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Whatthe Clmos Smy "Do~ Coed2 Dc) GOOd " They RMEg Outo 0 OW plainly the - Ciristmas chimes4seeml to ring out to all, both rich1 Iind poor: "Ye vho would he trily hop py, do good, do good! Live not for yourselves, for 1thre 4 is no joy In self. shness. IDispel tih grief 1an1(1 .1lt you see everywhoe arollnd you. Give freely of whalt you have an1d thereby laly up1 tienlsure.'s iI heliven." Tt11 11chlne 0the hells. anid he who heeds their solemn II warnh!g w hile mue* rily they ring mnay have hisIx Christluas blessing if le wIll. Happiness: It Is a1 divinle gift, and manl Is godlike. if ever. wheni he illis som0e1 hnlnian heart witih joy. What was It but a latibleIL desre to render all maneind joyfuli at Christ 11111 which imttpelled People il (lhe old en timhe to open their Ihom1es an11d their hearts as ' ,ell to all ailikO at Ohrist was that all might enter and Siare the Christimias feast'/ Friend or stranger, it mattered not, tihe master weloomed all, and all men who would partook of his bounty. No man sat down alone beside his Christmas fire, wrapped In his owli selfilshness and careless of others' comfort. No; the great Yule log was brought with pomp.and multc rejoicing from the wildwood, a mighty fire Was kindled upon the Irearth, and tle whole neighborhood gathered around to .share the genial warmth, while bright eyes danced with glee as the Christm1as boughs cracked Itmerdi ly in the r'uddy blaze. Tlie flush of joy was onl every celiek. and every honest heairt throbbed wvlt Ii gratitude and lomiely pleastures. Tlie wNassanll howl went round, lih1110 eArols were sttig. and Inerry Ikds and a111idns lainecdl uinder the isthiletoe boughs. ChrIstms1111side, wItel was alIso called Yuleilde, l1aled it for: night. In(l every body hod leIsure t'o "I il n 11111 il the Christmaus revels endaedl withI the illasques, tve Iys a11 le 11111 frolies of Twelfth I Night. But nowilaays how tliIgs ire challnged! Even the wreek hot weenl .I Chist limas andii New Year's is full of indulstr'y, and( few are those who dlevote aill their time to en joymlent. The11 great hiearthistones of ancestral halls have (disappeared. There are no0 wide chine~y nooks wherein the brownies maty lurk in cozy comIIfort, and1( heaven nly kn'11iows where our 1)ena1tes ideal-perhtaps in the pilanO box or up in the chandeliers. A Christ mas1 cutstoml of ours and tile 0110 possessing tile greatest anitiqity is that oIf pr4eentinug play13s the ev'ening of the 24th of Decemuber. This was first nlotleed in the. west of England. F"or several hundred years "St. George and1( the D)ragon" was the most pophilar. Tile acotors. atlways chIldren, wer~e fain talsticatlly drlessed and1( decorated with ribbons, ~ -!ghtiy colored paper and wooden swourds. Tihe tiieme was war anid love. There were debate, battle, death anRd mimicry an1d a1 physiciant ever ready to -restore the dead to life. Tils custonm sprang from tihe ancdien~t crusaders, conlsequently thle feats of chIvalry and the romantic extrava gance of knight errantry that are pre served to thIs day In a modfied do gree, 'Masking, which is practiced to some extenlt amt1ong Scotchmen, is derived from tile Rlomani Saturnalia, wheni peo pie disguised thlemselv'es anil practiced tricks uiponi theIr neighbors. This is now but scantily indulged in, but such of it as exists has been preserved since the fifth or sixth cenltury. Thme Survey of London mentionls a splen did "mummerie'' whlich wvas performed by tile ettizenis In htonor of P'rince Ilichard, so of the Black Prince, in the year 1 V,. WeVo I t hear v'ery muchl nowvadays about the lord of misrule or the waits, but both are rememnbered. The former had license to do everythIng lhe could think of to keep uip the jollIty during the "twelvo days," arnd tile latter re ferred to wandering minstrels, who serenaded houses and waited until food and wine or, more acceptable, money was bestowed upon them. Our games on Christmas night of cards, billiards, shuffleboard, mui-i clans, dancing and the tales that are told of knIghts, ladies, lovers, queens, kings. gIants, dwarfs, wItches, fairies, goblIns antd the rest were played and indulged In so long ago that the re motest historian has been unable to ascertain the correct date of their be ginning. The Cfity's Cbhahmas Tree. A woman, they say, thought of the first community Christmag tree. It was erected in Madison square, in New York city. There was something stimulating, something highly Infec tious, in t idea, for now cities and villages alover America are erecting Christmas trees in their public squares, says the Delineator. They are wonderful. things, these community Christmas trees, not for their beauty alone, but for the spirit they arouse in the towns where they are found. They are the village center for Christmas joy. Christmes services, without sectarian barriers, are held about them. Christmas carols are sung at their bases. 'None so poor or so world worn -or so hurried but lie must see, must thrill with friend and stranger allk6 to this tree for. all the world. It brings the child in the manger to every soul in the com munity. The Christmas trea is essentially a symbol of the north aund of the home. Yet it is inextricably blended in our minds with our faith, which is desert bred. Most of the great religions of the world were born of some solitary spirit who sought the lonely sand waste and there wrought, out that which inade the desert of his soul "blossom like the rose." Ile who gave us the great faith went again and again out into the burning yellow barrens, where the tender, brooding, violet. sky awaited him; where all the desert' world, so fenrful in its unadoriniment, so over wheliing in its solitude, founfi focused in him all its pulsing radianlle, as though in hin were centered the heart heat of the universe. In t he verdure less, sand driven, star hung desert the lnhe withl his listening Car ieard, with his dreainig eyes saw, with his tirobbing heart felt. the falith that turnetI! iten's fces forever fron the clod to (he eross. Why, thonl. should the fr tree stand In oIr 1 im iiIc square, sign 1and11 syilhol of tiltt desert birt h? Whate ver its phIlysiea , l history. why should breathbless thousalds, hungry of bod1y or ol' spirit, lookinig 'I the groat pine tree hung with electric bulbs, Nicked by sky scrapers, topiied by sinoke. find In its incoherent beauty (lie urge set in mo tion by the desert bred Babe? One would have said of the home Christmas'trees that, after till, it was the gifts that gave then their glamour. There are io gifts on the community Christmas trees, yet thousands and thousands of us look on them with the thrill that belongs to faith alone. One wonders why. Perhaps this Is the reason: The com inunity Christmas tree symbolizes that which the home Christmas tree does not. It symbolizes Christmas for all the world. It means that-the dawn of real brotherho d is tinting our horizon. It means, hiil'imrfleularly this Christ mlas It ineans, liat inl spite qf poverty 1111d bloodslied, lin spite of g'reed and despair, here nre in increasing num hers in the vorld those vho vould sha.r1e0 with the worid all (hat sncred beauity 11nd4 h !%-! fhi re the luul1vid nal's holy of holies. (he iiost difflicult of all onte's spiritual riches to share. It Is the symbol of green forest beau ty, or the druid's wild faith, of tile Teutont's largess and l ways or giviig, giving. Not strange tht forever in our miids it should be iisepariablle from th bilrtldly of him who gave suiplreile ly; not strange, but utterly soul Ant isfying, thant fInally we have joined ouri t hands and~ placed thle Christnmizs tree In the market place--symbol that, at last, mani may give himself to man. "God ble.'s us!" said Tiny Tim on Chirlstmas dlay. "Godl bless us' every one!" .Dickens dr(teame of a Christ mans festival thant shlouldi belong to all. Ills Tfiny Tim, lme aiid wistful, might hauve foreshadowed tho joy starved worldl that no0w crowds hround the market place tree, sayling as lie said, "God bless us every one!" Washington's City Christmas. "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men." This sentence, blazinig firom a b~ril liantly lIghted electic placard raised almost to (lie dome of the capItol, re tlected the predominan t sentient of thousands who assembled at (lie capitol lplaza to celebrate Washington's "corn mtunity Chiristmias." A giant Norway spruce, illumninated wvith gliminering red, whito and blue electric bulbs; tihe Marine band, a lingo electric star of the east and a chorus of 1,000 singers, withi (lie capitol itself outlined as the btackground against (lie (lark curtain of the sky, made a scene of impressive beauty. -Tableaux repr'esent(Ing the story of the Nativity were presented in the improvised amphitheater. Ini (lie audienice wvere many men iand wom en well known throughout the country, includIng high government officials. ~VE ChristmaB Cime When grandpa sits a-reading in his big, old rocking chair, I creep along so quiet-i ket and Junmp an4 pull 'is hair, fnit then he Jurmps and hollers es if ht's scart to death And acts like hbt ain't goi' to ever qet 'is breath. But I 'list hu iad hiss '1rM and laugh up ir 'Is face And say. "Grandpa, you can't read now 'Cause you 'ist lost the place." Then purty soot) he'll sit up straight and say he guessed he'd know 1'd .want to hear 'bout Santa Claus a-comin' through the sq6w. Then a-looki' out tfy windlow, where it's awful clark and still, He says it's miqhty lonesorme away out or) the hill. And- sometimes 'at there's rob bers wot steals Most half thye toys, Anl thyat's 'ist why they ain't none fer sorme poor little boys. And r grandpa says it's funroy, but it's a'ways most the vase, They rOever talke the ri) boys' toys, but leaves 'ern it) their place. Aucl wtbep oli Santa turos around ano sees wot they tipas done He ain't qot pothir,' Izft at all for thbe poor little orpt)an ope. But grandpa says it ain't so long 'fore Santa 'I] take 'is trip A0d travel round at Christmas tirme 0I a great biq airship, ArdJ 'at '41 make 'in happy, fer he'll bring a big lot More haod stop at some boys' houses 'at he'd never been Mcfore. -Wtry G. Burns. Pay up your subscription 'now and help a friend in the auto contest. His Capacity. "Do you know, 1111 would be awfully helpful to the Germans on the front." "H1ow so?" "They might jiust got him to talking about his fishing exploits when they wero filling their gas bonbs." 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