Show the edrol za anini of christmas Ch 14 r Y 14 AP I 1 k 14 g N 0 41 94 this christmastide and coming year yeu may we con scantly give that greatest gift girt of love service to the cause calse of right and justice to our fellow man and to our country thus giving we shall merit that py joy which comes only to those of whom clu christ said well done f I 1 U 0 teddy rear im gt A you came 1 like wild animal animals t faune lame K rm not licit afraid to squeak you vf bollt yh ca you wont anad or of nap or bile bite ill take you with md byry t 1 we will romp and play at night cimei loo my haiie Q ted SS snuggly nug by me in try bed 1 I 1 am cross yoi you will not cared i y aull always be iny christmas superstitions in homes of OurAl our allies fies I 1 OF the tile new world anil and the lie modem modern customs are al anys aye deeply interested in any quaint beliefs or unusual mannerisms of the tries across the ocean particularly arly liao the habits of kas far kanj and franco france held field us the former romer becaas she he la Is orr mother country the latter because of the unquenchable dear re wory of lafayette and more recently because of ant that same spirit so upheld today by 11 frances rances noble amne and this holiday time finds us u with our eyes turned thither ward tor for a more poignant reason for there crent arent many homes who cannot claim a father a eon son or a brother ow over there and it Is well to know se of the homely little superstitions which prevail among the people of cur our aill nalle in angland and in otla nl the nay say alts I 1 swa goes that it Is unlucky for acy ody but a brunette to fi et st croen cross the L A old on christmas morning to bake breed bread on christmas day ie in praiseworthy and loaves baked then will grow moldy in these almea d an es of of lour flour the poor loaves do not tend stand half halt a chance to mold t wo woo to the housewife who he on thin this day turra n mattreis mat it bode bodes III luck for the whole year A superstition which had iti its origin in devonshire tella tells us fiat that it Is had bad fona form and III luck indeed not to with wish the ecal good morning and the comell mente ments of the season on christmas Chri stines ere eye the hives are decorated with spring 0 green rean and a kit bit of red ribbon ala a also rail paid that 1 aex eing sing all night on eve eye hut but bets are rather singers sing 1 erx anyway the graceful traditions ond in huhem ingland und wole wales that the binl birds and beasts have some mystic connection with the nativity hence the farmere far cieni anti landowner landowners purchase thenes of otte outs from little boy boys who sell 11 tham as our boy boys sell ell holly these bundle bundles are placed in convenient high in trees and fence fences that the bird birds may partake the cattle abeel coate and even the pigs are au nil siren iren double the amount of feedings on christmas morning in lon france nt rd the foundling ik very pretty custom la Is to welcome the brit first baby that arrive arrives with pedal special honora henora a beribboned c cradle adle padded added banket basket soft clothing solicitude and a bestowal bce towal of 0 gift gifts and careful attention thie this Is I 1 done in a ex plat loti of the poor welcome given oven to it aveo gilld of 20 centuries ago and a beautiful thought hou glit it ie Is in nome provinces la in france it Is I 1 bad luck to we cross a strange threshold on christmas dar day |