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~.mdzj. 4‘84. « SPANGLES N iiiiiiiisiiziiiiinai t ' BY LEREINE This story is told of how spangles came to be draped upon the Christmas trees: Long years ago, before little boys and girls even thought of havmg a tree trimmed for Christmas, there lived in a large house on the top of a bleak hill some little boys and girls with their parents and the servants of, the home. Their father had gone on a long journey, and they were not sure that he would return in time for the Yule festivities. However, they, watched daily for him with their lit-, tle faces pressed close to the latticcd: window. -, As they looked out they saw no- thing but the wide sweeps of snow, broken only by the scattered spruce and cedar trees standing here and, there like sentinels upon the land-‘3 scape. Suddenly they got the idea‘ that they would like to have one of‘ the trees in the house, to light their; Christmas candles upon its branches.I So they ran to their mother and asked, her if they might do this, and afterl I thinking about it for a few minutes she agreed that it was a pretty thought and said they might have the tree. So she called the servants and; told them that the house must bei cleaned from the outer doors up to; the attic, and not a speck of dust must remain, for the children were going. to light a tree with candles to honor the birthday of the Christ-child. The servants started cleaning the house, and they began right up at the; attic. They cleaned and brushed and: swept every atom of dirt out, and; every little cobweb from every little, corner. Then they came downstairs, and again they cleaned and brushed‘ every bit of dirt and every little cob- web from 'e'very corner. And hidden away among the little cobwebs were vmany little spiders, and one by one, they were swept out with the dust,i until at the end of the week there, remained not a single little spider in all the house, nor a speck of dust, nor‘ a cobweb. Then with great ceremony the old-‘ est servant was despatched to selectl the most beautiful tree of perfecti proportions, and it was cut down, and; brought into the house. When made! fast, candles were brought, and the- little boys and girls spent a most; delightful days fixing them upon the tree. _ They did not tie one here and an- other thereâ€"oh no! Each one was placed carefully so as to be just a certain distance from the last, so that; when lighted the whole tree would ap-' pear to be a wonderful harmonious; blaze of light. At the very top of the. tree, fastened to the highest twigI which points straight up to Heaven,i they fastened the tallest and best} It wasJate when they finish-. ed and they were ’a‘lf’tired, " c, went to bed, after opening the window just a teeny weeny bit so that Santa! Claus might be able to get in, when} attracted by the brilliant lights, if hel considered their conduct had been; good enough during the year to meritl reward. The household was soon asleep. andi at midnight no one save the dog in‘; his kennel heard the exquisite tinkling of bells which rang out upon the clear frosty air, when Santa Claus drew up with his magic sleigh before the win- dow. Softly he entered the house and» tip-teed first to the room where the children slept to see if they were alli abed and sleeping soundly. Not even? a little mouse was awake so he went back and after surveying the wonder- ful tree, he left toys, sweetmeats and all-sorts of good things, includ' g a, fresh supply of candles, for the ittlel boys and girls to find in the morning.1 When he had gone and the last: tingle of his bells died away on the‘ crisp frosty air, the moonbeams crept softly in to see the tree. And the' little birds wakened by the jingle of. bells came out of the trees and looked, “in through the window to behold the tree. And all the little spiders which‘ had been swept out, and had been hud- : dling together in the depths of a bal-E sam tree outside, were disturbed by} the commotion of the birds, and they. too opened their tiny eyes and saw the I tree glowing with a blaze of light in-‘ side the window. , “Oh what a pretty thing!" sighed One little spider. ‘ “Let us go closer to see it," urged another. “Come along," ventured a third. So all the little spiders ran down; from the tree, and hurried across theI snow so as not to get their tiny feetl, frozen, and they ran up the wall to‘ the window. There they sat a long time lost in amazement at the extraâ€" ordinary sight. l Suddenly one of them said, “TheI moon-beams have gone inside; let us go in, too." So they all ran in through the win- dow, for Santa Claus had forgotten to close it. After being swept out, there they were, every last one of them, back inside the house again. One fellow more venturesome than the rest wanted to go right up into the tree to discover why it should have bright star-lights flickering upon it while the trees outside had no such warm glow about them. The older spiders decided that might be a bit danger-om, but the more adventurous dues argued that the moonbeama were already playing in the tree, and no harm had come to them. So up they all went and examined it to their hoax-W content, running over omr IlfifiWth‘m airy-hem... uni-x thét they. I " “I mutant-£0301! but on BALLANTY NE. as not to lose their way. They crept up the candles very close in the flame and lei. the warmth of the inow pcncâ€" tratc their bodies, and it felt very good. Then one old father spider said, “Come, :irc swept out again." They thought that very good advice and one by on: they all followed their siiken trai. back again to the window, and out they went, down the wall and back again to their new home in the balsam tree. Soon after that the star which the Wise Men had followed years before appeared in the sky, and the Christâ€" child came to earth again to discover Where thc children dwclt who loved Him. lie saw the bright lights from afar on the tree which was trimmed to do honor to His birthday, and He came and stood in the room to be- hold it. He was so surprised to find it covered with tiny cobwcbs, and al- though He loves every creature, oven the. tiny spiders, yet He knew the children did not mean to have them on the tree. ‘ So lie touchcd the silken webs With His finger: touched them ever so gently, and lo! the tree stood covered from top to bottom with glittering silver spnnglcskthe most beautiful tree in the world! And because the story of it. spread afar, to this day we still hung spangles upon the Christmas Tree. ______4.__.â€"â€"- The Christmas Tree’s Toilette. Before attempting to dress u Christ- mas tree it should he made very firm by placing the plant in a barrel of soil or sand if it is of any size. Even if the tree is a small one it is advis- able to do this. although in such case a large flower-pot will serve the pur- pose. The dressing of the tree should alâ€" \ ways he started from the top, Working downwards. Fix the heaviest toys to the upper parts of the strongest branches and suspend the more fra- gile ornaments from the tips. There should be no happy-goâ€"lucky distribut- ing of the gifts, but even the smallest toy should be labelled for some child. This not only makes more fun, but there is a finality about such an ar- rangement that does away with all jealousy. After the Christmas tree is dis- mantled plant it at once, if you have a garden and the tree has roots. But many Christmas trees have no roots. In that case let the children have them to prepare for the birds. They may be decked-with morsels of fat and a few partly shelled nuts. Our feathered friends are hard put to it at this time of year to find enough food. and the childrenwilkl - 1r ow they are giving the birds a party of their own. If you have some time to spare for decorating, don't forget that deligh‘â€" ful Christmas friezes may be bought at most big stores in three-yard lengths. One design may show Father Christmas tearing through the snow with his sleigh and merry bells. another a happy family of kiddies dancing round the Christmas tree and there are many other artistic designs, all charmingly colored with- out being crudc. These are in so much better taste than the old colored paper chains and the paper roses in impos- sible shades. These friezes should only be fixed in place here and there with small drawing-pins, so that no ugly marks show in the walls when the decora- tions are taken down. The best kind of Christmas cake for children is one of the plain variety, iced with water icing. It may be de- corated with the little gold and silver balls, candied flower petals, and other little decorations sold at all confec- tioners for the purpose. decorations will decorate several cakes decorations will recorate several cakes and make them look so Christmassy that they will give far more pleasure to the children than a rich cake not so prettily decorated. A rich fruit cake with layers of almond icing is unsuitable for children, especially at , Christmas-time. when there is so much I irich food about. If children are al-i lowed to overeat it will spoil the funi for everybody. Christmas boxes originated in Româ€" an times, when an altar was erected in every village, and people put money in a box. 0n the day after Christmas Day the money was distributed. s uni children, let us go before we. W- i‘iow o I | I i By Sister Mary l After mother has roasted the Christ-I mas turkey to a tum, it is up to father, to take a hand and wreck the work of, art to enhance it, according to his skill at carving. Every woman has sat with bated} breath the first time the man of tlieI house wielded a curving knife over turkey. Since no ordinary mun carves a turkey every day here‘s Just how it should be done. Firstlbe sure that the carving knife is sharp.‘ A dull knife will mean trouâ€"l ble and consequent embarrassment. If an unusually large turkey platterlI used, well an not, a small! tier should he at hand for the.l The Champiori Pie Eater. A mammoth Christmas pie was sent from Berwick to London in 1770 as a gift for. Sir Harry Grey. It, measured 9 ft. in circumference. and} weighed 168 lbs. An enormous pic of similar weight; provided the chief dish at a banquet, u: Gorleston some years ago. It was built in three sections, and walled in with a stout crust 3 ins. thick. The ingredients consisted of kidneys, beef-i steak, and rabbits. mingled with poâ€"i tatoes, onions, and carrots. This monster pic was made by an old trawl skipper and took forty-cightI hours to cook. After the feast theI remains of 1he pic were made intol ten gallons of soup for distribution' to the poor. ' When the pieâ€"eating championship of New Jersey was decided, each pic consisted of a layer of pastry 1.4â€"inch thick, spread with canned fruit. The average weight of the pics was 1/9, lb. Thirty-five young men entered the contest, during which the State: record of twenty-six pics in half-an- hour went by the board, for the winâ€" ner managed to eat twenty-seven in, the allotted time. ’ l l b I For this feat he: was awarded the championship belt. ._ Aâ€"â€"â€"-¢ »Aâ€"â€"-~â€" God Be Praised. , Now God be praised, ‘ 1The years are long, The winds of time I low loud and strong, But still our hearts can catch afar The shining of a star. {Come storm, come change, we listen still I 3T0 angels singing on a hill, ‘And Christmas never falls amiss-â€" Now God be praised for this. ~Nancy Byrd Turner. above. To scatter my wishes Year. Mother a Chance to l sent my message up into the Sky To the millions of 8-1!er shining on high} 'i'lm)‘ {coinisel ins ill: A! this Christmas time on the friends I lm'v’. That will last through a joyous. glad New é. Carve T wings. thighs and (li‘uliisricks. The platter should be so placed tl‘mt the breast, of the fiii'kcy will be vi Hie left hand of the carver. This is im- porlanl. Follow Instructions. As in illustration No. 1. insert the carving fork lll‘llll_\' midway of the breast bone, plunging it deep. The York must balzinle the turkey on the platter While the illSJUlllilllg iiDll mrw ing of illt‘ bro-is? is accomplished. No. 2. Makes sharp Ilm\ii\.‘.'nrll cut. through the skin beiwecn the second joint and the body on the side of the turkey farthest from the carver. (‘utl through the flesh and skin-all the wuyf around llie joint. 1 Christmas Comes Again. Once again we welcome in the happy Christmas time, Hopefully we listen to the joy-bells‘: merry chime; l How their happy clamor seems to{ banish gricf and pain, ‘, ('hiining “Joy be with you, for old} Christmas comes again.” I Once again we gather round the yuleâ€"i log’s cheery blaze, Happily on all the faces dear to us, we gaze; ; As the sparks fly upward, we can hear the liclls' i‘cfi'ain: “Love and Peace be with you, for old Christmas comes again.” Whistling winds and snow-wreaths cannot reach the ingleside, . sweet home, is sweeter now, where love and joy abide; , From each happy homestead, as the: bells sing their refrain, Home, ,Send forth Peace and Goodwill. fOTIjlilllell in the chorus. old Christmas comes again. I ‘Alice Wise. I I I I I l Christmas Time. I ~“llmv nice, Santa 112i.» leii ii, for me. to Ily, Moth nice lightte ('iillllli‘ around!" _.4,N,___ ,’ A good Conscience is a continual Christnias.~â€"l"runkiin. 'v'd look down. from of Christmas cheer )l. (I. C, he C iii‘istn‘ias Turkey A Few Tips for Father, \Vliicli if Followed, Will (live - Enjoy Her Dinner Too ;placed . .__ .mâ€" EaCh Of the SketChes Above Sh°W a 5169 in the Correct Procedure for Carving a Turkey. The Accompanylng Story Tells Y0u How in Detail. No. 3. With the point of' the knifei No. 7. Now remove the fork from find the socktl, then with a quick out- I the breagi bone find Separate um ward mm 0,. the “Me the thigh is“second joint fromtlie drum stick. Cut l ‘-_ . ‘ . . l. severed from the back. This removes “E” 131:“ mtsucgs and singlet: both of the leg jcints at one time. :0 w '9 mea an 85“” 0 a . . . Ion each plate. No. 4, The procedure In No. 3 is tol- lowcd to remove the wings, cutting‘ To lefwe Stuffing . straight down between the wing and‘ To remove the atumngv make a, mu linglv, ‘lnclsion through the skin and ‘ Iwith a large spoon. , .\n_ n. The leg:i ans} wing: should-be} Unless a very large party is; on a M e p ate or Larvmgserved only one side of the turlki' icarved for the first serving of" plates. i\' v. 6. With the fork still firmlyf After the plates are served the tur- grasped in ma left hand. out tlieIkey is turned Cut side down against breast in thin slices. beginning where ‘ the platter and the carving knife and the wing was removed and slicinngork are placed together across the parallel to the breast bone. V i .. later. Stories of Our Christmas Songs. Few of the people to whom “Good stated that while Charlies Wesley, to King “'enceslns" is familiar know; whom we are indebted for it. was on that it is set to the tuu~ of "Tempus his way to church one Christmas adest Flcrlduin.” a Spring carol of the morning. he was so much impressed thirteenth century. Iby hearing the bells ringing that he Still lc=s generally known is the'saidâ€"~ curious story of "Adestes. fideles" Hark! how an the wand“ Hugs (“C-’llltt‘l all ye faithful"). it was first“. Glory to “1&ng of kings r ‘ ‘ r'4 I Sung “1 h‘l‘g‘dnd at the Old Chapel, But, though his popular carol may :22: 11:33:??? 112” e originated thus. he actually wrote Leeds who imagining it to be peculiar it’ net under the gloomy Winter Skies In the Pol'illgiipsii service immau‘ced ‘ of England, but amid the sunhaked it at a concert divahciellt iiiusic under pliantauons 0f Georgla' ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ' ‘ It was, moreover, a happening at sea the {me of “The Portuguese Hymn", Ithat turned his thoughts to hymn-writ- Soon afterwards it was sungA-fori mg. The vessel in which he and his flit-slid. ‘l‘l‘fflil’ .Sncms‘Tdfiérefii i W” 1e“ W?“ W“ 3““ by “ Chapel, Glasgow. Errand boys it islsmllm that “any overw‘helmed it- >:.:-.iil. whistled it in the streets and I Perilous as was the suuauon' a num- _ v , ' lber of the passengersâ€"Moraviansâ€" lhe \ery blackblrds in the squares gathered together on deck and calmly ' sang the hymns of their country. This so impressed the Wesleys that both turned hymn-writers on landing in it is,_however. not peculiar to lhelGeorgla. country after uhich it is named, but: The opening lines of the carol in is known throughout the Roman (diaries Wesley’s MS. are identical, (,‘lllllollc Church. It probably belongs with those attributed to him on histo the Latin hymnody or France about hearing the Christmas bells, and they ' lhe end of the seventeenth century. I are so printed in “Hymns, Ancient and “Christians. awake!" is another Modern.” But the general form 13-â€" Written for Hls Daughter. I carol Will) a romantic history. At 7 Hark! the herald angels sing , ( lirisliiias. 1"40. liS author, John Y Glory to the newborn King ‘Byi‘oni, who lived at Kers-all, a few miles {mm Manchester'fulmleda pm‘. Who made the alteration is not . . .known. . n is is l l m v ~ . . - x e 1 mt Ede to MD “me daugh Some collections of carols contain ter to “write something nice tori Clil‘iSillli‘S » something that was to be more than one thouiand’ moulding inn“ rm, 1W5?” .. qhn found on her , numbers of great antiquity. There is plate. when She came down for break. v in existence a carol of the fourth cen- l‘zist. a. tiny sheet of notepaper, cu “illCil was written the now famous warn], “Christians, awake!” The tune to it was composed not inns afterwards by the leader of Ker- .aall church choir, who sang the carol ‘on Christmas Eve a few years later under the windows of Byrom's house. Aprcmaiitc is also connected with “Hark! (he herald angels sing." it is lury. but the oldest printed collec- itions in England are those by I Wynkyn de VVOrde, 1521. 1 Christmas Birthday Beliefs. ‘ in many countries of the world there still exists a belief that people ,born on Christmas Day have the " power of healing by the “laying on of hands," and also possess second sight”, There are several other supersti- tions connected with “Christmas chil- one of which is that they are They are also abnormal I dren," 'able to excel in music. Icredited with possessing I intelligence. _ In the South of England many folks believe that boys born on Christmas Day are destined to become clergy- men, while the girls ought to become nurses. it is supposed that they will succeed in theso occupations. Should they decide not to follow them, how- ever, their lives will be dismal fon- urea. A This cumin change...” pica.“ quarrel. law bV..â€"‘shlm ' l