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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."