Middletown transcript., 1894-12-22

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41KT4F children: ill,
f,[yDE The wise par
mH< ents, knowing
how quickly the time OF beautiful
child faith must pass, cherish all the
sweet baby beliefs as long as they
can. They tell wonderful tales of
Santa Claus, or Kris Kringle, or st.
Nicholas-the bene ficent Christmas
saint is the same under any alias
they repeat and teach the blessed
ballad of the "Night Before Crist-
mas" they raise to the dignity
of state ceremony the business OF
hanging up stockings, and in general
way make the most of the sweet,
merry mystery surrounding the great
holiday.
There are some people who depre-
cate the teaching concerning dear old
Santa Claus and say that when the
child learns that the saint is myth
he loses portion of his faith in his
parents truthfulness and in their in
structious concerning other and
more sacred mysteries. The objec-
tions seems of little force. If the
| story of the Christmas saint is told,
| as are the tales of the fairies. gnomes
and other spirits, the child's serious
| faith is seldom shaken by the grad
ual awakening to the perception that
the beloved Santa Claus is only
another myth, asparable, like that of
Jack Frost, who paints the colored
leaves of autumn with touch of his
chilly finger and locks the lakes and
streams bya blast of icy breath.
Children never forget the happy
Christmas days of their childhood the
presents, the tree, the dinner and the
family circle aroun d the fire side,
where the christmas legends and
stories are told. 1t is fitting the
BIRTH day of the Christ child should
be devoted especially to the children.
Mrs. Levi P. Nor ton is rich wo-
man in her own right, having
inherited a fortune from her
father. She was Miss Street, and
her girlhood was passed amid all the
luxury that money could procure. She
is fine musician and a most accomp-
lished linguist. More than that, she
is an agreeable and beautiful woman,
with charming manners. Her flock
Of young daughters are equally as
interesting and give promise'of being
ornaments to society when they are
drought out"
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One of the brightest women in
Washington is the wife of I. s. Bart
lett, who is Representatives Coffen's
private secretary and well known
politician of Wyoming. Mrs. Bart
lett enjoys the distinction of being
the only woman in the United States
to be voted for in Legislature for
United States Senator. She wss given
the House clerkship of the Wyoming
Legislature and when that body en-
gagged in deadlock over the Senator
ship about year ago the five Popu-
list members cast their votes for Mrs.
Bartlett, amid great applause from
the galleries.
The marriage Of Ethel, eldest daugh-
ter of ex-senator ingalls,, of Kansas,
to DIR. Edward G. Blair, of Kansas
City, robs her father of helper who
has long been his most valuable advi-
ser and assistant. Miss ingalls, was for
years not merely her fathers conf
dental secretary, but his co-worker,
counselor and constant literary help
mate. She collected data from which
he prepared his addresses and essays;
she edited his speeches, directed his
literary work and, was to all intents
and purposes an active working part
ner, on equal terms, in all his intel
lectual enterprises. To a gentleman
who called upon Mr.. Ingalls, while the
latter was in the Senate and offered
him an Extraordinary price for sin
gle lecture, the Senator replied: 81
don't know whether l can accept or
not until 1 consult my daughter. 1t
will all depend upon what she says
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Mary Anderson-Navarro confided
to an interviewer recently that she
has snever sighed in her retirement to
revisit the scenes of her former
triumphs. On the contrary, she seizes
every opportunity to advise girls not
to go on the stage, and thinks that
she has dissuaded twenty, and per-
haps thirty, from such course. For
seven years she loved her work on the
stage. Then the excitement and
publicity became distasteful to her,
khau1E ,iEear Of her lie behind
= almost unbearable.