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Show n, "MADE IN GERMANY" Many, many years ago, nobody knows Just-ho w many, Christmas was Mado in Germany. Mado by the marvelous mechanical toys; , the wonderful cakes, animal fookles, bon-bons, glided nuts, candy canes and sugar plums, which the- toy makers, candy men and bakers Jojously labored pver. Made by tho glorious Christmas troo . around ' which happy children danced; mado by tho story of Kris Krlngle, his reindeers and pack of toys; mado by tho beautiful family lovo which drew all together on that one day of all tho year. (, Tho Germons lovcd Christmas as a living thing, cherished It and strove to mako It moro wonderful year by year, until Christmas in overy land bore tho unmlstakablo stamp Mado in Germany, Threo years ago a horrible thing happened these kindly makers of Christmas lost their heads. The mechanical toys they changed Into submarines, sub-marines, dirigibles and machlno guns; ,tho Christmas Christ-mas cakes and candles Into war bread. Tho Christmas candles shining from each window to light tho Christ-Child Into their homes they turned turn-ed into cruel searchlights and flaming gases. Kris Krlnglo was transformed Into a dovourlng monster trampling over tho world, bringing sorrow and death, Instead of gifts of Joy. The singing, happy families, turned Into weeping, weep-ing, watching groups. And today overy mlsorablo protonso of Christmas In tho world bears tho Indellblo stamp "Mado in Germany." Cablno Slobel Smith, in Goodwln'3 Weekly. |