m ?» FACE THREE MONDAT, Ib n tH i . . . , i THE RAIL SPLITTER The Christmas Spirit; It Can Never Be Cheap (Published by the pupils o f Lincoln public school) C H i » « W la what was conald. ered ■ second-rate star* la a big city. To her, though, the store was a beautiful one. And when It was decorated at Christmas Mme w ltl Its tinsel and gay Chrlstrqee touches, she thought It the moat beautiful place'on earth. She loved the Jewelry that was sold there. Sometimes she would bold a bit of cardboard from which hung a cheep earring to her eai and would think that when she got bar pay the following week she might buy a pair. They were cer tainly becoming and would be more so when off the cardboard. Bow crowded the »»tore became around Christmas time. The people Would look and admire and buy. She would be so sorry. It was splen did to be busy, and even to be tired with the Christmas rush. Thera was something so stimulating about the Christmas rush. There were several floor walkers In the store—nn extra one was added fer the Christmas season. True, their presence waa not so magnificent as the floor walkers In the great, expensive stores, bnt they were grand to her. And she loved to say, with a beautiful man ner: . * , “Just a moment, madame; I will «11 the floor walker.** And then, this Christmas, greater happiness than ever came to her. A most wonderful floor walker came as an “extra,” but they said he would be taken on for good— he THE THIRD GRADE PLAT The third grade of Lincoln achqpl went oat to the Normal Wednesday to give a play. We showed the Normal student how to put on correct bandages. The doctor was James Baugh man and the nurse was Betty Horne. There were many pa tients who pretended to be ser iously hurt. The doctor gave his patients candy so they wouldn't cry after he had bandaged them. A fter the play one of the Normal stu dents took us through their li brary. . ’ W e enjoyed our visit very much. • ' The first and third grades are both giving plays. ' W A T N E H A R R I8. ’ Wednesday, Nov. 84, Mrs. Ca-. son left school to go to Klam ath Falls to visit. So Miss Voltner taught us. I think she Is a good teacher. She Is one of our reading teach ers. That day we wrete a note to Mr. Hammond. „ W e also went to see a play la Mtaa Steven’s room) .It was Very good. Mias Voltner read to us the rest of . the time. Some got out early for It waa early Friday. The ones that had been absent or tardy went In Miss 1 W e gave an Indian play out Bork’a room. < -M A R T B E L L E BESW ICK, at the Normal. We made up our play sad I t has been raining very hard made most of our costumes. W e asked our mothers and fa here lately. When we have our recesses thers to come and some o f our Mrs. Cason lets us do just as we neighbors. I ’m the chief and Carl Love please. The children that want to go land Is the story teller. out may and the children that W e Were all very good. want to stay In may do so. JACK F 0 R 8 Y T H B , The ones that stay In San read 1 B Lincoln story books or play games w ith the basket ball or play w ith the GROUP PA R A G R APH 4 B bean bags. The name of this picture is I always stty In because we al fairy tales. I t was painted by ways have such good times. , James Shannon. The artist tells T H E L M A YODER. us a story of a mother reading a fairy tale to her two little girls. Miss Voltner is going away at They look very much Interested. Christmas time. She Is going to The original of this picture Is in the metropolitan museum, New teach school near Portland where she la expecting nine pupils In York. her school. JOHN M IL L E R , 6 A The name of this picture is “ Two Sisters." I t was painted by T E L L IN G STORIES Eorolla. The artist la trying to The F ifth and Sixth Grade of show us how beautiful the beach Is in summer. The original palht- the Lincoln school told stories tng la in- the A rt Institute in Chi for our language lessons last cago. ____i X j L _________ ' Wednesday. They were about a bad fright we bad T E D D Y GIBSON, 4 B. T H E MADONNO O F T H E C H A IR The Mandonna loves her child- painted by Raphael, an artist who lived In Italy. The original paint ing la In the P lttl Palace, Flbr- ence, Ita ly . This picture was painted about four hundred years ago. The Hadonna loves her child ren. ~~ - - '» —— — - Each.bf the second graders has a record sheet to keep the names of all the books they have read. Dale Yoder and M ary Wilson are le a d in g In 2 A. Paul Icenhower and Jean Weber are leading in the 2 B. DOROTHY MOORE H IS T O R Y TES T The Sixth B In Mrs. Cason’s room is going to have a history test about the last three chapters. One chapter is about “Overland Search for the Western 8ea**, the other is “Lewis and Clark Expedi tion*’ and last Is “Astor’s Enter prise In Oregon." But I don’t think they w ill be hard. Any way I hope It won’t. H A ZE L MOORE, 6 B T H E SW EE T PEAS I t was a surprise fer our teach er when M argaret Hurst brought a few sweet peas. For we did not think there were any of them growing now . ODBSSB COOPER, I B. CAMP FERE The Camp F ire glrle are going to meet tonight In Mlse Money’s room. W e have a very good time when we meet. Most all’ of tha girls have paid their due«. C A TH R Y N DOYLE, 5 A. Friday the 5 A and 4 B ark go ing to an Indlaa play. W e are going in (he hallway downatoln. And she took him on for good. For hadn’t they fallen In love with each other at once? Oh, to some the store might seem cheap, the peoplf In It might seem funny Imitations of the people who belonged to the very expensive stores. But there was glorious Christmas happiness In that store. For It radiated the Christmas spirit. And the Christmas spirit can never be cheap!—Mary Gra ham Bonner. . Just Before Christmas The hour waa very late. Little WUller-Mamma, where do you suppose Santa Clans Is right nt R Ss s m wM I- . ' ■ ■ ■ ‘ M htter—I wish I knew. Corvallis 1— 85 per cent of Oregon Agricultural College stu dents are at least partially self- supporting. money they could. W e opened the box and we bad a dollar. Then children are all glad to have them we put it In an envelope w ith a come. note and Clarice gave it to M r. M A X IN E M IL L E R - ally agreed among them all that for this one Christmas there would be no exchange of gifts. Suxsnne was disappointed that there would bo no surprises, but she comforted herself with the thought that she would at least have Nellie, her falthffl. dog. to ploy, with Christ mas Day. Nellie hod been given to her the Christmas before by her ancle and oho had boon Susanna's constant companion up uotU shoot a iponth ago whan the dog was soot sway—“to the hospital,” her moth er had explained. Snsanne had been most unspeakably lonely a ll that munth with pa pal, and had been counting the days till Christ mas when she was promised the dog would be hers again. Christmas morning when the doorbell rang, Snsanne flew down the stairs to answer. There was an excite- cry of Joy. “Oh, mum my, come down and see what's her«.“ There In s basket brought by the boy from the dog hospital was Nellie with six little puppies Just like her. Susanna was In love with the pupa. “They’re Just s Christmas gift tor. you from Nellie.“ said tha boy and closed the door behind him.— Marion R. Reagan. <©. 1»H. WsaUra Mswaeaear Uatee.) sympathetic colleagues. Members gathered tor th e ses sion more than an hour before Lgmgworth called the House to order. A steady stream of leg islators began flowing into the chamber as early as 14:80. A half hour before meeting time the chamber was a seething mass o f humanity. Everybody seem ed to be bolding a reception. Members made the rounds e f the chamber, cloakroom and adjoin ing lobby. Everybody was on the go. Gallant Tales The galleries ware* taxed to capacity long before Longworth took up his arduous task of ob taining order tor the session to begin Many members* wives en tertained in their private gallery end their b rilliant raiment added an unusual touch of color to the occasion., Mrs. "Princess Alice" Roosevelt Longworth, wife of the Speaker and daughter of the late Theodore Roosevelt, had a small party with her In the Speaker's reserved gallery. a former member, is now serv .worth brought his gavel down ing a term In Atlaptd Peniten w ith a bang and announced the tiary. journal would stand approved. The money bills were present- * Reps. HUI, Repn., M J., and Up-, shaw, DSm., Ga^ wet and dry ad, the presidential committee leaders respectively, who were appointed, minor matters on the eliminated In their State pri Spanker’s desk were disposed of maries, came in tor their share and the House voted solemnly of attention. Party lines were for adjournment In memory of discarded In expressing regret deceased colleagues. Tomorrow, the House is slat over the passing of those tw o leg islators who so freqaently en ed to meet In Joint session with livened a dull afternoon with the Senate to hear President C09- an amusing oratorical battle over Udgq deliver his annual message. the prohibition question. Rep. 8osnowski, Repn., Mich., also LA ST SESSION OF CON- a victim in the primaries, who GRESS IS CALLED TODAY waa runner-up last session to Longworth as "best-dressed man (Continued from Page One) in the House", received thought Two Democratic senators. ful expressions from many of Walsh and Hawes, were sworn to bis colleagues. replace Republicans and left the Greet Longworth Democrats Just six votes short of * Longworth’s ascension to the a m ajority. The standing Is S3 Speaker's rostrum a stroke bo- Republicans, 42 Democrats and 1 tore noon waa a signal tor the Fanner-La borite. first outbreak Of handclapping, Thia situation would enable the a popular sport In the House. Democrats to control upon any .He was given a deafening ovation' legislation in which they should and experienced considerable receive six votes fro’m the Inde trouble in quelling the demon pendent Republican group. stration to permit the Chaplain to offer prayer; Photographers worked from choice gallery seats, making many “shots" of tbs uproarious session and frequently snapped The Chaplain’s prayer conclud prominent onlookers. ed, the conversation began again The The three lady members. Reps. with increasing intensity. Norton, Dem., N. J., Rogers, reading d a rk proceeded w ith the S IX T Y N IN T H SESSION O F Repn., Maas., and Kahn. Repn., journal but tew heard his voice. HOUSE IS C A LL E Y TO D A Y Cal., were kept busy acknowledg Amid the boisterous conversation ing cpngratdlatlons on tbelr suc and outbreaks of laughter. Long- (Continued from Page One) cess in the recent elections. A ll last month thundered felicitations to each other while those who suffered defeat found some solace in the touching expressions of regret showered on them by three of the lady members were re-elected by big majorities. Their forces In the next Con* g r e s s will be augmented by the presence of Mrs. John W . Lang ley, Repn., Ky., whose husband. The short session w ill lest (or throe months nntil March 4, hat there w ill only ho about ten week* of actual work, due to the necee- slty of adjourning over the Christ mas holidays. The calendars are jammed with taken up, hat there is little prospect that much business can he transacted. The government appropriation hills must be passed and these require considerable time, although they attract but little attention from most of the legislators. l e g i s l a t i o n to b e Step them quicUy—all th d rd aagt tneieverananeaaacnc : he pouoni out. Hill« break cold» In 14 They tone the whole <y (te a . 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