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Show Un llEAVLl. VOL. X I'TAJI, DECEMBKIt IB,' 1919 1 NO. 3 t CO MIRACLE OF THE THORN STAFF Legend Pretty Ij J1 Ey Re, Dt Howard Duffiald at Chrlstmaa IVI of the Light that shown ' at Mid-,- .' fA i night come to hearts that are shad-- . 1:1 ' vur1 ' and th homes that are dark. the Blessing of ;May toe song or me Angew ' cbme to the multitudes who strive and bleed upon fields of battle, $ ahet -- nJ ft a i '.May the Blessing of the Good Word to the V Shepherdsv. tome to ev-- I - u...ki -- j If if I : and honestly laboring: Jr. to do a share of their If world's work.May the Blessing of the Manger Cradle come to that innumerable company against whom the doors of hope and peace, and rest are shut May the blessing of the Holy Child come to every one who has forgotten that Thou, O God, art his Father, and that all men are brothers, t May the Elessing of the Guiding Star come to 'those v'ho wander.' Jy "in the nieht and can- not find the homeward ' 7. ' way. the Blessing of . May Mm 'A the .Stable come upon ,J all hearts, wakening a , e J 1 kindly sense' of kin-- " dred with every living Vt thin" that walks the Cell'; 'v--i Ic resteer wiii3 the air, or passes along the paths of - ft r ! , 1 i - p - William of Malniesbury, the chron'cler, told it hundreds of years ago In his It la re Antiques of Glastonbury. peated often at Christmas tinia in fenRland. ft ,, The legend tells how Joseph of Art- inathea, was no persecuted by Pontius PHato. Ncftwe" he had laid away-t- h body of Christ In his sepulcher, that he fled, to Gaul, carrying with him un der a cloth of tnysMcal white samite, the Holy GralL la Gaul he found the Apostle Philip, preaching to the heath en, and he rested with him a few days. One night a radiant light awakened him, and ' an ansej, bade hitn go to Britain and preach the glad tldlugs to King Arrlgatrus ; and, where a Clirlst- r.ias miracle Bhould come to ' pasa, there to build a churchfJ,, ""He'.'end a band of followers followed the Instruction of the angel and Anri'trua gave them the Isle of Avalon, .nd bade them "erect an altar there to the new God. It was a beau tiful gift. The tiny lale lay warm In a verdant valley. , Sparkltng wave softly lapped Its shore. Soft breezes played In Its trees, and nowhert was the sky so blue as over Avalon. When tbey reached the top of the hill called Weary Alt, Joseph planted his thorn, staff he had carried with him .on bis long Journeys over lnnd and sea, deep Into the ground, and lo It took root, and Immediately there blossomed a bush of beautiful white flowers. CHRISTMAS. FACTS IN OF CHRISTMAS LESSON ' lutonlyfceb. v of giving. frcmasoft, fullh: Christmas day.Is 'the anniversary of . the birth of Christ, and has been cele brated aa a Christian festival for several centuries. The CbrlHttuasride lasts from the 25th of December to the Cth of January, the twelfth day after . . Christ's nativity. - ' The origin 'of the Christmas tree Is obscure; the thought of Christ as the Light of the' World and the Tree of Life may have given rise to the light bearing tree, or the popular old belie! that every ChrlKtmaa eve, trees" blossomed and bore fruit, may have been the foundation of the" custom. ' h, of course,- - the echo of the . Wise Mea'a gifts ; and mince pie, turkey and plum . puddings, are relics of the pagan feasts. . modern, Santa Ciaus, known to every child In very. land in this old world Is the personification of the spirit of loving and giving. , The holly, synonymous of Christ and the mis . mas, waa a. sacred plant, tletoe a mysterious plant, supposed by the ancient Druids to have aome toys- tic power of healing and preventing misfortune. It was never allowed to touch the ground, hence the modern superstition that It Is unlucky for mistletoe bouyh to. fall J!rou iu -to-OnddcssroT Love, which explains the. cuh'oiu ol kissing. undec the mistletoe. - ' - be breathed by thcrmoudv the sad, sweet line: c : which were molded so by a ye: nin, prodigal tenderness and an c. .faltering qz If it" Gift-givin- g Hi t If , t Although it be t::' matron or man, f; . ! " by maid, : .., "t timer "Agn lost ' t ' - M ' - MY . CHRISTMAS - O a Christ 1 , - "-- tiki alMP-du- ' ' , , . . , . , - . look I ' I aee to hear sweet Christ as niuslo, aoft and clear. : A aierry Chrlstmaa. It teem te aay, A , fierry, happy, holy dayl .. . , . Subscribe Press. tor u you ."ii'lt nvect'Joy A And tmtKfnflion fluit the feuiemlipiue of It will umke t t Y Tour own intis a "harry" ' Olte lu deed and iu truth. - tit-I.- -- TtthinkOfpends.better to the . S. J. u t,vcf y ..- T 1 Toat yo iin to recelveT 'Certainly, If It It Is give U advice or knocks.' - r ".. ';; oil rresenu . ! . i - '.JQ atire-10,04S,- 38r f T' -- and" evergreen .: branches all over it to make It dense, v i If' It 1 a Luge tree, plant it securely i ! In a 'partially, protected place A small-- j vx ore can oe yui yu me ittimiB kocii j outside your window. Ilsng on It wire baskets filled with suet, boxes with . fronts removed, containing nut meats, wheat," cracked millet, sunflower-seed' rolled oats, etc. corn, "Coconut shells cut tn half and filled .''with dainties that the birds love can also b hung from the branches. Have j , several shelves oq. which place apples, leUuce,calhge and ve;rtablea. ' ' have at least In all cold . dlntrlcta, . . one or two oeop tote. almost lined Mrd with cotton where the Can find 1i61fef and warmth. Many I bird suffer from thirst during the win , Heat a brtdr or latre Vv.r.s and' place 'a pan of water on It.- M what, oni-stals- S a ' , , Tha flea Chrlstmaa. The rial Christmas Is an lnv!3'.l,f presence, a Joyful glance of the eye, a wonderful expansion of the heart, a sense of comradeship with all nma-kina It Is an abandonment of to all c:ood Impulses and aa almost reckless waste of good filing and generosity nod love, and no army of pessimists can tatilxh that kind of Chrlstmns from our hearts. ,our-aelve- s, bread-crumb- -- ! -- :.V ,'' Under the Holly Bouah. who Tve wornt each olLr, ' Or Injured friend or brother, In thla year; Ye who. by word or Kara mn.le a kind heart I'm 4, Curoa (nihar haral , i -- I i I - a- ' - T -- . r!hrletme." - The total of $10,045,300 du la apportioned into 12,2)5,750 aa Inter eat on the First Loan and 17,749, 660 Interest on the Fifth Loan. If. 'collectible 6a the December 15 was Invested iu War UHot hejnjuredj, .y.-, Bavlngs Stamps and Treasury Savlcgs THI 'BIRDS' CHRISTMAS TRIE. Certlacates, and the securities held until ,thelt maturity date five jtara ttrlstrhos tref. later, thaJntcr.f st,'oo... IL .Stret taka aii ifV'etgreen, If possible, but any j would, amount to nearly a half mtl- -' Hon. Kind oi ire win ao ii you ue sneave "i a; ,v 8aa Franclaoo Patrlotlo ettliesa f the Twelfth Fsdertl Reaerve District who bought Liberty Bonds during tha war have coming to them ap proximately f 10,045,100 ou Debemhar 15 as interest on bonds of tha First and ; ritth Liberty Loans. Tela U mora than one dollar per capita for every resident in tha itvtn states of 'tha Twelfth District. ' . To many tha Interest money will com almost as a Christmas gratuity, but the Government la anxious that Its' creditors u tba Interest not as it asy money hut that they immediately In Government secnrl-ties- , such aa War Savlnss Stamps and Treasury Bavlnga Certificates carry-in- g i Interest compounded quartar- Iy, thus making Interest earn interest. To those who Intend to make koU- day money of it, tha Government says:: '.'Give War Savings B tamps for podyj 1 Black1 alder and ilex or ink- berry can also tot used. Every district "has -- soma speotai 'green that Is adapt- la gathering abla.- - for decorating. greens, ;neyer destroy the plants;' cut '4 Ktidpick carefully and tha growtll will - i:r DU: , CJlfornli.4'ibther nha plauta for dec- -' orating ara ennstmai rern,an po'r- tk -- Liberty Loans Buyi CLrkt- - - Kew jfersej, aoutbera .Indiana and tiu&oufl, ana la. orrgon and nortnern V J-.- Intereit on third and VictcrT ; rbf "- -rl b-r- .: 10 LIILLIOU ; -- ter,5 BUYERS HAVE . -- r :! won't '"'," bo foood .growth on the top of Beaver "County kweetgumi.4ivt oaka and other da-clduOjUs treej- lfl,- he territory south Our Christmas Girl L..s -a to Maks the Hems Help - atl End Ytliea Santa .comes Tt is not Christmas' without a big. gnyfeone, glittering Christmas tree and ! f greens bung wherever pos- ' J,lWfcV T " ..... , j' tnt-fj.lli- t-- ' ' ' rt 8 " . ., .; f RslHef Cut. .Wwlfl. (tenderly toacWrg iUade ' Itna'e i lla-Un- trrv.-)-S-fc- a - cds, let me ha t (lr!u..!u--y)-- est. what wouid you bet M t and a'nnlnf alnned .ara Ami tr. ' n dJ, half-froze- k - J.You'a ;:j V- go-- No'(diandliketaai-nclq';t:- . . " ,"v ; ; thOen si, 'M., OuisU nms every man a nouse, as aiso ineir porlxh churches, were decked with iMilme, Ivy, bayes, and whatsoever the season of the year afforded to be Tlie conduits and standards of A SEASONABLE SERMETTE creen.streets were likewise garnished; the which I read that In the among C Cheerfulness is a personal jww.a--aluyear 1414, by tempest of thunder and hut you can toward the morning of CanH llanj some of It on to those whose lightning, dlemas day, at the Leadenhalt, In weary, 2rnb lives Cornhlll. a tandard of ree, being set R Represent nought but a grim strugup In the midst of the pavement, fast gle to exlHt, whoim In the ground, nailed full of holme and I InheriMrtoe lif lahur and sorrow Ivy, for dlxpurt of Christmas to the fctrmii;r-- to Jy. was torn up and cast down by people, S So, lo klihlly spirit, go forth, seel! the " nmllj.'nant spirit (as was thought) and find some of and the stones of the pavement all " ,T These Jnyles ones, IJrlng sonv about were cast In the streets and Into cheej" luto their lives. , dlvera houses, so that the people wera M Make 4t a ChrUtmas xclve thut ore aghnst at the great tempevt." you will, out of 'your, " A AbarTdance- or wlTlcknry, make," with kliuJly lit'iirv i'le......;.. " "What. Is the difference between an "'Sun'td.'fhlne at Chi Isttnu In one and an artlatl" irtretui : . ; home at leust poor ab actress paints to km ana an rtut palnta to tlve." D Do this, and the deed h!l bring Aa you bet I ain't ' the receptacle, U fulL :V, :. , utL - - 1 Every Tiome should be decorated at flout believe in giving: expensive I Christmas." :Gather Tiotly for wreatha. : - Chrtstmaa gifta."' Pmk fonea "of laurel, and' have aev--Nelther do I, but ifa a lot of fun feral bowla-- filled with "partridge ber-txpectlng them." rteavMlatldtoet la beautiful . and can - ; Through miles of ke aa'sr.cw; v ln ? u ia !ils pd. t njtM - cannot hide. u A soldier doll,-- ' A doll house. . tea, , aad atrUgi of dld ceaia t aad say view, aa I ' wiuk, That boy . Aa ever since that toy h:s e ta Strapped up aa' has lo go With Santa, f er lust tkt one sin. r , . and bill la, blla and - WHk dolls and auaar herns luma, and, skates and trains and atlnc drums. And, oh. It la a won- -" r tra, with hapa of thlnss far Rara glfta bang upoa B to Uia aid, which tinseled faiiiaa . . r: .... froai aJIg-h- , ; a k yes-si- . ktrt;AChrilBiJtrb, amty sictat with ou- - .:'' -- 4 . start snakss aauaaa thuroplns to aay . He run asainot lini cmacil r Old Santa, n - -- ys I shaka, I a iiht that m an say a Bt aac at gracious! Wutcha tlunkl FOa. CHRISTMAS riu'nt. and Green, ' ' . .t ted, he went Down stairs OnlyOncaa Yean w.- -. "how "eWont airlstmaa com- eoM tree fhogen of only once a year; and how aooa It is t ,a4 read, for tu great purpose.. When If that la - ,, over a day and a night! cuttlnr. invite tour the whole of it, it seems .not much, boy and girl friends to, help, and more durable than the little toys on make the .bringing in of the Christ buys of a faker oa the street comer. mas free, a real ceremony. .. In CngBut rarely 'that need not ana ought ,.nA hU th(l hI- - .v.Df- - fa, not to be the whole of Christmas ; only c u ol A ? iai a single day of generosity, ransomed t Wbesed' depends"' from the dull servitude of. a elflahr. Rwl cedar, wbit, knyorl , year. If every gift U a token, of jwr-.-.m9rMti.:tt or hemlock are aU y sona thought, a friendly feeUng. aad , x k th, trve brt ht BD(J nnselfiBh interest n the Joy of lerav Jow bucket then the thought, the feeling, the ta--s b d.fiu terest, may remala after the gift i th .tree, and bucket or barrel tweep i made. Henry ran Dyke. - withrcoat "Then pour la water until TREt. sis mora- iBf whan 1 '. , ' ' " ' . S-- s.. - DECORATING t f t gone To JpA ; The use' of evergreens at Christmas time is older thtin the Christmas tree, the ChrtHtian seeming to have copied It from their pagan ancestors. Id a very old book we find this reference to the use of evergreens at Christmas 'At he was sound asleep, AnVhcnheWwcJ iherecthad ! Union,'.;,"in i ; t-a ; ..clnce ac servant . .." quaintance,trade:r jt , , Without a word or tound.'"' i 1 ihame'faced rdcr which tremulous, palp: and shy because of it dreads to comprc! V ' USE Or" EVERGREENS. - f - ,votioabeitsobiectv.e:,hycrnot . . em between" Whether it be pan:, maidenhood' the warm, moist I'r: n. . li aate d nt -- To hide behind a screen aa wilt Till Santa come around. Then watch him waltia tn- - ! 'f 'tud te Fer thinHn' how j ' aa'liad nojoy OUSanUtlatis I'l " tkt he would see 'Us bouni u If a THOMAS tt once &ey lived a toy My Jar i . Although it be mur;,l i inarticulate ly by the shabby n entity whose whine for charity cr. acknowledges season, eyen. in the spirit cr t! the words be while knowing th " said b servile mcc! . BRIEF IY COODLOE It Ho!y Wreaths Un- - Christmas abould Inspire a world of unselfishness. The example before us Is almost too perfect, for it rather frightens us to attempt such divine but we can heights of try. It will at least take as from the depths of selfishness, where most of us now are; Each Chrlstmasday abould teach us something of the lesson of the Holy Child's life If we could learn from Christmas, today and In the succeeding years the and serious leasona of ennoblement It baa to offer, how Infinitely better It would be than just to look on It aa a holiday for gifts and feasts, for extravagance and foolish': ness. , So take an, hour or two 'off on Christmas day and give it up to retro, Too will spective and eachsflnd faults, if you Judge yourself Impartially, for no one la perfect Then make a serious determination to try to overcome those faults, for only try-Into Improva is there any growth in charactet. If you are satisfied with yourself you stay just aa you are with all your, faults and virtues. But if you try hard to .remedy the faults your character la constantly growing broad er. This la the lesson which Christ mas day has for each of you, a Sacred Plant r cr DAY j , . Example of Christ Should Inspire Day Celebrated as Christian Festival for Centuries Holly Ono . mm attla dlatuj : ' t Yi the words, that scarce can :'. raying them, thin!.: , the insensate ov. . B' rr A Missed. - 8 the seas. S3, Whether it b : p; ; "There, of course, la Aunt Maria, i Auni uzzie ana audi I jane; iney re ! pretty old, but have to go down on the I list Jgain; and Uncle Joe and Uncle Pete and good old Uncle Lera; wish 1 really, could decide just wnat i t should give them. And Cousin Nell and .Couslti Kate and Cousins' Polle ' nnd Siie, and Cousin May and Couala : iSTad uiust be remembered, too; And t Cousin Sara and Cousin Bill, and Cou- sins Jack and Ned I'm sure If I had any more I would go oft" my head, v t ! "There's Grandma Smith and Grand- pa Smith, Grandnia and Grandpa Jones j. r folks who haya t 1 j :hat shall J get-fo- bones? There's pa j rhenroatlcs.lq their I Uu'd uia and jprother JIal, and Sisters . Ma'u and Grace ; before Set through j f ' i thlqk I'lf pe'in the craiy place. Now i al- - j t r - j wh'at can I give, all the girls whoand Hannah met j Gladys, 'wajii giveto 1 1 me see,' and tlortenae and Lulu-l- et ICIeUenti&e and Bosr and Pearl-anf'j t ' half . dozen,: 'morer-m- y ; gracious, 1 must make a trip through every shop ' and store. . And there la Frieda, housemaid girt. !"and Mary Ann, the cook ere I forget I'll put their names right down now fin my hook. , And, Ohl what shall 1 give to Will? tee' Tiee what shall It bet: I feel aura that a diamond ring he will present to me. Ha says he only wants a kiss, and maybe that is so, but how to hang It on a tree there Is no way I know,.cA nice silk foun-han- d might do, with stripes of green and white; I know he wouldn't be Ilka i pa and say It.was a fright.; ) "And now I think JTl.go to bed and put aside my list ; tomorrow. ! am sure to think of some one I have missed. I will he bankrupt when I buy the things from ties' to molt yea, Christmas comes but once a year, and, gracious I that's , enough." Brooklyn Standard p if list Rack Your Brain, Count 'Em Again, to , f ; "This Is where we will build our church," the good man said, and so. at Glastonbury 'Abbey for so Avalon Is known today the thorn bushes bloom white at each Christmas time, lend their fragrance- - to the frosty air, and remind all who see them of the '; : : Christmas mlrfd V ' t In It is "one of the prettiest legends of ancient Britain the old Christmas story of the thorn of Glastonbury, 1 I AY the Elessing T Britain ' Eng. Time. Ancient of That la Often Bepeatsd land making the Christmas --"h V I lr rti9 ttin';no. Join In frlendtililp llnki on lonicer broVcn, awrot lnritivnena KT i)Un Under tl a holly bmit.H. - -"-C.tiWie He Fannrr Wnttd HiitiK! ttako C.-ar- . .ue. dear -, there is the a sm l ra rtn ry, fuu, !r, tmt tn.v md; 'Ustomed to sii'-- Ti M, j unit j . 1 ! l::!iS Ot i |
