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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
Observation-Disclosures
"KNECHT RUPERT" WAS
GERMAN SANTA CLAUS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Santa Claus idea has grown out
Of variety Of legends and customs.
The festival Of ST. Nicholas. who was
the especial friend Of the children, was
celebrated in Germany about the 9th
Of December 1t was easy enough to
make this coincide with the later and
more general festival The tangible
Santa Claus was called "Knecht Ru
pert and usually he was some mem.
ber Of the family dressed up to repre-.
sent benencent gift glver 1t was
the custom TO have yew bough
placed In the parloF Of the German
home, and on this all the packages con.
tanning gifts were placed. On Christ
mas morning the whole family assem-
bled to clnim the gifts. each having to
guess the donor, "Knecht Rupert" dis
trlbuted the gifts TO the younger chill.
dren but he lectured them also on
obedience and good behavior, and. II
any one had been bad, instead Of gift
he or she was given n switch that they
might be punished. SO the little Ger.
mans try hard TO be very good before
Christmas.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

fear, they said and for me to turn In
boots, beard. stomach and all with lit
tie Van in his little bed seemed utter
ly impossible.
I'VE compromised by my sitting by
his bed and holding his hand until he
went to sleep Would you believe iti
That boy was the lightest sleeper you
ever saw. Every time tried to take
my hand away his eyes would open
and he would take tighter grip.
81 sat up all night holding that kid's
hand had u man in attendance, WHIT
brought me everything ! wanted. and
had collected Il ten from Papa Van.
but didn't get much sleep.
'The boy had me with him all the
next day. had to be with him when
he got his bath and his breakfast, and
| attended kindergarten with him.
II was IT at kindergarten, too, but
along about o'clock he lay down on
couch and went sound asleep.
81 stole from the room softly and un
observed. had had enough Of the
job and was resolved to escape.
Just as ! was getting out Of the
front door a good sized boy came along
and started to bab something about
Hello, Santa Cnusr and tried to grab
hold Of me.
81 pnralyzcd him by pulling out my
stomach and hitting him over the head
with II.
81 gained the street and new foi
home. lodging this way and that TO
battle pursuit aud shedding beard,
boots. cotton and fur all along thu
way
II hid for three days and then emerg
ed and got nice little job loudlng coal
on ship. ! have always gone In fol
n sane Christmas ever since that little
experience
We did not press Mr. oshaugnessy
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
AND COATS
ARE QUICKLY MADE. NOW
By Lucy Carter.

New York, Dec. 11.-It is remarkable
how easily fashionable up-to-date neg
ligee, dressing saeque, theatre coat,
blouse, or even dress can be made by
any woman quick witted enough to
recognize that underlying all the soft
drapings Of the loose fussy clothes now
modish, are the lines of the kimono, or
peasant blouse, and the straight lengths
of material variously draper familiar in
Greek prints
Possibilities in Short Lengths.
Never have such possibilities existed
for turning short lengths of materials
into fascinating fashionable attire, and
any scarf or piece Of bordered material
2A yards in length by 26 inches wide
will make up into dainty sacque suit
able for formal or informal wear ac-
cording to its material and trimming.
Fold the scarf in half, the fold coming
at the center back, cut out small
semicircle at the top to fit the back of
the neck. Measure Is inches from either
upper end of the scarf and fold this
back in diagonal line to within inch
es Of the bottom, like revere. Cut
this off and join the bias edge to the
straight upper edge of the scarf at the
neck circle. This scam is the only one
in the garment and makes the shoulder
seem in one continuous line. Slope the
front to the line of the bust, or turn
back the material in a revere to this
point. Trim the neck in swansdown,
marabout or with a lace ruching, and
place butterfly bow, or silk rose at
the right where this trimming termin-
ates., Edge the sleeve with matching
trimming and you have modish little
coat for an hours labor, which any one
would be glad to own and wear. Try
it with a piece of tissue paper, dolls
size to get the idea, then its no trick
at all to make it in any size desired.
The length Of the garment depends on
the width Of the strip of material. A
piece Of figured crepe or poplin in A
or As inch width would make charm
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
BAD pay For pirds.

The day after Christmas. ST. Ste
phens day (boxlng day in Engandl, is
celebrated In queer way by some OF
the Manx boys. and Dltchheld says
they feel privileged to stone wrens at
this time because OF story to the ef.
feet that In days gone by most dan
gerous siren was finally compelled to
assume the form OF n wren once q
year ton the 26thl aud ultimately 10 be
killed by mortal hnnds. Another trndl.
ton furnishes nm excuse on the ground
that II was n wren that wakened the
guard OF st. Stephen Just as the latter
was about TO escape from prison.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

do, and finally manager In a depart
ment store said, 'Al right; well make
a Santa Claus out Of you
81 told him didn't feel much like
a Santa Claus inside,
"oh, we'll fix that all right he
said and handed me pillow.
$50. with pillows and boots and
gloves and fur coat outside and
nothing at all inside, started in to
be Santa Claus in the toy department.
While ! was thinking about my wife
and the two kids at home needing
money, and me with no steady job
and other things like that, | heard one
Of the fellows in the store say to the
boss
"'Say, that st, Nicholas Of yours
Is about as jolly as n hymn book. He
reminds me Of funny song entitled
"Slver Threads Among the Gold"
Why don't you throw him outY
"'l will when get time
81 tried to liven up little after
hearing this praise Of my hlstlfonlc
talent. but II wasn't much use,
''pretty soon ! saw n boy coming
down the aisle like q wolf on the fold
He was also seeking whom he might
devOur. lie was followed by an anx.
ious looking maid and gentleman IN
a silk hat. who was an indulgent mil
llonalre father.
"The kid sauntercd along In an indie.
pendent. bored way, swinging his arms
kind Of reckless MS II he was In hopes
OF breaking something and relieving
the monotony.
"When he came up TO where was
sitting he stopped He had seen plen-
ty of toys, but guess was some
thing new in the way Of St. Mich
olas.
HE called his daddy and pointed
20 me.
"'l want that he said
"'oh. no. dearle said the maid.
Here. look at this nice giraffe. Seel
II does thlsr
"The kid shook the nurse or lrrita-
bly,.
"'He doesn't seem to toke mnch in.
terest In the giraffe remarked To the
father.
"'No. nor anything else he answer
ed in a patient. weary tone. He has
had all these toys before. aud be
knows all about them, Inside and out.
He had one Of these giraifes last year
and broke It open to and out what
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
coneornlnn chrlrtnaa Prerent..

A man may not be so badly or for
presents n he only has presence Of
mind
The question Of the hour is. "What
on earth shall we buy for Christ.
mas PRESENT.
Never look gift horse In the teeth.
II Is also wrong 10 look Christmas
present IN the price mark.
"what shall give the hired girlr'
is Christmas conundnm that puz.
zles some Give her last weeks pay
and get another girl.
The proprietor Of big hotel may
love his patrons children. but be nev.
er gives the youngsters drums OF
horns NJ Christmas ~ B.-or any
other day
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

An Irish legend tells that on Christ
mas eve the Christ child wnnders out
In the darkness aud cold and the
peasants still put lighted rndes in
their windows to guide the sacrei lit
tie feet. that they may not stumble on
the way 10 their homrs IN Hungary
the people ~ yet further In their ten
derness for the child They spread
feasts and leave their doors open that
he may enter ut his will Through
out Chrlstendom there Is n belief that
no evil cnn touch the child who Is born
on Christmas eve
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
A Custom We'll Eornotten.

Children used 10 he reminded In an
uncomfortable manner that Dec. 2S
was innocent1' dny. for II was con.
sldered wholesome on that morning to
give them n good cutting or other form
Of punishment, presumably TO remind
them Of the sins which were not com
mltted by the innoccnts whom Herod
ordered slain on that dnr Fortunately
every vestlge Of this fashion Is now
blotted out
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

my hand and fought them Off when
ever they got too near.
when bedtime came they tried to
tell little Van that Sanity wanted to
go home now and work on the toys for
Christmas, but he held on tighter than
ever and insisted that would have to
sleep with him.
'"This made it pretty bad. If I was
to pull off my boots and my beard and
my stomach and one thing and an.
other the boy would be paralyzed with
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

Not every balsam nor every spruce rs
Christmas tree The expert cutter
learns TO tell at glance n the branches
grow in perfect rings. which glvo shape
and symmetry TO the tree. He must
be sure. too, that the squirrels have
not eaten the buds from the tips Of
the topmost branches. and that the
cattle and deer have not sharpened
their horns In passing.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

big. fat butler showing my chair around
for me aud waiting on me J got some
birds and one thing and another under
my pillow aud my furs, hut was aw.
ful warm.
1T was too warm for comfort wheb
Il got around that there was real.
live Santa Claus ut the Van veegle
house. All the children came from
all over the nelghborhood TO maui me.
"But young Van kept tight grip on
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

Dr Probe - ! guess that Peterby
doesn't intend TO pay his bin this year
Mrs Probe-What makes you think
sO2
81 just got n Christmas present from
him this morning"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

Mrs. Crabshaw- whats that you're
blowing on your bugle dcur7
Bobble-The call TO urms, ma, sis
ter's yonng man has her under the
mistletoe.
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"No" he said Nor
We had never seen Mr. OShaugnes.
sy so vehement before.
"That is one thing | will never do
no, not If the czar of Russia were to
command it."
why" asked some one from safe
distance.
Because played the part once, and
! will never do 1t again. may as
well tell you about it, and then you'l
know that it is Of no use to bother me
about it any more.
zone Christmas ! was broke. | was
hungry and my feet were on the
ground. had asked thousand peo-
pie for something to do, anything to
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
- The above designs are by The Mccall
Company, New York, Designers and
Makers Of Mccall Patterns.

ing wrap that could be lined aud inter
lined for warmth If desired, or pat
tern on kimono lines can be readily OBJ.
tanned that needs no more time or
trouble in the making.
A Long Folded Negligee.
An equally successful quickly pro-
duced long neglige is made by using
a strip of 80 inch goods twice the length
from neck to foot, good measure to al.
low for hem. Fold this in half and 2l5
inches below the fold, in the center Of
the front side--cut out a triangle 8
inches at the top and inches at each
side. This is the opening for the head,
for this garment slips on like night
gown. Beginning at the foot join the
sides TO within 15 inches Of the top and
sew good sized hook on one side and
an eye on the other just where the seam
finishes. Slip the garment over tho
head, and catch the sides together with
tho hook and eye on the underside and
you have an exceedingly pretty, grace
fully shaped neglige. The sleeve open
ngs may he bound or faced with con.
srasting color, the neck finished with a
frill Of lace, or band Of swansdown.
The bottom is hemmed and IL desired
can be finished in a pointed train,
thougg allowance for this must be made
in measuring. Three and one half yards
of 80 inch material is the usual amount
required for height Of 60 inches from
neck to floor
Kimono Blouses.
Kimono blouses--and nearly all fash.
ionable waists are modelled on this
plan---aro not at all difficult to turn
out, The cutting out is quickly ac-
complishod with a good pattern aud the
making, once this detail is accomplished
is an easy matter, Such waists made Of
pretty brocades arc worn for all but
the most formal occasions, and are not
among the inexpensive styles II one
buys them ready made. All waists as
has been repeatedly said in those let.
tcrs, are very loose fitting, quite slouchy
IL IL were not that the underpinning
indicates dainty trimness Of attire.
LUCY CARTER
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

SIGNIFICANCE OF HOLLY

why holly at Christmnsl The
pagan Romans dedicated the hol.
ly 10 Saturn. whose festival was
IN December. nround Christmas.
The early Christians. TO escape
persecution, decked their homes
with holly and other Saturnlan
emblems. The Romans sent their
friends holly sprigs during the
saturnalla with wishes for their
health and prosperity.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

EWTE had all agreed that Mr..
BA o'Shaugnessy was the very
WV one to be Santa Claus at our
Christmas tree
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

ing wrap that could be lined aud inter
lined for warmth if desired, or a pat
tern on hmono lines can be readily OBJ
tanned that needs no more time or
trouble in the making.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

supervision of Mr. Braddeld. Of the Mar
conf Company. the lightship was equipped
\ l0-inch induction coil was used. worked
from a set of sixteen chloride cells. The
receiver comprised coherer operating
a Morse printer This method was not
Of very great efficiency. but communi-
cation was established. nevertheless.
The Marconi interests terminated their
connection With the newspaper in l90i
when the station was moved few. hun
dred feet. to its present site. The new
building contained both engine and oper-
atiug rooms. with the former equipped with
a 4ia-horsepower kerosene engine, belted
TO a 2-klowatt dircct-current dynamo
which charged a set Of fifty-iiye chloride
accumulators. automatically operating
the motor generator. controlled from the
operating room. Seven years ago two
charges week were sufficient to keep
the battery supplied. as business was
light and few ships carried wireless
equipment Now the batteries have 10
be charged daily.
The next event in the life Of the sta
ton was its destruction by fire. one
November morning five years ago. While
tn, remains Of the station were still
smouiderng. the staff rugged up crude
apparatus and, SIX hours after the fire
started. communication had been re-
established. For the next two months
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London. August 10.
klyTHE TIMES" has been fortunate
enough 10 be able to print a
IL series Of four letters from Char
hottie Broutc TO Professor COnstantin
ueger which clear up the mystery That
has for 50 long hung over the life Of the
Great author and leave no longer any
basis for the rumors and gossip. some
times pretty plainly stated. Of more than
Intimate relations between the Brussels
professor and his former pupil Though
the chief effect Of the letters is 10 remove
al shadow Of mystery from Charlotte
Bronte's life. this was not the purpose
for which they were given 70 the pubic.
II has been supposed that the letters wer"
destroyed and it now appears that they
have all along been in the possession OF
Dt. Paul Heger. q son Of Professor lieger.
one Of them remains intact-three had
been destroyed in 50 far as TO be torn into
several pieces. but these three have beer
mended. one by being pasted together win
thin strips Of paper and the other two by
being sewcd together with cotton thread.
Now, after many years OF reflection on
The propriety Of making public such init
mate correspondence. Dr.. Heger and MS
SISTER have presented them 10 the Bfitlsh
Museum iu order 20 clear away al SHADOW
from their fathers name, as there had
been, and especially in recent years, 81
many legends built upon the lisison be-
tween Professor Heger and Charlotte
BOntt
Ptrusdl Of the letters, which were writ
Ven six months apart and cover period
OF eighteen months. show that as mat
W Of fact there was nothing in the reia-
uont Of the two that could possibly re-
EJECT IN any degree on the honor OF either
OF them. II seems TO have been the TACT
That Charlotte Bronte. as is often the
case with schoolgirls. fell i'm love with her
teacher. and that when she returned 70
The gloomy surroundings OF Haworth she
nurted this one-sided love affair. red u
on her dreams and endeavOred 10 nave
81 least correspondence with PROBES
sor Heger. but he apparently was accus-
TONED 10 these schoolgirl fancies ana
nero Is no sign that any letters passeu
between the two. except the four written
.! Charlotte. Like a sensible man. ne
ieft the girlish dream TO die from annIlia'
How seriously he took the Whoie attair
can be seen from the fact that on the
margin Of the third letter he scrlbpied
me pencilled notes among them the ao-
a'ess OF q Brussels shoemaker the Tour
letters ended such slight relations AZ there
ever had been between tie two, but there
y more than sufficient evidence In Char-
ictte Brontes writings that the drastic
treatment by Professor Heger did not XIII
nor dream. II is fact Of common knowl-
edse that all her books were introspec-
i've delyings into her own life, and that
me Monsieur Paul Emanuel OF "Nillette
was Professor Heger, while "Villette
iesds as though II were an autobiography
II Is always unsafe to dig too deeply
INTO the lives Of our heroes and heroines.
NO man is hero TO his valet. Hereto
Iofe, with only her books and particu-
"fly "Villette" TO go upon the reader
was able 10 build up for himself sadly
enchanting legend about Charlotte Bronte.
Now, With the pubIioation Of these letters,
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-ONCE met a Muscovite Scafaring
man in train of human cattle
Il trucks that meandered over the
Western Siberian steppes, between Tche-
uabinsk and Tcherniavskaya, and We
talked geography geography stripped OF
the encomia Of Cooks please take-one
pamphlets. Serge had made only one
cruise 10 America. ne told the gaping
pcasants who clustered around us. but
DC assured them it was great country.
With many fine cities. such as New York.
Chicago and Nantucket
That little single bungalow on the
wind-swept moor Of Siasconset. nesting
between two giant wireless masts. j.
known TO good many more folk up and
down the four alien continents and the
seven seas than many of our greatest
cities. bot II is one OF our institutions
that few Of MS know much about certain
only that IL Is "a wireless station on an
island somewhere between Long Island
and Newfoundland and seems 40 be
pretty busy which il correct, so far as
il goes.
-Four of tho busiest men on earth roll
up their shirt sleeves there toward the
end OF May and keep them rolled up.
night and day. until the first frosts of the
fan begin to bring the homeward rush
from Europe 10 a close As soon as an
inbourd or outgoing liner finds itself with
in the 3g0-mile zone and gets an acSnowl'
edement Of Its Nv : c." Nv ; c.
the sky out westward Is riven by aerial
waves OF communication. No sooner has
the CUnarder had her say than the Nord-
deutscher Lloyd and White stan and H.
A. eagerly follow. each in rote, first come
FIRST served And all the time. while tho
operator is scribblng down the medley Of
ei,i, r,,,,;,o u-irec and touristg' messages
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Tie GarCoNCeHNiTeIeCr
JZo(1or, Nlukucke<

were the largest masts ever shaped at.
that port. Together they weighed nearly
five tons. and when assembled their peak
ensign iloatcd 1866 feet inches above
ground II took nine days TO make these
masts and get them ready for trans
pcrtaton. The steamship company ply
mg between the island and the mainland
found them too heavy TO carry so a
quaint little steamer half wreckcr. half
fisher. was chartered at the port Of Nan
tucket and towod the spars seventy miles
out TO their destination. In the mean
while the topmast. spirit and spare top
mast for the lightship and the instru-
ments had been sent Of Woods Hole
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Little Wind-Swept Bungalow Between Two
Gigantic Masts, Where the News Of the
Republic Disaster Was Picked Up
Out of the Night Is Known
Over the Seven Seas

and business maenstcs ciphers, he is
listening for that bolt from the blue
that may break in at any moment Of
the day or night. IS O S"-save our
Ship.-that brought succor to the sinking
Republic. a few years ago and materially
lcssened the horrors of the Titanic dis
aetc'.
Nantucket is triangular island. six
teen miles long and averaging four or
five miles in width. situated some 20
miles from the Woolworth Tower, the d.
recting brain of the wireless stations Of
America Covered with flowery mead
ows in some spots and ablaze with heath
or and goldenrod just now. it is mostly
fiat and sandy. though there are many
leafy lanes in the villages and 4 lc0-foot
cliff rears up at Sankaty Head. ON the
Atlantic shore. couple Of miles north
of the SascOnset station
The island was originally the home OF
a flourishing colony OF Indians. There
were 1900 i'm 1902 when Bartholomew
Gosnold landed and established farm
at Sankaty. Nantucket belonged oriei-
nally to Massachusetts. In 1864 II Tell
into the hands of New York. but II was
returned to Massachusetts twenty-nine
years later. Lord Sterling decided Nan
tucket 10 Thomas Mayhem, who conveyed
it TO Thomas Macy and nine other pur-
chascrs for and in consideration Of ~
pounds and two beaver hats. legal money
Of the region 10 him I'm hand paid. Macy
and his co-purchasers having made a
bargain with the Indians proceeded to
settle the island Among the pioneer set
tiers were the ancestors OF the Nantuck-
Il families OF Macy. Coffin. Foiger. Bunk
cr Hussey Starbuck. Lock and others.
which still flourish on the island. During
the aighfccnth century a pcStilcncC. prob
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where they were taken aboard the tender
Maynower.
Saukety Head. flashing lantern
erected ON the high blu0 some two miles
north of siasconsctt. had FIRST been SCI
lected for the shore station. but subsc-
quent examination of tho government
chart showed that the aerial messages
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