THE BREVARD NEWS, BREVARD, N. C
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1»A, 1»I«.
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IIK <►!«] fo||;s
IiihI wnntod
I liig else. She kn^v of ohl. ex!w.*ily
I all the good things iliat her hoy liked
I for the Christmas «*Jnner—juicy black
j fruit cake, steani:;j}; I'.Juu) pudding,
I odoriferous hrowii-ronsted turkey, and
; but oh: she didn’t know wliat to pre-
! pare for lu*;-—couldn’t j;i*t any fro,s»
li’jis if she iiad wanted to. And the
uvojrrapljy said tliat frog legs were a
i'avorilp Frcnoh daiuty.
j t)h, whatcvt'j* wou!(! the minister
j . . . yt's. and Sally llowarth.
i too. \v!i<*n il;ey lt(*ar*l abont—a(»ont
i “Ati.'.r('i:<|ue *” Sally IumI Ixumi “sweet”
on I't'iiry, ani5 piior old .Ma IJarker liad
W
'vWtllM
• ,»*vi‘r
always
. , f'' babv
^.rl, even ion-- .,ner
II(Miry had l„vi, ; hoped—
r.iit llie ye:\ps rolled 5 I’"*- "ell! Siie mustn’t let her
Ity. llit'ir hoy up ; dear i»oy know I lie and Ids Annelique
would l)(* there toinori’ow.
I'lH’istnias (‘ve llie oltl folks •leco-
r:ited tlie lioiisi; with lir bongl'.?), iioily
strings ol' eoloi\<l ixtpeorn. Tlu''y
even irinuiied a tree as tliey liad don«»
to liu' t'lict tiiat ■ Ib'ary ever si:ic*«' he had been a
innnliU' h (, j,| nttlt' lioy. M;i I’tM’ker lliouu:li!. with
a rising Iniiip in her throat, tiiat may
be IIU:.' Frencit giil woijid I(i<ik on it
h I llamas,ijin;
stroim. always ,.1^,,.,..
l-;:l ;nHl belM,,! ,U)ont
the larm, hikI
tri.'d lo rev..r,|
selv
llh'i
be siitislied. 01,1 John
releired lo them, but
they
tlieni-
1 Ihmii alojui ,)j| ihe
•h ihere was no other
in a wliile his wif^ wouhj t ail as siiiy ; w<inid curl iior lip at their
If livoiling. mistycy,.,]^ ,,f I honu'ly endeavors, but . . .
•v\ '.rji >ining li*‘nry wovdd j Ciiristmas morning Jed, the bire<l
man, drove oil' in the sleigh lo m<>i't
their boy and his iirille at the ytation
in town. Tile odor of savory good
things on the kiteln'n stove permeated
the w iioli' i'annlioasi', nnd tli«> |)i<r opiMi
1ir(' in the diiiing room cra<‘kled in
coniforlal)le contrast to the sparkling
ic«*lil of tin* snow o'.itsidc, Ma IJarker
bustled ai>out. sadly staling tiie table
; witij her i>est dishes. Siie caught old
• .Tolni siealtliily eoniing njv liu* base-
^'oaii'iTt in the tiuaiglit
)(* \Miuld tnidoiditeilly luari’v
I'liMeii danulit,n-«s «>f
- i-.iniK'i-'. who wuiild lie
.11 <oiinlry life and ikii <»x-
w. iiiia too far aw;iy fi'om
eir old aue.
::>lie lll«' W;ir.
'IV ov* rs:';is with lii'j
:'l ijiosi of the oiluT
and
I iiK’iit stairs willi a dusty dinnijolin
true \
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jALCustr r;ed to the Wicked Frivolities
of i-’aris.
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I'r.
'I'^e old folk's ii.’il’ted
< •> nisiy—»,>ld .loiin
ui ip 111' railoiis. i!. toil- I
imi .\Ia I'a rUt-r wi! !i tears
^iiji'ii lii'hii'.d iier laded.
■s. Ih> was their ail and
..iM:.
;i,‘\ioi!s iMiiiiilis tliat fiillowed
‘ i,'' life In lii the saaie Iiard
1 **\iT na i!ie farm. Old
’ t.i tiiu II (ifi('iK>r tiiaii usual
;.'v i"\ i'ii i\', a wi‘i-;l—io
hail eoiii<‘ from niys-
I iilaci's in Franre, and
■ .I'ilii r w.iuid pore o\’er the
'.id ari'iM* in tlie proud
(hat tiirir Henry was a
III'! was doing ills duty.
. eadi night that itie Lord
liiiii sate to c<inie ba«;k
'J 'it keep him from teiapta- ;
a'.\a.\ rroiii iheir eai’e. j
II' day, like a thu!idt‘ri)Olt j
< i> ar sky. eaine a terrilile '
! J-'raiii'e. which said: “I
: I l!ie s'.vectt >t littU' girl
*a • ; II ■ '.'.oi'ld. and I'm luaiigiiig her ;
1 lae as a Christmas pres- j
• ;r ;e \ *1.'. 'i'h(‘ rc^iiiieiit is now at j
iV,-> >: » tnharka;inn and we'li sure- i
ly S..>‘ ;jt‘ f«>r till* holidays. . . . ’
.. v.t'idiy ijretty ; hlaek hsiir. big
'•’.-'s liTii'I .ilways wanting to be kissed. ,
5’er iti.t .- is Anu'eHque. ... Of
s:i>> can’t sp(*ak anything but j
Pr<'tirh, i.vit, dear mother ami dad. !
1 yr.si { :.o\v that you'll soon h am to ’
h»‘r as murii as 1 do.”
oM folks w i‘i (* stricken with
r;.;nio!i. Tiit-ir Henry bringing
ifiktr.;.' ;) i irirl^—a i'oi'cigi'.er wlio
u:i(iei'sialid their simple, old-
w;iys, and to whom the.'
Ef-- f k aid lecdiicih* tliemselves
Sni •; .1 <ri’,e—a« customed to the
w:.-.. i‘ -ivoliiies of Paris—nevi i-
nr ill on the farm, however
or “Tiice” slit' might he. More
s'/.v' ’.vould despise it, and tlwMii,
;ui'S liieir boy awaj' to 1 '•* *'i
.«»*??»*! J;i>. ciry—leave* them lo lely in
rl:*'- tliat was now upon them.
'STiKi^Ti I f<dks bowed their gra.veil
i»f*i,Mth the blow, nearly heart
jHtbough they tried hravel.v to
(heir most harrowing dr^ds
e^ivh other. i
“^5;^yhe she won’t expect to ,‘^'ear
sIVa. underwear all the time anfl ^ ill
witiing lo help you wipe the ''dishes
*'T«*iuags, n)other," old John c|(uiasily
rri«\i t«> console his v.ife as t^ey sat
^ifivne ill the farmhouse kitcht,‘n one
after chores were done. “And
:ua>tK», after all, she won’t Vi'ant\to
sniokc trJgarettes before people wh'>n
sli«» finds that American plrls nroumj
don’t do that -sort of thiii
3!a Barker shook her head - d
~rd «Jo anythhig almos' t<»
■«imr l»oy hapi>y, pu.” sh“ said, w'
th« tears gathered in h *r faded e.
'**^Ve tiiust <lo our best not to let h a
how dlsappointet^ '-e ar**. ' ly
Tm afi:ai<l she’ll never 'te con ’ .lere
Che farm with us."
Jȣa Barker went ab(Rit preparations
Brs* <fae big Christmas dhiner with
premonitions, heavy hearted.
SaSie aervous; wanted to sit down
tmd ery, but felt she had to keep op
%ttage tfd, tor Uenry’a sake. If Dotb
“Why, I’a r.arker!” she excdaimc'd.
‘ Vv’hal s that you've got tiien'V 1 do
‘ hi lieve it's tiiat cider that fermented
I So as we coiildn't use it!”
! “Yes. ’tis," admitted old Jolin pretty
^ shameiae<*<||y and slinl’Iing his fe(*t
j to hide his em'tarrassiiieiit. “I?ut you
; st>e, I ... 1 tiiought that maybe
as H(Miiy's girl is a French woman,
she'd rather like hard cider, seeing
as we haven't .-my light wines nor
I <ham;ia<j:n(‘ foi- Ikm- to dvink.”
.\ few minutes laier they heard the
sh'ighht lls jingling, ilu* snort of the
iinrst-s ami the eriincli ol' n;T!n'‘rs on
the snow in front of tlie house. In-
j sCiiiMy the old folks foruot tin* dread
iii.it had heen ov< rsliadowirig tliem
since ilie letter eani'.>. Ma r>ariier,
V. ,:h treinlvling lltigi'vs iiiiilid lier
.•ipiin. snioo;hi‘d lu'r hair “jn) that
licMiy's girl would se.' ?i;^r looking
riulit." and ru-died out of lioors. Old
.ii-hii I'ollnwed more decorously and
s!ili!y. for liis rhenniatisai had been
I triuililin_" him more than ever lately,
making w<>;-k harder fo;- ’.dir. aho'.it tlie
I faiin. Vt'^. he etnainly wis goMig to
! miss Henry's help wiien—
“.My boy: niy boy I’ cried ma as
sill- thr»‘w I.erself int ) the extended
' aiiiis of the sturdy yining soldier in
Mia!<i as he leaped out of the sleigh
hi'iiind the liroiidly-^rinniim Jed.
"I'hcy cimig (*c:-1 aticnll.v t<-‘.;e:iier for a
;'iw niiiiuies until old .lolm forced
them apart to puv.ip hi-; son'.-: hand
up and down and r.inrili!'’ soinetldng
ahoiiv tlie briulii sun on ti.e snow mak-
inir his <\ves water.
And then, jifter the tr-st e'cuoerant
'.meetings W(M'e over wi'ii, Heiir.v
hmghingly disengage.il himseif and
cried at them :
“And now h>t me introdiiee Ange-
lifl'do to yo'j. people. And I want you
services” during
.'■■on. This is an
Angelique Was a Four-Year-Old Baby
Girl.
to feel that she’s yours as much as
mine. She’ll love you, ma, as she
does me.”
From the depths of the hooded
sleigh he bundled a diminutive figure,
swaddh'd irt furs and lapcObes, v^-ith
two lliu^ sparkling round eyes beaming
on them and red lips curved up into
an adorable smile.
Angel iipie was a four-year-old haby
t,drl w‘';>iii lie had adopted from a war-
dev.v^'tated village near the front!
‘*1 leS’ people were all killed by the
Germans,” Henry explained apploget-
icafly, ‘‘SO 1 thought I’d bring her along
instead of letting her be sent to some
ovjihanage.”
Ma Barker gave a ehoking sort of
cry and caught the baby girl for which
she had prayed so long to her relieved
breast. As for old John, he swallowed
hard, winked broadly at the grinning
Jed beside the horse, and said:
“We'v© got some hard cider in the
house, Jed. Better come in with me
and have a nip before you put the
horses up. Gosh, but come to think of
It, Sf.ntu Claus’ presents always are
Supposed to lie surprise) anyway,
uen’t they, Jedr
Carol Singing
Is hying Out
P* ^HE custom of carnl sinking
W out of doors at <'lui.stmas
^ time seems to ho dying out.
This is a great pity, for
earol.^^ are a branch of folk musi<', tlie
imcouscious art of the peasant niifh„
a Jieritage of iuesUiuahle worth.
In many Eaglis’.i villagi's (’■.";<• rre
c.arols peciiliar to thcm.s(>lv. to i»o
jeah'usly guarded and rclaiiied for
their use.
1 he C'hristmn.s carnl dates from the
birth of Christianity itself, the
angels having oung their carols at the
birlh of .Tcsus Chri>;t.
Among the early Christians carols
w<'re sacred hymns representing
(’lii-ist’s nativity.
X(.\v the name is
given to a varievy
<;!’ popular iner-
r i c a I <• o tn p n-
sltiims from the
. iaiple record of
the birlh of our
Lord lo rude was
sail son.gs and
rhymes of holiday
revelry.
Trohahly no Christmas would seem
complete wiihout the welMznown and
popular hymn, “Hark! liie ilorald
\ngel.<5 Sing.”
The word carol, which originally
meant a dance, is tiiought to have
O'ome into our language either from
th ' Xorniaa French carole or from the
Peltic carol.
In 1S22 Davie.'; Gilbert publislied
■‘some ancicnt Ciiristmas carols, with
•iK* times to v.Iach they were former-
. y suiig in the v» c-st of England.” In
ills V)J’<'face he declared hims 'lf to ho
lesirous “of preserving them in the;r
’.dual forms, as specimens of limes
now passing iway,
and of religion.'^
feelings now su
perseded by Oth
er.'? of a different
caste.”
Of late years
some of the
clrjrchos — chiefly
in the larger cit
ies—have held
‘‘’Christmas caiol
tho Ciiristmas sea-
excellent inovcm: lit,
and niijjht profitalily be talien up !>y
clu’.rches all over the country. Ccr-
rainly if the churches can restore this
old custom it will add to the enjoy
ment of the season.
France is exceptionally rich in
enrols, which ar«‘ often drinking song.s j
as in many European countries. We j
lind many French carols translat(‘d into i
English, no douhv as a result of tho
intercourse which existed between I
dwellers on either side oi the channel, 1
in the days when English youths often !
pursued thcnr stuilios in France. i
There is a great deal of <iiscuRsion
as to Vvhich is tlie most popular carol.
%Vl'.l;e it is impos-
.silde jo name the
favorite, there
can be little doubt
of the universal
appeal of “God
rest ye, merry
g e n 11 e m e n,”
v.'hose plaintive
melody has
touched a chord
in the popular
mind. Among modern compositions
may be nientfbned, “'I'he Shepherds
I.eft Their Sheep,” by Alfred Hollins.
^Ir. Hollins is blind, but this afflicti»'n
has not prevented him from becoming
one of the fir.est organists and com
posers in Britain.
Washington Irving in his famous
“Slr’l'ch Book” introduces us to most
of vhe old English customs which have
froia time immemorial, attended the
Christmas festival. Of his first night
at Bracebridge Hall he says:
“I had scarcely got into bed when
a sti’ain of music seemed to break
forth in the air just beiow’ the win
dow. I listened, and found it pro
ceeded from a band, which I conclud
ed to he the waits from some nt'igh-
boring village. They went around
the house playing under the windows.
I drew aside the curtains, to hear
them more distinctly. The moon
beams fell through the upper part of
the casement, partially lighting up
the antiquated
apartment The
sounds, as they
receded, became
more soft and
aerial, and seemed
to accord with
the quiet and the
moonlight. I lis
tened and listened
—^they became
more and more
tender and remote, and, as they grad
ually died away, my head sank iipon
the pillow and I fell asleep.”
In Pasqulls’ “Jests,” a book pub
lished in 1604, an amusing story is
told of a knight who gave a Christ
mas feast at which he entertained
his friends and the tenantry.
The host ordwed no man at the
to drink a drop “till he that was
nsaster ever his wfe should sing a
carol.” A pause en^ped and then oce
poor male, more ' 'aring than the
others, timidly lifted his lonely voices
The knight then turned to the ladies,
who sat at a table pWt, and “bade
her who was master, over her bus'
band,” sing a carol. The r*gend says
that forthwith “the wtoen fell all
to 3Jn»fiig, that- there \ "^as never
heard such a catter-wa^lD^ piece oi
uusicke."
KEEP PROSPERITY AT HOME THIS CHRISTMAS. BUY IT IN BREVARD.
Not Christmas clay or Christmas week, but plan time, the best time,
the time of heart work, the time of pleasurable anticipation and enjoy
able T)lans.
The time of looking and debating and secret whispering, out of
which will be evolved the gifts mo.st valued and appreciated, because
carrying with them weeks of self-denial, search and loving forethought.
For the jeweler it is a time of unfolding and displaying. The time
when we can show our choice selections, fresh from the packing boxes.
The time when wour early coming will enable you to select some desir
able and exclusive articles to be “laid aside.” Our stock is larger than
any ever before shown in Transylvania County, but the best of the most
extensive stock always goes to the early birds. Will you be one?
Just a few hints are found below. A look through our stock will
add to them.
Clocks
$1.75 and up
Stone Rings
$1.58-$40,00
Plain Rings
$2.50-$6.50
Broaches
75c-$15.00
Cuff Links
63c-$12.50
Crosses
$1.00-$3.f)0
Sterling Forks and Spoons
$1.25-$10.00
Sterling Deposit Ware
50c-$2.25
Knives and Forks
$263-^35.00
Collar Buttons
llc-$2.10
Baby Pin Sets
$1.25
Cut Glass
$1.50-$13.50
Sterling Silver Frames
45c-$1.7i>
Christmas Cards
5c-25c
Toilet Sets
$3.00-$13.50
Fountain Pens
$1.35-$5.25
Watches
$2.35-$52.00
Beads
75c-$10.00
Pendants
75c-$13.50
Hat Fins
25c-$3.r*0
Lavailiers
75c-.? 15.50
Seal Rings
$1.50-$8.40
Tie Clasps
37c-$2.75
Chains
50c-$7.00
Scarf Pins
37c-$7.50
Fobs
2Gc-$6.00
Kodaks
$2.13-$20.00
Baby Rings
$1.25-$1.50
Thimbles
53c-$2.63
Lockets
$1.60-$8.00
Studs
25c-$1.50
We Look fcr Quality First and Then the Price.
FRANK D. CLEMENT
The Jeweler
DESIRABLE GW\f
WE ARE GOING
REGARDLESS OF PRICE, THE FOLLOWING
GOODS DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
21 COAT SUITS, RANGING IN PRICE FROM
$48 to $90.
24 LADIES’ COATS RANGING IN PRICE
FROM $30 to $67.50.
04 SERGE AND TRICOTINE DRESSES, RANG
ING IN PRICE FROM $20 TO $48.
IF IT IS A COAT, COAT SUIT OR A
DRESS, YOU CERTAINLY CAN GET ONE HERE
AT A PRICE THAT WILL ASTONISH YOU.
FIRST COST POSITIVELY WILL CUT NO
FIGURE AT ALL. JUST COME AND SEE FOR
YOURSELF.
REMEMBER, WE CARRY ONLY THE BEST
GOODS.
DUFF’S
Hendersonville,
N. C.
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