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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1905)
30 THE SUNDAY OKKUOXiAN. P.ORTLAAD, 1XECE31BEK 24, 1905.. 1. Hunt and Robert, children of Mr. und Mm. Robert XV. I.ewls. 2. -Margaret and Virginia, Daugh ter of Mr. and Mm. S. M. Mran. 3. Genevieve and Ellrabelh, Chil dren of .Jut-tire and Mm. T. O. Halley. 4 A Men and DonglaM, mobs of Mr. and Mm. Walter Burrell. 3. Jean Mackay. Daughter of Dr. and Mm. XV. II. Skene. . -I'llznbeth, Daughter of Captain and Mm. IC. II. Allen, and her Cousin from Manila. 7. Franrls, child f Mr. and Mm. F. A. Spencer. R. -Isabella and Itlrhard, rhtldrrn of Mr. und Mm. I. I.ea Rarnr. 0. Klirabeth. daus'iter of Dr. and Mm. Dm ere. 10. - Harold and Allen, ons of Mr. and Mm. Abe Meier. 11. Helen, daughter of Mr. and Mm. .1. Wesley Ijidd. -PHOTOS ST AUNE. 1 ''' POR what would Christmas be with out the children! It would be Christmas with Santa Claus and jingle bells and Christmas trees left out! Indeed, it would be only a humdrum time quite like the rest of the year. For grown-up never have large faith in dear old Santa Claus, bless him. and they never enthuse over the prancing: reindeer with thchir merry sleighbells nor lie awake half the night to lream of Santa's long ride from his home at the north pole and of the nice things he will bring them in his big Christmas pack. It is left for '"The Blessed Uttle Peo ple to give to this old world all the mer riment that comes with each Chrlstmas ilde. They begin early in the morning of Christmas day,- before the sun is awake, before the fires are lit and the house gets warm In little "white nighties, before papa and mamma and the rest of the household are stirring, they creep out of their warm beds and run to get the shock ing which thjy hung lat night at bed time to receive Santa Claus gifts. Their beloed voices are the first to give the "Merry Christmas" greeting to the home circle Upon their happiness depends the happines.o of nil the household on Christmas day. If tow-headed Bob laughs In glee over his woolly dog. then mother's beart grows warm with happi ness. If tiny Baby, who is but beginning to lisp her few first words, hugs her new rubber doll in speechless ecstacy and gurgles delight, then everybody In the house Is made happy, from Grandpa to the house dog. If Annlo. who Is a young lady of i, is satisfied that she wanted nothing: po much as what Santa Claus really did bring her, their entire content reigns In Annie's little world. It is the same, whether the home Is a humble or a luxurious one. whether Santa Claus brings many and beautiful gifts, or such simple things as oranges and a few pennies worth of candy. Christmas would lose Its deepest Joy if "The Blessed LJttle People" were left I out Little boys and girls In Portland today are waiting for Santa Claus to come this very night. They want to see Comet and Cupid, Prancor'and Blltzen. and all the jest of those wonderful reindeer that flv right over the housetops and stop r cry where only long enough for dear, jolly fat Mr. Santa Claus to get out. rush down the chimney and leave his bundles. More than that, they want to rfe Santa himself with his red coat, his long silver-white whisk - and his roly poly walk. Big children and little chil dren are waiting for him. and The Ore gonlan hopes that Santa Claus will bring to each and every one of them Just what he or she most wants. With tho 3'rctful Porcupine. Pall Mall Gazette. Two porcupines are among the animals recently born in the Zoological Society's Gardens?, where, for tfje nrescnt. thev are kept in seclusion by their parents, which occupy one of the dens adjoining the swine's house. The crested porcupine, to which species (Hyslrlx cristata) the new comers belong, is a hardy animal which takes very kindly to our climate. And although surh an interesting event has not lately occurred the breeding of por cupines in captivity is not uncommon. As rodents go. the porcupine is a largo animal, and. like the rest of its tribe, it is of nocturnal habits. The quills of the young are soft and flexible, but soon get hard and stiff. Adult porcupines are quarrelsome animals; -with quills bris tling, they rush at one another sideways and backward: but the story of them ejecting their quills at their foes is quite untrue. Nor is this the only fable con nected with the fretful porcupine; it was even said that the quills possessed the power of penetrating of their own ac cord deeper into the. flesh when once Jheir po'nts had entered. The quills, especially those on the hind parts of the body, make a rattllnp noise when the animal walks. And the porcupine can raise or lower Its quills with the same ease with which a peacock moves the feathers of its tall. The quills of the porcupine are similar in structure to those of a bird, without the vanes, being, in fact only modified thairs. Her Choice. Exrhange. "What fchall 1 brlnj- thee, darling Z" The old-time lover raid To the old-time blurtilng maiden, With hoop and a powdered head. A cluster of dewy roeet. With liearti of fire and snow From a tansled and mory tardea, . She murmured soft and low. "What rtiall I clve you. sweetbtart'" The modern wooer erled To the slrl In llk atd lace He hopod to makfe hl bride. 5he smiled In a way bewitching. And tapping a tiny heel. In silvery accent answered. "A bit, refl automobile."