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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1913)
? THE .si A LITTLE RUNAWAY is i y I IS Mr. William A. Radford "Mi inrw-r irt1ona and give ad v tea I ItKW UK COST on all subecta pertkiaiiig to the eubHx-t of building, for the wkIitii of this Taper. On account of hla wld" exnerlen ta Bdltor. Author and Manufacturer, he la, without doubt, tha highest authority n all these subjects. Addreea all Inquiries to William A. Radford, No. ITS Weat Jackson boulevard. Chicago. 111., and euly aeloaa two-cant stamp for reply. Some of the brat houses in the lake shore suburbs north of Chicago are tmllt after this ilan. Bometline the large bedroom upstairs la divided to make two rooms and occasionally crfher minor changes are made, but this arrangement, of rooms usually Is rather closely adhered to In houses ef this style and size. There Is a hull In the renter wide rnough for a handsome open stair, but, to this particular house you go upstairs backwards, that Ih, you go to the. mar end of the hall and start up towards the front Instead of going up from front to rear, as In the ordinary liouse. This brings the turn and the landing in the front end of the upper hall where a certain floor space may be utilized to advantage that Is usual ly a puzzle to an architect. You all know of house where the. headroom ovr the front stair Is completely waited, sometimes worse than wast ed because It Is Impossible to dress It tip to look right For Hint reason this backward front stair Is an Im provement. Tbere also Is an advantage In plnc Ing the big chimney at th rear of the ball When the days an cold nnd dreary you got a nice bright cheerful glow from the grate fire emanating from what would otherwise be th darkest corner In the hou e, and thin arrangement leaves the Isrce living room free for the most artistic dis play of furniture. Such a fl r place Corner may he mude Into a very artls 'lie leunglnp place nrf It nTers a frplc-rrild wall sfncr for n rather large eet of book chpcs. Anothi'r advantage )n putting t h chiiiitiey well Inck Is that you g"t the kitchen tl-ie lust where you want it, and the one chirn r.ey Is sufficient fVr the heating plant, for the grate and for conking pur oseB. , Jn selecting a wide house plan of this kind you must have n lot with at least flfty feet frontage. 1 have lately seen several mistakes win-re such bouses have been built on narrower lota. The owners have not. only spoil rd their own property but have in- Jured their neighbor. I would em phatically say if you haven't fifty leet of ground select a narrower house and set the necessary room by ex tending It further back Where con ditions are right, however, for a htiuse of this kind it Is almost certain to prove satisfactory. U lb a good si.ed house, being 35 feet wide by 27 fet deep, and by this arrangement you get the floor space divided up Into large rooms instead of having smaller rooms and more of them. In addition to the other ad vantages you get a very cozy dining room, pantry and kitchen connected as First Floor Plan, the should be by way of the pantry, fitted with one swinging door and one olid door that will shut tight when ocoasion requires it The cellar stair goes down from the kitchen and is en tirely separate and shut, away from the main ball, a feature that a good many people particularly like. The wide extension wludows built out fr?s the living room and dining Wii 11 1 Hi 4: mil ir "1 nK,T j Li y m r , m v. .1 EEEEE . room are ntw architectural features HOME :i?KcV2A RAHFORD EDITOR thai have taken well with the public generally. There are different stylea that vary somewhat in the size and shape of the sash, lights of glass and the height and width of the recess, hut they generally conform to this design rather closely. Sometimes the sash are fitted solid In the frames so they cannot be opened. That Is when a window seat Is fitted under the win dew and the object la to prevent draft. And. by the way. If you want, real comfort while reclining on the scat In this living room, in full view of the open fire, you must pay atten tion to the building of the box that forms the extension. You must su perintend the outside boarding and the fitting of the building paper over re Pocwa S'- 1 .... I I v BrnP-riM I dl I...... -...J Second Floor Plan. the corners and around the Joints at the edge's of the window frames; and ou must call to fee the mason when he gets ready to co the plastering It Is not a cheap house to build be cause, although IT looks plain it will take considerable material and It re quires everything of the best. A house of this size and shape built by un skilled hands Is Mkely to look like a barn when finished. On the other hand when bull' by experts unham pered by Inadequate appropriations it will be an ornament to the street and a credit to Its owner. IS THE AGE OF "SOCIETIES' For Every Purpose Under Heaven ' People Have Banded Themselves : Together. i Who can df ny that this Is pre-eminently the ae of combinations and "societies?" There Is a society, with a cjipltpl S, for every purpose lender the heaven. Yes, verily, a society to kill and a society to heal, a society to fi mourn and a society to dance, a society-for war and a society for peace. a society for noise and a society for the suppression of noise, a society tor giving and, at last, a society for the preventing of giving. is it not almost time to pause In our mud career of organization and to ask oureclves: What next? Whither and wherefore? Forsooth, can we not suppress superfluous noises without making so much noise about it? And is It absolutely necemary to pay use less dues lu order to prevent useless jiving! Fellow-sufferers, let us be up and do ing! There Is but one way out of tht I intolerable situation. Perhaps you have puessed It already. Iet us or ganize one more society. This is to be the greatest, most far-reaching, and final achievement of this age of mar velous achievements. Let us form a society for the prevention and sup pression of useless societies. Henceforth let Spasus be the great battle cry of humanity! Then shall we live happily forever after. Selah! Mercenary Husband. A society affair was to be given In which private theatricals were the most Interesting feature. Mrs. Van Clews, a stage-struck young society woman, wss to appear and was, in consequence, very en thusiastic over the affair. "Do you know, Wilfred." she said to her husband, "I scarcely know what to do. The part I am to take calls for me to appear In tights, and I don't like the idea of doing It. What do you suppose people will say?" Wilfred gazed at bis wife's figure In silence for a moment, and then said: "They will all say that 1 married I you for your mouey." Exchange. By AVIS INGALLS. F COURSE mere was snow, newly fallen ' what would Christmas be without that? And sleigh bells, all a tinkle, and cheery greetings and gladsome smiloa on every hand; and there j were clear twink ling stars now above the house tops looking down from a deep blue sky, and, of course, It was nothing but hustle and hustle, In most places, and all the necessary hullabaloo that makes Christmas the adorable holiday that It Is but and here is where my story comes In. On a quiet street, where the better class of houses stood, a trifle away from the shopping district and the street car lines, a little face was pressed against the window-pane, and two large tears stole down over a straight little nose, dther little girls were Joyfully looking forward to this hanDV season, but Elizabeth Rockerbr felt sadlv at a loss and out of Dlace as she stood In her black velvet and ! lace In her grandmother's huge draw Ing-room. She had overheard the parlor-maid and the upper house-maid, in a whispered conversation. 1 "The poor darlint," Nora, the house maid, had said. "The poor darlint! And Is It Christmas the little one's : after bavin'? Never a bit of It! Don't ye believe It! Oh. the poor Iamb! that solemn and stiff like in ber black . dress " "Think of Cook's Ruby rigged out like that!" said Ellen. "Do you think she'd stand it for a minute? Not on i your life; She'd be down under the tabl3 pulling the cat's tall; and she'd I be teasing her mother for goodies, when she gpt tired of that! Hut this pale-faced mite, she's passed from one calculating relative to another, till she hasn't got a speck of zzip left in her. Do you know what Ruby'd ; do? She'd run away!" and Ellen laughed outright at the thought. It was here that Elizabeth had slip ped Into the window recess, her pulses throbbing. If Cook's little girl could run away ' why shouldn't she? ; Elizabeth had not known it could t be so cold when one got out Into the night; but the stars had a friendly twinkle, and the shop-windows looked so pretty wifh their tinsel drapings and red paper bells tliat she almost forgot the cold as she went eagerly ; from one gay collection rf toys to an- : other, an felt the companionship of , children, as Bhe rubbed shoulders with I ragged newsboys and pinched-faced little girls who gazed quite as eagerly as she at the Christmas dolls hold- ; , Ing outstretched armB to the passers- I by. j j "Are they are they to sell?" she i asked timidly, of a little girl who held her baby sister by the hand and fit I stamped her feet to keep them warm, i -as uiicotisclously rebapti7.ed as St j "Sakes alive, yes!" said the other, ' Nicholas, the name of the saint whose i In astonishment. "Ain't that one with festival occurs In December and who j the black curls too cute for any- as the patron of young people Is espe ! thing!" she added, gazing at It with dally fitted for the patronage of the ; wistful eyes. i festival which has come to be looked "Could we go In and and buy It?" upon as especlnlly that of the young 1 asked Elliabth earnestly. At first St. Nlcholus did not supersede " 'Course w e could, If we had the the Christ Child, but accompanied hlin ninrv.i-ht i .n " I in his Chrlstmi's travels, as. Indeed, he aax,V 0 M " j "Come on, then!" said Elizabeth, i and, grasping her incredulous compan ion by the hand, Bhe plunged into the Btore. "The doll with the black ' curls!" she stammered. "May I buy , it for this little girl?" j "Sure," s..id the salesman. i ) Elizabeth fished a dollar bill out of ' her little chain purse and watched curiously as the ' child lifted the doll tenderly In her 1 arms and walked out, forgetting. In her delight to say "thank you," and the : baby sister toddled after. Out in the street again Elizabeth saw two small boys with their faces glued to the window of the next shop, where sticks of candy lay in fascinating rows. and chocolates and gum-drops were heaped in pyramids, with trays of fudge and molasses-candy in between. She stopped, and, without any hes itation this time, gave them each a cent. Her chain purse was empty now, her exhilarating occupation gone, and she stood, a forlorn little figure In her ! ermine and velvet, on the corner of the crowded street. She had remained thus for some lit I tie time w hen she heard a quick step behind her and she w as quickly grasp ! ed by strong but kindly hands and ' swung on to the steps, i "So-ho!" said a big man. who had come up the street. "It's Mistress I Elizabeth Rockerby! What are you up to, Petsy Jane?" "Cousin Hob!" gasped Elizabeth. "Yes, 'Cousin Hob.' and now, 'cry your trail,' little sister!" "1 I ran away." falterer Elizabeth. "Well, come along in and I'll intro duce you to the cousins," said Cousin Bob, cheerfully, and then I'll 'phone 'em up and tell them that It's our turn to have you." And Elizabeth snuggled her fingers happily Into her big cousin's bands as mhm afnnd fnrviril IntA a nnv llffk Ancestry of Sanla WHAT Is Santa Liu us' i The Jolly. rolsterl bellied, ever young age? erlng. pot- old fel low that we know has made his appearance on earth in nitiny guises that the secret of hi tit'st com ins threatens to remain forever veiled I In the mi' 1st of antlulty. No one can j sny with any certainty Just when he ; tlrst made his apenmhc' among pre ! historic men, for merry old Santa In one rorm or anotner aciigmca cnii- dren's hearts In many a maii house- 0,1 ceuturies before the commence i inetit of the Christian era and prior to auy recorded history. The name of Santa Claus. by which he Is known In America. Ih the Dutch pet name for St. Nicholas The name Krlss Krlngle. by which he Is known In England, is a corruption of Christ Kludlein or the Christ Child Rut the festivities that distinguish Christmas existed long before Christianity, and a Jolly god of jrixid cheer appears as the personification of the period from the earlier pnean times Now the Santa Clans of today Is simply that old Jolly god sobered up. washed and purified. The Dlouysin of the tlrccks. the Snt ; urnalla of the Romans, the Twelve Nights of the old Norsemen and of the Teutons all celebrated the coining of the winter solstice I'eople then gave ; themselves up to ull sorts of revelry and excess In the IMou.vsia the rt'pre ' sentative figure was not the yoiinj Iion.vsus or Raecbus. but the nged chi-ery and disreputable Silenus. the chief of the Sntyrs and the god of i drunkards In the Saturnnlia It was Saturn; In the Oermanic feasts It was , Thor. both long bearded and wldte haired gods like Sllenus. Now. although the central figure of tho Christian festival Is the child O.od. the Christ Kludlein. the Influence of long pagan custom was too strong williin the breasts of the early Chris i thins to be easily superseded. The t.ra dilioii of hoary age us the true repre H,.t.,rive of the dving year and Its at UMI(.n,t Jollifications still remained SiderlnR under the ashes of the (,ast , m,rsl lllt tlt.w flall. W. ti,e pilst WIIH roo fr lm,.k to ,e oked lllMM1 wi(n tie felir ahj antagonism of tl. ch,m., uud there seemed no longer nnv danger of a relapse Into paganism, At first, however, the more dignified representative was chosen as more In keeping with the occasion Saturn still does lu certain rural neighbor hoods of Europe where the modem spirit hns been least felt St. Nicholas, according to the hagl ologist. was a bishop of Myra. who flourished early In the fourth century He is the patron of children and schoolboys. It Is strange that everywhere St Nicholas Is most honored and his feast day most observed the most pious and Instructed among the common people know little of the legend of the saint lie Is treated with that mixture of se riousness and frivolity wblib becomes a dving myth. In southern Germany and Austria a youth gartsnl as St Nicholas and ac companied by two angels and a whole trMip of devils in hideous masquerade, with blackened faces and clanking chains, on Dec. 5 (St. Nicholas" festal dayi makes a round of certain houses where the little ones or the vlintge have been collected. To the good chil dren he brings gifts of nuts and ap ples, while the naughty ones are left to the devices of the satanlc followers in his train In many places the bugbear over shadows In Importance both the Christ Child and St. Nicholas. He appears under different names and lu different guises. In Lower Austria he is the frightful Krampus. with his clanking chains and horrible devil's mask. who. notwithstanding bis gilded nuts and Monies. L'lmrerbread and toys, which - 1 htt ..rri. in Ids basket. Is the terror of the nursery. In Hanover. Holstetn and Mecklenburg he Is known as Clas In Silesia his name Is Joseph. Sometimes the luighear was a female. In I-ower Austria she was called the Rn.ieirrHii In Stiabla it was the Herehtel who chastised children, that did not spin diligently, with hkIs. but rewarded the Industrious with dried tears, apples and nuts The female lae-'y survives especially in Russia and In Italy. In the former nlace she Is known as the Raltotishka. In the latter as the Refnnn Hefana l a corruption of Eplphanla or Eplpha nv. for It Is on Epiphany. Jan. 6. that the Italians make presents to their children In commemoration of tie gifts given by the three wise men to Crrtst on that date !- : I THE STORY THAT NEVER ; GROWS OLD. Llk the !otiga that are aunj In the twilight. Like all tales that are tenderly told. Uke the memorli-s of loved onea thai hallow our heart. Thcrii'a a story liial never grows old. Ia! The angels tlrnt alng it In chorus. And tht? watcher behold. Tfiey fefi th tlrst with wonder thrill of the i beautiful truth In tha nory that never grows old Round the Christ Child of Bethle hem's cradle Are clusters of apples of gold. And plcturea of itiivcr adorn every page Of the atory that never grows old It gladdens the hrarls of all chil dren. And million of manlier moid Aro happier, holler, bettor by far, For the story that never growa old -Franklin Trundell. 4.4,m.4 j Tha Christmas Guest. Whoso shall come any way thia Hy moor or hill or shore. night. For hlin the l.iessi-d i-mnlles light, For him the open door Oh. Mary, thip for thy .Sun'n s.ilie. Though mine comes In no more!) My hearth Is swppt. my Vote ogs hum. My hoard Is 1riel :iml spread. For any who may si t-in in turn Are warmth and wine and hrend (Oh. Mary, grant my aon tills night Be housed and comforted!) Bid. banned or h pj;nred come for guest My heart shall h:ue his woes. And on hla head my hand shall rest To bleea him ere te ;ooa. (Oh. Mary, gr mt my son this night That blessing and n-pose!) This night, for thy one Son's dear sake, Walt light and warmth nnd wine. Oh. Mary, we ! mother hoth! Take these my tears for sign. And this I do for thy sweet Son. Wilt thou not do for mine? Theodusla Garrison A Song of Christmas TWINK the bittersweet and holly Arched above the heurthstone's nut melancholy. Come, uidrirtitig with the snow. In each face the frost's a-tlnule. And afnr on Hying wing Comes the slelghbell's rhythmic jlngl Through December ioiirneylng 8.t the board and ask the blessing For the bounty amply spread. In the simplest words expressing What n lovlnit Father said "I'e-u-e on earth" -for this is nearest When the snow with us abide And the winter air la clearest In the hush of Christmastida. old. 18 RK1KDKEII HTIIKDS ARK PRANCING. Bring tht oid niualciiin'a riddle. Hello uf the bvgone days Bend the fulresl down the middl While the li'tins music sways. Light of fool and guick of laughter, Swing the dancers, to and heel. As they pasa or follow after la tha quaint Virginia reel. Make a welcome for tha stranger Should hia footstep cross the door. By the memory of tha manger And the Christ that was of yore Gather children's faces round you. As he gathered them long ayne. If It be .ha years have crowned you ' With their radiance divine Deck tha tree and light tha randies. Let tha stockings all be hung. Por a saint with furry sandals O'er tha housetops high has swung. And his reindeer ateeda era prancing Through the star bespangled rime. And tba moonbeanie Pi are glanclaaj Ib the marry Christmas tlnie -F.rnrux MclSaTty. 'Ih- I till 1 VUh T'A r for w r u ai 'm I i1 The First Christmas i I ofteu has heeu stated Hint the birth of Christ inuii nave occur red four years hetore the date fixed on for the current chronole- ! gy and that It N prohable the event be I fell at Home other time in the year than a few days after the winter sol $tic. The reason for the couliiieiit as sertion Is the ascertaining of the ft that Herod died alKjnt tour years It. O. ' The basis of this supposition is the report; that st the time of the trirtb of Christ "there were shepherds abiding In tile Held, watching their Ih" Us by night." a clrcninstance i;i n-iMr.il in the latitude of ltclhuli"in near 111" ' snortest day. That is the height r the rainy season in Jiiilea. and (tie date does not appear to have Ix'i u eV served generally lielore tlie tilth c-n tury . ; Many students of IWilirai !; tiM-y have argued that the story ni"m tS ' star of I'.etlilHMMii mihis to a dati- for the Nntivit.v not later titan "v B. C ti. Oil tllMt llat- tile l: H j Venus nnd Jupiter were so c!oei m j conjunction as seen from the earl It I that the apparent distance heteen : them was tjiinl only lo I he bre.-nltli of the full moou. These planets were THE STAR OF BICTirLF-Hl M. then visible iu the east a couple of hours before sunrise and must have produced a strikiugi.x beautiful appear- i aii.i- and have been ssiken of us one j olij.s't That was about fifty days less than two years lie fore the death of I Herod, a fuct which barmouizes well I with other conditions of the narrative, for It Is probable that the mandate for the slaughter of all the children two years old uud under was issuea some months ttcfore his decease, aud the limit of two years would leave aa ample margin for any uncertainty as to the time of the appearance of the star, aa related by the atugi; also tbere were no puacbal full moons ou a Fri day between the years U. ti an A. D. uud no other following tbut Ull A. I. t'.o. From this It would seem to follow that Christ was thirty -eight years old at the time of the crtnitiilon. and this would vindicate the sagacity of the Jewish doctors who atUrmed that be was not yet fifty (forty Vt years old. ft Ik remarked, too. that iu the spring of the same year there was a triple con junction of planets - Saturn. Jupiter and Mars-and that the first twe named were lu conjunction us seeu from the earth no less than three times in the year preceding-thai It. C. 7. Another theory a boot the star of Bethlehem which has been advanced la that the star seen by the magi la Spies, the leading brilliant lu the con stellation of Virgo, the Virgin. For many years before uud after the Christian era the star was changing IU place until It was then literally a "star iu the enst." and its movement In tbut direction may have been the very fact noticed by the wise men of some centuries preceding who expect ed that the prophecy about tbe Virgin would be fulfilled when Its principal star reached the Msltion noted. If thla were so the visit of the uiagl from Ractria. In the far east. Is easily ex plained, and the chief difficulty attend ing tbe explanation Ilea iu the fact that such an important search as they undertook ia noticed by only one out of the fonr evangelists. Tbe uncertainty of the centuries in regard to the date of the Nativity In year and month niny never be cleared op. Its existence baa been unfairly cited as reasou for disbelieving the whole narration The eople of 2.0(h year ago attached little Importune to dates, except current out, uud it may be remembered that the destruction of Jerusalem occurred between the time of the Nativity nnd the writing of tbe eoapela st i.vim In the si,ap U which r has cnuie il.iw n In ua.