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CORDOVA . ALASKA
CELEBRATING
DECEMBER 25
Celebrating the 25tli of December is
a habit of more than twenty centuries’
standing. It is a remnant of that good
nature of our early ancestors, which j
has disappeared to a groat extent with ,
the irritating problems of civilization, j
All the rest of the year we fight and j
grab things away from each other and j
wear our nerves to a frazzle, but at j
Christinas we close our commercial ex-j
changes, eat tremendous quantities of j
food and send presents and postal
cards to our friends and relatives
bearing our good wishes. At least this
Is what we are supposed to do. Many
| people do a great deal more in the
i way of community Christmas trees,
' visits to the hospitals anil baskets for
the poor, and still others regard the |
i whole thing as absurd and consider ah- J
stlnence from Christmas gifts a sign |
I of strength of character.
Dong before the birth of Christ our
ancestors in northwestern Europe cele
brated the 25th of December, which
marked the passing of the winter sol
stice or the return of the sun in the
heavens after conquering the powers
of darkness. That was the day of the
sun worshipers. The problem of the
universe was just beginning to puzzle
and our ancestors figured it out in a
straightforward manner that was not
half bad for supposed savages. All
I plant life, it was observed, depended |
Ion the sun for its existence, and all
j animal life depended on plant life, so
j that the power of the sun was greatly
[respected and it was personified in the
• person of the god Thor. Thor was
! watched with considerable interest,
since there was always some doubt as
I to whether he would survive the win
Iter solstice. Hence the feasting and
I merrymaking when he continued to
i shine clear and strong in the heavens.
Meaning of the Word “Yule."
liesides Thor there were numerous
! gods who lived in the branches of
[trees. Therefore the people gathered
mistletoe boughs and holly branches
'and put them in conspicuous positions
in their houses, where they might
(easily be seen from the outside, in tile
hope that some wandering god would
take a fancy to them and take up his
| n sidenee among the red berries. In
I Germany the early Huns chopped
down the evergreens and brought them
' indoors for the same purpose. The
| burning of the yule log and the term
i yuletide are survivals of \se early
j December festivals who-* , u-‘-nre Is
| still to be seen today iii our own
j Christmas celebrations. "Yule" means
sun.
With the dawn of Christianity and
the conversion of the sun worshipers,
the birth of Christ was substituted as
the cause for celebration and the fes
tivities became religious demonstra
tions. The people still gormandized.
! trimmed their houses with holly
| branches and gave presents, but the
I 25th of December usually saw them
! comfortably seated in church.
So Christmas has come down to u-.
with till these traditions. The German
Santa Claus legend has improved it
considerably for the children, and it is
now know n almost entirely as the chll
Community Christmas Tree.
Among the llnest Christmas Institu
tions today is the community Christ
mas tree, which originated in Madison
j situat e. New York, live years ago and
[since them lias spread to communities
I all over the I’nited States The com
| inanity "Tree of Light" is usually
j planed in a central location in the
Icity, trimmed with hall- and orns
■ incuts and lighted with electricity
I Citizens are organized into committees
• to collect donations for the tree and
i employ hands of musicians to play
; Christmas carols and hymns. In Hal
ilimore last year groups of men and
I hoys carrying holly trimmed lanterns
j walked through the streets singing
I and greeting each pedestrian with
l Merry ('hristnuts!"
While every year there is an in
creasing number of persons who do
j cide to "be sensible" and send cards
| in the place of Christmas presents, the
leverage person lacks the courage to
face his family empty-handed on that
day. Hut Christmas is a spirit, which
you either have or haven’t. If you
haven't it. the holidays are only a
bore; on the other hand, if you allow
yourself to become enthusiastic there
is really a lot of fun to be derived
from it. even though you're lonely and
away from home. Last year a travel
ing man who was compelled to apend
Christmas away from his family in a
strange city, gathered a number of
null; ti-numunt waifs toguthfr. took
them into a largo restaurant and treat
ed them all to u Christmas dinner. "I ■
never hud so much fun in my life," j
declared the traveling man.
MANY PATIENTS TREATED
AT ANCHORAGE HOSPITAL
Two hundred and forty-six em
ployes of the Alaskan engineering
commission were patients in the An
chorage hospital in the period be
tween January 1. 1918, and October
31, 1918, according to the report of !
I)r. J H. Beeson, chief surgeon. Be
sides these employes there were 124
members of employes’ families and
209 persons neither directly nor in
directly connected with the commis
sion who wore patients in the hos
pital. making the total number of
patients of all classes 579.
These 579 patients were confined a
total of 5,267 hospital days. The j
monthly record shows In January the
admission of 52 patients and 590 hos- I
pital days; in February, 65 patients j
and 644 days; in March, 85 patients ;
and 817 days; in April. 69 patients \
and 717 days; in May. 81 patients j
and 476 days; in June. 49 patients
and 377 days; in July. 33 patients and
346 days; in August. 40 patients and
451 days; In September, 4o patients j
and 453 days; in October. 65 patients
and 388 days.
Dispensary treatments numbered
3,15o; dispensary cases treated to-!
talcd 1,241, and examinations aggre
gated 585. There were 199 surgical
operations and 18 fractures treated
Forty five infants, including one set
of twins, were born in the hospital.
Thirteen deaths took plaee Of
those, five were employes, one was a
member of an employe's family, and
seven were persons not connected di
rectly or indirectly with the commis
sion. The deaths of two of the em
ployes resulted from injuries, while
the deaths of the other three em
ployes resulted from illness.
MONUMENT TO AMERICA
PLANNED BY ITALIANS
A project has been outlined and a
subscription started by the Italian
newspaper. "11 Progress*! Italo \mer
ieano." among the Italians in this
country tor tin* ero ti »n of a monu
ment to America. This monument,
which will be placed either in New
York or in Washington, will bo a
mark of the gratitude which the Ital
ians feel toward America for her par
tie’pation in the war for the cause
of freedom and democracy, and oape
ci: lly for the help we have given
Italy in the realization of her national
aspirations. \ plan is also being dis
cussed to build a similar monument
in Rome. Roth monuments are to be
the work of one of the greatest Ital
ian sculptors and will he of such size
and artistic importance as to be wor
thy of tin- sentiment they are in
tended to express
Korean Women.
In Korea women occupy a place
In society which has no parallel else
where in the Orient. They are both
better and worse oft' than In (’lilna or
India or Japan—better off because
there are more fields open to them,
worse because tlicj are overworked,
often ill-treated, and until recently
were actually enslaved.
Pretty Compliment.
Willie bad as a neighbor a larger
boy named Robert, of whom he was
fond. He would watch for Robert’s
return from school, as In* knew he
would play with him and amuse him.
One day he wn< asked why he liked
Robert so well and he said, “Robert is
Just like a papa to me.”
Defense of Automobile.
Out ill Hie olil country church the
tnulc iind buggy hus been knocked
higher than a kite hy the automobile
because automobiles don't break loose
like the mule did. nor do they gnaw
the shade trees in the churchyard.—
Commerce News.
What of the H. C. of L.7
You cannot play with dollars unless
you are tin Idiot. No dollars ran put
Into your mind any thought worth
while that was not there before, and
good thoughts are the real wealth.—
Washington Times.
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