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Show UTAH, NOVEMBER THE PAYSONTAN, PAYSON, ? Unto Us a Son Is Given Origin of Quaint Traditions of the Yuletide holiday season recalls Ideas and Christmas of old, even back to the ancient days of the Druids a time when the mistletoe sprig, as a potent mascot, was presented as an omen of good fortune, as a symbol of health, wealth nnd prosperity, and In those days long ago the house that sported a branch of mistletoe at Christmas would never be unlucky. It Is from the Druids that the tom of decorating our churches and homes with evergreens comes, for they believed that all the sylvan sprites flocked together on these boughs, there to remain lintll the warm weather camel In midwinter the Druids sent around sprigs of Ivy and mistletoe to remind the people to decorate their dwellings with evergreens, In order to propitiate the sylvan sprites THE ' -- y ALICE MEYNELL v tig Ye who have scorned each other, Or Injured friend or brother. In this fast fading year; Ye who, by word or deed, Have made a kind heart bleed. Come gather here I Let sinned against and sinning Forget their strifes beginning, And Join in friendship now. Be links no longer broken. Be sweet forgiveness spoken Duder the holly-boug- Ye who have loved each other, Sister and friend and brother. In this fast fading year; Mother and sire and child, Young man and maiden mild. Come gather here; "And let your heart grow fonder, As memory shall ponder Each past unbroken vow; Old loves and younger wooing Are sweet In their renewing Under the holly bough. Charles Mackay. , 0 PAGE FIFTEEN Glastonbury, Subject Beautiful Legends of Christmas, Was Doomed to Destruction. Blooming BI.YTIIE By BETTY My introduction to the Harding tho homo waR through kitchen, writes Betty Blythe in giving hei imprcssisiiH of the form of visit to Warthe liom of President and ren G. Harding a few days before the I arrived close of the campaign, with and coincidcntly simultaneously; a largo delegation tho latter took up all of the front porch. was my Have some ice cream, And there right hospitable greeting. was the cook taking out of the ire a eroom freezer at that moment of the about with dasher a pint smoothest and creamiest ice erenm 1 e had a right ever saw and tasted. friendly time, and I soeijred the Harding recipe for making ice cream an ryrrhujctv ,L i asked tho cook .. she thought she'd like to cook in the kitchen at the White House, and she told me that she was fixing to do s YULETIDE THORN TREE SAVED oooooooooooooooooooocooxxooooooo w N UnderrinTHoiry Bough 000000000XXXXX000XXXX0000000000001 absences in Washington since Mr. Harding became senator. Being the daughter of a banker, sho acquired a knowledge of business, and doubt, less her straight, clear thinking and interest in affairs that used to bo considered as mens business eume from her early associations. Doeply roligious in her convictions, sho is certain that the world is growTho spiritual tone of the ing better. hundreds of letters that have como to mo since Mr. Hardings nomination, she said, proves that the people are good. I do not believe there are mnny really bad people in the world. The way in which their neighbors in Marion have demonstrated their affection for Senntor Harding is one thing that Mrs. Harding likes to talk about. They have shown that she they love Warren G. Harding, said with the enthusiasm that sparkled in her voice every timo sho talked of either one of two subjects Warren narding and the home folks at Marion. As to politics she is interested and thoroughly enjoys the speaking tours, inst that. but it is more important to her in The incident of tho ico creit-is her job as wifo to make sure that her husband puts on his overcoat typical of the Haruing home. They when ho goes out on tho front porch. No aro that kind of home folks. It has been such a happy sumstylo, just simple people who live mer, she said. 8o many interesting The peoplo have eome to visit us. There in an average small ciiy house. I liko better tjinn to good taste of the mistress is evidenced is nothing have friends staying in our home. furniture wicker the n,nd by pretty You will look in vain for affectacretonnes. There was a glint in tion in this kindly, hospitablo woman Hardings eye when she stated with who speaks with a Buckeye accent. conviction that she was perfectly cap- Studying her aa wo sat in cozy chat, I wondered if, sonio day, 1 were able of running her own home ami to wander over to tho nite House had taught hcrsolf to do it, too, after and she were mistress well, would her marriage, in these struggling there be ice ereaml And then I tried to picture her in years whon her husband was building the environment in Washington, but up his baby newspaper. all I could vision was tho It was evident that to her belongs somehow slender woman with iron gray hair, a pridoful share of tho credit for prettily waved, and garbed ns . as simplo can bo in a black tailored nursing the baby paper to traveling suit .and black tailored hat, intuiNow theres one mighty nice point who sat laughing about her tions. about the Hardings; they are You dont you, that Mrs. indissoluble. It is not 8enntoi Harding know, knew all through tho convention thnt the Senator would Hardings campaign it is and they are standing that nomination. Womanly intuition shoulder to shoulder and fighting it told her to sit tight, and so she just together, just as they shared the la- sat there quietly in the gallory and bor and the triumph of building up waited for the announcement, and a newspaper and winning tho senator- it came in due time, nnd tho camial toga. In the old days, when the paign started, and Mrs. narding took papers staff was small. Mrs. Harding up the task of sooing thnt there wrote up tho weddings was dinner enough to go generally 'round. and I tell you I certainly did dress And pretty soon the porch speeches those she confided with began and she had to go out auu brides, up a happy laugh. stand before the camera thats the Mrs. Harfljng was born and has only part of tho campaign that is dis. always lived in Marion, except for tasteful to her. s. wThttji been considered as giving won power when worn In the shape of a wreath, which must be made and worn In Imitation of a sacred crown of thorns and of berries, and the wearer of this crown must go alone at midnight on Christmas and sit In the dark, and, In accordance with that ancient tradition, when worn on Christmas eve the holly wreath will evoke visions of spirit forms coming In the air to sing their Noel songs, and all the beasts will be seen to kneel down in worship. The Yule cake and Yule log, too, have their Important part In this ancient Saxon tradition for the Christmas festival season. The cake had the same powers as the bride cake has on Christmas night. The Yule log was used to light the Christmas Are the next year becuuse It preserved the house from Are during the year and subdued the spirit of the flames. Its powers were bestowed In the days of the Druids, when the belting fires were lighted and the brands secured from the fire to light the fire the next year. The ancient Saxons burned the Yule log as a symbol of the turning of the sun toward spring. Even the moon contributed Its share to Christmas superstitions, for, as the legend runs. If Christmas comes during the waning of the moon we shall have a very good year, and the nearer to the full moon the better. Holland, perhaps, has the prettiest custom of all nations for the Christmas festival. On the night before Christmas In commemoration of the star of the east, the young men of their towns assemble and carry through the dark streets a large, bright star; all the people go out to greet and give to the bearers of this star of Bethlehem, as It Is called, alms for the poor. Seven days before their New Year, the Chinese worship the Kitchen God by preparing dishes of candy and various sweets with which they smear his mouth. Later they burn him amid the firing off of crackers, the deity being sent up In a chariot of smoke and fire to a conference with the king of the celestial regions. The Idea of smearing his mouth with sweets Is that he may not say anything but honeyed words, or that his lips may stick together and so prevent his talking too much. The Kitchen God, according to story had been III treated by his brother and who were very rich nnd sister-in-lahad many servants, but allowed their brother to work with the servants and have dinner with them. Their cruelty developed day after day, until at Inst they treated him heavenly by seating him In a sedan chair made of paper. The creation of giving gifts at Christmas came, not from presents of gold and silver given to the Christ child, as many believe, but from an old custom of priests putting on hoard of all outgoing ships a box of alms. This box was opened at Christmas time and masses said for the givers of the alms, and was called Christ mass" box. and froi this has come our custom of Christmas boxes and gift giving. .... -- Harding Home is Simple and se - 26, 1920. n of of the most beautiful legends Christmas Is that of the Glastonbury thorn. The thorn tree grew nt Glastonbury Abbey, In Somersetshire, and was supposed to have developed from the staff of Joseph of Arinmthea. According to the legend, Joseph came to Glastonbury and while he was resting on a hill, afterward known as Weary All hill, he stuck his staff tn the earth. The staff Immediately grew green and budded, and at Christmas time It blossomed Into beautiful flowers. One chronicler states that during Queen Elizabeths reign the thorn had a double trunk, but that a somewhat bigoted Puritan, who disliked the tree because to his mind It smacked of popery, started to cut It down, and succeeded In demolishing one of the A miracle rescued the retrunks. maining trunk of the tree by causing a chip of wood to fly up and hit the Puritan In the eye, while at the same time he slipped and cut his leg. Later the tree was grubbed up, but a number of smaller trees raised from slips of the original are said to be owned by jiersons In the neighbor- OVE hood. TOY TREE TABLE DECORATION . iy husky-maturity- on.-an- , not lent, not withdrawn-on- ce sent, This Infant of mankind, this One, Is still the little welcome Son. . Given, Miniature Christmas Emblem May Be Surrounded With Presents Tied With Red Ribbon. the tnble with a Christmas tree, one of the toy ones, and pile around Its foot a quantity of presents tied with red ribbons. These should be only what a college tnun would call "grinds" perhaps a tiny tin piano for a would-b- e performer, a lantern for the one the points of whose Jokes are dlillcult to see, a placid paper golf hag for the enthusiastic player, and so on, each with a rhyme or quotation, says ITnrpers Bazar, If one considers a goose a somewhat undignified bird, ducks may be exchanged for it, either the domestic fowl or the more expensive canvas-bac- k or redhead. Fried celery Is verj good with duck, the crispest pieces dropped In lmtter nnd then cooked In deep fat. But the apple sauce croquettes should not he omitted even with this. For (ids Informal dinner there Is a very good and Innocuous drink to serve with the heavy course sweet cider, spiced nnd sugared to taste, cooked ten minutes and served hot. ECOHATE sn? .every year, born and newly dear, He comes with tidings and a song, The ages long, the ages long; NEW the cold EVEN as winter grows not As childhood is Yd&mtyP,ows 40'''Days and old, foreseen, so fresh, And spring in the familiar green. yyy as sweet SUDDEN the expected feet. All joy is young, and new all art, And He, too, whom we have by heart. Makes Record Ru' Nights and Tu 9 Stopping 40 Acres Without Repairs. Glv for gasoline and oil, a Fordson tractor owned by N. a record fjAen Dickey County, North Dakota, recently completed , Korpua of LtK were assigned to the tractor, each woi Three operators davs of fortady lour hour shift, and thus keeping the tractor in operation twenty minutes stop hundred acrts wcre Plowcd without hmii8 ay N'ne affidavit received by the lord Company from the fjG repairs, says the ordson owner. k-r- of Its celebration. Christmas week is still the great week of the year for the English people. It Is the one week Forms Lifelike Step when scattered families are reunited, Gracefully Across the Floor Saying Mamma when tender memories and old assoor Papa. ciations are revived, when friend greets friend with a cheery expansiveness In OLI.R that walk and talk striking contrast with the characternnd wink ftiid roll their eyes istic reserve of the English nature, arc Parisian Christinas nov- - so, undemonstrative to those who do cities in toyiaml. These not know It well, apparently so disdolls seem almost human, as tant and unsympathetic. From Wednesday all business will they walk in sprightly style across the floor saying mamma or papa" just be suspended, not to be resumed till as real children would. Monday morning. The whole nation Walking dolls being a new inven- will give Itself up to good cheer tv wonderful nnd bring good fellowship, nnd for a brief sew"' tion, seem ' screams of delight from little girls nnd all strife and controversy are boys, too, who watch with intense inand peace, charity and eoncori terest every step of the lifelike dolls supreme. as they are exhibited in the shops. The machinery thnt moves the dolls logs Is set In motion by a key that Is inserted In the works at the waist line. The voice Is made active by works AH Holidays Best thnt are wound with a key. The eyes move as the body sways In all. It may r ,AriNO it all asserted from side to side, just as the real chithnt safely ldrens eyes roll and blink, etc. and the merriest Is the Qjistrnas best of all holidays, and one which is likely to be observed for ages yet to come. Nations may CHRISTMAS WEEK IN ENGLAND rise and fall new beliefs and religions may sweep away the old, hut thnt would seem, indeed, a Time When Scattered Families Are Memories Tender and United drenry and empty year which Are Revived. brought no merry Christmas In its annual round. May old Fathe are changes ther Time long spare his holiand MANY havegreat occurred In England day to mankind to gladden the A Christmas hearts of all with Its coming, since Dickens wrote and may each Christmas be Carol," but they have not affected the still merrier than the last. national love for the festival and the determination to preserve unimpaired the traditional warmth aM heartiness WALKING AND TALKING DOLLS ; 1, ,' V Jne . In tho Spring The tractor was purchased during the Summer of 1919. turned two hundred of 1920, Korpua began his plowing and had already and night. acres before he conceived the idea of working the tractor day Electric head lights were operators were obtained, and with no further special preparations, the little installed, Fordson entered upon what turned out to be a record run for endurance. For Sale by Shtfle? Mot m PAYSON, UTAH Co. |