El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-12

is the gentle spirit Of Christmas and
/ that on no account must we 90 any
thing to grieve it. And since the mes
sage is for each and every one Of US,
what does it mean TO the bOys2 This,
first of all that II you would make
Christmas real, you are to Danish every
mean and selfish thought, throw 1t of
and make fresh start You will
never know how much brighter Christ
mas morning viii be to you TIL you
have tried If John was ugly yesterday
tell him you are not cross any more. II
It was you, go auckland say you are
sorry For you are sorry, you must
be or else you are not keeping Christ
mas 1t IS not manly to harbor
grudge. and the meanest grudge is the
one that comes Of knowing that you
were wrong, though you are trying TO
make yourself believe II was the other
bow It is manly to own up, always.
When a team of public school boys in
New York won a trophy a a game they
had been training for through the best
part OF the year, and afterWard came
and gave it back with the explanation
that they had won it by a practice that
was against the rules and not exactly
square, though only two OF three OF
them knew anything about it. they did
something far finer than If they had
won all the games of the field that sea
son For athletics are meant to make
men, and these were that, though they
were boys in years
Memories of Santa.
When you were little, Santa Claus
came down the chimney while you slept
and filled your stockings Now II Is
your turn4O be Santa Claus, and you
needn't mind the pack if the chimney
is small as chimneys are apt to be
nowadays A fine, square, manly BOY
is the very best thing father and mother
could find in their stockings on Christ
mas morning. Nothing can make them
half so glad. And, let me tell you how
to make the chimney easy, If you stick
a bit Go and do something for some
one else. Instead Of thinking Of what
you are going to get tomorrow. give /
somebody something. It need not be
anything that cost mOuey-ft IS a great I
deal better If it Doesn't suppose you {
give someone who needs II lift II I
1t is only helping an old woman across /
the street when she is afraid of auto /
mobiles because her tired eyes are not /
as quick as your young ones, or her 4
feet either-that viii do very well. But I
don't then go away and pat yourself on Z
the back as II you had done something (
great. You haven't: you have just done 4
the right thing and you have a perfect 1
right to feel good at the recollection I
of the trustful way the old woman I
leaned on your young strength. and II 4
it aids you in being always attentive {
and helpful to older folk it has done I
you more good than it did her. and
your Christmas has been real to YOU
To Make Christmas Merry.
I couldn't begin to tell you Of the
number Of things you can do to make a
merry Christmas for yourself and for
everybody around you, but If you watch
you viii be surprised TO see how they
lie all about, waiting to be done And
the doing of them makes a manly boy
It goes without saying that such
one never looks down upon another boy
who has to work hard, while he doesn't
Perhaps he is better off in that than
you think for it is a wholesome thing
Tor any boy to earn his living, provided
he is not too young and does not have Z
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ways something to be proud Of. I wish
every boy who reads this might have
the excellent chance Of working at
bench and learning now to use his
hands and his eyes? no matter how
rich his father may be. He would be
a much better man for 1t by and by.
And suppose your working lad does
Weas patched trousers and 1rayed
coat 1t is the boy, not the coat, that
counts. IF you could see the regiments
IF preachers, lawyers, teachers, mer-
'hants-yes and two governors-that
nave come out OF the barelegged bri-
5ade of boys the Childrens Aid sOdiety
mas sent out of the city's slums in half
I hundred years to the free and omen
vest you would know what I mean by
nat But there is another and better
eaSOn- he whose birthday we keen at
christmas was poor carpenters lad
when he was boy, and as a man he
aid that foxes have hO;es, and birdsFl
heir nests. but he had not a place to (
ay his head. and yet he was heir to 1
he glory of heaven for time and an
eternity. So Christmas is a time to re- !
member your poorer neighbor with a
pecial tenderness because he>has NOT /
lad the chances you have had. which I
Fhen 1t comes to that is his misfor- /
une, not mis- fault Only see to # that !
'ou use yours, and if you know Of such 1
/ boy with whom you can share some
II your pleasures in the holidays that
S your chance or one of them
Message to Girls
ana now what shall I saw IN fbe ,
iris. You see, I was a boy once nv
ELF and there / am on solid ground / !
" hen It comes to the girls-well this
much 1 know that every wear from
nree OF four girls schools there come |
.lg boxes packed full of the most beaU-
iIul coils which they have dressed for 7
ne children Of my settlement in Henry .
TeeC When they are all unpacked
no set In orderly rows in a room that ,
s Kept carefully locked till Christmas
re, uney are the most bewitching beam
y show know. They are even better ,
nan the store windows I spoke of ana | J
IS nard Tor me to get away from thar ,
oom- And then on the great evening !
9nen tney are given to the girls if the
rlends VINO made them could only he
mere and see the look Of utter banni- ,
less with which they embrace {
acI ner own and walk awav :
s II they trOd on ARMY Their :
hIlslnlas would be made twice !