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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-12-09, Page 3to f B• t , "a few coppers for running att erran -or if anything was left over from.her wages after buying her clothes, she would put the money, away in an old tin mustard -box, thinking that some time she might get enough together to pay for some schooling, She never knew how much'' she had, not being able to count above ten; but she used to take all the pieces out, by way of recreation, and look at them lovingly after she had gone up to bed, and before her inch of candle had burned out, Ane day she' heard Miss Gooden h saying at the breakfast table: "If we can raise money enough, eit- tle Susan Flynn, the washerwom s child, will have the cataracts rem froth her eyese and to ab:e to zigairee Goodenough an' removed • N E SAND MYRRH BY M ARY N. PRESCOTT, Pegg'; v t the little meld-af- work iu a big. hoarding -house. waited on table, answered the, d bell, ran. errands and washed lis doing whatsoever her little .ro hands'fouind to do with u'1 her mi Yet, she was scolded much of time .because she Was too slow or quick.`" The" cook scolded; so p Peggy was inhot water. even when was not washing dishes or scour floors. If 'anything was misshig, Peggy mislaid it, of course; if anything broken,,; Peggy was to blame;. 'if lire was low,, site had forgotten to it;.if the l�in,p smoked, Peggy was the bottom 'of ,it. I'm not sure they didn't take 'her to do" when weather was bad, All the help she had was from dumb Betty. Maybe you think dumb Betty is a girl who can speak? But though it is nothing the kind, yet it runs up and down tween the kitchen and the':dining-ro on •errands, sends up:the brealf piping het, and carries 'down• dishes. without breaking a handle a cup. It saved Peggy many a s She. felt -as if it were" a friend to he At Christmas time, Peggy used' weirder _what the little children w going to have in their stockings, S thought she would" ike to see e Claus filling then; up with toys a :sweetmeats, and rather wondered t he never happened in at Mies Cra Boarding-house. At any rate, it was a; comfort know that pretty things were in world for somebody to enjoy, even she could not have any of them, She was so used to being negllec and forgotten, that it never occur her anybody ought to remember. Who was there to renteinber, her? On she. had hung up her stocking,' to lure, on the door -bell of the baseme and had 'found it nearly fl11ed t snow in the morning. Lt wasn't ve encouraging.' She- used to wonder if -she we- ever- know how to read, She w twelve years old, but small• and chit ish looking. She had learned some the letters of the alphabet from : t signs or the stores where she was se on errintds. Mr Millet, the .grocer, began wi an "M," that was plain enough— great gilt letter that anybody mi snow. Then she knew where to i_ or "13" itt the baker's. • She sometimes asked Bridget how spell this or that simple word, a fidget, who had no ambition to rear. 'but was yeteashamed to confess her ignorance, would tell her ' there would be a scolding speel if she didn't leave learning a'one, which was for her bet- ters, and think about her work. If any of the boarders gave Pegg ai mon bringing gifts of frankincense She and,"rnyti•h, She didn't know what oor,• frankincense and myrrh might he;,but hes, something worth riving, she supposed. ugh One of the housemaids had told herr ght. the.', Bible 'story of Christmas. If she. the gays. ail her: money to blind Susan, too wouldn't that be something like frank- oor incense- and myrrh? she Before the be:is had' done ringing, ing she was knocking at Miss Good-. enough's door, with the tin "mustard - had box in her hand. - was • "It's for blind- Susan," said Peggy. the "It's a Christmas present to help her feed see all the nteautiful things other (elks at see.,, that "Where did:. you get It, Peggy?" the asked Miss Goodenough. "I saved it. I've been a long thus the saving of it.'I thought maybe some - the tune there'd. be enough to pay forr some not learning, you know, and a real reader; of bet I don't care about that now. Se- im- san oughter see things fust. it's a em Christmas present to her. I never oast made one before,",e, little proudly, the "Thank you!" said'Miss Good= oil enough, rather shortly, .. top. _ She didn't darn trust her voice to r; say more, -Peggy, the little slip -shod to maid of -all -work, seemed suddenly • to ere wear 'a halo about her head. They he had been entertaining an angel un- ante. aware_ in the boarding-house kitchen. nd Peggy was singing about her work vhy on Christmas morning. The dumb ne's Betty had just come up with a hot breakfast, and she was busy setting to it upon the . table, when Miss Geed - he enough came' down stairs. if "1 wish you a merry Christmas, Peggy," said she. - ted "Thank you(' There was a bit of red snow Mast night, and the plum -bush in her. the yard looks like a Christmas -tree." ce "Did you ever see a 'Christmas - lee.. tree?" nt, "No, mann; but I guessed what it w! h was like. I watched the children ry across the way this morning. They had very long legs to their stockings, won all full to the toes." as "I've been_ talking to your mistress d- about.,you, Peggy,,.,said Miss Good - of enough, "and she says you may go to he the evening school, where you will be nt taught how to read and write; and yrou may begin toenorrow night." tth "Me?" cried Peggy. "If ever 'I a heard of such a thing! You're sure ght it's me? It. is a merry Christmas leo ain't it,, though? My, it's as good as • frankincense and myrrh! It's—it's—" to But Peggy was crying on Christmas an morning, and the halo was around n,- Miss Goodenough's head this time. Everywhere. Ey-erywhere, everywhere, Christmas to -night Y Christmas in lands of the fir -tree and d pine Christmas in lands of the palm -tree and vine, Christmas where.anowpeaks stand solemn and white, Christmas where corn fields lie sunny and bright; Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to -night! see "Dear me!" thought Peggy. "She' wurue off than mel. Supee4sig:.,. couldn't see to. set the dishes or any thing? And then there's sight of things a girl likes to 1c ok at. Theme; the green grass and the trees, and the Weds on the common, and the shop- - windows, and- people's faces, and eitc stars after you've gone to bed, nighte" "I don't know as we th'aleget enough money," Miss Goodenough was saying. "I've begged right and teft. .Susan'_ mother has to leave her alone, days when she has work, to grope her way , about, tidying up the house and keep- ing the fire bright. What long days they roust be to her! I think I'll try to raise a collection here among the hoarders." ' - Peggy took out her treasure -box that night, and looked at -tire bright pieces lovinglee' Then she began to build her poor little castle in the air. She was at school; she bad a r rl reader; she costal spell words of three syllables. When she had eeachcd the .third • storey of her, castle, her tiny bit of candle went nut and left her in dares- , nese. That reminded her 1'of - blind Christmas' where children are hopeful and gay; Christmas where old men are patient and gray; Christmas where peace, like a dove in its flight, Broods o'er brave men in the heart of the fight';. Everywhere, everywhere Christmas to -night! r The Jolly Jelly Clan. A .g_fi'. ilia is fr, elece;.at0.ul... ap#an. .,,. ` "I'll give. it al,• -every cent of tt-1 to. Mite Goodenough," she. thought,'' "ior blind Saran, to buy daylight for} h•ci'r a Christmas pteseet. I never, i',iad,. a ChristntaS''Meson t'befor•>— never, itt alt my life! Oh, deer! -but • I sha'inev;,r learn to read if 1 do; and Perhaps. Susan will never see again tf 1 don't. I should like to give • a elridbnias pr eeent just once; and how surprised birsan Will be when she seas the etin• and the bI•ne slcy) I should like tU .Ittiow how to reed; but Susan ovght to have her own eyes•. i ,fust titan the Christmas bells began sensible glass of jelly in such a man- ner that the decorations are almost as attractive as the glistening con- tents. Crepe or issue paper is ar- dress for a doll, Next a cap is adjusted. This i made of. stiff white paper. which is folded down around the edges of the glass and ties in place with a large bow, to which is attached a card 'laying, "We are from the Jolly Jelly Clan, and bring good cheer to you," or any other appropriate erecting The card' should be' covered• with tiny sketches of elfin figures.. The free is made of an oval hit of white paper, with the features outlined upon it. This requires but a few minutes' Prince of 'Wales laying a wreath at the Cenotap'izin London, as part of the e'rnsrcises on Armistice Day, when the eighth anniversary of theoes- dation of hosatidlittee in the great.war wee marked with solemn grandeur in London. __ NIGHT IN BETIILEHEPA Still wa's.the night in Bethlehem— Fragrant and still; And under the shag of a little hill That sheltered them, Drowsy and warm lay the huddled sheep, ' _ While the sheep -boys beside them, half asleep, Stirred, uneasy, and seemed to keep Watch for they knew not what goad or ill. Oh, ,still was the night in Bethlehem— Holy and still! Then through the dusk of the darkling night, Through the. brooding gloom, There broke a flare, the sudden bloom Of ineffable light; A mighty noise as of rushiingwings ; And all (through the dazzle and ()hindering_ A •deep strange thrill of unspeakable things 'That on earth could scarce find room. Oh, full was the night in Bethlehem Of glory and light( Surprised and dazzled and sore distraught The sheep -boys lay, In a radiance greater than any day, Which they fathomed not. And they seemed to hear from a chairing throng Therhythmof same celestial song, Through. the aelthers lifted and borne along From the deepest deeps to the faraway. - Oh, glad was the night in Bethlehem For the coming day! "Glory and glory!" they voices sang, Glory and peace! In a dream of unearthly harmonies The anthem rang. "This night is born to the souls of mel( A light that can never go out again, Whatever tumults or woes they ken; For this is the guerdon of Man's release!" Oh, glory there was in Bethlehem— Glory and peace! Think not the evangel given us Could forfeit be, Norr the promise become to humanity Less' glorious; For that peace of God is our heritage. Down the centuries comes the gage,— Freedom and power to every age, Beyond all th'emus (if mentality: , And the light shines ever fr'orrr Botli,lehem Victorious!... —Julia P. Daliiley.... Holly for Health. s mWhen you hang up holly arid mis- tletoe this year just remember that, although now regarded solely as a v • Christmas 'decoration, these plants I have other uses, which our fore- fathers were not slow to exploit. In olden times holy 'leaves were used to make medicine for gout. After being soaked in water for two days, .the leaves were boiled, and the liquid kegge thou ht of all the' stockings h n 1 + n 'in ��e c.ii. a �, g i 11 n Iley corners of comfortableitoonas; of little children dreaming zit warm. bade; of the infant Jesus in the manger, and the wise work and is especialey diverting as a gift to an invalid. thue obtained was said to be of great At Bethlehem, The shepherds came in heate, And left to angels' care The sheep upon the. waste, And saw a sight most fair--. Baby and mother lay 'Warm in the mangers' hay; No burninglamp gave light, But through the open door Stars diene across the night Moreeeright than ere before-- God's efore—(rod's candles flickering Soft lit the new-born Kigg, Jesup; .who lightened them With starry Candle. Ian e Coming to Bethlehem To praise thy holy name. At thy Nativity- Be thou a Light to me. —Westminster Gazette. Cradle Hymn. Away tin a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle are . lowing, the ' Baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes. I love Thee, Lord Jesus; Look down from the sky And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.. —Martin Luther, A Christmas Talk. Holly is the plant of the optimist. It shines best and looks loveliest when the lights are low, when the curtains are closed. It is the symbol of cheer within, when the storm rages without. Holy le a winter green; it bears its brightest fruit when other trees are as bare as broomsticks. Shakespeare wrote: "Heigh -0 the holly( This life is most jolly!" He had just been talking about "man's ingratitude," and "friend re- membered not." He says, in effect: "Never mind, there are good fellows left who have a sprig of holly in their nature; who can be cheerful when things are groggy; who can put forth the leaves of hope when everybody else is shedding them; who canfleck themselves with the scarlet berries of good nature, thanlifulness, kindness, charity, when other people button up their pockets and harden their hearts!" He calls these people "the salt of the earth," sunshiny souls in the midst of sulky gloom. And he was right:.. The First Christmas. Where man was all too marred with sin, The lowly kine were bidden in; Where angels were unfit to come, These humble entered holydom— There in the stable with the beast, The Chferistast.ntas,Child hath spread His These His adorers, were before The kings and shepherds thronged the door, And where no angels knelt there kneeled, The innocent creatures of the field, Cranberry Salad. Soften a half box of gelatine in one- half cup of cold water, add two and one-half cups of boiling cranberry juice, one tablespoonful lemon juice, a dash of salt, and sweeten with sugar to taste. Stir until cold and beginning to thicken, add one cup .of finely cut celery and one cup of finely cut meats. Turn into small wet moulds and set aside to harden. Serve in nests of lettuce leaves with a garnish of may- onnaise. Living Christmas 'frees. Why not plant a tree instead of trace one for Christtitns? A laving ee islnhiesteiy-ntore-pr eens'tlnr,-a ad one. Heep,'on more wood! The wind is ohijl; ut let it whist(_ as it will, e'll keep our Christmas merry stIlI!" —Sir Walter Scott. . a healing value, . cb The juice of mistletoe berries was tr also used in the preparation of a medi- cine de cine for the euro of the various ail- c tient_ which'followed over-eatin g at Christmas time, B Early Christmas Service. In Finland it is a custom to attend church services at 5 o'clock on Christ- mas morning. H�ID�#JL.. sy 04161.4/4. ant /a A DRESS OF DISTINCTION. Dignity and smartness are combined in this charmingfrock of moire. The front of the bodice is joined to the skirt and the back is in one piece. The deep V opening, shawl collar, and plaited apron tunic, are becoming fea- tures and give the much' coveted slenderizing lines. The vestee" and lower section of the sleeves add a smart note of color contrast. No. 1461 is in sizes 38, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. Size 38 requires 83 yards 39 - inch moire, and % yards 86 -inch con- trasting for sleeves and vestee. 20e. Every woman's desire is to achieve that smart different appearance which draws favorable comment from the observing public. The designs illus- trated in our new Fashion Book are originated in the heart of the style centres and will help you to acqutre that much desired air of individuality. Price of the book 10 cants the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap It carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dopa,' Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade. fable SL. Toronto, Patterns sent by return melt Origin of Christmas Card. The current -use of the decorated Christmas card for the purpose of offering holiday greetings found its earliest .manifestation, according to most authorities, in tate year 1846, when Sir Henry Cole, an Englishman, commissioned J. C. Horsley, an artist of .the Royal Academy, to design an appropriate Christmas greeting which he might ,send to his friends. This early Christmas card was lithograph- ed and copied by hand and only 1,000 copies were made. The decoration consisted of a trellis of rustic' work divided into a centre and two side panels. The two outer panels held Li -ores representing two acts of char- ity, "feeding the,hungry," and "cloth- ing the naked," while in the centre a merry family of .three generations, grandparents to ,grandchildren, was depicted drinking draughts of wine. Win, Chrj.atmas card, however,. did not reach any high degree ox'decor- etive excellence until 1887 when an English firm secured some well-known artists to execute, designs for cards and large numbers of skilfully decor - ted, greeting cards were circulated at the Christmas season. Among the artists who did this work was Kato Greenaway, whose figures of little naidens made her well remembered. Betty (looking up narrow shim. ney) ; Well, I hope. Santa Claus has gone nt a diet!" r THE. CANADIAN HOMEMAKER series if. Rey°'K / worrni PLANNING . BUILDING FINANCING .. bCORATINC - `FURN15HINC.t . iARDENINGcopyruo' INHRIOR ARRANGEMENT AVOIDS WASTED SPACE Treproventen't in ventilation ildeas (:itched cabinets, book -cases,, cosy-cor- ner'e, eta. of these things, save bane and stone iu the housekee'per's scheme al things, They do not as rule collect as must dost and dirt as Lh e cretin a Ty portable farnilttre, nor do -they- have ie- be moved about in ore have enabled modern architects to -re- • duce the height or coi0inge telthoht 1 airing'i'headtit_. . The saving lit hue cl • ing' costs and in heating expense, on that accotlttt, Is weld worth caie,tltt The most; marked advancement 1n.. Zane Grey interior arrangement, however, is the The famous author, as he appeared growing utilization of space that other• rviseati.ighi; be wasted for liui]t-iii fen- i]'isherman. taros such as buffets china closete aboard •his t t'eeanaated schooner dee to sweep and clean behind them, Less tiresome to the housekeeper, Limy -stre also lose expensive then Lite indiviettal portable items ' which they replace. Greiter satisfaction will be as -eared if, before building operations are Coln- ntenoed, you haven prelinihlaryeel,of hien_ made. You -can (heat seedy eatclt room, put the plans rills for it while. and then -reek them up again, ,illus; .(aver 0.:period or time, familiarising yoiit'e it -with whatthe various rooms will be like, almost as though you' 'mere actually living in their. 13v so doing you ts•i11 doubtless be struck from time to time with improvements' 1:lutt might be made-, turd altar think mg these over, a revised setgf plains. Gan be made front which the home ' (Melly will bo built. Dr. Adolph Lote'n World tiamteue bloodlelso amiS eon ;she has eatus to America to a new clinic WHEN CH1tIS` i AS COMES It has been in the air 'Tor weeks and n the thoughts of men and wo men, and children—tail Ions -upon mil- lions of children—for mgnths, There is something about �ho .Christusoe .eea- son that is unlike any other:holiday of rho whole year. Those •who pato seen it comp and go many thnes have almost aal ,often decided that never thereafter would they perFnit'theni- selves to be moved 'by rte ineThteet appeal, In some degree, at least; many have believed 'themselves to be Scrooges of :a sane and ;reasonable kind. Looking back on Christn>.asee past, they have failed to take any ace countof Christmases to conte, much less of the Christmases present. How vein it has all been, and hew unwise withal( Some hive pereueded themselves that they are tired of giv- ing, and yet they find, their chiefosli happiness in aharing even their simple blessings with those about .them.. They seek to persuade themselves that re- membrances from others ratan nos thing to them, yet there is accompany. ing even the tiniest testimony of an. other's love and affection a ray of ineffable warmth and joy that thrills the heart. All of us are children when Christmas comes. Possibly the explanation of all this is not hard to find, It requinss no deep or searching analysis to discover, even where it might have been least expected, that most generous of hu- man impulses, the desire to expreee kindness and affection, It may have been imagined that it is merely s wordy theory that proclaims thegreat truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive But evenhuman ex- perience has convinced many that no truer words • were ever spoken. Some- times we forget, but Christmas comes again, with its silent and convincing influences for good, and even the habi- tually thoughtless look about them to discover those upon whom some simple "'- bounty may be bestowed. Christmas is no longer a tradition or merely a holiday.. It is an insti- tution. It could no more be legislated out of human experience than could spring, or summer, or seedtime and harvest, The greens, and lights, and songs form no ritual; neither does the mere giving of material gifts consti- tute its seasonal rite. A11 these one chooses tobelieve, ale but the varying and present accompaniment to .the deeper and finer melodies that arise within human hearts. . We are all children. Perhaps we somewhat bash- fully seek to conceal our true ems- • tions, and with picturesque disguises make harmless jest of our giving, But the deed remains to bless both those who give and those who receive. The day itself marks neither the beginning nor the end of the season of giving. It is more as if, with the memories of Christmases past and the vision of :' Christmases to come, there has surged up, in the thoughts of all of us in this Christmas which is here, a clearer and better realization of all the blessings Love has bestowed. Desolate. There was a time when, happy with the bh'de, The little children capped their hands and laughed.; And midst the clouds the endwinds heard their words, And blew down all the merry ways to waft Their musts to the scented fields of flowers. 011, sweet were childcen'e voices in those days, Before the fall of pestilential showers, That drove theforth from all the ore's ways,m Now never, never more their silver tvfgi' mingle with the golden of- thee' birds, Crone, gone forever the familiar forms To which my spirit odes so dearly clzui . Blown worlds beyo» el by the destroy- ing storms, And lost away like lovely sone unsung. Yet lite still lingeavf, questioninglly etrs.nge, Timid and quivering, naked and -alone, Bitting the cycle of deruptive change; Though all the fond fa.miiier forme are gone; ]t'orever gone, the fond familizer•fornta, Blown worlds& beyistel by the doslrop ing eternize --Claude ll'iia) ;, Xmas Color. For Christmas .she bought mo , Some green and red ties; Tier heart's in the right place, But where are Iter eyes? Christmas Cards for the Blind. Christmas cards, carrying ,eason- atblci greetings embossed in Braille type, are new obtainable for sending to blind people. eriniasaesl un Laundry, The Princess Olga .and Maria Sam. tasky, former tatetlsbasst of the aitasiatt aristocracy, nowMake their own ]iv.. Ing at laundry weal:' in it pceaaitt cot- tage 'in Sw teet•lttnd. Religion' gives t s to the serail u t,trengthi a joy and r, perLett balance o.l powers, such as good health giver to t110 Cody.