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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-06-13, Page 2" Yslari filed ""gee, w who listens its sorue bewilder- Called 1itlottt with an oaeasionui sluing, dep t t•eeater and soenewltat ntitihless smiles surd sidelong glances at tuts; clients leather to his distuay the Isla of"Bali, Patch Bast ,"itinet'5i' " he bee carefully prepared le l the oa gn la avay I came to and sought for hew; Auglo-Saxone asus, and over willoli he tne led have come a little hill town is J aud lodgings at the rout house. There. to Bali, is ng o de4erm �eltea'� d,onoe: were no outer gueste, end it took some lie is un time to diseovar that anyone et all whether to his material advantage er was in evidence. At length the pro- the reverse.you want to see," says the �petetor and hie wife, each a half canto, What Y Made a leisurely appearance. Several discernigerican lakes awcan, "ie hih moue Awl, "boys" followed, and preparations to.. by that ldon't entertalu the white man were soon,people, isand a les in the dancest thouut px Meter - This Wider way- This being achieved, I began,- as of- esque ceremonies, the natives is their ten dining the post few weeks, to homes, the—here, I'll write you out ie expatiate upon the charms of. Java 'list ee places to go!" He does, awl and all things Javanese. Yet I found 'expatiates Volubly upon the novelties mine Itosts strangely lacking in and beauties to be founts in them, Arid etttliuslasm, . "But of cotirse," said Hien we set forth. d uuttc the woman presently, "you are going to Bali, Indeed, you utast go to Bali!" a told her that Bali was one of my very definite objectives, "Ah, thee," she said, "yon will 'see what is truly beautiful; more beautiful, even, than. Java. I myself," she added, with a little prideful toss of the head, "am a woman 01 Ball!" ' Long ere this I had come to feel that title much -talked -of place, this island called enchanted, must be the. ultimate .in physical therm, in pie- turesqueuess, in color of its native life, in nachaugel atmosphere. And now toy confidence increased that here was one spot whose very exist• once would prove that novelty had not yet fled the world, that there was still romance, still an existence characterized by little or nothing of modernity, still within reach of the stuff of which one's dreams are made. Aud I felt I must haste tlttther ere the horde of tourists clestined pres- ently to descend upon Balialter it completely. A few more days, then, and I stand In the golden tropical dawn upon the forward deck of the substantial K.P,M, steamer "Rumphius," which, having made a smooth overnight run from Sourabaia, now lies at anchor oft Baloeling, tate port of Bali. And a thought that has just come into mY own mind is, to my astonishment, voiced behind me. at?„ ""Might be another' Tahiti—what?" T had seen hien at dinner the night before, this Britisher in his "theets" and Rennet shirt bent upon seeing this enohented 'island in real comfort. Being British we had not spoken, tut now there revealed itself a bond which shouldset at :naught such ab- surdities as reserve and formality under the equator. We both knew Tahiti! Together ,titer, it was alto - "Thinks we're quite '015 , i p my frieucl as our "guide," la a sort of half trance, climbs in beside the driver. "But we'll have 'liim on our side directly," And`we do, to such nu extent that our alletoobrief visit,to Bali is suets as few have enjoyed. Through tate tropical town, as Chin- ese as Papeete "and no less Pieter - estate, we drive, maldug it clear at the outset to the chauffeur that he is to proceed at a leisurely pace, run over none of the dogs that are yet so' unaccustomed to motorcars as not to arouse from their slumber's iu the mid- dle of the road at one's approach, avoid the poultry and swine equally unfamiliar with the contrivances of that world which is yet so far from Bali, be prepared to halt at an in. stant's notice that we may descend to converse with villagers or to photo- graph groups of wondering children, and altogether to conduct our little expedition in a fashion quite without precedent In his brief experience with European e a u visi ors. Thus we come, at the tidin hour, to one of the scattered rest houses, the only hostelries of Bali, provided orig- inally for the Dutch officials as they Proceeded. about the island, now, avail- able to two or three tourists at a time. It stands on the brow of a palm -clad 1ti11 and in the open air we lunch, while before us spreads a mag- nificent panorama et village and Plain and grove and rice paddy and winding. stream gleaming silvery in the mid- day sun. We lunch well and amply, concluct- iug with a strange, yet altogether de- lectable sweet, prepared from the avo- cado which here attains a wondrous succulence. And then, long but joy- ous hours afterward, we come to the village of Den Pasan, on the south coast of Ball, seventy miles from Ilel- °eliug, where the novel charm of Bali A Live "Humane Fluster" Y Sutura ala' A British Plea What �3a IDr there ono.. job on. MOo" rho 'Fur Clear Thinking ,' earth the begger don't brow, nee• do You -eta leave 'lm et might on a bald map's 'cad, 10 paddle 'is owls canoe• -- DOGS DISPLAY FRIENDSHIP OF UNUSUAL PATHOS Buddy, two-year-old. German shepherd dog, leading his sightless pal, Teddy, a 1S -year-old Boston terrier, in their daily walk around the city. Happy Campers With eyes swimming in tears against which he manfully struggled, Bobby Dick stumbled up the baclt stops and into the house. Coming into the room where is auntsat tuna low rock- ing chair beside the geranium -filled window, darning stockings, he leaned against her comforting knee. "Whaties the matter, sonny boy?" she asked, laying down her sewing that she might stroke his soft curls. In spite of his manful efforts, Bobby Dick's chin began to quiver. "The felefellows are . playin' cow- boy," he swallowed, "an -and they won't let me play." Auntie's hand slid' from. Bobby Dick's hair to his shoulder which she patted encouragingly. "They won't?" she asked. "How is that, dear?" "They say I don't look a cowboy an -and anyway I haven't got any red bandana and all cowboys have to have red bandanas." "Dear pie," exclaimed auntie, "no red bandana 1 Well, never mind," she we should get to went on reassuringly, ""suppose. you gether suitable that . know li And now the real, the and its folk reaches its climax, where and I go out in the back yard, make a characteristic, British friendliness the Dutch have held sway scarce fit'Aabeauiay of sunshine we are hxoke over manifested itself. This other wan- score of years as against a centltiY Journalist, had "'boosted" on the north side, where the Balinese Bobby Dick's face chaeing away the e dei j t ms are to 0 , A, long tine ago the poet Ietpllug wrote Chat about the Royal 11/feriae. That was before there were apy Boy Semite; but a wont can paddle 'hie own sauce Suet the same; he can take care of lilntseit anywhere. .. What are swine ,Of the tillage that scouts ltuow and do? Well, let's See what a farm boy scout eau do, say after he has passed the tenderfoot and second-class stages and is now a tttllfledged scout, fleet class. , e" ele can build a bridge over a small stream that is as \practical. and sound in design as"titose built by engineers over our biggest rivers, ane he can do it with material et, hand.. The smut can build' a log cabin that' will last for years, and will lie' ad "snug and comfortable as akouse,. He cap build ""Certainly," came Auntie's hearty reply, and dropping his stick, the boy set to work with a will on peeling p0- tatees. A second boy astride a stick horse came to a sudden halt as he appeared around the corner of the house. Wist- fully he stood gazing upon the happy fire campers about the "Olt, Tack," cried Bobby' Dick, catching sight of hien, "we're having such fun. Don't you want to come and play?" Jack needed • no second invitation, but rushed eagerly forward to join in the game. ""Dear me," cried Auntie, "we have forgotten the bread. Jack," she added, ""suppose you sun in the house and ask Jane for a loaf of bread." My, how busy they were! And how good the smell ref the frying bacon, fromalso a Dorn ars, t sun re, a cx from Sourabaia a motorcar and and. all their colorfulcur o li htedlee :emu do think of the bestest "guide". Both were waiting at rite quite unchanged and where Europe B landing place. He insisted that I seems as many years away as it is things!" Busily they set to work building should come along as his guest. a"Re: leagues• . an oven with some old bricks and soon had a fire crackling cheerily within it. "Bobby Dick," said auntie as she bustled about, "sem run into the house and get some potatoes, some onions, and that half box of bacon. Jane will give them to you." As Bobby Dick with arms piled high returned from his errand, one of the cowboys, riding his steed at a furious pace down the alley, caught sight of him. Pausing, he peered through the panels of the gate. , "What you doing?" he asked. "Playing campers," shouted Bobby Dick as he dumped his burden beside the oven and hastened after more sticks. With nose thrust through the pal- ings, the rider watched with eager in- Mansfield, the famous traveller, re- terest. At last he edged into the Gently "posted" Herself as a letter; yard, otherwise, the official responsible "Say" he asked, "can I play camp- would not have agreed to her ettempt- gular tourist for the firs lite," he admitted a little sheepishly. ""Hall to do it, though, for there's no they wny to see Bali if you haven't Here, ia another rest house, we dine as expansively as we have lunched. And then but Den Fame is a story by itself.—M,T.G. in Christian Science - time to learn the language and get monitor. about on foot. Bettor come along. Jolly glad of your company!" ���� It might, indeed, have been another Leaping Tahiti. There was the long white beach, fringed by palms which dipped gracefully to the trade breezee There was the line of witlt°, red -roofed' hooses peeping out of their embroid- ery of tropical foliage. There were the creamy breakers and the Iittle pier forth ong them. And headed,for�our steamer presently was the long -boat, with its singing Oarsmen, welch should land 110 upon the shores of the enchanted isle. In the distance inland there towered such a lino of jagged, time -eroded volcanic peaks as rises out of the Pacific in Talar' or Marquesas. Wreaths of V.1.111V.1.111clouds hung about them, now veil- ing, now exposing to majestic view 10,000 -foot summits, green -wrapped in their heavy tropic foliage exceptI throughout Europe by the unmarried where a Rash like final of a distant 1 girls of Ecaussines who outnumber the men of the village by eight to five. The field day will start with Bass on Monday morning and continue throughthrough Mime, an afternoon of danc- ing and parlor games, a dinner cook- ed by the Maidens themselves as proof of their ability and an evening of entertainment, Quite happily, the mademoiselles of Ecaussines designed and had printed the posters announcing the field day and inviting all bachelors, who. are anxious to end their bachelorhood, to Leap Year id eas Mademoiselles of Ecaussines Determined to get Husbands Paris,—European bachelors who "Wive grown tired of solitude and are convinced that a wite is an asset In- stead of a liability" are scheduled to start for Ecaussines, Just across the Belgian frontier, to be the guests of marriageable maidens there who are Clot afraid to ask for the husbands they want. On Pent000ete Monday. the bache- lors' field day 00111 be held, according to an announcement broadcast heliograph disclosed some jungle guarded cataract. But here now, at the water', edge, was oar "guide," and a little beyond the American motel•car, Having no- thing more in common with guides generally thau any outer real wander- er, I was presently quite disarmed by this one. He was a Bali -born Chinese, quiet, decently mannered and well equippedwith several languages. Me had, he told us presently, taken sue- eetuhy the examinations for an Eng - lisp uuiversiy, to which, through his be their guests for one 'day, The present employment. he hoped hY and by to attain, And assisted by him i posters were widely distributed and we saw, I think, more of the real Ball were followed by copies of a matri- titan any tourists had yet done. jj menial magazine which carried many But first it was necessary to coma I pictures and columns of propaganda. to au understanding as to just what The poster itself was frank and to ,we wore to see. The usual thing, it, the point. It said: "Any bachelor appeared, was to proceed at once to who has grown tired of his solitude a wonderful lake up somewhere and is convinced that a wife is an asset Instead of a Liability, is hereby among thoseweather-eroded-eroded pocks, invited to come to this delicious car - But we had11C seen most of the lakes of per of Iiainault where spring is in the the world and, like others of our kind, I alt and where you will be raelcotned road coma to Ecol that rho most fan• ` by dozens of pretty maidens whose de - cleating study In any laud is simply f sires for matrimony have ne101 been the life itself of that land, And pees- I filled." curly we intrude upon the amiable The principal feature of the day's Audi's Roosevelt, an American living! entertainment" it was announced, footBali, just as be is having his break•" wilt be the formal ball in the even- fast, We "Sit him 'thoroughly and .f ing whlali will have, as tis main at - pathetic. down;' he commands"traction, "an httertnission wherein peremptorily. „heard of both oe yee,1 proposing is permitted." The plans Had two letters about you just roster -!provided for importation of reserve day. Tell you exactgets t you want forces of 'matrimonially manned maid-. to see, Let mo get at your t". ells from nelghborlug villages If the eerpreter." 1Influx of bachelors le too numerous. dif• Rev. T. Rhondda 'Williams, ,'Thinks Religious *Crisis Due to Lack of Clear Thinking "1 believe that the present crisis an religion --and no thoughtful person can deny that there is a crisis—ie duo in part to, the fact that thinking in connection with religion has never been thorough enough since the days of the Reformation, and to the further fact that even the best thinking which has been done has not been consistent- ly recognized in the oervi0es of the church."—The Rev, T, Rhondda, Wil- liams, ' " x 8 A. fearless thinker, the Rev. T. Rhondda Williens, of Brighton, gave a characteristic address as Chairman of the CongregationalUniolt; recently: It will stand out as one of the big ut- terances of the May meetings, In the course of his, lengthy address, Mr. eree The Wonders of the World a. loan -to that will shelter hftn from Williams said: the hardest rain or the bitterest wind. ""It.is the misfortune of the-ehmt'ch The scout knows the secrets ot .the that the creeds which still hold a woods and streams, the same as the formal place in most of them,are,'foe Indians knew them, •He can build a the greater' part, impossible of belief fire without matches; or ou the wet- to' educated and intellectual men and test day he can kindle' a fire. in the„women. These, were seven in number, Tito fleet was a colossal statue of brass at Rhodos, wblclt was dedicated to the sun. It was twelve yotirs in maltl55 turd oust 300 talents for abortine 180,000 of cur money), was 70. cubits height and stood directly across the harbor. Its::tltambs were so large that a man could not clasp one of them with both his amts, and its legs were spread out ' to such a distance that ships of large size could saiiebetween them. In its keit heed it held a liglithouse, Toe the - ditOCtion et mariners; and in its right haul a dart, apparently toady to be discharged at any intruder. leifty Mrs after' its erection it was thrown down by au oartlrcluaucai and ndiabout nine 'centuries subsequently le metal was purchased by a Tow, who loaded 900 oan101s with. it, Second, -^Thee Pyi"amids 01 17gypt, three of which still remain. The first liar a square base, GOO feet oath waye and is 500 feet high; It is made of groat stoues,�the least Of which is 3 feet in height. It tools 360,000 Te tw y years to complete it, cell two are a little smaller and at., treat the attune: tion of the spectator. Some suppose they wore built by the Israelites during their captivity; but this opinion cannot be correct, as we • read that they' were employed in mak- ing bricks. . Thirce—The walls of the city of Babylon, built by Queen Semiramis. They formed an exact square, were 60 miles in circumference, 200, feet itt Height and G in breadth, so that his chariots could travel' upon them abreast. Fourth.—Trio Temple of Dfana at Ephesus, which was a work of the greatest magnificence. The riches within were' immense and the. goddess was wordhipPed with great solemnity. It took 230 years is its completion, though all Asia was employed. It was supported by 127 pillars of beautiful Pariah marble, each of "a single shaft, and raised by as many Icings. Each pillar. was GO feet In height, 37 01 them being engra1en, The beams and doors wore made of cedar and the rust of the timber was cypress. 'Tire image o$, the goddess was made of ebony. It was 'burned by Erostratus, an ob- scure individual, 110 years after, on the same day that Alexander the Great was born. lace e'4 Cyprus, Fifth.—The royal pa Benv of Media, It was built by Mem- forest—and he knows how to control "And though of course there .are his fire and extinguish it without dam• many educated and intellectual men ago to' the forest. ele eau stalk birds 'and women in the church itself, the and animals and study tliern in their feeling outside is that these people do He khows the names of all the im• not really believe the;th'ngs to which Because bei•own were blacir, they subscribe, and that they have so portant stars, and he Oar find his dray many mental reservations that it is by thew, and he knows all about 110w not 'et' all clear what they regard as to use a compass• absolutely vital and what not, The But it's when an accident happens pulpit' is suspected of trimming, and that the boy scout is at his best. He prevarications and of something very can soothe a burn; be can stanch the near to, if not quite, intellectual chis- a wound; u t ahonesty. bad Ilbry of blood and g he knows what to do when someone "Men to -day want their religious is overcome with heat or is knocked teaching to be above board, as eaten - unconscious from an electri.eal shock. tific teaching 15, end until it is so the If a person is dragged from the water church will not'win the confidence of unconscious, the scout can revive him hien who have been influenced by the —thus saving a life that niiglit other- scientific temper and Habit. And we wise be lost. ' must remember' that multitudes, who Think what it moans, fellows, to be know little or' nothing of science as able to do these things when a doctor such, are nevertheless living in an niay be miles and miles awaY! atmosphere created by it. A scout knows signaling and how to ""I think the cliureh has a great der make a signal tower, He can take his to learn from•seientists in regard to two little colored flags and tram his reverence for truth. In church think - onions, and potatoes? Drawn by this tower, or from some high spot near ing and speaking there is far too much appetizing odor, one by one the vest his home, talk to a neighbor boy a prudence,, tactical care, and worldly of the cowboys abandoned their horses mile or more away. Fun? Just learn wisdom,too much playing for safety to join the campers- the coda and try it! —these things have too often strangl • h troth. Auntie cut the bread, piling each slice high with bacon, onions and pa- tatoes, and Bobby Dick passed them around. "This is lots more fun than playing cowboy," said one of the boys as he reached for his slice. "How did you ever think of it, Bobby Dick?" and he gazed admiringly at the curly -headed lad, who, to his shame, looked nothing like a cowboy, and who—alas, passess- ed no red bandana. "Auntie thought of it," cried Bobby Dick smiling joyfully up at,his auntie as she passed on her way into the house to glance over the happy group, "she always thinks of the bestest things!" And Auntie with a smile playing about her lips repeated softly the fol- lowing lines which you will have to have mother explain to your "They drew a circle and left me out, Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win. We drew a circle and took them in." A scout can make a bow aud ar- ( ed the witness of the chute to row thtat's real, and he knows how to "Safety first' is a good motto for mo- !non, who was as prodigal in expense use them. Ile can construct a good worlcable radio set, and he learns the codes used all over the world. A. scout is a swimmer, and he knows peril our status, our prestige, or 0011 how to do the speed stroke, the o S privileges rather than iinperil the, distance stroke null the 'life-saving1truth, the ministry would be different stroke; he knows a dozen swimming • in a short time. We kunst have coir theists, butt it is damnation of the as he was skilltui in building. Christian -ministry. I asserted that he actually cemented the "If we were always -willing to hut- stones with gold. Some' are huclined to give the preference to the temp le of Solomon, at Jerusalem, as the su perior• etlOlym- pus, statue of Jupiterm- y pus, is the city of Olympia. It was of prodigious eine, made of ivory, and curved with the greatest art by Phidi• as, a noted sculptor. Seventh.—The mausoleum or sepul- chre of Mausolus, King of Carta, bust by his queen, Artemisia, of th-e, most beautiful :marble. The workmanship was splendid in the extreme. It was 63 feet in length, 400 in circumference and 35 feet in height, surrounded by 3G columns of the most superb: work- manship. This has been ackrtowledged by some as one 01 the Seven Wonders,, while othersthink that the lighthouse of Alexandria ought to havelthe pref- erence. This was a tower of white marble, nearly 400 feet in height, with rnagullicent galleries and mirrors of an enormous size. On the top was an immense lantern, with a light eon- Meetly onStan.tly binning, so that ships could perceive it at a distance of a Staged miles. Butter Makes Boys Big At a recent meeting of the National: " Dairy Council, Secretary M. O. Maughan reported a very interesting experiment with butter, which has been recently concluded in England. Two hundred and twenty boys were carefully studied by the Medical Re- search Council- o£ London. These boys were divided into various groups. one group of which, .including sixty- one boys, was fed a basic diet. This baste diet was a very liberal diet,. con- taining twenty-'foge different foods. . It satisfied the appetites of the boys and apparently was all that was need- ed. These sixty-one boys gained an average of 1.84 inches in height and' an average in weight, of 3.85 pounds. Another group, consisting of'twenty, six boys, was fed 1' it ounces of but- ter in addition to the baste diet and they gained an average ot 2.22 inches 1 in height and 6,30 pounds per boy in weight, Then sixteen boys were fed 1% 0011000 of vegetable margarine 1n addition ot the basic diet and they gained an average of 1.84 inches in height and 5.21 pounds in weight Itis to be noted bhat there was alive lutely no increase in height as a re• sult of serving the vegetable mar garble. Tho margarine did not stitn- ulate increased growth in height one bit, whereas the butter stimulated a decided increase in growth, A Worker Being everlastingly on the job beat carrying .a rabbit's foot for buck, It Is rare whenSlights injustice or slight patiently borne do not leave the heart at the close of the day filled with mar. vellous peace There are sixty -live different badges for which. Boy Scents may qualify. Humility is not only a great qualitY; it is the source of most other great qualities. ' So that she could cross, a swampy region in South Africa. Mrs. Charlotte and diving stunts. lie knows a hundred thrilling games that a group of boys can play; ire's au expert at tying a hundred different lniots; he's the world's best bird- house builder. There are a few of the things the scout knows and does, but it isn't all, for the scoot is like ler, Klpling's marine. So if you aren't a "boy 0cout, be one that's the surest way to be a man. Eight of You can form your own troop. The ;vont historians for a young man to read are those who pronounce Judgment. Facts! Facts! Let him judge for himself!—Jean Jacques Rousseau. ars?" ing the tourney, Real gold dust is one of the mate- rials used by an artist who specializes in miniature paintings ,some of which measure only half an molt across. Xu executing these he works with a jeweller's magnifying -glass. Where Dads Are as interested as the Boys age to think honestly and to speak frankly. If we incur public criticism,. we must face it; if labels are stuck upon us which we do not like, we must ignore thein. - PAINFUL TO CHANGE BELIEFS "We need courage also not only to face ,adverse opinion, but to face the disturbance in our own minds. It. is a very painful thing to have to change one's beliefs, and it is from this pain so many shrink. Remember that to shirk this Calvary is to miss the Kingdom. - "But perhaps the, greatest need of intellectual courage in connection with re?igion to -day is to enable a man to stand against the idea of uselessness in all religious thinking. So many at- tacks are made, from so many sides,. upon' the religious position, that many are almost apt to despair of being able to hold the ground for -any kind of vital religion. If it is to be hold at all, they think, it is only to be on the ground of feeling, not of thinking. "Faith, many people declare now, can rest on feeling only, or on will only, or on both together, but net ou thought—tile intellect is :useless to it. But a true faith is not merely a state of feeling, not merely an act of will, but the act of the whole man. And we need intellectual courage to -day not to put religion oil an entirely non - rational basis. We must still dare to think towards God... . THEOLOGY ALONE WILL NOT ' SAVE. "I have pleaded," said the Rev. T. Rhondda' Williams in conclusion, "foe straightforward' thinking in religion, but religion is more titan thinking. The most up-to-date theology alone will not save the church, It will save no man. Wo trust grow wings to mount above the earth, not for hope only, but for truth. To get the value of time we must know eternity; to get the truth of the earth -life we must have some 'life in heaven above it. And for this we must learn how to expose our inner- most soul to God, and to commune with Him. Do the best thinking you can, but also 'lie open• soul' for that su- preme moment when God floods the whole consciousness with light and life and peace ineffable, and you rise from thinking to'realizing, from knowledge of to knowing, and are ready to say: 'I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the. ear, but now mine eye Beeth Thee.'" Gentleness Better make penitents by gentleness than hypocrites' be seventy. -St, France: de Sales, Inspiration its Inspiratloa is -contagious. One n, dead in earnest, sets a hundred otter men on fire P`. A, (Noble Mr, Roosevelt Is 010010nt in the ENTHUSIASTIC MODEL YACHTSMEN GATHER nese totlgue,' which differs I Alr,llnars cli'lven hY steam one 0 Coonan Green; starting a model yacht race at the demonstra ficult Bali. 1 types FOR A!y MINIATURE REGATTA ettee=etui.e, lion at Round Pond, Kenslegton. ROI fried model craft, .• ste6ete^"� sfilkifree Materially from the libaley of Pova. Xie carryie 1,000 passengers are foretoldof g e, ,many nations gathered to discuss and demonstrate the Various tliscourries energetically to our by Fretteb. scientists,