ÍECEMBEB 5, ST. NICK'S DA'i
Children of Holland and France Look
for Santa Claus' Visit Early in
the Month.
FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTY
Appropriate Decorations Add to the
Zest and Gayety of the Yuletide
Festivities.
SANTA CLAUS is to be
| present at the Christmas par
ty supper—and of course*!) e
should be invited—he may
appear in an automobile, j
but in order to be quite orthodox he
should be driving his, eight reindeer
through the snow; and therefore the
hostess should use a strip of snowy
cotton wool plentifully sprinkled with
frost for the table center. Purchase
a somewhat large Santa Claus; he
will be most effective dressed in a
brown cloak with scarlet hood and
cap. A fancy basket in the form of
a wheelbarrow or chariot will answer
the purpose for his sleigh, and should
be loaded with presents of all kinds.
The reindeer, which can be filled with
sweets, may be harnessed to the sleigh
with scarlet ribbons on which have
been sewn a number of tiny bells.
At intervals down the table place
boxes of bonbons in the form of Yule
logs, with garlands of berried holly 1
and mistletoe arranged from log to
log, the menus to be in banner form,
each one being held by a miniature
Father Christmas.
A Cinderella scheme for the supper
table is pretty. For the center pur
chase from your florist the wire frame
of a coach. Cover it thinly with moss,
binding it on with hemp; then cover
it with scarlet geraniums, attaching
the blossoms-to the. coach with fine
silver wire; harness two milk-white
toy horses to it with ribbons to match
the geraniums. A smart little coach
man and footman must be placed on
their respective places, and a doll to
represent Cinderella dressed for the
ball should be sitting inside.
Appropriate presents to be placed
for the children would consist of a
slipper filled with sweeties for each
little boy, and a doll dressed as a
fairy in white gauze spotted with sil-
’ ver stars, holding a tiny wand, would
deljght the heart of each little girl.
(Eljrisiwas
VVhether it be prattled on baby lips
that scarce can shape the words, or
saying them, thinks not, but only feels
the insensate overflow o f giving
from a soft, full h e a r t . . .
Although it be mumbled inarticulate*
ly by the shabby nonentity w hose
w hine for charity one acknowledges
in the spirit or the season, even
while knowing that the w ords be
said in servile mockery . . .
If it be breathed by mother mouth,
the sad, sw eet lines o f w hich w ere
molded so by a yearning, prodigal
tenderness and an unfaltering de*
votion, be its object w orthy or n o t . . .
W h e th e r it be panted from betw een
the w arm , moist lips o f maidenhood
— tremulous, palpitant, sham efaced
and shy because o f an ardor w hich
it dreads to comprehend . . .
Although it be uttered by maid,
matron or man, friend, chance ac*
quaintance, tradesman or servant . . .
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Regular $300 Kelens-
key Cape, now_____
Regular $100 Fox
Scarfs, now____ _*
$ 240.00
Regular $157.50 Ko- ^
lenskew Cape, now..
Regular $217 French
Fitch Cape, now___
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$ 173.60
Regular $55 Fox
Scarfs, now____
Regular $55 Stone Martin Chokers,
now
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$ 44.00
Other Furs-in Capes, Scarfs, Chokers, in the leading styles, all priced inproportion
to the above—20 Per Gent Discount
No finer opportunity to purchase beautiful Furs for Christmas gifts has has been of
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|N THE strict order of things
children should have hung
up their stockings for Santa
Claus on Dec. 5, and re
joiced in his gifts. For it
was the feast of St. Nicholas, alias
Santa Claus. He has nothing what
ever to do with Christmas, and his
visit then is an Anglo-Saxon anach
ronism, which came from America
fifty years ago. As their patron saint,
children were taught to look to Nich
olas for care and protection. To show
the reality of his love for boys and
girls, parents related that on his eve
he went up and down the earth re
warding the go'od with presents, as he
had in his life secretly thrown purses
of gold into the rooms of poor maid
ens through the window, ‘Children
were taught to hang up their stock
ings which parents acting as the
saint’s deputies filled with sweets,
apples, nuts and toys. In England the
custom was abolished with the wor
ship of saints at the Reformation,
and was re-established in the Ameri
can guise of Father Christmas in the
middle of last century. »
But in Holland’ Santa Claus makes
his visit on the right day, Dec. 5. In
stead of stockings, the Dutch children
place their shoes, with straw in them
for the donkey on which Nicholas
rides, in front of the fireplace. In
the morning good children find pres
ents there, but the shoes of the
naughty contain only a birch. The
custom is the same in France. * In
southern Austria, a young man, ar
rayed as St. Nicholas, in episcopal
robes, visits each house and examines
the children in their catechism. To
those who answer well the saint’s at
tendant angels give fruit and sweets,
while demons are admitted to terror
ize the careless. On going to bed the
children place baskets or dishes on
the window sill for his future gifts.
Catholic Germany furnishes the transi
tion between the origin of Nicholas
and modern Santa Claus. Arrayed as
Father Christmas, lie visits each home
and questions the children as to their
past conduct. For the good there are
cakes and fruit, and for all a lecture.
He then asks what presents they
would like the Christ-child to bring at
Christmas.—London Daily Chroniple.
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