Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1920, Page 11

! ” The Snow at Christmastide *: T | QQOFTLY falls the winter hwilight | O'er the gray old town, 1 With {ts firelit windows brightened, | With its ancient byways whitened By the pure snow floating down | Trom the heavens far and wideme Peaceful snow of Christmestide., the hadows of the fofed: “As the night-wind sties, Al their crosses high uplifted | | ! Where the starrg flakes have drifted, } Stand the silent ranks of firs, | | | | | | By the bright snow qlorified~ ! Radiant snow of Christmastide. . FI.OM their lofiy belfries Lelling Of the Savior's birth, Carillous and chimes are ringing, Like the angel chorus singing | “Joy,qood will, and peace on eatthl™ While the show falls far and widese Blessed snow of Christmastide. Ty | CHRISTMAS ONCE IS ' CHRISTMAS STILL ‘The silent skies are full of speech For who hath ears to hear; The winds are whispering each to each; ‘The moon is calling to the beach; b And stars their sacred wisdom teach Of Faith and Love and Fear. But once the sky its silence broke, And song o'erflowed the -earth; The midnight air with glory shook; And angels mortal language spoke, When God our human nature took In Christ the Savior's birth, And Christmas once is Christmas’ still The gates through which he .came, And forest wild. and murmuring fill, And fruitful fleld, and breezy hill, Ana all that else the wide ‘world fill, ' Are vocal with his name. Shall we not listen 'while they sing | This latest’ Christmas morn, And music hear in everything, And faithful lives in tribute bring To,the great song which greets the King ! | Who comes when Christ is born? \SANTA CLAUS Beyond the ocean many a mile, And many a year ago, There lived a wonderful queer old | man, In a ‘wonderful house of snow; And every little boy and girl, As Christmas times arrive, No doubt will be very glad to hear The old man is still alive. In his house upon the top of a hill, All working with all To make a million of pretty things, Cakes, sugar-plums and toys,- To £ll the stockings, hung up, you know, + By the little girls and boys. ‘ —Sunshine Biulletin.' | L CHRISTMAS TIME. N ‘It s the Christmas tiroe: And up and down ’‘‘wixt heaven and earth In glorious grief and solemn mirth, The shining angels climb. ~Dinah Mulock Cn.lk. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER \ d | Your Clkl‘fivstma_s Gift As ichlyd He fe; Say, Till | N AU Four.rorty. , Theater orchestras throughout the country have fixed on a tove standard for general use in all theaters. The A is toned to 440 vibrations.a second. dered queut rh as his bri istaand on yor Todi s;fie! ?L you, I sup o . again as i thn‘ e Kissed you P e —————— 4 Say, beautiful bride in the anti Peautiful bride, in your bri Did ygu let him gaze on your loveliness ed eyes did your heart confess . As You led the dance on your wedding night? Did he press your hand as he bent to say Sweet words —as the lovers do today? Ah! courtly groom of the vanquished years, Beautiful bride of the days long fled, Dust, but dust are your hopes and fears, Cold your Kisses, and dried your tears; But I hang here, over your head, A sprig of such Christmas mistletoe As you Kissed beneath in the long ago. Louis Ruth, manager, of B. F. Keith’s | worchestra, called: up a local piano tuner and asked. him to.go-to Keifhi® to tune the piano. H l “I wish you would give it immedi- ate attention,” Ruth told theepinho man. “Tune it at four-forty.” * A day pasSed and the piano in the Kelth pit remained untuned. Ruth called up the man who took the job. “You haven't touched our piano,” Ruth gaid a bit indignantly. ,“Well, I was over there at 20 min- ttes to five yesterday afternoon and i couldn’t get in,” qus the excuse. And then Ruth ‘explained what he meant by four-forty.~Indianapolis News. Sea Gulls. There are more /thar 50 kinds of gulls to be found all over the world. Most of these are marine or sen-dwell- | ing birds, though several species are found near bodies of fresh water, like' the Great Lakes and other inland seas. | As there are many kinds of gulls, so, | 00, they have many names, some -of which possess redl charm and inter- est. Among them are the arctic gull, the goose gull, the herring or silvery gull, the Iceland gull, the kittiwake, the laughing gull, and'the seamews. . World's Smallest Coin. The coln of the least value ever is- sued s the “mite,” so called, such as the widow of the Bible contributed to the poer. Its shape was hexagonal, ‘and its value nbout one-fiftieth of & cent. It would take five thousand 'mites to make one-dollar. \ THE BIG QUESTION JUST NOW— WHAT WOULD BE MORE ENJOYED THAN A BOX OF OUR PURE FRESH CANDY? ' Decorare your Christ- mas tree with Candy Canes and Fancy Candy. / ' BEMIDJI FANCY BOXES FROM 50c to $10.00 'HOME MADE SPECIAL MIXED CANDIES FRESH FRUIT MIXED NUTS . PURE ICE CREAM - 319 Beltrami Ave. . CANDY KITCHEN How People Dis In India. A return of the-number of jnquests held by the coroner of Bombay during 1919 glves us some very interesting | particulars. Among the “sulcide” we | find that six cut their throats, 28 drowned themselves, four hanged themselves, 15 jumped out of windows, 20 took opium, arsenic’or eome other, poison, four shot themselves and elght burned themselves. Drowning, ; therefore, ‘taok pride of place last year, whereas| self-polsoning. was. the | | favorite * mfethod ) 'of quitting’ lite in 1918, ‘there belng 21 cases reported.’ Other sulcidal practices mentioned in ' the report are stabbing and the act of knocking one's head against a wall, No one has favored either of these | methods during the past two yenrs, however. [ ———— i j - -Cynicalki - “ls friends could give .no reason why he should have committed sulcide. He was single."—The Stamford Advo- cate. ‘What Faith Does. Falth 'is what enables a person to enjoy eating a currant ple in summer when houseflies are numerous.—New Orleans States. ‘ 8 Too True. fhe devil isn't as black as he is painted, nor s @ woman as pluk.—~Car toons -Magazine. L Sun-Bathing. “The great troublé with most of us 1s our tendency to excess” says & medical writer. “We wust be mod- erate in all things, but after becom- ing accustomed to the sun and know- ! 1og just how to recelve its rays, it will always be our frlend. We.should adopt the Roman custom of having at least one room in our home for a solarium. This room_should face the south and the window or windows should be sloping. ‘The sun-bathér should be on a cot before the open windpw with his hend protected from the direct rays of the sun. The first bathyshould not last over flve minutes, but_as one becomes accustomed to sun-bathing it may be continued , to three-quarters of an hour.” ’ —_————— Why the Snort. .‘We sat ‘In front of them at the theater. It was during the tense mine uteiof the play when.the heroine was ahout to part forever with her sweet heart: “Say.” sald the woman behind us'to her friend: “Do you break many dishes? You know I'm awfully un: lucky that wa, Detrolt Free Press. A Dream. A Boston banker says we are an ex- travagant pation. In this he makes no reference to us personally. One of our fondest ambitions is some day to be able to have enough gathered to- gether so that we can go out and try what it 1s like to be extravagant.— | Detroit Free Press. i t have il ST RRRRAEY 7 2 \ il PARENTS—— Christmas vacation an excellent time to your eyes examined and a record made for future reference. dren are backward in their studies because of is children’s Many chil- defective eyesight. Make sure yours is not one of them. ANIORRTRTRD O el Drs. Larson and Larson OPTOMETRISTS 4011, Beltrami Ave. T R T AT Sound of Be!ls Carriéd Far. The oral law of the Jews, conslsting |’ of many traditions touching the Mo- saic law, tells that the ancient He- brews emploved :ulso larger bells, which were called Megeruphita. These were used on different occasions by the multitude of temple officers and caused frequently such a noise ‘in the streets of Jerusalem that it was hard to catch the words of a speaker. Thelr pur- pose was threefold: To call the pricsts for service, to summon the Levites to cotne ‘and sing, and to apprise persons generslly that the unclean might be brought to the gate’ named Nicanor. These bells, so says the Misha, when sounded at their fullest power, could be heard at least elghteen miles from Jerusalem, e This Critical World. It's fmpossible to please everybody, and If a girl has what we, in our ig- norance, consider a good figure the neighbor women say she 1s bunchy.— Ohlo State Journal. Lightning Likes Loamy Soll. Lightning strikes loamy soil most frequently, according to recent inves- tigations. Then, i diminis..ing order, sandy soll, clay, ‘and chalk. In fact loamy soil is struck twenty-two times as often as chalk. R R R R e * " :BUCK LAKE . j{ KX KK EERMET X R TR KK KRR The English Emmanuel Lutheran Ladies’ Aid met with Mrs. Albin Carl- son Wednesday afternoon. A very good attendance is reported. Henry Sawyer is digging a well on his place. Fred Murphy is assisting him. iy The Blue Ribbon girls met with Edna Larson Tuesday afternoon. The club is planning to purchase a library for the Union Sunday;schoal. +. , Albin Carlson is working in. the Henderson and Lowe camp and:Ed- ward Larson is in'John Goff!s:camp near Bena. igR The Teachers’ training class met at the Alex Sawyer home Friday night. Missionary Cummings was ppesent and led the class. 1 Dallas Chase suffered a broken wrist as_the result of stirring up a cranky Ford. [ Alfred and Oscar Rogholt have just returned from a business trip to Fer gus Falls. . Quite a number of Buck Lake farmers intended going to the big dinner at Bemidji last Saturday but were prevented by the bad roads be- tween here and that city. ! Missionary Cummings and Carl Op- sata of Frohn township were viliqpx in this vicinity Friday. % Not Be Chief patronage of our Your Christmas Dinner Will Unless You Serve BUTTER We have appréciated the liberal - tend to them the season’s greetings. BEMIDJI - CREAMERY (0. ‘100 Third St. Complete Brancl customers and ex- See Them at THIRD ST. A 3 f (uu.. wiTH YOUR SAVING, Christmas Is Coming \ Your children will learn more of the value cent interest large sums. count. What Gift This Year Could Be More Sensible Than a LIBERTY BELL Savings Bank. 'FARMERS STATE BANK having a Bank account than by any other méans. It encourages them to see the | amount increase, and at 4 per terly, it doesn’t take long to save Why\not start an account for them now—the ultimate benefits | will be inestimable. 'One Dollar is sufficient to open a Savings Ac- of money through compounded quar- BEMIDJI . PACE ELEVEN "