The uplift [serial] . Juvenile Service, Chil-drens Bureau Washington, Jackson was represented by Mrs. Bryant and Mr. Coggins. * * * * Some years ago, it is reported, a missionary in Turkey wastraveling with his car into the interior regions. He arrived in aprimitive village, and all the peasants gathered around his car,never having seen a motor car. Soon some of the villagers ran outto the fields and brought armfuls of straw and threw it in frountof the car. When the missionary asked why they did that, they said•Is this not some kind of an American horses? We thought itmight need some foo
The uplift [serial] . Juvenile Service, Chil-drens Bureau Washington, Jackson was represented by Mrs. Bryant and Mr. Coggins. * * * * Some years ago, it is reported, a missionary in Turkey wastraveling with his car into the interior regions. He arrived in aprimitive village, and all the peasants gathered around his car,never having seen a motor car. Soon some of the villagers ran outto the fields and brought armfuls of straw and threw it in frountof the car. When the missionary asked why they did that, they said•Is this not some kind of an American horses? We thought itmight need some food. According to authorities, walking is one of the best exerises,bringing into play almost every voluntary muscle of the humanbody. If you swing down the street with the correct posture, youwill breathe deeper, promote digestion, and, best of all, lose yourexcess fat. Persons who are unaccustomel oo walking should be-gin by going o moderate distance, graually increasing thier mil-eage daily: THE UPLIFT ifeMictiions. A JEWEL FOR YOUR MEMORY GOLLEGTIOcTN (LETS MEMORIZE IT)* * * * Be one in thought and feeling, all of you; be full of brotherlyaffection, kindly and humble-minded. (1 Peter 3:8) During the first World War Belgium was over run by theGermans and had received terrific punishment by their Sunday morning a man on his way to church saw a crowd ofpeople gathered around a car by the road. The car had stalled and two Germans were trying franticallyto get it started. The onlookers remembering their hatred for allGermans began to gather around with clubs and rocks, intendingto kill the two men. The man who was on his way to church beganto talk with the mob and finally persuaded them to let the Ger-mans go. A few days later, a letter arrived addressed to the town. Itbore the marks of the Royal court of Germany; the Kaiser himself,assuring the people that as long as the war would last no harmwould come to the little town that had befriended his son. The real reward fo
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