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McNATJtY COUNTY INDEPENDENT. SELMEE. TENIf..
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liiJj from home ii usually filled W 11 W RjvMVCI IIN I?ff't ' dlfe
fcfcT" 1 with sadness and a powerful i-MCntr ATKrAiVAA fvf-ifi
HUM sense of homesickness. That ATlCKiCA IXJillSKd lyHthi M U
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arrived foreigners cheerful at this sea- ' 1 1 IU 1 Zy0i 1
on of the year. One can easily lm- ""LID IC!pfvA Vf an f H "',VS 'I
aglne how barren a Yuletlde without -YvpAro 1 l3 yH ,M- f!i S" ,
the Incidentals and frivolities of the cSm IITA IAwA At si IM i,
season would be to these poor folk, Jv1N VvLL nCL, yv J i j! 1 f i Swt
who are not only separated from their -y- SL 1 Hi-V In! "i?Y
homes, but are In a new country, H AVf FOKID MfM- I 1 f
among new faces and strange sur- , 1 - 1 NLy ' , C V
roundtngs. Naturally, they would miss YDIcr rUJD li fi!5l$il Mil iWyvl
the merrymaking of the old country VJIvlEJ SuY fetzK. DlU -InAftH Jli-t VPV
and the greetings of their lifelong , ,Arm-r A t J)J-L ' hAV IoHjN TiM
friends, says the Philadelphia North HOjPH AL 1 Y T rVHV 11 iWif
American.
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But, as It la, these thoughts fit across
the niiiia and are lost. So much atten
tion Is paid to making light the hearts
of the new arrivals that there Is no
time for retrospection or sad mem
ories. Should a ship arrive on Christ
mas eve, the day before or even on
Christmas itself, Immediately there be
gins, a round of festivities. The happy
timeB are not of one day's duration,
but last clear until New Year's day.
In the first place, a tree Is usually
erected at the docks, and here the reg
ular ship visitors, with many of the
city's social workers, and the new ar
rivals In finding their friends and dis
tributing toys and candies to the chll-
dren. . " : .. . . . '
If one wants to see life In its varl
us phases and the real Christmas
pirlt exemplified, this is the place
to go, for here many happy holiday re
unions take place the greetings be
, tween husbands and wives, fathers and
children, grown-up children and their
aged parents, brothers and sisters and
sweethearts. " Each case has Its own
story and each holds its own Interest
There la no false modesty here, and
the knowledge that other eyes are gaz
. lng on their greetings never mare the
warmth and affection displayed In the
tight embraces. Here, too, .the cus-
toms of every country are brought Into
notice. Some kiss on one cheek and
then on the other, while others prefer
the more familiar method. Some men
kiss one another as fervently as they
do the women,., while others merely
clasp the hands of their relatives.
These scenes, it Is true, take place
at all times of the year, but the coming
of Christmas seems to bring more Joy
into the meetings. There la a double
reason for rejoicing, as the families
are not only reunited, but are spending
the holidays together once more.
In some cases the rejoicing is triple
fold, tor many of the Christmas lasses
come here at special pleadings and before-the
Yuletlde sun has set will have
become brides.
- This year there win not be as many
Christmas brides, for the girls living
in the war-ridden countries will be
needed at home to till the soil while
their fathers and brothers are oft to
the front. .Besides, the ships of the
v American lines are the only vessels
reaching this port. This means that
there will be a marked falling off in
every type of foreigner, except those
who are able to reach the English
ports.
The cases of those who do come
FRUIT-PICKING DEVICE
To simplify the work of gathering
fruit which does not necessarily re
quire hand picking, a canvas apron
device has been Invented which in
appearance Is similar to a large um
brella. The device is described In
Popular Mechanics Magaslne. It is
so arranged that It may be placed
about the trunk of. a tree, forming a
funnel Into 'which apples or oranges
are caught as s. tree; is shaken. In
Where Courtships Are Long.
. Young ladles In Russia are not at
all averse to long engagements, and
use all sorts of artifices to stave off
the wedding day as long at possible,
but in no country in the world are
courtships so abnormally long as in
Bohemia, where engagements com
monly last from fifteen to twenty
years. In fact, there recently died
there, at the age of ninety-nine, an
old man who had been courting for
75 years and who was married on
U death bed. T
from the war-stricken countries are
even more pathetic than usual. They
have perhaps lost their homes in the
ravages of the war and invested their
last savings in purchasing their pas
sages, or they have lost relatives near
and dear in the conflict and have come
here to forget their loss and sufferings.
It Is here that the biggest celebra
tion is held, and here that the sym
pathy extended by the charitable work
ers Is manifested. The others have
been reunited to their friends and are
assured of happy holidays, but these
poor folk are forced to spend the sea
son isolated in the detention house.
Without the cheer, their lives would
indeed be miserable on this day of all
days, 'for they are not permitted to
leave the building, the windows of
which are barred and wherein their
only companions are their fellow immi
grants, many of whom speak different
tongues.
But the gloom is dispelled, and In
stead happiness reigns supreme
throughout the festival time.. There
are two big days Christmas itself,
when a chicken dinner Is served and
fruit and candles distributed to the for
eigners; then, on the following after
noon, a real Yuletlde party is held, in
which representatives of almost every
nationality under the sun usually take
part, i Last year 300 men, women and
children from scores of countries were
the guests of honor. This year the
numbers will not be nearly as largo,
and It is a question If there will be
more than a score or two of immi
grants. All of which means that the festiv
ities and jollification will be on a larg
er scale, for with fewer mouths to feed
and fewer presents to buy It only
stands, to reason that those In charge
can be mors liberal. The entertain
ment usually starts early In the after
noon. The gong Is sounded, and the
Immigrants, escorted by the matrons
and attendants, are brought to the din
ing room, 'Where they take their reg
ular places at the tables.
'When they are all assembled the fun
begins. Notwithstanding the difficulty
of entertaining those of various nation
alities, the performance Is always a
success, for the headllner Is a sleight-of-hand
artist. This is one thing that
interests all at the one time, for
speech is unnecessary. All kinds of
things disappear, to the amazement
and amusement of the onlookers.
Newspapers and rags are transformed
into toys and candles for the children,
the center of the device Is a cloth ar
ranged In such manner as to break
the fall of the fruit as It rolls Into tho
chutes and Is discharged In baskets
or boxes placed on the ground. The
canvas Is supported by radial arms
which may be folded over one side
to permit the device, which Is mount
ed on . a cart,' to be wheeled - be
tween the various rows of trees In an
orchard.
LIVELIER TALKER THAN STEPPER
"Step lively," yelled f conductor to
two old women who were 'Tying to
board a cross-town car at Broadway
and Thirty-fourth street the other day.
"Step lively there, will you?" he called
again. "Step lively, you idiot," an
swered one of the old women, trying
to pull herself up to the step of the
ear. "We look as It we could step
lively now, don't wet Walt . till you
are as old as ws are and see how live
tmpty cups are filled with coffee In
the twinkling of an eye and ice cream
appears on an empty saucer Just as
qulckly-i-that Is, after a cloth has been
placed over the saucer and the mystic
words pronounced. To the foreigners
the magician Is a novelty; they never
tire of his tricks and stunts and greet
the close of his performance with
much applause. The encore brings the
best part of the program, for that has
been carefully saved until the last A
cloth Is stuffed Into a high hat and
when It Is withdrawn, flags of every
natiou appear.
Clowns and pantomime artists per
form stunts for the children, and these
are received with much delight Then
Italian and Polish singers, as well as
those of other nationalities, render na
tional airs and anthems. The immi
grants often oblige by singing the vari
ous songs of their fatherlands. The
program Is generally arranged so that
all will be pleased. It Is true that all
cannot Join In the one chorus, but
those of the different nationalities join
their representative singers in the re
frains of their favorite Christmas
hymns. Interpreters are always on
hand to give any necessary explana
tions. After the concert refreshments are
served and gifts and candy distributed
among the grown-ups. Handkerchiefs
and various other useful presents are
given to the women and cigars to the
men. : .
Then comes the real treat The chil
dren are gathered around the tree and
the gift-filled stockings and the Noah's
Arks and (it her attractive candy boxes
are taken from the branches and dis
tributed among the little ones. It Is
pleasing to watch the Joy on the faces
of these children as they receive their
gifts, and all of them Join together In
examining their stockings and In hav
ing a good time In general
This scene around the Christmas
tree would be hard to equal, tot here
are to be found Italian, Polish. Hun
garian, German, Russian, English,
Scotch and, in fact, the little ones from
every part of Europe.- -Last -year there
was an interesting group of three Hin
du children, who were the pets of the
station.' v -'
If the weather Is not too severe the
children are usually permitted to play
on the roof garden at the close of the
festivities, and there the toys are dis
tributed by the young aids, who assist
the workers. The children have plenty
of room to indulge In the games and
they have the time of their lives. .
What la probably the most Interest
ing feature of the Yuletlde parties la
the fact that the representatives of
every denomination unite with the ma
trons and nurses in lightening the
hearts , and making merry ht immi
grants. A real holiday spirit Is dis
played, tor there Is no distinction of
any kind, either of race, creed or na
tionality. Jews, and Gentiles join in
aiding those from every country, and
in last year's contingent there were
even three stowaways, who had been
taken from a ship on Christmas eve.
Neck and Neck.
Would-Be Hunter Here I am, tied
to my desk, during the hunting season.
Wish I waff a young bachelor minister
just after Christmas!
His Friend Elucidate?
W. B. H. Oh. I might be able to ex
change some of the ties. Albany Ar
gus. The Idea.
"I see where very clever dog. is
the star of a play, lately produced." 1
"t suppose they did that to make It
a howling success."
ly you will step; but you will never
live to be so old. The tool killer will
get you long before then." New York
Times.
Dally Thought
The golden moments in the stream
ot life rush past us. and we see noth
ing but sand; the angels come to visit
us, and we only know then when they
are goas.-cQeorge Eliot
ONLYREUMS ARE PRESENT
No Fuss and Feathers at the Wilson
Wedding Bride le Attended by
Sister Spend Honeymoon
In the' South.
Washington, Dec. 18. Official and
social circles here never saw a more
quiet wedding than tho nuptials, of
President Wilson and Mrs. Edith
Boiling Gait, this evening, in the un
pretentious Gait home at 1308 Twen
tieth street
Only members of the Immediate
families witnessed ' the ceremony.
William G. McAdoo was the only cab
inet officer present, and he was there
as the husband of the president's
yonnarnat daughter. Rvm with the
limited number of guests, the house
was packed, for both bride and bride
groom have many close relatives,
The bride was attended by her sis
ter, Miss Bertha Boiling of this city.
She was attired in a traveling costume
and carried a magnificent bouquet of
orchids. As a selected orchestra
from the Marine band played the wed
ding march she met the president in
the hallway outside the parlors and
together they went slowly down to the
great altar of flowers erected at the
c&st end cf the rooms. The wedding
ring used was a plain gold circlet
marked with the Initials of the bride
and bridegroom.
- Keep Hour a 8eeret.
In order to avoid the crowds of curi
ous folk in Washington the hour of
the wedding was kept secret until late
President and
In the day. The plan worked with fair
success and the police had no trouble
In handling the few hundred men,
women and children who pressed
eagerly in the streets near the Gait
Home.
As soon as the ceremony was over
and the bride had been saluted by
those present In the accustomed fash
Ion, while the smiling groom received
congratulations, the newly-weds sped
away in a big White House automobile
to the Union station and took a train
to the South for their honeymoon. It
they told anybody their destination
that person kept his secret well. It
is reported from family circles, how
ever, that the couple will be away un
til the first week In January.
They must be back In Washington
by -January 7,' though, because on that
data the president and Mrs. Wilson
will act as host and hostess at a great
reception to be given In the White
House for the Pan-American repre
sentatives at the national capital.
Moreover, congress will have recon
vened, after the holiday season, and
Mr. Wilson will have to be back at
hi desk. ,,: .
Only Relatives Are Present
Among those present -at the cere
mony were: Mis Margaret Wilson,
the president' eldest daughter; Mrs.
Francis Bowes Sayre of Williams
town, Mass., the president' second
daughter; Mrs. William G. McAdoo,
the president's foungest child; Mrs.
Anne Howe of Philadelphia, the presi
dent's sister; Joseph R. Wilson of Bal
timore, the president's brother, and
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, the pres
ident's cousin.
The bride, who before her marriage
to Norman Gait was Miss Edith Boll-
Shrlne Saved From Destruction.
In 1871, during the commune, Notre
Dame cathedral, famed the world over,
was menaced with grave dangers ow
ing to the fury of the communists,
who, having effected an entrance, col
lected all the available chairs and
other combustible material and, piling
it in a huge bonfire, drenched with
oil, in the center ot the choir, attempt
ed to destroy the cathedral by fire.
The svil designs ot the incendiaries
were, however, happily frustrated by
the arrival of the National guard. '
Cramped Quarters.
"This flat la very small to live In,"
aimed the bride.
"Well, my dear, we have folding
furniture of all sorts. And well Just
have to keep folded In each other'
anna"
Very Annoying.
"How perverse children are."
How nowr
"I admire the dialect In which chil
dren's poems and stories are written,
but none ot my children would over
talk lf
ing of Virginia, was well represented
with kinsmen and kinswomen. She
and her mother, Mrs. William H. Boil
ing, have lived together tor several
years, and Mrs. Boiling, of course, was
tho dowager queen of the occasion.
The bride's sisters, Miss Bertha
Boiling of Washington and Mrs. H. H.
Maury i ot. Anntstnn.. Ala., end he?
brothers, John Randolph Boiling,
Richard W. Boiling, Julian B. Boiling,
all of Washington; R. E. Boiling of
Panama and Dr. W. A. Boiling of
Louisville, Ky attended the cere
mony. It will be remembered that Miss
Margaret Wilson and Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones really brought about
the romance ot the president and his
bride. During the first Mrs. Wilson's
last Illness Mis Bones was almost
constantly at her side. The vigil was
tedious and wearing, and alter Mrs.
Wilson's death Miss Bones was in
such frail health herself that Dr.
Carey Grayson, family friend and
White House physician, was much
worried. He urged Miss Bones to take
long walks and Miss Bones did so,
accompanied by her widow friend,
Mrs. Norman Gait, who also enjoyed
journeys afoot
Friendship Ripens Into Love.
By- and by, Miss Bones Introduced
Miss Wilson and Mrs. Gait, and the
friendship of these two soon became
intimate. In the natural course of
events Mrs. Gait took luncheon now
and then with her chums in the
White House and it wasn't long be
fore the president was enjoying Mrs.
Gait's charm.
Mr. Wilson Is the sixth president of
the United States to marry a widow.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Fill
more and Benjamin Harrison were his
predecessors in this sort of a union,
but In not more than one or two cases
was the widow the second wife as in
this case. John Tyler and Theodore
hocsevelt Umrried twice, but their
second wives had not been wedded be
fore. It is scarcely necessary to recall
George Washington's marriage. The
world knows of his courtship, engage
ment and espousal. His love was the
"Widow Custls." Thomas Jefferson.
Mrs. Wilson.
at the home of a friend, John Wayles,
met Martha Skelton, Wayles' widowed
daughter. She wa a beautiful wom
an, much sought after, but Jefferson
finally won her heart
Perhaps Dolly. Madison, wife ot
President James , Madison, is best
known generally to Americans of all
generations next to Martha Washing
ton. v John Tyler' Romance.:
John Tyler was twice married, the
second time while he was president
His first wife wa Letltia Christian,
who belonged to one of the old fami
lies of Virginia. Mrs. Tyler bore the
president nine children. Just before
her husband was elected vice presi
dent of the United States she suffered
a stroke of paralysis and a short time
after he succeeded William Henry
Harrison a president she died In the
White House.
The second winter after her death
the president met Julia, the daughter
ot a Mr. Gardiner, who lived on one of
the islands In Long Island sound.
The president tell desperately In love
he wooed as a youth of twenty
would woo, Impetuously and roman
tically.,. It wasn't a great while before
they were engagod and a short tima
later they were married quietly at the
Church of the Ascension In New
York city.
Grover Cleveland did not marry un
til fairly late In life. Then he fell In
love with France Folsom, the daugh
ter of hi law partner. She wa a
girl whom he had known fronf early
childhood there was a time when
he called him "Uncle Cleve." Mr.
Cleveland and Mis Folsom were
wedded in the famous Blue room at
'the White House.
Where He Belongs.
"Robert, our son ha been arrested
for going forty mile an hour and
wants us to ball him out!"
"Huh! if he can't go any faster than
ttat let the piker stay In Jail'" Judra.
f
Prisons Do Lime.
"Now, my man, would yon rather
go to our state penitentiary or to the
county Jail?
"I dunno, yer honor. I'm a stranger
In these parts. What' the course of
study at yer penitentiary?"
Degree of Content
Content 1 a greatly overrated vir
tue. It 1 a kind of diluted despair;
It is the feeling with which we con
tinue to accept substitutes, without
striving tor the realities. . . . There
are time when a man should be con
tent with what he has, but never with
what he is. Jordan.
That Would Be Different
"His wife trusts him implicitly."
"Yes. but It ah was running a gro
cery store ah wouldn't" Detroit
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County Leads In Mining.
In metal Shasta . county has long
been in a class by itself, leading all
other counties in California for tho
past eighteen years. The official statis
tics from 1897 the year when her
great sulphide ore bodies were first
exploited to 1914 (last year estimat
ed) credit the county with a total out
put of $99,144,777, or an average of
over $5,608,000 per year.
Dr. B. F. Jackson.Celebrated Physician,
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Very Unkind.
"Sometimes I think," he began.
"But not often, I suppose," inter
rupted the rude girl.
Time Improves most things, except
women; they, ot course, have been
perfect from the beginning.
It take awlse man to pick a fool
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