Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
for some one. and you could not guess
WHO IL is unless YOU know her story.

for some one. and you could not guess
who ii is unless YOU know her story.
s.
Long ago she lived i'm one OF the farth-
est corners OF Russia all alone, by a lone
ly roadside. Her hene seemed to be
Very cherries. for she very poor: she
was too busy to notice that. however. one
evening, when she WAS sweeping out the
hut. there came walking slowly down the
road great train OF people. As they
approached, the old woman saw thre"
kings, all adorned. with slaves behind
carrying burdens.
One had beautiful jar filled with
amber liquid ca led mNrrh. another had
a rich bag MI ed with gold and the third
had a vase holding incense. The kings
stopped the little old woman TO ask her
the way. They had seen star I'm the
sky and We're following IL to where a
Young child lay, but the snow was 50
binding that they had lost il and could
not find the way. The kings asked the
old woman to go with them, hut she felt
that il was 80 cold and dreary she had
better remain wits her warm, coy nie'
| SO the procession passed on.
The next day she thought and Thought
of what she had seen, and tho wish that
4, she had gone began To grow. The Thought
of the young child became her who.c lite.
so she set out TO find him by herself.
| The baby she looking for Is the
| Christ child. and every christmas she
| goes into all the nurseries and pushes back
the coverlctS to look To see if the baby
there is the one the kings went TO search
for.
The customs OF England are well
| known to U.S. The early English hall.
4 which was the principal part of the SAX
| on house has retained its elements OF
| entertainment and hospitality II not it,
architectural features. Christmas to the
| children of John Bull is the time for for
giving past indignities and Joining the
| family again in feasting and merriment.
| The good wives are busy for weeks pre-
pairing the plum pudding and the pies.
the fathers are gathering the Yule logs
| for the fireplaces and the children are
| decorating the house with evergrcens,
rnistletoe and red berries from the holly
| bushes.
| The fireplaces are the rendezvous of the
! family. where tales are told and cheerful
| gossip of the year exchanged. The carols.
SO dear to the Eng .ishman's heart. are
sung Christmas morning by the children.
The day is one wherein the genius of do
nestle love triumphs. and amid family
and friends old scores are forgotten, old
sorrows dispelled.
| Australia so English i'm her tastes has
! like our summer. While this necessitates
| difference in observance. there is no lack
| of good cheer and living. The absence OF
cold and snow bars many sports unheard
of by the youths i'm the antpodes In
| stead of skating and sleighing there arr
p mics and excursions to the parks ana
| fields. The altered circumstances OF eli
mate does not exclude the sin ing of TIN
| familiar caro.s on Christmas morning
| which presents 10 the Englishman 4
glimpse of home and country.
| Our own American Christmas is so We
| known that pro ific explanation Is rnnec
essary. Our dear Santa Claus needs n"
| introduction. While the myth is not "a a.
indigenous one, its source in this coun-
try may be traced TO the old Knicsoi-
booker families who must have brought
it over from Holland.
Christmas eve finds a country of hosl-
cry awaiting the kind old gentleman
While the children are enjoying and dis
playing their presents on Christmas DAY
their elders are preparing for that dis
tinctly American practice, the making oil
eggnog. This concoction. nankeenish in
color and wittily described as floating
enough froth to generate a multitude OF
Venuses, is unequivocaliy native and the
cement of American friendship at Christ
mastide.
So i'm many parts of the world eacn
country, with it's idiocratic notions OF
gayety and fun, brings it's people togeth-
err in thought il not in person and uni
versal brotherhood is fostered and made
to grow.