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2 THE CABOUNIAM RALEIGH. N. C-. SATURDAY. DECEMBER U, IMS OMAR THE CAMEL COMES TO CONVENT (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to stand in front of Mother and make facial expressions. “Regis tar Jr Mother would say. Then "Surprise.” Then “Sorrow ” Another time the Three Kings arrived pulling a thick, heavy rope. They tugged and grunted like longshoremen, and the as sembled Sisters strained to see the giant object that would hove into view at the end of the rope. The object a toy camel, four inches in height. Then there was the time the earn el was live—one Sister was Its front the other its rear sec tion, and the camel did a dance straight out of vaudevUle. As one mlgh texpect the fun part never obscures the holiness of the occasion. One Epiphany dramatization by the novices ap plied the story of the' Magi to their own lives. They made the Star of Bethlehem a symbol of their vocation Snd compared the relentless quest“of the Wise Men for the new King with the promptness and perseverance with which the novice should answer the call of God. When the king-for-a-day dis tributes gifts to all the Sisters they are usually little neces sities like darning cotton, • typewriter ribbon, an eraser or ■ bottle of hand lotion. But one time the Sisters opened their packages to find each had re ceived a toy. Little tin boms and toy drums accompanied Epiphany nights merriment that year, and the next day the toys were pecked off to needy chil dren. There Is also s gift from Mo ther Provincial tor each Sister, and a gift for her from the com munity. Not the least of the bon uses of ths feast is ths suspen gjon of tha convent rule that the various groups—aspirants, post ulants, novices and professed Sisters—lead ooroplstely separ ate lives. On Epiphany, In tha apirit of the Magi's visit to the Christ Child, any member of Em Mendham community may visit with any other, regardless of her stage In religious Ufa. SELECTING THE TREES It is not only during Epip hany that the Provincial Super ior assume* the role of mother ef-the-tamlly In the holiday fes tivities. She begins early to Ad vent when she tours the moth er house grounds selecting the finest evergreen trees which she labels with colored string for cutting for Christmas. Then she proceeds to deny that there’ll be e Christmas tree this year "because you haven’t been good enough." The Slaters never take her word though; their favorite sport Is searching for the bits of string and guess tog which group wUI get the most shapely tree for their com munity room. About Deo. t, the convent cor ridors are pervaded with the positively heavenly scent of apices and tanking fruit, n sign that the annual ritual of cookie baking had begun. Thousands of cookies are turned out according to wonderful old recipe*, many from Germany. They are deco rated, packaged and delivered to friends of the congregation. Some, of course, are kept for the Mendham “family". Preparation of a soft bed of straw for the Image of the Christ Child In the convent manger v Jr i ' s - ♦s^ fIRERRV %0 [HRisimnsm &suw6t(sm' in^p Vogue ■■"■.' V-"- -;jay" ■" 11 11 i ' " , takes all of Advent end is relat ed to the old German Cristkindl custom. Each Sister draws tha name of another at the start of Advent Cristkindl means Christ Child and the Sister whose name she has drawn becomes for her a symbolic Christ Child. All through Advent she will secret ly perform acts of kindness for her Cristkindl. For a certain number of kindnesses she may add a straw to the manger. So it il that a Sister often finds her shoes shined, her _ stockings darned, her veil press ed, or in her cell a plant or a , * bar of soap with a not* from her secret friend. 'Elaborate se crecy ensures s surprise for ev erybody on the day after Christ mas when the identity of each Cristkindl partnership is reveal ed. On# young postulant turned red as a holly berry one year when the learned she’d been Mother Augustilde’s Cristkindl and that all the mending, iron ing and tidying had been dons by the provincial superior. LETTERS TO ST. NICK An authentic Santa Claus his appearance at Mallln cl Jt Convent—dressed as S on the feast of St. Nicho las, Dec. <. It Is a Sister who dresses In Bishop's robes and passes out the gifts the 81st*rs have ’requested in their letters to St'. Nicholas. Gifts range from .I Is play letters for a classroom bulletin board all the way to a typewriter. But it’s not all candy canea and bright packages on St. Nich olas Day. Tha fly to the oint ment is Rupreoht, the evil sprite (from German lore) who tradi tionally comes with sticks to whip bad children. Ruprecht goes around at sup per passing out sticks to the Sis ters he feels have not been good during the. year. Sometimes he goes outside snd makes an aw ful racket and throws sticks through open windows. The un ruly chap, like the Bishop, is portrayed by a Sister. The candles of the convent Advent Wreath burn down; Gol den Wednesday—the day of tak ing from the convent larder to give to the poor come* and goes. The excitement oI Christ mas mounts. At 4:30 pm. on Christmas Eva the Sisters, novices, postulants and aspirants are In the chapel chanting, “When wilt Thou come, my Jesus . . ." Mother Provincial is leading prayers for their benefactors, tamillas and friend*. Then Mother escorts her “fam ily" to the auditorium where the - aspl' ants present the story of Christmas in song and narration with elaborate scenery and lighting effects. After the pagaant there Is • gay procession to the commu nity rooms where the superior blesses each Christmas tree. The novices and Sisters have trim med their own trees, but for the young aspirants and postulant*, their tree la a delightful sur prise as U would be to the youngest members of a family at home. Then, led by caroler*—“O has ten, dear children, O coma on* and ell ... ” —it’s off to the din ing rooms where, to an atmos phere of wreaths and pine boughs await little mounds of goodies for each Sister along with her gift from “Mother". After each Sister has made her Christmas Eva meditation before the tabernacle of tha Ex- pected One, Matins are recited at 11:30 pm. Then. Into the dim chapel file* the procession of white-robed postulants their red and green and gold vlgfl lights ths only lllumatlon. Thres carry the wood-carved figure of the Christ Child which once rested 6n the traditional spot to Bethlehem where the Nativity took place. EXPECTATION REALIZED At the end of the procession the priest who will celebrate midnight Mam places the figure of tha Child into tha creche. All the while the Sisters are singing the Austrian hymn, “Silent Night” At the lino. “Shepherds quake at the sight . . . “ tha chapel becomes suddenly bright The sweet young voices of the novices commence to sing the Mass, toe Communion climaxes toe weeks of expectation, and after Mass to* Sisters sing. "... good night sweet Infant dear. Love has brought us to Thao here , . J To round out the convent celebration there are cookies, coffee and conversation after midnight Mass, care’s and visits to too creches in all to* com munity rooms the next day, fam ily visiting the following Sun day, the blessing of St. John’s Win# on Dec. 37. and the least of the Holy Innocents when.the youngest novice becomes novice mistress for the day. Said on* veiled teenager at the convent, “My first Christmas away from boms was my hap piest yet” *LET EVERY HEART PREPARE HIM ROOM* .CONTINUED FROM rAGE 1 And all they tl»t heard it, wondered at those things which were- told them by to* shep herds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered tN min her he u And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all toe things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. ... 1 " T*’ ■ * Indispensable! That’s what most fashionables say about their favorite travel companion -the all wool double knit suit. This one by R A K in two hand some parts-the hipbone skim ming jacket lengthen* via ombred stripes to match tha slim skirt. A perfect traveler, it goes in and out of a suitcase and loses nothiar except its wrinkles. * ■v- • 4 + w * r - ' '* ,» * * * What They Wort ..by PHYLLIS JOYCE j When 6EOR6E WJUHIHC7OH ,/IJ A~4j WAS PRESIDENT THE FRENCH i INFLUENCE WAS APPARENT IN . ©rSfc LADIES' DRESS. TYPICAL WAS a A &OWN 0(1 flowered SILK yWSsHgF draped over frameworks CALLED PANIERS WITH AN - yj-Wr RT OF PLAIN COLOR B OX PLEATING - CXrr of doors a lady would often /£:t\ > 111 / \ WEAR A LONS OUTERGARMENT CAUED^=j\ A PELISSE (SHOWN AT (U6HT) MADE OF i SILK WITH A QUILTED BORDER AND A Isl/ ft PRAWSTRIN6 JUST UNDER THE 1 \ U CHILDREN’S CLOTHES BisJlLro <1 SUCH AS THIS SHEER " ÜBI musun sown trimmed with appuoue Jm kiW EMS2CHDERY WERE ELEGANTLY MADE AND I mTX\ THE GARMENTS OF THEIR fOWW WHEN BUYING fcfifev By/'/ I I \e3ll=L WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ teffSßAl Jy I I iWfQ APPAREL LOOK FOR S i ll Ok SYMBOL OF DECENCY, TJ- // II / I FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AND ..pgamgnq*, the AMERICAN way of life -•»- STRICTLY AN AMERICAN AFFAIR v .. txV' . i; v‘ : Bob Hope takes time out from his Urn-making (**A Global Affair” with Michelle Mercier, left end Lilo Pulver, center) to remember that it’s Christmas time—and that U. B» Savings Bonds are guts that gjrow with tha yearn. SANTA'S WHISKERS • ».« THIS YIARJ CHRISTMAS CARTOON HAS ION ISTICIAUY MAWN FOB YOU* USI 3Y KAU MURENTRAI OF THC IOS ANOIUS NMAID IXAMINM. mil- DINT OF THI ASSOCIATION Os AMMUCAN SOiTOUAL CARTOONIST*. ITS A SAVINGS BONDS NOUOAY FOR LOVELY MRS. AMBHCA W mm Mrs. Lyle Mitchell as San Diego, Calfornia great* her Chrtetmas * tre* with tha “gift that keeps on giving,” and even sewn a homo fnl gift* far raUtirt and friends. “My husband and I practise what w* preach. In his jab at the telephone —f th* urnor. am his associates te bay Bonds regalarty through the Payreß Stevlnje Han. We also glre bonds te each of ear fre children ea tw birthdays sad at Caristaiaa tim tm their fitirs cdßcatioß." ' "'YB. A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER CONTINUED FROM PAGK V Grandpa’s eyes, and he looked down, and saw Mary bonding over too Child Jesus." ah* said softly, her eyes bright with mo th#: love. Grandpa dropped to his knees to the now beside a group of shepherds. His eyas were sud denly blurred with tears. When Ids sight cleared, three strange looking men came with gifts for toe child. Grandpa saw them kneeling there, and his heart arho4 tor ha had nothing to give. ÜblemT The winter night was bitter cold, and he aaw to* Child shiv er. Sometohtg te keep Hhn warm, Grandpa thought, and unbutton ed his coat, with trembling fing ers; and bowing low, offered it ' to Joeeptv Joseph helped Mary wrap the coat closely around the Child and Mary skid gently, “It’s the loro to ytmr heart that warms my Child, for love is the best fight of aIL” The Child turned His head mod Grandpa felt his ayes upon him, and his heart swelled with such happiness as he bad never known before. MORNING Bo fait o hand on his should er, shaking him gently, and he opened his eyes to see sunlight streaming through his bedroom window. Tom and Doreen stood beside / " '' '' « - ■ CHRISTMJZS TBp YaktUo Saaaan nabdi «* of tho intitpde we owo jam, oar a» fir atefidy, Uad May bw roitetaat da&y dfffcrtg i I* Itofgpfp oar Mirlti to jpg npay th’t debt in no sjr.all measure. AaR ■A ihnqr CMtoMg, ereryopo! * WOOD'S 5-10* STORE 117 E Martin St Raleigh, N. C. TE 2-5926 cleni JK. tg ovSf iSLJi : x 4 xv-.N-.y x<• < *jp far ***»*% r i> iW' iii WBTBBi ij .»• jmm| Warn EC ■ ■ Wr May the true spirit otChristmia fill the heart* olmeatYßEywhore- BUFFALOES CO. BUILDERS 1722 S. Saunders St TE 2-3243 ’ ■* his bee/ “Look?” they cried to gether, “Santa put this big bos under toe tree for you. Grand pa." Ha looked at toe ban they car ried. tied with red ribbon and decorated with a sprig of holly. Through the open door of his bedroom he could see the Christ mas tree sparkling and shim mering. Groaning, he pulled himself up, and to please toe two bright eyed young things, be untied toe ribbon and opened the box. Speechless, b* sat look ing at too fine now overcoat He thought whimsically. If only I had had tots teat night! Last night? A remembered warmth and Joy surged through him. “Doreen." be said, ’bring mo my old coot, like a good triri.“ “Your old on*!’’ she cried. “But don't you like this new one?” “Os course, I do, child. It’s an eteguit coat I shall never wear any other. But, just to please me, briftg too did one.” She trotted away, looking pua zltd and not to happy, and re turned with the threadbare eeet “It feels so warm. Grandpa," aha said, holding It against her cheek. “And It was to that cold closet upstairs." He nodded and smiled. “Hang up tbs new coat torn* by tha door where I can admire it” ho said. He folded tho old coat care fully and wrapped it in the tis sue paper and put it into tho box. Then he closed toe cover and re-tied the ribbon, setting the sprig of holly in the cen. of tho bow- He was remember ing the leva to the bright eye-: tot toe Child as they gazed at hhn over to# colter of this old coot test night -There!" Grandpa Bill said proudly. “In this box lies a gift —the memory of the happiest Christmas Eve of my whole Use. And I thought I’d have no part In the holy celebration!" They stood looking at him wonderingly- i “But the now coot win hasp you wanner than tho old one," Tom said practically, Grandpa BIN hold out hli arms to them, and thay flung team* selvas upon him JWW. A SSSonr'h?Mid hagfflp. "Sm don’t forgot It’S U» lore M *»• that really hMgg HR —i—
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