Show Holiday Spirit 5 Gives Children A Real Break By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON What is the Christmas spirit It consists of many things First or this should be first the gentle Influence of the Holy Child who gave us the greatest uplift of soul the world has ever known Peace service and forgiveness Faith hope and love Second is the more materialistic sentiment of gifts and gaiety se secrets secrets secrets se- se crets and shopping Actually it is a relief to every up grown-up to lay aside his dignity and slip out of his responsible mantie mantle mantle man man- tle tie of office The parent need no longer play playa a role If Dad gets gay and foolish and works the street vendors vendor's jumping jumping jump jump- ing lug jack or nudges the bank president president president dent and hands him a somersaulting somersault somersault- ing turtle to wind up neither of them need to feel ashamed or look over their shoulders to see if the board of directors is near The chances are that the board of di directors directors directors di- di rectors are each ach and every everyone one of them them- enjoying a relapse e into childhood childhood child child- hood In one way or another them them- selves Mothers Mother's Pepped Up too Mother feels a peculiar elevation of sp spirit rit with added zest for life and work She gets up a bit earlier filled with the days day's plans because something something something some some- thing mystical is-at is work within her She is back ack in her own pre-Christ- pre mas days looking ahead as she used to And she wants her family to feel the same way she used to feel Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps she pretends t to be tired and complains about her back or rough but inside she is hands humming with the spirit of Christmas Tl The children are happy exceedingly exceedingly exceedingly exceed exceed- but buty you'd never guess why We have missed part of the answer if we think it is Santa Claus and a tree and stockings A Break for Cl Children The other half is this Everyone around them including mother and daddy have become almost if not quite children like themselves It Itis Itis Itis is just about the only time of the year that the big grownup grown grown- up world gives grves them a break People People Peo Peo- pie suddenly become minded child-minded and act and think like boys and girls A common ground is reached The child finds himself king instead of pawn He is not being played down to because he likes toys or oris oris oris is just a kid Everyone for some strange reason has become toy- toy minded too And out for a good time with duty and routine in the back back- ground Through the year children feel that the world stoops to th them m and they are forever looking up Now everybody is waist waist high high and all the same size The spirit of Christmas is multiple multiple multi multi- pie and good for all men men mez Australia will name airports for Ross the first man to fly from England to Australia and Smith Kingsford-Smith who connected that country and America by alt air |