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Show 1 I II EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE. UTAH (Reindeer EC Sfij ljl f pjyischief ir Q f 0 v VI ATA UCr,DATH I Q.R.Pila Ointment Then all of a sudden go Into Santa's workshop. The first terrible thing he did was to lap the 5r he decided to SCOTT WATSON by Ray Walters. I vjNE of the Interesting aevei-(Iopments of tlie celebration or ciiiistmas in America is the revival of the ancient custom of singing Christmas eve carols on Christmas and the increasing observance of that custom in all irts of the country. Of course, we ive always had some Christmas irol singing, varying in prevalence jn Iterent parts of the country and con-le- d mainly to the Christmas exer-se- s In church and school by the chil-re- n Just before the holiday. But .in ie hurry and haste of this modern 1 wha won k are 14 lghtflt SO Id li uddled Ibt '18 to I er if tie nth s iDtlK fre ir and our departure in respects from the old forms of serving the day, the singing of carols one custom which has been allowed lapse to a great extent. lany to do ! dajdeep It Is rigl to note, however, carol Is "staging a and that in places where appearance seems all the more apprising because it is In the very Piter of our modern commercialism. I many of the big department stores I the lanre cities in itoio nA in fstaurants etouds of musicians. ftssed in the costumes of Old Eng- . re piaying and singing carols durins the week hpfor iristmas. In some of the rnllrnnri :ations 'n the big cities hurrying "nmuters and other railway travel- are blue Interesting the Christmas iat 3 f Tolces- surnriserl singing Christ- - - pealing out through the athedral-likSnaCPS of those irrant fructures and upon pausing for a foment they see that the singing fnes from a balcony overlooking the fiieourse and Hint it i . ,nin..i carols, e li01r of nmnv vnipoo n.r.ik 'o the Christmas spirit in evl- - F i - Tr, ,.. . urst ha in J 1 ... hnstmas carol is said to - 'y the heavenly host '"nh of ChrIst was an- - ,smi- Scr'Ption of that singing as told by Te ln the same country SerdS a,,i,,i"K ' the field, keeping J over ,,,ir flocks by night. And, ClT and they were sore jJJ't them; the " unt them. f ,1,e Lord 1 J not: ()r. cnme upon 8a,(1 hohold.Ibring you 7rt W' good be t0 Jy- - Whlch 8ha r unto you ,s born this nr l)avld hph i, Christ . Savior, 1, . tho t u- nuu ,ms be . fall Ki. e Bna" lnl the hn. you5 "rapped In swaddling l,!thes ,.. a maisw. And stid- tail thV"S WUtl the anRelamul- ftude of ,, . "t aveny host praising , f "d an, Jra peacei KOod w,u dip .,Ji. :tebab,y the practice n, . " imitation of this, as ftnui,,.,,.. the "y . i ti.ii,,. - .:. enrol- 'A is fill me-,,,- It m. ' ril,'(ia declare the jy-- The word rr0m two Lntln , "3 to sillff lovfullv " Or " l0"B aS in a curious ,;tit hU-- n "Know you what is a carol? Tls singing, with praise of God If you praise God and sing not, You utter no carol. If you sing and pr: e not God, You utter no carol. If you praise anything which does not -- appertain To the praise of God, Though, in singing, you praise, You utter no carol." It is a curious fact that the singing of carols, like many of our other Christmas customs, owes something to a pagan as well as a Christian origin. The early church found that all pagan religions celebrated the birth of a new year. . The Druids gathered mistletoe on what is our day of Christmas, the Romans held their saturnalia, the Persians held agricultural ceremonies, as did the Chinese. Theophllu8, bishop of Caesarea, toward the middle of the Second century, recommended "the observance of the birthday of our Lord on what day soever the 25th of December shall happen." There follows a definite statement that the first official carol was "Gloria in Excelsls Deo" and the year in which it was sung on the new date was 129 A. D. Thus the church was able to profit from the mood of merriment created by the pagans. The spirit of joy from many religions was merged Into that of one. Many high churchmen In the ancient times opposed the Introduction of song Into the solemn moments. No power, however, could stem the tide of Innocent song which had Invaded religious observance. The first crusade preached by Urban In 1005 movegave impetus to the troubadour ment and the holidays for five centuries were to resound with the songs of their Inspiration. By 1300 carol singing was widespread in Europe and was being Introduced Into England. In the England of today wandering bands of minstrels or "waits" preserve the old customs by going from house to house piping Christmas tunes instruments and singing on repd carols. It may be this that they sing: "Wassail, wassail! to our town! The bowl is white, and the ale Is brown ; The bowl Is made of the rosemary tree, And so is the ale, of the good barlee. Little maid, little maid, tlrl the pta! us come In !" Open the door, and let Or they may lift up their voices ln this equally old carol : "Here us comes a wassailing, under the holly green, Here us comes a wandering, ad merry to be seen, Good lack good Master Hodgin, and kind Mistress also. round And all the little children that the table go! Your pockets full of money, your cupboards full of good cheer, and a A merry Christmas, Guizzards, Year!" New Happy The" poor women and children also streets and arc aing carols on the listen. Some who given cakes by those peaked Inn carry carol singers of the their on way. The them terns to light Yule log In Lnjf the of in bringing land was the occasion of a Joyous ceremony and the singing of merry songs, such as the "Boar's Head" carol, still sung at Oxford at Christmas which goes as follows: "The boar's head in hand bear I Bedeckt with bays and rosemary; And I pray you, my masters, be merry. Quot estis ln convivio Caput aprl defero Reddens laudes Domino 1 paint from a doll's face. Santa had put a great deal of care Into making that doll for she was to go to a little girl who was ill ln the hospital. Christmas eve came and all the reindeer were harnessed and waiting for Santa. "Have you all of your bags, dear?" asked Mrs. Santa. "Yes, we have everything and are on our way to wish the world a very Merry Christmas," answered jolly old Santa. "Hump," said Blltzen to himself, "and hump again." The red paint had had a bad effect upon his disposition. Off they sped and up, up, up they galled through the air. Blltzen was going along beautifully when he suddenly wondered what Vixen would do If he, Blltzen, should bite his tall. "Not very hard," thought Blltzen to himself. "Just enough to make him Jump." And as they hurried along that winter's night, Blltzen reached out his funny warm nose and bit Vixen's tall hard. Vixen jumped, then he kicked Donder, who in turn kicked the sleigh, upsetting it. Over It went and down It went, Santa, toys and all. Fortunately they all landed in a soft snowbank. Santa picked his snowy self up, put the toys back ln the sleigh and off they started once again. The first house they came to was a lovely old farm house. Santa and the reindeer made a beautiful landing on the roof. "Now while I am gone see that you behave!" said Santa and down the chimney he went. As soon as he was out of sight, Blitzen started trouble again. "Dum-du! See what I can do!" he snorted, and he crossed his front legs, stamped his hind ones and sat down kerplunk on the roof. "Here, here," shouted ianta, as he came up the chimney. "What Is the meaning of all this noise? It sounded like an earthquake. I thought every moment that the roof would cave in. If you can't stand still on the tops of the houses I shall most certainly leave you on the ground." Santa knew that this would be a dreadful punishment to them all as they were very proud of being able to stand on the tops of houses. The next house had a slanting roof with a peak at the top and when Santa had gone down the chimney that mischievous Blltzen promptly sat down again, kerplunk, snorting his favorite song, The first thing he knew he had started to slide and. he couldn't get up quickly enough to prevent sliding all the way to the ground. Over the roof he went, dragging the sleigh and his seven brothers with him. Out of the chimney came Santa and leaned over the peak of the roof to call them. "I'm just about tired of your nonsense tonight!" said he. "Now you will stay on the ground." And when In the country, they stopped at another farm house ; that is just where Santa left them. "Sniff-snif" A spicy smell reached the nose of Blltzen. Inch by Inch he moved over to the window and stuck his head right in. He proceeded to devour everything in eight. He ate so rapidly that the other deer could only stare and wonder. Pies, cakes, tarts, jelly and jam all went down with lightning speed. finished he licked his When lips, turned around and pushed back to the place Santa had left them. When Santa came out, there they were as quiet as mice. "Well, now, that's fine," called Santa ln a cheery voice. "See how much better things are when you behave !" Now we all know that it Isn't the best thing in the world to run after we have eaten a great many sweets. Blitzen soon learned this and began feeling very ill Indeed. But feeling III only made his disposition worse. In the distance he could see a city and above this city he saw a tall steeple. As they raced along near the steeple Blitzen pushed his brothers over so that when they passed they were so close you could not have put your finger between the steeple and the sleigh. Blitzen glanced at Vixen and saw that his hair was standing diddle-dum-du- "Our steward hath provided this In honor of the King of Bliss, Which on this day to be served is, In ReginensI Atrio Caput aprl defero Reddens laudes Domino!" Almost every land has its own They are called Christmas carols. Wiegenlieder or Kristlieder In Germany, Noels in France, and carols in In Russia the ancient England. Kolyada songs, once sung to pagan gods, now dedicated to the Christian saints, are sung about the streets. It Is to Austria, however, that we are indehted for one of our best known of all Christmas songs. For "Silent Night" had Its origin in a party to which simple a young priest, Joseph Mohr, was invited in Oberndorf, near Salsburg, Austria, In 1318. At Oberndorf it was the custom shortly before Christmas for wandering comedians from the near-bvillage of Laufen to give crude representations of the Christmas story as recounted in the Bible. invited A shipowner named Maier assistant priest Mohr, young Joseph who had recently come to the village from Salzburg, to be his guest at a little party. As a special surprise for the priest. Maier arrauged for the comedians from Laufen to stage their festival play at his home. ' The thoughtful hospitality of the Maier couple and the touching simso stirred plicity of the festival play the young priest that Instead of going straightway home he climbed the "Totenharg" (mountain of the Oberndorf, and dead), overlooking stood 'there In silent meditation. The silence of the night, the blinkmurmur of the ing of the stars, the him. Quickly all Inspired river Salznch he descended to his parish house, and late that night the words to "Stllle Nacht" were written. The next day he hurried to his Franz Gruber, chum and teacher. school and village organist He requested his friend to write the music for his song. Happy at this the opportunity, Gruber composedto more Is known perhaps that melody melody. people than any other single 1818 came and the of eve Christmas were ready to Driest and the teacher first time. Unthe for song the offer of St Nicola fortunately the organ For was out of commission that night. the as seemed though It a moment cheated out congregation were to be But Gruber of this unique premiere. and got his guhome his to ran back Mohr and accompaniment Its To itar Nacht" for "Stllle sang then Gruber right up straight the first time as a duet. ( bj WtrB Newippr Ulon.) y Abeorbioe is the dependable liniment when gashes, bruises, threaten lay-uFart to ease inflammation and guard gainst infection, iff quick healing aid. Muscles and tendons strained by pulling, too, respond to this liniment. No blisters noloat hair horse can work. 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Now, my dear children I know that you all love Blltzen. You must, for he is a lovable old fellow. When you hear the deer on the roof Christmas eve It is always Blitzen's hoofs you hear, because he always stamps harder than Is necessary. And when you hear the bells you can always hear BUN zen's above the rest, no one knows Just because he Is Blltzen, I why. suppose, and likes to give an extra stamp and an extra shake whenever possible. He will be sadly missed next Christmas eve unless I have It ! Let's all write a note to Santa and ask him to forgive poor mischievous Blitzen before next Christmas has a chance to come around. If all the children in all the world should write I'm sure Santa would forgive him. ((E), 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) tfTMQiri stmas FfQm'Home mi HE package bearing a holl day label with the inscrip tion "Lois Smith, Argyle Apts.," signed for and the expressman gone, Lois sat down on the floor to tear off the wrappings. Inside she found a store of gayly' m wrapped packages. The first contained a knitted tie. "F'even's sake!" she said, and opened the second one. It contained home-mad- e candy. "That," she thought, "is more like It." The next parcel contained handkerchiefs with a neat ''L. S." ln the corner, only they were men's handkerchiefs. The other Item, she could tell, was fruit cake and under It she found what she was looking for a letter. "My Dear Son Louis," It began. "F'even's sake," said Lois, "Of course 1 It's for Louis Smith.' Now If all Lois Smith and Louis Smith had had ln common had been their surname and their choice of an apartment house, It would have been relatively simple for Lois to take the box upstairs and explain. But they had also shared 61 full moons and 43 other moons, some 30 odd shows, and several Sunday after noons In the park. They had shared secrets and tea ln Lois' apartment; a promise, several kisses, and one quar rel. 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Then she carried It upstairs to Louis Smith's apartment, knocked and ran back down, where she locked her door and flung herself across her bed to cry. A knock at the door roused her. She opened It to a handsome young, man. "Lois, darling!" he cried. "Well?" "It was so wonderful of you" "What was?" "Oh, don't pretend. I was Just coming In and saw yon running down. And then of course, I found the candy and the " "But didn't you find the letter?" "What letter?" He stooped down. "Is this It?" She nodded. "I must have dropped It" "Oh," he said. "My mistake. Sorry She watched him go and then ran after him. "It Isn't your mistake, Louis. I've made some candy, and I knitted you a tie long ago." (. 1930. Western Newpper Union.) Sunshime"" All Winter Long At the Foremost Dstart Retort of the West marvelous dirnats worm sunny doys clear starlit nights dry invigorating air gorgeous mountain splendid roads scenes finest hotels the ideal winter home. Write oree A Omettey PALM SPRINGS California LIFE AND DEATH belnc can afford to he wit hunt these new facts of life thst will nrver know successful contradiction. It describes death from experience, and itlves an eiact description of the human soul. Ad Ideal Christmas rift. By mall onlv. Sl.Ot. cloth bound. HICKS prnLISHINO CO. Sth E. Man Dlfo. Calif- - Dept. No humnn W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. 49-19- 30. |