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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1912)
MR. MARDIFIELD'S CHRISTMAS GRANDSON X m as Suggestions FOUNTAIN PENS PURSES HANDBAGS STATIONERY TOILET SETS PERFUME VIOLINS GUITARS MANDOLINS BOOKS HAND-PAINTED CHINA PICTURES CIGARS ETC. ETC. Graphaphones , slderntloti " sh e sm iled faintly, with a motion of her w hite tran sp aren t hand tow anl the chim ney. but ns Mr Marditield turned round to look he started as If sm itten by some sudden blow "My God!" he gasped, "w hose picture is that hanging over the m antel?" "My husband's portrait, sir," "Y our husband's! T hen." aud he turned once more to face her. "you are C harley's wife!" "My husband's nam e w as C harles M arditield." she answ ered L ittle Llo nel. aw akened by the loud voice In which the old gentlem an had spoken, sat up In his bed. with disheveled curls and big eyes "Santa Claus. Santa C laus'" he cried "M am ina, I knew he'd come!" "My child." said Mr Mu nil field, lift ing the little form I d his arm s. "Santa Claus has sent you a im n d fa th e r.” I I I " ic * o f |fe ar»» s o m e tim e * Is - t o u .l o u r | ria n -h a n d l i t t l e l.io u e l* * d r e a in o f San m C la u s m u s t h a v e go ne u n r e n lir .n l I f It w e re n o t fo r y o u r t h o u g h t f u l eon W ONDER who they are!" said old Mr. Marditield. He w as stau d in g a t the w in dow of the b reak fast room, looking across the sunny stre e t a t an unpretending little cottage "W hom do you mean, uncle?" asked C lara B arton, who expected to be her granduncle's heiress. "W hy, those people across th e w ay!” "Oh, common folks, 1 d are say. No body else would live In th a t bouse.” Old M arditield cam e to the b reak fast table. He sighed softly as he took the cup from C lara's Jeweled hand “Uncle, dear, you a re very silen t.” said Clara. "I was only thinking, my d ear,” said the old gentlem an apologetically. "Only thinking!" Yes. his mind had gone back y ears along th e dusty track of time, and he had been m utely pon dering upou w hat the resu lt would have been had he shaped his course differently In the days th a t w ere gone. He had had a son once, o f whom he had lieen proud and fond, and if— "1 would have done an y th in g for him —an y th in g ,” th ought Marditield, sw allow ing his coffee, "if he would O ltD S adequate to a descrip only have been w illing to consult my tion of the festive season In feelings a little Rut when he m ar ried th a t w estern girl It w as like Jap an are ditlicult to com d raw ing a gulf betw een us. and he ma nil Even the cam era and knew IL But he's dead now. and even brush would full to do Justice to a on his deathbed he was too proud to scene of such gay activity aud color send for his old f a th e r " As C hristm as approaches city, town T hese w ere th e th oughts th a t were and village tak e on n new appearance, passing through old M ardllleld's mind As the old gentlem an w as returning aud the diversions of the people a new from a walk later In th e cool sunshine turn and tone In Japan C hristm as Is a little fellow hanging over the gate not a m ere holiday It represents a accosted him eagerly. holiday season In the fullest sense of “Sir, are you Santa C laus?” tlie term "Not th at I know of W hy?" Fur weeks before the daw n of C h rist “ You are like the picture In my I book." said the boy—"a fat old gentle- | inas day preparations elaborate In kind Men in man. with a long w hite beard and lots and degree a re under way of parcels. And my mam ma said t,Kht fitting costum es, their profes- Santa Clans w ouldn't come to our I ¡dona, or the contractors' nam es print- J ed on th eir backs, spend day a fte r day decorating the streets and bouses S tands for the lanterns and th e festive greening m ust be erected, and a thou CHRISTMAS AMONG THE MIKADO'S PEOPLE w * ' a Shattuck’s Hlosiday Suggestions W atch the Sales D ay ad. for p ces and look over these suggestions. PO C K ET KNIX ES FI.4HI.NG TACKLE' G I NS. Etc. CA R V IN G SE T S M ECH ANICS' TOOLS P E R C O LA TO R S NIC K l.E TEA POTS M« R L E C O E E E E PO TS A sk for T a d T ickets ROCKING < H A IR S ( IIIL H R E N 'S C H A IR S BABY C A R R IA G E S l l \ I O P E R A M R I LATO RS Gresham Drug Co. I P -T O -D A T E S H O E S fo r tin w h o le fa m ily . Tin- N icest G ift O b ta in s li le. The Rexall Store F E L T S L IP P E R S for old anil y o u n g . GIXIX ES FANC Y HOSE In W ool, C otton anil Silk SA L A D SE T S KERRY S E T S LEMON XDE SE T S IN D Ù IDI AL SE T S o r a ll k in d s. CC v » IM PO R T ED AND IMIMEMTIC CHINA FANCY GI.AHNXX XRE _ MADAM. I AM SANTA CLAUS." Good Printing is a great help to the B U S IN E S S M A N AND Judicious Advertising Is a Sure Business G etter □ bouse 'cause we w ere so poor. And I w ant a stocking full of toys, like the other boys, and a new sled, and a pair of skates, and I th ought If I saw Santa C laus I’d ask him .” H ere a soft voice from the window culled "Lionel! Lionel!" and the ap parition slipped down from the gate ami ran aw ay. "A cunning little rogue!" thought Marditield. "S anta Claus, eh? An old gentlem an with a long w hite b e a rd - ha! ha! ha! And I might have had Just such a chubby rascal of a g ra n d son as th at If only —1 w onder If they would object to my ndopting blm! Santa Claus, eh? Well. I believe I will turn Santa C laus fur once”' The sta rs were shining out. tiny points of gold, through the d ark n ess o f the C h ristm as eve. when Mr. Mardl field knocked a t the door of the little cream colored cottage. "Come In!" a gentle voice celled, and Mardlfleld. groping his way through a seinlllgbted hallw ay, found him self In the presence of a sw eet faced woman, in n pillowed chair, her fingers busied In some piece of knitting. "M adam .” «aid be. bowing cntirteon* y. "I am Santa Claus!" And Ihen he told her the story of how little Lionel had accosted him In the morning "Yon a re very kind, sir," said the woman trem ulously AVe are poor— so poor In fact, th at the barest necessa- Don’t TRY IT AND SEE sw eat over a hot stove a n d w ear yourself out, hut have your Xmas Pastry T a lk Io the O u tlo o k about it. Phone 701 a .® m ad e at the City Bakery PA LL HOETZEL, Prop P hone 11 GRESHAM ORE H XNRKEIH H IE F S ! IIANDK E R C H IE F S ! I o lto n . L inen, S ilk , P la in and F an cy. T A B L E SC A R ES D R E S S E R SC A R E S EM RROIDERX TEA SE T S IHP KTKKFTS RlSKMHLK. WINDING AVLNL LS OK CHKIHTMA« TKKK8 XI«'stilin e , FANC Y NECKXX F A R foi Ma n nini XX om en Ml F F L E R S FO R ALL S ilk , all <'olor* a. «I shad« s. N o th in g N icer. '« i t I l i t t l e m u tte r * Im r e to he *« e r> t o I b e fo re n il i* in c o m p le te rex (II iip * m for f 11ie hurst of gl.idues* E vert tioiiffe of the inntiy th at nhel- l w ltie lift) miilioos of ttie Ix p iin e s * em pire I.«never tiumhie the nlMt.lv nmv ’ Ito, In is som e sign of the New Year i Idea Before every gate and doorway Is placed the chief symbol of th e se a son. w hat the Jap an ese cnll the kndo- m atsu. or pine tree of the honorable d ate At e a d i side of the entrance to I the house or garden three short pieces j of laiuili i i tree, cut nt an acute angle, stand tied together as a pedestal from which rises th e ever glorious pine tree, in shape som ething like a C hristm as tree, for the young pine Is the emblem of a loyalty and life th at ure ever fresh | and gr<-en. In addition, over the door of each house is set up a lobster attach ed to an orange. T hese a re usually the gifts of a friend to express the goodt?l wish th a t th e recipient will live till the loins are bent up like a lobster W hether the orange rep resen ts orange blossoms at.J plenty of w eddings In the fam ily Is not clearly know n Above the o rn a m ents of th e doorw ay Is stretched a piece of artistically woven straw rope, the shinto sign of reverence for the an cestral gods As one goes along the stre e ts they seem gradually to be transform ed Into long and w inding a» enues of trees, suggestions of the a n cestral hunting grounds, and at night the whole Is lit up by Innum erable lanterns th at shed a varicolored light on the decorations ami the crow ds th at throng the thoroughfares T he blase of lantern color lends the scene a mag lc touch th a t ch arm s the Jap an ese mind and haa no little attractio n for the foreigner To tell of the endless array of gifts th a t a t this season pass betw een friend sn d friend, celghbor and neighbor, ) would lie Impossible. Among the more common may b s m entioned a latsket co ntaining a dozen eggs or oranges, a box of s|H insr cake, or a cake of soap, tin- la tte r gift l-elng in no way intend e<I as a rejectio n on the beneficiary.— New York P o s t XX XRM SXX E A T E R S T he L a r g c s l S l o c k in G resham H A TS EOR MEN la n g e s t a n il llcat S lo c k In T ow n to ( "house from . ItlllltO N S , RIR R O N S, RIRIIO N S E m iles* v a r ie ty , c o lo r s anil pile« ,1 N If K-N At KS o f nlj K in d s TOY S, a fu ll sto c k to rhmi* front. Ren atnPcr • I he Big Department Store on lain Street is teem ing with good things ! Plenty of good cheer and a hearty) welcome will greet you.. Lewis Shattuck The Gresham Department Store Largest Stock in Gresham
