HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-12-24, Page 74
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B;Y 1RE IE" S�',II,a,,,, .
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Tho little typist, working :n the
third windpw On the fourth:' floor of
the building opperite•the•hospital, fin
ityhed: her letter with a flourish'.;
' man went to watclit her as he went his'
rounds in. the men's wards, prepared
to smile. • ' •
It was hardly necessary to pause,.
he: reflected. Ile knew so well what
she would, do,, She, ,open 'a
drhwer,,take out her powder -puff, and
poWdwr herimpudent little nose. -'.:hen
'She would perhaps throw some laugh
•ing'remark to the gixl.who worked
nearest her. • In•'any ,event, it. weuld,
be some minutes' before she started
vt�ork , again.
Yes, •as it,;happen, tiie little typist
phly'satf back and°sighed: •The 'titan
opposite .„ave, , so surprised: that he•
paused longer ;than usual,, until» rho
bitigh.t face, at' the iyi.,pdo* t i'raed
• any '""•• . ••
"That young: man certainly knows
tare;-t-dudy-e ss stalls -said to
r cgrapait*... ' ; '
"You 'should .feel 'flattered, ,dear,”
said Miss Macinty.e, •
Judy shook her head.
,"his eyes are too• critical; besides;
the wretched creature always manages
to leek .across " vhe>ti I am powdering
my'nose. You know, that building op-
posite has blighted my'life."•''
Miss Macintyre was horrified
"Oh, you'"shouldi►'t say :that Doti'f.
forget it's a hospital. Don't forget
the. good work they do."
"Yes, r' always • do try to. remember''
that; but 11 -can't help•regretting-th e
-'pleasant green. square we need to look
upon. You weren't here, so you deal
remember .what this place was' like a
year or two ago. It was a- pieagure to.
Work` here then."
"And now?" ventured. Miss t a^in`'•`
tyre', timidly. • :
`It's a penance," said Judy solemn-
ly, : and . that's final."
"`Heavens;.whiit''s go; yob down. this•
morning?" demanded Miss Macintyre
in alarm.
*"The building' opposite," said 'Judy:
tersely.
But' that, though indirectly true,.
• was' pot °,so entirely. Judith would
hardly admit it to herself, but it was
the man opposite who had upset her.
He stared so often and so hard that
she had been, bound to notice him, bus
she was.often forced to wonder. 'whe-
ther he.had .really noticed her. •
And because, she was not sure she
w: as angry, with herself for being so.
interested in him, Angry with .herself
'for liking ;his fair, thoughtful you Z
face, his:serious, frowning brows, but
she was envies still-witlrhim because
he never smiled. L.
He seemed ' very remote and ab-
stracted in his work across the way.
The boys n-thr-men's ward smiled at
to go,.. If she could Cheer thoserboys• • ,0,
up, he would
• The Saturday afternoon, coneert
proved to, be'the usual .hospital affair,
replete with kind old ladies exercising:
'somewhat doubtful „talents,. July
couldn't' help being the star turn:
�• It:• •she had finished her first'
a piano, tab one world hser
dr caving the instrument. Some
,' adelito, who had gathered in the
doorway, ran forward every time she
tried. to escape, and held her down,
She played popular dance tunes and
all the old favorites she could, remem-
ber. ,. She sang an old-fashioned •love
song aha. had half the Ward singing`
with hers It, was towards the.:'end of
this song'•that' he voice faltered and
her energetic little 'hands p'layed...not•
so surely; She saw thefair . yen:*man panse iri the doorway,
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W hea she had finished the s.mg he
spoke. to.the . stgdents; and a • nurabe!"
of tl"em turned on reluctant heels and.
*eV' away; but .he retneined, frown
lite 's • ..
telt su`rlden',nervous,'• or• slie
would
.hr ye gone;uyp to him and- asl ed•
hick w'hy'he did: ' netlike her .$)eg,
-Shr 'Often went over:tb the lid spita.a;
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aftei';that; but thpiigh t`t"e mad f+aien .
with all the patients land many; of th
•-�t-o-t.-cuh ts; she :ever-iTrF de ien�is w- h
the 1: it youiteL met s,ith the ; riq s
eyes - ,
"I' don't think he approves of me
she told the rosy -land toywith th
broken .leg i'1 a always Stan.:, an
glowers at nl`e wnea.I'm play lab -
that is, , if he".deign§ to'natic4 . me' at
•1" •
"Oh, he,approves Of you 'all rig
He wouldn't' come' round at all whil
.you're .here.'af-.lie_didn'.t...He's_alway.
very busy. .But. then he takes his je
very. 'seriously, ..you know. He's very
young to be house=surgeon. • He 'was 'a
student 'less than two years ago, you
know,_playing_R:ugger,.in. the: hospital:
A team,., Ite,:•told• me' that'when'. he
heard how I broke my leg."
The next week; was Hospital.Wee
for 'the, West Central :Hospital, an
excitement ran high: Students parad
ed .the streets in'.white' coats or.fans
dress ,'railing nursed collected • at cot
nets. On the Tuesday there was.
door to'door'collection, and• the,s;;u
dents raided ` the offices pf' Messrs
Harford & -Harford.-
Judith
arford. °
Judith watched eagerly from her
window, trying to recognize some o
the• • • fantastically ;dressed figures
After long minutes she began to think
that her own -room' on 'the fourth fl.ior
had' been forgotten; then the doer
opened and someone came in.'He :came
straight across to her seat .Ib;y '
dow as if she• were the only person
he wished to see:
He smiled. S:taicding° before her,
shaking his collecting=box, he seemed
younger and gayer than she•' had ever
een him. `
"You're not • supposed to do' this.. sort
f thing, surely," . she. said, when 'she
ad recovered. from her .'surprise•, she
umbled in her bag • for half-a-crown,
hich really was the most she could
fford, and .as she fumbled she read
he legend' e`t' ter" a�ic dox, ouse
urgeon's' Collecting Eox." =
"1 canie'across•more •to,see Yea than
e
ht.
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FQHoxers of Paylova�'s Art
Moinbers of. the Juno.
rt Sch
at Finchle
late Anna Pavlova. Many ballet classes are ,now preparing for Christmas programs.
E
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land
ose efectivel
in ''a 'mirror . owned by the
SundaySchoot.
'December ' 2y, i eseetr-41 fr 'he ' •
'Spread .of ehr 3stien!ty tin Barnpe.--
tsalah 11 , 1-10. Golden Text-
• The kingdoms of. this world are. bet
come the kingdoms of our .Lord,
and of his Christ;_ and he obeli . -
reign fo.r •ever and eves.—Revela.•
• tion 1'1: 15.. , - .•
• Far six months we have been•follaw-'
ing the studies of:the spread of Chris-
.tianity after'the• departure •of Jesus.';
•In the • resurrection, the little band of •
,followers became, aware .of ;the living!' . ,"
arid: eternal- Christ' and: they went -
everywhere ' 'spreading the. inessage. `• .
and the power of his gospel .Asy'we••"
.have looked" 'again upon the faith and
the cou age of these ea' ly followers
of Cultist, and realize`sometlnng of: the
riee.•tht�ey 'paid in° new outi'odks and
eraic ehdeai�ora, risking .and ,actin; .
ing'al'l that,'they had; '.Vie feel tliat,we
•have entered ' into a rich heritage in
deed.• `We are constrain d to ask our
selves-whether-We7have been`;u's' gith-
ful' witnesses. -
he past:sons 'neve '
.shown u-•Ghrissianitr •=movi w
sho. ty4 Ing•euti,nto
. new.' areas, the extension,of the 'mis- "
sionary activity of 'the church to in-
elude` Europe.. Help the ;class to see
' the enlargement of'view as well •as.o,f •
area that has taken. place.', This part.
of the; •review you might "gather up'
under -the •heading; "Jewish vs. Una- •
• versal,.Christianity. Recall' with the. • .
group.the Judaizing ten cyof a ter-
tain' group. • They; •egar ed Christian-:
.}ty •at••first-as-exelnsively-f"oriews�•an'd> .
within the, Jewish church. • When did
-this idea get its first. challenge? 'Recall'
Peter :at-Joppa: , But who.was the;real '•.
champion 'of' the larger view?. 'It'•was' • .
Paul who.' "tore the' gospel from..its
-Jewish soil and rooted it' in the soil oaf '
humanity." Caa•to mind his experi-'
'ence on his first' and second missionary''
'journeys and' hie Call into.Europe. Re=
view. the circumstances 'of his preach-
ing in Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea,
'and • Corinth. • . Note especially. that.,
'Paul was .demon'strating.all the while.
that Gentiles,could enter.'intothe'.faith .
and life in Christ equally 'with' Jews •
and it was not neeessary,•for. them to •
•aeceptthe- unf•arniiiar-.ceremonial of
Judaism' in order. •to be,`.good Chris-
tians. But 'it was. very hard 'for the
Jews..to sed this; as is ,evidenced by
the bitterness with, which they' oppoa:..:'
ed.•Paul and the Gentile•mission.• - The
matter of consequence'. is •that the
Christian gospel. -demonstrated itself '
as..a universal •gospel rather than'for'
a,rnerely_Je_wish:.sect
Notice what were the 'implications.
of this. Racial equality was recogniz
ed or prepared :for, and the Way open-,
ed for racial understanding. • In Christ •
there was to be no East or-West.'Pani
was the • wo'rld's greatest pioneer
under Christ into this field..' Have ;the
;class attempt to estimate'W1 at we owe
:to. Paul -in •this. • • • ' • -
Another topic for discussion night
be "Three Jerusalem Councils." Have
some one tell of the first; where. Paul
end Barnabas came to' report on the
Gentile response to: the..Goapel
.get the council's approval. and azimut- :
ance of a tolerant attitude toward ,.
Gentile -Christians. 'Some one ase may
tell of Paul's last visit to Jerusalem ' ••
and the attitude of tt., council and of
Jb- Tewigh rommunitiy Then -ha ie—
another tell of the Jarusalem .Confer=
ence in ?'9£8, ' when representatives
from all the continents took counsel. •
together • on the basis of racial •equal
ity and human brotherhood. How 'far '
was Paul's thought of the universal- v•
ity 6' the gospel vindicated by this.
last conference? How muoh of;the old'
rx.cial antipathy- ono- 'sectarian nar-
rowness• hes' stili to. bO overcome?
another interesting topic for din-
cussion here would be Philemon's. Re-
ply to PauI's L'etter,, taking for grant•
ed that Philemdn was as'good,a Chris- . -
tian as Paul believed him to be.
watch. "Why, -ve're . due down.
at: three . o'clock, aren't we?"
more than half of the students flet
leaving Judy an8 about four' ether
to clear up. • ,
t`•Ever seep the operating : theatr
from this' point . of vantage?" asked
the student who had spoken first.
No;'- - -said -Judy. -•' nor .from - an
s.
e -
b •other point" • •
"Well, it's just right here at. hand,
if you wsnt. to look. 'It's that. next bit
of low roof'.. that, backs. on: to here." It's.
lower- than the rest so 'that they get''
daylight -through the •roof. Gosh; girl,
you should.see, the lamps they have in
k 'there•!" . -
d' "I' 'wish I could see thein," said
- Judy.
Y "Follow me; child," beckoned . the
student, "and you shall .see all."
a "But we can't.go.in,", she. objected,.
- "It isn't a proper visiting hour."
"Oh," said the young man, "it's
much more exciting out' of visiting
' hours. ' Besides,, we are only, going to
f take one short peep through the win-
• dow." . ' . •
Judy followed -the young man meek-
lyal'ong a ledge,to.a:small side
dow, where there was another' accom
modaiing little ledge to hang on, to.
ne short- ieeg i#-. was=for Judy.
Eerything ill: the . operating. theatre
•was •in readiness, and amid .that:glar-
ing whiteness and careful cleanIiaess
there was the man Judy loved. Mask-
ed and rubber -booted, he.seemed :Imre
remote 'than' ever.
Perhaps it was a sudden feeling of
hopelessness and helplessness Which
overcame. Judy, or perhaps it was .the
sickening reek of ether which clung
s...
le
fell.
Whe Ole reco cared consciousness,
'her broken arm had• been set, and her
whole body 'ached with bruises. She
was a little light-headed :_from the
-chloref .odic •-'the had given her, and it
was some moments before she'. realized
whose was the .fact that bent above
her. '
Still- light-headed, she • raised an in-
quiringfinger.. and touched the corner
of the house -surgeon's .mouth.'
"What a seriou.; young man!" site
said. .
"Something to look serious about,
this!" he muttered, but smiled back at
her, nevertheless.
"I'll do'more . than smile," he said,
as he bent over her again.
"Accidents have'their ' compensa-
tions," Murmured Judy happily, ;after
he had kissed her.—"Answers" (Lon-
don).
y New Hardy,; -Rose
•- Produced' in' .Doni nion
Montreal:—A; new rose has , been
produced at. the: Experimental Farm,
sufficiently .hardy . ,.to Withstand; the
:climate as'far'' north as Ottawa. with
out protection.' It is a cross.between',
an unnamed -double white variety of.
the Rugosa type and R. spanasisinn
hispida. • In the' report of. the• Domin-
ion Horticulturist for 1930, which is
issued by the Department • of Agri-
culture at
gri-culture'at Ottawa, the rose is describ-
ed as having a handsome bush''wish.
'distinct foliage; the leaves ' goldi Ir
green with seven •leafietsr-T-he-flowers-
are large single, pale' pink. on opening,•
fading -to white. The'plant blooms.
until the middle of June.
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her, and were only too happy if She,
smiled back,- The boys ia the men's
war waved to her, and were, del7ght- t
ed if ihe waved back. The old .anen
nodded, to her.
. They were all pleased to see her—allto
except the eerie= young man..Ile just -
stared and frowned, almost as if ne a
• was not pleased with what he sew. s
Thus it was that on :lis blight morn-
ir,g Judy also frowned over her type- ;
sh
She was still frow.ning when a note w
• was brsug•ht id her by otte Of her .own
firm's messengers. •
th
"A young man left it fOr you in it
• ,the hall, miss," said the departing th
judith 'looked down et the note with p
puzzled eyes. When she had read the ps
address she was more ptizzled than so
ever. It was addressed to "Anse Busy 3,N
Bee, cere of liesars. Raiford & liar- at
ford; Third Windois Fourth Floor,
Facing West Central Hospital." sh
It was te Joint invitation from ie.:se se
of the boys in the men's ward, asking
her to tea the folloaring Saturday. co
, There was to be a Concert, and. if she la
could join in, so much the better. They be
had Watched her so' often and She had .
smiled at theni so often/that they all as
felt they !thew her. She looked so sh
happy that they wanted to know her
better.
4 Judy, Surprised' and totiched, decided he
o collect," he was saying. Her heart
apt, and she iaised starry -eyes to
"I Wanted to see you about our
acheon-hour concert on Thursday. '
Her heart sank again. - .
"It's going to be just an imprompl,'
ffair on the first -floor roof garden.
uggested that it was no use having a
odernlauilding if We didn't make the
ost of it, so we are going to have a
ort concert there et lun4h-time,
hen everyone will be out and. about.
hey'll get aaawfully good' view from
e street, and we'll have people dewn
the streets collecting; Don't you
"Splendid!" said Judy. "Of course,
I can get some extra time off for
mething as important as this. Will
u be theter ,she added, as if as. an
terthought.
"Of course, if possibly can. I
all want to see the concert. ' And to
B• ut on Thursday,. even when the
ncert waged wildest' and most h:-
rious; peter Maddox was nowhere to
"W▪ hy doesh't he come?" Judy kept
king herself. "Why didn't he come?"
e finally asked one of the students.
"1 'believe he's busy with an onera-
xi now, or going to e very shortly,
replied; then he looked. at . 44,
"You don't seem nearly so remote
when .you smile," she said. "You.
shoUld do it more often."
"Remote—I—reznoter • He threw
back his head. and laughed. "Why, it
was you who seemed so 'remote. You
smikd at everyone except me." , '
"You" --used. to glare -at me- whenf I
pewdered my nose."
"Why, I loved to see you 'powder
your little nose! Yon all seemed so
carefree over there. Everything seem-
ed so serious here. I'd work -much
better after I'd watched you fora min-
ute. And vilw do you think. I came
across eollecting. It was just that I
couldn't bear this sense of yourbeing
just across the wAy, always _just out
of reach."
"And now I've come across tb you,"
she said,."and you'll have to smile at.
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In the Air
A, .wwell-known bishop was giving a
_religious address Jrnm the o d n '
broadcasting. studio. His peroration
concluded: ;And if we obey
,these laws . . we shall alt meet
int. Heaven" .
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The listeners were surprised to hear;
almost. without a pause—"I don't
think!
It seems that the bishop, immediate=
ly on, concluding his' address, turned
to the announcer and said, "I don't
'think I spoke too long, did I?" but the
announcer 'did not "fade out" until tlie
words: "I don't tfi7nk=" had •been
transmitted.
Daughter—"Youdi have to.: giVe
me away When I Marry Toni." •
hoW extravagant, you are arid he
isn't diecouraged yet." ,
"I thilsk Eisie's boy is a credit to
her." "Well if I knoW. piste, she'll
need esery penny of it,"
`Did you ever hear of 'the straw
Whieh broke the camel'e back?"
asked the guest at it 'country inn.
"Yes, sir," replied the landlord.
"Well, you'll find It In the bed I
tried to sloes on last night."
ry These
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New Wine In Bid Bottles'
Have Yon ,tried the amusing game
verbs? "It's a long. latie"-H-saYs one,
"that has -no picture palace," Continus.s
anotherb ,Ittkihere. there's -a
there's` Iitigation,'' and "FeePle Whir
live in glass housesshmild pull down
What 'are yOur neWsendingzi for "Too.
, Party Problem
Can, you make' any sense out of these.
WhIstbrdsnwldswItyglercIngskm
tghtwzidsnighngsaktlirsngbrght
lights vreaplgrmswmenxxdlght.
needs-Ates-addltion---of -one-
Vowel tO naake four lines of quite good
Poetry. The letter is "1." Put it in the
right places, and the lines then reed: '
Idling I sit in this mild twilight dim, •
birdi in :Wild, swift vigil cir-
cling skim,
Light winds In sighIng :eink, till tit -
Night's virgin pilgriin switn's in vivid
Because •it is usually seen. upon a line.
What doee your butcher weigh —
day. without striking. ,
Why' is a careful housewife like, a
dog trying to bite its oivn
cause they are both 'trying to make'
oth ends meet. •
,What 'has A foot'and a 'brow, but no
Why is w false friend like the leiter
?-13eceuse, although the first in pitY,
"I admire a man who says the
tight thing at the right time." "So
do I—especially, when I'm, thltsty."
There cattle a knock at the door,
The cottager opened it. "Good morn-
ing!" said the shabbily dressed visi-
tor. "Is it here that you are offering
the cottager etaxiouslY. "I'm offering
ten 'shillings.' Can it be that yon bave
news of my poor little Fido?" fhe
other shook his head. "No, not get,"
he repfled. "But as I was just going
in, search, of the dog I theught you
alight letmelave.a little on account."
A sportsman who was a very bad -
shot but very free with 'his tip's, was
one day accompanied by a keeper who
was anxious to keep on good terms
with him. Soon aft& they were post -
'ed a rabbit appeared about ten yards
in. front of them. Boom bang, went
theaportstrian's gun; but the. rabisit
,darted away. • "Did I hit it?" asked
the sportsman. "Well, sir," replied
the keeper thoughtfully, "I couldn't
extzetly say yoit hit qui, but I never
•
"I'm going to ask the boss for a
raise in salary the first of the year."
"But 'Suppose he refuses?"
"Oh, well, I'll ask him. again next
By BUD FISHER
WO? YOU'R6 ACTING LIKE.
owe To POW NIOV-
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