THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE ONT. THURSDAY, MAR. 11. 1935 WOMEN'S fl CHATTER By Mair M. Morgan DO YOU REALIZE? Walking into a studio of a young artist, I found him, with paint brush poised over a Christmas scene, his eyes squinting over the minute detail this work demands. In supercilious tones I enquired, "Why a Christmas scene-Spring is near?" "And that is where your knowledge is deficient," said he. "This card is a rush order for 1935's Christmas trade. 1 must deliver it to the manufacturer by ten o'clock tomorrow morning!" Christmas celebrations still echoing in my ears, I stared at him in amazement. Indeed 1 had learned something! And by his tormented expression I gathered these cards we take so-much-for-granted, demanded a fair amount of painstaking labor. "And that," growled he, pointing to an intricate design, "is a design for a rug, and is a - of a thing to do! But they pay well, while my oils do not!" I felt very sympathetic. It is a shame really that all of us are guilty of buying poor reproductions of some foreign artists' work, while right at our doorstep are young Canadians turning out some fine work. 1 mentally resolved that next time the exchequer warranted a picture, 1 would patronize home industry! AT THE BRITISH FAIR Queen Mary evidently strongly believes in buying home products. Visiting the British Industries Fair, she ordered several samples of "woollies" to be sent to Buckingham Palace on approval, telling the stall-keeper, with a smile: "1 think the King will like them. Among the Canadian goods shown at this 21-year-old fair are breakfast foods, jellies, honey, canned good, cheese, confectionery, relishes and liquor. UNDAV CHOOI fssON PETER DELIVERED FROM PRISON-- Acts 12:1-19. GOLDEN TEXT.--Prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him. Acts 12:5b. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING TIME--The spring of A.D. 44. ( PLACE--A prison within the city of Jerusalem, perhaps in the tower of Antonia; the house of John Mark. were the warders, who were stationed one nearer to the inner door of the prison and another at some further distance away. "They came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city." It was the gate outside the prison buildings, forming the exit from the premises. The prison to the city. first'time Peter was in prison for his loyalty to Christ--see 5:18-20. prison that Saul committed those Christians whom he dragged from their homes (8:3). "But prayer made earnestly." The adverb here translated earnestly is from a verb meaning, literally, stretched out, and is the very word (as an adjective) used by Luke in his account of our Lord's prayer in Gethsemane--Being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly. "Of the church unto God for him. Crises make our prayers effectually definite. "And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night." The helplessness of Herod when God Intervenes must remind one of our Lord's words to Pontius Pilate, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above (John 19:11). "Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound With two chains; and guards before the door kept the prison." Two soldiers were chained to Peter, One to his left wrist, and one to his right; two more kept guard at the door. Escape was out of all question. "And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell." Certainly the light was due to the presence of the angel, and one cannot but be reminded of a similar occurrence, when the shepherds were watching their flocks by night. "And he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saymg, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands." The writers of the New Testament never embellish their accounts of miraculous events with a mass of detail, as later writers were so in the habit of doing. "And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he said unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me." It was not pride that kept the angel from that service. Things we would scorn to do are done by angels gladly. If it was not beneath Christ to wash the feet of Peter, it was not beneath an angel to tie his shoe-latchet. But the angel refrained (as angels alway do), in that economy of strength which is divine, from doing for Peter in his hour of need what it was in his power to do himself. "And he went out, and followed. And he knew not that it was true ■which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision." Note how careful Luke is to distinguish De-tween visions and historical occurrences, enhancing the trustworthiness of his narrative here. "And when they were past "Which opened to them of its own accord." The Saviour who has led one ward in the dark Swedish Ice Star will take part in the skating carnival to Garden, New York. She is pupil of fai Grafstrom. Sack To HoflywMd other, and yet another. The gates will open as you arrive. "And they went out, and passed on through one street; and straightaway the angel departed from him." The angel's work was done. There was no more need for the ministry of miracle. "And when Peter was come to himself, he said." That is, when he had recovered his self-consciousness. He was before in the half-consciousness of one who is dreaming and knows that it is a dream: except that in his case the dream was the truth, and his supposition was unreality. "Now I know of truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews." James had been put to death and the Jewish people were | eagerly waiting for the execution of Peter like hungry wolves. "And when he had considered the thing." Peter's mind worked rapidly and he decided what to do. "He came to the house of Mary the-mother of John whose surname was Mark." Mary was a woman of some property, who had not sold all her possessions; her husband was probably dead; Peter was so intimate with the family that he calls her son Mark the Evangelist his son. "And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named/ Rhoda." "And when she knew Peter's voice." She opened not the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate." Here the ministry of bewilderment is Joy itself! "And they said unto her, Thou art mad." Three people in the New Testament are accused of being mac. e.ll because they had messages so wonderful people would not believe them: the Lord Jesus (John 10: 20), Rhoda, and the Apostle Paul (Acts 26:24, 25). "But she nfidently affirmed that it was ev-i so." And so they went on debating the matter, while all the time answer was waiting at the door. The answer often comes knocking at the door but we don't let it in, and we never know that the answer has been given. "And they said, It is his angel." It was a Jewish belief that each man had a guardian angel assigned to him. "But Peter continued knocking." A little while before, that very morning, Peter had come to a great iron gate. And at a single touch of the angelic finger that gate had opened and let Peter through. And now he was at no massive iron gate, Clive Brook, English screen star, and his wife pictured arriving in New York from England where he has completed work on film. They are enroute to Hollywood. first and the second guard," Those ^bu$ she bumble, doos (rf * y**y humble dwelling--and he continued knocking. "And when they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed." The entire history of the New Testament is filled with amazement. "But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him forth out of the prison." There were some things that only Peter knew about the goodness and power of God, ana* unless he would tell them they would never be known for blessing and encouragement by others. "And he said, Tell these things unto James, and to the brethren." This was, almost all agree, James the Lord's brother. "According to common Oriental usage, but apparently in opposition to the injunction of the Lord (Matt. 12:50), the family of Jesus maintained a pre-eminence of some kind or other in the Christian community of Jerusalem which was altogether different from the organization of the Church in other places. "And he departed and went to another place." The notice is so definite that we cannot build anything upon it; if Peter left Jerusalem at all, he may have undertaken some missionary journey. e'd get along better re will power." we'd get along bet-n't have »o much." REPETlTi LllY'TllM, yoi w avenues of i re, profit and c It is not a step to neither should it with lack of confi ability t0 succeed in vided that you havi for it and a determ tices of 1 irder i Fig. of e<l fyl ilk),;: curtains or hanging. Fig. 1G1 modern design for tile floors walls, in which the principle Flowing Rhythm and repetitioi clearly shown. all the... lilPfull a definite problem to do. Make it the most wonderful and practical design work of its kind. Later on, no doubt, you will be asked to create something new; of distinct service to mankind; but no matter what it is, life is complex and getting more so. Everyone has their own interests, vocations, pleasures, etc., to occupy their time. They never heard of you or the product you are about to create. They are not looking for you. You are looking for them, and take it for granted that eyes are tired, minds are tired, time is short. What then, is the first thing you have to consider? GETTING THEIR ATTENTION -- for that is the only Look around the homes you enter for examples of hangings or tiles. Do these designs fit in with the general scheme of things in the home? Could you suggest an improvement, anywhere? This is your problem for Ex. No. 48. Let us think advertisingly in stead of artistically for a moment. Every good magazine and newspaper is carrying such illustrated advertising as we are considering in this lesson. The street cars art lined down each side with street car cards, and what a display the;, make, creative minds are at the way you can get your sales over. Good commercial design has very, much to do with getting attention, make your appeal attractive. Next weeks lesson will deal with Flowing Rhythm in Natural Leaf Forms. Questions will be answered in this department. Anyone wishing to receive a personal reply, may have same if a 3c stamped, addressed envelope is enclosed with the re-1 quest. The Art Director, Our Sketch Club, Room 425, 73 Adelaide Street West, Toronto. Challenges Oceen Leslie William Fairnie, of London, England, shown on the Thames River in his 12-foot rubber canoe in which he will try to win prize of $25,000 offered by group of-Americans for first canoe crossing of the Atlantic. Highly concentrated foods stowed In the front will act as ballast. Bugle Sounds ! "The cult of beauty has never been so great as today--when beauty parlors literally vie with gasoline sta-tions in number and business." -- Emily Post. "Cynicism, futility and disillusionment are diseases of the mind."-- Harry Emerson Fosdick. ALIMONY Ok, strenuous day for eupid! And Hymen's ail aatlr. A chap pays court to some f law, The next we hear that cornea pirn The court la P*/in§ Joe- Scene in barrack at Florence, Italy, i in preparation for active service on the Abyss Officer watches.