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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1913)
Her Christmas Stocking III IIM-I-I'IM I I I 1 I I I I II I 1 1 i PRECAUTIONARY HINTS. I l-H-H-4- HOt;T thla time papa remarkn Irrelevantly (eyea caat down), "1 havrn't n- n a tie I like In any ahop In thla whole town." At.,, nl ihla lln... ihr- mlnlater A I'm spectrin such a lot of stuff. My stocking won't be bitf enough. And so before I go to bed I'll just hang mamma's up instead. The Oavan Sal of Preeenta. THE BEAUTIFUL SANTA MYTH, a i.l me won.. a ..,,.,. .r.. Don't Undeoeive the Little Onii About t. Niek. If your itn lighter li Just nil or aeven year, old mill ymi iipo lcliiiiltiK lo feel your iiuiarlriire ln li ou nl ill Ivlnit Iiit it longer with Mil- I -ii ii 1 1 f ii I uiylli of Siuitii rluiiH, JiinI hlli-in i- Hint i'oii eilrn. mill vvnlt Ulilll Mlii lllula oul I lie truth for lieraelf If your diiiik'titiT l. ii- any Hlneton Irfl In thla ilny of iIIkIIIiimIiiii. let liri k.i tlicin Him iilll fi'i'l inure reaent tit toward you for alnitlrrliitf tin hi tlmii "In- will for ili'iflv Inu Iiit You do not think It iitHvaaar) lo toll your WVMP Klrl nil the HiIiikh you linvtt dlacovered iihoiit love nml uintrliuouy mul tbereb) terminal her itreaina Hint thoHo nivllia mi- nil they aeein to ho. do you? After nil. I tio eweetext pint of n gliTa lift' from Imli.v hood up In Hit iliviun purl Hoiuu day (he will llud out Ihut there la iio Mnntn Clnua, and thin ho will llud out that there nti no fill ilea. and then nIio will Mud out thnt m liuinif ilocMi t linl. mid Hull that mat liiimii) Ii.ih Ha ihoriiH, mid thou thnt Women tcrow old hut why open hrr I'.l OH lO tllt'Ntl t IiIii:m? I 't n I'hlld holh-No In Niinta Clmis JiiMt -in Iouk a- ho or nIio will nml pinch the dolh'loiiH fruit from tin Mythical t'hi'l-iiiui- live to her heart'n ronton! It In had i'iiii::h to discover I tho mivvilnst In the doll of Itto w lion II ktglM t" fall out without IicIiik told nl... hi it when ion thought It M'lta ronl ly lh'-li and hi. mm) If nii.v mot hor'it oonaolonoe I- trou tiling hor al. mil tho ( IiiIhIiiiiih IIP toll lug JiinI m, lot hor -It down and try lo romoiuhor that awful iliiv w lion idle flrht dlNi'oNorod that there wai uo Santa Claim, mid thnt MoaMtMM will hut up tight and never open lla mouth again. Tho Qlaotonbury Thorn. A faiii.Mi- old ICugllsh I loo wna the GaMtOObttf) tliiiru Atvoritliig to the old monkish legend. St Joseph, while renting, fixed IiIh -tan" In the earth, whore It Immediately took root mid ovoi aftoi' hlii otnod forth on t'hrlst Hldi) Curtouelj enough, whon the i-hnngc of M.v If look pla.o no I1I0--.1111 wa- -ton on the tioe until old t'hrlat in. is day oaine round The prol.atilo truth la the tioo arai mm hramhl Iroai I'alosttno hv soiuo of the pHni'lnis Ilioie lu'iin," a spo.lo- of thorn, n unlive of that i-ouiitty. whl.h I. looms at t'hrlat lima An. I all 'I" Mii'h Btl I w.im.ii merely I li I'll i 'I Thay I. n ilirlr praarnla ami rainom- timncaa. And una man In hla lima i many mn llla lot IkIiik avvru . n. Al tlmi tho Infant. With lila fi-i-tiiia .imiiih anil i itiii" Thru lha lrumirt ami llu ooldlvra. akaloo and ali-lKli And (Iranian a halmat. and than tha lovar, Hik-tiiiiK llko a fiiiiiio Willi a aaudy nck- tlo i Knit hy hla laily'a flngara Than a hutitiy. howrrisl i. hla friin.U with a... ka and liivia Ami .lH-a lhal will not draw. Ink walla ot hraaa Ami fiuinlnln ona lhal laak. or alaa aoma imlntnl China lhal hla wlfa ran uaa a wall And thrlf Tha mlddla aa.l uf fair rmiml I. ills a llllli- i. To hide hla ahlnlna wto Tlia al a It) aol xlnka Into Ilia -nrit alliar aauia or had cl- gnra A allvir . uttir alm-a lila tilth nr had I iini f-irt i.l nil thai rmla this -ii.hiki-i:inirul hUinry la falllna alalit Thin that i.MMK a uiaanifylna alia Kor aramlpa -tlvtrolt Kraa Trraa Santy and tha Stork. daddy, i- thaw really truly a reuulnr Hut Siint.x "Well. I just uiiomh yoi .'nl baf he Is loo " "la Uo lih-o'.'" "la ho? Well. I ahould any ao! Isn't ho MatvT" "lliiuiph! 'ory nice, na Snutiia go. hut not rarj modtMt." "la he haudsoiiie. iliuldy V" "Oh. na hmnlsoiuo tin a ploture -spaikllnir o.xos, lino forohoad. hoitutlful oouiploxlou-vory hnudaome. Uu't he. Mini " "llonry, ll'a poifislly drondful the way you ihsoho Hint ehlld Von ouht to ho iisli.iiiH'il of ouraolf You're aet tlni; htm a torrlhlo emuplo " "Hut. daddy, whore tloea he ne away oIT sotuow hoio'.'" "lh. om. or ory fnr." "Away o(T whore the stork IheaT" "The toiU' Whoa Ikh-u telling you ahout the alork'-" "Miunuiy ."- CIiI.iiko Trllnino. ravonahiro'i Yulo Log. In looti-hlio I lii' Yulo lot: v;m rep ro-ontoil li the "V-llon fayot " w hli'fi w.i- IiioiikIiI In mul huriiod with creut ghM The fajpOt VU OMBPOMi otillroly of a-li limln'i In. ... o.l round with nine . Mia and while It lunnl inoinly on llu -pa. 'ion- lioailh hporls and fun wore tin- order of the night Tor every .i i.-u which the huratlM "f lh hKpa mul.' tho ni.i-lei of the hoii-o aa ex pe.lisl to tuiiilsh a fro-h howl of Ihptur Miitlatoo. It la l'1-li time that somethlm: wna done ahont our ml-lloloo llt.rattiio that .tops up ao raarularly durtakj the imii day soiisoti ltslstelll.il at ahout Ms foil. .u- Tho Joke nhoiit the pJH who weara a aprifl Ol uilstlotot on lier head The Joke nhout the uilatloloe thnt didn't come In time, and the girl asks (iilwnya eo bj I w Itothor Ihoy eminot get total without it The chUffh trimming inl-tletoe Joke Tho tajffll "f mistletoe (hat the toatg lost lover on his diainalh' return on t'hrl-ltnas ovo alwiu- draws out of his po.kel at the oinl ot I lie stor Tho faet la that the nu-lletoe has now dtawucrataal into n chcttwilt it no longer servos am useful literals puipo-e it should he worn only hy mothers In law - Harper - Wool.lv W: Props In to call on mother doar And hints thnt he Is well auppll'.l With slippers, alfta of yeateryear Ahout this time hla Brother Jack Declnres: "Clgara no more 1 amoke! A pipe whiff now and then perhnpa! No, mother, thla la not a Joke!" Ahout this time poor mother dear I'l'iplexeil la and Inclined to slah, "How atrance that each ahould ahnu dlstaate For Just the alfta I meant to buy I" Ella A. Fanning- III t l-l-l-l-r I'M I l-l-H-H-l-l-t-l-l-l-l- CHRISTMAS IN MANILA. :: jH-H-l-l llllli !-- I I I -M-l-l-H MIUISTMAS for the majority of the ' V . ... . ,, ,. ii.'ssi iniiamianis oi mm that Is. the Klllplnoa heRltia on Christ mns pvr. There nro no atoeklnga hima. h. mover, for atooklnira nre not popular, even with the most iirlatorrnlle aenorl- triH, who usually go hnre nnkled. Mid night r.inaa la the ocrnalon whleh lirtnga Ihouaniida to the Inirohes. These fine edifices nre thrown open mid btaM with myrlnda of cnndles unci elei trio lights. Maiilln nt midnight on rhrlstmns eve Is prohnhly gayer than nt nny oth er time of the your. The streets are thronged with rnrrlnges mul people In their liest nttlre. Many Americans turn out on Chrlstmns eve nlso to sic the illsilnys mid the people and make church to church Inspection tours in parties I'M he trained choirs nml string ed orchestras render excellent music. The weather during Iho holiday sen son la just cool enough to dispel the chronic Inr.lneaa whleh pervades Ma nlln during most of the yenr nnd put a little splee Into Hie blood At noon the thermometer will probably not go over HI or HA degrees At night, how ever, a blanket on the bed la not too much. Tha Boat Known Chrietmae Koem. " 'Twna the Night Hofore Chrlstmna' those delightful verses thnt will .'hnrtn both the old mid young na long as there nre stockings to be hung- wits written nlnetv-oue yours ngo. Just he fore the holiday season, hy Clement Clnrk Mo-ire. then professor of orlen till language In the New York Theo logical aemlnnry It hns become an vinei i.-nii clnsalc. nnd no Chrlstmns ln Is complete without a reading of this chnrmlng little lytic thnt has lived nnd gladdened Hie Chrlatmaatlde for nearly KKi yenra. C ' a .. m A mistletoe Doubt By W. B. HOLLAND s "a SWEET Baaaie waa there 'neath iho miatletee, An alluring picture in pink and white. Her eyea ware inviting, har chaaka aglow, Her hpa ware puckered and arranged juat right. rw I Sha know, of courae, when I found her there That aha waa caught in the kitting trap. I got tha kitt aha played the game fair Out I think aha expected the other chap. The Lord ef Miarule. The ' Lord of Misrule." who some tlin.s ivjoh ts in tho vvliiin-i.nl title of the "Ahhot of I'lireason. " waa u vorv ImtKH'tant fun. tlouary of the Chii-liuas leroinonii's In the olden time His olh. e was Hint of master of the tevols. an. 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