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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
XJEW YORK.—In view of Miss
Alice Marble’s recent arrival
here after successful exploits at
Wimbledon and elsewhere, it would
ire. . t- • seem that the
Gift Kept Tennis reported ass0 .
Champ From a ciation of John
Baseball Career McCormack,
the eminent
Irish tenor, with the fair Wimble
don and United States national title-
holder in London as a singing teach
er was someone’s flight of fancy.
Miss Marble, as may be recalled,
made her debut as a night club solo
ist last winter, and, after the cur
rent tennis season is over, she will
go to Hollywood to make a motion
picture—provided the entrepreneur
with whom she has signed is able
to place her to advantage.
The first woman to hold three
Wimbledon and three American
titles at one and the same time, .
designer of sports clothes, sing
er, potential actress, Miss Mar
ble’s versatility is not confined
to these things. She could, if
she had not—to her expressed
regret—got beyond such things,
play softball baseball with facil
ity equal to that of most men.
Also proficient in basketball as
a member of the Polytechnic
high, San Francisco, team, she
was likewise a track athlete of
no small ability. And, before
that, sandlot football with her
brothers, and other boys claimed
her enthusiasm. As a six-year-
old she started playing hard
ball baseball with a younger
brother, Harry (Tim) Marble,
who later joined the Pacific
Coast League Missions team as
shortstop.
It is said that Marble Pere, a
farmer in Plumas county, Calif.,
at one time doubted whether he ever
could wean the girl from a baseball,
bat which she swung on clubs other
wise composed of male players. But
the gift of a tennis racquet at the
age of 13 and subtle encouragements
turned her thoughts to tennis. This
happened when, in lieu of a career
as a ball player, she had become
the official mascot of the San Fran
cisco Seals of the Pacific Coast
League.
Blonde, statuesque, with gray
eyes, gracious in manner as she is
in appearance lovely, Miss Marble
won much favor wherever she went
abroad.
A SSUMING Laurence Olivier’s
role in support of Katharine
Cornell in a current Broadway hit,
Francis Lederer, the engaging
Warrior at 12, ~ whole
Lederer Now a American fame
Peace Advocate h ? s , been
gamed in mo
tion pictures, finds his facility for
mastering native pronunciations
serving him well. In this connec
tion be it recalled that, when he
made his first stage appearance in
London four years ago, he was un
able to speak a word of English.
Nonetheless, by aping the diction
of the coach, later resorting to the
dictionary to learn the meaning of
that which he had said, he suc
ceeded admirably in rendering his
role.
He is passionately devoted to
the cause of world peace-
through the World Peace fed
eration, which he himself or
ganized—it now has branches
throughout the civilized world.
His advocacy of peaceful adjust
ment of international issues re
sulted from experience in the
World war, in which lie served
as a lad of 12, winning two
medals for gallantry. Entering
the war to avenge the death in
action of a beloved older broth
er, he found his age no bar to
service. He asserts, indeed,
that, at the time of his enlist
ment, the Czechs had boys who
were but eight years old under
arms.
His biography opens at Prague,
where, at 18, he was playing walk-
on parts at the Deutches Landes
theater—a soldier in “Lohengrin,” a
servant in social comedy, anything,
everything, of extremely subordi
nate character. Gaining a rather
important speaking part through
ability displayed in reading the lines
of an indisposed actor, he subse
quently received a scholarship in
the Academy of Dramatic Art in
Prague. He then went to Breslau,
where Kaethe Dorsch, the German
actress, discovered him and intro
duced him to the Berlin theater,
where he became overnight the
adored of feminine Berlin.
He married Ada Nejedly, an opera
singer in Prague in 1928, from
whom subsequently he was di
vorced. Two years ago, he mar
ried “Margo,” Margarita Balando,
stage and screen dancer. He is
tall and slight, his features extreme
ly delicate, eyes soulful. In his
reading, he is addicted to the Ger
man philosophers and the French
classics.
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The Slicing Doesn’t Matter—It’s Still From Bologna
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UNDAYI
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for August 13
These three Italian beauties, in a festive mood at the annual fair in Bologna, pose with Italy’s largest
ham, which weighs 83 pounds and contains enough meat for 5,000 sandwiches—sliced a bit thin, of course.
Bologna, in central Italy, on the plains of the Po valley, is the center of the country’s pork-producing area.
Doomed Man Is Honored Guest at Own ‘Wake’
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Death was an invisible guest at a gay party given in honor of Claude Joseph Bradley, pictured at piano,
In a Brooklyn, N. Y., club. The affair given by some 200 of “Brad’s” friends was an ante-mortem wake for
the guest of honor. Doomed by a serious illness, he has only a few weeks of life left, according to his
doctors. Undaunted, he jests about his fate and proved his courage by being the “life of the party” at the
“wake.” The arrow in the upper right points to the honored guest.
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
ELISHA: A LIFE OF
HELPFULNESS
LESSON TEXT—II Kings 5:1-10, 14.
GOLDEN TEXT—Be ye kind one to an
other.—Ephesians 4:32.
Tsk, Tsk! Such Is the Way of Progress
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Chief of Legionnaires
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California beauty contestants are now judged on a scientific basis.
The beauty queens here are being tested in the “Shadowgraph,” a new
device which gives their accurate measurements at a glance. The Shad
owgraph was first used to select the winner of the Venice, Calif.,
Mardi Gras.
Charles Comiskey II, Heir to White Sox
History of the French Foreign
Legion seems written in the fea
tures of bearded General Rollet,
called the “Father of the Legion.”
The general, together with his le
gionnaires, visited Paris recently to
march in the Bastille day parade,
celebrating the 150th anniversary of
the French revolution.
‘Ours,’ Sisters Shout
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Upon the shoulders of Charles Comiskey II may some day fall the
responsibility of carrying on the name Comiskey, famous in baseball.
The young man, now 13, shares equally with his two sisters in ownership
of one-haif of the Chicago White Sox, American League baseball club.
His father, John Louis Comiskey, who died recently, left the entire hold
ings to his w dow and three children, expressing in his will the desire
that ownership in the *-lub be kept in the Comiskey family at least until
bis youngest child attains the age of 35 years.
When officials of Rockville, Md.,
dedicated the city’s new $77,000 post
office they encountered difficulties.
Mrs. Elizabeth W’imsatt of Washing
ton, D. C., creeled a warning sign,
declaring that she and a sister were
among eight heirs of the former
owner of the site and had received
nothing from the government. After
much wrangling, the chief of police
persuaded the adamant sisters to
leave the property quietly.
“Loving kindness and tender mer
cies” (Ps. 103:4) are among the glo
rious attributes of our God, and con
sequently characteristic of those
who love and serve Him. The wor!d
has all but forgotten these virtues,
for in its brutal determination to
achieve results there is only an out
ward veneer of courtesy and consid
eration which extends itself primari
ly to those from whom some advan
tage may be obtained or who are
highly regarded because of their
wealth or position. The poor and
needy, the aged and afflicted are
quickly brushed aside as unfortu
nate hindrances in the path of prog
ress.
In ail times God’s people have
been those most considerate of oth
ers. It is they who have given time
and effort and means to help those
in need. The life of Elisha is well
characterized as a life of helpful
ness. It is surprising to find how
many of his miracles were for the
purpose of helping others. God’s
servants are called to be leaders and
to be preachers, but they are none
theless called to carry on a life of
helpful service. Elisha’s experience
with Naaman suggests how we may
exercise such a ministry. Without
seeking to designate verses in the
text, shall we observe that we must
I. Find the One in Need.
It is not always that the one with
the deepest need makes himself
known. In fact, it is commonly true
that those who have the greatest
need and are possibly the most
worthy of help keep their sorrows
to themselves. Certainly it is true
that those afflicted with the leprosy
of sin do not often come to church.
We must go out and seek them and
bring them in.
One of the weaknesses of many
churches today is that they go
through their regular services,
which may include preaching the
gospel, and then they lament the
fact that sinners do not come to the
services to hear and be saved. Let
us be reminded that it is our busi
ness to go out into the highways
and the byways to find those in need.
Naaman’s experience illustiates how
the simple word of a little slave
girl was instrumental in bringing the
leper in touch with the man of God.
Had she failed in her responsibility,
the prophet would have missed his
opportunity to minister. Even the
humblest believer has his important
work, seeking out the lost and
needy, and may thus be the means
of bringing about great blessing.
II. Locate and Diagnose the Con
dition.
Naaman knew that he had leprosy,
but he did not know that he had a
blight of soul called pride. The
prophet, acting under the guidance
and control of God, struck right at
the heart of things when he directed
Naaman to crush his pride and to
show his faith by obeying God’s
command to wash seven times in the
Jordan.
The story has many important ap
plications. Let us be sure that in
our efforts to help people physically
or socially, we get through to their
real need, the need of Christ. Let
us also be careful not to modify or
change God’s requirement. There
is one way of salvation—through
faith in Christ; there is no other
remedy for sin. A man “must be
born again” or “he cannot enter
the kingdom of God” (see John 3:
3-7). If men are too proud to go
that way, they cannot be saved.
Observe also that there was no re
spect of persons on the part of Eli
sha. Naaman was a great and dis
tinguished man, ready to bestow
rich gifts, but the man of God had
no interest in those things. He want
ed only to give God’s message.
III. Apply the Remedy.
One would be quick to condemn
the trained physician who, having
found his patient and having given
his attention to his need, made a
careful and accurate diagnosis and
then sent him away without apply
ing the cure which was in his pos
session. As the servants of Christ
the great Physician, engaged in the
cure of souls, we need to be equally
wise. It is commendable to engage
in a discussion of the problems of
needy men and women, expressing
our heart interest in that need. It
is desirable that we clarify our
knowledge of their need and accu
rately understand the truth of the
gospel which meets that need. How
ever, all of these things are quite
meaningless unless they result in the
bringing of the gospel to bear on the
fives of the unconverted.
Solitude
An hour of solitude, passed in sin
cere and earnest prayer or con
flict with, and conquest over, a sin
gle passion or subtle bosom sin,
will teach us more of thought, will
more effectually awaken the fac
ulty and form the habit of reflection
than a year’s study in the school?
without them.—Coleridge.
Dress Your Chair
md Davenport Alike
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Pattern 6391.
Now you can make your chair
and davenport sets to match. And
they’re all in this simple crochet
that works up so quickly. The
davenport head rest is made of
two chair backs joined with the
border crocheted around the three
sides. You’ll be proud of these
matched sets! Pattern 6391 con
tains directions for making the
set; illustrations of it and of
stitches; materials needed.
To obtain this pattern, send 15
cents in coins to The Sewing
Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259
W. 14th St., New York.
Please write your name, ad
dress and pattern number plainly.
GOOD FOR
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Thousands take Grove’s Tasteless
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children take it without a whimper.
Don’t suffer! At first sign of Ma
laria, take Grove’s Tasteless Chill
Tonic. At all drugstores. Buy die
large size as it gives you much
more for your money.
Man’s Birthright
Freedom is the birthright of
man; it belongs to him by right of
his humanity, in so far as this
consists with every other person’s
freedom.—Kant.
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Unforgiving
He who cannot forgive others
breaks the bridge over which he
must pass himself, for we all need
to be forgiven.—Lord Herbert.
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