The Coconino sun., 1918-12-20

least religiously to the last. for we passed many one over-burdened, but still struggling hopefully on.
 Christmas giving will eventually be- come season of sanity and beauty and the, war will have had its share First Meeting of the
 Woman's Club Saturday.
 The Woman's club held it's first meeting since the fearful epidemic of influenza, last Saturday afternoon in the assembly room at Emerson school Mrs. Slipher presided and the pro- gram which was to have been devoted to the work of the public library, was changed somewhat to admit of talk and discussion of views and plans con- corning Conservation Week" Natu- rally the Woman's club was an ideal organization in which to further such plans. An able and we'll prepared talk by Miss Elizabeth Ryan, who is | in charge of this work here, put every club member present in a mood to fur ther the work needful to carry out governmental plans.
 | Mrs. Slipher read resolutions pledg- ing the local clubs assistance.
 Mrs. Clark's place as secretary of the club will be filled for the remain der of the club year by Mrs. Leona Coffin. Members delinquent as to club dues will still have short time in which to remind themselves of this important item, before January first. H I. I. !. :.
 Five Hundred Club at the BrandOns.
 MT. and Mrs. Baxter Brandon enter tained the Five Hundred club last Thursday evening. Naturally a holi- day spirit prevailed for the seven tables at play enjoyed an unusually good time, not only at cards which occupied the fore part of the evening, but in the social hour which followed the serving of delicious refreshments. Guests for the evening included MT. and Mrs. Henry Albers, MT. and Mrs. Herbert Asselin, Mir. and Mrs. E. M. Brown, MT. and Mrs. J. D. Jackson, Mir. and Mrs. Edgar Hash, Mir. and Mrs. J. P. Wilson, MT. and Mrs. J. J. Waldhaus, Mir. and Mrs. Alex. John- ston, Mir. and Mrs. Cress, MT. and Mrs. c. B. Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. P. Paul Finn, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Jolly, Miss Lentz and Mir. O'Connor. H !. .. !. .:.
 Lighting the Xmas Candle
 As in England.
 Several years ago quite a few in Flagstaff pledged themselves to es- tablish the pretty English custom of placing the lighted candle in the win dow on Xmas Eve. -. II Year by year the number has grown who have followed the old time eus- | tom. Let this year see even more of the \ bright little candles flashing out their | message of good will to each passer- I by. One street last year boasted candle in almost every house. A pretty sight it was, for the burned far into the night.
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 in making it so. No one would vote to abolish Christmas. Editorials have been profuse within the recent weeks, suggesting we give up Santa Claus, a German product, but one who was not only loath to give up this good old Saint but went farthur and looked in- to the matter, finds Santa Claus of good old Dutch origin and really better than that, for it seems an American was the first to picture hip as we know him--round, fat and jolly. So let's keep Xmas this year and through all the years to come.
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 Federated Chuch ... Services Sunday.
 The services on Sunday next at the Federated church will bear the Xmas message. The morning topic will be Golden Bells", while the evening one will be "The Startling Christ" But more important even than these ser vices will be the Xmas morning one at ten o'clock. Just an hour on this glad day of all the year with dse reverence to the Christ who was ush- cred in on that day so many years ago. Just an hour to give Him this gift of our time. 1. [. < l.
 Emerson school is celebrating Xmas today in rightroyal style. Each room will have tree and most of the y grades will have a jolly time distrib-