Today’s
SMALL TALK
jj ZZIZZl- By MRS. RENN DRUM
,'M busy today envying the bear family who
can no 10 sleeP the beginning of cold weather and sleep
unti] - pring. 1 should even be satisfied if I could go to sleep
.urht Iter Thanksgiving dinner and wake un on New Year's
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y0,, niay not like It but that's
jtxj,;! what I'm saying—that Christ
mJ5 .should be labeled "For Children
Qn!> ■ i hat it isn't worth the price
jor a iults. Perhaps some of you
w0I1-t admit it but Christmas has
. a ;v come to be approached by
jpost crown-ups with something
nmrh akin to dread—with its ter
r;fic drain on the family purse; its
strain on the nerves of housewives
who m ist bake and brew and clean
jor day« in advance to make ready
for lr liday parties and dinners; its
exchange of often meaningless gifts;
and its loading of toys on children
whose appetite for toyl is already
surfeited.
That is a reasonably fair picture i
of Christmas for the middle classes,'
forever struggling to keep up with !
their bills, who long to give their
friends, their relati es and their
children gifts which are beyond
their means, wrestling with gift lists
and card lists, trying to buy both
gifts and cards worthy the affec
tion they feel for the persons to
receive them, and yet be fair to khe
family income. They long to give to
Thank You
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PATRONAGE IN 1936
Our Sincerest Wish Is That You
Have The Merriest Christmas
Ever.
A. Y. Wray & 6 Sons
tach cause presented to them and
make a further effort to stretch
the purse to keep pace with their
ready sympathies.
• • • •
Even worse is Christmas for the
very poor, who, regardless of what
they want to do about it, must pre
pare their children for the fact
there will be no visit from Santa
Claus, that grand saint who covers
endless miles on Clo-lstmas eve to
fill endless stockings from a bag
which must continually replenish Its
toys as he empties It. They must ex
plain that this saint who Is so kind
and generous to Johnny’s class
mates at school “ruus out of toys"
before he reaches certain houses or
certain sections of town. They must
let Christmas pass without the
feasting which goes on about them,
without being able to enter into the
getting and giving gifts which sym
bolizes Christmas.
• • * •
However, against all this is the
joy of watching the approach of
Christmas through a child's eyes;
of seeing again with him the won
der and mystery of the beautiful 8t„
Nicholas myth; of hiding toys un
der beds, and watching young eyes
shine as they repeat the impatient
query: “Mow many more days is it
’til Christmas?” I
And there is the joy of giving
those few gifts you managed to'find 1
which Just suit the person who is 1
to get them.
And the Joy of the Christmas note
from the friend from whom you
haven’t heard in several years.
And there is the joy of seeing old
friends, home for Christmas after
a long absence.
And the satisfaction of giving'
something, even a very small some-1
thing, toward those funds which i
really represent Christmas giving.1
which will go to people who can and
will make no effort to give anything •
in return and who will never know
who is the donor.
• • • •
What a clumsy column—to say in
one breath that Christmas isn’t
worth the struggle, and, in the next,
that there’s nothing like itl But
perhaps both are true for the two
attitudes struggle for supremacy in
me from December 1 until the last
scrap of tissue and silver ribbon is
cleared away and the last Christ- .
mas light turned out.
Since we can’t go back to being
children, since we can’t do away with
Christmas or change the way it is
celebrated, and since we can’t all be
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CAROLINA’S CHRISTMAS COMEDY
Tall, dark and handsome Warren William has the unenviable Job o
ceeplng Mae West from romancing In “Oo West Young Man,” the curv.
iceousv star's latest comedy, which begins on Christmas Day at th<
Carolina Theatre.
TALK
TO
PARENTS
Hand*
By BROOKS PETERS CHURCH
In this day of excessive mani
:uring, everyone's attention is nat
lrally drawn to the hands. One
lotices them if they are not made
ip, because then they are excep
;ional, and of course one’s eyes are
i Ur acted to them if# they are tend
;d and cared for and emphasized
>y enameled nails. But the hand’s
•ich so as to give Just the gifts we
vant to give, all we can do is take
t as is and like it.
And may Christmas be a happy
lay for you everyone.
tui mauuii w n tiuc iu
Whether one uses or can uw
one's hands, and how. has a great
deal to do with one's mental de
velopment. The smooth, flabbj
hand of which many women are sc
proud often betrays a personalltj
only partially developed. The reallj
beautiful hand Is fully developed
muscular and thin.
Long tapering fingers do not
necessarily mean artistic ability
The artist's hand is apt to be broac
and thick in the palm from mus
cular development, and is alwayi
extraordinarily strong.
The earlier in life that hanc!
training is started, the better. The
very little child should be encour
aged to use his hands when h«
plays. He should be given fewei
mechanical toys that run themselv
es, and more toys that require con
structive ability. As he grows older
blocks, pencils and paper, hammer
saw, nails and lumber needles anc
thread and scissors should becomi
part of his equipment and can
should be taken that he uses all o:
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these tools and become* skilled In
their use.
Girls and boys should be taught
to value and care for their hands
not from the standpoint of beauty
but of perfection as tools. If they
are trained to function perfectly,
real beauty will almost certainly
follow, and surely the owner of
these exquisite Instruments will be
a more rounded and complete per*
son than the pampered darling
whose hands are "beautiful but
dumb.”
Beulah Community
Club Has Meeting
(Special to The Star !
The Beulah Community Club
met Friday at 3:30 with Mrs. Ma
mie Smith. 10 were present. After
the business session a very inter
esting Christmas program was giv
en. Song :"8llent Night”; Reading.
"In The Beginning” by Mary Pearle
Wolfe; "Christmaa Spirits” by Mrs.
Randel; “Old Time Christmas
Tree.” by Mrs. Goforth. Everybody
received a Christmas present from
the beautiful lighted tree. During
the social hour Mrs. Smith served
a salad course and accessories fol
lowed by a sweet course. Those
helping serve were Miss Sara Vir
ginia Good, Mrs. John Blanton and
Mrs. H. B. Rhyne.
Bee Evidence
TROY. N. Y. — <« — Somebody
| robbed Carl Holcomb’s bee hives of
honey the other night.
The bees died defending their
treasure, and also gave the police
a clue. The officers figure the thief
probably is suffering from a puff
ed face.
« Sore Throat due
7 to cold relieved
W at first swallow.
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ley back. SB/.
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One Bishop Defends
The Former King
LONDON. DecT 33The
Bishop of Manchester paid warm
tribute to former King Edward VIII
in distinct contrast to the criilclsm
of other churchmen.
"Both as Prince Of Wales and
king, he used his many gifts in the
service of the etnplre and he help
ed us a great deal," the bishop said
In a letter to his diocese.
"We cannot let him go without
sorrow, sympathy and gratitude.
"Words help little In a moment
like this, but prayer helps much
and we shall pray for him who
ceases to be king."
The Bishop of Manchester w^s
one of the first prelates of th#
Church of England to raise his
voice in praise of Edward.
Hts superiors, the Archbishop of
Canterbury and York, have been
rebuked by both the press and mem
bers of the house of commons for
the severity of their criticism of the
former monarch.
17 Wet Counties
Want All Revenue
RAUEIOH, Dec. 24. —(AT>— Krp
resentstles of the state’s 17 liquor*
wiling counties said today they
would oppose an? movement to de
prive these fountles of revenue de
rived from the sale of alcoholics.
The group passed resolutions last
night asserting law enforcement
and management of liquor stores
must remain local.
Speakers made no direct refer
ence to a bill drawn by the liquor
study commission which recom
mend state supervision of county
stores, with the state taking one
ttfth of profits and ths counties
four-fifths.
The bill, to be Introduced at the
session of the legislature starting
next month, would make liquor
sales a matter of county option.
The city of Johannesburg, South
Africa, was founded after gold hm
discovered there In 1888.
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Merry Christmas
The Jolliest, Holliest tf
of Christmases to You.
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