Aurora observer., December 16, 1920, Christmas Edition, Image 9

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WHY SHE BELIEVED IN HI
Kills Two Birds With One Stone*—
Engagement Ring for Christmau
Present.
ÿ fîF O R E opening the slight
|| Christmas token I have
brought you, Miss Clara,”
said Mr. MacNerve, as he
took from his inside pocket
a small package and handed it to the
youing lady in question, ‘‘I think it
best to acquaint you, in my imperfect
way, with the state of my feelings.
To come to the point in as brief and
practical a .manner as possible, sparing
you all the unnecessary details, I may
as well tell you at once that 1 love
you. From the moment that I . first
met you I was fully aware that this was
inevitable. The more h set my mind
against it, the more I struggled to con­
trol myself— to be strong— thé more
"hopelessly I became involved.
You
will naturally ask at once why. I
should struggle against a passton
which is admitted by^ all to be the
source, of the greatest happiness
known to humanity. But I could not
regard the matter in a selfish light. It
was done, Miss #lara, because I have
doubted all along whether a man in'
my circumstances' had it Jn his power
to make a girl like yourself, who has
been reared »in such luxury, entirely
happy in the new and changed con
ditiofts that matrimony leads to. Was
it right in me, I said to mysèlf, to
jeopardize, your happiness by asking
you to share the lot of oné^ who, while
his present salary is a fairly com­
fortable one, is not at the same time
prepared to say positively that he will
succeed î I have now put The case
before you. I know you to be a Sensi­
ble girl, and one ^hose intuitions I
am sure will lead you aright. After
this ¿brief explanation I beg of you
therefore to look at my gift, and, if
your heart tells you to do so, accept
it from the man who loves you above
all others.”
Hastily breaking the seal the young
girl he addressed gazed for a brief
interval at the beautiful object that
lay in her hand.
Then advancing
swiftly to where he stood she threw
her, àriîrs around the neck of the man
•who had so worthily won her, ex­
claiming with a glad cry:
“ Dearest, how can I doubt you !
Anv, man who is cute enough to kill
two birds with one stone by giving a
girl an engagement ring for her Christ­
mas present cannot help but succeed !”
anorner iaa or tne spirneu age or wu
or twelve, would like a football and a
suit to play in ; the mechanical mind
ust revels over the mechanism of a
vonrierfnly constructed railway, a min-
ature airplane, or just a sim­
ple engine that can be made to run
gives hours of pleasure; then there is
'he popular' pushmobile, the" -wonder-'
nl joy everlasting, while snow and
i* lasts, sled and ice skates. If the
untyr man is a collector of stamps,
‘arge packages of foreign postage may
W b;»L and the nearest approach to at-
emiing a moving picture show is to
give the.boy a postcard projector with
\ hich he can have a picture show of
his own and invite the other boys if he
wants to.
To these few suggestions may be
added games, boy, scout stories, numer­
ous articles of wearing apparel and
possibly a wn«rh, ah Indian or some
other masquerade outfit, a wigwam
and so on through an indeterminate
list, but give him something he wants.
fA/. CHEAP ENOUGH
She: Now George, I want you to
give me something cheap for Christ*
mas.
He:
I was going to offer myself.
Impossible to Resist Influence.
It Ms quite'Impossible to resist the
sweet Influence of the coming holb
days and not to feel a thrill of sym­
pathetic delight over that which serves
to gladden all mankind. The very air
seems to have caught the inspiration
of the hour, and-no one can fail to per­
ceive, as he hurries through the
streets, when Christmas is drawing
near.
SH ER IFF’S NOTICE OF SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY ON
EXECUTION
By„ virtue of an# Execution oiit of
the Circuit Court of the State of Ore­
gon for the County of Marion on the
3rd day of December, 1 1920, in favor
of A. T. Winches., plaintiff and against
Marie Skotheim, defendant, • for the
sum of $100.00, U. S. gold coin, with
interest at the rate of 6 per ceht. per
CHRISTMAS THINGS FOR BOYS annum, from the 24th day of January
1919 and further sum of $17.50, costs,
Youngsters Like Presents That Af- and accruing costs, I have levied up-"
ford Amusement as Well as Being
on and will sell at Pubic, Auction, on
of Educational Nature.
Saturday, the 8th day of January,
1921, at 11 o ’clock, A.M., at the Court
T IS to be wondered if the
House door in Salem, Marion county
small boy’s taste and tem­
perament are really and and State of Oragon, all the- right,
truly considered when buy­ title and interest which the said
ing gifts, that are meant to Marie Skotheim, defendant had on pr
■Appeal to his inventive mind, or wheth­ after the ,24th. day of January, 1919*
er we simply purchase for him some date property was levied upon, in or
toy or object of entertainment which ; to the following described premises,
w.è in our never-failing judgment think 1 to-wit: All of lbt numbfer six (6)' in
fit that he should have.
It happens Block number five (5) of the City of
oftentimes that the boy who would
i Donald, County of Marion,. State of
give half his little kingdom for the
] Oregon, as shown by the plat on file
Humpty-Dumpty circus that some
ofher small youth received as his share j in the office of the County Recorder
from the Christmas pack receives a of Marion County, State of Oregon.
Terms of sale, cash, unless bid in
necktie, a pair of gloves and books,,
and vice versa.
With the host of by plaintiff.
wonderful inventions for the enter­
Dated at Salem, Oregon, this 6th
tainment and education of childhood, day of December, 1920.
why not study the boy’s beat and give
W, I. NEEDHAM,
him something with* which to develop
Sheriff of Marion County,Oregon.
his bent?
By 0. D. Bower, Deputy.
One boy, in fact many, would prize
First publication, December 9,1920,
a box of tools, and these very desirable
Last publication, January -6,1921.
outfits mav be had in anv size desired:
WHY NOT?
NO KIDDIES— NO CHRISTMAS
Children Are Absolutely Necessary to
' Keep the Yuletide and Happy
Season in Existence.
¡]DW ARD S: M ARTIN, who is
never happier than when
ej.writing about children, l-ad
a characteristic article in
the Metropolitan Magazine
I entitled “Christmas and Children.” In
the course of its lines Mr. Martyr In­
troduces a-suggestion- that is extreme­
ly unpleasant, but he dears it away de­
lightfully. He says :
‘^Consider, if there were to bev a
lapse of new babies for even so short
a time as ten yeaiJ, Santa Claus would
fade out of active existence and be­
come -a mere tradition to be read
about in books. A failure of the
infant crop for fifteen years would
result In the decay of the habit of
hanging up stockings, and. only an­
tiquarians would any longer taker the
trouble to have Christmas trees. Of
course, in such an unthinkable con­
tingency as that our world would be in
such a desperate state of dejection
that it would have no fun, though it
would go through the motions of ex­
istence from habit. But the kind of
Christmas keeping we are used to
would be knocked on the hedd. That
lasts simply and solely -because thére
are children. Thè people, who have
the children maintain the currem
Christmas practices for their chil­
dren’s sake, the older children main­
tain them for (heir own sake, and the
folks who have ho children keep them
up for old times’, sake and because it
is the custom of the country,
“ What an intolerable suggestion that
Is, of there being no children to be had
under 'fifteen years old;' no babies to
blink and cob at the Christmas tree
candies; no five-year-olds to come
downstairs in their nightgowns, after
their stockings ; no seven-year-olds - to
wake up everyone in thé house hours
before breakfast; no ten-year-olds to
sit at the Christmas board and be
warned against over-indjilgence in
ptum pudding. No consuming interest
in dolls and no market for them; no
laborious searching of the toy shops,
and harassing indecision whether to
get the same old toys or the new ones;
no active concern, about jack knives
and sleds and roller skates. No hav­
ing in—but it is much too awful to
go on about. Let us be devoutly thank­
ful that it is only an awful idea with**
out basis ; that there are Jots and- lots
of children In commission, of all kinds
and ages, and myriads more coming,
whatever croaks there' may be about
race suicide.” ,
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Plum Pudding, of Other Days.
A great deal hqs been .said, written
and sung about the plum pudding of
old England, but. centuries ago it had'a
formidable rival for epicurean favor
known as plum-pottage or porridge.
It consisted of beef or mutton ana de
into ¿a, broth, thickened with br&vp
bread, wlîich was then, thoroughly
boiled after raisins, currants, prunes,
cloves, mace and ginger had been add­
ed. This dish is now entirely obsolete,
though “ Poor Richard’s Almanac”,
mentions it as late as 1750, and a Mrs.
Frazer, who published a cook-book in
Edinburgh In 1791, announcing her­
self on its title page as the only teach­
er of the great art of cookery In that
city, gives a recipe for making Ht,
while Brand, the ¿)opular*!antiquaryl
tells ho\^ he partook of it at a Christ­
mas dinner in the mansion -of an old
English gentleman in 1801, but it has
long since been wholly supplemented
by plum pudding^ The origin of the
latter is veiled into obscurity. The
earliest cook-book which makes any-
reference to it is the one by Mrs.
Frazer already referred to as contain­
ing a recipe for plum pottage.
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■
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Well Led.
Mary and Robert, o f tender age, had
ponies as their Christmas presents and
were being tafight to ride. Daily they
were put on thé ponies’ backs at the
entrance to Central park In New York,
ana were taken for the prescribed^
round. Being only four and six years"
respectively, they welcomed the kind
attentions of grooms, especially the
immense help of leading the pony. But
it was best that they should go it
alone.
Near by the plaza entrance, of
course, is the bronze equestrian statue
of General Sherman, with victory go­
ing before his horse. Mary, after be­
ing for a long time without a groom
to lead, one day looked wistfully at
the statue.
“Father,” she said, "wasn’t it awful­
ly kind of that man’s wife to lead his
herse for himj”-
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S A LE N O REG O N
Rooms 1 and 2, I. O. O. E, Bldg.
CANBY, OREGON
A Pure Bred
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home is always a jovial
event, or should be. The father
has closed his ledger with a
“ Thank God” that there is now
and then a respite from toll,
from the perplexities and cares
of everyday life, an oasis in the
desert of the year, and yields
himself for the time to the
pleasure of creating new joys
for The loved ones at the home
fireside.
The mother’s heart
overflows with love and thank­
fulness as she watched the inno­
cent and enthusiastic glee of
her little ones over their Christ­
mas gifts. And as‘ for the chil­
dren themselves, what eternity
of time could compensate them
for the loss of one Christmas?
Capital National Bank
DENTIST
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Guernsey Calf
Is a most appropriate Christmas G ift fo r the Farm Boy, fo r
interest him more than the ownership of a pure bred calf?
w hat
w ill
I f you wish to keep the Boy on the farm , he must be interested. H e
must be made to feel that he is being taken into the confidence o f his parents.
H e must be given ownership in something.
The owners o f Foshay Farm are interested in keeping the farm boys on
the farm, and while the -financial situation is just now a little tight, they are
preparecTto give responsible parties time payments on Pure Bred Guernesy Ball Calves.
They have some o f the Best Producing Guernseys in Oregon, with rec­
ords up to 12,403 lbs. o f milk, and 601.42 lbs. o f FAT., The sire o f the calves w e
offer has thirteen tested dames with an average production o f 638.37 lbs. FAT.
These calves are ail typy fellow s and fit to head pure bred herds.
pedigree show production to exceed one thousand pounds o f fat.
Their
Just w rite or phone the Foshay Farm, Hubbard, Oregon, or better still
visit it,see the calves, and learn the liberal terms upon which they may be bought.
FOSHAY FARM
(A. R. GUERNSEYS)
Octav Voget
HUBBARD,
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O REG O N
Mary Voget