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By William Ferguson THIS CURIOUS WORLD STATISTICS OVER. THIRTV TKAJXI DO SPINSTERS WHO A/\AEKV XXRTEK. THIRTV EATS Tf-E SKIM IS LEFT WTH THE A JUTE 8A<& IS A >CJFf= CtMQEK. em. mi a> NEA nnvice. cue. ANSWER. A gunny sack. NEXT: Paintinr on cobwebs. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Augut 1 GOD DELIVERS HIS PEOPLE Exodui 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 Ver.et Thou art nigh, O Jt-h<>vuj-. Psalm 119:151. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. 1445 B.C. Plac*. The Passover feast it- Mi* was observed only in the land ef Goshen where the Jews wer ther living, but the plagues recocdec here, of course, occur- red throL^hout the whole land of Egypt, and the conversations that a.r recorded here probably took place in the city of Zoan, known aloe ai< Tanis. wheve was located J*haTaoh's palace. N|pie*' 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 speak in Thy name. h hath uealt ill with this people; neither hast Thou delivered Thy people at a!!." Moses was discour- aged with the want of immediate uece, which led him into a bold ,conr.}>l&ir.t against God; first for sending him; and then for fail- ing, as i: seemed to him, to keep His w-oru in the deliverance of the reoj'ie. Jesus knows our weak- nesst and is ready to help. He knows \hat it is to have suf- fered ar.d wept over a stiff- necked people He knows how to b tcjched with this feeling of OUT T.firmity. God Reas.uret Moie. "And Jehovah said unto Moses, Now shah thou see what I will do to Pfiaraoh: for by a strong., hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive then; out of the land. And God spake unto Moses, and said unto hrm, I am Jehovah: and I ap- peared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, ar.d unto Jacob, as God Almighty: but by My name Jeho- vah 1 was not known to them." The direction which Moses now" received from God conveyed * fresh assurance that God would certainly accomplish His purpose ; it ,v.c a fuller revelation of His chafci. ter as Jehovah, with the special promises which this im- plied it:2-S); ami it renewed the commission to Moses to untl;riakt the work, accompanied h> ...iragement and oin- nce. In His relationship to man. God manifested Himself, and He was known as Jehovah as "Ho Who is that He is," in other words. ;u. unchangeable, when after ronutries of silence and after the condition of Israel in Egypt had become almost hope- less. He showed that He had not fortrotten His promise given to the fathers; that He had all along been preparing its fulfillment; ami that neither the resistance of Pharaoh, nor the might of F^ypt. Couui sty His hand. The Soal of God "Anil 1 have also established my covenant with them, to KIVC them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojourning-*, wherein they ojouvied. 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 i henceforth to be th 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 time 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 Hia promise. Exodu* From Egypt Begin* "And it cam* to pass the self- same day, that Jehovah did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts." Here we read that the number of males departing at this time was 600,000. The nation wa probably one of above two mil- lions of souls. The 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 herd- 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 can t be repaired are converted into fertiliser? Radio Reporter It has always been said in radio circles that about the quickest way ti> find out whether a pro- gram has an extensive listening: audience or* not, is to make a very obvious mistake . . . have the announcer ^ive the wrong time . . . describe Winston Churchill as the Prime Minister of Czecho- slovakia . . . make a jibing re- mark about some pa'tic'ilar politi- cal party, or i-euHous ect or "Something ''lie t!.at. When these things happen on the rad'.o, listeners who coufiln't be induced to phone or w ite a radio station even on the chance 01 '.vmning a $50,000 cash prize, 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 every Monday evening, 8.30 to 9 o'clock. You've probably heard the show, a quiz affair, in which the studio and -i- 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 second* 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 5 ibject sug- gested by quiz showa, it seems appropriate to mention that there have been fewer summertime cusi.' allies among then: than an oug any jthf types of radio eiuertamn.erit. For instance, all the popular quiz shows on CFRB are' carrying right through the v/arm weather, including ''Spin to \Vin," "Tre.i?ure Tr.'.il," ''Super Quiz." "What's the Answer?" and "Easy Pickin's." Even Jiough the temperatures climb high into the nineties, those shows are be- ing pla/e:l before packed 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 humidity and heat. Apparently also there are lots of people whc will forsaxe the cool- ness of their verandahs,- and go inside for n load of quiz questions . . . and maybe the chance of picking up the jackpot. Radio's most-lUtened-to pro- gram in North America, the Lux Theatre, is now off the air for a fe weekd. It' u being replaced by two half-hour programs. The first half hour, 9 to 9.30 Monday night, CFRB, roriance fills the air in dramatic form . . . followed bj a musical presentation, 9.30 to 10 p.m., tiia Broadway Band Box, with the currently nopular singing 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. Th CBC and privately owned stations who have been working together in the national agricultural interests appear to have done ijuite 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 response from 'teen age boys, however, has not been as good as 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 bomb- ers are now being made in Can- ada The first one to be built in the Dominion will be christened July >:}. 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-coast net- work of the CBC. SUPER SERVICE ON THE JUNGLE FRONT Jeep just out of the New Guinea jungle tank-: up at "filling station' 1 for military vehicles ran ay three American soldiers. "The Three Yanks" have posted the usual gas station signs, including "No Smoking," "L"-Curve Inn" and one reading "It's H K 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. Clark; Hullo, everybody and a special hullo to farm wuoien 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 ain 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 iitf. No, for if you have lived all your married life on a farm, then I know you. If you have sometime lived in * 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 heartache 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, Navy 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 letter doesn't arrive. I know your uneasiness if you have a daugrhter 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 home, then I do not presume to say I know you. I ^an 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 where 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, 1 wonder if there is a farm anywhere in Ontario where the work is really done up to date, as it should be. 1 know it isn't here uecaxse at the present time Partner and I are ai'ine 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 wen: out to th ha.vue.ld to help that Is to say, I w3-> 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 what 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 n:y feet again was quite son>e joo. But as I remarked to Part- ner yesterday, what I lack in boui.ee I now make up for IB weight. And that should help keep the load on the wagon provid- ing, of course, that I don't go off the end of it' When I starteu to write thk column, the war news was very quiet. Now the day .ve have been waiting for has come. Anx;ou days lie ahead but, however great o-ir worry, don't, for goodneM sake, let us indulge in self-pity. To be sure our boys are in dan- ger they have to be. even your Loy and mine. But this is total w.ir, and in total war there are two fronts the oattlefront and the home front. Yoa ! ave heard th:u before. Now we have Urn opportUiiin to show that we not only heard but realize that WB have a part to play Let us prove :. it we can take it on the chin . save, give of our very best to back up our boys :it the front. WINTER SPORT HORIZONTAL 1 Apex. 4 Pictured winter sport. 10 Its playing Reid ,d called a . 14 Charm. 15 Annual receipts. 16 Sheltered side. 17 Grief, ISMuiic not*. 19 Place. 20 Weaver's reed. 21 Courage. 24 Mother. 25 Bend. 29 It u played on . 31 Sailor. 32 Erudition. 33 Toward. 34 Small piece. 35 Either. Answer to l'rcviou> Puzzle game we;,r VERTICAL . 1 City. 4iJ Rubber disc 2 v.'icd lised to this :istrument -Mine (pi.). 3 Dock. 50 Baseball dubs 4 Employ. 53 Insect 54 Perform. 55 Border. 36 Fixed line of 56 Repetition devolution. 38 Fear. W Variety of clover. 40 Wound with knife. of. sound. 57 Vegetable* 59 Beverage 60 Sorrow'. 61 Thistle-like plant. 5 Unit. 6 Chamber of Commerce (abbr.). 44 Players of this 62 Cut down. 8 Bird. 9SU1L 10 Knaves. 11 Sick. 12 Born. 13 Lock opener. 22 Vermont (abbr.). 23 Stringed insti".:r.ent 24 Letters. 26 Ir.tei national language. 27 Bird. 28 Present. 29 Article. 30 Geometrical figure. 31 Not thin. 34 Ajr. munition wagon. 37 Clay pipe. 40 Guide. 41 Tiny. 42 Like. 43 Greek letter. 45 Qualified. 46 Horseback game. 47 Stuff. 48 Thousand (prefix). 49 Diving binL 50 Wager. 51 Aviator. 52 Article. 54 Excavate. 58 Thoron (abbr.). What, Not in a Garden? By J. MILLAR WATT I ONCS GOT A MHSriVl PRIZE FOR GREEN WHAT DID VOOpf GROW THEM IN 9