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All down the East Coast of. England, where the sea has washed away so many ancient towns and villages, the fishermen pause on their oars on Christ- mas morning and listen to the muffled peals of bells under the water herald- ing every year the Great Brirthday. The oldest name for Christmas is “The Feast d! Lights'H-a reference to the glory in the heavens when angels sang their song announcing Christ‘s birth to the shepherds. It Is of inter- as: to note that the Chinese, in their count of a. new and travelling star. Time has aged the plaque. though the semi-tropical climate has preserved it. The years have darkened and em- phasied the letters carved by King George. A thousand scribblings by les- ser personages have mellowed the area that was unscratehed by the King. “Our saucy ship ,is a beauty” wrote one sailor who proudly inscribed his senti- ments alongside those of his Sovereign. The Leeward Islands are British eoloniw along the route «Canadian National liners uniting the Wont Indies with Halifax and Boston. Few people receive Christmas cards from kings. But the natives of Antigua, capital of the Leeward Islands and visitors there each Yuletide read the personal greet- ings of King George V. of England. King George, when he was a sub- lieutenant in the British Navy visited Antigua He must have been filled with Christmas fellowship. With a knife he carved in large letters the fol- lowing on a wooden panel which is carefully pactected where all who come may read: “A Merrmeas 8: Happy New Year 2 You All." One pretty custom existed for cen- turies after dinner on Christmas Day, the King’ s health was proposed, and all glasses were held up in the direction of the place where he happened to be staying. Life is so rushed, so hurried nowadays so mechanical, that we for- get old customs and supersitions. Yet once a year when we keep the most beautiful of all festivals, it is good to remember them. CHRISTMAS ONCE WAS KNOWN AS “THE FEAST 0F LIGHTS" A very old tradition tells us that wherever a. church has once stood on Christmas morning, its bells will ring through the air. It matters not whe- ther it has long ago Crumbled to ruins or is buried under encroaching seas; on this one day will come the sweet chimes of ghostly bells. If a cricket chirps on the hearth On Christmas night, keep silence, for all who hear it will be lucky during the Christmas season. All Nature was sup- posed to unite in herai ding the birth of Christ. The cattle in their stalls fell down on their knees at midnight and bowed their heads in adoration, bees sang in their hives. dogs reverent- ly barked their greeting, and the cooks crowed loudly when the ,Holy Birthday dawned. It was considered most un- lucky as well as irreverent to ill-use an animal at Christmas time.- WOODEN CHRISTMAS CARD BY KING GEORGE ~Â¥EARS AGO When eating your first piece of Christmas cake, save a crumb. If you carry it in your pocket during the coming year good fortune will smile on you. If you lose the crumb. you may expect trouble. Work done on Christ- mas Eve will always prosper. Linen that is spun will last forever and bring good luck to all that wear it and bread on that day will never go stale or mouldy. On the other hand it is un- lucky to work on Christmas day itself; bread will turn out sad and heavy, and if you spin linen, mice will eat away the threads. Man seems essentially a superstitious animal, and some of these luck signs and omens that he has found belief in cluster even round the Christmas season. Margaret Currie has made a collection of some of these stories and accounts or Christmas luck and superstition. and here is what' she writes about Scan your garments carefully to make sure they are free from holes, for if you put on anything with a hole in it, your purse will leak all through the year; and never on any account mend a tear, for sewing on Christmas Day is fairly unlucky. It is luck to give food away on Christmas Day, but it is more lucky to receive money than to give it. Always keep the burnt end of your Christmas Yule-log to light your Christmas fire next year, and see that no bare-footed person, nor one with a squint enter the room while this log. is burning, for this brings poverty and poor sight to the household. Here is a. small collection of super- stitions and quaint old beliefs concern- ing Christmas which I think are very interesting. particularly at this time of yearâ€"Draw water from a clear well on Christmas morning and you bring good luck to all who drink of it. ToMMum-Mm. Wummgmmyu. SantermboltheChx-Mmu unions. A'flmefornspplnmmr Cake. Unlucky to Work on Hospitality um for Exercise of Christmas Day. ‘ Gents! Chadty. 13E PORCUPWE; TIMMINS, ONTARIO “ A charming elderly lady gives each child in the neighbourhood every year a “Twelfth Night” candle. This is a very large cathedral candle, which is to be lighted on Christmas eve and placed on the window sill set in a wreath of holly and so placed that its flame burns at the centre of the Christmas wreath hanging in theewindow. It is then kept burning every even- 1ng until the eve of Twelfth Night. January 5th. The Twelfth Night eve. the unburned portion of the candle and all the Christmas greens are placed in the open fireplace and consumed. thus ending the Christmas season with sol- emn ritual. (By M. E.) The candle is the true symbol of Christmas. Its flickering taper shin- ing on the sill of the city hoqse or the country cottage sends out the message of ,“peace on earth“ quite as much as the chime of Christmas :beiis. THE CANDLE AS SYNIBOL FOR THE CHRISTMASTIDE Christmas is a. period of delightful excitement. It is gratifying to see that home feeling completely aroused which holds so powerful a trace in every Eng- lish bosom. The preparation making on every side for the social board that is again to unite friends and kindred: the presents of good cheer passing and repaaslng those tokens of“ regard, and quickeners _of kind feelings;’ the ever- There is something in the very sea- son or the year that gives a charm to the festivity of Christmas. At other times we derive a great portion of our pleasures from the same beauties of nature. Our feelings- sally forth and dissipate themselves over the sunny landscape, and we “live abroad and everywhere." The song of the bird the murmur of the stream, the breathing fragrance of the spring,_ the soft volup- tuousness of the summer, the golden pomp of autumn; earth with its mantle of refreshing green, and heaven with its deep delicious blue and its cloudy magnificence, all fill us with mute but exquisite delight, and we revel in the luxury of mere sensation. But in the depth of winter when nature lies de- spoiled of every charm. and wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow. we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness and desolation of the landscape, the short gloomy days and darksome nights while they cucum- scribe our wanderings, shut in our feel- ings also from rambling abroad.’ and make us more keenly disposed for the pleasure of the social circle. Our thoughts are more concentrated; our friendly sympathies more aroused. We feel more sensibly the charm of each other’s society, and are brought more closely together by dependence on each other for enjoyment. Heart calleth unto heart; and we draw our pleasures- fromthe deep wells of loving-kindness which lies in the quiet recesses of our bosoms; and which, when resorted to, furnish forth the pure element of do- mestic felicity. éree distributed about... houses and char e , emblems of peace ,and glad- ness; all these have the most phasing effect in producing fond associations. and kindling benevolent sympathies. Amidst the general call to happiness, the bustle of the spirits and stir of the affections, which prevail at this period. what bosom can remain insensible? It is, indeed, the season of regenerated feelingâ€"the season for kindling, not merely the fire of hospitality in the hell, but the genial flame of charity in the heart. It is a beautiful arrangement, also derWed from days of yore, that this festival. which conunemorates the an- nouncement of the reign of peace and love. has been made the season for gathering together cf family connec- tions, and drawing closer again those bands of kindred hearts, which the cares and pleasures and sorrows of the world are continually Operating to cast loose; of calling back the children of the family. who have launched forth in life, and wandered widely asunder. once more to assemble about the pater- Ohristmas by that notable maiyist. Washington Irving :â€" nal hearth, that- rallying place of the affections, there to grow young and lov- ing again among the endearing memen- toes of childhood. @mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm a ,, ‘ . -l gggggggggggggggm mgggggggggggggggm @gggggggggggggggm mgggflmggfiwggfiggfia‘ggflgm .3 . . . 1 INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE Goldfields Hotel Block - : : ’ : : Timmins . Fourth Avenue Balsam Street South, near Skating Rink 13% Pine StreetNorth Pl (Derry Gbristmas A MERRY.CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR " Sincerity is embodied in this Wish which we are taking this ‘ " means of extending to all our customers and friends in the District. This Christmas Season it is Our Wish that All Our Customers and Friends in the District enjoy the Day and Health and Prosperity be accorded You and . Yours in 1932. SULLIVAN ‘ NEWTON MCDOWELL MOTORS May the true spirit of Christ-A mas fill your homes and linger through the coming year. OSTROSSER CO. MEN’SWEAR That this Christmas be .the Memes: and that Joy abounc} for Each and Allis the'Sincene Wish of BERIN I MOTORS O. Timmins Timmins