The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-05
AS to Christmas Trees

AS to Christmas Trees
A LONG with sky high price of turkey meat, the
~ dreadful word forth that the dearly be-
loved absolutely Christmas tree is not
only more expensive before, but also de-
cdedly scarcer. Grownups be anxious about the
changes for the in the climate because OF the
destruction great forests, carrying the
decidedly into Juniorland when it comes to tam
pering with supply Christmas trees and Christ
mas green's may dryer, hotter cold
of the vanishing forests Juniors take the
changes as they come without murmurng. But when
matter of the disappearance of Christmas
cry. the shoe is on the other foot most decidedly
Not only those who them during the
holiday season affected, many parts of
country, the children who help to gather the of
Christmas trees will feel Up Maine,
hundreds Of thousands of balsams gathered that
gladden. the hearts of the people, old and in the
east and especially in the great cities along the At
lantic coast, the Christmas harvest regular
family picnic. From the oldest to the youngest, they
go out into the spicy pine woods, laden with heavy
lunchbaskets, as well as with stout knives
ropes. The elders the trees older young
sters trim them and the little Youngsters roam thru
the pulling up ground pine, picking great
punches of fragrant Wintergreen and the shining red
of the wild raisin shrub, which later beautfy
houses in the shape wreaths other
decorations. Then at midday all gather about
blazing cracking lunch with appetes sharp
ened by outdoor exercise among the pines
For many years, it was considered that the demand
for Christmas trees very good thing for the
forests, well for those who gathered them in
Basams quite the most worthless tree that grows
in the north To be sure, it grows on land that
raise nothing else but it has No animal bird
bug will eat it, and started in plot it crowds
out other shrub tree It's wood is useless for
timber and nothing but apology for frewood.
cept for the few drops of gum that used in cough
medicines, it makes great spread little
And then, at last discovered their beauty
Christmas trees, and their reign began. A hearty
reign, a merry reign, and now, alas apparently
passing reign
The pine woods may go and could adapt our
selves to almost kind of climates ingenious people
could manufacture building material to take the
of wood but what, oh what, could possibly
place of our long-cherished Christmas tree?
Not all Indians regard white man as a tres
and and it is refreshing to find that
the Indian has prejudice against
providing only that she the qualities that
leader. Mrs. Harriet Converse Maxwell,
who died recently in New York, has worked many
inteligenty for the of the Senecas of New
York They adopted her member Of the tribe
and the years and her became
evident they gave her the title ''the great white
mother, Her funeral was conducted by the mourn
ing Indians, and every respects paid to her memory
that would be given to the highest chief of Indian
blood. And every white man feels that they honored
themselves in the homage they paid to the of
the woman who spent her life in their service.
Uncle Sam forget the Christmas dinner
of his boys no matter in what part OF the world they
be- They not only have the best that the market
affords wherever the great white ships stationed
they receive supplies from of holiday
danties Christmas dinner ship just sailed from
New York, laden with goodies tars and
marines now stationed on the sthmus. Panama is a
very important point just United States
the canal has been such slippery proposition for
long, that the who hold it down deserve the best
Uncle Sam can give them
The new reign of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch thru the making OF the book into play has
brought world of trouble upon Mrs. Mary Bass, OF
Louisville, KY, the original Mrs. Wisgs She is sc
bothered by the calls of curious who want to
if the original Mrs Wiggs is really like the book
Wigs that she locks her front door and refuses
to knocks. Moreover, her original phil
osophical temper been so ruined that persistent
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