The Clinton News Record, 1942-12-24, Page 7a
'THURS., DEC. 24, 1942
NEWS -RECORD
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful
and Inspiring
To
PreP-
erly exp-
:ress Christmas
ceheer one should
have approprj-
:ate •setting. Al Christ-
mas • true is always in
order so here's one that
we made.for you. On this
tree we shall hang a lot of
Good Wishes, Good Cheer and
a sincere hope for your, Health
Happiness and Prosperity. We
'are indebted to you, and to all who
have contributed even remotely, to
•our success. On our part we've
tried earnestly, to be helpful and shall
:look forward eagerly to the coming
of another year which will afford
us further •opportunity to
• serve. It is on such a plat-
form that we have
built our friend-
ships. Our
wish is
joy and
happiness
to you and
yours in this, joyful season.
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THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
''Twas the day after Christmas
And strewed through the house
Were tinsel paper, peanuts and string
;Red ribbon-and.boxes galore;
And baby so cross,
Her stomach was sore,
1VIa, in her dust cap,—
Was sweeping the floor;
Pa in his slippers=
Was trying to snore
Brother, with his new sled,
Ts out on the hill;
And sister to her dolly,
Is singing quite shrill;
1 have new skates,
All shiny and bright,
That Santa Claus brought me
Just last night;
To -day he will be so tired;
But, Oh, so happy, 1 know
To have brought us good cheer,
And wished us a Prosperous and Hap-
py New Year.
SOPHISTICATION
On Christmas Eve
.1 always, try.
To stay up very
Late
Because 2 know
At our house
Old Santa has a
Date
Of course I know
That X am yonng
And that date's not with
Me
But anyway
I'll try to stay
'To see what I can
See.
NINETY 'N' NINE,
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
.1 question if Christmas can even be
"merry,"
Except to the heart of an innocent
child.
For when time has taught us' the
meaning of sorrow,
And sobered the spirits that office
were so wild,
When all the green graves that lie
1y trod
The path to glory and Gethsemane.
This is not myrrh, nor frankincense;
nor gold,
These are our lambs on Canada's
altar slain;
Dear God, within Thine infinite arms
enfold.
Our sons, and grant us peace—sweet
peace again.
M.I.L.
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
As that Judean land which long ago
Waited through centuries to find a
face
Where human and Divine met first
in grace
And proved high love incarnate here
below:
A little world that worshipped pomp
and show
Yet lay, as many a strange, imper-
ial race,
Whom haunting dreams for ever-
more encase.
Calling a Vision that the soul must
know—
So
through the ways I could not un-
derstand,
Through light that dawned to dis-
appear again,
And pale mirage upon the distance
cast,
I waited even as that lonely land,
And no hark night has ever been in
vain.
Since Heaven shines through thee
to me at last.
—Katherine Hale,'
A CHRISTMAS TREE
The
little green
pine tree that
grew on the hill has
blossomed this morning for
Jack and for Jill. It lies blossomed
with lighte and gay colored balls, with
cookies and bonbons and whistles
and dolls.
The children
smile bright-
ly, and Jack
said. to Jiti,
"It's our little pine tree
That grew on the hill."
THE CHRISTMAS WREATH
With holly and ivy
So green and so gay
We deck up our houses
As fresh as the day
With bays and rosemary
And laurels complete.
And everyone now
Is a king in conceit.
—Old Carol 1695
PRAYER FOR CHRISTMAS
het : there be merging sunset glow
Of amber reaching beryl,
And tender, curving, late clouds
Lighted furl oil furl,
Let quietude of silent sky
Above, above a, spire,
Put hush of prayer upon the lips
Touched with strange fire.
And for the lift of winging thought,
Vibrant, but very , still,
Oh, let a Star be breathing high
CARE OF CHILDREN
THE MIXiNG BOWL
ElyANNEALLAN
Hydro Home Economist
A Joyous Christmas ,to everyone!
And as Tiny Tim observed "God bless
us every one!" Let's remember the
happier things for a spell and dwell
on the spirit of good fellowship of
thought for others, of heart warmth
and gold -fashioned cheer— for this is
Christmas!
Yes! We shall keep Christmas. This
year we will celebrate it more quietly
more simply. But the boys across the
world -on alnd, at sea or in the air—
will be able to think of us, at home,
keeping Christmas for them.
The Christmas season will mean
more to you if you follow these three
simple rules:
1. Look back to your very happiest
Christmas ani say, "It will be that
way this year—we've so much 'to
be thankful for."
2. Decorate—even though the ma-
terials are simple, There may be no
Christmas tree but there will be ev-
ergreen sprigs, popcorn, cranberries,
red and silver streamers and Iots tag
other things.
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3.•Plan special menus for Christ-
mas, adding a festive touch to each
meal. If this is something you haven't
tried before, then it will be a sur-
prise for the fancily and they'll love
it.
RECIPES
Liverwurst Canapes
1-4 lb, liverwurst, 1 tsp, lemon jeice
1 tsp. scraped onion 1-4 tsp, salt, 1-8
tsp. paprika, mayonnaise, crackers, 6
pickles.
Remove the skin and mash the
liverwurst to a smooth paste. Add le-
mon juice, onion, salt and paprika
moisten with mayonnaise. Spread on
crisp crackers. Top with pieces of
.pickle (A tasty accompaniment with
vegetable juices).
Savoury Dressing
(without butter)
2 cups of soft bread crumbs, 1-2
cup sliced cooked prunes, 1 grated
apple, 1 tb. minced onion, 1 tsp. sage,
1 tsp. salt, '1 tsp. paprika, 1-4 tsp.
summer savoury, 1-4 tsp. thyme, 1-2
cup water.
Mix together lightly; do not inash
Enough for a 4 lb fowl.
Roast Turkey With Savoury
Dressing
One 12 to 15 lb turkey, salt, sav-
oury dressing, baking fat.
Prepare young turkey for roasting
(Reserve wing tips, neck and gizzard
to cook for broth). Rub well with salt.
The Christ of the Christmas Season
By "PEG"
May the Christ of the Christen
Season
Dwell in your heart to -day,
May He give you joy and comfort
As you travel along the way,
May the light of the star of Bethle-
hem
Shedding its golden ray
Bring your soul a calm and a peace
And drive your cares away.
Quite often as we walk down the
street at the Christmas Season we
see, in some of the windows, a
Christmas wreath with . an Electric
candle in the centre. History tells
us the story of this symbol. The
custom originated hundreds of years
ago in the little village of medieval
Europe. People at that time believed
that Christ, as a child, returned to
the earth on Christmas' Eve and
walked among them. In order to
guide Him as He passed by, the
candle was placed in a conspicious
place. It also served as an invitation
for Him to enter their homes and
abide for a time with thein. Christ;
whose Birthday they were remember-
ing was invited to be a guest in their
homes.
as was to be born, in fact as they tra-
velled she was in travail. The cou-
ple were late reaching Bethlehem
with the result that there was no
roo mfor them in the Inn. Imaginat-
ion tells us that they tried other
places; but without success. At last
they were compelled to seek shelter
and rest in the stable. Here the
child Jesus was born. Mary had
evidently come prepared for the oc-
casion for we read that she wrapped
Him in the long swaddling band and
laid Him in a manger. Could any
birth have been more humble?
The candle of welcome was certain-
ly not placed in the window, or what
served for a window of. the Inn.
Christ was not wanted there.
Do we want Him in our homes on
Christmas Day? Christ never goes
where 1 -le is not asked, but how wil-
ling He is to conte if we want Him.
"Mummy, Daddy, Merry Christ-
mas," shouted the younger children
of the family at an early hour Christ-
mas morning "May we go down and
look at the tree."
"M!c4ry Christmas children" res-
ponded the parents. No it is too early.
Your stockings are hanging over be-
side the window. If Santa Claus has
come you may bring them over here
and open them."
We all have vivid recollections of
such scenes. Usually an orange had
its place in the toe of the stocking.
Mysterious bandies filled the heel
and a doll or engine or something
similar topped off the well looked
after stocking. Seldom did we stop
until we got right down to the toe.
Stuff with Savoury Dressing, Sew Then we dressed and went down
securely; Rub outside with belting to breakfast, which we thought was
fat. Place on shallow pan and into a very unnecessary on Christmas moth-
fat.
oven. Turn switch to BARE and mg.
set control for 825 degrees. Cook, When things were tidied up in a
tinning turkey 20 minutes per ib. If a kind of a way some one distributed
larger turkey lower, temperature to the beautifully wrapped parcels from
300 degrees and cools 18 minutes per the Christmas tree and those strewn
lb. An old turkey should be cooked
for a longer period -20 to 25 minytes
per lb.
Turkey Soup
Break turkey carcass hi pieces, re-
moving all stuffing; put in Mettle with
any bits of meat that may have been
left over. Cover with cold water bring around the dinner table for the late -
slowly to boiling point and simmer afternoon •Clu•istrnas festival and
2 hours with switch turned to "low", what a joyous time we had: Little
Strain, cool, remove fat, and season thought of the future. The present
with salt and pepper. One or two was uppermost in our minds. It is
stalks of celery inay be cooked with well that we cannot see into the
carcass to give additional flavour. future, else our festive occasions
TAKE A TIP: would hold little pleasure for us.
1. Make red oilcloth place Ynats for In the evening the young people
the Christmas table, They may be spent the time with other friends
placed' on top of the linen cloth for while the .elders gathered around the
everyone's ,plate—the cloth must do grate fire and talked of things of the
fly the holiday week. past and the happy times, which it is
2. Where will Santa Claus put the necessary for us to 'recall as welive
scattered behind us, Above z waiting hill ... presents this year? Around the fire- through
Like milestones are mnarkin • the Then may hi •ht marvel, spun in blue ivas not
hardes of ekdaThe
g y g + P plaice, on the decorated buffet, or 9n Sleep wvas . to seek. The
length„of ,the way. Glow into 1 oly flame • a huge snow ball made of two hoops
And echoes of voices. that no more Of one Word treinbling in the iniad ' fChriorwa d Day towhichse had look-
And
with sheets; and,sprinkledaed forward had now passed into Hs -
shall
.igr'eet us And that one. word-�T•Iis Narnel itivith artificial snow o coin at t ++
Have saddei.e:l rho chimes of the' —Amy Cauipbell Throburm, in the opening ho tory.
side. - We had lighted toadies about us,
bright Christmas Day. Canadian Magazine: 3. Trim
the table with an. idea in batthow much did we welcome the
about the floor.
The balance of the morning and on
into the afternoon, we played With
our toys, read gift books, hurried
over to the horse of our chums to see
what Santa had left them.
We, with soine friends, gathered
Hence, I shall not wish You the old
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"Merry Christmas," mind—a miniature church, an original Christ in In honour the day was
Since that is of shedowless child-
hood a part,
But one that is holy and. happy and
peaceful -
The Spiz•it of Christmas deep down
in your heart.
SAME OLD LIVES. AGAIN
We ring the bells and we raise the
strain,
We' hangup; garlanids everywhere,.
And bid the tapers twinkle fair,
And feast and frolic —and then nye
ifloral arrangement, or tiny cardboard observed.
uniformed • girls or men, is. one, of
your guests is in uniform. I
• THE QUESTION BOX Nearly two hundred thousand
. Mrs. '13.. Your question has bsien years ago Caesar Augustus issued a.
answered and nailed to you' dueet, decree that all the then known world
nne Allan says: May S thanI ! should be taxed. This
The scene changes again. This
time we go out into the fields. Here
the shepherds have looked over their
sheep, seeing that all was well with
them, then they sat to one side guard-
ing them lest spine foreign beast
should cause havoc among them. The
shepherd must always be On the alert
we are told that many times the
hireling took little responsibility but
the true shepherd would even give Itis
life for those timid animals placed
under his care.
There is a beautiful picture by
Bernar'd Clockhorst "Tidings of Great
Joy” which gives a vivid description
of this scene. The growl of the faith-
ful shepherd dog awakens any who.
were in any way drowsy and the
shepherds cone to themselves to be-
hold a great light and a large com-
pany of angels.
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" In alarm the shepherd and his fam-
ily spring to their feet. God does
not give us any cause for fear with-
out His promise to protect us, and
the angels reassures thein with the
words "Fear not; for, behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which
shallbe to all people." How like the
words uttered by the Heavenly mes-
senger thirty-three years later. Fear
not ye for I know that ye seek Jesus,
which was crucified He is not here:
for Re is risen ' as He said. C•o}ne,
See the place where the Lord lay:"
The angel then announced the
Birth of Christ, the Lord, in the City
of David.
The glorious light from • Heaven
announced the arrival of the Messiah
but that welcome was shared by very
few.
Then we lfave that..beautiful story
of the Oise men being guided by the.
star in the East to the place where
the Lord lay, They followed the
sign of God as He heralded His only
begotten Son into the world.
As we look forward to the. Day
commemorating the Birth of Christ
can, we not - plan to spend some time
in His presence? The day should
never be complete without it.
As we look back to the days of:our
childhood we can still hear the chime
of the' church' bells calling us to
worship in God's House, where e e
Would return thanks for the wonder-
ful gift God gave us when He sent
his son into the world' to die
for us in order that we might: re-
ceive the everlasting' gift of eternal
ife. For seine reason the sound of
the bells. across the snow is now ,ex-
ception and we have lost the roost
beautiful part of Christmas • Day.
We have allowed household duties to
take the place of this hour with God.
Even although we- do nob go to the
House of the Lord that should not
Binder us from'•having' a- quiet time
with Jesue Christ and those whom
we love.
At this season there will be many
who will join in the old: hymns which
t each COnnnand was
Annie Johnston rant. go` anal ever one of otfnot to be disregarded o -all
ti Beek to the same olcl lives again. y y for your Chrzst g s went to
.. —„��' mas. masages and : -letters' Of apprec- be taxed, every one into his own city.
CHRISTMAS 1942' <'''7l', BELLS fatten received thloughoutthe year. Joseph aecompanied by his wife,
1 hoard the bells on .Christmas Day Anne Allan invites you do write to Mary went up from Nazareth to
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y, G n old familiar carols play, her IoClituton News -Record: Send- in Bethlehem. Mary, who had been
your question's enhomemaking pro, chosen by God to be the 1Vlother of
We kneel before thy manger, offer- And wild and sweet,
ing thea The words repeat. blems and watch this column, for re- Jesus, the long looked for Messiah,
'-;Our baby sons, who now have brave -,Of peace on earth, good will to'nnen, plies. was nearing, the time when the child
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CANADIAN NATIONAL
we have sung every year since we
were old enough to lisp the words.
This year will we not make them our
own in a way we have never .done be-
fore. As Christ came to the world
so many years ago. Knocking at the
hearts of people so to -day He is
still trying to gain admittance into
our. lives. As a gift to Him will we
not put the Christmas candle in the
window of our hearts. Thus in-
viting Him in to take His proper
place in our lives.
"Joy to the world! the Lord is comer
Let Earth receive her: Ring;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and Nature sing.
O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, 0 come ye to Bethlehem; -
Come and behold Him.
Born, the King of angels;
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the
Lord.
"PEW
qh=SNAPSHOT GUILD
Ci-IRISTMAS CARDS
oZNIMIVORMISIELORNOMMIMIlk
Wouldn't you like a personal Christmas card like this? You can make
your own if you start planning and working, toward it now.
A NTICIPATING coming events is them all -finished and ready to mail.
a.a traitcommon to most success-
ful photographers. So, I've been
wondering if any of you have yet
begun looking ahead to Christmas,
Why? Weli, there's just one big
reason—it's time to start thinking
about malting your personal photo-'
graphic Christmas cards. Before
you realize It things are going to
be happening fast. And, if you de-
lay the preparation of your . Christ
mas cards, It will be increasingly
difficult not only to find the time,
but to do' a really first-rate job.
That's why you should get started
Aetna/1y, the preparation of pho'
tographic Christmas 'cards doesn't
take too much time or effort—par-
ticularly if you're already doing
your own developing and printing,
But even if you're not, you can
learn very easily, or you can enlist
the help of your local photcfinisher.
He'll make the cards for you, from
your own negatives, and deliver
All you have to do is this: Dither
choose one of your best snapshots,
or take a special picture with some
holiday meaning, and then turn the
negative over to your photofinisher.
He'll show you a. choice of greeting
earn styles which are available, and
you .can have your card made—
with your own illustration—just
like the sample,
If, you choose to make your own,
you can buy a Christmas card print -
Ing outfit—which will contain full
instructions on how to . print your
own card, complete with greeting.
Or, if you want to keep expenses
down to a minimum, you can have
a number of prints made :from your
favorite snapshot, then mount them
on cards and write 4n your own
greeting.
Whichever method you chose,
start work right now. That's the
way to be sure you won't be caught.
napping when Christmas actually
arrives,
407, John van Guilder