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(A I] A despntch from Lot,dot. my»: -A weekly airship service to Ameriea is cantanphted by n combination of DVW ftrma, which are credited with the intention of acquiring the K34 and her sister ship, the R.-39. Thu. on being literal to meet pas- sang-r uni 1rnrg0 requirements. Weekly Airship Service (British Government Spends From London to America j Dyer $15,000,000 Per Day While the tom: of Bethlehe entirely changed. the who! actuary "mm the same. The tha vary him upon which the 'vrrtls Vltvhhl their ftocks by Those firldr u-msa which we a! a glorious. moon arising abo mountains of Noah. beyond the t',trt'ttt waters of the Dead Sea once Mod with a colonial Tho oldest Christian editUe in the world cover. the traditional and uni- versally accepted sin of the Humor. Or. the hillside wu the vi1her khan, when Mary and Julep): lodged, and the stable, as is still the usage, want the an room cut into the limestone. ‘Vllh the Manger hewn out of the 'nvine rock. Outwnnll; the church ', urtpropomsestring, with 3. door so mull thnt it admits but one person al " time. Within. the partition which and the propor'sia it wn in Cnuade The entrance t: Mrttttter-errtrt Ir, t' Aland. a min] “dam in real. " is . plug to Vile. true)": my '0. I have been there In]! within the last If! Ion... Itrriads of devout pilgrims ' "a" palm!“ nope and tuow,--- A M Put- t'. Pee'. I Look low! for gud and golden hours tht u terraced hillside, with theh Come .wgay on a" wing; limutone rock outcropping, and vine-Ii o rest halide the weary med. yards tncked may on tiny lodges, end; And hear the angels sing. olive trees growing on the stormy: _ so", is built the “little town of Beth-i "Por io, the day. are hastening on, lehem." with its my, equate, ttat-l ltr PM bards foretold. roofed, limestone houses, attending al-l When with the erereirelintt years most solidly alone narrow ntreeh.; Comes round the Me of gold; Through the door.” the visitor from! When peace shall over all the earth Jerusalem, which ls only thro miles:[ Ita ancient splendor, itimr, ."y' may see the men And Irrycel And the whole world gives back the tailing at primitive lethos mid the P."" an“ of mother-of-p-l. Abs, iii) Whieh now the angels sing." workers are not many now, for war- and lunulon took e heavy toll of! Chm"... Help for Tm" Bethlehem The shop. where mother-3 Whattever makes that ftrst Christ- oprurl articles are sold no few and; mag real and near is I new for meagre. and their prlnclpel we is ofi, our own day, for we need to he“, regimental may, to the British 301.! above the clash of class, the strife of diem. I strikes. the Pandemonium of nrontmr. he. the Worm Hm win in their my. thither u soon " the Mt nnlylis of normal life in and. Now Haw.” have boon -dbrthe-,sotutone my 'uroofhmuodtratoBethuhrmb, mil, with My two brief ferrUges on the way. “lei- ie in in." not the non! 'll'(',u'Sh2"l'2f,Iatl't. earth trf21 M. Jud-n towm, "3.3:! ‘Peeee on the earth, good will to men, . gtetittn to P.r lt,"",',,'.: ndi Prom heaven), all‘grncioue Kind. Karim, when Flietyth owe: ' fThe world in solemn etillnell lay, John the Baptist, the human of. To heer the an ole sin Jesus, was born. and where Mary went! . .. to visit her cousin before the birth of "Still through the clover! ekiee they the bebe of either. Today Bethlehem: cone, ' he: bet much of its Oriental char-E With peaceful wince unfurled. _ acter. because of the many modern', And etill their heavenly music Boats Christian buildings Jn’it,’ which de- our ell tho weary world; votien end minionery lee! have mr- Above its and and lowly plnine ed. The population is moetly Chris- They bend on hovering wings, tin; end the main industries are the, And ever o'er its Babel-tsounds' working in mother-of-pearl and olivei The blessed angels sing. wood. Bethlehemites are distinctive” . ' ' in both trees "M nppeurence. prob- And re, beneath life's cpl-hing load, ably owing to Crusader blood and infwxhz’m 3;;- 5:20:32: 'tg atgegget L With painful steps and slow,--- A M Picture " Bethlehem. l Look now! for glad and golden hours On a tern-red hillsidP, with thet) Come ortttty on a” wing; lime-tone rock outcropping, and "e 0 "a beside the - road, yards tucked ewe}! on tiny 1odttess, trnd': And hear the angels sine. olive trees growing on the stormy; . . soil, is built the "little town of Beth-11‘s? lo, the days are hastening on, vtsclesiastictt1 Jealousy had we" removed by Britis 1hrlirshmtagaristmshae, The star-Cd ”ilk to m ttl, g A .icspnu-h trom London .%trtV.--- _ The average damy expenditure of the (Government from April 1 to Novem- i ber 30, was reduced to £3,099,000, as geompared with moré than 27,000,000 l during the war. Freight traffle ex- ;pcndizurca were reduccd to MO,000,-, 000, as cumpnttd with 268,500,000! lprior to the war. I alt men. Until our overwroueht, and light- seeking world follows the shepherds to the place of tho Crrist it will not he int-Med of its fret and its feurs. The low of God, made personal and near .11 (brim. is alone sufficient to satisfy the present quest. If red-stained Russia. distraught Europe and 'ms wildered Asia and perturbed America could only he". as if for the tlegt time and in fullest reality. the men- age of Christmas they would not need resolution or Bolshevism or any of the desperate eemedies they are now For the Christmas truih is the truth of a living and supreme God, 'ntcrnrtell in man; of a loving Saviour, making clear the character of God, and of a divine spirit of good will mhich alone can bring in that golden age which is best de>crllned as the Kingdom of Heaven. Th: brother- hood toward which the race struggles will De realized only when Christmas Day has truly broken everywhere.-- Wm. T. Ellis. i To Much their harp: of gold; I 'Peaee on the earth, good will to men, i Prom heaven's all-mim- King’. "The irortd in solemn Minuet: lay, i To hear the angels sing. |"Still through the eleven "ies they Our time's turmoil taken a thousand forms; its real need is only one. Cam- ouhatted by humanity's hectic pur- suits of pleasure is n deep-flowing de- sire for real PeaCF-peaee among men and peace in the human heart. We tl Christ-nu Help for Tod”. Whatever makes that fle.st Christ.. mas real and near is a message for our own day, for we need to hear. above the clash of class, the strife of strikes, the Pandemonium of proflteor- lug and the buried hunt for happi- new. the old, old truth sung by the angels over BethUhein's little hills that tho Peacemaker has come and1 that good will has been inearnated in a manger. That is the moat present and practical and important of all words for our day. To flnd . solus tion of our riddles, the calming of) our unrest, the way of light in our; hour of darkness. we need but to f,") buck to Bethlehem and tind the teat-) ity of Christmas. l "Glory to God in the high-t, And on earth peace anon: me whom he is welt planed." com. ' With peaceful wing: unfurled. And still their heavenly manic ttoats our all the weary world; Above its sad and lowly plain: The: bend on hovhing wings, And ever o'er its Ethel-wands The blessed angels sing. To the "taller standing on I Both- lehem binsido the 5M old My "all: newly real. It W“ I place "out, to well as a universal ”an. When we localize it we understand more vividly its ever-meat needle. The old enrol new: like In interpret tation written yesterday:---. "It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious son: of old, Fem angels bending near the eerth " good will in that golden -criined as the The brother- Pace struggles A graduate of Queen's University, who has the distinction of being the only woman School Inspector in Ontario. The honorary degree of LL. D. was recently conferred upon Miss Marty by her Alma Mater. “Vino - 77‘“ w a“: 2iiGetf' as", i Wt. ','l',riri"aeee't, _ " m was 'iisrtiiittt1'2', A w a m1¢iuu , - ' " men “3“ we “1‘er mutt 7%) -cie-'tji) . Tttte. b . A. -.,....-t,ss3t 11'thi, 'titirtfr iii,) A thespntm from London szlysz~ Anoirnr t'.‘.:1'.'.'1:5 tuzr is being plan- ned for the Prime of Wales. In a recent speech hv announced that the King was sending him to Australia and New Zenlund. He will probably sail next March, and be away six or seven months. His Second Thur A despatc; Another mn- ned for the recent speccl Present contr.tis.ns have been seized upon by some (lesion to profitmtr, the board charges, but all high prices are not the result of profiteerintt. Many are due to natural increases forced by conditions growing out of the w“. That export trade is being fostered to the benefit of the manu- facturers and produeers at the ox- peme of the (anumel‘, ic. another allegation. A despatch from Winnipeg sayst~ There is no hope of relief from pros. ent high prices for some time to come, according to a statement just issued by members of the Board of Com- merce. There will be no relief, the commissioners declare, until interna- tional trade vonditiorts return to normal. "With the high price of wheat and mill feeds and the creating of the foreign demand for all products, it is hopeless for some time to expect any relief from present price conditions," the commissioners assert. NO HOPE OF RELIEF FROM H. C. L. """-"t Export Trade Being Fostered at Expense of Consumer. f Miss A. E. Marty, M.A. Begins in March ; TORONTO A, Chance For a Million! BRINGING UP FATHER g A despatch from Montreal says- J i"Commencing on Wedncaday, theI lwhole Province all Ontario has been: :plat-ell under uuarantine, so far m' i Montreal /s concerned." This decision,! Iwhkh was taken on Wednesday by, i the municipal authorities, is now law,'; ‘and henceforth and until further no-i l tice all traveleis from Ontario to this, {city must comply with the demands: iof the Montreal Board of Health. ', i This also applies to all person; coming to Montreal from the United, 1 States and passa‘ng through the hov- ince of Ontario. I l A despatch from London .%tb'Bl-- lWinston Churchill, Secretary for , War, announced in the House of Com- imons that the Germans had handed {over to the Allies 5,000 guns, 25,000 (machine guns, 3,000 trench mottars, iand 1,700 airplanes. They had still Hailed to deliver 42 locomotives and 1 4,760 railway trucks. 5 The Secretary comidered that the 1iermans had made a tremendous ef- ifort to comply with the esmlitinns gimposeJ upon them. a With block and 'tnckle the Ethie's i crew, aided by fishermen on the shore, :rigged a life-saving device, using a iboatswain’s chair for a carriage. One by one in this chair 91 of the 92 per- ; sons aboard were hauled to safety. 5 A baby sixteen months old was pulled _ ashore in a mail hag: 1 Boats could not make the hazardous ipasaage from the stranded steamer. 'All effort to shoot the line ashore Hailed wheit the limi became caught. iMcn did not dare attempt the trip :thrOugh the waters, and so the dog i was put overboard. The dog bravely Mock the line in its teeth and battled :against the rough sea. thix Hue being 3 released. Montreal Placest/hole of Ontario Under Quarantine War Material Handed Over By Germans to the Allies The Bthie. which had been engaged in the coastal servicu betwem Curling and Labrador ports, went ashore .last Wednesdav during a gale “hilr bound south. Tho wreck was not reported here until the ssltipwrecked passengers and crow arrived from Bonne Buy, all wires having gone down in the storm. A despatch from Curling, Niki, zaaysszhe passengers au'l crew of the coastal steamer Ethic, numbering 92 persons, were brought whore on a life-line which was run out f mm the ship hv a Newfoundland dug after their vessel hit upon Martin's Point. Swam to Shore With Life Line From Wrecked Steamer. L DOG SAVED 92 PERSONS I Cardinal Mervier in response prair- !ed King Albert for the leader‘hip of lllis people, and paid tvibutfto Prunes and her allic3. who, he dovlared, offer- ?ed their gold and blood. mixed with gtho tearg of their wives and mothers. fin order that respect fur the given lword, for justice and lbyalty. (as inguin'st passing material hum-vats. 'might triumph in the war'.d. On behalf of the Imperial War Graves Commission he has written an earnest appeal to those viritiv.g the French and Flanders battlefields, to observe rmrem‘e for the deqd. "This is holy wand," says Kipling, "and must not be run over with Sarina" Tlnuiands of tdll, thrsughuuf. Con. adn are hem: injured by thc nailing of advrrtrring "1atttr to them. Not only is thc bark injured and the cam- bium Myer brokan. which give-3 fungi an cprortur/t.y, to attack the trees, but the 1-'peeso' behind such sigm aerve as harbors for moths and Omar insurer. THRIFT CAMPAIGN LAWN u.s. We... organized to Fight Human.“ A detspatelt from London tuO'8."- The Albert Hall was crowded on Wed- nesday afternoon when the King and Queen and Princess Mnry and the younger princes attended a display given by the Canadian Ptkeifhe Railway on behalf of the London hospitalo, of filrms depicting the Prince of Wales‘; Canadian tour. Sir George Parley presided, and the Royal patty remain- ed during the greater part of the show. The audience maintained a running fire of enthusiasm as the pic- tunes of every town the Prince visited were shown. 3 Tho show Mat' repeated at night to another large audience, and wu pre- ridcd over by Sir McLaren Brown. A derpatchf rom Paris bakFr.-. gardinal Men-for, Primate of Belgium, was recently reteived at the Academy of Moral and Political Science here. The president of the academy. in an address, exalted the heroic attitude in the war of Belgium and her King. and eulogized the patriotic firmness of Cardinal Menin- during the Ger- Cardinal Mercier mu oeeupution of the Belgian king SEES FILMSOF A dupeteh from Wuhington "rs:--An my of 4900,000 women, rem-ceasing ten national cumin- tiona, has been organized by the av- incl division! of the treasury depart- ment. to enter the tight spin“ the high cost of living. Beginning January t Ind extending to April t, a great thrift anguish will be conducted in an effort to in- duce women to keep strict ucountn of their daily expenditures in order to study of. them to eliminate unneces- sary items. According to the plans, amounts saved by this means would be invented in Government securities. Royal Family View C.P.R. Moyie in Albert Hall. Women’s organisations which have been enlisted in the cempoign include the Association of College Alumnae, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, General Federation of Women's Clubs, National Catholic War Coun- cil, Notion-l Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations, Nation- al Council of Jewiuh Women, Nation- al Federation of Business and Pro- fessional Women's Clubs, National League for Women's Service, Wo.. man's Department of the Notion-i Civic Federation. and the Y.W.C.A. Rudyard. Kipling. TOUR nse Air Force organizations in peace limo based on the expenditure of £15,000,- 000 ($75,000,000) yearly. The main outlines provide for one flight squad- ron for each divhion of the army, to co-operate with the troops in " stages of their training, beside. three general service squadrons, and alto one or more squadrons for co-operl- tion vfth the artillery. The fleet will have permanently three airplane squndrons Ind two In» plane squadrons. India will have eight service squadrons, Mewpotunil three and Egym seven. while the naval bases at Malta. in the eastern Mediterrarxsti and probably Alex- andria. will each have one small sea- plane unit. see how soon you can 53V. enough ti, boy that farm too', you have healed Women workers in France now av- erage about $2 a day, while before tho war they were earning less that " cents a day. was found nocemry tis tiumanthAiti, historic edidee. A despatch from London "w."-. Winston Churchill. Secretary for War, lulu prepared a Ischgme tor the Roynl The blue]; marble animate, which consists of a double flight of steps and a gallery, failed to and a pur- chant. The palace stands in the heart of the Lanarkshire coal mining district, immortalized hy Scott At one of his mar; spirited ballads. It was built in 1822 to 1829, and one of its mar- vels was a portion cf monolith Corin, thian columns which were copied from the Temple of Vespulan at Rome. The foundations of the palace have become 59 affected by time that it A despatch from unarkshire, Scot. land, tsttytc--Hnntilton Palace, sat of the late Duke of Hamilton and Bru- don, who was premier Duke of loot- lwd, is being dismantled and can the {umishinga sold at auction. Remark- able priees have been realized from the sale of pictures and jewels. The total aggregated the equivalent of $1,277,700. Other pricts were $24,000 for the Curie,. Ir. 01k balustnde, $15,000 for the panning in the old state din, in; room, and $9,750 for the sonn- teenth wentury oak pnnelHng of the picture tgallery. CANADA'S sum The fund arises from the operations of the army and navy canteen board. That board was formed Winn the sys~ tem under which canteens were op- ented (or the army and navy by [id "to parties under contract was aha!- .idled. The army and navy canteen board handled canteen supplies for an Britiah naval and military forees in Great Britain and France. In surplus is now being divided pro rata anions the countries whose addict-s patroniz- ed the canteens. Australia has accept- ed tl2,000,000 in payment of in pro- portion of the fund. Canada is reach-J in; $35,000,000 " its alum, and Col. Cherry, 3 Brian: ofBeer, is here in connection with the payment " the amount. [ Most notable among the paintings was thot of the "Rtekworth Children,” brAomney, which brought 8260.000. Duke of Hamilton's Art Treasures Bring Million - - "V"; -__-'- - now arieea how the windfall will he utiliaed; The money is the result of aoldien' patronage of any canteens. overaeaa, and will, it is Gderatood, so back to the soldiers. on sugges- tion which has been made in that it ahould be administered by the special department. of the Canadian Patriotic Fund, which is handling the appro- priation voted by Parliament last session for soldiers“ civil re-establia‘n- ment. Some military men contend that the canteen fund should be dis- hurwd by a soldiers' organization. In Great Britain, where the canteen sur- plus amounts to $35,000,000. an organization representative of the army and navy, and headdd by Sir Julian Byng, has been formed, and is asking for suggestions as to the man- ner in which the money should be disbursed. A donuts); from 0am "rc-- Canldl hls received mem us her share of the proceeds of the op- i't,t,,i,"/'2f canteens oven-sen by the Army an Navy Board. The question _ . .- .. A“ 1.- British Air Policy Defined. Ltr aside the pipe and tobacco and Again. It m only the .Aher day l hum ot I girl Who had been out tor the “comma With u mm to whom she wu nther matched. and mmled to im. pm. well. She had etrloyc.t herself thoroughly. and wu quite bright until she came across her sister, who c., "o-a--, l feet fright l " An Mir-tin dam hm bum on the Murray Rim In Mandi; will ha " toot but an! will itnpound Moo,, 000 acre-fut of mm. Personally, I would put all well me!» less folk in the stacks. or pay them out In their on mtttt. There’s a tict.. to she a hint, and I lime to rant quid- tr silent. ' it one haan't Anything pleuszzxu h My. holding on" tongue Isn't a ind “I AM The married Katttr women nailed to speak a language from that of their husband: may not even pronounce t band's names. but commonly them as the rather M m--. . The bride, who wu (all of toy and m. baton, tell her heart sink. There wu nowhere also to pm. the plum: but. she did so not her room to look nice. Tetra came very near her eyes. Seeing the mischief she had wrought the visitor tried to put things right, and the incident Apparently passed over. Yet n had taken an the life out ot the hostess. There are tar too many spirhdamp- on Ibout. I heard the other day of I wanna who mind a bride tor the that time In her new tittt. The young couple only had one sitting-room. and the ebony plum. which was 3 prev sent, didn't harmonize wail with the other furttiture. "Good gracioul, Bertha! take that thing out of here; spoil- the lock of the mom In Mrs. Tactic-I. That's what Nell'l friend said just n she van ott to I dance. and Ind no time to Mar her hair. She us only Just on the right side of thirty. no couldnt “ford to took older. Now, advice given our friends about their nppenrunoe ltr, If genulne. of great value, but it should be given at the right time. Suddenly, however. she mum sight of herself in I mirror, and was delight» ad to notice she looked quite pumhle. At one. she got Into tho. mum of en- joymont. regretting the had mmn any notice of her friend’s words. "Oh. Nell, your drug In H» unmet! But whstevor made you do your but: like that? " makes you look quite old." The girl above mantioned found " ditttcutt even to talk to her partners. she fueled til the time that they were thinking the won an old (rump. who oughtn't to go'out to dam-ea, and were asking her far a (knee out of pity. The chudren and grandchildren of the Isle " Thomas Fave?! Hanan, hum placed a memorial vablut to ttint In m. Thomas’ Church, leuiro One “and over-e: M,ri'cutturtsta mating the nonunion forces. [halted the Royal Agricultural Show at Card!!! Seven hundred laundry markers at Bristol are on strike, having refused the employeru' otter of " shillings for a forty-eight hour week. WW... The closing on Sunday of hair-drou- era' Ind Wharf shops throw ch United Flntrdom bu been and. con- who". Burro" Hunted. of Brampton lull, Ayllhum, Not-(01k, took shelter under . use during I storm and was It!!!“ by Mining. Omen! Mr W. lush.“ stab! at iGid a, uncut notion growing can- try In the world. - am unwed the Wilbl' pipe- in a house in Scarborough with the result that the calm gave way and the home was 'ooded. m.truetitmtu centres tor an of disabled men [or t! trade In being opened hy try of Labor. Tho freedom of the city ot Durha- m boon oaatgtree" on “autumnal " Witii.ttt - lat-hull. The Prince of Wiles ha. presenth . cup tor competition ttt thr, St. mm that Day Flower Show. -. .. " "in-Allin. de. - HUI-llwu-u Thomas Samuell, n rower, fall 500 (out. down a In“ at the Bernha- Col "cry. Wrexhun. and am orhod m A UGi irons H.M.s. m {and the Burk Etch-us» a 3mm " oeven tyetiiit ". u; Ill Inn”... The death occurred u (momentum, recently. ot Juleph Hale. u Cruse“ veal-an who had served with the Ron! Hinton. .. - _..1--. I‘ll m “You've never been Gena!“ out an the my” oiiaiiiu, xv: never Been out qrtut Mr in that frock! You incl.- 3 mr Queer KIM? Custcm, speak a “we dim-mat '. of their hubanda. They even pronounce their hur. mes. but commonly refer to " '_AI__7 - rs tor the (ruin- [or the build!“ gd hy the link;- ru'vueitc nt a f NotqhoNe n" tho Liateoht You must it simply '" chimed “In Club might be "O com F" a! - WHEN k WAS " INFORMAL GREET tng h Chou; and h An “Ame bucking H “Cl