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ÜT of the distant past comes a
whispered greeting that warms
the heart of humanity. Merry
Christmas! It echoes and re
echoes back across the long
ages. It throbs through the
generations of Ute. while king
doms rise and foil, while men
and nations move like checkers on a checkerboard.
Merry Christmas! It stirs the heart like eome
beautiful old memory. It quickens the pulse like
a passionate violin. We forget to play at grownup,
and In a moment we are all children again.
"Of all the old festivals," says Washington
Irving, "that of Christmas awakens the strongest
and most heartfelt associations. There is a tone
of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with
our conviviality, and lifts the spirit to a state
of hallowed and elevated enjoyment."
From the early centuries of Christianity the
anniversary of the birth of Christ has been cele
brated. It Is called "Christmas" because In early
England the festival was called "Christesmeese,"
which means "Christ's mass." At first the time
of the festival varied in different places. Some
churches observed it In December, others in Jan
uary. April, May. There ia no historical record
as to the exact birth date of Christ. It seeme pos
sible. says Lillian Elchler In her "Custom of
Mankind," that December 25 was established as
the festival day because It marked the beginning
of the great winter festival when Britons, Ger
mans, and Ganls made merry in pagan fashion.
Christmas replaced these old pagan festivities,
the customs of the old blending into the customs
»«M sy m be hr et tkm other. , £
The celebration of December 25. as Chrisemal.
spread to varions parts of the Christian world.
Later, as the festival spread, differences to date
occurred owing to differences in calendar. But
the general belief prevailed that Christ was born
• "at the hour of midnight on Christmas eve."
Many of our popular holidays appear to have
been nature festivals at one time. Easter and
May day were very likely spring festivals; Hal
loween, an autumn festival,
Christmas was originally a festival of the win
ter solstice. At this period St the year It was
customary to bold great feasts in honor ot the
heathen gods, to dance and make merry. But the
early teachers of Christianity prohibited these
primitive festivities as nnsulted to the character
of Christ .
Yet the old festival was not discarded entirely.
Its symbols and customs were adapted to the new
festival In celebration of the anniversary of
Christ's nativity. And so we find Christmas pat
terned with many curious customs that are of
pagan origin. The Yule log. the holly, and the
mistletoe go ranch farther back Into antiquity
than we suspect
It is said that the first Christmas day festival
held In Britain was celebrated by King Arthur In
the city of York. A. D. 821. It lasted several days
The new customs were grafted upon the old, and
the new symbols were adaptation of old ones. The
apfwelfd Instantly If 'Iff masses ; s tiny
spark was fanned Into flame and it has bum» )
brightly throughout all these generations.
By the early Middle ages, Christmas bad become
the greatest of popular festivals. Beggar and king
observed the day. Churches were decorated and
qnalnt plays concerning the nativity were enacted.
Carols were sang In the streets and Images of
the Virgin and of Christ were carried about from
boose to house. And. of course, there were feast
ing find merrymaking, as there always are at a •
festival time. '__ , .
la Shakespeare's time the Christmas festivities
were extremely dehors Sometimes they lasted
until Twelfth day, or Bfcdphany—twelve days after
Christmas. During this period there was no work
et any kind. The people gave themaelvee over to
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«wetlng and gay eefehration
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la. The Puritans developed a keen distaste for the
Cbtistmas festivities, and prevailed upon parlia
ment to prohibit them, Christmas was declared
a day of fast and festivities were prohibited by
law. After the Restoration, however, the old
observances cams back—somewhat subdued, but
gay and festival as ever.
The observance of the Christmas festival spread
all over the Christian world. The- date Is not
everywhere the same, nor are the customs iden
tical. January 6 la the date observed In the
Armenian church. The Dutch watch for St
Nicholas on the eve of December 6. The French
have their own particular Christmas observances ;
the Germans have theirs. Bnt wherever and when
ever Christmas is celebrated. It is a day of rejoic
ing and good cheer.
At one time the customs and observances that
we associate with Cbriatmae had a very definite
significance. Today they survive aa part of our
social scheme.
In America we have made of Christmas a peri
od of great social activity. The .old customs of
other lands, combined with tender memories of
the first Christmases In this conntry, make of the
holiday a rare interval of Joy and cheer which
find expression la a setulsoclal, semi religious cele
bration. Everybody wishes everybody else a merry
Christmas, and even the echoes are glad !
The first Cjirletmases in America were not the
gay festivities to which we are accustomed. They
were days like all the rest, devoted to work and
prayer. Governor Bradford wrote, "Ta 25th day
begane to erect ye Ant house for comone use
to receive them and their goods.'' A few years
after this whs written the Otanfc of Rngtond
«staoiîahed Çftriatœaa services in Barton.
Our Christmas celebration carries threads from
many lands. People coming here from France,
England, Germany, Norway, Italy—all brought
their own customs with them. Our Christmas tree
and Santa Clans are Imported. Our carols and
our stocking superstition came from across the
ocean. Even ear "Merry Christmas" belongs to
England.
Tei oar Christmas fentlvtOee are Individual.
American. They are like those of no one conntry.
bat like a tapestry that bos been patterned with
many beautiful threads, our festivities reflect tbe
customs, beliefs, and superstitions of many and
widely separated lands.
JoUy old Santa Clans with* his tinkling sleigh
bells and peck of toys Is very closely associated
with tbe American Christmas. Our children bang
up their stockings in high glee, fully believing
that Santa will come down the chimney and fill
them with good things, until, of coarse, they
old enough to separate fact from Infancy, or until
some cruel person shatters the beautiful belief.
Santa come to America by way of Holland. Tho
old Dutch settlers of New York brought with
them ail the JAyous and hospitable observances of
their fatherland. They Introduced to their neigh
bors in the New world St Nicholas, or San
Niçoises, patron saint of children. And San
Nicolaas promptly grew a long white beard, belted
tala Jovial stoutness in s red coat and made tale
bow to America aa Santa Clans'! "
England too, has Its Sants Clans. The name
appears to be derived In slurred interpretation
from San Nicolaas, tbe English for which would
be St Nicholas. According to tbe popular myth,
both here and Uf England. Santa Clans is supposed
to swcwp down the chimney, and fill tbe stockings
hanging before tbe fireplace with gifts.
St Nicholas became everywhere tbe child's
saint though tala personality underwent some
striking changes as he traveled from country to
country. In Holland he remained St. Nicholas,
hut bis personality was modified by memories of
Woden, god of the elements and the harvest. He
became tbe patron saint of tbe children of France.
although It la Bonbomtne Noel (Father Christmas.
sometime« called Fere Noel) who brings the good
things tor the children, la Germany the Christ
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klndlein is the patron saint of the children. From
this German phrase tor Christ Child comes our
synonym for Bants Claus— Kries Kringle.
Among the Norwegians, the toys are hidden
sway In unexpected places and the children
search for them. In Italy tbs gifts are drawn
from what is known as "The Urn of Fate' 1 This
custom originated with the ancient Romans who
had also an "Urn of Fate" from which gifts were
drawn. In Spain there are elaborate street fes
tivals at which the children receive giftk.
This age-old custom of presenting the children
with gifts wakes Christmas one of our most
enjoyable festivals, in "Elisabeth and Her German
Garden" the thought la beautifully exp reused
For days beforehand, «vary tlms tba thraa babiaa
rr go Into tbs nrdaa. they espoot to raset, the Christ
Child with Hla arme full of glfta. They firmly be
lieve that if to thus thslr pressais a f* byOMTOL'
•ad I« to
would ^e worth celebrating for Its sake atone.
» sk s rUiln e hi«« Uhh CkrtoUase
There is an ancient tradition In Holland that
St Nicholas makes his rounds upon Woden's
horse, Hlelpner. This famous old horse of Dutch
mythology Is represented by the reindeer, whose
hoofs our children are supposed to bear on Christ
mas eve.
According to the old tale, the children of Am
sterdam set their little wooden shoes In tbe chim
ney corners because they believed Sleipner would
pass by unless be ésw them there. And St Nicholes
would give no gifts anises he sew the little sh oes
In e row by tbe chimney place and so knew that
the children UNtfR'fhckfd sway In bed. Evidently
some parents of long ago created the myth tor
their own convenience; it spread quickly, as such
things do, and gradually became on established
custom.
From Holland tbe custom spread to France, and
children were taught to place their wooden shoes
upon the hearth to receive the gifts of Bonhomme
Noe! In Germany and Scandinavia the gib« are
not placed In (be shoe, but hidden in out-of the
wmy places shoot the house.
The stocking» that the children of Eoglsnd sod
the United Ffatc* hang np on Christmas eve de
veloped from the shoe Shoes won't stretch, yon
know, and stockings are so much more roomy!
Thus the shoe of Amsterdam became tbe stocking
ot New A nieterde», «ml the custom was estab
Usbed.
There existed In the east of Rassis, among the
peasantry, so old custom whereby the young
girl discovered through divination whom she
would have as husband Tbe traditional formols,
still prevalent, is. "Come sod take my stockings
off." Among the professional classes, and some
time» In the lenser nobility, parent« placed money
Id the »tockiog» of their child—boy or girl—at
marriage ss a gift for the other partner in the
Some writers, prominently among
ceremony.
them Havelock Ellis, believe that tbe custom of
hanging up the stocking at Christmas is s relic
of the»* two customs from Rossis
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Barnaci «* Avoid
Copper and Zinc'
Experiments conducted In an Aroer
ItM laboratory hate shown that ships
hunt with tint* ' bottoms never got
footed with barnacles, says a writer
In Science,
Metal plates were suspended in
wooden frame In the sea water of
pond With Strong tidal circulation, and
aftér sfr weeks' snlunergeruw marine
life was e^tuhliShed oA âomatôf them
half an ln<*h thick,, . v**s*.;'-:
- , Aluminum, iron, 'tin and lead, It
was found. .. auKtalned JuxwWm»
growth, hot tkye surfaces of the -cop
per add nine plates were practically
free..-,- ! * *'*■' •"
The chemical'* expttinartdn : lies' la
the fact that the Ions and soluble
compounds of'the heavy metals are
extremely poisonous. Where they are
liberated from a metallic surface, such
« surface te protected * from organic
grow th. This is the case with sine and
copper, but the products of marine
corrosion with the four other metals
are Insoluble; consequently the bnr
ippries and their allies grow over
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Just say to your grocer Red Cross
Ball Blue when buying bluing. You
will be more than repaid by the re
sults. Once tried always used.—Ad
vertisement.
Bern»* Life Made Public
A colony of Italian hoes, about 40,
000 strong, has been Inatiflled In a
glass observation hive In the Smith
sonian Institution In Washington..
Within th« hive itself, thousands cun
ha seen feeding the young, depositing
honey, making wax, or themselves eat
ing. In short, the exhibit presents sn
example of one of the most perfect
communal organisations known to na
ture.
"DANDELION BUTTER COLOR"
A harmless vegetable batter color
used by mil Ilona tyr A0 years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
of "Dandelion" tor K cents.—Adv.
Remembering Kindueee
Forget each kindness done to others
but remember each kindness received.
It Is better to give than to receive, but
it is best always to show appreciation.
Gratitude marks a, person property
disposed.—Grit.
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To remove pimples hod blackheads
smear them with Cuticun Ointment
Waah off In five minutes with Coti
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keep your skin clear by using them for
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Swans by the Thousands
Because of a ban on hunting swans
In the past ten years, there are more
than fifteen thousand swans la wa
ters along the coast of Maryland, Vir
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Game and Fish News.
For true blue, use Red Cross Ball
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Winter Plan?
"Will you Join our five hundred
clubt" "Yes, but you'll be lucky to
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