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Zurich Herald, 1928-12-20, Page 2rriii,illg Santa Fad's Another Visit to the Childsr 0\11 L The Same Oki 5 e2 rtt4 f 1/� . h �.i4 ` 1�Jt•%fJN''• :wN' `,I�l� Y 1 Queer Christmas Gifts "Didn't they use to tell us, Ann," peo- pleeaid Mrs. paint herscofinst pink and blue and pea green and yellow, and keep 'em in the front parlor to look at till they're wanted? Seems to me 3 re- member something of the sort.." "-So do I," assented Ann Tenney. "They make one another presents of 'em, too. "Tisn't likely a person would forget such an enlivening, little fact, once they knew it. That mis- sionary doctor told us. But wily do you ask, Lydia?" "Because I've just been out to the Twiggses'. It's so far that folks don't get round much after snow flies, and Mrs. Twiggs said that there hadn't_a soul been in since Christmas; my-, but -- they • were glad to see me! They showed me their presents, and all talked at once, except I noticed that Gran'ther Twiggs seemed a mite out. of ee it. t Her • pretty Haa dee pleasant Christ- mas, gran'ther?' "'Hey?' says gran'ther. 'Oh, yes, yes! Fine Christmas; and the folks gave me the best present of all: "`That's nice,' says 1; 'aren't you going to show it to me, gran'ther?' "'Hey?' says he. 'Show it to you? Well, now, Lyddy, sorry to disobleege a lady, but it ain't possible. Not to- day mebbe not till spring. Ye see, Lyddy, it's up to the cemetery.'" Ann gasped. "Lydia! They couldn't leave—" "It isn't just for gran'ther, Ann; at least it, has the saving grace of being a family monument, I understand." "But his name will go on it first. Awful! How could they?" "I'd have said awful, too, if I hadn't heard gran'ther chuckle. Seems. they got it set up two or three weeks be- forehand and took him over in a sleigh for his 'first view Christmas Morning. He's as pleased as Punch!" "I wonder," mused Ann, "did they tab its with 'A Merry Christmas'?" Lydia Iaughed. "It doesn't sound exactly Christmasy, does it? Well, there are plenty of queer folks in the world, and I s'pose it's natural enough some of the queerness should show up Christmas time. The Twigges aren't the only ones. There was Henry Brimble giving Louisa arch support- ers. Considering it was waiting on liiin that broke her arches, it does seem that she was' entitled to 'em for plain everyday, without having to wait till Christmas. And Maria Teeby; you remember the year the Teebys gave her the opportunity of having her appenclix out at the hospi- tal? And Myra Pressey who sent lit- tle Mymie to the dentist to have her front teeth straightened; and—" "Mean dodges, I call 'em all," .inter- rupted Ann with spirit. "Oh, well, I don't know's I'd say exactly that_ "began Mrs. Peters. "Maybe not; maybe not," conceded Ann with a tolerant twinkle. "There are two sides to every question, of course, Well, Lydia, you may give me a coffin for my present next year, if you're positively pining to; all is, be sure it's a nice, bright red one with plenty of gold dragons and butterfies and things on it to look real gay and Christn7 asy." A CHRISTMAS PRAYER Christmas; Olcl bells ring new, and one bright star Shines with a tender, lovely light— Far selene: erds dream on Bethlehem's hie la, It is again the magic night. Christmas: 0 blessed God who gave Thyself, Let all hearts rise in gratitude— Grant each may feel that splendid love That glorifies the Christmas mood. —George Elliston. A woman would sooner wear a now hat that doesn't suit her than an old hat that does. 1/ mai j% TVs C r ,. ^ .r e:' • Christmas IF all the bells of Christmas Should ring in one wild chime They could not tell thy joy, 0 World, At this exultant time. And if the hosts of heaven And all the sons of earth Cried jubilantly in one voice The news of Jesus' birth. Their peans could not even then • Reveal the smallest part Of the swift joy that hidden lies In one thrice -humble heart. Strange that one simple story Should rush across the years, And blind us with its glory And hush our deepest fears! —Charles Hanson Towne. Sunday School taya Round Round the Christmas Tree the Christmas Tree ............ a.. By Mary Mason Wright Nearly all the holiday festivities, nowadays, circle round the Christmas tree, especially if there are children in the family; and even in school, church or community affairs the tree usually is the center of attraction for all. Personally I am an ardent advocate of letting the children help to make the decorations for .the tree, since some of the most precious memories of my childhood cluster round the I pas time spent with my sisters and broth- meats. Stars, crescents, animalsand ers in making the tree trimmings, and waxed- ape alloats may pbo f ma Yobydusing helping to trim it as well. It is always well to pian a scheme which can be easily removed, of decoration for the tree so that there Mold the baskets in neat rows by may be no crude color combinations means of a little nougat, fastening the that Woulfe detract from its beauty. hander in isp ace afd,r the ndbody of completthe balt V. 2. The varied duties of the pas- . toral office are mentioned. First come gave much '%eigh t- preaching, 1 Coto rich inthian's h�ns he says that ture wire, 'in foil, gilt paper, sewing the Lord has sent huu to preach. Be materials and paste. As we all know, instant in season, out of season." This pop corn strung on thread makes nice Lesson refers to the whole work of the even- chains to festoon over the brandies, genet which must be exercised popular decorations. ' The 'faces may be made as dainty or grotesque as you please," and then frills of crepe paper •- may be tied securely around the sticks for petticoats. Little dresses of or- gandie or crepe paper are placed over these with the slee'r•es stuffed with cotton; or they may be dressed to re present little Red Riding -Hood and other characters. Then there are the stick -candy inaidens with marshmallow heads that will delight the children. Features May then be put on .with coloring, pastes or melted chocolate. Gay crepe paper bonnets and ,capes may give them a smart look. Ginger -Cake Santa Claus. In regard to the cookies, those Which are star shaped or ring shaped 'should be used. Ice 'the Bookies with orange icing, or sprinkle them oven With red sugar. The rings may be decorated with gayly tinted frostings, and small candies and citron arranged to represent holly wreaths. The old• fashioned gingerbread dolls must also be provided with currant or raisin eyes and mouth. you a Sad Have the tinsmith make to Claus cutter, and cut a number of folly fat Santa Clauses out of the gin- ger-cake inger-cake dough. Paste a large Santa Claus head sticker: on waxed paper and press into dough for the face. Use white icing to represent the fur cuffs, coat and boot tops, sprinkled over with coconut. Little red candies may be used for buttons and belt, and melted chocolate for making boots. Gilded English walnuts with. one end pried open and a knotted thread slipped in securely are nice. Dolts made of raisins, prunes and marsh mallows will please the children. llse well washed raisins for the legs and arms, stringing them on toothpicks. Stick the sharp points into the prune body and attach a round marshmallow for a head by means of a toothpick Bits of candied cherry or cloves may mark the features. Just a word in regard to lights fox the tree. If one has electricity in the home there is no more satisfactory way of lighting up .the tree than by the tiny colored globes. If candles are used one must be very careful, es- pecially if there are small children about. Flashlights"make a very good light; the globe part may be covered with colored crepe paper and the body part with green paper, and then tied securely to the body of the tree or on inner branches. little fingers, using only the Arm ber- ries. Tasks That Children Love. Besides the chains, the pop corn has thany other possibilities. For instance pop -corn balls decorated with fringed belts of red crepe paper held in place by a Christmas sticker make delight- ful edible decorations. The numerous designs that may be fashioned with pop corn and nougat are almost end- ' less, beginning with attractive little �.ets to hold small candies or nut White, scarlet, gold and silver, are a effective against the deep green of them with a sprig of holly and a the tree. jaunty bow -of scarlet ribbon. Arrange a table around which t the ti Children e trimmings can form wonderful a few sheets a - of children can work, and place o rape Pape, cardboard, scissors, plc a d. gilt lshapes and of five -pointed stars, crescents and other designs are t oY the cardboard and then at all and this is wore: little hands can do. � ' times. There is no particular season n XII -Paul's' for God's work. Every season is reprove 1 Cranberries may also be strung by December 23. Less- Sometimes 'the pastor must Last Message -2 Tim. 4: 1-8, 16-18. those who do wrong, or he must re- II. T115 DIVINE PROTECTOR, 16 13• Golden Texte have fought a goodbit' ahs the sever - fight ! have finished my course, 1 t Ce and with i p h� dal Tho first answer have kept the faith. -2 Tim. 4: 7. ANALYSIS I. TI -IE LAST APPEAL, 1-8. II. P115 DIVINE PROTEOTOR, 16-18. ears a to the letter to c�� covered with the tin foil, or gilt paper, is pasted on. Black or green thread I and drinking it in the midst of the may ee fastened to one oYth tips of suspend the Christmas ocelebrations, an oldrov iter- "Ye shall the stars and crescents from the branches.' Delightful little not forget the Cross as ye rejoice in bells may be formed by cutting card- l the Manger." • •d then cutting To show how tradition grows, it was Holly Berry Beliefs As far back as the fifth century Christians invested holly branches with a symbolism that helped to keep sacred memories alive. The crimson berries symbolized the blood shed on Calvary by the Founder o haves held he Claris - tan religion; the prickly remembrance of the Crown of Thorns, and the bitterness of the holly bark was symbolic of the draught of which Christ partook while hanging on the Cross. Once, in fact, there was a custom of making a decoction from the bark, buke, or again he rust encourage, 1 till. le; This verse rave I board into cucles ail also withmindandpa len it of au sore 1 them into halves, each half making a r not long before thesi simple into symbolism ais a careful use of knowledge. Patience : nt tbrm 1. the first part of this pre-, and prudence are great pastoral , Is sent trial. It does not refer back to 1 bell by forming them into cones and of the pricklCrown of y leavespassed the first ilnprisonment several years pasting theedges together. red or nil self foriilodhey lief that eof twisted hollybranches.Uranch Ib be - graces. V. 3. The great danger to the cause earlier. In this last trial there was ,may be cove Christ seemed to be he appearance one to stand by his side. "All nen ver or gold paper. Place a knot in a I Froin that sprang another ,belief—thaf of no I TRODiTce P Several y have false teachers who were spreading - forsook the." It is not easy to under - He der- bit of.recl yarn, string on a cranberry it was not until after Calvary that lice N of dsince Paul wrote abroad all kinds of false doctrines. stand this. In v. 11 he says that Luke for a clapper and the end of the ly berries were red. The Change passed ad escape from studied last inl eek- • The were setting forth wrong.views ,as with him, and one cannot con- , fare clapper throughrd pass point the cone came, it was said, because, the green Philemon IHe had escaped from his first impris- of Christ, were advocating `vrong Ceive of Luke proving rlbl 1;1 le i s l and ti.e in a loop to suspend by. " berries on the branches used 'g Witt onment and been free to carry forward courses of action, so that :now the this sore necessity. Probably it means , effort,reaching prob- to euaxd herself against ., that none of those romans, who were 1 The children will enjoyala iioldlbloodCrown of Thorns were co his missionary church had that 1 S din whence he - d hire east to ,ver many insidious attacks. Tlie influential and lead shown some inter- , tie ltaslcets and corllacso ll gifts one The oldest belief connedted -with ably Spain, cover some of the ground already tra- i people are spoken of as having itching est in the gospel, came f phalf He candles, nut meats a I axed. But near the enol of the reign ,ears eager after novelties and xe�ect- ` make a strong plea on his b' the tree. Tie baskets may be brined holly is that it was the "burning v , g of Nero, in A.D. 68, he is'agarn arrest- ing the authorized teachers of the had leo influential nclvocate: , of lecture wire an e ed, and now there is no chance of his word. Every succeeding generation V. 1? But in contrast to all this, colored crepe paper or tin foil. e since the proceedings against ling had examples of such. I '+The Lord stood by me and strength- plus trength- gored ere elite- baskets may be releas , the Christians.are much more was be: } V. 5. This treva argument of evil aduc i ersed ther God sent forth his spirit, I t is the tradition that Paul be- l in is a further argument to incluse into tllie heart of Paul enabling him , !madeof birch bark, laced cedholgethe r by headed outside the city of Rome and , Timothy to exercise renewed zeal. The : to make a bold and able defence an , red ribbons that his body was buried in a .plaee', times call for strong leviers. confession, so that'the'.ntiles who ed by an awl or a ,sharp point of the now we find the church called 6, A third appeal is made by attended the trial, and, no doubt, rep -`scissors, Strips of the bark may 1 e where There,, three a T's reference to his iinixlinent resented many of the. leading families used for handles, :Frosted or icicle Paul-without-the-wall.de twe to Tnnothv iscuss on has arisen cit hearse the niessnge which baskets are unusual, yet quite pretty letters, which include " "pastoral" ' death. Some discussion re elle Y> and one to Titus, are named p oven the cause which iliduced. the Ohs the lin-. against the deep green of the tree. apostle to speak in such unusual. terms Paul delivered. So great pression made that Paul had received of himself. He ;feels that the and is a brief respite from. the inorilihsti]lof tbe he Fonwid grounds with of n t tri a wist r rips and of near, and that his chances of getting lion. This sante strength w a favorable sentence are gone. His given to hint when he comes to the last cloth frayed: at the edg; then dip them Two reasons are suggested. Be may able to bring all his ,children out of orator and hang up to drip and hard - 4 C d th n covered with ' bush" referred to in the Old Testa - because because they deal with the xobles of the pastor. Matters of discipline and government are discussed, and direc- •• tions are given for the choice of 1, ops and deacons, while there are 1death-warrant i a and s bout to be signed d ;fetal trine warnings against the different morins of heresy which are beginning to appear. I. TitJi LAST APPEAL, 1-8. V. 1. Timothy' is urged to devote himself with all energy to his pastoral task and different arguments are given to stimulate him to further en- deavor. In this verse the fact of the final judgment is set forth as a power- ful appeal. The day is corning when all ren must appear before the judg- ment seat of Christ. It is the same argument which is found in the earlier letters of the apostle, and was ever present to his mind, Life is a great trust, and we must some day give, in and of life.our account. of ,all, 10er God is in a very strong solution of alum have wished to :encourage Timothy ' every earthly trlbulatlon. and the assurance that there •was a -------.:-"'r'--- crown awaiting all those who would y,l npll� !i �'t devote themselves to such faithful service. But he may also have felt that with his own death there was necessity for the younger ones to take the place of those called away. How can the church continue unless each now generation brings its new work- men? 's, 7, 8. The figures are taker from the athletic life of the time. The! Greek games were very famous, only in this contestthe crown is not of olive or laurel, but of righteousness en. There is no end to possibilities of baskets and holders rade out of or- dinary pasteboard boxes. For any sort of a Christmas -tree party a good idea is to have most of the decorations of the edible sort; then the tree may be almost entirely stripped and the children made happy: Refreshments for the party may be served from the tree. Aside from the pop corgi, cantly, cookies and fruits 'eat be transformed. into delightful de- corations, Dolls tirade of 1olypops are wort' menta Misgivings are what a woman has about her next door neighbor's char. aster. ' .—'^--"- The worst of love in a cottage is that the love doesn't last and the cot• tage floes.