davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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214 SOUTH CAROLINA AVE S.E-Double
room, twin beds. inner-spring mattresses,
unllm. phone: ] block TO bus
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FANS, attic and exhaust; large stock, all
sizes, complete installation zoos of local
Jobs; G. E. motors. GICHNER, MA. 1870.
FANS AND AIR .CIRCULATORS. g" TO 30.
floor. pedestal, desk. ceiling and wall types,
with G E. motors: brandnew: stock Inn
tied: cash or .erms. Buy while available.
Air Circulator Co. 635 d st. NV. DI. 0l6l.
FENCE LUNIBER-Good used 3"x4" for
posts, 9 # long, 15c Other lengths
priced low Your fencing needs are at
HECRINGER co 4-RIC STOP FS-4
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2446 Both ST. N.W-Newly furn., large
room: close in, conv. transp., etc: private
home; gentle gentleman Ordway 222l
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MAID. gh.w.. plain cooking, light laundry
live in preferred, health card and refer
Call
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FURNITURE-Save1 "a to u on brand-new,
INEQUALITY living room, bedroom and din
ing room suites, tables. lamps, rugs. etc
HOWARD S. Held, RA. 90l0.
600 Kennedy St NV Omen Evenings
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SEWING MACHINE-We buy all types:
repair: hemstitching buttons covered.
pleatlng. 917 st. RE. 1900, RE. 23ll
TIRES-Is your car parked? Why let
those tires rot? l will buy them at fair
price. Phone me night or day FIR 2O73
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MAID for general housework, no cooking;
references; $40 and carfare. 12S Dahlia
st. NV. RA 3016
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FURNITURE, 5 rooms, almost new, best
offer accepted 6O6 Central ave, Cap
nj
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FURNITURE, miscellaneous pieces, in per-
feet condition greatly reduced; beds, couch,
Frigidaire No. 7, gas range, desk and ta-
BILE dresser etc 1890 Kalmia rd. NV.
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WILL FURNISH Al storage lOF grand
piano: prospective buyer. FIR. 1852.
WANTED-Good piano at once. prefer
small size. Cali today, Mr.. Williams,
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REPAIRS u SERVICE,

Carpentry and Painting.
Prompt, courteous service, reasonable
prices. Mr.. Kern, Columbia 2655.
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MAID for general nousework, must be
good cook; Clarendon; go home nights
references. Phone Glebe O211.
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HEAR caa1 @ d4th AND PARK RID. N.W.--Larse.
young gentle ladies. S25 ca no 66ss.
o612 9th ST. NW-Double rm.. dble.
skpos.' next TO shower; lst FIR modern
nome: SO; eentiles. Randolph Oq3Q
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MAID. ghw, apt; care 3-year-old child ;
no Sundays: refs. Call 10 pm, Georgia
2-11
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RESTAURANTS

in l, front part for white, rear coIored:
well established, best in that section, SI5O
daily business; $3.50 monthly rent; price
$4,000; good reason for selling Anthony.
Randolph 27q2 AIS
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wooden pulls, rehnished, S25; single bed
Springs and mattress on legs), very COM
Ennt - l.
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1879 P ST. NW.-Large double room.
semi-private bath. End floor, cony. down
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ROOMS FURNISHED.

NEAR WARDMAN PARK HoTEL-Nicely
furnished room. private bath; Rentleman;
references REQUIRED. Michigan 1894.
1913 MASS. AVE. NE.-For 5 girls: newly
for laundering: twin beds. and large front
room for 3: private bath; Lincoln Park
car line.
CHEVY CHASE, Md.-Room for gentleman
630l Stratford rd. 81
1908 EASTERN AVE, Takoma Park. Md.
GENTLE gentleman. Shepherd 246O.
TAKOMA PARK, Md-Large room, new
twin beds. in new home: walking distance
TO bus laundry and phone privileges; S5
week each; refined couple preferred. Cali
after 9 pm. Sligo 4OO6.
l712 ST. N.W-Double room for gen.
tlemen, gentlles: call before pm.
DOUBLE, ROOM. private bath adjoining:
month. Taylor 6567.
2033 F ST N.W.-ConVenient location. de-
s27 month Wo S54O 'iE; or D1. & s2a2. siisie'
LINCOLN PARK SECTIoN-Private home.
near transp.; has newly decorated room,
Sem'-private bath; ! single and / double
PEG SUITABLE or gentlemen. gentiles.
2236 QUE ST. Nw.-Private home; avail
able June !; large. double, front room;
gentlemen; most reasonable.
WILL GIVE, ROOM to white woman or
girl in exchange for staying with IL
month,old child at night. Cali Emer-
18th NV. for professional or Govt. gem
tiemen;, master studio rooms adj Scr
poTcn. bath; maid Serv., pvt. entr ] blk
home s:5 IA l5i7i li5if7HoS' Eeh'iie' Df'
I121 18th ST. NW.-Front room with twin
beds, innerspring mattress running water,
$40 for 2; single room, $3.50. 81.
] OR . REFINED GIRLS. modern home.
front bedroom: newly decorated: con-
venient transportation. Taylor s8o1.
MAN TO SHARE nicely furnished twin
ped room IN modern apt. conv trans;
reasonable. Call Hobart 5622 after pm.
VERY DESIRABLE: vacancy June ist;
@ @sn4s, COW. trans" pleasant neighborhood;
no smoking. Georgia 1925
Sl4 FERN PL NW,-Front dble room
next TO bath: all conveniences: close to
Lrahsp.: : gentiles. Georgia 1873
NORTH CLEVELAND PARK-Front room
twin beds, shower. unlim. phone; bus AZ
door, conv. to Wis. ave cars; gentlemen:
double garage. OR. 1896
NEAR WALTER REED HOSPITAL large
I0O,m' nicely equipped, for or 3 respon-
SIDE SIDE gentlemen, eentiles: clean private
oath ana shower: conv. Inquire 1927 Ga.
2 ROOMS. single and double; $3.50 per
Warfeld 4192.
FACING WARDMAN PARK HOTEL
very desirable room, private bath, for
gentleman. Phone Adams O04q
TWO ADJOINING ROOMS, suitable for 2
or or &; Lext 70 bath; express transp. Call
NEAR 14th AND PARK RD NW-Isree
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WANTED-JeWelry diamonds, shotguns,
typewrlters. cameras, binoculars and men 8
clothing, HIGHEST PRICES PAID. Max
ZWRig. g37 II W ME 1l13
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I'I,1- 4Fl1l5NJ. hFL' IIIUIIId0 OIINItt hpt. -
Front room. twin beds: men. 81
YOUNG GIRL with quiet habits to share
room with refined girl: new furniture, twin
beds: priv. LU. 1446.
1sth AND HARVARD, near park-Newly
dec. master room. twin beds, next bath;
> blks. TO cars and buses. ideal for . dis
eliminating girls. French conversation If
desired AID 371a
Evening star., 1942-05-30

124 5th ST. NE.-Lsrge room with twin
beds, for > men; private home, near cars.
Dyt hath lincoln 1890
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Has One Grandchild In Every Grade
In Public Schools Here To Grade 10

With at least one grandchild In
every grade in the public schools up
to grade 10, Mrs. Lydia Burkholder,
76, residing on the old homestead
where the parents of these children
were born, can make claim to some
thing of a district record.
The old home place, located just
west of the Ebenezer Mennonite
church, is being farmed by son,
Albert Burkholder. Mrs. Burkhold-
er's husband, David Burkholder,
passed away about IA years ago.
All members of the family includ-
ing sons, daughters and grandchild-
rem are members of the Ebenezer
Mennonite church or Sunday school.
The children, their parents, and
the grade in which they are en-
rolled are as follows:
Grade / - Vonda Burkholder,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Burkholder.
Grade 2-David Burkholder, son
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
College Students More Serious
AS Youth Faces Wartime Test

ern, Ada, show drops of approx
mately twenty-five per cent.
MORE PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Physical education programs have
been expanded in eleven Ohio col
leges with twice to four times as
much time being required for ath
letics.
About half of the Ohio colleges
have enrolled or agreed to accept
American-born Japanese students,
some of them evacuated from the
west coast.
Schools which are open to these
students include Bluffton, Heidel-
berg, Oberlin, Kent State, Wooster,
Muskingum, Marietta and Ohio State
university. The number which each
is expected to accept ranges from
one to a maximum of 10 for Oberlin
No japanese students, however, have
yet been enrolled at Bluffton college
it was stated Tuesday.
Schools reporting no japanese stu
dent enrollments were Bowling
Green, Capital, Wilberforce, Ohio
Denison and Ohio Northern universi.
ties and Ashland, Findlay, Ric
Grande and Cedarville colleges.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Former Large Estates In Mexico Now
Divided Into Small Cooperative Units

Snanish interests. With the rise of
Cardenas to power a social revolu-
ton took place in which the govern
ment appropriated all the estates,
haciendas, and divided them into CO.
operative units of which the village,
known as the Ejido, was the center.
CARDENAs
When Cardenas became president
the land ws given back to the In
dams on a cooperative basis and a
vigorous attack on the problems of
illiteracy and poverty was begun.
Clinics and schools were established.
Adult education was introduced with
much emphasis on instruction in the
use of the English language, Miss
Ramseyer pointed out.
The plan of the cooperatives was
worked out on the basis of modern
experience in cooperative endeavor
but the Indians who are working
the land say that the plan dates
back to ancient Aztecs who inhabit-
ed the land centuries ago. The Az
tees had worked out a cooperative
government that enabled the people
to live in hormany, they stated.
INDIANS SUSPICIOUS
At first the Indian natives were
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01

of Mrs. Hiram Burkholder.
Grade 3-Janet Althaus, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Alt
haus.
Grade - Geneva Burkholder,
daughter of Mrs. Edith Burkholder.
Grade George Grismore, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Grismore.
Grade 6-Treva Althaus, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Althaus
Lois Marquart, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harley Marquart.
Grade Jean Burkholder, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Hiram Burkholder.
Grade S-Bonnie Grismore, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Grismore
Joan Burkholder, daughter of Mrs
Hiram Burkholder.
Grade 9-Ferol Althaus, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Althaus;
Phyllis Marquart, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Marquart.
News want-ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01

Mrs. Blanche Moffitt, 70, wife of
Rev. James Moffitt, retired minister
at Rawson, died at the Bluffton Com
munity hospital last Wednesday at
midnight from injuries received in
an automobile accident seven hours
earlier seven miles north of town
on the Dixie Highway.
Rev. Moffitt, 73, is convalescing at
the hospital here from shock, bruises
and rib injuries.
The accident occurred when Rev.
Moffitt attempted to make a left
hand turn to go into the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Joe Brown, with
whom the couple lived. According
to the state highway patrol he drove
into the path of an oncoming auto.
The driver of this car was only
slightly injured. Both cars were
badly damaged.
Mrs. Moffitt is survived by her
husband and the daughter with
whom she lived. She had lived many
years in Rawson.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
BlufftOn Tables To Be Minus Well
Known Country Butter-War Casualty

duced a trial churning of butter
which they delivered to Althaus
Bros. Grocery, located on the present
site of Ruff's store. The butter
proved to be popular item and
plans were made at White Star
Farm to produce butter in large
quantities.
STARTED WITH ONE Cow
During 1905 one pure bred Jersey
COW was purchased. From this small
beginning, a herd of 35 pure bred
mixers, heifers and calves has been
kept continuously, to insure a milk
ing herd of from II to 18 cows.
The health of the herd was guard
ed carefully at all times. The entire
herd being tested for Bangs disease
and 7. B. at frequent intervals. A
careful watch was maintained for
signs of milk fever at the time of
freshening of each COW. Only by
the rigorous standards of cleanliness
maintained was it possible to keep
the uniform, high quality for which
the butter was known.
The butter fat content of each
mixer was an important factor in
the success of the butter project.
Any cow whose milk dropped below
5.3 per cent butter fat content was
summarily dismissed from the herd.
EXCEED 100 POUNDS WEEKLY
The demand for this butter soon
became so great that it was neces-
sary to maintain a production level
of 80 pounds per week. Often the
seasonal fuctuation brought the
weekly output in excess of 100
pounds.
The cream was separated from the
milk Immediately upon finishing the
milking of the herd. The separating
was accomplished by running the
milk through an electric powered
commercial separator. Then followed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01

Plants can not obtain minerals ex
cept from the soil.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Couple Is We'd At
Home Of Minister

Miss Ruth Garmotter, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Garmotter, of
Bluffton, became the bride of Mau-
rice Strahm, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Won Strahm, of Orange township, at
5 o'clock Friday evening. The cere-
mony took place in the Mennonite
church parsonage with Rev. ]. N.
Smucker officiating.
The bride and groom were attired
in blue tailored suits just alike. The
bride wore a corsage of white or
chids. Their attendants were Miss
Jeanann Strahm, sister of the groom
and Lyle Niswander, both of Bluff
ton.
The couple left the same evening
for a short honeymoon through the
south. The groom is employed at
the Ohio Steel Foundry at Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Production Stopped on "Younk-
mans Butter" Because Son
Is Called to Service
Demand for Sav0ry Product
Always More than 100 lbs.
Weekly Supply

For the first time in more than
81 years Bluffton tables will be set
without "Younkman's butter"-an-
other of the casualties of the war.
Long known to many Bluffton
families as most savory dairy pro
duct, the butter will no longer be
churned at the Guy Younkman farm
seven miles south of Bluffton, be-
cause of the induction into the
armed forces of the two sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Younkman-Walter and
Carey.
DEMAND GREAT
The demands for the butter were
so great that all the extra help was
used that could possibly be mustered
So when the boys went into the
army the work proved to be too ard.
uous for those remaining on the
farm.
Corp. Walter Younkman, of Salt
Lake City, was inducted into the
army last February and Pvt. Carey
Younkman was inducted into The
army at Camp Perry last week.
The production of the butter vii
be curtailed for an indefinite time
and whether it will be resumed agair
will depend on conditions after the
war, it was stated by Mr.. and Mrs
Younkman.
During the latter part of April
1908, Mr.. and Mrs. Younkman pro
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01

At first the Indian native
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Dates" and Social Affairs Civ
ing Way to Accent on
Scholarship
College Enrolment Here Off
About 10 Percent in Line
With Trend


Oates" and social affairs are be-
ing relegated to second place and
scholarship is becoming paramount
in colleges this fall, survey of
Ohio institutions of higher learning
revealed the first of the week.
Harold K. Schellenger, director of
the Ohio State university news bu-
reau said that students voluntarily
are spending more time on books and
less on social activities.
Bluffton college with decline in
enrolment of approximately ten per
cent, is following the general trend
throughout the state. Two neighbor-
ing schools, Findlay mad Ohio North
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01

somewhat suspicious of the workers
in the Friends organization. Prev
iously there had been considerably
exploitation of their lands by for
eigners and they were not sure of
the intentions of the Quaker group.
In time when convinced of their
sincerity the workers were invited
into the homes of the natives and
shared in their festas and home
life.
The customs of the people were an
interesting blend of Indian and Span
ish cultures. Most of them spoke the
Spanish language but enough of the
Indian influence remained to give
the group a unique cultural organi-
zation.
MEXICAN FoOD
Miss Ramseyer at the Mexican
food given to her in the Mexican
homes. This consisted of cactus
leaves and soup, hot tamales and tor
tillas. The latter two are made from
corn meal and pepper made into a
cake.
1t is generally felt by the native
Indians that the revolution has been
successful and that the common peo-
pie of the country have been lifted
to a higher standard of living by the
sweeping changes in the country's
social and economic structure, it was
stated by Miss Ramseyer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Retires After Long
Service As Teacher

Prof. Lewis Steiner, native of the
Swiss Settlement and instructor in
the Bluffton schools in the early
nineties has retired from active
teaching duties this fall after having
been AZ years on the faculty of st.
Johns college at Winfield, Kansas.
He was connected with the Kansas
institution as instructor in mathe-
matics and science. He also served
for time as business manager of
the college. Mrs. Steiner also taught
in the music department in the ear
lier days of the college.
Mr.. Steiner is brother of Susan
and Elizabeth Steiner residing north
west of Bluffton and Gideon Steiner
of near Mt Cory.
After teaching for two years in
the schools here, the family moved
to Winfield in 1895 where they have
since resided.
They have five sons: Robert, sales
manager of the Seymour Packing
company, Kansas City; Harold, civil
service position with the army en-
gineering corps at Dallas, Texas; /;
Waldo, in the research department
of the Continental Oil Co., Ponca
City, Okla; Richard, in the sales
department of Atlas Power Co., New
York city, and John, superintendent
of schools at Portales, New Mexico.
Plants can not obtain minerals ex-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01
Miss Edna RamSeyer, Blufft0n
College Instructor, in Mexico
Past Summer
Mexican Culture Blends Prim-
tive and Modern, Spanish
And Indian

Transformation of Mexico from a
country of large private estates
known as haciendas to a land of CO.
operative units in which profits are
shared by all, was described in an
interview with Miss Edna Ramseyer,
Bluffton college home economics in
structor, who worked with an Amer
lean Friends Service international
good will unit in Mexico during the
past summer.
Miss Ramseyer was located at Tor
reon, Mexico, in the state of Goa
hula. This is a city of 10000 peo-
pie located $50 miles west of Mon
terey. Monterey is one of the larger
cities $50 miles south of the Rio
Grande on the way to Mexico City,
the capital of the country.
REcREATIoNAL PROGRAM
Torreon was the headquarters of
the Quaker unit which donated its
services to the recreational pro-
grams of nearby villages. Native
Indian teachers were also trained so
that they could continue recreational
programs along lines of sound health
instruction.
The city proved to be an interest
ing combination of the primitive and
modern. The business section was
modern and up to date and many of
the factories reminded the workers
of an industrial city like Gary, Ind.
or nearby Lima, Miss Ramseyei
stated.
PRIMITIVE METHODS
In strange contrast were the prlm
tive methods used by many of the
women in washing their clothes a
the river side and cooking their fooc
on a stone slab.
The city is located in the midst o.
a desert made productive by irriga
tion methods engineered by tn,
Spanish people.
Prior to 1886 Mexico consisted O.
large estates owned principally b.
United States, English, German AM
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01

the cooling process-the cream being
cooled to a temperature of approxi-
mately 81 Fahrenheit. This temp
erature was maintained until 13
hours before churning, when the tenn
perature was raised to 640-66' Fab
renheit.
The actual churning was done IN
barrel style churn of 60 pounds
butter capacity. The churn was op-
Grated by an internal combustion
engine in the early days, being con-
verted to electric power about 1926
During the months of May, June,
July, August and September, the
churning was done on a schedule of
three times weekly. The remainder
of the year called for only two
churnings per week.
CHURNING PROCESS
When the churn is set in motion
the time is noted. At intervals of
approximately four minutes, the pro-
cess is interrupted to allow the
churn to be opened. The rotating of
the churn causes a rather marked
expansion of the air on the inside
of the churn, which must be per-
mitted to escape. When the butter
fat has reached the maximum of CO.
agulation, the churn is stopped and
the buttermilk drawn off. The churn
is then opened at one end and a
gentle massaging of the butter fol-
lows. This process eliminates as
much of the buttermilk as possible.
Pure, cold water at about 55' Fab
renheit is added in sufficient quanti-
ties to allow the butter to be washed
thoroughly. The water is then drawn
off and the process repeated. The
washing is followed by the addition
of table salt, the imprinting of the
trademark and packaging for de-
livery.
''RATIONING" Nor NEW TO
| BUTTER CUSTOMERS
Dut to conditions beyond the con-
troll of White Star Farm, there were
several short periods during the 81
year period of production, when the
number of pounds produced per week
dropped to from 55 to 65 pounds
| During these intervals. the butter
was "rationed" to the customers in
much the same manner as sugar is
being rationed at the present time
While the most of the weekly pro-
duction was delivered to Blufftor
customers, many regular customers
were served in Lafayette, Beaver.
dam, Lima, and Ada. Occasional
customers were served in Fostoria
Risingsun, Cleveland, Detroit anc
Lorain.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01

EVANGELIST Z. X. Lund who
will conduct series of
services at the Missionary
church here, beginning Sunday
night.
Rev. Lund, a former magician,
mindreader. fortune teller and
hypnotist, will illustrate his ad-
dresses from these different
fields.
Services will be held every
evening at 7:45 o'clock for three
weeks, closing October 25, it is
stated by the pastor, Rev. A. +.
Albro.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-01

Green, rotted, or sprouted potatoes
are dangerous livestock feed Moldy
corn or corn stalks also may be in
furious.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-12-17
Santa Claus Born
In Famous Poem
By Clement Moore

Santa Claus was born in New
York on a snowy December night
12O years ago. He sprang full
grown, clad in red and white, with
eight reindeer and a sleigh, from
the mind of DR.. Clement Clarke
Moore when he wrote his famous
poem, "a Visit From ST. Nicholas. ;"
The legend Of St. Nicholas had
come to the New world with the
Dutch settlers in the Seventeenth
century. Gradually the name of
that figure became San Niklaas and
later Santa Claus.
There are several explanations Of
how Santa Claus happened to be
born. One story tells that on Christ
mas eve, 1922, DR.. Moore was being
driven to his New York home in
sleigh, and the tinkling of the bells
on the horses harness gave him in
spiration for the verses.
Another story tells that DR.. and
Mrs. Moore were packing Christmas
baskets for the needy and found
they we're one turkey short. Though
it was late, DR.. Moore went out to
buy another. On his way home with
the turkey under his arm he is said
to have composed the poem.
DR.. Moore read his poem to his
children on Christmas morning.
When a friend had the verses print
ed in a Troy, N. Y, newspaper, he
denied writing them, but later ad-
mitted their authorship.
The poem gained rapidly in pop
ularity, and the picture it painted
of old Santa has endured to this
day.
Ellis eyes, how they twinkled; his
dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his
nose like cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn
up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as
white as the snow;
He had a broad face and little
round belly
That shook, when he laughed, like
a bowl full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump,
right jolly old elf,
And laughed, when saw him, in
spite of myself