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i!G OUT,. YE MERRY BELLS!
"And. oanta, tie oure and
Don't Forget "
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"A Garden of Flowers" an Ideal
se) eipe this for a faney Chrlstniiis
dress parly. When the invitations are
sent out eaeh m-st should he reijuest
ed to emtio t,, "the Garden of Flow
ers' dressed to represent u flower,
What-ver (hover is eliosen should he
Intimated to the hostess when accept
ing the invitation. For the supper
table deonratlon for this party, in the
center stand a lartre doll dressed us a
rose the queen of flowers. In her
hands should be fastened as many gar
lands of hahy ribbon, or strings of
sinai! blossoms as there are guests.
Attach little gifts at the other ends of
the garlands appropriate to the cos
tumes of the guests that are to re
ceive them, such as brooches and
scarfplns with Mowers la enamel,
baskets of sweets trimmed with flow
ers, or pretty cut glass bottles of per
fume, decorated with blossoms. The
ribbons or garlands should be ar
ranged that each small guest finds a
ciirrespomiinir irift ; thus, Violet's pres
ent Is adorned with the flowers she
represents, etc. Tl.e menus should be
In the form of flowers or petals and
the lamp or candle shades of rose col
ored silk.
SILENT CHRISTMAS
The first "still Christmas" In' Eng
land occurred In loLT,. Henry VIII was
king. In December the king fell siik,
mid the nation was tilled with anxiety.
It was decided that the Christmas
should be a silent one. There were
no bells, carols, or merry making. Si
lent Chrlstmases were proclaimed In
the protectorate of Cromwell. The fes
tival was altogether abolished, and the
display of the emblems of the natlvltv
was held to be seditious. The cluinge
,.vsf tM. i t,, ' . ge
was
. ..,.. ,c i-.wuw.ui. mere i
was silence In the Strand ; the church
bells were still.
SIDESTEPPING.
"Father," said the small boy,
do
you believe In Santa Clans?"
. "My son, tbe holiday shopping sea
son has complications enough without
starting a cross-examination."
Out of th Hurly-Burly.
jane I never had such a miserable
Christmas month In all my life.
Martha What's the matter"?
Jane Why, I got a silly fit end aid
til my Christmas shopping two months
go. Detroit rFee Press.
11 ' r m TTT1 - - 'i-
mmrxows rule
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Life
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t , i j
Xmas Posy Party (S i'T'YiC I Origin of Yuletide I I
l 1 hA iJm 1V1Y I i
is banished
oreVermore it
de World is
gjfW ofllKristmas J
i m i i . ' I i K : i it
Christmas Song
In every ln!e that gains the lijiht
Throtiirh rack of human pain.
In cadi licw-lireathin;: .-oul tonight
The Christ-child lives asptin.
In every drop of aniisli, pressed
From pallid woman's brow.
In every virgin mother-breast
His Mother whispers now.
And wise men through the dark
ness hie,
Lo! In the East a Star!
0 little Christ who is to die
Was your soul's journey far?
Strange meteor wounds of death
and birth
Lighting an endless sea;
A little child has come to earth
And He must die for m!
-IV Mary M.-..oii Fcnollosa, in
the Craftsman.
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
Happy, happy Christmas that can
win us back to the delusions of our
childish days; that can recall to the
old man the pleasures of his vonth ;
Pleasures or nis youth;
nn(1 transport the sailor and the trav-
M,..on,io ...n v . .
. .. . wi mi., -a tinny, linen 10
his own fireside and his quiet home.
Charles Dickens. '
BUT ONCE A YEAR.
"Merry, merry Chrlstmaa;
Let the Joy-belle ring;
Glad hearts are rejoicing
At the angels Bind.
Let our heart! be brightened,
Give to all of cheer,
For the gladsome Yuletide
Comes but once a year!"
A CHRISTMAS CALENDAR.
Make blue prints from your favor
ite kodak negatives. These made in
to pretty calendars, make an accept
able Christmas present
il
seems
bri9Kter
Yule was the name of the ancient
Scandinavian festival held at the time
i of the winter solstice. The word is of !
uncertain origin, says The Housekeep
er, but It probably is taken directly
from the Icelandic word "Jul," mean
ing a feast. It is curious to note how
many nations ol old marked the "turn
of the year" that is, the December
solstice by festivals. The Egyptians,
the Hindus, the l'ersians, the Greeks
and the Unmans all bad feasts at this
season, but especially the Northern
nations the Teutons, the Scandinav
ians, the early natives of Britain re
joiced at the event of the sun's turn on
its coruse. The festival was kept with
much eating and drinking and noisy
jollity. One of the ceremonies was the
placing of an enormous log of wood
often so large that it required the
strength of several men to bring It In
upon the hearth fire In the huge fire
place. The burning of the Yule log
was thought to Insure good fortune to
the family, especially when charred
pieces of the log burned the year be
fore and kept over for that purpose
were used to llgjit It
CHRISTMAS IN OTHER LANDS.
The Mexican Christinas Is a strange
ly mixed week of sports, revels and re
ligious observances. The "Passiou
I'lay" never fails to attract reat
crowds, nor do the bull tights. In the
Philippines grand masses are held In
the churches in the morning. Great
chains of flowers are carried to the
churches by the children, who parade
through the streets singing Christmas
songs, bands preceding them. In the
afternoon there Is dancing and merry
making. In Sptjin the religious note
Is predominant at Christmas and there
are curious performances of mystery
plays.
CHRISTMAS IN HOLLAND.
A quaint ceremonial Is observed In
Holland on Christmas eve. At mid
night the men of the towns and vil
lages, dressed In varied costumes,
meet In the public squares. One Is
selected and Into his charge Is given
large Illuminated star mounted upon
pole, and with this star Is a guide
as the Wise Men were guided to
Bethlehem a procession winds
through the streets, the men chanting
the "Gloria In Excelsls." After the
Carade great supper li served.
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lit:!.- f:ivf,-.-..tl!:if nil.
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nroiitnl. il.nlilv v.. lit
il.nlilv v.. nt mi, "I ju- il 'ii't
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jl:i!s; . t it-J I inn! tho Mimv iuii!
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SMrUini; S.-.nln's
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of the-
t-t iihont tln umiiiI (.vinlnKS
ar l.i'ii I iiiri(' of alii-
mals -triii- stovk's th. y nro iin.l fairy
laics, ton; tali-s nf tlm l'airyhinil jn-o-
"lint now I llko to tlilnk iilioiit ilif
ri-al anil inio ClirisitiiMs things, the
cn-at J.is that i- liav,- em h year, at
this titun of i'ii., mh-Ii mill toys iitul
rt-al iilrasuri's.
"Ami real stixkii.u's mul rral trees
Hinl real presetns," Ii,. mliK-il with a
1ruj.'U.
"AihI I must ti ll you, as we're talk
ilii.. of letters to Santa, of some of liis
plans for Christmas.
"lie Is coins to s:art out In plenty
of time to ie tho presents to ea-'h
ehiiil. lie won't pive them himself anil
he will awny hefure he Is seen, but
lie will leave them In the stoekins
"Get the Trees."
which he'll till and sometimes on trees
or on little tables or wherever he
sees the children have a place waiting
for their presents.
"Sometimes he brings tho trees
with blni, but usually he lets the chil
dren or their families get the trees
and then he adds presents.
"He Is planning to start out in plen
ty of time and the reindeer are going
to be all ready.
" 'lict up,' and they are off as soon
as Santa Clans Is In his sleigh.
"And the sleigh has many bells and
they will Jingle In the cold night, and
where there Is no snow the reindeer
have fixed th
sleigh so they call pull
It over the roofs and the towns and
the villages and anywhere at all.
"The Jingling bells will sound all
over on Christmas eve. Most of us
will be sound asleep and we will not
hear them, but somehow when we
wake up on Christmas morning we will
feel quite sure that we have heard
some lovely sounds in the night. We
will remember some sounds which
made our sleep very pleasant and very
lovely as though we had heard beau
tiful music and we will have heard
the bells jingling on the sleigh of
Santa Claus.
"Then the reindeer wear harnesses
with Christmas bells on them, aud
they shake with excitement and the
bells jingle all the time.
"Yes, the true news is that Santa
Claus Is going to start off at the same
time as usual this year and that he Is
going to all the homes he visited last
year and some more beside, aud that
no one Is going to be forgotten, no one
at all.
"Those are Santa CIhiis' plans, and
when be is all through he plans, us
he always does, to go back to his home
and there to tnke out his magic tele
scope and look right through It Into
the windows of the homes where there
are children, and he will see their
smiles.
"And all of your smiles, ynu know,
are the thanks that Santa Claus re
ceives." Begin at Bottom.
"Always remember," said Tommy's
father, "that whatever you attempt,
there Is only one way to learn, and
that Is by beginning at the very bot
tom. There are no esceptlons to this
rule."
"None at all?" queried Tommy.
"None," said father decisively.
"Then," asked Tommy, "how about
swimming?"
Reasonable Requet
Boy Scout (on night guatd) Halt!
Who comes here?
"Officer of the day."
"Advance, officer of the day, and ex
plain what you are doing out at
night." American Boy.
Not Very Good Baby.
"This Isn't a very geod picture of
your little baby brother, Is It?" aald
the visitor.
"No, ma'am," replied little flve-year-old
Alice. "But then, he ain't a verv
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n in it i.t... ' .. .. ... I . ...in ' '. v ..v . 'in I hi
) tood baby.". L
ati.l brihti-n tlie
r nini. with his
iitul frit'inlship aii.l.
h lull In ea- h
is... .
nml.-i-s tl.at hanu In the
corn with a pay
thi cottam-r's
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are y, .v...!.
Iilnk of the nreiel'i.! ones, Puvoriy's
str:. ken . his.
Mren are askinsf for
hi,-.,, I
y nu-rry rlni; till your.
- swells - (
the uiBioTtaln. nuj far an the
Oi.t
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:in
till Ihns,' (.u-ifli-fis ones rateh
up
our n-.t-rry ti nes.
'wRlnc, "i'on;o, I'hnstmas, nciin nnj
au'ain."
- Frank Leslie's l'opiilar Monthly.
First Xmas Carol
Found in the
Roman Mass
C
AKnl.S were originally ac
companied with u dance, and
'his enrol dancing is part of
the rhythmic movement of
the Olieriiiiiincrcau play, us
well as of the dances of the
Shakers of Lebanon in New
York state.
iCi v vO
V
I he first Christmas carol
n history Is the "Gloria in Kxcelsis"
found in the Koiniin mass, and in the
Episcopal Book of Common Truyer. It
is ascribed to Telesphorus, bishop of
lionie, about the year A. n. l.'!!, and
is common In both the eastern and
western churches.
An old English carol begins with t lie
notable words :
Behold a simple, tender babe
In fre.-zinp' winter nlk'ht,
In homely manner trembling lies.
Alas, u piteous si;ht.
The "higher critics" have wondered
how the shepherds could wntch their
thicks by night, even In winter in
.Imlea, but this presented no dillieu'tv
to Hubert Southwell, the author of this
piaint carol, who us a Jesuit was Im
prisoned in the Tower of London, and,
after enduring the tortures of the rack,
was executed in l.VM.
A popular carol among the Germans
Is one written by Martin Luther for
bis little son Hans. It begins:
From the highest heaven I come to tell
The gladdest : fun which o'er befell.
A very sad story is told in connec
,'ioti wlih this carol. In order to give
it realistic effect 111 a certain Luther
an church it used to he sung by a boy
let down from the roof of the church
dressed ns an angel. But one day the
rope broke, aud the boy was killed.
This put an end to a very beautiful but
dangerous Christmas custom.
At a time when the llturglc.il and
biblical plays were popular the
Christmas carol was an important
feature. In Italy in the time of St.
Francis of Assist, In order to Instruct
the people, the villagers came to the
church carrying lighted torches, and
there they saw the scene of the man
ger filled with bay, aud the ox and ass
standing in their places near the
Virgin and Child. Then It was that
St. Francis nnd his friars stood by the
inanL-er all night long, giving God
thanks that by this means the heurts
of the people bad been touched.
"Bare old Ben Jonson," In the days
of the "Good Queen Bess," wrote a
carol which begins "I sing the Birth
was bom tonight." And about that time
appeared a very popular carol which
Is sung In "Merrle England" even to
the present day, the first line of which
is "God rest you. merrle gentlemen."
Some old Christmas carols have come
down to us In half Latin and half
English. Among them Is a carol which
appears In the collection for Grace
church, New York city:
When Christ was born of pure Marie
In ltethlehem. that fair cltle.
Angels sang with mirth and glee
In Kxeelsis Gloria.
In this "Grace collection" there Is a
rare! rummem-linr "over the world on
Christmas morn," by Dr. Mackay
Smith.
The uncouth carol of the sixteenth
century has given place to the popu
lar Christmas hymn of Inter days.
Wherever the English language Is
spoken Charles Wesley's hymn, "Hark,
the Herald Angels Sing" finds a place
In the sanctuary. It Is also translated
into the languages of India, China and
Japan. Its author was the brother of
the founder of Methodism. He was a
true port nnd a perfect hymn writer.
His masterpiece is the beautiful hymn
"Jesus, Lover of My Soul," which was
sung by the Princess Alice at the
deathbed of the prince consort of
England, the lamented husband of
Queen Victoria.
"Come all ye faithful" Is the
BULL FIGHTS XMAS FEATURE.
When the people of Peru celebrate
Christmas, Ice-stalls, provided with
chairs and benches, are crowded with
perspiring pleasure-seekers who find
Ice decldely necessary on sultry Christ
mas. There are other peculiar features
connected with a Christmas In Peru.
No doors are closed. There Is music
and dancing In almost every house and
everyoDe Is welcome. Strangers can
inter anywhere and will be given a
hearty welcome, especially If they are
y4wY 1 tti-' ' M J -:
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"A'leste Fideles" of the Latin, and
entile originally from the pen of.
Aiireliils Clemens I'rudeiitius, a native
of Spain, who flourished about the
latter half of the fourth century.
There Is another hymn by the same
Latin author which begins with "Of
the Father's love begotten."
We have two well horn Christmas
enrols by American writers. "O Little
Town of Bethlehem" was written by
the popular Boston divine, Phillips
Brooks. "Shout the Glad Tidings, Ex
ulting Sing" was composed by Dr.
Muhlenburg, the founder of the Church
of the Holy Communion, St. Luke's
hospital, and other charities iu New
York city.
"Angels from the Realms of Glory"
is by the great hymn writer .lames
Montgomery, who for thirty years
edited a Sheffield newspaper In Eng
land. He Is often confounded with
Hubert Montgomery, who was ridi
culed and denounced by Macaulay.
"Sing a Song This Blessed Morn"
was written by Bishop Christopher
Wordsworth, nephew of the great
English poet nnd father of the present
Bishop of Salisbury. Dr. Wordsworth
was Master of Harrow, Canon of
Westminster, and Bishop of Lincoln.
"While Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks by Night" Is by Nalmm Tate,
poet laureate, associated with the
Tate and Brady version of the Psalms.
He died when in prison for debt.
The popular hymn "Christians
Awake, Salute the Happy Morn," was
written by John Byron, a Lancashire
man, w ho was esteemed a good scholar
nnd poet in his day. He was born In
Manchester In BV.il.
The two eminent sweet singers of
the church, John Keble and Reginald
Heber. bishop of Calcutta, have writ
ten Christmas hymns, but they lack
those elements of popular song which
constitute the Christmas carol. Keble
sweetly sings :
I.Ike circles widening 'round
I'pon a clear blue river.
Orb after orb the wondrous sound
la echoed on forever,
Glory to God on high, on earth be
peace.
The lines of the gentle Heber have
their lesson In these days of commer
cial unrest :
If gayly clothed and proudly fed,
In dangerous wealth we dwell;
Remind us of thy manger bed
And lowly cottage cell.
LET THE CHILDREN HELP
ClirlRtmas day is a day for the
children especially. They will have
more pleasure In this l.olldny If they
are allowed to prepare for It. In town
where the children have kindergartens
the little ones are tilled with the hol
iday spirit by the work they are given
to do and the plays they share. The
teacher has tl.vni making chnlns of
colored paper, strings of fed cranber
ries, curtains of red and yellow grains
of corn. They cut out snow scenes,
showing Santa Claus and Ills rein
deers. They play Christmas games
and sing Christmas songs. They doub
ly enjoy this sacred holiday for they
have helped to prepare for it. The
shops supply kindergarten materials
for home work. Even tie ten-cent
stores have sewing cards with wools,
beads, games and colored crayons with
which the children can do their share.
, When the Oxen Kneel.
Oxen kneel in the stalls at midnight
ou Christmas, says English tradition.
They kneel as If In adoration of the
Nativity.
foreigners. At midnight the people go
to church and the bouses and streets
are nearly deserted.
Christmas Decorations.
In America our chief mld-wlnter dec
orations are little fir and cedar sap
lings from six to ten feet high, chil
dren's trees essentially, to be made
resplendent with colored candles and
shining trinkets, with sol I dor gifts In
soberer packages between ; branches,
wreaths, stars, or even tiny sprigs of
holly; sprays of mlstletote, and some-,
i . s
vys "-'v."- s jt v ,
ii
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CHRISTMAS BELLS
The great yule Iocs are blazing high.
The halls with holly green are drest.
And blubs. me maids and merry lada
Are gayly clad In all their best.
And have ye seen the fairest maid
That ere hath dwelt 'tween sea and
se i?
And for my love nnd for my faith,
Think ye she'll bring a gift to ma?
O, rtig, ye Joy-hells, gayly ring!
O, merry minstrels, harp and sing!
Kill every heart with Christmas cheer.
For Christmas comes but once a year.
The yule Are blazes warm and high,
On onkened rafter, blackened wall;
It shines upon the fairest mnld,
As down she dances thro' the had. ;
I Ihng my weary harp aside. j
(And will she stoop to such as I?)
I haste to tne.-t her underneath i
The mystic branches hanging high.
O, ring, ye joy-bells, gayly ring!
t), merry minstrels, harp and sing!
O, till my heart with Christmas cheer.
For Christmas cornea but once a year.
Who hnth so rare or fair a gift
As this my love hath brought to met
For I was but a minstrel lad.
A dainty, high-born mnld was she.
Vet with her lips her heart she gave,
Her heart, all pure as Christmas snow.
And for her love und for her faith.
Fourth unto Joust nnd war I'll go.
-, ring, yo Joy-bells, gayly ring!
O, heart of mine, rejoice and sing,
For Christmas love and Christmas cheer
Shall bless our lives the whole round
year.
Annie Tiulse rtrackenrldge.
REMEMBER THE LITTLE BIRDS.
When we are all rejoicing and happy
In our homes, do we ever think of the
little birds or give them a Christmas,
too? What would springtime be with
out them? And yet when do we pay
bnck their kindness? When wintry
winds blow, nnd food is hard to find
then Is the time we should remember
them. Take little pieces of suet and
trim some trees for them. If you have
no trees In the vicinity of your home,
then bundle up In a nice warm coat
and go where you can find some.
He Just Can't Wait
to See Santa Claus
times a whole mistletoe plant. But
the tiniest sprig of mlstletote Is as ef
fective as the larger bunch, If prop
erly placed. In contributing to the
mirth of a Christmas evening, provid
ed a proper number of maids and men
be present
Johnny Knew.
Teacher Johnny, what man haa
done more for this country than any
other man?
Johnny Santa Clana. Houston
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