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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20

ton.
PAUL'S STORY or Ills LIFE.
II Corinthians. H:2i-le;o.
~HIS .esson shows Us Pau In a
new piicsc. There is. as We
!:noJ,. a VAT difference between
the bTags2It- &c vain boaster-
who seeks to make The impress
SION that he il other and better than he
is. and tine Ss.f-reaTectiCs nan who Is
compelled TO defend himself from the ac-
cusations of his enemies. FaGl was never
without his enemies. Ills lie was 50
robie. SO fun Of sacrifice fog others. that
The narrow. TIE Ia. cenary 3..d selfish
with whom l.e came in contact We're I'M
able "a understand Linn. I las Paul's
Eini:tr! to the Corinthians was without
charge. His enemies pointcd to this as
proof OF his co:!scioG: GnuoTthiness. 1t
was an Old law, recognized and taught by
Paul himself in his first letter to the
Corirlnian cI.urcli. &c God had ordained
that t"ey which ireach the gospel
should ike ~ 20 sos0el. why did lie re-
fuse al c"mi eRs;;tion:
Trey sought IT, ,i:!Ie, mine the faith OF
the CORN Liam Chris ans ~ PaCI and
thas destroy his work :l,..ci;S chem. They
contTaSted Pans colirs,, with tGcir own.
They observed the la and t!Ils gave
proof OF the -eluircEt =: -: "i2irls.
while Pauis refusal 20 accept reI..unera-
ton for his service was loof Of the
falseness of his claim to i'c apostle
This was not the whole of their Conten-
ton. but it illustrates their methods.
Their one purpose was To destroy the in
fiuence of Paul In the city Of Corinth.
But this meant the destruction of the
church in that city. Paul Was thorough
ly aroused. This lesson Is his reply to
their malicious accusations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20

Western Presbyterian.

The Young Peoples Society of the
Western Presbyterian Church has elected
the following officers and
q =: :; !: 6: !:
Mary l.. Johnston: CORE
spending secretary Miss Mary E Smith:
treasurer Miss Mabel Z. Stuard: dele
gate to the Christian Endeavor Union,
Mrs. Jennie Lowe. Committee chairmen:
Lookout. Anthony Termeer; prayer meet
ing Miss Lucy Mckim; social, Mrs.
James III. Beattie; missionary, w. II. II.
Smith; music Miss Lena Sutton; flower,
Mrs. Lulu Coburn; calling, Mrs. w. S.
armstrong: good literature, Miss Sophie
Pearson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20
Applied Truth.

Some ore has said that religion may be
compared TO one of those great italian
city churches. which are left outwardIy
bare and gloomy, while inside they are
filled with all the treasures Of art Tn
til the threshold is crossed, the heavy
curtain pushed aside and the sacred pave
ment trod the beauty OF the sculptured
column. the mural frescoes and the jew
eled altarpieces are unseen. Unless we
draw near to God we cannot behold the
beauty and joy that are in Him, which
will kindle our own love and JOY.
woman named Nine. De krudener
WHO had spent her life thus far in a
round of gay worldly pleasures, was
suddenly seized with deep elancholy
which nothing seemed able to break One
day her shoemaker came to take some
measurements for an order and as she
looked at his face she saw a great joy
written there. She asked him il he was
happy and he replied: Madame | am
the happiest OF men Then lie told her
what Christ was to him. ana she could
not rest until she. too. knew the joy OF
companionship with Jesus. She after
ward became great power in leading
others to Christ. A heart filled with
Jesus has praise constantly upon the
lips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20

n BIG missionary rally will be
~ held by the Epworth League
~ members of the Washington
"A district in Metropolitan Memo
rial NJ L. Church tomorrow aft
crpoo,, a, :. o'clock splendid program
has been arranged and the exercises
rromise to be largely attended.
Methodist Missions in the Philippine
Islands will be the theme of the rally.
Rev. &. o. Peterson. the Methodist mis-
sionary located at Vigan. Philippine Is
lands. and surrounding territory. will be
the speaker at the rally. He is native
of Kansas and has been the superinten-
dent Of the American and native preach
ers and teachers I'm Givan and vicinity,
numbering upward of fifty, for the pas
several years. He will tell the Washing
ton Leaguers of the progress of Chris
,ianity I'm the islands. OF special inter-
est in this connection is the fact that the
Epworth Leagues of Washington are now
raising a fund. nearly all of which ,.as
been paid. for the erection of a church
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20

BY Grace Livine.ton Till Lrtz.
THE BLESSING OF \ THANH
HEART" Nehemiah. SSH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20

The Young Peoples Society OF tn
Western Presbyterian Church has electe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20

Here I can firmly rest:
dare TO boast Of this.
That God. the highest and the best,
Ny Friend and Father is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20

HAT a Thanksgiving day was
that, that began with tears
and mourning. Perhaps more
of our days would turn out
10 he days of Thanksgiving If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07
SAVINGS BANK
 LIFE INSURANCE
HOW THE. PLAN IN MASSAcHU- SETTS IS WORKING oUT-EV- FRY MAN MAY PROVIDE HIS OWN OLD AGE PENSION.
The Massachusetts plan of savings bank

The Massachusetts plan of savings bank life insurance and old age. pensions. is- sued to wage earners at actual cost, Is working itself out to the great satisfac- 1ion of its enthusiastic advocates AL Though the acceptance of a new prin- ciple of insurance cannot be universal all at once so many savings bank policies and annuity contracts have already been written that there is now no question re- garding the success of the scheme, which has been commended for national adop ton b ythe American Federation of La bor in it's Denver convention and by Pres ident Roosevelt in his annual message to Congress.
 That the legislature of the Bay State in 1907 passed a measure permitting sav ings banks to establish insurance depart ment and to issue industrial life insur- ance policies not to exceed $500 and old age annuities not to exceed s200 on the life of a single citizen is generally known. The law went into effect No vember 1, 1907, but because of the new ness of the idea and the many details that had to be administered, the states part of the work was not in readiness un- til the summer of 1908. By that time standard forms of policies with rates based upon the bare cost of the insur- anee and with provisions for return of any profits accruing had been carefully worked out by the state actuary, Robert son G. Hunter Two savings banks stood ready to try the experiment. These were the Whitman Savings bank and the Peoples Savings bank of Brocton, of which former Governor William l.. Douglas, the well known shoe manufac- turer, is president. Several other savings banks, although unwilling for the pres ent to raise the $25.0O0 guaranty fund re- quired by law, agreed to act as agents of these two banks. Applications for ap- pointment agencies were also received last fall and early this winter from many welfare institutions department stores manufacturing concerns and labor unions More than SO agencies at the present time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07

are offering the new facilities to the pub lie in various parts of the state.
 There has been no rush among work CTS for the savings bank policies, for certain amount of education Is required to accustom people to look out for their own protection instead of being leased into it by life insurance agents.
 Yet the total result has been highly en- couraging to the judgment of those who have believed that industrious and thrifty workers would respond to the advantages of insurance that costs very much less than that of a similar kind sold by the insurance companies doing an industrial business, and to opportunities for old age annuities on an easy payment plan which have never before been presented in this country. In some of the leading shoe factories of the state from 20 to 60 per cent of all the employees have taken out some form of savings bank insurance. Excellent results are also being reached in Boston depa rtment stores. The chance by personal initiative to secure a old age pension of s200 year is appealing to many salaried people. so that annuities are being bought extensively
 That the need of, adopting any socalistic system of old age pensions will be re- moved by the operation of the voluntary pension scheme in Massachusetts is one of the hopes of the leaders of the move ment who believe that the more Ameri- can way to solve such difficulties as England is attempting to solve by pen sions supported out of taxation is for each individual to charge the cost of pro viding for his own support in old age against the living wage"
 The reports of business. written, as turned in at the office of the state actu- ary 161 Devonshire street. Boston, in dlcated a steady normal growth from week to week.
 On the principle that every kind of sound insurance helps every other kind of sound insurance the life insurance com. panies doing business on an economical basis are not being injured by the com petition which the savings banks have started. It is already evident that the total result will be the writing of larger amounts of insurance than ever before and the growth of a public demand for forms of insurance-such as the voluntary old age pension and unemployment in surance-that have not been particularly prominent in American industrial life heretofore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07
siar levant, with illustrations and deco rative rubricated page borders.

rative rubricated page borders
 "The Passing of the Tariff" by Ray
 mond l.. Bridgman. Sherman, French &
 Co.)
 In view of the economic restlessness concerning present high tariff duties and their possible early reduction by Con- gress or not, this volume could not bs more timely or more aptly prepared for those desiring a we'll thought out and ex- cellently presented but untechnical survey of both the economic and moral merits of the tariff question.
 The book presents view of the polit- ical, industrial and economic feeling In this country, bringing out the fact that a new situation has been developed radical ly different from that of even so late a date as the Wilson tariff The book does not profess to cover the old and familiar scientific ground so thoroughly covered by experts. but 1t does aim to show what forces now in operation are apparently sure to accomplish, just as the reader happens to think of the possibility of 8 change or reduction in the tariff or not.
 MT. Bridgman, in addition to daily news paper work for many years, has written numerous magazine articles upon public and political questions of the times which have appeared in such periodicals as the "Atlantic Monthly" and the Outlook"
 His longer works in book form have included Ten Years of Massachusetts" sketch of the organic growth of the state; Biennial Elections" which was instrumental in bringing about annual state elections in Massachusetts; World Organization" a pioneer book of the new era toward which the world is hasten- ing in its destiny as political unit, which truth in fact seems to have in- spired certain chapters of the latest work, '"The Passing of the Tariff"
 MT. Bridgman says:
 "No one should read into this book purpose which it never had, nor condemn 1t for emitting what 1t was never intend ed to include. It's purpose is to set forth anew the old principles which have been so admirably made clear by many pre- vious writers. When these principles are mentioned it is because they are neces- sarily incidental to the main purpose of the book which is to show that strong forces are aei,rg to destroy the tariff sys- tenn completelN. to encourage those who are ffgiitins Tor .he removal of artificial Instructions to trade and prosperity, to inform those who are not familiar with the bright signs of the times, to arouse those who are indifferent or hopeless. to challenge those who oppose and to make friends of all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07

energy, and culture,' who pursue lives of toil poverty and obscurity that they may brighten the minds, enoble the souls and increase the opportunities of other mems children" For these men-the southern schoolmasters-Mr McGhee en- tertains sincere admiration.
 In 'The Dark Corner MT. McGhee seems to have gone out gunning for shams. One of the things he takes shot at was the educational sham which only a few years ago he says the south per mitted to get a foothold Mir. McGhee is true friend to southern education, but he hates with all his might the ''tank-town-colleges" of a generation ago which he insists that in pretense at least, far outshone. and in merit fell far be- low Dotheboys Hall of Nicholas Nickleby fame.
 'The Dark Corner is all right. Some school teachers might read 1t with great profit and depending on their mental ability-great pleasure It would do some teachers much good.
 In addition to it's moral if there is any the book is very interesting. It will please anyone who takes 1t up. Miss Minerva and William Green Hill, -
 by Frances Boyd Calhoun. (The Reilly
 & Britton Co.)
 William Green Hill was little south ern boy who had gone to live with his maiden aunt, Miss Minerva, after the death of his parents. Bill Green had been living before that with or close to a family of negroes from whom he gained many quaint expressions and views of life with which to fambergast his aunt after he went to live with her.
 The day of his arrival at his aunt s home, Bill Green was put to work churn- ing milk. Bill didn't like that. An anus s...- l. 1xtrr Nf nd l. nerva fighting over this churn. Bill at last works pretty hard, when he is per- mitted to sing:
 Hell feed you when you's naked, The orphan .stear he'll dry
 He'll clothe you when you's hungry An take you when you die.
 Miss Minerva perked him (straddle the cburnD with no gentle hand.
 What l done now? asked the boy innocently. ''1" "aint no harm as l can see jest to straddle ohurn.'
 "Go out in the front yard command ed his aunt, and sit in the swing till I call you. I'll finish the work without your assistance. And, William, she called after him, there is very bad little boy who lives next door; want you to have as little to do with him as pos sible.'
 Bill Green heard but he didn't heed. For 
 ences of Bill and his friend Jimmy Garner" the wicked little boy next door, together with two little girls who usual ly stood by, and watched the fun, some times joined In it actively.
 Jimmy Garner always was the prompter to Billy Green in their joint wickedness, but Jim usually escaped punishment Bill Green was always caught and Miss Mi nerva saw to the punishment to fit the crime overdo 1t, as the case may be.
 This book is very amusing. Whether such children as William Green IIill, Jimmy Garner, Lima Hamilton or Frances Black ever lived, the description of them their quoted sayings and doinss are so close to real children we all know-that the book Is really delight of its kind
 There are at least 1000 laughs in the bool-all wholesome, all good. Heart Poems by A. Elizabeth Sigsbee tBroadway Publishing Co) This is volume of poetry. It contains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07
After the Battle.

Y IUIH J UUbV.
 Twenty-Five or more years before Will liam H. Taft was elected President of the United States he licked a scrub newspa per editor in Cincinnati, named Rose, for maliciously slandering his father, Hon. Alphonso Taft, and he licked him good A bystander who saw Rose immediately after young Taft was through with him. took long breath 'Gee!" he exclaimed. Hes no American Beauty, is her"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07
Literary Lights ard ShadODs
BY S. MAYS BALL

coming down at to my simple repast, meet you at : and eat steak"
 " ou are talking nonsense now an- swered the professor Happiness does not depend on when you eat your break fast, much less on the number of hair pins you wear. We need to marry and to live for somebody and something else"
 Not l." insisted the spinster. q have lived for other people until I am worn out with it. The only thing l ask of other folk is that they keep away and give me a chance to find myself again l want to get away into the deep, deep woods somewhere and close to the heart of things"
 Of course there was nothing else for the professor to do but call the mat ter off. He desisted and for the nonce disappeared.
 Peggy, the spinster aforesaid, wanted to live the simple llfe--lfe in cottage on farm where she could raise chick ems and a few other things. She got that farm, also cottage and in this book we read of what this reviewer has been told is an account of a real experience of maiden lady in her search for hap piness with a capital HI"
 Peggy had a good time too. She tells about it. How it ended, that experiment and the results thereunto, the book is well worth reading to find out.
 The book is handsomely illustrated from photographs of the real spinster farm.
 You cant help, though, but feel very sorry for the poor professor or any man who worked up to the point of telling his love, has handed out to him in re- turn a dissertation on beefsteak-now can you?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07
Blood Poison

. ARemarkable Treatment by Specialists Acts absolutely and permansntly fn three to four months by the obbac 6ystem, when other treatments bones, etc. Never fails in it. snscs % on blood poison in any stage. The treatment Is safe and can be taken in the privacy of your own home. The treatment is purely vegetable, guaran. tesd under the Pure Food and Drugs Act, arsenic, fodides mineral drugs of any kind Interesting book, :. The Truth About It." sen1 in plain envelope FREE The Obbac Co.,, A. H., 1910 Rector Bldg,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07

Mrs. Dyer-Have you any experience fin taking care of children?
 Applicant--No, ma am. Heretofore, I've only worked for the best families"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07

Peggy at Spinster Farm" by Helen NJ
 Winslow. G. c. Page & Co.)
 The old bachelor who had always loved the spinster went to see her and in eff feet told her that it was time to quit. after this 80 years more or less of delay, all this fooishness and get married
 There was no fatted calf for the old bachelor-he was gently slapped, once, twice, thrice on the wrist. Listen:
 Then I may not even hope?" asked the professor.
 No" answered the spinster. You see we are rather past the stage when mar riage Is the one essential. We have ar rived at the age where a novelist would describe us as no longer young. We are settled in our habits which is another term for just bit selfish; we could not possibly be so absorbed in one another as to forget our. own little idiosynorasies. Doubtless we could change-but we should be very unhappy doing 1t. For instance, always wear six hairpins and stick them in exactly the same order; you probably would die before you would
 wear one sock wrong side out. Not that we should want to ask of each other the sacrifice of these particular habits. but 1 use them just as an example to im- press upon you the difficulty of altering our settled habits in little things and there are hundreds of little ways in which we might try one's patience up to the breaking point. You are fond of heavy breakfasts I of a roll and cup of strong coffee. Do you think you love me enough to give up your hearty meal at : a. m? Because confess that I could not yield the point and Instead of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07

"The Dark Corner" By Zach McGhee
 (The Grafton Press)
 MT. McGhee, who is the Washington correspondent for number of newspa- pers, has written one of the most inter- esting little volumes that has come from the press in a long time. "The Dark Corner Is a book that the reader will care to finish before laying it aside. A fine love story runs through 1t, but as good as is the love story it is the satire, the humor and the character drawing which stands out in the reading of the book.
 The hero of the story is school master who. in addition to being young man of remarkable intelligence and en- ergy, Is now and then extermely enter taining by reason of the humorous views he takes of persons and things with which he comes in contact The book is dedicated to "men of talent. strength,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-08-18
WEST DEt1soN ITEMS.

Mira. pollock spent Sunday with her
daughter. Mrs. Ed. Granger. and
found her improving nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Kahl were the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hoist
Sunday.
Mr.. Happe Of Denison visited with
Mr.. Tim Flaherty Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kruse visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Evers Sum
day.
Mr.. Jacob Mehmen and Bertha
Susark spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Schramm.
Miss Nell Pollock made visit to
Akron, lows, the latter part Of last
week.
The Paradise ball team played the
Arlon team at Arion Friday afternoon.
The game was 8 to 8 in favor Of
Arion. Arion will plsy the return
game on the Paradise grounds next
Sunday. A good game is expected
Miss Ella BuesinR is the guest Of
her sister, Mrs. Ed. Hollis. this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lentx and Me.
and Mrs. Fred Boyer spent Sunday ct
the 3chwiesow home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Fienhold Wis
tied at the Owens home Sunday.
Irene returned home with them. after
-, weeks visit.
Miss Margaret Houlihan returned
home Sunday, after . week. visit
with her sister, Mrs. Ed. Houston.
of Dunlap. 'S
Mr.. Rudolph Adams Of Charter oaA
was the guest Of Eugene Ovens Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Lentz visited
with the former brother, VIM. Lentz.
last week.
Miss Margaret Owens spent Mon
day in Charter Oak with Miss Jessie
Marshall.
Messrs. John Bauman and Maurice
Fitzpatrick attended the picnic ct
Buck Grove Saturday.
Mrs. Wiese Of Manning was the
guest Of her son, Ben and family,
few days last week.
Miss Norah Fitzpatrick is spending
= few weeks with her cousin. Mrs.
Jas. Finnern.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chss. Smith we're
guests Of Mr.. and Mrr. 6. c. Powell
Thursday. x
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-08-18

are willing to take HE word for it.
Being IN editor W are immune from
burglars, not trousers.
Taken al il MI the events of Sat
urday night would Indicate that We
need someone. especially during the
hot weather when the nights are
more livable than the days. to assist
Nightwatchman Baer. This is not
: reflection ON the officer who has
never failed to do his duty, but
sDenison, is large town and at this
season It is more necessary to have
two men on duty at night than in
the daytime.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-08-18
An inherited Failing.

A native Of AMMAN. Indo-C China, son.
fenced in Paris for theft. wrote the fol-
lowing apology to his employer: s'All
Annamites. whether emperors, man.
darins. secretaries. literary men and
others. are born thieves. 1t Is q
grave and deadly complaint, and there
Is no cure for 1t. know people do
not like thieves in France, but 1t can.
not be helped
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-08-18
RECEIVING 4 sTRoKE.
tie Facial Aspect.

Its Facial Aspect. y
eyes," says the man with the mud
on the knees OF his trousers. there d
a human side to gardening. For In
stance, the potato has eyes. and tho
corn has ears" =
But" asks the man with the frayed
cuffs, what vegetable has nose r.
Il do not wish to go on record In
the matter, replies the first man, ssbut
the onion smells more than any othef
plant" Chicago Post.