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bnnc upon thc dl~ht. they hadn't

'i‘lic birch. when it nets loo big _ fcr ll5 clcthcs, cracks the bur-k niiiuy Christmas resources. a few layers at o. time. and the moss makes the best bianc mange Her apathy 113d develQpgd that

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Santa Claus mounts to the roof like l; bird I

Not the sound of r. bugl

As he noiselcssly gallfpsiwilzm ‘s heard fle rides to the East d h l ' ,

or his goodies he 122cm: Qffififl.“ was" in eateth the crumbs of m ch: ' .

When the dem- llttle foiksgare ash?“ has‘ Olil Santa Claus doet“. all that he can-

This beautiful mission is his; ' l‘hcn children. be good t th [m

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Christmas A Year Lorie

By Edith Kirkwood-

The F0109 of

shopping (i..~irirl g0 iuto the crrvpt c-f a cathedral and pan c f~r a tew minutes before a miiudiure reproduction of the little town of

"Tomorrow's Christmas day, io- morrows Christmas day," little Do.'othy was singing as she was prancing about the dingy apart- ment. She'd stop to roll up the sleeves that, were continually slipp- ing down over hzr hands. No wou- dcr they didn't stay up, for the dress ivns one that Helen. two yezus older, had outgrown. Mother hed meant to make, ii. over but she was too tired when she got home from cleaning house for oth- er people all day.

“Hush up, Dorothy. Mother will be coming in pretty soon, and shcllcry if we say anything about Christmas." Helen reminded her.

"I dcn‘t see why Christmas is a time to Iaugli, and not to cry,"

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The Cratchits’ Christmas Dinner

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of all birds; a feathered

lDorothy respond-ed philosophical- y. .

“Don't you remember last Christmas, and how daddy didn't come homo with our packages?" Helen couldift believe that even so

forget that. For daddy had never

"it" have wougm’ a “M53 we take me pudding up and hm“; it been heard from since that

Christmas eve.

Suppose it should not be done A, Domlhy “and l,’ re . . . ’ ‘ P13’- ciiougni Suppose it should bleak in Helen ‘valued lley; “gh_l lllfic

iv“ Fl "lam?" m‘ "mime — iiirniiig out! Suppose somebody comes Mother" and llle ygllllg-

stcitin i

pudding. bail, so hard and firm, blazing in halha. But now, the plates being quartern of ignited brandy, nged by Miss Belinda, ‘Mrs. bedight with Christmas holly, _ CYlHChlL icit the roe-m nionc- too Dickens’ Christmas Carol.

the wail oi siers were sifent when she enter- tlie backward and swlcll ll_ wlllle ed. Mrs. Bond. tired and absorbed - 119V" ‘V115 Willi Ti HJW?» they were merry with the goose- l“ her m“ atndous "houghmi did pun L id hc dicint bciicvc there a sulqpaslllon a; wlllch me lwo 110i hfied U191? lllwmldllke Q1119!- i'\i‘l‘ “'45 W9“ i‘ Howie Bliiliefi- young Cratchiis became livid. All 1|. l<‘lltl(‘l'lll’C$ti and flavor, szc and 5on5 of llorl-ol-s were Supmsfll

cn-mlincss, were liic thcmes of uiii- Hallql A gram deal of iifillliilllull- ER?“ 0i". it)’ The pudding was out of the copper. apple-sauce and inlrhcd potatoes. A 5111911 lure l, wash-day! Tm" was ll, was u sufficient dinner for the the cloth. A smell like an eaLng- whole family; indeed, as Mrs. house and a pastry cocks no)“, Cratchit saici with great deLght door to each other, with a lalmd- tsurvcing one small altcm oi a ress's next dclr to that! That, wa; m6 Pudding! In half a. minute Mrs fliU 1i- flll Hi- lflfil! Yet every one Cratchlt. cntered—iiushed, but srnil: ll.‘.(l had enough, and the youngest. ing proudly-with the Crzlirluts 1n particular, were steep- like a. speckled cannon on in sage and onion to the eye- -i

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Mrs. Bond was roused by a knock

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silvery to be compared to that which has gyvalxg o; “ha; he; sorrow was

or dusky brown. from whlcn been selected and carefully dried. dglllg, lo her ¢hll¢l~@n_ she busled lltlll basket, may be I85‘ YQU may purchase cards in the licrse-‘f with the simple meal. and

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hour-ii for Christmas which are shops, but wlly ml, add lll u l v- l- = ~~

on: of the ordinary. Rustic lorfr- touch by making Ym" 0W?" 1x25135139 153i??? I D1X1‘?9(§““3f1g““v be mndfilmi‘ tho more delicate seaweeds? H l ' ~ awn 'l gives unque A A l. . . . _ chest». The cnmpci" friends pl“: gll-efllvréztlialislla lI,n:,“,aI\r.§,\ld 5m. S~,b»._.,d Sh,

"My poor baby, dotsn’: even

her only break:

i'i:kil"."' . . .. u“ “w ‘ “m” mmc “I and strange them on the card by was getting i-iicm into 1rd. and

sets of clean bolting paper

sliprrng it under the water and lit- they were soon asleep, their pil- erirly floating the weed into posi- lows wet with their tears that iinn; then place the card between snug; was “y, coming, T00 Lirgd lo and S4‘\\’, and in dccpzsi. dopi-e

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Hylfafnflt needed as llic weeds contain a incrt brooding by a rap at the m Ofka. treble house. one smky Suhstance‘ " in Hood." bid good-bye to his lolillllV comrade, "Little John", oflgl" "I Chrmm“ Cards- nnci breathed his last beneath the '-— . mien‘. oftks that witnessed their Sir Henry dole. an English so- once when hpr husband (ilSZlp- bold escapades. cial and educational reformer, in- irfaitfd. Sm‘ ignored i119 kftfifk- —-—- card, ‘Ii/hon it came agmn it was a sig- Poinsct-tias require a icmpera- I‘. was six lncifes 1on2 and four Iiilififlfll Siliifli. iWQ 51W"? F5116. lure that does not fall below 65 de- i“ ‘mes wide. and depic‘ l in the Yefleflled ihlee umei- H" hi5‘ grsts Fahrenheit. While the pfunis panels formwi by i1 leafy trellis band's knock! should be two acts of charity-clothing the Quiverlive with excitement. s-he needing and feeding the hungry, moved toward the door. Her fin-

door.

A enlier was unheard of. No one came to sec her, for she had repelled all kindly offers c-f oosist-

gcrs were trembling so that she

dcor opened. and shc gasped, in ‘v, vvcli-driss- ecl man c: d. “BnrbaraW and toc-k lacr in his arms. Thcn, after a long embrace. h" led her to the big chair she had just quilted. w and drew her on his lop while they talked tozctlicr. 57y “I left you Christmas eve to do - the last-minute shopping. But an fi icicle struck my head, and knocked

mc unconscious. I couldn't re- {fig member ivho I was or where I liv- {fli c-ci. I went. to a hole‘. and alter n. ‘ few days got work as n salesman. big I told my boss my predicament,

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and iv‘ has bvn very kind. Today. Christmas shopping F-CIHPHOW 1m brought back to lllf‘ who and what ' I was, And I coudn't wait to find you!" u "But how did you ever trace us’? Barbara asked. “I thought I .eft no clues. I thought you had desert- ed me, when we found you weren't an accident case."

child,“ and he drew her close a- izriin. “I did have a heck of o. time. but old Jack, the baggage nun. finally told me where you "ad moved to. But now we must ti. ready for last year's Christ- ~= And nevt wc-vk we'll get out ~' this hovcl." Tom's affluence l. < apparent.

My dear, my dear. ‘f doni’ '~ind ihe hovel. new that you tr." safely home," Barbara whis-

lvrrd.

"All rlzlii. Babs old ilifl- Bl" slop crying dawn my neck if you arc rczilly giod to liriv-e ine back.“ b-"t his tender kiss belied his jok- ing words.

THREE YULETIDES EACH YEAR

‘Three Denominations Observe

Great Festival on Different Days.

There is one DlflCC where Chri. - mas is kept three times o. year— ln the Church of Nativity at Be- thlehem. the rbpuicd site of thc Stable o! the Inn.

The Roman. Greek and Armen- iou Greek bodies have each their respective section of the church. but. their Christmas celebrations do not. occur on the Mme dflY-

‘The Latin Christmas is celebrat- ed at. the Roman Catholic alter on December 25.

Thirteen days later the Ortho- dox Easierns perform the Greek rite. Another l3 days later the Ar- mcninri church keeps its own ce-

' ilnciolth; _ __

Why should darkened lives, which everyone is eager to help brighten at Christmas and suffering which everyone is concerned to help re- lieve at Christmas, have their ap- peal blunted a little a; day follows doy after Christmas is nast and month follows month‘! The right and the duty to hclp and relieve. the right and the duty in create happiness belong to us all, It is true for us all not only at Christ-

rcnr that

"those who joy would win MUSt share ll¢~l13pp3IlP55 was horn a twin."

_{____..______ "AS LITTLE CHILDREN"

The survival power of Christmas its persistence as a world-wide fes- tival. lies in the fact that it quick- ens in all of us the sense of hum- un kinship. It gets beneath the surface cynicism and releases these finer lmpirses which we all pos- , __ _ ._. For a clay we become ilQillll “as llti-le children" and the child The" W1“ fl Pill“ in our midst ‘x the symbol of the =1.‘ 1w Iirftiilll vi lmfkiikfffi ‘vlllqh we _.,.r_.k_ on the sidewalk.

Merry Christmas them-merry because it brings" to its l-lic vision flnki-s that llliitlt! of love ruling in the hearts of inen. i119 F-TYCPL“ Rilfi and renew-ed hope that the (lrrnm of a day may yet become the per- petual reality.

_, rue Cl-lARLOTTElC/WN GUARIZ-I.

l. . ,_ I G.irl:.t.i1a.= Will‘.TiiT_Ciirs!-n‘s ini". ‘c. on in: iyiiflst iillTt”

Bethlehem. The parts are repro- duced with faithfulness through Jlm the artistry of foreign workmen. They ore asembled so that against. the distant hills stand the homes of the people. In the center. of i-“md 0f 536ml? course, is the stable with the won- dering animals. All interest ts centered upon the Baby. The Wise Men hove apparently lust fli‘l'lVt‘d and are bearing their symbolic (“Tlully balm-e he gifts. In the house. lights twinkle brightly from the windows. and v/islmed he knew her. But he was a high in the sky are the brilliant String" 111 the biz city. and he'd stars led by the Star of the East "We One looks and it is easy to under- stand the words of the hymn, "How still we see thee lie."

We wonder if we have made each one of you see clearly in your own ea; all mind a picture of that. little town. But, more important, we wonder if we have carried to you its sense cl slllllles-l and calmnesi ll ls that the girl had overtaken him. sucn a contrast to what most of us find in everyday life, especially at the busy Christmas season. One ., looks and ls detached for the mom- mflflmms" ent from the cares of’ business o!‘ the home, one is freed from dis- couragement and disappointment, meant to be lresi, one sees and goes away refreshed.

In a world in which there is so much anxious dread. so much dis- tress, so much suffering and vio- lence. Christmas is coining again to reveal to ins liow much of good lllml there is in htunnn nature. Such Hr air his solitary suppcr ln his goodness shows itself in a thous- slmple wayy l; only lllel-e Then, what was there to do? could be some way of keeping the Christmas spirit in control after

the Christmas season is ended! go hcme_ WEIL he

could go to a show.

But irhcn Jim gct out. onto Dcl. aware Place itc rcmcst changed his mind. A rnoiv 11nd bicnn iofrll. a heavy leisurely ‘

throughout. the whole

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Christmas Carols

nus niad~:i:1g:y zlh. For the first

Stranger In Town

l By Sarah lone Clark

lireugh and throat .i:no in his Ullxlll. "rd u (|li’ll'l“'l iviiii lllh partner. Ut’

to make a quar-

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that his vixife had iold him to get zit Grant's’? the question as he ’ (icpnrtmenl store. Hose for l.fu:'!"l. t:.it was it! Bo- zimas shopping, anvtvay; why didn't Beverly tend to things

saw Joan first as she stop- *c;i in at Du Valls grocery.

_ ivants a 'f‘-bcne steak. the kind she alivays gets,

“Mother

that delightfully husky kznd.

Jim, having finished out his money slowly, counted up the amount of llLS pur- chases and looked over his cluingc

As he wnlhed down ihe crowded aisics", he was conscious of music iiom iiic b;i‘"r>r._\'. An OITllPbLTu was i; Chrisiiniis carols.

chase, got

She looked like s. grand girl. He

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. 1 he hurried up and joined the happy crowd. ' voice loinetl in "O Little Town of Bcthiehcm." It ivzis followed bl the "Adesic Fideles." crime “Silctit Nizht." As its beau- tiful strains filled iii-e store Wcr-

' ' conscious that, all

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things with a girl like thnt. perhaps she had a boy friend a1- ready. Unconscietusly he 40W“ tit the corner oi his al ment building. Stupid. to have to alone, the night before Christmas.

Jim turned to look back at, the store he had just left. and found

d ipearing from his . Wanted to get back to the office, ‘.0 slap old Peter on the hack, and tell him they were a pair of fools for letting

"Hello, there. you going way?" he asked. “I'm a

her-e. and it's mighty lonesome at p‘ he pumhmed 51X

s for Muriel inst/earl of three on the tray out. A store that took timc an’! thought for Christ- inuid he rewarded l

the girl, with a cool. cuse mo, please," hurried on.

Jlms’ cheeks burned. He hadn't

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I-Ic turned the corner and cuter- cd the doorway of his apartment. Then lie saw the time. she was just door and going up tiic stairs. same bilildiiig wiili

lived iii the With his ll-Tiltl down hr- irndgcd

stronglvrind. Too iatc hc snw dark figure directly

Oll e-room

first Christmas away from His lob here was so new that he hadnt dared to ask for time off to

crash as an nrmful r _ landed on the sidewalk. Strirticd, O C l _ Jim looked into the face of he Xlln mm mas Day m the mom

.1 s. face red with cmbarrassmcnt. Jim To tread the long way’ '0'“: “d lucked up licr bundles. His apolo- gy was quit: incc‘ Strange to my .111: umusctlly, "Why go around barg- ing int’) people this w" inv iuclc. Chrisiinas

rn, wear the bitter crown of

i. . To die 3L last the Death Ofscorn. “Mil till-i i- ‘*“° For this The Child of

mom On Christmas Day in tlic lll0l'1‘ililll. , !llf\l'\' n. shame. You must 1"‘ trod "h" '0'“; way‘ 10m Md ,.

crown of

broken." Jiiu ll‘.

and lecet, and heart

if you don't. let. inc lllllilllf,‘ shoplving with you l coming Dmm wmking for the Times."

Joan Sisgfred. W? b fci‘ "5 rry fr the wa

5"‘ ° “I 5° ,h,,_§ am so l,“ For this the Child of a chance to say so." Her < _ _

eycs were bright and sparkling. on Cmflistmas Day h‘ the ‘Ywrmng- A procession oi l.l'l(‘:l5 and peo-

Wnlking down the busy streets SECOND TIDDLE

simas decorations

than gzcifiig to fl picture show

. . iv . - 4 . . ‘if. ¥‘.'.°‘i.1.‘~§.Tiifiii."S.§ii."fi?22. ~"1*1"*=-= "Pied- Lilly, Jim fcli ihnt lie wasum have“ “what do - :1. Sl".tll'If‘l' in a ‘ ' ' ‘slums was a time of

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when hflhpy family gatherings,

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This day of l;

dren ‘round . chrl-tm ' l5 The blessed day lint gusvv s?“ To bleak the heart by mans sin 5"“ W" Rmgpmi‘? infill. His love divine he a. light ‘he Maid The mysiizr do; l, (‘ll gm“,

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turies In Rumania.

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