I TpE D fllhY TIDINGS EDITORIAL an d C. J. R E A D , MANAGING EDITOR E S T A B L IS H E D Q i 1876 ASH LAN D D A IL Y T ID IN G S “Murphy” and the Vitaglass Just one little matter remains to be settled be­ fore we all will live under vitaglass roofs and live to be hearty Methuselahs, That ia to piake vitaglass cheap enough eo that it will be available for every­ body. Just now it is extremely expensive, not too expensive to be used on “ Murphy,” who has grown a new coat of hair under it and otherwise fattened and perked up, but too expensive to be available for all the rest of us “ Murphy’s ” brothers. ,But we, for one, have enough confidence in the marvels of present-day inventiveness to believe that this matter of cost is only trival, and that we shall soon be buying onr vitaglass cheap with the money we save by no longer needing to keep up our life insurance premiums. Santa Claus ML® have just read about a minister who has boldly announced himself an infidel against Banta Claus. Too bad! All of us in this world aro children only some of us are taller groan and more cynical and hardened than others. But nearly all of us, tall or short, have faith in much at which the scientist« and materialists scoff. The faith iu Santa Claus is one of our deep- seated and most helpful faiths. It is» a faith born of another and even finer faith—faith in God «lid Hi« goodness and loving kindness.’ It helps us to grasp and understand that finer faith; helps uS to attain it where otherwise we might wander in darkness and be infidels utterly and for keeps. Love and kind­ ness are at the bottom of our religion. Personified they bpeome our God. To the little children they are ]>ersoiiified first in mother, then in Banta Claus, who together lead us to knowledge of God. When at five years we understand, that there is a good saint eternal in this world who on each recurring Christmas day comes to us, as the Wise Men cam«, bearing gifts to childhood, it helps us to understand, when we are older, that there is Another even more loving than he, forever and everywhere dispensing even fin e/ gifts. Because it is a good thing to know love and believe in love it is a good thing for our children to know Santa Claus apd believo iu him. It is a g 1 C. A. Swanson leavea today to take his old position in the mines near Kennett. His family re­ main in Ashland. Penry T. Howard was a business visitor in Medford recently. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown hare moved intd one of the houses of the Morse Realty Company. Mr. Brown is employed by G. A. Morse. ASHLAND 20 Years Ago M. L. Pellett and wife, leavs soon for a. visit to Southern Cali­ fornia and may extend their trip to St. Louie, before returning to Aahland. \ 1 ; a to • V. ’ Mr«, A, R. Wright »a ■ leader of the mooting and the topic tor dissuasion will bo different ata- The Baptist Missionary Society tloM ln Indlg. will meet In the church parlor«, Officer« for the coming Mis­ Wednesday afternoon. December sionary poor w|H ho elected and fifteenth, at twe-thlvty. a good attendance 1« desired. •tarring Rlo-Tlo-Tln, 1« a Werner Wednesday, Dec. 18,— Auxiliary on of tMe novel. to Trinity Guild «Mets in the Parish House rid of him. Tm dead aet against • using such visions animals on the Wednesday, Dec. 18.— Missionary 1 force. H e ain’t safe for honest Society of the Presbyterian . folk»—* church, meets la the church "Ho’» safe enough tor honest parlors. , i folks. It’s the crooks who need to watch oat tor him I" retorted Bath Thursday, Deo, 1 A— Baby Clinic , with aaperlty. club house, on Wlnbnrn Way. [, "Ruth’s Very fond of dogs." chimed James Allen, who upon Thursday, Dae, lg .--T h e Imman­ catching a significant signal from uel Cantatta will be given In Murtagh whoa Bath's back was , the Normal auditorium, under momentarily turned as she busied direction of Mia» Leona Mars- herself clearing away the break­ aters. fast dishes smiled la servile ao- qulesoeuoe and made • casual ex­ Friday, Dee. 17. —k Junior high cuse to leave the room. Murtagh school (visiting day. Christmas and Ruth alone now—Murtagh and Urogram. Ruth and four walla and, the hot In­ decency of carnal covetousness and M » « the white shield of Intelligently la-* nocent youth. < Announce Engagement— Roth was calm now as her slim Mr. and Mrs. G?H. Yeo of thia hands laved the fortunate dishes In their agate hath. Bvea polite and city, wish to announce the en­ with aa uawefoome ardor, as to friendly, because she saw that she gagement of their daughter, Ber­ make her whole body and aoul go must be—as a defensive measure. nice, to Dr. George E. Stannard. tense against Its Imaginary caroaa. Murtagh somehow felt curiously The wedding will be an event She wanted to cry oat, to ran. to defeated before he opened his aaka soma wild dash and post mouth. His admlraUon, his lashing of the Christmas season. frantically against the walls of the! I desires, led him on: "Ruth, I want you to please take little kitchen as a swallow might I dinner with me tomorrow night beat against oage bars. "Why, Ruthle, what la tbs world I W ell go to Cavanaugh’s. And we' Is the matter with you?" — her lean take In a little show after­ father deprecatlngly, almost re­ wards, eht There’s a swell play at proachfully. Tarnation, ho did the Winter Garden—" Talk . . . wish she would not he no womanly, talk . . . talk . . . eager, wilful, so scary, when Murtagh was visit­ I jealous talk. “I’m sorry, sir," said Ruth, plop­ ing. Bother women, they wars al­ ways that way—dashing and stam­ ping an unused smear of butter mering and taking things eo. Into the sink drain, "but I’ve got a Bath’s mother had bean that war. (previous engagement" Silence save tor sloshing water. too, Ruth was being a aStr, ftMdm* ened little schoolgirl In Itront of Then: "With young Ford, 1 sup­ with each used car sold Murtagh, a worth while man who pose f" between'now and Christ- courted; yet always so headstrong I ■Yea." adThm«« AS Ttoulw.»? l i n r l o o h tn ia o M u r ta g n and obstinate, and merry and I f mow , D i n bright in her attachment for that had come from a raw and thorough boy cop! Allen nodded apologetic­ school. The school that reached ally to Martagk: ’Mho’s 111, I know. 1 'tentacles into every slummy ward She Isn’t feeling good this mom»J from the big Wigwam on Four­ lag. Women are always 111—* 1 teenth street He had not always Murtagh wore such a grin as been of Chelsea. He had been bora makes the Sphinx, or an Old World In a lower Bast Side hotbed of un­ Priced for Quick Sale. derworld politics. He had suckled political oanniness from the breasts of his mother, herself the daughter We need more storage of a ward czar and the wife of a room. We have cut the fat and furtive man who "collect­ ed" from the various sources of price on every used car roronae ttett keep opulent the dark thrones of precinct bosatem. He had keen unescapably nurtured and educated In the destiny of shady Come, look them over, you E, R. Isaac & Co The Store With The Christmas .Spirit . ' • 4 j • T • 4 - ■ - ■ t • Is Abundantly Ready to Serve You- Lovely New Gift Bagt $3.25 ™ $12.95 FREE ’A beg from this store 1« a gift de-luxe, the one gift above all others for the woman wa amort and I things. ReconditioAed Fords H. E. McWilliams. messenger In the express service, Is laid up temporarily with an attack of grip. Mrs. Sarah Foudray and Mrs. Robert Goodyear, who went to Southern California recently are now In Los Gatos where they ex p u t to remain tor awhlls. save all depreciation. Claycomb Motor Co. ASHLAND Ford Qarage 30 Years Ago I The Shakespearean Club held I its anniversary party at the home I if Mr. . and Mrs. Jacob Wagner IWedoesday evening. Those pres- I mt were: I. B. Vising, Mrs. Sar- I ih Johnson, Mrs. E. A. Sherwln, Mr. hud Mrs. E. V. Carter, Mr. I ind Mrs. C. E. Donnelly, Mr. and Mrs. A. C Dixon, Mr and Mrs. F. ID. Wagner, Mrs. G. S Butler, Mrs. Gertrude Bhrclay, Miss Fannie [Ralph, Miss Carle Roper, Miss [Rosg Dodge. Besides there the nvlted guests present were Mr. Day Parker, Mr. E. E. Wabhburn, Mr. Henry Galey, Mr. O. S. But­ ler, Mr. E. A. Sberwiu, Mr. and | Mrs. J Wagner. Miss ¿basis Wag­ ner, Mrs. Georgs Bngle agd Mrs. W. H. Mowat •That Blnly*« a natty beast." gargoyle, or an Alaskan totem Im­ age so unlovely to look upon; eo IndecenUy all-wlsel He said noth- teg. Ruth, blushing furionsly, tried her level best to dissemble, to be hospitable and grateful to the man who was her father's benefactor: "It's se stuffy ia here. And I’m so excited about father going to his new Job." Murtagh grinned wider—and still said nothing. James Allen beamed Indulgently, yet uncertainly, upon his daughter as she held his coat He piped to Murtagh: “You see. Just as I told you. Ruth’s just as grateful as I am, MT Murtagh, for your kind­ ness. I don't know why you should ' be ee kind to a poor nobody like me. neither." At this point Murtagh ram» 0Dt of his grinning brown study—a 0 . M. VanNatta has purchased study In which be had never for a haK. interest in the Medford moment relaxed the lecherous fixi­ ty of his gam upon Ruth’s worried, launday and will move there w /h harassed face. He shrugged and outsgread hie oily hands: have a look-tor For the flrst time “On, don’t mention It * I’m only Pfof. W. Wann, the pew mem too glad to he of service to yon— nnd Ruth." as If In spits of himself. bor'af the Normal faculty, reach­ Realisation of the meaning of "No one else while my Jimmy ed this city last Tuesday. Murtagh's present looks and words boy Is living—" nnd of his assiduous attempts to be "Nor after he’s dead, I suppose helpful the past two years, was you're going to say. Funny how draining the strength from Ruth's you kids to love gat so sentimental. body, whs wished he would go. You most have road that some Instead, ha oat down. place, hsht Wen. n t spook to the Rath sold: "Won’t father have to captain every chance I get* Done he hunrytag along now if you're go- the wixtfulnass. Murtagh’s voloe to take hint down there and get hod token on the oUlasss of the ah- jataytadr* dsr hand dghter again—the hard, crnel overtone so unapporsnt to ln- noeeut ears, but so ton of toner burnings and envious rages. XW V R I W W . ----- Rath BVUbB apvtec glMU “Yon know."—• spoke O again la a sadden burst of girlish confi- dencs—'•yon can help me about Jimmy right now, Mr. Mnrtagh. It's this way-, He’a vary anxious to get assigned to Post 1«, because that's the Hudson Baatars’ neighborhood, A new tenant always kicks (or an« ha thinks It win give him a new wall-paper. ahoncs to find oat who kilted his Wtaaa They'D 6o to him whet they dM to hie father. He sold he The (arther o(( a distant rela­ was ffbtag to ask tor that pest, and tive lives the bettor. I’m so worried for tear tbs captain w tt humor his raahaem and give It to him. Bure." »1 a (retted, " Ils My experience Is that the bum; the teost dangorous pest to New meat cigars find their outlet In York." trocery stores. yassst ayffx' css a GIFT LINENS beantlfnl O LINEN5 ALL PURE LINEN TOWELS with colored borders, Priced Special 39c Each LIÑEN LUNCH CLOTH O f course you need a m ighty g o o d frying fat to make fruit fritters as dainty and crisp-crust­ ed and w holesom e as th ey can be. Lots o f g o o d 'c o o k s have di»« covered that Snowdrift is excellent for frying. F R U J T F R IT T B R S x Cap Floar X Ttaspaaa Salt % Cap M ilk o rW a ttr y i TaUttpoaa Saaualrijt M ix together the dry ingre­ dients, beat in thfc liquid gradually, and stir in the egg yolks, beaten until lemon- colored. Add the Snowdrift and then the egg whites, beaten stiff. Then dip in the fruit, drain it for a moment, and drop each fritter into deep Snowdrift, ^ot enough to brown • hit o f bread iq a . m inute. W h e n golden brown on ons side, turn to brown the other, w hen done, drain on crumpled paper, duet with powdered anger. size 45x46, colored bord­ ers — Blue, Yellow and Lavender, Egoh . . . $1,25 LOVELY GIFT ’KERCHIEFS A most wonderful assortment to make your select- f ions from. Beautiful hand embroidered handker- <> chiefs on white or colored linen, Priced Each m T O Y iA N D -N ç x t to Joyland Mama Dolls in a Special Christmas Sale Wednesday At OWE D V M ~ ,. iB)S|(4M 0 - —- - I - U RI *O>>nMHMM BsaBMBWSarSMDteteroM s — LITHJA SPRINGS GARAGE Dnodialf Block from Center of City taradi baoaaas sfcoeM be peblad, halved faagthwis«, We Make a Specialty of Washing, Greasing. , Snow drift If the South had won the Civil More free thlpgs afe asked of Every bride being described as War, where would the Northern baseball clubs do their spring bebrgpaperi than of any other la- beautiful, where do the plain stltutlon on oarth. married women come from? training? --------- dWF— ' w PUBLISHED BY JTHB ASHLAND PRINTING -CO, TURNING BACK THE PAGES Entered at t*w Ashland, Ore««* P e st s i r e M R riw il CUsa Mall Mattes Murphy ” ia a reasonably well-behaved young orang-outang iu the London soo. Vitagiaaa is the invention of a Cambridge scientist, F. L. Lamplough. “ Mirphy,” it must be supposed, does good to men, enlightening their minds about other lands and other lives —«otherwise “ Murphy” would be still back in the Malay woods from which he oame. And the vitaglass, which is iu the roof under which he lives at the soo', does good for “ Murphy,” so his keejærs say. Thereby, says medical science, hangs a tale which may promise to overthrow the hitherto ex­ isting conditions of civilization, and take man­ kind back to the growth and longevity of un­ civilized nature from which mankind came some many thousands of years ago. The only step still to be taken, say the British physicians who have been watching “ Murphy” under his vitaglass roof, is to make the vitaglass do for mankind what it is doing for “ Murphy.” The crux of the situation, of course, is in the violet actinic rays of the sun, the rays which used to beam down blessing and health and happy old age on people, but which were shut unkindly out of doors to play with the flowers and the birds and the bees when civilisation came and built mercilessly opaque shingle and state and tile roofs over the tendering heads of men to keep the rain and the snow and the sleet off them. 'The protection — so goes the theory—was too good. It not only k,ept off the rain and the snow and the sleet, but the sunshine too, and so man has just merely been sprouting along ever since, like a po­ tato in a dark cellar in February, long and gaunt and pale and bloodless. The vitaglass lets the real sunshine in. Ordinary glass even if it were much used for roofs would be little better than slate or shingles or tile because it keeps out the violet rays, which aro the very things that do the good. But vitaglass lets the vio­ let rays through. And it may be frosted, to keep out the heat and the glare of light, and still the actinic blessings will flow in just as well as be- W . H . P E R K IN S , NEWS EDITOR Free Crankcase Service Sion«» M par Bto&th LITHIA SPRINGS GARAGE - A t 'r - h ite p W • • a , • a •>* , lt> • jn i- H U 5 i « r ps v y » .¿MO * ' , t \