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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-06-15

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CHRISTMAS AND GHOST TALES
Festival 10 Naturally Associated With
Stories Of Haunted Halls and
Things Supernatural.

AIT HRISTMAS being celebrated
KHC In the depth of winter,
when 'lang's the meet frae
een to morn" the festival
is naturally associated with
tales of haunted halls and things"
that are supernatural. Thus Dickens
In his christmas Carol" gave US
the Spirits Of the Past, the Present,
and the Future, but Christmas In
mind, clothed each of them In fas-
clnating mantle of kindness, and sent
them out on a message of mercy that
made itself felt over all the earth.
Over many stony Scrooge have they
cast their mellowing shades, teach.
ing them to say:
~ will honor Christmas In my heart.
and try to keep it all the year. I will
live in the Past, the Present, and the
Future. The spirits Of oil three shall
strive within me. / will not shut out
the lessons that they teach"
Scrooge, concluded Dickens, "had no
further intercourse with Spirits, but 1t
was always said of him that he knew
how to keep Christmas well. IL any
man alive possessed the knowledge.
May that be truly said of us, and all
Of us And so, as Tiny Tim observed,
God bless us, every one"
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party by ourselves and make be-
lieve that lots of people came to It,"
said Sally. y
Jerry grunted. He didn't care much
for this make-believe stuff-too sfssl,
fed. Lets sit down in front of the
open fire." suggested Sally, "and tell
stories. I'm tired Of looking out of
the window. Perhaps something nice
will happen; who can tellT'
So the two children settled them.
selves in front of the fire. They drew
up two low stools and they each sat
with their elbows on their knees and
their chins In their hands. 1t was very
warm and cosy. The logs crackled and
sputtered as though they were doing
their best to cheer other people up,
and the dancing flames had a regular
parade up and down the wood. 1t was
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SANTA FOR ITALIAN KIDDIES
Befana, Good Fairy, 10 Supposed &c
Fin Stockings With Toys on
Twelfth Night.

AI~ HE character In italian
m childhood lore correspond
Ing to our Santa Claus Is
- Befana, good fairy who
Is supposed to ffil the chil-
dren's stockings with toys on Twelfth
Night. She does not, however, come
down the chimney, and the stockings
are hung In the child's bedroom. When
someone enters to fih the stocking, the
child, according to a very ancient
practice, cries out "Ecco la Befana."
The legend concerning this lady Is
that the Magi, while on their way to
Bethlehem, stopped at her home, but
found her too busy with household az
fairs to entertain them. She told them
that she would see them on their re-
turn, but they went back by another
route, and therefore Befana comes ont
in search of them every Twelfth Night.
Her name Is corruption Of Epiphany.
which Is jan. 8, the twelfth night
after Christmas, according to the
church calendar.
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Receiving Christmas
Gifts Is a Fine Art

01F COURSE, every gift given
IL means also gift received.
Christmas always has two
H6 sides. and certainly there Is
great Joy In receiving the tok-
ems Of love and friendship that come to
US, not because of their money value,
for most gifts are bought for small
sums, but because they convey to us an
expression of someone's affection. I
heard young girl remark when a lit
tie gift came to her, "Well, that didn't
break anyone's bank" What pity.
As If Christmas could have In 1t great
Joy for anyone who looked for the
price tag on a gift. Our character Is
likely to be revealed by the spirit If
our receiving quite as well as by the
spirit of our giving. II is this fine
art of receiving well that will not only
make Christmas the more Joyous, but
will also be an all-year virtue, II 1t
Is cultivated In our hearts.-F. n.
Sweet.
t@. is2s. Western Newspaper Union.)
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| gurgle He forgot oil about that tooth
that was making so much fuss about
coming through. I left him kicking up
his heels and Growing like young
rooster"
Sally and Jerry laughed.
"Shall I dance for your" asked the
Snow Fairy politely.
'Oh, yes" beseeched the children.
Up Jumped the white little person,
and In the twinkllng of an eye she had
begun. The children never saw such
dancing In their lives. Never!
The Snow Fairy pirouetted on top
Of the clock she whirled like crystal
prism. She jumped down and made a
low bow to china shepherdess, and
then the shepherdess threw away her
crook and danced with the fairy. Away
they went, whirling and bobbing and
turning and dipping. They jumped
over vases; they peeked out behind
pictures, they fairly flew through the
air until you could not tell which was
the Snow Fairy and which the china
shepherdess.
Jerry and Sally clapped their hands
and laughed until they could laugh no
longer. They forgot all about parties
and new slippers and making snow.
men.
Then the strangest thing happened
They could not see the Snow Fairy al
all. She wasn't there, and If you'll
believe me. the china shepherdess was
standing stifiiy in her old spot as
though she'd never had a thought OF
moving In her life.
"Dear mel" said Sally rubbing hei
eyes.
"Dear me" said Jerry, rubbing his
Mother came in soon after that. She
stood smiling down upon them.
Both you children were SOUND
asleep on your stools when I was ir
here before. Do come and have some
thing good to eat. I have little party
all ready for you"
And Sally and Jerry never said Q
word about the Snow Fairy. But they
were as cheerful as cherubs the resi-
of the day.
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late afternoon and growing a little
dark.
Suddenly Sally's pigtails stuck out
straight behind her In surprise.
rWhat's that7" she whispered, and
'her eyes were big as saueers.
"Where7' asked Jerry, little star
tied too.
II saw something white fit in at the
doorf o
$50 did l."
The children looked cautiously
around. Nothing was to be seen.
Jnst an ordinary room, bright FIRE
and two children In front of 1t.
Funny" mused Sally.
There was the faintest rustic by the
clock on the mantel. 1t sounded like
-nowflakes talking together.
"Therel heard something again r.
said Sally.
Both children stared at the clock.
for that was where the sound came
from.
1t was quite dark by this time, ex.
cept for the light from the logs, 80 II
was natural that Jerry and Sally did
not at first see The little person
perched on the edge Of the mantel.
"How do you DOR asked a tiny
voice. 1t tinkled like fairy sleigh
bell. fas
Mercy ~ exclaimed Sally.
Jerry Just winked his eyes very fast.
'Here I am up BY the clock" tinkled
the voice again
And sure enough, there she was In
deedi The children saw her now. A
wee, slender bit Of a thing about the
size of sweet pea. And she was the
whitest creature you could imagine.
Snowflake rufflss with crystal trim
ming, icicle jewels In her hair, and
eyes bright and frosty as stars.
Jerry and Sally gasped. Sally
wanted to jump up and hug her. But
you can't do that with Snow Fairy; I;
she'd melt all to pieces In your fingers,
and then where would you be7
II have come to pay you a little
call" laughed the fairy, because I
like TO talk with children rto ca III
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Old Yuletide Hymn
Favorite Everywhere

~ HERE Is scarcely a church OF
any denomination that does not
some time during the Christ
E8H& mas season echo to the strains
Of that beautiful and soul-in-
spring hymn, 20, come all ye faithful
1t seems to be favorite Mt Yuletide
in every lang and in every cline.
whether 1t Is sung as above referred
to. or In It's original form as the
"Adeste Fidelis.'
The hymn was first given to the
world in the Thirteenth century by
Franciscan monk. but did not gain
worldwide popularity for long time
after. The English translation was
made by Canon Frederick Oakley over
sixty years ago. Since that time the
hymn has been translated into the
language of every nation and the
sweet and lofty words ring out at
Christmas time In many remote places.
But while the English translation
has superseded the original Latin to
a great extent, yet the beauty Of the
original composition Is such that there
are many who still prefer to hear 1t
even though the language Is not their
own.-Katherine Edelman.
t9. 1898. Western Newspaper Union.)
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all dark; like to think Of friendly
lighthouses when II storms and Of our
house as kindly guide In the dark.
ness.
"Well," answered her mother.
suppose we do as they did In that
lovely story we read the other day.
and put candle In the window to
guide the Christ Child through the
storm, and you can hang up another
stocking, in case he should come"
SO the four stockings by the chin.
ney corner became five, shade was
lifted little to give glimpse Of the
pleasant room, and the lighted can.
die sent It's beams out into the stormy
night, looking for any little wanderer
who might be astray. The cheering
rays played with the snowfakes and
they seemed to feel invited In as they
pressed upon the window panes.
While they sat there listening and
looking. there came q step on the
stair and there was Tommy, in his
nightgown and peeking through the
partly opened door. Failing to see
Santa Claus. he was about to fee up
TO his room again, but Nelly caught
him and said that he must sing them q
song first, as punishment for his
curiosity. Tommy had just learned a
new song, so he was willing enough
and this was It:
Five little brothers set out together
To journey the lifelong day;
In curious carriage. all made Of leather,
They hurried away. away.
One big brother and three quite small.
One wee fellow. no size at all.
The carriage was dark and not too roon,y.
They could not move about;
The nve little brothers grew quite gloomy.
The wee one began to pout
TIL the biggest one whispered,
What do you say7
Let's leave the carriage and run away
SO on they scampered. the i've together.
Bar away they sped. II
WIZ: somebody found the carriage OF
leather. NJ
Oh. my! How she shook her headi
Twas her little boys shoe: as everyone
knows.
The nve little brothers were ave little
toes.
Then, with bow. Tommy was otI
10 his dreams again.
The fire was burning low and 80
was the candle, 90 It was time to 60
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Nut PUDDING.

One cnpfui soft bread crumbs. 2
cupfuls scalded milk, tablespoonful.
shortening, cupful chopped nuts,
cupful chopped seeded raisins, w. tea
spoonful salt, 2 egg yolks.; y scupfuf
sugar. juice and grated rindof 1 lemon.
2 stifiiy beaten egg whites.
Mix bread crumbs. milk, shortening.
nuts, salt. egg yolks, sugar. Juice and
rind Of lemon. When well blended
add rnisins and mix thoroughly then
fold in whites Of eggs; pour into but'
tered Individunl moIds: bake 20 TO 30
minutes. Serve hot with cream.
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longer than that before they could cud-
die him up into comfort and warm his
cold little toes. It was not until Christ
mas morning that the searchers found
ont where the little boy had wandered
to, and when they came to Mrs Gentle's
house he was happily busy In open
Ing his stocking, and did not want to
60 home. After no had gone away,
with his stocking under his arm and
candy MARKS all over his face. Nelly
said. Mother. think there is good
deal Of truth in that story about guild
ing the Christ Child to your house
with lighted candle"
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DATE OF BIRTH OF CHRIST
Nothing Certain 10 Known as to Actual
Time OF Arrival of Child
Of the Manoer.

AF7T IS remarkable fact that
nothing certain is known as
to the actual date Of the
birth of Christ, Dec. o5 be-
Ing only tradition, adopted
by the church about the middle of the
Fourth century. Lu2i. learned Jesuit
Of the Eighteenth century, says:
"There Is not single month in the
year to which the Nativity has
not been assigned by some writer or
other"
The earliest celebration of Christ
mas on Dee. 25 appears to have been
held In Rome In the Fouth century,
being first mentioned In Roman doc
uinent, the Philocallan calendar. dating
from the year 354, but containing an
older record. referring to the year
336. Christmas was brought to Eng
land by St Augustine, and kept In
sos. but 1t would appear that 1t was
not established In Germany until S13.
and In Norway about the middle Of
the Tenth century, by King Hakoa the
Good.
The Romans OF the empire used to
celebrate the birth Of the Unconquered
Sun on Dec. 25, according to the
Julian calendar. the winter solstice.
when the sun BEGIN to rise In new
rgor, after his autumnal decline.
Therefore, the reason for the choice
Of Dec. 25 for Christmas would seem
to have been symbolical.
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The
Lighted Candle
BY Christopher c. Hazard
10. 1922. Western Newspaper Unio


UI'M SORRY for anyone who has to
, = be out tonight" said Mrs. Gentle.
as she drew down the window shades
and stirred the hearth fire, shutting
the light n and the darkness out
and serSing host Of sparks up the
chimney to scare away the storm. The
disappointed wind howled In Its rage
and shook the house. the ,snow
whlrled about and heaped itself up.
the cold tried to get In at every crack
and crevice, but Nelly and her moth
er were as snug and safe as any
Christmas eve could wish 10 find
them. The Christmas tree looked all
ready for the youngsters who were
East asleep upstairs and dreaming
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CHRISTMAS FEAST FOR BIRDS
Feaehery Tribe in Bosnia Not Forgot
ten--Food Placed Near Nests
and Shelters.

Rd6V festival celebrated by ana
for man alone. Among the
~ folklore Of other countries
are several quaint stories
In which animals and birds give evil.
dence Of their alteration. A we'll
known Bosnian legend offers version
of world-adoration. They claim that
on the holy day ''the sun In the east
bowed down, the stars stood Sill; the
mountains and forests shook and
touched the earth with their SUBMITS.
and the green pine tree bent; the
grass wns be-fowered with the open.
Ing of blossoms; incense sweet as
myrrh pervaded upland and forest !;
birds sang on the mountain tops and
all give thanks to the great God"
In Bosnia, on Christmas Day sheaf
Of rye Is put near birds nests and
bird houses for the birds Christmas.
An old Indian legend says that on
Christmas night all the deer In the
forest kneel In alteration before the
Great Spirit. Woe to him, however,
who tries to spy upon them. He Is
punished with perpetual stiffening Of
the knees.
Many people Of the Old World
claim that on Christmas night animals
are gifted with speech. but none must
trespass or eavesdrop.
Many and many have been the tales
which account for the robins red
breast. In great many parts Of Europe
he Is called the Savior's bird, and a
story is told that when the Christ was
crucif1ed the robin, unable to stand
His suffering, ventured to pluck the
thorns from His head. In doing so, the
blood stained the robins breast, which
sign he wears today.
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upseairs and get
out Of Santa's
way. but just as
Nelly and her
m o I b er were
abont to do 80
there came a lit.
tie face mp
agsnst the win
dow pane and
they heard a
snail voice, 30
faint that they
could not know
what It was say
my. It took Nelly
Dat a moment to
throw open the
door and bring
the little strang.
er IN. but II was
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Observation-Disclosures:
Our Christmas
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NyHEN the shades Of evening gather
w And the Christmas time is here.

NyHEN the shades of evening gather
w And the Christmas time is here,
And you go home from your labor
To enjoy the Christmas cheer
When the Christmas tree is lighted
And the children gather round,
There Is one thing must be present
IL the greatest JOY is found.
There must be inner conscience
Telling you with truthful voice
That you've done something for someone
That will help that one rejoice
Some poor stranger widow. orphan,
Someone that you did not owe.
.Ah. the gift need not be costly
To relieve another's woe.
And the greatest gift at Christmas
That person e'er received
Was TO know that through his efforts
Someone's suffering was relieved:
For the Master, on whose birthday
All the Christmas gifts are given,
win see that act and send to him
A Christmas gift from heaven.
Thomas @. Andrews In Kansas City
StaT.
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would not seem like noses
nt all; you would say that Jerry and
SaIly had small, white pears on their
faces, and pretty sQuashed. pears at
thati This is what window-glass
does to two children who have the
whooping cough and are standing as
closely as possible against the nearest
thing to getting out--a window.
Jerry dug his fists down into his
pockets and looked as cross as bear.
Sally bIinked very fast to keep the
tears from rolling down her cheeks,
and her two pigtails quivered unhap-
ply.
-wen miss the party and the games
and the goodies and every
thing" she walled.
II don't care about the old party 7"
declared Jerry scornfully. "What I
want is to get out and make a snow
man. Look at all this perfectly good
snow going to waste! call II a
siiamei" And you would have thought
by his tone that all blIzxnrds were In
vented for the express purpose ofgiv-
Ing little boys the opportunity Of play
ing In II.
MARY Randall's going, to wear her
new pink dress and her slippers ~
sniffed Sally. "and have a red dress
and new slippers to-o-ol" This last
thought was almost too much, and one
large tear did manage TO tumble over
and down her cheek Jerry pretended
not to see It. Perhaps he. was havibk
trouble with his own eyes, though Of
course boys never cry, not even when
tomorrow's Christmas and everything
r. spoiled because Of whooping cough.
Mother said We should have to-haye
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SAFETY FIRST

The Christmas shoppers hesitated at
the crowded street crossing. To try
to get over seemed like an attempt to
dodge fate. Automobiles dashed by
in continuous procession. The tall
policeman, however. conveyed group
across Like battleship leading a
flock Of schooners. But one old lady
fingered, afraid to launch away, until
courage came with the pollceman's
assurance: "Come right along. nam.
you're just as safe with me as II you
was In Gods pocket iS-C. @. Hazard
!. C. ieas. Western Newspaper union-)
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about II, with Its
bundles and gild-
ed balls It fairly
twinkled In the
freight, like the
star Of hope that
guided those wise
psople I h a I
brought { h e "
gifts to the
Christ Child long
ago.
MOtner, Sald
Nelly. this is
as comfy as II
can be W II h
father away OIL
the wild sea. but
I don't quite like
to have the out
side Of the house
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CHRISTMAS DINNER

LIVERY Christmas they In
- vited one or two to have
Christmas dinner with them
who would otherwise have been
alone. 1t gave them so much
pleasure that they never felt
they were being kindly" nor
that they were "doing a real
charity" So that their guests
always had a real Christmas
with real Christmas cheer. For
they never felt that they had
been invited out Of kindness,
nor out Of charity!
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Our Christmas Days
as They Used to Be


~OMETIMES 1t seems as II the
IN1 "elder days" were the best.
~ Think Of their Christmases
# Where is the grace and gen.
erosity of those times? The
warm welcome, the large cordiallty,
the mellow fun of innocent celebra-
tions?
Perhaps we look back through the
softening glow Of distance, but there
Is romance, delicate, fine flavor
of something which indeed seems lost
to us now.
How the neighbors rode through the
snow on horseback to large gather
ings How the pretty girls were
muffled In rugs and furs, skimming
over the road In sleighs! How the
bells rippled and rang! And how the
wide doors flew open to greet these
guests
Light Of candles breath Of
pine wreaths sprigs Of holly
and the high thrill Of holiday
thoughts.
Laughing faces graceful
and the Virginia reel In the evening.
It is a heartsome thing to think
about. Let US try to insert some Of
this gentle beauty and spirit into our
Christmas day. We have not the
leisure and spaciousness Of those
times, but hearts can reflect just as
truly the invisible yet invincible power
of love and loveliness Martha B.
Thomas.
C@. 1928. Western Newspaper Union.)
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chrIstmas cake peeoratIons.

3 n Christmas Cake Decorations.
To make attractive Christmas cake
decorations, lightly butter the under
side OF perfect holly leaves, then coat
with icing and let dry. When dry the
icing will come on shaped and veined
like the leaf Make into wreath by
Joining with icing stems.
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Christmas Time

AT Chisenas sins % halIsvsd s>
Ths hesn ssd bssueifd and fsr.
l9vs thsesdine II he woadss fkssurk.
We .lnos dwell spon . ssaf
Asd hsas the lovely muu;c thsS.
We ssad hssuaad ps&wsyp ssw.
lssr enough d isv.sses.
Q color and q besugy "
Pders ous eyo tha sssssa bieha
10 last ssd bdas y happissss
Ihe lcss ysar shsoueh. wih .siody
AID ksshAss swsss ssdIoss dsEshl
F~ thes's psnenbnses h / a.
Is unnsd y = thi bsaunssw vuud
lr z p BstAsa3 w. bon
III? bsbs. ew I'D hssss y s.lh,1
b DIR rsnenlbs.scs q IL Losd
A. III ssuss levs thas Chiuanss ssab
Ri.s o. o chisnss - upus
1hs ~ : ea1kns 100 swssa
III ~ q pssss, soed ~ = -
Ihrough pfs q pure ressd srp>ss.
Ihsi slsdnes 81 The wssld asAin-
-Mrs1s SsslhsiasA. = Dsssh
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DON'T suppose two nosea
were ever pressed more for
lornly against a window.
glass than those belonging
to Jerry and Sally. If you
were to look at them from
the outside, In their front
yard, for instance, they
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and can't go out. Just came from
house down the street where baby is
cutting tooth. Such cunning baby
played hide and seek under It's chin,
and you should have heard him
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Away They Wont.

gurglel He forgot all about that tooth
that was making so much fuss about
coming through. ! left him kicking up
his heels and Growing like young
rooster"
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1T IS a remarkable fact that
nothing certain is known as
} to the actual date Of the
birth of Christ, Dec. a5 be-