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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
sH isiEi; 10000 head.
TOPEKA POULTRY AND EGGS.

market quotations, April 20, 1921, by Pre-
MUM Poultry Products Co., 21O North
Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kan.)
creased receipts and decreased demand.
Lower prices are expected shortly but no
change has been noted at this time
The egg market is easier with receipts
showing heavier volume. There is no change
in focal prices.
Prices as follows:
under 4 lbs, 20c per lb. Shaggy young
ROSTERS, lac per lb.; old cox, 13c per ID
Broilers (1921l, III and 2 lbs, SOC per h.
Leghorns and black broilers, &c per lb. less
Eggs-In case lots loss off basis
$615, including case or 1Sc per doz. fol-
fresh eggs without case. On a graded basis
extra firsts, 24c per doz.: ordinary firsts
1Sc per doz.; seconds and checks, 15c pei
doz., case included; without case, &c pei
doZ. less. .5
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TOPEKA FRUIT 8 PRODUCE MARKET.

FURNISHED by the s: E, Ink. Jr., Mercan.
tile Co., 125-135 North Kansas Ave.)
BANANAs-Port Lemon. per lb. &c;
five bunch lots, per ID, sac.
GRAPE FRUIT-sealdsweet per box
LEMONS-Sunkist. per box, $500; Red
Ball, per box $325@5.00.
APPLEs-Extra Fancy, large size Wine
per p 6of $ pox Pr boS
tumble Pack Canoes, per box $500; box
lots, per box $1.s5; Fancy Delicious, per
LIMES-Per carton $500.
oRANGES--sunkist or Blue Goose. per
CUBAN PINEAPPLE-Per crate $1,000
Strawberries pints per
crate 500; ,, quarts, per crate 500.
I FIGS-Lily, per box $1.70.
DATES-Dromedarp, per case 1918
HONEY-2-6O Id. cans in case, per 1e
RAIsINS- 8 crown % lib. box.
bcx. per Id. 22c: Sunmaid. Baker seeded.
son seesaIess. Is ID. boxes, per y. 25c. -
BEETS-kaw Valley, punched, Blu. $500 :;
fsEaNs1c sfs Fl pm Michigan cws.
S. 90: Sea side Limas, 100 ib. bags per cwt.
CABBAGE-New Winningsteadt in crate
0t cAR sFS Is Psa ~ vafies punched per bu
$500: California, fresh, per dog. 75e.
.CAULIFLowER-snowban. per crate
cELERY-u. 8. California: per doz.
punches, s1:s5; California, In the rough,
PAS As PAR GUS doz. punches SIPS.
LETTUCE-Icebers Head Oh to ~
81 40 %; r 70 ~ oS baskets, ss55, 49, 20,
| MANGOES--Per doz. 40c.
+ oNIoNs-spanish; per crate $3.50; Wis
eSnsin White Globe. per Is. &c; Crystal
%" oNfoN SETS sFTs@Eed. PEE bu. 80 ID. s1.e5
cUcuMBERs-Per dozen SOC.
| PARSLEY-Per dog. 40c.
| PARSNIPS-Kaw Valley. per lb. 215c
poTAToEs@U. s. Red River No. !; pei
STt io R 10 sack per e eW gsE ew ss'
RADISHES-Califor~ la fresh, round pei
dog. SOC; long, per doz. 45c.
| RHUBARB-Kaw Valley, per lb. 10c.
RUTABAGAs-Kaw valley, per ID. Sc
Canadian. per Id: &c:
SPINACH-14 ID. bushel s11o
STRING BEANS-Par hamper $500
SWEET POTATOES-Arkansas Nancy
Hall, per basket 1928: 8 to 5 basket lots
SEED SWEET PoTAToEs-Yellow Jer
sey, per bushel $50: Yellow Nanceman
per bu. $3.50; Nancy Halls. per bushe
Bermuda BERN u per busSei I9 ss6e er ou s2'0V' Ae'
HORSE EADISH-Per carton dozer
bottles s1.40: per carton 4 one-half gallon
bottles, per gal. $3.50.
KRAUT-Libby. per cask. approximately
40 gal. $1,000: per key, approximately u
| OYSTER SHELL-Per sack s1.35
1 VINEGAR-Pure cider, approximately s
gal. barrel, per gal. SIC: distilled coIored
4 approximately so gal barrel, per gal. 22c
distilled white. approximately so gal bar
rel, per gal 22c: cider, full quarts. pc
dozen S2.35; distilled. full quarts. per dozel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
she MADE Her THREAT GOOD
New York Woman Fled From Hus-
band, Declaring She Would Suicide.

New York. April 19.-The body of
a woman found in the East river last
night was identified today as that of
Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubs Mackaye,
we'll known suffrage worker.
Mrs Mackaye disappeared Safter
threatening suicide. The body was
identified by Charles Whitaker and
Mabel Irwin, friends of the woman
The husband, Benton Mackaye,sWri-
ter and expert in forestry, started Pm
mediately for Long Island City, where
the body was taken after being re-
moved from the river.
Mrs. Mackaye disappeared Tuesday
after eluding her nurse in the crowd
at the Grand Central station. She had
suffered a nervous breakdown and
had threatened suicide.
The woman was president of the
Milwaukee Woman's Peace society.
She organized the famous suffrage
hike in 1912. Her last big effort was
to fight before congress for a dis
armament bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20

than we can store it. The customs
officials are embarrassed by the guam
titles in which it is being seized.
I'm trying to dispose of the liquor
we circularized hospitals and drug
gists. But for some unexplained red
son, we found few purchasers"
to have a permit issued by the federal
prohibition unit.
Hospitals, druggists, manufacturers
of hair tonic and others who can show
the need for liquor for non-beverage
purposes; are able to get permits to
buy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Wall St, New York, April 20-STOCKS-
Regardless of more reactionary move
ments elsewhere, oils, including a number
Of the low priced speculative issues, con-
tinue to strengthen. Pressure against rails.
equipments, sugars and tobaccos was re-
sumed. Canadian Pacific fell one point to
a new low for the current movement and
Norfolk and Western, New York Airbrake
and American Car lost 1 to points. Cruel
Bile Steel, Atlantic Gulf, American Sugar
and International Paper also registered
similar declines. Columbia -Graphapone
preferred at a gain of 5A points was the
only conspicuous change; specially call
opened at 6 per cent and exchange rates
on London and Continental Europe were
firm and strong.
Oils asserted their recent leadership at the
irregular opening of today's stock market,
favorite issues soon advancing from large
fractions to almost points. Pullman,
which was especially heavy last week in
connection with unfayorable dividend
rumors, rose ~ points and Utah Copper,
Famous Players, Corn Products and several
Of the rails were among the firm shares.
Manhattan Elevated was conspicuously
weak. falling 6 points connection with
reports that its per cent guarantee may
be cancelled in the prospective reorganiza
ton Of the local traction lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
WEATHER
CONTINUED from Page One,

Tuesday night was as degrees at
Goodland, and the lowest in the
United States was 80 degrees at Mo-
dena, Utah.
There has been no rain in Kansas
or adjacent states during the past
twenty-four hours.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was "a
degrees. in 1902, and the lowest was
81 degrees in 1888.
At o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at IS miles an hour from
the south.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
MGROWN TOE nail
How to Tougher Skin SO Nail
Turns Out Itself.

few drops of "Outgro" upon the
skin surrounding the ingrowing nail
reduces inflammation and pain and so
toughens the tender, sensitive skin I'M
derneath the toe nail, that it can not
penetrate the flesh, and the nail turns
naturally outward almost over night.
tOutgro' is a harmless, antiseptic
manufactured for chiropodists. How
ever. anyone can buy from the drug
store tiny bottle containing direc-
tions.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
PANAMA CONTINUES HOSTILE.
Costa Ricans Alarmed at Preparations
Being Made for War

San Jose. Costa Rica, April 90
Panama continues to make warlike
preparations along the Costa Rican
frontier, it is reported here.
The Costa Rican government, it is
asserted, is ready to enter into nego-
tiations with Panama for the purpose
of reaching a satisfactory solution of
the boundary dispute between the two
countries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Kansas City, April 2O--CATTLE-Re
ceipts $500. Beef steers, slow, weak to 2jc
lower; heavies, weakest: bulk early, S7.250
500; top yearlings, 5000: she stock, steady
to weak: best cows. $6.65@7.00; Gamers
and feeders, dull; bulls. steady to strong !;
calves steady to 25c higher; bulk veaIers,
IS 0O04O0.
HOGS-Receipts 1850. Market uneven
mostly PC lower than yesterdays average
best $50 pounds, $3.50. bulk of sales, S750G
S.25; pigs, steady; best, $500.
SHEEP-Receipts 10000 Market strong
to 25c higher. Choice shorn Texas wethers
$3.50; lambs, steady to 25c lower; a pound
wooded lambs, S1025.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Chicago, April 20-CATTLE-Receipts
IL 600 Market uneven. Lights and handy
weight beef steers, steady TO strong; heav-
les, slow, weak; top, $3.50 paid for year
pound bullocks: beef steers, bulk, S7.156
$50; butcher she stock calves, stockers and
feeders. steady: bulk fat cows and heifers,
S57567.50: bulk cannehs, s2.50d425: bulk
bulls, S5o0G625; bulk veal calves, S7.50G
HoGs-Receipts 1900. Light and light
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, April 20-wHEAT-Descen
to new low price records for the season
continued in the wheat market today.
Favorable crop reports had a bearish in
fluence. Absence of any aggressive buying.
however, was the main depressing factor.
Opening prices. which varied from the
same as yesterdays finish to 12c advance
with May $121al TO $1.22A, and July, BLOB
to $1.03A, were followed by material set
back all around and then something of a
rally.
Later, a sharp 5upturn resulted from
scattered reports of domestic crop deter
ioration and from advices that because of
drought the yield of wheat in the Punjab,
the most important wheat section of India,
would be cut down half. The close was
strong, PIC to 4c net higher, with May
$1.251a to $1.25A and July $1.05A to 81 .051a
CORN-Further export business gave
firmness TO the corn market. After open
ing &c to PC higher including July at
59kc to Coo, the market eased temporary
~ but then rallied above the initial range
in some cases.
The market was also strengthened by
prediction that as the season progressed a
tremendous farm consumption Of corn
would be revealed. The close was strong,
21sc to 3Ac higher. with July 621sc to 62A c.
OATS-Oats were governed by the action
of corn, starting Ac off to &c up, July
1880 to 311ac and after slight sag scored
all around.
PROVISIONS-Lower quotations on
hogs tended to pull down provisions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
Have Hard Time Getting Bricks.

Garden City, Kan, April 2O.-Pav-
ing contractors are having varying
success in obtaining shipments of
brick in this part of the state. The
paving of twelve bloclSS is being held
up here because of the delay of con-
signments. Contractors in Dodge City,
however, are reported to be obtaining
plenty of brick and are going ahead
with the surfacing of twenty-one
blocks of city streets. Last year
Dodge paved thirty-three blocks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20

lights, 15@25c lower; others mostly Zoe to
15c lower than yesterdays average Iairiy
50. 0;-buik 200 pounds down. sssoQ9oo'
bulk 200 pounds up, SS25@S-Io; pigs,
steady bulk desirable 90 to Us pound pigs,
sHEEP-Receipts $4,000 Best light
lambs and warnings. steady; others, 2oc
pers bulk of sales, So sd 1000; shorn. top,
$1,000; bulk of sales, S9.00Q9I5: choice 10
pound shorn lambs, $500; choice g pound
shorn yearlings, $3.50: few choice 12s pound
woled ewes. 500; few new crop lambs,
$14-0061500.
KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK SALES.
CThe following sales were made this morn.
ing at the Stock Yards, Kansas City and
reported over long distance telephone dl-
rect to the State Journal by Clay Robin
son & Co.. live stock commission mer-
chants.l
Kansas City, April 20-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1900 head. Market steady to 2Sc
lower.
HOGS-Receipts 10000 head. Market 23c
to 40c lower. Bulk of sales, $i-oo0S1o; ;
sHEEP-Receipts 10000 head. Market
steady
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ST JOE LIyEsToCK MARKET.

St Joe. April 2o-HOGS-Receipts $500
Market 15@2 lower. Top, $40; bulk of
sales. S7.50QS.30.
to 25c lower. Steers, S7.66S60; cows and
heifers, s4.OoQs-5o; calves. S5ooGE5O;
SHEEP-Reeeipts $500 Market 25c
lower. Lambs, s9.S5@1025; ewes, $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20

o. S. Admiral on Mission in Serbia.
Belgrade, April 2O.-Rear Admiral
Philip Andrews. commanding the
American Adriatic fleet, has arrived
here with a special mission on a tour
of inspection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20

New York, April 20.-BUTTER-Market
firm. Creamery higher than extras, 4612@
47c.
EGGS-Market steady Fresh gathered,
extra firsts, 29630c.
>CHEESE-Market irregular. State whole
milk, flats, held specials, 2T@29c.
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KANSAS CITY GRAIN MARKET.

Kansas City, April 20-WHEAT-Cash /:
Market 2@6c higher. No. 1 hard, S1.29@
lao; No. 2, $1.2S914O; No. red, s1.27; No.
., sips
GORN-Market 1@41ac higher, No. mix
ed, 51@515c; No. 8, soc: No. white, $50
5414c; No. 3, 50@52c; No. yellow, seq
seize; No. 3, SIC.
0ATs-Market 1@11sc higher. No. 2
white, SIC; No. mixed, 3315@3415c; No.
2 red, 331Id34c.
RYE-$1.1 6@1.1S.
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-74Q92c.
SHORTS-S0@S9s.
BRAN-70G72c.
WHEAT-Receipts 113 cars. :
WHEAT-CIose: May, e1k@1.1ess ;
| CoRNEMay, 511kc; July, soc; Sept, 57sle
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CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.

Chicago. April 2o.-BUTTER-Marke
EGGs-Market lower Firsts, 24@241kc
POULTRY-Alive, lower; fowls, &c
POTATOES-Market weak. Northern
white, sacked, 90c@$lA0 cwt.; bulk. 95c@
81. 05 cwt.; new Florida No. I, $z25@7.50
barrel; No. 2, $500@5.25 barrel.
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Armed Irish Civilians Shot Down,

Belfast, April 20.-Two armed civil
ians were shot dead and another seri-
ously wounded today in a brush with
crown forces in the Loughglynn wood.
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CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRoyIsIpNs.

Chicago. April a0-WHEAT- Close. May,
81 251a 6l1.2534 July, $1054 0l1.051a.
coRNF-May, 5sssc; July, 621sc; Sept,
GAN 5.
oATs2May, s77sc; July, 39@3sAc; Sept,
$3.50
RYE-May, $1.1sA; July, -97Ae; Sept,
S9Ac.
PoRK-May, $500: July, $3.50.
LARD-May, $9.65; July, 1905.
RIBS-May, $S.S7; July, $500.
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KANSAS CITY PRODUCE MARKE'

Kansas city, April ao-BUTTER-Mar-
ket unchanged.
EGGS-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Hens, lie lower, 26c; old
ROSTERS, lie lower, 13c; broilers, unchanged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20

KANSAS CITY GRAIN MARKET.
Orange Of prices on grain futures ON
the Kansas City Board Of Trade, as reported
by B. c. Christopher & Co.. 1926 New Eng
land Bldg.)
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NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET
New York, April 20.-sUGAR-Raw, I'M
changed; centrifugal, 6.64.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20

!. CUT PRICES |.

Sugar. Cured Bacon. by the side or
halI, 10. zoe |
No. Sugar Cured California Hams.
10. .......... ....... ...... I've |
Loin and Porterhouse Steak, lb. ..2Sc |
Fresh Spare Ribs, lb. 1z15c |
Pure Lard. 50-lb. can, lb. ...... .121ac |
Fresh Pork Shoulder, whole. h.. Csc /
No. Sugar Cured Hams whole.
ID .-.-......- zoe
Breakfast Sausage, bulk, lbs. =. .35c
c. & H. Cane Sugar. II lbs. $500
Pride of Topeka Flour, As lbs =. .S2.25
A 1 Flour, As lbs. .9S
Topeka Cup Coffee, 1 h.. .4Oc
Prairie Gold Butter, lib. cartons. .47c
Lily Butterine. b............. Csc
Poehler King Gelatine, pkg. -. % &c
Del Monte California Sardines,
large oval can Exc
Curtis Tuna Fish, can. ...........2 oc
Curtis Ripe Olives. S5c can. &c
Curtis Pimientos, csc can. $500. zoe
Fancy Evap. Apricots, Id. $500. csc
Sunkist Evap. Peaches lb.. II NC
Peeled Evap. Peaches lb 29c
Sunmaid Seeded Raisins. ....... 29c
Fancy Small Prunes, lb. Toe
Fancy Large Prunes, lb. IL nc
Fresh Peanut Butter, 1b. zoe
Snow White Vegetable Shortening.
h. ..-.-..--.. loo
! Wilson'S Certified Shortening.
| 2-lD. can aoc
| AID. can o'c
| Boneless Herring, lb. zoe
Dill Pickles. extra large. for. .25c
Dill Pickles, large. 3 for. 10c
Welworth Apricots. No. Il 80. .1oc
/ yellow Free Peaches, No. 2Az .1Sc
Fancy Bartlett Pears. No. az -. Soc
Fancy Apricots, in syrup, No. 2 Il $50
| Elect Melba Peaches, in syrup,
No. u. .-----'.- SOC
Red Pitted Cherries. No. 1....... .1sc
Red Pitted Cherries, No. 2....... SOC
Raspberries, in syrup. No. 2....... soc
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WICHITA LIVESTOCK MARKEr.

Wichita. April 20-HOGS-Receipts 1000.
Market 15c lower. Top, $500; bulk of sales,
S7.5O@215.
CATTLE-Receipts 500 Market steady
to weak. Butcher steers, $4506S.00;
butcher cows and heifers. So 5Od650: stock
ers and feeders. s4.00GT50: stock cows and
heifers, $3O0@6.25; bulls, $4.O065.0O;
calves, $350@7-5a
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TOPEKA HOG MARKET.
TOPEKA PoULrRY MARKEr.

FL.Aished by the Topeka Packing Co..
corner Laurent an Madison sts.. Topeka
-ansas.)
Topeka, Kan. April 20.
Hens, all sizes. &c; old BOOSTERS. 13c:
stays. lie.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Orange of prices on gram futures on
the Chicago Beard &C Trade, as reported
by The Empire Commission Co.. S01 New
england bldg.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-14
THE 1900 CHRISTMAS
FIRST YULETlDE DINNER SERVED
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
Haunch of Venison Graced the Table
Presided Over by the Wife of
John Adams,

n HE first dinner at Christmas
Lgiven in the White House was
that which took place in the year
1900, when John Adams was, Presi-
Gent and thrifty Abigail his wife, sat
at-the head of the table as hostess II
was not a comfortable meal, although
splendid haunch of veniSOn, the
gift of Mrs. Washington, grAced the
board, and the country people of what
Mrs Adams called 1.-THE City in the
Wilderness" had generously contrib
uted gifts of all sorts to make the
feast as toothsome as one could well
wish.
The reception after dinner took place
in the oval room, which is now the
library, and was at that time barely
habitable, though furnished, as Mrs
Adams wrote, in 'warm crimson" The
view from the windows on that first
Christmas day would have disclosed
what John Cotton Smith describes as
"a deep mOrass, covered with alder
bushes The sidewalks were laid
with chips from the stones with which
the capitol was built. A wooden
bridge spanned Black Tiber Creek, and
low houses, also built of wood were
the residences of the congressman.
The only brick dwellings were those
that stood in Pennsylvania avenue, be-
tween Twenty-first and TWenty-second
streets, six in number and built with
money derived from the sale of lottery
tickets. These were the surroundings
Of the first Christmas day of the Chief
Executive of the young nation "whose
"olicy in government has been more
Christ-like than any other nation on
The face of the earth which keeps the
holiday"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-14
10 p{}g-o-@s}aazz
Substitute for a Tree,

We are not going to have a Christ
mas tree, writes a correspondent. To
make them brilliant many pretty little
ornaments are needed and they cost a
good deal. My plan is for a barrel
in place of tree. | have the barrel
now in a closet. 1t is covered with old
dark green cambria and the day before
the great holiday | am going to pin
sprigs of evergreen and holly over it.
1t will look pretty gay, / think, when
it is filed with the gifts that are CO.
ing into it now, all prettily tissued
and tied, and my son as jolly Old
Santa Claus stands over it to delve in
TO its mysteries and o'prOclaim the
names of those who are to solve them.
am sure we will enjoy our barrel rs
much as we would Il tree.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-14
THE E-ROCKING
FORM OF WORSHIP AT CHRIST
MAS IN GERMANY.
Resulted in the Church Later Gaining
Much Stronger Hold on the
People.
~ THROUGHOUT Germany, and also
W Italy and France there has been

~ THROUGHOUT Germany, and also
VI Italy and France there has been
for some time a widespread use
of the crib" Ii is now universally
dilfused in the Roman church. Cribs
are the delight Of children who through
the season of Christmas and Epiph-
any wander into the churches at
all times of the day to gaze wide eyed
,on the lifelike scene and offer a
prayer to their Little Brother" as
they call the Christ child. The use
of the crib" however, is by no means
confined to churches. 1t is common
in many homes both Catholic and
protestant.
There grew up in Germany, about
the Fourteenth century, the ex-
tremely popular Christmas custom of
sCradIe-rOcking, a response to the peo-
pies need of a lifelike and homely
presentation of Christianity. The crib
became a cradle that could be rocked
and the wOrshipers were thus able to
express in physical action their dev0-
zion to the newborn babe. The cradle
rocking seems to have been done at
first by the priests, who impersonated
fhe Virgin and St joseph and sang a
duet. The people and the choir took
part in the singing. In time dancing,
which was a natural accompaniment
10 festive song to the early Germans
became common around the cradle
NUnp ilN fbn nannIn oil
rock the cradle with their own hands.
1t was by appeals like this to the
homely instincts of the people that the
church was able to gain real hold
lover them, so that during the Fiji
teenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth
centuries Christianity became a genu-
smelly popular religion in Germany. DR..
Andred Tile, a well-known Christmas
historian, in an article on Christmas in
Germany, makes statement that is
most interesting.
IN the dancing and jubilation
around the cradle" he writes, "the
rel. zion of the cross, however much
1T might in its inmost character he op.
posed to The nature of the German
yeople -. was felt no longer as
something allen, 1t had become nat
uraliZed but had lost in the process
jts very core. The preparation for
life after death which was its Alpha
and Omega, had passed into the back
ground. 1t was not JOY at the prom
Used redemption that expressed it
self in the dance around the Scradle:
for the German has never learned TO
feel himself utterly vile and sinful;
# was JOY at the simple fact that
human being, a particular human be
ing. in peculiar circumstances, was
born INTO the world"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-14
Our CommerciaIized Christmas.

Christmas is the decoration day of
a commercial age. Then, as on no
other day, we face with compassion
those who have fallen in our battles
for wealth. For moment we think
of the thousands of children who have
no share in that easy life we give our
children, and must find the seasons
Joy in the charity dinner. Along with
the barter to which we have debased
our giving within our circle of ac-
auaintances, we play at extending the
spirit of the day to those who are
the pawns of our industrial game. The
Salvation army lass, standing cold and
numb on the street corner, collecting
funds for Christmas baskets for the
poor, reminds us of the wreckage left
in the wake of our prosperity, We
give a tri1e to help the poor temper
the bitterness of the year with a
couple of hours good eating.