Show Christmas Superstitions in in Homes of Our Allies 3 OF OP the new wo world and ond the modern customs are always al at I ways WIlYS deeply Interested In n nany any quaint beliefs or unusual un usual mannerisms of the countries across tho the ocean I Particularly have hu the tho habits of 1 VMS Eug nJ land and Trance France held us Ul the former because she Is our mother country the latter because of the unquenchable dear memory of pf Lafayette and mill more moro recently because of that R same sume me spirit HO so gloriously 11 o iIii uy uy Trances Trance's 1 ii ices ice's noble sons And this holiday time finds us with our om eyes turned thitherward thitherward thither thither- ward for tor a n more poignant reason reason for for there arent aren't many homes hOllies who connote cannot claim a n father u a son Ron or u n brother over 1 0 there And It Is well to know some of the lit homely bomely sweet little superstitious Ions which prevail pre among the people of our allies In England Englund and In Scotland Scotlund the su sayIng say say- Ing goes that It Is hI unlucky for tor anybody but ut a n brunette to first cross the threshold threshold threshold thresh thresh- I old on Christmas morning To bake bread on Christmas day Is I praiseworthy nod and loaves Yf baked then northern Eri England au ue e tine tile birds and amt beasts have e some mystic connection with th the Nut Nativity 1111 Hence the farmers and landowners purchase sheaves sheu of outs oats from little boys who sell them lis as our boys hoys sell holly These bundles are lIll placed in convenient nt high places In he trees and antI fences that the birds may many partake l' The cattle Sheep goats goot and even the tho pl pigs lire are nil all given glnn double the amount of feedings on on Christmas morning In Lyons I France at the Foundling hospital a very ely pretty custom Is 18 to welcome the first baby that lint arrives with special honors I a n cradle 1 d l basket l c clothing h I 1 will never neier grow nT rn m lu fn I those these tines times of scarcity of flour the poor loaves do donot donot donot not stand half halt a n chance to mold 1 I II Woe Yoe to the housewife who on this day d y turns a mattress It bodes holles Ill luck for the whole hole year A superstition which had Its Its Its' origin In o De Devonshire tells te us IS that tho tit It is ha bad form fonn and Ill 1 luck tude Indeed not to Ih the bees g good otI morning anti and the compliments ments meats of the season On Christmas eve e i 1 the hives litres are lire decorated with springs of green gren and und a bit of red ribbon also said suld that bees bee sing all 1 night on Christmas eve e But Bat ut bees are rather perpetual anyway r The rime le graceful traditions prevail Jn in I solicitude a 1 bestowal ea owal of gifts dAlI I II I 1 careful attention This is lone in ex- ex of the pour poor Joor welcome given to a aI aI al I l Wee Child of Bethlehem 20 centuries i ago and a beautiful thought it is I In some provinces pro In France I It IsI is isI isi i considered bad had luck to cross a strange I threshold on Christmas day I |