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[focally being Christmas

‘ilflwli not he issued on Wsdnosd ay.

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like a public holiday. ‘rm Guard '

ECEMBER 25, 1923. "

on the 26th day of Deeemhe sii the churches of Christendom cala- hrato r n» anniverslf! "f M." Savior/it"s birth. The civil authori- ties of Christian countries have made it a public holiday in the or- dinary sense of the word, but its first celebration was of an entirely religious character-e Holy DI)‘- as was that. of the Christian Sab- bath." ‘As la well known. the Jewish Sabbath was observed on the seventh day of the week. In Chris- tian observance of the day of rest and worship this was advanced one day in celebration of our Saviour! resurrection from the dead.

These Holy Days are conspicuous as foremost In the celebration oh .wo t. " events in human history. The birth of our Lord marked a great turning point in the life of the human race. Before that illustrious date, with the ex-

". QHEISTMAB WEATHER AND ‘ ' ' SPIRIT Uéllrlstmas. this 5'98?‘ l" 11°‘ "a green Christmas" as mo!!! P9790115 - feared that it would be. Neither ' is u. n Christmas of the old-fash- - foiled kind in which wlnd whistles ilfld snow whirls, and Jack-Frost i .: “Verna. me DQWBI‘! of the air, and Santa Claus has his vhlskcrb‘

eat for" the future of the child be- gins.

lninfancy the child instinctively begins to conceal his wrollS doinf- fldhe effort is oflen "cute" and he :1; laughs-i s. by tiotlns Pawn"- :encoursged he goes on concoullnk iutifllhe becomes an expert in the ian. of concealment. He has had this first lesson in the great modern icommantlment “Thou shalt not be

caption of the Hebrew tribes, limit- ed in numbers, the entire human race was sunk in idolatry. and the great majority were in a condition of superstition. ignorance and slav- ery. The charge of the opponents of Christianity that it tivns "turning the world upside down" was true. No such sweeping overturn in the world's affairs had ever before oc- curred. Spiritual enlightenment has been followed as a tronseottencc

l Railway official to work on when he said: “WITHOUT STOP."

ONLY QUOTED TlYiIE TABLE. an worked out by by the abolition of slavery, a sin-ill" P710957‘ RAILWAY OFFIO

spin-en expressed by its can oaeonoellls

Car Ferry Cnnm ctions

Slr.‘—-I am not going to enter in- to a lengthy discussion with Mr. Fisher. '

What Ihave obiected to from the first is asking for unreason- dblethi ' , (such as a "REAL EX- "IWlSS OM SACKVILLE TO

. roaitsnrxssrwiruour sror)"

and misrepresenting our tran- sportation set-vice to the detriment of the Province.

Mr. Fisher now says “As far as stopping the train at certain stations. la concerned. this is a mere detail. and can be- worked out by the railway people."

Now if Mr. Fisher will again read his first letter he will find he eft very little latitude for the

Another thing he says. is: "Let

Captain Head confine his remarks t Railroad, AS THERE ARE PLEN- TY RAILWAY OFFICIALS WORK OUT

TIMETABLES."

o his Car-ferry and not to the TO THE RAIIAVAY

He evidently believes in: "Do

as l say. not as l do!‘

Now l would like to point out, l FROM THE

D0 YOU USE A CRUTCH

if you were asked that question. /ou'd ask the questioner just what was wrong with his eyes.

The use of a crutch witlh a sprain- .~<i ankle or similar ouher leg condi- ion is justified of course.

Itiut when the ankle is better .."ou throw away the crutch, and the ioint gels as strong as before the njury. ,

l have in mind the crutch so zneny people use almost daily.

You have eometihing to eat of" which you are very iond. You eat just twice as much as ls necessary for your needs. You are in some alight distress, and so a couple of pepsin tablets are taken to allay the pain. A little later a nasty aeadache ensues and a. coupie of pain tablets are at once taken, and as is usual with the big eater, con- stipation is the customary condi- lion and a purge is taken to cit-at" things away. Now one cannot find fault with the pepsin tablets; they are simply helping Nature to do u lob that shc is not perhaps able to ".lo alone. "Nor with the purgative which is getting rid of an accum- ulation that would be better out of the system. in other words they are crutches that you use. as you would an ord-

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BY THE REV. DYSON HAGUP There's only one WI! l0 971°‘ that we have the Christmas Spir and tbs is by giving, It's the rcl joy of C risttnaa}, It's the Ml true happiness of the Grand Olt Season. And one of the happii-s ways to give is to give not it those who have everything the: want, but to those who have litti or nothing. Perhaps you read of that freak dinner given in London not long ago where the dinner for each guest cost over 8500! Think. of it! $600 to stuff people who had everything they needed, when not far away there were thousands and thousands who would have been well fed at 25o a bead. _ Now.one oftbe wonderful things about Christmas is that we are all thinking bow we can‘ hell) 801119" body else. The children's joy-God bless their little hearts-is the present, so carefully hidden, and the gladness of their Christmas surprise. And the brightness that shines in on myriad of faces is the light of that unselfish pleasure that always comes to those who are making others happy. Espec- ially at this time we should try to carry out that surprising order of Christ who said: When thou mak- eat a feast, call the poor. One of the favorite stories of that great English philanthropist. Sir John Kirk, was that of a little fellow who had been induced to attend and

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‘ p HE President, Directors and , Officers. extend to_ they Customers and Friends of the a Bank their Best Wishes for. a Happy Chriitmas and a Pros- perous Ncw ‘Year.

if if"

Banal aha

WE WISH‘ YOU

A Very/Merry Xmas

and ra

PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

May Prince Edward - Islanders at home and abroad unite to. boost their

the Mission Sunday School had come into a very bright and Christian faith. Some one. surely

scorched when wullflii 6°" “M

_, petitions uplift tu the human race ‘Al's’ "m prov?’ Mr‘ Fisher w“ going up the chlmnles. This is just i mum‘ out‘

(Yflllveflllllfllll l5 "WI!" "w" liberty’ knbwmdge and a ‘misrepresenting the time tnkcn by

in dishonesty

innry crutch with the sprained au- kle

and

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a via media kind of a Christmas.

‘child's. first lesson

which some theologians and lllll . osophers say is llw bt-‘llel’ "Y l“ Christians to walk in, and which we all feel is the better way, for Christmas to come in. A little more snow for the seasodwould have given full satisfaction, alike to those who bud Christmas goods to sell and to those who went ab- out seeking presents to give l0 their friends and necessaries of life to bestow" upon the need)’ poor. Over the country-side merry sleigh-bell had ilngled and in the towns; the auto and the wait- goll have plied w. promote the Christmas" cheer. [Person-tr 910D"- lugiou Christmas could come and go and buy to their hearts’ con- tbfit, with never a snow bank to

_ equity true. ,

' the bureau, the‘. kindergarten and

lfinder and never a breath of Jack host w causes shiver. Stimulat- ing nil was the Christmas spirit, which makes for humanrkludaess. the spirit. of those who. on the first Christmas morning proclaimed the glad tidings of "peace on earth good-will towards men," the spirit that will its effect on earth, when the dream of the poet shall havebeen realized, and "mun to man theworld o'er shall hrlth- era be and ‘a that." . To that grand end, every well g and truly observed ‘Christmas tends. Still there ‘are racial. and national and individual- jealous is; and prejudices to he over-come. Still, the Christmas spirit ousbt to have a. freer and more general scope and in thzrhove that it will gain yet greater strength and in- fluence in this Island home of ours The Guardian wishes all its read- ers‘

have

A Happy Ch. istmas SEQUENCE.

A thought, an act, a habit, a character, a destiny; these follow each other in" natural sequence to- wards one gosh-destiny. “As '0 man thlnkcth in his heart, so is he." He thinks, then acts; the act forms a‘ habit, the habit crystallizes itself into character and thereafter he um, here or hereafter. the character he has built up i'or him- self.

It is well to begin right. to train the thought into good channels. Action and habit follow the thought naturally into good channels, and life (M?! iylfillllfitflflllyiiind Wll0I& comely.‘ The reverie of thle is

Good or bad. oitlsenabip begins with "childhood: n belina when "thiakhil begins, and "thh la why ifthe acltooi should each devote its timeend m‘ energy- to the direction of-thought. {Bight and wrong are the antjutii¢u¢a| m» m child

l. l

reliable fertilizer ia barnyard man-

tuud us he grows older the idea dc- .vclops that tile t-ritne is in helm! lfound out, not in the wrong doing. i lilght for rights sake, regardless o; consequences, is the oi-lif F0011 l" in wholesome and permanent stabg 5il-ity" of character. \\'l1en this is iii-i ‘slate-d upon in infancy and tbi-ouiflli [childhood there 1.. muenangsi- or’ Estraying when the time of tempta- ltlon arrives in after years.

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BEGINNING RIGHT. "

i . i A young farmer who _'purrhnsed a farm‘ in this province and found from the result of fhis

little-to the good, came to the very

started- right, and resolved in make amends by beginning right the second year. ACUIIQWADOII this resolve. he purchased much chemical fertilizer as he could" sf- ford, _selected one of his poorest fields, applied-the chemical fertiliz- er and planted the ficld t0 DOW" toes. lie had a good crop. After the potatoes ,were harvested" he plowed and hat-rowed the fieldmnd. next spring. sowed the field with, wheat, seeding it down WIUTCIOVQI‘. He had a good wheat crop. Iu the fall he applied a light top dressing of barnyard manure, distributing it evenly with a manure spreader. Next yearhe had the best crop of cloverin the neighborhood and the following year a splendid crop of mixed clover and timothy.

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This field was now in slapo for a regular rotation of crops and has been kept in good condition. capable of producing any desired crop in its own time. He ls now applying tho same method to other fields as time and means will at‘- ford. He loses no time ovm thr poorer lands, using" them wlzrn suitable for pasture, ‘and bringltu; the-m gradually into cultivation in the same manner as was used in the first field. whole farm will be in n position to produce a profitable crop and af- ford good pasturage.

1n due course his":

if this, or a similar method were employed by those of our farmers whose Ilands are flfty per cent. or more lying idle, there would be fewer poor farms and poor farm- ers. ‘There are too many land- poor farmers’ in ‘this province.‘ land- poor bechuse- one half or more of the farm is run out and almost worthless. How long would a mer- chant iast if half his capital lay on the. shelves yeltrafter year without any return? '

Beginning right is one mm of the farmer's battle. The fields can be brought in one at a time and only the ildlda thus treated are worth bothering with. The only

an“ year's work ma‘ he had- "flxioompnrlaon with the Great Eventflnonths oi‘ Nov, Dec and January.

sensible conclusion that he had not‘

ivatlccnttrnt.

i it seems highly improbable that_

‘itht- train between Sackvilla flown, and as advice

is cheap Moms-times) l would suggest that t’ lie were to “practice wlial he preaches it would save him from

‘Christmas Diy a; now gglghrg\gdl'llfll(llill a int of blunders one o1‘

h l u.“ anniverury o, the datelihc latest of which is: “and only

on which our Saviour was born.) The early Christians cclebrntecti it‘ in various months, as in JIIIILIZITYQ April ouliiny. December was not;

a month in which Judean shepherds‘ “watched their flocks in the iii-id». by night," as told by the NEW: Testament. Old Christmas Day was! long celebrated on January 6th, but.‘ the change from the Old Style to, New Style in 1582 as adopted lui Ellglfllld ‘iii 1752, omitted eiovoni days, which drove back Jnnuaryi 6th to_ December 25th, on which‘

since been celebrated and will‘ doubtless continue to bu. Thea»,

changes arc quite unimportant in.

which the dny commemorates. ‘

' ‘All historical events in human,

annals are divided into two classes] ancient and modern, according us they occurred before or after the birth of Christ. That is why we wrlto or speak of B. C. or A. 1)., dating the years backward or for- ward from the Christian Era. That is why" the present year is A. D. 1923, or‘ iii‘ legal parlance, the year of our Lord 1923. Christmas Day, as it is now placed in the calendar, closely follows the shortest day of theyear, at which time the sun-be- gins" his return journey from the south and bringing spring and gum. mcr in its train.

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Christian anniversary.

"Fear not," was the angelic mes- sage to the shepherds, “for behold, I bring you good tidings of great Joy which shall be to all people, for unto you ls born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which la Christ the Lord." And thereupon followed the great chorus of the angelic hlllll- fllllltlnl; "Glory to God In the lllilheet, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

The lmlwrt of thia great mos- dage to mankind clearly points out the manner in which the day should be ohscrvetl. It ls a day of goof] tidings. a Joyful day, celebrating the Irirth of a- Saviour: a day of "Ollilllil: o. rlny of peace and good will. .

Much 0mm spirit and feeling comes Into millions of hearts and homes at the Christmas season and the benefit is incalculable. ‘ More than at-any other season of tho year the day is joyful, filled With kindly unselfish thoughts and words and deeds. Kindred and friends ex~ change/affectionate greetings, ab- sent ones are remomhe “d, and loving messages are sent. Happily" it. is also a day on which tile poor, the sick and the nfllicied are re- membered and the children are made. glad." Never before or since- was so great," so Joyous and hopeful a message delivered from the skies to men on earth ns on that first Christmas morning. it has echoed down the ngt-s with over increas- ing volume for nearly two thousand

yenra. It must needs bo that each

successive Christmas season shall

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It was the cus- tom of the pagan world, long bc- fore the Christian Era to celebrat- thiii date with festivity and rejoic- ing. There is a higher motive and a deepenmennlng behind the great

.,, qolrprelieatle. and an at- no ‘ speaking, that his - - l Qabiifettlitraouroeflllv

the‘ _....".l........ s; on

‘m; but when the land is poor it is necessary to give it a start with chemicals and. the start once made.

bring the world ‘nearer to the great fulfilment yot to come, when reverence to the Highest. peace on

the follow-up process is cosy.

earth and good will among men

shall prevail in every land.

the connecting link between Sack-

ville and Tormentine and Borden 1nd Emerald is missing. as THElll-l iS A _TR.\IN AT PRESENT "ICING INTO (‘IIARLOTTETOWN AROFND ELEVEN 0'CLOCK." llad he followed his own ndvicc. left this ntatteriu the hands if the “proper railway officials," be would never have suggested CONNECTING AT EMERALD WITH A TRAIN THAT IS Alt IIFIAIJY IN CHARLOTTETOWN BEFORE THE CAR-FERRY COFLD POSSIBLY LEAVE TORMENTINE WITH THE MAILS AND PASSENGERS on

rem-my,- dm‘. l)... gram Annlvemnry haflitho return trip he refers to.

\lr. Fisher further says: “What I have been TRYING ‘to bring be- fore the public. is that the passeng- er and mail service during the

is not equal now to what it was ten years ngo."

The only port of the Province whore the passenger service and mails do not make better connec- tion now than ton years ago. i= west of Summerside and east of Charlottetown and when I say now I mean that the Winter Service to- day was hctterthan the summer service ten years ago for the great bulk of the people living west of Charlottetown and cast of Summcrsltle. nnd l cannot see that either "Traveller" "or Mr. Fisher has put up much of n fight to better the west and cast.-

Wo have now a double passeng- er service during the tourist l~'('.'i.<- on" and so long as the traffic is heavy from Boston and the New England States nnd by the much abused WINTER SERVICE. passengers and mails from over Nova Scotia, and New Bruns- wick and all who come from Montreal and the west by the Maritime Express and C. P. R. reach their homes on P. E. l. at ‘east from four to five hours earlier than they could ten year; ago and ‘hese four or five hours, were as good as ten or twelve for now they land early in‘ the evening namely 6.20 p. m. in Summerside, 6.40 in town and a little nfter 9 -ln Tignish, whereas ten years ago it used to be nround midnight when they would get to town or Tlgnlsh.

There has been u lot of talk about the Ocean Limited, but a study of the time tables will show that nearly all the through con- nections are made by the Maritime Express, and tosave you the trouble of looking them up. l will quote some of the through con- nections, direct from the tinie- fables.

_All connections from the lbele- wnre and Hudson Iiailway at Montreal arc for the Maritime Ex» pros-s or the C. ‘P. R. and imtke close connections at Snckvlllc.

The same is true of the "Nov: York Central Railway and the jRutland Railway, _

Then take the Canadian Nation- ul through trains. The "Cohtinontal Limited" from Seattle-Washington and Vancouver B. C. arrive at Montreal at nine fifty five a. m. and connect with the‘ Alsritime. The "National" gate in from the Count at 7.30 a. m. and connects with the some train. - If one wishes m travel by the C. I’. it. the connections lfrom the Western States, Deiutli, Minneapol- is and St. Paul are made at Mont- real at 8.20 a. m. either with tho C. P. It... or the Maritime Express and, make close connections at Sackviile. .

Then there is the “lmperial" C. ‘P. it. from the Coast she gets into Montreal at 9‘ a. hi. and makes close connections through to char- iottetown uni Tignieh. in fact every throuizh train on that}. P. R. clear of the "Trans-Canada Limited, which only carries Sleeping Car Passengers, make-the Maritime Ex- press connections or the C. P. It. noon train. boi.h of which are close connections at Sackviile.

The same la true of all the C. N. R. through connections from the Wlost and if one, half the energy was expended in tolling the people to come right along and‘ not stop

ihtz‘, all

But the pity is that you are. so unfair to your body in asking it to lo things beyond its powers, and you try l0 square matters by ae- curlng out side help tor it.

Nutule in the itormul individual does not need outside help. Sho is well able. to do the job tilziced up- onher by the Almighty.

‘llul when you cat a meal worthy of u tune mun, and then do letss tvc-rk in a day than a five year old child that plays outdoors, you must expect to use a crutch or crutches.

Now why not be fair to that body of yours? Nature doesn't de- mand unreasonable things.

All that you need to do is think about the amount of work or "play that you do in u day and cat. ac- cordlngly.

All that la wrong with the diet habits of moetpeople is that they eat too much.