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A GOOD SUBSTITUTE
The Scio Tribune
tions al borne was of the simplest
Christmas
CTime
Bu THOMAS A CLARK
dess of Ms* ItawM* of Uhsa,
to. IfM. Wsststn »»VMM Vaia»
F Al.I. the Illusion»
of chlldt>m»'l> I gnvv
up with most rv
luctancc tboar that
elusterwi
around
Christman.
The <>ld Mint wbc
dltubed dov. n th«
chimney Into lhe
fireplace in our sitting muiu and
('tirisi-
filled
our
stockings
on
mar Eve was an real to me M*
Moeen or George Washington or m>
grandfather or any other per- n itf
whom I had heard but whom I !;;<•:
never personally met
II«' 1« t • n-
real today when I am In reminiscent
moods. pertisps because I have always
wnnted him to be real. l>-ug after I
recognised all the auMerfa>:es wth
were being practiced on me us n chili)
at Christmas time. I never admitted
them even to myself, for I w.is quite
willing to submit to the dec-pti< n»: I
wan made happy by all the ceremonies
end surprise*
I have never In »11 my llfa born
away from home nt Christmas time; I
lio|<e I never ahalt be. Christina >-'s
nrv for me the moat delightful t’l.r--
f f
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oxrra
HAROLD ALBRO.
Manufacturing Opt>c»an
The Scio Tribun«
Generil Newi
Supplement, Dec. 17. 1925
r!.<r -'.-r 1 t.l tic
w»« full of
possibilities and surprises. The din
ner lacked th* cvnimtlonal roast tur
key. Instead there wan a roast g<«>»e
or a huge Joint of roast bwf (following
the English custom with which my
mother wan familiar) with suet dump
lings and gravy. There waa alway*
too. a loaf of vplc«H) bread end plum
pudding with a delightful muc « of
dmwn butter, and there wnn mince
pie faltoWial with KUlts and nilalus and
other gociics
Just as -home*’ always suggests to
me augur cook Im. hot fr”tn the o»rn,
with mother warning tne not to mt so
many an to make myself sick, no Christ-
man Invariably brings to my mind (be
thought of raisins. Tl-ry were In the
spiced bread wbhh mother mnde. the
plum pudding waa --"ngrated with
them. I found them ulwayn on Christ-
mas morning In my stocking with other
g -d thins» to eat. and there wn» reg
ularly on t'hriBtmas day a dish of them
on the table io I m > eaten after dinner.
It wn» not ali-urrtper what we had to
eat Hint gate <*hrlstmu» such a high
plan- In my regard, thimgh that I.rlprd
mairriully. no doubt It waa the mya-
tvry, tl <• anticlpniloo, the preparation
and the «ur|>r!»r of It all; the gatlier-
Intt b-gvther of nil the family, the
r im< < Ito- roorltig lira In the fir--piare.
and the general hilarity and g<ea1 will
prevailing that made Chrlatmaa far me
lhe best loved of all the holidays of
Ibe entire year.
We are rather outgrowing Christ-
a friend said to me a few days
“I <l<«rt believe it ia ever going
for any one again Just as It used
to be ”
I -n ! . though there are »>ine
cents (■••nnc, t«d with the mlHiratloo
of Christmas, there la the real Christ
urns which I ata sure I shall never out
grow If I should hang up my stock-
Ing by the fireplace n-‘W. | feel Just aa
»Un- as I -ver did that old Hidnt Nick
would get In some way l«efore morn
ing nud fill It na he used to do when
I was a child. My fnitli In Christmas
tma never wntted. and my need far It.
! |.notice economy badly al any lima,
but with the grvstrst difficulty at
Clirlsttnua time, and m;>e>-l«lly since
the price« of my own particular varte-
ties <>f frunklncenie- and myrrh have
been so affected by the economic con
dition» ¡t la what Is In our hearts that
makes Christ nuts n-al. The song of
Wants more readers, and n asking its 500 readers
to help secure them. Thia is how:
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nomical way to make a Christmas
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rf W but tu subscribers who are
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For Utils Folks
is as though Manta Hsus has
gon« to mure trouble msklng thin«»
foe tbs little (tris than tbs littls boys 1
till year
Thera are ronipivie tea
seta of lusterwar«. electric m * s that
really cook food In sulfii lent quaulltlea
for a g«od sited tea party, real cedar
cheats fioor fampa. and »swing table*,
ail fust aa nicely finished as tbs grown
«par farwltur*
Charity at Hom»
me. MB 1 ■ >” *• I, ¡ting for
our Christmas rummage **!■
What
do you do with your old ciothe»?“
“Why. I brush them and fold thorn
carefully al alght. and I put them on
again in the morning
WIXTT 2R IH 1 IHRE
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Do not delay getting your tops, cur
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T iiei - honk
Al B a NY. OREGON
Irate
The bride buried the cookbook out
of the window.
After II seat the retualna of a
Ortstmaa pl*
“Now," Mid »lie. "Just let me get
one erwek at the fallow who invented
the phrase 'euay as pie.'
The Scio
I nbune
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A splendid selection of
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fall planting. Drop us a
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prices.
Nothing is more attrac
tive in the home th.in a
l>owl of Gold Fish. They
give the room life, and
provide endless entertain
ment for the children.
Reasonable in price, in
expensive to keep.
nnvl» 1« In ihe alr If thè (Tirisi-
«pirli I» In <>ur lioarl* (Tirisi mas
la ne gleni a renllty u» It «-ver wus. if
we wlll tuake II »*», and far un all thè
nngels nrv agaln pnx-laiming aa tbey
dld timi night In Palestine, «•enturta»
ugo, "t.Sory l<> Uovi Ih thè hlghest. nnd
»•«rth | hsicw , gnod «ili luwnrd men.'"
1 »hall I mr up my stocklng al
irtstma» Ève, tliere wlll I h - rolaln»
in It In ite morntug. I bave fallii tliat
the old C.irl'ttnan Joys will ba tu ina
um« mon-.
The Christmas Sock
Christmas I’ve I» about ths
time a st<H-kinx I» nearer whole thaa
bole.
Christmas Card That
Ended Hia Loneliness
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Wg carry a rompleta stock
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pt »11 several year» circuntilancaa had
V made Jamca Wlngall mow from
town to town no that fie seemed to lose
almoat the entire connection with bln
pant. Ha was no occupied with trade
he did not note the passing yearn, nor
realise that alm<»«t all hta arhooimataa
now were married and be a bachelor
of thirty five.
one Christmas Eve. however, when
he returned to an empty hotel room.
It was with feelings that In aplte of hta
buMnesa nuecesa, something vital wan
lacking In bin life I’rrhapa that waa
why he dl'ljked Christmas no. W hen
bu»lt>< «• ■ vane.1. nothing elae remained
In the wUltu<le of his mom. ha
opened the few t'hrlotinaa cnrdn which
»till sought him out. Every one be
»canned he loaned »»14«. except oae
from the first girt, he had ever
kissed He held It tenderly and read
It many time* 'Too faithful Jsir,*
he murmured, and going to the tele
phone Inqult >d when he could catch
a train. Ho had decided to go home
and aee hla friends again, and find a
partner. If he could. to make llfa
really a suceen*—H. Undue Hook.
<C. ISM. « —<
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