The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-23
THE TREE BEAUTIFUL
NJ CYNTHIA GREY.

Strings Of white pop corn. balls OF
Hnauy pop coFp aud gleamlnE can
dIea give n HIGHT Ttuy. uukliuk
/ bells dangling from the twiKa. hita
Of tinasl caught here and there aud
golden stars. give q cher Bulky
packages A. the foot nd@haEen
rolls ia the nutehsa between the
limbs and trunk. bright eolorsd gifts
T Nth names hidden. give IL ths
charm Of mystery Who has not
I felt this mystery Who has not
/ loved it, Who would furKrt st.
I set the tree In place the day bs=
/ fore u IL 90 be used 4 ChftEtfnAs
tree cannot be decorated Rt the last
moment and - n success Make TIE
pop corn balls the day before. Let
tho Children atrinR tho corn the day
before Tho little people Ct the
most fuu from the tree thai thsy
help decorate They can hang the
balls 10 the tree They can put on
the tinael and can tic on the bells
What difference does ~ make n the
bits % tinHel are not on straight
and are not 50 artistic as mother
could have made them7 Christmas
Is tho children day. and they set
about a. much pleasure out o.
dressing the tree as their elders DO.
and the elders often thouEhtleaaly
rob them ~ this pleasure We have
all been guilty ~ "a utting ourselves
Iup with the tree while tho young
steers hung around outside 20 eager
/ 20 sec that they have resoried 10
/ unsatisfactory Ellmpsca through the
/ keyholc
] Sometimes a we'll shaped pine tree
/ limb can be substituted for "A tree
/ II can be set up on a heavy base
+ or Il can be supported across the
/ corner Of the room. When fastened
across a corner. where there IL a
/ window seat the seat gives an OPP
portunltY Tor stacking up heavy
F. packages
The Christmas tree may be a
number ~ small limbs built up In
+. the center Of the library table
Small giftH can be hung 70 the
/ branches the heavy ones set upon
/ the table or about the base. Tue
same arrangement can be used on
/ the dining room table. aud the gifta
distributed Immediately after din
/ ner
+ one family played Santa Claus
with number OF branches Of ever
/ green In the center Of tho dining
room table. and 10 each branch at
/ tashcd walnuts. from which the
/ meats had been removed. and in
/ which had been placed n little rolled
/ note The name Of him for whom
i the note was intended was written In
j ink on the outside Of tho shell The
note said. look behind the kitchen
I door = When the person named
/ looked behind the kitchen door he
found another note saying. Look
I IN the attic chest" Here he found
I hut another note addressed 10 him
+ self saying Look IN the potato
sack IN the cellar" And every mem
Der OF the family was sent from
place 10 place ell over the house
until at last he would find note
which would tell him 10 look in the
place where the gift had really been
hidden.
This Is great fun whore tho Nom
/ berH OF the family are not too old
TO chase all over the house. The
search Of the older ones. however,
can be confined 10 one room. Grand
father may be told 10 Look behind
the clock another time 20 look In
the secretary, or under the library
rug. and finally in his rocking
chair. Let each person conceal HIS
own gifts and arrange the notes and
the line OF search and mark and put
The note into the empty shell and
hang It on the pine twig on tho
| table.