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f% Is sleigh and reindeer re-eutor.•-
d by fast trains and .M•o:en
liners, ,Santa Clatls Is deliver.
1114 at ouch larger nuuber.,f
prem. its every year. The toned States
ttstal authorities say the ('hrlstmle
Mail this season will far eZeeN1lu '441
unit' tlat,.uf.la:et "it inter. Aml then It
was treii,o sous.
%VIth every Inuut.t, luvII and city
stooling out old receiving Its quota,
Millions of letters and paek:Ige4- some
by special delivery. many registeri.d
nod• others with ordinary postage --
travel from nod to all parts of the na-
tion. arrive from foreign shores or pass
out to them. '!'here are about h41,01aa,-
(Nat persons iu this country-. A imp
1 111) hof ktluw bI4 name. }'••r
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of was 'Foto. \lint cats of his
,nasion are called 'tom. , It
sort of noncommittal nano. an
uo burden to the. eat. Mark r1'
says lie 011(•1) killed a promising lot
.or eats by overloading them
namell
. 11e vaned thele %urn:n
Sour Mash. Anon:oar's and Him
1 Duce lures a eat named 1'111
Shiite buthr was fairly husky and
out seem til mluJ It. We might r
promise by 'ailing this especial fe
SM.:lusher. 1.1e was always looking/
s44methllg. Mostly It was for sit
thing to eat. and when It wasn't tha
was for trouble.
ylicawber hall hail a hard life. W
i,tween the world, the• flesh and
small boy he WW1 111) against It in
of thee tittle. As a kitten he had 1.
reared 111 eotuparativ.' luxury, but t
time now seemed to hint, when
'thought of It at all, like a dire. sw
dream. .Mostly lie did not think of
being toe busy with everyday offal
such as lighting; dolgIug stouts a
h.,king for provender. The flout
where he had lives! In his happy you
hap. I
per
Is a
.1 Is
wain
itch
with
t sr,
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dill
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for
me
t it
hat
the
amt
e'en
hat
he
let
It.
rs, '
ml
ly
tit
heel Riuv..d • away, forgetting to take
dm :Jong. 'rhe nest Oe t:pants of the
rouse did not wont hint, so he was
brows' out on the colt world. Ile did
tot leave tolnutarlly, but utter ieing
•Ialsd.un(, kicked out. looked out and
towed with hot water a sufficient uutu-
wr of time*, lie filially took the hint
hat his company wav' not desired. Ile
0d out sit touch mind the Indignities.
0t rude, phyMleal assault pained and
trprlsed him. Ther' are some things
tat even n cat will not stand.
After that, for the most part, he
r, .1 In a hack alley. Ile slept In a
Irrel by day nod w..ut on voyages
,exploration and discovery by night.
e did not tinct moth bit tribulation
ill 'wraps -Reruns that were eatable•
lid scraps with other felines. Surue-
tirul•s, when driven by hunger, he veu-
turYl out by day. Occasionally he
eaiight light of n mouse, a bird or n
lhJpmma)k• Then, motionless and alert,
be would *alit it for what 'teemed
ages. The patience of a cat Is a
thiug that slimad he immortalized on
n monument. While on these daily
outings he hail 10 Jump sideways and
straight np to get out of the way of
playful brlekbat4 and clods hurled In
lila direction. ile b,s•ame as exlwrt In
'dodging missiles as a millionaire in
eventing n court sit 1411011,. Indy MI-
eawbe'r knew nothing about uIllliun
air's. 11e belonged to the bun pulloi.
Most of the time b,• lived the strenuous
life. 11.' became expert In war through
many tr'nncings. Ile learned to 11,k
eve'ry'thing be could not make 1,.t-' to.
Ile had no tnura is to speak of and was
never troubled by eun'cjetce lir :ltru
Ism. `When living the simple life he
was mild and meek Looking and had a
t•ulc' 114 gentle and pleading as that of
a look agent. Itut whet' on the wear
path he will n eyelon' and emitted
yell" that would wake up the block.
Ile was a bed nett from the mountains
:rod was yearning to uutke the world
acquainted wlth:.the feet.
Nriw.' there are eats and cats, as you
doubtless know. Sometimes there are
too. many .d theta, es M'i•ht11y fit might.
4I 'aw her belonged to this overlies.
The cat's voice when timed np 1a not
exaetlp like the music of the sph'res,
but attracts more attention. t'(':1en ex-
('itel by wrath fe1iue tangoing,. has a
diabolic finality that mounds like blas-
phemy. So does the language of the
man who Is stirred oat of his rest
the're'by. If some (:nruer cnn14 Mg.
rover Just what feline small talk mean."
be would doubtless bring to oar notice
nn original ami delicious array of
'air words that would enrich the
glage
trough long practle,''licawls•r 1m1
develolfe I n volee that ran all t e
gamut of hideousna.s. 1t se. el
through all the Reales of dt,t.ur and
embraced ail the octaves of Ihhartnony.
11 441(14 not !mistral, but penetrating.
was elumtle, criminal and assault
yoking. Y expressed all that Is
IcuJish 1)11)1 11111b''ol'ut. it hail in It
the Jespnlr and .error of n loll seed,
the wall of a defeated demon. It was
n seno)1fl1, it outrage and an Infamy.
The stento slyenl got n11 its sliding 'rale
of diabolism. n111ts crescendo of 'nsse1-
11e•1s, all Its swItchbacks find shoot the
chutes of the lufe'rnallsm of mouMp
from the feline voice.
Yet to r'g:ro \flcnwber's sleepy
eyes, his imiffeteslve demeanor and his
playful disposition one weld not '11'•
pest him of harIMoring Pinch sentiments,
You world not Intaglio' that muter that
fluffy and amiable exterior (mild he
rolled hip so mich noise and depravity
- on the otutside. Inoffensive nn4 gulls.
less docility; on the luside, murder,
jority of them Isiah send and receive .1
Christmas mall, from nue• to .several t
duze•ti pieces earls. '1'1414 gives a faint
lies of the exteut of the work that
falls 111..11 the postal :nnh,,riU.•m. 4
Whether in the" Ii'' 4 of tine city or
on a rural delitcry 1 ,40, the carrier is t
loaded dowti with 811)' remembrances 41
of In Ill Ii.t,.I or heart echoes of 1,
seatterel famine:. The letters be
must deliver are Basil three times as it
111111," as lit ordinary ..:,sons. bet Inds -
greitr't burden is the packages h' li
numerable, ba'k• br'u1.ing package•..
lint If, the carriers are worked hard.
bow about the IMslottiee Meeks': Ile- Ii
sides the Increased :mount of mutter
they have to haudl.•, ll,' const 1M• par- a1
i
6ANT.( )IA61s TI/1: I'esT'I.1Y's 114,4 1C Alla.
ticnlnrly careful that the regulations
of the J'pnrt14 111 are ma being ',i),
paled. Jl:uly articles of merl•hauuiae
are prullibitt.Y1 transmission lit the
111)1144 '(Iointinuil are frequent Is`-
(•plume of ignurnl4e.
(Int' thing that cause* caths work for,
Nle letter seders Is she pi4•nllnr ad-
dresses on ninny letters and packages,
1Mide from th.' tbonsamls .1 Missives
sent to Santa Claus? 1l're are those
with some such address as -Care of
Lieutenant 1'eary, North role." 1•uz-
'zle addresses are nod nue,n:llhn, :11.1,
SIth'ngh M.m1('14114•.IM'(gl ie,, Qitj•.y then)
onhinnrily, they 40 hot nt 4'hristnia.
tinge. A frequent form of address I.
drawing of a plan) plslding, with the
name, street :111,1 city written in minim.
ehara'ters on :1 10:1% of A sprig of holly
at the top.
The grr„lest center 4.1 postal activity
in the world Is probably New York
city. 1t Is by far the largest math dos
trilnitin4 or shippllik point 04) the 1.01,
tinout, r•c.•Ict11g Instal mailer from
foreign countries, from the north. month
told west. I1 also has an Irutnese for -
elfin population that sends home vast
tlm.lwr4 of money orient :I 041 register.
ed
111 the midst 4.f the 4'hristmas rush
1111 average of 6,1510 registered pnr•s•14
and 114),111a1 letters an lo111r ern reeeItll
at the foreign mall station In N,•w•
York. }teeutly 0 : • Rblp sailed for
Europe with 3,110o ,.n.-ki.,of ordinary
Mall matter nn4alm(et 7:,(4410 register.
ed pneknm's, while another vessel car.
HeJ away half a ,nlllllot dollars in
Rmoav orders, ' It; W. LUN',
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11111
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It
pro
riot •1041 vire, '' hllJllke and bland,"
like 'the heath a Chimp," he had m1•
dere •x111 a d b1e portion of the spirit
of 11eelzebt That Is a cat. That was
\flrawber.
IIic cif. enutniuel other forms of ex-
(•Itene . Once for n time he found a
have of refuge 1,1 a saloon. ito dad
not earn to tipple, for that Is a form
of human Jelluqueney that is beyond
•en n (at. lie was regarded as the
nlaselt of the glare and grew :s sleek -
and prosperous i to14ing as the owner.
one night the s:IIMmr blew up from a
defe'th-e gas tonin, in removing the
ruins the workmen 11nearthed one
pie•e of debits that emitted n wild yell
thud shot out of the place like a streak.
It was 'II.11wl.cr, denuded of hair, lint
very nitwit alive. Many enotlnl111 were
expressed In that :•.'II -pain, rage, ter.
r.r, hunger and the outraged sous„ that
follows the Iwtrayal of 4101111114' faith,
Ile toad t1ist1`111 11 Ill, In return had hail
hurled at Ilan n large section of earth.
'make and destruction. Out of 111,11.e -
(m1 *11M•µ 111 11111 been hit by n house,
tuned what seemed miles upward nod
boil fallen b•u•k to be pinned down un-
der a 'rain of broken her flxhtros, frog.
meals of free lunettes and smashed
Iver bottle*. there to be imprisoned In '
the b1Arktrees11 of 0(1-'r 4191!,aes4 for
What seem., 'mending a4es. (Whet.
way wits this to treat n d1fens'Ie4x and
men'ln•rtl:.z rel' Whit bird lie dense
In the world that It should blew' hits tap
sop trtntt,le nm him IR suet 'million/
in time, however, his w-olndel feel-
ing* and skin heeled, iia fur grew bock
and be was once more ready to make,
a presentable appearance In company.
Evens cats feel some d'Ik:•tcy abont
Tentuting Into society with molt of
their clothes ripped off.
Still later in his career he wifis taken
111 1
:N4' 811(1 matronly woman
with an amiable disposition :171(1 n dou-
ble chin, lt're he regained his faith
11n humankind mid 'tinsel for a time
to be n howling pessltllst. Having
had n little orifice ctrl for hie Into the
kitchen entryway, t1, he wore slick
with his frequent eominits and goings.
Ant some stray eats also iwirne4 of
'the hole, so n small door with hinges
shove was ldaeel oyer the opening.
This hurt Mlcawber'' feelings, and he
Mewed piteously 1111111 one Joy the
email IMI' of the house pushed him
Ihrilugh the hole And sli-'4.41 him hot►
the door worked, layer afterward he
asked nohlO(14's i4 Ileitnnce that is, in
going nut. int when It e11111P to get-
ting hick. that was 11 different natter,
At first he poshest against the door,
lint this hurt his dread nod 41d not
effect the desired result. Then he
mowed: Finally he worked It ont with
hitt small eat brain. Ling on his
back, he'pnwe,l the door open, then by
A sodden squirming motion 1.44•
through- the holt' before It could close
again.' After that achievement he
arched lila hack and wnikel ns proudly
aa though be had wblpoed the biggest
o.' uu the 1d,..•.. Nor C.J to. turtiet '1`_.
4. ' triol. Finally ttie family 411woy• 1x
en'tl him at It, and neighbors came to
see Idm cleverness. if this caused hint
any pride, however, be never showed
It. Cats are not a.n:,•teJ with swelled
Ilelad. Pyeu 41,,411;;14 they have mv ethic"
worth :neulioulr;.
N-heu the family 111,0(11 .I11uwtwr
hail honored with his present... 111 v 1
.1 W:1) to a distant city It war
sine, ¶a regret that they were fu
1.1 leavt• hint behind. .%.4 the huuw• st
`t•ucaut for n time he again !teem'
wanderer the fuel•, of the earn
. hump, a stray, a vagabond. So ,
more he began carousing Sud dist
Ing the uelghborhowl. Ile had a
euulal appetite lh!1 never was all
el. a eravlug: that uerer was lit
MieawIs•r w:114 a IlauJ.unle cat*
raliuut tclthal, and Among the uo
script felines of all color" and no 0
b. st"' 14 of he shone resplendent
tubby coat, striped like a tiger. Ile
now reached all age when any
tegulatel eptt'should have sealed 41
and IN'eoue tI respected citizen. 1
haps it was n sei1se of his ulIregener
condition that''aused him to east oho
for another home: Luring his 44•rn,
Irts he stupjMY1 :1t :t bath rad n fano
g.,ve him ulflk fresh from the e,
'There were three Jn1,^e-4411 the pia
and Slicawlc•r did not stay.'
t)Ii wluter's day he esIM•••lully f
the need of a new 1111'. 1•erli:rpt 1t w
beeitto*• he was .014; also lulu y.
s.winel to 111114 that 1,e was alwapel
grr. Ile was a boodle of appetite,
1;uimatel volt, act Ine:ruate tout
44 IY /.
reed
MMI 111•: homemade 4'brlstmua pies -
le 11 1I cut e•rnz.• has fut-aded Husain.
1, 11 :old the czarina has caught It.
orb• She has plenty of C'hrlstmaa
IM,r. ulo11ey Olid spends It liberally, but In
M,as. addition utale•s with bier own bonds
lel. gifts that will especially please the
and Czarow•itz and the four little grind
1141•• duchegw•s, t The ezariva'" lite is a
odor busy- nue, 1111,141 with court and other
f0 a pubic Jntirx, social entertainments of
had a personal nature azul many eels of
well charily. while she spends Mom*• 111110 lit
mt• u
pointing. woodcarving. drawing and
et,. literary- work, -11.o she devotes many
lit hours to making Christmas pnwlttM
er- for her cldldreu au ortpation w-hl.•h
wr to her is indeed a t:iIor of lode•.
w 1•robahly her most notable effort its
'Y•• n woodcut.%er IY an esnet mold of a
*+islet in the ilv1M•ri::1 pleasure ground"
els essine'etwl with the '1'sarsto• Selo pal -
'ax ace.
It l 'lite original is the czar's 18'orlte
$111itunT hulas., in w'Id••h he frequently
1111 ' 1,:s Ida luncheon served. when he de -
Ug' more*, to .scale fr, .11 the utmost op-
tu. pressIve splendor of the imperial IIIe
he ' iiig r.M,mic-splenlur that takes away
ts. Imperial aVpetite.
,r, " '1 . model 1s exquistteh' ,•aryel 111
of whit wood' owl has eighty-four iep-
'It• arab. rte. These are so made that
Jr- the mit attar,. 1,11)144• 11111 1M• pulled
rr• I down by he rzarowitz, who is now
ole more than wit y'e'ars old. without be-
Royd
Iran IFEnzauttt
-
me•
This particular day, wbleb w8'
prove a r.sl letter one in his career,
wandered fur from 11i., 1U11a1 halm
FSually espying a alightly open doe
his old donu•s.e habits got the best
him, :11141 he veutllrevl In. It was ('lirl
ems, holt he knew nothing of that. 1
Inc a pagan and heathen by man
Perhaps 1n some sulM•onsrluua w•ny
was sent us a 4'hristinns gift to the lit•
tie folks there, but of that he also was
lit Iguoraue.
When once inside, the house me•mel
deserted. but it was warm. That w'aa
the main thing. No, not q.'ite the main
thing. for the Inward gnawing (ontlu-
tie,I. The carnal nature of a cat Is as
string as that of 44/11110 people. The
only ohje't In the universe nolo worth
seeking was n dinner. Suddenly he
caught` an unmistakable scent t!:
made h144 nerves tingle and Ills 11 u
4enh
water. Surely that wens milk: nicest.-
ber'' unerring lusttn(•t 1o•atel It on a
nearby table, and with n single spring
he wax there. Ent the best laid plans
111
hot only of l'e and !nem but also of
rats, go oft.nstray. There was certain -
1M•
ly milk here. but in atolleuliar guise
that his feline lr:lln '(old not make
It out. The nursl ng bottle was n newthing In him experience, ole gave 1t up.
Next he espied:Mother eat, one that
looked like a very small edition of
•
Ing dnnnagel. 'rhe czarII, I 14 sit OT -
Inlself. '1t remindwl hien mf his owl
days of 1:itletllnsMI, when he land plflyel
with n ball and romped his way hitt
the hearts of t1' childr'u. Ice was not
without sentlm'ut, 41)1)1, Iningry aR he
was, he would stop to make friends
Leaping 011 to the table where the
small cat was seatl4, 11e proceeded to
rank' advances. Itnt nevi a word
said the other cot. Ile advanced clos-
er, but the kitten did not even deign
to notice him. This was rank dlteour•
limy, and he went away In dlsgnst,
Stuffed rots were niso a new thing to
Mica w].er, -
Venturing on his hunger driven way,
he suddenly beenmc rigid In every
limb. ile knew that labor. What eat
dors not? it tens a mouse. Itnt
where?
Agniq his Instinct (arecled Ilei .to
the spot. It was on n table II the
Whiten, atilt with n bound he w -as
bier'. Yes, here WAS the hole -Two of
then!, In fact. }'lacing his nose down
In eat fa'hlon, he diMoovere,l w bleb
Pole the 1000s1. used. Knowing troth
lig of the mysteries of traps and that
til' particular 011' had relight n 44ma1)
rodent only the night before, ,he sat
down patiently to wait for that mouse
to e0me forth. There the mistr,•ss
found 141111 when she returned from a
hurried call to borrow ROMP extra
spoors for the ('hrimtmnq dinner. Out
of het•'Iare heart she took pity on the
wandering feline, and be was reward-
ed with a liberal Christmas helping of
his own. Iie• was forthwith adopterd
and settled down to an old and re-
spected cntbood.
Only he watt not called '(flcnwber,
Mit by the more appropriate, If mere
ebmmonplace, name of Teta" y Of hla
former walderftlisiand adventures be
told me himself tuts he purred
NIT CHALET MAI*: 1'4)1: TI[I: e'EAROWI E
SY THY, 'Z.(RINA.
pert woodcarver. This ability Is a re-
sult of her 4lerma11 blood and environ-
ment.
t Al little Princes', Alis, daughter
1 of the late (;rand broke' Iwoula IV.
n of
Iles., and ".sweet I'riu•ess Alice',"
Queen Victoria's favorite daughter, she
Wo,, taught tnaty of the crafts that It
le deemed proper In Germany for all
ehlRlren to know. And It In Iteennew of
that nbillty, her deep devotion to her
children and the Inherent Jeslre of the
(Germans "to make things" that the
(marina plans and executes little sir -
prises for the flue imperial youngsters
of Russia, A, .I, HITT,
c, ' irraks
�HIt::C fs musk In the chlmnep—
On the hearth a penial plow.
Now the house I: making read')
ror•,,nld Santa Claus, 1 know,
And the lune the chimney 's singing
Is a merry roundelay :
"doll and cheer—
(-hrl;tmas 's bete,
And old Santa 's on the wag.'
'EVERY 'spark that mounts the chlmnel
Is a falai of the fire,
Dancing up to watch for Santa,
Salting higher, higher, higher,
TIII, amld the stars that twinkle,
On the sly path":ay they pays',
care and Mink,
Nod and wink,
Wafting for old Santa Claus.
the coals that glow and sparkle
on the hearth or in the grate
And the embers there assembled
Are but eager eyes that watt
For Rrlss Kringle, who Is coming
With his pack of sweets and ton
Sledge and deer,
1lringing cheer
'o,a million girls and bops,
--__-_- -
ARTHUR i