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The Clinton News Record, 1933-12-21, Page 7THURS., DEC. 21, 193 If Health, Cooking, Care of Children Ruminallaus 01Reb�1aV t A Column Prepared Especially for Women- But Not Forbidden to Men CHRISTMtAS GREETINGS :All hail! This joyous Christmastide, This birthday timeof peace and love, ' "That ,!yids tis turn Froin care asied And leads our thoughts to things" above. thab bane of•strife ::At other times Too often keeps our ways apart, The sordid cares of selfish life Too' often sear the kindly heart, •In earnest efforts to attain Some better law for human good, We sometimes lose as much as gain, Because not better understand. 'This Christmas morn, then let us try To greet, as it was greeted when -'The Herald Angels filled the sky With "Peace on earth, goodwill to anen." PAGE THE CLINTON' NEWS-RECORTI OF INTEREST Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kralc Origin of Various Christmas Customs' put five members to public penance for keeping that "superstitious day called Yule." In 1594 the same church expelled elders for the same crime. point of occasional untruth, and sorriest of all—patronized Christmas.. But I am like Vanessa of Marjory MacliIurchy's book, "The Child's House." The "vague intangible bles- sing in Christmas'trem- sing that there i bles and grows vast"eyes, too, my y too, and my mind is always "on tip- toe after it." 'I, too, feel that I will be good, oh, I will be clever, an if I c only ,just manage to get any arms aroma whatever it is that is •so love- ly about Christmas! Well—this year Iam going on a great adventure. I am going to keep Christmas just as I want .to keep it. ! "In many homes afflictions' rod ' Will tinge with grief the festive cheer, "But thoughts of Him sent us from God Will help to wipe away the tear. ono of what one e was a degeneration friendlylcustom given in return for good wishee and luck brought by was-' sailers." Whatever the cynic's view- point however, in the Anglo-Saxon The Christmas Tree countries present giving is universal, in the vast majority of instances is actually the material expression of good wishes and good cheer. Tho Christmas Card The Christmas card is a ampere. tively modern invention, probably a descendant of the "school pieces" or were pop- ular Pieces,'' which w p p ular in England in the early part oil the last century. The first Christi to have a ear ed. known pp 9 card is ma not b e the ,custom did 1846, but in till 62 fi e al u e. general F ge The origin of the Christmas tree is and lost in the mazes of antiquity. It is known to bave been a very ancient custom to decorate trees on festive occasions. The earliest authoritative mention is in 1605. The custom be,1 came general in .Finland, in 1800.,and in Germany in 1830. It -was intro- duced into England by Prince Albert, Queen. Victoria's ,consort, and they first had a Christmas tree at 'Windsor Castle on December 25, 1841. The custom spread quickly over the king- dom and then to France, holland and Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Austria, Russia," Canada and the United Stat- es, largely owing to German influ- ence, I shall begin weeks before by take ing into my heart everything lovely that Bras to do with Christmas—not false things, but true; not ridiculous store Santo Clauses and swollen hy- pocrisies of shopping -lists,. and extra- vagant gifts to all the wrong people: but snow and stars and little quaint carols from ancient Yuletides, to which I shall really listen. I shall make simple gifts with my own fin- gers. I shall take little children to my heart, and their laughter and their precious secrets: Friendliness and camaraderie, candlelight, lullaby stories and 'The" story. I am going out to the woods myself, or with my little people, to bring in greens because God will be there. He will be in His cathedral of lofty laced boughs and pillared trunks, of pure marble snows fretted here and there delicately with the. footprints of small furry feet, He will be in the frosty quiet and the dim filtered sun- shine and in the soft rustling wings of the angels that keep guard over my little people and echo their laugh- ters. And I have need of Rini. I am going (you may laugh at me If you like) to bake in my own kit, Chen: sugar cookies, gingerbread, a pudding with seven wishes stirred in- to it, doughnuts, mince pies -to bake as Mrs. Wiggs did, with joyous a- bandon of myself to floury fists and crimson cheeks and the smell of spicy things in the air. It is absurd, I know, with confectioner and delicatessen round the corner. Lovely, lovely, to be absurd at Christmas! I am going to have candles on my tree. I hate gaudy -colored bulbs and writhing snakes of green cords. I hate synthetic snow -flakes and ter- rible tin icicles. Oh, I know --they are safe, clean, sanitary! • I shall have candles. For the flowering of candles is a two -fold flowering. Onee down into the eyes of little children looking up to it. Once, up into the eyes of God looking down. And of the mingled radiance thereof no ton- gue can tell. I am going into a stable on Christ- mas Eve, to be with dumb beasts a ::And all those happy girls and boys, � With hearts still free from care and strife, 'Let's fill then, up with Christmas joys The joys that make for better life. `Then hail this welcome' Christmastide, This glorious time of peace and love, "That bids us turn from cares aside Ando leads our hearts to joys above. —H, J• Pettyplece. Christmas gift customs vary in different countries. In Soctland and France it is more customary to give at New Year's. In Germany the Christ child is still supposed to bring gifts. In Italy the great time for children is Epiphany Eve. In Swe- den cIirristinas gifts are usually anon ymous. C. A. Miles in "Christmas in Ritual and Tradition" says that "there is nothing espeically interest- ing in the modern English mode of present giving, inexorably demanded and not always .willingly bestowed, a ,•=east I AM GOING TO KEEP CHRISTMAS ' By Anne Sutherland in The New Outlook. (I am reproducing ,this little sketch ',from The New Outlook because I hope ''it may help us all to "keep" a truer Christmas. Read it and see if it - doesn't ring true and help to lift our minds and hearts to higher things.— ` Rebekah). I ant going to keep Christmas this • year—really keep it,.sontething beau- -Wu] and precious and mine to re- member all the year after. Since I reluctantly joined the ranks of the grown-ups I have been giving Christ- mas away, not in parcels tied with • holly ribbon, not front love or bene- .ficance, but in cowardly fashidn, bee cause when one grew•up it seemed to be the thing to do. Christmas, real • Christmas, the Christmas of hush and thrill and rapture, belonged very -definitely to childhood, and must be relegated now, even with some small regret, to the limbo of lost luxuries. • One suddenly (grown-up) stifled one's , -childish tears and raptures, cultivated little while, Mad, I know! Quite a smooth conventional courtesy to the preposterous! Nevertheless, they In Anglo -,Saxon and Teutonic countries -today Christmas is primar- ily a great occasion for the children. Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, or St. Nicholas, whatever he may be cal- led, also is a comparatively modern innovation, not being definitely known until the last century, yet a tremendous amount of folk -lore has grownup around this legendary fig, ure which so delights the hearts of early childhood. were His earliest companions, and I have never felt quite certain about their souls. My stable won't be, of course, His rock -hewn cave, with the grain -,bin and the rough feeding - trough of the Judaean one, but the shadows and the silence will be the same, and ,friendly` beasts will regard Inc with the same • mild wondering stare with which they looked down when they heard the first little' cry. And when I go outside again I shall look up, and there, I know, will be the Star over the roof. I am going to leave a basket at a door and run away. I shall have a dozen punctilious and perfunctory notes of thanks on Christmas morn- ing, but nothing will thrill ane like the shy joy of leaving that Christ- mas basket. I shall have a thousand dreams to dream of them finding it and of how they wilr explain and how the woman will kneel down that night and thank God from her heart that the children's faith in Christmas has been saved again. And I shall feel, foolishly and happily, like God's little emissary. And my name on subscription lists or relief program- mes will be only giving Christmas away, but the basket at the door that nobody will know about—oh, how it will keep Christmasl I am' going to hear, all by myself, the bells—,the bells at midnight, the bells on the frosty air of Christmas morning. And my heart will be re- Ieased from old unhappy enchant, manta of the year (as Lir's children were released from the shape of swans at the sound of the first Chris - tion bells) and come back into its true and beautiful nature again, be- cause I shall know that the herald angels themselves are the day's car- illoneurs Anti I am going to worship God. For the sake of the small beating pwlse that has always stirred in me under the heavy armor of my non- chalance, my vast assumptions of in- telligence, ; my cynicisms -an unveil ling wonder and a half -shamed rev- erence for something beyond and above the little entity that is I, Something brave and fine and beau- tiful; something sane and ordered. and serene; something, in simple truth, too big for me to comprehend There is a flame, let hint deny it who dares, that kindles all life's loveliness, that illumines the deepest dark. It is, to some of us. only a fringe of light through a half-closed doer, but it is there and at big mo- ments in our lives the door swings open upon, it and we cry' out—or we cringe --before the full glory. Thur far, no other agency but God's Word promises me anything like the in- spiration of that flame. My Heart, like all young hearts, is tempestuous and hungry after life: and the ntigh- ty possibility of it means too much to Inc to waste time dallying with subterfuges, or toying with devices' for happiness that are not fool, proof. Beggar for joy • that •I am, I. dare not resist the promise of that flame! , So now beware, all ye people who rap at my door with foolish pitiful solicitations, for my donation of. Christmas to standard -brand holiday celebrations, or Scrooge -tests of morbid depressions or smart • cynic- 1ms. I am not giving Christmas a- way. I am — a't last -- keeping Christmas"! 1 0 Service OF TIIT�, aattabtt t ebtra „Aosl1ri1•tiLtt and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLHMING, M.D., Associate Secretary FORTUNATE 'PEOPLE 1 child whose parents realize that child care is a difficult task, for which training is .required. of a, Good teeth are' the product proper diet and care. No amount of luck, will give strong, sound teeth to the child who does not receive in his diet the minerals and vitamins required to build healthy teeth. This proper diet requires some understand- ing of food values and calls for plan- ning on the part of the mother; it cannot be secured by chance. A healthy child is a well-trained child, A healthy mind and body are the reward for good training. Health noticed calls for a certain amount of self - irregularity in her periods. Cala hex discipline which is reasonably easy lucky if your like» but.: it was really for the adult who secured a proper start in fife' through good training. We are,not all born with the same degree of intelligence or the same physical capacities but what become:! of ns is not a, question of good luck or of'bad luck; it depends upon how well trained we are ,as children, and how, es adults, we malts use of our• 'training to take care of ourselves in order that we may . enjoy physical and mental health. Questions =concerning Health, ad - HOME FOR CHRISTMAS OVER BARREN LANDS WOMEN PAGE Household Economics TIHIS MODEST CORNER; IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You. Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins Airing• THE CHRIST„ OF THE MANGER In our fair land no Iittle child Shall cold or hungry be; , ' His lowly manger layin Y bowed i grief So frail HeNo aged head be b w. d n _ le g • who 1 • that first Christmas mom Or loneliness or care,' Mary dreamed of the angel's words: "He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest." And the handmaid of the Lord slept. They were all looking for a King to slay their foes and set thein high. "Thou tamest,. a little Baby thing, that made a woman cry. And He hath come to guide our feet . into the way of Peace." —Marianus. Miss Elizabeth Ford, who was born inside the Arctic. Circle, is going hone for •Christmas. It means a trip of 1800 miles by dog sled over barren lands but it doesn't bother hes Miss Ford is 24 years old. She was born at Ungava Bay on the Hudson Straits and she obtained her early schooling at Churchill on Hud son Bay. That was just a mere .800 mile trip by dog sled from her home. Later she went to St. John's, New- foundland, to complete her education, anti it was from there that she Is now on her way home. She is the daughter of a Factor of the Hud- son's Bay 'Company and she speaks the Eskimo language like a native. Froin Winnipeg, Miss Ford travelled by the Hudson Bay Railway to Chur- chill. From there on the trip was made by dog sled right through to Cominal Gulf where her father is now stationed. That is 1800 inilea from Churchill. . 1 a N'o homeless ones unsheltered roam li Unfriended, hopeless, there, And He has said of kindness shown E'en to the least 'there be, "What ye have done to others, ye Have done it unto Me." I think that we can please Him best By helping where we may, With words of cheer and kindly 'deed, Sad folk along life's way.. • II3eiena Driscoll. lewElfRO I SAW THREE SHIPS A -SAILING, As I sat under a sycamore tree, a• sycamore tree, a sycamore tree, I looked me out upon the sea, A Christmas Day in the morning. I saw three ships a -sailing there, a - sailing there, a -sailing there, The Virgin Mary and Christ they bare A. Christmas Day in the morning. He did whistle and she did sing, she did sing, she did sing, And all the bells on earth did ring A Christmas Day in the morning. And now we hope to taste your cheer) Taste your cheer, taste your cheer, And wish you all a happy new year A Christmas Day in the morning. —Old English Carol aeasserer "What a lucky person!" exclaims the thoughtless individual. Good health is not a matter of chance or luck. Good health is the reward for proper living. It is just as impor- tant to display the sante:intelligence in. health matters as is devoted to '• business and other affairs of life. The woman who dies of cancer is not imlucky. a' She has been either ignorant of, or has disregarded the early signs of the disease. The Ivo - t man who has recovered from cancer went to her.doctor as soon as she: a lump in her breast or some the fact that she paid attention to what she knew that saved her life. The child who' died from ,diphther- ia. was unlucky because he was the child of parents•who were ignorant or careless, with the result that he did not receive the injections of text ()id that would have protected him against. the germs of diphtheria.. Fortunate is the child who is born o a mother who recognizes the irn- ,ortance of breast-feeding, and who tnows that vaccination against small dressed to the Canadian Medica lox and immunization against diph- aociation, 184 College Street, Torn- y heria are practical means of safe- to, will be answered per gEgEKAIL. warding the child. Fortunate is the letter. ANNUAL MOVEMENT OF CHRISTMAS TREES ON The annual movement of Christ- mas trees in large quantities from the forests of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Soctia to cities in Canada and the United States has been on for some time, with thenear approach Unto the other's good. of the Christmas sea - n hauling � And on us dawns the day 0 Sauctuarq " Up in Mueic�S,ka, in the land 'of standsing' laMuskod pure, fral. air, 'stands the Muskoka umbetal, On the banks of the dumber River, alto an ideal location, are the Toronto and Queen Mary. Hospitals —sanctuaries for those who have x si been stricken with consumption. What pilgrimages they have seen rmen and women and little child.. ren n who, d it the verge of despair, haAndve turstillned thtoey themcome. as a last resort. They havefought against un- seen foe until until sstrength and means have been exhausted. They must have help. Not for riches nor for pleasure do they seek—a chance to gat well is all they ask. For means to carryon this great ` life-saving work, these hospitals are largely dependent upon the gifts of warm hearted friends. The good they can do. is. limited only by' the money in hand. Will you send your gift to Gaorga. Btreete,idorontoa2 rer, 223 College • A CHRISTMAS PRAYER We open here •our treasures and our gifts; ' And some of it is gold, And some is frankincense, And some is myrrh; • For some has come from plenty, Some from joy, , And some -from deepest sorrow of the soul. But Thou, 0 God, dost know the gift is love, Our pledge of peace, our promise of good will Accept the gift and all the life we bring. Herbert H. Hines. They see no chill shall harm him So long as they are near This little babe to cheer. The wise inen come with gifts for kings, in Gold, frankincense and myrrh, For well they know the gift Be brings ' Their gifts outshining far—, Peace to an earth at war. 0 baby, ,born so long ago, O Rose that flowerets then, May all the world Thy story know, Touch Thou the hearts of men That they shall flow'r again. I There is an old fellow, • Quite old, I believe, Who visits them, they say, On each Christmas eve. He parries a bag full Of candy and toys, And leaves them, they say, For the good girls and boys. But if you are naughty, Now mind what I say, You'll find your sock empty When you wake Christmas Day. e ezZilieae etLLtISTMAS TONIGHT everywhere e THE FRIENDLY BEASTS` Jesus, our Brother, strong and good, Was humbly born in a stable rude, And the friendly beasts around Hint stood. ' "I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown "I carried His mother up and down; I carried her safely to Bethlehem town." "I," said the cow all white and; red, "I gave Him my manger for His bed; I gave Him my hay to pillow His head." I "I," said the sheep with the curly horn, "I gave Him my wool for His blau, kets warm; He were my coat on Christmas morn, «I,> said the camel, yellow and blaci, Everywhere, Christmas night! t I "Over the desert upon my back. •• - Christmas in lands of the fir -tree and I brought Him a gift in the Wise pine, f men's pack." "I," said the dove, "front my rafter' Christmas where snow peaks stand I high' solemn and white, I Cooed IIim to sleep that Ile should • Christmas where ,cornfields stand not cry, n Christmns where children are hope- and I." ul annyda And every beast by some good spell fsuandgYbright, Ws cooed Him , Christmas where old men are patient I In the stab l and grey, Christmas where peace, like a dove In its flight, Broods o'er brave men in the thiek of the fight; Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight! For the Christ -child who comes is the When Mary the Mother kissed the Master of agll;real child �•" ` No palace too no cottage too , small. —(Phillips Brooks. 'And night on the wintry hills grew mild, And the strange star swung from the courts of air To serve at a manger with kings in prayer, Then did the day of the simple kin And the unregarded folk begin. Christmas in lands of the palm tree and vine, as, YULETIDE n 'Tis now that tins of year• A Spring -time of the heart-•• When friend greets friend with cheer, Though they be far apart. May God's great love to Hien, That blossomed in the snow, Make. this scarred world ';again A lasting gladness knout. When selfishness gives way son. (Farmers have beg trees from the bush to Canadian National Railway stations in thee provinces, where they were piled preparatory to loading on flat ears. It is' estimated that the cut is about the same as last year. The Cana- dian National Railways handles ap- proximately 500 carloads of Christ- mas trees each season. • a. Beres a• -• g Everyone Of real brotherhood. —Alexander Louis Fraser. e GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE Like the immortal Tiny Tim (Of course, you all remember him?), I only want, dear folks, to say: "God bless us every one" today. Bless us in striving tobe glad When sorely tempted to be sad; Bless us with .courage to be cheer- . Ful, And east aside our doubtings, fearful. Gocl bless us in remembering, too, Experiences we've each been through, When what was evil in our eyes Proved graeioua,blessieg .in disguise. So, Merry Christmas, glad and gay! God bless us .every one today! -I. R. McN. in the Globe. e CIIRISTMAS We may not hear the, angel song That rang o'er Judah's plain, Nor with the star -led -shepherds go To Bethlehem again; Nor with the Magi kneel beside The lowly manger -bed Whereon the little Christ -Child lay No pillow for His head . to sleep, my. mate le dark was able to tel Of the gift he gave to Immanuel. —Our Fourfootecl Friends, e AT THE MANGER THE CHRISTMAS BABE With eager hearts the Magi came From distant lands afar, Their tireless footsteps following The pathway of a Star. Across tho sun -soaked lands it shone, A lesser sun by clay; And in the velvet night it east • A radiance on the way. By some mysterious impulse moved It swung their steps before; Until, in solemn pause, it stayed Above a stable door. They sought an earthly palace great; They sought an earthly king; A helpless little thing: Beat at her bosom with life's demands When Mary the Mother forgot thepain, In the stable of rock began love's reign, When that new light on their grave' eyes broke The oxen were glad, and forgot their yoke; And the huddled sheep in the far hill fold ' Stirred in their sleep and felt no cold, When Mary the Mother felt faint They found within the stabile walls hands And nought to her were the kneeling A Babe of wondrous majesty, kings, So kingly and so sweet, The serving star and the half -seen That on their knees the Wise Men fell wings, In worship at His feet. Then was the little earth made great, 0 Christmas Child, whose presence the man came back to God's changed s. A hanger to a throne, make Life's Changing Outlook , om of Thine own. Nave you over thougl t bow in, secure are the hopes and plans of the poor, who, dependent upon their daily earnings, rind life's outlook so greatly Changed when sickness R They bear a double cross, for povertyhstares them in the taco. There is one disease is consumption, dreaded by this class. It is consumption which, fostered bytheir mode of 115e, preys upon thhem, Nourishing food, fresh air, rest, the .only known i beyond their means• what area s alternative. They must be helped. comes? Enter, andthiscommon heart A kingd —United Free Church Record. • THE CHRISTMAS ROSE A Carol Come, see this little stranger That lies all warm.within, cradle is a manger, His home a wayside inn, Come let us look within. The shepherds bring their simple toys To offer reverently, They heard that night tie angelic noise Telling that Christ was nigh, Glory to God on high! But ave can sec for His sweet sake, The breath of oxen warms him, • In loving charity, They watch r s a y , addition Co physical suffering, thee, s i 1 to be done? There is no terns The Toronto and Muskoka Hospi- tals for Consumptives with their set- . buildings, can give bettor ser- . vice now than ever before, their only handicap being . lack of suffi- cient funds. - There are but few patients who pay gNwardhican There, Is OZ ONE for whom the whole coat of maintenance is received, .For. the difference, amounting received._ many, thousands of dollars in the year, these institutions must look to you, and to other warm hearted, friends. Will Von gplease send what -you:. 223 Colleger Street, Reid, e2spror„ erry CIIiStfliLS ;Liaid' k