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Show J8sHIlER words moaning more $&J-Y '" '"'"l'10 tlla nlinost Y?J ""y Kn'l''ii'K or salii- 3StJAw talion or jihrase. Throe words frauglit with significance. sig-nificance. There are I lie happy people. Families Fami-lies where airoclinn, cheer, joy in one another, linsellislmess toward one another, an-other, love and sympathetic understanding under-standing nourish. Thoy know the full meaning of A MERRY CHRISTMAS. There nre the almost-happy people. People who sometimes bicker and quarrel, make speeches only half-meant half-meant which sound twice as harsh. Christmas comes and they rouse themselves. them-selves. After all, (here is happiness for them. The wives will, loving slyness sly-ness make little sacrillces and buy the husbands gil'ls they know will be ac- ' eoptable. . The husbands rn 'h at the lai't minute into gaily decorated shops, purchasing those gifts they know , will be acceptable. accepta-ble. They have paid more attention atten-tion of late. They have noticed - what was missing, miss-ing, what was wanted. Arriving home a Utile late the very sound of their steps has a n e w crispness, ' their voices joviality jovi-ality and affec- i tion. Aney jo Liiem-selves Liiem-selves up. They have A Merry Christmas. Christ-mas. There are the poor families, buying what toys they can for their children i who have the same eyes as all chil-ren. chil-ren. Eyes which see doll's, carriages, trains of cars, dolls, mechanical toys, books. Eyes winch look deeply into the windows of shops. Perhaps those more financially fortunate will lead them into shops and let thera realize some of their dreams. There are the charity children, children chil-dren who receive dinners given by charitable organizations, being photographed photo-graphed so that those who nre independent inde-pendent may feel undisturbed by all that they possess. Children whose pictures reveal at times a little shame, a little shyness' that they must be photographed when eating a regular ', meal. And yet they know tlie meaning ' of Christmas, too. This, for them, is good luck. Perhaps it can be made better. A Merry Christmas. Three words but' synonymous with j those three words are many others ' children, children's gay, excited,, happy voices, parents with home - coming sons and daughters, gifts and generosity. generos-ity. Christmas trees, appealingly empty stockings left by the trusting on Ohristms Eve, cordiality, true humanity. hu-manity. A Merry Christmas. ((c). 1027, Western Newspaper Unlon. |