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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1913)
DECEMBER 12th, 1013. THREE THE TWICE-A-WEEK POLK COUNTY OBSERVER gTMAS CUTS mes and out of our homes at this reign of Christmas is supreme. vvunin we muKe ready to welcome its coming, and without we strive to let its overflow touch hearts where joy and abundance are possession of us. this recurring of what the great birthday means. tilling the stockings of their little theuursery tires, remember bare, feet uncovered in the wintry seeing the jolly, rosy faces over- th delight in the light of Christ' nintf, they are glad that little hunger-pincnea children, un them, are somewhere in distant eceiving some joy of their giving, ailliful hands. For this'one day a sisterly realization of what it see a child suffer and be power- lieve. of fashion and of the world, bap- catch a glimpse of a tattered shoe- ne into a bright shop, or a group ewsboys fighting for bits of ever .pped at. a church door, will feel mpulse to join tne workers at a istmas tree, and for those hours out the charm which wins him fa- a stately home, in order to give merriment of the worthy gather- ue great hall. Something tugs at a hali-lormed thought awakens : "I really must do something for little mites! I daresay a few dol- ancl then, would do a great deal when Christmas ib over. Ihe embryo of brotherhood in his nearly strong enough to live, but oniuent or to-morrow win siine n. ,d to think, b&vb the New York ost. of the joy of the fair outside the holiday; all the glitter and of hospitable tables with dear cred. old and young, about them; isant to think of the jolly schoolboy gentle grandmother, side by side. and ciieers 10 ieei me coruim of a friend or receive a greeting brance across the dividing sea. It ar memories and touches sealed to hear the old melodies tamiliar Id hood, and ever new, as true things ft is like a reviving wine to one eary to find, though absent, we are tten. - e this rises the ennobling mnu- bch overleaps barriers and demarca- 1 reaches out a generous, uplfit- to those who are bound down by fortune of a degraded lite, ihe Christmas is the spirit of the uni- nMiPrlmod of the race. It may mall tiling for a rich man to send neighbor a dinner, but it menses ; that gives ana ne mat WKeu is Even though the giver's thoughts iirlier than that he would divide tbundanoe with the hungry, his his act lias taken a first step to ac ting his brother's claim. "Share ' is the unspoken meaning or ins cannot be comfortable alone in my We are of the same race, begotten ime Divine Father: it is our Elder i birthday. Let us keep the feast " na Rosetti, whose fervent heart is irming flame to colder ones, sings tier fiong: came down at Christmas, i-e all lovely, Love Divine; : was born at Christmas, rs and Angejs save the Sign. ! shall be our token, ve be yours and love be mine, to God and all men, it; lor gift and plea and Sign, a custom, firm through centuries of y die out; full many a thing men i-ered may be covered out of sight dust of the earth; but the more :y seeks the welfare and the uplift uin, the more true and loyal will be or we give to Christmas Day. again has New Year's day come and as we look back over the 1 many mistakes of the AKING '.-V -"f l2A jnoi.th. nre I foal a ridf tirmiTinttnn BLUTIONS to make the year be fore us the best we to do a certain thing, and conuequently sut lers; while as to the bad habit-well, if we were not strong enough to break it before, why should the advent of any particular day make it easier for us to overcome it now? Thus we are apt to reason, and, soon grow ing tired, we give up the thought of our New Year's resolutions and plod along in the old way. If we could only keep them always before us much might be done, for there is only one way to accomplish any thing, and that is by adhering in the mi nutest detail to the plans we have made. One seldom breaks his high resolve or does a great wrong in the beginning; he misses a step here, a step there, goes a little out of the way on this side, a little on that, and is soon far from his starting point. The year, to look forward, seems long; but it will soon be gone. Let us strive each day, writes Olive Hyde Foster, in Farm and1 Fireside, to make that one as near perfect as possible, and tiies the consciousness of earn est effort will, in a measure, compensate for the failure often sustained. Let. the thought of the dear ones we so fondly love check the impatient word. Who can tell where they may all be ere we make our next New Year's pledges? Some may be scattered over the face of the earth some, alas! may have gone into the great beyond, leaving us to "sigh for the touch of a van ished hand and the sound of a voice that is still;" nay, even we may be called to join the great majority; and if the summons should come, may there not be a single secret pang over the word left unsaid to mar the joy of being released from the trials and temptations of this life. Mirth of the HolidaD Season His Gift List. ' The editor, poor man, has but Uttle chance to slumber When a wife and fourteen children com prise his Christmas number. Judge. Great Dag In European Courts. In the courts of Europe New Year's is a great day- 'All the monarch s begin the day by attending church; afterward, they receive the dignitaries of church, state, anny and diplomatic corprt, . No Reelection Needed. One curlouB fact must give us pause: We strive for all things new, But when It comes to Santa Claus The same old boy will do. Chicago Daily Record. A Resolution Worth the While. Resolve t hat yon will stand well with your self during the coming year; whether you stand well with others or not. Resolve never again to Bet a cheap estimate upon your self or your chances in life. O. S. Marden, inSuccess. YULE-TIDE. Bu MARGARET E. SANCSTER. ( WITH TWINING OF CEDAR AND HOLLY AND FIR, WITH FRAGRANCE AND SPICE OP FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH, . . WITH LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN AND STIR IN THE STREET, AND HAND-CLASP AND GREETING FOR ANY WE MEET, 'MID HEART-WARMTH TO LOOSEN THE PURSE OF THE CHURL, AND HEARTH-FLAMES LIKE BANNERS THAT FLOAT AND UNFURL, THE DEAREST OF DAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, IS HERE, AND THE CHILD IN THE MIDST IS THE KING OF THE YEAR. NOW MAIDENS AND MATRONS AND GENTLEMEN ALL, AND SWEETHEARTS AND LOVERS, HELD FONDLY IN THRALL, AND LADDIES AND LASSIES, GOLD-HAIRED AND BRIGHT-EYED, LET THE JOY OF YOUR HEARTS OVERFLOW AT YULET1DE; kta BE YOUR GIFTS LIKE THE DAISIES THAT BLOOM ON THE LEA WHEN THE SUMMER BRIMS OVER LIKE FOAM OF THE SEA; OLD GRUDGES FORGET, IF THEIR CHILL HAS BEEN FELT, IN THE LIGHT OF THE YULE-FIRE TO TENDERNESS MELT ; FOR HARDNESS AND HATRED NO ROOM HAVE WE HERE WHEN THE CHILD IN THE Ml6sT IS THE KINO OF THE YEAR. ONE STAR, LIKE THE SUN, LED THE SAGES OF OLD TO THE MOTHER WHO CRADLED THE GLORY UNTOLD. NOW STARS BY THE MILLION AND BILLION WE SEE, AS THE TAPERS ARE LIT ON THE GLAD CHRISTMAS TREE. ONE SONG SANG THE ANGELS, AND YET DO THEY SINO THAT THE CHILD IN THE MIDST IS OF AGES THE KING. OH, LISTI ON THE COLD BLAST THAT SONG RISES CLEAR, FOR THE CHILD IN THE MIDST IS THE KING OF THE YEAR. A TRUCE TO OUR SADNESS, AND END TO OUR GRIEF. EARTH HATH NOT A SADNESS THAT KNOWS NOT RELIEF, WHEN, SOFT AS THE VOICE OF THE ANGELS ABOVE,' IS BORNE ROUND THE WORLD THE SWEET MESSAGE OF LOVE. AND CHRISTMAS, THE BLITHE, MERRY CHRISTMAS IS HERE, AND THE CHILD IN THE MIDST IS THE KING OF THE YEAR. N. Y. HOME JOURNAL. t known. Many plans are made ; systematic work, many good res formed, many bad habits broken, tart out with head erect and breast How long will our good intentions tecome weary, and some day the dropped for a little while; the good on conflicts 'with a strong desire New Year's Maxims. Don't worry. Don't hurry. ','Too swift arrives as tardily as too slow." Sleep and rest abundantly. Spend less nervous en ergy each day than you make. Be cheer ful. "A light heart lives long." Think only healthful thoughts. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is." "Seek peace and pursue it." "Work like a man, but don't be worked to death." "Avoid passion and excitement; a moment's anger may be fatal." "Associate with healthy people; health is contagious as well-as disease." Don't carry the whole world on your shoul ders, far less the universe. "Never despair; lost hope is a fatal disease." Christian Work. New Year In Wales aau Germans. In Wales, fires are burned to usher in the New Year, and are left alight from one year to the other. In Germany there are partB where at one time belief was enter tained in a god who brought light and warmth to the world each year. As a bon fire typified the goodness of this god, a huge fire is still built in the market place, and here the people flock, bringing with them things they wish to leave behind. Young men cast in their pipes and maidens their love letters. A little before midnight the young people dance around the fire, calling: "Health to the New Year." Good Houttkuplng. A MEBRY CHRISTMAS. Welcoming a Change. "Do you enjoy the holiday season?" asked the joVial friend. H "Yes," answered Sirius Barker, with his customary cynicism. "It's a great relief to be able to say 'Merry Christmas' and 'Happy New Year' for a change. 'How dy do' gets very monotonous." Washington Star. m He's All Right. I have a blessing for the man (And care not who may hear it) ' Who Is intoxicated with The real, true Christmas spirit. Brooklyn Life. On Desert Air. Winthrop 'If Freddie is going to spend Christmas with his grandmother, perhaps you'd better buy him the drum and whis tle." Mrs. Winthrop "I spoke to him about them, my dear, but he said they'd be no good, as his grandmother waa deaf." Le lie's Weekly. ( Resolutions. We've made resolutions anew. As It's long been our custom to do. And (the thought causes pain) We will make them again In the year 1902. Washington Star. ! . ' Method With Him. Crawford What induced you to buy such a small turkey for Christmas? Crabshaw So there wouldn't be any left to warm over for the next day." Judge. The Christmas Spirit, "Josephine always looks so gloomy at Christmas time." "Yes; X wonder what ails her." "I think she is vexed with her brothers and sisters because they have so many children." Detroit Free Press. Her View. "It isn't always what a Christmas present costB," said her friend, "that makes it ap preciated." "Oil, no!" replied Mrs. Bargain-Hunter; "very often it is what people think it cost." Puck. Greeting the New Year. Hail, glad New Year! We do not ask. Our woes you should disperse. We merely urge this simple task Pray do not make them worse. -t Chicago Dally Record. A Christmas Favorite. A man with a past Is a man to admire, A man with a future is one to desire; But the man just at this time the girls And most pleasant, They will frankly confess 1b the man with a present. Brooklyn Life. . Intense Irony. "Mister," said Meandering Mike, "have you got a quarter you can spare?" "What do you want with it?" And with a look of pity and reproach came the answer: "I jes' wanted money enough to go be fore a notary an' swear off nex' New Year day; dat's all." Washington Star. Preparing for Christmas. "To catch you 'neath the mistletoe Will be my aim," said he. "Pray, will you kindly let me know Just where the spray will be?" "It shall he where you wish," said she; "I really do not care." He answered: "Then be kind to me And wear it In your hair." Chicago Evening Post. Angelic Tommy. Now Tommy hops when he Is bid, All chores he does, he's rarely chid ; He Is a different boy because His eyes are fixed on Santa Claus. Chicago Dally Record. Uncle Allen. "The meanest man of the season," ac cording to the opinion expressed by Uncle Allen Sparks when the subject came up for discussion, "is the man who hunts the house over, from cellar to garret, trying to find out what his wife has hidden away as hi Christmas present." Chicago Tribun. jljp '! ' " ' ''''' ' &' . . . . : , . i A Daily Scene at LANE'S VARIETY STORE DALLAS, - - - OREGON 'Don't it beat all! Everybody wants 1 10 Scll-Fllllng W Fountain .chuckle. Santa Headquarters for Christmas Gifts Come in and look over our stock of Christmas goods the largest and most beautiful we have ever had. Among the gifts of character and distinction that we are showing is Self-Filling Fountain Pen This b the nationally known fountain pen that fill$ Uulfin 4 1 by one simple thumb-pressure, cleans itself, never leaks, and write with superb smoothness and ease. Put up in beautiful Christmas boxes and exchangeable if point doesn't suit, Hayter's Book Store Dallas, Oregon Nothing so Appropriate As a Gift, or so nice, Nothing in Value so great for the Price, Nothing more appreciated, enjoyed to the full, Nothing inmires you more of a Pull, Thongh often repeated, always a Joy As a present, a dandy None quite so handy, As a Box of Our High-Grade Quality Candy GOAD'S HOME-MADE CANDIES The Cosy Corner Confectionery ' j i i i mi w v- ft r x m u . . - t. ' . kv. . - j ' i --r - a - - jr --swv TOYLANP at the GOLDEN RULE STORE Everything in toys and dolls for the little folks. Only a few days and Xmas will be here with all its joy. The little ones will be hanging their stockings, getting ready for Santa Claus. Remember the Golden Rule has presents suitable for all. Come bring thp little ones and let them see the toys and dolls. The place to do your Xmas shopping and save money. Dolls from lc to $2.98 in the dressed and undressed Doll buggies, all steel, rubber tired, collapsable, $1.69, 1.98, 2.98 Dishes for the little ones, 25c, 49c. Fancy Handkerchiefs in boxes, 49c, 77c, 89c box Fancy Sets For Men Suitable Present For The Wife One tie One silk handkerchief One silk hose One tie pin and clasp 98 Cents Complete One casserole Two baking bowls Six custard cups $1.49 Complete mBMk I C BUST STORES 1 Opposite Public Library DALLAS, OREGON BUSY STORES i! ;' J li