I lark'
chimes arc warning
is Christmas morn
the merry
us that thi
ins.
And it's time that we were rising,
though the hour isn't late.
Still, the kidleis will he Hocking, each
to overhaul his stocking.
And there's scads of things we've
got to do that really cannot wait
we kick the clothes eff (quite determined not to doze offi,
l.ct- indulge in dreamv musing on this joyous Christinastid*
la ! us, w hi:< the hells are pealing, get tip some real Christmas feeling.
1 ill ourselves with sweet emotions that are not quite cut and dried,
line, the minutes fast are gliding, but, eonsarn 'em, let 'em glide
Yet, before
I liink of these long weeks of waiting, all the glad anticipating
Ol the g;t\ and festive season that at last, at last is here;
Never resting never stopping iti our mad career of shopping.
Search,ng over the ideal not too cheap and not too dear;
( rushed and elbowed in the reeking crowds, that like out selves are seeking
.Inst the very thing of all things that their loved ones most desired.
I-■imp nr.il draggled then emerging from the pushing, struggling, surging
Moh with panels overladen, reaching home at last, dog tired
Those • xperienrf s may be best described as ' most all-fired."
Y©t no antiquated stoic showed endur
ance more heroic
Than we've manifest. <1 through the
weary ordeal of that time:
We have stood the stress rtf barter with
thi courage of a martyr:
Now we find sweet compensation
list'nin*; to the Christmas chime.
Whose clear cadence, soft and mellow, seems to whisper to a fellow
That the worst is nearly over, that we soon may breathe again,
Poop may find surcease of sorrow, and that, maybe by tomorrow
Or tlie next day, may he lifted something of this mental strain.
That a blessed sense of rest may soothe t lie tissues of our lira in.
We have done with haste and flurry, no occasion now to worry.
last some sensitive relation may nave been quite overlooked.
All the lists of names ate i hei ked and all the walls w itli green are decked, anr
Now within a few short hours the Christmas dinner will he cooked.
Hail to Christmas 1 happy season! There : s><m< substantial reason
To he gleeful at thy advent the beginning of the end
\s thou contest wreathed with holly v.. < ,in cerainly he jolly.
Welcome thee with feast and wa. ail. and in general unbend.
For we know that we have spent for thee ’he last cent we can spend!
Of waste paper, string and cotton.
But, with consciences elastic we will
And 'wonder how thee g • -..cl.
Iyiokittg blissful over dewdads : at v. c
N’ow the door hell will cease ringing tc
tie people who Were bringing
An endows string of packages firm
morn to dewy eve;
We no longer will be running to con
c-enl Hu-, things with cunning
A d w 1! lose* our wonted air o
having something tip our sleevr
glitter.
I min the kitchen to the hall;
grow etithtisiiistic
as mi the donors necks we fall,
didn't want at all.
Ah, this blessed thing of giving’ It is half tie- j. % 0f living
To watch the locks of gra'ttmh and plea ... and stn ■ rm.‘
That, at least to outward seeming, are upon |,.o,| tue.-i h. ming—
As the loved one opens his par.-el and digs out his .. dy tb s
Atsd the gentle wile and mo’:., h • ! .-motion tries t. a. Ha.
When conducted hy her husband, to some .-cere! .oner where
As a proof of fond affection, he lms hid from 1 -r detection,
His gift to le r a co/.v, costly, well-upholstered chair
(Of whose comforts, in the future, you may bet he'll g. t his share)
to "
(f
Now this Christmas spirit moves u
souse that it behoves us
To k“ep Poverty's hare platter and
fill Destitution’s cup.
Pring turk ami pie and gladness to
the homes of empty sadness!
To help out sweet Christmas eh: r
itv who would not loosen up?
Put it's highly aggravating not to snv e\:
When wove given most nobly and with
To find out. ns we expected, that ti e modi st
And our princely henefat tkm 1, n't f. md.
it ertainly we didn t ask it, but a t, ,ni mi:-1 t tak, a hint!
ts j
:T'e rating,
ut thought of stint,
•v negU , ted
way to print.
Put away with sad reflection! This is no time for dejection
Merry Christmas, happy Christ; .as, as w< said, has'come at Inst'
\ll the many tribulations, all the ti , Is a::d v< ..nion
That have crowded thick upon us t. the last six u,.,k , ,
Xot a protest shall be uttered, though the lions, with toys is cluttered'
And the kids are ail parading t i the sound <>i horn a:
Dusty lung and larynx voicing the ( xtetii of tb ir refoieing.
W'e will have to stand the racket now that c: stma day is
i I git or tone our nervous system at some sanitarium).
ml drum.
come.
D
Thank tin
sit
(liter if we're aide to
1 on ml a w ell-spread table.
W liet e the plum]) white-tmsonied
turkey sheds its savor through
the room,
And pudding comes on smoking and
■here's no end to the joking.
And no heart that harbors mal'ce
and no mind o'ereast with gloom,
Pet us he profoundly grateful that we have at least a plateful
Grateful for the pepsin tablets that collect cm Christmas cheer
Hold it as among our mercies if there's coin left in mir purses
Pe thankful for those dear to u~ and those who bold us dear
cones but once a year),
iC'iipr right, tail. W, t ,tii N<>vt„ p.r I'm on,
(And most supremely thankful Chr slums
EMOTIONAL VALUE OF DAY
Christmas Spirit Aimost Universally
Felt, But What It Is Remains a
Mystery to Many.
The (‘motional value of Christmas
may be said to bo universally tolt.
Something happens at Christmas that.
foi a ■»'.
whole world good What that some
thing is remains for many a mystery.
A number of persons who feel the
renewing impulse are like baust "hen
the notes of the Kaster song arrest,
his suicidal intent, they take and en
joy the moment’s deliverance and eon
finite to regard the source of the boon
as nothing more than mythology made
potent through human aa»oi'VrtV.C2i>.
lutliprs are moved through superst'
tious tears; thi v approach the great
season with consciences crowded with
uncomfortable memories; Marley's
ghr st is after them, but. unlike
Scrooge, their new heart is only for
Christmas week Another group sim
ply fall in with an ancient custom
and are surprised, and indeed pleased,
when the dry buttes of their unbeliev
inti minds come together, take on
' to *m*e'*' **i" f
titude meet the great day with buoy
ant expectation, take with thanks it;
new happiness, return to their work
in tliis exalted mood, and ask no ques
tions about cause end effect. A few
philosophize on the phenomenon, and
they ate willing to stake their lives
on the substantial truth of their in
siglit.;—-Gt - I -U, a>
By James YY'.'uii ■ • j
Copyright by James V-'h",*' j< Rile -
Litst Christmas v. a. a v< .. »,
Says I to David i m.> - 1.
"\\ ere goin to mor 01.4 s. rvice, so
You hitch up jijE.trt aw 1 i! try
To toll the : iris i s v Hat to <i'i
For dinner. \\ 1 11 In- one'. l»v two."
1 didn’t wait to hear wit; t ho
j Would more n like s: y hack to me.
| Hut bang'd the stable door n il flow
Hack to the rouse, jos pi tab chilled
through
Cold! Wooll! how cold it v.as! My—
Oh!
I [IP I li\ 111 . (I fill
Jos s li a r p
enough," heerd ;
David swear,
"i o shave a man j
and rut his I
hair!"
And b ! o w and
blow! and snow
snow! —
\V h e r e i t had;
drift' d 'lot a the ]
trace
And orost the!
road — so m e1
places though,
■Irs' swep’ clriin to the gravel, so
The goin' was as bad for sleighs
As ’t was fer wagons- and both ways,
'Twix* snow drifts and the bare
ground, I've
■Fes’ wandered we got through alive;
I hadn't saw nothin', tore er sence.
At beat it anywheres, I know—
Last Christmas was a year ago.
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| And David said, as we set out,
i 'At Christmas services was bout
As cold and wuthless kind o' love
: To offer up as he know of;
| And its fer him, he railly thought
i At the Good Hein up above
! Would think more of us—as he
ought—
I A-staying' home on sic-h a day,
; And thitnkin' of him thataway!
And jawed on, in an undertone.
Tiout leavin' Lido and .lane alone
There on the place, and me not there
To oversee 'em and p'pare
The stuffin' fer the turke> and
The sass and all, you understand.
f ;
I've alius managed David by
Fw“. SWV.tn .J’Oj.hirg 'He.it was uliv
beau a w a y—
cause Lido
She’d alius take
up perry's side
When David tack
led him; and so.
Last Christmas
was a year
ago.—
Er ruther, 'bout a
week afore,—
David and Perry'd
quarr'I'd about
Some tom fool argyment, you know,
And pap told him to "Jes' git out
O’ there, and not to come no more,
And, when he went out, to shet the
door.”
And as he passed the winder, we
Saw Perry, white ns white could be
March past, onhitch Ins boss, and
light
A aee-gyar, and lope out o’ sight.
Then hide she come to me and cried.'
And 1 said nothin'—was no need.
And yit. you know, that man jes' got
Right out o’ there's of he'd he'll shot, .
P'tendin’ he must go and feed
The stock er sompin’. Then I tried
To git the pore gal pacified.
Hut’ giftin' back to—whore was wo?—
Oh, yes!—whore David leetered me
AH u ay to meet |
in'. high and !
low,
I- a s t Christmas
w as a year ago
Ker all the aw ful
rold there was !
A fair attendance;
mostly, though
The crowd was I
round t h e
stoves, you see. j
Thawin’ their
heels a n d !
serongin' us.
I t t udn t he n ter tht" old squire
Hivin’ his seat to us, as in
We stomped, a-fairly perishiti'.
And David could a' got no lire.
He’d jes' 'a' dropped there in his
tracks:
And squire, as I was m in' to yit
Make room for him. s.ivg. “No- the
fac’s
Is. 1 got to git up and git.
V : ' p -
-t—- : . -f > . Jj} . \
The Christmas Robin.
In many parts of England the robin
is associated with Christmas tide
I here is a belief that on Christmas
“Vi- the,- birds will sing m ar i house
a here a person i3 dying, to eiic r him.
Don't ant! Do
in Holiday I 've Caution
Do not decorate your Christmas
true with paper. cotton or flimsy
materials.
Do not usccotton to represent snow*
Do not permit children to light
candles.
Do tu t l-avp matcher, within reach
of file children.
Do not place Christmas tree near
wm.low curtains c.r gas fixtures.
L’:.e metallie tinsel and non-iiillain
It.,a.I.■ deet>ruiio;.s only.
I sen .bcstosfi'i i to represent snow
Si t the tree upon a s::h ran: ial stand.
A house of merriment is better than
a huu.e ui mourning.
Have an extinguisher or it few
huek'-ts lull of water near the
tree, ready for use in an emer
gency
When and Why.
"Do yea vo to Sunday school now.
11-c rc:;«■ ’' inquired C.orgies unt ie.
"Yep. Christmas is comin !"
‘Don't yen go r iMtept just b fore
'liristmas
"Yei I go just before the summer
VALUE OF A CHILD’S GIFTS
Those Made With Their Own Hands
Teach Good Lessons and
Give Inspiration.
If we stop to think about our
Christinas giving wo realize that a
stiff no in.' mom to the stiver than it I
does to him who receives. If it is
Riven in the proper spirit the donor
finds out to the full that it is really 1
'more blessed to give than to re
ceive. a fact that is lost sight of in
an age of the commercial spirit.
With children there is a great edu
cative value in their present giving
if it is encouraged to be really their
own giving If the mother, however,
-imply prepares some little remem- 1
branee and savs Mary, this is your
Christmas present to Aunt Ellen,' the
gift has no meaning in the thoughts
of the young giver. And not only
has it no meaning, but it becomes
actually harmful for the reason it pre
sents the idea to tile child that the
gift without the giver is reallv a gift.
And the child has put no thought or
self sacrifice into the gi\ing of that
present.
On the other hand, if tile child ho
given pocket money which it may con
vulnf » sj VHfV own ••»** t or ***'" i*
I* pnahfon To ♦■arn pocket money and
is then encouraged to set aside a por
tion of its very own money for pres
ent making the idea of true giving is
a 'juired. The sacrifice, the t ire
thought, tin love necessary to make a
gift a real gift art there.
The home-made gifts of children
have many valuable lessons to teach
the young givers Many lessons in
sewing, raffia, bead-work or painting
may be given under the guise of mak
ing a gift In one family, where the
elder sister had never made gifts,
and really nt ver learned to sew well
until sin was eighteen years of age,
the younger sister, a girl of ten, in
spired b\ the example of a small
friend, wished to make birthday gifts
'or her fami!\ One- she asked her
mother to teach het how to crochet;
another tin,i to scalh.p, ami before
she v.as twelve > ‘»ars old she had bo
ome ns proficient a little seamstr.ss
its one would want to see.
Thus practical lessons are learned,
while the child is inspired with the
idea that "Xot what we give, but
"hat we slian the gift without the
giver is bare '
i aii you suggest something for me
to get for my wife for Christmas?”
he asked ui tile sllopkeeper.
"You'd better get her a box of
cigars, i , \peet said the shopkeeper.
She was in here this morning and
bought a lace parasol for you.”
i
The Gift Store
For Men
Ihe Star Clothing House
.los. ]Y\. Berger, Jr., Mgr.
Newport, Arkansas
iseszm 1ssanra
THE PERSONAL THOUGHT
The spirit of the giving determines the value
of the gift. What then could be more fitting than
your Portrait for a Christmas remetnberance to
carry your simple message of friendship? A dozen
portraits solves at once a dozen preplexing prob
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