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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
Christmas Afternoon

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The afternoon Of Christmas day may be rather
a quiet one for the older folks. The gifts have
been unwrapped and arranged and lowered over
from time to time. The usually tidy room looks
like a bazaar for the sale Of fancy goods. Per
haps neighbOrs and other friends may come to
exchange Merry Christmases - and to say. MAY
I thank you here for your lovely gift?"
Between the dark and the daylight, after the
callers have gone and the children have returned
from their play, comes the peaceful and happy
Christmas evening. The great day Is dying;
Christmas is nearly over. 1t will be a whole year
before we shall enjoy its merriment again or re-
member happy Christmas seasons of the past.
We may lose many things-home, friends, health,
money-but memory abides. and no one can take
from US the happiness that has once been ours.
On Christmas night we remember the old days.
We think of those who were once here to share
our joys. christmas never can be the same
again r. many people exclaim when they feel as
IL the Joy Of life has gone forever. If we all took
that view Christmas its"lf might die. 1t depends
upon deep spiritual insight.
Let us, II we can, forget our troubles and even
our sorrows and try to rejoice. If we have chill
dren about us 1t Is not hard to be merry, but II
we have none Of our own there are a great many
who ought to be made glad and may be found
with but little trouble.
A merry Christmas to you ALI And I would
add Tiny Tins words, God bless us, every onel"
Dolly Wayne in Philadelphia Public Ledger.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
BRIEF

England's prison population before
the war was $4,000; 1t is now $500.
Portable electric machinery has
been invented to screen coal and load
it in wagons.
OF the 5000 or mor islands COM
prising the Philippines only about 400
are Inhabited.
Adding an ounce of camphor to each
five gallons Of gasoline he uses, an
English automobilist claims to effect a
fuel saving Of 20 per cent.
The leader Of the Wellesley college
unit for war service in France, Miss
Mary whiting Of Boston, has written
to friends In this country Of the de-
light and wonder Of the French refu-
gee children over American lollipops.
The Union Pacific railroad has set
aside about $75O,OOO for building snow
sheds in Wyoming. These sheds are
made of reinforced concrete, and are
built in such a way that they can be
taken apart and moved to any portion
Of the road where protection from snow
Is most needed. Four of these con-
crete sheds are being built, the longest
If which is 4.470 feet.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
FACTS

The Emergency Fleet CORPORATION
has a girls chorus. all employees,
with Miss Beatrice Eaton as leader.
With walls but two inches thick. n
concrete motion picture theater. so by
40 feet and Is feet high, has been
built. in England.
The discovery In Sweden of a LOAF
OF bread made from pea flour in the
time Of the Vikings has disclosed the
fact that peas were cultivated in En-
rope more than 1000 years ago.
A recently invented motor operated
floor finishing roller can be covered
with sandpaper for its finer work or
with carpet for polishing.
One man can handle four-ton loads
with a new three-wheeled truck for
factories and warehouses that has
lifting apparatus operated like a lack.
Oranges originally were pear-shaped
and not much larger than cherries.
their present form and size being due
to centuries of cultivation.
Eyeglasses for which a British nat
ent has been granted can be folded
when idle to resemble a locket and
worn On a chain ~ an ornament
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
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He In yo' little bed
Jes laik de brides In de nest
De nanny ORD hab fed.
Till Jingle. Jingle In de mawn.
When all de bells will say:
'"De Holy Chile OF Gawd am Dawn.
An dis am Christmas day"
james Whitcomb Riley, in his
Rhymes of Childhood. says:
eater a thoughtful. almost painful
Bub sighed. I'm sorry fer old Santa
Claus.
They wuz no Sanity Claus. ner couldn't
be,
When he wus ist a little boy like me-"
His "WhO Sanity Claus WuZ" is well
known:
"Jes' a little bit o. Teller; I remember
still
list to almost cry for Christmas. like .
youngster will.
Fourth o. July's nothing to 1t. New
Years amt a SMELL
Easter Sunday circus day-Jes' all dead
in the shell!
Lawsy. though! at night. you know. to
set around and hear
The old folks work the story of about
the sledge and deer,
An "Santy" skcctin round the roof. all
wrapt In Eur and fuzz.
Long afore
knowed who
SANITY Claus WIZ"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20

Flemish on one side and French on the
other:
Belgian soldier, our beloved friend
and brother. we, your American
friends, greet you this Christmas day,
1918. How bravely you have endured
and how courageOusly you have fought
during four years Of indescribable
hardship! But be of good cheer. Your
day of deliverance is drawing near.
Listen to the angels song, Glory to
God In the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men, Jesus Christ
was born for you. dear friend, and II
today you will open to him the door Of
your heart, he will enter In and I'm.
part to you eternal life."
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton, graduate stu.
dents Of the Moody Bible institute of
Chicago. have labOred SO successfully
In the interest Of the Belgian soldiers
since the summer Of 1915 that the
queen of the Belgians has given re-
peated recognition to their work, and
the Belgian army authorities allowed
them acces to the front line trenches.
Over 1900 Of the Belgian soldiers
have Joined their League Of the Holy
Scriptures" and their names are
among the most popular in the ranks,
OF the gifts distributed last year.
6.OOO boxes went to Belgian soldiers In
German prison camps. A reply card
was inclosed, and within a few months
the entire number Of 5000 had been
received. asking that copies of the Cos.
pels be forwarded.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20

pattern is cut in various sizes for dolls
ranging from IA to 80 inches In length,
the proportions Of your doll may be
quite different from the doll used In
cutting the original pattern. II the
clothes do not fit 1t Is not a very diff
cult matter to make alterations In the
patterns.
You need to allow any outlay
for materials for dolls clothes, for
there are always enough pieces In your
work box, or a friends work box. to
make all sorts Of dainty garments.
There are sure to be odds and ends of
lace and insertion to use on the little
underwear and pieces Of ribbon with
which the dresses can be trimmed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20

The inventor Of a pulley with de-
pressions In its surface contends that
belts will not slip when 1t is used.
With a view to meeting eventually
the national demand for WOOL, the jap
anese government will establish three
sheep farms early In the new year.
A few japanese women have been
put on the cars Of the Mino Electric
company because Of the shortage Of
men labOrers, who have entered the
manufacturing activities. If these
women conductors prove satisfactory
more will be similarly employed.
Arizona, which produced more than
80 per cent Of the refined copper in
the United States last year, is expect
ed to exceed its record this year.
So light is q new rubber-coated bal
loon fabric that three thicknesses Of
it weigh less than five ounces to tho
square foot
A portable Office large enough to
accommodate six persons has been de-
signed for United States army use. A
telephone, a roll-top desk. drop shelves
for three ~typewriters a central table,
may be put away when not
needed, are numbered among the con-
veniences Of this automobile.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20

constantly mt work in what was called the 'spin-
nIng-hOuse." This industrial annex of the estab-
lishment remains to this day, and visitors at
Mount Vernon are taken by the guides to see thu
very room in which the spinning-wheels were
operated.
OF course, there was high festival not only for
the master and his guests, but also for my peo-
pie" as Washington was accustomed to call the
negroes on his estate. He would never have
thought Of speaking of them as slaves. There
were at that period about one hundred negroes on
the place, and at the Yuletide season they en-
joyed exceptional privileges. Good things for
their onsumptio were distributed with no mig
gard hand by the mistress of the house, a treat
much appreciated being a drink known as 'methig-
ler." composed of fermented honey, spices. and
water. Another beverage brewed by Mrs. WASH
ingtOn was II sort of peach brandy sweetened with
honey.
Those were days when a capable housewife was
supposed to know how to compound a variety OF
beverages. Beer was brewed at Mount Vermont
under Mrs. Washington's own supervision, and
cider as well, the latter being a drink of which
her husband was very fond. He always had it on,
the table at dinner, and would take 1t freely in
place Of the wines which were more to the taste
of his guests.
By ten O'Clock in the evening the festivities Of
Christmas day Mt Mount Vernon were over. Even
had the fashion Of the time been otherwise. Mrs.
Washington would scarcely have tolerated late
hours. She always insisted on putting her hus-
band to bed early, and he meekly Obeyed. Wheth-
er it be true or not, as some chroniclers have as
serted, that Mr.. Washington was henpecked, 1t is
certain that he considered 1t judicious to submit
In most things to his wife's wishes.
The frame for this picture of a Christmas at
Mount Vernon before the Revolution Is ready
made; for, thanks to the efforts Of patriotic wom-
en-, the old mansion stands today almost exactly
rs it was when Washington lived there. There
is much of the old furniture, and even a great
deal Of the old china and glassware. The house
Is a veritable fragment of American history, and.
though more than a century and a quarter has
gone by since the merry Yuletide festival here
described, the imagination readily r~epeoples the
old place with its throng Of guests, eating, drink
ing, dancing, and making love, and hears the joy
Gus laughter Of the rOmping young folks. while
through the crowd moves the stately figure of the
host, who, offering his hand to the p~rettiest girl
in the room, proceeds to lead her through the
graceful and decorous steps of a minuet.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
In his more serious strain he says:

In his more serious strain he says:
"They's a kind O. feel In the air to me.
When the Christmas times sets in.
That about as much of n mystery
As ever I've run ag'iu!
Fer instunce, now, whilse I gain in weight
And general health l swear
They's a goneness somers, l ant quite
state
A kind O. feel in the air.
Is 1t the racket the children raise?
| wy. no.-God bles 'em.-no.-
Is it the eyes and cheeks ablaze
Like my own wuz, long ago?
Is 1t the bleat O. the whistle and beat
O. the little toy drum and blare
o. the horn? No! no. 1t Is Jest the sweet.
The sad. sweet feel In the air"
Paul Laurence Dunbar, in his char
acteristlc dialect, says of Christmas:
Step wild de banjo an glide wild dc
fiddle.
Dis ain no time flu to pottah an piddle:
Flu Christmas is comm, its right on the
way.
An dey's houahs to dance fo' de break
O. de day.
What II de win is talkin' an whistlin'?
Look at dat fab how hits spittin' an
bristlin'.
Heat In de ashes an heat in de cindah.
or Mistah Fros' kin look thoo de win
dahl"
To return to the real spirit of Christ
mas, as 1t commentaries the birth of
Christ. Margaret f. Sangster says:
W. love to think Of Bethlehem.
THAI little mountain town,
To which on earth's first Christmas day
Our blessed Lord came down;
A lowly manger for his bed,
The cattle near In stall.
There. Graded close In Mary's arms.
He slept. the Lord Of all,
Now breaks the latest Christmas mornI
Again the angels sing.
And far and near the children throng
Their happy hymns to bring.
All heaven is stirred. All earth is glad!
For down the shining way
The Lord who came to Bethlehem
Comes yet on Christmas day"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
FOR SOLDIERS OF BELGIUM
Americans to Bring Christmas Cheer
to Every Man In Valiant
Army.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph C. Norton, who
last year distributed 25.OOO Christmas
boxes to the Belgian soldiers, with the
cooperation Of the Belgian govern
ment, have perfected plans for extend
ing the Christmas cheer this year to
every soldier in the Belgian army of
10000. The gift will consist of chOco-
late, toilet soap and candies, furnished
at a total cost Of $4,000. A Christmas
greeting card will be inclosed. bearing
the following inscription. printed In
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20

Christmas in America has to adjust
itself to a different environment from
the old world setting. The heroic strug-
giles Of u pioneer ancestors tuned the
Tyre Of one of our ballad writer's to tell
of The First Christmas In New Eng
land" His picture Of the fOrbidding
New England coast presents a pitiable
contrast to the warmth and cheer
which memories of Christmas suggest.
They thought they had come to their
port that day.
But not yet was their journey done;
And they drifted away from Provincetown
Bay
In the fireless light Of the sun,
with rain and sleet were the tall masts
e And gloomy and chill was the air:
But they looked from the crystal sails to
Christ,
AND they came to a harbor fair.
The white hills silent lay
For there we're no ancient bells to ring
No priest to chant. no choirs to sing.
No chapel of baron. or lord or king,
Tha gray. cold winter day"
Then the vOyagerS remembered the
bells Of old England which were ring
ing for Christmas worship and they
forbOre to devote the day to labor.
h our axes swing on this day Of days
When the Lord of life was born3"
The tragedy of the Civil wal trailed
its shadow Longfellow's Christ
mas verse and even his courageous
spirit faltered:
II heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
OF peace on earth. good will to men!
And thought how. as the day had come,
The belfries Of all Chrlstendom
Had rolled along,
The unbrOken song
OF peace on earth, good will to menu"
Then echoes of the accursed cannon
LAUNDERING far awav In the %ROuthland
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
SANTA! DON'T YOU DAREI

We love our daughter dearly,
For her our lives we'd soak.
But she wants a ukulele
For Christmas. Holy smokel
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
PEACE

Blow, bugles Of battle, the marches Of peaces
East, West, North and South let the long quarrel
cease;
Sing the song of great Joy that the angels began,
Sing of glory to God and Of good will to men.
whittier,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
CHRISTMAS.

A Homemade Drama in Four Acts and an Epk
lopue.
Act I-Anticipation-The shopper and The shop.
Act H-Expectation-"You can't guess what I
bought for Christmas"
Act Observation-Disclosures what I wanted"
Act Iv-vexationtDarned old Junk Hans
Christmas, anyhow
Epiiopue.
Bill and bills, and bills, and bills.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
INDEED, HE WAS.

The Brother-I planted a kiss on her cheek be-
meath the mistletoe.
The Sister-Raiso anything?
The Brother-p' her father raised-weIl, he
was very angry
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20

liz Christmas turkey Mt Mount
Vernon was a wild bird, and
merely a game dish when Mrs.
Washington. in the early days
before the RevOlutiOn-her
husband was then only an
eminent citizen of Virginia.
rolled up her sleeves and
stood to Carye II,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
WORTH TRYING

How would it do to give the Christmas spirit
permanence by working It Into Q neat 1T Of New
Yer resolutionsf
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
JOY EVERY DAY.,

Why not more days of loving care.
With garlands hung up everywhere.
And candles bright, and carols gay
Why moi have Christmas every day.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20

O1RE1HE festivals Of n country
seem to reflect the heart of
a people. Christmas among
Italian peasants has quite a
different quality from the
1 Christmas of the land of the
former kaiser; so the songs
and carols which spring from these
festivals carry with them a distinct
flavor of the different natiOnalitles
which inspire them. Even two
tries SO closely akin as England and
America infuse a certain national at
rnOsphere into the literature Of Christ
mas. In England one may trace the
Christmas carol from the qualntest of
old folk songs
"As Joseph was a-waukin'.
He heard an angel sing.
This night shall be the birth night
OF Christ. our heavenly king -
down through a sort of procession of
Christmas ideals I'm successive cen
turtles to our own time, when
"Hark, the herald angels sing
seems to embOdy Christmas JOY in Eng
disappearing lands the world over.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20
FROM THE HEART.

"Not because it's in the air
But because l really are
Merry Christmas"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20

Another favorite with the children
is "Christmas Day" by Ruth Ray
mOnd.
Now. chile. go hang yo' stockin's high
Dyar by de chimbly place.
'Fo Santa Clause goes ridin' by
Wild him ole jolly face,
Oats allus smilin' cause dey say,
He hubs de chillun SO.
An brings dem gif's each Christmas day
Across de miles Of snow.
rs mended dem from top to toe,
Dey'l hole de t'ings yo' need.
One Tile garden rake and hoe.
De book ys longs to read.
Wild fife n drum TO- yo' to play:
Dat Santa Clause boun' know
De things yo's prayed TO cherry day
And make yo' happy 30.
Hang up you stockin' den an rest
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20

seemed to drown the music Of the
bells.
TT was as II an earthquake rent
The hearthstones OF a continent.
And In despair ] bowed my head
There Is no peace on EARTH | said.
For hate is strong
And mOcks the song
OF peace on earth. good will to men"
Then pealed the bells more loud and
deep:
God Is not dead. nor doth he sleep.
The wrong shall fall.
The right prevail
With peace on earth. good will to nfen""
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-12-20

Snow and Christmas winds seem to
be so closely mingled with Christmas
In the minds of Engllsh-speaking .peO-
pie that many Of us are scarcely aware
that new traditions of Christmas eli
mate are being built up in parts of our
wide country. The poet Sill, with his
exquisite art, paints for us a picture of
christmas in California :"
"Can this be Christmas-sweet as May.
With drowsy sun and dreamy air.
The new grass pointing out the way
For flowers to follow. everywhere?
Has time grown sleepy at his post.
And let the exiled summer back,
Or is 1t her regretful ghost
Or witchcraft of the almanac?
I am his creature. and his air
breathe. where'er my feet may stand:
The angels song rings everywhere.
And all the earth Is Holy Land
mas poetry, a great deal of verse has
been written in honor of st. Nicholas,
Kris Kringle or Santa Claus. as he Is
called, and the children. Perhaps n
of the best known Of these poems is
"The Night Before Christmas" by DR..
Clement c. Moore, which begins:
Twas the night before Christmas, when
all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring. not even a
mouse:
Thu stockings were hung by the chimney
with care.
In hopes that st. Nicholas soon would be
there;
The children were nestled all snug in
their beds.
While visions Of sugar plums danced In
their heads" etc.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-25
YANks WIN SUCCESSES
(By Fred s. Ferguson, United Press
Correspondent
ard Pterrepon'

(By Fred S. Ferguson, United Press
Correspondent
With the American Army in France,
Oct. 25.-The Americans have won
important new successes on both
sides of the Meuse.
Attacking on two mile front east
Of the river yesterday, they cleared
four woods which we're filled with
machine gun nests and are now with
in a mile and half of the important
village of DamvIlers. Another at
tack carried out simultaneously north
west of 5antheviIle resulted in the
capture of carre Farm.
In the AncreViIe region, the Amer
leans attacking on both sides Of the
brock, drove into the Freya-stelunu
rcw defenae line established by the
Germans. The French co-operated in
the operations east of the Meuse.
Unusually heavy machine gun resist
ance was encountered and overcome.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-25

AT PLANT
SUCCUMBS

Succumbing to an attack OF blood
poisoning and Spanish influenza,
Jeff Riley. engineer at the city water
plant, died at his home near the
plant this morning at o'clock.
Mr. Riley leaves a wife and two
grown children, Cleo Riley. soldier
stationed at Ft. Sill, and Miss Kate
Riley, local typist The son has ar
rived from Ft. Sill and win be pres
ent at the last sad rites, which are
ito be held by the local Masonic
lodge Saturday at 4 o'clock p. IN.
The deceased had been i'll for two
weeks.
The death OF Mr. Riley marks tbs
close of long and faithful term OF
service in the employ Of the city.
He has been connected with the city
water works, as engineer at the
plant, for more than eight years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-25
HUN GAS MASK
IS WAR RELIC
RECEIVED HERE

Another war relic captured from
the kalser's army has been received
in Chickasha. j. F. Schow. local fur
niture dealer. has received from his
son, Private John s. Schow, Some.
where in France, a German gas mask
and carrier-container for same
The two articles were just recently
captured by Uncle Sans fighters. 1t
shows the results of extensive use
and no doubt has protected the Hun
through many battles.
Private Schow, the sender, is also
brother of c. e. Schow. He enlist
ed in the army fifteen months ago
and has been with the Field Hos
.pital corps in France for an extend
ed time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-25

Adrian Moseley, a Chickasha boy
is in a base hospital in France re
covering from shrapnel wounds in
the back and left arm, and is inn
proving nicely, according to letter
Just received from him by Alvin
Powell OF this city.
Some weeks ago it was reported
that Moseley was wounded and on
his way home, with one arm perma-
nently stiff. His letter verifies the
stiffness in his left arm, but states
that the trouble will probably not
be permanent. However, there is no
indication in the letter that he will
be sent home at this time. He states
that his telegraph" arm is all right.
For seven months he has been op-
Grating switchboards. telegraph and
wireless instruments at the front.
The letter in part follows
Il have certainly seen some great
sights since joined the army. Ev-
erything is exciting over here now.
The allies are giving the Huns hell
and keeping them on the retreat.
Don't think 1t will be long before
we reach Berlin
Guess you have heard of my get