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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1921 Many Organizations Have Taken Santa Claus' Pari Activities of Tar Heel Women Vocational Work To Be Enlarged In This State By MRS. W. T. BOST Raltlch, Deo. 84. Bo many beautiful thing! have been written about the; Dint of riving but after all Is there anything that can match the lines of Lowell in The Vision of Hlr '..aunfel: "Not what we give but what we share for the a-lft without the giver l bare. 'Who glvea himself with Ma alma feeds three himself, hl hungering neighbor and me." Henry Van Dyke In "The Mansion" reaches lofty helghta aa he defines what It la that counts In life. To the sjreat magnate, John Welghtinan who lias ashed: "But how have I fulled to wretchedly In all the purposes of my life? What could I have done bet ter? What Is It that counts here?" the keeper of Jhe gate replies: "Only that which Is truly given. Only that good which la done for the love of do Ing It. Only those plans In which the welfare of others Is the master thought. Only those laboura In which the sacrifice Is greater than the reward Only those gifts In which th giver forgets himself." The story In one of our Christmas favorites. The John Welghtman of the story Is solid, cor rect and Justly successful, adjusting bus Ufa always along approved lines, man who played his family and those bout him as though they wars pleees In a gam of oheaa. He never dropped pennies In beggar hats for he didn't believe In Indiscriminate giving, and he had his doubts In regard to th col lection for foreign missions for he eould aee no Immediate returns from the Investment, but he mad large con tributions to public enterprises with which h could b Identified. There was the "Welghtman Wing of th Hos pital for Cripples," ther was "Th Welghtman Oramraar-School, etc, etc., and all -papers mentioned his name with prala "for his ustalnlng power as a pillar of finance, for his Judicious TnenevoUnce, for his support of wis and prudent reform movements, for his discretion in making permanent public, gifts." All of these thing were not 111 done, th keeper of th gat said, but they were all marked and used for founda tions for the nam and mansion of John Welghtman In th world. And when hecame to look for th name and mansion of John Welghtman In the other world, which he did one day In a dream, he found th structure so pitifully-small! and mean that he 'cried out: "Why have you not built It large and fair, like the .othersT'" And to this th keeper of th gate made re ply: "That la all th material you sent us." It Is then that h asks wherein he ha failed "so wretchedly and the keeper of the gate telle him that the nly thing that counts here Is the thing that is truly given, Th dream comes to John Welghtman on Christmas Kv. When ne awakes ha wonders what has happened "Had he died and com to life agalnT Or had he only slept, and his soul gon visiting in dreams?" He finds himself before It Is too late and to his son to whom he has always de nied his yearnings for service to hu manity he gives fre reign and en courngement of his plana. n. Heary Caagkt th Spirit. Tee. There are so many, many others like "The Mansion" and "The Other Wise Men" of Van Dyke that we read over and over again and of which we never tire. With th approach of the Christmas season 111 stories are read In th sweet Intimacy of th family circle or alone. O. Henry, too, caught the spirit of Christmas giving In "Tire Olft of the Wis Men." The story is one of the bsst loved of his stories. "The uneventful chronlole," h says, "of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for ach other .the greatest treasure oT their house." 'Hut in a last word to the wise of the days let it be ald," he coutinuoa, ."that of all who glv gifts these two were th wlsost. Of t who giv and rocelve gifts, such at they are wisest. Kvery where they ar th wisest.' They are th magi." Th magi, O. Henry explained, war wise men wonderfully wise men Brought gifts to the Bab In the man ger. In fart they invented th art of giving Christmas presents. It Is a story of a young couple, very do voted to each other, who sacrificed their greatest treasures that th other might have th long plannd-for Christmas gift. Th husband oherish ed with great pride the gold watch mai nan iipnn ihh lather's. And th wife's most treas ured possession whs her wonderful heir. Christmas Kv Is at hand and Iiella, ths wife, finds that attar all her hoarding of pennlea for week and even months h lias only 11.11 with which to buy the platinum fob chain she has set her heart on for Jim's Christmas present. Hhe decides to sell nor hair her greatest treasure and with the 120 which she receives for It, nnrchttHes the fob chain. In th man- tlm Jim has been struggling with the same sort of thing and nr.any a aides to sell th cherished heirloom Ms father's and grandfathers watcn that Delia might have th set of beau tiful tortols shell, jewelled rim combs for her glorious hair. And then when they open up their girt in mum hell combs for Pella' beautiful hair which has been cut off to buy th fob tor Jlm' chain and th fob for Jim's watch which has been sold to buy the nmki for Delia' hair how dllol- ously happy they are with th aorlflc they have mad tor eaon owier if thov' oan't enloa th gifts. Are th.v foolish children? O. Henry (ays "But In a last word to tn wi or these days let It b said that or. an who glv gift the two wer the cnjgq srLgn taiga WEDDING INVITATIONS , - ANNOUNCEMENTS RECEPTION AND VISITING CARDS CORRESPONDENCE STATIONERY AMPLE! SUBMITTED t ATLANTA, 1UU Pearktre Street !g.7ljbli Gaua en-Jig can-fag v ITI-'i,1 .ft . 1 1st lis 1 sjl .srtst. -sxasssusssv j sj. .e-mm, wisest. Of all who glv and receive gifts, such ss they are wisest. Many - Clubs Hate Played Santa Claus For th past week North Carolina newspapers hav fcn full uf plans fur th Christmas aotlvltlen In behalf of the poor of th oitlos, homeless children and Inmate of th various Institutions.. It would seem as If no one could possibly, b left out f the Christmas giving ' and gayety. The people have been given their choice In th hundreds of "opportunities" f- ftreA through th columns of th dally papers and tne excuse mi no oppor tunity for service offered itsflf no longer holds good. Through organised charity and institution of welfare everyone Is given a chance to play Santa Claus to th needy If he hon estly desires It. If th good work keeps up with th rapid rat of prog ress that has characterized it for the past few years the Kama Claus myth will be justified In the, eyes oi nil -ana no small child will be without his toys on Christmas morn. It la only In the eyes of ths pessimist that th world I going to th bad for surely the real spirit of unselfish giving at the glori ous Christmas season Is . becoming mori and mora pronounced a the yeara go by. "What can I do to make jomeone's heart happier on Christmas Oay"? "How can I serve and thereby earn the only true Christmas joy for myself!" It would be Impossible to tell In on short story all that ha been done, even hundredth or thousandth of what has been done to bring Christmas cheer Into needy homes by tbe good women of the stats. The mon's or ganisations give freely and willingly of their money and we couldn't do Ithout tholr generous checks, out somehow it's the bit of holly with Christmas ribbon tied, the Christmas sticker everywhere, the gifts within selected with such Infinite care, and best of all the actual transfer of Christmas Joy from on happy heart to another through the packing and un packing of a Christmas box, that counta th very most. 'please go on with your work for the Old Soldiers' Home and may they have th very best Christmas of their lives, for you know each Christmas should be the best ever," Is the Christ mas massage that Mrs. Thomas Wilson, president of the North Carolina divi sion of th Daughters of th Confed eracy, has sent down the tine. And what ha been the response? : Hun dred of Christmas boxes packed with loving thought and care by the Daugh ters, the "first friend" of the veterans, have gladdened the heurta of the dear old fellows at th home, warm woolen socks, mufflers, gloves, fruits, randies and other dbnfectlons, all daintily wrapped, mnke up th boxes. Kor SO years or more me uaugmers oi th Confederacy have played Hanta Claus to the veterans not only at the horn but-throughout the state. lted Cross chapters, women s aux iliaries, Phllathea-Baraca classes, War Mothers, social servlc groups of all kinds havii this year combined to make Christmas the "host ever" too for dis abled veterans of the world war. The sending of the "Pollyanna capsules," the first skirmish, preceded the arrival of hundreds of Christmas boxes at the two government hospitals at oteen and Kenllworth. The word has been sent out weeks ago to the various or ganisations luat what the sick soldiers needed and what would constitute an acceptable box. Certain It I that no disabled soldier In the North Carolina hospitals has been forgotten, One or the new committees formed. In the State Federation of Women' Clubs this year la th committee on "Friend ly Co-operation with th 'fix-Service Man" and the Initial work of the com- Itte was th Christmas box sent by numbers of clubs to th sick nurses and soldiers at Oteen. Orphanages have been remembered In the main by the churches support ing them and other .Institutions over the state have received their share of the Christmas giving. Th Christmas work that ha received the greatest impetus hss ben th work of charita ble organisation In the local com munities. Th Qullford county board of welfare, under Mrs. Blanche Carr Sterne's leadership, has done a wonder ful plec of work till year in provid ing baskets of food and clothing for the needy. To all Oulirord county hoys and girls In Institutions gifts wer sent To th severs! girls from th county new at Bamarcand, the North Carolina Industrial home for girl and women; to th several Gull ford boys at th Jackson training school; th fw at 'th national re formatory at Washington, th two girl In. th tat penitentiary; and the few at th Caswell training school, nicety selected Christmas packages war sent. If every county welfare agency followed the suggestion these delinquent, wayward buys and girls would all be remembered by their "folks back home" at Christmas. The Woman's club and th Business and Professional Woman's club and other organisation of Greensboro all have had a share In making (Jhrlstinas happy for th children of the North Carolina Children' Horn. In Raleigh th club women have finer opportunities for service than those In many of the other towns be cause of the state Institution within reach. The social servlc department of the Woman' club of which Mrs. J. sign sngq sig AND PRICE - PON It BO, L EST GEORGIA T Whitehall street csugj gua tsmn. ft- 5 SMirtJ, .1. Honiara1 Is chairman, found Its way into uie homes and hearts of many during the Christmas season. A com mittee from this department and the muHlc department sang the Chrlatmas carols In th county home, jail, peni tentiary and other Institution. With the co-operation of tho superintend ent of th Wake county horn a com mutes of club (women had a tree for the Inmaes, a tree beautifully doco rtated for thorn as thouah thev were children, with oranges, apples, candy and a gift for each. Miss Carrie Phil lips and members of her committee spent Friday dressing th tree (and that night put on on of the happiest celebrations in the history of the home. . Mrs. E. H. Jordan Is Chelrmin of the ahut-ln committee. The follow ing brief notice, appearing In one of the local papers a few days ago, tells the story of another celebration: "The ladlea of St. Luke' home were' yester day entertained by Mrs. Kdwin H Jordan, chairman of th 'shut-In' 30m- mltte of th Woman club, assisted by Mrs. Uonnehsn Cameron and Mr. Hamuel Lawrence, Christmas carols were sung and refreshments were served." The committee presented the home with a set of teaspoons and through the kindness of an Individual contributor each of the dear old ladies was given her own Christmas money to do with as she wiuhed. . , The hospital committee under the leadership of Mist Gladys Ocwar con tributed much to th happiness of the nurses and patient during th holi day season, In memory of Mr. W. A. Hoke, former chairman of; the depart ment, the committee sent to the hos pital a pot of growing narcissus. Ev ery nurse received a package and the patients were given fruits. Another Christmas committee was the committee on "Friendly Co-operation with the Ex-Service Man." Mrs, L. H. Lumsden, chairman, with other members of the committee, sent a beautiful box to one of th sick nurses at oteen. The Travelers' Aid commit tee of which Mrs. A. B. Andrew Is chairman brightened the headquarters of the agency at the Union Station with holly and mistletoe and other ev ergreens, making It cheerful and ''CKrlstmasy" looking to ths passing trevelers. The committee presented the agent, Mrs. Blanche Bradsher, with gift. With the co-operation of city and county jail officials, Mrs. M. Rosenthal and Mrs. C. M. Miller prepared 250 boxes for th jail and county camp In mates, contributing cakes and candles and magazines. i I Under Mrs. Charles Parks chair manship the penitentiary , committee on Christmas work presented every prisoner with a gift and fruit and candies. There waa a tree and, music and story-telling and the good women who planned these pleasures for the state's unfortunates felt that their efforts had been richly repaid. In ad dition to this the department took 22 'opportunities" and thus dispensed Christmas cheer to perhaps a hundred of the city's poor. Practically all social service depart ments of oluba are working along these same lines during the holiday season. The needs of the community determine largely the work that is to be stressed. The Woman's club of Ualelgh la only one among many clubs that is using its social service depart ment as a channel for Its Christmas activities. Vocational Work In State Is Enlarged Since .thA Hmlth-Hnirhns vocational education act waa passed by Congress In 1817 much Interest has been created In vocational education and North Car ollnahas taken a leading part in the development of thla new and practical phase of education. Since the begin ning of th work In 1911-1919 thou sands of men and women In North Carolina hav had th advantage of fered by the classes in agriculture, trad and industrial subjects and home economics, and for the working men and woman, denied these privileges In the day, evening classes have been formed. At the beginning of th work only one whol time man was employ ed; today there ar eight members oi the administrative staff. Th voca tional education board has been wholly successful In Initiating this work in North Carolina, whloh I becoming mor and mor popular' But witn tne passage ei in maus- itrial rehabilitation aet by Congress, June 5, 1920, th dutle of th federal board for vocational education and the state boards have been enlarged and It la with this Important branch of th work that th major portion of this articla 1 to deal. This newest activity of th vocational education board,' which comes under the depart ment of publlo instruction the indus trial rehabilitation of disabled cltlsens provide for the civilian population In very mucn tne same manner as mo soldier and marine during th world war. In an articla by T. E. Browne, director and secretary to the board, a number of Instances are given in which disabled men have been aided bv this service and helped on their way to economic independence. It might be Interesting to know some thing of the personnel of the board. There are foir members on th tate board for vocational euucauuu uu eight member on its executive staff aa ..follows: Board Dr. E. C Brooks, chairman! Mis Mary Arrlngton, Rocky Mount; Leonard Tufts, Tlnehurst; W. F. Carr, Durham. Executive staff T. R. Browne, director and secretary to board; Miss Kdith M. Thomas, super visor home economics education; Roy H. ' Thomas, supervisor agriculture education: George W. Coggin. super visor, trades and industrial education; it. i,. stanton, supervisor Industrial re habilitation; Mlsa Katherln . Moran, assistant supervisor home economics education: R. A. Olney, asalstant su pervlsor agriculture education; M. L. Rhodes, assistant supervisor, trades and Industrial' education. " Because th 1917 legislature did not make any appropriation to match fed eral fund not a great deal was ao comnlished until after 1919. The gen eral assembly of North Carolina that year "appropriated for the promotion of vocational education in North Caro lina during the two-year legislative period amount equal to the federal appropriation to the state. Mr. Brown says: "Th growth of the work since that time ha been limited only by the ,innlv of oualtfled teacher. From the small beginning of 1918-1919 there were (n 1920-31 65 DUDllo scnooi in North Carolina In which vocational arrlcultur was taught with an en rollmant of l.l tudents: there were si schools In wnicn oennueiy or an lied classes In horn economics were taught, with an enrollment of i too alrls: and there were taugni iso evening classe for working men and women In which wer taught 1,582 oerson. In addition to th evening vocational classes for tradesmen, part- tlma elasses organised In co-operation with local achool systems, in which boy and girla wr Induced to go back to achool and take special sub jects, the course being o organised as to permit the tudents to work, a psrt or.th tim and go to svnooi a part," This, In brief. Bums up the work et last year. With the Introduo- tlon of the new activity of th depart mentthe Industrial rehabilitation of disabled citizens the work of the board takes on a new aspect and be comes more than ever a welfare agency in the state. Heads Committee for Wilson Foundation Mrs. Joseuhus Daniel ha accented the chairmanship of the state commit tee for the Woodrow Wilson Founda tion fund. North Carolina's quota of the million dollar memorial to Wilson being lae.000. DurliiK the week be ginning January 16, 1022, North Caro lina, in line with other states, will launch a campaign to raise its propor tionate share of the fund which Is to be used as a memorial to the war Presi dent and the perpetuation of his Ideals. The foundation is to be, in words now widely familiar, "Created in recogni tion of the nutlonal and Internationa) services of Woodrow Wilson, twice President of th United States, who furthered the cause of human freedom and waa instrumental In polntinsj out orcective methods for the co-operation of the liberal forces of mankind throughout the world. The award or awards from the income of the founda tion will be made from time to time by nationally constituted committee to the Individual or group that has ren dered within a specific period meri torious service to democracy, public welfare, liberal thought or peace through Justice." In other words, America la to have Its own Nobel prizes. It is understood that the method of raising the endowment will not be the familiar "drive"' of wat time, but the appeal will be mfl'Je more in the spirit of a free will oft'nrlng. a "drive," it is believed, will not be necessary "to rally Americans to the support of an American Institution, created in honor of a great American, dedicated to the perpetuaton of American Ideals." Offices for the state committee will be opened In Raleigh shortly and the work will be directed by Mrs. Daniels. the chairman, from the city, with the assistance of a number of prominent men and women who have pledged their co-operation. The complete organisa tion for each county In the state will soon be announced. Last week Mrs. Daniels visited Wil mington to confer with Dr. James Sprunt, one of Wilson's greatest ad mirers, From General Carr, Mrs. George W. Vandorbllt and a number of others she has received the pledge of tneir interest ana support The Wilson foundation, It Is under stood, wiU be patterned somewhat after the Nobel foundation of Sweden, the income from the foundation fund to be awarded by a nationally consti tuted committee to the individual or group that has rendered within a spe- ined period either of four ways: Meritorious service to Democracy; mer itorious service to Liberal Thought; meritorious service to Public Welfare; meritorious service to Peace Through Justice. Notes of Interest To Tar Heel Women The mld-wlnter council of the execu tive board of the National Federa tion of Business and Professional Wo men's clubs. Incorporated, will be held at Kansas City, Missouri, on March 9-10-11. The first two days will be (riven over to th business of the board, Wf . XH. 'UsW while on the 11th there will b a grand rally of all federated member who can get there thia will doubtless mean th coming of dozens of ' Interested memburs and state officers from near by states. It is expected that a large number of national offlcera and com mittee chairmen will attend this mid winter council, where many of the de tails relating to the fourth annual convention to be held In July at Chat tanooga will be arranged. The National Federation now number thousands of members and 1 organised in forty-six states. . , According to . th Henderson news correspondent the civics department of the Woman' club of that city of which Mrs. James H. Brodle 1 chairman and Mrs. Thomas G. Horner, assistant chairman, has Jusf completed ths beautitlcation of -Breckenrldfre street from Chestnut to the Elmwood cem etery, more than two hundred maple treea and evergreen known as the American Arborvlta having been planted and a shrub having been plac ed every twenty-five feet on both sides' of the street. The movement on the part of the Civics department has been a co-operative one. Led by the de partment about two hundred citizens contributed to the beautlfioatlon of the street. City Supervisor of Public Works 8, R. Chevasse took seven mem bers of the street fore and set th trees and shrub in th ground. This I, only the first number on th pro gram of tho civic department for the year, a number of other things being planned for the city's beautlfioatlon.. Mrs. Clarence A. Johnson, of Ra leigh, state commissioner of public welfare, was the guest of honor and principal speaker at the monthly meet ing of the Parent-Teacher Association of Fayettevllle last week. Among other things Mrs. Johnson urged th estab lishment of a detention home to sup plement the work of the county wel fare association and the Juvenile oourt. Th association went on record as favoring a horn of this character. While In Fayettevllle Mrs. Johnson al so addressed the annual banquet of the. weirare worker of th oounty and th monthly meeting of the Business and Professional Women's clubs. The bill introduced by Representative W, W. Neal of Marlon for th repeal of the primary didn't make much head wayIn fact, It didn't even get a good start. It met - Its first rebuff at the oommlttee hearing where It waa re ported unfavorably and there It stay ed. Introduced In both houses about the last thing before adjournment Mon day night, the 12th, a committee meet ing was called for 9 o'clock the next morning, a very early hour for most legislators to meet and -an extremely early hour for good housewives to get out, especially those Interested In pri maries and things. However at the appointed hour a few of th women were there. They were there to look after the Interests of the rest of the women, of North Carolina who want to keep the primary and who couldn't be on hand to say so. r'rs. Palmer Jerman, Mrs. Josephua Daniels, Dr. Delia Dixon Carroll, Miss Elsie Rld dick and perhaps' one or two others were on hand to defend the Interests of the women of the state who do not want the 'primary law repealed and they defended the Interests so finely that the bill was reported unfavorably and there It stayed throughout the special session of the legislature. The women have definitely made np their minds that they want the primary where they can vote for the nominee Merry Christmas And Wishes For a Happy an ! Prosperous New Year In extending the season's greetings to our friends and thousands of kind patrons we wish also to take opportunity of thanking you most sin cerely for a generous patronage and for the many acts of consideration shown to the management - and our delivery force. We can assure you we have striven diligently to serve you faithfully and intelligently, and we appreciate the many kind ex pressions of appreciation which we have received. Dick's Laundry Co. The Red Wagons We Treat Your Clothes White of their choice. It may be faulty and far short of perfection but even then It beats the convention and the wo men are opposed to convention meth ods. MJas Alice Wcmble of Raleigh, has been appointed deputy register of deeds. Having served In the office since 1913 she Is very familiar with all phases of th work. The art department of the Raleigh Woman's club held a most Interesting meeting last Friday afternoon on the subject of Batiks. Miss Edith Thomas of th state department of vocational education, briefly reviewed the history of batiks, showing how they were known hundreds of year ago on the Island of Java wher they were used for. decoration of wearing apparel. About 270 years ago the art was car ried over to Holland by Dutch traders but It was not encouraged especially and fell Into disuse. It ha been re vived there in the last ten years and In P'rance, Germany and America has again beoomo quite popular In the decoration of clpthing and Interior fur nishings. Miss Elizabeth Grossman who is an expert In this art, having studied in Ocrmany for the past four year In a school of batiks,, showed how the i lW 1 ' . A GOOD cup of Coffee Is ' I I g i J the first -food of the . ; . : , ljTE a v morning.. Refreshing., . ; yya end invigorating it starts you - R H y H on your day's work with vim ' a I (I and vigor and robust bound-,' , h M ' ' I J a ing energy. It supplies real H I J ' ' strength and-staying power. . M 1 IS Ifl In . ' "Queen's tyervT Coffee is sub-.' ' . H H ill I iffiffl I I stantial and satisfying it is ,- P j I jj inienSa':'e breakfast y ' ce" n The JAMES G. OIIA design Is first drawn, then oovtrsd In wax, and dipped successively In various dye. She had with her a number of beautiful specimens of her work. Th highest communities In th world Inhabited by white men ar Tlcleo and Oroya, In Peru. These towns, situated between - 12,000 and 14,000 feet above sea level, are th centers of extensive American mining operations. E It waa at a famous club. Two member wer 'in heated argument, on claiming their club served th world's best pastry. Th pastry cook was called In. "Success in delicate, delicious des serts Is mostly a questions, of tracts, he said, "our dessert ar always perfect, because I use only BLUB RIBBON EXTRACTS, advt. i uecn'ScBlend Slendod to a Queen's Taste , CO.,Norfolk,Mrgini TO. - S
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