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HAS TONIC EFFECT Christmas Day Pleasures Are of Benefit to People. Mental State Does Everybody Good and Festivity Equals Prescription of Physician.^ CLOSE observers in the ranks of the medical profession have noted one very interesting fact concerning the Christmas season?that it generally has a good tonjc effect upon their pafipnt? Tn pmlnnation of this the London Lancet says that since Christinas lias come to be regarded as a time for good cheer, a universal feeling of contentment and happiness is engendered at this time of Joyousness, routine is for a while relieved, a certain freshness is given to the daily round, differences of opinion are sunk, und a charitable spirit prevails. Is it, by the way, hoping for too much, asks the Lancet, that the season of good fellowship should leave some lusting effect upon the manners and < methods of all? It may not be easy to trace exactly why the sense of exhilaration and well-being comes with the advent of Christmas, for the psychological factors concerned are not simple. But the main point is that the mental state does everybody good, and the annual festivity Is just as excellent an institution as the prescription of the physician which gives tone and vigor to the struggler In life's race. There is no need -nowadays, thanks to the good sense of the people and the counsels of their medical advisers, to moralize about the evils of a stupid indulgence in food, alcohol and tobacco on a festive oc:aslon such as the pres ent. Practically everybody realizes the great physiological advantages of being wise on a merry occasion. Many more persons than formerly feel where^use ends and abuse begins and they act sensibly accordingly; and so far from it being a criipe to make the season festive by enjoying, on a little extended scale perhaps, the creature comforts of life, some decided good Is done to both the mental and physical health of the individual The festive season may, therefore, be welcomed, which brings cheer to thousands, \yhich induces the generous and charitable to brace the mental and physical functions of the community at large, giving it the opportunity of relinquishing its business and Its worries for a time, to start again re? freshed and ready for "the trivial round, the common task." The prescription "A Merry Christmas" is sound so long as the "signature" or gooa sense is observed. if Her Christmas Dolly c f r c c r f r c t c r c r r r - r r r r f Santa Claus' | i Books I ... WHEN the evening shadows gather and the time is eight o'clock You can hear, if you will listen, Mr Sand Man's gentle knock. Then you'd better hustle lively -time your evening prayers were said And each boy and girl well tucked In :h -ir cozy, downy ll"le bed. For when Mr. Sand Man's knocking sounds the signal, you may know Santa Onus is closely watching from his palace built of snow. And tne children that are naughty and don't mind their ma's and pa s Get their names down In the "Bad Book" that Is kept by Santa Claus. Boys wiio never split the kindling, and the girls who always cry When they're asked to wash the dishes? Santa Claus has got his eye On such boys and girls, and watches with a sad and soiry look As he writes each name in sorrow on the pages of his book. And the glri who never hurries, but lets mamma do the work. And the boy who's always scheming all ' - ? - _ V, ? - - /% LM.U I ?- Is IU9 lime tllUI CO lu c-....r? They may think no one pays notice when they dor. t help ma's and pa's But their names are cn the "Bad Book" that Is kept by Santa Claus. But old Santa keeps a "Good Book"?It's the bestest book of all. Where he writes the names of children who are prompt at duty's call, And the boys who upllt the kindling and the gli Is who never shirk But rise early In the morning and help marnn.a with the work; And the boys who never grumble when there's work for them to do. And the girls who help their mammas till the housework is all through? Oh, they needn't ever worry when It's Christmas time, because All their names are in the "Good Book" that is kept by Santa Claus. Is your name down In the "Bad Book?" Well, there Is still a chance for you. And if you will listen to me. I will tell you what to do. Don't act naughty, don't talk rudely, don't be noisy, be polite; Get up early In the morning, and Into bed earls at night Cheerfully perform each duty, do your work before you play. Never put off till tomorrow work that should be done today. If you do these things, dear children. It will please your ma's and pa's. And your names go in the "Good Book" that Is kept by Santa Claua, The santa party How Lots of Christmas Fun May Be Had by Boys' Club. i Tich Lad Provide* One Present, Made by Himself, for Old Kris Kringle's Bag. THE biggest boy in the club Bhould be the Santa Claus. To dress hiin up, borrow a bath robe, and trim it round the collar and cuffs with some old fur. A big fur cap Is the thing for Santa Claus' head, and a great big bag should be provided for him to hang over his shoulder to carry the presents in. A paper mask for Santa can be bought at some small store for about twenty cents, and a big beard can be made of excelsior, tied up so as to stay In place. If the excelsior can be dyed gray all the j better. Each boy In the club shonld pro vide one present for Santa's bag. It would be better if each boy should make the present himself. Good things for such presents are Dean Dags, oaseballs," bats, shinny sticks, tops, marbles, short wooden swords, slings, putty blowers, Jew's-harps, soap-bubble pipes, jack-stones, match-safes, candy, chewing gum, and so on, All the presents for the Santa Claus party should be handed to a commit I tee of three knights, whose duty ii J is to pack them all neatly In Santa I Claus' bag. At the time of the party the members of the club should gather together in the meeting room, and th? E committee may meet in a room neai by with the big boy who Is to be Saute Cluus. They must dress him up am escort him to the club. When Santa p conies in all will rise, and the presl dent will say: "Greeting, Santa Claus; the boy await you." Santa may reply, "Greeting, my chit ^ dren." d Then Santa passes out the presents ^ It Is best for the boys to form a line and for Santa to reach in the bag without looking and pull out the Orel j thing that comes to his hand. The last present In the bag Is Santa ^ Claus'. A good deal of amusement can ^ be had at the party If a committee of Ave boys is chosen to look after the entertainment A good plan is to get 1 up shadow pictures. A sheet is hung v, up neur one end of the room, about five feet from the kail. Behind the A sheet, close to the wall and low down 1 is placed a strong light. The knight;- ' and others who are to be the audlenc- ] all sit in front, and when everythlni is ready all lights except the one b? hind the sheet are put out. The boywho are to make the shadow picture.1 then go between the light and the sheet and cut up all sorts of antics, throwing large shadows on the sheet. If .. tnere IS a Doy wno can muae onu , shadow pictures with his hands he can ;i amuse the club for some time. Another thief that makes fun at a , Santa Claus party may be called , the "boy orator." A large pair of boots Is provided, and the boy orator puts bis arms in these and stands back of a table, so that his booted arms may look like a pair of short legs and he appears to be a funny little man stand- ^ lug on the table. Another boy stands ^ behind him, and puts his arms through n under the orator's arms and makes the w gestures while the orator delivers his c, speech. This can be made very funny j] if the orator learns a good speech and j if the boy who makes the gestures h waves his arms and makes very bad p and inappropriate gestures. It is especiully trying for the orator If the 5 gesturer holds a handkerchief In his v hands and wipes his face occasionally Q or waves it in triumph at inappropriate times.?The Delineator. Present and Future. ' The wise youth prepares fer the future. But during the holiday whirl He should also remember the present I' That's expected by his best girl. j ? -""rrt 1 | Santa Claus Did ' | Come , THAT PESTIFEROUS BOY. "A Merry Christmas, old man. But why are you limping?" "That pestiferous boy of mine set a ateel ttap for Santa Claus. I I Things That S i ^ ^ . V ^ :-^ ^ ^ ^ AFRAID OF SANTA ____ _ Hack Tots at African Mission Make for Place of Safety. 'resents of Apparel and Sweets Bring Confidence to the Men, Women and Kiddies. A N AMUSING story of how Santu A Claus frightened the black clillren at a mission station when he rst appeared to them a few years go, is told by the wife of a ruisslowry stationed at Bailunda, Africa, 'hey had celebrated Christmas at Iinianda before, but they never had had anta Claus; so Mr. Stover, the. misionary, dressed up as good Saint Nick. "He had been padded and powdered nd packed until his own mother rould not have known him.-" Mrs. tover afterward related. "Presently *e gave the signal, the door flew open nd In walked Santa Claus. But. dear ie! What consternation! lie was reeted with shrieks and groans and rles of 'Let me out! It is the evil ne. It Is the day of Judgment!' "The urchins, catching the infecion of terror from the older black eople, fled to their bedrooms, fe'.i own upon their races, crept tinner hairs and tables?anywhere to hide tiemselves. Poor old .Santa Clous ever had such a greeting before. As oon as he realized the panic he had aused, he tore off his 'all hat and dilte cotton beard. Then from the ags on his back he betran to throw lfts right and left and to tell who e was. "Renssured once more, everyone as soon laughing and chatting, lunching the great 'red breads' 1 doughnuts), tasting their fruits or lbbling at the sweats from the fa- 1 llllar little bags. One man womb red 'hlch end up he was to hold the fork 1 anta Claus had given him. Ano'her umedintel.v tried on his new shirt, 'he girls arranged their bright-lined andkerehlefs into turbans, whPe ; thers sought to find some place about heir scanty clothing where they could tow away their bunch of bread, as rell as the paper of needles and cake f soap given to each. "It seemed as though everyone tried | o talk louder than his neighbor n? i hey examined the costume <>f Santa i llaus, whom they now no longer eared. One man said that lie thought I t was John the Tiaptist: another that t was Elijah returned. Vet another bought It was Satan himself. Hanging Pictures. In hanging pictures don't "sky j hem." A picture should he hung so hat Its center comes just on a level I rith a person of average height. J ] For Nice Florida Oranges and Grape i'ruit, call E. C. STEVENS at the Sxpress office. 5-2t The Indian Rive Grapefruit an< Also a full lint Nuts and evt in the line < goods. Horton & I lanta Brought i i r - y w <: . il '" >0 "'%& '// ' "/ '"" "" | \ ?' 1 m^^mmmJtmmmtlf^^ JOY OF CHRISTMAS Season Proves That Men ant Women Are Friendly Beings. r I Desire to Make Presents and to B Cheerful Shows People Wish to Be Congenial. ONE of the tiuest things ahou Christmas is its trueness, th joyous reality of it. At Christian time tio exhortation is necessary t make it go; Christinas never has t be made a "success," as a parade o a pageant. Christmas is in a certain sense ai institution; it comes at a certain dut each year; it always has its Christina tree, its stocking, its poultry dinne colored with cranberries. But it i one of those institutions that has nev er l?een Instltutionized; It exists ii the nature of man. Christmas proves to us that mer women and children are at hear friendly beings. The spontaneity o Christmas giving and Christinas chee proves wikit people really wuut to begood friends. Wars go on at other times; mei and women quarrel among themselve over property or over other men am women; artiticlal requirements are tm posed that incite to greed, dishonest; and bitterness. But at Christmas tira there comes over the broad surface o our western civilization, which Is pret ty much like other civilizations, i great reversion to type; Man want most to be happy, lie wants to danc< and sing und to make other person: happy. At other times than Christ mas something seetns to he wrong, ant man reasons that someone else Is t< blame. At Christmas time there is a gen era I forgetting of everything hut be Itig natural. Christmas is the gvea annual armistice of that portion o humanity that has come to be segre mwlxii* flip noma 4 ( M? H < f Ck\\ 11 i i!Yl C'lit istinas Is the finest thing tha has come out of Christianity, becaus' it is the friendliest thing. Men nn< women are not naturally and health ily meddlers; the best part of thei lives and the most of their happinesi does not come from the tyranny the; exercise or the repressions they se up or the reformatory cruelties the; In.'! let on others. At Christmas time men and womei forget to he anything h"t childrei again. Perhaps some day there will be^ sort of Christmas every day of th? year. Perhaps men and women wil be able to forget more often and mori completely, and thereby live mon completely, the elimination of bitter ness and artificial antagonisms helni both the cause and the effect of thli happy state. Perhaps one of the lessons of Christ inns is that we have more to forge than to learn.?Detiolt News. ITS Be^t :r Oranges d Tangerines ; of Candies, . ryfhing else >f Christmas fendrix Co. 1 Whether Your \ ? it could not be m ly expressed than I Exquisite See our beautiful ag? j Norris' 1 Atlanta The J I THE HOLY MANGER 0 r , "Presipio," Instead of Christmas e Tree, in Italy and Spain. s It Is Representation of ths Pisco ' Where Baby Christ Lagr In d Bethlehem. i. IKLS and boys of Italy and Spain, t VjT which are called the Latla count tries, never hang up their stockings r , at Christmas time, nor do they have Christmas trees. Kris Kringle and Santa Claus are Gorman saints and n the Christmas tree came eat of the * German forests ' long, long ago, when 1 the nations of northern Europe were >* forest tribes. It Is the northern peo1 pies?the Germans, Scandinavians 6 and English, all of whom are descendf ed from old Teutonic tribes?who keep Christmas as Americans do. i Instead of the Christmas tree, 9 Italian und Spanish boys sod girls s have the preHipio. "Presipio" means " manger, and It Is a representation of the manger where the' baby Christ I lay In Bethlehem. It Is presented in ' different ways. Sometimes It shows ! only the Inside of the barn where the Baby and Bis mother lay, with Joseph, the Three Wise Men and the anlt mals about. Sometimes It shows a f hillside, with the Wise Men coming on j foot or horseback, or on donkeys, j L bringing their gifts to the stuble. Some- i t tiroes the manger is small?not more t? than a foot square. Sometimes it is 1 large enough to occupy the whole end of a room. It Is built on a board r foundation and Is made of wood, with s earth, pebbles, dried grass and leaves y for the outdoor scenes. The figures t are carved of wood, or perhaps little 1 dolls are used, all very carefully and elaborately dressed by the girls. Some- i i times brooks and lakes are Ingeniously i represented with 'uper, glass or isinglass. Sometimes the whole Is a rough and rude, but again It Is very e neatly and beautifully done, and Is I quaint and Interesting when all com? plete. c The French, who are half Latin and half Teutonic In their makeup, mix g the customs of both races In their Christmas keeping. They build the manger and they also give the children presents; only. Instead of hangt Ing her stocking, little French Bab- ' ette puts out her shoes. The French call the manger "creche," and In country villages In France companies of children still go from house to house on Christmas eve, carrying the creche and singing Christmas carols. Sometimes they help to build a beautiful large creche In the village church, over which they are very proud and delighted. ? U'U1 ' 1 ' CHRISTMAS TOKENS. { : OF LOVE. WHKN aay uncertainty exfcts let us give a token of love, or friendship, or human kindness, some cuing mai, wmii expressing uiese things will, at least, be harmless. Let I It be something that does not last? that brings the meaning and vanishes ?something that never will know the Indignity af the top shelf of the spare room closet! A knock at a friend's door on Christmas maiming and the clasp of a hand da this. A growing plant does j It?hut, nest of all, thou beside me, singing la the wilderness?the personul revelatlen dees It. Suppose a letter j came on Christmas mopnlng, to say? ; I not "you are perfectly dear to have I sent me a spoel box." but "1 wunt you to know that your patience, or courage. or tenderness, during this Inst year, will help me ta live more bravely and courageously and lovingly this next year!" What a Christmas pros- ! ont the receipt ef such a letter would he to any ana of us 1 What a Christmas present for any one of us to send to the human heart that has given us courage far the burden and f heat of the day!?Indianapolis News. ?? - t $1.50 a year for The Chronicle J 1RISTMA/ IfoVELI % Sentiment Be Lo\ or Social ore appropriate- > by a gift of our Candies M yuletide pack- InH Sfunnally's ^ Candy of the South n,? After Santa C] Remember the Ch is to be served; we nitnnnra/4 trtr ttlic Ol pic^uicu iwi (.aiio v* the finest Beef, Por we have had during Let Us Sen Burch's 1 *aseiasBiasg?sniaseiasBK* T<miTim?T<^THV?tTMVV?T??VV?Ti Dress Up For i Let us make you a t Suit that v Latent Styles ai or Let us Clean Up and Pi All Work Given Ca R. C. Gray Ti Tltfi Cliruiilfli' n.r.O ;i year. [ J Jf jT>~^ ??* * ^53*' Q VERY USEFUL "Say, wouldn't Mr. Spider be useful to tie up bundles during the Christmas rush? Imperative. Crawford?I>oos your wife bej you or Christmas money? Crnbshaw?I wouldn't put it exactly hut way. She issues an ultimatum.? j udge. flE/ j'e, Friendship i / v ; laus Comes > ristmas dinner have specially rent by having k aud Sausage x ; the year. re You Market 39BI9S6ttSQB:;B;H;9K the Holidays Tailor Made rill fit id Patterns ess Your Old Suit reful Attention adoring Co. ^dvertismg? Ii it i9 results you want you sbouid use this paper. It circulates in * the majority ot homes It. the community and has always been considered g The Family j ? Nai I iivvt n The grown-ups quarrel about it, the children cry for it, and the whole family reads it frcmcovu to cover. They will read jrour ad if you place it before them in the proper medium. I?1? ... , Jl ' . ^