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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1929-07-25, Page 6A Fast Wooing 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 P 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."