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PAGES i ft TO 16 : it:iVi;oiU). S. C.. WED>ESDAV. DECEMBER 13. 19M NO. 15. QraJvajxv Borover Diwii^s by ; HE snow glistened in the sparkling sun- j # But the pages had emptied before the throne light The^ flakes : df snow kept falling, packs with martw ^fjfei^'nt So^ts of preseptk Afyi the ^ome popped vto^res^ or^-the King was presehpn^ /jiem ioithePriiii falling. Some ^slopped : to ^ res branches loT' the pinevtrws and' the littl leafless \ bushes. ^Som^y fell - s fraighit to fnore und and mdide^ the iter and. .softer, m e King was presen / ai enjean^jmore and-mo?e' pr* iw' per they wefejall^qivihg for/the Ifcxh, “ There^^were ^hundreds and tho s, and al Family appeared.^For “ r “ ^ jdrpat/Festival usani and they / Jingling of bells was h Is o Chnstmas bell pjarKed to tal Ih the ^cehteijof the woods’was^a: high throne a .hd they gave pi A -J , V ^ mg ^ *•"’ th 5' 5?’Si C X f '? m $ n * ,ed TWf la “gh‘er Christmas Da^Santa CWtft calls his For tKe King was'hdne i'AndTltll of ^ instead of one great thione ma seen—big hom£s-and little home^ all there and'on iris ktead was, a croWn C r of^glcarntng jc^ek^ Around the; R<|yal Family. There wereTuf * i i - r Prince»‘and . y lf; . <; Pnncesses.-orr ; ^ I f l:_ the Queen and hundreds^ of tonX 0 King of whom to to It>ve him and eseii^. The sing- was a Queen-U^he mother^bf the childrcf^whom on Tdl Family, £ ey were there were ng snow and^th^'bappy WS^children w^re" heard. / 1 ^ v\\ y^/ / ) : Instead pf Pri me trooping. byyJThey | airchUdren. 'l; oiie and the King did ^not! ^ . //* wV'l ^y^'CrT^XA ;TJ( ' (v many trees./ A Stn to frighteiy^hem.' He did not seerp tO^be a , Jl . / w j v^bci^ M X . 7/ >?r^ I land the w^ds^th^e^eA^ft^f' s ai^d green decorations For once a yea^ Sar laus dreams this Vhthcr: “ ream - thlS Chri ? >t %/ \ hundreds of homes he has visited. He does not carved i ^ / s< stmas to all » .u childrcn scattered ov^r the ekrth.^ He has been to many homes but tti him it ^ all as one. And theyl wonderful kindne before ihe throne /•'‘•A '“Look! On' ^V^the wjrds^c. ,, ..d to ru \u[!\n. // And as tb©' < chi}4reV paused ^inVhisperstoQclrbther: drCam “ thiS CM & h l£M% , ! He secs not thc -ds oP^ ,X . The King / ‘ , ITi v V/ v' t zzr/f — ? i ^ yv j ras^iy arose from his ' ne ana is is throne and At* I - - V IP spoke:- r ' - V - W viV*i i r TjQ~ i VFiEr- ' ^Svp m ‘K / yrc<5S<^ ./i y ; .V> the j greatest fes- /' x J - (Tea - \j tival in-theryear, \ -N VC*^ 4> ' . • " 1 he said,^nd its "name is Christmas. It is the day of lo*e and cheer and happiness^ We give presents and-we arb-eiVen presents.'^We think of others arfe-j ap*d others think of us. It is the day to give! Aijd I, your King, will now begin the celebrations;" The Queen| was smiling^- Her eyes^were full of gladness and the Princes and Princesses were merry and gay. r^r “The day jof ~gjvjlfhey were all saying, j "The most glorious day in the'yeaf!;’^ u WV(J ;> sceptrij is written, v Love,this is ^ the gjuide to happiness/” is a true dream, £oo! i/ And then on a mighty For ever y Christmas Queen is a mother with pine .tree fight? appeared loVe in her heart ’ anJ there are the fathers wha and the snow flakes on sit f the throne of Santa Claus on Christmas Day the brakes changed and™ Merr y Christmas” inscribed drooped down heavily U ^ laden with presents, y Ahl ^ And the tree spoke too: “I am the Christmas / \ . \ \ / • J ' J tree. For years and years I have gone a . yf\ i • v into homes each X’. j) Christmas Day/ There are man trees but we all in letters ch pmy .the children of Santa’s dream can see, wfrich' kll the . children of the world can feel. I the Royal Family—the Pripces and the Prin- unusual / K) have the one V name—“ mas tree go to many a iyal. Our branches k I candles of differ- . vy • ^ ii,u King bids us The pages'"tushed about thil ^vay and that, Christlnab fefeti and from afarcame the sound of The niusic' an( j giew louder/and the voices seemed/ 16 cume from colors to give the bright everywhere^Fi^m all cornerV OfV^fie world it light of good cheer/ S. erned as \b dv^j^ust^c^sfeging, and the ^ ^ ^ around the ' , King and^^mK^^^^vedVin the song. No one quit^rknew^what/w^-ri?^ n^me of the song. No one ahiXc^ftn^/ \VhatHbv tufje might be, but -S.. — and our ; U1 A- , >■ cesses—they are/all children.^Not ( ? -1 Vchildrcti/but usual children. They are j/. j the / *children who give jo^ just because ^ V, X they-are children, ^no ithey are given V ' . ■' \ i ' |( ’ /'pleasure because they too can give. /x .*'**: . /’ > li J j f| / Yes, all over th^ world, in hrun- V T] li . dreds of homes alter the visit of J Santa .Claus -'iHiej-e is happiness. / And because jit is Christmas Day there xsl (cheer and good LY. VY‘%>/ Aj fj M "s \ Santa ClaUS somehow everyonii was' ringing it—for the song was the song tif joVanll the tune was happiness. And all knew that 9<mj/all knew its tune and throughout the wgrUf /hat^day there was singing. Some did not kno\lb how rio sing the words, some did not know how ]to ma^e the sounds with their voices, but for these, there /Was the music in their hearts—the love in their hearts for all the people ' ■ v. *( <» * vinder the sua ^ - v . / children are opening^stpek- ’ * //( rp^K . , '‘ ings that they had found hanging on (low branches, *v oranges and filled with nges ana;^Cc) candies, nuts^and toys^ While they were danci gifts that receives are the the merry Idren as they smiling eyiMja. ~ ""voices of til ■j>. »: )( ,,, i i 1( : shout their, delight over - r thc Christmas festival He is the King—not of a country, nor of a land—but of a Day, Christmas Day, ^ ""4/ »• i anc * su bj ects arc ^l 1 ® /: N /y “X\ c Children of the World " ^For him there is this fable. laughing"as they opened many A I r *u : . i • A , V- , He can dream of the joy that is in the hearts of * r ^ / all^otf phrispnas morning, while he is sitting on “Good-bye to all, he said. I will be back for ^ throne and his chariot drawn by Reindeers the festival next year. Come my fine animals! ^ waiting t0 take him back home! , . Come my gorgeous chariot!**^ / u*«i -