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CHRISTMAS LEGENDS

Tomorrow, in this Province and throughout Christendom. the Christ- mas spirit will be reflected in the church services, as it. has already been reflected in shwlllng activit- ies. in household preparations, and in that pleasant universal feeling 0f closer contact with one's kind which invariably accompanies the approach of Christmastide. 1t is a feeling which is of more concrete value to civilization than all the marvellous inventions of science. so potent is the influence of the Christmas spirit, that it sheds warmth and gladness for days be- fore the anniversary takes place. In this respect it resembles s mag- niiicent sunrise, tinting the clouds with gorgeous colors while yet the brightdiskoftheslmhbelowtbe horizon.

The biblical story oi the first Christtmas needs no retelling here. But it is interesting to review some oi the quaint legends which the poets and storytellers of other ages have built lovingly around the grand central theme. These legends link nature, animate and inanimate, with the spirit of the season. Flow- ers, trees, and plants are woven in- b the design, and the lowly creat- ures oi the field, the birds soaring carefree through the air, and oven the tiny glow-worm, take their places in the Christmas stories.

In many parts of Dilrope, for ex- ample, it is still considered “bad luck" to so into the stable on Christmas Eve: for, on that holy night. it is believed that no animal sleeps save the serpent. 'I'he cock is said to crow at every hour-“the bird of dawning singeth all night loaf-certain humble beasts like the o! and the ass become endow- ed with the gift ‘of meech and on the stroke of midnhht the oxen mu on their mess in memory of llie first Nativity. cm. this Contin- ent, too, there was a. belief among the first Giristian American m- disns that the deer of the forest knelt m worship of the Great spirit in the Ive or museum. -

In the bird world it was the little wzen who first learned of the Bav- iour-‘s Birth. Sensing the unaccus- tomedquietthewrenlefthernest and flew out mto the waiting world. With amazement flue saw the hungry wolf stA-ndiflg quietly by the silent sheep; neither fox nor

Suddenly the empty files wore lied with the glad song “Good ll to Men" and the inquhitive e bird darted scrum to the table eaves, and, seeing the Holy lying in the hay, she plucked o tiny leaves and dropped them the mfarrt saviour-‘s fest. Smil- y the Blessed Mother Gave a b to the little bird who sped y back to her nest, and, as etoldthcstorytoherownbsby s, the jay overheard her and flew screaming through the woods Mo. the gun tidings. Rather similar is the story of the low-worm. It was bitterly cold on _ at first Christmas night and even the hay of the manger could not the Holy Baby warm. The ox and the ass came and laid them- yfeives close to the crib and the

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on the railway question. It should in su fairnumto non. wrn. suler, former Minister of National Rev- enue in the King Government, have given equal prominence to that gentleman's statement favouring a scheme cf Joint operation of the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific lines under s holding com- pany. It may be argued that m. Euler was only expressing hh own view, but, ss the Moncton Times points out, itcsnnct badenied thatin tlmeventof Mnliingbs- in; returned to power, Mr. Euler would again be one of his chief lieutenants and would be a power- ful influence for amalgamation when theqirsstiou arose, as it is bound to do in the event o! a change of Government. And is there soy guarantee that m. King himself will M shortly be supporting the Euler proposal? Not much. if we're tojudgaofhisreoordinregardto the Ottawa trade agreements. Two weeks ago Mr; King stoodbeiore the people of Canada as an avow- ed enemy of tbs malarial pacts. ready to destroy them when given the chance. Today, according to his declaration before the National Liberal powwow at Ottawa, he would retain the agreements. If hehsbletojustifysoltangeof mind so quicklyon a question of such vital importance to Canada as the trade pooh-can anyone say where he will be on-the railway direction when political exigencies ssesntocallforschangeofmindl lo much for the Liberal attitude toward railway amalgamation. What ls the record of the Bennett Government. in regard to the ques- tlm? Him. Dr. Mlnkm. file able Minister o! Railways. in his speech at Qnitlfs Pails, Ontario, Tuesday night, spoke quite frankly on the matter of amalgamation. He de- clared very cmphmti "y that the Bennett Government had no intui- tion of , , L“ amalgamation. He fvanced reasons for this stand and challenged Mackendie King. the numeral-leader, to make an equally definite declaration of the policy of the ‘Liberal party. The Minister of Railways, , debs-coating the peslmlszn of some people in regard to the railway situation, whim he admitted 'wss serious. pointed out that revenueswere im- proving and a. continued revival of business would soon place both of the big systems in a reasonably

is denounce the scheme of joint Qs-rslonr, dbyHonW. D. miner. no designed uniform a. few years of joint operation it would be impossible is separate the two systems. 8o far as the present Government was concerned no member of it bad ever advocated amalgamation of the two 81W" railway systems.

EDITORIAL NOTES

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senator Meighen has returned n-om representing Canada at the Victoria Centenary. and 1M7 be heard from soon on the wlltlaa-l situation.

Tomorrow is Christmas Sunday in the churches when more elabor- ate mule than ordinarily I render-

The littlg christ Child, as though in thanks, put out a tiny hand, and as he did so a ray of moonlight touched the insect which ever since that night has shone with s. soft, quiet glow.

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perennial charm. They could not have been invented by sophisticat- ;edadults.'lheyhadt‘heirorigfnin fldlll of simpler faith, when than: was nothing incongruous in associa- ting sll nature, imaginatively at least, with the glad futi- valor humanity's redemption. if have lost our taste for such "storismltdoesnotnecessarilymcan ,. Iiotwshavebecomewisenltmsy

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ed by the choirs. Christmas and Easter are the two high lllois in the Christian year, and it ls right and pmper they should be fitting- ly observed by all claiming to be Christina. ‘

w. J. hrl Lawson. appointed Federal organiser for the liberal- Consarvstives‘ was prominently mentioned sells-Premier Henry's successor in the party leadershipof Ontario. It is now rumoured Maw!‘ Stewart of ‘mi-onto, may brselect- ed to fill so. Henry's shoes lifter the next sitting of the Ontario

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‘Ilia cnnword pus-sis shows no sign or decline in rovlllv-rltv- It lu-

‘. tenants highbrows as well as ordin-

ary people. It is c. feature of such hkh~c1ass Journals as the London Times, the Manchester Guardian, the New statesman and Nation, and the observer. Some of the puzzles can be solved only by men of wide

" 1, and scholarship. As to the rest of us, it enriches our vocabu- lary by queer words formerly bur- ied in the dictionary.

Bureaucracy has become so ram- pantastobeshindranceanda menace to ‘ iness. In order tosee how he stands a trader, especially if an importer, has to rummage among a sheaf of omcial documents flung at him by various deport- ments. Timsc may deal with tar- iffs. quotas, licenses, regulations, prohibitions and s multitude of other qussti . The victusller and the farmer are from today forth the victims of this tantalising pro- cess. Inspectors are empowered to enter upon any farmer's lands for the Dllfillse of branding the cattle considered suitable for slaughter and the animals so marked may not be slsushtered earlier than the date indicated by the inspector. No in- dividual is at liberty these days to conduct his business in his own way. State il-‘Qrfelence within cer- tain limits may be all right, but when it is adopted in a. wholesale way, it tends to make the _1ife of the individual intolerable-risk Independent, Dublin.

Looking back on the financial re- cord of our country during the last l4 years we have every reason to congratulate ourselves upon it. We have maintained the reputation of Great Britain for financial probity and borne heavy burdens to meet our obligations. Most striking of all, we have st the same time pur- sued a steady policy of social amel- ioration which has brought suc- ccur to millions oi the poorer part of our population. It is pleasant to look on this side oi the picture, for ltshowstlutthcheartsof the British people are sound st the oore.—V‘|soount Bnowden in the Iondwon Spectator.

Italbn troops were attacked l! Italian Bomalilund. Italy, convinced that the attackers were Abyssiuians. has demanded an 3.1301081 and an indemnity. Abyssiuis uestcd ar- bitration. Italy refused because the facts are, she says. clear. It is im- possible to blame Italy for taking this stand. Maintenance of he! prestige in Northern Africa. and consequently peace and order in her possemions, depend on her exact- ing m1 immediate apolosy and a suitable indemnity. Nothins less will convince the native that she is not weak or afraid. To submit Bill-lb an affair to arbitration would dis- credit her in the eyes of thwv whom she rules. Incidentally Italy showedyearslsuintheCorfuin- cldent that there are times when she has no intention of lnavilllt 1191' affairs to be settled b? 0th?"-

Long s. wise man said “Know- ledge isurgower." But knowledge is not enough. It needs an lnlerllletef- Mini does not live by knowledfl alone, he lives by faith. It l8 1am! that givu him daily strength and irnconquerable hopes. It is not an rntaqnetatdon that 81W! In e!‘ plsnv/tion. It is s. conviction that the power that him staged the whole human drama means some- thing by it. something really We and good. Knowledge is an explan- ation ihat is always incomplete. It rewrites its text-books every Yea!‘- Therearethingsihfiienewestas in the oldest findings that will be swept away. Knowledge passes but faith abides an‘ keeps men un- wearied in their search for truth.

Not a by passes without some new indication of the deliberate determination of Germany to flmlt every code that the experience of civilization has shovm to be essen- tial to the peaceful lives of people and friendly intercourse of nations. They are encircling themselves with the same barrier that brought the ezeoration oi the world in the W81‘- It is nrthlessness.

Each summer. lately, more and more men have been going without lists, mil the hat manufacturers are worded. I-Iow much of this increase u. the listless vogue is due to the fact that’ we have to re-huy 011!‘ hats several times s. year. no 0110 can state: but undoubtedly it has been a factor. If the hat manufac- turers were smart, they would raise a fund to pension off all hat-check girls from Maine to Montana. 1110i’ won't. Yet we could abolish this silly custom, you and I. all by 0H1‘- selves. Suppose everyone who read! this article wrote s letter of mo- test to the hotel, cafe, or restaur- ant where he last bought blwk N! hat. well, within two weeks the racket would be busted-end We wouldnfi. need to sneak into a din- lug-room with our hats under our arms any more. Does it pay to kicl? You bet it does. Try it and see for yourself.

It nfly be safe to alumna that dictatorshlps will not go by t-hl boards m mrore unless m’ ‘will the lo become thoroughly dis- satls led with them. Even than Ch!!!

Issttbews has this to say: “men has been s tendency to identify re- ligion with social service and even to identify the Kingdom of God with an earthly Utopia. Some churches have become. it would seem, primarily centres of excel- lent social and cultural activities; and their ministers entangled with the multiplicity of organised good

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GOD LIVED in SALVE IN t TREATING WOUNDS AND BURNS

You have known for a long time about the helpful effects of cod liver oil for thin children and adults. 1t was thought formerly that r1. was the oil itself that gave the strength and fought of! infection; now it is known that it is the vitamins A and D that are mostly sesponsibie.

Some years ago Dr. W. Lohr, LelP- zig, found that various fats and oils were free of organisms even when not sterilized by heat or other meth- ods. Orgordsms (bacteria), ordinarily found in infected wounds. perish when put into cod liver oil. Just why the organisms die when put in the cod liver oil is not known.

It was further shown that large amounts of cod liver oil used in the treatment of extensive wounds did not cause any symptoms of poisoning

hateve . Various neutral sub- stance were put into the oil to make it into the form of a. paste.

The oil in this salve permeates or spreads through the tissues and causes the dead parts of the tissues to become more liquid, followed by a. powerful stimulation of the growth which affects all tissues, including the surface or "epitheli " tissue.

As you know, in extensive wounds or burns the usual treatment is transplantation of skin from other parts of the body. but Dr. Lohr states that during the past three and one-half years the cod liver oil salve has healed the wounds or burns without the need of skin transplantation.

After the wound has been cleaned

in the usual way. a thick layer of cod liver oil salve is laid on the wound surfaces and in the case of the arm or the leg a plaster-of-paris cast 1s applied over it."lhe cast is removed st the end of fourteen days, by which time the wound is usually healed. ‘Illa cod liver oil treatment should not be used in wounds badly soiled with earth or when severely infected and in infections due to the gas bac- illus where of course the parts must be removed with the knife and strong antiseptic solutions used. In burns the cod liver oil paste was found to be quite as effective as the new treatment with tsnnic acid. It is believed that these helpful ef- fects of cod liver oil are due to the vitamins A and D which it con ‘ may not go very readily. They may not go without force, and consider- ing the severity with which critics of the existing order in Germany, Italy, Russia and other countries of Europe are dealt with, there may be a hesitancy about employing force unless it is felt that public opinion is pr erantly against the existing authorities. A dictator- ship is not an easy thing to dis- lodge. It usually takes steps to per- petuate itself.

DUTY COLLECTED ON IDWOETS

The duty collected on. import in November was $7,124,000, which was an increase of six percent over 1933 and one percent over 1932. The duty collectedin the eleven months ‘of 1934 was $77,346,000 compared with 8Q,d00.0tl0 in the same period of 1933 and $80.fi4.000 in 1982.

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l! CORNWALL MEETING

Sin-As s. subscriber to your valued paper permit ms to reply to a letter in your yesterdays is- sue slsned "om: wno was PRESENT." This man criticises me for not giving my address but is himself ashamed of giving either his name or address and well he might be. My letter was written on my printed stationery.

There is nothing helpful or con- structive in his letter which is only a cheap attempt to slam me. to slam my intelligence for voting against the scheme, to slam the district of Hampshire and to slam Mr. Mallinson.

To imply that in my silggesting a secret vote I sm reflecting an the, industry and intelligence of the Cornwall POODIe only shows that “ONE WHO WAS ’ is no iudsa of industry. or intelli- gence. Becretvotes are taken on all political issues and this potato scheme is a most important issue. llbw people like to stand up if they are indebted for fertiliser to the supporters of the scheme who are

there watching how they vote. Hampshire district has no apology to offer-it is very proud of its reputation and resents the slur that “If there is one place on Prince Edward Island or the world over which needs a marketing scheme for produce it is Hamp- shire." Residents of Hampshire and Cornwall heard similar propa- ganda before the live stock mar- keting scheme was introduced and since then; but I have not yet met Government officials in the live stock marketing branch who can tell me why, with dressed hogs selling at Dc per 1b- today I have to pay 40o per lb. for bacon in C” lottetown, when before the Government interfered we sold dressed hogs at 10o per lb. and paid 20c per lb. for our bacon. The intelligent people of Cornwall and Hampshire do not want more of these monopoly stunts. The Corn- wall meeting was told that the po- tato scheme had been considerably chanzfld since first introduced at Cfnnlottetown so it was reasonable that I should suggest another meeting to consider these changes. It is childish to challenge my right to vote against the scheme when most of those who voted for it were outsiders. He takes a crack at my association with Mr. Menin- son. Well several years ago I was loading potatoes for m. tester Douglas who was selling through Mallinson in Montreal. That year we paid 20c per bushel more than our opposition as is well known, sojidallinson must have some sell- ing ability. When he located here I decided to trade through him and anybody else who was in the business, and asked m. Findlay- son of the Bank of Montreal to get a. report on Mallinson. He showed me about a dozen letters from different banks where he had done business over twenty years

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“PARADISE HIST," BOOK In.

~ ‘Thus with the Year Seasons return, but not to me-re- turns my. or. t]? sweet encroach of awn r .

or o n, 0r sight of vernal bloom, or Sum- mer's Rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face

divine; But cloudkin stead, and ever-during dar .

Surrounds me. from the cheerful ways of men