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T, DECEMBER 9, 1913. TUB GASTOJfIA 43AZETTB. DO TOUR CHRISTMAS SHOP PIJKJ IN CA9TOXIA. PAGE FTFTEE. "Gastonla's Leading: Clothiers" I 1 THIS is the Season of the year when we always have the pleasure of waiting on an Army of Lady Patrons! We enjoy it, too. With there were more Holiday seasons for the Ladies can't come too often! We are aware that good old "St. Nick" finds it very hard work filling Men's Sox with ' suitable gifts gifts they'll appreciate. A MAN LIKES SOMETHING HE CAN WEAR! Get his presents where he always buys his wearables. Get them here, and then you can't go wrong. He doesen't want "bargain counter" stuff! This whole store is a veritable Chstmas Tree of gifts for men and boys' Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, Slip-ons. Beautiful Neckwear, Faultless Shirts, "Just right" Underwear, Substantial Half Hose, Fine Handkerchiefs, Good Collars and Cuffs, Handsome Umbrellas, Cuff Buttons, Silk Suspenders, Smoking Jackets, Bath Robes, Leather goods and combination sets of various kinds. When Christmas shopping come here with your troubles and you'll be surprised and gratified to see how easily and satis factorily wre can fit "Him" out. ASK FOR PONY TICKETS Swan -Slater Company THE HOME OF GOOD GLOTHES OVERCOAT RAINCOAT W&ffil hat rm n CAP CQ GLOVES 's4' TIES J HOSIERY t UNDERWEAR M UMBRELLA MUFFLER j SUSPENDERS J HOUSE COAT BATHROBE I SHIRTS I s Etc., Etc. Etc. j IS FRENCH CHUKCEIIES. Christmas Mass Always Welt At tended Services Are Unique. In Paris Christmas day is Kept as a religious festival, and many who never dream of going to thurcn on any other day In the year make it a point of attending mass on le Jour de Noel, and the blaze of the tapers fells on crowded congergatlons, men, women and children, kneeling, sit ting and standing in the wide area of the Madeleine and Norte Dame. Midnight mass is held on Christ mas eve. A waxen Image of the in fant Saviour lies upon a little hutch of real straw in a cave built of miniature stones. The jvrrgin mother kneels over the child, ana to quote a verse from one of the quaintest old carols: Bt. Joseph, too, is near to guard the child, To watch him and protect hs mother mild. Often the tree wise men are add ed, bearing offerings in their hands. Br. Hobson's Ointment Heals Itchy Eczema, The constantly itching, burning sensation and other disagreeable forms of eczema, tetter, salt rheum and skin eruptions promptly cured by Dr. Hobson's Ewma Ointment. Geo. W. Fitch of Mendota, 111., says: "I purchased a box of Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment. Have had Ecze ma ever since the civil war, have been treated by many doctors, none have given the benefit that one box of Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment has." 'We're so positive it will help you we guarantee It or. money re fuuded. At all Drujgists or by mail. 5c. rfeiffer Chemical Co. Philadelphia Bi. Louis. A dr. A Christmas Menu. Here is a suggestion of a menu for a Christmas dinner: Raw Oysters. Clear Soup Fried Smelts With Butter Sauce. Chicken Patties. Roast Turkey With Oyster Stuffing. Rice Croquettes. Sweet Potatoes. Green Corn Pudding. Cranberry Jelly. Celery Salad. Salted Almonds. Pumpkin Pie. Mince Pie. Plum Pudding. Ice Cream. Christmas Cake. (Small Fancy Cakes. Fruit. Coffffee. Stomach Troubles Disappear. Stomach, liver and kidney trou bles, weak nerves, lame back and fe male ills disappear when Electric Bitter are nsed. Thousands of wo men would not be without a bottle In their, home. Eliza Pool of Depew, Okla., write: "Electric Bitter rais ed me from a bed of sickness and suffering and has done me a world of good. . I wish every suffering woman could nse this excellent remedy and find out, as I did. Just how good it is." As It has helped thousands of others. It surely will do the same for you. Every bottle guaranteed, 50c. and IT.OO. At all Druggists. H. E. Buckle! Co. Philadelphia or 6t.- Louis. - -Adv. CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE. Little Ones Over There Use Shoes In stead of Stockings. Harper's Bazar. French children instead of hang ing up their stockings Christmas eve place their shoes before the chimney. In the morning small children will find toys for their rejoicing, but a child who has arrived at the use of reason is more likely to receive a gift of a sum of money and a book. French gift books for children, as much as any one thing I know, mark the vast difference between Ameri can and French civilization. i These books, as to contents, re semble those terribly good books that ages ago in the United States form ed the substance of Sunday school li braries. They are, if not sermons for the young, then tales of children so Impossibly virtuous as to be more insufferable than the longest, driest sermon. In appearance these boons exhibit a uniformity as tiresome as their contents. They are almost in variably bound In bright red cloth, decorated with arabesque designs In vivid gold, and in size they vary rrom that of a gottpel hymn book to some thing pretty nearly as large as the family Bible. The size of the book is regulated according to tha merit of the child receiving it and also ac cording to the heart of the donor. BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR Catarrh That Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smeil and completely de range the whole system when enter- j ing it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputa ble physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces or the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken Internally and made In Toledo. O., by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Adv. The Christ Child. An Irish legend tells that en Christmas eve the Christ Child wan ders out In the darkness and cold and the peasants still put lighted candles in their windows to guide the sacred little feet, that they may not stumble on the way to their homes. In Hungary the peopre go yet further In their tenderness for the Child. They spread feasts ana leave their doors open that he mar enter, at his will. Throughout Chrislendomthere is a belief that no evil can touch the child who is born on Christmas eve. To Care Cold in One Day Tata LAXATIVE BKOMO Quinine, it ops f Court and Hrvtecbe and works off the CoM. t Ci20Vi.'3 f :are r cu box. 23c. The House Across the Way. S. E." Riser in Chicago Record-Herald. There Is a house across the way Where last year childish shouts were heard, But all is silent there today Save for the sadly whispered word. No holly wreaths with ribbons graced In yonder window shall appear; No letters In the frost are tracea They'll have no Christmas tree this year. There used to be a sliding place There in the yard where children i played. By one who had a merry face The loudest noise was always made. But not a child is sliding now, And all Is sadly still to-day. A shadow seems to iest somehow Upon the house across the way. No child peers from the window there To see the postman come and pass. No toys are piled in corners where The doors last year were locked, alas! Within the house across the way No pleasing festive signs appear. They speak in whispers there today And have no thought of Christmas cheer. Croup and Cough Remedy. Croup Is a terrible disease, it at tacks children so suddenly they are very apt to choke unless given the proper remedy at once. There Is nothing better in the world than Dr. King's New Discovery. Lewis Cham berlain, of Manchester, Ohio, writes about his children: "Sometimes in severe attacks we were afraid they would die, but since we proved what a certain remedy Dr. King's New Discovery is. we have no fear. We rely on it for croup, coughs and colds." So can you. 50c. and $1. A bottle should be in every home. At all Druggists. H. E. Rucklen Co., Phila. St. Louis. Adv. Before and After. Boston Herald. They say it pomes but once a yea' And when it comes it brings good cheer, Put what it leaves along its trail I try to write, but always fall. Cirtt Oil Sire. OUtf Itsillts lift Cirt The wort caw, no matter of bow lon( standing, are cured br the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieres fain and lieali m: time. Sc. 60c, $L0Q. ALL HAIL THE CHILD. By David H. Greer. Christmas is the day of toe child both In sentiment and doctrine. It is the day when the child is on the throne and when he reigns supreme. Willisgly and gladly, with our gifts and presents, we pay our tribute to him. For this one day in the year at least the heart rules the hjad. and we learn therefrom the lesson which It Is the ultimate aim of all theolog ical doctrine to enforce that we must as little children to enter the kingdom of heaven. Follies. Detroit Free Press. Some mn skate where the ice is thin; Some rock the boat on summer days; Some cannot swim, but jump right in. Oh. there are many, many ways By which men quit this vale of tears And go to meet untimely doom! Unloaded guns for years ana years Have cut off men in lif'es full Mooiri. A few thaw out dynamite in oveus and are heard no more. A gas !eak with a candle light Still others seek, and life is o'er, While otheis, groping in the dark For something that will cure a cold. Drink acid, and life's gentle sparn Gks out befire it's very old. All these are tricks that folly breeds, "And reixjtltlon dulls them not; Men still nn'orm such silly deeds And quit this bright and festive 8,Ot. But there's one other bids us pause, it ends lull many a worthy's days Some men while playing Santa Claus Still kt 'heir whiskers find ablaze. Where Christmas Things Come From. Children all enjoy the ever-greens and ornaments that are seen each Christmas, but how many of them know what parts of the country are ransacked in order to furnish these things for their pleasure and delight? Practically all of the evergreens appearing in American homes for the holiday season are grown in the United States. The Christmas trees come for the most part from north ern New England, Michigan, Wiscon sin and Minnesota. There are some growing farther south, but the bulk of the trees are from the far nortn. The black Bpruce, pine and firs on the higher land. Not only are the little trees cut, but tops of larger trees and limbs if they are of the proper shape. The holly comes from the woods of New England and the Allegheny mountains. In the north it Is a shrub, but in the south the holly grows into great trees, sometimes fifty feet high. With its red berries It is a most picturesque tree. Mistletoe is a parasite that takes root In the bark of other trees, such as the maple and poplar. It Is not found in the northern states, but mostly in the middle and southern states. What are known as Christmas greens or ground pines are very like the ferns and mosses and grow in shady places on the forest floor. Christmas. Roves an Old Custom. The bestowing of Christmas boxes Is of great antiquity and was former ly the bounty of well disposed per sons who were willing to contribute something toward the Industrious. Later the gift came to be demanded as a right and became somewhat of a nuisance. In England the day after Christmas Is known as "boxing day" from the Christmas boxes which used, to be In circulation. In British museums can be seen boxes covered with green glaze, with a slit in the side for money and presents. For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds os the system. A true tonia and sore Appetiser. For adults and children. 60c "vSpug" Movement Spreading. The "spug" movement originated several years ago and has grown very rapidly recently. This nam Is de rived by using the initials of an or ganization formed in Chicago. It is the Society For the Prevention or Unnecessary Giving. Some members of this society give no presents at all, whle others confine their gifts to the immediate family. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. a sur gical dressing that relieves pain and heals at the same time. Not a liniment. 25c. 50c. $1.00. CHRISTMAS IX BETHLEHEM. No place Inal 1 the world has a greater interest in the Christmas sea son than Jiethlehem. The normal population of the town where Christ was born Is less than 5,000, but dur ing Christmas week it becomes a great cosmopolitan center of 50,000 or 60,000 souls, all eager to pay homage to the place hallowed by the Saviour's birth. In Bethlehem people are brought face to face with the wondertul scenes which are but feebly known to the rest of the world. Here they may Bee the place where the three wise men of. the east halted after their long journey. Here they wor ship the shrine inclosing the manger in which Chrslt was born. They walk along the same road followed by the Virgin Mary in tier journey to the ancient city. They see buildings and ruins which the eyes of the Infant Christ rested up on. The tiny city, crescent shaped and beautiful to look upon teems with the realities which the rest of the world celebrates. j The Little Fellers. Atlanta Constitution. I. When Ton see the snowflaUcp fly In' an' the winter's come t f';iy Watch out fer the little make the Christinas come their v. ay. II. Some o' them In lowly places, where Ihe sky Is always gray. Win a smile from their little faces make the Christmas come their w ay. Til. Beln' friends to little fellers makes ol' winter seem like May. Watch out fer 'em on the llfo rord make the Christmas come their way. CHlt I HTM AS IV HOLLAND. In Holland Santa Claus pays his annual visit to all good children twenty days before he comes to this country. Dec. 5 is the feast day of St. Nicholas, alals Santa Claus. He has nothing whatever to do with Christmas, and his visit there ts an Angloaxon anachronism. As their patron saint, children were taught to look to Nicholas for care and pro tection. In England the custom vat abolished with the worship of saint at me reformation ana re-estaousnea in the American guise of Father Christmas in the middle of the last century. y But in Holland Santa Claus con tinues to make his visits on the right day, Dec. 5. The Dutch children Oft not hang up their stockings, hat place their shoes, filled with nay or straw for the donkey on which St. Nicholas rides, in front of the fireplace. A Custom Well Forgotten. Children used to be reminded la an uncomiortaoie manner mat Dec 28 was innocents' day, for It was considered wholesome on that morn ing to give them a good cutting or other form of punishment, presum ably to remind them of the sins which were not committed by tn Innocents whom Herod ordered slain on that day. Fortunately every vestige of this fashion Is now blotted out. Helping Tilings Along. .Mrs. Crabshaw What's that you're blowing on your bugle, dear. Bobble The call to arms, ma. Sister's young man has be runder, the mistletoe. RKJX1FIOANCE OF HOLLY. Why holly at Christmas? Th pagan Romans dedicated the hoiy to Saturn, whoso festival was In December, around Christmas. The early Christians, to escape persecu tion, decked their homes with holly and other Saturnian emblems. The) Romans sent their friends holly sprigs during the Saturnalia with wishes for their health and prosperity. Top's ClirUtmas. Christmas comes but once a year, Put it's mire to come. Some are feeling pretty gay, OtherB looking glum. ' Some are blowing In the cash; Others pay by check. Some will get theln. In the sock, Oihcrs In the neck. i Ma will get a bunch of things; Hrother'll not get mucb; Sister will get pretty gifts; Top will get a touch! Yonkers Statesman. A Dainty Holiday Dish. Scoop out yolks from two hard boiled eggs, add one teaspoonful of butter, half a teaspoonful of anchovy paste, a few drops of lem on juice, half a teaspoonful of white pepper and fill the whites. Coat with liquid aspic jelly and parsley. Place on tomato slices seasoned with, olive oil and tarrangon vinegar, add ing salt. Carntsh with chopped as pic and parsley. ftaddenlna. "What makes little Tommy stf bad on this happy Christmas ffayT" asked Fosdiek. "His pnlervts are all unbreak able," replied Keedlck. Town Topie. "Jewelry The Gift Of Gifts" All Ready For Yon Christmas Shoppers And as we've said before, 'READY" with us is always spelled with a capital "R." Ready here means having a tohroughly comperhen sive display of this, that and the other thing that rightfully belongs in a Jewelry store. We never think we are ready until we have gone "all over" to get things novel, things attractive and ex clusive. This year we shopped with particular care when we bought our Xmas goods. We got all we could for our money. And we in turn shall let you people own it on the same terms. You may shop to-day if you wish with all the advant ages of stock completeness, and with none of the annoyances incident to the rush that's sure to come later. Buy your Christmas remembrances here, now, and buy in comfort. Always bearing in mind that Jewelry is the gift of gifts. Torrence-Morris Company JEWELERS Where Quality Is Always Higher Than The Price 117 MAIN - - ... GAST0NIA, N. C
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