Mass Production of Commercial Airplanes
“T here Is som ething else," Morse
sa 'J. “the C alendar Girl."
Above a cot In a kind of alcove hung
a colored crayon sketch. Willis glanced
ut It w ith swimming eyes.
THE
CALENDAR
GIRL
"No." he sa id reso lu tely .
.............
-■
"
(C o p y rig h t by W. G. C hapm an .)
A
ND Corydon?” Inquired n
visitor in the Artiste* dub,
once him self in the profes
sion. graduated Into a gen
tlem an of leisure through a rich leg
acy, ami paying u brief visit to his old-
tim e haunts.
" till, C o r y d o n — e a ts !" was the sen
tentious reply, as if that fact evi
denced a very fair condition, luileed,
for a devotee of the palette uud easel.
“And Paul Willis—still a dream er?"
"Still the same old hand to mouth
existence.
Yes, Willis had grand
Ideals—a poor capital ill these p rac
tical times.
He dropped out of the
cluh mouths ago."
In a breath the absent fellow a rtist
—who possibly did not e a t—was dis
missed from discussion. And, Indeed,
A irplanes for the Colonial Air T ran sp o rt company In the Fokker plant at llasbrouck Heights, N. J., which are
he did not cat ut Just this Juncture!
being rushed to completion for use in a huge netw ork of air Jiues for passengers, United S tates malls and •«-
T here was not u man In the cluh
presses which open this spring, Unking Montreal and Interm ediate cities with New York and Chicago.
who did not rem em ber the soulful
eyed. Impulsive young fellow who hud
before this time, since the beginning of started In to sc» the world on fire.
the world, w ent unused by man. These It wus work, not gain, tliut was the
are the H ertzian or radio waves which starting motive In Ills enreer, and the
now all over the world are carrying labor loved because he aimed a t a
th eir burden of music and the spoken high standard. He w as a color special
word, and even are tran sferrin g photo ist, uud etchings and pen and Ink ef
graphs. Inventors are seeking to place fects had become the fashion.
o th er burdens on the strong young
A few p o rtraits, perhups twice a
shoulders of the radio waves and a s year u color scene, hut the orders few
sert th at It is only a question of tim e uud fur between, and the cheeks of
until they will carry motion pictures the handsome, graceful youth became
S c ien tists E m ploy T h em in rectly and by keeping our seas and and even power which may turn wheels wan, the old fire of genius left Ills
stream s from being eternally frozen far from the source of energy.
eyes.
With poverty bringing the
R ad io, Surgery and M any
th at the su n 's rays benefit us. Every
Unshackling the Ultra-Violet.
threadbare garb, pride drove him to
good thing that we have, except some
“Even th e little known waves, * seclusion. He became Isolated und
Inven tion s.
of the m inerals and ores, can be sh o rter than those of light, are now forgotten.
traced to th eir beneficent work. The
If Ills two form er a rtist associates
W ashington.—The sam e day's news soli upon which our plants lire has doing th eir bit to push man’s civil
ization forward. The ultra-violet ray had seen him ut the hour when uuild
carried a story from London th at ul been washed from the original cheer
has for many years played an Impor luxury and indolence they discussed
tra-violet rays are making the anim als less lump of ash and stone hy the
tan t p art In photography. Now Its him, they would have probably pitied
of the soo more contented, and a story rain which the sun's rays lifted from
from Camden, New Jersey, th a t seeds the seas and cast down on the land. value In Improving human and a n i this piece of poor driftwood.
mal health Is being recognized. O r
In the rem otest corner uud sm allest
and tubers treated with X-rays pro
"P lan ts which grow In the soil can dinary window glass does not perm it room of au old dilapidated central
duce g reater yields. T hese are addi them selves live only when bathed by
ultra-violet rays to pass th ro u g h ; so building, Paul W illis sa t working with
tional evidences of th e w orld's debt sunshine. P lants not only exist because
th a t In reality our windows, mude pencil und brush.
to rays, many of them little known. of heat and light waves from the sun,
to adm it light and WHrinth, are b a r
It wus a sadly forlorn place, the win
A bulletin from the W ashington head but, fortunately for mankind and the
riers against one of N atu re's chief dow» grimed, the tloor d estitute of c ar
q u a rte rs of the National Geographic anim als, they contrived millions of
life-giving forces. Special glasses pet or rug.
L ight uud heat were
society deals fu rth e r with this sub years ago an Ingenious trap for extra
which perm it u ltra violet rays to pass wretched.
Upon a table beside the
Ject.
energy from the rays which they store are coming Into wider use, especially
•'Rays are not abstractio n s of phys away. T his tra p Is a m ysterious sub In hospitals w here patien ts may. thus easel was a loaf of Im maculately ex
icists or unusual phenomena to be stance called chlorophyll, the green be given the benefit of one more force cellent bread, a tem pting fru it cake
deep frosted und rich looking, a pie,
dealt with only In laboratories," savs coloring m atter In all soil-growing
to help them to health.
fa ir and perfect—for expert house
the bulletin." "They are more truly plant leaves. When the rays strike
"Since Its discovery a generation wives say th a t such things can he.
the m ainspring of the earth , making chlorophyll they m anufacture cellu
ago, the X-ray has perform ed In- j The a rtis t had druw n with pen and
life In ull Its forms possible.
lose, stnrch, and su g ars—and on these num erable services, chiefly In perm it
Make Life Possible.
products the life of the anim al world ting photographs to he taken of flesh- Ink In outline a faithful presentation
of the articles before him. Now he
“T he sun's rays are the prerequisite Is built. Every plant, then. Is In reality covered bones and Internal organs,
began the work th a t had for him an In
for the world as we know It. But for a sep arate factory, operated hy waves and in the direct treatm en t of cer
describable attractio n , the coloring of
the w arm th and light flowing to us of energy from a ‘power house,' 93,- tain diseased conditions. But the X-
his sketch. More than once a fever
through 93.000,990 miles of 'space,' 009,990 miles away, Ihrough its chloro rny Is so potent th at It can bring harm
ish fam ished expression crossed Ills
the earth would be a lifeless cinder, phyll 'motor.'
us well as good, causing tissues to face. He m oistened his dry lips with
Each Plant a Factory,
w ithout vegetation and w ithout even
w ither aw ay or become Infected when his tongue and set his teeth firmly. It
the lowest anim ate forms. As It Is.
"T hese factories turn out directly exposed too long to the pow erful
wus the evenlug before when he hud
the rays or wuves of h eat and light various commodities th at man must waves. Man has learned to tam e this
lust tusted food. E ver since then, pen
flow to us in a mighty stream , for have: vegetables, fruits, and nuts th at ray, however, and Is even finding new
niless, hungered, weak In body and
all p ractical purposes unending, and in make up a large p art of our d iet; cot uses for It as Is Indicated by recent
brain, th a t to rtu rin g display of food
this continual bath of life giving rays ton, flax anil o th er fibers which con experim ents which show th a t seeds
had tantalized him to the point of des
we very truly ‘live and move and trib u te largely to o ur clothing and exposed to X -rays produce g reater
peration.
have our being.'
d ra p e rie s; the woods which help to yields than those untreated.
Amid the fascination of the color
“O ur essential diet o f rays Is fresh build our houses and Im plem ents; and
Tiniest Ray Most Penetrating.
processes,
now his soul soared tem
as well as potent. Because of the many other substnnces which are nec
"One of the rays to become known p orarily above his physical needs. A
alm ost Inconceivable speed of light essary In our dally life. Indirectly
most recently Is the Gamma-ray b itte r sm ile crossed his face as he real
and h eat waves (186,000 miles per these ‘factories' supply o ur rem aining
throw n off by rudlum. Thia Is In ized th a t his labor w as strictly com
second), the sunbeam which strik es food and clothing; for our food ani
reality a super-X-ray and has found m ercial. A picture piece, exquisite
you this Instant left Its far-away mals produce our meat from a vege
Its g reatest field In carrying farth er and jierfect as an a rt plaque, he knew
Source only eight m inutes ago.
table diet, and so. too. o ur wool and the work of Its close relative.
th a t when fils work was done, repro
Plants Need Rays.
silk m ohair are the Indirect products
“T he most m ysterious of the rays duced from the printing press. It would
“It Is not only by w arm ing us dl- of the ray-built vegetable world.
la th at which has come to light w ith show lettering advertising the w ares
"It Is not only the rays of the pres in the last y ear or so, th e Milliken of a fam ous baking company.
ent th at contribute to our well being. or Cosmic ray, which Is the ultim ate
He lay down his tools of usage at
Sunbeams th at millions of years ago at the present time in vibratory rate
last. D aylight w as failing and he had
built
tropical
vegetation
which
was
and shortness. It Is estim ated that w orked rapidly, but his toll had Its
X M issouri and K ansas
fossilized into coal today warm our
? C oed s L et H air G row o houses and turn the wheels of our fac there are 635 trillion of these rays recom pense. Side by side, the real
to the Inch. So far, man does not contrasted with th e artificial and the
tories. T he rays th at left the sun know the origin of these Infinitesim al fine, delicate shades of the form er
X
K ansas City, Mo.—Coeds a t 5
1 the U niversity of Kansas, Law- X weeks or months or at most years ago ly sm all rays nor has he been able would have appealed the more strong
X rence. and the U niversity of 5 are helping us In still another way. to utilize them. A pparently they do not
9 Missouri, Columbia, seem to be 2 They evaporated w ater from the sea come from the sun, because they reach ly to ttie true a rtist taste.
T h ere was a lap nt the door. Evi
X competing In letting the hither- g which fell as rain and was stored the night side of the world as well
2 to popular locks grow long 2 up behind dams. When this Im pris as the day side. One theory Is th at dently the lone a rtis t was expecting
h!s caller, for he spoke out eagerly;
g again.
2 oned w ater Is made to tu rn dynamos they are given off hy fur away
"Come In, Morse."
2
G irls a t both Institutions 5 the electricity th at comes to us over
nebulae—solur system s In th e mak
A brisk, bustling business faced man
g sta rte d to let th eir h air grow, g wires to light our homes and toast ing. They p en etrate so deeply when
X much to the disgust of too- 5 our bread Is only the beneficent sun they strik e th a t It requires eight feet entered. He w asted no lime In civil
ities, but walked to the easel w ithout
g aorlal a rtists in both towns.
beam In another form.
of solid lead to stop them. The bold excuse or hesitation, drew a magnify
X
A recent check-up on the Mis- g
Heat and Radio Waves.
est hypothesis In regard to th eir ef ing glass from his pocket and critically
2 sour! cam pus revealed th at 60 5
“How we tu rn heat rays to account fects Is th a t the life of every anim ate Inspected the color sketch.
g per cent of the girls eith er had g Is well known. They fly from our cell depends upon its bombardment
"E xcellent—your very best." he a n
X loug hair or were "expecting to X rad iato rs to make our homes livable by these tiny waves from th e heavens,
g have In the n ear future." At 2 in w in ter; they cook our food; they and It even has been suggested th at nounced complacently. "You Improve
every day."
2 K ansas the percentage Is slight- X produce steam for many of our power life Itself was originated hy them."
“And grow hungrier," observed
g ly larger, and exponents of 2 houses ; and In num erous other ways
W illis with a faintly hitter smile, "('an
X lengthened tresses are gaining 6 they a re harnessed for m an's benefit.
Almost 509 varieties of narcissus I have— the sam ples?" he uilded, »Mb
g new cohorts dally.
“ W ithin recent years we have h ar were im ported iutu this country last a m eaning sweep of his hand tow ards
autum n.
t>OOOOOO0O<H>OOOOOOOOO<H5O-OOO nessed another group of waves which
th e dainties.
“ Why, surely," assented his visitor,
seal, one of which Is sure to be bear i with a sta re o f surprise. “W hat do you
w uut them for?”
meat.
Polar hear pelts are of little value 1 “T o eut, of course.”
in the North. Only the largest and ! "You mean—" began Morse, and
finest colored ones are commercially paused, an Indefinably shocked expres
valued for rugs and furs. From »49 sion crossing his face.
H air Ssal Is F avorite Food of These silly looking, with a skin that fits bad to |7." at Nome, th eir value Increases
W illis made no reply. He seized the
ly, the white bear Is nevertheless very to |125 to |259 in S eattle and New loaf of bread with the fierceness of a
Animals and N ature Helps
Them in Chase
fleet footed. Often they are not pure York.
fam ished anim al, tore a handful from
white, frequently being killed pos
The Arctic hears are so greasy th at | Its soft mellow h eart and crowded It
St. Michael. A la sk a —Heavy wenth
sessing yellow, brown, and black spots even Eaklmoa refuse to eat the flesh Into his mouth. Once he choked as If
er, with trem endously large Ice floes on hi|is and buck. The flanks and legs except In extrem e hunger. T here Is no w ith direful humiliation. Once the
In Bering sea, prom ises tlie natives
scarcity of white hears In the Frigid tears fell over the loaf. His visitor
are covered with hair sometimes twen
of Kotsebue sound th e most favorable
zone, because they range an area w itch ed him with sober, pitying eyes.
ty
inches
long.
polar-bear hunting In a generation
“T h a t's better," observed the artist,
where men seldom go.
Ttie much sought food of these aq u a
A good m arket exlata thia year for
striving to appear satisfied. "Anything
the fine w hite polar b ear skins, and tic anim als is the hair seal, and n ature
new ?"
R eal Realism
these arctic nomads are so plentiful has helped them hunt by providing a
T he other came close up to him. He
Moscow.—T his must be real realism.
cost
that
harm
onizes
with
surrounding
a good catch Is anticipated.
A brilliant film producer has lost his placed a trem bling hand on the sh o u t
landscape.
T
h
at
the
bear
might
not
T he white king of the Arctic regions
governm ent Job because he was too der of the artist.
Is a combined hunter-sailor-hoho. He have an unfair advantage In the quest
“ As had as th a t,” he said In a sub
extrav
ag an t with a picture depicting
dued tone.
I never guessed It—
has no fixed h abitat, but goes where he has a coal black nose, which he American extravagance.
there."
food Is most plentiful, coming down cunningly hides, declare Eskimos,
He placed Ills hand In his pocket
with the Ice pack of the North when when stalking a victim, hy placing a
Find Stone-Age V illa g e
paw over IL
and drew out some money, counted It,
aeal. w alrus and w hale move.
Kuban. Iiussla.—A large village of doubled the amount. Willis recounted
The hears often capture seal In the
Unlike any other animal, the polar
b ear keeps to the Ice and will seek open sea. Itetectlng a bunch of seal the Stone age of prehistoric antiquity It s:>d pushed hack the excess sym
shore only when cut off from open floating on the surface, the bears dive has been discovered here. Bones of pathy had Impelled, saying:
mastodon and many stone implements
“My rightful hire. Morse. You're a
w ater. It la the best sw im m er of th e and swim deep under w ater. Noise
leasly they come up right under the were unearthed.
1 good fellow Just the same.”
anim al world. M»ose Jointed, ungainly
/A
/ V.
i
I
Use New Rays
as Aid to Man
I
è
BERING SEA ICE FLOES BIG AID
IN HUNTING THE POLAR BEAR
Sunday School
"W hy not?" urged Morse.
"You
know It w as made for that rich manu
facturer. Payne, who Is so proud of
his daughter.
He has been a t the
(B y R K \
P It F I T Z W A T K R . D P
D *»»
o f th® E v e n t " g S c h o o l. M o o d y B lbl® ! » •
office a fte r the original crayon."
• t t t u i e o f C h i c a g o .)
"It is m ine; money will not buy It," i
<<©. 14X7. W e s t e r n N e w s p a p e r U n i o n . )
said W illis sententlously aud bowed
Ills visitor from the room.
L esson for M arch 6
Buy It — as soon would lie sell his
so u l! In Ids poetic way the work on
SHARING T H E GOOD NEWS
that picture, taken from an oil p aint
ing. had been the Inspiration of his
LESSON T E X T — Act» « 4 - 8 ; II Cor.
recent life.
» 14-20.
G O L D E N T E X T — ¥ • » h a ll be m y w l t -
Willis had the first full meal of
weeks that day, for he hail money now. n»»aes.
P R IM A R Y T O PIC — T e l lin g O th e r s
The rescue was too late, however. He A b ou t JCHUB
J U N IO R T O P IC — W in n in g R e c r u it s
awoke the uext m orning In a burning
fo r C h r is t's A rm y.
fever.
I
N T E R M E D IA T E A N O S E N IO R T O P
T here w as only th e woman in charge | IC —
T e llin g O ur C o m p a n io n s
About
of the apartm ents to nurse him. T hat J e s u s .
afternoon a stylish autom obile drove , YOUNG P E O P L E A N O A O l LT T O P
ut». A young lady alighted. She w as [ IC— C h r is tia n E v a n g e lis m . D u ty , M e th
od, R e s u lts .
the original of the C alendar Girl, i
When she knocked a t the door of the
I. Preaching Everyw here (A cts 8 :4).
a rtis t's room the old woman met her.
Following the stoning of Stephen.
" lie has been going on all day th a t the enemies of the Lord were more
way.” she said.
active thun ever In th eir efforts tu
Miss E linor l’ayne had come, hop stam p out the new faith. With Saul
ing to prevail upon W illis to sell her as th eir leader they dragged men and
the picture. But now—she stood In a women from th eir homes and Im pris
strange maze listening to the ceaseless oned those who confessed Christ. T he
bulihle of his parched Ups.
devil overreached him self In this for
ills glassy eyes were fixed upon the this persecution scattered the be
picture. T he lone burden of his mind lievers everyw here and they preached
had given way.
In poetry, In wild the gospel as they went. The tim e had
pusslonate appeal lie wus telling th at ■low come for this w itness-hearing to
m ute companion of his lonely life the extend beyond Jerusalem as the Lord
secret of his life—how he adored the had commanded. T he Lord perm itted
lovely face his art had perpetuated.
this persecution so as to scatter them .
N ever had the fair, Innocent girl
II. Philip Preaching the Gospel In
been so moved. T ears were lu her eyes 8amaria (vv. 5-8).
as she noted the w retchedness of this
Philip wus one of the seven so-called
poor soul, whose delicate face showed . deacons. He was not an apostle, nor
the lineam ents of genius.
a m inister In the accepted sense of
"E verything m ust be done to save so th a t term, hut a layman. He Is the
precious a life," she told the woman. only man called au evangelist In the
Then day a fter day for a week some New T estam ent. He Is an example of
Irrlslstibte Influence drew her to the } w hat a devoted laym an can do In
place which her money transform ed preaching the gospel In the evangell-
Into a haven of comfort.
zution of the world. H e w ent to th e
One day she came when the m ourn city of Sam aria uud preached C hrist,
ful eyes of the a rtist w ere once more showing th a t the purpose of God In
calm and clear. T he crayon w as gone cluded these despised people. T he
from Its accustomed place. He handed fact th at Philip preuched C hrist uulo
It to her done up In paper.
these people shows th at the tru e evau-
"I have learned of all your kind gellst's message Is Jesu s C hrist. He
did not preach C hrist as an ethical
ness," he said simply.
"You wish me to tak e the picture?" teacher or an example merely, but
C hrist as the Savior from sin through
she asked.
“It Is yours. I have seen you In the substitutionary offering of Him
reality —th ere Is a more lasting por self on the cross. T his Is shown by
the fact th a t he preached C hrist to
tra itu re in my heart."
He spoke with the desperation and the eunuch from the flft.v-thlrd chap
te r of Isaiah. He not only preached
disappointm ent of n flitting spirit.
“You m ust live!” she cried im pul C hrist us the Savior from the guilt of
sively, reading the oracle arig h t "for siu, hut from (he power of sin as
symbolized in baptism , which m eans
my sake—will you not?"
H is soulful eyes strove to read the uot ouly Identification with C hrist In
secret of th at beautiful face. To Elinor His death, hut to urlse in the power
he w as as a being above the common. of His resurrection, to walk In new
She flushed. The adm iration of his ness of life. Then, too, according to
verve 12 he preached C hrist as a
glance thrilled her.
"You m ust let me drive you each day reigning king. Philip's preaching wus
fruitful, for m utltudes believed his
till you get well," she said.
And th a t wus the beginning of the message which was accom panied with
beautiful end th at saw two harm oni num erous m iracles. lie cast out un
ous souls Joined In undying love and clean spirits, healed the palsied and
the lame. G reat Joy accompanied the
Joy.
reception of the gospel by these Sa
m aritans.
W e a k C h aracter M a y
’ Lesson'
By STERLING BRIGHT
«—
Improved Uniform International
H a v e J aw o f Steel
T he man with a weak chin Is not
necessarily a man w ith a weak ch ar
acter. Such a person may even have
bulldogglsh qualities, medical » d e n
tists tell us, and In all probability his
lack of chin was caused by the way
he w as fed a t birth. N aturally fed
babies stand a b etter chance of de
veloping strong Jaws than the a rti
ficially fed.
People with receding or weak chins
have often suffered from rick ets In
childhood, and hardly anyone needs to
be rem inded nowadays of the relation
hetw en a diet deficient In vltam lnes
and unsatisfactory bone formation.
Many parents, when they fenr that
th eir children's chins a re not going
to he of the best, consult a dentist,
who may suggest th at the child shall
w ear In the mouth an ap p aratu s for
stretching the Jaw. T his treatm ent
continues for m onths, sometimes
years.
III. Paul an Example of a True
Preacher of the Gospel ( I I Cor. 5:9-29).
1. His supreme aim was to pleas»
God (v. 9).
To live or to die was Imma
terial to him If his service was but
acceptable to God. T his transcendent
aim was strengthened hy the con
sciousness th a t every one must one
day staud before the Judgment seat of
Christ. T his aim explains P aul's de
votion.
2. His consciousness of responsi
bility (v. 11).
H is sense of solemn responsibility
wus the explanation of P aul's be
havior. Some thought th at he w as
mentally unbalanced. H is knowledge
of God's holy n atu re and of m an's
sinful condition moved him earnestly
to persuads men to be reconciled to
God. No one who knows God's terro r
will he half hearted In his m inistry.
3. He was constrained by the love
of C brlst (v. 14).
T his m eans th at he was governed
by C hrist's love. M inisterial devotion
is the expression of replcrocal love.
C rim e and P u n iih m en t
We w ere aroused one morning In C hrist's suprem e love wus expressed
early sum m er, w rites a subscriber, by In His death for ua. O ur love In re
a g reat outcry among the birds, p a r tu rn la expressed In our devotion to
ticularly by the harsh cry of the blue Him.
4. Consciousness of the God wrought
Jay. On going out to learn the cause
of the disturbance we found num bers <4i tinge In Him (v. 17).
It was because he wus wrought upon
of birds flying around an oriole nest
which we had been w atching with a hy God and was therefore a new c re a
g reat deal of Interest. The Jay birds tu re th a t he sought to do Ills will.
5 The content of the gospel which
were flying about In much excitem ent
and several distressed little orioles ' ■ he preached (vv. 18, 19),
were bravely fighting them. A closer I The reconciliation of God through
view revealed a Jay bird with his the death of C hrist wus his central
head caught In the nest. In trying to ■ message. In the Incarnation God was
rob It he had made him self prisoner i I d C hrist, reconciling the world unto
and n eith er his own efforts nor those | I Himself.
of his com panions could free him.
6. Paul was an am bassador sent
Nearly all day he struggled and the ] from God to appeal to the world to he
other birds flew unhappily about, hut reconciled unto God (v. 20).
gradually his efforts grew feebler until , lie wns the am bassador from the
they ceased entirely und lie was left j high court of heaven sent to th is re
alone. Of course, the nest was ruined, j bellious world. In a real sense, every
hut until fa r Into the w inter he hung 1 C hristian m inister is occupying the
th ere high In the air. an object lesson sam e position.
—
to ull thieves.—Youth's Companion.
K n o w in g th e Lord
.
G eode Stone»
Every servant knows the past of our
Geodes are rounded, hollow aggre Lord, and many know the future, but
gates of mineral m aterial, or Indu what really helps Is knowing Him lu
rated nodules, eith er empty or con- i the present.— Kehoes.
tainlng a more or less solid sod free
Crosses
nucleus and having the cavity fre
Crosses a re often more com fort
quently lined with crystals. Th-jy are
som etim es called "potato stones" ou able than com forts.—C entral Bible
account of their size and shape. The Hall Record.
iiaita? seems to h«ve been given them
be. »use they are occasionally found
O u r Prayers
lil ed w ith soft earthy ocber. Agate. |
It Is In the closet th at we are fitted
Is a geode built up of ru iu e n trie lay i to be m outhpieces for Ood.—Echos»
era of chaltedoftr.