The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-25

s,uos elves ana SDTiteS We huoW
~ in former times, are being
|p'gp. n our land by the hundreds
srrs'acs AVE-, ods OF little boys and girls
4 'D', "a are So fast adopting from
,.ep ,,tries across the big blue sea.
|tl,i .vT w .tlittie Italy last night-the
JAZZ solonv Of New York, or of your
-rss either. if il have onc-it was
r, e., i,np ''B2fana, that brought
r .;.s ~ each " bamb;po' who had
God ard had minded his mamma
y, ~ throughout The waning year,
+. laVSe .au,e lime i. was the famed
~ -: ner--.hs magis Of the east
rho leit The presents ToT the GOOD
,or r,rJ ci~ls ~ the Scaaish quarter,
~ very Christ Child himself VINO
"a, .!a,len TO oar sleeping babes
isr,sneh mothers. Then there is
- q .oe. coal black Jan, who
pna. tbs eif;s for our chubby chernbs
|ntssu suallsnd. just as do " knecht Ru-
D- 3, MI ire,sri, Ecl' and the Mum.
dL,. ior ouy youngsters adopted from
~ e., Cormany and Sweden,
where Santa Is Woman.
- cycricg in our various Little
.'T,, wb,ie groups OF Snail and
Pc o,u.irg we're reciting poems and
.r carcls ia the parlcT. n woman
Irl,ns was leaving TOYS and can
,.ct 10 the siftrcom. and this good
pctana Rlwavs manages TO !eaNe
,.,onss before any bays or girls can
- Iiko our own Santa Claus,
,srv old. Indeed, she has passed
s;.s,eso huudredth bir5 r5hday. Her
-.,,. has been very interesting. Hhe
4 ;icinc in The cast when the star
,hIsIeui blazed in the sky. and ut
I. sorse the three wise men stopped
"a, ;onrneying westward 20. find the
e.; t5; J,sus. But il seems that when
y asLed be- 20 accompany them and
q !. n,cscnts G; her own 10 the Christ
IN ,Ss Lcsitatcd. and that they vert
raSout her while she was making
t.r mind At last, however. she Ge-
',I to 90 with them, but before she
..sod M, into TIE night. bearing her
3, tho star of Bethlehem bad gone |
and She propcd aimIcss'y abont
.L,o ;or Inc Messiah uutil after His
-,f,iop. Then she became very un-
IN IIst as we al do when we put
Soinc good deed until II is too |
4, hpi 70 make up for her shortcom-
sSe has spent her Christmas ewes
\ sinee in bearing gifts TO other good
4. children, who-when they believe !
-:sr-find her always on time
a, docs not fill their stoc kings, AS
E,ts Clans does yours. She places her
-.sois in an urn, which Italian moth
m, uppn the giftroom table every
srstnas eve. and they were allowed
1 q IN and find them last night In
ID Of waiting until this morning
mag into the glf5room they also
"a upon another table, against
s wall a "Persepio, toy model
Sesnting the scene of Jesus's birth,
e this is often made a picture OF
Eit beauty, the wall being terraced
4 tith rocks and ferns and miniature
"a all built about a central group
|btIe doll figures representing the
hnt Jesus in the manger with the
D family, the shepherds and the wise
. Of the east, gathered around IL
0ntioD Then about this group beau
y figures OF angels are suspended
y the ceiling by invisible threads.
eae the poorer families this group
|ttrned OF much cruder figures. cost
fH low as 10 cents apiece. but care
n kept from year to year, along
" the little representation of the
Ae, which always accompanies a
Aes things having been viewed and
\ pits all examined, this Christmas
"fests del ceppo" is ended by the
tlne Of refreshments, and at mid
~ The family attends church, rs
d Do again Christmas day, before the
IA fcasting begins. Finally, on the
~ after Christmas, the young folks
stend santeni' or Christmas
The winter that Miss Alice Roose-
made her debut she led the dance
Ee "anteni given by the Italian
asador
fgs Wise Men Fill Little Shoes.
y you bad gone last night through
spanish quarter of one of our big
you would have seen scores of
shoes standing In rows at the
and windows, where the wise men
y c east, repeating their pilgrimage
y.ailstmas eve, may see them and,
l1eir abundance, ell them full Of
saq good things. So you see that
rsalsh children find their Christ
eits IN their shoes instead of in
Mockings. When they have fu-
;MsamIning these surprises they are
ea 10 a room which is decorated
4scn The same sort Of representa-
~ 81. tne infant Jesus in the manger
h,N gtouD about him as are found
.se these little toy figures of the
4. 6Fs" So who took part in the scene
nelhlehen stable when Christ
rm a are no% so much In demand
|hhouf boys and girls of these races,
% our little German and French |