SEM RT RY JOrinee Rupert Daily sews + Monday, December 24, 1956 - NAVAL INNOVATION . HUGE SWIMMERS. The first oil-f{lred battleships} Some of the fin-back. types: of of the Queen Elizabeth class were} whales reach a Tength of 80 or launched by Britain in 1913, 85 feet, ee WR Ha EBA go Shattered AS | agen World ata and the Cr ppled Angel | pn nae F, RUMMEL BY F. H. BORDSEN Archbishop of New Orleans The anniversary of the birth of the EternalgSon of God into the human family is accepted by the Christian world as the pivotal feast from which stem ' : the life giving truths ‘that con- we oe , stitute the basis “bedroom. Ss ) . of genuine civyil- Souttig my y eg,” she said. “s’ ANTA CLAUS: was ‘ate’ ‘that’. ) Christmas. eve in departing broken.” The little angel was on zation and es- “tt , “from his-workshop at the North . “Now, now;”, San ta ‘said. Sally’s pillow and the: gitl was | ablish the Wishing you season s ‘Pole, What with . filling last ‘That's nothing to cry about. fast asleep. ‘\ uidepost for the; cheer in abundance. - minute orders for toys and: put-.. Toys don’t feel any pain.” Are you happy here?" Santa , vay of life d +I _.ting up bags of candy, he had- I know;” the angel sniffed. - asked. heh puari An may it linger in “But who would want an angel © “Oh, yes, Sania, / She plays jmuch gtaran- ‘E spent ‘a-very busy day. Now. it . ‘was: ‘almost: midnight and he, your heart all year! [was ‘ready ‘at. last for his an- mual’ Christmas journey, carry- “Ang. gifts. to-good boys and girls. i ~he“back: of his ‘sleigh. was “Jaden:with the huge sack of + Christmas presents. His. .rein- ~ deer-stamped their-feet.in the: - snow at his approach, jingling.. the’ merry, bells’ on thelr harn= - és,’ "Steady, ‘steady,” “Santa. S ‘chuckled, “T know: you ‘Te anx~ . ‘fous to: be.off.’ He tured: to his, elves. who, - gathered in.a happy. knot near® >the sleigh, = ats ; “Is everything in’ order?” : “Yes, Santa;” » they. - said. . »0S peace, se- urity and hap- piness for man- wALld, The Eternal Son of God was yoorn tntd a Rummel orld that was dominated by paganism with its idolatrous worship, its lust for political power, its basé subserv- ience to sensual gratification and its ‘materialistic interpretation of life in general, Into this pagan world the an- gels sang hymns of divine praise to the Eternal God, the promise doll with a broken leg? ‘Who would want me?” Santa gathered the little an-.. gel in-his ‘mitten. "Don’t you worry about who “will want you,” he said. “we'll doa fast patching job.” He- hurried" into his work- ‘shop, took down, a: pot of glue, and. with swift strokes: glued - the broken leg. together. It was a little crooked, but strong. “There. now,” he said,” we'll - “be off.” He opened his red coat: ° tS tucked the. little doll in- . _ side. “You stay right’ there, until “we Bet some. ‘altitude,” he said: “Youre going -to be-all right.” with me all the while because _ I have a leg:like hers.” “And -how is: she getting | along?”. ‘ ast fine, She walks a little now with crutches and the doc-. tor ‘says’ she may not need them next Christmas.” A’ big grin showed above Santa's: white beard. “Wonder- “fal Do: you want to stay with “her?” (. _ “Oh, yes. She needs me.” .. “Good. “Tl be back next year.” -And: ‘Santa threw the _ little angel a' kiss: as: he Slipped - fromthe room.: 7: ‘Once more, on. the’ following -Christmas.- Eve, Santa: entered ius t Rev. Jos. F, “And you. sur We've been very‘careful.”” ~for'that-—” he paused. “Someone, a. very. little” ‘some- ce there’s a train “*T “hope 80, " “she sighed. “Once the "sleigh Wag’ among * " the clouds, Santa bent his-head rs , a. little - bigger now, ‘but the - little angel was not to be seen. He called; and a muffled an- swer came from a-closet, San- the bedroom. There was Sally, J} @ . —;and pledge of peace to the hu- , man family and the condition |. under which that peace could be made secure, namely the “good 2 one, “was crying. ee Santa ‘looked at. his elves but each one wore a broad grin, 80 . Ht couldn't ‘be: one of. them.-: ~ There it was again. -A ite. ory. like.that of: an ‘kitten, -with-a note of sorrow... I: could. come only” fi ‘within that big sack’ of toys. voy “Quick,” Santa ordered.,"Un- : ‘pack. the bag. Be: ‘eareful: now. . ~-Someone is unhappy-on Christ- ° nas Eve. We'll. have to fix that. . “your. leg: absolutely . straight, - Night. away.” "you know.-I- wanted you to: be. The -elves scurried to. the top