HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1929-07-25, Page 7Sunday School
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A Fast Wooing
By Effie ;Scott
"My dear,''said o21 Ml !granter to
his Secretary, "I am retiring 'from the
business on account of my ,health—
and my 'age. I am' feeling tired,; and
July 29. Lesson IV—The Story o.. at sixty-eight; I think 'that I have
Daniel— .uniel 1: 1-4, 19, 20; 2; 37 cathed a rest. From next Monday
24, Golden Text—They that be my nephew, Mr. (eoffreyT;anter' will
wise shall, shine as tate brightness be taking over the reins, Ile will be-
of the firmament; and they that come' the headof the business: 'Ile
turn many to righteousness as the has, as you know, 'been in charge of
stars for ever. and 'evci, £raniel`our Colonial branch, I hope that 'you
12: 3" Will get on well' with him, •
'ANALYSIS. "I have written to hinis'telling him
1. A S1'EADrASd` ruoeoSD eh. 1; 1-2, that yore are the most 'competent sec -
IL seenere RI:van.LED chs. --a: 13-2J; rotary l have ever, had • , He will be'
rather atragno hero, but I have not
,Il, VISIONS AND DREAMS) ohs, 7; 28;
15:'#8. 9: 20-23; 10: 1-19;, 12:9. troubled to go : fuly into matters,I
INTE0000TION-N0 book . of the 'Ofd feel that I can leave'. e'verythingin
Testament is of greater interest, and your Bands. Yon know as much about
none of greater value than the book the business as I do myself.'
of Daniel. Nen,, has attracted more This Was a really big compliment,
aattentiof" from ordinary readers ae for Penelope Graham was only three.
well as:,scholars; its main ideas will andrtwenty. She had been in the em -
always be the chief concorn'of religion
—steadfast , hryarlty to an ancient ploy of the firm;•for font years, rising;
faith, confident assurance of God's from the •typists' room to her, present,
protecting care even in the midst' of position --that of private secretary to'
ersecutien, and . the coming •of the the bead,ol the" firm., .
kingdom, ofGod',as. the last great er<a She was' i very pretty girl, tall and
Of humanhistory, In it, again and slight, with fair hair on a Shapely
tigain, the times of men are declared
to be' in the brand of Gotl, bead, aquiline features, duel hazel eyes,
The book'is vi•ittenr about Daniel, that were heavily fringed.
captive and exile in I'abylon through There was just a hint of tears in.
out a Yong life ;of -integrity and -honor. those'eyee' novw, however, for'' she felt,
He is the central figure in' the stories that she was saying good-bye to `a
that are told of Babylon and rt^•kings
(ells. 1 to 6), and itis to hum there very old friend.
come divine revelations• -in visions -and "You are leaving tor abroad almost
dreams :(chs, '7 to 12): As is well at once, Mr, aren't you?" the asked..'.
known there are,:'two possible interpre- 'To -morrow: 'So you see, I shall not
rations'. of the book, the 'one :which• . meet my nephew, But, as :I have said,
takes it as literal history o£, actual I know I can leave everything In, your
eve- to which occurred r in=the sixth ;hands; 'Well, good-bye my dear -and
century, B.C,, the other which regards ent
it • is a story told in the second con- again', thank you. for your compet
they, B.C., tosustain the faith and and consetentious'aerviee.!' - . ,
courage of the people who were suf- Ile shook hands, an'd'the following'
fering bitter persecution ;under .the Monday Morning, when Penelope ar-
Greek king of Syria, Antinehus IV., rived, 'Geoffrey Tranter'Grad already
Who was called Epiphanes. This Anti- nBYe.
ochus appears to.be directly referred A fan of a fellow, over 'sls feet
'", to in the visions as° a "little. horn" g
' which "made war with the sai..ts'+ (ch.and broad in -proportion; he 'had a
'7: 8, 10-26), and the historical, sketch deep voice _and a moot Confident aort
in th. 11 seems to reach its end in his of air about him. 11e 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
aryr' In either case the inspiration that he believed in punctuality; "Bj''
and high value 'of the book need not
be questioned. the the.end. of the first day, Penelope,
P A sTEnDrAST PVRrosE, eh. 1: 1-2. • in common with several other of the
I, girls, had decided that she didn't like
According to the commonly -received him. The men staff voiced him "n
chronology, Johoialcirn the,son of Jo- fine chap."
- siah, carne to the throne of Judah in It had ahvaye been Penelope's cus-
B.C. 608• -after the death' of his father
at Megiddio, and the deposition of his tongto place a bowl of flowers on the
brother. J'ehoahaz by the, icing of dealt of the principal. Old Mr. Tran -
Egypt (2 Rings 23:29-34). His third ter had liked it; young Mr. Tranter
r` year was, therefore, B.C. 605. There didn't,
is ai;historjcal difficulty here, for we 'Take 'em away,' he said. 'This is
- Imo* that m the fourth-year of Je-
hoiakint the army of Nebuchadnezzar an oIDee-not a'floristsr
: .You won't
was still' a long way from Jerusalem, gain any favor', with me by putting
engaged in conflict with the army of flowers 0n the desk;•young woman."
on
the The hazel eras blazed sue :: my and
he king of - Egypt at Caechenris
the River Euphrates (see map and a Pink spot appeared in each of Pene-
compare Jen 46;.1-12). There is the lope's cheeks. i -
further difficulty that in the carefully .!'I do' not desire to„•gain- any favor
recorded history of this period, in 2 with you, sir,"' she Haid. "ot in that
Kings; 2 Chron., and Jeremiah, there respect. I put the flowers there from
• is no mention of a siege of Jerusalem fora eof custom. I evil sae that itin either the third or fourth year of
this king, and apparently not until the •
doesn't
occur again,
reign of his success or m B.C. 597, If Goddl' ', That's all I oak. Now take
•this story of Daniel was -written, ace 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 Maeeabean Penelope. She had heard her new
uprising, such•a difference might be employer declare that he bad no use
easily explained as duo to the imper- for women at all. He' had told a
feet' historical records then available friend that in : her hearing. He had
-to the writer. The value of 11,e story
-is not thereby impaired,,
been used to the open-air life abroad,
'
The carrying off of vessels of the dealing with men. He had little use
house of God and otic, r plunder and for women=and especially the panr-
captives by Nebuchadnezzar in B.C. per'ed, pleasure -loving sort that were
597, is mentioned in Jer. 27: 19, 20, to be found on this side, he said,
and 2 Chron. 36: 7. Certain' of the The remarks had not been address-,
best .of•the young men of the princely
and noble families werechosen and In ed to Penelope, and she had said noth-
'
carried to Babylon to be trained for But that queer little blaze had
into her eyes, and the red spot
service in the king's court, v. 5. Am -come
ling 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 language, of the Chaldeans about one side of the business,but
were already very 'old,, going back two not a lot about the sidothat had to
to three thousand years, and had be dealt with in the office.
reached a high development. Very Again and again Penelope had cor-'
much of this has been recovered - y recta& him .in certain details. She
excavation and research from the was always right, but he never gave
ins Babyloniaof the great ancient citiestheir of her credit.' He only scowled at her.
and Assyria where
records, written on stone and on tab- - Some of the silly girls in the outer
lets of baked clay, had lain buried for office had declared that they began to
two thousand years. ,. The Chaldea s find him rather "thriller," that he was
Were originally a people ief south- such a cave -man, and really quite
eastern Babylonia who, in the latter handsome, with his square jaw and
maart of the seventh century. became his stern eyes.
asters of the entire country. In Penelope did not Argue with them
»ther 3ins20g68 of the. book of Daniel,
however, the name is applied to "wise 0 ntbe point. For her part, she was
men" of Babylon, religious leaders beginning to' wonder how long she
who studied magic, astrology, and di- would be able to put up with it. She
vination, ch. 2: 2-6, ete. knew that there would ]rave to come
II, SECRETS _-REVEALED, els. 2: 13-294 an upheaval before long.
4: 19, e And it came within six weeks,
The king had required a hard thing There was an important contract to
8f his wise,men. He demanded that be signed, giving big concessions
they should first tell hem what his abroad to another firm. Penelope had
'dream had been, and then interpret it. read the contract through, came to the rescue. He and and she
9lis companions prayed to God, and the didn't like, the wording of it. Neither
secret was revealed to him in a night did -she 'like the men with whom they,
vision, Both she deep piety of Daniel were dealing.
iutd his inspired wisdom are displayed She knew what :me was talking
in what follows. In his interpreta- about, because she had had :a lot to
tion of the king's dram he Showa the do with this particular branch of the
wisdom and might of God in the work. In duty boned she felt that she
course of human life: in the rise and, -
fall of empires, and in the knowledge
Which he imparts to the sage, and to
The prophet, ch. 2. 19-23. The king -
Ames 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, M. 2: 44.
III. ,V1B10N9 AND DREAMS,' else. 74 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 teaching waw .set
forth til the form of visions, some
bearing the names of famous ancient
men, such as Enoch, the twelve -sons
of-Jacob!••Baruch and Ezra, It pos-
sible that the .visions of Daniel are of
phis class. In ch. '1 Daniel himself
, dreams of kin'gdome and kings all of
;which ate to piss away befos'e the
coming of the Lord to set ep hie own
kingdom, an everlasting kingdom, ch.
,7: 27. Something of the same sort is,
repeated in ch. 8, in each case the last
of the kings, the "little bora" (chs. '7:
8, 20, 21, 24; 8: 9), almost certainly
representing the persecuting Greek
king of Syria, Antioclrus Epiphanes
(B,C, 175-164), In eh. 9 `an exceed
ingly impressive confession^and pray-
er is followed by another vision which
seems' to refer to the period between
the beginning of captivity :'t Babylon,
and the 'Maccabean revolt 'Chapter
10 is introductory to the final vision
(chs, 10 to 12) in Wh ch P din (sea ch.
0: 21)An angel appeare in answer to UNIQUE RACE CALLING POR SWIFT GALLANTRY
:
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Daniel's yens ' anti ' revie s- the ,
p W Exciting' moment dra`tng "Elopement" race .held recently
events 'leading to the 'Same period of
have arra Aircron company's sports days at Edgware, Eng..
revolt,
Four '.Real 'Beauties
A GATHERING OF FINEST HORSES IN THE WORLD
The two rideus and mounts shown here •are, participauts'inthe recent Richmond Horse Show,
hacks, Arabs, ponies and jumpers are among the .representatives of the ,equine world,
here hunters,
His reply -was to sign the 'contract
an dtell fief,• to send it off—and mind:
her own business.
"I • was of the opinion that this was.
my business," Penelope said. "I
have—"
He waved his band. "That's enough,"
he said. "I tell you your business—
and you take 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 Prat 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 eves 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 happe.nto be your em-
ployees."
Geoffrey Tranter took 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.
AR the same, Geoffrey discovered
that she was right about the contract.
A cable came in next morning show-
ing that those 'concessions had Id
-
proved enormously,' and were worth at
least ten thousand more than the
price he had got.
Tranter muttered something very
nasty under his breath about "rogues
and swindlers.' Bit lees than half an
hour later bath 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?
Gemftrey rang the bell and Penelope
came in -with the contract in her band.
She knew about the cable that had
come this morning,
"I did not poet the letter oft last
night, after all," she .said. "I thought
perhaps, that you would prefer to
hand 1t to Mif. Steinert personally.
Mr. Steiners glared. He knew . the
game was up, for Tranter had taken
the contract and torn it up.
"So—it's you we've got to thank, is
it?' he snarled at Penelope:. "You al -
ought to warn her employer and she ways have too much to say! It's not
dict ' so as he was aboutto sign the the first time. You're—"
contract. He did 'not have •Lehane' to .finish
Armfuls of .Beauty
the de
his sentence... He was seized by the
scruff 'of the, neck and forced to his
Immo.
"Apologize;' Geoffrey Tranuter said.
"Quickly, now—a very humble apol-
ogy to this lady. There's only one
fault with her—and that is .that she is
too smart •for, a rogue like you!"
It was the first bit of praise that he
hact•,ever given to her.
Penelope had cleared all up by
lunch-time. When he rang the . bell
and told her of ,some work that lea
would want doing that afternoon, she
reminded him that she would not be
returning.
'"Nonsense; he said.
"It le not nonsense, 13r, Tranter. I
have given my resignation. 1 am
leaving the office.' •
Suddenly he came across and caught
her Banda in his own.
"You'll leave the office when I Wish
-and not when you wish,' he said.
"I'm the boos, aren't I- Time enough
for you to start bossing me when we
are married,"
"Married!" Penelope gasped out
the word. "Why—"
"Pm m not mad—I mean it, You're
going to marry me. You were talking
about knowing me six weeks yester-
day when you wore . 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 nee in the past
is because I had never met you :wad
just wetting 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 had picked up Ms hat. "Lot's
go to lunch; he said. "I've got some-
thing to say to you—heaps in fact.
S—fill even go so far as to apologize
for the way I've gone on in the past
—and try to do better in the future.
T will, Penelope—I'11 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! Come, on, now.
Forgive and forget!"
Penelope went!—"Ideas."
Wiley: If I should die, what would
you. do?
Hubby: `011, the -same thing you
Would do in the circumstances.
Wifey: You wretch! Pve' always
suspected it,
Trllr&e
They who in life had long ceased to
be friends; •"
Through force cf circumstance and
foo))1sh' aide,,
In that green • hosfel- where all bicker-
ing ends
Lie aide by side,
But though :between their graves a
thick Hedge grows,
Its little 'openings pushing calmly
through,
leach June with petals white, a pity-
ing.rose
Covers the; two!
—Mazie V. Caruthers in the New York
Times.
FARMER WHEATBEARD MUSES
What a pity the; .chick -weed don't
hatch out a thick,
An' the milkweed ain't good as a
That the bull -throne, tho' 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 as' old Croesus—but What's.
The o Scouts
And the Jamboree
Six:" Robert Paden -Powell
Gives Touch'out Answer
to Question .Is Scout-
ing a Military
Movement?
A FORCE FOR PEACE
"The sight of boys of forty-two na-
tionalities, different'" in language,
creed and color, but wearing the same
uniform, and obeying the same' Scout
Prontfee 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
01 what may be the ultimate outcome.
"Frani this meeting we Mall 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
Goa"—Sir Robert Baden-Powell,
Chief Scout,
The Boy Scout Jamboree at Birk-
enhead is responsible for the happy
notion on the part of Messrs. Bann
to include in their Sixpenny Library
"Scouting and Youth Movements," by
Sir R. Baden-Powell, who in one of
the chapters answon. a question often
raised by critics and friends. Sir
It 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 military drill.
"Scoutcraft is n means through
which the veriest Milligan can be
brought to higher thought and to the
e lements of faith in God; and, cou-
pled with the Scout's obligation 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.
"I do not think this can be done
through 'form fours.'
Things More Important than Drill
"The simple system of drill wbioh
Is suggested for Boy Scouts 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 boys when
Other occupations are possible. When
I See a Troop drills well but fails to
follow a .trail or cook its own food
1 recognize that the Scoutmaster is
not much good as such, The' in-
different or unimaginative .officer al-
ways falls i itek upon drill as his one
resource,
"There is, no militaryaim or mean-
ing in Scouting for Bops. • It le true
that the Movement Lias an old Gen-
eral at the head of•- it, 'and .a goodly
number of ek-officers in he rank.
The reason 01 this ie not very far to
seek, Men retire from the Navy,
the Army, and the Royal Air Force
at a very much younger age than
from most other forms of occupation.
They, are, more often than not, men
of active disposition,7,11130%ed with
ideals of service for their, fellow men
anti :undoes to take nD some form of
beteful week, ' 11 1e 'not surprising
that they flock into the Scout Move-
ment,
"Fiu'ther, 'moat of them, like my-
self, have Sean eometbing of -the bor-
rors of ware they,know the 'suffering
and cruelty that war , involves, and.
they do not want to see war occur'
egaip, Are they to be denied this
opportunity: of beating their 'swords•
into plough-shares„'their apeare into
pruning-lroolta? After all, there is
no reason why an'; old eh•cus borne,
having finished his career in the ring,
should not settle down peaceably to
hie useful civil occupation of pulling
baker's cart.,
"Through the , Scout training a
vision of higher hope and broader
outlook has opened out betore ns, a
vision which has nothing whatever to
do with `militarlem. By developing,
education through bbckwoodsmanship
rather ” than through drill we can
give to our future citizens In each,
country the instinct Por peace; ratifier
than for war, yet'I-Tinhorn their leek•
Ing or losing any of the manly vir-
tnres or the attributes essential to a
hen1i.on.
influencehynation the' Next Generation
"If we look forward we can realize
that. tile ,two million Scouts and
Guides in existence to -day represent;
another million who have passed
thr'oug'h the training, • and : that -theey
are the prospective fathers and moth
ere of the next generation. ' They
will, therefore, be bringing up some
two or three miliions. more of boys
and girls within the same Line of
thought and action ,;as. their own,
'Thus we have a Wonderful op-
portunity and a great responsibility.
Vile must shape our training with, the
right vision so that we shall;not be
-content merely to have smart Troops
and temporary success,-bitwe- must
be sure that the ailghest, ideals have
been actuallyinculcated and that the
boys and girls really, leriik a Christian
spirit into ,their , daily life and prat=
ticea; that they, overcome ,selfishness
with service, andthatthey substitute
goodwill and cooperation for the too
prevalent state of narrow' patriotism
and jealousies. In this way '• our
Movements will •'be ,helping in a'ting!-
hie manner to supply the interna-
tional spirit of goodwill 'Which -ia
needed to give'tiie soul to the exist-
ing form of the League of Nations..
"That the League itself recognizes
this is shown in the following slgnib
Beata 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
Movement is not one of those new,
unknown or little known movements
In the case of which it is desirable
to await the reeults they may pro.
dive before recommending them for
consideration and airpport to public
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 Mau
two and a half million young people
of both sexes in every continent and
in every .land—and it contiuea to
prosper.
'The Fifth Committee was of the
Assembly to invite the various gov-
ernments to grant the assistance re
uested, It would not be asking tor
support for some feeble undertaldng
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 15 of special
importance t oall of us here, • the
point' of view of world peace.
"'Therefore, it is not only neves-
nary, but actually indispensable that
this Movement should receive every
support and assistance,
"It should not . be forgottea that
the thoughts and feelings of the
younger generation are an important
eement in forming the eonaciece of
humanity; .a pure and healthy ele-
ment freed from all prejudice, ran-
cour, and memories poisoned by bat
red; an element of 'enthusiasm and
generous sentiment.
"'For that reason we should as.
stet the international movement on
behalf of. the Boy •Scouts and Girl.
Guides,, a movenient which, by, the
constant exchange of visits, by camp
life, by''games played, and by happy
days spent together, during. which the
young people get to understand one
another, increates from day to day
their feelings of comprehension, re-
spect, and loge for their neighhora,
whatever may bo their language, race,
or continent."'
Betty, :aged four, had bought a bal-
loon, and Cyril,' aged six, undertook,
with big -brotherly kindness, to blow
it up fo rhes, Just Ivhen it had reach-
ed a nice size, it burst He wept.
"What areyou crying for?" she de-
manded., "It was my -balloon." "Yes,"
sobbed lie, "but it was my. breath."
Chief of the CID.
A hawklike appearing man ,with.
deep-set'liiercing Steel grey eyes and
bushy eyebrows, will walls out Of''a
gaunt •red building on the "'Thames•
Embankment on a day late sip July
and pause a moment for a 'final look
around. Then, tappig the dottie out`
of the bulldog pipe he has/lbeen put.'
Ping, he will stroll quletly away and
when he does so 'theentire under-
world of ',Great Britain will rejoice.
For -fife lean Is.: Frederick Wensley
and the building from which he will
have emerged officially for the last'
time is the world-famous, Scotland'
Yard ,where he was Chief of the Crim -1
Mal Investigation 'Department, Mr.'
Wensley, announced his retirement
two weeks ago ,after forty-two years
of tracking internationally famous
criminals. His 81110006"in this pun
suit has ,gained for frim in London
the reputation of, "the greatest der
tective of times."
An unemotional person fs Wensley
the,typo of man who, if he, bad live, .
minutes in which to escape' from a
burningbuilding, would spend two of
them in 'calmly determining the best
-method of exit. : His Mlles'v,aa one
of -the pleasantest in the Yard, anti he
wee accustomed to sit in a comfort-
able • arm :hair, look out over the
sluggisli.'Thames and puff away at his
pipe.:
But, while lie smoked slowly and
seemed fo be doing nothing more than
enjoying the view, Itis mina was voile
ing with lightning speed. The crim-
inal .elemeirt'e''fear' of ,him amounted
almost to a superstitious dread.
They, were more afraid of Chief Con-
stable Wensley . ,apparently • takiing.
his ease, than they were of the Yard's
entire flying -squad.
Chief Constable Wensley joined:
'the force in 1887,just as London be-
came,terrorized by the' "Jack the Rip-
per" murders in Whitechapel
served his apprenticeship In the
tough East End of London, tramping
dimly lighted streets on a beat' that
covered an unusually large: area.
There were. two .years of- this sat
of work—years in which he became
1 expert in tieing his baton. Then Mr.,
Wensley was advanced to the grade-
of detective. -
Tltis promotion Drought with it no.
transfer to an easy berth. The new
detective remained in the Bast End:
learning about the tong men of Lime-
house and London's Chinatown. Then.
lie became nationally famous for hie
single-handed battle with a gang of
armed bandits, one of whom WAS a
murderer.
Wensley, who wanted the killer
most of a11, outfought and outshot
him—incidentally it we one of the
very fele times the chief constable
ever used a pistol—and brought lane -
in handcuffs to the Yard•, Thin dis-
play of fearlessness early In his
career won him the enduring respect
of the criminals.
The chief constable owed no little,
of his success to his reputation for
bravely, Once he found n notorious
murdered, Stinie 1 0121eon, 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 your meal." More
rison 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 which it was
said no criminal •ever resisted sum
cessfully. The chief constable would
examine a suspect in an easy-going
fashion quite in keeping with his gone
eral air of having nothing very ire
portant to d0.
The criminal, if it was his first en
counter with the detective, usually:
had trouble In concealing bis glee at,
the manner in which he was outwit-
ting
utwitting the chief constable, But the
suspect generally laughed too soon.'
There was a cunning brain backed
by 'a well stocked memory at work
behind Wensley's nonchalant man-
ner
anner and sooner or later, generally
sooner, the criminal made a slip.
'Then be was doomed. Once he had
an opening 'Wensley hammered home,
hie questions, without pity. The
criminal's glee turned to dismay when,
he 'realized he had betrayed himself
and in most cases he promptly made•
a clean breast • of bis crime.
Efficiency went hand in hand with'
Wenaley's courage and mental capa-
city, So the underworld feels it wilt
have jag cause for rejoicing 'when.
the ' chief constable retiree next'
month. But Great Britain hopes•
that he will occasionally spare the,
time from his gardening—hie bobby,
is cultivating roses—to see that.
everything is right with the C.LD.
19 a came!
In the search for new naval,. aid. MOVIE FANS': FAVORITE'
se , 1y
stick, it milia nothe arrligs, tq try Follolving her first "talkie" success, "Coquette,„ Mary Pickford
':
the golden rule.-',Virgivlan Pilot "• appear, with Dong Fairbanks, in "The Taming of the Shrew.”
Age ..f Old
Use of Lipstick in Stone Age
Proved by Nile ,Delta
Excavation
Vienna.—That the lipstick is as old.
as human history, was proved by ex-
'
cavations'in the Nile delta undertaken,
by an Austrian professor, Herman
Junket, for the' Vienna Academy of
Science.
Among the important discoveries.
Were relics of the Stone Age, including
pailettes for rouge and other instru-
ments of beautification, some of them,
made of ivory, Numerous finds of flint
and. stone, like arrowheads, knives and
saws, showed that primeval settlers in
these dist1icts belonged to the Neo-
lithic culture.
The forms of jugs and other recep-i
taeles and their ornamentation reveal -i
ed the same forms as those used bye
the Sudan races. Churchyards were
unknown. The dead were buried kneel;
ing or lying next to fireplaces, indict
eating that there existed no fear oir
the dead and that the strongly devel.'
oped rites for the dead must be at-'
tributed to other 'psychological mo --I
Alves, e
Results • of the , excavations provo
convincingly that, against ell contrary.
assumptions, the Nile delta possessed
a well-developed primeval culture and
i
that the:tra�:x of foreign elements'
will feund in Upper Egypt must be aserib-,'
ed to these lower Egyptian
helium:hes,'