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Show THE Friday, December 24. 1926 TIMES-NEW- PAGE ELEVEN NEPHI. UTAH S. iiui.i I -- - . . y ... -- : , r.! -- rtaiV til ft. ,i.3t..4y.i-V.VAt.:i.-i.- an e minwumi' lit. ."'VC-- iU'Wfi i'.i.A.S&J eat .' ..est mm mm ? Saofo jSoid It tCTitb Room for Christmas Dolt Babies ' He Rules the Kinpdi . r rt t r D tl of Hearts Constitution 11 Dving L)i M 1 -- 1 yet! n. Welcome, Mister Christmas! We love you more and more When we see you on the threshold Of the dwellings of the poor. You bring the weary wanderers From where their feet may roam To the light, and cheer and comfort Of all our hearts at home I W wte is I " 1EIC0ME. Mister Christmas! TV Here Is where w Ove, Wkh room for you, and always Just aH you have to glva. Come In I The fire's burning And fine the table's set. And hear us sing the old songs "This life's worth . .f. I HI 01d fcs -- &A Toymaker V NAY ' 'v o, x v y "'iPv'K' ? v. v. w '- 'ANA : " - , ' Christopher G. Hazard. r.Vrf nRS. JONES has been makin' pies," observed Ruth. "Mince pies?" replied her Bister. "No, Jones pies," answered Ruth, It was promising for somebody, for Ke- turah Jones never made pies without making one over. The batch might be mince, apple or pumpkin, but there was always an extra pie for good nature and good luck. This time it was a Christmas pie and destined for the old toy maker. It was his only chance of holiday Joy, for, while he could whittle out boats, carve dogs that could almost bark and cats that seemed afraid of them. and make doll houses, he could not cook, and he lived alone. Ke was an old man. queer but kindly. Ills old house seemed to be falling down, or at least it was leaning thnt way, but yet It sheltered the toy shop bravely and tried to feel as young as ever because it had seen old Hans stand on his head Just to show how young he was. On the way to him with the pie the children wondered If he would sing for them again as he had done the last time they watched him at his work. It was the song about the miller's dog that they wanted, but they found him working on a toy horse, and when they noticed that there was something wrong about the horse they forgot about the dog. "Ton haven't got that right, Mr. Hans," said Roth; "you shouldn't put a necklace of sleigh bells around his stomach." "Well, well," said the old man, "I'll have to see about that; but perhaps I was thinking about something to eat when I put the bells In the wrong place." "Well, here It Is," said Ruth, uncovering the pie, "and we wish you a Merry Christmas." "Sure." said Mr. Hans, "sure It will be merry, and yon shall be and he took down a merry, too, bundle as be put the pie upon the shelf. It was a very Interesting bundle, but the children suddenly remembered the song and forgot the bundle. This was the song: jTPl ' Jl?'- ij Mb,- te&rt X-'- - v -' - .:..;..:; Khp3a Jk. 4. ...'v. ;.:! v-- "xVy- - i i 1 1 1 1 1 I i Irving By in Town Topics 1 1 1 I I 1 I 1 1 1 i I I I i 1 I 1 on CHrtetmas Cm nclalmad TIE Mrth winter, unlh pout, 7 Aw Mq old broom coat is ahabbq um, In fact tt't atl noro oat. It's raqqad Kara and raoalad taara And torn tha athar toaq. eaqht to have a brand nan ena To oaar on CKriatmaa Dan." Old orinter blnatarad Jot awhtta And loudlq banqad I Ha door. And then qaa in a ha Kaa dona SYRTHUR BENTON had been born So manq rlmaa bafora. wlth tl,e proverbial silver spoon And lot vhen Chriatmaa morninq danmed he since Ever In hla mouth. All qold and blue and briqht, could remember he hod never felt the Earth more a trulq reqal coat need of a single thing that money OJ ermine pore and aahtta. could buy there was scarcely a wish of his that had ever been left unratifhim a large himself, "why won't they wait on ied. His father had left and somebody. I'll go somewhere else and twenty-onwas he before fortune easy for get service. things had always been very Leaving the store hurriedly be him. His father, shrewd business man ao started impatiently across the street, that he was. had left the money Arof forgetting to look for passing cars. that there would be no chance never could tell afterwards how In a hurry, He it through thur's running were he so inclined. But he need not it happened there was the feeling of far some huge bulk bearing down upon have worried on that score, for so folhim and he knew no more. it seemed as if Arthur was truly his When he awoke he was lying In a fatliera footsteps In his lowing add to the white bed In a very bare and to be cool, seemed to Uesire otws clean room. Beside his bed pile. lie dH not even spendhe had spotlessly sat a white-robe- d figure, a trained of the lavish allowance been left which would come to him nurse, he saw! at a glance. lie was In a hospital Yes. he remembered ench year until he was twenty-eign- i. II e was now all now I He tried to ask the nurse and how long he had been there, but his twenty-fivthere seemed strength was ararcely enough for even great danger of that Khe told him very quietly that his developing in- he had been there a little over a week that he had been badly Injured, but to a type. Not was well on the way to recovery now, that he denied and that the doctor had said he would himself a single be as well as ever very soon If he that he would do Just as he was told. He thing cared for. but like looked more closely Into the nurse's many others who face as she spoke yes, this was the have had every- - girl thnt had been In his dreams so thing all their much the dreams must have been Arthur really true. lives, In the days that followed, Arthur never stopped to think that there Benton began to be more and more were many whom interested In the sweet-face- d young he could help to nurse. She was so very good to him, happiness by a so gentle and so kind; no one had little of what was ever been that good to him tefore. hla lie realized now that with all his Throe days before Christmas he stood wealth he had mleid something In at the counter of one of the largest life something that money roiild not tores in town. It was during the buy. She read to Mm a great denl, rush hours of the day and the clerks too, and be enjoyed listening as her were all bnisy. Arthu chafed at the soft, melodious voice rang out In the tVmh to till room. But often he would find deliiy. "Hung !l all.' Katheruje e one-four- th e money-makin- g lip , ); ; The Christmas Minna Coat , himself losing the thread of the story or poem In watching the play of her delicate features or the glint In her shining hair. But he liked best of all when she sat and talked to him and told him of herself and her ambitions. She and. her father were very much Interested In little crippled children and. they were planning to build a home where they could be cared for. Her father was a doctor and the most wonderful man in the whole world. He had done so much for the poor of the city, but she rather feared that this time he was trying to do more than was possible he was finding the financial aid for the borne a great problem. As she spoke he could almost visualize the multitude of little ones that would come to the home through the years and pass out of its doors again Into the world strong In body again. What a wonderful work It would be how great a privilege to have even a part In Its making! Finally there came a day when there seemed no further need of Arthur Benton staying at the hospital. The doctor had pronounced him as fit as a man could be and he, himself, felt that It was t r n e, yes, even more than true. For in addition to regain ing the health and strength that had been his before, something new and wonderful had come Into his life something that made him feel better and happier than he had eer felt before. For he had won the love of a girl so wonderful that he marveled each time he thought about It. Helen Goodman was different from all the girls he had ever known there was no question about It In Arthur's mind. He had also learned the many wonderful things that he could do with his wealth how much happiness he could bring to humanly by using part of It to do the things for which there was surh a crying need and how much happiness he couid also bring to hlmaelf In doing all of this. A few weeks later there was a wedding and the two who had been brought toeether during the Christmas time started out as one, on a mail that was straight and shining the road to happiness. (A Hit, Weetera Kewepaaer Calea.) Tbe miller's big dog lay on the mill floor. And Hftnro wae hie name. oh. A wondrrlne; what he there for. And why he was so lame, oh. O Bango was hi name. lr The mllUr he said If the dog was dead. Why. (hat would be the end, oh; But Klnre he onlv lame Inatvad, Old Hane would aoon him mend, oh. O Bango waa hla name. The special fun of It was when they spelled the dog's name around the circle, each singer taking one letter, and then all Joining In on the last line. Then the children forgot the song and remembered the bundle. It was well wrapped, for they took off paper after pnper. like peeling an onion, until they enme to the girl doll that could call for mother and the boy doll thnt could play on a mouth organ. Then, with both the presents going, they also went, leaving a plemnnf smile on the old man's face and all the toys looking happily at each other. Mrs. Jones welcomed the travelers back with a taste of her cooking for thcmiM'lvp. and was as happy as all good Christmas cooks are. She said, "You can't make chocolate almonds out of horse chestnuts, but those youngsters surely did put in their thumbs and pull out plums." S Newspaper Union.) $ TWELFTH NIGHT ends In England CHRISTMAS of January, old Christmas Day, or Twelfth Night, with a great party for the little folks, which Is the occasion for the cutting of the spe cial "Twelfth Night cake," thus X winding up the season ; and if J(. you have not tasted at least twelve samples., of Christmas j' pudding during the twelve days .j between new and old Christmas well, you are out qf luck. jjj His dress gleamed richly. He carried a gift high in both hands. Then came tbe second king, also bearing costly presents. Then a third, who knelt with bowed head in front of the stable scene. The tableau took on a deeper and more tender significance. The young minister read the Christmas story from the Bible. His voice was low and clear, keeping In perfect tune with the surroundings. When ha had finished, soft music drifted down-frothe cliolr-lof- t. "Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem." The notes seemed to caress the entire place. A hush of reverence enveloped everyone. Silently from the side of the chnrch near the nltur came a procession ot white-robechildren each bearing a lighted taper. They arranged them?-- , selves In a sort of frame about the manger scene, standing one above the other on the two flights of stairs--, leading up Into the pulpit This was. the final Impression. The transcendent glow fro:n the manger . . . Mary bending over ft lost In rapt adoration . . . Joseph at her elbow . . . the shepherds . . J the wise men . . . and the frame ot lighted candles. Then the screens were again set npv The church flooded with light . . . the minister dismissed tbe people with a short prayer and benediction. A simple service, as he said, bo,, one which left an unforgettable Impression of the true reverence and spirit of Christmas on all who attended. d HIS," said the quiet voice of the young minister to his waiting audience, "might be called 'A Christmas Meditation.' We shall try to give you merely a reverent Impression of the spirit of the season. A bit of carol singing . . . some a reading from lighted candles the Bible and one tableau." There was a soft rustle of expectation throughout the church. The lights snapped off. All was dark and still. Like the slow uprising of a fur wind came the sweet, subdued voices of a hidden choir. The beautiful notes .... v(u UJi. Wxetera Newnpaper Unloa.1 Santa Fetched My Dolly 8 floated over the heads of the people like a benediction. after candle Noiselessly candle sprang Into flame at the windows, each taper lighted by the hand of a small boy. Then the screens about the stage under the pulpit were removed. And there was the dear and treasured scene so loved and so cherished at this season. The manger . . . Mary hendtng over It . . . Joseph standing near by. A soft glow from the rude cradle suffused the faces about It. Mary all . . In spotless white . Joseph bearded and dressed In blue, with- a scarlet mantle over his shoulders, a striped headdress and a broad sash about his waist. The music slid softly Into "While Shepherds Watched Thetr Flocks by Night." From the front of the church caine a tall figure with a crook. A nhepherd from the hills, who knelt In front of the munger and then stood near. Then another and another, rough men with kindly, awkward nuin-rierTwo little fellows followed, their eyes round Willi nwe. Again the music clcinrd. "We Three Kinp? of the Orient Are." A thrill pnsstd throu.Th the church. The struace notes of this tn'isle ushered In an ImprepsUe figure who advanced toward the maui-'f- r with rojnl dignity I I 'V ( . :i fi s s. C V - -- V vv M ' A J |
