McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 86, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 18, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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To vfriis&er., ^g'ainas
Whenhe Kissed you tirVcier the mistletoe. v7./
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Say, beautiful bride in the antique dress.
Say, beautiful bride, in your bridal white.
Did you let him gaze on your loveliness
Till lifted 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 g'room 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 ag'o.
the.land of Christmas trees,
he wrote to me, " - ■
I wish you could see
Such Christmas trees as these! * <„
In the swamp so cold, in the swamp so damp,
e are cedars green and great.
There are pines so high
That ihey touch the shy.
There are hemlochs slim and straight.^
THEY smile to the moon, they sing to the" star.
They nod to the passing breeze,
And every bough
Wears diamonds now.
In the land of Christmas trees."
O wonderful land in the north woods far,
O wonderful, beautiful land I
In my cot so white
I dream at night
Of the forest green end grand.
Y mama says that the snow that lies
In the land where the great trees groW
Is llKe the spread
On my little bed ___,-
Where at night to sleep I gof
That underneath with tight-shut eyes
The flowers are slumbering— r==r
M There snug and warm £§
From the winter storm 1
They wait for the call of spring.
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« Why ~
jjj Suffer? 2s
S Cardui "Did
Wonders for Me,"
Declares This Lady.
"1 suffered for a long
a time with womanly weak-
ness," says Mrs. J. R
Simpson, of 57 Spruce bkt.
St., Ashcville, N. C. " I
finally got to the place « ^
where it was an effort for
me to go. I would have WlS
a bearing-down pains in
my side and back — es-
pecially severe across my
back, and down in my
side there was a great ^
deal of soreness. I was
Pnervcus and easily up-
set.
TAKE
CARDIil
The Woman's Tome
S"i heard of Cardai and
dccided to use it," con-
tlnues Mrs. Simpson. "I Qa
saw shortly it was bene- |^<lj
fiting me, so I kept it up
and it did wonders for
me- And since then I
have been glad to praise WBTa
Cardui. It is the best
woman's tonic made." w ^
Weak women need a £4
tonic. Thousands and
thousands, like Mrs.
Simpson, have found
Cardui of benefit tarthem. tmr.
Try Cardui for your trou- W/A
ble. rA^
ALL
DRUGGISTS
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W. BURNS McCASKIfX
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
PHONES:—Residence No. 19; Officf
No. 251
UIFice Over First National Bank
A CHRISTMAS ID1SH
U?hereuer there is sicknesi,
Matj Santa Claus brinq health;
UJhereuer there is pecerhj,
Maij Santa Claus brinq wealth;
tDhereuer one is ujeepinq,
Maq tosrs to smiles qiue tuatj;
IDhereuer sadness bowers,
Maq jou come Christmas daq.
CTo euerq heart that's achinq.
Maq peace and comfort come,
And maq an outlook rosq
Supplant each outlook qlum;
Maq friends nova separated
Soon reunited be,
And everyone find gladness
Upon this Christmas tree.
—Edq*r Queii
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A CHRISTMAS GREETING
A Merry Christmas, children all,
Rich and poor, large and small,
To north, to south, to east, to west.
In every land where Christ Is guest,
A Merry. Merry Christmas'
Now may we love our neighbors mora.
And may we give from out our store,
That all may have a merry heart
And take a gladsome, joyous part
In our Merry, Merry Christmas!
For when dear Christmas Eve drawl
nigh.
Be It the time when you and I
Bhall put away all wrong and sin.
And bid the holy Christ-ChlJd In
To bless our Merry Christmas!
—Montreal Star.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Come back to Bethlehem,
The year it on the wane;
A truce to strife that wearies life,
A truce to grief and pain.
Oh, heart, return to Bethlehem
And hear it* song again!
If tiren voices luring thee
Have turned thy thoughts aside,
If thou hast quaffed the bitter draft j
Of envy or of pride,
If thou in agony of shame
Hast thy dear Lord denied.
Come back today to Bethlehem I
Though thou hast wandered far, |
No rest shall fill thy yearning breaat ,
Until thou see the Star.
Oli, heart, return to Bethlehem,
Where yet the angels arel
CHRISTMAS DAY.
Oh, blessed day which gives the eternal
He
To self and sense and all the brut*
within—
Oh, come to us amid this war of life;
To hall and hovel come; to all who toll
In senate, shop or study, and to those
Who, sundered by the wastes of half a
world,
111 warned and sorely tempted, ever face
Nature's brute powers and men un-
manned to brutes-
Come to them, blest and blessing, Christ*
mas Day.
Tell them once more the tale of Bethle-
hem—
The kneeling shepherds and the Bab*
divine—
And keep them men Indeed, fair Christ-
mas Da?. —Charles Klngsley.
I used to watch for Santa Claus
With childish faith sublime,
And listen in the snowy night
To hear his sleigh-bells chime.
Beside the door on Christmas Eve
I put a truss of hay,
To feed the prancing, dancing steeds
That sped him on his way.
If children of a larger growth
Could have a Christmas-tree
From Father Time, one gift alone
Would be enough for me—
Let others take the gems and gold,
And trifles light and vain,
But give me back my old belief
In Santa ClauB again!
lenCfhrjxtm^
Mome^
SO, when I Kneel for the night's amen,
I thlnK of the Christmas land,
I say a prayer
For my papa there
In the forest green and grand;
And another prayer I whisper then
While I Kneel on bended hnees
That the Lord will Keep
The flowers that sleep
In the land of Christmas tree*
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CHRISTMAS HYMN
HEN Christmas comes I never
mind the cold.
I like to get up prompt an' go to
kool,
An' do my sums
Art' clean the walks 'thout waitin* to be
told—
Though I like sleddin* better as a rule,
Or buildin' forts—but nothin* ain't so
bad,
When Christmas comes
When Christmas comes I'd just as lief
give half
cooky to the baby, an' take care
About the crumbs.
It's fun to make the little felled laugh,
An' I don't mind his taggin' every-
where
He can't help bein' little! I'm not mad
When Christmas comes
When Christmas comes I don't forget to
shoes • wipe, «n* scrub nr? ears
lot
Till m9 head hums.
An' mother says,"That boy's too good to
live!
But I'm not 'fraid of dyin', cause I'm <
No different from always—only glad
When Christmas comes!
Sing, Christmas bells I
Say to the earth this is the morn
Whereon our Savior King is born;
Sing to all men—the bond, the
free,
The rich, the poor, the high, the low,
The little child that sports in glee,
The aged folk that tottering go-
Proclaim the morn
That Christ is born,
That saveth them and saveth me!
Sing, angel host!
Sing of the stars that God has placed
Above the manger in the east;
Sing of the glories of the night,
The Virgin's sweet humility,
The Babe with kingly robes be-
dight—
Sing to all men where'er they be
This Christina* morn,
For Christ i* born,
That *aTeth them and (aveth me!
—Eugene Field.
CHRISTMAS TIMES.
Christmas times In Oeorgy! know It by
the way
The little boy Is talkln' 'bout the toy*
every day;
Fer he's seen 'em In the winders wher'
his mother walked along,
An' "What you goln' to buy me?" 1s hi*
everlastln' song!
jest
sure
Christmas time* In Georgy!
as fate;
Know It by the little girls that hang
aroun' the gate,
Waltln' with a kiss fer me when evenln'
comes along;
An' "What you goln' to buy me?" Is their
everlastin' song!
Christmas times In Oeorgy! 'Pear* to me
that they
Are In a powerful hurry for to 'mind you
o' the day;
A* If the old-time fellers that'* Hv*d so
mighty long
Didn't know the time o' Christmas 'thout
that everlastin' song!
But—thank the Lord, there's some one
In the homes aroun' us ylt
To kl* us all fer Christmas m/'h we never
k1r; forglt!
An' thank the Lord fer little one* that
think the Ume Is long
An' make us youhg forever with the mu-
sic o' that song!
—Atlanta Constitution.
CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS
Chime soft and low, glad Christmas bell*!
We, too. will sing.
Will bring our gifts more precious far
Than frankincense or costly myrrh
To Christ our king.
Our consecrated lives we'll give;
With trusting, loving hearts we bend
To plead for grace and strength to live.
4nd honor him, our precious friend.
—Selected, i
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Don't think for hours
Say it with flowers
Place your or-
ders early for
all cut flowers
and cemetery
wreaths
COREE
GREENHOUSES
PARIS, TEXAS
JESUS THE RECONSTRUCTOR.
HV ISAIAII.
| The lord hath anointed me to preach
good tidings tinto the meek;
I lie hath sunt me to bind up the brok*n-
j hearted.
To proclaim liberty to the captive*.
They shall build ths old wastes,
• They shall raise up the former desola-j Hn«rn
tlona, uugv,
Antf they (hall repair the wast* cities.
C. E. BYRNS
With John S. Keer Nursery Co,
Sherman, Texas.
• - - Oklahoma
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