RRR! IT’S chilly out tonight! ere’s snow in the air.” Dr. swart pulled off his hat and coat and threw them onto a ir. “Hope I don’t get called out again before morning.” “I wish it would snow,” said ter, who was working out ral arithmetic examples. hen we could go sliding down 1. Listen!” He turned his head vard the door. “Someone’s oming up onto the porch.” A . patient, probably,” said ne doctor, as the door bell rang. “ri go see.” Mrs. Stewart jumped up and urried toward the door. “I’ll go, 1 go,” she said. “I think I know who it may be.” The bell rang sharply again. “Well, open the door if you’re Fog to,” said the doctor. ; ’t keep anyone out there in cold.” ~ “Just a moment.” Mrs. Stew- rt was arranging her hair in front of the hall mirror. “I'll fl: on the porch light.” 1dish squeal of joy and the e of an older person. The loor was suddenly flung wide pen, and who should bounce in ! Grandma Allen! Oh ..0h...oh...” Peter knocked eT a chair as he jumped up to greet them, Susan flung her arms about Albert, while he ‘gently tried to push her away. “Is it really, truly you?” She half sobbing and laughing vith joy. “Well, well, come on in. Take our wraps,” said Dr. Stew- t. “Did you know this, [other ? And you kept a secret well 7” “Al, you look swell,” said eter with deep admiration in voice. “You surely do look ell. Boy, it’s good to see you.” “It’s great to be here,” eried Ibert. “And we came by air- lane too.” ~ “By airplane?” The children were breathless. “You mean you lew all the way up to here?” Albert laughed. “Not exactly. ‘We landed in Newark, New ersey, then had to come up rom New York City by train.” Susan’s mouth fell open. For once she stood speechless. She CREDIT yourself with 1 point or each question answered cor- recty. 10 is average, 12 good, 15 or more excellent. The correct answers appear on page 12. 1—Joseph and Mary left their ‘home to journey to Bethlehem, where Christ was born. From what city did they come? ~ 2—_The journey of Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem was oceca- ioned by a decree issued by the Emperor of Rome. Why did this decree force Joseph and Mary to ke the long journey? 8 The new-born Christ Child was wrapped in swaddling eloth.. and laid in a manger. Do you know why he was laid such a humble place? 4—Shortly after the birth of Christ the shepherds who had been watching their flocks in the fields by night came to the stable to worship and adore the d. How did they know of His * SURPRISE THE CHILDREN looked at Albert with great awe. “Oh, boy,” cried Peter. “You have traveled a lot now. But—I went to New York City too! I drove down with Mr. Porter in his car.” “Yes, you wrote and told me, remember? You said you saw a big league ball game too. Say, I play baseball now. Our school has a swell team and I am on it. Let me show you my muscle right now.” He took off his suit coat, rolled up his shirt sleeve, and doubled up his arm and his fist. Sue step- ped forward and gingerly laid his fingers on his muscle. Peter pushed her aside and gave Al- bert’s arm a good squeeze. “And they used to call you skinny. Gee whiz! I'd hardly know you, honest. Al; you've changed an awful lot. You seem so different, somehow.” Grandma Allen was saying, “It took only fifteen hours and a half to fly Eas’, but going back it will take a little longer — nearly eighteen hours, I be- lieve.” “Doesn’t it cost a lot to fly?” Peter asked. “Qur trip was a Christmas present from the folks out there. Wasnt Santa Claus good?” asked Grandma Allen. “Oh,” Albert broke in again, “there’s a swell stewardess on the plane. Her name is Miss Duffy, and she’s a registered nurse—a nurse just like you are, Mrs. Stewart.” “Not just like me, I guess, for those nurses have to be feather- weight, I understand. The plane would sink with me on it.” “Oh, but you don’t weigh as much as Grandma,” protested Albert. “Boy, it’s lots of fun to fly. I wasn’t one bit scared when we left the ground, but Grand- ma was—a little bit at first.” “Where’s your luggage?” asked Dr. Stewart, suddenly looking ahout to see f he saw it anywhere. “We left it down at Mrs. Lib- by’s house. We're going to be boarding there. We couldn’ bring very much with us.” “Hope you have some warm clothes,” said the doctor. “Feels like snow tonight. I think we’re in for a cold spell.” 5—Who was the king of Ju- daea who told the Wise Men from the East that, “. . . when ye have found Him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship Him also.” 6—What were the three gifts of the Wise Men from the East? T—After the Wise Men had brought their gifts and depart- ed, Joseph and Mary took the Christ Child and fled to Egypt in the night. Why? 8—Christmastide extends from Christmas Eve (December 24) to Epiphany, in January, a feast observed to commemorate the manifestation of Christ to the Magi. What is the date of Epiphany? 9—The glorious holy hymn “Silent Night,” words for which were originally written in Ger- man, was put to music by .. , Johann Strauss Johannes Brahms i — : HOME SERVICE You Can Learn to Write Charming Letters SUCH an attractive snapshot of yourself you're sending to Jack — but what about your letter? That, too, pictures you — as dull and crude or as gay and charm- ing. Make your beginning as gra- cious as your photograph. Don’t say bluntly, “Dear Jack: Re- ceived your letter. Hope you are enjoying your trip.” Write in- stead, “What fun to hear about your ramblings from Hither to Yon.” A smile in your letter counts too. Instead of, “Poor me, hav- ing to stay home while other folks go traveling,” share Jack’s good times with, “I can almost see the misty swamplands at moonlight. And it was easy “0 imagine myself in that funny little inn, bent over a bowl of steaming chicken gumbo.” End on a flattering note, “Your letters are grand fun, but they can’t take the place of your own witty self.” YOU CAN easily put warmth and friendliness into letters. Our thirty-two page booklet tells you how to write easily and natu- rally. Gives vocabulary tips, topics to write about. Samples of friendly let- ters, job-getting letters, thank-you notes, invitations and answers. Send ten cents to TOWN, Home Service Bureau, P. O. Box 721, Rochester, N. Y., to obtain your copy of Booklet 114, “Good Letter Writing Made Easy.” 10—“The Gift of the Magi,” the famous short story of a great devotion, was written by ... Washington Irving Edgar Allan Poe Mark Twain O. Henry 11—Answer the true or false: The Chrismon is the mone- gram of Christ. Christmas Island is located in the Pacific Ocean. Christiania is a seaport city of Norway. following, 12—In which of the following lands did the use of the orna- mented evergreen tree as a syms- bol of Christmas originate? Sweden Switzerland England Germany 13—Pfeffernuesse, a Christ- mas food originated by the Ger- mans, are... gingerbread men small ginger cookies Christmas candies nut meats s—————— Am ———— : MODERN W OMEN by MARIAN MAYS MARTIN HUSBAND NO LONGER STERN DESPOT AS IN ‘GOOD OLD DAYS’ WHAT DID she ever see in him? What in the world ever made him marry her? Sounds natural, doesn’t it? We are forever making one or the other comment about those we meet for the first time. Seo many couples appear to be mis- mated; so many attractive women are married te duds, and so’ many attractive men, to dowds, that it is admittedly dif- ficult to figure it out to one’s satisfaction. So why try? Obviously, “he” saw some- thing in “her,” or “she” saw something in “him,” but what it was is not always apparent to the naked eye. There’s a theory that op- posites attract, and there's a a reason for it. The theory has nothing to do with the fact that while opposites may, and do, at- tract they do not necessarily live happily ever after. Opposites in the physical sense—blonde women and dark - men, or the other way about— may feel a strong enough at- traction so that they marry, but, if their temperaments are as op- posed as their complexions, heaven help them. : Married people have to be geared or gaited so that they make the grade in something like ease and comfort. They can- not pull in opposite directions— at least, not simultaneously — and each most certainly cannot ignore the other’s natural ten- dency to keep to a certain line. That’s what makes marriage the gamble it is. Z No matter how long or how well one has known the other, the acid test comes after the honeymoon when the serious business of getting down to building a joint life begins. The modern male ha. lost his taste for whip-snapping, and life with father isn’t the way it was in the days that Clarence Day portrayed. Men are not stern despots—not even fathers, and most certainly not young husbands. They are inclined to let the woman have her way, not always as a matter of principle, ‘but for lack of it, because it’s the easiest way and the peace- way. That is the reason why I am 14—You know the poem, “The Visit of St. Nicholas,” which starts— “Twas the night be- fore Christmas . ..” It was writ- ten by ... Alfred Tennyson Clement Clarke Moore Henry Wadsworth Longfellow James Whitcomb Riley 15—And speaking about Christmas “goodies,” here are some specialties of foreign lands. Can you match the food with the country in which it is popular? England klaasjes Holland lebkuchen Germany pain d’epice France plum pudding 16—Associated with Christ- mas are the following: Can you fill the blanks to make them complete? (a) It is more than to (b) Peace on sto men, (ec) , the eee Angels sing. ; to give emnsy S004 building this article around the conversation of a man whe knows a good deal about women, both as wives and sweethearts. Speaking about the young married set — “the station wagon set,” as Faith Baldwin aptly styles them—he said: “These fool women are rumn- ning hog wild, and you can’t let women do that. They need eon= trol, to be told where they get off, unless, of course, they are going it alone and are not de- pendent on any man for their bread and butter—or perhaps I should say hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. “A woman has as much right to make a fool of herself as a man, but I insist that she has no right to make a fool of the man. If she does, he isn’t worthy of the name.” I listened meekly enough al- though I wondered whether it really was such women who make fools of their .nen or the weak-kneed, peace-loving male who makes a fool of himself and the woman he vowed to cherish and protect. In fact, I wonder if it is pos- sible for one person, irrespec-. tive of sex, creed or color, to make a fool of another. Isn’t that a one-man, or one-woman job — something no one does or can do for you? 4 We hear a great deal about women taking the bit in their teeth or having the whip-hand. Frankly, however, I am not in- clined to blame the women, but rather their husbands. Men cannot possibly resent the dominant woman more tan women despise weaklings. For generations women have been reared to respect and look for strength in their mates. Isn’t it possible to understand their re- actions on finding that there they have been cheated, that where there should be strength there is something that is un- pleasantly like a jellyfish which one instinctively pushes out of the way? Im a bit fed up with the theory that women are not what they used to be. Neither are men. Both need a little doing over. The old patterns had char- acters. 0 0 TOWN QUIZ: STIMULATING MENTAL CONTEST FOR ALL THE FAMILY - 17—Christmas seals for tu- berculosis prevention are sold in many lands. In what country did the Christmas seal campaign originate ? Denmark Norway Sweden United States 18—Who wrote the words of the beautiful Christmas hymn “0 Little Town of Bethlehem’? An unknown monk Martin Luther Phillips Brooks Lewis H. Redner ’ 19—Other lands have other names for Christmas. Can you match these countries with their own particular names for Christmas: France Yule Germany Noel Spain Noche-buena Scotland Weinachten 20—At this time of year we often see the word “Christ- mas” shortened to Xmas. Can you explain the use of this
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