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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24

Y
stuffs of the East were made in the
- land of Chaldea before the Lady
of Kingdoms was founded, or Nineveh,
that great city," had entered the mind
of man. The carpets of Persia had their
beginnings here, as well as her art and
her literature.
To the silent weavers the rugs are al
ways telling the story of space and
eternity and beauty-of the fleeing
world and its vanity. In the natural
flowers of Persia the significance seems to
follow that of their colors. Symbology
appears to have originated in Chaldea,
and passed thence to Egypt, India, and
Persia. Certain it is that many rug IS
esteemed so sacred in its types that the
reverent native will not profane it by
placing his foot thereon.
Device of the Pear
THE device of the pear is also called the
loop, the palm leaf, or the crown
level. It is distinctly Persian, having
originated in the old days of the Iranian
dynasties. 1t is called the loop by those
who contend that it represents the loop
of the Indus Zone of the sacred rivers
of India) which is formed on the vast
plain in upper Cashmere. This figure is
seen from the mosque to which thousands
age. 1t is called the palm leaf by those
who see in it a symbol of life.
The imperial commissioner for Persia
at the Worlds Fair in 1893 said that
this figure represented the principal
ornament of the old Iranian crown
that the great jewel was composite, 7
containing many precious stones, and
seen from different sides it flashed back s.
the fire of ruby, amethyst, and erner- :.
aid, of topaz, sapphire, and diamonds. "a
Another historic design is the con-
ventiOnalized lotus blossom, which sig
nfes immortality now as 1t did IN Baby
lonia, Assyria, Phenicia, and the land of
the Hittites A figure frequently found
is the swastika, also mark found in the
American Southwest which is charm
bringing good health and long life. good
fortune in many ways, especially riches.
Patterns which are named for Shah
Abbas are floral in their character, the
flowers being laid on in strong shades of
red, yellow, and blue, with only slight con-
Meeting vines Old fragments of Abbas
rugs worn to the wool still display strong
traces of their wealth of color.
The wonderful tints of the Persian car
pets. with all their quiet richness, were and
are tribal secrets-nay, they have often
been individual secrets, never committed
to writing, but jealousy guarded, and thus
handed down from father to son. In this
way some of the most valuable formula
have been lost, perhaps never to be re-
discovered.
One reason why the colors cannot be
exactly reproduced outside the land of
enChantment is because much of the effect
of some of them depends upon the water
which is used in preparing the dye. The
unknown chemicals are recognized only
by results and whenever stream has
been discovered where runs the magical
water it's banks have been lined with
establishments more or less rude for the
manufacture of dyes.
Weavers' Self-Sacrifce
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Weavers' Se1f-Sacrihce

SOME of the samples are grown in the
- little gardens; but the patient ma
tives also climb PARKWAY mountains or ex-
plore the rank vegetation of the valleys in
search of roots and vines, of berries and
shrubs, which produce the wonderful
shades. They use madden and indigo,
tumeric and saffron blossoms; they
gather thistles, capers and ivy the buck
thorn, mulberry, and myrtle trees give
of their store; campeche and brazil wood
Weld their bark-to be combined with
Persian berries and the blood of the
grape The kernes, an insect found upon
the oak trees along the shores of the
Mediterranean, gives rare carmine, while
a delicate pink comes from the lchens
which grow on the rocks around the
Eastern seas.
The weavers' frames are often very rude,
perhaps only stick placed between the
prongs of two upright supports, with
either weights or another stick at the
bottom of the warp whereon the wool is
tied. But here sit the duslly weavers,
some of them little children, under whose
hands the strange patterns grow, and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24

minerals were pub
licly burned. Still,
it is well to beware.
The hneness of a
rug is determined by
the number of knots
that are found to the
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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-12-21
Strange Origin of Christina. Tree.

Most Of us know that the Christmas
tree comes to us direct from Germany.
And we know of the tree worship of the
Druids which obtained in England and
France, and which probably had some in
huence on the later use of the tree in the
Christian festival. But we do not all
know that a similar festival with the tree
as a browning feature is observed among
many heather nations, and that it comes
from sun worship, which is older than his
tory. The revival of the sun after the
winter s~olstice has ever been. the subject
of rejoicing and of celebration by cere-
monies which represent the new light
brought back to the world. Our tree,
with its small candles, it's gilded knick-
nacks and toys for the children is a di-
rect descendant of this old festival in
honor of the sun.
Traces of it exist in Iceland, where the
Service tree" is found adorned with burn
ing lights during Christmas night. The
English yule log is n faint survival of this
festival. But it is beyond these that ]
wish to draw your attention. back further
even than the Druid mysteries of the Gal.
lie forests. 1t is to China. that home OF
all wonders and of all history. 1t has
been shown that as long ago as DAT B. G.
a tree with a hundred lamps and flowers
was placed on the steps of the audience
hall. This appears again in the records
OF Princess Yang. who lived 1876 A
D., and who caused a hundred-lamp tree
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-12-21
a CHRISTMAS CONCLUSION.

Twas the day before Christmas, and all
through the land.
Rang the cry of the children that none can
withstand,
"Old Santa is coming. rare treasures he
brings.
A pack loaded down with most wonderful
things.
Bnt, old Santa. alas, like a mere mortal
man.
To fret and to fulne at his duties began
For he had been roaming about in dis
guise,
And the state of affairs had caused him
surprise.
For what do you think was the first thing
he learned?
Why all the bad children 10 good ones had
turned
Gone all the i'll lempers and cross. angry
looks.
Devoted each child 10 his work and his
books.
And he sroaned as he said, Il plainly can
on this Christmas Eve there's no Sinking
for me.
Not one naughty child in the whole merry
flock.
lis plain must work until five by the
clock"
But, my dear said his wife. you ough
TO be glad
That at last there's not left a child who
is bad"
Said the saint. with 4 smile ana a look tina
was queer.
They ought to expect me each day in t
-Waver!ey Magazine.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-12-21
CHRISTMAS IN DIXIE.
\ Quaint Custom the Survival or
slavery Days.
panion.

In some parts of the South. notably
Alabama, the Observance oi Christmas Is
kept up after the manner of slavery days.
Two weeks before the festival brawny
colored men in the employ of the planta-
ton owner search out Il timber tract, felI
the tree OF greatest size, cur off the trunk
where The circumference is greatest, big
enough 10 admit of it filing the space OF
the open hearth, fasten heavy chains to 1T
by driving IN spikes, haul it TO the near
est river or pond. sink ii and anchor ii
we'll below the surface. On Christmas eve
il is drawn up. taken TO the owners man
sion and in The presence Of his family.
relatives and friends the dripping log is
placed on Il roaring fire in the hearth. To
reduce the water-soaked wood to ashes
is a slow process and sometimes a week
elapses before this is accomplished. In
the meantime thu plantation darkies do
not work while tie incineration is in pro
gross. On Christmas eve the hostess
serves the company with eggnog and she
supplies them with eatables while the log
sizzles in the fire place. The banjo and
guitar are brought into play and the old
m.lodies are sung and jigs and other
dances are gone through with zest. The
white folks take a hand in the fun max
ing. TOO. and with song and story make
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-12-21

cling to a happy myth or destroy your
boys faith in Santa Claus. and. incident
ally in "A good many other things he be-
lieves in, but doesn't understand:
why discuss the matter at all?' is a
natural question. Because ii is Il ques-
ton that always arises at Christmas time.
An Eastern preacher is discussing it from
the pulpit and holds that deceit is sin and
that the truth and only the truth is the
best steady diet for both young and old.
The man or woman who would take
from n child his sublime faith in a Mys-
FERROUS Being, who rewards all the good
children and skips the bad ones on his
annual tour Of countless chimneys, has a
shriyeled heart. We want more happi-
ness not less. We need more good influ-
ences in the lives of our children. not
fewer. Nothing but good eger came from
the Santa Claus Myjh. Ei,.i~ A Curious
ghost. a delicious .1le lii.y, is mis-
friend oil the childsoa. lie teacAe, kind
ness, charity. goodness. He inspires and
encourages. He brichtens the lives of
millions OF littlr ones with the JOY OF an
ticipation aud The glalncs> OF receiving.
He is a companion of brownies and elves
and fairies. and flowers ma; speak.
When we abolish Merry Old St. Nick
let's burn all the story books. the fairy
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-12-21

heart and cried out. II will be father and
mother both to you, my baby, my poor,
forsaken baby"
AS he bent over her now, all his heart
In his eyes, Il strange feeling OF doubt be-
gan Juggling at her heart. Had he really
loved the child like this? Uncomfortable
regrets tool possession of her. Could She
have misjudged him? She might have sent
Beth to see him occasionally. it seemed
to her now, when She had her all the
time. He had been more generous than
she.
She glanced furtively at him. He rest
ed his head on his right hand. his left
clasping Beth's. His eye- were fixed on
the child as if he would in these few mo
mcnts left feast his famished heart upon
that which had been so long withheld.
Something in his position made Margaret
think OF one other night when they had
sat like this and watched Beth through
the croup, and how they had felt that if
God would only spare her they could
have nothing in life to trouble them again.
How gentle and tender John had been
that night
And then there was the time that Beth
was burned and John had walked with
her the whole night long and would not
even let the mother rest him, because she
was weak and he was strong" he had
said. How the memories came ~thronging
upon her! Oh, if she could only wake
and find that this year had been "A dream
"A horrible dream-and there had been
no quarrel,
The clock licked on. the fire sputtercd
%iitfully, but the silence of the vigil was
unbroken. John Thorne raised his head
and looked at Margaret as she lay with
closed eyes. Her white, suffering face
touched his heart. How much older she
looked. 1t was only four years since she
had stood a bride of nineteen and given
herself to him.. Why, could it be only
four years! 1t seemed like AN eternity.
The breath comes slowly. The littlc
hands are very still, and yet, o baby
fingers, through the solemn watches Of
this night, thou'rt gathering up III. tam
gled, broken threads of these two lives.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-12-21
and with n touch no other hand might
use, art weaving them together, deftly,

and with n touch no other hand might
use, art weaving them together, deftly,
surely, with h~eaven-sent skill!
There was a slight stir. The mother
and father felt a culver pass through the
little form. With startled faces they bent
over her. There was II gasp, a sudden
throwing up of the little hands-then all
was still.
In an instant his arms were around her,
her head on his breast.
Margaret, my wife"
80 John, John" she said.
The clock struck twelve. A New Year
had dawned.
II
In the twilight of a summer day a man
and woman stand beside a little grave.
There is an air of subdued sadness about
them that tells to whom the little mound
belongs. and yet when they speak it is
hopefully and cheerfully. 1t is a tiny
grave-'only Il baby" Il stranger would
say-but we who have stood beside such
know that love and grief are not measured
by feet and inches.
The glory of the setting II fills the
place. 1t lights up the faces of father
and mother as they lay, with loving
hands, forget-me-nots upon the green turf,
and then, hand in hand, so forth. A stray
sunbeam falls across the white stone. We
stoop to read the inscription. 1t is-a very
simple one
BABY BETH.
AGED
"And a little child shall lead them"
The Housewife.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-12-21
The wcei> Before.


It's the week before Christmas. and all
through the place
Each woman goes shopping, with worn,
weary face:
Aud held in her hand Is a lone faa rsama
list
OF names that could simply by no means
be missed
SO shopping, and shopping. and shopping
they 20
Bumped. showed. pushed. and tangled in
squad and in row.
This the week before Chris6nas, and father
is sad
Though mother and %slsters are all of them
Poor father %retecrs on the state Of his
wealth
And broods on expenses that tell on his
health
But once in the year come the glad Christ
mas Day:
The rest of the years for poor father to
Ills the week before Christmas-and now
the coy girl
Puts on her glad garments, adjusts her
cute curl
And sends for the lover with whom she has
fused.
To tell him she knows he's The one she
And hc-he ~forgives her. Tho gas is +,r,od
low So . neo
And-this is the week before Christmas.
you know.
"ris the week before Christmas and ali
=. through the home
me children are watched as they aimless-
ly roam. ~
And when they approach any wardrobe
They are told they must stop-and ODE.
And o.. the sweet children! SO faithf
AT Sunday sc~hool-Santa will como cbr,s+
mas Day.
lis the week before Christmas, and al
through the land wv az
tach poet is toiling with pen in his hand
At WORK on the parody based on the
rhyme ~ VII 'Ne
Ina pna' somebody iinsled out once on a time
"u. where Is the prophet who wishes to
will bring?
W. d. Nesblt. in Chicago Tribune.
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There's going to be u railroad up in Ice
land,
In Iceland.
And what a funny railroad II will be,
I would never think of Iceland as II nice
A nice land.
FOR week ends at a cottage by the sea.
For the trains will very lilrly go on run
ners like Il sleigh.
An they'll harness up the engine In u
Jingle bells array.
at Ienst. | cant imagine 1t In any other
In Iceland,
You won't need your thermometers in lee
In Iceland,
And you won't have any frctful Wis a Wis :
Hor up there In that anything but spice
But spice land,
The cars are always cold as they can i.
Oh, they'll have to dig the sleepers out a
dozen times n day,
Dr perhaps they'll tunnel through the great
big icebergs in the bay,
Ant that Will be just bully TIL toe ice
bergs move away,
In Iceland,
\ Journey will be jolly up in Iceland,
In Iceland.
The scenery's so wonderful to see
1t will seem like nothing short of para
disc land,
Paradise land,
As tho open cars go w~hirling DER the lea.
They won't have any schedule so there'll
never be delay,
ThA rates will be so low that almost any
one can pay,
For in that curious climate it is Christmas
every day,
In Iceland.
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eighty feet high 10 be erected on a noun
tain. 1t was lighted during New Years
night, and the illumination was seen for
hundreds OF miles, eclipsing the light OF
the moon. This candle tree is no longer
lighted in China, being replaced by an
unusual number of lanterns. which are
hung everywhere. a suggestion of the
tree. however. still survives in Japan. Ar
the New Year two evergreen trees are
placed without. on either side Of the door.
Their tops are lied together with the
sacred band of straw. and various objects.
dried Holsters and oranges are fastened to
their branches Woman's Home Com-
uauion