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t . ' Sunday School Lesson habitants especially the men of Sodom. Lot had, therefore, none but himself to blame when later h became involved in the ruin of Sodom, chap- ter 19. IV. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF COD, VS. 14, 15. The purpose of God's appearance to Abram was not only to assure him that he had done the right and vrise , thing, but to remind him that the fu- to Lot Genetii 13: 5-15. ture possession of the land rested, not Text In honor preferring alom on human choicj, but on the sovereign will of God. The decisions of men are over-ruled by the unfail- ing purpose of God. April 24. roilty Goldn one another. Romam Lessor, IV Abram'* Gen- 12: 10. ANALYSIS. I. THE DISPUTE, VS. 5-7. II. A GENEROUS PROPOSAL, vs. 8, 9. III. A FATEFUL DECISION, VS. 10-13. IV. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD, VS. 14, 15. __ INTRODUCTION To-day's lesson forma at once the continuation of the Storj of the migration of Abram and Lot into Canaan (12: 1-8) and also the introduction to the story of the visit of the three strangers to Abram (chapter 18) and of their visit to Lot (chapter Account. 19). It is a very human Abram and Lot were uncle 11 -Year-Old Snooker Player Brazilian Finds Weighty Diamond , Diamantino, Brazil. A diamond of I fabulous size, the largest ever found in Brazil, has been dug up by a pros- pector near here. The diamond, weighing 574 carats, is one of the largest in the world. A Rio de Jan- eiro broker offered $80,000 for the stone but the prospector was reported to have rejected the offer. A diamond of 574 carats is of ex- traordinary size. The largest aver found in the Kimberley mines of Africa weighed 442 carats, and the largest found in the de Beers min&s, 503 carats. The largest diamond ever found was the famous Culltnan, in South Africa, which was of 3024 car- ! ats. It was presented to King Ed- ' wardVII and was cut up into smaller stones to be added to the crown jew- and nephew (12: 5); together they migrated to Canaan and together they pandered through the land. Doubtless Lot was drawn to his uncle T>y the latter' s greatness of soul and auds- Cious faith. Credit should, therefore, be given him for his appreciation of spiritual greatness. The two men had no difficulty in dwelling together Intil a miserable squabble about pro- t>erty drove them apart. t. THE DISPUTE, VS. 5-7. Although he had not come to Can- aan for hope of gain. Abram had be- <X>me wealthy there. Lot, his partner, shared in the prosperity. On the whole, ife men of the Old Testament believed that devotion to God leads to prosper- __ _ ity. Abram's conspicuous wealth j j n i he rough have" "been" found" "They I would serve to illustrate and confirm | are invariab |j. reduced considerably in 1 that conviction. Now, one of the. dan- Photo shows Margaret Quinn, the eleven-year-old schoolgirl, who reached the semi-final in the women's snooker championship held in England, recently. Why Plants Die els. No diamond even remotely ap-| Jjj Modem preaching it in size has been found. In several instances, however, Jia- 1 n.onds weighing more than 500 carats ' Experiment Proves Tin Cans lrom lhe m< > Ut f urfa , ce , oa grs of wealth is that it may sow .he seeds of discord. As Ion* as Abram and Lot were not too rich, they got along together amicably. As their means increased, however, their rela- tionships became complicated and pro- Various. They were nomads, shifting at intervals from place to place, and their possessions consisted chiefly of flocks and herds, ample pasturage and watersupply was all important, but as their flocks and herds multiplied the supply of water and fodder became JJuite inadequate. "The land was noi able to bear them." It frequently happens that the increase of their flocks and herds compels nomadic pe"- ples to separate. Bickcrmsrs aro? among the herdsmen about the rights to pasture-lands and wells, and th" dispute, once kindled, spread to their cutting. Soviet Unable to Satisfy Demand for Amusements Moscow. Despite intensive con- Used in Grandmother's Day Are Best Our grandmothers were riglii. They grew good plants in tin cans, some- times punching holes In the bottoms of the cans for drainage. A window In a stuffy kitchen or a chilly room was structlon of theatres, motion picture their greenhouse. To-day, with houses and circuses, the demand for tickets all over :he country far ex- ceeds the supply. In the capital long antly growing plant from a florist and bettered hcme- conditions, there very few people who can buy a our are water given to the same ma*s of soil in a clay pot. The clay pot. as used by the florist on a moist surface such as cinders, soil . or sand, draws most of its moisture ch the pot rests and only a fraction from the moisture within the pot. Tnis process keeps tlia pores of the pot filled with moisture. When water is added to the surface of the soil in pots on a moist bed. the water may be ail absorbed by the soil mass and not shared by the clay pot. If clay pou must be used ia the home, they should rest on a moist sur- face, a practice similar to that of the Fog of Platinum Richest of Mists New York. Platinum is caused to evaporate like water by a discovery- announced from the California Insti- tute of Technology. This precious vapor, probably the world's highest-priced mUt. condense* into unimaginably thin films upon a wide variety of materials. It coatj them virtually permanenTj}-. Smoother than dew it wili cover fibres, converting them into pliant, filmy threads that seem made il pure platinum. These threads are prized as wires for various precision instru- ments. A Midas might even be able to pay for a platinum gown. The process was developed by Dr. John Strong, national research fellow, who reports it in the Physical Review, a natural scientific journal. Formerly the nearest approach to platinum mist has been the process of "sputtering," in which the molten metal is reduced to minute droplets and sprayed like paint. Dr. Strong produced evaporation in. a vacuum by a slight change of meth- ods which had failed. The hea, is supplied by a wire or filament of tungsten, one of the mewls with a higher melting point than platinum. The failures occurred when platinum was laid in the glowing tungsten COM. Apparently too much heat was lost in the small space separating the metals. So Dr. Strong tried electroplating the platinum directly upon the tung sten wire and that worked perfc-.- tion. lines of theatre lobbies have become keep it healthy In well-Ueated. an almost permanent feature. The queues stretch from the box office into the street. Statistics recently made public indi- well- Such ventilated, well-lighted homes. yellow and die back to a skeleton : framework of stalks and stems. Ths cate the speed with which public ia- more resistant plants, such as rubber terest in theatrical entertainment has plants and aspidistra, may appear developed. Figures for the Russian Federation of Republics (which in- masters. A significant touch is jfivvn to the narrative in the statement that the Canaanite (who lived in walled j howr.-) and the Periszite (country- 000 " ; i 93 V-70>00.000. folk living in open villages) dwelt | nMnriL , then in the land. It was a scandal that Abram and Ix>t. txth committed to il.e high adventure of faith. shouUi ',uarrel before their heathen nei'/li- bon. eludes some 90 per cent, of the total population) follow: Theatre attendance Wu ."AooO.- Motion picture attendance. 19*0 473.000,000; 1931817,000,000. Circus attendance: 1930 3,000,000: 19;5 18.000,000. filling the saucer with moist sphagnum moss. This sphagnum moss, is the type utilized by florists for holding flowers in wreathes and It is relatively inex- pensive compared with the price paid for potted plants. Painting clay puts, aside and out- side, makes this type of pot more prac- tical for home grown plants. The , paint, by filling up the pore spaces. Now we know why our grandmotu- destroy* the evaporating surface aad healthy for a long time yet they grow but slowly, if at all. ers could grow good plants. It was ma iies because of the non-porous tin can. An ; B - eI] iayestigation. conducted by the depart- porous without any injury occurring " the pot A pol more ornamental as porous or noa- ment of botany at the Massachusetts State College In AmUenrt has revealed som* inte">tlnK facts about plant con- tainers Lower Soil Impoverished to ^ plattt if cu i lura i practices are adapted to the type of pot. When uon- poroa, containers are used, less tn- uuent watering shoull be the practice with the added laution that th TUe clay pot. kept on a moist soil by plant in such containers should never the commercial grower of plants. is very satisfactory because- it M on a moist surface. In the house the pot b watered if the soil Is wet to the touou. Th non porous pot Is adapt- able to home and office culture of or- namental plants, particularly so if no H. A RENERWS PROPOSAL, vs. 8, 9. Abram now rose t<- the full stature of his moral greatne*-. "His caln 1 . strone figure." says Strachan. "rebuk- ed all petty feelings. In the midst <-i strife he was tranquil and selt'- ;>"ss>'sseil. his sueeoli was courteous." First, ru strife, especially wr>ert. a* in their case. th-> > :i'-n-.i tio< ' ';in<hip should m tne bind them tosether. Then he propo*- 1 Chitaldrug. eJ that peace hould t- n-.-iintaincd \v | Six different levels, each making u separation. Tht> patriarchs were men j ground surface on which an ancien: ls QO [ sufficient to make up the total distribution of soil moisture in :he M"h the win-Id arouri! ; people once lived, were revealed by amount lost hy evaporation from the ' non-porous containers U equaled only ~ most 6.000 Year-Old Relics Are Unearthed in India Mysore, India. Relics of a ni v which lived in the Deccan 6.000 years te <i plants are- on a dry surface, usual- ago, made pottery with remarkable i y a 9au cer. The pot itself is evapor-joas ' present to care- for the plant* skill and attained a considerable de- ating moisture into the air. an air , 0> 'er a week-end or holiday. gree of culture have been discovered which, during the colder months. U the Chandravalli valley near pro bably drier than the atmosphere of What New York Is Wearing BY A^NEEELLE WORTHlNGTOJf. Illustrated Drtmaking Litton Fur' nithed With Every Pattern Plant containers o( glass, metal rubber have been used with Death Valley. Though water is added ably more success in homes and offices potted plant as a daily chore. It ! than the clay flower pot. The better them recent strata markc-.l r IKV^IV VI1V.V lltVJ continually aflame witli - exc . uations . The . and war. Their principle was to ^ old win oeucv by isolation. t one can- not live- amicably with another, thei: it is better to seoarate from aim. The In thls lowest strau thlf P "* 1 ':-' <"h-- : 5tian orinciplr. we believe. ,'- and other relics of Stone and Iron i .. .1. , .,, tl .,. n , u ,- > ,-, ;, Tt() a fL-;,,;,,; I Ages were found. The Stone Age relics by the wav of solf-*aci >tii-c. Al>ram'< ;irop^"-l irv.-'ved him i', a irreat wall of the pot. This water added to the surface of the soil penetrates through the uper third of the soil and then gradually is drawn to the absorb- ing wall of the pot. The lower third of the pot still Africa. V ri'xt olio'co of the la-ii. l--t thU rii;!-: lie *inv*rou!v waived -iili-. III. X K \TKI-T I. HKPSII.N. vs. 10-1". 1 -.- ., .\l.r .< I .it \vs sol-'- i-li and covetous a mar who had hi- evc u f " it w"-!'''<- siuv'.<. It neve;' occurred to him forthwith to concede t< Mir:"-,-, tl'i; ,ho'u-<-r iu>rtion of th. "-'ml. From the elevation at Beth.-l i v. ,".i the f wo en- joyed a wide outUvi! over the lanl; or. the west < tli ir.ii-u-re highlands , which other Institution are . ( . , . _ _ ~ n\; JV wi hui\a w* me |\^ ^i ill \ic- : - , w ere ornate, with geometncal. flon I nl;u:(U , a[e[ . [o niake up fof that evap . - , and other designs. The discovene* Qrat(;d an(J coutinues , draw upoQ th0 | The soil In this s comes powder dry and th active root by the day pot on moist sphagnum moss. With such containers, attention and care in watering are- considerably lessened. TUe plant* will survive the week-end absence from the office, and in the home we may hare more luxuri- ant plants. Linus H. Jo>ns in N.Y. Herald-Tribune Wave Organ Made By Electric Hums Belleville. Ont. After e\dn years of experimenting. Mr. Morse Robb " system ia this region dies. The ds Soviet Students Face t ruction of an important part of th" Pay Cut for Failures root sys-em U necessarily felt by the announces h has perfected a small ' folias* part of the plant, which dies ' wave, organ which he said has .tu'len." who i-ut lUsses and flunk J* in "' *. destroyed power of the .argest pipe examinations soon nmv flud literally f ^ din iliai it does not pay. Setting a course f .Tndnh and on the east. !>e!o\v then 1 . lav the fertile valley of the Jorrin.t. T ' - ' >t *!.- nlain of the Jordan resembled, in fertility, tlv- i;..r ( len of y.fl<>M i>r Kirypt, where h:n \.--tts are uniformly sruoil fi\>m the ,f The Non-porous Container Grandmother, with her tin can piaut ; container, had no suoh worry about , the uneven distribution of moisture in ,the soil. There was no evaporatlnK ! "P/* 1 ^,^. .'.* wall to dissipate the water intended 'i. j for the plant. TUe water added to the College students in the Soviet Union surface of the sail was soon evenly :. follow, the Middle Asia State Uni- versity here has abolished the system of equal pay for all students in favor of tnie measured by work they acconi- tlM but about ,%s much room as an ordinary writing desk. Demonstrating his organ Mr. Robb. son of Mr. W. D. Robb, vice-president ! of the Canadian National Railway*. is one produces musical tone} from ically induced vibrations rather rhan from blowing air through pipes. 'i-ti MI 'i r . <>r irrigation from, the j i wr B r o.uurun, .,, . ., ^v..v,v ....>-.. ^ .-.,.,. L..^ av , t n . v,vu , .\rHipx* ->r<rn Nile. So lot cli,K-e the Jordan valle>..are paid by the state so that they may, distributed throughout the soil maw. Hi< (! - : -'>r :- ii'iule without co-! defray their living expenses while And. furthermore, grandmother did v s.ideration of tlie character of t l ie stuilyiuK. The salary ranges from $50 ( not have to water th plants every rr v-'-.om ho would Hre-| , non ihiy for single men and women up ( day. for the soil in such containers' that amount for man-led stu- Jrls out very slowly and requires, per One di- ,. ._ . ._ I week, but about lut.f t!i amount of i wo K.M- the J.''-:'an valley wa known. not| the K"'at \\ickeiliu-" of its ir- i enemy et friends. i* better lhan U.S. Expand* Helium Plant To Meet Increasing Needs Amarillo, Tex. Since the Federal government has gone into the building of !ighter-than-air craft in earnest, the L'nited States helium plant near Amarillo has been remodelled t in- crease production and improve the quality of gas. The first plant unit, ia operation four years, has been rebuilt to increase its capacity 50 per cent. and now embodies improvements made when a second unit was constructs i two years ago. Bureau of Mines officials '.ylu Con- gress in 1928 that the first ar.it would produce 10,000,000 cubic feet a year The purity of helium produced at the plant never fa'., below 98 per cent., compared with 94 to 96 per cent, at the old Fort Worth plant in 11)20 and improvement which means crease of about two tons in the lifting power of a dirigible like the Akron. More than 9 per cent, of the helium content of the natural ga.?. which is about 1.75 per cent.. 1 bein re- covered. With the Macon. now iiud'- struction, and the Akron ;c operation, the Army and Navy will r.eed about 20,000,000 cubic feet of helium a year, compared with a present capacity of the Amarillo plant of a'-vi- >; feet. Brazil Trains Athletes For First Olympic Entry Rio De Janiero. For the first tima Brazil is turning an interested eye t ward international sports participa- tion and in particular i? evincing a de- termination to compete in the Olympic ga nes in l/os Ange'.es, Colif., next August. Th Brazilian Sports Federation, representing the fourt*>?n major ath- letiv clubs in Brazil, has appealed 'o athletes for early training so that a strong de'.egatior. may be sent to com- pete in a'.i Olympic divisions. Spartan rules have been laid down for the se- lection of a:hletes. Each athlete must submit to an examination before a special committee. He must prove himself not oniy physically fit but must show a high psychological rat- ing. He must b in "top form" by June !.">. when examinations will be held. Indications are that 3.000 ath- letes will seek posit:. MI* >n the team. Penny for Debts San Salvador. Salvador. Children I in all schools of the Republic of Sa!- i vador will contribute one penny each | week to aid tht> Government in wip- ing out its foreijrn debt under a plan just announced. - Landlady "How do you lik this room, as a whole, sir?" New I-odger A* a noli? it's all Hglr us u room not so good." 2*44 Jus', a fiance at ;hj i;ew mod* ; you can. sea how beautifully over- weight ha* been disguised. It has the long V-siimniing bodioo arrangment. graceful sleeves an4 cleveriy cut skirt yith bias hip seam- ing. It is ca : In printed ani plaia crep silk. It's a style that u.s-> adapts itself perfectly to th* supple wooin, so im- portant In the smart woman's war4- robe. Yoa'U -ike it especially in black diagonal woolen with vest of beif* wool crepe. - J N.. 2t>44 i* designed foe * 36, 38. JO. jj. 44 and 4 inched boat. Size 36 requires 34 yards of S9-inh material with \ yard of Sa-inofe coa- :i sting. You car al*o- carry ut th chia black and white schem* ia 9an;x. crep*. HiHV TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your natne and address plain- * iig nuiubvr ar.d size of such pu'.terr.s as you wan.:. Enclose 20c ia stamps or coin (coir, preferred; wrap it carefully* for each number, and address yoi.r order to Wilson Patten Service. 73 \v si .Vi^.alce S:.. Toronto. Australia Plans State Radio For Cultural Broadcasting .y, Australia. A TSOVI plan f<>r the broadcasting of high class edu- ational and entertainment program* is contemplated by J. W. Ker.sor 1 Post- master-Genera! of Australia, when th r?w broadcast ing con'r.iiss-1 >n gets int its strid*. A bill authorizirvg tht Coiru-jn- wealth to take over control o/ aU broaik-asting in Australia u now b*- for Parliament and i expected to b passed. Fentoii said that when th | r.ew commission, was farmed every I effort would be made to establish sep- :irat designated stations which would broadcast the most important literary. ^ientifw and other intellectual tiis- cussions, along with the highest claw ">f music including selected programs from England for rebroaiicisting. $. Canada's Art Toronto. Canada iias truiy n rt| her own, Fred S. Haina. curator oA ;h Toronto Art Galtery. told th*. Board of Trad Club in an advir? her* on art as a philosopher f lifl*. "Art." h* said, "should ba an expne*- sion of the people and of th> times." MUTT AND JEFF- By BUD FISHER rtefc Bur A Rower a Day Keeps the Date Away. r J& ffl'^T^ '.>:, i* 1 --\ ^9 iff ^^' J / i