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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1906)
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NO DAD EFFECTS RESULT FROM THE KEELEY CURE The Keeley Institute is a Home Ltkc Place Where Men Are Cured Without Publicity i .SI, 1 (' A l'-KH V-iKi ft. - iv 1 - .' V( "I have sent about two hundred of my employes, from butchers to foremen, and all have been permanently cured. (From a personal letter to Dr. Keeley.) I do not think there is any one thing or any one man who ever did the good to humanity that you are doing with your cure." P. D. ARMOUR, Chicago, 111. Lute Head of the Armour Packing Co. Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage said: "The. Keeley Cure has saved when nothing elbo under heaven would. It has on it the mai k of approval of the Lord God Almighty." PROMINENT DOCTORS ENDORSE THE KEELEY CURE THE KEELEY INSTITUTE Life Will be Worth the Living After You Have Taken the Keeley Cure. TltaQk IfcCQkOklGr fTtr T7 has stood the test qf time as a permanent euro for Liquor. Mor llq Jni(i5Q3i(t3y VVUII phino and other Drug Addictions, Cigarette and Tobacco Habits. Hundreds of men in the West in all walks of life have been cured at the Keeley Institute. They are our greatful friends now. In every county in the state of Nebraska we can refer you' to some reliable man who has been treated successfully at this institute. 1 ' ( House physician in constant attendance. Write at once for booklet "Facts About The Keeley Cure," or apply in person. All correspondence confidential. Take Harney street car from eitherdepot direct to door. ilm;:! 3 IH 1 -a ! irvi c J! it a at b fi Km m wwza m m iv n Wm. R. Burns, Mgr., Corner 25th and Cass Sts. Phone Douglas 1475. ST r ft Chrisfmas Day in History and Tradition How the Dale Was Fixed , While shepherds watched their flocks by nlKht, All seated on the ground. The anpel of tho Iord came down. And glory shone around. ' I I gel's eons; and went "with haste" rertainly took part In the first celebration of the Nativity, and tho wine int-n who came afterward, .belns; led by the wonderful star, may also b regarded as taking part In this first cele bration of the Nativity, for the name Krlphany did not come Into use until long afterward. When it was first adopted by the oriental churches It wo dolpned to commemorate both the birth and baptism cf Jesus, which two events the eastern church believed to have occurred on Jan uary (. There ts Mill considerable doubt at to whether the Kth of December, which Ts now observed as Christmas day, correctly fixes the time of year when Christ was born. Iom Clement of Alexandria It appears Unit In the first effort to fix the season of the sdveiit there were advocates for tho 2th or 21st of April and the 20th of May. Bmie communities of Christians celebrated the festival on the 1st or 6th of January; ethers on the 2Mli of March, the time of the Jewish Pa.isover; while still others ob served It on the 2'Uh of September, or Feast of the Tabernacles. Julius I, bishop of Rome (A. I). 37-1152). contended that the iT.th of Pei-ember wan the date of Christ's Wrth, and the majority of the eastern churches ultimately came around to this view Tt Is certain that after Bt. Chrys ostom Christmas was observed on Decem ber 25 by east and west alike, with the ex ception of the Armenian church, which still remains faithful to January 6- There Is every reason for believing that Easter and Its accompanying celebrations mark with tolerable accuracy the anni versaries of the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord, because we know that they took place at the period of the Jewish Pastiover. but there is no auch certainty as regards Christmas. Date at Nativity. Sir Isaac Newman says that the feast of the Nativity, and moat other ecclesiastical anniversaries, were originally fixed at car dinal points of tho year, without reference to the date of the Incidents which they commemorated, dates which, by the lapse of time, it was impossible to ascertain. Thus the annunciation of the Virgin Mary was placed on the 26th of March, or abut the time of the vernal equinox; the feast of St. Michael on the 2StU of September, or rear the autumnal equinox; and the birth of Christ at the time of the winter solstice. Christinas was fixed at the tlmo of year when the most celebrated festivals of the ancients were held In honor of the return of the sun. The Baxuns and other northern nations kept a festival at this Itme of year In honor of Thor. In which they mingled feusllng, drinking and dancing with si:ri floe and religious rites. It was called Yule or Jule, the derivation of which has cauued much dispute anvig antiquaries. 'i'hie Bacchanalia and tiaturnalla of the Romans hnd apparently the same object as Yuletlde, or feast of the northern nations, and were probably adopted from some more ancient nation, us the Greeks, Mexicans. Persians and Chinese had something similar. Pres ents were given and received aa are Christ inas premnla In those days. Toward the end of th feast, when tlu sun was on Its return, unl the earth considered renovated, a king or ruler was choscn.fflth consider able power granted to lilm, from which may have sprung some of the Twelfth Night revels, mingled with these of the Manifestation and Adoration of the Magi. In all probability other customs were adopted from the festivals of the ancient, ouch as decking with evergreen and mistle toe and the wassull bowl. . ( . Karly Observance. It is known that the feast of li e na tivity was observed as early as the (ln"t century, and that It was kept by th primitive Christmas even In the dark days of persecution. ' On the rock-hewn tombs of the catacombs of Rome they wrote the toughts that were most con soling, or printed on the walls the nprures that gave them most pleasure. They are taken from the Bible, and tho one that tells of their Christmas .1oy Is "The Adoration of the Magi." Ill the Jewish churches no festival was so Joyous as the feast of the tabernacles, whm they gathered the fruit of the vineyard, and in some of the earlier celebrations of the nativity these festivities ere closely copied. And as all down the ages pugan elements have mingled in .the festivities of Christmas, so In the catacombs they are not absent. There Is Orpheus playing ou his harp to the beasts; Bacchus aa the God of the vintage; Psyche, the butturfly of the soul, and Jordan as the God of the rivers. While it Is not known who first preached the goepel in Britain, it is almost certain the Christianity entered with the. Roman Invnslon In A. V. . It is certain that veiy early in tho ChrlMlan era Christmas waa celebrated In Britain, mingling some of the winter festival customs of the an cient Briton and the Roman invaders, and traces of theso celebrations are still seen in some of the Christmas customs of modern times. The outgoing of the Romans and the in coming of the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, was dlsastroua to the Christmas festival, for the invaders were heathens, and Christianity was swept westward be fore them. They had lived in a part of the country not reached by Chrlstlnnity, and they worshiped the false Gods of Wodtti and Thunder, end were addicted to innny heatlun prartlces, some of which now mingle with the festivities of ChrUt matiile. 1 Advance lato Northern Garope. The Christmas festival was observed by the missionaries, headed by Augustine, who came to the south of Hngland from Rome, and In the northern part of the country they were revived by the Celtic missionaries from lona, under Aldan, the famous Columbian monk. Christmas was now celebrated as the principal festival of the year, the Anglo Saxon forefather delighting In the fes tivities of the holy month, as they called the month of December. At these tlmea the Anglo-Saxon and afterwards the Dan ish kings of England lived in state, and were surrounded with all the great men of their kingdom (together with strangers of rank) who were sumptuously enter tained, a ltd the most Important affairs of state were under consideration. There was also an outflow of generous hospital ity toward the poor, who had a hard time of it the rest of the year. During the reign of Alfred the Great, a law was passed with relation to holidays, by virtue of which the twelve days after the nativity were set apart for the cele bration of the Christmas festival. It is said that but for Alfred's strict observ ance of the "full twelve holy days," he would not have been defeated by the Danes. The Norman kings and nobles displayed their taste for magnificence in the most remarkable manner at their coronations, tournaments and their celebration of Christmas, Easter and Whitsuntide. A the Christmas festival all the prelates and nobles were obliged to attend their sover- What a Man Properly May Give a Woman r? mm mm Xmas i Suggestion BUT A CXKTirXCATB AT TU Walk-Over Shoe Store And give ll to husband, father, brother or son, (aoos ros ojtb tasm or bkobs HK CALF SKIX, biti;k' or Itoublf Soles. PATENT COLT SKIX, Lace or ISutlon. V ALL NEW STYLES. Walk-Over Shoes Are rold in 44 roiintrlea so the quality, workmanship and service la Lmcktd by an tnternatiuii.il reputation. FEET FITTED BY MEASUREMENT. At the WALK-OVEIt SHOE STORE 1521 FARNAM STREET. Ed. S. Thompson, the Walk-Over Man. Xmas Slippers id x. 'T T . I 1 1 . .,. i-uiuri!." irr?i.'riu'3 riKKUV Sk I the sort of gift9 which may prop- who are not related to each other. Uven nt Christmas tide the code I, changes not; it Is merely relaxed In that a comparative stranger from whom an offer ing would be an Impertinence at any other seaaon Is allowed to lay his flowers at the feet of the woman whom he admires from a dlatanee. Flowers, candles, books, music, a sub scription to a favorite periodical all these ara approved by Mrs. Grundy and her fol lowing. Christmas cards also may be sent in greeting to anybody who la upon one's calling list These useful end pretty souvenirs are once more fully established In fashionable favor. Why they lost It for a time ts among "the things which no fel low can find out." From king to coster ! monger everybody 1n England has ueed them all along, and In France and Ger many the custom of sending them for the New Year is universal. People who desire to be exclusive design, or cause to be de signed, their own private and personal cards, which thus com under the famous definition of Emerson, who says that "The only gift Is a portion of thyself." There Is a difference in everything, and cards are no exception to the rule, not only in price, which affords considerable range, but in selection, aa when one orders them by the d zens and sends them Indiscriminately, without considering whether the sentiment conveyed by the curd is 1n sympathy with the ten: pera inert and circumstances of the recipient. Spirit ! the Gift. It Is siold of Sydney Smith that once, when asked by a girl cousin for the meas ure of his neck, ho replied: The alze of my ueck? That's exceedingly strange. And admits of a very significant range. A collar, a necktie, a aore throat, a halter, And many nice things which might n.ukt. a man falter It tills tender answer anxiety check: The length of your arm will juat go round my neck. A gift becomes "a necktie or a halter," according to the spirit in which it la given, and that In which it Is received. "Ex cept thou love the giver, accept riot the gift." was the quaint maxim of ancient times. KJndness may Well be oppressive when not accompanied by tact, and when all affection Is lacking between benefactor and beneficiary. Love gives to love what soever he pleases, or can obtain, "flower leaves" or "kingdoms." and glorlfllss the gift, be it what it may. Take, for example, flowers, which come flrt on the list of the conventional Christ mas gifts which any man may make to any woman. A single bud, a tiny bunch of violets, or a dozen superb roses, worth their weight, or more, in coin of the realm. The oard of this donor settles the value of the blossoms to the recipient, without reference to the the price paid for them, or ought to do so; the significance of the gift being, in most cases, far more important than the gift Itself. Nor can It be said too ofetn, ilnce, however Strang it may be, there frequently are those who offend In this particular; that the card of the giver always should accompany the gift. An anonymous present, like an anonymous letter, is In all cases annoying and impolite, in some an actual Insult. Th first requisite of a gift is good will; the Christmas gift paid as a debt deserves to rank with th counterfeit coin dropped In the collection basket at church. And next to tills comes suitability; (the gift should be appropriate, something sug gestive of the giver, and in harmony with the character of the person to whom it is given; what ahall be said of him who offers gorgeous flowers, which are scent leas, to the blind, or mignonette to one who baa no sense of smell T Also with candles, one needs discretion In their choice, since It may be safely said that every flavor ing used by confectioners la disagreeable to someone. Therefore, for those un familiar with Individual tastes. It Is wise to select mixed candles "In multitude there Is safety." As for books. It Is scarcely necetaary to suggest that they especially ought to be chosen with due regard to the manner of person to whom they are given; there Is nothing In which the delicate understand ing of a friend's Ule and UiosyiKraslua may be so well shown; a subtle flattery which can hardly fail to be agreeable to any. Also, let no one aend a booh with out firat perusing It carefully; advice which none should fall to heed In these days of erotic novels. It tt more than easy to make a mistaken selection, and awful ex amples might bs adduced In proof thereof. There are few things in which th oc casional absurdity of social conventions Is more strikingly made manifest than in the proprieties of gifts from men to women. For example, no man must offer jewelry to any woman to whom he Is not nearly related. Tet It is quite correct that bon bons, which he is free to send, shall be cantalned In a bonbonlere costing much more than the sweets, and good form doe not forbid that a precious vase shall ac oompany flowers, although such vase may by no means be sent empty to any but an intimate friend or relative. When people are engaged, the lint of pos sible and proper presents Is greatly en larged. Nevertheless there are some which are prohibited. A man may give his flanoee diamonds, but he must not present her wtih furs. He offends against good taste If he offers her any article of wearing apparel, to which rule gloves are the sole exception; a survival of the importance which at tached to gtovea In the middle ages, aa gages d' amour and of battle. Moreover, Is it In bad taste for a wealthy man to spend money too lavishly upon an Impecu nious lady-love. In spits of th fact that It is natural and praiseworthy that he shall deslra to give her tlx earth, or all that he can get of It, It shows mxre delicacy of feeling upon his part to wait until ah is his wife before he pouru out his wealth at her fent. Careful attention to the tastes of th beloved, and thoughtful anticipation of her wishes, are by many times stronger proof ,cf tender love than the reckless ex penditure of money In which blundering affection sometimes indulges. From time immemorial "something fash ioned by her own fair hands" has been th prescribed gift from a woman to tier men relatives and friends handkerchiefs, muf flers, neckties, sofa pillows, anything which a woman can make and a man may wear openly. This, also, is a survival of the custom of the days of chivalry, when knights wore the colors of their ladye Vuves, wrought In needlework by the damsels themselves. But no well bred girl will mak a gift to any man with whom she is rot upon terms of friendship. Christmas cards are the correct remembrance for all others who are upon her list of callers, and nut even cards must be sent to the strangrra J whom she has met outside of her gates. Helen Oldleld In Chicago Tribune. cign to assist In th administration of Justice, and In deliberating on the great affairs of the kingdom. On these occa sions the king feasted his nobles and gave them presents as mark of his royal favor. laflaeaee of the Crasades. The crusades had a wonderful lnnuenoe upon the literary taste aa well as the no tional manners and festivities of Chriat maatldc. On their return from the Holy Lnd the pilgrims and crusaders, brought new subjects Xor theatrical representa tion, founded on the objects of their devo tion and Incidents In their wars, and the early mysteries and other plays of Christ mas, anion; tliem that of St. Gcorgu and the Dragon, which has survived to mod ern times, probably owe their origin to this period. It was at th Christmas festival of h&i that the barons demanded from King John the document, which, as the foundation of English liberties, is known by tho name of Magna Chart. John's tyranny had become Intolerable, and the hopes of the people hung on the fortunes of the French campaign. In which he was then engaged. Aftor hlB defeat and return to England, tbs barons met secretly and swore to demand the restoration of tholr liberties by charter under the king's seal, having agreed to assemblo for this pur pose at Christmas, they separated. On th feast of the Epiphany the barons as sembled In London and demanded of the king his confirmation of the laws of Ed ward tlie Confessor and Henry I. John met the barons with an absolute refusal, but, finding them firm, pleaded for time to consider. This was granted, and In 115, knowing It to be Inevitable, called the barons to Runnymcde and the grout charter. there slfiicU Cardi and Masques. During tho reign of Henry VII, a statute was passed prohibiting card pluyliiK, ex cept at Christmas. It was a universal cus tom to play cards at Christ mus; persons who never played at any other ilmu felt bound to do so at this season. The practice had even the sanction of the law. During tho reign of James 1 the Christ mas entertainments consisted chiefly of tho magnificent masques of lien Jonxon and others who by their previous training had acquired a muutcry of the dramatic art. The company to which Khakespearo be longed became the king's players. Very early In thin reign plays gave place to the more costly and elaborate entertainments called masques, very different to the dumb shows masques of Kllziibeth'n reign or the low buffoonery maso.uos of earlier times. Kfforts of the Puritans to abolih Chrlnt nias were a failure. An ordinance was Is sued prohibiting the performance of plays. Soma of the shops of London were kept open on ChrlKtmas day, the people fearing a popish observance of the day. The Pur itans gradually prevailed and in 1B47 some parish officers were committed for permit ting ministers to preach upon Chrisinius day and for adorning the church. The clt Isens of London .mado a Btout resistance. They declared they would go to church, and many ministers promised to bo ready for them with prayer and lecture. In spite of the acts of the Puritans and the suppres sion of Chrlstnius observance In hl:h places, the old customs und Testlvltlen were still observed In different parts or tlm country, but with less ceremony.- St. Louis Globe-Democrat. s. ONE DOZEN Sterling Silver -Spoons for a Christmas elft would make almost any lady happy. We have a very nice line of Ilver In seta and extra pieces. 8uKar Bpoous, Butter Knlrea, Cream Spoons, Meat FNjrku. Berry Spoons, Bon Bon Diahes and hundreds of other pieces. Our etore la full of BUfc-gestlons. Spend a few minutes with us. LOOK FOR THE NAM!'. W. LINDSAY, Jeweler 1516 Douglas Street. HAND PAINTED China would make a handsome Christmas gift. Plates Il.SB. 11.76. 12.00. tt. BO and 3.00. Pep pers and Salts, Bon Bon Dishes, Candlesticks, Olive Dishes, Sugar Sifters, Vases, Pitchers, Chop Plates, Platters. These are painted by the best home art ists. Have you seen the new lubter work? Speud a tew minutes In our store. LOOK JX)R TIIE NAME S. W. LINDSAY, Jeweler 1516 Douglas Street. PRESENT YOUR WIFE With a piece of Cut Glass for her table. We have some that are beauties. Every woman enjoys hand some table furnishings. Bowls, $3.UO up to $12.00. 11 tellers, around f 10.00. Vs, $2.00 and up Olive Dishes, 91.50 to 93.00. Spend a fow in In met In our store. LOOK FOn THE NAME S. W. LINDSAY. Jeweler 1516 Douglas Street. C.3 7