HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1919-12-18, Page 3Half the joy of the holiday season
is in ;tte ly decorating the home. You
c:m easily make your awn Christmas
deverations and the little one can
help you with your labor of love. Gar-
lands and chains festoor_ecl about the
tree, many be i.eele of red atter white
peppermint st,ielte tied with re row!
.]et ribbone. Tin fell tnaices an'
effeetivy deeer:aticen, tnatant :• and
stars May be 'rue from tint a!,war,i a ui
ve eied with tinfoil and suspended byI
sale er elle. or picture wire.
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a
5 nl.�< «
e made
G
fro,..
• sweet t>r white brietol board. White!
cardboard goaded or silvered makes
pretty bells, a circle four meas. across
will make two bolls,
17;1/Ito crystal, are made of rice
paper. Toe simplest way to make the
crystals is to fold a circle about 4
.nehes in, diiuneter marking the pat-
tern ith a lead pencil on the folded
circles and then cutting it Dist. Oneer
the paper is unfolded a crystal appears
which may be .strung with thread so
as to form a enotay'chain of crystals
glietening with diamond dust,
Red and green are the colors used
principally- for deeorating the Cltri t
mat festal board. The kiddies will
love a table with Santa Claus standing
on a snowy . cotton mound dressed in!
red crepe paper with trimmings 'of'
white cotton to simulate white fur.
The hair and heard are also of white
cotton. Secreted in the snowy mound
are little gifts wrapped ,in holly paper,
each souvenir is attached to a long
green ribbon which is drawn to the
cotton and reaches to each place,
To complete the effectiveness the
candle •stieks are capped with crepe
paper shades sparkling with diamond °
dust and each ear„ile stick is encircled!
with a wreath of small everlasting
flowers.
The bon bon boxes are little boxes
in the •shape of snow balls adorned
with a gay spray of holly and filled
with red and white sweet meats.
While the guests are seated, little
telegrams may be distributed which
contain personal Christmas greetings.
The glass dome of the ehrrdelier may
be covered with Christie/n.4 p,ietures,
cut out and pasted on the paper.
A with e
1 the star for • .
a c its princi-
pal feature has a large star red -shaped
box outlined with diamond dust hold-
ing the souvenirs. From the chandelier
by means of wire are suspended
strings of stars,
The sandwiches may be cut in stare
shape and the cakes ,ice,red;
icing, decorated with green candies.
The ice cream may be served in snow
ball shape, sprinkled with eoeoanat.!
Tie a bit of evergreen to each cup
handle.
Popcorn wreathe are efic;;;i e for
decorating the table. Sew each kernel'
separate on 'white hat wire and form'
in circles.
THE FAITH OF
DANDY JIM
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Tae, i'enrit.ree Dollidena, wlio was t
is ., ,•cs°. ,-..:1 •tory handsome Calla -
me. 000. f:: ve leer lac overskirt a
unci .it",'..' awl tossed her golden
ail.. ..i;en with her bis; blue eyes
clew etaareil et 1)andiy Jim, and said,
"Yeti see Elizabeth already Iikes me
far ler than she does you! Here
it is two whole Jaya sgatce 1 v, as taken
front beneath the glistening Christmas
tree, and die is the first time she has
left me. She would "have taken mo to
ehurt+h to hear ilia Christmas carols,
only her father told her it was better
to leave her new dull at home.”
Countess Doilidena continued to
stare at poor, ragged Dandy Jim. He
lay limply upon his ::nail heti in tate
corner of the nursery. His face looked
thin and sad.
"I said that Elizabeth already pre-
fers nee, Dandy Jim:" the countess
said tauntingly.
That was too much! Dandy Jim
could stand no snore! "Wait and see!"
he cried, "Wait aid see! Five long
years Elizabeth has held the close in
her areas all night. Five long years
she has played with me at least part
of every day. Christmas is an exciting
time. Your clothes certainly do look
far nicer than mine, and you are ex-
tremely pretty. I see Just wliy she has
forgotten me for a few days. I shall
lie right here till she takes me again
in her arms -for take me she certain-
ly will,"
"Ha!" laughed the countess cruelly..
"Then you will lie there the rest of
your life."
Dandy Jinn pressed his lips tight to-
gether. He knew that i3' he spoke at
all he would utter rude and angry
words; such words that he wou]Cl de-
serve to lie the rest of his life upon
his bed, forgotten for all time by his
adored little mistress.
Late that night ho was awakened by
a terrible crash! The wind, which was
howling wildly, had 'banged the out-
side door. The windows rattled an
thewhole house shook, Dandy Jim
longed to run to Elizabeth's room. He
. wished to comfort her, for he knew
how much she disliked loud noises in
the middle of the night.. With a 'sigh
he remembered that she had chosen
the Countess Dolliden.a. She did not
want him yet,'
Suddenly the nursery door flew open
with a bang. A tiny electric flash
light shone straight into his blinking
eyes. A dear, dear voice cried, "O
Dandy Jun, Dandy Jim; I need you!"
A little girl in a white .nightdress
rushed to his bed, and clasped him
safe m her soft, warm arises. She hur-
ried through the Clark- Balli hunb with
Christmas greens, and she inurniured
ae: she went:
"Ohl Dandy dear, the countess was
very beautiful to look at, very beauti-
ful to walk and to talk with. Each
night I sat her in a 'chair near ny bed,
where I would not muss her clothes,
but where I could see her the first
thing every morning when I opened
my eyes. She looked so dressedaup,
Dandy Jitn—so wonderful;.• but-"
Just then the Wind gave the wildest
-shriek of ail: The house "trembled,
and Elizabeth )umnped back into her•
Warm bed, with Dandy' Jim hugged
close in her arms. She whisj eyed:
',put, bandy clean', when it conies to
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storms .and to winds there's no one in
tete world like you. lcly dear old,
faititfullest friend --my Dandy Jim!"
At Christmas.
:'',t Christmastide tate ermine snow.
in feathered flake, comes drifting
clown
And wraps the shoulders of the hills
That seem to guard the sleeping town.
! And in the hush and in the pause
i That mark the ending of the year,
As softly as the fallitlg snow
Your gentle spirit draweth near,
At Clrristmas,
At Christmastide an angel leaves
The door ajar a kettle space,
And peace and joy and charity
Beane on us from the Shining Place::
And yo'i, I think, slip through. the door,
Drawn by the well -remembered days,
The silent house breathes out again /
The blessing of your 'quiet ways,
At Christmas.
At Christmastide old friends estranged
Renew their long -forgotten ties;
"Peace and goodwill," the engels'i song
In benediction from the skies;
And you—for what can hinder love?
I think you leave the Happy Host
And come with comfort, for you know
This is the time we miss you most,
At Christmas,
A Way to. Earn Money
at Christmas.
At Christmas time there is an op-
portunity for wide-awake boys to earn
money in a way that is as pleasant as
it is remunerative—by delivering
gifts for persons who live in their
neighborhood.
One boy who made a good profit last
Christmas attributed a good deal of
his success to the fact that he dressed.
in a Santa Claus suit every time he
went out to deliver gifts. He was
much in demand for two or three days.
and, although his charge for deliver-
ing a basket of gifts was only ten
cents, his earnings greatly exceeded
the amount that he had hoped to ob-
tain. Christmas Day was the climax.
From early morning until noon he de-
livered parcels for his friends and
neighbors. He was greeted every-
where with smiles,- and had a share
in the Christmas festivities of the en-
tire village. : _ .,
What he did other boys can do with
equal success. In larger towns a boy
might even be the manager of a Santa
Claus Errand Boys' Club, and solicit
orders 'in advance.
On. the Taking g o,t Jerusalem.
(By the British, December, -1917),
The march is o'er,
The day is clone;
The Cross against
The Crescent has *on.
In, its dazzling light
• They cannot stay;
I of Allah
Away, away.
The Cross returns
To the land 'of itte birth,Rejoice, yeeyeoples,
Throughout the earth;
And ye of Allah,
Kneel to pray
At the Cross of Christ
Chis Gltasttas Day.
The,r i n of Self,niit
enl. when man
shall heed
Less what they Gn than what they
Lor.., ,Jhrcugh Greed,
Katherine's Boxing Day.
Katharine came elowly over the
broad stairway, with her arms full of
boxes.
There were big boxes and little
boxes, long boxes and short boxes, fat
boxes and lean boxes. all piled one on
top of the other until they were higher
than Katharine's head,
"I've found a few, auntie!" Katherine
exclaimed as she threw thein all upon
the bed in a confused heap. "I think
there's a dozen here!"
"I should say there was!" laughed
auntie. "Where did you find so many,
Katherine?"
"Everywhere," answered Katherine,
sighing, "I've hunted miles, auntie,
and Pnl most tired to pieces!"
Auntie began to sort the boxes. All
the little ones she placed in one pile,
and all the big ones she put in another:
"1 Mink," exclaimed auntie, laugh-
ing again, "that this will be the big-
gest
iggest Boxing Day Canada has ever
known!"
"Do_ you really, auntie?" inquired
Katherine joyfully.
"Yes, realm," answered auntie.
-On Christmas night, when Auntie
had. put Katherine to bed, she had told
her a story about a little chimney
sweep, named Frank, who lived a long
time ago in London.
One Christmas Montag this little
chimney sweep climbed up a very
broad, high chimney, in a' very rick
man's house.
He brushed the soot carefully from
the blackened bricks and had almost
reached the stop, when suddenly he
slipped and fell --down, down, down,
to the •earthen -tiled hearth!
He lay there moaning for several
minutes, and then Mr. Banks, the own-
er of the house, found him.
The day after Christmas used to be
called Boxing ,Day in. England, for on
that day all the rich men, such as Mr.
Banks, used to give boxes wth pre-
sents in them to their servants On
this particular Boxing Day FrInk,
who had always before been forgotten,
i limped slowly out of Mr. Banks' house
with his arms full of boxes; and a
Happier boy could not have been found
in all London than that little chimney
sweep.
Kather.]ne thought with all her
might before she closed her eyes that
evening, and made up her mind to
start a Boxing Day in her own city,
She had a fireplace, but no chimney
sweep ever .came to sweep the chim-
ney. However, that made no differ-
ence. She would send a box to•Diniah's
little girl, Kate; and :Rachel had
little sisters to whom she could send,
dolls;' and then •there was that poor
corn ipan! • •
Father said that the, man was a sand-
wich man, -because ite was between
two advertising boards, but Katherine
called him the corn man. He always
looked so cold ,and hungry, too. How
Katherine did pity him!
(Katharine was very busy all t1e
morning paclzing and tying up those
wonderful boxes, and after luncheon.
elle 'stent rolling over the pavements
as fast as the black horses could take
her; first atone place and alien at
another they stopped ,to ^leave the
boxes.
Rachel's sisters hid tir,•r dolls,
Dinah's 1.ttleg rl :her Looks 4 id toys,
and then at least they were on crowded
Ycttge Street.
"There he is!" exclaimed Katherine
Mince -Pies Prohibited.
ruritens of the seventeenth century
excitedly. "there's my forn man, guarded against looking upon ' the rosy
auntie!"
The Macre horses stopped, . The
coupe door opened, and Katherine
placed in the astonished man's hands
a box. It was a big box, almost too
heavy for Katherine to lift, but she
finally managed it, inurmaring as she
slid so:
"I'm having a Boxing Day, sir, Corn
Man, and here's a present -for you!"
Then the door closed and Katherine
was gone.
The next week, when auntie and
Katherine went shopping, therestood
the corn mat. In the very selfsame
spot; but he dict not look cold now,
for he was wrapped ill a warm gray
ulster and a blue cap, which he lifted
to Katherine as she smiled at him
from the carriage that rolled by,
And Katherine feels quite sure that
her Boxing Day was even happier than
Christmas itself, for she has learned
the great lesson that it is better to
give than to receive.
Christmas Facts.
The turkey has formed a. Christmas
dish in England ever since its intro-
duction in 1524.
'. The Christmas pantomime was first
introduced into England in 1702 by a
dancing -master of Shrewsbury.
Holly is a corruption of the word
holy. In Germany it is called Christ-
dorn, and in Denmark; and Sweden
Christtorn,
Plum -pudding was originally a ;tart
of thick porridge with plums in it, and
vias used iii the sense of force -meat or
staffing....
Christmas and Epiphany were once
celebrated as one and the same feast.
The separation took place at the Coun-
cil of Nice in 825.
Mince pies were derived.. from the
pastry images and sweetmeats given
to the Fathers of the Early Church at
Ronie on Christmas Eve. They used
to be called "minched" pies.
The first Christmas carol was the
*ell -known hymn, "Gloria in Exeeisis,"
sung by the angels to the shepherds
at Betblehein on the first Christmas
morning; The first printed one was
published in England in 1521.
About three o'clock on the morning
of Christmas Day, in some parts of
Wales, the people assemble in church,
and, after prayers and a sermon,. sing
psalms and hymns until daylight
dawns. This is: called "the crowning
of the cock."
Waits was the name originally
given to, the tninnstreis attached to the:
Ring's' Court, whose duty it was to
guard the streets at night, and pro-
claim the hour. They were also in the
-habitof serenading the inhabitants as
Well, hoping at Christmas to receive
their reward.
Christmas candles, in. some parts of
England must be so large as to burn
all day, otherwise it, will portend evil
to the family for the corning year,
should they: fail it their light, They
used to be presented by the poor as
gifts to the rich. •
Christmas -tree ornaments can be at-
tractively attached to the tree with
"ii ]1-s "inb ' cl $ l i L
,pi , 0 1 esif i � cleccr�.t.ed
reel cregne`-liaper: The crepe 1:alier ns
cut to form the petals or a rose and
entirely covets• the woos] of the clothes•.
pins.
side of life,
Because Ciu'istmae is really a, sur-
vival of the Nits' Yule, and is not the
actual anniversary of the birth of •
Christ. they refused to countenance
Christmas festivities. Not only did
they refuse to recognize the day, but
they made laws to that effect.
The Parliament of 1644 passed an
Act prdering all law-abiding citizens
to observe the 25th day of December
C
t, to oe sq
atonement for x:revious Christmas
days that had passedin riotous living
g.
Naturally the community did not
share in these hard and fast rules,
and many a turkey was surreptitiously
killed, and many a plum:pudding quiet-
ly boiled. But woe betide the unfor-
tunate offender against the Act were
he luckless enough to be discovered.
Soldierswere sent to search the
houses of those suspected of harbor-
ing such delicacies as mince pies, etc.,
and many were the pitched battles be-
tween disagreeing sections of the pub-
lic.
The Road to Christmas.
The road that leads to Christmas
Is a road of virgin white.
The trees are still, -
And the black windmill
That stands atop" of the curving
hill
Is a transformed thing to -night.
The road that leads to Christmas
Is a road where spirits dwell.
They haunt the track,
And call one back;
a They play strange tricks with the
almanac
And with Time, the sentinel.
The road that leads to Christmas
Leads to Eternity.
Lit from afar
By the shepherd's star;
And the songs the wand'rer sing-
eth aro
The songs of Calvary.
Christmas,' 1919.
"Christians, awake! Salute the happy
morn,
-Whereon the Saviour. of mankind was,
born;
Rise to adore the mystery of love,
Which hosts of angelschanted from
above:
This day hath God fulfilled His pro-
mised Word,
This day it born a Saviour, Christ the
Cord."
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Plain Sugar Cookies.
'''yo cupful shortening, 1 cupful: sugar,
2 eggs, 3 tablespoonfuls milk, 2 cupfuls
flour, 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder,•
t/4 teaspoonful salt, :1/2 teaspoonful nut-
meg.-- Cream the shortening, add the
sugar gradually, thein add the well-
beaten egg; milk and flour mikecd and
sifted with the baking powder and
spice, Turn out, on a floured board
and roil lightly to one-eighth inch'
Chic mes"s, Cut with ii cooky cutter,
cutt ,
place on -a slightly greased pan or
biting sheet and bake ina moderate
oven until a light brown. One egg
may bo used is plate of two if less
flour is inset, 1
Christmas Eve in
a Sleeper.
The young man s leo boarded the
tourist sleeping car at Langdoxt, Al-,
berta, on Chriettn ee Eve Was not in a
good humor: It seemed to him, to :be
particularly unpleasant Mit, on this
night, of ail the nights ani the year, the
should have to put up with uncongen-
ial surroundings, The negro porter
tucked away his baggage, and he set-
tled bin/self in his colnpartzneut with
a feelin that this was to be a Christ-
mas Eve that he should not care tg
remember,
In the section directly across the
aisle were,aeated the five members of
a young family. Something about
there at -once drew Jerry Cartwright's
attention. The another was pleasant-
faced, with a tired look in her eyes
that suggested the ling, arduous day
of travel. The three sleepy young-
sters eat huddled together on the seat
in front, facing •backward. But it was
the look of untroubled peace on the
face of the -father that interested
Jerzy most. The car, as usual, was
overheated, and the man sat in his
shirt sleeves, with his head resting
against the back of the seat. His eyes
were elcsed, but his lips moved. Rais-
ing
ing his head suddenly, he caught
Jerry's eyes meed upon him. At once,
with a smile of quick, unembarrassed
neighborliness, he •spoke;
"It's Christmas Eve, you lynew," he
said. "Why don't we get together and
have a few real, old Christmas
carols?"
The ingenuous friendliness of the
young father stirred an answering
chord in Jerry Cartwright in spite of
his intended aloofness. The irritation
that had possessed him a moment be-
fore departed. He perched himself on
the arae rest of his seat and, .a minute
later, the voices of the two peen, by no
means unmelodious, rose softly in "It
Came Upen the Midnight Clear."
A couple in the section. ahead turned
and looked back smiling. ., ng. Soar the
other passengers in the car were at-
traded, and gradually gathered about
the original group; most of them join-
ed unaffectedly in the singing. Among
these passengers, Jerry noticed a thin,
careworn -looking woman in black
come up and stand with her arm about
an equally thin, anaemic -looking
daughter.
The section of Jerry's friendly
neighbor remained the centre of the
gathering. The, pleasant -faced wife
still sat quietly resting, a faint smile
in her eyes; the children, sat up
straight, listening with open-mouthed
wonder. But, somehow, Jerry found,
the eyes of everyotle began to turn on
himself. Not every song praposed was
generally known, but Jerry did his
winning best to make everything go.
It was surprising the number of tunes
and verses he was able to remember—
the songs of his old 'Sunday -school
days. They sang them all unrestrain-
edly, with contagious good will and a
sudden feeling of fellowship for one
another.
At last the time came for the party
to break up. The traveler's Christmas
Eve was over. Everyone looked the
better and the happier for the im-
promptu service. Everyone had a
friendly word or glance for Jerry and
for the jolly, magnetic, young father.
Again Jerry noticed the woman • in the
black dress, standing with her arm
round her frail daughter. He reached
forward and took the woman's hand.
• "I wish you both a happy Christmas
and a still happier New Year," Jerry
said.
The woman's wan features became
animated. "We have to thank you
and your friend" for a happier Christ-
mas Eve than we expected to spend
this year, have we not. Mabel?" she
replied.
A little later Jerry Cartwright lay
stretched in his berth with raised win-
dow shade, gazing out on the .dim ex-
panse of prairie. In the east Sirius
and the stars of Orion •shone out
blighter and more clearly than he had
ever seen them at home.
"My!" was his unuttered thought.
"I got on this train as ill-natured as
a bear. A man with a friendly, buoy-
ant heart makes me forget it and help
others to be more cheery and forget
their troubles, too; and now : a kitten
could play with ine. Wliy, it's been
one of my best Christmas Eves!"
Candle Holders For Christ-
mas Eve.
The pleasant custom of decorating
house windows with candles on Christ-
mas Eve can be made iniuch easier
hnd safer by adopting the simple de-
vice of placing the candles in the com-
mon tin pattypans that can be bought
at any tinware shop. The caudle will.
stand firmly in place if it is melted a
little and stuck in the pan by its own
wax The pans do away with the clan.
ger of setting fire to the window
frays when the candle burns so low
that the wick falls over, for they are
large enough,' to catch the wick in
whatever direction it may fall. Draper
les should always be drawn ,back and
tacked to the window frames or taken
down,
The newspaper office seems rather
a queer place to go shopping ,for
Christmas presents,. Itut there' are few
gifts tb:at friends miles away from the
old home town will enjoy more than
fifty-two issues of. the home paper
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