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Legion of the Blessed

cimsran had bean against tau ‘uin d t tn k. "Whlt '1 thing from the start. Even lflrnlgflrrurdo; lcgllelillinwhitneylle lo size. Zia???‘ .22“ ’€‘.‘."“"...§.'.‘§‘ z-i .'.'.'.’."'.§.’."..§-..!i.l'li"f..’.’.. months before. e had ind cated his United States. Boy, could he do mg disapproval in youthful but em- some good if he wanted to," ho phatic terms. Net that he was a mused, ignoring nis friends. Then spoiled child; he had merely _the he turned to Chester again. "YES. true boy's dislike of leaving Y°ii Yiiii alone. Son. and have a familiar surroundings and familiar grand time Come and say ‘Merry face; (or sveh 5 few days, Christmas‘ to your mother and I

Born lh Ottawa. Chester had Pxfgflgsegounso. Uht-we haven't lpent the _first seven uneventful we“ fiynllfig’ llreltelllis Y" blllf"

ears of‘ his life in the shadow Ol the 'd _ P“? l"? llli helm?

arliament Hill. Only son of a m, lime“ Wiih that he fairly well-to-do family, he had all“? acl‘ l” m‘ “lmfiaillmifi Wliu

. _ h d been nzln with l- l b l t ll tn t tn t l . ll 8 Bunsen rd iznglahsieclholznlel’ dlécentf‘ lggofh resentment at Chester who had

friends of his own age and all broken l" “lwll lllelr llislglilllciilil

manner of summer and winter conversallllll‘ sports each of which, according to Qllrislmas Day flflikhhd bFlRlil the dictates of boyish convention. “nll “l”? "i Biilliillil8~ Chester was must be relegated to its own sea- “a and “mill ill all Pflflijhflur and son-marbles in the springtime. ,5 err l.‘ prellrellklli" 5W1!" ~— the baseball in summer, football in the l“ lllnce he alrli/Pd iii the Island autumn and hockey and skating |zr° dllwsml lllmscll ‘villi fiflrtlcil- during the winter months. .1“ “he m.’ ‘l s°"l'll‘-"°l“"'°li'l iiiill indeed. it was this very flouting l- lrf "makmsh ".“"'ll‘ of convention in which travel must loo lull“ “ml ll llill l“ "i0 heuvh result that bore most heavily on ,,,§,-,,‘,‘°’,',§l"‘_i lll“ ha)’ lmWllTl-i‘ liit’ Chesti; in the early days of the ‘ful _ "h, m“, llll‘ Sill/MP." a grace- discussion. But when. some days the ltltlllfllllfcuusgr‘ “m moored M later, he realized they would be A. he ' spending Christmas in Bermuda 1r whims Blliironchcd he saw Mr. this inconceivable plan was allowed “m. dylfiealell "l a “llllll U" ll"? to proceed, his anguish knew no IO m U06 “ml lvllllll ll" Wiis hbfiiiil p0,...“ the villi] ii"? hlucin: run-way to For Chester was quite familiar h L359‘ llle gellllclllll" P059 will with Bermuda. Not only had he ca-féd 51° mm’ heard many of his parents’ friends greegzi thmorning. , Chester." he talk of It but more recently he had the .5 e, hm" l‘ elclimf‘ aboard studied a! some length the travel do“. avole‘ Now yo“ must will? folders his father brought home, he"? “nll, "Well my M9965 and hoard long zllscussions 0f the cli- ‘la/fall's’ mate ann the various delights t him“ a leli/ mllmeiilfi. B babble which would-be visitors are wont a c lsh lalllllllcl‘ ‘ilill COHVEFSB- to dwell upon. [On would have groctcd the cars But being a minor, he had very gh llliyiilie approaching the boat. little to so)’ ln the matter when the 1- filler lollml liiS iifiii‘ lPlPhdS (‘l0- iime CZUTIC for th- final decision. lg lull COlllDlllllOnS- llillllclilélrly One evening his father returned ‘Flllfe l"? llllil ‘liiiifil lilmfivlf in!‘ home and grccicil his mother, _.“lllll"lllll l" llll‘~"@ l"“'l‘li_l ili‘lll'f‘5" “Well, Mrs. Bourdon, I've made all 5mg ‘llllls- ll? llwllglll hi5 Cull °l the arrangements. Train, bunt and Joy “llls rllllllllll-l. ‘m?’- liotel are all set and we leave here But ‘vllelli l‘ llllll‘ liiloi". The)’ fill

on December 183. . repaired to another cabin where "How lovely," the beautiful “M. sl-‘l ill) a Tfially beautiful Dung “he exchflmcd_ “Oh, Ernie‘ Christmas tree- surroiindod by what g-m so lhrihedh. In tho dim light lookcrl like rczil, .11 don-t ‘Vanna g0’; broke m honest-io-goudncss snmv. And glit- ches,“ tearful]! tering lfl tho snow were literally "Now. now. son. No more of 5C0?“ "l gllls “mllllefl l" Tefl- thah Just mink n! ‘he fun you.” white _ and‘ green papers with going to have travelling on the zlggfllilrlxllllgthltirlzblilis "ill Seals b9- . - - e . train and the boat and playing in To éhester, as he Bmpmd dead

the sand and thc water when we I l _ _ _ get the,“ And than how about n hs tracks. it; was as if ll mir- telling all your als about it when “la ll°ll,,l'l“l’l’°“°‘l- "lfvlllllm“'lllllls you come hack-l) ‘vhy’ w“ he a mean‘? he asked with confusion. Swen ex erience {or youp- Con. its beautiful," he added, hit-

..But_ uh hQ“; ahoug Christmas? tin on a word he usually shunned There won't be any snow or stuff." “u fling l°° felliliillie-

not course not Bu‘ they c819 ill toll you nll about it," said hm“, Christmas just the Same Mr. Whitney. “Nlrs. .\.Vhitnc_v and down there-presents and Chrlst- l always elillly i! "W59 - -_ ~ l’ mas trees and any At that moment, a sailor an-

--[ don-t wanna gay It was futile‘ nouiiccd that a Mr, and lVlrs. Bour- he knew. to argue’ but he was don were aboard and wished to bound he would go on record with spfiak 1° MT- Wliiliiey- n this last expression of diasatiafac- llliimmy mill lliilllll’. Clivslfl‘ Ho“ exclaimed. _"Oh boy. C_an we show Far from alleviating his feelings, "i"? all this» Mi? Wliiliiey?" Um sripn: sin, not sands and rcst- “Qeruunly. my bdy- _ 195s u; sud much to aggravate Presently, the Bourdons stood ‘in (menu-i emerge“; once ‘hey hr- the fabulous presence 0t Mr. Vlhit- rlved in Bermuda. Throughout the "El". cllesmrs llllllei‘ already “T” trip he had 5a; mom-my in a deck considering what he would’ tell the chair, refusing to play with the fill‘? balfl‘ lwme" Oh Yes- lfle was other children until Mr. and Mrs. milifilihil- We “all lullclleml w?‘ l-llle Bourdon became so annoyed at W llm-"ll “lmalll lie" Ya“ Tlle

~. '. ‘Savoic,’ you know. lt was a trifle $.32 will! lnberliavlf." ‘hi?’ .13.‘. hi? slow eminiflhvfiirlinety i; Ksiiigliig sources’ finding the b" and the on . . . an so a mo engi. bridge tables and their devotees At the moment. however. he ivus mum more to the];- ltkihg, listening to Whitnc speak. _But so When Chester still refused to Wrap?‘ "Pywils ietl“ tlillls Pi": take any interest in his surround- lllmlllk; :5 “if? tll]i"“5_li<l1, “ill Wfilfig‘ ings in Bermuda they adopted, pro- {cg dllfal" ltllnll; lrh“ lég‘ vrsl llioxyl fessedly in self-defence, the same ‘Lam elecgalrlllorfgar fmhélgtl l‘ .§i.%‘li‘.§2"b鑧‘éi.“f.$..2l‘3‘ s." ~12‘ 1 will“. h- to help him forget his loneliness gaes vsgryymlgéndiilg? alvélrlsllsiylgllltlhg hlgzlpllfa¥ery°n° mlllhll be m“ much winter. The first time we played So apparent, in fact, bedtime the epiddblieemullhlzliltgaylbsti ncglllcl’ mlllelr 50m ll was 50°“ a yourselves sccm to be faccil with. clmlce Sllblecl of gllsslllhllroulld the Should neglect. of the children be hotel and although their now con- the price we mus, my for our own atant companions-the (H195 who selfish leasureTfielooked directly "i-Wyed ll“ eternal °°°klall “d at the ourdons but the glance was late evening parties-found little in mild‘ ‘vmmut ranmun the situation to trouble them. the Mme first few ears of Course, it other and mflfe 8059i‘ EH95!!! l-Wiiiin was impossible. We could not con- to shun the couple and endeavored ceive of bringing the children away the ivlille 10 bfiglileii l-lie boy iili- to a summer climate and thus spoil It was not until Christmas Eve. their Christmas. So we sacrificed however, that Chester showed any this tpi for many years, until, in- signs of becoming his old self and deed. they becameold enough to that dld not take place until after enjgty this kind of life. he hntl had a long discussion with ‘ he ncxt problem then W85 an elderly. distinguished-looking that pertaining to our nieces and gentleman on the beach. Chester, nephews. The same attitude must as was his wont. was sitting moodiiy apply to them. But now we are In the sands, digging viciously with a le to afford the occasional a stick, and refusing to go into the luxury," be added with 8- Wfy water with the other children, smile, "and we have hit upon this when the man approached him idea. Fixing up _a Christmas slowly from some distance along cabin on thi bunt 1n Ordflr thiil the beach. For a few moments he everyone may Icel at home for the stood watching the boy and then festive season Ado matter if we he drew near and sat: down beside are 1n the West Indies 111" H01“)- him. Chester looked up in some lulu. ’ lurprlse at him when he came "Don't you honestliv think its near but immedintciv went about worth the sacrifice? c asked the his business of dizizinsz and from Bourdons. "Just- lfitil‘ liOW liliiiliy that point vznored the stranger those children lirc. book huw who for a lomz time didn't speak. changed chcstcr is. Xou Soc. 1 Presently, he said. "What are not." onl feel a sacred duty to my you dig ing for, my boy?" own ch ldren but to my nieces and "Noth hg," nephews and any other ria and "H-m. A very Interesting pus- botys I find experiencing be same time, no doubt." di ficulty. And I can tell yotl Chester remained silent, Ignoring there arc many. Yours was one, the irony in the otnecs voice. no added aim ly- ‘But I hm "- "You don't look very happy for paid a. hun redfoid rnIcreIy U! Christmas Eve," watching their glutinous.

"Why should I?" Mr. and Mrs. Bourdon stood “Oh, why indeed?" watching the tableau for a

Then Chester gave twig. The moment. kindly old man had touche know- Presently. she was moved 1° Tom's coursed down her

in iy upon the sore spot “and the cak. " 18gb! an to weep convuisiveiy. gllefikfl as she spoke. D0 you

Graduaiy, haaobbed out his story lknoyv." 5h‘! Salli. lillll’ l° liei-“ell-

and presently he was crouched ‘wave been terribly mean. How

against the gentleman's shoulder. can we ever thnnk you. Mr. Whit-

iindin refuge in a kindly stranger KY. for drflwlhft Oil!‘ Bllfiiillilii w a

l i - f lt of ours in time.” 31):? ' could no! n h s own p“ lookedmback to where the children

Tho man spoke again. "How were lflyihi; by tho "se- __ would ou like to come aboard my "In eed." one said softly. "they yacht omorrow and have Christ- are the legion of the blessed. ma: dinner with me? I think we '~———~—~—~— might be able to br ghten the day How To soothe

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u for ou a little." , bll-oh. {hank you, air. That would Eyes e“ gill, you tell our mother and Ara your eyes tired from shop-

f th th t M . hitne has asked in , writing cards and nildreeslng Q2)“ ‘tro came raboard bl; boat. If gaging“? Tnon you mlfihl "Y they agree, you run along down a herbal eye hath put up in a bot- tomorrow about eleven dciock and tie that has an eye cup (is the cap. coma rl ht on board. It's ‘the It is non-breakable nnd so easy to ‘Savole.’ o!!! be expecting you. iiee clean. _ i Mr, and Mrs. Bourdon were too T e preparation is an antisopt c taken up with their own leasures compound that soothes and clears to think much about Chas or when e es, relieves fatigue and makes he came running up to them. They t ose "windows of the soul

cvon failed to notice tho change lh sparkle with refreshed hrl hthgifi. e

him. For from being the same incidentally, don't overioo mgoQy buy of a few hours ago he old reliable eye wash known as was now bubbitn Over with hap- boracic acid. Use one tables 0on-

i . l . f not te . hen pll-l-mhzllyf-l-oulilileul gllilelclius svsililliout {lung}. ad ssgifle?! and ‘Zgoitld. bathe reambie. “can I go on board a (no 0Y0!- Tlll! "I?" W" fIlgFllfi‘ goat tomorrow for Chr atmaa din- and refresher. mun e "'1 i is" "is m .1 “its” fir." “as. " $35.". ‘starry 2i. l. l5" yo“ m‘ "m" I. h l ..L‘l..’.5...i. on lrlnodlcation for the

his mother and father eyes.»

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Caroling the Christmas Story

Children should sing at Christ- mllfl. for singing‘ la an expression of happiness. 1 ‘ave asked several outstanding musicians to help me select the loyeliest Christmas music for children. Grace Moore, known to adults as the lovely blond so- prano of opera. screen and radio, goes home to Tennessee to spend the holiday with her family and there sings with her little niece an old Spanish carol which she learned from her Spanish husband. Here are a few lines:

"Shepherds, rise," the an eis said, "See the star in yonder sk es,

0’er the earth its beams are spread, Guarding all both young and wise. Ye mortals, rise!"

"Aunt Grace" and her niece will sing it Christmas mornln .

l think that "The Stabic of Beth- lehem“ sung to an old 15th century tune selected by Vina Bovy, the gracious Belgian rolornturu, is one of the most charming of nil Christ- mas songs. Mme. Bovy was born in Ghent, the celebrated old Flem- lsh city, and there as a little girl, siic learned to sing this song:

Shepherds, bring milk and dziintics licrc,

drcn join with

By Mrs. Perirou Lyly l-lelglassiy weeps tho Christ Child ear.

Hang your long coats about Him there, _ Shielding Him from the wintry all".

Sleep, Jesus, Sleep, Immanuel,

Sleep, now, great Prince of Israel. ‘Thousands and thousands here on

earth This day are happy at your birth. Now our kind God at Heaven's

ga e For oes His wrath at man's estate; Chr st brings an olive branch to

men; With Him comes peace on earth aga n.

Seeing the smile u on i-lls face, My heart gains ile within this

place. No more this town we'll Bethlehem a . Surily this stable is Heav'n for all.

Nino Martini, the young tenor, celebrates his Christmas occasion- ally b visiting the homes of all his fr ends who have oung chil- dren. Like tho trouba or: of old, he will sing traditional songs of his native Italy and make the chil- hlm in expressing

the joy of the season. He says his favorite is the Sicilian folksong "O Sanctlasima," which can be trans- lated into "0 Thou Joyful Day."

A thou! joyful day, O thou blessed

h)’.

Holy peaceful Chrlatmastide; Earth's hope awaken,

Christ life hath taken I Laud O laud film on ev ry

e.

A young American dancer who admits she dances better than she sings is Miriam Winslow. Whether she sings perfectly or otherwise does not count for she tells us that at Christmas she and her six nieces and ne hews sing to ether the tra- ditlonal) old Enzlis sons. "The First Noel." Miss Winslow herself

erforms her speclall created ance to interpret th s old song while the others sing, too.

The First Noel the angels did say

Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;

In fields where they lay keeping their sheep.

On a cold winter's night that was so dee ,

Noel, Noel, oel, Noel.

Born is the King of Israel.

Christmas Decorations

Wcll, another Christmas has rolled around and most of us are busy at this time of the year getting our homes decorated for the Yuletide season so that we may be proud of them when the time comes for par- ties and visitors.

Each ycar the question confronts us: what decorations shull we use? A few weeks ago, most of us thought that we would think up some ideas for Christmas, 1939. but as the time draws near we are busy vzii Ii other mailers rind usually‘ lot tiic old holly, Christmas tree and mistletoe suflicc.

\Viili so many things to do, it is sometimes difficult to find time to go in extensively for new sugges- tions in decorations. ’l‘hr\i"n nro prcsi-nis i0 piircliiisc, Christmas cakes and purldings and other good things to cat to prepare, Christmas cards and gifts in address and mnii —- and oh - a thousand and one things to do. _

So the suggestions we offer hora are simple ones, tho majority o! which may be prcpztrcd by the kid- dies so that the grmvn-ups may give their time to more engaging occupations.

First of all. every home needs a Christmas trce to set off the prin- cipzil room in thr- house. 'l"orln_v, it. is t1 simple mzitior to go‘ n nicc trcc. One mcrcly telephones the grocer nnd ho sends ovcr one as you wish, according to size and price. This should be lclt in the cold nir as long as possible for the snow and cold keeps it fr sh.

Oncc in ibc house. it should be sot up in n iIr-coi-nilvc stand and then tho docorniiiig commences. The old iricn of cnnrllvs for lighting effort has pone out of style for the modcrn cnlorcd electric lights really lond more t-nchnntmcnt to tho scone nnd nrc loss dangerous than the fllckorlhg candles. It is not ncccssary to go nny further with regard to Christmas tree dc- corations.

A novel idea for decorating the room-An ho uscd instead of the conventional twisted scr entine ignrlanrtswis the use of liit a discs -roiored and strung about the room. For several weeks before Christmas. thc cardboard tops from the milk bottlris should be col- lected, dried nnd put nwny untli several dozen have been accumu- latcrl.

A few’ (lays hcforc Christmas, those should hr- cnlrirctl either by pasting brilliant rmpcr on ihcm, covering them with sllvnr tlnscl. crayon or nliimininn paint. Punch each 0f thee anti string them about the rooni. frnen

Christmas Poems

'l‘\vo thousand years gone by, Mny there be d011, and drum; f0;- Who had no ermine robe or crown lell °ii the Skin 1185 10118 Sihyllié;

TEARS OB TOYS

each limp stocking That children hang so galiy Christmas Eve. Dnys hiivc been lonrz—now may thcy find some gladness That magic night, and may no child-heart grieve.

Because he does not find the shin- ing treasures That would have made his wistful eyes grow bright Dreams die so hard in disappointed children Don't let. thcm break their hearts this Christmas night!

As Wise Men came with myrrh and gold and incense. So may we give the coins that will supply Dccp nccds this yoar~niay child weep, dear Father, Bccnuso the Saint be loved has passed him by!

p SNOW FLAKES

Sili-nily and steadily

The snow flakes fall to earth, 'l‘lio alciglt bells jingle

And sweetly mingle

With children's Joyous mirth.

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Lovin ly, cnressin iy, The tfiiy flakes dgsccnd, Small gems of art Playing their part. Right to the \'cry cnd.

Slowly and unccasln iy

11mm Heaven iisoif t cy come, bu pure and while,

Like angels bright,

From their eternal home.

THERE CAME A KING ‘Thor? came a King to Bethlehem 0WD,

with tho slightest breath of alr in the room these begin to flicker about nnd catch the light. making, nll in nll, a vory pretty scene.

A ncw idea, if you have the pat- fence, ronm and desire to build a real winter effect. ma be-oh- tained by building a lllltle snow scene in the room. This ‘ml ht be done at the fireplace. but in this country most of us need that for aha open log fire: at Christmas

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A better way would be to ap- propriate one corner of tho room and from about three feet up the walla let flow down to the floor a atr m of white cotton, giving the eff ct 0f n hillside covered with snow. Ifa large lece of paste- bonrd is placed iin er the snow. a really fine scone can be affected by itic use of a little house set on tho aide of the bill. slolghs or Santa Claus arrlvln with his reindeer

"and siellfll.'fl is could easily be

To mark His royalty. Who fotilmd no throng to pave l-lis ro

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With palms or car cts gay.

No palace rich for 1~ is zibodc, Nor courticrs to obey.

Yet Empire vast awaited Him On mountain, moor and main: Even Europe's tangled forests dim Held subjects for I-lis reign.

And soon confusion ceased to hold Uninicrrupted ower.

And some of enrt ’s oppresslons old Begun to cringe and cower.

There came a King to Bethlehem Town. Two thousand years gone by And angels from the heavens spoke down A royal prophecy.

That while the red sun's central flame Should worm the central spheres, Though every other klngly namo Lay dead among dead years.

This king would hold His state above The weakness of decay. Because the eternal power of love Should base His throne alway.

Thcrr- came a King to Bethlehem’ ‘Pourr

Two thousand years gone by And still Hc reigns, and speaks down The angels’ prophecy.

sun

And some fair century yet to rise His power complete shull grow,

And nil earth's sccpicrcrl cruclties Before His throne lie low.

suspended above the house on a fine light ivirc. With tho use of a little ingenuity, lights could be made to flicker from the little houses ahd evcn smokc from the chimneys. so thnt the night effect is really more lovely than that in the daytime.

With n little care and thought, n formerly bare corner can be made into a really beautiful winter scene.