Saturday, December 3, 1921
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A STRANGE STAR
Birth of New Life Which Was to
Shine Over the Earth,
Conference of the Beast« of the Na­
tivity ae Portrayed by Imagi­
native W riter.
4 4 / < ^ AREFUL, Brother, thy ho^ns!
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gentle, this woman of mine,
Her !
child, too, will love us.”
But the ox had not drawn back. He
knelt there, his broad forehead pressed
against the bars, his wondering eyes
fixed on the new life which was to
shine over the whole broad earth with
a brighter glory than that wondering
star’s.—John Breck, in the Detroit
& e r Welcome Qifts
Medford Service
Station
N ew s
SETTING UP
THE TREE
Keep thy head straight. Re­
member, tonight we share but
the one stall between us. The man
and his mate, there, have thine.” The
I ALMOST every corner grocer's
little tawny-hided ox of Palestine on
stands can be purchased very
the farther side leaned hard ugainst
cheaply that will hold the Christ­
mas tree firmly in position.
the stable wall.
“ ’Tis a strange star that shines to­
The simplest of these consists of a
night,” his yoke-fellow answered» crosspiece of wood raised a little from
sighing restlessly as he turned back the floor by wooden supports and hav­
his gaze from the open door. Even ing a hole in the center to Insert the
with care their horns clicked In the trunk of the tree.
More elaborate ones take the form
narrow space. “If men must take
my bed, why did they not turn us out of a wooden square, painted a bright
Into the free air? The grass would red and surrounded by a low wooden
have dew on it tonight—and I could ■ railing.
watch the star.”
Country dwellers who cannot pur­
“Ho!” snorted the little gray ass chase these trees at the corner store,
which had carried hither the woman but have to cut them in the nearest
who lay stretched on the straw be­ wood lot, must devise some other way
tween them.
“What grass wouldst of holding the Christmas tree in posi-
thou pluck from the cobblestones of : tion.
the city?”
The easiest way to do this, if the
“Aye,” lowed the first ox. “There tree is not too large and heavy, is to
Is hay here; eat and be still. The insert the trunk into the hole through
the bottom of a wooden box, and
star is no concern of thine.”
“The star shineth on the whole either paint this box green or red or
broad earth, Brother.
He hath the cover it with green or red paper.-
A starch box will hold up a small
peaked hills to wander in, and the
dark valleys, the fields and the towns tree perfectly, but a somewhat larger
alike. I wish I were free like the box must be chosen for one of larger
star.”
i growth, if, in spite of all precautions,
“Then, like him, thou wouldst come the tree seems too heavy and is in- I
slipping in at our stable door again. dined to wobble, weight the box on
Hey, come off thy knees! We must either side with heavy stones. Some­
sleep standing,” his mate grunied times the box is filled with sand, the
warningly.
trunk planted in that, and then the
“Hush, Brother. There is something wooden cover nailed In place to make
wondrous In my old stall 1 Something all very solid.
if one has any talent for carpentry,
very small and white! It gleameth
as with hoarfrost in the star’s light. even of the roughest sort, an effective
It hath the smell of lilies. It moveth. support can be made by nailing two
The star can stroke it with its longi pieces of wood in the shape of a
pale tongues.” He leaned longingly square cross, holding the tree upon
«gainst the barrier which shut him this and nailing cleats to both tree
and support until It stands firmly.
away, until it creaked.
A very pretty effect can be obtained
The little ass slipped his soft ears
between his own bars and sniffed in­ by covering the support of the tree
quiringly.
“Why, ’tis a child I” he and the floor directly around it with
Whinnied with delight. “Children are white cotton batting on which silver
lovely things. H is small fingers will tinsel, called “rain” In most shops, has
play with my mane and he will sing been sprinkled. This makes the tree
little songs to me as I bear him along. took as if It were growing in a bunch
Look up, little Master. We will see of snow glittering in the sun.
great days together.”
"There, that serveth thee right I"
reproved the far ox as the woman
made a quick motloa toward the in­
quisitive nose.
“Thy black muzzle
belongeth In thine own manger, Broth­
er Ass."
“She did but brush It aside,” the
jlttis gray beast breathed contentedly.
*She Is pleased that we knew her son.
fear, Brother Ox. H er husband
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Sift In a teaspoonful of baking powdar
with enough flour to make a soft
dough. Roll out and bake far apart.
If a Christmas were to come and
go without leaving with us pincush­
ions, pin-holders, garters and other
pretty furbelows made of ribbon, it
would be remembered with something
of disappointment.
A heart-shaped
pincushion, a small bag for holding
pins and a pair of ribbon-covered
garters represent a few of many rib­
bon novelties for the holidays.
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They are cut from w hite cardboard
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