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Show CHRISTMAS Cop g 19 ry T e Mc e Newspaper S En e ed at 3 a one . Ha Lo do A g s eae n d ng e o a s a on Pu a on of thsa ce woeo nia se press p h el e cepf y ape a a a ge TIIL snow 8 fall ng b o n 1 o Ulo q or ng feathers aga net ny w n low and the tj s gay her b 11 gown of sh n mer ng crystal I lave heard the snow so often iJ ed the shroud of -wh te and I co Id Jever understand why any s e ol g deatl should i ggest tso f to one gaz ug ac obs the snoT tr mtned houses or pon tl e t ees groan ng under the wo ght of the r 1 ozen branches It has aJwajs meant 1 fe to me I Iream of all that s born under that p otect ng blanket of wh te te that s there st r ng restlessly n ts sleep I feel that the trees and flowers are merely rest ng after three long seasons of act v t re ar ng for the greatest season of all the n ost creat ve one spr ng Several ea s we spent in the all sunsh ne co ntr eB dur ng I ol day sea son and I d d not feel as though Chr tn as hal really a r ved I re n en be go ng fo a sw n n t e Pa fic ocean one Chr stn as afternoon and eat ng our1 d nner under the palm trees n a rose bower, go vned n little s mmer dresses as f t were July nstead of December Th s was beaut ful for a change b t what I 1 ke best s to be a the cold countr es whe e the snow is p led against the door and the ho ses are warm and snug The Old Fashioned Christmas The fire n the grate s so beaut ful and n the old fash oned homes you 6 t around n the even ng popping corn or eat ng chestnues hot from the coals And there w 11 be c der in pewter mugs while from the kitchen will come the most tantal z ng odors of sp ce m nee and roast ng turkey The children w 11 hang up the r stock ngs, and the daddy of the household w U always dress 1 ke Santa Claus and come roll ck ng nto the room to greet the joyous household In the old fashioned parlors, which are la ger than our modern fo r roomed apartments afte dinner they d gest tjie good es they have been eat ng by danc ng the V rg n a reel or the old squa e dances wh ch are ever so much more f n than our n odern one steps or slow deliberate waltzes Lott e Jack and I st 11 love to hang our stockings and our mother always nils them w tth pretty 1 ttle gifts most of them made by herself or my aunt These are my pr ze packages the ones I enjo opening the most on Christmas morning Empty StockH gs I will never forget one lonely Christmas on the road when Lott e and I as ch 1 lren had to leave mother n New Yo k and travel no th with the company It was b Her cold and there was 1 ttle of the fest ve Chr stmas n our cheap ill 1 ghted hotel room But t was Christmas eve and Lot e and I felt that Santa Claus was ery near poss bly by now scampe ng over the roof of th s very hotel and peeking down at s thro gl the ch mney as we hung our stock ngs h gh on the gas jet We had Buch fa th that ne wo d come there as soon as we tumbled nto our beds that we dosed our eyes t ght and were 6oon fast asleep It was not dawn when I awoke shook Lott e unt 1 she opened her sleepy eyes verv very w de. and sa d uerry Christmas Lott e' Let s see what Santa Claus has brought us We urnped up and flew to the gas jet and raised p our hands to ta e o loaded stock ngs down B t t ey we o en pty Santa Claus had not e embered us Per aj she ou y fool ng s suggested Lott e who a ways has the heart ot au ojt u st May e he has h dden them n the room and d dn t put them n tl o stock ngs just tor fun Of co rse, that is what he d d and I clapped mj hands w th exc te nent I g ess they are mde the bel Lott o sc an bled under the be t wh le I peeked nto the closet They were not the e Beh nd the trunk in the bu ea drawers and even back of the p ctures b t still we could find no footpr nts wh ch showed the pass ng of Santa Cla s I can never fo get how deeply we were lu t or how lonely we felt as we cl ing to each other that bleak Chr stmas n online or how tense ve were as we watched all day for h s om ng hop ng aga nst hope Two lays after Chr stmas came mother s b g Chr stmas box wh ch hao been d,e ayed d g the Chr stmas rush j She had planned that t should reach one of the actresses n the company and the latter had prom sed to steal into o r room Christ as eve and fill our stock ngs B t n ord to know the he ghts of joy vou must have passe 1 th ough the depths of so row In sp te of our unhappy exper ence we always were loyal to Santa Claus and would never belie e he d not ex st If he s once n our heart he w 11 never pass out of your 1 fe ANSWEES TO CORRESPONDENTS A M Detro t M ch wants to know wl at to lo w th her ha r wh ch Is fall ng out and for a chapped com plex on Whenever I not p e n y ha r s fall ng I brush it e ery n ght until the dead ha r has left the scilp and that makes room for the nb v hair to come in In my a t cle When Tess Shampooed Her Hair I have given the simple remed es I know For a chapped face I use old cream, although the s mple old fash oned remedy of n ut ton tallow is really one ot the best after all M ss Loll e A Forsyth Ga writes a very unhappy letter about nvest ng n a supposed mov ng p ture ompany wh ch pron sed her a f ne pos t op One nust be e y careful as no estab shed comi anv w I asl a pre m from peo pie thej a e about to en ploj She has bee d sappo nted many n onths not hear ng f om them and th s s a warn ng to manv others who are enter ng m to a new f eld wh ch needs ca efu look n" into to be sure on the r ght plane before g v ng up tl e r own pos t ons to accept others they 1 now notn ng about |