The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-19


 where the Old Farmers Almanac Is published The publishers of the Almanac and Yankee Magazine send greetings of the and thanks for recent Tower writeup of the l9i7 Almanac -&-
 And We Quote. Especially in the field of organized entertainment do walk into the jaws of sin-Right Rev. Joseph F. Fannely of St. Patricks Cathedral New York I am glad that am still in the department of mathematics and not other department Mathemat- ics the only thing that hasn't changed around here Rev. Joseph 0Caahan s. J. recipient of the Congress sonal Medal of Honor member of Holy Cross College faculty. Maybe we should hurry less quicky.-Sr Hartley Shawcross, British LIN Delegate. Social prog in terms of living standards will do more in my judg men to insure throughout the world than all other Sgences put p .o Address bY & William r. the beauty of the lilies Christ born across the with glory in His bosom that transgures you and me; and He died to make holy, let die to make men free.-From "The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house. not creature was stirring, not even mouse-C. c. Moore "A Visit from St. Nicholas. Ring out the dark of the land ring in the Christ that is to beFrom Tennyson's "In Memoram" When you drive a vehicle over 50 miles hour you not operating it, you aiming it-Governor R. Gregg Cherry of North Carolina Marley dead; to begin with Old Marley dead oor-nail-Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" ,. Edmund Leamy, former associate editor of The Waterbury Democrat and prominent among American poets is now conducting the radio column of The New Telegram. was the one.time radio columnist for The Democrat along with other duties. His most recent column was the popular Irish tenor Christopher B articles have read In some time. Himself native of Ireland Eds frequent Tower columns on Fire were among some of the most popular S ever written here of the Onetime prodigy pOetess, Nahaa Crane who wrote the "JantOr's Boy" and other such poems when but child. His story of his discovery" of her Is amusing and of warm human interest Many educa- tiOna books containing her poems give him credit for encouraging her work. Most anthOOgies of American poetry contain the works of Edmund Leamy whose poems among the most readable of all yet contain full evidence of his craftsmanship
 Music in the Air. {. Fritz Kreisler is violinist we are proud to hear and occasional Monday nights the air listening Mr. Kreisler brings back the occasions that he appeared in Waterbury, playing Bach, Tarni, Tschaikovsy Lalo, and, of course, Kreisler What mixture get in night for instance Every Day Is Ladies' Day With Me-" and from Porgy and Bess" you will hear Chloe" and all the other fine songs After
 blsterng crashbang by of the most modern of the moderns that nothing much to this listener except plenty of noise it's nice to hear the B. s. Boson Symph ony to you fiddle, drum, brass and reed, wind away Tchaikovskys Fifth, and the next day to hear eenager whstling of the main themes. Myra Hess, play ing occasionally these past months gives something besides
 cacophony of chords and big stuff by playing Bach and Mozart up and down the keys, lovely and bellike tones Then the lighter side, the Kings Men al- ways give tunefuly number with good harmony and no shouting. Christopher Lynch maintains balance and sings the favores that compliment his vocal equipment. Occasionally blues singer keeps out of the red by articulatng very well and giving good ragtime which is better than of the blasts that hit you in the you sit quietly by the fresde endeavorng to be sweet" and Emanuel List and Rise Stevens singing pertly in "Rosenkavalier"
 One day last week who doing the family Christmas shopping accidentally picked up package in
 South Main Street sOre and at the end of his shopping spree discovered the package contained chdrens presents which he knew he had not purchased. So all
 the back to each and store he wen where he had made a purchase No one had received word of a
 lost package and until he had reached the last sOre
 his eighth did he find information that it from that store. What pity that his not obtained for he certainly deserved a lot of praise and thanks An honest man in the Christmas rush!
 According to "New England Vacations" published by the New England Council, New England has 1,20O miles of charted ski trails But far this the section has not had any real intensive active skiing
 little skating maybe in parts, but good part of New England has been snowess far this Winter There hundreds of practice slopes for the beginner and great ski jumps for the expert Almost 200 ski tows furnished to help the skier wend his way up after he she has been down the slope "New England in Winter, the brochure states lis gay carnival Ice boating dog sled racing skating and tobogganng may be enjoyed to vary your skiing vacation. Roads to skiing centers are powed all Winter" In this vein New England Vacations continues describe the weekend ski trains the snug hoseries the carnvas and the entire program of Win ter sports events when the hills and mountains clad and there's icy tang the air As wrote this soft rain falling and the skis parked in the garage but who knows what another day will bring forh