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Representing the virgin. nc
an u mother, but as the a
powerful queen of the heat
ens, descending from cloud
which are themselves composed o
thousands of cherubs, Raphael's Mi
donna dl San Sisto, more commoiil
known as the Sistlne Madonna, rank;
by universal consent, as the greater
painting in the world.
In the Virgin's arms there Is th
Christ Child, whose thoughtful eye
make it appear that lie is fully cot
clous of his destlnv as Saviour of ?b
world On either side St. Sixtns II
and St Catherine kneel in adora
tion of the queen of the heavens am
the Christ Child. St. Catherine i
looking down at the two cherubs, whit I
form the base of the picture and whirl
are familiar In popular reproductions
Sixtns II. was bishop of Rome fron
2r?7 to 'JoS A. I >. and was martyred tin
dor Valerian.
Raphael Sanzio or Santl was lion
in 1^11, and ibis picture, his master
piece. was completed two years befon
bin death in 1.720 Thu- the artist vti
thirty live years ohl when the givates
picture of ell times was completed I
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I CHRISTMAS IN :
I O I HER LANDS. J
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Man.v American children ol I'oreig
parentage know something ol Christ
mas customs in fit least one Kuropea
country, having been told by tliei
elders, but for the most p:irt our bo.\
and girls know little of the day exce|
In their own hind.
In Spain it is the custom to let out ti
prison many of the short time prism
ers on Christmas eve. also to permit
few of the soldiers to go home on fin
lough. Only blood relations eat in tli
house on Christmas eve or Christum
day. It Is a general belief that er
midnight on Christmas eve the Vlrgi
comes, bearing a blessing. There is
ni!rlltl?rlit inn oo 111 t lilt /l li II mil ou on
other masses follow.
A few years ago in Kngland It wi
the custom after the Christmas (limn
to pull 1 ton I ion crackers ami to wes
the grotesfpie caps itnd musks th.
came with them In other ways tl
celebration is very much as with us
Good cheer is the rule in IreJnnd. ai
holly ami Ivy are seen on every linn
A midnight mass is celebrated, ai
masses follow through the night ai
morning, all of which ate largely n
tended The religious element predoi
inntes. Rich and poor alike have goo
jfor their Christmas dinner. The di
following Christmas is devoted to at
letics, fun and frolic.
The celebration of Christmas is n
general in Japan, yet the Nippone
have a Snnta Clans of their own. I
lit the god Hotel, and ho Is siipjmsi
to give good things to the children n
on one day alone, hut the year aroun
Christmas Fortune Telling.
Bachelors and spinsters in liohem
desirous of seeing the features of thf
future matrlinoiiial mate cut a hole
the Ice of ? river or pond at mklnlg
of Christmas eve and peer Into tl
black water beneath. It Is the hell
that the face of the one the expo:
menter la to marry will then becon
visible as In a mirror. A comblnath
of faith and imagination Is necessa
to make the spelt work successfully.
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THE
nc Madonna. MY
Ts';
i wan his Inst Madonna. altbougn ne
11 painted others prior to this time. The
r- Madonna was the favorite theme of ^
Is painters in the renaissance era in Italy,
i starting wiiii i- m Angelico, Kra Bari
tolommeo and others of tLe first painty
or a in tliis period and reaching its jjliw'
4. height with the completion of the, BR j\
t Sistinv Madonna by Itaphael.
This Madonna was painted as an altar t;
0 piece for tlie church of San Sisto at
s I'iuccnza In 1T.VI it was purchased by H\S
1 ttic oil-tor Augustus III. from the ITm ,
e Itoiiodu tiue monastery and is no-.v the IjjJV/ j
[. property of the Koyal gallery at I>res- 111^^1
I Itaphael, the art.sr. died of a fever at 1// '
s Kome when luit thirty seven years old * I,
i Ile was the son of an artist and studied <
i at one time under I'erngiiio In l.oiM /
Itaphael went to live In 1' oretiee. where
i most of his Madonnas were painted. I
Hi-- fame rapidly spread until he was K\
< il ed t" Koine to (|e> ar; te the Vatican L.,
i Toward the end of hi, life, about the
time the Sistlne Madonna was coin- fj
pleted. the artist developed Ids own I y
- -(vie and did h s gi.ale , work A-dde
t fr au his ability to paint. Itaphael was
I a t. ei teil architect L I
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1 $ CHRISTMAS IN I }
jj | BETHLEHEM. |
1 have
i, I No place hi all the world has a * bases
i ....... .. --- fur 1MII
I : ?. 'niri imnr>i 111 i ur * iiiixiu.is mm- - - i i
n s<ui I tinii Itcthlohein The normal pop- '
r ; illation uf tlu* town when- t'lirlst was H v
s j born in loss than r?.<km?. hut during
,t ! ('liristinns week It becomes a great thanke
ci)siiio|)iilitaii center of ."Vo.ooo or tiO.(MN) "Slial
,( j souls, all eager to |?a.v homage to the "sked <
, j place hallowed hy the Savionr's birth. '
u I In Hethlchom people are brought face with.
r to face with the wonderful scenes "And
lt. which are but feebly known to the rest a,0
ls ! of the world. Here they may see the "No.
e i place where the three wise men of the w
l( ! east halted after their long Journey ' had <
,i | Here they worship the shrine inclosing fore tli
(l , the manger in which Christ was born, spirits
They walk along the same road fob 'he
ls lowed by the Virgin Mary in Iter Jour little li
>r ney to the ancient city. They see "I'd flu
ir buildings and ruins which the eyes of said. "
(j the infant (iirist rested upon. The will yo
1(> tiny city, crescent shaped and beauti As I
fill to look upon, teems with the real- Antii
I itles which the rest of the world cele I
. brutes. the do
d i
,d |,n'M"
"i| IN FRENCH CHURCHES.
i "Thl
Christmas Mass Always Well Attend- What":
aH Survir.Ai A r? I Inmn*
? ? was r<
l>' In Paris Christmas day Is kept as a | u.
h- religious festival, and many who nevei s<> so
dream of going to church on any othei thougl
day In the year mnko It a point of at- "l.oc
se tending mass on le Jour de Noel, and "You'r
1? the blaze of the tapers fa lip on crowd- s,,ch f
ed congregations, men, women and Strang
"t children, kneeling, sitting and stand- UR ftn(
Ing In the wide area of the Madeleine cnn pr
and Notre Dame. for It
Midnight mass Is held on Christmas All '
eve. A waxen Image of the Infant and tl
"lr Saviour Ilea upon a little hutch of real and tl
,n strnw In a cave built of miniature Ah,
stones The Virgin mother kneels over j not
,ie the child, and to quote a verso from no Ion
one of the quaintest old carols: the fu
r'~ St. Joseph, too, Is near to guard the child, Ood, 1
aft To watch him and protect hla mother Annie
jn I mild. I
ry Often the three wise men are add it;, *? |,n
bearing offerings In their bands.
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LANCASTER NEWS, DECEME
LONELY IPS
CHRISTMAS
here?can there be?a man mora
nely than one returned from a
>lony who has been out of his
utive land for twenty years and
back when his parents are dead.
I friends dispersed and the old
as passed to other occupants? i
an liis loneliness be more emh1
than when his return syn:es
with Christmas?
mi..., i I
my ohl boiue. I was back?not MB
10, for I bad no bome now. My
begun to fall me. my spirits to
. when I reached the little connaii
near which I was born. I j
deed depressed. I would hasten j
rooms 1 bad taken in a bouse 1
town and spend my Christmas BMP
lb a pipe and a glass?alone.
I done well in the big world and
turned not a rich man. but with
jctencc. It had been my wish,
ibltiou. to settle in the village
ivliieh clung all my sweetest and
thoughts. But now?could It be?
walked back to my lodgings
h the street and by the market
oiks were hurrying in all direcaild
the very atinosphere wus
itli ttio spirit of Christmas,
pursued my way I saw a tall,
irl walk III); before me with a
on her arm. I noticed that the
had come out and that the conwere
falling on the pavement.
; she was unaware. I stopped,
up a little woolly lamb, then
ing wrapped in paper?a silver
>ox.
priii); theiu together, 1 ran after
I and stopped her.
use me." said I. "Are you a feiop
o' my thumb, dropping towhereby
your track may lie
wed what I had collected. She
and thanked me. Then I recI
her as my landlady's daughter,
must allow me to tie my handf
around the basket and to car
Ul .? '/II. A I't-IIU* t" V* u 111*5
,'ay." I said.
aro very good," she replied,
re altout to have a Christmas
r the children this evening, and
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SAID llll IU?V, "IS FOIC ?IL
W II AT S-H IS N A ME."
I??*? !> making some trilling pur- '
tor iiia brothers and sistci*s and
hi and inaiiiiua."
we pro-eeded on our way, and A
it- wi-ni in I>i?- Iiousi- sin- recelv- *
basket from nn- and agaiu ^
d nn-.
I you la? dining out tomorrow?"
:he ?irI.
nli, no. 1 have no one to dine
1 know no one here."
this evening-shall you he go;
where?"
I have no wherew hit her to go."
e parted. 1 went to my room,
lone with my paper*. I sat boe
tire in a hrowu study, and my
sank lower and even lower,
door opened, and I saw some
ends outside, with golden curls _
shed cheeks, and a child's voice
' I'lease, Mr. Wliat's-your-nnrae, H
u come to our lownstalrs?" ^
u.?ii.iii-ii ilit* i-iiiiu siiin, i'icnse | V I
< ("ill iis til ;tsU y? 111 I
descended aii<I was witness of |||
light <>f the little oiios over their |||
Is. when lip sprang one of the |
>ii a in i plucked from the tree ttie |||
matchbox.
s." said tiie t?oy, "Is for Mr. |||
>4 his name. S'ster Annie said it |||
is moved more than I ran say. 111
me had heen thinking of me. |
i I was only a lodger.
>k here, sir!" said the father. 111
e a stranger In Kngland, and at |
i time as this there must tie no |||
ers. You must really sup with |
1 dine also with us tomorrow. I ||
oinlse you a good plum pudding. i|
Is of Annie's making."
was changed. I wns a stranger, ]||
hey tooK me In. I was lonely, 11
icy made of me a frWid.
If the old home were gone might ;|
build one tlfat was new? I need II
iger live In the pnst, but look to 111
tnre, and next Christmas, please I
I would not be alone that Is. If JII
(but I cannot say) will consent illl
t an end to my loneliness and |
n building up a future. . ~
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