lr 21, 1922 sented Amoc- Presidents show American life doubled in [ma _.....- 4.1...- l_-__ he of Etion - Union, $1,000; H.000` get I love to hear the story of that first gladl Christmas night, . ' When the shepherds on'Judean hills looked` on a wondrous sight; , 7 When the radiance of God's glory wrapped I . the hills in mystic glow. ' . . And the watching shepherds wondered on thatinight so long ago. ` I can hear the angel speaking as the shop- herdeon the hills-- `Fear ye. not, I bring a message," with! what inv mv nnlr-it Hui-ill: rcux .vc..uvt, is uu_u_5 u gfncaaugu, Willi! what yoy my spmt thrills, .. , And I listen to the story of a. Saviour sent! in man Of ti: E.;l"Ii 8t-child in the `manger, o'er the` hills of Bethlehem. I I Then I hear the angelic choir, on that night I so calm and still, ` ' Filling all-the air with music,jPeace on earth, to men good-will," "Glory-be to God in the Highest," how the gladsome notes prolong. V ' As I listen with the shepherds to the angels` Christmas song. And I follow with the shepherds o'er the hills so far away, T And Wlth them I hasten onward where the tnwn of Bethlehem lay. Where we find the little Christ.-child, in a manger rude and old--- Oh! how thrilling is the story," though it's been so often told. V >x- x- IN WOMAN'S REALM. Then we see the wise men cbn`1ieg, follow-V . tube shining star, . As its: right rays gleamed and beckoned, leading from the lilacs! afar; ' ` Frankincenae, and gold and myrrh, rich the gifts these wise men bring : To the Christ-child i_n the manger, to their Saviour and their King. _ 3 _Bringing in the Christmas spirit. Christ- Oh! it is the old, old stony, but to me it'sf ever dear ' . [ mm chimes and Christmas cheer , ' And the world will grow the brighter, bet- ter still the souls of men If we take to heart the story of the Babe of Bethlehem. T ~ Thursday, December 21. 1922 Be a Secretary_ writing. D00KIu=pIux. nun. -...._ ing. etc.--Po.-nonal inutruction. Write for Prupeehu to 5 P. HcIN'l'08H. Chic! SHA '"`c`,`S'` _- .. ,__ _c 12-.....-. nu-Ann to I bugineu executive. An ideal` `position lot 3 young woman. e'I'he Shaw Secretarial Coin-se cover: every needed subject--Short.hand. Type- writing. Bookkeeping. new. But]:- e u_........: inch-nntlall. THE CHRISTMAS STORY 30 Years of Provcn Succou -4-Helen B . Anderson. - ---_.'----9 --v-- nu um |cn.u'\!:aclIuUII. ! 1 _ Dreaming before the fire, he lived again ` anger. the days of the past. Jennie, his wife, was Evitlh him, and wi.h her, their t-wo children, ac ---merry. fun-1oving- Jack, and little it's fdibr:)ipled Marion. He sees his wife bustling la ut preparing for the morrow, and notes `the joy of the children as they hang their nan nhnnr slmnllincrn luv Han I-n-nI-{on Than his urifn ideal ` Ukg V The, int; of`iI: find in Cannda 1 Centrally situated, close to shops and theatres. Fireproof. Home comfort and hotel conven- ience. Fineut cuisine. Cosy tea. room open till midnight. S gleroom, with bath, $2.50: double room. bath, $4.00. ' Breakfast. 50. to 75. Luncheon. 65c. Dinner, $1.00. Dr hoe bad service from ullnoumlboete. Toke Black nag Whlu `rule only. Write for booklet no JARVIS stuns? . . TORONTO. om. }Xi{vi stlizt L oJg.f:`1 !_ The #1:; `h-sdfheen _t;:1E;g';fil1Eay-}r:n. ` img soty in urge, eecy aes. t at ` covered the earth in softest. ermine. Farm houses looked out from" under a covering olfmwhiel, an: every bush anll!'window-lsalgi. is ' ten wit the urity ft e snow. it the coming of nigift, the (hir grew keen with 1 frostnimd the snow ceased to fall. Stars . scint' ated in the wintry sky and seemed 9.` 1 i glorious eompanv, rejoicing in the beauty of 5 E the white, quiet earth on this Christmas "eve. "Above the old farm house, they` 'tWlllkld bi;n'1glI:tly,- as if to an . answering 'gt f 0 th dnr e win- dows. But all wgs ngloony aboui` the old house and no sign of light and life was re- {vealed within its precincts. eOther homes |were brightly lighted, and along the .road,| lthe music of sleigh-bells, and the men-:~_v' `voices of neighbors hastening homeward,! I pleasant'y broke-the evening quiet. | RIM` lnnltl (2 HBO `rnv-n Ann A` {kn IIv;n('nIivu Vs, ,1: pusuaauu _V 'Ul.'Ul(U- we CVUIIIIIK qllffu But look! a light from one ofthe windows of the old home-.-a joyful, aring light. as that of blazing wood in a large old-fash ioned fire-place! And so it is. Before the, ` fire sits the owner of the house--a` man of 5 seventy years, but tall, erect and muscular. He stirs the. fire, and the flame leap ( merrily up. casting fitful li hts about the} shadowy room. He then sin 5 into his easy chair, and with his eyes xed on the blaze is lost_in reyerie. 'B.._... A ..__-II__| L_, ,, I'll p DIICIII, lll-I _DllU IIUUBC I5 HUQUUU uuu [JUICE- In his dreamsthere is no thought of thei terrible war in which Jack, grown to man-' {hood, made the supreme sacrifice. _'l`here is no remembrance of little winsome Marion, developed imzo a handsome maiden, giving .'her love to one, whom her father considered 'a ne er do weel." atravelling artist, with {no faculty for money-making. He is not `dreaming of the time when she, as the ;wife of the man of her choice, is forbidden ;to return to the old home. No thought either, of the ageing wife and mother and of !her death. following the loss of her chil- 'dren. Only the spirit. of the happy times! '0!` old was with him. I\..A..!.!.. ..I..2_L L;.H.. 1:__I-.I LL..:.. ........Z.. In IUBU Ill l'U\'UI'lU. Tonight, impelled; by some hidden force, I he had opened up the "old fire-place in] the huge living-r_'oo'm, and fetching 'd\'0l`- ` greens from the woods, had decorated it for the festive season. During the years he had lived alone. the kitchen-fire had answered all his _nee(b,v but tonight was Christmas eve, and the spirit of past Christmases prompted him to have a part in the festive season. `D. ..... __ L.t.__. .L. I2... I_-_ I:_,-J -.__:__ `VHO JV: Ul l-IIC ULIEIUIVLI Ill.` ulcy IIGIIE IIIIUII stockings by the fire-pla'ce. Then his wife II; C uf fhn nu-nun 'unr` What! u :nn ;n l.UUl\IllB DI-IU llKU'PliIUU- IHUII WIIU ails at. the organ, `and they all join in singing, `3Harl<, the herald-angels sing, the treble of the tiny tots Iblending sweetly with the voices of father and mother. Now `he hears the patte: of their feet. on the stair, and the house is hushed and quiet. In his rlrnnmethpra in nn thnmrln. nf the U1 UIU W33 Wll-ll llllll. Outside sleigh-bells jingled, their music ,ingling' with glad voices and happy laugh- ter. But these merry sounds, arouse-1 not ithe watcher by the re, for they seemed to form 9. part of his dreams. ' Suddenly the. door was swung wide, the cold winter uir rushing in end rousing the tireless watcher. He raised wondering eyes, and saw a! woman,---Iwes it Jennie? He rose unsteadily] from the chair, and holding out his arms,l murmured, Jennie?" V ~n fnfhuun Anni zlnnlnfnlhsnrl :9 in uni IIIUIVIIIUICU, IIUIILIIU I No, father, dear, dearfather! it.is not mother. but Marion." A A 3 H|n-_:-_ on |__ _.___..A=-__J .I.._-.II_- Hn..4. IIIUDIICT. Uulo lVlHl'IUlIo i Max-ion?" he questioned dazedly. But! this is littie Marion,. indicating a little girl! that had entered with her -mother; and this `big boy is surely Jack--my long-lost` J ack." i 'l`nnJnnlu~`\;n Anunkfnp In)` `Hun n `tin can} I soun MILK amcan BREAD 1 cup molasses, 1 cup sour milk, 2`l/3 cups flour, 1% teaspoons soda, 2 teaspoons ginger,` teaspoon salt, 4 tablespoons melt- ed butter. ` ` -u:_ _-.I- -..:4.I. ......... ...:n. .....l ......l...;.... . C0 DUUWT. Mix` soda with sour milk and molasses.l Sift the dry ingredients and combine the two mixtures. Add the melted butter. Beat. Pouninto a `greased tin and bake.in a moderate oven about 25 minutes. lif ' U15 UUy I3 6Ul'UIy |llIUl\""L|ly lUll5`IUBI2 dlIUl\. Tenderlyhis daughter led him to his seat. It and lovingly she brushed the hair from his? ageing temples, while tears streamed dewni her face. . NV-.. 1----.. ...- __-.. ..:.L.._ .1- ......l ' now this Christmas time for stealing your HUT uacc. I You know me now, 1"-ather, do you` not`?". .she asked. I am your daughter., Marion, and these are my children. Wet have come back, father, _to care for you. And this is `my huaband--as a pleasant- faced man entered--you will forgive him} little girl." _ Va van` 1 will " nnnuml-ml flu: fnlthnr. nun: gin. A . Yes, yes, I will," answered the father,l "grasping his son's hand. I was dreaming, Marion, before the re, of our old-time . Christmases--a_nd of your mother. When_ you entered, I thought she had come back` --you are so` like her. ` TL- ("in-n>-nun Innllu vuna thin} 11 mnrrv SOFT GINGER BREAD 4-tablespoons butter, cup sugar, 1 eg, it cup molasses, 2 teaspoons cocoa, cup sour milk, H cups our, `$4 teaspoon`- soda, 1 teaspoon ginger, } teaspoon cin- namon, :} teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon allspice. Cream the butter. Add the sugar. beaten egg, molasses and milk. .Sift together the ingredients and combine mixtures. Beat and bake in a moderate oven about 30 minutes. - '-`JUU ISIU BU IIRU HUI. _ The Christmas bells rang dut a merry peal, as gathering` his grand-children in his arms, and looking around on the little group, he murmured contentedly. Peace, peace_and good-will have entered the old home at last." JJU II V nu Va 39 `soul: MILK BISCUIT _ | 2 cups flour, 2 tablespoons butter. .2 : tea- `spoon soda, teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, sour milk. to moisten (about 84 cup). Q34 Han Any {nun-an-Honk: nut `ml Hun sugar, uuur mum. to uxuxawu usuuul. 7.} yup). Sift the dry ingredients. Cut in the butter evenly.` Add the milk to make a stiff dough. Roll and bake in a hot oven abgtitfifteen minutes. _ _:-___L _:._..u L- I...._.Il_J .... -..:_1LI.. BUUUD Ill HUGH xunuuwu. The dough should be handled as quickly. as possible and mixed only enough to blend the ingredients. V . PEACE `AND coon-wu.T.j `In which the Khan Exgois the Ancient and All But Forgotten Virtue of Upholding % `the Church of One : Fathers. i made as much noise as a load of corn. . stalks and when she sat down she sat down. '. hand-made shoes that squeak or squeaked,1 V could walk upthe aisle from the porch `to 3113' When I 5;; 'a'little'"s`l,i-21:-e.r old Major Thresher was the big man, or rather one COHIB I0 liIR|l.- yet, as uucy UVUI. vuuu: uu nu: They let the old homesteads slip away even as the Threshers let go of theirs. ' l of the big men, in Gumbo. He drove to - - - - A` ` ' - An alien hves in the old Thresher home. church In a` real carnage mud Ilwlu never land cultivates the wide Thresher acres.` forget his longltaed pair of horses' He `They went to pot. They didn't go to church. were a `beaver ha`-if `you know `what a.| - - - - _ ' b ti l ld h th t th t beaver hat is and when he walked or lgglgedemtlol ltmgld sismllimosat enligtncefrggl rather marched, up the aisle his boots - - . sqveaked- .F1! seemed t em wearinsl"l i`..1l`a`1s$2?dl$1hZi`fi`fZ..b``3' 91 clothmg m them days The Maimls `on e Add these folk are not in the am l wife must have starched everything she good n S e ' lass with pagans. They have no gods.l wore. when she came mm church shelgne `of the reasons the Threshers doi: t' lattend divine `service is that the church got with a crash that sounded like a boy famngigood money out of the old man, but she. through a skylight. I fancy that it is only ;:IlIl1;ev:'eethm;::y.f tgfaofaliiay 9`: . . . And I fancy. also that the 0ld_time .11 Lat;-anger slouches into it and it seems almost shoemaker could put a squeak into avlshlhgc.-if Ea desecration` one of `the Threshem "ysl v - - .g;h t 1' 'o is a superstition. His fine; I don t know how he did it, but he done [O]; fanlfl dxidnit think so and he was big, it. ,If you were just a common ordinary` - - - - than his decadent sons physically, mor- P` he md Y 3 P8" of shoes you 3" mentally and spiritiially. the chancel steps and nary asqueak. But And here's another thing I've noticed it you were a big hug the shoes he mad; .about these Threshers. Their old nun was for you would squeak musically and _de. a fervent patriot. He loved the old ilagl T lightfully on'all occasions. One of our old and the old connection. Patriotism and church wardens had a "marvellous pair of religion are virtues. The Man of Nazareth V shoes. The left shoe was a coatralto and loved Jerusalem and wept over her, be} the other shoe had a rich colaratuia voice. [cause Zion was the city of His- fathersm W118 YOU heard 1-hecltlet vim didn't have Had He not been schooled in the religion of` to turn your head to know who was coming lHis people Jerusalem would have meant i" h"h' ` lno more to Him than Antioch,.Du1)lin or u u -Av vuu. vu- The :>!d Major was a big man aud a pro. d ` man and if he was not generallv lovl-d he` certainly was witloly respected. He sub- scribed 15 : rvuild the beautiful and! now almos; V` ale? atone church; I H. FELT, Jeweler, qi of Mnw$ww/m/wa/ Hamms gr EDWARDS CHANGE AND DECAY (Toronto Telegfam) ,, `IZLLI_ ,'L,, _ODAY a new art embellishes the tables of those cul- - tured Canadian women who love life and its graceful V V , V . V. udge Vance and n a charge that ut legal excuse. lot of right anti set fire to 3 car- dwelling houdo llingwood on -lot ., and belonging or about Nov. .?.--- - ___ _____.v_-_-- ---v ._.__v 1 Canadian wholove life and `its graceful luxuries. 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Limited _ ' T will gladly show you the eomplete line of above goods Pivotected whore tlie wear Comes HTHE B`ARRlEEXAMlNER' Manufacturd exclusively in Canada by 1th et- thing that kept that stupendous combina-` tion, Great Britain and Ireland, on, the 1 map was pride of race and family. The _ maintaining of the old estates and homes _ and the NAME-that` was something to ` conjure with always. But here on this 1 side of the salt water the people have not` come to that yet, if they ever come to it. :1 slip '5 , in home T. and the acres. [The beautiful old shrine that their ancestor` helped to build is almost empty. The, {people who cannot keep the fires burningi `on the altars erected by their fathers are no `good. And samei ,class ~n_.. ~..: Hm rnnennn the Thrashers dnn t! ` A decayed family is a sad spectacle. One 1` DCVBT get any Uul. U1 uucxu. LLIC Luu family pew is empty. Occasionally ' a! `stranger slouches into it it ' Ia desecration. says` ithat religion fine` lold father didn t think `ger decadent sons, ally, mentally spiritually. here's I ve Habout these . He oldllagl . connection. :' . loved her, nlcause fathers.| 2 {Had not of ;[His Jerusalem would [no orl 'l`II. -..-us IIJVI \- Cheopm . , I` vs , whoops. 7 i Fear (_}od and honor the King. ` A people who neither fear God not honor their `King will never fight for their country lunless they have to. | =i""'%'.'."-3: 1.?.1."L?.l532*.L'-.*-.'.2 '``And how can man die better ` Than in facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods? If there -are people in this nation who would take an insult from a Hun or a .Turk lying down it isnot because they are poltroons, but because they have no religion. They claim to have a religion but, to quote Scripture, `I`heir`religion isin vain." l T` urn uynnlr` rpafnrn 11}!!! Old tnlef Of 5 I cx-npture, "1'nelr'reug1on mm vmu. If we would restore the old temper of _,_--. Lancashire, SI,- SK nnn our forbears, this land needs a great spirit ual revival. We need a religion. But, you say, Russia, Iyaland. Turkey had and stillhave religions to burn. I am getting down near the bottom of the column and I haven't space to argue the question. -rs I 1- I ,_,- ;L:__I_ -1 1- --`-'~--- -' -w-- ~v --a-v ---~ ~. ------ -- U But when I realize that two-thirds of `our people never darken a church door I" stick to it that what we want is religiu and lots of it. 11:`. "HQ. Hostess 1 attetlp` Two Doors East of Union Bank Page Fiftccv ` UU U UIUU III I. more than loans