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Our Accomplishments—
What Have They Been?
HAVE always found, even in
jjjj youth, quite as much interest in
looking back as in looking for-
ward. It is good to plan for the fu-
ture, but there is quite as much to
be gained from reviewing the past and
in seeing how far we have come, how
much we have accomplished, In what
ways we have developed.
I was talking to Foreman about the
year that is so nearly at an end. He
was dissatisfied with his progress and
uncertain as to whether or not tlfe
time and money he had expended had
been worth while. He had learned
little, it seemed; for all he could see,
he wasn’t different than when he had
left the little country town nine months
ago. But I could see that he was a
little more self-possessed, a little
surer of himself, a little less crude
in his manners. He was learning to
think, learning to meet people, and
developing a little wider range of in-
terest than when he left home.
As you come to the end of the year
and look back, how far have you
come? It is an easy question to ask,
but possibly not so easy to answer.
When we were little children at
home, mother used to teach us after
we had said our prayers at night to
go over in our minds for a minute or
two the events of the day and try to
determine whether it had been a good
day for us or a bad one. Often we
dropped off to sleep before we had
gone far, bat it was a good experi-
ence, this looking our accomplish-
ments in the face and trying honestly
to estimate them. It is something ilike
this that I should like to put before
you as this year Is closing. What has
the year meant to you? New friends?
New powers? New ideals? Have you
done something worth while ? Are you
better, stronger, more able to fight the
battles of the world than you were a
year ago? Are you wiser with a wis-
dom that is dean, healthy and uplift-
ing? If so, the year la ending happily
for you.—Thomas A. Clark, Dean of
Men, University of Illinois.
(©. 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
Nothim^BB^an Say
as Much as a Letter
H O B O D? will buy you,*
laughed a red poinsettia at
a dull-looking pad of paper.
“You have been on the counxer so long
you look positively dog-eared. Besides,
you’re not Christmasy at all. Why
they don’t shove you out of sight I
can’t understand—you don’t belong on
a Christmas counter.”
The red poinsettia flaunted her brib
Uant petals under the electric lights
and felt that everyone was admiring
her.
The pad of paper said nothing.
There was nothing to say.
Finally there came along a poorly
dressed young man. He touched the
velvety petals of the poinsettia. “Ma
would like that,” he murmured; “it
would dress up her room real pretty.**
“Mercy f” breathed the poinsettia in
disgust,” I hope I shan’t have to bo
disgraced by being sent to some
shabby little place. That would be un-
bearable.”
The young man looked longingly at
the red flower. “I could not send it to
her very well,” he at last decided, “but
I can write her a good long letter.
She would like that, 1 guess. Here, I’d
like this paper pad, please, miss. It
ain’t handsome, but my mother will
like some of the words I’m going to
put on it. Only five cents? Well, well,
I can buy her something else. The
poinsettia is mighty pretty, but it can’t
say what my letter will.”—Martba
Banning Thomas.
(©, 1924, Western Newspaper Unidn.)
Christmas Tree Worth
More Than Small Cost
*2* RE we justified in sacrificing some
five million trees for the annual
Christmas festival?
There has been much discussion in
the past few years over this question
of Christmas trees, in view of the
rapid depletion of our forests and the
increase in the waste land area.
There are those who stoutly contend
that it is a foolish custom of pagan
origin, not worthy of perpetuation in
this enlightened Christian age, and
that it is a senseless destruction of
millions of young, thrifty trees that
are so much needed to supply the tim-
ber requirements of the country.
But strangely enough, the foresters
as a class, those who are most inter-
ested In conserving tree growth, do
not share this concern about the
Christmas tree. They are interested
in growing trees and having them used
for their highest good. If a ten-year-
old tree, of which 2,000 or more can
be grown upon a single acre, can give
so much Joy, what better use can be
made of the trees?
The custom Is so well established
that It will never be wholly discarded,
and why should it be? Is It not the
Christmas tree that gives the setting
for the celebration? What 1b more de-
lightful to children than the Christ-
mas tree with its candles or electric
lights, silver trimmings, tinsel and the
other things that go with it? Take
away the Christmas tone and yon have
removed the chief charm. It fa the
something that Is eloquent of senti-
ment and that has a much higher
value than the cost of the tree. It fa
not to be measured by economic con-
siderations or commercial computa-
tions.—Frank Herbert Sweet.
(©, 1994. Wee tern New*p«p»r Colon.)
Canned Christmas May
Bring Welcome Things
swHE art of giving may be culti-
UL vated and Christmas may be as
a serial story, each month un-
folding a sequel of surprises; or the
Christmas spirit may be so abundant
that it is not all used in one day or
one month, but as goodies, It may be
canned in love packages, ready to
open and use any time in the year.
When Mother or some shut-in opens
her Christmas remembrances she finds
twelve packages, each labeled with a
rhyme so that one will be opened on
the first of each month. The January
package may contain a personal bit
of finery with handwork for winter
evenings—something she would never
get for herself ; for February there
may be kodak snapshots; a current
magazine; poems; a story clipped
from a paper; filing cards with reci-
pes; in March are bulbs and seeds
with hints for growing them. Seeds
are always appreciated, particularly if
they are of tested variety from home
gardens. Ih another month’s package
are useful notions, as pins, needles,
shoe laces, hairpins, thread, tape or
cosmetic articles ; June may have an
invitation for a visit or a day’s outing
to a favorite fiaunt What a joy to
anticipate! November will reveal a
supply Of Christmas tags, Seals,
Stamps, cards, etc.; December’s gift
may be a “love letter of wishes” and a
motto, framed to hang where every
hour it gives a cheery message to you.
—Gertrude Walton.
f®. 1994, Western Newspaper Union.)
FOR OVER
Twenty Years
Garbade Lumber Co
HEmfclN-WlLUAMS PRODUCTS
Old Pa Sauer and the
Red Christmas Candle
LD PA SAUER emerged from his
Op/ little house, which was mora
like a hermit’s cave, and looked:
out. There was a crisp odor of frost
and frozen things in the air. People
hurrying along the snowy sidewalks
made a loud Crunching noise. Auto*
mobiles decorated with little red
wreaths and holly flew past, whisking
up snow and dirt. Almost every win-
dow had its holly wreath. Gay, tin-
seled Christmas trees and lighted
candles shone out from many. Down
the narrow street the tall church spire
stood out In gray prominence. The
chimes were playing “Adeste Fideles.”
“Christmas, Christmas—yes, this is
Christmas.” The feeble old man shut
the door again. Inside there was
nothing to suggest the Yuletide. There
was only the usual dismalness. A
large old chest stood in one corner of
the room; on the chest were piled a
few pans, some dirty clothes and an
old gun. Pa Sauer removed all these
things carefully, opened the chest and
took out a thick, red candle burned
down almost to the end. This he lit
and placed In the window. Its warm
glow shone brightly in his wrinkled
old face. “Christmas! And may
praise be to God !’’—Marion R. Reagan.
(@, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
Exemplify the Spirit
God Would Have Shown
44 OTHER, why do we make such
ado about Christmas? We all
know It’s right to remember
our Savior’S birthday, but why should
we litter up the whole house and work
our Augers off trying to get all these
boxes ready? I’m exhausted and exas-
perated. It's become a burden to
me—‘Bear ye one another’s burdens.’
I’m going to bear these burdens to
the post office as fast as I can, and
never again will observe Christmas in
this manner.”
Georgia was off to the office and
soon returned laden with even more
boxes than she set out with.
“Truly, Mother, when I posted those
boxes I was more happy than when I
received all these.”
"Just So, Georgia,” said her mother.
“I knew you were tired and the fresh
air would do you good. What we do
for others at Christmas is but the
spirit of Christmas radiating through
US. He came as a gift to us and we
show our love by doing His will and
spreading Joy. We must put joy Info
what we do and hot make ft drudgery.
Oh© gift to me from a friend, no mat-
ter how small, if given with love, Is
far more appreciated than costly gifts
hastily selected. A Christmas gift
falls short of Its meaning if not given
with the spirit God would have us
give it.-—All in lOve.—Emily Burks
Adams.
(©, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
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prpduced,
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Christmas Invitation
an Insult to Mabelle j
4 4 Si LOVELY Christmas present— j
an Invitation to the opera—■
an insult! The beast! Oh,
the beast 1 And to think I had grown 1
so fond of him. How could he be bo
rude?” Mabelle clenched her fist® and
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
am bearded, of course—but the nerve
of him! I’ve always Intended to have
that frightful hair removed from my;
upper lip. It • is hideous, isn’t it,
mother? But oh, how could he be so
unkind r*
“Why, daughter, what are you talk-
ing about? I don’t understand. It.
seems to me if I were given an invi-:
tation to the opera as Christmas greet-
ing I should be only too delighted.
And what has hair on your upper lip
to do with opera, anyWayT’
“Oh, because, because,” she sobbed;
“the opera—it’s—it’8 the ‘Barber of
Seville.”’—Marion R. Reagan.
(©, 1994, W«*$«rn Newspaper Union.)
Light in the Steeple
on Christmas Morning
jgjSlI AR above the sleeping city, like
gjj a low and leading star, like a
**** watchful and kindly eye, like a
beacon of assuring hope, a promise of
Christmas morning, beamed the light
in the old church steeple.
It shone down through one of the
church windows and smiled upon the
pictured shepherds who found a morn-
ing at midnight; and upon the stately
wise men who knew the joy of mak-
ing gladness out of gifts. Its rays
lighted up a garret, where two very
hopeful youngsters were sleeping upon
a very small bed, after making sure
that the light was there. In the street
below a passer looked up, saw it and
smiled; another paused under the
glow and spell of It and dropped a
coin into the poor box at the church
door. The-Salvation Army lass came
out from the ‘church porch and
thumped her tambourine merrily be-
cause .some genial influence had filled
her basket so full,'' almost dancing
SHINER, TEXAS
irk Burnett Dies
Worth; Gave
wy Fortune
Sleep Oat of Doors
Austin. Texas—D. E. Breed,
Executive Secretary, Texas
Public Health Association, stated
today, that outdoor sleeping
th, Texas, Dec. 16.—
is Burnett, who gave
lof $4,000,000 to Tex-
ied here fchisi^fter-
was
one of the greatest tonics for
tired minds and also onej of the
-best disease preventives. There
is a growing in © est in c u door
living by people who are not ill.
The American people are the
i «reatest sport lovers in the world.
(jAmohg them are some of the
"‘greatest athletes in the world.
At the same time, the great
mass of people lead sedentary,
shut-in lives
tear ago, |
,oo n. OJ
She was
japtian S.
(cfriioneerl
phe wife of the "date
•Burk Burnett, a no^
[cattleman, |
CHRISTMAS WISHES J
jjT HE most Important question
ill in the world is only hnpor- fa
tant If asked by the right
person. *1
The most important answer In <
the world Is the right answer i
only if answered by the right 5
person.
But the most important wish |j.
in the world is the wish that
those you meet, or to whom you il
send gifts or Christmas cards or \
Christmas letters, may have a \
merry Christmas.
And this wish can be wished |
by anyone to anyone else with- I
out losing any of its Importance 1
and any of its glowing thrill.— s
Mary Graham Bonner.
(©, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.) fi
REFLECTORS
w F WE could reflect th© spirit
ij of Christmas cheer half
as brilliantly as a piece of
tin will reflect; the rays from a
lamp, we should help to light
the^ world to ah amazing degree.
iVho can hold out against a
smiling ;face that- radiates fun
and kindliness? .’Who Is cold
enough to resist' the melting
warmth of real friendliness?
Let’s pretend, .this Christmas,
that we are veryjsrlght, and Imi-
tate the modest tin reflector of
the lamp of unquenchable good-
fellowship! — Martha Banning
Thomas.
(©, 1924, Western.Newapupnf Union.)
!eeting o f 0. £. S,
Always the Way
down the streelf as the bells saw by |
the gleaming light that it was time to ‘
ring.
They inhale fresh
air only when they open their
windows at night, (and in winter
they often neglect to do even
this) and when they walk from
their homes to their work.
Why should not the United
States become a nation of out-
door sleepers, of vigorous men
and women who arise ‘ refreshed
on a winter morning, blood and
brain clear for a day’s achieve-
ment? The lungs that inhale
outdoor air for eight hours out
of twenty-four are not a fertile
field for the tubercle bacillus.
It is with this thought in mind
that the Texas Health Association
urges everyone who possibly can
to sleep out of doors all the year
round. Mr. Breed stated that
this was something that most
Texans con id enjoy and hoped
that they would avail themselves
of the opportunity to enjoy
nature’s great restorer.
WOW! CIGARS/
I ShinerKChapter No. 272, de-
Jspite th.9: unfriendly weather,
weld a social session durine: the
feolj^avsBto initiate Miss Alma
p&etnpe Bid Miss Millie Puste-
wovsky oBMoulton.
^Va^flfb'aiiri cheer was mani-
fest in the touches of Yupon,
holly and poinsettas that were
cleverly placed about the chap-
ter Toom.
And so with cheering- glory and with
chime
Came in another happy Christmas time.
While the old steeple, still pointing
upward, remained as a witness to
things high and splendid.—Christo-
pher G. Hazard.
(©, 1924. Western Newspaper Union.)
This Jangling world is out of chime,
You see it now, you bet;
The things you’d like at Christmas
time
Are those you never get.
A REAM SANTA CLAUS
/y INC® we must have our
sSfe Christmas trees the chief
^ problem is how they are to
be obtained. The cutting, ship-
ping a»d selling of Christmas
trees hits developed into an estab-
lished/business, extending over
the entire country. One large
shipper of New England has
been An the business forty years
and in that time has sold many
thousand carloads of trees.
Some of these have been shipped
as far south as Texas and as far
west as Chicago. This pioneer
in the Industry fa now eighty-
two years of age, but he Is still
Active, and curiously enough he
is a real Santa Claus in appear-
ance.—Frank Herbert Sweet
<©. 1924, Western Newrpaper Union.)
Their Christmas Gift
a Wonderful Blessing
44 HAVE been planning for months
11 to give a great Christmas sur-
prise to my steter Grace, way
out In Idaho.” remarked Aunt Molly
to her neighbor, Mrs. Wiggins, as they
both sat knitting in the former’s com-
fortable sitting room. “Here fa her
bey Ralph, whom I brought here three
months ago for a visit—the poor lad
has been blind for five years, since he
.Was three years old, and 1 took him
to a specialist far an examination.
The doctor said that an operation for
cataracts could be successful. I am
waiting for the morrow almost, breath-
lessly, for they are to remove the ban-
dages from hfa eyes to test his sight.
And oh, Mrs. Wiggins, let us pray that
all will be wellT”
God was good to the blind boy and
the operation was very ‘successful.
When the mother went east to visit
her sister there was a great blessing—
the happiest Christmas of her life—
for her boy could see! There Is
something more than toys, fineries and
other material things to help make a.
joyful Christmas!—A-lec Tupper. ‘
(©, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
Moon and lee Honored
m Christmas Guests
HEY planned to have a moon-
lit light skating party during the
Christmas season. All of the young
people, and a number of the hearty
older ones, too, had bees Interested.
So the party was planned.
And then everyone hoped the tw*
honored guests would not fail them.
Far without the two honored guests
there could be no moonlight skating
party.
What would a moonlight skating
party be without a moon and with-
out Ice?
Nothing at all.
But the moon came and the Ice
froze solid. And the crisp, clear air
seemed to have a special Christmas
vim about it, too. — Mary Graham
Bonner.
f©. 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
A "Special Deliver^*
lot the Old Postman
LD BILL, the postman, Was near-
yfy in# home after his day’s trudg-
ing, trudging In the snow deliv-
ering Christmas mail. So many letter*
for so many people—would there be
one for him? Ha brushed the snow
from hfa mail box and held hfa breath
while he looked. No—there was none;
and a great lump came In hfa throat.
Thirty, forty envelopes bearing Christ-
mas cheer he had delivered at a tingle
house, but not one letter greeted him
at hfa own door on Christmas Eve.
He entered the tiny house disconso-
late. It was so lonely there since
“she” had died—and their only sou
was far away and bad not even writ-
ten—no, hot a single letter.
Bill shuffled Into the kitchen and
sank Into a rocker near the stove.
“Not one letter," was his only thought,
“and yet I deal In letters.”
Just then the doorbell rang, and a
“special delivery" was thrust into hla
hands. With tears of joy .he tore it
open and read. His son, his only son
would be home on the “midnight”
train.—H. Lucius Cook.
(©, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
Backache
l;g of Lake Providence, La. *T
got down in bad health and
D lost in weight until I only
weighed <120 pounds. I had
S3 bad pains in my sides and
bade and my legs hurt zne
£LCntSI I couldn’t walk. I
stayed ini bed half the time.
f£ I tried all kinds of medicine,
hut it did me no good.
■ Finally I [tried
November Gasoline Stile
Total Heavy
AUSTIN,
Dec. 31.—Motor
vehicle drivers in Texas used
more than 33,000,000 trallons of
gasoline during November. The
state received from the one-dent
gasoline tax approximately $330,-
000. Seven of the leading oil
companies of the state paidBoS*,-
531 of this tax.
The only company paying
mo;e than $100,000 was the Gulf
Refining company of Houston
which paid $101,774 on sales of
10,177,461 gallons. The Mag-
nolia Petroleum company of Dal-
las was second with $69,549.
Perhaps Little Stars
Knew About Christmas
/mm* HE stars shone brightly over-
ilL head. Below, the snow was cov-
ering up the hard ground, which
did not seem to understand Christmas.
It was much too hard for that. It was
better that Old King Snow should
come along and cover it up, giving the
people a white Christmas.
The stars shone down upon a little
farm house. It was not a palace. It
was not even a beautiful house. But
the stars shone very brightly.
Perhaps they knew, bright little
stars that they were, that in that
house, as in many another house which
Is neither a palace nor a beautiful res-
idence, there was great happiness and
glorious celebrating of the beautiful
Chrlstmastide.—Mary Graham Bonner.
(©, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
Buddhists Have Christmas
“Hana Matsuri,” or the fete of
flowers, is the oriental and Buddhist
holiday season that corresponds to the
Christmastide of -the occidental Chris-
tian nations. Curiously enough, it is
th* celebration in honor of the founder
of the Buddhist religion, who was
Gautama Buiqdha, lord of grace anu
infinite compassion. A great deal of
attention at the season is given to the
youth of the Buddhist land. It comes
in April. Buddha was born 568 years
before Christ.
"It seems like it did me good
from the very first. After I
had taker half a bottle I no-
ticed an improvement. I con-
tinued its! use and I got bet-
ter and hotter. The pains in
my legs] and sides disap-
peared arid I began to gain
in weight! until now I weigh
155 pounds and tfeel better
than I ever did in' fhy life. I
am perfectly well and strong.
I have given it to may girls,
too.”
Cardui pas relieved many
kinds of pains and distress-
ing symptoms caused by fe-
male trouble. It should help
you, too, in the same way.
Why not give it a fair trial ?
ft _ E103
Shiny Holly
In arranging holly for the table it
will repay you to wipe off the leaves
of the holly with a cloth dipped in a
very little olive oil, says the Ladies’
Home Journal. This will give them
an especially bright and glossy appear-
ance.
Giving of Toys
The origin of the custom of giving
toys to children at Christmas has
never l)een authentically traced. It is
known that children of the early
Egyptians received toys as gifts at
stated periods, during which their
elders indulged in festivals of good
will more than 2,000 years before the
coming of Christ. — Geer'.'' V'—'-r
Moran.
Fancy and Fact
Old Santa Claus is but a myth,
An influence ethereal.
The bills he obligates you with
Are terribly material.
Trimming the Tree
Some people hang everything on the
Christmas tree but themselves! That
comes later . . . when the bills
arrive)1—Martha r.p-nr.Ir.'.; Th-onra*.
Advertise—it will pay you
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