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The Seaforth News, 1923-12-13, Page 2BALDWIN GOVERNMENT SUFFERS OVER WIIELMING DEFEAT IN BRITISH ELECT/DNS London, Dec.' ,7,--A comparison of the new English 'Parliament, elected yesterday, arid the previous one shows as follows; ai 61 1:,% •i Party ,.a w z a th ,� Vote. Con. —$46 $46 261 85 loss 4,709,770 Lab, ..142 185 43 gain 3,869,409 Lib, ..117 163 $6 gain 3,654,470 Ind. .. 10 10 104,8021 Six seats are missing, which include; One or two in the Orkney and Shot - land Islands, and a couple from the. Universities, returns from which have not yet been received. I The "Mother of Parliaments" is at last beginning to recognize her.daugh- ters with the election of eight women to the British House of Commons at yesterday's polling. Lady Astbr•, Conservative; Mrs, Margaret Wintringham, Liberal, and Mrs. Milton Phillipson; Conservative, were all returned by their old consti- tuencies, while, in addition to the Duchess of Atholl, new women mem- bers of Parliament are the Baroness Terrington, Liberal, and, as the first woman Labor representatives, Miss Margaret Bondfield, Miss Susan Law- rence and Miss Dorothy Jewson. "I have always thought of Christmas as a good time, a kind, forgiving, generous, pleas- ant time when then' and women' seem by one consent to open their hearts freely, And so I say God Bless Christmas."— Dickens, The Birthday of the King. Nineteen centuries ago two' kinds of pilgrims made their way toa manger !n a stable in Bethlehem of Judea. They were led by the same star. "Hitch your wagon to a star," said • Emerson, the philosopher of Concord, as the summation of his wisdom in our own time. That is what they did, though they knew not Emerson. They came to worship, and for their faith. the air was crowded with the rustle of the wings of angels, and the choi of the bright seraphim,' burning Iike the starlight, sang to them over the head of the . Child and Mary the Mother and Joseph and the breathing kine. First came the shepherds. As they watched their flocks afield the light of a sudden glory surprised them. They, did not disobey the heavenly vision; they rose up, like the fishermen who left their nets to the apostles, and de- voutly came and brought such Iittle simple gifts as they had and laid them down at the feet of Mary for her Son. They were not rich, they were not Again the Christmas holly powerful, but they were loyal. Silver . The laughter and the mirth, and gold had they none. The stable The merry Christmas gatherers was radiant with poverty, for the Around the old home hearth. Christ Child and Mary and Joseph , were as poor as they. All they had Though mystery days are over was light and love and singing and And our world is filled with care the presence of the angels. But over Visualized, our childish fancies With those stockings hanging there. Unselfish in our giving And making others glad Brings with it peace, contentment, Gifts that from God are had. So treasure up the fancies, r, May Get Order of Merit. There is an agitation in Great Dri- tain to admit Ellen Terry, the famos s actress, to the Order of Merit, the most exclusive order in the Empire, n recognition of her unique career. The death of Christopher- Marley leaves a vacancy. No woman has ever received the Order of Merit so far. Listen for Old Santa. Ring out glad bells for Christmas, And now as in the past, Let us listen for old Santa With his reindeers coming fast. there in the inn, yonder, where there was no room for the Baby and His Mother, there was feasting, and they mademerry, and they thought the festival was where they were. Then came several of the wise and great ones of the earth, and they brought presents worthy of their re- And hold the legend dear pute and of the occasion for which While you listen for old Santa their spirits had travailed so long. For I'm sure he's nearly here. They brought gold and frankincense and myrrh, Legend has made kings I know I hear his reindeers, of these wise inen, who showed their And their tinkling bells a -right wisdom most of all in this, that they Santa, dear old Santa, knew a King when they saw Him, He's on his way to -night. though He was an infant lying in the --Maude Pepper Todd. straw, dependent on His human moth- er, and with "no language but a cry:." Their gifts were splendid. But be- yond the gleam of the gold, more pre- cious than the rare and costly frank- incense, exceeding in value the aro- matic gum from Araby, was the spirit of the homage that they gave. Mary the Mother greeted the simple men with their poor gifts and the: wise, great ones with their sumptuous offerings in the same sweet and touch- ing humbleness that so great an honor was done to her Divine Child whose birthday ehanged the world. Before those eyes of the infant Christ, the beauty and the glory of the world are hot in the things our eyes may see, our hands may touch or any sense may know and feel. Christmas is of the heart, and the heart of the shepherd may be whiter, clearer, purer than the heart of kings. The heart of Herod was foul with his black medita- tion; but he could not take the Christ alive though he scourged with murder every home in his domain. He could not rob the world of Christmas. He could not take from us in 1923 the light of the star upon the hill in Beth- lehem, the light that is still in Mary's. Lace as she holds her Baby in her terms and communes with His eyes in a love "made great enough to hold the world." Once a species of plant has lost its perfltnie,..there -is.,no known way of restoring it. The "peace and good will spirit" of this season ought to make the oa4e t and greatest co-operative enterprise, the family, still more potent in adding to the richness of life. i Atoms, in a scientific sense, are so small that one million of them, placed side by side, would not measure as much as the thickness of a sheet of paper. MINING A -METEOR FOR IRON Experts are at work in Arizona mining for a fallen meteor which fell there many years ago, its history being traced in Indian tribal=traditions,i It is estimated to weigh a million' tone and to consist of 90 per cent. pure '• iron, not oro, 8 per cent: nickle, end small Quantities of platinuiu, diamonds and iridinnt, and roughly le estimated to be worth $1,5,000,000 in all, After: a year of drilling; it has now been reached. The sketch shows the crater' created by its fall and the position of the meteor, I Christmas Giving. "The Gift without the giver is hare." An expensive gift with the price, tag still hanging to it can never take the place of a simpler one which carries with it appreciation and good will. The Chief Thought in Christ. mar giving should be to show folks that our hearts are keep- ing time with theirs, Heart- beats never can be measured in terms of either silver or. gold. Some Folks are always be- hind, and permit themselves to get all fussed up .and . out of sorts at the last minute over their Christmas preparations. You miss the chief joy of Christmas if you fail to get as much pleasure out of the giving as you expect others to get out of the receiving. Frost. I shall have winter now, and lessening days, Lit by a smoky sun with slanting rays, And after falling leaves, the first de- termined frost; The colors of the world 'will all be lost. Se be it; the faint buzzing of the snow Will fill the empty boughs, And after sleet storms I shall wake to see A glittering glassy plume of every tree. 'Nothing shall tempt me from my fire lit house, And I shall at night find a friendly ember And mate my life of what I eau re- member. Sara Teesdale, Sir Wm. Mackenzie One of Canada's greatest railway builders, who with Sir Donald Mann created the Canadian National Rail- way, died on Dec. 5 at his home in Toronto, at the age of seventy-five. Sir William leaves an impression on Cana- dian history, which cannot yet be esti- mated. And in and through it all, may we not forget that greatest gift, thesupply of which in- creases the more we lavish it upon our fellow beings, the gift of love. C!rbbt as Industries of Canada For the main part the season which immediately surrounds Christmas- time is a slack one Tor the followers of Canada's first industry. In the Dominion's short growing season al- most ceaseless activity pe•evails from the opening of spring operations until the threshing of the crop is completed. With the harvested crop marketed, however, a period of comparative leisure ensues, the actual amount of labor entailed being gauged by the amount' of livestock the farmer is carrying over the winter. Generally- adian a riculturist s calmly Y pursue a from November on, Can tranquil way until dawning spring carries away winter's snows inroar- ing -freshets and the same diversified round of almost uninterrupted activ- ity occupies them in the production of another crop, Canada has, however, developed,, and is still developing certain seasonal activities which from their nature might be termed Christmas industries. They are instrumental in furnishing the necessities of the Christmas sea- son in many sections of the 'continent and adding to the holiday's festivities in countless homes. Families: who know Canada merely as the name of an expansive country 'existing to the north of them have the products of the Dominion on 'their dinner tables. The virgin woods of Canada provide the arboreal decorations peculiarly as- sociated with the day. I The supplying of turkeys and other poultry to the United States market has developed in Canada into a Christ -I mas industry of some proportions. For years the Maritime Provinces have supplied Boston, New York and other largo centres. This industry has be- conte an important one in the West-! ern Provinces, and Alberta especially. sends large supplies • at Christmas- time down across the border, The Egg and Poultry ;branch of the Al- berta Department of Agriculture last' year marketed in all 40,000 pounds of. Paul.turkeys, 20,000 pounds of which went' to the markets of Minneapolis and St, FAT TURICEYS AND Cm1ISTMAS TREES. ti These turkeys were raised in all parts of the province and other large! supplies were marketed individually. The Brooks irrigated district in Southern Alberta, which has made a name for itself in such a wide divers- ity of agricultural products, killed 43,- 000 pounds of turkeys at eight centres last year and marketed them co- RECIPES FOR TIMES vest a small hut profitable yield of HOLIDAY Christmas trees. In the last fiscal year .tho United States purchased trees from Canada Stuffed prunes furnish a wholesome to the extent of 89$,00G, iha bulk of sweet for the. children, Steam one which was undoubtedly made .up of pound of good prunes and remove the Christmas shrubbery. I stones. Stuff part of the prunes, each HOLLY AND IIeecouSO BLOOMS,' I with another prune; stuff others with Another forest production which is chopped salted nuts, or with a mixture peculiarly associated with the Christ- of one cupful each of raisins and wal- mss season is holly. Holly in Canada nuts and a few candied cherries, or is almost exclneively confined to the with stiff orange marmalade. . E Pacific coast province of British. Col- Nut macaroons are dainty and deli- umbia and residents of that province cions. They are made with the white are just beginning to realize what a of one egg, one cupful of brown sugar, big demand there is for the shrub one cupful of pecan nut meats, one - once it is known it can be obtained. foul th- teas;roonful of salt. I eat white The market is expendnig' so largely of egg until stiff' and add sugar' gradu- that the industry is beginning to de- ally, beating ctittmintly. Fold in the velop into a substantial ane. Ranchers tint meats,.fineiy chopped and sprinlcl- are coming in certain sections to en- ed with salt. Drop front the tip of gage extensively in its production, spoon, one inch apart, 011 a buttered and, according to ono of these, eight sheet, and bake in .moderate ovenniintil, hundred dollars an acre is a fair av- delicately browned. . growin erage ingc, omede to be secured from holly.1 `Canmdilky anfodndantconmadenerws' sithugaconrdens- fectiois a In the popular conception of the' improvement over the fondant northern winter, Canada is the last made with this sugar nnd white of place to which one would come_ for egg. The fondant requires three table- weat thChristmas a, d : spoonfu:heavy ondensed milk shiioouldra banishe some hardesenedsonmisancon-it' and twols cupfuls 08 ofceoufcctionere' ceptions of , the Dominion's winter sugar. The milk should be warm'( clime to learn that Alberta, in the hot), then slowly stirred into dead of winter, sends out a profusion sugar to form a paste. Turn out. of blossoms to "decorate the homes of. marble slab or on a piece el. aline o, cities in the United States. In the lit-' cloth placed upon a tehke, and knee_ tle city of Medicine Hat is a nursery until smooth. Divj fte and flavor the known as "The Itosery" which all the' various portions as desired. Vanilla year round, and especially at Christ -I extract, maple or` peppermint flavor mas-tine, distributes thousands of the ings, orange -juice', chopped nuts, chop - most delicate blooms over the contin-i'Ped dates, candled cherries and can- ent, not a few crossing the border and died pineapple an all be used. Mold going to United States cities. the candy int 'arious shapes and dip into melted ehochia1e, if desired. Wrap Hubby—"Of course, dear, it's only to the United States. The same in- ' r �KL r r 4.L. r - ,all rough idea of mine, but do think error hi a • cookery manual of yours?" operatively, the larger portion going a youdustry has been found profitable as .Canadlans sellingTheir Birthright. It's possible that there's ever such a for north as the Grande Prairie re- Roger Roger Babson, a famous United thing ase printer's rr • that gion of the Peace River country, and a farmer in that section last Decem-� ber shipped more than 70,000 pounds' of turkeys, whilst shipments of the' Grain Growers' Co-operative Associa- tion from the same country exceeded this. The Christmas -tree industry of Canada is a comparatively insignifi- cant one judged from the standpoint of revenue, but sentimentally, for a brief period each year, it is one of transcendent importance. The lavish exploitation and depletion of United States forests for economic purposes has left scant growth for festive oc- casions and in the demand far the little spruce at Christmas time the vast Canadian forests are called upon for substantial supplies. For weeks before Christmas the woodsmen have been in the woods se- lecting the little trees which are to gladden many homes that will never know or suspect their origin. Farmers in certain sections of the Dominion, too, have had sufficient foresight and energy to plant their rough and stony lands to this, crop and annually har- A Christmas Carol Down through the long ages has come the sweet story Of how Christ relinquished His heavenly glory, And came down to earth as a babe poor and lowly To offer His life as a sacrifice holy. That night of His birth shepherds heard round them ringing The wonderful music of angel hosts singing The birth of the Christ was their triumph song telling, And "Glory to God in the Highest" came swelling. Led by the bright star in the East sent to guide thein, Three kings did Him homage, their rich gifts beside them;• They found the young babe in a rude manger resting, With nothing around . to His royal birth attesting. . Thus was our dear Lord born in Bethlehem City Because God looked down in His infinite pity 'Upon the world's sins since the clays of creation, And sent His own Son to bring mankind salvation. —Norah Sheppard. or lay between sheets, of wax -paper and store in a cold place. The con- densed milk must be very heavy, a thin milk can not be used. Farre fruit cake: Many housewives are so situated that the candied fruits usually called for in Christmas cakes are unavailable or perhaps nether ex- pensive. To them is dedicated this delicious cake 'which calls for no in- gredient not found on the pantry shelf or at the country store. Empty into a colander or strainer some black- berry, cherry, and strawberry or pear preserves, and drain until free from all juice. In the meantime, cut into fine shreds, one-half cupful each of dried apricots (or prunes), peaches and apples, and sprinkle well with sugar and flour. Scissors are very useful for cutting up this fruit. Cream together two cupfuls of sugar and two cupfuls of butter (or a little more than one anti one-half cupfuls of vege- table fat), add the yolks of nine eggs, then eine t espoonful each of soda and States financial expert, who said to a cream of tartar dissolved in a little Canadian audience a few days ago, warm water. To five cupfuls of sifted that young Canadians who left this flour add the following spices: two country to seek their fortunes in the teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, three - United States, were "selling their fourths of a teaspoonful each of nut birthright for a mess of potage." meg, allspice and cloves, and stir into -9l the batter alternately with a liquid which consists of one-half cupful o s` 'coffee anis one-half cupful of any kind of fruit juice. Grape -juice is very good for this purpose. Next add the dried fruit, one cupful of chopped nuts, two cupfuls of the blackberry preserves, two cupfuls of cherry and onecupfulof strawberry or pear preserves. Also add one-half pound of citron chopped fine, if obtainable, .or use the same quantity of drained water -melon rind preserves. When well nixed, fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs and bake slowly. This recipe will make two large cakes. Making Mothers berry. The oldest English name for Christ- mas is Moddra Niht, or Mothers' Night. In the early days, when our Saxon forefathers had just settled down in the country that was to be England, the day of December 25th. was given up to games and feasting, but the night was dedicated to the special honor of mothers. They occupied theseats of horror, and everyone brought them gifts. Sons and daughters who had gone out into the world strove to be at home on that one night in the year. ,A little later the name Yule was given to Christmas, and the rejoicings of the day were prolonged into the night, when men sang and told'stories sitting round the cheerful' blaze of the Yule log. The old customs of Mothers' Night gradually died out, though they still survive in a few remote parts of Bri- tain. Its place has been taken to some extent. by Mothering Sunday in the, North of England: On that day every- one who can do so still makes a pil- grimage homewards, and' the mother receives the homage at her family. ;c • Holiday. When every bird on every tree Has sung with all its might; Whorl flowers amid the meadow gra Are growing in the light- Let every heart that leaps at play Erich butterfiy a -wing, Rejoice to see a holiday, A holiday, a holiday, A. happy -hearted holiday,. Because it is the S i ! pr ng T When Christmas snows are on the roof, And little children sit,. Eating their puddings and their pies Beneath the candles lit!— Since God was 'born on Christmas Day, Let every girl and bay Ring, all the bells of holiday, Of holiday, of holiday, The jolly bells of holiday, That fill the world with joy. My love and I' in Autumn woods Sweet scentedfrom the rain Once wandered for a"holiday, A holiday, a holiday, When love went with us all the way,, And led us back again. And tho' no Christmas snows that morn Lay on the fields so green, Yet God within our hearts was born, The little lamb of God forlorn, SS THE RUGBY TEAM OF .QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, RUGBY CHAMPIONS OF CANADA FOR SECONC TIME You DON'T LpoK. AS 1 HAPPY AS 1 ei,Pec-rBie To .` BeE.:i'OU ; ACCOUNT OVER. D RA,Wre ae• R.ABI31'i•BORO T HRD,A T'STTL IS WAY, JUDGE. BOCK ! AND 'NEN 1 GOT N GAGED o M155 BANK, 'FLoPF9— AND now.,' AH YEs! 115 LOVE) THAT MAKES THE WORLD Go ROUND YES, BY JINKS, BUT 1 DIDN'T 1 `BINK IT wouLD WHIZ. ROUND So PAST IT WOULD MAKE ME LOSE , i �Y 114 AteNCE tt 4; Made Light of 'Em That Way "So you get lit up because you have troubles?" "Sure—make light of 'em that way.' bt requires more intelligence to see when you're wrong. thanwhen you're right.