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¡•p Che Cbri5tmas Stocking A Parody by FRANK J. BONNELLE IIow dear to this heart Is the stock ing of childhood tvben fond recol lection presents It to view! On Christmas St. Nick camo from frost whitened Wildwood with e v o r y loved toy which my Infancy knew. The wide spreading chimney, the sled which stood by it, a horse and some books—I remember them all— a doll for my sister, and baby house nigh It, and then the full stocking which hung on the wall—the Santa Claus stocking, the bountiful stocking, the Christmas morn stocking which hung on the wall! The well stuffed envelope I hailed as a treasure as early that morn ing I opened my eyes and found there the source of au exquisite pleasure, the purest and sweetest that nature supplies. How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing and back to my white sheeted bed went with all, then sood , with the emblems of love overflow ing, was happy in what to my lot did befall—the Santa Claus stocking, the generous stocking, the Christ mas morn stocking which hung on the wall! How sweet through its round open top to explore It as poised on my knee it inclined to my view! Not a hot, tempting breakfast could m a It o me Ignore It for l o n g e r at most than a m i n u t e or two. A n d now, far removed from the loved situation, the tear of regret will Intrusively fall as fancy reverts to my youth’s habitation and sighs o'er the stocking which hung on the wall— the Santa Cluus st .eking, the plethoric stocking, the Christmns morn stocking which hung on • the wall! lint grown people find there’s a later sensation ns grateful ns any they felt long ago. It comes when they witness the glad exultation which on Christmas morning their own off spring show. And now, dear old Santa Claus, let me petition your favor for children, both large ones and small. Bring all the bright hopes to the fullest fruition that rest in each stocking which hangs on the wall—the wealthy child’s stocking, the poor urehiu's stocking; yes, lii; every stocking which bangs o u t h e w a III BEAD CHRISTMAS TREES. MONSTER CHRISTMAS CAKE. Novelty Invented by German Woman it Was Seven Feet High end the Lar gest Ever Made. Approved by Kaiser. Reproduced below is a picture of a I f nature's supply of Christmas trees gives out, ns some people have feared ' mammoth Christinas cake, said to be It might, there will still be Christmas ; the largest one ever made. It was seen trees as long as a German woman iu ! last Christmas In a shop in Leyton- this city remains alive. Out of green stone, England. Some idea of Its size beads, wire and tiny waxen ornaments may be gauged when It Is stated that site constructs miniature trees which ; It stood seven feet high aud weighed have been thought pretty enough to | no less than 1.G0;) pounds. grace tiro court of I Those who may desire to turn out I.udwig of Bava | a rival cake may 1* interested to learn ria in his time that the following Ingredients were and to amuse the | used In Its manufacture: One hundred children of Kai ' aud fifty-two pounds of butter. 152 ser Wilhelm of ! pounds of sugar. 325 pounds of flour. Germany. T h a t 110 pounds o f raisins, 110 pounds of was when the in , sultanas. 110 pounds of currants, 3,000 ventor was living ■ eggs, 35 pounds o f citron peel, 35 in h e r native j pounds o f lemon peel. 33 pounds of or- country. Siu ce coming to Amer ica she has made them for various well known peo ple. One of the ad vantages of these trees, she says, is BEAD CIIRISTYLAS that they are al TREE. most Indestructi ble. They may he bent, crushed, packed into small compass, and when they aro wanted again it is only neces sary to straighten the branches out Into the original shape. When the inventor was a girl, fifty- five or sixty years ago, In .Munich, she went to one of those schools where German girls are taught to do. as her daughter says, "everything mil the “ BAEKIXO WINDMILL" CAKE. hands.” It was having to make unge peel, 40 pounds o f almonds. 30 wreaths out of beads that suggested pounds of milk (15 quarts), 120 pounds to her the uotlon of making bead of almond paste, 100 pounds of Icing Christmas trees. She set to work and sugar, 5 pounds of fresh lemon Juice, fashioned Innumerable tiny loops of 21 pounds of mixed spices, 1 pound of green beads, each at the end of a long, nutmegs and 1 pound o f essence of slender wire. She liound the loops to lemon. gether In threes, making trefoils, and the trefoils into branches and tile Fcrtuno For T o y » For the Poor. branches into a tapering trunk, the The poor children of nttsburg and trunk being formed of nothing al all Allegheny are to benefit through the bi*t the individual wires massed to expenditure of an estate valued at gether. Then she trimmed the tree $31.000. left by tbe late George B. with candles aud those tiny waxen fig Nutt. Tbe will provides that the es ures which the Germans nre adepts nt tate shall go to tbe wife during her making and fixed it in a pot of sand lifetime nnd then Is to be divided and melted wax. Her parents were among bis children equally. I f the quite proud of It Her fnther, who children all die before their mother, at was director of the Hofgarten in Mu her death tbe estate Is to be spent for nich, showed it to bis royal master, the purchase of gifts nnd playthings and King Ludwig Immediately ordered for poor children, especially those In one for the Christmas festivities at Institutions. It was the wish of the court Aeedent that the money be expended After coming to this country she sent In small sums, to distribute it over as one to President Roosevelt and was large cn'area ns possible nnd benefit grieved and surprised to find that he as many children as possible. could not accept it. "I expect he thinks ho gets some dy Must Have D«»n. namite,” Bald the daughter.—New York Tribune. Chrxtma» Caution. “ Is It customary to hang up one stockin' or de Intiah pair on Christmas eve!” said Mr. Erastus Plnkley. "Only Jes' one.” answered Miss Mi ami Brown. “ I f you bangs on to de mate you lsn' takln' so many chances on somebody he’pln hlsie'f to foot wear 'stld o' leavin' presents.“ — W ellin gton Star. Origin ef the Christmas Tree. There Is a legend In Germany that when Eve plucked the fatal apple Im mediately the leaves of the tree shriv eled Into needle points and Its bright green turned dark. It changed Its na ture and became the evergreen. In all seasons presrhlng the story of man’s fall. Only on Christmas does It bloom brightly with lights and become beau tiful with love gifts. The curse Is turn ed Into a bleaslng at tbe eomlng of the Christ Child, and we bays ow Christmas Ms. January - Christmas of the Julianites a y s o l f a r s o m m e l l . [Copyright, 1908, by American P r e s s A s s o ciation.] IIR IST M A S comes but once a year,” wrote somebody, and everybody accepted the state meat as truth. It Is not true, however, for Christmas comes twice a year. Those o f ua who reckon by the Gregorian calendar celebrate Dec. 26 Those wbo still adhere to tbe Julian calendar observe Jan. 7. Russia la the only great nation whloh atlll bolds out for the Julfuu calendar. The Greek Catholic church Bricks to the time measurement adopted by Julius Caesat forty-six years before the birth of Christ. Thus the Greeks and all the adherents o f that b / church, Including the Russians, of course, hold their Christmas on tbe 7th day of Jan uary. Iu tbe city of New York both Christmas days nre celebrated. The J a n u a r y date, ns a matter of course, la ob served by com paratively f e w persons, but It la observed rigidly, THEY EAST FOB elaborately and FORTY DAYS. faithfully by those who desire to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's even as to the calendar. New York city has a considerable population of Greeks, Russians, A r menians, Syrians, Servians, Poles, Bul garians; Montenegrins and Vlacbs, all c f whom observe the Jullanlc Christ- t ins-. For forty dnys prior to Jan. 7 they observe a fast, eating no meat, neither beast, fish nor fowl. They feat fish eggs or cnvlarc, but draw the line there. Their principal diet for the for ty days' fasting is made up o f olives, beans, caviare bread and crackers. But at (• o'clock on the morning o f Christmas day, Jan. 7, the Jullanlst fast Is over. It Is not necessary to hint that these people count the days lilt Christum» ui ib.it they rejoice and are exceeding glad when the anniver sary arrives. These facts are obvious. Christinas means for them u glorious feast, a square meal, several square meals—In fact, n round of square meals. Our Jullanlst friends go to church early on their Christmas morning, but not too early. They cat breakfast first. High umss is celebrated in the Greek Orthodox church at 8 o’clock. The forty days’ fast having ended two hours before, the Jullanlsts are joy fully full o f the good things o f this world before they enter the bouse of worship. The chief viand, so far as Its symbolic character goes. Is a spiced loaf of rye bread covered and filled with walnuts, with it cross cut on top. This Is called the chrlstop- Boma—“ bread of the Christ.” But It Is not to be doubted that beefsteaks, fowls, fishes, saddles o f mutton and other substantial are devoured. Here nnd there one of the presumably faith ful proves faithless aud falls before Christmas, bis craving for a meat diet being too strong to resist. This weak brother is ignored by the faithful. It is in the cafes in tbe sections o f the city where the Julianlsta dwell that this Christmas day is celebrated with tbe most visible gusto. The Greek “ young bloods” gntber In the little res taurants and sit long over tables heavy with edibles and light with wines. r i l l s W E A K B R O T H E R IS IO N O KED B Y T H S F A IT H F U L . The names o f some o f tbe diners are Interesting. Constantino Economopo- lons Is a budding florist wbo gathers around him bis rosy young friends. Harrnlambos Chrlstatos, Mlnlcakes Kepaelacos, Pericles Dogauges and Hresnla Pappnnlcclas. And don’t let us forget Nicholas Booras, editor o f the Dally Thermopylae, who gets ont in extra edition in honor o f tbe day. These Greeks, many o f them array ed In gorgeous new clothing, bring heir feast to an end with the cups of Tnikish coffee and the Turkish ciga rettes, mixed In with songs and toasts. It Is highly Interesting for a plain American, with n plain name like Jim Jones, to sit In one o f these cafes nnd hear the songs of the foreign gentle men with the seven jointed surnames, observe the satisfaction depicted In their countenances as the feast goes on nnd receive tbe Impression that this I d real Christmas cheer, though It be thirteen days late according to our method o f counting rive. L »ft Uncalled. "W hat kind of n speech did be make | last evening?" “ He was not on tbe programme, so be didn't make any.” “ But I thought he had mnde ar- ' rangements to beat that game and get j even with those Jealous ones who had “ Why didn't Jones come?" left him off." “ He Is at home cutting Ills hair.“ “ He thought he bad. but unfortn "Cutting Ills hair?" nntely tbe populace whom he bad “ He must be doing that. He told hired to call for him want out to got • me over tbe pboue that he was up to drink st a critical fcts ear* In work."