HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-01-21, Page 3Wild Fugitives
commonly the Superior otrategiat who Wh.i. N.. York
One November day I was in the
Archibald Rutledge in The Virginia woods alone. When the far-off Meek
Quarterly (October, '31). of a peek of hounds in full cry was
(Author of "Plautation Game Omits," borne to me. There were fox-hunters
"Children of Swamp and Wood"), on the place adjoining mine, and evi-
A general misconception concerning dently they had their quarry started,
wild animals—and -one that causes a I3ecause foxes, like deer, have their re -
good deal of real suffering to tender- gular runs, and because in theme
hearted people—is that wild things weeds their runs are known to me, I
exist in a state of terror, both because was able, since the race was coming
of their natural enemies and because •in my direction, to take a position en -
a man. But to one who has routed abling me to see the fugitive.
the woods most of his life, nature is I Hardly had 1 settled myself before
no madhouse of terrors, and her child. the fox came within sight, stealing
ren are characterized by serenity and along in his inimitable wary fashion.
Joy, He was trotting rather idly, his fluffy
Wild creatures, as far as we can brush straight.out behind him;. at
In-
Zairly judge, have no imagination. tervals he would pause to look ahead,
They live from moment to moment, to listen, and to look back... There is
occupied with but cite idea at a time. no more characteristic pose assumed
They are untroubled by either the past by a fox on the move than the one he
or the future. Our own acute spiritual commonly takes when he comes to
awareness and our clairvoyant, vola- log in his path. Putting his forefeet
tile imagination serve to make life for on it in order to secure strategic, ele-
us both terrible and beautiful. vation, he will survey the whale .stage
Of the mythical terrors that we of the forest. I saw my foi.tako.this
imagine for wild creatures, perhaps stance; and for about two minutes he
none is greater than that supposedly .did not move. Wild creatures pursued
inspired in the fox and the deer by by hounds have come to learn that the
the pursuit of hounds, As far as I real danger is often ahead rather than
have been able quietly to observe, over behind. After satisfying himself that
a long period of years, neither the fox the coast was clear, the fox, instead of
nor the deer is much concerned over crossing the log and following the
the chase; and at times the fugitive path, turned down the prostrate tree,
appears to derive a positive degree of ran its length, and then, through dense
pleasure from it, discovering in it the ,bay -hushes, returned to the patht
elements of an exciting game. But.a better manoeuver was to come.
A. pet buck of mine that I had raised A storm had uprooted a huge yellow
with a bottle was on terms of friendly pine; the dead top lay fringing the
intimacy with my hounds; and in the path; the roots had torn up with them
autumn, when he had his new antlers a great half-moon of earth. Where the
and when his physical well-being was pine top touched the path, there was a
at its height, he used actually to pro- wide slash of water. The fox avoided
voke the dogs to give him a race. It the water, yet did not pass it, but, at
was a strange yet accountable sight to its widest part, leaped across it
see the proud stag, mincing arrogantly, straight into the shadowy shelter of
lowering his head and bulging his the old pine -top, from. where he ran
neck, approach the hounds drowsing down the log, climbed the strange
in. the sun by the old barn. He would mound of earth, and there lay down,
paw mischievously at them, snort in some ten feet off the ground.
their faces, feign to menace them with In due time came the hounds, puz-
kes gleaming horns. After this mock zling out the trail. At the water they
thezatening had gone on as far as the became completely bewildered, and for
hernias could stand. it, they would some moments they cast about vainly
"take eotice," rousing themselves, at for the lost scent. One dog went al -
which the buck would bound away in most under the fox, which never
artificial panic. Stimulated by what moved. At last the oldest hound gave
appeared to be the deer's real fright, notice that the fugitive had run the
the dogs would. take up the chase, log. Instantly the fox leaped lithely
sending the lithely joyous fugitive fly- down the farther side of the embank-
ing clown the avenue, over fences, ment on which he had been craftily
through thin strips of woods, back reposing, and I saw him bobbing away
along the river, and. thence to the serenely through the woods. He must
avenue again, and so up to the house. have been a good half -mile away be -
As tbe buck would near home, he fore his pursuers straightened on his
-would miraculously transform himself tracks; and by that time he was prob-
from a wild deer into our tame one, ably making a new puzzle for them.
would break off the race, and would For in such cases the fugitive is gene
not even deign to look back at the erally the real master of the situation;
hounds which, with tails waving and and insofar as I have observed him,
long ears flying, were clamoring on his his attitude betrays less fear than, a
trail. As soon as the dogs had come certain amused curiosity, and a cer-
to where the dee; had stoped, they tain assurance in his own superiority,
stopped too. The fun was over, and which subtly reflects contempt upon
everybody was happy. Each had had the following pack.
his "daily dozen." i Considering predatory creatures and
During any lifetime I have been pri- their prey, we have to admit that a
vileged to see certainly more than a stalking or a chase often ends in death:
thousand wild deer pursued by hounds, But in practically all such cases, the
and. I have yet to see a deer in distress victim suffers merely the initial shock,
because of this pursuit. So superb is which is, so far as we.can fairly judge,
the deer's natural vitality, so keen, are attended by little pain. Death in the
its senses, so familiar is it with the wilds seems to me merely the opera -
forests where it ranges, and so ade- tion of one of nature's indispensable,
quate is its speed that it can take ex- and, upon the whole, beneficent laws.
cellent care of itself. Nor are we to i•
Is Wearing
BY ANNEBELLE WORTHDIGTON
Illustrated' Dressmaking Lesson Fur-
nished With Tew-ry Pattern
forget that such a fugitive may take
whatever course it chooses, whereas
its pursuers have to unravel its mazy
trail.
Deer play in front of dogs; they
dodge; they skulk; they exercise an
almost incredible precience to do what
is least expected. If ever hard pressed,
they take to water, and wherever the
deer is found, it is commonly found in
such numbers that. fresh trails are
constantly crossing one another. As,
a result, dogs pursuing one deer will'
usually rouse others, so that the whole
affair, instead of being the stern pur-
suit of one unhappy fugitive, is far
more likely to be a sort of relay race,
or merry-go-round.
What is true of the deer's elusive-
ness, and failure to take very serious- i
ly the pursuit of the clamoring pack,
is true likewise of the fox, between
which and the dog there exists an an-
Icient and honorable enmity. Many a London.—The Prince of Wales has
time I have been afforded au tipper- taken to the hunt again. Both he and
tunny to observe the behavior of a fox his brother, the Duke of Gloucester,
at some distance ahead of the dogs; I were hunting on Jan. and with the
and usually the. pursued appears to Belvoir hounds, this being the Prince's
take a wily and sardonic delight in out- I first day this season. The Prince a
witting the pursuers. It must be re- Wales abstained from fox hunting the
membered that most of these chases entire season before last, but was out
In the wilds are tests of mental rather !a few times last winter before leaving
than . of physical supremacy. It is on his South American trip.
a-fea-.2
"What's this, daughter. 'You let
Mr. Brown, whom you. barely know,
kiss you."
"Now, father, let's get this thing
right. I didn't let him kiss me, I
merely let him try."
#7, •
One of the smelt new ideas which
Paris f avors so much, is this new
sports type.
The front -buttoned bodice is given
a basque effect. The neckline is espe-
cially becoming. And don't you like
the intricate lines at the front of the
irt? They're very slimming.
The original French model in Span-
ish tile sheer woolen, choose a brown
waffle surface woole t for its collar
and cuffs. The buttons toned with the
brown woolen.
Mt.,de has many possibilities for this
r_Jdel. It is equally smart in tweed -
like woolens, wool crepe, canton -faille
crepe silk and velvet.
Style No. 3425 is designed for sizes is to come.
bust. FAMDIG THE FACTS, 4: 17-19. Raising money seemed to be out of correct doses.
14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36 and 38 inches rr
ing the war. The Germane Worship -
Lesson
Sunday School
ped a God who was a Garman. It
our God a 'United Churchman, or I loes
he belong to the Anglo-Saxon rtuwe?
A. gool lady was shocked, at the sug-
gestion that perhaps Jesus of Nazar-
eth had a swarthy skin. Imagine a
Jesus who did not look like "us"!
DetAtionalize God, recognize him as
January 24. Lesson IV.—Jesus and the, r•-.-0,Wer Spirit who "inapires" the
the Samaritan Woman—John 4; bas. Ir: know in human olutraot4r,
came Into the world to save in. in the personalities around us, clerli-
Werahlp` him honestly, reverence him
9-26. Golden Text—Christ Jesus
cate the best we have to the highest
we lcnow—that is the true worship.
ners.-1 Timothy 1: 15.
ANALYSIS
1. LIVING WATER, 4; 7-16.
11. FACING THE FACTS, 4: 17-19.
1114 MUTUAL RELIGION, 4; 20-26.
IV. CHRIST'S FOOD, 4: 27-42.
IV. CHRIST'S FOOD, 4: 27-42.
At this point we have a good illus-
tration of John's characteristic lack
of interest in a story for its own sake,
once it has illustrated the truth he
wishes to tell. The woman disap-
ImonuorioN—In order to avoid ,pears.
oven the appearance of rivaling the
work of the Baptist, Jesus and his
disciples withdrew to Galilee. They
took the shorter, Samaria route. It
was noon (the sixth hour, Roman
Leckoning, v. 6) when the party came
to Jacob's Well. There it was that
Jestu, met the Samaritan woman.
Prince of Wales
Resumes Hunt
I. LIVING WATER, 4: 7-16.
This encounter was all the more re-
markable because Jew and Samaritan
po bitterly hated each other. The
broiling heat of noon may be part of
the author's symbolism to make more
vivid the teaching that is to follow
about the refreshing water of life.
Recognizing him by his dress to be
a Jew, the woman was surprised to be
accosted by the stranger. An ordi-
nary Jew would not speak to a wo-
man much less a Samaritan—and
such' she evidently was. Jesus began
by asking her for a drink. To estab-
lish the essential friendly contact with
those whom you would win, have them
do you a favor. His appeal to human
kindness, going beneath all racial and
religious differences, was successful.
While the stranger was quenching
his thirst, the woman with familiar
impudence twitted him,"How is it
that you, a Jew, should ask drink of
me, a woman, and a Samaritan at
that?" v. 9. Ignoring her banter, he
told her of "living water"—that is,
running spring water as contrasted
with the stagnant water of a cistern.
See Gen. 26: 19. In our lesson "living
water" symbolizes the spiritual life
that never becomes exhausted. He
said to her, in effect, "You are trying
to satisfy yourself at the stagnant
pools of life's sin and folly. You are by none. He made the Manchester
failing in your quest. Life has growniGuardian notable not only for its
stale for you disappointing. The gift sturdy spirit of independence, but also
that I offer you will meet your soul's for its high literary quality, and he
deepest need, bring out the best that leaves it one of the outstanding news
is in you. One satisfaction after an- papers in the Empire. His editorship
other, comes to those who live my
was an inspiration to all with whom he
kind of life."
was associated, and he did honour to
She missed his deeper meaning. She
answered him half in jest, half in the profession his great gifts adorned.
earnest, v. 15. She wanted her life
made more comfortable. Religion for
A Religious Salesman
too many of us is just being comfort-
able in this life and safe in that which
A certain minister was trying to
raise money for a religious purpose.
To the surprise of the returned dis-
ciples, Jesus did not wish for any
food, v. 32. He had derived so much
spiritual satisfaction from doing his
Father's will and helping some one
that he forgot alt about physical hun-
ger, v. 34. In the multitude whom the
woman was bringing to him from the
village (v. 30) he saw the speedy hal.-
vest from the good seed he had sown,
v. 36.
The Samaritans were not satisfied
with hearsay. They came to Jesus
themselves and found him to be their
Saviour. So must we all pass from
an unquestioning credulity to a first-
hand, thoughtful faith.
"The Guardian" Lives On
Montreal Daily Star: British journal-
ism has lost one of its most distin-
guished figures and the newspaper
world one of its greatest forces for
good through the death of C. P. Scott,
managing director of the Manchester
Guardian. He was its editor for fifty-
seven years, and he had brought it into
the very forefront of the world's really
great newspapers. A. man of unim-
peachable integrity brilliant intellect
and keen discernment, he held before
him a staff of distinguished writers
who were eminently well qualified to
give those ideals vivid and convincing
expression. London—Dr. Robert Bourdillon has
Mr, Scott wielded an influence per- just announced that after months of
haps unparalleled by any other Eng- experimenting at the National In.
lish editor since the days of Delane, stitute for Medical Research, he and
and he enjoyed a reputation within a group of five London scientists had
the ranks of his own calling excelled isolated a substance they believed
to be pure vitamin D.
"We have isolated a pure white
•crystalline substance which we have
named calfiferol and which we have
every reason to believe is pure vita-
min D," he said. "It is certainly
vitamin D in a purer state than has
ever existed before."
Recalling the fact that vitamin D
has long been known as a cure for
rickets, Dr. Bourdillon said the ine
portance of the discovery apart from
its scientific merit was that the vita-
min could now be administered in
Burma Delegate
Miss May Oung, only woman
delegate at the Burma round table
tonference in London, appeals to
her fellow delegates to "trust
Britain".
London Scientists Believe
Substance Pure Vitamin D
Size 16 requires 2% yards 54 -inch, Finding her inclined to be flippant, his line, and he went for advice to He added that their success came
with Ye yard 35-inc:h contrasting Jesus„sobered her by suddenly eon- Dwight L. Moody. Moody decided almost simultaneously with that 01
TO ORDER PATTERNS her own life. "Call your husband.” to see what could be done and. sug- Professor Windaus and other Ger-
HOWe'. fronting her with the seamy side ofi
Write your name and address plain- As Professor
Dow says, "Before Jesus gested to the parson that they call man scientists who produced the
ly, giving number and size of such cen do anythingfor us, he insists on on some of his prospects. Very same substance recently while work -
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in frankness.The '
whole facts of our logically they set out first to call on ing on the same lines.
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap moral life must be faced before the
evil can be cured." Under the pene-
tthraetiwn
it carefully) for each number,
address your order to Wilson Patter gomgaanzefoefltthaiss infnacallunoi hsterranpgasert
Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. life stood exposed before him. See her
a rich widow. On the way Moody
asked his friend how much he in-
tended to ask her to give. "Oh, The Integrity of
perhaps $250." Moody made no com- Canadian Banks
meat but when they reached the
exaggeration in v. 39. The reply o house be pushed forward and said to Le Soleil, Quebec (Lib.): Since the
Jesus in vs. 17, 18 was probably beginning of the crisis there has been
"Thou hast well said." In reporting elady, no banking disaster in Canada. Our
only the
the conversation to her friends she Madam, we have come to ask you
' • the' which he had for $2000 to help build the new
great financial institution have resist-
t
There are 32,209 schools or col- i brought home to her conscience. She Mission." ed the depression with such strength
was unable to hide her real character She threw up her hands in horror. that they deserve our admiration and
ed by 2,490 623 pupils at the end of So are we. "What you are speaks so "011 Mr. Moody, I cannot possible
. our confidence. Other countries have
leges in Canada which were attend -
loudly, I do not hear what you say."' gives you more than one thousandih not been as fortunate as we have.
Bank failures have been exceedingly
That was the way he did it.—
numerous in the United States. In
Gamaliel Bradford, in D. L. Mcody.
32,209 •Schools
Attended in '30 par
1930: In these schools and colleges
there are 83,144 teachers. The
school e in Canada are attended by
about one-quarter of the population
We cannot fool God, nor, usually, our
neighbors.
Those who regard the woman in
this story as merely the type of the
of the Dominion. They involve an Samaritan people, see in her five bus -
average expenditure of $66 for each bands the gods ofthe five nations set -
pupil enrolled according to a recent tied in Samaria by the Assyrians (2
bulletinKings 17: 24-34), the sixth being the
of the Canadian Government.
God of Israel whom they "do not
The schools controlled by the Pro -
know" (v. 22), that is, do not worship
viucial Governments number 30,685, according -to the pure rites.
in. which 2,285,045 pupils are enroll-
ed; the privately controlled ordin- III A SPIRITUAL RELIGION, 4: 20-26,
ary, , day schools number 795, with . The sudden turn of the conversation
92,275 pupils. There are 182 busa to deal with true worship would seem
ness training schools, with an enrol- to support the view that the story is
allegory. The woman, changing the
ment of 29,120. The schools for In- subject, began a theological discus -
diens, which come under the control sion. She was the. victim of an un -
of the Dominion Government, num- spiritual eeligion—churchy, but not
ber 342, with 15,743 pupils, and the godly. She thought of God as in a
205 universities and colleges are place—the temple on Mount Gerizim,
credited with 78,440 students, • v, 20. We say of a church, "This is
The average daily attendance In God's house" But everywhere is God's
the schools was 77 per cent. for Can- house. Ile is to be reverenced in the
which the official re-. 1elson of everyone we meet. If 'we
ada as a whole,
Port observes "is a marked improve- failto honor him there, our reverence
for special places is mockery.
ment in this respect in the past de-
ce; percentage risen eas. a
The woman worshipped a God who
Samaritan. Do we worship a An unwelcome guest is one of
dethe having l
the last ten years at least 6,987 banks
in. the States have gone under with
$2,586,000,000 of deposits In the last
two years more than three thousand
banks disappeared. Here in Canada
we have been fortunate in saving all
,our institutions, and we believe that
all serious danger is now passed. We
have turned. the corner of the crisis.
- — — — •
A FRESH START
We have all heard about the storm -
driven ship whose crew was half frau-
;tic for water. At last another ship
came near, and they cried, "Water!
water! we are perishing with thirst."
"Dip down into the ocean," was the
"It is customary to seal a pro- answer; for they were off the Amazon,
posal with a kiss is it not?"
"It used to be, bur nowadays it
is considered best to have a wit-
ness"
chance, who have the opportunIty
the every day of their lives if they will
only reach out and take it. "Every day
is a fresh beginning."
which hurls its mighty flood of fresh
water far out into the briny Atlantic.
In the same way there are many who
are longing for a fresh start, a new
from best things going. 64.7 per cent in 1919." ' God.who is a Britisher? We did, dur-
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