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&" \jV f* M'L?h lit *1 -r w. if L§l t-lm fcgrv* i4' 1 One family who were over the stock ing hanging age decided last Christmas that they could not have a tree. The children were disappointed and feared stupid day. An Ingenious sister solved the prob lem of gift giving in a somewhat novel way. She asked all the members of the family to wrap their gifts for each other into neat packages, direct them plainly and leave them in the library on Christmas eve. No one was told what was to be done with the packages, and each member was sworn to secrecy, so that she did not know that the others' presents were to go into the library also. The girl divided them into groups, having one gift for each member of the family included in a given lot. The separate collections were then taken ,v.V rtt' 'V/- 4 &*•> letters to a Christmas Ideas. Christmas will be worthily hept by us In proportion as our hearts glow wtth Chrtotlthc feelings, estrangements should melt In the warmth of Christmas gratitude to 6oL Let It be sweet forgiving time—a time for the doing of blessed charities. Because Chrlstmao stands for the child, as the father of the man. and for the cradle, as the one point where futurity Is vulnerable, It will yet usher In tht golden age. Co produce an Ideal world we need only one thing—a Christmas that lasts all the year. If Christ had never been born there would have been no Christmas, and where now to holy light would abide a great shadow, and where now Is sweet and •acred Joy would be sadness and tears. If Christ had never been born the world would have bereft Itself of the love and the light of God. Che birth of lesus means the establishment of the reign of Justice and con sctcnce, and you and I cannot realize the benefits of this divine season until we have become Ithe little children In humility and gentleness and received the will end the love of God as they have been made known to us In the Master's gospel. Christ must be born In each heart In order that we may have a true Christ mas. Hre we rejoicing In the gifts of human love Shall we be unmindful of film who Is the "unspeakable gift Cum not the Christ ol 6od away from the heart's Inn banish film not to the manger. Heaven's gift Is now offered with out money and without price. Receive Rim with glad welcome. Christmas Is every one's day. Childhood can have no monopoly ol It. though Bis cblH life Inspired it Christians are not Its sole possessors, while they arc Its only true Interpreters. Youth cannot claim the whole of It even while its e» uberance gives It Its chief natural emphasis. Chere are currents beneath the surface motion Into which the plummet meditation must plunge to note their ci tstcnce and determine their direction. Instead of a Christmas Tree. Old Folks and Santa Claus. "An' little (oiks can't find him. Chrfctmai No."? into different rooms of the house and hidden in such a way that they could not be found without considerable searching. On Christmas day a small boy of the family dressed in the costume of a Christmas herald of Elizabethan days went through the house every hour during the day blowing a trumpet and proclaiming that a Christmas bunt would be held in a certain room. The family''had a merry time until all the gifts were found and opened and enjoyed them in a leisurely way until the next visit of the herald an hour later. As the family was a large one, the excitement was prolonged well into the evening, and all voted it a much more interesting way of giving presents than to have them all In the morning stock ings or hung on the Christmas tree. 'Cause they're always fast asleep," Old (oiks must see Santy Claus when stockinYare to fid. For they keep the chimney coiner, an* they're always dreamy stOL But Santy daus don mind 'em If even a watch they keep, 'An* little folks can't find him, -. ,Cause they're ^ways fast asleep. iM I know the old (oiks see hinf an' like him n^hty well An why he doesn't mind "em is—he knows they 11 never tell But little folks dream of him W'en bundled in a heap. A he he a in in Down the chimney in their sleeps —Fraak LStaatoo ia Atlanta 1 1 1 £3HSSS-. & •r% '.-a i»», iowa, HONOR OLD AND YOUNG ON CHRISTMAS DAY ESPECIALLYChristmas, in the southern part of France great preparation is made for which be gins the 4th of December with planting St Barbara's grain. Women Oil plates with wheat, which are well watered and then put in the sunshine or In warm ashes to germinate, if St. Bar bara's grain grows well or ill so will the coming harvest be. Later comes the cutting of the Yule log. The oldest man of the family cuts(a fruit bearing tree—almond, apple, oalc or pear. Tile grandfather uses the ax. and then the son finishes the work. The log is Ave feet long and is expected to burn. If covered all night, from Christmas eve to New Year's day. Before the eating of the great supper the youngest mem bers of the family light the log. The little gayly painted "creche" and other small, inexpensive clay figures are found in every home. Before dark Christmas eve the children go out io look for the magi. They carry with them confectionery for the magi, figs for the servants and hay for the tired camels. They also put up sheaves for the birds, and the wealthy send out donkeys laden with bread, meat, figs and almonds, which are sold for a few cents to the poor. The nougat pie or pudding of almonds and honey is on the taMe for the great supper. GET ALL THE FUN YOU CAN OUT OF CHRISTMAS. Get all the fun you can out of Christmas. Plunge into the at mosphere right away. Smuggle packages up and down stairs and hide them in the "old fash ioned" hiding places. S And remember everybody, not with the substantial presents you have thought it imperative to give, but with a jar of jelly, a piece of fruit cake or book or magazine cover made from bits of linen your scrap bag has fur nished, a 'dainty sachet made from silk scraps or any one of a hundred other simple things you can work on -at odd times. These are the sort of presents which will restore the old time thrills that have been well nigh lost in the loveless gift giving of recent years. Teach your children that Christmas time is a giving time as well as a getting time. Teach them particularly to think of children whose nests are less downy than their own. There are so many such. And there is no more tragic thing in a child's life than to be forgot ten on Christmas day. Is there any picture on earth so appealing as to see a child at a shop win* dow with only a windowpane between his pinched nose and pointing finger and a high piled world of dolls and drums and skates and picture books? Can you imagine a keener pang, a more sorrowful thing, than the unanswered prayer of a little child at Christmastide? Christmas Gift Suggestions The Christmas shopper will make no mistake by following this list of useful Christmas gifts:, Gifts For a Woman. A baby's bottle warmer. A chafing dish. A curling iron. A foot warmer. A hair drier. A heating pad. A hot water kettle. A coffee percolator. A small pressing iron. A bedside reading lamp. A sewing machine motor. A nursery steriliser. An art glass table lamp. A toaster. A vibrator. Gifts For a Man. A cigar lighter. A motor for the workshop. A shaving mirror. A shaving mug. A' bedside reading lamp. A vibrator. Gifts For the Home. A small pressing iron. A luminous radiator. An electric combination grilL An art glass table lamp. Piano lamps, large and small. Acorn popper. Think Mistletoe Brings Trouble. In many parts of the United King? dom the silver berries and the gray* green leaves of the mistletoe are look ed upon as anything but an emblem of good cheer. On the contrary, the plant is regarded with dread as being the bringer of ill luck and,the sign of 111 omen. This superstition exists both In Devonshire and in Ireland, and, strange to say, in neither at these places does the plant nourish. The Christmas Dance. When grandma danced the minuet' Some sixty years ago The stately couples often met Beneath the mistletoe. 1 1 ill ft Hit ib ii ib ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft if v. To waltzes now the customs veer, But Mabel's foxy beau That damsel doth contrive to steer, ..' Beneath the mistletoe:- -v. v.* Dances change, but not tne gttme, -rz As clove observers know, For mortals act about the same Beneath the mistletoe. .* —Louisville Courler-ioai ,*?*" %£», v_ -fV THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914. Make HAVfeLY Iowa, Work tJ. fl wmmmz 1 Only 21 Days to Christmas Select your gifts now from our complete stock of useful and practical holiday suggestions. Gifts that last a lifetime—what better choice can you make? We have a beautiful assortment of this season's newest designs in holiday goods and invite you to come in and inspect them. Silverware Pocket Knives Aluminum Cooking Utensils Razors Chafing Dishes Shaving Sets Baking Dishes Embroidery Scissors Vegetable Dishes Manicure Scissors Pie Servers Manicure Sets Aluminum Coffee Percalators Carving Sets /Mounted Casseroles Air Guns Carpet Sweepers Rifles Vacuum Cleaners Shot Guns Crumb Trays and Scrapers Skates Ash Trays Brass Cuspidors Dresser Trays Electric Flashlights Bon Bon Trays Handkerchief Boxes Souvenir Spoons Glove Boxes Every woman will appreciate a gift selected from among the famous "O. V. B.," "Wear-Ever," "Royal Rochester" and "Universal" Home Needs." Each device is made to fill a distinct home need and their use saves time, work and money. Come in today and look them over. Farquhar §b Sons. Leon Hardware Iowa A. A A. A A ^NationsBANK- llfH NDER/our Govern- iISi xJiouU abo be Bank. Benefit from Ihe new CurrencyLnw will be re ceived in fullest measure by N ational anks LEOIC IOWA F. S. STEWART Licensed Undertaker Iowa License No, 48. 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