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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
"Adeste Fideles'' of the Latin, and
came originally from the pen of
Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, a native

"Adeste Fideles'' of the Latin, and
came originally from the pen of
AureliuS Clemens Prudentius, a native
of Spain, who fourished about the
latter half of the fourth century.
There is another hymn by the same
Latin author which begins with "Of
the Fathers love begotten."
We have two well-born Christmas
carols by American writer's. 20 Little
Town Of Bethlehem" was written by
the popular Boston divine, Phillips
Brooks. "Shout the Glad Tfdings, Elk
ultfng Sing" was composed by DR..
Muhlenburg, the founder of the Church
of the Holy Communion, st. Luke's
hospital, and other charities in New
York city.
angels from the Realms of Glory
is by the great hymn writer James
edited Sheffield newspaper in Eng
land. He is often COMPOUNDED with
Robert Montgomery, who was ridi-
culed and denounced by Macaulay.
"Sing a Song This Blessed Morn
was written by Bishop Christopher
Wordsworth. nephew of the great
English poet and father of the present
Bishop of Salisbury. DR.. Wordsworth
was Master of Harrow, Canon of
Westminster, and Bishop of Lincoln.
"While Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks by Night" is by Nahum Tate,
poet laureate. associated with the
Tate and Brady version of the Psalms.
He died when in prison for debt.
The popular hymn "Christians
Awake, Salute the Happy Morn," was
written by John Byron, a Lancashire
man, who was esteemed a good scholar
and poet in his day. He was born in
Manchester in 1891
The two eminent sweet singers Of
the church, John Keble and Reginald
Heber, bishop of Calcutta, have writ
ten Christmas hymns, but they lack
those elements of popular song which
constitute the Christmas carol. Keble
sweetly sings:
Like circles widening round
Upon a clear blue river.
-. Orb after orb the wondrous sound
Is echoed on forever,
Glory to God on high, on earth be
peace.
The lines of the gentle Heber have
their lesson in these days of CONNER
cial unrest:
If gayly clothed and proudly fed,
In dangerous wealth we dwell;
Remind us of thy manger bed
And lowly cottage CELL
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
.hvu UUi, " MEhnI BELLS!

Ring out ye merry bells! Welcome,
bright icicles!
Welcome, old holly -crowned Christmas
again!
Blithe as a child at play. keeping his
holiday.
Welcome him back from the snow peak
and plain.
Up with the holly bough, green from the
winters brow,
Lock up your ledgers and cares for a
day;
Out to the forest go, gather the mist1e-
Old and young, rich and poor, up and
away!
Up with the holly boughs. ay. and the
laurel now;
In with the yule log, and brighten the
HEARTH
Quick! here he is again, come with his
joyous train,
Laughter and music and friendship and
mirth.
Up with the holly boughs. high in each
manor house.
Garnish the antlers that hang in the
hall.
Yes, and the meek of corn with a gay
wreath adorn,
Rich as the bloom the cottager's
wall.
Wealth has its duties now. Christian, you
will allow;
Think. then, We rich, whilst your tables
are spread,
Think Of the wretched ones. Poverty g
stricken sons.
Weeping whilst children are asking for
bread.
Ring out, We merry bells! ring till your
music Swells
Out Ger the mountain. and far on the
main;
Ring till those cherries ones catch up
your merry tones
Singing. "Come, Christmas, again and
again.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
sanNSa a laiIA hzsssillll| aga<sa..~
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
CANADA BIG WINNER
Captures Many Prizes at Lead
ing American Fairs.
Remarkable Showing Made at Interna'
tfonaI Live Stock Show at Chi
caoo-Carried Off Sweepstakes
for All Wheat.

Something that lends emphasis to,
and affords definite proof of, the gen.
crosby of the soil and climate OF
western Canada, is shown by the
numerous exhibits made by both the
government and individual farmers
and stock raisers of that country, at
many of the leading state and county
fairs in the United States this season.
Particularly is this the case with re-
gard to exhibits made at the Inter
national Live Stock Show recently
held at Chicago.
First and foremost to the average
farmer will appeal the fact that
Canada carried off the sweepstakes
for all wheat, and that out of a total
OF twenty-five prizes, Canada took
twenty. In oats the Grand Champion
ship was won by a farmer living in
the Province of Alberta. Canada also
was awarded the championship for
Durum wheat, while for Flint Corn out
of total of ten prizes, Canada took
first, second, third, sixth and seventh.
Not only In grains did Canada prove
her right to rank as a firSt5class agri-
cultural country, but she carried Off
many prizes for cattle. horses, sheep
and hogs, a partial list of which fol-
lows:
Cattle, Canada was awarded the
championship for Grade Shorthorns /;
also In the College Special class, Can
ada gained first, fourth and sixth
prizes.
Horses, Grand Championship for
Clydesdale stallion, also Grand Cham
pionship for American bred mare, as
well as first for three-year-old Clydes-
dale stallion, first for one-year-old
Clydesdale stallion, and second for
the aged class.
In the Belgian class, Canada OBJ
tanned first and reserve for Champion
! ship Belgians, as we'll as second for
Aged stallion.
Sheep, Canada obtained Champion
ship for block, male and female, in
addition to first prize in all group
prizes.
Hogs, in the Yorkshire class Canada
was very prominent, taking the Cham
pionship for pen of Yorkshires, and
championship for best single barrow.
as well over twenty first, second
and third prizes in other classes of
Yorkshires.
With regard to the live stock shown
1t must be borne in mind that these
have not been fed on corn, on which
the average western farmer places his
reliance, but on the wonderful oats
and barley grown in western Canada.
supplemented by the native grasses.
Of which most artistic display was
made by our neighbors to the north.
Canada has conclusively proved that
not only can she take prizes for the
grain she raises, but can also take
prizes with the animals to which
these grains have been fed, and this
In open competition with the world.
Advertisement.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
Natural coIored Silk.

Experiments made in Fran e hat We,
it is reported, shown that the yellow
and green colors possessed by the silk
spun by certain caterpillars are due to
coIoring matter derived from the
food, and passed through the blood of
the spinners. BY impregnating leaves
with artificial colors the experimenters
caused some species of carerpiilars to
produce silk of bright orange yellow
and fine rose hues.
By the aid of the spectroscope the
presence and nature of colored pig
ments in the blood of the little crea-
lures was established
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
Time to Call a Halt.

The monthly assizes were in prog
ress at the mining camp of Howling
Wolf and the courthouse was crowd
ed with motley throng, who took a
deep, If somewhat noisy, interest in
all the proceedings.
The uproar got worse and worsal
and at last the judge could beaa
no longer. An imposing fig
arose to his feet and bellowd
Gentlemen, and also prisoners, l
must insist on order in the court
house. Here I've tried four cases al
ready and haven't been able to hear
a single word of the evidence"
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
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LET THE CHILDREN HELP

Christmas day is a day for the
children especially. They will have
more pleasure in this holiday if they
are allowed to prepare for it. In town
where the children have kindergartens
the little ones are filed with the hol-
fday spirit by the work they are given
to do and the plays they share. The
teacher has them making chains of
colored paper, strings of red cranber-
ries, curtains of red and yellow grains
Of corn. They cut out snow scenes,
showing Santa Claus and his rein
deers., They play Christmas games
and sing Christmas songs. They doub-
lly enjoy this sacred holiday for they
have helped to prepare for it. The
shops supply kindergarten materials
for home work. Even the ten-cent
stores have sewing cards with woods,
beads, games and colored crayOns with
which the children can do their share.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
SCOUTS MAKE RECORD HIKE.

Boy scouts of Seattle. Wash. led by
Scoutmaster Robert J. Drake and
Harold D. Ware, an officer of the Sc
attic council hiked from Hoods canal
to the ocean in five and one-half days.
establishing a record for the trip.
Over the same trail the time is usually
between two and three weeks, it is
said. Most parties use pack ponies,
but the scouts carried their own sup
plies. The, distance covered is ap
proXimately $50 miles.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
DRUG STORE, BY ALL MEANS
Victim Of Accident in No Hurry to Re
Carried to the UndertakeTs
Establishment.

N a collision between an auto and
a load of hay. the driver of the latter
was projected into the village road on
his head and lay. there semi-conscious
until two occupants of the more speedy
vehicle lifted him out of the dust and
started to carry him toward the side
walk.
'Shall we take him into that under
takers shop there, or to the drug store
farther down the street?" asked one
Of the burden bearers.
The victim raised his head with
alacrity and vociferated:
'"Take me to the drug store first,
you darn fool"
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
Christmas Decorations.

In America our chief mid-winter dec
oratfons are little fir and cedar sap
lings from six to ten feet high. chill
dren's trees essentially, to be made
resplendent with ,colored candles and
shining trinkets, with soldier gifts in
soberer packages between branches,
wreaths, stars, or even tiny sprigs of
holly; sprays of mistletote, and some
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
BULL FIGHTS XMAS FEATURE.

When the people Of Peru celebrate
Christmas, ice-stalls, provided with
chairs and benches, are crowded with
perspiring pleasure-seekers who find
ice decidedly necessary on sultry Christ
mas. There are other peculiar features
connected with Christmas in Peru.
No doors are closed. There is music
and dancing in almost every house and
everyone is welcome. Strangers can
enter anywhere and will be given a
hearty welcome, especially * they are
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
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REMEMBER THE LITTLE BIRDS

When we are all rejoicing and happy
in our homes, do we ever think Of the
little birds or give them Christmas,
too? What would springtime be with
out them? And yet when do we pay
back their kindness? When wintry
winds blow, and food is hard to find
then is the time we should remember
them. Take little pieces of suet and
trim some trees for them. If you have
no trees in the vicinity of your home,
then bundle up in nice warm coat
and go where you can find some.
>A>s>>>s SSeA dhasa
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
New IIIuminator for Microscope.

Prof. Alexander Siiver1nan has in.
vented a new illumination for the MI
croscope, whose special advantage is
that it gives very strong light upon
the object examined, so that Opaque
and translucent bodies can be as readi-
ly studied as transparent ones. The
top of the object or the side can be
seen with all the variations of its sur
face. It is particularly valuable IN
testing samples OF metal since it
shows the presence of blow holes and
pits and much detail not hitherto WIS.,
ible. 1t is likewise useful TO textile ex-
perts since it shows the threads OF a
fabric from every angle and is also
much appreciated by psychologists.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
Grow Rubber in United States.

Heretofore it was supposed that
Mexico, with its Guayule rubber-bear-
ing shrub. had a monopoly on this
continent of the production of rubber.
The survey now being made by the
University of California, however, has
located more than twenty varieties of
bushes. five of them far SURPRISING in
quality, IL not quantity, the Guayule
wholly within the United States prop
err. Already shrubs estimated to con
tain more than 3OO,0OO,OOO pounds
of best quality rubber have been large
iy mapped. says Motor.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
London Bird Boxes.

That body of nature lovers, the Sci
borne society, has for the last Is
years provided haven of refuge for
birds in the London (Eng) district.
Nineteen acres Of woodland within
walking distance uf the west of Lon
don have been set apart as a sane
tuary where birds can build; and be-
tween 40 and 80 species are known to
have nestled there, besides some 80
others which have lived there for q
longer or shorter period. Widespread
nPrfmPnt
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
Parents CAPRICE.

1t is no wonder that during infancy
and early childhood life's lessons are
so difficult for the small beginner
when the laws which govern them
must seem to him just or unjust, con
sistent or inconsistent, according to
the knowledge or the caprice of the
adult adm mastering them.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
More Practical Welcome.

i Emily was fond of playing grown
up lady. One day she donned her
mothers hat and fur wrap and came to
call on me.
I answered the door and said: 'How
do you do? Come right in to the fire
and warm your hands"
Emily looked her disappointment
She said: Don't say that, Aunt Ida.
You must say, Come right In and have
a cup of tea and some cake ''-Ex-
change.
Wise men may fool others, but the
feol fools only himself.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
cockIebur is "DoubIe Barreled /"

3 In Graduating the cocklebur, remem-
her that 1t carries double barreled
gun. Every bur carries two seeds.
only one of which sprouts the first
year. Even when the product of that
seed has been killed the other will be
I'm shape to make trouble the next
season. The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has a circular Oh
the cocklebur-how to get rid of it.
Kansas City Star.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25

times a whole mistletoe plant. But
the tiniest sprig of mistletOte is as eff
fective as the larger bunch, if prop
erly placed. in contributing to the
mirth of a Christmas evening. provid
ed a proper number of maids and mer
be present.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25


in history is the GLORIA In Excelsis'
found In the Roman mass. and in the
Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. II
is ascribed to Telesphorus, bishop OF
Rome, about the year A. D. 139, and
is common in both the eastern and
western churches.
An old English carol begins with the
notable words:
Behold a simple. tender babe
In freezing winter night,
In homely manger trembling lies,
Alas, a piteous sight
The higher critics" have wondered
how the shepherds could watch their
f1ocks by night, even in winter In
to Robert Southwell, the author of this
quaint carol, who as Jesuit was fni-
prisoned in the Tower of London, and,
after enduring the tortures of the rack,
was executed in 1894.
A popular carol among the Germans
is one written by Martin Luther for
his little son Hans. 1t begins:
From the highest heaven 1 come to tell
The gladdest LEWIS which e'er befell.
A very sad story is told in connec-
ton with this carol. In order to give
1t realistic effect in a certain Luther
an church It used to be sung by boy
let down from the roof of the church
dressed as an angel. But one day the
rope broke. and the boy was killed.
This put an end to a very beautiful but
dangerous Christmas custom.
At a time when the liturgical and
biblical plays were popular the
Christmas carol was an important
feature. In Italy in the time of st.
Francis. of Assist, in order to instruct
the people, the villagers came to the
church carrying lighted torches, and
there they saw the scene of the man.
ger filled with hay, and the OK and ass
standi1antn their places near the
Virgil d Child. Then it was that
ST and his friars stood by the
night long, giving God
by this means the hearts
he had been touched
t9 old Ben Jonson," in the DAYS
d the "Good Queen Bess," wrote a
carol which begins II sing the Birth
was born tonight" And about that time
appeared very popular carol which
is sung in "Merrie England even to
the present day, the first line of which
IS "God rest you, merrie gentlemen"
Some old Christmas carols have come
down to us in half Latin and half
English. Among them IS a carol which
appears in the collection for Grace
church, New York city:
When Christ was born of pure Marie
In Bethlehem, that fair cite,
Angels sang with mirth and glee
In Excelsis Gloria
In this "Grace collection" there is a
carol commencing "Over the world on
Christmas morn," by DR.. Mackay
Smith.
The uncouth carol of the sixteenth
century has given place to the popu-
lar Christmas hymn of later days.
Wherever the English language is
spoken Charles Wesley's hymn, "Hark,
the Herald Angels Sing" finds a place
in the sanctuary. 1t is also translated
into the languages of India, China and
Japan. It's author was the brother of
the founder of Methodism. He was a
true poet and a perfect hymn writer.
His masterpiece is the beautiful hymn
Jesus, Lover of My Soul" which was
sung by the Princess Alice at the
deathbed of the prince consort of
England, the lamenred husband of
Queen Victoria.
"Come all We faithful" is the
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
As Usual.

when Cholly Van Rox proposed TO
me he was too ratified to say q word"
'Then how did you know he was
proposing"
"Oh, my dear, his money did all the
talking."-Boston Transcript.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
Johnny Knew.

done more for this country than any
other man?
Johnny - Santa Claus. Houston
Post
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
Helps the Circulation,

One of the largest New York hotel,
supplies each of it's guests, who aver
age 900 a day, with a free copy Q
a morning newspaper.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
An Objection.

We believe in telling the truth, but
somehow or other we have no use for
the man who insists on telling the
truth just to be disagreeable.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
The Cuticura Toilet Trio.

The Curicura Toilet Trio.
Having cleared your skin keep it clear
by making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations. The soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe and
heal, the Talcum to powder and per-
fume No toilet table is complete
without them. 25c everywhere.-Adv.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
It's Nature.

zone industry in Australia is rails
ing kangaroos."
81 should think that would keep
those engaged in it on the jump"
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25

When the Oxen kneei.

Oxen kneel in the stalls at midnight
on Christmas, says English tradition.
They kneel as if in alteration Of the
Nativity.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25

foreigners. At midnight the people go
to church and the houses and streets
are nearly deserted.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25

Those who live for gain don't have
nearly so good a time as those who
live for service.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25

Everyone wants TO be entertained /;
fla he will pay as much for 1t as FOR
J. ntE
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25

Banns of marriage are so-called be
cause ban originally meant proclama
fi00
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25
First Xmas Carol
Found i'm the
Roman Mass

|AROLS were originally &C
companied with a dance. and
this carol dancing is part of
the rhythmic movement af
the Oberammergau play, as
well as of the dances of the
Shakers of Lebanon in New
York state.
Tho first Gh iuHrnnor M ~ Il
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-25

Z SCOUT LEWIS ADAM VINCENT.
First Prize Winner in Boys Scouts Of
America Essay Contest ON Subject
Of Fire Prevention. He Is an Oak.
land (caI) Boy and the Prize Is a
Handsome Gold Medal.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-01-28
IF THE FARMER STRUCK

did you ever think what it would
mean if all the farmers were to go on
strike, and refuse to make just one
crop?'' said a prominent farmer to US
the other day. Starvation, hunger
and madness would be the result. And
yet, said our friend, practically every
strike has an adverse effect on the
farmer, whose interests the disputants
disregard utterly. The increased cost
of every article which must be bought
for the farm and the difficulty with
which some of them are obtained are
in part due to strikes in the industries
which produce these articles. And
yet the "ploughman plods his weary
way" always ready to serve his fellow
man, too often content to allow others
to reap the benefit of his labor. One
could not contemplate so dire a catas-
trophe as a general strike of farmers
without a shudder. But it is about
time other, classes were thinking some
of their obligations to their fellow
man.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-01-28
A PROPHESY.

We are neither a prophet nor the
son Of a prophet and lay no claim to
powers beyond the natural, but we
are willing to risk the prediction that
sooner or later some one will discover
the real secret of electricity. We are
prompted 10 this by reading an ar
ticle in The State Of Sunday telling of
the invention by a Seattle youth of q
machine which operates by electricity
drawn from the atmosphere rather bv
the same power generated either by
friction or through a, chemical pro-
cess. It is a we'll settled fact that the
atmosphere is full Of what is known
as static electricity. Any one who
has ever fed cylinder presses can tes
tify to this fact When some one
finds the secret of attractire this
force to the proper mechanical ap-
pliance and converting it into an en-
ergiZed force We will have electricity
without having to transmit it by
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-01-28
If so, WHY so? Q

Whatever one may think of the
merits or dement's of prohibition, no
good Democrat can relish the spec
tacle of Mr.. Bryan using his trip, os-
tensible, in the interests Of the Anti
Saloon League, to abuse the ersponsi-
BILE head of the Democratic party. If
the League is paying Mr.. Bryan for
his lectures (Which it doubtless is, un-
less the leopard has changed his
spots), it is being cheated, because
from press. accounts, good part of
the Conlmoner's time has been con-
fined to abusing Chairman Cummings
for attening a banquet in honor of the
Democratic governor of New Jersey
because the governor is opposed to pro-
hibition. We are constrained to be-
lieve that the newspapers have made
too great a fuss over Bryan's utter
ances, because we have an idea he
was more thoroughly. discredited by
his attitude towards the war than is
generally believed. Mr.. Bryan can
always be depended upon to draw a
crowd, because he is a good speaker
and master of mass psychology, but
his strength has waned and we pre-
dict that never again will his wishes
have such weight in the party coun-
sells as of old. Is it really Mr.. Bryan's
great love for the party which causes
him to chaSten it?
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-01-28
DIVERSITY.

The mild weather of this winter
has proven ideal for the spread of the
boil weevil. Many sections of the
South have been practically ruined by
the idea that one more big crop could
be made before the weevil proved dis
astrous. Temptation was never so
great as at present to plant a big cot
ton crop. Certainly there is a serious
shortage Of cotton in the world today
which almost certainly insures a good
price. But if the weevil gets the
major part of the crop there will be
great loss no matter what price the
staple may bring The ony safe rule
to follow is to first make the farm
self-sustaining by producing food suf-
ficient for man and beast, making
cotton the surplus crop, and too, ex-
perimenting carefully with other
money crops. An all cotton crop is
at best dangerous under present con-
ditions. The watchword should be
plenty of foodstuffs and intensive cul-
tivation on a reduced acreage Of cot
ton. Therein is the only safe way to
continued prosperity.