MESSIAH CALLS GREAT CAST TO PUT ON PLAY 100 Sponsor Great Presentation In Ogden On Last of December One hundred persons who are acting as sponsors for the fourteenth annual rendition of The Messiah are making possible one of the finest performances of Handels famous oratorio. The concert will be held in Ogden tabernacle, Sunday, Dec. 29, at eight thirty p. m. Admission will be by ticket only, the tickets to be distributed by the sponsors and only a sufficient number will be distributed to assure a full house. Members of the choir also will distribute tickets. Director Lester G. Hinchcliff announces the final rehearsal for the choir will be held Thursday night. The new members and all who have not previously sang The Messiah are to meet at seven oclock and other members of the choir will meet at seven thirty oclock. Director Hinchcliff also announces a complete symphonic orchestra has been engaged including woodwinds, strings and horns. Alden Pettigrew will be principal violinist. Samuel F. Whitaker will be at the organ. The orchestra will meet for rehearsal Friday at seven p. m. Following are the sponsors: J. W. Abbott, George L. Abbott, J. H. Andrews, Claude H. Armstrong, Harold Ambler, Andrew M. Anderson, Gorden M. Baxter, A. E. Becker, W. A. Bishon. A. C. Brown, Edward F. Brown, William J. Browning, R. W. Bailey, Mary Wattis Brown, E. G. Bennett, H. A. Benning, Frank W. Browning, Dr. F. K. Bartlett, Franck C. Brown, Frank B. Britton, E. L. Burton, Vera Brown, James R. Beus, J. E. Brown, Nephi J. Brown. Dr. John Edward Carver, Lester S. Coray, W. J. Dermody, W. R. Dox- ey, Samuel G. Dye, Ray J. Dawson, William de Mik, Wayne Eldredge, Charles Empey Jr., George S. Eccles, Carlyle C. Eubank, Earl W. Folkmen, Dr. George M. Fister, C. T. Ferrin, George S. Glen, George R. Glen, A. L. Glasmann, C. E. Griffib, Joseph M. Garrison, W. F. Grossenbach. W. H. Harris, John A. Hendricks, W. Karl Hopkins, H. E. Hemingway, Mrs. Robert H. Hinckley, L. S. Hodgson, Lulu Hinchcliff, L. J. Holther, Walter R. Hancock, Paul Heitmeyer, Dr. C. H. Jensen, S. T. Jeppesen, Rev. Patrick K. Kennedy, E. A. Larkin, J. G. Leonard, Carl A. Lindquist, Leo M. Loll, William H. Voos, Oscar E. Lowder. Wayne E. Mayhew, A. P. Miller, Dr. Joseph R. Morrell, William S. Moyes, Roy T. Mairs, A. Vincen McKay, Mrs. William Maule, W. F. Nantker, L. W. Nims, Fred M. Nye, William E. Newman, Dr. Henry W. Nelson, Mrs. Gomer A. Nicholas, George O'Connor, Harman W. Peery, Samuel C. Powell, Ralph Packard, Leo Pack, Dr. A. W. Petty, Dr. Russell B. Petty. Dr. Ezra C. Rich, Dr. Edward I. Rich, James H. Riley, Mark Robinson, David S. Romney, R. H. Rutledge, John T. Rushmer, Lorenzo Richards, Dr. M. J. Seidner, A. Walter Stevenson, Mrs. George B. Stewart, L. R. Samuels, Fred Summerill Jr., J F. Scowcroft, James Scowcroft, Roy B. Thatcher, T. E. Thomas, P. M. Thompson, George M. Thorstensen. John E. Velton, Keith Wahlquist. Fred E. Williams, C. N. Woods, C. Angus Wright, Arthur Woolley, Russell Wilkins, Thomas Young. John Burns (1774 to 1850) Educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh, he became the first professor of surgery in the medical school at Glasgow. He was drowned in 1850. Burns was followed at Glasgow by James Adair Lawrie, who in turn was succeeded by Joseph Lister. ODD YULETIDE WAYS SEEN IN OLD COUNTRIES Three Wise Men, Not Old Santa Bring Gifts In Spain LONDON Christmas customs, strange to Americans, mark the festive season in foreign lands, but gifts to children, are universal although they may not always be given on December 24 and 25. In many European countries it is not Santa Claus who brings presents and often it is not on Christmas that gifts are distributed. In Spain, for instance, the three wise men are the legendary bearers of presents and they come on January 5. Santa Claus time in Austria is the eve of December 5. England, usually pictured as the ideal Christmas land, celebrates in the same manner as does America. Everyone, it seems, turns to carol singing and bands of singers and church choirs go about every town. Christmas trees are popular, although they were introduced less than a hundred years ago. According to one story of their first use, Prince Albert wanted to celebrate Christmas as he had in his German home, so that he had a fir tree brought for the day. Santa Claus comes to Scotland the same night that he does in the United States, but the real celebration of the holiday season is New Years eve. The old custom of first footing still is carried out that night, for it is the time of celebrating and visiting. There it is regarded very lucky to have a dark haired person be first to set foot in ones home after midnight New Years eve, but no matter what color the hair, the visitor always bears a gift. Hosts, in turn, offer food and drink, a specially rich pastry, black bun, being the most popular. In Sweden, children wrap presents in plain white paper and write a funny rhyme on the cover of each. This rhyme is supposed to describe the contents, without giving away what the present Is. Gifts are opened Christmas eve, as Christmas itself is a religious holiday, with long sleigh rides to church. If the road leads through forests, the drivers carry lighted torches, throwing them into a heap outside the church door to make a great bonfire. The Julenisse, or Christmas gnome brings the Christmas presents of Norwegian children. According to an old belief, gnomes live underground throughout the country, and everyone must be kind to them or they will bring misfortune. In Denmark, after church services on Christmas eve, everyone returns home for a banquet, at which a traditional dish, rice porridge, is served. In it the mother of the family always drops an almond and the one who finds it in his portion receives a special advance gift. The tradition in Germany is for every city to have a community Christmas tree, and everyone receives Christmas presents from a multitude of sources. Even traffic policemen are remembered in Berlin, drivers heaping up packages at their stands. In Holland, too, where he is supposed to be a bishop from Spain, Santa Claus comes earlier than he does in America. He calls early in December. Celebrations of Christmas itself in Spain are religious and start early in December, when every family and every church build scenes representing the Nativity. The more elaborate ones have small mountains, streams, fountains, mirrors to represent lakes, clay figures of shepherds, sheep, horses and other animals. There is great rivalry among families, church and convents for the best ones.