WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
XTEW YORK.—Miss Louise A.
Boyd, wandeiing far from sun
ny San Rafael in California, pushes
farther up the East Greenland coast
than any Ameri
Venturesome can ever went be
Louise Boyd fore. She was a
Modest Soul ^me^1,Wi,n?antu°f
30, skilled in the
rubric of serving tea and all the
niceties of Victorian etiquette be
fore she shoved into the ice pack
and began pot-shooting polar bears
—nine ip one day. She might have
felt like the late William James
who, free from a long stretch at a
Wisconsin Chautauqua, asked pass
ersby if they could direct him to a
nice Armenian massacre.
For the last 12 years she has been
equipping stout little Norwegian
sealers for her Arctic expeditions.
She has trained herself in scientific
observations and her findings are
published under-scientific auspices.
She holds decorations from two for
eign governments and the American
Geographical society has published
two of her books. She surveyed a
stretch of the Greenland coast, pre
viously uncharted, and for this the
Danish government named the area
Miss Boyd Land. She has ventured
farther north than any other white
woman.
She dislikes pnbllcity and has
little of the histrionic sense
common to explorers. So far as
the reporters are concerned,
she might just as well make an
expedition to Flatbush. At great
labor and expense it has been
ascertained, however, that she
takes a nice wardrobe north
with her and that she always
powders her nose before going
on deck. She probably was
trapped into these indiscreet ad
missions as she has made it
clear that all this is nobody’s
business.
Weaving through ice packs on an
Atlantic voyage gave her her big
idea. One of her chief interests on
her northern voyages is photog
raphy. She is the daughter of John
Boyd, wealthy Californian. The old
manse at San Rafael, which this
writer has seen on occasion, is a
citadel of decorum, from which, it
would seem, none would ever wan
der, so far and so dangerously.
• • •
'T'HOSE who liked Thomas Mann’s
“The Coining of Democracy,”
will find in Dr. Cyrus Adler, who
celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday
n r just the other day,
uf. a.. Aaier a ijv;ng statement
Embodiment of of Herr Mann's
Mann’s Theme th«m«- A scholar
and humanist, he
lias given his life to an exempli
fication of democracy as an ethical
and cultural aspiration and not a
political formula—which is Thomas
Mann’s impassioned thesis. This
writer thought of that when he read
the book, and Fpotted up Doctor
Adler’s birthday in the future book
for attention here.
He is the only president of
two colleges, Dropsie college of
Philadelphia and the Jewish
Theological Seminary of New
York. A fellow of Johns Hop
kins university, where he ob
tained his doctorate, he taught *
at the University of Baltimore.
He has been a stanch defender
of science and the humanities
against bigotry and Insularity
through the more than half
century of his teaching, writing
and speaking.
At his retreat at Woods Hole,
Mass., he is still creative, alert and
vigorous. He is saluted here as the
proprietor of one of our most im
portant birthdays.
» • •
T")R. GEORGE D. BIRKHOFF,
•*-' professor of irathematics at
Harvard, seems to be the first to
note the competition in the academ
_ ic world from
Prof. Birkhoff t h e of
Warn» of Infix* superintellectu
Of Intellectuals f1 refugees
from Europe.
As the ^octor sees it, mathemati
cians won’t be worth a dime a dozen
if these highly gifted men keep on
coming. However, his observations
indicate no narrow insularity on his
part. He is all for the enrichment of
our intellectual life, but notes that
somebody may have to ride on the
running board with all this over
crowding.
When Einstein began batting
his hot relativity grounders this
. way, Doctor Birkhoff was one of
the few men in America who
could field them. He Is a pro
lific writer in the overlapping
tone of mathematics and phil
osophy, one of the most heavily
garlanded men in the scholastic
world, a distinguished Catholic
layman holding high papal hon
ors for scholarship. He Is a
native of Michigan, educated at
the University of Chicago and
Harvard.
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Women in International Spotlight
1—Mrs. Raquel de la Guardia de Boyd, wife of the Panamanian minister to the United States, christens the'
S. S. Panama, first fireproof steamship ever built in the United States. The ship is the first of three to be built
for the Panama Railroad Steamship line and will ply between New York and the Canal Zone. 2—Miss Slrkka
Salonen, winner of the title of Miss Europe, was expelled from the teachers’ training college in her native
Finland because she took part in the beauty contest. 3— Mrs. Neville Chamberlain, wife of Britain’s busy prime
minister, returns to No. 10 Downing street after her customary morning walk.
Another Short Skirt Era Is Here
Fashion experts’ predictions that the knee-length skirts of the flapper
era are on their way back appear a little late. They have already
arrived, judging from this Miami street scene.
FARM GIRL CHAMP
Hazel Drysdale, 19-year-old girl of
Altaloma, Calif., was crowned the
American farm girl champion at the
Los Angeles county fair, winning the
highest points in the milking and
butter churning contests. She is pic
tured with the cow she milked her
way to victory with.
WORKING HIS WAY
Bill DeCorrcvent, sensational high
school football star from Chicago !
who is now a freshman at North
western university, finds time when
not attending classes or playing
frosh football to work in the kitchen
of the Sigma Chi fraternity house.
In this way he helps pay his way
through college.
After White House Consultation
Photograph shows Secretary of State Cordell Hull (center) followed
by newsmen as he left the White House after a conference with President
Roosevelt cn the European situation.
’ Platform Built Especially for Kibitzers
Loyal member! of the Amalgamated Order of Steamshovel Watchers, Des Moines Local 19, watch tb t
excavations for the new home office of the Bankers Life company from a platform especially built f««
them after onlookers complained because the contractor had fenced in the excavation site. The platform Is
Inside the fence and Is protected from flying debris.
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Lesson for October 9
—
SPIRITUAL WORSHIP
LESSON TEXT—Exodus S»:44: H:14;
John 4.1S-S4. __ - .
GOLDEN TEXT—God to a Spirit:
they that worahlp him mult worahip an “>
spirit and In truth.—John 4:14.
“The First Commandment bids us
to worship God exclusively; the Sec
ond bids us to worship Him spir-i
ltually. The B*irst Commandment
forbids us to worship false gods;
the Second forbids us to worship the
true God under false forms” (Far
rar). Israel had lived among the
Egyptians, a people known for their
worship of images, and was about
to enter into Canaan where there
were many false gods. The Lord
was therefore careful not only to
forbid the worship of other gods, but
also to forbid the making of images
of any kind, whether they represent
ed the many gods of heathendom, or
were attempts to symbolize the true
God. In studying this lesson we
need to exercise care lest we miss
the point by talking only of the gods
of wood and stone which the heathen
worship, and fail to apply the truth
to any improper use of images
which may prevail in our land and
in the present day. Let us lay aside
any preconceived notions and face
the facts in the light of God’s Word.
I. True Worship Required (Exod.
20:4-8).
This commandment expressly for
bids idolatry in any form. .The In
junction is twofold. (1) Men are
forbidden to make any material
likeness which to them represents a
being to be worshiped. It matters
not whether it be an image of what
men believe God to be like, or the
image of an angelic being, a heaven
ly body; in fact "anything that is
in the heaven above,” or on the
earth—such as a man or animal; or
under the water—such as a fish. (2)
If such objects have been made
either by ourselves or others we may
not bow down to them, nor render
any service to them. Let us all ex
amine our religious ceremonies and
practices in the light of God’s com
mandment.
Observe that obedience to this
command brings rich blessing, to
“thousands” (v. 6), whereas disobe
dience is a curse not only to the
man who disobeys, but also to his
descendants. Spiritual blight so
often runs through whole families,
while spiritual life just as often
blesses those who follow us. Blessed
is the man who gives his children
and his children’s children a true
spiritual heritage, but woe be unto
that man who passes on the dark
ness and spiritual death of unbelief
to his children!
H. False Worship Established
(Exod. 32:1-8). I
It comes to us as a real shock
that a people so highly privileged,
so well-instructed and so ably led
as Israel should turn to idolatry.
The story reveals the depravity of
the human heart. Their excuse that
Moses was gone was only an excuse
without foundation. They did what
their hearts wanted to do, and they
used his absence to put forward
their wicked desires.
Let us be carefui lest we be mis
led or indeed, mislead ourselves into
creating a God after the concept of
our own heart and mind. We, like
Israel, may be tempted to "make
us gods” to which we will bow down
and worship. It may not be out of
place at tliia point to warn against
a folly which seems to have laid
hold of the church, that of almost
deifying our Christian leaders. A
man who is called to speak for God
is a highly privileged men, worthy
of our support and our respect. But
let us remember that he is only a
servant, an instrument in God’s
hand, and let us never be guilty of
worshiping and serving “the crea
ture more than the Creator, who is
blessed forever” (Rom. 1:25).'
III. Tree Worship Deflred (John
4:10-24),
One would suppose that a truth so i
vital and fundamental as that
stated in these verses would long
since have completely saturated the
life of the church as well as of lh«
individual believer. “God is a Spir
it, and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth.’’
Even in this year of our Lord 1038,
countless rnen and women still be
lieve that worship has something to
do with place (w. 20, 21) or race
(v. 22) or some other external de
vice or formula. What a pity that
this should be true when the gra
cious and delightful way to worship
is through personal spiritual com
munion between God and man.
Deadening formalism is not our
only enemy. There is the powerless
preachment of modernism—and in
all honesty must we not admit that
even some so-ealled fundamental
ism has in many respects lost the
tr>ie spirit of the faith for which it
rightly contends. We who cherish
the truth of God’s Word will shun
modern liberalism. We may not be
tempted to obscure the worship of
God by formalism. But we may be
in danger of a dead orthodoxy, be
ing as someone said “orthodox
about everything except I Corinthi
ans 13’’—or failing to worship God
in spirit and in truth and not living
out that spirit in loving service to
our brethren.
Coat
i of Folt
By BOTH WYETH SPEAB8
T*HE direction* for making A*
1 rug to my book—SEWING, tor
the Rome Decorator, have
brought many letters from read
ers describing rugs that are new
to me and very interestng. The
reader who shares with us this
idea for using pieces of heavy
woolen and scraps of felt, tacked
her rug to the side of the house
and took a snapshot of it which
she sent me.
The finished rug is 34 by 23
inches. Half of it is shown here
at the uppor left. The foundation
(1) is made of the back width of
a very heavy old coat. An allow
ance was made for a hem to add
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tion may be pieced if a large sec
tion of heavy cloth is not avail
able or felt purchased by the yard
may be used for it.
Next, circles of felt in two col
ors, cut from old hats and dis
carded school pennants, are sewn
together with heavy black thread
as at A. These are then sewn
in place as at B beginning at
the center of the foundation. The
large circles in the three center
rows are two inches in diameter.
Those in the next two rows are
2% inches. All the small circles
are one inch.
You can make slipcovers, all
types of curtains and many other
things for the house with the help
of Book 1—SEWING for the Home
Decorator. Just follow the pic
tures. Step by step you learn to
make the lovely things you have
been wanting for your home. Book!
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ery—illustrates 90 stitches; also
dozens of things you can make in
your spare time to use or to sell.
Books are 25 cents each. If you
order both books leaflet on crazy
patch quilts will be included free.
Address: Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Des
plaines St., Chicago, 111.
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