Christmas in modern story

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Edited by MAUD VAN BUREN and KATHARINE ISABEL BEMIS
THE CENTURY CO. NEW YORKLONDON
Copyright, 1927, by The Century Co. First Printing, September, 1927 PRINTED IN U. S. A.
This volume is the outgrowth of a librarian’s search each holiday time for stories to meet the ever growing demand from clubs, schools, societies, and home circles for something “Christmassy” to read aloud. Several great stories that are read over and over, Christmas after Christmas, have purposely been omitted. These can be found in other collections. If our readers gain from this anthology even a little of the gracious spirit manifested by the authors in the writing of the stories and again in granting permission to reprint, the compilers can but feel that their work has been well worth while.
Owatonna, Minnesota, May 16, 1927.
The editors of this volume desire to express their deep appreciation to the authors and publishers whose permissions for use of copyright stories have been so courteously and generously granted. Without this splendid spirit of coöperation this collection of Christmas stories would have been impossible.
CONTENTS
CHRISTMAS IN MODERN STORY
Temple Bailey
The Small Girl’s mother was saying, “The onions will be silver, and the carrots will be gold——”
“And the potatoes will be ivory,” said the Small Girl, and they laughed together.