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ITTLE JINNIE stood before Old

Griinkee‘s wiiidow. '. _.i dark plates and iii'oiiz<=s, the soinlier stalls and liaiigiiif.:.=, had disap-

peared. (lrinikei-'s wiiiiiow was in holiday attire, ami Little .Iiiinio won- dered wily. Seine one had spoken oi’ a day far distant, a day oi' mirth. and gladness, of good \vill and peace; that the joy bells would riiig, the ninsie in

the churches would siiniiii and that cv- `

ery one would sialic and gi-ect one an- oilier as if great tiines had coine.

Little .liiiiiie bent t`or\\ard and lean-

ed her elbows upon the iizirrow ledge that jniteii out from the window, Wliut a feast slic saw! A tall soldier, all red nlid gold. stontl in one eoriicr, his inusket at “slioiililer arnis," deter- niination in his eye ami in his rigid at-

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ing horses. After that trooped all the aiiiinals that Little .linnie had ever seen iii her picture book, the old, thumb eared one that the mission teacher had given her. Round and round they walked, and larger and larger grew Little .iinnie‘s eyes.

Old Grlinkce looked up. He was

proud ot' liis window, for he had tiikeii great paliis to make it attractive. l\`ot another man in Broad street knew the cliildrcn's tastes so well. All about the slielves of lils little shop stood Santa Ciaiises, railroad cars, tin soldiers and small _'runs and dolls that the little ones liked. Old Griinkce had been in the liusiiiei~'s for years, mid he expected great proiits this Cliristiiizis tliiie.

Siiiltleiily he spied Little Jiiinic. He

did not know wiietlier she was adinlr- iii':' him or his \\'iiido\v, i'or her eyes kept s!iiftE_ g from the long green toys to iiitii, liael: Pfrain, and so ou. A gen- ial smile o\'ei‘spl'e‘i<l the face of Old Griiiikce. The little ciiilii outside was

certainly carried away with what sho saw. Old Griinkee looked closer. llow thin and pale she was, and quite a little tot to be al.inc!

'i`lie nl-.1 iiian kept iiiuiliiig alid :smil-

ing_ :is ii' he kiien' licr, and Little .lin- nie advaiieeii \.f.'.':1i'il the door. Old tiiriiiikee had left lil.; \\`iiniow and stood behind the eou|itcr_

“\\`eIl, little girl, what can I do l`e1'

you'.f” he asked, bending over the counter to\vard the wee iignre that looked appeaiingly upward. .

“lf you would tell"- She paused.

“Ye-s,” said Ohl Griinkte. “What tiiat thing is'--that house in

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Old tlriinkcc, leiiniiig foi-it-ai-tl to take a peep ut. the window.

“\'es, sir,” answeri d Little Jinnie. “\\‘liy, you don’t iiican to tcli me that

you never saw a .\'oah's ark, child?"

Little .linulc looked as ignorant as an

infant.

“Noi” Why, then, you've never heard

the ark resting on Ararat? Dear me,

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AN onn MAN canfa our or-‘ nn snor. tltudc. Little Jlnnie started to say “Good morning,” but she didu’t quite like his manner.

Below liiin, seated on a dairy stool,

was a iiiilkiiiaid with a cliurn, and the wonderful daslicr kept going up and down at regular intervals, and the 1iiilkniaid’s head kept bobbing' and bob- bliig till the \vhite linen bows on her cap flappcd like windmills.

A shepherd boy stood next to the

milkinaid, and in his mouth was a long pipe or nnistcal iiistrniiient. From time to time a loud note rang out. What queer toys! Little Jiiinie almost believed tiiat they were not toys, for the faces looked so real, and they moved and bobbcd like real live peo- ple. Ilut Grlmkee always had queer things in his \viiidow, dittcrcnt from any other shopkeeper in Broad street.

There stood a clock with a cuckoo

that flew in and out and cliirruped its note at certain intervals. And the wax doll in the corner, with a queen’s crown on her head and a crimson velvet robe! That was the most real doll Little Jin- nie had ever seen.

While she stood there, her small, thin

hands and arms on the lcdgc, her wist- ful eyes pcci-ing witiiiii, an old man came out from the side ot’ the shop and thrust his head into the window. It was Old Grinikee, and lie wore a fus- tlan jacket, very sting and tight, and a queer little skulicap on his head. He looked about as if in quest of some- thing, and his round little eyes squint- ed here and there as il' everytliiug was a long way off.

Litilo .iinnlc did not move, and if

Old (lriiiikee saw her he was kind

ciiougli not to oiijcct, t`o_i' he never once looked toward liei', lint kept squintliig ami moving until lie sau' a long, iiar- row house, paiiited green, with n siiiall peak, which stood in the eciiter oi’ his window. ‘

".\ii!" he cried, and froni outside

.liniiie heard his grunt of szlii-‘ii`=\<'i|0Il~ lie iiioved toward the green liiniae. Iii his liainl he held a key, aiiit, :it`ier fuiii- bliiig and feeling about ilie side Of till! structure, lie turned lt alitiut. 'l`iien he waited for rmiiictliiiiiz, .iinnio didn't know wliat, lint. iilie start-il. fa<:eliiatcd by the old iiniii`s iiioveiiieiizu and wait- ing, just as iiiueli as he \\~:iiii-ti, |`or the revelation that i.~ii.- felt sure \\'i\=4 I0

come. .

The door of llie liouse opened. A pair of clcpiiaiits waliccii out. then a.

dcar nie!" Old tlrlinkce actually looked worried over the turn of affairs. He thought everybody knew that.

Just then some customers came in,

and Old Grinikec put on a businesslike air. i

filo child stole noiselcssly out. Old

Grimkcc did not bear her, i`or the ladies were asking btni for huinniing tops, and he was not quite sure wlietlicr he had them. He turned several things over as he looked and opened the wrong boxes and packages. Old Griin- kce‘.=i eyes were failing hiiii n bit. And as lic looked a pair of wistful eyes, blue and heavily lashed, haunted liliii_ While looking he was wondering where be had seen them.

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l O O C l O O Little .Tinnie was unhappy. ln ber

small, mcagcr home she felt the need ot' something. It’ she had been older she might have known.

“Land 0' love,” the mother cried, “tho

clioiid‘s a-worritin’ over suinthln'l She’n tliet thin an’ pale as ter be cr shad- der." The poor woman paused in har duliy task of sewing and looked, un- easliy nt the small thin one that played beside her. Every morning the child had strayed

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“Bless nie!" exclaimed the mother.

“\\'liat's it now?"

Anil Old Grinikec had seen and heard,

i for Little Jinule came iii every day for a moment, and between times, when nobod_v was buying, Old Grlmkee took her on his knee and told her the \von- derful story of the flood. And ques- tions had been asked and the Christ- nias time commented on, and Little J innie's eyes were wondcrstruck.

' “\\'liere do you live?" he asked. Old

Grinikee had no children of his own. Ilis son had died a year before. I

“Down there, near the alley, in the '

funny little house with red windows.”

It was nci1ring`thc tliiie. For three

cr foui: days a flue sno\v had fallen, and the lcicles hung from the window ledge in Old Griuikee's window. Many of the toys had disappe:irctl, but the I\'oab's ark was still there. Somehow people thought it “too expensive,” yet old (iriiukee felt that it was not. lie staked a great deal on that ark, and the animals were not connnon animals;

they w_ere made of the fliiest wood. . All the clilidreli had seen it. Day by i day they passed before his window,_ and the wonderful *ey was wound ul). and the eyes o';?si<le grew larger and larger. lint uouf "*’ the eyes haunted Old Griuikee as inntn as little .linuie’s.

“Bless `nicl" he suddenly thought.

"1’ve not seen hcr for two days. That’s_ queer. I’ii look her up!" .

In a dim little room, upon a couch

whereon the faded covcrlet was high

_ drawn. l:_v Little Jinnic. Thr big eyes

ii ` . _ _were ilic ilrsi thing (llfl (lr.;'ikec Saw. i_ 'l‘iie_v were more wisl 'el tlnui ever. 'l`\\'/ iii i lc lianils were si.i'i .clicd out in ..i'i.--_-_

aight till I tlionght it was right by me An' I‘ve seen the Winder. Oh, it's u iienu-tl-l'nl window, Mr. Grinikee!" She always ran her voice ap fi *ne last syllable with a very tieligii co -W. cent.

"Glad you like ii,” Old - - \.i.Z;ce said,

‘°l’in proud of the wiiidei- oo. 1've taken lots of pains with it, 1`iii sure- tliougiit ’hout, it at nights, as you have, and studied how to make it attrac- tive."

"Well, lt's-jest filer. I-iv'ryiiody says that. l\Il', (1‘rinikee"-and her voice ul- _ most hushed with awe-“is the Noah's ar-r-rk there?"_

"Yes, lt’s there." No one but a

tradesinan would have detected disap- pointinciit tn his tone. “.\la_\'be not for long. tJini'_=zli;_maylie not for long!"

-'i'm sf\"'~_v." said she, then dropped ,he ni~.~i1f:f-. of the ark. .Lid . .mv kee thought that very queer. Dat I....tle iinnle had never seemed like _ qi, i .» . ...ty cu. So ho dropped the sub- ject, too, and ho asked her when sho would sit up. __ ..

“0h', - soon,"_’_`_she cried.- 1 "Pm better,

t ain't I, mar?"‘ - - 1 _ f Mrs. Conroy came in from tho inner

room, a smell of `gi~cai-ies about her sleeves and hands and a worn exp - sion on her face. "Yoa'ro inendinrz

course Yo are! The doctlmr lays as.

ycr'll be up Cbristuiiis. 0i‘il bc glad, sure an’ 0i'll bel” The tired woman tried to look brigiitei'. Even Old Grim- kce saw that.

“Are you glad, Jinnic'."' asked Old

Griinkce. “Are you glad Michaeinias is coniin"l You'll be up, you know.”

“De-ponds,” said she, and Old Grim- kee wondered where she had heard that word. .i

“If the little Christ Child will coma

nn' if I can hear the singiii' an' see the line toys an' things un' all you‘ve told me ’hout, Mr. Grimkce, you know"- she _lookcd excitedly into his eyes- “why, I’ii be orful glad!"

That was enough for Old tlrimkee. He

Said goodby in a very sudden manner, and Little Jiiinie _smiled sweetly.

Wlieu he found himself’ outdoors he

blew his nose several times, and his glasses were so wet he couldn't see the gate before lilm.

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Christmas morning! In Old Grim-.

kce‘s window some change was visible.

Behind the door in Little Jlnuie’s

home stood Old Grlmkee. Ile was peep- ing through the crack, and he kept up a regular pantomime as he looked into the inner room.

There sat Little Jinnie, n. pretty color

in her cheeks, and hugged tight in her arms was the Noah’s ark.

“That’s the thing l've dreamed

’hout," said she to her mother. “That‘s the ar-r-rk. An’, oh, mar; think lt's been a-restin' on Rararat nn' now lt‘s a~rcstln' licrcl Oh, oli!”

’.i‘lieii Old (lririkee rushed out and

kissed her. Ile forgot just then that the price mark on the l\'oah’i~i ark had .been $5. -

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occasion of Santa Claus' iiiiiuiai visit. A,nd in the matter of toys Japanese, Chinese and Korean ‘babies have little cause to envy their foreign friends, for not even the most marvelous mechan- ical products of Nuremberg surpass the products of the yellow toyiuaker's ingenuity. Children the world over are very_niuc|i alike in their tastes. how- ever dlltercnt. in appearance, and the plnytliiags of infant Asia Iicar ri strong fundamental resemblance to those of young America. liiost popular. of course, are dolls. The parental instinct is universal.

the ahnoiid eyes have plenty of other holidays

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§ China and Korea are great countries

for dolls, but in Japan, that paradise

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E hi . f f’t`¢.`~.‘ff'*f..`l'3-`fff_f:~i`§'~" - s ccial holiday, the “feast of dolls."

D This comes in February every year at the time of the Chinese new year. The dolls are placed on silk covered shelves in the best room in the house. Often it takes tive or six shelves to hold them nil. The principal participants in the

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feast are called the emperor and em- L_' -'_9f___,_ _ press of Japan. They are dressed in ff ~ court costumes, and the others, named ' ' t - -

for famous persons, are arranged about thcm. Doubtless at the coming celebration numerous doll Oyamas, To- gos, Kurokis and Nogis will swell the crowds at the receptions of the mimic mikado. Silver bowls are placed be- fore their majestics, and the child for whom the festival is kept puts fresh food in these dishes every day. At the end of three days the dolls are laid away for another year, only a few fa- vorites being kept out for common use. Of these, one is the “lady with the six (or more) wigs,"a baidlieaded doll whose many changes of coiffure give her small owner endless delight.

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day, the small boy of Japan is not above playing with dolls and is espe- cially fond of the doll theater. He is as much addicted to wooden soldiers and acrobatic toys as his counterpart in America. hlarionettes are as popular ln China as ln Japan. Leng before Punch and Judy began to charm the hearts of American youth the littlo children of China were laughing over the dilemmas of these two famous characters. Little booths are set up on the streets, where traveling companies present their quaint shows. They have

gers, dragons, snakes and curious act- ing frogs, all made to go through their antics by means of strings and sticks managed by the showmen. Following the feast of dolls, the Japanese boyfs, too, have a iiollday of their own, a dis- tinctive feature of wlileh is the school of huge paper fishes floating over ev- er house in which there are boys, one

'fish for each son. The Japanese, being

great tl!ii5i°hTé'nf"dll1h‘ii'e certain speci- mens of the an bearers very much-for instance, the carp, which swims up- stream, a sign of courage and persc- verance. Tins fish has become with the Japanese an embicin of the boys, whom their parents wish to sec possessed of these qualities.

Ou the boys’ dny the toy bazaars of

the city are througcd with children. Swords, guns, pistols, trumpets, horses and meiiageries sell like hot cakes, and [irecrackers fill the air with smoke and noise. There is in Tokyo one quarter consisting' of three or t'our streets which contains nothing but bazaars for the sale of toys. IIcre for a few cop- pers one may buy a handful of bam- boo rods from the ends of which dance the funniest imaginable caricatures on which the potent sake has worked its charm. The goggle eyed men whose heads roll on pivots are matched by jovial foxes and badgers which have

A. iiiais Cliliihll iinf.U.AEiii<samroa§

nalifiuioair. iiooiauir li-`AIiw<1i1l'I¢Il!

THE night is fall' over Bethlehem

As amid God's lights on high

A strange, new star gleams out like a gem

ln ax setting of wlntrp sku. it shines afar over stream and field

To an eastern caravan,

And three are thrilled as they see revealed

The sign of the Son of Man.

SINCE that sweetnlghtthepears havetlown

As ripples flow on a stream,

while empires out of the earth have grown

To pass as a troubled dream,

And wearg eyes have searched the skies,

As the ages onward ran,

with the hope once more to recognize The sign of the Son of Han.

THE BIGN OF TIIE BON OF MAN.

BUT never and never men saw above

its magical gleam afar,

Ye! ever and ever the iight oi' love . was shed by the golden star,

For not on the skies do its bright rags bum, But the hearts ol his lovers scan

And there on the heavens within discern

The sign of the Son of Man.

IN mercp and peace, in the growing good

That sweetens the world todag, in the era of freedom and brotherhood

also looked upon the sake when it was _ -[hat comes on ns smm,-,Q wal yellow- Toy tluimuls of every Sort-i in me mms of 'raaii and ner victories,

lizards, crickets and spiders-make the streets of Tokyo look like Broadway in New York the week before Christ- mas. A new popular toy is a Russian

with the Chris!-soul leading the vln,

Behold. 'tis in those that the spirit sees

The signs ol the Son oi' l"izin.

soldier with red hair and blue eyeballs, FOR ‘WW ih° ‘Widen Of 01550055 SHOWS.

who performs all kinds of "stunts.

'l`ops and kites are always in favor

in the east, and some of them are ver- itable works of art. The kites assume every possible form of fish, beast and bird, while the tops which transform themselves into butterflies and flowers as they spin seem to be the work of a nccromuncer. There is no distinction of ago in flying kites and spinning tops. Old men and children may he seen together engaged in these time honored pastimes.

Asiatic babies are blessed with no

end of gods who look out for their welfare, the Japanese having seven gods of happiness, one of wlioiu, Hotel by name, corresponds closely to our St. Nicholas. Hotel is of n venerable and amiable appearance, wearing a long white beard, and carries a sack of gifts for good little boys nnel girls. To older persons he brings long life and is usu~ ally represented in nrt accoiiipanled by a stork, which is supposed to live 1,000 years.

And ever the sorrow dies,

-And ever the soul that is quickened knows

A secret of sweet surprise.

And ever ln those of the glad new birth

The cues of the spirit scan,

Revealed in a gloru transcending earth, The sign of the Son of Man.

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Chinese child, and small imitatlons of commerce play a large part in his life. Owners of toy carts organize mimic trading expedltioiis, while the less for- tlll'll\if0 "keep §i0l'e." 'l`l\o lin_vg nlgg play at war with ships and soldiers, and, as in Japan, one may i.-ee liamivt of children armed with toy giiiis or ati.-|;,t drilling with true iiiai'ti:i| ariioi-_ .\ reg- ular feature of the gaine ae: It is played in China is, it is said, the alitrin, “'l'lie Japanese are eniiiiiig!" nt wliieli the whole pigtallcd ariiiy rinii as if Satan were at'ter it. The Vliiiii-,te boy is vi-r_\' fond of pets and often t-ai~i-ies about with iilm a canary in ii woodeii cage

It ‘S not nu may and no Work Wm] or a cricket siiiiilarly iinprisoiicd.

| The less active Cliiiiese girl has

the small Japanese, despite their nbun-

dance of ciijoyiueiils. A Japanese child mnlly lwiliiiifili 10.\'i‘ fif l7“F““i~'lifi. 100-

is no sooner able to walk than he or she is called upon to act as nurse for a smaller brother or sister, if there is one llowcver. the “little mothers" do nel seein to be troubled at all by their ell...-;:cs. 'l`iiey carry the babies on

their iiaelts, like papooses, and play

qucr and ivory, dolls and diminutive household utensils. ’i`lie girls have their games also, such as iiattlcdoor and sliuttlccock and jackstoiics. They "turn the mill” and “churn butter" to the ac- companiment of nursery rhymes Gen. turies old.

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ball, run races unzi tl_v kites ln spite of _ Her Explanation.

their l-uriloiis. Stiwiiigest of all, the ba- bies :ne pr-ri`ectl_v iiappy mid hardly ever ery. though oileii banged about in n way that would inake an American linb_v iiowl with rage

The busliioas spirit of' the Chine! i ' “nd the Judge' empire is reflected in the aport5.q|.¢||: gmlzsu' me mguzhi u 3'" hw NWN'

"Your honor," sal: " client acknowledgesl thldtlahhgegtrtigi thohook ag'ent with a piece of gas Dive, hut sho pleads that it wa.; 1 case of mistaken identity.”

“How's that?"

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