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Thi nr is told of how sparne to cal th again to discover
came to bo dtapedlupon the Christmas istn as where'` the children dwelt who loved
-trees: 1,20,1,0 .:4,10:. ago, before; little Meth. lie sow the bright eights' from
boys andgt0s cyan thought of Ravin, ,afar on the tree which was trimmed
a tree tiiii med -tor Christmas, there to do honor to His birthday, and Ho
livod in a large house on the top of came txnd stood in the room to be -
a b1411t,h111 some little boys and girls hod it: Iie was an surprised tofindit
wine air parents and the: servants of 'covered with tiny cobwebs, and al
ttha hit. Their father had gone 'o Y ' though He loves every y cieaLure, even
journey,' and they were no th., any spnlo; , y t Ile knew, the
sura grithe would return ,in tame tor egtldrcii Ped rot moan to have thong
the' vol festivities. However, they on the t1
watched, daily for him with their lit -1 So He touched the silken erebe with
tle faces pressed close to the latticed tIi,>tin ier: toItched them ever so
avmdaw• e.tily, and Ie! the tree stood covered
As they looked out they saw no front --top to bottom with glittering
feting but the wide sweeps .of silver snarlers—the ago t beautiful
broken''. only by the scattered -spruce tree in the w 11 And because the
and cedar trees standing here and,' story of it spread afar, to this day
there like sentinel, upon the land -1 we, still hang spangles" upon the
'scape. Suddenly they "got the idea, Christmas Tree,
that they would `.like to have one of i ----I-4:
the trees in the house, to light their The Christmas Tree's Toilette,
Christmas candles upon its branehe.s.l
So their ran to their mother and asked Before attempting to dress a Christ -
her if they might do this, and after maS tree it should be made very firm
thinking about it for a few minutes by placing the plant in a barrel of
he agreed that it was a pretty soil or sand if it is of any sire. Even
thought and.said they might have the if the ti,'ee is a, small one it is advis-
tree. So she called the servants aid able to do this, although in such case
told them- that "the house must be a large flower -pot will serve the pur-
' cleaned from' the outer doors up to Pose.
the attic, and not a speck of dust must Tho dressing of the tree should al-
eemaln,- for the 'childrenwere going, ways:be started' from the top, working
rio light' a tree with candles to honor downwards. Fix the, heaviest toys to
the birthday of the ,Christ -child. - ,the upper parts of the strongest
The servants started clegning„Etre branches and' suspend .the more fra-
house, and they began right up .at the gile ornaments from the tips. There
attic. They cleaned and brushed and should be no happy -go -rocky distribut-
swept•---every atom of dirt out, and ing of the 'gifts, but even the smallest
every -little cobweb from'' every little toy should bo lapelled for some ehild.
Corner; .e=Then they came downstairs This not only„; make; more fun, but
and again 'they cleaned' and brushed there ieee finality abort such an ar-
every bit of dirt and every little cob- rangement that hoes away with all
web from every corner. Aid hidde�t jealousy. ,
away among the little cobwebs were After the Christmas tree is dis-
many little spiders, and one by one: mantled plant it at once, if you have
they were swept out. with the dust, a garden and the tree has roots. But
until at the end -of the week there
"remained nota single little spider in
all the: houe, nor n speak of 'dust, nor.
a cobweb.
Then with -great ceremony the.old-
est servant' was despatched to -select
the most beautiful tree of perfect
proportions, and it was cut down, and
brot>ght into the house. When made
fast, candles were brought, and the
little -boys and girls spent a most
delightful days fixingthem upon the
They did not tie one here and -;an-
other there—oh net Each one was
placed' carefully so as tobe just a
certain .distance from the last, so that
when lighted the whole tree would ap
pear to be a"wonderful', thermonious
blaze' of light, At the very top of the
tree" fastened ;to the highest twig
»which :points 'straight up t.0 Heaven,
they fastened the .talle.st and best
candle. It was late when they finish-
ed and they wore all tired, se they
went to bed, after opening thewindow
just a teeny weeny bit so that Santa
Haus night be able to get in, when
attracted by the brilliant lights, if he
considered their -conduct had been
good' enough during the year to merit
reward. ,
The household was soon asleep, and
at midnight noone save the dog in.
his kennel heard the exquisite tinkling
of bells which,rang out upon the clear
frosty air, wheat: Santa Claus drew up
With his magic sleigh befere the win-
dow.:.Softly he entered the house and
tip -toed first to the room where the
children slept; to see if they were all
abed and sleeping soundly.”. Not even
- a little mouse. was awake so be went
back and after surveying the wonder-
ful) tree, he left toys, sweetmeats Mid
all sorts of good things, including a
fresh supply of Candles, for the little
boys and girls to end in the Morning..
When he had gone and tate last
tingle of Inc belie died away op the
crisp frosty air, thd.emoonbeams crept
softly in to see the -tree. And, tato
little birds -wakened by the jingle of
bells .;game „out of the trees and looked
in through the window' to behold the
tree. And all the little spiders which
had been swept out, and had beenhud-
d:ing together in the depths of a bal-
sam tree outside, :were disturbed by
the commotion of the birds, and they
too opened their tiny eyes azul sate the
tree,glowing with a blare of light in-
side the window, -
"Oh what a pretty thing!" sighed
one lit1e spider,
"Let us go closer to see it," urged
another,
"Come 6ome aloha,, ventured -ft third.
So all the little spiders ran.adoeen
from: the tree, and hurried across the•
snow so as Sob to get their tiny fent,
ft•ozeu and they ran up the wall to
the window. There they sat a long
thee lost in amazement at the extra-
ordinary sight.
;
'
Suddenly one o.f them said; "The
!noon -beams have gone inside; let us
go in, too" .
as. they all ran in through the win-
dow, for Santa Claus had`fergotten to
close it. After being swept out, there
they were every last one of them,
i You're. Good.
Santa Claus will cense to ni, 71t
If: you're good
And do w1.00 yon know is vigilt,
1
s you should,
-Down 1.,he cl inmcy h3, will curer;
Bring 101 you 0 woolly sheep,
And a doll that ,;oes to sleep,
If you're good.
Santa Claus will drive; his sleigh
Through the wood,.
But he'll come around: this way'
Ir you're good,
With a wind-up 111011 »that eeggs•
And a puzolo tirade' `of rings,
IIe will bring you many. things
10 you're good,
'Jumping jacks and c
If you're good,
And a rocking -horsey, Ohl
If he would!
And a dolly that can sneeze,
That says, "Mammal" \Chen
' ,squeezes
FIe'il '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.
He is wise and he's a dear;
Justdo right and neves fear;
tlo'll remember ;you each year.
-If you''re good.
that, go,
you
A Carol.
Long ago in a distant land
On Christmas Day in the morning,
many Christmas trees have no soots.. The patient wondering beasts did
In that case let the children have r stand,
them to prepare for the' birds. They On Christmas Day in the morning;
may be decked with morsels of fat They locked at the little one born
that. day,
Cradled safe on a nest of hay. -
Guarded by humble friends Ile lay,
On Christmas Day in the meaning,
and 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 be bought
at most big stores in three -yard
lengths. One design may show.
father Christmas tearing through the
snow with his sleigh and merry bells,
,mother a happy family of kiddies'
dancing round the Christmas tree;
and there are many' other artistic
designs, all ,charmingly colored with-
out being. crude. These are in so much
better taste than the old colored paper
chains and the paper roses in impos
sib}e shades.
These friezes should only be fixed
in place' home and there with small
drawing -pins, so that no ugly marks
show in the walls when the decora-
tions 'rare taken down.
The best kind of Christmas cake for
children is one of the plain variety,
iced with water icing. I't may be de
corated with tate little gold and silver`
'balls, candied flower petals, and other
Little decorations 'sold; at all confec-
tioners for :the, purpose.
decorations will decorate several cakes
decorations will•recorate several cakes
and make 'them look so Christtnassy
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
Christmastime, when there is so much
rich .• food about. If children are al-
lowed to overeat it will spoil the fun.
f6r everybody.
Christmas Time. '
Moth—"How Mee,- has left a
Mee lighted candle `fes me to fly.
around!"
The Q10110011 Pie Eater.
A mammoth Christmas pie was
sant from Berwicle to London in 1770
as a gift for Sir Harry Grey. It
measured 9 ft. in circumference, and
An enormous pie of similar weight
provided the chiof dish at a banquet
at
Gorleston 00010 years ago. It was
built in three saetions, and walled in
with a sleet crust 3 his. thick. The
ingredients consisted of kidneys, beef-
steak, and rabbits,• mingled with po-
tatoes, onions, aril carrots.
This monster pie was made by for
old trawl skipper and tool: forty-eight
hours to cook. After thefeast the
And because of the . link they have
forged with uc
On Christmas Day in the ,morning,
When they watched over our Baby
time,
On Christmas Day in the morning,
It were well if for one short day at
least
,tan's tyranny, cruelty and greed had
cursed,
Rejoicing in brotherhood, man and
beast.
But the., poor little bodies must grace
our feast
On Christmas Day in the mbrningl
—M. Mears.
back in ads the house again. remains of the pie were made into
One fellow more venturesome than ted gallons of.. soup 'for distribution
the rest wanted to go right up Into to the poor.
discover whyit' should; have When the -pie-eating championship
the tree to r
bright star lights flickering upon,it of New Jesey as dedided,each pie
w11110 the <.trees outside had no such consisted of a layer of pastry Set -inch
warm glowabout them. The oder thick, spread with canned 'fruit. The
ht be a bit' average weight oii the pies was 7<4
decided that in,
spiders g
darteYbut the more adventurous lb. Thirty-five yeung pieta entered
gO a➢
elle contest, duuii which
h ' moonbeams were
1
rhes argued that t n
e
telready playing in the tree, and no record of ?twenty-six pies n e half an -
the win -
Co
theboard,for
hour vent
t
to them.
y
i:armrhad come
eio upthey all went and examined it net managed to eat twenty-seven in,
their hearts' content ;running;over the allotted .time. For this feat he
every branch, but always weaving a was awarded the championship belt,
eilky.thread as they went, that they
oeight'have a trail to follow back, so,
Se not to lose their way. They crept
up the candles very close to the•flame
and Flet the warmth of the glow pene
trate their 'bodies, :and it felt very -
good: Then one old father, spider said,'
"Come, children :Maas' go .before •we
are swept, out 'again."_ They,thought
that very good advice and one by one
they ,all faliewed their silken'_ trail
back again to
the wiiidoese and out
thoy went, clown the wall and back`
again lo iheir new home in the balsalit'
Soon ,+'tc-r• that the star which' the
Wise Mit Lad followed years beioi•a
tapneated in the slcv, and the Christ -
The Kid's Solicitude.
1tla'll trhu the tree- without Pa's
It seems •to be a crime,
Bob knows leis Ma and •lto'e afraid
It ivon't.be,dreseed in time.
'XMAS. NUGGETS.,
The record Christmas pie was made
in 1770 for Sir Henry Grey, of Lon- Now God be praised,
don. It measured three yards round, The years are long, ' •
and weighed 168 lbs. The winds of time
Christmas Eve, 1814, is notable in Blow loud and strong,
history as the day on which the Peace 'Put `still our hearts can catch afar
of Ghent wasesigned. This brought" The shining of a star.
the war between America and Eng- Come storm, . conte change,
land to an end. We listen still
A
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Turkey
for ;Fa h my �t��ctx if F'oflo e , Will Give
other a Chance to killjoy Her Danner Too
Each of the Sketches Above Show a Step in the Correct -Procedure for Carving a Turkey.' The Accompanying Story Tells You How in Detail.
1
By Sister Mary,. .. wings, thighs and drumsticks. I No. 3.. With the point of the knife No. 7. Now remove the fork (refit
After mother has roasted the Christ- The platter should be so placed that guide out- the •breast• bone and separate the
I and the socl.eik,: titan with a qi i k
mss turkey to a tern, it is up to father, the breast of,Nhe turkey will be. at the second joint from the drum stick. Cut
to take a hand and wreak the work of left hand of the carver. This is' len- ward' • turn of the Made the thigh le
this meat in slices and serve a slice
severed from the back. This removes of white meat and a slice of dark meati
art to enhance it, according to his. skill portant.
at Carving.
Every Woman' has sat with` bated
breath the first time the man of the
house wielded a carving knife. over a
turkey. Since no ordinary man carves
a "turkey every day.ltores just how it
should be,done.
' First, be sure that the Carving knife
is sharp. A atilt knife will mean iren-
ble and consequent embarrassment. •
If an unusually �large turkey platter
is shied, well and'good, 10 not, a small
Platter "should be , at •hand for the
Follow, Instructions.
As, in illuo'tratfou No. 1, Insert the
carving fork firmly. midway of the
breast bone, plunging it deep. The
fork must' balance the turkey on the
platter' while the disjointing and carv-
ing •of the breast le accomplished.
No. 2. Ilfake a sharp downward cut
through the skin between the second
joint and the. body on the side of the
turkey farthest from the carver. Cut
through the -flesh and skin all tlie way
around the joint,
both of the leg joints at one time.
SSo. 4. The procedure in No. 3 is fo1'
lowed to removo the wings, cutting
straight down between. the wing and
the body.
No. 5. The legs end wings should be
Vaned on a side plate for earving.
later.
No. 6. With tate fork still firmly
grasped .in the left hand, cut the
breast in thin slices, beghaning where
the wing' was removed and slicing
Parallel to the breast bone.
en each plate.
To Remove Stuffing.
To remove the stuffing, make a sharp
inciseen, through the skin and serve
with' d. large semen.
Unless a very large party is being
served'only one side of the turkey le
Carved for the first serving of plates.
After the plates- are served the tur-
key Is turned cut side down against
the 'Platter and the carving knife sal
fork are placed 'together aorosa the
end of the platter until needed.
For -the Christmas Party.
Why is Christmas Dry weak?
Because it can't help .falling on De-
cember 25th.
What is the key most in use at
Christmas?
The tur-key.
When, at Christmas, do most Cooks
tell fancy tales?
When they stuff.a turkey,
-What letter means life 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?
$eeause she wants it to go round.
God Be Praised,
In ancient .times there was a belief
that, if a squinting person entered . a
rooter where a Yule log was burning,
bad luck would overtake the people
A good conscience is a continual
Christmas.—Franklin.
To angels singing on a hill,
'And Christmas never falls, amiss-.:
Now God be praised for this.
-Nancy Byrd Turner.
risry as wt ay Beliefs.
..Ch inn y
This day shall charge ail griefs sed
quarrels into love. -Shakespeare.• _
It is good to be children sometimes,
and never' better than at Christmas
when its mighty Founder'' was a child
HiYnse:f:—Dickens. _,
In many countries' of the world
thero still exists a belief that people
born on Christmas Day have the
power of healing by the "laying on of
hands," and also possess second sight)
There are-soteral : other supersti-
teens connected with "Christmas chil-
dren," one of which is that they are
able to. excel in mimi0. They Ore also
credited with possessing' abnormal,
into:ligence.
roan folks
In the 'South of England y
Believe that boys bore on Christmas
CAROL, SWEETLY CAROL!
Stories of Our Christmas Songs.
Few of tate people to whom "Good brother left England' was struck by a
I{ing Wenceslas" is familiar know storm that nearle: overwhelmed It.
that it 15 set to the tune of "Tempus Perilous as was the sdtuatlop, a num-
adest leloridutn," a Spring carol of the ber of the passengers-1'foraviatts—
tltirtoenth century: gathered together on deck and calmly
sang,the hymns of their country., This
so imprecated tete Wesieys Wait both
turned hymn -writers on iandfug in
Georgia,
The •opening lines of the carol In
Charles• Wesley's M3. aro identical
with those attributed to' him on'his
hearing Otto Christmas bells, and they
are so prints:a in "Hymns, Aiielent and
Modersi." But the general form is-•,
N Hark!' ,the 'herald; angels sing
Glory to the new-born King.
'Who made the alteration is. not.
known.
Some collections Of Carols contain.
more than one thcuaand, including
numbers of great antiquity. There i$
in existence a carol of the fourth cen-
tury-, but the oldest ,'printed collec-
Lions itt England are those by
Wynlcyn de Words, 1521.
Christmas.
Thee old light' of Christmas is the
fairest light of call.
Put: the candle by the hearth, the holly
in the hall;
Open door .and hetet attd •hand, ring
the bells across the land;
The old joy' of Christmas is the great-
est joy of all..
, He had been ' looking over the,
Christmas cards on the: counter for
some time when the saleswoman sug-
gested: "Here's a lovely sentiment:
To the Only Girl I Ever Loved."'
"That's Erne," he "'said, brightening:
"I'll take' five -no, `six of *those,
please."
' 1Sa are destined to, become clergy-'.
/�� men, while the girls ought to become
%IL•
x t` r 31 nurses. ' Xt is supposedthat they will
" succeed' in- these. -occupations. »Should
,. . . •.
��. ��-' .,,•,.., .•...,, they decide not to follow them, how -
s i ever, their lives will be ;dismal fail`'
ea utas.
' Clsristmas boxes originated;in Rom-, , —M gyp --__-
Still less generally known is the
curious story of "Adestes, fldoles"
("Como! alt. ye faithful"). It was that
sung in England 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 ancient music under
the title of "The Portuguese Hymn."
Soon afterwards it wee` sung --for
the first time in Scotland -at the
Christmas service in St. Andrew's
Chapel, Glasgow. Errand boys, it is
said,. whistled It da the streets, and
the very blackbirds In •cite squares -
joined in the chorus.
Written for His' Daughter.
tit ie;
however, not peculiar to the
country after which it is named, but
Is known throughout the Roman
Catholic Church. It probably belongs
011ie Latin hymnody of France about
the end of tete seventeenth century, .:
"Chrlatiaes, awake!" 1s another
carol with a romantic history. At
Cht'lstsnaa, 11745; Its author, John
Byrom, ,who lived`•atIietsalf, a few
utiles from Manchester, fulfilled a pro-
mise be had made to his little daugh-
ter to "write something nice foe
Christnie,5—something; that was to be
"all tor herself," She found oh her
plate, when shee°eme doiin for break-
fast, tiny sheet of note
, a y s paper, 00
which was written the now famous
carol, "Ohrfsttano, awake ! "
Tato tune to it was- composed not
long afteravards._,tot the leader of ICer-
sell church choir,: who sang the carol
on. Christmas Eve a few years later
under the windows of yrom's house.
A romance is also connected with
"Hark! the herald angels sing." It is.
fated that while Clssrlie;I tt'esley, to
whom we are indebted for it, was on
his way'to church one Ch,•istmas
morning, he Was so much .impressed
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."
Once again we gather round the yule -
log's cheery blaze,
Happily on all the faces dear to us
we gaze;
As the sparks fly upward, we can hear
the bells' refrain:
"Love 'and. Peace be with your for old
Ohristmlts'comes again."
Whistling winds and snow -wreath
cannot reach the ingleside,
Home, 'sweet .home, is sweeter now
where love and joy abide;
From each happy homestead, as th.
bells sing their refrain,
Send forth Peace and Goodwill, for
old. Christmas comes again.
Alice Wise,
Chorus;
Make we merry, both loon and =arse
roe now ys the tynte of Crystymas!
Let no Tuan cum into this hall,
Grome, page, nor yet marshal,
But that. sunt sport he bryag withalt,
For SOW 3'e the tyine of Crystynras.
Make we mery, etc.
Yffe that he say 'bee can not syng,
Sum odor sport then le6t riiyn> bryag,
That yt may please at tltys festyng,
For now ys the tynte of Crystyinas.
Make w e teary, etc. '
Yffe )'e -say he can nowgitt do,
'Chen,-foir my love, tisk. hym no me,
But to the. atoleke Wien lett hym go,
For now Ye the Lyme bt Crystymas,
Make we mery, etc.
=Old Tudor Song, about A.D. 1500.
A Y
CHRISTMAS ATO
an times, when an a tar was eiecteci Christmas Day in Tibet as called by h,e,,ring cave bolls zinging that he BY ALBERT APPLE.
every vivage., and-peope, put money, "The Feast of Queen Whiter, . and is Said
the occasion of a •. number of varied!
in a box. On the day after Christmas
t mon \vas i to
But, though his popeler carol may the centre of a forest, ' Leaving his, he reported;
• Day
Halls! now .all tho-tve,9cin range •
A phantom man :from Mars, explor- I explo1or back to earth. Ile arrived
ing In an dials .the, .1 1
e y r l s 1 hit es `Eve s ent -a -few days
Glory Lathe King of ]sinclearing at and returned home amazed. This time
He landed at night ie a c g .
he sk
i ley message t into t
lseittY g up �y
i
- 'i f stars hintng on high;
� . to tate millions o s
he Slate �^. �� .They 1'd'aniised ma they'd look down from
t
e.
A e
G - _above
War
•nn. 1 • it Ilove,1.
1t blies Christmas time on
tate friends
, e ,/scatter , ••1
To 5Catel mY
wishes Chrst as
e
choer"
khat will last Slcngda joyous, gladNew
etteafcatleaaa'w •
l'ave originated thus, he actually wrote h to a great city! 'inc earthlings have, a most extra -
he set fort Y
'- plane, g
hot-under tate gloomy winter deice
1•`
" of England ..but ai li .. I
�p�`+,�� t. g b 1 ti. the snnbalted
n ' s i plantations of Georgia.
It was mor ov' r h
e e a happening n'n
v, t at sea
1pe g
/
4'• . ^Year.. M C G ing Th' ves�-el in which
and ..mingled for, days ninong the ordinary festival known as Christmas.
people.'
•
. Now, this inatt ft -an Mars had »a
i
Ott this day, every Otte.is generous,
kind, happy.` It is the only day in the
al of the.earthlings
hen the o
sur w
y g
is -to give instead of to get. With
ma cal
power of making himself in -
twat' turned Itis thotfghts to hymn -watt- visible So no one saw him.
Returning to 11 ars; to repot p
"The earth people impressed me as on their loved ones.: They seek out the
se;fislt,'"self-centred, '.It's every nt'an
few 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-a;hard fight, wearisome, disappoint-
ing. TheearthIings are not yet suf-
ficiently civilized 'to'realize that they
would all be 'filcher and happier by co-
operating—by 'helping, instead of op-
posing eaeh other. ` The result is that
in a world' of plenty there able trillions
of unfortunates ' who have only the
bare neceseities of life. Envies end
jealousies are rife.' It must' be a
wretched Mace to live."
poor and help' them liberally All
peace, happiness,, good fellowship."
The phantom, explorer paused and
eyed his bewildered listeners.
"The remarkable part of Christmas
on earth," said he, ``is thatthe earth-
lings realize Christmas is the happiest
day of the year by reason . of this
Christmas spirit. It seems not to
occur to them that all other days could
be as happy if the Christmas spirit
were in force ail the time instead of
just one day a_year. Perhaps, later
eviler' they ,see, the light, every day
will be like Christinatt. True lemma
nes,s is in un cl"„1•..e. s, liberality and
The 1l:nrtilin scut; their phantom helping teheae.'