The Washington times., 1934-12-18
NOW
NeW Deal Chiefs
Stick Together
A DANISH YULE
By Helen ESSary

New Dealers are loyal to each
other. At the end of the Town
Hall meeting Sunday night,
when Norman Thomas made O.
few nasty remarks about Post.
master General Farley, Attor-
ney General Homer S. Cum
mings stepped firmly up to the
platform and said:
"Mr. Thomas, l insist that
you apologize to Mr.. Farley for
the unfair attack you made on
him." :,
Mr.. Thomas smiled and talked
fast-he's good at both:
'sMr. Attorney General, 1 meant
nothing personal l was merely
using Mr.. Farley's name as q
symbol of the present unfOrtu-
nate system of government"
Nevertheless, 1 demand that
you apologize to Mr.. Farley by
letter. Better-make a public
statement, since ne Is HUI AeAe
to defend himself"
And then the crowd closed
in. I didn't hear Mr.. Thomas
reply. Later, in the lobby of
the Shore ham. where the
audience, pleasantly excited by
Mr., Thomas socialistic plan OF
doing away with the privileged
classes, was getting into sew
eral hundred thousand dollars
worth of fur coats and top hats,
Mr.. Thomas told a group OF
friends:
"Your Attorney General was
very indignant. really meant
no criticism Of Jim Farley"
A young European diplomat
in the Town Hall audience said
after the meeting:
"A mild gentleman, Mr.. Nor
man Thomas. In Europe, So
Cialists of his sort have become
the conservative party"
The Minister of Denmark, Mr..
Otto Wadstedt, has written for
me the following charming
sketch of the Christmas celebra-
ton in his own country.
He calls it "A short Account
Of Christmas in Denmark"
"In Denmark, as in all Scan
dinavian and other European
countries, Christmas is cele-
brated on Christmas Eve. At S
o'clock, as every one goes to
church, the church bells through
out the city are heard Ginning.
The beautiful Danish Christmas
carols are sung not only by the
choir but by the whole cOngre-
CATION.
"A real Danish Christmas din
ner consists of rice-porridge,
roast goose stuffed with prunes
and apples, served with vegeta-
bIeS, such as potatoes and red
cabbage. For dessert there is
often Danish applicable with
whipped cream. When the rice
porridge is being served q
blanched almond is hidden in
one of the portions. The one who
happens to get the almond is
entitled to an extra Christmas
gift called "the almond gift"
"FOr the children the most ex'
citing moment is when the door
is swung open and the Christ
mas tree always spruce, never
pine) is seen in all its beauty
decorated from top to bottom
and with the gifts hidden under
the tree. Little Danish children
do not know the custom of hang
ing the Christmas stockings.
''NObOdy must be forgotten
during a Danish Christmas, so
all the poor and sick are given
special food and presents. In
the hospitals the nurses have
decorated the rooms with ever
green's and flowers, and placed
great trees in the halls.
I'm the country the farmer is
very careful that all the cattle,
pigs, chickens, have an extra
good ration of feed.
""There are in Denmark quite
q few superstitious tales about
Christmas. No farmer, for in.
stance, must forget to make a
cross in front of his door so that
no evil will cross his threshold
during the holidays. He has to
remember also to put a big pOr-
ton of rice-porridge out in the
barn for all the small brownies.
1t is the custom to bake many
different kinds of cookies be-
fore Christmas. There is an old
saying that a Christmas caller
- ~nAn ~~4kIASAnr nm H~ioS ThTiSt.