AN ALL-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD Terse Comments on the UnUforni l'raycr Meeting Topic of the Young People's Societies—fliristian Kmicavor, Kto.—For April 29: "Missionary Opportunities in Latin America." —lsa. 60:1-5. By WILLIAM T. KM.IS 1 / BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS Nobody can foretell all the by products of the war. Certain it is that H new sense of the unity and solidity of the two Americas will eventuate. While war severs, it also binds. This gTave ordeal is teachins the self-governing peoples of the New World that they have a com mon ntission and a common identity. For weal or for woe, they are bound together. Therefore the first and j most obvious obligation is for the. United States and Canada to seek to understand better the nations to the South of us, and to become.bet- j ter understood by them. There must j be sympathetic minds before there , can be any other form of co-opera- I tion. To bring about this mood of j unity and friendliness Is a first task of religion, as well as of patriotism. • • • Whatever enables one nation to help another Is a missionary oppor tunity. • • • At the end of 1911 there were 688 I foreign missionaries in South Amer ica, and 41 000 communicant mem bers of their churches. • • • In missionary circles. South Amer ica is called "The Continent of Op portunity." • • • Brazil exceeds the whole United J States in size by an arek of 200,000 square miles, or four times the state of New York. • If the complaint that comes through commercial channels from South America were all merged into one phrase it would be, "You do not What Is Rheumatism? Why Suffer From It? Sufferers Should Realize That It Is a Blood Infection and Can Be Permanently Relieved. Rheumatism means that the blood has become saturated with uric acid poison. It does not require medical advice to know that good health is abso lutely dependent upon pure blood. When the muscles and joints become i sore and drawn with rheumatism. It is not a wise thing: to take a little Balve and by rubbing it on the sore spot, expect to get rid of your rheu matics. You must go deeper than that, down deep into the blood where the poison lurks and which is notj SOME ndurance in this WRIGLEY flavor! I It lasts —l-a-s-t-s —L-A-S-T-S! Speaking of endurance two athletes walked an all-day race. One took light foods and liquids —the other took WRIGLEY'S. The WRIGLEY boy came in at sun-down and said: "Let's 60 to the firemen's ball tonight- —or words A to that effect. The other boy went to bed. ■ WRIGLEY'S helps endurance. It makes a lons day short. It sweetens, soothes and sat isfies. It aids appetite and digestion. That's a good deal for a nickel to buy. W\ Chew it lima ■ ELTp W PERFECT GUM r *- aner ov6ry sealed tight ~ kept right I WRAPPED M .WRIGLEYSm I I fast mpaf 1 FRIDAY EVENING, try to understand us." Anybody who reads the U. S. consular reports from Latin America knows that we have made a record of arrogance, dicta torial methods and amazing provin cialism. There has .been almost no effort to enter into a systematic com prehension of the needs and tastes of the people. In like fashion, we need to approach the more basic things of Latin-American life: their | spiritual lacks and longings. For . the only way to win men to religion is to brother them into it. * Only a vital faith can make a vital j folk. Nations become great accord j ing to their beliefs. If the South j American countries are to win to j their fullest possible destiny, it must be by the people themselves achiev ing a personal, vital, intelligent rela tionship with the living God. • Our neighbors to the South have lacked opportunity for popular edu cation. The wise missionary will go ! to them with a schoolbook in his hand. * * • There is such a thing as "the spirit of liberty," and "the spirit of democracy." By it entire people are lifted up into a largeness and lofti ness of life. This force is at work in all Latin America. It is raising up | the heads of the peons, and quicken ing the pulses of the young men, and widening the horizon of women's lives. Ours it is to ,ee that this at mosphere, breathed from the North, shall be charged with Christian lib erty, Christian democracy. For the only democracy that can survive ! effected by salves and ointments. It is important that you rid yourself of this terrible disease before it goes too far. S. S. S. is the blood purifier that has stood the test of time, hav ing been in constant use for more than fifty years. It will do for you what it has done for thousands of others, drive the rheumatic poisons out of your blood, making it pure and strong and enabling it to make you well. S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable, it will do the work and not harm the most delicate stomach. Write the physician of this Com pany and let him advise with you. Advice is furnished without charge. Address Swift Specific Company, 41 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. storm and stress Is also theocracy: It Is Father-rule asvwell as brother rule. Thf population of South America is less than one-half that of North ! America. We have 110,000,000 peo-I pie of whom 90,000,000 are. white, and South America has between 40.- ! 000,000 and 50,000,000 of whom less than 15,000,000 are pure white blood. South America is more thin ly settled, with its population scat tered over its immense area, than any other part of the world. Its population has probably grown less rapidly In the last century than that of any other portion of the world, unless it is Africa.—Robert E. Speer. Y. M. C. A. Secretary Will Tell of Canada in War Carlisle, April 27.—0n Sunday afternoon at 3.30 at the Carlisle Y. M. C. A., John S. Byrne, the new sec retary. will tell how he recently in terviewed Major Charles W. Gordon, (Ralph Connor), author of "The Sky Pilot." and other well-known books, about real men in the back woods of Canada. Major Gordon has recently returned from the trenches in France after two years' service. Two weeks airo he gave an address In New York's lending Baptist church, and so wonderfully vivid .was his de lineation of Canada's entry into the war, without call from the mother country, that the fashionable audi ence unable to contain itself any longer, stood up on the sents of the pews and let itself out in cheer after cheer. After the meeting mentioned above Mr Byrne interviewed Major Gordon, for a New York news syndi cate. and that interview will be de scribed in full on Sunday afternoon. It will be well worth going to Car lisle to hear. Newport Schools Will Make Up Lost Time Newport, Pa., April 27.—Borough schbol directors have decided to in crease the length of the daily ses sions of the borough schools and to close them on June 5. The decision to lengthen the sessions was made necessary because of the time lost last fall through the epidemic of infantile paralysis. The balance of the time will he made up by adding one-half month 'o next year's term ♦hus increasing this term to nine and one-half months. RKAIj GKRMAV SAVAGES . Wellington, New Zealand. April 27. —Several German prisoners who have just been interned here were brought from the Island of Tahiti, where they were discovered living on the slopes of a mountain in a state approaching semi-savagery. They had for some years discarded ail civilized clothes, and only partly covered themselves with the fibre and leaves of trees, their food con sisted of nuts and fruits. Their skins were almost black from exposure to the sun. HARRISBURG t&m&l TELEGRAPH REGISTRATIONS FOR CONVENTION More Than 2,000 Enrolled For Big Gathering in New York The World's Christian Endeavor Union with headquarters at Boston, is one of two or three world-wide international and interdenominatio nal organizations whose headquar ters are in America, announces that the advance registration to the New York convention are already over two thousand. This is an advance of one thousand in two weeks' time. Intermediate Christian Endeavor work has made remarkable progress during the past few months. The na tional superintendent, Paul C. Brown, of California, has completed an extended journey in the interest of this work. He traveled across the continent and back, visited twenty soven cities, including this city, in ten States, made ninety-seven ad dresses and one hundred and seven calls, conducted eighty-eight con ferences, and attended twenty-seven banquets. He obtained, on the aver age, the promise of five new inter mediate societies for each of the twenty days of his journey. Mr. Brown's general impression from his trip is that the Intermediate C. E. Society is growing rapidly, and is capable of doing great things for young people of the High school age. S. P. C. A. Notes Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, fairest in the land, Pennsylvania. -Pennsylvania, true Endeavor band. Every county in Old Pennsy sure will will do its best, So that is why the Keystone State is bound to lead the rest. Great interest is manifested in i the International Christian Endea vor convention lo be held in New York City, which is the second held in the metropolis, which in all prob ability will be postponed for one year, the first being the notable gathering of twenty-five years ago. in the quarter-century Christian Endeavor has made great progress, which wjll be illustrated at the com ing convention. Many famous speak ers will address the Endeavorers, anions them William J. Bryan, Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, and Prof. Currie Martin, of England. The song lend ers are to be Homer Rodeheaver and Percy S. Foster, who begap his convention work at the first New York convention. Among the new ideas to be ''arried out at this con vention are a whole day's convention for the juniors, and an oratorical contest for the older Endeavors. Preliminaries for the latter are now held throughout the country. Rehearsals of the oratorio "Eli jah," by Mendelssohn. under the auspices of the Harrisburg C. E. Union, are being held weekly. The cantata will be rendered the early part of May in the Technical High school. Prof. Frank A. McCarrell is the director and over one hundred members are enrolled with an addi tion of a number of musicians who will co-operate in the orchestral work. Endeavorers will study an Inter esting topic, "Missionary Opportuni ties in Latin America," in the prayer service on Sunday evening. Miss Margaret A. Spencer, State superintendent intermediate depart ment, reports that eight more inter mediate societies have been added to the State list during the past four weeks, in Mifflin, Green, Lancaster and Indiana counties. The present enrollment is 136. Schuylkill, Mif flin and Greene counties have report ed county superintendents, making the total sixteen. New York has over 700 hotels with facilities to comfortably accom modate over 250,000 people. Pennsylvania will "shine" at New York in July with approximately several hundred delegates. A sunrise Christian Endeavor prayer meeting in India so impress ed one man that he decided to be baptized with his family. At the Second Reformed Society on Sunday evening the following missionary committee will have charge of the services: Miss Anna Dimm, 'William H. Cocklin, Miss Margaret Winegeard, Miss Clara McCarroll. The Juniors of South Australia have given a kindergarten set to a mission to the aborigines and will soon add a piano. The Pennsylvania C. E. Union has already chartered six hotels, at the New York convention, among these being the Van Renselaer, Earl, Holly and Rutledge, all within a few •squares of the hall. All under the same management and rate, $2.50 per day, American plan (meals serv ed included In rate', two persons to a room, and each room with bath attached. Hotel rooms cannot be re served for any delegates unless $2.50 extra accompanies registration fee of SI.OO. The following missionary commit mittee of the Harris Street United Evangelical Society will have charge of the C. E. services on Sunday even ing: Misses Fern Stanford, Eve'y.i Garber and Mrs. William Oren. Evangelistic meetings are conduct ed at the Rescue Mission, Allentown, each month, by the Allentown and Lehigh County Unions, alternating. The Rev. F. J. Miles, former pres ident of the Victoria (Australia), Christian Endeavor Union, is a chap lain in the great war, and has won the distinguished service order for assisting two doctors for live days under heavy shell lire at an advanc ed dressing station. Mrs. Joseph Daugherty will lead the C. E. services at the Sixth Street United Brethren Society on Sunday evening. Dr. Clark, of Boston, sufficiently recovered his health to attend a few Christian Endeavor rallies on his way back from the South. A Japanese Christian Endeavor Society in Seattle, gives Christian Endeavor work an average of fifty two cents a member. Miss Nellie Gourley will lead the meeting at the Market Square Pres byterian Society on Sunday evening. General Secretary Shaw is still in the South, recovering from his auto mobile accident. The Juniors and Intermediates held a miniature Slate convention in St. Mark's Reformed Church, at Easton, recently, at which more than sixty delegates were in attend ance. More than 350 young people attended the afternoon session. Miss Grace D. Reimer, Stute missionary superintendent, assisted with the ex ercises. Banners were awarded to tht Juniors of Seitzvllle Moravian Societies for highest percentages of attendance, while Seitzvllle took the banner for having all of its hoys present. The Rev. T. M. Simpson, of Aber deen, Wash., has copied the C. K. Efficiency Chart for the session, the deacons, the deaconesses, the Sunday- School, Missionary Society and the Ladies' Aid. The Park Street United Evangel ical Christian Endeavor Missionary Committee, composed of the follow ing persons, will have charge of the prayer servicos on Sunday evening: Mrs. A. E. Hangen, Mrs. Ada Mer kle, Charles Smith, L. L. Booda, Bertha Adams and Miss Nell M. Liddick. The famous Dr. John Clifford, of England, has two C. E. Societies in his church", and often expresses his appreciation of them. Mrs. C. W. Miller will conduct the C. E. service at the Zion Evangel ical Lutheran Society, Enola, on Sunday evening. An lowa society holds an annual "sunset social," *to which persons over sixty years of age are invited. EASTERN CHESS EXPERTS Peking, April 27. —Premier Tuan Chi-jui is an inveterate chess play er and one of the most expert stu dents of the game in the Fax East. He plays at least one game of chess every day, and is the champion among all the high Chinese offlciais. Japan's champion chess player, Kao pu-tao-ping, who recently defeated the most expert players in South China, has come to Peking to meet North China players at the request of the premier.. The Japanese expert will be matched with him before he leaves China. CODFISH SKINS USES Bremen, April 27. —A bookbinder lieer is using codfish skin as a sub stitute for leather in bookbindings. The new material is said to give ex cellent results, and it has many ad vantages over shark skin, which has freqently been used for deluxe bind ings. The strength and durability of the new material have been tested and approved by the Imperial testing office. It is easy to work, literally untearable, and has the beautiful markings of snake skin. FIFTEEN MEN RESCUE HORSE Millerstown, Pa., April 27.—While plowing the lot owned by William Hounsley in Main street, on Wed nesday, Lewis Dimm's horse broke through a cesspool which contain ed about ten feet of water. With the assistance of heavy rope and fifteen men the horse was rescued unin jured. HIGH SCHOOIi COMMENCEMENT 'Newport, Pa., April -7.—On Wed nesday evening, May 30, the annual high school commencement will be held in the school assembly room. The Rev. W. C. Ney, pastor of the Lutheran Church, will preach the baccalaureate sermon in his church, Sunday, May 27. The grade school will close their term on June 5. MRS. WILLIAM CURRY DIES ! Union Deposit, Pa., April 27.—Mrs. | Amelia Curry, wife of William Curry, I died on Tuesday night from heart , trouble and dropsy aged 79 years. She | is survived by her husband. Funeral i services will be held on Sunday morning at 9.30 o'clock, at the house with latersservices in the Lutheran Church and interment in the town cemetery. I A Steadfast Course I Few of us respect the soap-box spell-binder. He is long- on words and short js| on wisdom, and his knowledge of facts is nil. B So with newspapers. Have you noticed it? 9 But theie is one newspaper that indulges in no verbal pyrotechnics; that pursues a level-headed, steadfast course; adhering strictly to the truth and 9 leaving fiction to those who believe that thrills are more desired by readers 3 than common sense. ES | The Philadelphia Record a I "ALWAYS RELIABLE" 1 is a newspaper that has much to recommend it to the substantial, worth while people of this community. 9 Its news is accurate, trustworthy, complete and thoroughly dependable. Its editorials are powerful, sane, consistent and unbiased. 9 jN Its pages are unsullied by "sob sister" stories of profligacy, or humor that is 9 wi an insult to your intelligence. S Bo 9 gn It is a newspaper of character—a newspaper in which you can place com- H IB plete confidence—a newspaper that caters to the family as a whole. 9 Tell your Newsdealer to serve it to you regularly or notify us 9 and we will attend to it for you. 9 THE PHILADELPHIA RECORD 1 RECORD BUILDING PHILADELPHIA 1 Turks Revolt When Troops Take Harvest Cairo, Egypt, April 27.—Native re volts are causing the Turks a great deal of trouble in the Ansairi moun tains. in Syria. The revolt started ns a result of the Turkish government's action in sending a Turkish battalion to the Ansairi district, ostensibly to hunt for deserters, but really for taking overthe new harvest. The conduct of the troops provoked the natives to revolt, and a battle ensued in which the Turkish force was defeat |ed with 200 casualties, while the j Ansairi lost fewer than 70 men. The Turks retreated after burning I five villages. the remnant of I the troops was ordered back to Ha- I ma to await reinforcements, then to ! return to the mountains with a i mountain battery to punish the re | volters. The punitive expedition had to be abandoned, however, owing to the receipt of news that the Druses of the Htturan had also refused to give up their crops to the Turkish force which had been sent for the purpose. As a result of this refusal, a fifteen days' battle took place be tween tlve Turkish hattailions and the Druses. The Turks were again defeated, thanks to reinforcements received by the pruses from neigh boring Arab tribes. One of the Druse chieftains who was captured by the Turks was condemned to death by crucifixticm. METRIC SYSTEM DOOMED London, April 27.—The hope of advocates of the metric system that the system would be legalized for the British empire at the present im perial conference has been negatived by an official statement from the government, which says: "It is un likely that the imperial conference will be able to consider the question of the adoption of tho metric system after the war." NO IRISH WHISKEY Dublin, Ireland, April 27.—A1l the distilleries in Ireland have now been closed down fro thepcriod of the war. Red Blood For Pale People! ! A big supply of red blood corpuscles is what helps to make any man or i woman have a healthy, pink complex ion and cherry red lips. Kesot t to j paint and powder are totally unneces sary and besides that, are harmful. Three-grain hypo-nuclane tablets, if ! used regularly for several months, seem to create a greatly added num j ber of millions to the red and white corpuscles of the blood, and not only ! improve the color, but add increased j flesh to the thin and frail body. These ! tablets promote assimilation, absorp tion and digestion, and this splendid ! aid to nature's forces transforms the complexion and figure. They are pre | scribed by physicians, but being of a perfectly harmless character, self-ad i ministration is being followed by many, who obtain them direct from any well-stocked apothecary shop.— Advertisement. The New Suburb ESTHERTON River-Drive SALE May sth 1917 APRIL' 27, 1917. TAILORING : Where Outward Appearance h Evidence of i Inward Quality Our Tailoring Is Done by Expert Craftsmen! Every detail of measurement, cutting, fitting and finish ing is done with care and skill —done in a manner to satisfy the most fastidous dresser! 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