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TIIE GAZETTE-TDrF-3, HETTXER, ORE., T5TTR3DAT, DEC. 1. 1919 Mt.F. TWt tv-or: Irsr i il I'' . w Gloves are always appreciated and a man can't have too many pairs. We have a choice line for your selection, both lined -andunlined Handkerchiefs Silk and linen hand kerchiefs. Plain and fancy borders Silk Sox Doesn't it please you to re ceive a pair of silk stockings? Put yourself in Ned's place "Bully," he'll exclaim, when he opens the box, "I can al ways use sox." Why Not Give Him Something to Wear? It '8 easy to make a mistake in buying Christ mas presents. Most people buy gifts which would please themselves rather than the men who receive them. Try .to put yourself in the recipient's place. Think of his taste, not your own. Then you'll probably buy him something to wear. Here are some definite suggestions. They are worth studying. WHEN A FELLOW comes home from a day's work and takes off his coat its just a world of satisfaction to have a smoking jacket to slip into. Then, also, a warm comfy pair of slippers in which to rest his feet. Both would be appreciated. TIES We never displayed so complete an assort ment of ties. You must not overlook them Mufflers The muffler is the old stand-by so don't cut it out this year. It's a gift he can start using immediately and he will surely appreciate your thoughtfulness. WE have featured here a few of the more appropriate gifts for men. But don't overlook the fact that this store is indeed Santa's headquarters and there are gifts here for all the family. THOMSON BROS Bath Robes . Pendleton Indian Robes In our Grocery Department you will find all the things to make that big Xmas dinner a success. Xmas Suggestions (Continued from page eight.) 1 American institutions as Kaiserism ever was, and we should exert our greatest efforts to combat the same. Our New Home The dreams and efforts of many ship. No religious distinction is of the Pioneer Elks tniB commun permitted, except that one may be-! ity are being reaIized in the compiei lieve in a just God, through some me-! ion of our new home' Brotner Elka dium and in plain words lor one toiever keep mind that our new bulld be a real Elk. nhvinnalv moono thai ng Your Home. It is there to i he is a real man. Our creed of fel-! accomodate you Rugs Rockers Tables . Dressers Chiffoniers China ware Trunks PATHE AND CREMONA . Phonographs and your friends. lowshiD was well defined bv Evan. 1 lN0 bome is 100 800(1 for an .rwr geline Booth, Commander of the N.!so great" Brotne" keeP P yur in" ' S. . Forces of the Salvation Army, ! terest in Elkdom. and wnen Tu do 'when speaking at the 1919 Grand ; this' u really means a closer bond of Lodge session of the B.P.O.E., she American Citizenship. See to it that said "I congratulate you on yourval- your neBhbor who is deserving is iant spirit of help and cheer. I con-1 "tended the privilege of Joining our ; v till' m HOOSIER KITCHEN CABINET Most Practical Gift . which could afford OllltCSSCS niore real pleasure. Aluminum-ware Foot Stools Dressing Tables etc etc Case Furniture Co gratulate you on the multifarious efforts, sacrifices and toils you have expended to lift up those who are down; to comfort those who are in sorrow, whether that sorrow, come in their lives through errors or faults of their own or through errors and : faults of others. But permit me to say, with the Salvation Army, let us all go on to do greater things, nobler things, more Christ-like things, that we may better our conditions and that we may better the world in which we find ourselves. You have proved, as I have proved,' that, after, the blessing of God, the sweetest solace, the happiest thoughts, the most blessed emotions that can glad den the hearts and illuminate the minds of men while living, or come to calm the waters of life's last riv er in death are those that proceed from the realization that we have lived to help our fellows, and from the blessings of those whom we have ourselves sought to bless." Christmas Cheer It is the well established custom of all Elk Lodges to see that all de pendant families are provided with Christmas dinners and pleasures. And it is the desire of every loyal Elk that Santa Claus shall miss no child in the community. This is done in addition to the unpublished acts of Charity performed through out the year in all deserving cases. American Citizenship To be an Elk is to be an American Citizen. When our country entered the recent conflict, our Government knew we were one hundred per cent American, and that they woud have no fear in calling on us for whatever assistance we were able to render, and even since the signing of the ar mistice, the War Relief Commission has relied on us iu taking complete charge of a certain percentage of war relief work. Our work as loyal, ac tive American citizens is far from ended. It is true the war is over. The throne of Kaiserism has been pulled from the side of a suffering human ity. The long rows of white crosses that stretch from the English Chan nel to the Adriatic remind us that autocracy and diabolical tyranny have been defeated, and the same crosses should be a constant remind er of the sacredness of the trust of Liberty that has been entrusted to us. The foes of anarchy and Bolshev ism are as deadly a peril to our Order. 1 F. A. MCMENAMIN, Exalted Ruler, Heppner Lodge No. 358. Christmas the Glad Day for All the World VERT country and every people hove their own special holi days, both national and reli gious, but Christmas is a day for all countries and all people. It is the world's holiday. It Is a day of gladness, as It should be, for It commemorates the birth of him who brought to the world the greatest gladness It has ever known or ; will ever know, though It were to last : for countless aeons to corner So vnlversal is the application of ' the celebration of Christmas that all j men are Included In It, whether they I be of high or lowly station, rich or poor In the goods of the world. I It Is a time for kindly deeds, for charity, for gifts and all that goes to make life gentler and sweeter. The . hardest heart can scarcely escape Its softening Influence, the most sordid j miser must struggle to resist Its; promptings to generosity. At first the day was a day observed by professed Christians only; now It Is observed by both those who profess themselves Christians aud those who make no such professions. Its warmth envelops all. This being true and no one will dis pute it the meaning of Christmas grows ever clearer to us. Its meaning is beyond all that we have already said of It Christmas means that, ultimate-1 ly, the whole world will become one 1 vast brotherhood. And It Is entirely logical that this) should be the real meaning of Christ mas, because that was the reason Christ came upon the earth whose birth Is celebrated by Christmas. It was to make all men brothers that he lived aud taught and tolled; It was to ac complish this that he gave himself up voluntarily to cruel death on the cross. It Is a wonderful thing that he was born In a stable, that he was son of a carpenter, that he never had a dollar to his name, that he had no home after, he. left Nuiureth, that he was a i wanderer on the face of the earth with no place whereon to lay his head, and that now, 2,000 years after bis death, his power Is over the world as the power of the Roman empire never was. It Is a marvelous thing about Christ that as the years and centuries In crease since his death, the more real he becomes In the thoughts of men and the better he, Is understood. There have been attempts to prove that he was a myth. But there never was an attempt at anything that failed so dismally. There have been at tempts to dispute the miracles he per formed, but these attempts have also failed. There Is no question now In the mind of any historian worthy of the name that Christ performed all the miracles that are related of him In the Gospels. He undoubtedly healed the sick the leprous, the palsied and the others. He turned the water into wine; he fed the multitude on a few loaves and fishes. He raised the dead. Men may differ, as Indeed they do, as to whether or not Christ was the divine son of God. but even those who In the face of every proof reject this claim still regard him as the purest, the noblest and the greatest man that ever walked this earth. Every man does not worship him as God, but no man defames him. He Is the vision and the hope of all men. When, In mockery, they crjwned him king with the cruel thorns, little they thought that he would rule a world at last a world In which all races vie with one another to render him their homage. Now comes again in the swing of the years another Christum s day. May tt be a glad aud a merry one fur ull our readers. Singh belli peal with merry jingle, church belli in he air a-ringle. while rilh these the door belli mingle in a syncopated core, There's the sound of hippy Q teiing is acquaintances are nreting ; there's the knell of Chnitmts fleeting as the clocks trie o'er and o'er; Johnnie's trumpet'i shrieking shrilly. Philip' drum tnd fife'i not Hill; he makes attempt to drown but illy sounds of guns that outside roar, There'i the squeak of fWlie'i dolly, and the qutwk of Dollie'apolly, and die screams of laughter jolly from thii happy lntle four. But above all Christmas noun made by little gird and boyi ii one thai better than all toys ii: more good cheer it holds in Mom 4Tii the found of mother pttchin' things about out in the kitchen ai the calls (she blows we're iichin' ) ' Come lo dinner I tlirough the door