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Bv JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN 'iUS the announcement of the first Christmas Day. Thus the poet's vision of the "Adoration of the Shepherds," which the artist Bouguerreau. has pat on Canvas to the Joy of all the faithful (No. 1). A familiar message is St. Luke's to all the world and no anniversary is celebrated by more of the •tiOrf'Cts peoples. The carol-boys "have sung the same message for many generations in many languages and under many skies. "Christmas Night" tells the message thus: While shepherds watched their flocks by night. All seated on the ground; The angel of the Lord came down. And glory shone around. And glory shone around. "Fear not," said he--for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind--- Glad tidings of great joy I bring, ~ To you and all mankind. To you and all«nankind. *To you In David's town this day. Is born of David's line. The Savior, who Is Christ, the l4M>i* And this shall be the sign,. I •Chips off -Hit Old Block I N? JUMOftS-Uttla Ms I One-third the regular doee. Made I of same ingredients, then candy I coated. For Children and adults. IHSOLO SY YOU* niHtnnwTwJ The blue whale, which reaches a length of 78 feet, is the largest living animal. WHY SUFFER MOTHER DAY WITH INDI6ESTI0RP IIm big seller today (or tcaU and ahrooie stomach misery to Dare's Mentha Pepsin and it Is each a ftne. pleasant and supremely good medicine that if the first bottle you buy doesn't help you--your drugglat will return the purchase price. One man writes. "I Cannot understand Why any person will continue to suffer fi"om gastritis or Indigestion when Dare's Mentha Pepsin is available." . And tens' of thousands of people ••any of whom almost died with stomach •gony--think the same way. It's the right medi<tine for any persoa Who suffers from bW.l digestion, gas, heaviness and that fefeitag of suffocation Which Is always dangerous. For gastritis, indigei lion, dyspepsia any stomach agony-- acute or chroole, keep Dare's Mentha P. ^»ain in mind. &&&:• . 1 ) And this shall be the sign: 1 "The heav'nly babe you there shall And, To human view displayed. Ail meanly wrapped In swathing bands, A»d in a manger laid. . * And in % manger laid." Other times--other customs! The first Christmas Day was important enough to change the calendars of a large part of the world. And nearly twenty centuries have seen many striking changes in its observance. In the beginning Christmas was a curious commingling of the Christian and the pagan. For many peoples of Europe had celebrated a midwinter festival long before Christ was born in Bethlehem. And it was not until about 445 A. D. that Christmas, in somewhat the form -we now know it, was accepted as a popular religious festival. Since then, as times have changed and men have changed with them, the customs of Christmas time have largely changed. Christmas, as we Americans of the present generation know it, 'has been evolved from the observance of the day that was brought to this country by {he Jolly Dutch burghers of New Amsterdam and the English cavaliers of Virginia, not through the Pilgrims and Puritans of New England. Both Pilgrim and Puritan frowned on the celebration of "Christ-mass," as practiced by the established Church of England. The Puritans, in England, it will be remembered, actually abolished Christmas Day by act of parliament December 24, 1652, and parliament sat in session on December 25--"commonly called Christmas Day." It was not until the restoration of Charles II in 1660 that Father Christmas (Santa Claus), the Christmas tree and the Christinas stocking came back to their own. A picturesque feature of life in the Nineteenth century which time has driven from the highway is the stage coach. This conveyance of our fathers and forefathers went rolling and rocking across the continent just behind the marching pioneer and Just ahead of the ever-advancing railroad that was to supplant it. In those days the town turned out to see the stage come in--just as even to this day In many parts' of the country everybody who can get away goes down to the station to see the train come in. The completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 spelled the finish for the great stage lines of the West. But the stage Itself persisted for many years--this writer has ridden in the ^genuine thing at late as 1919 in the Rockies--until the automobile put it out of busi-* ness for all time. . • - v / ^ Xmas Cheer Chain on "Round Robin" Plan inEwnjf Yet the stage coach was even more of a feature of life in England and for much longer. Especially was it a center of public attention at Christmas time (No. 2). And it is worth while this holiday season to turn back to Washington Irvlng'f "Sketch Book" (1819) for what he has to say . about the Christmas coach in England. He writes, In part: ^ In the oourse of a December tour In Yorkshire^ I rode for a long distance In one of the public eoaches on the day preceding Christmas. The coach was crowded, both Inside and out, with passengers, who, by their talk, seemed principally bound to the mansions of relatives or friend*, to eat the Christmas dinner. It was loaded, also, with hampers of game, and baskets and boxes of delicacies; and hares hung dangling their long ears about the coachman's box, presents from distant friends for the impending feast. . . . The coachman has commonly a broad full face, curiously mottled with red, as if the blood had been forced by hard feeding into every vessel of the skin; he is swelled into Jolly dimensions by frequent potations of malt liquors, and his bulk Is "* still further increased by a multiplicity of coats.* in which he Is buried like a cauliflower, the upper one reaching to his heels. He wears a broadbrimmed low-crowned hat, a huge roll of colored handkerchief about his neck, knowingly knottad and tucked in at the bottom; and has In summer-time aJarge bouquet of flowers, the present, most likely, of some enamored country lass. His waistcoat is commonly of some bright color, striped, and his small-clothes extend far below the knees to meat a pair of jockey boots which reach about half-way up his legs. All this costume Is maintained with much precision; he has a pride In having his clothes of excellent materials, and. notwithstanding the seeming gros8ne8s of his appearance, there is still discernible that neatness and propriety of person which is almost Inherent in an Englishman. He enjoys great consequence and consideration alongthe road; has frequent conferences with the village housewives, who look upon his as a r%an of great trust and dependence; and he seems to have a good understanding with every bright-eyed country lass. The moment he arrives where t£e horses are to be changed, he throws down the reins with something of an air. and abandons the cattle to the care of the hostler, his duty being merely to drive them from one stage to another. When off the box, his hands are thrust into the pockets of his great-coat, and he rolls about the inn-yard with an air of the most p'^solute lordliness. Here he is generally surrounded by an admiring throng of hostlers, stable boys, shoeblacks, and those nameless hangers-on that Infest inns and taverns, and run errands and do all kind of odd jobs, for the privilege of battening on the drippings of the kitchen and the taproom, "these all look up to him as to an oracle; treasure up his cant phrases; echo his opinions about horses and other topics of Jockey lore; and, above all, endeavor to Imitate his air and carriage. Every ragamuffin that has a • coat to his bsck thrusts his hands in the pockets, " rolls in his gait, talks slang, and is an embryo Coachey. r » Perhaps it might be owing to the pleasing serenity that reigned in my own mind that I fancied I saw cheerfulness in every countenanace throughout the journey. A stage-coach, however, carries animation always with it, and puts the world in motion as it whirls along. The horn, sounded at the entrance to a village, produces a general bustle. Some hasten forth to meet friends; some with b u n d l e s a n d b a n d b o x e s t o s e c u r e p l a c e s . . . . I n the meantime the coachman has & world of small •commissions to execute. ... As the coach • rattles through the village everyone runs to tha window. ... At the corners are assembled Jun- <t tos of village idlers and wise men. who take their stations there for the Important purpose of seeing the company pass. . . . The scene brought to mind an old writer's account of Christmas preparations: "IJow capons and hens, besides turkeys, geese and ducks, with beef and mutton--must all die--for in twelve days a multitude ef paople will not be fed with a little. . . A3 as and alack! Methlnks In Florida Wame weird Christmas celebrationp t • Will be put across this year V " By Northern flivver-folks. • Pity the sorrows of poor did Dad anA 1(4 Harked In a ten-mile auto-camp. With two-three Innocent ofTsprittgS Glamorous for Christmas-- And Santa Claus a thousand miles away I *ot a Christmas tree in sight! Rnry a chimney-pi ace«! No turkey! Nothing hut autos and climate ; And real estate and realtors-- Omitting all reference to suckers! Tliink of stockings on a radiator. Filled with oranges and grape-fruit! t Think of a Christmas dinner Of canned beens and baker's mince pie! Many a crime, O Florida, Will be committed, in thy naWe •^.December 25, 1925. The custom of giving gifts undoubtedly grew out of the offerings of the "Three Wise Men," the "Three Kings of Orient"--Melcholr, with his gold; Caspar, with his frankincense; Balthazar, with his myrrh. It has persisted--and grown--through the centuries. It has now assumed such proportions that it has its abuses. Anyway, there is the SPUGS--the Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving. And there is the Pay-aa-You-Go Christmas movement, which would abolish the "promiscuous trading in gifts" and bring about the payment of Christmas bills before the middle of the following March. Uncle Sain, Postmaster (No. 4), has come to be the modern Santa Claus. His activities for weeks before Christmas Day are enormous. He has to spend a million dolars or more for extra mall cars on the railroads. Extra clerks cost another million. Extra motor trucks and extra mall-carriers cost another half million each. And these are only the large items on his bill. All this is reflected in the almost incredible buying of the people in the days Immediately preceding Christmas Day. It is estimated for 1925 at between $6,000,000,000 and $7,000,000,000! Although the American people are almost unbelievably rich these days, this prodigious spending is largely possible through the Christmas clubs now so popular in most parts of tlie country, the members saving week by week till holiday time. The Christinas tree, it .seems likely, is also to see a change. For generations millions of young evergreen trees have been cut for Christmas, with little regard for any other considerations. This yea^r there is a growing disposition to check this drain on the forest resources of the future, which are recognized as all too scanty. One proposal is that the trees shall he cut from national and state forests under scientific supervision of forests. Another is that living trees be used and that they be replanted either permanently or until the next Christmas.; It is also proposed that the municipal Christmas tree (No. 8), which is increasing in popular favor, shall be a living tree and a permanent fixture. The movement in favor of the living Christmas tree has, won the support of many organizations from the chamber of commerce to the Boy Scouts. There Is now a central organization, the National I'lant, Flower and Fruit Guild, with headquarters in New York City. The movement will also work for the preservation of holly and mistletoe, which are fast vanishing from the land in consequence of the Christmas demand. Eat Yeast Foam this easy way Drop a cake of Yeast Foam in a of water; let it stand for 5 minutes; stir with spoon; let settle and drink the milky water, including the white precipitate. Nothing could be easier or Bore palatable than tUs way at eating Yeast Foam- Yet you get its full tonic Eat Yeast Foam for < pation, indigestion, lade of SAMPLE CAKE FREE NORTHWESTERN YEAST CO. ,,..s 'W 1750 North Ashland Aro, Chicago* 1BL Send mt TREE and POSTPAID Voor bo«fc alao a Sample of \ east Foam, witho^t obUgaikw. Address Giant Statesmen, Present and Past "It- !• Impossible to make a Just comparison between senators of today and those.,who loom large in senate history. It is much like the attempt to measure modern lawyers against the legal giants of the past. We select a few great names and forget the abundant mediocrity. Two things are certain. One is that the problems with which senators must nowadays wrestle have not decreased in number or complexity. The other is that the senators to whom these problems are presented must divide their time between the task of solution and the political work essential to success in open primaries and in state-wide elections. "The result is that senators are much more closely In touch with the life of their constituents and more responsive to their will. Whether in the end this makes for better government and sounder statesmanship is a question which each citizen must answer according to his conviction. At present it Us a purely academic question. The open primary and the statewide election were necessary parts of the modern revolt against abused authority. It is too soon to affirm whether or not the change is salutary and permanent* However this may be, it is certain that the senate is no longer Mount Olympus, but It is also true that Pennsylvania avenue Is a very different thoroughfare-from Main street."--Senator George 'Wharton Pepper, in the Forum. FOR CROUP What Would You Do? Here Is a physician's prescription used in millions of homes for 35 years which relieves croup without vomlVng In 15 minutes. Also the quickest relief known for Coughs, Colds and Whooping Cough. If there are little ones in your home you should never be without a bottle of this valuable time-tried remedy, recommended by the best children's specialists. Ask your druggist now tot Dr. Drake's Olesaoo. SO cents the bottle.--Adr. tap*;' ight and strength, boils, pimples and run down dition. W.NLU ABB yon rsadr to •Bier social datM*# sport* itenttioQi? 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In parcels of twelve snapshots each, with no duplicate views, Mrs., Asher placed in pretty boxes and sent to her friends, relatives and shnt-ins, one package to each address, along with a list of names to whom the recipients of the pictures were to forward the twelve snapshots In the manner of a "round robin" letter. Each picture was labeled on the back with date when it was taken, each told a story of interest to anyone who received It. Each group of pictures could be kept for two weeks before forwarding and each parcel was finally returned to its original owner. This plan was a means of relatives keeping in touch with each other, as a note, or sometimes a snapshot, accompanied each parcel as it was sent on to the one designated on the list enclosed. It was such a splendid way of continuing Christmas cheer through the year that others are beginning the plan of the Christmas Cheer Chain of sending pictures with a story to hospitals, county homes, and other places^ --Gertrude. Walton. 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