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SATURDAY, DEC. 24 1927.

CHRISTMAS.

On the ove of Christmas, It Would scarcely be fitting were we

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1927.

falls on Sunday, no organised sport is being held, although there will" be many who will spend the day out in the glorious fresh air. '

In a quiet but effective way, various organisations in this Colony will be doing something to bring good cheer and happiness to many who normally lead lives that are dull and drab, and, if we have any regret in this regard it is that we do not follow Shanghai's example and make a really big effort to cater to the enjoyment of the numerous rickaha coolles in our midst. Per- haps before another Christmas салом comes round, something will be done in that direction. Meanwhile, in the hope that our wish will be fulfilled, we trust that our readers will, one and all, spend thoroughly joyous and mcy་ry Christmastide,

DAY BY DAY.

TRUE GLORY TAKES ROOT AND EVEN

ALL SPREADS:

FALSE PRETENCES, LIKE FLOWERS, FALL TO THE GROUND; NOR CAN ANY COUNTERFEIT "LAST" LONG. Cicero.

The next issue of the Hongkong Telegraph will be on Tuesday.

There was a clean bill of health in the Colony yesterday.

The Shanghai.. Christmas Fund for Rickshamen totalled $5,070 on the 20th instant.

His Excellency the Governor has appointed Dr. Frederick Thomp son to be a Member of the Dental Board.

CHRISTMAS TREE & MISTLETOE. Glimpses Into the Past.

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For children the crowning joy among its branches and valuable of Christmas is the Christmas tree. "fruit," and the great star on its At the first glimpse of slender summit flashing out at the mere stem and laden branches, tinsel touch of a button. But perhaps stars, and gay many-coloured the Christmas tree itself loves best candies, they elap their hands and to bring joy and happiness to the dance with sheer delight and poor waifs gathered together by

expectation. rapturous

Even kindly friends of little children in those who have lost the capacity son-e room in a city slum or for great joy in little things share "ragged school," or to those who in this joy, for have they not been muat spend their Christmas in The Christmas Fund for Manila the means of turning a simple fir hospital or orphanage. Nowhere pesos into the tree of delight- tree eurely is the Christmas, spirit traffic policemen totalled

that blossoms into glory, like St. more truly shown than in these 2,915 on the 20th instant.

Joseph's famous thern, at the festive celebrations inspired by a love for little children. for whose Christmas season?

Who first had the happy inspir-sake one many wish that the tion to load its branches with such Christmas tree shall live for ever. rich and wonderful fruit nobody can tell. In ages past it was When Christmas" appronches. The Into Mr. Charles Edward merely hung with little rushlight mistletoe is sought with a keennes Holworthy, of Cannonplace, Hamp-of candles, sometimes also with second only, if indeed it is second, stead, lata Commissioner, Chinese ornaments imitating or at least to that shown in the search for its Imperial Customs Service, left, suggesting flowers and fruit, play rival, the beautiful red-berried ing its parts most likely in the holly. Without these the Christ £25,803 net personalty £23,382,

fanciful pageantry of medieval mas decorations, in the home at Dog Racing and Betting.

Legend anys the fir was any rate, are very incomplete, A Chinese was sent to the Gov- Public opinion at Home has ap- ernment Civil Hospital yesterday chosen as the tree of Christmas though mistletoe was at one tinie place in church, parently forced the Government suffering from injuries to his toes, because of a miraculous happen- forbidden to take action in the matter of caused by being knocked down in ing in the early days of Christian Remembering its close associa

great mistion, with the

pagan worship greyhound racing and the orgy of Caine Road by motor car No. 1403.ty. St. Winfrid, a

sionary, had gathered a crowd of of the old Druids, one might to think this betting which has accompanied its

The members of St. Andrew's men and women round one of be tempted

the sacred oaks of their vagan the

Its reason for

exclusion extension. Some few months ago Church choir have beon touring

during the past few worship. Telling them of the new from Christian churches. Not so, we commented in this column on Kowloon

carols. Their faith he had come, to preach, he however. If a certain authority singing the fact that many of the respon nights sible newspapers of the Old Coun- efforts have been much appreciated. began to hew down the tree that is to be believed, associations of stood as symbol of the old, to a very different sort were respon- try were sincerely deploring the

A Chinese boy residing at No. prove to them that no divinity pre-aible, the plant being banned as tremendous increase in betting 22. Po Tak Street was sent to the tected it, and no vengeance fell attending to set the young lading which deg racing had brought Government Civil Hospital yester: its destroyer, as no doubt they and gentlemen a-reading of the about, and we were not surprised duy, safering from injuries to his half-feared and expected it would. Marriage Service."

Why mistletoe should have to learn that a deputation repreface caused by falling on a bowl of Suddenly, says the ancient legend,

as the splinters flew and the gash become the "kissing bush" is senting the three political parties rice.

deepened under his blows, something of a mystery. A wealth in the House of Commons has wait- ed on Sir William Joynson Hicks

whirlwind arose and lifted the oak of legend clusters about this (the Home Secretary) to call his

straight out from the soil. With oddly distinctive little plant, but attention to the growth of betting,

mighty groanings its great trunk nothing that seems to account quite certainly, even as legend, particularly among youths. An

split asunder and fell apart, and undertaking was given that the

there was seen just behind it for the particular freedom it con- standing slim and unharmed, fers. Its traditional association.* young fir-tree, pointing a green are indeed tragic rather than His Excellency the Governor has spire towards the skies above t sentimental or romantic. Long, approved the appointment and once St, Winflid made that his long ago, according to a Norge promotion of Lieutenant Fraser shall be the symbol of your new Light, hated by jealous rival, This little tree, he said, myth, Balder the Beloved, God of Syme Thomson to the rank of faith, in place of the giant oak of was slain by an arrow of mis- teer Defence Corps.

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Tenders are being invited for the construction of a steam launch for the Hongkong Police Depart ment. The length over all is to te. 100 feet, the breadth 21 feet and Cabinet would consider the whole the depth 10 feet. question, though there was, course, the usual reservation that

of

the Government would have to be fully satisfied as to the evils of the "sport" before interfering,

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to attempt in this column to divert indicated that if legislution were Captain' in the Hongkong. Volunthe woods. It is the tree of resetletoe wood. Because he did not

necessary to protect minors" then the minds of our readers to suba new Bill would be introduced

jecte other than those associated with the festive season. Although

con-

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Its wood. It is the emblem of

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to do him harm. But she forgot

to take the oath of the insignin-.

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cant little mistletoe plant, which

keep Christmas blithely and merri-sport in watching dogs chase contrary, he struck off the register little known in this country until beneath it the kiss of ponca is not

for your dwellings are eilt of! nossess the gift of immortality next year. Consequent upon this

His Excellency the Governor eternal life which the Christ-child his goddess mother Freya had action, Reuter informs us that Chinese Affairs as Registrar of promise of enquiry and threat of has appointed the Secretary for won for you, for its leaves are thought to safeguard him by mak fur from the Homeland, where the there was a "heavy slump" on the Newspapers and the Registrar of evergreen and it points alwaving all created things swear never annual reunion of parted mem-greyhound racecourse companiesgistrar of Newspapers.

Stock Exchange in the shares of Supreme Court as Deputy Re. upwards to the heavens. bers of the family is in itself a yesterday-a plain indication that

The Christmas tree as we know hence could be turned against separate and. very distinct feature the majority of people are

It is notified that, at the expirat now, the tree of lights and gifts him. From this association with vinced that action will be taken. of Yuletide, the majority of us we fail to see where there can betion of three months, the Yik Wing that brings joy into young and the gods it came to be regarded Steamship Company, Limited will, happy faces at Christmastidas holy, so perhaps another legend in Hongkong usually manage to anything in the nature of healthy unless cause, is shown to the seems to have had its origin in that Freya finally instituted

Germany. Apparently it was mechanical hare around an encloved

as unreasonable as might seem t ly enough. For a while, all sorts course,

the principal excitement and the company will be dissolved.

about a century ago, when it is first, and they may account for and conditions men lay aside from which comes because of the

said, the German wife of the its distinctive attraction at Christ- At Lane, Crawford's Restaurant Prince Regent introduced it into their burdens and the business of betting money at stake. There is

Each mas time. Against this must be no particular harm in greyhound on Monday night (Boxing Night)

the Royal Household,

set the legend that mistletoe was their lives to join in the general racing provided it is shorn of its the special dinner dance will be Christmas the custom was kept a real tree before It brought tragic merry-making, for which ample most objectionable feature-the continued until 1. The full

widespread betting which accom- Queen's Theatre orchestra (by the tree being laden with gifts for provision of a private and public panics it. As Sir William said, courtesy of Prof. Grovinni) will child-visitors, as in the Princess's sorrow to the goddess, and that

character is made. The his- the matter is, one which would provide the dance music..

generally.

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early home. But it was Queen she reduced it to a mere parasite Victoria and Prince Albert who as punishment and in token of its tories of most of us are, bound up Government in the moral

have to be considered by any

did most to popularize the Curisteternal disgrace, and The Observatory returns formas tree here, the fashion set in with happy memories of past material interests of the community November show that the average the Royal nursery and palace certainly a holy plant. Cut with For the Druids mistletoe was Christmas Days when we were

mean temperature for the month spreading to many other homes in young-the happy homecoming

was 71, the highest recorded be- the land. To-day it seems to be great ceremony from the sacred ing 82.4 and the lowest 61.3.

worshippera from school, the skating in the

There were 281.4 hours of sun-growing in favour while many oak with a golden sickle, it was and hung outside their doors to frosty mornings, the children's

shine and 1.28-inch of rain, whilst Christmas rites are waning. The distributed among

familiar tree, its extended arms the average humidity was 64. parties, the holly and the mistletoe,

hung with bright-coloured balls keep away evil spirits and give the presenta to and from almost

It is advertised that Messrs. A. 5.and candles and gay crackers, and shelter to good ones. Ancient shining Norse warriors used to call their everybody, the round of jolly

Watson & Co., Ltd., will be open tinsel, may be seen set in cottage sworde mistietein, in memory of 'dances. What man or woman can

until 6 p.m. to-day, the 24th inst.windows to show that Christmas the dart which carried death to forget those merry days of the

On Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th is being prepared for within. In Balder, but the Druids called the all departments will be closed. wealthier homes and hotels where plant by a name meaning all-heal, Yuletide season? In Jands far

The Hongkong Dispensary, Dispen-Christmas

parties gather it and victims of poison, fever, bites from the Old Country, under many

CORRESPONDENCE.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

To the Editor, Hongkong.

Telegraph.]

wreathed about with

sing Department, will be open for becomes a thing of up-to-date and stings of "Vermin" rushed to skies, the past is sweetly remem-mie's" letter, published in your am, to 1 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to glory, the many little coloured it for aid.

bulbs playing. hide-and-seek

LOCAL CINEMAS.

B.L.A.

Sir-With reference to "Cera-dispensing prescriptions from 10

bered, softly spoken of, and lived issue of the 20th, if any of your 7.30 p.m. on Monday 26th, and

information con- Tuesday 27th. over again. And to-day, thanks readers desire

cerning the activity of Christian to the cables" and

wireles

Scientists during the Great Way,

The Offices of the Supreme messages of goodwill fly round the I would refer them to a book on Court is to be open daily from 10 earth. The holiday, of course, Time Activities" which can

titled "Christian, Science War am to 1 p.m. during the Christ- be maa Vacation, except on Public is given over by many to enjoy read or obtained at the Christian and General Holidays, when the ment after their different, con- Science Reading Room on Mac-offices will be entirely closed, and ceptions. The Christmas dinner, Donnell Road. It is published by on Saturday, when they will be The Christian Science Publish- open from 10 a.m. to noon. The that essentially British institution, ing. Society in Boston, Massachu-Christmas Vacation commenced cluded in the holiday programmes Life of Christ in reverent manner.

cannot be forgotten, and the spirit | Betts.

1st, 1923, (both days inclusive), I do not propose to enter into a

what

of jollity which prevails around the festive board is thoroughly in discussion about hospitals, no1 accord with immemorial custom. express any opinion as to

hospital authorities should or Happiness is the keynote of should not do. Yuletide, and it has been well said that this comes only out of

"Ceramic" began his letter by quoting from the Christian

EXCHANGE RATES..

heroine of a series of amusing and thrilling incidents in a speed boa.. The Star Theatre to-morrow. presents two distinct progranumes, WHAT TO SEE DURING THE one of which is for the children. The picture at the usual per- HOLIDAYS.

formances is the German produc- Several. notable pictures are in-tion, I. N. B. L., which depicts the The children's programme, which to-day and terminates on January of the local cinemas.

Gibson's "The "The Chinese Parrot" showing comprises Hoot at the Queen's today is interest-Texas Streak" and comedy pictures, ing alike for the enteraining nature begins at 2.30 on Sunday and Mon- twenty cents of the story and the really remark-day with admission- able camera effecta, The principal for each child.

On Tuesday, both the World players. are Marion Nixon, Hobarti

Theatre and the Star Theatre will Bosworth and K. Sojin..

The chief picture at the World present new pictures, the former, Theatre is the magnificent Italian Tin Hats," a comedy, and the 12.074 production of Lytton's story, "The latter, "The Lucky Lady" a Morte

20.43 Last Days of Pompeil," a picture Carlo comedy drama.

The Kid Brother "will be fol- .18.20 which cost £100,000 to make and 34.62% employed 45,000 people. The at-lowed at the Queen's Theatre on by Tolstoy's great 193 traction at the Star Theatre is Thursday 2.7/16 Wandering Husbands," a domestic romantic drama, "Reaurrection," 700 drama with an unusual climax. in which Dolores del Rio plays the 47% These three pictures are all being lending role

2/7 screened for the last times to day.

Christmas Day.

Paris

the giving of the best that is in Science text book "Science and Brussels us one might say the giving of Health with Key to the Scrip- Amsterdam

tures," by Mary Baker Eddy, and Berlin ourselves for the happiness of at later refers to "infidel doctors." Copenhagen: The children are especially remem- It might be thought from this Vienna bered at this season of the year, that his words "infidel doctors" Helsingfors

are a reflection of same expression Lisbon and, as was the case when most of found in Mrs. Eddy's writings. Bucharest us were young, there will be much That, however, is certainly not the Buenos Aires joy and excitement to-morrow case. Christian Scientists have Shanghai

Yokohamın great respect for medical prac-New York morning when the little ones extitioners and Mra. Eddy writes Geneva. amine their stockings to see what page 164 of Science and Health: Milan Santu Claus has brought them. It is just to say that generallyStockholm Above all else, Christmas has its the cultured class of medical Oslo

practitioners are "grand,, men and Prague religious significance and the sea-women."-Yours, etc., son is, fortunately, still revered for its associations in this regard. In adherence to the character of

this great Christian festival, apart

D.G.M. BERNARD. Committee on Publication, Firat Church of Christ,"

Scientist.

Madrid Athens Rio, Bombay Hongkong

from the fact that this year It Hongkong, Dec. 23rd, 1927.

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Thursday seas, two more new pictures at the World Theatre and the Star Theatre "respectively, .20.26 To-morrow seeя a new set of "Aloma of the South Scas," with:

pictures. The chief of these is Gilda Gray, and Rex Beach's comedy drama, "Padlockod," with Lois .18.07 Haplod Lloyd's big new

18.84 hit "The Kid. Brother," presents Moran, Louise Dresser and Noah 104% an amusing story, the climax to Beery. .20.10 which is the most thrilling fight "Resurrection," "Aloma of the .860.6 in which Harold Lloyd has yet ap- South Beas," and "Padlocked' .0.15/22 peared.

will all be screened until Saturday,

1/0.1/10 The now picture at the World being replaced on Sunday by a now

2/04 Theatre for Sunday and Monday act of pictures, of which the one' 26 will be "The Palm Beach Girl," a for the Queen's, "Benu Geste," in 201

comedy with Bebe Daniels as the world famous.

British Wireless,