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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

rstifornda ~ yfsi+ for tfbe ufnfer viii
the b~ridegroom's parents. MIR. Leisti-
Rows bride was formerly Miss Esther
Isgrigg, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Isgrigg Of Los Angeles, Cal.
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Shop at Howard Moody's
In Moorhead; attend the great white
sale. You get bargains always at
Howard Moody's sales. Advt.
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w. r. Fox, 1886 w. washington St.
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after trying other remedies and pre-
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Kidney Pills which not only did me
more good than any other remedies /
ever used, but have positively set my
kidneys right. Other members Of my
family have used them with similar
results" Take at the first sign Of kid
ney trouble. Economy Drug Co. Far
go Drug Co.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

be sufficient I'd cure the worst feet.
It works through the pores and re-
moves the cause Of the trouble. Don't
waste time on uncertain remedies Any
druggist has Calocide compound In
stock or he can get Ii in q few hours
from his wholesale house: Published
bs Medical Formula Lahpratorfes 81
Chicago
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15
STATE WEDDINGS

The home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Zubrod near Pretty Rock, vas the
scene of a beautiful home wedding
Wednesday when Miss Alma zubrod
and Bonnie Carroll of Campbell, Neb.,
took the vows that made them hus-
band and wife.
"a pretty nome wedding took place at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs, William
Hfntz nea Kaiser last Monday when
their daughter, Miss Theresa. was
united in marriage to VIM, Christman
of HensIer, oliver county.
On Tuesday, Jan. z, at st. James
church at Duluth, Minna occurred =
wedding of Miss Grace Loretta smith,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur G.
Smith of Burnstad, and Joseph f. Hoo
ven, also of Burnstad.
A wedding Of interest to the friends
of the bride and bridegroom in the
twin cities took place at Hammond.
Wis. Wednesday, Jan. 8, when Miss
ella Wills of that city was married to
Edward Bannon of Mott.
At Crosby on Sunday evening oc-
Cured the marriage OF Edwin oliver
Larson and Miss Viva Augusta Foster,
Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald of the Presbyterian
church reading the marriage service,
VIM. johnson N Mrs. Gena Viger,
both Of Edmore, were quietly married
at Devils Lake Tuesday of last week,
the ceremony being performed by
County Judge Henry.
r. r. Shaw, manager of the Idle
Hour circuit, and Mrs. Emma Flash
man of Aberdeen, S. d, were married
BY Judge Dewey in chambers, at Mott
Tuesday Jar. z.
Judge Dewey performed an impress
sive ceremony Monday last which
united in holy matrimony Walter
Gleason of Bentley and Miss Elizabeth
Imhoff OF New Leipzig.
OF interest to the entire state is the
news of the marriage of Frederick
William Leistikow, son of Mr.. n Mrs.
William c. L~eistoikow, former wealthy
and prominent residents of Grafton,
who have lived in Winnipeg for the
past few years and recently moved to
Pasadena, Cal. The marriage cere-
nlony was read in New York city, and
the couple are now on a honeymoon
trip to Panama and after returning to
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Quick. Easy and Positive
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goes instantly the feet
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Moody's in Moorhead

Is the place where you'll find the
greatest bargains. Just read over the
items that we advertise. Adyt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

IA pretty nome wedding took place at
the residence of MIR. and Mrs, William
Hfntz near Kaiser last Monday when
their daughter, Miss Theresa, was
united in marriage to Wm, Christman
of Hensler, oliver county.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

Judge Dewey performed an impress
sive creme Monday last which
united in holy matrimony Walter
Gleason Of Bentley n Miss Elizabeth
Imhoff OF New Leipzig.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

r.. r.. Shaw, Of the Idle
Hour circuit, and Mrs. Emma Flash
man OF Aberdeen, S. D., were married
by Judge Dewey in chambers, at Mott,
Tuesday Jan. 2,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

At Crosby on Sunday evening oc-
Cured the marriage OF Edwin oliver
Larson and Miss Viva Augusta Foster,
Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald of the Presbyterian
church reading the marriage service
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

A wedding Of interest to the friends
Of the bride and bridegroom in the
twin cities took place at Hammond,
Wis, Wednesday, JAN. 8, when Miss
ELLA Wills of that city was married to
Edward Bannon of Mott.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

church at Duluth, Mimi, occurred the
wedding of Miss Grace Loretta Smith,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur G.
Smith of Burnstad, and Joseph r. Hoo
ven, also of Burnstad.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

VIM. johnson and Mrs. Gena Viger,
both of Edmore, were quietly married
at Devils Lake Tuesday of last week,
the being performed by
County Judge Henry.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

Mr., and Mrs. C. r. Stone and daugh-
ter Aline and son Robert will leave
the last of the week for the south n
will locate for a short time in Miami,
Fla, but expect to travel for the
greater part of the remainder, of the
winter in the south.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-15

"a party of gentlemen from Valley
City, who are attending the convention
this week are; II. Uloth, J. Shafer,
VIM. Dotting, Vim. Young, John La
resh, and r. Young. Mr.. Cloth and
Mr.. Shafer are guests of Mr.. Uloth's
daughter. Mrs. Roy Severance while in
the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

boughs of palms and other tropical
trees, and on each altar is a minia
ture representation of the birth Of the
Christ Child in the lowly manger at
Bethlehem. 1t is quite similar to the
arfamed cradle and "Bambino'' of
the Central American countries.
People from the outlying towns
have come in to the service, resplend-
ent in their new raiment and with
merry Christmas greetings upon their
lips. "Felices Pascuas" is the word
ing of the greeting, and it may be
heard on every side.
The mass over, the real fun begins
The children make happy pilgrimages
to the homes of relatives and friends,
attired in their best "bibs and tuck
ers" and very proud of them. They
are the recipients of many gifts in
the houses they visit; and then, too,
come the many parties, the family re-
unions and continuous festivals of
the entire week following Christmas
Day.
Indeed, Christmas is most joyful
occasion for Filipino children. Aside
from their little pilgrimages after the
early mass-from which they return
home with pockets filled with presents
or tinkling with money-they have
many joyous affairs. They look for
ward to the coming of Christmas with
the same longing and anxiety as does
the American child.
Strange to say, however. they do not
believe in our Santa Claus. Nor do
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back home" for that day, when every
civilized human being who has roof
tree wishes to be beneath it. But
distance and business keep many of
even the moneyed individuals in
Washington and, although they accept
invitations to dine among friends and
scoff at the plebian custom of "mak-
ing such fuss about Christmas" they
cannot even deceive themselves into
thinking any substitute for the fam
lily celebration very joyful. And this
Christmas, when the President
of the United States lives in a hotel
and more Senators and Members are
living in what Shaw has termed
'Widowers' Houses than for a dec
ade past, the contingent of homeless
ones Is especially large.
But these are merely inconvenienced
for a single Christmas Day! They
know that everybody else knows that
circumstances, and not necessity, have
caused them to remain at the national
capital and to partake of turkey
carved by country club, or city hote.
chef rather than by ones own favor
lite Uncle, or Grandma, or butler =
1t is the Civil Service delegation
regret.
For more years than they care to
count, hundreds of these "outlanders''
have drifted along in placid Wash
ington, always meaning to Ego hor7.
for Christmas" but never quite MAX
ing 1t. Gradually the old folks they
left behind--to take the job that
doomed so large at home and grew
smaller with each successive mile of the
journey toward it--have died off the
farms have been sold or changed
hands, the single ones have married
or grown callous about writing when
there was nothing in common to men
ton.
Gradually the months have become
years and friends in the Departments
seem closer than the relations hum
dreds of miles away. The salary
which was to pay off the mortgage
has proved just sufficient to keep it's
possessor two laps ahead of the loan
shark, or in little more comforta BILE
habitat than his or her fellows
And then, suddenly, there is a tang
of cedar in the frosty air of Penn
sylvania avenue, fir trees begin piline
up like a primitive barricade over
by the Centre Market, people are hur-
rying with bundles and children
they are the dominant note in the
Christmas notwithstanding in
anticipatory glee and the Government
clerk remembers! 1t is Christmas and
he has nowhere to spend the day!
Nowhere that counts For the Christ
mas day dinner Is the one meal OF
the year which depends for its sue
cess mostly upon relatives, good hu-
NOR and presents with love behind"
Ones Own Table is a Luxury.
The heads of various Depart
ments. the married men of the Serv-
Ice, the women In 1t who have taken
thought and brought on part at leas
of their original household are exempt
from this tragedy They have home
and can go to market and hang ur
their stockings and in every way du-
plicate Christmas on the farm, or In
some city or village far remote from
the national capital.
| The typical Government bachelor
widower. old maid. middle-aged widow
and young girl who have to face the
loneliness and humiliation of Christ.
mas in the City Of Magnificent Dis.
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of dulcet musical instruments are in
order. Before Christmas Day it is
fast; afterwards it's a feast.
For two weeks before Christmas,
even the children attend mass every
morning at four o'clock. And dur
ing the entire twenty-four hours of
Christmas Eve, everyone fasts most
vigorously. Then, with the stroke of
midnight, comes the great mass in
the cathedral.
AS the Christmas bells peal forth
the glad tidings, the houses become
alive with lights, the children are
awakened from their dreams, and the
people sally forth to attend the mass.
The air is chilly though not actually
cold, of course. The streets are
crowded with worshipers on their
way to the churches.
Many prefer the early morning
mass to the midnight one, especially
the young women and girls who hesi-
tate to risk the crushing of their pret-
ty new dresses in the crowd. Besides,
ones dress, you know, cannot be seen
to advantage in the dark. So, as the
sun pops up above the horizon. hun
dreds and hundreds of men, women
and children may be seen either GO
ing to or coming from church. Every
where the spirit of Christmas is man
ifest.
When the Fun Begins.
The churches are handsomely dec
GRATED with leaves, flowers and the
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they hang up their stockings by the
chimney place. Nor do they have
Christmas trees. But, you may be
sure, they have good reasons for re-
joicing at the coming of Christmas.
For days and days before the great
festival, Filipino mothers are anx-
iously preparing to make the occasion
memorable for their children They
sew diligently on pretty dresses for
them, buying the most expensive ma
terial they can possibly afford.
A Day For the Children.
christmas is indeed a day of re-
joicing for the children" said a we'll
known Filipino the other day, with
just suggestion of a tear in his eye
as he thought of the happy times he
would be unable to enjoy there this
year. "As the Yuletide approaches,
their young faces fairly beam with
joy and anticipation. They watch the
making of their finery with eager eye
and try it on with all the enthusiasm
and preening of a woman before the
mirror of a fashionable dressmaker.
All, how proud they are of the tiny
shoes that have been bought for them
And how eager they are to discover
what presents they will receive from
their relatives and friends
"And yet the giving and receiving
of presents is really but a minor part
of the Christmas celebration-with
both the children and the grown-ups.
We have not yet made 1t the burden
it seems to have become in the
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masses together, or look forward to
the future which awaits their chill
dren. The younger people, happy and
iubilant, gather round the piano and
sing their favorite kundimans, or love
songs. Or, most likely they sing
them to the accompaniment of their
sweet-toned string instruments.
These love songs are plaintive in
deed and very popular in the Philip
pines. The children, forming their
own groups, compare the gifts they
have received and enjoy that inno-
cent bliss which Christmas always
gives to childhood"
On Christmas Day the festivities
are varied. Aside from the family re-
unions, parties and banquets, there
are baseball games which are hotly
contested. Indeed, baseball seems to
/ have taken the Islands" by storm,
and no Christmas day is now COM
plete without its one or more cham
pionshfp contests.
All work, except only that which is
absolutely necessary, is suspended;
! even the hard working women who
labor in the fields in the outlying dis
tricts find this day of rest and pleas
ure.
In Manila a procession of masked
jewellers is held through the principal
streets. Donhing grotesque costumes
and masks. they march to the tune of
musical instruments of all kinds. Con-
fetti is thrown and the fun is almost
as fast and furious as that of our own
Mardi Gras at New Orleans.
No Turkey For Dinner
Bands are not needed to head the
procession for, so musical are the Fill
ipinos, that nearly every one in line
of march carries a musical instrument
of some sort. The procession excites
the utmost interest each year and,
you may be sure, the little Filipino
boy is to be found tagging along at
the head, just as his American broth
er does when a parade comes down
the street.
The Philippine Christmas dinner
never includes turkey, unless it be the
canned, boneless variety imported
from the United States. Chicken is
the national domestic bird of the
Islands" and it always has the place
of honor on the festive menu. In
fact, many of the most appetizing of
the native dishes contain chicken as
their chief ingredient.
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tances know that it can seem a very
cruel, heartless place indeed, for all
its loYely squares and lights in hos
pitable windows and sound of mellow
chimes.
The orphaned" women feel their
desolation most keenly! Frequently
two or three of them make up a lit
tie party and go to a matinee-with
the prospect of a nice dinner after
wards in some downtown hotel, where
the cards are painted with holly and
the rooms are as festooned as a
church wedding.
But did you ever go to a Christmas
matinee in Washington? The very
actors and actresses look melancholy
because THEY are far from home and
only the "really and truly family
folk, who came because they thought
II pleasant diversion after the mid
day meal, look and are happy and
able to enjoy the performance.
A weary little woman who has sup
ported her entire family for years by
shaving in Washington, once told this
writer that she would rather eat o
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states.
Peace and goodwill are the pre-
dominating spirit of the Filipino
Christmas said Mr.. Kalaw, Secre-
tary to the Commissioner, or dele
gate to Congress, the other day in
his offices in the House of Repre-
sentatives office building. "This is
mainly expressed, not through the Civ
ing of Christmas presents, as seems
to be the custom in America-though
considerable number of gifts are
exchanged-but through the actual
warming of ones heart toward his
friends and relatives Members of a
family, rich or poor, living near each
other or far distant, meet for their
Christmas celebration and, whenever
too great distance does not forbid, e&-
change visits.
Within the Family Circle.
Indeed, family gatherings are the
accepted order of the day. When
one sees these informal family re-
unions; where love and affection are
the predominating spirit; when he
finds in the typical Filipino homes
these happy circles of friends and rel
atives-he cannot help but be i'm
of the ties which bind the Filipinos
to their homes, their relatives and
their friends.
"At such a gatherings the old folks
sit together their wrinkled faces
beaming with joy. and rehearse with
fond recollections their former Christ
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- ACH year at Christmas the
e. boarding houses and aBartment-
hotels, the cafes and fashion,
" able restaurants of Washington
Cl.y are filed with an alien throng of
men and women who are there because
they cannot go anywhere else, OF
course, they might run over to New
York. or take a trip to some other
nearby city, but 1t would merely mean
varying the menu and the price of
the Christmas meal-in either event
it would end in partaking of paid
for dinner rather than of one proffered
In the name of love or relationship.
For Washington is essentially a
Governmental city and its inhabitants
are largely nomads who regard it
even after twenty years of residence
AS merely pause in the journey
of business life.
Thousands of women-and no opti-
mist would want to estimate how
many men-dwell in its flats and
rented rooms with and without
board" who have no home connections
beyond the District of Columbia.
With Congress in session, and just
adjourning temporarily "over" the
festive occasion, there is a small army
of clerks, secretaries and their fam
lilies; the long distance national leg
slators and THEIR families, and the
numerous imported chauffeurs and
their families who are compelled to
pass the Yuletide among strangers.
The lucky Ones Leave Town.
Al.
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One dish, which is to the Filipino
Christmas or Thanksgiving, Is called
tinona. This consists of chicken and
q peculiar native vegetable called ape.
This is somewhat like a pumpkin in
shape, only green. The filing, or in
sides, is scooped out and mixed with
peppers, spices and chicken. The
whole is boiled and served very hot.
Another favorite dish for the
Christmas meal is called potchero,
which means the dried skin of a pig.
Chicken is mixed with cut-up radishes
and thin slices of bacon, the whole be-
ing baked.
Suman a Favoritc.>
The devout Filipinos fast all of
Christmas Eve, up until midnight.
Then a most elaborate supper Is
served in the hospitable homes. Al
this meal, it is considered essential
to serve suman, or rice cakes. But
these cakes are not made of the dry,
almost tasteless rice to which we are
accustomed in this country.
Suman is of a sticky sweet nature
and Is favored with the juice of a CO.
coanut. The natives prefer 1t to bread
at these feasts. 1t must be prepared
most carefully to be tempting. After
being securely wrapped in palm or
banana leaves, it is put into an Iron
pot on the evening before Christmas
Eve and allowed to boil all night
Strange to relate, but few vegeta-
bles are grown in "the Islands" Rad
ishes attain an unusual size there. and
potatoes and beans thrive most sat
isfactorily. But, to offset this appar-
ent disadvantage there are something
over forty varieties of fruit that -four
ish like the proverbial green bay tree.
They may be eaten raw canned or
preserved, and are most appetizing
either way. Most of them are not
even known by name or sight to US in
ehis country.
At the Christmas dinner, pastries
form the principal dessert. Among the
most popular may be mentioned tarts
made of guava jelly, preserved man
goes, and fresh or canned chico, which
somewhat resembles a pear in ap-
pearance, being brownish yellow in
color and oval in shape. AS is true OF
nearly all Philippine fruits, it is said
to have a much more delicious fla
vor than its kindred fruit of the tenn
! perate zone.
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| And great is the ostentatious pride
of such a one and deep the envy of
his associate boarders.
To the everlasting credit of the
| Washington Iandlady, be it said that
she usually does everything in her
power to give her house the semb-
lance of a real home at Christmas
and to make her guests" feel they
are there by invitation rather than
purchase.
Perhaps she has her own family
and would prefer to eat just with
them, but she knows well that such
a course would arouse most un-
Christmaslike suspicious that she was
having a better dinner than that pro-
vided for her people"
The Boarding House Dinner.
The tablecloth is generally snowy
white, the turkey nearly tender the
cranberry sauce nodded and firm.
There is enough of every vegetable
and some kind of pie, ice cream, or
pudding. But the one essential to
every cheerful Christmas feast the
clearinghouse keeper cannot provide!
She is not related, or, otherwise than
! financially, interested in sany of the
diners at her table, or they toward
one another The spirit of good fell
lowship. OF friendliness of kin and
of enthusiastic children are as utterly
lacking as they are in Jail. So, the
turkey becomes tasteless, the plum
pudding seems canned and the whole
! like Dead Sea fruit in the mouths of
dissatisfied eaters.
At the table will probably be a
woman who looks sixteen from the
| back and sixty from the front. She
would love to eat her Christmas din
ner sans the upright figure which con-
vinces a Government that she is not
too old for her job-but she dares
not relax. A young girl in the early
twenties who has just paid up her
first railroad fare from home and is
trying to make good as a Govern
mental stenographer-eats her first
Christmas meal away from home and
eats it sad-eyed and hurriedly that
she may rush upstairs and read again
the letters from her family "This
will be my last Christmas in Washing
ton" she announces chokingly
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prefer
And everywhere the lack of chill
dreni
Perhaps that is what makes the
Washington Christmas of the board
inghouse and hotel such dreary af-
fair!
Uncle Sam has rule that no two
Government employees who get mar
ried to each other may retain their
positions in the Service. Consequent
ly, one notes the lack of lustre eyes
of aging, lonely men and made-up,
old-young women with French
heeled shoes and penciled eyebrows
who have been for years tacitly in
love but afraid to risk living in ex-
pensive Washington on the output of
one job, and who go ploddingly about
Christmas Day together in a vain
search for good cheer
One Day of Rebellion.
They walk Christmas morning
through Rock Creek Parl; or SO
to the Zoo. omething in tie eeaee-