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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1928-12-20, Page 8Round tl Christmas Tree By Mary Mason Wright Nearly all the holiday festivities, nowadays, circle round the Christmas tree,especially if there are children in •the family;;', and oven in school, church or community adairs the tree usually is the center or attractionfor, all. Personally I dam an ardent advocate of letting lbo..clliidron help to make the' decorations for the tree, .since some, of tho nsost precious memories of my childhood' cluster sound the time spent with my sisters and broth- ers in'making the tree trimmings, and hclpang ' Lo trim it as well. Tt is always well to .plan a scheme of decoration ter' the tree so' that there may he no crude color combinations that . would detract from. its beauty. 'White, scarlet, gold and silver, are all effective :against the deep 'greenof the tree.. Almanac, a table around which the children can' work, and place on it crepepaper, cardboard, scissovs,:pie- , tire wire, tin foil, gilt paper,sewing materials and paste. As We rill know, , pop corn strung on thread makes nice • chains to festoon over the brandies, and this is wprlc little hands can do. Cranberries may also he strung by . little fingers, using only the firm tier - Ties, Tasks That Children i,ove. P>esides the chains, the pop corn bas many other possibilities, For instance pop -corn balls decorated with fringed belts: of red crepe paper held in place by a Christmas sticker make delight-; • eel edible decorations lite numerous. deigns that may be fashioned with pop corn. cod nougat are almost end - les, beginning, with attractive little baskets to hold small candies or nut meats: Stars, crescents, animals and boats may all 'be formed by using waxed -paper patterns es a foundation, which can be easily removed. Mold' the baskets in neat rows by means of a little nougat, fastening, the handle in place after the' body of the basket is finished, and completing them . with a eerie; of holly ' and a jaunty bow of scarlet ribbon. Children can farm wonderful decors- live trimmings out, ofa few, sheets of 'tin foil, gilt Paper and some card- board, Tlie`ehapes• of five -pointed stars, crescents and other designs are cut out of the cardboard and then covered with the til. foil, or gilt paper, is pasted on. Black or green thread may be fastened to one of the tips of the. stars and. crescents to suspend from the branches: Doligbtful little bells may be formed by cutting card- board into circles and then cutting them into halves, each hall making a boll by forming them into cones and pasting the edges together. They may be covered with red crepe or 811. Or or gold paper. Place a knot in a bit of red yarn, string on a cranberry for a clapper and pass the enol of the 'Yarn up through the point of the cone and tie In a loop to -suspend by. The children will enjoy making'lit- tle baskets and cornucopias to, hold candles, nut meats and small gifts on the tree, The baskets may be formed .of picture wire and then covered with colored crepe paper or tai foil. Charming little baskets maY bo made of birch batk, laced together by red ribbons run through holes punch- ed by an awl or a sharp point of the • scissors. Strips of the bark may .be used for handles. Frosted or icicle baskets 'are unusual, yet quite pretty against the: deep green of the 'tree. Form baskets of picture wire and wind around with narrow stripe of cloth frayed at the edg; then dip them in a very strong 'solution of alum water and hang up to drip .and hard- en. There is "no end to possibilities of baskets and holders made out of or- dinary rdinary pasteboard boxes. For any sort of" a Christmas -tree party a good idea is to have most of thedecorations' of the edible sort;' them the tree' may be 'almost entirely' stripped and the children made happy. Refreshments for the Party' may be served from the tree- Aside from -the pop corn, candy, cookies and fruits can be transformed into delightful de- corations, Dolls made of lollypops are very. Popular decorations. The faces may be made as dainty or grotesque as You please, a•nd then frills' of crejie paper may be tied securely around the sticks for, petticoats. Little dresses` of or- gilndie or crepe paper; are placed over these; with the 'eleoves stuffed with cotton; or they May be dressed to re- present little Red Riding I•Iood and other characters. Then there are • the stick -candy maidens with marshmallow heads that will delight the children. Features may then be put on with coloring pastes or melted chocolate. Gay crepe paper bonnets and capes may give them a smart look. Ginger -Cake Santa Claus. In regard to the cookies, those which aro star shaped or ring .shaped should be used. Ice the cookies with orange icing, or sprinkle them over with red sugar. The rings may be decorated with gayly hinted frostings, and small candies and citron arranged to represent holly wreathe. The old. - fashioned gingerbread dolls must also be provided with currant or raisin eyes and mouth. Have the tinsmith make you 'a •San- to Claus cutter, and cut a number of jolly fat Santa Clauses out of the gin- ger -cake dough. Paste a large Santa Claus head sticker on waxed paper and prese into dough for the face. Use white icing to represent the fur cuffs,. coat and boot tops, sprinkled over with coconut. Little reel candies may be used for buttons and belt, and melted chocolate for making boots. Gilded English walnuts' with one end pried -open and a knotted thread slipped in securely are nice. Dolls made' of raisins, prunes and marsh- mallows will please the children, Use well -washed raisins for the legs and arms,' stringing thein on toothpicks. Stick the sharp points into the prune body and attach a round marshmallow for a head by means of a toothpick. Bits of candied cherry or, cloves may mark the features. Just a word in regard to lights for the tree. If one has electricity in the home ,there is no more satisfactory way of lighting up the tree than by the tiny colored globes. If candles are used one must be very careful, ' es- pecially if there are small children about. Flashlights make It very good II light; the globe part may be 'covered } with colored crepe paper and the body II part with green paper, and then tied securely to the body of the tree or on inner branches. very many insidious attacks. The people are spoken of as having itching Sunday x ���¶ ears, eager after novelties and reject- rrmg the authorized, teachers of the • Less December • 23. Lesson XII —' Paul's Lash Message -2 Tim. 4: 1-8, 16.18. Golden Text—I have fought a good fight, 1 have finished my course, 1 have kept the faith. -2 Tim. 4: 7. ANALYSIS I THE LAST APPEAL, 1-8. 11..THI:. DIVINE PROTECTOR, 16-18. INTRODUCTION—Several years have ppassed since Paul wrote the letter to PHeinen which was studied last week: lie had escaped from his first linpris- onnient and been free to carry forward his missionary effort, reaching prob. ably Spain, whence he turned east to cover some of the ground already tra- versed, But hear the end of the reign of Nero, in A.D. 68, he is again arrest- ed, and now there is no :chanco of his release, since the proceedings against the Christians are much more severe. It is the tradition that I?au1 was be- headed outside the city of Rome and that his body was buried in a place where now we find the church called Paul -without -tile -wall. There, three letters, which include two to Timothy and one to Titus, are named "pastoral" because they deal with the roblents of the pastor.Matters of discipline and government `are discussed, and direc- tions ate given for the choice of bish- ops and deacons, while there are warnings against the different forms of 'heresy which are beginning to appear. e I. TIIE LAST APPEAL,. 1-8. "V', 1; Timothy is urged to devote himself with all energy to his pastoral task and different arguments are given to stimulate him` to further en- deavor, In this verse the 1 act of the final judgment is set forth as a power- ful appeal. . The clay is coming when all seen must appear before the judg- ment seat of Christ. It is the sante argument which is found in the earlier letters ref the apostle, and' was ever present to his mind. Life is a: great. trust, and we must come day give in our: account,; V. 2. The varied duties of the pas- toral office are, mentioned. First come preaching, to:which Paul gave much weight. la 1 Corinthians he says that the ;Lord has sent him to preach. "Be instant in season, out of season." This refers to the whole work of the even- gelist which must be, exercised at all times. There is no particular season forGod's work. Every season le God's. Sometimes the pastor, must reprove those who do wrong, or he must' re- buke, or again he must encourage, but also with mind and patience and with a careful use of knowledge. Patience and ;prudence are great pastoral graces. y. 8. The great danger to the, cause of Christ seemed to be the appearance of false teachers who were spreading abroad all kinds of faide doctrines. They were setting forth wrong views of Christ, wore advocating wrong courses of action, so that now the thurch had to lruerd herself against word. Every succeeding generation has had examples, of such. V. 5. This prevalence of evil teach- ing is a further argument to induce Timothy to exercise renewed zeal. The times call for strong leaders. V. 6. A third appeal is made by Paul's reference to his imminent death. Some discussion has arisen over the cause which .induced the apostle to speak in such unusual terms of himself. He feels that the end is near, and that his chances of getting a favorable sentence are gone. His. death -warrant is about to be signed. Two reasons are suggested. He may have .wished to encourage Timothy and the assurance that there was 'a crown awaiting all those who would devote themselves to such faithful service. Bat he may also have felt that with his c..n death there°was necessity for the younger ones to take the place of those called away. How can the church continue unless each new generation brings its new work men? Vs. 7, 8. The figured' are taken from the athletic life of the time. The Greek games were very famous, only in this contest the crown is not of olive' or laurel, but of righteousness and of life. II. THE DIVINE PROTECTOR, 16-18. V.•16. This verse -reveals the sever- ity of Paul's' ordeal, The first answer is probably the first part of this pre- sent trial. It does not refer back to the first, imprisonment several years earlier. In thie last: trial there was no one to stand by his side. "All men forsook me." It is not easy to under- stand this. In v. 11 he says that Luke was with him, and one cannot con- ceive of Luke proving unfaithful in this sore necessity. Probably it means that none of those Romans, who were. ;influential and had shown some inter- est in the gospel, came 'forward to cmake a strong plea on his behalf. He 'had no influential advocate. V. 17. But in contrast to all this, "The Lord stood by me and strength- ened me." God sent forth'his spirit,. into the heart of Paul enabling ham to make a bold and able defence and confession, so that the ,centiles who attended the trial, and, no doubt, rep- resented many of the leading families of the city, heard the message which'. Paul delivered. 'So great was the im- pression made that Paul had reeeived a brief respite from the month of the lion. This same stl+ength will still be given to hint when he comes to the last and fatal trial of all. For God is able to bring all, his children out of every earthly trio lotion. The Same Old Smiling Santa Pays Another Visit to the Children tic • • cw-n. s awn - f.owa t": *'" • r,w/'' . • ; ` •—'' Christmas IF all the bells of Christmas Should ring in one wild chime They could not tell thy joy, 0 World, At this exultant time. And if the hosts of heaven And all the sons of earth Cried jubilantly in one voice The news of Jesus' birth. Their peans_could not even then Reveal the smallest part Of the swift joy that hidden lies In one thrice -humble heart. Strange that one simple story Should rush across,; the years, And blind us with its glory And hush our deepestfearsl —Charles Hanson Towne. ° 9 i'e Men� � ®nut=.., s act Tell of Hardships Refugees From Paraguay Reach N.Y,. on Way to Canada ,New York—Fleeing- from pestil- ence, fever, and the possibilities of starvation in the unproductive farm, - lands of the Menr-onito Colonies of Paraguay, were 18 additionr1 Mennon- ite refugees, who arrived here recent- ly aboard the Munson liner Western World. ; They narrated more tales of the hadships which have befallen some 2,000 membore of their sect, who mi- grated from Canada two years ago with the hope of finding and develop- ing extensive fertile acres in.Para- guay. Mrs. Emma Harder declared that elle had lost iter husband in the Men- nonite colony. His death she :attribut- ed to mal-nutritionand malaria. She asserted that he had shared his money with the starving members of his sect, and recalled that she borrowed seven, peas from Williain S. Grant, purser of the Western World,- in order: to defray the expenses of herself gnct her seven children, who returned with her by the liner. Before diaara}barking,from the ship she .was tendered a purse of $250, which the passengers had collect- ed upon hearing of her plight from the purser. This sum will enable her M return to her friends in Canada. The purser also collected $185 which was given to Anton Schroeder, an- other destitute Mennonite aboard the liner, who was borne to St. Mary's Hospital,' Hoboken, suffering from a serious attack of malaria. Additional sums were supplied to the nine others: "The least worn: the soonest mend- ed," as the lady of the revue' remark- ed the other day., a Canada Asked to Join Parley on Liquor Issue Washington Seeks Confer- enCe- on the Suppression of Drink Export Ottawa—The United States has asked Canada for a conference to consider an extension of the border agreement o4 1924, for the purpose of more effectually suppressing the liquor traffic between the two coun- tries. Although reports have been circulated to the effect that Canada is being asked to prohibit the export of liquor,' or else refuse clearances to liquor cargoes- obviously destined for the United ;States porta, these reports are only guesses, responsible officials here declare. William Phillips, United States Minister to Ottawa, has been In In- formal communication with the Prime Minister who is also Minister of External Affairs, and his sugges bone are now before the Govern- ' went in Council, but nothing has been made public as yet, • It would simplify the situation so far as the United States is concern- ed ifall export liquor trade was stop-, ped. But such a drastic step could only come through an act of the Canadian ParlIanent, as at present such export is entirely legal. The liquor, It Is asserted, is not only made here, but sold delivered and paid for here, and they purchaser assumes whatever risk is attached' to attempted shipment across the bor- der. This valuedfor the, last 12 months at nearly 428;060,000; A. large proportion of it as whisky destined for the United States. While Parliament may think fit to do a ,neighborly act and prohibit exports be argued tbatthere 15 no sudh pro- vision In the: law of Great Britain, France or other;cuntriee, which' are exporters. No roply to the sug- gested conference has been sent as yet, but Canada is expected to agree to it.. The chief provisions of the treaty as it mow stands is for the notifica- tion of clearanoes:of liquor -laden vee- eels and the refusal of elearancet, ostensibly to foreign countries, of •motorboats which 'obviously could not weather the conditions of the high seas. lsiegivings are "what a woman has about her next door neighbor's char.l acter. Coolnees can be caused by hot words. The Nativity (The two. Phophets come iui) lst Prophet Sir, now is the time come, And the date thereof run Of his Nativity. and Prophet Yet I beseech you heartily, That ye would show me how That this strange novelty Were brought unto you? lot Prophet This other night so cold, Hereby upon a wold, Shepherds watching their fold In the night so far, To them appeared a star, And ever it drew them near, Which star they did behold, Brighter they say a thousmnd fold Than the sten so clear In his midday sphere; And they these tidings told, • and Prophet 'What, secretly? 1st Prophet Na, na, hardily, They made there of no council, Por they sang as loud, As ever they could, Praising the king of Israel, 1st Prophet Neither in halls, nor yet in bowers, Born would he not be, Neitherin castles, nor yet in tow- trs, That seemly were to see, But at his Father's will, The prophecy to fulfil, Betwixt an ox and an ass' Jesu,this king born he was; Heaven he bring us till! 2nd Prophet Yet do I marvel, • In what pile or castle, These hardsmen did him see, 2nd Prophet S1r, ali! but when these shepherds • had seen, him. there, • To what place did they repair? let Prophet Forth they went, and glad they were; Going they did sing, With mirth and solace, they made good career, For joy of that new tiding, And after' as I heard them tell,_ He rewarded them full well - ale granted themheaven therein to .clw•eil,. Th are they gone With joy and mirth, And their song is Noel. (There the Prophets' go forth.) —From the Coventry Play, Fifteenth Century, The worst of love in a cottage is that the love doesn't last and the cot- tage does. " • neer Cars Gifts "Didn't they use to 'toll us, Ann said: Mrs. Fetors, "that in dhina pe pie paint their coilins pink and bin and pea green and yollow, and;kee 'em in the front parlor to look at til they're wanted? Seems to me i so member something of the sort„” "So do I," assented Ann Tonuey "They make one another presents o 'era, too, "Tisn't likely a perece would forget such au enlivening iltt1 fact, once they knew it. That mi: sionary doctor told us: But why d you ask, Lydia?" "Because 'I'ye just' been out to th Twiggses'.." It's lo far that folks don' get round much atter snow flies, an( Mrs. Twiggs said that there hadn't( soul been in since Christmas;; my, bx they were glad to azo fuel Tho showed mo their presents, and al talked at once, except 1 noticed tha Gran'ther "Twiggy seemed a mite ou of it. He's pretty deet now; so d yell ed at him: 'Have a pleasant Christ mos, ,gran'ther?' "'Iley?' says gran'there 'Oh, yes Yes! ' Fine Christmas; and the folk gave me the best present of all.' "'That's nice' says I; 'aren't yo going to show it to me, gran'ther?' "'Hey?' says he. 'Show it to you Well, now, Lyddy, sorry to disobloegr a lady, but it ain't possible. Not to day; mebbe-not till spring. Ye se Lyddy, it's up to the:cemetery.' " Ann gasped. 'Lydia! They couldn' have-•", "It isn't just for gran'ther, Ann; a least it has the saving grace of bein a family monument, I understand." "But his name will go on it a Awful! How could they?" "I'd have Bald awful, too, if I' hadn heard graa'ther chuckle. Seems the got it set up two or three weeks b forehand and took him over in sleigh for his first view Christma morning. He's as pleased as Punchy "I wonder," mused Ann, "did the tab it with 'A. Merry Christmas'?" Lydia laughed. "It doesn't soun exactly Christmasy, does it? Wel there are plenty of queer folks in th world, and I e'pose it's natural enoug some of the queerness should show u Christmas time. The Twigges aren the only ones. There was Hen Bramble giving Louisa arch suppo ers. Considering it was waiting o him that broke her arches, It does seem that she was entitled to 'em for plain everyday, without having to wait till Christmas. And Maria Teeby; you remember the year the Teebys gave her. the opportunity of having her appendix out at the hospe tel? And Myra Preesey who sent lite tle Mymie to the dentist to havelei front teeth straightened; and—" "Mean dodges, I call 'em all," inter- rupted nterrupted Ann with spirit. "Oh, well, I clon't ,know's I'd say exactly that—"began Mrs, Peters. "Maybe not; maybe not," conceded Ann with a Tolerant twinkle. "There are two sides to every question, of course. Well, Lydia, you may give me a coffin for my present next year, if you're positively pining to; all is, be sure it's a nice, bright red ane witl Plenty,of gold dragons and,butterds and things on it to look real gay and Christmasy." I-1 ly Berry Beliefs "By, Royal Warr nt" Me•.' ns Something To Be ''Appointed" Purveyor To The Royal Family Means Much To Mer- chants So Honored NINE TAILORS London.—"Nine tailors make a man," said the old proverb. Apparent- ly the Prince of Wales has taken it to heart, for he has nine tailors wait- ing to make his new suite of clothes', when he somes back from his African', tour. They aro the only tailors in the world who are privileged to display the royal arms with the sign, "Tailors' to His Royal Highness the Prince of 1 Wales." Altogether the royal family has 1,400 tradesmen who, "by stppobnt- ment," display the coveted royal war- rant over their shop windows. How many thousands in addition would like to do the same has never been revealed. It is known, however, that in the past twenty-seven years 6,000 flims have been brought to court for using the royal arms without authority. Many others have tried to use them, but they have hauled down their oolors when anyone noticed the irregularity and. 'threatened legal action. The grant of a royal warrant is jealously guarded by Landon trades- men, and woe to any upstart who tries to use it wrongfully! It •is not a mere matter of ceremony, but of pounds and shillings and pence. The mere appearance of the royal insignia over a shop is an advertisement which brings in hundreds of pounds'a year especially from American 'visitors to London who like to buy at the same shop as the King and Queen. In the list of 1,400 firms supplying the royal family there are a few sur- prises. Icing George . has a purveyor of angostura bitters in Trinidad, a purveyor of orange curaco in Amster- dam, and until last January he had a purveyor of lamprey pies in Glou- cestei'bhire. ' But 'the lamprey pie. maker` died, and his •unique distinction died with him. Ring George has; a kilt -maker in Ecliruburgh, :and tartan manufacturers in various Scottish' towns so that he can appear in appropriate clothing during his vacation in Balmoral Castle. He has a golf club maker In a New Brunswick village,:a taxldere mist, a philatelist and two fireworks makers—although for what purpose nobody knows. He has a turtle soup maker,a fan -maker, a horse -hair maker, a purveyor of feathers, and even a purveyor of sheep-dip for the royal flocks! Queen Mary, too, has her own list of official "purveyara." Among them aro, antique dealers, pin makers, hair- pin manufacturers, and even as dealer in shawls in faraway' Delhi As far back as the fifth century Christians invested holly branches with a symbolism that helped to keep sacred memories alive. The crimson berries symbolized the blood shed oa Calvary by the Founder of the Chris- tian religion; the prickly leaves held remembrance of the Crown of Thorne, and the bitterness of the holly bark was symbolic of the draught of which Christ partook while hanging on the Cross. Once, in fact, there was a custom of making a decoction from the bark, and drinking it in the midst of the Christmas celebrations, so that—in the words of an old writer—"Ye shall not forget the Cross as ye rejoice in the Manger." To show how tradition grows, it was not long before the simple symbolism of the prickly leaves passed into a be. lief that the Crowe of Thorns was it• sell formed of twisted holly branches. From that sprang another belief—that it was not until after Calvary that hol- ly berries were red. The change came, it was said, because the green berries on the branches used for the. Crown of Thorns were covered 'with blood. The oldest belief connected with holly is that it was the "burning bush" referred to le the Old Testa- ment. A CHRISTMAS PRAYER Christmas; Old bells ring new,and one bright star Shines with a tender, lovely- light— Far ightFar shepherds dream on Bethlehem's hills, It is again the magic night. Christmas: o blessed God who gave Thyself, Let all hearts rise in gratitude— Grant each may feel that splendid love Thatg lorifies' the Christmas mood. -,-George Tllliston. A woman would sooner wear a new hat that doesn't suit her than an old hat that does.