We All Are “Lone Eagles” in Spiritual Flights
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Says Uldine Utley
“Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble and he hringeth them
out of their distresses. He makcth the alarm a calm, so that the tcaves
thereof are still. Then they are glad because they be quiet; so he hringeth
them unto their desired haven. Oh that men would praise the Lord for
His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men
—107th Psalm.
pleasures, and still keep above
the condemnation of their
wrongs .
We, too, must start and when
we start we must keep going.
Nothing, even the fogs
of uncertainties, the
rain of discouragement,
Yet the loneliness of Lindbergh’*
adventure was to realize his ambition
There was none to challenge his course,
none to deter him.
What lessons do we Christians find;
in this? The lesson of loneliness iri the
world. The Christian mud go alone,
forsaking even worldly ambitions.
The “Lone Eagle” had
one dominant purpose in
his flight. He wanted to
reach the other side. Is
that trot the purpose of
every Christian life, to
reach the other side, to
anchor in the Kingdom of
Heaven? And not only
that, but to help others
in the future to get there,
too.
By UIdine Utley.
WHILE all the world thrilled to
the achievement of Lindbergh,
I wonder how many of us re
membered that wo are all aviators—
spiritual aviators—with oceans to cross
and mountain peaks to soar above, all
carefully charted in the Bible that
none may be lost by the world's eoro
nents dragging on outspread spiritual
vings; by the dense fogs, with which
human skepticism and material cares
surround us; by jagged mountain peaks
of utmost sacrifice, or the storms of
adversity. A span of hours was Lind
bergh’s flight. Ours is for all eternity.
Which, then, is the more wonderful?
It is a rare thing that a youth with
as much simplicity as Colonel Lind
bergh becomes famous and still retains
his simplicity. We must remember the
simple, healthy, trustful life that pre
pared this “Hero of the Air” for hi*
flight His great triumph proved that
» youth is not a weakling because of
his victory over the air.
We imi»t remember that there came
a time for Lindbergh to start; m mo
ment when he knew there was no mid
lit courte to steer; that he would soar
into tho illumination of a fuller life
dr sink into the abyss of oblivion.
There is always a beginning before
M an ending. The spiritual
SAd&totS must look carefully to their
>eginning, as Lindbergh did to his
They must examine the fabric and con
dition of the craft they venture in;
see'that it is equipped with everything
needful to make a successful journey;
not encumbered with a single super
fluous thing—as Lindbergh’s “Spirit
of St. Louis” was unencumbered.
His was seemingly a discouraging
time in which to start. Others had
failed, just before this young air pilot
took off. But Lindbergh wanted to
prove that failure is often the forerun
ner of success. —
We read in the Bible that when a
man puts his hand to the plow he
must complete the furrow. He must
not turn back. Lindbergh put that
axiom into aviation. Once started, he
never turned back. He saw the solid
banks of fog; he was warned of their
danger. The rain and sleet were dif
ficult to combat—how many wings
have been borne down into the waters
of spiritual oblivion by the world’s icy
sleet Stonnsl
Lindbergh tried to soar above fog
and storm. (Have we ever tried to
do that?) But he found, finally, that
the only way to keep on his course
was to go through. When he started
he never turned back. He kept on
and on.
The start may be hard for ns, too,
for, after all, the Christian life is much
like aviation. An airplane is of little
use in congested streets; it belongs in
the air. There it is free, unhindered.
Neither can we be partakers of the sins
of the unbelieving multitudes, seeking
nor the sleet of hindrances, should
turn us back. We, too, must go
through. And that meant more to
Lindbergh than it means to those of
us who stayed in comfortable homes,
eating and sleeping and talking while
he crossed the ocean alone.
Companionship is necessary in many
things. That is a sad life which has
no companions. We count on oui
friends, on their words of counsel and
confidence. Who does not shudder
at that word “alone!” Who does not
shrink from the sacrifice of mother,
home, friends—to set out on some
strange journey alone!
Surely, we can learn a
great lesson here. The
buzz of Lindbergh’s plane
in the clouds, his daring and enduring
flight, made other aviators raise their
planes above the reach of earth.
Colonel Lindbergh had that one thing
in his mind continually, the advance
ment of the cause of aviation.
If we have the cause of Jesus in
our hearts we will watch our every
word and deed. We will want every
moment of our lives to help promote
the Kingdom of God.
They tell us that Lindbergh brought
about a better understanding in the
land of the French and created a
stronger, warmer feeling of kindness
between the two nations. Our galva
fVhat Do You Know —
About Stock Exchanges7
I. h hat is the oldest stock exchange
in the United StatesT
2 How is the term “market” used in
connection toith the stock exchanget
3. What actual business takes place
on the floor of the stock exchanget
What is a commission brokerf
5. What is the tickert
<5. Uoto does a customer trade on
margin T
ANSWERS.
1. The exchange in Philadelphia.
2. “Market” has come to be synony
mous with exchange and when we
say “stock market” we mean the buy
ing and selling of securities on the
stock exchange.
3. That of making contracts to buy
and sell stocks to deliver later. These
contracts arc known as “sales.”
"transactions" or "dealings."
4. One who by himself or in part
nership with other brokers executes
orders for buying or selling securities
for customers.
5. The machine which automatically
prints the abbreviated names of stocks
with their fluctuating prices on a nar
row ribbon of paper, known as the
“tape.”
6. When a customer trades on mar
gin he furnishes only part of the
money for the transaction. The
broker buys the stock obligating him
self to pay for it. Generally he bor
rows the money from a bank, giving
the stock as collateral. If the price of
the stock falls below the number of
points protected by the margin the cus
tomer must put up additional margin
or be 6old out.
“Go Back to the Farm and Prosper”-B. F. Yoakum
I * HE big opportunity for young
* I men of today and tomorrow
* is on the farm,” says B. F.
Yoakum, director of the St Louis,
San Francisco and the Seaboard Air
line railroads and chairman of the
board of directors of the Empire Bond
and Mortgage Company—the man who
has built more railroads than any
other person in America. “Go back to
the farm and prosper."
This was his answer to a question
put to him not long ago at the close of
another successful season for his
Lenox Hills Golf and Country Club at
Farmingdale, New York. This unusual
philanthropic club was established to
give inexpensive golf to the city player
who is unable to afford high club fees.
Mr. Yoakum has rather definite
ideas about success, although he
doesn’t believe there is a magic talis
man for it.
“Success come* to those who supply
the vital needs of the people,” he is
given to saying frequently. "Food,
clothing, housing. In 1928-29 the
great problem that should stir the im
iginations of young men is putting
agriculture upon a solid basis."
‘<What do you think a young man of
average abilities ought to do as he
turns about him seeking an oppor
tunity to rise?” Mr. Yoakum wai
asked.
“He ought to decide which pressing
necessity of his own country he can
contribute most toward supplying.
Then he should devote himself, with
patience and vision, to that end.
■What do - you nicai. h --
Making money? I think that money
has almost nothing to do with it. t
know men with huge fortunes who are
further, from success than poor men
who give of their time and talent* in
supplying deep-seated needs.
“However, the economic laws oper
ate almost with the sureness of the law
of gravitation. To those who house
and feed and clothe the people, to
those who help them get from place to
place a little faster or more comfort
ably, by air or land or water—money
comes.
rrr
“I don't think any
man ever got very much
money and kept it long
whose motive in the be
ginning was getting it
and keeping it.
“Right now the farm
is calling to young men
more dearly than any
voice 1 know. As the
population of America
grows it will become
more and more evident
that the food-grower*
are the ones who hold
the destiny of a great
country in their hands.
“People who turn to
B. F. YOAKUM
“Well. then. Mr.
Yoakum, how much im
portance do you think
downright luck has in
success?”
“You mean in making
money? It may have a
great deal to do with
that. But with the sort
of success i am talking
ing about, it can have
very little to do.”
Finally, this man,
who has been called the
greatest living developer
of America’s vast South
west, believes in recrea
tion. So thoroughly
the tarm, who learn to grow and to
sell in tune with twentieth century
conditions are going to prosper. Money
will come to them, as it never came
before, because It is plain that farm
ing is one of the two or three really
vital industries in the country—in any
country.
“Suppose a young man takes a job.
in an office or on a farm. How much
of hie income snould he save?’* This
was another query put to the kindly
eyed, soft-spoken railroad builder in
his palatial New York office.
“How much? That depends. He
ought to save, of course. But the
most important thing on his mind
should be giving all of his time and
imagination to his own job. He
ought to do it, not with a view of get
ting a raise, but simply because it in
terests him. If it doesn’t interest
him, he should be somewhere else.”
“What qualities do you think are
most important in achieving success?”
“There is one which no man can
have and fail. That is a driving, a
living personality. 1 don’t use the
word personality in the vague sense
that it has coma to be used nowadays
by the success magazines. I mean a
capacity to mould a situation, to in
fuse it with something of the indi
vidual.
“That is why public ownership of
industry — communism—always will
fail. The powerful individual is not
at work in it.”
does he believe in it that he devoted
125 acres of his Long Island estate to
a golf course where families may en
joy golf without paying the exorbitant
dues charged by fashionable clubs.
He has built on this course a
$10,000 clubhouse for caddies, the
first of its kind, where the youngsters
may gather in the evenings and enjoy
dances, entertainment and speeches by
prominent men.
“The right sort of play is as impor
tant as anything else for young
people Almost as important a3 the
right sort of work.'’
Agricultural interests are so close
to Mr. Yoakum’s heart that he em
braced the Republican cause during
the recent campaign because he dis
agreed with Smith on farm relief —
and this after a life-long allegiance to
Democratic principles.
The Government, he believes,
shouldn’t coddle or subsidize the
farmer, but should help him learn to
help himself. Thus, when the subject
of young men was broached to the
rail magnate, he was quick to empha
size the part of youth in building the
food supply of the future.
Young men, indeed, are one of Mr.
Yoakum’s greatest interests. Most of
them like him on sight. Any caddy
who carried his clubs or who attends
the gatherings in the Lenox Hills
caddies’ club will testify to that. And
not a few men in high positions today
can trace the beginning of their rise
to Mr. Yoakum’s helping harfti.
On his own estate at Farmingdale,
New York, from which he drives to
his office in Manhattan each morning,
the “dean of railroad builders” raises
virtually everything served on his
table. There are his own dairy, his
own truck farm, chickens, pheasants,
rabbits and live stock.
"If I were a young man in these
days.” he concluded, "I couldn’t wish
for a larger horizon of opportunities.
They confront one on every hand.
There are fortunes to be made out of
the air and out of the soiL But more
important than the fortunes there aro
avenues of service in buildin" a graat
republic, still young and plastic.”
Modernism and the Days of the Court
Train Meet in TUs-Dciifn.
By ANNE U. STILLMAN.
Fathion Editor of Panorama Magazine.
THE evening drdas is<the most im
portant of all dresses to a
woman. It is the persona] ex
pression of that woman’s individuality.
In a becoming evening dress almost
anything can happen to a woman.
An evening dress is woman’s chal
lenge to adventure. In its silken en
closure she becomes a lance conscious
ly titling at life and at fate.
She is a creature of lace and orna
ments, jewels and glow. She is allur
ing. She is charming. And she
knows it.
In a sense, she is clad in armor.
tion does this, too. It makes us “love
one another” and “pray for those that
despitefully use us." Did not Jesus
say: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they shall be called the children of
God”? Our “Prince of Peace" brings
peace to the shore of many lives and
stills many a raging tempest by the
word of peace He brings.
The greatest lesson, possibly, that
we can learn from this epochal flight
was from the reception given Colonel
Lindbergh. Few people would have
received the praise of the multitudes
in the same manner as he. Many, in
time of their exaltation, change.
False pride and vain glory take the
place of humility and simplicity. But
Lindbergh did not appear to change.
We spiritual aviators have something
to look forward to that is a million
times more glorious than the welcome
to America’s Lindbergh! It is a good
thing that our reward does not come
now. The praise of earth is sodanger
v'« it might keep us from our final
glory in the Heavens.
We admire the courage that mad*
Lindbergh fly the Atlantic, and fly
alone. And yet not alone. "We/’ can
mean more than the aviator and his
plane. Those who prayed at home for
him believe it does mean more. Unless
the good favor of God had been with
him, would the other side have been
reached? The prayers of his modest
and faithful mother at home, along
with tens of thousands of others, fol
lowed him—kept him going.
Likewise we admire the manhood
and womanhood that is strong enough
and has courage enough to stand fot
Christ. The man or woman who doe*
not care about the opinion? of men,
nor the dangers that lie ahead are the
spiritual Lindberghs.
Let us live lives of which we shall
be proud. And let us remeinoer the
Crpose of our testimony for Christ.
t us start, and never turn back. If
it means alone, then remember Jesasis
with us. He will take us through.
HOW to DRESS WELL
By ANNE. U.
7 he I mportw..
Evening Gowns
Recent Photograph of Mr*. Stillman,
Taken at Her Home in Pleaaantvilla,
New York.
Her white shoulders may draw to her
the common enemy, man, but if she
so wills, her fan with a light wave
may dispose of him.
She is armed and ready to conquer
—by being conquered—which is the
way of all women.
And since it is the dress that she
wears to battle in that age-old con
flict between the sexes no dress that
a woman over wears can be quite so
important as the evening gown.
A house frock and a simple kerchief
may hold affection. Sports clothes
will do for outings and companionship
But the psychological possibilities of
an evening gown are astounding. And
since it is the dress of dresses to its
selection a woman must give her very
best thought,, her most careful discre
tion. It is the most important dress to
get right, it should fit your person
ality—it should he you, you at your
best. j|
The cut of your gown should cotv
fortn exactly to the figure, showing of#
your best lines and concealing your
worst ones. The color should bring
out the ntaural tones of the complex
ion and hair. Your jewels must har
monize with the gown. In short, every
thing about the dress, its type, its sil
houette, its color should be as near
to perfection as yon can possibly gat it.
And since this dress means so much,
a woman must choose it with metictf
lous care. She must spend on it all
that her purse can afford. One well
chosen dress is better than six of the
other sort.
The gown shown here was designed
by Lelong and it is reminiscent of tha
days of the court train. A single ges
ture of modernism is added by it*
snugly fitted waistline which is further
emphasized by the string belt.
Yon need not have a Paris conturier
design your evening frock You will
find clever copies of Paris creations
in our American shops. And if yon
give to your selection your best thought
and discrimination, your dress will re
flect your charm.
By Clare M
urray
New Oirl Poet*Artist
Do You Wonder?
YOU want to know just why 1 love you.
Dear, there are so many reasons why
That I shall tell you only one—
And yet it is the one real reason
And it far surpasses all the rest.
1 love you, for'you are reality.
No persiflage for you.
You want the truth.
You speak it and demand it in return.
And with rare insight seldom fail
To pierce a sham.
You are so human
That you understand
All human nature
Therefore, looking in your eyes,
I talk to you as to no other soul—
As to my God.
You press your life
Until it yields its final drop of jo
Or sorrow.
This I love.
For always I have had half-measures.
You have led me up
To heights of ec6taey
I never dreamed of
Still less aimed to reach.
You never spare me.
You have made me suffer
With the keenest pain
Ooomcta. t»2» lotanwaoui r*u»r* tamn, to. Otm Biiuia Kgbtt bwn&
I ever felt—
And yet I welcome it
Because I know that it is life.
Full and abundant.
Do you wonder that I love you ?
“You M»vo Led Mu Up to Height* of E<*t»cy.’'