The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 234, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 16, 1917 Page: 1 of 22
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to ithom u' look to keep the tffheel steady
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To toft'eed Sitter and fortme'ilened
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To the littlett lot; who hold in their rote-
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There is ft charm a lilt to those magic words which
cannot be reached in greetings. They carry a smile
a twinkle of the eye a gladsomeness difficult to
define yet as obvious as the holly on one's coat! So
let us this year put this sweet phrase to hard usage
if thereby we may retain our old-time spirit of un-
quenchable cheer. Perhaps many of us will not her
able to give much else but ohi that we each may
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Out of the former careless Christmas giving and
lavish entertaining let us keep the Kernel oi unselfish-
ness which Should prompt us all; let us cultivate it
and help it to grow by giving quwIvh.
The significance and baauty oi Christmas still re-
main and will never be taken from VS. For our corn-
ion thciy am hewt and m wjMwiutical ot what we
can da to have a luppy Christmas in Vn7.
Semce ii the secretabsolute giving of self to
Who knows btft that this universal
self-denial will become permanent?
Let us fervently hope that it will.
To well hemejy but comforting
service Kit far our boys let us add
a bit of red ribbana vfovd of chest
'Merrr SAnmajr-Faiis-nonJv --
yonder it may seem a bit far-fetched
but boys are boys to the end of their
days and they do love Christmas.
So let us whose task is waiting and working let
us seud but letters of cheeriness and high hopes j gifts
of usefulness helped along with a foolish Ultls
rhyme or a bit of verse.
And lest we forgfc let us aor in turning our faces
towa.rd that far horison fail to provide far the un
iforunate little children ot the poor upon whose hap.
Ipinesian(Liiealthsa greatly-'depend$-tKefutur of
this great land. It is our sacred duty and our privi-
lege to give to them such simple pleasures as shall
enrich them throughout their lives; and help them
keep that most priceless rreasure--a storehouse ol
precious childhood memories.
So then may we keep a firm faith j for the sake of
those about us and for ourselves In straining toward
theyCtlgrious Light which is bound to come let us not
farget to frame our lips to that cheerfulest greeting
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The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 234, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 16, 1917, newspaper, December 16, 1917; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth334772/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.