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c7/zp kMt R4t?? dAfe) fcW.? HERE was once a very, very old rag doll who lived in a nursery. She was so old jp^?nr that she had seen all the children grow up?the boy w^? wore trousers now, the girl who had her hair done in braids, the middlesized child who had so often left the rag doll out in the garden at night. There was only the baby left?bless his pink toes! But the rag doll was very, very old, and one beautiful Christmus time she began to show her age. Her hair had been combed so much that it had come out dreadfully, and her nose, from a great deal of kissing, woe untirulv ir.inp Hpr nrpffv nink " O?" r cheeks had been washed away when the boy tried to teach her to swim in the bath tub, and all her clothes ZRj were very untidy y The baby never ^ ^ noticed all these KgS, things, but the ^" \JT toys did: they all madetlie most uu- I\f \ kiud ivmaiks to J the rag doll the day be lure Christ"Look' at your dirty lace," said ?L - ? the large French 1: ' * ^ doll. "You'll be put in the attic tonight. T hat's where ti.e old dolls go." "Look at your dress." said the jumping jack. "It is all torn. I wouldn't walk across the nursery lluor with you." "Did you ever see such thin hair?" asked the hobby horse. "I thought toy tail was thin, but it isn t to ue compared with that!" But just then the nursery door opened, and the Christmas Angel came in. You could be perfectly sure that it was the Christmas Angel even if she did have on a ginghuin apron, because her face shone so through the dark. "The French doll must go up to the attic," said the Christmas Angel. "There is a more beautiful new best doll coming." "Why, the jack-in-the-box has forgotten how to jump." You soe the jack-in-the-box had been so excited about the rag doll's dress that he had broken his spring. "The jack-in-the-box must go up to the attic, too," said the Christmas Angel^ I win B W En Sol Ko! "The more voi I tismg, the less ii was the conclusi / Kohn's, Columbia President of the S Clothier's Assoc: "What I can do ness," at the re the Clothier's Ass secrets of succe? modern store. Mi I proper mercliati. vertising, and Advertising, he s worth while, bri t tive customer to t salesmanship anc tising will make Then she went over to the hobby- j horse. * I t "I'oor. old hobby-horse:" she said. . j "Your leg is very badly broken. I will ! | take you up to the attic until you i can be mended." "There." the 'Christmas Angel said j at Inst, "the nursery Is all tidy, and ! ready for new toys?but. dear me. j what's this? Why, It is the little rag doll!" "Oh, please, do I have to go to the attic, too?" said the rag doll. "It's very cold there, and I know the best doll will have the chimney corner for herself?and 1 don't want the irtice to . gnaw my toes!" "Why, you dear old thing!" said the ' Christmas Angel. "You're the same rag doll that I used to play with when I was little. You go to the attic? Why, j I just guess not! We couldn't get along , without you in the.nursery. You do need a little mending, but 1 am going j to sew you, ami then you shall sit on 1 tlie very tiptop of the Christmas tree." : The Christmas Angel lighted one of the Christmas' candles so that she rdflld see to sew. Then she took the rag doll in her lap and opened her workbag and set to work. First she stuffed the rag doll's in- 1 sides with plenty of cotton so she could sit up. Then she sewed her toes air>j'' ^bbbmm ann nut new nine 0,1 ",er ^he clean, white cloth u"d covered the inoiitli and vemillsewed on new then she made a . VJ. pink - and - white >^^r' checked gingham dress with piiJTed sleeves, and a white apron with strings to keep the dress clean, and a plnkand-winte checked sunhonnet to tie under the rag doll's chin and keep her , hair tidy. i "I think you will do now, you dear old thing," snid the Christmas Angel. F So it came Christmas morning, and there on the tiptop of tlie tree sat the rag doll quite made over. The Children thought her oally the most beautiful of a!i the Christmas things. As jf for the rag doll herself?why, all the ^ pleasure ' f her old days was as noth- o lng 1t> '.no happiness that was hers ( now. ? Carolyn S. Raiiey, In Kinder- ^ . nrten Review. , * i f( Placecards. ^ Next after decorating the table a comes the question of placeeards. t| These may be as simple or as elnhor- e ate as you like, hut you really should g have them ! You might cut white card- ,] hoard Into small round pieces. (Jive each an irregularly outlined border of s green and at the top of this little nuke- *M believe Christinas wreath punch a small hole, through it draw red baby ribbon, and tie in a bow. The name ^ is written in the center. \ dorse Adver iin Says: what ~ a.icaw will Ho n 11li uu nu?ci- jla.*. w ; costs you!" Such on by S..1 Kohn of fill lOF 1 ., the newlv elected 1 r need oi outta Carolina Retail iation, speaking on to get more busi'cent convention of ;ociation. The three sful operation of a r. Kohn thinks, are .sing, generous adgood salesmanship. saiil. is more than opens t nging the prospectus store where good jusl sue ] intelligent adverthe sale. Judicio T T Y? Tb V 11,1V 1 % *?<> W^N's V ^ N/V | The Prince of < ^ WV^CC^V^' i ' i' wi > ?p 10LLY MAY SOON BE EXTINCT j opular Christmas Decoration Is . Growing Less Bountiful Each Year, According tc Reports. . 1 Christmas holly, that merriest and , lost beloved of all growing nusnes, \ ) threatened with extinction, accord- j ig to a warning sounded by lovers 1 | f h red Christmas. Once growing , t rofusely In southern New Jersey and 1 lurylaiiu, it lias been swept from tiose states by the ruthless cutlers' jr the city markets, and must now' e sought In the swamps of Virginia nd North Carolina, where already lie supply is growing less bopntiful uch year. The (Julf states have been imilarly shorn to make holiday for lie large cities. Within anotiier generation, hotnntaij ay. holly will he -is rare as mistletoe. i'hich used to grow in ubumlance on lie Atlantic seal oard. as far north as j Inritan hay. hut has now practically eased to exist ns c. Christmas dec- j ration. When will the Anier ' fir. I lllilill h IIIMdUIII il 1 i " i II" QBHBE "i I tising as the I Advertising has dc for you. They li them. They adve a stimulant. I $ Obe CI o the merchants e :h an opportunity us advertising hi?i iselr ? / \f.KA ^ M??" *% .<? v /iy/V/^VW/?VWyvWV> J o'Ood Fellows | people It am t'nil 'he bounty of their It'lds ami woodlands is not limitless? With sinking hearts nature lovers lave long since recorded the disappearance of the delicate trailing ariutus, I'.owur of the PHgrJm maidens, 'rem all wood* near targe cities. The noutilniti laurel, which once swept the tills of .'une wito pale pink drifts ike naughty clouds running away from the Minset, has now retreated o the remote uiouutulu sides.- New fork Tribune. Christmas Packages. A woman whose Cltristmus packapes never fail to reach their destination in safety suys she always writes tlte name and address of the recipient upon the inside wrapper of the box containing them. Packages sometimes lose their outside wrappings, hut if the postal clerks can find the address on tlie Inside wrapping all will he well. This woman also ties up tin- inside wrapping securely before putting on the outside eover. ft )ne for them, wh lave bo*h tried ityate it now?\vl >eraw (t ind business cnt as these well knt It their business ii *T" TT T-r "3 S[ 1 Ii] # SW.'.VAW.V.V.V.WAW.V > Christmas Jigain : % ^Tbriitmai ?wH, an4 hear* atlrw *" ? w Hnd wags nrutwetrv thiOi , tew frieiitfi to rsakt, old frJcwds So Jrtftt ?? . Wn4 oo?f all '.hi ill'-xr-iuvct ?. UnU??fiiiifl Christinas chlmn. *? ^V.V.V.VAV.V.V.V.W.Va'/. A CHRISTMAS LEGEND i . * j Crowing of the Cock to Keep Away Evil Spirits. I ' ' Tale of Saint Stephen, the First Martyr, Whose Day is December Twenty-Six. , - I EVEIt since that lirst Christmas ev? the cock has crowed all night long on the anniversary to keep away evil sjdrits; for the cock is a holy bird and a knowing one. There iS a pleasant tale of him and Saint Stephen, the first martyr, whose day is December 26, close by his dear'Lotds. Saint Stephen was King Herod's steward, It seems, who served tiini in the kitchen and at table. One night as he was bringing in the boar's head for his master's dinner he saw the Star shining over Bethlehem, immediately. he set down the huge platter and exclaimed: ' "No longer, Herod, will I be thy servant, for- a greater King than thou is born." "What aileth hee?" cried the King wrnthfully. "Do you lack meat or drink that you Would desert my service for another's?" _ "Nay." answered Stephen. "I lack neither meat nor drink. Hut the t'liild that is born this night is greater than all of us; and Him only will 1 serve." "That Is as true," quoth Herod, smiting the table wKh his list, "as that this roast cock on the platter shall crow before us." Hardly were the words out of his mouth when the cock stretched his neck and crowed lustily. "Chrism* HAtus est!" At this proof that Stephen'-s words were true, Herod w as' so angry that he tnade his soldiers take Stephen outside the walls of Jerusalem and stone him to death. Aral this is the reason why, unto this day, Saint .Stephen Is the patron of stone-cutters. ?Abide Fnrweil Brown, Jn IJppincott's Magazine. / HOW UNKIND j . "Fred is getting nearsighted." i "It doesn't follow that there Is ; anything the matter with his eyes | because he can't see one under the ? | mistletoe." I < . r ' ' i ' % ' . , \ \ ' * ? ' * / 0 ? 4 od to Get M i en properly appli -nnd it proved su< die business is mc ' I l)romcle erpriscs of this se )Yvn advertisers sug n a large measure. iTche f Visit Toy] The New 5, v . Stor \ ' - r * Lots Ot t needs, especially Xmas tr e'c, Come, you won t h you will be overjoyed wii #:< The Chronicle will rm Chri$ma* *>: alp Pji??npc? ul V; I7UUIllV/ut ed' " What John ccess- f namaker \ >st in If an epitaph be wi Wannumaker's tombsto it to read something Ii man knew how to Advei To Advertise persiste % intelligently the famou; tributes a large part of He started early. Tt / was in business as a s ction took in $24.63?and stra $24.00 of it for Advei gests. best investment I ev? says. LONIC isasErrTSTMrgif M waffnimn mr" & V land At 10 & 25c e ioods i for th( kids. Ask i I ' ' ' these who hav<> bought our candies and toys. Gifts for everybody. Xmas boxes and nil other ee ornaments, bells, i f ie disappointed and :h the savings. ike an appropriate 5 Gift 5! I 3 ' B t WanVants: itten on John ne, he wants ^ ike this. "This Use." ntly and in. 3 merchant ath.is success. le first day he itorekeeper he ightway spent -rising. The er made," he < LE < / J