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THE COOS BAY TIMES, IBARSHFIELb. OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1915 EVENING EDITION.
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jj - Youir '- Christmas - Shopping - Early
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What to Buy H
Here's a list of timely suggestions for a man's and young man's Christmas nifts
Men like uscfu presents from a man's store, You'll fndustle t nc Te wouki
buy for himself in this list of useful articles. Our stocks, you'll find; aro the
newnst of merchandise. Make sn font hnc nm.i ' J " ' . ' l"
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NECKWEAR
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HOSIERY
A full lino of Imslciy In (ho best hi and-,
tlio novvosl novelties nnil .shades, silk hi
IM. fOr (o $1.00. '
JEWELRY
Cliff JIllIlN, fllll (HCSS HVtH'fllHl M'lllf pins,
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HANDKERCHIEFS '
IhimlkeirhlrfH lii C'lii tstiiifis boxes, Unci,
four inl hIv to tins bov,;it "V.lc pt-r hov.
I'liiln, nil linen, nl li.'c. HfiV mill ."(ic.
UNDERWEAR
Tuo-plece nnil union miK'j, Hiiiics, (Jlns
(anbury, Motllhott,'! Chalinoits, Cooper's.
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SHIRTS . 0
A chnleo of selection of :Ai-gniinulM, Mon
arch mnl Anow hlilils in beautiful mad
ins nnil cnnls. A man nin'l liuvo too many
dress siiiitN, yi ?i.no,,i!, $2.50, tf:t.r.
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Jamas In flannelette or cotton, plain or
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mnl covers, u nil i) selection of bamlles.
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SUSPENDERS ' .
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GLOVES - ' . ' '' '
Von ran buy gloves hero In makes Kiirh us
you like, In tan, gray. Pi h oil nl tjil.no
ami $''.( I(.
HATS
All thu .newest shapes in Hoft or Miff hats,
a full i mi or (liu newest shades. $!.."() to
81.00.
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CHRISTMAS K-YMNS
1113 earliest Christina hymn was
undoubtedly the "Gloria In Ex.
cclsls." whU'li was piolmbly one
of the hjtnim which the Chrla
tlnns wore Hluclni; In church at
Chrlatniim In N'lcoineilla. when
OloclutUn, the uiuueror, ordered
the church to ho closed and tho
whole coiiKi'cpitlou, youiiB mid
old, burucd to death. i
it Is strange that while we
know that Christinas mid the
Kplphany weio celebrated by
the singing of hymns, uq nn
ciciii cmois unvo conio down i
tous- ' The """ ,,u'n " to ljl everything gJJJ uS'r"; f """'! Vt, ,,"
Tltcio Is an old carol dating on a mlnlaturo scale while duplicating son i If. SS? pioaso icii mo the trUth
frotn the Ufteenth century which for the beloved doll children tho gifts Is tliero n Baata Clnuu?
bus tho "Gloria In Bxeelsls" for I that usually fall to tho small mother. I ... . Vlltoi.SMA O'lIANLOfo.
a infrnln. If lint'lnu.
"-n"-u.
A hnbo vna bom nil of a mala '
To bring nalvatlon unto us. i
Uo moro nro wo to Bine afraid
Vent creator splrltUB.
Ono of tho best carols of tho i
KllMtuetunn period Is thht by
Itobert Southwell, a Jesuit priest
who wns sent to convert Eug-!
num. mu who wim scrzeu oy ucr
I'lotestniit Majesty Elisabeth
mid ImprlHoncd hi the tower for
three years, and then, after Buf
fering the torture of the rack,
was executed Kcb. 'J, 1C&I. It
begins:
DeliolJ, ri simple, tender babo
In freezing winter nlnlit;
In homely ninnKcr treiiibltnc lies.
AlnH, a piteous (tight!
Dining the protectorate of Ol
iver Cromwell ttic observance
of Christmas was forbidden,
and yet there Is a Christmas
carol from the Puritan pen of
George Wither, who was en
l Idled and promoted by Crom
well nnd thrown Into prison by
Charles. It begins:
As on tho iilclit boforo this happy
morn
A blessed angel unto shepherd
told.
Bishop Christopher, Words
worth of Lincoln has given us
tho hymn beginning "Sing, oh
slug, this blessed morn!" James
Montgomery, who was consid
ered ono of England's most emi
nent poets by no less an author
ity than Lord Uyron. Is tliu au
thor of the enrol beginning "An
gels f i oin the realms of glory."
Montgomery was born of Mora
vian parents and dedicated to
the ministry, but ho took up
nowspaiHir work Instead mid be
came eminent In general lit
erature us well as In poetry.
I'mil Gcrhanlt, to whom we
nro Indebted for tho Easter
hymn, "Jesus Liven." has also
given i n spirited Christinas
carol beginning "All my heart
this night rejoices."
In tho iuldst of the warlike
stilfe betw'e'en King Charles
and his parliament In the jenr
lU'.'U .loliu Mlltmi found both
leisure and lepose to write 1 j
J-3 V "I ".,IL' ',""," of r"
.Nativity." lu which there are
evidently leferences to tho dls-
turhed condlllou of things at .
' UlMCi ,
No Wdr or battle sodild
Wns lieurd tho world uround.
Christmas Evo
The blaekloo's ?lame has died away)
Tho embers Into ashes drift,
Outsldo tho snows are eddylno. Qray,
And piling fast In many a rift.
White robed lo now the cedar tree
Where once (he catbird nightly sann, ' t
And from the eaves by two and three
The Icicles like arrows hang.
TIlA nhnrfnuuit nn mm rorrtM uaII
Ft, cross and daneo amid the o'oom, '
And streaks of ghostly color fall '
In changing hues about tho room,
, Tho spiders in the corners dim
I Within their webs the closer cling,
'And from the mantel's" oakori rlrrt
A pair of children's stockings swing.
O'er Gold and foroot, lane and road
Fast and still factor cwirl the snows,
And In tho barn loft bnugly stowed
A drowsy rooster wakes and crows.
The clock strikes twelve, and midnight
wanes,
While winter skies stretch cold and
drear.
Frost flowers blossom on the panes,
The onows 'float by and disappear.
'And .then across the rooftreo swells,
Dome by'the winds that fall and rise,
A sound of many hurrying bells,
1 'A sound that ebbs and peal's and dlos.
And next adown the chimnoy creeps
The childron'a saint in all tho lands.
And, true to all tho trysts he keeps
White bearded on the hearthstone
stands.
-Ernest McGaffey In Ladles' Homo
Companion.
A Christmas School.
Some of the ery best dolls nro mado
hi Miiitii'luiig. tieriiiiiny, which has an
msiileiiiy of design.
I'lil- M'hool was established In 1831,
iiij'J nn mode room i-outalns many ex-;
in nn pli'ios of sculpture niul rare old
i-iii.i,. .Miiilellnu dolls Is no easy task, J
anil it Is i cum i Imhle what perfect fig-
the student nf this school arc
nine in turn out Mold au made from
Uu- ni'ulols mid from these n-nden pat-1
teiiih the lieii'dh. anus mnl legs tire
I iiiihed out. a special mtn-iilue being
iim'i) for stamping the hands. The fac
I miles, especially the l.m-'ding room,
me hot and filled with su-aiii. and for
ihl reason the Itlg. brawny (Jermans
.,11.. l...wkii,Y flu, mlvMli-i, lvnnr na ttv
.i..,l,.w nl iuu..illili whlln nf u-nrlr
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A TINY CHRISTMAS TREE.
Ona Mother Made Her Littla olrl Verv
Happy With Mlnlaturo Plant. I
A tiny II r tree, not over twv and n
hnlf foot hlch nnil of nriiiinptrlinl
nan iccc uigu. nnil or njininetricni
slmpe, was chosen for my little girl's
doll's Christmas tice, says n writer In
the woman's Homo Companion. This
wna easily planted In n llowcrpot and
estobllshciltipoii a large tnblo In llio
living room. Tiny candles were fasten-
ed unon the brnnchoB. n ion rnnt Inmpii
of tinsel waa sunielent for draping and '
n further outlay for tho small colored
glass ornamenta added to tho gorgeous-1
ness.
So It wnu llinf Hnr .1,.llc .,. ,1r,o.wl.
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""' fnc.v boxca were tilled with tiny
cniiilles, others contnlned wee baudker
chiefs embroidered with smallest of
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I imutis; ueio nung a IlllUd mirror, llicro I
a nursing bottle, tlnv fans, n lovclv ct '
0f cups for tho tea table, u smulfblhl i
u st cage, n new pet kitty, nnd so
on. Ten cent stores yielded most of I
the treasures. I great uulverso of ourtt man Is u mora
On the morning of Christinas my i Insect, nu nnt. In his Intellect as com-eight-year-old
was shown her old dol- pared with the boundless world about
lies, each radiantly dressed, nnd wan 1 him, ns measured by the Intelligence
told tbnt their tree was ready below capablo of grasping the whole of truth
stairs. The Joy and delight nt tho ' nnd knowledge.
sight were chnrmlng to behold and tho Yes. Virginia, tliord Is a Santa Claus.
blissful apportionment of gifts began. I Ho exists as certainly as lovo and gcu
As each arriving playmnto rolled In her ' eroslty nnd devotion exist, and you
new dolly "to show what I've got." I know tlint they abound and glvo to
envy mid prldo retlected upon the faces jour llfo Its highest beauty nnd Joy.
of the visitor and visited, only to bo AlasI How dreary would bo tho world
dispelled by "tliero Is HOiuethlng on tho if thero were no Santa Clans! It wodld
treo for your dolly." ,, ns drcliry f thero were no Vlr-
riT hi-" rfitr" hitff utf rT w Blnlas. Thero would bo no chlldllko
iMf'fAW.'ftitS rallh 'then, no poetry, no romance to
t utnko tolerable this existence. Wo
Tho First Christmas Troo. ! ull0",(1 lmVe " enjoyment except in
St. Whirred, who una In the eighth bB nn.11 8,R,1't' TUc c,t,ninl '!cht
century n mlBslonary to the Scnndl- ",1"'1 which childhood (Ills tho world
nnvlntiH. Is said to havo set up tho first wo,1,tl bL extlngHlMlicd.
Christmas tieo In the homo. Ho tried Not bc,,BVo '" Smit'1 Clnus7 Vou
to show the people that tho Druid m,h ns wel1 110' l,ulluVo , fl,lrlcal
priests had mndo them worshipers of ' Vo" ,ul"1 Kt i"W papa to hlro men
tncs only and not of u living llod. and , to w"tch lu nl1 ,lu "noys on Christ
on rmiiHt.nnH i.v ti.. nn inn-ii ii. bias ovo to catch Santa Clnus, but even
ou Christinas eve he cut down tho
,'ivnt oak tree around which they had i
;ntherctl to offer a human sacrlllce. An
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It fell a young llr treo seemed to ap
pear miraculously beyond It, nnd Win
fivd said to the people: "Hero Is n liv
ing tree with no stain or blood uon
It that shall bo tho sign of your now
worship. KOo how It points to tho sky.
Call It tho tree of tho Christ Child.
Take It up and carry It to the elder
tain's hall. You shall go no moro Into
tho shadow of tho forest to keep your
feasts with secret rites. You hIiiiII keep
them at home, with laughter and soug
nnd rites of love. Tho thunder oak gm, ,B " L,"'K u '"'I0
tins fallen, mid 1 think tho day U com. , woril wWc" m "i0 Hrongest man or
lug when there nIiiiII not bo n liomo,0" ,ho milted strength or till ho
where the children me not gathered ' ruiiBwt Man that over lived cobld
around a mm llr tn.. to rololc, In l "port Only faith, fancy. poi.'U-y.
thu blrtli or Christ"
Chr..ma.t.,lo U a th," o? cold.
Of weather bleak ami i.f winds ublow.
Never a flower, fold on fold
Of irraco and beauty, tops tho nnow
Or breaks tho blouk and bitter mold.
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,iu JfV itu .(lllll, llir lt IfM11! IIIU filUUHl
Clow In lovo nnd with childhood's kIoo;
And yet 'tis sweet with tlio rich porfunto
Of aacrldco and charity,
yytioro aro tlowcrs moro fair to sooT
Chrlstmastlde! It Is warm and sweet,
I X wliolo world's heart at a baby's feot.
I Wldo Awake.
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Sentiments
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Your kindness to a poor old
lonely widow, or to a child
without any one left to lovo
him, your posy of llowcrs tak
en with your lovo to soma
ono who Is III, ,our letter of
kindly thought to parents who
Iiimo Just lost their darling
daughter, your words of cheer
ful greeting to u tiled serving
maid, your honest hearted at
tempt to malic things easier
for mother at home Christ
Mild he would reckun theso
as girts to himself. Itov. Her
uard J. Knell.
Christmas again, with Its.
won- Jf
mltl- '
pciuu tlml good wlllHiud
der! How our fi lends uiultl
ply and Increiibo lu value as
the day of days draws near!
How the touch of huinati
hands tin Ills us mid tho look
In human eyes! To our sur
prise we are not iiHhamcd to
lie good, to ho kind, to bo lov
ing I 'or this little space out
of the long, selfish year wo
aro glad to bo oursevi. We
glvo freely of our love; we of
fer our labor without price
and wo spiyik kindly words
that aro rarer far than rubles.
Onee more we take courage
and let our hearts have their
way, ami life laughs and U
glad. When Christmas comes
the world suddenly grows bet
,' &i: tor. sin less lovely and heaven
ft nearer and all because u llt-
mIp. tie Hoy was born hi Hethle-
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hem. Perhaps who knows
we might carry with us
throughout the year the Joy of
this Christmas living. IM win
Osgood O rover
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SANTA CLAUS? SURELY!
How CoulU Any One Doubt His Exist
cnco who Known the Facts?
t'nny yenia ngo tlio Now York Sun
pUlB,)(!l1 thc foimtK c,ntorlai la an-
twer to thin quoatlort. it waa written by
rrnnlc V. church niul Imo hecoino otio of
tiirei
We take plcasuro In answcilug at
once, and thus prominently, tho com
munication below, expressing nt tho
Piuuo lime our great gratlllcatiou that
Its faithful author Is numbered among
tho friends of tho Sun:
Dear IMItor 1 ntn clclit venrs oM. Somo
"" "CM Mlliet).Itll Street.
Virginia, your llttlo friends nro
wrong. They have been affected by
the skepticism of u skeptical age. They
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think that nothing can bo which Is not
comprehensible by their llttlo minds.
AH minds, Virginia, whether they bo
men's or children's, tiro little. In this
'f tllu' (Htl Mot Hc0 8nntn Cln"8 coml"
down what would that prove? Nobody
seeH wnmn uiaus, out tnat is no sign
that there Is no Santti Clnus. The most
real things lu the world tiro those that
neither children nor men can sec. Did
you ever see fairies dancing on tho
lawn? Of course not, but tlint'o no
proof Unit they are not thero. No
body can conceive or Imngliio all tho
woudors that aro unseen mid unseeable
In tho world, '
You may tenr apart tho baby's rattle
and tee what makes the uolso Inside,
! lovo, romance, can push asldo that clip
tain and view ahd picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is It all
icnIV Ah, Virginia, lu hit this world
there Is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Clans! Thank clod! IIo
lives, mid he lives forever. A thousand
years from now, Virginia,, nay, 'ten
limes ten thousand years from now,' ho
Will coutluuo to make glad the heart of
childhood.
i Appropriate Christmas Favors.
No matter what the weather may be,
thu Christmas fa'ors should carry out
tho bleu of snow ahd cold weather.
Ono of tho daintiest favors for tho
Christmas dinner table Is the snowball
mndo of glistening white and aur-
,Vinn....l I... , b,l.li. nf Imllt, IVIiin
these nro augmented by the hugo ball
for tho center, which Is also mndo of
paper and has a rich red ribbon draped
across It and Is trimmed with holly, ,
tho whole Christmas atmosphero Is j
complete. Another appropriate place
ment is tho funny snow man with his '
black stovepipe hat and beady eyes. '
' He, too, can bo made In a large bIzo
and Used for the center piece. Then
thero aro green baskets with holly
perched Jauntily on tho handle, polu-
senilis and Santa Clauses. Thero i
110 lack of Ingenuity lu gay holiday ,
favors.
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When Chilstmas Is made
nu occasion for sending ex
pensive presents of all sorts
and to all suits of people sim
ply its 11 compliance with tho
fashion of (he hour, the most
beautiful of festivals Is mado
cheap and tan dry by gross
misuse. The value of thu
ptesent lies lu the sincerity
of tho feeling which It repre
sents, says Hamilton Wright
Ma bio, ami tho oxpicuslon,
not i)iil, or regard, but also
of respect for the recipient.
When persons or moderate
means make girts entirely
out 'or relation to their In
comes, and their usual way
or living theie Is 110 real hon
or either lu the sending or In
the acceptance of tho remem
brance. The day vv (ilch com.
meliorates the birth or it lit
tle child In 11 uiniigrr ought
lo he kept holy by simplicity,
sincerity. nbencc of preten
sion ami the Joy of the heart.
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THE MEDICINAL MISTLETOE.
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An "A!l-hale" of the Ancients Myth
Concerning tho Parasite.
"A monster lu botany, a dryad In
hijthology, a panacea In therapeutics
and a perennial Ynletlde symbol" is
the traditional character assigned to
the vlscum album, "all-beale," or mis
tletoe, by Dr. John Knott hi tlio New
Yoik Medical Journal. Tho mistletoe
itt Chrlstmastldu Is bnllcd by doctors
as mi old aciualutnucc, the legend of
whose healing Irtucs Is still potent lit
the ptactlco of some of that respecta
ble piofcsslon. Kor at least twenty
centuries Its air lodged rootlets have
penetrated with tho mystery of their
otlglu the pages alike of folkloro and
of botanical and medical literature.
Suspended green In wintry branches,
the parasite was by Its straugo con
trast or environment Invested vlth
nwc and religious dignity by tho Celtic
Druids and outrivaled lu famo among
tho western nations the lotus of tho
L'gyptlans. Vergil compared Its mi's-
I terlom leafage and frultago to tho Si
byl's "golden bough." The Sibyl of
Scandinavia wns wakened from Lokl's
iron sleep to prophesy tho death by
the mistletoe of the bright sun god
Ualdcr. Its nourishing amid tho dead
starkness or winter may account for
tho fatal ipialltles assigned to tho over
green by the northern nations, hut nlUo
Its wondrous vitality made It u symbol
of resurrection, peace and healing.
Pliny In Philemon Holland's quaint
translation thus describes thc herb In
the quaint mid ancient cciemony of tho
Druids:
"They call It In their Ian
gunge AIILlealo (for they huiie an opin
ion or It that It cureth all tunlndlcs
whatsoeiien, and when they nro iiboUt
to gnther It, after they hauo well &
duly prepared their sacrifices mid fed
tlunl checro vuder tho said tree, they
bilug thither two yotig bullocku milk
while, such ns beuer diew lu yoke ht
plow or wain, and who.su heads wera
then unit not before bound by the horri,
which done, the priest, uralcd In n
surplessu or white vesture, cltlubcth
rp Into the tree mid with n golden
hooke or bill eutteth It off, nnil they
beneath rcceltie It In u white soldiers
cassock or coat or arms. Thou they
fall to kll the bensts aforesaid for sue
illlce, mumbling many ominous &
praying deuoutly; that It would plcaso
Qod to blestio this gift of his to t lib
good and benellt of all those to whom
he bml vouchsafed to glue It. Now
this persuasion they huiie of .NflHxoito
thus gathered. That what Uu(ng crea
tures souuer (otherwLsu barren) do
drink of It. will presently become fruit
ful! thereupon: also, that It Is a sni
crnigu rountrepolsoii or singular reihe
dlo against all vermliie. HJ villh tind
superstitions are iiiiluy nations In tho
world and oftcutlmea in such frluolous
niul foolish things as these."
Sir Thomas Ilrowuo wan a hit nke'lt
Ileal of Its qualities as a piilirtcen. it mi
modern liicdlcal authorities almost Uni
versally scout Its therapeutical (irctell
rIoiis, Strangely enough, the survival
of Its medicinal use In England is "is
a popular remedy In cases of cardiac
trouble." Affections of tho bprirt we
doubt nut, have been suecetmfully
Heated by means of the mlstlotoo. Out
we venture a lay opinion that the pa
tients vtcre young, the plant wns sua
Pcmlcd above their heads mid wax effi
cacious only In the Joyous Christmas
sonsou.
Quaint YuletlcJo Belief. .
A quaint and strange superstition
holds lu tho Alps to this day regard
lug Christmas. It Is bulluvcd that cat
tto havo tho power of speech fclviin
them 011 that holy occasion, but tlmtjlt
Is 11 sin for any ono to eavesdrop upati
them.
Xvi 'm J J. J Jf W 4m'
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bi uu oiviuy
Season your love gifts with
Judgment. The pains you
take to divine tho tasto and
desire of tho dear ono whoso
happiness you would en banco
tit this holy season are worth
far mote Hutu the girt Itself.
These money caiiuot buy.
May I add to this friendly
admonition an Injunction to
glvo to thoo from whom you
do not hope to receive again?
The founder of our faith cited
us one test of his dlvlno com
mission, "To the poor thc gos
pel is preached." Xow, ir
ever, the needy and the suffer
ing me our brothers mid sis
ters, Tho plulu spoken upos
tie who was our Lord's near
of kin puts this uuioiig tho
heart seaiehlug questions: "ir
a bi other 01 sister be nakid
and destitute or dally rood
mid one or jou say unto him,
'Depart lu peace! Mo ye warm
ed and tilled." Notwithstand
ing ye glvo them pot those
things which are needful to
the body what doth It prof.
It?"
"Peace on earth, good will
town id men!" should lie set to
lienit music mid the dally lire,
throughout Chi (stums week
at least, move hi accordance
with It- Let us accept as the
pni.ver which consecrates us
to the ChrNtllko work the
Quaker poetM Inspired line:
"Salvation from our selllsh-ness."-Marlon
Harland.
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