DUTY.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 11, 28 January 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)

DUTY.

The teacher’s life knows little joy. Just now it's far from pleasant; She finds it hard to spank the boy Who gives her a Christmas present. Some things are very strange, 'tis true. But none more strange than this. I wot: We .always prefer the present that Some other person got. Clara: I hop© to get my stocking full this Christmas. Maude: What do you expect—an umbrella? . » In a night old Santa goes round (he world Nice things in our stockings "to put; And thaFTs the thing that malws, 1 know, The reindeer so fleet of foot. CHRISTMAS TOFFY. “I say, Mr Softly,” remarked the family terror, aged ten, as he carefully scraped both his shoos upon Mr Softly’s patent leathers prior to his sister’s appeeranca in the parlour, ‘'that box of toffy you sent sis', for Christmas was prime. I ate the whole of it.” “Ah, did you?” replied Mr Softly, gently removing his embryo brother-in-law. “Yes. Sis’ daren’t tackle anything sticky with her false teeth, so I got it all.” And from the smothered whoops which were shortly hwd proceeding from tlie nursery it was evident that something sticky was tackling the .family terror, and that he was again getting it all. Hi# sister had overheard his remarks. — f CHRISTMAS TREE LEGEND. There is a legend in Germany that when Eve plucked the fatal apple, immediately the leaves of the tree shrivelled into needle points, and its bright green turned dark. It changed its nature and bec&ma the evergreen, at all preaching the story of man’s fall. Only on Christmas does it bloom brightly with lights and become beautiful with love gifts— the curse is turned into a blessing at the coming of the Ghrist-child, and wc have our Christmas tree. Christmas comes but once a year. It frequently happens, however, that the doctor comes several times.