Improvement Era, September 1930

SEPTEMBER, 1930 Vol.33 No. 11 RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED mproveme/i A A Modern American Prophet By JOHN HENRY EVANS e^3 Glimpses of Hawaii By FRED L. GODDARD e^&c) Chateau in Normandy By LUCILE T. CARLISLE Photo by W. P. Cottam. An Invitation to Study

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The Improvement Era for September, 1930 721 ECAST Once in a lifetime something happens to someone which sounds more like a fairy tale than reality, and to 'Alice Sheets Smoot that something has happened. From the usual path of every-day living she found herself, as the wife of the senior Senator, Reed Smoot, an in- vited guest at the home of the President of the United States and his lady. Days of delightful con- tacts, interesting experiences and new insight into the lives of well- known people followed, and of these she tells in the October Era. The article is called "A Guest at the White House Talks," and it is written in a style so easy and in- formal that it makes one who reads feel nearer to the Capitol and all that goes on there. Carrying in its lines the spirit of the great Centennial year of the Church, the report of the Fathers and Sons' outing of the three Stakes in Canada is one of the heart-warming features of the year. About fifteen-hundred Dads and Lads of that northland spent three days together out in nature's beau- ty, and together they found new appreciation and understanding of each other and of the great cause which means so much to them. Charles F. Steele, well-known to readers of the Era, tells the story. Don't fail to read it. A charming tale is to come to you next month in the pages of the October Era. "Neighbor Anne," it is called, and a more neighborly person than Anne would be hard to discover. Whimsical, human, delightful is this story by Jessie Miller Robin- son, and pleasant is the feeling one has after reading it. For the wide group of Era read- ers who keep the home fires burn- ing and are expected to prepare three meals a day for hungry men and children, the new department of the magazine will doubtless be welcomed with open arms and new kitchen activity. "Foods for Health" is a subject important and interesting, and the fact that it is to be handled by an expert, Adah Roberts Naylor, will lend a grati- fying touch of authority. The Imaproveoieet Era Melvin J. Ballard Business Manager Clarissa A« Beesley Associate Business Manager George Q. Morris Rachel Grant Taylor Chairmen Finance and Publications Organ of the Priesthood Quorums, the Mutual Improvement Associations and the Department of Education of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints CONTENTS Title Editorial — Thought Habits Hugh J. Cannon Disappearance of God Hugh J. Cannon The World of Words Elsie T. Brandley The Historicity of Jesus Joseph Fielding Smith Words of President Joseph F. Smith The British Missionary Weston N. Notdgren Poetry Illumined Alberta Huish Christensen Shower Ardyth M. Kennellu Olde Frances Nut tall A Cloud , Gladys Hendrickson In Tune With the Ringlets Grace McKinstry Fragments Alberta Huish Christensen Pioneer Vesta Pierce Crawford Landscape Weston N. Nordgren Bondage Merling Dennis Clyde Oberammergau and the Passion Play - ________; Expatriation. A Story. Chapter Two Hugh J . Cannon Foods for Health l> _— September — An Interesting Month _— L. D. Stearns Mormon Caravan to Independence Rock ... . John D. Giles A Chateau in Normandy. A Story Lucile T. Carlisle Joseph Smith — A Modern American Prophet. Part III John Henry Evans A Glance at Palestine —.Mary R. Booth A Spiritual Philosophy of Life. Part X Dean Milton Bennion Glimpses of Hawaii — Captain James Cook— Fred L. Goddard Keys to College. A Story — — — Pror". H. R. Merrill A Chapter in the History of Utah Schools—— Judge Daniel Harrington Priesthood Quorums- — The Priesthood Begins to Function in Washington, D. C Follow-up Work, the Secret of Success Mutual Work — Executive Department Adult Department M Men Department Gleaner Girls Department Junior Girls Department . Vanguards- Scouts Department Bee Hive Girls Department Page 723 723 724 725 726 727 730 731 734 736 738 739 742 744 746 748 751 754 763 764 765 767 769 770 771 772 773 774 Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as second-class matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103 Act of October, \9 17 ' , authorized July 2, 1918. Manuscripts submitted without the statement, "At usual rates," are con- sidered free contributions. Photographs, unless their return is especially requested, will be destroyd. Published monthly at Salt Lake City by the M. I. A. General Boards; $2 per annum. Address: Room 406 Church Office Building.

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