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TIIE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM, OREGON
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Haw Dapartaaat 23 or 10 Oireolottoa Offtaa MS
There is to be no expense. Not a cent. No charge of any
kind. No sales of food or clothing
Our needy people are to get the benefit of all the money,
every morsel of the food, and every shred of Jthe clothing.
And there is to be a strict accounting. Every cent is put
down, by whom paid in and for what paid out ; and the same
with the distribution of the food and clothing.
And when the end comes, in about six weeks, every one
will say this is a worth while work; a necessary work, for the
good and comfort of the needy, and for the satisfaction and
good of the people contributing, even the smallest amounts
or articles.
Kntarad at tka Post Offieo Is Saiom, Oragfft, a oeooo-cioaa aia.Ur.
f December S3, 12C
READY TO PAHDOX "Thoo art a od ready to pardon, gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and ol great kindness." Neh. 9:17.
THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS
Let's see to it that Salem has in her 1928 Christmas stock
ing a sugar factory. And that Marion county has a county
agent pushing every worth while industry on the land.
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM
, What does Christmas really mean to us? By the honest
answer forced from our souls our mental attitude is revealed.
The jvorld at . large is so accustomed to dealing with the
material phase alone that when Christmas is mentioned the
vision of Santa Claus in his innumerable personations looms
large
And next in importance are the epicurean delights of the
Christmas feast; the lighted tree, the distribution of gifts,
the roast turkey and plum pudding with all the accessories.
These invest it with a spell which no other holiday holds.
So many, even among the cultured classes, see in the day.
merely an occasion for merriment and feasting, harking back
to the Saturnalia of the ancients
A connection that made Christmas abhorred of the Puri
tans and caused them to prohibit its celebration by law.
Others see in it a day of compulsory giving, an exchange
of bonbons, mementoes and courtesies, the climax of a period
of strenuous shopping in congested stores. To such it is a
period of looking forward with dread looked back on with a
sigh of relief
A phase of the Christmas celebration against which Bern
ard Shaw, the great iconoclast, a few days ago inveighed and
which he pronounced a nuisance.
Dy, W. T. Rigdon
How precious was that shining star or old;
Its wealth was richer far than worlds or gold.
The lowly shepherds saw Its brilliant light.
Which was their guide through that eventful nifiht.
Its mission was to show the resting place
Where lay the cradled Savior of the race.
An infant from celestial realms above,
To teach the world that hate must yield to love.
That star, of all the stars within the sky.
Is one whose light shall never, never die.
Let Anjrels come with joyful, holy song
Until all earth shall hear the mighty throng.
Oh. shining star, my soul looks up to thee
Thou showest us the one' who sets us free.
May all the world, in some not distant day,
Bow to the one who in the manger lay.
Oh Jesus, richest gift from God to man.
Thy holjstar shone bright in Bethlehem;
Nor may it ever lose its dustre bright
While sinful men shall jeed its holy light.
(Mr. and Mrs. Higdon are spending some weeks in southern Cali
fornia, and the above was written for The Statesman at Long Beach
in that state, and forwarded from there. Ed).
picture 'tomorrow. A leash col
lar Inscribed "Rebecca, racoon of
the White House," will be placed
about hr neck by the president.
The cooh has become bis. walking
companion about, the grounds in
the, day time and at night en
counters no opposition when she
climbs into Mr. Coolidge'3 lap at
the fireside.
A canvass of official circles to
day disclosed that a general home
ward exodus had claimed nearly
all cabinet members and congress
ional leaders. All departments
losed at noon lor the week end.
but in one of them Postmaster
General New remained on the job
with the postal forte. He will be
there tomorrow until noon, when
the mail carriers will be free to
celebrate the day.
Christmas clemency went fprtu
tonight to r2 saHors and marines
and 10 soldiers in military and
federal penal institutions through
out the country. Secretaries Wil
bur and Davis transmitting the or
ders in time to release the men
for tomorrow's celebration.
what do you think? A big sing
ins knight. Sir Waif ord D&Tles,
the composer, came along and said
it was the best of all and that it
was "extremely beautiful," and
that he was charmed with the two
allelulias. The low notes of the
first, he thought, were like the
lowing' of cattle and the higher
notes of the second like angels
singing.
rty The words and music were copy-ss-
I righted and last night were broad
cast in the Christmas eve program
of the Temple church choir. The
proceeds of the sale of the carol
will go to the 11 year old orphan
composer and some day she" ex
pects to marry a, prine and lire
happily ever aften ;
Doughton & Sherwin, Hard
ware, 286 N. Com'l St. Hardware
builders' supplies, paints, varn
ishes. Give ns a call, you'll find
our prices reasonable. ()
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SALEMS-IOST FAMOUS
CONFECTION
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The b wort est gift mt all
There is rid gift' so flatter
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LITTLE ORPHAN AWARDED
CHRISTMAS CAROL PRIZE
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But the true Christmas spirit is giving, sacrificing, self
forgetting. When the idea behind the giving of presents is
i that of exchange it is merely another form of trade and
barter. When the dawn of Christmas day means merely a
day of festivity its real significance is lost.
The grasp of selfish power and possession has transcended
s human bounds. Its unlimited development would produce a
race of demons. The uncurbed development of the martial
spirit would result in chaotic destruction. The unleashed
pandering to the lowest instincts of animal nature would
result In degeneracy.
; Christmas, the birthday of the Nazarene, whose program
was pronounced in his Sermon on the Mount, is a recurring
annual reminder of the fact that it is time for the human race
in all lands and running through every race to face about and
begin the long, slow, upward climb toward the heights of
divine human nature
. To begin on the natal day of the founder of Christianity
to try the practice of Christianity, which has never yet been
done, in even the so-called Christian nations.
The nations of the world are pretending to consider the
measures of outward peace
But to make it a reality each individual unit in the great
body of the fifteen hundred millions of people of the world
must do his part. Elimination of warring impulses, of greed
and avarice, of selfish desire is the first step towards the
nobler humanity and the finer civilization the real Chris
tianity of the future.
Bligh Will Give Eighteenth
Prison Program Today
Prisoners at t'.ie state peniten
tiary will ste r'rank D. Bligh's
t8th annua! entertainment today.
Mr. Bligh ".I put on his regular
apitoi tr.eatt-r program m ine
rison theater, with both vauue-
ille and moving pictures.
Eighteen years ago the first
these . entertainments consisted of
moving pictures projected on the
itone wall of the prison dining
room. Since men Air. Jiugn nas
made the show an annual event.
. When the real meaning of Christmas rules the world's
conscience there will be no more war and no more selfish
aggrandizement
And then the Christmas spirit will not be limited to one
day, but will extend over the whole glad year. Then giving
will mean giving ourselves for others
That is the true note sounded in the song of the angels
whpn the shepherds tendincr their flocks tuned in on the
heavenly choir;
k The giving of time and talent, of thought and purpose, of
material arid spiritual assistance
This is the true meaning of Christmas.
FOR SIX WEEKS MORE
Th Christmas cheer camoaiim is to co on, for about six
weeks longer .
Till spring work begins to open up.
There is to be further continuous receipt of offerings o
money and food and clothing
And all the money goes and is to go for food and clothing
for the needy of Salem.
The Salvation Army is to keep on dispensing the food and
clothing '.. .
All of it given in the first place or bought with the money
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ARMY AND OUTING STORE
189 N. Commercial Next to Busick'a
the bountif ullness of Santa.
Under the central and taller of
the trees Mrs. Coolidge has ar
ranged a reproduction of the
scene of Nativity, while an illum
inated star of Bethlehem has been
placed in an east window of the
room. "fr:
Five turkeys frt to. the White
House, will have to wait their turn
at the presidential board, a thirty
.1 pound Indiana gobbler having
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CAROLS USHER'YULETIDE
N COUNTRY OVER RADIO
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r'and son, will remain intact un
it before breakfast inspection of
J been chosen for tomorrow s din
ner.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank W. Stearns of Boston, wh
are the house guests, other cls
friends of the Ooolidges are ex
pected to join them at dinner to
morrow night.
, Rebecca, the Mississippi racoon
that came to the White House 'tc
be a table delicacy and 'remained
to be the pet of President Cool
idge, will not be left out of the
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EMPLOYEES
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Wish You
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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HERE'S OUR BIG XMAS SHOW
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When the Wife's Away
Star fast
Xmas
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We take this opportunity to thank
our customers for their patronage
and wish to extend to them a very,
very
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
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We Heartily Extend
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TO OUR FRIENDS
AND PATRONS'
May This Christmas BringTheitr.
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