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Show t PAGE - TWO" SECTION TWO he Published bv First Wert Areet, Class matter at the T t&e act or March I, 187s,, oilman. Klcol & Ruthmah, National AdrerUslht preseniatlvesv New Yorksan Francisco. Detroit, Boston, joh Angeles, Chicago. , . C Member United Press. N. E. A. -Service, Western Features and the Scripps Learue of Newspaper , . Subscription term by carrier In Utah, county, SO cents the month, f.00 for six months, In advance; t6.T6 the year. In advance; by mall in county .Q0, outside county 15.76 the year In advance. ' Liberty through all tTn Utowty Bell . The Herald will not assume financial responsibility for any error a which may appear in advertisements published in its col-. col-. umns. In those instances where the paper is at fault, it will reprint tbfct part of the advertisement in which the typographical typograph-ical mistake occurs. As Always, Christmas Will Survive Adversity , The outlook for peace on earth and for good will toward men -is probably darker this Christmas than on any Christ-; Christ-; rrias since the end of the World war. No one needs to be reminded re-minded that the world is moving rapidly in the direction of anew war. that bitter fighting rages in Spain and China, and that the very opposite of good will is enshrined as a 'fundamental principle by some of the world's greatest nations. Yet this is not at all the Jlespair. The world may be sadly out of tune with Christ- mas; yet those who believe in the Christmas message, and look ahead to the day when it shall exert a stronger influ- erice in the hearts of men than it notv exerts, have all the more reason for taking a new hope and a new courage. For it is of the essence of it will survive any adversity. This poor earth has faced dark days aplenty, since that miracle of the star over Judea, and has lived through periods in which it seemed as if the last hfpe for a reign of peace and good will had vanished utter ly; yet the Christmas story lives on, forever rekindling in men's hearts the flame that shall some day give us light to build on this earth the city of God. And it is hv our faith in thf rprrain arrival of that dav by our faith, in other words, that there are values above and 1 beyond those of the distracted, trouble-torn present, values Which no war lord can kill and no pogrom or blood-purge can tarnish that we must get on with the business of living. For we don't live by bread alone, and the rough road through life must be lighted by a belief in things which transcend the trials and defeats of every-day existence. We have to believe that the verdicts of the material world are not final, that man lives for a Hestinv that is hpvond and V above anything which happens to him on earth, that some-) some-) Where and somehow there is a force greater than we are ( which works silently and eternally to help us attain our ideals. VI "? ... -i ' It is easy to lose that belief temporarily, at least. The demands which life makes on us don't often leave much time for cultivation of the things of the spirit. Unless we can occasionally get in touch with some outside source of strength and confidence, we are all too likely to suffer the deep discouragement dis-couragement that comes when faith is at an ebb. Christmas gives us that faith, and renews it perennially. perennial-ly. The spirit which infuses every family circle, when the Christmas tree is alight and the sound of the old carols rings in the crisp air outside, is something that cannot die. In the j darkest hours, it shines like ' 1 Al 1 A 1 . 1 ruaa me race inusi iravei ; oy the faith it inspires we can go hearts. At the rate those Washington rumore about cabinet jobs lor Frank Murphy are piling up, they might as well let the former Michigan governor be the cabinet. I The Sixth Avenue elevated in New York is to be torn down. Isn't that razing el? Sh! E":H3r;r:-"i" -T-V -jif7 -Mauser - ii! i', -f it', ; e i Ite ff :-fii ml V .-H4f 4r5 I piif' if Wf Herald Every Afternoon (Except Saturday) and Sundav Mornlnsr the Herald Corporation. 0 South Lh Entered as second Provo, Utah. postoff Ice in Provo. Utah, Under same as to say that we need to the great Christmas story thaH a beacon light along the hard Jl ... i . ine vision it gives US ana Dy ahead with courage and good I Was Thinking- By ELSIE Ci CARROLL T AkrAs j frMrildnter when, i read the' following, ,tttetoenvta nerson Wishes to feet termuient MfAAmtr texoresslon of What toeft 'think, nope, fear, 4ad feel; -fce-nrost look at Wh&t tfce feorM calls literature," how true it Is , and how lamentable it is that more people in the world do not find out that truth through iirst-nana contact with literature As one devout student of litera ture has stated: "Human nature has not changed so fundamental ly as we may sometimes think We change our fashions and our machines and our creeds. But the great primal motives that make human nature hope and fear, aspiration and bewilderment, bewilder-ment, love and hate these the passing centuries have left uri-i alterea ... It is the glory of the tradition of literature that it has persistently and patiently ftid in varied attack sought out the central cen-tral theme of human responsibility." responsi-bility." Lave Great Motive-Mr. Motive-Mr. Buck, in the above, 'mentions 'men-tions love as one of the great primal motives that make human nature. Over and over in the literature which reveals the inner life of man has the theme of love been treatetl It was love, as Homer shows in his first great epic, that is the mainspring of the actions of the men and women who move dramatically through the pages. It illuminates tne farewell scene between Hector and his wife and baby. The great soldier withdraws from the clash of arms and goes home to see hi dear ones efore another, and fatefully, the final onslaught from ihe enemy. His little son shrinks from the forbidding horse-hair plume upon his tamer's helmet. Hector lays the helmet aside and the child comes laughing to him. ihen, before ne goes hack to tne battle, the warrior takes the child in his arms and utters the universal uni-versal prayer or parenthood, tha.. his son will rise to greater heights of goodness and greatness man ne frias aone: "Permit, all ye gods, and thou Zeus, that this my dear son may prove likewise Eminent even as I am and valiant in might 'midst the Trojans, And wortny to be Ilium's King, that oi him men may say in the future: This youth far surpasses his fanner." Love of husband and father is the center of this scene. Luve oi friend It is love of Achilles for his friend Patrochlus that brings the great Greek hero back into the conllict It is the memory of his love for his own aged father that softens his heart toward the aged father or Hector and induces him to return the body of his victim. And it was love that precipitated pre-cipitated the whole conflict, the love of Helen and Paris. The love of Agamemnon . for what he conceived the good of his country was the force that made it possible for him to offer his daughter Iphigenia as a sacrifice to win the favor of the gods. What is true. of the Iliad is like wise true of most of the other great ' masterpiece. The central xigure in the Odyssey is the faithful faith-ful wife Penelope waiting tor twenty long years for the return of her husDand. In the work of Dante, again, love is the central OUT OUR WAY - j- - . . - " . -v 1 r r f -'MEMBER. NOW4f A ' HEW - HEM t WE V 30V Vw&eOT OUfcv yOU GUVS ARE v V BOX A HIM NbW-Vl7 VAWS ONMlSTUP WITNESSES I I TMlS tS "THE O tEOAU4bW AND X ONLY 3QRdWED J PIRST TIME rl HE'L.U FAV US BACK U SEVEH POlLt ARS I . WE'VE USED AW THE OTHER M':thi't:m-'BtXiF J OUR BRAIMSt I DOUGH VIE OWES US fcC'-'V, V ' V-POREHE-eETS frS--'- m (fk ArwoF this; ff1&tfvMUKEItVICE INC THE SCOOP Milk and BY X REPORTER It is provable, I'm sure, that most big cattle ranches use condensed con-densed milk, hauled to the ranch house from the nearest railroad siding. Drive out thru, almost any typical farming section and see how many thriving garden patches you see near the back doors of the farm houses. And isn't it surprising, the number of farm houses you'll see without so much as a daffodil or a rose bush growing in front of them This is not a lament so much as it is an explanation. Shif Uessness ? Lack of enter prise? No; it isn't either. On a farm or a cattle ranch, especially at that time of year when gardens of either the flower flow-er or the vegetable variety are started, every last individual on the place has his work cut out for him yes, and from sunup to sundown. sun-down. Putting in a garden is no fun after a fellow has plowed, har- rowed or planted all day, or af ter a woman nas prepared at least three meals for working men and a few odd lunches for the youngsters to take to school, theme it is the one word that binds the great work together and gives it meaning Beatrice is a symbol of love that purifies and reaeems. Great Moving Force-So Force-So through succeeding ages the writers who have been the interpreters inter-preters of the deeper meanings of life, have made love the great moving force behind human action ac-tion and achievement. We find it in the tragedies and comedies, the ancient Greeks, of Shakes peare; In the novals of Eliot, and rhackeray, and Dickens; m the poetry ot Browning and aheiley. William Morris entiled a book ne wrote, "Love is Enough." In it ne reveals the emptiness of a monarch's life until he found love, ro that king, dominions and pow er were not enough. It was love chat rounded out his life and gave mm happiness. Many persons censured King Edward the VHI who sacriflcea his throne for love. Perhaps some day a great writer will put him into a novel or a drama to further emphasis the power of this fun damental human emotion. Love of fiome and country makes men willing to fight and die. Love of an ideal, of a moral principle, gives strength to martyrs. mar-tyrs. One kind of love is still want ing. It is to. be hoped that future' writers of literature can depict broadened and deeper love of humanity than we have now, which will be reflected in uni versal peace. GREEtlNGS To Those Whose Friendship Has Meant So Much to Us We Extend The SeasOn?s Greetings! , Vegetables and with a washing, an ironing, the week's baking or some other major chore on the side. Sure, Abraham Lincoln studied books after he'd split rails all day. But he didn't plant garden. And besides, there was only one Abraham Ab-raham Lincoln. No, when you pass a farmhouse farm-house that lacks a flower garden or a vegetable garden, don't give an off-hand judgment that the folks who live there are shiftless. If they attend their main tasks well the place will show it. Fences, fields and house wiU be in good shape. Farm implements will not have been left helter-skelter around the place in every kind of weather. Odds are 10 to 1 that house, clothes, fruit cellar, smoke house, livestock and other major responsibilities are well cared for The act is that farmers these days can buy their vegetables from a specialist in that line cheaper than they can give the time to raising them. As for milk on the cattle ranch, can you imagine what would be , come of a foreman who ordered a. cowboy to go out and milk a cow ? Bright Moments in Great Lives The duke of Biron was about to-be executed on the guillotine during the French revolution. He had asked for oysters and white wine for his last meal, and it had been granted. While he was eating, eat-ing, the executioner entered to tell him his turn had come. "I beer a thousand pardons, my friend," said the duke, 'but do me the hon or to allow me to fiinsh my oy sters, the request was granted. iJut I had forgotten," observed Biron, "you will have something to do today and a glass of wine will refresh you; permit me to fUl one." The offer was accented. Again, I forgot," said the duke, there is our mutual friend the turnkey." He was called in, the glasses filled, a toast was drunk to good health, and Biron vralked out to the guillotine. CRANIUM CC1ACKEI Some of the following state ments are true. Some are false. Which are which? 1- A bellicose person is one given to tears. 2. Port side of a ship is left as you face the bow. 3. Eros Is the god of love. 4. Genuflection refers to the action of light rays. 5. A Mickey Finn Is a Cuban cocktail. ' Answers on Page 7, Sec 2 .fDyWlUiAMS 7.-T V Christmas Morn By Mary, Baker Eddy Blest Christmas morn, though murky clouds Pursue tby way, Thy light was born where storm enshrouds Nor dawn nor day; Dear Christ, forever here and near. No cradle song, No natal hour and mother's tear, To thee belong. Thou God-tdea, Life-encrowned, The Bethlehem babe Beloved, replete, by flesh embound Was but thy shade! Thou gentle beam of living Love, And deathless Life! Truth infinite, so far above All mortal strife. Or cruel creed, or earth-born tamt: Fill us today With all thou art be thou our saint, Our stay, alway. L. D. S. BAUPTISMS L. D. S. baptism services for Sharon stake boys and girls will be held Sunday at .3 o'clock at the Utah stake administration building. 1 1 1 A ureen ngs ,..ToAll! .With Appreciation of Your Kind Consideration in the Past and the Happy Anticipation of Your Continued Con-tinued Good Will, We Wish" You a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY - SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR! Taylor Brothers Company Provo, Utah Piute . 3quaw Creek Dear Newspaper: " Fog was bo thick this morning Johnny Moosefoot cut tight across the canyon with the mail truck. By noon fog was gone and Johnny had to drive miles around to get back to settlement. PIUTE JOE The Holy Night BY WILFORD D. LEE The crack of gun, the crash of bursting shell. The hum of motored wing on high, The labored engine's roar, the smell of death. The murmured gurgle of a man about to die . . . Suppose we rest for just one night, And let the gift of sweet repose Descend upon our soul; The harsh remorseless cry oi heartless men. The dictatorial challenges, singing sing-ing hate, The fierce disquietude of nations in alarm Be quieted a space. Let the everlasting striving after gain, I The lust for power, the agonizing groans Of Crime shot down in bloody heap Relent at last for one brief spell And all give ear, and peace and quiet reign. Far, far away, amid forgotten echoings of the past, High up, where toiling men have ceased to gaze, Aloft where chaste Ideal waits forlorn; From out that vast sweet solitary waste A still small voice proclaims: Come unto me. ye who are heavy laden. And I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; For I am meek and lowly of heart And ye shall find rest unto your souls, For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." The dove of peace flits by on harried wing, The wounded man looks up to find the light, A wearied world awaits expectantly expect-antly - - -v A surcease of their toil . . . the Holy Night! BUDGET HEARING SPRINGVTLLE A public hearing hear-ing on Springville's proposed city budget for 1939, will be held in Che council rooms of the city hall at 7:30 p. m., Friday, December Decem-ber 30, announces City Recorder William Bringhurst. Denies Smuggling r , Although admitting bringing in gifts for noted Broadwayites and movie stars, Ajbert N. Chaperau. former convict, pleaded not guilty guil-ty in New York federal court to indictments charging smupgling, conspiracy and passport fraud." Cactus Jock Ready to Ride i. X ? V s f Si, Rough -and rambunctious though the approaching Congress appears, ap-pears, Vice President Garner sits easy in the saddle pictured in Washington after conference with President. r . ' . ::-.-:i ' . : ' " ZKU - ;)'.i."v :;':-" . - jt t v. , f 4 " " " ' ..j.;:v..- t i mm? 'liilQIi'li I p ) :- - r- i T i " , r-r--n |