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Festive Observances

‘I110 Plum Pudding

The plum pudding hos a long ind romantic history. Yule dough vas made of chopped meat Paste, spices to symbolize the gifts of the Wise Men of the East, and flour,

embod in the spirit of ever- lasting ifc innnsneni in the wheat.

The forerunner of tile modern plum pudding was f- menty or furmity (from frumentum, grain). It was a kiml of porridge mode of hulled wheat, boiled In milk and seasoned with cinnamon nnd sugar. The cooks of the more opulent families began to odd plums. cur- ranls and meat broth, and its name gradually clumged to plum porridge. It Wfls served n5 a thick soup and was the first food eaten on Christmas Day.

Queen Anne, who was gouty and also n. Kflilrmunll. found she could not stomach so much rich food. so she had her plum porridge made solid so she could eat o little at a time. Boiled in a cloth or pudding bar. It was a lringly dish.

Plum pudding ln ti; present form. however. did not appear in cook books until about i875. lt was directed that it be made a long time ahead. The last Sunday in November was known among Eng- lish housewives as “Stir up" Sun- day. The collect appointed for

\hc day begins "Stir up, we beseech "'ri__lli_q.__t_lno__vv_lll_s__of_Thy__faithful

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';_____.__.- . .1’ Corporal McNew laid his whisk- ‘ers on the window sill. It wasn't,

iho though ulliitary duty to ploy [inc rols Santa. Olaus at the garrison as rty. He could-

Ohrimn {at however, disc y his com- - andlng officer. Nor did he want no after hearing about the vacancy ‘for a corporal st the recruiting oi’- ricc in Kansas City. McNew had been born there, Marianne lived there now and only yesterday he'd heard that Marianne had been seen

Jwith a fireman. r The colonel, though, had made his role more difficult, “Er—" he'd ‘ rummed on the table with his ingerr, "-42 want gm especially to onvicnoc son, ake him be- ievs that ts, Claus is really agic. M17 IOll is-or-fascinated

resentl $0 d ncourngc belief, it'd help the eglment and-me."

He'd have to be s rfect aunts Elaus. MoNew though, sonny was

ery ake cs1. "Hello?" the window worries,

in sow ‘In oblec of no

' Christin mo. 1w m nil-WI" "ma. ‘m psrtlruluiy friend: wnlclns flea-ed about .his ifh.....;i.; . ;'¢":§Jf_

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remem whiskers. pot, ss the regkncnt haddcsrned, n41 onnzppetite. McNows fears Vere oo inned when ho emcrsd rorn the closet. The whiskers were one, and he hoard Bonny 318811118. l1 bet Cont; Claus ain't mam ough to grow more whiskers. l h, sin’; magic at all. Dad cerrft know everythlns- Bay. enry, I wonder if Santa Claus can

in the dark. I know how to ..

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M011" sighs . soldiers were sup- to be ingenious, MdNew re-

ernbend some cotton fields near-

‘Ihe bond played s traditional ss carol. Corporal McNew

_; ton from his

‘ A customer want to tall on leturds

-. Ie.” This was n reminder to e good cooks in the congregation

that they should begin stirring up

their Christ plum puddings.

The Mince-Pie

The mince-Pic h an old lnglhh dish and was orginsliy a llrle pie made of minced beef and mutton, mixed with plums and sugar. The‘ meat grew less until it vanished, and the plums gave Way to raisins and pee . -

There is an old superstition that you must eat a mince-pie on Christmas Day to be happy for the rest oi’ the month, and a pie on each of the last twelve days of the year if you wish be fortunate for the next twelve months. On Christmas Day, 1682, Samuel Pepys fed on "a mess of brave plum porridge and a. roasted puilet for dinner. and l sent for s mince-pie abroad, my wife not being well to rnnke any herself yet."

The Christmas Turkey

lt was in Mexico that the first turkcy was ever seen. The Spani- unis who explored Mexico thought they were in Asia, and this strange bird was called the "turkey" be- causc that ¢ountry was sllppnfled i t0 be its native habitat. The ;French name for turkey is “dandl" . a corruption of its full original title.

"ilouioi. iflnde."

stood beside s gully decorated tree and began to distribute gifts m the children of the regiment. He called out Sunny‘; name. Then the lights went out.

He tool: a step backwards as tiny lights gleamed about, his whiskers. Fireflies must have made their homes on the abandoned cotton he had plucked. McNew stepped on a. package. stumbled and grabbed ms . tree for support. He caught a ;brazwh. out or the darkness, he lhear Sonny's voice: "Yea, Santa,

here I am."

"Here-J McNew tried to hand the boy the package containing the electric train. A fireflies rested on his whiskers. "Here, amt; (3 carries his own lights, you know."

“Ia it magic?" asked sonny, "and you grew morn whiskers-J

McNew stumbled again, reached m}: algptearbrhllfilgrl lganch gracked

r , 9 CB - llyéslthalpéiwzlierel" u: t’ so“ e h went on. Bonny fled down the steps and McNew snw that the colonel was comforting l. w" - A WTPQIAI who'd given the colonelts son a switch £2; a Olen-liaising silt wgieudu never be

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in his homo town. m‘ Job

The annual event st lest over, McNew painfully removeo the cot-

. His suffering was in vain.

The colonel w ted m _ McNew b/urrled. alga chin 2:5 w‘. apd reg} but he managed l, salute. .. es’ _..

" you ever sci tho part of Santa Claus before?" l“*ll*1o,sir."McNew ll-IPPNBQG I. 58

“Um-snaybo that e the rireflios and the switch." more was o curious note in tho colonel‘: voice. McNew strunled to explain. but the colonel interrupted: "I hear you want that recruiting job‘ in Kansas City. Under the oir- cumstances, I’ve decided to recom- mend you. Bonny wants in visit his

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W. C. T. U. I NOTES

IT OWN CANADIAN norm

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‘m great cd-iicvemexats rin.

Quill the no: that bud thy D .

9pm- an mot uld enslave

Andnthey who ‘battle with thy

tides.

Shall not that race be brave? shall not Niagara's mighty V01" umpire to actions hizh?

‘Twerc cosy sudi a land to love- Or tor her glory die!

OUR. GREATEST ASSET

If you were asked what is our greatest asset we have in this land of Carmela, what would yum‘ answer

‘i Would you point to the fsct that 1 we have ten oer cent. of tho world's known coal resources-that we have more cobalt, more nickel. and IRON asbestos. than any other country in m... 'orld, or, that. we rank second ‘or third in gold producrlon? Would lyou point w our wealth o! forests and Iisherles-no our great un- m eral resources-to our of wheat-pi ‘lacing

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vast acreafle land?

would you remln’ the questioner um, we have 240,000,000 cubic feet of standing timber, and 32,000,000 110m; ptywer oi available hyd electric energy?

Those. undoubtedly. are most valuable assets and we may well be thankful that we have such l. gbodly heritage-that our feet. have been “set, in a. largo room". But. however valuable these assets are. they are material assets and hence perishable. They are not enduring.

Are there, then no greater assets than these’! The answer is not for to seek. tor one has only t0 will?’ w the 3.000.000 boys and 811' 0f school age and under. scattered throughout the length and breadth of this land from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Here we have the greatest asset any land can hove— an asset. incomparable in value to our material asets.

ASSETS Oil Ll-ABHJTlIiST

thissssetisofsuchana. ifwenn

in spite of all our material wealth.

er from the o s failure to Provide adequately for the training of these

iris-to build up their c aracbers in accordance the highest principles and iéifirals as taught by our Lord Joli“

ist.

Isitbocmuchloslythofoiillb were putting inw our businesses no more time or efior: or money‘ some are putting into the training oi their boys and girls. we would sOOn become financial banln-upts? How, then, can we ex- pect our boys and girls w become anything else than character bank- rupt: miles: we devote ourselves more earnestly to this task. Only thus can we prevent our most valuable assets from being turned

into hesvy liabilities.

DEV. ID! QPINUE’! ADDBIBI

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considered by W.O ‘LU. women. Be mid. smonl other things. that we need to let but to bosi facts d fundamental

c an principles in deslin! with this liquor problem. We ought not m think

because it a new, nor because it is old. e W.O '1‘.

ure the it must h to

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"Yes, sir." But muew sighed-

He wondered l! snow could be 115° | u, qflvgnbage by a resourceful sol- genious boy. I

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CHRISTMAS CARDS

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dier in charge o! an equally 111-‘ . of the effects of alcohol u a bev-

d. . now being made to study the ef- fects o1 ABBTINENCE from alcohol on the human system. since we already have so much knowledge

"Biioze is Booze, however and wherever served, and booze con- swn means booze-effects."

ed "there no such thing so sonsl ii y’ Our liberty ' when next person's liberty be-

ord , ndm urpose Ila is "offers with libero w

to int . law is s Prohibition, snd the only‘ about the present‘ quor laws (Government Control) lies in their prohibitions." "Drink- ing is facilitated by tho cue with ch liquor may be obtalnedfl: us cultivate s Divine hatredi kmzliis supreme enemy of mam‘

ANNUAL unrrmo I TIMIPBRANCI FEDERATION

‘lhis was held in the Charlotte- town Y.M.O.A. Birilditig. on Oct- ober 30th. many clergyman being present. beside other temperance

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Our energetic and faithful pro- sident, Mr. JJ-I. Mlcfhrlane. who had quite n long drive, left h potato field the midst. of vuting. with the scmity of today. (this menu something.

W.O.'I'.U. members from Oom- .wall. Pownail and North Wiltliire

‘it "e..."'.r".l".tl' ‘a t" Ilfl I'll 0 - . . khsw. Eecretlairy of the m. I.’

em on. gave s re o the Dominion’ Federation. held in

Print Name and Addrue Mainly on All Onlq PUIUT iUlGi In ll, ha! lIooA, ‘hub

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£1131. foronndnl yes: were

sgpointcd as follows: President. J. . llboforisns

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WHEN ALLIED INVASION FORCES sTiuKlz at enemy shores, servicing commandos of the air force are among the first units ashore. With the help of the Engineers they level captured airfields which have been plowed by the ‘enemy with furrows two feet deep. Rugged Canadian-built trucks fill up bomb

close behind the front lines, thus increasing their fighting range and saving tons of precious fuel.

It is a source of great satisfaction to the men who make Ford military vehicles to know that these vehicles arc playing an important

"In Ibis war of men and machines, lb: lives of many mm can be saved by tbs

_ _ part in air warfare in many parts of the 4¢m¢1,,-1,-;y,,,45yi¢;m.] can" w“? to” of mfk’ and rush {n fuel’ world. Directly or indirectly, they serve the "f”"“l"""" 1'1.’ "“"j°l"° * oil, supplies and maintenance equipment see rim nolatlrlghpd" "f "

squadrons which carry the bombing oilcnsivc to the heart of Germany, as well as the ‘fighter squadrons which play such an im- portant part iircverv great offensive

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IOIII V-l AND IAIRCIIIY CARI IOID TRUCKS, YRAEIORI AND IIIIII

any Ford vebirle shall fail our sans and brother: in Ibo critical boar of battle. " ._.

fi PRESlDENT

from the bridgehead.

In an incredibly short time after the start of thciavaaion, fighter planes are operating

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p lor billion, ALIMITED.

PRODUCERS OF MILITARY VEl-Iltilllas

m ‘m: anmsn EMPIRE

incc oi Nova Scotia the record of a‘ DONDON — (OP) - Anjghlm fine lite. e shall miss him but believe Britons are I w“ the inspiration and memory of hisf sun-ts" Viscount Stanwlw h" untlrlng eiforst shall always be of: the House of Lords. new“ value to the temperance cause and, "m; "our manner qf speec m; those who knew him. We thank mumu-L tepid with a preterm God for men such as Dr. Grant. remweg- MR. '1'}! MOW.

By GEORGE mmiuré"

. . m sec right prevail and wrong over- mmwn, 5 and temperance work- er, unafrai , undaunted, always to the fore in tryln to make condi- tions what they ould he ever en- listing youth for the right and total abstinence. lie gave to the Prov-

THE LATE DR- ll. ll.-

‘lhc late Dr. l-‘LR. Grant. of New Glasgow, an honorary manner of the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union. We can truly say of Dr. Grant, a man oi God, eager

llfy. RM’. R. E. Show. New GIM- gow; L euuror, W. G. Duke. Hunter River; Vice-Pres. for Prince County. - Mr. Cross; vice- Pres. for Queen's County. W. R. Clark; vice-Pres, for Kins’: county Rev. W. Plckctts. '

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