The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-23
YULETIDE.

& ulSullleQ OlllC6 gave IL ty, namely that the much ie spirit could not be ac- lned; "it is rather an at han a tangible thing" Ex- same observation applies to pn of the year. Beginning with he week will be saturated with iosphere which Yuletide creates the abundance of the joy of giv- "a receiving. Happily for it's bal Christmas Day falls in the mid of the week. Thus the earlier days preparation slip gently and sweetly } the later days of realization and nd out the anniversary.
 fe have again been partly amused partly incensed at the revival of Ndiscussion with reference to the pf Santa Claus, as if the whole
 Welfare of the child world was tened more than 1t ever was be- sy the encouragement given the I ical legend. We nave been amused sause it seems such hopeless mis- serstanding of the craving of hu- nature, on the one hand, and, on Naaa1n of the gentIeness of the de- f there had ever been a sim or serious nisdemeanor
 3o the discovery that Santa not a thing of flesh and blood, lid not afford to be amused. If i'd not be established, too, that Ferage man and woman them hug the delusion to the end of adays, partly because of the sun of their own childhood expert se, and partly because of the sun- e it brings into the lives of the } children in whom they. are inter-
 d, we should have to frown and ses being amused The whole TO- Ace of Santa Claus is interwoven
 such a lot of tender emotions
 not to give him hearty welcome
 - krn ms string of living
 Es, would be to stifie a set of
 5ns which is none the less spirit
 S,lg because made out of whole sbtn and sanctified by ages of practice nd acknowledgment. To attempt to reak it down upon the apprehensive 1eory that as a consequence of it nme child is Kelly to slip in the as- ent of the hill of life provokes the ame quiet merriment the latest the ry provokes that the enthusiastic and wing welcome given tne Teddy bears v little girls in some mysterious way npairs the maternal instinct
 We are incensed with the determin- ton of certain people to dispose of he Santa Claus myth as dreamy hing of substance because obviously hey do not know what they are about hey are so straight and stiff-backed hat if the universe was handed over D them for it's guidance the fun and Iurry and the victory of achievement n life's race would disappear and we hould all be as flat and uninteresting s race deprived of the educational lower of imagination. The Santa Claus radition is one of the most useful pecies of stimulating deception the auman race has. It is enough that it ,reates an atmosphere which makes nen and women simple-minded and 'inSssaz bearted for a considerable ength of time. The thought of ap- Yuletide influences the in- 1ulgents inait and makes them tender sr in their treatment of their fellows, their charitable instincts and sdds the rich cream of self-elimination 10 what most of the time is hard hu- man nature. It is appalling to think what a race of people we should be Io-day if we and our forbears had been deprived of the stimulating draft which this Christmas atmosphere af- lords. We are a practical people and with us business is too often business with a vengeance, and for that reason If for no other, the sweet tradition should be preserved. Quite likely we might have escaped some of the try ing experiences of the past year ol saore had the Yuletide spirit been talk. 8n more seriously by the men whC
 ent astray, carrying with them tht sbndSenss of a mighty public. It was net the deception practiced on then by their loving parents which made their descent down the hill possible it was more their failure to drink deeI sf the emotions that deception created When therefore busy bodies com, along who are so good that they so' the regeneration of the human rae, in the elimination of Santa Claus anC the traditions which cling to his bless ed memory, we proceed to lose ou
 Aer and to say things which it i
 not within the province of Tn, sAF Journal-courier to lay befor' 2, at saS