The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-25

The ruthless scythc - she scientific mis-.
torian end ureomproulHinE uloraust ha,
eot down 81 the rast two decadss many
o. tho charming nstle nctious that uer,
ne inspiration % our youth Praise b.
it mas icft us Christmas.
william Tell ord his son ans me appl,
and the Austrian tyrart have been showr
20 be bur the nrmenss of some ones TOD
fertile brain. and cur souls are no tou-c.
'hrIled hy the Aip.ne chiefs explanation
% shy be retained on arrow IN hts quivcr
There are srcsrs az the truth o. the stor,
q rho valiant capt John smith and ths
dusky pocahontaa and the moral taie Of
me Father o. Ills Couutry and hts fatn-
srs cherry tree has been raised Co ths
cmlnerce q father % the rreat Ameri.
can falsehood Thc achoomast,r o. che
present e. quoted a. saying that What a
child needs 10 TRUTH. ard that the child
viii ret o.. even &c 90 has 20 b. crammed
down bis throdt
Recently society Of Boston women
srappled with the problem % santa
Claus some % them were mighuly
the children something that was rot en-
t.rev horre oat by the facts. and they
seriously questooed if thsy were no I'M
dermininr the caiiiran's ultimate belief
90 ,he great truths Of ne when they on
tered upon elaborate explanations of how
tre too oorpulsnt saint 81 eho'as managed
Co go douu TOO narrow chimneys AZ
iast accounts they had ltft the problem
stll uuso'vel
Tho -cod ladies anxiety ~ no, warrant
"a by the real evils % the situation. The
truth o. the matter SIS that truth I'M
adorned is not always desirable nor r.
% always moral Certainly o g. part
% the duty % "morisls here below" 90
make other marials feel easy. comfortable
and harry. and about az good way az
can b. found 20 fall IN this duty Is 10 be
oyer-zeaions go telling the truth. when 20
ten Dc wouh produce NJ good result. Az
though there ere dlcta 20 the contrary %
is more often thc man who &C. soured and
disappointed with the world angry wiih
bis friend and disEruntled with himself
that commits a crime or wailows In the
miro. than he who harbors good con-
CIT 81 himself and is az pcaee.
To reverse the old saying "Chuiren are
but men Of a smaller growth" A. long
as a child Is happy. although he may
break into occasional outburais OF mis-
chief BE- is more than likely % be- reason
ably good. IL ~ when his idols and HE
Ideals are shattered aud his little heart
is clouded with the shadow OF discomfort
that ho gets into unnecessary fights with
tho son and heir % tho adjoining man
sion. 's.cs' the dog on the cat. and makes
onsiaughts on the family store Of sweets
Let him retain his belief in Santa Ciaus
and an the other sweet Old myths chat
have giaddcned the heart Of childhood
through tho centuries. Disilusiou (worse
luckD will come soon enough. bat when
u comes q will sweep wider field than
these myths cover. The dcstric ion Of
tao or shree Illusions more or less. thn-
not DO any great amount of harm.
once IN wear. on this day when
Christ our Lord. was born. We live IN
The land 81 ideals The sordid things OF
earth are hanlshed from our sight. the
| love Of our fellow man S. exalted IN their
stead. For a lime We approach the stan
dard chat ia our better moments We set
zap for our guidance. and we catch "a pas
sing Insight into the beauties OF the
city Of Eternal Peace. Surely every
legend that helps 10 hallow a day like
this is worthy ~ our forbsarance. n not
OF our reverence. surely every custom
that makes bright the lives OF little chill
dren is approved on high. Long live the
good Saint Nicholas