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CHRISTMAS EDITION SECTION ONE, EIGHT PAGES THIS PAPER VISITS 2,200 HOMES ESTABLISHED 1842. FIVE CENTS A COPY. n-iUAY MORNING, DEC. 11, 1914. VOL 73. NUMBER 9 Ord\« tt1 7 ,.X«V m 't. m, ■ { IN THIS ISSUE: EXCELLENT CHRISTMAS STORIES JBY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS/ GEORGE ADE, CLARISSA MACKIE, AND OTHER NOTABLES. BEAUTIFUL POEMS BY FRANK L. STANTON, WILBUR NESBIT, PHILLIP BROOKS, JEAN INGELOW, CORA A. MATSON DOLSON AND OTHERS. REPRODUCTIONS OF FAMOUS PAINTINGS—RAPHAEL, SICHEL,—BALLHEIM AND BURNE-JONES. THE BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS CAROL, “HARK, THE HERALD ANGELS SING,” AS SET TO MtlSIC BY MENDELSSOHN. INTERESTING MISCELLANY—HISTORICAL, INFORMATIVE, SUGGESTIVE, BEAR ING UPON THE GLAD YUL ETIDE SEASON. LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS, ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING FEATURES IS THE LARGE NUMBER OF TRUSTFUL PETITIONS OF THE LITTLE FOLK SENT IN TO THEIR PATRON SAINT IN RESPONSE TO THE REPORTER’S OFFER TO ACT AS A “GO-BETWEEN.” : ‘***m* CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING. A LARGE NUMBER OF LAGRANGE’S MOST RELIABLE AND PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS TELL ABOUT THEIR CHRISTMAS WARES IN THIS ISSUE. BE SURE TO READ EVERY ADVERTISEMENT. YOU WILL FIND THEM INTERESTING AND HELPFUL IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF “WHAT TO give.” -A :