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JH Chris I Ml ffiO? Gin \ v jT By Netfell " . ^tor of h- Xext?Luke ii., 10: "Behold I bring you go more the hallowed. | , eiy IHL gracious Christmas time is : || upon the earth. At last j V/ the long year of toll over Hi] clli t0?ls and arts and industries is all but ended. The Christmas festival, dedicated to happiness and good-will, has fully come. This morning the whole city has wakened to quadrupled joy. The very atmosphere of our earth is rosy, stained with the rich colors of the heart. All windows are bright with holly and evergreen. Parents have discovered | % that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Youth overflows with animal spirits.. Suddenly the aged have shed : their years and become young again. Eefore the light had fully dawned the carols had begun to be heard In the churches. And every passing hour will behold larger multitudes throng- i ing to these temples of the soul. All feel that no flowers are sweet enough, no songs bright enough, no gifts rich enough for the Christmas "Day. For once all strife and enmity have disappeared from the market place. To-day all swords are sheathed. This morning misers have become generous, pessimists have become optimists, while generous natures glow and effulge like the sun. Verily^ Christmas lies like a bar of sunshine across the face of our \ dark earth. ' . ~~ To-day. if some I 'Christmas Chi!- visitn'iit from a dren's Day. celestial realm were to draw near to our earth for the first time, to go away again when darkness falls, the angel would carry with - him the conviction that there is one sunny planet among the host of worlds where all childhood is rich and happy, knowing no care or sorrow. And it is literally true that this era of happiness for children is distinctly traceable to the Christmas event and the Christmas spirit. All children do well to celebrate the Manger Child, because it was Jesus who discovered childhood. When rulers and titled men questioned Him, Jesus placed a child in the midst of THE BOAR'S HEAD. The Ancient Predecessor of the Turiey. boar's Head in hand boar 1, * rifcedocK'd* vitK bays end rosemary; ^ ,j?n4 I ^n^yov. nyjnostcrs. be merry - kREATYj op ASTEAR^ | Battle of brooks thro* the bojhy brush, ? Flutter of v?Kn^ fim>'.fhe morning damf>j, .Cry of loon in the evening hush. Sob of Wind and the $on? of tnrujh.' Bright 5tar and firefly lamfo. S 5j>ire and sJ>ihe of the lilacs' fclumej. Droning, bec$ in the f>urf>le dujl\i flicker of bar in the jilv'cr moons. .. That bnm the earth in the arms of June * Mth lily and rose ond mush- g Glint and oleam of the goTderwrod," Leaf and Tendril of clematis. S rlou/ers oslecj) in^ttie saeahed sod r ~ ? . ? Where f>urj>lc asters abovfe them hod ' ' 9 Like swbym^ amc'mystj. y ^ >,' * 2; SnoWflokes ov>er the li[y's bed, | ' frozen deW on the v^olety bloom. . ? | Sfnhes ef f nftt v^ierd The rose fnmg, red, 3 And me golden heart of the Snoming.tjhtd ?; Itj light through the5uri>rner moon. 3 IW huno misfj Where the sun flamed vJhite. 4 SnoWdrips own* the dales and dunes, ^ GlinK of ice vJhere he Praxes hung,ri|>e. | ;5hiffina gray for the golden light | Of AuTumn afternoons- 3 Heart of ho{>e vAen the sun shone bright, 3 Dream of faith in d snovf-bound glen, 3 Whisfer of lovfe thro' a World of White, jLtoh the Kiss ?i God on a Christmas night, U - " Floce on earth, goodwill to men f ~' csorjua snnu's. I twe, 1 lai-f Ims M KexJ5^i dncss Sn^fl DUioht Hilli^s, %?-^/ I Plymouth Churrh ^ od tidings of great joy." Gloria in Excelsis. them and said: /"Of such is the kingdom of heaven." Socrates sneered at the grief of a mother creeping for her babe. If Plato suggested that every village should select a distant hilltop and build a pen for the exposure of unwelcome children; if Aristotle urged laws making the drowning of sick and weakly children compulsory on their parents; if Seneca said, "We slay the worn-out ox and horse, and it is not TWO ^ 11 Kllf >*Anc*An AO " vui iracuu, tuai aupaiaico weak children from strong;" if Cicero rebuked bis friend for grief because be missed tbe dead babe, then every lover of childhood must rise up to speak for that Christ who took a child in His arms, whose love brooded over the child as the stars looked down upon the little town of Bethlehem, and who sent through the ages this word, "Suffer little children to come unto Me." Jesus said, "Take heed that ye offend not one of My little children" and "Their angels do always behold the face of My Father." and hope dawned for childhood. From that hour Jesus' disciples began to make life happy for children. They founded homes for the exposed children who had been left to starve. They founded schools for orphaned children who had been cast off by poor parents. * They founded asylums f&r' girl babes left in the market place by parents to whom they were unw elcome. They purchased suffering children from their slave masters.' For children schools began to be founded, books written and colleges established. For children the wheels of industry turned around. For children the walls became beautiful with pictures, and shelves were filled with books. For childhood homes became happy, music became high and sweet. Gallery and library took on new grace and richness. All institutions are tested by their power to serve childhood and strengthen youth. To-day all institutions are beginning to imitate the wise men from the East, who brought to the Divine Child their gold and aromatic spices, their frankincense and treasure. Christ's estimate of the value of childhood has conquered the world. His thought of childhood is the very heart and genius of Christian civilization. ; Because ChristChristmas and mas stands for theColden Age- ^ child, as the father of the man, and for the cradle, as the one point where futurity is vulnerable, it will yet usher in the Golden Age. To produce au ideal world we need only one thing?a Christmas that lasts all the year. When the sun rises it throws its beams of sunshine forward a half hour in advance of the orb of fire. When the sun sets the light lingers long in the clouds. And the Golden Age means that the approaching Christmas will cast its generous beams forward toward July, and that when the Christmas Day has passed its peace and good-will will linger to lend light to those months that end with June. Tc-day parents give " gift? to their. children, the prosperous help the poor, the happy stretch out friendly lianas toward the widow and the fatherless?the Christmas spirit has transformed selfishness Into service. This morning, yrithout changing a single -law, economic or political, lo! the Golden Age is come. It seems that to produce au ideal world, without sorrow or strife or sin, it is only necessary that the beams that stream from this bright day should * encircle our cold rtortli tinf in vaIiac nf frnc+TT calficlinpcc I VU1 UAif liv I **1 I v/WJ \J A. 11 VOIJ O^iUUiillv gc, hut with the sweet blossom of the heart. *. - Little wonder -that- in the far-off forest and valley and plain, in the frozen North and. in the sunny South, in the innumerable homes of this great Republic, all people, young and old alike, throygh gifts and .song aiKb good-will, celebrate this greatest 'day and the greatest event that has ever befallen our earth. The civilization that advances and rolls forward like a golden tood represents a spirit that set forth from Bethlehem. Universal happiness in'd wisdom and peace will come to our earth when the Christmas comes to stay all the year.?New York World. > . i # /* ITotnely Philosophy, b'now isglooiHy,T must confess: Sort o' chilly an' wet, unless The .weather's so cold that it freezes ?ight An' plays the deuce in a single night. An' yet somehow it'/< the snow outside That lightens the glow in the fireplace wide. It's right disagreeable, I know, But it wouldn't seem Christmas without some snow. . An' cadnAss that onmes in a creneral'wav. It hits us hard an' it bring dismay. Yet life seems brighter when sorrow's past, Because of the shadow that it'Cast. Jes' like the housC seems lots more warm After you've braved the sleet an' storm. Here's hop in' your share may be small an* brief? But -it wouldn't be livin' without some , grief. The Japanese Santa Clans. This has been called the era of children, so much are the little ones thought of nowadays and so completely have the old. harsh, unkind ways died out. Yet the Japanese long ago Yn SSjl * w> ?n"'JPb^??* :^bB5^^B2W?': /W? B^M^BSBaWMyM'i^Cv flT y ^ ? a^B^SPpPy # JBl ' 'B1|L ^S&yg^^w^ v f BP^SHbS^SH Jf B RBMa^^HBHIn^fl toh^ lgaBPf^f l&n ^HHRa ^B9^B^HQ9^BBCS4wS^i fflr ^BBfl^UHHIHR9| ^ u ^m^HS|fi|i^^HUB|H \ nab t. .V* \Uffi ?? rf^i^ k ^r ^ 1' - A J ? "-^Bj^PraffraM na - j.^ ' W - rt||KflHKKQ ./\ jjl ^ c ^ I" i n ^wkj. . . ^e TSf AX"^?rfe^jn v? jgfflW m?*&W>. >^7^ &>" J showed us the way. In a country where all the grown-up people laugh and the babies <ire treated with wonderful tenderness, they worship a god, "the God that plays with little children in the sky." The image' of the god stands by the river at Nlkko, and into his lap the passers-by pour little white pebbles, in case the god should forget to gather them and the children have nothing to play with I Santa Claus?"Ha! Ha! Here's the usual list of urgent necessities, I suppose. Let's see (reading), 'Dear Santy -De inclosed stockin' is mine. Me little brudder Jimmy ain't got any ter hang up er odderwise, but would like a stockin'-full, too, so please use mine ter measure it wit' an' den dump hisn on de floor an' oblige yours trooly, Swipsey Dugan.' "?Puck. < ... ' is. - - * " ' A plea.for simple toys for children is made by a writer in The Craftsman, irom wuicn we seieci me lonowmg paragraphs and the accompanying illustration. ' It is a sad confession, but an inevitable one, that few of us succeed in cherishing in our hearts that boyish nhV^JL^Ss \ I , 7*?P/NM?V i jTrnrfp Ly\ e/jPD . JUfiGtEAJ?* ^& ijj \ V { ,(V TM? . , TM? friTTnf******* ejyyL^ Jb freshness and exuberance that enabled Stevenson to put himself in the place of the child and to speak truly from the depths of the child mind. And so, oblivious to the real nature of the. realm in which the little one is king, we all seem bent, this Christmas season, upon diverting him from "the spell of that land by thrusting him into ] tne world or tne actum, rue mauer-oifact. To this end we surround hip with objects that are as exact a reproduction of real things as it is possible to make; and we bid him "play" with these literal facsimilies of things which he sees around him. 4 We haunt the toy shop? in search of animals with real fur, little French lassies that can walk and talk and go to sleep, and wonderful mechanical toys that seem almost possessed of in j^L c vej^^HHbjn'.- - ? ... '. Vj^B ' r:" i M VB 1 M f u'SC-^-:': \f:: &jB? ~Mf J telligence; and because these cleverly j constructed automata Interest and dii vert us. we think that they are adapted as playthings for the children. "We take them home and enjoy them while the little ones marvel at them for an ' hour. To-morrow they are either taken to pieces to gratify a scientific impulse or laid upon a shelf. And the children, until the next periodical rain of costly gifts descends, happily pursue their rrnimne Trril-1% +-lla otH nf fllo fih ^UUiUiS TV llii U1U v*. vuv V. V.%?w jects which they have fashioned for themselves out of a board, a stick, a piece of string, or whatever else may have been available in completing some comprehensive plan. Toys need not be meaningless in order to be simple. They may be so constructed on simple, vital lines as to suggest life, activity, strength. Why not direct a little attention toward securing the embodiment of simple art principles in the toys with which the children are to live? It is significant that most children find a keener delight in playing with paper dolls than with any other kind. This is but an added confirmation of the fact that the imagination of the child loves best a few direct lines that it may clothe with contours of limitless beauty and charm. It ?JBLel"SI ' . ' . . - - > , > V>'> . Xew York City.?There is ho.coat better liked or more fashionable than the blouse Eton and none that suits 1 a greater number of occasions. It' is 1 smart, jaunty and very generally be- ; coming, it involves fewer difficulties for tbe amateur than do the tightly 2 ' ; ' % - t ' 1 . . l ucked Blouse V fitted coats, and It can be worn at all 3 Lours of the day. Here Is one that is < eminently simple at the same time 3 that it is eminently chic and smart and which appropriately can be' made or the light weight velvets, velveteens and broadcloths, and, indeed, all suitings that allow of being tucked with success. As illustrate, cloth in one of the new shades of sage is trimmed with velvet and handsome buttons, but here again there is opportunity for individuality, for. the collar and cuffs can be made of broadcloth on rough material, of the material braided or trimmed with banding or of moire or, indeed, of any contrasting material that may be preferred. The coat is made with fronts, back and centre front, all of which are tucked. The neck is finished with the collar and the closing is made at the centre front, the tucked centre portion being hooked over invisibly into place. The sleeves are quite new ones that are full above the elbows, laid in tucks below, a trimming band being applied over the upper edges of the tucks, while they are finished with becoming flare cuffs. The quantity of material required m? cj<ra is four and a i IOt" ItlC mcuiuiu hi?c quarter yards twenty-one, three and a j < half yards' twenty-seven or two yarcs j i Klbbons and Trimmings. I Ribbons of taffeta and satin weaves, of very limp textures and in plain < colors, are those which have part i principally in the making and in the j tramming of the models in headwear < placed on recent exposition. But < Frnch faille and moire ribbons were 1 noticeable on some or the latest of the i i/hported hats; and, as in the piece 1 | siJks, shot colorings in the ribbons, be- ] I fide plain colorings, were to be taken I! { iccount of.? Millinery Trade Review. |; ' forty-four, inches wider-wHb one yard %. /iaIIn** jmtfa ort/f hoi# ' " , 1V4 WIW1. UUU vv?w . M mmm. W*. 1 1 ^ *,/i Blouse Waist With Vest. Vest effects-are greatly in yogne this s?hs*fi and a*e'tcyb& notedTtlpon many of the newest and most attractive blouses, Illustrated. ia. one. uthich is much to be desired, both for the?en- ^ tire gown and for that separate blflpse ; without which no wardrobe is Am- plete and which allows of varia&na.-yjra| galore. As illustrated it is mad* of ' plaid silk with the tucked front. Jest and cnffs of plain but harmonfflny . ?< color ^finished with a plain but simple v' banding. Any contrasting mateaals conld, however, be used with sutaess and again the waist of plain colorpran be combined with plaid or with stripes or with the same material trimmejf or again the little vest n^ght be of ySvet with the tucked front of plain sllka: The waist is made over a fittewlning, which closed at the centre fwnt, '% and itself consists of the fronts, caftre ' <: front vest portions and back, ahe back is plain, drawn down in gaffers : ? at the waist line, out ine xtuik w tacked to give a.box pleated effect at ? the edges and to provide ^lnesa the shoulders. The closing Is made v ' : Invisibly beneath the edge, of the left side. The sleeves are the favorite ones of the season that are fnll above the l moderately deep cnffa ' ^ -The quantity of material required ; for the medium size is three and a half ^ rards twenty-one, three and threeeighth yards twenty-seven or two rards yards forty-four inches wide, jM^yj My vlth three-quarter yard any width for 4 :entre front, vest and cuffs and three M ^^ Freakish nets In Huts. Freakishness, without doubt, will continue to obtain, as a feature in Jertain of the brims of the new season's hats. Yet there are some evi- . iences of an inclination to modify the ;ffect of the ca].-ricions by varying them with brims of simple design, ; some of which are very little unspring- v [ng in adjustment or irregular in out. v- * lines; and the flat brim of the sailot . ' being reckoned among the approved.-' Millinery Trade Review. K *