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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1912)
XMAS WITH CHRISTMAS DAY THE SAILORS IN BETHLEHEM C h ristm as is almost here. Have you made your SELECTIONS ? My line is Complete, my prices are Right A Tew Suggestions May Help You For Ladies I I 1 I F For Men DIAMOND KINGS SOLID GOLD and GOLD F IL L E D W A TCH ES SE A L RINGS a n d SE T RINGS C U F F L IN K S SC A R F P IN S T IE CLA SPS DIAMOND BRO O CH ES DIAMOND N EC K LA C ES SOLID GOLD W A TCH ES GOLD F IL L E D W A TCH ES I B R A C EL E T S 1 GOLD READS I B E L T P IN S 1 SIL K an d GOLD W ATCH CHARM an d CHA IN S WATCH FO B S S H IR T STUDS 1 J E W E L CASES 1 S T E R L IN G S IL V E R M ILITA R Y B R U S H E S In 8 T E R L - ING S IL V E R an d EBONY. COAT B R U SH E S In S T ER L IN G s i l v i S r FOB CHAIN'S 1 N ECK C H A IN S and LOCK ETS | BACK COMBS I | and 811z- V ER P L A T E D T O IL E T SETS M A NICU RE SETS 1 SERV IN G SE TS 1 U M B RELLA S 1 S IL V E R P IC T U R E I FO U N TA IN PEN S 1 KODAKS I MESH BAGS FR A M ES T R A V EL IN G SE T S GERM AN S E A L W A LL E T DESK SE T SMOKING SETS SMOKING STAND TOBACCO JA R UM BRELLA FO U N TA IN PE N M EERSCH AU M P IP E S W. R. BURKE JE W E L E R GRESHAM, Phone 651 A thia season of the y ear prob- ANDLUBBEBS .h a t you ore. did you ubly no city of the ancient ever reflect th a t there Isa world world p resen ts a more pic w here C hristinas Is as m eaning turesque or a ttra c tiv e aspect less a day as the 24tb or 26th than Bethlehem, whose population Is of D ecem ber? Did you ever tblok far many tim es m ultiplied by the [fl-es- enough beyoad the spicy vapors of ence of a vast arm y of pilgrim s from your own plum pudding to realize th a t every p art of the globe .Mecca, In the th e seafarin g folk w ere living their height of the great annual Moslem in C hristm as day as If they knew naught flux. or H urdw ar, In upper India, at of Its fam e? They do know w hat It the season of the sacred festival, may m eans, however, as well as ever do have much g reater but they cannot be — ' to have more devout or more you. but w inds lush and w aves thum p cosm opolitan crow ds than those th at on the 25th as on every other day, and flock to the city of D avid In the C h rist It's a foolish sallurtnan who counts mas week Shaped w onderfully like on turkey o r holly berries The chances a crescent, yet the only thoroughly are he'll see little of them. C hristian tow n in all Syria, Bethlehem C hristm as Is disobliging enough to puts on Its gayest g arb ns C hristm as come In the very beginning of th e m ad approaches At all tim es a p retty and dest w eather, and the w eather never a ttra c tiv e place, it is then a th o u san d gives way one inch T he pilotboat fold more so The th rifty tow nspeo people and the life savers m ake p a ple. their handsom e w ives and dark thetic little a ttem p ts a t holding boll eyed d au g h ters, prepare fo r the festiv day. but ten to one they will be noth ities w eeks in advance and are ready Ing more than attem p ts. If the sea to welcome the first arrivals. chooses to m ake m erry in Its own No w ords can adequately describe way the sea com m ands and m ust be the g ran d eu r of th e C h ristm as services obeyed at the C hurch of the N ativity, w hich The cap tain s of the life saving sta- Is the center of in terest for the pil ilons along th e beach try each y ear to grims. T hese services nre kept up the celebrate w ith th eir men A turkey Is en tire week On the way to church alw ay s brought to the headquarters the visitors a re lieset by peddlers, who and a good meal prepared around It insist on pushing under their very as a s ta r attractio n . But anyw here noses little o rnam euts of olivewood from dru m stick s to nuts and raisins and m other of peurl T he C hurch of may come the signal from the coast the N ativity is one of the oldest stru c guard P erhaps a crab fishing boat tures In existence, and, although It has has capsized: p erhaps It Is a big ship heeti repeatedly repaired. It still re going d o w n —the result Is the sam e talus much of Its original form and The C hristm as turkey Is left to grow ch aracter In the side aisles nt d if cold, the mince pie is forgotten, and ferent a lta rs priests ch an t the service it's off to launch the liielm at and then in tones th at swell and die am id the to the oars and aw ay Night or day tall colum ns th a t su p p o rt the roof the sum m ons may come. If at night At the shrines groups of pilgrim s there are a dashing of lights on the i kneel in reverent adoration, while still beach and a fight, man ag ain st storm , other groups are guided around the 1 the blackness of th e surf. church by monks, who point out the On th e lightship provision Is m ade for rich relics nnd sacred places, the most good dinner, but th ere the pleasure venerated of all being the shrine of the ids Day and night the ship rides nt « ichor ten miles off shore. A lw ays the manger, beneath th e church, which, it is claim ed, incloses th e actual birth c an ging of th e fog bell Is heard and place of the Saviour D uring the le lights are w atched. and break In C hristm as festivities th is m anger I le monotony th ere is none, save for a shrine Is resorted to by great multi lite r bill of fare thnn usual and an Hides, who crow d each o th er In their :tra glass of grog, then back to the pious eagerness to kiss the m arble slab on the floor w ith a silver s ta r I d the g center 1 So fervid nnd en th u siastic nre these It w as d u rin g th e carv in g of the last w orshipers th a t the m arble slab has t irkey th at the hells rang fiercely, for been repeatedly kissed aw ay in places fog w as driving In p ast the beads. rendering a new slab necessary. Tin sam e experience has occurred w ith the len w ere am ong th e crew, stone covering of the crypt in the a ng, frightened, aw ay from Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jeru- t table. T he old sailors assured L : J OREGON W e Wish You the Season’s Greetings Y Y /E want to thank our patrons for YV their patronage during the past year. And by the way we will be in line for the year 1913 with a Complete Stock of Hardware, Stoves and Ranges Faints, Oils and Glass Gasoline Engines, Spraying Outfits Pumps and Water Systems Electrical Goods and Supplies Sporting Goods, Etc., Etc., Etc. W e will a p p re c ia te your trade Sterling & Kidder General Hardware G RESH AM >K EG O \ ‘ inry, but they could not be lnduc- i come back to the dinner. They blase now and are laughing at o th er new men, but th e ir com panions have not forgotten to mention the din ner th at they m issed by gazing shud- derlngly into a w in ter fog and expect ing th e death of them selves or some one else every moment. C h ristm as Is a lottery to the pilots No man of them know s when Ills turn Is com ing to guide a ship into port, and ships m ust be guided when it Is their enp taiu 's will Some of th e pilots may have a snatch of th e day nt home In the midst of S anta Claus gossip and tin horns and stuffed stockings Who ever the other pilots may lie, they are on the w ater with a good dinner stow ed aw ay aw aitin g Its optiortuuity, which may or may not come If a slilti Is suddenly sighted, then never mind the dinner The life on th e g reat steam ers and sailing v e s s e l s Is more system atic, and •t Is worth while to prepare for as much m errim ent ns the hom esickness of em pty sen view will perm it. There may be a C h ristm as tree and music and dancing; but. be you a seadog or a Inndhihlier, It’s all the sam e—you would rath er tie nt home over a table MAKKKT PLACE IN BKTHLKHEM ON CHRIST th at does not roll and spend a good MAS MOHN INO. C hristian C h ristm as with nil Its tra salern, w hich has had to be renew ed rtltional nonsense —San Francisco Call several tim es in consequence of Its o u t e r su rface being literally kissed aw ay T he O u tlo o k w ill m ak e a good by pious devotees T he tradition is C h ris tm a s p resen t th a t will last all th a t C hrist w as once laid in this m an th e y ear ger A few feet d is ta n t is th e chapel of the Magi, w here the wise men of old, Melchior, C aspar and B althazar, cam e w orshiping w ith ra re gifts. • BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY A subdued, rich light Is diffuseo throughout th e grotto by the softly S o m t F . m o u i People W h o Fire» glow ing lam ps over th e sta r, and the S a w th e L ig h t on or A bo ut sw ingiug censers lend an ngreeable Dec. 25. odor to an o therw ise close and m usty T h ere is some u ncertainty atm osphere All worldly thoughts are nlaiut the y ear and d ate of th e banished ns the kneeling pilgrim s lis b irth o f C lara B arton, founder ten spellbound to the melodious chant of th e Bed C ross nnd fam ous of ihe sacred office or the full, sturdy, p h ilan th ro p ist, who died this noble singing of the g ran d looking, year, more th an ninety years bearded priests. The low roof, the old. but It Is generally believed '•living rock," Ihe censers, the music, th a t she w as horn ou C hristm as the lights, all seen to dissolve, and In day In 1820 or 1S2I. I h d r stead th ere app ear to the moist Izinl John Morley, the cele eyes of th e adoring pilgrim s the m an brated B ritish a u th o r and s ta te s ger cradle w ith the httbe. the Virgin man. G ladstone's lieu tenant and m other and Joseph, the mean surro u n d secretary o f sta te for India In ings. Ihe oxen am i their litter of straw th e A squith cabinet, w as born and the gentle, w ondering sheep on C h ristm as eve. I*ec 24. 1S3S. T he C hristm as festivities, however, Seven y ears later to the day are not confined to the C hurch of the K ing G eorge 1 o f G reece first N ativity T he week Is a general festl saw- th e light. val In the tow n and a season of tinan Lord M arcus B eresford, b ro th d a l h a rte s t for Its citizens Like all e r o f th e fam ous B ritish ad orientals, they are th rifty to avaricious miral. was* a C h ristm as day ness, and the sight of th e splendid gifts baby, as w ere also Lady Grey- th a t are brought year a fte r year to the R gerton and th e C ountess of church and especially the G rotto chap Rothes, one o f th e su rvivors of el by stran g ers from a fa r widely ex Ihe wreck of th e T itanic. i cite th eir cupidity Among those thou Among those who w ere born sands th a t are living tem porarily In on l»ec 26. "Ju st too late for I tents, or. It may be. qu artered In the C h ristm as din n er," w ere Ad more com fortable convent, m ore are m iral George Dewejf, the Earl many rich who can be easily persuaded o f L eicester, Sir Jam es Linton, into generosity when under the super th e p ain ter; th e D uchess of natural Influence that seem s t< pervade D e l« . S ir Jam es R ankin, mem s t Bethlehem - Philadei ber o f th e B ritish p a rlia m e n t nhi-i t?eoo*<( and Jam es D Stephens, repre- e THEC. C. STORE Gresham’s Busy, Progressive S lore Your Selections for Xmas can be well made at this store. Our store is full of I useful articles as well as Dolls, Doll Bug gies, n on I ovs, D rum s, 1 oy Dishes, and Meet lanical 1 oys and Games. Dolls! H id I n al i H id I »« u 11 Dolls! Doll« 1 2 in v ile « lo n g Doll« «deept n». 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Diitwii \V«H*k, pretty pat i n n« «•n lin«n, IM«* («» . « .7 5 evervth’ng The Oldest Established General Merchandise Store in Eastern Multno mah County © p X TENDS the Compliments of the Season to its many friends and patrons and desires to call attention to its Large & Varied Stock of Everything that is needed or can be used in this community. Christmas Goods and Holiday Suggestions in Endless Variety al Lowest Prices Aaron Fox TROUTDALE, ORE.
