BRISBANE
THIS WEEK.
Descend Among Bicycles
Many Strikes and Worries
Two Flags That Clash
Two National Hymns
This column, like others to follow,
written in Europe, traveling
mobile, will repto
see things
[ 9 clearly, and de9
scribe them simthe
old formula.
You descend
* Itif lrom the ship at
jH Havre into a
Jm world on wheels,
bicycle wheels, a
change from the
world on automo[
m bile wheels left
on the other side
Arthur Itrislisinr , ...
of the Atlantic.
Here working men and women,
thousands of them, ride to and
from work, ten to thirty abreast,
depending on the width ot the
street.
They have the right of way, properly.
in a democracy.
So it used to be in America,
when automobiles were new, small
boys shouted "Get a horse," and
New York state law compelled the
automobile driver to stop his car
and engine, while a farm wagon
passed, if the farmer raised his
hand, or even lead the farm team
past his machine if the farmer requested
it. Here the car stops,
while bicycles circulate around it
on both sides. Similarly, you stop,
later, meeting flocks of sheep, on
roads across the salt marshes of
the Vendee.
France is a land of bicycles, of
many political parties, and, at the
moment, a land of strikes. Like all
other European countries, it is a ;
*<and of permanent war scares. :
America looks upon war as a dis- i
tant, improbable possibility, and j
wnen n comes spends pillions on j
airships that do not fly, ships that I
never go to sea, and similar evidences
of patriotic dollar-a-year efficiency.
Europe's nations live in
a state of fear, as an American
family might live if it knew that,
at any moment, well-equipped
gangsters from next door might enter,
*'shoot up" the household and
set fire to the house.
American travelers leaving the
boat by railroad, descending in
Paris at the Saint Lazare station,
were surprised to find crowds fighting
each other, not waiting for
Germany, crowds made up entirely
of Frenchmen of different political
opinions.
Some wore ribbons with the red,
white and blue colors of the French
flag; others, more numerous, wore
the plain color red. One side sang
the "Marseillaise," national hymn I
of France since the revolution, j
Others wearing small red flags ,
sang the "Internationale," official !
song of the Communists the world
over, from Moscow to Harlem.
Crowds grew bigger, the Frenchmen
sang the two hymns at each
other, more and more violently,
with excellent voices, not one out
of tune, all knowing the words of
their respective hymns. The "Marseillaise"
says, "Let us go, children
of* the fatherland, the day of
glory has arrived"; the other says,
"Arise ye prisoners of starvation;
oxjrc wieicceu ui uic em in.
It was a scene never to be described,
now that Dooley is dead, i
and Artemus Ward. Nobody bothered
the descending foreigners j
from across the water. A few
Frenchmen hit other Frenchmen, I
not hard, then agents oi the
Surete, whom we should call policemen,
gradually dispersed the
crowds, that met and sang at each
other again the next day. They
live in the suburbs and work in j
Paris, or vice versa, and, meeting I
in the railroad station, it enrages
them to encounter those that sing
?'*: wrong iiymn unu wear lue
[ wrong colors.
The duty of a visiting foreigner
is to observe, describe and not
comment; but this writer, had he
accepted the invitation to speak at
the American club in Paris recently,
would have suggested that the
French, whose only earthly possession
is France, should be careful
not to tear that property apart,
especially with Germany ready to i
gather up the pieces.
This crosses the water by mail,
is not new, and not news, when you
see it. Only neaven knows what
might happen in a week
C King Fontjre# Syn.lical#, in#,
WNO HerviC#. i
i
H The Cherokee Sco
, Lofd Hoj
Mount Lidgbird on Loi
Prtpan I by the Xatioi 'I
Waahinu'on. D. ?' WNI* s. r\ . ..
/J?*V KCORATKD with palms" I
I J ?how often the phrase ' ?
1 y occurs in descriptions of 1
social events! Wherever w
florists ply their trade and have a
hand in beautifying public occa ,n
Sions. Palms Dlav nn r-\-ir*t s<
Without them hotel lobbies, steam- ! jY
ship salons, dance halls. and ;
churches would lack their refreshing
greenness.
ai
Often referred to as just "florists' OI
palms," they are taken for granted. r<
like many of our common blessings. w
In reality, they belong to a small
group usually called Kentia palms, j ,
found only in remote islands of the
Coral sea. and their present wide- tjspread
use throughout the civilized jn
world is one of the romantic tales Ir
of horticulture. A little more than js
half a century ago they became an
important article of commerce, and
few people even today realize from
what a tiny bit of the earth's sur- 111
face that particular commerce orig- fu
inates. *>'
In 1788 Lieut. Henry Lidgbird fr
Ball, en route from Sydney, New Tl
South Wales, to Norfolk island, dis- l*1
covered a remarkable pyramid of P<
volcanic rock rising straight out
of the Tasman sea to a height of
1,816 feet. He descried land to
the northwest, which further investi- cr
gation revealed as an island of un- *n
usual conformation and striking m
beauty. h'
In honor of Richard Howe, the P;
British admiral who played an important
part in the war with the ] U"
American colonies. Ball called his R
contribution to the British Empire H
Lord Howe island. His own name w
was given later to the massive rock A
which first attracted his attention, tc
and Balls Pyramid is his enduring
monument. c<
Lord Howe island lies 3G0 miles ai
east of Australia and 480 northeast
of Sydney. It has the form of a ni
boomerang, with its length extend- p;
ing nearly north and south, the con- w
cave side facing Australia and the B
precipitous eastern coast arched L
against the surging Pacific. In an ai
air line the northernmost part of ti
the island is only seven miles from o'
its southern tip and the greatest (li
breadth is but a mile and a half.
Formation of the Island.
ine noruiefn nan is niiiy. dux xne pi
highest point is only 700 feet above a
the sea. The southern half is moun- b;
tainous, rugged, and wild. Two m
peaks occupy most of this area, the rt
southernmost. Mount Gower, rising ei
directly from the sea to 2,840 feet. H
while its fellow. Mount Lid/fbird. is p<
but 300 feet lower. The mountains ol
are thickly wooded, so far as their pi
precipitous sides permit, and are st
separated from each other by a
lush valley into which man rarely di
penetrates. Between the northern ir
hills and Mount Lidgbird is rolling si
country with fertile soil and a plen- ai
tiful water supply. fr
When Ball first landed on the ki
island there were no signs of the cl
genus Homo; he and his men were di
probably the first human beings d<
who ever set eyes on its beauties. c<
The richness of the vegetation, the
abundance of birds, and the numer- ai
ous rivulets of clear, cold water p;
indicated plainly, however, that here ol
was little paradise awaiting set- ol
tiers. Nevertheless, for many years p;
the island lay neglected. el
About 1833 or 1834 a small com- re
pany from New Zealand, including
se-eral Maoris, were brought to p<
it, Murphy, N. C., Thi
.fv,L."r- ?
|?ff /**
^-;- *.. insuto. sMBmSrsm
d Howe Island.
>rd Howe, but in two years the>
ere so discontented that they wer<
ken back to their old homes n
L'W Zealand, and Nature once more
! Cu ' = 1
i?s icii in unirouoiea possession.
But not for long! American whal
ig vessels, scouring the southeri
?as, found that Lord Howe islanc
as an excellent place to replenisl
ieir water supply. There were ni
)vernment officials to deal with
> distractions to tempt desertion
id no natives with whom the sail
*s could get into trouble. By 184i
>ports of these numerous visitinj
halers reached Sydney, and tw:
imilies established themselves 01
ord Howe to grow fruit and vpgp
ibles for the crews. So well die
le settlers prosper that others fol
wed, and by 1850 a small com
lunity was well rooted on thi
land.
Excellent Climate and Soil.
The climate is delightful, witl
luch bright sunshine, yet a plenti
il supply of rain; abundant breezes
it no cyclones; never a trace o
ost, but very little excessive heat
he soil is fertile, and nearly every
ling which grows in warm, tem
jrate or subtropical countries car
i grown on Lord Howe. The islanc
as such a tropical appearance anc
icre are so many palms that the
itire absence of coconuts is strik
g. The explanation is that th<
lean annual temperature is no
gh enough for that heat-lovinj
aim.
With the discovery of petroleun
re decline of the whaling fleet be
an and hard times came to Lon
owe. Without the whalers, then
as no marKet lor tne produce, botl
ustralia and New Zealand beinj
>o far away.
But necessity often leads to dis
averies which prove epoch-making
ad so it proved in this case.
There is no record of who firs
aticcd the unusual hardiness of thi
alms growing so abundantly o
ho was first to oiler them for sale
ut a demand for the pclms fron
ord Howe gradually developed
ad long before the Twentieth cen
iry dawned they were in use al
ver the world wherever there wer
arists.
Four Kinds of Residents.
Governmental machinery is sim
le. Local affairs are handled b;
local committee of three, chosei
y the islanders themselves. Thi
larketing of the palm seeds an
'lations with the Australian gov
nment are handled by the Lor<
owe Island board of control, com
ised of three New South Wale:
Ticials in Sydney, the island beinj
olitically a dependency of tha
:ate.
The residents on the island an
ivided by two lines of cleavagi
ito four natural groups; one lini
jparates those born on Lord Howe
ad hence known as "islanders,'
om those born elsewhere, and s<
aown as "non-islanders. Thi:
leavage is not the basis of a socia
istinction; if the islanders lool
iwn on the non-islanders they con
;al their feelings perfectly.
The second line of cleavage sep
rates "participants" from "non
articipants," an economic divisior
' the island's income from the saU
1 the palm seeds. To be a partici
ant one must be an islander, 01
se married to an islander, and i
sident for ten years or more.
The degree of participation de
;nds on age and sex.
irsday, July 23, 1936
LJ improvfd"
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sunday i
chool Lesson
By RKV HAROLDL Li"NlKlUlST.
Itaan ?f th? Moody It Iiuttitut*
of Chicago
? W?atern N?wapap?r Union
Lesson for July 26
?
CHRISTIANITY SPREAD BY PER
SECUTION
LESSON TEXT?Acts 7 59 8 4. I Peter
4:12 19
GOLDEN TEXT - Be thou faithful unto
I death, and I will Rive thee a crown of
! life.?Revelation 2:10
I PRIMARY TOPIC A Man Who Was Not
Afraid
JUNIOR TOPIC?Stephen the Unafraid.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
?Persecution. Then and Now
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
?Modern Forms of Persecution.
Leaders of contemporary thought
j and observers of modern life decry
| thp evident decadence of old-fashioned
virtues. Our times are too
i materialistic, encouraging young
! people to strive for worldly success
i rather than high and noble character.
In a time when expediency is the
ruling principle, it is well for Christians
to emphasize the fact that following
Christ has through all the
years called for that loyalty to convictions
which has caused some who
bear his name to be willing to die
for him, yea, even to live and to
suffer for hirn. for sometimes it
may be harder to do the latter than
: the former. True followers of our
I I ?.?? ?"
I. To Dii for the Faith (7:54-8:1).
> j Stephen, one of the first seven
i chosen as deacons of the church, "a
? man full of faith and of the Holy
; Spirit'* (6:5). having been called
. before the Sanhedrin to answer
^ | false charges (6:8-15), faithfully
j stands for the truth. His indictment
^ j of Israel cuts to the heart. In anger
5 : his hearers stone him to death. He
1 becomes the first martyr of the i
| Church, that holy succession which
[ I has representatives in the young \
^ manhood and womanhood of today,
? ready, like John and Betty Statn,
^ to die rather than to deny Christ.
^ Note that in this hour Stephen
was given a vision of his risen and
J ascended Lord (v. 55). standing at
the right hand of God to welcome
his faithful servant. He prayed for
those who took his life (v. 60). How
p gloriously that prayer was answered
in the subsequent life of the
young man Saul, who was "consenti
ing unto his death."
Not to all who follow Christ comes j
< the need to face death for him. but
f all should be determined.
II. To Live for the Faith (8:2-4).
The early Church found that liv.
ing for Christ entailed bitter perse1
cution. Not even the sanctity of
j their homes was inviolate. Their
j persons and property felt the hard
a hand of havoc-making Saul, yet we
nna no intimation of complaint.
a Soon they were driven from home
^ and scattered abroad, but the result
was the establishing of gospel !
* centers wherever they went. Living
for Christ calls for daily witness.
1 for more than steadily bearing the
s responsibility of life. Not to preach- |
ers and Bible teachers alone is this
B sacred duty given, to be discharged
^ only in a church service or Bible
S school. No, "they that were scat- j
tered abroad"?all of them went
- "everywhere." Tfcey were not mere.
ly reforming or devoting their lives
to social service, good as these ,
t might have been, but "preaching
? the word" (v. 4).
r Are we who are now "scattered
abroad" going "everywhere," and
1 are we "preaching the word"?
III. To Suffer for the Faith (I Pet. |
! 4:12-19).
U 1. We are not to be surprised by i
e suffering (v. 12), not even by fiery ,
j inais, lor blessings will follow. The !
j Lord proves his children, even as I
| the refiner tests gold to cleanse it, |
to prove its worth, and not to de-!
Y j stroy it. God's testings are to prove
n j us worthy.
s 2. We are so to live as not to suf3
fer for our misdeeds (w. 15, 16).
- Many are they who would have the
1 world believe they suffer for Christ's
- sake when they are but meeting the
5 just recompense f&r their evil deeds.
2 It is a shame to suffer as an evilt
doer, but an honor and privilege to
suffer for Jesus' sake.
1 3. Believers are to make their
2 sufferings a testimony (w. 17-19).
2 If we as Christians must needs be
. purged in order to be fitted for;
' God's service and the glory that |
3 is to come, what will be the end J
5 of those who "k..ow not God and j
1 obey not the gospel of our Lord I
i Jesus Christ" (II Thess. 1:7, 8)?
. Peter refrains from even mention- j
ing what their ultimate end will be, J
. but the writer to the Thessaloniana j
. goes on to say that they shall be i
i "punished with everlasting destruc- |
? tion from the presence of the Lord ,
and from the glory of his power." I
. Solemn words are these. Have we, j
t and those to whom we minister,
heeded their warning?
KASIKK
The tramp tapped on the bark
door and asked for something to
eat. The housewife teplieo that she
would giv? him food if he would
earn the meal by clearing ou* the
gutter. The tramj agreed, and
when he had eaten his way through
several sand\v.r:i<>.> sne came out
with a reliable-h ?kitig hoc
"You needn't have gone to that
trouble madam. said the tramp
"I never ust a hoe in clearing out
a gutter.'
"Never use a hoe.' said the
woman. 'What do you use then?
a shovel?"
"No. madam. repheo the
tramp, starting for the gate "My
method is to pray for ram."-1TitBits
Magazine
Till. I1K.I1 COST
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m
f \v
1 1 sii_L
First Neighbor?Uidja ever stop t'
tigger out what it cost t' raise a cat
or dog. Bill?
Second Neighbor No; but there's
a neighbor's cat 'round here what's
cost me 'bout a bushel of brick-abrac,
two alarm clocks and a shoe
ies in th' past month
All Right With llim
The irate passenger who had
stumbled over another passenger's
I club bag which stuck out into the
| aisle, opened the coach window and
i tlung the offending piece of baggage
on to the right-of-way. Then
he snorted:
"That's the place for things like
that." he declared.
"All right with me. Mister,"
grinned the passenger who was addressed.
"That wasn't my bag."
A Few Idea*
He?See that man over there7
He's a bombastic mut., a windjammer
nonentity, a false alarm,
a hot air shrimp, a?
Woman?Would you mind writ
infi that clown for mo0
He?Why?
Woman?He s my husband, and
i want to use it on nim sometime
Quite!
"Why has your husband been
summoned?"
"I'm not quite sur~, but 1 think
a policeman held up his hand and
Jack put his foot on the exaspera
lor!'*?Tit-Bits Magazine.
Hurrumph!
"My education cost me 1.000
pounds "
"Yes. one doesn't get much for
moi.ey nowadays " ? Australian
Woman's Mirror.
THY POISON BAIT
"How's your garden getting
along?"
"It's troubled by two kinds ol
pests."
"What are they?"
"The pests that eat the plants and
the pests that want to know how
my garden is getting along."
Silly ol Him
Edith?Say. mamma, 1 want to
ask you a question.
Mamma?What is it now. Edith?
Edith?When the first man started
to write the word "psalm" with
a "p." why didn't he scratch it
out and start over again??Exchange.
Where They Sleep
"Give me a sentence with the
word intense'."
"When people go to camp they
sleep intense"?Pearson's Weekly
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