Glass High School - Crest Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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164 THE CRI TI C' CHRISTMAS FIRES Who does not know the pleasure of a good jolly fire? From the earliest ages tire has been necessary for the welfare, dis- position, and cooking of mankind. The tired ploughman plodding home from his work is heartened by the mere glimpse of a blazing fire through a window. Under the influence of warmth, Il1B.I1,S disposition im- proves, grows better, becomes angelic. Show me the crabbed person who can sit near a roaring fire, with plenty of chest- nuts to roast, cider to drink, and a merry crowd, and yet remain grouchy, and I believe you have found the eighth wonder of the world! About .the Christmas fire especially there is an indescrib- able cheer. When the wind whistles and the shutters rattle and the snow sweeps in drifts under the door, there is noth- ing so cheering as a. big, blazing Yule-log. E. DEYERLE. NO PEEPING It's the jolliest time 0' the year, boys, When the kids turn 'round to play with toysg And while they reward old S811t3,S work, Sense the coming 0' the good brown turk, I slip 'round 'Way out o' sight, you know, And kiss Her under the mistletoe.

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A THE 01211110 163 Suggzstiuz 'Bibliography for Qlbristmaa Christmas Carol-Dickens. The Ch-imes+Dickens. Cricket on the Hearth-Dickens. Uno' Edinlmrgh's Drowniri'-Thomas Nelson Page. A Captured Santa Claus-Thomas Nelson Page. Polly-Thomas Nelson Page. Whistling Dich's Christmas Stocking-O. Henry. The Gift of the M agi-O. Henry. How Santa Claus Came to Simpsorfs Bar--Bret Harte. The First Christmas Tree-Van Dykes The Other Wise M an-Van Dyke. The Christmas Rose-Logerlof fin Girl of the Marsh Croftj. The Birds' Christmas Carol-Wiggin. Where'Love Is There God Is-Tolstoi fin Russian Pro- prietor and Other Stories j. Behind the White Brick-Burnett. The Maid of France fP1ayj-B1-ighouse. The Tailor of Gloucester-Potter. Around the Christmas Fire fEssayj-Crothers. A Christmas inthe Woods CEssayj-Dallas Lore Sharpe. Colonel Carter's Christmas-Hopkinson Smith. A Dog of Flanders-Ouida. Santa Claus is the best filler I knowg He fills your stockings to the tip-toe. Christmas comes but once a year, And then we're happy and of good cheer. A. C. HIGGINS.

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THE URITIC 165 DEAR HIGH ScHooL : It Won't be long before Christmas! Oh, joy! We know you must be so excited with anticipation that you can hardly keep your hearts from bubbling over. But try a few more days, anyway, then-1-1 And remember, don't ask Santa Claus for too much, the dear fellow has an awfully big load sometimes. Then, too, you mustn't forget to be very good just beforehand, and above all, hang your stockings by the chimney with care. We are sending you this littleynote by a messenger all dressed in red, and when you see him-if you do-he will be all covered with ,ashes from his head to his foot. Just the same, he is bringing, oh, so many, many good wishes from us. We hope you'll have just loads of plum pudding as well as mince pie 3 and would you like for us to tell old Santa to bring you all the things you Want? But the best of our wishes, dear High School, is that you may be happy. Sincerely, M. C. At night when I sit at my window and think, And a myriad of stars look down and wink, I pretend they are hearts a-beating for meg How perfectly lovely it really would be If they were hearts a-beating for me. -C. FERGUSON. 6