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The Wonderful House Where Santa Claus Dwells OULDN'T you like to see the wonderful land Where Santa Claus makes his home, The magic shops and buiddings grand Filled with toys from cellar to dome ; ?*" Where "busy thousands work day and night Making the pretty things Santa Claus gives, Weaving into each gift their joy and delight, In the beautiful home where Santa Claus lives t Over fluids of ice, otrr hills of snow, Is the wonderful home where Santa Claus dwells; Where love brightens life with _ its eternal glow And the blessed song of Christmas bells. ? A. Bart Norton in Cincin nati Commercial Tribune. Hie Meaning of the Christmas Lights TIIE candles on the Christmas tree have a brighter meaning than mere gayety. Primarily they sig world. "That was the true L _ that llghteth every man that cometh Into the world," wrote ST. John In the first chapter of his Gospel, says the New ' York Evening Sun. Today the small, popular bayberry candle is very likely deduced from j Christmas candles that were burned ! lu England .from dawn till evening to safeguard from all evil the house dur ing the year to come, and these can dles, again, were lineal descendants of the great Yule candle placed to light the monster feast provided for the unusual appetites some people fan- | cled than, as now, due on the 25th of December. Not often possible In city homes of the present day -?re Yule lo^s, but sometimes in the country this custom of Scandinavian source is still carried out, though probably no one dreams it to be a relic of the bonfires kindled for Thor in Yule rites. It is doubtful if partakers of Christ mas puddings are conscious that the puddings are symbolic of the rich gifts of the Magi to the Christ child, while emblems of the manger are mince pies, for these were first made in the form of Bethlehem's cradle. nify the Light that came the ?y. .< Let Joy Reign at Yule! Cast Out Dull Care! ET joy reign I Let care go to the dogs ! Throw foreboding* to the winds ! Christmas conies but once | a year. Let the young folks enjoy It to the full ! Let the old folks stop their ; eroakiug about rheumatism for that j day at least, and remember the time when they, too, were young and could dance with the merriest ! And let the little stockings be filled, and let us all bear with equanimity the blowing on toy trumpets and the tooting on mouth organs and drum- 1 ining on sixpenny-halfpenny drums I And so the years go on, and one Christinas follows another, and we eat and drink and are merry. We greet our frionds, and we part with them, and our lives match along, and through faith in the sacrifice which our Clirist inus day commemorates we look for ward to a more perfect Christmas, when the guests shall gather in the father's house. During the reign o{. Henry VII, a ; statute was passed prohibiting card playing, except at Christmas. It was ; a universal custom to play cards at Christmas. Persons who never played at any other time felt bound to do so at this season. The practice had even the sanction of the law. Cards at Christmas When His Whip Goes Crack /*\ UR good St. Nick is on his way; His prancing steeds are near. We h ear the sound of the sil ver bells; His sleigh is almost here. A load of gifts is stored for all Securely in his pack, For he travels like the light ning When his whip goes crack I i So hang your stockings, large and small, Convenient in a row. For they will look so tempt ing when They're filled from top to toe. Our generous saint will never fail; ? He has a curious knack Of giving right (jood measure When his whip goes crack! ? John n. Cook in St. Nich olas. Uncle Sam must have Corn, Hay and Cotton to win the War and he expects you to do your part. Buy a Little Dutch Sulky Plow and prepare your land in the best way. THEY ARE LIGHT DRAFT They will prepare your seed bed just right. We have 20 of these plows to sell in next ten days for $45 cash This is less than Factory Cost Today. They must be sold in ten days. The -Austin Stephenson Company SM1THFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA
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