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Zurich Herald, 1931-08-20, Page 3dame Chats By 311149.F.AON BEST "The good heart does a little extra." Chinese Proverb. What If "I" Couldn't Hear? This person "I" slight somptit•i: be you or is -e. It might be the lady across the room or that gentleman just com- ing in the door. Anyone might some. time be deaf and the keenest ears might some day become dull, In fact so delicate is the make up of the ear and so numerous its diseases that the wonder is there is not more deafness. It is one of the many common ail- ments which comet in the .act of l Virg .and humanity finds it must accept it whether it would like it or not. In. each generation as people grow older more become halt or lame or blind as the years go by until everyone has some thing with which to contend in time The very strongest and best human beings become embarrassed with a weakness of some kind unless like "the one hoss shay," all its parts manipulate wonderfully for its full span of years and then give out, all at once, resulting in a complete col- lapse. Isn't it a good thing we are not dis- abled at the same time, and not all oppressed with the same disability. The young and the strong in their tem- porary power are here also to help the weak and through it we all stumble` along learning this life lesson. If we help each other it makes it all so much easier. If I were deaf and should enter a roomful of people and should see no one there among the many faces who would care to make the little special effort to "bother with me," I would know that for me many things of in- terest would • be missed and I would need to use all niy ability to observe, feel, watch and catch on as best as I could to whatever was going on to just get along. Should someone ask me a question so easy to answer if I only knew the subject under discus- sion I would have to either make a , guess at what was being said and risk But we haven't said anything about giving a foolish answer because it was i Jimmie Chick. I guess that is be - foreign to the question discussed, or cause adies come first. Anyway I would need to keep silent and ap- I that's what Jimmie thought for since pear stupid. i he has grown to be a young rooster he But if when I came I -should see began to think he must take care of ' his smaller lady sisters and another among the many familiar faces, one to thing he was always ready to Sight whom I could go •knowing; she would hejx enc by a smile or a nod or a word for them if , he thought; . anytb;ind of explanation, which can so easily 1 B2 d going and Lily hurt tliked to know hem. Squatty aned and unobtrusively be given for deaf g y s people are very quick to catch on, just would take care of them too just e, the fact of being near her would make (Billy, used twhon think it pretty nice, it possible for me to enjoy all the enter - know, could run was very small, to tainment and take part in proceed- know he could and get behind ings. I could laugh and talk freely ; Dadd's bid leg if he grew frightened for I know my friend would give me , about something. Then he could peer the key to what was• being said when out from his safe hiding place to see 'what is was. Mamma Lady felt safe necessary. too when Daddy was around and do It is ing as yaou wo lust dibe doer ne bay le waoThere you know Daddy liked her to feel are times when every one of us can that way. give this little assistance which Well that's just the way Jimmy means so little on our part but is so Chick was. He looked different too acceptable to the sensitive hard of besides being bigger, for he was get- ting such a fine red comb on the top of his head and a nice fan-like tail was showing, of which he was very proud. Some of the longest feathers "Well we'll see but you are so hard on your shoes," mother didn't seem to be as glad as I was, But then we are getting away from the chickens. \ It is a good thing they don't wear shoes like the horses do or a pair of shoes would need to oe changed every few days, because their' little feet grow so fast. • You see we couldn't tell you about the chickens because the cats did such funny things all at once, and it took a long time to tell the story. But now we've found the kittens and they are all stowed away in a dark closet where they will grow fast and be just fine in a place where Mamma Lady Billy can see them when they want ter and nind you they were so cube that even Daddy liked to look at thein once in a while. I didn't tell you there's a reason for putting them into. a closet that is dark. I'll tell you about that another day. Of course you know even though we haven't heard a thing about the chicks for so long Mamma Lady and Billy never once forgot ., to feed them z.nd water them so now it was astonishing to see how big and fine they had grown. They were beautiful with white, white feathers which made them warm and twice a., big as they were before. I am sure if you had seen them you wouldn't believe they were the same chicks. But they were the very same and if you looked closer you could sure enough tell that one of them was Squatty for she was getting fatter all the time and was always looking for something more to eat Bridget was there too. You would know her •because her neck was still long and thin and she was al- ways looking cross and scolding somebody. I wonder what makes some chickens act Ake that. Lily,the beautiful one, certainly wasn't cross. She was tame as could be besides so pretty, so of course everybody liked her. I ant quite sure Billy will be able to take her to the show. hearing person. Twilight Hour Story Chicks and Other Little Friends which were in it were starting to Don't you wonder. how the .ittle bend over as though they might aur'. chicks are getting along? Well I, pfd you ever notice a rooster's tail? can tell you they are not little chicks It was beginning to get rather crowd - any more after all this time. Three ed in tY -ig box an hot, too, sincenev or four weeks makes a bigdifference I had so many feathers, but Mamma to growing chicks. They even grow Lady and Billy soon fixed that up. faster than girls and boys and that is 1 pretty fast, isn't it? I guess mother thinks you grow fast when shoes and A hl Sensitive o other clothes get too small so very ! Hi g y quickly. But it's great fun, isn't :it, to ! Instrument ` have a pair of new shoes every little The eye, extraordinarily sensitive though it otherwise can be, experi- ences. great difficulty in. discriminst- guess between white and nearly white substances. To this end, an instru- ment has been designed wherein the eye of the observer has been replaced by a photo -electric cell, which enables the instrument to measure accurately the extremely small differences be- tween "white" surfaces. By this means differences inappreciable to the eye of even a trained observer can be detected. while all shiny and smelling new. I used to just love to hear mother say, "I gess Marie will need a new pair of shoes. She has actually outgrown those black slippers I got for her only a month ago." Then I would say, feeling very glad, "Oh yes mother, they hurt all over, and I would see a nice store windowful of pretty shoes in my mind and say, "May I have the pair I saw in the .shoe store with he silver buckles?" It was wonderful when she ;,aid, What New York Is Wearing BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dress'makin'g Zesson Fur. nished Wail Every Pattern A plaided novelty linen in yellow and brown that if full of charm and modishness. The front buttoned vestee uses plain yellow with brown buttons. It's slenderizing too the way the bodice cuts in deep V-shape at the :cont. The downward pointed skirt seaming narraws the hips and is de- :1... -0 0 * 0..••..4...,- 0000..,. 1 unday School Lesson krt,tt 23. Lesson VIII—A Gospel. 1 },,i*pr Ali Men --Acts 11; 5-18. Gol- oak, Text—There is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: i4or the same Lord over all 1s rich la�nta all that call unto him: tc Romans 10; 12, ANALYSIS apEaG'i'ILE'S PRAYER ANSWERED, Acts 11.: 1-8, TI, • JIM'S OUTLOOK 1:ROADENED, Acts .-9-23a. III. IA eENTILE PENTECOST, Acts 10: =g3b-48. iVt�aT#E GOSPRL FOR ALL MEN, Acts ah 11: 1-18. I3 r onucTioN — For a time the elan, n, had to deal only with Samar- ilians, ,:proselytes, or a "stranger" in the exceptional position of the Ethi- opian eunuch. It now took the great stride which carried it over into the purely Gentile world. Not until the Jerusalem Council of A.D. 48 did the church frankly and fully recognize. the equality of Gentiles, but the bap- tisrii!„of..Cornelius and its ratification by the church wag' • the first step to - wart,” jA world brotherhood. It was a gefsrat achievement for Jewish Chris- tiane;to welcome Gentiles. The gospel is 1Qr the whole world. I. A•GENTILE'S PRAYER ANSWERED, Acts 10: 1-8. After the persecution, the church in Jerusalem enjoyed peace. It was a period of quiet and steady growth. The "scattering abroad" of the believ- ers resulted in the growth, in various centres, of the new faith.. The need of superintendence was apparent. At the time when Peter was on one of these, tours, there was stationed in Cinerea a Roman military officer named Cornelius. Dissatisfied with. the pagan religions, he had been at- tracted to the purer worship of the Jewse He acknowledged Jehovah as the true God, and was widely known (v.,v) for his honorable character and;' philanthropy. Still, he was the seeking soul "feeling after God, if haply* her might find him." He had. gaticEred around him a group of simi- larl$*'seeking souls, v. 2. Had Philip, probably bythe time settled in Ca's- areoe influenced them? In a dream be cidedly length -giving; e , saw an angel who told him that his And it's amazingly simple to ,' a11',liffpre'fiers and charity had risen before it. Au£od as a sacrifice to be remembered, Style No. 3178 may be had in size s 4,,, Obedience to the light he had, 16, 18 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and. 41 Brought Cornelius to fuller knowledge. inches' bust. Size 16 requires 3% 4TI.'A rsw's OUTLOOK BROADENED, Acts yards 35 -inch ,with 1/4 yard 35 -inch j •y.: ;c 10: rJ-23a. contrasting. 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If, then, we be found fools after all, how bitter, how ter- rible, must be our condemnation] Blame not the savage in the Ionely forest for his ignorance of letters; but the man who has had every oppor- tunity of attaining scholarship, and after all remains in ignorance, rightly deserves the concentrated bitterness of human contempt. But beware of setting up precedents and inaugurat- ing analogies, and instituting seats of judgment; because God will gather them all together one day, and His great white throne will be the more terrible for the precedents we our- selves have perpetrated. Christianity Don't say, "There is very little Christianity in the world"; say, rath- er "There is very little in me." When you say the former the latter is true, N. B. Remick, MUTT AND JEFF— The Next Speaker To Get Up ALL RIGHT, Bur WHY GCT So C? CITeb AL3ojr 1T� MUTT? troubled, occasioned a dream which changed the courseofearly church 1Q, "a fine quespihn-~oi -the relation between Jew and trentile had forced itsep upon Peter. The Jews were a " thOliiar" people—God's own. Gentiles were•"common" As they did not conform to Jewish food regula- tions, they were "unclean." Therefore, all social intercourse was practically prohibited. What was a Christian Jew to do? ePeter should have known the answerefor Jesus gave it to him long ago (Mark 7: 19), but he had for- gotten. He was slow to grasp the implications of the Jesus Way. Jopna, with its shipping, its busy Gentile traders, would raise the question. It Wouldalso raise the question, did th Lord's commission extend to these foreigners? His troubled waking thoughts wove themselves into the fabric of his dream. Dick it mean that for Christians the old regulations no l.nger held? that no man was "com- mon" in the sight of the All -Father? When the Gentile messengers arrived, Peter welcomed them as equals, z n:i lee- went with them +o Caesarea. I/I..A GENTILE PENTECOST, Acts 10: 23b-48. Peter, conscious that a crisis was at hand, took with him six brethren from Joppa, 11: 12. Cornelius, real- izing .the importance of this visit, arras ged a gathering to meet him. When Peter arrived, the centurion "met hien, and fell down at his feet, andworshiped him" (v. 25) that is, prostrated himself at his feet. This mark of respect toward royalty and superior personages is still common 7 east. Imagine a Roman 'fficer .rating himself before a Jew! The humility of the Roman was matched by the humility of the Jew, v;•;. ik1; Peter, very self-conscious in doing soniethiiig so unusual, explained why hewas doing it, v. 28. He then told the assembled people about Jesus Christ, and the equal worth of all men in the sight of God. The ex- pectanthearers, like all earnest men, were as good soil for good seed. To the amazement of his six, companions, the Spirit came upon all.present, v. 45. One part of baptism had already been given, Who, then, could with- hold the other? These uncircumcised Gentiles were then baptized, and thus received into the church by an apostle. Although: it was considered to be a "special case," it marked the begin- ning of a new chapter in the history of the church, IV. THE GOSPEL FOR ALL MEN, Acts 11. 1-18. Peter's • action precipitated a con- troversy in Jerusalem. Gentile "per- sons" were to be welcomed into the Church, of course, but theymust come in through the door of circumcision and live as Jews. So said the circum- cision party. Yet, here was Peter, an. apostle, actually eating with the un- clean pagans—admin'stering the rites of the church to them! They did not understand yet that a follower of Jesus cannot be a respecter of per- sons, that ecclesiastical narrowness and racial snobbery ].ave no place on the Christian program. 0000. ;..•- The Best If we were for a single day to seek to find good points in the acts of those around us, to let their little weakness- es and failings fade into nothingness In the shadow of our charity, to em- phasize their hest, to recognize it, to appeal to it, to call it forth and to de- velop it, life would seem very differ- ent indeed to ourselves and to them. A smile, a word of sympathy, a touch of human kindness, a hand clasp of fellowship, an unexpected bit of ten- derness, courtesy or consideration will accomplish wonders. It is syndicating sunlight and that is what real optim- ism is. It has a cheering, transform- ing power that no amount of criticism or reproof could accomplish in chang- ing others. The best way to take the sting from one's own sorrow is by for- getting it in. ministering to another; lightening the burden of some one else makes our own rest more lightly on our shoulders. An Up -Look Most persons who have failed know that they have failed. ,Therefore our condemnation of their failure does not help them to future victory nearly as much as does our expressed belief that they are going to have such victory. What they need is not fresh reminder of the seeming hopelessness of their case, but an assurance that others see hope where they see none. A certain man who has peculiar power in help- ing his fellow -men to do better than they ever thought they could, works by this simple recipe. He never talks much about their failures; he talks enthusiastically, with a. confidence that fairly radiates from him, about what he knows they are going to ac- complish. "I really believe r can do it, after all," is the hopeful spirit in which men leave his side; and then they go and do it, just because he be- lieved they would. Looking up is al- ways better than looking down, both for ourselves and for others. The Only Way I must have someone by me who sinks his own will utterly in mine, who believes in me unflinchingly, who will cling to me in good hap and ill, who lives only to shed light and warmth over+Iny life and must die if I fail. Buy yourself a dog, my lord!—Hen- rik Ibsen. Events Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair,—Fielding. He—"Pardon me, I didn't catch your last name," She—"I haveu't caught it myself yet." \Vas . r (u iWF'IWITGSIM Ii SPetlMGN of BACTGRIA, 'DON'T '(et KNOW IT' Nor oldty IMPGR1l.S Youi owni LIFO Bur 'IT aNDAN§AOS.ve LWes . of 6-tHOZ% WHEN You sVANb UP INA $DAT, ITS FooLHARDY f\Nb 3" 1100•••••••!,,,•••••11,.., Phone Messages To Be Recorded New Device Enables Business Executive to Have Full Resume of Phone Transaction A device for recording telephone conversations, local, long distance, and transoceanic, has been perfect- ed in Germany. H. H. Kohlhaas, the International Telephone and Tele- graphic Company's manager ot pub- lications announces. The New York Times quotes him as follows: "We believe there is a large field for this sort of device. "Suppose a representative of a large banking -house has to make some rapid negotiations on an im- portant matter with a bank in, let us say, Buenos Aires. The deal is completed after a long and detailed conversation. He then has to ex- plain it to his associates. Instead of resorting to hasty and, perhaps, illegible notes, he turns on the re- corder and the entire conversation is repeated; or, perhaps, a stenograph. erther makesstudya transcript of it for fur - "It should constitute almost the equivalent of a signed ageement, and it is my personal opinion that such a record would be unimpeaachable evidence in court if there should be any call for It. Of course, the new device will have various other applications." The device occupies a space about equal to that of a radio -receiver. I1 is 'based upon Ile telegraphone, in- vented over thirty years ago by •Waldemar Poulsen, a Danish engi neer. It can record a conversation of fifteen minutes. The Times goes on to say: "Its operation is based upon the principle that a steel wire can be made to retain degrees of magnetism varying throughout its length. The telegraphone was invented before the modern three -element vaccum- tube, and it is understood to have been through the use of the latter that the recording device was perfected by Dr. Curt Stille of Berlin. "The fluctuating currents in the telephone circuit are amplified in the device and passed through the toils of an electro -magnet. The steel wire is drawn across the poles ot the latter by an electric motor. The fluctuations, corresponding with the voice vibrations, thus are recorded in the steel in minute and invisible variations ot magnetism. "When the conversation is ended the wire again is drawn through a solenoid, the magnetism acting upon the latter's coils so as to produce a minute current in them. This, in turn, is amplified, and the result is the reproduction of the conversation. "According to Mr. ICohlhaas, the record may be kept `virtually inde- finitely,' but it is thought that in most cases a permanent record would not be needed. To permit repeated use of the same piece of wire, the device incorporates a means for de- magnetizing the wire by subjecting it to alternating current, after which it can be used over again. The in- strument is attachable to any mod- ern telephone." ...ave (Untrained love can make disas- trous mistakes, as can ignorance in any other sphere. Yet we are prone to believe that true love is a sort • of guarantee against error; that whatever we do in love for others is sure to work out for their good. it is a dangerous notion, from which some have had rude or trag'e awak- ening. Many a mother who has Leen lovingly In lnlgent to her boy eas l'ved to realise teat those inrlul- "ences, born of her devoted and un- selfish Love, have helped tu pave his wny to ruin. Love must know, as' well as feel. If we really love we should be willing to tidy how to direct that love helpfully, instead of letting it take its own way harm- fully. What is best for those whom i we love, rather than what we would like to do for them. is the question that trained love asks, as over against thoughtless, ignorant love. "And this I pray," wrote Paul to those whom he loved, "that your love may abound yet more and more - By BUD FISHER / oiv SEcoND TCU6f , K1D, 1 `141h11• YOU'RE RtGIAT. BLut3! r• • p" 3 �\B mai *4