The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 23, 1913, Page 2, Image 2
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THE CHRIST CHILD'S MANGEF
Pretty but Obsolescent Feature of tf
Latin Christmas.
All through the Italian ami tlumri
rlan quarters in New York city uiay I
found traces of the manger at Chris
mas time. The Italians call it tl
"presepio." which means manger; tl
Hungarians the "Bethlehem."
The manger Is an exceedingly ol
and interesting devotion in theCathol
countries of south Europe. St. Franc
of Assisi, who was born in 11S2. i
troduced It Into Italy, and it is still tl
sign of Christmas in south Italy, i
much as holly In the windows is tl
sign of it in New York, it is not mat
years since a carpentot could not I
had for weeks before Christmas in N
pies or Rome. They were all busy pu
tlug up mangers In the houses of tl
quality, while the poorer folk we
busy fabricating their own.
This quaint old devotion is fadli
out of the cities of the mainland, hi
In conservative Sicily it remains in fi
force. Every family there still erects i
presepio some time from the 1st to tl
15th of December. It is not a lining*
alone, but a whole mountain side, mm
of the rough, flexible bark of the coi
tree. Peaks and crags and preciplci
abound, with winding trails, housi
and castles of colored cardboards, fc
ests of evergreen twigs and soiiietinn
tiny pipes to furnish brooks and lake
in tlie center is the grotto, with tl
holy family within, surronndei b\ i!
< attle. A sky of bine paper is stretc
t il above, with tin* star of It tlilebe
upon it. Over thy 11 i 11 ^ mint- sliephcri
henrinjr Rifts to tlio infnnl. :uul. 11lotii
tlie> are in Sicilian ostuiiu' .1 ixl cart
Rood Sicilian choose and winy up<
their donkeys, tli?>\ are all the tno
intcivstiiiR for that.
Sometimes the prosopio tills only
corner, soinotlines the whole side of
room, according to the means of tl
ltriug (lie
SANT.
THEY will I
ENTIRE ST
prevail this (
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THE LAS
. family. It is Copt year after year un'
til worn out. hut It needs to be fresh- J
(MiihI up eaeli year, always a welcome ;
'? task to the mother ami daughters of |
' the house.
! A REAL SANTA CLAUS.
i ^*^ANTA ("LAI'S. I tinim for you y
,L> | I ^1 I |ty the mantel stoekiliK* two?
| To another l???\ I know J
There's a chimney In the town Vgr
'c You have never traveled down iBr
is Should you chance to enter there
I,. You would tlnd a room all bare: gri^^
Not a stocking could you spy. Aflfl
Matter not how you might try.
,s And the shoes you'd llnd are such
to : As no boy would cnro for much. **
In a broken bed you'd see I j JKm2:
Some one lust about like me II
si* Dreaming of the pretty toys II ^^^1
it- Which you bring to other boys. 11
K, And to him a Christmas seems II
^ Merry only In his dreams. II
All he dreams, then. Santa Claus, \\,
,,, * Stuff the stockings with, because VU
. ii'ii It's tilled up to the hrltn u\AmlPK
'?e Santa Claus to him!
'II Z ?Frank Pempster Sherman.
"' CHRISTMAS TIME. M
'"r w?v ICAt'S and good will toward men!
If I J Itlfst Christmas time
rk I That brings to famished thousands |
?8 ^ a meal. MRm ?
While even those. Immured In cells.
>r- From others?make their livelihood In Xfc
Now sit at tables with the best of fare. r '
Children, unused to luxuries and Joys. &
u> Now have abundance, are e'en blessed K|jlpy'-'>
sick, his family hungry, cold
' Is now reineiiiht t ed; wood and coal antl
y ' \inl Hour and meal and fowl to him are
( ' H> them that know the genuine use ol
Whose eyes have seen the shepherds watch
a I hy night.
.. | Who've read the Sermon on the Mount i
aright. I
?Edward S Creamer In Brooklyn Kagl*.
C liilclroii io Moo HDB
A CLAUS jj
)e GL* D to see HIM and
OCK of MERCHANDISE.
entire month. It's JUST WHA
m A ? f*1A I * i
IMS COATS "'ow"?
Check 1 lorn
itest 9tyles, $10.00 values
Underwear 1
$3.95
Full 1
rESTIN Jf-1 1*01*1
es Skirts SKK<
W Values 81
s tyi\ woo
) 71 JBliA
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CHRISTMAS SPECIALS IN M
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REPARING FOR SANTA -cu'
? Scrooj
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so will YOU. for HE has REE
Here are a FEW of the MAR
T YOU WANT-The RIGHT GOODS at tli
eting 3^C Knickerbocker 4
A / Pants for Bovs | Hf
lespun 4//2C
A. t m a M. > M w
Outing 7Hc ^inlw - "
Men's I*uii( s <S9c
I lit* ol
, i N s, Men's Suits
G i:s , r
, all wool, $12.50 valu(
id
LENS Reduced to $7.9J
IGHT PRICE Ccme and get one.
a. >
OK for the POINTING Finger
2ADS THE WAY
re You Get the BIGGEST BA
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.'hrltluiim Not a Humbug. | more nre n do:
riatuii'K a humbug, nude?" sahl J Into renewed
:e'i? nephew. "You don i mean > combine lo to
I ui sure." mosphere. to
o." said Scrooge "Merry Christ- nephew said. "
Out upon Merry Christmas.' itable, pleasant
s Christmas time for you hut a the long ealeti
or paying bills without money, a men and wome
or tiudlug yourself a yeur older to open their s
ot an hour richer, a time for bal- to think of pt
t your books and having every they really we
n 'em through a round dozen of the grave and t
is presented dead against you? ores hound on
Wild work my will every Idiot
goes about with 'Merry Christ |M| E
in his lips should be liolled with | ,
vu pudding and burled with a j Por StOlTI
of holly through In. heart. He I ??
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innny yours since tbe conversion Dor't take med
I Scrooge from the error of his
by the three ghosts of Christmas d'ges the food that
Don t vm*> nut a
Christmas present and Christmas always serious data
> come, it i? many more years Sfknif/ouhS'o
the tirst Christmas anthem rang taken in time.
Don t go around
diant in the hush of an expectant caused by a dlaonlc
Ltht hour over the plains of Pal- ^TfyJu'areVstS
And yet. in spite of the years cannot be helped.
yours have been r
ieir message to the world, there Stomach Remedy.
klst those unfortunate souls who. catiuihal'condit'ion
ie wretched Bbenezer. call Christ- Remedy not only
but allays the chr
i humbug and lose siglit of the in rendering the ei
, . ... , tract antiseptic, on
)irlt and joy of the day. veloua success.
ristnins a humbug!" one is moved Don't suffer co
_ allow your stomacl:
claim with old Scrooge's indtg- j mine your health.
. .. . , _ . . I case may be or holephew
No. not a humbug, but ,josc 0f Mayr's
It of good cheer, of kindly |ni ! Bhould convince yo
I health again. May
. of generous giving, if hearts are has been taken ui
. ., ,, , ,. Members of Conn
I ami sympathies iillowtMi tree! court Educator*,
if evnieism is barred and pessi- I p'>< tors, Druggis
I'riosts, Ministers,
nliilosoiili v banished to the lint- walks of life.
nil unpleasantness. Koi the very Aihn'.'llt!'to oc^l
e ?>f the spirit of Christinas Is Chicago, ill...
f kindliness, of affection. I'or Sale In La
.... , ... . .... caster lMiarnu
n the dame of the real spirit of store
tuna la dim or nltmrotlmr .1.1
>UCED tbe PRICES i
JY LOW PRICES wh
ie RIGHT TIME and at RIGH
Ladies Coat Suits
$12.50 Value
$6.48
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Teddy Bear
Jj|| COATS
tor l.liiidreii
) colors
> tfJP $L39
ISTMAS SPECIALS IN 4|
! Educator gS
Shoes ^
FOR MEN
Over Our DOOR.
RGAIN for the LEAS
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/.on ways of fanning It j
life. So many things Hi
sicr the Christmas at- ]
make It. ns Scrooge's j
a kind, forgiving, char- |
time, the only time In
dnr of the year when
11 seem, by one consent.
runup uearts rreeiy nnu
tuple below them ns If
re fellow pnsseugcrs to
lot another race of crea*
other lonrnevB "
PONTES *
tach and Liver
ifferers
Heine for your Stomach oil*
on and night. as usually such
: temporary relief and simply
luppcns to Ih* in the Stomach,
surgical o|M?ration. There is
ter in operations and In many
Liver and Intestinal Ailments
voided if the right remedy is
I with a foul smelling breath
red Stomach and Liver, to ths
e you come in contact with,
mnch Sufferer don't think you
probably worse cases than
cstored by Mayr's Wonderful
Iments arc mainly causer! by a
Mayr's Wonderful Stomach
removes tlie catarrhal mucoul '
onic inflammation and ussistl
Uire alimentary and intestinal
<i this is the secret of its mar*
nstant pain am! ncony and
i ailments to ufcysically undrtr- at
No matter now severe yA V
iv lonR you liave suffered -< wH
Wonderful Stomach Remedy
11 ill it you can 1h- restored tc KB
r's Wonderful Stomach Remedy
id is hiitldy recommended by
ress. Justice of the Supreme H
Lawyers, Merchants, Hankers
ts. Nurses. Manufacturers
Farmers and people in all
vatuahle booklet on Stomacl
II. Mayr, 151-150 Whiting St.
ucaster, S. O., by banicy,
the Corner Drug
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of OUR
iich will j,
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