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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:
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“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.
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The first and third grades are
both giving plays.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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 . The prta
liable results have led nultaottpemploy
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EVERYONE IS INTERESTED
IN THE W EATHER
W E
ARE
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little
Weather
Prophets
COASTERS
A SENSIBLE GIFT
WAGONS
Get him a pair of shoes for Christmas and to
Spedai Large Wagon,
com e th a t you wiil have to
g e t y o u rs p re tty quickly If
you w an t one and every
h o m e should have one. They
only
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M A IL ORDERS to d E X T R A
When the weather is fine the two children will be out, and
when stormy weather Is approaching, the witch w ill come out
from 8 to 21 hours ahead of th«frra'ln or snow. An excellent
gift.
“ The Winchester Store”
P ickw ick Stage System s
Litkiä Springs Pharmacy
ASHLAND TO ALL POINTS SOUTH
The students from ' the N o r­
mal school are coming over to
th e L in c o ln school to teaeh physf-
eal training. There Is ,a student
,for each room In the school. -The
W e played w ith bean 1>ags on
.Monday and Wednesday?
sat
In our seats and passed the bean
:bags around over our heads un­
it I f it gets to the one In front
again. The one In front stands
up and says "H ere.’’
A L V A M A N S FIELD , 8 B
T H E C IT Y G O VER N M EN T
Mrs. Cason’s room has a gov­
ernment in which we have a may­
or, m city clerk and .four council*
men.
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The mayor appoints two couu-
cilmen and the clerk appoints kwe.
Monday we chose a new Mayor
and Clerk.
The Mayor is Irv in Ross.
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The City Clerk Is Darrell Sel-
laff.
The councilman are Clarice
Crowson, Lucille Cramer, Harvey
Gearheart and Wayne Harris.
W e also have an editor for
our newspaper.
The editor is
Glen Myers. We Have four re­
porters. A city government Is a
very nice thing to have.
M argaret hurst , g a
w a s su c h a c a p a b le naan.
Six P uppies/N ellie’s
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