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The News -Record Wishes AU It's Readers
A Happy and Prosperous New Year
"bone Wolf's" Tracks
., in the Christmas Snow
TliEERN be stood—"rhe Lone Wolf 1"
halfway down the hillside midst's
snow-covered landscape, the moon and
stars disclosing his tracks and shad-
owy figure upon the °glistening sheet
,of lee -costed snow. He gazed hungrily
toward a mai) group of houses hud-
dled together at the foot of the hili,
a faint light gleaming from their win-
dows.
As Mary Louise was absorbed In
turkey-dlessing, • cranberries, recipe
books and Christmas spices, her
thoughts "wandered' to this beautiful
pleture--"The Lone Wolf." For many
years she, had longed to possess it,
but her husband did not approve, 50
she bad done without it
Mary Louise brushed away a tear as.
site thought of the coveted picture and
then promptly forgot all about- It In
her loving efforts to make her family
happy on Christmas.
When all teas in readiness and the
tree beautifully trimmed, Mary Louise
called in the family for the Christmas
'Celebration. How the children danced
and tore about the toy -strewn living
room!. How dear old John absorbed
himself In his brand-new smoking out•
fit!•
Was Mary Louise to receive nothing?
Turning, she saw John tacking up
the most adorable bit of tapestry he
had ever seen—"The Lone Wolf"t Just
the thing for that great empty wall
space!- "Merry Chrtstmas, Mary." said
John. as they alt stood gazing upon
"The Lone Wolf with his tracks In
the snow, --Alice B. Palmer.
Christmas Radio Skit
That "Went Over" Big
std g 7aY don't you Leff a radio skit
VI' for XYZ?" . Dick Hassel had
Written his another. Grace. • ,
' Geace tried it and was as much sur-
prised as anyone when it was accept-.
ed, to be broadcast at seven o'clock,
Chrtstmas eve.
Mrs. Hassel had been greatly disap.
pointed when Dick, for lack of finances.
bad to give up studying for the minis-
try and had gone to work In the big
city. Recently he had written that he
bad a new job,' a surprise, that he
would tell Afother Grace and Gather
Jim about at Christmas.
Because Gracie, had always pictured
Dick as the popular young minister,
she featured the Iden in her ploy, with
the beautiful organist as his sweet-
" heart.
Christmas eve Jim tuned In on NY2,
Promptly at seven came the theme
song; then, to their amazement, a voice
strangely familiar:
"This is station NYE."
Then another voice: .,"Our play this
evening, The New SBnister,' is written
by our announcer's mother, Mrs. Grace
Slassel. Our popular announcer, Dick
Kassel, will take the part of the minis-
ter."
"Of all things•I" Grace exclaimed.
'The young scampi"
"No wonder your skit went over so
fast" Jim grinned.
"Now, listen 1 We're missing it," Grace
happily admonished ns the young min-
ister's voice announced that the audi-
ence would join in singing "Joy to the
World." --Florence Harris Wells.
CHRIS% AS CAROLS
TElla carob was originally a
Joyous dart e, a sign of lib-
eration from the religious num-
MHO -of the Puritan era, Percy
Dearmar, writing in "'Phe Ox-
ford Book of Carols," says:
"The carol, by fol'saking the
timeless contemplative melodies
of the church, began the era of
modern music, which throughout ,
has been based on the dance,"
Cheese Rind for Birds
1n a recent discussion of the best
way of feeding birds in the garden,
one experimenter put forward the rind
of a Stilton 'cheese as the supreme
Christmas fare! Rlyds of many sorts,
especially the robin, are greedily fond.
of it They have a desire for fat and
the cheese provides this in association
with other virtues. If we feed birds
for the sake of watching theta as well
as comforting theta, the rind, if pre-
served in .more or lees unbroken form,
has the advantage that it cannot be
corned away end attracts five or six
species of bird if no .more.—London
Spectator.,
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A Colorful Set of Bowls
Xlo naadern kitchen is cotuplete with-
out a nest of bowie in a color corre-
sponding to the color scheme of the
Mellen. If you know of n person with-
[ut this .delightful kitchen help, it
might he a suggestion for u Christmas
or ,hirthdaygift.
Make Children Happy
The citizen who makes a child h
Christmas .time often, fear that- ns tout• ho
'gets a lot or happiness' out of the
• transeetron for himself.
111PriilawbsialitIS ANA. 440
Needs No Ceremony ?
A real man Is one who doesn't make
A ceremony out of his charity.
Aunt Chloe's Inherited
"Merry Christmas Gift"
OL1) AUNT t'111,1t1+1 was 11 clarity
almost' aswideas she gas" high
She held a senile that would mels :n
quart of tie tread. She 'wore a red
bandanna :handlcet•(rhief tied about her
Send, with two .corners -Sticking up 11k,',
rabbit's ears. tier aprons ware hitt
enough Tie, '-the maiusakof a square -rig
ger. Sire radlnted suelu-a warmth of hes
pilo lity lu her mean little, clean little
shade that many visitors called there
ter the pleasure of basking In the slew
or It. Aunt chew was very poor. and
unconquerably cheered. She also had
Iinatgination.
'Packed to her wane were two col
[red. prints. Ube was or a garden In
full, summer 11100,0. The other depleted
n Christmas scene—a sleighiou4' of
people going off on a glorious rifle.
Christmas morning some of her
neighbors dropped in to complain a 11t•
tle abet» hard times. They found the
old' woman gazing latently at the sum-
mer piiture 1he•turned her 'head to.
welcome the"visitors. "Ebel) if Ah'm• a
little cold.° she explained. "filbert if Ah
don't nab much Christmas, 1 got one
gif' don't (letter fail. Ah can think
ahead Inter pleasant times. When Ah'nr
all.hotand smutty to de summer, and
Oohed. too, 1 looks at• de snow picture,
and right away Ah'm coal. And now
In dis chillsome time. Ah keeps
a-lonkin' at de summer one. I'kin eben
feel de sunshine on moth hack, lupe
things Is so , . erten If day ain't so.
Just dis minute. It's a gif' from de
Lord: ehiilnns. a gif' from de Lord.
And 1t keeps me Fannin' along." her
wide smile tit up the ronnr. "like no•
body's businessr—Martha Bunning
Thomas,
Christmas Luck; Omens
Used in Days Long Ago
D(i YOU know that a full moon at
t)hrist tits day is supposed to be
unhnity, the saying going:
"bight 1'hrtatmas, light wheatsheaf;
Mut Christmas, heavy wheatsheaf,"
and that a windy Chrtstmas and a
calm Candlemas were held, as omens
of a good year, Rain during the twelve
days after Christmas was said to fore-
tell a wet year to tallow. Witten deco-
rating the house with Christmas holly,
be careful not to burn any teasesor
berries that fall, but put them careful-
ly away until Twelfth Night, when
they should be Stunt with the rest of
the decorations. Then luck and happi-
ness will follow; but if so much as a
holly leaf is burned beforehand, you
are courting disaster, say the old-fash-
ioned country folk who" set store on.
Chlrstmas omens. Look to your fire
on Christmas day, for If It burns bright-
ly it is a sign of prosperity; if, how-
ever, when the tire. Is first lighted it
smoulders and refuses to "draw," set-
backs may be looked for during the
Year to mime.
Wear something uew on Christmas
day if pnsshbie, "for luck," and be very
careful titput on tto garment with a
hole or tear in it, otherwise' you will
Mae, money. Also, remember 'that the
first words spoken to the dny should
be cheerful; to speak a word of grum-
bling Is to coultt bad tuck. Montreal
Herald.
OUR SANTA CLAUS
THIS American Santa Claus Is
a corruption of tbe Dutch
Santa Nicolas, G. Q. 1'IclRughes
says: 'Santa Claus, the name
derived from St. Nicholas
through" the familiar Use of
children In Teutonic countries, I
crossed to America. The direct 1,
route followed by him is some-
what open to question. 08 the
way he traded his gray Morse for I
a reindeer and made changes in 1
his appearance"
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Malting Sugar Toys
Sugar toys may be made according
to the following directions; 4 pounds
of sugar, 2 ounces of corn sirup, 1 pint
of water. Boil to 241)242 degrees,
then stir until cleuily and -pour iii plata-
ter of parts moulds that bare been
drained after soaking in cold water for
two.or three hours,
• Christmas Air
Every big London market has its
owl special characteristics. One of
the most characteristic of All Is, Leaden.
hal) market, because of its position
and Ole essentially friendly and family
alt about- It. During the Ohristnnas
season the air Is positively festive,
d a�n,►7 :: a s. -;t,
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Nice for Christmas Gifts
Jars of mince meat, fruit Mites. •
jams, Jellies or baked foods make nice
remembrances and carry an individual
touch.
I Christmas Birthday
A child born cm Christmas day sim-
plifies the problem of what to buy for
a blrthday present
Save Toys for Junior
Careful parents will not wear outi
the Chrtstmas toys before Junior gets
a' chance, at them.
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Christmas Presents to
Sliit Individual Tastes
BItB'l'IlA NEyINS and tier best
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friend, n, try laths, were discuss.
WI; Christtuas, "lea athsurd, Mary,
Bertha was, saying, "1'01` two grown
women to spend quite a lot of nome1,
as we do each year, for foolish pres-
ents."
"But, Bertha,we have no fanrilics,
and it wouldn't seen; like. Christmas
at 'all—"
'Ch, we'll exchange gifts, of course,
darling. 'Only 1 think• since we have
been gond friends for so long, we
should le,perfeetly frank about what
we want,"
"You have something In mind," Mary
smiled, and as Bertha agreed—"\Veii,"
She continued-- "so have I. Something
I've wanted for ever so. long"
"IV haat?" tasked Bertlut..1
"Guess, It Is to put In bey living
room. near the window. The main part
is small, and the outside needn't be
large--"
"What 1s It made of?"
"Wood, usually, and meta. Meta)
wires, anyway. And it will be eons
many for me-"
"To have sweet melody floating on
the air, Am 1 right? Ant the mans
doesn't metier en long as it has a clear
tone?"
"Why, yes, but how did you guess so
quickly?"
"Because I wanted exactly the same
thing for lust ages. I'll give you one
and you give me one)"
But what Christmas brought to Ber-
tha was n radio, while Mary got a cage
and canary.—Belem Gatsford.
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Christmas Is Ireland'•s
Greatest of All Feasts
rN NO country is Chrtstmas looked
forward to with greater anticipation
than in Ireland, 1'mr centuries the
coming of the Christ Child has been
hutted with'unbnunded joy by the pets
pie of the Bmeratd isle.
Many stones associated with Christ-
mas are repeated year after year
around ,Irish firesides. An old legend
tells that sometimes on ChrIstmaas eve
Mary and the Christ Chilli wander
abroad seeking shelter. Fearful lest
they might seep In vain, as they did
in Bethlehem long ago. a lighted cam
die Is placed In every window to guide
them to a place of mange. These tire
left burning through the night, gleam -
Ing into the darkness, guiding any watt
derer that might: be abroad; for the
legend also tells that the "Mother and
Olinda may conte in almost arty guise.
All the world remembers iretaud at
Chrtstmas, for her children are scat-
tered In every land. A steady stream
of gifts and gond wishes conte peering
lido her gates. Families divided by
stretching seas are reunited In spirit,.
RS the. bridge of tithe' and space ie
broken by the 01(1 happy greeting, "A
Merry Christmas and a l3right New
Year."-1Satherine Edelman.
MS --11=1-.0M- tea '
THE EARLY BIRD
' Metiers afraid 1 wasn't going to give
anything to her,"
' How do you know?"
• "She' sent her Christmas gift to use
last ween"'
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Mistletoe a Parasite
The mistletoe, traditlnuai Christmas
dee:oat /1i lltnl:li more in favor to ear -
der days, when the ardent swains were
not so forward and the [reddens were
more reserved, is found most alien -
dandy In the tropics, although it is
widely- distributed throughout- "the
•world. The mistletoe fs a parasite, liv-
ing 013 the sap of 'the trees around
which It entwines itself, On. the At-
lantic seaboard of the United. States
the mistletoe Is found as far North as
the. Jersey const, but Is more abundant
farther. South.
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Living Christmas Trees
Longer- life t'or Christmas trees is
advocated by the United States forest
ser vice, in a erne suggesting that a li,v-
in„ tree with roots properly balled and .,
minced In a hos may be used indoors
and later set out to beautify the
grounds.
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Italian Christmas Industry
Naples writs the center of the Italian
t hristm,ty industry during the Fif-
teenth century and had whole binds of
artists, "figurm•i" as they were colied,
.who rill nothing but make dolls for
Christmas.
• The Genuine Christmas
Poets write' beautlt'iti Christmas
carols, but a child's laugh Is Chrlatthas
ttselt
Journey From Nazareth,
Birth of Christ Child
ALMIOST two (Mamie! nd years ago
the great emperor. [Mesas Augus,
tus, sent -out a -decree that the whole
world should be enrolled. Each ori'
was to go to his own city: to the place
of his fathers. None were exempt
from.ahe decree.
From the hill town of Nazareth two
people set out In unswer to the sum.
mons. One, a trill', bearded figure, his
shoulders sagging under the weight of
years, and from the continued stoop:
Ing that his trade as a carpenter toe
eessitate(1. The other, a young anti
beautiful woman, her face eidow with
a strange, sweet serenity. Their moues
were Joseph anti Marv, and they were
going to .the distant town of Benito -
hens because they were of the house
of David. •
The man walked patiently beside the
plodding donkey on which the woman
was seated. 'they 'showed no lutea•
tience as others passed 'them by; nor
did they join .oiti any of their fellow"
travelers In venting anger against
t'aesar for talking them on suet a lung
and tiresome journey.
Perhaps because of Joseph's age, or
of Mary's delicate condition, they were
among the last to enter Bethlehem,.
and to seek a shelter at the ina. They
were told tient there was no room for
them there. 'Their humble appearance
made no appeal to the innkeeper nn a
night when more pemeperorls leoktng
guests were crawititig the doors,
Disapitolnted aqui fearful, they
sought further. Btu they could find no
place. Soave one spoke of a cave mit-
aide the town, Jnsepb looked at Mary
fled his eyes filled with tears. But she
nodded assent. , And In that
lowly place, warmed only by the breath
of oxen, Jesus, the hope and promise
of all mankind. was. born into the
worldl—Katherine Edelman.
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- a4ar..ir',a��� Arras
Giuseppe's Christmas
Was a Grand Revelation
CfFUtiS'l'MAS was atpproaching and
lvGiuseppe was lonesome. There
were others In the memo) freta foreign
lanais but no one spoke Cluseppe's tan•
silage.
Ohrlstmns hadbeen so much fun in
Italy. In tete provint•e•Where (liuseppe
lived. a tree deleted with oranges was
the cutter of their Christmas festivl-
ties. Ali the relatives Dane to a big
fenst on Christmas tiny. and afterwmvls
oke and young danced around the or-
nhge tree, and, of enm'se. some fonts
led a miniature manger with St, Jo
septi and otter figures,
"1 don't see how 1 ant ever going to
stand it." Giuseppetold his mother.
But she had smiled and Bald, "It will
be all right; son. Yon')) see."
Then Christmas prepa'utons begnn
at school There were carols to be
sung --carols In five languages, and
Gleseppe was to slag tete carols of
his country, all by himself. Giuseppe
was very proud. There was a piny.
with the manger and the wise men,
shepherds, angels and Mary the Vir-
gin, and Joseph. Giuseppe could hard-
ly believe his ears when he found he
was to be Joseph. And after the pro-
gram there was the tree.
"It was grand, wasn't it?" Giuseppe
said to his mother and father as they
walked home together, and mother And
father ,agreed.—Florence Harris Wells.
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PURITANS AND CHRISTMAS
T010 puritans regarded Christ -
;nae as savoring of popery
and preferred their own cele•
bratton of Thanksgiving. In
1601) the General Court of Mas•
sachusetts enacted that "any-
body who is found observing, by
abstinence from labor, feasting
Or any other way any such. day
as Christmas day shall for each
and every such offense be fined
five shillings."
The Green Christmas Tree
In owlet' to keep the tree green- all
the time it is on display, cut a small
piece frotn the base of the tree so that.
a uew surface is exposed. Then set
the tree In its support with a small pan
containing water in the center so that
the base of the tree is resting in the
water all the time. Add an asphnlu
tablet to the water and prepare to have
a flourishing tree this year.
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Crude Toys for Children
S)tnple or crude toys like box tenths,
nested cans, floor boats, stick horses,
and sand, often give a child more
chanceto use his imagination than In
muco elaborate, complex, and expen-
sive toys.
. q' ,Me los esaseessete• wase s '
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Just Like Old Santa
"Don't bother children teeth' 'em der
Mut•te Santa Cl:as," salt) Uncle hher1.
"I>ey has been' 11118011' lint ever since
hey kin remember, tart 'rancid het -mites.
punctual every year, Jas' oto same,"
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Christmas Pudding
As to who Invented. the Chrtstmas
pudding i•ery little 18 known, except
that, In the opinion, of .the average
healthy boy, it was a good Idea, who
ever thought of It.
Santa Ah the -Year Is .4
o Found to B.e Good Idea
. Q ANTA CLAUS minute In .1nly las well
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as December to those who nerd
him 10 Columbia.. Mo. last Christmas
a dollar given anonyrumnsiy by 'a
group of children" was user) day the
Welfare society there to shirt at rend
for year-round needs. instead or gorg-
ing people with ton nunq' baskets al.
goodies one day out of 805.
These are 5ot110 of the things the rued
has mild for: glasses 0 opium, those
broken by n boy whose mother washes
to keep hint In school; means mi' get
ting a crippled girl to and from school
shoes for the old horse used by the
society when there is Moiling to b<'
done; the cane a,grnndtather needed
to help him get about; fares or ul
trachmna patient stud a ttaberrular
child who were sent to hospitals; soap
and a razor for a young 111» olio
wanted to clean up so he could try for
a job.
Regular donations to the society may
be spent only for food, Net. clothing
and shelter; these all -the -year girt,.
though badly needed, would terve been
impossible but for the dollar from illi'
children "to use any way you. wnllt"
that gave welfare workers the )deli of
the Santa Claus fund.—Frattees Grlu
stead.
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t ol ;1ST fik
Christmas in Christ's
Land Is Without Snow
L[TTL10 Christen children who lite
to Jerusalem or who are traveling
there with their parents will not have
a snowy Christmas. Snow almost
never falls" )n Palestine, for the tens
perature is seldom below SS degrees.
When It does srvw, the flakes melt as
soon as they touch the ground.
Most of the people In the country
where the Infant Jesus -wee burn do
not celebrate, Christmas, ttotvever i For
only a few of thein are Christians;
most are Moslems or ,dews. There are
some Christmas trees In Christian
homes, and gifts are exchanged among
those who observe Christ's birthday,
But there are uo street decorations
and no late Shopping problems. Tyle
post offices have no big signs urging
"Mali your packages early!"
Yet there is, probably no place In the
world More appropriate to visit 111
Chrtstmas. The Holy Sepulchre is in
the old part of tate city, and at Bettie
hem, six miles south, is a great church
that has replaced the humble Inn where
Christ was born, inside 1s a large lint
stone on which. the Infant Jesus is sup-
posed to have been iasid, reminding 118
how Christianity grow from one hum.
hie life.—.Ftmnces Cf n5tend,
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AT CHRISTMAS TIME
vmeakvetkvalr
as, '0000jsemeliellanEllasel
yf)
'Henry, what were you convers ng
wi h the ashman about?"
' Why, Helen, I was trying to coax
him to smoke those cigars you gave ale
for a Christmas pro$enk"
"Call Met back, Henry,"
"Ah, you would like to see him take
the -cigars?"
"No, I want liim to take some per-
fume to his wife—yea know, dear, rite
perfume you selected for my Chrtstmas
gift."
The Need of Santa Claus
"If there were no God It would be
necessary to invent him," said a web -
known writer. There Is no Santa
Claus in our grown-up world, but we
have found we needed him as one of
the most beloved characters lo the
world of childhood, which is peopled
with legends of the child's owl) mak-
ing. The enchanting belief in Santa
and his reindeer, his paunch and his
pack filled with toys will never hurt
a child. The .cynical grown-ups, who
have too completely lost their belief In
him and Ills kind, need your help.
Demand for Christmas Toya e
Children ato 5,111 miming true to
Corm in tbelr uviol+its to Home 0104,8,
Thegirls stili tent drilla, plity fount•
tune and toy household nppliala'es and
the boys want cowboy, sults and me•
chattiest toys year 1 ' 111 year
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Children Lilco to Buy,
Children fake pride 'tn being erne to
Ise} their own c 1 .. ter rnrml)mrs or tilt'
t'saudl3 mil rot. taKON.. (blab mnihers
null their in molly In[ to H Severe rest
to Dori !dens enetl;tlt rt go roi1nllin the
ncesserily )Im1tnd 1111' range,: •
Poinsettias (t
Po1n551thns require u tetnpealtfure
than does not tall below da degrees
l"a.Iiren li eft. 11'hile the tenets ore
blooming, the soil should be keptquite
awed.
Use Sleigh Bells' for
Jolly Christmas Garne
1:(tIt Is a hew H 8t 11 exwithtg gene mlay;:a1 11 Christians fairly ether
hurruw a seta or. sleigh 18. They are
Dot . tis easy to Itat1 as nt the hid dir.1.5.
{+'itld a string with rahet01.v/trying oleos
fY you wIsit the gable to ,tingle to the
fu(! eleasmi•c of Mullin) fun.
The Idea Is simply t1115: It as muse•
ble to suggest, then times t die action
of -a person who hues bot knew what
Is an .your mind, Blit most find tent
through the sound ul the bells. here
is flue way to do 11:
. Send one or the guests rive) tbe
room. The remainder decide what Ile
11111at deb tor: htsutm'e--• go to a eerta lit
table, pick up a hook, take 11 to Ha.
other table and place 11 near the lamp.
Here etre rout separate acts In sue -
'cession.
The person outside 1s veiled back.
Somebody lune been chosen to be the
manipulHtof of the bells, rte ;east use
a nlre Judgment 10 'shag bleb. ringing
softly when the act approaches what
Is in themindsor all; ringing loudly
as the perplexed player moves away.
Try it. else subtle grrulatotts or steno!
to guide your experiment. Without a
word being spoken he well at last he
gelded to do what bits been secretly
agreed upon. Loud ringing when he Is
far Incm his goal nr going from It.
soft soft, barely'entlihle when he is
near the doing of what Is required.-
Martha Banning Tnmmns.
Christmas Bells! and
Joyous Wedding Bells!
CE'11)DA1tVILL1 Cee=dor—vide t
With a Jerk lite great Christens
train came to a stop and the next mo-
ment Sylvia and Bob were tiling their
way through the puppy, stalling Christ-
mas passengers laden with parcels,
boxes, suitcases and geed with Christ.
mast Christmas everywhere(
or they hopped and hurried through
the blinding su<nv storm to tete hoose
oa the side of the hill, the old timelier
homestead of Sylvia Brunson. There it
stood 1u Its snowy court and Christrnhs
welcome—notch Ole saute as when she
had left It but a year before,
"Just think, to be married on Christ.
inns, Bob. The grandest day in the
whole year. isn't 11 wonderful? Let's
Sorry, 1 can hardly malt to see Ilotle
er t"
Bob acqulesced by a tighter grip of
Sylvia's arm end a genial smile of na-
derstanding.
Stumping and brushing the feathery
flakes from thein, they opened the door
and were almost smothered with greet-
ings and shouts of "Merry Chrtstmas"'
from the whole fahllly,
What n sight! Ciirlstulas bells) Wed-
ding bells!
The tree itself wars one glittering
mass of lights and miniature bulls—
bells of gold and bells of. silver. Even
beneath its brunches stood a huge hell -
Shaped container simply tended down
with Christmas gifts—wedding gifts—
elt for tills one night of nights I—Alice•
B. Palmer,
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A CHRISTMAS SMACK
Gedrge—Would you bo alarmed if 1.
Itissed ,you while you are under that
mistletoe?
Grace -Yes, but it would be a still
alarm.
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Good King Wenceslas
Good Ring W9uceslas, immortalized
in the well-known caro), was 'really a
Bohemian prince who died In A. D. t1,Ra.
His 'name should properly be spelt
"Wenceslaus." Ile ons fataons for his
great kindness to the pour and needy.
When; in September, A. D. 8:15, he was
killed by SMS bitters tiniest:iv, the peo-
ple of the aonniey were heartbroken.
He1s still regarded as their patron-
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sa(ri�nt.—,,Tit 11115 Arne mine -
Santa' Claus Is Papular
"Dat geu'I'nlan,Aflstrdi Santo C1nus,"
said Cede nen, "Is sbo' popular. No-
h„(Jy ,else could carry around so much
valuables wif'out sooner er later bele'
hila eked."
When Christ Was a Child
it Is good to he, children soulet nes,
and never Setter than at Obristums,
when its mighty founder was n eland)
himself..
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Little Christmas Trees
They haven't yet invented the col-
lapsible Cbristmaa tree for the little -
fiat, but the cedars and spruces grow.
more lll)putian,