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wir‘ As each child arrives he is given a white paper cap, and when all have assembled, they are given the oppor- tunity of decorating Jack Frost. The children are blindfolded one at a time and after being turned around three or four times are told to walk up to Jack Frost and place their caps on his head. The child who first succeeds gets a small prize. Each child is then allowed to throw a soft rubber ball, attempting to hit Jack Frost's string of bells. The first one who succeeds receives the Christ- mas stocking and presides over its contents. Other successful contestants draw a prize from the pack, and at the close of the contest each child draws one of the snow man’s gifts. Why not serve Christmas dinner by candle-light? Or if the dinner be at noon time, just darken the room. A rather interesting candle-stick may be made in the following manner: The materials necessary are pieces) of white birch wood about one inch in diameter and six to eight inches long,| circular pieces of wood, three inches in diameter, bits of holly, and candles. Have as many pieces of wood, of both kinds, as You wish candlesticks. Tack: a circular piece of wood to one end' of a long piece. See! you have a stick almost made. The other end of the piece of wood should be hollowed outH to hold the candle. Twine the bits of; holly about the stem of the candle-' lstick. l Given, not lent, And not withdrawnâ€"once sent, This Infant "J mankind, this One, Is still the little welcome Son. Do you see it now in fancy? A real outdoor candlestick it is. A bit of white bark with a holly spray about it, a white candie. the red of the ber- ries, it is a charming afi‘air.â€"J. W. Even as the cold Keen winter grows not old, As childhood is so fresh, foreseen, And spring in the familiar green. Sudden as sweet Come the expected feet, All joy is young, and new all art, And He, too, whom we have by heart. â€"A1ice Meynell. New every year, Newborn and newly dear, He comes with tidings and a song, The ages long, the ages long; Civic health is on the toboggan in the town where fost use a silver gauge instead of the golden ruie. If the energy in a flash of lightning could be collected and stored up, it would carry an electrically-operated motor car or van for a-distzmce of five miles. The children will all enjoy the Unto Us A Son Is Given. For The Christmas Table. carry an electrically-operated car or van for a-distance of five bum;- oi uhCh 1‘ rest in which the chil- dren form a circle, with one child who represents Jack Frost standing in the centre. “Jack” runs around inside the circle, touches a child on the right hand and goes back to his place again. The child thus touched says: “Jack Frost came this way.” The child at her left asks: “What did he do?" Child No. 1 replies: “He nipped my hand” (shaking the hand). Child No. 2 tell No. 3 about Jack Frost, and the same question and answer follow. This is repeated, each child doing as No. 1 did, and thus it goes around the circle back to No. 1 again. Jack Frost then steps out and nips this child’s left The King. “My little Son,” she said, “My little Son, My beautiful, my wondrous, Lovely One. . . . I kiss Thy head, Thy hands, Thy little feetâ€"â€" Thou art so small, so helpless, And so sweet. “They come with gifts And look on Thee with awe, And tell in whispers Of a star they saw. “I see but Thee No more than this, That Thou art soft As rose leaves To my kiss." . Eye of Murdered Man Holds Slayer’s Image. The theory that a murder victim's eye may sometimes hold the image of his slayer received scientific confirma- tion from Prof. Doehne of Cologne University, Berlin. The professor photographed the retina of two of the victims of Fritz Angerstein, wealthy Hagen merchant, who killed eight per- sons. The retina of one yielded a pic- ture of Angerstein's face. The other showed the same face, contorted with rage. and the blade of the axe with which the murders were committed. k3 Yittlc tnhm of fiztblzbcm it? into still we see tisn ‘z $136133 ti)? 1122;; an‘u Erma (the silent stars go iap; !:t in thy bark strtct Shiner?) Gib: everlasting Eighz; he bones â€"â€"Abigail Cresson. MI flaming aub £23 in that Iitfls taint: sf igetblebem; £33m gtifi has $22 thee {€323 I know hand, and now bcth hands are shak- ing. Each time Jack nips some part of the body, until the children are hopping up and down and shaking all over, which of course is great fun for them. Mrs. Jack Frost then says: “Jack Frost is coming this way," and whispers a word to each of the chil- dren. To some she whispers, “hish,” to others “hush,” and to others “hash.” At a given signal from her, the play- ers call out their words together and the result is a big sneeze, which makes all laugh. Some one is,then selected to repre~ sent Jack Frost. Other players are given the names of Christmas gifts, such as a doll, a box of candy, or a book. A number of chairs are ar- ranged in the middle of the room, with one chair less than the number of players, not counting Jack Frost. Jack then takes his place in the centre of the room and calls for them one at a time. The first one called comes for- ward and takes hold of Jack's coat, then each one in turn, as he is called takes hold of the player who precedes him until there is a long line behind the leader. Jack then begins to run around the chairs, the others after him, until he suddenly calls “Christ- mas Gift," when the players must alt down. As there are not enough chairs, one player will be left standing and he must pay a forfeit. As each player drops out, a chair is removed until only one is left. What Will You Buy in Toyland? Christmas, expressed in the terms of the child’s mind. is synonymous with toys. At this holiday season, made merry by children and for chil- dren, there is a tendency toward be- ing too generous v'“ ‘1 toys. If not too generous, then too self-centred on the shopping trip to Toyland that we come home with toys bought to suit our own tastes and desires rather than the lit- tle four, five or six-yearâ€"cid for which they are mea'nt. To remove ink stains from the fin- gers, wet the head of a sulphur match and rub over the stains until they disappear. The great joy of receiving toys at Christmas time for children is getting what they want. Every toy should be made to exercise a dual purpose, that of making the child happy and of assisting him in an educative and cre- ative way. Toys are the treasured possessions of childhood, and the im- pressions they make in childhood days are lasting. It may be you note in advance what the child wants, but it is also neces- sary to know why. Perhaps little James wants a sled like the one his playmate has. This may be because it is a bright and shiny one, or beâ€" cause it can go faster and farther than any other sled of his playfellows. The boy who teases for expensive me- chanical toys may have his real wish better gratified in the ownership of materials with which to experiment and construct his own metal toys. If 111255 51829 I. 0. 2i): yeaw QB. holy mm at aztbtzgemt " 5325:2111) to us, me pray ;' ’ East out our sin, auh enter in, $32 bum in us tu=hap. w: bear ti): mimistmas angels E32 great glah tibings tell; 9%, come to us, abifie but!) us, @ur 10:11 QEmmmwzl! Jane is of o studious nature. she will get more hours of real happiness out of a story book suitable to her age, rather than a. set of doll dishes, which for us appears to be the correct gift for any little girl. One can do a child a grave injustice by getting him everything he wants. This is a World of limitation, thwarted wishes and the necessity for sharing with others. If a host of toys and playthings is received at Christmas time, a child's appreciation for new toys later in the year, is dampened. One mother of our acquaintance al- lows her sons to have only a few of the toys they receive at Christmas time. The remainder is put away and ' given to them at appropriate times ' throughout the year. If Christmas brings no thrills, something is wrong, not with Christ- mas, but with yourself. Christmas ' is nineteen hundred years old, but age has not withered its charm. Much has crashed since the cry of a Child was heard in Bethlehemâ€"kings, king- doms, empires, religions, civilizations â€"but Christmas, the Child festival, still stands firm and four-square, en- trenched in a million hearts. Then this Christmas morning let your children or your little friend re- ceive the toys for which they have been longing, but let those toys be so selected as to incite happiness and delight in the gift, and stimulate the child mind in an educative way. Christmas! The very Word hold a thrill. Eyes shine, and hearts beat quicker. The call, the grip, of Christâ€" mas, still hold power. But youâ€"what of you? If Christ- mas brings no thrill you have lost something. Perhaps faith and hope and charity have gone, pushed out to make place for a bitter cynicism. The world may have buffeted you, and it may seem that you stand alone, chilled and cold and forgotten. But Christmas is yours still. It must hold happyâ€"perhaps holyâ€"memories. For were you not once a child? What bet- ter salve can there be for the bitter- ness of toâ€"day then the fragrant memories of happy and holy yester- days? “He Who shall keep Christ- masse,” said an old-time philosopher, “shall keep himselfe.” If Christmas brings no thrill, some- thing is wrong. Maybe We are not at “peace.” Maybe “good will" is not in our hearts. Perhaps we are nursing old hatreds, bitter memories that should have been banished and for- gotten years ago. In that case we are in antagonism with Christmas, its meaning, its mess- age, and its lesson. Let a Little Child lead us back to friendliness, to for~ giveness, to peace, and to happiness. For Christmas to mean nothing to us is a tragedy. We stand condemn- ed. Some say they have “got beyond troubling about Christmas.” If you are of these, ask yourself whether you were not better and happier when you did trouble. If you wished to walk through all the streets and lanes and alleys in London you would have to walk ten miles every day for nine years. London’s famous Lord Mayor’s coach was built in 1757, weighs nearly four tons, and is not very comfortable to ride in, as it is suspended on leather braces in place of springs. A small boy who asked a gardener how he got the water into water- melons received a reply that was worthy of his question: “I plant the seed in the spring,” said the gardener. You were? Ah, then you must get back. You may have got on in the world, but that is not everything. The heart of a child is greater than riches, and faith more than many mansions. The Heart of a Child. gamma; amok} This is the season above all other! ‘for taking thought away from our- selves toward other people. What a miserable festival it would be if all our mind turned inward, our gaze were introspective and our desire be- gan and ended in a ring about our- selves! Rank selfishness is this, to invade' the blessed time with care purely for our own concerns, with anxious mediâ€" tation of our own revolving problems, however insistent and intrusive these may be. We need never look far to discern the less fortunate; however unhappy we think we are, there is a plight at our doorstep more serious than our own. We need to look reso- lutely and cheerfully away from our perplexity, 101' the health of our minds, for the good of our souls, for the happiness of others which we are bound to consider. It does not matter so much that we shall bring our own dream true for ourselves as that we shall bring hap- piness in the long run to another, even though it be with sacrifice. "Greater love hath no man than this.” A true, abiding affection is tested most of all by its willingness to renounce. And let no gloomy face be carried to the altar of the oblation, but a high, proud smiling countenance. For it takes from the beauty of any service to the raceâ€"or to any member of itrâ€"if we play the part in a dreary, melancholy key, as of one who con- sents rather than elects to live and to rise to the whole of a duty. When we came into this world W0 did not come into a solitary paradise. We found the scene thronged and the rules fixed and the game to be played as others had eoberly agreed to play it. There has to be an ordered struc- ture of society, for the defence of interdependent mankind against the independence of the lawless and the predatory. We cannot let the world be run by those who are themselves un- govemable. “Save he serve, no man may rule." And each in his place be it high or low, is bound to think of all the rest. 0, not in nineteen hundred years We needed Thee as toâ€"night. Yestreen we washed us clean with tears, Their scarlet washed us White. \There is not one green spot on the 'arth Where men nor hate nor grieve. '0 Child, come to our hour of dearth And bid the dead heart live. â€"Katharine Tynan. Not when they slew our young, and marred ‘ The beauty smooth and clean, Not then, not then, our hearts were hard, Arid and cold and mean. For now the weak are down, and Hate, - And Avarice, and Pride, These are the Lords Within our gate. 0 Child, be not denied! Never we needed Thee so sore Since the first day began. 0, come and knock at the world’s door, Small Son of God and Man! ' And if it ope not to Thy knock Shrill crying in the cold, Break down the heart hard as a rock And enter and lay hold! A Christmas Song. Other People.