XMAS WITH
CHRISTMAS DAY
THE SAILORS IN BETHLEHEM
C h ristm as
is almost here.
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W. R. BURKE
JE W E L E R
GRESHAM,
Phone 651
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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Meet lanical 1 oys and Games.
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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.