Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1963 — Page 20

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Be Grateful For Christmas -“Peace on earth.” How old is this Christmas greeting! For how many years has Christmas returned -to a ’world in which the promise of peace was yet unfilled? For how many Christmases yet to come will the world be yet awaiting peace on earth to ALL men of good will? The answer is not readily at hand. Yet, this we know; for this ’ one single day of the year we can be grateful for the true meaning of the holiday weobserve. We can give thanks for mankind’s greatest gift, the birth of the Christ Child, and do so with the knowledge that on His birthday once each year the spirit of good will becomes the motto of. all men everywhere.

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n I Jw* JS 7 WiO’W.U' i y & S DON’T FORGET . . . This young fellow seems to be reminding one of Santa’s helpers that the holiday is really only a short time away and there’s much to be done in the meantime.

■ i WORLD AGLUTER— This giant decoration hangs over London’s busy Regent Street for the Christmas season. Londoners, as we do, like festive decorations for the yuletide. Story of one Solitary Life Author Unknown HERE IS A YOUNG MAN who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until he was 30, and then for three years he was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never owned a home. He never had a family. He never went to college. He never put his foot inside a big city. He never traveled 200 miles from the place where he was born. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but himself. While he was still a young man, the tide of private opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. He was turned over to his enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieVes. While he was dying his executioners gambled for the only piece of property he had on earth, and that was his coat. When he was dead, he was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend. Nineteen wide centuries have come and gone, and today he is the central figure of the humin race and the leader of the column of progress. I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that were fever built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that evfer reigned put together, have not affeated the life of man upon this earth as has that One Solitary Life.

THE DECATUR DAH.Y DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

E, a ' I PRAYER St. Francis of Assissi is remembered as a great friend to ani- 1 male. Traditionally, he gave extra ; food to domestic animals because I he wanted "all creation to share I in Yuletide happiness.’* He is also given credit for authorship of this Christmas prayer: Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. [ Where there is despair, hope. ’ Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; To be understood, as to understand; To be loved, as to love; For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Mother’s Aid: Get Kids Busy At Play. The last few days before Christmas are probably the busiest of the year for the average housewife—and her task is not easier because of the excitement the coming holiday generates among the children in the household. Mother will find it easier to get things done if she first takes the time to give the children something interesting to do and get them from underfoot. Pre-school youngsters, for ex-' ample, will greatly enjoy soap painting. It’s easy. Add a small amount of water to soap flakes or granulated soap and whip thoroughly. Using dry paper, children can make designs with i the fingers, as is done in finger j painting. 1

Scientist Not Satisfied With Native Holly Os all the’ traditional, always-the-same symbols of Christmas, you might think that holly is most unchangeable. But a plant breeder at Rutgers University’s College of Agriculture says “no,”—there’s room for improvement in holly. He’s not Out to change the symbolism of holly, whatever that may be, but only the plant itself. ” Dr. Elwin R. Orton is talking about American holly—ilex opaca —that grows best in New Jersey and the East, not English holly. Most of the English holly available at Christmas comes from the Pacific Northwest. Variations But there are tremendous variations within the American species in color, glossiness of leaves, bearing habits of berries and other characteristics. And it lives through cold winters that can kill the less hardy English holly. Dr. Orton’s holly-breeding project began with selection of male and female plants with characteristics that might improve the species, then cross-pollination according to time-tested methods. Harvesting the berries was easy enough. But each berry Contains four seeds with extremely hard coats. Normally, in wild state, a holly seed takes as long as three years to germinate. Still Takes Time Successful experiments compressed this time to 14 months, yet it’s still'two and a quarter years from time of planting the seed until the new plant is 15 inches high and big enough for results to be seen. Complicating this situation is the fact that some plants don’t begin to show desirable characteristics — put their best foot forward—until after four or five years. New sorts will be worth waiting for, but meanwhile, Dr. Orton suggests, enjoy whatever kind of holly you can get, American or English. Even a sprig in the plum pudding helps preserve the tradition. Candlemaking Among Oldest Professions Candlemaking is one of the world’s oldest professions. Anton Will, a German immigrant, was one of the first candlemakers in the United States. He made candles over a kitchen stove in Syracuse, New York, about 1855, founded a firm which now makes candles for the Vatican. Another American firm once fashioned candles in the likeness of Lillian Russell and also made the world’s biggest wax lights, an 18-foot memorial candle lighted once a year at singer Enrico Caruso s tomb in Italy.

Right Start Makes Tree Decoration Easy The right approach makes decorating the family Christmas tree fun instead of confusion. Straighten out your lights along the floor and remove all kinks before you start to trim the tree. Make certain all bulbs are burning, replace the ones which are not. Then disconnect the strings and arrange colored bulbs alternately. String lights around tree, starting at the top, placing lights on inside , bows first. When string? are in position, disconnect then before hanging ornaments. Choose Toys To Suit Child, Not Yourself Buy toys for the child, not for yourself, toy manufacturers say. Elliot Handler, president of a leading toy firm has this to say: ‘‘Toys are a child’s world, a private little existence in which parents or other adults are often unwelcome. If a toy must be operated by a parent, it loses considerable play value to the child. His imaginary play world will lose much of its appeal if a parent must be on hand constantly to spell out the rules and instructions, or to set it up. "Toys are fun, but the right toy is even more fun, and just as easy to choose.”

Thank You! BOW E R Jewelry Store Ferris Bower -< Grace Bailey John R. Eichhorn Dorothy Faurote Cynthia Cravens Mamie Bower Ward Bower David Green Julia Ellsworth Eloise Roeder Jean Swickard Rita Norquest f J f i : iris ‘ Ejfiir " i r r * Ats r ■’ '• •• / Jr ||| » x r Z r • xrX 1 -// W ZWsi Er' / V J J I'dvfiKfc Wl •As we cetekrale ike fytory of Jdls lirlk, tel US alio remember how Jtt tauykl iftal tove of mankind is ike true palk to Peace on Cartk. qC. Sttudios "Creators of fine photography"

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1863