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CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
(Continued 'froth !Page Two)
Queen Viotoria, who admired every-
thing that carte front the "Father-
land," had it installed at Buckingham
+Ralace its time for the first 'birthday of
tate little ]Prince of \Vales, who was
afterwards ro reign as .Edward V1I.
liy hint the custom was eventually
carried to Sandringham. But he ;taw
,•t tlte.merry-makio; fnr t,(day
happy children. It it not only .the
!taring with tho>c tylio need our
friendly comfort, nor is it only the
lift and rapture of Christmas music.
It is all these and more. d'erhap.s it i•
that for 'on'e day some :new assurance
(flows Prow the 'inscrutable promise:
lOut earth, peace,
That promise cattle with singing,
and with a multitude of the heavenly
host. And so it is that every Christ-
mastide there is again, as Hood sang,
"music aloft in the air," from the
chimes ,striving so valiantly to ring
our ,the darkness of the land
lanstur's joyous old St. Martin's is
Swaying end daeing with the .bells,
'and 'Ta'te's "While :shepherds watch-
ed their flocks by night" is dancing
with .them on every slip.
Perhaps it . is ,because 'df these
crowding joys and 'hopes and mem-
ories that 'Christmas 'music ranges
over So Wide a 'variation of musical
snood. It (begins even before the +bells,
with the 'carols of 'Christmas .Eve,
(Groups everywhere are meet ,far 'that
,tuneful pingrirnage of street and !by-
way, intent as those earnest chorist-
ers w'h.om IHlardly's 'humor and sym-
pathy ,touched into his piotumes of
Wessex. 'That sturdy 'William with
his ''cello was certain Ithat "to 'thrive
in musical religions' they must 'stick
to the strings, •and albjure the 'World-
ly clarinet and (organ. Shouldering
their .fiddles, they tramp to 'Farmer
S'hiner's house, only ,to be met by n
vociferous inhospitality. But Wiilliam.
has not 'follca,ved his '".carrel practice"
for forty years ,to be easily silenced,
'Drawn 'en," he cries, `Splay fortis-
situ," and their song persists:
Give thanks 'to (God aloe)*
!On this our ,j.oyful day:
Let all then sing and say
Holy, +Holy.
The name coral,. derived from .old
"ring" or dancing tomes, explains
the mirth that breaks out in the
words, as in "Willie take your little
drum, with your whistle, Ruthin,
come, C'hristnlas should be ,frolic-
some." The joyful old favorite. if(od
ret you merry,—.gentlemen as we
may read it With Shakespeare's au-
thority. also claim•.. cheerfulness for
the Chri.sttnest:de.
The carols that tell of 'signs and
wonders ,often center lit an historical
personage, i3' the •gilled chin;' *Ven-
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lowed this example.
What we calf the spirit ,'f Christ -
ma, is ;eot'ethia perfeetly clear to
everybody and yet difficult to deti,.c.
It is not :th'',t the tribute to the
t'''ill: nor is it the memory of lite
child that ea.of it, t,e:i to JL;
And like a hright star shin, tit. ,teatri,
in grenlia:
.1lpha es et O.
•'Carle rue ,grnwtll it 'agree' songs
iron the once universal ':Lain to the
riga u'.Lr. The tune -•ratio 1 Ade.sie
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO.
I' idyll: .4111 echoes old Latin words
ln' tnias song.
I h,: neighborly h npitali:y that
longs to Cliri-t„t,L, appears in :lit
carol ui the visitors who (101n ,..1,1 1t,
a live] ' dance nh,a,ure:
Call up the :butler of this house, like-
wise the mistress too,
And all the little children that round
the table go.
The Christmas hymns Anth.r flout
childhood ,rise in every heart unbid-
den—the lung 'flowing melody of the
Frenchman, (Adam s, 'O Italy Night,"
or K?ruber's "Silent NiSbt, Holy
Night," that everywhere thrills to the
tars with the deathless beauty of our
rild loves. "0 (Little Town of Bethle-
hem" is evert dearer ,when we 'know
that Phillips Brooks 'wrote it after his
own Ohriatntas at B'e'th'l'ehem. 113 is
needless to name all these, that boil
Christendom together by music's
r .chain golden, a t of ,what Tilton called
linked sweetness long 'd'ra'wn outs"
The group of lovely songs by Peter
Cornelius might be named fireside
music dor Christmas. 'The music is
peaceful and -bright, his 'words
breathe ,the intimate 'Germ'an. home
life, with ,the .family group, and of
course the Tree, But the glory and
crown of Christmas anisic is ever in
the oratorios. The 'Messiah may not
forever (be sung as a Whole, but it is
tardly 'possible that its melodies
should be forgotten, so ;tong as the
.Scripture words remain. From 'There
were :shepherds," the expectant 'reci-
tatives climb on and up to "praising
God, and saying --Glory to IGodl"
Such .music 'continu'es to sing;, :within
tis, the Ch'ristma's •w'on'def, love and
praise,
(Front the sante 'great times of
Christian song :came Baclt;s Christ-
mas .O,ratoria, ]for mttsicians 'perhaps
the most complete expression of
Christi -nits in music. Like Handel,
Bach 'has a ,pastoral tsympliony for
the instruments, all other and green,
picturing the star -lighted` meadows.
'Ever childly in his thought, with that
same ,simplicity and affection that
ring before gave Luther's hymns
their mighty influence, Beall evi:n his
troditces a Lullaby for the Child. -
who by There in surroundings !nimble
indeed for one whoa' FIsndel was to
acclaim I<in;g or things. in that
mounting splendor uhf human voices.
134uth 10150 one of his most perfect
nelotlies for these words. "tilumber,
The French are ' 0,1,, ps ,the must
.sonesite 'interpreters of ehiidllno(l:
altether in folk song ;ins hill:illy^ or
'11 thy delicate. flg i»t's ter Bowel de
\i„ut.ci. 'N'otthere has Christina,
rusk of ottr times held a more child-
ike expression than in ,shrivel
l'ierne'0 "The Children at l;rthle-
tran,” Child shepherds are dancing'
'tad singing in the field, in the tiin-
cr dusk. Their music has thy.: true
lk-:one charm its they .a111.3 with'
rhrnit, " 4ivi, s1'. seven.
it! god childreno to heaven": and
hen Sing of Mary. "working in field'
and dairy." ltho huts "found the.
king's. own ,son." Here 't}te•\'Dice call:
then to follow and find the Child.'
rhey are frightened. while their eld-
est, 'loan, ntinted for another French
.iteilherd-ttiaid who had heard
voice, mothers them 'homeward. vi'l'e
call conte- again in a Lovely sustained
soprano :lir, and now, reassured, they
reply, "Thy voice is shelter and
bread." they 'begin to dell what dear-
est treasure each will carry to the.
Child. !Otte who his nothing cls':, will
give - his 'heart.' 011 the may, they
easel' the gorgeous procession of the
three 'kings, going .grandly by with
clash of cymbals. laden ,with rich ,,ifas
for 3lte. C'h,ild, !Noy' at the lowly doer
tin 'Vette bids ureal enter, and tile,
cry to 'the gentle mother: "O .let us
in, for we are children, ,ton." 'o'penin'g.
she arks if they came 'alone throned:
the danger and the dark to see her
baby? '£here 'lie isl 'i"hey gather
round careful not to wake hint. "Is-
nt he !lovely, isn't he _sweet. to look
so much like other 'babies?" ']'hey go
homeward singing a carol leaving the
mother to 'bend over the manger -crib,
as she pours' in tmetody her presage
of what awaits the Child and her m,o-
ther ,heart.
PAGE SEVEN
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curl 00 lghh. l'i+,'.435 f'.'. 000111(.1 i10
0,,11 adri>erl ,. r••, %'etre rr, hat': th,
Chri 1i' ' tur1r' '>r other .p,)nitry tt
ash .,n• :a lilyl that. has ltet•u grades
)(•i:urefin.g 1.. + rnvertlltl,.nt ,'ta}irl:tl•fi;,
and which has been tagged according.
to gracle. Theret aa'r, three priuetpal
grades, A. 8, and C. tirade "A' indi-
cated by a red tag, denotes the high-
est tqual'ity of bird, hell_ fatted and
well desired, clean plucked, free from
deformities, 'bruises taint tdiscoloration,
highly attractive in appearance, with
the breast, ,hack. ]tips, and pin bones
well covered with fat. Grade "11". in
dicated by a blue tag. is a reasonably
,. bird, fleshed i r 1, }but is not .n attrac-
tive in appearance or.finish as 'Grade
"A". Grade "C", marked with a yel-
low tag, is a lower grade bird. The
grade, identified by the tag, is the in-
dicator of quallity, 'Grading takes the
guesew„w-k out of ''buying. lA buyer has
only to ask for the grade to' be certain
of getting the quality of bird desired.
Where poultry is offered .for sale on
government grades the grading
must
conform :to 'the -,standard's required by
the Dominion Department of Agri-
culture for dressed ,poultry, The
grading is done by qualified em-
ployees of producers' .organizations.
wholesalers or distributors of dressed
,poultry, and is subject to 'Government
in'sp'ection,
After the graded 'bird has been
,bought, the next important considera-
tion is its preparation for the ,festal
meal. iRoasting is .practically the only
way in which turkey is serd'ed in the
stinal household and it is ,far the !best..
The preparation cif roast ,turkey does
not differ ,inaterially from the method
for the preparation 'of roast chicken.
When the turkey is drawn and clean-
ed, rub salt and pepper on the inside
of the cavity, then stuff with dressing.
and here is a recommended recipe for
sage and onion dressing, one that
C1t:rrlcs 'Dickens favoured wort still is
as ,popular as ever in 'England: _--
2 cups Snit bread crumbs
3 cup. cracker crumbs
cup melted butter
I".• tams scalded milk
2 e;:vtt's slightly beaten
o
onions (Medium), finely chopped
2 teaspllull. '(1911'tll`re'el sage or 'poultry
seasoning
2 teaspoons kV. Sauce
teaspoon salt
I tea:poau ;winter
teaspoon celery salt
7le'lt the hitter in the lint tnilk, add
he eta elighily heal,•t1, oour neer the
Irrcad cr,milis, Add tnc nations and
other ,' wiry t \rix liglrtic with
,•rk. Chen till the ea•;t,0 1+ill, ibis
dressing and :r',sa t1n eon.). under the
-kin of the neck, when. the crop was
removed. '%\.lien completed 'cw tit,
the opening b,• i, i .ore t„ draw - the
1:m nr,'5 tlfc n, At soil fie 11. i r•t:-.
the lurkrt ',y , rrPt, ,'L, 113' cit eat'!:
wince ❑rick ,.{ tl„' iir.t. `1 Ma' 1,1int -tri-
angitlar :hap,. and tie 1n)th end: o'
the kegs to the tail. When tuts matte
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ready, ,place the ;turkey in the roasting
pan so that the .back rests on the Aran
and the legs are on top. ;Dredge with
flo+ir, sprinkle salt amt pepper, and
place in a hot oven, When the surface
of the bird is well 'browned reduce the
'heat and ha
ste every'115 minutes mita.
the •turkey is cooked. This will usual-
ly require about 3 'hours, depending,
at course, on the size of the bird. For
basting, melting 4 tablespoons of tbut.
ter ,or ,bacon fiat in a half .cup of .boil-
ing 'water. 'Pour this into the roasting
pan. Add 'water when this evaporates
so ,as to keep a sufficient amount for
basting. 'Turn the bird several times
during the roasting, so that the sides
and back, as well as -the ,breast, 'will
be ,brown'ed. When it can be easily
,pierced with a fork, remove it from
the roasting ,pan, out the strings and
pull them •ont, and when garnished, is
ready to serve.
To make gravy, pour off some of
the fat from the roasting pan, if .it is
considered there is an excessive
amount, sprinkle the fat ,that remains
with dry flour, one tablespoon' to each
cup of liquid that ,is to be used, which
may -be milk, cream or water, or any
mixture of the three. Stir the floor
into the lot fat. 'Heat the liquid and
add this .trot liquid to the ,fat and flour
in the roasting pan, Stir rapidly so
that no lumps will form, and if neces-
sary, season with :more salt and pep -
pet to suit the taste. Very often the
;giblets, 'that is the liver, heart and
gizzard, are used in making gravy. In
England, .giblet .gravy seems to 'be-
long to Christmas as surely as Santa
Claus, They make it by thickening
the fat in the 'bottom of the roasting
pan with a flour and water paste, the
proportion being one tablespoon of '
flour to three of ',fat, The paste is
blended with the fat and the 'cooked
giblets. which are cut in 'fine bits.
When the mixture begins to 'brown,
stir in one cup of iitale milk for each
two tablespoons of flour. Siin ner it
gently and it will cook up thick and
smooth, Season it with salt and pop -
and Dickens loved a cup of cur
rant jelly added.
"['he South Sea Islanders ,.r,e the
same 'weather ad' the year 'rolled."
"Goodness met How- do tiny
their Cant`er"atione?"
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HINTS 'O.N BUYING AND
PREPARING THE
OHRISMAS POULTRY
(Dept. of Agriculture. Ottawa)
Che ,most auspicious days of the
year—Christinas 1s :almost here, .For
such a .festal occasion the 'principal
item an the menu is gotfltry, usually
turkey. The turkey is the king of
(birds in the 'poultry world..A Canad-
ian turkey, when stuffed with salt
and :onion dressing, roasted to a ricl
brown provides as noble and engag
ing a decoration 011 the gdining Itabl
at Christmas time as could he 'desired
or imagined,
'There has .been .in recent years a
great 'improvement in 'Canada in the
methods of .marketing poultry. !Partn-
ers, in community 'groups, in order to
"get the best prices, now not only bet-
tor finish and dress ,butt'properly (';rade
and attractively pacic ,their ,birds, six
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Partalysia Expiraemic Re• �,
minds Province of!
Type of4•f'rviee Given;
'Every Pay Fee 62
Like a sp^etre out of the dant ages,
Infantile Paralysis (Polio -to y elitist
an -eared in Ontario homes late last
.Tai..
Ria: and poor, old and young city
dweller and farmer—all were hit.
Appearing, withoutwarning. striking
whore least expected, the horror
spread By late August an epidemic
of major nronnrtions'was with us.
School opening was pnstponed beer
a great nnrtian of Ontario. Children
died before they could be rushed to
Nearly every parent in the Pro-
vince was concerned and took what.
nrerautions seemed best to have
children avoid contacts which might
bring the ghastly plague to them.
Rut mystery still shrouds the way
in which this dread disease L spread.
Then, the Iron Lung became front -
nage news. In all Ontario there
,'ere only throe Iron Lungs avail-
able. Telephone. ennairies to Boston
and Montreal manufacturers pro-
ducers the. indefinite Promise that
SIAYBF. in 'ten days or two weeks
'7`-0' mind he shinned.
But children were in danger, Lives
were at stake_ IRON LUNGS were
needed at 'once, So the officials and
staff of The. Tinspital Inc Sick Chil-
dren derided to build IRON LUNGS
,homselv.eo
In less than eight hours, a crude.
but workable. wooden ,!ung was
finishes' -less than 30 minutes before
the drrtnt''hed said a ;little 'patient
would die unless a respirator could
be nrov!ded.
Four more Icon Lungs (wonders in
dosign and operation) were rushed.
to completion in .as ninnydays,:-En-
thused workmen gave up Saturday,
Sunday and. the Labor Day holiday
n fabricate the steel shapes and
carts tinder the direction of T]'nspital
irricials. These machines went Into
t visa' service,
The Provincial Department of.
Health then asked that twenty-three'
more IKON LUNGS be built "With
all posslbl:; speed, so that children
:rein every part of the Province
night be provided the only possible
chance for fife during the later
cranes " the disease.
Thus was the emergency. met y
The Hospital for Sick Children when
many lives were at stake, There
,WIC no ihouent of expense o1 human.
limitations. Thelob had to bedone,
and was done despite the tact that
it meant 'night and day service tor.
many, many weeks,
But this is lust typical of the ser,
vice The Hospital for Sick ' Children
tae rendered Inc over 60 "ears.
Every hour of every day and i,ight
some emergency must be met, the
life of a ,child. precious to some
family,is et stake. It is only when
doyens of similar cases occur at the
same time that the work 'becomes
"news." and canbe called to the
attention of thepublic by the press
in a spectacular manner. Neverthe-
less, the work goes on hour after
hour until the days and months and
years total decades of service to the
needy children of the Province,
Every emergency situation creates
costs which mount up far beyond
the normal provisions of government
and municipal grants. But, unlike
most other hospitals, The hospital
for Sick Children has no large group
of Private Ward beds from which to
draw extra revenue which can be.
applied to Public Ward service,
Over 400 of the 420 beds are in
Prhlic- Wards.
No help is received from the fund
collected by the Toronto Federation
for Community Service. as patients
are taken from all over the Province.
Sick end crippled children must
be given medicalattention and hos-
pital rare..no matter what their cir-
cumst#nee. No one would deny them
th s right•:
This worthy institution has just
started its annual Christmas appeal
for funds to enable .its work to be
cnnfiiiued fthelun spast ast. effective a'man-
Those who have investigated all
agree that The .Hospital tor Slek
Children makes most careful Use of
r 31"'ltahle dnnntinns and bequests—
Henry
a world-wide recognition for erfi-
and economical operation has
herr, ,' rnbd.
Your gift should be mailed'. to the
Anneal Secretary. The Hospital for
Shit Children, 57 College street, To-
rm,tn
I chance for health and happiness
is ,the greatest .possible Christmas
gift to childhood.