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' The Philology Of Christmas

when directed toward such an interesting sub-

toms, with which philologists have attempte to deal. Facts and conjectures merge here ii

professors, more particularly since these gentle-

tlie eiieral reader:

used inthe old sense of “the day before.

fourteen davs be `nniii with Cliristmas Eve.‘

Day, lasted twelve days in all.

As so often happens in the study of words,

“Cliristmas" is much more interesting in dialect.

"good Iflnglisli", for the pretty obvious reaso that old festivals and customs endure and sur- vive niiich longer in the country than in th

different dialectal forms, such as “Christen- mass", “Kersmas”, “Kessanius"; it is used, es pecially in the phrase “tlie~Christinas”, for th

people used to say that such and such a thin happened “in the (_`hristmas”, “before Christina

between Christmas Day and Old Christma

away leaven out of their houses. . . . '1`h horses might not go to plough during the whol

and the distaff, set aside, was not uncommonly dressed with flowers.” _

"Noel", the French for Christmas, came

.\liddle English for Christmas Day, Christmas tiflr-,_ a Christmas carol, and occasionally fo C, 'ist Himself. “Noel” is from the Latin iiiltalir (tires), birthday; from the Romance-language form, "natal", comes the South African prov- ince of Natal, which was discovered on Christ- me Day. `

Like "Newell", "Yule" and “Midwinter”--

two other old names for Christmas-have be some surnames, and interesting membersof th group derived from baptismal names suggested

which was a celebration at the winter solstice Etymologists in the last century derived from “Yule” our adjective “jo1ly”. In dialect the field is less disputable, and, there, “Yule” is a very common word: we even find “to Yule", to ob

feasting. Eighteenth-century Scotland had th quaint proverb: “It is crying Yule under an-

other people’s money. Some of the “Yule” com pounds are picturesque: “Yule-blinker”, th

Christmas pastry; “Yule-e’en", Christmas Eve' “Yule-night", Christmas night, hence a. nierr) evening; "Yule play", a holiday at Christmas.

Some of the ancient and modern appurten-

ances of Christmas are no less curious. “The

nuals for the young, burns low and is nigh to extinction, but once it was the cynosure of the rcvcllers ou Christmas Eve. "Waits", originally watclimen (municipal night police), came, late

ininstrels: the primary sense of “wait” is to

the old I<`i~cnch carolc, a specific form of round dance, or are a development from “chorus” in- fluenced by rriralv. The earliest extant carol is in Anglo-Norman of the thirteenth century; it shows a pleasant regard for “English ale" and “Gaston wine and French, . . . and Anjou’s, too". As for holly, ivy, and mistletoe, they arc survivzils of Northern mythology. _

Christmas Boxes were originally recept-

acles for the vails of servants, and were opened for the common weal on December 26. Among those above-stairs, gifts were in the Middle Ages presented usually at the New Year, and in the twelfth century Jocelyn of Brakclondc, in his Chronicle, mentions this as a characteristically English custom. Gift-giving was pretty generally changed to Christmas Day when Queen Victoria brought the Christmas Tree from Germany (where it arose in the eighteenth century) and instituted it as 1;, household custom.

~ ' Editorial Notes

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had made on behalf of CHARLIE DUNMNG of

_ _ We are going to get a _bridge to_Rocky dbdbbdlbrlmd dl. ~d gddd f'lb°”ld£l ,_ Point, a newly dredged harbour, 75 per cent_ of was his .puny 1,9 pr-avant; P391,

aouvma. use an me un ndvnmi umm to camo- the cost of our hard surfaced roads, etc., etc., d°lh8 Whlt_ they llksd wllgout dis-

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:;‘;i it ‘li F::;;“.ii ° »»'”'r »»»-“““`- -ow-»»»

m W ll* Q ___ ‘S E 5 - he spoiio with authority on tho sub- ND

The education committee of the Dorset hvllddelmlllon would halve b_:_en self- N015! UUBT5 TUE “RUN

(England) County Council recently specified the ° en W °°"'°" hm °m “Wd lt- A l lt 'mul bu use of Caiiadianbirch for the manufacture of "New Age’ L°”d°“` mumcpu y mm “_

The driest of studies becomes interesting school- desks and tables, and efforts are being “We still hops the lm-1,1 ,|11 has compelled the mllkmen tohsvei

made to induce other local Government bodies evohluhlly como to the Italian wiht :'_1;_§1‘ll::‘§_':,’_’l‘,_l°:le“ll‘,’,;’,f°‘1aw_,l'°l1t‘l, xg:

ject as the origin of Christmas terms and cus-` to adopt a similar policy. _ ;’_f___;’l”'__'r'yln*;°y:° “j‘_‘m,‘;°g°‘;*_;_sl;‘;i‘__°_:_; bd, llllddd A lbw "ebb _wo tbl,

d . . BK ,K T . on §mopls. That would be a re- Same munlclmmy °m°”d°d ms r The Financial Port complains: “It was a glognde mlb The wdl.ld_ b,,._ bl l1;._v:__a_l\__¢_i__;1_owrequmlnadd3._lo_p_t_¢_

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such confusion that _one must be cautious in curious thing that happened in the reciprocity lllast, the___elv_ll_t_z_:d _portion thereof, mllk be dellvemd Mm 8 °,c,ock ln accepting the conclusions of the most leanied agreement: All _C_anadi:~;i _taxcs op_ Anfiericarl _"_ ____ and b_ey°nd ,,l,M - _ _

maga_zine_s were a 'en o ,_ caving t em ree o ll_,,ly_ Mussdllnl ls the _ lil.” m._e, any of the words H-That cltles

men are tlienisi-lves_ not in accord. But even as contribution to the _Canadian treasury. Yet the sgllbe Napoleon by bl, own wlll_ l_‘:_’§l2___';_h;__ ‘l_°__F____?;'__:“l_;*_l;‘1°l‘__§_°___l:_°l"§ theories, the following comments on th_c phrase- heavy _tax and tarlH burdens that Canadiarl without exteii;1_a1_provocatlcn or ln- ll ddlodk It nlglll ,md .l d.cl°db ln ology of Cllrlsldlbs should prove lllllmmallng to magazines must bear remain as yet untouched. I/*;;‘1;l__l”;_’P;‘a___:’“»,_t_;’ §°go_§‘lf_e_P_°f; the morning.

ll BK ik ate §V,_m,____g ,m,___l;_“__ ‘I ~ "Nowadays tho shrieking oi train -The words "Christmas Eve," according to The_ production of creamery butter in Can- ' _.___ ` glnghiwgfglgt ':,l;l‘:lu,‘;l?:8_mn;ll’,1§

the pliilologists, should apply not only to the ada during November amounted to 13,479,391 Wh” G°m““ ‘Wd m**°"l W' sirens cf police motorcycles, fire evening of Deceinber 24 but to the whole of pounds compared with 2o,745,o37 in the pre- °°“"1Y were “Wald” °°“"’“°*~* f°" apparatus and Street car. su and

~ - .1 »» ~ - _ - l1f°l°°l~* ln the United Sims thi-S oieotrio repair rruokr, tho tooiing

the day before Christmas, eve being herb ceding month and 12,763,106 in November, 1934. llwdlvdd llld use dl _,lme,.ldd,l ,eller _md lmlng 0, mom’ hom md the

_ _ _ _ _ _ Increases over the corresponding _months _of last fund; 10 buy rr foreign pmduct that blbgrmns lmm llmdmenbld ,ddld

"Cl1ristmas-lille and ‘yulc-tide’ (this latter year were recorded_in all provi_ii_ces with the was beirlg dumped___ln____lllla_ _bg devices, tend to produce e. com-

\\_~as_ the earlier terni_) refer not_ properly _to ex_l:eption _uf _Ontario and British Columbia_ __i_\°r_1__eme__§____s b_yl_____i:______. l>__1_r_r_rl;1o_ll______o1___ ;<;unds____-__l;eyor_lll___ wa Lhristinas l;vc, Lliristnias Day, and _Boxing \v ere pro uction fell off-8.1 per cent_ and 8.9 em Gdmdn llldllslly was very people ,my yew dg°_,._ Day (though this is the modern usage), but the per cent. respectively. largely “bum ;h_l-mlgh Alllorlcap The above llllblbubll gl". bdllle

_ gi g ' . ,l * ,ll purchases of mor; than $1 bllllons ldea. of the sounds the human ear

~ ,~ ' worth of German bonds. The ob- must now endure.

ford:-i “lie Middle Ages Ttiiistllvbs The newly “turned H°“~ HOWARD FERGW llgatlons of these bonds were rep- However noise ls not merely a. Perm 1 “ff °°mm°“°“"€ Y " 50N has left 35 3 memorial of his Hlgh Com. u land, the price of the bonds fell, nuisance any more. The individual

missione_rship in London what are known as ?:;atGf__‘;'_’_‘_f,;"ers3‘;;'°‘l‘,‘_‘;"nf_“t a__b9l;‘§7l;_lf g',§l;’,s"l;5Sl,:;;el_fl‘l,fl5:",:,l;°lds_,l";“y.tl:’,; “.The Canada Shops”, _one of t_lie most effective b,.ldes_ ,mb wlll, lhls br-0fi¢_ Sugoi. work, and the individual working

_ _ . _ ,_ ._ _ d means of stimulating interest in Canadian food dined German exports against, Am.. with his head who is dletrubed by

than in refined and sometimes o\ er-sopiistua e p__0d___Cts_ A m____b____ l_ave_ been held with very _,lean l,_,d,,sl,,y__l,,l,,anclal ,l.lmes_ slml bl. other bolded may have llld

n , . . abolllty to work lowered by from 25

successful results in theprovinces, and _the pres- M o__,_____,__”‘e__c`,_;‘__" palms _mt ld lb be,.de,,l_ Tbll, has been proved

__ ent plan is to hold a number of shops in typical that ll dost onldrlb dvel. $300900 byNir¢tus1 test

_ . , London areas. One was held 'n Ed ewar road l t t k h lil'h . f “WN ll” lnwled ¢0Dr\'M¢t\l5

town. The word ‘Christmas’ has at least twenty ln _luly_ There are hee sanllples ind deemom oils lc? ';1_l.ld° Enix; bllil ll? gllail; ig: against many of the incidents of

. . l d,_l l _ ll l life. If is light Ls too sudden ur

_ strations of easily prepared foods from C_anad- 23?' wedlllbxg gal- cirmfgvlvmnsveeellis Slam! the “Pm “U0” °f UM GW-

e ian recipes, and samples are sold. The object is would mdlerlblly but down ,lm blll llii__savos__th;_de1lil_ate cu1;_taln ofthe

__ _ __ ll t 'th l‘l blt l' ll 5 _ renafac parofteeyeen Lhristinas holidays, In Burne’s fascinating Fl; .g_Ccl?;1§‘;Fé';l__adl;cna‘;;Sl? rgalslgxuwilg fm' the pre ent winter _ which an image strikes) and so

“F olk-Lore", 1883, we read how the Shropshire . P . g y 'wb l involved lb, Pfevehf-S My hflfm to the hrhlh

will be asked for Canadian products brought to °"° "° “"5 “"'° with which the retina ls reall

b‘ame ver likely rests wholly on y

g ~ ' ' _ Y ted. H rash in S the attention of the public by means_of_ the Can 0,,e_ ,md that leads lo ,_ Wald bl ______:_i__wily___er__: _o_________ __l_il_i_i_

,, ,___ _ _ _ Cl . _ ,, ada Shops. The new High Commissioner and eornmisserntlon for the innocent fm dan d , rt ,_ le,

W I out ’ or emem he mo ms mases ’ Mrs MAssr~:v paid an informal visit to the shop driver whose outing has been Nblllllb llggnllbln b,.‘:,’,‘,lgdd“ Am;

s ' .

l R f d ll., th , ll lll spoilt, whose property has been mod l l

Day (january 6?. Burne tells how, even at that Zleasglnwggh lt_ e 0 er day and “ere lg y llsmalged srld lvhose life s.s_ well as 3;. dm; wplaiblfclgmllkgnfmehuénogg date, “One special care was putting away anY *Q 3* T hll‘;]h‘;_°5e ‘;_ee__h°f’_fced“°,§_°'§‘el;°‘;l;l_;‘_§ nected with the braln. Perhaps suds or bulcklee for washing purposes, both of _ Tlmre must be man mon _,msc ln need Untll even, onepln control I3, Ml NH~t\1l`° IW/¢l' Nlllled ihlli hum!!! which it was most unlucky to keep in the house _ y 3' . g _ bdmbbll bombs lb ,eco lze the bemgs w°“1d P'°d“°° m°'°hl“°‘5 ”

. ,_ _ ,, for whom help is asked at this season, in whose ““ ° gn Vllt Md POWCFNI M ¢h0S¢ WG MW

during the Christmas . . . Some, also, put l _elmll no such appeal would have had to be Wfehtlcl d&11g€r_and to realize- l,,,_,,e_

e ___ _ d __ I _ _ _ and to make tha.. reallmtlon effec- The whole .bdlllt ls bball ,ldlbd C ma e in ays gone y. n_ iiornia tini_es _wien tive-that others have rights, there slllllcds the bmlll dlredlly ds ,_ sm

, d _ . lt __ .mln b dm __ the bread-winner of a family dies, or is incap- Wlll BIWBYS be Worry over hlallway 01.sh°¢i¢_'r1-re br-pin in an affm 1,,

twe ve ays, nor inigi a y spi g e 1 . acllaled_ relatives 0,. friends will ,ally to the hazards. common _nelghborllnpig ll,-oftct the body lenses all lb,

aid of those among the survivors who are in- demlimgs thi-1 lewgnbugn ami t m“5°l“ thus pnpmng 1°’ my

bl ,_ If E _ _l __ _ N51 ZR OIL- 42 GETS/D ' 0\1!TlB - emergency as a. rule. but this pre-

capa e o se -support. _ \en 1 tere is no --- poration ot the body for rm ,mu-_

_ F__ land with _he Normans and ears ln rich aunt to play the fairy godmother to the UI-Md* _NU Klveh l_h¢lv fll“_:l_¢ _ gency means tenseness and work mm ‘ g ’ app bereaved, family resources will somehow he pool-` gag; gymigéegfclf fxfkzrz ;"’:_l;;l_h'_ §_l°_l_'___l;_l_J<:__l7___°‘~lY lfl_l:;_i-S Of 0011110 Gn-

__ e_d, and neighboi_'_s will come forwald to do what lllwlbll ,be gl-,ln and texture ,S

t _ 1 ' r is th _ -

_ liatiie Cszbrdnllfrlrli/ingl; 1;)lii§i1ke?l.\iidoliolliefiiiziggssiiiild l’.i¢Ylh;m;;‘_ll;_?u1_l:`_°tE_'1;dD?_:’?t“;l§; Uncle - ' ' 8 [UCB WOO . C 8

neighborhood resources waste away. There is pw ,oth Wm ng, only ,ovlde .

often no near-by surplus_to be tapped, even in ;`;,md°b_,,l opportunities for l,,?mfeTs_ (Flnancla, Pom , an emergency. In such circumstances it is only png that with its further perfec- Alle, three years ol the mosl possible to do as the bedvers sometimes do when ll°11 the f°l'€Sf !`¢S°U\'°°5 °f C25 reckless squander-ing or the peoplets their own brooks run dry :dig a_tiny trench ad” Wm be wnsldembly erman m°“€Y lh the hl-99°F? Uf B Pelweflll

- - - in valve- world, the United states is showing __ around the contours of the hills to some distant ____ _ slgns 0, wanllng __ dlflennt kmd

f“eTm» 53 gms the P00l_niay be rbtstoiiell to__l_he ___‘_g`h_e_____ ¢;\_I_I_11_»_:_l_l*lh_____g_';‘;_°“_;_“‘;’__';l': of policy-_. There ls even talk of an

. . eve nee e o suppor communi y 1 e. is __ ~ , _ early ba ancing of the budget and

by th¢ 8”” Ch“"°h festwals' “Y“le" mm” ser ice the Free Dis cnsar attem ts to erform dm' mmesny h°p°“,lhe ““V°l°°i1' an end to the Steady Yearly rise in

from the northern countries, as does the feast, V P Y P P _ ferelwe will extend and °°“5`~’“ debt

for those unfortunately circumstanced, canaliz- me ll - l le '

ppllcatlon of the pilnc li os Back cl, me clmnglng publlc sem

ing the charitable instincts of our readers to which anlrnatzd previous confer- llmenl are ll,_sl,_ “_ ddwnlng reallul Whclm this 3PP°al is dll'¢Ct°d~ ' en'-ies' thereby makin; its own mn' tion that Public sD”ndln§ does not

- With the closing of the schools and colleges ' ` ing taxes

_ _ _ _ _ . . . . h th Otta auth- ' , _

nerve Christmas or to participate in Christmas for Christmas it ls timely to _note that l-I_0l1Aca L'fli;_§’°h§‘_f_“‘,`_0wsa°__ ,ff W9' The Amelcan people can con

e has been the subject of a prize competition in

_ _ _ the high schools and ‘wueges of New York Slate' The venison feast. at Windsor the treasury for twelve years. Dur-

other man’s stool , indicative of the spending of The Contest was sponsored by the American which the Prince of wales attend- lm; his regime. Bl>0Ut $9 hllllohi

- Classical League and consisted in putting the ed recently ls one _of the survivors gas _gut from 1>l_1__l_r___D\lb1_l0___ dfhi-_TDM “ H°’°“““ °“°5 ‘“‘° E“g‘lS“' Wh” has “”1°P°“'“‘ Elsie? 2.12' if5“iIir”L..'3‘.r`li2’°" riff. ,.r.{'éeyr.§§°“..,.i yi‘l"°,...`2 till “£22

Christmas Star; “Yule"Cru5h”' 3' Christmas to Lutm and Greek in Preselit day schools? In Windsor dinner dates from King much above the war-time figure. feast; “Yule-dougli”, any' and every kind of the year 1890 Latin was studied by 35 per cent. John, who promised one every year The debt is stlu rlslng; how for lt

, of all New York high school students. By 1928 to the townsmen on condition that will go will _depend uillin tdhe de_l_ ~ it was down to'22 per cent. This is a healthy '§,‘_’_‘;‘,:,ll,i:§l 1215? ee;l)sy aiiiifiiilbit rifrkrlrglllil g;l.e,,,;i,ln:lVh,l_ilmlf,,ll§l,.l;l‘l:,n° exe?lns“l‘l_

Showmg compared with me fate of greek' Forty' ln memory oi a similar treaty with self. Roosevelt says that ' bankers five years ago in the high schools' thirty students ,be Blshol, ol wlncirrwn-_ 'rnero have told lilm that the country can out of every 1,000 went in for Greek. In 1928 it must be many landowners wl_l1ing sle_;\d__\_\__ Pl_1_ll_llg__<l¢lJ_l__ 1;! _\_>_f_llf“:_¢;€h _$33

~ - <~ ' ' lk ill balnan norm S-U 6

Yule L05' li "OW embalmed "1 chnslmas an' was. just one studlmt m 190°' In time Colleges tdbuli: nieariysbghqaiietsahive died out nnd a banker who wlll admit that

Latin has suffered much worse than in the high owlng to me lack- dl avallabld be eve, bald that And even schools and Greek has done somewhat better. bdbllbl bar-ily, too, to the diminish- Roosevelt now knows that the vot- One hundred graduates of the year 1900 at Uni- on taste for venison. which is 10- Hs Will rebel Hllllhsff him l°hs 5°-

versity of Chicago had taken in their four years dal' l`5l»_h¢f-°__l; _l/elm? l>_l___du_<l_ren~igi_~ly li_:lf_ie___l_i_e___e\;e_;;__l:_l_~l:___l_t__»l*_?_\l debt 0! SHCI!

in the eighteenth century, to mean Christmas 8- l-018| Of _350 I-all" C0\ll'5C5~ This Comes Close ;,h:,r;l-_O P e __ ' Roosevelt mlnlmlaea the serious-

to one Latin course a year per student. Among _.___ ness of the rise of $8.6 billions ln

_ _ _ H _ if '~ ' Cl-l= d t f th tl the public debt during his regime st-ind on guard Carols either are derived from Egan ____-E218; g_r_a __ill_\ cel___o _____¢_?__ y¢c3_;'____;230 W; The bvpngs whlto man regards bl. ldldlllbg bb calm ,md ;»¢°¢,v¢r. Id I _

y gg g . ' the Indian as of 110 Dhfllwlal’ ln' able assets on hand. Thomas J. ea

twenty-three, a fifteenfold shrinkage. The same lelesl ll, the scheme si things, But walsblb bleblllenl 01 mmnatlonai ratio held for Greek with a decline from 195 1; casual acquaintance/ with his Bllsllless Machinw l-asomiy ,pogo courses' to 12. Evidently a classical revivalis °h8r0<>__Wf!oBnfl__*:_‘_1¢l°‘:_l;__Wl1lhf;f°§;°uR Ll; sln1_lla_l‘__v;=lll___l_n~_;f_:__r1B-___l'_l_°`_F_;l1\:_;

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_long overdue across the border. But is the posi- ;‘;§_’eMB,_le'-s,_,,,__ He knows d lot bl debt ‘,130 me by “muon Wu ._ llblle tion any better here? things the white brother doesn't over 53 bu1|°n,_ nl- -1,5, than one

5* ll* ll* even suspect. “ld lf he 15"* Wll°l' per cent of the national wealth. But

Retail sales in the Maritime Provinces for ly 00h _ ___ _ _ sue ca hem on to $i4i»844.°°°» -ii :;:.t‘“,,‘;:'.t.i.’i‘:.°.;.‘»’,.;':“.r.‘.:.e:. ..'.:.'tr increase of 11 per cent. over 1933 sales and 2.5 ld, lbw H, ml, many virtues, Ono lld deb, llglllw _ per cent. over the amount recorded for 1932. ot which ls the ooinase to be hun- If me bdmll-lmntllgll g_pl: _o_u_l,_ illl In New Brunswick, theincrease in value of sales self. ____ _ ;___p_i~ogmm_____ ___l:_l£__1a\\g________ _______l_ in 1934 over 1933 amounted to 10.8 per cent; ,nw Unlvenlly dl Cdllldmld _U ,ng ln melnmuu Mllld l_“bdyd,,,,_ Nova Scotia_rr.4, and Prince Edward Island 8.7. ddveloblnb ir ihorrnoinet/er' to res- me public, debt of urs Unloeid Representing the value o_f sales in the three pro- 1st_ei;_eth_s__t_lem_1_lp_i:._t_iue__d<l;v_;i8t<_>__l\_b_-_ Sala; pl; _;;___1|_¢_l__l_i__v;ltl_;_lrl_ c;uf__f0_l‘: vinces for 1930 by loo, indexes of sales for the ;_o__il__________._I______ ought ___ l______._____ __°__e ___m_____-__ __________ __ ____ md __ years following are 87.6 for 1931, 71.0 for 1915?, pemlly ln mel, plans ,ls lmdw,-l, to be "lmd_

55-6 for 1933. and__7-'l-3 §0l`_l93"ll T_h° Mal buf" Pells. which sell out. 1; __n1ak<l_ I ness 'of motor ve ice ea ers uring 1934, in- poratiuro _sense ons. u w -_ How _ e Dfo ll cluding the sale of both new_ and used cars. U*“f°“‘l° f°"°”“°d °b°“° ll? ' Oriario

amounted to $13,320,000, an increase of 41.2 N" z_,m`d'm'-,dm be ,md dl 1 _

over 1933 and 24.3 percent. over 1932. Sales of dl,,,,ll°n,_ 'rho new Government mbnmdl Blu.,

_ grocery and combination stores amounting to there will r;;\_:i__oc__t_l__i: l_:_gls_l_;;v_e Tb, “wma of mum 1;

Th° days are °“ 01° S*f°*°l‘ $27'356'°°°l ’l‘°“’°d 3 5”” °f 6" P" “nt” ‘wer hioh in one to ao. 'rhoro is 115 iiii§rninnu¢ix°:noru to gilt dm

.alt -il lk , _the preceding year. Sales of country.general !_”°_m,_m'_,°,_ l_",,"_ md .,",l.,_ mmm ummaml. drlvlnm mmm

No excuse now for not making that belated ‘stores increased II~6 P" °*§“t'i d°l’“"'“°“l one to his llklnt.” In Canada else- m b new sut-

_ .____l_l__m p_ml_m__, _ stores an increase of 8.2;-furniture stores 21.4; nom _so _i_l_o_i_int:_; _:_A ______nooel;l»\1______ lnnaoe, . .

. _ qi at its _ hardware stores 17.3, and drug stores 4.8. §alce nulun__._____________ A _“mmm of

_j » ‘The eleventh hour of the eleventh day for made by _chain stores an the three proviuce; d7‘“,|“lm " ln ll” nddldl ,md_l,,,.d_ _ :fine eomributiori of Sai-its Claus gifts may still were va ued at $41,60v.5°0‘0r I5~° 1_>¢f Wg- _° vinoioi rieiiu hm r_ilown__uui a Jirpld ihe toni buormn of all wow. chvps .ui 1 - _amromnz whioir ii mr _ mpeg

In 1930 the ratio of cha is for me rw! thmhv ml# °

illll ~ fest. Any Government which rl-

was fl¢|.3_p¢r_ceut., w e 1n_ and blnlqdl ,nm ,D lm,” nd" _

M' \vh\¢h hull!! “°.wauaiii=uas‘n¢ir»r¢moiow.- ri:

dependents in

total

gg 1|; g Iardllldilollonooremsrkerlista

été iii iii _ good-will." Sounds all right to us. seo0m.l_ ,_ resentment anlllsl ,_ls_

Ulat luv

trade luncheon that the 1 'f

nur. ’

loot or diplomacy; ‘our tho truth or

sure lt.s inhabitants sufficient sleep

tho iam which currently dominate ° °‘°"“”“" .

ll'l'b“u°“ l'° ml'em“‘°“M peace and create wealth or lrosperity and,

observes the Windsor Star but w~’ll

alder themselves fortunate to have had Andrew Meilon as Secretary of

vlnoed that "civilization," B-I h lculatlons overlook the lar!!

each 1000

riiliiii élglilig `i'§§§i iris” -- §;§i'?;§sg l illiri

1-in _ _

Interchange.

Teachers Q, onli and umpire) 3!-

number of directors of education il;

edb Ma F..1.Ney,o!th ‘-_ iialany Naiigiini council or llrliic tlon and the Oversees Edli}!ll°* League. We may J\ld8° Of \11U;»l¢ll eral effects of the vlalt !r0m__‘.¥ N port received from Mr. W. D__:'U0\l inns, a regional director of education ln Northam Ireland

the Londonderry and Llmavldy Rv glonal Education Commllwl Ml' Cousins stated that during __ cent tour he had compiled .a llst of teachers in Canada whbi -W

wlth teachers ln Northern d.

girl llvlnz ln Winnipeg. He

the hope that ln the near . there would be a considerable

ber of exchanges. as the would be very beneficial tio;-both teachers and pupils, and mehoifor closer union between the two ooull tries. He commended the flnegwork of the Overseas Education magna.

past 25 years for the vlslt ht no fewer than 7,000 Canadian toapllers 'and students to Great Brltalf; for special study purposes. Hs trusted that these faculties would be!

long be extended ln Northam’ Ire land. . '

Mr- Oouslns has addressed n mlm

ber o! service clubs and other'or ganlmtlons in Northern Ireland with respect to his experiences in Canada. Mrs. Cousins ha-I, spoken to a Child Welfare Agpola- tlon on what she saw ln Toronto and Montreal, and she le to address the Women's Institute and other organizations ln the near future on the same subject. During their ab- sence ln Canada, several thousand children followed their tour wlth great interest and marked educa- tional benefit. The schbols 'were supplied with a good map for' the purpose, and a. hand book of _Gan- ada. Essays on the tour arejnow coming ln in s competition for three prius offered by Mr. Cousins. -This sort of thing means that all these young people. as they :row towards maturity andseek careers for them- selves. will think ln the first place of this great Dominion as a country ln which to realize their dreams and ambitions.

l*-'_-~‘ ._ _ ____;_: _

_ _ 1 ~ _, or

Q .

O ’ _ .

THE BIDDLE

No more, no more,

We are already plned,

And sore and poor

In body and~ln mind: -

And yet our sufferlnse h,ve been Less than our sln, Come, long-desired Peace, we _thee

implare,

And let our pains be less, our

power more.

One body jars, 7

And with itself doth fight;

War meets with wars,

And might reslsteth might; And both sides say they love the

King,

And peace will bring.

bezun.

strange rlrldiei both have con-

quered, nelther won. < - - . . . .

Since 'tis our curse

T0 fllht we know not why, V '

"rls worse and worse

The longer thus we lle. _

For for itself ls but s nurse

To make us worse; ‘ Come, blessed Peace! we oboe again lm lor -'

P G.. .

And let our pains be less, ' o

1055 04 your driving permit blltilhlso the confiscation of your v&alele perrnltand markers until théisus

clal responsibility filed. Plalnly,-lt. ls much more difficult to drlve dare- lesslyln ontario-and get away .with lt- than it ls in Quebec. We might well take aleaf out of our slster'fPro- vlnee‘s book. It would mean slylns lives that are all too often awrl- ficed to the demon Speed and his twln-brother, the demon Reckless- ness.

*&l§*@€

XMAS _| cmrs

Only alxtem more Shoppllgll

Dsyl. ~ '

FOR MEN " _

Xmas Wrapped. . ~ 'lohsooos Christmas W1-snail Mlllhry lhlr Brlhes '_ _ u Military Hair Bulb Bot `,

Brlglhh Lea¢hcl*‘WrltIl|¢ COS Yardley shaving Bots . room- er mom slmlnfslls Rolls Boson j'_;‘_ _ shaving howls "rl - clgarouo Lighters -

. Tobacco Pouelieu, e

many other (ith illtl

I-h

Gan

his re-

_ kiln

One of the teachers is s girly ll\0l`° 50

53'..

“::_~ _=

A Christmas Carol . ` . A”,.CHOST"‘STORY

rr..‘3"l`3§.5“.’1l...§€'r'lli2i.,"i§....'T"°¥. -‘By °""'°° D'°"°“" i

-_fi _

° 1 ' _(Continued) _-

ih sritian mor. 'rho tour 9.! ~ Difmlnlon was arransd and 03,# 2 VI. _ ,

. The parlour was the space bqhlnd the screen of ragb

The old man raked, the llre togbther with an old stair-1~0d_ and having trimmed his smoky lamp (for it was nigh() with- the stem of his pipe, putit in his mouth again.

While he did this, the woman who.had‘ already spoken

threw her b\indle.on the floor, and sat down ln a flaunting

looking with a bold delllanee at the other two

‘What odds then! What odds, Mrs. Dilberl” said thi

woman ‘Every person has a right. to take care of them selves He always dldl”

“"1"” W °’“’h°“‘° ‘°' °°9f" ‘ “I‘hat’a true, indeed!" said the laundress “No mal,

y then, dol\’t stand staring an ll you was afraid,

woman, who’s the wiser? We’re not, going to pick holes in each other’s coats, I suppose?”

“No, lndeedl” sald»Mrs. Dllber and the man together.

“We should hope not.” ` . '

“Very well, then!" cried the woman. “'I‘hat’s enough.

Who’s the worse for the loss of a few things like thesef.

which hu been 1'BSp01l8Ib_l8 -_In tho Not a dead man, I guppogej’ . _

“No, indeed,” ,said Mrs. Dllber, laughing.

' “If he wanted to keep 'em after he was head, a wicked old screw,” pursued the woman, “why wasn’t he natural in his lifetime? If he had been, he’d_ have somebody to look after lilm when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself.”

“It's the truest word that ever was spoke,” said Mrs.

Dllber. “It’s a judgment on him.” ‘

“I wish lt was a little heavier one,” replied the woman;

“and it should have been, you may depend upon it, if I could have laid my hands on anything else. Open that bundle, old Joe, and let me know the value of it, Speak out plaln. I’m not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. We. knew pretty well that we were helping ourselves, before we met here, I believe. It’s no sin. Open

At me mseilna lil Llmavidy of manner on a stool_;<_-crossing her elbows on her knees, and

a ‘ ~ . \

I ' _

_$9

od “Wh , °

GTB

But the gallantry of her friends would not allow of

this; and the man'in faded black, mounting the breach first, produced his plunder. It was not extensive. A seal or itwo. a pencil-case,ia. pair of sleeve-buttons, and a brooch of no great value, were all. They were severally examined and appraised by old Joe, who chalked the ‘sums he was disposed to give for each, upon the wall, 'and added them up into a total when he found there was nothing more to come.

"I‘l\at’s your account,” said _Joe, “and I wouldn’t glvc

another sixpence, :lf I was to be boiled for not doing lt. Who’a next?” ' i Mrs. Dilbert was next. Sheets and towels, a little wear- ing apparel, two old~fashloned silver teaspoons, s pair of sugar-tongs, and a‘few boots. Her account was stated on the wall in the same manner. `

“I always give too much to ladies. It’s a. weakness of

mine, and tliat’s the way I ruln myself,” said old Joe. "I‘hat’s your account. If you asked me for another penny and made it an open question, I’d repent of being so liberal and knock off halfa-a-crown.”

“And now undo my bundle, Joe,” said the llrst woman, Joe went down” on his knees for the greater conven-

ience of opening lt, and having unfastened a great many

knoés, dragged out a large and heavy roll of some dark stu .

“What do you call this?" said Joe. “Bed-curtains!" “Ah!" returned the woman, laughing and leaning for-

ward on her crossed arms. “Bed-curtains!"

“You don’t mean to say you took ’em down, rings and

all, with him lying there?" said Joe.

“Yes I do,” replied the woman, “Why not?" “You were born' to make your fortune," said Joe, “and

Yef 811108 H1656 IBNII CIVII lI!'0IlB 'y0u’]l gel-tai]-|ly'do it.”

' “I certainly sh`a_n’t hold my hand, when I can get any-

thing In it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as he was, I promise' you, Joe,” returned the woman, coolly. V “Don’t drop that oil upon the blankets, now.”

“His blankets?”'asked Joe. ' “Who’s else’s do you thi11k?” replied the woman. “He

isn’t likely to take .cold without ’em, I dare say.”

“I hope he didn’t die of anything catching? Eh?" said

old Joe, stopping in his work, and looking u`p.

“Don’t you be afraid ol’ that,” returned the woman, “I

, Ill'

,wdlfgsfmmfgfl ;' an’t so fond of his company that I’d lolter about him for

_ ___.lle,l_ B,b',,le_ ll, ' ' , such things, lf he did. Ah! you may look through that shirt

--- till your eyes ache; but you won’t. find a hole in lt, nor a

tlireadbare place. It’s the best he had, and a. flne one too. They’d have wasted it, if it hadn’t. been for me.” ~

pension l, med ,nd pmol dlplblf “What do you call wasting of it?" asked old Joe.

“Putting lt on him to he buried in, to be sure,” replied

the woman with a laugh. “Somebodyfwas fool enough to do it, but I took it off again. If calico an't. good enough for such a purpose, it lsn’t good enough for anything, It’s quite as becoming to the body. He can’t look uglier than he did in that one.” ‘ - 1

_ Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror. As they

sat grouped about their spoil, ln the scanty light afforded by the old man’s lamp, he viewed them with a detestiition and disgust, which could hardly have been greater, though they had been obscene demons, marketing the corps itself.

“Hill hal” laughed the same woman, when Joe, pro-

ducing a flannel bag-_with money in it., told out their severiil gains upon the ground. “This is the end of it, you see! He _ frightened every one away from him when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead! Ha, ha, hal”

“Splrltl” said Scrooge, shudderlng from head to foot.

“I lie, I seo. The _case of this unhappy man might be ml’ 0WD. My llfc tendsthat way, now. Merciful Heaven. “hill is this!" -I

He recolled ln iterror, for the scene had changed, and

now he almost touched a bed : a hare, uncurtalned bed! 0|! Wl\l¢h» beneath a ragged sheet, there lay a somethinir covered up, wliich,~_ though lt was dumb, announced itself ln awful language. . TM room was-wiv dark, too dark to ao on-rorvori with Ill! hccuraey, though Scrooge glanced round lt. in obedi- ence to a secret impulse, anxious to know what' kind of fl '°°“‘ it WW- A lille light, rising ln the ou ‘r air. ff" ‘llrilllht upon the bed; and on l lunders anybereftl Un'

must.-popuhrpa-loco. ‘

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mm Brush. mrrur-.all

Ctlnbuloil _i,.~‘ v»h1¢yos¢ss.1at¢o`ts¢1l¢'.`l_

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‘runs _ Psl1l.do..l_\t

psolaltlos 'lb

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.lg it

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Wl¢¢h¢d. lmwept, dneu-ed tor, was the bodg' of this man.

3¢l‘°0¥0 llanced towards the Phantom. Its steady

lllml WI! lwlnterl to the head. The cover was so carelessly adjusted that the slightest ralslnz of li. the motion of ii fh\i¢°1° um Serooavs pm. would have alseloooil the face- I-ls thought of lt. felt how easy lt wo ld he to do, and l°lIl°l| £0 do lt: but had no more pow; to wltlidraw the veil than to dlemlal-the spectre at lull' side:

Olmld. wld. rlru, amaiiri maui, no 1 up urine liar

here, and dress It with .auch terrors as thou hut ‘at thy commandzfor this la thy domlnlonl But of the loved,

the bundle, Joe.” ` -

'°'°f°¢»' °\\l.l\°o°ir¢d -line. woo ohm not .im one iirir W ill! dread purposes, or make one feature odious. ll is .roi uni ur. mia ,ir htm not wiii mi iowa when rr-

' land: ii ir not uuiiio hurt one min an ruin in uni

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