Christmas In
A Scotch City
Glasgow, the commercial metropolis of
Scotland, with its we!l nigh million in
habitants, can be chosen us an interest
ing illustration of the manner in which
one-fourth of the people of the country
spend the holidays Many days before
ghe store fronts on Argyll streei—a
thoroughfare as busy as any iu the
land-—are gayly and profusely deco-
rated with holly and evergreens. Above
nearly every entrance signs of wel
come and the compliments of the sen-
son are exhibited in holly leaves On
Christmas eve the stores keep open
late. Either side of the thoroughfare
fs a mass of blazing, cheerfu! light,
and there is a moving mass of human
ity between But when the stores
close they close until boxing day All
the working people now wet their
Ohristmas holiday.
On Christmas forenoon the jord pro-
vost or mayor presides at the annual |
meeting and breakfast given by the
directors at the royal infirmary. His
lordship makes a speech, after which :
there is a distribution of good things
to all the patients in the large institu. |
tion. Then he visits sundry other in- |
stitutions for the cure of the sick and !
poor, where there are Christmas treeing |
and feasting. By the way Christmas |
day is one of the lord provost’s husiest
days. At 2 o'clock. according to an-
nual custom: for years past. he pre
sides at the annua) dinner given to
from 5,000 to G.O00 poor men. women |
and children in the city hall, Albion
street. [is lordship and the city
magistrates occupy the stage and take
dinner with the poor During the re
past, which consists of soup, beef, an
entree, plum pudding. tea or coffee nud
fruit, stirring Scotch als are played
on the big organ by the city organist.
At the close his lordship makes a
speech, which is reported verbatim in
the newspapers It is usually a mas
terly production
Outwardly the aspect of the efty
resembles that of Sunday Neverthe.
less thousands of people are moving
about. The myriad of riveters in the
miles of shipbuilding yards along the
Clyde have come to the city with their
wives and families and ure attending
the matinees or evening pantomime
performances that have already heen
running. These pantomimes are a foa-
ture of city life in Scotland during
the winter. Usually three open at
the big theaters in Glasgow Christmas
eve. They are rehearsed for weeks
before. The playwright usually chooses
as his theme a fairy tale. “Jack the
Giant Killer.” “Ali Baba and the For-
ty Thieves” and “Aladdin and the
Wonderful Lamp’ have been favorite
themes. As a rule, the playwright re
tains enough of the tale so that the
young folks can recognize the char-
acters, but taken altogether the pro-
duction becomes really a dramatic
burlesque of local life and character,
interesting, entertaining and even ele
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{ ond half is fast and furious.
the ropes are the young women of the |
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Clotlring.
vating to old and young. Actors and
actresses of renown take the leading
* | parts. while there are dazzling cos |
tumex. magnificent scenery and a gor
geous ballet thrown in No
ft is that often until the middle of
spring the pantomimes enjoy a con-
tinuous run atterly
in a sense classics, for their libretii
undergo weekly improvement at the
suggestion of local wits noted for the
pungency of their sayings and the
fund of dry Scotch humor they pos
sess. It is no exaggeration to say that
these pantomimes are visited by some
persons each uight all the season
through and by others fully a score of
times
“Then there is the usual exodus of
young men to the country at Christ.
mastide. It is n common saying among
Scotchmen that all roads lead to Lon-
don. This is changed to Glasgow in
some cases. There is seareely n fam-
ily of note in the Highlands that has
pot a son at the universities of Glas
gow or Edinburgh studying for the
professions of lnw, medicine, the pul
pit. the army or the home or foreign
civil service. With what hope snd
pride the sdvent of the young student
is looked for at the little railroad sta-
tion up in the mountains on Christ
mas eve or morning! If he lives on
an estate the next day he is given n
side by his rnstic countrymen in their
| annual Christmas day football match,
! The game is usually a stoutly contest:
ed one, umpired and refereed by the
laird and heads of the estate. At the
corner of the field is placed a cask of |
good Scotch ale, from which the piay-
ors regule themselves at half time.
Then the game resumes, and the see
estate looking on with pleasure and
discussing their choices in the dance
ligt of the evening. Brooklyn Eagle
Santa Claus In the Zoo.
Said Santa Claus: "Tis Christmas eve
(The animals looked pleasant),
And each of you will now receive
His yearly Christmas present.
But I'd be glad if every guest
Would mention what re’d like the best.” |
The tapir said: “That pleases me.
I'll state succinctly, therefore,
If I may be so bold and free.
The only thing I care for
Would be those matches on the shelf,
With which I'd like to light myself.”
His wish was granted. Then up spake
A timid little adder:
“gir, but a trifle it will take
To make my Christmas gladder.
A slate and pencil, if you please,
Would let me do my gums with ease.”
The reindeer said, “You may believe
I'd be a happy fellow
If I were sure I would receive
A good sized umberrellow,
And also I'd like four galoche,
Yes, and a rubber mackintosh."
—~Walton Willlams.
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'Chnstmas Eve
"In Rural England
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{It was a brilliant moonlight night,
but extremely cold. Our chaise whirled
| rapidly over the frozen ground. The
| postboy smacked his whip incessantly,
| and a part of the time his horses were
on a gallop. “He knows where he is
going,” said my companion, laughing,
“and is eager to arrive in time for
some of the merriment and good cheer
of the servants’ hall. My father is a
devotee of the old school and prides
himself on keeping up something of
old English hospitality. He was al-
ways scrupulous in exacting our holi-
days and having us around him on
family festivals.
the good old gentleman to make his
children feel that home was the bap-
plest place in the world, and I value
this delicious home feeling as one of
large, old fashioned hall. It was com-
posed of different branches of a numer-
ous family connection. They were
variously occupied, and a profusion of
wooden horses, penny trumpets and
tattered dolls about the floor showed
traces of a little troop of fairy beings
that had frolicked “theough a happy
day. .
While the mutual greetings were go-
| Ing on between Bracebridge and his
| relatives 1 had time to scan the apart-
: ment.
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The grate had been removed
Around |
i THE DANCE WAS A MERRY ONE
{ from the wide, overtngiug replace |
to make way for a tire of wood, in the
| glowing and blazing and sending forth
| a vast volume of light and heat. ‘This,
| T understood, was the Yule log, which
| the squire was particular wm having
brought in and illumined on Christmas
| eve, according to ancient custom,
It was really delightful to see the old
wife, “did you make when you faced squire seated in his hereditary elbow
the investigating committee?”
chair by the hospitable fireside of his
“1 vehemently called the man who | gncactors and looking around him like
had brought the charges a liar.” —Chi-
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Nothing is more disgraceful than in-
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His Mild Resistance.
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did. yer honor. Magistrate—Did he of-
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the sun of n system, beaming warmth
| and gladness to every heart. ven the
very dog that lay stretched at his feet,
as he lazily shifted his position and
| yawned. wonld look fondly up in his
| master's face, wag his tail against the
floor and stretch himself again to
| sleep, sure of kindness and protection.
| Supper was announced shortly after
; our arrival It was served up in a
| spacious oaken chamber. the panels
of which shone with wax and around
"which were several family portraits,
| decorated with holly and ivy Besides
! the acenstomed lights, two great wax
‘tapers. called Christmas candles,
| wreathed with greens, were placed on |
a highly polished mffet among the
' family plate. The table was abun-
dantly spread with substantial fare,
; but the squire wade his supper of
| frumenty, a dish made of wheat cakes
| bolled in milk, with rich spices, being
. a standing dish in oid times for Christ
, mas eve. | was happy to find my old
, friend, minced pie, in the retinue of
the feast.
The supper had disposed every one
to gayety, and an old harper was sum-
' moned from the servants’ ball. * * *
The dance, like most dances after sup-
per. was a merry one. Some of the
| older folk joined in it. and the squire
| himself figured down several couples
with a partner with whom he affirmed
he had danced at every Christmas for
nearly half a century.
' The party broke up for the night
| with the kind hearted old custom of
! shaking hands. As [ passed through
the hall on the way to my chamber
| the dying embers of the Yule log still
| sent forth n dusky glow, and had it
| not been the season when ‘no spirit
| dares stir abroad” I should have been
i half tempted to steal from my room
| at midnight and peep whether the fai-
| ries might not be at their revels about
| the hearth.
| I had scarcely got into bed when a
| strain of music seemed to break forth
| in the air just below the window. I
| listened and found it proceeded from
| a band which I concluded to be the
| waits from some neighboring village.
| T drew aside the curtains to hear them
! more distinctly. The moonbeams fell
through the upper part of the case-
| ment, partially lighting up the anti-
| quated apartment. The sounds as
| whey receded became more soft and
aerial and seemed to accord with
| quiet and moonlight. 1 listened and
| listened. They became more and more
tender and remote, and as they grad-
ually died away my head sank upon
the pillow. and 1 fell asleep.— Wash-
| ington Irving.
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| A Unique Bell.
‘ A pretty bell may be made by wrap-
ping a large sized hoop with holly or
pine, connecting this with a smaller
| sized hoop above by four wires or
| stout cord. Hung strands of popcorn
| from upper hoop to lower one. Use a
large red apple for a clapper.
It was the policy of
the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.” |
The squire ushered us at once to the !
company, which was assembled in a
midst of which wus an enormous log, |
‘A Christmas
Doll Wedding
We are to have a wedding;
Our mothers planned it all
You are to be my little wife
And 1 your husband tall
1 love your pretty eyes of browne
My own are dark and blue-
But as they're only glass, my dear,
They'll see no faults in you,
My china lips, they long 10 kiss
All your dull cares away,
But 1 must wait for three long weeks
Until our wedding day
However, time will pass, sweet mald,
And then we'll never part.
I swear to love you all my life
With my true wooden heart
Your own
REGINALD,
Dec. 3. 190
Such was the love letter written by |
| Reginald Grabam of New York, a bean-
! tiful doll twenty inches tall, light hiv,
blue eyes, with jong dark lashes, io
his ladylove, Miss Alice Winchester, a
| brown eyed doll beauty of Boston,
The fact i« that « marriage had been
i arranged between these two dollies by
their little mammas sid several grown:
i up aunties, 10 take place at Christmas
| time at the home of (he dull bride.
| But making the clothes! Graudnns,
: cousins and aunties spent days using
their nimbie fingers to fashiou the ti,
manly garipents, ax no little givi con'd
possibly do the diffienlt sewing
It was decided that a black bro d-
cloth suit must be made, but aus au 70!
dress evening coat conld be used oni
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for forma! occasions a tuxedo or don |
© mer coat was finally agreed upon as bv |
| Ing of more service.
All the time we have been tellin: |
about the bridegroom dear little Alice
has been so busy having a long white
med underwear,
tomobile coat of champagne color, n
white hat with feathers and flowers,
all have been prepared for the “going |
away” costume
A procession of twenty
with their doilies follows
Hite givls
Regina id
march played on the piano: then into
the dining room, where the dollies «it
at a table that has been arranged fon
them, with a tiny wedding cake deco
; rating the center
{ Then comes the wedding tour
around the garden, and then the newly
married pair zo to housekeeping in on
big closet that has been furnished for
them with all the latest conveniences,
riage that was ever made
in Toy
little brown
present.
eyed girl's
vited from “Mother Goose” Land. and
among those most noticed were:
Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick,
He was the first one theve.
Then came little Goldie Locks,
Who ran away from the hear.
Bright Miss Nancy Etticoat,
Used to standing long,
Shone beside Tom Tucker,
Who sang the supper song.
Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary.
Brought from her garden fair
Several maidens all In a row,
With pretty curling hair
Bobby Shafto, from o'er the sea,
Was in a happy mood;
1 saw him gazing bashfully
At dear Ned Riding Hood
Little Miss Muffet had left her tuffet
And surprised us all, oh, my'
By going to a corner with little Jack
Horner
And sharing hix Christmas pie.
8hy Bopeep without her sheep
Many sweet glances won,
And there without his little pig
Was Tous, the Piper's Son.
Marjorie Daw and big ‘Tom Stout
Attracted much attention
And many more whose names, alas,
I haven't room to mention.
It was a wedding so very grand,
All in the month of December,
With the very Four Hundred of Tov.
land there.
As many will long remember.
~Jullan Jerome.
Practice and Preaching.
“For the love of heaven. Amanda,
said the Rev. Dr. Fourthly. calling to
his wife in tones of thunder, “come
and take this squalling baby out of
the room before she drives me cragy.
I'm writing a sermon on ‘Bearing One
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“It is every woman's duty to keep
young as long as possible,” she said.
“Yes,” he admitted. “but the great
trouble is that so many young women
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