The Golden Age magazine - various issues 1936-1937

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A JOUWN-AE

OF

F A C T HOPE AND

C O U R A G E

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every other

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No 45

January

27, 1937

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C O N T E N T

A LITTLEBIT A DOU T L\S

259

8 F e e t 4 a d St i l l Gro~~: ing

259

The Hu m an I-Iand 259

Compositioii of tlhe H a n d 260

IXands TYorth

a

For tune 260

T ile I n t e ~ e s t i n gLef t -Randers 261

Other S tra i ige 3Ianual E xcept ions 261

The Beau t i fu l Hu ma n Foo t 261

The Perfect Foot 262

The Fcc t in Scr ip tu re 252

Sta nd ing aiid TValBing 262

Wali i ing Barefoot

253

Americzn Fee t Get t ing Larger 263

Bla ck MarIi-

f o r

Shoe Clerks 25-1,

Fr om San dals to Shoes 26.1

High I-Ieels and E'allen Arches 263

C a ~ e f the Fe et 266

ff

bInllBind II as Double B ra in 255

Xl i Pcople Ii:szne at Times 267

ib

Afr a id of P e te r b loody 's Era ins

257

/I T H A T ~ ELUS IOK CALLED( L O V E " 2%

,

Sinis ter Side to Sex Attract ion

256

The Love of God 6s

A n Inte l lse ly Prac t ical Problem 266

T h e

Ideal Aio'live

259

Is Sex Attr actio n Loye 272

THE "LOX-E"

ZACICET IS THE

UKITED

ST-LTES-ISCITIKG

O

LUST OR

. -.

4 a d o ~ ~ ~O S ~ ~ ~ D C ~ ~ T I O X70

TRU E LOT%

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

3 THE

T ~ V ~ R DF

JEEIOVAH

271

PERILOUSINES 2'i3

~ I O R Ei e o u ~ G N A N IT Y 274

Sonle

3Ien

Love to Bhurder 274

7i 'hat Is Americanism 274

Dconomic i\Iadnczs 275

~ c - t t e rm e n i e sperate17 Res is ted 275

TT-orliers R av e to Aid The nsei ves 276

Louns11err;r-'s K il 275

T1:e Y,-ill of I - I~ r in n nOblerreiss

277

Snl ~scr ihel- s ;ith Opinion s

2 i 7

Xnothc-r IIoilcst :+Ian F o un d 2'78

The

Cc~ic~radotro ng %Tan

78

7:,-lieu Yon Get to Sev en ty Y ea rs 279

The

H ea rt of TVomanlrind 279

TTomel: Carl B e as X ea n as aden 279

D.Li.II. oil th e Tobo ggan 229

Of Pecu l ia r I~ i t e rcs to Women 251

Er el* T ry Drinliing Blinera s? 281

Gcod Gnsiness Being Bo rn f

5

282

A

Little List of Do n'ts 262

7,400,000 Ch ildre n on Zclief 282

T h e F u t u r e D a d s a n d Mothers 83

St ra igh te i i ing I t

dl

O ut

283

DISOBEDIEKCERIKGS oss

OF

TIE

K I S C ~ O MF

GOD

284

TV:G ?:lei1 I n t a n Arm y to Fl ig ht 284

m

iie

Enin

of Sel:

264

Thin :

of

All Snn

Lost

255

~ l j t au l TTas Disobedieilt 285

~ ; ~ ' I T K E S SURDEREDN ARGESTISA 286


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Volume XVIlI

Brooklyn

N.U.

Wednesday January

13 1937

umber

45

Bit

About

Man

A

R E you not glad, and happy and thankful,

that you were born into the human family,

and that yo11 were not

a

GibborZ Not long ago

tlie bones of one of the Gibborim, dro\vned in

the Flood, were discovered in Nicaragua. They

have been fonnd else-r~here,n France: in Ari-

zonz

The ribs of the Gibbor found in Nicaragua

are

a

yard long and fonr inches wide, and the

sllinbone is too heavy for one man to carry.

The iind was made at El Boql~in:on the htico

river. The head m-as missing. The Gibborim

(Hebrew for mighty men , in Genesis 6

4)

were the children of angels mating IT-ith \-omen

G I the lii.ulian famil;-, so the Scriptures plainly

cleclare. References to these giants are to be

fonlld not on137 in the Bible, but in the lnythology

of Greece and Ronne and other conntrics.

Collier s lnagazine says

The ta l le s t man in h i s to ry , acco rd i l~g o the reco rd

of a ll authe ntic ated cases, lives today in Bush i re , I ran .

Although only twenty years of age an d s t i l l growing,

th i s Pe rs ian g ian t is ten feet s ix inches in height and

weighs 450 pounds. Incidentally, he is so ~ e a kh a t

Ilr canno t w a lk

o r

hold up his head for more than a

few minutes a t a t ime.

Goliath's height JT-assix cubits alld a span,

vhich, at 2 1 inches to the cubit anc1

9

inches

t o

the span, is I eet 3 inches. T he S e i i funqi i z fand

Josephns give Goliath's height as four cubits

and a span, or feet 9 inches. Some of the ac-

curately measured giants of the pas t 1900 years

were of the following heights: 10 fee t inches,

10 feet

3

inches, 9 feet 4 inches, 7 feet

6

inches,

9

feet

3

inches,

8

feet inches, 8 feet 4 inches,

eet 72 inches, 8 feet 2 inches, 8 feet 9 inches,

7 feet 9 inches, and another 7 feet 9 inches. The

Gibbosim (children of angels and women) who

nerished in the E1lood were very much taller than

8

Feet

nd St i l l

Growing

Robert TITacilo\v, seveateen-year-old Alto

(Ill.) boy, is 8 feet 4 inches

i

height and sti

growing. He now weighs over 400 pounds, an

seems to be

i i

excellent health.

Tlie proprietor of the ciepartinent s tore i

Bndapest, Hni~ga ry, hat supplies most of th

clothing and furniture for midgets throughou

the world estimates that there are 56,000 o

these li ttle follcs. He himself is but 3 feet 4 inche

high.

Men and women are growing tal ler ; northern

people are bigger than southern ones; both

sexes are much sinaller at the hips. These ar

some of the physical changes in ruan1;ind estab

lished by thousands of measurements, and ar

world-wide.

Did you know that you have 17,000 nerves in

your spine, some of them twenty times a s br g e

in diameter as others? These are all g@

together illto what is conlmonly designated the

spinal cord.

I t seems incredible tha t the hnman ar m could

be 20,000 tinies more versatile than the human

tongue, yet that i s the claim made by Si r Richard

Paget, who has been conducting lessons in sign

langnage at the Royal Institution, London. He

claiiils that with one hand aloiie over 700,000

distinct and elementary signs can be made.

he

Human

Hand

No other living creature can touch each of his

fingers vith his thnmb, The human hand is the

instrument of inst ruments. The manner in which

it can be bent forward, back\$-ard and sidewise

and the thmnb and fingers moved in differen

ways, calls forth from the reverent heart th

most profound awe a t the wisdom of the grea

any of these, as calculations made from portions

Creator.

of thei r skeletons ainply demonstrate, bnt there

God made man to perform the most intricate

are no accurate measuremerats available.

and difficult tasks of li fe ; his wife to be

a

help

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suitable to her less exacting sphere. I t is no re-

flection upon the fair sex to record tile simple

tr ut h that the finest surgical x-orl: is done by

men.

At Sanford , 91aiae: is a factor;i- for the mak-

ing of the finest, most costl-j-, most luxurious

velvets. The sorters of the &go:.a goat ha ir are

rcquired to divide it into fifteen diameters of

hairs. single hair nlisplsce~l n j u r a seriously

the appearance of the finished fabric. The

35

rrien engaged on the TI-orl; seldom malce a ixis-

take, but they cannot do the 11-ork if for any

reason they have had a sleepless night. KO

TiTomanhas ever been able to qualify for the job.

I n the making of the great dies nsed to cut

out automobile parts the men go over the palis

with their calipers and fine files until they have

dolie the very best th at can be clone with instr a-

nlerits ut the human hand is finer still, and the

last thing done to the die is by the most expert

worker of all. 117110 tells

1 ; ~

he "feei" of the cast-

ing just where another slight abrasion with the

file is necessary to make a perfect job.

The fool of an evolntionist ca~l io txplain these

things. All he can say is that nian "had the good

fortune of having a more farorably shaped

hand", You bet lie did. And he also had the good

fortune to have a g~aild ad glorious Creator

that gave it to him. I t wo-~lderve soine of these

ev-'ltionists justly if sollie fine morning they

~ ~ o u l dake

up

with n~oilkeyclaws instead of

hands and st ar t to clo

seine

real t2linBing with

t he fungus growth a.bove their ears .

sels and nerves with which this remarkable oro,an

equipped."

The hand is an aid to speech. Some talk almo

as iaUch with their licncls as the)- do ~ ~ i tli

tongues.

An

orcilesira leac _er ;:?itlicnt ar i

~ ro nl d ~ e11 asolaelj-. Cestcres are il111~11 sed

motion-pic'crce and i11 radio studios. The a c

nlal eo1:dact cf every persoil can be jndged fro

his llendwriting. One votes wii r tine uplift

hancl. Oae asks fo r the hand of v70man.

fezirkds osfh a Fsrtuate

Elaine St . Maur, of PIolly7~ood, Californ

has her hands insured fo r $150,000. She is mc

in demancl by sculptors ailcl artists who afi

t h ~ ters a re the most beantiful hands

i

Am

ica. The hands of actresses are almost unifor

17 Feantil"u1.

A

11-oman ~y?ithont ong, slend

ficgcrs. meticulously cared-for nails, and smoo

contours and 11-liite skin covering her hand

17-onld find it hard IT,-orl; o secure ernp1c;~

as an actress.

TT'omen's Ilr.lnc s l z i ~ e ron-11appreciab :- lur

er since the T.TTorldTJ7ar. Tn ~e nt y ears ago fiv

and sixes in gloves were much in demand; nox

the call is for sizes six and one-half to seven a

one-half. Tlie eillargement of the feminine ha

is charged to autcr:iobile driving, tennis a

golf.

TT70men's

113

;?cis difl'er strnc'lurally fro

men's. TTith nieu the first finger is shorter tiia

the third fiuset; r\ritli \-lomen the first finger

:~lnlosi lr~aysonger than tho tliird finger. Th

result r-:as obiained

by

examining the hands

630 adults. Tlie season fo r the difference is n

Compssitz'on

t

th Hand

k1101~i11.

The hand is eomposecl of twenty-seven bones

There is no use trying to stop the wolnnn w

eight bones in the s ~ ri s t,.rranged in 'c~,-o o w of

liar-e decided to pain t their fingernails. The na

four each; five bones forming the pal111 of

the

nra l pli~lr int of the healthy fingelnail is a

hand; two forniicg the tl i~ u~ lband three

i;i

each

tractire.

of the four fiilgers. T y

\ \

2i-lc.n

~r- io patronize n~ali icnres re advisXodestly, ti'itt lfclly, a l l~ i cieutificaily,

l ~ e

I:

,t

t o ~: - - l s t:.I 211 i eel,l~- c t~ tlail corners h

Elzcyc lo~ ,ed ia lnel

icaxa says

oITen leads

mtecrim. Hcngnails a re botlie

The hand, wi th i t s

highly

specialized maicles, 5e-

so:ne znd dangerclLls; frecli2sntl-j- l l q result

longs to ma n alonc. I t cenliot be considered, as

in

t he

firqtob5,.rve,j they shoulcl

ape , a normal orgaa of i oeo mo t io~~.t i s essential ly t l le

snipped

off

II.ith Fcirrora as closely as possib

organ of to~lcii

and

11iehens;o.l. I t molds itself to

a

body

t

ascertain i t s forrn;

t

comes to the aid of the

and the finger be SK-atlied or a t l e a s t bathe

eye in completing or rectifying if. ; impressions. The

in antiseptics.

functions of touch devolve principally on i t s anterior

DTarts are rel~iovedby applying the mill1

or pallnar

face,

tile

llervous

espe-

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aging persons a re like freckles, but are perma-

nent ; friction lielps some. Sniall piinples like

goose fl e~ li n the zr ms ar e removed by rubbing

in almoiid oil, then TI-ashiag n soap and water

a11.J. applying cold cream. A lotion of equal pa rt s

of glycerin and caniphor is good for chapped

hands. Hands that, are too thin can be built up

by massage vi th pure olive oil, preferably done

by

a

f r i e d .

he

I n t e a e k k g

Le k-.E?anders

The lower aninials are ambidextrous; those

th at have "hancls" woulct as sooil use one as the

other, but the Creator has 11lad.e man differen"i y.

Aiiioilg lnex there ar e a very fern 'chat are ambi-

dextrous; the namber is negligible. About 97

pel-cent are right -hai~ ded;he remaining 3 per-

cent, are left-handers, naturally so, and should

be let alone to develop as they mere designed.

Par en ts and teaelicrs t hat have forced or tried

to force left-handed children to beconle right-

liandec are respolisible fo r causing naturally

fine boys and girls to stsmrner, to misspell, to

1:eeonie irr itzble, to lie, and to steal. To such

c:iildrm tlie q tends

to

l;eco~~le

"p",

the

"b"

to jjecolne a ii:', "not" becomes "ton", and some-

tinies ~r liole entenees are buclrnnrds. More boys

than girls are left-ha~lded.The left-handed, if

lei; alone, ar e in every respect e p a l to the riglit-

handed.

L ~ > . P ~

,,-l~~lidedr;ess

is

heredi'itlrg. fziuilies in

y~l?,se.hne or bo'~llof the ~ar eai ;,src left-handed

17.S-t

peycent of the cllildrell are left-handed,

\:;hile

iil families in j~~hici ieither of the p2.rciits

is Ieft-kandpd only 2.1 r,e;.c.c.n c of the children

a r e le lt -l~ anded n s;lch l~r=i,terases the cliildren

ir:A A: s l t.. from

a

gra>lc':?srent.

nei'ylyces

of

duixlxes;, in c1:ilclren comiag in

p >

~, l~ , l l ; es- .

u;i -h a

definite :eft-handed strcii:, hesi-

tancy, t z n t r ~ m s , ngne.eitp, seclusiveness, snd

ereii criminnlity, ar e traeeal:le to veil-meant

eCor ts to n~ al ie ight-handed people out of left-

linnded ones. Such pelasolis have thei r nervous

s ~ - s t e r ~ ~ spset 2nd t,heir whole developmelit is

interfered with. What right bas any person,

p ~ r e n t r other, to czssnme the responsibility of

slo-wing up a i ~ desrersiiig the 1;ieiltal processes

or' another? It is easy to ui:derstand how a child,

forced to do

a

task in the way hardest for him,

may becollze irri tab le a i d unmanageable.

ther

S t ran ge Mansral ExcepCSsns

There are solne people ~~7110 re without sense

of touch, i. e., they are unable to distinguish tlze

shape of an object by handling or touching it,

even when the object is perfectly round or

square. This odd disability

orr responds

with

tliat of those n7ho are color-blind or tone-deaf.

1710sl ingular of all the manual exceptions a re

the inhabitants of Palaznelos, Spain. gr ea t

major ity of the people in this liarnlet have two

thunibs on each hand. Jlost of the men of the

village work in stoEe quarries, and it is con-

jectured that the great strains put upon their

thnmbs has had an effect, Intermarriage has

sprecld ilie peculiarity.

T h e eantiPul Human

Foot

If there is anyil~in gn nature more beautiful,

or better adapted to its purpose, than a baby's

foot, name it, Af te r a fell7 clecades of mis treat-

ment by i ts onTner he foot can lose nlost of i ts

charming appearance, and nsnally does, but it

is still a marvelous mechanism, supple and

aclaptable, bnilt to carry 200 pounds or more

cl~eerfully, or a lifetime.

There ar e tsl-enicy-six bones in the font, solrle

long and placed parallel, others cuboid in shape,

a t the nnlile, all lashed togetlier by flexible cords,

bnilt up into arches, four

ill

number, runnilig

lengthwise 2nd crcssT;ise, and enabling the

onncr to ~~tah-eie \lay over ter rain of every

description.

The bony sizucture

is

in three di-

. .

vlslons, commo;~ly slled ankle, iizskl?, and toes,

h.-it

if

more aristocrat ic-sounding narlies n:.e de-

b i r d , the three d ivi~io nsmay

k

called tarsus,

li~eia'larsus, nd phalanges.

Persons who have ilesTer abused their feet,

axd ~v.l:loave trained them, dance for honvs on

e i ~ d 17iihont fatigue, run marathons, 177alli 100

miles

in a day, and do other sec mi~ ~gl yncredible

things with these i~istriu?zel~tshat can be bent,

twisted a r d turned and yet always coli~e ack to

their 11or.mal slinpe and position if given

a

ellance. There are more than 100 ligameiits in

the foot. The erldless niuscles play over one an-

otlier in perlect harmony.

Occasionally, at athletic meets, one senses

the niarvels of the hunian foot vhen lie sees

a

two-hul~dred-pound zn throw hh'mself some six

feet in tlie air or leap some t~~ eil ty- fiv eeet in a

running broad jump. Those arches, tendons and

rnuscles v7ere all designed with exquisite care

to permit the owner to walk, run and jump with

euse and grace. The arches give spring to the

motions

04

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ers; and nerves and blood vessels are stowed

away under them, in the safest and best place.

Th e Perfect oot

The perfect foot must have toes. They are

essential for maii~t ainin ghe balance

;

and while

one could imagine

it

possi l~le o hobble about

without them, they are absolutely essential for

easy ~~~all i ing,r for running, dancing, cycling,

football, tennis, baseball, golf or other athletic

games. And if toes are essential, perfect toes

are essentizi; they need to be kept in the con-

diiioil in which they were when the owner carne

into the world.

The experts say that the perfect foot sl~ould

h e exactly one-seventh of it s on~ner's height.

Thus a ma11 five feet ten incl~es all n7ould have

a foot exactly tell inches long; but, trying

it

out

on three specimens in the office, all 11~d igger

feet tllali they were supposed to have, and it

may be doubted if the exper ts have it just right.*

They also say that the perfect foot should be

three times as long as its greates t breadth. This

seeins to be correct.

big shoe coillpany uses 79 diflerent lasts,

This shows that there is a great difference in

sizes and shapes of f ee t; and if there a re some

perfect ones there are i n a n y tirnes that number

that are just a little off standard.

Beauiiciails clainl that a

man

is judged

by

his feet and neckties, and a T T - O ~ ~ I Iy her feet

and face. It would certainly seem that a man

seeking a job would do well to shine his shoes

and have on a clean necktie, and if a shine and

a

clean tie are good to get a job they are good

to keep it. An enlplopee cannot afford to have

an employer form tlie opinion that his mind is

untidy. If a girl's shoes need a shine she might

just a s well not POT\-der er nose ; for her shoes

n~ il l e noticed before her nose will.

he

eet

in

Scripture

'The slipping of the foot,' 'the stumbling of the

foot,' 'footsteps' and 'frorn head to foot' are

Scriptural expressions ~vllich equire no expla-

natioa. To be "under one's foot" refers to the

ancient custom of co~lquerors' utting their feet

on the neclis of their future servants, as is men-

tioned in Joshua 10 24, anid shown on the monu-

ments of Egyp t, Persi a and Rome.

The rule among sculptors is that the length of the foot

should be one-sixth the height of the body not one-seventh

and

seems

about

right.

The Hebrew language is so extremely mode

that the word feet is made to stand fo r pa rts an

acts which a re unnamed; hence such phrases a

"'hair of the feet", 'water of the feet,' "oet~ve

the feet,' to 'open the feet' and to 'cover th

feet'.

Nakedness of feet in public mas a sign

rnouriling or humility. Moses removed his sa

dals in the presence of God. The priests serve

wit11 bare f eet both in the tabernacle and in th

temple.

Where Paul sars i ~ e as brought up at th

feet of Ganlaliel he stated the exact trnth. I

ancient law

scl~ools he t ex h er sat on

a

raise

seat, but the pupils n7ere seated on the floor

his feet. Tile picture persis ts ill tlie 111ode

courtroom nrhere the judge sits oil a dais.

In Galatians 2 14, where the apostle says h

saw that they walked "not uprightly", ihe'l iter

wording is "not with a stra ight foot". Pet er an

others "did not foot it straightly"; i.e., the

were crooked, in

a

measure, ~va lkiag isorderl

and came in for just reproof. Seeins too h3ci th

Peter did lloi say sometl~ingailout watc lin

your feet ; maybe he could hzve helped his a

leged successors to avoid having Icings zncl othe

self-seelccrs kiss ti lei^ feet.

Ju st in 117as the firs t enlperor to kiss

a

pope

foot, A.D.

525.

But Diocletian, Roman empero

'Ilad his couriiers Icissing his foot 223 yea

earlier. He had gems fastened to his slioes

coax the poor sycopllants to hcstox~ his l ~o n

7)

the inore ~,7illingly.E v e ~ y ew cardinal 112

to kiss the pope's foot, and every time one

their nurnber is illade pope they all kiss his foo

At public audiences persons presented to th

pope (if they a re Roiiiall Catholics) kiss h

foot to indicate th at they llold him to be tlie vica

of Christ. Jesus never asked anybody to lciss H

fe et; Blary's act mas spontaneous and beaui

fnl, not planiled and required.

dteznding and alking

To learn to stand, get a pole the height o

your body; stand sidewise in frolit of the mi

ro r ; the top of the pole should come back o

the ear; the bottom should

be

in the midd

of the foot, wl ~e rehe instep rnns into the ankl

the middle of the pole should be in the exact ce

te r of the hip ; the abclolileri should he held i

the back has a shallow bend in the cellter; th

knees pro trude slightly forward of the pole

;

h

lower leg to the anllile comes baclc of the pole


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he

rOLDEN AGE

the head should be level; the chest begins right

below the chin. After one has learned to stand

properly, one can learn to x-alk properly by

I\-alliing around the room without the pole and

then coine back and see if the correct posture

has been retained.

TSThen standing i t should be easy to put three

finge1.s under the inside of either foot, beneath

the largest arch. The body is really supported

by a tripod a t the end of each leg.

I f people are going t o stand they must have

legs. Sir Arbuthnot Lane, English surgeon,

made the statement tha t American girls have the

most perfect legs in the world. How he dared go

back home, after nzaliing a statement like that,

is an unsolved mysterj-. La Argentina, famous

Spanish dancer, agreed with Dr. Lane.

But a committee of the University of Missouri

scanned 100 pairs of feininine legs on the street

and voted that only five pai rs ve re good-looking,

thirty-nine pairs would do, and the remaining

fifty-six pairs were impossible. Needless to say

this committee remains nameless, but secure.

Dr. Eillmalz, New York osteopath, more

courageous, says he has looked at thousands of

legs, and out of every ten pair s six ar e lopsided,

because one leg is shorter than the other. That

is the reason why persons that are lost, unless

they have sonle visible objective, usually travel

i11

circles. Many lives have been lost due to this

fact. A person blindfolded can learn to wall1

straight forward only after long practice.

Explaining the act of walking Dr. L. M.

Shakesby, osteopath, says

The act of w alking brings into play all the func tions

of the foot. As the heel

is

laid to the

ground

the foot

should be relaxed. The burden which it carries

is

then

distributed unconsciously from the heel to the outer

side of the foot, and then across the ball of the foot

to the big toe. The step is then completed by means

of the broad hinge represented by all the toes.

lJThen stan ding , the w eight of the body shou ld be

transm itted down the legs to the heels, along the o uter

sides of the feet to the balls of the little toes, and then

across the ball of the foot to the ball of the big toe;

the inner long arches bearing only a portion

of

the

weight.

The United States Department of Agriculture

has done a good worli in trying to show farm

TI-omen that there is a correct posture for dish-

vashing, mopping, handling foods in the

oven,

sitting to prepare vegetables, etc. Posture is

habit, and habit is health or illness. Poor posture

means fatigue, backache, strain on the wron

part s of the body, nar row chest, round shou

ders, protruding abdomen, bodily distortion

and unattractive appearance.

Walking Barefoot

Animals walk barefoot, and walk gracefully

Boys and girls are anirnals, and when they ~ ~

barefoot they walli gracefully. A grown-u

who does not enjoy walking barefoot in th

sand or on the grass is ready for his showcase

Some people are such slaves to the automobil

that they hardly know how to walk. There is

great increase in leg and anlile injuries becaus

young people use the automobile too much.

A party of 24 South Sea islallders n7ent on

sightseeing trip to Japan. They had theretofor

always walked barefoot, bnt \\-ere tallied int

buying shoes. The shoes stayed on only a few

blocks; after that they came off and stayed of

all the while the part y was in the country. Lnst

used in making shoes for Americans cannot be

used for maliing shoes for the Filipinos; th

latter have been accustomed to bare feet fo

centuries and their feet a re more nearly natural

The correct way to walk is to carry the ches

high, keep the chin level, and s\ving the arm

and legs freely. Inhale se-ven steps and exhal

seven steps.

I t is a matter of record that most of the lon

wallrers, lilie Weston and O Leary, lived to

good old age. Daniel O Leary died a t 90 year

of age, having x-allied in his lifetime well ove

300,000 miles, 123,000 of which was in competi

tion. At 66 years of age he wallred a mile at th

beginning of each hour for 1,000 consecutiv

hours, perhaps the only time it was ever done

Up nntil then physicians had considered suc

feat impossible.

Experienced shoemen say that a shoe exper

can tell a t a

l nce

if

a

woman is French, Eng

lish or American. If French, her feet are shor

and broad ; if English, longer and nar rower

and if American, so much narrower that sh

can with difficulty be fitted with an English shoe

American widths ar e AAA, AA, A, B, C, D, an

E. British widths begin with C, which they cal

width 3 .

merican Feet Getting Larger

~

American feet ar e getting la rger ; hey shouid

A European n-oman entering the filnls at Holly

wood heralded her entry by insul.ilig her fee


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fo r $100,000 and aniic~~xlcinghat she wears size

No. 1 slloes and has the smallest feet of m y

white voman. The lady is mista'se~l.

U p

to ten

years ago ladies' KO.

1

slloes csnld be regularly

obtzined in kilerica ;now

they

are very hard to

get.

A

lady like one lit'ile lady in 11liiic1, who hsa

a No. 1 fcot, can stil l get all 1;iacls of promises

from shoe dealer every~~here,ut when tile

slioes Gnally cc ae forth from their hidi i~g laces

they a re 1y2,2,

2y2,

or even 3 'If anybody l c i lo~~~s

where ladies' KO.1 shoes map nom Ie obtained,

122 so good us to send a postal card t o the editor

of T h e Go de z B ~ l e nd snppiy the infor l~~a tion.

There is 110 aduantage in having very small

feet; theye is a decided disadvantage. Anyvay,

according to the dealers, athletics in ten short

year s have given A1:lericaii \:-omen feet lialf an

inch loilger and a full size wider. I t is to their

~vell-being 11 round.

The

ideal of Chinese won?-

Shoes too sn ~a ll ive corns, callnses, p i n s

the leg, fatigue, heeda ch~ , nd fine lines of pa

clcar a~on:;tl the eyes. Seve nt y- he percent

high-school girls acquire lifelong foot tronblc

in their high-school d8- y~e@aiv~sehe slr~o? er.l

.

catered to their vai;:Py .illstead of really tryin

to fit them pronerly. And tl:c girls \yere pzr-

to blame, too. PTea~ly ll chilclren are born 17iP

psrfeet feet.TJ'Ily ruin tlleili rnitll \x;rollg sl:ce

Shoes m~?s 'i c :r-ide enough and loilg enon;

to

b22r a

load

milen

thpir nossessor if; on h

feet. TVhen arrilly recruits are fitted

\:~:Tjih ;1::?

they a re firs t give11 the full weight of eqn iplxr

they mnst ca rr y; then they k nue to stand

c.j'

weigllt -tl~ro\;~liorward on the

]>nil

of t

foot while t is raensnred. Unc e

Bsn

is

tz

ing

a ~ j i

hances of

a

rool;ie's traveking ai.onad

shoes thzt are too ~ina.11 or

hi~x.

en

of a generation ago, to hobble arocnd in

g d ~

sho s

slioes as small as possible, is not and should not

I t is cpite a jump

f r o m

a pair of

sandals

tli

be the ideal of

a

sensible ia70~iaa1o~1~.

n

the

were ezch made of a single picce of leather to

Victorian era

it WL?S

considered improper for

modern

pair

of shoes

that

reqt2ires

26

pieces o

a

lady to s o7 her f cot ; r,om she s>o~vs very-

leather, 4picccs

of

clcth, 28 ilails,

80

ta..c ;s,

thing

and nobody tbinlis anything of it.

tips, 2 heels, 2 hos toes, 2 steel shanks, alicl 2

Rome Srms novT advert ise ~i:ei~'s hoes up to

yards of thread, and the services oY 57 opey

size

1 4

or 15, and women's slioes

up

to sizes

tors, on

42

machines. Tliz record for a pair of th

11

and 12. The treiid tomard larger shoos is'-.so

iiec-

'L

llillle that sevens

ancl

eights fcr vjornen Are

latter is 13 niinates from the time the shot w

fired.

It

proSa73iy took a long time to cut ont tl

conmoa, especiaily among tile yomlger ones;

first pair of sar~cials.How l.,ronld yon go aboct

so the saying has coiiie about, "A11 inch o n the

if yon hael neiiher lmife nor siiears

shoe,

a

year off the age." Ti'orneii of good heiglzt

are , as a matter of course, expected to have

Thew is not so mnch to 1e st?,id in favor o

rood, geilerclls fee t. ~t is ilo~eTT70rthyllct

mn'181s. They lcept out neither win, nlud no

of ll-olnen d l s>oi\.s tllelll Jv:,th

dust. The Japznese and Chinese still v7en.r them

large feet. The averklge

I~-Gi:?,a~~

oday

a

They &.,re ornetinies ornnr:?eiited ~ ~ ~ i t l iiiles o

5 or 6 ; size 4-Ps is ill the 5linor.ity; verjr

few

gold, silver or silk and embro lde ~cd i th jcn.e

r ll

3

are at aEcl sma ~ler

cm 1 i ~

O'ic3tai sock has

a

separate csr,q)nr'ime

di~los tmpossible

0

obtain,

f c r tht.

grezt t,oe, so illat it may be il:ser.:ed n

der the

skap

of the sandal.

Black

Mar$: f o r

Shoe lerbks

On lie mills of Egyptian teni;?les

2

are paili

Taily

blaclc 13al-k a g a i ~ s t ile shoe clerks.

i w s of the iiif?ere:ll steps in the innking of foo

~t is t lelr business to l;llonr t lat a perso2 Si*:t::;n.

w ? ~ P ,

~oi :? he tanning of the leather to th

ialrcs 3 shoe h7o sizes

thall ode stal;d-

haislled sandal, By the Ciii~e f the Rclmln em

ing, yet tiley I1ave in fiftiIrg the ells-

p i x there \?:ere ~ h ~ sirh I I ~ S

a

thc111. Jos

tonier to tile slll::ller. shi:es, 3s if they \:j;Jc.re o sit

p h ~ ~cilki~cs

hat

the centnrio?: Juliaii slippe

fo rev e r , Pnt allothey ]llae ; xar:; them

on i:1: m r ~ b l e;ioe~xel?t

f

the temple fro111 "li

fo r looking a t your s:nes when illto

shoes b ~ ? i , l : _ ~? full

of

nalis", and

I V ~ S

iliecl thereh

tlie store and nientdly dder mi ni i~ g hat by :lo

The cuzrying i;ilil'c, ax aps^i~ilc n d othe

posssibic chclnce ~~:.;illhey give yo11 a larger shoe,

tools of the Egyptian sa~~rial-nla ;er re s till t

bnt that they will squeeze it dovyn at least one be fo-rlncl in the cslibfiiig shops of the Wes

size snlaller, if such

a

thizg is

a t

all

possible. Sacdals nrere made of woven

yahn

leaves an


135/190

~ k GOLDEN AGE

$till sc made in Clliina.I the latter country the

mel.c ~an


136/190

ing the toes for~mrdwhen in bed are recom-

mended.

Heal t7~

C~iitzi?-e

agazine recommends the fol-

lowing method for lifting arches

Ob tain a roll of 4-inch-wide zinc oxide adhesive

piaster about

6

yards long; place the feet wi th the

toes pointing inward. The first strap is commenced

from the outer ankle bone taken und er the foot and

then u p the inn er side of the leg as fa r a s the lower

p ar t of the calf. The second begins a t the same place

but about one inch fa r the r forward the s t rap over-

lapp ing about hal f a n inch. This one passes und er the

foot in the same way as the f i rst s t rap but then u p over

the instep to the outer s ide of the leg an d wound

spiral ly aro und the leg. A t h i rd s t rap i s p laced around

the leg just above the ad-le to fu rth er secure the

fi rst and second st raps. Every thi rd night remove the

s t raps carefu lly ba the the fee t i n sa l t water an d dry

thoroughly. Leave st ra ps off f or one day an d one night

an d then re-apply a s before.

It must be borne in m ind

tha t a t each applicat ion of st rapping the st raps are

drawn u p t i gh ter t hus l i f t ing the a rch .

If shoes are too small or hose are too short

the result may be hammertoes, thickened toe-

nails, or corns. Corns ar e also produced by hav-

ing shoes too large. They a re mentioned in lit-

erature written

200 B.C.

Care o f the Fe e t

Fo r an excellent article on the care of the feet,

see the coiitribution on that subject from the

pen of R.

S

Nester, chiropodist, published in

T h e G o l den A ge of March

2 1932.

Other suggestions are that cold feet may be

helped by plunging them first in very hot, the11

in very cold water, for two minutes at a time,

back and fo rth three times in each. Massage is

also recommended for this.

Daily bathing of the feet in either tepid or

cold water is an excelleiit habit . Socks should be

changed frequently, as often as possible, and

preferably should be white in color, so as to

avoid coloring matter in

a

place where it i s sus-

ceptible of doing much harm.

A strong solution of tannic acid is said to be

a

splendid remedy for tender feet and for un-

pleasant odors a.rising from perspiration of the

feet.

Soft corns are helped by scraping a piece of

common chalk, putting

it

on the corn, and bind-

ing a s ag on

it

To get rid of hard corns soak

the feet half an hour (no less) in water hot as

can be borne, when the corn can be taken of

layers.

I t s a good plan to change the shoes frequen

ankind

Has Double rain Lobes

Many liave wondered why humans ordina

use but one half of thei r brains, the other

remaining apparently idle. Occasionally an

cident occurs tha t shows the wisdom of

great Creator in this regard. Thus, in

Clinton, Ohio, an eleven-year-old boy was a

dentally shot by his brother. The bullet ente

the left lobe of his brain and split into six pie

The boy must have been right-handed, beca

right-handed people always use the left lobe

their brain. After the boy was shot he lost

ability to talk and reason, but is now learn

again to read and write and i s able to remem

much of what he previously learned in sch

His complete recovery is anticipated. He is pr

ably now using the right lobe of his brain ,

when fully recovered is liable to be left-han

or ambidextrous. The human organism is

most marvelous of Gods mundane creat

fearfully and vi-onderfully made. The man w

says "There i s no God" is in much worse co

tion than this boy who had half his brain

stroyed.

I n the effort to do something that would br

dishonor to the Creator, certain so-called "sc

tists" contended that some brains of the dar

races have what they termed "ape-like ridg

These ridges were supposed to show the hu

bler origin of the Negritic races. But now

Bekhteroff Institute of the Brain, of Lening

Bussia, has made critical examinations of m

than

500

brains and found that these "ape-l

ridges" are as common among white scient

as they are among Negroes; and so that e

that.

Several types of lie detectors ar e in use:

polygraph, which indicates increased blo

pressure when a lie is being told; the psyc

galvanometer, which measures the increase

perspiration; the mirror-confession chamber

which the suspect is surrounded by mirrors

questioned through a crack. As he answers

colors of the l ights a re changed. The pneum

graph registers quickened breathing. The osc

lograph takes pictures of the sweat glands

operation. Scopolamin is a drug, a serum, wh

so affects the brain as to leave

it

incapable


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manufacturing lies until the power of the drug

has worn off.

AIE

People

nsane

at Times

Said John Randolph Stidnian, in Baltilliore

Evening

Sz~:z:

A professor recent ly a i lnounced tha t a l l people are

insane at t imes. A surrey of tha incomprehensible

antics of the human race leads one to coilclude that

he is

i

igilt.

H i t le r w gc s his legions toward oblivion. Pra t i ng of

glory and honor , he smashes

a

treaty because, he as-

ser ts , Fra i ice ha s viola ted a nother one.

AIussolini wastes i letional substance and Italian

blood i n cc:lqcet;t w hich will benefit him little. Th e

L e ag u e of N a ti on s t ~ p s1im lightly on the wrist.

Prance 's leaders rush aroul id l ike f r ighte ixd rab-

bits, yelli l ly to Ellgland for help, who does nothing.

France reaclies out a friendly hand to Russia.

Jap a i i s t re tches

a

ruthless arm into China. Oh, no,

not for conqu est Juht to chastise the Chinese bandits.

I i e r statcsil:en annou nce bland ly th at th ere will be 1o

war in Asia .

A11 the pro~td atioils prate of national l ionor dsd

defav l t to a c o u i ~ t r y h a t d r e w a h o r ri b le n a r t o a n

enci io r t h m . The y tell you th at they debire oliiy peace,

yet a re spending vast suins for armam ent .

I n o ur own co untry c lowns cavor t in C oi~gress , n

co urt s of justice, i n go vernors ' seat s, in edito rial c11aii.s

a ~ i d Per the radio.

. .

The one clear, refreshing note

co2-ies fro111 the J - O L I ~ ~ I1 ie na tio n i n th e se tiri c si:g-

ge.:lion of 1l:e org aniz atio n of th e T et cr an s

of

F u t u r e

V a r s .

It

is almost

a

call to conliacn sense, as illsanity

Earches on.

f r a i d

sf

Pelcr

Pdoody's rcins

XEII BZCODY TiToEord, S.C., college student,

rote a skit ( 'TO

the

Cotton Blill X-orlcer"

which 11-as published in the college journal. It

gay: snch eviciences of brains that the South

C~rol inaHouse of Representatives ordered

a

psychiatrist to examine the young mall and see

i f it u-as really so. The Angusta hro~z ic le on-

tained a picture of "Revcrend" 8

P.

Chapman,

Tork county clergyilzan, who said he ~vould ike

to i;icli Llr. Baoody for writing the follomilig :

Yo ur s l loulders are hum ped 2nd yo ur head is bent ;

;.o-l;. dni l dead eyes are spir i t less and your mouth is

j::.st a l~a nd t ra ig ht l ine in a yellow face under the

];,Il7

-:

; L

,.,

~ l g - ~ i i .n

the mill .

- .

F.r,p

-

alu,-nr. ; tc3ed and unhealthy looking, standing

A:

-,.*

--

7 7 . ~

~- : -,

i t A t ;d,z; :,,.;

7.-eralls. v i t h one sus pen der loose.

T i ];-J

-. --

;Lcc

L ~

;


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That

Delusion alled Love (Co ,ontribz~ted)

RYON k n o ~ ~ ~ shat a very high percent-

ing exterior? Innumerable murders perpetra

age of all fiction stories, motion picture fea-

fo r "love". Hosts of suicides committed bec

tures and popnlar songs have mhat are termed

of unrequited or departed "love". Infidel

"love stories" as their principal theme. Nor is

and divorces brought about because of "lo

there any grea t cause for wonder that this class

for some other man or woman. Kote the m

of mental pabulum finds at all times an unfail-

titnde of petty tyrannies exercised by "lov

ing market. With perhaps one exception, notli- ones over their "lovers9', the disappointme

ing in all human experience produces the ecstasy

the hatreds, the jealousies, and the unres

that is felt by two of the opposite sex who are

absence. Last, but not least, note the fact

deeply "ill love9' with each other. Then, too,

it

"love" has even changed the course of nati

is qnite commonly believed that whatever ex-

Now, then, i n the light of the foregoing, ca

pediency rnay dictate as a motive for marriage,

possibly be true that the "love" mhich is at

such as monetary, social or other material ad-

foundation of these evils is the ideal motive

vantage, the ideal motive, the one that may be

marriage, or that it is of God, a blessing f

expected to produce the greatest happiness, is

the Creator to His creature man, or to menl

"loveN.

of His new creation the remnant? Can it ind

T~

in general, a "love rnatcy seems

b ~ i g h t l ~ 7aid that such is properly called l

t o

hold out the promise that the happy couple

at all? If not, what should it be called? Th

Ivi]l, as the stories have it, "live happily ever

again, should this tha t is called "love" be sou

after." JiTith this implication story and picture

Or shunned? should

it

be welcomed or repel

are brought to a close, leaving the "lovers" in

Before attempting to answer these c(nesti

each other's arms.

it

is

strongly nrged upon all readers of

But, say the Scriptures, "nlan looketh upon

article to endeavor to secure the opportunity

the ontsvard appearance," and the out~i~ardp-

hearing the electrical transcription of

a

lec

pearance quite cornmonly misrepresents the

by Judge Rutherford entitled "Love". Hea

actual facts. JVhaJi a bonnie sight the soldier

two or three times if possiblej and veigh ev

boys present as they march along the streets on

word. Its importance cannot be overrated

parade, with their trim nniforms, orderly step,

may well be likened to an unfailing antidote

flying colors and bands playinv sneh stirring

the poison of a deadly serpent. The lecture

music that even indifferent

civilians

will some- pears in print ill the booklet

T h e Cr is is .

times straighten the stooped slloulders and pick

he hove

of ~ o

up the dragging step. But mhat becomes of this

The Scriptares assert that God ifi love.

gay picture when these snme lads face their

thereiore that the name of God is

fellou;s ill mortal combat and slaughter3 Thus

volved in the cluestions which have just

i t is ~ ~ ~ i i hhat mhich is

SO

universally accepted

propoLmded. JT


139/190

tions or divorcee. TT,-hetlzer ntelligently reclized

or not, this so-called "love" has surely brought

profound reyroach upon the holy narlie of Him

nrho is LOYE.

Coining

then to the considernti011 of th2 sev-

crsl questions raised in a p re cd in g p a i - ~ g . ~ p h ,

n e mill adclrr-ss ourselres to the first, which

is,

"is 'love9 ke ideal hasis fo r entering lliarringe?"

KO one x7ho has any reverence fo r the testi-

mony of the Bible ill decline to consicier rela-

tive frcts therein recorded bearing upon this

and the other questiol~s zt forth. TtThile it is

true illere n-ere variations in the manner o l ac-

quiring a wife, even amongst God's typical peo-

ple Israel, this does not alter or prevent ns

from learning .;;~lla"L~ellorah's riginal purpose

was. Th e n Jesus \\.as on ear th the Pharisees,

trying to trap Him, aslied Him some cluestions

regarciiag the nlarriage relationship; then,

thinking to corner Him in respect to a st atemel~t

I-Ie httd made, put a final qzestion to Him re-

garding the law gs given by Moses. They said,

'Why did Moses then conlinand to give a bill of

divorcemelit, and to put her away

?

He said to

them, "AIoses, because of the liardness of yo-~lr

hearts, suffered you 'Lo pui, away your ~vi~7 es :

b t ~ t

r o m

he

begiquzing

zc s

not so.

An n l e n s e t ~ ~

~racties lPrcbkem

So, then, we need uo'i coacern ourselves re-

garding the variations in the way that a wife

\,-as acyrired in olden days, h u t go right back

of tliese to what i t mas in the beginning.

IIOTITid Ada111 acquire his 11-i1e

?

Did God talcc

the rib 1Adam and make a l~ u l ~ b e rf different

vonien therefrom and tiien wait to see which

Adam v~ould all in "love" with to malie her his

T ~ fe No, l i e

i

~ot . ould God have done this

Surely He coulcl. Instead, ho~vever,Gocl ~ a d e

just one x:onlsli and gave her to Aclam for his

;~ i ie ,

nd

Adan: took what he was g i ~ e n , i d

Eve

perf orec lilremise.

Sow .Jldan, we are told, T V ~ S son of God.

Therefore i t may be laid d o ~ ~ nha t the manner

of acyuirixg a \I-ife in the ?I;?gmfilcg was

by

Pa erllsl pro;T:sloil. KO couriing No "love-

ma1;ing" before ~ l l r r r i~g -eNone.

This method xas also followecl in the case of

Isaac. Abraham zen"Ll;is servant to liis on711

country to secure a ~vife or Isaac, aiid Isaac

accepted the choice wilnout question, and Re-

becca witho~ithax-ing seen Isaac.

It goes without questioil, of conrse, that 2s

created nncl provided, Eve was perfectly com

patible with Adain in every respect.

It

is also

no doubt triae that even though there should be

normal variations among perfect hnmans a

characters, perfect fathers mould have no cli5

cul:;7 in sclectiiig in tne spirit of the Lord suit

able 5-ives for their sons.

Tke Ideal fi fs%iue

Concisely, then,

it

may be set darn that "love"

so called is iiot the ideal niotive for marriage

In other words, it is notthe

lzatzlral

way for

a

ancn to acquire a wife.

We come now to the second question, "Is 'love

(commonly so called) of God,

a

blessing to His

creatnre mall ?

The writer of this article has profound reason

for being very comptlssioi~ate nd sympatlietic

t o ~ ~ a r dhose reading it who are "in love" with

sonie member of the opposite sex. Melisitive aild

on the defensive they usually are, yet greatly

in need of light upon their experieace. Such will

no doubt seek to assure themselves and each

other by reference to the ecstasies tha t associate

wiih their mutual regard, and to the amiable and

seemingly admirable qualities xxanifested by

thcir object. Eut the addict of opium also expe-

riences ecstasies while under the influelice of the

drug, aiid there are those who clisplay great

generosity and okher pleasing qualities after

imbibing too freely in alcoholic beverages.

TJTonlcl any snne person claim that the condi'iion

of iliese two classes of persons is a blessing

from the Lord"2n both of these cases, the in -

dividnals are not themselves, the powers of rea-

son and moral responsibility are teinporarily

disturbed and unbalanced by tlie drug or stimu-

lant used, 2nd the consequences of such disturb-

ance, being unnatu.ra1, are almost invariably

e7iI. Fulting this in other words, abnormal ac-

tion is ineviiably followed by abnormal reaction.

Now, if "love"

were indeed a blessing lrom tlie

Lord, no abnormal reaction ~~oulclesult from

it,

for the Scrip tnres clefiiiitely state, "The bless-

ing of the Lord, it mdcetli rich; and he addeth

no sorrow with it." There is no "morning a fter

the night before" coapled witla His blessings.

By thcir norlilal and reasoilable action they pro-

duce only 11orma1 and reasonable reaction, free

from sorrow, regret, bitterness, disappoint-

ments, etc.

Not so, however, with that wliich is called

lore . Dniversal history, observation ant1 ex


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The Love Racket

in

the United States-Inciting to Lust for Money Consideration


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True

Love

ccording

t

the

Word

of

Jehovah

RESURRE TION


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BEOOI


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erilousTimes

five-nzi?zzite talk

b y

Judge Butk,erford

RIKG the past few years times have been

more perilous than ever before. Cyclones,

earthquakes and distress aflEict the people every-

where. What is the reason? The Bible gives the

fnll and satisfactory answer to the question.

At

2

Timothy, thi rd chapter,

it

is ~vri tteli This

kno~v lso, th at in the las t days perilous tiines

shall come. TIT112t is meant by the ~ vords the

last days as there n s e d w h e meaning is, the

last days of the existence of Satan's rule on

earth. I n fur the r proof of this Jesus nTasasked

by

the disciples what ~vonld e the evidence of

Satan's uninterrupted rule ~f the world; and

He answered, in part, 'JVorld war, famines,

pestilences, earfchqualies, great distress and per-

plexity upon the people.' Tliat uriinterrupted

rule of Sa tan came to an end in 1914, and the

TVorld T a r fo l lc~ ~~ ed ,nd the distress has in-

creased since.

Th e

Devil Bno~x:s that there is

only a sliori time I IO\ ;~ until the great battle of

Armageddon \\rill be fought, in ~~liicllis power

will be completely destroyed, ~ n d:e is now en-

deavoring to bring all \Toe possil~len110il the

people to turn then1 an-ay from

G o d z.ncl

into

destruction.

BVllat eflect is Satan's vicl-ed illfiuence hav-

ing npon n~ e nn iliese ias lda:-s? The Scriptures

answer

2

Tinioiliy

3: 2-5)

For men shall be

lovers of their

O ; V ~

sc-lres, covc.tons, l ~ o ~ s t e r s ,

procd, blssphemc-rs, disotjedieni to parents, un-

ihanl;Iul, unlioly, ~vithont n ~ t u r a l aheclion,

trzcebrealrers,

~ LIISQ

2Cc:iSers, iiiconlinent, fierce,

ilcs~ixers 1

l:ose

that 2re gooil, traiio rs, heady,

highmindcd, lovers of plensures more than lov-

ers of God: haring

a

form of godliness, but

dcnj-ing the 1:ov-er thereof: froin such turn

away.''

The coliditions non7 prevalent exactly fit ilie

prophecy, t11v.s showing its fulfillment. Any per-

son who is diligently obeying the colmnand-

me3is of Cod is doing good. Some men and

T-v-omcn re going about calling the attention of

the po p l e to the tru th of God's liingdom, and

are thas doillg good. Religious organizations,

rnled b selfish meri as above stated

i r i

the scrip-

ture, are nov- fdse accusers and despisers of

those ~ ~ h ore doing goocl. S ~ c helfish ones are

under the influence of Satan and falsely accuse

Jehovah's witnesses of TI-rongdoingand despise

them because tlicy are telling the people the

truth about God's provision for tlieir blessing.

Further describing those evildoers so manifest

in these last days the scripture says, they are

heady, highininded, lovers of pleasures

inore

than lovers of God . This is certainly true con-

cerning those who claim to represent the Lord

in the various religions organizations. The

scripture continues: 'They h a ~ e form of god-

liness, but deny tlie power thereof'; and the

people of good will are instructed by the Lord

to tu rn away f rom such. iTT1ly tu rn away froili

such evilcloers Because nothing call be gained

by engaging in controversy ~v it h hem or in

associating ~vit li hem. I t is the privilege of

those who love righteousness ta now set their

affections npon God and I-Pis 1;ingdom allcl to

busy tlieillselves by telling others about the

Lord and His kingdom as the o~ilymealis of

blessing.

At

2

Peter three the Lord further describes

the conditions in tlnese last days in these TT-ord

'First remember tlnat

in

tlie lastddaps men ~vi

come with their mockery, men governed Isy their

o~ vn elfish desires,

a ~ c l

ajing, Where is His

promised r etu rn; for from the time our falliers

fell asleep all things continue as the? have

been

since the creation. They a re mi1:fully blind.'

( W ~ e y . ; ~ z o z ~ f k ~ )he Devil does not ~vznt he pet?

ple to klio~vof Ooci's liingdom, and for t h n i

reason he infilences nien to make mcckery aho:rt

the Kingdom a nd to persecute t1:ose vho 'cell

about it. F or nineteen centuries true G hr is li ~~

have been looking forx:ard to the corning of ilic

Lord Jesus and His liingdom, ~vhicli he Lortl

promised. Ko~v hat desired time has come ant1

the Devil is desperately fighting to keep the

tru th away from riankiad. T h a t will be the final

result? The Lord answers, at matt lie^^ 24 21,

tha t es soon as He has caused His failh'iul fol-

lowers to complete the witness worl;, then t'ne

Lord express against the Devil and his or-

ganization Kis wrath in the greatest tril3nla'iion

tlie world has ever known. I s the re a way to find

shelter and protection during that great tribu-

lat ion? Yes. There i s just oile way, and concern-


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h

GOLDEN

AGE

ing i t the Lord says, at Zephaniah two: 'Before

the day of the wrath of God come, seek nieek-

ness and rig.hteousness, that you may be hid in

the day of His

anger.' To seek meekness one illust

be teachable and willing to hear and believe the

TFTord of God. To seek righteousness one must

1tno:v and do the mill of God, and that means to

obey His eommandnients. To enable the people

to find out these truths it is the d l f God that

His witnesses now go among the pcople and ex-

hibit to them the message of truth in 5001;form

s l ~ o ~ ~ ~ i n ghere in the Bible these words of full

instruction are given by the Lord, and how t

apply to this day. The question that every

must now determine is, Shall we continu

yield to the word of mail and the wicked in

ence of the Devil, or shall we learn of God

His 1;iiigdom and find protection and Slessin

The books that ar e bronght to you by Jehov

witnesses will enable yon to settle this ques

in your mind in the right way. This is the t

of great peril to the hunian race, and those w

seek to Irnow and to obey the Lord will be

only ones that will be saved.

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T.

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of

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These records may be run o n the ordinary type of ma

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Bible truths on to others. The Watcn Tower Bible

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Golden Age.]

ome

Merr Looe

t

M,, ua.der

inen and some \yamen lore the opposite

sex. See contribntcd article and cartooils on

this point, in this issue. Incidentally, it is a good

thing that the writer of the article concealed his

idcutity, else he wonld be iil danger, perchance

but read what ile has to say, anywoy.

It

will

make you thinl;. At the monieiit the subject un-

der disccssion is the odd fact that

sane

lneii love

to kill. This is demonstrated in a large

wciy

in

tinies of mar, ~vlienmany enlist who desire to

participate in mass liillings of their fellow men;

but it is also demolistrated ill a smaller way.

That some men love to mnrder their fellow

me11 is proved bg7 the fac t that f rom 1930 to 1933

there mere 44,740 murders in the United States

alone, and, in the same conntry, in the years

from 1930 to 1932 there were 59,406 suicides.

As long as there are in the r~ or ld uch things as

popes, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests

and clergy, mass murder and private mnrder,

either of one's self or of others, will lse one of

the principal diversions of the children of the

god of this world,-John

8

:44 2 Corinthians

4

:4.

One

O L I ~

of every 25 persons in the United

States is inclined toward criniinality, which

shows tliat there is something radically wrong

in

vhat they have been taught. Most of these

cr i~xinals are rlieriibers of oiie church . Of

300,000 citizens now ~vzlldng he streets, cold

statistics of tlle past sl~o~v,very one will

murdered. There are now 150,000 ninrdei~e

large, and 200,000 of the present population

comrait murder before they die. These are

ures of the Federal Bnrean of Investigalion

are correct. The average murderer serves o

four years.

On a population basis the United States

seven times as illany persons in prison as

Protestant England, four times as many as

Catholic, Belgium, aiid trice as illany as

atheistic France. Since January 1 1933, Anl

call gangsters have stolen ?,a47 firearms

273,326 rounds of aminunit~on rom Katio

Guard armories.

At midnight of the average day the citiz

of the seventy largest cities in the United Sta

can s a y their prayers and climb into bed w

the l;nov,7ledge that tliat day there were 3.8 rn

ders, 2.4 manslaughters, 4.3 rapes, 41.5 rob

ies,

27.8

aggravated assau-lts, 208.9 burglar

464.5 larceny cases, and 167.3 automobile the

W h a t

s Americanism?

The Aiiiericanisin Conunittee of the N

York Legion wrote a little boolilet, the aut

of which got his ideas from George MTashin

and the Declaration of Indepe~dence. le

did

Itnow, a t that time, tliat such ideas are now s

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tice, liberty, tolerance, freedom of teachers to

teach facts, freedom of scholars to learn facts,

and freedom of speech Por others as well as

Legionnaires.

After an awful row the boolilet was finally re-

pudiated by the Americanism Committee for the

whole couniry, and ihen by the New York Coun-

ty Coliimitiee of the Alnerican Legion, after

whiuli a rigid censorship was imposed until such

t:me as the sacred yogis or other guys have

i?gured out what an Americanism is that can be

gnaraateed not to rip, tear, ravel or run down

at the heel. It is still legal for an American to

lungh at otlicr Americans, even a t Legionnaires.

That

was a

nice piece of business planned by

the Black Legion, to put typhoid germs in milk

znd cottage cheese intended for Jewish custom-

ers. They even approached the city bacieriolo-

gist of Detroit, P\Picliigan, to asli if i t could be

clone.

Am erica-every natio11-needs th e m an who is n' t

afra id to fai l . America, above al l other nat ions, needs

a better understanding of wliat failure really is. Most

of u s 1 ~ 1 1 0 ~retty well by instiilct what is best in our-

sclvcs. In so far as

we

turn away f rom tha t , through

hope of the reward or dread of the penalty, we are

smeared with the world 's s tain. Judas, with his thir ty

pieces of silver, was a fai lurc. C hrist ,

on

the cross, was

Ille greatest figure of Time a nd Eternity.-Channing

Pollock. play u~ rig ht, n "Th e MTorld's Slow Stain".

conomic Modness

Human insmity expresses itself in economic

rn ad ~e ss , s well as in war and lesser fornis of

inurdcr. The one merges into the other; indus-

trial war takes a terrible toll. In the past twenty

years 320 worlimen mere killed in dust explosions

and property of the value of $35,000,000 were

desiroyed. In one plant devoted to processing

soybeans 117orlxnenwere Billed and 45 injured,

~vitli property damage of $600,000.

Fronl an unidentified origin, marked "Trend

of

the Tinies No. 102", comes the following:

Kot the weak, but the stvong, are the burdens

we

bear: we could carry the feeble today, and no one be

broken with heartache or care, if the strong would

stand out of the way. The strong, otherwise the rich,

are sh ovi ng more anxiety than ever before to do every-

thi ng possible for the poor-except get off the ir backs.

The ,Imerican Telephone and Telegraph

Coinpan - niade a survey of 2,500,000 homes in

65 leading cities. One-half the homes had no

central heating, one-quarter had no bathrooms,

one-fifth had no indoor toilets, and one-quarter

had neither gas nor electricity for cooking. Th

AT&T Gonipany holds the telephone rates so

higli that millions who moulcl lilie the conven

ience of a telephone in thei r homes have to go

wjtho l~t. upposed to be good management, thi

is really very bad.

;Negroes in Harlem, in New York city, testify

tha t much of the unrest there is dne to the fac

that white owners require $60 or $70 per nlont

rent from Negroes where whites are charged

but

$36. Tliis, so they say, nialies it necessary

fo r them to resor t to policy games, prostitution

and whisky selling to pay expenses.

the United States there are now between

5,000,000 and 8,000,000 young people, ages 16 t

25, n7ho can find nothing to do, Almost 3,000,00

of these are on relief-a condition for which

they are not in the least responsible.

Every seventh person in the United States is

on relief. I n the country it is worse than in the

city.

ll Human et terment Desperately Resis ted

As is to be expected, all human betterment

especially of the poorer classes, is desperately

resisted by those that fear to share thei

fortunes with those that have little or nothing

And they persist in this attitude even ~vhen l

history proves that, even for themselves,

it

is a

penny-wise and pound-foolish policy. In th

Berniondsey (England) Labor Magazine , an

old-timer tells what he remelllbers of condition

as they were:

I remember when children cf twelve years of age

wcrked twelve hours a d ay in coal mines for one pen ny

per hour. I remember \v11c11 farm laborers mere paid

a wage of 8s. to 10s. p er week. I remember when Lon

don dockers fou ght a nd won a prolonged strilre fo r the

"Dockers'

Tanner"-6d. pe r hour. I remember when

over 100,000 adu lt men were emp loyed on the railways

a t a weekly wage of un de r £1.

I

remember when Peek

Frean's paid their laborers and ovenmen 18s. per

week. I remember when t l le laborers in the tanyards

of Bermondsey thought themselves lucky to be paid

16s. and 18s. per week. I remember when retail shop

assistants worked 80 to 90 hours per week (no mid

week half-day closing) for a mere pi t tance and the

privilege of "living

in .

I remember when there wa

no Workmen's Compensat ion Act , no Employers

Liability Act, no Old-Age Pensions

no

Widows '

Pen

sions, no Health Insurance and no Unemployment

Insuran ce for the workers of this country. I remembe

when domestic sanitat ion was rare, when there were

no water-closets, but only stinking middens

and

cess


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pools, ill the ~ ~ ~ o r k e r s 'omes i a Bermondsey. I remcm-

her when there was no water supply in the worliers'

houses, and when all water hacl to be fetehed in a

bucliet or bath from a pump or stand-pipe d o m tLe

:.treet. I remember when abject poverty mas eommm,

mhen tkere mns no Outdoor Relief fcr the able-bodied,

grid ivhen

h e

~vorkhousesmere full; when barefooted,

ragged childrrn could be counted ill thousands

ill

any

large town.

I

remember xihen most Bermolldsey fae-

tory girls wore shavls over their heads, and were not

dlcssed smartly aiid prettily, like to-day. 1 reme1:iber

~vhenpnblic-houses were open all day long till mid-

night, and when little chilclrcn hvng around the bars

va it icg for besotted parents to ta ie thein hoinc. And

I re~nembcr hat every step on the rcad to social re-

for .1~ as been ol~posedby reactioiiai.ies nho hated

-.,regress

and who in their hearts Zespised the common

people.

I

remember that every advance and

in

provcmcnt in tile conditiou of the workers has bee11

fought by tlie Tories to th? last ditch.

I

remember,

I

remembcr the dq -s of my youth, and what

I

suffered,

and hat my parents suffered, and what my brothers

a d isters wffered.

Yorkess H ~ u e Aid

henzselves

Tlie worliers have to aid then~selves, ilean-

time relnenibering tha t God is their sure Friend,

and will bring them a grcat cleliverance ill Arlna-

geddon, soon. Co-operation has helped the Br it-

ish ~vorlcmenmuch,

The Co-opera~iveWholesale, of Britain, has

1,011 member organizatiolis; sales in

1933 were

aln~ost $1,000,OOO,OCO customers, 28,000,000.

The Wholesale is the T\-orld's largest iniporter

of tea hns the largest floilr-milling organization

in England, is the largest maker of boots and

shoes, a ~ l dhe second largest maker of soztp.

It

has its owl1 bank, wit11 a daily tnri~over f morc

t:1211 $IO.G09,000. It ilarldles 3-bout

13

percent of

the retail l rzde of tlie eouxtry.

suhsel.ficr ii1

Te:;:s

n-ants

t o

lore abundnntly,' I Ie mesnt just that . G

lcingciol:~ s the only hope t h t s 11-orth~ : ~ h i

oiilj. o ~ ~ eliet will ans~5~ei.the question.

A Jonnda1.s

says:

317 hi:usband

is

out of worlr, mc have

n o

money,

w:: n?ils-t mcve iil

~ T Y O

.jzel;s. T(e have four sinnll

drr,:~, tcc. Tile fe ar of al l this made

me

so nerT

that I \-:as j u t crying. 1 asked Jehovah if I I e w

give us co;lrage, aild He did. Don' t think I am su

stitious, but while my eyes mere still wet with tea

received a package containing my three last 7T7

towers

Juist the feel of them did ivonders to n:e.

tears were wiped he Lord mill provide.

A dairy concern

in

Clinton, Ion-a, slas led

wages of it s drivers. The drivers thereupon 'L

over the business. All they had to do was to

their mill< solnewhere else, 77-hich they did.

A Pennsp11-ania subscriber =ever sax: p

p e ~ i t yxcept when there \\-as a shortage o1 la

and never saw a depression except when th

was a surplus of labor. Quite tru e; but th

never will be a shor tage of labor

an137

inore;

people that own the productis~emachinery h

all the machines they need, to do almost all

war :

in the ~ ~ ~ o r l d .hey

ill,

by orie mean

another, resist shor ter hours of labor fo i th

humans whom they niust have to mtln the

chines, and the hungry mill underbid one

other lor the privilege of selling their la

Oilly the Lord can straigllteu out the snarl

o~.:nsberrgj's Wil l

Charles

8

Lonnsberry, forn~erChicago l

yer, died in n poorl1ov.se. I-Ie l e f t the follow

x-ill, so u:lusnal that

it as

probated and

p

lished. R e d i t.

It

ill m ~ - mour heart jns

know ilia t t l~ere ere sneh men a while baelc

I,

Charles Lovnsberry, being of s o ~ ~ n diid dispo

mind aild memory, do ilereby make and pnhlish

my

last \:;ill an d testament in order to distribate

interest in the x~ or ld mong succeedillg men.

That pzrt of

my

interest which is Bno~vn11 la

my

property, being inco~siderab lc nd of no rcco

1 mzke no' disposiiioll of.

X y

ight to liue,

being

a life estate, is not at m y disposal, but, these th

e:;ccptecl, all else i the world I liom proceed to d

and bequeath.

ITEX:give to

good

fathers and motilers, in tr

for their childreil, all good little words of praise

cneonragement, and all quain-t pet names aiid end

ineuts; and

I

charge said parents to use them jus

but generonsly, as tile deeds of their children

s


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ITEN:

leave to children inclusively, but only for

the term of their cllildhood, all and every Aower of

the field and the blossonls of the woods, with the rigllt

to play among them freely according to the custom

of children, warning them a t the same time against

th is tles and thor i ~s . nd I devise to children th e banks

of th e brooks an d the golden sa nd s beneath the waters

thereof, and the odors of the willows that dip therein,

and the white clouds that float high over giant trees.

A n d I leave the children the long, long days to be

me rry in , in a thousand ways , and the n ight and the

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The Golden Age magazine - various issues 1936-1937