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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1931-12-17, Page 9.�'1iE CLINTON NEWS-ItECi)H�Y7i T}mRS , DEC, 17, 1931 Health, Cooking Care of Children Edited By Lebam Hakaber Kraic •This Kingdom of God Ides a b. How touch has religion to do with Especially for Women— the actlal life of. mankind? asks R: ` A Column Prepared Esp Y E. Fairbairn, in The' Farmer's Advo- BIIt N.Ot FOTlD1(1(leri t® Meltate. .The question IS raised in an acute formby the work of the re- markable- Japanese Christian, Tpye ohiko leagawa, in his "kingdom 'o- God" movement, which proposes to Christianize Japan industrially aft well as religiously. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS joyous etas Time," which love tite dear old Customs relates to this and in part says: "And the historians tell its, Thathbless nue Cndles, Day; too, that it was some of the old Phe holly an the candles, somewhat pagan elements that The trees and iiUbons gay entered into the Ohristmas sea- t love this festive 'seesoti, son and its celebration that The roaring fires aglow, really helped to make It the The" song and feast and happiness, wholesomely human and general The :star light and the snow. merry -making occasion that it Molly Bevan. came to be. It was saved 'from '"...-.1 a too -rigid puritanism and aus- - Like the gentle writer. above terity by a mood that• insisted I and friendly and love ,the Christmas season, There on`being happy its something very heartwarming a- overflowingly human. bout the preparations for. Christmas; Whether that is the history or the secrecy; the mysterious converse- not, we ,inay well be thankfu,'t. lions amongst members of the fain- that there was something ily; the parcels which. are hidden in helped . to make of this ` great all sorts of unexpected places. It is festival of Christmas the alto - .all' very exciting and intriguing and gether unique thing that it -has it Satisfies our natural demand for become. It is true that to us -something outside the mere routine as Christian people the central •,and the mundane. thought of our Christmas cele - And through all and under all, bration is the coming of the these preparations and plans, is the Christ Child, but when we think thought of the wonderful event which of it, could we celebrate that we commemorate by Christmas, the coming in any finer way than coming to earth --this weary, ' bur- through our own Christmas oc- _dened, sin -cursed world -of the , rasion raised to its highest- and Christ child -what that meant to us its best. Thinking of that Child, all cannot be fully understood, but as Ile afterwards became a Man we can at least understand enough and walked the ways of our or - of it to realize that this is the hap- dinary human life we are e im- piest season of all the year. We can pelled to think that the world lay aside our cares for at least one ''is never nearer to His mood and n . day and be happy i the thought. A never nearer to pleasing Him • God who came to earth to save ns, than it is about the twenty-fifth loves us. Then what can harm us? . of December. With alt the crud - Even the saddest may be happy at ities and insincerities and inan- '.Christmas with that. thought. No hies that mark its celebration i sanely, no bereavement or loss can the Kingdom of Jesus Christ is take from the joy of the thought that nearer its realization in the h t any 'ent in History, This is to mea sensible idea, and Such a movement challenges the Christian world to re -think its at, titude and activities, especially that part of .Christendom which has here- tofore considered that religion has to do only with the ,individeaPs inner state, personal conduct and future prospect. 1 A group of ministers of the Unit ed• Church spent three days at Ryer- son Beach in an informal conference to discuss the bearing.of this Japan- ese movement upon the Canadian chy4ch life. The long sessions of two to two and a half hours eacltl without flagging 'a moment, evinced the extraordinary interest which is being roused at this time in this subject. They did not presume to solve the economic muddle, or to commit themselves to any given reform scheme. But they did clearly as- sent to the statement that the gos- pel definitely implies the Christian- izing of the social order as well as the individual man. They that our form of civilization, per- mitting the few to amass great wealth without contributing' any use- ful service, while the many vainly seek opportunity to earn a' liveli- hood for themselevs and their de- pendents, is stupid and tvrong,lese d has . proved itself so in the p' t economic breakdown. It is not Christ- ian, not capable of being justified on earth at Christmas than a Christian principles must be change we are celebrating the greatest ev- ed, is due to be changed, and will in - the .birthday of our other time. evatably be chaligild either by con, hard, writ er by eonfliot., The roll of the In an earlier age Christmas was cltrucor 19 to instal that anof adjust - order such a time of merriment) the `everyotjoVvsnil 1 �lalii114s+is it1kD the n,ont be made. It 3s not thou bust• idea once upon a time wag that alllkltng joy , ' but to ss, order to 31e geed, -Qno h7.0 to be lives o't others is • showing forth just ness to find the best in- sist that a way be found. Neverthe- less, when the way appears, churches must press for adieu and advance, coed though this involve controversy. No alleged concern for the "purely spiritual" can serve as en excuse for apathy or cowardice here. The rise of democracy has placed upon the ordinary man the duty of sharing responsibility for the matt - agement of social life. There is suf- t-see -i Teets °^ + intelligence and deoetion in .s PAGE, 7. . Household. Economics MAgOileMONVOWAitgitAVIWAVAriMiSF •^",;try, severe, stern, wherever the idea carne from, but for some time we have not.subscribed to that iidea. 'Last week's issue of the New Out- look bad an editorial headed "The so much of the Christ spirit: Think- ing of others instead of ourself is a mighty healthy exercise spiritually. We should engage in it oftener. REBEKAH rR eUU b Scram toy, a-•rF`d• CikWF F1.Ehi1NG,' 51.u• ASSOCIATE SECRETARY' THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and ills gluing• It's; that there's: so much more to eat Than I've got stomach for, -"I've note and candies by the peck, That, good _old Santa brings," With oranges and dates and ,figs, And lots of other things; While I've got just one stomach and It's awful small, I guess, 'Cause it gets full before I'ni through There's no place for the vest! "About. this' time the dinner gong Calls us to eat the "turk", While in the kitchen ready, too, Mince pies and pudding lurk. But woe . is me -'it gets my goat When such +bright pros}iecta loom I'd like to eat of all that's there, But haven't got the room.' "I think that Santa ought to bring ,To all us ilittle guys, A stomach made of gestic so 'Twould stretch to quite a size; Then we'd enjoy our Christmas time iLike.'ve was meant to do, By eating lots, and never have To stop before we're through!" THE SIMPLE THINGS OF LIFE CHRISTMAS wonder if I tried to be as good as good can be Bright and blessed is the time, An mother •didn't have to speak a .Sorrows end and joys begin, second time to the While the bells with merry chine, To get me to Came m from play or Ring the day of plenty in! But the happy tide_to had, With a sigh or with a tear! 'I;feighoi I hardly know,--• Christmas comes but once a .year. l I've done a lot I shouldn't do,s an' months, I v but -THOMAS HOOD. couldn't help it, though, But now I wonder If I tried to mind LEGENDS my p's and q's, CHRISTMAS If Tanta Claus would notice it an' ibring those skating shoes. The simple things of life are best; And happy is the man (Who seeks to tread the quiet paths In his allotted span; `W1ho knows he joy of friendship I warm, Of home, of faces dear That bring but golden inem'riea when Life's evening shadows near. send me up to bed, If Santa Claus woui'd notice it an' bring along a sled. I haven't been so awful good for The simple things of +lr£e are best; The gripping of a hand. The silence with an eloquence That words cannot command; The speaking of the heart to heart That bids the sun come through When clouds of doubt and bitterness Demand a 'strength move The simple things of life are best; A litb'e child at play; The shining eyes so quiets to show A spirit always gay. A mother love, its tenderness, - Denis A. McCarthy, LL. . The hopes that ever brim; Christmas morn, the legends say, Pa says he thinks it's rather late to A. -willing that ve that asks Even the cattle kneel to pray, start in bete.' good, Thel ,For nothing sacrifice rettha • n. Even the beasts of wood and field But Christmas isn't here Wyet, an' Homage to. Christ the Saviour yield. maybe if I would Thesimple things of life are best; Horse and cow and woolly sheep Just start in row .an' keep it up till 90 precious and so great. .Chrlsttnas Day, I might And poor is he Toho learns this Wake themselves from their heavy Get Santa Claus to notice me alt' fix truth 'things up- all right. i When it is all too late, the bonds of selfish ends, a•jtf' s. - uvsvpS -, e. es.-".: ,.. _.-.. P { �t the tanks of religion, if at were ��tCC'tf'�»�r focussed and applied to make Cana- - -� ' dliln publid life as predominantly ...se rains sr > phristian• ai ... •t 130$" }tredostiinantlgi pagan, ''' . . In examining Russian Sovietisni, 1 hese germs leave the nose and two thing,! were discounted: the "run GERMS OF DISEASE _These in the secretions from those anti -religious attitude, and the' coin- tha. •••.,is the transfer of rho tttunist belief that no harm can be Disease germs are responsible for lYerm It ,i ns from one per - : :much of the illness which afflicts, o. , achieved except through class ware germ -laden seers. "•--, accounts- fo 1 fare. These are more er less incl- ; mankind, ,leading to. . and sometimes sues son to another, which �utuiuui- fering, incapacity ,and sometimes the spread of most of our c dental. The Russian experiment in "e .th socialization of life, shocking a} 1 Beath. Although they are•unseen, cable diseases. These secretions u• to us in many aspects, must he :these germs are eur most deadly hen spread, in 'a direct manner, when they it is - ei such, and will be judged and if we, wish to escape their are sprayed around by coughs and estimated . -dust as today we feel vages, we must eonstant'.y war a- sneezes, or by loud talking which by its results, elution, horrible gainst them. sends out droplets of saliva. Saliva that the French. and did in order to cause disease, the germs is deposited on eating and drinking 'a i it toes, inevitable, ear:e, rennet, first of all, gain entrance into utensils. The fingers may become product~• g, was real good. In any c• ear'•btidies. As long as they are kept infected with nose and mouth secre, no chive -1 is iii i% position to. candem.• (-on the outside, tire? are unable to tions, and may pass on the germs to the Soviets'itflIess ' it; is stitiving with harm us. e Alefe ee then that our whatever they toucitr at ]east equal • energy `" ttiv intuit first line of 'delenao 4s not to allow This tiransfer may be cotntrci'.led if gene towards a better arr'uyib"e•ntent their to 'enter our bodies,of human affairs by evolutua aNe This.'a11 sounds 'very simple, but it net stopped, by the avoidance of the rather than by revolutionary meth) is mdolrinorerdi'fficdlt to accomplish dangers mentioned. Coughs and ods. than ''it • sounds. 'if -We are to sus- sneezes should be directed into n need, we -must know something about handkerchief; 'one person should not The ministers present agreed to habits of'these••germs, for we cannot talk into anotherts face; eating and link themselves together in a fel- see them with "the naked eye.tome Wwe (hiking utensils beforesbeingld 1be used,tandLtaom- getghly s in touch withof prayer and o herudy, and to groups, to re to whence they oome of we are to prevent "'them from coming. tion drinking cups, ie the home or find and giveguidance to the rising We enlist' know" how 'they gain en- elsewhere, abolished; hands should be current of interest in the social ap- tranceto 'the body if we are to put kept from the face, and be thorough plication of religion.--liidgetown up harriers to' keep thesis -elk ly washed before food is touched. Dominion. Disease germs'do "not, as tiaras we Questions concerning Health ad IMPENDING THEIN DYINC. know,' grow in nature roritside. of the dressed to the, Canadian Medical As human or'aniniel'bddy. 'They may soelation, 384 College Street, moron MISTRESS exist for a 'time blit, 'in general, to. will he answered personally in they die off 'comparatively quiekly, letter. because 'they cannot resist, for any length of time, light, particui ally the direct rays of the surf, and dry, ing. This means 'that; in the majority of cases, 'the spread of 'disease germs s direct,•from one person to Moth- s In some 'cases, the spread may e indirect, -that is, the germs iney e carried by some third person or bjeot, but in such cases, the time oust be relatively short or the germs vill die, ,As stated, disease germs live and ,hrive inside e .Body. The varions erms which' cause the'colnntuneeablo liseases with which we are familiar n this country are usually found iu he nose and threat There they -grow nd give off their peieens'Which .are And that's why reading alwsys is., -,Macleod Gazette. he cause of `disease. So int'resting to me. meter+mftmsmov0001100111100111011010100000001.000.00.041106000000. ROOKS I a.livays think ale, cover of A hook is like a door, - Which opens into sonic end's liaise Where 11v'e Vet beer} fi'efofe., A pirate or ti fatty` diteerl May lift the latch for isle; L always wonder when f knock Two loyal collie doge sacrificed their lives at Moeleod on Wednesday in a heroic display of canine loyalty - fo5 then mi_streee. Mrs. Wllliaiii All- derion, year-old willow, Who lined a1`.one with her dogs §Ince: Tier°Thies band's death three years ago: Neigh - bore had not seen NM's. Anderton fol' several days and ibeeoseing alarmed iiifortsted police, .'who found the wo- • man •dying on het hec1. Vifhen police What wci eoiiie' there will. be; arravccl at the house the dogs' et- etacked their. tL bitter straggle eir- And when I find a house' that's dull (sued betti een the ,nen and the aged lwonta1its pro'tehtors The officers fin - tally had to, shoot the collies ibefo'r"e !they could gain ent v`t`o' d'e hoitlie; 'where they' found.Nlre. Anderton uri- conscious. *ices to hospital, ,the aged woman died several hour's hetet' T do not often stay;' But when 1 find one full sof- ftferefs I'm apt to spend the; day. T neves know what sort of folks Will be within", you' see, sleep, Bending beads and knees to Hint, Wito oatite to earth Ip a staple dint, Tonight I'll wash tti.V• bands an' face V Oh,' let our soul be free 1 an' brush an' .comb. my hair, Ear away in the forest dark coat ant hat up, too, an'\\ To seek life's fullness hero on earth An' hang nty.I With new siaceetty. Creatures timidly wake and hark, !won't tit bash WY chair Toronto fiyl�fir8cl (--i• Ra]nle1+ Feathered bird and furry beast Or stuff my mortal too full of food• e to the mystic east, ab1Q s]trawl Turn their eyes Y 1o>+ os} the �. . ,: _.._.. ,... . Lud at the dawning, Chanticleer An' ma�be Santa Claus will "fell . k' ftrall CHRISTMAS MEMO );Sa Sounds his nate, the rest of the year; I my stoc ing a e' _,Edgar Guest, The "Bells of 'Yule" -the merry bells But Christmas Eva the whole night long, Honoring Christ he sings his sone 1 Ale caiman t111:9ugh thti i;noty, -r , _, .•1 The very words are silver strains oi ul • the "WE HAVE SEI';'l.+T "A i;' Alta So tunefully y go; Christmas moxa, the legends stty.- ' i And as each eats elves ascends Eveu the cattle leneel tto pray, • Lord, we have mocked Thy house, 1 To haunt the wintry sky, '1-.,-a Even the wildest beast afar and scorned Thy name, Its echo wakens memories 1 I Knows the light of the Saviour's stai Wrought us strange gods, of our I Of Christmases gone by. k d And shell we for whom Ile came, Shall we not unquic one clay, n s i +. , On heathen altars burned a fitful Old scenes that faded long ago . flame, I The passing pageant .brings, Be by the o put to shame? do so cote least And cried vain creeds anew from 1 p11111e half -remembered faces smite As the patient ox er the forest beast? day to day.i And gay ghost -laughter rings; • '.Once more are former feasts re, ChrisEnias morn oh, let us sing (Arch the have followed a phantom ` spread i II f Life" Boston: Honor and praise to Christ the Ding, light, That well -loved 1rleuds may lino, Sheltered first in a lowly shed, Smiting a moment en eur holden And all across the treasured years And cradled there where the cattle fed. eyes, Re -kindled hearthfires shine. Bath there -no beacon famed .across i Carel tlt night So lover;: Se DatinaiL S. "Tie - arp o r e , ,. , 'stilton Pub. Co. To hush our idle boast, and ntalce 1 Ihii than all gift$ mope swept, •'h .. ,rectors rnentartes that t 'f 11T a• What of the eittiiires failing to de- ' ,Our Christmastide to greet; _ the fancies of childhood ?se. Ise IP "'Iri41%s- 0£ Yule"= roe golden bellsi and it ness thrust? bright in us a Our little Snawalakese .are the real IIasu _ �, _ ones than tlhiet��; 1 �{-.'�" _._. �' I us wise? 1 i These p lock r ' cy"'VOWSIltbS OIC CHRISTMAS 11 an dac to tth i , e w Peoa le and kings to outer Clark- ' Chime from your t' •osty towers � keep them - ; the s nldre% w"" e g A joyous Christmas canticle P : ! •Fesbioned kinglier For unforgotten hours. Prei "+le ' ' • y % }I 11 1181 -golly Bevan. true snowtbntis. ,Most Blow ne folks ad Out of the dust, 0 LoirrT, Qiil 61 end all children have a vii•¢ the dust? I FELLOWSHIP buncertain idea that there is a Anaw- s I think that t can truly say that bird and that it is part of he 1'0- ;We have coin back. Only Thine am glad manee and tradition of Christmas. , eyes mayhcnow, l For ale then t one weeping aby the ' In the poem, children are addees The emptiness of all our crowding I cam po years; I way, Lord, scourge us yet, lest we forget And I had words to say to cam - the woe, BY fort. her, By which we came, the infinity Because I, too,. had known a $er- I ing the birds on Christmas„Eve. g, 4 H Little Snowflake "Little S nowflake, little Snowflake, -.Like a flurry in the air, on wave across the meadow', Wet • the ground is brown and Where - • r bare. gentle Snoyv£lake, "Tell the fairies, , *Ante wtihite; We .must have a 0,. timing For our Santa Claus is ti Wet, With his reindeer in the n•.. "Little Snowflake of the weedtope, Milting here and drifting there,. Ply about, a-tgitter-calling, - To your kindred in the air.” -4ictiace Horelock Robb. WON8iHItING oridei of I washed' mj% toot ltan�s � l ail' htuslidd my hair sat,slflI through $itii5Vei' e timan' did tlo1eave my cdtRiv', if Santa ChairsQ lid iletice at .t51' he i sae: so glad 'he'd say ' don°t an' of tears, • I row that my heart had home Lest we forget the spirits confident , alone. High souls that bore our flicker- i • .ing torch afar, , I know that I am glad that pain Conquerors we, but our ?pale lights hue stayed - are spent, 1 A while with me; ••nh out wan eyes, and bid us Fol tirellgh it I learned sympathy T see _ ' ", ".' ' li • with every fellow -mortal, see the star. ed, as, h star, -serene, undinuat, una Hurd dismayed, File pray + & T to ,.. i have played, hat clueneltabld e','Hi'd' Bitch feeble, ;Shattered 1�or. quick release; and then ! turned to wait • "'' iNt'nps, as these, We 'rhe answer that will come, though tel our victories The to Uta 0n-member soon or late, ' Gtir knees, Lord Christ, up - n 011, it has taken longer than it 0 Uu knees,. . 1 should ,esPr50iels Beatrice Taylor. For, me to see that grief and pain BOY'S COMPLAINT might wail in ilio ' 4 A LTTTLi: Sane eltittlate telt/5'd, eon* last "There's Grin t, flna''bunt each Christ• ing gaoti; . I did not (Iselin, it could. ; e m oil But now 11cnoK+' alta& y g , �,ii,tloll� Said 31 1 I thinitr of it, these things i„ -that $ )eev�Z�'2A,' ` 01 hfe*;G T.A l t.8 lttye for groan,',' Can we reach out and toix h And gives t I et~dice things hidden springs + 11 give him everytlint lies Ii S lot Inith e more .. --+Grace N'oli Croweit'. I guess I .,. ,� tit 31ty 9iha>G!e ally., asked for Christmas nay'. vemies4111BIAWitiseihromesatemessemagno seuronorwaassortamiagavegroatsni.