The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-01-22
M The C0uniyy.

A thing undreamed of q few years
ago 80 far as the celebration Of Christ
mas Is concerned is the habit adopted
by "our best" people of spending the
merry Yuletide out Of town. OF course
his Is to Initiate our English cousins"
or In excusable under some pretext or
other. The habit Is nice and natural
one. however. and permits of the cele-
bration OF the joyous season in a far
more Jolly and Christmaslike manner
than when II Is spent In town.
Probably the evolution Of the Ameri-
can country club has had much to DO
with the bringing about Of this agree
able change and has led to the lavish
midwinter entertainment IN the coun-
try which has become so fashionable.
Each year lately the midwinter exo-
dus from town has been commencing
a few days earlier than before. Now
the early days of December find quite
few OF those New Workers who have
adopted the new practice on the way
to their favorite resorts - Tuxedo,
Lakewood. Long Island. up the Hud-
son. the Berkshires or wherever fancy
may take them or the hospitality Of
friends demand. Some of those who
are the happy possessors Of the most
sumptuOus town houses are the FIRST
to seek the charm Of rural life at the
winter solstice.
And what can be more In consonance
with the proper keeping Of Christmas
than the diversion Of the season to the
country from town. There Is more ex-
hilaratioI to be gained during fine
weather H. the country in winter than
can be obtained in the summer with
nil Ito awnttn sSIn a.
be a relief from the environments Of
town. the enjoyment is taken more nat
urally and the getting up Of old fash
ioned emasements for Christmas comes
with charm that can scarcely be felt
anywhere else like II IL IN the country
club or the country home.
The transference from city life, with
It's stern social demands to the free
dom permissible outside Of our domi-
Giles allows us pleasures which less con-
| yenance does not otherwise permit OF.
We are all children again and can
almost imagine the real Santa Claus
amongst us. The girls coast with the
men and help haul up the sleds or to-
boggans to the hill top. They skate
and snowshoe, II the chance occurs, and,
bless us, We have with us again the
old-time husking- bee. the quilting par
ty. and better still. the old straw ride
with its jingling bells and It's creaking
four horse sleigh.
Although few nights before we may
have been at some excessively nice af-
fair In town we can relax here. We
can chatter through q moonlight drive
and sing choruses with a liveliness that
makes us forget our stilted life else
where.
II Is the country, and we are are
country folk once ngain. There are the
cotilliOns In the big music rooms. the
storytelling evenings. while we loiter
about the huge old Fireplace, every face
tinged with the i"y touch Of King
Bc:.cas after our days outing-the
laughter. the fun. the merriment that
goes with Christmastide. One scarcely
appreciates how undis nifed they can
get under such circumstances. I have
even known II to occur that fair d.
vorcee kissed her first husband under
the mistletoe. and I once remember a
distinguished diplomat from Washing
ton demarking: II did not theenk II
could be SO foonie; thees In real
Chreestmas we are having here"
This year promises to be particular.
iy favorable one for the country club
and the gaieties NJ some Of our leading
resorts are expected to be on an unpre
! cedentcd scale. At one place I know