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By LEMUEL F. PARTON
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*NJEW YORK.—Within the exploits
of men of achievement may—
and often does—lie the favoring ele
ment of chance, frequently recog
nizable. But often, too, it is hidden
in a vague background of contribu
tory factors.
In Jascha Heifetz’s agreement to
appear in a forthcoming motion pic
ture, Saisuel
Way Smoothed Goldwyn’s pow-
For Success of ers of persua-
Sam’s Exploit sion onc ;e again
excite the envy
of his rivals and the admiration of
his friends. The eminent violinist’s
personal aversion to the screen as
a medium of expression has long
endured in the face of repeated of
fers. Mistrust of sound track repro
duction of the notes of his beloved
violin was joined with his repug
nance to the elemental music he
believed he would be called upon to
play and, above all, was his objec
tion to strutting the screen as an
actor. So Goldwyn’s success in
overcoming the great musician’s re
luctance is now being proclaimed.
Yet, lying back of Heifetz’s
name on the dotted line of a
Hollywood contract are various
imponderable factors. His wife,
for instance, who was Florence
Vidor of screen fame, may have
been the influence behind his
first appearance on any stage in
a histrionic capacity. This was
last spring when he took the role
of a hill-billy fiddler in the an
nual show of a sophisticated
midtown club, of which he is a
member. Garbed in overalls,
cotton shirt and red wig topped
by a broken down straw hat he
played ‘‘Turkey in the Straw,”
violin upon his knees, as the
time-honored jig tune has never
before been played. And for an
encore there was “Danny Boy. ,,
So who can say that the. siren
voice of Sam Goldwyn was not mere
ly the fanning of a flame lighted
when, with gusto and amid wild ac
claim, he sawed a violin lying across
his knee?
Born in Vilna in 1901, Heifetz’s
American debut came in October,
1917. An American citizen now, he
lives in Redding, Conn.
Sam Goldwyn it was who lured
Maxine Elliot to the screen back
in 1917 and she was but a prede
cessor to such exalted artists as
Geraldine Farrar.
DAUL ROBESON’S magnificent
* bass voice will have adequate op
portunity for expression in his por
trayal of the title role of Sam
Byrd’s forth-
Bishop f s Plight coming produc-
Altered Aim of tion of a play
Paul Robeson adapted by the
author from
Roark Bradford’s John Henry sto
ries. There will be incidental music
by Jacques Wolfe.
One often marvels at events,
apparently casual at time of oc
currence, which are found sig
nificantly to have affected hu
man lives and so shaped desti
nies. When Paul was a senior
at Rutgers, where he had won
high scholastic honors and
gained for himself a national
reputation as a football end, he
was looking toward the cloth as
a profession. His father was a
clergyman in a small communi
ty in New Jersey and, from boy
hood, Robeson’s idea had been
to follow in the paternal steps.
Not long before graduation, the
elder Robeson died and among the
funeral arrangements was a plan
to have the presiding bishop of the
church conduct the obsequies. Ac
cordingly, the prelate came to the
scene of the funeral from his home
in a village in the southern part of
the state and after the services he
addressed the assembled mourners
substantially as follows:
“Brothers and sisters, I had to
borrow the money to come to this
scene of sorrow and unless you all
contribute to defray my journey
home, I am afraid I shall have to
walk.’’
Whereupon, of course, the neces
sary traveling fund was raised. Aft
er a while the bereaved son met
the late Foster Sanford who was
his football coach, his guide, mentor
and friend.
“You are still headed for the min
istry?’’ Sanford asked.
“Yes sir,” was the reply. “I still
am, sir.”
“The highest you can ever get
to be in your church is a bishop,
isn’t it?” Sanford asked and
when Robeson said that was
true, the coach fixed him with
his compelling blue eyes. “And
so you are going to enter a pro
fession where, even as a bishop,
you will have to borrow money
to get from north Jersey to south
Jersey.”
That was all that was said. But
next day Robeson came to his
friend, confiding his intention to
plump for the law and for voice.
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
Mother’s ‘Breath of Life’ Saves Unconscious Infant
Quick thinking saved a tiny life recently when nine-month old Gary Bucholz was found unconscious in his
bathtub by his mother, Mrs. Marie Bucholz, 20, of Chicago. The horror-stricken mother hurriedly picked up
the baby and breathed into its mouth, as shown at the left. Recovery rewarded her quick action, and po
licemen, firemen and a doctor arriving at the home were confronted with this happy ending.
Ormsby Family Pays Tribute to Connie Mack
Earl Mack, coach of the Philadelphia Athletics and son of Connie Mack, venerable manager of that club
Who is recuperating from an illness, receives a plaque in tribute to the “grand old man” of baseball from the
12 children of Umpire Emmett T. (Red) Ormsby before a game in Shibe park. Mrs. Ormsby, left, superin
tended the presentation ceremonies.
Epidermic Art Gallery
“The Great Omi,” tattooed man
who claims to be a former English
army major, has brought his epi
dermic art gallery to the United
States, where he plans on exhibiting
it. “Omi,” a New York visitor, is
tattooed from head to foot.
Mexican Highway Builder
President Lazero Cardenas"”'©!
Mexico, speaking recently at Tia
Juana, Baja Calif., announced ap
proval of a 2,000,000 peso bond issue
for construction of a 131 mile high
way from Mexicali, on the United
States-Mexico border, to San Felipe,
a Gulf of California fishing village.
An irrigation system in the Mexicali
valley will cost an additional 12,-
000,000 pesos.
U. S. Explorers Seek Headhunters
Mr. and Mrs. Carveth Wells, famed as explorers and authors, as they
left by steamer for the Orient, heading an expedition to Formosa to take
movies of head hunters for a U. S. geographic society. Accompanying |
them (center) is Lawrence Mills, Princeton ornithology student.
Locomotive ‘Celebrates’ 35th Birthday
“Ripper,” a hard-working locomotive, celebrated its thirty-fifth birth
day recently in Hoboken, N. J. Here Thomas T. Taber of Madison, N. J., 1
president of the Railroaders of America, an organization of railroad fans,
empties a birthday “cake” into Ripper’s firebox. The “cake” is a hatbox
full of nut coal. At the right is Bruce Nett, Madison, N. J., youngest
member of the club.
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for July 30
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
JEHOSHAPHAT: A LIFE OF
OBEDIENCE
LESSON TEXT—II Chronicles 17:1-6. 9-12.
GOLDEN TEXT—But seek ye first the
kingdom of God and his righteousness.—
Matthew 6:33.
Obedience is one of the old-fash
ioned virtues which has been pushed
aside in our present mad rush of
self-expression. It needs to be re
vived if we are to have a happy,
contented, and useful people. The
lesson for today affords an excellent
opportunity to give class members
a right perspective. Many regard
obedience as something which is ex
acted by those who desire to have
authority over us, but as a matter
of fact it is a principle established
by God for the right and orderly
conduct of life, the observation of
which results in blessing and pros
perity, and the ignoring of which
brings chaos, fighting, bitterness,
and disappointment. Obedience to
parents, to the law of man, and to
the law of God should be taught and
exemplified by us, even as it was by
Jehoshaphat. Obedience in his life
made him
I. A Good Son (vv. 1, 3, 4).
He followed his father Asa and his
forefather David insofar as they had
followed God. Apart from God and
the influence of the Christian faith,
the tendency is quite the other way.
Frequently we see that a father who
came up from poverty by his own
diligence and ability will have a
wastrel son who amounts to nothing,
or even worse, one that ruins him
self and others. Blessed is the son
who has a godly father and who has
sense enough to follow in his steps
in obedience to God.
II. A Capable Administrator (vv.
2, 5, 12).
Jehoshaphat faced real problems.
The nation was prospering, but there
were many difficult questions of for
eign relations and in domestic af
fairs. Especially was he concerned
about their fellowship with the sister
nation of Israel. Idolatry was still
common in the land, new territory
had to be consolidated and fortified.
The man who is obedient to God’s
law and whose heart is lifted up to
ward Him may expect that all his
faculties will be stimulated, and
that, furthermore, he will have the
guidance of God in the discharge of
his duties. This is true not only of
kings and national leaders, but of
each one of us. If we trust in God
and are obedient to His guidance,
He will bring about astonishing re
sults in the lives of any one of us.
III. A True Worshiper (vv. 3, 6).
He walked in the ways of his fore
fathers in his obedience to God. A
man does not need to be a blind
worshiper of the good old days to
realize that America could profit by
walking in the ways of those of our
forefathers who daily walked with
God.
Note also that Jehoshaphat had a
real personal spiritual experience of
his own. “His heart was lifted up
in the ways of the Lord” (v. 6). Spir
itual exaltation makes a man better
fitted to live in the daily round of
life where he must keep his feet on
the ground. There is a dearth of
new personal spiritual experiences in
our time. How long is it since you
and I have felt our souls strangely
warmed? God is ready and willing
to do this for us now, as He was in
the days of Jehoshaphat.
IV. A Wise Educator (v. 9).
Here was a real program of relig
ious education. A wise teacher
knows that it is not enough to re
move the bad, he must replace it
with the good. Jehoshaphat tore
down the places of heathen worship,
but he substituted the teaching of
the Word of God. That kind of a
program of nation-wide Christian
education would be tremendously
worth-while in this year of our Lord
1939 and within the confines of our
own beloved country.
Read verses 7 and 8 and you will
note that most of the leaders in this
teaching campaign were laymen.
The priests were evidently for the
most part not interested. This has
all too often been so, but let not
that deter the layman from going
ahead in God’s name.
V. A Respected Ruler (vv. 5, 10,
11).
Kis own people gave him the rec
ognition of love and loyalty (v. 5).
The jealous nations around him were
afraid of him, for they knew that
God was with him (v. 10). This
was what would be in our day re
garded as a rather unusual means
of national defense, but note that it
was tremendously effective. Would
that America were a nation united
in loving obedience to God’s law.
Then would our enemies be afraid
because God’s hand would be upon
us for good.
Wise in All
I know God is wise in all; wonder
ful in what we conceive, but far
more in what we comprehend not.—»
Sir Thomas Browne.
Strength for Need
Our strength is proportioned to
our need, in God’s s«;rvks*, day by
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tains a transfer pattern of a motif
15 by 20 1 /4 inches; directions for
doing hooking; color chart and
key. /
Send 15 cents in coins for this
pattern to The Sewing Circle
Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave.,
New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, ad
dress and pattern number plainly.
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He who loves reading has every
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