• 'mi.'i l ’S 1 . ‘"'f ■i . - y AAA. ; ijr XfWNi l» Vfti Dy* . Ctrl Engltr, our thW vte* c«A madder. w»* MUiit tot fear. ftt glanced *t dhc «omto*ndtr, iheh left th« mm. Out in the hall w* totlM hw • M’se 1 nUffW’ vplc* «ayit>| aorocthini about “mama and d*ddy.” Soon tngler returned, looking piiitifd, *" ■ \ ••hOlftfr Commander," )» Mid, a,, boy -sut*#). wba taya he'd like to apfe* to the port. S*y» hi* name in' Djvld Cery and thal what he has to eay la mighty im portant.’’ Harry Brooke, oar commander, a balding veteran of both world ww «r«to ' -'•VL'v . ‘•Comradea." eaya to. “t*o tot lde§ toll ltd U tod' ijfc of Wllaon a tofews ' toe to what hie hoy < you^,^^‘' rejtor to* * one elhew aadtofe* yftaa*. /-;• When that boy itfe* Xtojiftr ke&ea im men .and apoko Ha ploctv.; k' • token fte led kid Jett ptoerty gSf&&sE£ turned to "Comrade Butler," be a aid, 'l iitoSyP V" Wut .tom j . —A’AJ- tohi Ky VES, YIRBINIA jSHHMHMHB “Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! “Yes, indeed! “You might get your papa to hire men to “Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They WB * n *^ e «kimney9 011 Christmas Eve to have been affected by the skepticism of a sken- V / li[|B| —they think that nothing can he which is not com- I %st¥&wn m 'mmmm prebensible by Ibeir little minds. \ l catch Santa Claus, but even if they did n o t see I u A Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that „ ||4 ; „ a t h e r e is no Santa v A Claus—the most real I things in the world jW , are those neither a- ' . pjgSPgAW children nor men 9'*' can see. z::: •v V : can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are man is a mere H . '•’’ jmß dfl unseen and unseeable in the world. in Idbn inftcilleet in* 'with e ■ I H measured by the intelli- makftg the a veil covering Cbiu. *nd view and plclil-ethe nipenulbeauty “He exists as certainly as love and generosity beyond. exist, and yoa know that they aboard & HIBHMH and give to your life its high- ■ I>f est beauty and joy. Alas! I H I " BhJ how dreary would be the I I • **'**' * IHLgfl world If there were no Santa |ah, Virginia, in all this world .;. wot why sho wtoto hot fottor to tho Now York Sun. a «bl« iWi otowto V. *«M i»™ »® enjojmiß.l, rite. »»«« W fmei •■ Ctart. «■■* « No s,„u Cbiul Thank Cod!-b. live., anil Th. nmaJ Uri.l with «+* “ • *■*—* -"*« «"> **«-»>»«" ■» “*■■:: . ...,; , .. , Hlal he H«a Hwni-i tbrnnand year, worn ",, it eUldknof fllb ihe world wouhl be extto- glnla, bmj, ten dwneand year, from n.- ,V-