The Lucknow Sentinel, 1937-12-23, Page 3• I.
:voices Of the'rhOy their, rott •
ahotre• the . rich ,the,'oran. ila.••
.jahn opened thea.loOriandSlipped,in, •
shadeWy?,deptlis of the.
••c11relii--4}iere1ng.hikli: And, sweet: : •
.Q,11Oly nighti . • ••
•.The stare ate brightly;
What was it the'•Mtisic Made hiin
_think pet Of coUrsethe buoyant.
flight, pf abreatit-tekhiglyfbeantifUI:
allyer, Viine,..lifting;:ilippink„ Soaring.
:.•:- And...1}Othing...cetild • be more :beeuti'•
'ful than that*: • •: 4 .
• It Wes „ coiy and, pleasant ait•
• .here •imaking pictures - in Your Min&
, ..••BUt4hatLWASn't„the.;o1113/...easen,..John
liked to; come. He liked' the impale:
- 'Whet' wee. it -tare; he. thini•ght it little •
• , . -
• ; aruiltily4"..he • liked , it: because :it was
Ohriatiniminusic...• •
••• • Of-courSe.,he kne.W.::,ii3OW that it wes•
. . .
• •Agelif ::the• little; Lord' J • ' d th
:";7:-.11YE-'`IrroneY had-trianagedtd-SaVe'
esust An .
';:•'Star .andlthe • • 'strati t •nia.4nl'etn
kings • wit er, gitt}i,7671.• gems'
and ;Myrrh ',and itankbicensei•:'Anton
• had eXP/ained Oa to
• Antottliti6W.,,..le-came-Alero:-,•h„a
. would. he :hurt arid' engry,•even timaga
iie'Only' slipped in .after
'•-•his Pap.ers-fer ,a..warni" plaee'tti. stay.
• till Anton earrie f rein the. rciein
; • where: :he I waited table. . early
inottiing till five. ..Anton; disliked all
- :churcliee'WitliliAltterness' tliettJOhn
_
''•••-•-°T-111-Yagnely;.•-;11/1-der•Stoock.:,•4but:_whiell,',
out his adoration • for :this • •ntitodY,
,•• •temPeetuotia, but .itti••IiiM",'AlWayS •gen-
. tie •big, 'bro.ther.,:, he :loyally.•. trietl., 'to
..•entulate:',For ;this; Pertjetiler•-charchi,
•ronteinntaeua
• name. He' called'it ? old Spencer or -
fire osc,ailp." . •
• .iiaoiith tiV:StectIii. that bitter, .,ingrY
:Wey,.it,had•letely,r.es:he
replied '4Be-
causs the.•,old:
'id :imagine the, ,fOrturie .he Put into
building that nionareent to auperetb;
;:thiag, he'ealla soUVf.ront:thP
MythiCal, pled •he. hell,"•• •
W.4eiy, .Played:• T4.; Vittl4t-
40111, hadn't asked. any znere.clies-'
tions, beLcauSe • If 'Anita}, get ttio'intiCh
'exCited • : h"le, ,•weiild: go an ,talking for
-houri instead a taking, ent ,
lin; tacking it ,• tenderly ;•-nnder
c}um and playing there their little,
reena--.4ae-onlY-7-Anton•••.cOuld:_play.
Axton tnust; ,keen AP hie,. Prec-
tice;`,"becaits..6; any. day. soineorie 'might ••
send.for.libik•again tO,Come AY,
as•••theY Used te•do 'before hard tittles. .
Then' Anton Would. •get. out.
•in.4".tivitlitaiis he ;kept ca:refelly •
;Peeked; away, .and, his: white allirt••.
and, go. doWri, the .atreet, his slim,
beantifni. lingers • ,caressing 'the
Strunient under hie arm. Seinetimes-
hp tOOk • •
• •011. SUCh oceeelope, ,Scihn woiid
heire to hblil • his• breath , and grip. the ,
seat., tightly .:to keep from. ' barstingwith e,citcmeflt :.
Whea-±Antan-:'-catite-
• fortvatd-4ithe erid• datk and'.
:shand-
otciellftetl„ head,,, and began • to
, his 'face a:little pale; .hi a 'dark
:et aliglit, as if ehove • the • head,.
• Orthe audience he were seeing things
-
:strange and: Veautiftil beYend„ .the :Or-
dillifrY '` •
•.., When Anton played his vai-
in,. he seemed. to forget, all ti:boUt :
"inenunients , to • "supci.atiflion": • 'and.
eyen ''"the thialiteriAn 'State":
It, Wee only since -Anton had had
to,..-WO'rk in; the ..lench repel 'instead
Of • pie& g Atiat, he had. been ea...reit.:
less nd bitter,: • • , • . ••••
. had air been •Vety dIfierent` two.,
'Yeara: age, While Igether,' WaS .
alive. Then; on Philattnits 'Etre, there '
:Weald be ivteethej 'in • the Windews,.
cl • 'Candles everywhere.- an • when
:Antelt. Caine •in"..•frora playing apine;,
:pele; ,Witli that •
wide shining Took .dark dYea
• '.1Va.Y6 'Were ,44.,t0' he had,'!Play.ed-, and
Plikie4; WM: hairing taine,„sloWlY
• beck frain far Pleeei Michentatent
thet,e. 'Weald!. be ...erica , Of . "Sier• t
c,kristiitas and surprises. foi, 6 1' t
, • One'. • •AfterWarcl,'AntOnoitla aY
41WitYa• ith
• 'NI' flelY Nightl°
" tor a ittontenk.,41iii realehthereet it
ell-Lthe btightheati, the •Warinth. •the
„.spiCY eVorgateti,
• and the*Siirprises--With ,ft" •Wistftil
• 1}0Staigie4which btolight.td. hie eyed'
• leers: lie 'AngrilY witied ,fatisk en Ali,
•tOiferti teat', •• • ••• • ,
'• •
NVOIUI-there-Weti.lai4,43.041444iat4"
• *liars ftirlyent. ' • .•
-,Layenif he had botight
,
:
1. •
--rc--
. . •
•
walls tram the avenue, leplcing sharp- aft .going 91,4! to Play his violin
ly left' to right. John ,made his; gkain; _..note 'mad 'dome,. to the res -
'eyes
-
*eYes verY Wank aft- the inall.n0r, t4urant that (*Y.'• It Was to be at
:poacher. •: • ,• • * • Sem, eofle's, -hens„ee 911
*aye Yea,?'• Asked the man, "seen and he was to flaVe $50 for it. Aat011
An )1d •about here? • „He'd was so b,apliy that he was Alnioat• in -
wearing a giey overcoat and Caherent.. -
'carrying a hook. • The next day was clear and-1311AV;
• I
'"Sure, Meek, „ 'BOO 4111nutes '414 a heavy _snow mentled the ground
• egii. He .took the eventy,Three, ear), and the` treeS.,* born nedding white
gang spyth,," John lied hatdily,, plulnes. It waa teio eOld to linger in
?Save yt;u1-does .he,eOnle Ilea of" • the Park, :but when ?Ohl): slipped int.'s')
telt?". the: cherch, he saw :the old man, sit -
Said' John. "And ir,ound ting .•••,tbel'e In ^ back pew, listening
PanersT '• • -
•••••
•iu lie with: seine •of papei. mon-
ey -a truly Splendid scarf ,piti in the
shape of a tiny,' viblin. '.• •That Was •
when° Anton had • explaitiod tn.. hint
for the, first • time about the
prole-
tariat, and had talked aliciut, the nee,
• essity_ loyaityP And_ the,,.
• &Des •,}113Stirdity,..Of "bourgeois .senti•t•
mentality"' about 'religion and Chtlet,;;„
•• 1°'' ' think, ' •
to, John :did nohe would
• try surprising Anton again this year..
And he 'knew •th;s • time- that 'there
*mid be no surprise for him,. either'.
bed' Made his own plan, It
.Wpuld net lie-aiiite the saine • aa be -
in g-stirPrised,'-of-courpez---:•-#-Would •
lack 'that breath...taking • monielit of.
alindst• Miendurable'. happiness • and
• suspense ,thatcame jest before the
gift was actually tinvrraPP,ecl. But the
nothing . but a bebrgeo s falry story- plan had • its points
' •
;WAS gled tn-,eY hadn't' ihrowli
When th43.:111,an '1.1a4 (11,aPPOarec14, 'him out. Ie ao, ,sad.,,, hewever,
the Old .gentleiOn,pmerged'cautiotia7, „if• :•unlic.PPY. •
'IY •front. the 130SbeS, • ' •••.•••'•' thetighis• deep, within. itiniSelf;', that •
"Well' he said, 'end, thete," was a..,
iinCilY twinkle in 1•4 014 1514,P ''7:ehd;'O(111t;,•11aPktain4•1?*.P'in,iQt,o4'.2:h6hei:7O•h;.Obwl-lt.'And
1147,, 4.e .!he. his land .n.ly?11.4441'4,.)7,
. „ .
Apripaa •at! ( 13 pTpe,ipua
' -ttka toturaric11;a• fineSSC' ih. 4 • acket as if . lett rslipPing.,
„kaetien that should,..;:take yeti: ' 4• a.mfay , •••,-•,:, • • •
- 4.1:Ion't BelieVe In Christmas .. i.' ' how, as he 'remembered
Now, when. Jahn sa* the .inodding• ,.
that quiet' oid-fikure in the, ehurch,
old. figure on .the benCli, ` he felt a •
distiirbing eclioeS: of •;words crowdtd•
troubled sehSe'ai fespOnsibilitY,,a$ he • in upoa him: "ChriStinas can't be
ao.. often did -In•-• the base of Anton.
listen, hbegan as happy unless it'a shared." And the• : 4.4.Seyk „ e
Old man had na. 'one 1 who cared.,, te
the old man starred, awake At • his
•
•share . Chr:stroas.• with- b,irri. •that'.
teach, Winked,. and', Smiled up at hint
meant that there' would be no sur-
e, little Vaguely,.."Ain't . 1 teld you it •
ain't • safe to ge,,,to sleep here?, ,Look " in'ise fa'' Grain" either And Pr°1''`
ablY Cretins still' liked ',eurprises as
:livictliive,t ilivesppeo,0119dot17, fi!.4, •4trie.. A7-• , -,v‘L...ell. as ..aay.,,oaa% .,i. :are.61
,. ;It wee:Indeed cold.. the_lif_st: real,, _ . _, „7 _ s..
Joan •firigered the money ih, hi
-'f'attf.1:6:if:—..eall;:liflattearySol,l,pw4kli-ses,nof.t,hsen:aovn,,rii' pocket and
o,2eketend sWellem
Wed a•monaental
g w .
wrap p his: •throat:1' • •' ' .• ''
<mere' driftindan.
as Fac
-Durk* ShakesPeare's FOg7,-
vitiek ,Lated•-for Twfaire, Days
• chrietrnaa haft 110 alWays been a
Season • fur feetiv.itY, „ and When
• P.,11Yer CreanWell •Waa Pngteet.or. all
„inn • and feasting was forbidden at
• thia time. ,of the Year, I; •
. :
The.are .a great PlanY •OtIrei
things about Christmas which people
ap net ,IcneW; the fact, for instance,
PriVf0...a.flex.W.Allrft9:•„Fk!.;.7.t.T.:
ca e 1.1 C-Of-Eii,a-6gv:447-arion
phristrnas" 'Eve, gr that. at .12 mid- •
night - ore '"the same , •day People In,
• Madrid eat 12 grapes fer gootl luck
in the coming year; In Hungary they :
•ednsia r' the needy, and' all the'rlqher
citt.'ere leved s that' the POOr
'May, have s4fficjerl€ PS Pak and drink..
,`. • :ions, 'Many ,kaow that • there are
• 175' ilifferehtikinds of'.hollY; that ,
daring ShalceSpeate.'s time Christmas
festivities laitedfor 1:2 days,: or, that
..C.hristrnas. iMs been celebrated •en
• more than 100 claferent days in vari-
ous 'parts of the ',World? „ Our pres-
ent holiday on December 25th we
•
owe to Pepe Julins I,,. who fixed' the
• date in the year
freni hia paper. route: would buy the:
•
„•
• airplane lie had been; worging oii
: sinde`la'St .-spinmer. It • would be the
most beautiful medel 'ever ,bu.; and
it -Weill& really EY: His fliik,era--2.-ne
Iless -magically • Stipple And. sensitite .in. •
their own .waY. :than Antoree. though: •
•
John' did not know tbis'--ItChed to be
. .
; 4,Say,•?' offered • john •Moving a , minpose-hO did boy the old..
step hearer, '‘,1 knowie good; place if. man a surprise, :What . should he.
) 4 •
YOU,. want one. 'It's warm in that choose? 1-1OWeoUld he poSsiialy gUess
char& Over there I'll. bet you could whit Grampe really wanted Unless --
'slip n end stay,; And •nobody wauld • but pf,.ex*sel, •At newbf,o15,a; bean..
ever .know. 'There are .eashione too, lltiful ,new book, so that :he "needn't •
•;:axid,aelneti_nica: • : carrY, arannd •those shabby .:old• ones
"Ah" said Gramps •and-- turn-id:To-an more" • • "7-
.vie7,y • th• e eliureh With sudden interest. • John. didn't knew" . much ••abobt
tow's fire eacape to. a .pra.etIcal par. ebont :state, lookingat: coy,
,pose,' 6h? '•••.Clopd, folce On hien!" . : , ere Until he Wei' (tizzy, he saw just '
thieTtimei: "course, . -the the, thing fine" •bit. book;rieniy—,
'Ail men kite* •abpat • Anton , and • bound in, soft reddish leather With •
• . . . -
v'l'As :John turned 'ert'aroPs• 115 •, . That .oae,- . he :aaid, pointing.
tily S„dttpd,-, if. Ite • could 'not` heat It was ex-pensiveH$5,..;the salesgirl
tolhe left alone "He! 'kou're not 'pointed put; He: could get the Same
-going, are yon?".' , •-': '
, j'ehn.hesitateil, „ 1, .• ,
'iYoa."•sound. like a boated capital- •• "That one tsaid 'fithily, and
lit," observed Gramils• • • • . Out with :the wrapped book
• ,
• ;"Most•five dellarar •adra:tted 'John under •hiS atm • ;before the ' sjiould
' He Avould•Wait till the dAY before '
Christmas,„ carry his percel borne;
• and put :it away unep,eneif until,
r-Milst}ilas :EV:67*T eir-fr*hen Anton
'had gone, he .would icf it .out gnd
'open it just is if lt had been
sniprise.• He w'as still planning. hap -
Oily. and jingling his money 'M, his '
:pocket as he left the and
'tarried through' the park. 'when • he
-saw the old in:3,n again.
:Park Bench-...'Sittere, -
'• • The Old Men, wasaitting huddled
of_the .ion 'benches in the
park, His hat-had•Alid-offiFthe back:-
. he .inevitably ' carried :had Slid • from
:his greap. to:. the. deed leaves at his
Tfeet; ancrliit heed • droefitd-billit7
'breast, .its, silky :White hair fluttering
in the -faint' breeze. ' ' • ,
'1O1in saw7that he was ,asleep again,
It, was the old- man's depl8rablehabit
of drOppilig to eleep at the most „in-:
• opportune timea.that bad first caught:,
Iohn's 'attention.
Peri...be/idles; John • new •,ftoni,
Shimid Obaervation. Were not , aapis
'
thitt's,Ail' ideal•Mer.• hook's,. but- after he had . •wandered
'first • time he. •hafi.:corne upon' the
man he had been .:.serenely nodding
' while a ratlike; Youth expertly rifled ,
iioeltets.. • , ,
•At the sound ;of :•,Tohn:s feet ;on ,the
gneveh; • the old 'man-had...awakened
witti Startling. 4 suddenness, and the
pickpocket had fled. jahit'• was :just
ahoutto lift' a Shrill cry fer...Varry,'
park cop, whett . .tto: • old Jaen
taught his arra With a' swift dart of '
'4 old 'hand and said. sop,
let hiri}„ge! He's Welcanie to anything „
he:''fouridlii my podteta. Den't, bring
-therlecinfcinraled-Offieei.,-oVI .. , here:,
. • ••
aking
•Cett't a hn shut
:his eyes in Peace' fora minute:With- '.
mit getting mixed uP with: the, law ?"•.,
Johtconsidered, th!S
of the ',street is ,,he bad •baeti: these' •
two yeais,. it was not :s.trtinge'to'•
hi
philosophy :MI6 •park bench sitters
Often, shrank Modestly flap} the •
• tentiOn efftliry;: It did seem
t...tralike 'that. •SUCTin clean, guileless
e,h3eiting 'pld gentleMat 'should ileat
-Odds • with. the Inv"; bfit you *Ver.
-Cond, tell: •• • • • , '
' SitUetiOn Graslied'
Ms stispidions *ore till • farther
confirmed byati, incident •that, oe-A,
curred`While he was talking With the,
old man' sevelat days later. • • 1. •
.:They Were sitting together ,'Wheno
-in the iniclat• esentenee , the old„'
maxi glented °yet. his pi:loader, start.,
• ed; aerem"bled to his deet., and with
A finger warratigltet his lipe • sctir-
ried the bushea. that tietded the
betith,••
ania/•
} the:
'A -Mea hiqd Owl
rying
•git,W. -of pride,"'"And it Will. change . • •••
be fiVe• bY, tof-trit3rtovi , Hp:;Went }:irecily the •
•••• having that„niuCh' inene7 Chureh:1 betense" he Was , he
.itt oi 1.40-kat8-farycipp.-1giled4,-.:::'-`1.:- might nnss (ramps, -if. 'Waited till;
rirh .tornorrew,,• Fortunately the 'old,. man
wbnder, if 111 eyo: .feet that
washis. heed: drOir,,'
Ito silp.'en4diiitI'a°111,143fq0? Cyehtlirtret-Pairnpirilek;•: still',•;a.h°Lee's t , He :woke: biaitzios.
• • ,
senta. .: • " • • • , • •••• when•-jahn touched his shoulder.":
"1-16Clci. We •don't be:ieve }a. Chns This i for you; said Jo n;•.boa_
ing out his parcel, little breathless
irate at ',ourhouse' .. ,":H. ' , , •
• , john :tried to speak with a 'Calm:. :With 'hurry and eMbarresament. "Bat
,a,r14.404....awsavapea
it till Christmas Eve." •
•shOuld; -but he Choked:an a little over
lie' Wordi. • :Pei a moment grampS looked u -
•
Has To Be Shared
4`14c, Christmas ...L.:hitt of cbitise!
he Observation of the • Christmas
:111Yth is' the ipwest. •:„form, Lai bour..
geof,d; sentimentality', isn't it? And
• yet; :finless nay niebtory 'fails. me, ,
Chi -lit Was a carnenter, end He also
believed in .the•bretheilOod of .reah„.7.
• John:Cotiaideted :this in startled
illenee. He .w.endered' if .Anton knew.
if hard141belleving his esti.
:•Theri he toolvthaiiaropl with the gay •
Ara: 'an:Ltrgo.....rilittwLthe..:14y.,314,1L
'wrapped it in,. and looked at it. ,
"Thank you," :he.; said at `lest. ••
• .
"Thank ypti, : surprise'
You. have made •nie very happy:117-'41
• wonder if Yen will de soinothing to
'make an old, man: • -even happier
spend o, part, Of, fornorow ,; evening'
:within. r- 'wd Might: have a
Streallestreliarehes •
AccommodateSix
A Church,: in .Puornsoy,' .6habnii
'Islands -has aecorarriodation foili
• ee 1 ;
sznallest the 'world... It was 'buil
a. :Minds_ from .stellea,., Seats11§11,„
arid' hpred-ahade pernent,..: ,
,. But • it' has 'some •strpne rivals.
IredgrrErTeCliliWrrr • ' HainPshire,
Eng.,, holds only eight people and
Was -built e:form• of nieradrial,.to
those who tell in'th6 breat•War: • ''•
•
HackneY,,,•.Lanclon, has 'a ••church,:
Aftached to: Ofnb 'ailrih91401.wlpch
cat only acCOMModate •A. Mingrega-
• tion Cif 44 :while 'the .i.11age'lpf.,Gaso.ye
:Iiii•:13.1161singheirshire, • has A 'ci-car.h
built • for. •the :benefit •of •:the 16 itt
tabitants
, At :Eldon, 'Hants; which has OnlY.
nine inhabitants, ' the Ichurch•haS but
one ahdt. it is, efahned; :the .
smallest .forit •EagleifiK.' •
•
•
snack to.eet and inenege Very Plea-,••
. •
sant tinie, of 'it; togethet.". .• •
??Ietai-:eliristerasH,EY6", • • ,
Anton had Already ,gone When John .
tv.erit Out nextuveiiine,John Wee •sur,7''...
,prispd When he found that the ,h,ouge
at the address Crainna haa:liv5n was
• so lar.ge,and iinposing. •'
GrempS• Oeuldn't: live
But perhiPS: *as'. • janitor.
something :•and liyed . •behind. •• 'John.
the ...bell. • ,. • •,, . •
. It was some: tiine" before anircine• '•
answerod.:Jkihn.• was ttbout o goatwaY
• when the doer opened and :a Allan
turned on An '6.yethead light:: and .said,
,•"Oh.',"..yea.:. Yea ate te,:cpitie riht itt,
• John,-Wita-•:,,ii.ed:-,a,..-:--street •.Artib's• •
trained memory: for • faces,' .stercki.
But .this :was: the, mah I Granfps had
•tart away from in; the 'park. Then, •
right behind. the „Man;
hiniscilf, sinlio aridlield:tig our kis •
etherlah s' a Century to ComPlete•-
fEarly Christmas" Biggest cathedr
NighV Of Dec, ..6.th Was '014.ervd
As P4icho144 FelOir0
• ATviTEROAlkf-t..-• Nicholas paid
Vi4it. to ' goo.4 little children:of The
•Netherlanda.,on' St. 'Nicholas'' gve. .„
' With Negro *6erVantr: '131dek
Pete the Saizit appeared -Astride hi•e
Th
otiet:11}4f-'-vf•-.-
eVery 3,•• .• " •
At 'twilight, ,a1.1 faMily are at'
• The, deorbell rings, and there Are,..:
St"" 1\aqholaa 1,knit 1/31ack Tete.' The
• rnarVelbuily •••iefeitned . 'saint ,:ritiee.;
tiOnS• cal
Presents Ore gin' 'thro*I4P1p
-
doei. Back To '
. There folio* servings -of "Bishop
wine" for adults,. chocolate milk['•fdri*
"children,' • isliehelas • • songs are
Sung ,until late.
This a,terly, Christmes'? goes .beek
• to Deceniter ptb, the y.ear 1;45, when
tbe ArchbishOp et: Myra. (St. Melt-• •
olas) died..after: heir* imprisoned
4y, Diocletian' and. freed. by, Coristan-
tine: The ptelate's surreptitious bei,
• s,tewal","of dowries • pn, 'three
Lets. of an iinpoyeriihed. ,citizen sap-
ipba of,--Otes-
• ents on St. Nicholas' ye, -a custoni:
later transferred to ristmas Day
, ,
in litany countries..
• OneP the Hoilenclere tried tto
St.: Nieholes4 "'pay in fever •of,'
• Christmas,' but St.- Nick and l3lack
Pete were '.easy wines. ••
••.?"*Thert Whet:: Youll' kargive. my.
eurioSity aaked. Cramps,' are you
g�h to 'do, with Falt-tha.twealth;?"--
$p :john told him, tiAtttle feluctailt, ,
about.:the blci map, list,
.,6ned ,attentiveiStr' TheY.'„had 'often talk.; '
cd of the hieciel befOro.:granipS kneW7
a lot 'about 'rhinos, for 'all, old. man;
•• ?<N.:0 doubt.' your deetsiori is e ,
one,": Grainp lia.id.'alowly when
lhe had .,finiall'ed.,• Ilia Voice sounded •
tirea .end flat. • •:• "Certainly
thi}ro'A. ;tie bourgeois 'seatintentelity
about- Brother,Iiiimill, 'he ,
proud of yOttatlil after al, noi bo..74
Chriatines can't•he inote•;;.
,ferlarn hush -leas • than ".-7-f,i•lot having
•Anytino":'Who_teallY Ceres for 'yeti to; ,
;shake 4 -Widf, To be really 1•••"..';.;.6,
: OhrittanaShas te. be share. ,•
Well, 'I' must bae.„,!::tti0.:'-ettnial. and
—' ho siiled• W ittle
think 1 ghat take your *erY'pradtical
*
lohn watched hiticas he ,inade his
ny • 'it -little stiffly itcrose park;‘:
j� theChurch; one •of his ahabby .o.ta
books clutched • iknitof his.
attn; 1001c,.
int tentir old .,nati" tired niid.
• • In A 'tit& POW*. ,
• , John feiniekritOtt already at hone,
aniCiOnsly • ins:petting. th&fino.black,,
With tails that:had hung so .1014
'Ati deemed, 'Abt0.0
• - •
,
"Ohbut,": air,",.ariod the Man, turti:.
ing teprohellingiy,.`fy.ou'., shohlare,t be.
nut hers eitesint Srourseif t
night air." . •:• ,; ,
41.)oii'..t,be an 'old , • 1-1O.dp..,d'S.
It's Christmas •Evcs,". • Cramp -A didn't
Somii-te ;at all crf, raid' itow; "Aren't
Yoa ,.satisfied . With: hoba.diiig ine
the .yeerlene .Coin e in. *nitre:de?! •
They went„thiOngli u Want hall
Way into' a .gredt btiht roma Where'
Men. :were' ttin'g and' •st,andillg: about.
At eneejohn •felt at home, for theg
were 4111 shabby ,men pnoli as he had.
„Often seea..linott ientside- sotip.kit.
:-•ehons evlemployinent egencies=anen.
of , zill natienalitics •ainci • Complexions,
strangely alike in their sullen,
•henteti: look. • $OW they 8i&&t leek
• sullen or betiton: 'balk ekpeptantnii•
• it ;little watohtu? perhaps. ,• •„
few niintitea there Wae•dititter
,for eVOryonetil; •• amazing diiier-
iitlr
"GrAMP.S; in. 'a .tether
• atilt: at the head 'of ,tho lei*. table,
And to johu's Complete undoing, An-
terii..of all people, sitting at bia• right,
; After eVetyone• :had eaten enettrit
buslA 'theY" Went inte :enother• , t
rebid,: And there Were ,aurptises for
.avoi•Yone trona A 'tall, softly .lighted
Creo•.” John had to, pinch hirnse1f0
ilhbelleve thet •surPriao Was e
set Of "delioato toels.,Sualt-as„..ho had
With a tonging that litirt, but
fliipt,than he.litideVer hoped to have.
.• • • The: Greet ,Surprise •
• Finally Cramps; 'Whom. ...everyone.:
as _callingr:!.MorroW„,.."..toOk•-•dOwn.-
the "laat 'pereelt,,Senare and bukT-,
and. said.; •?'IsTew-.
'thisla' My. great ,sur-
• .2prise.".••• .
•Jht. recOgnized it by.'the ribbori
It the .book. Ht heart'satik; for'
,
there 'Were rows and :rows'. of books-:.
about:. the ro--ome even more
:shabby than the :.:Qrainps • had
'locked up;:'••.; •-; ' •. •: .
• ,..Antl lie had giVen. the Ald. limn a
.1 But, •Graiiiis' •hand. was •en': JOhn',.s
heartily, : "Why,. ;I,. never, in -my' life
oiie;•as fine asthier „;.
.,- • For the firsttime John .tethenibet-
ect that in his haste yeaterdaY' :11.e••
•• hadn't even looked' at the title:, Now',
he craned his.,:',113.ek to read it The',
boek was called 'Vile' 1-181Y,4131ble.".,
, Then everyone sat :down, and, Aritpn, ,
tucked his violin wider :his thiiir•and.'
prayed-Gerinaa music, tt&ian mit*,
• Russian; :', and
and an. 'Irish.' lave :.s•61.---igH
• soMething • for •:eVerybody; • A'nd• 'As' he
played, ' the ,,Eates-HFelisli,,,Itisli, ian-orrnan,.snd-Bungarian were_
no longer 'MTh -Watchful, but soft 'and
, kind; of Shilling?, • ,,
'When, Afitohbad. • played a long,,
time, 1ietelfPed'.and--said•••te •:the' o1d• .
man, 1"Noi'v,;•I think' we'll have a'Aittle
real `Christnias • :
Ire lookOd at,John fur a ."ratinient• ,
'And. Anton's :face, too;:wag. soft d
shifaing 1b begaii• p1ay;41.'0
Holy Nikhtl
„ •
Glovellledgesf.
• 7
,.• •••
nybe unaware �it,. but If
• •
this Christmas- you,. send .,n ,pair of '
gios esas a ..present, you are ,making
a syMbolie gestui.e..• ;In ancient' tithes
gloiwtre sent to inen4
Patoh.,sicietrela ' re
and • geent, friend-•
r_oipEh -ie tkn
oeretpire.,:, •
5ent the 'handshake of friendship, in-.
•the :111fddlAges the Y Were :used as
:pledge's of fti4thaiid e' glove..
:his. terfltiory.,- . • • • • •
, Queer.though , it ay seem, glov9s,
were.,got.first eels,t,.Co•untries;
but . in Egypt, „where 'ntiny feabibna.
.oniginated;•:.'rhe oldest pair in -exist?.
ehee weS found : iti the.
robes in lung :Tilthrikararnelirs7-tdtb:
t.:.w.ae-not-until:the.-eleventh-century .
•:•that Europe adonted.,..the:faShipn, and:
thle: gloVera.
• of Perth founded 'their fammiS com-
• , • • ",•:. •.;.• ' ••
.• •
.Sco • Cikitte Loses,.
, Cfr ,of RerndP
Liverp401'3" MagOificent.
Wilt $_grpftia Even St. Peter's
. • in Rair
• -r-77-7"
•Vn04i4, al.re.44.7.,: tire. liorao,_:Ot ,
..YOr1(1'4! 1geSt (the..**,
• ITIQqa karrs COUrt"eihitilOon
butld-
• has under, conatruetioa what is
_:_eicpected„;t0,....be...tlici,...--tvorldlerg •
.0.8. in . Rome,,:• •• . • •
• It le the. Itemaa ijalholici cathedral .t'
• :Of 'Christ the At I4verpoo1l.' Con-.
struction‘waS 'begen in 19,13,,,,, It mai:
take a cent to
a•'CatliPdf"al,;;e41,Abit
;11.1,
Anglieatt:. he
•
-The, Catholic. cathedral, will eover • •
five acres, more
largestWifilialcnhtlivaY.t°1:01114
• Anglican cat,bedtai.la •,Englead,' It Will
'post, More than $15,00,000„ and will
ha..0 4, drone 163 feet in diameter.
• The • styes of the two huildints are •.
radically different. The' Anglican eath-
:04,ral• willbe modern 'Gothic; Sir Ed= '
Win describes the style of the Cath.,,
• •.olic cathedral as reneisaanee TtieThrst
yifil• be of •red sandatene';',the ••see.and
•of brick, of bicimore than 2-;000.000
willbe reauitedt.la •additieri••to thous,:
Anda- of tons et:granit-6 aud oillO!'
•
;Although work ' on the Catholic
Catliedral;wei ...started our. years.' ago' ,
.
andhaspogreasedsteadiJy, the workr,
Stilt . underground:,. Thousands pf
tons of rock.: ,have been hown 'Out,
and the trYnt • Walja„,..1,are. '
ground 10,61, 1". •
Coldest Settlernen
;Loc
orthern ntan
• •
• 'Santa. "Claizs Nits anything . but
yy 'heeause. of his rein,
Juit'hefore_what,,:waaLte_leve.been-
SantLesLtriamplial:entry Into. Bluff -
ten; Indiana, one of his, fear reindeer
broke a leg• la, tryingto escape from .
'a 'bean to the; andit'covered cbnntiy.-
eide.',Then a seepnd de.er broke 'away...-
. 'Sante 2 ttally got the other two
bal•nesbed to his sleigh, ,the *:
hark hicalfate •and... was off down
Main St,. in a "cloud of now' to Cheers'.
and' 'surplisa c2 Soin.q. 1;040-, c1.41drOni
•tVhe thought ite,...alrays.„...drOv,e„four-
. ,
Nct In iha Pat of the.
P4evithot..!=4115.tie'Ve'!...teil14
,PlIgst:Amisbed. h 1670 1—
'The fact...that .Onterfe's ;oldeat'seit4'
tlenient fa.:ziet iti:•tiie'squtherri part of"'":"
:the •• province„," but • instead:
ita northera extrentity, is 'spree.'
thing that ts.„„apt_generatly;_kna,wri,'„!,;,ols,-,.
-V,e7•Tellre Canadlan Sahciel2 Journal..,
, at MooseFactory.: on •A mal1 island„
'•;Where. the .'Moose oRlVer, Er -•miglity •
latienni. eightitiles 'wide' et..tha t :point.' •
eMptieelnio a Hudson s.
• , , • „
By ''Colapany;' pcist'.Waa''establiahed ti
the • year 1070. • . • • •,... ;•;
..It *as •not. untit maay y,.eits•
When the TeMiskaining and :Northern
, Ontario ftailwaY, was extehded the last:
•
• few, reiles north If ropithel)itiwer7freirelr''
opment aiopg tha. Abitibi Riser and
broughtjelidewater ori Jaines ay,: .
HthaA4his-4,ar'-inirthentsett1eiherit;;Iiiiii::
.soinething •of Its. Isolation. . :11.•' " '
Town .of ::Mtiespnee ••
• The. itiWn of MOosenee: &eV.. np,.
'about thetailweY terminus i A few clet... •
'tiers „Moyed11,:?e.few.Ohildra,bp* .
.:'tliere demanded ,O.:•Schogi' • ;
• Three. nailea awaY'. Out:_01;':::F•44fAl .
jeland; there was the ..Anglieah MIS
'Sion School that had been •serviag. the
,Iflthans ind th sinall whlte poptilA•
--tion-for:4theny-fineratitaittwIbllll•,••
.roindeer, . . ' Bebop] was opened on the:tr!-Inlarid In
• Peoeetrits-FaieeaS
firts.,c.141,
Weather-
, ,•
: ...In soma ,cpantry'ilitricts. of I.:ranee
Cpstenl'is".abierved wlueh is
.posOa'.',t,Z-47V`?0.people o ,tOrceaSt
tne eabher oh Chriairnii' Day ;And
throvughoilt e coming year. "Ilw lv
oftidns- ere' Plazed'• in 'a row' anct an
-
pinee,d a 40) .Of •,salt.,•11 by,
ppiphany,Ahe !Salt .on•rbny ;ration has
-Inolt.eti.L,then • i -therdlt-;:rePreierited-
13Y tbat, partieula onion will be we.
,If the ea t dYr the, twelfth, onion 'is,
, then Christmas' .Day,,',alsoi. Will
At Baux, in Provence, shopber
:hold a watehliight servieo ttt ith
they pray for good'weath Each
arrives ,•Cartying, lighted , ape ,an
a larnb: and prays.:13efere• crib; as
-eh° shepherds did .2(100 %years ' ago.
. about,,i933;,...an pidLtallWay coaCb, gerif•-..
. .
• Ing' as the first class:I-or
The following year '1,1 eaonee.teceii,
ed its present gelipel building. -take
other new seheole itt Northern Qatari/a' .
this one:is the laat word in design and
Is )iniong the most fully ednipped 01'
all the one roomed Of the ,pio-
Vince.' The att,widanke is usnally about
••15 Pupils. •• •• ' • •
Telephone Provides 'ontuct•
_
_
• freaehera• who: go .there • are. -Still .:
so nieWhat isolated:, •as compared With .
_Sher. ;parts Of .the.
cent the ,Suiliaier 'Monthsthere
I a a train in. and Oho out ,but once • .a.
• monthz:Ainosopee lies,' tei,ophpne.,.
'lotion With 'splithern..paints.,,:.In:C•aSe,•
necessity,: a platie.,ectit he :called.
from Coehtene,Tira ,veryshort: time, '
hut • aStiallY ene• heecirlieS
'the. feet' that ou• are there • till .`tifet '
flet stitiiP1rit,atatfon,.. ",•
.:There iS °1hp-ease:Ong .„,
vi•ng In Sueli :close tenth with... Abe.",
• tYrie of , life to be letaid only • iti the
far, norili-='an odd. inixtrreuf: the yor,
Old .diia the'. 'teeny modara ferns , :et.;
• life...The. year or Andre that a fOttehet
speada theire .`,X)f
treittc1'..be ithdoSe•ible
, , „
• for anyone to •ciequirein acasfial read., .
ithg de, or Yisit• te,'that-Wentlerful p4rt• '
•,:nt our yast province.,
• .• • .
„ .„
• .Rei-iitoit:-Aright
bau
coinpyt.
abid .tithaftd. It 81101 Ein the
tinie-cbut ft has a lobe attnehed
which are sliewn those. partn. of tho
Theglobe, trtt1tt ,tlib. same .
tulthe ,sutidial as the earth 18 in
relation tb „the • sun, and slindow'S.
thrown by •ptojact on the •
retot4u1§,.; ef sehool and .it ,
atensed ; immense intereit ittgeo4.
gitlihr .461614 ,the
'
,
, •