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Christmas Misfits
Opinions too often are formed with- (
out due regard to their im-1
portance. For instance we as-1
surne that men are very easy to
please, that-most any present will sat
isfy them. Many frank prat rat a from
men recently liavo made it quite clear
that all the while most of us have
been mistaken. Since we have been
enlightened so freely on this matter
our feelings have switched around
and glide, up and down as recklessly
as any air craft, and about as un
certain where they will land. But j
our conclusions have finally settled j
to this point that “mere” man is
really as mystical as he claims the
gentler sex are.
We constantly hear of the “eternal
feminine” but how about the “baff
ling male,"—perplexing as well—for
he says one thing and means an
other.
We cannot blame him altogther if
be objects to presents that he
♦ ills misfits. But whose fault is it?
If he would behonestand sincere with
i hose near to him, he would fare
iK-h better. Surely, as matters now
stand, it is quite discouraging to the
donor to even try t o please him.
However, one is aware that presents
are quite often selected without due
regard to fitness or suitability. And
now while there is “a kind a’feelin
in the air,” while the Christmas spir
it is abroad in the land, it has
brought out those frank confessions,
which we have no reason to believe
are any thing but honest and sin
cere. Yet, it quite chilled us to the
marrow to learn that, most gifts are
only accepted by these men for the
spirit of Christmas which they typify
— that the gift itself has no value
w hatever—even though the cost of
trme and labor to the donor was very
great, and the nervous expenditure
in obtaining them even more. A man
cannot, or will not, we cannot say
which it is. understand the keen de
f.-re to please him. If one asks
*hat he would like, ten to one he
answers “socks” and turns you off
with a joke leaving you to go on puz
zling' your weary brain. But he
knows down deep in his inmost being
t.jiat he really wishes to be remem
bered. He prefers to choose his own
wearing apparel—but his very per
versity leads you to believe other
wise. Tin- chances are if he reads
much, that the last novel is old to
him and unless of artistic taste pic
tures appeal only slightly.
Easy chairs may not fit all purses.
Hence women are bound to fall back
on homemade things dubbed “dinky”
by a sarcastic male who confesses he
swears in secret over them honest
to admit it is not he?
A purple necktie worn by one man
becomes as a hangman’s rope. What
a vivid imagination lie has—it should
he turned into better channels.
Ruinage sales profit, as well as the
Salvation Army after the Holidays,
by misfit gifts. But here is an excep
tion. this man sacrifices his feelings]
hv wetylng a fancy vest which lie ab
hors. Surely the blood of martyrs
f|iw through his veins—and he is
quite out of place In this century.
The general complaint seems to
hr that most gifts art' not at all what
a man would choose for himself.
Men are more conservative than
women and only social or climatic con
ditions cause them to vary their
wardrobes—while women are prone
to go far (o the other extreme in
theirs and do not usually get the
man’s point of view, if they wish to
really please them with gifts. Wom
en have a penchant for really
pretty mere nothings which falls
short of “mere” man’s appreciation.
He can see nothing to charm or call
out enthusiasm in dainty colors or
soft silks which women rave over.
“No black velvet slippers embroid
ered in gold please,” shouts a heart
less bachelor.
Now. pray tell who will see them,?
Why bless your soul, the dear girl
who worked her heart into those slip
pers with that gold thread, saw you
wearing them in your Den long be
fore Christmas.
Of course you were there.
After your good Christmas dinner—
when you lit your cigar and leaned
back in the great chair with your feet
elevated to the proper height, and
you puffed away while the wind howl
ed—and the sleet tapped like tiny lin
ger on t!ie window pane, and you for
■ .it every thing be* tin* girl’s Sweel
!.. that you saw fainly wreathed in
moke. And the tiny fingers tapped,
tapped, and the cold wind Ido-' . but
you feel very cosy and happy. Yes—
life held so much and was so full of
kindness and Christmas cheer brings
up the joy and bubbling that you
f el bul can’t explain and these very
slippers are the cause of it all. Yet
you don’t want, them Mr. Bachelor.
1 cannot solve you—neither can you
solve yourself. The question arises
—"Do women lack perception in sel
ecting gifts for their men folks?”
With one voice the men say, "They
do." Ho there, you "eternal femin
ine" ones, bestir your selves—- and
don’t buy your better half a red neck
tie when you nnever In your life saw
him wear anything but a black one.
Buy instead a bath towel big as your
lace curtain. He will appreciate it
for its size, and not for its usefulness
Avoid gay bath-robes. They are as
a red rag to a bull—and would meet
the fate of decorating some “ne’r do
well”—probably.
An Eastern gentleman was all but
the means of starting up the comic
opera of the Mikado, by shipping his
surplus gifts—including more than a
half a dozen gay robes to a western
ranch—where the wild and wooly sow
boys threatened to go on a strike if
not permitted to have theatricals oc
casionally.
On the whole a woman is as serene
and comfortable ..in her joy of giving
as a cat before a grate fire.
Her imagination is not used as a
search light to discover flaws, but it
pictures only happiness, which she
wishes to bestow, and she trustingly
believes she has succeeded in doing
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and your body chilled through and
through from exposure, take a big
dose of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
bathe your feet in hot water before g
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How Old People
May Prolong
Their Lives
At advanced age the organs act
more slowly than in youth. Circu
lation becomes poor, blood thin and
watery, appetite fitful, and diges
tion weak. 'This condition leaves
the system open to disease such as
Coughs, Colds, Grippe, Pneumo
nia, Rheumatism, etc.
VINOL is the greatest health
creator and body builder we know
of for old people, as it supplies
the very elements needed to re
build wasting tissue and replace
weakness with strength.
HERE IS THK PROOF
A ease is rernrilfd in Albany, N. Y., of
ft woman who felt atie was breaking
clown by ago and was doomed to the
weak and feeble condition of old people.
Slie bad no Htrength and the Mlighteid ex
ertinn tired her, but VINOL made her
well and Htrong, and fdie Male* that she
feel*ten year* younger than *lie did be
fore taking VINOL.
We ask every aged person in
this neighborhood to try a bottle
of VINOL with the understanding
that we will return their money if it
does not prove beneficial.
A. G. WANNER, Druggist,
“Spirit of Christmas”
IlKV. J. H. NANN^'OA
The esteemed editor o£ The Trib
une has asked os to write some
thoughts on the above subject for the
special Christmas number. Wo glad
ly consent to do so. First, we would
please the untiring editor, and sec
ond would help and aid a little to
make The Tribune the best possible
county paper to read.
Christmas com«*s but onto a year.
Again this happy time is near. There
is no day and no season that lias tak
en such a hold upon our people as
tiie Christmas tide. The reason is,
it commemorates an event in the
world's history that is quits' unique.
It stands alone in. the annals—not
only of time, hut also of eternity •
the birth of the Christ.
The person must indeed be born
great, who with perfect propriety,
can write on “The Spirit of Christ
mas.'' Although it is nineteen hun
dred and ton years since the first
Christmas, yet the influence of this
night is more potent than ever. <
The spirit of this event is gathering
momentum as the years go by.
Christ is a fact, and a factor in
this world. How He slid set the sil
ent forces that make for the better
ment of humanity into motion. Like
the laven, the conquering spirit of
the Christ is doing its work. We
view with astonishment how our Lord
is conquering nation after nation.
What was Germany when Boniface
went there with the gospel, or of
every other country since? The
spirit of Christmas is ever at work
for tiie betterment of humanity. But
says someone, there are so many
that are non-Christians, that are
not influenced by the Christ’s spirit.
It. is true there are many in Chris
tian lands that shut, their eyes
against the light. It cannot howev
er be said that they are not influenc
ed for the better. This Son of
Righteousness is shedding His light
all around.
Tin- angels sang ot peaace on earth
and good will to men; and more and
more this twofold blessing is he;
coining a reality. War is becoming
less frequennt and will decrease as
th Christmas spirit increases. Then
the spirit of good will is growing rap
idly and increasing more and more.
When we pause and think how the
good wHl is finding expression in
the many Christmas dinners, when
friends meet their friends, and above
all the many family gatherings that
can only take place at the blessed
Christmas tide, we cannot fail
to see from whom this inspiration
comes, that prompts all these kind
deeds.
W'e also call attention to the fact
that the goodwill above all else, finds
its most active expression in (In
spirit of giving. God gave, and we
give. The money spent for gifts
each Christmas is simply beyond
all computation.
The spirit of giving is preeminent
ly the Christmas spirit. Then it
should be said that tfie spirit of giv
ing is not confined only to the Chris
tians but all are influenced by it. The
Jew cannot wit hold his hand, the
Chinese or Japanese coming to us
must soon join. This spirit of giv
ing is abounding everywhere.
Lastly, the Christmas spirit is the
spirit of joy. What a time it is for
childhood. In nearly every Sunday
School preparations are going on to
give joy to the children. The angels’
song is still prolonged and the earth
has caught the inspiration of joy and
song. It is a faithful saying worthy
af all acceptations that "Christ Jesus
h come to tills world to save sin
i ci-s. Header is this Jesus yours, ■
is your heart the Ilethlehnm where,
i t ' ( ", 1 > " l was horn? Tlten you will
It,m tue vitie Christmas spirit.
REV. 0. R. NHIDW
Christmas teaches simplicity, it ;
teaches fraternity, it. teaches the
' t! icrhood Of God, the brotherhood
of man. The blessed Lord was horn j
on Christmas day. What for? Why j
did God take upon Himself our hn- j
man nature? Why did Ho come. ;
He came that He might live our life.'
to be to us an example, mooting our
manifold temptation, thinking our
thoughts, teaching us how to live.
He came to make clear to us that
God cares, lie cares for tin individ
ual, as well as for the race. Jesus
came also (hat lie might manifest, the
Eternal God. that, lie might make
plain to us of the life beyond the
gate of death. Men, everywhere, at.
all times had been asking the unans
wered question, “Is death (lie end."
The cry of man was, who can deliver
Hie from the body of this death, that
cry echoes and re-echoes down
through tiie centuries from the cave
man of Southern Gaul to Socrates of
Home, men everywhere sought and
delved for an answer to humanities
craving for some word to quell the
heartbreaking storm of dispair that
raged in their breasts uh to wheth
er death is the end. And 1 say it
reverently -God had pity on tile race,
and He sent His adorable Son to tell
us. He came that He might set up
here amongst us the kingdom of
heaven. “Gloria in Excelsls,”8ang the
angel choir, “Peace, good will to
Men,’’ .peace and love of God for the
individual as well as for the race.
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January 1 Hth to :>Htli. All new western localities should be
represented; all farmers and prospective farmers should
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