Wm. F. Gable & Co 's Holiday Special. “TA Great Toy 8 7 whan (ob bomewnr! of toe city was ae fur 2} of the presents | and of these wi as ne cast his the shop wi 'RECOMPENSE, = a leader can make this game very excit- ing if he run quickly to another, pretending to take up one book and then seizing anothér. thus keeping the players sgnstantly on the CHRISTMAS GAMES, The Kind of Jollity That Is Ap- propriate to Holiday Time. from one . lookout. With Book and Whistle — Fun with a nat her Faire of Plates, and the Mind- t Reading Trick —A Round hy of Fan. wh Sneezingr 8 an amusement han a Christmas game. [! ia ved Happy Ideas Put Into Form in Most E very Clime, and Now Placed Before You having ' pl a chosen leader to -pive Amid Surroundings Teeming With the Christmas Spirit. 25,000 TOYS FOR 25,000 CHILDREN. A VAST FIELD TO SELECT FROM. There Never Was a Toy Store in Altoona Lika Gable & Co.’s— Always Grand Christmas gama ¥ t myine sm The TYR tn AY IDe —Never Grander Than Now. ver invented is appropriately enough | 1 ied: cilled the smbject, who re hi rcs 2a Lilnds gt an outa winded wd ’ to Jerusalem” I'he : rows n each player - : Qr some awash \y 1% 1 or [5 COPYRIGHT, : rns Jt may be promised that a Cliristmas ra party should not be forced into merri- | ment. That is, when some of guests evince an unwillingness “play” iet them look on. It is not 1} wr i tri a tleasant I+ that anyone san witness the hilar- |, : 3 viatring Te . dnt Badd City downrirht fun the following | RT acpruh Sobbing games afford ‘without a long! participate in them. The “first strictly the | to | alti in ke- i = 1 S108 tn arr ev ana he swhistling ‘avy Finn t Tame pass hotel, 1ifforing totally mz in frond 4 t inarhle other way, is a play a painter sree tay hoe at ' rons, ae} trong he 17 acon writ the trek - : plavers sit at first in two chairs placed closely back to back in of a room. A march is on the pianoforte, cr some one assonger Traine, oO eight Trains Purcheses, L ~~ e 7 Hunting Mateh, his ReTs, Fonr Bundred, Masgsnger Boy, Kiyme, Jack sed Jili, =k ates i [Mimi Arts, ? Somlitn } ; Bi 1 Bleyiea, : { Cry Tit iar ’ i Express Wegone . | Hank and Ladders, 1a i middle Doll Swings, Police Patrols, Ristes styles * styles r Ty ams Hobby Horses, Caotldrens’ S eds, The latter steadily A Musical Chairs i “ey gager Bivetric Cigar Lighte SFeEDETS imitate « vot Ay exact aa woe ide cawerator Then dips Doll Baby Carriages, slivers Warns, H Giris, ; i ir - : World's Fair Boys, : : WOODEN TOYS . Jods ae BOWS 407, arEoD Or Paw, he nin, Fish Por ad, I Syne g Swirags 1 1134 wot ve fingers in tb or on ay the hettewr: 800 NYE is. faca Fhe snlbieel dors 1 Reis Traoks 4 mate e Boards, Catve 0 White House, eo Nwnis Pro 3 Ie NO 3 Dagals styles S tara rn pn LK Pilgrims $ 3 i. - a. <s and ‘)neens, £y Malle piaj the umpire sng right to it, and, : THE KNIGHT OF THF WHISTLE. order the players to march again, and, } player (3) the person who removes the ehair shall act as umpire. The “Knight of the Whistle” is the name under which a far more amusing | why game is Known. trick. The victim of it is { I The game is realiy a | aroued told that | js resily inflenced by that ‘of the one the ‘game’ consists in passing 8 | whistle around a circle of players, who i $ will very often do the very thing he was required by the company to do. : There is no general azreement the by some that the player's mind this should be cake it ds his hand (Mhers maintain $ the experiment are seated, while one, standing in the | usually | : ¢ chance middle, is required to find it by its sound as it is blown from time to time. Whoever “counts out” for the game must arrange that the player in the 3 it ax hs wiayer. ; ¥ hix mind bent upon the nks of it fit So imtent that he cannol els middie is some one who does not know | scions m gysenl the trick, which is played thas: The whistle is fastened to ome end of &! certain pavers i 1 Yun 23 a 1 suoeed when hetter ‘string about a foot and a half long, at | they are leaders, and others when they the other end of which is a bent pin. “The pin is hooked into the clothes of the player in the middle of the ring, so that the whistle always hangs behind him. It is blown by some one and the seeker turns quickly to find it, thus carrying it in front of some one else who blows it again. The victim of the trick is thus kept tarniag from side to aide till he discovers the deception. “The pin can be hooked into his clothes without his noticing it by making him kneel down and close his eyes and then, after going through a mock cere- spy, declaring him a “knight of the whistle” snd striking him on the back, while this is going on the whistle can be attached to him uno : whistle from one to the other to height- en the illusion. 2 ’ _ & = pretend to seize a book s LY iy doing so and if the holder pulls . number of persons "chosen bookbinder "and seizing that Bookbinder is another holiday time diversion that looks simple and tame, ‘but ean be made highly exciting. Any sit in a circle, each holding & book on the back of his clinched fists. Ope who has been r and stands in the middle of the circle, goes to any player player's book at- tempts to rap his knuckles, which the holder of the book tries to avoid by i ing back his hands quickly. If the bookbinder succeed in this. the player whose knuckles he raps changes _ places with him; otherwise, he replaces ‘the hook and tries to do the same with some one else. without actuai- away his hands so that the book falls, “pe must take the be nes ng taki out often are led Instead of hands the player who merely frowes holds the back of the other's hand arginst his fore ONS WO Foes at all, be the entire com very of agreed he shall do, So the round of {un is ran. It rarely happens that (hiristmas Tames are well ander way without all sorts of tricks and plays arising out of them or being suggested thereby The real difficulty usually lies in making a beginning Nometimes the one's hamid any thing they have IER oR 3 earnestly what ; Filling in » Pause. “One does not like to appear stupid | and spiritiess when in society.” said a pretty gir! to an amused listener 0 her pratile, “and | have discovered a capital recipe -ajminst looking dull which I will give you gratis. Asa big inneheon the other day, ou mking my place at table, | was dismayed to find one of my neighbors waa an elderly woman and s total strsager, who ‘tarned her shoulier 10 me duriag a greater part of the repast, and the other was Milly Blank, who in a dear girl but has not an idea ia her head. After the first few minutes had passsd in total silences imighi ides struck me. Milly,’ 1 = “let/s comnt;: we will look just as if we were talking nad it's ever so much easier. When [ leave off you begin’ And | began, in my mcst vivacious manner, ‘one, two, three, four, five, six, seven —then | paused and Milly, showing her little white teeth with bona fide merriment, went on. ‘eight, nine, tem, eleven, twelve, The bookbinder may : leader's place as if hie Enuickles had been rapped. The thirteen, fourteen, fifteen,’ and we both ended with a burst of genuine lanrhter. ‘What a good time these. girls are having" I heard our vis-a-ris saving to her neighbor, rather envions- Iv. I thought. ‘I wonder what they ure | talking ahout."—-Wawérley Magazine. To TAER iren mond ont of Union, hold the spats over a tankard of boil ing water and rub with juice of tar h sorrel dwash reg, ; i vy wet dip quickly in lye as Pa " 3 : the £1 vie sme] 0 Questor . emt of is ton Fx ¥ ™TY- Ri sonable as ti what Was 3 1 uit} and i Wid teach vou that Tue poured gpon me with imipnn “Wea are wil do what 1 pay for b basis ax that an “XA hours, toa, «iv threat the « building and nj Vwon Yt Re pot } gent his eoa matter r said ti : 10 the fair thisg Uy one th. W that Inthing was ruined “F & ya oe admit the Lpmy it nw ~. ployees, and wo 3 sufficient sum to We will give him a purchase himself 8 new suit of clothes, How does £30 strike yon? “Such a proposition wonld net strike the colonel at all.” replied the friend of § "the ax-Warrior, “It 1% not the ammount of money involved in this thing thats making him miserable.” - “Then what is 127° asked the hotel's at- torney. co “It's his feelings.” replied the other lawyer; ‘his feelings. You know he byes longs tai one of the oldest and pros dest of all the cid Virginia families, anid he is as Banghty and hypersensiuve as any ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. other bearer of his name His feel ings bave been deeply womnded. and they can never be hediled Ly the price of * 4 | } LAREN, “Jt is pretty hard to his foelinse.” “i i ¢] with a swale, we CAR APPriis an intslhigent pea of thelr mone vadne, ask ns to pay for I's attorney, gee how risp to. resch NEN nat tary hep lawyer 13 - & i} Chairs, Rarncm’s Whee! Dorr ¢ 4 {yautnls Parldr Crogu t, ~ vy ier Ciiaiy «A Also a very digni persor And w enter tha hanes anil heard tha Tove as be was comrilet bw comtit have got * 5 real. Toe LANES tho with it Pees t RH is un feelings amlw BE mg Pe rer Is * ys 2 Brisinas Iie wera vinIng tht of dress. T jerimson, the pale { able as a plane (Coioned dui fehr RY wer tn AMR AS CrH2ISTMAS Suggestions as ta Appropriate Holiday Presents, frre ANT nl nr cant spt col Th ot Ge, ie = a the youn evening FUWNns are genera : ait i nor De aR service one winch she could Before vou fay aehii lovely in itseif, Ww ee Uke? with her existing War irabe. embroider the dailies or centerpieces ur - +i “ii . nsider the ciior your work the housewife's table of her china and try to eniug | into affinity with her possessions. The friends in monrning and the in valid appreciate the thought fulness which adapts the gift to their saddened lives. The book, with its comforung the potted palm to brighten the darkened room. the soft knitted shawl or slippers —in fact, anvthing that evidences consid- eration for their feelings, and does not’ jar by incongruity. Is priceless. It is astonishing !o pote row much 18 frittered away on perishable trifles sehen the Christmas gift. of all others, should be something endnring. The elaborate card and Beribbened booklet sre prac- tically nseiess, aside from the reraem- brance which prompta their giving. Al most every one has a enliection of satin hand paintel vanities, lovely to look at, but the care of which is the despair of both mistress and maid. But some say: “Other things are beyon:l my means. } cannot afford to give substantial pres- ents.” It is a fact that the siiops, aspe- cially during the het months, are Aled with at least three articles w ish the hearts of bomen akers over, and which many youn te collect against What ¢ } coffee cul : plates, Crean « ATO purse. é a sel © tie the Weds [hadnt RE fiz u 3 ws } iY es iat message: | PEEING A ts Daskgammon fre thousaunus of Ms ier i Dring hings. tract. tiiese 181 OTA ! tiie Sei Sane ime Inv piavihings of a GIN PATALIVELY ID if tan the fif- the of purchased tor 2 oe : signineant i he ndustry Pres Nuremberg in } vipligeani t vn ak making began at teenth century. Al Paris is the ‘manufacture althongh Crermnany he French metropolis in hesslguargers for toys, honors many respects. lu this country any large factories are thas in- with 1 jwveted to the i Doze, iy Ly oimy (an der, try Boldiers, Bali, . i aid, & mas (zoose, = 53 gO Hunt the Hon. Fa Land Rail Road i 4 Py + kb aii r ET Lg” O88, ! "sais 4 } ie ones io ne yo ied found at WM. F. GABLE & CO.’S. ~HAISTMAS IN' CERMANY. °° A Week of Successive Fear io and Rollie trig Festivities. : . 1 Germany 2 not limited nt extends over 8 week of srasts and festivities. The herings are usaally very large merriment correspondingly heervances are usually in- nristmas »ve with a sdp- Christma) family gat and the great. [tie wh y (rt * anguaratexd Cryer - PET. a The tree, which is comparatively % placed in the center of the Lae ret stands until after the New Year retaining its tinsel decorations. The gifts are hot suspended from the tree, but are placed in parcels sbont is and under the tal The presents are ribnted smd great hilarity by an ee der son or brother, who makes 9p 28 8 iovial St. Nicholas. The children, like dren everywhere, enjoy thelr OVS, sxpensive and more prac-. ira, amd their elders rejoice » Laer personal wardrobes belongings. is a comparatively plain Abie ts set forth with backeret, saawe, herring salad, French r Grerrnan tart and light beer of hs have been drunk rises sung, the final one“ Froehliche : and the party Lisperses, ristias inner 1s on a more slab Ihe prece de. sistance oon. masse, the national dish, Is rles or chestnuts and end vd MD and accompanied by kartoffel (potat dnmenkonl (csnli- Hower: oF rsenkrant (Brussels sprouts) anil sanerkrant, the latter cooked and sea vd a connote of plums er other oked with vinegar, sugar and spices. The dessert upon so important & dav mar consist of two dishes beside frais, a pudding snd apfel krapfen. This will perhaps be of rice stewed until tender in milk. and then blended while hot with Sad, Die, Whi re, 1 Ale (PRS “REL ON {every A} + Le I fine hopped anid sifted beef suet, raisins I and eggs, whites divides the and voiks both well srt of German plum ® boiled mm a cloth or peaten. This is a pudding. for 11 1s t moid and wwrved with hot and sweeS dustry in New York, Philadelphia and | Boston. ; : Back 6 mother's pumpkin ples, Lprsie smo and ron tiie CRY cone th And forget all F IwAaler stews Is Lied as Frenct a me ave Speeches at Christmas banquets will be staffed with chestnuts this season, is asual. - RS BELIEF IN SANTA CLAUS. “The belief in Santa Clans gave me vears diified satisfaction.” says ‘Whether 1? wis in the Pr | chnnunegy oy woz FY Ly ila un Wine Sauce. aE " These feasts are renewed every until the inception of the New Year, and then whoever von meet, Wherever “| are, the greeting is passed, "Prosit i jahr” (Happy New Year), and the Christ- mas season comes to an end, SUITABLE GIFTS. Don't be too particular about giving useful Christmas presents, notwi 1 scarf: but, ing that hosts of practical individuals, especially those of a philanthrpic turn of mind. are forever wivieng just to the contrary. Of course where extreme poverty ism question. when the very necessities of Life are lacking, » ton. of coal or a hasket of provisions i» doubt- less a more suitable gift than would be a silken table cover ar an embrondered barring saeh extreme cases, the greatest degree of hinetit and happi- ness experienced by the exchange of 2t the season of “good will to men™ result frosm those of After all, men nfts wa not, as & Mie strictly usefnl nat and women are only Love and give grown talll and, at Tenlthy boy or girl would prefer a pair of boots to toy pistol or a pair of skates, a doll one box of candy, as his or her annual be py Femisyey mow WL Dray. wh iE >
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