New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-18

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expect tls to eat shinl-why, you can't
eat anything that knows its name"
But every one else was just merely
sensible. And they had been dis
GUESSING Christmas in this sensible
strain at the town meeting that night,
before Simeon and Abel preached their
plan for s.andardizing their sensible
leanings
Somebody had said that Jenny Wing
and Bruce Rule. who was Ebenezer's
nephew. were expected home for
Christmas and had added that It
didn't look rs if there would be- much
OF any Christmas down to the station
to meet them" On which Mis- Morti.
mer Bates had spoken out. philosoph-
tcal to the point OF brutality. Mis-
Bates was little and brown and Quick.
and her clothes seemed always to cur
tain her OF. so that her figure was no
part of her presence SIS
Il amt going to do Il thing for Christ.
mas this year" she declared. as nearly
everybody in the village. had tntermit-
tentls dersared-.'not y living. breath.
ing thing can't. and folks might Just
as well know it. fiat foot What's the
use Of buyiHg tinsel aud tiimt1am when
you're eating milk gravy to save butter
and using salt sacks for hnndk erchiefs?
l amt educated up to see it,
Mis- Jane Moran. who had changed
her chair three times to avid Il draft.
sat down carefully in her fourtI, chair.
her face twitehing a little IA if it's mus
cles were connected with l,er joints.
Christmas won't be no. different
from any other day to our house this
year. she said Wen get up and eat
our three meals and sit down and look
at each other. We can't even snare a
hen-she might lay II We didn't eat
her."
Mis- Abby WinslDw. mother Of seven
under fifteen. looked up from, her rock
ing chair-Alis' Winslow always sat
limp in chairs us If they were reaching
out to rest her. and indeed this Ccca-
sioll;ll yielding to the force of. gravity
waa almost her only luxury.
You amt thinking Of the, children.
Mis- Bates. she said. nor you either.
Jane Moran, or you couldn't talk that
way We cunt have no reai Christ
mas. of course. Put I'd planned some
little things made out Of what had in
the lOuse-thfngs that wouldn't be
anything and yet would seem little
something
Mis-. Mortimer Bates swept round at
her
Children" she said. fought to be
showed how to do without things
Bennett and Gussie amt expecting
silver OF nothing for Christmas-no
silver.
Mis- Winslow unexpectedly fi:tren ~,
Whether it shows through on the
outside or not" she said. I'll net vou
they are
My three" Mis- Emerson Morse pu,
in paciticatly. "tave teen Kept from
popping corn and cracking nuts all fall
SOS they could do both Christmas night.
and it would seem like something that
was something
THAT amt the idea" Mis- Bates in
sisted: Fl want them learut to do with
OUT c.They'n learn that Mis'
Abby WINSTON said; they'll learn,
Happening as 1t does to most every
one Of us to have no Christmas. they
wont be no distinctions drawn None
Of the children can brag-aud children
is limbs Of Satan for Dragging" she
added She was remembering a brief
conversation overheard that day be
tween Gussie and rep. the minister's
son:
I've got .doll,'' said Gussie
I've got dollar" said Pep
My mamma went tn a tea party"
said Gussie.
MY mamma give one" said Pep.
Gussie mustered her forces. MY
papn goes to work every morning."
she topped it.
MY papa don't have to-" said Pep.
aud closed the incident.
II can't help who's a limb Of Satan"
Mis- Winslow replied d0gEedly."l can't
seem to sense Christmas time without
<'A4s A0lAASNS
ut won't be Christmas time II you
don't have any Christmas" Mis- Rates
persisted
''Oh. yes It WILL" Mis- winslow said.
oh. yes it will Son can't stop that
It was Mis- Bates. who. from the
high backed plush rocker. raped with
the blue glass paper weight on the red
glass lamp and. In the absence Of Mr.
Bates. caileslothe meeting to order The
Old Trait Town society was nrga nized
on |: platform af membership unliMit-
ed. dues nothing hint taking turns with
the enterta lining. officers to consist Of
president. the host OF the evening Tor
wife. II any,. and nn minutes to bother
with " And it was To a meeting so
disposed on tile subject ut Christmas
that Simeon Buck r,se to present hi.
argument
Mr. President" he addressed the.
..hair
Its Nine President. sou ninny
geese corrected RnfF Miles. sotto