HOLIDAY OUTLOOK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1927
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H oliday H in ts
W hat's a housew ife's time w orth?
I . n e say not much but the Amc-ri
can B ureau of Economic Ri search
«■ays re a l money in dollars and
* cents.
A ccording to the b ureau th e a v e r
ag e housekeeper does $1,751.43
w orth of work a year—alm ost
equals the average m an’s salary.
In te rp re t that in term s of our
co u n try 's w ealth.
Well, it is estim ated th a t ninety-
five per cent of A m erican house
w ives do th e ir own housew ork and
in th is way add $18,000,000,000 to
th e income of the country. H ouse
keeping m ust be an im portant in
d u stry —certain ly it’s a good big
sound investm ent.
If we consider tim e to do house
w ork in term s of money, then
su rely it’s w orth saving.
Time
saved aud reinvested in w orthw hile
liesu re m ust be interest com
pounded.
L et's see what saves
tim e.
Most of us tire ourselves out be
cause we w ant to do everything.
T ired heads and hands don’t save
tim e. F resh ones are alert, quick
and accu rate and accom plish twice
as much as tired ones.
A good rule for the holidays is
"keep rested."
P lan to do ju st
those things th a t seem most im por
ta n t to you and your family and do
them the easiest and best way.
T here are lots of ways to save
tim e in the kitchen. Lots of the
th in g s th a t are easy to cook are
ju st as good as the ones th a t are
h ard to make and a lot of the old
dishes can be made In half the time.
Why spend a day and night m ak
ing bread, if the sume good bread
can be made in less th an four
h o u rs? J u s t get the latest method
and give it a fair trial.
Take biscuits, for instance, if the
fam ily likes delicious hot biscuits,
and m ost fam ilies do. You can
m ake a pan of biscuits for break
fast in half the usual tim e, ju st
about three m inutes to be accurate,
if you prepare the dry ingredients
beforehand. M easure two q u arts
o r eight cups of sifted flour and
sift three tim es with sixteen level
teaspoons o r five tablespoons of
baking powder and four teaspoons
of salt. T h a t’s enough flour, bak
ing iwwder and sa lt to m ake bis
cu its four tim es for a family of live
about forty-eight biscuits. Put
this flour m ixture awuy In a tightly
c o .e re d tin can I t ’s as easy as pie
to add the shortening and milk and
m ake biscuits for breakfast.
W rite me w henever I can be of
help with your baking—M artha
Meade, Home Service
Bureau,
S perry F lour Co.. San Francisco.
Five carloads of shelled p eanuts
a re roasted dally, and tw o carloads
of sugar, two carlo ad s of m ilk and
four carloads of chocolate are
am ong th e in gredients used each
day in one huge candy p la n t In th e
United S tates.
WALRAD
Merc. Co.
Phone 1411
( 7 / HISTM .1S / TEMS
M em orie C lu s te r R a isin s
d ” ,,
1-pound p ack ag e........
Valley C luster Raisins
2-pound p ac k ag e s........
35c
CURRANTS, O tter brand
l-pound p ac k ag e........ .
20c
OO.,
RAISINS, Stinmnld
Needle»« A I’lfled , 2 f o r . . Xi»>C
HAISI YS
4-pound packagi
.. :!:ic
Xmas Park PRUNES
5-pound b o x es..........
85c
DRUM ED ARY DATES
2 packages ...............
45c
PITTED B A IE S
2 packages ...............
LAYER PIGS
per lb. 20c; per box
45c
$1.45
BULK BYTES
2 pound«.........................
25c
WALNUTS, Calif. No. 1
per pound .....................
25c
WALNCTN, Oregon
F ranquett«, per pound
30c
BRAZIL NUTS
large w ashed. p o u n d ..
30c
ALMONDS, ex tra fancy
Calif, »oft »helled, lb.
35c
ALMONDS, Texas
b ard »helled, lb ............
25c
Ell.H ER T S. O regon’«
pound .............................
25c
I’EAM TS, freah roasted
pound .............................
20c
Holiday Mixed < and)
pound .
..........
15c
( HIM Ol.ATES, CIGARS.
TOBACCO and CIGARETTES
In Xma» box«*»
1 4k “A Christmas for Sale” i
Christman Seals Aid
Community Health
T he h ealth of every com m unity
In Oregon depends to a very g rea t
ex ten t upon th e public h ealth w ork
th a t is being ca rrie d o ut in every
oth er com m unity in th e state. No
com m unity Is Isolated. T h is is e s
pecially tru e w ith reg ard to tu b e r
culosis because of th e n a tu re of the
disease. T he program for th e con
tro l of th is disease m ust be sta te
wide and co n stan t. T he stim u la
tion of local lead ersh ip is one of
th e th in g s accom plished by th e O r
egon T uberculosis association and
its affiliated county h ealth author!
ties, In cooperation w ith th e of
ficial h ealth agencies of the coun
tie s and th e state, according to Dr.
F red erick D. S trick e r of the sta te
board of health , who says con cern
ing It;
“ E very leader In every locality
m ust help if we a re to banish tu
berculosis. No h ealth program can
succeed w ithout th e help of volun
te e r leaders. They help to keep
the h ealth n u rse posted on health
problem s.
T hen they help to
solve those problem s by giving
th e ir services and by supplying
funds th ro u g h th e p u rch ase of
C hristm as Seals.
“The C h ristm as Seal sale has
been adopted by th e A m erican peo
ple as a reg u la r holiday in stitution.
It ca lls atten tio n to th e need of
active work for th e eradication of
tuberculosis.
It also provides
funds for th e w ork of th e volun
te er agencies as distinguished from
the official and governm ental ag en
cies.
"No sta tistics can tell the whole
story of w hat the C hristm as Seals
have done; of th e prevention of
suffering and of d estitu tio n ; and of
the lives Haved y early to u sefu l
ness and com m unity service. Sim
ple p ractical advice for persons
suffering from tu b ercu lo sis and for
o th ers
has
been
distrib u ted
throu g h o u t th e sta te of Oregon.
The penny C hristm as Seal Is
pledged to the ta sk of erad icatin g
tuberculosis. E very p u rch aser of
'h ristm a s Seals is en titled to a
th rill for assistin g In providing
b etter care for th e tuberculous.
'Oregon owes much to th e devo
tion, self sacrifice, th e civic sp irit
and th e vision of the men and
women who year afte r year have
assisted in the sale of th ese seals.
" I t also owes m uch to th e larg er
arm y of men, women and children
who each year buy and use the
C hristm as S eal.”
C h ristm as Seals in G resham are
on sale at various places of busi
ness. In addition to th is a supply
for each fam ily rep resen ted in the
G resham g rad e school has been
m ailed directly and any left over
will be retu rn ed to the school when
it is opened again, to g eth er w ith
the money for those used.
All seals sold in G resham will
be to th e cred it of the school.
H etty was cro ss, o r sh e would
not have said it; and Max was te a s
ing— Max was u su ally teasing. He
loved his p retty sister, but he could
seldom be m ade to see th a t her
sm all trib u la tio n s w ere an y th in g
but funny, an d he was m ore in
clined to be ag g rav atin g th a n sym
p athetic.
It w as the day before C hristm as,
and th e ir fa th e r and m other had
been unexpectedly called aw ay
from home to m eet an old frien d
who w as ab o u t to sail for E urope.
T he th o u g h t of spending th e holi
day w ithout them seemed fo rlo rn
enough to H etty, especially as a
friend of h ers, who could u su ally
be depended upon to b rig h ten w hat
Max called "su ch o rphaned occa
sions,” w as too sick to come to
them . L ast of all, a d ain ty bit of
China, w hich H etty had painted as
a g ift for the invalid, had Just come
back from th e "firin g ” ruined, and
it w as too late to do an o th er.
“N ever m ind, my dear Mehet-
ab el; accid en ts will happen," said
Max, in th e seren e tone of one who
had no ap p reciatio n of a rtistic la
bor, or of w hat such a loss m eant.
I suppose an o th er soap dish,
p ainted an o th er day, w ill a n sw e r.”
" It w asn 't a soap-dish, an d you
know my nam e Isn’t M ehetable!”
answ ered Hetty.
“ Well, then, my H etty w lthout-
any-able, be consoled th a t to m o r
row is C h ristm as.’’
It w on’t be w o rth callin g C h rist
m as," she said p etu lan tly . “I'd sell
my sh a re of it very cheap."
‘You w ould? A dvertise it th e n ,”
advised Max. "T h a t’s th e su re st
way to g et rid of w h at you don’t
w ant to keep.”
B ut H etty w as in no mood to be
laughed at, and she responded very
prom ptly when B ridget sum m oned
h er from th e room. L eft to him self
Max looked aro u n d th e p re tty
place w hich H etty secretly called
h er studio, and p rese n tly an Idea
(lashed into his m ischievous head,
w hich he acted upon in hot haste.
He prin ted a larg e
p lacard —
’C h ristm as for Sale, C heap”—and
hung it in th e window w here the
shade would hide It from w ithin,
but w here It could be plainly read
from th e stree t. H etty would be
su re to go over to h er frien d 's in a
few m inutes, and th en she would
be su re to discover it, her b ro th er
thought, laughing to him self as he
pictured th e look h er face would
w ear w hen she saw it.
He sau n tered off, and H etty, r e
tu rn in g to th e q u iet room, did not
go o ut th a t afternoon. Two hours
la ter, w hen Max retu rn ed , he had
forgotten his joke In fre sh er in
te re sts. He and H etty w ere c h a t
ting before th e fire w hen th e door
bell ran g , and B ridget b ro ug h t a
little boy into th e room.
'I c a n 't m ake o u t w h at he
w an ts,” she said.
'I w ant to buy a C h ristm as,”
“In d ie s”
It w as disclosed by a recent s u r
vey th at th e sales in 1926 of rayon
and silk u nderw ear for women had
Increased, respectively. 45 per cent
and S per cent over sales in 1925
and th at th e sales of cotton had de
creased 33 per cent. By delving
fu rth e r Into sta tistics. It Is found
th at the sales of rayon u n d erg a r
m ents during th e past year re p re
sents 36 per cent of th e total u n
derw ear business. *The average
woman buys four vests, four slips
aud four p air of bloom ers annually,
according to th is rep o rt.
G irls
who work In sto res spend more
money on silk lin g erie th an the
average housew ife, It is said.
S tupendous b ut Useless
Sixty centuries ago a stupendous
stone stru ctu re was built covering
(lie equivalent of Id city blocks, or
about 13 acres. It stretched Its
pointed apex nearly ¡MS' feet lieav
onward, and has stoisl through all
times as a monument to the man
who reared It its a colossal ntnuso
leum to house his kingly h olies.
tin e h u n d red tlo u - ‘ini men, «ays
th t1 record. toiled u n d er th e scorch-
ing sun o f Egypt for 30 y ears to
d lli.it s tru c tu re N inety million
i
P' si one upon
d
form lite
U I’
the
the I!. ■
>ps. It was
■Id «I en M,.«es
out »f Israel
.
Bine Serge Suits fSKM.
All wool, latest m odels for men
and young men. Come and aee
them. A ylaw orth A M artin, G resh
am,
tf
GRESHAM
OUTLOOK, GRESHAM,
OREGON
Candy and Electricity.
perfum es, to ilet soaps and chew ing
and donned her hat.
“I th in k I ’d b etter go, too. and
T he e n tire elec tric bill of th e n a gum is m uch la rg e r th a n th e elec
c a rry th is pie,” she said.
“ I t j tion is less th a n th e bill of th e n a tric bill in all the homes. T he av
would be a pity if It should fall off i tion fo r candy and tobacco. The erag e cost of electric service in th e
th e b a s k e t”
c ig a re tte bill alone is m ore th a n 50 hom es is only 8 cen ts a day.
At a shabby little house w hich per cen t g re a te r th a n th a t for elec
stood by itself a t th e end of an | tric service In all th e hom es of th e
D on't forget the ad v e rtise rs when
alley th e child stopped. H astily J country. T he am ount sp e n t for you
need anything in th e ir line.
depositing th e b ask et on th e steps, |
and leaving him to m ake his way j
in alone, Max and H etty retrea te d . |
From th e sh e lte r of a tre e acro ss j
the stre e t they could see th ro u g h <
th e u n cu rtain ed window and catch 1
a glim pse of h u rried ly moving I
figures.
“W ouldn’t I like to h ea r him tell
his sto ry ,” laughed Max. “T he old
T W E L V E -M IL E ST O R E
er ones w ould th in k he had in v en t
ed it, if it w ere not for th e b ask et.”
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T he la st tra c e of despondency
«
was gone from H etty ’s glow ing
face, and h er eyes w ere shining
w ith som ething m ore th a n m irth.
"To th in k of all we have, Max!
I don’t believe I ’ll ever be so cross
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w w A Tv n W
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and u n g rate fu l ag ain .”
“ I th in k we m ight do q u ite a b u s
iness in th is kind of C hristm ases.
In o u r la rg e r new q u a rte rs w e a re b e tte r able
If I live till an o th er y ear I m ean to
to su p p ly your needs in
m an u factu re a stock of them ,” de
clared Max.
B ut H etty understood th e e a rn
estn ess u n d er th e fun.
“ ‘O little tow n of B ethlehem ,’
how fa r its lig h t sh in e s!" she said.
—T he Olive Branch.
said the little fellow, looking a t
H etty.
H e w as n ot m ore th an six or
seven y ea rs old; his toes w ere
peeping out from his w orn shoes;
all his clo th in g w as poor and th in ,
but the ch ild ish face w as b rig h t
and in ten sely earn est.
"B uy a C h ristm as!" H ejty r e
peated.
"Y es’m ; I don’t know w h eth er
you’d sell one for a dime, but
th a t’s all I ’ve got, and th e sign in
your window said you’d sell ’em
cheap.”
.
H etty stepped to th e window,
w hirled th e card around, and flash
ed a look a t Max.
“Oh, I ’ve nothing to do w ith
th a t,” she said. " I t is th is young
m an who atten d s to selling th e
C h ristm ases. You m u st ta lk to
him about it.”
Max looked confused, b ut th e
sm all cu sto m er did not notice it as
he tu rn e d to him.
" I don’t know much about ’em,
f.y we never had any a t our house,
but if I could get an y kind of a one
W hen you need a n y of th e s e n e c essities, th is is
for ten cents, I ’d like it. Ted
th
e
p lace to com e.
T h e M o c k in g F u tu re
know s about ’em, and h e’d planned
T<> do good is tlie only way to be
for su re to have • one th is year.
happy. Some people seem to deceive
T ed’s my big b ro th e r; h e’s 12 y ears themselvea, trying io speak of their
old, and he sells papers. T h e re ’s way of life In the past or In the
only him and g ran d m o th er to earn future, but not In the present.
Union Gasoline
m uch—she w ash e s some, and she Nothing so impedes tru e happiness
Goodyear & Mansfield Tires and Veedol Oil
k n its sto ck in 's. I ’m going to m ake (which consists In living a good
life) as the habit of expecting
a lot of m oney w hen I get a little something from the fu tu re ; w here
bigger. Ted, h e’d prom ised Tude as for tru e happiness, which con
and Baby a C hristm as, b u t he h u rt sists In Inner self-content, the fu
his foot, so he feels aw ful bad tu re can give nothing and every
Res. Phone 313
thing Is given by the past. The
'cau se he c a n ’t buy ’em anything. younger a man is the less he be
I earn ed th is ten cen ts m yself, lieves in goodness, though he Is
ru n n ln ' erra n d s for folks today, more credulous to evil.—Tolstoy.
and when I see your sign, I come
In."
He w as such a stu rd y little fig
ure, his b lu e eyes so honest and
eager, and th e sm all hand w hich 1
held o ut th e tre a su re d coin w as so
rough and red w ith cold! Max’s
th ro a t sw elled, and he looked a p
pealingly a t his sister.
“I ’m a fra id we h av en ’t an y of
th a t kind of C h ristm ases left on '
our shelves,” he said, “b u t m aybe
we can find som ething th a t will
do. C an’t we, H etty ?”
H etty aro se w ith o u t a word,
produced a m a rk e t-b ask e t of good
ly size, and in to it w ent packages
Never in our history has our stock of merchandise suitable for
from p an try , c e lla r and w ardrobe,
w ith candy and n u ts to m ake it
the Holiday Season been as complete as this year. We have used
“look C h ristm asy .”
T hen Max
every
care to make the best selections possible, and offer you high class
grav ely pocketed th e dime, b e
merchandise, always at prices consistent with careful merchandising.
cause, as he said, he "w o u ld n ’t for
an y th in g deprive th e little m an of |
Naturally, with stocks so large and varied it is possible to call your
the sa tisfactio n of feeling th a t his |
attention
to a few items only. Make our store your headquarters when
C h ristm as w as honestly bought
and paid for w ith h l’s own hard
in town and inspect our different lines at your leisure. A glance will
ea rn in g s.”
convince
you that it is not necessary to go further for varieties, quali
“ We do n 't u su ally deliver our
ties or prices.
goods," explained Max. “b u t as we
have no o th e r cu sto m ers ju s t now,
and as the b ask et is too heavy for
you, 1 don’t m ind going along to
c a rry it."
In great variety. Prices range from
T he early du sk had fallen, and I
Boxes of your husband’s favorite
H etty threw a cloak around her
17c to 50c per pound
smoke. 10 and 25 in a box.
I G. W. Page & Co. f
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RUBBER FOOTWEAR
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P h one 1121
XMAS
GROCERY BULLETIN
Stocks are Complete
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XMAS CANDIES
BOX CAN DIES
XMAS CIGARS
Box 50. to $2.25
50. to $1.25
NUTS
DATES
OREGON W ALN U TS........... lb. 25. 1 DROM EDARY......pkg. 2 for 45 c‘
ALMONDS
lb. 30. ; PH I I D I)A I LS pkg. 2 for 45c
B R A Z IL S .................................. lb. 30c I ! B U L K ................................ 2 lbs. 25c
When Xmas Turkey
is Mentioned
FIGS
RAISINS
Choice Baskets Assorted Figs
J S l ’N M A ID PU FFED 2 pkgs. 25.‘
75c ; SI NMAID SEEDLESS 2 pkgs 25c
Imported Black Figs ......... pkg. 20< » M A RKET DAY, Spl, 4-lb. pkg. 35(i
Imported’White Figs.......... pkg. 20c | Cluster RAISINS... 15-oz. pkg. 15^
each ............ .................
PUDDINGS
PRUNES
Phone
Oregon Italian Prunes,
for sending east.
5-lb. fancy box....
1891
No n e e d to even ta k e th e tim e to com e
a n d Belect y our ow n T u rk e y . T ell u s th e
size bird you w a n t, or th e n u m b e r of
people you w ish to serve, a n d w e w ill do
th e re st. If you p re fe r o th e r fowl, we
have a good a s so rtm e n t.
I Cross & Blackwell’s Plum Puddings,
Imported from London, med 45c
{ Heinz Plum and Fig Puddings,
} med. size 45c, large size.......... 75d
£
GRAPE JUICE
I
MINCE MEAT
2 lbs. 35.*
Pure Concord Grape Juice suitable M IN CE M EAT, bulk
for beverage, or making jelly.
M IN CE M EAT, Heinz,
1 gallon glass jugs, special
$1.49 !
1-lb. can 25«’, 2 lbs. 45c
Of course, we have Ducks. Geese. C hickens
and ro a sts for those who p refer them . Always
the choicest and ten d erest. Elll your Ckrlstm a»
and New Year D inner Menu here.
S E R V IC E
We wish to invite you especially at this busy time to make use of the
careful service which we have provided for your convenience. When busy at
home phone us your orders and they will receive careful and prompt attention.
When you drive down town there is ample parking space about our store
where you may leave your car and shop in comfort. Remember, The Big
Store on the Corner.
// e take this means of thanking our
many friends and patrons and wish all
a Merry Christmas and a Happy and
Prosperous New Year.
GRESHAM MEAT MARKET
Store open evenings all next week
A. J. W BROWN. Prop
Pow ell S treet
Phone 1*91
On the M t. Hood Loop Highway
O rder your O ysters eafly
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tra d in g Stamp»
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A. IV. Metzger & Co.
Store Dept.
Phone 1451
3 fcW
Quality and Serrice
few £W va
Feed Dept.
Phone 1281