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LOOS TO THE MOUNTAINS WHENCE COMETH
; YOUR HELP
Have you looked to the eastern sky line from this part of
the Willamette valley during the past two elear days ; wonder
full clear days? ,, - ! , ' j -
llf j'ou have done so," and have had a point of some vantage,
you
tlfu
have seen sights that are new with this year; some beau
I sights ; transeendently beautiful. !
A Looking to the southeast, you -have beheld the Three Sis
. ters j then, moving your vision towards the north, you have seen
majestie Jefferson, in his mantle of eternal snow
But in the spaee of the mountain summit sky line between
the immaculate Three Sisters and majestic Jefferson there are
some new sights; there is what appears to be a new Table Roek
and other: snow covered spaces that have not appeared to the
, eye' before this year. .-.v .-,.: i
Why is this t You have your guess. j .
- . - - But the guess of the writer is that the new vistas of beauty
appear where they did . not show before because of , the work
of the logging crews in, the mountains; the assumption being
that the timber line has been cut away so that the sky line
- appears in a different aspect from the manner in which it has
t-spread itself to the view of the beholder in past years, f
: Jf any reader. has a different
I wiT be -gladly received and printed.
v .Tne.snow'iaii at tne mining camps on the Juittie worm
Fork of .the Santiam is said to be 18 inches. It is likely more
i on the summit, seven or eight miles further east as the crow
flies -if the crow flies up there without getting his feet "frozen
f f Any way, Table Rock, between Jefferson and Hood, appears
pure white, ' whiter than snow,' in the language of the ancietn
I hymn; or so it appeared if any thing can appear whiter than
snow -in the brilliant sunlight of yesterday and Sunday.
' Hood looms always. the same ; and ever different the same
in magnificence ; different in the changing lights, and shades
of different4 days and parts of days and from different view
,points. f' " '; : ' - -: - " .f
Then came St. Helens, the companion peak across the Col
umbia for, according to the Indian legend, as interpreted by
Balch, . these twain were1 of , old ; time' twin mountains till the
Bridge of the Gods fell and turned the: waters. of the.: mighty
river through what Is now" the Columbia gorge.' - -
: Still further north Ranier
pi
le is Rainier in the geographies,
P the "City.pf IJestiny." "t - ' ; :
1 There "you "nave the scene . - ! ' i . -1
f But words are weak in describing it. ; Even : the brush of
M :the master painter is powerless to portray any thing more than
. e mere suggestion of the magnificence of the real panorama that
rpreads itself to the vision of the enthralled beholder. . '
i , In that picture ?frame. of nature the humblest resident of
ialem-or this part of the Willamette valley may look upon five
great mountain peaks, and a snow line representing many, more
' i projections of enthralling and inspiring beauty.! ;
You might trivel to Switzerland, or to the very ends of
i.the earth, and fail to find a nature picture as grand"
v , And it; is all free from your own doorstep, or a few paces
.away. . - . y.:. . V,M; 1 , i : ' . ' ; i i, ,-
, If there; were a master painter born of woman who could
transform to canvas that picture, entirely true; to nature, the
v production would be worth all the gold reserve in the United
CStates the; greatest gold reserve in the -world. ; j ;
But it cannot be done. It will never be done. - . .
v It would take a thousand pictures, any way : for there is a
- new picture from the rising of
- to its going down behind the shadows of the Coast Range in the
McARTHUIt
The sudden death of 'C. N. Mc
Artbur came' as a great shock to
the people of Oregon, and vespe
cially to Salem, where he "was so
well known. : Mr. McArthur had
"been working o,utt a. problem at
Rickreall la cattle raising that has
already benefited the state and lit
time would come to be of national
Importance. ; - The breeding 1 of
pure, ' blood ; livestock Is ' a' great
constructive work and Mr. Mc
rthur went to the bottom of the
subject. v . ; , "
McArthur had an Interest
trs public career, the first char
acteristic of which was courage.
He. had the courage to vote wet
at a time when it was perilous to
do so, because Oregon was wet,
titl te- went dry and had courage
to bedry notwithstanding, the vi
tuperation ot his former .friends.
2 r.,Mc Arthur. went to defeat. last
year rather than compromise,' and
he had the courage to announce
for office' this year on a platform
that meant prohable defeat believ
that he could thereby do a con
.trucjiT9. vrork that'; would be of
Value to Oregon.; ' i V ,1
.The Stateint n puhlicatlops
from top to bottom .have lost: a
great friend, especially the agri
cultural . paperi - Mr.- - McArthur
Vas one of the best" supporters
the paper ever had and his death
i3 a personal bereavement to all
la the office who knew him, and
that is almost everybody here.
, REGARDING A ROUXTY
The farmers have as much right
b t bounty on wheat as the man
ufacturers have to a tariff. ! It Is
precisefy the same principled 1 A
tariff is provided that American
i -.anufacturers ' can live 'and pay
f .'r wages. A .bounty. on wheat-Is
' ' " l fc- tv- fir-osa'cf f "-ablins
THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON
J. L. BRADT
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ASSOCIATED PSE11
entitled to the um for publication of all
ited In tola paper aud Uu the
' Manager
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OFVICJUl:
Wast Both St.: Oklraco. Maraaette BalteV
ess
100
i 683
Oregon, m 'aecoud-cass matter.
theory,- it will be welcome; it
showed. his, hO&ry head f that is,
but he is Tacoma to the people
the sun over the eastern summits
the products of their soil. How
ever, the wheat growers are not
asking for federal appropriation.
they are, simply asking: for a com
mon sense plan to help them mar
ket their crops. They are entitl
ed , o a fair profit on the crops
they now have. ; tit is unfair to
single out the farmers simply be
cause they are not organized, and
make them the victim to such an
extent that they i : must go Into
bankruptcy or leave the farm.:
- No complicated scheme of re
lief, no plan of government filing
of prices, no resort to the public
treasury , will be, of any perman
ent value in establishing agricul
ture," affirms President Coolidge
in his messaged j
The Oregon Statesman agrees
with the president, but it thinks
there must te machinery put in
motion to get this relief . for the
farmers. Call it bounty, call it
subsidy, call it what you will; the
farmer must have some relief.
, It is poor, business to say that
he is overinvested. He did ' be
cause he. Id his enthusiasm saw
an opportunity for great things.
and he naturally tried to get more
land. ;
COOLIDGE ANNOUNCES
. . By his next friend President
Coolidge has entered the presiden
tial race. We fall to see wherein
there is even technical blunder.
It Is not enough for a president
to be a prospective candidate for
election. He should be an actual
candidate or not at all. It is not
fair for an 'aspirant to office to
ask others to help him unless he
Is doing everything he can for
himself. The game of politics is
not played that (way
The country-awaited the mes
sage and everywhere It was de
clared: thatc judgment would be
f fon(viT!',d vron it. The rn-are
at the tame time established th
statesmanship ot the occupant of
the White House. President Cool-Idse's-office
is different from the
average president's. He has never
been elected by the people to this
office and his record only amounts
to three months. He hasn't had"
time to form an administrative
policy. If he relied cn the Hard
ing administration, he would have
been brushed aside as a shadow.
He has not been in office long
enough to shape a policy of his
own. ; .If Indelicacy is the only
thing that can be brought against
the CoolidgA administration, he
will get out easily.
CAPITAL PUXISHMEXT
As a matter of fact the state
has no right to take what it can
not give. The pathetic spectacle
of holding a man up to hang him
ought to cause a revolution of
feeling all over the state. " The
stats has a right to deprive a man
of his liberty, it has a right to
make a sentence of life If the
crime justifies it. but it has no
right to break a man's neck. i
Just why Oregon returned to
the brutality of legal murder we
do not know; nor do we care, but
certainly we should address our
selves to seeing that the state
quits taking life, that which it
cannot give. It is too one-sided
to be just. Because returns to it
barbarian and murders it does not
justify the state In doing the same
thing.
BIG FARMS
A gentleman from Kansas was
in this office yesterday and he
declared that this country bad but
one drawback and that was it did
not have . land enough for large
farms. " He was judging entirely
from the middle west. Back there
you have to have a quarter sec
tion for a cow and at least an
eighth for a calf, and here you
have to have one-fourth of an
acre for garden and three-fourth
of an acre for fruit and chickens.
An acre of land is enough for a
great many people, whereas a
Quarter section in the Willamette
Valley could never be farmed by
one man. ; We ; need Intensive
farming in this country entirely.
Extensive farming does very well
in Kansas, but has never been a
success In western Oregon. '
A CHRIST3IAS GIFT
The suggestion, of prunes for a'
Christmas gift to - our eastern
friends is so timely as to be al
most an Inspiration, j Prunes are
cheaD enoueh that we can send
more of them and they are good
enough that : their eating will
cause a demand for mOre. It is a
frank combination ot business and
pleasure that is well worth while
and that will . be ' accepted ' In the
nroner snlrit. There are other
things besides prunes that might
be sent but nothing-will be more
favorably received.
BITS FOR BREAKFAST i
' Great cows
And the dairying industry.
These are the Slogan topics this
week. The Salem .district is the
createst - cow section, . and . this ' is
the best dairying country ; on
earth. The thing Is to prove it
and make it known to the wide
world. If you can help,' please' do
so. Today or tomorrow.
v AH haste possible is being made
at the penitentiary in getting: the
state flax, plant back to normal.
The roof is being put onto the big
brick warehouse.' The new" ma
chinery building inside the walls
is nearly ready for the roof. In
the mean time, work is being hur
ried with the treatment of the flax
at the Rickreall warehouse. By
the time that is done, the' hew
building will be ready for their
machinery. This wi'4 likely be
about February 1. It was hoped
that all this ' might be 'accom
pllshed by January 1. But foggy
ana stormy weather has some
what retarded' the work. Super
intendent Robert Crawford will
have his work cut out for him, to
ret all the flax out of the way
and whipped into shape for the
markets by the time of the' next
flax harvest, , But he says he can
do it. There; Is about .1100,000
tied up in the raw material- And
something like twice .that, sum. to
be taken In tor the manufactured
articles at present prices. :
. The Idea seems to-be that the
Red Cross shall function in Mar
Ion. and Polk counties;- with the
largest possible help for local
civilian relief; and working with
all ether relief organisations In
the greatest possible harmony.
! "So you're goin f break it off
with th' college boy, Mame!. How
come?" . . . , .. .
"No tact, dearie, . All . th', time
he insists on sittin around Ulkln'
about .ThemistocleS ; and . Atlantis
and Catherine. TI, when he .knows
SEEKS REPUBLICAN
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M 1 c s IN
In spite of the general assumption that Representative Nicholas
Longworth ot Ohio will be Republican leader tn the House ot Rep
resentatives during the coming session, the announcement of Rep
resentative William' J. Graham, above, of Illinois that he will oppose
Mr. Longworth for the honor convinces most members of Congress
that there will be a vigorous contest for the floor leadership.
MY MARRIAGE
PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
Copyright 1921. by Newspaper
Feature Service. Inc,
CHAPTER 43
THE ONE SUGGESTION BESS
t DEAN HAD TO MAKE
... Pa Co3grove is naturally the
most courteous of men, but his
wrath had been stirred so might
ily by the action of the tall man
at the roadside inn, that he "said
bad words'' steadily and methodi
cally to himself for a whole min
ute after we had made our dra
matic rush from the. inn ground
It was as artistic a performance,
as I ever had heard, and even my
Puritan training was not proof
against it. Despite the stress of
the moment. I could not cavil at
Bess Dean for the appreciative
chuckling laugh which cam? to
her lips as Mr. Cosgrove paused
for breath on a particularly pic
turesque imprecation.
"Oh, Pa Cosgrove!", she . gun
gled. . "If I could only cuss litfe
that I'd be " f
j fWha what!" the big man
stammered. "Say! I clean forget
there were ladies present. ; I'm
sure I beg your pardon, Mrs. Gra
ham and Miss Dean."
Who Smith Is.
i
"I need no apology, Mr. Cos
grove." I made the words espec
ially emphatic, because I - could
not turn my head to utter them. I
was obeying Dicky's instructions
to "step on the gas", and the ma
chine needed every atom of my
attention. "Do we turn at that
next corner?"
"No, keep on about a quarter
of a mile beyond the corner. You
can see Jake Kerns's light when
you get a few yards past the cor
ner." i ."Who Is that tall gent back
there?" drawled Dickjr. "Tho one
who appeared to be so peeved at
us?"
! "The biggest ' no-good sctiff in
all this section," Pa Cosgrove re
turned emphatically. "His name
-the name he gives up here is
Smith, but I'll bet a cooky there
was a "sky or a chdt tacked on
before he changed it. lie came
up here about 1912, bought up
nearly a whole mountain, built
him a great big house, and put up
a lot of other buildings. He put
barbed wire, miles of it, all irouuj
his boundaries, and had a. regular
mystery place up . there, , " Or
course, there was a" lot . oC-Ualk
during the war, bound to. be, b it
either be was O. K. or had an aw
ful pull; anyway, he was never in
vestigated, and;-since the war
stopped, he's got a lot; , of men
around here on ' his pay-roll ia
some capacity or other, pays big
wages, and they don't dare say
their souls are their own.
Take that little restaurant
man back there, Kronish, as nice
and inoffensive a little chap as
ever lived. But Smith owns his
place, and lets him have it at a
low rent the fellow's a good
landlords and liberal to all his
help and,- of course, Kronish
slides down the , pole whenever
Smith rings the fire alarm. But
Smith doesn't own me, thank the
Lord, although he could make it
most awful unpleasant for us if
he keeps up this pose of thinking
we had anything , to do with .that
yd utig fellow getting" hurt. . But
I'm not p-0! tty tr ttstri
HOUSE LEADERSHIP.
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Kerns's light now, Mrs. Graham.
Now everybody say your prayers
that the doc's there and can leave."
"Do Stop Fooling!"
Bess Dean twisted herself in her
seat as I stopped the car in front
of the Kerns place, and' Mr." -Cosgrove
leaped to the ground, run
ning up the path like a boy..
"Is he speaking the truth?" she
demanded of Dicky in low, wor
ried tones. "Will that tall man
make trouble for us. try to con
nect us with that trooper's injur
ies?" '
i "I'm not a mind reader, little
one," Dicky rejoined airily, "so I
cannot tell you what is passing
through the massive, bean of the
tall, mysterious stranger at the
inn. But this I know, and know
full well, that'l do not like that
particular Dr. Fll one little bit.
and I wouldn't mind a chance of
slapping his "wrist gently and
with discretion), of course, but still
slapping it.
"j . "You know," Dicky went on,
"old Dad Cosgrove is a pretty
wise gink. If he's sized this Smith
lad up as a trouble maker he's
probably right. But even if you
are put in jail tonight, sweet one,
do not weep. I shall bribe the
jailer to give me the next cell, and
provide me with unlimited quanti
ties of chocolate almonds your
favorite confection, you know
and a zither. The almonds I will
slip through the bars to you, and
the bars I will play on the zither,
tra-la-la."
That Dicky was up to some mis
chief, I knew by this farrago of
nonsense and a certain inflection
in his voice which only appears
there when his gayety has some
thing a bit malicious in it.
"Oh, do stop fooling and talk
sense a minute!" Bess Dean fairly
snapped the words at him, and I
made the mental comment that
the man who married her might
find an able vixen concealed be
hind her apparently cool insouciant
exterior.
"What particular brand would
you like?" Dicky inquired with ex
agerated deference. "Analytical,
experimental, subjective, meta
physical just indicate the tap you
wish."
"I only wish the answer to this
question," her voice had a vicious
edge. "This physician, of course,
has a machine here. I can see it
over there. Why cannot Pa Cos
grove go back with h!m? Then
we could go back to the house
where we belong. This fishing
trip is up to the Cosgroves. any
way!" (To be continued)
FOLEY PILLS RRIX6 RELIEF
"FOLEY PILLS are the best I
have tried. My kidneys work a lot
better since I . received your gen
erous offer," writes John W. Bro
gan. Adams, Mass. FOLEY
PILLS are a diuretic stimulant for
the KIDNEYS and while being ta
ken close attention should be paid
to the diet. Avoid sweets, pastry,
starchy food, alcoholic drinks, tea
and coffee. Drink plenty of good
fresh water, and keep the body
warmly clothed. Refuse substi
tutes. Sold everywhere. Adv.
THE CITY DUMP
E. G.
Somebody's played the Ace of
Trump:
No longer we'll be christened
"Chump";
We've reached the humpty-dumpty'
bump
At last we've got a City Dump!
It's all in all most, satisfactory
To Salem Council's keen olfactory.
No longer need they face' perdl-
. : lion i . .wv - . - i."."--. .
nf he Soloijs7.8lns have met remta-
' ''"s!on'.W i iifi. '-; ,;.. -':'' ,
We're jtoid the Pump.'s in fine
TTn?.gnAV MORNING. PFriKMBER It, 109n ,
Capn Zyb
I remember one Christmas I
was just about broke and wanted
to get a nice present for Mother.
Dad offered to give me the mon
ey, but it didn't seem quite right
to do it that way, so I made a
present instead and if I do say so
HOUTOmfB?
HUT OMOfR
GET A
MEAT
QOiVL
ATTACH AWL
UKETHS
SANDPAPER &
STAIf
myself it was a nice present and
Mother liked it a whole lot better
thany anything else she got.
Here's what It was a nut bowl.
Get a small wooden meat-bowl
at a ten-cent store and screw an
anvil of some very hard wood in
Its center, as shown in the Illus
tration. The anvil may be capped
with wood if two holes are drilled
in the steel cap to allow for the
screws.
The hammer caff also be pur
chased at the ten-cent store. Get
a small one and saw part of the
handle off, leaving about six
inches. Sandpaper all of the
wooden parts well, stain oak or
mahogany, and varnish twice.
The affair can be made as
much fancier as you please, de
pending on your own taste and
ingenuity.
CAP'N ZYB.
I NEW CORPORATIONS I
.
The following articles of incor
poration were filed yesterday with
the state corporation department:
Industrial Service System, Inc..
Portland; incorporators, H. B.
Sanders, Guy E. Dobson, Charles
Sanders; capitalization $200,000.
Eagle Ridge Hotel company,
Klamath Falls; incorporators, T.
C. Campbell. J. C. Boyle. R. C.
Groesbeck; capitalization $75,000.
Distinctive Homes company,
Portland: incorporators, L. R
Bailey, Willie D. Bailey. A. V.
Beesley; capitalization $25,000.
. William Bv Chandler, Inc., Port
land; incorporators, Edward O.
Forsten, E. Wilcox, James R.
Bain; capitalization $10,000; se
curities. .
Kaake & Held Lumber company
Inc., Estacada; incorporators, W.
T. Kaake, L. W. Held, O. J. Frak
er; capitalization $20,000.
A permit to operate in Oregon
was issued to the L. H. Butcher,
company, a California corporation
capitalized at $200,000. J. Guy
Richards of Portland is attorney-in-fact
for Oregon.
Under the state blue sky act
the following permits were grant
ed: West Coast Iron & Steel Works,
Inc., Portland, to sell stock in the
amount of $25,000.
Northwest Trust company, Port-
The Boys
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Copyright. 1023, Associated Editors.
Q2ED
THE BBGINNING OF ETERNITY
THE RIDDLE'S DEEP -50 IS
TE5 FOUND IN EbXjlAMD-THST I KNOW
IT 15 THE El OF EVERY RACE
SEE IT IN MY FREEZING- FACE? c-
Saiil the fellow pulling the sleil, who had won spelling bees
iii many countries, to his brother on the sled, who was so stupid
he thought Jigedy began with a Gt "I will trace in the snow
a letter that begins everything' Then with much puffing and
tugging, he trudged from Carlisle, En gland,, to Belfast, Ireland
to Dublin, on to. Wexford and back to Hereford, England. Then
hrcr""ii)'l!'0'1 ; .Went i.w m,,
(m iViVE SEAAFTER IFTYXRAIW
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edlToVSfpa-VS Hr ManchuTia will retire to th. dry
FrLcisco. where he plans-to make his borne for. he
if sailed on his last trip ne win revmw " 7
r ,m "mrhflA he was still young."
prupcr .v 11" i.i i
land; to sell bonds in the sum of"
$65,000. "
Deshon Mortgage company,
Portland; to sell bonds in the sum
ot $50,000.
Foster and"" Kleiser company,
Portland: to sell stock in the sum
of 21,500,000.
Mrs. Preston Opposed
For State Superintendent
, I, - ?
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 10 Dis
charging the first shot to dislodge
Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston as
state superintendent of schools, a
committee of school superinten
dents and principals - of Western
Washington met with the Puget
Sound schoolmasters'- club here
this afternoon and 'launched the
candidacy of C. E. Beachof Enum-claw.-
' ' ' ;'; ' .
The meeting and endorsement
wasthe"cUlinThation ot"18 months
work by a special ' committee
charged with responsibility of can
vassing the state and recommend
ing a candidate most likely to win
the Republican nomination, it was
announced. T . " v 5 ;
; ; la .: presenting , -the narasei
Beach, A. S, Burrows, King coun
ty superintendent of schools,
charged Mrs. Preston had opposed
reorganization of the schools and
adequate supervision. ;
Beach accepted the endorse
ment of the club and declared his
willingness to make the race. He
has been superintendent of 'the
Enumclaw schools since' 1920 and
has been in Washington schools
28 years.
Fond Father The man' who
marries my, daughter, sir, xWins a
prize. . :
Guest My word, that is a nov
el idea! Is it a money prize, or
just a silver cup? Boston Globe.
and Girls Statesman
Biggest Little Taper In the World.
SLEDDING ON i
o ENGLAND'S SNOW
THE SNCTJ
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"Why did you strike the tele
graph operator?" the judge asked
the darkey.
"Well, yo honah," said the cul-.
prlt, "it was jest like this: I hands
him a telegram for man girl, an
he starts in read In it. So I jest
nachurally ups-an hands him
one." Country Gentleman.
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FUTURE DATES
.1
'''December 'll, Tneidsy -Election of of
ficers by Cherriana.
Decembar 12. Wadnaaday Abb sal B
tarian ladiea' alsat.
December 12, Wadneaday Tourth it
nnal banquet of Company O, 162a4 -ia
(antry. 5 .-..
December .19, Tharsday United Arti
fcsrrfa. 44. FelJoF btlk :
December 13. ThnradHT All day 1a-
aaar. -United Artiaana Odd Fellow hall.
Deeetnrher 13. Saturday Marion Coun
ty Principals' association meets at high
school., r "
Derember 15 Saturday Marion Coun
ty nchmil directors association. Chamber
of Commerce, morning and afternoon aes
sion. December 14, Friday Annual election
of officers for the Chamber of Commerce.
December 14, Friday 40 8 Cere
monial at SiWertort.
December 15, Saturday Organization
of reserve officers association, armory.
December 35, Tuesday -Christmae day.
December 27, Thursday Annual elec
tion of officers Business Mens' League.
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ifinuir A, i u.u,r .ww inn u7.
January 8, Tuesday Installation ot of
ficers, Capitol Post Ko. , American Le
gion. . Jannary 10, 11 and 13, County judge
and eommissionera ot Oregon to meet ia
Salem. - .
Jannary IS, Saturday MaacovUf) aef"
emonial at Albanr.
February 23, Saturday Dedicatios ef
statue "The Circuit Eider." la SUM
house grounds.
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Edited by John M. Miller.
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS '
' The hanging up of the mistletoe
and the burning of the yule log at
Christmas time' comes from the
early days of England when that
country was inhabited by nathre
tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and
the Jutes. Many of the people at
that time were Druids, or tree
worshippersj The oak was one of
their sacred trees, and because the
mistletoe clung to the oak. creep
ing and twisting itself up the
trunk and along the branches,; It
was celebrated with aong on
holy day during the season of
frost. '
The early Christians In Eng
land who celebrated Christmas
could not forget their old heathen
customs,. so they gathered mistle
toe to hang over the door ot the
house as a protection against ar
rows. . vj
- In feudal days the kindling' of
the yule log In the festal hall was
one of the merriest of Christmas
customs. It dates from the days
when it was kindled In honor of
the great god Thor. Its burning
caused the liquor to bubble in the
wassail bowl, which was passed
at the Christmas banquet from
one to the next, around the board,
and which was quaffed by each
person to drown old feuds.
At an orphanage In Lyons,
France, the first foundling to be
receired on Christmas day is giren
a special cradle with delicate,
elaborate coverlets, the daintiest
ui garments and special gifts ana
toys, thus honoring the coming of .
the Christ-child into the world.
ttn Danger!
. "When you go home tonigbt.
don't jwalk across the log acre i
the hrook." ,