Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 283, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1927 — Page 6

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LET INDIANAPOLIS GROW Those who are interested in the growth of this city should protest against the determined effort on the part of the politicians to insert into the Barrett fund law a provision that would tax future improvements to make up the deficit in that fund. For years the county treasurers have taken the interest on these funds and have grown rich. While they have been doing this for themselves, there has been accumulated a deficit in the improvement bond funds which is Variously estimated from a half to one million of dollars. Instead of making, a determined stand to force the treasurers to return the interest for which they rendered slight if any service, it is now proposed to make it impossible for any person to pay for improvements after taking advantage of the law and save the interest burden. It is argued that in this manner the deficit in that fund may be restored. The practical effect of this provision which certain Senators in the close confidence of the local political machine are bent upon making the law would be to check the growth of public improvements and make them more difficult. It is, of course, dishonest in its morals in that it proposes to make future improvements pay for the deficit of the past to restore funds which would be intact had the former treasurers of the county not been so rapacious. In his fight to prevent such action Senator Harrison of this city deserves more than credit. He should have the active support of every civic organization and every citizen that wants this city to cut loose from its political shackles and take the place which it deserves. The effort to burden the taxpayers and property holders to hide the stark hideousness of the past practices of treasurers who took this interest because of any law which prevented them from putting it into their pockets without giving some adequate service to the people is more than monstrous. This city, and every city in the State, is entitled to protection. The law, of course must stop these treasurers, from taking this interest, which in this city amounts to more than $75,000 a year. But merely stopping the practice will not do. The law must permit the city to develop with the

least bdrden upon those who pay the bills.

WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT The United States Senate, laboring mountainlike, will, when it passes the prohibition reorganization measure, have brought forth a particularly insignificant mouse. This Anti-Shloon League measure, for which the Senate has sidetracked legislation of vital importance, is mereley a shifting about of clerks in the Treasury Department. It does not affect prohibition enforcement in any way. The reorganization scheme was devised some months ago when Lincoln C. Andrews threatened to resign as assistant secretary of the treasury because of friction with David H. Blair, internal revenue commissioner. Under existing legislation, Blair has been able to check Andrews’ activities to a certain extent, particularly in expenditure of funds. The new bill would make Andrews independent of Blair and create the offices of commissioner of prohibition and commissioner of customs under Andrews. It would also bring certain employes of the department under civil service. And that is all. Andrews admits the bill wquld have little effect on enforcement. The Anti-Saloon League’s interest in the measure consists in keeping Andrews con tented in office. The Administration, after killing vitally important legislation for construction of Boulder Dam. has thrown its entire strength behind this matter of office administration. It has voted cloture for the bill even in the face of threats that such action may prevent passage of any other legislation before Congress adjourns. Measures still pending before the Senate whose enactment is endangered because of the existing situation are the Reed resolution for a recount of Pennsylvania ballots, by which the seating of William S. Vare or William B. Wilson may be determined, the Borah resolution for investigation of Central American and Mexican affairs by the Foreign Relations Committee; resolution exonerating Senator Gould of Maine; resolution citing Insull, Schuyler and Cunningham for contempt in refusing to answer Reed committee questions, the buildings bill and the alien property bill. THE DAUGHERTY-MILLER CASE A second jury, after struggling for a day and a night with the evidence in the case of Harry M. Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller, finds itself unable to agree on a verdict. A jury in another Federal Court not long ago returned a verdict of “not guilty” in the case of Edward L. Doheny and Albert B. Fall. This verdict followed the decree of the United States District Court and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals that Messrs. Doheny and Fill had engaged in conspiracy, corruption and fraud. The highest court in the land, the United States Supreme Court, has just sustained this decree. Eight judges participated in the final opinion. It is safe to say that the judgment of the eight United States Supreme Court justices was the judgment of the twelve men who composed the jury that tried Doheny and Fall on tie criminal charge. Indeed the composition of the jury in the criminal case caused considerable comment, because of the youth of its members and because the usual jury questioning appeared to develop the fact that out of a population of 115,000,000, these twelve men, perhaps the only adults in the United States, who hadn’t heard anything about the Fall-Doheny scandal. And yet this jury that found Doheny and Fall not guilty probably were twelve pretty average Americans. They were placed in a different situation from that of the learned justices of the United States Supreme Court. The latter were not asked to send anybody to prison. They sat in their libraries, remote from the accused man, and weighed the evidence placed before them. They were reasonably free from any pull on their emotions. In any case they were only trying a civil suit; their verdict

meant only a loss of money to Doheny and a little additional loss of reputation to Fall. But the twelve young men and true in the criminal case had to sit day after day in a room with two venerable looking defendants —Doheny, gentlefaced and benign, his Irm in a sling; his loyal wife beside him. Probably the jurors gagged a bit on the pretense of patriotism that was offered in defense of his deal with Secretary Fall. Possibly they smelled some of the taint or fraud so hotly denounced by the judges in the civil suits. In their minds, however, there doubtless was just this one question: “Shall we send these old men to prison?” They decided Doheny and Fall should remain free. And free they are —free to lead us into difficulties with Mexico, for instance. And, so it may be in the casd of Daugherty and Miller. Assuming, for the sake of the argument, that the evidence against them is sufficient, a jury willing to send them to prisoni may be hard to find. The jurors might reason that having been retired from high Government offices in disgi-ace, Daugherty and Miller have been punished enough. The jurors, indeed, might not reason at all; it might be entirely a matter of feeling. • This difficulty of the jury in reaching any verdict will puzzle the American people for a day or two. What is suggested here is merely one of the elements in the puzzle. SKYSCRAPERS—AND ART Some day, when all of life’s more puzzling problems have been solved and the sons of men live out their days in peace and concord, we are going to start a campaign for more and better skyscrapers. There are, we understand, serious objections to the skyscraper. It cuts off light and air from surrounding streets. It is accused of concentrating too great mass of people in a small area, so that traffic is unduly congested, street car riders have to stand up and motorists exhaust gasoline and patience. All of these things may well be true for all we know. Such issues can be left to experts. They do r.ot count in this discussion. For we are thinking of the skyscraper as a work of art —modern America’s unconscious substitute for Parthenons and temples to the Winged Victory. The skyscraper is at its best when it is about half finished. Picture to yourself a clear winter morning. There has been a good fall of snow in the night, but day arrives clear and stainless. You descend from a street car in the downtown district while the day is still young. Before you rises the great skeleton so an unfinished skyscraper. The sun is not yet high enough to drive the shadows from the streets; but the upper framework of this building has caught it, and is transfigured. Girders are outlined by white ridges of snow, delicately penciled; the dull steel gleams in the early light, as if the contractor had found some rare metal and was using it in place of ordinary iron. Far aloft stands a giant crane, its finger pointing skyward, with a long, sinuous cable dangling far down. Tiny jets of steam, dazzlingly white, escape from its base; Lilliputian .figures of men scamper about up there, outlined against the blue sky. You have time for only a glimpse. But you take it, and without realizing it you are better for it. For if you stop to think you discover that this busi-ness-like conglomeration of steel girders Ts strangely, amazingly beautiful. The completed skyscraper is at its best at sunset. Then, as the streets grow dusky, its tall tower is still bathed in sunlight, and its topmost window panes glow a brilliant red, catching and holding for men far below the sunset that they never see. If we ever grow extremely wealthy, which at times seems doubtful, we shall leave a fund so that at least one skyscraper may be under construction downtown all the time. Who cares if the city doesn’t need any more? It takes our eyes upward; it flings ilfs giant bulk high into the sky, and helps our earth-bound vision to rise above the common ness and matter-of-fact routine of the city streets below. For all of us, it provides a challenge and an escape. In New Guinea the bride’s kin shoot arrows at the groom on the wedding day, says an explorer. In this country sometimes they wait until the couple has settled down. A woman says she has hunted and killed practically every kind of animal that has inhabited Vermont in twenty years. We don’t know whether manslaughter charges have been preferred or not. A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROHIBIBITION By Gibson Gardner - ■■■ 1 The problem of controlling liquor oistribution and ending bootlegging and its incidental political corruption will be solved only by a clear understanding on the part of the voter as to what is the alternative to the present system of things. Return of the corner saloon is not desired by any large number of persons. Return of the beer or liquor interest as a large factor in politics, is not desired. But the Canadian plan (the Quebec plan) does not contemplate any of these things. Canada turns the corrupting stream of bootleg wealth from the political sewers into the public treasury. It substitutes an imaginary control of liquor distribution by a real control. It takes the poison out of the alcohol bought as a medicine or as a beverage. It furnishes a sound product at a fair price in place of a dangerous product at an extortionate price. It substitutes honest daylight dealing between seller and buyer for surreptitious law evasion. It encourages the use of wines and beer in place of hard drinks. In all these respects it is a success. Apologists for our Eighteenth Amendment continue to argue—or rather denounce —in terms of the old “temperance’’ agitation. Their denunciations are all premised on the assumption that repeal of the amendment would mean return to the pre-Volstead conditions. Nobody wants that. Or—to be conservative—few want that. A majority of the voters, we believe, feel that something better could be substituted for the riot of bootleg corruption which is now undermining our social and governmental structure. Canada has substituted the “moderationist” for the “prohibitionist." That is probably what we shall have to do.

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Tracy Memphis Absorbs Something of the Majesty of the Mississippi,

By M. E. Tracy _ MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 3.—The rain that fell In Lake Itasca a month ago If, indeed, it was warm enough for rain to fall in that cold section of Minnesota, is barely passing Memphis now and four days more will be required for it to reach the sea. A long journey for little drops of water, but they must take it if they would measure the length of the mighty Mississippi. You stand on the bank and marvel at the river's calm, resistless sweep. It reminds you of things mysterious and afar. Its current is heavy with stolen silt. You feel the destructiveness of its silent strength. Then you think of the great delta it has built and you realize what It has done by way of compensation. The lower valley of the Mississippi is as fertile and much greater in extent than is that of the Nile. No city could grow up beside such a stream without absorbing something of its majesty and mud. Good and Bad Memphis has the finest system of schools, savings banks and the .worst murder record in this country. Traditions of the old South give her a delightful poise. At the same time they tend toward an attitude of polite indif ference. She offers you a splendid example of city planning and ring politics at the same time. Her parks are beautiful and her elections otherwise. Her civic consciousness runs to boulevards more than ballots. The condition Is temporary, of course, for Memphis has the right kind of blood In her veins when she once gets it to circulating. Political Filth The City Club, which in Memphis is regarded as the father of all luncheon clubs, has started a campaign to smash the Crump machine. If you have never heard of the Crump machine, you have missed something. It is one of the smoothest organizations of its kind in this country. For twelve consecutive years it has ruled Shelby County without let or hindrance, and that, too, in the face of clamorous opposition. When I visited Indianapolis last summer I thought I had struck bottom so far as political scandal is concerned, but the gossip one hears here is equally if not more interesting. You are told things that are almost past belief. The boys in Shelby County, it seems, do not bother much while the voting is in progress, but simply dump the ballot boxes after the polls have closed and refill them with votes that are marked to make the count come right.

Looks to Governor A committee acting for the City Club made an investigation. The work was so crude that it didn’t have to dig very deep to find enough to satisfy it that last fall’s primary and election were tainted with fraud. On the report of this committee the ,City Club tried to carry the case into court, but without success. It then appealed to the Legislature, where it was also balked. Now it is looking for assistance from Governor Peay. The Crump machine was against Governor Peay’s nomination and gave him a pitifully short end of the count in Shelby County. The City Club is to be commended for the stand it has taken. It may be beaten at the start, just as others have been, but it is on the right track and bound to win in the end. Honesty, Live Issue Honest politics has become a live issue in this country. What Memphis needs, and all that Memphis needs, is what Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Chicago and other cities need. We have tried to make politics honest by statute and system long enough. The time has come to adopt the one sure way and that is the wide awake interest of honest citizens. Our best men and women have laid down on the job. Their excuse is that politics has become too dirty for them to meddle with. Politics is the basis of Republican Government. You can’t have Republican Government without it. Abandonment of politics is equivalent to saying that you don't want Republican Government bad enough to do your bit. We can continue the lazy attitude that is becoming more and more prevalent throughout ‘this country until we get into a frame of mind that is willing to tolerate usurpation of power by anybody who is strong enough. Other people have done it and we can. Italy did it and drew a Mussolini. Bossism and dictatorship follow rotten politics just as night follows day, for rotten politics is based on indifference, on laziness, lack of responsibility and the decision to “let George do it.” no matter who George is or -what he stands for. Can you give me short sketches of the presidential candidates in the 1924 election and of their wives? Biographies of Coollidge, Davis and La Follette can be found In any good encyclopedia. The Washington Bureau has a bulletin containing short sketches of them and their wives that can be obtained on request to the bureau for 5 cents. Was Liiluokalani of Hawaii the first Queen to visit the United States? When she visited the United States in 1896 she had already been deposed. The first reigning Queen to visit here was the Queen of the Belgians, who came in 1920. Queen Marie of Roumanla is the second.

Plans Are Made for Twentieth Yearly Exhibition of Works of Hoosier Artists

Plans for the twelfth annual exhibition of work by Indiana artists and craftsmen have for some time been under way. A meeting of the 1926 jury was called and a few minor changes made In this year’s announcement. Perhaps the most important of these was the provision for a special jury to consider items submitted in applied arts and design. It was also decided to limit the number of paintings to be accepted from students. According to tbe usual custom, ballots to determine the new juries were sent to exhibitors of the past three years, and the result of this vote will be announced next week. The exhibition will open on Sunday, March 6. and remain on view thrdugh the 27th of the month at the John Herron Art Institute. Those who come to enjoy the work of the Indiana artists will find an additional interest in the prints that wiM be hung at the same time. “Fifty ’Prints of the Year,” a group of ultra modern and conservative prints lent by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, will occupy Gallery 11. The “fifty print” exhibition last year aroused much interest. Ernest D. Roth and Ralph M. Pearson made the selections ani a wide variety was included. This year John Taylor Arms and Mr. Pearson served as judges and the showing promises to equal if not surpass the previous one. An exhibition of selected objects has been lent to public school No. 17. This school, which is equipped to further industrial production of many sorts, is known throughout the city for the high quality of its handiwork: and it is believed that the present loan exhibition from the Art Institute will prove an inspiration for the designs that are made by the pupils. The objects are grouped in a case in the school cor-

Best Sellers Following is the list of the six best sellers in fiction and nonfiction in Brentano's New York stores: FICTION “The Plutocrat.” Booth Tarkington. Doubleday Page. “Tomorrow Morning,” Anne Parrish, Harper. "Doomsday,” Warwick Deeping, Knopf. •The Delectable Mountains.” Struthcrs Burt. Scribner. "Galahad.” John Erskine, BobbsMerritl. "The Sun Also Rises,” Ernest Hemingway, Scribner. NON-FICTION “Ask Me Another,” Spafford & Esty. Viking Press. "Story of Philosophy." Wilt Durant, Simon & Schuster. "Benjamin Franklin : The First Civilized American,” Phillips Russel). Brentano's. ‘‘Meaning of a Liberal Education.” E. D. Martin. Norton. “Main Street and Wall Street,” William Z. Ripley. Little-Brown. “Palmerston.” P. Guedalla. Putnam.

.WEEKLY BOOK REVIEM . Here Is a Good Way to Start the Lenten Season

By Walter D. Hickman It seems to me that there is a definite way to observe the season of Lent regardless of ones church connections. And that is by reading. With the beginning of another season of meditation, it seems to me that reading will prepare one for this season. The more substantial mental food that I put into my brain box during Lent, the better off I am. Books, music, sermons, prayer and thought makes up a real Lenten program, accoi'ding to my w ly of thinking. I will take the lib rty of listing six books to read during the earlier weeks of Lent. The list Is as follows: First —“Case and Comment” which is the meditations of a layman on the Christian Year, by Louis Howland. Indianapolis author. Published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company. Second “The Man Nobody Knows,” by Bruce Barton. A man’s idea of the life of Christ. Published by Bobbs-Merrill. Third—“ The Book Nobody Knows” by Bruce Barton —The Bible aa the author sees it. Published by BobbsMerrill. Fourth —“The Story of Philosophy." jla study in modern terms of

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ridor, according to their classiflca tion, American Indian, Early Indian, Japanese, Chinese and a few early Egyptian. The art school is happy to announce anew and important gift to its collection. Way man Adams has presented one of his recently executed canvases, “The Discouraged Art Student,” which because of its subject is particularly appropriate as a school possession. The portrait was painted ip the Grand Central Art school and is a forceful likeness of a disgruntled young man who has decided that the life of an art student is a path of thorns. The delightful color and vigorous handling make this a notable sketch. Eight new benches finished in walnut have been given to the school by an anonymous donor. Such benches have been much needed as furniture, and their attractive apjtearance makes them doubly acceptable. NEW SHOW OI'ENS AT THE PALACE TODAY Sam Robbins’ Baltimoreans, who for years have been constantly in demand by Baltimore and Washington society, is an aggregation of twelve musicians who have a program of Jazz melody topmost on the Palace theater bill the last half of this week, opening today. With them are four dancers who present the newest dance craze. Ray Shannon is a comedian who is offering a sketch that has as its idea “back-stage” life. Mr. Shannon is the wise-cracking stage manager who falls in love with June, the vocalist on the bill. “June and Buckeyes’’ is the title of the piece. Miss Primrose asserts that “Gentle-

Times Readers Voice Views

Edtor, The Times: Now that we have a Scripps-How-ard newspaper in New York City, communication should be better with Indianapolis for newspaper men here' I have heard some talk recently and have corresponded with some gentlemen in Indianapolis as to the possibility of the Democrats holding their national convention in your city in 1928. Ordinarily, Indianapolis (though for no very good reaspn because it is one of the best railroad and hotel centers in the country), has not usually been considered in connection with national conventions, but there is a special reason why it might be favorably considered in 1928, and that is because the Smlth-McAdoo controversy which wrecked the Democratic National Convention in 1924, seems likely to be repeated. Indiana is a neutral State. ERNEST HARVIER, Aqueduct Commissioner, New York City.

the progress of logical thinking. Published by Simon and Schuster. Fisth —“The Inner Harbor,” more Main Coast poetry by Wilbert Snow. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company. Sixth —At least ten verses of the Bible each day. Just open the Bible at any page, then read at least ten verses. And you will read more, that I am sure. As the season of Lent goes on 1 will give other lists, those that I am following myself. It works with me and I think it will with others. “Case and Comment” Mr. Howland in “Case and Comment” does not take on the role of a preacher. Rather, he seems to sit in an easy chair, reading his thoughts ot many years on the meaning of the Christian life as applied to the year. You will find his thought divided in part in the following way: ''Advent,” “Bible Sunday,” 1 “Preparation,” “Christians,” “Endings and Beginnings,” “Epiphany,” “Reform and Renewal,” "The First Miracle,” “Saint Paul,” “First and Last,” “Suffering,” “Lent,” "The Christian Paradox?” “Divided Duties," "Emptiness,” “Holy Week and Good Friday,” "Easter” and th#like.

men Prefer Reds” In her song and dance bit. This auburn haired comedienne is the cousin of Larry Semen, the movie,star. Kesslar and Morgan with their “Bits of This and That” are comedians. E. G. Lime trio are gymnasts who use Emil Sallrig as a dummy in their unusual tricks. Madge Bellamy in ti.e role of “Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl’’ is the film attraction. Pathe News, a comedy, t-nd topics of the day aro the short reels. Indianapolis theaters today offer: Eddie Leonard at I-Sbith's; Jane Dillon at the Lyric; new show at the Palace; “The Adding Machine” at the Playhouse; “The Winning' of Barbara Worth,” at the Circle; “Forever After,” at the Sanders; “Stepping, Along,” at the South Side; "Fools of Fashion,” at the liitz; “Tell It to the Marines,” at the Apollo; “The Show,” at the Ohio; "Black, White Sheep,” at the Uptown; new show at the Isis and burlesque at the Mutual.

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You can get an answer to any question ot tact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave..-Washing-ton. D. C. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot bo given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. AH letters are confidential.—Editor. How is coffee butter frosting made? Work one-half cup washed or unsalted butter until creamy and add one and one-half cups confectioners’ sugnr gradually, while stirring constantly, adding during the process I*4 tablespoons strong coffee infusion a few drops at a time. How many stamps does the United States Government issue yearly? During the last fiscal year it issued 22,085,500,505 stamps, including special delivery stamps, postal cards, stamped envelopes and stamped postal paper of all kinds. If a man obtains insurance before lie is married, naming his mother the beneficiary and neglects to have it changed to his wife, will the company pay part of the insurance to the wife? The entire isurance will be paid to the beneficiary named on the policy. Is the portrait of President Coolidge on any United States coins? Fifty-cent pieces and $2.50 gold pieces, bearing his portrait, were Issued by the treasury for the Sesquicentennial Exposition.

I will remember “Case and Comment” by this one assertion of Mr. Howland: “Men think of Christianity as an easy religion and so It is as exhibited in the lives of many of those who profess it. But there is nothing easy in it as it was preached and lived by its Author. It is a great, and maybe a fatal mistake, to think of it as making few and easy demands on men, for tho contrary is true. Nothing, for instance, is harder than this very business of preparation if it is honestly and bravely carried on. For that involves sacrifices, often of the most serious and painful sort. To prepare for the dawn of perfection on human life means that there must be an effort to attain perfection by the ono who prepares, or would prepare.” Here is a big thought and it is expressed in the chapter on "Preparation,” on pago 39 of “Case and Comment." The real value of this book is that it seems to fit in with the various religious seasons, if there be such a term. Tho author speaks quietly, but there is conviction and even a substantial aid towards one mental preparation toward the Christian life.

MARCH 3, 1927

Work When to Bid or Pass a Queen-High Five Card Suit,

By Milton V. Work Tho pointer for today is: A suit of flvo cards headed by Queen-Jack or Queen-10 should bo bid with two quick side tricks, but not without them; no Queen-9 suit should be bid. It has not been many years since the majority of our best authorities frowned upon bidding Queen-high suits, regardless of the side strength, unless tho discarded bid of two was made to show length without tops, tho only original two-bid now recognized is Ace-King-Queen-x-x x. Queen-Jack x-x-x or Queen-10-X-X-X suits have to bo passed or bo bid one, und tho modern consenus ih that, like King-10 live-card suits, they, aro strong enough to justify initial bids of one. In other words, the side hand must contain two sure quick tricks, without any possibility of doubt as to their sureness or quickness. Ace-Queen-10 in one side suit and Queen in another would not justify bidding a Queen-Jack or Queen-10 five-card suit; but two Aces, or one Ace and one KingQueen, or even one Ace-King (although this is not as strong a hand as either of the others) would Justify the bid. Tho above, however, stated the liimt in bidding Queen, states th® limit in bidding Queen suits. Unless the Queen bo accompanied by a lower honor (Jack or Ten), the suit should not be bid originally. Such suits as Queen-9-x x-x or anything worse—in the vernacular, “Queen-nothing suits”—should not be bid without three quick tricks. But with: Sp: Queen-OX-x-x Ht: Ace-King-x Dl: Ace-Jnck-x Cl: x-x. One Spade would be the best opening declaration for tho hand. The rule governing the suits, featured yesterday and today, may be briefly stated ns follows: Bid five-card suits headed by King-Jack, King-10, Queen-Jack or Queen-10 whenever the side hand contains two quick tricks; but with less side strength pass and use the suit as a secondary declaration, (Copyright, John F. Dllle Cos.)

of gyUftth) LcnienD^otion^ Prepared by Rev. Charles I Emerson Burton, D.D„ for I Commission on Evangelism of Federal Coundl of the Churches of Chriat in I America. JM Copyright issi y Topic for the Week “GOD IS A SPIRIT” Thursday “God Is Invisible” Scripture: Reud—Job 23: 1-12, “No man hath seen God at any time”— (Jn. 1:18). “llavo faith in God” (Mk. 11:-33.) “Without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for ho that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him” (Ueb. 11:6). See —ExodUd 33:17-23; Acts 14:17; Psalms, 40:5. Meditation: We are troubled bo*cause we never see, hear or touch God. But why should we see him? These senses are material, and God is spiritual. We do not see our friends; we sense simply their bodies. But we live in the faith of the reality of their minds, hearts and spirits. So also we act wisely when we live in the faith of the reality of our heavenly Friend, whom we sco only in His works. “Thou hast been seeking to sea me by the light of th" world; whyj didst thou not rather seek to see the world by my light?” HYMN: Immortal love, forever full, Forever flowing free, Forever shared, forevt r whole, A never ebbing sea! We may not climb the heavenljg steeps. " To bring the Lord Christ down; In vain we search the lowest deeps For him no depths can drown. But warm, sweet, tender, even yet A present help is he; And faith has still its Olivet, And Jove its Galilee. —John G. Whittier. 1866. PRAYER: Pray for—the grace of active faith; supply of daily needs; purity of the church. Collect—O Thou whoso will-to-do fails not, we thank Thee for dom, for the responsibility which ( makes failure possible but success glorious. We bless Thee that Thou hast trusted us. Such friendship Is, beyond price. Give us now the inner! power of Him who triumphed over every obstacle, yea, even over agony, hatred, and death. We fear for our I souls before the high trusts of heaven. We confess our in pursuing little things. Correct us] by the call of thy faithfulness. Glvoj us increasing faith in the unfaltering courage for the confllcl with evil and deliverance from ths fear of death. Amen. What Is a touchback ani a safety in football? A touchback is made when fM ball in possession of a player, guarding his own goal, is declared dead by the referee, any part of It being on, above, or behind the goal line, provided the impetus which sent to or across the line was given by" an opponent. A touchback docs not count any points. A safety Is made when the ball In possession ot M player guarding his own goal is de™ dared dead by the referee, any part of it being on, above or behind the goal line, provided the Impetus which caused it to pass from outside the goal line to or behind the goal line was given by the side defending the goal. A safety count* two points.