BELIEVING Tonight I am thinking of Christmases gone, My heart with each memory lifts. A radiant spirit would somehow adorn Our home and our games and our gifts. We knew why the Day was both holy and glad­ A Saviour was given to men. And 0, what a glorious season we had! I believed in a Santa Claus then. Indeed it was bliss in this magical time Mid gay preparations to dwell: The rustle of paper; "Don't look!" The sublime Ineffable holiday smell! At last, Christmas Eve! And the carols we sang! (We children could sit up till ten) And bedtime excitement. A stocking to hang. I believed in a Santa Claus then. o joy! Christmas morning! A stocking arranged With goodies! A noble supply! Glad greetings and breakfast, then presents exchanged. No child was as happy as 1­ A doll in my arms and an orange to suck; A puppy outside in a pen; Roast turkey in nearly two hours (with luck). I believed in a Santa Claus then. Now years hurry by-how the years used to creep! And Christmas is coming apace. Yet somehow December has managed to keep A sparkle, an infinite grace- The Holiest Birthday has given us, in truth, I Fresh courage and faith and goodwill • And so, while enjoying my newly coined youth, I believe in a Santa Claus still! EDITH EARNSHAW Wake Forest, North Carolina Ne.vJS C)..AAd ob~~V-V":V"J 'go..~Q..~~k Sv~d.'o...y tv\()rv-.(~S Od.3, (q 3.., -I 2 o THE NEWS AND OBS. \ "~" ' .---- - Travellers Find Two Edenburgs ~ , ~othDeservingofScottish ' Pride >pghtTraffic, ,Polit~ ' Motorists, Kindly Poli ce~~n And Shopkeepers, Shiny Dogs And' :., .' ,;Del1lure Children,Impress American S hocked That She's Instantly Identified '. ,".' As An American, And,Therefore ' Labeled As a Yankee . ' , ' . ~ ~ . '.- , . , . -. .". ' ". ' . ~ By EDITH EARNSHAW. .' ·of the 'city in a:hus, getting a bird's' I noticed an e n ormous ' cro~d . 'l'hls : la the second in 'a serles, of ' fou~ ey~vie.wand ' after ·,·that it was across the street 50 after, rd paid: artiel,," by Mrs; !:Unshaw on a sum~ simple to B9 back to the places we my bill I went over ,to see what - :'.mer vlcl!.tion... spent ,ovetseiu_ ' liked ·best and stay as long as we was hapPening_ A girl with a. thin ,.,i:" o~, ;, t~it Shi; going over~ . l asked wished. .: . neck and thick abkles told me they ~}li::, attrit~ti_ve . 5cotchn1an ' where he ,;:After 'r took that first bus ride r were watching the people come out \- w:a~ ;'f~oin ; ,c ,,'.' Madani , " heteplied, "I ' could 'hardly .be" kept out of the of the hotel-"You know~toffsthat _;, helllrig :·Jo ;' l!i4inb~h . " And' these things.. BU5Se~ ' in Edinburgh are are going to be presented at court!", y foUr:: wo~ds ' w:~~ pac~ecl with pride il'andlycomfortable; the top 'rolls I Joinedtl]e . neck-streicher! and' ~' Ilrt(;t ~: pr~prjde · .. b\!cause _he . "be". .back . .to ' let in sunshine and give saw many a bright vision come out I ~ ' longed ;" pity ,because ·1 didn't.' And a better view;'.. and a warm Scotch to a waiting Rolls-Royce-women in ~ &fte1" l'd. b.een .there I couldil't really rug is provided for each passengerthrllling evening iOwns wearing . bll1iil~ ,finn;-.', :. ""',' '. 'incase of' chilly' knees. - What I thr~ white plumes and a short tulle <' ' F'r 9 f1l ':~,my ;'j,iUe , you're probably liked best were their steadiness and veil. and men in glittering uniforms. thmkmg I'm going to tell about-the .their ' moderate speed. · You could The policemen grew crosser and , / pld., ;" an:d'. ·: n,~,* " sections ' 9f the city. see the landscape as you went along, cre'sser and the rain grew rainier ~ No~ ~: fpf . I , r,:eally : did see two Edi!l" , bitby bit, .instead of all scrambled. and rainier. , My feet were soaking :-.Piirgs;-79r"perllaps) shoul4 say one , So my . first i Edinburgh offered wet; I felt sneezy; my "fish tea" 1.Edinburgh in two-distinct mooc!s:' ,' bountiful ' entertainment;' and we wasn't behaving 'right. The bobbles ;" MiftrsO tdiriburgh made me thfnk window-shoppecC .on . uncrowded kept saying to the ' crowds: "Git :-of aji~!lv~i:: be~utitul12dY' :. withlle!, Princes Street and,went to picture along! Cit along!" until 'all in all head held-hi&h. with'lines of suffer. galleries ' and museums and 5at in L telt like a little dogie .headed tor ~ ing on her' tace. also angelic &weet· .the gardens and listened to ' band the last round-up! ' . , ness. " Gownel1 :sii;lply' but-perfectly conce:r~s, and ,. prowled about, iilthe . The tram was one ot those double: ! ~ndstanding ' in Llarden.' ,The ~om· _'.old >Part of the, city, poking into deck affairs and I had. to ride in the " ,p~ete . ·.opp6~ite : ·of _ Glasgow ~ v.r.h i ch · ' antique ShOpS' (In'' the .historic street upper part, hanging . on ' a &trap the ' ': ' 51ltg~sted : ' ; )l :T p~thy, ,·,by-the-da..y' krio,wnas ,the "Royal Mq~"; visited whole blessed way. When I got '.; wenchr"Glasgow I! a Martha..among ·'the ,Zoo, 'one ' o! the best In the ,en­ back to my room ,and sawmyse!f ~. the':eiUesY':, .',:"_' ~ :. ', ::" - , .' _;,-- tire w:orld~it- 'has 'a ~ ' wolf wood, n in the mirror I looked just like my h 1 ~\\t~5 :: trav.~ling " with . myfrlend·.and ,it has ferocious. lions that seem passport picture-in other' words, " "lin,, an<f w.e'!!tnergE!d ttom Princes about to sprinil. :atyou. over a little awful! . So I decided I needed doc· ~' Str_e t t': , ~~ation :" oli" abright JUn!! ,wall; .and you have to , look care­ to ring, and poured some liquid into ;:' mornirlg,::.And .we ,.wereluckY fully to see that a chasm lies be­ a glass. , added a little water and ;"tc),' "t!ncountEir ' ilunshin\!. tor ,J!:din" ' tweeilyou' and them; , And ofcourse swallowed it. The next moment I ~ btitgh: js~ ' sa idtq .have nine :months. ,we wanted ,togo back to the Castle. realized I'd taken two tablespoons­ . ~ o~ ' - w:int ~ c-an d t;bI~'inimths ofve9' a,nd, weep again in lileI?t apprecia· ful of my new face .lotion instead 'I: b",d ' ~eiltber! c '. , ', " ,- .' . ', /. '. troll' of t\1e_War .MemorlBl. ,·' . of 'thejnedicine! The bottles were ;. ;;: :Th~r~'3 , : always ' a -thri1 Laboufar- , Af.r~w 'dayscannot begin to show. just the same size. ' tivirig' lir, the" capital of a coilntry; a visitor- the trUe· meaning of this My" husband-says that was when especially Scotland's capital, which beautiful, wonderful city. So be- he'd have called a doctor and called promises so j'Iluch and then keeps fore I returned to America I went him quick, but it never occurred to '. every promj~e; " Naturally we were back, 'jlnd then ' it was that I found me, My nurse-hostess looked at the' . , .. wild to begin oUr sightseeing; ,buf my other Edinburgh. _ lotion and sniHed ' it and said she , -i' firsLwe had to find a place to stay. .Ann had drifted ,out of . my ken didn't think I needed to worry. She. · : Ann had picked up a funny little . and I was a ~one and just a little gave me a glass of warm milk and ' . guidebook which gave the lowdown perturbed because I had no place tucked me in bed and the next ' on boarding-houses - or. "private to stay. I had 'expected to climb thing I knew it was morning and hotels," as they are elegantly called, Pike's Peak again .but there was a her cheery voice wa.s saying: "Are We had already decided to look up mix-up about datesan4 the woman yoil, settled up? " Sleepily I .felt ~ne . "ecstatically recommended" by in .charge wrote me a postal card under the pillow for my purse,then ,;. the writer: . " saying she wasvery,very sorry. I, realized she was referring to iny, ; : , ~ . ' ,?urtaxl .took ~! a.lIttle way down 'too, was ' sorry, but · not very. I tummy":'notm y board bill! I told' ". Prlnce~ Street, consIdered ,by many remembered that lonely walk from her .that the ,lotion hadn't improved · to be the;nost beautiful street in Holy Corner past the Practical Fur­ my. taceone bit but It must ' have, the world. ' It is beautiful, and qf rier's, also I rell\embered the bad! worked wonders with my illnards ~ourse having been presided over byE:alf.. the people in Scotland seem. for I telt marvelous. '. a ca:stle t or mere than a thousa(lded to ' begetting off my train at She ,had waked me early becaus~ , years does' place a street in a dass Waverly Station and the other half she had heard , me ' say I wanted a . .all to itsel:t: Still-:-the most beauti- were the'r.e . to meet ,them and ,the shampoo and tingerwave and' had '. ' !ul in the world? I couldn't be quite , streets .were literaliy' packed with been enterprising enough ' to make '. that superlatiye", ,. ,people. The .tratHc made one think an appointment for me but it had Now we turned into a residential of ..New York. - , .. to be at 8;30 or not at all for the ~ectiori.and found a: p1easant 'dig!1ity You've guessed . it! ,It ~as the hair'dressers were busy with court I ' in .the tall stone houses, These are week the Royal Family was there! customers, beautifying . them . for bwltc:lose,~ the street a?d w~lls ..Butwhere 0 where was my grave, Holyrood Palace" . " . · from SIX to eIght feet in heIght hldebeautl!ul Lady Edinburj(! ' , Dear.