The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, December 20, 1933, Image 2
This Week
h Arthur Brisbane
When Men Are Lynched
A Trial Honeymoon
Prohibition I? Dead
Flying Is Cheap
San Simeon, Calif. ? War veterans of
the East have expelled Governor Rolph
of California from their "national ad
visory board" because he, too hastily,
approved the lynching of two kidnap
ers at San Jose, Calif.
It should be remembered that what
a man thinks, not what he says, tells
what he Is.
Tens of millions In this country
thought what Governor Rolph said, al
though their second thought may have
modified their first, which was "Thank
God those kidnapers are dead."
Governor Rolph said what he should
not have said, occupying high office,
but he said what at least 08 per cent
of those that voted for him thought
when they first heard of the lynching.
Fifl D'Orsay and Maurice Hill^ (per
haps you know who they are, the
writer does not know) were married
climax to the first trial honey
moon on record."
It was not actually the first "trial
honeymoon" on record ? the first one
was the Adam and Eve trial, In the
Garden of Eden. That did not work
out well, but you cun blame nobody
but the snake. Adam and Eve did not
choose each other.
No honeymoon or marriage "experi
ment" can be expected to work out
well, for It always Indicates doubt In
one or both and that Is enough to*
spoil the experiment at the start. The
least a bride can expect Is that her
husband shall believe her to be the
only woman on earth, as Eve was.
Prohibition, mother of bootlegging
and the world's highest crime wnve, Is
dead.
Bootlegging and crime, unfortunate
t ly, are not dead, and there Is no cer
tainty that crime's annual cost to this
country of thirteen thousand million
dollars will not go o?.
All depends on good judgment In
liquor taxation, and on police. Judicial
and general official Integrity and en
ergy.
If liquors are taxed too hJghly, Bin
rope and Canada, sending In whisky
free of home taxation, will offer to
crime all the bootleg profit it needs.
And If distribution Is hampered, In
the pr6hlbltlon spirit, Bpeakeasles will
continue to flourish. It has been wisely
said that If you hamper decent drink
ing In decent places there will be In
decent drinking In Indecent places.
, \
It is rtdt y?t realized that flying is
Inexpensive. While saving precious
time, it costs no more for gas or oil
than automoblllng. Ben Smith of New
York, after having made a few more
millions in Wall Street, wisely selects
gold mines for his business. He selects
the right kind of gold mine, not the
kind offered -you by mall as "the oppor
tunity of your life."
Mr. Smith, stopping here on his way
via San Francisco and Seattle to Brit
ish Columbia, where He has a nice
mine, urged :
"Come on; you will be up there In
nine hours, and I will show you, on
the Fraser river, absolutely the most
beautiful country in the world."
Mr. Smith declares that flying costs
him less than travel by automobile,
which costs less than travel by rail.
England, at last, is fully awake to
the Importance of air fighting. When
will this country wake up7 After our
first major bombardment, perhaps!
The British warn Germany against
repeating the mistake made when Ger
many started building surface ships In
competition with England. The knlser
and his great admiral decided to upset
that "Britannia rules the wnves" song.
And soon there was no kaiser, and the
German "grand fleet" was lying on the
bottom of Scapa Flow.
Now England warns Germany,
"Don't try to do In the air. agalnsf us,
what you tried to do on the water,
with your feeble kaiser and your able
Von Tlrpltx."
And England means It and actR as
the thorough British do when they
mc?n anything. France has an air
fleet of more than four thousand ships
England demands an air fighting fleet
of ten thousand planes of all classes
from the swiftest pursuit planes to thp
heaviest bombing planes and air trans
port ships, to carry soldiers.
And, furthermore, the British gov
ernment suggests, urgently, that Impor
tant British cities supply their own air
defense, the swift combat flyers to
drive off any Invasion, bringing bombs
and poison gas.
Years ago, In this column, It wan
suggested to states facing Asia on this
roast ? California, Oregon and Wash
ington ? that they provide their own
air mtlltla, on a big scale. If airships
come across the Pacific through th?
morning mist, some day many things
would hnpi>en before Washington
could decide that air war Is real and
build the necessary ships.
The President will not l>e Indifferent
to this British attitude, and when time
permits he will, It Is to be hoped, use
his Influence with the nation to put
through congress legislation that will
make this country first In the sir.
(?), 1ft**, by K<ng Frtture* Syndicate, Inc.
WNU S*rvl??
The
Cabin Boy's
Night Before
by Elizabeth Slrother
UTSIDE the tiny fo'cas'le of
1 the fishing schooner, the winter
weather was having Its way with
the Annie Bell. Now and again a big
sea would come aboard, sluice around
the dory-nests, and wash off. The lan
tern, hung over the table, bobbed and
swung In crazy circles, casting a weird
light on the faces of the Banks fish
ermen busy at various tasks. Some
were laboriously writing home, dat
ing their letters December 24. Oth
ers were reading; one whittled with
Infinite patience, at a small boat
model. But one, far from a man's
age or stature, siitW by himself. His
name was Willie Cole, cabin boy, four
"We'r? Qoln' to Have a Bit o' Chrlat
wai Around Herel"
teen years old, and desperately home
?Ick. Ho tried not to think of hla
Bmftll home far nwny, hi* mother prob
ably trimming a tree for the younger
children, bin father chuckling over
this or that toy for the baby. Certain
ly a boy fourteen yearn old, uaod to
many of the hardahlpa of a fiuher
rnsn's life, must not break down and
cry on Christmas Kve. C-ertalnly not 1
The other men p'.ld no attention to
him. The pens drove on. The knife
delicately pared off a splinter from the
mast of the boat model. Willie
clamped his Jaws together and tried to
?ay over and over the multiplication
table of nine. It was the hardest,
and took up the moat attention. He
whi frowning with concentration
when the cook burnt In, his leathery
face all a wide grin, bearing a large,
rovind tin. It waa covered with a
piece of red paper. Thla he aet down
in the middle of the table. "Ilelay
there I" he roared good naturedly. "Hit
cle r of all your gear . . . we're a go
1 to have a bit o' Cbrlstrmts around
here 1"
The men growled a little, but gath
ered up their traps. Willie gave ono
great Iffilp and nearly let a fear fnll.
He had reached "nine times eleven"
In the tables, and could hardly believe
there waa to be a real celebration
rlglit here In the fo'cas'le. The red
paper over the tin had slits. In these
the men were to poke and draw forth
a gift. The tiny r "x^e began to fnke
on an air of holiday c! *>r, not to Hay
noise.
"Skipper give most of 'em," grinned
I
the cook, as each man smiled over a
tie, a pocket-knife, a belt, or large
gaudy handkerchief.
The last to poke a finger In was
Willie Cole. All the time ho was feel
ing around Inside there he had to re- i
member he was fourteen years -old
and was expected to act like a man. I
At last he found something. It was :
quite small. Unwrapping the paper
he saw It was a brass-bound compass. I
"To a brave boy from Captain Angus," I
was scratched on the back. Before he !
got over the wonder of this, a fisher- j
man pushed the boat model into v his
hand. "Meant it for ye all the time, !
boy," mumbled the man. "Any kid
that grabs the skipper and saves him
from washin' overboard . . . deserves
a grand Christmas !"
This was more than Willie could
stand. He cried right there before
them all, and didn't mind a bit.
"Thank you, thank yon . . . and Merry
Christmas," he gulped. And Captain
Angus, standing the doorway said, i
"8ame to ye all, boys. Many of 'em!"
?. 1183, W*at*r* N ?w?pfcp?r Union.
|P( ALL the Christmas carols the
Christian world will slnr the
best-known and undoubtedly the best
loved ti that one which we know In
English aa "Silent Night, Holy Night."
It lit by no means the oldest of the
Ohrlstmas carols, for It was written
only 114 years ago by Frane Oruber,
organist In the Austrian village of Ob
erndorf, with Josef Mohr, pastor of the
parish church, contributing the words
whlcn begin. In their original German,
"Stllle Nacht, Helllge Nacht."
For many years the song was known
throughout Europe simply as a "folk
song from the Zllertal," a district In
Austria. This was partly because an
organ builder from the Zlllertal had
coine to repair the Oberndorf church
organ on that Christmas ICve In 1818
when Oruber and Mohr were rehears- |
Ing their new song. Hack among his )
native mountains the organ builder i
sang the rarol whlrh the Stressor sis
ters, also natives of the Zlllertal and
widely noted singers of folk songs,
promptly added to their concert pro
grams.
Not until I8f>4 was any Inquiry made
Into the origin of the Christmas song,
which wns popularly attributed to
Michael Haydn. In that year court I
musicians at parlln sent to St. Peter's
In Salzburg to ask If a manuscript of '
the song might be there, ny chance j
the youngest son of Franr. Oruber was !
a choir boy In St, Peter's. He told the
story of the song's composition, the
request from Herlln wns forwarded to
the senior Oruber and a statement,
"Authentic occasion for the writing of
the Christmas song, 'Silent Night, Holy
Night,' " wns drawn np by the com
poser.
The Teutonic race has given to the
observance of the great Christian fes
tlvnl ns we know It the free (alao cole
brated In a Oerman Christinas song
"() Tannenbnum"), the legend of Kris
Krlngle and many other charming sen
tlrnents. Put none embodlea th#
Christmas story so utterly and with
such sweet tenderness as the atmplr
words and melody of "Silent Night
Holy Night." ? r>etr'?'? Vresa
YOUNG
LOVE
CI Christmas
Storu^
fy^-CAar/as
PERSONNEL
I AMBERT CREENE SANSOME
Mr. Mr. Mr.
Mrs. Mrs. Mra.
Allan Georcs Jack
Mart* Dorothy Batty
^%<YrS. LAMBERT was in a quan
Am dary
jdf"* One of the established tradi
tions of Ki^pllton was the Lambert
Greene-Sansome Christmas dinner.
Why, everybody knew it had been go
ing on for half6a generation ? from the
time, In fact, when Allan and Marie,
George and Dorothy, and Jack and
Betty were Just babies! And now they
were grown ? or nearly so.
In the recognized rotation of the
event, it was Mrs. Lambert's turn to
entertain the Greenes and the San
somes, and she had Invited them. Hut
neither family had Indicated that the
Invitation would be accepted.
Said Mrs. Greene: "You know,
Diane, Grace Sansome and I have not
been on spenklng terms for six months
or more. It would be embarrassing for
you, and not very enjoyable for any
body. So you Just have the Snnsomes
and we will come some other time."
"Why, Mary Greene!" Mrs. Lambert
protested. ''Whoever heard of such a
thing? After all these twenty years!
I? there no way to men^. matters be
tween you' and J2race?"~ "* *v,r
"Well, If sf\e would speak to me
first," Mrs. Greene conceded. "I would
be willing to be friends with her
again."
An\ Gracp Sansome had said : "It
will seem as though a pestilence had
struek Knollton If we don't have our
regular Christmas reunion, H wistfully.
"But you know how the situation is."
"Is there no possible way to adjust
matters," asked Mrs. Lambert anx
"I Havo Achieved an Idea," He An
nounced With Important Poee. ">
lously, "bo we can go on having our
good time*. as we have done for bo
long?"
"Well," Mm. Sansome replied, "If
Mary will make the first advances, I
am willing to make up with her."
And that was that.
But there was a great deal more.
Allan Lambert wanted the Greenes,
because he was very much Interested
In Dorothy; Marie wanted the San
somes, because she was likewise great
ly Interested In Jack.
And George Greene and Betty San
Bome wanted their respective families
to accept the Lambert's Invitation, be
cause they were tremendously Inter
ested In each other and thus could be
togethor for Christmas without resort
ing to subterfuge.
So the matter was at an Impaase and
the time was growing short.
Then Marie and Allan, beooming des
perate In the situation, contrived a
meeting of the six young people, to sit
ns a board of strategy.
The discussion had about worn It
self out without result when George
held up his hand for attention.
"I have achieved an Idea," he an
nounced with an Important pose, "and
It Is guaranteed to be Iron-clad, water
tight, and burglar proof !"
"Yes, yes, go on." This from Jack
In a bored tone.
"Well, here It Is," said George, "and
you will all agree that It Is the 'per
fect crime'."
Then the bombshell :
"Betty and 1 will elope I"
Allan Jumped to his feet with en
t husl asm.
"George, you're the little old well
known wonder," he admitted. "But to
make the perfect crime still more per
fect, let's all alopel"
This was greeted with hl'.arlons ap
probation.
Then from George: "Betty, dear,
how soon can yon got ready?"
Betty hesitated. "George, darling,
you know I am Just crazy to elope with
yon, but-?"
"Well, then," urged George, "get
your ftultcano packed, and let's hit the
honeymoon trail."
"I have a suitcase all right," Betty
affirmed, "but nothing to put In It. I
have absolutely nothing to wear I"
"The same old alibi," grunted
George. "What the heck are we go
!ng to do, then?"
"Culm yourselves," soothed Allan,
"and let's get at this In a scientific
manner. How did this famous Greene
Sansome feud start, anyway? Let's
psychoanalyse the thing."
"Oh, It was all too childish for any
thing," Dorothy explained. "It started
when Mamma and 'Aunt' Grace had
an argument about Mahatma Qhandl,
of all things."
"Such an unpatriotic proceeding,"
growled Allan. "George Washington
told us to keep out of foreign entangle
ments. And now look what's hap
pened 1"
"Yes," argued Marie soberly. "Why
couldn't they have had Just the con
ventional bridge row. You know a
brldgo row onl> lasts until the next
club meeting, then all Is forgotten
and they go forth again eagerly Into
the fray !"
"And Just what Is the mental atti
tude of 'Aunt' Mary and 'Aunt* Grace
toward each other at the present mo
ment?" Allan wanted to know.
"It's Just this," explained Jack.
"Mother Is ashamed of the whole thing,
but wants 'Aunt' Mary to make the
first break ? "
" ? and Mamma feels Just the same
way, but thlnkB 'Aunt' Grace should
offer the traditional olive branch," fin
ished Dorothy.
"Well, then, that's settled," said Al
lan Judicially, "and the next thing Is to
make each believe that the other has
surrendered."
Dorothy Jumped to her feet, her eyes
flashing with excitement. "Jack," shs
called. "I^end me your ear !" And
She Gaaped With Astonishment When
She Read the Card.
reaching a dainty thumb and fore
finger. she took Jack by that promi
nent member and led him to the cor
ner of the room.
They whispered animatedly a few
moments and returned to the othera
with obvious merriment.
The board will rise," announced
Jack. "Adjournment Is now In order.
Plaus have %een completed for a
smashing^ drive that will take ua out
of the trenches by Christmas !"
Looks of anxious interrogation met
them from all Bides.
"A military secret of such magni
tude," said Jack Importantly, "must
remuin with General Dorothy and my
self. But you may all arrange to at
tend the Lambert dinner as per usual."
Dorothy squeezed Jack's arm in ap
proval.
"And now," continued General Jack,
assuming a military pose, "to. your
dugouts. Lie low and say nothing un
til the barrage that will be laid down
at about nine o'clock day after tomor
row morning."
Two days later Mrs. Sansome was
opening her morning mall. Slitting an
envelope that obviously contained a
Christmas card, and removing the en
closure, she gasped with astonishment.
The card read :
"A Merry Chrittmaa and a Happy New Year
Mr. and Mr*. Thomaa Jefferaon Greene."
And below the engraved signature
line, in ink, was ; "I'm sorry. Mary."
She laughed, then cried. When she
felt that her voice could be controlled,
ahe dialed the Greene's number and
heard Mrs. Greene's voice snylne
"Yes?"
Oh, Mary !" Mrs. Sansome began.
This is Grace. I've Just received your
card and It's the most welcome mail I
ever got In my life I I'm so happy!"
Mrs. Greene seemed to hesitate mo
mentarily. "Why ? yos, of course!"
Then: "And I can't begin to tell you
how pleased I was to receive your
card this morning, too. I suppose you
are going to the I^ambert's dinner?"
"I wouldn't miss it for anything In
the world. And your
"Surely. I'll see you there. I have
so much te tell you."
Mrs. Greene tnrnpd to a little table
vhere she had opened the morning
mall. On top of the pile was a con
ventions! engraved Christmas card
that read :
"A Merry Chriitma* and a Happy New Year
Mr. and Mn. Wellington Aniley Saniomc."
Down In a corner was the Ink nota
tlon : "Please forgive mo. Grace."
She stood with a contemplative but
happy smile on her face aa she mused:
"I wonder who sent that card to the
Sansomes, and why Grace was evident
ly so happy about It. It's Just a for
mal Christmas greeting."
Hut the Lambert dinner came oft with
all the old crowd attending, snd It was
voted the best of a long line of happy
Christmas gatherings.
At parting, tholigh, neither Mrs. San
some nor Mrs Greene alluded to the
manner In which the strained relation
had been overcome. Hut Mrs. San
some said: "I am glad we are all
happy again. Wasn't It Just too silly?"
"What a rectifier of human relations
fthrlstmas Is!" Mrs Greene comment
ed fervently,
"Aided by young love," Mrs. Lam
bert added, s?nli...g.
The truth dawned upon Mrs. Greene
and Mrs. Sansome at once.
All three laughed heartily and ban
plly.
<?. I?JS. W not nr n N? wopttpnr Union
Decorations for
^eiulQtid?
j EOORATING the home has be
"PiFl come almost as Important a
part of the Christmas celebra
tion as decorating the table, and mak
ing the Christmas table attractive Is
as essential as having the turkey
properly seasoned and the plum pud
ding piping hot. Certainly, the tra
ditional use of holly and mistletoe li
as acceptable as ever; but many newr
and unusual treatments have been
developed for those who crave some
thing a little different, a little gay and
festive, especially for this year of all
year 8.
Of course, the Christmas tree Itself
belongs to the children and should be
decorated to suit them with all the
gay little ornaments so dear to their
hearts. During recent years, many
people have used only one color on
the tree, such as blue or silver. This
year a red, white and blue scheme
might be tried, with one layer of blue
glnss balls, one of red and one of
white or silver ? and so on, up the
tree. An added hit of Joy might bo
provided by appllquing n two dimen
sional Santa Onus on a sheet, which
would be suspended on a wall beside
the tree. Lack of technical skill in
the execution will make this feature
even more amusing.
In many homes, the tree Is placed
In nursery or upstairs sitting rooms
and for these, a tree of different typo
might be used for the living room deo
, oration. Flat trees, made of such ma
terials as plywood, sheet metals or
folded cellophane, might be placed on
the mantel shelf or agalust a bare
wall space; while real trees. In minia
ture sties, are attractive on either side
of the fireplace or at the entrance
door to the room. The artificial trees
could be In any color to match some
decorative note of the room and might
be trimmed with wh4te cords or taa
selB, ropes of tinsel or painted pine
cones, as well as the more usual but
always lovely glass balls. An airy
fairy typo of tree might be construct
ed by pasting feathers on a cardboard
Tiny Christmas Tree May Be Gayly
Decorated.
tree; while nothing could bo loVelier
than a tiny evergreen, hung with real
flowers, particularly some flowers of
white.
The decorative touches for the room
Itself may be either as simple or elab
orate as Is desired. A huge bowl of
the ever-present glass Christmas tree
ornaments may be placed on the
piano; while a mass of fruits and
sweetmeats, surrounded by springs of
holly would be effective on the mnntcl
plece. Very Inexpensive white lamp
shades can be decorated with printed
designs of Santa Claus and his rein
deer or hung with sprays of real
leaves and polnsettlas. Another Idea
Is to place candles In the wall brackets
and hnve the entire room beautifully
candlelit.
More pretentious schemes provide
for the decoration of the walls them
selves. Swags of leaves may be sus
pended from the picture moulding,
drsped up at Intervals with glass balls,
mistletoe or polnsettlas, the leaves be
I n tr green on white walls and silver,
gold or white against various colore
backgrounds. If preferred, the rovers
scheme, with swngs of colored ball
caught up with Sprigs of holly or pin
cones might be developed. Window
too. may be given a festive air b
swags of red or green cords or rl
bons. entwined with painted berries
or If the drapes do not permit of ex
tra decoration, wreaths made of th
glass ornaments, silver leaves or tin
sel and polnsettlas combined, may b
hung from the tassel or cords.
The center of Interest In the din
i Ing room Is the table and a host O
, new Ideos ore available In preparln.
for the Christmas feast. For the chll
| dren's table, a tiny Christmas tr
J might be hung with strings of popcor
, or cakes baked In Interesting design
1 Tiny gifts, placed around the tabl
might be attached to the tree wit
red and green ribbons. For the elder
| the basis of the scheme might bo
tablecloth of torleton or dollies of ol
j cloth, decorated with figures palntft
i on or flit from gift paper. I'alnte
j pine cones could be used f*?r pin
| cards or randle holders and cent?
piece might be a bowl or glass bfl
or a cornucopia of fruits, surround
by polnsettlas holly leaves or gild
mils and berries
Very little expense, combined w(
Ingenuity and thought In handling t
decorative scheme will add Imuoasi
ably to the festive spirit and the J
of Christmas dav .Josephine Walt
In St. I.ouis Post f>lsnntrh