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ire Hts no” was bleedin' w I 1e " And blinking, rapid. am" “In Kept the wars from Will; quite. But hs with: of View! deep m dt'csirnt, an. had cornered. 00!!un wftlt I In the list. ' This bit ch: poor [nun when ohP [ dishvrhd Timmy'. 1 barbarian Timmy I found them veto not . than 'e in; emu-Bred. h The Boy Who Battled tot, Santa. .-'" .." if. - was dead. Timmy. who lived . 11" with his “that, mot [In lama l by nyi "Thi, " neither. tthe Litt Timmy" V t t'rturTe I nu “up, ..... ' Cow s/res??." Kym bring himself to British Columbia. WW" he (iruL!tme1as in thrhtine. Through Winnipet no diuwnsed with}? "mo to fight Id. receives Ita Borai der. Urns drawn ("fran- Shoul- the mam. where mp across and dam iii'tW,ue filled for the Unit: J., , .u inst fought. on N. 'tChristen" trad. this “I. In". FY.rtur outweighed him tt ttwe thousand Chm” .otrty pound: Be '83 forced cow. d ”him I"!' v.) himself that he had . Job on ohm. Ary, hi, hands. He vns" down most of the nl f, d “a. wt ("up with Flmu- on top nnd had if ;dp.f.. . 'tt not been ltr . oud, which mating ttieinte whfted to P.. hsnd try a” {My Christm- ..mdo ml. In”, In M did Saw my took things - n he them and if apples, for instance, not any to find ho hunted for As for clothes he was a to- of Patrick Jame. for didnt r Norah make most of the fath- othes and then remake thorn for y? As for the toys of child- his were the odds end ends that Yoole, that" iv/mer swamrod . little, jostling a littlcr boys. and than unbosomed mr' th' laugh av tum 15 tun-u: runnin' over whoite stones." lies of the Presbyterian Aid said. sometimes. and this m arourd Christmas time. "The ble Mfow." On other occasions I“ of their oihrprintt am. home ed, waded and mm! from 5 hands, they mad, "The little i, we just got talkin' 'bout Santa s an' then we fit at" l was gettin' we of it an' Timmy he squirmed n' humped me 'ith a sled." JV this is what happened: {mar had declared there N no " 'tvu "trinl by combat," ‘ mlpion of ttantn Chill had ood for a “lint they said n' then hnin't no Sana (Thus er. He's jest a story made up Little Red Ridin' Hood an' all the them tom! yo! stories foe babies. this '3: an 'dterthruttht- it,.),)?::',', Timmy's 'bout Darby In" Rock cow, that's all tont. If ruin. brood no a em? nus and bucked his assertion OTC I don't know them lean kg! ppett"-this was tho boys' a thoroughly debated eitt- :iewed his chestnut trees " perty--"even if they was ) in red canton Banmrl town a “Mn under th' at. Patrick J“. Ellen, and a con- brood of brothers Tda/tio and of whieh his ingenuity But don't gather 'e that W H h swallowed hard almost an mrht reply Ti it About?” And right t when a heart hsstie and his " are Brown) ty. His a drag- prom- Timmy about " Icrnlnblo.to his feet it is likely an l Santa Claus' champion would - - '. been Maud. " It was, Elmer ” _ u mitted he had bun mutakrn both about the old saint nnd Darby O'Gill’n n cow. That evening old Mr. Lenny drop 'ped in on Tlmmy’s folks with a "few d bits av things for an childer." To him he wag ”never count!!! as u regular grown-up, for the heart of a boy still lived in his bosom. Timmy told the story-of the ffeht audits cause, .1bo true story. When he left he said to Timmy's mother: "Norah, let the bye tto wid me part way home." Together they started, with the snow squeakitttt'; and growling under their feet and the stars tdintintt In the high sky. "Timmy, 'tig a har-r-d task ye’vu set an auld man. But we can’t have " fightin' :11 over the villus. wid every loose-tongued lad that don't see things " you do. an' I must tell yo that fer thim that don't belave in christrnastid" there's no Santa Chas, but fer thim that do beluve there is wen an’ always will be wan. But ho don't come skyhootin' behind deer: and sick hike: he lives in the hearts! " thim that!" take him fer n tinint. anember that, lad, he lives in the hearts nv them that)“ give him room, 1 un' 'tis only a bit he needs." ', BY EBEN PRATT. Roses from the Canadian prairie Ml Christmas time! Chrysanthemums“ poinsotttts and carnation: leaving in; their thousands to beautify and cheer ' points on the continent which eonsideel, thernselves, climatically, far iirGl, blessed by nature'. What an anomalyl" I In the festive season when all that world tseeks floral decorations to em-I hellish and gludden homes, ehurehesi and schools, a Western Canadian cit)" plays no small part in providing thee". and this Christmas, as on previous! ChriHttnttses, the little prairie city of Medicine Hat, in Southern Alberta, has sent a profusion of blossoms all A ovvr the continent. Not only will they cover Canada. east and west, but cities of the United States will bathe _brirrhter on this holiday for the color-l _ ful touch added by these delicate; run a Fur”--. .,,,, _. us perimentation was entailed in order) tip to discover the best lines for Western} be Canadian growth. and the possibility', as. of establishing such an industry on tri, ,_4 firm basis must have been at times; by in doubt. Now, however, the nursery; m- supplies florists throughout thei Prairie Provinces and many points ini to British Columbia. :24 Through Winnipeg, Eastern Can- rht min receives its Bortrl provisions from ui- the nursery. where orders are also to filled for the United States. 'ii? NOL‘hristmu trade this yenP called for ttAte thousand ehrruutthemtmye, four tts', d poinuttu. Ind eight thou- on ”that. Approximatoly sixty the of that will be sent to Win- I it ltr, foe" 'iem in Baton Ctut-l, ned , .. it porti -nainder army 1Y.t . inter in.» an in tho dir an!“ a United l‘U\I:r _ unnuu. ‘uu- -..__.. .. -‘V, v ,, - cities of the United States will new crud” looked at his ttne new chair, I brighter on this holiday for the color-l On the 26th of December, ful touch added by these delicate Saying, “Santa Claus is so good to me, _ blooms. i He never fails to remember; The Eden from which these ,oweriri, But--eny old armchair is the one for emanate ls known as the Rosery.‘ me," b'ourtecn Will's ago it was instituted) (And he settled himself in It nicely): with a nucleus of two greenhouses and, "I hope he won't mind if I cling to to-day is the largest producer ul it, flowers in the (‘anndian West. Chrys-) For it " my back precisely'." onthemums, carnations, violets, lilies,’ stocks, roses, ferns, cyclamen. flourish Father came home that very night, there, and throughout the winter; He had plowed his way through the months the houses of glass are glories. snow, . l of varied tints and perfumes. Lettuce, And the Christmas twinkle had left: cucumbers and tomatoes are also) his eye, grown in lune quantities, but it is in! And his step was tired and slow. the production of an abundance of Warming for him his slippers lay, rich decorative blooms that the Roserr The lovely embroidered-in-gold ones has come to be so widely known, and That hung on the Christmas tree last crtuttcd such a demand for its lovely; night, ruvduct. iBut---hts slipped his feet In the old rrcatcd such a demand Ior “S lovely product. _ mums RAPIDLY FROM MODES? BEGINNING. ' In the original two small Kreme houses, a beginning was made in thel prairie city with hothouse vegetables,‘ flowers being added year by year as) the business grew and the possibilitiesl in this line were realized. The richness' and excellence of the floral product brought about an ever increasing de. mand which was met by the addition of more and more greenhouses. until now there are thirty-two of these buildings, averaging 250 feet in length‘ , ----"e" - ' and covering about four and a halfIt Eh?“ tlte we? iggot,1u,It.t l non-s. A great advantage in the dey T tt 3‘”; Qi,: Il", n . lif i volopment of the nursery has been the he things t pt c e" an Ie'." up l t,i tuct that Medicine Hat is situated iiiihhtr',', “was”? “my“? bl a natural gas field, the gas for heat-i 8,50%. 5 beam. to m dll' l eBs-- ing being supplied at cheap rates. Sixi It'ts t ls t at Kw“ us pp no”. ( large boilers of eighty horse-poweri9er Christmas shopping early each keep the plant at the right de-l She say. she’s bound to do; ttree of temperature throughout tluOtat early the day before, no doubt, winter. and it is tho economic fuelling I. about the way it will turn out. with an which permits the prpduyt: Is that the way with you? winter. and it is the economic waning u “c with go: which permits the product‘, Is t of the company to compete with the! product of other nurseries " veryWhen distant points. 1 Am The status which the business of, An' rt the Rosary has ruched has not been], Th: accomplished without yen: of infinite, I fen pains and sometimes serious losses.’ An' As a pioneer industry, extensive ex-t. An' 'r A v- I t, -_.:-... '-{ Christmas Flowers from Western Canada. ah a' " for this blesgod Day of days Mankind would put away All thoughts of strife and hate in greed, And peace and love held BNrt0,--- If this sweet miracle could be, The troubled world would know The blissful joy that harmony l And love alone bestow; And all the littlg lrirdsProald sing The 0 Love Divine, the world's het For but this one brief space, And so benign the influence Man never could retrace The beaten paths of strife and hate, But led by Lwe's bright star, Pursue the pleasant paths of peace Through all the world Mar. .-.Louella C. Poole. Faians of joyfulAPrzfise, I henna v; JV}.-. r__w . te very trees would clap their hands, Beasts happier go their ways'. came, 1 On the parlor rug they found her; The long dark lashes adroop on her cheeks, And her Christmas toys around her; Neglected Angelique’s waxen nose, The fire had melted eompletHy, But-her old rag do11,ets11 tattered and torn, On her breast was resting swvtlyl And When the turkey's on the table, And the mince pie's on the way, An' my plate is filled with fixin's That belong to Christmas Day. I fergit I'm over eighty, An' about my rheumatlz, An' it seems to me that livin', Is the best thing that they. is. --Arthar Bigelow Paine. Old irriindi Are Best. Christmas, 1923. his: blesmd Day of (in when little Marjorie's bedtime ones! little mum of auttietett, 1iy0)t' still me am tbs: lie! mm: th? Imp ant: bumlzss slap El): silmt stars go by; Tttt in tttt hark strut s‘aimth Ight mutating light; Crypt hopes at!!! (can; of all tht par! grt nut in rm tnhlubt. " worWs heart fill ALWAYS ON TIME. litfiygiihfidfi'Eâ€"f'flétbleb em, 390m still has m the: lie! and A little Christmas Carol Stole out on Christmal Eve, And wandered down the highway. A melody to weave; To fill the air, . ‘To breathe a prayer, And scatter gladness everywhere. It mounted to the beifry, And joined the bells in play, To sound again glad tidings As on that Christmas Day The Angels told The story old (ro shepherds on the hillside cold. [And then that happy Carol -bropped to the street once more, And sailed into a _ety_ttate, With all its Yuletide lore; _ And it eased a pain With the glad refrain, 'Ere it wandered into the night again And the winds caught up the echo, And filled the air with song, As the merry little Carol Danced through the Christmas throng, To still a sigh ' As it hurried by, Or thrill a glad heart to eestaey. o little song of Christmas, Come, dwell with me, I pray! And in my heart keep singing, WAis on tisis happy day, That I may hear, Through all the year, _ And travel down life's highway, A melody to weave; To cheer the weary toilet, _ i No night is so mystic as this. It icontains the essence of centuries of expectancy and belief. Does the lnisrhtintiale. sing until morning? Do ‘the cattle kneel at midnight? If the (children believe they do, they must. (iii, as for that saint who fares ‘abroad under no stars but those of /, Christmas Eve, this will be a blank Plane-t when no ear listens for the . rustle of his pack in the chimney. And comfort hearts that grieve; And, as I go, To carol so, I may set other lives aglow. --Nel1 Ruth Roffe. Christmas Eve. I This is the children's night. of all the nights in the year it in the only one on which children, who are no- toriously interested in everything--- including things they shouldn't be inquisitive about-are all concerned wich the same subject. Let no father fool himself with the‘ thought that the world has changed. There are childfen In Windsor and Warsaw, In Melbourne and in Mon.. trea? who do not-know about the war i'iii"uii%Gr/arout Christmas Eve and what happens in its still and holy hours So, in the name " that childhood which keeps alive the faith, let no so-called head of any house dare to dodge an inquiry (10-day or flee before the whirlwind of excited youth. New Zealand 113's, taken the income tax off farmers, and cut down the en- tertainment tax by 50 per cent. -sGi'i'rVir1adniss sind of cheer. A Carol. PCs 9 holy can of Tgethtehttttt - mum " us, in: pray; Cast out our sin. ant cuter in, B: born at as ttrltag. w: bear the tritrigttttM angds Ight great glut things tell; " (only ttuf, ahihe my!) us. I), 505". - w-, “i. 7 - Gut lath cmmanutl! MINuthi-Chrim Baitorut,,asr-t, 'Ne""... -- no Yuletide in still . few am dutteeet. my cm W It ter, w Another your bu untied): 'iiiayi.rilGri,tfct,tteft ninth. "Ili My mind up. to clump. iGtaii1itr/va1 of the map M tutter. bob end mutability. Then, by "in re-Echrisunu we get down to "ck ft action, it me- to their oppoeiteu. un-' an. And what one: it consist , changeebieneu, stability, certlinty. (ee'.,',',," ion and Undue-Io Cth‘ We m ept to say of moat human, family life, We slid eindrtd., li d affairs, in the words of the old hymn: children. joy end trtsod 19??"th an “Chung. and decay in .1! ground I noble and Wind ciuunehip. lee." Looked at from n certain Gite/ Christan" was for these thing; and especieliy now, it would seem. It " m mane] reminder of ttur.tif: men end nations are in n state of flux. umlterebie. silent fore" of life; it " There seems to be nothing solid, no-, the salt which preserves Society. ttttV- thing abiding, nothing dependable. ing it from poiiution and decay. {rho panorama of "events" is con-2 Christmas stands for the moral stantly moving on end on, presenting idea Ti-TG we get down to that, I startling situations, exciting crises. say 'we are at rock bottom: something nine-day wonders'. The jazz-band is stahle on which to build the founda- playing meanwhile, with a bang of tions of our policies and politics, out drums, the clash of "esmba1s---and any- diplomacies and our ireatfes---ip fact thing else thin; is empty enough to our whole social and economic life. make a btlt: i That is why Christmas is so vain ..... “mm-“ma: -kin it brine! us right up again; action, it flies to l ehanirsab1enee, " "Unit!" Illu um, - --- lee." Looked at from u certain “that mum and especisliy now, it would seem. It u an mm men and nations are in 1 state of flux. unalwnbie. t There seems to be nothing solid, no-, the salt whic thing abiding, nothing deirendable. ”as it from I {the panorama of “events" is con-i Christmas lbmtlv moving on and on, preseniinz Idea. When In. panorama or "evenu .3 w... stuntly moving on and on, presenting startling situations, exciting crises. nine-day wonders.' The jut-band is playing meanwhile, with a bang of drums, the clash of 'ernu1s---tsnd any- thing else that is empty enough to make at big din. Ir tl age, and iiiiiG, good Better, and bet- ter best. These have been the primal forces making for stability. WHAT CHMSTMAS MEANS. And what has this to do with A Unique Development. l The Provincial Boys' Work Parllaw‘ ment which will assemble in the Leg-‘ islative Assembly Chambers, Pall-) merit Buildings, Toronto, on December 27th, 28th and 29th, is a unique d5] velopment in the work with boys. Atl the same time Boys' Parliaments will be held in Alberta and Manitoba. Can- ada is the only country in the world l where boys meet in such organizations lfor the government and promotion of work wi: h boys. Out of the hundred and trix constl-i tucncies in the Province " Ontario,) advice has been roqeived to date of. tseventy-five boys elected ta the Par-i liament and it is expected ttftst prob-1 ably ninety will be actually in amen-l dance. The elections were conducted] following the usual Parliamentary practice and in many points "t keenly contested. _ ‘ -.... I "I _ ___, ALA mu“, -v...__,_,, While in the City of Toronto, the ' boys' time will be fully occupied in the ' work of the Parliament or in enter-l, tainment. The boys will be banqueted' by the Rotary Club and also by the Ontario Boys' Work Board, ' which they will be welcomed to the city by the Mayor. Other interesting events will be pulled off of particular inter- est to these Taxis boys. Premier H. T. Ferguson will be present " the opening of the Parliament and will. f extend a formal welcome on behalf of l the province. l Great interest is being manifested ', at many points in the province and a l number of boy leaders are planning on [coming to Toronto to attend the See- 1sions of Parliament for observation fand a closer study of the Canadian / Standard Efficiency Program in its I provision for the fourfold development of Canadian citizenship. Don't let Christmas be the w AayrtAtyrt TiAiriirolklre, s on your farm seems like it, ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO .a, north. an”: wmcu ole. 'iintr it from pc I con-2 Christmas E enting Idea. When , crises. any. we are at and it stable on whit vsluo. At Christan. wo commemorate what countless millions of men and women regard as the greatest event in history. And what was itt The - . mL:..1. " Irt What TIU'I'BI WHICH END!”- " m disintegrated the mightiest em-:I pins. shattered immunorial usages. customs, and systems, and remodelled“ whole continents of thought and ex-l perience. Yes, Christmas reminds us l of these things, and it is well that we should be so reminded. Perhaps the terrible experience of the war has made us trivial. We need to get back to bed-roek, We need to build the bridge which is to carry the world safely across the morass into which it seemed fated to plunge, upon' the great verities which never change. the truths which endure. And it is these things for which Christmas stands, however we may eamouftatte It with I junketings and joviality. _ I am far from depreeatintt, these ) things. I love Christmas for its fun i and frolic, for its "fireside enjoy- :ments," its "intimate delights." But, . at rock bottom, its meaning is tre- l mendous, for, as Kipling says, when: , "The tumult and the shouting dies, , The captains and the kings depart, , Still stands Thy ancient ssacrifiee, - . .. ‘,___.,, tri, The captain: and the kings depart. Still stands Thy ancient "criflee, l The humble and the eontrite heart." and, when all is said, if there is not a seriousness under our joy there is no solidity. and i. there in no solidity there in no stability. . " The following interesting earol is preserved in Poor Robin’s Almanac for 1695. It is of interest as throwing light on the material side of the old- timo Christmas celebrations. l which brings us good cheer, ; 'Mineed pies and plum porriage, good, ale and strong beer; i tWith Pitt, goose, and capon, the best l, that may be, I So well doth the weather and our‘. stomlchl tyne. I Observe how the chimney do smash} all about; I _ The cooks In providing for dinner,' no doubt ', But those on whose tables no victuals l ‘PW: V iiiomat.thes1erunta11th-tot l the you! "Mineed" pies are referred to, it' will be noticed---. term never heard howadays. And instead of our plum-; pudding there is "plum porridire"--n not so attractive 'dish, one would think! The carol reveals, too, that the material for Christmas decoration: was fuller in the old days, including holly, ivy, bay, tawny, and “‘lawreL" 1"Now, thriee-weleorne Christmas, Ut With holly Ind ivy, We deck up our houses as fresh " the day. I] With bays and rosemary, tad larval:I comp'leat, l And everyone now la a king in con2\‘ ceit. . . I But as for curmudgeons. who will not! be free, l I wish they may die on the an»; Ragged tree." l It ls of inwreat to learn that the "rell-known and oft-used couplet,} "Christtmut come- but ones I yum And when it comes it brings good. cheer," originally append In u mock Christmas play of the Muenth cen- l wry. Here are the linu: l 1“Bounce buckram. velvet] dear, iChristmas come- but once I yen, iAnT when it come: It bring. good l cheer." The chief charm of Christmas in ital simplicity. It in e festival that ep-‘ pools to every one because every one 'can understand it. A genuine fellow. ship pervades our common 1ifer--a fellowship whose source is our com- mon share in the gift of the world’s greatest Life which was given to the whole wortd.--Arthur Rood kirnuli. An Ancient Carol. y bun-w..- - g: us right up against, dicks. tha things that' md slip 1nd give way.' their true light the Shib- subterfuges, tho catch- Lpedienu upon which we Mun“: and disastrous La jammy. is from depreeatintt, these! l to that, I l something the found» politics, our inkin fact, I u this . iritof c mun .' on the ues made “innit dugghom a I that lies the-d, we shalt can! 1 1te,'t that “Ema. of human ttre,"? N Tiff. yu.!1tii2 era of WW: iand m Ind no Iiemed, maf°°°nwwl riere i'. BO l, If this recurring Christmas as _ V is to be somvthintr more than a had annual festival, disclosing its terests and excesses largely in liernal things it must again m ithe message that ushered in the _ ‘of Christ. This message, on the (hand, expressed man's attitude 1ward and, on the other hand. lt l " ' titude men-ward. Good-will is ‘. tr thing we sorely need in this old aiitt If, ours; but srood-wil1 can only Ito those who look ham-fully /peetsu1tly for the beat in harm. - I WA A... “a“; In“. -,,-,e.eese.erasser-"-"'7't ---" J,’ rar.ses'-e-'"-"='"""-T -' _ "i"il2aiiiili?t,t,Stt n. t A“ m M of iood " \uumu F...'. .- hand, expressed man’s attitude P. 7 l ward and, on the other hand. d I titude nvurward. Good-will is T" thing we sorely need in this old of ours; but srood-wil1 C9n only _ to those who look hopefully patently for the beat in harm. . ture. To go about the world am manner of Diogenes, smking fa . est men with the dim light of tt ' term does not appeal to us. I ., h be clear about it. This old wo 'il not tohairzanintt down to perdi gt _ has survived many wins but 5 vivals have bum marked by attitude of mind " that which: not whncwnning down to pcrditl I . has survived many crises but 1&4 rivals have hum marked by 18llittt attitude of mind as that which' 1 Christ disclosed. ch' Our cynic: and critics make m. tribution to in.“ healing of the _ open sores. (My statesmen on- - b. mau who play the game of in“ tional politics. distrustful of the - of those whose oo-operation they a must sismally fail. The cont ~olements in our great industrial _ room that manifest a suspicion ' lmotlvee and purpcsc-s of each (produce little olse than or _ gtruco. If one has the dean's“ r 3 ' 13km to see it and the mental ‘ , ' " ;to comprehend it, there are . _i'i' Hound the mama» e L - . V ‘lour forward movement and a _ Jove? periods that have gm bi CG ' the levels of buainess morality I _\highcr to-day than they - a 1' ‘ eration ego. Thou are Ion , v' men than had engaged ti the g It "game of politico. There imam id ‘f /he.tlet'..t vice In society; and . Tl emu-motion and belief in Us: " f [elements will do more to“: a Il, to normal and um eonditiio tturn' , 0 out criticisms 'tadaurpttbm. “,1; um can: the. I,,' ' This In to culling lumen who _ Pl{new ln God and who “on in t3 follows. The demand hit thou 2 have good-will in tin. hears a I who ttrtttiee it in theieverydxy *. w duct m the world tltrit Wm; ”no”. . _ Inch n the wdrld u. new: The M Tread , Teacher (mun; on snow-J'Ngg. after the storm and all tho [tutti whtte, why In it. than“ ”99'4“. passing tn the tstreet/we sunny in. the sound of a toott" I, Willie Wine”! know-Ju- ttrr m we" rubbet thou." THE MESSAGE or CHRIS! i91 - - but snd Helm y one) t gs a " earin ,as a?" l the ' C) Mtrrl y.. 1 mini '1 toMing l d worl- ", of h h our new“ as of . breadth d, n to I nen " ad , 1tClt t Trinity Co to $1 th VOL. XLVI. an: bi -1 a?)