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Flesherton Advance, 25 Dec 1919, p. 6

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-v*w^"'- V :^ ij-; â- J^ World's Unrest and Christmas Peace Bethlehem is real. It is a place to Which traveler* may go. I have been there myself within the last six months. Myriad! of devout pilgrrima from the Western Hemisphere w.ill turn their steps thither as soon as the present paralysis of normal life )» cured. New highways have been t>pened by the war, so that one may now go from London to Bethlehem by r»il, with only two brief ferriages on the way. Bethlehem is in itself not the most beautiful of Judean towns; probably that distinction to-day belongs to Ain "Glory to (led in the highest, Ami on earth peace among men, in whom he h well pleased." To the traveller standing on a Beth- lehem hillside the Hweet old story seems newly real. It was a place event, as well as a univcpsul message. When we localize it we understand more vividly its ever-present meaninR. The old carol seems liice an intpvpic- tation written yesterday :- "It came upon the midnight c-lenr, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the c.Trth To touch their harps of gold; 'Peace on the earth, good will to men,; From heaven'.s all-grndous King'. I Karmi, where E izabeth dwelt and _, , . , *â-  ... , ' » i_ .1. o ,• X »i. 1- .„ ,^*|rhe world in solemn 9t,\llne8s lay, John the Baptist, the kinsman of t. k... fK« „n„»U ,;„., To hear the nngefs sing. "Still throuKh the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wing« unfurled, Jesus, was born, and where Mary went | to visit her cousin before the birth of i the babe of either. To-day Bethlehem has lost much of its Oriental char-j acter, because of the many mmlemiAnd still their heavenly music floats Christian buildings ,in it, which de- O'er all the weary world; votion and missionary zeal have i-ear-j Above it:i sad and lowly plains ed. The population is mostly Chris- 1 They bend on hovering wings, < tian; anil the main industries are the And ever o'er its Babel-aounds The blessed angels sing. "And ye, beneath life's crushing load, Whose forms are bending low. Who toil along the climbing way Witb painful steps and slow, â€" Look now! for glad an<l golden hoars Come swiftly on the wing; O rest l>eside the weary road. And hear the angel.s sing. "For lo, the days are hastening on, By prophet l)ards foretold, When with the ever-circling years Comes round the age of gold; When peace sJiall over all the earth Its ancient splendors fl.ing. And the whole world gives back the song Which now the angels .sing." Chri.Htmas Help for To-day. Whatever makes that first Christ- mas real und near is a message for our own day, for we need to Htear, above the clash of class, the strife of strikes, the pandemonium of profiteer- ing and the harried hunt for happi- ness, the old, old truth sung by the ingeis over Bethlehem's little hills working in mother-of-penrl and olive wood. Bethlehcmites ure distinctive In both dress and appearance, prob- ably owing to Crusader blood and in-] flucnce. A Ten Picture of BAhlehem. On a terraced hillside, with the limestone rock outcropping, and vin'fe- ^ard.t tucked away on tiny ledges, and olive trees growing on the stormy soil, is built the "little town of Beth- lehem," with its gray, s'luare, flat- roofed, limestone houses, standing al- most solidly along narrow streets. Through the doorway the visitor from Jerusalem, which is only five miles away, may see the men and women tailing at primitive lathes amid the dust of mother-of-pearl. .Mas, the workers are not many now, for war and starvation took a heavy toll of Bethlehfm. The shops where mother- of-pearl articles are sold are few and meagre, and their principal sale is of regimental badges to the British sol- diers. British troops guard the town of Bethlehem to-day and keep watch by the Manger. For long A'ear.i TtiTkish ^oldiors puan'ed tlle^Church r>f the! that the Peacemaker has come and, <,'J9ff^\'h't^T^ouAeA the ecdeftias-j that good will has been incarnated in; tics of three warring Christian faiths] a manger. That is the most present! â€" Greeks, Latins and Armenian.^. Now I and piactical and importiint of all i a genial Tommy -stands at the en- â-  words for our day. To find n solu-| trance to the crypt «ontaining the, tion of our riddles, the calming of j Manger, "to keep the priests from! our unrest, the way of light in ourl .wcrappin', and from swipin' each i hour of flarkness, we need liut to go| other's lamps," he say.s. Sectarian { back to Btthlehem and find the real- 1 (Strife shows at its wortt at the Church i ity of Christinas. of trie Nali^-ity and the Church of the. Our time's turmoil take;; a thousand Holy .Sepulchre. forms; its real need is only one. Cam-, The oldest Christian edifice In the ouflaged by humanity'.s hectic pur- world covers the traditional and uni- suits of pleasure is a deep-flowing de- versally accepted site of the Manger., sire for real peace â€" peace among men On the hillside was the village khan, and peace in the human heart. WeJ where Mary and Joseph lodged, and , are weary of war, and much of our the stable, as is stMl the o.iage, was current restlessness is only a reaction! the cave room cut into the limestone, against its work and its woes. We with the Manger hewn out of the think we want easier livw and pleas- j living rock. Outwardly the church janter times and greater prosperity;' is anrrepo.''ses.=ing, with a door so, in truth, our need is for peace of spir-j small that it admits but one person' a and for an era of good will among: at a time. Within, the partition \vh,i>'li all men. I ecclesiastical jealousy had erected, has; ^ntil our overwrought and light- been removed ..y Bril.SM influenoe.^g^,,.,,,,, ^^.„^,^, f^,,^^^ ji,^ ..hei^herd.^i ami the proiwrtionsof the churcii as, ^^ t,,^^, |,,,^.g ^f t,,e Christ it will not' jt was m Crusader times may be seen. ,,p j,^.,,^., ^f j^^ f,(,t and it.s fears. The' The entrance _ to the s;.blerrane,-i-, ,^^.^. „f (;,^,,_ „,„,,,. ,,„„„, ,,„„ near Manger-crypt is down tluough a -,1^ .^ ,.,^^.^, .^ ^j^^^^, ^^f,;,;^,,^ j^ nUisfy "•â- ''^P^'- tVio nr<.sY.nt. niiraf If red-stained! ^ EIGHT OCEAN UNERS SAFE AFTER BATTLE WTTH ATLANTIC GALES Delayed Vesseb Reach New York With 17,000 Passengers â€" Roughest Trip Ever Made, Says One Cai>tain. A despatch from New York says: â€" Substantial evidence of the fierce winter storms which have prevailed for the laj5t ten days along the steam- er lanea between this country and Europe was shown by eight big pas- senger liners which arrived here on Thursday with more than 17,000 be- lated passengers. Hulls encrusted with ice, rigging cohered with sleet and salt from spray caked on fun-' nels, prefaced the stories told by ships' officers of high winds and gi- gantic waves that swept their vessels from stem to stem. The ships arriving were the Rot- terdam from Holland, via Plymouth; the Baltic, Royal George; Carnrtania and Caronia from British ports via Halifax; the Lafayette from Havre, Hergensjford from Norway, and Europia from Genoa. All were from three to five days overdue, and some of them reached port too late to dock before to-morrow morning. I The first of the big liners to come I in to her dock was the Rotterdam, which reached quarantine late last night. She was three days late and her master. Captain J. Baron, declar- ed that the trip' was the roughest he had ever made. His declaration was 8upi>orted by Rear Adm>iral Andrew T. Long of the United States Navjr, who returned after escorting' the King and Queen of the Belgians back to their country. AdmirsI Long said that one week ago, when in mid-At!iintic, the weather was so rough that the big liner was rocked like a cradle. One of the passengers was throiwH to the deck and suffered a broken leg. On board the ship were five stowaways who were scared from their h'ding places by the rough weather. The Carmania, another of the be- lated ships, had to put in at Halifax to repair damagres caused by collision at sea with another ship during a fog oflf the Grand Banks. The Caronia, from Southampton,' was close to the Carmania when the accident occurred and she - responded to her wireless calls by putting about and going to her assistance. Tha tendered help wias not needed, but she accompanied her into Halifax. THRIFT CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN U.S. A Chance For a Million! NO HOPE OF RELIEF FROM H. C. L. Export Trade Bei ig Fostered at Expense of Consumer. A despatch from Winnipeg says: â€" There is no hope of relief from pres- ent high prices for dome time to come, Cardinal Mercier Honored in Paris Duke of Hamilton's Art Treasures Bring Million A despatch from Lanark.shire, Scot- land, says: â€" Hamilton Palace, seat of the late Duke of HamJ.lton and Bran- don, who was premier Duke of Scot- land, is being dismantled and even thei says:â€" An army of 4,000,000 women, furnishings sold at auction. Remark-! representing ten national organiza- Women Organized to Fight High Cost of Living. A despatch from Washington â€" -- - - - able prices have been realized from the sale of pictures and jewels. The total aggregated the equivalent of $1,277,700. Most notable among the paintings Cardinal Mercier, Pi iniate of Belgium, 'â- 'â- "â- ^^ that of the "Beckworth Children," was recently recci\-ed al 1 he Aca<)emy by Romney, which brought §2150,000. of Moral and Political Svence here.] Other prices were $24,000 for the! duce women to keep strict accounts o< The president of the academy, in an' Charles II. oak balustr.ide, S15,000 their daily expeirditures in order tc address, exalted the heroic attitude I f^^'' the panelling in the old state din-; study of them to eliminate unnecea A de.spatchf rom V. iays: tions, has been organized by the sav- ings divisions of the treasury depart- ment to enter the tight against the high cost of living. Beginning .lanuary 1 and exteniling to April 1, a great thrift campaigr will be conducted in an effort to in- i)y member.s of the Board of Com- 1 and eulogiz-d the patrioti;- firmness merce. There will be no relief, the; of Cardinal Mercier durr.a tha GeV commissioncr.) declare, until interna- man occupation of the B?lK;:!n king- tional trade conditions return toldom. "°'''""'- I Cardinal Mercier in re.^pon^c prais- according to a Htateineiit just issued! in the v/ar of Belgium and her King,' ""K room, and $9,7.'j0 fur the seven- |sary items. According to the plans, teenth century oak panelling of the' amounts saved by this mei-.na would picture gallery. j be invested in Geimrnnient socurities The black marble staircase, which i W^omen's organizations which have consists of a double flijrht of steps been enlisted in the campaign include and a gallery, failed to find a pur-'th<? Association of College Alumr.ae "W'th the hiRh price of whoat and | ed King Albert for the leadership of'ehaser. ' ' | DaiiK-hlers of the American Eevolu- mill feeds and tha creating of the his people, and paiil tribute to France' The palace stands in the ii.:art of j tion. General Federation of Women's foreign demand for all products, it i.s and her allies, who, he declared, oflTer-i th? Lanavk.-iliire coal mining district,; f^l'-'l>s. National Catholic War Coun- hopelcss for :;nme time to expect any ed their gold and Mood, .mi.ttd withi immortalized by Scott .in one of his eil, National Congress of Mothers and relief from prasent pr^^-e conditions," the tcar.s of their v.ivc.i and mothers, ' "lojt .;piritcJ ballads. It w.h3 built Parent-Teacher Associations. Nation- the commis3ic:ii;-3 assert. [in order th.ii, re.spect for the given' '" l*>-2 to UU'J, and one of it.-s mar-.al Council of Jewish Women, Nation- Present condiitions have l)ecn seized ; v.ord, for justice ;uid loya'ty, asl vels was a portico cf monolith Corin upon by :ome dealers to profiteer, [ agaiiLst passing material interests, the beard charges, but till high prices ! might triumph in the world, arc not the result of profiteering. Many are due to natural increases -*- forced by conditions growing out of | SEEIS FILMS OF al Federation of Business ar.d Pro- fetsicnal Wom-rn's Clubs, Naticna! Leag-iie for Women's Service, Wo- man's Department of the National PRINCE'S ;rouR thian cohnnns v.l'.ieh were copie.i from the Trr.ipij of Vespasian at Rcme. The foundations cf the palac? have become so affecii^l by time that it Civic Federation, and the Y.W.C.A. was found necessary to dismantle the hi.-toric cdifi:e. C.P.R. ,j^jg Second Touv NFLD. DOG SAVED . 92 PERSONS The Storied HIIIk. the prt.sent quest. Russ'a, distraught Kurope and be- thc war. That export trada :.. being fostirc! to the benefit of the manu- _ factiireis nnd producor.'. at the ex- ' n I c â- > \r' pensc of the con-^iimcr, is another Koya' namiiy View allegation.^ ^^ | Mo^ie in Albert HaU. j Begins in March /~i , • Al \ r\ ' ' I •'^ de?.];atch from I.or.dtii says: â€" j V^apiain /\'COCK, .i!J'r>.rm« _ > The Albert Ilall w.ns crowded on Wed- A despatch from London says:â€", Avtaior, ITimved : ne.=da\ afternoon when the King and I Another overseas tour is being plan- says:â€" The passengers and crew of â€" â-  I Qiiucii and Princess- Mary and the ned for the Prince of Walcr.. In a ^^^ coastal steamer EtWe, numi)ering A despatch tioni Londoi. .says;â€" | youne,cr princes attended' a display recent speech he announced that the 92 persons, were broutcht ashore on a Captain .Sii .lobn AUoL-k. who made j given by the Canadian Pacific Railway the fir-it non-stop airplane flight , on behalf of the London hospitals, of acr.;s.'i the Atbmtic Oec-.n. ,ha.s been seriously injured, accorJing to a Swam to Shore With Life Line From Wrecked Steamer. A despatch from Curling. Nfld., While the town of Bethlelicni has, wildered Asia and perturbed .\merica entirely changed, the surrounding could only hear, as )€ for the firs't ecenery remains the same. These are| time and in fullest reality, the mess- the very hill!* upon which the shop- age of Christmas thoy would not nee<l herds watched their flocks by night. ! revolution or Bolshevism or any of These fields, across which wo looked! the desperate remedies they are now at a glorious moon arising above the .seeking. * mountains of Moab, beyond the opal-j For the Christmas truth is the csccnt waters of the Dead .Sea, were, truth of a living and supreme God, once flooded with a celestial glow .'iitereatcd in man; of a loving Saviour, more wonderful than the :;unsets we making clear the character of (lod, have watched here. Silent now at and of a divine spirit of good will eventide, the eAoing hills then re- which alone can bring in that go' Icn sounded ta the strains of an angelic I'.ge which is best described a.s the chorus. I Kingdom of Ilenvcn. The brother- It was here, on the very spot where hood towanl which the ra-ce struggles we stand, that the greatest of mess-| will tie realized only when Christmas ages, straight from heaven, was heard Day has truly broken everywhere. â€" by a group of workmen: â€" I Win. T. Ellis. Lloyd's despatch from Rouen. His plane crashed near Oottcvrard, ,in the Department of Zine-Inferieiire, Nor- mandy. British Governnaent Spends Over $15,000,000 Per Day A despatch from London .says: â€" The average daily expenditure of the Govenmienl from April 1 to Novem- ber 30, was reduced to ii3,0U'J,UU0, as compared with more tbnn £7,000,000 during the war. Freight traffic ex- penditures were reduced to I'nO.OOO,- OOO, as comi>are<l with £«8,r.00,000 prior to the war. ' Saskatoon Has a Chinook, and Fuel Outlook Improves A despalcli from Saskatoon say.s: â€" A Chinook struck Saskatoon on Thurs- <lny night and .snow is melting rapid- ly in the warm sun. (Jernid Cirnhani,! Assistant for Northern Saskatchewan to the Fuel Administrator, says the fuel situntion in this d.istrict is much improved, and the prospect of several days of f«irly rtiild weather promised n chance to got a little reserve supply. films depictiii;.; the Prince of Wales' C;inadiaii tour. Sir George I'erley presided, and the Royal party remain- ed during the greater part of the show. The audience maintained a running fire of enthusiasm as the pic- tures of every town the Prince visited were shown. The -show was repeated al night to auotlser large audience, anc was pre- sided over by Sir McLaren Brown. .> King was sending him to Australia life-line which was run out from the and New Zealand. He will probably »*>'? ^y " Newfoundland dog after sail next March, and be awav si.\ or 'h*^'^ '^''^^sel hit upon Martin's Point. seven months. Miss A. E. Marty, M.A. A graduate of Queen's University, who has the distinction of being the only woman School Insi)ector in Ontario. 'I'he honorary degree of LL. D. was recently conferred upon ! aiK'na. will esth have Miss Marty l>y her Alma Mntor. I P'niP ""'*• British Air Policy Defined. .\ dc.-ipatch fnun London says: â€" Winston Churchill. Secretary for War, has prepared a scheme for ihe Royal A,ir Force organizations in peace timoj Im.-icd dii the expenditure of 115,000,- i 000 ($75.tHHI,0(IO) yearly. The main; outlhies provide for one flight squad-; ron for each division of the army, toj co-operate with the troop.< in all : stages of their training, besides three general service squadrons, and also Olio or more 3;|uadrons for co-opera- ' I tion Wiith the artillery. The fleet will have permanently I three airpUine siiundrons and two sea- j plane squadrons. India will have, 'eight service squadrons, Mesopotamia; three and lOgypt seven, while the â-  naval bases at Malta, in the eastern Rudyard Kipling. Boats could not make the hazardotis passage fropi the stranded steamer.' All effort to siioot the line ashore] failed when the line became caught.i Men did not dare attempt the trip' through the waters, and so the doff was put overboard. The dog bravely took the line in its teeth and battled against the rough aea, the line being released. With block and tackle the Ethie'a , crew, aided by fishermen on the shore,! rigged a life-saving device, using a boatswain's chair for a carriage.* One by one in this chair 91 of the 92 per- sons abcard were hauled to safety. A baby sixteen months old w«s palled ashore' in a ma.il bag. The Ethip, which had been engaged in the ccnatal service between Curlingf and Labrador ports, went ashore last Wcdnesd"v during a gale while bound south. The wreck was not reported hire until the shipwrecked pa.sscngcrs .,,.,, , . , ,,- ' a'"l crew arrived from Bonne Bay. all On behah of the mper.al ^.«r „.;,^.^ having gone down in the stomi. (iraves Ccnumssion hj has written an earnest uoi c.-il to those vijf'ting the ij/ ii »• t-** e ""• French and Flanders battle >i.lds to Weekly Airship SerVlCC observe reverence for the dead. "This; rrom London to America .\ despatch from London rays; â€" A weekly ait-ship service to Ajnerica is ccntemplatcd by a cambinatior. of aviation firms, which are credited with the intention of acqu.-ring thg is holy ground," says Kipling, "and| nu'.st not be run over with levity.". Women workers in Fran-ce now nv Mi-diterranean and probably Alex-' erage at>out ?2 n day, while before the' ij.:i4 and her sister .ship," the U.-39 I Th-:se are being altered to meet pas senger and cargo requirements. mall !:ca- war they were earning less thi-.r ! cents a day. 40, BRINGING UP FATHER HAVE A DOLLAR ? ^T^ww aijti â-  â-  jj- â€"râ€" â- 

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