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A Jolly Christmas

There's a. lolly old fellow comes

. ‘rollﬂd every year,

With a bag full of toys

‘ smile of good cheer.

He's a clever old rascal and quick

as a flush;

He can come down the chimney in

one single dash.

It was last Christmas eve es l rat ‘by the fire;

Psrusins my impel- and smoking my brlllr.

That I beard in

l curiousnoise.

And out popped St. Nicholas load. ed with toys.

There were ashes and cinders all over his clothes:

And a funny lblack smudge on the side of his nose

But his eyes, were so bright and his snlile was so tlroll,

That I saidto myself. “What a lolly old soul!"

and a

the chimney a

He whispered to me, "Are the hid. dies in bed?"

. Tilyileilk llligllt have woke them, I nodded my head .

I dldnt _stari; rudely, but couldn't hem note

I-Iis snug looking Cilp and h“; love. ly red coat,

it was trimmed all with fur and hunt: units to his knees.

So theres not any danger that Santa will freeze.

m“ ‘l9 "o! Biilftlwse that be was

idle the while

That l was admiring his garb and

his smile,

Ab! no, he was working as fast

as could be,

Preparing the stockings and load.

l"! the tree.

The?“ B i1 (lolly for Kate and some

soldiers for Dick,

For Tom there's some skates and

a nice hockey stick,

There are sweeties to 195g them

ts Third Husband

s Fredgﬂqk my" nmompa. pied last ‘Febil-uaryJbut we have ll Qlbllltyjp Ogﬂgg lived together since last May.

..._.'-.- have not instituted divorce LAYDDIIPHIA. Dec. 23.

incompittahllity.

he was separated from her it is up l0 him." husband, Dr. Charles ‘Ruther- She is stopping at the Ritz-

fl.

said Miles Frederick, ‘ibutlust McAlpln, her first.

a complete lack of understanding-

“Dr. ltuthertord and .1 were ‘mar- ot

pro- __ ceedings, nor do l intend to do so, e Frederick admitted tonight ilf Dr. Rutherford cares to do so,

lM-lss Frederick's second husband was Willard Mack, actor-playwright, and iFrllnk M. Andrews, wealthy re was no mlsundsrstsnd- archteot, who designed the Hotel

Vi" iilife quite a week.

And a wee rubber dolbfm. the

‘billiy to squeak.

There was nobody

anybody shot-t:

l tell you Si. Nick is a. lolly good

l sport. ‘

‘lie had his work done in a much

shorter space

Than it takes me to tell, for he worked such a pace,

Then satisfied quite that his work was all through,

He turned himself ‘round and, without more ado,

lie picked up his prick and the clllnlnoy he gained.

slighted nor

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Merry. Christmas

Of Christmas past let us remem- - btr now v Only the s-miile, forgetting all the tears, Only tile hopes, forgetting all the fears! Life's way is all to lonf-i. that we should bow

Beneath the ancient burdens 0f dead years

Of CbrI-stnlas lIl the future let us

speak Only with courage, looking for tlle best. Only with hope. leaving to faith tlle res-l! Life's day is all too short that we should seek To drim its brightness at our own behest. And in the present Christmas let us give

All help, from care the suffer- ing to release.

All zeal, to sllure our happiness and peace!

For lilc is long enough for love to

lJve " And short enough for bitterness to cease.

The ‘Baby’s First’ Christmas

It was our baby's first Christmas and she was spending it in a li-ttle -.wo-roonleil sod shack. While outside, lay miles and miles ‘cf dazzling white snow. which as far as the eye could reach covered the apparently, endless, Saskatch- ewan prairie. While here and there, away in the distance curled the blue smoke from the chimneys of other settlers who, like ourselves,

u shake.

Auto-back cutter we build ls the .

1'0". well bundled up, were creep

sun was just rising as they reach~ ed the pasture.

Jock and Julie with one voice.

The Curious Christmas Tree

(Continued from Pigs 1)

into Bobbilrs room and gave him

ln our own home towns and villa es, hosts ‘of satisfied friends buy RED ROSE‘ EA today, as they did 28 years ago——bece.use it is still the same good Tea. ‘

l“lt's Christmas," "And no tree!"

she said.

lsuilbin sat up in bed and blink ed. It would never do for Jane to lily on Christmas morning. “There's the birds’ tree," he said, ,

He gave Jock s thump. "lRun and ilress, Jane," he said, "and then we‘ll hurry down to the pas- ture and see what tbc birds do wlun they find their tree."

ln ten nliuutes the three child-

llig willy from the house. The

m lruﬂinnrl .1; m .1 u... lelllilllllssl as "u"...

"Oil, loll-k!" cried Botbbin and The litre tree bud changed won- dorlully ill the night. Allloilg the lliillcoln and the: cranberries gay bells and streamers of tinsel were

s... a u... of RED ROSE coFFEE-iis

ﬂavour will surely please you. is

Milli‘ slits. At the foot of the tree Blﬂod a tall wooden soldier, as if on_gil.iril, mid m the in” ‘our u Biiiililig yellow haired doll,

Bobbin and Jock and Jane stood

"The soldiers was passed through the Canadian hospital at Clivedeii rnmember wtll deep feelings of gratitude your personal sillicituile for their welfare ill the dark hours

still and irixed, too astonished Io 0i iliﬂiﬁllﬁn- FliC-‘ilr. Then they filmed and “'I‘lley deeply appreciate tllc Went rat-lug llonle. leacrliitic Lord Astor and yourself

maile on behalf of tllorir ilepeliileuts as wcll as themselves. l1’ it were possible for eaoh olle to send a Imessage, I am sure it would say: ‘We wish Lord Astor and ‘Lady Nancy and the children a very merry Christmas and a happy New Yearﬁ"

_ ill llii‘ front hall they ran rightl into the aims of their father and Ill0llli“'. “Three. cheers for Christmas spent tolzctllcr!" father said. “lion the cheering was over,’ the uhnle story canle out. Mother lillivl llflw they had opened the bloat at iii? rilitlllrii and taken out ie snows mes t at were ill it and, . 721m of Ilc toys and ornamentspln . soilu as. the storm had stopped :- tllcl‘ had tllloti two bugs and tlleirl liilﬁlisis and started home 0h gllolvsllocs. When they reached "llfllﬂ, about nlltlﬂlglli. Cousin Liz- L19 llatl told them of the tree, and tll€n— "And then you trimmed it a

Prince to Receive Cherokee Chief If King Cannot

LONDON, Dec. Zfl-Eiforts are ‘being made to secure for Dr. Tow- gqin "iailna ‘white -Elk. chitillf of tltistlrllhcler- - ‘ i o ce m lans, an ant enco \Vl ilc iiiiElIKIilIlQLK twill’ tlljolliltnii. “Let's mlKlng‘. This may not be possible

wk”, mo). e f” .18‘ lbefnre the chief returns to Calla. ﬂmv fmmk] tmtruuled the lfeelilil, hut if the ziuiliclltre with tile had’ anew b‘ some of "l9 Bili-‘Vlﬁllg cannot be ziitrungetl, the chief swim“ Al. y ee_n_taken "n- ThBlwill ‘be received by the Prince of mgqph angwwi" milked verytwtllss. DrpWllite idlk is dent: . hemp; w ‘ “f”? of the ciriifl- by tile London press as one oi’ the 0,.‘ m“ wggel m sslng. At the feetyllost picturesque IIETSOIIiIlILlGS that Shmvgird if" soldier a flock oftllas ever visited this country. the crunllsbslverc chattering ﬂlngngl

A nutllutcll flew in t)...

were new to the country. Such a sick ‘baby slltrllﬂtl always ‘oelallAntl tile world tfor llcr was indeed a house of pain. B-ut, long since. wie, as homesteaders had ieairucd ‘to “make the best of and we were trying to make

Christmas Day a happy one. so e roasted lllli turkey (given us by ollo of the aforesaid settlers) and ro-

tzrllle witlllour best china and silver and made it. all look as

'l‘llcn our nearest neighbor. who lived two miles distant, came with the greatly longed for “Infill from home," which he had brought from lilo tolvn twenty mil-es

cd). I am afraid our dinner was neglected. as we eagerly unwrapped the parcel. First came a dress for “The Baby," then malty other little, loving gifts vfrrom the ‘grandmother who had never seen the little new| grandchild. And we were not fol" gotton either! l There were ‘raisins in the PM“ cel, big purple ones and chestnuts from the old tree on the hill-side and maple sugar tirom the old sugar bush on the ‘back of the farm. and oh, joy of joys! A woodsey-smellillg We knew that tree, many a happy hour had we its branches. swinging to and fro. ‘with "We? a thought beyond the present.) Ami was there something more? l-ndeed, yes! At the very bottom of the box lay a fragrant branch of cedar, and then we showed l-t to a dear old gentleman who years before. had come from Ontario (and who always declared he wouldn't so back.——“No sir, not for the whole of it") bis eyes filled wi-th tears. and we knew then. what -we bad always suspected sight of the "old province," OIICO again. _

The short winter day was drawing to a close. and after siviilS "i" lttle lntdian pony an extra sheaf o‘f oats “because it's Christmas." my husband said-we drew vul‘ dlairs close to the fire. slid ‘film wur dog Buster's ‘beautiful St. Bernard head on my knee. and the baby in betr father's arms, we gated t while into the slowing easier-slid azlw there. "wily DlC-l-"Yei-ihe °ld ‘lomes btwk Eﬂiil-lhe ‘WMQ “ml busy streets of a. city We 47"“ lo well~—~and many i! deal‘ lace" ,3“; the baby grew restiess. so her ‘other held her close. wh-ile he told ‘ler of another little Baby. who lone ‘mtg mo, spent lHlS first Christmas n a manger, in a far away land. ‘wright wit-h "the beauty of the soothing musical voice of the story ‘ollar. perhaps because some- hing of thebeauty oi the story reached her baby mind; the blue mined eyelids covered the great weary brown eyes, and the sick hatby slept. and for almmlg the ﬁrst time in her life. wakoned as 'rom a pleasant dream.

She is a big girl now-too bill o hold llllllll my knee. ‘ltl-Iii. I knew hat, this Christmas eve, just as silo ‘las dons s0 many times before. the will sit close, beside us, and ‘leg for the story. which to heir.

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lever grows old. “"l‘el-l me all on" my first Christmas." And when we have finished wi‘l come the oft repented query. "Billii W9 go back some time mother? Shall van-father? (mo. "with the fig light hhlrtmq on her soft brown , hair, we shsti irbmise- once ekllih“

ltl tllol W

heated ‘tho ntillce pie, and set the]

"Christ! ulassy" as possible. l

avray.i (This was long before the day c-f_ rural routes. and daly urailidellverrl

llat he was secretly longing for a '

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' IN MEMORIAM

MRS. MARGARET MATHESON

lilo ire-z». and tlloil flew off stillbo- tlilinp o1‘ slit-t in his hill A rim-h Ispilrrtrlvs camp m“; me“ _l wrm .'l‘llo feathered cmwp k ' ' ' ‘lvyflul clamor. I l em up a Tli- (lfllililkﬂrq stood van, g , _ 7 “-'~ _ .till, with n Christmas imargmlgt gaswpliitilil little June.—| wonlpamon- » p . in The Youth s

iTllero pass-oil away ltl Rose Val- ley in Novomhol", Mrs. Milrgarct

IIilJP, Twenty four yours zigo llrr husband the late Neil Mlitllasou

Bhiilliiti- Itrtgls of‘ candy claslgled ‘ ' ’ " “ among th: branches; so did a ./ -l s.’ _ glittering trumpet a camera. s disn Press from Lady Astor to herl g‘ "5" i‘: Noah s: at I, a jumping Jack and friends in ‘Canada as follows: . .

Matllcsolt iii tllo 76th year of linr.

to one and all _

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pustsril away, leaving a ltlul-ly and Siilddﬂlllllg utlfo and lamily. Mr-s. Matheson bravely fut-red tho tlllllri- ll

Lady Astor Thankedl

Me"? chriﬁmas From Canadian Soldiers

‘TORONTO, Dec. 23.—— Sir Ed- Jmm Kemp. W-ho during the wair xi! ltllle Canadian Overseas Minis.

-. 1s acknowledged the Clll~ist~ mas message carried by the Cans.

[that were laid upon llur.

I lSlle ‘brought up a faully of four ‘SOILS and three tiling-litters. Jollu l). is lll tllu old lIOmCTWllll llilll and his family the. mother spent. ilulotly her closing years. T-he iltller some taro the Rev. Dun Mutllesou oi‘ Cali- ‘fornla; Angus ill Spokane and llilll- clin in iBoston. The daughters are -Mrs. Wul. Taylor, 'R1llTllO‘I‘(l, Nil-L‘, 'Miss Florrle in Boston and Mrs.

Gluing?‘ mlllélyb victims in Canada and inradalbane; Mrs. ‘Christy MeLel- m‘ a gmrded agllm“ tlan, finkerman and iMrs. R. Nichol-

Minard!s Liniment ison. Charlottetown.

Mrs. Matlleson was a Consistent l‘ a great prevenmme, being one-members of the Presbyterian rf the oldestremedies used. Mili-

church in Rose Valley and was lil- nrd‘s Llnlmcnt. has relieves um“. terested in all that coilcerilcd the

“slid! "W8 0f Grimle. Bl-onchltisdprogress of the Kingdom of God. In her last illness which was onlyl for a week she had comfort in tile‘ visitation of her pastor. But site! had lvllnt is better still. She knew; that tllrougll "the one mediator be-'

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