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Sunday SchooF By ....ne _ott
Lesson'Iiy dear,' said old Mr. Tranter to
his societaiy, ''p am retiring from "rho
business on accbunt of my health-
-- and my 'age. Sam fooling tired; an8
July 23. Lesson 1V—The Story of at sixty-eight, :1 think that I have
Daniel—..hole) 1. 1-4, 19, 20; 2;:17: earned a rest. From next 'Monday
24. Golden Text ---They that be my nephew, Mr, Ceoffrey!I'eanter, will
wise shall shine as the brightness be taking over ,the reins, He will be-
-of the firmament; and .they that comp the head- oP . the business. 'He
turn many to righteousness as, the has,: at you no ',;been in chargeof
stars for. over• and ever.--i)aniel our Colonial branch. I hope that you
12: 3° will get on well with hint. •
ANALYSIS, • 'a have written to him;'telling him
1. A SrCADPA5r rt7RroSi✓, ch. 1: 13- that you are the moat competent sec -
I.1: 9
I. rJ0RD'rS REVEAL, chs. --2.:13-29; rotary have ever, had. He will be
V; 19. EDrather stragno here, but I have not
/II. VISIONS518.: 20-23. lass, chs. 7; 29' troubled to go fnly into matters. 1`
lb: 18; 9:.20-23; 10:;1-19; 12: 9.
INTaoDucOIQN—No book of the Old feel that I can leave everything, in
Testament is of greatbr interest, and Your hands. You know as much about
none oigreater value than the book the business as I do myself."
of- Daniel. Nona has attracted more Thie was a really big compliment;
,,attention' from ordinary readers :aa ger Penelope Grahalu avas only three -
1w ell as be the ch its main ideas will and•twenty. She had been in the em-
always be the chief concern of religion
—steadfast loyalty to an ancient ploy: of the flan -for foul; years, rising
faitis, confident assurance of God's from the typists' room to her.preeent
protecting care even in the midst of position—that of, private secretary to
erseeution, . and the coming of the the head of the firm, • •
kingdom of God as. the last great era Ske was a very pretty girl; tall and
i P human history, In it, again and f• 1
again, the times of men are deciarecl slight, with air rain on` a shapely
to he' )n the 3rand of God. head, aquiline features,. and haze] eyes
The book is written abed Daniel., that were heavily fringed.
captive end exile in I'abylen through- There was just a hint of tears in
out a long life of•integrity one honor. those eyes' now, however, for'ahe felt
Ile is the central figure, in the, stories that she was saying good-bye to a
that are told of Babylon and it kings very old friend,
(sirs, 1 to 6), and it, is to him there
come divine revelations' hi visions and - "You are leaving for abroad almost
dreams :(chs, 7.' to 12). As is well at once,, air, aren't you?" she asked.
known 'tl ere are; two possible interpre- 'Tomaorrow. So you see, I shall clot
tations of the book, the one which meet my nephew. But, as I kava said,
takes it as Mora, history. of .actual eeptury, B,C.,the other which regards T know I can leave everything in your
•eve: is which occurrel in - the sixth ,"ands:• : Well, good-bye my dear—and
as a story told in the. second con- again'thank you for your eoplpetent
tery,. B.C., to sustain the' faith and -and conscientious service,"'
courage of the people ,who were suf- .,He shook hands, and the following
feting bitter persecution under the' Monday morning, when Penelope ar-
aGr ek king of Syria, Anti rchus IV., rived, Geoffrey Tranter�Ovae already
v5 o was called l6pip1 enes. This Anti- there.
'eau appears to: be directly referred i '
k: to in the visions as' a "little horn". i A g ant'of a fellow, o , over sixfeet
which "made war with the sai. ts" (ch: and broad in •proportion; he bad a
7: 8, 10-26), and the historical sketch deep voice .and a most confident sort
in ch, 11 seems to reach its end in his of air about him. • He might have
reign 'the "vile person" of v. 21). The been thirty.
evidences for each of these views will His first words to Penelope were
be found in any good recent comment- that she was two minutes late, and
ary.- In either case the inspiration that he believed in punctuality, By
and high value of the book need not the the end•of the first day,'Penetope,
be questioned.: in common with several other 02 the
I. A .STEADFAST PURrOSE, ch. 1: 1-2. girls, had decided that she didn't like
According to the commonly -received him. The men staff voiced him "a
chronology, Johoiakim the son of Jo- fine chap."
data cane to the throne of Judah is It had always been Penelope's cus-
B.C. 608• -after the death of his. father tom to place a bowl of flowers on
t Mogiddio, and the deposition of histhe
brother Jehoahaz by the icing of desk of the principal. 01d Mr, Tran -
Egypt (2 Kings 28: 29-34). "lis third ter had Liked it;; young Mr. Tranter
year was, therefore, B.G. 605. There didn't.
ss aa historical diff.culty`here, for we 'Take 'em away,' he said. 'This Is
know that in the fourth .year of Je- an office -not a florist's. You won't
hoiaicim the army of Nebuchadnezzargain anyfavor'with me by putting
Was still a long way from Jerusalem,
engaged in conflict with the army of flowers on the desk;.young woman."
the king of Egypt at Carchemish on. The hazel eyes blazed st:d e:11y and
the River Euphrates (see -map, and a pink spot appeared in each of Pene-
compare Jer. 46: 1-12). There is the lope's cheeks. t
further difficulty that in the carefully "I do' not desire, regain any favor
recorded history of this period, in 2 with you, sir," she said. riot in that
Kings; 2 Ohron. and Jeremiah, there respect., I put the flowers there from
is no mention of a siege of Jerusalem sof custom. I wit see that it
in either the third or fourth year of foreoeen't Won again.' this king, and apparently not until the • doesn't
That's in. I ask. Now take
Reign of his success or 15 B.G. 597. Ifall
this story of Daniel was -written, ea- down these letters."
cording to the second view mentioned A month went by; and taken all
above, more than three hundred years round not a very happy month for
later, in the time of the MMaecabean Penelope. She had heard her new
uprising, such a difference might be employer declare that he had no use
easily explained ne due to the brines- for women at all. He had told a
feet historical records then availablefriend that in her hearing. Ho had
-to the writer. The value of tte storyy been used to the open-air life abroad
'is not thereby impaired., ,
The carrying off of vessels of the dealing with men, He had little use
house of God and oth, r ponder and for women -Land especially the pain -
captives by Nebuchadnezzar in B.C. pared, pleasure -loving sort that wore
597, is mentioned in Jer, 27: 19, 20, to be found on this side, he Bald.
and 2 Citron, 86: 7. Certain• of the The remarks had not been address -
best of 'the young men of the princely ed to Penelope, and h i
and noble families were chosen and she had said noth•
But that queer little blaze had
(girded to Babylon to be trained fore 105-
service in the king's court. v. 5. Am- some into her eyes, and the red spot
eng these was Daniel. The learning in each of her cheeks.
and the tongue, that is the literature Geoffrey Tranter know quite a lot
and the langatage, of the Ohaldeans about one side of the business, but
were already very old,, going back two not a lot, about the side,,that had to
to three thousand years, and had be dealt with in the office.
reached a high development. • Very Again and again Penelope had cot -
much of this has bean recovered 1 y rested him in certain details. She
excavation and research from the was always right, but Ise never gave
Babylonia the great raia wt, cities it her credit. He ohly scowled at her,
and Assyria where their
records, written on etona and on tab- Some of the silly girls in the outer
lete of baked clay, had lain buried for office had declared that they began to
two thousand years. „The Chaidea s find him rather "thnthat at he was
were orifi?Wally a-peoaie qf aoutli- such a cave -man, and really quite
eastern Babylonia who, in the latter
handsome with his jaw
square and
n
art
of the seventh century,.bac
me
i
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a
his r
ste n e es.
a erofy
s he entire country. In
io hO asga d5 of the. book of Daniel, Penelope did not argue with them
p g
however, the Wane le applied to "wise o orbs: point.. For her part, shewas
men" of Babylon, religious leaders beginning to' wonder how Iong she
'who studied magic, astrology, and di- would be able to put up with ft. She
vination, eh. 2: 2-6, etc.. knew that there would have to come
11. SEORETS•REVEALED, oho. 2: 18-20y an upheaval before long.
4: 19. And it came — within six weeks.
The king had requireda hard thing There was an important contract to
bf hie wise men. He demanded that be signed,: giving big concessions
they should ' first tell him what his abroad to another firm. Penelope had
dream had been, and then interpret it.
Daniel came to the rescue. read the contract through, and e
Ile and h
his companions prayed to God, and the didn't like• the wording of it. Neither
eeeret was revealed to him in a night did she like the men with whom they
Vision, Both the deep piety of Daniel were dealing.
and his inspired wisdom are displayed She knew what she was talking
in what follows. In his interprets- about' because she had had a lot to
tion of the king's dream he'shows the
wisdom and night of God in the
course of human life, in the rise and
,)ala of empires, and in the knowledge
Which he imparts to the sage and to
the prophet, ch. 2: 19-23. The king -
atoms seen in the dream are Babylon,
Media; Persia; and Greece, and the
last the kingdom of the Messiah, the
promised Saviour, which shall never
be destroyed, eh. 2: 44.
XII. VISIONS AND DRDANs, she. 7. 28;
15: 18; 9: 20-23; 10: 1-19; 12: 9.
The Jews in the two centuries pre-
ceding the birth of Christ, and after,
produced a number of religious books
in which prophetic teachirt•g was tet
forth in the form of visions, some
bearing the names of famous ancient
men, such as Enoeh, the twelve -eons
Of Jacob; -Baruch and Ezra. It is pos-
sible that theyisions of .Daniel are, of
able class. In ch: 7 Daniel himself
, dreams of kingdoms and kings all of
which ate to pass away ,'before .the
coming of the Lord to setup his own
kingdom, an everlasting kingdom, ch.
,7t 27. 'Something of the salve sort is
repeated in ch.8, in each ease the last
of the dings, the "little horn" (chs, 7:
8, 20, 21, 24; 8: 9)', almost certainly
representing, the persecuting Greek
king of Syria, Antiochus" Epiphanes
(B4O, 175-169. In ch. 9`ran exceed-
ingly impressive'confession'and play
er is followed by another vision which
seems to refer to the period between
the beginning' of captivity t Babylon;
and the'Maceabean revolt Chapter
Ohs; c in( on
10 is introductory to the final vial
c+hs; 10 to 12) which again see:ch. UNIQUE RACE .CALLING FOR: SWIFT', GALLANTRY
9: 21); al angel appear-'• in answer to
Daniel 'S ra prayers, t -> , ,+ ..• ,
p y and -i evrews the Exciting moment dui in Elopon ant sate: held recently a
events leading .t' h : r
d g o the wane period of,
Four''' Real Beauties
useful werk, It 'Is `hot 'aurorieing
t' that tbey nook, late the Seed Move -
A GATHERING OF FJNEST HORSES IN THE WORLD
'The two ridend and mounts dhown here are participants'' in the recent Richmond Horse Show,where hunters,
hacks, Arabs, ponies and junipers are among:the .representatives of the equine world.
His reply .was to'sign the contract
an dtell fie to send - it oft—and mind
her own- business.
"I )vas of the opinion that this was
my b'usiness," Penelope said. "I
have—' -,
He waved his band. "That's enough,
he said. "I tell you your business—
and you fake your orders- from me..
I'm not :being advised by a woman!
I don't expect any woman to have the
real interests of a fir mat heart, eith•
er. You come to business to get the
wherewithal to take you about, and
you'll do that until---"
He paused.
"Until I get some man fool enough to
give me a good time—without my hav-
ing to work for it at all?"
It was Penelope who spoke the
words.
"I didn't say that. I—"
"But you thought It. And that isn't
the only nasty thing you think—or
say'. You have been particularly ob.
jectionable ever since you have come
into the office,"
"That's enough—"
"It isn't enough," Penelope Graham
interrupted, "I'm going to have my
say now, I hate you! I think you're
a bumptious, tyrannical bully! You've
lived the best part of your life in the
backwoods, and you think you can
come here and treat girls in just the
same way as you would niggers—just
because they bappe to be your em-
ployee."
Geoffrey Tranter tools the cigar he
had been smoking from his mouth.
"It seems to me," he said deliberately,
"that you are asking for the sack!"
"I'm not asking for it—I'm giving
it! I give you the sack! I'm leaving!
I'm sorry I can't go to -night, but I
must clear up one or two jobs. I shall
leave tomorrow morning, And I shall
be very glad indeed to go, believe me.
I've stood it for six weeks -and that's
about as long as any ordinary person
could be expected to tolerate you!
Get a man secretary. You're not fit
to have a girl working for you!"
And with her head held very high,
she marched out of the room, while
her employer just sat there—gasping.
All the same, Geoffrey discovered
that she was right about the contract.
A cable came in next morning show-
ing that those concessions had im'-
pi'oved enormously, and were worth at
leaat ten thousand more than the
rice he had got.
d
P
Tranter muttered something er
r e n Very
y
neat oder i
,,
u his breath about "rogues
yg
and swindlers."But less than half an
hour later both partners of the firm
with whom he had been dealing were
ushered "Into his room, They had not
received the contract? Might they
have it?
Ge rey rang the bell'and Penelope
came in with the contract in her hand.
She knew about the cable that had
come this morning,
"I did not post the letter off last
night, after all," she said. "I thought
perhaps, that you would pi'eler to
hand it to Mi. Steiners personally.
Mr. Stelaet•s glared, He knew the
game was up, for.Tranter had taken
the contract and torn it up,
do with this particular branch of the "So—it's you we've got to thank, is
work. In duty bound she felt that she it?' he snarled at Penelope. "You al-,
ought to warn her employer and she ways have too much to say! It's riot
l
did so as he 'was about to'sign the Ithe first time. You're—"
contract. He did not have.t chance to Ade
Armfuls of )beauty
his sentence. : He was seized by the
scruff of the neck and forced to hie
neer,
"Apologize," Geoffrey Tra9ter said.
'Quickly, now --a very humble apo)-'
gy to this lady. There's only one
ault with her—and that le .that she is
00 smart fora rogue like you!"
It was the first bit of praise that he
ad..ever given to her.
Penelope had cleared all up by
unch-time- When he rang the bell
and told her of some work that he
would want doing that afternoon, she
•eminded him that she would not be
•eturning, ;
-"Nonsense,' he said.
"It is not nonsense, Mr. Tranter. I
have given my resignation. I am
saving the office.' -
Suddenly he came across and caught
her hangs in his own.
"You'll leave the office when I wish
—and not when you wish,' he said.
'I'm the boss, aren't I- Time enough
or you to start bossing me when we
are married."
"Married!" Penelope gasped out
he word, "Why—"
"I'm not mad -1 mean'"it. You're
going to marry me. You were talking
about knowing me six weeks pester.
day when you were so cheeky. I'll.
give you another six. weeks to get
used to the idea of marrying me. I
don't throw praise about, but I've
made up my mind that I can't do with-
out .you, and that the reason women
never have appealed to me in the past
s because I had never met you—was
et waiting for you. What have you
got to Say to that?"
Penelope was just staring at him.
'Only that—I--I still think you are
mad,' she said.
He batt picked up his hat. "Let's
go to lunch; he said. "I've got some-
thing to say to you—heaps in fact.
I—Pll even go so far as to apologize
or the way I've gone on in the past
—and try to do better in the future.
will, Penelope—I'll do all that! But
I've got to marry you!! There's no
getting out of that. You see, I love
you—and I know there isn't a ghost
of a chance of a man like me doing
that again! A miracle doesn't happen
twice in a lifetime! Como on, now.
Forgive and forget!"
Penelope went!—"Ideas."
I
L�
t l'>
Wiley:If I should die, what would
you. do?
Hubby: 'OIs, the same thing you
Would do in the. circumstances,
Wiley: You wretch! rye' always
suspected it,,.
Tru�C~ e
They who in life had long -ceased to
•
be friends,
Through force cf circumstance and
foolish nide,
In that green hostel' where all bicker-
ing ends
Lie side by side.
But though : between their graves a
thick hedge grows,
Its little openings pushing calmly
th rough,
Each June with petals white, a pity-
ing. rose -
Covers the two!'
—Mazie' V. Caruthers in the New York
Times.
FARMER WHEATBEARI MUSE
What a pity the, •ehlck-weed' don't
hatch out li chick,
An' the milkweed ain't good as a
cow; •
That the bull -throne, alio' runnin' all
over the field,
Don't furnish a beefsteak somehow.
With prices as high as the air it's, a
•
shame—
I'd be rich aa' old Croesus—but what's'
in a hams)
In the search for, a new naval yard-
; the ,cls stick it ani ht not bo ,amiss, t0 try Following her first "talkie" success, "Cogaetto," May, Pickford
Ilairillantl Aireroft Company's sports days. at Edgware, Eng.'. „ , the golden rule.--",Virginiaft Pilot;', appear, with -Doug Fairbanks, in '."rhe Taming of the Shrew,"
"Petite; 'mod, of: ahem, like "my -
elf, havo seen something :of .the hor-
rors of war;. they!know the "suffering
and cruelty that warinvolves, and
they do not want toseewar occur
'again. Are they to be denied this
opportunityof beating their` swords'
into plough -shares,, their spears- into
•pruning -hoops? After all, there is
no reason .wily , an, old circus horse,
having 'finished his career in the ring,
should not settle down peaceably to
hie useful civil occupation of pulling
A baker's cart.
"Through, the Scout training a
vision of higher hope and broader
outlook has opened out before us, a
vision which has nothing whatever to
do with militarism. By developing
education through ba'ckvoodsmanahip
rather. than,through drill vie can
give to our future . citizens in each
country the instinct for peace rather
than for war, yet without their lack
Mg or losing any bt the manly vir-
,tures or the attributes essential to a
Healthy nation.
Influence on the Next Generation
"If we look forward am can realize
that the two million Scouts and
Guides in existence today represent
another million who base . passed
through the training,•' and that .they
ere the prosp4etive fathers and moth-
ers 'of the_ next generation. ' They
will, therefore, be bringing up some
two or three millions. more of boys,
and gide within the came line of
thought and actioni•ty their own. ,
""Thus we have a wonderful op-
portunity .and a great responsibility.
We must shape our training withthe
right vision so that we shalt. nQt be
content merely to have smart` Troops
and .temporary success,- but we'must
be sure that flualiigheet ideals` have
been actually inculcated and that the
boys and girls really bring a Christian_
spirit into atheir daily life and prat=
bees; that they, overcame ,selflshnees
with service, and'thatthey substitute
goodwill and co;operatioh for the too.
prevalent state efnarruw' patriotism
and jealousies.' In this way' our
Movements will%be,helping-in a'titngi-
ble manner to supply the interna-
tional 'spirit of goodwill which -Is
needed to give'tiie soul fatheexist-
ing form of the League of Nations,
"That the League :itself recognizes
this is shown in the following sign)-
flcont and carefully weighed passages
from the Report of the Fifth Com-
mittee to the General Assembly of,
the League of Nations.
"'The Boy Scout and Girl Guide
Itlovement is not one of those new,,
unknown or little known movements
1n the case of which it is desirable
to await the results they may aro-
(Moe before recommending them ler'
consideration and support to pubiio
opinion and the various governmental
organizations, Founded before the
1914 war, the Movement had, even
at that date, a very considerable num-
ber of adherents throughout the
world. To -day it includes more than
two and a half million young people
of both sexes in every continent and
in every -land—and it contiues to
prosper.
'The Fifth Committee was of the
Assembly to invite the various gov-
ernments to grant the assistance re-
quested,it would not be asking for
support for some feeble undertaking
which is destined to disappear. The
Assembly is being asked to take Un-
der its protection a movement which
Is full of life and which is inspired
by ideals, the noble .and lofty chara-
cter, of which is not contested and
whose usefulness is, undeniable from
the point of view which to of special
importance t oall of us' • here, • the.
point of view of world peace.
"'Therefore, it is notonly neces-
sary, but actually indispensable that
this Movement should receive every
support, and assistance.
"It should not be forgotten that
the thoughts and feelings of the
younger generation are an important
Bement in forming the conseiece of
Humanity; a pure and healthy ele-
ment freed from all prejudice, ran-
cour, and memories' poisoned by _ halo
red; .an element of '8nt'husiasm . and
generous sentiment.
, ' 1 as-
sist
d
reason we o
• that re s
,Fos t
went o
1 move n
trona
the interna
sial
and
Girl
a
S
Gouts
if of Boy
behalf e
the
Guides*a. movement which, by, the
constant ext"ange of visits, by camp
life, by `games played, and by happy
days spent together, during whin the
young people get to' understand one
another, increases from dayto day
their: feelings of comprehension, re-
spect, and loye for their neighbore
wbatever' may be their language, race,
or continent."'
Betty, :aged fort', had bought a bal-
loon, and Cyril; aged six, undertook,
with big -brotherly kindness, 'to blow
it np fo 1•her, Just when it had reach-
ed a nice size, it beret. He wept.
"What are , you crying , for?" she de-
manded,, "It was my -balloon." "Yes,"
sobbed he, "but it was nfy'.breath,"
The l i1>
Scouts
And
Sir, Robert Baden-Powell
Gives Touchout Answer
to Question '.'Is Scout-
ing.,
couting., a Military
Movement?"
A FORCE FOR PEACE
"The siglit of boys of forty-two na-
tionalities, different " in language,
creed and color, but wearing the same
uniform, and obeying the same' Scout
Promise and the same Law which
binds every Scout to be a brother to
every other Scout, cannot but open
up to the most unimaginative a vision
of what may be the ultimate outcome.
"From this meeting we shall go
forward with fresh Inspiration and
renewed strength of brotherhood to
spread our Movement wider and . to
make it a still greater force for the
Peace of the world and the service of
God."—Sir Robert Baden-Powell,
Chief Scout,
The Boy Scout Jamboree at Birk-
enhead is responsible for the happy
notion on the part of Messrs, Henn
to include in their Sixpenny Library
"Scouting and Youth Movements," by
Sir R. Baden-Powell, who in one of
the ebaptera answers a question often
raised by critics and friends, Sir
R, Baden-Powell writes:--
"The aim of the Boy Scout Move-
ment is to make good citizens, and
for this reason it has been judged un-
necessary to introduce sanitary drill.
"Scouteraft is a means tbrough
which the veriest huiligan can be
brought to higher thought and to the
elements of faith in God; and, cou-
pled with he Scout's obligatfon to
the base of duty to God and to
neighbor on which the parent or pas-
tor can build with greater ease the
form of belief that is desired,
"1 do not think this can be done
through 'form fours.'
Things More important than Drill
"The simple system of drill which
is suggested for Boy Snouts is merely
given in order to enable Scoutmas-
ters to move their Troops and Pat-
rols in good order for parade pur-
poses ,and not as an exercise for fre-
quent practice with the boyss when
other occupations are posifible. When
o
fail to
Tr drills well but s
I see a Troop
follow a trail or cook its own food
I recognize that the Scoutmaster is
not much good as such. The' in-
different or unimaginative outer al-
ways 'falls hook upon drill as his one
resource.
"There is no military aim or mean-
ing in Scouting for Boys. It is true
that the Movement has an old Gen-
eral at the head of it, and a goodly
number of ex -officers in rte' rank,
The reason of this is not very far to
Seek. Mon retire' from the Navy,
the Army, and the Royal Air Force
at a very much younger age than
from most other forme of occupation.
They age, more often than not, men
of active disposition,'. im'2Afed with
Ideals of service for their fellow men
and anxious to take up- some form of
Chief of the 'C.I.D.
A hawklike , appearing man ,witls
deop-set piercing, steel grey oyes and
bushy eyebroWs, will walk out • of a
gaunt red' building'' on the Thames
Embankment on a tray late` am Juiet
and pause a moment for a .final look
,hound, Then, tappig the dottle out,
of the bulldog pipe he has /been putt
fing, ho will stroll quietly away and,
when, he does so the entire under-
wor4d of :Great Britain will rejoice.
For -the man is, Frecderick Wensley
and the building from which he will;
have emerged officially Sore the last`
time is the' woad -famous Scotland'
Yard ,where he was Chief of the Crim-!
)nal Investigation Department. Mr./
Wensley :announced his retirement
two *eeka ago ,after forty-two years'
of tracking internationally famous
criminals. His enecees in this pur•:
suit has gained for him in London
the reputation of "the greatest dm:
toctivo of all times."
An unemotional person is Wensley
—the ,type of man who, if he had five .
minutes in which to •0sea90 from a
burning building, :would spend two of
them in calmly determining tine best
-method of exit. i•Iis office' was one
of the pleasantest' in the Yard, and he
was accustomed, to sit in a: comfort•
able ; arm chair, 'look out over the
sluggish; Tla.amesand puff away at hie
MOVIE -FANS'. FAVORITE
Iiut, -while, he molted slowly and'
seemed to be doing nothing more than'
enjoying the view,.,iris, mind was work.
ing with, lightning speed. The trim
)nal -eleme'nt's fear" of him amounted'
almost to a sulierstitious dread.
They were mote, afraid of Chief Con
itable Wensley ,apparently 'taking:
his ease, than they were of .the Yard's,.
entire flying squad. • r
Chief : Constable Wensley joined:
the three .in 1887, "just as London be-
came terrorized by the' "Jack' the Rip-.
per" 'Murders in Whitechapel. �•.,,H5
served 'hie apprenticeship in the
'tough 43a13t End of ,London, tramping'
dimly• lighted streets on a beat that
waded- an tniusiially ,large: area,
There were. two ., -years .of, this soft
of 'work—years in' }which lie beeaine
expert in using his baton., ' Then Mr_
Wensley was advanced to the grade.
ea detective. _
This promotion irought with it no
transfer to an easy berth. ,The new
detective remained in the East End:
learning about the tong men of Lime-
house and London's 'Chinatown. Them -
he became nationally famous for his
single-handed battle with a gang of
armed' bandits, one of 'whom was a
murderer.
Wensley, who wanted " the killer
most of all, outfought and ontabot
hitt --incidentally .it ws one' of the
very few times the chief constable
ever used a pistol—and brought him..
in handcuffs to the Yard. This dis-
play of fearlessness elu'y in bis
career won him the enduring respect
of the criminals.
The chief constable owed no little -
of his diocese to his reputation for
bravely. Once he found a notorious
murdered, Stinie 'Morrison, in a
restaurant. Morrison was armed,
Wensley was not, but the ` detective
strolled over to the man's table.. and
said casually, "I want to see you when
you have finished. ybur meal." Mor
risen Somehow lost his appetite and.
came along immediately without any,
attempt to use his pistol.
Among the other secrets which,
Wensley learned from his work'
among Chinese malefactors was a: '
method' of questioning whichit was.
said no criminal. ever resisted suc-
cessfully, The chief constable would
examine a 'suspect in an easy-going•
fashion, quite in keeping with his gen-
dal
en
eral air . of baying nothing very Ina'
portant.to do.
The criminal, if it was his net en-
counter with the detective, usually.
had trouble In concealing his glee et,
the manner in which he was. outwit-
ting the chief constable. But the.
suspect generally laughed' too soon.'
There was a Dunning brain backed.
by 'a well stocked memory at'°iwork
behind Wensley's nonchalant man-,
• nor and sooner or later, generally-
sooner,
enerallysooner, the criminal made a slip.
Once '
doomed.
0 e be had.
he was
Them
anoPe
nlng
Wensley
hammered Bred
hone;
t
. The pity, his questions.
without i
criminal's glee turned to dismay when,
he 'realized he had betrayed
himself
and in most eases he promptly made'
a clean breast•af bis crime.
Efficiency went hand in hand with,.
Wensley's courage. and mental caps
city, So the underworld feels it will
have just cause for reioicing 'when,
the ' chi'ef constable retiree next'
month. But Great Britain hopes,
that lie will occasionally spare the,
time trona his gardening -iris hobby,
is cultivating roses -to' see that
everything is right with the C.I.D.
Jaz Age ,a f
yit
Id
Use of Lipstick in Stone Age.
Proved by Nile Delta
Excavation
Vienna.—That the lipstick is as old.
as' human history was proved by ox -i
cavations°'in the Nile delta undertaken.
by. an Apstrian professor, Herman:..
'Junket, for -the ,Vienna Academy of
Science.
Among the important discoveries
were relics of the Stone Age, including:
pallettes for rouge and other instru-
ments of beautification, sortie of thein
made of ivory. Numerous finds of flint.
and. stone, like at'rowheads, knives and
saws, showed that primeval settlers in
these distticts belonged, to the Neo-
lithic culture.
The forms of jugs and other recap -i
tacles and their ornamentation reveal -1
ed the same forms as those used bye
the Sudan races. Churchyards were;
unknown: T)io dead were buried kneel-
ing or lying next to fireplaces, indi
eating that there existed no fear of
the dead and that the strongly Bevel-'
oped rites for the dead must be at-
tributed to other psychological no I
stives.
Rteults,o2 the excavations Provo
convincingly that, against all eontraey,'
assunsptions, the Nile delta posaessed
a well-developed primeval culture and
that the:tracws of lento.0lement8'
iii
:that
in Upper Egypt must be as
crib--
'ed to these lower Egyptian infiueices."