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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
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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
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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
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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.
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