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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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Thursdoy^ December ]\, 1941
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1. Anronomen my thiu the
6rtg/^ itmr mot lUfM of Chriifi
birth
(a) A kmgo mateM faBtaf te the
•arfh.
(b) A Urga aamat.
(e) A plwMMaaM whiafc eaaBol
ba seWsttiea^ e:qyi|laai.
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2. Tho notes above represent the
first two bers of wnat famous
Christmas tong?
(a) 0 Littta Taara af BatUaham.
(b) SilaiA Nifbt
(a) 0 Oama AD Ta FatthfiiL
- (4) It Cama Upw tha Mldaifht
Claar.
3. Why did the early British use
such a large Yule log?
(a) It mada a bifcar ira than a
amaU lag. t-<
(b) It lofkad mara impraaaiYa.
(a) wanted old wood.
. X^D.Tba aalabratiM laatad as loog
as tha log burned'.
4. The man whose picture ap
pears at right is: ,
(a) One of the Twalaa Diaeiplai^.
(b) Charles
Dlekans, anther
of tha **Chrlst>
mas Carol.*'
(e) Henry W.
L<mgfellow, writ*
ar of Ouistmas
poems.
(d) St.NiehoUs.
originator of San
ta Clans.
5i If you wanted to imitate Santa
Clautt how many reindea- would
you use?
(e) Eieht.
(b)F<mr. I
MSU.
(d)Twtlm.
Anaware ta Chriatmaa Qwum
1. (c) Ueorrset.
2. (b) iteorrset.
3. (d) it correct.
4. (b) it correct., ,
5. (e) it correct.
Star of the East |
star of the East, that long ago
Brought wise men on their way
Where, angels singing to and fro,
The Child of Bethlehem lay—
Above that Syrian hill afar
Thou shinest out, tonight, O Start
Star of the East, the night were
dnar
But for the tender grace
That with tlyr glory comes to cheer
Earth's loneliest, darkest place,
For by dtat charity we see
Where there is hope for all and me.
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Star of the East, show us the way
In wisdom undefiled
To sea that manger out and lay
Our gifts before the Child—
, To bring our hearts and after them
Unto our King in Bethlehem!
. —Eugene Field.
Mistletoe Loses Charms
Whta Bwries Are Gone
In the language of flowers. Mistle
toe meaiw "gi^ me a kiss." This
has its basis in a Scandinavian
mytl^. And from this old tale we de
rive our custom of kissing under the
mistletoe.
As it hangs upmi the charideliei
or in tlw doorway, each lad may
claim a kiM from the maid «rho
chances benetth it with this pro
vision: that the lad remove a berry
to give to the ihaid, until, at iMt,
when no berries are left, die bough
loses its spell and no tiKtre kisser
are then available.
The story continues "that thi
maiden who receives no khtses un
der the mistletoe will not marry
that year,"
With the approach of another
Christmas, Britons recall last yearns
celebradons when they observed
tha holiday underground where
they could be safe from Nad bomb
ers, Mothers andthdr children i^h-
ared in shelters like the one wove
to celebrate the Christmas season.
Last year hostilities were ceased for
three days during the Christmas
observance.
Observe Rules
When Sending
Greeting Cards
Definite rules govern the signing
of Christmas cards, eyen though
diey are the expression of friend
ship and gA>d wishes.
It is important that the cards re
flect the degree of intimacy existing
between the sender and the recipi
ent. An air of formality in a card
to a very good friend is as im
proper as an intimate greeting to a
casual business acquaintance. Many
persons prefer to select cards sep
arate^ to find a personal subject
and message for each friend. This
is an ideal thing to do, but it' re
quires considerable time as well
as talent
Handwritten signatures are writ
ten different than names on formal
ly engraved cards. When signing
your name, it is best not to include
titles—that is, do not put "Mr.” or
"Mrs." before your name. When
names are engraved, however, they
achieve a more formal tone and
therefore require titles. The only
exception to this is the single man
whose name is never preceded by
a "Mr." even though it is engrail
on theg;ard.
Married couples writing informal
cards to' fSriends are faced with sev>-
'eral special problems. There is no
definite rule which tells whose name
stands first, but if the names are
written by hand it is better for the
(me who signs them to write his or
her own name last. When the name
is printed on the card it is imma
terial whether the husband’s or the
arife’s name (mmes first.
A very nice-signature for a family
would be, "From the George Karps
—all five." If there are o^ thrM
in the family it would be equally
sui^ble to write, "John, Mary and
the Baby."
It is entirely proper to sign your
name alone vdiOT sending cards to
a busineM acquaintance whom your
wife (or Inisband) does not know.
In this case the card is addressed
to the business acquaintance akme,
even though he or she is married.
Cards sent to a good Mend, even
though he is not known by your hus
band or wife, may be si^ed with
both your names and the envelope
addressed to "Mr. and Mrs."
Whenever doubt arises concerning
the manner in which a CSiristmas
card should be addressed or signed,
use your own sense of good taste.
After all, the mere fact you a
sending a card is an expressiem
friend^ip, and as a re^t almost
any errors you may make will be
completely overlooked.
Superstitions Surround
‘Powers* of Christmas
There is a Scottish belief that to
be bom on Christmas is to have the
power to see spirits and eyj^n to
command diem. Sir Walter-^-Bcott
says that die Spaniards attributed
the haggard and downcast l(i^ of
Philip n to the terrible visions he
was able to see because he was bora
on Christmas.
Freiich peasants believe that ba
bies bom on Christmas have the
gift of proi^ecy. .
In Silesia a baby bora on Christ
mas will become either a lawyer or
a thief.
In middle Europe it is said that if
a baby is bora at sermon time
Christmas eve, scmiebne in the house
will die wldiin the yeaf ^
Ikiglirii mothers used tp take sick
babies to the door Christmas eve
mkbiight. Mary was expected to
paM widi the Qirist Child. If the:
baby recover^, it was a sign that
it had been touched by.Christ, with
haaUng flngefs, end'd it died, the
Christ Child had called the baby to
be His idayraate in heaven.
UNCLE SAM HAS
NATURAL FORTRESS
ON HAWAIIAN ISLES
'Islonds Major Key To
Any Wor With Japan,
Strongly Fortified, ^
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Washington, Dec. 9.—^Jhe Hawaii
an islands stand at the crossroads
of the Pacific, approximately one-
third Oif ._the way across' the vast
ocean .s^arating the United States
and Japan. .
In these islands the United States
has constructed a great naval fort
ress, ceiftered in the naval base and
dryciock at Pearl Harbor on the pic
turesque island of Oahu. This har
bor, 60 feet deep and 8(xne ten square
milM in area, can acccxnmodate the
entire U. S. fleet
The strategic location of Hawaii
and the great defense woMcs centered
there make the territory a major key
to war in the Far East.
Honolulu, the principal city of Ha
waii, lies a dot in the ocean approxi
mately 2,000 nautical miles from Cal
ifornia, 3,500 from Japan, almost
5,000 from the Philippines and the
naval base at Hongkong.
To the average American, Hawaii
nugr mean hula dancers, ukuleles and
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pineapples; to the army and navy air
farce it is one of their major out
posts, dotted with guns, sinewed with
the noost modern machinery for all
types of warfare.
In combined are^ the Islands, al-
thou^ only slightly larger than Con
necticut, are the only major group
in the north Pacific. Most of the pop
ulation. of 423,000 are orientals,
slightly more than a third of them
of Japanese stock. One-seventh are
Polynesian, one-ei|dith Fillpinoes,
one-fifteenth Chinese.
I'earl Harbor lies on thq Mutibern
shore of Oahu. A narrow channel
provides the only entrance from the
sea and makes it one of the world's
best natural havens. Ships in the
harbor cannot be seen* from the open
water.
Thousands of soldiers, their num
bers increasing steadily recently, arg
housed in the Schofield barraclu on
the cent^ of Oahu. There also is on
the islaim a big army air field to
which gimass fli^t of 2 Ibig bomb
ing planes was made secretly from
California eavUec this year.
The Hawaiian islands politically
are territory of the United SUtes,
ceded to the United Statm by the re
public of Haw^ in 1896 and made a
territory by congrew in 1900.
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