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8??= ?x fin* ?? t oigniticance & Christmas :e= <: ?AKE Christmas a The whole significance of Christmas is generosity, charity, good -C-77 7 *? J I ] euowsnip ana conseifuvm i happiness, and we must stand in with this spirit of joy fulness or admit ourselves as by no means belonging to the j highest types of humanity. If we adopt the Irishman's welllcnown and philosophical dictum, that "one man's as good's another and some a deal sight betther," then we want to be a "deal sight" in most everything, and good fellowship I proclaims that loudest and longest. So, go in for a good time in ] any old first-class, fine-edged way you can get it, at home or abroad, outdoors or in, upstairs or down, with or without the lest means for enjoyment, for ; the means can be made; if you're determined to make it, | there is always a way. If you lack dollars, use pennies; if i you lack pennies, use your wits. There are many other things that you have in abunI dance io spend, and you can spend them by transferring to j others and the general atmosphere your optimistic joy fulness over what you have, be it j'( much or little. , ; Boo OOP KILLING TWO BIRDS t4I was beginning to tliinK there was no originality in New Year cards, but I was mistaken," remarked Joblots. "You received a novelty?" "Yes. My tailor sent me a card bearing the usual greetings, but added this line: 'How about that little bill?' " NOTE OF HOPE AND HAPPINESS jCeiebration of Saviour's Birth Commands Attention of All Nations Regardless of Ravages of War. ? On the great feast of the Nativity, Christmas, as it is popularly known, rfhere is always a note of hope and cheer, even when many lands are ;drenched in blood. It was 1917 years ;ago that Christ was born, but the message he brought is as fresh and comjpelling as it was in the years long ago. ;Over the little town of Bethlehem the heavenly choir sang "Gloria in Ex.celsis Deo"?"Glory be to God on high, -.and on earth peace to men of good will," or, as some renderings of the Latin text have it "and on earth peace and gooc will towards men." That blessed proclamation will go sounding i down the centuries to come until time I shall be no more. Professing Christmas welcome today as one of peculiar joy and gladness, i The liturgical churches celebrate it With impressive services but all Godfearing people, whether they be connected with the Christian body or that can but find a thrill and a lifting up of the soul in meditating upon the i birth of Jesus and the mighty work the redeemer came to accomplish. Christmas comes to us with its hal-; ; lowed greeting and with an insph-a-j >tion for higher purposes and true; .Christian charity. May this be truly La happy Christmas for one and alL The Unbreakable Ornament. The millennium will be here when somebody invents an unbreakable orna-: rment for Christmas trees. j mi " Christmas-? and Old Loves By LAURA JEAN UBBEY When I think on the happy day3 I spent with you, my little dearie, Now what lands between us lie. How can I but be eerie? AS yuletide draws near, a man's ralDd is very apt to revert to happy Christmas times that have gone before. There is L most always a woman connected with j a man's happy times and pleasant day jc dreams. The man who left the farm to make his fortune in the great city and who has become rich, a bachelor boarding at a fashionable hotel or club, can usually recall some particularly happy Christmas in the long ago?a Christmas dinner in the old home, taking his first sweetheart Christmas eve to a ball in the town hall; the delight of taking her home?a mile through snow drifts on a winter night. He had written to her a few times after leaving home, then the excitement of city life had crowded her out of his memory and his life. As Christmas draws nigh again, thoughts carry him ; back to the girl' he loved when time was young with him. On the impulse of the moment he dashes off a letter to her. He does not know whether she will receive it. She may be married or she may have moved away. The old folks at home had been care- -t ful never to mention her even in an-' swer to his inquiries. VTrkTTT etroticffl if th?t thp Sflmft 1 JUkV ?? ~ V V..MV ...v thought can fill two different minds at the same time. The girl of long ago. still single, knowing he has not wed, i picks up courage to send a Christmas card to the boy grown old now who i took her to her first ball on Christmas | eve. The letter and card cross each others each flies to its goal. The bachelor finds it in his Christmas mail. The lonely woman standing by a win- i dow in a far-off farmhouse has a letter handed to her by a neighboring farmer who kindly fetched it to her from the post office Christmas morn-1 ing. Simultaneously there is a warm glow in two hearts widely severed. And yet there are people who won-1 der that there are romances which are j revived at yuletide when men and! women no longer young sigh for love; and home cheer, if they sit alone add j lonely listening to the chimes of thei Christmas bells. Christmas day is the time to light; the sacred fire upon the altar of old j hopes and loves and make the longing! and dreams realities. Sending a little | Christmas card with a' well-chosen | kindly verse is sure to find an echo in a lonely man's heart at this time of i all others. One should not check the! kindly resolve to send one. It can do j no harm and it may bring much happiness. To whom are you going to send your "Merry Christmas" card in this year of our Lord 1917? Perhaps Fll j find one in my stocking. I'll hang it - - ? - 1 UP and see. I take tills occasion to %md each and every one of my readers a Merry Christmas, together with the wiah that the coming year may be the most successful one of their lives. (Copyright.) ntuuuuuutuuuuu H Christmas Acrostic i WWN/? (Compiled from the Yuletide Utterance! of Great Minds by Harvey Peake In the Baltimore Sun.) A LITTLE child, thou art our guest, That weary ones in thee may rest. ?Martin Luther, j I MISTLETOE hung in the castle hall, ; The holly bough shown on the old oak wall. ?Thomas Haynes Bayly. ! ENGLAND was Merrie England when j Old Christmas brought his sports again. ?Walter" Scott. RING out ye crystal spheres, Once bless our human ears! ?John Milton. RAINY clouds possessed the earth And sadly fell our Christmas Eve. ?Alfred Tennyson. YE who sang Creation's glory, Now proclaim Messiah's birth. ?James Montgomery. , | CHRIST is born, the great anointed, j Heaven and earth his praises sing! ?J. Caword. HARK, the herald angels sing: "Glory to the new born King!" ?Charles Wesley. RING the bells and raise the strain, And hang up garlands everywhere. 1 ?Susan Coolldge. 1HEAR along our streets pass the minstrel throngs. Hark! They play so sweet on their hautboys Christmas songs.?Longfellow. SING the song of great joy that the angels began. Sing of glory to God, and of good wilP to man! ?John G. Whittier. THIS day hath God fulfilled his prom? ised word. This day is born a Savior, Christ the j Lord. ?J. Byron. MAT you have as many happy months r As you taste mince pies at Christmas. ?Old English Saying. ; AT Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. ?Tusser. ! SOMETIMES with oysters we combine, Sometimes assist the savory chine; From the low peasant to the lord, The turkey smokes on every board. ?Walter Gay. wmmmwmmwmn ts K I arse you will want your car in 3s shape for the holidays. Send today?while you are thinking . Our expert workmen will do J. B. E Christmas Greetings If you are in the market for any goods of the 1 - - ^ TT-/Y rtrtlO?T Tl'A TT'l Kn nrlorl +n rnalrP \*mi Jill I KJLIIU Liirti ? r ran ^ >V I. >> XXX UX ^XClVi tv jl jl lti jlvv. ? vy VI v??.A | attractive price. We have a large stock of cloth ing for men and hoys that we will sell at low prices from now until January first. Shoes I Take a look at our line of shoes. We can save monev for vou. Ladies' shoes in the latest stvles and most of the leading colors. Men's shoes from $4.50 to $7.50. See these, as they are bargains on today's market. Girls' and bovs' shoes at low prices. / For the past few years people have been having trouble getting shoes for babies and small children. We have a nice line of these shoes, and will be glad to show them to you. Trunks and Suit Cases We have the Seward line of trunks and suit cases, the best and cheapest on the market. Dry Goods Of course all cotton goods are higher than last year, but we are actually selling some goods below the wholesale price of today. ' Shirts and Collars ' A large stock of shirts and collars at very reasonable prices. We ask you to inspect our line of notions, etc., for we know we can sell vou what vou need. ? C. R. Brabham's Sons BAMJBBKi*, S. U. i CKLE'S GAR/ We have on hand a nice line of bicy- , cles. Come in and look them over. The prices are very reasonable, considering , the quality of the wheels. , 3RICKL b, Proj BAMBERG, S. G. Peace to Men . of Good Will By CHARLES F. THWING The angels' song, "On Earth Peace, Good Will Toward Men," can also be translated "peace to men of good will." This version is timely, as well as correct for the Greek. Fqr peace can and shall come to men of good J will, and it cannot come to men of nrill 1 Who is the man of good will? It is he who has a choice of happiness, of righteousness, of goodness for all men. It is he who desires that men may be blessed, and who tries to make the desire effective. The man of good will does not hate. Neither does he incarnate hate in any weapon offensive or defensive. He is free from revenge, and is full of forgiveness for the penitent. He may not forget injuries, but, what is more important, he is eager to make injury the occasion for helping the offender to overcome the evil within the heart or will out of which the injury sprung. . He is capable of mighty indignations, j but he does not suffer himself to be ! conquered by them. Without being I impassive, he is calm in the face of ; wrong, and he is very patient, be-; Ing more willing to be the victim than the agent of evil. His hatred of all sin and his love for the man who, despite his manhood, is guilty of sin, i are alike strong and lasting. He is free from suspicion, he thinketh no evil. He loves his neighbor, not only as himself, but even more, being more 1 eager to do justice than to receive justice. j The qualities and elements which \ constitute the man of good will also constitute the commonweaitn or goou will. Such a commonwealth is a commonwealth peace. Willing good to others, others will good also to it. Armaments in such condition have no longer any function to play, and they melt away. The battleflags are furled. * Wars cease and rumors of wars are not heard. Men become brothers in mutual service and happiness, as they are brothers in origin and destiny. t ! ' ?~ A Christmas Prayer By Frederic T. Cardoze | Most gTacioua Lord, forbid the sword And dull each gleaming blade; Be it thy will, tonight, to still Each deadly cannonade. The straying sheep seek out and keep, The blackest ones retrieve, : That he may kneel, for peace appeal. Upon this Christmas Eve. The winter frost, December's ghost, j Its spangled robe has spread Across the mead, each ahrub and weed j Now lies suppressed and dead. J From out the gloom a hollow boom \ j The season's message tells, ? From metal throats, where hatred gloats, Tnatofld nf CThristmas bells. j The sentry's boon, the full white moon, Which clouds anon conceal. Rebukes the blight, with silver light Of each stern gun of steeL It clothes the plain where lie the idaln, Contorted yet serene, In garments rare that spirits wear, Translucent sheets of sheen. For deaf the ears of kings and peers To sorrow and despair, ! And men still pray in pits of clay, ; v Entrapped, like beasts in lairs. { "While over earth the Saviour's hirth Is heralded once more, > From placid lea to stormy sea. From seared to sheltered shore. ' Though peace on earth reigned at his birth ! In David's city then, And vale and hill sang of good will From Him toward all men, Tonight the breath of hate and death Is breathed from many a soul; Each watchful group and soldier troop I Has slaughter for its goal With upraised arm, still each alarm Which shall ascend above. Bid thou the age of war's fen rage Give way to brother's love; And in thy might forbid the fight That wages day by day | And lead each race with radiant face And firm clasped hands, away. ??-???-? The Christmas Spirit. j (As the Bystander Finds it) j "Gosh, this car is crowded. Wonder i they wouldn't have a little heat I" "And I want to arrange so that if he doesn't like it you'll exchange it after Christmas." "No, we're not going to give a thing this year, except to people we positively are indebted to." "Cash! It was a sweet dance. Mayme. And Mr. Fizzleface, he said to I j me-?Cash!" I j "Thank the Lord Christmas comes only once a year P?Exchange. Deliberate Extravagance. "What are you going to give your husband this Christmas?" "I haven't decided. I want to do something really fine for him, though, and if I find that I can afford it 11 ! think I will give him eggs for break- \ last" Remember the Children. 1 Mafee the children happy on Christ! mas and one's happiness will tab-a care | of itself. j V G E We carry a full line of automob: ucycle parts and accessories. W leed of anything in this line call SVe are ready and anxious to sen PROMPT AND EXPERT SEE Drietor > ? I Santa Claus : | | and Others j! I > I ! > 1 I i There is nothing truer than j! *> . a fairy tale. It is the quin- ;? tessence of what Aristotle calls \; the probable impossibility. I ; The best of the fairy tales are j I folklore, giving the boiled- ! j I 1 down wisdom of centuries of j t A ; experience, and the truths they '; A [ teach are the old, old facts of ! ! human nature put into visible j ! JH | form for childish minds to V ; grasp. These tales do not ! 4onr\ mnrnls hit nrprpni hut f I \ VVWVrf l#W? wvv vj vvv^rv^ v wv jl truths by example, says Col- j; ^ !; No amount of teach- ![. ! | ing about the brotherhood of < |! man, and Christmas kindness, J j | and the rewards of virtue, can \ \; have such an effect on the |l j! small, objective soul as is pro- 11. J | duced by the vision of Santa !|i !; Claus with his white beard and ! I ]! twinkly eyes coming with toys j! |; for good little boys and \; II switches for bad little boys, \\ |! shedding jollity and benevo- jlj| lence all over the place. Long J; I; years from now,'when every !!' *! incident of these stories is lost j! j! to the memory, the knowledge || ][ of fundamental human values !; <! will remain. Teach the chU- |l j | dren fairy tales and you teach ] j; them the wisdom of the ages. !; Santa Clans -nv * ^ mM. :J -I ' Vv '^3: ys jgjKK - M' feamttaittilpjsii^t! aimra ta w tfrttigijt! _ ''-5|N W* Hflfiig, Bil*nttg rmttw. SifUp tfy* ltttle brofam Ijraite on tip . \ ptllmna bo tnJytt* , * -iMT urrajniiig m tnujira qiui unmuu rata tljnrar; tljr Bttmn Itkf a sifip . tfyrmujij tfy* foam. Wtjil? % tnljttr flaktB lff&t brffirL Wtja lis fyfirt 9 hum ttft* M Iff fmbrtii tije bomr (&f farij gnob Itttlf bog anb giri, \ Origin of Word Christmas. The word Christmas is of compara- - tively late origin. The word was first used in 1038, its form then being Christes-Maesse, the mass of Christ. ? Origen, an early father of the church, said that in the Scriptures it was the sinners alone, not the saints, who celbrated their birthdays. Another earls writer referred to the fact that the birthdays of the pagan gods were keptj by the people. The very first evidence of a feast having been held in honon or the birth of Christ was in Egypt about the year 200. Clement of Alexandria said, "Certain Egyptian theologian^ over-curiously assign not the year alone, but the day of Christ's birth, placing it on May 25." An of hag date assigned to the event was March 23.?Exchange. Keeping Christmas. Are yen willing to remember the weakness and loneliness of people who are growing old; to stop asking how much your friends love you, and ads yourself whether you love them enough; to bear in mind the things! that other people have to bear on their hearts; to try to understand the peo-i pie who live in the same house witty you? Then you can keg) ChriafnTira ?Henry van Dyke. ^ ~ 'ir?ur=r