The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 4

it THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 21, 1930. ~ and their sorrows; their trials and their triumMphs; | feeeeeeeeo oo oo e S 3 W) and what affects one, to a large extent affects all. It is in such small towns that the great message i 3 Iy Alaska Empire J TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER of “peace and good will” finds its truest and ' - . - deepest meaning. And nowhere, we are sure, will { 3 NG COMPANY & nd and Main these blessings be more generally found than in Juneau on this Christmastide. ! | IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS? Thane for $1.25 per n‘i‘nl?\\‘.” R { More than 33 years ago, there appeared in !.hel i o : i Sl e D New York Sun, the “old Sun” an editorial article, 1 x f they will promptly under the above caption, which probably has been i ) of any we or irregularity read by more people than any other of its kind. pape Shn O ans It was written as an answer to a letter from a H little eight-year-old girl, Virginia O’Hanlon. Its E BER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ¥ xclu ’ author was Francis Pharcellus Church, who, it is ¥ recounted, when the task was assigned to him “bristled and pooh-hooed . . . but he took the letter and turned with resignation to his desk.” Anyone with newspaper experience can readily understand Mr. Church’s attitude as he began this “chore.” Another communication received, another e l e n S} answer to be composed. Perhaps he didn't regard his response as other than ordinary. But it has lived through more than three decades. Parents of today read it, or had it read to them, as children | uman of yesterday. And their children of today prob- ably will read it to their children as years pass on. It has become an integral part of Christmas literature. i Rhis aFiicte, an. i Appearediin tlato " Now , Yark To Greet one another on a Sun of September 21, 1897, is reprinted herewith: h 4 We take pleasure in answering at once 1 and thus prominently the communication be- appy occasion 1s as Old as low, expressing at the same time our great . gratification that its faithful author is num- 18 the human race---we are bered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor—I am 8 years old. therefOre merely permit- Some of my little friends say there THE NATIVITY. me to pass in those days, that there decree from Caesar Augutus, that all hould be taxed. is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun it's so.” Please tl[l OurselVeS to be nat- taxation was first made known when z:elll n;e the truth, is there a Santa g aus’ G rnor of Syria). VIRGINTIA O’HANLON. ural when we WlSh you a 115 West Ninety-first Street. A 1 went to be taxed, eve one to his own Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe MERRY CHRISTMAS except what they see. They think that nothing can ‘e which is not comprehensible d by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, an whether they be men's or children’s, are nd Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city ofl David, which is called Bethlehem; I'o be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being hat, while they were there, the er olished that she should be de- f i little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, HAPPY, PROSPEROUS « And she brought forth her firstborn son, and | as compared with the boundless world . ! n swaddling clothes, and laid him about him, as measured by the intelligence i Y r; because there was no room for them - 1 capable of grasping the whole truth and NEW YEAR n i knowledge. i ere were in the same country shepherds e Yes, Virginia, there 14 & Sarita ‘Claus. He 1bi n the field, keeping watch over their flocks i existehaa doortalnly k) ibve® and. Eenerosity %4 and devotion exist, and you know that the angel of the Lord came unto them, i they abound and give to your life its high- glory of the Lord shone round about them; # est beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would v were sore ‘afraid be the world, if there were no Santa Claus! And the angel said unto them, “Fear not; for,| It would be as dreary as if there were no . . a Oum I beh: T bring vou good tidings of great joy, which | Virginias. There would be no childlike mlt(h to all people. then, no poetry, no romance to make ) 5 unto you is born this day in the city of| tolerable this exisience. We should have no Next to Gastineau Hotel ¢ : enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The ! lour, which 1s ‘Christ the Lord | eternal light with which childhood fills nd this shall be gn unto you: Ye shall tl ind won BE etinianen. 1 babe W waddling clothes, Tying ! Not believe in Santa Claus! You might ) . i s § ) s itationa | as well not believe in fairies! You might get KNV sidaénly’ there was” with the aiigel a mul-| L S——————— e e | your papa to hire men to watch in all the - e chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa e e titude of t nly host praising God and say-| t===———=1 SH h h 9 k h . | D % YD Claus, but even if they did not see Santa ! i Ru from t e eart s Own ‘eart SCL)l el Claus coming down, what would that prove? Glory to God in the highest, and on earth _ o Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no !.:I sign that there is no Santa Claus. The Wflll, dead aSheS Of Care; most real things in the world are those peace, good will toward men.” | —Gospel of St. Luke. | r that neither children nor men can see. Did . YOUR TOWN AND MY TOWN. B h . h h b h h l 1' you ever see fairies da?ncmg on the lawn' Eieds b reathe, with the breath of the soul, new ife Of course not, but that's no proof that they 9 are not there. Nobody can conceive or is is your town and my town and that means| | imagine all the wonfers there’ are unsebn' ! b not those who live within the corporate limits I h b 1 1 4 1_1 o e~ SRt A E i e pea o o s e e snoniing uuiee| AL the embers of love glowing there; e e who 1 his town their trading center, attend \°° see what makes the noise inside, but there its churches and whose sons and daughters are M & l_1 2 d h' o e BT s is a veil covering the unseen world which enrolled in its schools. This, then, is Our Town. Klndle anew w1t len S lp{ -3 o : % not the strongest man, nor the united ; We have helped to build it up together; we have b ~7 strength of all the strongest men that ever This is Littl i lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, 18 18 just a little greeting " e in which to live, and given| ’ I 'h I ll r low till the eve - e iy ot i i as iz warm ——— % poetry, love, romance, can push aside 3 “ 3 i ‘v Prasdnin e A ",1 jom, e td a g y W curtain and view and picture the supernal V but it carries a blg > worked together and played to- beauty and glory beyond.: Is. it all real? enjoyed prosperity togethe . ether; and both have -r“:i'.‘l‘:" Sl’lineS With the Spirit Of Christmastime 31};‘ Xl;gi::i j;;ua:gfn:oud i . “TH ANK YOU” ? 2 gether; we endured adve t 1d us more closely to each other. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, is one institution in our town which can | o i and he lives forever. A thousand years H claim to no small part :n making our com- | Onothe humblest Of passersby_ from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten H >4, ! AR thousand years from . now, he will con- for your business durmg t it is. That is the Home Paper. Ch(m-i 2 ne which keeps the people of the | N /. P3 9> tinue to make glad the heart of childhood. ,- nmunity informed of the activities of their neigh- A Ichabod the past year. ] Silent Night. 0| KDl B T e e Britt’s Pharmacy ety IR AR Y e R & Round yon Virgin Mother and Child. SEWARD STREET b i Holy Infant, so tender and mild, d, the W one another them a better opportunity interpreter of the spirit of umunity, its ideals and needs to make it| nunity; and leader in the movements and promote the \\-clmn‘l rcC 1, answer these needs : a ords have influenced all Christian nations, | lieved of the fear of war and saved the waste in our homes, of joy of.living and joy of giVIng| and through them, by example, other peoples who | entailed in preparing for hostilities and in waging silent night! Holy night! n our hearts, to extend to each of you a friendly| have never heard His name, at least to lessen them, can :rnn; its forces for the abolition of illit- Shepherds quake at the sight! and neighborly greeting of Happy Christmas and| the occurrence and ameliorate the -consequences of eracy. Knowledge, more widespread and more Glories stream from heaven afar, o ' ncere good wishes. war, cultivated, will increase power over the re- Heavenly hosts sing: Alleluia, . One gift all of us may share in common—a gift Christ, the Saviour is born! L2 sources of nature, and they will be used in con- f loya to Our Town. Let us highly resolve No longer is war the chief aim of rulers or % e D caery over into Dio Hiew -yeas the Epiih of|the continual pursuit of ‘nabions;’ armies ave wot| SAEHY Eremteridegee fo, lessol SEEREHSOME foll Silent night! Holy night! | tmas. Let there “be peage on earth, good |Organized by great powers to collect tribute from -Iu:f:_nLu dxf[r.)b|fll()1‘ of necessities and com- Son of God, love's pure light L " not only on this Christmas Day but | Weaker countries and to enslave the young man- M 1 be easier, happier for all Radient beams from Thy holy face, to come as we work together for the| hood and the young womanhood of the - The peace of Jesus will marshal all people With the dawn of redeeming grace, s of your town, our town and uurl tions. Even when designing monarchs. or n- | under His rule, but His sovereignty will not be con- Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth. cellories resort -to force to acquire .territory, they | cerned with racial differences or national boundaries —Written by Frank Gruber, 1818. their purpose under the cloak of ©OF even religious rituals, nor symbolized by thrones | try to disguise S defense of the nation or its honor, excuses the ©OF Crowns or scepters. His Kingdom will be found- Epiph . o S DI . : ¢ ;. iphany. \ THE l\L\(fl)())l OF PEACE. Caesars never troubled to make to their subjects 'd in the hearts of men. gl ekt . ‘ ht to the world by | Notwithstanding more effective methods i Hasten, ye faithful, glad, joyful, and holy, = > | he doctrine was n | instruments of slaughter, conflicts have lost much| “Q LITT, a » Speed ye to Bethlem to honor the Word; Smcere Greetmg fOl' a l ) he doct E JATTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM. 5 3 o wek empdor: of | of (el Residents. of fallen cities are » X See there the King of Angels is born lowly— S atst ot Saes. se war| put to the sword, captives are not held or s It was on a night nearly two thousand years g:' Zg:: ::g ge‘;gg";fi:m‘ RIGHT MERRY CHRISTMAS ¥ then was al occupation of freemen, and | in bx)xldagf-. the conquered are n‘ot despoiled of all \m‘ the shepherds, watching their flocks by oh cox;xe, ©Oh come, rejoicing to l'.xonol' the Lord. the 100, for every sort of skilled and un- | their worth-while belongings. Seizure of territory nigl saw in the east the star that led them . as well as some of the professions unvd exaction of indemnity are nvmdux' practices Lo the humble structure in the little town of Bethle- | God of the Godhead, true Light unabated, and a as tasks for slaves. The teaching was| mild in comparison with ancient impositions hem where the Prince of Peace was born. Since Mary the Virgin has borne the Adored; incomprehen > days when its could Inspired by the message of the Nazareme, efforts thal time there have been many examples of how|True God eternal, begot, uncreated— not besecured or wrongs redressed except by arms.| to outlaw war and intwoduce world tranquility are Destiny often picks one of these “little towns” for Oh, come and kneel before Him; HAPPY NEW YEAR « | It was d i Romans. It baffled the under-| familiar to inhabitants of civilized parts of the scene of events that change the course of Oh, come and all adore Him; o standinz of the Jews, who looked for a belligerent | the earth today, and by treaties of various kinds human history. Oh come, Oh come, rejoicing to honor the Lord. : Jcader fo deliver them from a bondage they had| some progress has been made toward eradicating As the time comes round again to celebrate the sio anl ye angels, till echoes rebounding To Our Friends and Patrons endured 600 yea and to restore to them the| hostilities. Eventually, without doubt, His tea event which took place in the little town of Bethle- Swell throughlyour halls, forever be heard; 4 . power wielded by Solomon and David. The full | ings will bring humanity to a realization that no hem so long ago, one cannot help ‘feeling that-no-|(‘Glory to God, through all Heaeven resounding— import of the lesson was too great for <he apostles, | matter what unfairness or inconvenience may resuit wk is the true spirit of Christmas so much in Oh, come and kneel before Him; for although they expected no military prowess in| from peaceful settlement, they are in y better evidence 4s it is in the “little towns” which dot Oh, come and all adore Him; their Master, nevertheless, they thought he would | at their worst than thé injustice and suffer . map of America—in the small communities such |OR come, Oh come, rejoicing to honor the Lord. Z YN DA HOTEL up a terrestial throne, and James .and John | ing that ensue from armed s e at its bes 5 this one. For the people: who live in them are & ased. the “ten" others By, asking to sit “one on| Peace brings good Will. Comity of nations does not home-loving people; they are a friendly people and | PFalse fo the Tofant, ¥ho fhlst d";dde:g':'“d’d' S. ZYNDA, Prop. Thy right hand and the other on Thy left hand.” |mean that there shall be a union of nations, but they are a neighborly people. Unlike those Who|y g“’fi’ :‘;l:nm:- blem“"dm;“,“’om ;:‘ el 2 f The doctrine of peace proclaimed by the Poor | that every one will recognize and appreciate the live in the great metropolitan genters, they are ordh come :ndwkoneel before Hl’m‘ Peasant of Galilee still preplexes mankind, which | wholesome, praiseworthy characteristics of the oth- closely associated with each' other in their every Oh: come and all adore Him; cannot yet ‘e persuaded to rely on the merits of [ ers, and be content with its own independence. day lives; they share with eéach other their joys|Oh come, Oh come, rejoicing to honor the Lord.