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wondering what was the cause Of that
strange light, a beautiful shining angel
came near to them and said:
"Fear not. bring you good tidings
which shall be to all people. This day
Is born Savior, and We shall find the
babe lying in manger."
And suddenly the angel was joined
by a multitude of the heavenly host
singing praises to God. This was their
song:
Glory to God in the highest. and on earth
Peace, good will toward men.
When the angels ha' gone back to
heaven the shepherds said they would
go to Bethlehem and see this Savior
of whom the angels sang. They went
and found him, little baby, in a sta
BILE, with no cradle to lie in, only a
manger for his bed. That little baby
was Jesus, who when he grew up said !:
LET the little children come unto me
and forbid them not, for of such is the
kingdom of heaven" His birthday
was the first Christmas day, and ever
since that time we kept that day as a
joyful and happy ene.-New York
Press.
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New Boomerang Bullet.

The discussion Of the war is hecrd
everywhere. Even negro janitors find
time while shoveling on the coal to
talk about it, says New York news
letter. Two of them were discussing
the wonderful inventions brought about
by the war. "The man Edison is some
boy" said one of the negroes. "How's
that?" inquired the other. "Why he's
done gone and invented magnetized
bullet dat can't miss German, If It
sees his steel helmet" "That's what I
calls some invention" exclaimed the
other. But dat amt all what that
bullet can do" continued the first
speaker. whenever that bullet don't
hit nothin' it comes straight back to-
the American lines. Dat sol? asked
the second janitor, with some doubt.
'How do they manage to keep them
there comm back bullets from hittinh
our own menu" well, nah frien',
didn't 'splain that" answered the first
one, "but you can betcher life that
man Edison has got dem bullets
trained. You doan 'spect he'd let 'em
kill any Americans, do you? No, sir.
He's just got them fixed so dey will
come back aud fall around our gun.
ners' feet"
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LIVING IN Cities
Residents Are Not as Neighborly|
4: as in Country.
Life in Metropolitan Municipalities 10
a Battle for Existence, With No
Time for Sociability.

"Who, then, is my neighbour" the
as he regards a row of similar house
fronts and reflects on the fact that he
has only nodding acquaintance at
best with the majority of the inmates.
Interdepeudence is fOstered by the
conditions Of living in the country.
Ordinarily we do not need the help
of the next house, near or far. But
let fire come, or destructive storm. or
predatory visitor, or a serious ILL
ness, and the neighbor may be as well
come as angels, says writer in Phila-
delphia Ledger.
City life is often a battle Of the
strong, because there are crowds and
there are many mouths to feed and
many shutting feet to be shOd. If we
let ourselves think of it, the vast null
titude of identities striving to establish
themselves is almost terrifying. Where
did so many people come from? Where
are they all going? How are they to
find lodging for the night? Each
of the moving swarm is the center OF
circle of friends. The humblest, I'M
less deeply unfortunate, has ties that
bind him to earth and make life-in a
degree-dear to him.
Out of the pagan wilderness to the
urban lights and rOarings comes bu-
collie youth. What will the city do to-
that unsophistication? Or in what
way will its rugged, innocent power
in time come to prevail upon the city?
Your shrewdest, hardest captain Of
business closes his eyes at hts desk
and is taken back to murmurous water,
brooks and bees, to the aroma of hay,
of kline, Of burning leaves, to the
sound of the Nhetted seythe or the
sight of baked apples in the window Of
the wOOdshed.
Why can't they brown flapjacks or
bake beans or concoct apple sauce or.
cook oatmeal as they did down on the
farm?
The table was always big enough
for the unexpected guest. An egg or a
quart of milk was no such great event
as 1t is in a city. There used to be
time, too, to settle the affairs of the
borough and the nation, to discuss
Horace Greeley and to wind the clock,
between supper and early bedtime.
We have filtration, and the vacuum
cleaner, and the servant question, and
| all the other city advantages. But it
was something to know the neighbors,
and somehow or other "the men that
were boys when 1 was a boy" mean
something in lifetime that the brisk,
| ambitious, clean-shaven, up-pushing
generation does not convey. 1t would
do these take-it-or-leave-it fellows good
to study the large, leisurely, tranquil
izing ways of their forebears in the
days when civilization" was not on q
tear from the cheap lunch to the bar
gain counter, and home was not way
station betwixt the joyride and the
moving pictures.
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Working In the Name
OF the Christ Child

Q ONE thirty years ago there lived
y in the city of Washington young
girl, the daughter of Richard L.
Merrick, a distinguished lawyer, says
the Survey. A serious injury, due to
an accident, had left her an invalid,
confined to her couch. The Christmas
season was fast approaching and amid
the preparations for the holidays,
which the happy family were busily
making, this young invalid, reared in
luxury, conceived the desire of clothing
in the name of the Christ Child some
poor babe who was to come into the
world in poverty. She made simple
but complete layette, sent for friend
who she knew could find the very
mother who needed such assistance,
and one small child was clothed in the
name of the Christ Child.
The Christ Child, society. founded
q years ago. distributed 139 layettes
last year. Not one request has ever
been refused to an applicant Endorsed
by It's visitors. And from this has
developed the material relief depart
ment, which clothes and shoes chill
dren, furnishes fOrtnight's outing,
brace for crippled leg or book
from the library. There are no religious
qualifications. Active members con-
tribute a definite number of hours
work each week, and anyone may be-
come a member by promising to an
swer the Christmas letter of poor
child. Washington numbers 1000 men,
bers, and there are more than $500 in
all, including the branches in % cit
les.
From her couch, where she has lain
for more than % years, Miss Mer-
rick directs and leads all the soci-
ety'S work.
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Gift Bringer In
Various Countries
TIME Dutch girls sing a pretty little
song on the feast of st. Nicholas
instead of writing a letter to

ME OuCCn girls sing pretty uCtlc
song on the feast of st. Nicholas
instead of writing q letter to
Santa Claus:
Santa Claus, you good-natured man,
Give me some nuts and sweetmeats-
Not too much not too little
Throw them into my apron.
For Christmas without gifts would
be no Christmas at all. So always
there is. a gift bringer, akin in nature,
If different in name, to the good st.
Nicholas, once bishop of Myra, who
vitality today through it's association
with the great Christmas festival Kriss
Kringle, Father Christmas, Santa
Claus, SunderklOos, are identical. The
holy Christ child comes to Germany.
In mystical Brittany the Christ him
self is thought to come to bless the
households of the pious, especially the
homes of simple shepherds.
In Spain on Twelfth Night all the
people, young and old, put their shoes
and slippers out on the balcony out
side the window in order that the three
hlilSo Joullics Ing NY may Dec dHu LIZ
them. There are also grotesque Christ
mas visitors. Knave Ruprecht, terror
Of TeutOnic babyhOod, has load Of
nuts and apples and other goodies with
him, as well as his traditional bunch of
switches.
The 'julbok" or "klapperbok," tall,
thin beast, with goatskin covered head,
Is after naughty Danish children, just
as the "habersack" is after those in the
Hartz mountains. Sunderkloos sends
sometimes a goat laden with presents.
The animals which the saint of
Christmas uses for his carriers are
quite as various. Bonner and Bitten
and the other fleet reindeer come first.
Santa drives span of reindeer in Swe-
den. In Alaska he comes by dog team.
Camels, so the story goes, bring the
three kings into Spain on their gift
bringing errand, though sacred art
would show us that horses might be
used as well historically.
In Holland, on the Zuyder Zee, ST.
Nicholas comes ON skates over the fro
zen wastes of water. In England there
are in use for Christmas several imita-
ton horses, the hobby horses of the
Morris dancers, which caper still in
StaffOrdshire, according to their an
cient habit-Chicago Tribune.
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TO PUT UP CHRISTMAS TREE
Cut Stem at Length to Make 1t Fit
Tightly Between Floor and
Ceiling.

The best way to stand tree up
firmly is to cut the stem at such q
length that 1t will fit tightly between
floor and ceiling, an average height of
eight or nine feet in most modern
houses. Fair-sized trees are so: much
longer than this distance that enough
NAV be cut off to permit the stem to be
rigid and the tree still maintain de-
sirable shape, the upper branches hug
ing the ceiling so closely as nearly or
ou;te to hide the top. This may give
the generally pleasing aspect of a tree
growing up through the ceiling, and a
further carrying out of the idea is the
cloud-like draping of the ceiling imme-
diately around the tree by festoons OF
white tissue or crepe paper. If the cut
INNER end shows put round disk of
bright red cardboard between end wood
and ceiling.
Set the butt of the tree in a pan of
water, keeping the pan nearly full. By
his means the needles Of the spruce
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prepare to Care for Themselves.

Nowhere have the French shown
their remarkable national vitality more
striking than in the way they have
kept up the pursuits of peace while
bearing the brunt of the most exacting,
war in history. So far from having,
their industries broken by conflict they
have developed scores Of new ones,,
writes q correspondent. An exhibit
now being held in Paris is given over
entirely to products manufactured in
France, which were formerly imported.
The first division consists of articles
formerly brought from foreign nations,
largely from Germany, while the Sec
Ond is made up of articles formerly
made in the northern French districts
now occupied by the. invader, which
are now being manufactured in south
ern France.
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will be prevented from falling off for
long time. The pan is easily hidden.
orioin Of Cardinals Red Hat.

1t is a tradition that the red hat
of the cardinal is due to the follow
ing circumstance: The Countess OF
Flanders complained to Innocent the
Fourth that in great assemblage she
could not distinguish cardinals from
abbots and other great personages OF
the church. Accordingly, at the coun-
Gil at Lyons in 1245, the pope pre-
scribed that the red hat should replace
the mitre; and ever since that time the
symbol of the cardinals rank has been
a red hat. Since the year 1854 red
robes have been worn by cardinals !;
the purple robes, which were decreed
by Boniface the Eighth, are worn only
in Lent and Advent.
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The Christmas Fire

BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRp
THE tree grea0 green in the forest,
Il Greto green in the sun and the
deto;
His branches reached for the shadows,
He feathered his tops in the blue,
And happy the air about him
Wherever his balSdn,S feD.
Drenched ,oith the rains OF the sum-
nler,
Fine from, his stems spun the shoto-
erS,
Soft dropped the snoto on his mantle,
Dream Dork of silver and fotoers,
And oUer him pk.te light trailing
The stars s,oam through darkling
hours.
cropping lohere great rock pillars
Stand shouldering rank on rank,
His roots at the cold stoeet sources
The ancient juices drank,
And he SUept aoith the earth compdn-
As the cast skies rose and sank.
His boughs brushed louo on your fore
As a passing ,oing might brush,
When night loinds made shrill music
In the hedvenS, and hush, oh, hnsh!
For deep in his DEEPEST coUert
He hid the hermit thrush.
Loo hare they laid the giant,
A. InJo hnS rif
And they fan the fires that tlOinkie,
And sing round his mOSSy girsh,
And make Nth a mighty magic
The life of the Christmas hearth.
For his flames giUe the spicy fragrance
of the summer atmosphere,
Willis the breath of the aooody hol-
lOios,
The Mster ard Right of the SCAR,
The blossom, the bird sons, the
hreeses,
He sheds through the Christmas
cheer.
And the message of peace onf bless
In the great fires g1oao theg mark.
w tH tNc tuU JTOW tHC "u N@~" WV
sailor
Home from his tossing bars
Ere the Christmas, bells come aainei'ig
Like the touch OF the frost On the
dark
And aUidely on pane and ceiling
SpGrkIes fiery foam,
And the children dance aoifh their
shadows
Like the forest Sprite aefth the
gnOnae,
While the great log rodrs end bldseS,
The heart of the jog OF home.
And the cheek that has long been with
cred
With an old rose blooms once more
As memories gIO1o like the embers
Whose flashes sink and soar
With the Christmas fires Wdrm glory
Where the log burns red at the core.
-Wom1n's Home Companion.
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Electric Ship Has Future.

The electric ship is no longer a
dream but reality and / should not
be surprised to find, within few
wears of the close Of the war, every
lew vessel Of any size driven, steered.
stopped, reversed of turned, merely by
he pressing Of series of buttons on
he bridge, says writer in the Elec-
trical Times, London. The application
of this principle will enable ships to
be run with the highest efficiency at
IN even speed, permit marine engi-
neers more liberty of design and yield
proportionately greater cargo space
than the present cumberous form Of
machinery allows.
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solve at once the problem of what to
give to the friend you hope to please.
The little cap at the top is glori-
fed and frivolous version of the sum
bonnet. 1t is made of val lace edg-
ing and insertion in a fiat medallion
shaped piece over the top of the head
and little cape that hangs from the
back. A band of pink MORE ribbon is
brought across the top of the cap and
ties in the back at the nape of the
neck. 1t is encouraged to be useful
and stay in place by the company of
clusters of the tiniest chiffon roses.
A band of hemstitched taffeta, edged
with lace and trimmed with zig-zag
band of little blossoms, makes the
other enticing cap. 1t fastens at the
side under bow of narrow satin rib
bon, with snap fasteners.
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On Christmas Eve.

Oh little babe, oh, gentle babe,
That in a Manager lies,
A-listening to the choral sweet
Which floats a-down the skies.
We through the year, who only hear
The worlds harsh laundering,
Listen that we, dear babe, with thee
May hear the angels sing.
Oh, little babe, oh, gentle babe,
Who lookest toward the star
And seest when they bear their gifts,
Those wise men from afar,
From wandering wide back to thy side,
Weary and worn, we fee; X
But hearts that bleed and hands that need
Are all we have for thee.
oh. little babe. oh. gentle babe.
Q Our hearts were hard and cold;
The star we loved, the star Of fame.
The song the song of gold.
At the hangers side this Christmas tide
We listen and we long
To see that star shine from afar
And hear the angels song.
Richard F. Souter.
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Know Bad by Learning the Good.

There was once a banker in the
days of wildcat currency who had
wonderful skill in detecting counter
feits. He acqIsred the skill, not by
studying counterfeits; he studied good
money. Whatever was not good
money was not money at all to him.
It was mere waste paper, not worth
even the name of counterfeit. So to
detect error one must study truth;
the rest is waste and rubbish. To
know good man when you see him you
must study good men. All short of
this is bad. !. So with ones efforts
in life; what is not honest what is
not real, has no existe.ice.-David
Starr Jordan.
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Christ Flowers.

Born of the clouds and darkness,
OF the frost and early snoao,
When the summer blooms haze faded,
The beautiful Christ fotcers bloa0.
All through the budding springtinae,
All through the summers heat,
All through the dutumn's glory
They hide their blossoms ssoeet.
But tohen the earth is lonely
And the bitter north 1oinds bloto,
With q smile of cheer for the dear old
gear
The Christmas blossoms bIot0.
Sweet as the dream of summer,
White as the drifting snoso;;
When our hearts are filed aoith griev-
ing,
The beautiful Christ foaoers bIoto.
Not all the south a0ind's aUo0isag
Opens their secret heart,
Slender they groao and stately,
Guarding their life apart;
But 1Ohen the earth is dredry
And heavy clouds hang lou,
with their tender cheer for the Uay
acorn year
The Christmas blossoms blo1o.
Sweetest of all CONSIDERS! ~
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December
BY J. c. OLIVER.

BY J. G. OLIVER.
n MONTH far famed! For festive
days and nights renowned,
Jog fraught, tOith haIlotoed bene-
dictions crotoned
Life's annual clearing house for ret
respective thought,
Where pensive memory recalls the
smiles, the tears,
The hopes and joys of youth, the Loves
OF Vanished years,
And signs to see the hdvoc, sad, that
Time has drought.
o hoary month"; In regions of the
north and east
The song of bird and ripping OF the
brook haze ceased,
And Natures thousand charms OF
summer days haze fed.
There Boreds retgsas, fierce God Of
pind and storms
And 1ointer all of verdure, into
broom and Uhite transforms
And leaves no trace OF life and beau
ty sped.
o happy month! When keen dnticipa.
ton, sUeet,
Flies s,oift on ,oings OF ardent IoUe to
greet
With gifts the friend, the lover or
the kindred near.
As Winter closer drGWs his icy fet-
tered chains
The heart expands and loDe unSelfsh
reignS
And speeds its largess to the ones
most dear.
Illustrious month of most illustrious
birth!
Good tidings, peace and jog to all the
earth
A heavenly choir announced aohen
Christ 1odS born.
No other birth such mighty portent
bore,
This Prince of Peace tohOm heaven
and earth adore.
H0ao thrills the heart at thought OF
Christmas mOrni
Los Angeles Times.
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Fdirest OF fotoera that grop!
When hopes and fc4oers haze faded
The beautiful Christ fo,oers blo1D.
Bright in the cottage toindoto,
Stoeet in the d1rkened room,
Fair In the shortened sunlight,
Cheering the dusky gloom.
on, tohes our hearts are lonely
And clouds OF care hang loo,
What blessed cheer for our dying near.
The Christmas blossoms bIoaoi
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The Christmas Spirit.

However it may be, when Christmas
comes it finds us all to a greater or
less degree ready to cry "A merry
Christmas to all" and to the best of
our ability keep it with good cheer.
Deep down in our hearts every one of
us cherishes what may be called the
Christmas sentiment. Even II we go,
as so many have done of past years,
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in days of discord and war. Some day
Christmas will cover the whole year,
and to make all men happy will sum
up the full aim Of every human being
Give! Christmas, give on! Warm your
hearts, o children of men! Love the
least; wrap children to your heart !;
reverence the poor-these are the op-
portunities God has given you. Won
derful is he. stoops to lift us. Only
he is great who, Godlike, knows how
to give imself.-Exchange
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
The First Christmas Day
Told For the Littlest Children

r listen dear little children, and
you shall hear about the very first
Christmas day.
1t was in a country across the sea,
far away from here, that some shep-
herds were watching their flocks one
night. The sheep were resting on the
grass, the little lambs were fast asleep
beside their mothers, but the kind shep-
herds were not asleep. They were
watching that no harm should happen
to the sheep.
Perhaps they were. looking up at the
stars and fhGbeautiful moon above
them when suddenly there appeared a
wonderful light in the sky, brighter
than the moon, or stars, as If the sky
had opened and they saw the glory
within. E
While the shepherds were looking up,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Bio Contract.

"Now, daddy, want rifle and
drum for Christmas"
"Um."
"And machine gun and a sword,
you know"
ETH"
"And soldier suit and two pis-
tolls"
"Gosh, kid, you want as many NUM-
tons as a foreign power."-Louisville
COurier-JOurnal.
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in a conspicuous place to be admired.
It's envied owner cannot lose sight of
it or refuse to behave as he should
when sOiled collars or handkerchiefs
are to be disposed of.
The lantern bag makes beautiful
gift for anyone and is made of Japa-
nese silk, red velvet and gold braid. 1t
is finished with handsome silk tassels
and suspended by silk cord. A cover
is made for the top of the lantern and
fastened by the clip through the braid
used for binding,
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Iisten 10 The Inner Voice.

II we would cultivate the things Of
the spirit, listen to the inner voices,
which whisper hints Of beauty and Of
truth, the time would come when just
as naturally as the sun shines, or the
birds sing, or the magnet pulls, or the
flower gives out its perfume, we
would give off light and life and power,
breathe sweetness and balm continu,
ally-Universalis Leader.
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An Old Habit.

The recruit at bayonet practice had
just given the dummy a vicious jab.
when the drill sergeant noticed that he
was grimacing in rather unusual
manner.
Number Four!" cried the sergeant:
whats the idea Of all that muggingY'
"Why," said the recruit, former
movie actor, "you want me to register
hate or fury or something don't your
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CHRISTMAS CANDLES.

This years Christmas candles will
be dressed out with shades in red,
white and blue, as well as in the ac-
custOmed red and green. Here are
two, among many others, in which the
national cOlors are skillfully used to
make graceful shades. The shade at
the left is mainly red with white and
about the top and bottom.
White over red in the other candle
makes pretty background for small
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THE LANTERN BAG.

No matter how many laundry bags
have vainly besought our male friends
to be orderly, this lantern bag has
every chance of success in fulfilling
it's mission. 1t is thing of beauty
that will never be relegated to closet,
but is destined to spend its days hing
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In Spirit of piscord.

Christmas is an upward-looking day.
1t does not stop to argue about God
and godliness. but undertakes to DEM
onstrate the great creed that makes
love for God and love for man our
whole duty. The more one considers
it, the more wonderful 1t seems, even
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Grandmas Not So Old.

Esther gazed long and earnestly at
the picture of be-capped and be-
specialized little old lady that headed
her reading lesson. "Miss Brown"
she said, wonderingly. at last, "they
don't make grandmothers nearly so
old nowadays as they used to, do
they3
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cREToNNE KNITTING BAG.

She who has not knitting bag must
feel like stranger in a strange land.
Christmas will give opportunity to pro-
vide her with this requisite of the
woman in polite society. Also to re-
place knitting bags that have grown
shabby with use.
Those of cretonne have everything
to recommend them. They are cheer