations on Gold
en Rule Sunday, December 6th, many I
persona w ill provide for their Sunday
dinner approximately the menu that
Is provided when funds permit by ths |
Near East Relief has caught the at Near East Relief for tho tens of thous I
tentlon of President Coolidge and the ands of orphan children In its care,
plans for the third observance of Gold most of whom are under twelve years ]
an Rule Sunday on December 6 has re of age
When this simple meal has been |
calved his endorsement
In a letter
• Hen and the plight of the unfortu
¡lust made public, the prealdent says
"The raporta of the observance of m ile children of the Near East has I
thoughtfully considered, then
International Golden Rule Sunday last I" m
- ' give as you would have some one j
year In fifty countries, and Its far
reaching rasulta In the training of or give If your children were In the Nesi
I orphanage, were amongst the |
phans In the Near East have been o f
great Interest to me This expression 4' "1 about to be turned out for lack
o i funds, or among those asking and |
of brotherhood Inevitably has a ben«
Helal Influence upon those who give being refused one meal a day.
I’ ull particulars of the day may |
as well ae those who receive.
1 "Ae practical help la the beet ex b- secured from the Near East Re
presslon of friendship. I feel that the lief, 613 Stock Exchange Bldg,, Port
aid which we may give out of our lend; 331* Burke Bldg. Seattle; and
prosperity to those Impoverished by for the Golden Rule Campaign temper
F * r may be of the utmost value In e v offices have been opened at 301
the promotion of International good W alker Bank Bldg, Salt Lake City
I'ro n n Bldg. Spokane; Bristol
(will
The consistent observation of 5
Oolden Rule Bunday cannot but help Hotel, Boise, and Y. M C. A., Tacoma
to bring about the application of the
Guidon Rnle Itself to the mlsunder
N o t a n A n c e s to r
gtApdtngs of nations and Individuals
1925 s turkeys are descendants of
y *1 earnestly hope that the voluntary Aztec fowls, and not the wild species
•W ervance of thia day may become In Ibat the Puritans ate, explains a Field
ereaelnglv prevalent In the homes of museum wizard.
So long as our
A aertcs and throughout the world ” 1 banksglvlng bird Is a descendant and
' in the annual report of the Near not an ancestor, we shall accept this
Bast Organisation recently laid before discovery with equanimity. One year
the senate by Vice President Dawes «e remember trying (o carve an
who Is one of the national trustees of original Aztec eagle, and Judging by
(*0 relief organisation, a full account the nicks It put In the knife, bit
Of the work done during the calendar name was Izlulksizopotlpec.
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In the wall— "pleasant painty pictures
with personal Ity’’- -she said, while
Jane eet the companionable well-worn
books on ths shelves.
Next day. Thanksgiving Day. they
took possession. The Laldlew candle
sticks with their yellow candles, the
pumpkins, fru it and autumn decora-
tlona graced tha green stained table.
Dinner was keeping warm on the little
stove and tlie pretty peasant dishea
were waiting to receive I t
I t s trespass or housebreaking or
some crime," Jane laughed. "But It’s
what I was dying for."
"Anything’s allowable for aelf-prea-
ervatlon," Nan replied. "Besides, we’ro
going to put everything back." She
sighed. “It'» Just the sort of thing
father would haTe dona He always
said the fairies send gifts to the dar
ing. I feel as if he sent ns this per
fect day. Jane! Somebody's coming|
An auto stopping! Now we’re In for
ItI”
A sharp rap at the door.
They opened It to face an elderly
man who was Just saying to himself,
aloud: “There Is someone here."
"Are you the owner of this cottager*
Nan began Immediately.
The visitor seemed amazed at the
question. “No." he answered, laogh-
ANGY ran In, ly-r a rm , full
of brown November leaves,
the last that had clung to
the little oak tree on the
lawn.
“They’ll look perfectly
ducky with tawny artemlalas and a
bit of evergreen," she saW. "A small
yellow pumpkin and some rosy pears
and apples cuddled In these branches,
and the Laldlaw candlesticks with two
big yellow candles I t w ill make our
Thanksgiving table shine.’
Nancy went to her sister, who had
not turned at her entrance, but stood
looking out of the window at the fa ll
en leaves scurrying across the lawn.
"What's the matter, Janey?"
Jane turned then briskly, her face
flushed with the effort to hold back
Ing.
"One would naturally suppoes
tears. " I don’t see how you can fool
that you were the owners."
yourself so. Nan," she exclaimed.
Confused, embarrassed, Nancy blurt-
“Thanksgiving! Oh. I guest we have
nut, “Oh, no! It isn’t ours, W»
things to be thankful for on the gen
stole it— for Thanksgiving. Won’t you
eral theory that you ought to be glad come In?”
7
to be alive. But I confess I can’t see
‘You did what?"
any reason for making a hurrah about
W e—borrowed IL We don’t know
It thia year.”
whose It la Won’t yon come In?”
Nancy laughed. "Read your history
And he entered, hla eyea twinkling at
book, Miss Schoolteacher. Thanksgiv
the adventure.
*
ing la not pro
“My name la John M cAndrew" he
claimed for cele
introduced himself.
brating the for
th* n * a.,DlorneDt'a »tartled scrutiny,
tunes of the Laid
he girls threw themselves upon him
law family, but
crying out together: "James McAn
Just the general
drew 1 Our Jem-
w e l f a r e of the
my M ae!
Oh.
U. S. A.
we're Nancy and
Jane smiled in
J a n e L a Id l a w
spite of herself.
grown up I Don't
"W ell." we’re part
you remember? In
of the n a t i o n ,
Rome when wa
aren't we I You’re
were little."
a little fraud," she
“John Laldlaw’s
said tenderly as
bairns 1 Do I re
she saw signs of
member 1” He put
tears on her sis
hla arms a b o u t
ter’s cheek. "But
them.
I suppose you’re
They drew him
rig h t W e can go
Into tha e a s y
through the mo-
chair beside the
tlons of having
regular home, any-
1 way."
old fireplace and
told him t h e ir
“This home is regular enough, what
story.
ever else It is,” said Nancy with her
“But bow did
ready laugh. " I believe Aunt Janet
you come here to
would get seasick I f there were more
chalra on one side of a room than day ?” they asked him.
" I was passing by and felt I bad to
the other.”
There was. Indeed, little In common turn In here to see the old place where
between Miss Janet I.aldlaw FIske, John I.aldlaw and I used to live and
| boad mistress of the Flake Acres paint when we were lads.’’
“Father once lived here?"
School for Girls, and her two nieces
“When we were lada,” he repeated.
and assistants. Nan and Jane had
‘ I felt IL" Nancy whispered.
been “half-educated all over the world,”
as their aunt said accusingly, by their
After dinner as the firelight and the
artist father. When he died— “Insol- yellow candles were dying, James Mc
| vent, of course,” Miss FIske commented Andrew said: “Do you ken why wa
she had felt It her duty to provide met here today? I think John Lald
for them. Besides, their knowledge of law brought us.”
"He always said fairies bring gifts
languages and art, she thought, might
be valuable to her school, even though io the daring,’’ said Jane.
“ 'Twonld never do, then, to disre
they knew little else. The rigid, old-
fashioned school for girls had dwin gard the fairy gifts," be said. “So
dled so far that cheap teachers were from now on, shall we not stay to
I a consideration.
gether, the three of ua? I ’m getting on
H er nieces, staggered by the death and I'm alone. And Johnny Laldlaw
| of tbelr merry, wonderful father, with sent me to hla bairns Sent me to
debts their only Inheritance and Just them, because—blest the wild heart of
enough knowledge of life to realize b '® !—they’re 1,ke he was • “<! stole
that it would be bard for two young a Thanksgiving."
ladles who knew everything In gen
eral and nothing In particular to find
employment, bad welcomed this offer_
at first. They had come from their
( S . ISSI, W estern N « w a p .p .r V a lo a .)
! gypsying life to this grim, prim school
la the hills.
Thanksgiving o f 1714
“The worst of It Is that Aunt Janet’s
as sorry as we are that she asked us.
We’ve not been a success, Nan,” Jane
sighed. “Helghol Anyway, they’ll all
be away over Thanksgiving, even
Aunt Janet, and we'll have each other
alone. You’re not listening, N a n i”
Nan's eyea were shining.
“A regular home I’’ she was repeat
ing. “Jane, let's have one Just for a
day, even If we have to steal It. Are
you spunky enough?" She pointed dra
matically out of the window toward
a sunken road and a wee roof In the
beech trees.
"The Golden Glade cottage.
what— ?"
Why—
“Listen! Nobody's lived In that
darling place In ages. There's some
furniture, though, and books and pic
lures in an open packing case. 1 went
in with old M ary the day the dusted
It j she does once every season. And.
Janey dear, there are canvases In a
corner and a pastel-rack and paints.
Just like—father’s
And peasant
dishes ilka we used to have. Janev
will you?"
“Will I whaL N a n r
Name-.
u
"W ill you sand away the servants
I for over Thanksgiving and let ns go
over there and fix It all up, just like
a real home? For Thanksgiving. Just
ua two In a studio home again, dar
lin g ; for that’s what It i s Belongs to
an artist. I know where Mary keeps
the key. Nobody passes down that
glade. Jane dear! Please!"
“I ’m afraid It Isn’t vary achoolteach
arly conduct Nan. But—
"OhI You w ill!"
Nancy rnabtd her slater Into action.
The servants dismissed. tha conspire
tors stole Into tha pretty cottage,
neatiad tn tha wild back road where
no one pasaeA Soon they were busy
u >
mu
«a -Usta».sa ibtu su
Made Matter of Record
The following account of a Thanks
giving dinner held in Danvers, 111,, In
1714, from the pen of Rev. Lawrence
• onant, baa been handed down to pos
terity :
'When ye services at ya meeting
house were ended ye council and otlier
dignitaries were entertained at ya
house of Mr. Epes on ye hill near by,
we had a bountiful Thanksgiving din
ner of bear’s meate and venison, the
last of which was from a fine buck
shot In the woods nearby. After ys
blessing was craved by M r Oarrlch
*.ord was brought that ye buck waa
shot on ye Lord’s day by PequoL nn
Indian, who came to Mr. Epee with
* 1 . 2 " hla mouthe like Ananias of
o'd. Ye council therefore refused to
“" ’ J ® venlaon’ but It was afterward
teclded that Pequot should receive
«ripea save one for lying and pro
faning ye Lord’s day, restore Mr.
A !’
0{ Te d<* r. ,n d oonsld-
'
g this a Just and righteous sen
tence on ye sinful heathen and since
ye blessing had been craved on ya
meate, ye council all partook of IL
ut Mr. Shepard whose conscience waa
tender.”
Passenger Train Hits Freight Head-on.
Renville, Minn. — Four trainmen
were killed and several other persona
Injured when the Columbian, crack
coast train of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railway, collided head-on
with a freight train near hare early
Employes Would Revive W ar Faj
Chicago. — Representatives of th«
Western Association of Trainman ant
Conductors In Joint conference her»
have decided to demand that theli
wages be restored to the “war tim e’