J ROM Iho ruth mid buatlo of busy American city streets, alive nt U1I3 season of the year with Christmas shoppers, back to old Nuremberg, In Oormauy, whoro tho Christmas spirit lasts tho year around, whoro Santa Clans spends his working months for tho Joy of tho world's children nuroly tho step Is not too great for tho Imagination nor its goal uninteresting nt n study. Como out of your crowded streets, your people-packed stores, lenvo oft for tho time being your breathless chiino after that trouhlesomo "last present," ami turn Into tho qulot winding streets, tho Irregular hilly passages dovetailed by houses older than am thing In tho oldest parts of the United States. Houso risen abovo house full of a history us roinan tlcns the proudest mnnslon of our city streets, and yet marked by a simplicity and slngle-henrtod ness seldom present In things modern. It Is here that tho toys uro tnado which you buy In your home across the sea. Here In tho quietness of tho tin modern, the playthings are Invented and perfected for your restless, huojnnt children. You rnd ' n -r""iiv" with n skeptical tilt of tho eyebrow, but the fact remains that by far tho Futaqetir Si A ! If IB 1 1 I llrfx 1 111 Fl tw rA-, 4 r JmE&wgfm JKg &rtM ; M v N 1 by f)f.fj .. J IM V - - -v . . . ---,. 7--- Sfe-. o:- ej?T(??it -r -W' sli i sasasfeajik j&mis&HB REVIEW AND CHRISTMAS SondAy School Ltiion for Dec 25, 1910 Specially Arranaed for Thl Taper I.KfjHON TKXT-r.uUo 2.C-M. M.-mory vorai-a, n. U (lOI.I)nN TKXT llHVti:V "Whoro foro (Iml nlto Imth 1 1 1 k 1 1 1 cxutloil him, ami kIvcii IiIiii n iimimo wlili'li la nbuvo every nniiin " Phil. 2;t, (!OM)12N TKXT. C'MUiaTMA8-"I'of unto yon li lioin tlitn tiny In tho city t Dnvlil ii Hnvlor. whleli li Christ tlm l.onl."-Mihe 2 II. greater number of all como from Nuremberg. Tho ancient foudal city, around which cluster tho Grim traditions of the Inquisition and the thrilling epic of tho times of Charles V., has for four hundred years or more been the center of tho children's fairyland. It has been and Is tho uucleus of Christmas happiness for tho youth of every plnco In tho Occident, and Its charm Is tho perpetual one of Joyous creation which de lights In plannlug tho amusomont of Httlo people. In tho factories they will tell you that 72,000, 000 marks' ($18,000,000) worth of pleaauro Is eent out from Nuremberg every year, and that ?5,500,000 of this export Is for tho benellt of Young America. Only a few years ago all of tho necessary labor for this Immense production was dono by hand, nnd much of tho finishing and fino last touches nro performed by special artists. Even now In tho factories tho old spirit of an almost consecrated enthusiasm lives and Is evi dent In tho Intorest of tho village artisans for their craft. Not merely tho roason of bread and butter goes toward tho making of those marvel ous walking dolls, thoso phenomenal speaking plcturo books, thoso thousand and ono games that havo called for all tho Imaginative ns well as practical gonltiB of thoso honest Gorman peasant folk. Rather has their unlquo Industry called for and developed In thorn a romance, a sensitiveness of perception which Is remarkable. Follow tho lurching, worn curves of tho Al-brecht-Durerstrasse, nnd you como to ono of tho many homos of this Nuremberg spirit In a mln laturo red-roofed house, wedged In among n hun dred squat brown huts, llvo two old men broth ers, of sixty-flvo and soventy whose whlto heads aro constantly bent over small circles of wood shaping, paring, carving, painting. All day thoy sit there, sometimes all night, tolling over tho delicately ornamented dolls' dishes which pcrhnpB you havo bought, as a small Insignificant thing, Just thl3 afternoon for your small daughter's tree. You lookod at thorn carolessly; they wero not especially original or nttractlve, and you shoved them Into your bng with a half-hesltatlng accept ance, thinking that maybe thoy would please ca pricious Dorothy. How could you know that back In tho vlllago of Always Christmas old bauds had fashioned thoso trivial plates and pitchers, old eyes had strained with loving anxiety over thoso fino traceries of columbine, nnd old hoarts had warmed over thoso completed trifles with tho earno thrill of tho master painter over hie best? nut tills was true. Indeed, nearly all of tho simple wooden toys aro constructed by hand, In soino humble volkahauso which goeB to make up tho nggregato creative force of Santa Claus' workshop. Tnko the tiny sots of soldiers, tho doll's chairs and tables, the painted wooden ani mals whoso realism Is a dollght to all children, actual or grown up. Thoso aro fashioned In homes, sometimes by tho efforts of wholo fam ilies, but most often by children themselves. Sixteen Is tho ugo limit for child labor In tho factories, but no young person Is prohibited from assisting his parents at home, piovldcd hosponds tho required period of time at school. So that many of thoso playthings which glvo most hap piness to tho children of America havo been mado by tho children of Nuremberg. And if bablc3 must work, what work could ono find for them more appropriate or more pleasurable than .sVJSjVZ sty Z&y tts&PA3i?OJ' this business of toy making. They grow up In the midst of It, all their hereditary ideas aro colored by It, tho history of the city speaks of It. Insldo of halt a doz en blocks you havo trains, up-todato ho tels, electricity, motor enrs, Parisian fiocks. primitive carts drawn by hugs mustlffs, funny tucked-away Inns near tho market place full of peasant women In wide black silk aprons nnd snowy whlto caps crumbly fountains and n castle with a secret passage. All tho elements of tho fascinating past nnd tho strangely progressive present within a stone's throw of each other. Tho realization of all that Nuremberg has been nnd hns undergone comes to ono most vividly as ono stands looking down Into tho Schloss well C50 feet deep, where prisoners used to come to fetch water. Underground their pnssago led from tho dungeons to this unlit circular pool, for state prls oners wero never permitted to seo tho light, and tho hollow splash of the water which tho attend ant drops Into tho well seems to re-echo, after an Interminable half-mlnuto, tho hopeless pilgrim ngo of those countless victims of medieval fannt Iclsm. Such Is tho potency of tho ended. While tho vitality of tho occurring emphasizes Itself, not far off, In ono of tho dozciiB of toy fnctorles, whoso very machinery whirs modernity, men, women and children thnt Is, children over six teen aro massed Into this building, nil Intent on the one Idea, tho creation of better and nower and more wonderful toys for everyone's children, In everyone's country. It Is soldom the Industrial planot can boast of a broader ambition than this of tho craftsmen of Nuremberg. To bring tho greatest possible amount of pleasure, legltlmato and often educative pleas ure, to growing, actlvo minds Is surely nn aim worthy of tho finest art In the world. It even Beems as though tho thought back of tho toys should surround them with a deeper meaning as gifts this Chrlstmastlde, since tho added gift tho biggest gift lies In tho patient Interested Inven tion and accomplishment of which they are tho exponent. As for tho Inventors, strictly speaking, their roward seems infinitesimal according to our stand ards. Tho "bosa" controlB Ideas as well as mate rials of output, and It is chlolly to his profit that new lnvcntioua In toylnnd redound. Tho man or woman who first thinks of or Improves upon somo plaything gola a very small per cent, of tho In como from It To our new world standards of commerco it seems Btrnngo that tho originator Bhould receive such Beaut recognition and that without grumbling. Very, very fow Nuremberg toymakera have over grown rich over their Ingenlousncss. It Ib truo that Ideas as woll as toys In Germany sell for double what thoy Bold for eight yeara ago, even! On tho other hand the price of living baa gone up appreciably, and what would have seemed a largo purchase prlco then Is only moderate now. Tho Btaff of artlata employed by tho Nurem berg factory boBB Is In Itself a not lnconBldorahlo expenBo, and many a qulot charity Is undertaken by theso men who at homo would bo absorbed In getting rich. In the shop of Fritz Mullcr aro various small kitchen gardens, carved nnd painted by a poor man nnd his sister utter their regular working hours, and bought by Mr. Muller at high rates an his pet philanthropy. In this shop, now 100 years old, are seen all of tho most novol of tho toy-village playthings. Tho Btoro wnB crowded with n'jro children over thirty thnn under thir teen, and absorbed for nouns over tho clover and quaint attractions. Tho doll's houso of Nuremberg leaves nothing to bo desired. Not only tho usual rooms of a con ventional mennge are found In It, but conserva tories with miniature orchids, fountains and wa tering cans; school rooms with tiny desks, n schoolmaster, very stern, with goggles and ruler, and children in aprons and carrying slates, tho latter u sixteenth of an Inch big; fields of flowers for the back yard and a swing for tho smallest doll. In nil German art. of which toy making Is by no mentis nn Insignificant department, perfection of detail has always been tho Ballcnt feature. Ev ery phase of homo life Is reproduced In micro scopic form In German toylnnd, oven down to tho wee pairs of hand-knitted stockings nnd sweaters, tho hob-nailed shoes and blue blouses which make up tho wardrobe of the volks boy and girl. The tourist seaeon Is n second ChrlstmnB for Nuremberg people, and they sell ns many play things In tho ono period ns the other. An Inter esting point brought to light by this fact Is tho early differentiation of tho American and Euro pean Individuality, which bIiowb Itself In choice of games and pastimes. They say In tho shops thnt au American child Is lnvnrlr.bly fascinated over tho mechanical and complicated, that ho finds In tense Interest In mastering the technicalities even of playing, while tho European child likes n sim pler but brilliantly colored toy, cherishing often u curloun sentiment for traditional objects such as typify old world conservatism. They are blohscd with Imagination, these vil lage people, and they are not ashamed of show ing their simplicity of spirit Their souls nro bound up In the heritage of centuries. Tho trag edies of their clty'B history wind nbout tho toys they mnkc, breathing into tho wood a characteris tic vitality tho vitality that comes of centuries of striving, of centuries of patient achievement Ab you sit In a Bwlrl of red ribbon nnd foamy paper, "doing up" your ChrlBtmoB presents, re member that many of them havo como from this quaint Httlo Vlllago of Alwaya Christmas. It may add to your holiday happiness to know thnt no pleasure which tho toys may bring can bo greater than tho pleasure of those who mado them, and thnt no good will of youra con outdo tho qulot sincerity of purpoBo with which tho ulraplo pcoplo of Nuremberg havo given their port toward thla season of the universal gift MAN WHO HELPS HIS BR0THEP Jesus Christ brought Into tho world for every person two Ideals or goals of life, hut theso two aro so Interwov en together Hint no ono can reallzu either Ideal or teach either goal with out tho other One Is personal, tho other social. Tho personal Ideal It perfection of diameter and of thu whole being in heavenly benuty nnd power; nnd this going on forever In nn unending development. It Is to bring Into our lives the highest nnd best, In order thnt wo may use them for tho service of man or God. Peter wished to nblde on the moun tain of Trunsllguiatlon, but .lesus sent him down Into the sinful nnd sulTeiiug world, carrying his vision with him, in older to do his common duties with tho highest motives, and to light hit) battloH with tho assurance of victory Now Just here lies tho blessing of ChristmiiB. It Is good to dwell on what tho coming of .leans means to us, nud to give many gifts of love; but thu full blessing comes only ns wu carry the same vision, tho snmu spirit of giving, Into nil tho following year. The second blessing of ('hrlstiuas Is tho social transformation of this world Into the kingdom of heaven, where nil the Inhabitants live accord ing to the laws that mako heaven what It Is; where nil social arrange incuts uro for tho best good and hap lilucss of every citizen, whoro all busi ness Is dono according to tho Golden ltulu of love; whore nil havo tho com forts, tho wenlth, tho education, tho enjoyments, the power of Borvlco, which he can use. In a word, It Is tho answer to our dally prayer, "Thy kingdom como, Thy will bo dono." Tho "noblo ten" Is tho well-earned title which ten Chinese men gained for themselves by passing tin examina tion which mado very evident their knowledge of tho Illblo. This IJlblo knowledge examination was held In Ilu-uan, China, somo tlmu ago. Thu syllabus of tho examination, which i given herewith, wiib long and comprej hcnslvo nud It meant tho hardest kind of work for tho 'competing Chinese, who, Just u very fow yonm ago, neonicd titorly Incapable of spiritual nsptrn tlon. They worked strenuously for bIx months nnd the outcomo was absolut ely amazing. Today It Is a questlor. how many churches In the entire Christendom could bo found with teu men who know tho Illblo au these men do. Through tho generosity of nn Eng lish gentleman nnd boiuo Austrian friends, a very nttrnctlvo prlzo was of fored to each successful competitor, consisting of n handsomely morocco bound, gilt-edged, Mandarin Ulblc. Eight secured 98 nor cent or over of tho syllabus, and two J2 per cent. Tho IJlbleB were presented by Mrs. Clin ton, a daughter of one of tho Mmi? dnrln translators. Tho effect of this Illblo study Is most marked In prayor. It Is said that rarely do mattiro Christians of other lands blond the promises and other words of scripture bo boautlfully In their petitions as do theso Chinese. It Is suggested that our readers test their knowledge of tho word by these questions. Old Testament: Repeat names of Old Testament books. Repent Gene sis I. Repeat origin of Sabbath (Gen. 2:1-2). Names tho 12 PatrlarcliB (Go nesls 19). Repeat the Ten Command ments (Ex. 20:3-17). Ropent Solo mon'B Pruycr (1 Kings 8:22-01). Re peat I'Balms 1, 8, 23, 32, 61, 95. 103. Repeat key verso from ench chapter In Proverbs. Repeat Isaiah C3. Glvo Btimmary of tho Hook of Jonah. Re peat Mai. 3:10-18. New TcBtamout: Repeat names of Now Testament books. Repent thu Ueatltudes (Matt. 5:3.11). Repeat tho. Lord's Prayer (Matt. 0:9-13). Namo tho 12 Apostles (Matt 10:2-4). Re peat "Tho Great Commission and In stitution of Haptlsm" (Matt 28: 18-20). Glvo summary of Mark's Gospel. Ro peat tho Magnificat (Luko 1:40-55). Repeat the Golden Rulo (Luko C:31). Repent tho Institution of Lord's Sup per (Luko 22:15-20). Report John 1:1-18. Glvo nn nccount'of tho trial, death, resurrection, nud ascension ol our Lord, from tho four Gospels. Pen tecost Repeat ActB 2:1-7. Chooslns of tho Deacons (Acts G:5). Repent Paul's dlscourso on Mars' Hill (Acta 17:22-31). Repeat .key vcrBO from ench chapter in Romans. Ropent 1 Corinthians 13. Glvo summary oi Paul'B Becond letter to Timothy. Re peat HebrewB 1. Repeat 1 John 1. Namo tho bovoii churches In Revela tion. Repeat Rev. 7:9-17. Repeat Rov elation 21. "To locate Hothlohom I naked how I could got there from Now York Thoy told mo qulto accurately. Whc waB Herod? Was ho a Jew? Why 'king?' What does 'Wiso men' mean? What waa meant by 'the east?' Tho Btar; might It havo been n comot, or two stars in conjunction?' (What docs that mean?) What was Herod 'troubled?' Why wero 'chief priests and scribes' called? Where cun wo find tho pnssago quoted In v, C? I hnd to supply: MIc. 5:2. And ovory boy Batlsflod hlmsolf Uint It wns right by looking It up. And in liko fuBhlon through tho lesson." E. C. Foster. His "Boys" Call Him tho "General A vlsei Without Pay" He Is Partial to None. Whon a mnn loves to live ho usual ly enn go among men who enro llttli whether they llvo or not and do good Such a man Is Augustus E. Vaughan lmiuncuhito of dress and of heart von. erablo In years nnd usefulness, whom ono may see nlmost nny day either on Huston Common or nt tho Younj Men's Christian T'nlon. His specialty Is helping lilt fallen nnd discouraged brother, whether hi bo a dgaretto smoking boy or a rum soddoii and disheartened derelict of mnn. Ilia creed H cheerfulnesi and his passion Is hooks. Often ono may seo him, tall and straight, faultlessly nttlred In a frock coat, with his flowing whlto beard aid his long nnd carefully trimmed whl'n locks, standing with or Bitting besld! somo rngged nnd unkempt victim ol circumstances whohaa sought tho only placo whoro tho pollco will not tell him to inovo on, tho Common, and then ono Is siiro to bo struck by thu contrnst Many a mnn ho has met thero has later becomo ns clean of body nnd heart as himself, nnd al' through his Infectious good nature and brotherly comrndcrlo. Among tho younger men with whom this old young mnn of 75 unceasingly labors ho la known ns "tho general adviser without pay," nnd ho Is ns In forested In their ambitions as thoy can bo, and so youthful la ho In their presence that ho is nlwnya ono ol them. Mr. Vnughnn It not engnged In ac tlvo huslneaa this aummor, but lw comes to Iloston ovory day, rain of phlno, to tnlk with hla "boya," ns hi cnlla them. Somo of thoso have novel beforo known a renl friend. Ho Ii highly educated, nnd counts among hi) friends many collego presidents an.' professors. Ho was born In Mlddleboro, nenrll soventy-llvo years ago, nnd traces hlj flnengo hnck to Peregrine Whlto oi hlnyllowcr fnmo. "I lovo to llvo," Bald ho to me, "and I want to help 'tho boys' to onjoy llv fng, too." Why Do They. Why women llko tho baldhcadcd man It Is somewhat difficult to deflno. It tuny bo becauso ho appears to bo: Thoughtful and kind. Trustworthy and confiding. Whlm steal. Past tho follies and frivolities of youth. Usually successful. A man of property Opinions why women llko the bald bended man obtained by tho Dally Mirror aro as follows: He In not Billy llko young men. Ho accepts refusals of mnrrlngo so nicely that ono la sorry ono did not ncccpt him. Tho bald patch looks bo clean a;id nice. Ono would llko to kiss it. A doctor welcomes baldness whon U comes to him, na It Is a sign of so dntcnesB and dignified learning, which Invariably Increases his practise Russia's Growing Population. This year's cciibub of tho Russian emplro adds another flvo millions to tho population n enumerated In190S. Tho czar'B subjects now number 160, 000,000 nnd lncrenso ovory year by 2,500,000 despite wars, epidemics and Intornnl disturbances. As thero la no lack of cultivated soil In Russia thero seems no reason why this big annual lncrenso should not continue. A t-ong Chance. '7 took a long chanco whon I asked her to marry mo." "Sho rejected you, oh?" "No, that was tho long chanco I took. Sho nccoptcd mo." To Oblige Him. Mr. Dorklns You'ro alwaya bound to havo tho last word, anyway. Mrs. Dorklns Yes; that's becauso you always wait to hear mo Bay It. Exporlenco Is a safer and moro use ful guldo thnn any principle, howover nccurnto and scientific It may bo. Ruckle. EAGER TO WORK. Health Regained by Right Food. Tho nvcrngo hoalthy mnn or woman Is usually engor to bo busy at soma useful task or employment. Dut let dyspepsia or Indigestion get hold of one, nud all endeavor becomes a burden. "A yenrr'ago, after recovering from nn operation' writes a Michigan lady, "my stomach and norvca began to glvo mo much trouble. "At tlniCB my appctlto was von. r!ou8, but when Indulged, Indigestion followed. Other times I hnd no appo tlto whatever. Tho food I took did not nourish mo and I grew wonkor than ever. "I lost Interest In everything nnl Vantcd to bo alono. I had alwaya had Cood nerves, but now tho merest trlflo would upset mo and bring on n violent headache. Walking ncross tho room was an effort nnd prescribed oxerclsa was out of tho question. "I hnd seen Grapo-Nuts advertised, but did not bellovo what I read nt the time. At last whon It seemed ns If I was lltorally starving, I began to eat Grape-Nuts. "I had not been nblo to work for a year, but now after two months on Grape-Nuts I am eager to bo at work again. My stomach gives mo no trou bio now, my nerves aro steady nn over, and Intorest in llfo and ambition hava como hnck with tho roturn to hoalth." Read "Tho Road to Wollvllle," lu pkgss "Thoro'B a Roason." Ktrr rrml (he nlnno letter? A nev one niiicnr from time to (line. Tliejr ure ict-niiliic, true, nud full of buuiaa iDtereat. m Wri . IsSI 4