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VULETIDE SEASON
FINDS SPIRIT OF
MAKING ALL HAPPY
(Continued from page thbee.)
this morning happiness abounds
whore sadness would halve taken the
place of IChristmus cheer.
The &vmday. schools have had
their Christmas trees during the past
f#w days and the children have had
this additional hap'pjnes gas all the
young ones, and some of the older,
ten, were, remembered by the • good
people whd had ' those'. ihtgrrest'ng
events in hand. V
All in all. it has heed Bruaswick’n
best Yuletide, with tjhode ijrho ate -hhle
to do so making who ate not.
happy this inoming ft The spirit of the
Savior has pervaded„-even the very at
nti sphere and joyous- - crowds have
been taking the.; s'easoA &t its best but.,
fn the Seeing to it that no
one should forgotten.
• “He is Risen.’* - '
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MANV country visitors
HEAVY PURCHASERS HERE
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'l’li.t 'average local merchant cap.- .
not cpfnplain about his “county bus
iness’ it was here yesterday 1
and by a la*ge majority. They came
fcy rail, river, automobile and horse
drawirvebicles and they came In large
numbers. • i • -
It was noted that some of the trad
ed made their ttrst pre-Christmas trip
to Brunswick. They probably have
bflett liere on scores of occasions hut
never had some of them done all their
holiday*’,fcuylng here. All were sat
isfied with fKe goods and the prices
and left and last night ful
ly satisfied. •
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-t Charity In th# Heart. T*
"Tls the season for kindling the fire
of hospitalltly In the hull, the genial
fire of charity in the heart. —Washing-
ton Irvlhg.
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Using Old Stockings
ity Is Interesting to know and eco
nomical ,to follow the many Utile OjUls
and ends that can be made out of’old
Stockings, silk or lisle. So often they
are thrown away because of endless
hole* and runs —not good, you think,
for anything—but if this kind Is saved
unti s fairly good pile has been ac
cumulated one can start a very fine
silk rag rug. The more numerous the
colors the prettier the rug.
Ri Know We Always Do It!
3 .\ We t^le Kids and Santa Claus and vve convert our store into
a veritable T DYLAN D in which is displayed a large assortmer-t of TOYS and at reasonable figures.
* . Also a Fine Line of Fresh Meats and Groceries •
HERE ARE A FEW ATTRACTIVE PRICES >,
A nice lot of men’s dress
Shirts, at 89c up to $3.50
Men’s blue shirts, 50c and SI.OO
Men’s sweaters best all
wool . $5.00
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A good sweater $3.(10
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LAST NIGHT WAS BUSY ONE
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IN STORES, ON STREETS
Christmas Eve saw the liveliest
. crowd of g;od natured holiday shop
pers cut in many years and both the
mercantile houses and the pre
sented busy scenes. It was a crowd
of jolly buyers and all seemed to have
plenty of money to spend.
A News representative asked a num
ber as to how (business had been
this sea sen and fe ve;ry one reported
way above last yealr. A notable
change from former .seasons is the
fact that business has nearly all been
done on a cash basis. Of course
there are some who have had accounts
for mny years with the same mer
chants and these are in the habit of
mailing-checks as soen as they receive
their bills after -January first. So, it
really has been what may be trmed:
’“a cash Christmas.”
Have You Seen
Old Santa? -
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Just Couldn’t Stay Awake
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• Cfhe Joq of
the True Spirit
of Christmas
RE you willing to forget wliat
you have done for other people
and remember what other people
have done for you: to ignore what the
world owes you, and to thgik what
you owe the world; to put your
rights in the background, and your
duties In the middle distance, and
your chances to do a little more than
your duty In the foreground: to see
that your fellow men are Just us real
as you are, and try to look behind
their faces to their hearts, hungry for
joy; to own that probably the only
good reason for your existence is not
what you are going to,get out of fife,
Ladies’ best all wool
sweaters $7.49
As we have sajd before, drive
a block and saveja dollar, for
instance 40 inchfbest gradecha
meuse at only per yard, $2.00
41(inch sergejat $1.25
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hut what you are going to give life;
to close your book of complfftnts
against the universe, and look around
for a place where you can sow a few
seeds of happiness—are you willing
•to do these things even for a day?
Then you can keep Christmas.
Are you willing to stoop down and
consider the needs and the desires of
little children; to remember the weak
ness and loneliness of people who, are
growing old; to stop asking whether
your friends love you, and ask your
self whether you love them enough to
bear iu mind, the things that other
people have to bear on their hearts;
to try to understand what those who
live in the same house with you really
want, without wailing for them to tell
to trim your lamp so that it will
give more light and less smoke, and to
carry it in front so that your shadow
will fall behind you; to make a grave
for your ugly thoughts and a garden
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36 t-repe meteor $1.25
Yard wide taffeta $1.75
32in. Amoskeag ging. 30c
Ap'on ging! am at 10c and 15c
A good grode of 28 inch
gingham at 20c
A nice lire of flannelette?
for your kindly feelings, with thejgate
open—are you willing to do these
things even for a day? Then you can
keep Christmas.
Are you wllliug to believe that love
Is the strongest thing in the world —
stronger than hath, stronger than evil,
stronger than deatb-r-aiid that the
blessed life which began in Bethlehem
nineteen hundred years ago -is the
image and brightness of the eternal .
love? Then you <n** keep Christmas^.
, And if you can keep it for a day. why
not always? But you ean neter keep
it alone.—Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
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Distributed Cares.
“Why are dune weddings so popu
ar?" ,
' Beeau.se of the natural tendency of
• mditions td adjust themselves. Pen
ile shouldn't be expected to buy wed
■ilng presents and Christmas presents
all at the same time.”
ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS!
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FiftST CELEBRATION WAS HELD
IN THE YEAR 98.
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Forty Years Later Before It Was Offb
cially Adopted as Chrlsli*'a
Festival. >
CHRISTMAS was first celebrated
in the year 98, observes a writer,
but it was 40 years later before
it was officially adopted as a Chris
tian festival; uor was it until about
the Fifth century that’ the day of its
celebration became permanently fixled
on December 25. Up to that time it
h*d been irregularly observed at vari
ous times of the year—in December,
in April and in May, but most fre
quently in January.
In Rome the Saturnalia, or feast of
Saturn, fell at about the same time as
our Christmas, and it marked the
greatest festival of the Roman year.
The city abandoned itself to gayety.
Universal mirth was the order of the
day; friends feasted friends, and foes
were reconciled. All social distinctions
were laid aside. Work was stopped,
and no war was ever entered upon at
that time.
One by one other legends and cus
toms have been disproved and over
thrown, yet none has dared attack the
legends aud the customs sacred to
Christmastlde. It remains with us,
and will always remain. % Christinas
marks the winter solstice. The days
begin to lengthen, aud the sun no
longer journeys away from the earth,
hut enters upon its return. It is a
promise of renewed light and warmth,
of the approach of summer, and men
hailed these signs with every expres
sion of gladness.
When Christianity spread abroad,
meu adapted the old customs of their
ancestors to the new order of things.
The word Yuletide. used to give a
picturesque, oldtime flavor to the
Christmas idea, comes from Yule, an
old name for Christmas. The term
springs from an English word used to
designate the two months of Decem
ber and January, one of which was
called the “forrper Yule,” the other
the ‘‘after Yule.” There is a legend
'Vylijch relates that it Was the custom
years ago for every Saxon household
to burn the Yule log on Christmas
eve. This was"a great gnarled root or
tret* trunk, cut the day before Christ
mas and brought into the hall on
Christmas eve wHh great ceremony
and accompanied by music. Each
member of the household would sing
a Yule song, standing on the center of
the log.
In Germany and other European
countries it was believed by tlie th.l
dren that the Christina* tree glitter-
in beautiful flannel designs just
the thing for quil's£and com
forts covers at • 15c
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40 inch best grade percales 20c
Other widths at only 15c
Serge, 54 inches wide at $1.50
Best grade embroidered
flannel gown at $1.50
SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 1921.
ing with candles and'brightness, arid
the gifts found beneath the tree, wfire
the work of jolly old St. Nicholas, or
Santa Claus, as we know him. This
kindly saint was no legendary char
acter. He lived about 300 A. D., and
was a noted bishop of Asia Minor. He
was looked upon as a patron saint'Of
generosity because of his liberality.
The idea of St. Nicholas traveling in
a sleigh drawn by reindeer originated
in the cold northern countries'. The
reindeer were the swiftest antntals
known, and they must needs fly like
the wind to carry St. Nick the rounds
of the world in one night. ,-j' •
Almost as Important as the gift giv
ing and gift receiving qn Christmas
day is the feast of dainties spread on
that occasion. But even the Christ
mas dinner has its origin in the dim,
distant past. Feasts were always the
accompaniment of any festival. ’ln
Egypt, at the winter solstice, every
family' killed and ate a goose as a re
ligious observance. We preserve the
custom of eating fowl on Christmas,
hut the toothsome turkey has more
generally supplanted the goose.
Cold Chicken Cutlets.
Cold boiled chicken may be inixen.
with crumbs, egg and cream until of a
consistency to shape into cutlets. Dip
these in hot fat. Serve with crean
sauce or tomato sauce.
After the Long,
Long Trip
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