Xmas Diss'peotfili ‘
(Arthur Brisbane)
Ciergynien protest against the ab!
‘hreviation “Xmas." which reduces
,. the nine Christ to "x. "
' The abbreviation is dilespeciful
to the most beautiful word in his-
~ my .snd it is disrespectful to the
. Inglish language. Anybody in too
.‘ mum of a hu 3! to write out
I'. ”Christmso" ’shoud not use the
word. ,
THE WORD "OWNS"
(Christian Science Monitor)
The modern habit of writing the
word "Christmas" with an x is
something which "good form" alone
. . should forbid. The Greek letter for
obi. found in the word for Christ.
has the form of our x and from this
the abbreviation of the won! has fol-
lowed. A writer in the Capitol News
in Boise. ldalIo.,rominds us that X
" 0 stands for the unknown quantity in
mathematical problems. Do these
who use it. then. intimate thus their _
ignorance of the Christ? Certainly
it would not seem as if any who
have a deep sense of the sacredneas
. of this word.
' write it in a hasty abbreviation.
Further. X is the sign used by illit-
erate people to show that they can-
not write their own names. Is this
Xmas. then. a sign that the present
- gonsration has not yet learned'to
write or read its title clear?
it is furthermore a. voiceless let-
tar; {hat is. it has to borrow the
sound of other letters to make itself
heard. It .is the ostracized letter of
the alphabet and always discarded
when its use is not indispensable.
If X is regarded as a sign of the
prosuthat great symbol of Christian
history. it is incorrect in form. In
any ,case. to connect the thought of
the cross with the Christmas bless-
- sdneas is no longer the need for
1 those who have witnessed the resur—
' notion. Let this symbol of ignor-
' once, indifference and suffering.
. then. no longer appear as a disguise
2 of the beautiful word "Christmas."
The writer in the News concludes:
Let this .meaninglesa. ugly sign
"x"mu be banished forever. Let the
reporter acorn to use it. Let the
city editor frown upon and stab it
- ‘ with his blue pencil Let the adver-
- tlsement writer cease to make it a
blot and blur upon his otherwise
beautiful lettering. Let the teacher.
' with his fine sense of the eternal be
,_ taught never to use it. Let the peo-
ple in their private correspondence
’ .disdain to disfigure their letters with
.: Its presence. Let every one demand
the removal of this barnacle from
the English language. And when-
ever we have occasion in writing or
printing to refer to the initial event
of the centuries. let us use that
sweet. sacred. and beautiful word,
Mr “Christmas."
WHY NOT "URJUSTMAS"?
(Hartford Times)
A group of New York clergymen
have died a. brief against the use of
"Xmas" to mean Christmas. Home
of them are going to talk about it
on the radio and denounce "Xmas"
3‘ was an irreverent corruption of a
. splendid feast of the Chrittian year.
'?erhs.ps it is not so irreverent as
the clergymen in question suppose.
for at least one among their num-
ber was prepared to state that ")1"
last: abbreviation for Christ in the
Greek language and was in common
. use in the Roman Catholic priesta
hood. For most of us the question
of sacrilege need not be raised at all
(filth. condemnation of “Xmaa” It
ins lazy and silly-looking substitute
for a dignified and beautiful word.
“Christmas." Is ould~
kries Kringle himself and his boss. A. S. Schocnhut
NEW YORK. ——ln these dam of
high- powered cmclencv not men
Santa Claus escapes tlIc time clock.
lie has a boss and takes his or-
ders.
He goes forth on schedule time.
makes reports at {he end of the year
of the number of dolls. wagons and
what-nots; has modern distributing
methods and elnbornie phmotlon
campaigns. He is no longer a myth.
Santa Claus has become an industry
and you can (ind him in Dun and
Bradstreet.
The theoretical bosses of Santa
are A. 8.,8choenhut. of Philadel~
phia. and Harrie White. of North
Bennington. \'t.. the bonds of the
Toy Manufacturer's Association.
And. in at least. one case. the right
to be boss of the dream saint of
childhood is earned by several cen-
turiea of service. For at, least two
centuries, the Schoenhuts Ilnvt‘, lmcn
assistants to Santa Claus workshop.
Ancestors Carved Dolls.
“When I visited my old home .in
Germany." related Schoonhut. "i
learned that. as early as 17-10. one
of my ancestors was curving dolls.
Thcy had hlwuys been wood work-
ers and carvers and lived in Nurem-
berg. the traditional home of toys.
I have reason to believe that even
before that date they were modeling
crude playthings.
"We always have been toymakers
0
full of tradition and significance. It
lacks even the scent justifications of
so-called Simplified spoiling pnd
finds favor among those who have
no appreciation of the shape. sound
and flavor of words. l”or..harnssed
headline writers and people who en.
grave Christnts carols on the heads
of pins it may have its extenuations.
But it is did‘lcult to find other ex-
cuses for such ungracerui mayhem
on a word we ought to love.
Scepes Case Gees On;-Man "
Who Started It ‘Fades Out’
__d—~_
The famous case of the state of '
Tennessee against John T. Scopes
has gone on and on. up through the
courts of the state since July. 1925.
.2 But the teacher who told his pupils
that humanity "originated in the sea.
as a. one-celled-animal" has drop-
pod out of the public slew.
~Adecision on the Scopes case by
{he supreme court of Tennessee is
Vexpected soon The main features of
kit as recalled are as follows:
Soon after the famous trial i!
pastor» as an aftermath of which
William Jennings Bryan died sud-
denly, Scopes. the teacher who had
consented to be made the prlcipal
in legal action to determine if the
law could prohibit the teaching of
evolution in the public schools. with-
drew into obscurity- up
.1 Be entered the University of Chl-
eago to become a grad a student
‘ (091°!!-
. haw That" t-iarted It.
In March. last year. Tennessee
. a law providing it would be
Ibiawful for any teacher in any of
{be universities. nonnals and all oth-
1. (public schools of the state “to
in .. b any theory that denies the
an. of the divine creation of man
taught in the Bible. and to tooth
- that man has descended
a lower order of animals."
p instructor in’seience in
files. county high school in Day.
was made the willing defend-
' in an action to test. the’iaw.
. - the testimony of Howard
a “Kean-old pupil. the
:{m the defendant's
. _ said bosses had
. 1mm“!!-
at.“ madam
4a: slant life
.Iomv T. acorns.
-
prosecution; Clarence J. Darrow de-
fen'dod Scopes. Thus the trial'ended
in Dayton. but the factions of ev qu-
florists and anti-evolutipnlats all
over the nation took it up where the
hostesses Judge left off.
An Uppeal was taken. with the
result that the case went before the
state supreme court.
In many other mm. teaching of
evolution in the schools has become
a. political issue. It is the subject
before clubs. I. toplo'ip the Ipwspa-
M s. subject of debate by the
team! of colleges and universities.
But the fame of the man who
Isl-ted it all down in Dayton has
Ned.
The bed. of Christmas 10’.
Dear little girl or boy. '
That comes. on that merry-making
dag, .
is the happiness of giving
15 another child that's living _
Where lasts Claus has r found
and my children and my brother's
children are curving on. it is in our
blood. We. are born to toys and we
see them no semi-thing more than
plnyllilngn~as sor‘. of a symbol of
childhood dreams;
“As an instance. during the war
the order came that no steel could
be used in making toys. it was
nccdcd for the war. (‘nn pou see
what that meant?
" Millions of little. things that
would have made the children for-
got ”in, tragedy und.grief thn‘. hung
0\ er their homes could not be madc.
Well. I went. and made a. plea that
the children get their share—if only
a little. There was enough unhap-
piness on earth. But we had to go
on subs‘ituteg for steel."
Fchoenhut's father learned the
trade from his father. who learned
it from his father—and so it went.
There were. six sons nnd each was
taught ‘.o verve and nkc his place
at the machines. From the primi-
tivc doll of 1740 there has grown
today a vast plant. employing hun—
dreda and dealing in millions.
The fortune began when Rf‘hot‘l'h
hut's father. currylng n the cro»
niive tradition. invented a toy plane
that had definite {one and regulation
keys.
like me to lremember." he-contln-
The present boss of Santa Clnus
contributed th e hnmpty-dumply
'
toys. His son is new learning ‘how
to be boss of Santa Claus ten years
lIeIIcc. And it will be the some
with his son. and his son a son. says
Schoenhul.
Tested Appeal 0n Children.
There always have been enough
children in the Schoenhut family to
make it a sort of .laboratory in,
which to test the appeal of.a new
creation. What pleases one baby is
pretty likely to please another.
"What did I like best? Well.
that‘s a lliile hard for an old Santa
ued. "But i think it was a little old
wooden curving that my dad brought
with him when he came to Amer-
ica. Ho. was very poor and he tveni
into another business when he. came
to America. But he couldn't gct
away. . “'lthn a few years he was
in a toy place. You got as attach-
cd to the things as children after
it. while. I think most grown folks
do. and if they'rc‘honest will admit
it.
"You know the making of money
hasn't mattered a whole lot. I
think I could have gone along pret-
ty happily anyway—heaven knows
the rest of. the family did. They
all liked to do something in please
youpgstcrs and got a kick out of do.
ing it. "
So you see that Santa Claus has
a pretty good boss. after all.
Policeman
To The Letter Carrier,
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
And Fireman
Many Norwelk residents will not
let Christmas slip by without re-
membering ihelr public servants
with a token of their appreciation
for a service we” done. Whether it
be the policeman, the firemen or
the letter carrier. they are all pub-
lic servants whose desire has been
to serve faithfully and well an ex-
acting public. and their work will
not go unnoticed at Christmas.
They are always ready for an
emergency. They are ready and will-
ing to respond without thought. of
self-sacrifice. and with that devo-
tion to public service that happily
marks the spirit of most (gen-ants
of the public. The knowledge that
they are there. alert and capable.
gives one a sense of security that is
worth while.
There are few of us whom the
mail carrier is not‘called upon to
serve daily. Whether it be in mid-
summer, with its torrid rays burn-
ing the pavements. or in the dead of
winter. with cold blasts piercing
shivering humanity. whether lor-
rcntial rains are descending. or an
old-fashioned snow storm has paid
us. his familiar whistle toots as he
plods up «to the front door at. the
accustomsd hour with his mail.
A small gift for him. or perhaps
something for one of the kiddies he
may have at home. would do much
It° convey to him the sincerity of
your appreciation to rhls services
and the earnestness of your wis
that his Christmas be a happy one.
TIA? ”All ‘ F
I i it. 1988.
' I“ ii; vi?
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(Continued From Pg. Seven. to Sec.)
choir assisted probably by the junior
choir. m
The Christmas ent rtainment and
party for the childre of the Sunday
school will be December :8. The
kindergarten and primary children
will have their party in the parish
house in the afternoon and the older
children in the evening.
a.—
Cbrist Episcopal
Christ church. that bustling little
Episcopal parish in East Norw alk. is .
planning a. busy Christmas program.
Boasting one of the largest church
schools in the city. it will be neces-
sary to rent. either Community hall
or the auditorium of Roger Ludlow.
Junior High school for the. church
school Christmas party.
And the holiday pageant. “Adora.
tion of the Shepherds and Wise
Men." will be given in two perform-
ance! to accommodate . the large
crowds expected. Rehearsals for
this presentation will begin this
week. There Will be a large cast of
adults and children and hire. Robert
B. B. Footo will direct. The In!!!
pariah chpir will be heard As the
“Choir. of Angels."
The pageant is always held in the
church and will so m7. oedem-
mu. in the afternoon and
chancel will be arranged for the
attic.
hm. Robert a. a. sum rector of
the church is also preparing for the
spsplai Chrluiaasasevlog to be held
church. Christina- fly at!
The date for the Christmas party
has not yet been decided on.
s. N. Baptist.
A cut of 60 characters will pre-
sent "The Pageant of the Nativity"
in the South Norwalk Baptist church
Sunday evening. The performance
will begin at 1 o'clock and will be
under the auspices of the Sunday
School children and members of the
Prothumal society of the church.
This impressive service will be un-
der candlelight.
There svlll.be a Christmas baptis-
mal service Christmas Sunday in the
morning. and 'in the evening of the
someday there will be Ian illustrated
sermon on "The Advent of Christ".
There will be illustrated hymns at
this sen'ioe. .
The Christmas social for the chil-
draw of the Sunday school will be
held Wednesda)‘. Dacember It.
s Trinity Wong’s Guild.
The Women's Guild of Trinity
church will distribute Christmas has.
hots to the sick dad‘shutdns of the
parish. The ladies also voted at a
meat meeting to make their annual
very substantial Christmas donation
to the chosen. The' women will as-
list in arrangements for the church
lichen! piety to be held early in
push.
m
l m thd‘ bells’on Christmas Day
Their old. familiar carols play.
‘And M sweet
Mir” res-at
Otneaoe on earth. good-will to men!
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