I r .T " f "N I hi n 5 n i J) i ( -TS 4, ft Cootc . r Section hU;:. TTAP6AQEP6. JfAYJ - 1 G24C G. DRAYTON - Pictured w CopffigM.Mqit.'y.jnie'Nonn Amefican Company. PORTLAND; OREGON. 'SATURDAY EVENIN&, DECEMBER H, 1918" ; Hi - a- a s 1 It was Chrisinus Eve, an' I toed to bed carlyan ax? I was jus' a-gpinVto sleep an I heeiard somebuddy cryinso I woked upr-an', I sav an orful thin ol' maid lady, an she was hahgin' uj her s'tockia' InntvciAa n.' minn-on' crirt cor? Tiri T liniw-i.T?n linn"Sflnfv TClftW Will )lfin( mA. hllsKftn'P' fihr , ' I V 1: .-.ll mi .--1 Ah ..i- -'.,. ? -:-'"-,J,:rXl J I is I I 4. J An, pretty., soon', it Vas mbrnin', atf ther ortul thin o( maid lady .ctnweA lnan she seed only the little ah' I didan ther' if it wasn't the nices big--fat--richesLhusban:an' be sed, ".Will you be my bride p 1 (Copyright, 9U. by Tlw Northi Americtn Conytny.V ' So the poor.-ol bride was cryinVan I sed,'"IIere. I is Kaptin Kiddo, l is." -An ! gawerel all o''the I pieces tocevver an -I sewed an. I sewed 'cm up- an -an, thcr was. the bndeffroom jus ,as jrod as ever I g art,. rich, an tat, an. mce as conld be an 1 sed. JiCt the ceremonious pcrceedr 1 : ' J ' mm , .M4i! in J vS-3 : - !lili- " 1T-.--- -irrrr; Tiir " So pretty soon ol Santy Klaws corned down the chimley an an' I know Santy Klaws so I sed.' "Ilellol" I sed,. an I telled him 'bout tlie poor thin ol' maid lady an' Sahty Klaws he laffed an he sed, "All right, Kiddo 1" an' he putted one b . those blowin'Tip b'loons into the orful thin ol' maid lady's orful thin long stockin 'en he putted his finger 'longside o his nose-an goed up the chimleyT; ' , " ; : An the orful thin ol' maid lady she sed, "Yes, sure!" an. we had a magniferous weddin an. the minister corned an' -art' the bride went t A. kiss the grwm an her nose was so er so sharp that it pricked, bun an "BANG l" the b'loon busted an' ther' wasn't no more bridegroom. What-che"-know'bout-ntr ; W7hfl'"TifTTiM I" 7K An ' Vn en I; woked ; u p all of a suddenUy aii': in iiMdecya r Muwer an' mine IJabv. I!n nv r r Puppo anTaddy an Bndcie was all roun! mine bed, an'.'ev sed, "Isn't vou ever -coin? to wake up on downsUirs an see.what Santy'KJaws has bringed you. lerry Chrismus, Oh you Kiddo!" P. 5. An-1 wish yon all magniferous,, splendiferous Chrismus Ih-K. K.