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_.——————————— A. PAGE 4 THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1964.

The Christmas Spirit

None no hardened by the struggle for survival or success that he‘ can fail to be astonished by the sudden welling up of good will and generosity that comes with the holy festival of Christmas. For at least a.few days our energies are chan- neled to the provision of happiness for others. and we learn. once again. the truth of the precept that it is better to give than to receive.

’ This is the core. of the matter. it is the spirit the whole world needs most. If it were to animate man- kind in general and were to continue throughout. the year. a new era of human experience would be usher- ed in. But perhaps the remarkable thing is not that. Christmas opens the springs of good will for such a brief. bright. season each year. but that it. happens at all.

Christmas is a humble story. of a Mother, and a Child born in a. manger. because there was no room for them in the inn, The lessons it teaches are applicable to all. of justice. mercy. brotherhood. and the dignity of any man born in God's image. Simple. and universal: ,vet after two thousand years we are still lacking in the faith to apply them to World problems. still seek- ing our own vain ways of bringing the Divine promise to fulfilment.

Only at this season. for most of us. does the message come through clear and distinct. Then we realize that peace and good will are insepar- able. th‘at the one cannot exist with- out the. other. and that both are emanation; of a higher law in which all‘ our warring inconsistencies are reconCilerl.

The apex of all the symbolism of Christmantide is the. Star of Beth- lehem. No matter that science can- not verify an actual astral phenom- enon When Christ was born. His star in the cast was real enough to the wise men; they saw it. so vivid- ly in their hearts that it came be- fore their eyes. This was faith. and it led them true and straight.

So all who seek may find. as Christians do in the Christ Child. their own guiding stars on the path of peace on earth and lave among men. May all our stars shine brighter and clearer. tomorrow and to come.

The Congo Harvest The horrible lengths to wh i c h raCial hatred has gone in the Congo were illustrated in a message the Belgian foreign minister. Paul-Henri Spaak. received from Christopher Gbenye. the Congo rebel leader. Cbenye said that his forces would burn whites to death in their homes. eat them. make fetishes out of their hearts and parade in their skins. Here is savagery almost beyond imagination. and it points'up the thficultiea of bringing law and or- der to the country in terms that all flan understand. ' But to get the Congo picture ilearly. one must view it against a inckground of more than a century it ruthless exploitation. Even before King Leopold II of Belgium seized as his personal possession in 1885. it was the stamping-ground of lirutal slave traders and white ad- venturers. In 1908 Leopold gave up {personal possession of the vast buntry and handed it over to the lglan government. Some changes you made. but the basic pattern of ixploitatio'n remained. The main efforts of the occupy- ' power went into the develop- of a transportation system would make easier the task of the enormous resources

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in: corona: mum coat on bean me real source of the Congo’s continu- ing misery.

While Britain took steps to pre- pare her coloniea for self-govern- ment. Belgium rated Congo inde- pendence as unthinkable. But the freedom movement was contageous. 1n colony after colony. the libera- tion fronts chose their leaders. Rioting swept the country in a wave. In 1950 the Belgians finally got around to launching a program to improve the social and economic development of the natives. but the move came too late.

When the Belgian government finally gave the Congo its independ- ence. chaos followed. The United Nations took a hand. but its units had finally to be withdrawn. Now, following the American-Belgian rescue mission which saved about 2.000 hostages from bloodthirsty savages. another irrational wave of resentment has been built up. Some African leaders have used such language in the U.N. Assembly against the west and whites as to leave observers in shocked disbelief.

To find a solution to the Congo in this atmosphere of hate. racism. and barbarism seems all but impos- sible. Yet the effort must be made. and the United Nations is the only organization that can meet this chal- lenge. It must approach it with a full understanding of the sowing that has produced such a fearful harvest of bitter fruit.

Just A Reminder

This will be a long holiday week- end for many. and it is well to re- member that more accidents occur on such occasions than at any other times in the year. According to the National Safety League of Canada. a lot of these accidents result from general bustle and confusion, putting the most safety-conscious person temporarily off-guard. The Christ- mas season especially has a lament- able record of accidents that should not have happened.

It is a time. of course. to be con. vivial and friendly. a time to be intermittently host and guest. As a League bulletin reminds us, in the days when highways were laneways and Dobbin could find his own way home. Jovial Joe was comparatively safe in his junkets. But it is differ- ent today. Joe. still jovial and ,iunketing. has command of a couple of hundred horsepower and a two- ton vehicle amid thousands of simi- lar uninhibited celebrators. No place for them behind an unguided mis- sile that takes human life in hor- rifying numbers.

“Keep that effervescent Christ- mas cheer between the walls of your home, or take a taxi," advises the Safety League. “There’ll come an- other Christmas and New Year’s and you might want to be around. but not as a shameful memory."

Fire hazards. too. can be reduced at this season if decorations are fireproof or fire-resistant. Paper, tree boughs, ribbons—all such in- flammables should be kept from lights, candles and fireplaces.

Christmas trees require the most attention. Every year many go up in flame causing families to suffer hardships and even tragedies. These can be prevented by checking decoration wiring. dryness of trees and removing ashtrays near the tree.

Toys scattered around the floor; climbing too high to hang decora- tions; using a chair or some other makeshift device instead of a step- ladder: ignoring ice on steps and sidewalks—these and other lapses into carelessness could be factors in paintful accidents at this time.

Such hazards could turn a Christ- mas celebration from one of joy to one of tragedy. Here’s hoping we’ll all have gumption enough to avoid them. and be around in as good shape—practically—when the joy- some period is over as when it started!

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Ontario Safety League re- ports an ingenious. but ineffective plea by a pedestrian charged with ignoring a “Don’t Walk” sign. His excuse was that he though it was an advertisement for a taxi com- pany.

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Canada‘s trade with South America is continuing the upward trend evident since the end of the Second World War. in the decade and a half since 1948. our exports to that area have almost doubled and our imports have increased 21/; times.

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OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson Leaders Planning Fam iy Christmas Parties

The familv Christmas party of a political leader surely seldom outnumbcrs his political party as represented in the House of Commons. But that will be the position when Social Credit lea- der Bob Thompson and the Ral- liemcnt des Crcdifistcs Real C a o u ottc Holy Day.

Mr. Caouette. the only Frencn- Canadian leading a federal party today. will enjoy perhaps the most colourful celebration, with its mixturc of tlic tradi— tional French “.lour dc l‘An" or New Year‘s Day and thc English Christmas. He will start by at fendin: midn i g: ht mass. going with his family into his church at .

leader ; celebrate the f

Rouyn as Christmas Eve draws l i

to a close in many ways the most beauiiful and ceremony of the church‘s year, in which three masses arc cel- brafed. the service lasts for about two and a half hours. Then the Caouettc family.

impressive 1

some sixty stronc. will mnvc :o ‘

his bi: garazc. :ay With Christ-

mas decorations and dominated v

by a large brightly-lit tree Santa Claus. who in everyday llif‘ Real‘s brother. will distribute

.cnis to everyone. As the highlight of this “Reveillen”. a huge Christmas dinner will consumed. consisting of the tra- ditional Quebec “torticres” or pork pies. as well as the F‘. n :- lish turkey. These will be follow~ ed by a wide sc‘cction of fruit cakes. fruit and other desserts. Then comes the singing. as all will inin in the \vell-knoWn Christmas songs. ranging from carols such as “11 est ne. le divin enfant" and old Quebec songs like "Mon beau sapin"

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lish - speaking Canadian famil- ies are just starting their Christ- mas ay. i e Caouette family will lay their sleepy heads on their pillows. ALBERTA CHRISTMAS Far away at Red Deer. Albrr- ia. the family of Bob Thompson will have only 7 am. on their clocks. When they get up. they will all find gifts for them be- neath the Christmas Tree. Then the family. Bob and his wife Hazel. their eight children. the

husband of their eldest daughter . Grace and her young son Kevin. .

will all go to church. Around 3 pm. they will sit. down to their turkey dinner,

Prime Minister Pearson celebrate Christmas Day in iawa. happy to have his diplo- mat son Geoffrey with his wife

will 0f -

; Marsh. detained l Parliament inns. planned in entertain

are married. and a famin re- union was not practicable. WELFARE FOR THE MINISTER

John Diefenbaker had laid plans to fly to Tobago on the Wednesday before Christmas. together with Mrs. Dicfenhaker and his brother Elmer. For him. the Christmas and New Year hol-

. sooner dur'ng sleep as

iday would be ten days in the j

Tropics. far from ihc snou

‘ as an improvement is not

of Parliament Hill —— where of 1

course in recent is the only thing which has been pure and crisp and deep. Health Ministcr Judy in Ottawa by and Cabinet meet- it e r

i brother. his wife and their three

and five children back in Otta- .

wa after seven years serving in Paris and Mexico City.

New Democrat leader Tommy Douglas was hampered in mak~ in: his Christmas plans by the uncertainty as to when Parlia- ment was in adjourn, H‘s hope

‘ this year I will have to do it

was to travel west with M r s. .

Douglas. and celebrate the holi- day in his constituency at Burn. ahy. 81‘. ‘

B of h his daughters .

children to Christmas dinner at her home at Niagara Falls." generally takes me two weeks to get all set for Chrisimas. but in

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two days. she told me atin: thc house. prcparm: the oyster stuffing for tilt" lurk c y . wrappin: prescnl< lor he r guests. and :cttin: ness of the Long Session out of her head will keep her printing up lo the post. A Happy Christ- mas to tthcm all!

Drab Speeches At UN

,arman Cummi Canadian Press Staff

The Untied Nations General Assembly. almost. forgotten in the glow of Congo and cold war fireworks. has plodded through three weeks of its annual policy debate. generating scarcely a

‘ spark.

(my pretty Christmas treel. to

modern favour i t e 5 including "White Christmas." While the older people talk. the children will play with their new toys until around 9 am. when E n :-

CHRISTMAS BELLS

Merrily. merrily. Church bells chime. Merrily. merrily, Christmas time.

Cheerfully. cheerful-1y. Hear them rm: Cheerfully. cheerfully, Ding - dong - ding. Happily. ha'ppily. Bless this morn Happily. happily, Christ is Joyously. jovously. Praise (his day. Joyously. joyously. Live His way.

-— Bert Foal e r Charlottetown.

A SEA NOWELL White spray greeting the cold

own.

The black ruffled plumage of the waves.

Settles and folds. smoothed

By the beak of the wind.

Like a huge bird. a mystic jinn.

The sea sits in her neat

At rest.

The cold dawn breaks;

The rose-tender fingers

0f the infant Day

Play with the fringes

0f the Nights dark curtain. Suddenly it is drawn aside: And Day. now a proud father. Surveys the crooning world.

The seabirds shrill Nowell!

The dark sea gleam .

Then gilt. a phoenix.

Once again rises.

To greet the new life:

Nowell! Nowell! — v. Wm. ll. Dmelle.

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The dt‘haif“\\hit'li is not a debate at all bin a series of often tedious policy statements —seldom produces the drama of Security Council

But this year it is :cncrally conceded to be even drier and

‘ more repetitious than usual.

Only on or two speeches

:have been exciting enough to

cause corridor comment.

Ireland's External Affairs Minister Frank Aiken delivered combining .1 (‘lii- ting attack on Communist China seating

cut-and-thrust . or even of a committee meeting. ‘

that ‘

country as a permanent mem- ' .hcr of the Security Council. . Poland's F o r e i g n Minister

Adam Rnpacki. one of ‘ne few

, Communists listened to with re-

spect in the West. came up with

a proposal for a European se- '

curity conference bringing in the Russians and Americans. C .

e Guevara. every

inch ilic revolutionary in beard 9 and black polished boots. added I‘

a note of color to the debate that even his detractors seemed to appreciate.

But in the main. the speeches sounded like something that could have been produced with scissors and paste from all the

other statements of this and other years. 9 reason is l h a t. the

speeches —— and in private the diplomats are the first to admit it. — are designed to a great extent for home consumption. Thus every sacre ro each government‘s stable has be paraded at length.

There are 35 countries in the African group alone. and each runs through a lexicon of anti- colonial charges

There are 77 countries classed as "lesser ~ vel ." and al- most to a man their represen- fativos chide the great powers’ "restrictive" trade policies.

Each Arab speaker lacerates Israel and dine” the prob lem of P refugees. Each Communist speaker gees over the United States for its policies on Cuba and Vlet N .

All 115 coum‘rles. seemingly. are in favor of disarmament and say so at length.

The UN‘I constitutional receives a lot of attention

in to

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mom of the small non - (Tommie

niSi countries arguing for rctcn- t

ion by the assembly of “resid- ual rights“ in the peace-keeping field. France and the Soviet Un- ion are leading the other side of the fight. for cxclusive Security Council control.

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Eye Scanning And Dreams

By Dr. Theodore B. Valhalla-

There are two kinds of aleep. Most of the time is spent in an unconscious state. unaware of our associations.

brain waves. the electroencephalogram. large and slow. .

But every 90 minutes durin 1 sleep there are 10 to 15 minute periods of rapid eyeball move- ments fREMal. The brain waves quicken and become amal- ler; they resemble the pattern noted during the drowsy - wak- ing interval. If the individual is awakened at this time. he al- most always ia found to have been dreaming. This second type of sleep is called REM. or para- doxical sleep. Dreams occur at this time but t h e y usually are forgotten unless the person in awakened during the REM epis- odes. _

Dreams are an essential component of s l e e p . Several months ago we wrote on an ex- periment in which a group of men were awakened at the first sign of REM and robbed of their dream. Two things Occurred: The REM periods came on though the mind needed to “get some- thing off its chest." Meanwhile. the subject became anxious. ir- ritable. and unable to concen- trate after four or five dream- less nights.

We are asked frequently whe- tlicr dreams can occur in color. The answer is yes. more so when color adds meaning to a concept. This is more likely to happen du- ring dayt'me naps. fever. intoxic- ation. or when the brain is dam-

on are

aged by in in r y. tumor. or stro e i understand that a person

must. have normal color vision to recall dreaming in color. This suggests that REM's occur when the reamer is scannin the visual scene. This is likely because blind people do not have periods of rapid eyeball movements.

A n o t h e r manifestation of dreaming is grinding the teeth. MOSI dreamers clench the jaw muscles during the REM oer- i'ods The tooth grinder goes at the process more vigorously.

BUMPY SKIN B. P. writes: i am 14 years old. Five years ago I had chick- en pox and still have dark bumps on my skin. They seem to be shrinking. is there any way l can bleach them or speed the shrinkage? PL Lei well enough alone. so 10%; e . Arc you sure these bumps are not caused by acne MEASLES D PREGNAN Mrs. J, M. writes: Would an attack of regular measles during the second months of pregnancy harm the baby?

URING or

L This is questionable. e ve it though it is s at d viruses y cause fetal defects. The situation is different with German mens-

FEVER BLISTERS . M. writes: ls there an ef- fective salve for herpes simplex? . Y

hese small blisters heal

3 more rapidly when they are kept

dry As a result. salve; are not

1 as effectivr as. alcohol. c a m-

phor. tincture of benzoin. or a

. 15 per cent solution of trichloro-

= acetic actd. CAN'T TAKE 1T 3 F. E. B. writes: Will you

please explain a nervous break- down exactly. REPLY This is a lay term for a men-

‘ tal (psychotic) disorder such as

manic depression or schizophre- nia. These reakdowns develop as a result of overwhelming stress to which the individual

‘ cannot adjust.

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NOTES BY THE WAY

The man bodily vault you have to carry around the short- er the tuna you'll probably have locarryft. aoitlltlmeto re- duce now—Hamilton Spectator.