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I * V ' > Sunday School Lesson March 27. Lesson XIII Jesua Rises From the Dead (Easter Lesson) John 20: 11-20. Golden Text But now Is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept. 1 Corinthians 15: 20. ANALYSIS. I. THE APPEARANCE TO MARY, 20: 11-18. II. THE APPEAUASTK TO THE DISCIPLES. 20: 19-20. INTRODUCTION' John's aim in ohis chapter is to -show the gradual dawn- ing of faith in the resurrection among the disciples, until it blazed into full light in the confession of Thomas, v. ' 28. He is concerned mainly in bring- ing out its spiritual meaning for tro church. The church was built on the faith ; that Christ was utill alive and active in the world. That faith was based on the experience of those who were convinced that they had seen the Ird, and upon the evidence that he was alive in power among his followers in' this very world whence his foes thought they had banished him. and going on with the work which Calvary had interrupted. The resurrection faith was, in the first place therefore. based upon the resurrection appear- ances, j I. THE APPEARANCE TO MARY, 20: 11-18. The body of Jesus, having rieeiveii only teaiorary burial on Friday even- , ing, was to be properly embalmed as soon as the Sabbath >vas past. Mary Majrdalene it was when went early, as the grey dawn was breaking, to thv- tomb (V. 1) to find the stone which ha<' been laid against the face of it remov- ed. Something told her that her Loru was ro longer there. Raising a -me and cry, she soon hud others at the ' tomb, v. 2. Upon "the disciple whom : Jesus '.oved" flashed that the Lord was [ risen. But both he and Peter were | still uncertain. Had they thought the | Ivody had been stolen they would have informed Joseph of Arimathaea. Had ! they been convinced that Jesus had ' tome !> life again, they would certain- ! ly have sought him uut and arranged a lodging. As it was, they were pei plcxed, and they went home to no;- der over it all. Hut Mary lingered near. Through her tear.s she saw a vision of angeln. but :rim them she learned nothing Becoming conscious of some one, tho gardener (who else would be abroad so early?), she asked, "Tell me \vher thou hast laid him, and I will tak him :.wsy," v. l-> with her weak arms but eager love knew no weakness." Then ^amr the greatest recognition seen in all .iterature "Mary." ' "RalK.nni!'' Two words, but they, chars:*".! her world for her, and for ng all. i In the first flush of her joy, she starU-il forward to embrace itm. I "Touch me not." he said, or "cease clinjring to me." Dr. Moffatt. Mary, must now learn another and a higher v ay of knowing her Lord. This high- 1 er way will not, however, begin unti! he has ascended, v. 17. This is John's , way o:' teaching that the true proof of the resurrection and the true posses- sion c-i the Risen Christ are not to be, our. in a "resurrection appearance" or physical contacts. They are to j be realized in the normal experience of the believer. | He sends her immediately to tell the brethren, not his blood-relations, but his spiritual brethren, his disciples. The reeoiving of the Good News is al- vays followed by the sharing of it with ethers. I II. THE APPEARANCE TO TIIK DISCIPLES, 20: 19-20. Tha^ same evening, the first Chris- tian Sunday evening, the eleven wero together, locked in for fear of the Jews, v. 19. \Vhen the news would reach the authorities that the body of Jesus was gone, suspicion would most :iely fall upon his disciples of steal- ing it. Hence the locked door. Christians are still living behind tnr closed doors of fear, afraid to be ci>:; sidered enthusiastic, afraid of pub'.k' opinion, and thereby render their li.'e:- largely useless. We often close the door on Christ unwittingly. Sometimes our friendships close the door on many noble things, among them, the beauty of Jesus Christ. But he comes throupli our closed door. Suddenly the Master was in the I-OHM with them, v. 19. Cominjr, he lirmi^ht pcu:e to his own. Inner peace- in the midst of outii conflict, such i the Christian's heri- tage. '.Vhat iliif'unee docs rchi;'->ii make V. a man's life" For one tiling. it can keep him cool and brave when others are falterir.e. enable him to live through life'.-: hazards :ind confusions with a bigr.e-- nrr. a courage 'vhi?h are the wond>r of those who have not the se< ret. "Fear not," he says to all, "I am with you." The essential thing about the Resur- rection is the continued life and pres- ence of Jesus Christ. Had there not been something more than a bodily appearance, nothing much would have happened. It is the "something more' that has made all the difference. The thing that matters is not "how" the still living Load n.ade himself known to a few people nineteen hundred years ago, but that, since his death on Calvary, he has been touching men with the same quickening and renew- ing power that he always had. What New York Is Wearing BY ANXEBELLE WORTHIN'GTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished With fl-.'r'i Pn'V,-,, Reminiscences Of i-i.ij r-! yi.u .. \..uil ;i .-atin crepe blouse in th:U flattering Lyonnaise- pink shade. It's luxuriously lovely worn with a black transparent velvet skirt, that by the way, is attached to a camisole bodice top. The Vionnet blouse gives the figure a long slim line. For sptrts wear, it's splendid in dark brown spongy v. oolen with brown wooden buttons, with the skirt in vivid green. Spanish tile crepe de chine with the skirt of brown woolen is fascinating and exceedingly wearable. Style No. 2528 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and -10 inches bust. Size 10 requires 2'/j yards 39-inch for blouse, and 2 yards 54-inch for A irt. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Writ^ your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and ::ddress your order to Wilson Pattern Service. ~" West Adelaide St.. Toronto. >. : . lih Tom has ii'-i-ii out. on ;i I, n 1 ':;." Bill "Yes, and I should say He was having a bird of a time." One of the stories told by Elsie Janis in her breezy reminiscences "So Far, So Good," is of her first meeting with Mary Pickford. It was in the 1890's when, as child prodigies, both appeared on the same "bill" at Shea's Theatre, Toronto. Mary Pickford- - then known as "Baby Gladys Smith" was playing in a sketch, while Elsie Janis as "Little Elsie" did "an act" all by herself. She was seven and something as a "star" already, having been on the stage for two years. Mary was younger, for, Elsie recalls, "they had to carry her on." * * * The two "klJcIies" became great friends as did their mothers, by the way, for they had much in common and have remained so ever since. E!;-.ie remembers that "Mary would gaze wide-eyed at my array of dresses, hanging on the dressing-room wall, a different one for each performance, and two performances a day. " 'Mother,' she would say plaintive- ly, 'do you suppose I will ever have pretty dresses like those?'" * * # * There are lots of chuckles and just a few sighs in the Janis book, beginning with the title itself "So Far, So Good!" As all the world know.}, Elsie was married recently. This is how she started reminiscing: "There can be no doubt that I have reached the years of indiscretion. "For the first time in my life I have lost my sense of humor over a man!" * * * * PEEPS AT CELEBRITIES. Caruso (at dinnc- in the Janis apartment) : "Singing his requests for more potatoes, and ah-ah-ah-ah-ing right up to high C for another piece of bread, then drawing caricatures of u; all on the 'company' tablecloth ! What a good, bad little boy he was!' Irving Berlin: "Irving became like a son to Mother. He reminded her of Perce (Elsie's dead brother). He didn't remind me of anyone, but I loved him! I still do, and I'll slap his face if he ever says he felt like a brother toward me!" * * * MORE PEEPS. Queen Alexandra (in the lioyal box at a London thutre where Elsie Janis, in her make-up, had been presented t her) : "As I was leaving, Queen Alex- andra pulled one of my curls and said- 1 'Ah! They don't come off!' I murmur ! ed something to the effect that if th-> j came off for anyone they would i'or , her, shook her hand again and saying. 'Good-bye, Your Majesty,' I ran out.'' Michael Arlen (the novelist born an Armenian) : "I met Michael Arlen, whose answer to my inquiry as to what nationality he was, is typical : 'I'm the last of the Armenian atroci- ties,' he said!" * * Elsie Janis tells an amusing story about one of her youthful admirers the grandson of a wealthy brewer- who was a constant visitor at the Janis home, and whom she nicknamed "Happy," because of his smile. He it was (she chuckles) who, when the San Francisco earthquake occurred, and his grandfather donated $100,000 to the relief fund, telegraphed that dis- tinguished philanthropist, "Remember, Governor, charity begins at home!" To which Happy, "who was busy cutting classes at Yale and capers 'n New York," replied, "If you weiv where 1 am, you would never go borne!" | The utter inability to recognize photographs of themselves, or of their surroundings, is characteristic of ail savages, says Martin Johnson (in "Congorilla: Adventures with Pyg- mies and Gorillas in Africa...) He tells of taking pictures of the Pygmies who accompanied him on a camera hunt for gorillas in the Congo, and afterwards showing them prints. "They would take these pictures," lu- says, "turn them upside down ami all around without the slightest con- .:>( i-m a.' to what .hey w^re." * # * * "I would display a perfect likeness if one or more of a group, but net a 1 '.> -,my would recognize a person in ' the picture," he adds. "It was exactly ; .he same v.-;th scenes. I ;o'tld take a i >.<( ucti< !! of ;\ native hut, show the scene of ;> I' v and also the picture. He would no idea of what the phnli>j;ra| 'i ant and could not asso- ciate "t wiri ihe original." Richard Landry, Ottawa valley dog derby at Pembroke a few days boy. winner of the Khvanis junior ago. ivitili his dog and .sleigh. Curiously enough, some are able to 1 grasp motion pictures, but show little interest in them. Mr. Johnson in- stances a special show he gave the "boys" who had accompanied the expe- dition. After watching the motio.i picture:V-in which most of them ap- peared silently, they talked together in low tones. Finally, one of the.n walked up to Johnson. "When do we ffet paid?" he asked. "Paid!" shouted Johnson. "What do you mean paid?" "Well, you told us to come here." "That was the native reaction to my efforts to entertain these African' black ," comments Johnson. * . The publication of a book by Beuu Brummell ("Male and Female Cos- tume"), written over one hundred years ago when the "King of the Dan- dies" was at the height of his glory, recalls that it was said of him that! "women admired him, but men almost j reverenced him." The Beau never mar- ried, but that he was not indifferent to the companionship and charm of the ladies, there is ample evidence. Lewis Melville (in hi.; "Life and Let- ters" of Brummell t tells of an occa- sion when the Beau \ as staying at a country house. "I must leave here this morning," he said unexpectedly to his host. "But," the other expostulated, "yon were not going until the end of the week." "True; quite H-UL'," the Beau con- curred, "but I really must be off." * * + * His host, however, was not satii- tieu, and plied him with questions,' i ntil at last Brummell, in despera- tion blurted out: "Well, the fact is. I am in love with your wife." "Why, my dear fellow, so was 1 twenty years ago," remarked the lady's husband, hoping to put his! .Tuest at his ease. Then a thought struck him and he inquired: "Is she in love with you?" "I I believe she is." "That alters the case," the host said with decision. "I will send for your I'.ost-horscs immediately." Paderewski 1012 1931' Russian Grows Hybrid Grain Crossing Wheat With Rye Said to Produce Better Quality Moscow. New foodstuffs whicli are expected to alter radically tiie char- acter of Russia's crops and which maj revolutionize the world's food supply have been discovered here. These discoveries are the result of experiments iu breeding hybrid graiiio. composed of wheat and rye. carried out during the last decade liy Prof. O. K. Melster in Saratov. Professor Meister has succeeded in obtaining two hybrid grains, one of whicli is called "erythros-pemnni," the other "lutescens." Au area of about HSU acres has beea I sown with these hybrid grains. Com- j paratlve tests carried out over a three- 1 year period show that 'vmhros-per I mum" affords a yield of more than Til ! per cent, in excess at that of the best grade wheat, while the y:.-ld of "lute- sceus' 'Is between 20 and 25 per cent. iu excess of that of wheat. A baking tost, based on the aimmuti of protein, starch and moisture, the amount of flour obtained and the ris- ing of the bread, resulted in the fol- lowing evaluations: "Hrytliro<-per mum" S": "ute-ciMis." ^2: best grade wheat, 78. Altlioui-'li the hybrid grains represent a crossbreeding of wheat and rye. they yield pur-' wliiu> bread. The new grain has provi-d toucher and more resistant than wheat and consequently can be pUmt>-d in region* where rye has hitherto been the chief j grain crop. This, it is believed, makes possible a great extension nf the llu> sian wheat bell. Similar experiments in tin- crossins Of wheat and rye are being conducted In other countries. They were muita available to the English-speaking na- tions last year in papers published A cabin dour And the slow dropping of soldeu notes j the Imperial Hnrean of Plant Oiietics. Upon the boy and girl sitting on the steps outside. The great ship heaves upon the waters; And up above the while gulls ar fly- Dipping, circling and floating urton a tropic sea; And the golden notes are dropping Slowly upon the boy and the girl. Vou havu forgotten tin- .ship. Padciwv- ski; Vou have forgotten tile boy and the girl; But the miisii- you uav uot forgottan, And I who sit here to-day have forgot- ten nothing. Like a great .orchestra you me boating against the bronze doors of time; The white Bulls are no longer flying; The page ihat was not written has bi>ii written; Frame lias taken ;,mi I',, land has spoken ; But above the wild beating the notes of li(|iiid sold remain. A. Jacneiiini' Shaw, in The Chrisiiaii Science .Monitor. School of Agriculture. Cambridge, Eng- land. Russian agricultural iin'i-sligaior- 1 profess to have discovered that cora grows best when nights are long ana consequently believe that by making artificial darkness in r-gious wiier nights are short, corn '-mild be -in- cessfully cultivated. The hot climate which is naturally required for cotton plantations it found in the Soviet Union, in central Asia and. i > a li-sscr extent, in the Trans-Caucasus. But tin- .Soviet Union is not satiufie* with the present acreage under cotton cultivation and looks for new fields to develop. So a campaig:' of active ex- perimentation is being carried on for the purpose of discovering just what cotton needs for its successful growth A Road Ocross Europe Eight countries are combining in a i scheme for making an international I 'lighway across Europe for motorists. The road is to run direct from Lon- don to Constantinople, a distance of nearly '-'.000 miles, and in each country the authorities arc l>eing urged w make it a uniform width. It is probable that a 'J4-hour cus- toms service will be arranged in each i of the eight countries, and new cus- toms officers established by the road- | side if the scheme is carried out. All this is good news. The more r I see of our neighbors the more w 1 should understand them, and undar- j standing is one of the most powerful peace makers in the world. The War , Cry (London ) . U.S. Leads in Telephones The United States continuc-d in lite first rank of countries using Hie tele- phone. Statistics compiled by Hie Canadian government show that the United States has one rhone for every eight inhabitants; Canada, one for every seven; New Zealand, one for every five, and Denmark, one for everv four and a half persons. ! i./r.'iliy "Why do people tt.se the (.\;>i'.'ssioii, 'In the dead of win- ter".'" I)i<'k |;<M-;iiise it is usually shortly niter ths h.iiitlays when i'\-'rynn" is iirnk'!." Farm implement Exports Ottawa Canadian farm impli-- iniMits pxpor'ed during January \veiv valued a I. $120,324, an in -reuse o[ ?;i.:;oo over December, 1931. The Most purchaser was Cue United States. ;it $:'., 4St!. Groat Britain's Anti-Noise in the Station In the big Paris railway station. i!ie station master used to wave bi flag, the guard blew his whistle, UM driver lot off a little steam, and th ;rain slowly moved out. If, as yo reached the plat farm, you heard th guard's whistle, you knew you ha* '"ctter bu quick. But the activities of he. anii-iioisi- ;-ampaigu have changed .ill this. Trains now whistle calf ..hen it is strictly necessary. It Ul -latiou is ci|uippod with '.oudspeulcera, .ill is well, for these warn you who* .be train is going (o start, but if lliera ,iro iiu loudspeakers you must, be alert or clsi 1 before you r,i!i.:e ii the train will iuvi; slipped sileir !y away. A inua may know his .-' ill not he \ ry wiv . : Ii lid .n't MUTT AND JEFF- By BUD FISHER Jeff Partially Relieves the Unemployment Si'.-. YOU AIN'T TKReDoNT so yooTfce fo oww A use TH<= XOU -n> siwe. . wCKf. Busy. Do VA START ? SO VMCU THr r>* -SLIPPING YOVJ A BONOS'.