Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 36, 23 December 1916 — Page 16

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, DEC 23. . 1916 Nellie's Christmas

, ' On a street in a small town In Canada a sweet faced woman and her daughter were making their way along , In the snow. Under Mrs. Connel's arm were two small white bundles, a small pretense of Christmas time. In little Nellie's eyes there shone a happy look, but it did not reflect in her mother's face,- which looked like it had once been used to smiles

and happiness, but was now traced

with faint lines of sorrow. Nellie looked up in her mother's

face and excitedly asked, "When's

daddie coming to get our Christ mas tree?" - V. ' Alas! when was he coming? Mrs

Connel could not tell. He had been I

in Europe fighting for nearly two years and she had not received a word from him for three months. She did not know he. might not be living. It was just a week now till Christmas and if her husband - was not there it would.be a- sad day with him so far away. When they stopped at the post office there was no mail for them, as she had hoped. ' . , Nellie was just five , years oh' and did not know where her father was, as Mrs. Connel had just told her he had gone away for a little while but she would see him again some day. . .. One evening on going to the post Qffice-agaln a foreign looking letter 'was handed out to them with stamps posted about all over the front. The post maks wa3 France and Mrs. Connel wa3 afraid to read ' It for fear it was bad news about ' her husband, but what she did read made her feel faint with joy and happiness, " ;" " ' " " 5 " I A klnd doctar at Base. Hospital, France, had just operated on Mr. Connel and amputated his arm at

the shoulder. The doctor had secured Mr. Connel'8 release and was sending him back with his expenses paid. Mr. Crochett, the doctor, said his mother's name was Connel before she was married, but he supposed , there was no relationship. Ho merely was sending Mr. Connel home because he had taken a liking to him and wanted him to have a happy Christmas at home with his wife. .;- It was just eight o'clock on

Christmas eve when Mr. Connel

stepped into the house and took his wife into his arms, or rather his arm, as he had only one. And thus the Connels spent a happy Christmas after all. , A few months later Mr. Crochett urna vlalMnp In thft town whprfl the

Connels lived so he called on them, and in talking they found out that Mr. Connel's father was the younger brother of Dr. Crochett's mother. . And so Dr. Crochett was glad he had rendered Mr. Connel help and thus found his friend to be his lost ' cousin. Myrtle ' Gibstsu, White school. ' V

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THE CHRISTMAS CAROL

!Once upon a time mother Bird had a little baby bird born on Xmas, hilt ehe did not know what to name it. ' They were thinking of naming it Snowbird but just then the sound came from the church, it was a Christmas Carol song. So the mother bird said its name should be ; Carol. " Goldie Brown Warner School, 4 A, Grade.

lwoauiitu biind, snap dragon, shoe the wild mare, hot cockles, the white loaf, bob apple, puss in the corner, 'besides card ; playing for counters, nails and points, story telling and dancing were are oldtime Christmas frolics. The following are a few of the games which are sure to prove full of fun for Christmas festivities: 15 Lines Provide pencil and paer and have each in turn draw anything he chooses, using 15 lines, no more, no less. -The object must be something definite in relation to Christmas" such as a tree, Santa Claus, etc. The pictures are "displayed at the end of a certain time and the players must guess what the pictures represent. The one guessing the greatest number' is awarded a prize. - Another paper and pencil game is See How Many Words Can. Be Formed by Twisting the Letters of the Word "Christmas." Or another contest is to provide a large sheet of paper and charcoal and allow each player to draw Santa Claus with eyes blindfolded. ' An exciting game for Christmas is the old, old game of Snap Dra gon. Raisins or nuts or. placed In a shallow dish filled with water On the water is poured a little alcohol, or spirits of camphor. The The alcohol is then lighted and all have a turn at snapping the "dragon." A merry scramble is to give each pair of partners a thread with a needle on each end with which they are to string popcorn as quickly as

possible. At a given signal all cease threading and the pair whose string Is the longest is entitled to a prize. Some good contests are to se-a who can say Bz-z-z-z-z longest without taking a breath. Who can hop across the room in the quickest time on one foot. Who can Etand on one foot on a small block and "keep his balance the longest. Who can put the most cranberries in a botttle without spilling any. Ilcre are some more trees, besides the inevitable Christmas tree See who can guess the greatest number of the following questions, each one commencing with "Tre." The tree that figures greatly between nations Treaty. The tree that is a liquid sweet meat Treacle. The tree that has special medical care- Treatment. The tree that we all like Treat. The tree that Is false Treason. The tree that has clover-shaped leaves Trefoil. The tree that carries the old name of Boston, Mass. Tremont. The tree that is a literary at; tempt Treatise. Star Contest Distribute star shaped cards and

see who is the uesf astronomer in the party. An astronomer A star-gazer . . ; rA famished; star Starvation. A marine star Starfish. A bird Starling. A star used by the laundress Starch. A star at the right-hand side of a ship Starbcird. An English court of justice Star chamber. , A theatrical celebrity A star. A fixed star Stare. An Inexpensive illumination Star-fight. . -

A sudden aiarm Startle. A Lively Snowball Race Divide the guests into . two lines, with an equal number In each line. At the head of each line have a pile of fluffy cotton snowballs. At a signal the players begin passing the balls down the line. The side wins which has all of its balls piled up at the end of line first. The Juveniles Will love This Game Stretch a ribbon across the room. To this attach red cardboard stockings of different sizes. The guests in turn try to hit the stockings with bubbles- blown 'from clay

pipes. Allow, live trials for each one. A pair of stockings would be a suitable prize to the most successful "blower." ; Another game i3 to ask one person to leave the room while a word with many rhymes is chosen like "night,'' "tree,'', etc. The guest returns and asks questions which must be answered with a word that ryhmes with the word chosen. The idea is for that person to find the word decided upon and the one v.hocannot find a ryhine to answer a question must pay a forfeit.

Bobby's Christmas

There was a small boy about foir years of age whose name was Bob by. His parents were very poor and were not able to have a very good Christmas as other people would have. It was not very long until Christmas would be there and his father was very sick. Bobby knew how things would be

at his house. He would look first at his mother and then his father and would say, "Mamma do you think " Santa Claus will bring me anything for Christmas?" "No, my dear, I do not think he will, because we cannot have enough money to pay him." Christ-

SANTA CLAUS

Christmas time is here at last and old Santa Claus comes from the far north where little dwarfs live. Santa Claus with nice big

Jaua comes to see all the good children and all the bad, too. Ho will bring a nice little whip. With four little deer he comes swiftly over , the snow. At midnight far away a little speck is seen with a sleigh full of toys and his four friends. V Santa Claus knows all the good children and all the bad ones, too, because the angels tell him before he comes from home. Tomorrow night old Santa will come to see all of us' so be good and not ba-J and you will se what you will get on Christmas morning. Albert Williams, 6A Hibberd school.

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mas eve came and they had . no money. Bobby asked his mother if he might hang up his stocking and see If he would leave him anything. His mother said he might, so when eight came they all went to but Bobby had hardly closed hi 3 eyes when he thought he forgot to bang up his slocking, so he got. up out of bed and went down stairs and hung up a stocking for himself, one for father and on for mother. He went to the door and opened it in order to see if Santa Claus was coming but he was not, so he shut it. It happened that they did not have any window blinds and the lights weYe lit. It was about ten o'clock when a man and little girl passed the house and saw how bare it was, but tha little girl saw the stockings as she glanced around the room. It happened that they had a basketful of toys and another full of good things to eat. The father suggested that they, try to get in and fill the stockings. They got in through the door which Bobby had left unlocked. They filled them blew out the light and then went out. The next morning Bobby was tha first, one up. ' He dressed and went down stairs to see if he had anything in his storking. H found all three stockings full and some on the floor around the bottom of the mantel. He went to the stairway and called his mother. He said, "Oh, Mamma, come here and see what Santa Claus has left for uV She came and sure enough all three stockings were full. They had just as good a Christmas as anyone else. Alma and Thelma Williams, Starr School.

MISSION CHILDREN HAVE CHRISTMAS

At the North Fourteenth Street Mission tho children went out to Earlham Saturday afternoon at one o'clock. We get presents from the girls at Farlham. They are dol' and candy for the girls and guns, knives and other things for tho boys. Wc go out there on a rpecial street car and we have lots of fun. Mildred Wirts, Whitcwatar