HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-12-18, Page 2Gnats.
What news? ' What cheer? The trees
have come to town!
The. In:: est grew too sombre. They've
conte down
To loop for faces that they learned to
knew
In summer time, a little space ago:
They saw fine smoke a -curl from
chimneys high;
Born. of; white fires that leap and
blaze, and lie
Warmly at last within the red log's
R
Other People.
The pine trees saw the smoke and This is the season above all others
dreamed the rest! 'for taking thought away from our
They knew there would be merriment 'selves toward oilier people: What a
miserable festival it would be if all
within,
And growing lonely for the joyous din our. mind turned inward, our gaze
Of weal roniembered voices, packed for were i±ttrospsctive and rear desire be-
gan and ended in a ring about our-
town—Laugbing as burly woodmen hewed selves!
Rank selfishness is this, to invade
them down. the b'!essed time with care purely for
Last night I passed: along a crowded °ur own concerns, with anxious medi-
street !etalon of our own revolving problems,
And hummed a song that to my soul however insistent and intrusive these.
is sweet,
may be. We need never look far to
When some one—somewhere—whir-I discern the fess fortunate; however
peered in any ear, I unhappy we think we` are, there is a
plight at our doorstep more serious
"Good friend, pray, not so fast! Bee!than our Diva. We need to look reso-
heerftillg away from our
A row. of trees, just newly, come to petp.eaaty, for the health of our
minds, for the good et our souls, for
town , t ha -f the happiness of others which we are
And as I looked their flagrant p , bound to consider.
lane down It does not matter so much that we
The very pine I loved so well—in shall bring our own dream true for
Jurte---• . ourselves as that we shall bring hap -
Beneath whese shade I hummed my
hold me here!' I lately and c f
I
piness in the long run to another, even
little tune—. 'though it be with sacrifice. "Greater
Was there before me, like a Christi- love hath no man than this," A true,
abiding affection is tested most of all
mas guest, by its willingness to renounce. And.
A -thrill with. gladness for :a finished' let no gloomy face be carried to the
quest, altar of the oblation but a high proud
And other trees were calling other, smiting countenance. • thrill, Byes shine, and hearts beat
names. ? For it takes fr t e beauty of an To furnish leasure 'for an hour or ` quicker. The cal the grip, of Christ Do you put it out on the balcony, ! 'Sometimes, and you forgot:
from h be y y p q h g p, That people who a pp'
My own strands now, just where the p p pass may happier be
service to the race—or to any member two. mas, still hold power. jj To look at its pretty greenery? The bels were tuned
firelight flames ! p y g y you and our wife live, and I wan
g of it --if we play the part in a dreary, Seo, where those sapling pines out in But you what of you? If Christ- Just yesterday—one's missing from y Y
Upon broad boughs that I have hung melancholy key, as of one who con- rho glade brings thrill h lest y y g to have a part in the, war thin you
your Christmas the "reins
little
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Our iorb Cmrrtorateli
Mantel{ lama
My Christmas 'free,
Each year as sure as Christmas comes
around,
The family send me out to get a
Tree,
And heretofore my habit's always
been
Ta take the very first that I could
see.
But lately I've been giving it some
thought
And now it seems a senseless thing
to do --
The Heart. of a Child.
If Cludstmas brings no thrills;
something is wrong, not with Christ-
mas, but with yourself. Christmas
Is nineteen hundred years old, but age
has not withered its charm. Much
has crashed since the cry of a Child
r
The Breast PratakSet. ,.
7
The home missionary's wife o ecl
out at the swirling snow and sighed.
There couldn't be much for, Christmas
this year. She sighed again. She
hadn't had a real' Christmfls dinner :
since shehad come west, .and that was . .
eight years .ago.
F `Tired, mother?" inquired a sweet
_ little voice, sand, turning, the mission-
ary's wife looked into the sober eyes
_ -..r. �.'+�•�,--• •-r -- _•" of little BettY•
s "No, dear, not tired, just thinking,"
T� � Surat a ea he" was the quick reply. "Anti that re.
The bags are packed and ready, minds me; I must mend father's acute
Nicholas! He has to attend a meeting in Merri-
Your gloves I laid together, in the ( kale ;to-merre.w.e
hnll, "Will he firing us anything?" asked
The thickest pair; it's cold to -night, little Betty wistfully:
Your cap over your forehead! What repPull down / "Pm afraid not, dear," the mother
lied, "Father has no money for
a boy presents now."
You are to caper so! Stand still, you She went into the little bare bad -
child , room and from the closet took the only
Of children, till I see your collar. good coat that the missionary owned.
There! Fig luadn't worn it since he had at -
I knew you'd put that old coat on; it's tended the convention in the fall, She
torn smiled a little. What a rich spiritual
From last year's journey, and you feast that convention had been for
hid it where him! And what a kind hostess he had
I could not find it, . purposely! Of hada
The red ussbeautifai, and they expect As the missienary's wife sat down
To see you in it, but I tiled to make .and" laid the coat across ilei leap she
•felt a paper craelcle. • She. put .her
are of these, ask yourself whether you.
were not better' and happier when you
did trouble.
'You were? Ah, then you, must get,
back. You may have got on in the
world, but that is not everything. The
heart of a child is greater than riches,
and faith more: than many mansions.,
The new one lust as bright. ?.here's hand into the. breast pocket and took
no time now . +
out an envelope. Father's left a let, '
To change.
And, Nicholas, be very sure The envelope bore no address, and
To handle Vixen earefu.ly; she's. full wonderingly she opened it and drew
Of little tricks—you've stabled her out a sheet of paper. Pinned to it
ter in his coat," she remarked to
Betty
was heard in Bethlehem=kings, king- I were two ten• o ar s a
4 And might lead on the others, Pleas°: She stared. Then she read the few
civilizations
� >
dome, empires, religions, civ.
—but Christmas, = the Child festival,
dill stands firm and four-square en-
trenched
What Do You Do With Your dont let • linos an the paper.
`Them take you near the trees; your. „nqy dear friend," the note began,
Christmas Tree. sleigh's so small "I am putting into this enve.ope
in a million hearts. What'do you do with your Christmaa And not well-balanced; branches catch o
Christmas! The very word hold a th i 'h f twenty-five dollars. Your work has
To rob the Future of a stately tree
touched me profound.y, end I am giv-
ing you this small: amount with joy
and thankfulness that such people as
with gems # mus rings no rr you have as What do you do with
Bents rather than elects to live and to Straight as a lance are reaching something. Perhaps faith and hope' tree? Near Comet's head. You said he rub -
Lovelier than My Lady's diadems! rise to the whole of a duty. towards the sun. and charityhave gone, pushed out to
we appreciate your self denials and
When we earns into this world we Now, these will all be flue bigtrees g° : P Four little girls at afternoon tea bed It Oil saCrifi aril And I Want yon to use the
make place for a bitter cynicism, !Stripped its branches, for cushions, Against a chimney. How I like to money far your Diva comfort. Your
are doing. I want you to feel that;
sit and watch the fitful gleamsthat did not come into a solitary paradise. some day
stir-- We found the scene thronged and the If I don't end what Nature has be -
I dream—of gold and fr uikincense rules fixed and the game to be played gun.
and myrrh— as others had soberly agreed to play But here's a little spruce beneath the
Three Magi—. It's a story that I know it. There has to be an ordered strut- shade
Of shepherds on a hillside, long ago— ture of society, for the defence of Of this great, husky, moss -clad for -
A still young Mother and a sleeping interdependent mankind against the est king,
Child— !independence of the lawless and the A slender chance has he to reach his
A Star—'a . Song—a little world be predatory. We cannot let the world be prime, nese of to -day than' the fragrant chic -a -des dee, The lest, wee letter that Dame in With shining oyes and thrust the
f ] d h 1 t Th t 11 h' to t b et Free to -day twenty-five dollars into his hand.
The world may have buffeted you, I with glee, think sincere friend, Mary L. Evans."
and it may seem that yon stand alone, And found how sweet its scent' could Of all these chiming tongues that The missionary's wife sat there a
chilled and cold and forgotten. Burl bel sprinkle sound little dazed.. Mary L. Evans! Mrs.
Christmas is yours still. It must hold • , Like jets of frosted spray upon the Evans had been her husband's hostess.
happy—perhaps holy = memories. For What do you do with your Christmas night! f at the convention!
were you not once a child? What bet- tree? I know the children have them.; Dona•At that moment the missionary
ter salve can there be for the bitter- Do you deck it with food for the forget I came into the room. She went to him
gulled run by those who are themselves un -
By strains of Peace on Earth, Good governable "Save he serve no man'
� may rule." And each in his place
Would we might hear the Angel's song be it high or Iow, is bound to think of
Yet for a Christmas Tree he's just memories o tippy an o y yes er a a is ma s a a anqu
the thing! days He who shall keep Christ- May hold a snowy reeeh•y?
g• " •, —EdthP B d 11
Will to Men!"So I'll take this, d h' home masse, said an old.time philosopher, i Perry owe .
shall keep himselfe
again! I all the rest, I
A Voice the laden branches seems to
atir—
"They brought Him gifts — gold,
frankincense and myrrh."
What Will You Buy in
Toyland?
' Christmas, expressed in the terms
What song—what carols break upon of the child's mind, is synonymous
My . ear.
"The First Noel!" 0 little Cliildrsn ' w toys' At this holiday season,
dear, rnade merry by children and for chile
Come in and tlte1 f v
Tree,
For it has come to town to visit me!
—Barbara Young.
e
Unto Us A Son Is Given.
Given, not lent,
And not withdrawn once sent,
This Infant of mankind, this One,
Is still the; little welcome Son.
it
ga r argess rom m
New every year,
Newborn and newly dear,
He comes with tidings and a song,
The ages long, the ages long;
Even as the cold
Been winter grows not old,
As childhood is so fresh, foreseen,
And spring in the familiar green.
Sudden as sweet
Come the expected feet, '
All joy is young, and new all art,
And He, too, whom eve have by heart:
—Alice Meyneli.
The King.
"My little Son," she said,
01Vly little Son,
My beautiful, my wondrous,
Lovely One.
3 kiss Thy head, Thy hands,
Thy little feet--
Thou
eet-Thou art so small, so helpless,
And so sweet. .
"They come with gifts
And look on Thee with aw
And tell, in whispers
Of a star they saw. .
"I see but Thee I know
No more than this,
That Thou art soft
As rose leaves
To my hiss."'
—Abigail Cresson.
dren, there is a tendency toward be-
ing too generous with toys. If not too
generous, then too self-centred on the
shopping trip to Toyland that we come
home with toys bought to suit our own
tastes and desires rather than the lit-
tle four, five or six year-old for which
they are meant.
The great joy of receiving toys at;
Christmas time for children is getting
what they want. Every toy should be
made to exercise a dual purpose, that
of making the child happy and of
assisting him in an educative and cre-
ative way. Toys are the treasured
possessions of childhood, and the im-
pressions they make in childhood days
are lasting.
It may be you note in advance what
the child wants, but it is also neces-
sary to, know why. Perhaps little
James wants a sled like the one his
playmate has. This may be because'
it is a bright and shiny one, or be-.'
cause it can go faster and farther
than any other sled of his playfellows.
The boy who teases for expensive me-
chanical toys may have his real wish
better gratified in the ownership of
materials with which to experiment
and construct his own metal toys. If
Jane is of a studious nature, she will
get more hours of real happiness out
of •a story book suitable to her age,
rather than a set of doll dishes, which
for us appears to be the correct gift
for any little girl.
One can do a child a grave injustice
by getting him everything he wants.
This is a world of limitation, thwarted
wishes and the necessity for sharing
with others; If a host of toys and
playthings is received at Christmas
time, a child's appreciation for new
toys later in the year, is dampened.
One mother of our acquaintance, al-
lows her sons to have only a few of
the toys they receive at Christmas
time, The remainder is put away and
given to them at >appropriate times
throughout the year.
Then this Christmas morning let
your children or your little friend re-
ceive the toys for which they have
been longing, but let those toys be so
selected as to incite happiness and
delight in the gift, and stimulate the
child mind in an educative way.
If you ,wished to walk through all
the streets and lanes and alleys in
Lender; you would have to walk ten
miles every day for nine years.
te small boy who asked a gardener
how he got the water ibto water-
melons' received a reply that was
werthy of his question: "I plant the
seed in the spring;" said the gardener.
a rs, an re me ,: t P n � •�
again, If Christmas brings. no thrill, some -I
And leave yon sturdy saplings all thing is wrong, Maybe we are not at, Eye of Murdered Man 'holds
intact "Peace." Maybe "good will" is not in . Slayer's Image.
'To grow and rear strong columns to ,
the sky, our hearts. Perhaps we are nursing; The theory that a murder victim's
'Till what I see in fancy turnto old hatreds, bitter memories that; eye may sometimes hold the image of
s
fact. WH, s should have been banished and for- Itis slayer received scientific centi me-
.
^•_ ,� _ gotten years ago, tion from Prof. Doehne of Cologne
Civic health is on the toboggan in In that case eve are in antagonism 'university, Berlin. The professor
the town where folks use a silver with Christmas, its meaning, its mess- photograpbed the retina of two of the
gangs instead of the golden rule, age, and its lesson. Let a Little Child victims of Fritz Angerstein, wealthy
.0_..._.—. peed us back to friendliness to for- Hagen merchant who killed eight per -
If the energy in a Rash of lightning' giveness, to peace; and to happiness. sons. The retina of one yielded a pie -
could be collected and stored up, it For Christmas to mean nothing to tare of Angerstein's face. The other
would carry an electrically -operated us is a tragedy. We stand condemn showed the same face, contorted with
motor car or van for a distance of five ed. Sonic say they have "got beyond rage, and the blade of the axe with
miles. troubling about Christmas." If you which the murders were committed.
•
A eeicy is sere co move
popular with the youngsters and is
not difficult to arrange. The snow,
man who greets the young guests is
made of cotton batting, but he looks'
like a real snow man. Twe sticks',
wrapped in many thicknesses of cot-.
ton form the legs, which are nailed to
a block of wood to make a foundation.'
The other parts of the body are made
of rolls of cotton batting sewed ori
wired in place. B:e wears a fur cap
and has long white whiskers made of
crepe paper, if horse hair is not avail-
able. On the floor beside him lies .his
pack. In one hand he carries a string
of sleigh -bells; in the other, a Christ-
mas stocking, The mother or on older
sister might act as hostess, acting the
part of Mrs. Jack Frost and_superin-
tending the games in such a manner
that the :young guests will be kept
busy.
As each child arrives he is given a
white paper cap, and when all have'
assembled, they are given the armor -1,
tunity of decorating;Jack Frost. The .
children are blindfolded one at a time
and after being turned 'around three
orfour times are told to. walls up to•
Jack Frostand place their caps. on his
head. The child who first succeeds
gets a small prize,
Each child is then allowed to throw,
a soft rubber ball,.. attempting to hit`
Jack Frost's string of bells. The first
one who succeeds receives the Christ-
mas stocking and presides over its
contents, Other successful contestants
draw a prize from the pack, and at the
close of the contest each child draws
one of the snow man's gifts.
The children will all enjoy the
gain° of Jack Frost in which the chil-
dren form a circle, with one child who!
represents Jack Frost standing in the'•'
centre. "Jack" runs around inside the
circle, touches a child on the right!
hand and goes back to his place again.`
The child thus touched says: "Jack:
Frost came this way." The child at,
her left asks: "What did he do?" Child
No. 1 replies; "He nipped my hand"
(shaking the hand). Child No. 2 tell
No: 3 about Jack Frost, and the same
question and answer follow. This is
repeated, each 'child doing as No. 1
did, and thus it goes around the circle
back to No, l again.' Jack Frost then!
steps out and nips this child's left
hand, and now beth hands are shake"
ing. Bea time Jack nips some part
of the body, until the children are
hopping up and down and shaking all
over, which of course is great fun for
them.` Mrs. Jack Frost then says:
"Jack Frost is coming this way," and',
whispers a' word to each of the chil-
dren. To some she whispers, "hish,"
to others "hush;" and to others "hash."
At a given signal from her, the play-
ers call out their words together and
the result is a big sneeze, which makes
all laugh.
Some one is then selected to repre-
sent Jack Frost, Other players are
given the names of Christmas gifted
such as a doll, a boxofcandy, or s
book. A number of chairs are ar-
ranged in the middle of the room, with
one chair less- than the number of
players, not counting Jack. Frost. Jack,
then takes his place in the centre of
the room and calls for ,them one at a-
time. The first one called comes for-
ward and takes held of jack's coat;
then each one in turn, as he is callea
takes held of the player who precedes
him until there is a long line behind
the leader. Jack then begins to run
around the chairs, the others after
him, until he suddenly calls "Christ-
mas Gift," when the players must sit
down: As there are not enough chairs,
one player will be left standing and
he must pay a; forfeit. As each player
drops out, a chair is removed until
only one is left. t
e
To remove ink stains from the fin-
gers, wet the -head of a sulphur match
and rub over the stains until they
disappear,
It asked you for a sheep, and so you "Dear heed!" she cried. "See what
MadeAn extra woolly one that squeaked I've found in the breast pocket of
„ your coat! 'You wore it at the convene
a Ba -a -a
I tucked it in your pack right near The missionary took the sheet of
tion, you remember? Read this."
the top. I paper and read it. Suddenly, lie put
They're waiting for you, Nicholas!
his arms round his wife. "Make out
your list for a Christmas droner,
Their eager, little hearts; they beat The missionary's wife did not ens -
A pulse that throbs around the world. «Thank God! Thank God!"
so fast it's like wer, but in her heart were the words,
Good-bye!
I'll have a good hot breakfast when Give The Birds a Dinner•
you're back.
Your gloves? Good gracious, Nick, I
told you where
They were. I thought of course you
had them on!
They're in the hall!
The moon' is up—look out
That Vixen doesn't shy at it. Good -
ye
—Martha Banning Thomas in Youth's A box nailed to the side of a tree
Companion. makes an excellent birds' cafeteria, oi'
a; platform with a flew boards across
For The.Chaisimas Table. a couple of limbs on the protected side
Why not serve Christmas dinner by of the trunk will do equally as well,
ceeWehytight? Or if the dinner be at of would be a good idea al make the
noon time, just darlten the room. A feeding -grounds a short distance fro;n
rather interesting candle -stick may be the house, since some birds dislike too
madeinthe following manner: !much publicity. In a very few days
The materials .necessary are pieces every species of bird he the neighbor -
of white birch wood about one inch in hood will be feeding at your lunch
diameter and six to eight inches long, counter, and you will take great plea -
circular pieces of woody three inches sure in studying their ways and be -
kinds,
bits of hohy, and candles. corrin friends with them. By saving
Have' as many pieces of •wood, of'both' the-
kinds; as you wish candlesticks. Tack toward saving the crops nest year.
Christmas is pan ideal time to begin
feeding the birds. While we, are eat•
ing our own big holiday dinner, a pan
of grain or table scraps set out on a
low shed roof where it will be away
flora the reach of chickens br rodents
will, cheer many a hungry little. friend:
The birds will soon find it and you
will be delighted to watch the feast.
re.. •circuiar.prece or woog..ro one en
of along piece. See! you have a stick You will help them now.
]most made, The other end of t
trds now you will be doing a lot
"Ph birds will do their part then if
piece of wood should be hollowed out,
to hold the candle: Twine the bits of
holly about the stem of the candle-
stick.
Do You see it nowin fancy? A real.
outdoor candlestick it is. A bit of
white bark with a holly spray; about
it, a white candle, the red ofthe ber-
'ries,it is a. charming affair: -J.. W,
.Eskimos only use snow houses while
travelling; otherwise they live in tents
of seaskin in the summer and sami
subterannean rock "igloos," or huts,
during the winter.
London's • famous Lord Mayors
teach was built in 1757, weighs nearly
four tons, and is not-very,comlortalele
to ride in, as it is suspended on leather
braces in place 'of springs.
A Christmas Song.
Never we needed Thee so sore
Since the first day began.
0, come and knock at the world's door,
Small Son of God and Man! .
And if it ope not to Thy knock
Shrill crying in the cold,
'freak down the heart hard as a rock
And enter and lay !told!
l
Not:evhen they ;slew our young, and
marred
The'beaaey smooth and clean,
Not: then,. not then, our hearts: were
Bard,
Arid' and cold -and' moan.
Vol* now the Weak are ''do wn, and
:trate,
And Avaro, Pride;
+Phese:are tateieLords'andwith!n our �gate,.
0 Child, be not denied!
10, not in nineteen' hundred years
We needed Theo as to -night.
Yestreen we washed' ns clean with •
tears, ..`
' Their scarlet washed us white.
\There is not ono green spot 'on the
earth
, Where men nor hate nor grieve.
10 Child, come to our hour of dearth
And bill the dead heart live,
Katharine Tynan,
The monuments' of. vrit and learning
are more durable than the monuments
of power or of the hands. --Bacon.