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A Happy New Year to all the
readers of this column, If the
old year treated you pretty well
may 1954 be even better. Or, if
in 1953 you had more than your
share of worry and trouble, may
the wheel of fortune keep turn-
ing until it brings you better
luck for the future. In any case
the New Year is always a time
of hope, don't you think? We
may scoff at the old-fashioned
notions of turning over a new
leaf; or making new year reso-
lutions; or that queer idea of a
new year being like a clean sheet
of blotting paper. Yes, outwardly
we may ridicule old conceptions
of what a new year should sym-
bolize but yet, deep down in our
hearts, I believe many of us
cling to the old traditions. We
are gladto welcome a slate
wiped clean; we determine that
somehow we will do better this
year than ever before; forget
grudges and show greater con-
sideration. We even make a few
new year resolutions that we
keep strictly to ourselves, not
wanting to he teased or laughed
at. All in all New Year's is a
pretty nice time -- especially
when we remember that it will
be 358 days before Christmas
comes again. Wonderful, isn't it?
And don't you enjoy taking
time out at New Year's for e
quiet little session with your.
sell? To live again the Christmas
just past; to remember the look
of contentment on Grandpa's
face because he was specially
remembered. And the children
what will they remember
most . . , toys, Santa Claus, the
story of the Christ Child, or the
Christmas feast? Or will it be
Christmas evening they remem-
ber, when, tired with playing
they snuggle up on the chester-
field and listen to the same rec-
ord time and time again — a
melody of Christmas carols. And
there was Isabel and Win •— the
in-laws — who, at Christmas time
forgot their differences after sire
weeks of not even being on speak-
ing terms. And the cards .
the beautiful cards. There is
time at New Year's to read thein
over agair — to enjoy the verses
and the little personal notes.
Sentimental, perhaps, but then at
Christmas . surely one is al-
lowed a little sentiment at Christ-
mas.
And to those of us who come
from across the seas, we look
back over the years to other
Christmas and New Year cele-
brations. And we wonder . . .
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could it be that a chicken had a
different flavour then? We never
have a turkey in our house now
that can match Mother's roast
chicken in delicacy of flavour.
It was really a golden brown,
And the dressing , . . Mother
didn't use poultry seasoning that
came out of a bottle or on.
Mother's seasoning had to be real
thyme and parsley, dried, but
still retaining its original flavour.
And there was bread sauce,
flavoured with an onion stuck
with cloves. Savoury link pork
sausages surrounded the chicken
on the platter. Cranberry sauce
was unheard of but we had tart
apple jelly that had just the right
tang to off -set the rich giblet
gravy.
Then carne the plum pudding,
dark and appetising. a sprig of
holly on top. and permission was
always given even in teetotal
families for sixpenny worth of
brandy to be purchased to light
up the Christmas pudding. Oh,
the thrill of watching the danc-
ing red -blue flames! And then
came the dainty. individual
mince pies, filled with Mother's
own delectable mincemeat, And
after that there were nuts, candies
and fruit, until we were all, as
my brother used to say, "com-
fortably unrnmfortable." Look-
ing back it seems like a lot of
food. But there were six of as
to eat it, and never more than
one chicken. Yet there was al-
ways plenty left over for Boxing
Day so I rather think our orgy
wua one of variety rather than
quantity.
New Year's we did not cele-
brate at all except by going to
the Watch Night service. Or,
those of us who stayed at home
would wait up purposely to hear
the church bells ring in the New
Year. It was a joyous sound,
and a familiar one right across
England, front London's West-
minster chimes to every little
village church. We still think
it is a better way to usher in the
'Sno Snow — Little Kathy Roche demonstrates how she is going
to have plenty of "clean" fun trimming the Christmas tree with
soapsuds "snow" and "icicles." Using plenty of soap and just a
little water, she whipped then up with an eggbeater. The cons
centrated suds harden quickly and last as long as the tree.
New Year than the awful noise
and rowdyism that passes for
New Year celebrations today.
Well, dear people, the best 1
can do now is to wish you all,
once again, a very Happy New
Year. Since this column goes to
press well ahead of time I shall
have to tell you about our Christ-
mas and New Year festivities at
a later date.
t?.'ir rakinAM
"Dear Anne Hirst: What's the
matter with the men nowadays'
I've been working ever since I
married four years ago. Two
months ago I had a baby, and
thought now I'd be able to stay
home and care for it.
"But no! My husband wants me
to go back to work as soon as
possible. He actually resents my
°staying home ... It is not that
I have to work; my husband
makes a very good salary. It's
just that I worked for so long
that now he takes for granted
that 5'11 work for ever.
"Where are the good old-fash-
ioned men who marry a girl and
want her to be home? So many
men seem to expect their wives
to get out and work. (I'm not
including those who are going to
college, that's different.)
"How can I convince my hus.
band that I've done my share,
and can stay home now? If I
don't find a solution I'll go crazy.
DIscouraged."
* Your husband's attitude is
* amazing and heartless. Most
* men expect to support their
* wives, and take pride in it,
* Complaints that reach me from
* those who marry business girls
* are usually that their wives in-
* sist on keeping their jobs, find-
* ing them more exciting than
* any household routine. Cense-
* quently, they neglect their
* homes, feed their husbands
* makeshift meals, and entertain
* them with glib recitals of what
* happened at the office today.
* Quoting from one recent let-
* ter, "I married the girl because
* I loved her, but I also expected
* a real home and children. What
* sort of marriage. is this?"
* Whatever reason a wife nxay
* have for wanting to stay home,
* the noblest of them all is to
* give her baby a mother's care
* and loving.
* Is your husband so devoid of
* paternal emotion that he would
* permit his child to be brought
*
up by strangers?
* Has he so little pride in his
* offspring that he refuses it the
* natural right of every baby to
* the best care and training its
* parents can provide?
ST
• Is he so heartless as to value
* the income you make more
* than your happiness, so selfish
* he would deny you 'woman's
* greatest fulfillment?
* Will he dare risk losing your
* respect and affection by such
* a cruel stand?
* Ile should get down on his
" knees and thank his God that
* you have given him a child to
* carry on his name, and he
* should cherish you always be-
* cause you are eager to assume
* a mother's deepest responsibi-
* lity.
* I hope that reading this op-
• inion will influence him to ac-
* cept the obvious duty—and pri-
* vilege—that awaits him.
Engaged couples are usually
wise enough nowadays to arrive
at agreements before marriage as
to the girl's place in her new
home, How many misunderstand-
ings can be avoided! Anne flirst's
ideas will help you both. Write
her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.,
New Toronto, Ont.
Kidnaped — Marion Joan Mc-
Dowell, 17 -year-old Toronto citi-
zen, subject of a province -wide
search by Canadian police. The
girl was reported to have been
kidnaped from the car of 19 -
year -old James Wilson by a
masked gunman.
Slept an Shop Window
•
What's the queerest place you-
've ever slept in? How would
you like to sleep in a shop win-
dow, in full view of passers-by?
That's what a man chid in Ho-
bart, Tasmania, recently,
IIe felt tired, so seeing a com-
fortable -looking display bed in
a furniture shop window, he
managed 'to get .to it unobserved
at dusk. He undressed, got into
the bed, and settled down for
the nigh. ,
Imagine the astonishment of
the policeman who was called to
the shop window by business
girls who had spotted the man
in bed as they went to work
next morning!
Said the pelice later: "The
man was still dozing when we
carried him to our car," He was
fined $10.
Another man actually went to
bed in the pulpit of an Essex
parish church, having first tied
his boots and socks to the altar
rail,
Peter Dunne, a famous Dub-
lin character, never slept in any
bed at all during the last forty
years of his life! He was em-
ployed as a carrier and it was
his habit to take his night's rest
on top of his load. Said Dunne:
"Whenever I've tried to sleep in
a proper bed, I've always lain
awake all night!"
NE SCHOOL
JjSSON
By Rev. R. B Warren, B.A., B.D.
Thy Kingdom Come
Matthew 6:9-10; 28:10.20; John
17:18-21; Acts 1:0-8; Revelation
11:15b,
Memory Selection: The king-
doms of this world, are become
the kingdoms of our Lord, and
of Ids Christ; and he shall reign
for ever and ever. Revelation
11:15.
It is to be rioted that in the
prayer which Jesus taught his
disciples, the petition, 'Thy king-
dom come', precedes 'Give us
this day our daily bread'. But
how many of us actually place
the interests of the kingdom
above our own needs. Jesus
said, "Seek ye first the kingdom
of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be
added 'unto you". Matt. 6:33.
But it is not enough to pray.
We must go and teach. In India
the number of unbelievers is
increasing daily. The population
is increasing so rapidly that the
spread of Christianity is net
keeping pace with it.
Jesus prayed that his disciples
might be sanctified producing a
oneness which would lead the
world to believe on Hini. Com-
plete dedication t0 God and
purification of one's heart leads
to oneness with those of like
mind. Empowered by the Holy
Spirit it is our task to send the
message of the gospel through-
out the world. The early church
sets us an example of what God
can do through His people. We
need the Holy Spirit to cleanse
the church today from its pet-
tishness and its fault-finding.
Only as we are endued with
power from on high can we hope
to see the strongholds of Satan
overthrown.
The lesson closes with a note
Of assurance that the kingdoms
of this world will become the
kingdoms of our Lord and of
His Christ. Sometimes we are
tempted to wonder if righteous-
ness will prevail, It will prevail.
Jesus Christ will reign for ever
and ever,
SHOCKED BISHOP
When Dr. A. M. Ramsay, Bis-
hop of Durham, interrogated one
of his clergy not long ago, he
found that the clergyman was
unable to recite the Ten Com-
mandments by heart. "I was
very shocked," confessed the
Bishop.
If a hundred adults in the
street were stopped and ques-
tioned, it is doubtful whether
any of them would be able to
repeat the Commandments. The
only one that most people know
is the eleventh: "Thou shalt not
be found out." Can YOU recite
them?
Grandfather Hives
A Swarm Of Bees
I leaned against the ladder
and looked up at Grandfather..
He'd swiped the bee hat out
from under his arm, and was
holding the open end of the
veil around the little hole as
the bees swarmed out. There
were still more bees corning out
of the hole after the veil had
become a sackful. I'd been so
interested that I'd forgotten to
go down any farther. Grand-
father closed the mouth of . the
veil and slacked his rope off
enough to let it slip a foot or so.
"Go on down, Ralphie! Go on
down!" he told me, "Your old
grampa's got 'em. Cal'late the
queen's somewheres in the hat"
When he was fax' enough down
to hook his free arm around the
ladder rung, Grandfather un-
tied the safety rope and lot it
fall. All around him, the air was
thick with bees, but he seemed
to pay no attention to them as
he came slowly, rung by rung,
As his foot reached the ground,
he let out a long breath, and
half whispered, "There, by ;sor-
ry, Ralphie! Guess we showed
'ens what kind of logs makes
wide shingles." He lifted the
cover, and dUlnped part of the
bees into the hive. Then he
knelt, placed the- throat of the
veil before the stoop of the bee-
hive, and stepped back.
"Sit you dawn, Ralphie," he
said, as he stepped over to a
big stump. "Sit you down with
your old grampa and let's mark
'em for a spell. Happen I got
the queen on the inside, they'll
all follow her in,"
The sun had gone down. The
sky, through the branches of
the trees, was still bright blue,
but light was spreading through
the woods. A thrush, from some-
where toward the meadow, sang
her evening song. Frogs tuned
their fiddles in the swale along
the brook. From higher up the
ridge, a crow cawed three, even-
ly spaced, harsh notes: They
were gone for a moment, Then,
when the woods across the val-
ley echoed them back, there was
music in them. Listening to the
twilight sounds, I'd forgotten all
about the bees till Grandfather
whispered. "Curious . . . bees.
Mark how they're a -piling up
in front of the hive?" After sit-
ting quiet a few minutes, he
went on. "Was all men as res-
pecting of the Almighty as bees
is of their queen, there'd be no
call for neither jails nor court-
houses."
"Why didn't they sting you
' when you went up there with-
out your bee veil on?" I asked
him.
"Gerry! Why would they?" he
asked. "It's the cool of the even-
ing, and I wa'n't scairt of em.
Bees won't generally sting you
lest you're scairt. Cal'late they
smell the scare on you, same as
a dog does." — Front "The Fields
of Home" by Ralph Moody.
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