Vapaa Sana, December 23, 1943

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NO 147 — 143 TOaiTAlNA JOULUKUUN M- P- THURJDA Y DCC 23 voi
1ouHf POfJ'l Qolunm
ORKIXG HARO FOR
CHRISTMAS
Sello everyone:
Viola
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Weil thls Is Hrst Ume I am
xritlng to thls page But I thought
I ulll write now I have been rea- -
iicg thls page for a long time
jre our chrlstmas concert
I an In a play The play's name Is
hfinted a Housekeeper Weil Santa
flaas will be hcre soon I hope he
rtD brlng me somethlng good I
i wrlte to Santa yet I go to
j-jio-ol
In I have two
to go to school I am In
--ade I am years My
ew teacher's name Is Miss Valll
äe is a very good teacher I can
i!k Finnish but wrlte Weil I
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Äear Readers:—
Once again that day of days
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--ating the Chrlstmas of 1943
ith the World still In a turmoil
m puumerkin Ja hän ei
täytl kalosseja" selitti
auballisestl
By
leainlng
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nimismies
kysymään matkustaa
ko nimismies iltana Meille pl- -
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Minä tulin
tänä
ifi tulla vieraita niin he pääsisivät
ilmalta teidän autollanne" keksi
oira Tallukka Joka el voinut antaa
Kmlsmiebelle anteeksi A U-kaloss-
Ien J
n
!
istusoikeutta
"Valitettavasti en matkusta aion
ettää Joulun morsiameni luona!"
"Mo — morslamme? Tarkoitatteko
itin Elliä!"
"Niin neiti Kaislasta tarkoitan"
"Onnittelen Katsokaas minä olen
nnyt tämän Jo lokakuusta lähtien"
"Sehän hauskaa Minä valitettavasti
rn tlennt sen vasta pari tuntia"
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Kalkille Asiakkailleen Toivottaa
Puh WA 0200
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our boys home from army camps
May I say here that I hoDe that
your Chrlstmas is full oi cheer
and the New Year will be chuck
full of wonderful thlngs
I hope that you wlll have hapyl-ne- ss
and cheer on Chrlstmas day
and throughout the comlng year
Sincerely
Viola
This Is Station XMAS
"My dear pcople" sald Santa
Claus "thls Is the old man wlth
the vhite bcard who comes every
year at Christmastlde with a sack
full of toys for the chlldren and
gifts of lauijhter charity and good
fellowship for men and women who
still have the spirit of chlldhocd
in thelr hearts
"Now my dear people I have a
little complaln to make I find
that in many countrles of the
World today I am not so welcome
as I used to be They don't believe
In me any more but sit hugglng
thelr despalr thinklng that life
has betrayed them
"On my way here across the
World I traveled through many
countrles and I can't say I likeci
the look of things I hoped to find
peace In the spirit of the world
But the World I find is haunted
by fear In thousands of factoriej
men fllling shell cases instead of
—on Chrlstmas Eve— fllling thelr
chlldren's stockings with toys
"In many countrles I find youth
—the youth that I love— marchlni?
to war They Jeered at me
"I remember though you have
forgotten the courage the gayety
the uncomplalnlng spirit wlth
which ploneers faced hardshlps
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whlch you never had to tuffer and
poterty compared wlth which your
own way of Die— Ten in these
tlmes—U unlmaginable luxury
They were often hungry when focd
as scarce
"Those were rough riays-tl- mes
worse thar now But there was
never a lack of faith In the spiilt
never a hatred of life itself never
the weakness of despalr Thoj
great grandfathers of yours were
sure that somehow somewhero
happiness might be achleved Shall
I surpriye you wnen I say that
there was more happiness in
people's homes and hearts then
there Is now? That the laughter
of the chlldren rang out more
loudly when they had to walk
miles across the snow to school
and sat blowing thelr firgernalls
in little schoolhouses whlch weren't
a bit llke the palaces now bullt
for young scholars?
"No doubt I bore you a little
but I want to teli you this: You
have the same chance of happi-ness
as your forefathers if you
will be contented as they werc
with less than ali you want wlth
simple pleasures whlch thev made
themselves with loyalty to a code
from vhich despalr was barred
On my Chrlstmas vlsits through
the centuries I have found the
most happiness In fields among
peasant folks and !n cottages
vhere chlldren sat around the
boaid and in attics where shab
oy students were enormously amu-e- d
by life I have found lt often
In poor lodgings where young lo
vers sat hand in hand with no fire
but that burnin? in their hearts
Love is a great source of happi
ness
"I have found this happiness
where ever there are lovers of life
Itself amused by the call of a blrd
or the scuttle of a small beast
worshipful of the sun's glory and
the white magic of the moon
thrilled with a sense of belng one
with life and above ali amons
people forgetful of thcir own
cares having dedlcated thelr souls
with a fire of love to some wo:k
they do for love's sake
"That is the message I hring
you tonlght The World Just nov
is too much haunted by anxletles
—fear of the future fear of pov- -
crty Do not be so much afrald!
Paco thls life of yours with laugh-ter
confldence and a spirit of fel-lows- hlp
toward ali men I do not
pretend to you that life is easy
But much of its sufferiiig is due
to yourselves and not to any grud-g- e
of hate due— forglve my frank-ness!- —
to your own fears hatred
intolerance greed and naughtlness
"Now my dear people I have
kept you long enough and I dont
suppose many of you are still lls-teni- ng
to me But I want to re-mi- nd
you on this Chrlstmas that
life is tili good if you make it so
Forget your cares so that thn
chlldren may laugh Forget jour
fears and be merry for thelr sake
You will find happiness In thelr
dellght So a Merry Chrlstmas
to you ali Why not? "
His voice was the vo!cc of an
old eld man filled wilh tender-ne- ss
and sweetness plty and love
It was sad that so many switched
off their radlos when he began to
spcak
Chrlstmas on the Farm
It always seems that Chrlstmas
on the farm is the best Cliristmas
cf ali Nowhere else is the snow
so dazzling the evergreens mj fra-gra- nt
or the turkey so lordly to
look at and so swcet to the tastc
How could any tree be so tali and
dark and handsome as the one you
cut from your own wood lot? Or
any fowl so plump and succulent
as the one you've fed and fattencd
for the great occasion?
There s a pleasant „ rustle and
bustle In the farm home long
before the twenty-flft- h wlth supp-lie- s
to be laid in mincemeat to bc
mlnced and rlpened ples baked the
house made ready and the lane
kept open Then when the day
arrives home-comin- g members of
the famlly an vlsiting relatlve3
step across the doorstep to the ho-ml- est
Jolllest Chrlstmas in th
World
A woman who had Just com- -
nleted a First Aid course saw a
man lying prone In the street and
was shocked that passers-b- y cai-lous- lv
Daid no attention to hlm So
she rushed up and began glvtng
lilm artificlal resplration The
man ralsed hls head and sald
"Lady I don't know what jou're
trying to do but I'm tryin? to gtt
a wire down thls manhole"
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Ages Ago
By Lahja Mikrlä
Ages ago on an early morn
To Mary a little babe was born
Ages ago on a starry night
The shepperds beheld a lovely
slght
n angel had come from heaven
above
AU full of Joy and ali full of love
"Fear not" sald she "for good
news have I
Born is a babe who'll he king by
and by"
"You'll find him in Bethlchem"
she sald
Peacefully sleeplng in a mangcr
bed"
Then the angels began to slng
Pralses to Ood the almlghty King
Ages ago on an early morn
Three wlse-me- n came to the new- -
ly born
They gave hlm incense myrrh
and gold
As they knelt and in pralse thelr
hands dld fold
A chorus of angels began to slng
Pralses to the newborn King
"Peace on earth goodwlll to men
Heaven and earth rejolce — Amcn
Christmas
God rest ye merry ladies and
gentlemen hi anotner Christmas
comes to this poor old eniDattieu
World and ve're one year ncarcr
the Peace on earth and Oood Wnl
toward men whlch is the spirit
and the promlse of the season
The candle in tne wlndow tht
wreath on the door and the tur-key
on the table are each a part
uf our celebratlon of thls most
honoied of ali days And there at e
otner symbois as vvell beloved tne
sound of the bells and the toy
whlstles and the oh-ln- g and ah-ln- g
as bulging stockings are turned
out the smell of plne boughs atd
of clinner cooking in the oven wltft
sweets ad spices and sivoilcn
blended into tnat 2pectal fragrancc
vhich belongs only to Christmas
the taste of tradltional dishes ai
tftey iolow each other In tne least
and are ali the more appetlzing
Lecause of thelr famillar old-fai-hion- ed
flavor and because they are
caten in the company of as many
lelatlves and friends as ve can
gather round us
The Christmas star is still shin-in- g
and Christmas as it uUays
was is the day of days in Canadian
homes It will be slmpler thls year
but it will lose nothing of that
friendllness and warmth which
makes us look forward to it for
weeks on end and remember it
long afterward
Ccme to thlnk of it isn't Christ
mas the most democratlc of ali the
seasons reachlng into every home
and brlnglng its promlse of Peace
and Goodwlll whlch lies at the end
of the road to a better World herf
on earth?
Cclorful Comment:
The collectors were prcsslng
down on Rastus Jones during a
drive for church funds "I can't
glve nothln'" pleaded the old
Negro "I owes nearly everybody
in dis here town already"
"But" sald one of the collec
tors "don't you thlnk you owe the
Lord somethln' too?M
"I does indeed" sald the old
man "but He aln't pushln' me llke
my other credltors lsM
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