Zurich Herald, 1931-07-30, Page 3•
Norway's Role in Greenland
Stretches Far Back in History
The secret action of a party of Nor-
weg'ian hunters in planting their na-
tional" flag over a section. of Eastern
ireenland and claiming the area in
ttenaive of their sovereign has raised
the question as to the ownership of
that vast frozen plateau: While
Alreeniand is considered to be Danish
territory, it was discovered by Norse•
men and was Norwegian territory in
early days. For 400 years Norway and kept by Denmark,
Denmark were united, and Greenland In the meantime the relationship be.
was a colony belonging to both. Also, tween the Gree land colonies and their
Norwegian expeditions have made the motherland, Norway, had' gradually
section claimed by the hunters a base ' faded away. The last ship known to
of operations, and have thus come to have visited the old Norse colonies in
look upon it as theirs by right of oceu Greenland returned to Norway in 1410.
patron. With no support from home the colon-
The first record of Greenland dates les decayed rapidly, the settlers either
from the beginning of the tenth ten- being destroyed by the Eskimos or ab -
buy', when' the Norwegian Cunubjorn , sorbed by intermarriage with them.
le reported to have seen a land to When John Davis visited Greenland in
the west of Iceland, believed to have 1585 there was no sign of any people
been the southern tip of the country. there except the Eskimos.
In' 982 another Norwegian, Eric the The ;west coast of Greenland is de -
Red (whose son, Leif Ericson, is be- signated as Danish Greenland, the
Roved to have reached America in I eastern part being more under Nor-
1000), sailed from Iceland, discovered wegian,iufluonce. Its trade is. a mon-
the land described by Gunnbjorn and opoly of the :Danish Crown, dating
spent three years exploring it. ! from 1774, and for purposes of govern
Then followed the colonization pe-. ment and trade the west. coast is di-
•riod by Norwegians. The settlers es- ; vided into two inspectorates, southern
tablished 'hurches and monasteries, and northern. Each inspectorate is
and, until the middle of the thirteenth divided into districts, these again coin -
century, had their own republican prising about sixty trading settle,
government. About 1260 they were in- ments "which dot the coast for a dis-
duced to swear allegiance to the ICing tante of 1,000 miles. These little col
powers,; with Sweden, were united un --
der a single King, Erik. of Pomerania.
In this union the Norwegians were
dominated by the Danes, who seized
the high administrative posts in the
government, At length, after the Nal.
poleonio wars, in 1814, the union was
•solved. Greenland, Iceland and the
Farces were not mentioned'4n the dis-
solution agreement, an dtbey were all
of .Norway.
For centuries the history of Green-
land follows the history of Norway
and Denmark. In 1397 these two
ones consist of merely a few houses.
There are only a few hundred Euro-
peans in Greenland, and probably
about 12,000 Eskimos.
Hat Pins Stage
Comeback in Hats
Modern Chapeau Perches
Half on and. Half off
the Head
New York.—Hat pins—mother will
remember them—are coming back in
the wake of new hat styles.
Bobbed hair, put hat pins on the
shelf; bobbed hair and the fact that
the long points were invariably jab-
bing people. New millinery is bring-
ing them back.
The pins will be of junior size:
Short, and useful for anchoring the
new little hats. Coiffures will un-
dergo changes, too. Women either
will permit their hair to grow or
use tricky false curls and even
iswitches.
The modern bonnets
on, half off the head.
French milliners have introduced
a band of ribbon which ties across.
the left side of the head. American
(designers have - employed an elastic.
bandeau to keep the hat on.
The ribbon and the bandeau, wo-
.¢nen have found are a nuisance. In
lieu of something to keep the bon-
n.et clamped tight women are renew-
ing their friendship with the hat pin.
The new hats are reminiscent of
the days of Empress Eugenie, wife
of Napoleon III.
"roost" half
English Scenes
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Sunday School
Lesson
August 2. Lesson V—Phii.lp's MIs.
sienary Labors—.Acte d: -•26.40.
Golden Text—Therefore they that
were scattered abroad went every
where preaching the word. --Acts
8:4.
ANALYSIS
I. BREAKING TIIROUGIX BARRIERS OF
HATRED, Alts 8; 5-13,
II. '1114 WOIuc CONSOLIDATED, Acts 3:
14-25.
III. BREAKING T=ROUGH BARRIERS 'Or
RACE, Acts 8: 26-40.
INTRODUCTION—Philip was the fore-
runner 'of •the larger general mission
to the Gentiles. Appointed one of the
Seven, his eonseerated gifts soon made
hint a missionary. Ilis sudden and
spontaneous movements under the im-
mediate impulse of the Spirit remind
one of the 01d Testament prophets.
Bat his true inspiration was shown in
the daring insight which led him to
break through the barriers of hatred
and Jewish limitations. He is the
true predecessor. of Paul.
I. BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS OF
HATRED,' Acts 8: 5-13.
Imagine a Canadian evangelist go-
ing to conduct a mission in' Berlin im-
mediately after the War! Such w,i,; n>,
Philip going to the Samaritans
and Samaritans hated each other
to the intermingling of yaces after ,
Aesyrian capture of Samaria in B.".'
722 the Samaritans were of mixed:
blued, part Jew, part Aisyrian. On
this account and because of-'thzir cor-
rupted Jehovah worship, the Jews,
when rebuilding the temple after the
exile, refused Samaritan as.istance.
"Ye have nothing to do with us," they
said, Ezra 4: 3. The Samaritans re-
sponded with an open and implacable
hatred. Philip's missionary zeal, how-
ever, &rid not pass them by. He
preached Christ to them.
II. THE WORK CONSOLIDATED, Acts 8:
14-25.
The most beautiful country I have
ever seen is England. It has not
the 'majesty of Switzerland, but it
has_ everything else. Almost exact-
ly the same size as North Carolina
or Michigan, it has an amazing
variety of scenery and climate. As
one approaches it from the Atlantic,
the cliffs of Cornwall look austere
and forbidding; but there the roses
bloom in January. Stand almost
anywhere in Devonshire, and you
see the meadows leaning on the sky;
they are separated from one another
not by atone fences, or by split -rails
or barbed wire, but by hedgerows in
self-conscious bloom; Salisbury
Plain is like western Nebraska, a far
horizon; the misty slopes of the
Sussex downs reach dreamily to the
sea. Every few miles in England
the topography changes; could any-
thing be more different than those
different counties?
But we do not go to England for
natural scenery, though we might
well do. so; we go because in Eng-
land every scena is, in the phrase of
Henry James, "peopled with recogni-
tions." The things that we have
seen In imagination we see in real-
ity; there they are! . As we look-
ed from the top of the hill down
into Canterbury, the setting sun glori-
fied the Cathedral; as we stood on
the most solemn promonetory in
England, Land's End, and gazed into
the yeasty waves at the foot of the
cliff, 1 remembered Tennyson's
lines:
World Wide Famine
Banished Century Ago
Chicago—The clanger of world-
-wide famine was removed 100 years
ago this month.
In a Virginia wheat field in July,
1831. Cyrus Hall McCormick looked
back on the first strip of grain ever"
suceessfully cut with a mechanical
reaper. That first clean swathe of
wheat served notice on the world
that the era of mechanized agricul-
ture had dawned.
Economists have credited the
reapers with even greater service to
humanity, declaring that it has ban-
ished forever the fear of a world.-
vide
orldwide food shortage, a fear that had
existed since Biblical times. Now,
far from fearing a shortage of grain,
the nations are troubled w'.th grain
surpluses.
The surpluses are due, economists
say, to the wide use of motorized im-
plements. McCormick's reaper was
capable of only eight or ten acres
of grain a day, After that there
still remained the problem of thresh-
ing.
hreshing. Today huge combines used in
the great grain belts harvest and
thresh 30 to 40 acres a day.
fhe eunuch,fiound Ohi;ist, Reeefving.
hien into the o'hureh by baptism, X'hilip
laid down only ono condition, faith in
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, v, 37.
He, erected no artificial barriers be-
tween a man and his God. He requir-
ed Dally one "fundamental" — faith in
Jesnc,'Christ as a lsersonal Saviour.
Favid Livingstone, haunted by the
thought of thousands of villages yet
untouched by white man, must press
on. through African forests. So, too,
Phi•'ip, his work w'th the eunuch com-
pleted, left him to hurry north to Azo-
tus, twenty miles off, The language
Which describes his departure is evi-
dently suggested. by Old Testament
models, for example, Elijah, 1 Kings
18: 12; 2 Kings 2: 16,
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—William Lyon Phelps, in "Essays
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Mr. Knagg—"Don't
that? Any fool could
Mrs. Knagg—"That's
you, dear."
you know
tell you."
why I asked
Reports of Philip's activities soon
reached the apostles in Jerusalem, v.
14. They recognized at once the im-
portance of this new departure. They
sent Peter and John to investigate.
On seeing the converts, the visitors
were convinced that the work was of
God. Until now, no signs had accom-
panied Philip's work such as had oc-
curred at Pentecost. Now, however,
at the reception service conducted by
the apostles, there was a pronounced
emotional disturbance. It was still
considered that the coming of the
Sprit must be accompanied by these
external evidences. Simon was much
impressed. His money -loving soul saw
the financial. possibilities. He did not
realize, like many a one since his day,
that spiritual blessings cannot be bar
tered, v. 20. He thought that money
could do anything. With ' an insight
that is still needed, Peter denounced
the suggestion that a man's money
entitles hien to prominence or power'
within the church. His rebuke, be ought
about in Simon,..not reprentance, but a
fear of consequences. ,
III. BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS OIC`
RACE, Acts 8: 26-40.
When the apostles come to Samaria,
Philip's pioneering zeal, or the voice
of God in a missionary's soul impelled
him to set out for new fields, while'
they consolidated the work. Some-
thing, he knew it was God, told him to
go south toward the Jerusalem -Gaza
road.
Philip from Samaria, the Ethiopian'
treasurer front Jerusalem, each., un-
known to the other, were soon to meet:
The treasurer of Candace, Queen of
Ethiopia ("Candace" was a royal:title
like "C nsar" in Rome, "Kaiser'' in
Germany), had failed to find spiritual
satisfaction, in the religion of his ;own
country. In some way he had coi7'ad'in
contact with Judaism and its sacred
scriptures. He had traveled the twelve
hundred miles from Ethiopia to Jesru-
salem, and now, still perplexed and
unsatisfied, he was making his way
home wa' d.
When, on the main htgliwny; the
Ethiopian eunuch's retinue came up to
Philip, "the Spirit said unto Philip,
Go near, join thself to this chariot,"
v. 29. That is the Bible way of saying
that Philip, ever • seeking an oppor-
tunity to preach Christ, and hearing
ithis "foreigner" reading what he evi-
dently did not fully understand, said to
himself, "I must help that man, who•
ever he is" Last Christmas a man
sent a donation to a needy community.
The letter acknowledging the gift
read: "God surely spoke to you." Di-
vine suggestions are always conning
to people whose lives are the channel;
of God's spirit.
As a result of Philip's explanations
o nQ elute
eery
•MAE AHN BES
All great and honourable actions cumstantial evidence, the story carried
are accompanied by great difficulties
and must be undertaken and overcome
with answerable courage.*Punshen.
Did This Ever Happen to You?
It was early morning and Mrs. Smith
happening to look out of her window
while she was dressing, saw her neigh-
bor, Mrs. Humber, who was not very
strong, rusk out of her Homo and run
over to the house acros the road, Very
soon the young married man came
running out as hard as he could come.
Half way over he turned around in-
quiringly, as though for guidance
where to go, when she pointed to her
back door, into which he young man
then ran with redoubled energy. Mrs.
Humber came back too, but slower, as
is Round 'to be very often wrong.
Often, too, it depends on who re-
ceives the news as to what construe,
tion will be put on it, and sometimes
the conclusion drawn Is without in-
tention unkind, because 'of lack of
knowledge .of the 'circumstances. So
perhaps the best way after all is just
to Mass no judgment at all, to be safe.
Don't you think so?
Twilight Hour Story
Chicks and Other Little friends
Wasn't that funny when Topsy, the
barn cat, stole one of Fluffy's kittens
and carried it off to the barn in her
mouth? And do you know, Fluffy"
didn't seem to care because she took
it away. You see, they were good
friends, and Fluffy knew Topsy could
though tired out. take good care of that little kittle, fa
"Oh, hoary," called Mrs. Smith to she knew all about babies since she
her daughter, in another room, "I'm had had so many of them. So Fluffy
sure there is something wrong over at
Humber's. Mrs. Humber rushed out
of her door just now and went over to
Maitland's, across the street, and that
young fellow who is visiting there
came over as fast as he could into
Humber's house. There must be
something the matter."
just sat there and blinked her eyes
and purred.
"1 gusset we better put them in their
new box now and set it away off in a
da.ik corner in the closet," said Mam-
ma Lady. Just as she said that, how-
ever, a big dark shape stood at the
door. Who do you think it was? Well,
Mrs. Smith finished dressing, alter- it was Rover, and he wanted in. Ile
nately trying to think nothing was the never waited very long either, if he
matter and then pondering whether wanted in, for he knew how to open
she should go to find out what was the door with his paw by just digging
wrong, for it would be so foolish to leis claw in a certain place on the
go if nothing But hen itwalle he seemedr. screen and so still morning hep this
did that just the same as
around there. "Perhaps Mr. Humber he always did, and came in wagging
is hurt," she thought. "No, there he
is away back in the field ploughing, so
it isn't that, but then a hundred other
things might have happened."
At last she just had to phone over.
She hardly knew what to expect. If
there was no answer it would mean.
something was really the matter, or
she half expected to hear a stranger's
voice.
In due time the phone was answer-
ed. "Hello," said the cheerful, fa-
miliar voice of Mrs. Humber.
"Is that You, Mrs. Humber? Are
you all right?' said an anxious voice.
"Yes, I'm all right. Why do you
ask?" she said.
A little mortified, Mrs. Smith told
her what she had seen and the con-
clusion she had come to.
"Well, now, it would look like that,"
laughed Mrs. Humber. "But what
really happened was only a phone call.
Someone phoned long distance for the
young chap across the road and I hur-
ried. over to tell him, while the line
was being held, that was all."
"Doesn't this remind one a little of
the ways of gossip? In this case the
actions were prompted by neighborly
interest and friendship, but gossip
very often isn't. Gossip can so easily
fly from house to house, becoming
more and more magnified, and in near-
ly every case, though it seems like cir-
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Bolero is most unusual crossed
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hips are n"`The^"skirt ,has
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on
•vvily can't .Jones and his wife
ree?"
'He marl led an automobile girl
a wheelbarrow salary."
his tail and shaking his head. You
know the way dogs do when they say
"good morning."
But say, before he knew what was
happening to him he had a good
scratch on his nose. He was surprised.
Then that wasn't enough, it seemed,
for something jumped on his back and
was digging claws into his fur. Can
you imagine it? It was Fluffy doing
all that to Rover. It hurt, too, so that
he thought he better get out of the
kitchen as fast as he could; and that
was what Fluffy wanted him to do, too.
Whoever would have thought she
would have been as cross as all that?
After he was gone and she was sure
he was really gone she came back,
and you should have seen her eyes!
They were blazing just like fire and
they werebig and round too. But her
tail—say, it was big before, but now
it was nearly as big as all the rest of
her body put together. Her whole
body was bigger too, because her fur
stood straight out all over her, so she
looked like a porcupine.
It all looked so funny, everyone in
the room couldn't help laughing. "Poor
old Rover," said Mamma Lady. "He
came at a wrong time. Fluffy will
soon get used to him when she finds
he wouldn't hurt her kittens for any-
thing."
But what did Rover think about it?
The Public
The public man needs but one pat-
ron, viz, the lucky moment. It is as-
tonishing how capricious, how sudden
aro the changes in value of a public
man. All depends upon whether the
public want or believe they want the
man. And that is a question upon
which the public do not know their
own minds a week before nor do they
always keep in the same mind, when
made up, for a week together. If they
do not want the man„ if he do not hit
the taste nor respond to the exigencies
01 the time, whatever his eloquence,
his abilities, his virtues, they push
!him aside or cry him down, Is he
wanted? Does the mirror of the mo
meat reflect his image? That mirror
is an intense magnifier, his propor-
tions swell, they become gigantic.
Paris Reports Drop
In Tourist Trade
Paris. +,— DirectOrs of tourist
agencies, here in connection with
the conference of transatlantic
steamship companies, said recently
that there is no use denying that
this year's tourist season is a fail -
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Have Had Cotton In Her Ears.
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ure. One of them said that his
business so far is 30 per cent, less
than it was last year.
An agreement was expected in the
conference regarding proposed re-
ductions of transatlantic steamship
fares.
The popularity 01 comfortable
one -class liners was advanced as a
reason for converting all but the
biggest and fastest liners into cabin
class steamers. This considera-
tion was expected to weigh heavily
in favor of maintaining approxi-
mately the present rates for first
class accommodations in the fast-
est
astest liners. British companies, it
was reported, continue to favor at
least a 25 per cent. cut in first class
rates.
He Still Teaches at 97
Professor Francesco Berger, Lon-
don's oldest music teacher, is still
giving piano lessons at 97. When
reminiscensing, he talks enthusiastic-
ally of Charles Dickens and many
other Victorians. He knew Mendels•
sohu and a host of famous musi-
cians, and his memory is unusually
keen.
By BUD FISHER
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