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or gy s Role in Greenland a
Stretches F`- r Back in
- :s .History
nitatieeret schen ii -f h-partyaobi--Pier .
Weglan• nutters lel p ting their na-'.
Hostel flag over a .sec on. of Eastern
Greenland and •otalin g the area in
the name .et their so ereign has raised.
. the 'gUeation as to •the ownership of
that vast ' •frozen' plateau. While
'Greenland els considered to be Danish
territory, it was discovered by No.ree-'
• men .and was Norwegian territory in
.early'da'ys. For '400 years Norway and
-powers; • wi`th Sweden, 'were malted un-
der a- singie King, Erik' of Pomerania.
In tills • union tile,• Norwegians were
dominated by the Danes, who seized
file high administrative posts .in the
government. At length,' after' the Na.
poleonle wars, in - 1814, the 'union was
solved: Greenland, Iceland and the
'Farces Were not mentioned 3n the dis-•
solution agreement;.an dthey were all
kept by Denmark.
Denmark were •united, and Greenland • In the ineant'ime the relationship be -
was. a cglony belonging to; both. Also, tween'•the Greenland, colonies and their;
Norwegian exlieditions-liayerlgalle:_the methenesd,___NeraaY,•;._aiad;-graidli,
;section 'claimed by, .the hunters a base faded away, The .last ship,knOwn'to
• of .operations, and have thus, come to• havevisited the -old Noise colonies in
look upon,It as theirs by right" of.occu- Greenland 'return;ed'to'Norwayin 1410.
)alien, With °nosupport from home the colon -
The first..recoxd•.of,Greenland...dates. les.decayed•rapidl'y,. the.settlejs :either
Ir pin the ,beginning of the tenth_ Oen be � aestr"o ed• the Eskimos a'
r
wh
e
� n th'e• Nor
. ,wegla'a Cugnbjorn ,•sorped• • ley in
interarriag® vv'i�ii 'them:.
•. is reported. to have seen , a land t'o •When John Davis isited Gr_ee•.i.nia ,-
- the west of 7Icslai;id,. °believed .to leave '.1535 there teas •no high "of mitt.people'
,been the so'u'thern tt '.of.tlhe h there
. �• . P .ctzu ttrq.,, ., eikcept;Yil�e'Esl4imos.
1'n' s82 anofhea
Norwegian; 'Erie the .. The' west •coast,.af.Er,'.eenlaniiis de-
,Red (Whose -son, Leif. . Ericson, is be- signated as' Danish Gree.nlarid,: the
--.:.-1iexe-d_ -to .liaye reached Americo" in • eastern•. Rar-t-bei g_imore-,untie+ Nor-•
1000), sailed. from Iceland 'discovered wegian influence. its trade is.a•mon-
fhe"land described, by GiinnbJorn and ' )poly .of 'the Danish Crown, a dating
apeat three years exploring it. • ' from 17:74, and fllr.purposes of'goyern-
Then followed., the • colpn'ization pe meat and`, trade the west coast is di-
rind, 4y Norwegians. •The 'settlers ea-. aided into .two inspeetorates,, southern
tabliahedal orches and i>}onasteries,"and' northern. ,Each inspectorate•_is•'
and, until' the middle of the'thirteenth: d'ivided•into districts, these•again cord-
-aiuentury; • had `their own republican' prising about sixty trading settle -
government.' About 1260,they were in meats which dot the coast for .a dis-
duced to swear allegiance to-theKing;,tance' of. 1,000 miles. These little . col-
, Norwa-y. " miles" consist of merely'a few houses.
For centuries the. history ..of ;Green- There are,, only a ;few hundred• Euro`-
" land • follows. ,the History 'qf .Norway „ peens in . Greenland,• and. lirobably
and 'Denmark. ' In 1397 th se. ;twos; about. 12,000 Eskimos. ' •
Hat Pins Stage: n list ' Scenes
i
Comeback in- Hats Tho most beautiful country . I have
• '"— i'' ever seen is England. : It .has net
Moderil Chapeau . Perches the' majesty of . ,Switzerland, but it
Halfun and Half off ' , has everything else. ' Almost exact='
• ly' the same size as . North Carolina
.- the Head or Dicsigatt, it has an 'amazing
variety Of Scenery and climate: As
New York -Hat pins -..mother Will
remember them= -are coming'iiach In' one apprgach:es• it Prom:• the Atlantic,
tie wakethe cliffs Of -Cornwall . 1iOk auste' e..
. i, of new 'hat styles. , fi .
Bobbed' hair put hat pins on the and forbidding; bat, there. the roses
ohelf;' bobbed hair and the fact that bloom in' January. Stand; almost 'God-, Unt t_now, no signshad accem-
S d y School.
Lesson -.
August 2., L.e.sso n V•--Phitip!a 'Mi.s-
sjohary Labors -Acte ,8: 26-40.
Golden Text -Therefore , they that
were scattered abroad went every
i where preaching the word.' -Acts
8:4.
• ANALYSIS'
L BREAICINQ TIUROUGH, QARRIE10 QF
EATEBD, Arts 8: 5-13. aa.•
Ii' THE WORK CQNSOLIbATED, Acts 3:
1425. . - •
-1 I: -ERE-A Thin ; TIIR'oUG,Ir-n R S "• O:�
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"RA' VE, 'Acts 8:„ 26-40,
INTRODuOrtott-Philip• was tiie fore-
runner • of .the 'larger general mission
Sevehne,; •Ghiesnt,sol.nesa.ec' rAa'toi!gnitftos ;0%11'1)1 'atde
slush ‘•a:missionary. .; Hissudde
and
spontaneous,moventents , uiid r -the .n ih � -,
snellaatiali slid se of. the Spic t reinTrid
ene.•o-f, the Old T,estainent pioplieta,
Bat hr's•=true• inspiration •was shown: in•
the daring insight -'Which led •himto
break' through .the''barriers of hatred
a.nd: ::Jewish- litnitations 1lr s;; ;,Sae.
true predecessor of Paul.
I. • BREAKING THROUGH BARRhERS OF
° iiATREO, Acts ''8:.5-13.
nlnia'gine a Canadian,- evangelist, go-
ing to conduct a mission in Berlin stn-
mediately, after' the War! Such was.
)'hi'lip.'going"to the Samaritans. Jews,.
and, Samaritans hated,each other. Due
10 the intermingling of races. after the
Assyrian capture of Samaria in E..Q.'
722 the Samaritans were ..of nixed
blood,. part : Jew, . part,•Aasyrian. On.
this ,account and because of tlisir"tori
rupted-Jehovah worshb, _the Jews,•
when rebuilding the temple after the
exi'e, refused Samaritan' asistance:''
''Ye have nothing to do with u,'.they
said, Ezra 4: '3 The Sam 'rtans re
sponde'd with in open and Implacable
hatred. Philip's missionary zeal, how-
ever, could"not `pass .them "by. ; He
preached Christ to them.
II: THE WORE CONSOLIDATED, Acts 8:
14 -25 -
Reports of Philip's activities soon
reached :the apostles, in Jerusalem, v.
14. They •recognized at once the im-
portance.of'this new, departure. They
sent . Peter and -John -toy investigate.
On seeing the copverts,`the visitors.
were r env ine d. that the work. as of
flee lairg-paFinis.-we�re"iTiveria'�ti- Y ah--a'n3'- ere_ -ire_ ,..-Deteonshir-e, -aur£• you-;=pa-rriEd h iivis worst-suchr_a lta
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-"_'hen- people -Ne-w •millinery is bring aee-the meadows .canine- on the sk
•Mg them • back., ' , " • they are' separated from one anether
The 'pins will be •of junior size: not by stone• *knees, or• by, split rails
short and useful for 'anchoring the: or barbbd• wire, but by hedgerows in.
new little hats. QoSffiires: velli , nn- : sell conscious bloom; • Salisbury
dergo changes, too. Women either. Plain is like western Nebraska, a'far
will permit, their ' hair to grow or horizon; the' misty slopes .of the
use tricky false ' curls- • and even
• : switches.• sea. Every few miles in . England
The modern. bonnets, "rooms" half the topography changes ;= :could, any, that. spiritual- blessings cannot -be bar-
on, half off the head. -thingg be- more-different-than'tlrtise red,'vt 20. II thought that ino:rey'
French milliners have introduced . different- :counties? .• , could, do anything. With an insight
a. band of ribbon: which timi across: But we do not go to :England for that is still needed, Peter denuunce8
e curred at Pentecost: ' Nosh, •h , ev r °
at the ,reception..service conducted 'by'
the.'apostles, there Was a pronounced
emotional ' disturbance. It, was stilt
considered . that the corning ° of, the
n Ti iiirst-be-accoripartied-141 these
external' evidences.Simon was much
impressed.• His:money-lovihhg.'sou!, saw
the'$nancial possibilities.,- He did not'
•realize,•like many a one since his day.;
Sussex dowps reach dreamily' to, the
the left side of: the ,head. American.
designers have employed, an elastic
bandeau to keep the hat on. • '
•• The 'ribbon and the. bandeau, ,wo.
• men' leave found are a aulsance. In
lieu of something to keep • the bon -
pet clamped tight womenare renew-
---tri•g~thelr-friendsliip-w-•tth-the-ha-t-pim•--
The • new hats are reminiscent of
.•"•.the days .of Empress Eugenie; wife
of Napoleon •III. •
World Wide Famine '
Banished Century Ago
' • Chicago -The danger of world',
Wide" lamins Wag 'retttaveti`-100 years'
ago this month. •
'111 a"'"listgfnia. witeat--it'eld in Jniy,-
•- 1831.. Cyrus. 'Hall . McCormidk Jeoked
back on the first strip of grain ever
successfully cut with a mechanical•
• reaper. That first clean swathe of
wheat served notice on the world
that 'the era of mechanised agricul-
ture had dawned.' . --
Economists have credited the
reapers with even greater service to
humanity, declaring that 4t has ban-
ished forever the fear .of a 'world-
wide food shortage, a fear .that had
existed since Biblical times. Now,
far front gearing a shortage of grain,
the. nations are troubled with grain
surpluses.
The surpluses are due, edonomists
say, to the wide rise of m0torize6 im-
plements. McCormick:8 raper was
tapable of only eight or sten acres
of', grain -ti•-day. Atter that. there
still remained the problem of thresh-
ing.
hreshing. Today huge combines used in
•the great grain belts harvest and
thresh 30 to 40 acres a day.
natural scenery, though we might the suggestion that a man's money
entitles him to prominence or power
within the church. His rebuke brought
about in Simon, not repentance, but a'
fear ef..consequences, "
III., BREA•KING THROUGH .BARRIERS- OF
RACE, Acts 8: 26-40.
well do so; we go because in Eng-
land' every scene is, in the Phrase of
Henry James, "peopled with recogni-
tions:' , The things: that we have
seen in imagination We see in real-
ity; there they.. are! . . As we 'look-
'ped • from the .top of the hill down
into Cantetbury, the setting sun glori-.
fled the Cathedral; as we stood on
the most solemn 'promonetory- .t In
England, Land's End; and gazed into
theyeasty waves at the footen—he
cliff, I remembered. Tennyson's
lines: • ' •
One showed an iron coast and angry
---
iou seemed to hear them climb
..and fall i
• And -roar rock -thwarted under bel-
' ,' lowing caves, . - -
1 Beneath the windy' wall. -
-William Lyon Phelps, -in "Essays
on Things." •
• Mr. lanagg•- "Don't you- know
that? _Airy fool could tell you."
Mrs. Knag'g-"That's why I asked
you,„ dear."
. When the apostles come to Samaria,
3'hilrp's pioneeaing-zeal-,-or-the--v-oiee•-
of God in a missionary's soul impelled
him to set out for new.fields, while
they. consolidated' the work. Some-
thing, he knew it was God, told him to
go- south toward the Jerusalem -Gaza
road. • '
Philip f.om Samaria, the Ethiopian
treasurer from Jerusalem, each un-
known to the other, were soon to met.
The treasurer :of 'Candac-e`,' Qtideli �s'f'
Ethiopia ("Candace" wasta royal title
like "Caesar" in • Rollie,; ."raiser" -in
Germany), had failed 'to find spiritual
satisfactio' in the 'religion df his own
country. In some way he had come :in
contact with Judaism and its sacrad
scriptures. He had traveled the twelve
hundred miles from Ethiopia to Jeru-
salem, and now, still perplexed anti
; unsatisfied, he was making his tray
h",mewa' 4. •
I When, on' the main 'hi'ghway.- ,thy.
Ethiopian eunuch's retinue came up to
Philip, "the Spirit said. unto , Philip,
Go near, join thself 'to this chariot "
v. 29. That is tl•e Bible way of saying
that Philip, ever seeking an oppor-
tunity to preach Christ, and hearing
this " foreigner" 'reading what lie 'evi-
dently did not fully understand, said to
himself, "I,inust'help that man, who-
ever he is." Last Christmas a man
sent a donation to a needy cmnmithity.
The letter ' acknowledging the gift
read: "God surly spoke-to_..yon„ ..Di-
vine 'suggestions are always coning
to people whose lives are tit channels
of God's spirit.
Philip's psP
As 'a result of ex Tanations
MUTT' AND JEFF:7 Central, Should Have Had Cotton' `lilt Her Ears.,
1.oNG DISTANec z WAI'JV iTh SPEAK
MISTER •A. Muir' IN Mt>eii'R5M.-
NCLbiN. VTT:.
JeFF SpGA%CING. PCGASfo
Scat, Me FIFTY AT. ON.
(v,T3ROl<G. - '
the eunuch found Christ. Receiving
him into the church by baptism, Philip
laid down only one conditipn, faith in
Jesus Christ, the Son, .of God, v. $7,,.
5He erected no artificial barriers be-.•
tweets a main and his God. He requir,
ed-snly one `fundamental" fsitii in
:Jesus. Christ as a }seismal i5aviour.
David Livingstone, haunted by the
thht
ug f thousands o of villages,ydt
un%ouehed by white man, must Press
on through African forests. Se, too,
Philip, his work w'th the eunuch cora-
pleted, left him to hurry north to Azu-
tus, ,twenty --miles Q#i. The language
which describes his departure s evi-
dently, suggested by Old Testerneat
models, for maniple, Elijah, .1 Kings
18: 12; 2 Kings 2: 16..
- -What-New- York
Is Wearing*
'13A '_—
.BYT
NNA. E L E,t WORTHI`•NGTON
running out as4hard as he bould come. ,
s tli t'. un w ea': To s the
Illuthated Dressmalceng.Patt?T7x°k'ur,- •: Want - a ,ny_, h. s . p Y. -
r Halic way overs 'he turned arouniZ,. in 1 1ti e s '.
_,n?s s%, fit 1...i, eery +y Patterat am cat, stole one 'of . e bars tt.n �'
uirfn -lx aft athou -•for' guidance
Q g �.
rr ed:=it 11„'•1:0-,-he••-barn.-i 1ferw-'.
.f t' o' e se 'nt-to
he'
and ,oa i o t . n.
„Where n �o ed r'
.�'•g p
ane Mats -
i AHN east
All great •-an-d honourable •aetipns
are accompanied by great difficulties
and roust be undertaken and overcome
'with answerable courage,--Fuiishon..
Did 'This .Ever Happe.) to You? .
It -was early morning and Mrs. Smith,
ha Pening-to lookout -.of -lies •window
while she was dressing, •saw her neigh-
bor,, Mrs, Humber, whh„ was net every:
cumatantiel evidence a story carried.
,th y
is found to be very, often wrong. '
Often, too,' it depends on'• who re •
-
ceires the news as to whit: construe:
tion will be put on • it, and "sometimes•
the..:conclusion drawn is .without 'In-'
,;te tiQri' unl ind, •because. 'of kelt of
knowledgie • of . the circumstances. • ; ' ..
perhaps the best' way after all is just•
to ;pass no judgment. at 'al!, to be, safe,,.
stro>rg, rush rout, of her"hoine'and' run Don't yeti think so?,
over to•the house acros'• the road. Very' .
Tjivii•ight `Hoer -Stbry
„ peels _the yours married Mail' came -.,,
- Chicks apd„ therLitiie Friends
it printed chiffon cotton, voile that
shows smart sophistication'for town.
It is -summery and cool, and yet so
entirely practical. It's tubable too.,
The bolero• is .most'unusual crossed
and' buttoned at the front.
The hips are snug. ' The skirt has
sufficient .flare expressing smart fem-
ininity without being fussyA narrow
ribbon velvet belt indicate the natur-
al waistline. • ,
---Style-No.---2643-may :be had -in --hire
16,-18 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches
bust.' :
-Emerald green flat crepe silk,
shantung in dusty -pink, red and white
• printed batiste 'and Ale blue silk
pique are stunning ideas for this chic.
model.
Site 36 requires 4% yards 39 -inch
material and -1% yards 2% indh rib-
bon for belt.' •
HOW T0' ORDER PATTERNS --a
Write yo'ur name and ,address plain-
ly, giving number and size, of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or, coin. (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each 'number, and
addressyour_ order. to WilsonPattern,
Service; 73'West•Adelaide St., Toronto.
•• tA lty can't Jones ah i . his wire
agree?"
"'He• in, r_:-:1 an' automobile girl that' there."isno use •denying that,
on a a'iv.iee;barrew fialarv" • this' year's tourist season as 'a fall -
mouth? ` 'And do 'you know; •`Flt}ffy"
•back dor` into • whit •':thb -.' un .` man
4 ' h h 'a er g didn't seenh to.' ea_'n _instants sit took
then -ran with redoubled energy. Mrs. 't. •awe • Yo see, they' wer'8--good
Humber came;, ark too, .hut slo very as I u
though�-tired out:, s• friends, and. Fluffy knew. Topsy- could `
�u ' take good care otlhatlittle'"'tittle; for
• Oh, Mary, called Mrs;. pmith,••tO bhe knew. all about habies. -since :811e...
her. daughter,' in another "room,
"I'iii ,had: had sowmany of them. So Fluffy
sure there is something wrong over, at just 'sat there and blinked . her eyes"
and purred.
"I guess we. better put thein in; their • '
new box now and set it away: off in a
young fellow who is ;visiting • th•ere ,dark corner, in the closet," seal Mama over.as j fast as he could . into ma Lady Just. as she said; that, how=
'Humbeh s . house, There must be �• the
ever, a •hig. dark shape stood ,at
door. Who do.you,.think it was? . Well,
it was: Rover, .andhe wanted in:: • He -
never waited , very ,long :either,, if, he
wanted• in, ;for he knew hour to open.,
the door with'his paw by, just digging
Humber's.. ,Mrs. Hamber • rushed out'
of,lier door just now and went over to
Maitland's; across, the street, afld••that
.something. the ruatter"
Mrs: Smith" finished dressing, alter=
nately trying to `think n i, g wes the
matter and filen ponder , whether
she should go to find' out whet was
wrong, for it would'' be so' foolish . to his -clave ; in a certain :place ' on the
go if nothing were the matter. 1' screen and Pulling' it open. Well, this
But :then it 'ail seemed so still• lnoruing he did that just• the same as -
around there. "Perhaps Mr Humber he always, did, and' came an wagging„
Is hurt,'" she thought. t'No, there lie' his tail and shaking his",head.. You
is away'back in the field' ploughing, so know tete ay dogs de when they say
"good: niorhin•g. •
But say, before he knew what was
happening to him he had a ',good
scratch on his nose. He was .surprised.
Then that wasn't enough, it seemed;
for -something -.jumped on.. his -back' and
was digging claws into his fur. Can
you imagine it?: It was: Fluffy doing,
all that to.Rover.'It'hurt, too, so that
healhought = he-whetteraget aoutt,Of-the.
•itchen as`fas-t as-h� �ould, and-'titat
'it isn't that,. hut then a' hundred other
things_ might have happened."
At last she just' had to.'phone over.
She hardly knew what to expect.• If
there was no. answer it would` mean
something was really=•the mutter, -or
'she hall expected to^ hear a stranger's
,voice.•'
In due time the, phone.was answer-
ed «Hello;' eases the= ieerful; fes
liar voicnof M
• Is that You, Mrs.' Humber? ' Are was what '"lefty wanted him to do, too. •
you all right?' said an anxious: voice. 'Whoever would. have ,thought , she
"Yes, •I'm• ,all right. 'Why do you would have been as cross as all that?' •
•sk?''-she-said. After-he-wasgone'and-she-•was sure
A little mortified, Mrs. Smith • told 'he was really .gone• she , came back, -
herWhation she rouse n and the con- and you should. have seen her eyesichat
her what .she had seen
e
. • � They were blazing ,.just like fire and
"Well, :now, it would look' like• that". they were. big and. round..too. .Bat . tier
laughed Mrs, Hamber. "But -what tail -say, it was big .before4but note
really happened was only -a phone call. it was nearly as big as all the rest. of
:Someone phoned long distance, for the her bodw put together. Her whole
young chap across•the road and I hur-' body'.was bigger too, because her fur
ried over to .tell • him; .while the line .stood straight out all over her, so she
was being held, that was all."
Doesn't this remind one a' little of
the ways of gossip? , In this case the
actions were prompted'by-neighborly
interestand friendship, but gossip
very often isn't.Gossip can so easily
-fly"-:-from house to house; ---becoming
more and more magnified, and in near-
ly -every' case- thouei •it seems like-cir-
The '.Public
The public .man .needs but one pat-
ron, viz., the lucky, moment. Its is as-
tonishing'how capricious,, how sudden
are the changes in value of a public
-man. Ali• depends upon whether the
publio want or believe they want the
Masi." Alin that -is ,aghedfl'on vpoii
which the Public do not 'know their
own minds' a week before nor do they
always keep hi the same mind, hen
made' uli, for a week together. If hey
do not want the man„ if he do not bit
-fibs taste -nor respond to the exigencies'
of the time, ,whatever his eloquence,
This 'abilities, his virtues, •they push
him aside or cry hiM ,down. Is he
' wanted? Does •the mirror of the mo-
ment reflect his image? That mirror
is an intense magnifier, his propor=
,,tions swell, they ,fiecouie gigantic.
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Paris Reports Drop
'In Tourist Trade
Paris. -- Directors of tourist
agencies, here iti conuection with
the con.fereuce Of • transatlantic
steamship companies, • said- recently
P.LesiAse,
CAM kiEAR i'1i1`
VERY PLAINLY,
Nit t tt' MOTT!
looked like a porcupine: ,
' It .all looked so funny, everyone ha
the room couldn't help laughing. "Poor
old „Rover," said Mamma Lady. "He
came at a wrong time. Fluffy' will _ T
soon get used to him when she finds
he wouldn't=-.hurtT-her-kittens--for,•ang:.--
thing."
But what did Rover think about,.it? �.._
ure. One of them said that his ,
business 'so far is 80 Per 'pent. less •
than it was last year:, •
An agreement was expected in the
conferenoe regarding • proposed re-
ductions- -of -tra-nsatlantie • steamshi1
fares. '
The: -a-opulanity -• o£ =-comfortable•.,----�
kbne-class liners was advanced as, a -
reason for .converting all but the •
biggest and fastest liners into cabin
class steamers. This ' considera
tion was expected to weigh heavily
;in- favor, of maintair:ing approxf•
mately the `.pi•esen`t ra es for •!lest: . __ , _.
class accommodations hi the fast •
est : liners. British companies, it
was reported; continue to ,favor at
least a 25 per cent. cut in 'first class
rates.
He Still Teaches al 97
Professor Francesco Berger; Lon.
don's oldest music teacher, is still
giving piano lessons at 97. When •
reminiscensing, he talks enthusiastic-
ally of Charles Dickens and -many
other Victorians. He linen; Mendell•
sohn• and a host of famous musi-
cians. and This themory is unusually
keen.
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