Show it was the night before christmas little snowflakes Snow Hakes glad to be of service on greatest of all days by W 0 PENNY pennypacker T WAS one of the 6 tiniest things imaginable agi in all the whitened fields of late december it could scarcely be reckoned rec on d with it was a snowflake fleeting was tile the span of its existence today here tomorrow possibly drawn into the ho moisture of the atmosphere depending upon temperature and where it chanced to fall some say bay fairies fashion snow crys atals in wonderful workrooms wor krooms and laboratories ora which man has not explored explore d it may be they are more exquisitely X cut than the rarest rest jewels it was the night before christmas there was the usual sense of quiet which cornea comes over things when the rush and confusion ends endl tho the sense of peace perhaps the echo of that old sonk song which man has so often and so ruthlessly heard ond and forgotten it seems that the snowflake enow flake knew in the land whence snowflakes come there to Is a great chief the country it if one speaks of it as such to 13 an absolute abRo a b so lute au t e monarchy but it la Is different from those our geographies name under political D divisions I 1 va it Is a monarchy ruled by love where a desire to give happiness it the prevalent ambition so on that night before christmas as tile snowflakes danced about in great billowy clouds some of them thought of companions already fallen to earth yes some had fallen and their beauty had lasted for a while i then disappeared then the chief spoke fellows lie he said with nn an appealing note in his voice a voice that had much of the plaintive sound of the north wind there Is a service to per pep form this Is the night before tho the birthday of our king millions will worship him when tile the morrow cornea comes but more ignorant of its source will vill seek to revel in the gladness which ills his coming brought and many millions more P he went on the nations of the world wait for that gladness once a year they seek beck to know the spirit and the significance of the christmas time they sea vaguely what the car carroll roling ng of angels and the song gong of shepherds was all about and then forget perhaps he said in the chaotic strivings of mans life lie he Is not so much to blame silence profound A stillness like unto onto the silence of the plains before the angels uttered their refrain of I 1 pence peace on earth good will toward mew men comrades said the chief ayel answered the crowd in a note that had the shrill keenest of the winter wind and yet was warm with in eagerness to serve down just below us there are boys ind girls dreaming of santa claus ind snow and tl elgha and sleds to iome your going would give life and test and happiness to christmas you may stay here or go to give them joy think soberly before you make reply so hearty and so ao quick was the re that the results were almost blizzard like twisting and turning in fantastic ways theofell they fell to earth filled high the paths and all but capped tile tho fences and almost block blocked d the roads when morning broke a truly christmas mad day tile tho world lay white asun as untouched marble such myriad flakes had fallen in the right that the ablest statistician could not guess how hew many and oh ob what joyl snowballs snow men and sledding and coasting too on yonder hill such stich healthy winter exercise such ruddy cheeks ouch euch mighty appetites appetite st I 1 who would have thought so much of good a little snow enow had wrought an aggregation of tiny snowflakes was waa putting value into the sleds which santa olaus claus brought and making of tho the day a real c e a I 1 christmas in themselves the little ift flakes akes scarcely counted at all bu but t in their united desire to give happiness to unnumbered boys and girls they became c a in e a great power POM er the chief had wireless communication with each of his humble subjects of course when night nig fell lie was eager to ascertain the feelings of ills white crusaders cru sadera some of them crushed beaten down and muddy as a result of their service some would have thought it a hard bard day for them nobody really thought of the white ground co covering as an aggregate ot of individuals they recognized no personality sona son lity allty and thought it merely snow enow yet in spite of the fact that billions of snow crystals were maimed and soiled and melted as an d a result of their christmas day mission the chief received many replies wo we have given a child happ happiness liless and would rather do that than stay in the clouds forever said one enabled a boy to play with ills his old sled said another and would not come back it if we could ilas has bun been a great christmas we havo have given ciuc much h but have received full measure in return these and similar bulletins were posted in the court of the clouds and every snowflake bield in deservi reserve felt a sense of that it had not been a participant in providing so much of the joy and jollity of christmas only a snowflake I 1 yes but it rendered sr service vice and this ras as the snowflake that was glad Q 1925 western newspaper New paper Uni union |