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XUmTEE’S mantle, gleaming white and
Jewel starred, enfolds Earth *s breast;
Countless mothers, rapt and radiants
Lull their tender babes to restt
Envisage they the Christ Child in*
Each fair and flowerliJce face aglowt
For the babes who smiling slumber,
Holy lullabies echo,
Ti^hose strains endure through the ages
For the new, unsullied souls.
Thus may the Christmas Spirit live?
As Time its endless sheaf unrolls»
By
flffi i -rjllE full big of bouse Christinas. on the In hill was
Hj I every
room festoons of greenery,
I poinsettlas and holly wreaths
* vied with candles, bells and
tinsel to make more radiant
Sy§ (lie festive scene and in¬
crease the Christmas spirit.
There were two great cedar
trees In the hall, one on either side
of the mantel, and both were deco¬
rated and overburdened, with a har¬
vest of Christinas cheer.
The last one of fifty expected hoys
had Just arrived—fifty boys whose
ages ranged from nine to thirteen
years. They scarcely looked the
scions of wealth and ease. The trag¬
edy of struggle was deeply graven on
every countenance and greatly over
aged their appearance. They were
clothed in a nondescript array of long
worn garments, each article of which
had been divorced from a former suit
and banded down from a former own¬
er. Patches, tatters and rags covered
faded, oversized, buttonless shirts and
constituted their full dress for the
occasion. They were from the back
streets and alleys and from bedrooms
in woodsheds, warehouses and base¬
ments.
They were happy today. Each
looked around upon the resplendent
luxury with pop-eyed astonishment.
It was all unreal and new to them,
Down from the mantel behind trees
came candy and nuts, and it was all
for them. There was a pair of warm
mittens for each boy, a cap and a pair
of shoes with warm wool stockings
for each one. Santa Claus distributed
fifty new, crisp two-dollar bills, one
to each boy and everybody was happy
—happy for once.
A long table stretched through the
dining room and the library, white
covered and weighted down with a
dinner that looked like the flare of
heaven to the hungry hoys. There
were twenty-five chairs on each side
of the table and one placed at the
head to be occupied by the young
hostess.
The young hostess was Miss Georgia
Cadwell, eighteen years of age. She
was the daughter of the late George
Cadwell and possessed to full meas¬
ure his generous spirit and keen alert¬
ness. Her father was born on.. Christ¬
mas and two years ago he had died
on Christmas. One year ago she and
They Fell Upon the Greatest Dinner
They Had Ever Seen.
her mother had given a dinner like
this to the same number of homeless
boys. Perhaps ten of those present
today had boon present a year ago.
Dinner was announced. A scram¬
ble for the chairs followed. Not
schooled iu tlie ways of polite society
or held In check by super manners,
each boy secured a chair and but for
the clanging of a bell the grabbing
would have started. Miss Georgia
asked the boys to stand up for a mo¬
ment behind their chairs. When or¬
der was restored, she bowed her bead
end in a clear ringing voice, said:
Dear Jesus, Thou wert once a boy.
So come today and with us share
This feast of Christmas cheer and joy;
And we shall more enjoy the fare.
Then, the boys fell into their chairs
tuid about the same time fell upon the
greatest dinner they had ever sewn.
Bowls of steaming soup disappeared.
The waiters filled their plates with
turkey and cranberry jelly, hot buns,
brown gravy, roast meats, and any
kind of vegetable desired. This was
followed by courses of plum pudding,
mince pie, fruit cake and ice cream.
Mints and nuts, apples and oranges
climbed out of the baskets and slipped
Into grimy pockets for future refer¬
ence. Appetites began to slow up.
Stomachs never before guilty of over
inflation. began to show distention and
assume rotundity. Expressions such
as, “Gee, I’m full” and “Golly, I wish
I could eat some more,” came with
real sincerity from the stuffed diners.
Miss Georgia arose and said, “Now,
hoys, if you will lie quiet a moment I
have a story to tell you, I think that
perhaps ten of you were here a year
ago today and will remember the
story, hut I will tell it again and hope
to tell It again and again on each re¬
turning Christmas for years to come,
“Up until two years ago when my
father died, I had never known any¬
thing but a happy Christmas. But it
was not so with my father. He was
often cold and hungry and Santa
Claus brought, him no presents. He
never remembered his father and his
mother was very poor; and when she
died daddy had no home and no
friends to help him. He found a place
to sleep in the back shed of an old
warehouse and a kind old man gave
him a quilt and a blanket that were
little better than rags. He ran er¬
rands and did odd jobs for which ha
got n few nickels and pennies.
“His name was George, but most
of those who knew him never heard
his name because he was generally
called ‘the alley kid.’ ‘The alley kid’
knew that there was a Christmas for
most hoys anil girls, but he had never
had one. The day he was ten years
old was Christmas, It was a cold day
and daddy had no presents and no
breakfast. Everything in the garbage
cans was frozen. He wandered about
in the cold and watched the happy
crowds go by, hut they brought noth¬
ing for him. He was cold and hun¬
gry; sometimes tears came into his
eyes, hut he brushed them away lest
somebody should see them.
“In the afternoon a little girl came
down the street, carrying a basket of
little boxes filled with candy and nuts
for poor children in that section of
the city. She saw him and gave him
“He Was Generally Called the 'Alle>
Kid."'
a box of candy. Childlike, she asked
hint what he got for Christmas.
“ ‘I didn’t get nothin’,’ replied the
Shivering hoy. ‘I never had no Christ¬
mas.’
“‘Did you have a Christmas din¬
ner?’ asked the little girl.
“‘I ain't had nothin’ today.’
“‘You can come to my house and
my mamma will give you some dinner,'
and suiting action to the invitation,
she pulled at his arm and George fol¬
lowed her rather reluctantly into a
better part of the city and into a big
warm home. George was soon eating
the first Christmas dinner he had ever
had. The little girl’s papa talked
kindly to George and that night he
was given a bath, a new lot of clothes,
and for the first time since he could
remember he slept in a clean, warm
bed.
“The rest of the story is soon told.
George never went hack to the old
alley to live or sleep. That little girl
was my mamma. Her papa gave
George a chance to work and let him
go to school, lie grew to be a fine
boy. He was taught to tell the truth,
to he honest and industrious. He be¬
came a smart business man. On
Christmas day when he was twenty
one years old there was a big wedding
in the home where he had had his first
Christmas dinner and he was married
to the little girl. He worked hard
and was honest and every Christmas
he and my mamma used to carry a
basket of food and nice things to the
poor people in the part of the city
where daddy used tol live. Daddy
worked until he got to be president
of the big hank where lie first began
to work. Before be died he told me
this story and said he wanted mamma
and me to help poor boys who had no
homes to have a good Christmas. So
daddy was horn on Christmas, found
his first friend ou Christmas, ate his
first good dinner on Christmas, was
married on Christmas and died on
Christmas, When he had money of
his own he made a happy Christmas
for as many as lie could.
“With each returning Christinas
mamma and I will do what we can to
carry out daddy’s plan to make a hap¬
py Christmas for homeless boys. Wo
want you hoys to grow up to be hon¬
est men, to be successful in business
and in turn to make a happy Christ¬
mas for other poor boys.
“If nothing happens, there will be
another dinner here next Christmas,
and all of you are welcome to come
again.”
Cffi, Westwn ytewspauar Uni. id )
CLEVELAND COURIER.
When “Merry Christmas”
Will Do Lots of Good
D DIG snow flakes caressed the farm
house of Garth Mason and lin¬
gered at the window sills—a frame for
hollywreaths. Inside every one but
Garth chattered happily. He stared
through a window toward a distant
light.
“But he ought to make the first
move,” Garth muttered stubbornly.
Finally, Impelled by something strong¬
er than will, Garth jerked on hi3 coat
and strode forth.
In the doorway of his “hard” neigh¬
bor Garth paused self-consciously.
“—Just brought—Christmas eve,
you know—a little present—” he awk¬
wardly extended a new pipe gayly
wrapped. “Wanted to say, ‘Merry
Chrietmas—’ ”
Garth stopped. ills hollow-eyed
"enemy” had only partially risen from
his chair. John Clark was sick 1
Long the men talked. John had been
haunted, too, by the old misunder¬
standing.
“Felt that—If 1 could only see you
I’d get well,” tie faltered. Already he
looked improved.
When Garth left the fields stretched
before him iri peaceful white. Above
the cheery lights of his home a star
shone with unwavering calm. Garth
smiled.—(Tara Agee Hays.
((c). 1029 Western Newspaper Union.)
Christmas Flames That
Brought Reconciliation
\X7TI.VI u party! Lois Dorr, “the
* ’ Spirit of Christmas," stood by the
tree and railed out the mimes from
the presents Santa handed her. "Ed¬
die Hines; I’.'ih Hall; Maggie Snyder.”
W’lmi happy children! What a fat
Santa ! What a glorious Christmas—
If only Jim— It was a shame to
quarrel at Christmas time, hut Jim
was so stuhliorn!
She brushed hack the flowing veil
that draped tier head. “Mary Carr?”
There was Jim In the corner. He
needn't speak, then I “Barbara Carr.”
He would certainly apologize before
jhe would speak. “Etta Sanders.” He
mustn’t catch her staring at him—
Lois Dorr whirled, her veil waved
out behind her, and Caught on the
tree. In a second the flimsy stuff was
aflame.
Through the Instant panic came
Jim. He snuffed out the (ire, anil—
disregarding the interest he was cre¬
ating—took her In his arms. “Lois,
you'll forgive me?”
She nodded, “Let’s go into the
other room, Jim. It’s quiet, and—
there’s some lovely mistletoe.”—
Helen Gaisford.
((c). 1929. Western Newspaper Union.)
Six Hundred Pairs of
Feet in Christmas Shoe3
O JVE the honors to the Christmas
season, it has come to be n
moral force—a civilizing influence of
unmeasured power. A western busi¬
ness man gave six hundred urchins of
the street a Christmas present of six
hundred pairs of shoes.
Who can measure the effect of put¬
ting six hundred pairs of feet into six
hundred pairs of shoes and Christmas
|oy into the empty lives of six hun¬
dred struggling buys? It made Christ¬
mas the brightest spot in all their
years. It brought the vision of hope
and gave a nobler conception of the
world. It turned six hundred pairs
af feet, for a time at least. Into the
paths that lead toward success. Many
of them will reach the goal.
Those shoes, perhaps, will turn a
score of boys, poorly born, away from
a career of crime mid give to the
world a score of strong mid helpful
men. The unselfish impulses prompt¬
ed by the Christmas spirit have never
been the urge to indolence or crime.—
William L. Gaston.
((c). 1929, Western Newspaper Union.)
CHRISTMAS FORESIGHT
She—I suppose you’re looking for
ward to Christmas?
lie—Am I? I’m looking away be¬
yond it—that’s when the bills fall due.
Burning the Yule Log
The custom of burning the Yule
log on Christmas eve is not prevalent
iu England. Tlie custom is still fol¬
lowed in some of the rural sections.
It is more prevalent In the Scandl
uavian countries.
--
Enjoying Christmas
When one is very young and when
one is very old one may enjoy Christ¬
mas ; tilings look so different viewed
from a perambulator or a bath chair.
—The Tattler.
“Merry Christmas” Made
Him One of the Party
roil years the same old conductor
*■ had been on the local train. He
knew every one by name, how long
they would stay home, how their fam¬
ilies were, what they were doing. He
had been given a leave of absence this
year. There was a new man in his
stead.
The new man did not know any of
the people. lie had heard what
friendly people there were on this
route. He had thought it would be
pleasant to take the trip Christmas
eve with people about whom he bad
heard so much.
The engineer was so excited about
it being Christmas and knew how ex¬
cited those were on the train going
home for Christmas. He knew how
crowded the little stations would he
at every place they stopped with
those home people ready to welcome
their families.
It was the engineer’s way of saying
“Merry Christmas” that the train
pulled In five minutes ahead of time!
And then, as some one got off the
train, “Merry Christmas” was sung
out to the new man. And then every
one sang out “Merry Christmas.” No
longer did the new man feel so out of
it all. No longer did he feel a
stranger.
That Merry Christmas greeting had
made all the difference.—Mary Gra¬
ham Bonner.
((5). 1929, Western Newspaper Union.)
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A Remembrance From Her
Boss at Christmas Time
•d JENNY was cloak standing in front of tlie
ladies’ counter of the great
emporium fingering one of the cloaks
covetously. Could she buy it? There
was the room rent and the five dollars
a week for board. That must be paid.
The landlady did not wait for her
money from anybody.
Of course there was the ten dollars
she had saved from expenses in the
past two months. And she did need
it. The weather was growing very
cold, so she shivered in going to and
from work. Perhaps she could go
without shoes a little longer. And
then the boss usually gave his help a
remembrance. Maybe he would make
It money this Christmas. But she
mustn’t count on that.
“Hello, Jenny; looking at clonks,
eh? Glad I saw you. Haven’t given
you a remembrance yet. flow’d you
like It to he a cloak? But look here!
This is shoddy! Haven’t you better?”
to the clerk.
“Yes, sir. This is better. But it’s
four times ns much.”
The boss examined it. "All right,”
he decided. “Let the girl have this,”
dropping thr price od the counter.
“But r—”
“Tut, tut, you’ve been very faithful.”
And lie was gone.—Frank Sweet.
((c). 1929. Western Newspaper Union.)
I yi Christmas “liana Marsuri” 2,497 Years the Old fete | J>
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season
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tion at the season is given to -J
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|ij horn CCS years before Christ.
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Woman a* Santa Claus
The little children of Italy do not
have a Santa Claus. Instead La Bena
fano, a kindly, homely old woman,
comes, bringing them presents, the
night before Epiphany, January 6,
when the Wise Men brought their
gifts to the baby Jesus.
The Great Yule Feast
December 25 was chosen for tlie
celebration of Christ’s birth probably
because it was the date of the great
Yule feast, when many pagan coun
tries celebrated the passing of the
shortest day iu the year.
Candles in the Windows
In thousands of Austrian home)
lighted candies are left on Christmas
eve in the windows, so that the Infant
Christ when He passes through the
village or town may not stumble.
Kindness at Christmas
The kindness you do at Christmas
is peculiarly blessed, so do all you
possibly can. But you mustn't mention
your good deeds or the spell is broken.
Wassail
Wassail is derived from two An
glo-Saxon words meaning, “Be in
health.”
Roast Goose Favored Dish
Roast goose is one of the favored
Christmas dishes of the Germans. 1
Almost Correct
Little Ted was over at the home of
a neighbor who had a “permanent.”
Coming home Ted said to his mother:
“Mother, 1 don’t see why you don’t
have your hair barbecued.”
They who always labor can have no :
frue judgment.—Burke j
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Removes Handicap From
“Sound” Motion Pictures
When talking movies were first
made they depended on having a
phonograph timed with an ordinary
film. Of course, the method was crude
and did no& succeed. But one of the
latest developments in the production
of sound pictures is the discovery of
a method by which an actor can re¬
main silent during the filming of a
picture and then retire later to a
room perfect in acoustics in order to
speak his words, says Pathfinder Mag¬
azine. Later his conversation is in¬
serted in the picture and is simultane¬
ous with the action.
A report made to the Society of Mo¬
tion Picture Engineers at Toronto,
says: “This method makes it possi¬
ble to do the recording in acoustically
proper rooms without confusion of
lights and camera. The method is to
do the sound recording first and then
to do the photography by interlocking
cameras with a play-back device.
There promises to he an expanding use
of this method, particularly in musical
numbers.”
Strauss’ Death Chamber
The Austrians are inclined to make
fun of everything, even their famous
musicians. Of Richard Strauss I
heard many amusing stories. Thus
you may, if you are fortunate, be
shown the handsome apartments of
the greatest living Austrian composer,
and finally he taken into his bedroom:
“Here,” the lady guide will say with
bated breath, “is tlie room in which
the great Richard Strauss will die.”
It is probably a unique experience to
stand reverently, by anticipation, in
the future death chamber of a living
celebrity !—From “Europe in Zigzags,”
by Sisley Huddteton.
HU Clever Refusal
I’oet—I think I shall call my new
collections of poems “Secrets.”
! Publisher—Fine. An excellent Idea!
But please keep It to yourself.—De¬
troit News.
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Where They Should
Click—Have you ever noticed that
successful men are bald?
Clark—Naturally—they come out on
top!
“I am the captain of my sou?,” a
man proudly says to himself and then
wonders what to do about it.