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Snowman Stuffed With Surprises = Creates Fun Christmas Morning Who can resist a try at a snow- AR; especially it the portly old fel- low is life-sized and bulging with surptise packages inside? ¢ trée branches refused to 'all of the gift bundles with the family were remembered le bright member of the house- concocted ® 'scheme, which hed on Christmas Eve. A snow- man with a military bearing ught in downy cotton, paddea snd shaped with a grotesqueness calculated to create merriment on the part of the most dour members of the family, wag stuffed generous- 1y with gaily wrapped packages. When the tree had been stripped of gifts the surpfise was sprung, and each member of the party pro- vided with colored rubber balls, One by one the balls were aimed at the snowman and gradually the downy cotton fell apart, a jolly scramble following as boys and girls and their elders pounced upon the packages bearing their names, > That Christmas Box Uhtil Christmastide is nigh, we remark that after all the world is a very small place, but when the day of days slips around and the. family circle is mot com- plete we feel that this world is a place. . However, there is al- ways one who féalizes this truth the year round. Mother has long since been planning how she may send the thoughts and good wishes and something of the spirit of Christmas-at-home to the absent one. The Christmas cake mixture was larger than usual to allow for the ' smaller cake which, back in October or November, was set away With the larger one to ripen. And after that luscious looking plum pudding mixture was stirred by each membor of the household for 4: Christmas wish, mother gave an extra twist and wished hard that it would not be necessary to send that smaller hag of pudding she steaming beside the big one, in case her boy or girl could : bridge the distance for that y. .- Af; d- éven. back when the "fruits and vegetables wére ripe and in abundance ahd delicious sodors told us that spicy preserves zand jellies and sauces were being gpuncocted Kkitchenward, we codld fely gu that there would be @ special smaller jars -of each riety carefully labelléd and set de by mother, who knew that AC the Christmas box must gd. it "would not ba complete without her "Spple jelly, s 1 peach marma+ fade and the favourite chili sauce. » .. The box should be planned, of Y¢ourse, according to the living con. | iditions of the recipient. For the 'girl in an apartment such Ps s&s fruit cokies and cakes. which igfow even more delicious if prop- *arly stored for a while, will be -- very welcome. And the little stock of preserves and sauces will add a very real taste of home to the simple meals for some time past the Christmas season. Fdr the boy who must make a singlé room suf- fice his needs, however, the Christ. mas box will wisely provide for merely a feast with few left-overs. I~ There are certain things which Just spell Christmas for us, pos- sibly because they have always ap- speared oh this day which has stood out most vividly of all days of the year #ince we first distinguished one from another. For some the Christmas dinner must provide goose as the main dish; for oth- ers turkey, and for others chick. en. And of course, each must have its special accompapimdnt--apple sauce, cranberry sauce, apple jelly or whatever is the custom. The box must arrive in perfect condition to be really tempting, cookies whole, turkey or chicken moist, and all with no hint of a "boxed" flavor. Tins of various sizes and plenty of waxed paper are necessities. Also a firm, re- Hable outer box must be. found and, finally, securely wrapped in strong brown paper. If thé parcel has far to travel, it will be Wise tg purchase a plece of faétpry cotton of such size that it may be neatly sewn over all. Parcels going thus wrapped, even on ocean journeys, usually arrive in excellent condi- tion. When baking the Christmas cake choose a tin in whieh yoy may send it. This will be a splendid means of solving the problém of storing the cake, and a large, juicy apple put on top wilt impart flavor and moisture. The pudding, of course, will have its cloth for protection and may be made more sightly by the use of tissue and seals. A jar of the favourite sauce--brown su- gar or hard sauce--may be tied up as the jellies. Decorative paper napkins with corners drawn to- gether and tied with holly ribbon, make an attractive covering, The fruit cookies, date cakes and mac- aroons may be tied in parcels of a dozen with red. and white tissue paper over the protecting waxed paper, and held firmly with seals, then packed solidly in tins. Perhaps the fowl will be dressed and roasted whole. or perhaps, it chicken, it will be prepared in in- dividual scrvings a8 in baked chicken. For those whose favorite chicken dish is pot ple, the chicken may be prepared and sealed in large, half-gallon jars, ready to be reheated and served steaming hot. Light, flaky, hot biscuits make a delicious accorapeniment -- being split and heated in the gravy! A turkey will probably be out 'of the guestion because of its size, al- though a half turkey might be carved and arranged compactly in waxed paper. However, the plan must fit the individual case. There must hd some home-made candy included. Very often can- dy made at home is sugary and dry, especially when not perfectly fresh. The favorite fudge recipe may be used with precautions so as to prevent sugaring--slow cooking, beating when cool, and perhaps, as an extra preventive, cream of tar- tar or glucose added. This may be formed into a long roll before quite firm, coated with nuts and wrapped in waxed paper, to be cut on arrival. BUY CANADIAN ARTICIES FOR THIS CHRISTHAS Everyone Should Endeavour to Make This Christmas a Real Canadian One "Do your Christmas Shopping Early," . True, it wounid be better for everyone if all Christmas shop- ping were done early, but human nature fs human nature and it will flever be any different in the respect that there will always be people who Will Teave their Christmas shopping to the last day and the last hour. Everyone should participate in a seful Gifts of aPleasing Character Pure Silk Full Fashioned Hose $1.00 Allen A and Flew de Lis qual- ities of pure thread silk, fashioned Hose, French panel heel or point heel. All the new winter shades. Pair, full- 1% warmth, pair, Penman's Silk & Wool Hose Full-fashioned, all wool Cashmere Hose with silk plated finish. A fine Dress Hose with extra ~ $1.00 Watson's - Fine ilk Tae LINGERIE Fine quality Rayon Vests, Bobettes and Bloomers STARTING in all the BENS EEENS NEEES SEC BEC IS MIE Ne » DEWLAND'S 9 ¥ £ & ] E 9 ; @ & & 3 9 % 3 & & v & & % & @ : : @ % BOXED HANDKERCHIEFS, 79¢ Through a very fortunate stroke of luck we have pur- chased 400 boxes Gift Handkerchiefs at very much below their actual value. We* pass this saving * along to our ' customers. Ordinary value would be $1.00 and $1.25 box. 3 Hand. 79 kerchiefs in box .... C GIRLS' SILK LINGERIE Silk Vests and Bloomers for girls. 2 to 6 years, 38¢c 48c 8 to 14 years, THURSDAY STORE WILL 'REMAIN OPEN VENIN GS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. [the neighborhood strong effort to make the Christ. mas of 1930 a real Canadian Christ. mas, It can be done, if 411 will re- alize the responsibility of being a citizen of Canada. Every year, tens of millions of dollars dre spent in this country for Christmas gifts. This year it will be the same. This affords an opportun- ity for doing splendid patriotic ser- vice. It is a good thing to compile Christmas gift lists early, but it is a better thing, in compiling these lists, to place on them only arti- cles which are prodticed in Canada. This does not in any way limit the choice of any individual. The pro. ducts of Canada are of sufficient di- versity, and of sufficient excellence in every line of production, to make it possible for every Christmas gift, purchased in the Dominion to be of Canadian manufacture or produc- tion. There used to be something, ine triguing about a gift of an imported article. The glamor of that no longer exists. The patriotic eciti- zen will find greater joy in a gift made in. Canada than in any im- ported article, since the manufac- ture of a Canadian gift has provide ed some man of woman with em- ployment, Canada's factories, to put it bluntly, need the business which can be created by the Christ- mas trade. Too long have the peo- ple of Canada kept the factory wheels turning in other countries. The time has come to think of our workman and our own industries. Therefore the' slogan for 1930 should be "Make it a Canadian Christmas" by making every Christ- mas gift this year take the form of some product of Canada. FIVE MILLION CHRISTMAS TREES CUT EACH YEAR But, However, They May Be Secured Without Causing Woeful Waste ---- As you may or may not have re- alized Christmas is only fourteen days away, and already the odd Christmas trea is seen on the streets, and the hardier Small Boy is out taking orders to supply him- gelf with extra Christmas shopping money, Car after car of Christ. mas trees are passing through Port Hope on both railway lines for use in distant cities. Annually there is n good deal of destruction done in getting trees that could be avoided were the nec essary precautions taken. It may be of interest to some to learn that in of 5,000,000 Christmas trees aro cut down every year from Canadian forests. This covers both home use and the éx- port trade, Without a doubt there are many who consider this a woeful waste as ash heap. however, without causing waste. A two-fold purpose is served when the seedlings on pasture lots and small trees on lots are cleared away for agricultural purposes, or when the trees -are taken from a thick stand which would have to be thinned out anyhow by cutting down a small percentage of the small trees. SAYS MASEFIFLD 1S KEEN STUDENT OF HUMAN NATURE Montreal Professor Likens His Understanding to That of Shakespeare Montreal, Que.--~Telling stories that might find a place in the shipping in- telligence, the police court news or the sports page story of a steeple- chase, John Mascfield, Britain's poet laureate, triumphs as an artist be- cause, like the cavemen who scratched flecting deer and bison on the walls of their caves, he finds justification in thegsatisfaction he brings to the pri- mitive instinct for aesthetic self-ex- pression, declared Dr. Howard Dayne Brunt, English professor of Macdon- ald College. "He draws his themes and his he- roes from his own experience," the speaker said, "but his inspiration as a poet comes directly from Chaucer, who died in 1400. He has all Chau- cer's love of human beings, his sly humor, his satire, his power to tell a story, his robust vocabulary, his directness." Like Shakespeare, Prof. Brunt said, Masefield is remarkable primarily for his wonderful insight into human mo- tives, It is in the interplay of chat 'a | acter, in the idealization of life, and above all in his control of golden poetic speech that he expfesses his creative impulse and satisfies his own and the reader's aesthetic emotions. "Literature, poetry," he said, "as our supreme English form of art, needs no defence save that it pro- vides the means for the expression of creative personality." asefield's work satisfies the aesthetic emotions of both the poet and the reader. After a brief but vivid sketch of Masefield's romantic life the speaker went on to say that his longer poems would interest the boy, the man on the street, and the workin boys and girls who, always interested in novels, have rather despised "poetry." His narrative josnis were thrilling in plot and situation, the characters tremens dously real and passionate. His vos cabulary was always direct, colloquial, forceful, rising at tifnes to the purest poetry. . v0 TO MANY CABBAGES Heide, Germany.-- The sauer- kraut market in this Holstein town is badly congested because 'one farmer pald his taxes in cab- to Saint Dear Banta Claus: I write to say Now that Christmas's on the way There are several things I have in mind For you to bring, if you'd be so kind My sister wants & doll that talks And shuts her eyes and stands and walks: A little box for sewing things, A necklace and two sparkly rings My brother wants a two-wheel bike And boots to wear when on a hike, A coaster sled all red and nice And skates to use upon the ice, My mother'd like a motor car So she could travel--oh, so far; And daddy says he'd like some dough a PAGE TWENTY. THREE Sick 80 he could make the motor go. And as for me. I want no other Gift except a baby brother-- A cuddly baby, pink and white, Who'll play all day and sleep all n . I think that's all, dear Santa Claus-- And hope you'll bring these things because I've tried so hard this whole year through To do the things I'm asked to do, I think I've been 80 very good-- I've always done jist as I should. In hopes this note will find you well, I sign myself, Yours, Isabelle, bages instead of currency. The farmer had been served with a "last notice to pay", where- upon he wrote to the tax collector saying that he had not the money, but was willing to pay in kind. As he didn't receive a re. usal, he loaded four tons of cabbages early one morning and dumped them down in front of the tag of- fice, with a note that he consifer- ed the claim settled. MR. BENNETT I$ BACK AT WORK INREAL EARNEST FIRST CABINET COUN- CIL HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON No Statement Is Expected From Premier for a Few Days (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Dec, 16.-~Immersed In his official duties not only as prime minister but as secretary of state for external affairs and min- ister of finance, Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett was busily engaged throughout the morning. From an early hour on his arrival in the east block of parliament buildings. Premier Bennett has been keeping appointments and attending to a deluge of correspondence which arrived for his personal attention ver ihe week-end. One of the rst acts of the returing premier was to hold & meeting of cabinet council at 2.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, It was the first gath- ering of his ministers around the council table since his return from the Imperial Conference, Himself from Alberta, two of the ministers with whom Premier Bennett conversed late this morn- ing were Hon. Robert Wier, min- ister of agriculture, who sits for a Saskatchewan constituency, and Hon. Thomas Murphy, minister of interior, and member for Neepawa, Man, Apparently, the wheat ques- tion is a matter in the mind of the prime minister and will doubt- lessly engage his most careful at- tention, The situation is pretty well before the Premier, and no arrangements have been made at the moment at least for the west- ern premiers to come to Ottawa in the matter, No Statement Yet The statement promised by the Prime Minister on his arrival at Saint John, N.B., late on Friday, after Wis two months' abSence from the dominion, will hardly be ready for several days, In announcing that he would issue a statement, Premier Bennett dedglared at the time that it would be available "at an early date", It is generally accepted that this statement, which will have reference to the general stuation in Canada, the further intentions of the government for its betterment, the recent Imperial Conference and the coming econo- mic eonference to be held in Ot- lawa next year, will not likely be prepared for a few days, No out-of-town engagements have been made by Mr. Bennett since his return, although in view of the Christmas season it 1s pos- sible he may endeavor to pay fleet- ing visits to his old home in New Brunswick and his western home in Calgary shortly. Hon. G, Howard Ferguson will be in the capital at an early date, probably this week, and will see the prime minister, The day is un- certain, but when tke Ontario premier does arrive he will on the occasion probably take his oath of office as High Commissioner for Canada in London, Posts To Be Filled A number of posts remain to be filled. Included {in these are ap- pointments of a Canadian Minister at Washington, a minister of fin- ance, a minister of labor, a judge on the Supreme Court bench of On- tarfo and a senator for Manitoba to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Hon, J. G, Tur- riff, With regard to the first three appointments to be made, Premier Bennett has been maintaining a strict silence. Since the formation of his government following the July election, Mr, Bennett has been minister of finance, with the ex- ception of the period of his absence from the country during which Hon. E. B. Ryckman, minister of national revenue, was acting min- fster of that department, It 'will be recalled also that in announcing his cabinet just before the special session of parliament last fall, the prime minister in pay- ing tribute to the capacity of the present minigter of labor, Senator Gideon D. Robertson, intimated that in 1931 a permanent ap- pointes to that portfolio would be made. For the post of minister at Washington, there has been an ooeasional rumor of the likely se« lection, but nothing from an offiel- al source, Several names are men- tioned for the judgeship in Ontario, including Eric Armour, K.C,, ronto, George Sedgewick,, " Toronto, and J, C, Makins, K.C, Stratford. HAMPTON NEWS Hampton, Dee, 15.--Mr, and 32. Album Clemens, celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding day on Friday evens ing at the home of the latter's mother, Mrs, Alex, Taylor, Bowe manville, where about thirty-five relatives and friends gave them & pleasant surprise and prpsenta- tion of silverware, Edith Pascoe attended the weds ding celebration of Mr. and Mrs. A. Clemens at Bowmanville on Friday night. Misses Ruth McKessock and Evleyn Tink, Solina, visited trelss tives in the village on Sunday, The annual Christmas tree afd concert, will be held ia the Sunday School room of the church on Mone day evening, December 22, when the children, will present a Christ- nas, play "The Greatest Gift of Skating Is the sport pur young people are enjoying these days, and with a little mare snow, with what fell on Saturday and Sunday, one might enjoy a slelghride as well, Monday was very cold. Mrs, W, Chapman is assisting in nursing Jas, Curtis, who still re- mains in a critical state of health, Mrs, R. Avery and Mrs. W. W. Horn, took a business trip to To- ronto on Monday, Morley Hastings and daughter are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mre, C. W. Hastings, Mrs, Phillips, Cobourg, visited her daughter, Mrs, Wilbert Craig. The Young People's League meetitig on Friday night was pre- sided over by Miss Millar in the absence of Mrs, Harold Salter, Missionary vice-president. The Bible lesson was read by Florence Burns and Mrs, Geo, Barron hed charge of the tople, Helen Knox contributed a vocal solo, accom- panied by N, Horn, Several mil#« dlonary hymns were sung through- out the meeting which closed with the Mizpah Benediction. Mr, and Mrs. Geo, Armour #nd family spent the week-end with Oshawa friends. . the trees are used only for a few days before being thrown on the Christmas trees can be secured ®d PO YOU KNOW That there ave in Canade illion and elepbomes, over 400,000 radia sets, ovéy three bundred AL Aes in the leading Baan Cd LL hY E reater wider There are at least two vital factors assisting this growth: one, her immense water power and electric resources; the other, the develop ment of thé telephone. In addition, there is rising to prime importance the transmission of sound by radio and by the talking pictures and public address systems. The Northern Electric Company is engaged in the manufacture of most of the telephones and tele- phone accessories used in the Dominion, a con- siderable part of the machinery used in the trans- mission of sound by radio and its allied systems, sad also much of the material used for transmitting electric current: We are grateful thus to be employed in assisting the upbuilding of this great Dominion. Northern Electric COMPANY LIMITED A National Electrical Service 131 SIMCOE STREET TORONTO, ONTARIO "RETROSPECTION ANADA is advancing towards wealth, denser population an influence. Ia this great principle we place absolute confidence. :