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Show THE GRANTSVILLE What the , Christmas Waits Sing Singing Perhaps, too, they 111 sing what Is sold to be the earliest known Christn inas carol, dating from the of the thirteenth century, days which beglps: Lordlings, listen to our lay We have come from far away NEWS, GRANTSVILLE. UTAH. $ in the Anglo-Norma- CITES hi A IimI M I I L .1 MI ( li Stage at tha Doors. muc in hi inf seek Christmas. Jn this mansion we are fold He his yearly feasts doth hold; fTis today I May joy come from God above Gijded Youths of Gotham Roughhouse" To all those who Christmas love. This carol ends with the toast of NEW YOBK. Of course there must be tricks In every trade, but It Isnt day that they are unmasked as vigorously and with the acclamation those days: Here, then, I bid you all wassail, which greeted the unveiling of a haberdashery plot at One Hundred and Sixteenth street and Broadway. That cursed be he who will not say drink-hal- l. section of the city's profile happens Wassail" meaning your health at present to be decorated largely with and "drlnkhall being the usual and Columbia students, and It was In and courteous acknowledgment about these that the skirmish began One of the best known of all the old and ended. carols, although not one of the oldest e Those of the population of was written by Nahum Tate in 1703 were privileged and Is called the Song of the Apgela. Heights who to be in at the death were first IntroIt begins : duced to the carnage when two youths While shephcrtls watched their locks met at the subway exit at that point by night,' To avoid extravagant language, each All seated on the ground, youth- was garbed as beautifully as The angel of the Lord came down field. Prom lightly crushed fedora down a panel of the fairest Illy And glory shone aronndL. expensive lookliML.t expanse to the tip of resplendent Russian leather shoes s the two Many are the carols In which youths yfere Immaculate. . ancient holly figures. Then From a sartorial standpoint the two lads were most emphatically there. drink to the holly berry, pledges one None but a cross-eyeold maid could have passed the two without sighs for a writer of songs, while another In Un- cozy corner, small talk.' and der the Holy Bough summons All ye Consequently, when suddenly they met, engaged each other In spirited who have scorned each other or Injur-- , conversation and then fell to with short Jabs and and right ed friend or brother, come gather here. hooks, there was little hurrying to classes In Inb. 8 or philosophy 4. While And then there's that grand old hymn the dust flew with It went brilliant' neckscarfs, canes of gilt knobs, pieces of Adeste Fldeles, sung In every church silk shirts and gore. In this land and In others, at this The two were representatives of clothing concerns near Columbia who Christmas season : have been made stalking horses for the trade of the students. Their Job consists of lolling around, Impersonating clothing posters, and, whenever a Oh, come, all ye faithful. student appears Interested, telling him where similar garbage er that Is, Joyful and triumphant Come ye, oh, come ye to Bethlehem garb can be obtained. Yesterday the rivals met and learned for the first time they were rivals. One called the other a chorus man. That wm top Christmas would not be Christmas, far. The reader and Morolngslde Heights now know what followed. of course, If the waits" were to neg lect one other of the most beautiful of To MDDrcQflNK GHAWCBMIOTBOHWaL REGULAR PIGS. Whats the trouble T aske Brother Bacon as he went to see Grandfather' Porky. Grandfather Porky liked to have all the pigs pay him a great deal of attention and so he had been grunting all the morning as hard as he could. Mom-Ingsld- he squealed when Brother Bacon arrived at last. I have been - 'he Brit-cln- d dim-lig- Romeo-and-the-balco- ht counter-uppercut- old carols SANTA CLAUS being about to city streets for his annual reindeer ride over the roofs, the "waits prepare to sing their centuries old carols. In several American cities has been revived the beautiful old custom of the "waits" going htout from house to house singing the familiar old sopgs. Light the Christmas candles In your window If you want them to stop before your home I God rest you merry, gentlemen; let nothing yon dismay will they surely sing that, perhaps the best known of all old English carols. And this too: Hark The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn Ijing. And, of course, O Little Town of Bethlehem. : Holy night, peaceful night Through the darkness beams a light. Holy night, peaceful night Through the darkness be&ms a light Yonder, where they sweet vigils keep Oer the babe who, in silent sleep. Rests in heavenly peace. Rests in heavenly peace. If there are any of yon who have In mind an after Christmas dinner evening of song to the accompaniment of a harpsichord, a spinet, a lute or a piano or even the modern and much advertised disk machine, It might be well to try this on the company : "Hark the Herald Angela Sing. Hark The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn king; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled Joyful, an ye nations, rise. Join the triumph of the skies. With the angelio host proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark The herald angles sing. Glory to the newborn king A Lesson In Christmas Spirit s Temper and Temperament Cause Domestic Mixup didnt Why you come before? alone all the morning and none of the pigs have been near me." Pm sorry, grandfather, granted Brother Bacon, but I came just as soon as I finished my breakfast. Just at this moment along came Pinky Pig, Master Pink Pig (his brother) and his mother, Mr Pinky. Hello, Grandfather Porky, taey all said. .What was the matter with you this morning? Dear me, said Mrs.- Pinky, almost had Indigestion. Why didnt you?" grunted Grand- .I - father Porky Because didnt crossly.-Wh- y didnt I?" repeated Mrs. Pinky. well, because because I Fine reason, squealed Grandfather Porky. Do you want me to have indigesMrs. Pinky squealed In a sad tion? a in comedy playlet, principals KANSAS CITY. Abrams and Johns," Fred voice. W. Coon a in court North side Realizes, Judge greeted Hubby I dont care especially, said Judge Coon smiled appreciatively. It's nice of you to bring your sketch Grandfather, but I thought you must down here, he said. A friend told have had something the matter with me It was a good act and I was going yoif .to take so Jong In coming to see to see It at the theater tonight Go me when I sent out word I wished . ahead, If youre ready. callers. Were not ready, and we wont be, Thank you for not caring whether and we didn't bring the sketch here, I have Indigestion or not, said Mrs. and It Isn't going to be at any theater Pinky. , any more, said W. R. Abrams, husFor that matter, mother, said band of Miss Johns. Pig, you dont care whether he Pinky Absolutely, said Miss Johns. has It or not Its Just our nature to A pntrolmnn explained: cars more for ourselves than others. She had him arrested after the Thats why were pigs. last disperformance night for peace Of course, of course, granted Mrs. turbance. You dear, bright pig. You Pinky. Coon asked them how Judge long they had been married. always understand everything. To be Two years, Abrams snld, and wfve been teaming together In vaud sure, Its our nature our nice piggish vllle eight years. nature. I wouldnt care If Grandfather You look like nice people, the court admonished, and Ive heard you have a fine act. Better make up and go on with it There aren't any too Porky had indigestion, and he wouldnt care If I had it so were fair enough. many good vaudeville sketches.' You should pay more attention to No I" In unison. Weve canceled. m I am the Well, Im going to continue this case, Judge Cohn said. Both of you me, said Grandfather. oldest pig in the barnyard. come back Friday and tell me you've made up. Shows youre a regular pig to care They went away In different directions. so much for yourself and to look after yourself so well that you live longer Bravery Rewarded by Rehabilitation than any of us, said Brother Bacon. From the way you are going on, years ago Thomas Butklewlcs, Jr., was a said Grandfather Porky, I think yon WILKES-BARRrespected lawyer In Luzerne county. He fell. Misappropriating will follow In my footsteps. In your mud-stepfunds of some clients he was disbarred by the bar association. His troubles yon mean, said Miss Ham, who had Just arrived. His a of bride young wife, multiplied. Ha, ha," squealed Pinky. a year, died. An Infant son followed Why are you so later asked Grandher to, the grave. Broken in heart and spirit, Butkle-wlc- z father Porky of Miss Ham. I was eating my' breakfast turned to the war. He enlisted "What time did you get up this In the Seventy-firs- t New York regiment and went to the Mexican bon moralngr asked Grandfather. She mpst. have overslept der. When the regiment was mussaid tered out he enlisted In the American Brother Bacon. Not at all, squealed Miss Ham. Red Cross for service In Franc Then he became a private In the Amer- "I Just was a little scrap hungrier ican sanitary section. He was pro- than usuaL Couldnt you have shared some of moted to commander of his section. September 24 he was cited for bravery, the official report saying: In your food with mer. asked Grand. March, 1917, In a dangerous section, during an attack, he assisted In extri- father. I ate It all myself without any ' cating a great number of wounded on roads exposed to heavy enemy shell fire under extremely dangerous conditions; also, upon the occupation of a trouble, said Miss Ham. Youre a selfish lot of pigs, said section, recently conquered, he organized the carrying of the wounded under You spend the a heavy bombardment of high explosive shells, with great mastery of com- Grandfather Porky. whole morning eating breakfast Thats mand and firmness which imparted to the men always the same confidence. News of his brave actions under fire reached his former friends and supposed to be the first meal of the associates. A movement was set on foot to honor him. Yesterday he was day Its not supposed to last for a number of hours. reinstated to the bar on the petition of scores of lawyers. We dont bother about hours, said Pinky Fork, any more than you do. Grandfather. And If you may call ' . Soldiers PA.--Sev- eral E, s, -- It was the day before Christmas last year. All my shopping' had been done (or so I thought) when I suddenly remembered hearing my ' eldest son, a lad of eight years, say, Oh, I hope Santa will bring me a harmonlcon this Christmas, says a writer In the New York Evening Sun. Of course I could not disregard such a wish, and, although It was raining, I put on my storm coat and rubbers and with umbrella In hand started out for one of our large department stores. On arriving at the counter where this particular article was displayed I found every one po busy I could not . get attention for some time, and while waiting my turn I noticed two sadly neglected looking little boys of about sly and eight years respectively standing very close to the counter and looking, oh, so longingly at these same when suddenly one of the turned sharply young saleswomen around and in a loud voice said, Now, then. If you two boys don't get away from here at once I'll call the floorwalker and have you arrested." At the time this sudden attack was made upon these poor little waifs I was holding The Two Boys Looked at Me. In my hands two of these same musical Instruments, trying to decide my change and package she said, "I Bhall never forget this day; It has wlilqji of the two kinds I would take. The larger one of the boys looked up taught me a lesson. at me with a frightened look, ns If to Both Exhibited. any, Oh, we didn't mpan to steal When a girl gets a set of furs for when I said, Boys, would you a Christmas present she loses no time cash like one of these hannonlconsf They said nothing, but the look of sur- in putting them on and going out to prise (gratitude they knew nothing of) let people see how they look." And In the case of silk stockings? when I put one In each boy's dirty litUm well, judging from what I tle hands I Bhall not forget to my dying day, and before you could say Jack have observed on the streets, the same Robinson they were out of the store remark applies to silk stockings." and out of sight I turned to the young Exchange. womaq, saying, "I will pay for them, when I noticed the tears in her eyes. Plants as Present When she finally found her voice she Potted plants, such as cyclamen, said, "Oh, madam, I am so sorry I ferns, primulas, double or single petuWell, never mind, nias, palms, or rubber plants, make spoke as I did. I said; you didnt understand. I am excellent Christmas gifts. 'Pots of the mother of two boys and know what bulbs, such as tulips, daffodil gad a bov crave" When she handed me hyacinths, are ao often rsdL any-tldng- ," ' Misfortune Due to Efforts to Help His Friends your different meals by different MASS. Benjamin C. Reed, sixty-eigyears old, former tax names you eat PLYMOUTH, treasurer of Whitmnn, and widely known ns Honest Ben," JuBt as much as term In the house of correction after pleading guilty to the we do. We cant began a town funds amounting to of larceny help following ht two-ye- ar $25,000. Reed made a remarkable statement to the court in pleading to the I may have dohe wrong. I charge. realize it now and am willing to take I did the he said. my punishment, best I could. Not one cent of the $25,-00- 0 In my defalcation has been appropriated to my own use, but rather to meet outstanding taxes which threatened to expose my- own peculiar. The old man reBtyle of bookkeeping. your example, you know." Wise Pinky," said his mother. Hes not wise, said Brother Bacon. Hes Just a H H"' Squealed pig, thats alL Pinky, And youre aU pigs, everyone of you, said GrandfaTm ashamed of you. ther crossly. What dlif you think we were. GrandDid you lated that at the time of manipulating his accounts business was dull Id father? asked Miss Ham. Whitmnn and many of his friends were unable to pay their taxes, on time. take us for birds before? Dont be rude, sold Grandfather. I knew that If I pressed many of them who owed taxes, he went on, It . meant the loss of hundreds of homes and the wiping out of small bank ac- "But It Is pretty hard on an old pig counts. I collected money and applied it to the accounts of those who could not to have his grandchildren bring not pay year after year and the two offices I held made it possible for me to him presents of food. We must be going, said all the transfer from one account to the other. Part of my salary also was used tot Its time for luncheon. And this purpose. pigs. District Attorney Katsman admitted there was no evidence that Reed as they went off they said to each othused the money In any other way than he stated. He had been In office er, He's the biggest pig of all, for he wants us all to bring him food. since 1903. - i |