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The Wingham Advance, 1920-12-16, Page 12I 13 LET US SOLVE TIIX]r QUESTION WHAT SHALL I BUY? Make This A Uuslcal Christinas Our sloch, is completv in Music, Musical Instru mentsand Accessories, Violins. Mandolins, Guitars. Vkuleles 1' arjoes, Auto-Horps, Accordians, Mouth -Organs Jews -Harps, Humanatones. caz00% Flagolets Ocarinos, 1\ usic St ands Music Rolls Music Cases Violin Bows Violin Chin Rests. Vianos, Orgaiis and Victrolas. "Ills Master's Voice" Records. FLANIGAN"S M U S I C STORE Xx m xx 0 TM BIG XMAS CLEARING SALE of X, ;,Watches, Je w., eleta y X and mverware STUDENTS MAY ENTER ANY TIME CA We give tiv)rou th counies, have cxp_-rieuc,. d instructor,,; who give indiv itlual instruction to plipliln. Our graduates are ineetiog with success. Winter vottnies for fariners' sons. A,lress college for free catalogue. WINGHAM or STRATFORD 691111 Putting Away Your Car? WHAT obout your Storage Battcr .9 Ulo' ellallev;, on ruining it through negicet. All fflh. batlery needt regular and rp. charging at intcvval. throll,--hout tll(-,willtjr 11louth, Sil"PlY tahing it out of the car and T,relrng it In a warl" Place is not sufficient to Preserve the bat. tery's usefulness. We have t4l)(T1,11 faellitles for Ivinter storage. NVe Will ve your battery relrular atleotioli thiq Winter and deliver it in good vondition ill the Sprilign The Storage Fre is bat littl(! more than tile cost of a fre4iening charge oil(.(, .1 Inonth. Have your ear repaired durinq the Winter ,", ason. Reasonable terins. The qual- fir of ow riorh Is aftertiseltiftent, I R 0 B E R 1"0' 0 N 'Ov"' H JEA (44 IkC,*. VEAR The Date of Chiistmas IiP 11RISTMAS is the one birthday that is remembered by men in prae' i. CRRIS'fMAS, TIM WOnD 0 vr3 VER cally ei - country in the world, yet there is it vast uncertainty as to Ith the highest respect and love and con. the actual date of the, event which it commemorates. It was not till All the peoples of the world treat wi fidence, mothers, babies and old men, So when the old men found through a star a the beginning of the 5th Century, A.D., that iliere was any general young mother with a now baby in a manger in it stablet the report of the birth of concensus, of opinion on the subject. 0 Christ was spread and His birthday became Christmas. The day is universally kept The earliest mention of December 25 was the date as made by Theophilus of as a sacred holiday by all Christian nations of the world. It was not until four years Antioch, about 171-183 A.D.; and Hippolytus, in the year 202, says that Jesus after His birth that the Year One was fixed, and itwas a fitting tribute to Hini, that was born at Ilethlehein on the 23th December, a Wednesday, in the 42nd year Of our new calendar began a short time after His birth. Augustus. But both these passages are believed to be spurious ana later inter. In different parts of the world Christmas is celebrated as the climate dictates. polations. South of the equator our Christmas falls in July weather, as it is midsummer there, E.piphanius in Cyprus, 375 A.D., said: "January 6 is the date of Christ's and snow, ice, reindeers and sleds unknown. How Santa Claus grew in the ininds birth." John Nice tells us, however, that Epiphanius later came around to the of children as an old nian with long white hair and whiskers is not certain. Perhaps opinion that December 25 was the proper date. But as late as 385, January 6 was it is the artist who has put the idea into the youthful mind. observed.as the birthday in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Ephracm Syrus also held In Canada we eagerly hope that December 25 will be a white Christmas, that for January 6. In his time the Baptism, the Star of the Magi, and the Marriage at there will be snow on the ground. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a real Christmas to us, Cana were also celebrated on the same (lay—all being held to be "epiphanies" or But south of the equator, in tropical countries, a white Christmas is unheard of, revelations of God. In 385, Pope Siriclus. calls January 6 the "Natalicia," the snow is an unknown quantity and Christmas is a day that calls for linen suits, straw birt$- ;iv oF Christ. hats and iced drinks. TUB PVMIIG MAY= The Armenian patriarch Nerses, in the 12th century, defends his people for not To us it wouldn't be much of a Christmas qn1ess we could have our sleigh rides, observing December 25, in the following terms, our Christmas trees, our snowball fights and the yule log burning brightly in the "just as Ile was born after the flesh from the Holy Virgin, so lie was born fireplace. In the tropical countries they have none of these things, for their weather through Baptism and from the Jordan, by way of example unto us, And sl ce in December is about the same as ours on Dominion Day. there are here two births, albeit differing one from the other in mystic import and How, then, do they celebrate the day? In the United States, specially in the in point of time, yet it was appointed that We should feast them together, as the South, there are carnivals, Mardi Gras and so on, but the people do not enter into the first, so also the second birth." That argument would make Christmas fall on spirit of such things with the wild abandon which marks a carnival in a Latin country, January 6. The blood of its people is warmer than ours, their dignity is less stiff and when they But Popc Leo, long before this, in 447 A.D., in his 18th Epistle to the Bishops celebrate it is some celebration. in Sicily, repudiates their teaching that Jesus was reborn of the Holy Spirit at His The streets are thronged with the peoplcr—men, women and children—in festive Baptism. Therefore they should not celebrate the birth and the baptlarn on the costunics. Paper ribbons of gaudy hue and confetti by the bushel is scattered same (lay. everywhere, perfect strangers link arms and dance, bandg bray and violins, guitars Where then did We get authority for the date that we now observe? John of and other musical instruments add to the gaiety. Almost any old thing goes so long Nice has prew-rved a letter written by a Bishop of Jerusalem to the Bishop of Rome, - as you don't get too rough. You can chuck a pretty miss under the chin and get in which the lattt-r is urged to look in the. archives of the Jews, who were brought to away with it, you can shower some high personage with confetti or soak hirp with Rome aftt.r the de,structiott of Jerws'alern in the year 70, and to ascertaitt from them, little wax balls filled with perfumed water and lie will not feel offended. For it's if the roal datL of Christs birth. The Bishop of Rome consulted the carnival time and a person who is sensitive had better stay indoors. writing , (if Jost-pbus, the J(-.Nvish historian, and found the date to be December 25. Giving of presents is not so much in vogue with them as is the case with us, Chry,, ostoin in 392 confirmed this account of the date. The people spend their money oil the carnival. Of course, the postman, the paper So faras our British ancestors are concerned, it is interesting to note that Pede boy and others who ;crve you daily expect some remembrance and they sometimes tells us that Dmembvr 2.5 was k(,pt as a feast long before Christianity was intro. remind you of the fact by ringing your doorbell and presenting you with a, card duced. lie relaus that "the Ang)i N,gan the year on the 25 Ith of December when that wishes you the joys of the sealon: Then you slip him a bit of nione and his we now celebrate the birthday (if our Lord, and the very night which is now so holy Cbristniar3 is complete. to us they called in their tont uc Modrcnccht (mothers' night)." In come countries—Mexico and Peru in the Western bernisphere—bull In 16 11, the PuKtans in England by Act of Parliament forbade any merrinuctit fights are the big event of the day. In almost all tropical countries tile cock orreligionsserviceson Christinag, on thegrourld that it wasreally a heathen festival. fight is a national sport and Christmas cock fights tire the feature of the cele - Charles 11. dian,ged all that, but in Scotland even yet, New Year's Day is much brations. Women take them in and gamble upon the result Nvith as much avidity wore regarded than Christinaq. as the men. UNORT110DOX they tell us that in Heaven Is 664astilig spring. I was born in Canada and don't believe this thing. I cannot think of Christmas the real thing, don't you know, If there wasn't wind and frost And lots Of nice old snow, If there wasn't comfy mUfflers to Put around our throats, And overcoats and blankets And q9ilteO petticoats! They tell us that In Heaven Itis ever suni- met time, But, oh, to me that story it doesn't sotind a sublime. For I was born in Canada an4 I look to the day When winds go roaring—soaring across the summer way, When old Jac% Frost gets Out his file an4 sharpens up our wits, And we must wear our flannels, warin petticoats and mitts! They tell us that in Heaven the flowers are ever there-, Once in a while I'd like to see the snow - drifts everywhere. I'd like to snowball someone—and ob, I'd like to slide, I'd love to chase a former's sleigh and have a little ride. ' I'd love to have a pair of cheeks as red as any rosep. I'd love to have a real nice suit of all -wool underclothesl They tell us that in Heaven the birds sing all the time, But, oh. I'd love to hear the frostbit Vine trees chime. Lo! I'm a big barbarian, I love to bear the moan Of cedars crying in the night, forsaken and alone. Other men from year to year may slum- ber in a shed, But, oh, i love my blankets and my IN old feather bed! They tell us that in Heaven the skies do never scrawl. Rats! I love to hear the wild winds yelp and bowl. I love to hear the tempest roaring at the moon, I love to hear my mother say, "Bairnies, cuddle doon!". I love to snuggle (did you ever snuggle?) in the winter weather. One or two or three—bolding fast to- gether. They tell us that in Heaven it is a summer clime, Nevertheless. I'm going to root for tho good old Winter time. Come on, ye winds of winter-, come on, ye frost and snow, I'm a thousand years of age to-day—you never brought me woe. And when I die I'll ask the Lord—and I'll be understood— "Olve me a 1"Onth of aleighing" and I'll "t it If Im goodf Salem A Marry Christmas to the Advance and its readers. Mr and Mrs. Wm. Lowry and Mr. and Mrs, Archie Lowry from Belmore vicin- ity. called on Mr. and Mrs, Gowdy one night last week, Mr. and gra. Albert Gallaher. attended a school concert near Moleswortb- last Friday night. Mr. Ross Barl and sister, Nliss Strime- line from south of Gorrie, visited their sister. Mrs. Win Cathers, last Sunday. Mr. Edwin Bennett went to Toronto last Monday with a load ofeattle. Mr, Harry Westlake it; not improving ar rapidly as bis many friends would wish. Word arrived last week announcinx the wedding of Me. Robert M. Westlake, formerly of this locality but now of Tu aoke vicinitv, to Miss McPhee. a girl residinR near Tujaske also., Congratiul- ations Bob. Capt, "Bob." Pearson A St. Louis daily in reporting a Base Ball Cotivention speaks as follows of Rev. Robert Pearson. a former old boy of this locality-. -Captain Pearsons. President of the Western Canada League. was not heard until the closing minutes of the banquet on the second day. when many of the delegates had departed for their liomes. But the tall Calgarian made a distinct hit -a horne run. He spoke brightly, briefly, merrily and soon had his audience in a tempest of laughter. His jokes were short and well put -his points excellently made. Mr. Pearson said that Canadian boy9 were taIiing up generally baseball even though they called lacrosse their summer sport. that the American game was running out the magnifident Indian pastime now in its last ditch in Western Canada. If Can. ad* turns out maltly more mert, like M r - Pearaon. the U. S. will have to took to its baseball laurels. As a tnan,ds a legislat- or, at a i ptaUer and as an all-around royal fellow the Canadian quickly took a placit in the front ranks of Xansas City. Yet he said that he had been but nine days old as a President of a league, got word to attend the Convention a few hours before train time, had to draw upon hiq own fundq for expenses and hoped f lint fit, find roadi. gnoNd Ivoev junin ri" tile way. Captain Pearson served with the Canadian forces in the Great War And won the British medal for distinguished - _w "&A r Goods At Pre War Prices. 17 Jewel Regina Watches in gold filled cases at............................. .............. ....... $21.00 Nickle case-, ...................................... 16.00 7 Jewel Regina Watches in gold filled cases at.............. 1400 .... I .... I .......... ­ I ............ Nickle cases ..................................... 9:00 Champ Wrist Watches, 15 Jewels- Banner - *, c 4a ses............................................... 14.00 Cuff Buttons, Chains, Brooches, Tie Pins, and Xf Rings at pre-war' prices. This means prices cut about in half. Holmes and Edwards Hollow Handle Knives and forks, any designs, Regular $20-00 doz. at 13.50 .............................................. Homes and Eldivards Spoons, 30". off, Wm. Rod( gers knives, f lat handles, $7.00 per doz. Prices Me cut on everything but, protected priced goods. We cai rya complete line of CornmUnitV Plate, Adams and Patrician patterns, also Old Colo'ny 1847 'White Rodgers, F"lite, Limoges. Brydal Rose, and and Gold Pattern,;. Silver Novelties and Leather Goods. X, R, M. McKAY PIP0 opticilln. STUDENTS MAY ENTER ANY TIME CA We give tiv)rou th counies, have cxp_-rieuc,. d instructor,,; who give indiv itlual instruction to plipliln. Our graduates are ineetiog with success. Winter vottnies for fariners' sons. A,lress college for free catalogue. WINGHAM or STRATFORD 691111 Putting Away Your Car? WHAT obout your Storage Battcr .9 Ulo' ellallev;, on ruining it through negicet. All fflh. batlery needt regular and rp. charging at intcvval. throll,--hout tll(-,willtjr 11louth, Sil"PlY tahing it out of the car and T,relrng it In a warl" Place is not sufficient to Preserve the bat. tery's usefulness. We have t4l)(T1,11 faellitles for Ivinter storage. NVe Will ve your battery relrular atleotioli thiq Winter and deliver it in good vondition ill the Sprilign The Storage Fre is bat littl(! more than tile cost of a fre4iening charge oil(.(, .1 Inonth. Have your ear repaired durinq the Winter ,", ason. Reasonable terins. The qual- fir of ow riorh Is aftertiseltiftent, I R 0 B E R 1"0' 0 N 'Ov"' H JEA (44 IkC,*. VEAR The Date of Chiistmas IiP 11RISTMAS is the one birthday that is remembered by men in prae' i. CRRIS'fMAS, TIM WOnD 0 vr3 VER cally ei - country in the world, yet there is it vast uncertainty as to Ith the highest respect and love and con. the actual date of the, event which it commemorates. It was not till All the peoples of the world treat wi fidence, mothers, babies and old men, So when the old men found through a star a the beginning of the 5th Century, A.D., that iliere was any general young mother with a now baby in a manger in it stablet the report of the birth of concensus, of opinion on the subject. 0 Christ was spread and His birthday became Christmas. The day is universally kept The earliest mention of December 25 was the date as made by Theophilus of as a sacred holiday by all Christian nations of the world. It was not until four years Antioch, about 171-183 A.D.; and Hippolytus, in the year 202, says that Jesus after His birth that the Year One was fixed, and itwas a fitting tribute to Hini, that was born at Ilethlehein on the 23th December, a Wednesday, in the 42nd year Of our new calendar began a short time after His birth. Augustus. But both these passages are believed to be spurious ana later inter. In different parts of the world Christmas is celebrated as the climate dictates. polations. South of the equator our Christmas falls in July weather, as it is midsummer there, E.piphanius in Cyprus, 375 A.D., said: "January 6 is the date of Christ's and snow, ice, reindeers and sleds unknown. How Santa Claus grew in the ininds birth." John Nice tells us, however, that Epiphanius later came around to the of children as an old nian with long white hair and whiskers is not certain. Perhaps opinion that December 25 was the proper date. But as late as 385, January 6 was it is the artist who has put the idea into the youthful mind. observed.as the birthday in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Ephracm Syrus also held In Canada we eagerly hope that December 25 will be a white Christmas, that for January 6. In his time the Baptism, the Star of the Magi, and the Marriage at there will be snow on the ground. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a real Christmas to us, Cana were also celebrated on the same (lay—all being held to be "epiphanies" or But south of the equator, in tropical countries, a white Christmas is unheard of, revelations of God. In 385, Pope Siriclus. calls January 6 the "Natalicia," the snow is an unknown quantity and Christmas is a day that calls for linen suits, straw birt$- ;iv oF Christ. hats and iced drinks. TUB PVMIIG MAY= The Armenian patriarch Nerses, in the 12th century, defends his people for not To us it wouldn't be much of a Christmas qn1ess we could have our sleigh rides, observing December 25, in the following terms, our Christmas trees, our snowball fights and the yule log burning brightly in the "just as Ile was born after the flesh from the Holy Virgin, so lie was born fireplace. In the tropical countries they have none of these things, for their weather through Baptism and from the Jordan, by way of example unto us, And sl ce in December is about the same as ours on Dominion Day. there are here two births, albeit differing one from the other in mystic import and How, then, do they celebrate the day? In the United States, specially in the in point of time, yet it was appointed that We should feast them together, as the South, there are carnivals, Mardi Gras and so on, but the people do not enter into the first, so also the second birth." That argument would make Christmas fall on spirit of such things with the wild abandon which marks a carnival in a Latin country, January 6. The blood of its people is warmer than ours, their dignity is less stiff and when they But Popc Leo, long before this, in 447 A.D., in his 18th Epistle to the Bishops celebrate it is some celebration. in Sicily, repudiates their teaching that Jesus was reborn of the Holy Spirit at His The streets are thronged with the peoplcr—men, women and children—in festive Baptism. Therefore they should not celebrate the birth and the baptlarn on the costunics. Paper ribbons of gaudy hue and confetti by the bushel is scattered same (lay. everywhere, perfect strangers link arms and dance, bandg bray and violins, guitars Where then did We get authority for the date that we now observe? John of and other musical instruments add to the gaiety. Almost any old thing goes so long Nice has prew-rved a letter written by a Bishop of Jerusalem to the Bishop of Rome, - as you don't get too rough. You can chuck a pretty miss under the chin and get in which the lattt-r is urged to look in the. archives of the Jews, who were brought to away with it, you can shower some high personage with confetti or soak hirp with Rome aftt.r the de,structiott of Jerws'alern in the year 70, and to ascertaitt from them, little wax balls filled with perfumed water and lie will not feel offended. For it's if the roal datL of Christs birth. The Bishop of Rome consulted the carnival time and a person who is sensitive had better stay indoors. writing , (if Jost-pbus, the J(-.Nvish historian, and found the date to be December 25. Giving of presents is not so much in vogue with them as is the case with us, Chry,, ostoin in 392 confirmed this account of the date. The people spend their money oil the carnival. Of course, the postman, the paper So faras our British ancestors are concerned, it is interesting to note that Pede boy and others who ;crve you daily expect some remembrance and they sometimes tells us that Dmembvr 2.5 was k(,pt as a feast long before Christianity was intro. remind you of the fact by ringing your doorbell and presenting you with a, card duced. lie relaus that "the Ang)i N,gan the year on the 25 Ith of December when that wishes you the joys of the sealon: Then you slip him a bit of nione and his we now celebrate the birthday (if our Lord, and the very night which is now so holy Cbristniar3 is complete. to us they called in their tont uc Modrcnccht (mothers' night)." In come countries—Mexico and Peru in the Western bernisphere—bull In 16 11, the PuKtans in England by Act of Parliament forbade any merrinuctit fights are the big event of the day. In almost all tropical countries tile cock orreligionsserviceson Christinag, on thegrourld that it wasreally a heathen festival. fight is a national sport and Christmas cock fights tire the feature of the cele - Charles 11. dian,ged all that, but in Scotland even yet, New Year's Day is much brations. Women take them in and gamble upon the result Nvith as much avidity wore regarded than Christinaq. as the men. UNORT110DOX they tell us that in Heaven Is 664astilig spring. I was born in Canada and don't believe this thing. I cannot think of Christmas the real thing, don't you know, If there wasn't wind and frost And lots Of nice old snow, If there wasn't comfy mUfflers to Put around our throats, And overcoats and blankets And q9ilteO petticoats! They tell us that In Heaven Itis ever suni- met time, But, oh, to me that story it doesn't sotind a sublime. For I was born in Canada an4 I look to the day When winds go roaring—soaring across the summer way, When old Jac% Frost gets Out his file an4 sharpens up our wits, And we must wear our flannels, warin petticoats and mitts! They tell us that in Heaven the flowers are ever there-, Once in a while I'd like to see the snow - drifts everywhere. I'd like to snowball someone—and ob, I'd like to slide, I'd love to chase a former's sleigh and have a little ride. ' I'd love to have a pair of cheeks as red as any rosep. I'd love to have a real nice suit of all -wool underclothesl They tell us that in Heaven the birds sing all the time, But, oh. I'd love to hear the frostbit Vine trees chime. Lo! I'm a big barbarian, I love to bear the moan Of cedars crying in the night, forsaken and alone. Other men from year to year may slum- ber in a shed, But, oh, i love my blankets and my IN old feather bed! They tell us that in Heaven the skies do never scrawl. Rats! I love to hear the wild winds yelp and bowl. I love to hear the tempest roaring at the moon, I love to hear my mother say, "Bairnies, cuddle doon!". I love to snuggle (did you ever snuggle?) in the winter weather. One or two or three—bolding fast to- gether. They tell us that in Heaven it is a summer clime, Nevertheless. I'm going to root for tho good old Winter time. Come on, ye winds of winter-, come on, ye frost and snow, I'm a thousand years of age to-day—you never brought me woe. And when I die I'll ask the Lord—and I'll be understood— "Olve me a 1"Onth of aleighing" and I'll "t it If Im goodf Salem A Marry Christmas to the Advance and its readers. Mr and Mrs. Wm. Lowry and Mr. and Mrs, Archie Lowry from Belmore vicin- ity. called on Mr. and Mrs, Gowdy one night last week, Mr. and gra. Albert Gallaher. attended a school concert near Moleswortb- last Friday night. Mr. Ross Barl and sister, Nliss Strime- line from south of Gorrie, visited their sister. Mrs. Win Cathers, last Sunday. Mr. Edwin Bennett went to Toronto last Monday with a load ofeattle. Mr, Harry Westlake it; not improving ar rapidly as bis many friends would wish. Word arrived last week announcinx the wedding of Me. Robert M. Westlake, formerly of this locality but now of Tu aoke vicinitv, to Miss McPhee. a girl residinR near Tujaske also., Congratiul- ations Bob. Capt, "Bob." Pearson A St. Louis daily in reporting a Base Ball Cotivention speaks as follows of Rev. Robert Pearson. a former old boy of this locality-. -Captain Pearsons. President of the Western Canada League. was not heard until the closing minutes of the banquet on the second day. when many of the delegates had departed for their liomes. But the tall Calgarian made a distinct hit -a horne run. He spoke brightly, briefly, merrily and soon had his audience in a tempest of laughter. His jokes were short and well put -his points excellently made. Mr. Pearson said that Canadian boy9 were taIiing up generally baseball even though they called lacrosse their summer sport. that the American game was running out the magnifident Indian pastime now in its last ditch in Western Canada. If Can. ad* turns out maltly more mert, like M r - Pearaon. the U. S. will have to took to its baseball laurels. As a tnan,ds a legislat- or, at a i ptaUer and as an all-around royal fellow the Canadian quickly took a placit in the front ranks of Xansas City. Yet he said that he had been but nine days old as a President of a league, got word to attend the Convention a few hours before train time, had to draw upon hiq own fundq for expenses and hoped f lint fit, find roadi. gnoNd Ivoev junin ri" tile way. Captalti Poarsnn 5(,rved with the '—'-n*di;b formin the Great War And vmthfi urldell r4mal (4e dilthAzliltiled - _w "&A r