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DM /■> r> r* Attending the Great International Sunday School Convenvention
U/ g g And Seeing the Sights in San Francisco —An Epoch of a Life Time
OON after we landed at San Fran
cisco, we found the way to the Cole
seum. On entering, the vastness of
the building and the number of
seats impressed us. Then, if not be
fore, we could realize that a great
convention was meeting.
The decorations with flags of the
different nations was symbolical of
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the many to be reached in this wonderful work.
On a canopy painted blue and white, repres
enting the cloud and sky, was one large star.
Under this in graceful folds was a golden band.
On the upper part was painted this inscription:
“Westward the Star of Bethlehem takes its
way.” Below, these words appeared: “We
have seen His star in the East and are come
to worship Him.” At the East end of the can
opy was the statute of Liberty, appealing to
the Golden Gate on the West.
In the praise service E. 0. Excell, the most
versatile hymn-writer in the world, carried out
his name in song. It was pathetic to hear J. V.
Milligan tell of the religious need on the Front
ier. Then to listen while F. E. Higgins told
of the missionary work in the logging camps.
To see what has been achieved, and how many
have been reached is an inspiration to ever
keep striving.
r-» n rr 1 kt n r T 1 A r v c for the young girl readers
r KllN u L I 1 A L K d of the golden age
Fifth Article in Series.
YOUR ROOM AND LIFE AWAY FROM
HOME.
HEN you pack your trunk to leave
home for w’ork or study, look care
fully around your room. Notice
every one of your special heart
treasures —the small pictures, the
motto card’s, the favorite photo
graphs and several books which
make a special appeal to your taste.
Select the ones for which you can
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find room in your trunk. Choose other articles
that will add to the beauty and comfort of your
home that is to be. Remember to take a small
hammer, a box of tacks, some nails and any
denim, cretonne or burlap that you may have
in your possession. Do not forget, however,
to have mercy upon the baggage men who will
lift and carry your trunk, as well as upon your
pocket book in the way of excess charges.
You have no idea how your little keep-sakes
and decorative articles will add to the charm
of your room away from home. When you
come in each evening, often tired from your
day’s work, it will rest you to see a dear, fa
miliar pictured face looking at you from your
bureau; or to gaze upon some good old book
friend from your writing table. While the cher
ished motto cards upon your walls will preach
you many a helpful sermon or yield you many a
thought of silent comfort.
After reaching your new boarding place, just
as soon as you can command a little leisure
arrange your room comfortably and prettily.
With bright, pleasant surroundings, there will
be less danger of home-sickness.
Do not feel dismayed if your decorative ma
terials are plain and inexpensive. It isn’t the
richness and costliness of furnishings that
count half so much as the taste and ingenuity
of the decorator. It is surprising how much
one can do with the simplest articles in making
a roqm home-like and attractive.
I well remember my first experience at col
lege. With the exception of visiting relatives
and friends, I never had been away from home.
The Golden Age for July 20, 1911.
By MARY B. WILLIAMS.
A dying miner sent this word: “Tell the
boys I made the grade.”
Foreign Mission Demonstration.
At the close of the Home Mission exercises,
about one dozen Koreans came marching in
singing. Then came about 300 Chinese sing
ing, followed later by about 200 Japanese.
These, with their banners and Bibles, made a
picturesque group. Numbers and numbers of
little tots —the men and women of tomorrow —
hardly large enough to walk, were there dress
ed in their native costumes, smiling, happy and
with bright little faces they sang praises that
made our hearts thrill. This reminded us of
the text: “And nations shall come to Thy
light. ’ ’
Immediately, Mrs. Zillah Foster Stephens
wisely showed us how to teach temperance in
a practical way to the children. She said: “It
is not the will of our Father that one of these
little ones shall perish. Give these children
an ideal, then scientific instruction, allowing
them the privilege of choice, that they may de
velop in strength all the while. In all things
try to develop self-control.”
Remember songs should not be for instruc
tion, but for inspiration.
A Glimpse of San Francisco.
San Francisco itself, with its Chinatown and
By MISS MARY ELEANOR SHAFER.
So in packing my trunk, it didn’t occur to
me that I should need pictures or similar decor
ative articles. I shall never forget my momen
tary feeling of consternation as I looked at the
bare, cheerless walls of that boarding school
room; but I lost no time in distress over the
lack of beauty. Quickly I unearthed from my
trunk a folio of pretty gift cards —Christmas,
Easter and other holiday remembrances re
ceived from friends. With a paper of pins in
hand, I began to form with these cards several
oval-shaped groups. It was surprising how
those card groups remedied the forlorn bare
ness of the college walls. That was, for me, the
crude beginning of an intense love of decora
tive art that has yielded a big per cent, of per
sonal pleasure.
Later in the year, almost all of my extra
pennies were spent for articles with which to
beautify my room.
It is only a short time since the average col
lege girl’s den was an inartistic jumble of
photographs, posters, pennants and sofa pil
lows. Now, one sees in the rooms of many
girls, in the higher colleges beautiful, harmon
ious decorations. The art instinct of the stu
dent is asserting itself.
The possibilities of a one-room home are tre
mendous. Here are some of the conveniences
that may be yours. An ordinary, hinged wood
en box from a grocery, if covered' with olive
green burlap or denim makes a lovely recep
tacle for your shirt waists. Another box, either
covered with the same material or painted,
forms a satisfactory book case.
I mention olive green because in furnishing
it is a restful, artistic color, and one with
which other colors harmonize well.
If wardrobe space is limited, hooks in the
back of your bureau, placed across a corner,
will be a help. Or if your bed is in such a po
sition that dresses would not show, a few hooks
in the back of the headboard will be a conven
ience.
A simple screen will serve many a useful
purpose.
Inexpensive, dainty window curtains add a
charm that one cannot afford to omit.
Golden Gate, ever welcoming foreigners, was
not lacking in interest. To be sure, it is a
great, rushing business center where the first
lesson to learn is “to hustle.” No snails there.
Golden Gate Park with its beautiful shrub
ery well-stored museum, unique Japanese gar
den and great music stand which is unlike any
other in the world was a gem, exhaling an at
mosphere of classic repose and splendor, and
it lingers even while one is walking over the
grounds of the University of California, espe
cially when the Greek theatre is reached where
Sarah Bernhardt and others had entertained.
The theatre itself being a direct copy of one
in Rome.
Out on the Southern Pacific.
The scenery on the Southern Pacific to Port
land, through the mountains and valleys was
most beautiful. The Sacremento Valley fring
ed in by towering mounts covered with the
most luxuriant verdure, pushed back here and
yonder, by the rippling water falls, was a feast
to the eyes.
But we found Portland to be the “Rose
City” indeed. The yards are bordered with
almost unbroken drapery of large, feathery
pink roses and the effect was entrancing.
It is a joy to be an American, peculiarly true
when you have “counted your riches o’er.”
A pretty vase, a bust, a statuette and a rose
bowl, if deftly arranged, give a pleasing effect.
While that dream of every college girl’s heart
—a chafing dish —-helps to promote hospital
ity and is a decided help when meals seem
unpalatable and meager.
The Life You Lead.
As to your social diversions, in case you are
in a boarding house instead of a seminary or
college. Before leaving home ask your pastor
please to write you a letter of introduction to
the minister of one of the churches of your
own denomination in the town to which you are
going. At the earliest opportunity possible
after your arrival, tactfully present this letter.
Attend the services of this church; and
through your pastor and his wife form a few
desirable acquaintances. When all alone in a
large city, this will mean more to you than you
would think. It will also be a safeguard against
undesirable associations and a constant means
of spiritual unfoldment. Too many art stu
dents, professional and business workers, in
our large cities, forget the need of religious
growth.
If you have time to take part in their meet
ings and work, identify yourself with one of
the organizations of your new church.
Allow yourself, occasionally, the enjoyment
of a good lecture, concert or entertainment.
This will not be time lost from your study or
work, for the pleasure of a reasonable amount
of first class professional performances will
mean to you growth and development for
greater usefulness. The grind is not the edu
cated person.
The privileges of the Art Gallery and the
city reading room and library should claim a
portion of your time. In the Art Galleries
the old masters and the painters and the sculp
tors of your day will reveal to you the beauty
of nature and art. In the libraries the great
writers will offer to you the best thought of all
the ages. With such facilities, rightly used,
you never will lack opportunities for pleasure
or self-improvement.
