16
^ber, 1946
THE ECHO
PAGE FIFTEEN
Little Hunks
Of Real Stuff!!
^llETOE SUPERSTITIONS
^ mistletoe is said to have
Seated by the falling tears
®us when she had received
^tentional wound by one of
arrows. If mistletoe is cut
J'Mth a golden hook, it will
poisons. Draw a circle in
fire, take two leaves of
name one yourself and
in the circle, the other
^^eetheart and place it out-
1,®® circle. If he is to marry
Lleaf named after him will
‘“to the circle beside you.
*!ans spend almost twice as
^ fishing as any other sport
“**i000,000 a year.
lljj
^ you know that in the early
K ‘liaseball, players could tag
^l^ner by hitting him with
, ‘^significant we really are
how unimportant. Espe-
we stop to consider
lilt [®''ing of eternity. Just sup-
there was a rock one
ifj'. ®iles high and one hun-
wide. Once every thou-
a little bird comes to
sharpen its beak. When
‘({j, has thus been worn away,
^ ^ day of eternity will have
®5Uaiated that some 30 bil-
People have lived on the
the beginning of re-
Jii, j history, 6 or 7 thousand
In 1939, more than half
^ esM?® 2 billions inhabitants of
5,. - live on less than 6 per
land area.
LII snow.
hSd ^es.
^ Psalm
an open
Cv kitchen
« The Time To:
L use Christmas Seals.
C} you Vitamin D supply.
V your blessings — share
%
USO, VFW and Amer-
■ifsion.
means more than
^®new your faith.
ji. VERACITY
to school together
up side by side
, never knew he loved her
rich old uncle died.
Says:
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of toys, homes, furnl-
radio cabinets, pianos
%^**'*rou8 other useful and
J^^ivlng articles are derived
**' .ittade of wood. Forests are
I*rot«et them from nr*.
Jmcitpi rAORaw
9i?eat cloy
ai> Chpistmas,
Hie Chpistmas
Tpee.
Christmas Trees Are Fire Hazards
In The Home; Take Safety Measures
Burch Gives Tips on Playing
Safe During The Yule-
tide Season
Once again the Christmas sea
son is upon us, bringing its mes
sage of “Peace on Earth and Good
will to All Mankind.” Gay and hap
py faces will be seen around
Christmas trees on Christmas
morning, as presents are opened,
and greetings are exchanged. Then
the expectation of sitting down to
that Christmas feast, that mother
has been so busy preparing all
morning. The happy laughter of
children playing with the toys they
received, resounds throughout the
house. Oh! What a happy day—
This will be true in the majority
of homes this year, but there will
be some homes where the joys ot
Christmastide will not prevail, due
to that terrible devastator FIRE.
This need not be if extreme care
is taken. The Christmas tree you
bring into your home, and the
decorations you place upon it are
lire hazards you must watch most
carefully. A tree will dry up and
become highly inflammable. You
may lessen this danger by cutting
off the base of the tree at right
angles and standing it in a contam-
er of water, always keeping the
water above the cut. Securely fas
ten the tree so that it cannot fall
on to the stoves, radiators, or other
sources of heat. When smoking
keep away from the tree.
When using Christmas lights on
your tree, make sure that cords
are not frayed or broken. A short
circuit in frayed wire may start
the tree burning. When a fuse is
blown, it is a sure indication that
you have too many lights on one
circuit. Eliminate some lights and
play safe. An overloaded circuit
may start fire in the walls. Paper
decorations are extremely hazard
ous unless kept away from lights
or other sources of heat The
wrappings from your Christmas
presents may become dangerous if
left lying around where they may
be ignited. Remove them to a safe
place after unwrapping your pres
ents. The records show that a
thousand Christmas trees burn in
as many homes each year. Hun
dreds of fires start from Christmas
lighting. Flammable decorations
and discarded wrappings also in
crease the number of fires. Let
us all endeavor to play safe and
it will be “A Merry Christmas.”
—By Ernest Burch
Horoscope
For Those Bom Nove^mber 23
To December 22
The sign unaer which you were
Dorn is bagittarms, wmcn assures
good fortune in your life. If you
aevelop Uie powers you have,
you’ll be rewarded with success
and happiness. Your outstanding
quality is your ability to promote
important ideas, and once you be
come enthusiastic over something
you easily persuade others to snare
your interests. You are quick,
earnest, sincere and very idealis-
ac—in fact, if you lose your ideal
of a thing or person important in
your life, all your interests and
ambitions fade.
Because your advancement de
pends on your ability to seize an
opportunity and act upon it, you
should play down your tendency
towards indecisiveness. Learn to
need the voice of intuition. You
sometimes have difficulty in ex
pressing your ideas, because of
dmidity, and your success will de
pend on your ability to express
what you feel.
Don’t let temporary setbacks
discourage you, as you are des
tined for honor and success in
life. Learn to do things while your
ideas are fired with enthusiasm
and inspiration. Don’t be afraid to
work, even in inferior positions, as
eventually your merit will attract
the attention of those in high
places.
Due to your philosophical na
ture, ordinary business doesn’t
appeal to you, therefore you should
choose one of the professions as
a career. If you do enter a com
mercial business firm, it would be
best for you to be with a large
company with international inter
ests. You should also take an ac
tive interest in clubs and fraternal
societies.
Prominent people bom under
Sagittarius are. Susanna Foster,
King George VI, Jimmy Doolittle,
and Deanna Durbin. Favorable days
in December are the 4, 5, 12, 13.
16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, and 31.
Month Of December
“I heard the bells on Christmas
Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to
men.”
The “decem of December seems
out of place, for in Latin it means
“ten”, but in old Roman days be
fore the calendar was reformed,
December was the tenth month. No
body thought the matter was im
portant enough to require correc
tion, EO the name still stands. For
centuries December had only 29
days, until Caesar (didn’t he do
anything but horse around with
the calendar?) added two days to
the month.
Officially, winter starts on De
cember 22nd., the day on which
the sun reaches the solstice and
turns back for its northward jour
ney. In the northern hemisphere,
the 22nd. is the shortest day of
the year; in the southern hem
isphere it’s the longest. There’s
absolutely no reason why we
should have to tell you that Christ
mas and New Year’s Eve come in
December.
Some of the important events
which took place in December are:
Monroe Doctrine message present
ed to Congress, 1823; Columbus
discovered Haiti, 1492; Americans
laid siege to Quebec, 1775; Boston
Tea Party, 1773; Washington and
A man from the city in trouble
with the local authorities in a
small country town asked one of
the residents if the town had a
criminal lawyer.
“We think we have,” was the
reply, “but we haven’t been able
to prove it on him yet.”
his men crossed the Delaware,
1776; Illinois, Mississippi, Iowa
and Texas admitted to the Union
(or was the Union admitted to
Texas). December’s flower is the
Holly, and its gem is the Turquoise.
SmokeySays:
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tmewoMrHTloSiST* Fuwe
Ttu. PfOfUl TO K CM«mL
VflTH IN TMI WOOPS
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The ChristmM Treo—Each year
our carelessness with fire causes
thousands oif fires in homes. Be
careful both in the home and in
the wpodk , . -