The Washington times., 1915-12-25

to wish me and mine q merry Christ
mas.
A merry one to you, my lad, merry
one to you. and Just the first OF many
of them.
Christmas An Opportunity.
There's the little school teacher way
down in the Tennessee mountains.
How homesick she must be, but there's
| nothing in her letter but Christmas
wishes and happy New Year good
A light heart to you, teacher. and
happy Gays! May you and your noun
| tam ychtiuren have a merry CnftSLmas
IN the little log scnoOlhouse. d like to
| DO tnele to help you trim II up with
Nreatns OF mountain ho1y.
Iheles the woman IN, smart society.
1 She .WolKs haruer tnan any wage slave,
poor thing, at being smart but sne
was not too Dusy ~ write and wish uS
| ali merry Cnristmas.
| Know Sne'S tnInkIng OF the Christ
! mas We spent tOgetner once in san
| FRANCISCO, Nnen' We were both young
and ambitious, ana anything but rich.
Ahd hVw we went OuL ~ u.nlIer az a
cheap table d'hOIe, and got on very
wen, pretending to be happy, until the
waiter Wisneu us a merry Christmas
when he helped us on Mltn our coaLs,
| ana then We Doth Drohe down aud crleu,
to The walters agOnizeo amazenenI.
4
| something IN German, Calling hIInseIf a
QunlnIAOpf, whatever tnat Is.
| hes made u great success, the man
USED To KNOW, a very greet success,
ana ne rich and lionlzed, DuC somehow
iedu between lhe l.lIes or his Christ
| mas Ietter tnaC he Is nOL as nappy as ne
| Was Mheh lac Was poor anu believed not
ohiy la other peUpie, Uut hInIseIf.
tnIhk 1t VAS reneI to him 10 write
| ~ AN ola Lrlenu VINO does not want
! anything of nm.
The rich man, the man of power and
| place anu pIsIdDn, wnot Irirnd ne
u..s Oe~L tI.4OLsh all the years VII d
KIND and lai,hrGl fIi.mA! / never say
anyLhi.Is tU h.m ABBA. 1t, b.. C.nrIsL-
mas Is mere, anu / can.
can write him "A iII,lc note with my
heart in IL ana let hi.I Know ;nat
h..@n lntnk YOU When / Say 'NIerry
TneIes the friend who is unhaprily
married. Poor wo,nal! Sue won't ie,
you be sorry IUr Ter She trics ID pre-
tend all the time, ana inc rest OF Us
pretend, too t. her.
This is my chance. Ill write her a
Christmas letter, the polliest. frlcrdliest
letter ! know how tu wri.e but there
must be an II c'ecper note that will
speak to her lonely heart ami tell her
tnat she Is lcNeu and admired by those
who really know her.
What fight you re mal:nR. brave
scul-you with the laughing mouth and
thf sad eyes!' How you struggle to
keep up appearances. and how we all
love you Tor it-you, the great public
! success and the great perSC nal failure.
| You shall have one letter from nne who
really loves you at Christmas time.
The Zone" Day.
What should we do without the
blessed season? Why, we'd ali get to
be as cold as ice. and as Grabbed as a
winter apple.
Ships That Pass IN the Nisht''-dld
you read 1t, the book that was such a
! sensation years aku? Tine best thing
! about II was the title?
ships that pass In the night'-fOr
! SO we are. all OF us.
Ships that sail the lonely seas alone,
! for the most part alone.
| Eut there Is one day in the wear
| when We all run up our flaSH and show
| our colcrs and hail each OIL her in friend
| ly greeting across the wide, wide sea.
Merry Christmas, That 8 the gallant
greeting from the little sloor there wal
lowing In tho waves. The great liner
lies to to answer.
Merry Christmas! And through tho
storm and the fog, anS above the
( screaming of the winds OF Ces inv, there
comes the. chime ot bells, for this is
Christmas time!