Walkerton Independent, Volume 48, Number 32, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 January 1923 — Page 2

Walkerton Independent PubtUhed Every Thursday by THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS CO. Publishers of the WALKERTON INDEPENDENT NORTH LIBERTY NEWS LAKEVILLE STANDARD THE ST. JOSEPH CO. WEEKLIES Clem DeCoudres, Bmlmm Mana*er Charlee M. Finch, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Tear •ILM Six Months. Three Months, TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered at the poet office at Walkerton, Ind., as second-class matter. Assembly plans are OUTLINED BY M'CRAY Stress on Reformatory at Meeting With Republican House Members. Indianapolis.—Governor McCray outlined his legislative program to the Kepublican members of the house of representatives at a conference in the house chamber in the statehouse the other day. The governor repeated what he told the Republican state senators a week ago, laying particular stress on the necessity of completing the new reformatory at Pendleton. Fight on Reformatory. In Informal talks Governor McCray had with assemblymen before the conference, he was warned that his request for a $1,000,000 appropriation for the new institution will meet with opposition in the bouse, particularly from the Democrats. The opinion was expressed by most of the legislators who saw the governor that the Republicans will line up behind his program, but some of the members of the majority asserted that some opposition may be encountered on the Republican side. Probably no other matter that is to come before the legislature is so important to the governor as the completion of the reformatory project. He is aware that the Democrats expect to open fire on the appropriations to be asked and for that reason he is especially anxious to win tbe solid support of the Republican house delegation. Aside from the reformatory matter Governor McCray took a stand for new legislation that will Increase the license fees for automobiles, trucks and busses and also advocated the imposition of a gasoline tax. All this additional money the governor is desirous of seeing in the state highway commission fund for use of the construction and maintenance of roads. Taxation of Securities. fie urged the enactment of legislation that will permit the taxation of securities at present exempted, warned against tampering with the tax law and recommended amendments to the state board of agriculture'law. whereby it would be empowered to issue b^nds for the rehabilitation of buildings at the state fairground. Os far more interest, apparently, to the representatives is the contest for speakership. Eight active candidates are In the field. Those who are avowed aspirants for the place are L. A. Pittenger, of Selma; Raymond C. Morgan of Knightstown; William R. Phillips, of Glenwood ; Oscar A. Ahlgren. of Whiting; James I. Day, of East Chicago; J. Glen Harris, of Gary; Luke W. Duffey, and Asa J. Smith, of Indianapolis. It was reported that Albert J. Wedeklns, of Dale, also is seeking the place. Trend of Sentiment. Discussion among the representatives led to the Impression that the race now centers around Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Phillips and Mr. Harris. Mr. Pittenger and Mr. Morgan are farmers, and are counted especially strong contestants because of the large number of farmers in the house. Their opponents, however, believe that the apparent advantage gained by virtue of their farm connections is more than offset by the fact that the two probably will split the agricultural vote. State News in Brief. Indianapolis.—Figures prepared in the office of Leo K. Fesler, county auditor, put the total valuation of Marion county property for taxation purposes this year at $692,938,750. This amount is $1,742,680 less than the valuation figures of 1921, and $10,415,890 less than the 1920 valuation. Shelbyville.—E. L. Austen of Purdue university, former instructor of agriculture in the Shelbyville high school, Is assisting Russell G. East, county agricultural agent, in organizing a beys and girlj’ poultry club in Shelby county. Hartford City. — Mrs. Demarcus Brown of Indianapolis spoke here on the subject. “The Greek and the Turk,” under the auspices of the Blackford County Federation of Women’s Clubs. Jeffersonville. —Contract was let by the board of county commissioners to Carl Lutz for the Louis Spriesterbach road* 2.27 miles in length, for $17,500. Anderson.—Five indictments were returned by the Madison county grand jury, which filed a report. The names of all persons indicted were withheld until arrests are made. -The grand jury recommended that the county commissioners should not further delay building a new and larger home for Madison county orphans. Connersville. — Damage estimated at between $2,000 and $3,000 was caused by a fire at the Wegerle homestead. Columbus. —Officers elected by the Woman’s Auxiliary of the SpanishAmerican War Veterans here are: Mrs. Floyd Anderson, president; Mrs. A. Allen, vice president; Mrs. Marshall Smith, chaplain; Mrs. Bert Riley and Mrs. Charles Thomas, guards; Mrs. Mary Thomas and Mrs. Rebecca Olmstead, conductresses; Mrs. W. A. Thompson, Instructor; Mrs. Adella Huntington. secretary, and Mrs Jesse Moore, treasurer. Huntington.—Huntington banks distributed $70,000 among the members of Christmas saving clubs.

r The Christmas Party I : By CLARISSA MACKIE • ! i©, 1922, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) “Why should I believe in the spirit it Christmas?” repeated Calliope Fraser, In answer to Henry Blake’s question. “I’ve many reasons, and to prove it I'm going to give a party Christmas lay.” “Ye be?” Henry was amazed. He knew that Calliope was quite poor. Although she owned her small home, she really had to work to support herself. All the best years of her life had gone Into making old people happy—two aged parents, an invalid grandmother and finally a crippled and blind grandfather. Now Calliope, at forty-five, was alone and in poor circumstances. “Some of your cousins coming over from Long Hill?” Calliope shook her head. “They don’t invite me, Henry. They all ride around in automobiles and have plenty of money, but they don’t want to bother with me.” She smiled as she spoke, for her troubles had not embittered Calliope. She lifted her head above them like some sweet, sturdy country flower, blooming on in the dust and heat of the day, lifting her cup of cheeriness to the old and poor and discouraged. “Well, well, Calliope,” muttered Henry Blake as he tied up her packages and slipped a wooden handle through the twine. "You are a goodhearted girl—hah! And I’m going to send around a few vegetables. And I’ve got some apples; they will certainly spile. Now, you run along and get ready for your party.” Calliope beamed her thanks and tripped away In a quick, birdlike way that made her appear much younger than she really was. All the road home Me was planning for the party, j “I’ll have to kill old Belinda. It does make my heart ache, but of course she's only a hen, and she ought to be thankful that she is to make so many people happy. I expect that's the way cannibals argue when they eat each other up, but Belinda's got to go. She's tough, but I’ll parboil her and then brown her in the oven. They'll just love iL If Henry sends over some v egetables and apples, they will help, and there's currant jelly and —” Calliope planned every detail of that party before she invited her guests. There were four invitations and four acceptances, and by Wednesday night everything was as nearly ready as possible. There was a coal fire in the parlor stove, and some logs were laid readj' to light on the dining-room hearth. The best lavender china was washed again and the thin damask napkins counted out. After she had rubbed up the silver until it rivaled the engraved glass goblets, Calliope dressed herself and went to prayer meeting. “Calliope,” whispered Mrs. Trotter, “no one has asked the minister to eat Christmas dinner. He was going home to his folks, but he’s stayed to preach in the morning and it looks as If he'd have to eat in the hotel. It's hard to be a lone bachelor. I’d like to have him, only we’re going over to Hetty’s.” “I’ll ask him to my party, - ” said Calliope promptly, and the new minister was very glad to accept the cordial invitation. It was a glorious December day with a hoar frost in the morning that looked like fairy snow. Calliope went out and picked all the artemislas in her garden, and their fresh, pungent smell mingled with the fragrance of burning apple wood. “It makes me think of long, long ago,” mused Calliope when she sat down at last to wait for her guests. She was wearing a pale gray dress with a few yellow flowers in her belt. With her dark hair and soft brown eyes and fresh color she looked very young and pretty. The new minister wanted to tell her so as he came into the warm, friendly house; The doorbell rang several times after that, and one by one she ushered them in—Mr. James Trapham, an aged recluse from Upper River; Miss Nelly Fane, a retired dressmaker, and two old ladies from the poorhouse; Miranda Larrabee, a strong-minded spinster, who accepted charity due her as an unpaid debt, and old Mrs. Abner Mumford, the last of her well-known family and once a leader in Little River. The warm fires soon thawed out the half-frozen old folks, and the minister had them laughing at his witty stories. One word led to another, and they chattered like old friends. Mr. Trapham had just told the minister that he was coming back to church, when Calliope announced dinner. Mr. Newton, the minister, gave his arm to old Mrs. Mumford, and James Trapham followed suit with Miranda Larrabee. With the ladies from the 1

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Alexander Graham Bell by No Means Merely the Inventor of the Telephone. Had Alexander Graham Bell never I brought forth the telephone, his other achievements would have won him distinction, says B. C. Forbes in his “Men Who Are Making America." Bell was the father of a wonderful little device, the telephone probe, for revealing painlessly the presence and the location of bullets in the human body. He had an important hand in the invention of the graphophone. Scientists rate highly, also, Bell’s achievements in connection with the induction balance. More than a generation ago he told the American Academy of Sciences all about his discovery of the photophone. Even before then the Royal society in London had been addressed by him on the action of light on selenium plates. Thirty or more years ago Bell establighed a modest fund to promote the then novel project of aviation. Large-

poorhouse taken care of, Calliope and her other spinster guests went in alone and unafraid to attack the tempting meal. There might have aching hearts there, but their owners bravely concealed the pain. “Perhaps Mr. Newton will ask a blessing,” said Calliope in her sensible way, "and then the rest of us can each make a little Inwrnrd prayer just for the home folks who have gone on ahead. I always do that. Seems to keep the family link strong and bright.” How happy they all were after that. Even Miranda Li.rrabee and James Trapham laughed at each other’s jokes, and Miss Nelly Fane responded to a toast In a sweet old treble that quavered with joy. Mrs. Mumford, sitting next to Calliope, did not smile often, but her eyes sometimes turned to her hostess and there was a strange look in their gray depths. Suddenly she spoke. "If my son Abner had not been lost at sea, I would never have gone to the town farm,” she said softly. Calliope paled. “Os course not, Mrs. Mumford,” she said in a shaking voice. "And Calliope would have been my daughter-in-law, in spite of the fact that 1 tried my best to separate her and Abner twenty-five years ago. I’ve been punished, and I want to apologize to Calliope, for I've been a proud, wicket! old woman !” “Don’t—mother!” whispered Calliope tenderly. "This is your home. You will never go back to the farm—never!” They all applauded this, even Miranda Larrabee, and In the midst of the laughter and chatter there sounded a summons from the polished brass knocker and someone entered the door, strode through the hall and appeared in the dining room. They all stared at the tall, sunbronzed figure in nautical uniform. “Is my mother here?” he asked, hoarsely. "Mother!” and he picked little Mrs. Mumford out of her chair and held her In his strong arms. “Abner!” she screamed. He helu her closely as he told a hurried tale of shipwreck, sickness and loss of memory. A month ago he had awakened to full memory of the past and he had returned home to learn that his mother had been reduced to penury and had been taken to the poorhouse. He had followed her here. “It was Calliope who took me away, and she was going to keep me Hite a daughter. We thought you were dead.” whispered Mrs. Mumford in his ear. Calliope was setting a place for Abner next to his mother, and the longlost man was welcomed by the other guests. Calliope sat In a happy dream, eating nothing and avoiding the tievoted eyes of bpr lover. So many things to be thankful for! "It was a wonderful Christmas party.” said Miranda Larraltee to the Interested group that awaited her re turn to the poorhouse. "To cap it all,” she concluded. “Abner Mumford came home well-to-do, and Is going to settle down on the land. And what do you think? The parson married him and Calliope then and there, and so the party ended up In a wedding!" Called Most Beautiful Bird. The quezal, a bird whose habitat is Guatemala ami southern Mexico, and which is the national emblem of Guatemala, Is frequently described as the most beautiful bird in the world. Its body is a brilliant scarlet. Its tull, which frequently reaches the length of three feet, an iridescent green. The bird is about the size of a common pigeon. It nests in holes in rotten trees, enlarging them with its bill to suitable dimensions. It prefers high altitudes. Hence, despite its early historical fame among the Incas, it was practically unknown to naturalists until comparatively recently. The quezal belongs to the family of tragons, the genus including 46 | species, 33 of which are American. Primitive Post Offices. In the earlier portion of the Nineteenth century when the vessels of the East Indian company called at Capetown, Table Bay and other places on thelt way to India, the officers of the vessels burled letters and dispatches under peculiarly shaped flat stones which had the vessel’s name engraved on them. These stones were eagerlysought for by homeward bound craft, whose passengers were anxious for news of those stirring days, and it Is interesting to note that one of these stones, with the date and name of the ship still legible. Is preserved in the vestibule of the present Cape Town post office. Too Familiar. Hail, four years old, had been going to Sunday school for some time, when his teacher one Sunday asked the class: “Who wants to go to Heaven?" and all hands went up but Hail's. The teacher asked: "You do not want to go to Heaven?” and Hail answered: "No, thank you.” Teacher asked why. and Hail replied "It has not been long since I came from there.” —Asa Ben- ' nett, in the Wilmington News.

ly because of his undying international fame as inventor of the telephone, Bell’s wonderful pioneer work in aviation anil in other spheres of applied science won him no universal recognition, although in scientific circles it Is reckoned at its true value. Value of Shadows. Reflections and shadows form an important aid to decoration. The shadow of a spray of roses or a group of tall grasses against a light wall or table Is very beautiful. So is the reflection of a well-planned group of furniture or pottery in a mirror. A gray silhouette of a vine is sometimes painted on the window shade of a sun room to give the effect of a shadow. Vision Time Measured. Apparatus with which it is possible to measure the minute length of time necessary to arouse the sense of vision in the human eye has been developed by English scientists.

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NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS France May Be Allowed to Act as She Pleases and Alone Against Germany. NO AGREEMENT BY PREMIERS Lausanne Conference Makes Progress Toward Peace—Ship Subsidy Fight On in Senate —Lively Testimony in Daugherty Impeachment Hearing — Death of John Wanamaker. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ♦ ♦ J IT IS announced that Woodrow t t * Wilson will sever his law J J partnership with Bainbridge Col- * * by at the end of this year, and ( J many persona think this means J * that he will renew his political * J activities. How would you like J * to see Mr. Wilson again a can- * * didate for the presidential nom- J J ination by the Democratic party? » F 'RANGE is to be left to act us she sees tit "lien Germany defaults' <>n the reparations payments in January.! but she will not have the active stig port of Great Britain. That appears to 1 be the sole outcome of the meeting of. the allied premiers in London from which so much was ex;*! ted. First,. । they flatly rejected the tentative plan offered by Chancellor Cuno, which was! no surprise to Berlin. Then the vari-, ous premiers submitted their proi>osals. and after discussion they merely adjourned until January 2, when they i meet in Paris. Poincare's plan, includ- j ing the occupation of the Ruhr and i Essen, has been told before. Mussolini for Italy offered a program for the I cancellation of interallied debts in return for reduction of German reparations. with Great Britain not making. I conditions difficult by asking that America cancel the debt owed it. He said if such a plan could be adopted, Italy would help Germany in the task of reconstruction; if not, then Italy would back France in any action she might decide upon. Bonar Law clung to his policy of . "tranquillity.” and made it clear that the British government would be quite willing to reconsider the question ofj a cancellation of the French debt, pro-i vided such a step was made possible by a reparations settlement satisfactory to Great Britain. Later lie virtually told Poincare that if the French insisted on seizing physical pledges for German good faith, Great Britain, while it could not approve actively, would not oppose. The British refused to be associated in any effort to Induce the United. Stages to cancel Its debt, and Mussolini thought America should be left out of the discussion of tile problem. There was intimation from Paris that Poincare, when the time comes, may be satisfied with non-military measures against Germany, but lie has the backing of his cabinet in any case. Some compromise may be reached in the Paris meeting. VISCOUNT GREY, former British foreign minister, speaking in the house of lords, said the failure of the United States to ratify the FrancoAmerican treaty after the armistice, which provided France with effective guarantees against invasion by Germany, is at the bottom of the whole reparations and war debts tangle. VisI count Grey said the real motive im- ! pelling the French seizure of the Ruhr ■ was not to gain money, but to obtain ! security. This security France feels l it does not have so long as America refuses to pledge aid should the need i arise. PRESIDENT HARDING'S administration firmly maintains its position that German reparations and the allied war debts are separate and distinct matters; that the debts should be paid. PROTEST VOICED BY MEXICO Strong Political Party Denounces Exclusion of Country From Conference at Washington. Mexico City.—A resolution protesting against the exclusion of Mexico from the Central American conference at Washington, and declaring Mexico’s opposition to the establishment of United States naval bases on LatinAmerican epasts was withdrawn from

I and that the reparations shov'd be ad- : justed on a basis of Germany’s capai bility to pay. However, Representai the Burton of Ghio, a member of the | debt refunding commission, has put । forward a suggestion for giving Europe financial aid. It is, briefly, that while the principal of loans repaid by the allies is used to retire Liberty bonds as contemplated by law, the Interest be re-loaned "under proper supervision for security for purposes of expansion and betterment in the countries which pay." Such loans, he holds, would en*urge the resources of debtor countries I and enhance their ability to meet their i obligations. GOOD progress was made last week by the Near East conference tn Lausanne. Most of the time was given over to demands by tiie allies that the Turks give suitable guarantees for tiie safety of Christian minorities, especially the Armenians, and to discussion of the proposition. Lord Curzon, spokesman for the allies In this, was supported to u considerable extent I by American Ambassador Child, who not only stated his position before tiie conference, but called on Ismet Basha and tried to induce him to agree to a compromise. Lord Curzon insisted that Turkey should Join the League of Nations and consent to the establishment of commissions to supervise and assure protection for the Christian minority populations. Ismet protested that the presence of such commissions in Turkey would result in the defiance iof Turkish rule and sovereignty. He said he would accept a plan tu put the minorities on tiie same footing as the । minorities in Rumania, Jugo-Slavia, and Czechoslovakia, as provided in . other treaties. He pointed out that in ! none of these countries does the League ; of Nations maintain commissions to be ! a constant source of trouble. Lord Curzon's reply was that unless Turkey yielded on this point, the conference would come to an end. Ismet took a day to consider this, and then I announced that Turkey would join the ! League of Nations us s<k4i as peace i was signed. As the league exercises general supervision over minority populations, this was taken as meaning that Turkey will accept the league's supervision over the Christian minorities in that country. Ismet, however, insisted Turkey would not establish a national home for the Armenians. The allied delegates expressed their satisfaction with the Turkish decision and assured Ismet the rights of his country would not be infringed. While on the subject of conferences, brief mention must be made of that in Moscow where Russia and Poland and the Baltic states have failed to reach an accord on non-aggression and disarmament. Poland and the Baltic ! states presented an ultimatum, that a I moral disarmament or non-aggression pact could be signed immediately, letting the commissions discuss material disarmament later. The Russians refused any pact unless it included actual disarmament, as they said their chief reason for calling the conference was to relieve the burden of taxation caused by large armies. The conference therefore broke up. THE house appropriations committee. in reporting the naval bill carrying appropriations of $293,806,538, requested President Harding to negotiate with Great Britain. France, Japan and Italy, for extension of the armament reduction treaty to cover swift cruisers and fleet submarines, and for the limitation of aircraft. The report said foreign nations were planning large cruiser and submarine programs and that if the competition is not checked this government will have to follow suit. DEM ICRATIC senators started their fight on the ship subsidy bill, Harrison of Mississippi frankly stating that obstructionist tactics would be used in the effort to sidetrack the measure for other legislation, especially bills designed to bring relief to the farmer. He was given plenty of assistance by his party colleagues and by Republicans who dislike the bill. Senator Jones of Washington, supporting the measure, insisted that it is for the benefit of the farmers, offering assurance of adequate transportation of their products to foreign markets. No other legislation except possibly a rural credits bill, he said, was of greater importance to the farmer, and he the chamber of deputies through the intervention of the co-operistas party leader. The latter induced the framers of the resolution, who form a considerable group in the chamber, to postpone their action for a few days. As originally framed by its introducers the resolution points out that Mexico was in reality the moving spirit in the conference of 1906 which culminated in the treaty of 1907. In which Guatemala, Nicaragua, San Salvador, Costa Rica and Honduras were signatories.

' added that when the latter measure was ready he would be willing to lay aside the subsidy bill temporarily if it had not been passed by uien. EVIDENCE for and against the move to impeach Attorney General Daugherty made the sessions of the house committee on judiciary exceedingly lively. In support of the charge that the chief law officer had knowingly appointed unfit persons to office the case of William J. Burns, whom he made chief of the bureau of investigation^ was cited. Letters from Chief Justice Taft writteu when he was President and from George W. Wickersham written when he was attorney general, strongly condemning the ac- i । tions of Burns in the Oregon land i fraud cases, were read into the record, j ■ Samuel Goinpers' secretary testified i 11 that he called the letters to the attention of Mr. Daugherty before Burns : was appointed. Next day Senator Johnson of California took the stand I . and testified that he recommended the : appointment of Burns and that “on a } • i question of veracity between Wicker- ! ' sham and Burns, I'd take Burns.” In : his own behalf Burns swore the Wick- ' ersham letter was “a tissue of falseI hoods.” He said Gompers had hounded him eve. since he caught the Me- | Nainara brothers in the Los Angeles I Times dynamiting case, and that Gomp- ! । ers. hearing the prisoners were about I to admit their guilt, sent an agent to i i Los Angeles to stop the confession. I ■ Thereupon Gompers went on the stand i and said this charge was without the ‘ slightest foundation. Chairman McChord of the Interstate • commerce commission was called to testify as to the failure of the Department of Justice to enforce the safety ■ appliance and locomotive inspection i ' laws. He testified that Daugherty had co-operated with the commission to the 1 best of his ability. Representative KePer of Minnesota. ! who preferred the charges against the attorney general, and some others were dissatisfied with the attitude of the j committee and said it evidently intended to "whitewash” Mr. Daugherty. Mr. i Keller finally declared angrily that he i would prosecute the charges no further before the committee. SEVERAL recommendations of the I commission appointed to prepare a plan of governmental reorganization have been submitted to President j Harding, perhaps the most important I being a consolidation of the War and ; Navy departments into a department of j national defense under one cabinet member with assistants in charge of j each branch. The hydrographic office of the navy, the coast geodetic survey ’ and all map making and printing work would be under the Department of Commerce. The President, it is said, thinks well of this plan and may lay it before congress soon. J THE Supreme court decided that a ! person can be prosecuted and pun- j , ished by both the federal and state au- j thorities for a single violation of tiie prohibition act. Representative Brennan of Michigan has introduced a bill : designed to prevent such a double prosecution. Dry and wet leaders are quarreling over the interpretation of the President’s language concerning ’ prohibition enforcement in his message to congress. The former assert it was an unqualified indorsement of the Volstead act. The latter, as represented by Capt. W. 11. Stayton. say: "To any fair-minded person it is obvious that, i in the President's message, tiie question of the enforceability of the present fanatical Volstead act is definitely raised.” । POPE PIUS held his first secret consistory and appointed eight new cardinals, one of them being Mgr. John Bonzano, until recently ixapal delegate to Washington. On Thursday, in , a public consistory and with great ceremony, the pope invested six of them , with the red hat and the rochet; the other two uc-re not present. JOHN WANAMAKER, merchant prince, philanthropist and former ■ postmaster general, died in his Philadel- : \ phia home cn Tuesday. His funeral on Thursday was attended by many of the 1 most eminent Americans and was the occasion of a tribute unsurpassed in Philadelphia A thoroughly good ! American citizen has passed. In view of this fact the protesting ; deputies assert that Mexico as “the neighbor and brother of all the Central American republics, Is virtually interested in all questions affecting their welfare" and should be included any congress in which these nations participate. Numerous Central Americans now residing here are conducting a vigorous newspaper campaign to place Mexico in the light of an offended and slighted nation and the United States j as the offender.

IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday School ' Lesson ’ <By P B - FITZWATER, d. d.. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) Copyright. 1922. Western Newspaper Union. LESSON FOR DECEMBER 31 REVIEW GOLDEN TEXT—The Spirit of the Lz>rd is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.— Luke 4:18. DEVOTIONAL RE ADI NG—Psalm 98. PRIMARY TOPlC—Favored Stories of the Quarter. JUNIOR TOPlC—Jesua Went About Doing Good. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —How Jesus Ministered to the People. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Some Characteristics of Jesus’ Ministry. Since all the lessons of the quarter save one are from Luke, and the central and unifying theme is Jesus Christ, a profitable way to conduct the review, as suggested in Peloubet's Notes, would be to assign the following topics to the members of the class to luake a brief report upon: 1. Christ’s Mission to the World. 2. Christ’s Helpers and How He Used Them. 3. Christ’s Divine Power and How He Exercised It. 4. Christ's Methods of Teaching. 5. Christ's Love in Its Many Manifestations. 6. Christ’s Courage and How He Showed It. 7. Christ's Foes and His Dealings With Them. 8. Christ's Pity for Sinners. 9. Christ's Passing Through Human Experience. 10. Christ as a Missionary and an Organizer. 11. Christ’s Relation to the Father. 12. Christ’s Preparation for the Climax of His Life. Another way would be by summarizing each lesson, stating the outstanding topic and teaching of each lesson. The following uiggestlons are offered: Lesson 1. Tbe birth of John the Baptist, which from the human standpoint was impossible, was announced 'to his father, Zacharias. For his unbelief he was smitten with dumbness. God expects of his servant unquestioned belief in what He promises. Lesson 2. Jesus was born in Bethle- , hem just as the prophet had foretold some 700 years before, and at the age 'of twelve years he consciously enI tered Into the services of God’s house. Though conscious of His divine being and mission. He lived a life of filial • obedience. Lesson 3. John the Baptist's ministry was a preparation for the coming of Christ. He fearlessly preached repentance and pronounced judgment upon the impenitent. Though a mighty ' preacher, he humbly declared that i Christ was immeasurably greater than himself. Lesson 4. Jesus Christ after His baptism was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. The purpose was to test the reality of the incarnation. The result was complete victory —a demcn- ! stration of His ability to save to the uttermost all who trust Him. Lesson 5. Isaiah foretold the golden age upon the earth when Christ will reign. Lesson 6. While Jesus was here He ! healed all kinds of diseases And cast out devils. He authenticated His ! mission and proved His power to for- ' give sins by miraculous deeds. Lesson 7. Jesus taught the disciples the principles which should i govern in His kingdom. Only those who have been born from above can love their enemies. Lesson 8. While in Simon’s house at dinner, a woman who had been a notorious sinner anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. The sinner’s gratitude to Jesus for forgiveness is measured by the appre- ! hension of sins forgiven. Lessen 9. Jesus went forth throughout every city preaching the glad tid- ! ings of the Kingdom of God. The fact of salvation for sins through a crucified Redeemer is truly glad tidings. Lesson 10. Jesus sent forth mis- ■ sionaries with the realization of the big task before them, and with power to perform supernatural deeds to authenticate their mission. Those who realize the bigness of their task will earnestly pray that the Lord will send forth laborers into His harvest. Lesson 11. Jesus’ reply to the quesi tion of a certain lawyer. “Who is my neighbor?” shows that the all-impor-i tant consideration is not “Who is my neighbor?” but “How can I show that I am a neighbor?” Lesson 12. A certain rich man in I his perplexity over his prosperity decided to provide larger stores and settle down to a life of sensuous indulgence. The one who lays up treasures on earth and is not rich toward God is a fool. True Prayer. I have no doubt that the old idea of prayer, as a begging of God to set aside wise laws to accommodate puny and often foolish men, will more and more fade away as men grow vx ser. But I think that all this will only prepare the way for true prayer—that prayer which seeks to get the highest spiritual good by conforming to the highest spiritual laws of our nature. This kind of prayer. I think, we shall no more outgrow than we shall outgrow hope, or love, or gratitude, or aspiration, or reverence, or the sense of dependence on a Higher Power, or the neeJ in our weakness and sorrow, to comfort ..nd strength from some source higher than our poor selves—Minister. All in Christ. All we want in Christ we shall find in Christ. If "e want little, we shall find little; if we want much, we shall find much; and if. in utter helplessness, we cast our all on Christ, He will be to us the whole treas ry of God.—Bishop Whittle.