to return to the church atrul explain
aud apologize ui.d pay theta two or
three time» a* much a* the turkey had
Everything, From
been worth. The good woman looked
•urprlaed.
“ W * don’t give ouP tur
Soup to Nuts
key»,” »he explained. ••They are *o
g , «*pen»ive.
We've had chicken» and
i roasting pork In the dinner»— nut every
By JANE OSBORN
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Wliro it was agreed that Bullbiter, d or Hie ».„i • ■ ;
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father uu'l mother, should go to Cali- of the fiaaco o f her Christina* dino*
(oruia the Aral of December, the rent ner without a turkey clenched her
of the Ballisters rather took it tor ! hands convulsively. The good woman
granted tliat the usual Christmas: at the desk did not see her, but a
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U a star that hangs upon
the east
That shines a little clearer than the
rest.
Each night diminished not, nor yet In
creased—
A changeless Jewel on the azure
breast
Of eventide. Each twilight it returns
And with celestial tenderness It burns.
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home that winter with old Uncle Ned.
her brother, Tom. still at high school,
and faithful Maggie, iu the kitchen.
Of Course, we’re going to have
Christmus here same as usual,"
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he was starting off for college, “ and
you can bring home a couple of boys
with you If you want, and w ell have
Uncle Jed and old Mrs. Titus and
ever}body, the same as usual. I guess
I can cook a Christinas dinner all
right.”
“Good f..r you, Janet,” was the
ruslied out the door, liut he followed,
I I - was Itoderick
Black—Roderick
Black, with whotu Janet had quarreled
I 1 wo months before over a trifle. Janet
! hadn't ever intended to speak to him
“ Something’s wrong." Roderick said
Janet tried to turn her head from
him. “ You wouldn't he here at this
tluie of night If you weren’t In some
kind ° f trouble. I've promised to de-
llvir »»n ie dinners in my car." Rod
i erick was leading Janet to tlie car
*,•a,
“ * «he " A
"Hop In,” he
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come home for the holiday. If your with the baskets."
household allowance runs out count
' v,‘eu Roderick returned he found
on me to make up the difference. Have I Ja“ 1'1 we<*l,ll>* quietly, for she was
more exhausted tlian stie knew from
everyth.ng. from soupsto nuts.”
the
long work of the day. She was bit
It vías «greed.
terly disappointed about the lack o f
The Thursday before Clirlstmas.
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turkey. Added to that, the sight
Janet began making lists of what she
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Roderick
was too much.
would need in order to make her i
Christmas bill of fare complete, and i Roderick took Janet beside him in
she begun reading cookery books and front, and us they went slowly toward
compare a dozen different recipes for her home she explained.
turkey stuffing, trying to And the one ' “ 1 wasn’t ever going to speak to you
tint contained the largest collection again.“ she said with a sob In her
of Ingredients.
She hud been prac voice, "but I had to tell some one. I
ticing for a month In making pi* crust, 1
* tmist he half-witted or -"ine-
and was quite an expert. She reigned 1 Hilng. No one with a brain would for-
•upreme in the kitchen, Maggie he- ¡ ¡ ¡ ^ ¡ * turkey for Christroa B
Roderick soothed with one hand and
Ing allowed to intrude only when time
cume to wash up the dishes, for Mag drove with the other, hut he did not
drive to the Kims. Instead, he drove
gle was a notoriously ’ »sir cook.
Saturday night at eight tier broth a mile beyond to a rather famous
There he came to a
er arrived with two classmates. They I l'',un,r> tavern,
had had dinner tin the wav, kc.owing s," l ’
that "company" dinner the day before | “ * know the manager in here. He's
Christmas would not tie a welcome 8 client of mine. He s no donht got
proposition lo any housewife.
A f,lenty o t turkeys for the crowd on
flushed but happy Janet met them to | Christmas. Wait a hit und see what
cun do.”«
the family living room, after Maggie
Janet waited. Inside Roderick was
had let them in.
“ Well, sister," beamed Malcolm, told that turkeys were scarce, that It
"bow goes It? We've brought husky would be ruinous to business to give
appetites and we hud u slim dinner up one. Roderick offered to pay $20
tonight, so as to have room for a big for a 20-pound bird. He doubled the
feast tomorrow.
Have you ordered amount, paid cash, and came out with
everything— from soup to nuts? Cran the turkey under his arm.
He drove Jauet home before be went
berry sauce, stuffing, nuts, raisins?"
about delivering tlie church dinners.
Janet nodded In proud affirmative,
"I don't know whether to have din
“ llo w much does the turkey weigh?”
•«id one of the compunlAns. feeling ner at tlie Salvation Army or at the
inn tomorrow," Roderick suid.
that he ought to add Ids comment.
" I f you—would you—do you think
He saw, but did not know the rea
son for u quick intake of breath on you would like to come und have it
«he part o f Junet.
She bit tier lip. with us?” Janet asked.
That gave Roderick -courage. Before
■‘Thirty-five and u half pounds,” site
hazarded. “ Rut I— don't expect It till he would let Janet and her turkey out
tomorrow. Y'ou know the butcher Is of the car at tlie back door o f the
so busy; sometimes be puts off de Kirns lie asked her, ns he hud asked
her on several other occasions, to
livery until the day.”
Malcolm was going to suggest an marry iUni, and Janet said yes. Then
evening spent together In the li^g liv she lied into tlie kitchen, threw off her
ing room. Rut Janet excused herself. ragged shawl, put on an enormous
She suid she hud to see ubout the pies apron to hide her old dress, and
walked slowly into the living room.
In the kitchen.
“ Whose car Just drove up at tlie
She lied to the kitchen and then
up tlie hack stairs to tier room, donned back door?" asked Malcolm.
"I guess that was the turkey,” said
her coat and lint, fled down the back
stairs and then through the lonely Janet with an air of unconcern. “ By
driveway of tlie Klfha down the the way, I expect Roderick Blurlc for
suburban street to the shopping sec dinner tomorrow. You don't object?"
“ Why, I thought you and Rod
tion of town. Some of tlie stores w-ere
still open. Her own butcher lind weren't speaking."
Janet laughed merrily. “ That's an
closed, but a rival showed a light still
cient history," said Janet, and ns she
burning.
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Tlie ninn looked at tier In astonish- bade her brother good night a few
* men! ‘Turkeyl hare .... . sold ,Mlt minutes lifter she said: “ We may have
something interesting to tell you— to
■tec* t:\e this afternoon,” b
ewered. “ Folks don't put off get’ lng morrow.”
turkeys till this time.”
Town Names Derived From States.
Then Janet went to the nearest drug
Tlie
names o f towns on the borders
store, looked up the house telephone
of her own butcher, and sent a frantic of states are sometimes made up of syl
lables from the nano's of tlie states.
call to him.
“ I don't know how I forgot It,” she Sylmar, fur instance. In Maryland,
borrows syllables from Pennsylvania
Bald. ” 1 was so busy thinking about
ami Maryland, ami Pen Mar, In Penn
the stuffing I forgot the turkey.”
But tlie butcher assured Janet that sylvania, does tlie same tiling in a
Calexico, in
no more turkeys were to be had. He »lightly different way.
had even bad to sell the vine lie had California, indicates Its proximity to
Mexico In Its name.
secured for his own family n«e. Janet
Mexlcnli, Just on the other sl.ie of
ling M ggte fr.u^
a catnap In tlie kitchen told her of her the border. In Lower California, has
plight
•Tliey are giving turkeys liecome celebrated ns the possessor of
"the longest bar In the world,” to which
away to poor folk, down at the Seo
ond church,” said Maggie.
"Maybe Californians enn cross over from
Calexico and slake their thirst without
you could get ono there.”
Texarkana
Jan.» took this Inspiration as the f" * r
law1"' #Tw
that It
drowning man's straw. She hurriedly*'lrr ** 1,8 " an,r fr" m ’
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| is on the boundary line between Texas
donned the rnggedest clothes she could
find, threw on an old shawl o f Mag | ami Arkansas.
gie's about her head, and startl'd out
Taklr.g No Chances.
again.
A bright little hoy, who hud been en
" I f Malcolm asks for me," she told
gaged In combat with m oth er hoy.
Mnggie, "tell him I've gone to bed."
was reproved by his aunt, w*’o told
They were still giving out dinners
him lie ought always to wait until the
st the Second church and” Janet en
Other boy “ pitched Into him."
tered the dimly lighted parish house,
"Hut," protested the little hero. " If
with sluiwl drawn closely around tier
I w
for the o’ ! ■ t o to !>.0 n I'm
face,
afraid there won't be nny fight!”
"Could I hare—have a turkey?" she
asked the women at tlie desk. "I aid
Citizen» Worth While.
Tery poor."
T|ie world Is Messed most by men
Janet's Idea wss to get the turkey who do things, and not by those who
by hook or crook, then the next day merely talk about them.
The struggle had been hard the whole
day through;
All day the sky had glittered with *
the sun;
And then came night, and then came
deeper blue.
The winds were stllL songs hushed, j
the day was done—
And then the star, my perfect star,
came out
And ended disappointment, ended
doubt.
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"The > eungeit leading lady on the
screen," is the title that has been given
to the charming “ movie” star, Lucille
Ricksen. When she was four years
old she was acting in p etures; yhe it
only twelve now, thus she has been on
the screen the past eight years.
Lucille has a wealth of blonde hair
and big brown eyes. She possesses a
good singing voice and frequently
makes personal appearances in Los
Angeles. She lives with her mother
and brother in Culver City, calif.
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T H E R IG H T T H IN G
at the
R IG H T TIM E
By M A R Y M A R S H A LL DUFFEE
A sw e et a ttra c tiv e k in d « o f «(race,
A full as&urance ( iu - ii by look«**.
— M ath ew Kofftierie
FACIAL
"I an annoyed by betas very
conscious whenever
I
mingle
with
....pi«» whom I do mo know Tory
well." writes a young reader. “ And
when I feel this way I know I look
very self conscious. How enn I get
| rid of this self-conscious expression
that seems to repel people from me?”
We all have seen this self-cons, ions
expression. I am sure, nnd though
perhaps It does not repel It certainly
does not attract us. Well, the only
way to get rid of It Is to get rid o f
the self consciousness, Usually young
people outgrow It. It Is seldom that
any one continues to feel self-con
scious when he or she becomes ac
customed to mingltng with other tier-
sons, The only thing to do Is to try
to become absorbed In some other
I subject o f thought than yourself.
I Listen intently to what other p e o p l e
are saying, study your surroumPngs
j and perhaps you will feel yourself
graduating from your self-conscious
ness.
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A LINE O' CHEER
By John Kendrick Bangs.
Marked Decline In Number ef Legal
Action* at London—Settle
Out of Court.
courts, which opened recently? shew a
fotnl of 2.201 c.is •*, or
fewer than
Inst year.
King s bench shows the
biggest decline, from 1,370 cases to
London.—Lawyers In I-ondon re "03.
There are no defamat on of
cently have come to the conclusion character cases to be held this year,
that nowadays people'are showing a only four libel suits, and no breach
tendency to arrange their differences of promise actions. Tlie re Is a de
out o f court rather than Invoke tlie cline of 220 In divorce court*. Tw o
year* ago the divorce cases t. Paled
coatly help o f the legal fraternity.
The Hilary «easloua of the law 2,500; today there are only 857.
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EXPRESSION
much as his courteous
the way he looks when
he says them that makes a man s pie
litem -.i truly effective. The only time
when your “ please" doesn't have to
be backed up by- a kindly look in your
face is when you are talking over the
telephone, but then It Is essential
that your tone of voice should carry
assurance of kindliness. And it is al
most Impossible to speak in a pleas
ant tone without looking pleasant.
Try sometime for your own amuse
ment to assume a "grouchy" expres
sion and at the same time repeat some
such courteous expression us: “ Thunk
you very much," or “ You are very kind.
I'm sure," or even "Please," in a tlior-
niighly amiable tone o f voice. Per
haps you cun do It hut most persons
can't and It Is Just as hard to speak in
a harsh or haughty or cantankerous
inaniter when your facial expression is
entirely pleasant.
I Rut In your desire to wear a well-
disposed expression don't go to the
extreme of having a smile that won't
come off. There are some people
who go about with this sort o f chron
ic smile, who look as if tlie only way
tliey could endure the discomfort tlie.v
were enduring wus by a heroic effort
to smile, nnd of course that sort o f
expression makes other people uncom
fortable. Then there Is tlie smile
that makes us feel that the one who
wears It is always amused In an aloof
sort o f way at whatever we said or
did. Tlie woman who bears that sort
of Indelible smile— or grin, pertraps
It should he called—when she calls
on us looks as if slip were immensely
amused at the furniture, nt the pic
tures on the wall, nnd at the way we
were dressed.
No, we don't want to have any of
these annoying stereotype smiles but
the smile that Is Just an expression
of kindness o f heart which Is the
basis of all good breeding.
THE COURTS ARE LOSING BUSINESS
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R A T H E R tru st » man than
not.
B ir h d ark lu tp lH o n »11 fo rgo t.
An«1 If It ho th » t »11 m r trn*t
H ath » o n « Into «in w orth y 4u»t.
I 11 » t ill K f fin d I trusted him
T h ou gh mjr rew a rd bm harvest
grim .
S nre I'll h ave d o n « m y b e«t to
w in him.
And r r o v « w h »t good ho hold*
w ith in him.
by MrUMor# Nw-*»p*p*r Syndicate.)
Uncommon
Sense
JOHN BLAME
RESULTS
COUNT
A N A T H LE T E desiring to prove to
Epictetus that he was growing
strong showed him his dumb-bells.
“ I don’t want to see the dumb-bells."
said the philosopher. “ I want to see
your muscles.”
It Is results, not methods, that count
with a man.
Many wealthy men have libraries
stocked with the world's best litera
ture. yet remain Illiterate.
Abraham Lincoln had a Bible and
a copy of Shakespeare, and was an
educated man.
Tlie world wants to know what yon
are, not how you became what you
are.
Scores of young engineers proudly
exhibit degrees from technical schools
without being able to secure respon
sible positions.
But any young engineer who can
show a capitalist a cheaper nnd bet
ter way to accomplish something Im
portant, can get a pnving Jot,.
Your training Is your own affair.
Tlie affair of your prospective employ
er Is the equipment for the Job that
your training has given you.
The “ talent” before a prize fight do
not care what sort of apparatus a
contender Is using. They place their
bets on opinions formed from the way
he Is hitting In practice.
You must decide for yourself what
profession you will follow, and take
the advice of others ns to the beat
way to train for It.
But do that training In private, and
don't brag nbout It afterward.
The man you will have to work for
will not ask yon how many hours you
spent on Latin nnd Greek, mathemat
ics or psychology. He will ask you
what you can do.
Show him wdiat you can do, and If
you can do It well, you have a chance.
I f you can't do It well, all your train
ing, all your diplomas, all your letters
of recommendation, will be worth ab
solutely nothing to you.
(Copyright by John B lt k i )
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Birds of a Feather.
A young man managed to get Into
conversation with a pretty girl dur
ing a railway Journey.
He was very pleased with himself,
and when the train arrived at his
destination he said tc the girl:
" I am afraid you wouldn't per
haps have been so nice to me if you'd
known I was a married man.”
“ Oh, ns to that." answered the girl,
“ you might be a little surprised to
know that I have Just come out o f
prison after serving a sentence for
bigamy."— Exchange.
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I do not know her name, that lovely
light.
Astronomers may call her what they
wllL
To me the world's a sky, and life Is
night;
But there's a star, one star unchang
ing still
That shines for all. for age, for eager
youth.
One star undimmed— and I have named
her Truth.
( © . 1923. b y U c C lu r * N # w s p * p « r S y n d ic a t e .)
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The struggle had been hard the whole
day long.
The rivalry o f competition, ail
The ceaseless battle of the right and
wrong;
I saw bad men arise and good men
fall
And marvelled much that thing« are
as they are—
And then came night, and then again
the star.
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Something to
Think
By F. A. IF ALKER
W O R D S OF
TF
YOU cannot give frequent, en-
couruging words ot cheer to your
home-mates and to those with whom
you come in contact during your work
ing hours, It would be better to bridle
your tongue and seal your lips.
A rough word roughly spoken, pro
duces nothing but evil and drives
many a sensitive soul to despair. It
arouses animosity and bate, quite the
opposite of a kindly word which awak
ens slumbering emotions und kindles
a beneficent flame o f love.
It«m iy at times, especially when you
are not In a pleasant humor, cost a
great effort to launch the cheerful
word, but If you will brush aside your
own turbulent feelings, and send forth
the cheer and sunshine o f which you
are capable of doing, you, too, to your
amazement, will participate in their
delicious sweets und enjoy the thrill
of an unanticipated pleasure.
From the first moment when you
begin to practice the scattering of
cheering words, the whole atmosphere
around you changes.
The world somehow seems drawn
closer to henv'en, and everything and
everybody about you appears brighter
and happier.
In reality, there Is no change except
in yourself. Y'ou have sown happiness
and are reaping happiness.
Y’ ou have flung broadcast the sancti
fied blessftigs and they are returning
to you from every point o f the com
pass, filling your soul with a joy un
speakable.
It is you who are nearer heaven,
participating In Its delights without
knowing It, growing more lovabie as
the years speed by, dim your eye and
whiten your hair.
Old friends turn to you In their
sorrow for comfort.
The boy* and girls go out o f their
way to meet and greet you.
Even the derelicts have In some
manner heard your praises sung and
respect you.
Their hlenry eyes brighten nnd their
tough old hearts soften when your
name is spoken, in spite of IITHr gen
eral belief that they are invulnerable
to the gentle touches o f kindness.
The greatest workers for the up
lifting o f humanity are the little words
o f cheer, which, when fitly spoken,
often change beasts to men, spur them
to loftier endeavor and turn their
t,errihle night into a glorious day.
i t . 1933. by McClur* N>wapap«r Syndics!«.)
Has Anyone Laughed
At You
Because —
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PEYSER
You like good music? You
have a reputation for liking
good music; you don't like sub
stitutes. Y'ou get more enjoy
ment and fodder out of an eve
ning at a symphony- concert than
out of "Jazz." Yon know that n
dance tune out o f Beethoven,
Mozart or Brahms not only-
makes you over If you are tired
but gives you your money's
worth for a month. Why should
you care If they laugh? You
have liked good "Jazz." maybe,
that Is written with artistry and
melody yet on the whole you
like what is called "good music.”
Rejoice over It. You taste o f the
stuff that gods are made o f and
you are the luckiest o f mortals,
for god food Is rare toils j .
SO
Your get.away is here:
Ask your friends, -What music
lives longer and why, *Dar-
danella' or ‘ Aida’ ?” and “ Why
do th# most bonly popular tunes
dis in a few minutes?** 'Nuf
said.
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CHEEK
9t R t C l « ’ » S » i n p i p # r S y n d ic * !« )
I.r t us be b etter men!
W h ether w ith pick or pen.
T h e labor we do is a w ork w orth w h ile
I f our hearts are clean and our spirits
smile,
.
And out o f the ruck and rust and stain
W e make some gro w th and w e m ark
some gain.
—A u th o r Unknown.
FEEDING THE
FAM ILY
O p ilIS Is the daily task of twenty
million housewives In America—
to provide a good meal for the family.
As 00 per cent of our housewives must
use economy. It Is vital that they know
how to spend the money provided
them, for the best food. Our gro
cers tell us It Is not the wealthy house
wives. ns a rule, who buy food, fruit,
vegetables and luxuries out of season,
but those who can least afford It.
It Is often a lack of knowledge of
food values, nnd carelessness nnd In
difference In regard to expenditures.
It should he the aim, and Is, with
a Inrge majority n# housekeepers, rich
or poor, to feed the family well, with
as little waste as possible and with
ns small a money outlay. Food Is the
big Item •» the weekly budget of the
growing family and there is no one
who enn do more than suggest as to
the wise spending of the Income, for
each family has Its own problems
which must be worked out In the
same manner that a mother manages
her children—no two need the same
training or discipline.
Growing boys nnd men at active
labor need substantial, filling meals.
The hoys need as much as grown men,
for they are building their bodies as
well ns burning up food in their ac
tivities.
Men who nre In offices, or occupied
In positions where the brain Is active
and the body has little exercise, need
much less of the energy-producing
food. Their food should he of such
combinations ns are easily digested,
though of course It should he nourish
ing as well. Pork nnd beans, ham
and fried eggs, com beef nnd cab
bage are foods which the laborer or
outdoor worker may eat freely, as
such food Is necessary.
*
I'ut as much Interest into the plan
ning of meals and the serving of them
as is pflt into a game of bridge or
a "movie” picture and we will have
made a start toward the millennium.
^F^/XC lu
vrtJLQ_
(®, 1923. Western Newspaper Union )
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THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
“ CRYSTAL”
'T 'H E strange and erroneous
notion current among the
natural philosophers of antiquity
—and o f modern times down to
a comparatively recent date—
concerning the origin of crystal,
was plainly traceable to the
confusion occasioned by the ob
ject itself.
According to these teachers of
a former day, crystal was Ice
which had undergone a peculiar
process of Induration so ns to
totally lose its power of being
melted. In fact. Pliny, snpport-
ing one error with another,
states that crystal Is found only
in countries which are extreme
ly cold. Up to some two hun
dred years' ago this Idea shout
the formation o f the substance
still persisted, for Sir Thomas
Browne considers It worth while
to place It first and foremost
among the "Vulgar Errors"
which he sought to dissipate.
Though the mistake Is more
amusing than dangerous. It la
easy to see how It arose, for the
Greek word ehrvstallos, or Ice.
was early transferred to that
qnartz which closely resembles
ice.
In a little time 1f was
tacitly assumed that the two
substances were the same__a
belief which persisted for many
years.
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