PAGE EIGHT Y iiietide S h o w e r By Elizabeth Eastman 1 WISH we could do something * exciting ? something different at Christmas." Peggy looked out at \ the winter landscape as she spoke. "For instance?" Vivian Clark glanced up Irotr. the magazine. "Something like making someone terribly, tremendously happy." Peg gy came closer to her sister as she answered, and Vivian saw that she Ad.s very much in earnest. "I've been thinking," Peggy went on, "how wonderfui it would be to bring something thrilling ? something unforgettable?into someone's 3ifc. I don't mean like helping wjth the baskets and the entertainments at the church; we've always done that; but a sort of special something. for one particular person " t or a minute youtniui voices surrendered to silence. The gay little clock on the dresser made audible .sound. Suddenly Peggy jumped to 4ier feet. "I've thought vf something!" she cr.-ed breathlessly, ''something really different! You know Sara Werpy?she's been an invalid for 10 years?shut in from the world except tor a few friends who run in every now and then." 'But what can we do fur her? We do visit her occasionally, and have always taken t. r a little Christmas gift. You know she's much too proud to accept charity "Who's talking of charity' What I have in mind is something that will just thrill her. I'm going to write to Mona Muir?ycu know, she runs that department on the Star-anti I'm going to I ell her how wonderful Sara has been, and ask a card shower for hot." Vivian whistled through her teeth. "Well, that is a grand idea. Peggy. I know she'll bt thrilled." "She's bound to be' Think of the postman slopping with loads and loads of mail every day." Peggy's -"blue eyes were dancing "But suppose people don't write? You know how busy everyone is ot Christmas " Vivian's face reflected the doubt :n her words. they write,'* Peggy's' voice waii emphatic. "Pin going to Jiola the thought that Sara Werby *'.li be just swamped with moil." rr^nnnTtino ? s ??? '- ? I ww uiuuti u!tj (jctiticu viicr ;vtl* ter tc Mono Muir on the big city .paper. Later, between snatches oi chopping, they discussed the possible number of cards and letters that would be delivered at the little cottage on Bank street. They both seemed to be more concerned "I've thought of something!" she cried breathlessly. with what Sara Wer'oy was going to receive than about what they them- ! selves were going to get. "It's funny how doing something ; for others gets a hold of you," Viv- i ian said one day; "I wasn't nearly as enthusiastic as you at first. Peggy, now I believe I'm even more j eager." But their real hnppiness came on Christmas eve when they stood by j Sara Werby's bed and saw the radiance upon her face. Stacks of letters, cards, and packages were piled everywhere, with postmarks from almost every state in the Union. "It's the most thrilline thine that ever happened in my life." Sara j told them. "I never knew there I were so many wonderful people in ' the world. It will take me weeks I tnd weeks to answer them all. but' It's going to be loads of fun." Her ! brown eyes sparkled like a girl's. "I imagine some of them will develop into lasting friends," Peggy ventured. "Vivian and I are so happy about it all?in fact, I think we're just about as excited as you tre." "You're pretty happy then," Sara Werby whispered softly, "for I don't believe there is anyone?anywhere ?who is going to have a more thrilltag Christmas than mine." Outdoor Christmas Trees Outdoor Christmas trees ore not new. When in Alsace the folk there will tell you of St. Florentine, who centuries ago went out into the woods at Christmas time and placed lights, probably candles, on the bees A Straw for Remembrance Reminding gay celebrants of the poverty of the Christ Child, Christmas feasts in Poland always have a piece of straw sticking out from under the dining table cloth. Jk WAT* Santa Claus Gets Around ^ Busy Kris Kriti^le doesn't fight modern inventions?he uses them! I Down Florida way where the Jkxe chambers of commerce require fxTn that everything he different. Santa j X~ goes to work on art aquaplane. I Dormer and lilDzen can" l fly through the air like a plane, so ?uSi old Sf. Mck trips a note wrinkle. i //* * > he pops up in a rathoad^ ehphie j X* Then, again, ha abandons his soy j V/Q it an and travels in an autnmobih*? I " "" ^ Hut in the end lie goes bach to reindeers. Can't get along with- WS out 'emll 3 Christmas Islands. **]: Harbor, Cove, Sound, Are Found in Atlas j C Not one. but three Christmas is- j *\T lands will celebrate the Yuletide this j year, all of them under the British i fi* flag. The first is located in mid- | Xs Pacific and is really a submerged ' jf? mountain 15,000 feet high with only I ffn its top above water. The second, : **L in the Indian ocean, is forest-cov- ' JCS ered and had a population of 40 when the last census was taken in j Xt 1898. The last Christmas islands is >{8 near Cape Breton in the maritime fr?J provinces of Canada. JP France has a Christmas harbor on ffn Desolation or Kerguelen island M about 2,000 miles southwest of Aus iranu. ine unuea cuaies nas a : fff Christmas cove near Boothbay har- i r< bor, Maine, which is a summer re- fyS sort. 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