Foreword

Ladies' Mirror, Volume I, Issue 6, 1 December 1922, Page 3

Foreword

THE December issue comes in an essentially Christmas garb. A little in advance of the season, perhaps, but in time to remind our readers that the season of festivity approaches, and that preparations for its due observance must be taken in hand. Christmas under the Southern Cross, for climatic reasons alone, has developed along entirely different lines from the observances of the Mother Country. The Yule log and the skates are not for us, but their places are usurped by a thousand celebrations in the great outdoors and an infinitely wider scope for enjoyment and recreation is provided by the kindly conditions of midsummer. But there is one feature of England’s Christmas which everyone who loves his kind preserves undiminished in this far outpost of Empire—the giving of gifts. Kindliness of heart and a desire to be kept in remembrance are limited by neither clime nor country, and Christmas is the true season for giving expression to these phases of human character. And so at this time we strive by our gifts to express something of our feeling. Purelv in a disinterested wav we here make the

further suggestion that few gifts will so well serve to keep the giver in remembrance as a year’s subscription to the Ladies' Mirror. For a sum that is within the scope of the most moderate income one can have this journal sent along for the whole year, and thus at least twelve times in the twelvemonth the gratified recipient will be pleasantly reminded of the giver. A useful gift and an ornamental, the Mirror will combine the two greatest requirements of every seasonable gift, and we believe that the suggestion made upon the cover will be welcomed by many who already know and appreciate the helpfulness and charm of our journal. The reproductions of artistic photographs should enhance the pictorial interest of our journal. The beautiful view of a well-known church, with its congregation dispersing after service, has a peacefu: and appealing charm, while the night pictures of Auckland Harbour, the gallant old sailing ship, and last, but by no means least, the fine study from the nude, make up a supplement with which we have much pleasure in wishing our many readers a very Happy Christmas.