Wm. F. Gable & Co 's Holiday Special.
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'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
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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 ’
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each player
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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
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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,
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Hunting Mateh,
his ReTs,
Fonr Bundred,
Masgsnger Boy,
Kiyme,
Jack sed Jili,
=k ates i [Mimi Arts, ? Somlitn
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Bleyiea, : {
Cry Tit iar ’ i
Express Wegone . | Hank and Ladders, 1a
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middle Doll Swings, Police Patrols,
Ristes styles
* styles
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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,
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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,
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styles S
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Pilgrims $
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‘)neens,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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_ & = 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
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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
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sonable as ti
what Was
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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
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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
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nat
tary
hep lawyer
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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
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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
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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
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coffee cul :
plates,
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purse.
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the Weds
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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
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the
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try Boldiers,
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~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
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re,
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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
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