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By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
I Parables in the Bible. r
: Lesson for Nor ember 28: Mat-
tbevr 13:31-33. 44-46; Luke 15:3-10.
' Memory Selection: John 7:46.
the disciples asked 'Jesus
why he spokeid parables, he re
eled that he dM so tbsit the-people
might better understand his teach-
The parable is * narrative of
supposed events, att ’ of which
•\ come within the image of preb-
• ability. It is used* iUnstrste
’• spiritual truth. Today, in the
lesson teat, we ntttlw several
V• of these- parables. •; .V '
- The first two illustrats the growth
of the Kingdom of Odd—slow but
sure. The mustard plantgrows from
A tiny seed Into a great : shrub. The
leaven In three measures Of meal in
tims leavens the whole of the meal.
The next two piraUee show the
importance of the kingdom—illus
trated by two treasure huntere—the
man who sold all tAdt he had to
buy a field that contained a great
treasure, and the merchant who gave
an his possessions for one splendid
pearL w’
. The two parables that follow con
cern a hunt for lost things—the
straying sheep, and the lost coin.
These parables show the infinite
worth that God places upon every
man. There is Joy in heaven among
the angels of God over one sinner
that repents.
Two things impress us in the les
son. First, that the kingdom grows
from more to more, and that we
should never lose heart in trying
to promote the good. Second, we
ahould rejoice that God looks upon
each of us as infinitely precious. Let
us increase our efforts in Christian
work, because of its precious object.
OiiS
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ry HELEN HALE
I F you place potatoes in muffin tins
for br.dng, it will fee easy to move
them around in the oven and pfc the
same time prevent phoning your
fingers. % ', -/•'
When you candy street potatoes
or carrots, heat the pdn In, which
they are to. bake before addfqg the
sugar Mixture. The pan will be much
easier to wash afterwards. ‘
TouT find that, heavy canvas
glor^i are much mere handy than
pot holders when working around
the range. . - f ; ’ •* .
The greasiest frying pans wash
like magic if you place s spoonful
or two of soap powder in them and
add some water. Simmer for a few
minutes, whisk around the sides with
a brush, rinse ahd dry. â– 
RECITE OF THE WEEK
Butterscotch Cookies
(Makes 30 squares}
% cup butter
2% cups Lark brown sugar
3 cyg8, beaten J
2=54 cups Sour _ -
2Mi teaspoons baking penraer
^ tesrpoon salt .
1 (4 cups pecans, floured .
Melt the butter; blend in sugar.
Add egjs and mix thoroughly. Let
stand until thoroughly cool. Add
dry ingredients which have been
sifted together; fold in pecans.
Spread in a greased pan, like
brownies, and bake in a moderate
(350° F.) oven for 25 to 30 min
utes. Cut in squares while warm.
Before placing fresh cakes on a
; plate, dust the plate lightly with
< sugar and the cake won’t stick.
, Empty salt cartons with spouts are
^ handy to have for keeping bread
- and cracker crumbs. Fill them with
i a funnel placed right in the spout.
Lettuce is easily freshened by plac-
< ing in a bowl of cold water. Sprinkle
' with lemon Juice and let stand a
I few minutes.
Prunes take on extra flavor when
j they’re cooked in fruit Juice. Save
\ juices from canned fruits and use
; these for cooking or soaking them.
, You’ll be saving vitamins, too, by
j using these fruit Juices.
Olive oil will not tarn rancid after
being opened if you place a lump
of sugar in H. One lump per pint
! is all the sugar you’ll need.
.* For crisp waffles, use water bo
i place of milk as the liquid.
M
ON BEING A SINCERE FRIEND
ISS HELEN GILMARTIN, 5050 Meadowbrook Drive,
Fort Worth, Texas, says that she learned all of a sudden*
one evening that to become genuinely interested in other people
produces the happiest feeling one can experi
ence. ,•
“But,” she says, “it must be genuine in- L
terest in someone else, and not a-desire to >>
get something out of it for yourself. That ;)
. other person will sense any surface-coat ||
interest and it will be of no avail/* *f
• j
How did she learn ? In a way that comes up.
in the life of all of us practically every day. I
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D. Carnegie She was a student at Texas Wesleyan Col-^
. lege when a young boy from New Zealand en-.
rolled. He was at once classed as “different” than which among
the *young and inexperienced there seems to be no greater
^calamity. He was far from home and friends and no one ex-:
tended a' friendly hand. He had sad and forlorn mannerisms,
♦
was lost in a new world of strange faces and cold hearts. Yes, '
our colleges are like that; I’ve seen many similar instances. ^
... 'I Miss Gilmartin’s sympathy was aroused so when Sadie
Hawkins Day came—when the girls reversed, the custom and
showered attention on the boys-—she decided to do something.-
» about the strange and lonely lafd.‘She had heard someone say,
-that he did song and dance numbers back home. When she*
saw that he was taking no part in the activities, she spoke to
. the program director about him with the result that he was *
• asked to do a number. WhHe on the stage he seemed trans-,
formed, and the applause he got made him actually enjoy
. himself. The next day Miss Gilmartin complimented him on
* his performance; she noticed, too, that others spoke to him.
I From that day on she did what she could for the boy, often
' without his knowledge, and she found her own life * fuller,
richer, happier because of helping someone else.
Why don’t you look around and prove to yourself that
Miss Gilmertins method will work. Countless people have
learned the value of taking an interest in others with no
thought of personal reward. But the reward comes, in its*
own wav- ,
Parenthood
BY / |
MRS. CATHERINE CONRAD EDWARDS j
Asiociat* f£tor, faiMlt’ Magazine
D ANCING lessons used to be con
sidered punishment by little
boys, but the youngsters we know to
day welcome learning to dance as
gay and exciting. This is probably
because the emphasis now is on fun,
where it used to be on decorum and
manners. The present dividend is,
that poise and a certain amount of
social grace are bound to result even
when rhythm and Joyousness are
stressed. . •
With the approaching holidays,
now would be a good time to provide
dancing lessons for boys and girls
who are having their first real social
engagements this year. For it is
really agony for a young person to
find himself on a waxed floor with
a partner if he has never learned
his way around a ballroom.
Bui as a long term project,
learning to dance should begin
v>«n the child is about five or
six, or whenever he begins to
step around in time to music.
This can be encouraged by
• mother and father dancing in
the living room to radio or phon
ograph music, while the children
try to imitate them. Then when
the youngsters acquire steadiness
and the ability to follow the
rhythm, mother and dad can
each take on a small partner
and begin to teach the first sim
ple dance steps.
Parents are apt to think that
dancing lessons mean tap and ballet
and learning other skills which they
are quite certain their children will
never use. But no less an expert them
Fred Astaire says that children ben
efit more from being taught ballroom
dancing. If a talent for more pro
fessional types of dancing becomes
evident, instruction in these can fol
low. One early advantage c* ballroom
danciiig Is that it helps a child
achieve good posture. The correct
dancing position requires a lifted
head, straightened shoulders and a
flat diaphragm, which are also the
basis of good carriage.
Another necessary adjunct of
grace is to learn to be light on the
feet. Though most children start
dancing flat-footed, gradually you
can teach them to keep their heels
off the floor. They will also find that
it is easier to balance if they press
the floor with the two outside toes
of each foot.
Teaching rhythm, of course, comes
first of all. Some children seem to be
bom with, it, some never acquire a
perfect sense of timing, but most
every child can learn to recognize
and keep time to familiar dance
beats. Begin by teaching the baby to
pat-a-cake to music, then bring the
feet into the game when the child’s
legs reach the floor so he can tap
out the beat. Vaiy the type of music
— marches, tangoes, but always
something lively, for it takes a dis
ciplined sense of rhythm to follow a
slow movement.
1. —On Nov. 10 the U. S. Marine Corps celebrated a birthday. The
Marines have a glorious record of achievement which began when they
were organized (a) 50, (b) 100, (c) 173 years ago.
2. —The man who issued the first Thanksgiving Proclamation was
(a) President Washington, (b) William Pemj, (c) William Bradford.
3. —The Detroit Tigers recently lost their manager. The name of
the dismissed pilot is (a) Stave O’Neill, (b) Bucky Harris, (c) Billy
Evans.
4. —Chiang Kai-shek has warned China to be prepared for (a) 8,
(b) 6, (c) 3 more years of war against the Reds.
5. —The next national census will not be taken until (a) 1950, (b)
1954, (c) 1949.
__ ANSWERS
1 .—(t) 173 r*M ago. - I
2. —(c) William Bradford, Go rant©r of Plymouth colony ,
3. —(a) Steva O’Naill.
4. — (a) Eight more yaara of war.
3.—(a) 1930. - — :
O NE" minute, please! Before you
•tart to carve that bird let’s find
out how much the family knows
about Thanksgiving.
> Do they know that the Pilgrims of
Plymouth spent just as much time
having fun at Thanksgiving as they
did adjusting their halos and pray
ing In church?
The original 1621 Pilgrim Thanks
giving was a three-day celebration.
After religious services the Plymouth
folk cavorted with 90 Indians, head
ed by Maasasoit, In all sorts of
games, sporta^and -contests, and ate
five deer killed for the occasion.
They also feasted on wild turkey,
whence comes our custom of having
turkey for Thanksgiving.
The first national Thanksgiv
ing Day proclamation was issued
by George Washington on Oct.
3, 1789.
Thanksgiving has been observed
on many different dates. Lincoln
once named Aug. 6 as a day of
Thanksgiving. In 1865, President
Johnson delayed the day until* Dec.
6. President Roosevelt tried to es
tablish Thanksgiving on the third
Thursday In November. This was to
help business by lengthening the
pre-Christmas shopping period. How
ever, the American people seem to
prefer the last Thursday of No
vember. .
The turkey, almost alone of
the domesticated animals and
fowls we eat. Is as purely Amer- >
lean as a homecoming football
game or Old Man River. The *
Spaniards found her long before :
the Pilgrims sailed, and took him *
back to Europe where he rivals ;
the roast beef of England and
the Continent's goose as a holi
day dish.
If you want to get your Thanks
giving bird the hard way, like the
Pilgrims did, check up on your state
game laws. You may live in one .of
the 17 states where wild turkeys may
be hunted. A dozen of them have
open seasons at Thanksgiving time—
or near enough to enable a good
hunter to have a bird in the icebox
for the traditional feast.
iZKW.J
WHAT YEAR IS THIS? . . . Remember “Home Run” Baker? That's a long time ago. Let’s look at the rest f
of the lineup in the dugout. From the left, seated, are Baker, Eddie Rommel, another old time Athletic *
player; Howard Ehmke, Lefty Grove, Connie Mack, Big Chief George Bender, Hans Lobert and Otto ?
Knabe, former infieluer with the A’s.* Connie got together with his former players in a party in his honor -
at which a premature birthday cake was presented. He will be 86 Dec. 23.
NORTHERN BEAUTY
This
Eskimo maid is an example of
what years of good teaching and
good influence can do for the na
tives of the bleak land that has
now become an important Ameri
can frontier. She is from Savoonga,
Alaska. _
DISC JOCKEY . . . Music while you work. This is the way Dutch disc
jockeys earn a living in Holland. This Amsterdam chap keeps turning
a wheel and that makes the music. There’s a full complement of band
instruments inside. Passers and housewives donate pennies to the
“Disc Jockey.” The music that comes from this contraption isn’t swing,
jam or jivj, but it sounds just as bad. _ ...