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Joke This Tip
If you have not already begun,
better get started on your Christmas
ehopping.
And we invite you' to shop in
Clinton, the “Lovely Christmas
City.”
A Tree Legend
In all directions one looks lovely
Christmas trees are seen, and frpm
new until the Yule season millidns
of homes will be graced with such
ornaments to bring joy and happi-
riess, and especially for the little
children. It is a beautiful custom and
one that grows in interest from year
1c year.
Legends dealing with the origin
cil the Christmas tree we are told
go back as far as thelOOth century
when George Jacob, the Arabian
geographer, declared that all the
trees in the forest blossomed and .
bore fruit the night of our Lord’s! world Sh ° Uld welcome ^ birthday
nativitv I Babe whose coming broke
It is believed that Jacob’s story I ,he in two The an « els came
might have led to the latter custom *“<*• and > et we have n0
of hanging apples and fruits on ev- 1 ^ eace -
ergreen irves, and as the habit in' But »* th * season aproaches with
irrtam paits of Europe, of using a ho P* and fa,th we should all dream
blos.'ommg cherry sapling in the ut th * White Christmas we used to
heme as a Christmas tree " know. Christmas U not simply re
trospect. It is also prospect There
are sinister forces in many parts of
the earth which dream not of a
assist those families who have been
overcome by misfortune, or neglect
ed by unfaithful parents. Such cases
should be carefully investigated.
Churches, civic clubs and others can
bring happiness to many poor andj
needy at this glad season. This is |
Christmas, giving rather than stand
ing in the receiving line.
It is the responsibility of this com
munity, as well as all others—to see
that no child is without Christmas.
Think of the child on Christmas
morn with a broken heart by the!
tragedy of the “Empty Stocking”.
The sting and heart-break of that
word “forgotten”.
There are many well-organized
movements dedicated to the one pur
pose: “No child without a Christ
mas.” They deserve our support.
A White Christmas
This war-worn, selfish, distracted
Coarse Language
Pr.sident Truman again *howed whiten.*, buj^rtio even .t-
h, f 'I tympjr and impetuosity by tribuU , black
motives to those who
, d * y LT ‘"O I*** tor rood will.
critic in thi eaten mg to beat him,
up . . „ t daughter Mwg.m . Th “. “ n< * “ n ‘ "***
fint , inK spair, though the world picture from
It was a characteristic Truman'™"* * ,d ** {ooks dark and d «co*"-
exp i ion similar to several he has 1 a *» n < There arr » t ‘ u resistable tides
hail befoie which shows he does and •o 0 * 1 W,U m ^ * orld which
not know how to conduct himaelf ar * bound to ultimately wm. The
with a dignity fitting the high of-! v wy * tar * tbeir courses fight for
fin he holds those who go on dreaming of a
H.» language was coarse and vul-J white Christmas,
gar. and it is noted that he “blew Dreamers have ever been pion-
up” at a time when our nation is |eers of a divine discontent, and they
faring a crisis and there is a great own the future. Dreams have caught
nerd for leadership of the very i the vision of a better day. of a Just-'
highest calibre. I ler order, of a cleaner, kindlier
The United States if you ask our, world And so regardless of the
opinion needs a new President and ■ blackness and misery which has set-
Sccretary of State since those in the i over so many nations, and of
tw., important oflicw do not hold , h , with whjch we tha
th. confidrnct* of the Amer.cn peo-1 (uRuc as , MUon w , mu „ n0 , ^,
* ' _ _ m dreaming for all mankind, and of'
» a —, - . the peace on earth which can come
Music I hat Lives On I only to and through men of good 1
There are no more beautiful songs will.
It will do our souls good to dream !
of a White Christmas.
than the familiar Christmas Carols
that will be heard in homes, church-
«s and elsewhere throughout the
Yuletide season. C* LI A
The famous Christmas hymns will ^^Otch PirG Hazards
Jive forever. There is no sweeter
music for they lift us upward and
inspire us all.
If is interesting to familiarize our-
Each year there are hundreds of i
sad tragedies to mar the happiest'
season of all the year—Christmas.
Lives are lost in accidents on high-!
eelves with many of these Christmas ways, there are fire disasters and
hymns. As an example, “Silent tragedies, many times costing the
Night, Holy Night," written in one. lives of innocent little children,
of Austria's loveliest villages on I Combustibule decorations on Christ-
Christmas eve, 1818, by the local mas trees are dangerous, and should
clergyman, who took the words to
the home of the village organist the
*ame night, where they were im
mediately set to the well known
tune.
Christmas and the music of Bach
and Handel are insperable. The rea
son for this is that both of the mas
ter composers were church music
ians. One of their tasks was to com
pose songs for church congregations
to sing. That proved themselves
masters of beautiful easily followed
melodies in their Christmas music.
And so today, the Christmas mus
ic these noted composers wrote is
pung by men, women and children
in countless churches of many faiths
all over the world- Their oratories
and carols help make Christmas the
joyous, happy season of the year.
Empty Stocking Tragedy
In many communities there are
organizations sponsoring programs
for the needy at Christmas. There
are many families, of course, as
there have and always will be in
need—and it is to help this deserv
ing class that these charitable organ
izations are interested in the hope
that there will be no empty stock
ings on Christmas morning to mar
the happiness of the season for neg
lected children through no fault of
their own.
There are children who won’t
have much Christmas unless indiv
iduals or organizations determine
the extent of their needs and prac
tice the virtue of charity. The re
sponsibility is therefore upon us to
with every precaution be avoided.
This means that every home
should be careful as pointed out by
the following suggestions from en
gineers of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters:
1. Choose a small tree. It will be
less hazardous.
2. Wait until a few days before
Christmas to set up your tree.
3. JCeep the tree outdoors until
ready to set it up.
4. To protect your children take
special precautions with holidays
costumes. The safest idea is to dis
courage the wearing of flammable,
flimsy costumes and dresses of net
or gauze-like fabrics.
If they are worn, they should be
suitably flame proofed; a solution
consisting of nine ounces of borax,
four ounces of boric acid, and one
gallon of water is known to be ef
fective. The fabrics must be flame-
proofed with the solutions after each
washing.
5. Choose safe toys. Chemical sets
and toys requiring alcohol, kerosene,
gasoline, and carbide lamps may be
hazardous for children. Look for the
“U. L.” label on electric toys. Al
ways supervise children playing
with electric toys.
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