, 1922-12-24
Christmas and Its Joys and
Sorrows

chA1Ee Of presents comes. for they
saw no presents 20 give nor do they
reoeive any unless the kind Red Cross
workers think OF them.
All parents tell their children Of q
joliy old fsllnw called santa Claus
r his fairy work shop. Imagine
thsir great sorTow when they can not
Eive their iittic ones their greatly
Wished for toys. OF course some PEG.
pie MAJ be able 10 give expensive
gifts. while oshers give many hut IN.
srpsnsive gifts. but always they are
people who are unable TO even supply
their own family with email gifts
should we not think OF these un.
happy persons and try 70 help thems
strongly believe 20.
some n US are seihsh and think
only OF feastng on Christmas and en-
toying ourselves. DO you know the
real reason for our holiday splrit7 4
few people do not evun know what
a Christmas Is ont I regard those
az a barbarious type OF people.
Let me tel you Just exactly why
Cry good Christian celebrates De
ICsmber t~wenty-nfJh. As near as any
person now living knows Chris was
born on that day. II is suspected OF
some people that they celebrate be
enuse Of the pleasure u gives them.
Do you know why Christ was bornr
20 sou know what his mission was?
lie vas born to save our souls. That
was also HIS mission.
Here Is an Illustration % a happy
Chririmas. The family OF whom ] am
about to speak OF, have a nice home
m tho suburbs Il Chicago. The
father ana husband Is secretary in a
large cattle company. There are
three children in the family. one boy
and two girls. The boy il nve years
Id and the girls are stnl small enough
d expect Santa.
one Christmas eve the parIor -
/. The email cottage was locked for 1t
contained the Christmas tree and
toys. About eight o'clock the door
flew epen and Mr.. Santa Claus
stepped in. Can you picture the
scene7 Seated before the glowing fire
.piace with a daughter on zach knee
Ad his son seated on a foot stool at
his feet was Mr.. Dane. as we shall
call him.
Directly Santa came in the sacred
room was unlocked and TO the sur
prise and delight OF the children a
room full OF beautiful toys and deco
alton were revealed.
Come. Fred" said Santa Claus
here is a s:ed. drum, horu and tr.-
cycle for you for your mother has
told me that you have been very good
since last Christmas.
Now. girln," continued the long
bearded man dressed in red and
VIII te. ~ have a dcllie apiece for you
besides dollhouse. furniture. clothes
. end everything necessary TO go with
Sour DOLLS Here also are some
foiIer skates bearing your names. or
,ourue. there are plenty Of nuts and
candies
WIN not continue to describe the
distribution of the gifts but everyone
received many presents and all went
10 bed to dream Of rudy faced Santa
There is a great contrast etween
Christmas eve I've Just described
<4nd the one I'm going to describe
AoW.
" family lives In a more distant
part Of tho city called the slums' In
one room in n tenement building.
The father drank himself to death and
the mother and five children depend
entirely on the oldest boys small
earnings.
Christmas day came and not a crust
q bread did they have. In the
mothers once beautiful face the hun
sry children read despair and misery
As they huddied in a cold sorner
some n gently raped on the broken
door.
Jean, the oldest girl, opened the
door ms three women came in, each
dressed in a Red Cross uniform. All
three carried heavily laden baskets
covered with white napkins.
The visitors toId Jean and her