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.”
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" 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
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SA L A D SE T S
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IM PO R T ED AND
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MADAM. I AM SANTA CLAUS."
Good Printing
is a great help to the
B U S IN E S S M A N
AND
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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
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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