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TME SEATTLE STAR
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'I l\c first Christmas was not a merry one
A young mother in the throe* of .maternity wa» housed
in a cow stable.
A baby born in a manger was denied human shelter be
cause of the crowd of oppressed
going to the capital tt> l»e ta*ed.
And yet, a alar never wen bo
fore went before the wise men anil
hovered over the manner where
the wonderful mother lay with the
marvelous babe In her arma!
The atar alwa.va goes before
the wise men of the earth whetl
they reeognlie Reform. Revolution
ami Resurrectlon lying lu the hovel
and driven to the dwellings of
beasts by oppression
It la the .Star of Ho|>e.
in the Manner of Bethlehem
lay the germ of the Kreateat Re
form ever welcomed or decried by
the human race There lay Incar
nate the Revolution afterward*
voleed In the Sermon on the Mount.
There lay Judg»not that ye be-not
Judged. Restat not -Evil, l-oveyour
Rneuilea. DtvOood to-Them-that Hate
You. Do-Tnto-Others-ns Ye-W ould
thatThey Should Do-to-You — the
moat mighty giant# of Revolution
ever born.
There lay the Oospel of Oood
Tidings to the Poor
iStim that moment the very
basis of Thing* aa They Were be
gan to dlaaolvc and pa** away The
negative morality of the greatest
lent-hers with their Do not to
others a* ye wouHt not have them
do to you," and the like, began to
fade For the baby la the manger
came In the grandeur of the Deed.
He was to aay. not Retrain from
doing wrong, but Do thta' Do
that! He laid on the con*cience
of the world the obligation to act —
the other* had only warned again*!
wrong action*.
It la well to be merry on
ChrUtma*. becauae the essential
basis of the tkwpel of the Manger
la one of )oy. It was a gospel of
good tiding* to the poor in that old
day. They came together In one
mind in little societlM of commun
ists, where 'hey that had aught aold
It and gave to the others .in.l !<••:>• ->.o r'v for -tone wa- ••d."
In *ueh a community, ho* n - .>rT> must larr been each Christmas' j
We have much of that primitive Christianity. When we are*
merry at Christmas, it mu*t be in the mldit of those who want They
want because we are ti"t quite Chr'stlain We say "!»«» unto other*l
aa ye would that they should do to you," but we do not sell what w«
have and give to others that none may want. We have ao far fallen
away from Christ that we are abl« to bear the awful e*i*ten<'w of pov
erty in the mid*t of a civilisation supposedly Ui .-U on the ti'-spel
Oood Tidings to the Poor.
And yet, let ua be merry, this Christmas-tide For we have begunj
to awing back toward Christ as a people, aa a Christendom
There Is better hoiw than ever before that the Gospel will eitlr
pate poverty, a* R did with the primitive Christ lan*, among whom
"none wanted."
The pax animation of the religion of Jesus has ran Its en«r*e
The tide la setting the other aay.
Again the Star goeth before the Wise men of the earth to the
mangers, the hovel*, and the stables of the earth wherein lie cradled
the babe* of the poor and outcast, eotulng to be taied by the oppressor,
to whom Is borne gilts better than goM frankincense and myrrh—
gift* of hope, freedom. liberty, equality and fraternity.
It is the star of Hope.
A thousand years henee. no matter how well we shall t>» able to
40. we shall stilt find ourselves far.ng upward toward the Manger of
Bethlehem, with the Star going lietore — for R la the Star of Perfection,
alwaj* to be pursued, but never overtaken
The first Christina* wa* not merry, bnt solemn.
We may be merry, only beeas*e we have passed so many trap* l
and pitfall*, and becau*e the future seem* opening In a browd. straight J
way for the world-wide triumph of the Habe —a triumph not. perhaps
uniformly in the Christian name. Uut In the Spirit which maketh alive, j
rather than the letter which kllleth.
"To be honest, to be kind. To earn a little and to apertd
• little tea*. To make, upon the whole, a family happier for
his presence To renounce when that shall I* necessary, and
not to be embittered. To keep a few friends, but th"e with
out capitulation—above all. on «he same grim condition to
keep friends with himself. Here is a task for all that a man
has of fortitude and delicacy."
In this brief "creed" of Robert I .outs Stevenson are set,
the guide-posts to a finer conception of life and its duties than
is contained in many a bulky book.
The art of living is an art too much neglected in thesej
strenuous days.
The tendency toward material gain, the craving for posi
tion and personal place, the increasing appetite* for fame and'
fashion are all more or less hostile to its development and
growth.
To "get along in the world" seems the shibboleth of the
times, rather than to live fully and well.
This is not strange, neither is it a phase of the times to
be greatly feared.
Kindness, like honesty, likes best to dwell in little thing*.
Both are like the notes of a great organ, h mesty the bass and
kindness the treble. We cannot sec the player—and his name
is legion—but out through the aisles and naves and transepts
of the world floats the music.
ANOTHER tremendous so
cial reform inaugurated at
Washington. Authorities
have prohibited "ru.-hing the
growler."
NOW Tat't me-sages con
gress for a court of pure food
laws. Bill surely holds the
record as the courtiest prc-i
--dent this nation ever had.
COUSIN BILL TAFT t ,
become a college professor ?
Well, well! College profess
ors are getting to be right
prominent in politics, too.
HON. FORAKER'S -tory
about how Hon. Meirst got
those Standarl Oil letters is
convincing and convicting—of
both.
DR. RALPH SPANGLER
of Philadelphia is accused of
curing epilepsy with snake
venom. Maybe that old doc
tor who promised to cure any
thing by first throwing the pa
tient into fits was all right,
after all.
HA! THEY thought they'd
trapped Morgan as king of
finance, and he testified that
he's just a pure patriot squeez
ing us for out own good!
CAPT. VAN RCHAICK of
the steamer Siocutu, whose
burning cost 1,030 lives, is
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
THE ART OF LIVING
pardoned bv Taft, but i: will
take one higher than President
Taft to pardon the greedy
owners of that rotlen death
trap.
N. Y. HERALD ha* start
ed quite a boomlet for musk
rat ami sweet potatoes, gar
nished with candied swcetflag,
as an addition to the rrcnu.
Ixx»king the market prices
over, we sec a coming chance
for sweet grasses, suveet rats
and such, all right.
MORGAN iay< lie's uncon
scious of his money power.
Just tliink! Wall street had
such a lamb in its midst
and never knew it!
CASIRO, J'.x. of Vene
zuela, is taking the baths at
Brussels. Some revolutions
are not wholly in vain.
THOSE Mexicans who in
vaded New Mexico are seizing
only hay for their horses and
beer for themselves, say dis
patches. Any man who'll risk
capture for the sake of New
Mexican beer has got a real
thirst, for sure.
PRINCESS PARLAGHY,
from Carlsbad, is expected in
New York. She's an artist and
carries with her two dogs that
were baptized.
A woman In Pennsylvania lias
smoked one pip" for SR years. Hhe
ought to have almost enough to
bacco coupons saved up by this
ttmn to entitle her (o another pip*
t»ve iiut h no terror* for the I huh
Cost of IJvtng The girls used to
be content to alt In the front par
lor and hold handa, hut nowadaya
they want to go to a show every
night.
"I» your wife fond of darning?"
"Yon, especially the night I pre
fer to atay at home."
Mar* Sticking Power.
"IVi you think that we should
have a more etaatto currency T"
asked Old
"It la etaatlc enough," replied the
Orouch "Why don't they uiake It
more adhesive?"
Ola HI liar sava as to how It
beats th' dlrkens how late a feller
kin stay out al this here season
without gi'ttln' balled out by th'
ole woman.
Some fellow with more figures
than hralna In his head has figured
that there were 32.000.000.000 tele
phone calls In the world during
Itll.
I We had 48..164.031M34 nttraelves
from the opening of the basaball
season to the close of the football
seaxon.
The only eipla nation we ran
timbi' to th«> ancnymnua quentloner
about the acarclty of reindeer ple
turea this yulethie la that It'n prob
ably beeauae of the iinlmal'a rlose
mwaibluir* to lh« Hull Mooae.
Anxioua One - You arc right Tim
man who put the "p'g" In Peter
I'epper w»a it atutterwr. We don't
kuuw wbu put ao ruiu'h "apu" la
"»pug." 'Taint In our dictionary
A bee waa held at the church
Wedneaday and Thursday to put
down the new church carpet and
flnlah the work of cleaning the
church. Coma and a.-e bow nice It
loaka.-—Rollin Cor. Hudson i'oat.
Despite the cry about the scar«-
Ity of farm hands, a Kentucklan haa
added IJO acre* to h:« 11.000 acre
term.
Manf a man's self conceit over
abadowa bla popularity.
Contributor who gave IS eenta
jto the Republican campaign fund
(came nearest to getting bla money "a
[worth.
1 Ought to Be Thankful.
A Kama* man has auetl hla wife
for divorce be< «uae she told him he
talked In hla aleep and wouldn't tell
> him what he aald
Kngllah |>ea< bee grow* only la
hot bouaea- sell for SO rent* each.
We suggest that the next Nobel
prlae be given to the man who In
vent* a corn huaker that hun t an
appetite for human arma
DAY'S BEST STORY
Samuel fiompers * as giving It as
his opinion that in exciting tlmna
p*°pl» w* apt to accuse the wrong
man It (uumlml to htm the story
ahont the voting woman In Toledo.
Thla girl had been rwi'ltln* now
and then a young man who had
never mad« love to l»r. hat hail ad
filreti her greatly One evening. b#-
fore the girl entered the parlor, her
mother appeased and asked In a
rough, stern tone of voire what his
Intentions were Not having any In
tentions. the youth turned every
color of the rainbow and succeeded
saying nothing. Ill* suffering waa 1
ended by the entrance of the girl,
who exclaimed
"Mother* Mother' That Is not
the one." The Popular Magastne.
An Illinois aviator has figured
out there Is no possibility of flying
unless KI, angel ha* wirgs at |e«*t
15 fwt long, That is libera! meaa
urement from tip to tip. yon mint
admit Itut m that w* hava faith
that the celestial course won't be
rrowried.
An English "Joka"
Why la a « o'clock breakfast like
a pig? Hecause It'a twlrly.
But Think of Canton
Items are scarce since our good
friend Mr. Itlumfleld moved to Can
ton t*o weeks ago.—Mercer, ()
I Journal.
Betrothed by mall after Introduc
tion by ninll. Miss Minnie llnnkln
of Itrooklyn, N. Y , has gr, n e to fal
| cut to. India, and married J F B|e«.
junior offU boy tela about a 3-baII philantherpeat who won't lend no more
money on alligatera
n. y., dee. 25.--even a pawnbroker
ran lem annulling once In a while
there's one of them three hall
pbllantherpest* up on Hth av, that
alnt going to lend money on no
more alllgatera
n feller comi» In a cvpittl of morn
lnga ago with .1 alllgatera under Ulk
arm, and he wanted to hang them
up
I will lend money on anything
that'* worth money, tuiya mr. meyer.
the pawnbroker, hut how do 1 know
them web-footed daehshoundtt linn
got any value to them
call up the zoo, nay» the feller,
they will tell yon that alllgaterH
la quite expenatve and rare
good Idea, aaya mr. mey< and
he called up the 100 and roi the
head /.oolat, and he Hays, how much
In alligators worth, mtnter
well, the 3SOO man aayn, ten dol-
I ler* apiece anyway, If they are
Nothing' Serious
Behold the Bee.
TUtt STAR—WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1912.
| THE PLACE
"And #o two of your ann* Vr«
Hoy fcicout*? Where do they.io
moat of tholr rwconnoltnrtng T" *
"Iti our refrigerator."
Sura Sign.
"It'a almost ceitaln that she'll
marry that chap."
"lUa Uta engagement been an-
Bounced?"
"Not yet. But they'll get married
all right "
What make* you think aof"
' Her mother and father hnvn
botli started to knock htm.'*
Tha Rural Reporter.
II W Buckley, who rei-ently
moved to Detroit became homesick
for a real live town and moved
back to I>ealiler! They now live In
the Prcabyterian parwnnge Deab
ler cor., Henry County Ktgnal
SKYGACK FROM MARS
HE TAKES WIRE LESS OBSERVATIONS IN HIS NOTK BOOK ON
EARTH CUSTOMS
(JhruotamesseH
Two sorrie Thygnes there be—
Aye, three;
A Ne»te from which ye fledgelings have been taken,
A Lamb forsaken.
A Petal from ye Wild Rote rudelie shaken—
These are the three.
Of gladde Thygnes there may be more—
Ay, four;
A Larke above ye old Neste blithely singing,
A Wilde Rose clinging
In safetie to ye Rock, a Shepherd bringing
A Lambie, found, in his arms, and Chrystamesse
Bells a-ringing.
—Olde Songe.
alive
so mr mover he made the man
put the alligators down and let
them walk around, to show they
was alfTe, and then he give him
10 dollers on the three
so ihe feller went out, atnj thq
alligators went crawling around the'
"ore, having a look at the pl^u
pretty soim a guy with a hang
over come In with the intention of
hocking his wotch, but the iiUen
tlon wan as far as he got
one of the alligators looked' up
at him and smiled, and he went out
the door and right on up the s'(ri-ei
like he had been fired out of a 13
Inch gun
that made mr meyer sore, you,
bet. losing a customer like tlpi) |f
Just then he heard n awful hoi,',
lerlttg, and he looked around,,',amf,
another of them swamp
hud grabbed his yaller cat by t li«k 1
tall |
gee, there waserit much laiTled
Homebody ban Invented an elnc
tlic device that will apllt kindling
wood (iradiially we are getting It
*o arranged that the world will
have atmolutely no uae for atuair
boy*. '
Ev*ry girl ha* vltlont of
•octal conquoot* whan aha gala
married, hut aha la lucky If aha
gala to go to a Vcant thaatar
one* a waak.
Home inen would get along a
[■whole lot heller If they'd *tay Hi
home ttnd no ml their Wive*.
. Wall flower* are i-mlety girl* who
Vere nipped lu th« bud.
Ratort Courtaoua.
"Oh. 1 know every on* of the
trick* of your trade," aald the
lm;«rrtcr. warmly. "Do you think I
have lived In IxMnlliiK bouaaa 16
0m ara for nothing?"
£ "I ahoitldn t be at all aiirprl*ed,"
laid the landlady, frigidly Hat>
fr« Uax&r
r -
Women can *mlle morn naturally
Shan If they MUt It.
A man will tell a woman he'd go
through fire and water for her; and
after marriage it oftnn provea to
be merely firewater.
A woman who ban filled all th*
rule# between bride and grand
mother la a batter authority on
moat thing* than a Juatlro of tba
t'nltnd .State* aupretne court.
____
"No one who nend* me a prexent
will tin admitted to my wedding." is
th« warning added to ber invitation
by a IWjaton bride lob* None of
her friend* baa taken offenne.
when he got her loose, and while ho
was doln It he nocked a silver cake
dish Offen a shelf and the ail alli
gator swallered It
this was too mutch and mr. meyer
dashed to the phone, to telephone
to the 100
them alligators must of known
what ho was doing, for one of
them grabbed one <if his ahoea lu
its face and another one kotched
him hv the pants
| but he got the r.oo, ami he hoi-
I ereil, say, you know them :i alllgat
|ora l telephoned you alMiut
well, you come and take them
away and i will give you 10 dollers
so a feller come with a express
i wagon and about 20 feet of wile
i rope, and took them away so easy
as could bo
and If the feller that, pawned
them wants them back he will have
to go up to the jtoo to get them, but
mr. meyer Is afrado he tint coming
Johny
TANGO GOES IN SOCIETY. BUT
ON STAGE-MY GRACIOUS, NO!
THE "TANGO,- LATK3T BOCUTTY HAM.HOOM PAD- I>OHKH II.U'HTUATK ONK COMPLETK KVO.
LI'TION OK Tlllrt H TOURS'! IVK IWNCK
CHICAOO. 25— To tango or
not to tango fa the question that la
agitating Chicago society.
It began at the bachelors' ball
when two of Chlcago'a beef barona
s<»deiy lender* of course decided
to forbid such capers a* tbe "bunny
h'n." ihe 'bear cat," the "turkey
trot," (he Harbary Coast Walk
llark"' and the "Aritentlna Tango."
Hut they reckoned without their
»lvea anil daughtnra. who had been
taking private dancing lessons in
the forbidden "tango" purpose!) for
tbla ball And though the band
played decorous walUea and mod
met two-s&pa, the women Insisted
upon tangoing until the aforesaid
iHx-f barona marshalled their CO
borta and left tbe hall.
With the unuaually tight
skirt* that ara worn today, th*
Argentina tango is moat sug
gestive. Never before ha* th*
young society woman consented
to combine the revelatione of
the bathing beach with thoae of
th* formal ball gown. Hith-
SAVED FROM
AWFUL DEATH BY
WHEELS OF AUTO
VAMOOUVBR. Waab., Itee St.—
Huapendnd o*«r the ed*» of a
tree tie ifl<r ibelr automobile. Id at
tempting to !'»*• a buggy Oil Ihe
trestle. started to go o*er the side,
but waa miraculously caught and
held by tbe back by project
ing bum*, Mr and Mr* G. K M<*r
or and two small children, and
Mr* I/»m« and Miss Ulllan Krlck
•nn * it*' rescued by iiiurnb; and
today arc recovering from aeyere
ibork
friable to see the buggy In the
darkness. Mercer, who was at the
whH, waa foroed to slop ewMeely
«twn nearly on toi> of the vehicle.
The mr akldded. crashed part way
over th» edge of th* tresllo and
hung suspended there The occu'
pant* »ft» afraid to won for fear
of dlalodKlnK the machine.
ROSE CITY WANTS
A NOISE PROOF
NEW YEAR'S
POKTUAND, Or.. Dec. 25—-The
•an* New Year's organisation la
today formed to effect. If possible,
the displacing 'of noise bjr Hons on
New Year'a eve. The organisation
la made up of several prominent
members of the Commercial and
Rotary clubs, sml 11 la atated that
$700 lias already t>wn subscribed
toward effecting a noise-proof cele
bration.
It la planned to engage the Oypay
Smith choir of t.OOfl voices to alng
to the accompaniment of an aug
mentcd band.
The choir will be asked to mix
In a little of the lively music with
the anthem* In order to appeal to
as large a portion of the city's fun
making population as possible.
L.AW NEEDS HIM
MORE THAN WIFE?
PORTLAND. Or.. Doc. 25
I tomer (laker, ox convict, arrested
after robbing • house and then bar
heading himself behind hit wife
■uid child when the offlcera came
for him. Is today adviacd that Ilia
Intention to plead guilty may not
net him the suspended sentence
deal red.
Despite the pleas of Maker's at
torney that Ills family ueedcd him
sadly. Circuit Judge Million ran
nee but few mitigating circum
stances In linker's ease.
A girl expect* to bp perfectly
happy when married because ahe
baa had no experience.
"Are you Interested In the
Turkish war?"
"I ahoiilil say 1 am. One of
the plaimentioned in the
dispatches yesterday is the
town where our parlor rug
came from." *
First radium "bank" In the Unit
ed Htate* and the second In the
world Is open at Grand Junction,
Colo. A piece of radium the slse
of a pin head will buy a dozen of
eggs.
The way of the transgressor is
well written up—especially if the
ses Is feminine.
The Turks assume an indifferent
sort of an attitude toward the out
come. Turkish shrugs, perhaps.
Wanted Furniture. RU*. 6515.
Modern Furniture Co.
Interested
erto when ahe disclosed her
nether extremities, she cow
ered up her neck and ahool
dera. and vice varaa.
The Argentina tango haa been
shown in some of the cabaret
showa. but the manager* of mual
cal comedy will have none of It.
Indeed, when the manager of "The
Enchantress" waa asked fur Bonie
of his chorus p«K>pie to Illustrate
this dance, he held up bis bands
In horror.
"I would not have tbe public
think we dance the 'tango' In 'The
Enchantress,' " h« ssld.
"Hut It Is the craxe in aoclety,"
he was told.
"Society may adopt a dance
from San Francieco'a slums if
It wishaa," he said, "but a
•bowman could not do It and
cspact aoclety to attend hie
ahovw and call It 'claeey.'"
Chstrima Must stage director of
tbe U Salle opera house, con
nested to pose Mia* A Hie Miller and
Vincent Coleman to Illustrate it
CHRIS EVANS WANTS
A FULL PARDON
f»r tMM ft—m l«i>4 Wlr.
HA I.KM, Or, IW IS -I'aUied
with age prematurely creeping
upon him hit eyelid drawn tight
over a hollow that bad once held
hla rlnht eye. one arm gone. and a
picture of dej-ctlon and despair,
Christopher Evans. partner of the
Bnntag brothers In a balf dozen
California iralo holdups. today
awaits the derision of Oovernor
West to his plea that he use his
Influence with Governor Johnson of
California to aecut* a full pardon
for the a*«l man Evans was pa
roled about a year ago and sine*
"The Economy blort"
K e<ond Ave., Between Spring and Seneca—Phone Main 6935
Thank You
\\ e wish to thank our many friends and patrons for
their libera! patronage. We warmly appreciate your kind
words and courtesies extended to our employes and the
management during the rush hours of Holidav trade.
By the time another Christmas comes around we wtß
have installed many new improvements and innovations
that will make your shopping at this store a comfort and
a pleasure.
\\ ishing you all a merry Christmas, we beg to remain.
Yours truly.
PANTON & LONDON CO.
Red Letter Bargains
For Thursday, Friday
and Saturday
I.ISTKN—Monday, Deoemlier 30th. we start our second an
nual \\ hit* Sale We nped a lot of room in our Economy Ba»#-
m«nt for the proper display and sale of white goods, and —
Half Price
Is the Pricc
We Will Place on
ALL DRESSED DOLLS ALL TOY FURNITURE
ALL KID BODY DOLLS ALL HORSES AND WAGONS
a, , TR J^ R^ AMENTS ALL RUBBER DOLLS AND
ALL MECHANICAL TOYS
ALL CHILD'B TEA SETS RUBBER BALLS
ALL TEDDY BEARS ALL ELECTRIC TRAINS
ALL STUFFED ANIMALS AND ENGINES
ALL GAMES ALL MECHANICAL BOATB
Positively nothing in the shape of Holiday Toys reserved. The
original selling price is left on the goods, and you set them at
Just ..HALF
THE ARTICLE YOU WANT FOR NOTHING IF YOU FINO
THE PRICE HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH.
PUCABKI NOTK There will be lots of other Bargains through
out the store, on every floor. We will be cleaning up certain
of merchandise at prices that will rush them out in a hurry.
Hut he expressly Inflated that th«
public sbnuld be told that the tang#
was not danced at the La Salle.
The Argentina tango la danced
by the couple taking position for
the walu. The> start off with a
demure twastep for five bars aa4
then glre one of those I don't care"
Eva Tanguay whirls for five bars,
lifting the feet at the end of eacfe
bar in a kind of kick.
When the whirls are finished
there Is a long slide (the couple
who can make this slide iongest
are the moat proficient!, and th«
man aelxea the girl atiove the waist
Juat aa she nwmn to lie falling or«»
backward* In a kind of Ruth St
I tenia- Salome pose. Aa she come*
up from her backward dive, both
her arms twine ronvulafvely abotit
the roan's neck. He takes another
grip about her waist, brings her vl®.
leutly to him, and they take fow
l«>ng dips.
Then they drop Into tbe t wo-atep
again, and repeat this .--rformance
until the miiak- stopa.
that time baa worked la a Portland
lumber yard
"ROUND ROBIN" FROM
PRISONERS TO GOV.
PHOENIX. Arli . lie*. 25 -A
round robin signed by 111 convict*
at tbe s'ste penitentiary at Flur
i« reposing In Got. Hunt'*
desk today The prisoner* heartily
hank<hl the governor for bis ef
fort* In the interest of prison bet
terment, and declared that, upon
their release, tbey will prove to
'he world the wisdom of tke honor
ayatem and other reforms Intro
(duced at the prison.