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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1913)
PAGE nrTZEU. 4MHMMMMHMMnMMtttMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMtMMHMMMHiMi.iMMHHUMMMMMMMMniMMUMH New Christmas Stories for the Children DAILY CAPITAL JOUUKAL, 8ALEM, OKEOOX, BATUKDAT, SEOBHBEE 20, 1911 NEGUGEES AND COATS AREQUIGKLYMADEliOW M AN AMATEUR SANTA CLAUS By 'E had nil agreed that Mr. O'Shuugncssy was the very one to be Santa Clnus at our Christmas tree. "No!" he said. "No!" We had never seen Mr. O'Sbnugnes sy so vehement before. "That Is one thing I will never do no, not If the czar of Russia were to command It!" "Why?" asked some one from a safe distance. "Because I played the part once, and I will never do It again. I may as well tell you about It, and then you'll know that It Is of no use to bother me about It any more. "One Christmas I was broke, I was hungry, and uiy feet were on the ground. I had nsked a thousand peo ple for something to do, anything to "I WANT THAT." do, and Dnally u manager In a depart ment store said, 'All right; we'll make o Santa Clnus out of you.' "1 told him I didn't feel much liko a Santa Clnus Inside. "'Oh, we'll flx that nil right.' he said and handed me a pillow. "So, with pillows and boots and gloves and a fur coat outside and nothing nt nil Inside, I started In to bo Santa Clans In the toy department While I wns thinking about my wife and the two kids at home needing money, and me wlrti no steady Job, and other things like that. I heard one of the fellows in the store say to the boss: " 'Say. that St. Nicholas of yours Is about as Jolly as a hymn book. He reminds me of n funny song entitled "Silver Threads Among the Gold." Why don't you throw him out?" " '1 will when I get time.' "I tried to liven up n little after hearing this praise of my histrionic talent but It wasn't much use. "Pretty soon I saw a hoy coming dowu the aisle like a wolf on the fold. ITe was nlso seeking whom he might devour, lie was followed by an mix lous IcHiklng timid and n gentleman In a silk hut. who was an Indulgent mil lionaire father. "The kid sauntered nlong In nu Inde pendent bored way, swinging his arms kind of reckless, ns If he wns In hopes of breaking something and relieving the monotony, "When he came up to where I was sitting he stopM'd. tie hnd seen plen ty of toys, but I guess I wns some thing new In the way of n St. Nich olas. "tie cniled bis daddy and pointed to me. " 'I want thnt' he said. '"Oh. no. dearie." said the mnld. Here, look nt this nice giraffe! See! It does this!' "The kid shook the nurse off lrrltn bly. ."He doesn't swm to take much In terest In tho giraffe.' I remarked t the father. " "No. nor anything else.' be answer ed In a pntient. weary tone. 'He bus bud all these toys before, and he knows all about them, inside and out He had one of thine giraffes last year d broke it open to dud out rhat t 4 HAMILTON POPE GALT Copyright, 1013, by American Pr AetociatloD wns In it and be was mad when he found there was nothing.' " 'I want that,' said the boy again, pointing to me. " 'He has taken a fancy to you,' con tinued the pu. " 'I can't see thnt 1 have any advan tage over the giraffe,' I said. "Just then the boss of the store came along. He was Just busting himself for the millionaire. " 'Sly boy wants your Santa Claus," Bald the gentleman to the boss. "And the kid jumped up and grab bed me by the hand and began pull ing nt me mid fighting the maid off with the other hand. "Well.' said the 'boss, 'take blm along, Mr. Van Veegle. It will be no loss whatever to us, I assure you. "This roconnnund seemed to Bort of encourage the millionaire. " '1 will pay you for your time,' he said to me. "As the little fellow wns-pulllng my nrui off I got up and went nlong. He towed me through the nlsle against a tide of open mouthed people. We got Into a big red automobile, and the mil lionaire said to the chauffeur. 'Home as quick as possible, for gooduess 8ii l;e!' "Away we went, my white whiskers flying In the wind. "Pretty soon the millionaire said to the chauffeur: 'Look here, you needn't display us any more than necessary. Kindly pick out some quiet streets.' "Tho kid was sitting next to me, holding my hand. "The chauffeur stnrted to Blow down In front of a mansion when the mil lionaire gave a shout: " 'Hold on!' he said. 'Drive on quick! I forgot Mrs. Van Veegle has compa ny. We'll go around the back way.' "We were turning the corner to go around the other way when the mil lionaire shouted ugaln suddenly, 'Turn around quick!' "We were dodging somebody or oth er that he knew. "Finally we pnssed through a big gate, nnd the boy towed me around through a conservatory or two Into a swell room. "The man swore. There were a lot of Indies there still. They seemed to tnke a great interest In the pngeant "'Well, what on earth!' screeched the millionaire's wife. "While the man wns explaining to his wife the boy led me around all over the house by the hnnd. ne would not let go "Ho hnd to have me sit beside blm while he ate his dinner, nnd I had "HB TOWKD Ml THllOCOir TITS AISLR big, fnt butler shoving my chair around for me nnd wnltlng on me. I got some birds and one thing and another under my pillow snd my furs, but I wns aw ful warm. "It wns too wnrm for comfort when It got around that there wns a real, live Sniiln Clnus at the Vnn Veegle house. All the children came from all over the neighborhood to maul me. "Hut young Van kept tight grip ou MJy:: iffl . J . ft ' '4 M Kir my hand and fought them off when ever they gdt too near. "When bedtime came they tried to toll little Van that Santy wanted to go home now and work on the toys for Christmas, but he held on tighter than ever and insisted that I would have to sleep with blm. "This made it pretty bnd. If I wbb to pull off my boots and my beard and my stomach and one thing and an other the boy would be paralyzed with TAKING SANTA TO KLNDEHOAItTKN. fear, they said, and for me to turn In boots, beard, stomach and all with lit tle Van In his little bed seemed utter ly Impossible. "We compromised by my sitting by his bed and holding his band until he went to sleep. Would you believe U5 That boy wns the lightest sleeper you ever saw! Every time I tried to take uiy hand away his eyes would open and he would take a tighter grip. "1 sat up ull ulglit holding that kld'i baud. I had a man In attendance, who brought me everything I wanted, and I had collected u teu from Papa Van. but I didn't get much sleep. "The boy bad me wth blm all the next day. 1 had to be with blm when he got his bath and his breakfast, and I attended kindergarten with him. "I was 'It' at kindergarten, too, but along about 4 o'clock he lay down on a couch and went Bound asleep. "I stole from the room softly and nn observed. I hud had enough of the Job and wns resolved to escape. "Just us I was getting out of the front door a good sized boy came along and started to blah something about 'Hello, Snutn Claim!' and tried to grnh bold of mu. "1 paralyzed him by pulling out my stomach and hitting him over the bead with It "I gained the street nnd flew fot home, dodging this way nnd that to liii Me pursuit mill shedding beard, boots, cotton and fur all along the way. "I hid for three days nnd then emerg ed and got a like little Job loading coal on a ship. I have ulwuys gone In foi a sane Christmas ever since that little experience." We did not press Mr. O'HhaiigneHsy. Concerning Christmas Prttsntt, A man may not be so badly off for presents If be only has presence of mind. The question of the hour Is. "What on earth shall we buy for a Christ' mns present?" ' Never look a gift horso In the teeth. It Is nlso wrong to look a Christian present In the price mark. "What shall I give the hired girl?" Is a Christmas conundrum thnt pus zles some, tilve her Inst week's pay and get nnotlier girl. The proprietor of a big hotel may love his patrons' children, but be nev er gives 1he youngsters drums ol horns nt Chrlstiuus. N. H.-Or any other day. .if f h A A 111 Or 44444444444444444444444 444444 444 44 Yt. -Y mmlmm$$mm i:Y?W : '0Y'? , y.Y ':v' - ": ' '":Y' ;fcs;: Y:-k . I YYkY mY:Y'- ki mY W- kMY. YWm mYYYYk -Y: Y Yj : i jj "KNECHT RUPERT" WAS f GERMAN SANTA CLAUS J The Santa Clnus idea has grown out of a variety of legends and customs. The festival of St Nicholas, who was the especial friend of the children, was celebrated in Uermnny ubout the titli of December. It wns easy enough to make this coincide with the later and more general festival. The tangible Santa Claus was called "Kuecht Itu pert" and usually he was some mem ber of the family dresseil up to repre sent n beueflccnt gift giver. It was the custom to have n yew bough placed In the parlor of the German home, nnd on this nil the packages con taining gifts were placed. On Christ mas morning the whole family assem bled to claim the gifts, each having to guess the donor, "Kneclit Itupert" dis tributed the gifts to the younger chil dren, but he lectured them also on obedience and good behavior, nnd, If any one had been laid, Instead of a gift he or she was given a switch that they might be punished. So the little Ger mans try hard to be very good before Christmas. Bad Day For Girds. The day after Christmas, St Rtc pben's day (boxing day In Knglandl, Is celebrate,! in a queer way by some of the Manx boys, nnd Iiltchlleld says they feel privileged to stone wrens nt this time because of a story to the ef fect that In days gone by a most dan gerous siren was dually compelled to assume the form of 1 wren once a yenr (on tho 2ltli) nnd ultimately to he killed by mortal hands. Another tradi tion furnishes nn excuso on the ground thnt It wns a wren that wakened th guard of St. Stephen Just ns the luttcl was ubout to escape from prison. Ensmlts of th Christmas Traa, Not every bnlsani nor every spruce Is a Christinas tree. The expert cutler learns to tell nt a glnnce If t lie branches grow In perfect rings, which glvo shape and symmetry to the tree. He must bo sure, too, that the squirrels have not eaten the buds from the tf pa of the topmost branches, and that the cuttle nnd deer hnvo not ibaipcned their borns in passing. CHRISTMAS LULLABIES. 8ong Popular at Yuletida 8aason Traoad Back For Canturias. Christmas lullabies to the Divine Child limy be traced back to medieval times. In one of the Coventry plays occurs what Is plainly 0 cradle song to the Infant Jesus, which tins been preserved In music us well us In text Tlve hundred years ago the mere picture did not sulllce the faithful. The scene bnd to be enacted. The llltle play was called "The Cradling of the Child." Standing on a platform above the mnnger, boys representing nngelB proclaimed the birth of (lie Saviour, Priests took the part of shepherds and gathered around the mnnger. Here stood Joseph. Mary and the servant of Joseph. After the choir hud sung hymns, snioug tlietn "Chrlslus Nn tun llodiu," Mary sang the (list verse of the Ger man song, "Joseph, dear Joseph mine, help mu to rock uiy babe, that God may reward me In heaven the Ilalie of the Virgin Mary." Joseph answered will) the second Verse of the song, "Gladly, my dear nurse, will I help thee rock thy babe, that God may re ward me In heaven," etc. The serv nut sant': "Itcjolec. Christian multi tude. The King of heaven, who wus born of the Virgin Mary, has taken on mortality " Anil so the scene In the churches went on every Christinas. A Sura Sign. Dr. Prnlie - I guess that Peterby doesn't intend to pay his bill this year. Mrs. Probe What makes you think so? "I Just got a Christmas present from htm this morning." SIGNIFICANCE OF HOLLY. Why holly nt Chrlstmns? The pagan Komnns dedicated the hol ly to Saturn, whose festival wns In December, n round Christmas. J The e.irly Christians, to escape llririra'llllnn itiifka.d tlill lininni with holly and other Siiturnlan emblems. The Itomans sent their friends holly sprigs during the Saturnalia with wMiei for their health and prosperity. 4D.Y, -MY:i CHRISTMAS IN HOLLAND, j In Holland Santa Clans pays his an nual visit to ull good children twenty days before he comes to this country. Dec. 5 Is the feast duy of St Nicholas, alias Santa Clnus, He has nothing whatever to do with Christmas, and bis visit there Is au Anglo-Saxon an achronism. As their patron saint, chil dren were taught to look to Nicholas for cure ond protection. In England tho custom was abolished with the worship of saints ut the reformation and was re-estnlillsbeil In the Ameri can guise of Kiithcr Christmas in the middle of the last century. Put In Holland Santa Claus contin ues to make Ids visits on the right day, Dec. R. Tile Dutch children do not hang up their stockings, but place their shoes, lllled with hay or straw for the donkey 011 which St. Nicholas rides, In front of thu fireplace. Th. Christ Child, An Irish legend tells that on Christ malt eve the Christ Child wanders out In the darkness mid cold and the peasants still put lighted cndlcs In their windows to guide the scre! lit tle feet, that they limy no) xtuuihle on the way to their b In Hungary the people go yet further In their ten derness for the Child. They sprend feasts and leave their doors open thnt he may enter at his will. Through out Christendom there Is n belief that no evil can touch the child who Is born on Christmas eve. A Custom Well Forgotten. Children used to be reminded In nn uncomfortable manner that Dec, was Innocents' day. for It wns con sidered wholesome on that morning to glvo them n good culling or other form of punishment, presumably to remind them of the sins which were not corn tnlttcil by (he innocents whom Herod ordered slain on that da", fortunately every vevllge of this fashion Is now blotted out Helping Thinga Along. Mrs. Crnbshnw-What's that you're blowing on your bugle, dear? Hobble--The call to ui'ius. inn. Sis ter's young man has her under the mistletoe. i 1 Vv V, ' I By Lucy Carter. New York, Dec. 11. It is remarkable how easily a fashionable np-to-date neg ligee, dressing sacque, theatre coat, blouse, or even dress can be made by any woman quick witted enough to recognize that underlying all the soft drapings of the loose fussy clothes now modish, are the lines of the kimono, or peasant blouse, and the straight lengths of material variously draper familiar in Greek prints. Possibilities In Short Lengths. Never have such possibilities existed for turning short lengths of materials into fascinating fashionable attire, and any scarf or piece of bordered material 214 yards in length by 26 inches wide will make up into a dainty sacque suit able for formal or informal wear ac cording to its material and trimming. Fold the scarf in half, the fold coming at the ccntor back, cut out a small semicircle at the top to fit the back of the neck. Measure 15 inches from either upper end of the scarf and fold this back in a diagonal line to within 3 inch es of the bottom, like a revere. Cut this off and join the bias edge to the straight upper edge of the scarf at the neck circle. This scorn is the only one in the garment and mokes the shoulder seem in one continuous line. Slope the front to the line of the bust, or turn back the material in a revere to this point Trim the neck in swansdown, marabout or with a lace niching, and place a buttorfly bow, or silk rose at the right whore this trimming termin ates.. Edge the slcove with matching trimming and you have a modiBh little coat for an hour's labor, which any one would be glad to own and wear. Try it with a piece of tissue paper, doll's size to got the idea, then its no trick at all to make it in any size desired. The longth of the garment depends on the width of tho strip of material. A pioce of figured crope or poplin in 44 or 45 inch width would make a charm- 5639 Hat V ' The above designs arc by The McCal! v-ompany, Jcw York, Designers and Makers of McCall Patterns, ing wrap thnt could bo linod and iutor lined for warmth if dosirod, or a pat torn on kimono lines can be readily ob tained that noeds no more time or troublo in the nvnklng. A Long Folded Negligee. An equally successful quickly pro duced long nogllgo is made by using a strip of 30 inch goods twice the longth from neck to foot, good moasure to al low for hem. Fold this in half and 2'j inches below the fold, in tho center of tho front sldo cut out a triangle 5 inches at the top and 7 inches at each side. This is tho opening for the head, for this garment slips on liko a night gown, beginning at the foot joiu the siilos to within 15 Inches of tho top and sew a good sized hook on 0110 side and an eyo on the other just whero the seam finishes, Slip the garment over tho head, and catch tho sides togothor with tho hook and eyo oa tho underside and you have nn exceedingly pretty, graco fully shaped neglige. Tho sloeve open ings may ho bound or fnced with con trasting color, llio nock finished with a frill of lace, or Iwind of swansdown, The bottom is liciuniod and if desired cvia be finished in a pointed train, thougg allowance for this must bo made in measuring. Three nad one-half yards of 311 inch nintcrfnl is tho usual amount required for a height of 60 inches from neck to floor. Kimono Blouses. Kimono blouses and nearly all fusli lonnhlo waists Bro modelled on this plan -aro not at all difficult to turn out. The cutting out is quickly ac complished with a good pattern and the milking, onco this detail is accomplished is nn easy matter. Such waists mado of prolty brocades aro worn for all but the most formal occasions, and are not among the inexpensive styles if one buys them ready made. All waists as has been repeatedly said in those let tors, aro very loose fitting, quite slouchy if it were not that tho underpinning indicates dainty trim nous of attire. LUCY CARTKlt Wk r"M Sir
