Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-12-19
SOMETHING NEW
 FOR CHRISTMAS,
By ELIzA ARCHARD coNNrR
Copyright. 1909. bS American pre,s
 Association

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 like manu"e. tHrs A=a fla#e brains to thnls of sumesAu- to -I+r us. We saY te uur~clvr-. -I.irh 0.i Aunt Rachel ou21u t4 fgt lii sr."- thing handsome this Nrtr. tll5. otd c3T- mudgcon.' Rich old Amt Rachel in her turn says of IT.. T su 1ro@e tuosy bcgGallN= nicces of iajH"-WHl >cHd Hc some fool trash they themselves can make and expect me tp give tltcau gifts worth forty times as mach. They're d nuisance ENcrH WAY turn thores somebody eNp"elIH@ mc To fllt ap 9 Christmas present. wish these hungry hangers ou were Fl thr uortii pole
 The Whole seHeur of Christmas 2iv- ing has hern perverted till il HeY means oniA one of three thin&s either barter, unwilling aliHs2fSiH9# el. lip ping. Servants, deserving =or other wise; poor relatives. charity societies, people leo IalN and ShiftleSS te earn comfort fnI, themselves. all scxpect" something. lhc effort to iii these cN- pcctalions causes ! df;,ia lhal makes most people look forward Nil} dread from one Christmas to the next Soy en 0uj of ten Christmas presents arc noNAdays forced from the @rad4iHs donor just because Che receivers "rA pccto something. Mof'ai lniud can sink to uo meaHrr# leNel than lo arN peeti q Christmas present
 Yet with all cartlS giving there k one thing nobody "Hcr thinks to be stow unless il is some man or woman usually q woman, Wh0 has been Tried in all WaYS by sorrow, hardship aud atlliction. who has looked ell this worlds treasures aud seen them melt away and has learned there is Eoh hing in them. To such d trur, sweet, test cd sonl has come the fuI! knowledge that the only Christmas present worth while iS the one the Chris! Child came to earth to bring still th" Christ Chid'S gift is on lhn earth 1900 years after the holy Nativity. II is to be had by every human being. il is the most precious offspring human being can either give or receive. yet in our so called Christian world today naughr is So scarce as this one thing
 What WAS it the Christ Child came to bring: Peace on earth good will to mcn.' Down the centuries ts' tid- ings of this priceless offering have sounded, and they sound still, but now faint and afar off to tue worldling sense. For weeks the atmosphere has been confused and iaSilrd with the vibrations of Christmas buying and selling. Christmas scramble and ex- pectaucy: it is overborne and heavy with the awful wearincss of the Christ mas makers Who has ;ime to send forth the glorious gift which is the very foundation stone Of Christians if self peace and good will?
 How would it do alike for thosr over taxed with giving and tloSc too poor to give anything at all simply and quietly to hestow the Christ Child's gift on au mankind? After presenting ihe few material gifts onc really offers for the pleasure of it, how would if do to nl;lNr FerNbo0N aFouth' us tGtppN as we can all day long. being cheerful, Inerry loving and helpful to every member of our household, thinking not at all of our own deserts or disappoint- ments, but giving forth ioyfull,' the best that Is in us l widening and softenin@ our souls, We would weed from our consciousness all our pitilul little @rudgeS against others and infold oven those We dislike most iu the loV- | E2 thought of CAriStlnastide?