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PORT PERRY STAR | - CHRISTMAS EDITION, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1933 % RP YN 0 GOODWILL Loving hearts are essential to the goodwill of Christmas. The years of depression have added to our love as our luxuries have diminished. We . may not be able to afford the elaborate Christmas presents of former "years, but our wish for the happiness of our friends has grown more sincere, and less calculating. We no longer see the necessity of 'keeping up with the Joneses;" but we do crave the goodwill of our fellow men; and we feel a real kindliness for those who tread with us the same path of adversity. In this spirit we wish that everybody might enjoy true Joy .and happiness of heart at this Christmas time. - The need for Christmas grows with the passing of the years. This feast of "'goodwill" can become the foundation of international unity: The good will to do the fair. thing by all mankind--that is the Christmas spirit. We wish it for you. = The good will that will sweep away the making of armaments for profit--that is the Christmas spirit. We wish it for you. The good will that will feed the hungry and protect the weak--that is the Christmas spirit. We wish it for you. The good will to be truly thankful to the Giver of all blessings for the richness of life and the happiness of friendship which we still enjoy--that is the Christmas spirit. We wish it for you. * It will do us good to remember that, in spite of all our hardships, we live more freely and more richly than the people of any previous generations. People who do mot believe this should read history. They should see the pictures of the actual homes in which the folk of other days lived. They should see "the lack of comfort. = They should know that food was scarce; that dirt was everywhere; that disease was prevalent; that oppression in civil and religious life was the rule of the day. ~ Think of the thumb- screw and other instruments of torture. Think of the gallows and the block. Things are bad to-day; but they might be:infinitely worse. Those ancestors of ours paid in suffering the price of our freedom. HN The artizans devised the comforts of life, and the beauties that adorn our homes.- The inventors have AS made those comforts and beauties the common property of the people. No king in early times enjoyed } the wide range of luxury and beauty so common to-day. Burkank and other patient investigators have increased the yield and added to the pleasing qualities of our food. We are their debtors. Edison and that wonderful army of resourceful inventors have harnessed the forces of nature, until unbelievable Jia: comforts and powers have been placed at our disposal. We are their debtors. They paid great prices for our pleasure and profit, and frequently they lived in obscurity and poverty. Their vision came from the Giver of all blessings. The finest part of our civilization cintit endure if we do not learn to live in the Christmas spirit. po : No N.'R. A. can take the placé of love and honour, and the confidence that grows out of both. The work fi of the economists is not to evolve new systems, but rather to remove abuses from the old systems. g (Pa : Christ taught the way to live, when He went about doing good. He pointed the way to true success I when He made the sacrifice of His life that honour and love might prevail. We honour His birthday as G ~ the-greatest event in human history. The true way to honour it is to imitate His life as best we can. Our wish is that we shall see beyond the sparkle of tinsel, the glow of | | : lights, the music and laughter, and the Yicinen of feasting, to the spirit' i Kkindliness that prompts it all. : ~The Editor and Staff of The Port Perry Star wish you "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR