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MAKE OUT GIFT LIST EARLY ' Thoughtful Shoppers Stsrt Tssk 8e. sral Weeks Bifors Rush Begins In Duty Stores. WALKING AND TALKIN3 DOLLS Lifelike Forma Gracefully SUp Across the Floor Saying "Mamma" or 'Papa." "Ves. Ile'l a regular Hmita Clans." "I don't underslaud.t "Ho I willing lo Ink the credit for giving you nuylhlng you want provid ed someone else slsud the expense." ) A Form of Generosity, "Thnt fellow Is kind of hurd lo de pend on." "Me stems In !' verv .noun." ffJW m CRUDELY printed in pencil on a piece of dirty brown paper, and stuck there with a sailor's rusty knife, was this message. And well they knew what it meant. The girl they had sought for days and believed to be lost now they knew her to be worse than lost. Calypso, with her pure, olive skin and black, silken hair Calypso, tha beautiful Spanish girl who had masked as a boy and begged to be allowed to go with the rest on their perilous journey Should he give up the treasure that he and his party some of whom had paid the su preme price had fought and repeatedly risked their lives for ; should he give up this wealth of gold and jewels for the girl he adored, or trust to mercy of his enemies for her safety? This is the situation created by Richard Le Gallienne in his inimitable way of writing in Pieces of Eight Do you enjoy a story that at times is perplex ing, sometimes uncanny and at all times exciting just full of adventure ? Then read Our New Serial ft UK buyer who nnlly puts seme nltrulsm Into her 1'hrlMinus sifts makes out her list several weeks In ad vance. If she be canny somebody she I ns kept hi'r list of the year lufore and !r able to see w lint were her sifts the preceding season, and thus avoid (he risk of repenting her self. Still more canny Is she If she hns made mental or written notes from time to time of various articles for which she has heard desire expressed by friends. Such note taking will greatly lessen her labor, For It Is no light thing to choose Christmas sifts Judiciously. The whole secret of their acceptability lies In their appropriateness. Not only must they ho appropriate to the per son from whom they come and to whom they go, hut to the circumstances In which the latter Is placed. Kor an In stance, there are few housekeeper who do not welcome an addition of fine linen to their store. Hut If to a housekeper who lives plainly In slm pie surroundings one sends a superb lace-trimmed tea cloth or dollle that throw all her other possessions Into the shade, there Is an unsultahlllty about the gift that robs It of much of Its charm. Ilarper'i Naiar. ART AND SCIENCE IN TOYS Playthings for the Kiddles Necessary to the Proper Conduct of ! Their Society. T7I1II.K the making of toys li an . V V art that Is probably practically as old as the world Itself, It has been i only within recent years Hint science i has bothered Itself about them. Less j Hum half a century ago they were re garded menty as playthings auius- Ing diversions for children that were by no means necessary to their well lining. Today, however, icience Insist! Unit there Is a well-defined philosophy underlying the use of toys; that they are the tools with which the little ones ply tlielr trade; the paraphernalia nec essary to Hie proper conduct of their society; that dolls, for example, are nyore to them than the associates that help to entertain them In that they aid them In the attainment of their mental growth by stimulating tlie natural emotions which must be ex perienced In later life. Whether this theory of the scientists fs correct or not, the fact remains that , children have always had the play things requisite for tlielr Imitations of ! the domestic life and business affairs 1 of older people; that they hnve always required their elders to provide them with such Inventions, and that, when they could not obtain these toys by any other means they themselves have sought and found objects that might be made to suit their purposes. Even the somnolent middle Ages did not put an end to their pastimes. The toys In which they found diversion may have been more simple, but, as they met the demands of nature, tliey played tlielr allotted pnrt In the scheme of human development. Public Opinion vr m Ol.l.S that walk and tail, and wink ami roll their eyc n nre rnrlslnn tnrisiuiiis nov 5' ellles In toylnlid. These ....... i uum im-vui nt,,ii'i m m" they walk In sprightly style across Hit floor saying "uiamrnu" or "papa" Just at real children would. Walking dolls being a new linen Hon, seem wonderful and bring screams of delight from Utile git I mid boys too, who watch with Intcu-e In terest every step of the llfelll.e loti as thev are exhibited In the h..p. The machinery that moves ihe dull s , legs Is set In motion by a ley Ihm I" t Inserted In the works at the wain, line. 1 The voice Is made active by works N that are wound with a key. The eyes move ns the body swiiys j from s!de to side, Just ns the real dill tfscu's eyes roll and blink, etc. CHRISTMAS WEEK IN ENGLAND Time When Scattered Families Are United and Tender Memories Art Revived. MAN! and grent nre the rhnnget which have occurred In Knginml since Dickens wrote "A tinistiniii Carol," but they have not nfl'eeied tin national love for the festival and Hie determination to preserve iiiilinpiilreV the traditional warmth and lienrtlne.ti of Its celebration. Christians week It still the great week of the year fm the English people. II Is Ihe one we,-, when scnllered families are reunited when tender memories and old in-" clntlons nre revived, when friend glee'- friend with a cheery expanse ones In striking contrast with Hie ch.irneter Istlc reserve of the Kngllsh niiture so, undemonstrative to those who d' not know It well, apparently su tlis tant and uiisympulhctlc. Krom Wednesday all buslii"s will be suspended, not lo be resumed till Monday morning. The whole null"' will give Itself up to good cheer niw giKjd fellowship, and for a brl"f seasnn all strife and controversy nre hushed and peace, charily and concord reign supreme. Those Girls. "Maud reminds me of a public of fice." "Why so?" "She's continually seeking Ihe man." EISSiCD 1 Mr. Darnes, U. S. Wheat Director Says: "Eafc More Bread Ami ruiluco Ihe high cost of livlrtfi,." HoIsimi Bread IS THE CHEAPEST AS WELL AS THE MOST WHOLESOME FOOD ON THE MARKET. BUY THAT EXTRA LOAF Your Grocer has It Cherry City Baking Co. Not Quite That. 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"I hear Hupps Is going to contest his wife's will." "I suppose he won't be afruld to do It now that she'i dead." JfSo: limes alarKSSS Htrltr itrMx The Youth's Companion Ameritii'i Home And Faintly Weekly, lu firld of twrviee it cot red J no other publication in Ameiicn. Its putpoM end power are difleraoL Its diversity and quality and quantily uf reading opeal to solid Kom-and-nation-lovintf people. Its wrukly onrntn makes every itory, tvery article and all its information doubly valuable and accepubU. Sriat. Short $lari$t, EMtatiult, ArtUUt, Pmtrv, fYrre 4 5ri'nc, Curttnt Lwnt, "Hawti Mak" far, Cmitft. 5terfs( 5u$ttion for thm tfifimcy and ttonomy, Kifttpt$, elf. -and still $2.50 a year r ra) on kr No. i 1. Tim Youth V Crtrt imiilw.i -ftj itvuri lo it.H 3. All reifintnr Vuckl I i)'.iO L:ai!. i ttlfio 3. 'I'll IV'.' J O -Mi.'.in.t.n 01- ,U i AV; ! ,'.-. n. Ji 1J1fV.-.::ifi ':;.! .'"'.. il OI'TER A I . 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Traditions of Christmas Festival. In the records of every nation we And traditions of the Christmas festi val, traditions which have been hand ed down from generation to genera tion in oft-told tales which thrilled the hearts of the listeners with al ternate fear and delight Sir Walter Scott tells us that they who nre born upon Christmas or Good Ftidny will iee spirits, and will have the power of commanding them. He also adds that the Spaniards Imputed the down east looks of their monarch, f'hlllp n, to the disagreeable visions to which this privilege subjected him. Bring Smiles of Gladness, It Is not so much the thought of re ceiving the customary holiday gifts which most pleases the fancy, but rather that pleasure the heart derives from dwelling upon Joyful surprises It may bestow upon others. 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