Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-12-04

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THE MOFFATT VERSION
Many who heard the modern text
version of the Bible recently in our
city as used by the visiting Bishop,
had not seen it or known anything of
it. The American publication of the
old Testament is released this week.
The translation is that of DR.. James
Moffatt, of Glasgow, Scotland, prof
essor of church history in church col
lege OF that city. The translation is
made directly from the ancient He
brew text into modern English and is
not version of any existing English
translation. Dr. Moffatt has worked
eight years on the Old Testament trans
1ation, and it is the first one since the
King James Version of 1911. DR.. Moi
fatt's belief is that every succeeding
generation should have a fresh trans
lation in their own everyday language.
Otherwise. the meaning of many pas
sages will be obscured and has been
obscured by obsolete phraseology.
SENTIMENTAL TOKEN
In a quiet park where Ambassador
Jusserand and his wife were wont to
, walk and talk for relief during the anx-
ious days of the war they spent in the
embassy at Washington, they will
leave token of gratitude to the birds
which they declare gave them solace
in their sad hours This is a stone bird
bath which an eminent French archi-
tect has orders to construct and it will
be inscribed "To the Birds of Piney
Branch-from their Friends, Elise and
Jules Jusserand."
RADIO FANS CUT OFF
In line with some opera companies
and for the same reason, box office re-
ceipts, it is said that Tex Rickard,
manager of Madison Square Garden,
intends to discontinue radio casting.
He claims $4,000 loss on a recent
prize fight because of this feature. Base
ball and football managers are con-
fronted by the same problem, tho many
contend that greater interest in the
game is created thru the broadcasting
and that this increases attendance.
captain BOB" ADVISES
One of the most enthusiastic dirigi-
BILE "fans" is Robert A. Bartlett, Arctic
explorer, pathfinder for Peary and now
a commander in the U. S. Naval Re-
serve. He has recommended a flight
of exploration to the North Pole for
the Shenandoah, believing it is ''the
easiest thing in the world" especially
in the summer, when he says there is
no fog and constant temperature of
IS to IS degrees above zero He sug-
gests a 1000 mile flight from Nome
to Spitzenbergen as easy for dirigi-
BILE, with no forced landings as in the
case of airp1anes. Bart1ett's adven-
lures in the far north in ice bound
boats and sometimes a-foot, fighting
his way to Eskimo villages is thrill
ling narration He has collected hun
dreds of specimens of Arctic flora and
fauna for the Smithsonian and other
scientific institutions. He is getting
old, but would go again in ship of
his own, if he could get picked crew,
which seems the hardest part.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR
Will he come back? DIR. Charles
Mayo, nationally known medical and
surgical expert says the need for gen.
eral practitioners is critical and that
urban centers are tending to be "over-
specialized" while in many rural areas
there are whole counties without sin
gle resident physician. These sections
become fields for travelling quacks
and medical chicanery.
JEWISH BENEFACTORS
With his own people the frequent
object of most bitter prejudice, the
Jewish philantropist is especially not
ed for the liberality of his gifts to any
cause, including Christian enterprises.
A recent example is the donation of
$25,000 by Mortimer L. Schaff to the
Cathedral of ST. John the Divine, in
New York.
SEEING ACROSS THE SEA
On Sunday were received in New
York ten photoradiograms taken in.
London. Pictures of queen mother
Alexandra, Prime Minister Baldwin,
Owen D. Young, credited with inspir-
ing the invention, the Prince OF
Wales, Ambassador Kellogg ard a
number of action pictures were includ-
er in the display. Tho first publicly
demonstrated from London house.
the invention is entirely American. R.
ii. Ranger and Donald C. Ward hav
ing worked it out in New York CITY.
The estimated cost of the pictures by
this method was $1OS piece, SO there
will be limited number of them trans
mltted for some time to come. except
tor demonstration as in this case.