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Show THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT Cop r g 9 b T e I p.p e m ed at ; at oners Ha Londo Vrs gg onPb atlon of sacenn eon pa s p bedeepb bpec a a range me w Tel Clu e Ne s ape nd a e , s-k II to 1 e a h 11 j,a n v, tl I 1 o sto k ng 1 ang g o e J the fire lace How n an) 1 of us say that hen Lhr j I mas comes I love the hoi dars the spir t an 1 arn th of them in sp te of the sno vs or the biting frosts I 1 ke to see the holly wreaths t ed w th b g red r b bons hang ng n the w ndows the b bv people w th the r arms laden w th pack ages and the danc ng br ght e ed ehvj lren who follow the r parents from one store to the other lagg no- beh a to peek at the mar els that are d played in the windows An 1 uch to s as the 1 a e n these da s tor hi dren Mar elous mechan cal eng nes and dolls and a thousanl new n en t ons every year to amuse a d at the same t me educate the ch ldren I have always sa d that e en when I am grandmother old I shall want to plav with toys It is really one of my pleasures on Christmas beca se I ha e so manv 1 ttle girl and bo fr en Is o bu dolls and soldiers for I th nk I have as n ch f n in select ng then as the ha e discover ng then n the r stock ngs on Christmas morn ng A. Book All Should Read Mv favor te book s Charles Di k ens s Christmas Carol It is the greatest moral lesson ever told of a man named Scrooge a hardened old miser who is earned away bv the ghost of his dead partner on Christ mas e e to different homes where they invis ble sp r ts look upon the festn ties of others From the gay simple old fashioned Christmas partv thev went to the bleak homes of the poor and what Scrooge saw there awakened the good that had sneaked away un der the bad of h s nature and remold ed him into a kindly old philanthro pist If we could onlv peek through the windows nto the 1 ves of other, we would all feel more compass ou for those who suffer through poverty and sickness An Actress' Christmas With a gav song on our 1 ps but a funeral dirge n our hearts most of us spend Christmas when we are trav ehng on the road separated from our fam 1 es Almost any other dav of the year but Chr stmas e make thi best of the conditions we are forced to meet but there is a lonel ness wh ch I cannot descr be abont being n a strange citv and awav from the ery own who are dear to vou Mother has told us mnch about her heartaches when we children had to tra el awav on Chr stmas and I ha e alread narrated Borne of mv own ex penenees A Real Christmas Story A ery successful actor tol 1 me a storv the other dav which to me was so full of pathos that I cherish t as one of the sweetest ( bristmaa stor cs I have ever beard When he as a I ttle boy h i father o e adored a ed a w dow v. th tb ee h 1 e i 1 ol e tha he When tl e to m g to I s 1 ome e felt that a te r le hasm had wnel bet veen hs lather and hm i se t -n h h could ne er be br dged The eh ldren were rowdy yo ngsters and tease 1 and tormented h m the mo ment h s father left h s home to tra el on the road and the stepmother must ha e followed the example of those unhappy lad es of Gr mm s Fairy Tales because she nflicted upon h m all the tortures ch ldren are made to s ffer nor maginary fairy lore W hen the father ret rned the 1 ttle bo sa 1 noth ng of how he had to run errands from morn ng unt 1 n ght or that he was often beaten and sent to bed hungr He d d not want his fath er to feel bad I While away on one of h s tr ps the father d ed but the bov was too young to understan why h s daddv ne er ame home to h m There was lots of talk between the stepmother and rela t es about brats and orphan ag s bu all he could understand was that tl e were going to send him a a o when h s daddv ret rned he would not be there and perhaps h s father would never find h m again ' hr stmas ame The children hung the r stock ngs and hs ragge one was among them In the morning the itoek ngs were bulging with tovs all except h s which hung limp and for gotten Yo re a bad 1 ttle bov and Santa Ola s forgot von scolded the step mothe M daddy didn t forget me Where are the tovs mv daddv sent met Then for the first time she made it clear to him that bis father would ne er rptnra tn h m It iamo a awf 1 shock and that afternoon he stole o t of the house and ran as fast as his legs could carry him down the street toward the park There on a bench sat a erv old man vith a long white beard and a big jolh tummy He looked for all the world like Santa Clam Are yon Mr Santa Glaus f the lit tie boy asked The old man turn ng around saw the little p nched faced half fed child and took him up on his lap A week later the same old man adopted the little bo aud h ed to see him reach the top of the ladder before he left h m for the long lone journey we ill mutt take after our little span of life is run I liked this story because though t s real it has a fairy tale ending, and thev lived happv ever after' ANSWEBS TO CORRESPONDENTS Thank vou so much M M of Chi easjo for vour beautiful letter o I ha e never been ashamed to aeknowl edge our real cond t ons tn childhood and I am proud that we have strug gled thro gh the darkness until we ba e rearhe 1 the light again May 1 always continne to bring back to vou is ons of those who ha e gone be fore o to heer vou n your lonely hours Mar B k Hammond Ind There are th ee n mv fam ly my sister Lot t e who s w th the FI ng A in The D an on I I om the Sky mv brother la k v th the Selig company and m self now w th the Famous plavers 1 i 1 when I became a moving pic e a trpss Dust n Farnum I inder Ma 1 s st 11 with the Pallas Blanche Sweet s ot more than "0 or "1 years of age end vo r seenar on to the eonran et The w 11 rea h the scena r o I nn tment |