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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1939
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
N EW YORK.—In more than four
decades, Louis M. Eilshemius
made 5,000 paintings and drawings
and never made a cent out of them.
’All Vanity’ Cries Now, three big
Painter a* Gold,
Garlands Arrive
galleries give
exhibitions of
his work. One
gallery is re
ported to have sold $150,000 worth
of his paintings. All his canvases
pre in demand at high prices.
But Mr. Eilshemius, an irasci
ble little man with a ragged
beard and a testy way of speak
ing, is bedridden in his gloomy,
gaslit old house in East Fifty-
seventh street, and he asks,
“What’s the good of the whole
damn thing?” He’s 75 years old.
He warned the world many
times that it was going hell-for-
leather down the skids, and now
he thinks it’s on the last stretch
of the greased chute, and noth
ing else matters—not even mon
ey and fame. "
The late Ralph Blakelock lost his
mind after years of failure to stir
critical or popular interest in his
work. He was hailed as a great
painter, and his pictures were
bought by great galleries when he
no longer knew or cared about money
or recognition. There is an inter
esting parallel between his career
and that of Mr. Eilshemius, although
the latter is still bright and smart
as a chipmunk.
But he won’t even look out of
his narrow bedroom window. He
wants no outlook on a world
turning itself into a madhouse.
Pictures on the floor, covered
with dust and cobwebs, may be
worth a fortune, pictures of
moods, dreams and memories,
but that doesn't interest him.
He had renounced the “pomps
and vanities of this wicked
world” long before it beat a
path to his door.
The parallel between Blakelock
and Eilshemius is also marked by
the amazing diversity of their tal
ents. Blakelock, the son of a physi
cian, was trained in medicine, gifted
BeMf Blakelock music and
in Diversity of
Achievements
almost made a
career of the
piano and mu
sical composi
tion. Eilshemius has composed a
small library of songs, operas and
etudes and used to give piano con
certs in his youth. He painted fe
verishly for 46 years, quitting in 1922
when hone would buy his pictures
and no galleries hang them. But,
in his .varied abilities, he far out
shone ’Blakelock. Here are a few
of his • achievements:
When he was a student at Cornell
university, he discovered a new spe
cies of ichneumon fly. Later he an
nounced a new law governing the
“ramification of trees.*’
, He wrote somewhat more than 50
volumes of plays, novels, novelettes,
essays--and verse. The verse, By-
ronic in tone, was written in Eng
lish, French, German, Italian and
Spanish. He published them him
self and, like his pictures, they gath
ered only cobwebs and dust.
He invented a new kind of “mag
ic” indelible ink and several studio
devices for artists.
He explored various diseases and
offered methods of therapy.
He was born in Laurel Hill, N. J.,
near Newark, the son of a wealthy
glove manufacturer. He attended!
Cornell two years and was a room
mate of Robert W. Chambers in
Paris when they were studying art
under Bougereau.
His is a blue-book family of
Batch antecedents, and his name
is there inscribed, but that inter
ests him no more than the hang
ing of his pictures in the Metro
politan, the Luxembourg and the
Whitney galleries.
I N HIS book, “Dynamite,” Louis
Adamic says the Los Angeles
Times explosion of 1910 forever end
ed militancy in the American labor
—. r> i movement. In
Times Explosion
Put an End to
Labor Militancy
sentenced to prison terms on
charges growing out of the Buck
stove case. This was lost in the
shuffle, with the dynamiting excite
ment. The terms were never served.
Thereafter neither Gompers nor
Morrison was militant. Currently,
Mr. Morrison, the highly esteemed
secretary-treasurer and conserva
tive elder statesman of the A. F. of
L. retires from office, after 43 years
in that post. He will be 80 years old
next month.
A native of Frankton, Ont., he is
a doctor of laws of Lake Forest uni
versity. He entered law practice,
but turned to the printing trade and
became a member of the Typograph
ical union in 1873. He is a member
of the executive council of the
Churches of Christ in America.
(CoiMoIidated Features—WNU Service.)
that year Sam
uel Gompers
and Frank
Morrison were
Finland to Safeguard Hold on Aaland Islands
Thousands of tiny islands, some of them no more than reefs, make up the Baltic archipelago that shows
on .the map as the Finnish-controlled Aaland islands. Though Russia has not formally voiced demands that
it be allowed to establish a naval base on the islands, it is expected the request, when it comes, will be re
jected flatly by Finland. Rulers of the other three Nordic powers, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, met in
Sweden recently to study mutual war problems.
Anti-Gas Chemicals Help Safeguard Russian Sailors
Soviet Russia is busy whipping its fleet into the best possible shape, preparing for any eventuality.
Here hooded Russian sailors are pictured spreading anti-gas chemicals on the ship’s deck as they de-con
taminate the vessel. Wearing gas-resistant uniforms, the men spread powdered neutralizers on the deck while
others spray objects overhead with liquid neutralizers.
No Death Ray?
As Germany Faces Self-Encirclement
Only if the United States were at
tacked would Dr. Antonio Longoria
of Cleveland, Ohio, recreate his
“death ray” machine which he in
vented in 1934 and which he de
stroyed for humanitarian reasons.
He claims the ray killed by changing
red blood corpuscles to white.
Fooey to Herman
Edward Gohring of Rockford, HI.,
wishes nothing but bad luck to his
first cousin, German Field Marshal
Herman Goering, No. 2 Nazi. Here
Gohring views the field marshal’s
picture in his family album and ex
presses hit uncousinly attitude.
Fear of encirclement by foes self-avowedly led Adolf Hitler to his
policy of aggression. Now he himself has completed an iron ring around
the Reich. Figures 1, 2 and 3 show the new sphere of Soviet influence;
(4) Jugoslavia friendly to allies and close to Italy; (5) Italy has chilled
toward Berlin; (6) Switzerland is ready to fight to maintain neutrality;
(7, 8, 9 and 10) the western front, with Belgium and the Netherlands
rigidly neutral; (11) North sea blockade by Britain; (12) Scandinavian
countries neutral but friendly to allies.
Cell Mates Pray for Doomed Convict
Twenty-two convicts made history in Chicago’s Cook county jail wheL
they refused lunch and dinner as a last gesture to Steve Cygan, stand
ing in rear, doomed convict, who died a few hours later in the electric
chair. Instead of eating, the men prayed for their fellow convict.
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 November 5
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
RIGHTEOUSNESS IN
THE KINGDOM
LESSON TEXT—Matthew 5:17-20. 38-45;
6:1-4.
GOLDEN TEXT—Be ye therefore perfect,
even as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect.—Matthew 5:48.
“Righteousness in the kingdom,”
the title of our lesson, properly re
lates its teaching to the kingdom of
the Messiah which is to come on
the earth, and to the condition
which shall then prevail. At the
same time we agree with Dr. James
M. Gray that “it would be wrong to
press this too far and to say that
the Sermon on the Mount has no
application whatever to the Chris
tian church or the time in which
we live, for God is the same
through all dispensations and the
underlying principles of His govern
ment never change.”
Certainly it is true that if all of
the men and all of the nations of
the earth were on this Armistice
Sunday true followers of Christ and
ready to carry out the teachings of
this lesson, there would no longer
be any possibility of war. This
means that the best peace propa
ganda is the sending of missionaries
and teachers to all the earth to win
men to Christ.
Our lesson should be studied and
taught with great care lest we con
fuse morality with Christianity and
make it appear that men are justi
fied before God by their good works
rather than by their faith in Christ.
I. Christ Fulfills the Law (5:17-20).
The law of God is eternal, never
to be abrogated, never set aside.
Christ Himself, although we might
properly say that He was in reality
the Law-giVer and thus had power
and authority over the law, indicat
ed His purpose in coming to be that
of giving the law its full meaning,
not of destroying it. One could wish
that those who profess to be His
servants might have the same
measure of regard for God’s law.
If they did, they obviously would
not be so ready to ignore it, so
quick to change it or explain it
away, and far more ready to accept
with their Master every “jot and
tittle,” that is, even the minutest
detail of His Word.
Recognizing Christ as the fulfill
ment of the law should prepare
one to manifest obedience to every
moral precept through His grace
and by His strength. Certainly it
should not lead anyone to lawless
ness or carelessness regarding de
tails of the daily walk. Fellowship
with the Saviour should be revealed
in consistent living (v. 20).
II. Christ Explains the Law (5:
38-45).
Look at verses 21 to 37. , The
spirit of murder is anger (vv. 21,
22). A lustful look is adultery (vv.
27-30), and it is better to be blind
than to be guilty of it. Divorce is
linked very plainly with adultery
(vv. 31, 32). Swearing is forbidden
(vv. 33-37). Thus Christ Strips out
ward conformity to the law of its
apparent virtue and reveals that
with God it is the spirit that gives
meaning to the act.
He goes on to make plain that
God alone is wise enough to take
vengeance, that we ought never to
retaliate with evil for evil. Note
that verse 39 probably refers to an
insult rather than to physical vio
lence; that in verse 40 it is a ques
tion of a difference of opinion in
which the other man feels that he
has a legal right to your coat; and
that here, as in verses 41 and 42,
it is not a matter of letting a wicked
or scheming person defraud you of
your rights or property, but rather
of doing what is required of you in
an ungrudging spirit and of being
generous with others who are in
need. In Christ we are to be like
our heavenly Father and love our
enemies (vv. 43-45).
III. Christ Illustrates the Law (6:
1-4).
Possibly it would be more appro
priate for us to say that Christ here
illustrates the right and the wrong
way of fulfilling the law. How very
clear He makes it that the one who,
while ostensibly doing the will of
God, actually is seeking the recog
nition and glory of men has received
his full reward, for men have ap
plauded his act of generosity. The
transaction is complete and God has
nothing to do with it at all. On the
other hand, the one who gives in
the spirit of Christ, not wanting men
to know of his faithful stewardship
(v. 4), and in fact making no reck
oning of it himself (v. 3), may be
certain that he has a heavenly Fa
ther who takes careful account of
the loving deeds of His children and
who Will reward him, both in this
world and in the world to come.
Memories of Happy Days
Why is it that the memory of
some days in the past, unmarked
by any striking event, always come
to us like the breath of spring? It
may be that on those days, in re
ward for some forgotten act, God
drew us close to Him, and that we
absorbed something of His eternal
peace and happiness.
Knit Practical Blouse
Over One Week-End
Pattern 6478
For that college girl’s ward
robe! You can knit this blouse
over a week-end—it’s done on
huge needles with that popular
soft wool that’s heavier than can-
dlewick. The trimming—easy em
broidery in two colors. Pattern
6478 contains directions for blouse
and a plain skirt in sizes 12-14
and 16-18; illustration of it and
stitches; materials needed.
To obtain this pattern send 15
cents in coins to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept., 259 W.
Fourteenth St., New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, ad
dress and pattern number plainly.
Honored by Gems
Several kinds of gem stones
have been named after persons,
among them being the alexandrite,
which bears the name of the Rus
sian emperor, Alexander II (1818-
1881); the kunzite, which was
named after the American gem
expert, Dr. George F. Kunz (1856-
1932); and the morganite, which
was named in honor of the Ameri
can financier, J. P. Morgan Sr.
(1837-1913).—Collier’s.
Constipation Relief
That Also
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When constipation brings on acid indi
gestion, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated
tongue, sour taste, and bad breath, your
stomach is probably loaded up with cer
tain undigested food and your bowels don’t
move. So you need both Pepsin to help
break up fast that rich undigested food in
your stomach, and Laxative Senna to pull
the trigger on those lazy bowels. So be
sure your laxative also contains Pepsin.
Take Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative, because its
Syrup Pepsin helps you gain that won
derful stomach-relief, while the Laxative
Senna moves your bowels. Tests prove the
power of Pepsin to dissolve those lumps of
undigested protein food which may linger
in your stomach, to cause belching, gastric
acidity and nausea. This is how pepsin-
izing your stomach helps relieve it of such
distress. At the same time this medicine
wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your
bowels to relieve your constipation. So see
how much better you feel by taking the
laxative that also puts Pepsin to work on
that stomach discomfort, too. Even fin
icky children love to taste this pleasant
family laxative. Buy Dr. Caldwell’s Lax
ative-Senna with Syrup Pepsin at your
druggist today I
Past Lives On
The true past departs not. Noth-
! ing that was worthy in the past
departs — no truth or goodness
realized by man ever dies, or can
die.^-Carlyle.
Liberty’s Gift
'Tis liberty alone that gives the
flower of fleeting life its lustre and
perfume; and we are weeds with
out it.—Cowper.
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He that aids another, strength
ens more than one.—Lucy Lar-
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