The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, December 14, 1922, Image 7
TtV.T) OLOTTD NF.BftASTCA. OHTF.P p?as Ike ighl before ,? JJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU I Indian I f Lodge Tales 1 By Ford C. Frick W'Z&s9'')? vim -i&ir tsvi . VI fc&. S ffi sr mu h "feS Jlli&k ' iBSP 4 y uuHN DICKINSON SHERMAN IMSTMAS KVI3 the students of tlio General Theological seminary in Now York City, the largest training school for the ministry of the Protesting Kplscnpiil church, will gather in their dining linil inul with appropriate cere monies will wreathe holly about an old nortralt that hangs on the wall. riic portrait Is that of Clement CInrk Monro (17S1-1SG3), n founder of tho emlnnry who gave It the whole block lir,ii8 Chelsea square. Moreover, from IS'-'l to lS.riO be was the professor of liiblleal learning and was professor -emeritus from then until ids death. And in addition lie compiled a "lie brew and English Lexicon" (1800). tho first to he published In this country. Tills notable scholar and dignified the ological professor was born in New York City, the grnndson of MaJ. Thomns Clark, a retired olllcer of tho British army, and son of the lit. Rev. Benjamin Moore, third president of Columbia university and second bishop of New York, lie studied for the min istry, hut was not ordained. Christmas dimming, nt 0:30 o'clock, several hundred Sumlny school chil dren maybe as many as n thousand will march from the new Clinpcl or the Intercession In New York City with trumpeters and banners, singing Christmas enrols as they go, and lay great wreath on n toml m inmous Trinity cemetery. This tomb 18 A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS n old that of this same grave nnd reverend professor of Illhllcnl learning and com piler of a Hebrew lexicon. And this memorlnl celebration Is now a fenturo of Christmas day. I Is likely that this Christmas the theological students and tho Sunday school children will add special fea tures to their memorial celebration. For Clement Clark Moore Is, ns everybody should know, the man who wrote '"Twns the Night Before Christmas" nnd this Christmas season Is the cen tennial of the writing of the poem tbnt lias gone around the world and is tho delight of children wherever Santa Clnus Is known. Of course there nro lots of people who do not know who wrote It. And tbnt's because it baa become so much n pnrt of our Christ mas tradition nnd literature that it never occurs to them tbnt it lmd nn author. It's like Mother Goose, you know. December 23, 1823, the Troy (N. Y.) Sentinel printed tho now famous poem with the title, "A Visit From St. Nlch nlns." The name of tho author was not given. The Jolly Jingle met with instant appreciation. Other newspapers pub lished it. City after city all over the country copied It. It was published in mngnzines. Next it went Into the public school readers. Then came speclnl editions of tho poem, illustrated by artists who had mado n name by their pictures for children. Finally It was translated Into many languages. Now It may be heard almost all over the world. And all this time the name of tho author was unknown. The fact Is that Professor Monro was not exactly pleased over the publication of the poem nnd its world-wldo popularity caused him to shrink from claiming Its authorship. You see,' lie had nothing to do with Its orlglnnl publication. Tho poem was written for ills children nd wns , strictly for family use. Bu$ in tho winter of 1822, shortly after tho poem wns written, tho family bad as a visitor tho eldest dnugliter of Rev. Dr. David Butler, rector of St. Paul's church, Troy. To her ono of Clement Moore's little dnughters read tho poem. Tho visitor was delighted, with the poem : V0 & J By CLEMENT C. MOORE J rrtWAS the night before Christmas, when all I through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads. And mama in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, . I sprang from my bed to sec what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Qave a luster of midday to objects below; When what to my wondering eyes should appear IJut a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. Mora rapid than eagles his coursers they came. And he whistled and shouted, and called them by name: "Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Pranccr and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Dondcr and Blilzcn! To the top of the porch to the top of the wall! Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to the housetop the coursers, they flew, With tho sleigh fxdl of toys and St. Nicholas, too. And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof The. prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his.foot, ( And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening iw pack. His eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his eclh, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chublfy and plump a right jolly old elf; And I laughed, when I saw him, in spite of myself., A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know 1 had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, ' And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney ho rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to hii team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle; Hut 1 heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight: . "Happy Christmas to al, and to all a good-night!" A MODERN KRISS KRINGLE . By HAROLD BARNES Kriss Kringle laughs with a merry glee; "I'll fool the children this year," says ho; "They think 1 am coming with deer and sleigh, And jingle of bells, in the same old way. "But I'll do it" he says, with a knowing wink, As ho opens his hangar and what do you think? There stands in its shed like a waiting train The finest brand of an aeroplane. Shining and gleaming and new and spick Just made to order for Old St. Nick. LS5W?255j?SS?i X W w ! w ! fa M ft i (R ft K ffl W ft it n SS3S and copied It Into her album. Then, Just before Christmas of 1S23, she sent a copy to the editor of tho Troy Sentinel. And that's bow the verses came to lie printed In the llrst place. Clement Moore, like many a man with a serious purpose In life, bad a bobby which lie did not ride In pub lic. Ills vocation was the teaching of Biblical learning to theological stu dents. Ills avocation was writing po etry for the edlllcatlnn and pleasuro of his children. As for the children, they thought their father's verses were the best fun in all tho world. He un derstood so well their likes nnd dis likes and sympathized so keenly with their Joys and griefs. Sometimes the poems contained a moral that could be applied right at home. But In gen eral the verses were Just sheer, clear rollicking fun. Clement Moore, ns bo related In Int er years, first beard the story of St. Nicholas as told In the poem from n Jolly hit Dutchman who lived near bis boyhood home. The Dutchman had beard the story when n boy in Hol land. Well, when the Christinas of 1822 drew near Clement Mooro thought lie. would write n Christmas poem as a present for his children. And he picked out the Dutchman's story of St. Nick as the subject. The Moores lived In n big house on a hill that sloped to the Hudson. The ground was nil covered with snow. There wns a great fireplace where the Christinas stockings were bung. The setting was; Just right. So one evening Clement Mooro sat down In front of a cheerful blaze in tho big fireplace and (tiegan the verses that will Keep his fame Immortal iih long as there are chil dren and Christmas Is celebrated. ' Clement Mooro wns n very modesti man and his personal feeling about the verses bo wrote for Ids children wns that they had little merit except as verses for children and for bis own children. And for that reason lie was reluctant to disclose his au thorship. Finally, in 1SIJ. he did pub lish a "Collection of Poems," which Included "A Visit From' St. Nicholas." In tho records of the General Theo logical semlnnry Is the following testi monial from Its faculty to tho sterling worth of their associate: "Wo recognize In 1 1 1 tit one whom God has blessed with selected gifts; warm hearted in friendship, genial In society, kindly nnd considerate to all; pos sessed of fine literary tastes, poetic Instincts and expressiveness, and of cheerful humor withal ; at the snme time well accomplished In severer stud ies and resolute for more laborious Undertakings, ns bis learned works In Hebrew grammar and lexicography dis tinctly testify." "A Visit From St. Nicholas" Is hero with reprinted In full. And no apology Is mado for reproducing n poem that millions of children and grownups, too know by heart. It's not hard work nt Christinas tlmo to run over tho old, familiar Hues they're good rending yet for the oldest and crusti est of us. Tho few lines of verso below, print' ed just for the contrast, nro tho be ginning of n clever Twentieth centurj version from the Philadelphia Publh Ledger In which an up-to-date St. Nlci travels by airplane. niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimir THE STORY OF THE COLUMBINE JUT A NY, many years ago, when tho AVX world was young, and tho Chosen People lived In happiness In tho shadow of the Great Peak which point ed the way to Heaven, therj wns bom to the Chief of the Tribe a daughter. This daughter grew to womanhood, and was much loved, bj all the mem bers of the tribe, for she was the most beautiful girl in all the world. Her hair was as black as tho clouds of night ; her eyes as deep nnd as blue as the sky. Her skin was white and not red like Unit of the Indians who knew her. Her voice was as soft as tho south wind and as sweet as tho volco of the birds that sang to her from tho trees. And from nil around, from near and far, came the warriors of tho tribes to woo her nnd claim her for their wife. As she grow older her fame spread, and even distant tribesmen came to look upon her and to love her. Her father's lodge was tilled with precious gifts which they brought bows and arrows, and skins and wampum and" beads and war Jackets and nil tho other precious things which they pos sessed. IJut the maiden loved nil the wnr rlors alike, and none of them would she marry though they asked her many times; until finally there enmo to tho tribe a Dakotah from tho North, and when he had wooed the maiden for many moons, and sho still refused blm, lie became angry. One night hu crept to the chief's lodge, where tho maiden was sleeping, nnd stole tho maiden away and momtcd on bis horse and rodo into the Hast. When tho tribesmen discovered what had happened, they mounted on their ponies and started In pursuit and for many days and many nights they continued the chase, until nt last they came upon tile warrior as ho was crossing the Great River to the east ward. When tho warrior saw that ho was captured, he drew bis knife from its sheath nnd plunged It Into tho maiden's heart, and so she died. And then tho warrior himself fell upon the knife. So tho tribesmen, with sorrow and tenrs, carried the maiden home nnd laid her down nt the door to her fa ther's lodge, and the whole trlbo wept nnd would not bo comforted. Finally tho Manltou, seeing their grief, ap peared to the fathers of tho trlbo nnd to them he said: "Grieve not my children, tbnt your daughter Is lost to you. For I am your father and 1 will look over you, nnd your daughter I will tnko with mo to live In the Happy Hunting Ground where she enn look down upon you nnd see you nnd love you. And ns n token of my promise, I will lenvo with you n blgn by which you will know that tho beautiful maiden is with me forever." , As lie spoko be stooped to n stream and drew a gourd of water and this lie sprinkled upon tho dend body of the maiden; nnd when the water fell, there was a great cloud enmo down upon tho earth, and from tho cloud eimio two birds and these picked up the body of the mnldcn nnd flew away with It to the westward where was tho summit of tho grent peak whero lived tho Manltou. And where the body had lain, there sprang up three flowers, and in their center they were blue ns the eyes of the maiden who hnd gone, and at their outer edges they were ns white und beautiful ns her skin. And all about other flowers sprang up, until the hills nnd the plains wero dotted with them, and sv wns tho col umbine born. 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