The Logan Republican (Logan, Utah)
December 25, 1908

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I B Vi IV ffiki 1 WASHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR fes I 'liThe Logan Republican I H z Jl I VOL. VII. LOGAN, CAOeBb COUNTY, UTAH FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1008. NO. 20. 9L I lnk aoMi SindmeajbvialsonpV I wBisfflHAndthiti'sfmed WZL I bm Sfnd ofthe hearts brimmed over EraJDf I HHI with the story of the day Cm I 919 Ofthe echo of childish voices sBSB I fiwB a not die awaY M I jl Of theblarebf the tasseled budle, rT I taB And file timeless clatter and beat fe I SlS Ofthe drum that throbs to muster felf I lllati Squadrons of scampering feet. R! I InSS But,0,lettyour voice fall fainter, MsM I sSSHsI Tl blent with a minor tone, WmM ipp 'Vbutemperyoursongwjththebeauty Wwm Ofthe pity Christ hath shown, Wjjjg I And sind one verse for the voiceless; I Ana yet, ere the song be done I i A verse tor the ears that hear not, I Jk And a verse for the sightless one. ir I mk For thoughit be hfnefbr smgm jSBk mSSR Lefa low, sweetvoice ofpatnos fiM MISS DUPREE'S HOLIDAY JOY 1 She Recalls One Memorable Christ mas Performance In the City of New Orleans. pHHENBVER possible, I pro KlKK fur spending Christmas nkAAN w'tn my fern"? out ou IIhU Long Island, nnd unless my ongagements take me too far away I always make It a point to bo with them on that day. There are times, however, In this profession when the wish must take second placo to necessity, and from the viewpoint of actual novelty I sup pose my most Interesting Christmas was the one I spent In the southland. Our routing took us Into New Orleans at Christmas, and to me, who had al ways up to that time spent the day In the colder north, the novelty of soolng trees In leaf and flowers blooming was as pleasing as .It was unusual. On Christmas afternoon, when oth ers were homo enjoying the big dinner with tho family, I was getting ready for a special holiday matinee. I was not pleased with myself orvwlth a pro fession that demanded of Us members that- thoy labor on ChrlBtmns day above all othors a,nd It was not with a particularly light heart that 1 dressed for my part. Hut when tho curtain wont up on the first act nnd I made my entranco tho welcome I rocelved compensated for tho disappointment I felt. It was a special matlneo arranged for tho poor children of tho poorest quarter of "Now Orleans, .and tho en- IJoyment of those childish auditors soon molted tho dlsappolument out of my heart, After tho matlneo J had urranged with my mnnagor that I would receive K'tU'C tho llttlo folks, on tho stage, and tho W y wlso man In ills ltnowlodgo ol chlldlBh hearts Rent out a hurry ovdor for candy .and other things that make Christmas' n dny of cheer to kiddles. At tho conclusion of tho last net tho stago was cleared and I held tho most unusual reception that I ever oxporl enccd. Clean ns pins, but with tholr little bodies clothed In many cases In gar ments ragged nnd frayed, they cumu up on tlio stago, wore Introduced and sent awny niter a handshake, each with a box of candy, I' have, Bpunt many oth'or dullfihtful nndfoutof-tho-ordlnary Chrlstiimses on i thplroad, but none that 'avoided mo morJ rcnl tntlRfuctlon thnii the one In New Orleans. fl"V MlRNIE DUPIIEE. MISS GEORGE'S CHRISTMAS Happy Memory of a Season When She Did Not Write One Qlad Holiday Story, BftERKnil, my happiest Christmas! flAlll d'd not then realize It, but uLwriN I recall it now with a ra EflgiKff dlant glow of delight. It was my first season upon tho stage. I wns only a novice, one day soaring upon the buoyant wings of boundless ambition; the next plunged In an abysmal dopth of doubt, despair and self-depreciation. It was n very tiny part-that had fallen to me. Tho compensation was but pufllclent for tho barest necessities. The route bristled with, nil the horrors of the one-night stands. At midnight, huddled, miserably worn, dejected, and wretched, In the wnltlng room of a country station, listening in vain for the whistle of a belated train, I confess to a suddon Hood of tears. What, a mockery this Chrlatmns day had beon". Even tlfo chimes had sounded 111(0 the toiling of a funeral knell. Tho cheerless dis comforts of a cheap hotol,-tho unsa vory, slatternly Borved travesty upon a Christmas dinner, tho cold chill of a shabby, musty dressing room, tho added toil of 'an extra matlneo for a moro handful of people, nnd now tho hungry wait for nn accommodation train of dingy day coachos. That wns nil Christmas had meant to me. Iowa was blizzard swept. Malls wore delayed nnd tangled wires liung useless In gathering snowdrifts. No niossngo of cheer, no souvenir of remembrance, had como to any of us. Our hollow, half-hearted exchango of Christmas greeting hod carried m conviction. Wo were only strcllin," vagabonds, outsldo tho pale of sym pathy, debarred from tho domestic Joys of living, mere dispirited rain bow chasers, with buccoes over mock ingly elusive. Hut ns I recall it all now, I am sub merged by n great wnvo of passion ato, longing regret, for I know that such n Vulotldo will never como to mo uguln whllo I ant upon thd stago. It was my happiest Christmas, be rauso the first and only ono, since I began to tread tho thorny and tor tuous path of my profession, that I have not boon called upon to wrlto a Christmas story. GRACE GEOnGE. Spe-.k as ypu think; bo what you nro; pay your-dobts of all kinds, Mouffort. she was alone. Mother was off on an eleventh-hour and unsatisfactory wrestle with tho Chilstmas shopping problem. Sis had chosen this gray afternoon to call on a chum home from college. So Kate had opportunity to mako herself as miserable as she desired. It was now six weeks since Jack had called and six weeks Is a long tlmo when a man Is 25 and a girl Is 20, and each Is very much interested In tho other. Just how much Kate was Interested was something unsus pected. Once Jack thought he knew, but now all ho knew was that he did not know. When Jack suddenly disap peared from Kate's perspective no one noticed his absence from the picture. To most people Jack had seemed a part of Kate's social background. Some who had seen them together at Grand Traverse had advanced him to the middle distance. But of the fore ground no one thought. What happened In July was this: The Wilsons wore no more than firmly established In" their cottage, which looks over Grand Traverse hay, than Jack appeared at tho hotel, which looks over them both. That was not remarkable, for all had been members of that particular summer colony for years. Thon, tho day of the picnic on tho Point, Jack and Kate found themselves Hitting at tho green fringe of tho forest looking out over tho bluo expanse of the bay. A hundred yards In front of them Mrs. Wilson was gathorlng up tho table cloth and things. There was a little sense of chill In tho air a harbinger of autumn. And there was a change In the atmosphere betweon tho two.? Tho girl's lips were tremulous. Tho man was agitated, and strnngely tender end brutal In his speech. "It will not Intorost you," ho said, "but I am going down to-morrow," i'.'ii'.t why so raglc? Wo will bo ,JLACk In town In a weok ourselves and yet-I do-not fool so horrlbly'bluo pout It." "Well, things down thero are dif ferent." "Yes, they aro different, but 'not Un pleasaut when you first got back to them. I shall miss the cunnn In fiont of your hotel; but I have no doubt the fall millinery on State street will be rjulte as gorgequs." "You are clover, and, like most clever people a little heat Moss. You know how things nro different down there. Tho people nro different why, we are different oiu solves. And it Is Just thq dlfforcnco of which you speak tho difference between tiieso llawors and flowers of silk and satin, betweon thoso llles out thero and Illy stems of wlro nnd paper." "You aro a llttlo unkind, Jack," she I said, gently, The soft reproof, moro suggestlvo of tears than anger, brought the story to his very lips. Ho wondered how ho should jell It. Thon an oid schoolboy trick came back to him. He brought out his penknife. Dcsldo them was a little spruce and In the soft, flaky bark he carved a heart. Within Its lines ho dug deeply the Initials of two people. The girl caught her breath and blushod n llttlo, which aro the proper and cus tomary things for a girl to do at such n time. Then he told her what was In his mind. It left her n llttlo pnnic-strickcii and she tdok tho refuge her sisters al ways have taken she asked him to wait, for his answer. In such a caso thore Is but ono thing for the man to do, and that Is to wait until to-Snorrow. But when a man Is terribly' In earnest he take's people seriously. "When I seo this carving of yours again then wo will talk about this, Jnck If you still think this way." Sho thought sho was putting him on a most proper probation. It wns only a woman's roluntnnco to give up her freedom. But ho' (ook her at her word. Next day he went away. Back In. town again, at first ho saw her often". His restraint she Imagined was resentment. In November, a month of 'storms and dreary skies, they quarreled. That was six weeks 80. I All thatjslx weeks he pondered the matter byj'lonoly fires and over break fasts late' and bad. Then he resolved .to end thRuspenso and 8t!llkepp his word. Ono day a young man, whom the na tives were satisfied was most cer tainly Insane, stepped off tho train Into a snowdrift. Ho wanted a team, a guide, a shovel and an ax. As he had money and determination he got them. Th'ls crazy young man drovo four miles and waded through two more. Rang the Door Bell Violently. On tho Point, now bleak with winter, ho stopped by a tiny spruce protruding from tho snow and began digging as furiously ns if he wero hunting for burled treasure. A half dozen little treos ho uncov ered. At last, with n boyish laugh, ho laid tho ax at the foot of ono until the chips flew. That night tho crazy man who had como 300 miles for a Christmas tree started homownrd again. Christmas ove tho man and tho Christmas trco mounted tho stops of tho Wilson rest denco and rang tho door boll violently. Well, what olso could sho do? That night thoy wont out Into tho Christmas crowds together and bought tho tin sel for tho first Christmas treo Kato had had In years and tho vory best. (Copyrlfiht, 1WS. by Wilnlit A. Patterson.) Msfonmais Sweeps I mi WW i; $i$MmMBkf 5& 1 MWWWWWvWWmvVVVWVVwvwwn WORSHIP AT CROSS OF ICE Scattered Christian Tribes In Turkey Celebrate Christmas with Im pressive Ceremonies. KBMOHAMMED13M Is tho pro KTB jB vailing religion in Turkey UN H and tor that reason only BQSB tho few scattered Christian tribes observe tho birthday of Christ In any manner. Tho Mo hammedan Turks havo but two holi days In tho entire year, thoso being "Car Bon Blram," tho day of forgive ness, which Is tho Mohammedan New Year, and "Balram," tho anniversary of tho dato when Mohammed gavo to his peoplo his scripture. Tho Fri day of tho Christian Is" tho Sabbath of tho Mohammedan and is observed by him In tho same manner as Sunday with tho Christians. Tho Christian Turks, who Include tho Bulgarians, Servians, Monte negrins nnd other smaller trlbos, ob sorvo Christmas with Improsstvo ro Hglous ceremonies. Three days beforo Christmas tho "Bladego" nppolnts a delegation of 100 mon form each congregation, who go to tho rivor nnd how out Immense cakes of Ico, after which thoy con struct, a hugo pyramid near by. A great cross measuring nbout 40 by CP foot and cut from tho bed of lco Is set up against tho pyramid, nnd tho placo of worship for Christmas day Is complotcd. Karly on Christmas morning nil tho peoplo march to tho pyramid, where tho Jnltinl exorcises nro conducted by j.hd "BladcRO." A small crucifix used by him In tho oxer clsos Is tho prlzo of tho younger mon of tho trlbo, who dlvo Into tho Ice-cold water after It as the "Bladego" throws It In. Many aro drowned annually In this practlco, hut thoy all consider themsolvos fortunate to dlo whllo on such n mission. From the pyramid tho procession mnrches to tho home of the prlost, whero bread Is blessed nnd broken by tho "Bladego" nnd nil presont partake of the food. Keop over in tho path of duty, bul fall not to climb tho steep of knowl edge, Newton. r IN THE REALM OF THE GAR H Russians Look Upon Christmas as JB the Most Sacred and Most K Celebrated Holiday. t i ngppjHRISTMAS Is tho most sa- I Bfifl cred and most celebrated I JflPtl holiday in Russia. Contrary I IBjHHl to tho custom In nearly all tM other countries, Christmas n thore always comes on Sunday, and a jM continuous celebration Is hold until if midnight on January 2. fig Tho Russian believes In devout re- llgtous services in honor of tho birth J of Christ, and ench day during the Hi season ench family, Including all Us T members, attends church at least once. On Christmas morning the most '7' Important services tako placo. Each ,lj congregation marches solemnly to tho nearest river, whleh Is always frozon 'il over, tho lco bolng sometimes as much J as thrco feet thick. After a largo holo has been chopped jj In tho Ico tho priest dips his cross In M tho water and prayers aro pronounced, fft after which tho priest holds baptismal ji exorcises. Having been blossed by tho B priest the water Is considered to be H holy and as fast as tho people can JB fllo by tho holo In the ico bottles of all Ira sizes and descriptions aro flllod with n tho water. i JeS This water Is prized tho most high- 'm ly of anything In tho home, and bottlos -gjlifjwln of It are sometimes found n century !BWjJMl or moro old. Somo fanatics secure sB largo quantities of It and bathe In It """'SJB at regular Intervals during tho year. ;vWil Thoro Is ono custom which many-'. '"li& Americans would cherish In their own Tsf Christmas celebration, and especially IB tho young peoplo. It Is thnt of kissing, Ifl for on Christmas day ovory ono steals Tffi a kiss from whomsoever ho meets. In Y somo cases, nnd among tho older pqo- ij pie, tho henrty handshake Is much 'ti used, but tho younger element clings 'H closely to tho old stylo, v '01 Snnta Clans Is unknown to Russian S children, but tho "Babushka." an old il woman witch, carrying a long stick. "iw and attired In tho usual witch cos-f ll! tiuno, vls!tH.,tho homes In ovury'vll-VT;. 'A ?j lago and city and distributes greetings V$" -.j nnd then comes at night nnd leaves VT 'MO tho gifts for both old and young. 'jj ffl w M

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B (RomtOut J- Jw1 Sf passed, and his ST 'X hens cackled derisively nt tho very Hv'a lRhCof,hlm. Ho nover fcald anybody V 18 more than half of what they wero en- l$?i si 5 titled to,-and oven the mosqultoos sK'll av0'Jed h,m ln disgust flB havlnR a aFM hide" like an" automobile tire and with E& no moro sustenance beneath It. No t2?'i k, man, woman, child or beast was ever 2-t B fed by him without rendering services p in advance for more ihan tho food was B,i wortli, and his neighbors were afraid H&wS to shake hands with him for fear that RSMjS&j ho Would steal their finger-nails. He lMS skimmed his milk vtwlco, made his jj&5;?f? decoyed apples Into elder, and when riR&iyt oneB '8' so ola" they cpuld not )R'Sri f work for him any longer 'he killed mSffli. m mA ma&e them Into glue, nnd BhSV then used the glue to stick' another $V' mortgage on some neighbor's house. I Qt course everybody hated him worse fSSikJ r fc than they did the fever 'and ague, but SMS'' tie did not mltidjthat much because In fre5tT;, i! oae way or another ho' kept getting Mfjjk money and that was revenge enough fRgSJ tor him. jffft Now, halt a mllo away from this KSfpi man's house was the little cabin of ti..' old Ike Clay and his old wife dally. LfivE? Ike was 80 I'00' that oven tho mice WSSSHvt could not afford to board with him, much as they liked him, and his pov- Icrty was generally due to the fact that ns soon as he got anything he would give It away to tho first one who asked him for It, for Ike and Sally lived in the belief that It Is more blessed to give than to receive. Also they wore very humble and re ligious and devoutly believed in every day miracles and that the Lord would l feed his children even as he did his sparrows and fishes. And up to this time It had always turned out that way, but now the day before Christ- mas had arrived and the cupboard was as empty, as Ike's pockets, and Ike's pockets had nothing in them at all j bat holes. But his wife's faith was unwavering and she filled the pot with water and put it on the stove V that It might be hot and ready for the offering when It came. "Where our Christmas offerln' is a-goln' ter come from I shore don't know, but the Lord works In mysterious ways his wonders to perform, and I don't reckon he Is a-goln' to ferget we uns," she said, confidently. But as the day slipped by and no special Providence befell them Iko began to become a trifle norvous not that ho doubted Provldenco in the least, but because he feared it might need a gentle reminder at this season of the ear when there were so many da- skiwv N 3 BsssljfBsrsBff roJassrr j- lol if tWI TflVar afcK Xw S j t 'in jSfh WBUA. aflSvBI. lt&f&v'S fl TjBL ftaBK "P tfP'l !Sf$i i "Qo Awayl" p?k''-3 mnnds being mode upon It. So he do- jyK?, r'R cldod to make a little special effort of Jw'' J his own. Ho knew well enough that mtoVl 't would bo a waste of tlmo to ask JfflrJbttl tho ,n'ser'0 B'vo n'm B Koso or BD BrS5. V j bier, but ho had a faint hopo that be- B-i.t't cause of the season of tho year tho bms?i 'i .'d bklnftlnt might perhaps soften Hfsifif enoush t0 Blvo him credit on his well- Kfcft fj known honesty. So ho sot forth In tho K hi gathering dusk and sifting snow upon R his mission and In a little time was B& 1 tapping nt the miser's back door. Hp?. g For soveral minutes ho tapped away Kof'i and scuffled his feet and at last tho Enl,' ii(lser cumo forth not as a nan BsBSiwfe comes forth, but ln the mnnncr you fff would expect to seo a miser appenr, K -te first a nose and then a foot and then H n hand and finally tho rest of him, as HL'fj If ho grudged oven IiIh picsence, and HUtt stood fiownlng at Iko through the HgS 'gloom, Ike's clothes v,ero ragged and pfWlKSft flapping In tho wind and hlr toes were Crrrves. leaking from tho end of hit. shoes, but tWl "10 6m" on n's 'ncti wns cfioorf nl nnd bCwV M would havo mado a friend of nny ono KvjSii except a nilsor who loved no man or bbFw'"1w3 woman or child or boast, and whose Kwfi i 6m,l WUB shriveled nnd warped, nnd KnK4'! 'whoso consclenco was as tough as the jBKr?(l n llocf ot a horse. BBBBBHaBSBBfe' BBBBjiBBBBBBrr"'t --w.. L ii m x 'riv y'-'What do you want?" ha, asked In ft voice as disagreeable as th Bound"1 of 'filing -r saw. 11(0 took" off hit hat and hlq bare head began iia bob conclllntlngly up nnd down llKo the bobbor of a 'fish lino when tho fish nibbles at the hook below. "I has Comoro see yu', Mlstah' Skimpuni, fo' tho1 reason that I am most pow'fui hungry an' because there Is no meat In we-un's cabin. And be causo this is the evenln' of the most blessed day In tho whole world When tho good book says there should bo peaco ori earth and good will io man, I nm a-goln' tdask yu1 to do me' a mighty faor." "I haven't got anything to give," In torrupted the miser, hastily. "And I don't believe ln Christmas giving, any way. It is raorcly an excuse for beg gary. I wish you would go away- life's head bobbed again. "Yes, sun, but I am not begging. I'll do yu' two days' hard work to pay yu' for a tur key." "I don't need nny help. I do my own work." "Yes, sun, I know that. Dut If you'll loan me a turkey for n couple of days I'll work for somebody el bo and pay yu' In cash." "No, I wouldn't trust you. And, bo sides, if the Lord wanted you to 'have BBBT BBBBBBV. II "Didn't I Tell Yu' So?" a turkey ho would send you one with out your begging for it. So go away." Ike took a step backward with quiet dignity. "All right, suh, I reckons yu' Is correct. Thank yn', suh," be said, and then went plodding homeward empty of hands and as hollow inside as an old bee tree, the wind nipping a', his bare toes and howling after htm like a wolf, and as a matter of fact tho wolf of hunger was very close to him indeed. But Sally did not despair when she heard his story. "That offerln' Is shoro a-comin', Ike," she asserted, as she put another lck oa the fire to keep tho water ln. readiness. "I don't know Jest how we-alls Is a-goln' to get It, but I feels it a-comln' in the air. And jest yu' mark what I tell yu'." Then they sat down together by the bare table and listened to the wind. And, my, how it began to howl! Away off ln tho northwest a' great storm had been brewing that day and now it 'was approaching them like a giant ln a rage. And as it passed along it came to the home of the miser and with a growl fell upon it. It gripped the house and shook it as a terrier does a rat; roaring down the chimney and whistling under the door until the shingles flew from the roof like feath ers and the bones of the cringing miser rattled together ln his fear. Then it nounced UDon the towlhouso. and cuffing off the root blew with all its breath within, and ln a second the night air was filled with flying fowls that flapped and squawked as they went sailing Into the distance like puff balls scattered by a, blast. Over in their little cabin Ike and Solly heard the uproar and fell upon their knees ln prayer. Frightened though he was Ike did dot forget his hunger. "They say It is an 111 wind that don't 'blow anybody good, dear Lord," he began. "And I prays that out ot this heah mighty gale will fall a few grain from yu' bounteous store." And scarcely was the prayer finished than there came a fearful gust and the crash ot a 'heavy body against tho door. And the latch broke and the door flew wide and upon the floor there f6U with a thud a ten-pound, gobbler, wind-blown and ruffled to be 8iio, but fat, tender nnd soul-satisfying the very bird. In fact, that tho miser had fattened for bis own sharp teeth. Sally arose nnd held the big bird high In her hands. Faith, charity and happiness "Illuminated her lean face until It shono as from a light within. "Didn't I tell ju' no, old man," she cried, exultlngly. "Didn't I tell yu' I felt It a comln' In the air? Bless the good Lord for ho Bhorely works In mysterious ways his wonders to per form." (Copyright, 1903. by Wrlglit A. 1'atterson.) Good Cause for Gladness. "Alas!" sighed tho moody man, "thero Is no gladness for mo ln this joyous season." "Tut-tut!" said the optimist, "Surely thero Is a rny ot sunshine for you, as there Is for all of us if we but look for It?" "No," replied tho moody one. "I have not a. single friend, and no rela tives with whom I nm on speaking terms." "Cheer up, then," advised tho othor, .with a shade of envy 'n his tono. "Can't you beglad bocauso you will not hnvo to buy any Christmas presents?" mSJrP -Children HJLjmjro toight VllfllLi 'ZjlUWbV I I EJlS T-f-fJJ C t. xnTvs! iM 1 1 C hl r S 1 VV V J J T tlZU. 1 IT was aa uncom-V f. monly late hour -Jtl Ly N i when Dan Derrick (jjj lvj set out to get some- VaCTTvT thing for a Christ mas dinner. The bell In the illage church chimed twelve, and the sounds 'came float ing on the cold, still air of the forest. "Tis a fine night for rabbiting, eh, Rough? said Dan to his dog, as lie came to a warren. "But bide a minute," he added. His eye had been attracted by a little mountain ash growing above the warren. Being a young tree, it had not lost lis red, autumnal leaves, and it was laden with berries. "Nowthat would make a pretty Christmas-tree for tho little ones," lie said. He pulled it up by its roots from the loose earth, and put it under a neighbor ing oak. Taking a net out of his pocket, ha fixed it round some' of the rabbit-holes in the warren, and said to tho dpg "Now round 'em up, lad; round 'em upl" Rough knew his work well. He raced like a black shadow across the moonlit waste of snow, to tho nearest field of winter cabbages, and there he silently routed out the rabbits, and sent them helter-skelter back to their holes. "Drat the net!" said Dan, springing out from behind the oak. Somehow he had not fixed it firmly, and the rabbits knocked It over and escaped. Only one got entangled In tho loose meshes. "One wild rabbit isn't much of a Christ mas feast for man anH wife and five little ones," said Dan ruefully, as he threW it beside the mountain ash, "Ah, hal I've caught you red-handed this time, Dan!" The poacher turned, and found a keep er watching him. "I'm only after a rabbit," he exclaimed. "Yes." said the keeper; I 'Tvebeen tracking yon in I the hopes ihatr you wercV after the deer again. But nlt doesa't matter. Soon as TOfc. Christmas is over I'll have Yu you up for it" TOLA He walked away, leaving CMbVl Dan Derrick in a state of EjNbHHV' hopeless misery. This,, SjVB capped it all. Dan was VfKt a wood-cutter. But the lBKri4 winter before his right VJrnrTIjii arm bad ben crushed cY3C---W by a falling tree, and iJ-TsMVif?! ha had lost the use of vOCV sJKfl L it With the help of x' Cff I Rough, however, he had managed, since f this accident, just to ynSt l keep his wife and chll- J't Satv dren from starving. f s Jf Now all that was r over. The magistrates ("fcrvn would impose a fine on CV3, him, and, having no money to ig pay it, he would be sent to prison. fP -v3 What would become of bis wife j and the five little ones? 4f "Well." ho said, with nVrtMC attempt at cheerfulness, "I won't 11 spoil their Christmas by telling fJ them of what's waiting for me a couplo o' days after." He returned home by the way he came, and picked up the rabbit and tho moun tain ash, and went to bed without saying anything to his wife, It was to the merrymaking by candlelight that they all looked forward. The morn ing they spent In gathering holly, and the afternoon in decking the cottage with it; and Dan himself forgot his troubles in a secret work of decoration. Shutting him self'in the shed, he planted the mountain ash in a deep box filled with leaf mould, and clipped off a few unsightly leaves and tied bits of gayly colored paper on the branches. When the rabbit1 pie was at last placed on the table in the full light of the solitary candle, he told his two eldest bo)S to bring in something which they would find in the whed. In the meantime his wife, Doll, served him with some of the pic. But with the first piece of rabbit that he ate, the thought of Ills misfortune overcame him, and he burst into tears, and told his wife what had happened. She took the news in a very strange way. "1 tiat, thatl" she cried wildly, pointing to the mountain ash, which the boys were bringing in. "You pulled that up? Oh, now I understand! Now I understandl 'Tisn't the fust fairy tree you've hurt. What were jou doing last winter when the elm fell on your arm? Oh, jou mad, senseless man!" ai m The wife and husband looked W up in astonishment. The berries on the mountain ash were 6'w'b' fr with a deep, soft, red light. Tho tree seemed to be hung with lamps carved out of largo round ruble. The inexpressibly beautiful ra. i diance grew richer and fuller and -k brighter, flooding all the room, and K transfiguring, with its strange rose L 'red tint, tho wondering faces of A man woman and children. "Listenl" said Peggy, who had r lh quick, freMi sense of a wood-j L land child. K Music sounded faintly in the distance, and then came nearer M and nearer. Peggy ran to tho door and unlatched it, and into tho room B there swept a troop of pretty w. little forest elves. They werp J j!"fc all clad in Lincoln-green, ex n? cept their Queen, nnd she r wore a bodice and avkirtle of N vjr""" pure, suowv silk, with V a girdle of gold and "i" a golden hem. I ""sP "Thank you so v iT much."sho v aid to 5csft-v VYT Dan' "for JA J bringing -JeSv,"vjX the fairy ""T tree in out of tho cold and the snow. It will be much nicer for us to dance by a warm fire this weather than out in the chill forest." "I'm sorry we've nothing of a supper for you, ma'nm," said Doll Derrick. "But if jon'd caro to taste our rabbit pie?" "No I nol" said the Queen of the Elves, touching the table with her wand. "You must permit me to provide a feast for you this Christmas." The table at once became covered with a splendid dinner. There wero roast turkey, and Christmas pudding and grapes, and nuts and sweets, and boxes of crackers, and every good thing, in fact, that the heart of man could wish for. "Now," said the Queen of the Elves, "while you are all enjoying yourselves we will do our Christmas homage to the Lady of the Mountain Ash. Strike up, my merry harpers!" Four little men, with four little harps, sat down by the fire, and began to make a sweet, faery music, and the Queen and the other elves took hold of hands, and danced round the red-lighted mountain ash. And as they danced they sang. If there was one thing that little Peggy Derrick liked even more than Christmas pudding it was dancing; and thero was, be sides, a strafige and do- iCiN licious charm in the rEi music that u2Kr thai elfin O -C J&1PW harpers were fTJXf&y&yJM 22i JnflBlKfia Oh. irfl CmiiOFrmr Jet's go fjp NsftJy and dance, tool" SUri fiJtySi ha cried, "and JFttKijl"' finish the feast Va? jgwlWSf y afterwards.' IJfJtSaV1 VteJmzl She got dowa aL3yvfj7' isiy from tho table, mUV bssW5e anc ner tar PVy 1 brothers fol- ffYfjV lowed. Then 5KaVy her mother came, and ffoVs at last Dan himself, now l'l)j trembling with anxiety, joined f y Uf them. As they whirled round, the J lights on the mountain ash grew 'j( dim, and about the tree a soft .y-" incense gathered, and took on y"3 tho form of a lady of wild, un speakable beauty, clad in vapory, trailing robes. When the dancers 7 gava over, she was standing beside the tree in the center of the ring, 27 and gaxlng at Dan Derrick. Thero C3 was a kindness in ner glance, Dut, for all that, poor Dan's knees shook tinder him. Sfv "Well, all's well that ends well," 3y she said. "But you were a Very bold man, Dan, to bring mo into your house in so unceremonious a fashion. I had,, half a mind to slay you outright last night!" Dan then had a glorious inspiration. "It was well for you that you didn't hurt roe, ma'am," he said very respectfully, yet firmly. "Look what I'vn done (or you already. Some rabbit had burrowed under your tree, and the earth was so loose there that down you would surely have come in ,the next gale. You oughtn't to have set that keeper on me, you know." "Yes; I'm sorry now for that," said tba Lady of the Tree. "But hurry back at onco to the spot from which you took me, and dig there and tako what you find." Away went Dan with a spade, and the Lady of the Tree and tho Queen of tho Elves began to talk together. When Dan returned, carr) ing, with some difficulty, a heavy sack on his shoulder, ho heard the Lady say to the Elfin Queen: "Yes, I think you are right. 1 be motor cars are a great nuisance. A quiet orchard on the skirts of the forest would be the very place for us." "I know of a fine fruit-farm for sale, ma'am," said Dan. "And, from what I can see, there's plenty of money in this sack to buy it." "Very well; buy It, my friend," said tho Lady of the Tree, "and plant the mountain ash thero; and the III elves and I will look I W f,er tha fruit tor A-H 1 t- T you." She covered her face with her hands WfUC s' and wept, rocking herself to and fro in IjR utter grief. Dan gazed at Her rf3) v fy.niasar j0 blankly. liven now ho didn't un- WY PVV S aerstand what sue was raving about. Was the thought of his misfortune driving her out of her mind? It was bad enough, surely, but she needn't tako it in that man ner. Ho came and sat beside her, and bent tenderlyover her and tried to comfort her. "Look at the Christmas-tree, mammy I" shouted the children, dancing with delight and clapping their hands. "Look at the Cliristma'.-trca, dad ay I Oh, isn't 1 1 lovely I" IKS Before departing back into the fairy tree, ho stroked Dan's arm; and he was auie to open tne door with it aa he said good-night to the Queen of tho Elves and her troop. Dan now grows tho best apples in New England, and ho has a very good crop of them Hi tho worst sekion. "I say, Mr. Der rick," said a stranger ona day, "why don't you root up that use-' less mountain ash in the center there?' 'Oh, that's what some folks call a fairy c.pi.h,. !fieridan.' i7,htru dTSPB' )to It brings a mia luck." 5: Jm I 'm I .BhA Bfla aB srsssssak Hbbss) .ssssBBl SBBBatHikiftsssBi Vaaa'V fssssssiBsB' aassa bbbsi1 "8 iftlEfc r V KSg7 W:mitfpait--aaWaaada uppn -the tttk.ot Jhanlr,Hv- hi Autumn leavm, nam preaent the entire gamu of holiday goods: Wp ImaM of Santa Ckua Itpptatr in baatreUcfs, backed with reindeer and' atadgtw, cstpadoua cWmrieya and amVteoIaces. Toy and sweetmeats run riot upon the ooimtera,lBadthtvbdtmaB 'chopper appefrs mincingly in the long aisles of the great deajtrSTfeae. sjhere are.yet many days for making Christmas cAotewareahopperhas about her none of that mad. "acrambling air so noticeable cKuWthTlast fw drs of the runaway season. In the streets Santa" Work ajwe-trl)err asking abns for the needy ft, I and the sick, that1 their 'GruiaTfljaC too, may be brightened and of good f cheer. With the ivingtfaces of the"crowd take on" a happier smile; ""K. the heart is answeringto the menage ofCt'gcod will on earth." Inch by 1 inch we are drayVn into theneVimaking, thustle and the spirit of the V time. Incur; minds jge'are' turning ovekand over the problem of what for this done anwhat lbkthat ajicVir-our.hst we include those who are less 6pttoVcAoyaaj6i wis day than jc ar and now comes the real jpy of Christmas tlte doing W goodNhaT makes our hearts: sing with v1"" happiness! eZzs SJK There is the little girl we met away urinNhe pine woods last summer (who will be 'delighted with a pritty jBcJokUte llame boy' who sells papers at the corner of Hit and Miss, streets, thewidow who takes in washing tout'in the suburb where we Mve the jolly hoyfriend of abusiness associ- tate who has so many things one cannotA justvdecide on his present, the t U elevator man who has met -vi morning aind night with a cheery good 'morning and a respectful good night andMhen J there are the closer ones: i' the mother, fitther, AvWahd Ubieal ,Jl i What a galaxyqT needy folk for all are needy on Christmas day! VW 'Those who do not need food, or clothing, or money, need something that will prove our love,(prove that we have hot forgotten them and that on i'1 jI this, the day oommemorating the coming of the King of Bethlehem, our jy S heart is attuned tottieirs in gladness and rejoicing. i, And now the noUyand the mistletoe appear upon the street corners and .rushing business men stop on their hurried way homeward to buy 3$ wreaths of the green and the red to hang in the windows of their homes ;.jt and from the chmdehOTofAeifThving rooms. j .f On and on surges the sffiCriristniasI' Like a mighty enveloping shaft"o7sunshine, it breaks through "the ',..C clouds of every-day mediocrity and racing across the world sends its glow ing glory into every home I Garlands hang everywhere, bells chime and merry laughter echoes through the halls of time. And with the ringing t of the crystal spheres, peace spreads her mantle like a cloak and plenty sits enthroned among the merrymaking and the praise I "Peace on earth, good-will to men." r?cE near f Christmas early in trkVjsountryl 'No sooner ttave ther laydays faotaKflktht at at ok,'.tha4i mdOjeX btohaher JTCCMpunaa will be here befcJewfsSowrithe aoulesarfather ques- i W&. how time fljesi" he oxnnMnM4MeNurnsus paper. IglRit after night. she sews and Krjfflid crochets and no sooner arer "f Mfijyaiiiren out of the. house arlSlhBuacwork finished, than she goes MaWfjfo some deep corner and briAoW uncompleted presents for thein. yEtnkpr Willie, laces for NeILipars for Dad. Guardedly she works, hetMrjKnaitive to, the least intrdaSffuw slightest danger of a surprise. a trecWkjlictjlc after school, she hurries the work into a2neigtj0tt-deft hands to the regular routine! AtVpfcIclwrriear ofTcChristmas tree and of the pettt5forrWro!eBtilay School takeradded numbers and the vning men rpwtcjiagdJoaing popcom?nd fashion decorations. 0 DelighrJQTcupation! HowTtrfthe days now gone, all men have strung their hearts upon the threads and passed them awkwardly to rosy-cheeked maids with hair braided down their backs, with ruby lips and eyes .that, sparkled with the first love glances I And the Christmas parties, ths sleighrides, the renewing of friendships with those who have been away at school and have returned for the season of gayety and good cheer 1 Arid the stockings that are hung on Christmas eve in the country In every home they reap their harvest year by year on Christmas morning. Reap their harvest as the "Merry Christmas I" salutation rings throughout the house. And it is mother, usuaHy7that "steals iri upon the sleeping ones 'and wishes them a glad and happyhristmasl And always on Christmas morning she will do this I Though she be in the land of bliss beyond, or in the flesh of the present, she wdl speak to us of the Christmas morning, speak to us from her loving heart and wish us happiness. Nor time, nor death, nor 'changes, nor wars, nprmisfortunes gy ever can take from a man this Christmas wish of mother's; "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I From the endless aeons of the turquoise sky she 'speaks, to 'me on Christmas morning and she speaks to you, too but, mayhap, nearer by, for Christmas in the country is indissoiubly associated with hen i And for that reason, Christmas in the country is doubly dear to me and doubly sacred. "With trembling fingers did we weave The holly round the Christmas hearth; A rainy cloud poeaesa'd the earth, And sadly fell our Christmas-eve." I 1 j t'i BsSs iTibbb' "iiasTiBsTsTs i BSBSSsl jbsTbs1jsTs

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igBS- Hit t if "'The iree shines with the candle glow, N v,V jf yy $f 4p&Tke trinkcls glitter jewel-wise, N V y Wi And we would that our souls might know 1 jr The joy told in the children's c$es. N 7 h Such sheer delight as this of theirs i -xw fk A W0nJrout ha ft in ess it is't r h And every word the message tears: Mv -f$- i vG& is the children's day and His) V SftteS (M &t us come, as the Wise Men came jRftf !jf li i jfiiow nineteen centuries agone, W 'MI fl 7 Led by the Star's eternal flanie I wl Iv 1 I '1' r;x' nasten N W SlB- V if V 3' brovsht rare frankincense and V i 2 -tf l&$y' TJiey drought rich gems and graven cjf raB 'So IMlJ To" knelt, adoring, near to Her, jft, JSsy m$?jH w' atl their marvell'?s they told. t$Pfl H -J'. "X wr Jr c ago, 'j2j3&&ym fl To-day we, may see the Star, BBhsjamj M May see mystic heavenly glow H Q' ff Flash out o'er Childland fair and r i n m Andfrbjn our hands now fall, the gifts tAnd we know why the Wise Men 'v smiled With gratefulness; and each heart lifts Its chant of worship of the Child. TIL: J CopjrlgU t7 W. D. UL 23ff r i JE li J THE CHRISTMAS OF TODAY I n f75u-Je H,LE the anc,ent n?7Sv traditions of fCrVfr&fcL Christmas time wJ HI H.I down from genera ls Jkp H H I tlon to generation Tft III or hundreds o t Xyi IHLp years the holiday (Strv? nas bcen so mod" ft" j(C xJ i&l ern,ed and ,nl 2St J $T" Relent lore and cus- V j. toms" remain. In 6 this day the old "p. i form of celebrating .Jt' the day Is seldom seen. As the yule log vanished with the advent of the A& tove so the simple ways which ri'Wk amused the youngsters of yesterday "'MET have disappeared and la their 'stead 'jji- comes to-day aa endless line of me- rL chanlcal device. The dolls of to-day iv,open and close "tholr eyes and even f"- apeak; 'the toy ateam train runs by flr' real steam power; the miniature elec- trie car Is drlvea by real electricity; t 'h& 'the toy anlmals and Insects move P about like real life. Now Christmas JT trees are purefcasod at the grocery t store and are illuminated at night with tiny electric lights Instead of candles. Instead; of popcorn balU and cornucopias of oandy the tree Is dec orated with gHttand tinsel ropes and stars. More astomoblle horns are heard now on ChrUtmas day than, sleigh bells. Bteam heat and elec 4. j trie radiators take the place of open v?fc- Arcs and plentyjfof money makes the JK,,day evea morefenjoyablo than ever 13fif before. "Jf .-vv Much Du-'to Elctlc,ty l&fb. Electricity, which has Invadod every ,jSP nook and cranny4 of .life to-day, has -m OBslsted more tharf any one thing In ,'!W- modernUing vthe";Clirlstmas colebra- y?' tlon. The electric cars hurry Christ- jS mas callers from house to house. On ''Wi Christmas eve tho buildings and streets are ablaze with countless elec tric lights;. Electric telephones and telegraph are wishing every .ono many happy returns of the day. The wire less carries "Merry Christmas" from ship (o ship and the electric cable flashes h good will of governments around the earth. The new electric ovens slttle with 'the' roasting turkey "arid the electric stove laTttshed to-prepare' the many appetising viands for which the day of feast calls. Electric door-bells are jingling; electrical musical Instru ments furnish the music for the Christ mas carols; the electric motors, which have worked so faithfully In prepar ing the many valuable presents of a thousand different varieties, are en joying a day's rest after the hustling days of the holiday trade. Useful Christmas Presents. Year by year It'grows more the cus tom to make Christmas presents just as useful as possible. While expense, Is not considered so material as It used to be It Is Important that the gifts should be useful as well as or namental. This Is as It should be. Here again electricity finds' a useful field. The development of the electric heating and cooking devices has add ed a host of valuable and useful things which are always acceptable Christ mas gifts. The electric chafing dish, electric shaving mug and electric cof fee percolator will be "numbered among the most conspicuous of uso ful Christmas presents. The elec trical llBt also contains electric flat irons, electric cookers, luminous radi ators, massage machines, hair dryers, curling Iron heaters, water heaters, tea kettles, baby milk warmer and a number of other useful things, not to mention the electric toys. This year will seo less money wast ed for useless trinkets than ever before. ChrlstmaaDecoratlons. Jr Let the house be bright and cheer- 7? tul at ChrUtmas.rwIth plenty of holly 'rfw-.v snd mistletoe- distributed throughout. V iX If there Is a chandelier in the dining- 'I room have It hung with evergreens and holly, andtfrom that carry long 'k?ffiftwftatmVat n tlm w- I dows. nel and grcjen Is most appro- ortato for tho Christmas table. In .the conler place a boWl filled with rod parnatlona surrounded, with holly, and 1 four 8lBlb candles" in silver or glass i stlcK3;wlth scarlet Bhaclcs to further V cany 'out' tho' brhsht 'nd cheorlnc i color clome. Attach placo have a tslmlninure Christmas troo lo which nlnrofardB nroM with narrow, red K4 rtt.boif.e ir proferjfrt tho centorpicco W v may W'he a "tree of; o larger sire. .W' Iloxea Vopresetin;.Sonta Glaus and JESS? fllleil with', bor.bBllflakj approprlato -n Wt' sou cnlrl tdrMssep!. of a Gifts from Wall Paper. Get a sample book of wall paper which can be had for tho asking when the season Is over. For a waste paper basket cut a pattorn six Inches at tho top, tapering to four Inches at tho bot tom, and 12 Inches, high, which Is a good size for a lady's desk. Cut four sections from cardboard nnd a square 4x4 inches for tho bottom. Cover tho outside of each piece with a pretty de sign of tho wall paper, cutting tho pieces n little larger than cardboard, pasting the edges on to the wrong sldo, use a contrasting color for the In side, plain paper is prettier nnd cut Just tho sizo of the section. Punch holes near the top and bottom ot each piece and two on each side of tho bot torn picco, ne,ar corner? tio tho pieces together with baby ribbon, t requiring nbout threo yards. Ono can make dlf. fcrent sizes, small ones for hair re ceivers or with a llttla pad In bottom for jewelry, also glovo and hnndkor chief boxes. Cover empty thread boxes, and fill with bume-mado candy. I CHRISTMAS I and i 1 CIVILIZATION ill i HP- w fLli Chrlsiondom again celebrates the nativity ofjthe foun der or the 'Christian faith, and tho Inaug uration, of I tho now year. The heart lelds totitho pre vailing spirit and sentiment, despite intellectual dissent. Not to observe, In some form, tho Christmas festival Is felt to do vio lence to tho best Instincts ot humanity. This holiday eclipses all other birthdays, as the sun makes the electric light to cast a shadow. At this Beason (a largo majority find delight In giving. It gives occasion for springs ..of human kindness Snd good will to flow. It challenges the chargO' that man Is Innately and persistently selfish. More than la belloved practice tho truth that Is raoro blessed to give than to receive. Christmas Is the festlval-of'chlldren and women. Christ's conception of childhood and youth and his treat ment of women made It possiblo for them to commemorate his birthday with joy and gladness. At tho out set of his career he foretold the reg nancy of the cradlo and the glory ot thoiwoman. Christmas ceftbrates tho birth ot a child to whom th'e world owes the progress ot 1,900 years, and whose work will endure bo long as earth shall continue and Influence oth er worlds. XI INETEEN centuries ago a peasant 1 HI woman of Judea In a stable gave birth to a child destined to do the greatest possible work toj free all women from bondage and all children I from slavery tho evils which dis graced past ages. Jesus' .Influence upon humanity ob a child, a man, a teacher and as a Saviour, as one who put tho eternal right of man above all established customs and precedents, Is. the greatest Inheritance of tho hu man race. Tho king of the Jews has become the king ot the world. A He brew mind with no racial bias Is now ruling the nations. The spirit of the" Christ most deeply moves modern life an j thought,. His. name. Jiasp passed over our Institutions and his mind has penetrated Into our social and domes tic existence. The Inspiration of truo liberty and education, the benediction of the beautiful, the elevation of let ters, literature and morals are ascribed to him. HIS Influence upon the centuries Is as clearly marked as the cur rents ot the Quit Stream bring ing verdure and beauty to Inhospitable shores, light to thoso In darkness, and making tho wilderness to blossom as the rose. Innumerable 'poems, dramas and songs havo been developed through bis teaching. Art taxes Itsolf fittingly to portray his' life, architect ure struggles to 'build temples suitable for his worship. Universities, col leges, schools, and all systems' of edu cation attempt to realize his esti mate ot the dignity and worth ot child hood. "Government itself," said Glad stone, "is but the translation ot the teachings of Jesus Christ Into human laws and Institutions." His thoughts and Ideas toll like a giant for man's progress. The single historic vine In Santa Barbara carried to California by a priest has changed all the .Industries ot that land, so Christ's Ideas carry energies for civilizing worlds. "As the sun upon tho horizlon rqlls forward, pouring forth warmth out ot its In visible urns, so we perceive an atmos phere of hope and joy has been poured over the continent out ot the heart ot Christ and those who loyed him." Tho world celobratos at Christ inas tho advent of this wonderful be ing. It looks reverently upon the face ot him, the feeble infant in tno man ger, and upon other children to whom ho gave so much. CHILDREN and Christmas are the factors ot civilization, Edmund Burke doflned civilization as "the spirit ot a gentleman, and the spirit ot religion in a life lived In tho presonce of man and God." The beauty, purity, humility, faith, helplessness and the promise of chil dren educate the parents In affection and gentleness, and through them tho community. Tho spring whenco civ ilization flows Is tho Babo of Mary, and tho babo In every homo. The Christmas spirit Incarnated In deeds of kindness, of sclfforgotfulncss, lovo. mutual helpfulness, Is tho secret of Christian civilization. It will Inoculato nil the world with that purposo to do justice and denl kindly with our fellows. Christianity has been defined as "a beautiful, civ ilization slowly Journeying across tho earth." It Is tho only civilization worthy to bo named. It presents ldcnls, with tho power to reallzo them. THERE wero Individuals who res fleeted Ideal virtues In other periods, but wero unablo to mul tiply themselves, dying llko Beatrice, who took her beauty, as thoy carried their moral excellences away with them. Tho first Christmas dawned pn a world of selfishness and sin, and dark with folly nnd cruelty. There was beauty for tho fow, slavery, pov erty and starvation for the many, death for tho unwelcome child and degradation for woman. There wero 375,000 paupers 'In a population of 1,000,000 In Rome. It waa a period ot Intellectual chaos, moral and social desolation, and Individual hopeless ness. Into this gloom came tho star of Bethlehem, beaming light, hope and sympathy. Tho contrast between the manger birth and tho Christmas morn that will dawn this week with Its carols, songs, gifts, joy and gladness, Is the most striking contrast earth's history holds. With thai first Christmas childhood became sweet and sacred, woman was crowned queeji of tho heart nnd home, the slave made free, the Ignorant, poor and wretched found education, shelter nnd sympathy, and the Joy of gener osity becamo contagious. As the sun rises earlier and lingers longer than yosterdny bo the spirit of ChrlstmaB will usher In the golden ago of happi ness and good will. In the great pic ture of Coregglo tho light on tho face of tho babe lends a glow to shepherd and wise men. The Christmas spirit lends a glow to all the Instruments and forces of society. WHILE humanity falls below the Ideal, the -effort-to practice--it Is not wholly nugatory. Tho "drift of the world Is upward." Tho people are climbing. Interest In chil dren Is Increasing. Woman Is coming to her own. Labor is entering the reward of work. War Is becoming unpopular. Racial prejudlco will hide In shame. The Christ spirit Is vic torious. God's good will becomes tri umphant In home, street and legis lative hall. The triumphs' ot tho past dictate new struggles for tho futuro. Whon Pericles gave his oration over the Athenian dead, pointing to the graves, the great' orator said: "Their silence Is eloquent! These heroes ask us to go and live for the city for which they died." Thus past achievements pledge us to fresh fidelity. Christ mas asks us to lend the Impulse of a new love to home, school, street and; city; to bo a friend of the friendless, a benefactor to some dumb beast or deserted "child, to bo voice for the dumb, eyes for the blind, springs of water for the thirsty, trees of shade for the weary, food for the hungry, refuge for the smitten. Be an angel ot mercy, bringing "peace on earth and good will toward men," and thus hasten a Christmas which will, not simply come to-morrow, but w'ill stay all tho year. Christmas Salad. For a Christmas salad select the largest and brightest red apples, and cut a. deen slice from each at the stem end. Scoop out the pulp; drop both the covers and apples Into cold water and leave them until needed. Cut crisp celery Into small pieces with one-third the quantity of English wal nuts or pecans broken; mix with very stiff mayonnaise. 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Jn JbbB QcSmbbh 1fA'lftlKiiTOB7AVlJBa?i ?HBBVttA;TBKriKiV H3a -9atl naatjWHW iiMiim tvirAiw vt Aavy.,aBantTra BJMuavjiiaiaMCW ''SbbbI 1 FROM THE SPRITES 1 A STORY FOR CHILDREN II 'H Letter Inclosed In a box wlilch will ar rive about 7 a. m. Clirlstmns day for Fred, the protege ot learned sprites.) EAR FRED: Within ArWJ this package you will VpfffiSJLg) nd some little things; TVHrbv Just a crumb or two 'AKojHi t pleasure, such as (OHjHL any fellow, flings to.al )WK$uK frle"J boB met DUt i bbM'P once L tw'co andt yet ftM3S&$ "considers T'lthor" nice SsiffiwlL an thinks of what frfjjfV7C the Jolly season brings. 'yZjG1' Wo remembe.r, Blr, fo&G) yw courtesy In sit- TV 'tW ting while we lectured y on the knowledgo that Is proven, also that which Is conjectured. To our utter gratitude you were never, never rude, for your heart, Indeed, Is very finely textured. When the series of discourses found Its most untimely close, we assembled In a cornfield, and. Indeed we nearly froze. We'd- forgotten, we're so old, there was such a thing as cold, and we're much too smart to think of things like those. But our hearts jire always warm, 'and In thinking, Fred, ot you, such a warmth arose as any time would boll an oyster stew. Then, a-basklng in the heat, we did all of us compete In discussion of what would and wouldn't do. Once tho argu ment grew fierce, but over this we'll draw a veil. We are all of us so learned that wo thought (you know the tale), that we each of us knew best what would lend the greatest zest what a modern boy would not consider stale. We consulted sundry lists which only mixed us up tho worse; we re-' jected some suggestions far too long for any purse; nnd wo bickered nnd we snickered, while above the moon light flickered, and discovered that Ideal things were "source." And at last we gavo up trying to decide It for each other, and departed, Haying: "Give him what you llko, my learned brother." So ench made his own se lection; which nccounts for the com plexion of tho articles we hope you'll show your, mother. On the top you'll find a ticket for a trip around tho earth. This, of course, Is from old Jogerfy, tho chap who had n dearth ot Ideas, but in fact was rather diligent than lax; he Is hoping that )ou realized his worth. Next In order Is a dictionary don't turn up your nose. It's no ordlnnry vojume, as its qucor appearance shows. When you'ro stuck for what to say, turn tho knob the propor way, and the word Is In your mouth, and out It goes. In this -book Is every languago, o'en Including that of birds and the speech tho cows are using when they stroll about In herds. Why, you cannot go astray, as to how and what to say, If you uso the present sunt you by old Woilds, With apologies mention what you get from Anglo-Saxon. He's tho chap for whom the speech of other nations had attraction. Ho sat down, it seems, nnd wroto you n promissory notr. You will never get tho coin with out exaction. Fioni Nuir.oro, a present that will comfort jou, we feel. It's n tnblo. with n roan clous, unusual kind ot wheel. Yob, a multiplication table: turn the cinnk.'lf you are able, nnd you'll huvo bcfuie your eyes n luscious meal. flld lllstoiy, the grandpa of the vljQlo q?fit human race, sends a I'nt- y ent Iron Memory a thing you can't "H replace. Put It 'way unto your ear, i'H and you'll find that all you hear you'll H remember quite distinctly for a B space. v&JH And lastly, Hy O. Ene, the man who gavo you such a scare, puts In some- MM thing you "can always uso and some- tv1;B thing you can wear. It's a thing that fK vjH makes for health";' Indeed, tor happl- IB ncsa and wealth. It's an everlasting JH bottle-ot-fresh !rr -rjqH So remember, when your toys are H spread about you on the rug, that the SB Learned Sprites havo tried to make- MbbbI you happy; they have dug In thopres- 'IHI ent-mlnes of China, than tho which "H there's nothing finer, and we're send-" 'M Ing you as-much as we could lug. It --lJH you use these little gifts that wo are AfiH forwarding Just right you will never ISM have to listen to another learned (aV sprite. But there's one thing more, IfeaB to-wlt: "Merry Christmas," that la 1?H lt- Wm So we hereunto subscribe, In black LM and white: "VuH JOQERFY. &W WORDS. JkvS ANGLO-SAXON. 19 NUMERO. W GRANDFATHER HISTORY, HY G. ENE. yfl TWO DINNER FOR CHRISTMAS. -fH Menus in Which Roast f and-GooM S Are the Leading Entrees. WM For the Christmas feast roast beet- JtB or roast young goose are tho prime fa- vorltcs, taking tho precedence of tur. 3jP key, which very soon after the first 1H ot December begins to lose Its delicacy JkH of flavor. The English dinner ot roast "laV beef nnd plum pudding Is historic, and 'afl In recent years Americans have gen- ?bbbbb! erally followed the custom ot serving 'JkV an English dinner on Christmas, Ira- 'jfl proving on tho old country menus by 'H the addition of dainty entrees and salads. rH Here are somo suggestions for ''j menus for Christmns home dlnneis. 'j&H MENU NO. 1. in Grnpo Fruit with Sherry. mM Ollvea". IlndUliea. w22H Small OyHteru. Iloasted In filielL C7? Cream of Clilrken. 'J IlonBt Slrlolu of neef. Macaroni uu aratln. ,jM Ucrrouda rotatocs. Now Strlnc Hean. 1 VjH Kndlvo Salad. ffCT Toasted Wafers nnd Edam Cheese. V ;JI P!un I'uddlnK. i -B Fruit. Coffee. M mi:nu no. 2. w,y -fak Oysters on tho llulf Shell. 1U Cream of Celery. SUifTcd Olives. Fried BineltH, Sauce Tnrtnre. TffiLJf Hothouse CucumbrrH. SM Iloast Yoiintr Ooose. fWm Applo Sauce, uSfl Mashed Potatoet). Ilolled Yhlte Onion. C-iaR Stuffed Oreen Peppers. ,fJ Hoinalne Salad and Toasted Wafers, 1, OUi Uociuefort Cheese. CH Plum Pudding or Mlnte Pie, i M Coffee. Fruit. i.' Jt'J She Had Trledlt. ifl Tlelle This holly lu my hair wants r W1" n littlo relief It's too red, jafc AuntyWell, why not put In a sprig or two ot mistlotoe, dear? Krff'' Hollo Nonsensp, nuuty! Wly. I should hnvo nil tho young men kissing J lr7BS. me." Or WlfWF Aunty Indeed, no. my dear. Tliey'd- ''ayvf do. nothing of the kind,, I've. Wed W .'mJ, WyWk ,M ii ABBUVialiBkL'" "ilit sma

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mm f (BUSES I Op n VER Blnco man know S QlXm-r $L cnouBn about natron- B&i 43tOT3 on,y to d,vlt'0 l,m0 HM? JlT.SwO Into years which Rv wwIiIIIIp9 nioro or Iobb HgSi ftilft III agreed with tho Hfe i Irrillwlll l2 enrth's annual rovolu- isH 7v?l "0" nrol"ul tno mm Hi tv&ftt! n(J 'las various HjP f'SSJif?'" charactcilBtlc wnjs HV fetete'X regarded tho drat B ri?ra5 ''ay tno now Jt'ar Tk1 t-l) "B n dayof ro- kjf V Jolclng and well- aji m wishing. (&K 4 It was tho groat i-i day-for exchanging gifts until, In somo t Christian countries, Chrlstmus day was flubstltutcd, Whllo In America Now Year's day Is gonerally observed f sWa holiday and as an occasion for paying ceremonial social calls. In France, even now, Now Year's pres ents have not entirely disappeared. Now Year's day Is not obsorved on January 1 In every country, although most nations nowadays use tho Gro gorlan calendar, and consequently bo gin tholr now yenr on that day. In Russia tho Julian calendar Is still In use, and as a quarter of a day In each year Is lost by that system, thoro Is J now nu accumulated loss of 13 dqys. January 1 In Russia, then, corresponds to January 14 of our calendar. Tho jt Mohammedan Now Year, tho Jewish BK iq Now Year and tho Chinese "New Year, wste, owing to the pocullar systems of kcop- $hM- lng time by thoso pcoplo, nro very olu- "fSijEr B'vo cs or seem so to persons fa- K miliar only with tho Gregorian calon- lff$ A8 TO THE CALENDARS. NK V Tho Jowlsh year Is solar-lunar, and 3Ef may consist of as few as 351 dnjs and Ik as many as 3S5. Now Year's day usu- -flKjB n"y fnl's 'n September. Tho Moham- BfijtJ; M medan yenrs usually consist of 35 1 flK.v. li days, being purely lunar, and tin Ioap S,'',' years, which occur In certain twolvo- ro.'' months of a cyclo of 30 lunar ears, tmp contain 355 days. Tho first day of SHE?- Muharrem Now Year's day may In EKit courso of tlmo muko u wholo revolu- ,'hkK'' tton of the seasons, An Instanco of this Wm may 1)e K'von' Tmo ,lr8t ot Muharrom, HESSc- 190C, fell on Tebruary 25, while tho jfyrtrnt Mohammedan Now Year Inst year bo- 3jgi) gan on March 7. Inasmuch as It Is V$gl S, puroly lunar, the Mohammedan year Aj3jel almost unlquo lu tho calendars of SSEiiu tho world. Whllo tho Chincso year con- f forms to tho eastern Idea, being found ed upon lunar mouths, a month Is add ed to eory 20, to mako tlmo conform with tho solar year. Consequently, tho Chinese Now Yenr may begin any tlmo between January 21 and Febru ary 28. REVOLVING NEW YEAR. Tho nnclont Egyptians had n oar more or less conforming to tho Julian stylo, tuasmuch as it contained 365 days. In courso of centuries this mado Now Yenr's mako a comploto revolu tion ot tho seasons. This fact, only ,Tfc recently properly appreciated by Prof, oj&jt Petrle, tho Egyptologist, led to many SjBSjI misconceptions and retarded tho solu- jjattp tIon ot mysterious feasts and rites JCi'jft which now aro perfectly well undor- 5Ri?f stood by archaeologists. SsfEfc Anciently, In Homo, the new year fijEji; began in March, in tho neighborhood WjPf of tho vernal equinox, which would If" seem to be a reasonable, if not logical fjwpyk time to begin tho annual eyrie. March flKjT- 15 was, until the latter part of tho WjatgL' sixteenth century, the day when tho jjfiSjf new 'ear began in most Christian Ri&g countries. Numu is said to have mado Ej$ the Roman year bogln on January 1, Kfl the day held by pagan Rome sacred Wv In honor of Janus, who wob thus sup- WW. posed to turn at onco back upon the Wj$ old year and forward into tho new, and rati subsequently Now Year's day was, at lu various times and in different Chris- Rv$ llan countries, celebrated on the pros- gtt ont Christmas, March 1, March 25 (tho Ptfjfc Feast ot the Annunciation), and East- jf er doy' 3& CUSTOM OF QIFT8. 5 Almost everywhere tho custom of PS!' making presents on tho first day of feJEyT the new ear has been obsorved. When JXfT it originated, or where, it would bo SPssR1 extremely difficult, if not actually Im- n- poBBlblo, to say. It is sufllclont to vSln know that the obsorvanco has tho tm sanction of remoto antiquity. In tho wyTr" eighth century 11, C. Tattus, king of vftft tho Bablnes, according to traditions, pKT began, the custom among tho Romans. WJT& At first the gifts were merely emblem- ntlc and of llttlo prlco, being branches rut from tho wood consecrated to Strenln, tho goddess of strength. Thoso woro presented to tho king as an omen ot good fortune. Tho gifts became in ore pretentions as tlmo wont on, and In later centuries some of tho Roman emperors demanded New Year's presents of great value from tho "ningnntes" of those days,. As the Roman rulers -were gmtlcmen who wero not to bo trifled with, tho pres ents usually appeared on tlmo attor notlco to tho wealthy was glvon. If was In Rome, too, that the habit of masquerading nt Now Year's ap pears to havo originated. Tho cuaipm still obsorved In Italy now Is confined to tho colcbrntions at tho Epiphany and nt the carnival tlmo. FESTIVITIES OF THE DAY In somo countries, notably in Great Rrltaln and In somo cities In Canada and tho United States, tho now year Is welcomed in by festivities on tho ovo of tho day. In Scotland, for Instance, it Is customary to celebrate New Year's ovo with somo festivity, which Is prolonged until past midnight. At tho stroko of 12 every one present wishes each othor a "Happy Now Year,," Tho custom is also common lb many parts of Gormany, whore tho salutation Is "ProBit Neu Jehr." Similar to this custom- nro the re ligious "wntch mcetlhgs"'hcld In some of tho churches In this country on Now Year's evo. In England on New Year's eve, in somo houses, a curious custom, or superstition, Is obsorved. At tho stroko of 12, which ushors in tho new yenr, tho party, already wait ing on tho stairs, bogln to OBcend the stairway backward, taking a step at each stroko. Evojy stop successfully mounted means a happy month, evory stumblo n Mtorso. Of courso, It is ono ot thoso plaftil superstitions which nro not' taken Berlousiy. jJ&Li Glucose Fondant for Christmas. Two cups sugar, ono cup water, and two tnblcspoons glucose Roll all un til a llttlo dropped In cold water will fonn a soft ball. Romovo from fire and heat till creamy. Seven ways to uso tho fondant: Mak.o into balls and dip in molted chocolate. v Roll them In coconnut. Roll them In chopped nuts. Fill figs with fondant and slice thin. Fill dates with fondant, or put the fondant around the Btoned date. Make Into squares and place a nut on top. Roll nuts in tho fondant and then In sugar. Tie Racks for Men. A present that will bo greatly ap preciated by a man Is a tie rack. This may bo mounted embroidered linen, burnt wood, decorated leather or painted cardboard. Tho only thing to bo guarded against is not to mako them too elaborate, Tho more slmplo the pattern Is tho more suro to please. Room for Lota of Presents. "I wIbIi I could bo a laundress," said llttlo Dorothy. "You would havo to work very, very hard, my child." observed her mother. "lint just think, mamma, of a tho stockings I could hang up." Greeting. Now while tho BUrsing, deep-toned bells lament The past car. e'er fickle, tlicy shall change Their solemn burden for a round of Joy, Clilnilntf tho ptulsea ot the year new crow necl. -Kdlth Tlma. Em& New Year's Greetings pi Earn? tr-txzr-' n Mirw HEi T te tcl 5l5Ha! JMtheatairii pin SI jw I fterifin (nx me rtwmaitsc JM J 4SEnewyjwvptruff &jL The storiesifrteU f yyhjj. Before my time Q& rf2 I knowNfuUwell fihC SsQTB T4ck-tcktiticklick-tock Mejgibks IVdBle ha to $z?r O I see dtfaiiedayV ofd- v Wr When-figne-''w l J Withour projetf hands 1 YoU'eedtdrdthTi z f As pfyour feet t,fpls$df j Tic'SraS, tirfjoclTicktock.cjMbk; Went to ,iinhegS7aDveY 7 J Your ie p aeesmm. y Ay'---- To A apfeMfflp And d T cyrWRrl:. Tick Jl i Jci ?53iaSpktt KHctailifctpck old WflSpdSs Xl aT When JoluwwalB wodintfAWegjy Ho-udyed Mte To ten.mtfwAtimemo, J A HowudlyUfeoTlwWlMmed the hour v J When I didfwWJpj J rW For the cominiw&W 4L y Tick-tock, tick-ttrSttbktocky4iik-t8; Now we're alorieMj Jk jf rfiul The child oresjyastene totfrkaU Anothr-lioine-V 7 I P For otfier&ildren just asfairV 6 )f. As she wav w p When with chibykndnejg? point IT At your round facend lautfhy With tflee &J U When you -would toll the passghjbirr Tick-tock, t'-tJrfHS"01 And now (3 While we are waithihSJ'-pr? To welcome in wititioudacdiirx' The new-born year, UAlut,;:::;b--- Let's hope 0 That in His mercy He will be A shield arid guide To both of us j. As in the days atfone. s JJW mm OiHB i H (IIIIhIvIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII&bIvIIIIIIIII :alHI When skies are cold with wintry stars, and hills A !7nF iftl jjW Are white with yetter-even's snow, and lie fiSy. 'sfllll VrjL In ghostly state beneath the ghostly iky; L $3 H 3 When many a gutty blast the darkness jjk- )H 7q With ever lonely, homeless s'ound, and chill i 'S.J" H 3M The window panes with frost; when crackling fly &f aH "V The sparks about the hearth, and glow and die, jk' 'H &L While In the pause his note the cricket trills; 1 X h' thn how dar homal nd what ente rf& H Y& Of ruddy warmth and peace beguiles the mlndl P mB fe. And what a charm In listening while the wind Z' H y Blowsf fierce outside, through winter's starry tents, W mM 8 Anal diet away around the window-pane, -XJ H W And ever rises loud, and dies agalnl T H Ernest Warburton Shurtleff. 1 k lJEi I tAPPY Now Year!" The glad greeting rings out on every hand. A new twelve month has been ushered in with all Its mystery ot "tho things which aro to be." Wo need then for our selves and for others to put tho emphasis upon tho word "new" rather than upon tho torm "year." That another year has como is relatively unimpor tant. The Btress is to be laid not on the quantity but on the quality of ono's life. All that an earnest soul can do Is to live each day of tho new year by itself, as it comes in Its turn, trying, If so it may be, to put a month's effort in ono day, and a day's lctory Into a single hour. Tho time Is short, and It remalneth that all who know Christ and "partake ot his gift ot new life should be diligent al ways, watch unto prayer and boast not themselves of tho morrow. Suffi cient unto each day Is tho burden and blessing thereof. Tho newness ot tho new year la es sentially a newness ot spirit. A now man will always enjoy tho new year. When another January arrives it Is distinctively the time to slough oft tho old nnd to put on the now. There is an old naturo to be discarded, and a now spiritual manhood to bo assumed. Tho trouble with many people, bow over, Is thnt they try to remake and to reform themselves, forgetting that a few good resolutions, more or less loosely kept, can' at best only touch the outside and possess no Interior efficacy In tho recesses ot tho spirit. The new man who Is really worthy of tho name Is the new man In Christ Jesus. Where Jesus Is there Is always newness of experience, renovation ot the moral nature, freshness of hope and a resiliency of elastic joy. It is not necessary to wait until the first ot January In any approaching year to win the wisdom of such a heavenly faith or to experience tho benefits of such a spiritual quickening. The promise ot God Is now, to every one that believoth. Each morning may be a resurrection day, each evening a time of golden promise fair, yet not as fading, aB tho sunset. The New Year joy is for all of life, all the time. It is stimulating nnd encouraging to feel that a brand now year Is offered for happy employment, nnd that tho old records with their motley pages, some still vacant and other marred, H and, perhaps, hero and there blotted 1 H with tears, may bo put away, and H fresh, unstained pages substituted In MM tbolr place. It is helpful to remind one- H self that those broken resolutions of MM 190S may be renewed in 1909, and, j MM what is bettcr.-relnforced by more of mM that prayer and divine grace for want H of which tho Idealizing resolves ot the H past year were soon forgotten or went H so sadly unfulfilled. The new year MM means, accordingly, a new hope, a new I M song, a new endeavor, a now outlook, WM a now Inspiration, a new dotermlna- WM tlon and a now grace every new H thing that Is good appears to be posBl- mM ble in its gift. A hope like this makes' I H any doubter optimistic, and gives to M exlstenco tho character of a llfo worth. H A wldo ohasm -sevms to Intervene WM every halting doubt, and every bam- WM poring fear which belongs to tho past H period ot our experience nnd which H would burden and hinder our worthy H efforts and spiritual progress In the mU new year. Let us tako up our new H dutlos and meet our fresh opportunl H ties in free, gladsome and hopeful I H spirit, knowing that God, who has pur- H posed them for our uplift, will give H us grace to carry us safely through. H Happy New Year! The message is.-' H sent far and near. V.et the glad greet- H ing bo heard on all sides. Thero is a H prophecy and a promise In tho New 'H Yoar. Even to thoso who are bent with tH grief, or lonely by reason ot bitter 'H bereavement it is possiblo and timely isB to say, though with lowered tono and hMM softened accent: "Happy New Year!", ywM Evory year will be a happy, or, at t'iH least, a peaceful,, one in which the kwM presence ot the Lord is realized rH which Is spent under tho protection of 'mg his wings, while its dutict are dls- 1,H charged in his fear and its responsible ImM Itles are borne with the assistance 6t issssl his grace. For the Christian every, ?B year should be on Improvement on the," issssl past, and offer Its additional oppor- iiifl tunlties for growing In grace and l Chrlatllkeness. The Christian Is a VUm convinced and convincing optimist isfl for, having a heavenly hope which the mM world can never give or tako away, .tH ho can in every condition ot llfo find IH a basis for an assured happiness ox- jWM pressing Itself In tho oft-quoted die- H turn: "Tho best ot all is, 'God it fH with us!'" s II I A prapr for to f nt K jl P A CltliQRTV God, the MHTdHlitg towce or Hgbt ana mercy, M J who hast brought nt to tin MglMtiNfl or tbi$ ytar, If? m ana art wring m$ to lovt Cbtt ana to keep tby 3 ctmmlmm, prepare n$, we ttuttb Cbee, for (be cowim m days. Cet CDy grace culightei our darlmess ana strcitfltiKM it? vj, our weahness. Rclp m$ to forget tbe tni ana sorrows or the 11 g) past, trwlsrWtfl only the wlsawjgfJjrjiValwat.J$t AFLJi haoe tauflht us. Tnspire ms with ifew pW$trawiSr 16? H Dopes. Deepen within our hearts the love or trurh and mi- m i g) ness. Renew fn ns the life or that whieb alone makes lire H k) Mvorth living. nable ns to aiscern the solemn Meaning or I Sl these earthly days, and the high ana saerea pnrpe for wticb u3 S they are oloen. Suffer us not to t tinfalthrui to thct T u Chow hast richly blessea ms hitherto, still lead us by thy W U Sjji hand, still admonish and guide ns by Chy spirit, ana leave in Li? N J not to ourselves, Cboa eooa ShepDerd or te sheep. Eel not X 1 dli the- sorrow ana weariness of life roh us of onr faith In Chee k 1 Whatever light may shine or shadow fall, keep ms ih the rtl' W i rj lowshlp ana In the service of Jesus Christ our E;rd. tm S 1 bbbbB