THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1919
NO PAPER TOMORROW
Following our usual custom, there
will be a general suspension of busi
ness at the Daily Times office on
Christmas day, and consequently
there will be no paper published to
morrow. This is done in order that
the office force may enjoy the festal
occasion with the rest of mankind.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Whether it be prattled on baby lips
that scarce can shape the words, or
saying them, thinks not, but only feels
the insensate overflow of giving from
a soft, full heart. . . .
Although it be fnumbled inarticu
lately by the shabby nonetity whose
whine for charity one acknowledges
in the spirit of the season, even while
knowing that the words be said in
servile mockery. . . .
If it be breathed by mother mouth,
the sad, sweet lines of which were
molded so by a yearning, prodigal ten
derness and an unfaltering devotion,
be its object worthy or not. . . .
Whether it be panted from between
the warm, moist lips of maidenhood—
tremulous, palpitant, shame-faced and
shy because of an ardor which it
dreads to comprehend. . .
Although it be uttered by maid, ma
tron or man, friend, cliande acquaint
ance, tradesman or servant.
Merry Christmas to You and to Yours.
HAIL, SANTA CLAUS!
Christmas, the happiest festival of
the year, is with us again, and amid a
setting of holly and mistletoe, with
the whiffs of pine and cedar from the
hills, the birthday of the Christ-child
will be celebrated.
Tattle faces are beaming with the
-light of childhood’s faith at this time
of year, when the youngsters worship,
as it, were, at the shrine of Santa
Claus. This personage of modern as
w'ell as somewhat ancient mythology,
wfth his Russian costume and his
cheery face, is the little one’s ideal
for several years. How Santa Claus
covers the whole world in a single
night—how.he manages to get into
little tots’ rooms where the “register”
or steam radiator has relieved the old
fashioned fireplace of sentry duty
how he gets enough toys in a single
sleigh to spread around all homes—
how he does all these things—forms
the perplexity of little minds as
chubby fists write meaningful, scrawly
letters to this, their patron saint.
Well, it is a fact that old folks do,
really do, lie to their children when
they tell them that Santa Claus does
—not live. For Santa Claus lives
wherever a fancied wrong is forgot
ten—wherever the slate is not only
wiped off but broken and tossed away
with the imaginary injury—wherever
God’s multiplication of Seventies is
repeated to drown out the hymn of
hate.
Thus it is that the real Santa Claus
does exist along with Courage and
Faith and Forgiveness and Humanity.
Hail, Santa Claus!
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
The Alaska salmon are like the
hair on a man’s head—no attention is
paid to them until they start disap
pearing. They resemble each other in
other ways also—the disappearance of
them can be traced to early piety. Let
us hope that the bringing back of the
salmon will not be as hard as the
growing of new hair on a bald head.''
The remedies suggested for the re
stocking of the waters of Alaska re
mind us somewhat of the hair restor
ers that are on the market. They
both contain some sweet-smelling es
sence under a high-sounding name.—
Douglas News.
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Attention.
A Big
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at
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Wee Shop
TOYS
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