Visual Education (Jan 1923-Dec 1924)

August, 1924 PICTURED LIFE FOR HOME, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY 259 Jupiter rewards Bauchis and Philemon Arriving at the mainland Dionysus sought to save the strange vine with which the nymphs had crowned him. He sought wherein to place the roots of the drooping vine, but all he could find was the skull of a song bird. When the roots outgrew the song bird's skull he sought something larger in which to place them, but all he could find was the thigh bone of a lion. In time, when the roots outgrew the lion's bone, he sought something still larger in which to plant them, but all he could find was the skull of a donkey. Finally Dionysus came to the men whom he would teach, and there he planted the strange vine with the roots still clinging to the bones. The vine grew and bore fruit good to the taste, and Dionysus stored up the juice of the fruit to refresh him in the days to come. One day, when weary and thirsty, he drank of the juice of the strange vine, and he sang like the song bird in whose skull he planted the roots. Again he drank, and he felt as strong as the lion in whose thigh bone he planted the roots of the vine. A third time he drank, and he brayed like the donkey in whose skull he planted the roots. The men, whom he had come to teach, heard him, but to them he seemed foolishly to say "Bac-bac-bac," and so the god of the vine has been called Bacchus to this day. And so will it ever be. The story of Bauchis and Philemon is one which anyone might learn with profit. One day Jupiter and Mercury looked down on the earth and wondered how many of the people were kind and hospitable. Descending to a village, they wandered about in disguise, stopping at house after house. Everywhere they were insulted and driven away. Finally they came to the hut of Bauchis and Philemon, who received them, and placed before them the best food they had. During the meal Bauchis discovered that the strangers were gods in disguise. She whispered to her husband that they were gods and they would offer sacrifices to them, when the)' were told that their piety was sufficient. When the meal was over the gods took the aged pair to a hillside overlooking the village. At the command of Jupiter the entire village was destroyed by an earthquake, all but the little hut in which Bauchis and Philemon lived. Then floods of water covered the villaee, leaving the hut as if on an island in a lake. The hut was transformed into a beautiful temple, and Bauchis and Philemon were made its guardians. The lesson is that he who sows, reaps that which he has sown. The story of Pandora's box is as familiar as any of the ancient legends. In the early days, before woman was created, and man lived alone on the earth, Prometheus stole fire from heaven that he might become as great as the gods themselves. As a punishment to man for stealing the fire the gods decided to make a woman to torment him. Each of the gods gave something to the woman they created, — grace, persuasion, music, love, — and she was called Pandora, the gift of all. Pandora was taken to earth, and with her was a box which she was cautioned not to open lest evil result. She was given to Epimetheus, the brother of the man who stole the fire, and he became exceedingly fond of her. They were very happy, for evil had not yet come into the world, but at length Pandora, overcome with curiosity, opened the box. Immediately the evils escaped. Quickly Pandora closed the box, but all that remained within was hope, still resting at the bottom of the box. Epimetheus accepted his fate, and still clung to his wife, Pandora. So has it always been. Misfortune, disgrace, disease, even death may come, yet hope remains. SEEK CHINA TRADE Commercial organizations of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, on the recommendation of Julian Arnold, United States commercial attache, have dispatched 100 industrial and educational films featuring the products and industries of the Pacific Northwest for showing Chinese motion picture circuits. Figuring that the 900,000,000 of Eastern Asia constitute the greatest potential market in the world, and that the picture cuts the Gordian knot of language and prejudice, the boosters of the Northwest are going in for this new commercial missionary on a great scale.