Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1936 — Page 9

SECOND SECTION

WRERGHS TO SPEND CHRISTM AS IrOUND TYPICAL ENGLISH HEARTHRETURN TO U. S. IN SPRING HINTED

renoaks. Kent, Dec. 23—flj.R) .Charles A. Lindberghs plan! Christmas at Long Barn. wm bling house In the English tryslde to which they fled ala year ago out of fear harm j ( . u ine to their baby son. Jon. in Morrow Lindbergh has orj Christmas •‘crackers'' for family festivities from her gro jn the village of Weald. irsons speculating on the th of the Lindbergh's selfirnj exile in Britain interpret spending Christmas here as d indication they may return few months to make their e in the United States. They ( out that their lease on Long i. about 30 miles south of Lonexpires next March and the imption is that if it was intend-

THE SONG OF 1 BETHLEHEM EDITOR’S NOTE: Clarence Hawkes, the "Blind Poet of Hadley, who has neen sightless for more than half a century, has ten for the United Press the following Christmas poem. United Press Associations. "In a small town, without glory. Fell a ladder from the skies. Thus the shepherds told the story, As they rubbed their sleepy eyes, And the angels, carolled then, “Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men.” To a world that’s dark with rancor, Full of doubting and of fear. At each nation’s heart a canker, Comes the Angels’ song, this year. Peace on Earth, the Heavenly Will. In the silence hear it still. Put away your drums and thunder. Put away your thoughts of strife. Listen to a tale of wonder, To the story of His life, To the song that comes to mind. Ever beautiful and kind. It's the song for you and me, Os the Christ Child, long ago, Os the Great Nativity, Healing nations of their woe, Hush each tongue, each heart be still, Hear again His Christmas Will. Let us sing the old, old story, < That the angels sang of yore, Sing the anthem of Christ's glory, Sing it now and ever more. Let us rise to heights sublime. Os all the year, at Christmas time. —Clarence Hawkes.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS Zzfg\; To Everyone P* I \ I J 1 )If i Our sincere wish at Jf | this joyous season is a | MERRY CHRISTMAS j AND A | HAPPY NEW YEAR \

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— ed to renew the lease, the flying family would visit elsewhere during the holidays. The Lindberghs’ landlord is the Hon. Harold Nicolson, M.P.. but Lindy pays his monthly rent to a house agent’s firm in Sevenoaks, driving there in Ids gray V-S Ford sedan. Ann Goes to Church Mrs. Lindbergh seldom is seen away from the estate, but has occasionally attended the village church, whose square white tower is a landmark for many miles across the countryside against the green background of the wooded hills. The Lindbergh’s could have chosen no more typical English village for peaceful retirement. It straggles around a big green and

Age-Old Religious Rites Mark Observance of Christmas

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Richest of all events in tradition and age-old custom, Christmas i renews acquaintance with an event which has been the inspiration 5f the world for centuries. The dominating influence of the theme I

__________________________________ ■ iee well off the nearest main roadthe highway to Hastings and the i coast. Through the village itself lies the route of the ancient packway. by which all commerce was car- j ried on between the coast and London for centuries. The route i was a mere track through the t dense forests of Kent and Sussex. 1 only passable on foot or horseback. Goods were borne by packhorse i train along this ancient way, not | a little of it by smugglers. | In their quiet retreat the Lindbergh's keep much to themselves

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 23, 1936.

v and all inquiries at Long Barn about the colonel’s movements yield the safhe reply: “We do not know.” The impassive courteous butler j keeps all callers at bay until he is certain of their business and those who are admitted to see the poil Utley non informative secretary I can learn nothing. Colonel's Life Busy 'i It is from this atmosphere that i Lindbergh goes periodically to vislit aircraft factories, flying fields ■'or to business conferences in Loni don. It was on such trips that he

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is nowhere more conclusively illustrated than in the field of art where such masterpieces as those above testify to the profound feeling aroused by its religious significance and pageantry.

•' aided in designing and superintendI ‘ ing the building of his new plane, i called the “fastest light tourer ev'er built in Britain.” He accepted /delivery of the Miles "Mohawk”| i low-winged monoplane several > weeks ago and was flying this ship - when tor almost 24 hours he was j r reported missing in fog on a flight from Dublin. Lindbergh has no chauffeur and t drives his car to the village garage -for petrol and servicing. He also s goes to the village postofflce for .- mail and to the little shop of the news agent for newspapers.

; where he has to duck his head to pass through a low doorway. The village tradespeople like . the colonel. “He’s very nice to taik ’ to,” they say. 11 o i Astrology Upsets Home i [ San Joe, Cal. — <U.R> — After 28 : years of married life, George de Vor reda an astiogy book which [ revealed the fact that he and his ■ wife were born under adverse plani ets. He requested his wife to file ■ suit for divorce so that he might s find a mate that came under a more congenial planet. She did.

VIENNA BOASTS 7 CENTURIES OF YULE DISPLAYS Christmas Market Dates To 1226, Perhaps Even Earlier By F. C. M. JAHN United Press Correspondent Vienna. Dec. 23 (U.R>— Vienna's Christmas market looks back on a history of over seven centuries. Ancient chronicles record how Margrave Henry, surnamed "So help me God,” rode into the Christmas market in 1226 to buy stiff j brocade for his consort and toys for his many children, and how he received homage as well as I complaints from the market people. These latter were, curiously, much similar to those of present , day dealers —namely, complaints about foreign competition by enterprising traders from Augsburg, from the Netherlands and even

MERRY CHRISTMAS » May the Spirit of ChristB mas abide in Your Home • to bring 1 Much Cheer and Health and Prosperity for the 8 : NEW YEAR 1- • VANCE & LINN —~~~

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

from Great Britain, who were not afraid of traveling the great trade route up the Rhine and down the Danube to sell their wares as far south as in Byzantium, In Asia Minor and even in the Khalif's Mesopotamian empire. Once on Main Street The market was originally held on the "Graben,” which is now Vienna’s main street. In the 18th century it was transferred half a mile from the center of the city to the "Hos” square, where it remained till shortly before the World War. Upon the complaints of shopkeepers in the neighborhood, the market was then banished to the city’s periphery on the "NeubenGuertel.” A movement is afoot to bring it back to its old quarters, however. Lack of Charm Cited Sponsors of this drive argue that ’ it is much too far to take children to the Guertel. and that the real 1 Christmas charm can be found only amid the old baroque buildings 1 of the inner city, while no such ’ atmosphere exists among the cold modern apartment houses of the , "Guertel.” T he Christmas market, has nai turally, long ceased to be an affair -for grownups. Few husbands . would think of buying their wife’s i clothes there.