The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-23

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meat and the attic. aad ffetA All ih.si'
mediate painis ihef came 9th iash.
fas thsy kRsE 'rs.Eslis had se;AFihshE
special en hef Aihd,
s.yo,'ss h,st go ana hfiHs all the bFeksh
an thines and all The faded oui haif
Tli,ian. and anyihin' else Yonse deh '
mant. and asll have really, ifnlf
Christmas tree. New, hustle every
they certainly hustled, and IN a fen
minote, they had enough % dFess ~
The bsoamsiiek IN fine style, lslsfls
kuFnoskon hfansht IN . fairly seeh
,iali left over from last Christmas, jim
mv GETAWAY had drug store almanac
With covers of gorgeous Lnr, iihp
Ilnnn's offer Was q beer saloon ealrh,
lar. Issv splltsky hung On much
I,l.sI lin whistle, he Was learning 20
\. a musician, Maymie MaIgoosen, =
little duck Of 4 girl, brought IN doll
with head, arms aud lee missins, which
leaked a little dubious TO Iolhr'i"s
wha Ild mol know that ART lovers gaze
an "A tofso In the museums WITH AN"
and reverence. Patsy Meuinn added .
Nc green badge With the - Harp That
once In Tara : Halls IN GAIT, one thai
lis father wore on the -, faifirk :
day pafado-and there were manf hi's
OF color tied on by the little girls who
stripped their neck keFehiofs ana ileh
them around the stick,
n. - - Al
fair. mol II alt I, was decidedly orig
nal There were no candles 90 set " 90
6f.. no stupid acting santa tlaus Nith
cotton wool snow on his red oNefcoai,
.pansles GA his cap aud white horse
hair whisksfs under his chin. IL Was
real aud no make believe about u, -,
m. tree was not all " Here, yonse,
sri.rsa Tainettc, .'get into line aud
some Que get ,in pan and nfc shovel
aud We n have march aud dance you
bet
Isgy pounded the pan with the shovel
aud the children marched around 'hs
tree and 'sdaueed with glee Just n
they do in all well ordered Christmas
stories. II they had danced without
giae nothing could have been sAld
about ID. for IL would have been like
dancing without music-which u uh'
And his is what they sang. an i'm
provisaiion of fToineiie 81
1.-THE Broomstiek Tree
l. Christmas Tree
Ii IL.
The BrOomstiek Tree
l. Christmas Tree
Gee Whizz,
the accent coming in on the short lines,
with Tibb's bang of the fire shovel on
the pan.
And they lust had a good time. The
neighbors gathered around the hall door
10 see the march and cheer the = KIDS
on. aud after the picture show was
over 'Toinette's mother came IN with
her escort, and she was beaming. She
was - 'sprised at the magazine half.
tone Of her children. as she knew moth
ing about il before. Her escort sent
out for quart of peanuts for the pa
raiders 10 eat. He had promised to pro-
pose 10 the widow during holiday week,
and the least he could do was TO chip
in little.
just here il would be proper TO say
that the Broomstick Tree had its IN
fiuenee in the block for months there.
after. but this is not sermon. The
Htreer had 10 be used next day in an
ATTEMPT 10 sweep the kitchen floor.
Christmas afternoon all the children
in the block were invited TO Christ
mas tree of the regular order, and they
sang songs, marched a little, ate good
deal and then came back TO the messy
old tenements.
'Toinette tired and painfully over
loaded with candy and such like, fur.
nishes the epilogue:-
1.-THE Broomstick Tree was the best,
'coz il was our truly own.