The Lucknow Sentinel, 1916-12-21, Page 7•
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The Chitstmas
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Card That Travelled
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Half the boys of Miss Hathaway's. ''Iltunplar," 'grunted Jack, il'hele he
samet were gathered 'in an eager! scowled and tried to leak eS if he were
group at the foot, of the steps,. Blise, not pleased. ,
•1 Hathoway -hod been;giving thole a. tit. • JP* was not a favorite et sebefol. •
tie talk on OhristMas presents that af-' ' At first the scholars hadtried•to eliew
lemon, . - '' • • ' 'how:sorry they were that be Could. not
"I've got fifty cents, ;and Pal going Sart irt. their OPMes" but he hed reef ;
to Spend -it SLIV ;announced one, • 1 their .advances with .sullen looks and,
. "Fyii• got: a; hank, and 1 -shall •take , abort words; so that ..gradaally hie
, .4 there SS in i.t•" cried another. • I .achtTednuateehad genie to leave him
; ".X. ;Shalleve my dells and half my pretty; much to hilinselfe•; . •
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bean-bags; Fin tired: of drills anyhow,: Jack wasnot able to be at school
chimed ;the third. .. . , , every day, but be had been there on
. "I shall give :rioinething I'm fond. theafternoen that Miss Hathaway ,
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of," .said a black-eyed girl, with a toss had given her: little talk on Christmas
,of her head, .0I Sha'nt.„give any ola- •presents and 'many times since then
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east -off thingal." ' ' • -'•.. ' he had thong* •of it. . • • , .
"Well, 1 shall," retorted: a boy on I "-limp! Just as if there could be
- the .eded.; of the group, "Its all' I've •anybody poorer than I am!" -.he weuld
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got to givesomeone that didn't have -Mutter to himself acirtetinMs; and
se innelvaswe did; nnd• I'm sure; tents' then alniestalways he wW1d, remem,
•like that wen't mind it if things aren't ber Mrs. Murphy the little old woman
brand newt" And; he turned • an* , on the floor. below Who'took in wash -
went whistlIng down the Argot, . , ing.
It was the beginning 4 a general _ Fe'r some time after the. Christmas
• breaking -up; and by two and ,threes card came Jack sat leoking at it.
. the rest went their various - ways, He . picked , it up And tilted ,it fi-ont
• . laughing, and ceilings mdrrily back to side to side -that he might catch the
'their comrades. There was gne„ hew, glint of the diamond dust...
ever, that did - not laugh, chatter or "'TM kind Of pretty,", he eahl aloud,.
Mall back.. .. It was - Carrie . Austin, 'almost' grudgingly. --"Iiiimphi, I won.-
• Walking all alone down a side street.' der what Mrs. Murphy would say to
•• Carrie was puzzled,. and . not quite this?' -.- Guess she'd think 'twas a
• happy. 'What was there, indeed, that little (bit ahead of that old postal. card.•
, she could give? Anything new Waspicture she came toting home . last
out-erthequestion:-she had no ineney , week; and she thought that was fine
. to pay for ,it; and as for Old things I even if it was,.all torril" '
one headless doll, a few tern boas,. a I After a time he arose and limped
. brooken hoop; surely' none of : thee ' stealthily down stairs: He paused at
ecnilcl • she give for .a, present. Yet it Mks. Murphy's door end was just tak„
had; seended „so -easy that afterpoon, ing something from under hi S coat
• .while.' the teacher was talking -se . when the door opened .and • Mrs.
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easy te make some one happy' that was Murphy herself appeared.
• . poorer than she. . • •• • .. ' .. I. "Bless • you boy, how. yOu startled
• All through the Week 'before Christ, • me!" cried the' little old woman. .
. mas,-Carrie puzzled over the qUestion; I" "D -did. I.?" -stammered Jack, .hasti-
. lm,t not even eo much as a hit- of rib•-• ly• thrusting something under his coat
• bon 'could She find • that was fresh and -stumbling ondown the stairs._ .-
' •: -enough to give aWay. , , . - - - 1 -Ten 'minutea, later, after . walklfig
: ! •On tile. twenty-third of .December once around the .square, Jack.. slowly
, the Postmen brought her a letter, and climbed the stairs and stopped once
In the letter Wasa bright new .Christ -more, at the 'washerwoman's door: •
tnas 'card, with a- sparkling, snow,coar- • "Hi there, Jack! I was just look-
.eied house in the corner. • . ' ' • ing 'for yeu," called a boy's Voice;' and
"0!" cried Carrie. ,"Isn't thet love- again Jack thrust,. something .hastily
• ly!" • • •,. •.- . .•‘.. • .; '. • . •- • .• out �f sight. . . .'
Then she •preeped the. card . up- .on '•"W -Were you?" he • . stammered.
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.the mentelpieee, and 'Aged off to ad- Jecicseemed to be doing a good deal
min., it. . . .. of • stainniering .that . afternoon. ,,
• .,."Mrither, just see. hew it ',shines!" "Well, here I .ant." . And he limped .'
- She _exclaimed exultingly, as a stray 'beldly along.-WithOut so much .as .' a
sim-beam - came through the window glance . toward •the .Washerwornan's
door. . -.• ' .. .•. •
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. long after dark • that..night, ...how-
ever, when the -house was 'quiet, Jack
crept downstairs and • tied , something
to .Mrs. 'Murphy' s doois-knob.
• It was -on Christmas day that C,arrie
Austin's , mother answered a timid
knock at her side door:. • •
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• When Christens time Comes reund. it sel.104
• As ;hough thelong, long years
back end take Way our cares
And dry up all our tears;
1 don't know why HP, blii when
'Tbb great day mime along
get to feelin' young again,
•Aknbdoykinw.,dottioldtpa.rnritiobse0704, bound, And whistle'and go on lest like
•• The old w -orliseeres to brighten up
When Christmas time aetnes,runde'
,I'm tickled it the Jurnpin' Jack
And all them kind of things;
1 like to watch the toys that play
By windin' up the springs,
Andaoreehow-don't know Why It Li.*
Love mans to 1111 the air,
And I forget I've enemies
• Or treut;les anywhefe:
And every little while I sort
Of listen for the'sound
Of voices that have long been still,
When chrlstmas time comes round..
1 ivisit that I was Santa Claus
An had a magic; sleigk,
To visit all the children who
Look forward to theday -
The orphans and the cripples and
The poor folks everywheres-„ .
All children that are good and kind
And.don't forget their prayers; • .
I'll bet you that they'd all be glad
When they got up and folfiad ,
,Their stockin's fairly hustin' out. -
When Ghrisheas time come 'mind.
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Oh, happy time of linglin' bells
,. And hills all white with. snows .
Oh, -kyle" day that takes us back,
•. To care -free long ago' •
I wonder if up there abokre.
Where happy angels.roare
They*. not get to thinkin' of
• The happytimes•at home,
And turn, in-fancy,.baok once more
To listen tethe.sound
Of veldt's that heye long been Still. _
When. Christmas time comes round?, .
• and lighted up the diamond -dust on
the card, . •• • •
"Buil your letter, dear--yeer hav'nt
read your letter," reminded' A•us-.
tin with a smile. • . '" • .'
• "Stare enough!" , latighed Carrie,
picking.,iip •the fetter which -tiore the
postmark Of a neighbering town;' end:
• thig is what she read: • •• , "Why, :goodMorning; Mrs. • Mur -
Dear Pussy'kint: I saw this -card in Phy,"' she said pleasantly to the bent
• a window' to -day and thought ef you old . woman op bite doorstep. ' "k
• -you -do so love things that sparkle. inerry Christmas to you!" ' • •
Keep it -er giveit away -just Which ."And it's just that, ma'am, that I've
•you like.' come' to say toyou returned. Mrs.
Love and Merry Christmas froin Murphy, in an eager,quavering voice.
Brother "It's always you who have been .doin
ar1 ie. atm e g ge u ,y,. ings or me -potatoes and tea, and
_ "That's- just., like. -Will," she cried a hit of warm flannel --and ,never a
,1The minute he's got a spare cent jethi?g could I do foe you But ow,
ma am, I ve: got someything yoU'dPlike bands curve. a wreath of ivy, fern, or of clarified- dripping or cooking but • his pcicket off it gees foe something
for ust 'Give it away,' indeed!" she -something 'Pm sure .yoti'd like. , . smilax.. In the centre •of the table .ter in a stewpan,- -.dredge the giblets t
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, gifts betweenpupils
added scornfully- -then stopped ehort found it hanging on my door-kris:4) this
- •have, some kind of high 'vase, with with hour and shake *them over the', present
inianadt
She sudclenlly remembered that .for a morning, and. I hadn't. mere than. set a teacher -o en . after.
p a )tupl ir:af esi o affairs -all the' time and nobody .make or do something. Good •Ools, -
the closing of a schodl term t ye,ar,
white or scarlet (flowers... .. 'fire in it till browned, add a small cloare, and saw
Christmas Recipes
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Mincemeat Relly-Voly.-Make. some
light suet Pastry, roll it out thinly,
spread lightly with mincemeat, roll,
wet the . edges, and lerm into a .roll.
Tie in a wet cloth, and boil steadily
for two arid a half to three hours.
Serve with a 'niee sweet Sauce. „.
• When Decorating a Table for Christ-
mas. -First lay an the spotlessly clean
cloth bands of scarlet ribbon or paPer neck cut .jn short lengths, the head
from corner to corner crossing in the skinned, split, and deanedothe gizzard
centre. • Let the ends hang down it l cleaned, split and skinned, cut in four
h -co, rocrirra-kno :t7-------At-interYais and the iver rom w e t re gall has
dovirti this band • arrange. bunches of been 'most.' carefully removed,:
holly and and mistletoe, :and between the
. boiled and sliced. Heat two Ounces
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scallop Shells, • sprinkle them • With
el -iambs, and •fill with the following.
mixture: Chop finely any remaihs of
cold turkey, with a • slice or two of
ham and some of the staffingl. to each
pint of chopped meat add One dessert-
spoonful pf ,breaderumbs. • Season to
taste, add one ounge of liquid butter,
the, .well -beaten yolks. and. whites of
two eggs and. two 'gills of good rich
gravy. Mix thoroughly, fill the -shells,
sprinkle with crumbs, and bake in a
moderate (Dien till • nicely browned.,
•Sol -0e with good gravy in a tureen.
• Turkey Giblets. -These • are /the -
wings, •skirined and trimmed feet the
Hada,' "Wks I
A, Condinetion cooiy BeelPe.-MlX
together 1 .01,ip eafeh lard, sugar, no -
1 1
.01.0. or "black ritripe")„, 1 cup
sour milk in which dissolve IL teasPoon-
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It was Annie CrOshY., in her path°, • Amnia considered., "We've, been ,
tie Week dress, advertising the recent hthinicing at home that our s0 -called
loss of her mother;•who startled( them Christmas presents to Mother Wereal
jui whoa, 1 tableopoon, fole4; linel flour tthile hYollertrfitgaf ; t 0 otehwe i ntigrs.ctioinh ce%tvirtug eat rtbeareller ,Paereuosnaleghlabtbseaat all.togetheOnre. year and
uenoughotImarndabantitersi inTabetthaalna:vv,Stdirrricpcl leaxrpgeecteddarnheirngt-obhaagv. 0 tre6,huardaglicaervdleny ibyoulig4ltat baerchaatinceP--to rode -Igetiir ;ie
rare-
ping Pan /makes fine; 'soft gingerbread, to think of C11480119-8 this year. cause we usually. monopolized Its
which is pica frosted with a white i
4- • -"It Ora -only that we don't feel very light. The traVeling-beg Pon gave
ing. Forfruit cake, use same.ree1130, Christmaesy at our house this year?' her he,elaeci hiraseLf, and we all 7.allo.
leaving out ginger and Wing instead 'she said, draWing a boy's thick, ugly ed over the, new rug -Mother •simiell
1 tablespoon cinnamon and 1'4- tea- ribbed stocking over the darning -egg, kept it clean. This Year We're going
spoonful each cloves and nutmegs, * but I've been doing a lot of thinking to put our eavinga into a few sub.:
lb. seeded raisins, and flour enough' to lately, esffecially about Christmas. For fitantial things the house needs. WI
make as stiff as Can be stirred. Add one thing I've :come to the realization our home now, And even when elle well
more, fruit if liked, Bake in good -
that we-ve all "grown fanatical over here, it wean just Mother's exclusive
sized dripping pan. If this cake should __,
giving instead Of living -and maybe ly.• We'll have councils over the Par- •
get stale it can be used for a pudding.
over. getting, too -but with most of chases,, and eommittees, and the kind
Out off the number of slices required
and steam' 10 minutes'. Serve warm auerehguereia,rPvrLsee.put-Making has becoine of celebration - Mather would have liked
on individual plates, with °a warm , i over the histallation. Any one who
'Why, Annis," expostulated,lVlarion,1 still wants to • cultivate the individual
Sauce made by boiling together 1 cup
the most ardent so elaborate giver feeling' can do so in a separate smell •
sugar, Vs cup butter, Juice of 4i. lemon,
1 heaping tablespoon .11our and 1%
cunt hot water.; .
Currant Cookies . -:-To 1 eitierti flour
of all giving things is the very es- gift.to the house -an egg -beater or a
sence and spirit of Christmas!" , 1 new book er a sofa pillow or anything' .
"Giving', Yes -but not altogether . else we can all get Some sa,t1StactiOn
add 2 -teaspoonful e baking powder afeld giving things, Marion," replied Annis, 1 out of.
1 -scant teaspoonful salt Sift wall
express what I mean without seeMing "Then for ow friends, lettirrs and
quietly. "\I don't know quite how 0 ,
together, then add 1 cup sugar and 1
to lecture -bpi don't you think there greeting -cards and fserviee-preMises"
cup lard. Cut the lard well into the will be alt. We don't-" • '
flour, „then stif in 116 cups Water. are gifts mere important than the ma- ' "Meese, Annii," interrupted Marion,
Take 14 lbs., • cleaned currants sift terial ones, and,, too, better %selections "what do you mean by 'service -pro- • "5'
be made when it eemes to the ac -
over them 1/2 cup flour, mix well, then ' to
add to the batter and work all togeth- .tu gifts themselves? None of us
of biscuit ever count the cost of all our Chrie-
er until of the consistency
mas preparation's, I thoroughly he -
dough. . Tura on to a well -floured
board, roll 14 -inch thick, and cut with Hove, for instance, that we could
the biscuit cutter. Lay ou$ ori a well- I choose a few more 'boughten' presents
pan, lend use the time and effort we expend
greased and flour -dredged baking
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Christmas sewing to better ed -
and bake' in a hot oven. •As soon as ' on
,l Vantage. •, If I'm not mistaken, Mar -
the botterd of the cakes are brown
ion spent her Christmas holidays in
trausfer the pan to the upper oven I
bed with the grippe last year," she
,shelf for the tens te, brown, This
recipe will make about 40 cookies. added with a faint smile, "just because
-Cream' she was tired out and her resistance'
Molasses Coffee • Codkies.
was low when the grippe germ roam;
scant % cup Initter and % cup lard
Jed in her vicinity -that's one kind of
with 1 cup sugar. Add 1 egg, 1 cup I.
unreckoned cost, but not exactly what
molasses,' 1 teaspoonful soda dissolied
in % cup strong black coffee, and .2 I mean, either." •
teaspoonfuls.gleger sifted with flour" She stopped, hesitating.
enough to make a dough that can be I• "Go on, go on!" urged several of the
easily handled. • Roll, cat and hake
in hot oven. •
Caraway Cookies (No Eggs). -To 1
cup sugar add %• cup each lard,
cream, and sour milk, % teaspoonful
soda, % teaspoonful ceraway seed,
and flour enough to make a stiff
dough.
Ginger Snaps. -.Cream 1 cup short-
ening with'l cup •stigar and, add. 1
beaten egg. Let 1 cup molasses come
to a boil, then ,add 1 tablespoonful
soda, pour in over the first ingredi-
ents, then,etir into the Mixture 1 table-
spoonful each of ginger and salt, 4
tablespoonful vmegar, and flour:to roll.
Oatmeal Crisps. -Te 1 Cup sugar
add 1 tablespoonful butter; 2...beeten
eggs, .21/2 cups rolled oats, 14.cup flour
sifted with 2 teaspoonsfid baking pow-
der and a pinch of salt, and 1 tea=
spoonful vanilla. Drop by spoonfuls
:on well-grsed tins and bake quickly.
MAKING ,CHRISTMAS A BURDEN:
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A 'Worried Mother Writes thd Follow-
' in Protest.
"• With • the apprOachhig Christmas
season cannot a word. of -protest be
uttered against thb, custom of ex-
mises?' " • ,
"Why," 'smiled Annis, "if Dorothy .
shoUld hand' her mother • a note saying '
that her -Christnias present. was a,,; -
contracb to darn stockings or do inend-
frig for tWo hours .once a kveek, that' •
would be a `service -promise.' ' The .
Dorothy's mother couldihave the fun
nf embroidering centerpieces instead
of doing the less interesting work. If "
Marion should decide to give. Myra •
Conway all the time she is -putting into
that baby -jacket, taking care, of„: the
other children, fcir Instance, whije
Myra rests �r gets out for'a change
without the children, that would a -
service -promise. . And without want-
ing to criticize, it's been the experi4
enee of most_ of 'my friends with ,
babies that the practical 'beughten'
girls. ,' The group of eight busy teach-
ers had formed a •lit club which th.mga, like. hot-water bottles and
ut(letot
drapers. and rubber bath-tribs, are far •
met once a week , fr m he-. first cl
friore needed than the francy garme,nts..
October far the. la able purpose 'of
I've ;thought of lots at 'service -pro- '
working on their Chr stmas. gifts. Of .
course ‘nobody accomplished all her raises' for my own family-helPing ,
,Christmas sewing to the accompani- Roy with his mathematics; teking One ,
of Edna's settlement classes oft' her
ment of t`ea and little cakes and'much
balk; in fact; each of the eight had hand., Thesre are really lots of uses •
somehow to manage seven • presents for tiin, e if you cennt up how mach
for, the other members entirely outside ,there i'l"and what 3t(in eau do ,with it." '
of the club meetings, to nothing of , 'Do you believe in giving people
gifts too cumbersome to carry about' clothes for presents, Annis?" 'demand-.
But the 'club' furnished the impettis ed Dorothyv "I don't. Every: year .. 7.35: • '-'•.-1';' '
Ted . gives lack a necktie. and Me' a
for a vast amount of energetic Christ -
pair . of • gloves, and Jack gives Ted
mai labor, so that eight Pairs of eyes,
.silk. socks and me silk -stockings-' '
already tired by the close work of -cor-
arid secretly nobody likes 'what the
recting papers' arid writing repOrta
other has chosen: . :And if I. want to
and, plan-bookit, Were taxed after the
invest in a new partY-drets, in October, , ..
school. day . for Many a -long hour;
Mother says,. 'Wait and see What.
nerves,"teut and,tense from the class,
Santa dlause deed for yeu'-mest like-,
rooni, noises, were put to final strein
eighely forgetting end giving me Underwear,
bY -the cenfinereent of sewiag;
when the time comes! .I ean't • sea
intelligent 'brains centered frantically'
present about something you
,for weeks on • producing tea-e-prons; 'mach
Ornamental traveling -oases, 'entbroi- have to have anyway!" •
dered shirtwaists, ' fancy pincashiOns ' "In families where there are children.
and coat -hangers, hemstitched table- .you. can't banish g.ifts-they always
linere---tatt-crochetIng, -and -sheerexpeetteyse-protested-Arinither:-.:, ,
and fragile dress -accessories dear to youngest member. ; , - ' ' . '1 • .
the feininine heart'. .. . '., " r • "Yes; they do," AUnii, s' agreed, "but"
usually they get tee; many and very
' Antal& cleared her throat: "After
Mother died I gradually began. to. hot-- few well-chosen one's. : 'As long as chil- -
ice how everything fell on me -haw dien are at the exPectaeit age, give.
them playthingelvith winch. they ,ean
the younger ones were off about their
,whole week she •had longed for some- my • two eyes. on, it _before I said, Plum Pudding and Custard -is • .a. of garlic, a bunch of sweetbreads, gift
, goed way of using up the remains 'of bay. leaf and parsley, ' pepper, salt; -piled up on her desk.' It was heilding-blocks, the various kinds .of .
.. thing to give awaY. • I 'SallY Alin Murphy, you've got itnow hid tittle to help.. Right there I sat '
easy to single out those' who had not down - and. metal: huilding-toys, sets -
Carrie did nob Speak againfor -some. that's just the thing. to give geed, kind Christmas pudding. . Butter a plain ,mace, 'and three cloves, add about a_ brought presents by their 'clistrested ' d asked myself hew mech. wood
Mrs. Austin .and Miss Carrie.' And mould, and *into it put slices of pluni pipt of stock, and let stew.verY gently - I7-areciniall had bee,n . giiting- sors, 'knives, plaints; electric Motors,
time.' :She Wandered restlessly from and unhappy. faces; their senSitive lit- BIE:he; i sewing outfits, crayons, raffia -things
ULM. Beat up two .eggs,. add three.- sauce reheet the giblets in it, adding, ti hearts' feeling as if they were Uri-'• counted up the hours and minutes, and
she Was With us.
here .'tis, Ma'am, and a merry Christ- pudding, leaving spaces for the ,eus- for two hours. Take out, thicken the
room. to room 'only to come back every
like, that. ,. After .a while- they ivill .1
• few minutes and look at the:Christmas rms.'s) you!" she finished, handing out der a aorfnot being able' to do ao learn to make things for others, and
card on the mantelpieee, a. ha, brown paper parcel. • quarters of a pint of milk, flavor With if liked,' a little wine. Serve -very as, the others. A sorry beginning for the sum total was, oh, rie pitiful' 11-
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tie! I used to -think it *as fine of me nnally come to . the household -gift '
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• "It WI enough to give away. any. I "Thank you, thank you," called Mrs.
how," she told herself; • then; tome:, Austin, as the little old wonmn hoh-
a little brandy, and pour over the pud-
ding. Cover with, battered paper,
and steam slowlY for three-quarters
of an hout. • Turn oub, scatter chipped
hot with a ,good border of boiled Brut-
sels, sprouts. • .. • •
_ • thing seemed , to answer: . 1 • i bled joyfully dawn the walk. sent direct to the- teachers' or sehol- • ' • to}x• "We've. alWays devoted the day 13e-,
,, "You know better, Carrie Austin. i "INT•lr lVfother!" cried Carrie ars' homes, woirld it not be better money isn t every mg, and that there'
/ might fore. Chrietmas- to ' making our own
-----1--:=2-.1.44a-bi-g:cri-cugliliil 3rairlu'llk-LYargli— - amazemen a itt e ater, as the wrap- • imply -to -have -the good_wishes_of th were lots of little( matters,
candy," Clara said ,,,"We've done it .
have attended to, but mostly there candy," like it some one else would!" , pings fell away from Mrs Murphy's season, exchanged, without the ex- h time I might' have spent for ears, and everybody helpt. Be -
At night:She ptit the Christmas card gift and diselosed a bright new Christ pense and formeliby- of a present?
• at :I can never have now. , fore and we make , or 1, buy pretty
" knoW of one family' where the • _
three children exited to take a gift to is Christma4 sewing -club--: .
' I bors,and the children fill them to
e to their friends. When the
of their different teachers. They it for six ea s- If it s gl-
are asked , also each year to. bring
so joyous a season., Even if the gifts
are .not brought to the school, but
idea, outgrowing persenal - enticing-
. to work hard and let Mother use meat
of my money; but I knew now that thins.'" " •.
• A Curious Custom.
...Leg of Pork as GoOse.-Boil a Small
leg of pork for an hour, remove the
skin, and put sage and onion stuffing
himself at Christmas, and .hedoes not
• fail to p'Iay the chief part in the won-
/ in an envelope and .sent it to Nellie .mas card with a sparkling snow cov- derful *ceremony performed. for cen-
Rendall, the girl- vote sat two seats in ered house in the corner,' round the knuckle; roast. thus for an teries on Christmas Eve attlie Span-
. 'frent of her in school, and who never Mother thab's my very own card that
"Why hour and a half, basting with clarified •sh Court, when a -crib is set up" a • • candy's put in cornucopias on the tree„
zipping, r butter,.andduring the last • • • -
. brought Much ter -luncheon except dr.Y. I sent to Nellie. I remember that lit- h• ° the Sovereign,lambourine in hand fol- just he one 'afternoon a week, I'd .
was s
with her
"Take
we'v
.e
they eat too .much, and get at it sur, .
alf hour dredge it with two ounces i d
crackers and bread...without butter. ' tle black• mark on the heel." . . . reptitiously.. .
owe hy his Ministersolanees round something for a donation /rein . the sa- - .
v • - fi th' b ' . ' ,
it was a ne Ing-er nnging us
of finely powdered crumbs, mixed with
• It' was the next morning, that Nellie • It was some days' beforeCerrie un-, bhe cradle of the babe To us it may class as 'a *hole The. same thing all together,. havmg a good,' jolly time
"Oer ,Cliristnias:, plum, ptidding is
a tablespoonful of poWdered sip seem a curious custeL . To hint, aya is repeated in the.SUnday school, each and forgetting other work. •. But that's'
Randall rushed breathiest into her derstood .the mystery; • then she over. s . .• . • , •
erve • with good gravy - and apPle g•
mother's 'retina, . ' I heard Nellie Randall'. say: : ing of Spain, it seems .the most na-; child giving to each teaCher, and each the smallest part of :Christmas.. After
. made a month beforehand," remarked ..
• sauce, 'which,convenient, can ' be illicent: "It's Another ^family in-
tural thing in the worldrand he dances one also expected in addition to eon- we leave. here we hpend every- spare ,IVI.
"Sonie opohassent me the *loveliest Christmas card that: some one •senti to
"Mother, mother, see!" she panted. I "6, Yes, I sent something., It was a ma dp a dried appje chips. . with a will. . tribute to some special charitable ob.' tninute sewing on nlot of unnecessary stitution. We all seed raisins, and -
Stalloped Turkey -is a 'good dish ' . ... ee , . cut citron. till. our •arrns 'ache: . Then' .
.Christmas card! - 4Now I can do what. me -such a 'pretty card, all snow .and 'f ••
A . . ject The father and •mother id. thcse•things that don't do. the people•Twho - • . .
attl'e to seaters - It coMes • on the .
sch.oel classes, 'one of seven 'scholars, , cious time. might, be spent being with •
the„.other of five. ' If they pursue the people we love, doing thiegt for. them,... Cliristmaettible blazing. all' Around." '
..aml BIst who shall pave it, Mother ? iMrs. MurPhy!" cried Cerrie under her Wouldn t it be a :fine thing," Annis
-Mary, Tan, Heriry or Jack?" • I breath, as she hurried home. "Moth- same method in their own classes and , "'king life. easier. There is a little
r. •
the teacher said; now I can send sparkles! I sent it to ,Jack Talbot" or using up• the remains' a • he Red and Open snon,- has • get them any good, and all that pre- it • 's Jtoilecl •and hueg in a -been.' • the
Christmas dinner. Well butt • b
et some ia Greenland.. been seen three children, each have sunday
, something to ome one poorers than I "And. Jack Talbot lives just over
'
tinge
"if families could get together
of setfiSh indulgence ".in the said,
way some of us concentrate. on the once a year and talk over their income •
and expense -budget frankly? • Decide
pleasure of making Christmas
, "But what," 'asked Clara in b.eWild... how -• much each • ought to spend for •
Clothing, for. example, and let each
erment, "are we going. to do about the
presents? 1 thiele it's -all true about spend It whenever he or she . wished
*too mech. giving, and over in our ---:take birthdays: for the really indi-
'
sehool we all, joined the' 'Spew' the little luxuries, and
prevent • collections for the prieelpal turn Chi -Tali -las Into 11 day of Vroader
'thought, goad will to all? Have the
.
and olizteers, but ham 'eying and yew
'
friend.s are clifferent-yon, wouldn'tfrwhele unite in whatever tenor
feel -tight, not-fo rein ember them," . celebration , there is-suche as install- -
"We 'could begin right here in this ing a new phonograph or a big 'chair
meeting b - pledging ettrselves to or an eleertic light or a beautitell get •
omit all ts to each other, couldn't of 'best' linen -and then try to have
we?" suggested. practical Elsie.the day one of 'peace on earth' instead
"Or limit it to a card of ,greeting or "of conftrsion and • ' commotion? The
— • • • • family feast belongs to the traditions
big Christmas dinner's all right -the,
a letter or camera. •picttire,'! put in
It was a weighty' question Nellie Or!" she .cried, bursting into the ?rouse,
•and her mother oeuld not. decide it at; "only, think! -First Will. 'sent that
once. . _Mary was poor, wthinly, bUt Christmas card•to me; then I sent it
TOM Henry had. a -sielegbther and no to Nelli'e Randall and she sent it to
father;- while Jack -poor Jack --was Jack Talbot... And what did Jack fi�.
crippled hiniself and could , not run but take it down to old Mis. Murphy's
and play like the other lads. and tic it, on her docirknobi and then :
At .last ' it was decided; and with Mrs. Murphy brought it to us. • My! °
'shining eyes Nellie hurried away for how that Christmas card has travel-,
an envelope and a stamp. • • 'ed!" she fkpished, as shp hurried over
• That afternoon on the first, mail, to. the mantelpiece to examine, .with
Jack Talbot received a bright new new interest the wonderful -card with
Christmas card with . a sparkling, its sparkling, snow-cotered house in '.
nowcovered house in the corner. . the e.erner. .• • .
The Forerunner °Millions.
• The Christmas card originated in
the .year 1846. The first ever publish-
' ed was 'issued in that year by a Lon-
•, • don publisher ndmed Joseph Crandall,
. who *as indebted for the idea to Sir
Henry Cole. The publisher deinmis-
4
•sioned a finntms R. A. to design a
• card; which he did,,producing 'a color-
-edionel---It-veris-4ithographe*-atid-1
colored by hand. About a thousand
copies were sold; ._Ever.V__sucdeeding
Christmas,. cards of a similar kind
• Were put on the market, until 1862 ex-
periments were Made by Goodall, With
. • cards of the site ef an ordinary ,earbe
de visite, inscribed simply with the
words "A. Merry Christmas and a
• Happy New Year" in illuminated form.
• Next year robins, holly branches, and
such things that did not requiremany
• eelore were printed, and later, when
printing became more artistic, mites,
•.sedfigures and landscapes Were ltdd•
ed, by degrees,,the modern variety.
ef the Chkistrnas card which can be
• found in all ciliarters of Op globe was
o developed,
•
•
•
„• Honoring Santa Claus.
. •
Santa Claus was born in Patavia, in ,
Asia Minor. • That iwas not his real
name,• He was an abbot, -and -named
St. Nicholas. He afterwards became
Archbishop of Myra, At the hitter
place, he died and was duly buried. In ,
May, 1087, his remains were carried
I ,
by serge pions Italians' to f>ari, on the
itchlatie--ecrast7-- --Thernes-rrow
in a splendid church which bears hi,
natne. The neeple.re'ind -about_mske
a pilgrimage to his shrine every year.
No one seeking 'food on that occasion
is refused it by the priests, whilst ac-
cornmodation is given to as many pil-
grims as the edifice will hold. On St.
Nicholas' Day, December 6th, a great
celebration takes place in .his -honor.
Early in the morning the poptithice
take his image trom the priests , and
• carry it thVough the to*n. AU night
the eity is grandly illumineted.
Some women are so anxious • to
Worryover trifles that they go and
' Marry. them,
Peahen:tend woraler if your s
ter realises, WiRle, that during the
kW two Months I have given her ten
dollars' worth of Meath and flowers?"
Willie: "Of course she does. • That's
'with Jim Ilukling a secret."
Why she keeping her engagement •
• e s a strange new wonacr whisper' ire thee hi.sh.c wind,
11114Les a san9 of •iatightzr on the tip orinOoll•
011., au} yeti. hear ham winguig, he &oho sets dye earth a•Singuis.
WhO holds the wonder of theworld'. ta ties pole 011,13, botn. I
. Sine tow:sing totO, oh !jou who &et, fasfetcstaie. • '
ror great iite 004;1* tirtec9lortotea ts ht.;
He nus the atue.some ctauenne of the oat) wuttrzrtortung
,*tte.i sut euut hate ono sorrow at los; lit Charity.
1.4 e can' make thii Situier giiiitt9r a incrtrictir.
"HO' ran &take the.Sorctict se:entre:I for a clam,
• Then white gee InS Spett ts o'er U.S. he unit marth..atenig o Yore uS•
Right out •uitzt thc st1etto4 of the sItactows 011 ttiocui. •
011. Ctitue%; rule From ChriStratts tutro Chri.stmos. .
• Itu; d,t0i. give place. to better Men alta tuiso, •
• tt
mof.s
tto yOupneath vow -sorry *tory: *till Los -knew that. fe. rti. •
, For ttittnie we see the pea toorla.thrclueth the Chhattnos soma &Oa
• give ayemeinbrance to' eaCh pupil, and
• also contnibute to the special object
chosen by eaCh class, the grand total •
df the presents given by this bne
would reach the ,extraordinary
number of twenty-six, aside from the
immediate relatives and friends.
"Is is any wonder, therefore, that
Chrietmas becomes a great financial
anh nerve -exhausting strain? This
is especially the case when the bur-
den falls upon the tired mothers, who
have to select the gifts( .Azi-VArdo-
ing of anything however good of it-
self, ceases to be. clesh•able. In the
• needless .inraiplicatioe of Christmas
gifts have not many of es lost the
spirit of jciy,ousness and. true thankful-
nss? • In our absorption in "Much
giving" do we not often forget t�'
-thank our Heavenly• Fatherfor the'
Gift . of • gifts, whose advent we tire
luppospd to be celebrating?"•. • is
, • "A Mother." 4
To this ,*e woelcl like to add a Word
THE
SPIRIT
OF 7 e
CHRISTMAS,
131'.
D MACE
EDO' N'TON
c.%•01/1V
et • „Lci•VA
. •• 1'
taLteareher •• • ew i• •
each little one, awl without time or ,
money to. knave for 'such a purpose,
Let ft
The aid Toting wisites , take the
place ef all this strain. '
In Need of Repair.
• "When I bought thisautomobile
from you few weeks age," cried' the,
irate purchaser, "you said you would
be willing to supply a new part if
it broke anything!"
"Certainly, sir!" agreed the manu-
facturer, "What can I have the plea-
sure of ,providing you with? ,
"Well," replied the. puNhaser, "I I
want a, pair of new ankles, a left eye,
• three yards of cuticle a box of assort-
• ed finger -441s, four iroet teeth, and a
fanny -bone!" •
• okIkto,1*“...m.
The term Chritittrei-box Writi first
used in &viand in 1011,
"I suppose," said Dcirothy; that ought bo • be kept .albre-hut the
"my•mother woe ave more actu
satisfaction if I, brought •her darnipg-k
bdg t� these meetings iestead of mak-
ing her this cenbeipie,ce I've started:
I believe I'll do it, Annie I just love
to embroider and I hate to darn----bit
N n11-1-tirrferv-ehrist
sent for her, something. shell, really
Id h work of it shouldn't fall on one men,
bet of the fatally." '
. "We can't give up our Christmas •
tree," said -Clara, "but we could ' cer-
tainly' adopt sem" of these other sug- •
gestions that make Christ -etas a day
irtnirtthOurreletitr
and serting each other better and do-
ing things in unison."
Christmas Musings.
• The joyous bells art!
The message from above, •
• And worshippers ere singing el. *
Of God's untathotriccl love:
Of love in sending Jesus
-From glory .bright and high,
'Down to I3ethiehein'.8. manger. •
For rebel MAC tVir (lie! '
Love! • Higher .tlgan tha; jusav.ens,
. And deeper than the sow., • •
Broader than it world,q sin
So gloriously to Saw!, •
Such Iove transforms the rebel;
Ina Spirit and His Word
'
implant the love undying,
1\t loti?nrrq "S, r•ca !if (lod!"'
In turn, God 'asks the honfage
- Of loyal hearts. to -day,
• Who prize the loving Saviour
And labor, watch and Pray.
Oh; sWeil the iantliern 'ever;
^• Throughout the circling years.
Per• love unbounded never;•
• Should pall dra ransbrned earq,•
•
The Pefillent's reayer. "lox head
The o.bservation, of Chris -tines .1)6;4 •
. gait in the aedotid century, in different!'
months —.Ittnnary,:Atttil,.. or "'kw..
•
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