ir tt&ccr.zsrr cxsijxmjsa 'Fzfzj jzonreatc that distance, through tha anowwhakad woods, with little more than tha wsoda-maa'- n Instinct tn ranbln him ta keep tha trail, Another feature at tha Christmas prec liminaries I tha trip to the sea rest to mall the presents which tha vari- tion when tha temperature ta aaywhat from 10 to 10 degree below net au4 they win walk far mllsa la tush aa as maaphar Indeed, auow aho parties cos atltote a standard Christmas paattm th various groups at travelers at at tba aaaw masting at aoma common raadaavou sock a the district acbool-hou- a where them ta held a rowing Chrtatmaa party. ta another popular holiday diversion, and ta ataroat all tha plaa nwloea Mains ta tha North want tha Innate bn Interlaced with aatworka at aonnocBng river and lake which afford admirable froaaa pathways for tha emcnraloa aa tael blade la aoma oearmoalttaa la tha plaa woaa-trthan are holiday catabrattana which era a oval aad nalqa Tha mast aatabla exampto ta to ba fouad la an annual ftoUc at th towa af flaranao Lak X. X, a community of avur 2.0U0 people la ths Bara fhm la Adlroadack wlldsmn held each year aa lea carnival upon wMch 4,000 at IMHO ta expanded by tba , poat-ufB- aa Christ maa Hay, but this interval af Idtanaaa would not la Itself terra to tba day aa It doe In aome other aacttana af tha coantry, for tha reason that In the pin forests, where billiards are by no means or ran. occurrence and wham tha thermo meter frequently rey later from 20 to 40 degree below sore, tbera ar many days In the dead at winter whan tha weather virtually eoOpeta a suspension of all outdoor work and raaaaa tha men and boys to remain aa cluaely at home aa they would do oa Pnnday or Christmas. Tha woodsman, if b ba experienced and farsighted, presumably lias In kta torchouM pretty nearly everything that will be a ceded for the Christmas dlanar, even to niapl sugar randy, that 1a vastly batter than nny sweetmeat ta b fouad In tha city shops, but he may dealra ta wake a trip ta the nearest store for a turkey and other delicacies, and If such a Journey la to ba undertakes It Is usually don several day before Ch rift tun, for la the wtldemeee a trip ta tha atora ta no llyht rhora, Ta be sure, It may mean merely an easy Journey over a logging road, oiuooth and level aa a dancing Poor, but It I much mere likely to call for a trip of Nr 10 mtloa, or mayhap twice Thera are, of course, numerous town and vtllayaa la the pine wood! atony tha northern border af the country where tha Christ mao merry maktny la character-tieto b by all the spectacular feature found In uny community, but there are also In the fomt domalu toola led and apanely nettled dlurlet where, aav la the homes at tha lnbabilanla, tbera ar few reminder uf tha occasion. In the pin woods tha "Christmas rash" which pete Into the blood of nlmuot overy-bod- y at holiday time, whether they art really called upon to participate In It or net, cornea oavaral week before the momentous holiday. The chief product which the wosd.iotn contribute ta tha (slaty of tha nation at tha clone of tba year la Chrlatwaa traaa and Inaamnch aa thro emblems of tha holiday most bo oa aalo In distant rlty mart far aeteral hufura Christina, It naturally day that tha work of harraetluy tha yonny plnea la fht wllde raeea, hanltuy thru on plant "Imb" sleds tn tha afalpplny point and throa loudluy than on tha railroad car which are to carry them to tha dtiea most b undertaken ar the month of Imeemhar ta vary far advanced. Of coarse, all work la suspended In tha logging caiup and elsewhere la tha wood d t2g3S333322S3S2la the land where th CHRISTMAS tree a raw! Tha thought act eoajnra ap any la tha mlad of tha (dim of snjuymont Indeed, tt tha anrap alty dweller. wha Rada tha aioet plnaalug at tha Chrtatmaa spirit .xowpUfiealoa ta tha BMrry throngs aa tha atraata and tl eruwded shops at Christmas doomed ta apanl ha holidays wet la tha taut anawetad wtldeneaa of the North ha ail(bt proaonnra tha ludl-vtda- al Never, tame and HoaotiWona. tea-riva- l ibeleaa, th cetebraltoa of ttia Joyous foreat haa a la Ilia heart of tha harm all lit awn, and certainly aa Vute-tiri-a oheerrauca baa tlK lieaeflt at a n.;.r atiraetlia art tiny of evergreen and e.iowclad Uudsrapea. an ar woana wha la tha ayaa af tha rejoleea la a good, ddfaahlaoed Chrlet-ma- a, with plant of anew and lea, tha wintry barkyrouad nay auka up tor la tha celeanytblay abw that la bration la tha pine woeda of tha aaaual aeaaoa af Thtea la matte a Christmas la the raalma af woeda and watara wUenco coma the Christ maa traaa that doaa not aetia Ilka Chrlatwaa a fur aa Hama Nature' part af tha program la concerned. Ia a tad a lie of aur country auow la an ankaewa luxury at loletlde, and la aa area laryer eectioa af facia fiam'a domain thorn la alwaya aiore or laaa nnrertalnty aa ta trtnt tha weather maa will provide for a Christum mean, and tha huybaar of a - "yroaa Christmas avar tareateaa the folk who want tha holiday a shared In with tha aonad of eielyhbolla. Ilowever, none af three donbta Bead assail ths dwsllsrste the foreat faatnaraea af Northern New fork and New England. Mir hi ye a and Mluoeauta. Ia much of thle torrlLory a bare tlie odor of tha plaa Pile the Mr there la fall erven urnnlba of nlutar, and often there la alf month of aheyhluy out of tba 12. Chriat-aia- a fluda tha whole countryside blanketed In a mantle of auow that ta drifted la maay'plaeee aa hlyh aa the second atarlea of tha huaooa, and take and river are frocea aa aolldly that three traaeformad waterwaya are tha areeptrd hlyhwayi for teamlny and alelylduy. In-a- foi-lo- ous member of the family may ta sanding to absent friends and relative and ta re reive tba reciprocal tokens which may ba In waiting. Tba foreat dweller da net, a a rul barn tha boon of rural free delivery, and n trip to tba poatoffiro lx by no means aa ovary Say occur rose, area at Christmas time, although It may ba noted that In moat Instances tba trip to the poatofSr to not Marly no long a tha aa ta tha aearest atora. In the pin wood aa la, mom donaaty populated aaetlona of tha conntry, there era both Indoor and outdoor catabrattana of Christmas. Aa may b Imsglnad, the chief feature at tha Indoor coiebratlon ta a tensing Christmas' dinner, aad Just hare it may ba proclaimed that than are no bettor cooks In tha oonntry than tha woodland hoarowtves. They eater to man whose healthy outdoor Ilf naabtas them to oat any of tha dellcaetes that are procurable without paying tha penalty at h visit to tha doctor Immediately aftio ward and consequently the wtldaraasa housewife pride herself aboro all ataa oa her skill aa a pastry cook. Tha woodsman maintains la his hams a diwroa of heat that to many a parooa tt bring would ba well nigh Intolerabl of tba nothing uncommon for stove to bring tba temperature of a room up to 100 degrees ar mar yet despite th terriSe contrast the wood folks apparently do not mind sallying forth for an outdoor Chrtetaua celebra m Hkat-la- g fm public-s- aad pirited ptaaaaro-lovta- g tahiM-taat- Almaat aQ tha plaeaa of bmtam and icaUtaaeas la tha town am lavishly deaerated with Sag banting, apnea out cadar trios and other arargroaa ait than ta aroctad for tha eeeaaloa aa Imta lea carnival Tha mense apcarl palae by a panda la which there ar fleata am raaaan depicting vsrlaat moaated . phase of woods Uf Than follow a pro-gram af winter sport Indadlag hoekty and bam match skating control a raaro-acircular track laM a ant aa tba frown bosom of tba tab aad tba carnival winds op with tha stormier at the lea palace a spectacular event tt which then ia liberal nan at reworks. balf-mll- wood-burni- MTALDON FAWCBTT. vJlAHTA.CZA.tZ3, Xttjmjrz:9Lui& jumtaclacxsjZaiz. for tli klug of the letter Colima ha to Ynlstldu. Of Mr liai help in icmdllug tha mil of flrst r effort of joi ille but aho .uperrlalon owr the of all - rlflidiah confidence I here I b ' nun thing tn do with a majority of It - Kant a t.'laua letter and to that them. Tthen a Inter tlm lvttvr offico I'nele bain . makes every tforl tn return If to the In finding the writer If anil there I nothing ua the out. Me of the t Indicate wher 1a It original--the commnnli-atfosearch of live content opened nnd tuxde for a t aa to the Identity of the send-- . Till am runrsc is followed In the of Kants Clans correspond- lion Office jit" IVa vemg-to'Jus lsaduettck. ' a mail oidr-nr at lost th- - ordrra ar SAM to th- - Jolly rid saint. aad 1 i of tlim era t filled It U cither l.ee the wtiter f;ilI-.- J o (Ivc tiirlr ad-Ith-.proper way ur i f fn-Siiios protiEiiO nr un- I'ta In find llic inllvldiial to whom i... ate addresvet. w l: kiiuu I f't.AVH dne r n-- n ' b! . b- - I. to However, ot cnrvr.pnniViiee rtna nut represent t rllurt. for lu-1- ,- Ka:n new I lb even Chr'-tm- ii le wlio.ly u'h- -t ha an uflinal Santa t'lnua vtiw-- e b'i!ns 1 to read all the IMlcra Imni'Jcil furtb cf the reindeer tram nl amMlu,ea a way ta fiuud to rraut 1' cisde in tliean higlily rnnfluttal lit II note. Vo wpulit he surpris'd thit tha i n!'-- ! Stnlca aovrrnmcnt ha oM'ued n trakr; Fpcdrl for handling ' Clau mail If they cnid Vut rjrnpunc t It pniira Into the 1n brl at nt 'aa!ilnrmi toward fud-- r tba rcpwla-tiou- s ai letter which any reason canuot be de'lvi.-i-eor tn tbeir writer, mnat ! aert to the si letter nfflic. and an tn tills n.iyloDi tba nf cle of th each year, flowed .vis of 'bought would require abort minute to 'rare! a m'lt cf Eerre, and He. rich found "hat a tench ea the face was recognised vr ti tra.u aid rerreod! to hy a fcar.:tl algr-r.- In -i r ; b of a second, tl'n io for d'O flint ar.e r.r.r Ti", r l f Of !VV, uf a bH.g :! I, v'riiii-lilr- ii irs Jn af) WR. ( Ui,i In I,, I. ..ai (,f n tie- 1 lh. i ,1JH r mtjeui ,n f.-n.i , ill. iimih ,'ow j fur th waif of th null com bnabeta upon btuhM cf letter addmaed to Santa Clans or Kiir Krlur.l or SL Nlchola. Thrr add ple-- e of mall are directed to bun land." "Heaven." "Xorlh role, " t and a of other placet where I'nele bam liia re poatuflt-r- a, and upon ma.-icf them nn pnatnye ba been paid, naual there taing ubailiutd the post rottnterfelt crudely drawn kc atamp oe with and Ink. Of coura tln-rletter rent from children and tba write-- , one and all. eoqliile to the magical flier rf Mocking Just what tha youthful would prefer fur Chrtatcorrcapondcut maa. Vnre than Santa of the Dana letter atu handled at tha postal graveyard at our sent of government each year. This phase of the poatal business ta spasmodic In the extreme. All through the year, from th begtanlog of January to tbo end of November, the poetmaatera and letter carrier And scarcely an envelope addressed to the patron wlnt of Christina but with December comes a literal avalanche that steadily Inrrraaea la volume up to the very eve of the Joyous holiday. "Ice-land- y ill-.- he mi v- - irI'c-- I . -- enve. In imt ot, a ease in a thonvand, ever. Is then on the outside of the letter p. lullcate Its source, and aa a rule the utenta of the ralsalv arc no itiore ecbt.l:tvnlng. Kanta Claus letter are nsr..n dated, but llte names of j - Mhirb tt writers live e Hie town seldom given. ,! the most part the are merely slgnatares p, the letters ehlldl-- h Ocra-- ' given names found n letter which as a thank offering for Ills kltibii-'- t In former to enable the toy king tn 1-- fr cr WorK . vv - I - Tohe Vi!: ii a Dr. Ladder ilriininu slvi-- v tlmt he .vw iv hnie ,f ,i,- will. On. n'shr nft-- a Innefiav'. -- n. T7 upie t w rtf an article le set down with pan. lak asd pu - t tf re him. bat cot ists t'e ring Idea ie-bMd. not a single word c :ld I writ. back he then Lying i ' be!o Is fb Mm or and It worked rhew.Tl.fai'ik t! j j . . t's i nn ,. ij,y th iii wr-- ne. uv- - IT !.'! n ii; .cl ' tn1rv T,!i-:da- '..i.i - u;,, : Hi- -0 it tn lilin , t ,j j j'.Hli. roii.li.mi ill.! f . ipli. 'm U'V It y d-- . t -- than sncdi ur louch. It still remain.1. hnwever, to show ths prrttoe of thta Interval taken by the action at the brain. delicate appa-rat- Frnftiser Dorden by ba demonstrated thla to be about Mvrnrv-fiv- . thnimndth of a erco4. Of tli. wiin , terry thmiwinttth ere i.- -i th .inr ail of ,!mMil fit of 1 ii'U'-tie- lc f letter-write- rn. - 'r 'JI, Ills - ck co IDcte Sam's Saute Clau who ba been delegated by tba powers al Washington to taka charge of this novel Chrluraai lra. Patti I.yle Collina mall ta n woman by name and perhaps It would N- more appropriate to give Per the title of Mr. Kb I do a In the govern-uirnt- 'l Kauta Clan official directory as cLIef of that dit Irion of tho deed Icilur otb- c which concern Itself with Kttci-- and parcel of that cannot be delivered or Insufficient addreaae aud In tlilu capacity she draws one of the largest salaries which Vrclo Kara pays to any woman, while aa I'nele Sam' "Miil reader her fume ha spread round the world through her abilty to decipher so cotifuaedly written that to il other person could inuk head unr of them. I'nnsoal a I all of Mr Collins' unrk. decidedly the most Interrotlng phaae of It la found In her service a th children' blie has portudeti es aarh huliday ara-obeen playing the role of nffiii-S;.nClan fur niuro than 2t year and ilnrlcc lust t!ui hm lumlkvl nearly half n mil & ta H!fshe' jvjuzsf: Hax22LEPttJULB I I j I ! at the lUnsloit t two thirds of the holiday Kante Claus ta asked to fill are placed In rnvelnpes which bear simply hla name and no other addres but eomc nf this mall bean what 1s plainly iWIgneil to be the most explicit directions to aid In Its delivery to tho proper renion. One Juvcnllo correspondent inscribed her envelope: "Mr. Ksate Clan TnLlo, Iceland, First Know llouse from the Gate; a second missive was addressed to "Sauty Claua Workshop In the Icebergs of Greenland, and a third envelope read: "Mister Kris Krinxle, Know Town, Monlanlop, the Moon. A youngster who wanted a "whole heap of guns and drums and a war with a scrch llte." sent hla to "Mister Kalnt Nichols Chimney Street. IdcSe Ijuid, eat North role, ond a wee maiden, the margin at letter was adorned with wobbly round figure each marked "A Kta" tilspap-heher communication to "Sant flue at Mister Wanamakera Store, or vvii-- r Kanty Claus lire In the Moon. Kris Krlugle 1a the Intended recipient Trolialtly wlilt-- Toy-lau- , wb-w- of the Human Brain. tbo blocd het tho not t COD" d' tfcT.ro would be tbo brflo d- a 19 the tiood. tbit moipfs; tear be woe Kt fcippy kjvjp th ib don m f1 tii Ir. Mr, JAv !i:l fsi ii.it . pini Il'iM'l-i'- ! 1 b: io rws I ..nilil.i. it 4'ii;n'! lp;Sng At i brief at v:ib a bead C- -t Mm begna the tSis(,chr mi up Thi u OM.-i.t,- ! nvv in Mi ntt tbo brain Ir wn ?, ui .fci'i li.'l m . ft 1 !: nl P1 r.:u t"i lebie and again flalihsd my a:tlcta. All great people hav had their folll. which 1s another way of saying that all have fcal tl'eir weak pclntr. Tha great Dr. Jchas-vi- , with all hit pbllesophy, was not w ?ot superstition. He was very car ret to nrr a roem with his left f.vt fir.r-ost-, and n ore ever knew b'm ,' riiic. If Iv chance lie i!i kit l- i- ttoiini 1, inmliatpir Mp back nnd i iir viili right Dwt fnremoit. H f afrrid dith. to., and i lb rv-t- 1 ! 1,1- - ... e.i.-t-- Tiff.-- . n tv not And aa thta year way nt haro la Dakota, but I da hop that yam will for anvar ta alck aad I want yea wan. bring sum madlceea to make bar I ar And plaro If later Zaaty Johato aad sawful tenaatam torn Hmro aa If yea will bring ama candy aad a bobby flow a and a don w wad bo a glad. friend allwaya Mary frHHam" o fortunately, there ta a way ta which Cade Ham eaa officially take oegatsaaca of these plteoaa Bttto plaa weald Ilka to do a bat Mr Collh as dd Saate Mm-el-f who ta tx to supposed to be, aftoa takaa it apes herself to show tha more appaaHag wh prayers to maa aad womaa of a have dtaeoterod ia Saate OmoJ maO vehld for tbo awaotwt of Cbrtatma ehari tla aad wha ro jror brlag t maay a deeoUto ham whsra JJz&Qkfyce; buy presents for some poorer child, and In such cases exceptional effort Is mafia to trace the letter and return th money to th donor, or rather In hi parent for T'nrln bam has sufficient sentiment In hm inake-nto want to prcserT childish j in- ja cf some rather odd anggeattonsL FM Instance, a little girl In Bhod Inland nends a greasy plnea of paper on which ah hah printed with obviously laborious effort: "Dera Tbaaty, yon are va be teat of all v Tbanta and I luV yow va meateat. rieas dero Vlatr Tbanty hrang m a Mttle Siatar. Id raver bar a Little Hater than any aver preannt fur 1 am p Dera Nic Tbanty gud by. Celts Young." Many at tba pctltloaara for Santa Clans' bounty nee to gain hla good grace by amraneea at their good behavior during th year, aad yat ether Juvenile schemer resort to flattery, a for Instance, aa artful Ilttla shaver la Georgia wha last yaar wrote: "Tha proa-ent-e yon briuged nn last yero was fla" and then wound up with a request for a railroad train "Ilka tha on yon gtva Quentin Boarvllt." Every year tbero art found ia tha Mg aacka of Sants Clans letters which are hipped to Washington many pathetle little appeals which tell of fathers oat of work, crop failure atekaaro at any ana at th misfortunes which result la a dark outlook for any observance of Christmas each aa tba children of tha family know In times of prosperity. Ofttlmw th tenters aro bravely naaalflsh, aa that of tba Ilttla girl who wrote: "Deer If Zaaty la Heaven Weva moved a far from our horn I am afrad yon win t klad-brorto- nam lea-alu- ssa-shi- bat far thalr good wait ba a moarafol ehatteriag of ehUdlak talih gaaararily at ia tha Saate Clan the toilet table. m wri ji um y I " aadiverythlii bthat savors at artWriallty la ijrtM op wnicrf ta looked o If KltaBt dtaopproraL to cross a brldg ti I we him-oel- iiumc-iliilcl- WALDOW FAWCETT. Natarai aroana aro Mtowed ta kawp the akin aad eemptextoa to the best ri aad th eomplexloa apadalMM who reaping a harvest from tha woman, of formerly todalged la a pWhorawater. A good soap, aoft motlc than comel'a hair broah 'klitood aad a da bK cloth, to ba tatter thta Inawwwia powder la all that witt extram dlacrlmlrottoo-should show, Tbo oM- toilet table which aaaoaaead thBe'plMMatfy tt Great could scarcely b aad whanow ha placed hla foot oa one ha would b t.rrlbly alarmed. Like th gnat man a eras ha triad to overcoat hla waaksss bat fc was carat able, to dh a And Byron would never help anyone to' salt f. at fable, nor would he be helped aid If out salt were spilled a would teavo. and gel up It l not nuiiRnal tn find a memory nn wmie anlitect. and ritremlf I, a ' mlicrv. On oa tv turn to hla coinpiuvii n'an Fetee ' . y UtfCLESAMJ 3Gian?fCr . appearan. wiu tioofc whan about ta tears kta mb at a wharo they had celled ta ask him what waa so eemplotoly aad suddenly had aB aaaaory cf It left hla. A story la W of a Fraaehmaa who set hy hla flrarid roadlrg a book, wham tha a ana broaght him hla latent hair to dandle aa Mi A friend rolling upon him, t knee loravt ha was nut reading, and throwing the child on tho table aa If It had booh, ha left the room. Fortunately, th. rnitec woe at heud lo rewu. the saeltreated tar I 1 - ,