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HOT AIR CHR|STMASES
What Santa Claus Does for the
Tots of Paris.
KNOWS BY THE CHIMNEYS
IJust What Presents to Leave in the
Houses
DIFFERENT KINDS OF TOYS
St. Nicholas Does Not Give Rich
Gifts to the Poor-Where They
Are Content With Little.
KNOWS BY THE CHIMNEYS
DIFFERENT KINDS OF TOYS
lsoec,al Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS December 1, 1906
Last Christmas, In Paris, l saw a good,
studIous little girl Of nine persuade herself
that tin gun and pasteboard cartridge
box and belt were just the things she want
ed to find in her shoes.
And her two little sisters, four and six,
gave fervent thanks to Father Christmas
for a brassy trumpet and a cheap toy
sword True, they had small doll apiece,
q bucket and a shovel to dig in the park.
q hoop, ball, a pasteboard drum Of candy
and some nuts and raisins; but where were
the toy kitchen and the dolls house the
two little ones had secretly desired-and
where was Suzanne's books?
Alas 1t was not the first I had seen OF
what may be denominated the hot-air
Christmases Of Paris, where st. Nicholas
II very tactful, very arranging, very edu-
cating-and economical.
Their mother said: MY cabbages, your
little cousins Georges and Edouard will not
have a Christmas II We do not ask them. !"
Yes, but the expense OF asking two boys
and their mother for both lunch and din
ner? Yes. and will ST. Nicholas know that
they are coming? VIII It be the right thing
TO surprise him with the extra burden of
gifts for two boys? Then Suzanne said
her mother may have helped her think 1t
"Let him bring things that Will please US
all | don't care particularly for bOOks!
Wherefore the gun and trumpet. sword
and fageolet, and such Is the force OF hot
air when properly applied to healing
wounds that many Christmases OF richer
children surely passed on with not half
the eclat and excitement of the Christmas
OF these tots. They saw st. Nicholas
bring the goods.
Now. when you see st. Nicholas once,
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style families. Even where the children
cannot write words, mamma shows them
how to make black marks on paper, and
the infant understands. But this boy could
write.
Mamma will want us to ask for clothes
again" the little girl advised. Lets get
the letter Off at once"
So the boy wrote: Dear Little Jesus
Please don't send clothes; we don't need
them. Send the sheep and dolls" ct IT,.
Of course, the Infant who sends children's
gifts. st. Nicholas being only his white
whiskered factotum practicing a consider
able liberty of judgment as to details)
know these things from their mamma.
They put the letter slyly in the chimney.
In the morning it was gone. And another
proof that 1t reached its destination is that
mas morning, and the dolls and things.
Doubtless this was q triumph of unusual
initiative in French children, but 1t ought
to be added that st. Nicholas knew their
fat commission by recommending bad au-
tomobile as a good one to an American
friend with absolute confidence In his ad-
vice.
I say unusual initiative French chill
dren have not much Of the real hustling
spirit, hot air dampening and warping 1t
through all the varied experiences of their
little lives; Half dozen on my street
balconies Of their apartments Silently,
correctly, like little grown folks, they "oc-
cupy" themselves apart, now and then
glancing at the neighboring balcony. but
never saying, why can't we all go out
and play together?'
Certainly, know that while Suzanne, the
nine-year-old girl who gave thanks for a
tin gun, was putting out her shoes, her lit
said: Perhaps it's not too late to ask for
the dolls house and kitchen?" But Su-
zanne, young as she was, quite instinctive-
ly turned on the hot air, saying: No; 1t
xyf1l ho n wi a
amuse Georges and Edouard!'
In their own room mamma talked with
papa. working with some toy he had
brought from the factory.
I'VE could not let Maris' boys go without
some little fete," she said. Its wretched
to be poor!'
"Oh, as to our own tots" he answered
gaily, est. Nicholas will make it up to them
in the spectacle!"
A Sight Of Old Santa Claus.
His judgment was correct: and this, in
deed, was probably the reason why St.
Nicholas breaking one Of his almost in
variable habits Of these later busy years,
did not put on the magic cap that renders
him invisible.
1t was as late as IL o'clock at night when
little Cecile sat up in her cot and said: II
hear a noiser"
'Shhh!' whispered the two others.
Snnh! Iney tiptoeo 20 the sitting room
door in their night dresses. This Is the
good Of q Paris hat-the rooms are all on
the same floor.
Cecile peeked into the dim-ughted sit
ting room.
Its himp she murmured low.
'Shhh!" breathed little Louise When one
has the luck to catch st. Nick at work one
must not utter a single word. They crept
around the edge of the wall, staring with
delight at his bushy old whskers. They
were all h-white-white, too, his
hair beneath hooded cowl that looked
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utterly put 10 rout when he changed
courts with Justice Tredell, so that he
might not have to SIT In judgment on the
cases growing out OF the speculations of
Robert Morris, whose attorney he had been.
During his eight years on the bench WIZ
son passed on many important measures.
He fixed many first interpretations on mat
ters Of present day moment, and his ability
or integrity was never impugned.
It was In Independence Hall that not only
the Declaration but the Constitution as
Their down the street In the connected build
ing Wilson sat a. q member Of the first
Supreme Court.
It was thus q happy feature Of the re-
turn Of the remains OF the patriot that his
comm lay In state In Independence Hall 50
that his successors might pay 1t q last
tribute.
The Difference paid on this day shows that
not only has Wilson's body come back to
his own state. but the American people at
last do his memory Justice.
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A R T N O T ES.

In the assembly hall Of the Cosmos Club
there Is now on exhibition an interesting
collection of paintings by Mr.. Chris Jorgen-
sen of California. It consists chiefly Of
pictures of the Yosemite valley and of the
California missions, but 1t also includes
views of San Francisco as 1t lay in ruins
after the great earthquake fire. of the Cali
fornia coast and OF the missions Of Texas.
Mr. Jorgensen entered the California School
Of Design, which afterward became the
Mark Hopkins Institute. In 1874 and In
1880 and 1881 he served as It's assistant d.
rector. For six years he studied archftec-
ture In order to be able to correctly tran
scribe buildings, and though his home Is In
Monterey 1t has been for some time his Gus
tom to spend a half of each year In the
Yosemite valley. He has therefore brought
to his task good equipment. and his paint
ings are without doubt veracious- 1t Is
difficult when the subject matter Is as in
teresting as that which Mr.. Jorgensen has
dealt with not to let 1t outweigh IN I'M
portance the art merit OF a picture, just as
It Is difficult in the portrait Of q celebrated
person not to discount the value OF the
painting by the distinction of the sitter.
One is inclined when looking at these
paintings to give greater heed to the
strangeness OF natures manifestations. to
the romance Of the missions and the trag-
edy of a ruined city than to the way In
which the painter has rendered his several
themes. He himself has probably directed
his attention first to the collection of facts.
and then to q consideration OF the pictorial.
And for this In q measure the observer may
be grateful. inasmuch as the tia he has
gathered Is both valuable and attractive.
Indeed. II Is with the deepest interest that
one thus becomes acquainted with new
scenes or Is made to recall those previously
familiar; but II one would recognize the
talent OF the painter II would be well to
turn to those canvases which subtectively
are less important, such as his Monterey
Coast" and Cypress Grove" and to his
sundry water color sketches. The art merit
OF these demands high commentator. and
1t should also be remarked that in several
of the mission pictures it likewise gains
the ascendancy. 1t Is a severe test to show
oil paintings as these are shown, chiefly
without frames and crowded upon q wall
side by side and row upon row; and there
Is no doubt that under more auspicious cir
cumstances they would appear to much
greater advantage. Mr.. Jorgensen is one of
the painters who lost heavily in the San
Francisco disaster, but. like his colleagues
who have seen their labor lost and their
market crippled. he has converted his mis-
= fortune into stimulus and returned 70 his
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How to Walk Gracefully.

Every woman should aspire to look as
well as possible upon all occasions. II she
will make up her mind to sit. stand and
walk gracefully, she will go far toward ac-
comprising this state of continually look
ing her best. 1t is not difficult IL you will
only perseverea The natural positions of
the body are invariably correct and stiff
ness is the only thing to be guarded against.
A woman should never hurry IL she wants
to look WELL but should strive to attain
reposeful manner when walking. She should
lift her foot lightly SO that when she takes
a step It will swing naturally with the
toe downward. A person should be able to
balance at any moment upon the single
foot that Is supposed to be carrying the
walkers weight. II this can be done 1t 10
proof that the body Is properly poised.
says Woman's Life. II we accustom our
selves to holding the body gracefully when
sitting and standing, 1t will assume that
position naturally when we are walking.
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Victor Emmanuel's Hobby.

From p T. o.
Victor Emmanuel has his hobby. As the
Prince Of Wales has devoted himself to
philately. so the King of Italy has given
much Of his spare time tosthe collection Of
coins.
His majesty's collection Of the coins OF his
own country alone amounts to more than
sc, 600 specimens, with a catalogue Of nearly
So, coo slips. He Is a member Of the Numis-
matte Society of London, and has received
the society's gold medal in recognition OF
his distinguished services to the pursuit.
Strangely enough, King Victor hath no
music in himself" much to the regret of
his musical subjects, of which there are so
many in that land Of sunshine and song.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
The Charm Of Neatness.

Neatness il one Of the most attractive
Of feminine qualities. 1t Is also one OF
the rarest. Early and persistent must be
the training which carries the girl into
womanhood with her bump Of neatness'
well developed. Unless inherently fastid-
ious during schooldays she is liable to drift
into careless habits which she never out
grows, One girl may have a trick Of leav-
ing shoes about her room. AS mere tot
she was permitted to do this. and as she
grew older the untidy custom was never
abandoned. for the simple reason that she
herself did not notice anything unusual
about It, and probably nobody else took the
trouble to correct her. Another slovenly
habit IL leaving q bunch of combings In
her comb or on her dressing table, says
Woman,s Life. Constant vigilance on
woman's part 10 necessary In these small
traits, unless she would be judged UNI
worthy Of her Observation-Disclosures
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STERLING HELLO.

collection Of landscape studies In water
color, which shows crisp handling and are
peculiarly pictorial in effect There Is one
Of a daisy field, bordered by some dark
pines. that is specially pleasing, and others
OF inclosed meadows, mountain streams and
wood interiors which are genuinely appeal
ing.
Mr.. Adolpho de'Nesti has finished the
eight heroic figures which when cut in mar
BILE and repeated are to adorn the new
municipal building and he will soon begin
work on the pediment. The execution Of
the figures was q tremendous piece Of
work. for they are all over nine feet In
height, and were modelled in about four
months. They are, however, strong, well
proportioned and decidedly impressive-no
overworked nor yet carelessly constructed.
For their purpose they seem indeed to be
ity they have been pronounced entirely sat
isfactory.
Ax
A portrait Of DIR. GalIaudet of this city
by William B. Closson. which L. now on
exhibition In a Boston gallery. Is attracting
favorable comment. little portrait study.
entitled Suzanne" which was included
in the Washington Water Color Clubs ex-
hibition: likewise bore testimony to Mr..
Blossoms skill.
Attention Is called to the fact that all en-
tries for the Corcoran Gallery's exhibition
Of contemporary American paintings must
be made before next Thursday, December
90 The gallery will collect and return.
free Of charge to the owner. all works from
Washington exhibitors which have been
duly entered. Collection will be made In
this city on January p and ~, and tho ex.
hibition will open on the 7th Of February
LEILA MECHLIN.
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Fashions in Belts.

the ceinture Is receiving renewed attention.
and Is, as OF yore, capable Of making or
marring q costume. Any one can arrange
. ceinture in q fashion. but only the first
class modiste recognizes the full worth Of
bestowing the most careful attention on
what In appearance il merely folded OF
fitted belt. The one In vogue at present ID
only shaped at the upper edge. very COM
mon mistake Ii found In the delusion that
ceinture can be relied upon to pun
doubtful at into law and order at the waist
whereas all that can justifabiy be expected
Of this adjunct Is that 1t accentuates a a,
already consummated. And when. oh. wheT
Will the lady Of embonpoint recognize that o
buckle worn at the back is the sole pre-
rogatiye Of the elegantly slim figure.
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his strongest works, was given permanent
place in the Metropolitan. Museum, New
York. about year ago, and quite recently
the same institution has purchased his small
bronze of Ruskin. To him has been intrust-
ed all the sculptural work for the Cathedral
of st. John the Divine. Born in the middle
west, OF Danish parents. he studied in the
San Francisco school, but learned his art
literally on the great plains After several
years sojourn abroad he returned to the
United States to take part In the Grant
memorial competition, and has since occu-
pied a studio In New York. He Is strong
believer in the ethical side of art, in its in
luence and In the power and possibilities Of
Its expression, and he directs his thought
and work upon original lines.
II
circular just issued by the National So
ciety Of the Fine Arts to its members gives
a brief summary Of its history and objects,
and an outline of future work and policy.
1t proposes to organize as soon as feasible
a national bureau for the handling Of circu-
lating exhibitions-of art works and for es-
tabiishing travelling lectureships on fine art
subjects SO as ITO make the opportunities
for the cultivation Of the fine arts as wide
spread as possible" 1t has also undertaken
a movement to preserve Rock Creek valley
below the Geological Gardens as public
park, which Is Of immediate interest and
the utmost Importance, and 1t will. further
more continue to advocate the passage by
Congress of q bill to establish q national
advisory board Of civic art. At the January
meeting Mr.. F. D. Millet will deliver an ad-
dress on Greek and Roman Costumes"
An exhibition Of student work in decora-
tive and applied design was held last Sat-
urday In the Lehman building. Studies of
historic ornament, with elementary work
in design, were shown. as well as samples
Of hand-weaving. leather work, wood cary
ing and lace making. The loom, the work
bench, the pillows for the lace making and
the easels gave to the whole an appearance
of wide activity, and the work shown was
unQuesttonably promising.
Il
Mr.. F. Carl Smith Is just finishing q por-
trait of the wife Of Senator Burrows. It IL
large and decorative canvas, and shows
Mrs. Burrows In an evening gown of white
silk and lace. seated in simple arm
chair. The figure is turned slightly to the
left, but the face Is toward the observer
It has been carefully studied. and Is con-
sidered an admirable likeness. Mr.. Smith
spent the greater part of the summer in
the northwestern part of Pennsylvania. and
he has brought back with him number of
strong, spirited sketches of lumber camp
scenes He also found time TO make quite
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work with renewed zeal. When his exhibit
ton closes here on the 10th he proposes to
go to Mexico for the winter. where he hopes
and expects to find new and congenlaI sub
jects and fresh field.
Mr.. Jorgensen has arranged for a public
view of his work Sunday afternoon.
An exhibition of Japanese prints was held
the last of this week by Mr.. E. T. Shima at
the Teacup Inn. Quite large display was
made. and some rare examples Of the great
print makers work was included in the
catalogue. Yeizan and Utamaro were ad-
mirably represented. and several Of the
earlier men most worthily. While at the
time these prints were executed they were
little esteemed and widely circulated. they
have, since their discovery by the western
world, become highly valued and compare
lively scarce. Though despised by the
oriental painters of their own day, they
have exerted a strong and benefcent in
fluence upon the art of the occident. and
they may still be declared a factor In cur
rent art education. Their simplicity, their
significant and graceful lines and their fine,
harmonious colors are In the truest sense
worthy of emulation. 1t was to be regret
ted that so many of the prints IN this col
lection were In such poor state Of pres
ervatiOn. but even so, their exhibition was
noteworthy and enlightening. BY special
arrangement the same collection Is to be
shown next week In the Art Students
League, New York.
7saFa-
OF especial interest to students Is col
lection Of photographers Of paintings in the
Prado gallery. Madrid. which Is now on ex-
hibition at Morrey's. Rarely, save from the
originals. will one have better opportunity
to study the work Of velasquez than here.
or to compare it with that Of Murillo. of
Van Dyke and Titan. It is wonderful to
what perfection reproductive methods have
been brought today: how. largely through
a mechanical process. the subtieties Of rem
dering even can be Transcribed. Without
the ali-pervading color one can note in these
prints the fluency Of Ruben's brush. the
studied reticence OF Memling's. and the
strong directness of VelasQuez's Far re-
moved from the originals they convey the
message faithfully and are found frank wit
nesses to the truth.
The National Society of the Fine Arts
will hold Its December meeting at Hub
bard Memorial Hall on Thursday evening,
December 20. at o o'clock. The lecturer
upon that occasion will be Mr.. Gutzon Borg
lum, and the subject announced is Mans
Monuments and american Statuary." Mr..
Borglum is both painter and sculptor,
though he is better known as the latter.
His Mares OF Diomedes." which is one Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

An Aladdin who would exchange new
jokes for old could do q lively business
Puck.
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To Make Veloute Sauce.

pie with the remainder of the veloute In a
saurahoaf
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-13
A Valuable Concern.

The Anderson County Abstract Co
is a very valuable company to the
county, inasmuch as il mas a com
plete record of all abstracts of lands
in this county, and can avOiG many
complications in land deals by fur
nishing correct abstracts. The man
ayers of the business, Messrs. Gone
and Meredith, are both thoroughly
competent men in their work, and
are experienced abstract men. Mr..
Cone is known to all our people He
is an Anderson county man, and
knows the people of the county, as
well as the lands. Mr.. Meredith,
while not so well known as his part
ner, is in every way competent alb
stract man. He was raised in Hen
derson county, and was admitted to
the bar in 1896. He served that
county two terms as its county attor-
ney, making a good record in that Of
fee. He was connected with the Mil
Ter Abstract Co. of Henderson county
fifteen years before coming to Pales-
tine in 1901, ana has been with the
Anderson county company since COM
ing here. so it will be seen that he is
an experienced abstract man. The
company has built up a good bust
ness, and it is growing business.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-13
RAILROAD NOTES.

A new railroad has been chartered
for construction in the Indian Terri
tory. II is called the Coalgate, Sui
phur & Western, and the capital
stock of the concern interested is
placed at 100000. II is to be built
from Coalgate to point in Comanche
county, Okla, a distance of one hun
dred and twenty miles.
The Pennsylvania has the latest in
locomotives. II is called the grass
hopper" and is as large as the larg-
est of engines. Ii derives it's name
from the fact that the mechanism
usually concealed is on the outside.
The engine attains full speed quicker
than any other make.
The Pullman company is being
rushed TO death with orders for cars.
At the present time the company is
said TO have big orders in for dining
cars, but they are too rushed with Or
ders for sleepers to build the diners.
Several roads lately putting In fast
through service have been delayed in
putting diners on their trains be-
cause of that fact.
A Chicago railroad president has a
grievance against the labor situation.
He declares that he has looked in
vain for 5000 extra laborers to go to
work on new construction in the west,
but cannot get them. He claims that
railroads are offering from Sl75 to
81 a day without results. Spring
time will probably tell another tale
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-13
Sheriff. Sale.

State Of Texas, County Of Anderson
BY virtue of an order of sale Is.
sued out of the Honorable District
Court OF Anderson county, on the
10th day of Feb, 1906, by the Clerk
thereof, in the case of o. A. &. Todd
ct al versus Isaac Ualley, Sr., ct al
No. $3.50, and to me, as Snerin. di.
rected and delivered, / will proceed
to sell, within the hours prescribed
by law for Sheriff's sales, on the first
Tuesday in March. A. ID. 1906, II be.
ing the 49, day of said month. before
the Court House door of said Ander.
son county, the following described
property, to-wit:
SO feet by 26l fee. OFF the west
end of lot 65, in block BS OF sub
division A of the Texas Land Com.
pany's addition 10 Palestine, in An.
derson county, Texas.
Levied on as the property of o. a.
G. Todd, Laura Il. Tyler. Henry Tyler,
Mary F. Harding, Frank Harding,
Josephine Godfrey. Edward Godfrey,
Rachel BraXton, Cory BraXton and
Gabriel Todd, to satisfy a judgment
amounting 10 $S110 and interest in
favor OF J. NJ Pool, and cost OF suit.
Given under my hand, this 18th day
of Feb, 1906.
H. A. Watts,
Sheriff Anderson County, Texas
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COURT HOUSE
NEWS NOTES

Mrs. Elizabeth Killion to E. E. WI
iiams, s19S.50; conveys lis 40 acres
of the w. r. Wilson league.
Anderson County by r. F. Erwin
county judge, to w. II. Pinkerton
STA cash; conevys west part of LOT
10, abstract No. 30. Anderson county
school land.
W. II. Lewis and wife to A. ]. Lew
is and Enoch Williams. $500 cash j:
conveys 173 acres of the Goodman
Killion survey.
J. f. Owens and wife to VIM. E.
Wyse. $1,000 cash: conveys Ia inter
est in 479 acres of the Eli A. Brown
league.
J. r. Rierson and wife to w. NJ.
Brown, S535: conveys 1853 acres of
the Axiom O'Neal survey.
The Leon & II. Blum Land Co. to
w. B. Fordtram, $4,000; conveys 1880
acres of the c. F. Wright survey.