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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Friday, December 23, 1055 17 CHRISTMAS OF HOPE rare Joyous Spirit Of Christmas [mre a wr tor dziies dom aglitter and agleam, but no chil-| he said. "Roses are for youth." L J In the evening, as Midnight Mass hod dren's voices broke the broodin "Or for those with the memor- Star Of Bethlehem Still init ds Comes To City Of Everyday far a a of id we Nativity, the congregation will re-| floor, and costly paintings adorned| man-wistfully. present the millions of the world's| - the walls, while Png the folds| Uuder the spell of the Spirit of street in the whole city, and en- ment and a mist sprang into her |of rich silken tapestries shone mas-| Christmas = new look cathe into ° * Hangs Over Nativity Scene immu ™ i fides ge \ ave come to pray for peace. softly into the City of Everyday|tered. Surely she would be needed|eyes as across her memory flash- |ter pieces in white marble. And in ' h Black-hooded nuns from Czarist|at dusk on Christmas Eve. to work some magic in such aled the echo of a baby lisp, Then |the midst of all the beauty and De ters Heer ie "i By MONICA DEHN which one look at the Star has|mer, there was not even stable Russia -- very old and frail now| There was a brisk, happy stirr- home! It was so small it seemed|she put the garment into the|luxury sat a man and a woman|jt goes out with the last ies Jerusalem, Israel | forced honest men to recognise as, | space to spare. = kneel side by side with the wo- ing of bundle-laden people along|as if there would hardly be room| basket with a smile. One child near to each other--yet apart. e lifted the rose to his lips ™ 4 '| at best, temporary. | 4 i helt men of Bethlehem in their white | the brightly lighted streets, and the|t0 garner even a crop of goodwill dropped in a torn picture-book an-{ A party of carol singers sent up| and closed his eyes to dream a e Star of Bethlehem hangs| But this year there is a diffe.| Now tourists are seeking shelter coifs -- dating from the days of sound of children's voices made --and goodwill as you know takes) other a new top, and another some-|the street singing. moment of the scented summer every Christmas like the lamp of| once: this 'year the hatreds and in schools, convents, hospices. and|the Crusaders. There are men in| music on the frosty pine-scented|UP very little room, though the thing else until all had contribut-| The man looked up when he days and the wonderful moon-- God over the little white, stone i ss. Those| Private houses, Many Bethlerem|lounge suits; diplomats in full ce-| air aroma of it spread a long, long/ed to the basket. 4 houses of the town where Jesus Suspiciass really BIG ESS ose families are sharing rooms to make! remonidl dress with silver swords : way. "No work remains for me to do Beal ie Ingisie ALi " white nights, the tender young Se who have preparing Ee re! : % A wonderful Christmas was in 0 We omorrow is Christmas Day," eyes, and the whispered vows was born. And those who see it, as| oy icimas expect a flood of pil-| Way for them, but some of the at their side; consular officials in|. onact "for there had been a fine A man and woman and several here,' said the Spirit of Christmas, he said, as if he had not thought|which its perfume called When they make their pilgrimage on grims not only from all over the families, too, will have to sleep on| morning coats; labourers in worn goodwill crop And when the good little * children were grouped| as she slipped out into the street|of it before. he passed the rose across the table Christmas Eve to the church built) yrqq1e East but from Europe and| the cobbled stones of the main| work clothes. The light of a thou-| fan ron is a success a splendid around a rickety table, upon which| again. "This family has more than}. "yes tomorrow is Christmas De Paused went with it and spread on the site of the inn that had noi "ited States as well -- all| square. They will lie restlessly on|sand tapers flickers on the pale|qy istmas is assured, you know stood a basket and many homely enough goodwill in stock to see! Day" the woman answered list] itself switfly before her ifiner vi room, cannot help lowering their| i p borrowed carpets or with their| faces of Europeans, on the darker 5'mes 13 assuret, you £now. parcels. them th th. Th t have ta- ' i beat in 0 A eager to give thanks to the Son of pets 3 t f al P! , | Th irit of Christ t] o rough. They must aave 1a. ly, sion. When she looked up again she eyes in shame after the first ex-| po; o fo the long-delayed hope of heads on the bellies of their tired, olive shades of those from the e spirit of isimas pas We must share what we have ken great care of the roots alll ""I must write you a check, as|left a fear in the heart of the alted glance. Its vivid brilliance pag e sprawling donkeys and camels. | Middle East, the black skins of (UP one street and down the other|with our neughbour who is poorer|through the year, instead of for-|usual," said the man absently, | rose, but there was a smile on her pierces the heart with its ignored, | Those lucky enough to have al Africa and the mahogany of India. looking for a home into which no| even than we are, and who, be-| getting about until Christmas time; "Yes, write me a check, as usu- lip. ; message -- peace on earth and| pothiehem has not a single room| roof over their heads will find their| As the service progresses, with goodwill blossoms had been gath, sides is a stranger in a strange |drew near as so many people do.|al," said the woman, without in-| 'You gave me checks-- and goodwill towards men. |to let over the Christmas holidays. [new homes primitive, 'but in keep-| the Latin Patriarch, resplendent in| Sra , or Yeere: she knew she would | land," said the man, as he began!|I shall try a different kind of a terest. | checks--and checks--and what I In the lifetime of most of us,| Until the Great Powers began their ing with the Christmas spirit. The| purple robes glittering with jewels, | ee he stoppetl.at f th [fo fill the basket. The woman home next. One never knows| The man reached out his hand|reaily wanted from you was a there has been little peace on earth| talks in the quiet Geneva setting, | mattresses are stuffed with straw and the fresh-faced young choir | ast she stoppe 3} one o o; went to the drawer and took out|where the Sprit of Christmas may to take up a pen. But the Spirit|rose and a dream," cried the wo- and little goodwill towards men. | there were signs of just the normalland are as prickly and sweet- boys leading the congregation in| umblest homes in the poorestisome little white woolly garments be needed. of Christmas took a crimson rose|man, happily, as the man took Only at Christmas, for a brief pilgrimage. Afterwards, the Bethle- smelling as that on which Mary| the grand liturgy of Christmas with the smell of lavender cling-| On the very next street she|from the vase nearby and put it|her hands in his. tweatyfour hours, have hatreds and | hem postman's sack bec am e/laid the Infant two thousand years music, worshippers feel the inten-| preached and men have built a ing to them. She held them loving-| found a home where she thought| between the man's fingers. He lift-| "I'm glad I called at his home" Church to commemorate Him -- 1¥ in her rough hands for a mo-lshe might be needed. It was aled the rose and looked at it with|said the Spirit of Christmas as she suspicions faded into a bonhomie! heavier and heavier. By late sum- ago. Washing is done at an outside sity of the ceremony surge through , pump which draws water from the them on this special night. the notes of O come all ye faithful | | wonder in his eyes. slipped out. | same well from which Joseph break the quietness of the night.) AVVRARVVAXR VAW[RUNN | doubtless brought water to Mary Midnight approaches and the Pa-| But it is in Bethlehem, where the| x n | after her travail. triarch holds aloft the figure of| Star hangs low -- vivid as a warn-| 5 |) | But the pilgrims won't mind. Jesus before carrying it to the| ing of danger or a beacon of hope ) Crowding into Bethlehem th is/ grotto and placing it reverently in| -- that Christmas means most. | | Christmas are Britons from Cy- the 'manger'. The packed congre-| And this year the pilgrims be- prus, Americans from the oil-fields gation hold their breath. Even the lieve that the spirit of Christmas candles seem to stop spluttering| will live a little longer throughout, | of Arabia and Iraq, organised : | ) | Church groups Hag. France, Italy! and for a moment there is a great|the world than it has in recent | i times. and Spain, Christian Arabs from all silence. | over Jordan-held Palestine, from| Then, with a crashing clarion the | Damascus and from Jordan's capi-| bells of Bethlehem peal out the H | tal of Amman, About 2,000 Chris~| joyful news that another Christmas | tians are coming from the State of| has begun. In Jerusalem and Na- | Israel, where the barbed wire and|zareth and by the Sea of Galillee | the dragon's teeth tank traps di- and on the Mount of Olives -- viding Jew from Moslem have wherever Christ walked and OA 4 Hil si Wi 4 Ralph Jewell's Men's Wear 16 King E. 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