The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-12-10, Page 10The Photo Man
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I)istr[i t ;Agent
ilCflrhdlx>rtas Reverie
IIS is the homing season. Also the time when photographs abound—
and my mind is much taken up witt both. Sallies to the scenes of
other days, and snapshots of faces, some erstwhile forgotten—these
are the distinguishing features of the Christmas mood.
1 ant sitting by a hearth fire; and all hearth fires have, somewhere
nn their glowing bosom, the embers of the days of yore. Quite unclassified, quite
defiant of the order of time or place, these Christmas reveries meander, these Yule-
tide vignettes flash upon memory's screen and disappear. Fragmentary, unassorted,
they yet mark the trail of the friendly years.
The first has its scene in Ottawa; year, the first of my ministerial life. Ann in
my room in the Victoria Chambers, seated in ay armchair, and it is Christmas Eve,
Knock at door; which, opened, admits 2 midget of e bell -boy- with two little parcels
in his hand, s 4d percels containing two pathetically cheap presents: "For Mr.
Haley and Mary (elevator man and his charing daughter)—dust a little Christmas
gift, 'cause I can't afford veru much, you see, bein' as how I only get four dollars a
week and no keep—an', besides, me chum borrowed thirty cents off me to go to the
lacrosse match last fall an' he ain't paid me back," the childish face showing equal
parts of benevolence and financial care. Beautiful, this—and as common as beau-
tiful—this mutual generosity of the poor,
Four years have passed; and the scene is marvelously changed. No snow now,
nor chiming sleigh bells, nor resonant sidewalk crisp beneath the hurrying feet.
But the December sun is pouring down upon a picnic party in the pine woods of
North Carolina, those woods re-echoing to the shout and laughter of merry voices,
most of which are silent now. Soon the stroke of an axe is heard, wielded by a
burly negro—and, a few minutes later, a tall holly tree crashes to the mossy ground,
its deep green foliage and gleaming berries glistening in the sun. Later still, a
couple of derides loaded like beasts of burden, the holly -laden party, a few with
great bundles of the mystic mistletoe, are in Indian file making their way to the
boats, song re-echoing as we cross to the stately southern home, its fireplace lighted
for the last hundred years and more, that crowns the river's farther bank.
Six more years have fled, after their relentless way. I am sitting before my
own fire, north again, in "the hill -girt town." 'Ve are at family worship, and in
my lap there nestles a golden -curled girl of four. For nearly a week she and I had
followed the course of Santa Claus: "North Pole, Ft. Churchill, Hudson Bay,
Temagami, etc." I reported from time to time. But ever conning closer! Our
reading that night, that trembling stocking night, is of the feeding of the five thou-
sand, and the dialogue was as follows:
"Wasn't that kind of him, my darling, to feed all those poor, hungry people?"
"Yes," the glowing eyes averted one brief moment from the fire; "but, where
do you suppose Santa Claus is now?"
Yet four more . years have
gone. It is Christmas here
again, and I am driving back
to town from a farm -house
where the head of the home lies
in agony, his last Christmas al-
most at the door. The same
childish form, taller and de-
veloped now, is beside me in
the cutter as we glide along,
sleigh -bells merrier than their
wont, stars a little brighter,
mantle of snow touched with a
holier sheen. Suddenly I feel
the trembling of the girlish figure
a little hand plucks at the
sleeve of my coonskin coat, a
curl -clustered head is burrowing
into my side—and the sobbing
of a child mingles with the music
of the bells. I ask why, darkly
suspecting that the cause is
what I fear, that someone has
given her to eat of the tree of
the knowledge of fact and phan-
tasy. It is even so—end the
little form is quite shaken with
grief as "This is the first Christ-
mas that I didn't know" comes
fromthe trembling lips. 1 can only
comfort and caress and murmur:
"Life is full of these awakenings,
my darling," and we go on thru
the night that has lost, never to
be restored, the wonder and the
glory of a year before.
And is it not wonderful how,
when we ransack the bygone
years, we find, not the great and
momentous things unfaded, but
mostly trifling little episodes
embalmed in love, and nearly
all linked to the vision of some
childish face.
Gone now, and far away, are those childish features, and the wonder of life has
retreated before its struggle. In a home of her own, too, another fire lighted upon
a new -laid hearth. Thus the holy cycle goes its way. Those curls have disappeared,
and the locks are darker, yet no less dear. And surely, surely, there is no reason
why she should not nestle as of yore upon that great throne of childhood, a father's
knee, and surely those locks could rest again where they reposed of old. I ant sorely
tempted. The birds find that Southern path—and why not I?
One year later still; and the peaceful happiness of a Christmas morning passes
again before me. Breakfast over; a little hymn, a little prayer; a little gloating
(thank God) over the rapture which I know the hurrying years are bound to shatter
—and we stand athrill before the door of the room within which the laden tree awaits
us. Entrance delightful as of yore—and then begins the giving and receiving..
Some really beautiful gifts, no doubt, all forgotten now—but unforentten, and un -
lost or mislaid through the years, a little knitted bag (to hold some articles of toilet)
handed to me by proud little daughter's hands. "The very first thing I ever did,
daddy," face aglow with childish pride, mine with fatherly compassion. Surely a
reassuring parable of all our poor gifts and service, yet precious in larger, other
eyes than ours!—R. E, Knowles.
to the south are the plains in whose fields she gleaned "amidst the alien corn;" where
also David walked—"In glory and in icy,
Following his sheep along the mountain side,"
On these plains, too, where the shepherds keeping watch over their flocks by
night when the Angel of the Lord, accompanied by the Heavenly host, announced
the birth of "Christ the Lord."
Away to the horizon stand the purple hills of Moab, at whose feet in solemn
stillness lie the deep blue waters of the Dead Sea. Almost immediately above the
town towers Mount Jebel Fureirlis, on the summit of which is the tomb of Herod
the Great, of execrated memory, who, in Bethlehenm at least, needs no such monu-
ment in memo- iam of the Massacre of the Innocents. For n iles around may be seen
rich olive and fig groves intermixed with apricot orchards and vineyards each with
its watch tower as in ancient times. The hillsides are cultivated in terraces of
"hanging gardens," and the stony plains are ploughed for cereal crops,
The town is solidly ancl closely built. The streets are generally narrow, with
houses of two or three storeys, constructed of yellowish -white limestone, and topped
with fiat roofs. The central thoroughfare is occupied by workshops, whose floors
are strewn with men and material. The chief industry is the manufacture of "articles
de touriste." Souvenirs in olive wood, medallions from mother-of-pearl, engravings
on shell and stone of incidents from the life of our Lord, with other similar curios,
are everywhere conspicuous in almost embarrassing profusion. In this art alone
one-third of Bethlehem workers find employment. The remainder are shepherds,
quarrymen, husbandmen, tradesmen and merchants. The population, which is
estimated variously from 5,000 to 8,000, is almost entirely Christian; and, apart
from the occasional outbursts of sectarian animosity, the Latin, Greek, and Armenian
Churches are on enviable terms of friendship—for Eastern communities.
Boasting a strain of Crusaders' blood, the Bethlehemites are altogether the
finest human type to be met with in Southern Palestine, and their sartorial appear-
ance is primly picturesque. The men dress in a bright -colored gown over a white
undershirt, the head being covered with a turban or fez. The women's chief gar-
ment is a long narrow tunic of blue cotton, tied at the waist, and relieved with a
red embroidered stole. The matrons are distinguished from the maidens by a differ-
entiating arrangement of headdress; the married ladies wearing a sort of cap adorn-
ed with gold and silver sequins—their only dower—while the spinsters display a
ribbon in their hair. All the women have veils, but these are thrown back so as to
fall in long, graceful lines, about the figure, to which they lend a charming dignity.
The exposed face of the Bethlehemite woman is distinctly beautiful—not a brun-
ette, but with a bright, clear complexion, large eyes, and delicately shaped mouth
—and she carries herself so admirably as to appear taller than she really is.
Of course, the supreme object of interest in Bethlehem is the reputed place of
the Nativity. Superstition and the emulation of jarring sects have led to the multi-
plication of sacred sites in the Holy Land. Many of these are doubtful, to say the
least, ;and some are without
question apocryphal. Fortun-
ately, however, the place in-
dicated with reverence as the
Cave of the Nativity is not
among these. Ancient, con-
tinuous, and well -authenticat-
ed tradition stamps this as one
of the most genuine shrines in
Palestine. The credibility of
this tradition is supported by no
less an authority than Conder,
who observes in his "Tent Work
in Palestine" that "the rude
grotto with its rocky manger
may, it seems to me, be accepted
even by the most sceptical of
modern explorers." Within a
generation of the death of the
last of the Apostles, Justin
Martyr, himself a native of
Nablus, speaks of the Saviour's
birth as having taken place "in
a certain cave close to , the
village." The fact of its early-
sacredness is demonstrated by
the method taken by Hadrian
(A.D. 117-135) to desecrate it
by causing a grove in honor of
Adonis to be planted above the
cave, so that pagan wanton
rites might be performed over
the very spot where the Holy
Child Jesus was born. This
grove was subsequently cut
down by Constantine in order
that the Empress Helena might
rear (A.D. 306-337) the basilica
which is still standing there, the
most ancient Christian Church
in the world.
The Church of the Nativity
presents the outward' appear-
ance of a fortress. The huge
central doorway has been almost entirely built up, leaving the only entrance by a
"needle's eye," which symbolically teaches each worshipper, at least, the virtue of
humility. The interior is spacious but bare. The aisles have fiat roofs above the
pillars of red and white marble with Corinthian capitals, but the nave has a cleres-
tory, with walls thirty feet above the capitals, and a pointed roof. A wall, built
across the east end of the basilica, cuts off the chancel. Evidently at one time the
entire church was richly adorned with gold and mosaics, of which some remnants
still exist, but the ravages of time and the hand of the spoiler have left their marks,
Underneath the choir, by a staircase of thirteen marble steps, the crypt containing
the Chapel of the Nativity is reached. The Chapel—once a rude cave—is now
paved and walled with marble, roofed with gold and silk, and lighted with fifty-three
lamps. Immediately to the left is the shrine, unspeakably sacred to Christendom.
From an arch about four feet high hang fifteen silver lamps, and in the centre of the
floor is a silver star with the inscription "I-Iic do Virgine Maria Jesus Christus Natus
Est."
The site itself is infinitely touching, but as I gazed upon it an unspeakable ten-
derness invested it by the presence of eight women robed in white praying silently
and, in turn, kissing the star. I followed, anc! found the slab glistening with tears.
Indescribably sad is it that this same silver star has a tale to tell not altogether of
"peace and good -will to men!" . That it should have been used as a wedge for sun-
dering the peace of the world by war is one of those episodes the world would will-
ingly forget to -day. To -day we stand with the wondering shepherds and worship-
ping magi by the spot where was witnessed the greatest event of all time—the Divine '
assumption of humanity. The world will never. permit the tender idyll of Bethle-
hem to die. May it not forget the truth enshrined in the quaint old lines—
"Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born,
If He's not born in thee, thy soul is still forlorn,
Oh, would thy heart be but a manger for His birth,
God would once more become a Child upon the earth."
Early Christmas Morning—HAS SANTA COME YET?
arratle laf fttiir uttan ittortb
Of all the clustering clouds of ravishing reminiscences associated with a world -
tour of 35,000 miles, memory holds no other, cern quite so delightfully exquisite as
that of a visit to Bethlehem. No other spot on earth is richer in religious treasure or
more radiant with romantic and well authenticated tradition. Viewed from any
standpoint topographical, historical, social or religious—Bethlehem is simply :en-
thralling. Every change in the kaleidoscope is wondrously fascinating, and dis-
closes a perfect picture of idyllic grace and charm. Once more, as "The Season of
the Birth of .Christ draws near," the imagination of the world will be centered there;
catching overtones of its pastoral symphony; while the instinct of Christian mil-
lions' will turn to it in tenderest affection and truest veneration. The heart of mo-
dern civilized man awakes in mystic wonder, and finds its affinity with the primitive
Judean shepherd, saying, "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem,".
The city walls have vanished; but the site of Bethlehem, determined by the
long narrow mountain ridge, is precisely where it was 3,000 yeats ago. Entering the
o an ort thevisitor has a magnificent
t wn.at elevate of � 550 feet above the sea a view
"sof the surrounding country, opening out like at panorama, To the east slopes the
deep valley where Ruth "went down" in her sorrow. Over the softly rising hills
'iEiuttt Netter Die
The Christmas Festival of goodwill, goodfellowship, and peace has lost none
of its popularity in its passage through the ages,
Nineteen hundred and twenty-five finds us welcoming it as heartily as did
our ancestors a thousand years ?ago, before railways, telephones, radios or auto-
mobiles were even dreamed about.
It awakensdormant feelings and aspirations which, the clamor of worthy life
stifles deadens,
ead ens,
It opens deep springs of brotherh
ead and love, from whence How desires to
bless with gifts and good wishes.
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS
Gifts for Everybody
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COZY BEDROOM SLIPPERS HANDKERCHIEFS SCARFS
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SWEATER COATS AND PULLOVERS ARMBANDS BELTS
CUFF LINKS SUIT CASES UMBRELLAS OVERSHOES
CLUB BAGS SPATS HOLEPROOF SOX SILK TIES
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KNITTED TIES HOUSE SLIPPERS SILK AND WOOL SON.
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WARM STOCKINGS BEADS WOOL GLOVES AND 111ITTS
OVERSHOES BROACHES BRACELETS BARRETTS
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WOOLEN TOQUES WOOLEN AiIT rs WOOLIIN IIS IN
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We invite you to come and see the most beautiful display of
fancy China, Cut Glass, Potteries and Brassware ever shown in
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CAKE PLATES BERRY BOWLS VASES CONSUL SETS
BEAUTIFUL CANDLE STICKS PLAIN ANIS FANCY CANDLES
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We offer a choice of sit: attractive dinnerware patterns in
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Our assortment contains in great variety
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COLE'S DRUG STORE
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year
We take this opportunity to thank bur many custom-
ers for their splendid patronage during the year.
The [House of Gifts
Christmas will soon be here but we are here with a line of
gifts that has never befog been excelled in Exeter. Something
to suit all glasses of Christmas giving and at prices that can't be
equalled elsewhere.
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GENT'S WATCHES LADIES' WRIST WATCHI.ES
Regina, 17 Jewels, Gold Filled
Reg, $35, selling for $22
Regina, 15 Jewels, Gold Filled
Reg. $30, selling for Nib
Regina, 7 Jewels, Gold Filled
Reg. $25, selling for $15
Waltham, 17 Jewels, Gold Filled
Reg. $35, selling for $22
SIGNET RINGS
Gent's Signet Rings, 18k, white
gold tops, at bargains. Black
and blue Onyx rings from $5 tip.
Wedding rings.
A large range of cuff Links
from 50c up,
DIAMOND RINGS
A large assortment of Diamond
Rings, ranging from $15 and up.
SOMETHING FOR THE LADIES'
Beaded purses, broaches, brace-
lets, high grade Indestructable
Dear's, French ivory...
Swiss, High Grade, 15 Jewels
14 k, 'Solid Gold
Reg, PO for $25
Swiss, 3 dos, only High Grade
15 Jewels, Gold Filled
Reg. $30 for $20
Swiss, 1 doz. only, Green and
White Gold Filled case
15 Jewels Reg, $20 for $12
CLOCKS
Mantle Clock, Chimes,
Golden Oak, Reg. $30 for $2.0
Mantle Clock, black eb ize
wood, Reg. $•2$12
Mantle Clock, ardlied,---p
Mahogany, Reg. $20 for $12
12 Kitchen Clocks, 8 day
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CUT GLASS, CHINA AND
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TiI�7 TINS A splendid' line of 1247 Roam
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