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that modern medtriumph
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(By Percy Ghent
In The Toronto Telegram)
ago in a moment
extravagance never*
we bought a Dickensian
in watercolors by that
of
re
Long
reckless
gretted,
l>ainting
Canadian artist of renown, the
late F. M. Bell-Smith. For back
ground there’s a snow-covered
London street on Christmas Day,
and a square-towered church is
in the distance. Its subject is a
•delightful study of Bob ;Crachit
striding along with Tiny Tim on
his shoulder, and Tim’s little
crutch is; tucked beneath his own
small arm. “For he had been
Tim’s blood horse all the way
from church, and had come home
rampant.” That was the detail
from Dickens’ Christmas Carol
the lovely painting in its shinin
frame of gold, illustrates.
But it speaks eloquently of
more, infinitely more, than an
incident in one of the best-be
loved stories ever written. When
you gaze at the picture and muse
a little, you see in Tiny Tim, not
one, but thousands of handicap
ped, ailing tots; and the lovable
Bob Crachit suddenly becomes
the bright symbol of hope, heal-
in'g and happiness for those thou
sands. He embodies the affection
ate care, the highly specialized
skills, the full resources of med
ical science to heal and bless
suffering little children in oui’
land. You look at Bob Crachit
of the painting, and then, just
as mysteriously as Marley’s Ghost
and otliei’ ghosts appear in the
Ontario’s Bob Crachit
DINNEY FURNITURE
B. M. FRANCIS
May this holiday season
be bright and gay for
you and may the bless
ings of the New Year bd
many.
May His Blessings be
upon you on this Christ
mas Day, and on all the
Christmases to come.
Yuletide
Greetings
Carol, he suddenly becomes the
Hospital for Sick Children!
Not so strange, after all, that
dissolving change in the picture.
Foi* if ever there was a Bob
Crachit shouldering the burden
of affliction for countless .Tiny
Tims, tiny Tommies, Marys and
Muriels, and every name on the
list, that precious benefactor is
the Children’s Hospital of Toron
to.
Pioneer Pasteurization
If there’s an element too per
sonal in this story, it is because
we have some inside infoinnation
about that Hospital—and it has
nothing to do with long service
as an x-ray technician. You see,
as an eager youth looking for a
job when the 20th century itself
•was young, we heard that a
helper was needed at Canada’s
pioneer pasteurization plant.
•Over at the Sick Kids and in a
whitewashed cottage on Elizabeth
street, the plant was located.
At breakneck .speed on a bi
cycle we went there and arrived
just as a gentleinan with stooped
shoulders and a kindly smile was
leaving the cottage. A request
for information about the job
was sputtered forth to him. He
eyed us critically for a minute
of two, asked .a few questions,
said “you’re hired,” and disap
peared. He was John Hoss Ro
bertson, founder of The Tele
gram, and life-long .champion of
ailing little folk.
For months thereafter we
washed and sterilized bottles,
checked temperature in the pas
teurization cabinets, delivered
the treated milk and special feed
ings to the various wards, and,
frankly, felt all puffed up with
pride that we .had a modest share
in that earliest campaign in Can
ada for safe milk and healthier
children.
Not the least of things we
learned about that institution
was the supreme importance of
the little patients. Learned that
the tiniest tot there, the hum
blest wee lass or lad from a city
a back-home or the shanty of
woodsman in the wilderness afar,
was a precious charge whose wel
fare was the concern of every
member of the staff. Every cot
held a child who ,jvas a' mighty
important person.
To Multiply The Miracles
That importance has never
been forgotten. It was stressed at
a demonstration of the hospital’s
medical and surgical methods,
its rich nursing care, the other
evening. We met old friends
there: physicians, surgeons, and
highly trained specialists. Some
of them we once knew as interns
at .the General Hospital, and for
us their skill and earnestness,
their deep sincerity, was an old
story. With word and picture
they told of the fight, so often
a winning fight, against polio;
told of the miracles of insulin,
of the healing treatment of ser
ious burns, of injured and de
fective eyes, of the recovery of
the queer odds and ends that
little folk swallow: of many an-
other ---------------ical science makes possible, And
always some deal* child with the
smile of faitli, even in suffering,
was the centre of the drama.
Drama? Dr. William Mustard
threw pictures on the screen that
told of his amazing work . in
heart surgery and its gratifying
results in the restoration of blue
babies to so great a measure of
normal life. They were pictures
to the point of tingling tension.
That brilliant young surgeon
knew of the effect his pictures
could have on the emotions of
the laymen, and to lessen the
tension, his
.had a light
There was
significance
thoughtful
glow of genius.
commentary at limes
and whimsical trend,
more than a casual
in that s m il in g,
touch. It had the
Miracles are wrought daily for
tiny toddlers, and for those not
so tiny, at the Hospital for Sick
Children. Those miracles will be
multiplied when the vast new
structure on University avenue
opens wide its doors of .healing
science. They will be kept open
not for our own children alone,
but for ailing young .Canadians
in generations to come. That
great hospital is a monument to
the proud place achieved by On
tario and Canada in the realm
of medical research and treat
ment. ’It is a blessed privilege to
aid so grand a cause,
Bob Crachit, .whose Ontario
name is the Hospital for Bick
Children, will speak the “God
bless you” of countless Tiny Tims
for that Christmas .cheque you
have in mind. Send it today!
May the holiday season
and the New Yeai’ be
filled with joy and ser
enity for you.
HURON
COLD STORAGE
S. Rubens S. Winer
& Uy^hes-
When last Yuletide had passed us by,
We said: “When Christmas comes again
We will not be like those who try
To scatter coin like so much grain;
We’ll keep a tight rein on
This Christmas giving is a
And every year it’s getting
We will not spend a single
our purse;
crime;
worse—
dime.”
And so we walked into a shop,
And purchased everything in sight;
For little Jim a spinning top,
For Cousin Ned a flying kite;
For nephew Jack a drum to beat,
A string of pearls for Aunt Hortense,
And when again we reached the street
Our pocket held just thirty cents.
May an abundance of
good cheer be in store
for you and all your
loved ones during this
season of warmth and
joy.
NORM HOCKEY
and Bert Carr
But just today we passed along
The streets bedecked in glad array;
Into our hearts there crept a song
Which said: “’Twill soon be Christmas Day,
And when that day arrives you know
You will be feeling very small,
If gifts are passing to and fro,
And you have none to give at all.”
L’envoi
Though we may vow
Of customs that our
It seems we weaken
to break the trend
grandsire knew,
in the end-
We like to do as others do.
We wish all our friends
continued healthy suecess
and happiness.
RETHER’S
COFFEE SHOPPE
With joy instilled,
And children at play.
Along with Christmas
holly . . . may health,
wealth and happiness
deck your home!
FORD’S
FOOD MARKET
We wish you this,
Come Christmas day.
SANDERS* GROCERY -
Our wishes are with sin
cerity, that yours may
be a Merry Christmas.
EXETER
BOWLING LANES
May there be a twinkle
in your eye and laughter
on your lips this Christ
mas.
STATTON’S
BILLIARDS
May the joys that fill
your heart this Christ
mas remain the coming
year.
R. G. SELDON
& SON
May your Christmas be
bright with all the won
derful things you have
ever hoped for*
MARSHALL
REPAIR SHOP
Here’s trusting and hop
ing that this Christmas
season will be merely
the inauguration of the
best and happiest year
you’ve ever had !
To every home ... to
everybody from great
grandpa down to the
new baby—a wonderful
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
HIGHLAND HILL
DAIRYWALLACE BOWDEN
POP’S TAXI
The wishes we extend to
you are glowing as the
Yuletide candles.
We re hoping that the
joy and- happiness o f
your Christinas morning
endure and grow for
you throughout the pros
perous years to come.
■Robert D. Little
X'JoMouTNl__ _
THOS. H. WALKER
The sincere feeling of
good cheer and health
and happiness on Christ-
mastide is our wish to
every one of you, as
well as a Prosperous
1950.
E. R. WITMER & SON
Our sincere wishes for
the very merriest of
Christmases and the
happiest of New Years
go to one and all.
CUDMORE’S GRAVEL
We wish you a Season
laden with cheer, fol
lowed by a year brim
ming with contentment
and good fortune*
STEWART’S TAXI
Sing out in glad cheer
for the Merriest Christ
mas ever—-this year!
C. V. PICKARD
May your happiness be
doubled, tripled and
quadrupled for a truly
Merry Christmas.
HURON
LUMBER CO.
In a sincere wish that
you and your family
may gather together this
year for a merry, merry
Christmas.
COLE’S JEWELLERY