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\ ****k***Â¥ SOME THINGS WE STILL ENJOY Editor Templin of the Fergus News-Record has been counting his blessings. He has been thinking over some of the things We might have lost had Germany triumphed in the Great War, and he bids us look around at the things we still have'because our allied soldiers stood up success- fully against the might of the Teuton allies. Here they are: “First of all, and most important, we, are free. We can get up in the morning and order our own lives, the only limit being economic necessity. We Can talk freely in our homes, in other people’s houses, on the street. We have no fear that spies may overhear what we think about the government or about some petty official. We know well enough that there is no danger of anyone of us spendâ€" ing tonight or the next year in a concentration camp. There are no concentration camps. Our children belong to us, not to the state. They go to school to learn facts, not propaganda which will turn them against their parents in order that they may become puppets of a dictator. We can read our newspapers and find news in them. We can listen to radio programs from across the international LAuIJnv- uvlninln urnnlfl hp forbidden Us a dictator US propaganda which will turn them against tneir pal'eutb in order that they may become puppets of a dictator. We can read our newspapers and find news in them. We can listen to radio programs from across the international border, which would be forbidden us if a dictator told us what to do. We have religious freedom, can go to what church we like and nobody had tried to alter our Bible. We are allowed to travel as much as we can afford, and take our money with us when we leave home. We have butter for our bread, meat on our tables, clothing made of wool or silk or cotton, not some substitute that pre- tends to be what it is not. We discuss our government and our political parties freely. We liVe at peace with our Jewish neighbors or people of other countries. We are not forced to stay at jobs we hate. We are a free people, living in a democratic country, and we owe it to those who fought twenty years and more ago.” » A A . a .*. “VVhen the buH started f0 fence and cra“ded unde; just boredf’ "V-vjafhe body lay in state while hundreds of old fri1 beer.” Deer. “Miss Mary Hogarth, whose wedding to John Bemis yesterday had to be postponed because of her illness, is reported to be some bitter today.” “James Parker, who was bit by an automobile on his umv hnmn from work. is reported to be up and around ‘1‘}Tames Parker, who was bit by an automomle on ms way home from work, is reported to be up and around today.” The new senctuary in the nuditorium of the South Methodist Church was dedicated yesterday.” 3! boy. COUNCIL SEAT NO BED 0F ROSES Those who occupy seats on municipal councils these days certainly are sitting in no bed of roses. For example while attending at the council table with Markham town- ship municipal representatives last Monday afternoon we heard the members treated to the bitter and the sweet of public acclaim. We heard their financial record for the year extolled by bank manager Maynard and we heard them called a bunch of “wooden heads” by one of a depuâ€" tation asking more generous relief. We heard them listen to the heart touching plea of a widow, sick and the Victim of unfortunate circumstances, pleading “in the Lord’s name don’t sell me out for taxes”. Every member in his heart would much rather accede to that plea but as well as their sympathy they had to consider their duty. The problems of those in public office have so multiplied in ‘ecent years that it is little wonder that all over the coun- try there is a marked falling off in the number of those seeking to serve on municipal councils. ,,L......... YOU CAN HELP You may now make a donation to Richmond Hill Com- munity Christmas Chest. Sponsored by the municipal council and generously supported each year by donations from individuals and organizations this fund annually proâ€" vides a well filled Christmas basket to every needy family. It is a worthy cause and your help is needed now. Send your donation to Mr. A. J. Hume, clerk and treasurer. PAGE TWO little village of Whegtley, Ont Covering Canada's Best THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8th, 1938 WHEATLEY’S EXPERIMENT thrl TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS “THE LIBERAL” 11 state at the family home yesterday, old friends and admirers passed the Suburban Distrlct .uuu, UlelLvUAA “nu - -__- in time to escape Being has been receivâ€" %§%&%&§%&§&%% § The Spirit of Christmas 5% ‘ @ %%@%fifi%%fifi%%% Among the many flne Christmas stories there are few that are finer than the legend of the French shoeâ€" maker. According to one version of the tale, there lived in the city of Marseilles, a hundred years and more ago, an old shoemaker, loved and honoured by all his neighbours, who affectionately called him “Father Martin.” One Christmas Eve as he sat alone in his little shop, reading of the visit of the wise men to the infant Jesus, and of the gifts they brought, he said to himself: “If toâ€"morrow were the first Christmas, and if Jesus were to be born in Marseilles this night, I know what I would give Him He arose and took from a shelf two little shoes of softest white lea- ther with bright silver buckles. “I would give Him these, my fin- est work. How pleased His mother would be. But; I’m a foolish old man,” he thought, smiling. “The Master has no need of my poor gifts.” .‘ 77L on...” Replacing the shees. he blew out the candle and retired to rest. Hard- ly had he closed his eyes, it seemed, when he heard a Voic: call his name. “Martin, you have longed to see me,” the Voice continued. “To-mor- row I shall pass by your window. If you see me and bid me enter, I shall be your guest and sit at your table.” The old, shoemaker was“ so happyi that he could sleep no more. Be- fore dawn he rose and swept and tidied up his little shop. Fresh sand he spread upon the floor, and green boughs of fir he placed among the rafters. 0n the table h: set a loaf of white bread, a jar of honey, a pitcher of milk, and over the fire he hung a pot of coffee. When all was in readiness he took up his vigil at the window. He was sure he would know the Master. From childhood had he not gazed in love and reverence at His imag: above the great altar in the cathedral? And as he watched the driving sleet and rain in the cold, deserted street, he thought of the joy that would be his when he should...sit down and break bread with his Guest. {Presently he saw an old street- sweeper pass by, blowing upon his thin, gnarled hands to warm them. “Poor fellow, he must be half froz- en,” thought Mart'n. Opening the door he called out to him: “Come in, imy friend, and warm yourself.” The man gratefully accepted the invita- tion. THE LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO Martin took down the soft little white shoes he had looked at the evening before, and slipped them on the child’s. feet. They fitted per- fectly. And shortly the young moth- er w-ent her way, full of gratitude, and Martin went back to his post at the window. An hour passed, and Martin next saw a poor, miserably clothed wo- man, carrying a baby. She paused, wearily, to rest in the shelter of his doorway. Quickly he flung open the door. “Come in and get warm while you rest,” he told her. “I am going to the hospital,” she said. “I hope they will take me in, and my baby. My husband is at sea, and I am ill, without a sou.” “Poor child!” cried the old man. “You must eat something while you are getting warm. N0? Then let me give a cup of milk to the little one. But you have put no shoes on him! The mother sighed: “I have no shoes for him.” Hour after hour went by, and other needy souls shared the meagre hosâ€" pitality ‘of the old cobbler, but the expected Guest did not appear. At last, when night had fallen, the Shoemaker retired to his cot with a heavy heart. “It \gvas only a dream,” he sighed“. “I did hope and believe, but He has not come.” Suddenly the room- was flooded with a glorious light. And to the cobbler’s astonished vision there ap- peared before him, one by one, the poor street-sweeper, the‘sick mother and her baby, and all the people whom he had aided during the day. And each one smiled at him. Then softly out of the silence he heard again the gentle Voice, reâ€" peating old, familiar words: “Wh'osoever shzill receive one of these little ones, receiveth Me. I was hungry and‘ ye gave me meat; I was a stranger and ye took me in. Verin I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of my brethren, ye have done it unto Me.” Did you tell your Wife everything you did‘ while she was away?” “No, the neighbors attended' to that!” [n yn took from a shelf Auspices of the fanatical paperhanger Horror of the persecution of Jam in Progress in Germany under the While we read with amazement and Adolf Hitler, we Fate is in store Peopleâ€"w Treatment that Into covenant relations with Abraham To the descendants of Abraham- For we recall that when God entered The book of Genesis) He promised A special blessing to those The Jews and (The facts are Concern that a Those who did Nations of old Warning and persecuted the Jews Have all vanished and- all About them Tell usâ€"which goes to prove that Made that promise And it Of at Wholesale persecut Wide Spain, once the center of a world- The time America and Is now From that time to toncerned in the 30d meant what Empire Else who Future to ass Gets the Made a Annih‘ilated‘ by Persecution, he will find he has (‘From the Port Huron Herald) THEY’LL PAY FOR IT! The Bible accurately, because Whose power is Ties that bind Him People are as enduring and ’as Unchangeable as Govern the heavenly bodies, and Nothing could‘ be Than those Functioning While M1" Upper hand now, Believe that ‘ower of a dictator is limited, says Active in persecuting‘ God’s chosen Peep]; will eventually meet Which has caught up Pers‘ecutors of the Will The final proof that you have no variety is to stand before 9. mike, with millions listening, and try to answer questions that expose your ignorance. SMILAX other dictatorâ€"0r anybody empire, which started a least one modern nation, or as many of them as are is also proven by the plight it once serve them right! serious mistake, if we read By Ed. Snove Columbus discovered frail shadow of the great idea that Jewry can be may come along in the is what the historians warned‘ whom it might Hitler may have the has steadily declined that ‘ume political powerâ€"â€" laws which have been otherwise, and the since time began, and, curse would: fall was, and if Hitler or he and others who are plainly recorded in for the German wonder what awful brutal, unjust he said when he any sort of being meted out ion not limited as the to Abrahamâ€"â€" did not heed the the more unchangeable the present and we sincerely of Jews about! to the Jewish J eWSâ€"and laws with other who bless we know that the fate God, Knuuv.‘-"O--"--_---h-----“.’ MAKING CANADA 2 A Better Place i In Which to Live and Work 9 l I C Dear Mr. Editor: An ability to write stories does not necessarily presume a shrewd un- derstanding of national affairs, nor does a certain amount of profession- al skill in the use of words qualify one to tell the editors of weekly newspapers how to improve their journals. I appreciate very much, however, the compliment of your in- vitation to contribute a letter to this series. Any newspaper reader would appreciate it, because any newspap- er reader has a secret conviction. that he could do much better than the editor; We would have amazing journalistic achievements in this country if the editors would all re- tire and permit the readers to take over and put their arm-chair notions inLo effect. â€" until the sheriff ar- rived. @mumo.‘ As a social organism, the city is] merely an enlargement of the town, the province an enlargement of the city, the nation an enlargement of the province. If the affairs of the towns and villages are managed in- differently, if the people are conâ€" tent to relegate local government to the incompetents and the stuffed shirts it follows that weakness and inefficiency will characterize provin- cial and national government. I think the weekly newspapers of Canada can exercise a great deal of influ- ence collectively in Dominion affairs by the force of their local influc-nce in stressing the fact that govern- ment is not something remote and apart, something to be handed over to the mercies _of professional poli- ticians, but simply an extension of ourselves. If the more intelligent citizens of a 'community are apathetic to mun- icipal affairs and prefer to criticize rather than to serve they have only themselves to blame if their local government is Weak; nor should they d-elud'e themselves in the belief that the effect is merely local. The poison of indifference at the source pollutes the whole political stream. The week- ly newspapers, which reflect the standards of their communities but at the same time influence those standards very powerfully, can raise the standard of government throughâ€" out all Canada by fighting apathy and indifference in the smaller cen- tres. Many of you, of course, have been doing this, but it needs more ‘doing. Don’t leave it to the big ldailies to express the editorial viewâ€" point of Canada; let your editorial page speak for yOur community. Eln- courage more letters from your readers â€"â€" not from the cranks, but g “Tony Saves You Money” i "Woomomommowm Specially written for A Series ‘ “IF IT’S FOR A CAR OR TRUCK WE HAVE IT” CITIES SERVICE GARAGE Special One Gal. 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Recent events have given us cause to contemplate democracy a little more analytically than in the past, to realize that it is threatened not only from without but from within. The cancer of decay is more perilous than the bombs of the dictators. If we assume that only rascals or fools wouldI be interested in politics and that decent men would be contaminâ€" ated by associating with them, then we are in a way to giving our af-» fairs into the hands of rascals and fools, and in little better state than the people of those countries gov- erned by bullies. Better government like charity, must begin at home. Sincerely, LESLIE MCFARLALNE. Canadian author of “Streets of Shadow,” “The Murder Tree,” “The Root-House,” “The Little Men,” etc. 99m. mmoooooowonoog For One Old Storage Battery 6189 Yonge St. Newtonbrook Richmond Hill