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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
Birds and Animals
Share Christmas

NHRISTMAS is not merely a festi-
VI val celebrated by and for man
- alone. Among the folk lore of
other countries are several quaint sto-
ries in which animals and birds give
evidence of their alteration. A we'll
known Bosnian legend offers a version
of world adoration-they claim that
on the holy day 1.-The sun in the east
bowed down, the stars stood still; the
mountains and forests shook and
touched the earth with their submits,
and the green pine tree bent; the
grass was bef1owered with the open
ing of blossoms; incense sweet as
n1Srrh pervaded upland and forest ;
birds sang on the mountain tops and
all gave thanks to the great God"
In Bosnia on Christmas day a sheaf
of rye is put into birds nests and bird
houses for the birds Christmas. A
stranger, stranded in a Michigan town
was once startled to see a sheaf of
rye in a bird box. He knew immedi-
ately that one of his kind lived there
and was keeping Christmas in the
old way.
An old Indian legend tells US that
on Christmas night all the deer in
the forest kneel in alteration before
the Great Spirit. Woe to him, how.
ever, who tries to spy upon them
He Is punished with perpetual stiff
ening of the knees.
Many people of the old world claim
that on Christmas night animals are
gifted with speech, but none must tres
pass or eaveSdrop.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
Good Reason, Too.

At Christmas the children of a GER
tain provincial school tried to collect
money by going from house to house
singing carols and snatches of hymns.
Many complaints reached the rect"r's
ears of bands of youngsters scamrer-
ing through the first verse of while
Shepherds Watched" and then VIC
lently ringing the doorbell. So he In
stituted inquiries on the next occasion
he visited the school.
"Why is It," he asked, that, instead
of singing the hymn in a reverent
way, you scamper through one verse
and then ring the bellT
Silence reigned for short time
Then a shrill voice from a small boy
at the back of the room was heard In
explanation:
"Please, sir, it's cause they Away:
lets the dog loose at the second verse
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
Chris tmas Is
Children's Day

~ HE message of Christmas is love.
W Its emblem is radiant, thankful,
cOntented childhood. Without
love and without children there could
be no real Christmas. The form might
survive but the substance would be
lacking.
Unhappy must be the adult who can
not make himself child again in
spirit at the Yuletide. For Christmas
is the universal chiIdren's day. Men
and women are SupertiuOuS except as
they make themselves partners with
those whom the day glOri1ies.
Let us. then. lay aside the afreCta-
ton and arrogance of manhood and
womanhoOd and be children again.
Let us adopt their point of view and
put ourselves in their pIaCeS-in the
places of these sons and daughters
of ours and of the sons and daughters
of our neighhOrs. 1t was only a year
or so ago, as it seems, when we hung
our well-worn stockings in a row along
the mantel shelf, whitley our fathers
and mothers looked on with unfe'gned
pleasure at the innocent confidence we
showed in the morrow.
Even as you and l. 1t all comes
| back in flood of memories. Life was
simpler then. Our desires were less
pretentiouS than those our children
voice now. Modest remembranceS they
were that bulged toe and heel Of the
stockings mother knit
Life md its circumstances change,
| but the essence OF Christmas never.
The same happy childhood. the same
i reStlessneSS, the same Snail-like creep
! ing of time as the holiday approaches.
The same parenthood, tOo-the same
| planning across the reading table after
the boys and girls are abed, the same
loving consideration of what this or
that child most desires and how far
the family purse can be stretched to
permit some further purchase.
Every home is assured Christmas
if 1t has great, warm heart pulsat-
ing in tune with the hopes and joys
of childhood.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
Che Jou Of
the True Spirit
Of Christmas

m RE you willing to forget what
- you have done for other people
and remember what other people
have done for you; to ignore what the
world owes you, and to think what
you owe the world; TO put your
rights in the background, and your
duties in the middle distance, and
your chances to do a little more than
your duty in the foreground; to see
that your fellow men are just as real
as you are, and try to look behind
their faces to their hearts, hungry for
joy; to own that probably the only
good reason for your existence is not
what you are going TO get out of life,
but what you are going to give life:
to close your book of complaints
against the universe, and look around
for place where you can sow a few
seeds of happiness-are you willing
to do these things even for day!
Then you can keep Christmas.
Are you willing TO stoOp down and
consider the needs and the desires of
little children; to remember the weak
mess and loneliness of people who are
| growing old; TO stop asking whether
| your friends love you, and ask your
self whether you love them enough to
bear in mind the things that other
| people have to bear on their hearts ;
| to try to understand what those who
! live in the same house with you really
want, without waiting for them TO tell
you; to trim your lamp so that 1t will
! give more light and less smoke, and TO
| carry it in front so that your shadow
will fall behind you; to make n grave
! for your ugly thoughts and garden
! for your kindly feelings, with the gate
| open-are you willing to do these
! things even for a day? Then you can
! keep Christmas.
/ Are you willing 20 believe that love
| is the strongest thing in the world
stronger than hate, stronger than evil
! stronger than death-and that the
blessed life which began in Bethlehem
nineteen hundred years ago is the
image and brightness of the eternal
love? Then you can keep Christmas
| And If you can keep it for day, why
not always? But you can never keel
it alone.-Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
Soft SUGAR Vanilla Waters.

Cream together two cupfuls of soft
sugar and one cupful of butter. Add
the yolks of five eggs well beaten and
a generous flavoring of vanilla. Sift
two teaspOonfuls of baking powder
and one-half a teaspoonful of soda
with two cupfuls of flour. Add alter
nately the well-beaten whites of the
five eggs and the prepared -four with
enough more to make soft dough.
Roll thin and cut in small rounds,
diamonds or squares.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
CAROLS AS PART OF
THE CHRISTMAS
SERVICE.

~ HE origin of the Christmas carol
W is uncertain. 1t is probably as
old as Christianity. Indeed,
Bishop Taylor In his Great Exemplar"
remarks that the first carol is the
hymn of the angels to the shepherds
in the plains of Bethlehem:
"Glory to God in the highest, and
on earth peace, good will toward men,"
In the Fifteenth century carols were
widely used throughout Europe. In
fact, the first pieces printed by the
very first printers were carols. In one
of the oldest collections appears "The
Bears Head" which used to be sung
as that old dish was carried to the
table during the Christmas revelry:
The Bears Head in hands bring
With garlands gay and birds singing;
pray you all to help me sing
"Qui estis in convivior'
1.-THE Bears Head" represents one
of the convivial carols or "jolie chan
sons" which had their place at the
feasts, dances and other gay festiyi-
ties Of the Christmas season.
In Shakespeare's time bands of
itinerant singers used to wander about
the streets and make their carolry a
pretext for getting money.
During the Eighteenth century carol
nv declined greatly, and many of the
| quaint old customs which had marked
Christmas festivals for centuries be,
came obsolete.
Carolry still exists in parts of Eng.
land.
In Wales it has been preserved ia
still greater extent, while Ireland
too, has her Christmas carOling In
-honored style. France has Its
"Noels," and in Italy Christmas carols
have been sung since the time Of st
Francis of Assist. who discovered the
power Of sacred song in the YER
nacular.
In churches all over the world many
of the delightful old carols are now &
part of the Christmas service.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
ST. Nicholas, the
Holy Man of the
Fourth Century
eTN THE entire category of the
saints none continues to enjoy q
~ more extended Ilnnnln rffr Than

~
saints none continues to enjoy q
more extended popularity than
St. Nicholas, archbishop of Myra.
AT this time, when preparations are
being made for the celebration of the
birthday of the Christ-chlld, it is par
ticularly fitting that we recall some
thing of the character of this holy
man of the Fourth century ard re-
member some Of the legends which
bring him so close to US at Christmas
time.
Strange to say, while St Nicholas is
regarded as the special guardian Of
children, virgins and sailors. he came
to be regarded as the patron saint Of
robbers, from an alleged adventure
with thieves. whom he compelled to
restore some stolen goods TO their
! proper owners.
| In various parts of the old world IL
/ is customary for the elder members OF
/ the family to place little presents in
/ the shoes as we'll as the stockings OF
/ the younger relatives on the eve Of
st. Nicholas day. In converts the
/ young women used to place silk stock
! ings at the door of the apartment Of
! tie ahhess. with paper recommend
/ ing them to Great ST. Nicholas Of
| her chamber"
While the emblem of the three
golden balls is derived from the Lom-
bard merchants, yet St Nicho-
las is frequently pictoriaily represented
as bearing three golden halls or purses,
the origin of which can he traced to
an act of The saint which has come
down to us in the form of an ecelesi-
/ aStical notation.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
Usinu Old Stockings.

II Is interesting to know and eco
nomieal to follow the many little eads
and ends that can be made out of old
stockings, silk or isle. So often they
are Thrown away because of endless
holes md runs-not good, you think,
for anything-but If this kind is saved
until fairly good pile has been nc
cumulated one can start n very fine
silk rag rug. The more numerous the
eoIors the prettier the rug.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
Che Most Generally
Observed Of All
Festivals
Is of all the festivals
rho most ppneroIlv observed In

n Hn~ 1RlSl MAS is Oh dL1i lUS leSlIfdlS
VI the most generally observed In
the western world. 1t Is the uni
i versal holiday of ChristendOm, and
the general phases of Its observance
are in their essentials SIMILAR in all
countries. 1t is q sort of common
ground on which we all meet for, at
least, one day in the year.
In it's religious aspect the festival
Is q remembrance of the Christian
faith-the gift of God to the world OF
divine Savior. Out of that central
and dominant idea, no doubt, grew IN
the practice of selecting Christmas,
above all other seasons, as the time
for friends to bestow gifts upon one
another, and, for all who can, to ex"
tend charity to those in need.
Although not so old as the religious
Feature, the domestic and social fea-
lures of the festival date back to very
early times, at any rate, to times that
IRE early in our history.
For centuries Christmas has been
pre-eminently a season of home-gath-
ering, when absent ones return ana
the family circle is once more COM
pleted, or as nearly completed as the
changes and chances of life make pos
sible. With homecoming was assocl-
ated good cheer, and so Christmas
came to be a season Of feasting and
merrymaking.
In England during the Middle ages
and for many generations after the
Middle ages had closed, the Christ
mas season, which included at least
d whole week, and liturgicaily 4o days,
was given over to merrymaking OF
various kinds, some of which have
gone the way of many of the customs
4 OF our forefathers. For instance, there
was the bringing of the 1ule-log 10
be lighted on the fireplace on Christ
mas eve with much ceremony and re-
5oicing. We have no Yule-log for there
are but few fireplaces now. The name
oil the log recalls another name TOT
christmas, which was ancientIy calico
and is still known as Yule-tide Oh
Yule-time.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
Under the Holl1
Bough

IN WHO have scorned each other.
~ Or injured friend or brother,
S In this fast-fading year;
Ye who by word or deed,
Have made a kind heart bleed
Come gather here.
Let sinned against and SHINING
Forget their strifes beginning.
And Join in friendship now;
Be links no longer broken,
Be sweet forgiveness spoken,
Under the holly bough.
Ye who have loved each other,
Sdstax and friend and brother,
In this fast-fading year;
Mother and sire and child,
Young man and maiden mild,
Come, gather here,
And let your hearts grow fonder,
As memory shall ponder
Each past unbroken VOW;
Old loves and younger wooing
Are sweet in the renewing,
Under the holly bough.
Ye who have nourished sadness.
Estranged from hope and gladness,
In this fast-fading year;
Ye with o'er-burdened mind
Made aliens from your kind
Come, gather here.
Let not the useless sorrow
Pursue your night and morrow,
If e'er you hoped, hope now
Take heart, uncloud your faces,
And join in our embraces,
Under the holly bough.
Charles Mackay
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
Christmas.

The origin of Christmas or Christ $
mass, so called with reference to the
last words of the chief religious serV-
Ice of the day according to ancient
ritual, "Ite mlssa Cor NASSAU est is
10 be found In the second chapter OF
st. Luke's Gospel. Its observance Is
not development, having existed from
the earliest days of Christianity. In
fact. in many respects there has been
Revolution instead Of evolution in the
manner of its celebration.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
The GREATER Need

Little Horace-My mamma says may
be you'll give my papa safety razor
for Christmas,
Department Store Santa Claus-Yes,
little man, l think | will.
Little Horace-Hadn't you better
keep 1t and use it yourself?-Puck.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
pistrihuted Cares.

"Why are June weddings so popu-
lar?"
Because of the natural tendency Of
conditions to adjust themselves. Peo-
pie shouldn't be expected to buy we'd
ding presents and Christmas presents
all ut the same time"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
Charity In the Heart.

'Tis the season for kindling the fire
of hospitality in the hall, the genial
fire of charity in the heart.-Washing-
ton Irving.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
DECEMBER kCROSTIC

~F THE following words are
4 arranged in order, one
!, ~~ under the other, their
initials will spell the name Of
something relating to Christmas.
/ AS n further help, we will say
that each word has three letters:
l. A small insect.
2. Word used in speaking Of
! ocean tide.
3. More than one.
!: 4. Word used in asking ques-
: lions.
! 5. Adjective meaning not
4 rigid.
; 6. A small part of the body.
! Z. Head covering.
= s. Verb to be mistaken.
4 9. Month of the year.-Suc-
4 cessful Farming.
The evening world., 1921-02-09
Ccontinued on Second Pnge,)
SHUTS PARTY WINS
IN SOUTH AFRICA
Defeats the HeHzog Faction, Which
FaVOrS Secession From
British Rule.

CAFE TOWN. South Africa. FOB. D.
The South African Party. headed by
Gen. smus. which strongly advocates
the continuance Of the present relations
with Great Britain. won a victory over
the Secession Party. led by Gen. Hert-
cog in the Parliamentary elections yes
terday
Gen. smuts. Prime Minister OF the
Union OF South Africa. was elected from
the district Of Pretoria West
Enormous majoritios we're given the
South African party in Durham and
Cape Town. while the Labor Party suf-
feTed a severe reverse IN the Rand dis
trbcL In Cape Town the South Afr1caa
Party gained two seats, In Durham. q;
In the Rand. 8, and in East London. l.
The victory OF the Smuts party Il
attributed TO the tact that working
men voted against the secession issue
raised by Cen. Hertzog. and did not
pay much attention to sectional Issues
raised BY labor leaderh
The evening world., 1921-02-09
COURT FEEDS BOYS,
SENDS THEM HOME
Two Jersey Lads, Unable to Get
Jobs Here, Had Asked 10
BE Arrested.

New York Is full Of men looking
for Jobs Here Is some money; get
On board train and go home, snug
gle under a nice warm bed and warn.
yourselves with home cooking"
These words were addressed By
Magistrate CorrIgan in Jefferson
Market Court to-day to two youths
arrnigned before him on charges OF
vagrancy. They described them
selves as Philip Longo. sixteen, No.
9S Palm Place, Newark and Antonio
Forenu, sixteen, No. 253 Sanford
Street. East Orange, N. J. They
were arrested early to-day by Pa
trolman Frank Meyer OF the Charles
Street Station, after they had plead
ed with him TO arrest them so they
could get something TO eat" they
told the court.
we came from Newark a week
ago 70 got work. We've tried hon
estly for jobs and haven't had a
bito to eat in nearly four days. II
you can help US get a job we'd ap-
preciate IT,"
The Court then handed $40 in bills
70 the patrolmhn saying:
Feed them up and ship them
home"
The evening world., 1921-02-09
STATE TROOPERS
FIRE INTO CROWD
IN ALBANY STRIKE
Repair Wagon Filled With
Non-Union Workers Attacked
on North Broadway.

ALBANY, Feb. s.-State Troopers,
assisting the local police in maintain
ing order in the street railway strike
OF the United Traction Company em-
ployees, late to-day fred upon strike
sympathizers. The shooting followed
the stoning of a repair wagon filled
with non-union workers.
The stones were thrown from the
roofs of buildings in Broadway,
North Albany, where the men were
repairing broken wires.
So far as could be learned none
of the shots took effect.
Only one car was sent out BY the
company up to early afternoon. This
car was operated in Troy and soon
was stalled, wires having been torn
Gown for a block or more by strike
sympathiEers.
The lone car had difficulty in max
ing Roadway. Frequent stops had to
be made in order to permit the
guards to remove debris from the
tracks and wires. 1t could make
only one half trip. AS it came to
stop the crowds surged forward,
and then the police fired several
shots in the air.
Before the car began its return,
orders were issued by Chief Of Police
Goerold to his men to "shoot to kill''
If necessary to move the car. One
policeman was injured by a brick.
No attempt was made to operate cars
in Albany for the reason that too many
Of the cOmpany's wires are down or
sagging. Shortly before. noon the non
union repairmen, surrounded by cor
dons of State and city police and pri-
vate guards, began the repairing OF
wires. Until this is completed, 1t wa,
said. the company could not reopen its
lines.
The State police have established
lines for several blocks north and south
of the cOmpany's property.
The evening world., 1921-02-09
MURDERED WOMAN
IN BAY IDENTIFIED;
MAN FRIEND HELD
Body Found in Water Was
Thatof Mrs. Dolly Sanova-
witch of Bayonne.

Edward vacca Of No. SIS West Gath
street Bayonne, Identified at noon
to- day The J,ody OF woman who had
been beaten to death and was found
floating in Newark Bay at the foot Of
West 25th Street as that OF Mrs.
Dolly Sanovawibch Of No. 447 Broad
way, Bayonne. Her maiden name
was Hayward and her father is said
to live somewhere in Bayonne or
Jersey City.
Developments IN the case indicate
that Mrs. Snnovawitch was murdered
somewhere in the vicinity OF her home
between o'clock and midnight Mon
day. 1t would appear that her body
was wrapped in two blankets and
conveyed In an automobile to the pier
at the foot Of West 95th Street. where
it was thrown overheard. The blank
cts were thrown out Of the car at the
foot Of West Gath Street. where they
were found to-day.
Vacca, who Is being held by th'
police, said Mrs. SanOvawitch's hus-
band, who served in the A f. r.. IL
in Ecuador, and has been away from
home almodt a year. Mrs. Sanova-
witch lived alone.
Vacca had been considerably IN her
company OF late He said he saw her
last at 6 o'clock Monday evening when
he gave her a s. bill and made an en-
gagement 70 meet her at a bail at the
Bayonne Opera House. The woman
left her home at o'clock telling
neighbors she was going to the ball
According 70 VaOca she did not APP
pear at the opera house.
The body was fully clothed When
It was found In a pocketbook in
the pocket Of the coat wac a S. bill
and a few pennies. It is assumed that
she was entlced to the spot where
she was murdered soon after she left
her home, and that the murderers
waited until midnight before putting
the body in an automobile and TAX
ing II 10 the foot OF West 25th Street
An automobile was eeen there Mon
day night
The evening world., 1921-02-09
1000 WOUNDED
MEN NEED HOMES,
FOOD AND CLOTHES
Evening World Suggests Plan
to Provide Gritty Soldiers
With Necessities.
By Lillian Bell.

There are in New York city 1000
wounded ex-service men who need
homes and good food.
They ore mostly out Of money be-
cause many Of them are from three
months to one year behind in pay
ments for compensation
These boys are able to be out Of
hospitals, to be sure, but they need
civilian clothes. They are trying to
live on from t12 a month up. This
means the cheapest and darkest OF
hall bedrooms. It means eating but
twice day because three meals cost
too much. II means cheap food, poor
food, bad food.
These boys have come to New
York TO take vocational training or
TO get a JOB. They arc ill-clad. hum
gry and half sick. They walk our
streets and see the streams Of auto
mobiles. They look in at shop win
dows and see the prices OF things
that people who stayed at home from
the war have money to buy and do
buy every day.
The shOes on the tired feet OF these
wounded men are broken and old.
Their clothes are shabby. Their faces
are pinched. Their lips blue. Yet
in the buttonhole OF tho old frayed
coats is the button, which means they
fought overseas and we're wounded.
Do you suppose they ever think OF
the day they were borne down Fifth
Avenue, and we stood on the curb and
cheered as they passed by, their
crutches standing up stlffly in the au-
tomObiles-mute witnesses OF their
disability
Do you suppose they think OF the
flowers we hurled at them and OF the
tears we shed as we stood there prom
ising ourselves that these wounded
should be our charge forevoTnore?
100 DISCHARGED WOUNDED MEN
RETURN TO HOSPITALS DAILY.
Yet We have forgotten them-and
still they do not complain. They ar
breaking down and being returned TO
hospitals at the rate OF 100 per day.
Those who we're gassed and supposed
70 be well are becoming tubercular.
That hospital at Fox HIS, which has
been declared a firetrap by building
experts. Is overcro wded. Boys are
dying there every day The public Is
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