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3 TAT ia --_., i (Lik O3HAWA DAILY 1IMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1940 If you rémember, this was the question Elijah asked the widow. She replied that her food supplies were limited to a small amount of oil and meal, (Elijah found this sufficient, as remember, to take them all past the threatening famine, Gifts to make for Christmas start best with materials at hand, One homely friend, a pot of glue, can start a number of gifts, If you think over the empty boxes there are, and the rolls of material you have laid away, several combinations will suggest themselves, . : A pretty gift for girl's room is a bright hat-box,--an empty card board box covered with cretonne, with a black bow on top. A desk set in cretonne for her room can be con- structed of card-hoard, glue, time, pa- tience and an ink well, Gifts of Portfolio Portfolios are lovely and useful gifts, Two heavy card board covers with a cloth back make the basis, If you have a small-patterned or plain fabric, a pretty picture will improve the cover, If the pattern is large, omit the print, Line the inside with a thinner material and tie a folded blotter into the center with a silk cord, : Such a portfolio can be given to a man if made with a plain cover, or to a woman if designed in cretonne, Pebbled oil cloth may be used for this purpose very micely and can be decorated with 'a painted design. Children love to help make Christ. mas gifts, On winter days they can be busy and happy with the joy of constructing gifts. A little girl will enjoy making a squirrel dress for a gift, A design for a squirrel about four inches high can be traced from a magagine picture and with: a-sheet of carbon paper can be transferred to the material. A grey squirrel on a lavender dress, or a brown squirrel on 2 tan dress would be a good ar- rangement, Button hole stitch would do to applique the design on the dress. A feaf with an acorn could finish the shoulder. She could finish the dress if it were kept simple~with rick rack braid for binding, If this is too much for her small fingers, per- haps Auntie or grandma could finish the seams and binding on the sewing machine, . Let Children Assist Children would enjoy -assisting in making a gift to some one dear, of a miniature garden. A large deep' pie tin is used, or a special tray is made, Rocks and moss are arranged to hold dirt in interesting forms. A small pan can be inserted for a pool. Its es can be cleverly hidden: with pebbles and plants, Some of the plants suggested are these, ~Kenilworth ivy with its little orchid-colored blossom, (Chinese primroses,--~blue and pink forget-me- not, tiny ferns, violets, tiny cedars and a dwarf maple or two, Lycopo- dium, a moss of delicate fern-like quality, is excellent for its habit of climbing down, around and over, Such a lovely garden would afford endless pleasure to a shut-in. It could be arranged and re-arranged, Tiny bridges and stepping stones bdo) Cire) Birds and animals of pottery, small size, could be add- ed from time to time, Gifts in Needlework Needle workers have ever at their finger tips; beautiful gift possibilities, A suggestion for them is the muse of bright wools, on organdie. Gay jes of color on an apron, a little face and there you have a pretty gift for any feminine friend, A set of pieces for a bed gfoom might consist of 3 band of embroidery for a valance and a pair of bright pands for curtain tie-backs. A lamp shade to match these in pastel tints with ovals of embroidery would com- plete an unusually lovely gift, | If a .person is clever at cutting finoleum blocks in simple or fanciful design, printing of these in oil paint on natural colored pongee is. recom- mended. Bags, table runners for li- brary tablet, portfolio covers, cushion tops suggest themselves. Here Are the Directions . Suppose you decide to print a dragon fly across a bag in two rows. Cut your ee carefully by draw- ing threads, to the size you want, allowing for seams and 2 wide hem, part of Shieh is to hold the bo cor. t ec on 3 d with a smooth 0 print meatly stretch a dark thread across the ma- terial and anchor it with tacks. Mix y paint to finish the printing. Browns and purples suggested for pongee. Burnt orange would be good. Brush the paint evenly over the block aod by. it on jece of cloth. L flat, Ldens , . Unpainted furniture offers almost unlimited possibilities for gifts. The smaller pieces, magazine racks, sew- ing , clothes hampers, small sets of shelves are always suitable gifts. Directions for using<enamel stencils all cut and ready for use, Or you may choose from a most inter- esting catalogue a pretty decalco- mania that will be the very thing for your purpose. Directions for using these come with them, Fruit, flowers, figures in sil J ere : OE Shey A ered Job your garden enthusiast is one that would have to he started early. H you collect seeds from your own garden throughout the summer, you can make up gift packets from these. You will probably send your friend clouds of frankincense and the coals' 'that drop from the fire-box balls of myrrh, 3 To the first Christmas, men from afar. And what would Christ '{mas be today if no one came from , fresh seed that he may not be able to obtain from the green houses, Use of Colored Envelopes Bright colored envelopes will help the appearance of this kind of gift. These can be tied together with a retty ribbon or arranged in a box, lower suggestions will come to you to use. 'olored illustrations from your catalogues nay be used to dec- orate the individual envelope or the ' Whatever you decide to make, to paint, to embroider or to print,--do not neglect its final appearance, --the package" in which it is sent. . Any gife is valued chiefly for the kindly and loving thought it represents, and this must be ditplayed in the wrap- ping of it as wel Once more the great festival of the North is with us and the supreme Santa Claus is the engine driver, ruddy in the flames of his flying furnace, manipulating the reins of steeds swifter than reindeer, captain of great cargoes of gifts, and bringer of every man to the hearth of his Yuletide desire, Who will deny that Canada was made for Christmas quite as much as Christmas was made for Canada? Where' orchids bloom in the Decem- ber out of doors, Christmas is an. exotic, a stretch of the imagination, a worship from afar of Our Lady of the Snows, a matter of the hea- then in his blindness bowing down to the unseen Northern Star. That's what Yuletide is--a north- ern festival, If it was born under the palms of Palestine, it has be- come adult under the pines of Pat- ricia, One immigrant who has be- come completely Canadianized is Kris Kringle, who has changed his name by deed poll, and by North Pole, to Father Christmas, If we were to indulge. fully our pride of possession, we might call him Fa- ther Canada, His is the spirit of the North, His ark of covenant is the Arctic, He may range the world, but here is his central emporium, his seat of sovereignty, upholstered with the snow white caparison of the polar bear, cushioned with spruce boughs, es its beneficient maturity, Here, if anywhere, there is peace on earth and good will to men. And the reason for that is climate. is the season when men come togeth- er for warmth of soul, as well as warmth of body, "Under a tropical sky the urge to Christmas gregari- ousness is lacking. Only in snow drifts can one catch the drift of Christmas meaning. A friendly slap on the back is best appreciated on a frosty Christmas morning. A tingle of ears promotes the Yuletide tingle of the heart. It is not without reason that the universal Christmas. And that prayer in Can- ada is abundantly answered, though mere crumbs of the Christ- mas banquet and blanket of snow fall on Atlantic Seaboard, the rim of the Great Lakes and the Pacific Coast, Vancouver. Even those who snow canvas that Father Christmas lets drop from the top of his tent pole, which is the North Pole, have their part in the circus and sacra- ment. But their wassail is as vicari- ous as their snow {is precarious. Their gas logs are only symbols of Yukon Yule logs. Their rings of Holly acquire Christmas virtue sole- iy from the rings of evergreen for- glory of the million morth- ern stars that light on Christmas Eve, a land of a million Christmas trees. Ever since Leif Ericsson seeking Vinland found Winterland, from the time that Cabot and Cartier the portals of the West, Christmas Day has been Canada's SHE 3 EE fi gf SHEE i i i I it may be had at any paint store these 'days. To add 2 final touch there ace In him the birth of Bethlehem reach- | We have the Christmas climate, This | § Santa Claus in Blue Overalls Makes Season of Christmas a Success of hard won gregariousness, that Christmas social need has vanished in the easy promiscuity of cities, and that Christmas tinsel has replaced Christmas tingle, 'To think so is to mistake a flutter of fireflies for a forest fire, Compared to the present, the old days were cold days. The yule logs of the pioneers, glow as they might, were but pin points of luminosity, atoms of warmth, lonely beacons on the shores of a glacine sea of dark. ness. Today by the great master of the Christmas bellows those random sparks are fanned to a flame that lights up the land from sea to sea, like an aurora borealis, It is to the "iron horse" even more than to his winged caribou that Father Christ- mas owes his versatility, It is high time to take the engin- eer out of his cab, strip him of his ofl-streaked overalls, rouge his smoke-blackened cheeks and robe him as Santa Claus, Poetically we speak of the rein- deer as the great Christmas trans- portation system, Practically we mean the railways. The sweetest of Christmas bells is the engine bell, The driving power of Christmas re- unions is the driving rod, The clouds of steam from cylinder heads are | their homing instinct, Nor afar, if taxi cabs and street cars were the only vehicles to Christmas gatherings? At Christmas, there is some instinct that. makes men re. turn like salmon to the streams of their birth, or their friendships, the pools of their dee) memory, It is only the Santa cab who can comply with that univer- sal and imperious command, "Home, home for Christmas," Lacking the engineer they would be mere nostal- gic nomads languishing at alien hearths, sick with suppression of could they despatch, in their stead, those ambassadors, their gifts, The wise men of the East have given birth to the wise men of the North and the stag they follow is the headlight of the locomotive dealing out packs of Christmas cards, bring- ing friend to friend, lover to lover, fathers to children and childyen to fathers, making the hearts of moth- ers glad, and the feet of postmen heavy, diffusing the Christmas spirit, making national what other- wise. would be parochial, fanning sparks to a conflagration, Do honor then to the lord of the locomotive, the supreme distributor of Christmas cheer, the greatest of the Santa Clauses, no chimney im- postor like those untravelled ama- teurs all dressed up and nowhere to go except from their first story tir- ing room to the parlor hand-out, hu- man plum-pudding bags, whose stuffed stomachs are not brim-full baggage cars but Chesterfield cush- fons, trembling actors fearful that their disguise will be penetrated and some child says, "Is that you, daddy? What right have they to red noses who have not felt the nip of the frost in true Christmas Land? What do they know of Christmas carols and of Christmas trees who have not heard, like the engineer, the Christ- mas canticles of the wolves and the heraldic howls of the huskies in lands of infinite evergreen? It is he who has traversed Canada's mantle of Christmas snow, who should wear the red robe trimmed with snow and be hailed as the miracle driver of the magic cunveyance that brings rifts to every roof. All the lesser Christmas coachmen should come to heel to his whistle, for it sings a song of Christmas transport and transportation the whole land through, Come, therefore, Father Christmas to your Northern Empire in the guise of a railway engineer, your true portrait done in ofl, a more vis- ible symbol of your magical flight than your hypnthetical reindeer, an- nihilator of distance, epitomizer of the universal coming together, pilot of pilgrims to their heart's haven, the great uniter, the great provider, the bearer of your bounty, the cour- ier of your good wishes, His tender at this season is the es- sence of all that is tender, His lev- ers move the world on its Christmas revolution, His smokestack typifies all chimneys, his fire, all hearths, By his bell Father Christmas calls all men to his festival. Through him is bound all by hoops of steel, yes, Bethlehem steel, of the engine | The Basement enh | Gift Shop Includes Hundreds and hundreds of suggestions, Gifts jor young or old," Ohina Ware, Brass and Silverware, Flowers, Pic- tures, Statute Lamps, Hand Carved Teakwood Tables, Nov- elty China for children. In 'fact you will find articles Jrom 23¢ to $30; just what- ever price you fect disposed fo pay, -. +-- (a On the Main Floor Milady is served with Gifts that will send her into ra turcs of joy. Many new Nov- eltiecs are to be found here, Then there is that "lovely dainty Lingerie, Never be- fore have we offered such wonderful values in Fancy Lingerie, Hose, Gloves, Un brellas, Han kies, Flowery Scarfs and a thousand and one other suitable gifts, Kenwood Blankets, Comfort- ers and Bedding of all sorts. Fine Linens featuring John 8, Browns, of Belfast, Ireland Cushions, ete, This is only a few of the many good things that await you, W. A. 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"Does this," inquires a correspond- ent, "presage the dawn of a nude day?" An English bishop received the] Brown--I'm a self-made man. following mote from the vicar of a | .°*Jones--That"s what comes of em village in his diocese: | ploying cheap labor, "My Lord: I regret to infirm you | "I'm so proud of my boys" saic 4 | one of the happy mothers of this of the death of my wife. Can you | neighborhood, "and not one of then possibly send me a substitute for the | hag ever been arrested except for week-end?" A | speeding and on liquor charges." PAE APFDRCDVVRRE IO IRI --OSHAWA-- prayer is for a white |§ : even | dwell under the fringes of the great | & in quest of the portals of the East |& Santa Claus will present every guest with a hand- Always Good Music, A Velvet Like Floor, Good No dations Pleasing Surroundings." Watch for our specials from time to time. The Winter Gardens may be rented for private dances, weddings, Winter GARDEN DANCING EVERY TUESDAY, THURSIAY znd- SATURL AY Enjoy a Night of Dancing at the Winter Gardens receptions, etc., any Monday, Wednesday or Friday. NEW YEAR'S NIGHT FROLIC Special music, vaudeville acts, dancing girls and boys. Horns, balléons, novelties for everyone. Dancing 9 p.m. till 2 a.m. BSS OEE SSE BE Gl a LD a el eh Sl ADE CRE AD EN Nah he - par TET gee Tn aE