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Island l l >o+o-sooo-0040 e>o»oo+0¢+6¢-0 ‘ _ .X _ 1 ' i UUUUUIBUUBUIUUU .. . . : SEN SIBLE : CHRISTMAS s GIFTS ` :For any member of Qghle family using » asses- . *A nice, new, sty1iSh ir of Eye Glasses, r Spectacles would . e just the thing- - Q Lorgnettes, Opera , Glasses, Eye Glass I Holders and Chains, Ia n d' Waterman's :Ideal Fountain Pens care other suggest- :ions we have to of- , fer. O . F. ilutclieso OQQQOOQQQQ¢»QQO¢QQQw¢c»¢1»Qo»and Qgggrvg ngaann C3"O'Z5 N SSS! 95 tile World Looks to Shlit lii he rl-is wp.. to Looks ro situ-rm A I can . . Mme remember one evening last I . 1'. .lust before Cliriim ' I _._ las when ` "agent out in my wheel-chair with my b °‘”~ W0 Dissed along one nr the the windows of the brl htl lil limos' were ' g y' ‘md uv; red andkggyndecomtedgln theres. ,Y DW!! Billrlt seemed to lmblbe the ». Eiflixgllcheer and as I watched was via img ""°"‘ °' Shoppers. I ever Jen! Hllein. I was smiling at ber vt and nas counting the num- W o smiles I received in return. e were out for two hours d I 'I whom we missed b an ' O al my sm"e_ . ut four returned Alas! its e P . . forgotten hgwm !d\r?iill§?uilv0l£cl;d? nie! Anti who ani it' ir yin. inn ng# some one who will he fold no doubt Ifxnlién iieafortiiniite nine sniit-iii' mud chair. y urs. has sat in an in- “How cnn you smile so cheerfully" llow can you appear to be so happy -..'. I'-eople have asked me so many times' and when I reply that I not only api Dear to be MDPY but that I uni happy U16! turn away with n gggh and A' Sympathetic smile. lfldeed. if I consider myself an unfortunate as others would have me I fear I should not be able even td pretend I was contented.. But what others have deemed my misfortune lil 1001* “Don as zi great new experience I do not feel that I have always becii Slim “WHY from the outer world. I feel that at some time I have been lik” Other DGODI9- I have seen the world from their point of view and` now I am experiencing sometlhlng en. tircly different. I nm seeing snothqr “look-out." My isolation from the daily turmoil of this great outerworlq does not les- Biill .my interest in it, however. ln 11101. is affords more opportunity for stiidying its wonderful resources, both natural and artificial; its masterpieces of art, niuslc and llteratui-e_ How mlllli’ times I have heurd people say, "If I but had tinle I should like to read these books or visit some of the art galleries.” But they never man- age to see tlheni. 01168. when discussing with ii friend, my favorite works of litera- ture, I mentioned "Ivanhoe," “You have read it?" l asked. "Oh, -yes!" . "And you enjoyed it?" “Tire story, itself, was immensely interesting." She replied. “But the llrst half of the hook I found rather liurcsonie. There was soinucb dc- scription of skies." _ This friend pitted me sincerely, be- cause of my affliction, but little did she imagine that the .feeling of pity was mutual; that I, in turn, pitted hei- because of nn affliction which was for beyond her own comprehensloii. What is so wonderfuiln this outer world, with its endless competition and strife, ivliich is so fur superior to - the slieltered pence of the shut-iii' world? _ The man on the stage does not envy the onc in the audience, nor docs the man in the iiudience envy the one on tlic stage. Yet, without one there would not be the other. , So it is with the great play of life and whether we be chosen as actor or spectator what matters lf the play goes on? And who will say either is more fortunate than the other? Santa. Clan Secrets ' ---Q The traditlpn of Santa Claus has al- ways had its mystery, and it has al- ways had its years when circumstanc- es sought to push the mystery aside. “There ain’t no Santa Claus!" has .been a _dreadful announcement in many a life-.'so dreadful' that no one with a spark of human sentiment can fail to regard it as calamitous. Yet no realism can utterly brush the traditions aside. Certain Santa Claus images may be shattered, -but the mystery remains. Gifts are real, to be weighed and measured. But there are secrets behind them- and the spirit of Christmas, by whatever name or sign it is known, carries its hidden sentiment, its obscured methods of evoking the magic that illuminates the festive of youth and friendship. The children who wonder, who peer at the sky- long in advance of the fate- ful hours, are not more in the dark as to .sources than many s grown-up. Where do the wonders come from? Who invokes these resplendent dolls? Whose- wizard work is reflected in these extraordinary locomotives and wind-mills and soldiers and inhabitants oi far away jungles? Whose patient labor and astonished ingenuity de~ vines these delightful surprises - actually brings them into being for some one else to pick upfor transfer to just the right-final ownership? The story never gets -told. You may usk the gray-haired old msn in one workshop, and the golden-haired youu woman in another workshop, but none of them can tell you more than s bit of the story. A Sherilock Holmes might do a lot of tracing. He might even find the crippled soldler-lloldl- ers almost an much broken as some of the wooden ones will be s. week after Christmas, and still miss half the ro- mance of the Brest fact. Who shall tell the full history of the tens of thousands of hands that weave the tapestry of Christmas magic? Only 3 ti-ne poet, perhaps, could guess what mother hearts and hands, what sister and friend and fellow-worker have been doing and will be doing until the very brink cf the greet day,,to bring note of surprised pleasure where nf- fectlonate or kindly imagination chooses to have it struck. "To have it dons by Christmas!" That sentence visualise; enough to convict any i\°\l\' old skeptic that fashions may come and fiislions may I0. but that Chi-st- mss ha; an eternal Youth. .Belilild many s simple gift will lurk it pathos that may never be gues- sed. Behind many an acknowledg- ment of happiness will lie more than ever can be expressed. ,- A Slnto lunch in Chinn contains 146 dishes. ' I --__ . . Optometrist and Opiiclsn _ “I ui. ..-J ntn` Uiilest avenues of the town where ‘ il $¥¥lf$¥ Q hrough the earth no war drums bent Marshnlling hosts to bloody cheer High uphung the armour bright ll? Rests besides the idle spear. 9, Glorious Judo, shorn of pride. yi, Hated tribute meekly brings. ,B Prouldly o'er its prostrate foe, Cuesar's Eagle folds its wings. ii tl* gpg In the noon of drowsy night, its While the Sinful Herod sleeps ll: And ‘each Shepherd, on the hills. tis. Patiently his vigil keeps: ` 3K Lzsuing from the :Womb of Light. ' ii -More resplendent than the moon. 9* Angel voices rend the air, '- "Ch1'lS`l ¥0lil'_.Klng ls newly born." ii Moon add stars, in pallor flee an Heuvcn's new, intenser light: ,K Mute with awe, the Shepherds gaze. QI, Msrvelling at the wondrous sight. 9|, Loud the vibrant clouds repeat. gt. “Peace on Earth! Goodwill! to men! gg To the promised Saviour go! 5; Haste! oh haste to Bethlehem!" Bk an Soon 'the gladsouic note grows faint ak Faint and fainter-then expires! . ii Soon the moon resumes her throne. EK' And the stars renew their fires. ' tit Noble were those Shepherd men, 9l= Loved of God, though rude and 95 poor: ¥ First ure`tbey their King to greet. First the Mun~God to adore! ¥¥?lé In a stable cold and bare X, Lies the Saviour of Mankind. 5|, Ori His naked, tender frame, ,E Beats the bitter winter wind. ag F'itter lodgings for its King gg' Davld‘s birthplace would not yield. 9|? Pampered riches housed their God, tl- \‘Vltli dumb creatures of the field. Ill- Et; 9% rc KV§)i€$¥'$¥ THE NATIVITY l l 5° , _ 8 'reassessaserrraierrsriraswarrsensxwwwasaafswrss@as=i;< (Rev.) AUSTIN BRADLEY, B. J.?ié MOTHERHOOD (By E Johnson) Oi source of life 0 channels of light' ,0. mother of n-ations yet to lie' We hear the tramp of youi' unborn sons, , ‘And we know that the world shall yet bo free. In there anything greater in the world than a good mother? Well has ii great poet oi'-democracy said: "Through you I wrap ii thousand onward years! Through -you I plant the best beloved of me, and nf1A|n- erica." Goodness and greatness are Siamese twins. Goodness, the elder, li-lways comes leading greatness by the hand. And if ytlll kill gundnepg, then greatness must die, Canada stands crowned with good, mother- hood. She is our queen. Let us be careful that we lose not our crown. if you plant a good' apple tree you will get ii good apple, unless ynn Dlu_ck the young i‘ruit too soon. while it is green and liiimature,,lu which case it will wither and become a bit- [0l‘ Dvlsvnl or unless you let some Insect Sting the fruit in the bud and leave a worm at the core that will niake it rot through and tliro'ugli, until li is neither good for food noi* good for seed. It is only good for ii fertilizer for worms. is the heart- and mind and soul of your children not worth as much as an apple? Said the French during the war: "Our women are not. nor ever have been, lnnately immoral or impure. But even since 1870 Germany has kept up a continual propaganda .against the purity of France, sending over a flood o f indecent literature and illustrated magazines' and ar- ticles to discredit us before the KT baker: Crest, Big, Colden flavor that only n genuine hard upring uheat flour can produce. fAl_` ~ -we _ v*_ m Brown loaves cf nut-like f“* r vw: 'v1 Momma; ig. world and to demorallze us ui. home. Y' ' 3" YYY? Y' V "'e‘=-Y;-'Y "'°4_"=°" R A Christmas Classic “A Visit From Bt. Nicholas," Written By Clement C. Moore 100 Years Ago and Known t0 Every Child 'l‘was the night before Christmas. when al_l through the house creature was stirring, not even a mouse; 'l‘lie stockings were hung by the chini- ney -with cure In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would lic there; The clilldrcn were nestled all snug in their beds, While .visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads: And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cup. Had just settled our brains for u long winter‘s nap; 4 When out on the lawn _'here arose such a clatter, l sprang from the bed to sec what was the matter to the window I flew like a flash, Fore open the shutters and threw up the sash, iooii, on the breast of the new fallen snow, Gave the lusti‘e‘ of mid-nay to objects below, what to my wondering eyes should appear, miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein deer, ii little old driver so lively and quick w iii a moment it must be St. Nick. rapid than' eagles his coursers _ they came, And he whistled and shouted :ind call- ed them by name; Dasher. now Dancer, now Pran- cer and Vixen On Comet. on Cupid. on Donder and Blitzen, ' 'I‘o the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! dash away! dnsb away! dash away alll - CURIOUS CUSTOMS AT WEDDINGS 'Phe New York Post remarks that in some parts of the world their are queer customs still extant which make the marriage ceremony rather complicated In northern districts of England. for instance, it is coli- siderd important that marriage should take place while the moon is waxing, and not, waning. if the bridal' couple are to be followed by good fortune. In the north country it is also essential that an even number ofguests be asked to the feast, for an old superstition has lt that otherwise one of the guests will die before the year is out. In the Highlands a most unlucky omen is seen if a dog should run between the bride and groom on their wedding day: In Derbyshire the bees must be told the event and their hives galiy decorated. In parts of England and -Scotland there exists an ancient custom, the source of which ls unknown. demanding that a part of the wedding cake be broken over the head of the bride. the guests scrambling for the pieces. _ None of these usages, however, can compare with the Chinese custom of hanging bacon and sugar on the setlan,chi\lr of a bride, in order that the demons shall refrain from molesting her on her wedding journey The Chinese bride also feels compell- ed to stand in a round, shallow haset while she dresses for the ceremony, if she is to posses a good temper and amiable disposition, Not a Away 'I‘lie n When, But a Wltli I kne More "Now Now she exclaimed “Don’t you remember me?" In was the girl, the man. "We have just been married," lie explained. “My mother found he for me, and we wanted to come to thank you for what wou have done." "I have missed your example so." The woman held her very close, laugh- ing softly through i\er,_teerii, for they the deep, winsome eyes there something familiar, and suddenly woman threw her arms about the and peering over ber bead espied |on actress ln one of these socallell wha ii curly ing on. apparently, a similar propa- ganda ago-liist the purity and good- ncsn of our girls ang boys, he po tentinl parents of our country’s ful- ure and the civilization of our race. Il is the slow. insidious developments, incoming it little worse, -and :I little worse, and a little worse, until the evil has reached such stupendous proportions that it makes it possible for such evil to continue; and every- one passively submits to it like they do to influenza, consumption, or the “black plague," which decimates and reaks down the very heart und hope and health of thenntlon. But someone had to start a propa- ganda against consuuinption und in- fluenza to sta-mp out these death- dealing plagues. And someone has not to raise his or her voice ugnins-t the incoming w-aves from the ocean ot sensuality, lest it sweeps over and drowns out our civilization in drown- ing out the purity of our race." Said niiiraiity dramas: “Men are snakes vultures, human beasts. I know, for I have been in-.irrleri four times." And as one looked at the -picture ol Li semi-niifie woman lying on a sofa holding a man's hand, rind "vamp- iiig" lit hlin, as the little girls say of the "vampire" plays . that are ad- vertised ln the papers from time to tiiiie. one feels sure she must know, if any woman on earth does, for no one else could bring out the snake, lhervultule and thc human beast" In a man like one of these “vtilupii'e women" could. To the pure maiden the man she loves is a saint, .1 demi- god, or a hero; to the pure. good lii- teliigent wife the, husband and father of I* children is the earnest goodi faith ul upholder of all that is best in his age and -civilization, staunch for right, true as truth, a man whom both his times and his God can trust. lt' he fa-ils her and is not good as she believes him to'be-well! may she never find it out! And may he never fall vlctom to the vampire whose hus- bands (four of them! One wonders how she came to have so man-_yi be- snakes, vultures. human beasts.” ‘-But," I seem to hem' some man or woman say. ‘you are talking about ideal marriages where love exists. But what If it rlon't exist. What. if the woman has no Inspiration for the man who is tied to her?" Well, if he is capable of inspiration, and Heayen bless the men who are, he will find It in the lives of his pure sons and dan- ghters. It will flow like -an ever wld- ening river outward to bless the sons and daughters of the race. I-Ie don't need -the impure busilisk eyes of ii vampire for -inspiration to make of him a "snake, a vulture, a hum-an beast.” He don’t need -to be imarried (and, we presume. divorced also) four times in order to learn that is all she will ,ever make of him. The ancient -idea of a vampire was "a dead m-an or woman who, though dead, found the craving of lust insatiable. and fastened I-ts thoughts on a living man or woman until they sucked h-is life away. Don‘t forget that ancient definition of a vampire. It applies to the living vmmpires also, a dead soul with -insatiable lust and vanity, who has no heart or sympathy for all the homes it wrecks or the misery it nighted. polygamous nation, is turn- ing to monogamy as the panacea for the awful horrors of polygamy, of which Mrs. Montgomery -in “The King's Highway" say the poor wo- men, the mother and wives of thom- homes ore such lielplei-is slaves of their lords and master's wls-bei-i and for them to leave home at any inu- ment, homeless, shelterless, childless without protection, or support, that the poor things are afraid to speak up for their own children if the fath- or is treating -them unjustly or cruel- .-y. And the ones who keep the favor of the master longest are iii\vly.`tl:o GDYIIIS. tricky. unpiiincipled wom,ii who flatter the lord of'the home con- tinulrlly and "set him up" against all his less lustful. less unprlncipled wives. I have been reading mliny magaz- ine articles and stories in the last low months whose trend seems to bo tlie breaking down 'of the home life of the nations. These articles, etc., are written mostly by women. :idvii-i eating the new freedom. We wond I er how they would like that kind oi were suddenly all so happy. and if was Christmas. for outside fiiriiwa .- y bells were ringing. ‘lrecdom? But unless I read the signs iii' the times wrong the will fact- cv- makes. _Why, even Turkey, that be- ‘ illlS (La Touche Hancock.) I-Ie comes with a face so jolly and red, Driving along :fn his reindeer sled, Auld no doubt you think from his w':n- try looks, Which yon'vi= oftcii seen in the pic- ture books, That he's left zi cold and icy shore To visit thc clilldreii, rlcli unit poor; And I don’t suppose you’Il under- stand When-I any tlint he comes from Sun- shinn Lund! Ah! that';.i ii secret that, you never knew, But now you’ll believe it is really true When I tell you lic coines froiii :i land - of sp:‘ln;;, 4 Win-.~l‘t~_.'1 mil.l