The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-08

or TO the poor ard needy ones TO
Nhom we gave in the name OF the
Christ and his day. Backk, THIS
ould take us, from the
,rI,tiuess os tn. 'commerclallzcd
Christmas" 10 the days wh"n the
Christina. spirit-the Christ spirit
PROMPTED the giving of all gifts
Bacll this would take us, from the
present when each gift which Is mall
cd or sent to friend or acquaintance
is sent either in the hope that the
reeipient will remember us with a
nresent of equal or greater value, or
because we know that he or she VIII
expect something and we are ashamed
to pass them up--to let them kho"
tlat our financial circumstances IN
reality are such that the sending OF
valuable presents places. for months
10 come. the ban upon supplying those
close to us-those dependent upon
us-with what are really life's neces-
stiles.
The object of the sensible 'hrisr
mas League" is not to encourage
false economy, but to discourage
fa'se generosity; it is not to encour'
age a niggardly and parslmohlouS
81 irit and forgetfulness OF the
CbristmasLtime but to encourage
necessary economy so that the true
christmas spirit may be given i's
flu latitude in bringing Christillas
cheer to the ones who stand in neeu
~ il: it is not movement against
our own families and the little ones
of other families whom circumstances
have heretofore deprived of CHRIST
mas day, but it is a movement Ill
the interests of the open handed free
hearted bestowal of the simple llttie
gifts upon those whose hearts ioUS
for remembrance. whose beings trem-
rle with love and appreciation anu
who are not looking for Christmas
presents for the intrinsic value ana
worth.
The CHEEKY word, the warming
smile. the little token OF remembrance
given in His name are the 'hihsS
which make Christmas-a good oio
fashioned Christmas. After the man
u ith the softening spirit OF the Baoe
Of bethlehem embodied within MS
innermost self has returned 10 ms
fireside on the night before CHRIST
mas and fills the babies stocKhss
and sends simple gifts to the worthy
noor he can kiss his wife and be at
peace with all TIE world "hen ne
arises after a peaceful nights sum
Der, and goes to church on Christmas
morning. But when he goes nome Oh
iChristmas eve in debt to "the butcher,
the baker. the candle-stick maker,
as we'll as to the dealer in SILKS ahu
satins. the cigar man and the JeWelei
fer presents made in furtherlnS d
"commercialized Christmas Thoughts
of the star of Bethlehem and the
wise men of the east are very 1a'
removed from his mind next morning
A Christmas for Christmas sake
is what the people of this country
needs. Such a Christmas is what
Isil want and what they would have
if only they had the nerve to break
away from the "Commerc'al2eo
/ Christmas.'
Then man of Iae twentieth century
/ is a sensitive animal and the same
t.oi'.t which ItcGt,s hm TO tn -
er to auGttpt " a half dc 'a'
fer serving him a fifteen cent dinner
ACCOMPANIED by two-dolIar check
| kid gently beside battered lrass
| finger bowl prompts him to send out
five and ten dollar presents to on"
| ard two dollar friends. II Is not the
| Christmas spirit which prompts him
to AXE these miscellaneous presents
but the fear of ridicu,e if he does