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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
15
A fractured dialogue among toy figures around a Christmas tree unfolds. The Bisque French Doll Marie Celeste, praised for elegance, asserts Parisian grace while others debate status, with a mock battle of pride among Steam Engine, Aeroplane, Taxi Auto, and a boastful Mammy Hag Doll.
In a nursery Donald reads Twas the Night Before Christmas as toys around the tree awaken. The Old Man of the Woods narrates how Santa chose the Whiffumhoof as the sleigh puller after trials with other animals, imagining a world where every child receives gifts on Christmas Eve.
A dreamlike Christmas tale unfolds with Old Banta Claus and Donald as they invent magic horns that grow Christmas trees. The wand creates ornaments on reindeer antlers while Nurse calls Donald to wake, ending with playful exclamations and a chilly wakeup.
A little northern girl spends Christmas in Mississippi against her will. She frets at green trees and warm weather but wakes to a surprising, generous Santa who arrives not by sleigh but in an automobile, filling her stocking to a terrific size with gifts.
Puzzle items list words and phrases hidden in a Christmas quotation. Outlined are sentences with errors where a word from a famous quote is embedded. Answers prompt identification of Christmas words: Apple, Ornaments, Candy, Drums, Dolls, Cakes, Worns, Nuts, and the corrected quotation Peace on earth good will to me.
A poor girl Betty, shopping with her mother in a five and ten store, spots a green doll house above the counter. The toy mysteriously winks and seems to move, then falls on Betty’s head. Store staff humorously muses that the house may want to live with her.
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