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"Way Back When •f jbanmc AM (ML DkiLUEB /^LARK GABLE was Uttl« dUTcr- ^ «nt from- anj olhtr small town boy. Born in Cadlx. Ohio, in 1900, •nd later living in Hopedale, Ohio, population 800, Clark Gable was a regular American boy, fond of the outdoors and all sports. Mother* less from the time he was seven months old, be was raised by his grandparents until his father re* married. He held a deep love and respect for his stepmother. Like any other normal American boy, Clark Gable was not sure what position he would like to hold in life. He thought for awhile that he might be an architect, and later he studied medicine at night school. Ambitious but poor, he had to work from the time he was seventeen years old, and his jobs were as va* ned as his opportunities. He was timekeeper in a rubber factory, call boy in a theater, an oil driller, a telephone linesman, a surveyor's assistant and a lumber jack Clark Gable might have been anything but a motion picture actor. He became a star by traveling the hard rood of theatrical stock Wood-Burning Engine in v Yucatan. tra. os menu, until he cle U ‘ It Hai eMch - Prep*red by National Geographic Society, Washington. D. C.—WNU Service. T HE peninsula of Yucatan projects northward between the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of Mexico like the thumb of a giant hand. Located in its northern half are the states of Yu catan and Campeche and the terri tory of Quintana Roo, in the Repub lic of Mexico. It is almost as flat as the prover bial pancake, though, as one travels from north to south, a few low ranges, little more than foothills, are encountered, few exceeding 500 feet above the sea. The country is a limestone plain of recent geologic formation, covered with a dense, rather low forest which increases in height from north to south as the soil grows deeper. Yucatan has no surface water, no rivers or streams, and relatively few lakes, but everywhere are to be found large natural wells called cenotet. which made life poeaibio tti ancient times In the formation of these, the surface coralline Ume- of water, pneing the i ei The teamen and madam weDa iry m depth dueetto with Pm m- O t the tend ae H any. 1 dan i broad-arched cloisters with tiled floors surround the patios on all four sides, and in more modest ones on one or two sides. The patio itself usually is a riot of brilliantly colored tropical flow ers, many of which distill rare per fumes. Today, with its well-lighted, clean streets, its many parks, its movies, electric signs, autobusses and mill ing newsboys, bootblackswith their little portable boxes, and sweetmeat venders, Merida is a city of the Twentieth century. But with Maya Indians in their picturesque native costumes rub bing shoulders with Mexicans in the more familiar habiliments of tha modern world, even with Amer ican visitors in plus fours strolling beneath the medieval dignity of tha cathedral towers, a thousand years of human history unfold before the eye. The story of man's earliest occu pation of Europe has been recov ered Bum the cams ef Spam, so la Yucatan ti urns la 1 lor evl — Lesson for June 20 JOSEPH’S KINDNESS TO HIS KINDRED LESSON TEXT—GoMfta «44. H-30; S* M-M. GOLDEN TEXT—And bs ys kind one Is another, tenderhearted, forgiving one an other, even as God for Christ's sake balk forgiven you. Ephesians 4: SI. PRIMARY TOPIC—When Joseph Saw His Father Again. JUNIOR TOPIC—Joseph Honoring His ra ther. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC- Kindness in the Family. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— Mutual Helpfulness In the Family. A happy ending—yesl Modern writers may look with disfavor on it (and perhaps rightly so, for most of them write about life apart from fellowship with God) but to those who trust God and who seek his will, the story of life has a bright and joyful conclusion. But someone may object that tha lesson for today closes with the last words of the book of Genesis, which are “a coffin in Egypt.” la that a happy ending? It Is, because even that forbidding emblem of death pointed in faith toward the day when God was to keep his promise and bring his people into tha promised land. Our lesson centers around the last of our patriarchs, Joseph, and his kindness to his father and his fami ly. Tha highest official in tha tend of Egypt (save for Pharaoh him self) proves his by forgetting except as they enable him to be a We of its acidity. But this can be considerably reduced If tha fruit la cove rad* with cold water, brought to the boil and then strained before being stewed In tha ordinary way. This method is only recommended to anybody who dislikes ordinary stewed rhu barb, aa tha healthful salts era lost when the fruit is cooked twice, v • • • Brightening Piano Keys—Dis colored piano keys can be bright ened by rubbing with a soft cloth dampened with alcohol. • a a Tinting Milk—When small chil dren refuse to drink their daily milk requirements, try tinting the milk with vegetable coloring. a a • v Keeping Flowers Fresh—A cou ple tablespoons of sulfurous (not sulphuric) acid added to each pint of water encourages buds of cut flowers to continue growing and leaves and stems remain greener. a a a Storing Tea and Coffee—Home supplies of tea and coffee will keep their flavor longer if stored in stone jars. a a a Custard Sauce—One and one- half cups scalded milk, one-eighth teaspoon salt, one-quarter cup su gar, one-half teaspoon vanilla. Ask Me Another 0 A General Quiz as it la in hu as N Naotf by taMb to olto li ■ *• of the Usited autos court bold, sod bow m*i t Ara the big h Uw flavor. as* M u u* is wall buttered around tha top sirup that is being boiled fat it wiU not boil over tha top of tha pan. a a a Cabbage Cooked wtth Mflk— Two cups milk, six cups shredded cabbage, one-third cup milk or cream, two tablespoons melted butter, two tablespoons flour, half teaspoon salt. Heat milk and cook cabbage in it two minutes. Add milk or cream, flour blended with butter and salt. Cook for throe or four minutes, stirring constantly, a a a For lUadriag Stoves—An old shoe polish dauber is an excellent tool for blacking stoves. WNU Sarviea. , l&tcLe Phil ^ M Determination Has Inning Hanging on to a forlorn hops re sults in success aa often as it re sults in failure. Fault of tha autoaabila hem to that too auay driven thtak that sitoUty aeda. An egotist thinks ha make a mistake, so ho in Troubles the to Interested i? Wo are H Bee e**« torn auoe true mmmm to m toe af roam. to to to 1 AVI deo Ctort . • Aar ghary as te e mm roe* toe Ceril - ef- arhidi flaur- aa well as to mid-western hotels, a harvest hand in the Kansas wheat fields, and a carpenter’s helper. Carl Sandburg was learning the painter’s trade when the Spanish- American war broke out, and he enlisted. A comrade persuaded him to go to Lombard college and he worked his way through as a bell ringer, gym janitor and college cor respondent for the Galesburg Daily Mail. In college his literary ability developed and he became editor of the school publications. After grad uation he supported himself as ad vertising manager of a department store and sales manager of a busi ness machines firm. He entered politics, became a re porter. and in 1917, Carl Sandburg tha staff of tha Chicago Daily Vton be a tow to a Fv* 9 ■ecf perea AgjM tea way I ton ^ti trocbtoi ef tow toflto wtos al b hundred* rvech water Ibto fee ted tha ctvUxiali tohad there modern times. Because of its almost complete Isolation, the peninsula was select ed by the Carnegie Institution of Washington more than two decades ago, as a center for the intensive study of American aboriginal civi lizations. Foreign influence having been reduced to a minimum, Yuca tan is an excellent ’’laboratory case” for such a study. This subtropical paradise is not difficult of access from the United* States. Merida, the capital, is only nine hours by air from Miami and less than six and a half from Mex ico City. There are regular steam ship sailings from New York and from New Orleans to Progreso, port of Yucatan. There is every facility for convenient touring about the peninsula, even the modern Maya- land lodge in the venerable ruins of Chichen Itza. Merida, with about 110,000 people, must be one of the cleanest cities of its size in the world. All the streets are paved. Ninety per cent of the bouses ere rough maeonry Flat a». to ’%eedtotoed to tosw toEwaaS ef kWBto Md fWf v waf eeew weaewto ef toeflr ewe to tow eeeweeA to toew amv toea weaft ead z YWee • a *» a to toe to tme aad la tee study to Although the Maya to their edge to tee to the heavenly moon. Venue, and probably other planets as well—far excelled both the ancient Egyptians and Baby lonians, their greatest intellectual achievement was the invention of a chronology, exact to the day within a period of 374,400 years, which is as accurate as our own Gregorian calendar. For the first time in hu man history, their mathematical system to keep account of this chronology made use of a positional system of writing numbers involv ing the conception of the abstract mathematical quantity of zero, one of the outstanding achievements of all time. While our own numerical system is decimal, increasing by tens from right to left of the decimal point, the ancient Maya system was viges imal, increasing by twenties from bottom to top. But all the essential elements of our modern arithmetic, including numeration by position and use of a symbol to represent zero, bad been devised by the an cient Mays 2.000 year* ago. and at We ara net all tow wing our affect wo would not plead for more to that aham public expression to affection which ie eo distasteful to right-think ing people. But may we not suggest that there is room for improvement in our loving consideration for our kindred. Let us ask ourselves how long it is since we did something to show that we really love our mother, our father, or a faithful wife, son, or daughter? How long is it since you wrote home to moth er, or went home to visit? IV. Imparted by Faith (50:24-26). Jacob had been gathered to his fathers; time had gone on its re lentless way, and Joseph is about to die. What shall be the heritage to his family? Money, property, posi tion? No; he leaves them something infinitely more valuable—a forward- looking faith that will keep alive in their hearts the expectation that God will in due season bring them into their own land. Joseph had spent most of hit years in Egypt, he had attained high position and great honor, but he never lost his vision to the promised tend. He imparts to them by faith that hope to tou »