T he B ea ver ton R eview
Consolidated, December 28, 1923 with
Volume III
No 4
$1.50
Ann )« Hayjiard
(
FROM OUR CORRE^i
ffu ello
A m ilo H iiynurd m i » h orn In
llitllik o u lo , l. i m o r r k C o u n ty , in
lio lu in l m i bluii’ li 31, I d id . Kin-
"¡tiiio in A it if iio u w illi lio r pur ' .
onta, III 188(1, - r i l li n g liou r Ilio
I hwii o f Ito n n la lo y. M in n e s o ta .
T h e m »In- »p e n t h e r c h ild h o o d
unii h 1 to nit* <1 eolin ol.
Hlii> ru m o to O r e g o n , first
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A^l-
FOUR
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Inlar^riing Little Notes from the Surrounding Country «-
l . >y Our \ctive Special Corretpondt nts Wf-oltl p
C A P IIOL HILL N E W S
B U RRV I L L E
(T o o
late
for
last
week.)
il.c Il.iptist Church held a
J. M. M ill» wu- in Manning
nil* Jangling world la oui of chltur. living ul H ii I oiii , liut nfio i w nnN
. i r. 11 hum program and Chrlat- Sunday afternoon.
You MM It Dow, )on M :
moving to Washington County
Itiu• tie « | m nt Sunday, Oecemher
rha tilings you'd Ilka at Christmas tu m ak e h e r lim ila .
John In ow n wa* In Manning
lima
Wednesday afternoon.
Hlio wiia united m murroigo
Ara thoaa you navar gat.
with \\ itlium KI»o||e in
Hun
Mr. und .Mr». Oliarle* lior »et
I.evl W hite i»|hoiiii' from the
Francisco m I huh . They mudo o f I'orlluud were guest» at lite rump until after the holidays.
A.
llielr h inule fit'jir P iT l lum i, r i i « ) home v f Mr. and Mrs. H.
Finest Place and fapuly were
r hair Christmas Gift
alali a| |ieltt out* y e a r tu .Nmu«, ; W illson last Sunday.
Sunday visito r» ol the
I.
P.
a Wonderful Blotting Ainaku
tin- pupils o f Capitol
Hill Hled»oc home.
She
s
tiff.
•r*o|
frin ii s h r in k in g 1
14 ^¡>11AVK kaan planning tor monllia
•i hool gave mi entertainment at
T ile Mudamc» W ymore and
to (tvs a grant I'hrlaluiua aur of Ilio » f l
( « i ’ u iln u tliiif Iti
Ihe school Tuesday afternoon Hye were »hoppilig in Hmiks on
^
tirtea to on alatar Orai-e. way dropsy,
81i f hti•il been III ill
*ut la Idaho." remarked Aunt Molly tirali II 1 1 y «m m , .-pending th « before u large group o f paruiitn Friduy afternooi|.
and friend».
lu har aalghhor, Mra. Wlggtna, as they
lu*i six weeks in a lni»|nt«l.
d corge Morrow* and wife were
bath aat knitting In ths forworn oom-
I In- Hill Hrownies, troop No. Sunday eveuing f il» ilo r » al the
tsrtahla sitting room "lla r r la hrr Mho died on Ibooonilior iil, IP24.
Mho leave« lo iiiiiiiru her Iosa I. crlehrnlnf Christinas w illi a i. M. M ill» hom$.
ray Ralph, whom I brought hera llin-r
■'y ut the school lust TUura-
month« ago for a rlalt ilia poor lad hr hu«h,inil: her fuiher, Win.
Kivu Hled»oe was visiting
kaa baan blind for llva yaara. alnra ha Ilnyiinril; her mother, Julia Huy-
meellnga will l»e held
¡the home o f her parent», |.
was Ibraa yaara old. and I took him unni; two lirullicr» .1. W. Iluy
ol open» after
Hie
' Hh'dsoe and wife, Sunday.
» a sparlallst for an axamlnatlnu. mini o f W.ia • it-pioli
County, mdulays.
rha doctor said that an oparatlou for mu1 W illiam Huynurd o f 1.0»
Toni Sumly and family
*atararta could ha aurraasfut I am
I- W . Cruahy ia enter- Hanks wercy Sunday visitor»
A ngele».
There Worn no uhi!*
aaltlns for tha morrow almost. I. re nth
("K
U»
ii
lioune guest her III« home o f tiht . Sandy
saaly. for tbay ara to remove |hr ban droit.
ui'dlier,
Mr».
Paii.-r-ini,
who re­ Shady Rest.
w re
The finterò I aervll-i »
dagaa from hi» ayaa to taat hla sight.
ceñí ly relum ed frutti a visit in
And oh, Mrs Wiggins, I at ua pray that hold F rid a y , December 2(1. Rev.
The Mndau^e* Mill* and W y­
all wtU ba wall 1“
(I. \ llrg y > .(Urial in g, usatstad Copenhagen, Ileo mark, where a more were Wedngsilay afternoon
daughter
lives.
She
was
visit­
(lad waa good to tha blind hoy and hy Itov. V. limimi o f Scholl». In­
calh-r* oa Mra. iU rl Vail o f
tha operation was var> surcaaaful. torment wna in itie Moiintuin- ing there for »everal weeks.
Manning.
Wbaa tha mothar want aast to rlalt
I« Cemetery, W. K. IV gg wa
bar alatar tbsra waa a groat hl.-aalng
Mrs. Jack Hriih-n and baby
charge.
tha happlaat Christmas o f her I lf« - -
of
Tim ber are Visiting at tin
TIGARD NEWS
for har boy could ara! There la
home ,,f her parent*. I 1». Hled-
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TRANSFERS
aninatbing more than toys, fineries and
oe und wife.
J. L. Ila ri mail ut UX lu h.
othar malarial things to help make a
Dr. N. |„ SmiHi, T ig a rd ’ »Tnew
Joyful Christmas 1— Aloe Tup|x-r.
!.. Itim i.pauu, DUil uc,, Sec 3.1
| dentist, i* now well e»lahlt»hed
1111 W M l t m N«*ap#jH >i Union )
wHRiSTRAS CANTATA
T. J N. H 5 W . ; Ul nr., 8cc. jin hi» new office.
I f . 1. 3 S, it • W, «10.
TO BE PRESENTED
Shiny Holly
R ea li) V -
p. rttued H eign
Ihe public schools will re-
The Cliristmus (atntata. "T h e
la arranging holly for tha talda It
¿UH'iUtlOh Mt 1 i 1 Ci fl i'.Pm.'ll, l.nl* 1 'pen nfler Hie Chrlslnuta holt- Star o f Hope," will lx- given al
will rapay you to wlpa off the laarrs
luioJ day*. on January 5.
Ihe (Tongrvgitliuiiai Church ncxL
of tha holly with a doth dipped In a
*10.
Sunday evening, l*»-eemher 28,
vary little olive oil. aaya tha Ixulle»
Ih
e
Harrell
drug
store
has
lieig
Itcally As-
Home Journal This will give them
at 7:30.
The cantata consist*
' I" ned with a complete nnd up
an especially bright and gloaay appear- »(•cittì ion
Heir
Khorall, Cut*
o f eleven numbers and contain-
'0
date
stork
o
f
goods.
a ace
9, lu. I I . Hlk. 5, ‘o r iland III*
some splendid solos and souve
No. 2. * lo .
Harry West or the Red R.x'k sparkling choruses.
The com ­
Forney mnd Fact
Mur, A Kulluuki el vtr t o Dairy ha* returned from a short plete program is a* follow s:
Old tanka Claus la but a myth.
Vmlrew Hullunki. Tract ill Sec ¡business trip to California.
1. “ Look Lip," Mixed quartet
An Infhienct «tharaal.
M . i i N.. R. 1 w -, ID I.
ami ebotr.
.
Tha billa ha ahilantes yau wttfe
I he K\angelical Sunday school
F. A. W al funs e ¡ UX tu (ibu*.
2.
"T
h
ere
Shall
Come a Star,"
Ara terribly malarial.
I gave it» Chrialinu» prograiii at
Mark T nylnr «1 ux.. Lui. ». Hlk.
Mr. Olson, quarter, choir.
jib e clturcli last Tuetuioy eve-
3. - “ tVe
......... TTi XVnr j -
. !U nUU Al-.
L à » si' uc
‘ -iTTg
O. W . \ W «l «1 ux to L. G
jHlwylRjijiv r /
ship Him," Choir.
■AUSA
KHI H i L t £ f ur.,. Hi*r. 5Hi and
(truce, the »m alt ' son o f Mr.
t. “ Angels Are Singing in Ihe
REFLECTORS
Jiifd Mrs, \\ d , R o g e rs , »tuck sta rligh t," Misses Peterson «qd
là , T 1 \ h ■ w ., $10.
r WH could rodaci the spirit
J. T. U>iniit if 1»1 ux lo \\ j i fork tn In» eye. and it is fea r­ Huntley.
nf rhrtatmaa chaar half
Hcdliud el IIX 57.fi7 uè,.
ed (hat he w ill lose the sight
5. “ Tidin g* o f d rea l
Joy."
aa brilliantly aa a placa of
! 8. 17. 20. ntu1 21 . T. 1 8.. R o f the eye.
Mrs. W ebb and choir.
Ila will redact the rays from a
2 W.. $10.
lamp, wa should help to light
11. “ A Savior, Christ, is Horn"
rhe Metliodial Sunday school
Ihe world to an ainnilng degro
Firn* liM*(|| W ■ •ID mg tu John
Mr. Webb and Choir.
Who can hold out agalmt a
1. a» le II et ¡il. fill ne., See. 18, held their Christmas cnlcrtain-
7. "d lo ry to God," choir.
ment at Ihe eltureh last Thes-
«lulling fare that radíalas fun
T. 5 8,. H 1 V!’ .. í'Iff.
8. "M ary's Song to the Christ
da)
evening
al
the
M.
K.
nnd kindliness ? Who la cold
F. Il 1llnckctl el ux tn J. H
Child," Mrs. J. E. Davis.
enough to rosisi the malting
t.liurch.
Hnytiie
Cl »1*. Tin et 8. Frank-
,. "S lu g Unto the Lord a New
warmth o f real frlsedllnraa?
lin Ave 4 M , Heni verini», $10.
I’ he snow nnd cold weather S ong." Mr. Cndy and choir.
luff's pretend, this Christmas
Gnülo Il sia le He nk tn li. W hove furnished
10. “ Follow ing the Star" Mii-
that we arc very bright, and Imi
coasting
and
Gibbon. 0 ( 17-1000 sic.. Minoran skating for Ihe young
ta(e the mode*! tin redactor of
folks, Hliuda Shcycnbcrger.
t|i* lamp o f unquenchable good
Pül I». I . C.. No. 42. T. 2 s. hut ha* resulted in frozen pipes
11. "Christ. Our King," choir.
fallow ship I — Martha thinning
¡I. 3 ‘ W „ *1
iml various other dlsnslers in
I h<>maa.
Anna C. Hidermund to Chris­ die hoinaa,
Vetch »m l oat* planted early
I® l» t ( Westers ffswesapsr Pales )
tine Shelley el vlr. Tracts
III
in the spring make a good hay
'MtJMJtOJIOJU*** 1
* M I
P|
Henry Nid.’ind It !.. 0.. 110.
The
Production o f orchard grass crop for western Oregon.
----------- K & '-W Q *
- ■ ■
Kotiert Kirkland to Kdwln I*. ' se ‘d* on Oregon farms is uhoul sowing should he shallow— a*
Statile* et ox. ‘ .Hit n r , Andrew ! '5d pounds per ncre.
Oregon I 1-2 to 2 inches— and before
Moon mnd I co Honored
1 ’ i 0 P. I s , it. i farm lands produce 700 lbs. o f March I.
In the lower W il­
cve gi ns» seed per «ere. Both lamette valley seeding may be
ms Christmas Guests W.. $10.
I dwln I*. Slmile- td ux lo F. o f I he*« yield* are Qnuaunlly n little later due to cooler c li­
ewe HMY planned to have a moon
Im» el u\. 2.SB no., An­ good.
Until Oregon
farm ers matic conditions and more sum­
light skating party during tha Mien
Christina» aaaaon. All « f Ih* »oiing drew
Harper D. C. C., T. I R., glow enough lo slop Ihe 4 m il­ mer rainfall, hut Die earlier the
people, and a number of the hourly It 1 \V. $10.
lion pounds importation o f Ihe planting the more successful it
older ones, too, had been Interested.
(•corgi liciten- io Herman k *ccd* annually into Hte U. S„ is liable to be.
do tha party was planned.
Jon es
rt ux, N 't
l.o l
I I . her
A lto n farmers have « share in
And than every one hoped the two Vr.
Add
lle »v e rli> n -R e e d \ ille this tl5i*o acre, $350,000 oppor­
Bring Us Youc Jo!- Printing
honored filetta would not fall them.
TH
E B E A V rR T n n REVIEW
Ve..
$10.
tunity.
For without tha two honored guests
Charle* .1. Meitner lo Mary
there rould ha an moonlight abating
Meitner, l.o l* 2, 3. I. 8. 1». I I .
party.
What would a moonlight akuting A lvord-C arr-Hunier Suini. No. I.
party he without a moon and with See.,
27. 2«. T. I S„ H 2 W .
3
out teat
Nothing at all.
But rha m om name and the Ice
froge solid. And ilio crisp, d e a r air
seamed to have a »pedal Christmas
vim shout It, to«. — Mary Umilimi
ponoar
(4). 1114. W*«t*rn N«wip«p«r VdloM.l
Buddhists Ha vs Christmas
“ llnnn
Mata
Itnwera, la the oriental und Buddhist
hollduy season that corresponds to the
Chrlatmnstlde of the occidental Chrla-
tlun nations. Curiously enough. It la
the celebration In honor o f the founder
of the nuddhlat religion, who wna
(lautama Ituddhn, lord o f grace nnd
Infinite compassion. A great deni of
attention at the nensoti la given to Ihe
youth nf the nuddhlat land. It cornea
tn April. Buddha waa born BOA years
before Christ.
Trimming ths Trss
Some people hang everything on the
Christmas tree hut themselves! That
pomes later . . . when Ihe bills
arrive.—Martha Hanning Thomga.
$
1
which was Established in 1910
Ueaverton, WAshingion County, Oregon, Friday, December 26, 1924
Pt‘r V fU
o m it u a h
Always (he Way
I HE BANKS HERALD
.
John P. W agner el ux to
Mar) .1. Pomeroy, l o i I. illk. 3.
Curii* \dd„ Foresi drove. $2,-
r.nn.
Rumi M. d ross el vir lo James
d Dailey, l.ol 220. Johnson Its.
\dd . Heaverlon-Haedvllle Ac..
$1170.
Sheriff lo Jume» H. MePolund
purl oT Sec. Ml. T 2 S..H. I W ,
$15,1132.3(1
Mae Via lo Myrle Kessler, l.ol
8, lilk 8, First \• |d.. flunks, $10.
Sum W are el ux lo I.mils
Roeygens el ux, 50.22 ne.. See*.
MM mil MI. T • N.. IK 3 W., $in.
M. -1. Ilrodley lo Chits. Ham­
mock cl ux. Intel In Sonili Con»!
Add., Hillsboro, $10.
J. W . W orthington to Ernest
F. WorUiirrglon, oart o f Bee.
I l T . • 3 Y . R. 5 W., $10.
•I. II. ItHyburo el ux lo Minerva
“llnnllcv, lod 7. Hlk. 2. Simmons
Add.. H illsW ro, $1500.
Alvin M. Mowrcy et ux to
lame* C Wr-tergmrd cl ux.
Tract 3. I.ennx Ac., $100.
N. Hang* to S. P. Co., Hlk. 3,
Tim ber Tow nslle, $10.
Oenrg» V Feeley et ux lo
W illiam Portwysockl 10 nc.. See
31. T. 3 N., R. 4 W , $1500,
COUNTY AQERT
A loiter from the rt. A. C.
Extension Service state*
that
aevernl have lint presented their
amjntor checks for payment. In
cnao nnymic In»« not presentt>i|
Ihnir refund check nnd him held
Wi/e everything go nil right
|t over the thirty day limit i!
enn he redeemed hy sending It ••I Ibe office today, dear?
Husband No, I broke
m y
dlreel lo Margaret F. C.onk, Kx-
¡pencil point.
Unsion Secretary, Corvallis.
Step Lively!!
HEAVY
FARM
^asa Uis
jsm tw isty
THE BANKS HEKALD, Volume XV, N«. 6
TOLLS
HEART DISEASE
Perhaps It Is
linter urttle acales, had order
Tuberculosis han been pushed
sacks, foul dockage and smut from Its place a* arcti-exwu-
luy heavy toll In the grain grow- | lioner.
In its place, in moat
era 'o f Oregon and elsewhere, part» o f the countrjr, is heart
i’hejr are Ihe cause» o f many ¡disease, now the ch ief cause
difference* and misunderstand­ >>f death in these United Slates.
ing* between grow er* and buy­ Fortunately heart disease
i a
ers.
often rurable. It is preventable.
There is absolutely no excuse Hut Ihe effo rt to cope with It
for unreliable ami inaccurate must run the gamut o f
th e
-CJlIe». The slate provides ex­ seven
a g e »— from
childhood
perts who w ill lesl a|| scales when it is to be prevented, and
used for weighing grain
i r through Ihe middle years when
other product» that are bought it may he arrested and cured,
or sold. There t* no charge for lo old age when its disabilities
the leslin g and therefore
no may be alleviated.
Wo are on
Hug»- I wonder If that'» the chim­
excuse for the large variations Ihe threshold o f an onslaught ney Hanta I» coining down?
which loo often occur between upon it which promises
re­
Ihe country and Ihe terminals. wards a* rich and startling a*
Many a » »time that scale» are I hose o f which the tuberculosis
Let Christmas Spirit
accurate (hat have not b e e n campaigners dreamed daringly
Prevail Through Year
tested or checked for months, twenty year* ago.
•ytKfO H A T a world it wonid lx- If nil
or poMNihly year«, against stan­
I.a*l year orgonic hear! dis­
0 ^ 1
”t na kept Up the LRirlsIiuu»
dard w eigh !* for accuracy.
In ease killed many more people
spirit uli through the yea r!
country elevator ami warehouses lhan did tuberculosis and mon­ How much o f unhappiness, or discon­
they should he tested and check­ dial! half again as many as tent, or unrest, would we uii lie
ed at least twice a year, and cancer 'and tuberculosis. More­ spared? How many foolish quurreii
preferably more often.
When over, it usually kills hy inches. aud useless lilcki-rings would never lie
<<ur weight* are accurate it is A death from heart disease ha* If our heart* held die message o f love
com paratively easy lo establish typically hark o f it a story o f j and trust and peace (bat they do to­
day? How many ln>m»a would lie un-
a cheek upon Ihe weights re- ■ Infection in childhood or early broken
and how mar , ,en and »wm-a
r< ived al Ihe terminal market. ! adult life, o f loss o f working j would work togetli r in a nevr und
ami in c a s e if discrepancy, to j power in the most productive j deeper buad of love and service? Ibm-
afford a basis on which lo file yeara, o f a decade or more o f trivial and small •>..'ilil appear »«me
claim *
for
lo s s e s .
Terminal slowly waning strength, lead- i ,,f lh<* re»**'«* dint estrange uo from
•scales receive particular atten­ ing lo Invalidism, dependency **ch
H,m
;*n'1
tion a* regards accuracy, b e - ' and finally lo d-ath
¡l,tJ*
» n*‘ «ganders.»,,...
...
in** that haru|*?r our way axaf our
•ng tested si veal times during
o prevent smallpox, vaeci- I vision? How different oar fellow-atm
the year hy and against »fan,- ( n-tte.
l o prevent typhoid, pur- ■ would appear in on: eye»— their little
datd weights, which have beert : ify the milk and w o t e r supply, weaknesses und fuitkags would be
tested and certified to hy Ihe T o prevent heart disease— (hat ¡things to *tir «n r lie-art* to pity, in-
l'. S. Bureau o f Standards. Be­ i* not so simple.
One must stead o f to » c o r n und contempt Weil
cause o f Ihe unreliability jo f guard against infections o f the It would be for the world and for cacti
many country scale* many buy­ youth and childhood that may one o f u* ua indivi limi* If the *plrlt
er* prefer lo make purchase* not hare their consequences for of peace, o f love, of goodwill toward
all men burned In «u r hearts through
from the terminal market scale* , many years.
One must
live ail the year with tin- fervor It doc«
al slightly additional cost.
soundly.
And one should . be today. —Katherine Kdetmun.
Seale experts in testing and examined periodically for any
I® . 1 S 24 . W estern Ns*w»paper UnUm.)
cheeking at elevator* and ware- i sign* o f disorder imperceptible
houses have found those show­ lo Ihe layman.
As for cure:
F or the Christmas Turkey
ing variations aggregating sev- 1 that rests chiefly on compelen!
When your turkey has lm-n «luffed
••nil huiulryi pounds to
t u S diagnosis— plus character. Not j and you are ready to close the open­
carload,
Often
scales
a r e what Ihe health officer does fo r ! ing. try using small Moth picks such
checked hy warehousemen with
pu(
^(> for ourselves, I a* can be parch us.-1 for live cents a
ihe weights that are used with wi|| check this mounting peril box. Skewer It together with these
__
; Instead of the old-fashioned, tedious.
the scales, which very often re-
The commonest cause*
o f greasy way of »earing It together, and
-ult in apparently correct scale* heart disease are rheumatism j
how much better satlsJIed you will
giving an incorrect weight, dne and syphilis.
: be with this method. The tonthplck-
case showed an orror Of i|^M
Sonic heart disease* ara AD- , skewer» may he easily removed »(ter
pounds lo Ihe "draft, which on firelv preventable.
Mie turkey U masted and hold
Irm ly, tw-stdee being leas unsightly.
Ihe car o f 75n sack.* amounted
Some are wholly cureable.
to 450 pounds— the amount o f
grain billed out that was not
BIRDS
Christmas Tree Worth
put onto ttie car.
In
many
places scales have beeen found
By Anna S. Herzog
m ere Than Smtdl Coot
lhat were balanced hy
lying The little birds flew down today I
we justified in sacrificing some
r X ' - ,‘ :li
K we
nuts, washer* and oilier arti-
tr'-es fur the annual
Tpon the frozen ground,
five million
ii
oles on the counterpoise: thumb Ti • find some gra-s, a bug or
Christmas festival?
i’her* has been much >li*cossl<>n in
screws on poises lost or broken:
worm
the past few year» over this question
It-vers broken hy overloading;
Bui snow was all they found,
at Christmas tree«, tn view of the
platform blocked: beam
box
thought o f how l love those j rapid depletion of our forest» and the
locked and scales not properly
birds
increase in (he waste land area.
boxed, etn.
in summer, autumn, spring.
There an- those wh^ stoutly contend
It costs nothing to 'have ac­ At ¡<1 how it make* my heart re­ that It Is a foolish custom o f pagan
curate scales, and much mis­
origin, not worthy of perpetuation In
joice
understanding and trouble can
this enlightened Chrtatlan age, nnd
As 1 listen to them sing.
he avoided in having them re­ I know they do not stand much that It Is a senseless destruction o f
millions o f young, thrifty trees that
liable. Every warehouse
a n d
rhance
¡ire so much needed to supply the Um­
elevator should know that their
I f a rat should he arntind,
ber requirements o f the country.
scales are right.
When not a thing lo ea t'» in
Bn* strangely enough, the foresters
its s class, those who are most Inter­
sight,
kAnd snow is on the ground. ested in conserving tree growth, do
Potatoes fo r seed purposes
should he kept from extreme So I penned (he eat* up in the not share this concern about the
Christmas tree. They arc interested
house
chilling but stored al ns low
in growing trees end having them used
W hite the tie ;■ little birds i for their highest good. I f a ten-.vear-
a temperature as possible
to
fed.
keep them dorm ant- until plant­
old tree, of which 2.0110 or more can
ing time. A temperature o f -Iff !l did me good to see (hern eat. be grown upon n single nere, cun give
to 38 degrees .is a satisfactory'
And this is what one said: so much joy. wh:.f lx-tter use enn he
storage temperature.
Potatoes “ Oh, dear. I'm just so hungry made o f the trees?
The custom ia so welt established
Bui most afraid to eat.
affected with soft rot can be
that It will never lx- wholly discarded,
sorted out before Ihe trouble Pm afraid a eat w ill spy me.
and why should it tie? Is It not the
spreads to other tubers. ______
And take me for her m eat."
Christmas tree that gives the se'ting
Another said, "IH>n't worry.
‘ Tor the celebration? What Is more de­
I'm in a better mood,
lightful to children than the Christ­
Those eats are now penned up mas tree with Its candles or electric
lights, sliver trimmings, tinsel and the
inside.
other things that go with It? Take
So we can get some food."
A
|Another said “ I f that's*the case
Just watch me work my bill.
I was afraid I would be caught
12*.t don't Relieve I w ill."
Hut
The liltle bird* did then say
In chorus all together,
“ This cold and snow we do not
like,
II is sonic wintry weather.
“ So while the snow has covered
up
The things that we might eat
If you give us crumbs and water
foo
W e 'll think it quite a treat.
"A nd keep the cat inside the
house
W h ile we are having lunch
W e thank you every one o f n*
The
whole
little
feathery
hunch.
“ And pretty soon the cold will
pass.
As winter preeedst spring.
W e ’ ll pay you hack for all these
things,
W hen then again we sing."
FORGERS
BAFFLED
Pomp— No livin g man
can
forge my name to a check and
get It cashed.
W ym an— Yon must have an
J unusual signature.
I ■ Potnii— No. no money in the
*' .hank.
away the Christmas tree and you have
removed the chief charm. It ts the
something that I* eloquent o f senti­
ment nnd that has a much higher
value than the cost o f the tree. It Is
not to be measured by economic con­
siderations or commercial computa­
tions.— Frank Herbert Sweet.
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C h ris tm a s Invitation
an Insult to Mabelle
LO V E LY Christum* present—
an invitation to the «pern—
an insult! The lieaat I Oh,
the beast! And to think 1 had groutt
so fond o f hint. How could he he so
rude?" Mnbelle clenched her fists anil
paced the floor, a deep red flush suf­
fusing her face. She walked to the
mirror over the mantle and looked at
herself Intently. “ A bearded woman!"
she said In contempt at herself. “I
ntn bearded, o f course— but the nerve
o f him ! I've always intended to have
that frightful hair removed from my
upper Up.
It Is hideous, Isn’t It,
mother? But oh. how could be be so
unkind?"
“ Why. daughter, what are you talk­
ing about? I don't understand.
It
seems to roe if I were given an Invi­
tation to the opera ns Christmas greet­
ing I should be only tm> delighted.
And what has hair on your upper Up
to do with opera, anyway?"
“Oh, because, because." »tie sobbed;
"the o|x-ra—It's— it's the 'Barber of
S e v ille .'"— Marion It. Reagan.
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