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Show $ M ' Christmas' IV" V -.'Ofc-. Christmas is tho mcntnl tonVo' of ' U! H " 5lrr "f0 yonr' tho ro8',onso t0 mankind's Iff ''' W ' ix&fm& teaming for nit armistice In tho wnr- W. ' ITi J -m aT of existence. Its symbollsms" th 'H ' !ald'syw the cumulative' outgrowth of centur- W' re "151 'e8 of observance. Humanity, wear-, Iff ' (fi "" i '!t by ceaseless Btrlfe of thought and. ir&i . action, demanded n period of rclaxa' i J!r . tjon when thwarted arubltluns might w" ''' aOjL ,J0 800tllC(1 Dy t,,e healing touch of w ' " to SsSPV. 00(' w'"' nn d'8anIolntcd hopes ro- r. jj cSpT noWed In tho unchanging (Ire of nut- i &'&' k'i'y .BIlJIpflMijP? ttlal kindness. Originally pagan In I gy'.'ji ' IgBlfffifia conception and UBagc, Its beautiful M iii 'w!' B N Bontl'mohtB Irresistibly drew It Into $j iJ tl10 ceremonials of tho system of re- ffi? J'UV J$s. llglous. faith whoso tenets aro pcaco ' sr ' ' , Cjw-rsfcSy "ni1 Denovo!enoo. :'$ "zMteiiR Tn YuletlJo's supremo concept '?, J$0-ggM ,sa 8tat0 of "tlnd; Ub highest attain- I ''JfaKB mentis from within. It Is a season i !;$? AEsmfir' of Jollity and cheer, or of bitterness , 'P and rancor, .according as one ap- . jr' ; .' prqache's'jts... merriment and feasting f 'i) flf w,tI' a 80U1 clean awont nyy an( ( - TOWt malice or steopod In selfishness. The ! J '''' 23tt9)l beauty of Ita tender emotions is for '! F 'vrfS j3 the children and for them oldor 1 ' P "JL91lrI3M& grown, that become as children In I J "$ Wf, Qsa! wholo hearted abandonment to the ', I, ' . ,'L v " spirit of tho feast, To thoso who rV R?l?, erect tho nltar of ombodlod kindness ' ' f " Ctt antl worship there, Christmas np- 1 j. fe; -Qrpk proaches all tho sweet wholesome- J. '"' jfeHiv noss characterized by the Hfo or ! ' '' J! e&tti ll'm wn0fle birth It has come to com- ifc sfSsli memorato. ' I?$$9f" Se,f tomorrow should desert the ; 'y t4& pedestal It stubbornly occupies; nar- I,' row personal concerns for this ono , ' frr day retlro from their lofty placo In ' ; ' Six. ollr "Sections aud activities. Ungen I '" tHHFTSt. erous thoughts withdraw before tho I rHKQcP benovolcnce and clmrlty that greets I- ' 'JHESflH a" mankind as men and brethren ' ; (HliAcftt nnl1 ncanncss and self love aro dls- . ,'j ' j sHHrA T " curded as an outworn cloak. To- i C1 "jHK Wards all the world We mend our at- '' IB' llwvi cv " t't"1'0 ' cy"'011' caution and accept I I '? I'-Jrfi r Vw ' 'ts' outward demeanor of kliuiticss as 2 jf, r-fi. Qp&3pKi a sincere expression of inward feel- &&V.afl5Pfiflf ji Unreserved surrender to tho splr i ViklBs&St' ' 1-t CUrUtmaB ls a sentiment of I MtEfJySn3 which nono need proffer apology. , ' Few could resist tho continual sub-j' sub-j' ' .. conscious tendency towards primitive 1iLjOi passions were It not for the lofty gfWjSfefeeh sentlmont this feast symbolizes; men- 'vSbs. '"' nea't'1 would not long endure pSfcHlteffffPiiS, without Its invigorating Influence. jSyJS Stimulated and freshened by tho sur-WKii sur-WKii W cease from strugglo, ennobled by tho TT kindly thoughts It Inspires, tho feast t . of tho nativity Is tho annual period tM., -. r"vftw ' 8l,'r'tllal a''d inornl house clean-in clean-in i SMBpP' 'B. It was given ns such to a world ,U J.' clq tl,at neollo1 't- kadly and appreciated jl JJSgr THE PHRENOLOGIST Jr- V ' I went to; a phrenologist lb ij And had him rub my head. If' ''rjLr'feX- - - H,'0'$.it ovcr carefully H r:' SjnBblJ? An..l!a la what ho said: H I4 jStP "t'Ombatl'voness Is your main point, H ft faffEL III say that to begin." fc" 4HIM " foun(1 the bump where I'd hcon II spjrYH, . - wt 9 M. j "- Willi. .our good rolling plu. |