Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1951 — Page 9

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YES,iVJRGZHU • ■ ■ ■ -IL ' -' A ■' • i ; k' . - - “Yes, indeed! : J . i “Virginia, your little friends are wrons They have been affected by\ the skepticism of a skeptical age—they do not believe except what they see —they think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. / - I A ; V . i. Z ■ 111 ■- : ' Z I ' ' " M ' t ; ui ■'■■'■' I> • - \ : “All minds, Virginia, whether thpy be men’s or children’s, are little. •. “ Z , ' Z J , *g v ‘ “In this great'Universe of oprs, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. 5 A■' ilk Z r Z ■‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. .'■ - ■ |.' —-■■' r ■ v j ' : ', ’\ '.,. ■ . • . : . ■ I I v■ ■, i\ ■ -. ■ ■ “He exists as certainly as lote and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and gfve t° y° ur ’ ts highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the jvorld if there were ho Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There w’euld be ho child*~ like faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. 1 We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light ■ '■ ■' ' ' ' k ’ .. ' ■ I \ with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. ■ I b i. <! - . 'j -'’' -. Z Z i .■ . Ami ' *’’ • '\ • “Not believe in Santa Claus! Yoh might as well not believe in fairies! 1 Z '■. j Z ; Zu'-' ■■ v! ■' “You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? j Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is Claus—the most real things in the world are those neither childrenjnor men Can see. T ’ ’ .. ' H - i .'' '■ '' I “Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Qf course not, but j that’s no proof that they are not there—nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world. j " ’ .■ • v < ] ■ ■ z z,z “You tear apart the baby> rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, or even the united strength of all the strongest men, that ever lived, coiild tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside the ■ • I s ■ ' ■ I \ 1 ■1 ' curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Z ■ A'l • ! • ' i ' ■ 1 > .Z' ■ ! * '■--■ ■ ■r\ ' ; ‘ .K'' ■' ■ V‘ • ■! ■ ■ V I “Is it all real?—ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. j — ’ ' . ■ i fel ■■ . ■ • “No Santa Claus! Thank God! —he lives, and he lives forever —a thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heatrt of childhoods” z M ■ ■ • 'z 1 ; .' )'■■ \ ■ Z - . ■ ■ ; t '■ T . • * Z ( V |ZL • Z . - ' - ■ - ' ■*■ ’ ■'■ . Zl&lZlafruMij...J k»st»unuit ■ I •|cA Tu t «a•t A■ I ■ ‘ N- ' z Ir- z K A 1 I i ■z w ' "■ ' ' ‘ LI I'L ' : ’■ . M | ; 'I r The Personell and Management ■ " ' ' ' I I j > Wish You A Very, Very, Very 1 . ‘ ‘ Z ’ ' ’■ ' ■ e' Z MERRY CHRISTMAS AndA ■. • ■■ Z ' ''- . PROSPEROUS REW YEAR ■. . ■ v. ■< 1 . ■„■ h ( ———————-—4-— ■ u. ■■■ ' ■■— I••H••.. i i ; • .

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SANTA’S ADDED FASCINATING NEW TOYS TO HIS BIG BAG

By JEROME &REYER # - Central Pres* Correspondent IF JUNIOR, without prodding from Pop, washes the car and cleans the basement, and Sister straightens her room without be* sing told by Mom, there’s a good reason—Christmas is very near. So. kids, to help you .select what you’d like to find under the Christ<> mas tree, here’s the tremendous packful of wonderful surprises that Santa has lined up. Os course, the lead item on Sister’s list will be a doll. Well, Santa has them big and small, laughing and crying. But he also has something startlingly new, a doll that sings and prays—in Spanish or French! And he has another beauty whose “personality’* can be changed by tinting its hair red, blond or black with safe, easy-to* wash-off colors. Style also is highlighted, as evidenced by a group of dolls whose glamorous costumes are the work of well-known French dressmakers. Mbre utilitarian and aimed at developing aptitudes are the “how-to-make** kits, among which is a miniature baking outfit containing all the pots, pans and ingredients necessary to make a fluffy angel food cake. And when she finishes with her baking,' there’s another small but complete cleaning kit that will leave her utensils sparkling clean. Another New One A toy that will give her a chance for purposeful accomplishment is a miniature telephone switchboard, complete with plugs and buzzer. Alap on the realistic side are a kit for boys and girls that shows the peaceful application of atomic energy and includes a real Geiger counter, and a game} that spotlights inflation and demonstrates economic cycle problems for both the school age set and their elders. Games with city planning and farm management as themes are in the same category. p The cowboy\ continues to hold the top spot as juvenile hero with several million girls and boys who are “ahankerin* for a taste of the Wild West.” Now those children who have two-wheelers, by adding a rifle, holster and saddle bags, have a reasonable facsimile of “Old PaintJ” Mentioning bicycles and cowboy outfits, parents have been taken into consideration in the economic picture. A bicycle being offered for the first time has <n expandable frame which adds more inches thdn previously and thus allows the child to use the bike for more years than was formerly possible. The new cowboy outfit can truly be described as “convertible.” In the past, when a game of “Cowboys and Indiums” was in progress, two separate outfits were required. No more, though. The new garb is a cowboy suit on one side and Indian on the reverse side.

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u ;: J i rBK* mHh A’switchboard (top) complete with plugs and buzzer, will delight the aspiring young PBX operator, while the musically inclined might like a set of miniature bagpipes (lower left). Something new in dolls (lowm right) is one whose hair can be tinted various colors at will.

One spiell item that will bring gladness to the hearts i)f many parents is a newly developed crayon with which the Junior Rembrandt can express his artistic talents on home walls without parental gnashing of teeth. When he is finished with his masterpiece, a wipe of the cloth leaves the wall clean. Space does not allow full descriptions of the new products of the association. But among them are a waterproof picture hook for bathtub fun, a nevy style song book that has a music box in its binding, a small kit Combining a truck and mechanics outfit that teaches the rudiments of auto repairing, and a new road building toy that realis-1 tically levels and dumps.

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Musically, there’s ft variety which miniature bagpipe reportedly easy to learn, an eightkey organ worked by pedals, a small but playable zither and a Child-size clanhet. [■ L >' ’ Juvenile enthusiasm for circus Scenes has; inspired a number of puppets, marionettes and a kit to provide youngsters with all the make-up and accessories required to achieve a good Clown disguise. I So. far as Junior is concerned, only one sad note might mar an Otherwise wonderful Christmas-to-be: Electric train manufacturers have cut down on some items so as to insure national distribution of the rolling stock they are table to produce with what steel is available. \