FOREST GROVE PRESS, FOREST GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1912.
«JEST TORE
CHRISTMAS”
¿ /E U G E N E FIE,LD.
J 7 A T H E R calls me William, sister calls me Will,
Mother calls me Willie, but the fellers call me BilL
Mighty glad I ain’t a girl— ruthei be a boy
Without them sashes, curls an’ things that’s worn by Fauntleroy!
Love to chawnk green apples an' go swimmin' in the lake—
Hate to take the castor ile they give for belly ache I
'Most all the time, the whole year round, they ain’t no flies on me,
But jest ’fore Christmas I’m as good as I kin be I
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Got a yeller dog named Sport, sick him on the cat;
First thing she knows she doesn’t know where she’s at I
Got a clipper sled, an’ when us kids go out to slide
’Long comes the grocery cart, an' we all hook a nde I
But sometimes when the groceryman is worried an*
cross
H e reaches at us with his whip an’ larrups up his
hoss,
A n’ then I laff an’ holler, “ Oh, ye never teched me I"
But jest ’fore Christmas I’m as good as I kin be.
Granmar says she hopes that when I git to be a man
I’ll be a missionarer like her eldest brothel Dan,
A s was et up by cannibals that lives on Ceylon's
isle,
W here every prospeck pleases an’ only man is vile.
But granmar she has nevei been to see a wild west
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show
Nor read the life of Daniel Boone or else 1 guess she’d know
T hat Buff’lo Bill an’ cowboys is good enough for me!
But jest fore Christmas I’m as good as 1 kin be!
A n ’ then old Sport he hangs around as solemn-like an’ still;
His eyes they seem a-sayin’, “ W hat’s the matter, little Bill?”
1 he old cat sneaks down off her perch an’ wonders what’s become
O f them two enemies of hern that use to make things hum!
But r m so polite an’ ten’ so earnestly to biz
That mother says to father, “ How improved our Willie isl”
But father, havin’ been a boy himself, suspicions me
When jest 'fore Christmas I’m as good as 1 kin be!
For Christmas, with its lots and lots of candy, cakes and toys.
W as made, they say, for proper kids and not for naughty boys;
So wash yer face an’ brush yer hair an’ mind your p’s an’ q’s.
A n’ don’t bust out yer pantaloons, an’ don’t wear out yer shoes;
Say “ yessum” to the ladies an’ “ yessur” to the men,
A n ’ when there’s company don’t pass your plate for pie again.
But, dunkin' of the things yer’d like to see upon that tree,
Jest ’fore Christmas be as good as yer kin be!
CHRISTMAS AMONG
THE MIKADO'S PEOPLE.
OHDS adequate to n descrip
tion of the festive season in
Japan are dlllicult to com
mand. Kven the camera and
brush would fall to do Justice to a
acene of such gay activity and color.
As Christmas approaches city, town
nnd Village take on n new appearance,
unit the diversions of llio people a new
turn nnd tone. In Japan Christmas Is
not n mere holiday. It represents a
holiday season In the fullest sense of
the term.
For weeks before the dawn of Christ
mas day preparations elaborate In kind
nnd degree are under way. Men In
tight lilting costumes, their profes
sions, or tho contractors' names print-
« h 1 on their backs, speud day after day
decorating the streets and houses.
Stands for (he lanterns nnd the festive
greening must be erected, and u thou-
W
be, has some sign of the New Tear
Idea. Itefore every gate nnd doorway
Is placed the chief symbol of the sea
son, what the Japanese call the kndo-
uintsu, or pine tree of the honorable
dale. At each side of the entrance to
the house or garden three short pieces
of bamboo tree, cut at an acute angle,
stand tied together ns a pedestal from
which rises the ever glorious pine tree.
In shape something like a Christmas
tree, for the young pine Is the emblem
of a loyalty and life that are ever fresh
and green.
In addition, over tho door of each
house is set up a lobster attached to
an orange. These are usually the gifts
of a friend to express tho good(?) wish
that the recipient will live Ull the loins
are bent up like a lobster. Whether
the orange i—presents orange blossoms
and plenty of weddings in the family
Is not clearly known. Above the orna
ments of the doorway Is stretched a
piece of artistically woven straw rope,
tho slilnto sign of reverence for the
ancestral gods. As one goes along the
streets they seem gradually to be
transformed Into long and winding av
enues of trees, suggestions of ttie an
cestral hunting grounds, and at night
the whole Is lit up by Innumerable
lanterns that shed a varicolored light
on the decorations nnd ttie crowds that
throng ttie thoroughfares. Tho blaze
of lantern color lends ttie scene a mag.
Ic touch that charms ttie Japanese
mind and lias no little attraction for
the foreigner.
To tell of the endless nrrny of gifts
that at this season pass between friend
nnd friend, nelghlior nnd neighbor,
would be Impossible. Among the morv
common may he mentioned n basket
containing a dozen eggs or oranges, a
box of sponge cake, or a cake of soap,
the latter gift being In no way Intend
ed ns a reflection on the benetlclary
New York Post
L e t Her Pass.
S e e th e m e rr y C h r is tm a s sh o p p er.
Hut fo r g o o d n e ss' s a k e d o n 't s to p h a rt
I-et h e r h ik e a lo n s h er p a th w o y ;
l.e t h er p a s s you w ith a sm ile.
T h o u g h you kn ow her. d o n 't d e ta in h er.
F o r th e f a c t co u ld not he p la in e r
T h a t If you tw o s e t to c h a t tin g
Y ou w ill m e re ly b lo ck th e a isle ,
Ih> n ot a s k h e r how s h e 's fe e lin g .
I f h er s i s t e r 's b a b y 's p eelin g
F ro m th a t a w fu l s c a r le t fe v e r
O r If 'tw ill a f f e c t h e r m ind.
D o n 't In q u ire a b o u t h e r -m o th e r
O r h e r n ep h ew o r h er b ro th e r.
C a n th e Idle goaalp , lady,
T h e r e s a c ro w d o f ua b eh ind .
T H E S T I i E E T S HI
R M U t. r
w ih p in o a v k sc k b
o r ctiiu si has Tunes.
sand little matters have to be seen to
before nil ts In complete readiness for
the burst <»f gladness.
Every house of the mnnj that shel
ter the fifty millions of ttie Jspanese
empire, however bumble (tie abode may
Do n ot a s k h e r w h a t'a s h e 'e k n ittin g
O r c ro c h e tin g fo r a tiltin g
l itt le C h r is tm a s g ift th is se a so n .
I f you g e t h er s t a r te d sh e
" 'I I I re la te h er w h o le Ilfs s to r y .
All Its tr a g e d y a n d g lo ry .
A I th e r e 's fu ll tw o h u n d red people
T ry in g h ard to w alk on m e.
He« th e m e rry C h r is tm a s sh o p p er.
t i n t fo r g o o d n e ss' s a k e d o n ’t s to p h e rt
, • U , t ' n c a n th in k o f
T h a t Is re a lty now w o rth w hile,
l e t h er go s h o u t h er b u y in g.
T h o u g h to sp e a k to h er y o u 're d y in g .
C ut It o u t th is C h r is tm a s e e a so a ,
L e t's h a v e tr e -dom In th e a isle ,
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wi th
Observation Standard Drawing-room and Compartment Sleeping Cars
and Dining Car.
Leaves Portland 5 :5 0 p. m. daily connecting with
■‘O w l" at Port Costa for Los Angeles.
Two Other Fine Trains
California Express
Leaving Portland 1:30 a. m.
[Sleeping Cars open 9:30p.m .]
Th e San Francisco Express
carrying Observation Car.
Both trains carry Pullman and Tourist
Sleeping Cars, Dining Cars and High Class Coaches.
A ll these trains connect at San
Francisco with
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Overland
Limited and other trains East through Ogden and with the San Fran
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Sunset Route.
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JOHN M SCOTT,
Portland, Oreg
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