Show 1 Christmas Christma U and Economy I BY MARGARET E B SANGSTER T HE spell of If the tho yuletide lasts very veo THE I much longer than the yuletide it Weeks before betor Christmas hol we are all thinking about them what we can do to tn mRk tm fm better bUer holidays s than we h have e ever 2 1 d planning for tor everybody bodY rm rin the grandparents to the little ces 5 5 toddling about the nursery floor md keying to concert fl cr the whole matter Wi are aWAre that to 1 the ail as it should be honored to traditions and cu customs tom It h Wf we respect will wUl take a great reat I II T mout money The man with Ith the deep r I mud the big ble hank bank account lre 5 5 I la and outpours money ut at atto to Lo of wife and daughters rs h it t the faintest protest t rhe fhe man manY Y h thit Ian kun pocketbook and no bank j 1 mut at all too often n does doc precisely Oi 1 in thing although e r f UJ irI a warning note and he be dreads L f the millstone ue of debt that v I be around hIs f k nil l ot of our great troubles in int t I Is 1 that Ie few of oC us Ui are tru fru 11 31 most moat of oe u us scorn rn economy hi 1 Ii a contempt for netty savings P f are arc a absolutely determined Jt C CV V ro Call can to vie with ith our neigh l n Th result Is that th the spelt apelt of th heide r roseate ate a and net blissful ul be d is very apt to be and anda a iT hien the holidays ate are over oyer 8 a nation i gron Im ImI r l I rich aone the th nations of the tb but men ot of wealth are no a the rank rauk and dl ie iea a 5 and ail s will have hae limited Tr r 5 that Iii is a golden etl vu vuI 11 t I t a as well a as at other x of the year yeara a Ho ver pr long the they DM may tn tarry reck rn In finally come It If we e bestow bestows s 6 01 o hina and beautiful her dia laces expensive toys and lux hux r HI general on our kith and kin kinU u tide it Is ia entirely eI right it if we Sv Uti Lu so without lessening ning the sum aunt I C comfort by and b bL by byA A L 1 aU mOn are a generous to a al arb l db rb The Oft one thing thine the they loathe js bt to seem m churlish J and nig 11 Husbands tle desire re to 1 Please PleaseS 1 S 1 nr fathers are most unhappy to deny anything to so o the furs and the S t I here the Jaunts th there the thet I t tu opera theater and concerts d I whether It be easy euy IJ i Ieni nt or 01 hard ad aad embr for Ir Use the teas of oC the house to II 11 Ui the wherewithal there Is at att 1 t ic S that father tather is fa mood moody ind aud inda H a tUtt tun and a hItIe and andI I 4 ft tn IU in Ot order er before ole r and andt t f rIIs r x Is ask him for fo mone money the tact b that thit the poor man Inan Ia borrowing I 1 nd left Itt and anel i almost beside be JT 3 S to meet the drain on his re Jf s sal ral al years eA a soon alter the J Jr vr f the yuletide had faded Into un embers of mIdwinter a bus mat nian w was taken m ill Dra lin I tr g through the weeks of the It seemed emed or of Ii a 7 rious malady he died and was PL 1 J j during JurIn Easter week When hen hi his i trap were settled they were found t l l extremely involved The entire r lr ot of living liyIng for fol the had bad to toIE 1 IE and with pangs panes ot of off l f S those e wom om hs tad bad loved Us dis c 1 I that their e had T sapped the of 0 his lIft life J rt re not altogether to blame HG 1 dR are not invariably frank find and 1 with wives rIves Fathers dislike to tot toS S t and knoW that they avE anxieties they thO resort to every even or Illegitimate means F y tb those M hear th l MMe nia and nd Iu Ia the Ow end If i cash does doos not conic there are and distresses s that thit might as well have been avoided When en the yuletide casts upon us a aspell spell of foreboding or leaves a lega legacy i of Importunate er creditors It has bt been en robbed of it Its finest essence and do de I of I Its noblest meaning the ChrIstmas angels brou brought ht I from heaven n the S sweetest strains el h heard rd the they eang Peace on Earth Good YUI to Men Ien GIor Glory to God In th i The earth Is fun full of wars wan and clamors lamo Glancing backward across thE la lat t I twelve months we shudder r at thought of the blood shed In Rut of I Ithe the carnage In the fur far east or of the bt I ties that have been waging by laud land anI sea Ilea What hat desolations f follow In th tb I In wake n f of war Are AN W ever r tr t upon an era of peace when disputes I ISh Sh shall be s by arbitration and n b by the 1 or of anna Will a da day ever t i there shall be compassion for and not on the pa part rt ot of a strong nation a disposition to t ton on a feebler neighbor Shall ShaH Wt we a arhe ar arrive rive rhe at a season l when the shall haJJ reecho around the The Tb optimist not only hopes hut denty this thi and 11 1 believe mt me It is hi wiser to be an opt im I than a pessimist The world is Ii m onward to the fuller d day y to the lr larger f r to the snore more triumphant pei pe H everything that di there 15 11 constant reason to an anticipate au an era ot of universal good fiS f ot of mutu mutual I a and nd I ot 01 helpfulness on every side ilde C C C CIt It Is our misfortune that we can divest Gur of a feeling that to o make the home happy we mu must t speLt i ij t o much money mone for our mental corn com comfort fort Never eer w wa there a greater mi in is j tte Pleasure ure in the household d de depends pend on simplicity far more than we think Children often turn away troll rein the p that have coat coet II a goo goodly wn sum hi au dollar and cents and find their delight In something cheap which th they may use Ule at their pleasure ure The costly doll from Parts Pari and d dressed s td in th the of fashion I is with i pride by it its owner oner to her ber little friends i but it is not the don doll which gives S most moat satisfaction It I Is no iio t the he doll that the child plays with Very lIke lIkely her ninth moth fir or con considers t too fine to tn be spoiled and puts pub it away aay In the t closet loset except on A doll on the closet I shelf may b be a marvel of elega elegance e bu buIt buIt It brin brIngs IN ii particular to tot t the e child who seldom sees It Ask any little girl which of her dolts doll she he would rather Jather part with md and it is never the finest on oie but ala always s thE shabby abby dan dari lu lug that has shared Its little mothers I joys and sorrows that i is to her the prettiest it don doll In the world orld A boy takes s no DO end or of satisfaction t in a few toola a pair of skates or even a shovel suited I Ito to hi his own also Rille t which ho he may nuy mayad tun tunnel nel ad tit the snow build forts nd and do as h he pleases out of oC doors on a cod da day Our yuletide should be full of If warmth and cheer our extra mont money should bt be spent on of lI light ht awl an open flee fre and th there rt should hould be good ol olUm Um times at home the best times than in aU all the tho 1 The rho beneficent nt spell of the yuletide ul tIde I has moat of h heaven ven in It when hEln we rf re remember member our poorer neighbors and our I There are re people i known to us all aJI who wUl be made very happy aaP by br so 0 a at Christ I as a a 11 letter f tt r For there I Is a seamstress who worked for tor JOU twenty years ago and who Iii Is end I lag her in an old oki ladles home She I has lUUl nobody ot oe hf her r own orn left to visit her herand herand and n day pR passes just lIk like another Her HAl will be made more mor rul y a v visit dt it you can cau make It or a aletter letter It you CU can send It It I The gift without the giver l Is bare I The Ibe more true Jbv and affection w PUt Into our e mare in they are and the more the they I express Ue the sentIment of lOOd g will and I sincerity the tho happier and more lastIng I fp will I he be the l e spell pen ot of tJ tie b beautiful 1 i J Copyright 1106 by n B Bowies Bowles |