Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1935 — Page 3

IT, SUNDAY fcj school ■lesson ftT7\V \TKI’. £) D-» Hitt? I’-.’LJJ,!, Mu u'iy Bible 1 , of l'hlCMO. , April 14 ■ christ'the saviour ftct.A TEXT-John CH-> 7: I! °' ■ 8 y;.1»- I’hllll’Pi-*"* - K „« TFXT-K"r •!<"' »*> lo¥, ‘ d BIMAI'A 1 tofu:— Why J«»“» ■Lp topi*' lhe Savlour Kbved.ate and senior H. n'hai 1i Mean* to Be Saved ■ferWu! AND ADULT ■c-How C’hrltt Savf. U». 11, not feasible to consider all proposed b.v the lesson H. ;e e, hut It is desirable to se■the three slices ted to he print■nil to Introduce several others. ■ jht Saviour Predicted (Hen. H Isa. 9:0, 7). ■ connection with the fall of man ■ consequent pronouncement of upon the woman, the man Khe serpent, and the announce- ■ of the undying enmity which ■to exist between the seed of ■omao and the seed of the ser- ■ nltimate victory was predlctK> t he woman's seed. On the ■ o f calvary the stroke was K Which Imposed the death sen- ■ (John 12:31: Heb. 2:14). In Itime the unlawful ruler of the ■d will be displaced by the comluf the king and the establish- ■ ora universal and everlasting Bdom. ■ The Saviour Born (I.uke 2:11, ■>. ■it which had been predicted ■ historically fulfilled In the ■ of Jesus Christ In Bethlehem. ■ Jesus was brought to the tem■a* a child the Holy Ghost re■t to Simeon that Jesus was Messiah. I. The Saviour Described. A seeker of the lost (l.uke-15:3-This seeking of the lost Is lllus»1 by the man leaving the ninemil nine sheep and going after one which was lost, ami his rein; over his success In finding Crest, indeed, is the Joy In heavier the salvation of a lost soul. Re died for the lost (John 3:14fiod gave Jesus Christ to die Mke an atonement for the sins be world. As the brazen Berlins lifted up in the wilderness (uses, so Jesus Christ was llftIpon the cross. As the Israelites needed to look at the uplifted (fit, so the lost soul needs only nok to the crucified Christ for itlon. All who believe on him heir Saviour receive eternal life therefore escape condemnation. He knows his own (John 10: The good Shepherd has a deflkaowledge of the lost ones. He (fore seeks them out and gives life for them. He keeps his own (John 10:27- . Believers are Christ’s sheep, I because they are bis sheep, T hear his voice and follow him. not only knows them tiersonatbnt they, In turn, know him. He only gives unto them eternal l hut holds them in his omnlpot hands. V. Some Blessings | Received tough the Saviour. . Justification (Uom. 5:1-11). (cue who receives Jesus Christ ly the living God declared rightis. His guilt Is removed and he [ben the same standing as Jesus bit himself. Because of this, the 7 peace of God settles down upon i «oul. He has the assurance of d'* love and Is able, therefore, to joy In God himself. * Freedom from the power of sin om. 6:1-7). It Is not enough to freed from the guilt of sin, there 'St be a dynamic which will enle 'be believer to live a life of tory over sin. Being vitally unitto Jesus Christ In the power of i resurrection life, the dynamic Provided which enables the beser to triumph over sin. 8. He is free from the law as a "os of sanctification (Uom. 7:1- - Christ's death nailed the law the tree. The one who has been "liy united to Jesus Christ by 'th died with Christ. The law, ere ore, has no more dominion er him. J- Victory over the flesh through * '“felling Holy Spirit (Uom. i ’ introduction of the law spirit of the life In Christ the believer to free f from the dominion of the Christ Is the supreme example he believer (Phil. 2:5-11), Be anJ . Naviour became Incorlr *f , wlth the race through the , l,' lt 01 ’ he 19 nble to impart life wlth wl ‘om he Is Identified, more, because he thus ImMe talew ls nble to iar. ' Savlour bis grand exemNeed of the Day e n«lssa £ nce t of t ° f today 18 8 eople of m aracter »tnong the eo "issance of ,h v raCt#a earth : 8 tter W M®. of . hat quallty of char*an h fWognlzes obligations lehtg an , * man re< '°EnlT.FS his hat S | V( f ® f ,he inallty of faith l ° Ur age tr, o*l the <ipsire nn d the 86 “> help instead of to hide.

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Hallmark Os The Good Life Is The Sign Os The Cross In Sober Lenten Mood, World Considers The Profundities Os Religion — The Everlasting And Universal Appeal Os The Crucified Christ.

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS In the older parts of the old world a traveller grows used to seeing the doors of ancient churches panelled In the form of a cross. CathedraLs are all built to the cross deuigns. In Europe, wayside crosses are a familiar sigh’. Cemeteries of world war dead are gardens of crosses —the most impressive to me being the British military burial ground on the Mount of Olives. Memories teem of significant crosses 1 have seen in far places. Nimble-minded and opiuionated moderns derogate the crass, even as the undent Greeks used to do; but the common heart of the plain people everywhere cherishes fhis symbol of salvation. St. Francis of Assisi lived in such constant contemplation of the cross that the “stigmata" appeared in his own body. The Christ Whom the world adores and accepts is the Crucified. Our modern mood of appeal to the ethical teachings and example of Jesus is getting us nowhere: it is a Saviour that the world wants and needs. Broken, weary, disheartened, desperate, humanity cries: “Nothing in my hand 1 bring. Simply to Thy Cross 1 cling.” The wide-stretched arms of the Cross, reaching out to gather in the whole world, are mankind's refuge. The supreme fact about Jesus Christ, and about the human race, was the crucifixion of the Saviour. What People Believe Editors and writers who read chiefly the sophisticated magazines which contain their own forthgivings have assumed that a new and “liberal" conception has come into the world. They little understand the mind and heart ot the plain people. Common convictions are mightier than any new theories. The deep faith of the multitude must be reckoned with. People generally believe in God —a personal God, whose favorite name is “Father” —and they believe in Jesus Christ, a3 God's Son and man's Saviour. For that faith they would contend in a crisis, to the death. In a flabby minded era, with the voice of the shallow sophisticate and wise-cracker loud in the land, the fact of the Cross challenges prevalent vague and gelatinous conceptions of religion. Here is a central and inescapable reality—a historical fact, and the sublimest philosophical truth —(right in the center of our thinking. We cannot escape it| and we must answer is. Without the Cross the * * * ***** ******** * The International Sunday School Lesson for April 14 is; "Christ The Saviour.” —John 3:14-17; Romans 5:6-10: Phil. 2:5-11. ******** ********

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Will Look Just Darling In This! By Ellen Worth The smallest young lady of the house needs lots of fresh washing frocks these days. Here's one with a cunning frilled neckline and so simple, that it can easily be laundered. The fullness of the skirt falling from a brief French bodice, gives plenty of leg space for freedom. It has brief puffed sleeves and it’s che most simple thing in the world to make it, and so inexpensive.. Cotton prints as percale, dimity, batiste, broadcloth, plaided or checked ginghams, are nice fabrics for this dress The collar is cute of white sheer as organdie, lawn, batiste or in plain harmonizing shade. Style No. 836 is designed for sizes 2, 4 and 6 years. Size 4 requires IYi yards of 39-inch material with Yt yard of 35-inch contrasting and i'/t yards of ribbon. Our Spring Fashion Book is beau- • fully illustrated in color. Price of BOOK 10 cents. pattern Mail Address: N. Y. Pattern Bureau (Decatur Daily Democrat) 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue, New York City.

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Christ of history is meaningless, lie Himself said, explicitly und unmistakably, over and over ugain, that He came - to give His life a ransom for sinners. If we are to believe Jesus at all, we must believe Him on the t'ross. As Men Know Them®elves Delicate jninde toy with the idea of a formless faith of sweetness and light; but the great mass of us, who like every day at grips with reality, know that, as the old preacher used to say, we are "hell-raising” sinners.” In moments of sober thoughtfulness, even the best of us are clearly aware that, if there be justice in the universe, somehow a price must be paid to make things right. Our deepest consciousneee cries out for redemption. We are not fit to face the pure God in our own right. There is no need of a Jonathan Edwards to tell us that we are miserable sinners: our ’own consciences convict us. In short, all of us find echoing in our heart of hearts, the publican's cry. “God be merciful to me a sinner." We want a Saviour, one who will make us right With God. We would hear, over and over, that j “Christ died for the ungodly," and: that “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” “There was no other good enough, to pay the price of sin; He only could unlock the gates ot i heaven and let usTn.” The Compulsion Os The Cross In his book, "The Hero In Thy Soul," Dr. A. J. Gossip, a British author, says “The spirit of the Cross must, as it were, be soaked into the very stuff and fibre of our mind. It must become the standard by which we judge everything.” Many persons are greatly perturbed over the new ideas that are abroad in the land, the “new paganism.” Are they right or wrong? The answer is in the Cross. Apply the Cross to them as a test. Some folks are no longer shocked by sin. even by open, flagrant sin. Measure the situation by the plumbline of the Cross. To get a clear sense of the heinousness of sin. and to learn how it looks in the eyes of a pure Deity, we have but to behold the Son of God hanging on the Cross for man's redemp-; tion from sin. On the other side, would you know the greatness of the love of God? Then stand at the foot of the Cross and behold His dying Son. Our Lesson contains the heart of the Gospel — John 3:16 — “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life." That was Christ’s own declaration to the timid high-brow and aristocrat, Nicodemus, who came to Him by night. Herein is the master compulsion of life —_ the love of God that gave His best for even the

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worst of men. Thinking Things Through If there be a personal Deity, possessed of a moral nuture, then there has to be some way to reconcile His Justice with Ills love. The answer is the mission of Jesus ns the world's Saviour, i do not understand the atonement. My poor little brain cannot peer into the omniscient councils of Eternity. I have no elaborate theology. But I do know that the Bible, which withstands al! tests as the revelation of the Divine will, makes it clear beyond misunderstanding that mankind had exercised iUt divine rigtit to wander away from God, and to offend Him and hurt itself: and that God sent His son. Jesus, to show the way back home, and to establish relations of peace und affection between God and and His erring children. All that the ife and words of Jesus mean find fullest explanation in the Cross of salvation. Man needs teachers and leaders; but above all else he needs a Saviour. He wants to be released from the punishment and power of sin. He wants, desperately, to find the key to the riddle of life; and that key Is the Cross. Myriad-Minded Oneness Neve.r does writer's pen seem so impotent as when it dares to touch upon the sublime mystery of the Cross. Who can describe the greatne.su of tue Father-love of God? Who can portray the heinous sin-fuln-otw of sin? Who can even suggest the nature and greatness of the Crucified? Yet in these days, which commemorate the Passion, millions upon millions of persons, the world j around, are giving special thought ■ to the Cross. In a myriad-minded j oneness, they are dwelling upon i that highest point in history, the j little hill outside the wall of Jer- ] usalem, called Calvary. Churches j of every name are holding special ; services; and by the throngs that gather in them we may Know the hold that the Cross has upon human life. In these days of deep devotion, people are considering the one heme that most matters. They are musing upon the love of God; upon the Way of life; upon the heroic, compassionate, self-immolating Redeemer; upon the life for man that came byway of the death upon the Cross. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS There is nothing in life which has not its lesson for us, or its gifts.—Ruskin. • * A poor bargain it is to buy happiness at the price of our capacity for it. —Anon. * * • Beauty to no eonwlexion is confined. Is of ail colours, and by none defined. —George Granville. » * * I resolved that, like the sun. so long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side cf everything.—Thomas Hood. * * » Honour the Lord with the substance and with the first-fruits of all thine increase.—-Prov. 3:9. * * * When a man's busy, why, leisure Strikes him as wonderful pleasure; ‘Faith, ajid at leisure once is he? Straightaway he wants to be busy. —Browning. * • * There are no songs to be compared with the eongs of Zion, no orations equal to those of the prophets, and no poities like those which the Scripture teach.—John Milton. o St. Marys Church First Mass, 7:00 a. m. Children's Mass. 8:30 a. m. High Mass, 9:45 a. m. Prayer Hour, 2:00 p. m. o BOOK NOTES By Ruth Winnes “LOVE SONG” by Alice Ross Colver You remember “Windymere” — “House of dreams come true” — and “The three loves” written by this author and how they were enjoyed- “Love Song” is the story of a mother Os four children. Her trials and how she wants to break free from the ties that bind her. Her eldest son proves a disappointment to her and her oldest daughter almost ruins the lives of four people by a hasty marriage to a foreigner. An old childhood friend comes back after many years and they renew their one time friendship. It is a story of pathos and humor mixed together to make a perfectly delightful story.

KHURCHESi "“Se Zion Reformed Church Charles M. Prugh, minister Sunday School, 9:15 a. m. Charles Brodbeck, superintendent. Morning worship, 10:30 a. m. Sermon, "In the Shadow of Golgotha.”—St. Luke 23:28. Examination of the catechumens. The Girls' choir will sing. Young People’s society, 6 p. m. No evening worship. There will he a short mooting of the ofTicial hoard immediately after the morning service. Wednesday, 2:30 p. m. Ladies’ Aid Society. Palm Sunday April 14th. Confirmation service. b First Methodist Episcopal Herman R. Carson, minister The nursery, children's church and senior worship service all open simultaneously at 9:20 a. m. with an organ prelude of the old hymns. A few moments of quiet and reverent preparation for public worship prepares the mind and heart for participation in the public worship of God. The pastor’s theme this morning will be. “The Resurrection AntiClimax.” Special music will be furnished by the choir. The church I visitors will he consecrated at the close of the morning message, i Church School classes convene at 10:35 a. m. A cordial welcome awaits the regular attendant or the visitor, and a class for every age and interest is provided. Adjournment is at 11:15 a. m. Those who are making the every member cafivass will start their work at 1 p. m. MeriTbers and friends of the church are requested to remain at home until the church visitors have called. The Senior Epworth league holds its devotional meeting at fl p. m , with Mrs. R. D. Myers continuing to lead the study of South America. Evening worship service at 7:00 p. m. Special music and a message by the pastor on "Steps In Soul-Winning”,' the final message in preparation for the Holy week visitation. The church visitors will report at the close of the evening service. o U. B. Mission Rev. Wlbur Fix. pastor Sunday School at 9:30 a. m. Gospel Message at 10:30 a. m. Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p.m. Mary Johnston leader. Followed by Evangelistic sermon. Cottage prayer meeting, Tuesday evening at 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Friday evening at 7:30. o First United B r ethern H. W. Franklin, pastor The members of the young peoples choir will present the play, “The Church Clinic,” Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock, in the church basemen. A free will offering will be taken for the benefit of the choir. Easter sacrificial offering, Raster Sunday, April 28, Clarence Drake, chairman; Roy Mumma and Frank Baker. The Indiana Central college quarter will sing. Prof. O. V. Weidler will speak at 7:30 p. m. Easter Sunday. Notice the change of time in Sunday evening and prayer meeting services, 7; 30. Christian Endeavor. 6:30 p. m. Sunday. Wednesday evening prayer meeting 7:30. Sunday School 9:30 a. m. Roy Mumma, superintendent. Morning worship 10:30 a. m. Sermon by pastor. Evening worhip 7:30 p. m. Sermon by pastor. Christian Endeavor 6:30 p.m. Prayer meeting, Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. o First Baptist church A. B. Brown, pastor. Sunday is home coming day. Former members and friends of the church will be here to help make the church a center of spiritual activities and a place of helpful social contacts. A basket dinner and fellowship will be a feature of the day. “Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.” Dr. F. D. Whitesell will speak at every service through the day. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. C. E. Bell, superintendent. May we all work to reach the goal in our classes. Morning service, 10:30 a.m. Rev. Whitesell will preach on “Evidences of Discipleship.” Junior Church, 10:30 a.m. Directed by Mrs. Frank Young and assistants. Afternoon service, 3 p. m. Rev. Whitesell’s subject will he proph-

etic: "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” B. Y. P. C„ 6 p. m. Rev. Whitesell will speak to (lie young people. Prayer service. 6:40 p. m. Evening service, 7:00 p. m. "A Drama of Salvation" will be ! the dosing message of the series given by Rev. Whitesell. There will he a baptismal service at the close. Special music al each service. Brotherhood will meet Tuesday, 6: 30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. A cordial welcome extended to all. o Presbyterian George O. Walton, Minister 9:30 Sunday School Mr. Roy Andress, superintendent. 10:30 Morning worship. Sermon "The Mistake of Sin". 6:00 Evening worship with the young people, the paetor will he In charge. The Spring meeting of the Fort Wayne presbytery will be held Monday. Commissioners to the general assembly will be appointed at this meeting. Our annual congregational meeting will he held next Wednesday evening, we urge every member to he present. A pot luck supper will be served at 6 o’clock. Those who cannot attend the supper are i asked to he on hand promptly at 7 o'clock for the business session. First Christian J. M. Dawson, pastor Bible echool 9:15 a.m. Communion 10:15 a. m. Preaching 10:30 a- m. “The unjust judge.” Jesus asks yon to make thin Sunday a gr- at day. os it is so clese -to i Ea.ster. If you have some one to viait you. bring them to chtirt-h. o First Evangelical Church M. W. Sundermann, minister Sunday will be the closing day of the revival. Prof. A. Gerber will j I he present and have charge of the j music in all the services of the day. In tfie evening service he I will bring his male chorus of Fort Wavne, consisting of twenty voices. The morning service will open at 9:15 o’clock under the leadership of the Sunday School board. There will be classes for all ages. The pastor’s message will be,. Going a Little Farther With Christ.” ( Young People's service at 6:15 p. m. Topic. “The Consecration of Jesus.” The pastor’s evening message will be, “Determined to Find

By HARRISON CARROLL Copyriuht. 1935. Kino Features Syndicate. Inc. HOLLYWOOD —The most eccentric servant in Hollywood, and no fooling, is Joe Morrison s late Filipino houseboy. During the last six months, the crooner, on several occasions, has bailed the boy out of Jail, where he had landed due to minor violations of the law. But the other night, Joe finally had to tire him. The boy had a day off and went to

celeb r ate the evening hours at a taxi dance hall When he came to go home, he hadn’t a cent of money left. Nothing daunted, he got into a taxi and gave the address of Morrison’s Hollywood residence. Nobody heard the argument that foI lo w ed. but, in the end.

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the boy stripped off his suit and gave it to the driver to payment for the ride. He was entering the house. In his shirt and shorts when the actor's manager, Eddie Vines, discovered him Before they fired him, Morrison gave the boy one of his suits in which to look for another job. There’ll be no last minute wavering over a given name for Gloria Stuart's baby. Though the Sheekman heir isn’t expected until June, both Gloria and Arthur are set on what they’ll call it. If a boy, it will be Anthony—if a girl, Sylvia. The George Haft holiday awaita only the completion of “The Glass Key”. George is to leave Hollywood at once, but with a shortened itinerary, for he wants to do a picture for Walter Wanger. Chances are the star will sail to Havana, via the Panama canal. From there, he’ll go to Miami, then to New York to look ever the home town. A trip to Chicago and a personal appearance in Memphis are j about all he’ll have time for, before donning grease-paint again. In addition to her manifold other activities. Billie Burke is writing a play. She got the idea from listening to the talk of her daughter,

Christ.” The hour of (he evening service Is 7 o’clock. Special Lenten service on Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. The pastors sermon theme Is, “Who Is He That Struck Thee." Regulur meeting of the Ladies Aid on Thursday at two o'clock. o— Zion Lutheran Church Paul W. Schultz, Pastor Divine uervictw in English 10:30. Divine .services in German wilh the celebration of holy communion and confession S:10 A. M. Sunday aitiool und Bible class 9:30 A. M. Lutheran Radio Hour Sunday 12 o'clocik noon. Meeting of voters' assembly Sunday 2 it- m. Lenten services Wednesday evening 7:30 o’clock. Gospel Tabernacle Bible <stiidy 1:46 p. m. Harley Ward. supt. Sermon by paetor 2:30 p. m. Evangelistic service 7:30 p. m“And he said unto them, go ye into all the world, and preach the gonpel to every creature. “He that believeth and is iß'iptiz ed shall he uaved; but he that believeth not shall he damned." Mark 16:15-16. ♦ « ! Household Scrapbook I -by- | I ROBERTA LEE ' * • Vacation Time Begin now saving the cardboards that come in shirts from the laundry. They urea great protection from wrinkles if slipped into frocks and blouses when packing for the vacation trip. Epsom Salts A pinch of cream of tartar added to the dose of Epsom salts is said to bp a good tonic for the kidneys as well • s the liver. Cgg Yolk The raw yolk of an egg will not become -dry if it is covered with milk or water. * ♦ Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE « ♦ Q. When introducing a Protestant clergyman, should one introduce him by any title? A. Unless he holds the title of Doctor, or Dean, one should introduce him as “Mister Jackson.” Q. Should a woman permit «o man to pay for her meal in a restaurant when they have met mere-

Patricia, and others of Hollywood’* younger set. Kids, these days, the actress \m startled to discover, chatter very little about parties and social doinga, but are full of plans for careers. Patricia, for instance, will design the sets for her mother’s play. As tilings stack up now. the coast will see it first. If it proves worthy, then Broadway, of course. What young director’s wife was so embarrassed at his behavior at a party the other night that she took the car and went home, leaving him to finish up the evening alone? HOLLYWOOD TICKER-TAPE— Newest twosome to intrigue the gossips are Virginia Bruce and Dick Powell. The blonde and beauteous Virginia has been working too hard to play for the last few months, but she’s on a holiday now. and she is being seen at the Trocadero, and other spots, with Powell. . . . Ida Lupino and Tom Brown are another regular twosome, too. . . . Genevive Tobin, unless all evidence be wrong, is very much concerned over the illness of one of the town’s best known surgeons. . . . Lyle Talbot and Betty Roth were tete-a-teting at the 41 club the other evening. . . . Joan

Crawford's automobile 11 cen se plate is a flock of seven s— no other number.... Saw Marian Nixon, looking very swell, lunching with a girl friend at Thelma Todd's Sidewalk case ai the beach. ... A tew warm nights will see the Him crowd open Ing their summer

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cottages on the ocean. . . . Goiters Id Hatriek and Mervyn Leroy knocked so many balls out of boundß at a local course the other afternoon that they may seek an out-of-town membership. . . . Lee Tracy is showing the Hollywood spots to State Senator Sardonl of Pennsylvania . . and the ne-.v crack-shot skeet-shoot-ing team out here are Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery. DID YOU KNOW— That there Isn't a door knofo to , William Powell’s new house? You open them by pressing ■ button on . the floor.

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ly tjy accident? A. No; she should not permit it. A well-bred man will not suggest it. y What l« the proper lime for holding children's parties? A. From 3 to 6 o'cloc'k in She uflernoon. o - ———- ~G. E NEVYS *1 -..fr0m.... GENERAL ELECTRIC NEWS | ♦ ♦ Awards totaling $567.50 were made to 90 employees for adopted suggestions during the three-week p rlod ending with March 9. Leader in the list was Glenn E. Burns. Bldg. 17-3, who was awarded SSOOOO for two suggestions, the one providing for an (additional hand press and the other for suggesting ctaanges to grinder layouts. Two awards of *20.00 each were made one cf them to Charles 11. Taunmtman, Bldg. W 2 1 for suggesting the ordering of evaporator steel in small sheets und the other to Ixiwell H. Arnold, for providing w< dge stators on winding machines. Mr. Lam oilman received a previous award of $25.00. An outstanding attraction, the presentation of Anton Lang. Jr., son of the famous Christus of the Oberaramergau "Passion Play.” and a program by the Fort Wayne Lutheran Choral Society has been announced by the G-E Club entertainment committee for April 20. at Fort Wayne. Mr. Lang will give a lecture, illustrated with slides, on the subjects "The Passion Play of Oberammergau” and “Life Habits amt Customs in Oberammergau." Harold Bauglin of Decatur was one of the 90 persons to whom awards were made for suggestions for the improvement of the tools, equipments and methods of the work in the plants. He is employed in the Decatur branch. His suggestion for a connection to the oxygen tank. Texas Farmers Cheerful TEMPLE. Tex. (U.R) — Farmers in this section are counting on much better crops this year than lust as a result of recent spring rains. Heyera sorghum, one of (lie most popular feed crops in this section, likely will be raised in large quantities. - — o man with the HOEfTfn Sowing Garden Seeds Is An Art Shallow Planting Prevents Smothering And Promotes Germination. Cover To Depth Os Seed. When a gardener buys a packet of seed, usually it bears terse directions, such as “Sow in the open ground when the weather is warm," “Sow in heat,” etc. They sound simple enough, but one accustomed to sowing seed would hardly agree that it as simple as it sounds. Seed sowing is quite an art in itself, easily learned, but details must be observed for full success. Fortunately, seed is the cheapest commodity on the market, and probably more seed is wasted through poor methods or careless work in sowing than from any other reason. Knowledge of correct methods of sowing seed undoubtedly would increase the good reputation of seedsmen, who are all to oftem blamed for ill success. The seed in its function as the originator of plant life is a small body, often a very tiny one, which contains a microscopic plant called the embryo with a quantity of food matter stored in the seed and often in the thickened first pair of leaves known as seedleaves or cotyledons which differ from the true leaves of the plant, which appear later. Sometimes the stored food supply is missing in seeds. The whole is surrounded by a more or less hard and thick shell or coating. Under proper conditions the embryo escapes from this protecting cover and the mature plant results. The escape is called germination. At the start of germination, the primary parts that later become root and stem thrust through the seed covering, the root turning downward ajid the stem upward. Moisture and temperature are the two factors that control germination. and they are the two factors that must be considered in successful seed sowing. in the mechanics of seed sowing, the first point to observe Is never to bury the seed too deeplv in the soil. If planted too deeply it may be smothered before it can find strength to thrust through the soil, exhausting all the store food supply of the seed in the effort. Deep sowing is a most frequent mistake and the commonest cause of poor success with seeds. Cover a seed with its own depth of soil. This is the best rule of thumb. Tiny seeds merely lie on the surface.