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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, \/EDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1929 Christmas In Canada's © Northland Interesting ; Season of Festivities While the more recent inven- tions of man serve to mitigate the |! pess of the great empty a8 whieh comprise Canada's Northland, whose white dians of civilization of the a of the Arctic have to de P upon their own resovrees to i Breat extent to mark the Christe mas festival, Radio, It 18 true, 4 -them in touch with the wer Vv in chureh and. chapel that mark the spiritual side of our rent , of the ther towards the Arctle clrele every year, MISTLETOE AT CHRISTMAS The use of mistletoe wt Christmas tide is traced to the Druids, who ged It as a symbol to welcome their Gods, CHRISTMAS DAY And any day is Christmas When shepherd thoughts at morn Behold the star that glows above A good impulse, new-horn! w=lldith Daley, Ee SL "THE STILL, SMALL VoICr" Christmas season ts hallowed hy the small gift not by the princely git, and "the stl, small voice" res maps the hope of the world, a ---- fest off the ground at once, as only an Indian can dance," Probably mince that time the goenes described have moved far- ther north for anyone who looked for such in the thriving metropolis of Alberta toes would meet disap- pointment, That is, It his taste ran to Indian matdens, Civilization has moved into the northernmost hinterland and is stretehing furs 4 NOVELTIES FOR BRIDGE FANS The hostess who entertiuing fre quently at bridge Js always secking new and effective equipment to add to the charm of her home, A very attractive present to her might well be a beautiful modernistie box eomtalning a waterproof satin cover for the table, two packs of fancy cards, pencils and a tally, Another smart new set comes In chintz, and includes two packs of ehintzepatterned cards, nu tally pad with chintz design on ity, cover, and hy, solored penells to harmonize hese Items are tucked Into a water proof chintz bag which fits Into a very small spice, The newest bridge tables are those with flower motifs or modernistic de« signs on the table top," One type is built on a pedestal; when not in use the top slides forward and may be used as a decorative screen nguinst the wall, in a corner; before the fire, as ou radiator sereen, or for any sim Har purpose, aborate bridge sets containing twelve paeks of monogrammed cards, und monogrammed tallies come in a Inrge box of Vierentine leather, with initials stamped upon the top, ""COOD WILL TOWARD MEN" "Good will townrd men' =this way whit the morming stars sald when they sang together that morning In Bethlehem 2000 years ago, Let the same message be lon wll our hearts this Christmas day, Pig Sticking At Christmas Nothing ean equal the delight of a Christmas spent in camp in Indig, ench in his little tent with the bare necessities of existence, but outside a burning blue sky and never-to-he-for wotten smell of wood smoke rising in the still morning air, A select come pany. is phi | J for pig-sticking, Breakfast is a hurrled but very substantial meal and then there Is a fingling of hits and chaing, much toss ing of ponies' heads and all start on thelr pursuit of the gallant boar, It Is not so much the actual hunt that gives these sportsmen a thrill, but the sights and sounds of an In. dian gold weather day, The tremendous expanse of plain, the little shrines tucked away in odd corners to the kindly gods--each with a lew dusty marigolds or some other small offering=and the patient wide eyed oxen straining at the yoke, The crowds of beaters armed with any tin implement that would make a noise and the sound of their erashing through the sugar-cane patch, Look! Out of the far corner steals a "rideable boar" and three men hustle in pursuit each carrying pa spear, They follow him aeross the black cotton soll and presently one of thelr number comes down with a crash="Asia Is very hard as one nf those who had taken a bad toss ex- pressed it--and this boar escapes The old camel comes up bearing PAGE FIFTEEN luncheon and drinks, and we eat 10 replenishment, while around us the velvety brown babies and the pigs dogs hover both hoping for a tit-bit, Looking back on that Christmas the narrator recollects that most of that company went to the Great War many of them never to return, TILL CHRISTMAS COMES AGAIN Though Christmas docs come In he calendar but nice a year, the gift made at this time exceeds its subs stantial cheer tl Christmas comes again, ¢ GYPSIES AND CHRISTMAS Gypsies eredit the Christmas-horn with powers of divination, ability to remove the "evil eye' and various other attributes, EL EOE da ig of necessity eons v less elaborate seals than 1s possible in the old home where there is no limit to the tles ahd resources of recher- che, viands and wines, proved transportation meth. # the advent af the vi and the congtruetion of the Hud- son Bay Nallway will serve in a few Rate years to diminish the great tances and bring those who las bor in these entposts of Wmpirve in aloger touch but the effect of this will be an Inevitable lessening in the pleturerqueness of the situation which the present remoteness cons Juves up In the minds of the stay At-homes, To eet a glimpse of what Christ mas was lke way up north in the good old days, when the trip in and out took the hest part of a year, it is necessary to examine gome of the chronicles of the old fur traders, In the vecords of some of the Hudson's Nay Company factors are some interdsting accounts of how the festivities were earrled out "White man, Indian or half-hreed ML participated alike fn the mers riment, The dance and the dinner Appear to have heen as no doubt thay are today, the principal events in the day's program aside, of aourse, from the nightly lstening which 18 the high Ught in the proceedings of every day, are, for instance, 18 what Christmas at Port Wdmonton was ke In 1846 as desoribed hy Paul Kane; "Perhaps it might be in terpsting to some dyepeptio idler who painfully strolls through a oity Jotk to coax an appetite to a sufs talent Intensity to enable Khim to plek an ortolan if I were to de seplhe to him the fare set before us to appease appetites nourished hy donstant outdoor exercise in an al mosphere ranging at 40 to 60 de grees hefore wero, Af the head of the tahle was a 1atge dish of buffalo hump; at the foot smoked a holled buffale ealf, Bart not, gentle render, the onlf fs vary small and Is taken from the caw hy Caesarean operation long before 't attains ite full growth, This, holled whole, 18 one of the mast esteemed dishes among the eplcures of the Interlor, My pleas ME duty was to help a dish of gapen or dried moose nose; the { Antihal festival, but most d a or i - it Suggestions for the Living Room Tea Wagons In Walnut with separate glass tray $24.95 upto $50.00 Spinette desks in Walnut, always a beautiful gift $29.50 up to $65.00 Smoker Sets in Walnut with Separate Ash Trays $4.95 Sensational Offer! In New Type Consolette Phonographs This Is without doubt the greatest value and most sen- sational offer in new type in- struments we have yet pre- sented, Special purchase consists of 38 models only, which should be disposed of in a few hours' selling w= == Reg, Value $100,00, To go tomorrow with 10 selections $49.00 Beautiful walnut cabinet, with compartment for hold- ing BO records, equipped with newest acoustic fea« tures, Wonderful volume and tone, $1.00 Sends It Home Balance in Small Sums after ®' Christmas [Nori land a FINENE 11 TTI ook 1441 SAUER ERMA RAL N ll AN. i | Cogewell Chair Covered in gentleman on my left distributed, with graceful impartiality, the White fish, delleately hrowned: in buffalo marrow Tha worthy priest helped the buffalo tongue while another geninl member of the party out un the heaver's talls, pentre of the table was graced with piles of potatoes, turnips and bread convenlently placed, wo that eaeh oconld help himself without faterrupting the labors of hin coms papiona, Much was our jolly Christ mas dinner at Bamonton: and lop will it remain in our memory, although no ples or puddings or | Plane-manees shed thelr fragrance over the seene," 'he same wrtler gives this ao seyiption of the dance that follows that auspielous meal! "In the eve ning the hall was prepared for tie dance to which Me, Harris had In vited all the Inmates of the fort, and was early filled hy gaily dress ed Buents, Indians, whose ohiaf ornament eonaiated in the paint on | thelr faces, vovareurs with height aaghes and neatly ornamented mer gaRlng, half-hreads glitterin in avery ornament they eapld In thelr handa on: whether eiviliged or savaue, all were laughing In an many different lanpguases as there | were styles of dress, Hnglish, how: | ever, was little used as none eonld | speak it hut those who sat at the dinner table, The dancing wan most pleturesaue and almost all {jined in it, Ocearionally I, among pant, led out a young Ores squaw who sported enough heads around her neek to have made a Jadiaca fortune, and having led or into the centre of the room 1 danced round her with all the agi) | fty I wan capable of exhibiting to some highland reel tune whieh tne fiddler played with mreat vigour, whilst my partner, with grave face, kept jumping up and. down, bot Monday for the | Price of One As ustrated Set includes hand- some bridge lamp & shade, junior lamp & shade and table lamp and shade; stand are fancy turned metal with heavy base and finished in poly- chrome; the shades are antique parchment in hand painted and raised line decora- To gO At rman $15.98 tions, Regular value $22.50. $1.00 down, balance in small sums, weekly Suggestions for the Bedroom Bed Lights in Combination Colors Comforters, down filled... 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