The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

. By William Ferguson THIS CURIOUS WORLD STATISTICS WHEN! DIVORCEES OVER. THIRTV VE.ARS Ol_D TI-IAM DO SPINSTERS WHO AAARRTV XXFTEJ2. THK2TX EATS A SKIfvl \S 1_EF=T NA. rH THE CCPR. 1941 9V NF ttRVICE. INC. ANSWER: A gunny sack. NEXT: Paintine on cobwebs. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON August 1 COD DELIVERS HIS PEOPLE Exodus 512 PRINTED TEXT. Exodu. 5:22. 23; 6:1-7; 12:51 GOLDEN TEXT. Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou (halt glorify me. Psalm 50:15. Memory Verse: Thou art nigh, Jehovah. Psalm 119:151. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. 1445 B.C. PUot. The Passover feast it- ilf was observed only in the land ef Goshen where the Jews wer then living:, but the plagues recorded here, of course, occur- red throughout the whole land of Egypt, and the conversations that ar recorded here probably took plac in the city of Zoan, known alao a* Tanis, whore was located Pharaoh's palace. Moses* Prayer "And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, where- fore hast Thou dealt ill with this people? Why is it that Thou hast sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to apeak in Thy name, he hath nealt ill with this people; neither hast Thou delivered Thy people at all." Moses was discour- aged with the want of immediate ucciss, which led him into a bold complaint against God; first for sending him; and then for fail- ing, as it seemed to him, to keep His word in the deliverance at the people. Jesus knows our weak- nesses and is ready to help. He knows *hat it is to have suf- fered and wept over a stiff- necked people He knows how to be touched with this feeling of OUT infirmity. God Reassures Moses "And Jehovah said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh? for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of the land. And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am Jehovah: and I ap- peared unto Abraham," unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty: but by My name Jeho- vah I was not known to them." The direction which Moses now received from God conveyed fresh assurance that God would certainly accomplish His pflrpose; it gave a fuller revelation of His character as Jehovah, with the special promises which this im- plied (ti:2-8); and it renewed the commission to Moses to undertake the work, accompanied b> encouragement and assur- ance. In His relationship to man, God manifested Himself, and He was known as Jehovah as "He Who is that He is," in other words, a* unchangeable, when after cenutries of silence and after the condition of Israel in Egypt had become almost hope- less, He showed that He had not forgotten His promise given to the fathers; that He had all along been preparing its fulfillment; and that neither the resistance of Pharaoh, r.or the might of Egypt, could stay His hand. The Sfeal of God "And I have also established niy covenant with them, to give fhfin the land. of Canaan, the land of their sojourn ings, wherein they sojourned. And moreover 1 have heard the groaning of the chil- dren of Israel, whom the Egyp- tians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I wlil redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: and I will take you unto me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians." This is henceforth to be the word of encouragement, of au- thority, and of fellowship to Israel. It reminds them that God is now active in their behalf; that it is God who is thus active, and that He is present to dwell in the midst of them as a father among his adopted children. . . . They shall know by actual ex- perience that He is all that U implied in the name Jehovah, an actual, and therefore tried, de- liverer. ... I am the Lord. Thia sentence is here repeated for the third tima in this message, en- hanced by all the emphasis which the distinction made between the divine names (v. 3) has added to its meaning. It is the seal of God thrice stamped upon Hi* promise. Exodus From E(ypt Begins "And it came to pass the self- same day, that Jehovah did bring the children of Israel out of th land o-f Egypt by their hosts." Here we read that the number of males departing at this time waa 600,000. The nation wa probably one of above two mil- lions of souls. Th difficulty of handling so vast a body and marching them from Goshen to the Red Sea, and from the Red Sea to Sinai must have been very great. The whole Sinaitic district was probably occupied by the flocks and herds, and the herds- men who tended them. But the main body of the people were encamped in front of Sinai, heard the Decalogue delivered and con- sented to the covenant. Pin Money! Corvettes cost about $700,000, but if Canadian housewives saved just one cent of every dollar they spend they could buy enough War Savings Stamps to pay for two new corvettes every month. In England, boots which cant be repaired are converted into fertilizer? Radio Reporter It has always been said in radio circles that about the quickest way to find out whether a pro- gram has an extensive listening audience or not, is to make a very obvious mistake . . . have the announcer give the wrong time . . . describe Winston Churchill as the Prime Minister of Czecho- slovakia . . . make a jibing re- mark about some pa-'tic'ila.' politi- cal party, or religious sort or soii'cthing I'ke tl.at. When these things happen on tie rad-.o, listeners who couldn't be induced to phona or w-ite a radio sta f ion even on th*e chance 01 '.vdir.ing a $.50,000 cash p^ize, rush to their telephones, or grab pen and pencil with which to assail the- unfortu- nate person who made the mis- take or the offending remark. CFRB was recently the target of a mass barrage of telephone calls following a mistake made during the "Spin to Win" program, on the air evary Monday evening, 8.30 to 9 o'clock. You've probably heard the show, a quiz affair, in which the studio and .ir audiences compete for valuable cash prizes. The question was "With what ani- mal was the Scottish writer Rob- ert Burns associated? . . . and the answer acknowledged correct by the master of ceremonies was "a spider." Shades of Scottish his- tory! It only took a few seconds before the telephones began ring- ing at CFRB, and irate Scotsmen in rapid succession pointed out that it was Robert Bruce and not Robert Burns who gained inspir- ation from watching a spider. While we're on a s ibject sug- gested by quiz shows, it seems appropriate to mention that there have been . fewer summertime casualties among them than an ong any ;tht- types of radio entertainment. For instance, all the popular quiz shows on CFRB are carrying right through the warm weather, including "Spin to Win," "Treasure Tr.lil," "Super Quiz," "What's the Answer?" and "Easy Pickin's." Even Jiougfc the temperatures climb high into thu nineties, those shows are be- ing pla/e-1 before pai-keu studio audiences. It all goes to show that when there's the chance of win- ning a few free dollars. Mr. and Mrs. and the kids wi'l brave the discomforts of humid*y and heat. Apparently also there are lots of people wht will forsake the cool- ness of their verandahs, and go inside for a load of quiz qnenions . . . and maybe the chance of picking up the jackpot. * * Radio's most-listened-to pro- gram in North America, the Lux Theatre, is now off the air for a few weeks. It U being replaced by two half-hour ;,rogram3. The first half hour, 9 to 9.30 Monday night, CFRB, romance fills the air in dramatic form . . . followed bj a musical presentation, 9.30 to 10 p.m., the Broadway Band Box, with the currently popular ringing star, Frank Sinatra, heading the vocals. * For several weeks past radio stations across Ontario have been co-operating in the effort to get temporary workers to go out on the farm. The CBC and privately owned stations who have been working together in the national agricultural interests appear to have done quite an effective job. Girls from the city have flocked to the farms right after school closing, to lend a hand during the summer months. Farms say they can use them all and more. The respcnse from 'teen age boys, however, has not been as good ma the farmers hoped for. There is still plenty of opportunity where- by young lads can offer their services during the harvesting season. How about it.^boys? You wouldn't want the girls to beat you out, would you? * * * You've no doubt heard of the great four-motored Lancaster bombers which have been blasting away at Germany and Italy these last few months. Lancaster bom-b- ers are now being marts in Can- ada The first one to be built In the Dominion will be christened July 23. The R.C.A.F. will cele- brate the event as the h ghlight of the "Comrade in Arms" broad- cast, 10.15 p.m. that same eve- i ing over the coast-to-<.'oast net- work of the CBC. SUPER SERVICE ON THE JUNGLE FRONT Jeep just out of the New Guinea jungle tanks up at "filling station" for military vehicles ran oy three American soldiers. "The Three Yanks" hav posted the usual gas .station signs, including ''No Smoking," "U-Curve Inn" and one reading "It's Hot Up Here, So Take It Easy, Boys, We're Only Human. We Want to Go Home, Too." A Farm Wife Chats To Women by Gwendoline P. Clarka Hullo, everybody and a special hullo to" farm women everywhere! Here is a brand new column for you one in which you and I will meet together to laugh a little, talk a little, and perhaps even weep a little who knows? Now don't think this column is just another story, because it isn't. It is real written by an honest-to-goodness farmer's wife who knows, and has experienced, the same problems, the same hardships, and the same joys that have come to you, day after day and year after year. You may think I am a stranger to you perhaps I am but I hope I won't be a stranger very long. However, let me tell you this: YOU are not a stranger to me. No, for if you have lived all your married life on a farm, then I know you. If you have sometime lived in a small town or city, I know you. If the Old Country gave you birth and your heart just aches over the devastation of well-loved places, then I know you very well indeed. Or if you come from the prairie, I, too, know something of the beartache that grips you when you think of the vastness that you knew; of that intangible something that you cannot describe but which you know to be the soul of the West. If you have a son, a husband, or brother in the Army, N'avy or Air Force, I know only too well the anxiety that is yours. I know how you practically live from one mail time to another, and how long the day when the expected latter doesn't arrive. I know your uneasiness if you have a daughter in the city trusting her, yet fearful of dan- gers which even you can hardly visualize. But if sorrow has al- ready come to you through this war; if the War Office has sent that last of all messages to your borne-, then I do not presume to say I know you. I can only ask to sympathize with you in youi grief and trust that in some way, un- foreseen at present, healing will come to your stricken heart. But now to our ordinary, every- day life as we know it. The chick- ens are fed, the eggs gathered for the last time today, and now here 'I am sitting by the front door of our old Colonial farm home. The air is still sultry but clouds in the western sky are at least giving some protection from the sun's blistering ays. And what do I see from wher I am sitting? Well, in the im- mediate foreground there is a lawn that needs cutting, shrubs that need trimming and weeds that need pulling. It doesn't sound too attractive, does it? But then you see this isn't a model farm far from it. But, model or other- wise, I wonder if there is a farm anywhere in Ontario where the work is really done up to date, as it should be. I know it isn't here because at the present time Partner and I are alone on a hundred acres and milking twelve cows without benefit of a milking machine. Yesterday I ?ame home from an Institute meeting, changed into an old dress and went out bo tiie> hay field to help that is to say, I wa., on the wagon building the load while Partner pitched on. Years ago I used to help in the field a lot and so I thought what I had done before I could do again. But, in spite of my willingness, I soon discovered that, like the old gray mare, "I ain't rhat I used to be." I found it hard to keep my balance. Every time the horses stepped up 1 promptly fell do*n. Scrambling to my feet again was quite some job. But as I remarked to Part- tier yesterday, what I lack in boui.ce I now make up for in waight. And that should help keep the load on the wagon provid- ing, of course, that I don't jf off the end of it' When I -it art IM to write thi* column, the war news was very ({iiiet. Now the day we have been waiting for has come. Anxious days lie ahead but, however great our worry, don't, for goodnem sake, let us indulge in self-pity. To be sur>; our boys are in dan- ger they have to be, even your boy and mine. Hut th;.s is total war, and in total war there ar two fronts -the battle-front and tin.- home front. You t ave heard that before. Now we have th opportunity to show that we not only heard but realize that WB have a part to play Let us prov that we can take it on the chin \vurk. save, give of our very beat t.i back up our boys :it the front. WINTER SPORT 1 HORIZONTAL 1 Apex. 4 Pictured winter sport. 10 Its playing Reid u called a . 14 Charm. 15 Annual receipts. 16 Sheltered side. 17 Grief. IS Music note. 19 Place. 20 Weaver's reed. 21 Courage. 24 Mother. 25 Bend. 29 It is played on . 31 Sailor. 32 Erudition. 33 Toward. 34 Small piece. 35 Either, Answer to Previous Puzzle game we;*r 53 Insect 54 Perform. 55 Border. 38 Fixed line of 56 Repetition devolution. 38 Fear. 89 Variety of clover. 40 Wound with knife. VERTICAL . 1 City. 45 Rubber dmc 2 Wind used in this instrument game (pi.). .1 Dock. 50 Baseball clubs Employ, 5 Unit. 3 Chamber of Commerce (abbr.). 7 Hill. 8 Bird. 9 StilL 10 Knaves. 11 Sick. of sound, 57 Vegetable 59 Beverage. 60 Sorrow. 61 Thistle-like plant. Players of this 62 Cut down. 12 Born. 13 Lock opener. 22 Vermont (abbr.). 23 Stringed instrument. 24 Letters. 26 International language. 27 Bird. 26 Present. 29 Article. 30 Geometrical figure. 31 Not thin. 34 Ammunition wagon. 37 Clay pipe. 40 Guide. 41 Tiny. 42 Like. 43 Greek letter, 45 Qualified. 46 Horseback game. 47 Stuff. 48 Thousand (prefix). 49 Di%'ing bird. 50 Wager. 51 Aviator. 52 Article. 54 Excavate. 58 Thorou (abbr.). What, Not in a Garden? By J. MILLAR WATT DRIZE GOT A FIRSTS FOR GREEN WHAT DID YOUr- I GROW ' ' j- . * THE/V\ IN PODS .'