The Clinton News Record, 1925-12-17, Page 7FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE
BY LEIEINE 13XLLA_NIYN,E
This story is told of how spangle. child cause to cazth again to discover
rime tobe draped upon tlieChristmas where the children dwelt who loved
trees: Long years ago,Ibetore little Ilam. He saw the bright light.: iron
boys and, girls,even thought of having afar on the tree which was trimmed
a tree trimmed for Cliristnr`as there to do honor to His birthday, and He
lived in 'a large house on the top of cmc and stood in the room to be-
d it, He was ,t suipri ed to f
the holm. Their' father' had,gone on though fie loves every creature, even .And do what you kilo
a long journey, and they- Were not the tiny spider,yet JI t iw the
sure that he would return in time for;
children did not mean to have them As you lhould.
Down the ehinm y h tri 1 crc
the rule festivities. Howcve , they mi the it bring for you t woolly sheep,_
watched daily Inc him with their lit- ' So 1 -le toadied the silken webs with nd a that ods to'sleep,
tie faces pressed erose to the latticed His '(inger ; tohched - them ever so d aoir 11 tat
'window• gently, and lo! the trc,o stood covered
As they looked out they saw no-, front top to bottom with glittering
tern,, but the wide sweeps of,snom silver spaiegla==-rho most beautiful
'irolten`only by the scattered spruce' tree in the n 1! And because the
and cedar trees' standing hero and' story of it spread afar, to this day
there like sentinels upon the lend- wo stili hang spangles upon the'
scape. ' Suddenly they got the idea Christmas Tree.
that they would ,1ilee to have one of C
the trees in the house, to. light' their I The Christmas Tree's Toilette.
Christmas candles upon its branches' Before attotn tin to dress aChrist
-
So they ran to their mother and asked P g
mas tree it should be made very firm
by placing the plant an a .barrel of
soil or sand if. it is of any size :Even
if the tree is: a small one it is!jadvis-
able to do this, although in smell' ease
a large flower -pot will serve the our -
d
a bleak hill Some little boys and ir; hoindiL S nba Claus -will come to-night`r
with their parents and the ssrvar_ts of covered ii ith- tiny cobweb',, nerd- •tl if ou'ro ood
•fight,
her if they might do this, and rafter
thinking about it for a few minutes
she agreed that it was a pretty
thought andsaid they might have the
treo. So she called the servants and
told them that"the house must be
cleaned from the outer doors up to
the attic, and not a speck of dust must
remain; for the 'children were going,
lit) light a tree with candles to honor
the birthday of the Christ -child,
The servants started gleaning
-.the
house, and they began right up et the
attic. They cleaned and brushed and
swept -:every atom ofdirt out, and
every little cobweb from every little
corner., -Then they came downstairs.
and again they, cleaned and brushed
every bit of dirt and every little cob-
web from every corner. Ad hiddep
away among the little cobwebs were
'many little spiders, and one by one
they were swept oat. with the duet,
until at the: end of the week there
remained not a single little spider in
nil the heard; nor a speck of dust, nor
a cobwe'o
Then with great ceremony the old-
est servant 'vas ,despatched to select
the most beautiful tree of perfect
proportions, and it was cut down, and
brought into the house. When made
fast, Band:•es were brought, and the
little boys and girls spent a most
delightful days fixing them upon the
tree.
They did not tie one here and ,an-
other there`—oh no! Each one was,
placed carefully so as to be just a
certain clistaece frona the last,so' that
When lighted the whole tree \would; ap-
pear to be a wonderful barmonious
blaze of light. At the very top of the
tree;"'fastened: to the highest twig
which points straight up --to Heaven,
they fastened the •tall st and best.
candle. It was latewheu they finish-
ed and they were ' all tired, so they
went to bed, after opening the window
just a: teeny weeny bit so that Santa
Pans might be able to get in, when
attraeted by the brilliant lights, if he
considered their conduct had Veen
-good enough during the year to merit
reward. ,
The household was soon asleep, and
at midnight no one save the dog in
his kennel hoard the exquisite tinkling
of hells 'which yang.out •upon the clear
frosty air, when Santa Claus drew up
With his magic sleigh before the win-
dow..Saftly he entered the house and
tip -toed first to the room where the
ehildren, slept to see if they were all
abed and sleeping soundly. Not even
a little mouse was awake so he went
back and after surveying the wonder-
ful tree, he left toys, sweetmeats add',
all sorts of good things, including a
fresh supply of candles, for the little
boys and girls to find in the morning.
When he had gone and the last
tingle oe his belie died away on, the,
creep ' frosty air, the\moonbeams 'crept
softly in to see the', tree. And the
little birds, wakened, by the jingle of
bells came out of the trees and looked
in through the windowto behold the
tree, And all the little spiders which
had been swept out, and had been bud-
ding together in the depths of a bal-
eain tree outside. were disturbed by
the commotion of the birds, and they
too opened their tiny eyes and saw the
tree,glowing with a blaze of light in-
side the window,
"Qh what a pretty thing!" sighed
one little spider.
"Let us go closer to see it," urged
another.
"Come alone," ventured, a third.
So all the lits o spiders ran °down•
rem the tree, and hurried across the
snow so as hot to get their tiny feet
frozen, and they ran up the wall to
the window. There they sat a long
time lost in amazement at the extra
ordinary sight. _
Suddenly one of them said, ` "The
moeffshea;zis hove gone inside; let ug
go in, too.". -
re -they all: can in through the .win-
dow, for Santa Claus had forgotten to
close it. After being swept out, there
they were, every last one: of them,
beck inside the house, again.
One tellety more venturesome than
the
the tree to discover.whyieshould lrave::Wilda the pie -eating championship'
star-lights.flickering upon it of "New Seesay was decided, each pie
•(irfglrtI i
h consisted of a layer of pastry 14 -inch
Santa Claus `'v ill drive Ills sleigh
Through the wood,.
But he'll come around this way
If you're good.
With a windup bird that sings
And a purtle rnade of rings,
Ile will bring you many things
If you're good. •
'Jumping' jacks andcars that go,
If you're good,
And a rocking -horsey, Oh!
If he would!
And a dolly that can sneeze,
That says, "Mammal" when you.
squeeze,--
He'll
queeze,=He'll bring you one of these
If you're' good.
Santa grieves when you are bad,
As he should:
But it makes him very glad
When you're "good.
IIe is wise and :he's a dear;
,lust do right and never fear;
He'11 remember you epch year.
-If you're' good.
•A Carol.
Long ago, in a distant land
On Christmas Day in the morning,
The patient . wondering beasts did
stand,
On Christmas Day in the morning;
They looked at the little one born
that day,
Cradled safe on a nest of hay.
Guarded by humble friends He lay,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
And because of the link they have
forged with us
On -Christmas Day in the morning,
When they watched over our Baby
thus, •
On Christmas Day in the morning,
It vrere well If for one short day at
least
ails
nn t r cruelty and greed had
}VI. Y a Y�
ceased,
Rejoicing in brotherhood, man and.
beast. .
But -the poor Iittle bodies artist grace
our feast • •
On Christmas Day in the morning!
—M. Mears,
Tho dressing of the tree should al-
ways -be, started from the top, working
downwards. Fix the heaviest toys to I
-the: upper parts of the'strongest
branches and 'suspend :the _more fra-
gile ornaments'from the. tips. There
should be no happy-go-lucky distribut-
ing of the gifts, but even the smallest
toy -should be labelled: for some child.
This not only , malted' more fun, but
there; is ,,a finality about such an ar-
rangement that does away with all
jealousy. '
After the Christmas tree is dis-
mantled plant: it at, once, if you have
a garden and the tree has roots. But
many Christmas trees have no, roots..
In that case let the children have
them to prepare for the birds. ,They
may be decked with morsels of fat
amen, few partly shelled nuts. Our
feathered friends are hard put to.
it at this' time of year to find enough
food, and the children will love to
know they are giving the birds a party
of -their own. -
If you have• some time to spare for
decorating, don't forget that delight-
ful 'Christmas friezes may lie bought
at most big storee • in three -yard
lengths. One design may show
Father Christmas tearing through the
snow: with his sleigh and merry bells,
;another a happy family of kiddies
dancing round the Christmas tree•,
and there are .many other artistic
designs, all charmingly colored with-
out being: Prude. These are in so meth
better taste than the old colored -paper
chains and the paper roses in impos-
sible 'shades:
These friezes should only be fixed
in: place here and there with small
drawing -pins, so that no ugly marks
show in tete. walls when the decora-
tions ere taken clown.
The best kind of Christmas cake for
children is ono, of the plain variety,
iced with water icing.: It may be de-
corated with the little gold and' silver.
balls, candied flower petals, and other
lassie • decoration soil at all confec-
Honors for the purpose.
decorations will decorate several cakes
decotationswill-recorate several capes
and make then\ look so Christinassy
that they will give far more pleasure
to the children than a rich- cake not'
so prettily decorated. A rich • fruit
cake with layers of almond icing is
unsuitable for children, especially at
Christmas -time, when there is so much
rich food, about. 11 children are al-
lowed to overeat it will spoil the fun
for everybody.
Christmas Time.
Motu--"lIdw nice, Septa has left' a
Mee lighted candle ' fee me to fly
around!" - - _
The Champion Pie Eater.
A mammoth Christmas pie was'
son!, from B3erwie ; to London in 1770
as a gift for Sir Harry Grey. It
measured 9 ft. in circumference, and
weighed 7.fi8 lbs.•
An_enortnous pie of similar weight
provided the chief dish at a banquet
at Gorleston'some years ago,, It was
built in three sections, and walled in
with a stout crust ins. thick. The
ingredients consisted of kidneys, beef
steak, and rabbits, mingled with po-
tatoes, onions, and carrots.
This monster pie was made by an
old trawl stripper and tool: forty-eight
hours to cook. After the feast the
remains of the pie were made into
ten gallonsof soup 'for distribution
rest wan to go right up into to the poor.
The Kid's Solicitude.
11ia'll trim the tree without Pa's aid,
It seems •to be a crime,
Bob knows hie lila and ire's afraid
It won't.be,dressed in time.
ew ' s ffor Fat
(l der a Cha
The
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r, Whk � Folio red, Will give
to Enjoy Ppm Di er Too
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Each of the Sketches Above Show a` Step in the Correct,Procedure for Carving a Turkey. The Accompanying S
By Sister Mary;, wings, thighs and drumsticks. No. 3. With the paint of the knife
' t The platter siioul be' so placed thatteen with a quick out
After mother has toasted the Christ- I dnee t7te socket, th n w
f
mar areae, to a •turn, it is up to father I the breast oP,Nie ratite, will be at the wardr turn of the blade the •effiigh is
to take a hand and wreck the work of , left hand of the carver. 'This is' . im- severed frnin the back. This removes
art to enhance it, according to his. skill portanfc both of the leg joints at :one time.
at carving, Follow instructions.
\]very woman.has sat waif bated idol 4. The procedure wj No, 3 ys, fol -
As' in illustration No. 1, insert the lowed to remove the wings, cutting
breath the fist time the man of the
'XMAS. NUGGETS,.
The record Christmas pie was made
in 1770 Inc Sir Henry Grey, of Lon-
don. It measured three yards round,
and weighed 168 lbs.
Christmas Eve, 1814, is notable in
history as the day on which the Peace
of Ghent wesasigned. This brought
the war between, America ;and Eng-
land to an end.
-•House wielded a aaavipg knife over 0 •carving fork firnrly. midway of the en the wing and
breast boas, plunging it deep. The ti e body. between
turkey. Since no ordinary man carves fork must balance the turkee on the
a turkey every day,Here's just how itNo. 3. The legs and wings should be
Y y j platter while the'disjointing and came- •
sheltie be. done. iug •of the breast .is a000mpllshed. _ placed an a.. side plate Inc caa'ving
First, be. sure that the carving knife No, n, Make a. sharp downward cut later,
is sharp. A dull knife will mean trim- through the skin .between;. the second No. 6. With the fork still firmly
ble and. cansequentembarrassment, ' joint an the body en the side of ,the •grasped in the left hand, cut the
If an: unusually :1 rge turkey platter turkey farthest from the carver, Cut breast in thin slices, beginning where
is used, well and" -good, if not, a amallthrough the flesh and skin all the way the wing was removed` and slicing
pone.
tatter should be at hand Incfor- the around the joimt, pat�l,llel to..the.. breast
Tri ancient tines' there was a belief
that, if a squinting person entered a
room where a Yule log was burning,
bad luck would overtake the people
of the house.
A good conscience is a continual
Christmas: Franklin..
This day shall change all griefs and
quarrels into love.—Shakespeare.
It is good to be children sometimes,
and never better than et Christmas
when: its mighty Pounder was a child
}Ii mse:f ,—D ickens._
tory Tells You Hoes in Detail.
No.- 7. Now remove the fork front
the breast- bone and separate the
second joint from the drum stick. Cut
this meat in slices and serve a slice
of white meat and a slice of dark meat
on each plate.
To Remove Stuffing.
To remove the stuffing, make -a sharp
incision'.,through the skin and serve
with'\% Targe spoon.
TJnless a very large party fs being
served only one lisle of the turkey is
carved for the first nerving of plates.
-After the plates• are served the -tur-
key is turned cut side down against
the plabter and the carving knife and
fork are placed 'together across the
enol of the platter until needed.
For the Christmas Party.
Why is. Christmas Dray weak?
Because it can't help falling on De-
cember 25th.
What is the key most in use at
Christmas?
The tar -key.
When, at Christmas, do mast cooks
tell fancy tales? •
When' they stuff a' turkey.
'What letter means lite or death to
a turkey?
"A." because it turns roosting into
roasting:
What is .it that will not keep more
than twenty-four hours at Christmas?
Christmas Day.
Why does a cook never make a
square plum • pudding?
Because she wants it to go round.
BeYals
God P ' ed.
Now God be praised,.
The years are long, '
The winds of bine
BIew loud and strong,
but . still our hearts can 'catch afar
The shining of a star.
Conte storm, come change,
Wo listen still
To angels singing on hill,
And Christmas never :falls amiss
Now God be.praieed•for c this.
-Nancy Byrd Turner.
CAROL, SWEETLY CAROL!
i Stories of Our C
Few of the people to whom "Good
I{ing Wencesias" Is familiar know
that it: ie set to the tune of "Tempus
attest Floridum," a Spring Parol, of the
thirteenth gentury, -
Stili less generally ktrown Is the
curious stagy of "Adestes, fldeles"
("Come! all ye faithful"). It was hest
sung in Englund at- the -old chapel
of the Sardinian Embassy in London,
where it was heard by the Duke of
Leeds, who, imagining It to be peculiar
to the Portuguese service, introduced
It at a concert -of aneten.t music under
the title of "The P'ortugues'e Hymn."
Soon afterwards - it was sung—for
tire first time in Scotland—at the
Christmas service in St. Andrew's
Chapel; Glasgow, Errand boys,
lis said; whistled it inthe streets; and
the very blackbirds in -the squares -
joined in th-e chorus.
Written for His Daughter.
It is, however, not peculiar to the
country after whirls it is earned, but
'is known throughout the Roman
Catholic Church, It probably belongs
tq'the Latin hymnody of Prance about
the end of the seventeenth century,
"Christians, awake!" is 'another
carol wall a romantic 'history. At
Christmas Birthday Beliefs. Christmas; '1745„ its author, John
In many ;countries "of the 'world Byrom, who lived at Kersall, a fete
tiiero still exists a belief that people miles' from Manchester, fulfilled a pro -
bore on Christmas bay hove the mise he had 'made to hie little da.ugh•
power of healing by the "laying on `tor to "write something race Inc
hands,' and _also possess second sight.; Cliristins,5—something: that was to be
are-seberal other supersti-i"all for•herself." Site 5omid on her.
tions connected with "Chtisttnas chi!- plate, when she rain doyen Inc break-
dren," one of' which: is. that they are fast, a tiny: siiect of notepaper, on
able to excel in music. They are also' Nytjeh was written tike now famous
'credited with possessing' abnormal i carol "Christians awakeP'
•pinta Ii"•ence I The tune to it wan- composed not
1..! In the Sonth of England many folks long after -wards .hys Llie leader of: Ker -
believe t]iAb boys born on Christmas call cliuroh choir, who sang the carol
Da are destine o become clergy- on. iistmas eve a few years later
men, while the girls ought to become under the windows of ,13yrom's'house.
suceeed'in-these occupations. Should "Hans! the herald angels sing." It is,
they decide not `to follow them, how stated that while Civarlrs Wesley, to
j' "1 b d 1 f'1 ' h v i 1 ted t it was on
y led
1 1 Ch' P
nurses. It is supposed that they will A romance is also connected with
Christmae boxes originated in Rom-
''
an times, when an altar was erected its everye, and .people put money
'villa g
in e box. On the day after Christmas
Day the motley was distributed.
warm g_ow about them. The oder - thick, spread with canned fruit. The,
spiders s decided that might be a bit average weight of the pies was
1>z
p
dattgprous, but the more adventurous lb. Thirty-five young Men entered
Ines argued; that the moonileams were j the contest, during which the State
O 'm
beady laying in the tree, and no; reeord,of etwanty-six pies in ha.f-an �1
h playing „ ' hour event' b the braid, for the win-harin had come to thein Y y'
all went and
examined it
Cothey
up
!;heir hearts' content,,running over
very branch;_ but always weaving a
silky thread as they went, that they
might have a trait to follow back, so-
as not to lose their way. They crept
up the candies very close to the flame
and let the warmth of the glow pene-
trate their bodies;' and it felt very
pod. Then one old father spider: said,
'Come, children, aeras' go before •we
are swept_ out again," They thought
that, very !rood advice and one by one
they all followed their silken trail
back again to the window, Ind out
they went, down the wall and back
/sin to their new home in the balsam
�'tei• that the star which the
tad foliowed years before
1.1r1 a liriczt-
t -seven in
to cat twen %
r managed Y.
ne g
s.
the allotted time. For this feat:h2 _ w
hristmas Songs.
brother left England was strums by a
storm that neaely ''overwhelmed it.
Perilous as was, the e'1tuation, a num-
ber of the pasasengess—Moravians—
gat1ieredtogether on deck and calm1Y
sang the hymns of'bheir country),,,- This
so impresses tete Wesleys'•thee both
turned hymn -writers on landing in
Georgia.
The opening lines: of the carol in
Charles • Wesley's MS. arra identical
with those etteibuted to him on his
hearing the Christmas bells, end they
are so prietedl in "Hy -11111R, Ancient and.
Modeene But the general form is-
Hark!' -tire herald °angels sing
Glory to the new-born King.
Who made the - alteration ie not
known,
Some coliectionu of tierces contain
more tiiati one 'thousand, including
numbers of great antiquity, - There is
in existence a carol of the'fotirth cen-
tury,. but the oldest :printed ' collec-
tions in England are those by
Wynkyn de'\ orde, 1521.
ever, their- live ten e •: sera ' ai •,, yr ons t e are nc e e, or
ores. itis way' to ciur•ch one Christmas
! morning, he was so meet' impressed
Da jin Tibet is called the ringing t ha h
Christmas Y by hearing tl „ bolls that o
"Tho Feast of Queen Winter," and is sa!ai---,
t ,number of varied occasion of.
the
I rites.
I sent my meseege up into the silty
To -the millions of &tare shining on high;•
' e remisel me they'd look clown;'teem
`l,hYr
above,
time on the friends I love
\t this Christmas to e ,
wishes. hristmas
cheer
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myivishe-�..:oi
scattera
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Dais
late N V
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will last tlrrou l 7
That l g .
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Christmas.
The. old light of Christmas is : the
fairest light of sail.
Put the candle by tho hearth, the holly.
in
the hall;
O en door ,and heart and -hand, ring
F
the bells across the land;
The old joy' of Christmas is the great-
est joy of all.
Ile had been looleing over the
Christmas cards on the counter Inc
some time when the saleswoman sug-
gested: "Here's a lovely sentiment:
'To the Only Girl I Ever Loved.'"
"That's fine,"'he said, brightening.
"I'll take five—no, ` six of ':those,
please."
Christmas Comes Again,
Once again we welcome in the happy
Christmas time,
Hopefully we listen to the joy -bells':
merry chime;
How their happy clamor seems to
banish grief and pain,
Chiming "Joy be with you, for old',
Christmas comes again."
nthe yule -
log's
Once again we gather roundy
log's cheery blaze,
Happily on all the faces dear to us
we" gaze;
As the sparks fiy upward, we can hear'
the bells' refrain:
"Love and Peace be with you, for old
Christnilte comes again,".
Whittling -winds and snow -wreath
cannot' reach the inglesidc,
Home, "sweet ,home, is sweeter now
tvhere love and joy abide;
From each happy homestead, as th
bells sing their refrain,
Send forth Peace and Goodwill, fol
old, Christmas comes again.
—Alice Wise.
Chorusi
Make we merry,' both mon and lasse'
For now ys the Lyme of Crystymas!
Lot no man Pum into this hall,
Greene, page, nor yet marshal,
But' that sum short he brytng' withal!,
Per new ye the •tynae of Crystymas.
Make we teary, eta.
YLfe that •he say he can not sYng,
Sum oder sport then lost 'Byes bung,
That p1 may please at thys festeng,
Por now ys' tho• Lyme of Crystem s.
Make we mery, etc.
Yffe ye say he can nowght do,
Then, for nay Iove, eels lrym no mo,
But to 'tie stoleke .then lett hemi go,
For now ys the tyme ole Crystymas.
Make we mery, etc.
-Old Tudor Song, about AD. 1500.
ACR,. STORY
Y AS
- RIS`
BY ALBERT APPLE.
• rom Mars ex for -1 explor•ei• back to earth. He 'arrived
re A ph2ntorn'mitn,f p
Zlarlt! how all ,the }welkin rine visited our earth., on Christmas Eve, spent a few, days
Glory to the King of Dings., ing in an airplane,
I -Ie landed; et night in 'a r=earing atand returned home amazed. This time
But;; though'his popular eaeol may the centre of a forest. Leaving hrs he reported:
s. {,m
have originated thus he actually wrote 'r agreat civ The earthlings have, a most extra•
g y plane, he set forth to y,
it, not under the gloomy wSnter skies and niin ied foe: slays among the ordinary festival knowiz asi Christmas;
of Iinglancl, bet amid the sunbaked eo Ie; g On this day, every one is generous:
P p �: • , ,
ltvrtations oL:Geor ra. n Mars had '�a kind, Happy, It is the only day in the
P g Noly, this man from. I
It was,-nioreovoi, a happening at .magt• eal power of mating himself in- year whets.the goal o£ rile earthlings
ad of to
get. Witt
'Feet turned his'"thoitights to liynui=V,ii(- i e So no one snw'him is to give mste g
vis b
k ree
to
t
tire,the hes w
'lens r
�f g
1 �� in which h` - thi ills o
ing, The, vs�•a,c1 i ch e aaicl h.s 'serener, to 111ars, he reported. p Y
., : "The earth people impressed me as on their loved ones..' They seek out •i,
se=fish,`"self-centred: It's every man
for himself. • They scheme 'against
each other and are guilty of meanness,
even crime,' in a struggle to get more
wealth than they need. Life on earth
is:aehard fight wearisome, disappoint-
ing. Theearthlit'igs are not:yet suf-
flciently civilized to realize that they
would all be 'eicher and happier by co-
operating—by
o-op rating—by helping instead: of op-
posing each other. The result is that
in a world' of plenty there are millions
of unfortunates who have only the
bare necessities of life. Envies •;tad
jealoesies are rife. It must be a
wretched puce to live,"
The Martians edit' then' phantom'htlef11g others'.»' -"
peer' and Help' them liberally All it
peace, happiness, good fellowship."
The :phantom explorer paused an,
eyed his bewildered listeners:
"The remarkable hart of Christina:
on earth," .said he, ''is that the earth
lings realize Christmas is the happier
Clay of the year by reason of thi:
;Christmas spirit. It seems not 5
occur to thein that all other days ooul,
be ,as happy if :the Christnias spit/
were in force all the time instead o
just one clay a year. Perhaps, late
When they sec' the light, every da;
will be _like Christi'nas, True happi
lades is in unsclhshnese, liberality art