Christmas Bells

Mabel Black Myers

Amherst, N. s. tll o e. m ch more. oh‘ 611mm” hens are Dealing giggly the§mdo Thar final] recelvin

O'er mountain. lake and hill; 'I‘hey chime a joyous message

Spirit Of Goodwill

Note with what eager spirits the little children enter into the pre-

And wild and swee The words repeat

do you. my friend. And in the m?“ “mt ma‘ the heart be sml progress o! the days this side of

The’ nng a! Eastern Shepherds, the pleasure oi good will may U X5 e on Who watched o'er ﬂocks by g3? r; mefgerleollzalgingcgtlgiligsl Thﬁid; no

m h could never be. You could not "mt mlfmlihinglfé have. you would not enjoy, a ‘And mmeuth bundle of Christmas gifts ior every of P-“cﬁ, ‘m ' morning after breakfast. But the men‘

g t. A-lltek as holy pilgrims, Led by star's new light.

They sing of shepherd's honour, Ere morning sun arose,

I0 ilnd in lowly manger A Ohild in swaddling clothes.

Oh, Ohrlstmas bells are ringing, O'er countries far and near; They peal a joyous message

entertainment every day in wish-

ing or in planning good for oth- “lmi deep- ers. 1t ls the secret of a. perpetual ,, §°e zest in life. a never-ending pieas- Gm ure oi adventure, a wise invest- The Right prevail.

- court ol bankruptcy. Think how To the listning, drinking ear. ﬁttille ram gfw distrgﬁed is?‘ a“ They waft to every Nation e ° e week “e T‘ ' , - mas would be if they were strictly

o" mountain‘ lake forbidden to buy or think of any-

body's resents but-their own! It would ake away not only the

men!”

o! and glen,- i "Glory tn God ‘ in the Highest, And peace, goodwill "Ward men!"

Little Albert: "I was of surprise. A purchase is a pur- Father: “Were you? chase, an unlooked-for gift with did he look like?"

love behind it is a Christmas gift. And, worst of all, such a seclu- see him. It was dark you would deprive them of the sup- the wash-stand he said reme pleasure of planning gifts

Thoughts. mince pie."

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Christmas Bells I heard the bells 0n Christ!!!"

Day “an” m, the“ ¢m15tmag ‘rhgy Tlheir old familiar carolgllay.

oi their individual Klits. And as» 0t peace o“ eelih- Bwdwi“ "°

And u. despair 1 bowed my heed;

spirit of‘ goodwill gets exercise and The“ pealed me hens ma" 10nd

lglnnot dead, nor doth He The Wrong shall iall,

ment which never gets into the with peace on earth’ goodwm u, -I0ngfellOw- A Good Reason Too

pleasure oi anticipation, but also when Santa Claus came, Dad."

Little Albert: "Oh. I couldrrt 1 slon in a world of selfish thought But when he bumped himself on

Father (quickly): "lhere. "that i of love for others-From “Great will do. Tommy. Get on with your cotton bags.

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Greeting and Enclosure Cards, Calendars

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ints On we De The Christmas VTree

nda 13m 3i ttulgeiint some all’ it orlgl W116i! it

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regar thor- hvegitt-stht g] thwgd Chgiisptfzlasatree pirlzon will gejolgey

keep one or wo

was ﬁrst call d the “huu- ‘linking: at‘? be made also,

dred lampe tree."

001.1% 1mm

the place of its origin as . Scandinavia».

ters say it like t t: sttill other: give kerchi

0e, shelves and Northern branches of everglrleg: make gay

bottom oi hand- el boxes, of larger ones, for bureau drawers. ‘Ilny

I Europe, but to mind. the most decorations for p cards, or beautiiul legendmgi all comes from 210mm. i! tied ondartliaticslly with

i111! red bow ribbon.

umld Luther, it tells us, Wln- Even‘ dance and tduy cards gm

daring in the open one Christmas! 88y ii decorated in this manner. ll! m, caught, the idea the Other ways. too. of saving the de- snow-cowred forest. under a cieer- lightful and h an bright with millions of twink- Christmas green may be He cut down a small ﬂy tree and 000k it intO hi8 own nursery, and decorated its branch- twinkling candles. it out into the backyard, c; on he

ling stars.

8 with little

ealthy odor of the

to d the ingenious housewife. u“ by Lacking desire to “make any- thing" of your tree. why not ut

What could be more beautiful than lawn, and decorate it with bits of the twinkling lights oi little red meat, bread, corn or suet. strung

candles against the background oi on strings? We do so over-decor- ate in these days of hurry and economically-minded

dark green! garillhness.

The birds will cer- tainly enjoy l-hlsl Or the more can always cut it up into suitable lengths and

Of course. You will select a tree ellloy B glorious iire in the grate.

with full. wide branche , tapering towards the top. If it is Draught, into the house sometime before you are ready to trim keep it away from the heat, and supply it with moisture. Be sure that the base is lll-mly ﬁxed. so

gradually

The First C hrislmas

m Tree

0n the wild. sandy heathland of

that the m. when laden with the North German plain the dark- decoretions and gifts, will not UP leafed iirtrees have flourished for

0V0!‘-

mexpensive decorations.

where herefore, that the

many centuries. It is not strange "Christmas

store-made ones are not accessible Tree" should have its origin there.

are easy to mak . red mountain ash berries, small beads. RETIRE wheat, etc., may be strung. with their festive season bits oi tinsel or cotton batting It is a fact well-known by ull bot- glucd on here and there. circles. m7 fny figures the fancy forth I shoot each month, and dt thick the time of the winter solstice. a pumpkin or yellow squash ring. 0r Spray of palm. bearing twelve gilt or silver, and glued to a piece shouts. was employed in the temple

Stars. anists that dictate. can be cut out oi

pink popcorn. It dates back prior to the days of holly Christianity. The early Esylltiane of used to employ decorated trees in

celebrations. the balm-tree puts

of cardboard. ‘These can be trlm- oi Osiris to mark the completion

med with holly berries. Popcorn o! the year.

Curiously enough.

t kernels, or tinsel pasted on. Sprays England did not adopt Christm h. I of holly can be made with the aid tress until the middle u! the 15:?

of a few artificial leaves. or lmves Mimi"!-

cut out of green cambric.

twigs, and pelets Wm l” cotton batting dipped in red sealing wax. hasten the levies andthe berries onto the twigs. and sprinkle with a bit oi snow- dust. Silver paper cut in narrow ribbons can take bought tinsel and. 0i top decoration will be out, from silver or gold paper and pasted on thin cardboard. may b; gurlnounted by a tiny sta or sulroundlr‘ with tinsel. as de-

sired. b t fte Chrlst- It a party as you would be t a The“ what a‘ cu a 2m tree business engagement. a

what yard,

with a gay silk cover.

A

of , the °§“§f.§ star, by anything other than wire.

mas, Do you wait until awake sheds its needles all over the iloor. and then throw it into th as I have seen many them, forlorn-looking 611011;!“ "l" la! oi past slow-to lmow. coming of the garbﬂlle mall’ m‘ 5°

ysou make further use oi it? Ii it " n. pine or balsam tree. take oif the needles and but

the

1 would be the world if there were

oept in sense and sight. The

hire men to watch chimneys on Christmas Eve

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.0h,aoftand Olﬁfyﬁlll‘

noe Consort

The small shot afte h ' or Vicltolréla. r is mama” mQueen melted Great Britain

introduced them into

Dani's ForChristmas

Don't haul: up a paper lantern

Don't put candles where they B"! likely to drop and set fire to anything.

Don't ferret to be as punctual

Don't forget there will be 100d

g1; on the morrow.

publishing the

the New Ycrk Sun. Sept. 23, i897.-- lgDear Editor-I am eight you: o

"Solne of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. “Papa says, ‘If you see it in the Sun it's so.‘ Please tell me the truth, is there a. Santa Claus? Virginia O'Ha.nlon. "115 West Ninety-fifth Street" Virginia, your litt e‘ friends are wrong. They have been nlfected

by the skepticism of a. skeptical .'\ age,

They think that nothing can be that is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's are little. In this

U‘. great universe oi ours man is a

mere insect, an ant, in his intel- lect, as compared with the bound- less world about him. as measured by the intelligence capable of graspin the whole of truth and knowie ge.

Yes, Virginia, them is a sent; Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion

no Santa Olausl It would be as dreary as if there were no Virgin- ias. There would be no childlike faith, no poetry. no romance ‘w make tolerable this existence, ex-

e- ternal light with which childhood fills the world would be ex-

-',_ tinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus? You

5 might as well not believe in lair-

ies! You might get your papa to in all ti:

8 down, what would that prove? No- y sees Santa Claus. The most l things in the world are those that neither children nor men see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no prooi that the-y arsmot

A KINDLY SEASON

It is the most human and kind- iy of seasons. as fully netratcd

human brotherhood. which is the essential spirit of Ohristianitypll the month c! June with sunshine and the balmy breath oi roses.

-Geo. W. Curtis.

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A'Child's Song ‘ 0f Christmas 1

. so . Our little Lord of long Bu.

Above the roofs tho pigeons ﬂy m ail wheels across the , The svigble-doves they to

l?’ Mary slid olu-ut ln Bethlehem.

Bright/shines the sun across the

l drifts . And bright upon my olu-umu

its. The? brought Him incense, myrrh and go d, Our little Lord who lived oi old.

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last in 182'], he went to Hit‘ _ , where he remained until 1531 From there he removed towed-rain, to be repairing the nrsm Rrzllgre he lived until his death, in

ls There A anta Claus? l

Due to requests each year we are them

"silent night" n: for a 1on8 tlmeconalderedtobcefolk-eong andsll-nredtlleigysandeonowsoi such: companion. liar many you: no one up l0 know or

a erode-a sinbil rAuatrlmBcmlbwen little book, "without wi an its of . birthp cl- homeland." It and the came on: u e "mil-song n-om ‘Thrill.’ Al he WM OI the n: Ge , in a ‘latch in privation. However.

, mlnu-sed iorotthlu xiv mm“: my“ w” m’ “Rim, o‘ lurid: hi... wllién he dead not ml Blhggl-g d; nfﬂviheixlrlgleemutl. his prwti- sonar. rd ""11 dhave none version oi “Silent alum. it

o melody, into its orl that time the

£110 first real in 10ml court music-

ther perhaps the manuecr pt

St. Peter's in Ballsburg, askl whe- mam h

to the Ohrlstlnas song, "Silent Night," ouse. ere.

by Michael Haydn. might be

the attention oi Felix Gruber, th youngest son of the composer, who was serving as choir boy

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Peter's. He knew hill father to be Andi!” Petﬁflilchﬂﬂ‘ 3°!’ in!" tion in the ordinary sdwol

acts, as well u in music. In order that he might be able the

ti’ Illralilltlie bulookst hodllaewood‘ 1mm ion ta

from Berlin waaaent on to him, suc e n e I l! e Festival aclra in the walls o! his room. of chrmm“ though they were n; m, keygge he pract ed his finger wr- Holy niehu Peaceful night)

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31¢ Wmlloser. (or he had often been told the circumstances which led to its composition. As his fa- ther was still living, the inquiry

and he at once drew up a state- ment. entitled “Authentic Oc- casion for the rttlng Christmas Song, ‘S lent Night, Holy Night.” a copy o! this statement was sent m Berlin. establishing the claim beyond a shadow of a doubt

The true story is given here; It

THE TRUE STORY y o|= “SILENT NIGHT"

PQINd can about its Tlﬁhﬂlhlp. It wand- weaving

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1 i. t do 10 l! "WW5! has“ m as A calv-lnihdgﬁther would tans in Berlin aunt an inquiry to oi Blleilgi an” w muw in his work at the woavznﬁ Bo the was obliged sit wearllo’ at m“ welanvigg a l Accidentally this lnqulrv came to {dlahyﬂattfg namoum scam‘, 1m “me about “Imus-e gogltt-

and on these (

became

Pun: Xavier datum mri ll lhemlhlrdﬁltfgglﬁpoo linen n r weavers, Josef and Anna Grubs . ~ a who lived in a _ low

housein

of the village

Suddenly there came an acrid- Younder where th ‘

ent whicntegtirgllwlt!‘ 61311113611 strange; o. élepna Cy We“ Vi?“ ' _ e er

the“ agticl: and there ha; ti? one Reestsbe who Ls In mam sleep

was on Christmas Eve of the year at hand to play the or

1818 that the "Bil t Ni ht, church 515N108- gcly wdflglnshtdl-ntne 181m geIve-vwgd hire“? lumped i° m n apar cuhotat. eordﬂll 11¢ a" e m service so well that he a tracted the Came blest visions oi ands; throng

attention of everyone in the vil- With their loud Alleuia songs

Inge, and was the hero of the day. As a result. the ambition oi the Xavier father became so lively that he at Gruber, who was also schoolmaster once paid out as much as five Holy night! Peaceful night! in l-lldpﬁldllﬁy village oi Arnsdorf. floéinsziior a Huliéfialflgaelalltylle-HW Thou Md, f u

ran wuarlo - ssmeonus h 1 the Weaver's stool and study f"! w m no“ the gdﬁtlléln of ‘téelzrtlsgl; nu mils

Burginausen until i801. and there assistant pastor in Oberndorf, a it was that he received the W0

Nicholas. at Obemdorf. near Balz- burg. The poem was written by the pastor. Josef Mohr. and had been set to music by his friend the church organist, Franz

Jose Mohr was born in Balz- burg and because of his splendid voice was admitted as a boy to the church school. ‘rhere he studi- ed theo‘ y, and in i817 became

smggu village to the north-east of fasional training n

Se. r3. Here he came to know the teache and organist. Franz

Gruber, and soon a fervent frlend- Arnsdorf. and in 1313 BhlD 81W up between the two men. those the poet O! _ . -ey Oberndori. a hamlet lull wrote and composed "Silent Night. '. two miles awn/y but wntlmlﬂ! 9° e in Arnsdor . ‘Phat the song received so wide \

However. melancholy and wan- and so ra i¢ B“ lwmum“ l‘ d“ derlust took posmsion or Mohr the following war. and m the next 5W9" Years he served as pastor to

On December 34th. i818 th which song Joins their two names liv

ass than ten parishes. until at

can whceive or

Y End“? these bag! mas editorial. drl§llhll§m§rlr%<l15lt§"§m"° ‘u the mndem that a”

world. and unseeabla in tn;

You tw- alm-t the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise in- side. but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not. the BlPQII-llbst man that ever lived. could tear apart. Only faith, ill-mil’, P081111’. lWe. romance can Push aside that curtain and view nd picture thesupemal beauty and slcrv beyond. n it all real? an, Vir. it'll ti.“ “i! ‘h’

ere no - ing else

abiding. "u and No Santa Clousl The he lives

and he lives fore- ever. A ‘housand

times ten thong. and years from now helkwill continue u; m e

heart gt m’ hood.

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l. boy song which the “mm Wm Srinizm:

l‘ "kbrmd thruushout the worm

All is dork. save the light

in heavenly pggqe’ Rats in heavenly peace.

Holy night! Peaceful 1m Only for Shepherds sigxlil: l

in the small

Bering. Christ is Saving, Christ is lghlgl ~

Ohild of heaven. O how bright was m Blast indeed was that hep”

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