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light` of the children. The device by which Santa Claus . is cooped up inithe trunk of a portable tree, with his head showing out at `V times, is very simple, yet very taking with young folks. It is accomplished by having two empty barrels without i_ heads `fastened one above the other and covered with moss. bark and s lichen. Through a knot hole Santa : voice is heard. The structure being on casters,` the imp inside can move it about the platform to the infinite de- A.__AL,,_ I eprocessious in England at Yuletide. -..-u :4 llALJ nub \4.. AB; .-.._._ ...._. .-;u \. It is said that the ClII`iSt1)1:ls tree'wi1s adopted in Fraliice and Eu5_;l:111d in 1840. Prince Albert is credited with` having `introdueeil it in England the first Christmas followinghis marriage, . which was in 1840. Within :1 few years after that one of the trees at Windsor castle bore gifts valued at $45,000. But more than a century before Prince Al- bert s advent an improvised Christmas tree. called a bes:1nt." was carried in It consisted of` :1 pole decked with holly 'or"other evergreens and ribbons, to- gether with orunges and apples and sometimes a pair of dolls. nu... .I............_ ._._2I_|. I "n _.v_._-..-...\.-.: on `nun. vs \.avAI.). The irrepressible dcsirefor novelty has led to unique v:u'izitions in Christ- mas trees. A society woman having a couple of valuable pet dogs got up 11 dogs Christmas tree and invited forty `bred pups to the ovation. or more of the neighboring thorough- nn . A... fl'\I-..- .J__2-- I, itionof a tree having its branches from top to bottom decked with burning can- dles. With the gure of a child at the very top sending forth a brilliant light.. This- tree in some way symbolized Christianity. the candles reprc riting souls and the child typifying Cl ist.` 74- ha n.n:.J 4`I...4. $1..` ru.__:._L ctim prloduced in France over 700 years ago contains a descrip- The Romans used greenery in the festivals of Saturn. celebrated in De- cember, and carried the custom among the Germans. The Egyptians used trees for interior decoration. their fa- vorite being the palm. A .......|- -1: n-Lsw -. -- -- -.-u\,uu\.\. un. Luna LlLUUl Ui.ll lea ture of Yuletide are uncertain. Appar- entlyit is derived from an ancient cus- tom. The pagan races of northern Eu- rope lxad a deep veneration for trees as the abodes of _the gods. For instance, `the linden sheltered Berchta, the spirit kindly to babes. When celebrating festivals the chosen tree of the differ ent gods were r1eeo;'a.tedwith lights. wreaths and tassels. "and o`erings to the -T spirits were suspended in the branches-. Xmas Tree "I buttoned my overcoat to the throat, he said then, for the wind was raw and keen. and walked up tot the rst tramp I came to. He sat near the fountain on the corner seat or a. long beach. I touched him gently on the sleeve andeald to him: ' 14 air ,1 I-- [Copyright. 1903. by C. N. Lu:-1e.] HE Christmas tree for the dis- play of presents is an evolu tion. The true origin and Sig` nificance of this arboreal ten- .-of yit nu... .... ....-.. -.,- .. EARLY USE OF THE CHRISIMA8 TD I711` volut 1011. A Yuletide l(etch by JONATHAN JOYCE OF THE .r\.\.u.rnIvsL -* R eynold.s, `Water, wet again. may be as well, assented the president suavely, to omit descriptions of scenery, for, as the` gentleman has gust stated, it may have the effect of detaining us longer than ip absolutely ' necessary." A _ 1 `D.....-,.I.`I... ..-....I-:___ A-.. _. `__I_...'. -4 we-`ii '.`iI"i{tn"B'i3E "ix? brE{{{1"i}- light. `Z ~3"'c`>.t_1l=1_)de'1'milt: me, Mr. President," T interrupted he, to suggest `that all description be eliminated? ` Otherwise ._.3LL!-- ."J;il'(,:"';1v(L::V';[.)l]_')(3I` man raised` his hand admonishingly. u\I":II --..__ _.-_____JA_ _-__ 11.. Ir\,.-_,n,-I,,,; II _ ' ,,-e._ -._, _- ...._ __.,..-...,. . "'1`he hapless outcasts in the park had ranged themselves as nearly as possible according to the tree branches; but, being large in number,they over- lapped them, some to the length of two bmnclles oremore, so that these sat unprotected from the snow, which soft-V 1-y soaked the1n.` mt GOOD MAN. now coma ton to II V - HERE?" spicuous by the length of his locks and the exceeding breadth of his soft black tie, lit their cigars as Reynolds rose. It was snowing- he. began. skip all that, hastily put In a news- paper man. Of course, if it- was .Ch1'istmas eve, it was snowing. `'I`l\n Iunnl...-..~ A..J..-....~.4.~ 1... LL. ..-..I_ u--- "L' "' l{ey`1'1._olds," said he. `indicating by the gesture of a massive hand the -member of the club situatedon his left, .youv may relate your experience last night in helping the poor. . Accord- ing to our agreement, if you remember, ,we were to expend a certain amountin lclmrity on` Christmas eve, not only for the purpose of giving immediate relief so far as our funds went, but in order to ascertain something of the extent of the poverty existing in this great city `of New York. in which we live. mu- - _I-_I- H ..- _..,. v...' 001 n u;\.u vvv I510: The 'cl.ub members, among whom` was an artist rendered somewhat con- H. I5 [Copyright. 1903, by Zoe Anderson Norris] ' I T was Christmas night, and the, Philanthropists club was holding its usuaicelebration of the fee- tival. The Christmas dinner had arrived at the stag_ot the demi tasse and remarks. ' uVtl7l;1"Uy the president was the rst` to speak. uI\._, _1_ II as - -' __ Park Bench The Ttalig A Christmas` Stot jby ZOE ANDERSON NORRIS D-wt.-ii reaching; for a glass of his lips before he began on Tun; }'i{m9a%we.a qhomm -iowprud out1'?tyrd?deprocnn'j=hn_d.j ply. Av ;' n';.7&o-1-mea..% rou:{n'$>Ii:L'u3E?J:g ' plan? ' ot z.rel1`ovln 3: A the You ;`. pa'rt of the -money-Lyonruelf. _ %Why I you take-uonrW v~- ~51 = i , ...nn....._'.1.n.}'i -.:m.-..._..;_'_`~_- ....' __...nn;`__ . slouch variety. overcoat woo ` gray. and .~long4 and so fringed` attho ; hem `as to assume-tho upp eamnco"ot o huvlngv-been fringed lntantionauy. V 6 V '.|.`en'nngen pointed a.t"h!mz. ` L ` '1`hat," shouted. ten voices . "II the man!" `- V . . -` I :1 lI||__.-.~'1n7_A.n,,,A _ n,,, n."- ``n-, o,, "mu-Q. Inounn -rm votes. "1: was nan! ~ . .. this a member or club. _ Id`.-..nl.1..-.I. , Il`?.g..': I_...._&>< ._I|.--L-..A. .-_'._' ThO ll.`Ul!: =bet 1 humbl6__'a`n'(!. unob- nnl-kA'Q`..:. .' 'vu-V :w$" ' % ..!'u_ `]mow;ed`d hw/,1`! ~.--.- --~-\ -v\- - cc C-vI.`Q0`1_-`3n9- I circled the fountain, he went on, and proceeded to a long bench. where I stopped near a seedy looking individ- l` ual who in spite of the steady fall of. 5 i I 9 snow sat napping there. I tapped him - on the shoulder, mused him from his = sleep and asked his history It`W_8" rambling, as that related by Reynolds. He "had een better days. Most of.us have. He `had not always slept in :' parks. Few have. And, like Reynolds 4 tramp, he had a wife and two children, whom he had been obliged long before to send home to the wife's mother. j Like the story of Reynolds tramp, 5 there was nothing out of the ordinary | with the exception oi."the manner in ---nap... -n_. ._ V His heafd was shaggy and .red. his shoes were worn at the toes and down \ at the l1eels._.hi,s _ hgt was one of he -.-..~.4....-- % ax;3f;a;;.=r'au:;;;;*a'.e 9 tu..e;% E: ""W1 't-"$33,? 434"-.: .. .. % The artist had slipped out of the room. ` * After a period he returned, trans-_ formed. , - V I "Yes, ye, answeredethe rest in a chorus, all that. and more." 7 Then, declared the newspaper man, "I, too, took out a: live dollar bill and madephlm a present of it. And; falling li1nply.back in his chair, he took to tapping the arm of it with impatient ` ngers. ' ' IIVL- __,no 1. u - .. - __v- v-. -. v yquuvuavuvu. The `newspaper man suddenly stood. It was as it he had just waked up`: Was he tall and thin? he quest1on- . ed. Did he wear a shaggy red beard, long hair, an old slouch hat and a rag-_ ged gray overcoat out` at the elbows and fringed . with a mighty fringe around `the hem? I say. were his shoes -- ~'- >-v--.a---V -`& 7044`:-ovo-no--OI-o old. and did he go barehanded in the snow?" - - They ung themselves back in their ehalrs and gazed in an excited and In- dlgnant way from one face `to another in search of some reasonable explana- tion of the phenomenon. 7'I"I..A ....._.~._.----- -A I ' " " which he Stammered ad` shookvtelling it. A - _-..- ~_-_--gm.-uvuuaga ' There's some fraud about this! they cried. We went together. We i saw the same man. He had the same Wife and two children who were liv- ing with -the same old mother-in-law. - d..aa..o....oa._4-...-.. U. -A - 0- -`I - --- By Jove! we were so distressed we gave him. $5 apiece, and that made fteen good old solid dollarstbetween us." V ' --.'At this point Caruthers appeared to. experience some little diicultyin ur- ticulating. When" he had recovered,` `fReally, he nished, it was distress- ing; `most distressing. Itgrieved me` deeply. I thrust a ve dollar bill into his hand-and hurried away. i nn I-unAA kn-nil-.' .L.'...... L- _-..___-- seat when'th1'e members or the club rose simultaneously. I"'I`I`.\..n ... .-......_ 1l..__'_.'l -1 A II I -ll D11l'k. ""`1l;-e;p'e:'1;;ce." said he, rese}nbled to a certain degree that of my friend Reynolds there. I must have visited the same park. Union park. was it?" with a nod to Reynolds. T van 9! ....._u__1 ' rs -- ---* ' . and. th:-pa 1tA~1$;tn.;h1Ifhah&il'; .l ICA_ a'-'.`T.`~.i L_;"ii""`___`1_`l.'k `-1:1` "` "V \uVlWvVHN I537!-_Iq`7\-HI - It was not 's6diI!erent"t1"ot'n 'tl1p,\uIn- II run of'such'storlaa. .' talferd Min- blds. He. had seen better g!ayTI:_ -J10 had not always been obligedfto I_lq.p.1n, U Dark.',et_c.; he had .a_ w11,'ql-.an',t_W0 childreh: he had been %unnblTt`q.,;I;u -' port them? thi. = V9, ? !".t1.11.Y*".-:".;';3f-h-..3' . .w1te's mother. _Au 1. ugy, .1t,yg,'n_, gaqttyoig much _the jqtorx..a_s,b1u manner telling`? It. It $0`! 199701.!!! -4!9!'1P"r` git A but% h#e,x'9;tI+T; .== ve-TL.agw. ; 1 txomm. ...---- -w yuv vvaltl-I`: _'1`he presidentmotioned to his neigh- bor to rise. His: name was. Caruthers. He scanned his listeners attentively, frowning as he talked. _ Ila _-------l A-- overwhelming nature or his gratitude." _ He sat down. The artist -coughed nightly, covered his mouth with his hand a momexit, relit his cigar, which had gone quite out, and blew the smoketo the ceiling. Thu I\IIAn':IA-.J.`._. -A.l-4- - I - "replied. fl-1:;nolds; Union 1941,`.- Ladjnf-11831339! hxiusg wmt,tuat- e<'.l`;_x:,,=V`.QV1%?<'%i!`;'!:l '91rtlwnvL61t8 th` kbnak or Fuad Pasha. As" the guests arqved. ~omo%%V homba`c1s;%.9wtem:2rsi`,:ot a 439.`- wxew :Vr::ut%;%s:zie* lgedan The wife of the proprietor of the Levant Times in Constantinople. Mrs. Lairan-Hanly, wishing" not `long ago to show to some. of the inhabitants of that city what an old fashioned Eng- lish Ghrlstrpal was like andlmcldental-. ly to cement . valuable. trahdshlpa for her husband in lcertnln l._nduent1a`l quar-- ~terI..qe;1_t.-.-~9ut invitations tor. titty per-. ' eons. There was a curiou_|~mih;ling_~.ot nationalities. in ~t_h'e .zne_Itu,-=respondlng.' L Greek. '.l`nrklah.J`reneh. Ar-' menlnn. Bllllln English, American,- Snanlshnebrewg Germaxm Italian. Al-' we lJameve~l ;PiiwIbIr =btwty hqi,l;nli.i9:.` l,teDreae1j:ted.ihut`V'only' " ?lnnguiieb;;~ ) ax`x:'.-`f-`:*-'`- ` : \m.`.'7`` iv---h2`.:.L`E'1$a.-;;v1._n` J ;d. .."'..."--.`_-' _ 1x;i;,lgt`zto;xu111ueu mm: "'3|-bl \lItII\a$F`CJ CD69 II` ' he story he told," he |ta:mf.`1;1.ere`l.% would have bi'ou'ghttea rs t6 the eye; or the coldgat heagted, Ian ...'....' -- `..`;`.u`n-'..'-'..:. 'a..`..;'.. n... .;..._ A CHRISTMAS DINNER` 1 IN O0NSl`ANTINOPLE' :o,a-mask ADYAi`TQE' A Poem 01: chrlstgnas Eve: H Um `IXIIIIJ IVE D655! D009 DVDZC I Reynolds. dldalning the: question. `Ought in several pockets for a pocket handkerchief, and, ndiqg _qe,_ at ,'e1l8th, delicately mapped his 114;. % mu. ..4....'_ 1.- 4.-|.1 n L- ..a..`.......-..'.I ` :! wee Billy Blue. one . gift. that night - no-QCIIV-In In such a. mixed. assmblage It was almost. impossible to establish anything sbgigbllity. and the poo; _hostess haggard. with, the. effort. The Tntk; looked: Lon with pretematunl F $114 b9W.d W`th'- .I*l'eedin8- no-= l..!!*3`.1i!Li.9nI9}l"9%810!!;., ..'-l`h9'-- ; ` '_ j_dor_"_xn1g'ht`hi+' . q;f_yyf_ u. may vvlllllo - The house was built originally for 1 Turkish residence, and three- rooms -were decorated with holly and mistle- toe brought "all the way from -England. ' ` 1'he.Gre_ekand Armenian ladieswere richly-.` -dressed. in -heavy: silks and vel- vet: under their fur lined wraps. They % `wore a profuslon.ot..1ewels` of barbaric design,` ]'1`hese,ladi_es riot in bright colors andldezslinxeects. and on this.occa- plan. w.e.r=.1 painted red .ardwhite. and MW their b1'QW8 .b.!a,cken.ed. --Th other :i_adi_es ; `handsomely, dressed, .bI1``= 1t.'~l'.iu9,11.1'..%l1.u.l'1'. I.'v'-it`! e: two. Jewish Lia:-A #9: "..l?1P`. ~1!I.I.5? Illa!-onus in at-` ;trh'va`xant.n33n;bers. . . ~ l I'_ ...-.1. - -43--3 A--`- " H -- - v v . uwuaiy Dllli VJ VD OUal\rIO`lO Were those your exact word;|'?" ho lnqulred in so rapt umapnier that.tho_ president once more lettall. the fork. T am that. Pasha was one of the guests and none of his wives could accompany him." Hadji Russlm Eendi was another. There were two Hebrew bank direct- -ors. the Persian ambassador and the Japanese consul. rm... 1...... .._e - 3-- 1.. the-: house. SH . 1`;1e newspaper maxi leaned forward absorbedly, his eyes agleaxn. xv--- 1.1.--- ._-.-_ -_--;. _._-...1.."an L- o--3-vv =-vv-H- The poor hostess : hair turned white that. night, and :nex1:j_w_eek' her hus- . .band s"nw'spaper type jwias distributed in |9_}39I3.l-*:a- Hadjlr>R_assm_: ~'was-` - - _ _'_.... looked on gravely while the rest danced. 1`hey maintained their impossible grav- ity until` Hudji-Rassim Ettendi signi- __er_l that he wanted to go home. He was `in. He had. secure in his belief tot.-the innocenceor the pie. eaten three 1 big pieces. And the crust was short- ened` withgthe fat of the unutterablo -esh! . 2 e _ 4 - _Hisqdeparture. broke up the. party. . Notj`_on'e_ot_ `theivn, baa: understood any- .tllV17l I" 9t;..the. ob1ect`les99n 0.11 an Enz- ::_tiah.,< :hr1atmu`in. spite-of; .aI1-the.Ian- nh.'.' .. --_ n.-_x_=;"_`;..ma, , . . - - z . --- u.-nu auuxuu IV Clll. UIJUR U[)lu1l'Uo ! aMr. Laian-Hanly had his cue to , . = bring the gentlemenall up as soon as 5 he could, so that they might have some : Christmas games. They had become a 3 little more sociable among themselves. l but as soon as they were back among the women the different elements sep- arated again into their component parts, and it was desperate work to get { them interested in snapdragon._ The ` Turks seemed to fear the ames of al- . cohol and would not even try to pull out the plums. Finally one of the Greeks sang one of _the native seesaw caterwauling songs, and after that the games were given up in favor of an impromptu dance. The Persian and the Turks . uuuu uuub uubco al_JU|LCLlo I `The dinner lasted nearly three hours. ` The dessert consisted of a great plum pudding covered with blazing rum and several ne mince pies. The Turks seemed to have an instinctive fear of a pudding blazing with Satanic blue lights iand took inince pie or fruits. As so much of Turkish cookery is based. on minced meats the Turks thought the mince pies were safe. The Greeks and Armenians managed both pie and fruits and ate with a good coming appetite everything offered them. Then came coffee and cigars, and the ladies went back upstairs. MI! Tnnn '[J'n-1- `---1 E 1 L2, ,7, __ __- v- ---v wanna`.-nun-u `Another device for having a voice is-. e '_ ` ' _' sue from the Christmas tree is accom- " ",`1,`:m`a"l:3' mun pushed by the use of the telephone, the ' " receiver being hung in the tree. The absent ones can then send familiar tones to those present. and when the . speakers are very dear and unavoida- bly absent the message is the best Christmas present that can be con- : pieces._' And the `crust was voked on gravely, while danced. hey maintained impassible r .until->HadJl~.Rass1m . Etrendl signi- td. thstfhe wanted to go He ds~uL:3. _ e"had.. sec;ure,1n`ms` belief I V"-~"'1nhc- 5bt the. me . ten "99 ceived of for the occasion. An elec- . e .. trical utt tr lihti Ghritml t-'-`t9: ,-an 'unt.tm' trees` lugs been `invengted 1:: smalls co:t. - ~ '-.`33*=--5" ~.__` `- 7 . v Oneaclever boy used it with~noveljre- 1 .'*"`7`*_ ,_';". s:,_?:".:l1 s *"`e"" .`,7-. salts by applyinssit to a magnicent -me` -9-_9',.rd -9! -`evergreen standing. in front. of his : A e`9ni'.`%39t: . ,home.,,e It-5 was . lighted on Chriatmal ` . re '1' ~evfel.atera snowstorm which decked-~e ` e the`.branches.~with,.t_ieecy~ garb; -,.;..-'.l!he i ;:_.h_'aat _v;_t1l`e[3!DD8, m,elted,the :snow;._and, _ if troge.1n:;nll ;mm.r_uerunt-- . ' in" solitary fustaneile standing out like a ballet ; dance:- s skirt. The Japanese consul : smiled and bowed right and left with ?- praiseworthy impartiality. The Eug- , iishmen stood in a group. while the f Greek, French and Armenian got to- getherand were soon talking with uni- mation`, while the word "parades" fell from their lips as if money was the only thing Worth mention. The Rus- sian, Spanish. Italian and German gen- tlemen paid strict attention to the la- dies, who sat in the two upper parlors. while the men appropriated` the main room. ` _...-v - ya.-ug yuuounucu VVHD ilDlUlllllllllg. The Persian ambassador was the ; guest of honor. with Hadji Rassim Elfendl opposite. The hadji was an orthodox Turk of the old school. Fuad Pasha was the same. but he was in some ways not so strict in his observ- ances. so he took a little Wine. As the rst hunger passed. the wine began to loosen tongues, and. one would have imagined oneself in a new Babel. Jest: and couplets were made and toasts passed "back and forth in all the thir- teen languages spoken. ' nu... .a:........ I.....A.-.`l -, W - -- At last everybody was seated. The service was well done by three men from the big hotel. The Greeks and Armenians had come to dinner. and they did full justice to it. The rest of the guests were more circumspect or had smaller appetites. The amount of bread they consumed was astounding. Thu Darainn nn-.I-.........;I.... _--.. LL- Miss Latfan-Hanly, -the very pretty daughter of the host and hostess, play- ed Christmas carols on the piano. but nobody listened, and it was a relief when dinner was announced. It was understood that this dinner was to be representative or the Christmas in Eng- land. and so there was a roast of beer of astonishing proportions following an enormous boiled sh on a wooden tray. Two monstrous turkeys and a chicken pie lled the table. with the vegetables and small things. such as pickles. olives. etc. Everything was put on to- gether save the dessert. Wines there were and pure water for the Turks and Persians. ' e ' i here ?2 n - ~ -vuuvvv soon`. wv-Asa I-v anon-an ii `My good man. how come [you to bq