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W M odern A pplication of
“ G clden R u le .”
• Golden Rule Sunday In December
Oft that day people ot more than fifty
COftatrlea w ill partake of a simple
meal, will read about the orphan chi)
«Iren of the Near East and then make
each a gift as they would have some
one make If their children were among
the desolate In the Bible lands.
“The essential thing about Golden
Rule Sunday Is not the day on which
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 Vice Chair
man of the Northwest Regional Com
One of Amerioa's 39,000 Near East
mlttee of Near East Relief. "The es­ Orphans, exiled from his ancestra
sential thing Is that we should each home, but happy because he is confi
for ourselves answer the question
dent that America, which rescuec
‘W hat would I have Bome one else do him from death, will stay with him
It my children were hungry and some until he is sixteen, when he will be
one had my income here.’
ready to go out and maks his own
"Golden Rule Sunday sets a terrific
way.
ally high standard of giving. Parents
worthy of the name will go hungry
any time that their children might be
fed. No sacrifice Is too great if It Is
ter their children. Jesus demands the
same standard of sacrifice for others
as we have for our own. It is drastic,
revolutionary but imperative. 'Why N o rth w est C h a irm an N. E. R.
call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the
U rges O b servance of “ G old­
things which I command you.' he cries.
"The one who would observe Gold
en Rule S u n d a y .”
en Rule Sunday should, in his imag
Inatlon, see his children deprived ot
Laurence J. Colman, of Seattle, ba
their natural protectors, scattered
like sheep having no shepherd, hiding accepted the Chairmanship for the |
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
luding Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, J
to the bitter cold of winter or the
burning sun of summer, claiming ref Washington, British Columbia aud
uge at an American orphanage only Alaska, of which J. J. Handsaker, of |
Portland, is the Regional Director.
to be told there is no room.
"H e should see «Id llargue etrug
Colman is well known through the I
Northwest on account of his interest |
gllng through snows, an orphan grand
child 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 froxen to death.
Wash., conference grounds, which he
"H e 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 |
brother to safety, carrying his body, lays, "There are three great days I d
even after he thought the boy was November aud December. The first, |
dead. He must see In these two boys I'hanksgtving Day. the third, Christ
not only the symbols of almost count­ mas, and midway between comes Gold­
less thousands of children, but he en Rulo Sunday.
must see In them his own boys.
On Thanksgiving Day we count I
"There Is little* use to attempt to ’Ur blessings. W e count our enormous!
visualise the vast number, 35,000 or­ wealth of more than three billion dol
phans, now in American care and the lars. W e think of our vast farms. |
equal or greater number whose help­ great universities and colleges, factor
lessness Is a claim on American char les and other evidences of material
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 w hich 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 Golden 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 tens and hundreds and thousands. blind.' We can practice that pure re
‘A ll things therefore whatsoever you ligion which visits the fatherless and
would that men should do to you (or widow in their affliction. Surely there
to your children it left destitute) do was never a greater contrast in ail
ye to them likewise'.'*
history than the one between our
wealth, prosperity and security and
the condition of the people of the Near
East, exiled from their home lands
without employment, homes or food,
except ns the Golden Rule operates In
our hearts to make us do to others |
P re s id e n t Hopes “ Golden Rule what we would have others do for us
"In more than fifty nations on Gold
S u n d a y ” W ill P rom ote
en Rule Sunday, December 6th, many I
persona will provide for their Sunday
P eace.
dinner approximately the menu that
is provided when funds permit by the
1 Near East Relief has caught the at Near East Relief for the tens of thoua
(entlon 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 I
• n Rule Sunday on December 6 has re of age.
When this simple meal baa been I
{■wived his endorsement
In a letter
eaten and the plight of the unfortu
¡lust made public, the president says
"The reports of the observance of I Bate children of the Near East has
pateruatlonal Golden Rule Sunday last ketoft thoughtfully considered, then
year In fifty countries, and its far give, give as you would have some one
reaching results in the training of or civo If your children were In the Neai
amongst
Jlhans In the Near East have been o f, East orphanage,
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great Interest to me This expression 4000 8bout ,0 be turned out for lack
of brotherhood Inevitably has a ben«
funds- or among those asking and
tid a l Influence upon those who glv« b,' lng refused one meal a day.
Full particulars of the day may |
as well as those who receive.
I "As practical help la the best ex be secured from the Near East Re
pression of friendship. I feel (hat the lief, 613 Stock Exchange Bldg., Pori
aid which we tnay give out of our land; 339 Burke Bldg.. Seattle; and |
prosperity to those impoverished by for the Golden Rule Campaign tempor
peer may be of the ulmost value In a \ offices have been opened at 301 I
(he promotion of International good W alker Bank Bldg, Salt I-ake City.
. I'evton Rids
Spokane; Bristol |
(will
The consistent observation of
Ooldea Rule Sunday cannot hut help Hotel, Boise, and Y M C A.. Tacoma
to every person who, between thanksgiv­
ing day and Christmas eve, Dec. 24,
pays $ I for the Enterprise one year to a
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A t the end of the year the paper will
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case, a renewal is ordered
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•boervance of this day may become in
lereaalngiy prevalent In the homes of
America and throughout the world "
' la the annual report of the Near
Cast Organization recently laid before
the senate by Vice President Dawrs
who Is one of the national trustees of
t t a relief organisation, a full account
Of the work done during the calendar
pasr la given
102S's turkeys are descendants of
Axtec fowls, and not the wild species
that the Puritans ate, explains a Field
museum wizard.
So long a t our
1 hunksgiving bird la a descendant and
not an ancestor, we shall accept this
discovery with equanimity. One year
we remember trying Io carve an
original Axtec eagle, and Judging by
Hie nicks It put In the knife, ble
name was Ixtulkaizopotlpec.
Reeeatly the Laura Spellman Roeke
bailer Foundation, after sn Invesllgs
(ten covering two months ,1 mated
1119,000 00 to the Near East Relief to
help refund the deficit created at the
homing of Smyrna At that time the
Hear East Relief by the free use of
Its orphanage supplies saved the lives
of 190.000 people but tncurred a de
flsit which It carried for three years,
or fth tll the Rockefeller foundation
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“This home Is regular enough, what­
ever else It Is,” said Nancy with her
ready laugh. " I believe Aunt Janet
would get seasick i f there were more
chairs on one side of a room than
the other."
There was. Indeed, little In common
between Miss Janet Laldlaw Flske,
hoad mistress of the Flake Acres
| School for Girls, and her two nieces
and assistants. Nan and Jane had
been "half-educated all over tbe world,”
as their aunt said accusingly, by their
artist father. When he died— "insol­
vent, of course,” Miss Flske commented
—she had felt It her duty to provide
for them. Besides, their knowledge of
languages and art. site thought, might
be valuable to her school, even though
they knew little else. The rigid, old-
fashioned school for girls had dwin­
dled so far that chenp teachers were
a consideration.
H er nieces, staggered by the death
of their merry, wonderful father, with
debts their only inheritance and Just
| enough knowledge of life to realize
thnt it would be hard for two young
| ladles who knew everything In gen­
eral and nothing In particular to find
employment, had welcomed this offer—
at first. They had come from their
gypsying life to tills grim, prim school
1 In the hills.
"The worst of It la that Aunt Janet's
as sorry as we are that she asked us.
We've not been a success. Nan,” Jane
sighed. “Helghoi 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 eyes were shining.
“A regular home 1” abe 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-
i matically out of the window toward
a sunken road and a wee roof In the
beech trees.
“The Golden Glade cottage. Why—
what— ?”
“Listen I Nobody's lived ln that
darling place In ages. There's some
furniture, though, and books and pic­
tures ln an open packing case. I went
In with old Mary the day she 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 like we used to have. Janev.
will your*
-W ill I wh«L N anr
“W lll you send away the servants
for over Thanksgiving and let na go
over there and fix It all up. Just like
a real home? For Thanksgiving. Just
us two In a studio home again, dar­
ling; for that's what It la. Belongs to
an artist. I know where Mary keeps
the key. Nobody passes down that
glade. Jane dear! Please I"
“I'm afraid It Isn't very echoolteach
erly conduct. Nan. But— "
"Oh! You w ill!”
Nancy rushed her sister Into action.
The aervanta dlamiaaed. the conspire
? 'r’,
i “ t0 ,h* pr* tfT « « * < • .
nestled in the wild back reed where
no one passed. Soon they were busy
arranging their home-fora-day Nancy
t.iuu the
Sfi thek ¿ q hvc^s
i,2S
ln the wall— “pleasant, painty pictures
with personality"—she said, while
Jane aet the companionable well-worn
books on the ehelves.
Next day, Thanksgiving Day. they
took possession. The Laldlaw candle­
sticks with their yellow candles, the
pumpkins, fruit and autumn decora­
tions graced the green stained table
Dinner was keeping warm on the little
stove and the pretty peasant dishes
were waiting to receive IL
“It s trespass or housebreaking or
some crime,” Jane laughed. “But It's
what I was dying for.”
“Anything’s allowable for self-pres­
ervation,” Nan replied. "Besides, we re
going to put everything back.” She
sighed. " It’» Just the sort of thing
father would have done. He always
said the fairies send gifts to the dar­
ing. I feel as If he sent ns this per­
fect day. Jane I Somebody's coming I
An auto stopping 1 Now we're In for
It I”
A sharp rap at the door.
They opened it to face an elderly
man who waa Just saying to himself,
aloud: “There Is someone here.”
“Are you the owner of this cottage?”
Nan began Immediately.
The visitor seemed amazed at the
question. “No,” be answered, laugb-
yjStolen
Thanh
ANCY ran ln, l^ r arms 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 artemisias and a
bit of evergreen," she said. "A small
yellow pumpkin and some rosy pears
and apples cuddled ln these branches,
and the Laldlaw candlesticks wjth two
big yellow candles I t will 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 fall
en leaves scurrying across the lawn.
"What's the matter, Janey?'
Jane turned then briskly, her face
flushed with the effort to hold back
tears. " I don't see how you can fool
yourself so, Nan,” she exclaimed.
“Thanksgiving I Oh, I guess we have
things to be thankful for on the gen­
eral theory that you ought to be glad
to be alive. But I confess I can't see
any reason for making a hurrah about
It this year.”
Nancy laughed. “Read your history
book. Miss Schoolteacher. Thanksgiv­
ing is not pro­
claimed for cele­
brating the for­
tunes of the Lald­
law family, but
Just the general
w e l f a r e of the
ü. 8. A.
Jane smiled In
spite of herself.
’ “Well.” we’re part
of the n a t i o n ,
aren't we? You’re
a little fraud,” she
said tenderly as
she saw signs of
tears on her sis­
ter’s cheek. "But
I suppose you’re
rig h t We can go
through the mo-
I dons of having
regular home, any-
U
lng.
"One would naturally suppose
that you were the owners.”
Confused, embarrassed, Nancy blurt­
ed out, “Oh, no I I t Isn’t ours. We
stole It— for Thanksgiving. W ont yen
come In?”
"You did w h a t r
W e—borrowed I t We don't know
whose it Is. Won’t you come in?”
And he entered, his eyes twinkling at
the adventure.
“M y name Is John McAndrew" be
Introduced himself.
After a moment's startled scrutiny,
the girls threw themselves upon him
crying out together: "James McAn­
drew 1 Our Jem­
m y M a c ! Oh.
we're Nancy and
J a n e L a Id la w
grown up 1 Don’t
you remember? In
Rome when we
were little."
"John Laldlaw'a
bairns! Do I re­
member I” He put
his arms a b o u t
them.
They drew him
Into the e a s y
chair beside the
old fireplace and
told him t h e i r
story.
1
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“But bow did
you come here to­
day?” they asked him.
" I was passing by and felt I had to
turn ln here to see the old place where
John Laldlaw and I used to live and
paint when we were lads.”
"Father once lived here?”
“When we were lads.” he repented.
" I felt IL" Nancy whispered.
After dinner as the firelight and the
| yellow candles were dying, Jnmes Mc­
Andrew said: "Do you ken why we
met here today? I think John Lald­
law brought us.”
"He always said fairies bring gifts
to the daring,” said Jane.
“ 'Twould never do. then, to disre­
gard the fairy gifts," be said. “So
from now on, shall we not stay to­
gether, the three of us? Fm getting on
and I ’m alone. And Johnny Laldlaw
sent me to his bairns. Sent me to
them, because— bless the wild heart of
him ¡— they’re like he was and stole
a Thanksgiving."
(& l i l i . Waatarn Nawspapar Volon.I
Thanksgiving o f 1714
Made Matter of Record
The following account of a Thanks­
giving dinner held ln Danvers. III., ln
1714, from the pen of Rev. Lawrence
Conant, has been handed down to pos­
terity :
"When ye services at ye meeting
house were ended ye council and other
dignitaries were entertained at ya
house of Mr. Epea on ye hill near by,
we had a bountiful Thanksgiving din-
oer of bear’s meate and venison, the
last of which was from a fine buck
i »hot in the woods nearby. After ye
blessing waa craved by Mr. Garrlch
word was brought that ye buck was
shot on ye Lord's day by PequoL an
Indian, who came to Mr. Epes with
a lye In his mouths like Ananias of
old. Ye council therefore refused to
»nt ye venison, but It waa afterward
leclded that Pequot should receive
10 stripes save one for lying and pro­
faning ye Lord's day, restore Mr.
Epes ys costs o f ye deer, and consid­
ering this a Just and righteous sen­
tence on ye sinful heathen and since
ye blessing had been ereved on ye
meete, ye council all partook of It,
but Mr. Shepard wboae conscience was
tender.”
Passenger Train Hits Freight Head-on-
Renville, Minn. — Four trainmen
were kilted and several other persons
Injured when the Columbian, crack
coast train of the Chicago. Milwaukee
4 St. Paul railway, collided head-on
with a freight train near here early
¡•ft,. Employes Would Revive War Ft)
Chicago. — Representatives of th«
Weetern Association of Trainman an«
Conductors In Joint conference herv
have decided to demand that theli
wages be restored to the "war tlms’
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