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Christmas in the Country Places.
(From the Atlanta Constitution.)
Christmas in the country places—
There you see the rosy faces;
There the Joy—the world entrancin’,
Joy that sets the world a-dancin’!
Fine an’ free the life-blood races—
Christmas in the country places !
Glad enough to hear it hummin’;
Waited long to see It cornin’;
Knows the place where we’re a-stayin’
Fine to spend a holiday In !
There is where amazin' grace is—
Christmas In the country places!
City has the good time, too,
Yet the country calls to you;
There It is you want to roam
In the frosty fields of “Home.”
. Hearty handshake, friendly faces—
Christmas in the country places!
Pile the ample oak logs higher!
Room for one more at the fire !
Same old tales of Long Ago—
Tell ’em—for we love 'em so!
All life’s trouble joy effaces
Christmas In the country places!
Love's Aftermath.
(Written for The Union-News.)
Dear Miss Taylor:
This is to notify you that after December
24 your services will not be required until
further notice. The management has
no fault to find with your work, but is
merely pursuing its usual policy of re
ducing its force of salespeople after the
holiday shopping.
Yours very respectfully,
The Bon Ton Stoke.
Coldly, cruelly polite was the brief
note and Lucy Taylor read it with
feelings akin to those of the sailor who
feels his vessel sinking under his feet
in midocean, orthe business man who
sees the results of his life’s toil swept
away in a financial crash. As far as
she could see, her position at the lace
counter in the Bon Ton, although
humble and pitifully underpaid, was
all that stood between her and utter
want, perhaps starvation or freezing.
Lucy was not the only recipient of
such a note. The boy in buttons who
flopped it down on the counter before
her had already delivered many simi
lar missives and still had a large hand
ful left, but Lucy saw that they were
being given to the “extras,’’: girls who
had only been employed for a month
or so and who fully expected to be
dropped after Christmas, perhaps to
“catch on” again for a period at
Easter and maybe in time get a per
manent position in the Bon Ton or
elsewhere, being able to comply with
the requirement, * ‘ experienced. ’ ’
Even some of these were passed by
the boy, and Lucy noticed that the
girl next her—a newcomer with an
enormous “rat,” snappy black eyes
and a high color—was one of those
who escaped
“ That is because she is young and
pretty, thought Lucy, bitterly, I am
dropped because my hair is turning
gray at the temples and little wrinkles
are beginning to show at the corners
of my eyes, “What in the world shall
Ido?”
Panic-stricken and fighting bravely
to keep back the tears, she fell into a
purposeless reverie, wondering where
she could go when compelled to give
up her little third-story-back room
and how long she could keep soul and
body together on the very few dollars
she had laid by. For Lucy well
knew her limitations in the way of
making money. She remembered
vividly the difficulty she had. in get
ting a place ten years before, and she
knew that at forty-two she stood no
chance with the hordes of younger
girls who were swarming after every
vacant place that might offer. She
was brought back from the desert of
her thoughts by a customer stopping
before her-
Not many men paused at the lace
counter, especially such men as this.
Tall and broad, with face and hands
bronzed by exposure to wind and sun,
hair and moustache heavily sprinkled
with frost, suggesting in every line
and movement the freedom and
healthfulness of the country, yet not
by any means a typical “hayseed,”
he was evidently far out of hiselement-
And his first words proved the correct
ness of Lucy’s sub-conscious thought.
"I want to get something for a
present for an elderly lady—my moth
er—and I haven’t any idea what she’d
like, although I know she loves laces-
Can’t you suggest something?”
Embarrassed by the vagueness of
the demand, Lucy floundered into the
stereotyped, “About what did you ex
pect to pay?”
“Oh 1 that doesn’t matter so much ;
ten dollars—twenty dollars—fifty dol
lars—something like that. You see
she’s the only one I have to give a
present to, so I can make it a pretty
nice one.”
Trying in her honest, sympathetic
heart to think of something really ap
propriate, Lucy said :
“Tell me about her? Is she large
or small, light or dark ? Does she go
out much or does she spend most of
her time indoors?”
“She's just a little larger than you
are,” replied the customer with a
kindly smile. “Her hair is wavy and
white as snow and she doesn’t go out
at all, but just wears a black dreßS
and sits in an easy chair all day ”
“Then I think one of these lace sets
would be just lovely for her- It’s
collar and cuffs, you know. They’re
eleven ninety-eight, reduced from fif
teen dollars because we haven’t had
much call for them.”
And Lucy, to properly display the
merchandise, draped the collar around
her neck and placed one of the filmy
cuffs on her left wrißt.
“Just the thing,” said the man
looking at the effect approvingly-
And something in his voice brought
more strongly to Lucy a vague recol
lection of the long-ago—a memory
that was faint and elusive as the scent
of a faded flower, and one that refused
to take form or substance in her men
tal vision. After she had sent the
purchase to the bundle wrapper and a
twenty-dollar bill whirring away in
the cash carrier, Lucy took up a
blank and prepared to fulfill an addi
tional duty imposed upon the clerks
during the holiday season
“ Will you give your'name and ad
dress, please? The management is
making lists to use in sending out
circulars.”
“Henry Russell, Fairfield-’’
And then the memory took form.
Through the distant glass front Lucy
could see the snow falling, she knew
the streets were filled with slush, for
incoming customers were stamping it
off their feet,the meltingflakeßclung to
their garments and the store was filled
with the unpleasant smell cf wet
leather and cloth, but the memory
was a vision of green fields,giant trees,
blooming orchards and golden sun
over all. And over the fields, under
the trees, in and out of the orchard,
bathed in the sunshine,danced a happy
band of children—Henry Russell one
of the bravest and kindest and Lucy
Taylor one of the happiest. Oh, the
wistful, yearning, beautiful memory.
But rapidly gray clouds shut out the
vision and the reel of time wound
swiftly, picturing to Lucy her parents’
removal to the city, their decaying
fortunes, their deaths and her own
subsequent struggles. It was all over
with the instantaneous quickness of a
dream and Lucy’s soul came back to
her body—the body of a poor, dis
charged clerk in a second-class de
partment store- She felt that herface
must have revealed emotion,for Henry
Russell was observing her intently
“ Have you ever been at Fairfield,”
he asked.
“Yes, years ago,” saidhonest Lucy,
although her pride made her determ
ined not to reveal her identity and
her fallen fortunes.
“Used to live there, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” very faintly.
“Yes,l knowyou did, and yourname
is Miss Taylor, isn’t it ?” said Henry
Russell, eagerly- “That is, it was
Miss Taylor when you lived there ?
It is still Miss Taylor,” replied Lucy
with a wan little smile
‘ ‘And your parents, are they living?”
“No, father died ten years ago and
mother only lived about a year after
that-”
With quick discernment Henry
Russell knew the whole story, and he
forbore to ask further questions- His
parcel and change had come back,
there was no excuse for further delay
and other customers were waiting, so
he made room for a fat woman who
demanded some of that ten-cent in
sertion advertised today for seven and
a-half-”
Two days later as Lucy stood at
her counter the uniformed boy flopped
down another letter in front of her-
It was the only one she had ever re
ceived at the store except her letter of
dismissal. It bore the Fairfield post
mark, and as Lucy opened the en
velope a railroad ticket dropped out.
And wonderingly she read :
My dear Lucy:
Henry tells me he met you in the city
and I am so glad, for we had lost track of
you entirely. Your mother was one of
my best friends when we were both young.
Now I want you to get a furlough and
come and spend Christmas week with me
and as much longer as you can. The
bouse is big and Henry and I will be very
lonely all by ourselves. Take the 4.15
train Christmas Eve, and Henry will meet
you at the station.
Yours affectionately,
Evalina Russell.
Lucy smiled ruefully when she
thought of the furlough, but she re
membered that the store would not
close until 10 o’clock Christmas Eve
and she would still have to crave the
boon of a permit to leave early. The
fat manager, perhaps salving his con
science on account of the letter of dis
missal, was oilily, effusively gracious
and granted the request with a part
ing wave of the hand and, Merry
Christmas.”
And so it came about that Lucy
was whirled away to Fairfield, where
the moon shone brilliantly over clean
fields of snow edged by dark and
solemn woods, where a handsome and
tender middle-aged man met her with
a pair of splendid horses and a sleigh
filled with warm furs and whisked
her over crisp loads to the accom
paniment of silvery chimes and land
ed her at a fine old-fashioned house,
where a beautiful old lady gave her a
kindly welcome and a delicious coun
try supper, and where mother, son and
guest sat afterward before a blazing
open fire talking of days of old, and
where Lucy enjoyed a blissful sleep
in a soft, billowy featherbed.
When the discharged shop girl con
fronted her mirror Christmas morning
she started with surprise at the pic
ture that looked back at her from be
hind the polished surface. Ten years
seemed to have fallen from her in a
night; country air, good food and
human kindness were doing wonders.
And there was a singing angel in the
distance and now and then a faint
echo of the song thrilled in unison
with a chord of Lucy’s own being, and
her mouth showed a smile as inde
scribable and faint as the echo of the
song, but altogether sweet and kissa
ble- And when she met Henry at
the breakfast table and felt his ap
proving look the song became so clear
that Henry heard it, too.
What a happy week that was !
Sleigh rides with Henry, pleasant
chats with his mother, revisiting child
hood scenes, abundant and whole
some food, pure air and dreamless
sleeps made Lucy feel so young that
she had to lift her hair at the temples
to see if the gray strands were still
there- At the time she had paused
before the big mirror in the hall and
Henry came upon her unexpectedly
and filled her with confusion.
“ ‘Silverthreads among the gold?’ ”
he queried smilingly- Well, never
mind, you still have a big advantage
over me, and I thought it a dear,
sweet head when it all looked like a
sunbeam and I think so still-
And before bewildered, blushing
Lucy could frame a reply he was
standing close in front of her holding
wide his arms.
“Lucy, will you come?”
On the day after New Year’s Henry
Russell called Lucy into the library.
“Mother and I own some property
. in the city,” he said, and it so hap
pens that part of it is the Bon Ton
• Store building. The lease will ex
pire next June and the firm has been
very anxious to renew it, as they
claim there is not another available
building in that section and they will
have to go out of business if they are
i forced to vacate- You have told me
THE UNION ESTABLISHED 1850 j
THE NEWS ESTABLISHED 1905)
how they treated you and perhaps you
are human enough to enjoy a little
poetic justice, so I want you to read
this letter I am just sending them :
Bori Tod Store Company:
Gentlemen : My mother, Mrs. Evalina
Russell, and myself have received and
carefully noted your favor of December
28, and regret to have to say that your
lease, which will expire June 30, next,
will not be renewed, as we have agreed to
sell the property in fee to the Y. W.
C. A. of your city, as my affianced wife,
Miss Lucy Taylor, who is familiar with
the building and the needs of self-sup
porting young women in the city, assures
us that it is admirably located for that
purpose. Yours very truly,
Henry Russell.
A Good-Road Warning.
(From the Washington Post.)
The propaganda for good roads is
accomplishing great results- The ef
fect of the campaign is being felt in
almost every State in the Union- The
awakening to the necessities of the
situation has come none too soon, but
now that the battle is practically won
and millions of dollars are being in
vested in the improvement of the
highways of the nation, it cannot he
realized too soon that constant and
untiring vigilance is the price of good
roads- No matter how well built the
new roads may bo, unless liberal pro
vision is made for their maintenance
they will deteriorate and become lit
tle better than at present- Some of
the finest highways constructed in
New York and Massachusetts have
suffered from lack of care in keeping
up to the original standard, involving
an entirely unnecessary expense for
the taxpayer. Virginia and Maryland,
now in the midst of ambitious good
roads programmes, will profit by this
example if they be wise-
In this feature of road work, as in
all others, France points the way
to success- The mobility of the crust
of the road can be lessened by keep
ing it free from mud and dust and
snow and ice by preventing it from
becoming too dry and by maintaining
the proper contour of the surface so
that water is quickly shed- The
realization of this ideal means the
perfect road. Maintenance is the
secret of the success of the French in
goods, and while the higher price of
labor in this country will not permit
the same painstaking care, the French
method is the ideal which should be
approximated as nearly as possible-
The First Christmas Gift.
Surely the Christmastide is the
feast of all others that appeal to
women, and as the story is told again
and again by the bells as they ring,
by the carols as they are sung, by the
preacher from the pulpit, we know
that “Unto us a Child is born,” and
peace and good will reign all over the
land. Let peace and good will be in
your heart, and from you they will go
and spread all over the land. It is
to the women, thank God, that the
happiness of the Christmastide espec
ially comes. And women are gener
ous, else one of them never would
have given her Son to die that all
might live- She gave to all the world
her only son —the gift that meant
eternal life.—Ruth Ashmore.
Christmas Money For Farmer Boys.
(From the Columbus Dispatch.)
“One thinks of the wild North and
Northwest when the fur trade is men
tioned,” said State Fish and Game
Warden John G. Speaks, “but the
fact is that the furs produced in the
State of Ohio annually have an ag
gregate value that is considerable.
There will be buyers through the State
in a short time, and there is always a
market for skins. Nearly every farm
er’s boy expects to get some Christ
mas money in this way, and already
has his traps set.
“I should guess that the value of
Ohio’s annual fur product is as much
as $3,000 or $4,000.”
Good Cause For Gladness.
“Alas!” sighed the moody man,
“there is no gladness for me in this
joyous season.”
“Tut-tut!” said the optimist.
“Surely there is a ray of sunshine for
you, as there is for all of us if we but
look for it? tt
“No,” replied the moody one. ‘ I
have not a single friend and no rela
tives with whom I am on speaking
terms-”
“Cheer up, then,” advised the
other, with a shade of envy in his tone
“ Can’t you be glad because you did
not have to buy any Christmas pres
ents ?”
Goose Thirty-Two Years Old.
(From the Oglethorpe Echo.)
John Henry Mattox, whose home
is in Goosepond district, is possessor
of a goose 32 years old. Its next
birthday comes in June. The goose
stands a good chance of living quite a
while longer- And doubtless Mr-
Mattox would not part with the fowl
that has been a member of his barn
yard family for so long for any con
sideration-
There is also among his collection
of fowls a peafowl that if it lives to
celebrate its next birthday will be 35
years old-
Landlady—Mr- Star, now that we
are seated about the board to partake
of our Christmas turkey, does it not
occur to you that there were only two
turkeys on the Ark with Noah ?
Mr. Star—lndeed, it is forcibly
brought to mind. I sincerely hope
that this one is the last of the two.
Featherstone —“Haven’t you got a
great deal of mistletoe, Willie? Why,
there is enough here for a seminary.”
Willie—“ Yes. Sister wants to
cover the whole ceiling.”
“What did your wife give you for
Christmas?”
“Nothing. She said she, didn t
have enough trading stampß. ’
Aunt—Yes, Johnny, Santa Claus
brought you a baby brother.
Johnny—Great Scot! Another
' present that ain't any use !
Consolidated 1909
The Week's Days.
(From the Christian Advocate.)
Sunday, no doubt is the day most
easily conceived as a separate image-
It is full of peculiar associations- It
is a time of emancipation. Some
bondage of routine has held the spirit
for all the week- Today the mill
ceases to grind. The man belongs to
himself-
Monday comes after Sunday, with
all that this involves—the cold plunge
into mundane work again; the sad
cropping up of little things we meant
to have fihished the week before ; the
feeling of slight reluctance to under
taking the accustomed burdens, and
this oddly mixed with a certain sense
of freshness of fiber in tackling them.
Tuesday has only this hold on our
recognition, that it is not so far from
Sunday but there is a distinct, if di
minished flavor of its being still
“along the first of the week ” But
tomorrow, we feel, will be already the
middle of the week. There is, ac
cordingly, a slight “hurry up”- tinge
about Tuesday.
If we search cautiously in our men
tal impression of Wednesday, we may
find a kind of leisurely and humdrum
look that is all its own. The hour
for the first-of-the-week dash into
great enterprises is gone- We are in
the midst of everything, with time
enough before us to prevent hurry,
but not enough to invite any vigor of
attack-
Thursday begins to have a dim pe- •
numbra of a sense of end-of-the-week
about it- It has to a greater degree
the hurry-up suggestiveness of a Tues
day, but with this marked difference :
on Tuesday it was the haste of hope ;
now it is the haste of fear Friday
has its fish—inversely appropriate for
fasting, as being the most voracious
of animals. It is as if one cried,
“Shameless monster of appetite, be
hold to what end it hath brought
thee ; for this I thee devour !'’
Saturday faces backward. It is a
time of retrospect- We clean up odd
jobs- To the children it is play-day.
To the college world it continues that
character, and we never entirely out
grow the sense of it-
Modern Farming.
(From the Washington Post.)
The so-called “intensive farming,”
which is to his country brother what
“system’’ is to the city man, has al
ready taken firm root, and the vast
ranches of the West are being broken
up into 160 and 280 acre tracts, and
their production doubled- The farm
er has found that by putting his
energy into a more compact area his
financial results can be the same as
when his kingdom extended over half
a township- By doing a little figur
ing he has found that by turning his
wheat fields to corn, barley and clover
and this again into butter, beef and
mutton, he is getting a larger and
more certain return for his outlay.
This is partly the reason why the
leadership in wheat production has
gone from the State of Minnesota, but
thereby she has gained in dairy pro
ducts, so that today he leads the
world. Many farmers in that State
raise no wheat, while many more
plant only a small percentage of the
acreage that was their custom 10
years ago-
While it> is hardly possible for a
man of no means, unless he has
the capital of experience, to enter
into farming, yet, for the man with
afew hundred dollarsat his command,
there is no opening so easy of access
that affords the opportunity for a sure
i and profitable return. The West to
day offers more opportunities for the
• man of small means than it ever did
in the golden days of ’49.
Cave Dwellers Still Exist.
(London Correspondence of the New York SutO
Customs and habits directly trace
able back to the end oi the Stone Age
are still observed by the inhabitants
of the remoter parts of rural Rumania,
says Dr- Emil Fischer of Bucharest in
the current issue of the Umschau.
The latest statistics show that there
are still in Rumania over 54,000 cave
dwellings in existence, in which
quarter of a million peasant folk live,
These caves are almost as primitive
in their arrangements as the original
cave dwellings of the Stone Age,
As recently as in the ’Bos millet,
the oldest Indo-Germanic grain. wa*s
still crushed in Rumania by means of
hand mills and stored in peculiarly
shaped granaries similar to those used
by the natives of central Africa- To
day the Rumanian peasants still use
1 -ploughs that are really no better than
pointed stakes. At funerals a repast
named coliba is partaken of consist
ing of soaked and boiled corn the ex
act way corn was first prepared and
eaten by the tribes of Europe-
Even today crabapples and wild
pears are the only fruit known to the
Rumanian peasant, and his vegetables
are wild herbs boiled with oil pressed
from sunflower, hemp and gourd
seeds- Medical men in rural Rumania
are still known among the peasantry
as wizards.
Love One's Work.
(From tbe Ohio State Journal.)
U* man doesn’t love his work, he
had better get something else to do-
But the trouble is that such people
will haedly love any kind of work.
1 The trouble is in them. They lack
intelligence. If they knew enough to
' know good work they would soon
1 learn to love it. The manual training
scheme has this in view—to surround
the job a man is doing with such in
telligence and taste as will make it
; j attractive to him.
“The man who is in love with his
* job gets more contentment out of life
than any other,’’ says Brander Mat
thews , and he gets a great part of his
contentment in doing his work right.
t No man can love his work who shirks.
No man can be contented who is dis
honest about his work. This is
3 shirking or doing it negligently. So
these things always go together—hon
r cst work, contentment and love of the
job.