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A .Column Prepared Especially for Women—
But Not Forbidden to Men
MY MASTER
My Master was iso very poor,
A. manger was Iris cradling place
So very rich my Master was,
Icings cane front far,
To gain Itis grace.
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My IV/aster was so very poor,
And with the poor Ile broke the
bread; I
So very rich my le4aster was, !
That Multitudest
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By Him were fed. a
MS' 11t aster was so very poor,
They nailed Him naked to. a
Crass;
So very rich my Master was,
He gave His all
And, knew no. loss.
--Harry Lea, from the Girls' Every-
day Book.
Don't you feel rather sorry for
the person who has grown so.old and
modern and sophisticated that he or'
She cannot take pleasure in believ-
ing in Santa Claus I do. They .
miss .a lot out of Iife, Some say that
Christmas has become so coinmer-
cializeii that ,its fine, joyous spirit
has been smothered; that it no lon-I
n, in
their childhood, perhaps. But usu-
ger means what is used to mea
ally it is the person who has changed,
not the Spirit of Christmas, Which is
as fresh and as unadulturated in mil-
lions of hearts as it ever was. .And
it is a fine and winsome thing, when 1
seen at its best. The reason for this
is that it is really the Spirit of Un- ; t
selfishness, the Spirit of Thought-
fulness for Others, the Spirit of Self- I
Saralee, the very Spirit of The]
Christ, who gave himself that we e
night live, be happy and give cues ,
selves in service to others. We 'b
should strive for a share in this --
great force.
One thing which spoils Christmas n
for many people is the senseless
custom of giving gifts, sometimes ' t
more than they can afford, to people
from whom they expect gifts. Those
duty gifts or mercenary gifts ay i
play
havoc with the Christmas Spirit in
short order. But they are really so
StI1y that I 'wonder wise, medern.'
sophistitated people tolerate them.
Cut them; out, I say, and give be-
cause you lave to give somebody
something. Give something, an'd
give until it hurts, to sthneone who.
really needs your gift; give it with-
out letting your identity be known,
if you vivid' derive full enjoyment
front it, and see if you do not soon
begin to feel as "Ohristmassy" as
the smallest child.
Personally, I do not like the eom-
meieialiiling of Christmas; I have
thought sometimes that bringing
Santa •Claus to town to advertise
certain lines of goods, etc., as early
as November in some instances,
would 'cheapen the old gentleman and
soon he would be no more regarded
than the delivery man. But some-
how, he seems, to ;he keeping his
place of dignity; he is still a man of
distinction. Long may he remain to.
There is something so heart-warming
about Santa Claus that a sight of
him never fails to thrill, though I
confess to having seen some pretty
poor representations, No matter
what people do to him, however,
they cannot, apparently, spoil the
dear old Christmas Saint.
So, let us not ;dim ourselves to
grow cold and hard enough to crowd
Santa Claus, Christmas, and all it
stands for, out of our lives. Let's
open our hearts the wider to all the
sweet and tender sentiments which
surround the day. I always liked the
way Serooge's nephew put it when he
old his crusty old uncle:
"I have always thought of Christ-
mas time, when it hes come about—
part from the veneration due to its
acred name. and origin, if anything
elonging it dan be apart front that
as a good time; a kind, forgiving,
pleasant time . , . when inen and wo-
ten seem by one consent to open
their shut -up hearts freely , , . and
herefore, uncle, - although it has
ever put a scrap of gold or silver
my pocket, I believe it has done
ne good and will do me good; and
say, God bless it,"
R.EBEKAH
Christmas Bri l'gs much for loth Old and Young
:Christtnas is a. time of joy for
the old as well as for the young, if
it is given only to youth to enjoy
many of the pleasures that Christ-
mas brings, age finds its eompensa-
tioe in the wealth of the memories
that the day awakes. At no other
time does such hallowed and lovely
remembrances of days that are past
stir the iheart. Again, we live in
the laird of childhood; we revel in
its happy, carefree hours; we stand
before candlelit Christmas trees that
thrilled us in the leng ago, With
swift steps we travel across the
bridge of time and space and clasp Yes,. Christmas holds much for the
hands with those- of other years. A- old. And its greatest gifts aro for
gain we live happy hours of cont- those who have laid up a treasure of
radeehip 'and understanding that i lovely memories day by day.—Kath-
Wore oars, erine Edelman,
Through the year we may have
forgotten how rieh we were; we may
have failed to recall the many lovely
joys that have cone to us through
the years, But at Christmas' it is
different. Absent friends and joys,
as well as diose that are near,
bring us joy and cheer. Even those
Who have passed into the land be-
yond seem to be with us today; the
uower of lave and memory seems to
have pierced the veil that hid them
from our view. Dear and half-for-
gotten memories of hours we spent
with then bring their) very close.
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* BE MERRY AND KIND
* At Christmas: be merry, and
* The/lice God of all;
And feast thy pore neigh-
* bors, the great with the
• small.
* Yea, .all the yere have an ere
* to the poore,
* And Goa will send luck to keep
* open filly doore.•
* —Sixteenth Century •Carol
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PEOPLE WHO BELONG TO THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON
There are some. people who seem
to belong to the -Christmas season by
nature. They are:;
People whose hopes always bloom
anew at the approach of a New Year
Mothers whose eyes still twinkle .
and laugh when they talk to their
children,.
Fathers Who like to surprise moth- ;
ers with presents they really want.
Brothers who appreciate .sisters.
Sisters who don't try to econo-
mize on brother's ties.
Children who want to leave sugar A
for Santa's reindeer.
• Houseowners who do not forget
that thecnailnan is entitled to Wrote
than the bag of presents he carries
for others.
People who never think decorating
is any trouble. .
People who just love the smell of
Christmas greens,
V People who,.think there is nothing
Iovelier than holly.
People who think there is nothing
te more glowing than a fireplace.
People who love candle lipjiit.
People who are coy near mistle-
toe.
; People who like Christmas cards.
People who like calendars.
People who like nuts and raisins.
People who Iike turkey all the
week.
People who like plum pudding all
the week.
,These people seem to belong to the
Christmas season, by nature: By
Diary Graham Bonner.
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BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY
an Ireland it is believed that the
baby boys born on Christmas day are
thereby destined to become priests.
Beyond that, those born on Christ-
mas day were believed to have the
power of "healing" by the laying on
of ihands, and to be gifted with
"second sight."p
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g CHRISTMAS TIME BRINGS AN-
GELIC CHOIR'S REFRAIN
The heavens bend IOW above the
earth at Christmas time. It is then
that the things above join and blend
with the things below. It is then 2
that angels and . archangels crowd
above the. Judean hills and the re-
frain of angelic choirs falls upon the
ears of Wien. It is Christmas time,
when the flaming glory of visitors '
front the sky startles alike sleeping
flocks and watching shepherds, At
Christmas the stars of heaven find
the paths of men and lead the kings s
of the East to the shrine of the new, f:
8g horn Prince. It is then that the stgr
of Bethlehem shines with the lan-
terns of weary travelers to greet the
Light of the World. It is then that
angels -and men join in praise to
God in the highest and peace and
goodwill mantle the eartgh.
e All these are but small symbols of
? that finer blending, that richer cone
hination of divine love and human
franty which..brought the spirit -been
Son of God to live in the flesh -born
son of Mary, to he the Christ of God
a and the Saviour of men. At Christ-
0 mas time heaven looks down to earth
and earth looks up to heaven.-=Wi1-
liana L. Gaston.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS" *
* Here is 'bow the nations of *
* the world say "1VMerry Christ- r,
* ntae:" - 1
Prance --Bon Noel, a,
* 'Germany— Ptohliche Weih- *
"` naehten, • *
* 'China—Tin Hao Nian.
• Sweden ---Glad Men.
* PortugalBoas p1estas.
Italy- S'elice Natale,
Japan--Kinga Shinen.
Rumania—, Graeiun Iselicita-
* time,
* Turkey—,'Ich.ok Yilara.
Bohemia—Vesele Vaneoe. •
* Hungary--Boldog Karacsonyi
* Unnepekbt,
* Greece-Chrystovjena.
Poland--'Wesalyen Swart.
Croatia—Sretdn Bozic.
Denm;ark--•Vrolijket Ketstrnis.*
Spain=-gelices Pascuas. — *
—Montreal Herald,
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GKINT'FLEM7NG; M.D. n> ASSOCIATE SECRETARY
AN OLD IRAN OF----!
Quite frequently we read in the
newspaper an account of the death
of seine citizen- and, as part of this
account, it is -said that he was au old
Iran. Reading on, we learn that he
was in his • siicities,
In the eyes of many young people,
particularly those in their early
twenties, any person over sixty is
old and ready for the scrap heap.
We. all - know how difficult it is for
the man of fifty to obtain new em-
ployment; he is classed as old in the
labour market.
Is this• a reasonable attitude? If'
it is, we can Only say that the human
machine is wearing out too quickly,
After all, it is not the number of
years a man has lived that determin-
es the state of his body. It is the
condition of his body at the present
time that indicates his real age, the
extent of, his capacity for work, and
what his 'expectation of life is.
We would not put into the same
class all makes of motor cars, irres-
pective of the care they had had,
five years after they had left the
factory. Na, we would take into con-
sideration, to begin with, the type
of car, and even more would we con-
sider the tare the car had received
since it had been on the road.
We do not start out into life with
equal advantages. Some of us have
stronger bodies than others. The
true age of a man's body at any per-
iod of his life depends upon the type
of body with which he started life
and the care he has taken of it since.
This casual way of calling people
old because they have reached a cer-
tain age is alI' wrong. It comes rath-
er as a shock to an individual when
he is made to realize that (because he
has had so many birthdays he • is
now considered as belonging to the
old age group.
He need feel nothing of the kind;
he is only the age which he has made
himself to he through the care he
has takelt of himself. Abuses and
earelessness lead to premature old
age, despite the occasional case that
can be reported where' someone had
lived to be a hundred yeah old de-
spite the fact that he had
done everything which 'tends to cut
life short.
There is much more interest and
value in a healthy Iife than in a long
one. Reasonable attention to right
living and the avoidance of overin-
dulgence will increase the number of
healthy years we can hope• to enjoy.
Questions concerning Health, ad=
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College Street, Toronto
will be answered personally by letter.
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