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INTRODUCTION.

Tho Book az Esther mentions neither
It's author nor its date. Hence there Is
great diversity of opinion among schol
irs on these two points. Some claim
that u was written hy Mordccai or some
companion OF his soon after the event.
took place. Others claim that II VIA
written much later than the facts and
was based upou oral tradition. There
'ie M need to debate these questions.
The story bears the imprin, Of contem'
porarv customs. and there - 40 good
reason WHY Il should not have been
written BY some one who was near to
the time described There are a number
AT interesting features in the book ard
story One al the most remarkable
Things Is that the name OF God docs
net urcur IN the hook. nor is there any
direc; religious teaching. one cannot
acsist the IMPRESSION that this omission
was intentional. hut what the putpoS"
'wa~ Is not 81 clear. Tho doctrine ~
'rrovid.ncc Is certainly Implied through
'out the hook Fasting Is mentioned,
which OF course includes PRAYER and
fho effect Of the book Is To- encourage
religious faith Perhaps IN" writer
rrcart 10 show that these things could
De- taught without the use of special re-
Iigioue terms.
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would then make known the object 81
her coming 10 the king.
Meantime. on the night intervening.
the King could not sleep. perhaps dis.
turbed by the events. and wondering
what Esther request might be. Under
providence be- called Tor the reading ~
the chronicles of his reign. and tho
poiton was read describing how Nor.
decai had detected and revealed con.
spiu,y against tho kings life. Further
I'd Cmo out that Mordecai had never
been suitably rewarded for thus saving
the lie az the king The next day the
king and Hannah went 90 tho second
banquet ami Esther revealed hcr race
to The King aud also mad" known the
NIbt5ducs- of Hannah. Tho queens
n.ol bad Rs effect Hannah was made 20
puy the penalty for ni- wickednoss. But
~iill me uualtcrod decree remained that
tho Jews should hc slain ON q certain
daN Murdo,ui IS equal to the occasion.
BE suggests that another decree be is'
sued authorizing the Jews everywhere
to defend themselves and resist tho eX.
ccutior ,f the former decree. This was
done throughout the empire. 50 tho
Jews were delivered. and inflicted great
slaughter upon their enemies. This
great event in Jewish history is stll
c1mmomwatci m the Feast of purIm
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Esther 4: l0-5: 3.

10 Then Esther spakc unto Hathach
ina gave MIN message unto Morde.
cal saying. ~ All the kings servants.
and the people of the kings provinces.
do know. that whatsoever. whether man
-or woman. shall come unto the king into
the nnor couri who Is not rallied. there
b. one law fcr him. that he be put 20
death, except those 10 whom the King
shalt hold out the golden sceptrc. that
he mnv live: but have not been called
20 come In unto the King these thirty
DAYS. ~ And they tod 10 Mordecai
Fsther's words.
- Then Mordccai hadc them return
answer unto Esther. Think not with
myself that thou shalt escape In the
kings house. more than al the Jews
II For IL thou altogether holatst thy
poace N this time. then will relief and
'tsllvcfance arise 10 the Jews from an
uthcf place. but thou and thy fathers
house will perish. and who knowcih
whether thou arc not come "a the king.
dom Tor such a time as ths' ~ Then
Esther bndc them return answer unto
Mcrdccai. IL Go. gather together an the
Jews that are present IN Shushon, and
fast Sc Tor me. and neither c1t nor
drink three days. night on day | also
and my maidens VIII fas, ia like man
ncr. and 50 viii 20 In unto the king
which IN not according 90 the law and
ID perish, perish Il So MordecdI
went his way. ana did according TO ~
that Esther had commanded him.
NoW It came 90 pass On the third
DAY. that Esther put on her royal ar'
T>rcl. and stood Ia the inner court az
tho Kings house dtor against The
Kings house and the king sat upon he
Royal throne In the royal house, over
against the entrance ~ the house.
And IL was SO. when the king saw
Esther the queen standing In the court.
that she obtained favor in his sigh,
and the king held ont to Esther tho
golden sccptrc that WAS In his hand
- Esthcr drew near. ana touched the
top 81 The sccpirc. Thon said the
Wing unto hor What wilt thou. queen
Fsthcrs ana what is INV request? il
shall De- given thee even 80 the halt OF
the kingdom.
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INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR AUGUST Is

Ike an awful thundcrboll upon that
nccple. Naturally it plunged Mordecai
htc.thc d, socst grief Even tho people
81 ihc city We're amazed go such an
auosiiy Tn, Young queen was deeply
Distressed. She sent confidential ser.
want 10 inquire of Mordccnl what the
.roall, was. thc messenger was fully
informed II al thc facts and charged 10
return tn the gueon ana request her 10
80 io The king ana plead against the
execution Of This cruel decree
There vas y law wcll.knoWu through.
out The realm that nobody could ap.
preach the king without special invita-.
ton. one execution only was allowed
n the king held cut the golden scepter
90 one who approached his person with.
out having been summoned i' meant
forgiveness and permission 20 would
be taking great risk 10 approach an.
nlddtn the rc"al Throne, and bon ,sther's
mind this risk was increased hy the fact
that she had not been called tn the
kings presence for thirty dlys. Under
these circumstances h seemed Iu her 90
tisF of almost certain death 90 venture
into the Rings picsCncp. she sent word
"a Mordecai concerning h,r problem
and her perm.
Now, what should Murdc,li de-
Should he counsel his beloved ward aud
cmost daughttr ~ take the risk. or
should b. sacrifice m hI- people 10 his
own personal affections .u the hope oi
/ saving the life of his beloved ONE 10
seems that ho did not hesitate. ~,
reasoned quickly two things: 90 That
ono person should make tho sacrifice
io tho nation Do necessary. and 90 that
I ir any case security would not Doc oh
iaincd for Esthc.s race would I'D
.nund out ana she would fHlt under m,
! han She would perish with her pco
| I,lo. hut now she had ai least churp,
tu save them. and perhaps God h1,
! oyerruled all that had been done ioI
just this purpose II looked us II m,
lie Of q nation hung upon Tho decision
II q young woman.
Giand'y and uuhly She rose to tho
ocoa ION Sho asked that all the Jcv,
Ia Susa be- gathered together Co fast lo'
| lhrcc DAYS. She ana her maidcnS wuuit
10 the same With this backing oil
prayer 70 God she then hcro.c1lly said
And 50 win ! go 80 unto tho king
which Is not according o. the Laws an,
@ perish ] perish Courage, sell
sacrifice. rounded upon faith u God
shine forth In This noble rcply ID place,
this young queen upon e pedestal of IN
during fame. She IS ono 81 The great
est icnalo figures of history.
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ESTHER SAVES HER PEOPLE
Book Of Esther

GOLDEN TENT-The righteous cried.
and Jehovah heard. And delivered
them out of all their troubles.
Palm %: L..
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III. The Result or the Crisis Esther
!: Ito: -.

What followed o. dramatically told IN
The rest OF the story Array,d n her
royal garments the Young queen came
trhiddcn into the royal presence.
Would he extend the scopt,r' The
queens heart must have been throh.
hing as she iuuN"d Go see BE- th, royal
hand had been raised and 10 was. What
reli'f came 10 her smr' GmDiously ho
asked what was hen request She was
too wise Ca say an az that time She
only asked that the king and his prime
minister HHman should ulItal,o OF a
feast with her IN her own apartments
that very day HuricdN the king and
his minister went C. tho banquet The
king knew there WAS something more.
and again inquired what D. WAS that
thc queen de~iwd. and promised that Il
should hr performed. Again with rare
tact and wisdom the young queen post.
PONIES h'r request and asks that tho
King and Hannah come 90 another hlu.
Puet on The next day. implying ,ha' -uc
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LESSON NOTES
I. Events Leading 10 the Crisis Esther
a. "A.

4 Events Leading 10 the Crisis Esther
/: II: 81
Tho events 1t this book ian within
H.. early part o.: the reign of NerNos,
king OF PctsH. The name Ahasueru-
i- tho same b. NerNcs. though m mod.
flied form The time was probably
.aou' IL G. $50 before the famous IN.
evasion Of Greece by that monarch. ana
d., defeat. lle was king 81 the great
Persian monarchy. and during these
events was residing az Susl tShushant
on. a the Cluitlls nf the empire Eyi.
.,fentlv there was a colony Of Jews there.
'mong them was "A man Oi great influ.
,u,c and strong character whose name
was M0rd,cai Not so great a man as.
Daniel 60 Nehemiah. he Was Vet like.
fth.m in obtaining standing among his
own roonlc and recognition at thu
court dependent upon him was ms
cousin lIadasslh. liz uuoi,,'s daughter.
WHOSE ether name was Esther EvL
IDENTITY she was much Younger than Nor.
f,,ai who cared foi her as though she
was his daughter The story tells Is
how the king in 90 ot rage put away
Nashti his favorltc wife. whu WAS rec.
osnized a. queen Another quccn was
sought for and In IN, competition the
choice zen uron Esther Esther becomes
uu,cn and Mord"c,i through oycrhcar.
-ing and reporting a conspiracy against
ih. kings lifc obtains recognition.
N.antimc tn hing has promoted a
selfish. cruel. oNcrbear.ng man 20 b. hts
prime minister This arrogant person.
iwh,sc name WIS IIaman induced thu
hing to permit that almost religious
honots should be- paid ~ him as be
went among the people. They should
bow down amt reverence him ~ ~"
representative ~ the King This Nor
d,o1i refused o. do t. him God alone
was sovereign Mordccals refusal in.
,,n-.d liausu. not only against M'r.
,,-ai. hu, aE.tin-, the whole lac" Co
Witch Nordecii belonged W. professcd
D. s..Nr.beiion N their a'titude. sud
~ a slrevi plea got The king = couscut
TT The determination ~ th" l~wish
race throughout his dominion ou e c.r'
tin day.
~. The Crisis Esther Z: ie-S; b
The royai deere authorizing the KIN.
ing = NJ the Jews In the empire fcii
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HEREFORD men
SET BARBECUE
FOR TUESDAY

Members 81 tho Panhandle Hereford
Preodcrs Association viii have bar.
hernc al Devils Kitchen TUESDAY. l..
a. Bennett. secretary Of thc orguniaa.
ton. says transportation viii te mr
nishcd COW men who have none o,
th,i own The party win leave the
city about 10 n. nl a business session
viii bo held IN tho afternoon.
10 is expected catilmon from an sec
tions Of the Panhandlr VIII attend the
meeting. "a matters ol Importance an,
a. hc taken up.
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OUTLINE

Events Leading to The Crisis a.
Their ]: IL. ~.
~ The Crisis ESTHER I: 10: -.
Tho Queens Difficulty q. 1919.
Mordccais Message a: 10. lN
q. Es,her's Great Opportunity a.
1870
Esthcr's Brave Conduct Is; 81
III Results OF the Crisis lEsihc' s. g
no. %.
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The royai deere authorizing the kill.
ing = III the Jews In the empire fcil
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feet at times. ! was
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not feel good. | saw
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Vegetable Com
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C0NY HIGH NOTES

The teachers of Cony high school
will have Christmas tree, next
Wednesday night at the home of Miss
Blanche Webster. State street. Each
OF the teachers will bring gift, and
the gifts will be given to the teach
ers by lot, which will make for much
merriment.
The various teachers and the DOM
este arts classes are busy at the
school making ready for the Rotary
club meeting, which is to be held to-
night at Cony high school, and which
promises to be very successful
John Fowler, the popular janitor
at the school, WHO has been unable
to be at his work for some time, be-
cause Of injuries received when an
auto ran over him, was visitor
Thursday at Cony. He is improving
rapidly and expects to be able to re-
sumo his duties at the school the
first of next term.
Cecil Haskell a sophomore, is abb
sent from his classes because Of
dislocated shoulder which he re-
ccived Wednesday. He will probably
be able to attend school the first of
next week.
A large number of the students
are planning to work through the
Christmas rush Until vacation they
will be obliged to work only in the
afternoon except some of the upper
class students, who have been eX-
cused from their school work that
they may work the full day. The
school will close on Dec. Is.
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RESTORE LITTLE
GIRL TO MOTHER
BY court DEGREE:

Chief Justice Leslie G. Cornish to-
day rendered a decision restoring
Anna Clark Titus, nine years old, to
her mother, Mrs. Sadie Nesbit Locke
Of Brighton, Mass. Mrs. Locke was
granted a divorce from her husband,
William n. Titus, Jr., of WATERFOWL,
Mass, the decree giving her the Gus
tCdy of the child. In the meantime
Mr.. and Mrs. William n. Titus of
Alma, Me-, the grandparents Of the
child formally adopted it, Habeas
corpus proceedings were insti-ted
by Mrs. Locke to gain possession of
the child and a hearing was held on
this petition before Chief Justice
Cornish at Augusta last week.
what the legal rights of the par
ties are under the decree of divorce
in Massachusetts and the decree of
adoption in Maine 1 do not deem it
necessary to decide" says Justice
Cornish in his decision.
IL understand that an appeal from
the decree of adoption is pending in
the supreme judicial court Of Lin
coin county, and I make no decision
tOuCIlLS llldI QueSllolI, COllllHueS
Chief Justice Cornish.
1.-THE defendants urge that what
ever the technical legal rights may
be- the broad question before me on
this habeas corpus proceeding is to
ascertain whether it is for the best
welfare of the child to remain with
her grandparents or to go with her
mother l therefore decide the case
on that single issue, and in doing SO
I am well aware that it is matter
of the deepest concern to both par
ties and that whatever my decision.
it will bring sorrow for one side or
the other. However, T must not
shrink from what appears to me to
be my duty.
The little girl is nine years old.
a bright, intelligent child, but I
should Judge not over strong physi-
cally. She. is at the age when she
needs a mothers care and that need
will increase for the next 10 or II
years.
unless there is some controlling
| reason against it I should feel COM
PEELED to give the custody to the
mother who bore her and who evil
IDENTIFY has a deep affection for her.
No satisfactory evidence was pro-
duced before me tending to show
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ANOTHER QUERY
FOR MAYoRALTY
CANDIDATES
QUESTIONABLE

The following questions are re-
epectfully addressed TO Messrs.
Ernest L. Mclean and Melvin z.
Sawtelle. respectively, Democratic
end Republican candidates for Mayor
a. the Municipal Election next Mon
day
The QUESTIONABLE is as follows:
I. " elected will you promise to
Give US universal one cent letter
POSTAGE?
2. " elected have you any ap-
pointee in mind for the office Of
Secretary Of the Navy?
3. " elected will you appoint q
new Governor at the Soldiers Home :?
4. " elected will you clean up the
moving picture colony at Hollywood 2
S. " elected will you pass the Ma
tional Soldiers Bonus and reduce the
legal rate Of interest to I percent.
6. Do you consider incompatible
ity sufficient grounds for desertion
from the Army?
7. II elected will you advise every
body to take their Battery and Elec-
uical work to Webbcr's, 10 Oiekman
ST.
8. Do you realize that il a Battery
10 not properly cared for during the
winter that il will freeze up and be
spoiled?
9. Do you know that at Webber's
they are better equipped to overhaul
snd repair Starting Motors. Genera
tors. Masnetos and Storage Batteries
than any other place in the State?-
Adv. decsd1t
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Names Speakers
To Address School
Children Today

The following list of speakers
lave been secured to speak at the
different schools in this city today, In
Ike interest of Education Week.
These speakers will make short
speeches to the children in the schools
at the time specified.
harrington: Grade 1884. 1.30-2Q0,
Mrs. Dennis Donovan; Grade Sc,
2OO-230, Arthur Tiffin; Grade rs,
10000, Ira Stureis Randall.
Lincoln: Grade IL, 10000, Mrs.
Arthur Thayer; Grade ga. 2.o0-2.S0,
Mrs. c. F. Penney; Grade Sc, 100
200, Emery o. Beane; Grade CT, zoo
80. Raymond Swift.
Nash: Grade 1, 10000. Mrs. O.
g. Frost; Grade 2-3. 2.00-3.S0, Mrs. O.
b. Frost.
Williams: Grade IL, 10000, Miss
Fthelle Garside; Grade ga, 2.00-2.30
Mrs. Fred Gannett; Grade 5-6-7. 100
200, John Everett.
Smith: Grade 1873, 200. Miss
Marian Brainerd: Grade As, 200
go, Mrs. I. b. Peters; Grade CTS
. 00-2.30, Lewis A. Burleigh. Jr.
Webster: Grade 1-2-3, 10000
Miss Anna c. Beale; Grade 4-5-6
2.OO-2.3O. Mrs. Andrew T. McWhorter
High School Assembly Hall: 500
$50. Frank f. Southland.
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Portland is going to be one Of the
big harbors of the country, is the
opinion all over Europe, was what
Miss Elizabeth clark. recently re-
turned from an extensive tour over
is European countries. told the wo-
men who gathered Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Guy P.
Gannett. on State street, to hear
about the immigration question.
Miss Clark is associate executive for
the National Board of the Y. w. c.
A. for foreign work in this country
What is needed to safeguard the
women who come to Portland from
foreign countries was the basis of
Miss Clark's talk She is endeavor-
ing to bring closer to the State OF
Maine, assistance in solving the
problems which will soon be their
own. The next material step. in this
work, will be the establishing at
Portland of branch of the Inter
national Migration Service. whose
duty it is. to care for e emigrants
who come to Portland.
Mrs. Lewis Lapham, a member of
the International committee, chair
| man of. as Mrs. Harold Berry of
Portland, who introduced them,
stated, "a very wonderful commit
tee" World Service Assurance COM
! mittee, declared that at that time,
no money was being solicited. no
| pledges being sought, but that when
the time came to organize, for the
! women of Augusta to remem Der
| what they have heard and help those
| who want to assure.
In her talk, Mrs. Lapham quoted
| Vanderlip in what Next in Eu-
| rope?' Bringing to her hearers the
| needs of the New World. as Europe
was titled. Going back to the days
| of the war, Mrs. Lapham reviewed
the work of the Y. w. c. A. among
! the war workers, the girls in the
ammunition factories in France, the
/ telephone girls. the nurses.
1T is a lesson that Statesmen
might we'll follow" declared one Y.
! worker in paying ,ribute to the work
! which women of all nations did in
! cooperation in Europe during the
| days of the war. What is considered
a very important piece Of research
! work is the possible granting of
| health certificates to immigrants be-
fore they sell their homes over there
! and leave home.
Caring for the war brides, main
tanning hospitality at the cemeteries
where thousands of mothers and
! wives come to visit the graves. work
in the Orient. where women are
fighting today and not boys as was
| stated some time ago, work in In
dia, the Philippines, were some Of
| the phases of the Y work touched
upon by Mrs. Lapham.
: She paid high tribute to the 1GO,-
600 girls in their teens who are
members of the Girls Reserves
Opening of a summer school at Bryn
F.! Mawr for the industrial girl. estab-
fishing a course for industrial super
| visors, increasing the work for the
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that the mother is an unE:: person
to care for and rear her. On the
contrary, the weight of the testi-
mony is in her favor on that point
That she never abandoned her is
also clearly proved Her letters are
replete with expressions Of a moth
er'S love.
Moreover, the mothers home at
Brighton, Mass. is evidently a COM
Portable one. She has married again
since her divorce, and her husband is
a business man Of means. a gradu-
ate Of Dartmouth college, and is am
ply able and willing to Give the child
good home. The schools of Bright
OH are excellent and the church asso-
Citations ample. Under these circum-
stances I should feel that 1 was do
ing the girl a wrong to deprive her
of all these advantages.
"On the other hand, I recognize
and appreciate the comfortable home
which the grandparents have at Al g.
ma and also for the deep love which
they entertain for their granddaugh-
ter 1t is only natural as she has
been with them about half of her
little life At the same time they are
grandparents and not parents, and
are well advanced in years. the one
e., the other 70. Ten or IL years
will make them old people, if they
live. and it is a point to be consid-
cred in determining the welfare of
the child Nor are the school advan-
tages in Alma equal /. to those in
Brighton.
Taking everything into consdera-
ton, and without rejecting in the
slightest degree upon the worth of
the grandparents and their love for
and interest in the child. am of the
opinion that its best welfare requires
that the custody be restored to the
mother. 7 entertain the hope that
after the feeling connected with this
litigation has subsidized it may be ar
ranged by the parties SO that the
child can visit her grandparents
during a part at least of her summer
vacations.
1T is therefore ordered that the
petition be sustained with costs,
that Anna Clara Titus be no longer
restrained by said respondents and
that the respondents deliver the child
to the petitioner at their home in
Alma whenever the petitioner shall
request them so to do. to the end
that the child may be restored to and
make a home with her mother, the
petitioner"