_ be a sign unto you; ye shall find

.charttics us are brought. to

bra-git. .

‘ll: llhrlu Patton. Plaid-KIM Moivuliy, DECEMB

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in tlie "510 K609i!!! would: over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them‘, and U19 lnoly of ulc will shone l'0lllld about them: and they‘ ylereJ-‘sore afraid. And the angel sadbunto them foal‘ not: for behold l bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. Fol unto you is born this thy. in thc city of David, a Saviour which is Christ the Lord. And this shall thc babe wrapped‘ in swadilling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praisng God, and singing Glory to God in the Highest and on earth peace, guotllirlll toward men.

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CHRISTMAS 1922 t

For nearly two thousand years l the AngellwSong, Peace on Earth anrl Good Will to Men. has been sung at least once a 0n the other three hundred and sixty 5011f liars tlic Ange-l Message ls largely lust Sight of. is Peace on Edit-h Bill)‘ a hope is Good Wilt t0 mull vllly a sentiment to bc indulged on (‘hdrlsiinas Day then laid aside?

We are all sincere on Christmas Day.

year. l

and

Wt- urc happy in the enjoy mcnt of our year's prosperity, tn our faullily reunions, iii our ex- cllflflgi‘ 0f grcetiiifls with friends. Our gifts are poured out. witlluul stint among our friends who re~ turn the compliment with

graciousness;

equal we remember such of the poor as we have knowledge of and subscribe liberally to such

OUT notice. but too often our bene-l

with the day. To-I

I morrow, with the Christmas cheer: still clinging to us like a ‘h

licences cull

illCl, we I

return to duty, to business,

to’ money/flicking and tho generous Christmas spirit begins to waned shortly to disappear.

Tho Ange-ls Message was not alone for the Christmas Day 1900 years ago. it was a prophetic vison of fuuture ages when the taperi ovcr tho humble mangor cradle. then lighted, would communicate its flatllc to otncr tapers until the whole world should he lighted up. Slowly tlic tapers are being liglit- 9d; Slowly the Story of tlie ilumblo birth, the self-sacrificing life, tlic ntortyr death, is lighting up the dark places of lil‘: earth. Slowly the Peace on Earth is being achi- eved througb strife and blood- shed; slowly the Good Will to Mon is being achieved nmld hu- man selfishness and consuming ambition. Slowly the light is spreading, giving ground for hope that eventually the "earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as‘ the waters cover the deep.”

o "YE SHALL FIND THE BABE"

'l‘flere are in this city as in every other city. babes to whom Christmas menus ‘less than until-- lug. The happiness of others l3 to them but an accentuating of their own poverty, of their own loneliness, of their own cruel lot. To f-lnd these and bring to them something of the ‘brightness of Christmas. not l-n toys and sweets and food alone but in the brlsht-

‘nestl and cheer of Christmas sym-

pathy and Christian folhtdhflril

i iiliiiiltii

firemen need no instruction; they know their work and how tc do it and the control of the fire may

citizens need much telling and. if

fought. they must hear‘ in

given them their chances of heal- lug out the fire are very niuch hiwnered. At last 'l‘htirsda,\':i fire

most solidly blocked with seeing citizens.

difficulty able to move about and handle their hose and Some means must be adopted to prevent this iu future. The better way.

cities, YIECOSSHTY walk but will about “Wihout this curiou= t.‘

her than the itrllei" until the place

,thc recent fire thl

£43;

l-w; u

.i.i.i.iiiilli.

ER 25, 1922.

visited me." “Ye shall find the babe," it may be not far from your own happy home, and in finding lrinl you may find Him who said “Ye have done it unto Me.”

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_FlRE FIGHTING LESSONS The recent fire. like many previ

ous ones. laugh

which should be remembered

some lessons

., . KL!’

l A Notes By The Way l‘

, There will ‘be very genera‘. an iprovul ‘.lf (‘overnor Pugslcfs stalz-l is _luk-.n at the Mouclarl met-ting, in houcr of Sir Henry Tlnruton that Canada's oversea tram -".‘i'.uld as (at as practicable go ain-i coluc through ianadluu ports. But as to iii.- villi; "lie Canadian Nutluil-ll ilzles that in "r. the other aids of tlic "mrder there are wide '-l:l-l gculral differences of opinion. Tile Pans Clan Pa-“ilc the priucimll co-llpe- lilOl‘ a! ti".- Nutional li1c=. s at. extensive‘ mileage of owned or .-:is" .i lin -s in the States. \Vo.-d rii-l il- sale of the National lilies over there give the C.P.R. too great an advantage? Sir Henry Thorn-

when the next one comes. The

safely be left to them. But the

tonX-t maxim, “what we have we hold," may be soulld policy alter all. But our Canadian terminal ports should be protected as far as possible in reason. That might be clone by s. tariff provision that only over-sea traffic that couics

future fires are to be SIlI-JCGSSlIIIlYI mind! that the firemen need all titu room possible around the burning

‘lu ltlicg: that if this room is ‘not,

he sidewalk imluciliately adjoin ng the burning building was al- sghi- so much so that he firemen were only with great

ladders.

the i9

way adopted in ntosl

to rope off the space not only on the s'de- This

l0 mv"

on the streets. enable the firemen

as necessity mnv d rcct. ctizcus will

roWd in. caclt gnu: a little furi-

s blocked.

lu the lllilllizl‘ of c-luipnicnt also,

tile firemen arc not as ivcli pro- WllPll The Chronicle cries "hunk" Vidal for as m“. mum to bn‘ Auwe don't know what to lllilllk.

firi min ivcre,

obliged t0 go into the cellar wills-lil

was fiillcil with smoke. been provided with smokcanasllsfi they could have done ntuch uirrt-j effect-ye work as it was impos siible, without masks, to remain any* length of time in the SIIiIllKG; tilled. building. Milly tires have: to ‘he fought in smoke-filled build-' inlzs and this crlunot be sticccss- fully done without masks. Provi- sion should be made at once for this equipment. limited number of masks would be rellllll‘: ed and, if provided, the work o! the firemen would. be greatly faci- iitated.

Only a

imam?- EFFICIENCY

The aim of education and train- ing‘ is, or ought to be, efficiency. (Iaptalns of industry the world over are looking for efficient men and we have it on the best flll< thority- that the great quest to- tlay ls for expensive men rather than for cheap men. The differ- ence between the two lies in ef- ficiency. The man who can do his work well, who does more than his legal obligations require, is the efficient man and his employ- er willingly pays him all that the business can afford to pay. Th? man who ls watching the clock who gves lls little as he curl for as much as he can get, never rises higher than the necessities of his work will drive him.

Efficiency, honest for honest pay, is the world's greatest need today and it should be the principal item in the curriculum of our public schools and colleges. the watchword of every home.

Canada's greatest need today in

service

its reconstruction endeavors is ef-

one of the lasting 10)‘! of." ‘tllfi Christmas season. "Ye flllfl the babe.” The chvltheflli 0f old _found mm lull ill rilldi’ “- tHuu found their own soulmMYFsliail find the lube." if ye look for Him- among the poor, among the needy among the suffering and. what aver rile coat may he, it will

Qivshflum than courpensutellif only

all nth. f was ltllllll’! and ‘ t slop‘ and 1v

iiclency. it is in competition with efficiency in the world's markets; its industries are lu competition with the efficiency that made Ger ‘many the greatestvluduatrinl cen-

euioved as tile pol-l of the cruillt‘ Trunk Railway. but he did not tell

E. N. MacDonald, Liberal 1MP. for

Sir Henry .Thornton's notioli keeping the National Railways oitt of politics. in a recetlt issue, just before tlie railway Chief's visit m New Glasgow the Chronicle gave him this significant. warning:

oi‘ having with them on Friday will be inclined to speak about keeping

through Canadian ports should be entitled to preferential tariffrate.» at the custom houses. As to that it is ‘more than doubtful whether che inland provinces would willing- ly consent. Sir Henry‘ Thornton ill his reply to Governor Pugsley hin- ted at some way of compensating’ St. John and Halifax for the ad- vantage which ‘Portland has long

how it could be unite‘.

The New Glasgow Chronicle, which reflcctsditc views oi‘ Mr. Pit-toil, still does not approve of of

‘llf the distinguished guest whom .-ur citizens will have tlic pleasure

the railway out of politics, our ad-l vice to him would b.- to strike a soft i,c.i.il; because down here we look .. hilCll speech as plrre bunk." "'0 were inclined to hope t-hat S‘r Henry was sincere but

q» The Public Forum This column in open for the dillcrnsion by correspond-- (fill of question: of inter- ewt. The“ Cha-lottetowv- Guardian does not necessar- ily undone the opinion: 0x- . pressed by its (JFTOIPOIIQ- z ants.

OOOO-OfOQ The Virgin a Babe

Sin-This week once more, the old world thrills with its annual joy. The skies may he murky, the frost killg stern, but in a million homes the fires of love are glow- ing, the lights of peace and charity shins bright, a warmth of gladness reigns in youilg and old. And all because one lllgll]. long centuries ago, while vile festive crowds were gathering in the lnti, a little baby boy was born lu a lowly manger lil the City of David which is called Bethlehem. ,

The mystery and glory of l-lfe have ever. centred in the child, and as they circled round the littlc lilo that lie-s so puny ill the cradle, strong ‘men grow tender, rough youth seems strangely softened, the children gaze with gladlicss while maidens and mothers bend with awe and sacrificial joy.

Yes. The great Anterlcan was right when he said that a baby is better for the heart than a whole nzliicmy of philosophers, aitd we are not surprised to read _illat a young missionary Mildonna wrote honle of her first-born babe: “l had no idea of being a msizllt-r was so wonderful."

But most wonderful is the thought ot‘ Hctlilehtlnlis llallc.

"Why do we keep Christmas,“ said the teal-her l0 a lot of schol- ars in a school in England, tllld a iluar little mite piped oui with a “vect little voice:

“Pli-zlsc, sir, ltcc-ause it's God's ltiriliiluy!“

"God's birthday." g

All, that explains it all, for tlic baby borii chat day was tlie litlllt! EXPPVIQI] a thousand years.

lie was tlie sign tile Lord Plint- self hail prorniiseil centuries llPlUTi‘

“Ilehillil a. virgin shall i'()lli't’ll\'. wuil. llcar a son, and they shall (all His name lnimiiuitcl,“ that is, bc- ing trailsluted, God Wlldl its.

Anti stilt-o that glorious iilorn. ‘he (lay that cltatigeil the World blssei-tiiig it, so that all before is

Q.

God's us: and butane crested flfll,Agd_ above all, bring to Him Itlio gold niid franklncense and {myrrh of a consecrated and odor- ilns heart. _ i l um, Sir ,etc.,

DYSON HAGUE. Tomato, Dec. 1922.

“A ILERRY CHRISTMAS T0 MY Fmiaios, A HAPPY NEW YEAR T0 NV CRITIOS."

tSlr,—,0ue of our. most eminent and loirucd churchmen, speaking n few days ago before a conxrogil- tion of church people used these words, "A person who sees nothing but the cilcerful side of everything knows nothlllgy it I happen to he one of those who, from experi- ence, views life »fronl every angle, l see tine misery, I see the unhappi- ness. l see till.- sufferln$.und l see t.he imany mistakes that are accom- mon the world over. l also see as well the happy contented homes. the cheerlul altitude of iluighbor to- wards nt-iglibor. tile wonderful J0)‘ of life in yiuitll, and the wholesome (‘Dllllllllllbllslllp of mcu and women who ‘strive to make this lifeaplace of better living aiid cleaner think- ing.

As soiut- Ul your readers have evidently l-olue t0 the conclusion that‘ my personal attitude toward iK-Eal. is om- ut slander and altuse, l w~lll now ask illcm to go over my letters cilri-iltllt- atid without bias, fllld ‘l think that they will readily see that lily iilotlvc in writing was to correct some of the evils that exist thriulgltillti the province, and when i l~il_\' throughout the pro- vlnce I llllt-llli from the point, ofKil dare Capi- to tile lip of East Point. and front ilie swift ruuniiilg titles of Nortiiitnillcrlniid Strait t0 the Jwlshlng llllllk waves of the St. Lawrencc Gulf.

T-he 5011071 iluestion on P.E.l. has been L’,l:‘ll(3i‘0llSly criticised for the last fi-iv _\‘(‘lli‘S in tlie columns of your lilPlil ltapers, farming con- iiiliors llliVO come llll for a good share of fiiillifiiiiling also, the ile- iarezise lil pilpitlzitioit is utilising alarm alllfiliil, your best llllllklili’, people, ailil lil; this is a statistical fact, tit i.»- tlie best evidence that .l<J..l. l..- uitiilg backward.

So now l challenge all ihoscwllo have feelily tricil under anonymous names, by iiisizlutititiit, imputation, ind otherwise to injure my repute ‘ion and lllt- place lii which l was born, to ilisprilltt» any statement i ‘lave mailc. Tlicir methods of al- tili-k are tlic ilsitzil ones ct‘ tlie buck ~'lJilYbEl', the lllack-hittider and. the character ilfifiiisSvlil, I challenge one "ind all ot' till-tn to repeat their let-

‘l.(l. (before Clinistl and. zlll since ..\.D_ (the year of our Lord! a mil- lion, million in every use lisvu said or stltlg with glluiticss:

“Unto us a child is born; lllllfl,

IF ll soil is ‘l-Qlven" (‘FH- 'i\'. 3i»

0h. come let us adore Him’ with ‘kind, houiv-livlng, and law-abiding. He!’ Alllllllllsl-"lillon- joyful and triumphant gltlil.ii.~.~'.-i,iell'l‘liey do iiot liairlt out

ExQPremie- Lloyd George ap- Dears to have got himself I

memoirs and certain weekly poli- ticil. articles w-hlch he proposed to write. First he sold the memoirs to The New York Times fo: :22...- Oilfl-a thumping price -—an|_l it was said by him that “the proceeds were to be given to charity." Then he sold the series of weekly letter; to the Hearst syndicate in New York, badly known for its vitriolic altuso of cvcrythng British. It could easily be seen that the pub- lication of the weekly political le'.~ ters iii the same field would lltrgc- lytlcstroy tlie sale values of the memoirs and so the New You; Tim-cs cancelled its contract with Mr Ilioyd (leorge. His pit-t in (p, f"ii('8 of what he had donu was that hc is a poor man and ha; his lii/lii: to earn. Many of his former atrium-rs on hotvh sides of the At.

iantic fiiid this far from Sillliiiac- tory.

Eli-Premier Melshen has been ‘much praised or his surpassing knowledge of public affairs and his altllilty and cluaruess of terms in discussing them, but has been sometimes criticized as lacking ill a sense of humor. He apparently made good for any revluus lack of that qualitywhen e ilddresseti tlie annual meeting of the Donlln~ ion Commercial Travellers‘ Asso- ciation in Montreal last week as the principal speaker. He recalled the fact that about a year ago hc had appealed to the people of Call- adlt with a Line of goods which he thought would be what they need- ed, but he found that the other fellow had got in ahead and won out. “But -it will not be long," he added significantly, “before we shall meet the some people again and then we shall hope for better results." Mr. Melghen was reward- ed with a round of applause from his sympathetic hearers. They rel- ished his cheery, jocular manner of accepting ‘his defeat and his llluck in being ready to renew the light hopefully when another oppor turlltyoffers. And apparently the majonlty of the Knights of the Grip who were present believed the Conservative leader ‘than the goods that the people need."

The Canadian Parliament is not

tire of the world. its railway lys- tom is m competition wml ills most efficiently managed. railway in the world, the Canadian Pacific hallway. We are up against the soonest competition the world has over known and it we rut short to efficiency we are but.

to meet ulrtil February, nqfwflh. standing the promise of an early January meeting. Ministers are still junlretltig abroad, railway mtig notes touring, feasting and milk-in; speeches, new taxes coming into force that arouse thousands of lu- dignnnt protests. in tlhe meantime the railway problem, the immigra-

thst '"

‘us greet tlic Virgin-Born. I

0 illUlllQYS, ilililk n-iil tliailk fill‘ giver of till joy. that tlic tellilcl‘

mirth and Sil('l‘(‘il love of

Ll‘

merry happiness of inyri/‘id homes has its rise and reason '1 tile llPlp- less baby boy that God gttvc for us mcn and our salvation. 0 children, shout for glaillicss as volt open tlic stockings and dance round lllli? Christmas tree but re» ulcmltcl" its you do the poor and the sick, the friendless and llli‘ orphan.

lBc like the little girl that said: "Mother. may 1 send that money uncle gave tine to the pour liilli‘ rtrlmlle we were told about the other day. You sec," site tuldcil. “now Daildyfis well again, anil hard times are over I feel like wautiup to make somebody else happy too."

And, O .yoil busy oucs auil strong, lii this good Christian lilllil of null-t, this Canada of ours, dis lain to spend this season as mcu wiltlloiit (loll, and without Christ. Let it, not be spent 114$ the revclr) of n heathen festival, or in the. giv- ing of litxitrics to those who llilVi‘ too many now, while Lhc poor and hungry stand wondering, forgot ten, and perhaps desperate. O bc still amidst tllie strife and selfish- ness of this had world, to llllfll‘ the voice 0|’ tlie angelic gospel: “Behold l bring you glad tidings of great. joy which shall ibc to all ucoplc; for unto you ls born ihii tiny a Saviour." and go and touch with kindly hands the brother for whom Christ died as he stands in need.

‘A pound of good news is worth

of real help n pound of soft ttilk.

Titus and thus only will you and they and all of us realize tlie ever lasting Christmas joy of Him who gave all, and became all. ilnd taught us that it is more blessed to give than to receive.

Hall, happy Christmas:

Ilsher it in once" more with glor- ious song! Gitrltinil it with pearl»

tion and other grave questions cone fronting the country are apparent- ly us far from solution as they were when Parliament last met. Premier King ought to advertise at once for tin expert to find s policy

far tlho only policy disclosed has

been to increase the public debt nndthe people's taxes.

Mi‘) o l‘) it's v, K IUN E Y i’? , Pl L L S _

A I I U \_\"\\ C? b !l‘il’\il._ ,

iir\'l/> l,‘ l “l i’

y/ y. /

u. ‘r...

C fathers, forget not that all flit‘.

a ton of gilod zidvice; anti an ounce

and joy! Crown it with charity,

t'or him and his Government.’ So

=ers over ilu-ir own signatures, as well as to contradict anything l have written about.

Now»; \\'Ui‘(l about ilic place iii

clue of people whose companion- ‘hf-p | enjoy so much: there is no place over the whole earth l have so much love for as deer old Pildl. ‘t like to see lt prosper in ever)’ way, and l want to see her people happy. but after all l think] have bit a good many nails on the head, and lam new going to cllnch thum- all on the other side. ll will not apol- ogize to ‘iNew-comer," "Oldltllmor." o; anyone else, much ‘loss ride a pole to Point Borden. . v

1 lull pow planning my resllllll‘ summer vacation, and .lf I can bor- row enough IRODBY. l Wm K81- 0|! the fast express at Togo station the inst Saturday ht August. The local band will be there to mes! tile. it will be augmented by ilddl» grg, pipers and harmonica players. They will play “The Wind That Shook the Barley," “Turkey in the Straw," and "Neil Govt’! Farewell to Whiskey." The gentle soft southern zephyrs wattrlns RKIPORB the golden waving wheat fields will kiss ‘my troubled brow, the stately ltoplttr trees will slowly bend in reverence, the worm-eaten flr tree w-lll stand "livmute and solemn sil- ence, “Fanmefls Wife" will head the reception commlttee——of ladies; His Worship the bin-ii Mayfil‘ of Kcnsington will deliver the oration _ of welcome, Bessie. Brindle. Bill] spuotty will kick, rlin and jump with glee. The old crows from Bridgetown, the imutrflllfllls ‘l! Dumlas. will line up Oll U19 01d "l" fence and saw in admiration. My private limousine with lliverieti‘ I illiltuffeur will take me to the best hotel on P.‘E.l. and that is tho bcautllill, humble home in which l was born. This “will be “m a bad ovation for the tlarkdtltlrcil hm‘ I who left the storm-beaten I shores of West Point thirty-five ' year still-i t