The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-01-03
letter from Manchester District.

strenuous LlWHS 80 AH4GH1@ 1A4 49,
conditions, that God in His lnnnlt'
mercy never sends more ON us thar
wye are able to bear. True, manl
loved ones have been taken from us
but some day we shall know VIVA
seems now to be hidden from Oul
vision.
Christmas entertainments this veal
were few and far between, some
churches and many schools i'm Car
roll county being closed. We oldel
people, with many years OF sacrif1ce
and disappointment back of Us, do moi
seem to mind these little trials, but
children cannot understand the rea
reason for thus being deprived or tne
time honored custom.
Prof. Royal Meeker( of Princeton
University, speaking on economy 10
these strenuous times OF high cost
df living, declares that $1,15O is the
minimum amount which will enable
a workman and family OF five tc
live decently.
The largest War Garden in the
United States Is in Delaware. 1t is
21 miles long, and last season yield
ed the following: 1884 pounds Oh
cabbage, 612 bushels Of white pota,
toes. 259 bushels of buckwheat, 329l
baskets of tomatoes and IL oushelS
OF beans.
The first thing you know Spring
will be here. Two more months, Plus
e few days and the March winds VII
he blowing, and the April shoWerS
eor the MAY flowers will be falling
Sounds cheering, does it not, but there
never was a winter without some
snow and cold weather.
We read much i'm the papers ina
divers troubles follow an attack U
tnf1nnnza even consumption. SPEAK
inc with a. young man, after haVlns
bad a severe attack OF 1nnuenZt
without pneumonia, he frankly tol'
mo that his lungs and heart are no
as strong as formerly 49,,
The "Vaterland", captured IRON
Germany, and renamed, the heVla
THAN" recently brought 9,OOu sol
diers from over there. 1t is 9of Zee
long. Of 54,282 tons burden, ana IL
equipped with everything tnat 4
necessary for comfort and pleasure
This same ship carried 100000 light
ers safely to France.
Bethlehem, one Of the towns III
+he HOLY Land, the birthplace OF oul
saviour. is the only city which ma:
accented but few. modern methods
and buildings. tt has population @
ooo Around it are the differen
POOLS and Walls spoken of i'm the
ScriDtures. Travelling in its narrow
streets IS difficult on account OF the
donkevs. camels, sheep and hogs
which are on every street, even IN the
famous Market Place. They prepared
To celebrate Victory Christmas
Festivity this year after being treec
from the tyrannical Turkish rule.
During this autumn-like weather
considerable progress has been maze
i'm clearing the large tract OF WOOD
land purchased some years ago by tne
Mason and Dixon Mining Company
from MIR. Clinton Bankert. Inc
workmen were each remembered al
Christmas time by a greenback IRON
Mr.. Bailey, president OF the Company
II is not pleasant news to Kaiser
Wilhelm that instead OF eating nls
Christmas dinner in the white
House, as he had planned, President
Wilson dined with U. S. soldiers IL
their encampment near the Rhine
River i'm Germany.
One of the queerest, most laugh
able WAYS OF spending Christmas Is
observed i'm Southern Africa. In q
little chapel built Of mud with SIX
tiny windows, about hundred black
people gathered, many who could not
enter. peeped in at the window. The
tree, full of thorns, was drawn up TO
the ceiling with a rope over one OF
the beams. That was the only place
for dit. On it were handkerchlefs,
shirts, clothes and dresses, pieces OF
bread done up i'm paper, and a lot OIL
cakes of yellow soap. The Zulu boys
and girls are very fond Of soap.
have seen the African boy eat soap
as YOU would candy. Thirty-six boys
and girls marched in and sat on
benches on the mud platform, most
of the girls wore white dresses, but
four wore yellow dresses trimmed
with black and sky-blue ribbons
They sang and recited Bible verses
and when they were ready to give
out presents they had to lower the
tree by one end OF the rope. Then
the shirts and handkerchiefs, shirt
waists, dolls, whistles and other
things. were given out and the tres
was hoisted UP again. Among the
things given out every now and Their
was feather with a name pinned OF
il, and what do you suppose it meant
Every boy who got feather with ms
name on it, when he went outside
got a chicken. Was not that funn!
present? The boys were delighted
when they got their feathers for the!
knew that the chickens we're outside
lit would not have done to bring thu
chickens into the church.
Since the scarcity of food lin thu
warning countries, people in Nortf
and South America have endeavoret
to find a substitute for wheat, "Th'
STAFF of Life" On the West coast o
Mexico and South America there hal
been growing for hundreds Of years
plant, about A feet in height, bear
Ing an abundance of seeds, which
when ground into meal, contains
large amount OF starch and gluten
which is made into cakes and bread
It thrives in the Andes mountains a
an elevation or 1000 feet, 80 it cal
easily be grown here. Our NOrti
American agriculturists are studying
and considering its growth on our sol
i'm extensive quantities to help fec
the world. Ii liz called "Quinoa," but
after it is adopted here, il may re
ceive another name.
Since the KaiSerfS downfall, some
$3.50 hoe dieoauornd o. rnonrd otf If ii