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' ■■■-■ - --- .. ■■ i' ....... - .... Something To Think About A Merry Christmas ========== By Bruno Lessing ". — The significance of the Christmas holiday, according to ail the various creeds and churches that try to carry on the teachings of Christ, lies in a message of hope that was given to the world. The Christian doctrine is that the world was doomed to some form or other of damnation until Christ saved it. This note of hopefulness distin guishes Christianity from all other 1 religion®. The New Testament makes' it so clear and so alluring that every Christian, no matter what creed he selects, should re joice over this gift of hope. What better way could be devised to celebrate the anniversary of the, birth of the Bearer of this message than to do one's best to implant hope in the hearts of those who be lieve their lives to be hopeless? Dear Reader! After wishing you a Merry Christmas, this writer wishes to assure you that he is not trying to preach a sermon. Preach-: ing sermons is the trade of clergy- * men and priests. And writing news paper articles is the trade of news paper men. And. sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. But no harm can come from a layman presenting a thought which occurs to him and which may, j possiWy, appeal to others. If the. thought be true, it may have some ; beneficent effect. If it be unsound, j every intelligent reader will quick ly cast it asidd. The greatest thing in life is hope, j Nations, groping to find a solution of their political and economic prob- i lems, have nothing but confidence and hope to buoy them up. Indi viduals, worried, dismayed, lncapa-j ble of coming to decisions in the affairs of life, have nothing but hope to sustain them. Nothing in life Is certain excepting! its termination. Hope is the great, the only beacon light that gives us all warmth and courage to strug gle on. The sky is gray and gloomy today. We hope for sunshine tomorrow. So, therefore, as long as Christ mas pay celebrates the greatest emphasis which ever was placed upon HOPE, why not celebrate it by a sincere effort to give a little hone to those who need it? It's all right to give Christmas presents, fWe're giving our friends cheap cigarette lighters tiiat we picked up in Paris last Summer.) And it's nice to send out cheering Christmas cards. But after all. aren't those rather cheap and perfunctory ways of celebrating the birth of a great idea? There are many children in homes and ip hospitals who have lost- hope. There are many aban doned wives who have lost hope. There are even people Who possess material wealth and enjoy physical comfort, who have lost hope. Why npt make it a point to give hope as a Christmas present? How? Oh, that's where your problem be gins, It involves thought. It means work. You would rather send a check for $50 and be done with it. Yes, but that is merely "ducking' the problem. Yet, if all who believed ui the Christian religion were to try to celebrate the birth of its Founder by passing along the message of hope which He gave to the world, you would be surprised at the num ber of atheists and agnostics and infidels who would follow their ex ample. A Merry Christmas to you all! JOBLESS MAN PASSES AS ORPHANAGE TAKES BABES New York.—His wife confined to ah insane hospital, his two chil dren about to enter an orphanage and he himself jobless and penni less, Nathan Ruja, 38, of Brooklyn, dropped dead from heart failure and malnutrition In the Infants’ home at Borough Park, this after noon. He fell over atjd injured his son, Irving, two and a half years old, whom he had brought to leave at the institution. Several hours previous he had hrought his younger son, Leon ard. 10 months old, and had leTt him there. A nurse gave him car fare and he hastened back for his other child. WANTED—TO BUY A FORD truck. Must be reasonable and in good shape. Fred Washburn, R-4. Shelby. 2t-24P FREEDOM DOESN’T BRING HAPPINESS 1 Modern ‘Free Women’ Less Happily Than Old-fashioned Mar ried Ones. New York.—Those revolutionary young women who are "leading their own lives" are finding thcm ' selves more unhappy than thslr | old fashioned sisters, who cling to. | home and marriage. This, at least, is the conclusion reached by Dr. Louis Bisch. a lead ing New York psychiatrist, who. after interviewing dozens of both i types professionally, compares them in an article written for the Smart1 Set Magazine t.ven ino.se woo nave macie a sue- , cess of a business or profession at ' the sacrifice ot marriage haltingly confess under the psychiatrists^: diagnosis that their lives are incom plete. he says. ‘ On the other hand, there is not a mature woman living, married or; single, m home or business, who does not feel that life has cheated j her of one or more of her secret j ambitions." he declares. ‘'But that j occasional regret is quite as com mon among men. “Freedom Not Happiness.” ‘ My point is that women are not and cannot be happy when they are absolutely free. Freedom and happi- j ness are not identical terms Any j woman who is absolutely free in her emotional life and free from the natural responsibilities which wife hood and motherhood entail does not enjoy such freedom because freedom Is appreciated only when there are restrictions to counter balance it.” Added to this is the fact that women have inherited a positive de- \ sire for the restriction impose'd by homemaking and motherhood, Ids Smart Set article points out. ‘ I don’t say women are happiest j when enslaved to the point of throt- j tling every opportunity and desire,”, he concludes. “But I do say that their emotional make-up is such that they enjoy restrictions more than freedom. “For centuries women have real ized that absolute female freedom would lead to social chaos. And so , they have recognized some restric- j tions as protections. Their emotions are such that they must love to be happy, and love brings restrictions, no matter what form it takes. "Woman’s psychological constitu tion is such that maternity is de-; sirable, often absolutely necessary i for well-being. That is a decided restriction. And certainly the rear- j ing of children is enslaving to a de- J MERRY CHRISTMAS The Star\ Wishes The f t Best Of The | Season For \ The 4,800 j Homes Into \ Which The l Paper Goes | \ THE CLEVELAND STAR “Covers Cleveland Completely” Lindv Off on a Hunting Trip One of the world’s best known young men, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, h shown climb ing into his amphibian plane in New York harbor. With Harry Guggenheim (back to camera) he took off {or a visit and a bit of quail hunting with his friend, Governor Harry S. Byrd oi Virginia. (Iauraationmt Ntnxrttl) gree. But you will find that abso lute ireedom from these things does not make a woman happy. To the contrary. I can name dozens who have found only misery in it.” Bigger And Better Cuss Words, Need University Professor See-. Need For Cuss Words That Convey Real Meaning. Chicago.—Bigger and better cuss words have been suggested by Dr. Burges Johnson, professor of Eng lish at Syracuse university. aSp one of the things this country needs. He told the executive club about it. Profanity (hat was horrifying a few decades back is now ridiculous in its innocuousness. Dr. John son said. Some of the stronger cuss; words have been corrupted until now they Jack all their original power and significance. ‘‘Gramercy,” • Gadzoofcs' and "Zounds’’ are some of the corrup tions of what once was powerful profanity, he said. Even the words that remain at full strength have lost their power through over-usage and there have come into the Ian guage no new swear words to re place them. •'Donner and blitzen" once was the acme of cursing in Germany, the professor said, in that it invoked thunder and lightning upon the "head of him cursed—a very serious : business once upon a time. Now however, thunder and lightning have lost some of their frightening power, so the threat means noth ing- I Dr. Johnson said profanity, like ; Gaulfi is divided into three parts, j Exclamatory profanity, he believes is almost.' a lost art. Assertive pro fanity has lost its power. In this connection he noted that to answer a question with the simple "I did," is now much more powerful than to say, ‘ by . all the stars in the heavens, by Jove and by the’ devil's j spirit, I sJid so.-' Denunciatory profanity, the third type, is alihost gone, Dr. Johnson declared. Nowadays, no one takes the deuuciatory words seriously. j To prove that there have been! no new swear words invented in a long time. Dr. Johnson said Rabelais and Chaucer knew nearly all t hose now in use, but used them sparingly, and therefore made their j use more effective. “Emphasis is lost to the modern generation." he said. "Newspaper headlines mean nothing through constant use. Modern speech is conducted in tones near the top of the voice, and it is now impossible to gain emphasis by loud speaking. The only possibility for emphasis is by whispering ' DRIVER HELD FOR GOING TOO SLOW IS RELEASED New York.—Unable to find a statute to cover the case and with no precedent to act as a guide, Magistrate TI. Stanley Renaud dis missed the case against the first motorist ever hailed into traffic court charged with operating aa automobile too slowly. Hollis Woman Dies In Shelby Hospital Mrs. Renda Stiefman, twenty year old woman of Hollis died in the Shelby hospital Friday, leaving an infant six weeks old. Her remains were taken to Hollis for interment. Her husband also survives. Hollywood.—With flicker work scarcer than porcupine quills on a kangaroo's back, it is now popu larly believed in the colony that when an actor has klieg eyes it’s from the lights accompanying a ballyhoo picture premiere. Norman Kerry is reckoned to be as hotsy totsy a hast as hosts come. His home in Beverly is the favor ite rendezvous of many who relish interrupted quiet. Tother eve Nor man chucked a party and figured on just a friendly fewsome. He in vited Blanche Sweet and •‘Mickey" Neilan. He tNormam swalned Sally O'Neill, Jack Pickford arriv ed with Mary Mulhearn, a stage actress now habitaUng here. To cap the climax Ben Lyon walked in with Bebe Daniels and another girl. I trust you grasp the significance of this ultra bohemian gathering! Later. “Mickey" Neilan suggested everybody traipse over to his house, down the road a-ptece from Nor man's mansion. And everybody did. though I presume when it came to pouring the tall glasses and making sandwiches each person took assid uous care of himself. They do be chuckling over an example of the John Barrymore well-known ability to poke fun. Bit by bit choice morsels have been wrung from those who personal appearanced at the'Barrymore Costello wedding. The latest chor tle being the wedding cake. It seems John did instruct the con fectionery maestro t o crown the cake with two miniature fig ures one, a fern; the other, a man, said man made conspicuous by the ball and chain gracing his leg. Matrimony must really be amusing. Having nothing better to do one day, Colleen Moore. Billie Dove. Corinne Griffith, Dorothy Mac kaill, Alice White, Maria Corda, Thelma Todd and Betty Compson figured cut the ideal movie fem star. She should be five feet three, weigh 118 and have brown or au burn hair. Not to be deprived of a confer ence Richard Barthelmess, Mtlton Sills, Ken Maynard and Jack Mul hall got together to determine the ideal male star. He should swank five foot eleven and one-half Inches (don't forget the half inch, for heaven's sake) of NORMAN KERRI 168 pounds. <<_ Screen Scribe: Jack Dempsey returned from a hurried trip to Aguas C alien U with Joe Benjamin, shopping on Hollywood Boulevard ’tother eve with his wife, Estelle Taylor. Meb be it'r true Christmas is nearly here . . . Mary Alden "Lon Chan eying” her way into the Villa Car lotta elevator despite numerous bundles. Mary likes to rassle her own breakfast .... Ruth Stonehouse and her husband, Felix Hughes, have now moved into the large house that »omes Rupert Hughes and his wife ... Ah these artis tic directors. Joe Von Sternberg marched onto the porch of his house ’tother morn and espied r * strange man next door. He called to his wife, Risa Royce. Was that •. weird creature actually his neigh- i bor? He was. Joe spoke an ulti matum. They must move. They must move anywhere. But they must move. Latest bulletins report Mrs. Von Sternberg searching vali antly for a new roof congenial tt* the artistic—yes, artistic—Joe. AS THE CHILDREN ARE DRAWN TO SANTA CLAUS WE ARE DRAWN TO THE GIVER OF GOOD GIFTS AT THE BIRTHDAY HOUR OF CHRISTIANITY WE WISH ONE AND ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS i
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