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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1941 direrj indie istorical |tWNU Sfi-vic,I Notes of a New Yorker: After all of George Jean Nathan's work and struggle for recognition, his home burg, Fort Wayne, Ind., erected a plaque to a movie gal named Jane Peters (Carole Lom bard) . . . Gary Cooper stands a fine chance of copping the Academy Award this time for his tip-top per formance in “Sgt. York” . . . When Gary was a student at Grinnell Col lege, Iowa, he applied for member ship in the dramatic society there and was spurned because, they said, he couldn’t act . . . Back from vacationing in the Catskills, a Broad- wayite enthused about the rural sec tor . . . “So peaceful!” he raved. “Every night you’re lulled to sleep by the chirping of crickets, the croaking of frogs, and the ripple of the borscht!” . . . New York is like this: In the office building at 515 Madison Avenue the tenants include the America First Committee and the R.A.F. Benevolent Society. ■ • • • — Louis Fischer in his book recalls one of Goebbels’ quotes which is probably choking Berlin’s lyingest midget by now: “Whoever treats with Bolshevism will end by being devoured by it” . . . The gag in Rumania, they tell you, goes this way: “Ever since we joined the Axis we are getting food like Ger many’s—earthquakes like Japan’s, and an army like Italy’s!” • • • • — Comforting Thought for the Draft ed: The Commander-in-Chief wants them to stay in an army camp for another year so that their families will never be shoved into a concen tration camp forever. • • • — Ray Clapper, the columnist, ex hibited some of the abusive and stupid letters he gets from Lind- berghers . . . Clapper pointed out that abuse has replaced reason in the minds of those people . . . All of which is a new way of spelling crackpots . . . But get this irony. Those who submit vile letters are the ones who yelp that their heroes are being smeared . . . Hitler claims he is fighting a religious war against the Russians “who do not recognize any church” . . . That’s a cinch to debunk . . . Every time Hitler’s air force recognized a church in England—they bombed it. • • • — The Yoo-hoo incident between Lieut.-General Lear and troopstrain ing in Tennessee has aroused na tional controversy. Many take the side of the General, claiming that discipline is more important than the soldiers’ sore feet (from march ing 15 miles in a 97 degree heat as punishment for flirting with some girl golfers) ... On the other hand, many think the punishment too se vere. The following story is offered to show that not all officers are starchy. On a dark, rainy night, out from the front lines of Verdun a water- soaked, mud-caked group 6f Amer ican doughboys trudged in the French mud ... At ease for a mo ment one of them approached an officer in the darkness . . “Ex cuse me, Sir, have you a cigarette?” . . . “Certainly, son,” was the an swer ... As file doughboy lit up his cigarette the match revealed the face of General Pershing. ’“General Pershing!”, said the sol dier. “Yes, son,” replied the general, “you took an awful chance. I might have been a second lieutenant!” • • • — A London arrival (via clipper) brought a half dozen lemons—Which is practically the same as a million dollars right now . . . The boys at the Savoy were smacking their lips over the thought of a lemon in their cocktails, when they discov ered that Kathleen Harriman, daughter of Averill, had used the precious lemons for a rinse! • • • — Typewriter Ribbons: Nate Col lier: No horse can go as fast as the money you bet on him . . . Punch: His desire was nipped in the budget . . . Ed Howe: A good scare is worth more to a man than good ad vice . . . Lyman Beecher: Elo quence is logic on fire . . . Abe Martin: Hain’t it a relief when a clerk finally admits he hain’t got what you want? . . . Anon: You could tell the show’s goose was cooked as soon as the audience started roasting . . The Brandon Sun: Only two classes of people fall for flattery—men and women . . . Jack Warwick: Many things can happen while the experts are making wrong guesses . . . George Bernard Shaw: In Heaven an an gel is nobody in particular . . . Dolores Anderson: Everything in Hollywood is real—except the peo ple. • • • — When the White House sent some of the secretarial staff in a White House car to the funeral of Louis Howe’s sec’y at Asheville, N. C., the car was barred from the pro cession because it did not have a union driver . . “Any three-card- Monte player will tell you,” Howard Whitman declares in Coronet, “that good, simple, honest people make the best suckers” . . . Smarter crooks will tell you different . . . The ripest sucker is a chump with a taint of larceny, and he’s in variably hooked. by Cltfus Scott Walla*. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Peacetime Hero np HE recent petition of the Ameri- can Humane association to Pres ident Roosevelt and Postmaster General Frank Walker to issue a special stamp this year in honor of Henry Bergh has made many Amer icans aware, for the first time, of the services of one of those “peace time heroes” who are all-too-often unhonored and unsung. For Henry Bergh was the founder of two great agencies for relieving distress—the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children—both of which were pioneers in their fields. Bergh was born in New York city in 1823, the son of a ship-builder who died in 1843, leaving the fortune which he had made in the service of the government to his three chil dren. Young Henry Bergh entered Columbia college but before finish ing his education there went to Eu rope where he remained for five years. In 1862 President Lincoln and Sec retary of State Seward appointed him secretary of the legation at St. Petersburg and acting vice-consul. But the severity of the climate forced him to resign in 1864 and he spent the next two years traveling on the continent and in the Orient. The cruel treatment of their live stock by the peasants of many of the countries which Bergh visited By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) T HE “Bahama Passage" troupe won’t soon forget that picture. They journeyed to Nas sau and began work in the mid dle of May at Salt Cay, a deso late island nearby. After tnat they worked on other islands, in caves and finally some of them worked under water. Edward Griffith, producer and director, hied himself to a submerged wreck and went down in a diving bell to officiate while scenes were made of Madeleine Carroll and Stirling Hay den (we’re assured that they didn’t use doubles!) diving down 18 feet to the ocean floor. Shooting the under-water scenes was no small task; it took more than a day to set up the heavy Techni color camera inside the diving bell. & Fourteen-year-old Stanley Clem ents has already retired twice. A Major Bowes dis covery, he landed an engagement with a theater manager in Chicago; home sickness ended it, and he went home m to New York. A few Hi days later* he re- turned to Chicago— and a strep infec tion sent him home once more. Then he landed in the mov ies—in “Tall, Dark and Handsome,” “Accent on Love” and now in Met ro’s “Down in San Diego.” He’s won his success in “toughie” roles, but he still has to fight against homesickness! * Stanley Clements sickened him and he resolved to de vote his life to the interests of dumb animals. When he returned to his native land, he discovered that there was plenty of cruelty to animals here, too, so he began his crusade—in the streets, in the court room and be fore the New York state legislature. He encountered great difficulty in rallying the public to his cause but, alone and in the face of ridicule and even active opposition from men who loudly asserted their “right to treat their property any way they chose,” he persisted on his course. Finally the legislature passed a law, governing the treatment of ani mals, which he had prepared, and on April 10, 1866, Bergh organized and became the first president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to carry on his humanitarian work on a nation-wide scale. In 1871 Louis Bonard, a wealthy Frenchman, who lived in great simplicity in New York, died and left $150,000 to the society which facilitated its work. Soon afterwards the attorney general authorized Bergh to represent him in all cases pertaining to cruelty to animals and with this official indorsement of his society, Bergh started out on a lec ture tour in the West which resulted in the organization of similar so cieties in other states. In 1874 Bergh’s attention was drawn to the case of a little girl who had been inhumanely treated by . her parents and this resulted in the founding, with the aid of El- bridge T. Gerry and others, of the New York Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Children. This was the first organization of its kind in the world and it was the fore runner of an international move ment to protect unfortunate chil dren. From his crusades have grown the modern licensing system for pets which requires owners to care for them, and dispose of them merci fully and at the same time provide revenue for cities and towns having such a system. He encouraged the education of children in kindness to animals and the building of animal shelters and hospitals, such as are found in thousands of cities through out the country. * * • Bergh’s work also had far-reach ing results in matters of health. He was responsible for the first fight for clean milk, and the society which he founded still has something to say about the purity of milk. It also looks after the transportation of cat tle intended for market and it fixes the times and manner of slaughter ing animals for food. In the matter of contribution to the health of our nation alone, it is difficult to esti mate the importance of the pioneer work of this “peacetime hero.” With “The Reluctant Dragon” re leased at last, Walt Disney has his next full-length feature production practically completed. It’s “Dumbo of the Circus,” and stars a baby elephant who becomes the world’s greatest circus performer because he can fly. It set a record—the en tire picture was wound up in a year and a half, instead of the usual two and one-half to three years de voted to previous full-length Disney pictures. —*— Have you been listening to Guy Lombardo’s new Saturday evening program? He and his Royal Canadi ans have won no end of popularity contests, so prob ably you’ve had them on your list of broadcasts that you want to hear since they began this se ries on August 2. Guy plans to intro duce at least one new number week ly which he expects to be “the hit of tomorrow.” * While Paramount’s testing to find the right actress for the role of “Maria” in “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” Ernest Hemingway, the au thor, cabled from Cuba that he’s found the perfect solution. She’s 'a Russian-Spanish girl who looks ex actly like the heroine. * If Raymond Massey didn’t look so much like Abraham Lincoln he wouldn’t have to wear a false nose. He wears it in the new DeMille picture, “Reap the Wild Wind:” He i plays a deep-dyed villain, but he wears the same kind of clothes he’s | worn when he played Lincoln, and all of us have grown accustomed to thinking of Lincoln when we see him in clothes like that. So—he’s wearing a pointed extension on his nose, to make him look properly sin ister. ; * Guy Lombard* 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 August 17 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. PETER ENCOURAGES SUFFER ING CHRISTIANS LESSON TEXT—I Peter 4:12-19; 5:6-11. GOLDEN TEXT—If any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.—I Peter 4:16. The announcement that Frank Capra and Robert Riskin, his writ ing partner, would handle the screen version of “Arsenic and Old Lace” for Warner Bros, assured the pub lic that the picture will be a good one. The sum of $175,000 was paid for the motion picture rights to this very successful and hilarious stage success, in which Boris Karloff re- ; turned to the stage. * Remember Singin’ Sam? You should, though he’s one of radio’s most unpublicized stars. He’s been on the air for 14 years, and his re corded programs are heard on more stations than any other program in America. In fact, it’s estimated that he has more listeners than Jack Benny—about 8,000,000 a day, the year round; his “Refreshment Time” is heard over 227 stations daily. * ODDS AND ENDS—Gene Autrey’s signed to appear in the autumn at the two biggest rodeos—in New York and in Boston . . . Al Pearce and his gang, who return to the air waves in October, will be starred in a feature film by Republic Studios...John Garfield violently objected to appearing in “New Orleans Blues," but made up with the studio when he was as signed to “Bridges Are Built at Nighf' . . . Richard Arlen's starring in a series of three aviation pictures for Paramount re lease . . . And Chester Morris in three mysteries . . . Maureen O’Sullivan and Johnny Weismuller are housekeeping in a tree again, for their new “Tarzan" pio lure. “Sweet are the uses of adversity” —so says the poet, and it is true that God is able to make even the sufferings of man a source of bless ing and an occasion for joy, “if a man suffer as a Christian” (I Pet. 4:16). In a world where sorrow and suffering have been heaped high by man’s inhumanity to man, it is indeed appropriate that we tnink of the encouragement which God’s Word gives to those who are in distress. There are many helpful Scripture passages on this point, those before us today being from the writings of Peter to the Jews of the disper sion. Scattered abroad and no more under the guiding and protecting hand of Paul, Luke and the others, they were undergoing severe per secution for Christ’s sake. Some were apparently disturbed by their trials, and Peter tells them that persecution should bring I. No Surprise (4:12). We ought to expect trials in this world; yes, severe fiery trials. Such things are common to all mankind, and the Christian should not expect to escape. To them, such trials are real tests of their faith, an oppor tunity to show to the unbelieving world that God is able to deliver those who put their trust in Him! To be forewarned is to be fore armed. “Think it not strange con cerning the fiery trial.” II. No Shame (4:13-16). There are two senses in which the Christian is to be unashamed in the midst of suffering. In the first instance, he is not to be ashamed of the trial itself if he bears it for Christ's sake, for he is thus sharing Christ’s sufferings. We cannot share in his substitutionary and sacrificial suffering on Calvary, but we can stand with Him who was indeed “a man of sorrows, and ac quainted with grief” (Isa. 53:3). In the second place, he is not to do anything which would justify others in making him suffer. It is a dis grace, a shame which injures the cause of Christ, when a believer has to suffer because he has broken the law, or because he is “a busy body (R. V. “meddler”) in other men’s matters.” If you pry into oth ers’ affairs, expect to have your fingers stepped on, and don’t expect God to deliver you out of it or honor you in that kind of suffering. III. No Escape (4:17-19). If the righteous find the difficul ties and temptations in their way to be like fiery trials, if those who have the blessed presence of Christ to cheer and to guide them find it difficult at times to make their way through sorrow and sadness, what will the unbeliever do? Does he think that he shall escape? Surely not—and there is yet that day ahead when the believer shall enter into eternal peace, where sor row and suffering shall be no more. Where will the unbeliever be in that day? IV. No Worry (5:6, 7). “Put care into Christ’s bag,” said George Herbert. “Treat your cares as you treat your sins. Hand them over to Jesus one by one as they occur, commit them to Him” (F. B. Meyer). He really cares about you—believe it and act upon it. 1 The cure for all worry is right there, but even as it is true that the meek shall “inherit the earth” (Matt. 5:5), so it is true that only the humble are ready to cast their cares on the Lord. “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble . . . Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up” (James 4:6, 10). V. No Wavering (5:8-11). “Steady, perfected and established in Christ, strengthened by His grace, sure of the eternal call, and with the eye of faith on the glory to come, such is the man who is able and ready to successfully meet the devil when, like a roaring lion, he seeks to disturb and devour God’s people. Satan is busy in our day. Dr. Wil bur M. Smith says: “It is admitted everywhere by outstanding Chris tian leaders, in every sphere of life today, that there has never been a time, at least in our generation, when the temptations of Satan have been so fierce, so frequent, so con stant, as just now. What Satan wants to do is to destroy the testimony of God’s people, to take them out of places of power and influence for 1 the gospel, to rob them of that joy, and victory, and power, by which, through their labors, others will be brought to confess the Lord Jesus Christ. Christian people today who are conscious of being fiercely as sailed by evil ought not to be alarmed, but should realize that this experience of theirs is general, everywhere, of true believers, and that there is sufficient grace for ev ery need in such dreadful times as these.” .. 4 1 L i r t ¥' w- Y/' OU’LL find an apron like this 1 is a valuable kitchen helper I So easy to slip on and adjust by the buttons on the shoulder, and it covers your frock completely. 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